Manglish + Chinglish (???)

I am so fed up of correcting people's English recently. Really, the English language used among students are really deteriorating! Most of it, so much of 'Chinglish' (Chinese + English) & 'Manglish' (Malay +English)! I'm not implying that my English is good, but I do take pride that it is at least bearable. I do have my flaws, but I wouldn't think that mine's a serious case. I mean, darn! Take a look at some part of the assignment that I have to correct for my Malaysian Studies subject done by my groupmates:-

· Thursday - Bridegroom’s parents go bride’s house to inspect the bed so that the new couple can faster get a baby and happiness in their new life together and their relationship can last for very long. If bridegroom’s parents satisfied with the preparation or decoration of the wedding, they will fold the bed shed. If bridegroom’s parents not satisfied the preparation or decoration of the wedding, they will cancel the wedding ceremony because is bridegroom side give money to prepare the wedding ceremony.

Find any faults? My reflex systems suddenly fingers onto my keyboard and did this --->

· Thursday - The bridegroom’s parents will go to the bride’s house to inspect the bed so that the new couple can devote into each other to have a baby in a short time, accompanied by happiness in their new life together so that their relationship can last longer. If the bridegroom’s parents are satisfied with the preparation or decoration of the wedding, they will fold the bed shed. On the other hand, if the bridegroom’s parents are not satisfied with the preparation or the decoration of the wedding, they will cancel the wedding ceremony because the bridegroom's side is responsible to fund the preparations of the wedding ceremony.

And try translating these -->
Saturday - This is their proper wedding. The bride will wear a ‘kebaya laboh’ (cabaia) and ‘kain sarung sutera berwarna putih (saia) beserta kasut yang bermanik Rambutnya didandan dengan cucuk sanggul dan permata tiruan. Sebelum ke gereja dia mencium tangan ibu dan ayahnya serta seluruh keluarga. Upacara ini dinamakan “large Noiba”. Pengantin lelaki pula memakai suit hitam, baju dan bow berwarna putih berserta topi tinggi yang diikat pita hitam.

...into --->
Saturday - This is their proper wedding. The bride will wear a ‘kebaya laboh’ (cabaia) and a white sarong silk with beaded shoes. Her hair will be tied up in an elegant bun, secured with a ‘cucuk sanggul’ with fake diamonds for the glitters. Before going to the church, the bride is supposed to pay her respect and ask for blessings from her parents and the entire family, especially the elders by kissing the back palm of their hands. This custom is called “Large Noiba”. Conversely, the bridegroom will be wearing a black suit with a white bow and a tall hat which are tied with black tape.

I'm beginning to think of myself as a teacher and a translator.
Gosh, I've only finished page 7 and I still have 13 more pages to go... all with the same TERRIBLE grammar mistakes, which I would say, only happens from a primary student!

Malaysians, please, I pray to you, PLEASE IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH!

Genting Highland with MMU Badminton Club

Idling for a long time do make me feel guilty. I thought I would never get tired of blogging.. but I think I just did. Too bad for me.

Just wanna write something on the Genting trip I went last few months. Well, 2 months ago to be exact. A trip to Genting Highlands with the Multimedia University's Badminton Club (2005/06), with all living expenses fully paid for 3D/2N, and a free buffet meal at Coffee Terrace, one of Genting's most expensive restaurant. Coffee Terrace is the most fabulous restaurants I've been to, not considering it's lovely interior, but also it's extensively large selection of local, nyonya, western, japanese, etc. (I can't finish the whole list!).

We arrived on a very cloudy day. So, instead of taking the pictures of the greeneries, we took pictures of ourselves.

Chee Perng & Me in the Cable Car


And we checked into our hotel rooms at 3pm sharp. It was exhausting and everybody's taking a rest...

Chee Perng & Me Playing with His New Nokia N70

On the second night, that's when the badminton gluttons went to Coffee Terrace to rip the yummy food off the buffet table! >:)


Me & Cutie Cupcakes =)


Me & Chee Perng... again... (don't know why, but I love taking pics with this fella.. just hope he don't get too perasan now.. Muahahaha... =P )


Me & Kelvin, my new housemate... still at Coffee Terrace~

SzeMing, my Vios driver! (hehehe.. jz kidding ya fren =>); YongQing; HoeHwang (my Announcer) & M3 ---> CHEERS~!!!

The Gluttons of Malacca MMU Badminton Club

Standing: WeiShen, HoeHwang, HanChun, SzeMing, Gary, WeeYet, Oliver, M3

Squatting: Kelvin, YongQing, CheePerng, DunSiang

After dinner, the gluttons wanted to go for walk outside to take some fresh COOL air after they've stuffed a whole amount food into their tight tummies. And some serious things we were after..


Did WeeYet vandalize the police car??? Hmm.. I don't think I'm allowed to post the next-actioned picture.. Kekeke...

Serious or not, that was not the actual case. There are more serious things that these guys planned AND WANTED to do... which is...


AHA~!!! Chor Tai Di---> Caught In The Act!!!

Lastly, when the trip was over, we managed to get a very darn clear picture of the mountains from "someone's" new N70.


Last Comment: It was an enjoyable trip, just too bad that I didn't join them to the Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow 2006 (KLIMS). It was also a tummy-filling trip with a 3 free buffet meals which makes Sweet commented, "You're getting fatter in the past 3 days!" when I reached Malacca. But then again, he took me to a steamboat buffet on the next night!!!
So, how can I not eat all these mouth-watering buffet meals?

One word: Temptation!