Broken Guitar

Kantoi Whatever!

2010-05-04T22:34:00.003+08:00

ni seyes lawak! eventhough entry ni agak lambat. tp utk sesape yang tak tgk AIM17 aritu sbb sibuk tgk EPL takpun Mentor, tgkla video ni. Kantoi Whatever - Afdlin Shauki's reply to Zee Avi's Kantoi. terbaek ouh!

Lirik lagu Kantoi Whatever:

semalam you call I, I tak answer,
tak paham ke memang I dah tak suka,
dari dulu I cuba nak break dengan you,
tapi you ugut nak tunjuk video tu,
sudahlah pyscho, jangan ganggu,
you pakai bomoh you ingat I tak tau,
you memang slalu buat I berbulu,
no wonderlah mak I pun tak suka you!

hahahahaha!

Tronoh Laketown Resort??

2010-03-23T08:56:00.002+08:00

Putrajaya Holdings tasked to develop Tronoh Laketown Resort

IPOH, March 22 — Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd is expected to begin construction work on the multi-billion ringgit Tronoh Laketown Resort, near here, anytime soon, said Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (picture).

He said the new township facing Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Tronoh would cover 400 hectares of land.

“It is a matter of time before Putrajaya Holdings builds an impressive township for the area which will allow local and international students to study in a conducive environment.

“It will also be a catalyst for Perak’s efforts to turn Tronoh and Seri Iskandar as a new development area and education hub in the state,” he said after a working visit to the Darul Ridzuan Institute (IDR), here, today.

He said besides UTP, other educational institutions such as Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Mara Professional College are also located in the area.

Zambry also said the state government had identified several areas in Hulu Perak, Bagan Datoh, Lembah Beriah near Kerian and Gua Tempurung, near here, as new development areas in line with Perak’s aim of becoming developed state in the future.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

SixthSense: technology of the future

2010-03-03T08:46:00.004+08:00

are you the type who always sits in front of your computer blogging, playing games, checking emails or doing programmings? you can't live without your computer, laptop or pda? now you can! with SixthSense you don't need to spend thousands on technology cause all you need is just a piece of paper, or any flat surface!

Pranav Mistry, an MIT student has developed this incredible technology that allows the physical world to interact with the digital world. the best part is, he's gonna make it open source. I won't say much, just wacth the video and prepare to be awestruck!

visit his page: www.pranavmistry.com

source: www.pranavmistry.com and TED Blog

the "dynamic duo"

2010-03-02T16:58:00.004+08:00

hey, I know I haven't update this blog since long ago. I'm sorry coz I don't have much time now since I'm doing my intern in AMD. however, this is for you guys!

credit to: www.timesofmalta.com

yup! manchester united did it again! we won the carling cup thanks to 2 magnificent goals from owen and rooney! come on united, epl and champion's league next okay?

p/s: okay, i know this is not really an update. huhu. i'll try and find some time okay?

p/s: amie and dira, i know u're reading this. nice post title kan? hahaha.

hey georgians!!

2010-01-25T17:49:00.003+08:00

hey fellow georgians, check this out!

PUTRAJAYA: Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, sebentar tadi mengumumkan 20 Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi, membabitkan 10 sekolah berasrama penuh, empat sekolah menengah harian dan enam sekolah rendah seluruh negara. Sekolah terbabit adalah:

Sekolah berasrama penuh:

1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), Johor Bahru
2. Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR), Seremban
3. Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (KMKK), Perak
4. Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
5. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah
6. Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC), Seremban
7. Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis
9. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah , Melaka

Sekolah menengah harian:

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya
2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur
3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Kedah
4. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) St George, Pulau Pinang

Sekolah rendah:

1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang utara, Kuala Lumpur
2. Sekolah Kebangsaan Zainab (2) Kota Bharu, Kelantan
3. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, Kuala Lumpur
4. Sekolah Convent Kota Taiping, Perak
5. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
6. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda 2, Johor Bahru

source: Berita Harian

congratulations SMK (P) St. George! keep up the good work and make us proud!

boom!!

2010-01-01T17:30:00.002+08:00

happy new year people!! WELCOME 2010!! hope that this year will be a better one for all of us. let's watch this video of 2009's top 25 pop songs remix. enjoy!

p/s: it's also my dad's birthday today!! happy birthday daddy!!

random words

2009-12-10T14:04:00.004+08:00

i was browsing through some of the blogs in my blog list today and i stumble upon these words. it was from my junior, Fatin's blog. what it says is totally true. we often waste our time trying to impress people who don't even bother listening to us whilst forgetting those that makes us happy. living and loving those that makes us happy is indeed the best thing to do. however, don't just let them make you happy, but you make them happy too!

p/s: fatin, kami curi words ni dari blog ampa. hope it's okay. klau kena bayar, sruh amie setelkan eyh. thanks. =p

fenomena nur kasih

2009-11-27T19:51:00.003+08:00

seblum ni aku ada recommend kan korang untuk menonton nur kasih kat TV3 tu kan. sape yang ikut tu bagusla tapi yang tak ikut tu rugi kot. nur kasih arahan khabir bhatia ni memaparkan kisah kekeluargaan yang memang lain dari yang lain.

tapi, bukan kisah dia je yang lain dari yang lain tapi aura dia pun. kalau mak-mak duduk depan tv tiap-tiap malam jumaat menonton siri atau movie favourite dia tu normal la kan. tapi, nur kasih ni lain, even bapak-bapak ngan anak-anak laki yang konon macho tak tengok cite sedih-sedih ni pun layan nur kasih ni siap nangis-nangis lagi. Hebatnya nur kasih ni sampaikan apa-apa aktiviti jam 9 malam hari jumaat pasti akan dibatalkan. jangan sampai lupa smayang sudahla. Even ada skali ni, aku tu aku tgk nur kasih, adik sedara aku yang umur 4 tahun ni bleh kata "ma,ma, nur kasih" sambil tunjuk-tunjuk kat tv. Memang hebatla penangan nur kasih ni.

malam ni final episod nur kasih. Jom ar tgk ramai-ramai. To those yang da miss some episodes tu, bleh je tengok balik kat youtube ke, tv3.com ke. Slamat menonton.

new moon

2009-11-27T11:31:00.004+08:00

watched new moon with a bunch of my friends yesterday. the movie was okay. a bit slow compared to twilight though. but still okay. I don't wanna do any review here because I know that many of you would want to go and watch it yourself. by the way, today is eid adha, a day to remember the sacrifice made by ibrahim A.S. in the path of Allah S.W.T. So, I'd like to wish you happy eid adha and may you have a great time with the family.

what? he sings!

2009-10-27T18:54:00.011+08:00

Cristiano Ronaldo sings! what?

It's true! He agreed to sing in an advert for Portuguese Bank, Banco Espírito Santo.

Does he sound good or bad? Watch the clip below where he sings a romantic song, Amor Mío and judge for yourself.

p/s: in my own opinion, it's not that bad, but he better stick to football. =p

source: Mirror.co.uk

It

2009-10-13T01:45:00.004+08:00

It

When it happened
the feeling is so fine
It could make you smile
It could make you blind

It fills your heart
with joy and wonder
Each time you feel it
your heart beats faster

It is mysterious
and full of riddles
If you could solve it
you’ll surely giggle

When you’re ready for it
make sure he’s an honest man
A man whom when you’re wary
will always lend you a hand

You’ll never miss it
You will take part
When you’re in it
you’ll never be apart

(“It” refers to “Love”)

Copyright©Zareen

p/s: this was written back when I was in form 4 for my english class.

p/s: how wonderful it was back then. Mdm Irene, how are you?

1 Malaysia, 1 UTP!

2009-10-11T19:51:00.000+08:00

The mind creates division
And division is another name
For devastating pain.
The heart creates oneness,
And oneness is another name
For boundless happiness.

“ We Hold Up 1 Malaysia, 1 UTP!”
~A whisper by Simposium Anak-Anak Merdeka 2009 (FIRC UTP)~

dear amie

2009-09-22T22:23:00.002+08:00

wah wah. kau da update blog. tahniah.

kau bagi aku inspirasi utk update blog gak ah. haha. jaga kau klau kita camwhore esk tapi kau tak upload byk2 kt fb kau! kau janji kan? haha.

sori ar tiru gaya penulisan kau.

p/s: kawan-kawan, raya aku indah. raya korang?

Seachange

2009-09-15T12:00:00.002+08:00

Check this event out!

Seachange

and stand a chance to win a trip to the Youth Engagement Summit (YES2009) worth USD 2000!!

Shared via AddThis

what i like about the festive season

2009-09-09T13:46:00.009+08:00

1. All the family members will be home and we'll be together. =)

2. Balik kampung! Yeay! Can meet all my crazy cousins and do our crazy projects. And gossipping, and camwhoring and 'uno'ing and make one hell of a mess.

3. Raya songs will be played on the radio and we will sing together all the way to our kampung.

4. Eat! There'll be 7 to 8 meals a day. Pre breakfast, breakfast, pre lunch, lunch, in between lunch and tea, tea, pre dinner, dinner, supper.

5. There'll be food that we rarely find during other days like lemang, rendang ketupat, kuih raya etc.

6. Collect duit raya! (Yup! I still get duit raya from the family!)

7. Shopping! This is the time to buy new clothes etc. Reason --> it's raya what, must look good.

8. Visiting neighbours, friends etc. This is the time where we streghten our relationship, the chance to meet those that we have not meet for a long time.

9. Open houses. Get to eat some more and meet friends.

10. This is also the time when we can ask for forgiveness from each other, especially to our parents without them asking "Ha, ape zareen da buat?" or "Zareen ok ke?". Haha.

Can't wait! Only a few days more!

advance kids

2009-08-19T19:16:00.003+08:00

kids nowadays are very advanced!

pencinta wanita versi kelantan

2009-08-05T18:13:00.002+08:00

p/s: haha. kreatif gile.

iklan yang shweett

2009-08-01T01:01:00.006+08:00

iklan baru celcom featuring fahrin & scha

sweet kan? kan? alaa. x ke?

UTP is CLOSED

2009-07-31T16:36:00.005+08:00

Dear all,
I wish to inform all of you, in view of the Influenza-like Illness (ILI) among our students, we have decided to close the university beginning 3.00pm today, Friday, 31 July 2009 until 3.00pm, Thursday, 6 August 2009. All students (UG & PG) without symptoms of ILI are to leave the campus starting 3.00pm onwards and latest by at 12.00 noon, Saturday, 1 August 2009.

All academic activities will resume on Monday, 10 August 2009.
International students and students from Sabah and Sarawak can remain in campus. However, please note that you are not allowed to leave the campus during the above campus closure period

Yup people, utp is closed. happy holidays but do take care ya.

p/s: die la after this with all the replacements. or there'll be no raya holiday?? nooo!!

rumet datang penang

2009-07-23T12:43:00.001+08:00

aritu, rumet saya datang penang. dia sampai penang beberapa jam selepas saya sampai penang. kenapa rumet saya datang penang?? ha. yang tu kena tanye rumet saya sendiri. haha.

penang to get water taxi

2009-07-17T08:57:00.006+08:00

yesterday I went back home. instead of taking a bus straight from ipoh to sungai nibong on the island, I took a bus to butterworth which is on the mainland. after about a month of holiday, I went to butterworth to see that the bus station was new. the was a proper place for the hawker stalls, there were clean toilets, surau and comfortable chairs for passengers to seat while waiting for their bus. I walk towards the jetty to catch a ferry. usually you'll need to walk up the stairs to the jetty but now, they have escalators. yeay!

I paid RM 1.20 for adult ticket (RM 0.60 for children) and waited only about 10 minutes for the ferry to arrive. it was nice being in the ferry, breathing the fresh sea breeze. the scenery was also very beautiful. you can see clearly the Penang bridge and also Komtar. too bad I didn't have my camera with me.

then I came to know about the water taxi. it is said that this RM 50 million project have been approve by our Prime Minister. it will be implemented in stages before the end of the Ninth Malaysia Plan in 2010. the taxi will connect the mainland and the island and may resolved the traffic congestion on the Penang bridge. I'll surely have a ride when it's implemented.

p/s: wanted to explore Penang, embrace its heritage and enjoy its delicacies. wanna join?

goodbye daddy

2009-07-08T08:22:00.004+08:00

this is what a child have to say to her dad who had gone too soon. it's always sucks to see a child losing a parent. simply heartbreaking. makes you wanna hold on to your own parents with your dear life.

9 will be Cristiano's new number

2009-07-07T17:13:00.003+08:00

taken from RealMadrid.com

Cristiano Ronaldo will sport the number ‘9’ shirt formerly worn by players of the likes of Alfredo di Stefano, Santillana and Hugo Sanchez. The last Madridista to don the number was Saviola, who was recently transferred.

As soon as Cristiano Ronaldo walked out of the dressing room tunnel and into the spotlight, one of the most asked questions was immediately answered. The Portuguese international will wear the number ‘9’, most recently sported by Saviola, who now plays for Benfica.Cristiano Ronaldo will wear a number steeped in legend and previously worn by Di Stefano, Hugo Sanchez, Santillana and Ronaldo.

popo tagged saya

2009-06-30T15:55:00.002+08:00

1) "5" nama timangan anda

- saya takde nama timangan kerana nama saya best dan xperlu ditimang2 lagi. ::sambil blushing2::

2) "5" sifat or tabiat buruk

- sangat suka makan
- kadang-kadang agak pemalas
- kadang-kadang agak kedekut juga
- sangat suka menonton tv atau movie sampai boleh duduk 24 jam depan tv
- sangat addicted pada internet sampai boleh duduk depan laptop 24 jam juga

3) "5" makanan favourite

- masakan mama saya yang sangat sedap
- char kuey teow penang yang juga sedap
- laksa kuala kangsar, laksa pokok janggus di balik pulau serta semua adik beradik laksa yang lain
- burger jalanan especially di tgh2 malam bila kedai2 makan lain dah tutup
- nasi ayam, cendol, rojak, mee rebus pakcik dekat rumah saya, mee goreng mamak juga dkat rumah saya, kuih muih tradisional yang dibuat oleh nenek saya, tomyam, satay, spagheti, steak abah saya dan macam2 lagi la --> saya orang penang, dan makanan di penang sangat heaven

4) "5" subjek pelajran paling suke

- english, kerana kelas nye sangat menarik especially masa dgn Mdm. Irene
- it, kerana saya suka pelajarannya dan Cikgu Shipa juga sangat best walau kadang2 kena cubit dengan dia sebab suka main2
- kimia, sebab bleh main bakar2 lab macam masa form 5 dulu. wahaha
- modern math, kerana Mr. Tan yang blushing2 bila dikatakan sama macam Tom Cruise
- pjk, sebab boleh main2, menari gimrama (walau saya kayu) dan boleh selalu kena marah dengan Cikgu Pritam ngan Cikgu Mazida pastu pakai baju pjk sampai abes skolah sebab konon2 tak bawak baju la apela

5) ''5'' lime benda wajib dlm purse

- duit
- ic
- lesen
- kad matrik
- kad atm

6) "5" topik yg biase dibual bersame pasangan or teman

- kisah2 lucu
- gosip hangat
- memori silam
- perbincangan mengenai makanan2 yang best
- dan berbincang mengenai kenapa soalan2 ni ade 6 dan bukan 5 ??

7) "5" mangsa tag

- ila rumet
- waniii housemate
- diyana schoolmate
- cukup la tu

sudah lapuk

2009-06-30T14:56:00.007+08:00

award ni tlah diberi oleh waniii sbulan yang lalu, tp sgt malas utk di letak. huhu. sori ye waniii.

1- Copy Award Diatas Untuk Diletakkan Di Blog Anda.

2- Nyatakan 5 Fakta Menarik Tentang Si Pemberi Award Ini.bukan 5 fakta..banyak fakta pon boleh..xpela.. bg 5 jela ek.. hehe..

- budak perlis yg also merupakan housemate aku
- sangat suka ber event dan juga sgt komited <--- sile la amek dia join event, tak nyesal punye
- berhutang belanja makan tengahari dgn aku sbb aku baru je promote dia kat atas ni
- walau single, sangat ramai peminat. gune jari kaki pun tak cukup nak kira. gune kalkulator mungkin boleh
- otak amat genius. kira cam orang yg bg award dean's list tu pun da boring tgk muka dia

3- Setiap Blogger Mestilah Menyatakan 10 Fakta Atau Hobi Diri Sendiri Sebelum Memilih.

- sangat die hard fan Manchester United
- baru kecewa atas pemergian si dia yang dijual 80 juta tu
- suka mendengar muzik dan melayari internet di masa lapang
- sangat sayang pada family
- suka shopping !! mari la ajak saya kuar shopping
- masih single and loving it
- suka travel melihat keindahan dan mempelajari budaya2 orang lain
- takde idea nak menghabiskan 10 fakta maka berhenti disini

4-Anda Perlu Memilih 10 Penerima Award Seterusnya Dan Describe Tentang Mereka.

- amie: cousin aku yang baru mulakan kehidupan sebagai pelajar universiti
- dira: juga cousin aku yang baru je habis cuti
- kuyam: yang baru sahaja mula berblogging --> Selamat Datang !!
- asraf hadzwan: sahabat lama, itupun jika dia baca blog saya
- nadia jamaludin: warga georgian yang dah lama tak jumpa --> reunion jom weyh
- sesape saja la yang rasa diri dia layak. boleh tak camtu? wahaha.

bye bye

2009-06-29T13:04:00.005+08:00

taken from manutd.com

26/06/2009 20:30, Report by Adam Bostock

Ronaldo sale set for completion

Cristiano Ronaldo's departure is all but done and dusted after Real Madrid and Manchester United finalised the agreement for his transfer on Friday evening.

The Portuguese winger was the subject of a world record £80million offer from the Spanish club on Thursday 11 June. He has since been on holiday but a return to work with new employers now beckons, with the sale set to be completed on Wednesday 1 July.

United have made no further comment, other than to confirm the finalisation.

you've made your choice. so goodbye now. good luck in Real Madrid.

internet stardom

2009-06-26T19:36:00.009+08:00

this post is written because I believe zee avi should be more exposed to Malaysians. who is zee avi u ask? zee avi is a 23 years old huge talent with a jazzy voice who have just recently released her full self-titled debut album on May 19, 2009.

so, what's so special about her? zee avi or her real name Izyan Alirahman was more famous in youtube as Kokokaina. this Malaysian teenager was born in Miri, Sarawak before she moved to Kuala Lumpur at the age of 12. she became famous and her talent was realized all thanks to youtube and unasked, she shot to fame in the US, and has cut an excellent record. her story is what we call internet fairytale.

originally, zee posted a video of her first song on youtube for a friend to watch. right after her friend had watched it, she wanted to delete the video. instead, her friend manage to convinced her to leave the video up and she soon received a lot of positive comments. this then inspires her to put more videos ofe her in youtube.

the day before her 22nd birthday, zee posted a video intended to be her last video. by the time she checked her email, she received almost 3,000 email and one of them was from Ian Montone,who had been shown the youtube clip by Raconteurs’ drummer, Patrick Keeler. Keeler wanted Montone to get in touch with zee and offer to release her music on the Monotone Label. Before she knew it zee was on a plane to L.A. to record her debut with producer Robert Carranza at Brushfire’s Solar Powered Plastic Plant. and now, she's on a tour around US!

here are some links
www.zeeavi.com

www.youtube.com/kokokaina

a must watch

2009-06-26T13:17:00.010+08:00

Nur Kasih. a new drama series on TV3 is a must watch for those who wanted a fresh storyline and something new in Malaysia drama scene. Nur Kasih is a story about 2 brothers raised up in the same family but end up being 2 totally different people. Aidil is a son who always obey their parents while Adam always do things that their parents hate. Aidil studied in Al-Azhar University and lived a religious life. This is not the same with Adam where he studied in Australia and led and exotic life. want to know more? watch the drama eyh. it's aired every friday, 9 pm on TV3. tonight is its 5th episode. u guys only miss 4 episodes, so don't worry, u still can catch-up from youtube and tv3.com.

the casts

why I suggest u watch this movie?

1. different storyline and beautiful dialogues
2. great cinematography by khabir bhatia
3. unique characters, each with their own characteristics
4. actor and actresses who are very good in playing their parts in the drama
5. nice soundtrack is always a bonus right?

so go on, watch the drama tonight. but don't blame me if u don't like it cause different people have different taste and preferrence.

at last!

2009-06-25T12:19:00.005+08:00

haih. it's very hard to get the tickets for this movie. after a few days trying and struglling, at last I got 5 tickets! yeay!

everyday I look at this screen,
but what I get was a fully booked hall. haih.

JayR was dying to see the movie, so by hook or by crook, I must get the tickets. after all the sweats, the movie better be extremely good!

OBS Experience Part 1

2009-06-21T21:03:00.010+08:00

it's been a few days after I came back from OBS but the experience I had there, I would never forget. I was sent there to attend the leadership development program for petronas scholars. I am in the petronas scholar 3/2009 batch.

actually, before I went there, I've already have a brief idea of how the place was and what activity I'm supposed to do because my brother has been there twice. I was thrilled and excited but was a bit nervous too.

in front of gym hall

Day 1 :: 11 June 2009

I arrived at utp as early as 6 am. the bus will pick us up to obs at 12 pm. I scratch my head not knowing what to do. haih. after perfroming my subuh prayer, I went to our house. luckily it's not locked, so i went into my room and sleep. at 10 something I woke up, eat my breakfast and wait for the bus. it came at 12 pm and after settling everything, we started our journey to Outward Bound Malaysia in Lumut. we arrived there at 1 something with everyone looking so nervous and hungry! after everyone's there, we were devided into watches. I got into watch Korbu with other 13 team members from not just utp but uitm and utm too. our instructor is M.J. who is indeed a great and funny guy.

on the first day, there's not much physical activities. after eating our lunch, we need to surrender our handphones, wallet, money, id and our electronic items because we nee to get back to basic where all this stuff does not exist. I stayed in Irau dorm with ulu sepat and my watch members. to get to the dorm, I need to go up 106 stairs!

Day 2 :: 12 June 2009

we woke up very early and gathered in front of the gym hall to sing negaraku. korbu, ulu sepat and camah was in the same group which is group 1. after breakfast, we learn to do knotting and then go to the sea for our water confidence. we were asked to put on our life jackets and float in the water. then, group 1 was thought about whalling while group 2 learned about kayaking.

whaler

that was my first time on a whaler and yes, it is not easy to navigate a whaler. synchronization is very important, if not, you can paddle for hours with your team members but the whaler wouldn't go anywhere.

"dip, pullllll, up"

Day 3 :: 13 June 2009

on the 3rd day, we begin our expedition, whalling to pantai syawal. at first, the weather was okay and our whalling was smooth. we whalled untill noon and stop for awhile to have our lunch. after lunch, we continued our journey. but at that time, everyone was already tired. luckily there's wind, so we sailed. in the afternoon, the weather suddenly turns bad so for safety reasons, all whalers was towed. after a day of whalling, getting towed was indeed great too. haha.

this is NOT pantai syawal

as soon as we arrived at pantai syawal, we need to set up our tent and start cooking for our dinner. pantai syawal is not a good camping site. huhu. there is no much place for you to set up your tent and there are only two wells for you to clean yourself up. more unfortunately for us, it was raining bad that night, so we slept in water. camping there was really back to basic.

Day 4 :: 14 June 2009

we whalled back to obs in the morning today. somehow, my leg was swollen. on the way back, there were some funny incidents which I shouldn't mention here that I will never forget (i believe fellow Korbu know what I'm talking about. haha). as soon as we arrived at obs, we cleaned our stuff and prepared for the kayak lesson in the afternoon.

during the kayak lesson, everyone looked very tired. we did another water confidence test where our kayak is overturned. kayaking was easier and much lighter than whalling. we each got a partner and my partner was paklah (not the prime minister eyh). after dinner, I was brought to the clinic outside obs. the doctor wanted to cut my carbuncle but because i need to go camping the next day, he decided to give me medicine only.

eyh.. gotta go.. wait for part 2 eyh..

naive

2009-06-01T19:33:00.004+08:00

I was watching tv just now and suddenly there's azan on air. my cousin spontaneously clapped his hand and said "yeay!! masa untuk makan.." wahaha.. kids are so naive!

this is Imran. all he knows is eat. wahaha..

heartbroken

2009-05-28T05:23:00.005+08:00

losing is so painful
but I'll always stay with you through ups and downs

btw, congrats barca.

song virus

2009-05-27T17:37:00.005+08:00

this is a response to: virus lagu

haha. well friends, don't blame me eyh. please!! haha. well, yes that song is from me. but ila send the virus to all of you. so blame her, not me. haha. that song was just too cheer her coz she was soo "tensed" not knowing what to study for SE paper tomorrow. she was really tensed you know, until there's tear in here eyes, all for the sake of Prof. Jubair. haha.

and as requested by che nah, I will mention her name here. I send that song to her too, to celebrate her joy coz she was sooo happy chatting in gtalk. after finishing a bowl of bihun tomyam, she was so generous to share her bihun tomyam through gtalk. haha. I know you understand what I mean right, che nah??

che nah and ila singing "kenangankuuuuu"

p/s: to all my friends who got the song virus, sorry if it spoiled your day or add to your tense. we just want to see a smile on you faces. gud luck for tomorrow!! last paper weyh!!

haih~

2009-05-25T20:40:00.006+08:00

exam is TIRING!
especially when u study last minute.
and with so little time, u still can blog. haih~

I steal

2009-05-19T15:05:00.001+08:00

I'm so tired of studying so I went through reading all the status in gtalk, and ym and stole this from my lecturer:

"Understanding proves intelligence, not the speed of the learning"

and it got me thinking and nodding at how true it is.

we're in the finals.. oo yeah!!

2009-05-06T16:23:00.008+08:00

Arsenal 1
Van Persie (75)

Man United 3
Park (7), Ronaldo (60, 10)

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

randomness

2009-05-06T09:29:00.002+08:00

"Better late than never, but better never late."
- A chinese proverb-

I've heard and always use the saying better late than never. but I never knew there was a continuation to it. haha.

back from the dead

2009-04-25T18:39:00.006+08:00

woahh! it's been a long time since my last post. I'm damn busy this semester plus the suckish internet connection in UTP, I couldn't update my blog frequent. next week is the last week for this semester before the study week and exam week. can't wait for the semester break. my head's about to explode. even though, next week is the last week, it is sure to be a hectic one. on monday, i need to upload my not-yet-done IP project plus I have AI presentation. on tuesday, I have DCN presentation, IP test and SE presentation and project submission on wednesday, HCI presentation and project submission plus SBE case study submission on thursday! crazy right?? luckily friday is a holiday.

even with all the workloads, I still managed to enjoy myself. I went to school this morning. they were having georgian fiesta today. it's sort of like a canteen day where classes sells food and we have concerts and stuff. I arrived at school with my handsome lil bro and cute lil sis at about 11 am. Walked here and there reminiscing my good old school days. the school have changed a lot. there was this new cafeteria like place in between the canteen and the class. the chairs and table in the canteen have changed too. and there is no longer 4 and 5 Vokasional. it seems that now there are 2 vocational classes so they stick to the name Topaz and Zamrud. quite sad though, cause I can still remember how proud these vocational students say that they're from 4 or 5 Vogue.

my first batch mate that I saw was Bawang. she still looks the same, still trendy but still short. haha. sorry ek Bawang. then I saw Mellisa and some of her friends. when I went to the canteen, I saw Zera! she's with M. she looks quite the same too, except that she got slimmer and looked more matured I guess. but inside, she's still the same person. my lil sis wanted to ride the horse, so I brought her there. that's when I saw Sharmeen and Zoe! they saw me and they scream my name, like the good old days. I ask my lil bro to look after my lil sis and when chit chatting with them. we talked a lot liked we never left school. Sharmeen still looks fabulous and still the drama queen we used to know. Zoe looked beautiful too. Oh, how I miss my school days.

I met a lot of my teachers too. they advised me to study hard and make georgian's proud. I definitely will! huhu. I left the school at about 2.30pm after I burned my RM30, but with a big smile on my face and thousands of memories I won't forget.

T-Bowl Concept Restaurant

2009-02-09T16:44:00.006+08:00

I've always wanted to share this with u guys. there's this one interesting place called the T-Bowl Concept Restaurant beside GCS in Queensbay Mall, Penang. This restaurant's furniture is all made of toilet bowls and other toilet equipments, i.e. toilet bowls for the chairs, bathtubs for the tables. it's creative on one end but gross on the other. how's the food? I don't know cause it's non-halal. u try and then tell me k? more info here.

baked rice

seafood tomyam

after doing some research on the net, I found that this restaurant follows the concept of Taiwan's modern toilet restaurant which is far more gross cause even the food resembles shit!

one great party!! yeah!!

2009-02-03T23:32:00.006+08:00

it's che nah's birthday today. she's 20, and old. hehe. we throwed a party for her, and yeah! it rocks! Let's let these pictures speaks for themselves okay?

pizza !!

2009-01-24T21:07:00.004+08:00

we baked our own pizza today! yeay! it's spontaneous. we were buying our grocery stuff in Giant when suddenly I thought of baking our own pizza. so we grab the stuff needed and started baking. it takes only about 15 minutes to make a regular pizza. and it's worth it cause our pizza is really delicious. yum!!

before it got into the oven

done!

yum! satisfied after all the hard work.. huhu..

Manchester United is coming to Malaysia !!

2009-01-15T20:55:00.002+08:00

Manchester United’s CEO, David Gill has confirmed that the recently crowned Club World Cup 2008 champion will be coming to Malaysia as part of their pre-season Asia Tour.

Malaysia will be the last stop in the tour and they will play a Malaysian selection team on the 26 July 2009. The match will be played at either Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil or Stadium Shah Alam.

This will be their fifth tour of Asia and for the first time will include Indonesia. Their first stop would be China. The date for the China match has yet to be confirmed. Then, to Seoul, South Korea on 20 July.

On 24 July, they will be playing at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lastly, it would their final stopover for the tour with a game in Malaysia on 26 July.

Manchester United’s first Asia Tour was in 1999 when they visited Hong Kong, Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney. The second came in 2001 with a stopover at Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok.

Their third Asia Tour covered Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo in 2005 while their last tour, in 2007, was played in Tokyo, Seoul, Macau and Guangzhou.

Manchester United Asia Tour 2009 schedule:

China - to be confirmed

Seoul, South Korea - 20 July

Jakarta, Indonesia - 24 July

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 26 July

taken from sportsmalaysia.net

Cristiano Ronaldo wrecks Ferrari 599

2009-01-09T11:40:00.001+08:00

Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in an accident this morning after crashing his Ferrari 599 GTB into the side barrier of a tunnel badly damaging the sports car, but escaping safely without a scratch. he was on his way to training with the Manchester United team when the accident happens.

the Manchester United star player crashed his Ferrari in a tunnel on the A538 Wilmslow Road near Manchester airport, where Ronaldo lost control of his 599 at 10.20am. an eyewitness said that she saw Ronaldo speeding away and driving into the tunnel before lost control. his team member, goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar, was following behind in his Bentley but was not involved in the accident.

losing the car is a shame. but hey, he still have his BMW, several Porsches, a Rolls Royce Phantom with a personalised CR7 number plate that cost around £150,000. since joining Manchester United, he had reportedly spent £2 million pounds on fast car.

my advice to him: drive carefully. or just let me drive you around. ::haha:: :p

p/s: it's Mama's birthday tomorrow. Happy birthday! May you always live a healthy life.

Alhamdulillah!

2009-01-09T02:05:00.000+08:00

I've just checked my result. and phew! thanks to Allah S.W.T, I got an ok result. Alhamdulillah. it's not what I expected actually. I thought I'm going to screw up because of all the things that had happen to me during the final exam. I blanked during one of the papers, I found most of my papers are hard, and a pair of my favourite shoes was stolen which causes me a few hours of emotional wreck.

it's true they say that everything happen for a reason. even thought my result is slightly lower than last semester, I'm still very thankful and satisfied with what I got. let last semester be a lesson to me and hopefully I'll get better gpa this time. I would like to thank those who had supported me, my mom and dad for their endless prayers, my grandparents, as well as all my teachers and friends. I'll keep up the good work. Insyaallah.

'Save The Palestine' Campaign

2009-01-05T17:44:00.001+08:00

from utpress.blogspot.com

UTP - A new campaign has just been jointly organised by MPPUTP, Rakan Masjid, Sekretariat Rakan Muda, RCSU, FIRC, and ISC in UTP. The campaign is known as "Save The Palestine" Campaign, targeted to increase awareness among UTP students about what happened at Palestine and at the same time helping our brothers and sisters at Palestine. Up to date, there are 428 people dead, 2220 wounded and 300 more are dying because of massacre by Israel.

Therefore we would like to seek assistance from clubs' and organisations' presidents to collect donation from your respective members. The donation should be submitted to Mohd Hakim Bin Mohd Nor, the president of Rakan Masjid before 12.00 noon on friday, 9th January 2009. The fund will be submitted to Aman Palestine at 4.00pm the very same day and Aman Palestine will pass the money to the Palestine people.

Reference:
Mohd Hakim Bin Mohd Nor
President, Rakan Masjid
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
019-4505360
mohdhakim@rakanmasjid.com

welcome 2009!!

2009-01-01T00:43:00.003+08:00

may 2009 be a great year for all of us! ::cheer:: and oh ya! happy birthday abah!! you're one year older! ::smile::

aut viam inveniam aut faciam

2008-12-09T01:56:00.003+08:00

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam is a Latin motto that if were directly translated would mean, ‘I will either find a way or make one’. Generally, the motto is expressing that if there’s a will, there’s always a way. I’ve been holding to this motto for a long time. Coincidently, it’s also my school’s motto.

Why I hold on to such motto? Well, I believe, will is a very strong word. When you have a will, if Allah allows it, nothing could stand on your way. When doing something, will is very important. If you need to study for your exam but you hesitate, you will find many ways to not study. But if you have the will for it, nothing could distract you from doing it. Even if you came from a poor family and couldn’t afford to buy books, with the will you have, you wouldn’t mind going to the library to borrow some books for you studies.

Someone who is handicapped could do the same thing that the normal people do. If they don’t have any hands, the paint with their legs. If they don’t have any legs, they walk using their wheelchairs. If they don’t have any eyes, they see with their hearts. They play sports, they become people’s friend, they do craftwork, they do basically whatever we’re doing. And what do you think helps them overcome their weaknesses? It’s their will. Their will to be normal, to do things they’ve always wanted to do. And what we should have is the will to help them.

When you have the will, there’s also no room for giving up. People who are really willing and determined in doing something would never give up. They will find all the possible ways so that they can succeed in what they’re doing. Cause if there’s a will, there’s always a way. And when they have tried they’re very best, the outcome doesn’t matter anymore. Cause if they succeed, congratulations! But if they don’t, they’ll always try again.

By holding on to this motto, I have done much in improving myself. I like to do charity works, cause I like to put a smile on someone’s faces. There’s one time, I joined an event organized by my university. It’s a homestay program where we live with the villagers and help them with their daily chores that was held during the past Ramadan. I’m a city kid who’s very close to my family. I couldn’t stand being far apart from my family for so long. But for this event, I had to come back early, and can’t go home for more than a month (which is a long time for me as I usually go home every two weeks or so). But with the will I have to join this event, I put all of these aside. And it went well. I really enjoyed the event and never regret my decision.

Remember that I’ve told you about how bad I wanted the DVD that I’ve been looking for so long? I’ve been trying to buy it since a few years ago but I’ve never found it in the DVD stores. But my will to have the DVD is so strong, I didn’t given up looking for it till know. And hey, I’m only a few steps away from obtaining it. I took the barcode from a local DVD store website and gave it to the store’s worker. And he’ll order it for me. Yeay! I just don’t know why I haven’t thought of it before this. Huh!

Then again, aut viam inveniam aut faciam. If there’s a will, there’s always a way. Till then. Tata!

Read my original post for Real Voices here.

Salam Aidil Adha

2008-12-08T13:47:00.002+08:00

to all muslims. May your Aidil Adha be blessed by Allah S.W.T. Enjoy the feast!

what's cool? what's hot? what's not?

2008-12-07T20:04:00.004+08:00

What’s cool? Hard to define right? Cool is a subjective matter. Definition of cool would be different if it were asked to different people. Generally, cool would mean great, the best, up to date and stuff like that. Someone who’s cool would be someone who’s up to date, knowing today’s trend and is very likeable by other youths around him. “That’s a cool band!” would mean that the band is playing great and the audiences fancy them.

So what’s the trend today? What’s considered cool? Well, from what I see, in terms of fashion, a cool guy would have short spiky hair or sometimes messy, wearing a simple t-shirt with a jeans or some baggy slack, a pair of snickers or a flip-flop and have some leather or beads bangle as their accessories. A cool girl would be wearing anything matching, with high heels or wedges or sometimes just some simple flip-flop with some accessories of their own. That’s what youths today are wearing. Come to think of it, would someone sporty look cool to a group of gothic? Would a mohawk look cool to some rich guy in a suit? Of course not! So, you should dress according to what you are. Then, you’re cool!

Youth’s today can never be separated with gadgets. What’s cool today is to have your own laptop which allows you to surf anywhere. I bet, a youth without a handphone would surely not be considered as cool. Cause handphone is like a necessity to youths today. With the fast growing of technology, a lot of gadgets are made available and affordable. Sometimes, someone with a Wii is always way cooler than someone with a PS2. Another trend today is having a DSLR. You’re not cool without one. But then again, who are you to judge who’s cool and who’s not cause cool can be judge from many different perspectives.

Another cool thing today is to have a friendster profile, or a facebook or a myspace or hi5 and the list goes on. Who doesn’t have those today? Even someone who doesn’t have internet connection in their home would have their own profile cause it’s ‘the thing’. It’s the trend, everybody is doing it and we should follow. Well, I believe it’s a good thing. Cause it’s one way that you can get connected with friends, old or new. Even the grown ups are having their own profile now.

Youths today spend most of their time on the internet. They blog, they chat, they play games. These are some cool stuff to do. They also spend their time with their friends in cinemas, karaoke box, or in futsal courts. These are some healthy stuff that are also cool. Some would consider smoking as cool. Don’t want to cause any spark here but is it cool to be a slave to the cigarette?

Using short forms like LOL and BFF while typing sms and chatting is cool. If you spell the words one by one, you’re not cool. Youths today have even developed their own language. They have they own slang that only they (or sometimes their parents) would understand. Some examples of slang have been discussed in our previous chapter which is Chapter 5. Click here to read Chapter 5.

Cool youth watch cool movies and series. Some of the movies and series considered cool to these youths are Heroes, Transformers, Twilight and other movies and series with the same genre. If a guy watches some cheesy romantic movies and cries after watching it, he’s not cool. And if a girl watches a horror movie without ever closing her eyes with her hands, she’s cool. Reality shows are another today’s ‘in thing’. If you don’t know what is Malaysian Idol, The Apprentice, Explore Race or One In A Million, you’re really not up to date. Believe me, even small kids would know who comes from which reality show.

Appearance is a crucial thing for youth these days. Appearance for them is everything. They believe in “you’ll never have second chance to make a first impression” so the first must be good. If you’re all covered up with brands, you’re cool. Adidas, Gucci, Nike, and Chanel would always attract people. And if you’re using them, you would obviously become people’s attraction too. Indie brands are also cool these days. Indie brands are simple yet are really attractive. However, brands are not that important. If you know how to mix and match and look cool, you’re still cool.

Another today’s trend is there’s no such thing as only for girls, or only for guys. Some stuff that are previously made only for girls are also now made available for the guys too. For example, men’s face washer, face cream, hair cream, as well as masker. Previously, it will be weird if guys pampered themselves with these stuff but nowadays, it’s no longer like that. Sometimes, these guys care for their appearance more than girls do. Today, jerseys and boots that are previously only for guys are also made for the girls. They even have baby-t jerseys nowadays. Girls who watch football till 3 am in the morning is cool. Girls who plays football are also cool.

Then again, being cool is subjective. Every people have their own definitions and perspectives on being cool. If A says you’re cool doesn’t mean that B would say the same thing. What’s important is to be yourself. If you’re being you, YOU’RE COOL!! and sometimes, NOT BEING COOL IS COOL!!

Read my original post for Real Voices here.

the tens that top my chart

2008-12-04T17:46:00.006+08:00

I've been tag by Youthsays' Today's Top Ten. Let’s have a look at my chart, shall we?

Top 10 things I can’t live without

Handphone: I need it to call my family, take pictures, etc.
Mp3 Player: my day will be dull without the sound of music
Laptop: I can’t sit still without my laptop
My external hard disk: cause it has a lot of movies and important stuff in it
Internet connection: I’ll start itching when my gtalk says “Failed to connect”
TV & Movies: I need entertainment, duh?
Selected novels: what else to do at night before you go to sleep?
Car: It keeps me moving.
Money: I hate to need this but who can live without money these days?
House: I wouldn’t want to crash at my friends’ place all the time

Top 10 must haves

Luerd Kattiya a.k.a. The Princess Box Set: I’ve been looking for it about few years already
My own car: Can give back daddy’s car
A bigger gig and RAM on my laptop
Sony Cybershot: I like taking pictures and be in pictures as well =p
A pair of Nike: To replace the one being stolen during the exam week. Huhu
An iPod: If my bro have one, I should have one too. Right? Haha
New handphone maybe
More and more clothes and apparels: Fashion never dies. Haha
Another PSP for myself: Tired of quarrelling about who gets to play with it
An all expenses paid around the world trip: Ya right! Like that could happen.

Top 10 favourite movies of all time

A walk to remember: English
Heart: Indonesia
Love Story: English
Sydney White: English
Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 1 & 2: Malay
Transformers: English
Saw I till V: English
High School Musical 1 till 3: English
Gol & Gincu: Malay
Tentang Dia: Indonesia

Top 10 favourite music of all time (or should it be Top 10 favourite band of all time ?? )

The Beatles
KRU
Westlife
The Police
Peterpan
Backstreet Boys
Duets: I really like to listen to duets. Don’t know why.
Aerosmith
The 80’s and 90’s song: English or Malay, any will do.
When I’m crazy or wanted to release my tension, I listen to dangduts and songs in foreign language like Spanish, Thai, Korean though I didn’t understand. Haha.

Top 10 favourite hang out places

Queensbay Mall, Penang
Golden Screen Cinemas, anywhere
Gurney Plaza, Penang
Mamak Stall, anywhere
Sunway Carnival Mall, Seberang Prai City
Sunshine Square, Penang
Jaya Jusco, Ipoh
Any food stalls will do
McD Medan Gopeng, Ipoh: That’s the best McD nearest to UTP.
A friend’s house: What?? It’s free, the food’s free too.

Top 10 brands (In terms of apparels)

Diesel
Adidas
Nike
Wild Channel
Reebok
Tropicana Life
Levi’s
Goggles
Body Glove
Fila

Top 10 junk foods I love

Burgers: Especially the ‘tepi jalan’ one, with the stalls and the long haired bro cooking it.
Maggi Mee and those in the same category
Instant Cucur, Paratha, etc.: All this instant stuff makes me look like a good cook =p
Potato Chips: Doritos, Mr. Potato, Chipster and the list goes on.
Ice Creams: Baskin Robbins and all but my favourite is the 50 cent ice cream the apek sells on his bicycle
Sweets: I eat sweets after every meal
Lot’s of chocolate
Soda’s: What’t junk food without soda right?
Fries: but very lazy to fry it la
Bubble Ice Blended

Read my original post for Real Voices here.

Luerd Kattiya (The Princess)

2008-11-26T16:56:00.004+08:00

I'm dying to find the box set for this thai lakorn. I followed the series in 2004 and ever since then trying to find the dvds. all I've found is those without subtitles. where can I find one with either english or malay subtitle? anyone? I really like this story. I really mean really. btw, this is some info about the lakorn taken from http://wasashimi.blogspot.com

Released : 2004
15 Episodes

Cast:
Phiyada Akkrasenee (Aom) as Princess Tippayaratdara-Kumaree
Jesadaporn Pholdee (Tik) as Anothai
Krit Hiranpruk as Prince Sittiprawat
Mayurin Pongpudpun as Princess Khaekhai-Jaras
Supakij Tangtatsawas (Man) as Prince Chaiyan
Duentem Salitul as Princess Panuprapas

Synopsis:
After The Ruler of Yasothorn state was assassinated, his daughter, Princess Tippayarat-Darakumaree is relegated and live her life as a common girl. She accidentally meets Anothai, a son of the former right-hand soldier and he just knows her as Dara, a common girl. They become friend and develop to love each other later.

With his intention and his father's hope, Anothai attends the military school because he dreams to be a soldier to protect his country as that his father implant him since he was a child. Finally, he can be a soilder as he wish and becomes commandant later. Anyway, he just realizes the truth that Dara, a girl who he loves, actually is the third crown princess of Yasothorn. Anothai is very sorry to know that a common man like him can never reach a royal princess like her. But with his great love, he intends to do everything to help her to succeed the throne as a Queen of the Confederation State although his duty have to exchange with his life.

I'm home!!!

2008-11-26T16:35:00.004+08:00

hye guys! I'm home! sorry for not updating my blog frequently. as I've said, I'm having my final exam. damn, this semester it's hard! well, thank God it's over. I've done my best, so I leave the rest to Allah.

now I'm busy with YouthSays "Real Voices" Project. this project from YouthSays.com is intended to capture the lives of 50 malaysian youth and I'm one of it. so, I'll be busy blogging there for 5 weeks writting about 15 chapters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I may not have much time to blog here. but don't worry, I wouldn't neglect you dear blog. I thinks that's all for this post. I'm going to Lumut with my family this holiday. I'll post about it later k? meantime, feel free to read my posts in YouthsSays "Real Voices". click here

the battle begins!

2008-11-02T16:51:00.004+08:00

I have another week before my finals. here's my time table.

10 Nov: Algorithm & Data Structure

11 Nov: Health, Safety and Environment

14 Nov: Database Systems

20 Nov: System Analysis & Design

21 Nov: Object Oriented Programming

22 Nov: Operating Systems

but the battle begins now. it will be against my laziness, the coziness of my room that drives me to sleep, and all other factors that will make me not studying. so, let the battle begins! gambatte!

It's a halt!

2008-11-01T18:37:00.000+08:00

sorry for not updating my blog frequently. I've been very busy the past month as I have a lot of tests, assignments, projects, presentations, and a lot more stuff that I need to do. I don't have much time even for myself what more this blog.

and today, I'm home! yeay~ utp study week has officially started (but not mine. my study week will start much later. I'm even gonna attend an open house tonight! haha). so, I'll be busy studying (ya right!) and making my self prepared for the finals. so, don't hope for much updates from this blog. to utp students, Good Luck studying!

UTP Campus Election

2008-10-30T22:20:00.005+08:00

yesterday is the polling date for utp campus election. this year's election is seen to have more passion and is very different from the previous year. this year, we can see candidates from all walks of life each of which having their own mission. I have done my responsibility as a student by voting for my candidates yesterday. And here's the result.

Hasmadi Hasbi [#3] = 1683 votes
Farouqi [#2] = 1600 votes

Norzila Noh [#5] = 1535 votes

Nik Akmal Afif [#1] = 1468 votes

Syuhada [#10] = 1450 votes

Farriz Ijjaz [#8] = 710 votes

Sofia Shaharom [#9] = 643 votes

Adonis [#4] = 499 votes

Asyraff [#11] = 473 votes

Khalib [#7] = 449 votes

Rahimah [#6] = 423 votes

truth is, I was hoping for a more balanced MPPUTP. but what more could I do, I've done my part. let's hope they'll do their job well. Good Luck~

what a lousy trip!

2008-10-25T13:33:00.007+08:00

yesterday I came back from utp. wanna know how the journey was? damn lousy! I wake up early yesterday with hopes to arrive home early. after taking my bath and everything, Ila and I started our journey home. her bus is at 9.00am in Taman Maju. so, she and her boyfriend left me at the bus stop at about 8.30am. a bus came a short while after they drop me. but the bus refuse to stop! I had no choice as I'm not capable of chasing the bus, so I just wait for the next bus to come.

about 20 minutes later, another bus came. I went up the bus and payed the driver RM3 which is the usual price from utp to Medan Kidd. he showed me four fingers which I believed meant to say that I'm supposed to pay RM4. I was using my mp3 at that time, so I can't really hear what he's saying. I just grab a seat and turn off my mp3. the driver just rambles about money and something. at another stop, 2 men came up and they were charged RM5! we are going to the same place, yet we pay different amount! what a liar.

At about 9.20am, I arrived in Medan Kidd. I search for the Medan Gopeng bus to get to the bus station. Another guy from the same bus was doing the same. we went to a bus and ask the co-driver, "Uncle, bus ni pegi Medan Gopeng ke?" ("Uncle, does this bus go to Medan Gopeng?")

Uncle: "Ada pegi, ada pegi. Lai, mari naik" ("Yup, it does. Come up")

So, we grab a seat and payed they uncle RM1. Halfway through the journey, the uncle came to us.

Uncle:"Medan Gopeng ka? Aiya. Tadak pegi ar Medan Gopeng" ("Medan Gopeng is it? Aiya. We're not going to Medan Gopeng")

Guy: "Amacam ni uncle? Tadi kata pegi?" ("How come? Just now you said we're going?")

Uncle: "Aiya. Wa tersilap la. Takpa, you turun sini, you jalan depan sikit saja. Nanti you belok kanan dekat itu trafic light. Ada bus stop. Itu super kinta punya. Ha turun skarang."(Aiya. My fault. Never mind, you go down here, walk a bit and turn right when you see a traffic light. There's a bus stop at super kinta. Ha, go down now.")

so both of us got down, feeling stupid. we got to know each other though. he is studying in uitm going back to kl. we talked about how we were cheated from the first bus until now. he also told me that he even payed RM4 to the first bus driver! after walking quite far, we still can't see the traffic light. we decided to ask around. we had to ask twice before we got to the bus stop and it's damn far and I'm carrying a very heavy bag. luckily there's a bus going to Medan Gopeng about to depart.

payed another RM1.10 and we arrived safely at about 10.10 am. we laughed about what happened and went to buy our ticket. I bought the 10.30 am ticket and waited. Luck is not with me, the bus only came at 11 am! I had a long chat with an auntie going to Seremban while waiting for the bus. she was telling about how hard it is when students in boarding school is not allowed to bring hand phones. I got on the bus and fell asleep.

mama called at about 12.30pm to ask me where I am because she have an open house to go to. I said I'm in sungai bakap, which means that I'll be in Penang in about another half an hour or 45 minutes. however, the bus change its route and went to Penang first before Butterworth. So, I arrived in Penang in only about 15 minutes. Called mama and she told me she's already in front of the house. I had to wait as she turn back to fetch me. Luckily, I get to eat a lot at the open house. Haih! What a journey.

make way!! my birthday's here!

2008-10-03T22:49:00.009+08:00

yesterday was my birthday. yay! it's the 3rd day of raya today and it's still full house. I have this cousin, dira whose birthday is on the 7th and another one, fiqa whose birthday is on the 10th. being gathered and everything, we decided to have this shared birthday celebration thingy. lets let these pictures to tell us the rest of the story. ::drum roll please::

the ever famous birthday cake

the breathtaking ceremony

I was saying "move your hand away!"

I have evidence! she's destroying my name on the cake!

we're the butterfly warriors!! yeah!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

2008-09-27T17:22:00.004+08:00

In about another 3 days, we are going to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri! I would like to wish all of you Selamat Hari Raya. please forgive me of all the wrong doings I've done. if any of my postings in my blog hurt anyone in anyway, do forgive me. I hope Aidilfitri this year is more meaningful to all of you. Selamat Hari Raya! Yeay!! ::feeling anticipated::

Kampung Jelempuk: where skies are green [Part 2]

2008-09-22T16:05:00.004+08:00

I know, I know. I took a very long time to continue this post. I'm sorry. let's continue. later that night, my foster family took us to Kuala Perlis. we ate laksa for the second time that night! previously we ate a bowl (two bowls for me) at Mak Su's house. I was really full that night. After eating, they drove us around Kangar to see the city at night. Even though the city is small, it is still beautiful.

the next day, we woke up late (again! huhu) the whole day was filled in school. a lot of activities were done and all of them were interesting. the activities ended at around 3.30pm. all of us are really tired. Weird coz the kids doesn't seem to be that tired at all. we are suppose to have 'gotong-royong' to clean the village but there was heavy rain that evening. so, everything was canceled and all of us had our beauty sleep.

the family during closing ceremony

at about 7.00pm, we went to the mosque. there was a large break fast event. three of us went there with our foster father, angah and nadira. the food was nice but it wasn't as grand as I expected. the next day was our last day there. we went to the school for the closing ceremony. before the closing ceremony, we had sharing sessions with the kids. we shared our stories, and listen to theirs too. these kids have bright futures if the followed the correct way. I was very glad to be able to know them.

during break fast

back when I'm in SGGS, I remembered doing activities like this. but this time it's different. I noticed that village kids and city kids are different. when asked about ambitions, most of the village kids will answer either teacher or soldier. not city kids, they'll answer doctor, architect or some other jobs that the village kids may not even have heard of. why? i don't know why. but something should be done here.

the primary school crew

okay. I should continue. at about 3.30pm, we went to the mosque for the closing ceremony. our foster family had to give us up but our bonding stays. after the closing ceremony ends, we went to ayamas near Kangar. they wanted to buy us some food for break fast. after buying the food, they sent us back to the mosque. hajar, dkny and I started to feel sad to leave them.

buying 'ayam' in ayamas

even though we only knew each other for only 4 days, we really felt like a family. we got onto the bus but came down again because 'adik' was crying. we came down and gave them our tags so that they could remember us. at about 6.00pm, the bus drove off. we stop at RNR Gurun to break our fast and arrived in UTP at about 12.00am. Recmo was the best. I learned a lot and gained a lot. like what a friend of mine would say "Recmo VII terbaek!!".

Kampung Jelempuk: where skies are green [Part 1]

2008-09-17T21:13:00.007+08:00

I just had to share this experience I had while being in Kampung Jelempuk. I was there from 11th to 14th September. I was there for RECMO, an event that I have been pain stackingly working on this semester. but I have to tell u that every drop of my sweat for RECMO was worth it.

we started our journey early in the morning on the 11th. I went with Anis, who went with Dkny and Ielah to v2. there, we carried boxes of heavy stuffs and hampers and put it in the bus. at about 10.30am, all the stuffs were in the bus, and everyone was there, so we depart. I spent the whole journey sleeping as I have only little sleep the night before. At about 3.00pm, we arrived at Masjid Kampung Jelempuk. The villagers are already there waiting for us.

the PNPs

the adopting ceremony began there. every family participating get two to three foster sons or daughters. name was called one by one and I was nervous waiting for my name to be called. after some time, my name was called. I'm adopted by Norshah & Nasirah family (which was interesting cause my Mama's name is Nazirah which is near to Nasirah) together with Dkny and KakHajar. we took some pictures then headed home.

us with our 'adik' Nasuha

their house was nice and cosy and I was comfortable there. my foster parents are friendly as well as their children except for Angah who appears to be a bit shy. my foster mother later on brought us to visit their families who are living nearby. she and our foster father also brought us to pasar malam in Pauh to buy some food for 'berbuka'. they also brought along their two daughters, Nadhira and the cute Nasuha.

the next day, I and Dkny woke up late. KakHajar was late too but she had something else to do. we actually need to go to the 'balai raya' that morning to help in carrying stuff and giving out 'pelita'. when we arrived there, almost everything was done. at about twelve, I decided to go home. Dkny needs to do something else, so I walked home with Bee and 5 'pelita' in my hand.

the registration crew

later in the afternoon, we went to SK Jelempuk where we had activities with the school kids. I was paired with Piske and was assigned to group number 14. the kids are great even though some them are shy. Piske and I introduced ourselves and do modules with them. what I don't understand is why they can call Piske 'abang Piske' but a simple name like mine, they can't pronounce. they called me 'cikgu' (teacher) instead. haih.

Piske and the kids

at about 5pm, we had another task. a program called 'bersamamu'. what we had to do was go to a few houses assigned to us and give them some food and hampers as donation. some of the houses visited was in a really bad condition. there's this one house that an old lady was staying. the house is very old and fragile. the old lady was living alone but looked very strong despite her age. She shared with us a lot of stories especially stories on how Malaysia was under the Japanese occupation.

one of the houses during 'bersamamu'

I learned to be more thankful when I was here in Kampung Jelempuk as I have great family, live in luxury and doesn't need to go through much hardship. oops, I have to go now. Wait for Part 2! and oh, I'll add the pictures later.

what? blackout?

2008-09-10T23:49:00.003+08:00

heheh. ::grinning:: today is Waniii's BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday Waniii!. we put a trick on her just now. she have a test tommorow so she needs to study. so, we made the house blackout, and get the stuff for her celebration ready. as imagined, she came out from her room to see why there's blackout. and there you go, she's so suprised to see us and KFC at the kitchen.

welcome Ramadhan!

2008-09-01T19:04:00.003+08:00

in about another 20 minute, we'll be breaking our fast for our first day of Ramadhan. Ramadhan is the month where Muslims all over the world fast for a month. Fasting in the month of Ramadhan is one of the pillars of Islam.

“Hai orang-orang yang beriman, diwajibkan atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang sebelum kamu agar kamu bertakwa,”
O Believers! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may learn self restraint, (Surah al-Baqarah 2 : 183)

my youngest sister is also fasting today. last year, she managed to fast for the whole month. we surely do hope that she'll manage to do the same this year. I'm very happy that today we managed to break our fast together as a family.

by the way, yesterday, Malaysia celebrated her 51st independence day. a lot of ways people did to celebrate this auspicious event. what I like most during merdeka is the fireworks during the countdown and the parade on the next morning. I like to watch people in colourful uniforms march pass the VIPs as well as the performance by the children early in the morning. I'll always wake up early to watch this. Eyh, it's time to go now.

need to study!!

2008-08-25T12:16:00.002+08:00

haihh. starting from this week till a few weeks after I'll be busy with tests, tests, and tests again. And oh ya, some assignments, replacement classes, portfolios and the list goes on. it's already the 6th week of the semester. that means there's 8 more weeks to go till final exam. there's still a lot of time. ::smiling:: well, here's a list of what I have to do this week and next week.

ADS Test - few hours from now
OOP Lab Assignment - tomorrow
OOP Test - this Wednesday
HSE project group assignment - this Wednesday
OOP replacement class - next Tuesday
HSE Test - next Wednesday
Data Sys Test - next Friday
Data Sys Portfolio -next Friday

SGGS...where it all started

2008-08-24T14:29:00.002+08:00

here's a video I made specially for all georgians to view. other's are free to view too. ::smilling::

should i be sick?

2008-08-18T22:07:00.004+08:00

tonight, I have runny nose, a headache, and a sore throat. I felt fatigued all over my body, and only wanted to sleep. suddenly, I was reminded of this infamous quote by a senior of mine.

' You are sick, only if you say you are'
- Reenee Atira Mohd Shree

she meant that if you are sick and treat yourself like you're sick, i.e lying around doing nothing, sleeping 24 hours, being weak all the time, etc, then you are going to be really sick. but if you're sick but you act normally, you brace yourself to do normal stuff that you do when your not sick, then in no time, you'll be okay. these saying has been used long among me and my friends in sggs so that we wouldn't be so weak each time we're sick.

what my senior said might be true. I knew a guy who is physically challenge but never admitted defeat. he wasn't normal, but he never reacted weak and doesn't like people to sympathized him. he's a university student now and is as successful as other normal people. I bet if he take he's disability as a barrier and decided to stay weak and do nothing about it, he wouldn't be this successful. ermm so, should I say I'm sick now? or maybe i'll say I'm not well but not sick either. ::smilling::

the colourful night of KYSM talent time

2008-08-16T19:27:00.003+08:00

we took a flight to kl yesterday and dad drove us straight to kysm. it was their family day. so, as a family, we came. kysm is my brother's school and last night, there was this talent time. at first, me and my family did not plan to watch it because we were all tired with all the traveling. but JJ insisted us in watching at least a few performance so, we stayed. songs after songs being performed, we decided to stay till the end.

the performance started with solo performers followed by the group performers. they had four emcee's and the four of them was really fun. they were bubbly and entertaining. they're great with words and know how to handle the stage when some technical errors happen.

as for the singers, most of the singers can sing well. they got great courage to perform up there in front of a crowd of parents, families and schoolmates. there are some of these singers that I really like. one of the most entertaining performance is from the Biru group who sang 'Kenapa Singgah Kalau Tak Masuk'. they had great response from the audience as well as the judges hence winning the group category.

biru! biru!

their principal was cool too. she also contributed a song that night, as part of the special performance. she sung 'Fly Me Too The Moon' which was quite a famous song. her voice was okay too. she also managed to get some flowers from her male students ::=P:: Overall, the talent time was a blast!

the principal with her fans

p/s: sorry for the blur pictures.

Malaysians are Malaysians

2008-08-14T20:56:00.001+08:00

I took a bus home today and something interesting happened in the bus. It was the school holiday as well as the semester break for some universities like uitm. so, there weren't much bus available. luckily I got the only seat left which was close to the driver's seat. the driver's name is Kassim. he got two friends sitting near him. one is an indian named Param and the other one is a chinese named Mei. when the bus was going out from the station, a white kancil was parking close to the road we're going out from. the bus can't go out because if it did, the kancil will have scratches on it. read their award winning conversation regarding the situation:

Param: "Takda akai ka parking kat sini?" ("Doesn't this person have brains?")
Kassim: "Ada akai, saja takmau pakai." ("He have brains, but doesn't want to use it.")
Mei: "Mai kita tgk aa bangsa apa ni?" ("Let's see what race is race is the person.")

Mei looked at the kancil's driver.

Mei: "Aiya! Cina ka?" ("He's a chinese?") while blushing
Param: "Ha. Tgkla, km Melayu, India tadaa mcm ni punya." ("See, we Malays and Indians are not like this.")

while laughing with Kassim and then continued

Param: "Jgn kicik ati aaa. Melayu ka, cina ka, india ka, kita semua sama. Semua rakyat Malaysia. Malaysia tetap Malaysia, semua sama sajaa. Buat salah jugaa" ("Don't be offended. Malays, Chinese, Indians, we're all the same. All are Malaysians. Malaysians are Malaysians. All the same. All make mistakes.")
Kassim: "Betul. Betul. Sama saja." ("Correct. Correct. We're all the same.")

p/s: Happy 51st Birthday Malaysia! Merdeka!

my Car!

2008-08-12T01:12:00.001+08:00

hey there! just a short announcement. today, I got MY CAR! ::smilling:: can you believe it? at last. Dad came just now and gave me my car. thanks a lot Dad! life will be much easier with it.

Pre-Event RECMO

2008-08-10T16:18:00.001+08:00

I was back from recmo's pre-event yesterday. here's my story. we started our journey by gathering at v2 cafe. we were supposed to depart at 1500 but we end up departing a bit late. while in the bus, most of us were sleeping maybe because we were all tired. after a few while, the bus stopped at RNR Bukit Gantang. we ate a little bit and continued our journey to SM Teknik Taiping.

as soon as we arrived there, we were shown where we are supposed to live for these two days. then, we ate our dinner. the opening ceremony started a bit late that night but everything went almost smoothly. why almost? because the pnp's brought the wrong video (which is the low quality one) and the other video was corrupted. other than that, everything was as planned.

after the opening, we we're divided into groups. I was given the responsibility to facilitate the A8 group together with Amirul. what's interesting was Amirul and I were both from Penang as well as other two members of our groups!

the next day, we run modules and games with our respective groups. I had to leave the group earlier after our lunch because the pnp's need to make a montage for the closing ceremony. even though there was not enough time, we manage to complete it. credits to Cipul and Watip too! everything went well after that. the event was done in a very short time. however, strong relationships was build between us, the utpians and the students. it's also nice when we manage to cooperate and do deliver our tasks successfully. thanks, RECMO family!

of SGGS band and the memoirs

2008-08-06T17:15:00.007+08:00

I've just came back from independence week 51 (iw51) opening ceremony. the event was okay. a bit disastrous though. but okay. why disastrous? hmm. maybe because the majority of the audience is us. the comities. actually we have made it compulsory for the foundations to come. but they suddenly have a talk with Dr. Balbir. so, there goes the audience.

the performance was good too. but its nothing like when I was in sggs. there was this silat performance, some poetry recitation and the utp orchestra. utpo's performance is the only interesting performance actually. in sgss, you get more than this. we have cultural dances from at least 3 different ethnics, a great theater performance and sometimes musical too, directed by ourselves. we also have poetry recitation but with more passion. much better than what I heard in mph just now. and of course the ever great performance from our band.

when utpo performed just now, something somewhat struck me and suddenly brought me back to my school days. utpo were playing some few beautiful songs. but my eyes keep seeing the white pants with red stripe. I saw some passionate drum majors like kakNyak, kakShida, kakAzreen and the whole band crew playing zealously. dancing and playing and making brilliant music.

oh how I miss my school days! the band would perform in almost every event. they will play the negaraku and lagu negeri pulau pinang as well as our school song during special assemblies. I remembered singing "St. George's! St. George's! we'll ever proclaim. honour and uphold you forever praise your name" with my friends with all our hearts.

during auspicious events like sports day, MSSM, hari anugerah cemerlang etc, the band always accompany us, the police cadets with their superb drum beat. they also have concerts and wind orchestras with tickets usually sold out. I remember how the would play on stage. they didn't only play, they dance too! and the crowd will go crazy with all the screaming and cheering. Mr. Haswani Hassan should be credited for creating such a magnificent band that always made the school proud. Good luck SGGS band! We Must, We Can, We Will Improve The Band!

two hectic weeks

2008-08-01T09:46:00.006+08:00

efinally i'm able to update my blog. these past two weeks have been very busy for me. I don't even have time for myself. the first few days, i've been busy with adding and dropping my courses and arranging my timetable. this semester i have registered for 6 courses and 1 co-curiculum.

TAB1063 - Algorithm and Data Structure

TAB2053 - Object Oriented Programming

TAB1053 - System Analysis and Design

TAB1023 - Database System

TAB2023 - Operating System

CAB2012 - Health Safety and Environment

Drama & Theather I

after much struggle in arranging my timetable, I manage to make my Friday FREE! ::Smilling with full of joy:: this means that I officially have 3 days of leisure time. (for the time being i mean, not anymore when i have tests, assigments, etc.) I home now btw. Came back last night. Trying to get some rest after two busy weeks

in the second week of semester, UTP held an event called MMK which stands for Minggu Mesra Kampus. this event is to promote students to join clubs and events that will be held during this semester. my weekend was filled with decorating mounting board for RECMO's booth for the MMK. my housemate Waniii have give her upmost cooperation for this event as she is one of the committee. congrats for her and all other committee as the even was a success.

I've also been busy designing poster for Independence Week 51 which is just around the corner. IW51's opening is on next Wednesday, 6th August. I also have works loaded to me from MPPUTP. I need to change the website's interface, create a secretary filing system, supervising INC to create their blueprint and some other simpler ones. I also had a meeting last night which I missed cause I was already in the bus. ::hehe::

I also did some photo shoot for RECMO's tag. redesigning of RECMO's t-shirt and some other stuff. Most of my time is filled with meetings. it was Mimi's birthday last week. so, I had some fun times in Ipoh. it was also Dayang Farhana (my housemate) and Jayzee's birthday.

so that's it I guess. I need to start studying. I have OOP test next week. and if I failed, the lecturer will force us to drop the course. ::haih:: I will go to SMK Teknik Taiping next Friday for RECMO's pre event. Yeay!

happy birthday mimie!

2008-07-27T00:50:00.007+08:00

Happy Birthday! belated, i mean. my friend Mimie celebrated her 19th birthday on the 25th July. we spend almost 12 hours celebrating her birthday in Ipoh. we depart from UTP at about 11.45am and arrived in Ipoh Parade about 40 min after. as soon as we arrived there, we ate our lunch. I had nasi ayam which is quite okay. i even got myself 2 PS2 games: God of Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II which will accompany my Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero Aerosmith. can't wait to play.

we talk, walk, shop and at about 6pm, we went to Jaya Jusco. we ordered pizza and ate Mimie's birthday cake that Ila bought. after eating, again, we did some shopping. then, we went bowling at JJ's rooftop.

my amigos

Mimie had won the game with me being last. LAST?? haha. I had a very nice day. we went back home at about 12 something. thanks everyone for the wonderful time. ::smilling:: by the way, "wani, aku cilok gambaq ang tau.. thanks"

i'm gonna miss you!

2008-07-17T16:35:00.005+08:00

I'm busy packing my bags to go back to utp. the new semester will start next week. new semester, new life, same me. there's a lot of things and people that I'm gonna miss when I'm there.

Abah & Mama (and their nags too ::smiling::)
adik-adik (and how they make my head spins each time they quarrel)
Queensbay Mall
waking up late
Mama's cooking and food that's always there when I need them.
full line on my Maxis (seriously, I'm lucky even to have a bar in my room in utp)
tv & astro
going to pasar malam on Monday
hot bath
weekend movies with adik-adik
going for shopping therapy with Mama
PS2 and the ever popular Guitar Hero
browsing books in Qb Borders
waking my adik-adik late at night and ask them to take a bath (they always fall asleep early without taking their bath, and end up mumbling while bathing. ::laughing::)
Yaya's painfull screams

and the list goes on....

basically, I'm gonna miss everything. as well as this beautiful island called Penang!

my own bookmark!

2008-07-16T22:33:00.005+08:00

I like reading novels but never had a bookmark. I used either my phone strap, a bus ticket, or anything possible as my bookmark. one day when I was reading in my mom's room, she said "macam mana baca buku takde bookmark?" ("how can you read a book without bookmark?"). so, she gave me one. but then, I made one using a price tag of a t-shirt I bought during my trip to UK.

nice right? I love Manchester United so much! I love this bookmark too! it's great tht I can bind my passions together. reading + manchester united. nobody thought they had anything in common. ::smilling::

Fast 2 Fund Campaign!!

2008-07-15T09:41:00.003+08:00

lets us together fast and fund to help our Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestin. along the way, we could also do more 'ibadah' to Allah S.W.T. to those with flabby arms and tummy, you could also loose some weight. ::opps!! that might be me:: for more info on the campaign, please log on to http://fast2fund.blogspot.com/. do give support ya.

Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love)

2008-07-14T03:09:00.004+08:00

i've just finished watching ayat-ayat cinta. a film adapted from a novel of the same title written by Habiburrahman El Shirazy. the novel portrayed the beautifulness of Islam and act as a medium of dakwah (spreading the religion) especially towards youngsters.

Fahri Abdillah (Fedi Nuril) is a student in Al-Azhar University in Egypt. he is an intelligent student who have targets in life. he strived towards his targets and gets most of it except for one. it is the target for marriage. as an obedient Muslim, he didn't mingle around with women for no reason thus have no experience in love. the only women close to him is his mother.

life started to change in Egypt when he suddenly found himself surrounded by four beautiful women who all have the heart for him. Maria Girgis (Carissa Putri), a Coptic-Christian neighbour has been friendly to Fahri and his friends since their time in Egypt. Maria was different than any other Christians. she was very attracted to the Holy Quran and even memorized it. when she was in coma, Fahri found out through her diary that she was in love with him. Fahri loved her as a friend but was not sure if it is more than that.

Nurul (Melanie Putria), also a student from Al-Azhar was also in love with Fahri. she wrote a letter to Fahri telling him about her feelings but was turned down by Fahri who have no feelings for her. Noura (Zaskia Adya Mecca) is another character in this story. she is an abused Egyptian neighbour. Fahri always stand up for her and sympathized her. at the same time, she silently developed a romantic feeling for him which later leads to a false accusation of rape.

when Fahri was on the metro one day, a narrow-minded Muslim ran amok when a Muslimah wearing fully covered hijab gave up her seat for an American. the man was angry towards Americans because of what their oppression towards Muslims in Palestin, Afghanistan and a few more places. the lady argued with the man until she was nearly hit by him. Fahri defended the lady and talked the man to his senses. when he saw her eyes, he immediately fall for her. she fall for him too. She is Aisha (Rianti Cartwright), a German Turkish studying in Cairo. I praise Rianti Cartwright for being able to show her emotions through only her eyes which is very hard to do.

who among these four will Fahri choose? this movie shows love the Islamic way, and how far someone would sacrifice. the movie deserve thumbs-up. I might even want to read the novel after this. one important message that I got from the movie was "Allah S.W.T will never give obstacles to someone more than what that person can endure."

Alhamdulillah!

2008-07-11T23:01:00.004+08:00

today, is an important date for all UTPians. it is the day that will determine wheter your money stays or go. it is the day that the EXAMINATION RESULT come out!

I am not those who wake up very early in the morning, but somehow, i woke up early today. the result will come out at 10.00 am. I still have a few hours. I open the website to check but the result is not there yet. so I lay back on my bed. I can't sleep. I watch tv and wait with butterflies flying in my tummy.

very curious to know my result, at about 9.30 am I check the site again. it's up! the results are already up! key in my id and everything, closed my eyes while slowly scrolling the page. and phew! thanks to Allah S.W.T, I got an ok result. not a 4 flat but hey, it's an improvement. thanks to those who had supported me, my mom and dad for their endless prayers, my grandparents, as well as all my teachers and friends. I'll keep up the good work. Insyaallah.

Chasing Harry Winston

2008-07-09T13:00:00.005+08:00

I've just bought Chasing Harry Winston. it is the third novel written by bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger. this novel had some bad review commenting that this is not one of the best Lauren Weisberger's work. it is said to be a bit similar to Sex and The City. despite all that, I'm still gonna give a try. I'll give my review when I finished reading it.

truly ridiculous!

2008-07-09T12:22:00.005+08:00

tguess what? after that tiring trip to utp, I'm now back home. unbelievable right? I thought I'm gonna stay for at least a week. but I only stayed for 2 days. it turns out that there's only a photography session and a familly day trip to Zoo Taiping and another family day trip to somewhere else. that's all. haih. I stayed in my room doing nothing. all my friends are busy with meetings but i have nothing to do. haih. after settling some things, i decided to go back. so, i'm home! yeay!

p/s: result for january 08 semester is coming out this friday. hopefully I can excell. pray for me k.

finally!

2008-07-08T13:32:00.006+08:00

fuhh. finally, I managed to get into my lovely room in utp. what a journey! I started my journey from home at about 1.50pm yesterday with mama driving me to the bus terminal. after taking the plate number of the bus, waiting for the driver and everything, I get into the bus and it depart at about 2.20pm. the journey was smooth despite the heavy rain. the bus arrived on time at about 4.30pm.

I get down from the bas at Bangunan Tajuddin Ali and managed to get the 5pm ticket to utp. as usual, I need to stand the humidity and warmness in the bus as it has no aircond. only open air. yeay to open air for keeping me alive!

Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal

I arrived in front of utp at about 5.40pm. I got down the bus with a familiar face. it was Hui Ping, a facilitator during my orientation. he was with me since the first bus from Penang without both of us realizing it. I called a friend to pick me up at the gate but there is no coverage from the other line. ::stupid phone coverage:: so, hui ping and I decided to walk, really hoping that someone would pick us up on the way.

unfortunately for us, no one stopped. we drag our heavy bags all through the 2.5km walk to v5. what an exercise. I can assure you that I loose some weight. then, i went to my house and it's lock! and the rc is closed already! where am I going to sleep tonight??

ahah!Sab. I called her but she didn't answer. so, in front of her room. I waited for quite some time untill Cheah came and told me that Sab have move to a room upstairs. haih. I stayed in her room with her roommate Zura. to Zura and Sab "thanks sbb menumpangkn aku smalam. klau bukan sebab korg, mesti aku dh kena tido dlm ujan kan? pdn muka aku. haha"

my bad luck goes on when Sab and I went to find something to eat. it was raining badly and cafe v5 only sells nasi goreng and western. haih. we wanted something else so we walk trough the rain with our umbrella to find out that all other cafes were closed. at last, we ate nasi goreng at v5. n now, i'm very happy to be in my room. tq!

don't want to go back yet!

2008-07-06T23:46:00.003+08:00

tomorrow i'll be going back to utp again. few weeks earlier than others. got some work to do. argghh. so not in the mood to go back. I'm still in the holiday mood. but what to do. I have commitments. hope my journey runs smoothly tomorrow. it'll surely be painstaking. the bus, the walking, the weather, the heavy bags. when will I be able to drive there? huh. gonna miss my family. ::sad::

victory for Spain!

2008-06-30T04:45:00.008+08:00

it's the end of euro 2008 a few minutes ago crowning Spain as the champion! Fernando Torres-the man of the match secured Spain the trophy as he scored a goal in the 33rd minute. Torres' goal crushed Germany's hope to win trophy. Captain Iker Casillas also did a vey good job in defending their team. He acted calmly and managed to save all attacks from Germany. this victory also ended Spain's 44-year wait of winning a major tournament with 100% wins since their first game against Russia until their final against Germany.

Fernando Torres after scoring Spain's winning goal

euro 2008 saw a lot of suprises as a lot of favourite teams like Netherland, Portugal, and France did not managed to go far with luck not on their side, on the other hand, underdogs like Turkey and Russia shows great games and potentials. it's been an exiciting season with a spectacular ending with Spain going home with the trophy they trully deserved.

Captain Iker Casillas lifting the Euro 2008 trophy

it's interesting that a friend of mine would never agree with me on football. during EPL she assured me that Chelsea's gonna win. instead, Manchaster United won! again. Champion's League. she said, now, Chelsea's gonna win. instead, Manchaster United when home with the trophy. now. she said Germany's surely gonna win. I disagree and hey, zophor, "look who won!"

pictures taken from Euro 2008 Official Website and ESPN soccernet

pearls are beautiful

2008-06-28T14:21:00.006+08:00

just want to share with you a cd cover I made for my mom. she needs this for her reunion. it's like this, she needs to think of a gift that is most creative. the theme is pearls. so i compiled some songs with pearls in it (either the singer is pearl something or the title is pearl something) and this is the result.

guess what? it won!! it's the most creative. haha. ::smiling proudly::

done

2008-06-24T18:06:00.003+08:00

I've promised a friend to make a banner for her blog. that was like a few weeks ago already and finally, I'm DONE! I could have done it earlier but I was too busy hanging out and doing other works. but now I'm done. glad that I can keep the promise.

here's the result

do visit her page at seliparburok.blogspot.com.

Portugal no more

2008-06-20T21:40:00.009+08:00

it's the end for Portugal in Euro 08. I've stayed up late for this match and was devastated with Portugal's loss. during the 90 minutes game, Luiz Felipe Scolari's team enjoyed a greater possession (61%) and had more shots on Jens Lehmann's goal but was unable to win the game for good.

Klose scoring the second goal for Germany

Germany had chosen to leave Miroslav Klose up front on his own with support coming out wide from his FC Bayern München team-mates Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger. this approach bore fruit when, just two minutes after João Moutinho had missed a chance to put Portugal ahead, Podolski combined with Philipp Lahm and Michael Ballack before crossing for Schweinsteiger (22'), who had drifted in from his position on the right, to sweep the ball past Ricardo.

Ronaldo congratulating Gomes on their first goal

just four minutes later, Germany were cruising when the Portugal defence left Klose (26') totally unmarked to head in a Schweinsteiger free-kick. they were now two goals to the good from their first two efforts on target. Portugal could not keep still and scored a relief goal through Nuno Gomes (40').

Ballack scoring Germany's final goal that destroyed Portugal's hope

this continued in the second half when Germany retreated to protect their advantage and reduce the amount of space in which wingers Cristiano Ronaldo and Simão could operate. yet Germany caught Portugal out again from a free-kick when Ballack (61') headed in at the far post from another Schweinsteiger delivery. Germany is now leading 3-1.

Prostiga's late goal for Portugal

by full time, Portugal had enjoyed eight and a half more minutes in possession (33'28" to 25'08") and had double the amount of shots (22 to eleven), statistics attributable to both Germany's defending in numbers and Portugal's inability to penetrate. yet just six of these were on target including Hélder Postiga's (87') late headed goal. Raul Meireles and Ronaldo on the other hand were both wayward with their shooting, each sending three efforts wide or over. Scolari's final match as Portugal coach before taking over at Chelsea FC thus ended in defeat as his team's hard work and endeavour in other areas was undermined 2-3 by Germany's great attack.

taken and edited from Euro 2008 Official Website

it's not safe out there!

2008-06-19T18:52:00.004+08:00

yesterday, something bad happened to a neighbour of mine. I was on the net at arround 12.56 pm when I suddenly heard a scream coming from my window. "Pencuri! Pencuri!" ("Thief! Thief!") I ran straight to my window and look out. I saw my neighbour was looking very hopeless while showing a motorist the direction af the snacther. the motorist followed the direction hoping o chase the snatcher. A lot of people came out from their houses after hearing the scream.

I don't know what happened after that. curious, I went and get the whole story. it seems that my neighbour was picking flowers behind her house. while picking, she did saw a motorist wearing a red t-shirt went pass her. she didn't expext anything bad would happen.

suddenly, she felt like there is someone hugging her from the back. it's the guy in red. he wanted the necklaces she was wearing. he managed to pull of the small one. after a few struggles, he managed to get the big one also.

amazingly, at that time, there's nobody around for her to ask help from. after the snatcher went off with his motorcycle, a motorist pass by and she aked for his help. however, he failed. my neighbour had some bruises and cuts near her neck.

I pitied her. my once safe neighbourhood is no longer that safe anymore. could you imagine that incidents like that could happen in your back door. even to go out for awhile, you need to really be carefull. we could not even go jogging behind our houses without being afraid. I hope that the snatcher will be caught sooner or later. he should really be punished for polluting our peace!

it's girls day out!

2008-06-16T02:21:00.005+08:00

yesterday, mama, yaya and I went out shopping together. we went to Queensbay Mall for our girls day out. abah drop us off at the entrance and we went shopping. I love going shopping with mama. it is sort of like a mother-daughter bonding thing.

she was looking for a shoe to replace her old one. it is the last day of sale, so we really got to make the best of it. after trying a few shoes, she manage to buy one. it is not exactly what she wanted but hey, it's on sale. why not? I managed to get myself a blazer and a slack. mama got herself a skirt.

yaya wanted to buy a watch but the promoter wen't out for dinner. haha. she really had choosen the wrong time. then we went to tns. on our way there, I bumped into my senior, kakfarina.

kakfarina::
"hye! gemuknye!" ("hye! your fat!")

zero::
"nmpk sgt ke?" ("is it really obvious?")

kakfarina:
"agakla. bleh nmpk pipi ampa dari jauh." ("it's quite obvious. I can see your cheeks from far")

arghh!! I'm soooo gonna loose that fat! ::angry:: btw, "kakfarina, thanks for your sincere comment. I really appreciate it". hmmm, how on earth am I going to loose all those love handles and potbelly. since I enter university, I do not have much time for sports. during my school days, I got involved in hockey, squash, police cadet etc.

even though I eat a lot, i still loose a lot doing those activities. but now? I still eat a lot, but I don't exercise much. yes. I don't look that fat compared to others. but compared to the old me? I'm really fat. huh! got to find my running shoes and start running again.

happy father's day!

2008-06-16T01:48:00.007+08:00

yup. I know. it's yesterday. but what the heck, I still wanna blog about it. "happy father's day, abah! you're definitely the greatest."

yaya, jr and I went out last friday with mama with the hope of buying something for abah. we have no idea what to buy, with all the choices and lack of time. [we bought tickets for kung fu panda at 3.10pm. so, we really need to choose fast].

thanks to mama, we at last bought a frame for three pictures. we decide to put our family photos in there so that maybe abah could hang it in his office or somewhere and always be reminded of us. with few minutes left, we went to memory lane and bought abah a really big card. smaller than what we bought for mama on mother's day but hey, that's the biggest we could find.

on saturday night, we sms jj and asked him for his wish. I wrote it down in the card, together with yaya, jr, and my wishes. at exactly 12 am, jr put the present in front of his room. he knocked the door and ran away. abah said thanks to us. haha. it was really nice.

haiyakk!!

2008-06-14T12:43:00.004+08:00

this post is dedicated to my cousin who wanted so badly to watch this movie. Kung Fu Panda. haiyakk!! I wen't to watch this movie with my siblings yesterday and it is awesome. it made me laugh all the way through. even everyone watching was laughing. if you have any problems or just need to have a great laugh, come and watch this movie. it's worth it. and to my cousin "dah tgk ke blom? too bad you can't follow yesterday. mmg best la. nvm, anytime later we'll hangout together ek? I need to be good to you right? if not, I won't get anything from Ireland. haha."

Cristiano Ronaldo

2008-06-11T23:02:00.013+08:00

just wanna show you this wallpaper I made. ain't he cute? ::winking::

P.S I Love You

2008-06-09T13:29:00.007+08:00

I love reading P.S. I Love You. it managed to touch my heart and bring tears to my eyes. it is a story about how a woman manage to live life again after the death of her husband. holly and gerry was an inseperatable couple.

one day, gerry died because of brain tumor. holly was devastated and unable to live a single second without thinking of him. until one day, the letter came. the letter was written by gerry, planning things, asking her to do this and that to help her be brave and start living again. it is his letters that helped holly get over his death. I suggest you read this book written by Cecelia Ahern. it is really wonderful and inspiring.

it is even a movie now. I've watched the movie recently. but I'm a bit dissapointed. I was hoping it will be as wonderful as reading the novel but instead, it's not. maybe because movies have a time limit, so it cannot be as detailed as the novel I guess.

it is lack of somehing and I'm not sure what. I didn't cry wacthing the movie but I cried reading the novel. somehow, the movie didn't manage to touch my heart. however, the movie is still good. Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler definetly did a great job. if you didn't read the novel and watch the movie, you'd probably like it better. still, it is a good job.

and now he's gone

2008-06-08T01:07:00.003+08:00

I have just came back from sending my brother. he's going back to malacca as the school holiday is about to end. he needs to be in kys before 6pm tomorrow. and malacca is far far away from where I'm staying so he needs to leave early. hopefully he'll have a safe journey. all of us here will surely miss him. don't know when I can see him again. "Jay, ko study la rajen2. straight A's tau."

she's back. yeay!

2008-06-07T03:41:00.006+08:00

omg! it's 3.42 am and I'm still wide awake. I have a wedding to go to tomorrow and need to wake up early. how can I wake up early if I sleep this late? weddings. I like weddings. it is so beautiful and lovely. by the way. today, my mama came back from sabah and sarawak. after leaving us with abah for about a week, she's finally home. yup. we missed her presence and we're glad she's back in one piece.if you ask me what I miss most about my mother despite her cooking, my answer will be her nags! hehe. it's true! when i'm back in utp, I always hear her calling my name.

"Zareen, wake up. it's already late"
"Zareen, come down and eat"
"Zareen, have you make your bed?"
"Zareen, are you ready?"

it's natural for mothers to nag. but hey, it's their way of showing they're concern. and concern equals to love. and I like love. .:smilling:. better go to sleep now. I can already hear mama saying "Zareen, go to sleep. it's late already. you need to wake up early tomorrow."

friends or not friends?

2008-06-07T02:00:00.004+08:00

have been reading emails, blogs and other stuff lately. suddenly, I came across something that really catches my eye. roommates. are they friends or plainly just roommates? it made me thinking. when you are choosing a roommate, shouldn't that person be someone you trust, someone you like and someone whom you feel easy to be with? at least that person should be someone you call a friend. am I right?

is it possible to be in a room with someone you hardly like and hardly is your friend and spent your whole college life with her? then why there are cases where you don't share your life with your roommate but with someone else? if that someone else is whom you trust, why aren't she your roommate?

for me, my roommate is someone I trust, whom when I have problem I share with and I share everything I could with her. I share my joy, my sadness, I tell her stories about my achievements, about my worries. I felt easy with her presence and I worry when she suddenly disappear. am I doing the right thing? or I'm being overly controlling? should roommates also be the best of friends or they could just be roommates? where you came into the room, do whatever you like, don't talk to each other, and leave?

learning vector art

2008-06-05T00:15:00.009+08:00

I am so tired today. like I've said, I like art and computer graphics. after a long time wanting to learn vector, i finally have the time. but hey, vector was very hard. it took me hours to make the picture perfect. and yet, it is still not perfect. but at least it looked okay. especially for a beginner like me.

it took me about four hours to turn this.

into this.

hmm, so many things I wanted to learn and yet, so little time. I only have about a month before the semester starts again. got to manage my time well. right. like that'll ever happen.

stepping into blogsphere

2008-06-04T16:32:00.003+08:00

I have spent days thinking whether to blog or not and finally broken guitar was born. why broken guitar? broken symbolize the failures I had met along the walk of life and guitar? well it symbolized the music that relates to all the laughters, cries, screams and insanity that happens in my life.

some time before

zero ::
" ey, buat la blog. kan best klau ade blog. nanti bleh baca blk, gelak2"

(ey, why don't you create a blog. it would be nice to have a blog. later we can read what we have wrote and laugh together)

wani ::
"hmm, bagos gak idea tuh"

(hmm, that's a good idea)

she already have her blog some time ago, as well as my friends, cousins and nearly everyone i knew. so, i decide, why not have one?