Task 1

a) Record and Transcribe

Nelson : Bryan, have you done the assignments for GBM. The bahasa melayu course?

Bryan : Not yet. Still in progress. Still finding the books and journal. It’s so hard to

find books in the library.

Nelson : I know right. I try to find the books that En. Sallehudin asked us to but I

cannot found it.

Bryan : I tried googling it online about the books. And it seems that some of the

books only available in bookstores in Kolumpo only. I thinking of going to

Kolumpo next week to buy the books.

Nelson : Wouldn’t it be a waste of money to buy the books just because of one

subject?

Bryan : Alah. We can still sell it to the junior what? This is what we call an

investment bro.

Nelson : Hmmm. Sounds like a great idea. Eh by the way. Do you need to present

for the subject? Because my class has to do a

presentation.

Bryan : Of course lah we need to. It is stated in the question. All class must present

before week 12.

Nelson : Oh really. I though that you don’t need to present because we are in

different class. Plus, you are a Teslian and I am a music student. We are not

in same level.

Bryan : Hoi. We are all the same. There are no differences. This subject is a bit

challenging to me because I’m a Sabahan. So I have my own dialect in

Bahasa Melayu. We need to use an actual formal Malay language

to present. That’s a bit hard.

Nelson : It’s okay. Your Sabahan dialect is not as bad as my dialect. I can

hardly speak in Malay and English. My dialect affect me too much.

Bryan : Yes. Your classmates always make fun of you when you pronounce the

word understand. They said you pronounce it as “undesteng”.

Nelson : Stop making fun of me. I’m still learning and adapting. Bryan can I borrow

your shirt for KOT. I lost mine. I actually feel very lazy to go.

Bryan : Yes. Take it from my room. My KOT practices is on Thursday. So Im not going

to use it anyway.

Nelson : When it comes to KOT I feel like I want to vomit. I hate

KOT.

Bryan : Poor you. I can lay down on my bed happily.

Nelson : I hate it when they force us to take part eventhough we don’t interested in

taking part. They might ask me to take part in Lontar Peluru because I am

the biggest in the team.

Bryan : Well. That’s good. You can collect medals plus it might help you lose some

weight. You really need to take part.

Nelson : Are you mocking me? You saying that I’m fat?

Bryan : Chill chill. Im just kidding. This year management of KOT is a little bit

ridiculous. We have to pay 35 ringgit just for the shirt and food. The

shirt is not that high quality. The food that they will give on that day

is just a chocolate bun and one juicebox.

Nelson : Yes. It is so expensive. But I think we need to understand

them. Because the IPG don’t have enough money for students

activities. Even the IPG bus cannot travel above 200 KM. I think

for now we have to use our own money if we wanted to do our own

activitiy.

Bryan : Now I know why your friends are always mocking you for your language. By

the way, what you said is true. The IPG don’t have enough money now. Let’s

just pray to God that our allowance won’t be cut off.

Nelson : Yes. I know. We need those money. We need it so much. Sometimes I really

really hope that I am in IPG in other state. Their monthly allowance

are higher than us here. IPBA got 650 ringgit every month.

Bryan : Yeah. We are the one who supposed to have that much amount because
 you know eventhough we lives in the rural area but the living cost here is

higher. The food is so expensive. In Kolumpo eventhough they are in the

city, but they can get a plate of rice, a fried chicken, vegetables and a

drink for only 5 ringgit. But here, it’s impossible.

Nelson : Yeap. That is true. I cannot use all the money of the allowance to buy things

that I want. I try to ask from my parents but I feel so ashamed. Because if I ask

I wouldn’t feel independent anymore.

Bryan : At this age of us. We should not ask for money from our parents anymore.

Nelson : I think I need to do extra work. Can I do extra tuition class outside? It would really

help you know.

Bryan : Actually, we can’t. Because we can’t work while study. It is stated in the Garis

Garis Panduan. We are not like the university students, where we can work while

study. So I guess we don’t have other way to find extra money for ourselves. But,

online business might help us.

Nelson : I’ve tried online business. It doesn’t work. Too much competitors competing with

me. But if you have lots of friends. Maybe it will help.

Bryan : Yeah. But try lah. For starters maybe it’s hard. But when your business have expand,

it would be money, money, money.

Nelson : Nah. I’ve tried once and I don’t get the profit so I guess I stop. Want to try something

New maybe open a burger stall.

Bryan : Yeah. Let’s just see how it goes.