Babel*

I love speaking in foreign languages, I have a reason for it, and it doesn't mean I don't love my Bahasa.


You see, Indonesian Bahasa is my first language.
(now you know why my grammar kinda sucks :P -- yet that's not the point of this post:))

I'm a pure Indonesian girl, BUT I use English at home with my family, I use English in my head, and even in my diary.

In blog world, I use a mixture of Indonesian and English on my posts. But to tell you the truth, I try my best to always write in English. Why? Simply because it's a global language.
At times I hate it when I need to find something important from the Internet and then when I found it it's written in a language that I don't understand. For example, I love Japanese dramas, and yet all updates about the latest dramas are mostly written in Japanese. Or weeks ago when I was searching for medical journals and the interesting ones are written in German.

It made me wish I speak every language in the world. :P

Anyway, a few months ago I found a blog about language and nationalism. It was along the lines of
"Kalo kamu cinta negeri ini, ngga usah sok pake bahasa Inggris hanya untuk terlihat keren. Mana jiwa nasionalisme kamu?"
"If you love this country, stop using English just to look cool. Where's your sense of nationalism?"

Well in my opinion, my sense of nationalism IS by speaking in English. Why? Because again, English is a global language and like it or not, we're facing globalization. By understanding English hopefully the people in our country would be easier to gain access to any knowledge and therefore making us less under-developed than before.
I say let's speak up in English and let the world know how great Indonesia is. :)


*Have you ever watch the Oscar-winning movie Babel? It's about how different languages could lead to misunderstanding and eventually cause chaos. Oh and it has Brad Pitt in it. ;P


Cheers,
TS