Road to Final Exam: Day 5 –Sesi Membebel

Assalamualaikum.

Today is the 5^th day and Semantics is still stubborn not letting me go.
Fine, Language Users are creative huh?
Okay, let’s do this one exercise. Muntahkan apa yang anda tahu.
What I have been reading so far are mainly the explanation and arguments on WHY English Grammar is making our life miserable.

My brain is...

Basically, there are two sets of theory from the Functionalists and the Syntacticians on how to study language. So…Syntactic people are all proud and kecoh pasal rules. Language is all about abiding the rules. And as we know, to follow the rules is the most difficult task to be accomplished.
Memanglah, cuba tengok. Senang ke nak menulis dengan flawless grammar or..or..flawless English?  Kalau native speakers of English bolehlah. Even so, native speakers pun banyak rosakkan grammar. Haha. Err..my writing pun has a lot of grammatical errors.  Tak kisah lah kan. Ini free-flow-writing-exercise. Syntactic people kecoh-kecoh cakap that we have to exactly follow the rules given and they believe in the SENTENCE-BASED THEORY. Dalam that very theory, it looks at how phrases are structured and also they look at the compositional view of meaning.
Now, what on earth does that mean? Well. Itulah. That is what we have to explain with full illustrations in final exam nanti.

I heard many of my classmates are doing good in Semantics. Tapi kenapa macam aku seorang diri je yang rasa macam Semantics ni super alien? Berapa hari dah bertapa menghadap Semantics. Fahamnya baru berapa peratus.

*Tadah tangan sambil berdoa.. Mohon Allah permudahkan jalan.*

On the other hand, the Functionalists (aku suka mereka ni), they saw that rules are overpowering the language. Yelah. Mana tak nya. Cuba pergi check buku grammar berapa tebal? Tebal nak mampus siap ada table-table yang mungkin korang forever takkan faham pun apa fungsinya. So again, later on kita nampak rules are overpowering the language. Rules dah jadi MONSTER. So, perlu ada orang yang akan break the tradition or the rules. Jadi, mari kita lihat siapa hero yang bawa idea baru untuk musnahkan tradisi tersebut. Saussure is one of the linguists who break the traditional rule. Kerana dia kata, language adalah creative sepatutnya. They believe in SIGN-BASED THEORY.

Mehehehe…so sekarang, RULES versus MEANINGS.

Cuba korang explain kenapa dalam surat khabar bahasa Mat Salleh tu tulis berita pasal Chelsea macam ni: “Chelsea are a strong team”.
Bukan ke Chelsea tu singular? Kenapa guna are pulak? Hah. Explain cepat.
So, Syntactic people akan kata, itu adalah Exception. Simply because they are too lazy to explain why. Or maybe they do not even know why. Kan dah terikat dengan rules. So, that’s why lah. Haha.
But, the Functionalists kata, there must be an explanation as to why ‘are’ is being used. Maybe, di dalam context ayat tersebut, Chelsea is considered as something which includes everything: the coach, players, managers ke, strategies and set up ke, and what not.

Jadi..begitulah. Ini hasil bertapa dengan Semantics beberapa hari ni.
Tapi still tak cukup lagi sebab I still don’t know how to elaborate the points with proper illustrations.

Tensi.

Nak makan nasik.

Selamat Malam Dunia yang fana.

Yang Gila Semantik,
Fathi.

Road to Final Exam: Day 4

Assalamualaikum..

Today is still Semantics’ day. It seems like I cannot distract myself from studying Semantics. Padahal ada subjek lain yang perlukan perhatian juga.

Tidak mengapa. Jumaat adalah hari pengakhirannya.

Romantic dan Usul Fiqh, nantikan ketibaanku.

Malam ni rasa berdebar-debar. 

Pelik.

Ya Allah, permudahkan urusan kami Ya Allah.

Amin.

Assalamualaikum.

Selamat Pagi dunia.

Semalam kan 1 Rejab kan.. patutnya buat entri tajuk kelebihan berpuasa sunat pada bulan Rejab. Baru ada pengisisan mantap. Akan tetapi, rasa kecewa yang bertandang buat diri jadi kurang bersemangat.

Patutnya bolehlah nak puasa semalam.

Tapi, tak ada rezeki. Masuk tahun ni dah 2 tahun berturut-turut terlepas peluang besar tersebut.

Tersalah tengok tarikh, kes pertama.

Gastrik kerana stress berpacaran dengan Semantics, kes kedua.

Rugi. Rugi. Rugi.

Jam 9 ada appoinment, dengan kakak cantik yang bijak lagi menawan hati dan juga sangat comel dan pandai dan menawan hati dan..dan.. she's just an angel. 

Mohon Allah merahmati beliau setiap masa. 

Bagus juga ada Semantics ^_^ dapat jugak pergi menuntut ilmu dengan kakak cantik. Hihihi.

Alhamdulillah. Pagi ini indah.

Road to Final Exam: Day 3

Day 3 : Hari Kami Keluar

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Hari ni 1 Rejab =)

Jadi, hari ini, aktiviti pada waktu siang bukanlah mengulangkaji pelajaran. Sejak dari minggu lepas lagi kami dah rancang mahu keluar bertiga untuk celebrate hari jadi Sue beberapa hari awal. 

Sebelum kami pergi berfoya-foya, kami pergi fotokopi nota Romantic. Ini tak lupa ni. Wajib. Kalau tak fotokopi , rasa tak sudah. Hehe. Kudos to Syafiqah Amir.

Kami bertiga pergi merayau-rayau di Jusco Wangsa Maju dan kemudian melebarkan sayap kami ke Wangsa Walk.

Santapan hari ini sangat istimewa. Hasil cadangan Cik Permaisuri. Kami mengisi perut yang kelaparan pada jam 11 pagi di Mr.Teppanyaki. Oh. Makan makanan Jepun. Pertama kali Fathi dan Zie makan di situ. Hahaha. Thumbs up. Thank you Sue! Awesome lah menu makan tengahari kita.

Kemudian, kami ke Wangsa Walk. Mahu belikan hadiah hari jadi untuk Sue ^_^ dan…..tournament bowling. Bhahahaha. Idea tournament ni datangnya dari orang yang taip entri ni. Ehem.ehem. Sayalah orangnya. Malangnya, tuan punya idea yang kalah dalam tournament tersebut. Zie johan. Sue naib johan. Fathi menang dengan jayanya…dapat last place. Wuuhuu! So, ideanya, siapa yang kalah kena belanja yang lain. Hahaha. Padan muka kat diri sendiri. Well, it was great. Bukan kisah sangat pun kalah menang sebenarnya. Yang penting dapat spent time sama-sama.  Kalau tengok movie takleh main ejek-ejek. Main bowling boleh main ejek-ejek. Haha. Korang tak tau ke? Aktiviti ejek-mengejek boleh mengeratkan ukhwah sebenarnya. Tulah..oblivious lagi. Fakta mudah tu pun tak tahu.

Kesimpulannya, malam baru Fathi mula study. Tak menyesal pun. Sebab dah lama rancang nak keluar bertiga ^___^ 

TERIMA KASIH Sue dan Zie. Korang awesome lah!

Awesome People =)

Permaisuri's Birthday Present. Wee~

Oh, and Happy Birthday Suhailah. May Allah bless you always  =) Nanti on the actual date, Mekna wish lagi sekali OK? Hihi.

Yang kalah main bowling, (Hahahaha)

Fathi.

Road to Final Exam: Day 2

Assalamualaikum.

How are guys doing? How’s study? Hahaha.. So far so good?

I truly hope so.

Alhamdulillah, I have finished reading what I am supposed to read for Semantics. But, that’s only the first round. I have read around 2 to 3 times so far. Just need to increase the amount of reading up to 6 to 7 times. (Semangat habis-habisan..hahaha) I’ll prove to Dr. Subra that I can do this. Even if I can only get a B, that would be super good for me. Of course deep inside I have the dream to get at least a B+. bhahaha..ini angan-angan beta.

Dear Semantics,

You are driving me crazy this semester. The moment when I first met you, I knew that you will never give me an easy life. I went through various hardships. But here am I, standing strong, still adoring you. Reading lines by lines of your extra alien terms and words. Trying to understand what on earth you are trying to tell us. Even so, I still adore you and I still regard you as one of the subjects that allow me to bring myself to another level of learning phase. Thank you so much my dear Semantics. Oh, yes. I even dream about you for several times. Aha. You really drove me crazy.

Okay Semantics, I will be visiting you again soon. Wait for me.

And tonight, before Day 2 ends, I will start looking at Romantic & Victorian notes. Awesome!

Story telling time! Looking forward to study this subject kerana Madam Farizah sangat sangat comel ^_^

Kerana ini adalah satu usaha untuk keep track Fathi sedar atau tidak akan kepentingan menepati masa.

Diari tak diari. Personal life tak personal life. Biarlah aku nak taip apa. Bhahaha.

Oh, esok Day 3, Girl's Day Out =D wee~~ skip studying. ehem2.

Thank You Allah for the gift of my life today. Alhamdulillah.

Future Semanticist, (mehehe..)

Fathi.

Road to Final Exam: Day 1

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Semoga Allah memayungi kita semua dengan rahmat dan kasih sayang-NYA, senantiasa.

Amin.

Let's get started.

Today is Day 1.

I just got back from home and apparently, hostel is the best workplace for me to get started.

Final exam is just around the corner. 

Let's count..1, 2, 3, .. oh! 8 more days to go.

Awesome! Because I have not started a thing.

Ah. Boleh pula buat remarks yang seperti itu.

Ye anak-anak....procrastination adalah sangat tidak dibenarkan pada semester ini.

Ingatlah pada janji anda pada semester yang lepas.

*Sekarang ada awan atas kepala..mengingati semula babak diri sendiri berjanji tak mahu tunda buat revision untuk final exam.. Oh, sedang study Beowulf ketika itu.*

Bagus.

Sekarang dah ingat janji terhadap diri sendiri?

Baik. Malam ini, kita mula buat ulangkaji. OK?

HAH! 23.5.2012 ni Girl's Day Out untuk kami bertiga. 

Fathi, Permaisuri Ketam dan Manisha.

Muahaha...Fathi, kalau nak keluar dengan aman, sila mula buat ulangkaji.

Kalau tidak, memang menempah maut.

Ye adik-adik..mari mula ulangkaji.

Jangan mengada-ngada nak tengok movie selagi tak cover mana-mana chapter yang agak-agak susah tu.

Oh, terutama sekali untuk pelajar-pelajar yang bahan ulangkaji mereka adalah sesuatu yang dikategorikan sebagai endless reading.

Tolonglah mula membaca awaaal....saya merayu.

(Padahal diri sendiri nak mula pun susah mcm ada batu dekat mata ni.. "T__T )

Okay. See you guys tomorrow.

We'll count how much reading have you done with.

Love, 

Fathi.

May Allah bless who do not abuse the trust of others'. -Hilmy Mustafa

Close Your Eyes

When laziness creeps in, the world seems to move faster.

Super fast.

I feel like closing my eyes and stay still in my room

Doing nothing

Staring at the ceiling

Looking at the fan spinning

and

Continue daydreaming.

I just needed that to break away from reality.

Too much pressure around.

I cannot cope.

I am drowning.

Nobody is right and Nobody is wrong here.

I have never felt euphoric so high.

Euphoric to see that one person.

My new addiction.

I abandoned the rest of my addictions in life

to give full attention to my new addiction.

If the new addiction brings me a brighter future, 

it will be such a great happiness.

But..

I should not be doing this.

Addiction is never a good thing if it pulls you down.

I MUST stay FOCUS.

Missions should be completed.

By next year,

I am a free girl who will continue living life in peace.
 Leaving behind those people who has made me weak.

I shall be strong.
May the forces be with me.
May Allah ease the way.

New addiction,
Stay with me if you are kind enough to bring me to a brighter future.

Saya mahu hidup yang ada makna.
Awak mungkin orangnya yang boleh jadi teman seperjuangan.


Done.
Now, the panadol should be swallowed.
The migraine will get worst if I refused to.


New addiction, may you be the one.
Myself, please stay focus.
Missions are waiting to be accomplished.