Sunday, November 11, 2007
p0sT h0LiDaE ToTs: c0mMuNiCaTiNg
well after spendin my time in non-english speakin countries like malaysia and thailand.. i felt tt perhaps i should learn 2 communicate wif them better..
well how to?? firstly they dun speak eng.. and when they dun speak eng u expect me 2 speak wif them chi?? (or mayb hokkien??) ok its not tt they dunno english entirely.. they knew abit from pickup lines here and there and other tourists.. but when u wan 2 tok 2 them or strike a conversation wif them its a totally diff thing already..
in malaysia the ppl wanted 2 treat me like a nice friendzz.. sometimes they tot im one of them.. so when they open their mouths they tok 2 me in behasa melayu.. (ok i may hav gone thru the malay conversion course.. but its the language tt i did not pass out 2 become a full-fledged malay lim!!) and when i opened mine.. they still tok abit of melayu wif me b4 i tried 2 convince them i dunno malay at all.. (ok not realli.. but at least 90% of wat they sae i dunno ok??)
in thailand they treat me like a king.. well actualli they treat all the tourists like kings.. but knowin tt we cant speak thai.. they tried 2 understand wat we ar tryin 2 sae and they jus make efforts 2 help us.. when we gave more detailed instructions or preferences they would b like completely lost.. so in the end i hav 2 make things eassi 4 them.. and i had alot of preferences.. but i cant tell them becoz they dunno wat im talkin abt.. (its not i didnt tried.. but they wouldn't understand!!)
therefore the tricky one is actualli thailand.. dad told me i should hav practiced some "street signs" so tt they could understand wat i realli wan..
but it'll b great if i can strike a decent conversation wif the locals.. so tt they would advise me on tips and tricks 2 travel ard the country.. 4 the least..
wEiwEi|10:15 PM
