terkejut lantas tergelak terbahak²

Counting down, my exams will be on LUSA (lisan) and Saturday (writing). So actually tgh sibuk lah nih. But i just had to write this short entry on my blog.


I was searching for contoh surat (there is one part of writing that we need to write a letter Brief) for my B1 test. and stumbled upon this site. And i terkejut lantas tergelak terbahak² after i saw the sample of the letter, bawah skali tulis nama apa... haha.. what a coincidence.

wish me luck all!

Public Speaking

I forgot that we had a mock test today. No wonder everyone came early. But I think, I am ok ok la kot since I have been studying. Cuba the Mündlicher Prüfung (bab berckp) tu masih sekat² lagi.

All in all, i think it was okay. Tunggu results next week. Tp ni baru mock test. Hopefully I can do well for the real deal. Anyway, for the Mündlicher Prüfung, the first part is the self introduction to the examiner part. So the teacher asked who wants to volunteer bercakap for the Self Introduction part? As usual, semua tunduk bawah. and suddenly I heard voices from the back calling out my name, maka cikgu pun asked me to Introduce myself. Damn.

I hate to speak in front of 25 sets of eyes looking at me. Although I was a lecturer before, masa tu rasanya confident lagi since my spectators adalah kanak2 riang.. ini matsalleh2 yg berbadan besar.. and some more in Deutsch lak tu. So okla i pun dgn confidently introduced myself.

Ich heiße D... (My name is D..)Ich komme aus Malaysien. (I am from Malaysia) Ich bin auch in Malaysien geboren. (Born in Malaysia) Diese Jahr bin ich 30 Jahre alt. (this year i will be 30) Ich bin verheiratet (i am married). Mein Mann kommt auch aus Malaysien (my husband pun orang mesia) . Er ist Ingineur von Beruf (dia keje engineer). Ich bin Hausfrau von Beruf (saya housewife). Wir haben keine Kinder (takde anak). Ich bin in Deutschland seit 1 Jahr (dah duduk sini setahun). Ich wohne in Lindenhof Mannheim (dok kat Lindenhof Mannheim). Meine Muttersprache ist Malaysish und ich kann auch sehr gut English sprechen und ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen (mothertongue is Malay, bole ckp english dgn skit2 German).

That was the easy part. The hard part was when the teacher asked me questions. Argh! merah muka and gigil!

Warum bis du in Deutschland ? Ich bin in Deutschland, um mit mein Mann zusammen zu leben. (Nape tinggal sini? I tinggal sini sbb nak duduk sama2 dgn suami)

Wo hast du dein Mann kennegelernt ? Ich habe mein Mann in die Schule kennengelernt. (mana kenal suami? kat skolah)

Hast du in Tioman gegangen? Nein. Ich habe noch nicht. (penah gi tioman? lom)

Hast du in the zwillinger Turm gegangan? (time ni dia buat aksi twin tower KLCC). Nein noch nichts. (penah naik KLCC? tak penah)

Was macht du später in Deutschland? (apa plan you lps ni?) Masa ni i terkaku dan tak terjawab. But I buat2 mcm tak brape dgr soalan tu.. And asked him to repeat so that I can construct the sentence in Deutsch. And I totally froze.. I answered something so merepek and he had to correct me. Arghhhh maluuuuuuuuuu!!

I always thought that I am confident in public speaking. Apparently, no :(

B1

Morgen fange ich mit B1 Kurs an.

It means, 'Tomorrow I start with B1 course'. 

I am kinda excited plus nervous though. It's getting tougher everyday. I have 2 more months left before my exams and so far have completed 400 hours of Deutsch course. Yup, 400 hours. Alhamdulillah. We have no homework today so I am abit relieved. I can ulangkaji semula my previous classes yang mana tak faham,, perlulah difahamkan, yang kabur perlu diterangkan, etc. You get the drill. Learning is always fun. I bought buku latihan extra or like we used to call it in school days, Buku Kerja. 

For the ending of today's course, we had to write a Poem in Deutsch. It was so hard! But I managed to composed a romantic short poem. :)

Ich bin glücklich. Du bist hier / I am lucky. You are here.

Du betrachtest das Meer mit mir / You look at the sea with me

Ich halte deine Hand / I hold your hand

Und wir laufen durch dem Sand / And we walk through the sand

What do you think? Hehehehe.. 

I apologize if I blog lesser nowadays or lesser online activities since I need to focus. And pardon my English and BM cause it's so confusing nowadays. My brains are working with 3 different languages. Till next time.. Take care y'all ! :)

Great News.. for me !

my friend Lisa just emailed me from class.. She said A2,2 teacher tomorrow will be... guess who..... Markus!! oh mein Gott! das ist super! Im so happy!!!!!!

new kid in the class

That will be me. I will be starting class again this Tuesday. Don't ask me why it's not on Monday. I have no idea. This time I will be in a new group with new teachers, new environment, new feel, new pace. I never like the idea of change. It will always take me a while to get used to things. I was very comfortable with my previous group. We were close and made jokes alot but we were serious about learning the language. The teacher will not be Markus (my previous teacher). I think Markus is a great teacher. And everybody would agree with me on this. The thing I hate most is introducing myself to a group where everybody already know each other. Perhaps there will be new students as well. But the good thing is, my American friend Lisa is in the same group. So at least there is a familiar face. She already gave me a heads up on the teachers and how the pace is gonna be like.

I have prepared my introduction :

Halo. Ich bin D---. Ich bin 29 Jahre alt. Ich komme aus Malaysia. Ich bin in Deutschland seit 10 Monate. Früher hätte ich in Mannheimer Abendakademie Deutsch gelernt. Ich wohne in Lindenhof, Mannheim. Ich bin verheiratet seit ein Jahre und sechs Monate. Ich bin Hausfrau. Ich habe keine Kinder. Meine Muttersprache ist Malaysisch. Ich spreche Malaysisch, Englisch und ein bisschen Deutsch. 

Could you understand the text? It sounds a little bit like English kan ?
Wish me luck people. I have 3 more modules to go before the BIG EXAM for my Visa.

country grammar

ape ni, teruk gila grammar ! :(

Selamat Pagi Cikgu

Harini hari last jumpa Oma, Frau S. After class I went to see her and salam. Dalam hati I said, Mintak halalkan ilmu cikgu.. I can't find the words to say it in English.. In German, lagiiiii lah... I hope sampailah kat dia.. in a way. Harini kesian sangat because during class, the Orientals merangkumi dari negara China borak² mase Oma tengah ngajar. And it was soo bising and rude. Memang la diorang tu kawan saya and Oma tak sehappening as Markus tapi respect la sket.. Dia dah la dah tua.. And most importantly cikgu lak tu..

Jahatkan kitorang panggil dia Oma (grandma). But whatever it is, dia tetap cikgu. And I respect her for her work. 

Moralnya, respect your teachers okay..

Masih Melayu di Mannheim

I had just written a post to wish everyone selamat hari merdeka. :)

Today is the first day of my last week in class with my classmates. It was a mundane day. Frau S, Oma, yang ngajar and dunno why harini dia moodswing sikit. Perhaps it was the SUPERCOLD weather! Today, after so long, I wore my WINTERJACKET because it was just too cold. wetter.com said Mannheim ada Wetterwarnung so kena berjaga - jaga lah. Keluar rumah jer, even though wetter.com said cuaca macam 11°C tadi (during Summer okay), but it felt colder because of the strong wind. Memang rasa nak melayang badan. The wind was so strong, I could feel it blowing angrily at my face. Sebab tu harini keluar rumah awal sikit. 1st kena buang sampah. 2nd sebab takut tertinggal S-Bahn and wasn't sure if I could walk fast enough sebab angin kuat sangat. The past few days has been like that. Only pagi tadi was the paling² punyaa.. Tengah hari not so bad, ada yang jalan² pakai lengan panjang je. But I still had my jacket on.

Kat rumah ni pun tengah pakai my climawarm sweater. Tapi jari jemari rasa sejuk. I can't imagine how winter is gonna be like. This is not even Autumn yet. Tapi patung² kat kedai² sume dah pakai baju Autumn dah. Now I understand why dalam citer omputih they always ask about the weather. 'Hey, how's the weather?' Sebab it's the first thing that comes into mind bila nak keluar rumah or when you look out the window.

Deutch. My classmate, Mary Nela from Romania (cara sebut Marinellla.. ala ala italian), she always say that she thinks in Deutsch. And some of the words secara automatic jadi Deutsch tiba². A few incidents happened to me also. Eg.

1. Baru kejap ni, I wanted to type Eg. I tertype zB, zum Beispeil (Contohnya).
2. The other day, my FB status was, Das Wetter is gorgeous! and my sister commented, 'wetter?' dah terbiasa tulis wetter (weather)
3. I wanted to write shiftwork, I tertulis schiftwerk. Lepas tu padam, tulis schiftWORK. I corrected the work tapi tertulis lagi sch- . Because in Deutsch. yang ada sh- jer, mesti dijadikan sch-
 4. Haritu I was thinking so hard satu perkataan ni in Deutsch, apa bendenya in English. Lame sangat baru dapat balik. Tapi now I dah lupa balik dah apa perkataan tu.. (or maybe signs of ageing??)

Ada lagi insiden² lain yang agak menakutkan saya jugak lah. We were discussing this in class and it seems that I wasn't the only one experiencing this. Bila mothertongue kita adalah bukan English, akan jadi problem balik nak cakap English balik.

So, well.. Itulah dia.. Apa yang dialami sekarang ini. Oh yes, the other day, Markus made me recite A-B-C (in Deutsch) sampai Z sebab tersalah sebut VW.. Its supposed to be FAU-VEY.. Hahaha kelakar²..

Oh another thing to share, when it rains.. everyone will do, 'Eh, hari ini hujan lebat' cause that's what I taught them :p  Siap ada Eh kat depan :p hahahahah

Have a great week ahead everyone! Blogger tak gila harini... :)

sini pun ada drama tau

Its been months that I am here. Actually it was 2 days ago and I had written a very long and meaningful blog until BLOGGER jadi gila! and everything that I blogged about vanished into thin web-air. sigh°° takde rezeki.

Updates : nothing much though. Been going to school everyday and weekends lepak at home kemas rumah, and hangging out with my husband. (I still can't call him hubby like everyone else does. I don't know why.. ). Puasa has been great. Alhamdulillah. The weather is really mundane and cold (good for us who are fasting). And maghrib time is now getting earlier and earlier everyday :) Although it's not officially Autumn, but it feels like it. Even though I have never experienced Autumn before :p

Next week will be my last week attending class. I have enrolled for the following course in December. It's kinda sad though, that I will be joining another group. I really enjoy my class and my teacher, Markus is great. He makes us really study and learn Deutsch. For A2,1, since Agnes is teaching another group, we were assigned a new teacher. Everyone calls her Oma (grandma) because she is quite elderly. At feel abit kesian because my classmates always say that she is slow and boring, since we are very used to Markus' tempo. It's true though, she is slow tapi I am abit softhearted kot. .. Ntah..

Anyway, the drama between Mr.Z and Mr.S. Ok saya akan tulis in BM now. Sebab kot² la my classmate terjumpa this blog ker :p Ingat tak I ada cakap tentang this one guy yang ajak semua orang keluar makan kecuali myself and 2 lagi budak Arab  ? Ok. Kisahnya berlalu about a month ago. A few weeks before bulan puasa. We were talking about bulan puasa. And S was explaining pasal apa itu puasa pada Z. Skali I diganggu oleh classmate lain about some question so I wasn't 100% there. Ni berlaku mase 15 mins rehat. Tau² jer, S cakap to Z, in English. 'Aku boleh bunuh kau kalau kau cakap macam tu tau..' And he sounded serious. Tiba² cikgu pun masuk. Sekali saya tanya Z. KEnapa ? Dia cakap dia tak percaya pada Tuhan. Saya tanya dia, dia takde agama ker ? Dia cakap dia seorang Christian tapi tak penah practise. And dia cakap dia tak percaya pada Tuhan dan cakap jugak, so what? Ok la fine. Dia tak percaya Tuhan. Lantak pi laa.. I pun malas nak argue dengan dia sebabnya dia memang macam ego. Tau tau jer lepas tu Z dan S sudah tidak bertegur sapa. And I asked S, kenapa korang tak cakap. Dia pun citer la pasal insiden tu. S tak citer secara detail tapi dia citer yang Z cakap dia tak percaya pada Tuhan and ada lagi yang dia cakap yang S tak suka. Saya tak berani nak tanya lebih² .. Tapi moralnya gitu lah.

Semenjak tu, Z tidak bertegur saya dan S (itu yang saya nampak). Sebab kadang² balik sekolah, saya akan jalan bersama S sampai ke Lidl. Dan Z akan bypass kitorang tanpa memandang and buat dunno. Padahal satu kelas. Kalau dulu Z akan cuit belakang saya atau tarik beg untuk usik lepas tu terus potong and cakap Byee! Tapi haritu saya greet dia Guten Morgen (good morning) pun dia tak pandang pun nak jawab.

Takpe la. Saya pun malas nak berkawan dengan orang sebegitu ego dan sentiasa fikirkan dia tu betul. Kadang² dalam kelas dia letak kaki atas meja (macam dalam movie) waktu rehat. Macam bagus la. Tau la dia matsalleh and memang dia bijak dalam kelas. Kadang² tu dia asik² belek² hp and I find it rather rude, cikgu tengah ngajar lepas tu dia tak pay attention. Ada sekali tu cikgu tanya dia soalan time dia tengah main hp, and dia boleh cakap, 'apa dia? i wasn't listening'.

Mungkin dia tercabar sebab dia seorang lelaki and tak bekerja and wife dia bekerja. Sbb haritu the class was discussing about Hous-men, and Z bulat² membangkang and cakap, apsal lak tak boleh ? sah sah dia tak setuju sebab dia adalah seorang Hous-men jugak. Dari tu kami semua boleh nampak yang dia ni stock offensive-defensive kinda. So biarlah dia.. Penat jer panjang lebar citer pasal mamat nih. Hmmph.. Bukan apa, kitorang reramai dari bulan 6, asik menghadap muka sama jer.. makin lama, rasa makin rapat sesama classmate.. and sedih la bila ada gado gado macam nih.. Tapi next week is my last week with them and they will go on sampai december.. Bestnya.. I december baru sambung.. and most probably inshaAllah kalu semua okay, March akan amek pekse.. I hope I can do it.. Then, I boleh la either sambung blajar or cari kerja sini pun best jugak :) Inshallah, kalau usaha, ada jayanya :)

Okla, I buat post lain la pulak untuk cerita benda lain k..
Take care all. Selamat berpuasa!

my first video blog

Hi everyone! this is my first video blog.. turn up the volume k.. the background was purposely made in black color..

Gig 2

Halu all,

I am back again.. with the usual .. nothing much going on. just going back and forth to school. Next week I will be entering the 3rd level of my Deutschkurs. Alhamdulillah.

Today, I went to Galleria Kaufhof in Mannheim. Bestnya! Ada sale buku² wow! If only the books were in English and the prices were in RM instead of €. Trotzdem (Nevertheless), I bought a Kochbuch (cook book) for 4.99€! Cool ay! Ada satu lagi from Dr. Oatker but The Italienische Küche looked interessanter als die anderen Bücher (more interesting as to other books. See, German is not that difficult after all :)

Anyway, this week we learned not only about Deutsche Sprache, we also learned about Deutschland and Deutsche Kultur (bukan pengkulturan bio tu.. culture as in Budaya). Its an interesting topic as the teacher also touched abit on the Zweite Weltkrieg (World War 2). The rest, I had to read about it myself cause I forgot everything I learned during Form 5 :p (my bad.. I never liked History). One fact that might interest you also is that the English language we speak today was brought to Britain by the German Invaders (wiki). And my teacher also told us that the English people didn't like the Germans (back then) so they changed some of the names so that it won't sound German. i.e. Miller was changed from Müller. And Smith was originally Schmitt.

It's really amazing to know all this (well, at least for me). Okla, update tak panjang sangat this time because I am abit tired and not so well (Don't get too excited, I am not pregnant - why I say this? because everytime I say I am not well the first thing that comes to mind is that I am pregnant).

So people, take care! bis dann.. Tschüss!