10:18 a.m. - 2004 Julai 2
English please...
Kami sedang rancak berbual bila tiba-tiba ada suara garau mencelah;
“Speak English please..”
Aku dengan tim terdiam.
Oh, ada lecturer ke? Sebab kami sedang surf di computer lab. Dan bila ingin berkomunikasi dalam computer lab, kau kena berbahasa inggeris.
“You must speak English” kali ini suaranya lebih tegas.
Aku toleh sekilas. Ceh… orang Melayu rupanya. Waktu bercakap tadi komain berhabuk dia punya speaking. Jeling pada nametag; Melayu betul pun. Ingat foreigner mana tadi.
Yes sir, I know it’s the rules in this lab that we must speak English. But for your information, if somebody didn’t communicate in English it doesn’t mean that the person doesn’t know how to speak English at all. It just that I’m tired of speaking English all the time around the campus twenty-four-seven. Of course I don’t have any difficulties in speaking English. I can do it, it just that I don’t want to. Come on, I’m taking Bachelor of Human Sciences majoring in English Language & Literature for God sake. And I cannot stand seeing other people trying so hard to be like the American people, or even worse dress up like a “nigger-wannabe”.
Hello.. am I in Malaysia right now?
Dan kita ni orang Melayu. Apa salahnya berkomunikasi dalam bahasa melayu? Siapa lagi yang nak mengagungkan bahasa kita, kalau bukan kita sendiri yang memartabatkannya kembali? Sibuk sangat terikat dengan protokol universiti. Bosan lah!
No, I’m not trying to rebel here. Cuma meluahkan apa yang terbuku dalam hati.
Oppss.. kita? I’m not supposed to use that term. Aku bukan orang melayu tulen pun. Patutnya tak perlu sibuk-sibuk nak martabatkan bahasa melayu ni..
:)
