Nasib baik my SV is not British

Amongst the main element in a PhD is the supervisor (SV). Yang tu semua PhD candidates setuju la. Hala tuju, masa depan semua di tangan dia... errr..I mean di tangan Allah, actually. Hehehe.

I have just had a meeting with my SVs after a long 3,4weeks of yay-hidup-bebas-sesuka-hati. Tadi Alhamdulillah... meeting berjalan lancar, berkat doa Abah dan all my loved ones (you know who you are).

My past week has been horrible. Tido lambat, stay back kat ofis sampai dah nak habis waktu Maghrib, long weekend (due to Labour Day) pun menghadap data. Hence the sawang-sawang kat blog ni setelah terabai 2 minggu. 

Dua tiga hari ni makan pun tak lalu sangat, walhal biasanya aku la melantak macam bela hantu raya.

Cenggini la jadinya bila nak kena hadap SV. I mean, nak impress diorang. Speaking of this, my SV is an Italian Aussie. Tapi nasib baik la dia cakap tak pekat sangat Aussie accent tu. So far dah setahun lebih ni, aku faham lagi la apa yang dia cakap.

Lepas abis meeting, tetiba aku teringat lak pasal the politeness of Britons.
I found this...

WHAT THE BRITISH SAY	WHAT THE BRITISH MEAN	WHAT FOREIGNERS UNDERSTAND
I hear what you say	I disagree and do not want to discuss it further	He accepts my point of view
*With the greatest respect	You are an idiot	He is listening to me
That's not bad	That's good	That's poor
That is a very brave proposal	You are insane	He thinks I have courage
Quite good	A bit disappointing	Quite good
I would suggest	Do it or be prepared to justify yourself	Think about the idea, but do what you like
Oh, incidentally/ by the way	The primary purpose of our discussion is	That is not very important
I was a bit disappointed that	I am annoyed that	It doesn't really matter
*Very interesting	That is clearly nonsense	They are impressed
I'll bear it in mind	I've forgotten it already	They will probably do it
I'm sure it's my fault	It's your fault	Why do they think it was their fault?
You must come for dinner	It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite	I will get an invitation soon
I almost agree	I don't agree at all	He's not far from agreement
I only have a few minor comments	Please rewrite completely	He has found a few typos
Could we consider some other options	I don't like your idea	They have not yet decided

Cer tengok balik... as simple as 'I'm sure it's my fault', can actually means 'it's your fault'. 
Gagagaga! Gila wehhh...

It also reveals that 'very interesting' can often mean 'that is clearly nonsense' 
Homaiiiiii :-O
 
Errr..on second thought, my co-SV is a British Aussie (British descendant). Agak-agak selama ni dia berbual dengan aku guna kekdah ni ke tak ekkk?
@_@


p/s:
The author of the table is unconfirmed, but it is thought it may have originally been drawn up by a Dutch company as an attempt to help employees working in the UK.

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