Saturday, July 04, 2009

Projek berani-mati punya!

At the mo, aku sedang berkira2 nak buat projek berani-mati aku tu atau tunggu dulu sampai abis 1 bulan. Kenapa kena tunggu 1 bulan? Sebab aku tak nak nampak cam desperado sangat, tapi bila aku fikir2, erm...why not?

Hmm, lepas aku discuss2 dengan bestfriend aku, dia support la projek aku ni, tapi tulah aku ni tak berapa nak confident sangat dengan diri sendiri dalam hal2 berani mati ni.

Takpela, nanti aku fikir lagi...

Bila berhasil nanti, tengok la maybe aku akan kongsi dengan korang.

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Have a good weekend people!

Salam alaikum

Monday, June 29, 2009

Kisah Kandang Utan part 1

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, lived the opportunist courage-less hyenas and the scruffy butt-licking pigs who managed a used-to be-abandoned kingdom named Kandang Utan.

Although Kandang Utan was managed by ball-less dog-cousins and yes-sir pigs, many wise eagles could also be found there. However, many of these tactful creatures had been made handicapped by the management, physically and emotionally.

According to an old owl, who had always observed the surroundings yet dared not make a sound, one of the butt-licking pigs always hid a portion of the day's catch from the hyenas and the eagles. He appeared to be very hardworking when they 'went' out to hunt for prey, but he would eventually sneaked out to his private bush and lay there all day long.

When the oldest and the highest ranking hyena came out from the cave to check on his self-claimed kingdom, the pig would quickly run towards him and playfully snug under the king-hyena smelly armpit and start to lick his boots (i mean, his paws). He would then tell tales of their hunting trip and explain how he captured the biggest zebra and prepared a feast for the king.

"Zebra? nice one piggy! No wonder they put you second in the food-chain. Owh, I mean second in the reign-chain. Good for you"

Piggy licking the hyena's paws "Ooo, you are too kind sir. I am just a humble servant whose obligation is to serve you in the very best manner".

After the king-hyena went back into his cave, the pig started to yell out commands to the horses to work harder and find the biggest zebra for the king.

"Yo piggy, you ain't feasting on my cousin you stinking retarded 'lowfat' (read: low=pendek, fat=berlemak i.e. go figure yourself!)!"

The piggy felt angry and tried to kick one of the young horsies. Suddenly a black stallion sent the pig flying across the field. He fell hard on the ground and quickly the commando-hyena jumped on the black stallion and bit his muscular back leg.

...to be continued...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

lieawulf: sengal mode

Pernah tak korang terbuat benda paling sengal dalam hidup korang yang agak memalukan dan buat korang menyesal dengan tindakan terburu2 korang?

Ini bukan kali pertama jadi la dalam hidup aku. Orang kata tak guna hidup dalam kekesalan, jadi aku memang selalu cuba nak move on, tapi bese la the ghost of the past will always haunts us!

Baru2 aku ada buat satu benda sengal yang aku pun tak sangka aku sendiri boleh buat. Aku tak tau ape angin gila yang datang kat aku sampai aku boleh embarrass diri aku sedangkan aku ni agak ego orangnya, tapi takla ego melangit babe, kang jatuh patah tengkuk! Sikit2 sudah! (ayat cover hahaha)

Sekarang ni I am dealing with the embarrassment and the guilt. Bukanlah aku plan nak jadi sengal hari tu, tapi guilt yang aku maksudkan ni is the implication of my action. Allow me to correct it, implicationS of my silly action!

Impak pertama pada dia, impak kedua pada 'relationship' dia, impak ketiga pada imej dan reputasi diri aku dan impak keempat kepada pendirian aku. Ye2 aku mengaku aku memang agak ego sebab tu aku pentingkan imej, reputasi dan yang paling penting pendirian aku.

Tapi entah macam mana aku boleh jadi sengal hari tu. Aku pun masih memikirkan punca kesengalan aku. Maybe minggu tu aku terlebih makan seafood? Atau mungkin terlebih banyak exercise? Aku sendiri pun konfius dan tak mengerti...ntahlah.

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Ada satu keputusan yang pernah aku buat yang menyebabkan aku 'terlepas' banyak benda dalam hidup aku. Aku tau kita tak patut hidup dalam kekesalan, yes, I've moved on, tapi kadang2 bila terpandang belakang, ada jugak rasa menyesal dan sedih tu menggigit hati kan.

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Tengah kemas2 barang2 aku tadi (nak pindah kan), aku terjumpa dua benda --> greeting cards dan jugak surat tawaran dari Lancaster. Sebak rasanya...

Benda2 macam buatkan aku teringat kat bf lama si Robert tu.

"Betul ke jalan yang aku amek ni?"
"Macam ni ke rupanya THE ROAD NOT TAKEN?"

hehehe...goodnight people!

Esok akan panjang harinya kerana aku ada DUA tugasan berat --> angkat barangan berat untuk pindah dan junjung barang berat untuk capture that magical moments during akad nikah...selamat oii!!!

salam alaikum

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Al-kisah, kisah, kisah...

Hari Sukan Kakitangan KU

We had sports day last Tuesday. Alhamdulillah, almost 90% of the kakitangan turned up for the event. It was far better than expect. Although there were a few problems here and there, I think Hamidah and her committee had done their best to ensure everything went well. We had an enjoyable day. Even though 'Spyro' only managed to 'secure' the last place for the overall games, I'm glad that our team showed good committment and teamwork. Walaupun ada yang agak veteran (most of the male members were 35 yrs old and above - dalam sukan, veteran la tu hahahah), tapi hari tu derang tiba2 dapat semangat muda and main sungguh2. Thank you very much for your support. Walaupun kitorang hanya dapat tempat pertama untuk acara Freez Music (musical chair sebenarnya hahahaha), tapi itupun dah cukup membanggakan...lagipun, kitorang tak 'pilih' ahli sendiri :P.

Overall, we had a good day and lots of fun. Tahun depan organize la yang lebih baik dan lebih best lagi!!!

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Pindah

Semalam kitorang terima berita yang tak berapa menggembirakan... Seluruh jabatan kitorang kena pindah ke blok B. Fyi, blok B ni ada dua jabatan je, Sains dan Maths. So, starting next week, we'll be joining them at block B. Blok B ni jauh dari admin, jauh dari library, jauh dari mesin fotostat, jauh dari segala 'ketamadunan dan teknologi' (exaggerating! hahaha). Yang aku kurang berkenan dengan blok B ni sebab bloknya suram dan gelap. Plak tu, dah lebih tiga tahun aku dok kat blok A, kat meja aku tu - itulah tempat lepak aku, tempat wat keje, tempat nak marah students waktu consultation, tempat nak puji students bila tanda paper, tempat mengumpat dan sebagainya... Wei, aku sayang meja aku tu, aku sayang bilik aku tu!!! Jadi bila terima berita kena pindah ni, rasa sangat la sedih, lagipun orang2 kat blok A tu best! Time cuti leh main UNO, monopoly, wat tayang movie, tengok astro etc. Sedih...

Hari ni kitorang pergi tinjau bilik yang bakal jadi rumah baru jabatan kitorang. Aku sampai lambat sket dgn Ajlaa+Suraya. Tapi orang2 lain yang dah sampai tu seemed pretty happy with the room. Bila aku naik yang tengok bila tu, erm...aku fikir, oklah kot since we don't have any other option. Bukannya boleh kata tak nak pindah pun... Biliknya ok, cuma kena kemaskan sket, tambah air-cond and hias2 sket. Derang dah siap 'cop' tempat masing2.aku pun join sekaki...erm, walaupun jauh dari blok A dan takde talian telefon (at the mo), aku terpaksa redha dan redah jelah...

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A trip to Low Yat

Aktiviti hari ini adalah lawatan ke Low Yat Plaza. Derang beli supply thumbdrive, not bad la harganya --> RM23 for 2g. Aku plak dah lama nak beli card reader sebab laptop ni takde CF card reader, susah aku nak transfer gambar. Lepas tu rembat cooling pad yang paling murah dan nampak elok. Orang2 yang pergi ke Low Yat hari ini pulang dengan gembiranya kerana dapat thumdrive murah. Tapi towkay tu tak nak kurangkan singgit pun walaupun derang beli 50 biji. Dia kata harga tu dah paling rendah...xpolah, baik ada dari takde.

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Sekarang tibalah waktu untuk aku shut down laptop ni dan pergi tido. Besok keje macam biasa, yang luar biasanya adalah, aku akan siapkan chapter 2 aku punya analysis by tmr. Wish me luck!!!

Goodnight people!

Salam alaikum

Sunday, June 07, 2009

"The Secret"

Tadi terjumpa M**a online. Sembang2 dengan dia pasal dissertation. Member tu kat oversea, dapat research grant. Tengah mengerjakan otot2 otak dia untuk siapkan journal article. I asked her how to motivate myself to write my dissertation and she told me about "The Secret" - it's a book, but seriously, I had never heard about it until M**a mentioned it.

So, in this book, it tells the readers to focus on our goals and aims. E.g. My short-term goal is to submit my dissertation by September. So I have to focus on this goal, and 'imagine' that I've already submitted it. By doing so, I am 'expected' to be motivated by the 'imagination'. Aku rasa tak silap aku itulah maksud M**a (we 'went missing' during the conversation). Tapi sekarang nilah kan, kalau aku 'imagine' that I've already submitted the dissertation - the lurking danger is - aku akan buat selamba ya-pa-pa la sampai September nanti. Bila Mr.L*** soh buat submission, habis aku!!

Erm, mungkin aku kot silap paham pe M**a cakap. Maybe what she was trying to say is - always practice positive self-talk. Maksudnya, bercakap la perkara2 positif pada diri sendiri, contohnya: MALAYSIA BOLEH! hehehehe... ok2, serius sket... contohnya: I CAN COMPLETE THIS DISSERTATION BY SEPTEMBER. I WILL SUBMIT MY DISSERTATION BY SEPTEMBER. I WILL COMPLETE MY MA THIS YEAR!!!

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Yeayyyy, alhamdulillah...thank you M**a for the motivational tips. Sekarang aku sambung analysis aku ye.

Goodnight people and have a good weekend!

Salam alaikum

Monday, May 25, 2009

You+me=us?

A dedication 'to whom it may concern'.

but I bet YOU no longer have interest in my poems, right.

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I'd like to take your hand
and dance with you
But I'm afraid
the shadows would deny me the opportunity
I'd like to whisper sorry into your ears
but the bell of present is making you
...DEAF...
I'd like to love you again
But I'm afraid I can't see
that special room in your heart anymore

If my tears be rain
and your love the sun
We shall meet again where rainbow colours the sky.

** originally posted at Scattered Disorganized Thoughts

Six bottles of sunquick, a warehouse sale, some rain and a lot of afterward laughter.

Seperti semester2 yang lepas, bila tiba waktu cuti, cikgu2 semua akan mati kutu dok kat ofis tak tau nak buat ape. Walaupun file next sem nak kena audit, tapi besela...kitorang pun lebih kurang students je...last minute buat baru thrill hahaha.

Oleh kerana kebosanan yang melampau dan juga kerana ade one-day sunquick sale kat Sogo, aku pun ajaklah kawan2 yang sudi turun KL and headed straight to Sogo. Tapi on the way tu, aku+intan rasa it's better to park outside Sogo. Beselah, time2 sale ni mesti parking penuh kan, so kitorang park kat tempat bese berdekatan dengan Semua House. Tapi ade sorang 'jaga' parking ni sibuk soh kitorang park kat tempat dia:

"You nak parking ke ape? Parking sini la. MURAH! RM5 saje! Depan sana RM7"

"Tak nak la, sini susah nak masuk parking"

"Apa susah...(sambil bukak kunci pintu aku dan soh aku keluar supaya dia boleh parking kan) sini saya park"

So, dengan eksyen ni 'jaga' ni pun park kan kete aku kat lorong sempit, sebelah kancil dengan Myvi. Aku budget kalau aku dalam kete tu confirm I'd have some problem to get out of the car! Aku tengok Ja pun struggling nak kuar, walaupun dia tu kurus slim shady :P.

So, lepas bayar 'jaga' RM5, kitorang pun gerak pergi makan kat area Mydin. Food tak best! "Scenery" tak payah la cite. Dah kenyang tu, kitorang jalan towards Sogo. Jauh gak Sogo especially bila dah 'berat' kan.

Sampai Sogo, terus naik tingkat 7. As ordered by my mom, I bought 6 bottles of Sunquick pelbagai perisa hehehe and a few other things. Kak Nurul pun beli banyak gak, yelah dia ada hubby, anak kecik, so banyak gak la barang nak kena tengok. Intan shopping a few food items, Ja plak tengok2 purse etc. Lepas dah shopping sakan, pukul 3.15 kitorang pun gi bayar barang2. Yang best tu, cashier yang pack barang aku tu bungkus 6 botol sunquick tu dalam plastik yang dilapis dua. Ha sekarang bayangkan berat tak berat plastik yang aku bawak. Itu baru satu, ade lagi dua plastik yang ringan sket la.

Turun je dari tingkat 7, kitorang terkejut badak tengok kat luar hujan tengah lebat kaw2. Lame gak kitorang duduk kat pintu tu fikir nak semayang kat surau bawah ke nak redah je hujan and semayang kat ofis. Setelah bermusyawarah, kitorang pun mencapai satu keputusan yang sangat best...KITA REDAH AJE!

Maka bermulalah satu perjalanan di dalam hujan yang diiringi gelak tawa dan kerlingan orang sekeliling. Semua dah patut jadi mak orang (in fact memang ada mak orang pun) tapi dok berlari2 dalam hujan lagi. Bayangkan bawak plastik dengan 6 botol sunquick dan barang2 lain sambil berlari2 anak dalam hujan dan nak cross jalan besar. Keje gila kan!

Nak dijadikan cerita, bila kitorang dah almost sampai kat parking kete tu, kitorang lalu la dalam Kopitiam Station. Aku dengan Intan kat belakang, kak Nurul+Ja dah meluru ke depan. Tiba2 ada orang panggil, "Miss Intan..." ALAMAK!!!! Kantoi! Student Intan rupanya!!!! Yang best tu kitorang dah la memang kuyup, air menitik dari seluar ke atas lantai Kopitiam Station, student Intan tu plak tengah hidang air kat customer. Dia pun dengan sopannya datang la nak salam kitorang. Intan hulur tangan malu2 sambil cakap "eh xpayah la salam, basah ni. kitorang shopping kat Sogo". Dalam hati aku - cikgu ni pandai je explain even when nobody asks for it hahahaha. Pastu budak ni hulur tangan kat aku plak. Dah la tangan aku penuh, terpaksa la aku letak botol2 sunquick tu dan sambut tangan budak tu...tiba2 botol2 tu jatuh "keting, keting..." semua orang pandang aku dengan Intan. Student tu plak boleh tiba2 terjatuhkan kerusi kat sebelah dia. Adoi saje la tu nak tarik attention untuk cikgu cikgi dia. Doi, malu takleh nak cakap lah...Kitorang cepat2 blah lepas tu.

Sampai je parking, kitorang tak tau camne nak kuarkan kete sebab sempit gila! 'Jaga' yang eksyen tadi tu tak nak tolong. Nasib baik ada kawan dia, tapi dia tak berani nak drive so dia bagi instruction je. Jenuh babe, dalam keadaan basah, dengan spec penuh titik2 hujan, terpaksa reverse kete sampai keluar parking yang sempit teramat tu! Taubat tak nak parking situ dah!!!

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Moral of the story:

1) Kalau nak beli sunquick banyak bawak la tangan2 spare (dah bawak tapi cashier bijak sangat)
2) Kalau jumpa cikgu dalam keadaan memalukan, tak payah la tegur, wat2 tak nampak je hahahaha.
3) Pergi Sogo parking kat Sogo!
4) Kalau nak 'mengular', dengar la laporan kaji cuaca dulu

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Ok people, I need to go to bed now. Need to 'prepare' myself for our mini bowling tourney tomorrow hehehehe. Goodnight people! Salam alaikum.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Me against the toilets!

I didn't realize that my Kota Samarahan entry was published unfinished. I had earlier tried publishing it, but a pop-up window kept on appearing and telling me there's an error etc.

So, basically the conclusion from the Kota Samarahan thingy - I'm not prepared to go to Sarawak, but if I am offered a place there, I'd consider going there...

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I just came back from Kelantan. Went there for a TOT course for four days. We started off from college at 8.15am and arrived at Machang at about 4.20pm. An 8-hour journey, very tiring but we had a very funny and entertaining bus driver! He could sing very well too, you know! And to our horror, he also has the ability to drive and sing at the same time. You know, driving a bus is a BIGGER responsibility than driivng a car. So, I guess, if he could multitask, why not hahahaha! Gila kan!

I like Kelantan, its 'warmth' and serenity, but I do have some issues with its cleanliness and level of hygiene (read: general impression i.e. things that I saw and experienced in my very brief stay(s) in Kelantan - no offence ok...I do have Kelantanese friends who are very hygiene and I know one particular kakak who is very particular about cleanliness and keeping everything tidy and in order. Even if there's one senget book on her table, she would quickly re-arrange the whole stack of books. So, you cannot overgeneralize and say Kelantanese do not care about cleanliness lah kan). When we stopped at Gua Musang for a quick bite, we went to a toilet near the surau, the toilets were 'oklah' except for the fact that one of them had its door shut and we didn't have the guts to test our luck - better don't than sorry! Then we went to a nearby restaurant, it had many tables but not so many people. Then only I realized that all the M buses stop there for lunch and dinner. We arrived slightly earlier than the buses so we didn't have problems to find tables. Unfortunately, the food served (nasi campur and lauk pauk lah) was not-so-fresh. The ikan sambal tasted basi, stale kaw2 and smelled funny. Ikan goreng plak minyak selori... And when I wanted to wash my hands before eating, I almost puked! Doi...sinki kau! But, here was where I had to put theory into practice - your mind controls everything! I shifted my focus to the food, tapi food plak basi... Aiyakkkk! My mind cannot tipu my lidah lah! Luckily the air bekwoh (tak tau betul tak eja) was ok, not too sweet...as soon as I finished, I qucikly washed my hands, paid the bills and went straight back into the bus. I really cannot tahan the enviro of the kedai la. It seemed quite clean tapi, the sink and the food (THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS!!!) were the biggest spoilers!

The night before we headed back to KL, the organizer was kind enough to bring us to Waqaf Che Yeh. My friends had nasi kerabu, and that was the best nasi kerabu we have ever tasted (tapi yerlah, sepanjan 4 hari kat kelantan, itu jelah nasi kerabu yang sempat kitorang rasa - tapi kalau nak compare dengan nasi kerabu KL, hmmm...memang takde class ah yang kat KL ni hehehe).

Before we went back to KL, we headed to KB - jalan2 la konon! Bought keropok sira, yummy! tinker pesan tu! tapi shopping terhad la sebab masa sikit, bak kata mat senget, 1 jam 45 minit.. tak sempat la nak tawar2 etc.

We stopped at a 'food court' near Machang. Went to the toilet...ya Allah, ngeri weih! dah la jauh kat belakang, belakang, belakang kedai! Kena bayar 30sen tapi...erm, ngeri ah! malas nak cite!

We prayed maghrib+isya at the surau...but the smell really kacau our concentration lah! Memang tak khusyu'! After dinner, we headed home.

Halfway through the journey we stopped for gas. There were two toilets, one for male, the other for female. We had to Q, panjang giler! Su siap amek gambar la as proof la konon hehehehe. And as expected, the toilet takde la bersih sangat...tapi lebih baik dari kat Machang. But there's one problem ... kalkatu (did I spell it right?) kalkatu dalam kuantiti yang sangat banyak sampai boleh masuk dalam baju. Uish ngeri2!

We finally continued our journey after everybody had returned from the toilet. No more stopping after this unless emergency - we were told by the bus driver...The karaoke session in the bus had started after our stop in Machang at about 8pm. Tapi start pukul 9 sampai pukul 12, ade sorang mamat je menyanyi. dah la sore tak sedap, pastu lirik tak tau pun dia hentam je, orang lain nak nyanyi, baru halfway dia dah mintak mic. gilo apo! ntah lah...kitorang siap dajalkan dia rakam nyanyi lagu tahpape...aku rasa dia mabuk cinta ah hahahaha, takpun mabuk mic! takpe...tunggu jelah kat youtube nanti hahaha..Su I leave everything to you, YOU'RE THE BEST!!! hahahaha

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Overall, our trip to Kelantan was pretty interesting. Many things happened and did not happen tapi nanti la bila2 ada masa I'll write more about it (or maybe not hahahah)

HAPPY TEACHER's DAY to everybody! Jadi cikgu memang best!

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Goodnight.

Salam alaikum.