Frankly, I don't really know what I'll be writing here....I guess this is where I can talk to myself (which I do a lot). The only difference now is I'm talking to myself in public, which I always try to avoid in the world out there. I might also write in Malay if I feel like it. Malay being my first language but I really miss using it especially in it's purest form. Bahasa Melayu ini indah. Malangnya, kelonggaran peraturan nahu dan tatabahasanya menyebabkan ianya mudah dicampuradukkan dengan istilah dari bahasa lain. Akibatnya, berkuranglah serinya, pudarlah keindahannya dan hilanglah kekuatannya. I've just put in writings for the first time my view of this language of mine. The Malay Language is beautiful. Unfortunately, the looseness of it's grammatical rules make it easy to be mixed (or polluted) with foreign terms. As a result, its vibrant is lessened, it's beauty is faded and its strength is lost.
Anyway, that's my view and I'm far away from being a linguist or a language-activist (as hopefully, will be proven). I'll be talking about things as I see, hear, feel and think of them.
Saturday, March 01, 2003
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