Balik dari negara China -- Back from China
Baru jer balik dari negara China. Kami telah pergi ke Beijing, di mana kami dapat merasakan serba sikit adat istiadat Cina. Lupakan segala stereotaip Cina dan maklumat-maklumat merapu dari orang lain: China sebenarnya tak seberapa beza pun dari Malaysia. Kami telah pergi ke Forbidden City (Kota Terlarang China). Kami juga berpeluang berjalan di atas sebahagian daripada Tombok Besar China. Kebetulan bahagian yang kami pergi merupakan tempat yang sama di mana ada mangga-mangga kunci yang banyak tu yang digunakan di dalam The Amazing Race! XD (Sehingga hari ini, mangga-mangga tu masih ada kat sana lagi.)
Lepas tu, kami ke Xi'an, untuk mempelajari lebih lanjut lagi mengenai sejarah China. Di sana, kami juga berpeluang melihat Askar-Askar Terakota. Saya terkejut dengan jumlah askar Terakota yang banyak tu. O_O (Saya ada baca yang setiap satu memakan masa kira-kira satu tahun untuk disiapkan.)
Apa-apa pun, kira saya dah banyak rasakan adat istiadat Cina kat sana. Syukur alhamdulillah kami selamat balik ke Malaysia pas tu. Oh, dan rasanya berguna jugak saya ada belajar sedikit bahasa Cina sebelum ni. Contohnya, "茶" (chá) maksudnya teh. (Bahasa Cina bahasa tonal, so kalau nak belajar bahasa Cina, kita kena jaga sikit dengan tonaliti suara kita. Dulu, pernah berlaku ada satu student nak sebut "太古了!" ("Mahalnya!"), tapi apa yang keluar dari mulutnya "太鬼了!" ("Sangat berhantu!"). XD)
OK, bai! =)
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I've just got back from China. We went to Beijing, where we get a first-hand taste of Chinese culture. Forget about all those stereotypes and other bullshit everyone else talked about China: In reality, it's no different from Malaysia. We also got the opportunity to walk on part of the Great Wall, which just so happens to be the same place where those long rows of padlocks were used in The Amazing Race (which, to this day, still remains there)! XD
After that, we went to Xi'an, to learn more about the Chinese history. There, we also get the opportunity to watch with our own eyes the Terracotta Soldiers. I was shocked by the number of soldiers there. O_O (I read that each took about one year to complete.)
Anyway, at least I've experienced a lot about Chinese culture there. Thank god we've safely returned back to Malaysia afterwards. Oh, and I think it is useful that I've learned some Mandarin before this. Like, for example, "茶" (chá) means tea. (Mandarin is a tonal language, so if you want to learn Mandarin, be careful not to screw-up your tones. Once, a student wanted to say "太古了!" ("So expensive!"), but what came out of his mouth is actually "太鬼了!" ("So ghostly!"). XD)
Okay, laters! =)
Lepas tu, kami ke Xi'an, untuk mempelajari lebih lanjut lagi mengenai sejarah China. Di sana, kami juga berpeluang melihat Askar-Askar Terakota. Saya terkejut dengan jumlah askar Terakota yang banyak tu. O_O (Saya ada baca yang setiap satu memakan masa kira-kira satu tahun untuk disiapkan.)
Apa-apa pun, kira saya dah banyak rasakan adat istiadat Cina kat sana. Syukur alhamdulillah kami selamat balik ke Malaysia pas tu. Oh, dan rasanya berguna jugak saya ada belajar sedikit bahasa Cina sebelum ni. Contohnya, "茶" (chá) maksudnya teh. (Bahasa Cina bahasa tonal, so kalau nak belajar bahasa Cina, kita kena jaga sikit dengan tonaliti suara kita. Dulu, pernah berlaku ada satu student nak sebut "太古了!" ("Mahalnya!"), tapi apa yang keluar dari mulutnya "太鬼了!" ("Sangat berhantu!"). XD)
OK, bai! =)
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I've just got back from China. We went to Beijing, where we get a first-hand taste of Chinese culture. Forget about all those stereotypes and other bullshit everyone else talked about China: In reality, it's no different from Malaysia. We also got the opportunity to walk on part of the Great Wall, which just so happens to be the same place where those long rows of padlocks were used in The Amazing Race (which, to this day, still remains there)! XD
After that, we went to Xi'an, to learn more about the Chinese history. There, we also get the opportunity to watch with our own eyes the Terracotta Soldiers. I was shocked by the number of soldiers there. O_O (I read that each took about one year to complete.)
Anyway, at least I've experienced a lot about Chinese culture there. Thank god we've safely returned back to Malaysia afterwards. Oh, and I think it is useful that I've learned some Mandarin before this. Like, for example, "茶" (chá) means tea. (Mandarin is a tonal language, so if you want to learn Mandarin, be careful not to screw-up your tones. Once, a student wanted to say "太古了!" ("So expensive!"), but what came out of his mouth is actually "太鬼了!" ("So ghostly!"). XD)
Okay, laters! =)