Goodbye, hometown! Shah Alam, I'm coming to you! Alhamdulillah, after getting the offer to English for Professional Communication degree programme, I'm finally leaving hometown for Shah Alam! Shah Alam is where the university I'm getting in is located, and it's one of the cities in Kuala Lumpur, the capital state of Malaysia. And, sigh, to be honest, Kuala Lumpur feels very alien to me, even though the last time I visited this state is when I was a secondary school kid and I hardly have any knowledge on what Kuala Lumpur is like now. Despite Kuala Lumpur being a very well-developed state, better developed compared to Kelantan my hometown, I'm sure I'll miss the peacefulness of Kelantan, something that's rare in the hectic cities of Kuala Lumpur. Getting English for Professional Communication, the degree programme that I've strived so hard for, is worth the long wait. I actually took 5 month longer break after Foundation compared to my friends who made it to degree earlier than I do, you know? And to think about this again, I don't think this long wait is that bad. In this 'extended' break, I've been surrounded by a lot of amazing things, even if most of them might be from the internet! Internet is awesome! If it wasn't for this 'extended' break, then I wouldn't have found Rachel and Jun who brought me to italki, wouldn't have been able to finish 26 chapters of a fanfic written by an awesome fanfic writer who's been kind enough to reply my trivial, long-winded messages, wouldn't have met awesome people here in italki( Maggi you're too kind for sparing what little time you have for our chats! ), and most importantly, I wouldn't have gotten the chance for self English improvement, learning some French, Portuguese, and Japanese! These are all some of the most precious moments I found throughout this holiday that seems to be long, but discovering more languages is the biggest treasure that I could never trade with anything. I wish I could discover more about French, Portuguese, and Japanese language, learn until I could at least introduce myself in these languages but oh how time flies! But that's fine, there'll always be a chance for improvement if I seek for it so much. As for what's in the picture, those are all the babies I got from my friends since I got into secondary school. It's difficult to leave them behind, but we'll meet each other again soon. Thank you for the memories!

English Speaking Practice 5 - Memorizing Basic Phrases In Foreign Languages

What do you do when memorizing basic phrases in foreign languages? Is it important to remember the exact meaning of each word in a phrase? Do you just go with the flow of the language instead of asking why certain phrases are said in certain ways? 

 

Here's my voice recording on this topic https://soundcloud.com/user-675352759/english-speaking-practice-5-learning-basic-phrases To be honest, I've been trying to create any topics for my English speaking practice, so hopefully this topic is relevant enough to discuss about!

English Speaking Practice 4 - How do you spend your holidays?

Fourth English speaking practice! I used to make numerous attempts of recording my voice before recording for real. I was quite busy today so the audio was uploaded only after two attempts of recording! 

 

However, please click on this link: https://soundcloud.com/user-675352759/english-speaking-practice-4

 

Transcript will be posted in my track's description later.