This is a little out of the norm. Hehe.
Just felt like posting this. ;)
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Friendzone.
Have been browsing through 9gag pretty often these days, and it surprises me on how addicting it can get. Either by somebody actually creating them or even just by scrolling through each and every one of the posts. It reflects on the everyday life things in comical manner. Mostly on things that we wouldnt realise on normal terms. It is rather entertaining if you ask me. People are paying attention to tiny little details now. Come to think of it, it could actually get a tad bit scary. ._.
9gag had been around for quite abit. I remember beginning of last year where my friend was making memes on random things. I even found one with my name in it. No clue who did it, but it does look pretty cool despite it possibly being a prank. Would probably try googling it again later to see if it's still there. But as the year passed, the 9gag community was expanding at an alarming rate. By mid of 2011, almost everybody was talking about it already. A marriage proposal even made out of memes. Would have to say 9gag is somewhat the new social website where it has been incorporated into real time. Somewhat of a habit to the society today as well. Thanks to the continuous growth of the 9gag readers, 9gag has to upgrade its website quite occasionally too.
Looking at how much it has impacted the society today, I couldnt help but to fall into peer pressure and flow along with them. I speak 9gag now too. Even abusing the word "likeaboss" when it isnt as 'famous' as it used to be now. It literally means, doing things and not feel bothered about what others think of you when you are doing it. We Asians even change the boss into the Chinese version - likealousai. Probably because a Chinese boss seems more ignorant than a normal boss. Then there is a trend where they give levels to certain things, and ASIAN became a whole level on its own.
Though it has brought some vocabs into today's conversations, where words from 9gag fits in easily into the conversations. One noted word that had got my attention where it seems like it had became a whole issue on its own. One that had became a frequent talked about topics amongst youtubers. Right now, I am tempted to write my opinion regarding this topic too. :D friendzone it is. :)
How I see what friendzone means :
- You like the other person but he/she does not acknowledge it, and only treats you as a friend.
Is it a bad thing, really?
I would say it is rather sad to know that you are being friendzoned. Probably because a friend treatment is all you can get out of the person that you fancy, even after doing tremendous amount of things for him/her. As a counter react to that, you can't really expect a response from the other party when they don't know what is actually happening.
So what is it that is making one, willing to wait? Despite knowing that their being friendzoned. It is as though the word 'friendzone' is being used as a for of complaint. What I don't understand is, why complain when you could actually do something about it, or even better, give up, and move on?
In a way that I would see it, if things had been put in a way where we would need to wait, does it not mean it is some sort of an indication that we were actually waiting for nothing? We do see many cases where one could most probably wait forever, yet still being stuck at that same position. How do you actually tell them, put in some realisation to them, that it is time for them to let go?
I guess I got annoyed with the excessive use of the word 'friendzone'. Instead of complaining, I am very sure there are ways to pull you out of that zone, provided you tried. And when you do try putting in some effort, it would either change things or it would not. And by then, you would have the answer you have been longing for.
"God! Why is it always me?!"
Instead of that, why not ask yourself, why are you being such a loser for not trying to do what you are supposed to do, or even get the hint that He is trying to tell you? Dumbass. Stop complaining, would you?
As difficult it is to move on, you will eventually move on. Though it could be rather cliche to say that 'time will heal wounds', well, it actually does work. Stop thinking that it won't, and you'll see the results someday in the future.
It probably just isnt your time yet.
Just hang in there.
He or she will come by someday, somehow.
Stop using the word friendzone. :)
I have argued my point.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Australian Accent.
My cousin sister's husband is an aussie. Since I have been staying with them for the past one and a half week, it isnt abnormal that we argue about how we pronounce things. Honestly, eventhough me and my sis were brought up in an english speaking family, using english as our day to day conversation, when it comes in clashing with the Australian accent, it really does clash hard.
As a Malaysian, we tend to have different ways of pronouncing things. One example, Gippsland. How we pronounce it : JIPP-SS-LEND. How they pronounce it : GIPP-SS-LAND. They tend to exaggerate on how they pronounce certain alphabets too. The word example : Hello. How we pronounce it : HEH-LLO. How they pronounce it : HEH-LOW. The 'O' sound here is exaggerated in a way, where they would add an extra O somewhere behind the existing O. Word : Zoology. Us : ZOO-LO-GI. Them : ZOO-O-LO-GI. YOU SEE! Got me really confused when they were asking me what I was intending to study at Monash. I though I was hearing it wrongly, thinking that they were saying the word BIOLOGY or something else with the O-logy in it. It wasn't until I was enrolling for my subjects and this counsellor kept going on and on mentioning ZOO-O-LO-GI.
This would be the usual way when they meet someone, 'Hello there! How are you doing today?' It makes you look like a rude bastard if you had not replied to that sentence. I guess a mere, 'Good, thank you' would be enough? Maybe I would need to brush up how to respond to that. But yes, this happens everywhere, at the restaurant, at the supermarket, where ever that requires customer services.
Not to forget the way that they mention the time. I have yet to fully understand what they meant when they mention the time. They mention them in words, where we lazy people would only mention the time immediately. eg, A quarter to one. I honestly thought it meant 1.15 because I caught the word 'quarter' and the word 'one', completely missing out the word on 'to'. I guess I was too used to only mentioning the time straight forward so that it would not confuse others. Since we have the very famous Malaysian Time, I would normally set the time in numbers, knowing that I myself have difficulties understanding worded times, numbered times seems so much more convenient.
Some other examples, other. Us : ut-therr , Them : ut-tha.
Really finding it rather difficult to capture their accent. When I see an asian communicating with good aussie accent, I would be blown away and be amazed by how they manage to capture it.
I'd like to have the aussie accent too! :D
My cousin sister's husband is an aussie. Since I have been staying with them for the past one and a half week, it isnt abnormal that we argue about how we pronounce things. Honestly, eventhough me and my sis were brought up in an english speaking family, using english as our day to day conversation, when it comes in clashing with the Australian accent, it really does clash hard.
As a Malaysian, we tend to have different ways of pronouncing things. One example, Gippsland. How we pronounce it : JIPP-SS-LEND. How they pronounce it : GIPP-SS-LAND. They tend to exaggerate on how they pronounce certain alphabets too. The word example : Hello. How we pronounce it : HEH-LLO. How they pronounce it : HEH-LOW. The 'O' sound here is exaggerated in a way, where they would add an extra O somewhere behind the existing O. Word : Zoology. Us : ZOO-LO-GI. Them : ZOO-O-LO-GI. YOU SEE! Got me really confused when they were asking me what I was intending to study at Monash. I though I was hearing it wrongly, thinking that they were saying the word BIOLOGY or something else with the O-logy in it. It wasn't until I was enrolling for my subjects and this counsellor kept going on and on mentioning ZOO-O-LO-GI.
This would be the usual way when they meet someone, 'Hello there! How are you doing today?' It makes you look like a rude bastard if you had not replied to that sentence. I guess a mere, 'Good, thank you' would be enough? Maybe I would need to brush up how to respond to that. But yes, this happens everywhere, at the restaurant, at the supermarket, where ever that requires customer services.
Not to forget the way that they mention the time. I have yet to fully understand what they meant when they mention the time. They mention them in words, where we lazy people would only mention the time immediately. eg, A quarter to one. I honestly thought it meant 1.15 because I caught the word 'quarter' and the word 'one', completely missing out the word on 'to'. I guess I was too used to only mentioning the time straight forward so that it would not confuse others. Since we have the very famous Malaysian Time, I would normally set the time in numbers, knowing that I myself have difficulties understanding worded times, numbered times seems so much more convenient.
Some other examples, other. Us : ut-therr , Them : ut-tha.
Really finding it rather difficult to capture their accent. When I see an asian communicating with good aussie accent, I would be blown away and be amazed by how they manage to capture it.
I'd like to have the aussie accent too! :D
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Mobile number, done.
Bank account, done.
Class timetable, done.
Orientation, done.
Move into own home, done.
Have been here for exactly 2 weeks now, it seems to be getting colder by the day too. Honestly, I haven't got used to the weather here still. It could be hot in the afternoon, ranging from about 25 to even 33, and then dropping to about 14 to 15 at night. No clue why, plus the fact that it is Summer now, I am scared to death on what I will have to face during Winter. :X
I guess it is about time to talk about my uni. :)
Where I am studying at, is called Monash Clayton. This campus is the biggest campus of Monash as compared to the other... 5 campuses Monash has all around Melbourne. Other campuses are, Parkville, Caulfield, Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula. Would have to say I got really estatic that i got accepted into Clayton, as the requirements here are the highest amongst all 6. Initially I thought I would be the only one of my peers, roaming around the Clayton grounds completely alone, but no, I found out that I will be accompanied by at least 7 others of whom took AusMat with me the previous year. I didn't feel like i was that alone anymore, somehow. It did lifted me a little. :P
Clayton campus is so huge that a map is really necessary to have when roaming around the grounds. Walking would be the best way to get around in campus, but i guess a bicycle would have about the same advantage as walkers around here too. Best ways to walk around campus is to sneak and walk through buildings to get to the other block of building. On second thought, the bicycle wouldn't even have excess through the buildings, heh, i shall take back my words now. :X But the campus is really that big. And the roadways are only on the outer side of the whole are. As mentioned earlier, it is after all the BIGGEST campus out of all the campuses Monash has, I guess this was really expected. :X
The buildings here look pretty oldish but not too oldish at the same time. Am not too sure how long this campus has been around, but I do like how the conditions of the buildings and the lawns are here. They have this bus loop where several buses will stop by and provide easy excess form of transportation for students and staffs alike. Parking here, however is a problem though. One has to have a parking permit in order to park in the area. There are only 2 parking bays around here, which means you would still need to walk quite a distance to where ever you are headed to. As for me, where i live is considerably near. However, it has been my 2nd day walking home from campus, I have very little to NOT complain about. :P
And the complaining commences:
- it takes me half an hour to walk
- for a silly person like me who always has a lot of stuff in my backpack, it tends to strain my back for a bit
- for a very unhealthy person like me to walk such a distance after a whole year of not exercising at all, it tends to be a little bit too tiring
- it gets pretty hot in the afternoon
- eventhough it's hot, the wind blows and it turns chilly. it confuses me whether to be wearing thick clothings or light clothings
- threats of rain
With all these complaints, I know I shouldn't be the princess complaining about it. But honestly, I think getting a bicycle would help alot. But as of now, I'm still thinking whether I should stop complaining like a princess or I should just get a bike and that would be the end of the complaints.
hrmmm.
Maybe I should give it a months try on this walking thing. At least give it another go, maybe? Maybe I could actually get used to it by the end of next month... just maybe.
Though as of now, I am proud to say that I am a student here in Monash Clayton. Without fail, I must have this constant reminder that I had narrowly made to cut from getting into this Uni. And since I am here now, I am going to appreciate every moment I have here. :)
I am a Monash Clayton student.
24050660
BADASS STUDENT ID NUMBER! :D
Bank account, done.
Class timetable, done.
Orientation, done.
Move into own home, done.
Have been here for exactly 2 weeks now, it seems to be getting colder by the day too. Honestly, I haven't got used to the weather here still. It could be hot in the afternoon, ranging from about 25 to even 33, and then dropping to about 14 to 15 at night. No clue why, plus the fact that it is Summer now, I am scared to death on what I will have to face during Winter. :X
I guess it is about time to talk about my uni. :)
Where I am studying at, is called Monash Clayton. This campus is the biggest campus of Monash as compared to the other... 5 campuses Monash has all around Melbourne. Other campuses are, Parkville, Caulfield, Berwick, Gippsland and Peninsula. Would have to say I got really estatic that i got accepted into Clayton, as the requirements here are the highest amongst all 6. Initially I thought I would be the only one of my peers, roaming around the Clayton grounds completely alone, but no, I found out that I will be accompanied by at least 7 others of whom took AusMat with me the previous year. I didn't feel like i was that alone anymore, somehow. It did lifted me a little. :P
Clayton campus is so huge that a map is really necessary to have when roaming around the grounds. Walking would be the best way to get around in campus, but i guess a bicycle would have about the same advantage as walkers around here too. Best ways to walk around campus is to sneak and walk through buildings to get to the other block of building. On second thought, the bicycle wouldn't even have excess through the buildings, heh, i shall take back my words now. :X But the campus is really that big. And the roadways are only on the outer side of the whole are. As mentioned earlier, it is after all the BIGGEST campus out of all the campuses Monash has, I guess this was really expected. :X
The buildings here look pretty oldish but not too oldish at the same time. Am not too sure how long this campus has been around, but I do like how the conditions of the buildings and the lawns are here. They have this bus loop where several buses will stop by and provide easy excess form of transportation for students and staffs alike. Parking here, however is a problem though. One has to have a parking permit in order to park in the area. There are only 2 parking bays around here, which means you would still need to walk quite a distance to where ever you are headed to. As for me, where i live is considerably near. However, it has been my 2nd day walking home from campus, I have very little to NOT complain about. :P
And the complaining commences:
- it takes me half an hour to walk
- for a silly person like me who always has a lot of stuff in my backpack, it tends to strain my back for a bit
- for a very unhealthy person like me to walk such a distance after a whole year of not exercising at all, it tends to be a little bit too tiring
- it gets pretty hot in the afternoon
- eventhough it's hot, the wind blows and it turns chilly. it confuses me whether to be wearing thick clothings or light clothings
- threats of rain
With all these complaints, I know I shouldn't be the princess complaining about it. But honestly, I think getting a bicycle would help alot. But as of now, I'm still thinking whether I should stop complaining like a princess or I should just get a bike and that would be the end of the complaints.
hrmmm.
Maybe I should give it a months try on this walking thing. At least give it another go, maybe? Maybe I could actually get used to it by the end of next month... just maybe.
Though as of now, I am proud to say that I am a student here in Monash Clayton. Without fail, I must have this constant reminder that I had narrowly made to cut from getting into this Uni. And since I am here now, I am going to appreciate every moment I have here. :)
I am a Monash Clayton student.
24050660
BADASS STUDENT ID NUMBER! :D
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