Monday, January 26, 2015

Strayyyyyya! Good onion, myte!


Straya Day! Oi! Oi! Oi!
Hoyeah!!! Long weekend! (Aussies ni, pantang ada extra cuti sehari je dah kecoh panggil long weekend, walhal takde la long sangat pun!).

I have had a crush on Aussie blokes since I stepped my feet here in 2005.
So walaupun aku tak jadi buat PhD kat US, kensel nak ber-supervisorkan jejaka KPop di Korea, dan masih cannot get over my love for Brisbane... at least aku masih kat DownUnder ni. So, boleh la perasan Aussie, happy-happy sambut Australia Day arini...

Alaaa...bukannya kena ada rupa Nicole Kidman ke...Delta Goodrem ke untuk celebrate Australia Day kan? Anggap je la aku ni Aussie walaupun skin tone macam suntanned au natural. Hihihi.




So, in conjunction with the event, let's talk Aussie-ish stuff arini.


Well, do you know?




And Australian greetings:


Soalan ni memang hamsap, sebab until today aku teragak-agak, diorang ni expect aku jawab ke x?
LOL

Tu belum kira lagi dengan accent pekat melantun-lantun yang kekadang aku tak paham. Nasib baik kat ofis/lab aku English diorang tu standard.
Kalau tidak, mau aku main sengih gelak-gelak je bila ditanya soalan, macam jadi kat aku ngan Fiza masa bersembang dengan Bray dulu. Hahaha


Diorang punya lingo ni melarat-larat sampai ke proverb.

And important proverbs:

Mamf*s aku nak  paham.
Kalau orang Malaysia, senang je.... "Buat U-turn la! U-turn"
Kehkehkeh.

Jalanraya kat sini, mana boleh speed laju-laju. Most roads mmg max 60km/h. Memang mula-mula sampai dulu, susah sangat nak control. Lama-lama dah terbiasa. Kawan-kawan yang dah back for good (atau yang balik bercuti jap kat Msia), mesti cerita diorang kena hon sebab drive macam siput vavi.

Tapi, sejak aku dah 'Australianised' sikit ni.... aku dah relax time driving. Siap malas press pedal minyak lagi. Hahaha.

Lagipun, kat sini, ramai orang insaf kot dengan iklan tentang safe driving. Tak main subtle punya...
SPEEDING, NO ONE THINKS BIG OF YOU.

Haaa..amekkaw!


Sebenarnya ada satu stress kalo dok Aussie ni...sebab most people around the world are experiencing  the opposite season. Bayangkan je la, orang kat Northern Hemisphere (Europe, US, etc) dok cerita pasal white Christmas, kitorang menggelupur tengah summer.
Orang cerita pasal snowman, kitorang buat sandman je la kat beach.

On the Westerosi words of Australia:


Tapi agak lawak bila tengok masa winter (kat Brisbane especially), Aussies pakai bermuda shorts ngan T-shirts je, dan aku menggigil-gigil. Nak pakai coat tebal-tebal kang, orang pandang semacam. Tak pakai tebal, sejuk la pulak.
Kat Adelaide ni kira okay la nak pakai jaket bulu-bulu pun, sebab confirm sejuk daripada Brisbane. Heh. Tu yang aku suka tu. Nak nak pulak bila boleh melaram dengan boots. Hehehe.

And how Australians cope:
Kat ofis sekarang, mujur jugak la area aku tu ada Ganyk je. So, he understands well bila aku sejuk, off la aircond. Lagipun, aku dah standby heater kat bawah meja.

Agak stress jugak bila orang-orang kat Europe/US dok sembang kencang pasal nak baring-baring atas beds of yellow/orange leaves masa autumn, kitorang maybe tengah panas. Cuma tak sampai la tahap heatstroke.
Recently, kecoh pasal Pumpkin Spice Latte... and Aussie be like..... errr...BIG QUESTION MARKS atas kepala.

And Pumpkin Spice Lattes:

Nasib baik jugak la summer tahun ni sangaaaaat mild. So far la. Lagi sebulan nak abis summer ni, harap-harap takkan jejak lebih daripada 35'C.
In fact time menaip ni pun, aku siap pakai jumper ngan socks. Kalau last year, sampai 44'C. Jangankan socks, kalau boleh, benang seurat pun taknak pakai! Huahuahua.



Dan bila dah away from Malaysia, of course la internet je yang mudah untuk update apa-apa.
Termasuk la untuk tengok video kat YouTube. Tengok Maharaja Lawak ke... (drama-drama aku tak layan)... lagu-lagu yangorang dok share kat FB ke...

Tapi, mak stress noks...bila....

On the internet:
Grrrr... hampagas!!!
Macam la Aussie ni remote sangat!


Pasal makanan pulak, aku pernah confuse silap sebut masa nak order.... fries.
Eh, fries?


On culture clashes:
Lepas insiden yang membuatkan kemaluan aku membesar itu, masa queue je, aku akan tengok menu untuk recall balik terms apa diorang guna. Hewhewhew.

Tu belum cerita lagi pasal 'SPIDERS!'
Hang gila ka apa-- nak order spider kat counter Hungry Jacks? Dah la spiders kat Aussie ni jenis-jenis yang sekali gigit, confirm pengsan atau mati.

On spiders:
Of course la kita terbiasa dengan 'float'. Tapi kang kalau order float, jadi macam kes fries/ chips tadi pulak.


And Wagon Wheels... in which, masa Maryse sebut Felix nak makan ni, aku ter-blur kejap.
Felix nak makan wagon wheels? Biar betul.

Then lamaaa lepas tu, baru la aku tau...

Why on earth would they name it something like that. Aiyaaa!


Aussies are bad at naming the food/ candies, I suppose.
Main hentam je... memang dah gaya macam street names for drugs pulak.
And what the world is missing:

Dan yang ni...is called the FAIRY BREAD ye kawan-kawan.
*rolled eyes*
Roti sapu butter, tabur sprinkles. Hahaha.
Pun bolehhhh... janji aku dah dapat idea untuk bekal kat Lil Adib untuk kindy nanti.



Selain yummy food, Aussies jugak ada yummy blokes. The home too People’s Sexiest Man Alive gittew. Tapi, aku tak refer kepada pakcik Hemsworth ni, I'm referring to my Alex O'Loughlin. Heh. 

On being home to People's Sexiest Man Alive:
Dalam MKR aritu, kecoh pasal ada 'Thor'.... hehehe.



Ni memang cousin yang hamsap. LOL!


Tapi, aku pun nak tayang gak la gambar masa aku dating dengan sorang lagi hot Aussie hunk. Eric Bana. Homaiiii!!!

Kasi chance la ye.
Ni belum lagi dengan Alex O'Loughlin. Kalau tidak, confirm menanah la bijik mata korang aku layur-layur gambar kat sini. Hewhewhew.


Geography-wise, aku rasa nama-nama tempat kat Aussie ni, yang inspired by aborigines especially... bunyi sangat lawak dan bizarre.
Toowong, Mittagong, Molong, Grong Grong, Wollongong,  Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby,Goondiwindi, Coolangatta, Cabramatta, Parramatta, Wangaratta, ---what's the matta?!?

On place names:

Jangan tak tau... aku tak jadi ke Wollongong walaupun aku tau ada otai bidang aku kat situ, sebab aku rasa lawak. Okay, lame excuse.
Eh, tak jugak la... sebab I was told bidang aku ni the best is kat Adelaide. Hehehe
(Abang angkat aku grad dari situ wehhh, dah jadi dekan pun kat UIA. Ampun, Abang Didie!) 


 Politic-wise.... standard la kan.... kat mana-mana pun, ada je orang tak suka politicians. Harharhar.


On Tony Abbott's mates:
Awkward ehhh.




On #AusPol:


And Australian birdlife:
So true!




And dinner guests:



Anyway, kalau ada yang nak kondem aku sebab puji Aussie melambung sangat ala-ala lupa diri, lupakan je la niat tu. Hahaha.
Aku nak menuntut ilmu this Aussie winning attitude daripada Steven Bradbury nih.... Whatever will be, janji menang!

On Australia's #winning attitude:

Kwang kwang kwanggggg

Last but not least, have fun listening to this song..... STRAYYYYYA!!! (inspired by Hey Ya- Outkast).



My country don't share no borders
'Cos of all the waters that surround our land
Thank god for our resources
'Cos they are the sources of our wealthy land
Don't try to find the capital
Or fight the animals
You're on your own
Just drive from town to paradise
And you'll see why we call Australia home

Straya
Straya
Straya
Straya

You think you've got it
Oh you think you've got it
But have you got a rock where there is nothing at all
We get together
Oh we get together
The weather's always better when there's cricket involved
And we believe that mateship is forever
We're all mates, we're all mates, we're all mates
We're all mates, we're all mates
And we're multicultural
So why ya why ya
Why ya why ya why ya
Not living in Australia when you know we are so happy here

Straya
Straya
Straya
Straya

Alright now fellas
Yeah!
Now what's cooler than a big cold beer?
Ice cold!

Shake it [x9]
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Shake it [x9]
Shake it like a polaroid picture

Straya
Straya
Straya
Straya

1 comment:

  1. panjang lebaq citer pasal aussie ye...hahahaha citer pasal fries n chips, pasal hadlaju kat sana ni first time le tau...

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