Goodbye Malaysia and Hello Cambodia (For the next 3 months)

Hey all,

After a long hiatus from writing blogs, I am writing again and this is to tell that I will in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 3 months. After months of hardship in CIMB, I am only pleased to be told that I have been selected for the regional programme, all of which are testimony to my work during recent months. 

Malaysia will be missed nevertheless. However, I am more curious of my life for the next 3 months starting tomorrow at Phnom Penh. I wonder how is life in that country, the condition of the country, what are the cultures and so many other things. 

Always a language enthusiast after having learnt Mandarin Chinese and Spanish over the past few years, the attachment in Cambodia provides me an opportunity to try out or experiment Khmer, the national and official language of Cambodia. I will do my best to learn as much Khmer as possible. 

For now, I'm going to start packing my stuff for tomorrow's flight and will further update from Cambodia or any other parts of Indo-China. 

Until then, everyone. 

Books in My Reading List

Books that are currently in my reading list are:

• Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jim Collins
• It's Not About the Coffee - Howard Behar
• Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
• On Writing Well - William Zinsser

Bob Marley & The Wailers 'High Tide Or Low Tide' (Save The Children's East Africa Appeal)

It has been a long time..

It has been a long time since anything is written / posted here. Time has changed many things such as perceptions of life, goals in life, etc... One of the few things that would change is blogging because I guess I can no longer write about what I do over the past few days, weeks or months. It was more relevant back then in university when I have university workloads to deal with, competitions, sports and going out with friends but as I am only a couple of weeks before beginning my first job after graduation, I don't think blogging in this manner is anymore relevant or "suitable" to me. Blogging was fun for a little while but soon, the interest vanishes.

So, what's next?

Yesterday was the end of part of life and today marks the new beginning. I really wonder what is next.

MC Mong feat. Park Hyo Shin - 기도(Prayer)

Korea's answer to hip-hop, MC Mong featuring one of Korea's very best pop and R&B artist, Park Hyo Shin in this rather old song titled 기도(Prayer). Regardless of how old the song is and regardless the language of the song, good music is good music. Enjoy. =)

Parliament - 20th Century Masters

Funk music. George Clinton's Parliament. Some good music here. =)

been awhile

Exam's coming up, everyone's studying and that includes me too. Things are a little different this time around, it's the "final" final exam for all of us in our degree year. What's next? No one really knows but all i know I am both looking forward to it and at the same time, I do wish that time would freeze and allow me to take a breather from the real world.

-JT-

Entroducing...

DJ Shadow's debut album on heavy rotation. Put on your best headset and enjoy... =)

Path to being a Polyglot

With my final assignment done, I have my language learning books all piled up again next to me. Spanish, Chinese, Esperanto, French and Korean. From the 5, the ones which I have decent knowledge or understanding are Spanish and Esperanto.

The language learning progress continues. Gonna start Korean from scratch again while I will continue listening to more and more Chinese. French is not in my list of priority, I might give it a miss. For Spanish, I am gonna read more Spanish literature while also looking for Spanish language speaking partners. And since I'm satisfied with my Esperanto's level, I will just occasional readings or chats with Esperanto speakers.