Sunday, 16 December 2007

The christmas holiday

I know my English is quite poor and I write slower in English compared to Malay. Besides that, I still could remember Bro Saif's comment about writing in language other than your mother tongue. He said, people express their feeling and thoughts better in their mother tongue compared to their second or third or tenth language. Well I think he is quite right. However, I cannot let all those issues stop me from writing in English. I think the time for me writing in English has come. I need to improve my English. I need to bring my English standard up to another level. Through practice, inshallah in the next few years I will be a good writer. Practice make perfect.

So, the first thing I would like to say for this entry is about the holiday. After reading one of my junior's blog, I could see their excitement to feel the adventure of traveling during the holiday. I could see their joy of meeting friends and spending time together. As finishes reading his blog, I tried to reflect upon myself. The first word came out in my mind about this holiday is 'indifferent'. How many times I found this word, but never understand its meaning. Strangely, that was the word pop up in my mind.

After looking at the dictionary, I found that yeah, that is the word that can be used to describe my feeling at the moment. I seems to me, this holiday ist just like the last summer holiday or other weekend holiday. I had lost the enthusiasm to celebrate the holiday, travel around the world. Probably it is the sign of ....

2 comments:

nnydd said...

....signs of depression?

kenapa ni abn? the blog is brooding je. you sound like you are a bit depressed.

Firstly there is a loss of interest in or pleasure from activities that you used to enjoy. Then these fearful and hopeless feeling that I think you are trying to say out loud in your posts.

wanaimran said...

....of old age and the wisdom that comes with it?

i guess december always makes everyone feels this way... it has a sombre quality to it, much like autumn having a nostalgic and reflective quality about itself...