A crash course in Khasi...

And I'm finally back guys!! How are all of you?? Anyway seems most people in my friend's list has asked me to give them a crash course in the Khasi language, which most of you don't know is a language spoken by the tribals of Meghalaya, to be exact the people who are from East and West Khasi Hills.
Khasi is rich in folklore and folktale, and behind most of the names of hills, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, birds, flowers, and animals there is a story, it's one of the very few societies in the world that follows the Matrilineal society.

Anyway, the Khasi language is a really unique language and well I won't go on talking about it, here goes with the lesson; 

The alphabets comprises of;

 A, B, K, D, E, Ng, G, H, I, Ï, J, L, M, N, Ñ, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y.

a, b, k, d, e, g, ng, h, i, ï, j, l, m, n, ñ, o, p, r, s, t, u, w, y.

Yeap guys there is no C in Khasi but K is used instead. The alphabet NG is pronounced as ng (through your nose) and to be noted in Khasi I is pronounced as E and E as A, and A is pronounced as ah! 

The alphabet Ï is pronounced as ee and Ñ is pronounced as nnn.

Next we have is the way gender words; 

u(as in oooo) is masculine

ka is  feminine

i(as in e) is diminutive

ki (as in key) is plural

Now common words which are used are;

Bam- means eat

Um- means water

Leit noh- means go/going

Khu-Blei- means Thank you

BahBah- Older brother

Kong Kong- Older Sister

Bah- Older man (formal)

Kong- Older woman (formal)

Phi long kum-no?- How are you? (formal)

Nga khlaiñ- I'm fine (formal)

Ja- cooked rice

Kumno?- How?

Shano?- Where?

Shisha?- Really?

Myn-no?- When?
Sngew-bha- please

Rit- small

Khyn-nah- children/ kids

Sam-la- teenager/ Boyfriend/ Girlfriend

Ieit- love

Phi-You

Nga- Me/I

If you want to ask something from someone, let's say a stranger, in Khasi we say;

Phi tip shano ka don?- which means Phi means you in a formal sense (masculine and feminine), tip means know, shano means where and ka don means where it is?
So the sentence means Do you know where the place is?

Before you start a question especially to a stranger whose older to you, you've got to be polite because Khasi people are more into the politeness and how you show respect. 

Basic sentences to know when in Shillong;

Phi kyr-teng aiu (a-iu)?- means what is your name? 

Phi wan na ja-ka aiu?- means from which place did you come from?

Phi lah dep bam?- means have you eaten? (dep here means finished/completed)

Hooid- means yes 

Em- means no

Leit suk- means safe journey

Khu-blei shi-bun- means thank you very much (shi-bun hear means very much)

Numbers that need to known;

Wei - 1

Ar- 2

Lai- 3

Saw- 4

San- 5 

Hyn-riew- 6

Hyn-niew- 7

Phra- 8 

Khyndai- 9

Shi-phew 10

Well, I guess that's enough of basic Khasi langauge crash course, because to be honest even I'm not that good ~lol XD The basics are covered though but writing and speaking are two different things, mind you. Anyway, this concludes the lesson for today~lol XD

-PEACE

XoXo

Twenty random facts about me

1. I love Jesus
2. I love music and writing
3. The three relationships I value the most is with God, Family and Friends
4. LOVES BIGBANG AND KWON JIYONG.
5. A dork who loves cracking jokes and do retarded things
6. Hates spiders and all the creepy crawlies *brrrr*
7. I prefer keeping quiet even though I might look the sociable type
8. I love the colour Black
9. I love collecting unique and cute trinkets 
10. Very afraid of the dark
11. I get hyper if the talk about travelling comes in the picture
12. I'm a very cold to people except to people who shares the same wavelength with me, thus the choosy attribute comes into play
13. My anger is let's say is something you should not see
14. I love photography
15. I try living my life on the edge, or in other words I love being spontaneous 
16. I love cooking 
17. I love singing but that doesn't mean I'm good at it
18. Loves ice cream and chocolate 
19. I get constant mood swings but don't worry its normal~lol XD
20. I have a blunt personality which sometimes gets me into loads of shizz but to me honesty is the best policy

So here people, these are the twenty facts of mine that came from the top of my mind. 

-PEACE!! 

Xoxo

One thing that makes me love Shillong is the fact that there is unseen beauty you see before the sun rises every day and when the sun sets. To me its all magical and I must say it takes my breathe away and makes me realize how life is beautiful if only we look and see further than our point of vision that we are so used to seeing our lives with. We should try living life in such a way that we should see over it and search for the horizon and who knows maybe we would see something that we never thought was there.

Credit: J.Manners 

How to love a woman.

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect - you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” - Bob Marley

It's cold- Epik High

Even when spring comes and flowers bloom,
And summer comes, making memories melt down…

The four seasons never suited me in the first place. I’m a cold child.
My harsh personality is like winter that cuts through the skin. The cold wind. It’s needless to say.
To me, having a cold heart is everything. My heart is like the winter ocean.
You’d know when you approach me on a ship. That I’m not an island, but an iceberg.
I’ve lost my focus. My eyes are frosted.
Because my cold memories were being stepped on, I only kept screaming without an Adam’s apple.
I was an icy road with nothing but painful scars.
My heart collapsed like an avalanche. When I pulled myself together, it was a lightless night again.
Even when the sun, named you, rises, the snow-covered mountain will not melt.

It’s cold here. Even though I hide my hands in my pockets
It’s too cold. Even though I put my hands together and blow on them
Because my heart is frozen solid, my lips keep becoming chapped.

I’m the only one who’s cold. Even when I wrap my body with blankets
It’s too cold. Even when I throw myself into someone else’s arms
Because my heart has a hole, even though I try to cover it, the wind keeps escaping.

Though spring visits flatteringly, I stand on the edge of fall.
My memories have stopped at winter. I’ve locked up my warmness. Inside the chapped flesh of my dry heart.
My memories are trapped in a frozen river. They hold on to me, and don’t let go of my hands.
Ever since I learned about our cold separation, spring, when flowers bloom, have never come again.
To me, cherry blossoms bloom like snowflakes. It’s cold here.
To me, the sunshine only hits me like a blizzard. I’m the only one who’s cold.
Whatever I touch, they all become frozen. I’m afraid that I might hold your hands.
Becacuse, if you become close to me, your heart might catch a flu, too.

I’m cold as ice. I’m cold as ice. I’m cold as ice. So cold.

Even when spring comes and flowers bloom,
And summer comes, making memories melt down… Here, it’s…

It’s cold here. It’s too cold.
Because my heart is frozen solid, my lips keep becoming chapped.

I’m the only one who’s cold. It’s too cold.
Because my heart has a hole, even though I try to cover it, the wind keeps escaping.

[A must listen too song and album that one should look forward to! The reason that made me fall in love with this song is the fact that it talks about the feelings a person has, especially when they turned into someone whose cold and that even if they find someone they love and cherish, the thoughts of it breaking plays in the mind due to the fact that the person became cold and harsh. This song talks alot about the person I've become right now, maybe that's all the more reason why I'm attached with it. But, anyway, do listen to it, you'll definitely fall in love with it :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBPC2FOfZJQ

-Xoxo

The insecurities of a student

One year and a half and I'll be done with studying law and the thought of what will happen after that scares me. I don't think I'm alone with such thoughts because I know many of us think about what will happen when a certain chapter of life is almost at its end.
Whenever I meet people they would ask me this question, which sometimes I don't know what to tell them. It's weird when people assume I'm going to continue to pursue my masters in Law even without asking me first. I've been thinking so hard for the past few years after starting law school about what career path I should choose after it and I would always end up being stuck with a big question mark in my mind because honestly I don't even know what should I do. Even if I finally have a mindset on what I want to do I end up being so insecure and be fill with so much doubts (yeah, I over think things) that I always end up where I started from which is the question mark going round my mind.
I honestly didn't know that being a University student sucks! When we were kids we always knew we had a path to follow which is from kindergarden to primary school, from primary school to high school and from high school is either college or in my case direct to a University which from then you don't know what else to do (in my case, I've got a mom who keeps telling me to choose whatever I want and because of that I always end up being like a lost puppy who doesn't know what to do!) .
Friends and seniors all decided on what to do and trust me its all based on law, which I think it's good since they know where they are going but then there's me, the kid whose still confused even though I'm already in my fourth year.
Ahhh, the circle of insecurities that can never stop in a student's life.

When boredom strikes on a holiday

Today gotta say was the most boring day ever even though its a holiday. Since I was pretty bored I decided to bake something for the family and I ended up in baking a chocolate cake which I must add its pretty tasty lol XD 

As we trod down the path of life, sometimes we need to just breathe and realize that there are things in life that should never be taken for granted.

 

model: G.Sangma

model: G.Sangma

model: Iba.R (:P)

Halloween High XD

Its finally Halloween month and damn I'm in the mood for some trick or treat :P