Afina's Journey on Cultural Diversity

Hola hola!

Since Aminah has shared her video project, it's my turn to share with you guys my video!

It's not much, just a simple video about intercultural beliefs and values that we hold among ourselves in the society :)

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-Q4MBlEZs

Don't forget to hit the 'Like' button! :D

(so sexay harrrehhhhhh)

Till then, adios!

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Heyyooooooo!!!

What's up y'all~~~~

Long time no see right? alright, let's get straight to the point.

Okay, this post might be the last post for this blog.. awww

But no worries, InsyaAllah, if we have time, we will update once in a while. it's quite busy as a student ya know. Yayyy!!!

So yeah, me, Aminah and my groupmates have made a video related to beauty and it is the last task for our course, Intercultural Communication. The title of the video is Bauty is You. #beautyisyou

Hope you can spend time to watch it. It is less than 5 minuntes. Afiqah and her groupmates also have their own video, and since we are not from the same group. she will post it later. =)

Till then uolls!

This is the link for laptops or PCs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntuHb36m28

And this is the link for for mobile devices:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1283653231648200&id=100000106058999&refid=12&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_r2j_approved&__tn__=%2As

spread it!

#beautyisyou

Adios amigos!

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Assalamualaikum everyone!

CÓMO ESTÁS?

Today, we are going to share with you guys about nonverbal communication in Aboodi’s culture. For Malaysian, of course we have our own gestures or cues that mean something right? So do Aboodi. In fact, every culture has their own nonverbal communication. To make it easier, let’s simplify it and make a smaller scope. We are going to talk about gestures or body movement in Aboodi’s culture.

According to Dictionary.com, nonverbal communication is “Communication without the use of spoken language. Nonverbal communication includes gestures, facial expressions, and body positions (known collectively as “body language”), as well as unspoken understandings and presuppositions, and cultural and environmental conditions that may affect any encounter between people”.

So, we asked Aboodi the other day and basically he shared four gestures in his culture with us. First of all, in his culture, when they are talking to each other, they tend to point around a lot at people, which will eventually lead to misunderstandings by the person whom being pointed at. Aboodi said that it is not an act of disrespectful, but it is just that when they talk, their hands will move around too, and to control their hands, they point them at the person they are talking to.

Besides the hands, there is also ‘the look’. The look here means when they get ‘that look’ from their parents when they have guests visiting their house. It means go and serve them something like tea, coffee or any food that you have. We don’t know about you guys, but for our families (Afina), we also get ‘that look’ from our parents. Haha. But it’s not only for serving the food, but also introduce yourself politely, and greet the guests. It’s Malay’s tradition to welcome their guests warmly. So that is why we always get ‘that look’ from our parents when we just sitting around and do nothing. We will get labelled as ‘lazy’ especially if it is girls.

Aboodi also has shared with us a video to make us easier to explain about the next gestures. Thanks Aboodi! ^_^

In the video, the first gesture means ‘please wait for a while’. Based on Afina’s observation, we also have this gesture for some people. But most of us usually will use the gesture below to say ‘please wait’. Right? No? ookaayyyyy….

Anyway, the second and the third move mean ‘hurry up’ or ‘faster’. Again, based on Afina’s observation, Malaysian usually wave their hands toward their body repeatedly until the other party comes closer. Just like the picture below.

Lastly, in Aboodi’s culture, when someone wants to ask you something, you will nod your head. It means ‘what is it’ or ‘what do you want’ or ‘yeah?’

So that’s all from us. We hope you enjoy reading this entry!

-DANKE!-

References

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.

http://lifeandtimesofawriter.blogspot.my/2011_04_01_archive.html

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Annyeong!

Who else is excited when it comes to food?

Food is everybody's bae, don't you agree? :D

So, we'll be sharing with you guys about Aboodi's favorite food in this entry.

We've explained in the previous entry that Aboodi likes rice with meat, and after doing some googling on his local food from Saudi Arabia, we can see why he likes this kind of cuisine,

Aboodi says that he likes Mandi with meat because it tastes great and delicious.

Mandi dish

But he also says that he favors his mother's cooks. He told us that his mother always made Somalian dishes even though they have been living in Saudi Arabia for a long duration of time. He did not tell us in specific what dish that his family always had but based on my findings, these are some of the Somalian food that actually looks similar with Aboodi's favorite that is rice with meat.

AND

I asked him, if he had to choose between Somalian and Saudi Arabian food, he would choose:

Kapsa Rice

(Looks tempting don't you agree?!!!!)

If you're a fan of Malay weddings cuisines, you could clearly see that our Nasi Minyak is quite similar to Saudi Arabian food.

Nasi Minyak

The only difference is our Nasi Minyak has acar (mixed vegetables with vinegar).

Acar

Finally, if any one of you is thinking of visiting Saudi Arabia, Aboodi says that maybe you should try Saudi Coffee with dates. I bet you're wondering what it looks like. Well, here it is:

Saudi Coffee

Uhm, we guess this is it. I hope this entry has given you new information about Saudi Arabian food that some of you might have little input on it. James Beard once said:

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

Till then, Au Revoir!

-KAMSA HAMNIDA-

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DÀJIĀ HǍO! (HELLO EVERYONE!)

Okaayyy..... So now you know a bit about Aboodi, let’s talk about his view on stereotype. This is one of the task that we need to ask Aboodi beside his personal profile.

Basically, we (Afina) had asked Aboodi two questions regarding this issue.

1. His stereotype towards Malaysian

2. Malaysians’ stereotype towards him

For the first question, Aboodi said that before he came into Malaysia, he thought that Malaysians have small eyes because they are part of Asia (typical stereotype towards Asian, haha).

However, Aboodi’s father had given positive images about the beauty of Malaysia and Malaysians to Aboodi because Aboodi’s father had visited Malaysia several times for business matters. We thank you, Mr Mohamud Tani. Hehe.

Once Aboodi had arrived in Malaysia, he was so excited and thrilled to visit interesting places in Malaysia! Now, he had visited Langkawi Island, Sunway Lagoon, French Village and Japanese Village in Bukit Tinggi, Port Dickson and many more! Honestly, some of these places we have never visited before. Lucky Aboodi... *sigh...

French Village

Japanese Village

Anyway, back to the topic, Aboodi said that he really wanted to go to Malaysia’s tropical island next time like Redang Island, Perhentian Island, Kapas Island, Pangkor Island, Tioman Island and many more as Malaysia is best known for its many exotic islands that feature beautiful beaches, tropical rainforest and stunning crystal clear water and colorful coral reefs.

We want to go there too!! T^T

As for question two, Aboodi only answered the question with two short answers. He said the words ‘Sheikh’ and ‘Ustaz’. This is because people always thought that he is an expert in religious matters as he is really fluent in the Arabic language (Arabic is his first language) and mainly because he has a beard. People and their stereotypes... Haha.

So that is all for now, InsyaAllah we will write more about Aboodi and his culture next time. We also might go out and have lunch with Aboodi the next time we meet, and of course we will introduce to him about Malaysian culture and FOOD. Yeah, FOOD. Wohoooo~~ Till then, Sayonara!

Zàijiàn! (Goodbye!)

-GRACIAS-

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Hola!

We meet again :-)

In this entry, we’re going to introduce you to our international friend. We met him through Aminah’s friend and we had a nice time getting to know our new friend the other day.

Alright, here it is!!!

*drumroll*

...

TADAAAAAAA!

Here's a bit of his biography,

Name: Abdalla Hamud Mohamud Tani

Nickname: Aboodi Tani (only to his friends and family)

Age: 21

Date of Birth: July 5^th 1995

Nationality: Somalian but lives in Saudi Arabia

Year: 2^nd year 1^st semester

Course: Currently studying in Human Science course, but thinking of switch to ICT because of job opportunity he’s gotten in Saudi Arabia.

Hobby: Playing football & Playstation, he also likes playing football games on the Playstation

Talent: Cooking lasagna, macaroni cheese, pasta, rice, fried eggs and tuna.

Native speaker of Arabic language, followed by English, Somali and Japanese. He’s looking forward to come to Japan as he always likes their language and manga!

Aboodi has been living in Malaysia for 2 years and Malaysia is the first foreign country he has ever been to.

He's so friendly and chatty, nice looking and kind.

Here's a picture of us hanging out the other day :D

-MAHADSANID-

(Thank you in Somali)

^_^

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TERVEISIÄ! (Greetings in Finnish)

Hey our lovely readers! Okay, straight to the point. Here’s the thing. We, Afina will make special entries for you! Yayyyy *clap hands

However, we are still not sure though when will we update them. Just wait, yeah? =)

So for this week, our special entry is….. *drums roll

PORTRAIT AND POEM!!

Yup, we are going to show you our drawings and poems about ourselves. Just promise us, you will NOT laugh! We are not very artistic girls. So just bear with us okay? Hehe. Ready??? Here we goooo…

Aminah's portrait

Aminah’s Poem

I am not short, and I am not tall,

Tun Aminah is what I’m called.

My voice is bad, but I love to sing,

I have a cat, and I have fair skin.

I like to eat and I like to sleep,

That’s what my family said every time we meet.

This is me, this is who I want to be,

This is me, come and let’s be friend with me.

Alright, you've seen Aminah's potrait of herself, Now, me (Afiqah) gonna reveal mine....... Huhuhu

OH MI GOD, As you can see, I don't have talent in drawing! *silently cries in the

corner*

Dr. Afiza told us to make a potrait of ourselves and this is how I portray myself -_-

I've tried to make it look a bit more abstract but nothing worked out.

Aminah's is way better than mine, obviously.................

Huahuahuahua.

Let's move on to the poem part >_<

I AM.........

I am Afiqah binti Ahmad,

Most of my friends know me as Pqunk,

Don't get mistaken me as fussy, complicated or even mad,

I'm just a person whom sometimes a crack. (HAHA)

I am the eldest in my family,

Thus, my family’s matters are my responsibility,

It was never simple and easy,

But I’m sure I can get through this eventually

Sorry you have to see and read this. We've tried but it's up to your judgement how 'good' we are in writing poems. Duh -_- haha.

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