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Sunday, December 08, 2013

How I want to travel

I'd love to go to other countries.  But somehow now, I don't think I'll ever like I've really been there, unless I live there.  To live there means, to work or study there.   Which means that you'll need to travel from your dwelling place to your place of work/study with other locals, perhaps to also get groceries for your own consumption.  The longer the period the better, but even 1 week of doing that, is enough to have a glimpse of the lives of the locals.  

Travelling to a place to eat out all the time and only visit tourist attractions - no longer means having been to a country, for me.

I would love to learn and explore the interesting and beautiful countries of :

1. ..say Egypt perhaps, to learn Arabic - maybe 3-6 months.

2. Korea during autumn/winter, learn Korean 1-2 months. (yes, ok i recently watched Korean dramas)

3. Spain - learn Spanish 1-2 months.

I think that's all for now - the dream.  Will it ever come true?
If Allah have written it for me I guess.  Insyaa Allah. Aamiin.

My only criteria is the place where I stay has a clean running toilet and a clean bed.




p.s. I'm suddenly reminded of the time when I was in Osaka.  I was quite depressed when I first arrived, because I had to leave my young kids to work there for a week.   The hotel room was so small.  I decided to go down to the supermarket and get me some beautiful flowers to place in my hotel room.  It actually cheered me up a bit.  *Tip.


6 comments:

Al-Manar said...

So if you are visiting East Caost you newed to study the starge Malay used there.Otherwise, why bother, these states only offer rain and flood and certainly no proper toilets. See I say in my recent posting.

Al-Manar said...

In a hurry I made so many errors ;

need, not 'newed'
strange, not 'starge'
See what I say, not'See I say'

That is what the long driving in the rain and flood has done to an old man's faculty in writing and spelling!

madame blossom said...

Hee.. it's ok pakcik. I figured them out except "starge" :p
Hope Allah has been keeping you & wife in good health.

redtide said...
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redtide said...

Assalaamu'alaikum..

For Arabic, maybe you can looking into www.bayyinah.tv (",)

madame blossom said...

Waalaikumsalam wr wb,

Hope you're in the best of iman and health!

:D I've actually subscribed to the channel and learning slowly.. sometimes in hiatus.

I'm still lacking a real teacher to ask immediate questions when I'm in doubt.

Insyaa Allah I can learn online - but it's still so different to be 'forced' to learn it everyday and be surrounded by the language everyday.

Still insyaa Allah.. May Allah make it easy.

Thank you.