I was doing my research fieldwork around the Bangi area in late November 2011, when I suddenly stumbled into a stray pregnant female cat. I was instantly attracted to her unique appearance, her face looked like a sad mime or harlequin. When i tried to approach her, she scuttled away. I saw something weird about the way she ran away, it was only then I realized that she has 1 missing hand, and the wound was still bloody & raw. Feeling sympathy for this 3-legged cat, I proceeded to feed & check on her for the next 2 days and nights. On the 3rd day, I successfully captured her & immediately brought her to the vet for treatment. This is her story..and mine. A story about Harlie, the 3-legged cat.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

English or Bahasa Malaysia?

Salam semua.

Sebenarnya, masa saya nak buat blog ni, saya memang dah dilemma tentang bahasa apa yang akan saya gunakan untuk tulis posts. Saya lebih cenderung menulis dalam English. Satu sebab saya ni kurang pandai skit Bahasa Malaysia, dulu masa SPM pun dapat C3 je dalam BM, haha (mintak maap la kalau ada yang rasa BM saya ni skema sangat, atau macam pelik bunyinya).

Tapi, memandangkan banyak supporter's Harlie datangnye daripada Malaysia, jadi akhirnya saya memilih to write mostly in B. Malaysia. Tapi, since yesterday saya tengok kat Flagcounter blog ni, rupa-rupanya ramai jugak visitors datang dari luar negara. Jadi, saya ambil keputusan untuk buat semua posts selepas ni dalam 2 bahasa, iaitu mula-mula B. Malaysia & kemudian diikuti terjemahan in English. Post-post yang saya dah tulis sebelum ni akan saya buat translation nye dalam English, tp perlahan-lahan la. Lama gak makan masa nak buat translation ni.

Saya kesian kat kawan saya Licia dari Rome, Italy yang terpaksa menggunakan Google Translate (yg pun tak berapa terrer B. Malaysia) untuk baca post-post saya kat sini. Mesti dia pening kepala. Lagipun, apa salahnya, dengan cara ni saya dapat share pengalaman saya dgn Harlie ni dengan hampir seluruh dunia. A wider audience will only be good for Harlie :)

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Hi everyone.


I see that we're getting quite a number of international visitors to this site. Hence, from now on, I will be writing all posts in Bahasa Malaysia (our national language) and then followed by an English translation. All existing posts here will be given an English translation as well, in time that is.


This way, I can share my experience with Harlie with almost the whole world. Can't do no harm. A wider audience will only be good for Harlie :)

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