kya ap angresi bolte hei?? (do you speak english)

...di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung...

means no matter where we go, always try to adapt to the place

okay, suddenly today i realize something...starting to ask myself why i didn't have the guts to learn about hindi before coming here??? it's SO IMPORTANT...i mean, why did i was so silly to think that indians here speak english very well...i know we were told that way...

"you don't have to worry, they speak english...shouldn't be a problem to communicate"...

but logically, of course not all of them could speak english...malaysians also are known to be well spoken in english but not everyone...i've been transferring a lot since a was a kid...been in several places should made me thorough about this...i've met so many people and trust me malaysians don't really speak english...except those who always use the language...even if u learn, but not using it, you won't be able to communicate as well...only yeah, you could write down and show what exactly u've said...
think about the kampung people, or even the uneducated ones, or the poor english learners...they won't speak english as well...only several words will come out and hand language i shall say...the same goes here...we are facing this kinda people daily...from the grocery shop till the cafe...but i salute them all...to be friendly and try their best to speak with us...giving help and asking about our country...they show interest to us foreigners...
unfortunately, day by day, its getting on my nerves that sometimes we had to communicate using sign language...or ask the nearby indian to be an intermediate translator...i should blame myself for not preparing for this...although there are certain terms that i understand (i guess watching hindi movies is really beneficial finally), but still it wasn't enough...and kinda funny...both for me and for the person i'm speaking...haha...but what to do...
for example just now...i didn't have my student card activated yet...just received the card several days ago and the office guy didn't have time to do that...so i guess it'll be next week...back to thestory, so i came back from lunch alone...when i arrived to the entrance, the door was locked...you see how advance the security here...we have to get an activated student card to pass through the detector on the door...so i asked the security guard to open up the door as she has her own card to allow people pass through...but this time, the lady didn't speak english, at all...huhu...i told her that my card wasn't activated yet...
"ye card active nehi?" (this card is not active?)
"jii, vo nehi active hei..can you let me through?" (yes, it's not active)
she seems hesitated...and then i showed my card to her...and so she let me through...
there you go...how hard it is...i could say much, or even convince her anything...luckily i could understand sometimes...huhu...

therefore, i would like to state here that
alia is going to learn about hindi till she could speak well to everyone...

its should be an advantage to speak extra language...in case of travelling or dealing with the people here...besides, people back in malaysia always ask me whether i had learn to speak hindi or not...so, i think i should start now... :D

quote of the day:
"people always say just be who you are
only that they might not realize that
people change...everyday...
well i'd say...always show yourself...
though people see you are different from before
but what's important is, it's
...THE BETTER YOU..."