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Monday, April 03, 2006

rough malay

an attempt at bahasa pasar or the rough, colloquialised malay i used to speak so often in, but have started to lose touch of since i got started shuttling in and out of this country everyday (haha). decided to do it in rough malay because, it's not been done before in my circle. i mean i've known friends who don't usually speak malay attempting to blog in perfect malay, but not street malay, so why not i be the first? like i said, i've decided to attempt, not perfect. and after writing it i realised it still sounds a bit polished. but it's better i feel. haha.

if anybody needs a dicky, look it up here. unfortunately it doesn't reference slang words, so you won't be able to find some of the words. :p

~
aku merindui masa yang terlepas.
yang dulu-dulu ketika aku dalam keadaan lebih gembira and hampir tanpa kekecewaan.
ku tak ingat masa sekarang ni akan berasa begitu teruk.
kadangkala aku tanya Tuhan, kenapa patutlah ku rasa macam gini?
mengapakah aku tengok yang orang lain tu dah progres ke depan dan aku macam masih belum gerak lagi?
ada orang yang saya tengok dah dapat hadiah mereka, gembira sangat mereka, tapi aku? rasanya aku tertinggal macamnya.
tapi saya tau, Kau tak bersifat begitu. Kau Tuhan yang baik, tak akan tinggalkan ku saja di belakang macam tu.
dan saya tau, ada suatu hari Kau akan angkatkan aku daripada parit depresi ni. Kau amat setia, tak akan terlepaskan aku.
dan dengan harapan tu aku akan meneruskan perjalanan ni.