my first speech!! ...for the class, anyway =p

yesterday was the second round of icebreaker speeches, and finally, it was my turn! it was only 3 minutes long, but it seemed much, much longer. i started out with writing down - points for visual aids ;) - six different ways to say hi (shalom in hebrew, salut in french, hola in spanish, kalimera in greek and merhaba in turkish, i cant remember the other one). then i talked about how i want to be multilingual, my family, how we love to travel - i brought some pictures of when i was in india, america, and switzerland, one of charlie and i, and one of my brother and i when he was a baby. i then basically talked about what i like - music, animals, bart simpson; and what i dont - working part-time, discussing religion and public speaking. i think i did forget some points, but that's bound to happen no matter how much you practice, so it's all good =)

on the way back from college, i swung by the bookshop of Universiti Malaya, as recommended by Sulay to look for my Intercultural textbook. i had NO idea the place was so massive! i mean, seriously! there were SO many cars in there! on a late friday afternoon, too! it's HUGE they've got like a million departments for what seemed like everything on earth. finding the bookshop wasnt so difficult, but when the guard explained the location to me in malay, it took a few seconds to register what he was actually saying! i guess it's true then, what they say - use it or loose it. i cant remember the last time i had to speak or understand malay! =/

the bookshop was. interesting. they have SO many books, it's amazing they even know where anything is! i didnt have any course outlines with me, so i had to get the names and titles of the books i was looking for via sms (thanks again, guys!), and when they finally found what i was looking for on their computer, they couldnt find it on the shelves! they were supposed to have like TWENTY copies but they couldnt find a single one. and get this - they're selling the book for 28.80, and the guy who's selling the books in college is selling it for 55.00!!! jezuz! now im waiting to hear from mph if they have the books. damn it's never been this annoying to get textbooks...

i have a yoga class in a bit and i have to write a paper about how my culture affects the way i communicate, or something like that.

so, laters!