A Life Less Ordinary

My Wishlist

2009-04-20T02:10:00.004+08:00

These are my 3 wishes in the nearest time:

1) Hope my Tok Wan will fully recover soon and be able to walk (eventhough he used to stagger) and recognize us back! (He can hardly recognize some of our faces). Ameen..

2) Watch The Red Warriors live this weekend. Finally, they made it to Finale though they had to undergo their hardest time. GOMO KELATE GOMO! Last time I watch The Red Warriors live at Stadium Sultan Muhammad Kota Bharu was 13 years ago (now I'm 24) with my father. That time, Hashim Mustapha was our renowned hero, who won the "Penjaring Kasut Emas". Seriously, I miss those good old days! *But my brother refused to accompany me this weekend.:(*

3) Finish all the assignments!Haih...can't stand the nausea of the thinking-parts. I need Xanax! Seriously, it's mentally-relieving!

Kelantan Football Hooligans

2009-04-10T23:33:00.004+08:00

I was utterly shocked when I read the news few days ago. 3 words which perfectly fit to describe these hooligans: UNCIVILIZED, STUPID and HUMILIATING. I came across our highly-respected Chief Minister comment in a Malay tabloid yesterday,"Sungguh Memalukan". I believed all the educated and civilized Kelantanese would have agreed with Tuan Guru. I feel so ashamed with those jackass behaviors. Now the citizens from the other states are throwing shits and accusations towards all the Kelantanese.

OMG, when a portion of these dumbass rebelled outrageously, why all of my fellow state mates have to be the scapegoats? They said this 'uncivilised group' has nothing to do with the girls, but only the Kelantan guys. Hmm.. My boyfriend hailed from the same state, but I never detect his hot-tempered sense. I don't think that he has the tendency to start the fire with the 'orang luar'. A few of my blogger mates are Kelantanese too. Mr.Darabdua is the most funniest creature I had ever met, somone who is fun-to-be-with and I bet everybody will crack a laughter to hear his whacky jokes or read his blog. Mr Pjoe is a cool person too and has a sense of sensitivity towards the XX creatures(based on my observation on his blog entries). Well, don't just simply threw blanket accusations toward the Kelantanese guys.

My observations are based on bona fide/true accounts and hypothesis. No biasness/favoritism/inclination of preferential treatment towards my fellow state mates.

Again, shame on you the hooligans.You deserved to live in exile. (See, no biasness right?)

Random Utterance

2009-03-28T01:09:00.009+08:00

I always fall into a state of forlorn before I bid goodbye to my home, whereas whenever I step my feet onto the Kelantan's land I would always feel delightful and welcomed with some rhythm echoing like 'Sweethome Alabama'. Oh well replace the word Alabama with Kota Bharu. Perfectly fits.

An hour after I write this entry, I will left my home, well not for good. I am just being too emotional. *Smirk*. Spending the final hours before I left, I went to the hair saloon to straighten my hair & consequently burned a hole in my pocket.Haih..I'm not really into this stiff and fake hair, but it gives me a worry-free guarantee, plus my guy keep on condemning my 'jerebek' hair.

Kota Bharu is a bit hot these days. Except for today, the morning rain was too seductive to resist until I huddled in my bed and woke up at 11! Apart from this morning, the humidity made the temperature soooo oppresive. Plus my room's aircond ain't working. It's so terrible. I can feel perspiration beaded up on my forehead whenever I surf the Net inside my room.

I did my very own D-I-Y stuff the day before I left which costs only RM1.50. Picture above. It looks effortlessly Hippies, but I have no idea where and when should I wear it. My mom made a sarcastic hint that it's a crap idea. Nahh but I'm still persistent about wearing it some day..

I can't help myself to keep on watching some old stuff by Radiohead on Youtube, their most fascinating piece. Obviously it's Creep. True Love Awaits is hypnotizing too. Well, all work pieces from Thom Yorke are the result of the genius! Someday I wish I will go to Europe for my honeymoon and a trip to Radiohead's concert will make my honeymoon perfect. We will listen together to 'Creep' and lost in the transition. But I'm afraid that's impossible. Haven't you heard the news that Thom Yorke won't sing Creep again?

Jerebek= Kelantanese accent which refers to unruly and messy hair.

Hot Air Ballon Fest

2009-03-25T23:39:00.007+08:00

Currently, I don't have the mood to elaborate the whole event, let the pictures speak for themselves and reclaim their rightful place. Sometimes, the photographs can speak better than the lengthy words.Remember Taking Back Sunday song, This Photograph is the Proof?

'Become a morning person' on this day. Woke up at 6.15AM just to make sure that I reach there before 7.30AM.Huh..

I felt so exhausted, yet exhilarated.Period.

Happy Birthday Ainna!

2009-03-21T14:37:00.006+08:00

I know I should post this entry a month ago, but sometimes time-constraint and workloads could take my focus away and my mind would go haywired.Sorrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyy Ainna dearie!Now I have all the time in the world to write on my blog and ideas after ideas start popping up my mind, next on the list are Payed's mini birthday celebration, hot air balloon fest, etc..I write only when I have ideas.;)

We threw a mini celebration for Miss Nayrell or Ainna at Bert's garden. The food there was okay, I only ordered Nasi Lemak, not so much choices of rices. I can't live without eating rice for a day or else I would go haywired. But I can say that I gave two thumbs up for their warm service and the friendly staffs. The environment there was fantastic, the chilling winds, the hissing sounds of the tides, etc. We had a lot of fun, particularly on gossiping. Haha.I mean when Natalie and Anita started to spill out the gossip, the rest of us went gaga.

'*Ainna is one of my bosom pals at the University. She's fucking HOT! (you know when I put the word 'fucking' it means I'm really really serious, I bet the rest would say that as well), but sorry she's taken. She has a BRILLIANT fashion-sense and I will not be surprise to see her on Who What Wear Myspace muses one day. She has a soft-spoken voice, kind-hearted, loving, caring, and she's a good example of a person who is extremely cautious on her words while she's talking. She won't hurt other people feelings with her words. :). Ainna dear I wrote this testimony based on my frank observation during 4 years of our friendship. ;)

May 2009 brings luck and happiness to you and I wish to see you on 'red and white' wedding altar one day (as you told me in class that day).

Happy Birthday Natalie!

2009-03-21T00:29:00.005+08:00

Happy Birthday Nat!!*screaming at the top of my lung*.I can only manage to post the entry today because I waited for the pictures from my friend's camera to be uploaded. Today I grabbed it from Ainna's Facebook. A bunch of gratitudes for Ainna dearie for uploading the pictures just now. We threw a party for her at Dreambox. The food turned out to be pretty yummy and the plan ran smoothly. We had a fun and joyful time that night, singing loudly, laughing, melantak, and a 'lil bit' on gossiping.:D

*Natalie is one of my best human-encounter at the Law School. She is one of my bosom pals. HOT!, funny but a smart-ass, very detail-oriented person, bubbly, caring, kind-hearted, have a big reservoir of empathy (seriously I observed this one), and the list of these positive trait are non-exhaustive. Ohh and not to forget, she's the best gossip-partner in the whole world (I bet the rest would also say that) and has this trademark.."Eh I ada gossip tauuuuuu!!"

May all your wishes come true dear. Have a blissful year!:)

CONGRATULATIONS!

2009-03-19T07:50:00.005+08:00

CONGRATULATIONS NIK NUR MADIHAH for proving an excellent record and scored 20As in the SPM last year. You are a true example of a flower which bloomed gracefully in an adverse time. You showed to the whole nation that hardship could not hinder you to excel in your studies and be much much better than others. Even you have RM1 for your pocket money daily, that won't fade your spirits away. Your great reservoir of passion, vigour, hard works, and geniuses had paid-off and prove that you are better than the son or daughter of a Minister, or a Parliamentarian, or the prominent rich man.

You had lifted up the name of Kelantan State Government school, proving that their products are better than the elite boarding schools where the students have been trained and gained more public attention. You suit the saying that "Resisting in adversity causes some men to break, but others to break record". I have a BIG respect and admirance on you.

May you be excel in your future life and prove another great history in the Physic field.

*I came across the offensive words of Murai in a Malay mainstream paper, labelling her house as 'rumah atau reban?' and accusing the state gov for neglecting the welfare of their ppl. I was like wtf? She had even proved that she's much moreeee better than the useless son of a prominent Minister displayed in Gutter Censor website,huh.

Journey to the Future Ahead

2009-03-06T01:13:00.009+08:00

Here I go, sailing through a sleepless night, pondering on the future ahead. The economic recession, the tremendous amount of laying-off among the current proletariats (are we the proletariats?), next scandalous PM on the line (huh can u imagine that?), and etc.. Yeah, vague future for my generations (Or I am the only paranoid?)

I learned that during the recession one has to be creative and dare to take the risk with their unseen hands. One who survives and becomes a striking figure on the race will undoubtedly make a break. Note the words of Mulan in its movie, "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful".History tells.Period.

Yeah, resisting through unfavorable time causes some men to break, but others to break record, But can I be like them? I am a woman with low self-confidence, to be frank. But the stories of great men who are able to resist through the challenging times are really inspiring. Hilton (the founder of Hilton Hotel chain) and happened to be the father of bimbotic but charming Ms Paris came from a poor background. He barely survived during The Great Depression. He started his business by way of transforming their home to a modest inn, drummed up his business by way of inducing the travellers at the train station and gave them a room at 1 dollar and meals cooked by his wife. He had the idea, and he generated it. He broke the record.

So as Abraham Lincoln who was born in poverty and faced defeat after defeat throughout his life. Read his story at Wikipedia. No use to cut and paste it here. Eventually, he was elected as Mr President. Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it.

And me, which trail should I follow? I learned a quote from Albert Einstein..

"...I think and think for months and years. 99 times, the conclusion is false. The 100th time Iam right".

Zoo!

2009-02-15T00:43:00.006+08:00

It was a humid and sunny day, yet it was not an obtrusive reason for my scheduled plan with my loved one. Ohhh NOOOOO!!! we didn't go to the National Zoo purposely to celebrate the Valentine's Day. In fact, I never celebrate Valentine until this time being. Well, not because of some religious reasons, but I just feel awkward. I had once told my guy "Everyday is our Hari Kasih Sayang" kan? I went there for the sake of 'learning' and catching the first-hand glimpses of these divine creations.

Wearing Miss Selfridge top and MNG slim fit jeans

Seeing these creatures cherishing the moments with their loved one..

And there are some which still searching for their soul-mates..

And me?? I had found my other half..Heehee!

BTW, Slamat 'Hari Kasih Sayang' everyone.=)

Kereta Buatan Ford

2009-02-12T09:34:00.003+08:00

Jikalau ditakdirkan suatu hari nanti saya akan menjadi kaya-raya, mungkin saya akan mempertimbangkan untuk membeli kereta-kereta ilham Henry Ford dan sekutunya dari jenis berikut:
Atau mungkin yang ini...

Yang ini pun boleh juga...Boleh la buat pegi pasar..Confirm orang tengok babe! Dilihat Hitler juga pernah menggunakan model yang seakan-akan sama..

Mengapa saya begitu bercita-cita untuk menggunakan kereta buatan Ford? Kerana saya kagum dengan sejarah Henry Ford (Pengasas Ford sendiri) yang begitu lantang menentang puak Yahudi yang licik dan zalim. Kalau diikutkan sejarah, Henry Ford dan Adolf Hitler saling meminati satu sama lain. Hitler meletakkan bingkai gambar Ford di sebelah mejanya dan berkata, "I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration,". Ford juga telah mendedahkan resipi dan rahsia konspirasi jahat puak Yahudi di dalam akhbar 'The Dearborn Independent' melalui artikel bertajuk "Protocols of the Learned Elders Zion". Semenjak dari itu, puak Yahudi mula mengecam tindakan Ford. Ford akhirnya terpaksa tunduk dan meminta maaf, tetapi tidak menafikan kebenaran Protokol-Protokol terbabit.

Menurut Ford, "The only statement I care to make about the Protocols is that they fit in with what is going on". Ketika peristiwa Nuremberg Trial, ramai askar-askar Jerman mengatakan bahawa mereka mendapat ilham dari HenryFord itu sendiri.

Menurut Protokol-Protokol terbabit, Ford telah mendedahkan konspirasi jahat puak Zionis Yahudi yang bagi mereka hanya ada dua bangsa di muka bumi ini, iaitu Yahudi dan bukan Yahudi (dikenali sebagai 'Gentile') yang disifatkan oleh mereka sebagai bodoh dan senang dipijak-pijak. Protokol ini telah meramalkan bahawa suatu hari nanti media massa akan dikawal oleh puak Zionis ini yang mana pihak Barat juga akan tunduk kepadanya. Mereka juga mentafsirkan agama Judaism secara extreme dan menganggap bahawa mereka adalah kaum yang terpilih untuk mentadbir dunia. Dari situ, semua rancangan-rancangan Zionis telah dihuraikan. Sila 'wiki' untuk keterangan lanjut..

Saya juga tertarik dengan kata-kata Hitler yang berikut, "I could have annihilated all the Jews in the world but I left some so that the world would know why I did that". (Saya berupaya untuk membunuh semua Yahudi di bumi ini tapi saya tinggalkan sedikit supaya dunia tahu mengapa saya berbuat demikian).

Mungkin kenyataan ini berbaur agak racist, tapi jika diaplikasikan untuk kejahatan puak Zionis dan puak Yahudi yang menyokong Zionis, kenyataan ini memang tepat sekali.

Henry Ford memang GENIUS. Dan Hitler pula walaupun kejam, saya menganggap beliau tergolong dalam kumpulan 'hero' juga.

The 'dirty game'

2009-02-09T01:36:00.003+08:00

The recent political drama packed with mixed emotions from both parties had getting on my nerves. Day by day I am getting more perplexed with the twisted facts and opinions from politicians, bloggers, experts, etc.. Now, I cling on to the principles in Islam, that 'human knowledges are limited, and only God knows the best'. As what my father said, there is no right side in politics, which are all about dirty-game and the cunning-skills competitions among their players. But I am still inclined to my threshold(on whom I think a better one).. On the party-hopping issues, I don't agree with the kangaroos or the grasshoppers, whoever had initiated it (whether Anwar or the other side), unless they are willing to call for a fresh-election after they jumped to the other side.

What had driven me to such confusions?

1) The opinions of the Constitutional experts. Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi said the MB can be removed after referring to the Interpretation Act. Prof Abd Aziz Bari on the other hand (in a polite manner after reiterating that we cannot blame the Sultan), stated that the two appropriate suggestions a are either to revoke the appointment of Zambry & to allow Nizar to be reinstated or to dissolve the assembly.

2) The divergence of opinions within the party members/supporters. Within the BN, Tun Dr M, Ku Li, and Rais Yatim seemed opposed to this action. And surprisingly within the PR, few hours back Karpal Singh had criticized DSAI on party-hopping issues, claiming that he is not a suitable figure to be a PR leader. Huhh, what an absurd contradictions. Period.

3) Please read this. Where some may say that the Interpretation Act would be applied in this situation, there is a limitation. The Act does not apply where "there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with or repugnant to the application". The inconsistency can be reverted back to the Perak's Constitution, particularly Art 16(6) and (7). Well, read that article. Too lengthy to be explained.

*Hoping that someone will not be send to the asylum*

My feedback on "Syurga-Islam"

2009-02-04T00:53:00.006+08:00

This morning I came upon a blasphemous blog, 'Syurga Islam', which had blatantly insulted Islam. From the postings, the author stated that he/she is a free-thinker. When I tried to access the blog again just now, it had been blocked and opened to invited readers only(when I has been ready to post my feedback to the author). I am not a pious Muslim nor a religious scholar, but I feel that it is my obligation(the obligations of all Muslims) to defend our religion at the highest notch of our knowledges and capabilities.

The most inferior 'iman' is to detest whatever is munkar to our hearts..

I could not remember all the author's point in the latest entry, but I would state 4 salient points which are lingering in my mind and my opinions to such irresponsible remarks.

1. The author challenged the existence of God and questioned on Allah's the Almighty Power and if Allah does not depend from all other entities, He doesn't need any form of worshipping.

: On the existence of God, my justification is on the 'first cause' of the Universe. There must be a 'First Cause' to every creations. Can you imagine any creations without a Creator? Let say the whole universe existed by itself, how can it came into an existence of such a well-arranged order without the planets and the stars collided with each other?

There must be some 'superior power' to order their movement. Even in Physics, the 'Theory of Momentum' states that 'the total momentum' of any closed system which is not affected by external forces cannot change. There is an element of 'force'. So who 'force' this whole universe?

:Why we have to worship Allah?: The word Islam itself means 'the wilful submission to Allah'. The Muslims believed that we are all His creations. Only when you are searching the true path of Islam, you can feel your tremendous love to Allah above anything else. When you love Allah, you must always want to keep-in-touch with Allah, remembering Allah all the time. That's why the Muslims have to performs the fard salah, reciting Quran and Du'a. I give one reasoning. If you fall in love with a sapien of your opposite sex or you love your family, do you want to 'keep-in-touch' with them or stay away from them?

2. The author stated that Islam are racially-biased and enjoined his followers to commit persecution.

: Islam acknowledges the practice of 'freedom of religion'. Refer to the Holy Quran, Chapter Al-Kafirun (109:6); "Unto you your religion, unto me my religion".
Islam also enjoys their followers to mix around with other races and to live in peace. Refer to Chapter Al-Hujurat (49:13); "O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you nations and tribe so that you may come to know one another".

3. The author quoted verse number 5 from the Chapter of At-Tawbah (9:5), which he claimed to inculcate hatred among the Muslims towards other religions.

: This is not true. The author did not make a thorough research on the historical period where and why the verses had been revealed. In fact, if the author moved to verse 6 of the same Chapter, the author would have been acknowledged that Allah ordered those war combatants to grant the protections towards their war enemies if they seek protection. If they refused to accept the words of Allah, THE ENEMIES SHOULD BE ACQUITTED, NOT TO BE KILLED. Please refer the verse and its interpretation for further validation.

4. The author put forward a quotation from Albert Einstein pertaining to God and science, which justified the irrelevancy of the concept of God in life.

: Even in Science, the further discovery can annulled the previous discovery. But this 'fluctuation of human knowledge' does not occurs in any Allah's words in Al Quran. Take for example, the shape of our earth had been opened to floodgates of scientist debates. The earlier century claimed that the earth is flat, whereas the latter discovery conformed that it is spherical. Human knowledge is limited.

"..as Muslims when we've been deceived, we can't stay silent." - Tuan Guru Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Kelantan Chief Minister

Putrajaya

2009-02-01T23:54:00.004+08:00

Excuse me for the massive amounts of pictures uploaded. I am superfluously thrilled at my newly acquired lesson on Adobe Photoshop CS3. All of these pictures were captured in Putrajaya by my guy. It's so wonderful to walk around the green scenery with my loved one, listening to the soothing melody of the birds chirping and watching butterflies flying around even I have to reach there at 9AM.

I'm wearing thrifted floral dress, Coach Signature swingpack, and flat by Vincci

The infamous Tingkat 4 from far..

Jantung pisang dari jantung hati saya

On Cloud 9!

2009-01-25T02:05:00.003+08:00

As the title tells, I'm sooo happy to get a new phone from my father, as the condition of my old phone was seriously worst. But what makes me feel guilty is about it's brand. It's against the spirit of "Boycott the Israeli Campaign". But that wasn't my fault right?

The euphoric state was culminated when I received a phone call from my sister while I was riding back to sweethome Kelate with my boyfriend's car. She said 'Result tubik doh la!' and it was sooo out of expectation! Alhamdulillah. Buleh amek certificate la kawe sem ni. Yeahh yeahh!!

My sister had just came back from Amareka and I'm sooooo delighted again to see the arrival of my 'Coach Signature Sling Bag' which I had been yearning for years. I know I can't afford the effing ridiculous price here. She bought it from the Coach Outlet at it's factory near Minnesota. Quite reasonable for a cheapskate.=)
And my kind-hearted sister presented a new DKNY watch to me. That's so right on time, thankss a zillion to her. Look at the condition of my current watch.

Apart from that, she gave me a new white shirt attached with black vest as I have to be prepared to enter the 'working field' soon. *sigh*. My aunty gave the yellow mustard Kenneth Cole handbag, together with a whitey silk sash, and a pair of vintage earrings, which had showered me with blissful happiness all day long. Ignore the Fossil. That wasn't my stuff (mistakenly thought it was mine before).

I'M IN THE SEVENTH HEAVEN!HEHE

Between the Muslims and the Jews

2009-01-21T19:17:00.006+08:00

Today I realize that I had missed the 'blogging world' for 21 days! Almost the same duration with the Zionist devastation on the Palestinian land. All these while I had spent my time reading a book on "In Search of the Truth" (not the real title) and followed the news on the heartless invasion. Today I had just finished reading 'that book'.

After reading several blogs (particularly Tukar Tiub) and the news, I can infer that the invasion was not a war between the Jews and the Muslims. My previous thought was wrong. It was actually a war initiated by the Zionist regime on the basis of political ill-wills, ie to expand their powers. Judaism (the religion of the Jews) and the 'unadulterated Torah' (known as The Holy Book of Taurat by the Muslims) condemned such malicious act. In fact, I had came across an article in The Star, 18 January on 'Jews against Zionism'. The article conveys that the religious Jewish groups (Neturei Karta, Satmar & Dushinski) said that Torah forbids a Jewish state established by force and reject Zionism in the name of their religion!

Though it is clear that it was not a war between the religions, I would like to state my point of views based on the reading materials which I had been referred all these days, to highlight the grassroot of the problem. The main conflict concerns over the concept of a 'chosen race' and the particular piece of the Middle East was granted to Jews as a 'Promised Land'. This is the belief adopted by the Zionism, the nationalistic colonialist concept. Muslims, on the other hand believe all human beings to be the loved creations of God and that no race is chosen above another. All races are equal in Islam. Islam even acknowledged the concept on the 'Freedom of Religion'. Refer to Al-Kafirun (109:6); Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.

Zionism adopted the wrong interpretation of Judaism which has been very much corrupted. The bloodthirsty massacres in the conquest of the already occupied 'Promised Land' (the state of Israel) was not enjoined by the Torah. Zionist had relied upon this false notion while slaughtering their enemies or extending their territories, claiming that they were commanded by God to do so. Such claim was intolerable, for if some are 'chosen' it means that the others are 'rejected' and beyond hope!

The tendency to blind fanaticism by the Jewish is spelled out in the Holy Quran. Please refer to Chapter Al-Baqarah (2:84-85). Verse 47 pointed out that the Jewish is the 'chosen race', mainly because the Prophets were chosen from their tribe (Moses A.S, Isa A.S, Jacob A.S, Yahya A.S), but that doesn't mean that they can do anything at their whims and fancies. They are not 'the chosen' because they are superior than others, but because the prophets were chosen among them.

Nevertheless, the Jews had misused the merits given by Allah towards them. They became snobbish, stubborn, and refused to adhere to the path of truth brought by Moses A.S. There are a number of verses where Allah had stressed out on their tribe, usually begin with 'Ya Bani Israel!'. Allah's word in Chapter Al-Baqarah, on the expropriation of "Palestinian land" in Verse 84-85 is indeed true (Please refer!). This is the Miracle of Al-Quran, where it can predicts the occurence of future event! The Holy Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad from AD610 to AD 632 whereas the state of Israel (the expropriation of the Palestinian land by the Jews) came into existence in 1947. What a miracle, Subhanallah!

That is the view in Islam.

I had also taken note on the views of other religion (ie on the Judaism previously) and the Christians. According to the Bible, in the passage Matthew (23:37-39), "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem - killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not! Behold, your hose is forsaken and desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say 'Blessed is who comes in the name of the Lord". Clearly, the tendency of the ignorant Jews with the fatal consequences had also been spelled out.

What I can summarize now is that all religions condemned the act of Zionism!

Israel-Palestinian conflicts are not a war of religions. Crusades are over. Zionism are political movement strayed away from their roots. They are a portion of the Jewish fanaticism!

New Year 's Day

2009-01-01T00:50:00.003+08:00

It's 01/01/09, 54 minutes past the clock struck 12 and the whole world celebrated the beginning of the Gregorian calendar. Frankly speaking, I have no clear resolution as I found my repetitive resolutions in the earlier years remained undone. Now I loathe repeating the lame mistake again.

Went out with my brother and my guy again last weekend. It appears that I had been fully utilizing my favorite skirt these days (steal from my sister's closet SHH!), pink in color with 'the city of US' printed design. It's actually a piece of fabric bought my aunt from The States and sewed by my mother into a nice long skirt. Mom's great touch makes it soo invaluable to me. Unfortunately I do not inherit her genetic of arts. *sigh*. Paired it up with thrifted cardi, MNG basic tee and Topshop necklace, which I bought at 70% discounted price. Yada yada!!
We goofed at Pasar Pagi, accompanying my brother and my guy to buy their stuffs and next to my favorite thrift shop! Bought 5 pairs of vintage dresses at RM5 each, ridiculously cheap eh? albeit it's soo endearing and worthy for this fussy cheapskate! Oh the day before I grabbed this Star Wars Limited Edition top from Topshop(50% discount!). Though I'm not an avid fan of Star Wars, I think it's unique and comes with a nice tag. Rugi tak beli beb!
The walking around was complete as I had the chance to eat Mi Celup at Restoran Sri Bunga, SS13. I had been craving for weeks to eat this. Trust me, it's scrumptious!

William's Kelana Jaya: The heaven of the pleasant meal

2008-12-18T20:06:00.007+08:00

I had a joyful weekend last week. Have a quick catch-up with my brother, met my beloved guy, and having the cream of the crop meal at William Kelana Jaya. See the pictures below? The food actually costs a pretty penny, but it's worthy!

Banana-Strawberry ice-blended (can't be described by words!)

Spaghetti Carbonara with Cordon Blue

Mee Raja Ayam

Nasi Goreng Ketam

The day after I met my favorite guy, the one who always makes me feel comfortable when I am with him. We goofed around KLCC, looking for Kenny Rogers, but alas we were out of luck. There's no Kenny Rogers restaurant there (I've been craving for Kenny Rogers for quite some time!). So we stopped at Nando's. Fast food restaurant is actually not my cup of tea, but we have no choice since there's no mouthwatering thai tomyam at KLCC right?

Oh ya talking about mouthwatering tomyam, I've been craaaaaving for Thai tomyam since I had a nice one at Nora's Kitchen Bangi last week. It's actually one kind of hawker stall but the food there was marvelous! Betul-betul macam dekat Thai. I wish I can be at Bangi this current moment.:(

Sumpah tak sedap..hihi

Teater Bilik Sulit

2008-12-16T21:00:00.002+08:00

While everyone is talking about the Chi Hua Hua movie (do I spell it correctly?), that wasn't the subject of my interest. I am more attracted and looking forward to a play by Hishamuddin Rais.
I got an invitation from SUARAM mail group and they said the place is limited. *Sigh*. The bad news is my guy has a work outside KL this coming weekend. So nobody can accompany me (he's my loyal and constant companion, without any fusses and grumbles). =(

The price ticket is pretty cheap, RM10 (it's actually a donation for the family of the ISA detainees). The play revives around the untold true accounts of the nature of police interrogation on the ISA detainees. That would be an enlightening play which I'll be missed.

DARN

Enjoining the haram, forbidding the halal

2008-12-08T01:00:00.006+08:00

The article by the Perlis Mufti associating with the above title had sparkled a whirl in my mind. He articulated his depth knowledge on marriage in that article. To quote a line from his speech before his retirement which I endorsed as earth-shattering remarks from a well-known pious Muslim:

"Urusan kenduri kahwin atau walimah telah dijadikan jambatan kesombongan ibu bapa atau keluarga sehingga ditangguh perkahwinan bagi memboleh kenduri besar-besaran dibuat demi menjaga taraf ‘jenama keluarga’. Sehingga ada pasangan yang terpaksa menunggu bertahun kerananya"

I believe such scenarios are typical or not to be exaggerated, had become part and parcel of the Malay community. Such conditions imposed by parents had even led the couples to commit sins outside of the wedlock, so to commit vices are easier than to marry your loved one officially. Everyone wants his/her wedding day to be a moment to be remembered throughout his/her entire life. But could you sustain the consequences when your dream goes beyond your financial capability?Is it worth-taking to borrow loan for the sake of showing-off and later live a miserable life?

I'm not saying that a grand wedding ceremony is wrong. If you have sufficient saving or your parents are rich, a big celebration is worthful. But if you are in the group of 'the exceptions', think twice of the financial restraints afterwards. To quote a hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), "Buatlah walimah walaupun sekadar seekor kambing”. Islam enjoined his followers to practice wasadtiyah (moderation) in all aspects.

If I'm going to tie the knot, I will arrange it to be as simple as possible. Do not expect to see me blinking the fake eyelashes and wrinkled a non-stop smile on the wedding altar (pelamin). My future wedding would possibly be:

1) A simple solemnisation (akad) in the mosque would be sufficient. No wedding altar or decorated bedroom.
2) I would not mind if my future husband do not give any single cent of 'duit hantaran' or even the nil amount of the gifts. I won't burden him with financial restraints before or after the marriage or even staking his life borrowing money from 'Ah Long'. I believe that 'Compatibility with each other's company after the wedding day is more important rather than these trivial things'.
3) I always feel delighted with the 'encounter of marvelous food', so I wish my guests will feel the same with a range of different stalls from the traditional Kelantanese cuisines to the Western menus, ala-ala food court. Insya-Allah if I have sufficient budget.
4) Travelling to a few places ala ala backpackers after the wedding, and capturing our best moments so that we can always track down the memory lane.
5) Oh ya, no wedding ring! My fingers can easily get itchy whenever I wear any ring, even the gold one. Love is made from the heaven (as the chapter begins with Adam and Eve).You can never equate your love with a tangible thing kan?

Am I dreaming far away with the fairies?

happy birthday anita!

2008-12-04T23:04:00.002+08:00

It's Anita's birthday. See the monkey wearing the silly birthday cone? That's the birthday girl! We came out with a last minute plan for her surprise birthday bash at Delifrance as the original plan needed an urgent change (gara gara manusia kerek dekat Zen tu), poor Miss Natalie and Miss Ainna.

Her deep-meaning birthday wish: She hope that we can stick around and hang out like this even after we graduate soon.

Credit to Miss Ainna for snapping this photo while I was hanging on the phone with my hun. Yes he never failed to wrinkle a smile on my face.

The two Miss Perverts

Sweetie Izzati and Ainna attempted to molest the mannequin. LOL

A truly workable team

2008-11-30T04:41:00.003+08:00

I can't fall asleep, so I roam about the Net until I come across a news, Zaid Ibrahim caused a stir by appearing at PKR congress and DAP victory dinner. I have to admit that I take my hat off to him in spite of many peoples threw accusations that he is a traitor of his own race.

I believe that he did nothing wrong. Abraham Lincoln had brought the foes into his fold during his tenure and proved that a consensus reached by a mixture of 'yes and no' men had produced a workable team. Lincoln (belonged to Republican) did so by appointing someone from Democrat to be his second war secretary.

The consensus reached by a different perspective views, which comprised of the 'yes-men' and formidable rivals could produce a variety of choices, so that a leader could put himself in other's shoes to speak on different sides of each issues.

Richard Nixon, the 37th US President had proven the bad record with his attitude to consider an adversary as an enemy when he fired his secretary who did not share the same thoughts with him. Nixon is listed among the lowest rank in the poll of unfavorable viewed president.

Recently Obama had convinced the whole world with his approval of Lincoln's ideology. He is considering his front-runner during the Democrat nomination, Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State and EVEN MC CAIN to help him in the senate.

A team of friends and rivals can do much better than the sycophants and yes-men.

Devil in disguise

2008-11-29T10:54:00.003+08:00

I woke up this morning, with a mixture of bitter and infuriated feelings. I gasped, knowing it was just a bad dream of my guy having a secret affair with a short-haired damsel, wearing black collar shirt (the moment I confronted her).

I would not be hesitate to slap the girl if it happened in reality. Thank God it was not more than a nightmare.

Somehow, I could not understand why certain person can fall in love and steal someone's darling. I had once asked my mother "macam mana orang perempuan rasa bila dia rampas husband orang lain?" when I heard she's talking about someone seducing other people's husband.

Someone who steal other's happiness must be awfully ruthless, and their happiness which they build up from ruining other's life would not be long.

"Manusia saya paling benci dalam dunia ialah manusia PERAMPAS"

fuck you bitch!

2008-11-19T18:39:00.003+08:00

Some people are born to look like PIG!(swear this is true)
brain like a PIG!
behave like a PIG!
asked from others and save theirs like a PIG!
talk cocks and lift themselves up like a PIG!
bad-mouth like a PIG!

OINK!OINK!

YOUNG FOLKS

2008-11-15T23:34:00.002+08:00

PETER BJORN AND JOHN: YOUNG FOLKS

I listened to this song over and over again these past few days, which had highly likely cast a magic spell on me. I was hypnotized by the funky animation video, the whistling sound, its tune, and victoria's sweet voice!

There are parts of the lyrics which are so endearing & keep on rewinding in my mind:

Peter: If you knew my story word of word, had all my history, would you go along with someone like me?

and Victoria replied : I did before and had my share, it didn't lead nowhere.I would go along with someone like you..

It reminds me to the utterance of my elder sister:
.. If you like someone, put away all his/her past and history. History can't never be changed.
The exception: Unless that person has an AIDS.

new semester started & my bad hair day

2008-11-10T02:22:00.004+08:00

Picture taken before leaving, I was deeply in sorrow. It's sooo sickening to think about the Evidence Paper which I have to sit on this coming Friday (masalah sembelit telah menafikan hak saya untuk menduduki peperiksaan pada hari yang sepatutnya.)
My younger sister seemed sooooo delighted with new fragrance prezzie from Abah, before we leaved.

But this guy had cured my tense and sorrows. He never fails to make my day. I heart my gewe to pieces.=) We had our lunch at Johnny's (his favorite place to date, saya tak tau apa Uncle Johhnys letak dalam sup dia sampai gewe saya jd addicted, mungkin resipi celup seluar dalam kot), before we watched Budak Kelantan.

My bad hair day started when I forgot to shampoo my hair and it's so oily and sticky. Hehehe. Then I went to JJ for lunch and only after we reached home I forgot that I haven't go to Maybank to pay the rental.*sigh*. This poor miss scatterbrain had to turn back to the bank. And the most unfortunate incident which turned herself as mad as march hare was when she noticed that she lost her student ID Card, meaning that she cannot entered the library and the most fatal consequence, she will have to 'donate' RM50 to the security, paying off her clumsiness. She went broke this week.

What do I think about that RM50, I can eat Kenny Rogers, or big feast@William Kelana Jaya, or bodoh bodoh bodoh.

The revelation of the skeleton in the closet

2008-11-07T00:28:00.004+08:00

Something that I will unveil..hehehe.

When I was 7, I watched P Ramlee movie with my father (Nujum Pak Belalang). At one scene, I was curious when I saw P Ramlee made a cup of coffee using that benda alah color hitam at the back of cooking pan. I asked my father:

Me: Abah,sedak ko wak kopi guno patak kuali gitu? (Does that way of making coffee really have a fine taste?)
My father: Sedaaaaaakkkkk (in a provocative, but sarcastic tone). Try laaa..

I went to the kitchen without anyone noticing and I started to 'collect' the benda alah color hitam tu using a knife. I pour the powder and made my own coffee, put some sugar in it. I sipped a bit..

Pahittttnyoooooooooooo!*I shrieked and followed by a choke.

Yaaa saya memang bodoh tahap bangang masa saya kecik-kecik dulu.

The muted cry

2008-11-06T01:53:00.009+08:00

I was somewhat distracted by the statement of MCA Vice President a week ago pertaining to his suggestion to abolish the mandatory 30% bumiputra equity in local main board companies, to ensure that they stay competitive with the current economic upside down. Such statement had blown my top as much as the resentment caused by the racial sentiment uttered by Ahmad of Bukit Bendera. Playing racial card is a prevalent political gimmick to shatter the building of the nations.

Before I proceed upon to articulate my superficial thoughts concerning the matters, I had made a 'little effort' to dissect the reasonings of his suggestion. Please take note on the words 'superficial thoughts'. To a certain extent, I am somewhat agree upon his statement, but this has to be considered within the ambit of National Economic Policy (NEP) goals and the term of 'racial equality'. Apparently, the objectives of NEP are noble, but one may view that the RACE- BASED advantages would be discriminatory. I am in line with such view. Honestly, I think that in order to eradicate poverty and to ensure the socioeconomic balance, what we have to focus is the real impoverished groups, not on certain racial groups.

Among the goals of NEP is to eradicate poverty and to reduce the socioeconomic disparity between the races throughout the nation. The initial ratio back in 1970 is 2.4(Bumiputra: 33(Non Bumi):63(Foreign Ownership). By the setting of the NEP, the government targetted to move the ratio to 30(Bumi):40(non Bumi):30(foreign ownership). Explicitly, the target has yet to be achieved, but had shown a better improvement. In 2004, the ratio had shown a significant changed. The precise ratio in that year is: 18.7 (Bumiputra): 40.9(Chinese): 1.5(Indian):28.8(Foreign companies):10% etc.

Why the government focused for the betterment of the Bumiputra in NEP?The bumiputras make up the majority, 65% of the population. 27.6 are Chinese, whereas Indian descent comprised 8% of the population. According to a statistic in 2004, the poverty among the Bumi formed the highest percentage amounting to 8.3%, the Indian 2.9%, and the Chinese 0.9%.

From these figures, we can infer that the objectives hits the right line to enrich the Bumi in term of the mandatory policy in order to ensure racial equality, socially and economically. Racial equality should not only been perceived in light of legal aspect, but also social and economic aspect. It is crystal clear that the Bumiputras formed the largest poverty group, thus the motive behind the preferential treatment is justified. It is not to put the Malays in a superior position, but to bring them up to the level of the non-Malays. Repealing the laws will not only fail to create racial equality, but will in fact deepen the cleavage between races. As proposed by Tun Dr M, the 30% equity should be retained as the objectives of the NEP had not been achieved yet.

However, the fate of the poverty groups among the Chinese and Indian should not be neglected. In The Malay Dilemma, Tun Dr M conceded that:

"It goes without saying that if the small number of the non-Malays who are financially handicapped are assisted towards achieving what their richer countrymen had achieved, then the disparity between the Malays and the non-Malays would increase even more".

I do not agree with Tun pertaining to this excerpt. Poverty should be cured without any biasness. That is why the certain leaders reiterated that NEP should be re-structured to provide the betterment for all impoverished communities regardless of their races. NEP objectives should be stayed, but the programme needs minor changes. The current policies of the NEP are known to benefit certain Malay groups crystallized by the practice of nepotism. The rich should not become richer at the advantage of the poor. Hence, NEP should be reviewed to provide a better cure for the economic disease and racial pandemic.

Camwhoring with the thrifted items again

2008-11-02T21:12:00.006+08:00

Thrifting is part of my 'must-do' activities during every trimester break. Here at Kota Bharu there's a lot of thrift shops which offer vintage items at an amazing bargain. I went to the thrift shop again this morning and ended up buying this RM5 polka-dotty shirt. Pretty cheap isn't it?At first, I was clueless on how to wear it. After pondering for few minutes, I decided to tie up the 'Atmosphere' butterfly-printed sash (a gift from my sister 2 years ago) coupled with the belt (thrifted from ss 13 Shah Alam). The pinky 'Liz Clairborne' bag complemented my clothes, which is a gift from my aunty in US a few months ago (I jumped to excitement once I received the parcel loaded with plenty of bags and jeans..hehe).

The hunt of thrifting never fails to make my day.=)
Err...but now I can sensed the butterflies in my stomach as the final results will be released on Wednesday. One sure thing, I have to sit the supplementary paper for Evidence as I had missed the exam (constipation screwed my state of health on that day).*sigh*

The attempt of assasination by the Skinheads

2008-10-31T22:59:00.009+08:00

Last few days, I came across an article in the Star about two skinheads held over plot to kill Obama. The article conveyed that the two white supremacist skinheads directed their attempt to kill the Democrat candidate, Barrack Obama by discussing their 'killing spree' on the Net. The men planned to drive as fast as possible toward Obama and shoot him from the windows of the car.

The masses believed that they were assigned to the Skinheads group when they found the emblems of 'swastika' and number "14" and "88" on the hood of the car. Special Agent believed that 'H' is the eighth letter of the alphabet and the number '88' stood for 'Hail Hitler'. Well, sounds quite interesting right?

I was somewhat skeptical on why they want to kill Obama, so I searched some informations about the Skinheads on Wikipedia. Correct me if you notice that I put wrong informations. From my little research, I found that the emergence of the racist skinhead became more partisan in 1970s when they were affiliated with National Front British Movement (note that this occured in Britain). These groups who claimed themselves as the working class skinheads blamed the black immigrants for economic and social problem.

By the late 1970s, some were attached to the neo-Nazi groups, who promoted the white powers. In United States, they are known as the right wing skinheads (while the left-wing such as SHARP opposed neo-Nazism) who are conservative and claimed themselves as 'patriotic'. These groups mainly targetted the Jews and the African Americans (the Black), so no wonder they aimed to kill Obama. (Source:Wiki)

Have you ever watched the movie of 'This Is England'? That movie clearly portrays how the racially-motivated skinheads treated the foreign races (by showing their misdemeanors towards the Pakistanis). I was somewhat perturbed by the scene where the skinhead kids robbed the Pakistanis groceries shop, cursing them every time they met, and chasing the Pakistanis when they were playing football. That was sooo rude and outrageous.

The Neo-nazi proposed that"the nation was the highest creation of a “race”, and “great nations” were the creation of homogeneous populations of “great races” working together. A master race (the Whites_ could therefore, according to the Nazi doctrine, easily strengthen itself by eliminating parasitic races from its homeland."

As opposed to such belief, Obama proposed the idea that "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there's the United States of America." His idea of racial unity had been well-accepted by the Americans.

Well, the world is suffering from the financial turmoil today, and US as a driven force plays a vital role. Obama had clearly shown that he offered the best chance of restoring the United States' self-confidence, and even the Economist endorsed Obama for the presidency. This serves a merit towards Obama to grasp for the victory.

If things go according to prediction, the United States would have the first Black president to boot. The dream of Martin Lurther King Jr will become true.

It's not shocking

2008-10-31T13:43:00.002+08:00

When I woke up in the morning and read The Star Online, I came across a controversial news, RAZAK BAGINDA ACQUITTED, but the other two cops were ordered to enter their defences. I was perturbed by an assortment of feelings, but I wasn't shock as one could reasonably expect the outcome of the case due to technical defections, the most notable one is the contradicting SD.
I guess I should not make any further comments, I am not well-discerned on the sequence of the trials or the facts/area of laws involved.=)

the 'tag' game

2008-10-30T19:01:00.003+08:00

The terms and conditions:
1) Take a recent picture of yourself or take a picture of yourself right now.
2) Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
3) Post that picture with NO editing.
4) Post these instruction with your picture.
5) Tag 10 people to do this

*was tagged by Mr Darabdua.(Gua amek posisi sama macam lu amek,gua syak lu tak marah kan aktiviti copyright infringement ni?)
And now I would like to tag all people listed on my Blogger Buddies, jangan buat buat tak nampak wahai kawan-kawan semua. (as greedy as mr darabdua).

DeepaRaya at my place

2008-10-28T22:24:00.009+08:00

As I was too busy with the preparation of finals (which was a persistent annoyance) while the other peoples were celebrating it, I had to adjourn my own celebration. Hence, me and my two other sisters came out with another plan, to organize a mini-celebration yesterday on the 26th of Eid, which also fell on the Deepavali Day. So, we aptly called it as a Deeparaya Open-House.

I had cordially invited a few close friends only, whereas some others were outside the hometown (blame MMU for arranging unparallel trimester breaks with other institutions). Mum bought some of the food (the roti jala and ketupat), mom cooked the fried mee, kuzi and rendang (the gravy for roti jala and ketupat) while I prepared some of the desserts(the Trifle, royal pudding, and kek batik). My two other sisters did the cocktail jelly and cleaned up the dishes.

All in all, I am somewhat satisfied with it, although to a certain extent I think it was not well-executed. I should have arranged the chairs at one corner so that everyone can fairly took the food. My sister's officemates sat on the dining table for long hours at their own frolic till I have to serve the food on the coffee-table to my friends.*Grumpy*
Meet my friends. The sole representative of kaum adam, mr darabdua (Gua syak lu malu malu dengan gadis-gadis ni. Patut la lu senyap jap bila gadis-gadis ni datang.Tak jadi nak makan dua hari.Dok berat ke malu la..)

My two sisters seemed so fatigue after the guests went back

The Leftovers:

The Trifle

Roti Jala and Kuzi Ayam

Cocktail Jelly

Keropok Ikan

The thrill of thrifting

2008-10-27T22:44:00.006+08:00

The trimester break has been so breath-taking. I managed to find a getaway in my usual lust for thrifting. I went to a number of thrift shops, for the sake of halting my desire of hunting the vintage and artsy items. The outcome is an ultimate satisfaction.

I grabbed this vintage dress for RM5 and the belt for RM2. Now I am head-over-heels in love with vintage dress. I need to find plenty more before I left my hometown, of course, with a cheap price. You know a cheapskate always love the lowest bargain.
I like the detailing of the dress, the Brownish scott-roses (look like a maid from the 1940s) and the buttons-up style and the flare it gives at the bottom.
There's a layer of space at the center of the belt, joint by a chrome stud, rendering the unique sense of it.
'Love is in the air' abstract painting- RM5. (Belonged to my sis)
Roses in wooden box-RM 5
Childish photo frame and a cute flower - each item is RM2.
Was allured by the painting of an Indian man carrying a wheelcart with two Indian women behind him. The shadow of the bull makes it outstanding (before my eyes). Unfortunately there's no glass to cover the painting. I need to put it soon.

Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan bersama Wan Farhanim

2008-10-27T00:28:00.008+08:00

When Abah asked us to have dinner at KFC last Friday, I refused and recommended another place, a santai Thai stall (which my father eventually had to obliged with this fussy daughter).I got tedious with fast food, namely ANY fast food restaurant. One may have a great indulgence towards pizza with extra cheezy (so as my father and elder sister), but if you put a piece of pizza with peperroni,melting extra cheese,big prawns in front of me even if while I'm fasting, I would never be succumbed to that 'irresistible temptation', syaitan nirrojim mungkin sangat kecewa waktu itu.

I have this weird kampung appetite, and fortunately God's fate had brought me to meet a guy with this weird kampung appetite too. And our most favorite place to date is Kampung Baru.

Last night I went to have dinner at Food Village with my family. When I woke up in the morning and heard abah told mom that she dont have to cook for dinner that night because he's going to bring us to Food Village, I decided to skip lunch, so that I can maximized the amount of food to be consumed and load my stomach to the fullest. At Food Village, you only have to pay RM13.90 per head and you can eat as much as you want. The menu includes bbq chickn+beef+squid, vegetables, steambot, nasi goreng, mee goreng, laksa and dessert,etc. So cheap kan?

Saya lah orang yang paling frequent ulang-alik to take the food until the cashier squinted awkwardly towards me, I don't give a damn la mak cik, abah saya bayar jugak kan kan kan?
I was extremely starving like hungry ghost/ppl who suffered during famines. I ate 5 bowls of cendol for the last dessert.LOL. Anyone can't outbid me this time (including my younger sister yang pelahap sejati)
*Tips if you want to go to this place: Skip breakfast,lunch and teatime, so that you can load the maximum amount of meals. Don't feel embarrassed if people stared in a puzzled way towards you when you walked frequently to take the food.

Giving the junks a brand new look

2008-10-23T21:12:00.008+08:00

I had a 'new' bookshelf in my room, which is originally a vintage audio-shelf and I converted it into a brand new look item (obviously with a different purpose). Both sides of the shelf are already rusty, but nahh I don't give a damn. On top of it, I placed a vintage record-player (which had been nearly threw away by my father, and I became a saviour of this junk).

All of these records are handed down by Mum.
Ugh..This effing thing is not working, need to find its jarum.Does anyone know where to find it?
I was impeccably drawn to this record of 'The Beatles' among all others (legacy of mum's).
Legacy of dad, he is a huge fan of Broery Marantika
The most treasured item in my bookshelf (hand-me-downs from Mum)

Rentong by Shahnon Ahmad (1965)

2008-10-22T17:23:00.004+08:00

Eventually I managed to finish the last page of Rentong last night. The book is about the life of unfortunate rural population back in 1960s. The story focused on the village folks, whom their daily activities and economic sources rooted from traditional agriculture (working on padi field). The issues arising from the plot of the story are co-operation among the rural folks, qualities of good leader, nepotism, corruption, characteristic of the typical Malays (their beliefs on absurd taboos, grudge, easily influenced with others tales and lies, etc).

Datuk Shahnon Ahmad had well-articulated the story and impliedly delivered the message as had been stated above in an impressive way. His way of thinking was far ahead of his time.

He pointed out that certain characteristics are passed from parents to offspring:

...Dulu Pa' Kasa. Chandong-nya ta' pernah kering darah. Mau saja ia menetak sa-siapa. Silap batu perenggan pun sanggup mengoyak kulit kepala orang. Ta' boleh orang, binatang di-sesah-nya. Sekarang turun beneh setan-nya pada Semaun anak-nya..

This paragraph conveys to us the message in relation to the Malay proverb "A spotted father begets a speckled son" (bapak borek anak rintik). This is somewhat true. I read an article in MalaysianBar website today pertaining to Race Relation Act. The author pointed out that the grassroot of racial unity came from the parents and passed to the child. Let say the parents told his child not to mingle with certain race because that certain race is sly and cheaters, their child would firmly believed on such nonsense. The author was right in proving that the laws of genetics govern the transmission of hereditary characteristics.

Datuk Shahnon Ahmad had also emphasized on the typical Malay characteristic of what we known as the 'backstabber'.

..Orang2 di-kampong kechil kita ini bukan betul semua-nya. Di-depan kita bagini dia kata, di-depan orang lain, lain pula kata-nya. Mana ada manusia yang betul2 jujor'..

This was overwhelming among the Malay community. Some people would be very nice in front of you, but behind you they would talk the offensive things about you. This is what the old folk Kelantanese referred to as "Mulot manih j*bo mase" (Sorry, its gross and offensive, yet it conveys the crystal clear meaning on how these types of people behaved).

In the third chapter of this book, the author envisaged on the issue of greediness and nepotism.

.. Lima belas ekor lembu di-beri oleh kerajaan waktu itu. Dogol-lah yang di-beri tugas oleh Pa'Senik untuk membahagi-bahagikan lembu itu. Kapadanya sekarang ada dua ekor lembu yang gemok2..Sudah beberapa kali Semaun meminta hendak memelihara lembu kerajaan itu tetapi di-tolak-nya..

This explicitly pictures the practice of nepotism and corruption among the Malay leader who have bear the responsibility to guard the welfare of the people below them. They had misused their responsibility for their own materialistic benefits. What had been imparted by the author is that the problem even occurred among the non-educated rural folks, and we can infer his implied message, what about the authoritarian leader who has the grasp of the 'jelapang' in their hand?

Datuk Shahnon Ahmad had conveys a discreet cynical message in the book, muted but still audible.
*Datuk Shahnon Ahmad has won the highest literary award in 1984 as the National Laureate. The publishing of Shit in 1999 had provoked the ruling government to strip his National Literary Award. Shahnon is a parliamentary member of PAS.

Al-Fatihah: Shamsiah Fakeh (1924-2008)

2008-10-20T23:38:00.005+08:00

“I was merely a woman fighting the British for my country's independence and the emancipation of women.”(Shamsiah Fakeh: 1924-2008)

She was among the real fighters for Independence..
She was among the first woman nationalist..
She was the leader of Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS) ..
"When she was dismayed whether to join Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM) or UMNO, she resorted to the former, conceding that UMNO was not more than a mere puppet of the British.For her, PKMM was more dedicated to the struggle for Malaya's independence". (Source:Wiki)
Being a left-wing political figure, she had incredible guts, injecting the spirits of the people during the pre-Independence period to free the nation from the stranglehold of the British colonials.
She was a legendary, a real freedom fighter.
A truly iron lady, cos' it's hard find those spirits among other women.
She's one in a million.
Today she had passed away, yet she earned a noble place in history.
She's a woman of my inspiration.
R.I.P.Al-Fatihah.

Home Sweet Home!

2008-10-19T19:53:00.009+08:00

I'm home, FINALLY!*beaming*

I was tremendously relieved after my Criminal Procedure paper ended. Immediately I called my sis, started the engine, rode along the North-South expressway to Bangi. I was so shocked, but pleased in admiration to see my guy losing his weight (while I was gaining weight due to depression of final exam.*sigh*). Seriously exam can't only caused so-called mental gymnastic, but also stimulating 'extraordinary' appetite with flying colors.

My guy inadvertently left his handphone in the cinema. He went to look for it but it's gone already. I was so furious of his clumsiness at first, but later the sense of empathy came across my mind. Poor him. It was partly my fault to "QC control" his text inbox while we were watching 'Fury'. Yes at times I can be an annoying girlfriend.lol.

The journey to Kota Bharu was bored as usual, but this time I was a bit surprised. Previously, if I traveled with FireFly, the condition was extremely bad (tiny space, seats like town bus, etc) but this time they had changed their aircraft to a more cozy environment+more pretty and hot stewardess+FREE light refreshment(orange juice and muffin). I repeat again, FREE!That makes a cheapskate felt contented (I'm referring to myself). Seriously the fare is worth with what they offered, last time I bought it's RM65(including the taxes).

Before I went to bed last night, I randomly searched the bookshelves and I stumbled upon this old book, 'Rentong' by Shahnon Ahmad. I'm not a fan of literature, but I was attracted with the author. Shahnon Ahmad was eminent back in 1998, with his controversial book, Shit! He was an outspoken National laureate, possessing so-called subversive ideology (he himself is a member of opposition party). 'Rentong' was published in 1965, emanating from the story of unfortunate rural population. This book was among the earlier book published by him, with classic words and spelling, giving us a picture of his ideas in the earlier decades.
Trimester break makes me feel good because I have more time to read NON-ACADEMIC books. I have tired of reading the books full of legal jargons.

The most priceless thing, I can enjoy pleasant food.

Maggi Celup, it's not similar to the one you buy and cook expressly, the taste is much different, believe me its yummy!

Mom's 'Royal Pudding'.It's HEAVENly sedap!

*I live to eat, not eat to live*:P

palat la kau ni

2008-10-17T13:19:00.003+08:00

I was having lunch with my friend, Wanis, yesterday at Plaza Siswa when a group of boys clad up like a 'fashion victim' passed our table, and one of them uttered these words:

"Palat la kau ni!"

I paused chewing and stared at Wanis and she stared at me back and we started to giggle.

Wanis: Naka molek la budok budok ni..pengaruh Kami la blako nih (Funny la these boys, probably be influenced by 'Kami" the movie)

Me: Jolo doh. Bakpo mung tok japok, 'hidup ini memang palat tapi esok masih ada'?Haha (You are dead right. Why don't you say bla bla bla..)

*LOL*

1 more ahead!

2008-10-16T20:46:00.002+08:00

1 more paper ahead and I will get the ultimate freedom, oh wait no so-ultimate.2 more trimesters haunting ahead.*sigh*

I'm going back to kota bharu this saturday.yay!No more mental and physical self-torture (mental in the sense that I have to crack my head to memorize the cases, physical in the sense that I can't have enough sleep and consuming too much caffeine, until I felt nausea).

And the sour 'skittles' and dried plum are those supplementary for my energy-stimulator too.

Why don't the government abolish the exam in their 'Save the World' campaign?So that they can save the papyrus, limit the cutting down of trees, save human energy, preserve the habitat of the wildlife...well so many pros right?

The most hilarious joke of the month

2008-10-12T00:04:00.003+08:00

I read The Star this morning, until I came upon a funny news:

"Shah Rukh Khan got datuk-ship from YDP Malacca".

It almost made me rolled-on-the-floor and laughing-my-ass-off.=)

*Anything can be possible in this 'boleh-land'

Take a stroll down memory lane

2008-10-08T22:41:00.008+08:00

*Taking a short break (15 mins) from burning the midnight oil, while sipping a cup of coffee.

Seeing the school kids recently struggling for SPM invites me back to my alma mater. Honestly, I believe that SPM is not the supreme life arbitrator. You got straight As, it might be your turning point (but it doesn't fully guarantees your dream comes true). You failed to get straight As, it is not the end of your world. Einstein who failed a number of times at college became a supreme prominent scientist. Bill Gates who was once a university drop-out became the wealthiest man in the world. Nobody expect he was a genius, and at the age of his late adulthood he earned a degree in law from Harvard law school.

Life is so unpredictable.

I remembered I was enrolled into Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) when I was 16. During the orientation week, we were told to memorize the 'Warisan' song, (a song to enhance the spirits of the Malays and wake us up from the daydream). I liked the spiritual lyrics which highlighted the Malay dilemma and the significance of the unity and endeavours. One thing made me confused, the seniors kept on reiterating that we are now are the victims of the tyrannical other ethnic groups. That was so absurd. I hate the belief and stance that 'we are the oppressive majority in our own land'. Why don't we adopt and fostered the spirit of 'equality' and 'racial unity'? Put yourself in other shoes. If everyone can tolerate, believes in equal treatment, there's no such things of chaotic Hindraf 'attacked' the Eid open-house.

Back to my misery memoirs, since then I hate the seniors and it flared up with their treatment to the juniors. We were not allowed to bring cell phone (even to contact our parents). They would instantly report to the warden if we are caught using cell phone. The cellphone was not an affordable thing that everyone can buy during that time. There's only a number of students who got it. Justifying on this fact, I think their 'grudge informer' behaviours were incited by their jealousy, not of their obedience to the rules. Oh yes and I hate the rules. You have to wear socks (I don't mind that the scarf is compulsory) everytime you went out from the dorm. Every night you have to go to prep's time at classroom. You have to strictly adhere to the scheduled-time to take your meals. All these nonsenses had induced me to quit and continued in normal school. I never regret.

Some members from my family scolded me for my hasty decision. They said studying in MRSM is a stepping-stone to further your studies abroad. I would never turn back. Remember Robert Frost poem on 'The Road Not Taken?, the author was stuck in the roads diverged in the yellow wood and he chose the road which the leaves seemed fresh and there's no trail of men-paces. I resorted to his way. I was affirmed with my stance.

I believe that my alma mater was not only confined to get 'paper education'. That was the most precious time to learn about friendship, embraced your teenhood to the fullest, learning 'skills' about breaking the rules and committing mischievous things, and many other 'real education in life', all are priceless.

*I have to continue reading on my coming paper this Friday.Wish me luck.

Balik Kampung...Ooo Balik Kampung..Hati Girang

2008-10-04T09:13:00.010+08:00

1st day of eid, went back to my father's birthplace (Pasir Puteh).

The cowboy-town of Pasir Puteh, Kelantan

A law student must have been familiar with the name of this firm (WRIGGLESWORTH), under 'restraint of trade' case, in Contract Law, does it rings any bell?

Bro kissed the little cuzzie

Abah seemed cheerful with little cuzzie

Another new-born cuzzie (Alisya)

The two hyperactive cuzzie (Ashraf and Adib)

My all-four-siblings and mom

The Gossip-Girls (you know you love me)

Tok-Wae

The kids playing fireworks

"Dekat kampung pun ada wireless tau" (suitable for TM ad)

Two cheeky little cuzzie (Nana and Yaya)

Whoah..so many new-born cuzzie (Alisya and Adam)

Eidulfitri ( Day 1)

2008-10-01T22:51:00.010+08:00

Happy Eid! In spite of the depression of the coming finals, I can still manage to celebrate the Eid like in the past years. I have to 'steal' some time when the guests were not around to flip on the books and statutes. Was totally and utterly stressed to celebrate Raya with the annoyance of finals (3 hours for each subject, enough to make your butts numb and your body shivering with the icy cold air-cond).

Today, mother cooked Nasi Beriani. I made my own dessert (the Royal Pudding). It's too sweet, like a stimulation to diabetic. *lol*.I baked few cookies (the Ice Cream Cookies and Chocolate Chips), some were bought by my mother. Boyfriend did come to my house, and I forced him to give my 'duit raya', I know he can't refuse, he gave me RM10(hahaha.enough to buy RM10 hotlink topup..:P). This might be my last time to get duit raya(I'll be graduating next year), so I persuade everyone to give me.:D

Seeking forgiveness is the usual practice during Eid, so I would like to tender my apologizes for any mistakes I've done...Salam Eid.Maaf Zahir Batin.

Note: To those whom I had promised to bring the cookies, I would try my utmost best to bake more cookies, we're running out of the cookies stock(aih..so poyo).But trust me,I'm a woman of my words.:)
Another Note: I nearly lost my senses lately with certain unwanted events. Now I had 'accumulated' my senses back, and realized I was too foolish and childish with the previous postings. Haha. Well, we're just a 'homo sapien', cannot run away from doing mistakes right?

Me and my geeky amor

My four siblings and grandmother

Tasting the cookies..hehe

My sister did her raya-grooming

I lost my temper for once in a blue moon

2008-09-27T19:14:00.002+08:00

In spite of coming back to hometown, enjoying good meals, away from depression and stress of campus life, one thing had switched off my mood. For once in a blue moon, I lost my temper. I felt screwed. Everything I did FUCKed my day. I laid my ASS off on my FUCKing bed the whole day right after I reached my home. The air was so hot. Even though I turned on the temperature to 16 degrees, it's still FUCKING hot. BF asked mo to go out for Bazaar Ramadan, but I refused to go. Feel extremely FUCKing tired after 10 hours of driving, but I can't sleep.

I feel devastated.I am in the state of AWFULLY EMO all day long.

I rarely express my feeling to anyone else. I rather hold my anger alone. That makes my condition even worst. I can be pretentious to a certain extent. Deep down inside I'm cursing alone.

Right now only I realize that the beliefs 'DON'T CLING TO ANYONE/DON'T TRUST ANYONE' are somewhat true. You cannot be a mind-reader.

I'm a fake pretentious slut, concealing the real me. Blogging could expose my dirty secrets more. I don't want other people to know about all of these, nor did to get people misunderstood. Right now, I think I should set my blog to private, I am the only reader of my own harsh writings, I am the only reader of my dirty little secrets..

Oil Price Formula

2008-09-26T01:01:00.002+08:00

I found this one interesting formula in Harakahdaily.Net.

The global oil price per barrel = USD 105 (equals to RM 360.15)

1 barrel equals to 159 litre
The value of ringgit compared to USD = RM 3.43
The price per one litre > RM 360.15/ 159 litre = RM 2.27

Government Subsidy = RM 0.30
So, the price now is supposed to be > RM 2.27- RM 0.30 = RM 1.97 (Erk,the actual price before the hike?)

*Note: I had altered the figures stated in the article, as I had just now check the current value of global oil price in Bloomberg.Com and the value of our ringgit.

Maybe the government did not want to rush and reduce it drastically due to the fluctuation, caused by the US economic crisis. But didn't they made a promise to review it monthly?

Bahasa Ibunda

2008-09-19T02:26:00.003+08:00

Sudah lama tidak menulis dalam Bahasa Melayu, tiba-tiba terasa rindu.Buat kali kedua, aku cuba menulis. Ketika di tingkatan 5, belajar KOMSAS, Di Hadapan Pulau, karya A. Samad Said, aku mula mengenal frasa "orang jakun" yang selalu digembar-gembur oleh orang kampung Aziz. Sungguh indah kenangan mendalami bahasa sendiri di bangku sekolah. Guru Bahasa Melayu, Cikgu Baruddin pernah memuji aku kerana aku suka mengaplikasikan perkataan-perkataan bombastik di dalam karangan aku. Ya, sedikit perasan. Tapi suka hati lah ini blog aku.

Aku bangga dengan bahasa ibunda aku. Bahasa turun-temurun yang sangat unik, diselitkan dengan bahasa Sanskrit, Arab, Jawa sebelum Portugis celaka menjajah pada 1511. Aku bangga untuk bertutur dalam bahasa sendiri. Apabila Suruhanjaya Reid mencanangkan bahawa termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan (Artikel 152), Bahasa Melayu ialah bahasa rasmi, bahasa kebangsaan, aku bangga, kerana ini bangsa nenek moyang aku.

Bukan bermakna aku mengagungkan propaganda 'Ketuanan Melayu' yang palsu.

Bahasa Malaysia atau Bahasa Melayu? Aku lebih gemar dengan istilah Bahasa Malaysia (tidak begitu pasti istilah mana yang terpakai sekarang), kerana ini memanifestasikan Bangsa Malaysia. Bahasa yang patut juga menjadi milik kaum Cina,kaum India, kaum orang Asal, suku-suku kaum lain di Sabah dan Sarawak, setelah asimilasi kaum selama lebih beberapa abad. 'Bahasa Malaysia' sekarang bukan sahaja menjadi medium perantaraan orang Melayu, tetapi juga ketika memesan makanan di kedai mamak, mahupun berurusniaga dengan tauke-tauke cina.

Bahasa ibunda sudah jadi 'universal'.

Sangat menyedihkan, bila ada kaum-kaum sendiri malu untuk berbahasa Melayu. Seperti yang pernah didengar;

"I sound silly when I speak in Malay", ataupun frasa-frasa yang sewaktu dengannya, waimanya membawa makna yang sama.

Kenapa malu? Hina sangatkah?

Kalau Bahasa Inggeris fasih seperti peluru, itu boleh dipertimbangkan. Tetapi, Bahasa Inggeris masih tunggang-langgang, malu pula untuk mengaku tidak tahu bahasa sendiri. Yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong pula berciciran.

Aku ada seorang kawan, berbangsa Cina. Walaupun fasih berbahasa Inggeris dan boleh bertutur Mandarin, masih juga fasih berbahasa Melayu. Ini medium pertuturan kami. Lihat, bangsa lain tidak malupun.

Bagi aku, walaupun dalam arus pemodenan kita harus menguasai bahasa Inggeris untuk bersaing, kita tidak patut lupa pada bahasa asal kita. Aku memperoleh A1 untuk Bahasa Melayu, dan juga A1 Bahasa Inggeris (walaupun SPM bukan kayu justifikasi). Sedikit riak? Tak kisah, ini wacana aku, untuk aku merepek dan menyuarakan pendapat aku. Bagi aku, keseimbangan itu penting. Tak kisah lah aku tak termasuk golongan ala-ala "Upper East Side of Hampthon".

Dari berbincang tentang isu-isu 'ketuanan Melayu', mahupun 'tiga garisan' yang kononnya membela nasib kaum Melayu, ataupun 'Malay Power', lebih baik kita mengutarakan isu bahasa Melayu yang kian terhakis.

Home-made delicacies in Ramadhan

2008-09-10T23:51:00.004+08:00

Bored with the typical foods at Bazar Ramadhan, which do not suit our Kelantanese taste. So, we planned to make something out of the ordinary. We cooked a range of Kelantanese delights (somewhat influenced by Thais).Bistik Daging for the gravy, along with Siakap Steam & Fried Lala (mixed of sweet,spicy,&salty). Mango Sticky-Rice (Thai influence) for the dessert.

Need any part-time 'bibik'? We're open for hire.*grin*

screwed!

2008-09-07T11:53:00.004+08:00

Felt screwed days before the QB interview,adrenaline rushed all over the veins hours before it. Well, the interview was to evaluate whether our Law School could be exempted from the eerie CLP exam. A group of students were selected for each subjects, and I was among the 'unfortunate five' for Professional Practice.

It was unfortunate because I'm not good at talking. Forgive my oratory skills.Yes words are my worst weapon. But it's for the future's sake/I would be embarassed before the panel for remaining silent throughout the interview. I put all my anxiety and 'inferiority complex' away.

The interview began. The first Q popped out, "Do you know what's the meaning of 'without prejudice'?"Ugh,I was perplexed for seconds. I had heard this words before, but never learned or scrupulously checked it's meaning,I'm praying hard that the interviewer won't posed that question to me. Luckily, my fellow comrade, Raghuram volunteered to answer(He told me after the interview that he was familiarized with the term during his attachment). The interviewer seem satisfied with his answer.

The next question was pertaining to the details of the course,"What are the topics under this subject?".I volunteered to answer, since this is an easy question or else I would remained silent throughout the interview.Haha. Both of the panels just nodded.

And the tricky questions began, mostly posed by Mdm Hendon, the ex-president of the Bar Council. I cant recall all the questions, but one was "What is the difference between Bar Council and Malaysian Bar"?Everyone started to stare at each other, hoping one of us could solve the tense.She pointed one by one to answer, but all the answers given by us were wrong.She seem a bit cocky, and gave all of us 5 minutes 'lecture' about the difference.

..it's like the government and its cabinet. Can you see the difference? You can see the Cabinet,but not the government..

The other interviewer asked about the Rules of the Practice and Etiquette."Can an advocate act for himself?"All of us replied 'no'. We were confident with the answer, since an advocate cannot appear in a case where he has to be a witness at the same time. He smirked, and asked "Do you read today's news, concerning Datuk Shafee who sued RPK and there was a comment made by another lawyer that he cannot act for himself?"Once again silence filled the air. My conscience said,"Ugh you cannot expect us to read news la..We were tensed all day long..mane la sempat nk baca paper".Pn Hendon slammed us again for not being aware to the surroundings,lawyers must be updated. And one of us uttered the same matters with my conscience before, she said back "Your life would be more hectic once you do your chambering". Her tongue was so sharp, no wonder a woman like her was a President before.

Questions after questions were bombarded.Mostly relating to the topics under our syllabus, and still ANSWERABLE.Each of us were given space to answer.The interview later asked about the impact of the 1988 judicial crisis.Huan Ren answered this question talking about the intervention of Doctrine of Separation of Powers.The man tricked her with "Why the three bodies should be existed separately"?She talked about "check and balance", something we learned in 1st year which I almost forgot. No wonder Natalie called her "Walking Wikipedia".hehe

The guy keep on testing on our General Knowledge, he inquired on the names of the CJ,President of the COA & CJ of the High Court. I volunteered to answer, since I had memorized all the names during the my attachment at Court.Was fortunate enough, my memory could still recall all the names though 8 months had lapsed. He posed another Bonus Question (as what referred to),"How we should address the Judge of the Industrial Tribunal"?.We were so convinced that it is "Tuan", it was correct.

That hanky-panky ex-president posed another question pertaining to the procedure in the disciplinary proceeding. David answered it, but she said she wants to know the exact term. I said "the investigation should be made if there's a merit, if there's no merit it shall be dismissed". He slammed me for putting the word "a" in front of the word "merit", and said that my answer is right, but the usage of the word is wrong. I was SCREWED again. How could I realized that I make a grammar mistake in such a panic time. Feel like it was a MUET test, the examiner meticulously checked your grammar while you're talking..Huh..

The subsequent question was "Why do you think you should be exempted from taking CLP?".David initiated the answer, contending that our syllabus had complied with the CLP subjects. The guy pinpointed next on me, I conceded that "The period of our legal attachment is the longest compared to another uni, ours is 12 weeks, while other uni is 4 weeks, so we're exposed more to the practical aspect of learning". Raghu hit the interviewer at one point, by telling that "We're familiarized with the English conversation in our daily usage, all of the students here can speak English. There's one student at her attachment place from public uni who can't speak English and responded in BM when people speak English with her".The interviewer seem flabbergasted (yet they know it's not a fabricated statement). Quek bragged about the achievement of the ICRC Moot Comp at International Level, and the panel said that it's not a CRITERIA, but it can be a BONUS POINT.

The final question was "What is your feeling if you will be exempted and call to the Bar?".Everyone has to ask this question. Some said I will feel honoured. As for me, I never intended to practice as an advocate/solicitor. I'm planning to work straight ahead in a legal department of company as 'Legal Exec'.A lazy-ass like me cannot tahan la to chamber somemore after graduating soon and and face all the hardship in the legal profession.So I just give a simple answer, cannot think of better words, I replied "I will be happy".Sounds like a reply from a toddler.

Was tremendously relieved, the interview was over, the 'BLOODY' jurisprudence mid term also over. Both were nightmares. The interview was so tough, I couldn't predict the future of our exemption from CLP, though they said they were impressed with the seniors and some of the interview sessions. I'm just hoping that Zaid Ibrahim will make an announcement on the CBE in short times.

Malaysia Today

2008-08-29T10:05:00.000+08:00

Sadly, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had closed the controversial Malaysia Today website, which had been previously known for imparting F.O.C 'political gossips' and ‘hot news’ which can be found nowhere in the mainstream medias

What is so surprising, this move is unprecedented. Note that under the MSC Bill of Guarantees, the government, the government had promised that "There is no Internet Censorship". Now, they had breached their promise. Today Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar put their defence that they should impose the ban because the website contains libellious and defamatory things. Yesterday I had just read a ‘hot gossip’ from the website, pertaining to a SD by this one Indian fella alleging that our current DPM actually practised the Hindu way of life. It made me laugh, but I still wonder on the truthfulness of the allegation.

Coming back to this sudden ban, I’m pondering whether the MCMC is really exercising their regulatory power, or it’s just another politically motivated agenda. If my former thought is their right intention, it would be good as this initiative could be the memorable precedent. But if the latter is true, the Government was not only breaching their promise, but curtailing the people’s freedom of expression & right to information at nook and cranny. How are we going to face the globalization if our rights to receive information are restricted from every angle? The Malaysians are wise enough to judge what is good and what is bad for them. Thus, the MCMC should not be the final arbitrator to curtail our rights.

And oh poor RPK, he already faced several charges in his court. Now it’s like another potshot to him.

Petronas Merdeka Ad 2008

2008-08-22T15:39:00.003+08:00

While I was reading The Star this morning, a pop-up ad suddenly came out and I inadvertently clicked on it. Feel so annoyed because there are so many irritating pop-up ad on any online portal these days. Now this one which I thought another annoying ad was from Petronas. A new ad for our upcoming Independence Day. I haven't watch the ad on TV. Saw this boy from 'Hikayat Putera Shazlan' is featured in this ad. I like his talent in acting. So I keep on watching the ad, ignoring my grumbling-conscience at first place.

Afdlin Shauki is also featured in this ad, as Shazlan's father (I dont know Shazlan's real name), but in this ad his name is 'Aiman'. Aiman is a genius boy, has great creativity on inventing new things from junk items. When he asked his dad to buy a brand new 'fish-net' and his father refused, he made his own using mosquitoes net. I hate the part when the boys surrounded this rich snobbish kid with his red pedal car and he hit Aiman's hand when Aiman touched his car. I like the part when Aiman made his own pedal car using the junks spare parts from a car workshop, and when the boys queued in a line, his car is the biggest & smartest! So impressive.

I think that all Malaysian should watch this video, since it can cultivate positive messages. You can see at the end of the ad, the message is "Patience, perseverance & hard work paves the road to success". While somebody might personally feels that this one suits more for "Father's day" ad, I think the message is implied, not expressly been portrayed. It's been 51 years since we enjoyed the freedom from the occupation and conquest of foreign powers. Why?Because our great ancestors had strived for patience and perseverance to free our beloved nation from the grasp of the Whites, coupled with the hard work to build the country, so that we would be able to enjoy what we already had now.

When Afdlin Shauki tossed his account book to Aiman and showed that he had already collected RM 41,718.29 for Aiman to further his studies at tertiary level, I think this one portrays a forlorn moment. Feel like my eyes glands were clogged with water.*Sigh*.. It depicts the hard life of the rural folks of the Malaysians..only after 8 years, they could collect such sum of money, meaning that he could only save RM14.29 per day. Now, think about the per capita income of the rural folks...

Contemplating on the other side of the message despite on what had been laid out by the ad director, I think 'saving' is paramount important, so that we won't be too dependent on the financial aids in case we face any hardship. Thank God I started to realize on the awareness few years back and opened an ASB account. Collected each trimester from my pocket money given by my father and YTM allowances. I don't care if people say I'm a tight-spender/cheapskate/stingy. I draw a budget limit daily, so that I wont overspend my money.

All in all, I give two thumbs up for the ad, the significance in the delivery of the message, and for the Petronas, being the guardian of the wealth of the nations for almost 30 decades.

This is the link for the ad, for smoother ad, without the annoyance of buffering.
http://www.petronasgreetings.com/

P/S : Fuel price had been cut down today to RM2.55..pfft!I woke up as early as 7AM to fill the fuel, well not so much different but at least, lower than before.:)

Teatime@BigApple

2008-08-20T01:23:00.005+08:00

Right after Dr.MyintZan boring 1 hour&extra10 mins lecture yesterday, we made up our mind to take a deep-relieving breath @Big Apple. I picked up 2 donuts only cos' I was nearly full after lunch few hours before, while all these 'hungry ghosts' picked a box of 6.haha..no offense buds! I never tried it's 'Apple Tea' before cos usually back in KB, I prefer to choose ice-blended. So,this time I feel like wanna try it once, tasted ok laa..

Introducing....(drum beats please!).."The charming Miss Nayrell Musings"

Ok so this one is the picture of the sweetygedik photographer.I dunno why she refused be featured in all these candid pics and camwhoring like always. Haha!I know she'll mad at me if she notices that I put this pic in here..but this one is the PUNISHMENT for 'failing to commit the conspiracy of camwhoring'.:P

I won't let the time swipe my teenhood away (Part 1)

2008-08-16T22:36:00.005+08:00

As the title tells, I missssssssssssssss my teenhood pretty bad.:(. How I wish a Doraemon will pop out from my study table-drawer and brings me back to my teenhood. How I wish Alana of "The Girl from Tomorrow" let me borrow her "Time Capsule"..How I wish I could freeze the time so that I would be young and lost in my la-la-land eternally..

These are among my besties back at high school. Sorry for those who are not included, these are the only piece of pic left in my possession. I heart my GF's to the fullest. There are few things that I miss the most:
1) Playing truant - through the back gate or when we have enough guts, even through the front gate (haha) & relaxing at Berek Polis/yam cha @Kedai Kakyah, or enjoying the taste of Mee Goreng Basah.
2) Active in theatre, even the teachers call us the 'artis-artis'. I remembered every time we entered into Math Modern class, Cikgu Wahab would sarcastically accused us of being lazy and too engrossed and lost in our 'glamour world'.*grin*. But I still got A1 for modern maths.:P
3) Big fan of Duta and Sheila on 7.We're like tend to drool seeing his appearance on mags and tv. Every time we practised theatre, we would sat together near Jaydeen's radio and sang in a pilgrim. Sephia was the major hit. Sebuah Kisah Klasik and Sahabat Sejati reminds me to the glory days.
4) Besties called me 'sedo', cos' sometimes I was blur and ignorant with the surrounding. Don't know how to describe in English or even in Malay. Words can't describe the meaning.hehe. But I don't feel offended. Teasing could close our bond. We love teasing each other.
5) We love to see boys with sloppy style and messy hair (Duta and Julian Casablanca of the Stroke was the icon at that time). So everytime we saw these type of guys, we were like "whoahhhhh!" and over-excited.
6) Ugh! I hate marching, as much as I hate sports. There was one time my belt was loosen out while I did the marching practise. Everyone laughs. Huh! Can't bear the embarassment.Lol.
7) We got the punishment for skipping Physical Education subject. Had to "jalan itik" for one volleyball court round by Cikgu Haminah. (Sumpah aku takkan maaf sampai bila-bila). Once I become a lawyer, I wish I can sue her for mental and physical torture.Haha! This are the subject that I hate most, as well as my friends. So everytime this class started we would find a place to hide. Cikgu Suraya would checked the school compound looking for us. Uh and I hate this teacher as well for her sarcastic and bitchy mouth. Once I've graduated and got a job, I would go and find her back.haha.
8) We love doing experiment during Chemistry and Biology class. Had once broken the test-tube. Haha. Cikgu Firdus (our Chemistry teacher) and Mr Chua (Biology teacher) are rocks. These are among the teachers who didn't look down on us. Our group's experiment are always the best one. We could finished it faster than other group and the outcome was great, the result was almost accurate.

Above is the picture for Kebayan theatre in 2001. Guess which one is me?Lol.The 'nenek kucing' one. The one whose sepet eyes were closed was the 'Isteri Tanggang yang Kematu' and the right one is Nyai Tua Kurtok. *Sigh*. This one will always remain, the good old days....

My teenhood were always filled with dreams and laughters..I feel contented, and I never regret of what had been done in the past. The pros build the confidence, and the cons taught me to be a better person. Here is the song which suits the current mood, 'Sebuah Kisah Klasik' by Sheila on 7. Insya-Allah I will continue on the 2nd Part, while I was at MMU soon.

Jabat tanganku, mungkin untuk yang terakhir kali
Kita berbincang tentang memori di masa itu
Peluk tubuhku usapkan juga air mataku
Kita terharu seakan tidak bertemu lagi

Bersenang-senanglah
Kar'na hari ini yang 'kan kita rindukan
Di hari nanti sebuah kisah klasik untuk masa depan
Bersenang-senanglah
Kar'na waktu ini yang 'kan kita banggakan di hari tua

Sampai jumpa kawanku
S'moga kita selalu
Menjadi sebuah kisah klasik untuk masa depan
Sampai jumpa kawanku
S'moga kita selalu
Menjadi sebuah kisah klasik untuk masa depan

Bersenang-senanglah
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New Look!

2008-08-12T01:41:00.003+08:00

I'm not talking about my personal appearance neither my hairstyle. I'm talking about my room back at KB. My house had undergone little renovation few months back, so as my cozy room. Had persuaded my mom to renovate my room, according to my own taste. I asked her to make it like a beach chalet room look-alike. Luckily, she agreed and I jumped for excitement!Yay!

Wall-painting in wild-orchid color, wooden floor with bamboo mattress and tall window-pane. Bought the lavender flowers from SSF as it was so cheap after the 50%discount.Yea like usual I love to hunt for cheap stuff! The vase was handed down my my great-grandpa. And I bought the painting from a thrift shop, which costs RM5 only(for an abstract painting!). Actually, I bought this Egypt-painting earlier, with the Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, but I had done a stupid mistake. I re-paint the frame back, and it ruined the painting! Mum nagged me all day long.*sigh*.

So this is the outcome.80% finished(it still under construction).Couldn't wait to 'balik kampung' again.:)

Live Debate - DSAI vs Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek

2008-07-16T10:52:00.004+08:00

Last night was a remarkable moment. I guess whoever watched the live debate last night could make their own presumption on who is the winner of the debate, based on the points tendered, not on personal attack. Despite facing police interrogation today, DSAI seemed to be calm and bubbly, as opposed to the scurrilous and mouth-foaming Shabby. No wonder some Malaysian considered DSAI as the best orator in Malaysia. He spoke eloquently and the formula presented by him was convincing, which are:-
1) Savings in government expenditure, including the problems of leakage (as he referred to as 'kebocoran'.)
2) Reducing the standby capacity in energy production from 40% to 20% by the Independent Power Producer (IPP).
3) Savings from the special dividend which will be given by Petronas, amounting to RM6 billion (DSAI suggested to save RM 1 Billion).
According to him, the government need to save up RM5 billion to sustain the subsidy and offers RM0.50 cut from the current petrol price.

DSAI had made a good job. He revealed the methods to reduce the oil price from the beginning of the debate, whereas the Shabby kept crapping on the economic recession, blaming the global situation(war in Iraq, possibility of attack in Iran and high demand by China & India). He even flashback to situation in 1974, where DSAI had lead a parade during Allahyarham Tun Razak's reign. Come on laa..This is not a room for personal attack. The speaker/mediator was biased as well. He did mentioned earlier that any personal attack would not be tolerated, but when Shabby go against the rule, he just kept silent.

During the second round, Shabby explained that if the Government keep on giving subsidy, it would benefit the giant company such as Shell,Esso which are operating here. He suggested that instead of giving subsidy, it would be better if the government gives money straightaway to its rakyat. (Is there any sign right now that they are willing to give money to the people?*Lol*). He even fooled himself by comparing Malaysia to Norway, which gives less subsidy, but their country has less corruption compared to Malaysia. DSAI later countered his statement, by stating that Norway's per capita income is 10 times higher than us(It's true, I checked in Wiki today, Norwegian enjoys third-highest GDP per capita in the world). The audience then applauded.

DSAI later explained that Malaysia's net profit for oil production is among the top 100 in the world. When the panel kept reiterating that Petronas contribute a huge sum of profit to our country, DSAI sarcastically said that he did not want to touch on Petronas, instead he wants to question on the funds which had been given to government.

The panel reminiscenced the fuel hike in 2006, where the government had saved 4.3 billion and promised to upgrade the public transport, but they only used 834.75 million out of the saving. The left-over of the money had been questioned. This time, the government can saved up to 13 billion. So what's the government plan for this huge some of saving? Apparently, Shabby twisted his answers, by directing to Venezuela, which the fuel price is 10 cent but their inflation rate is up to 30% and same goes on Iran. He didn't really answered the panel's question. He misled the audience to the recent embarassing concert during the oil hike protest. DSAI brilliantly countered his statement again, claiming that our inflation rate goes higher recently(in June, it's 6%). So, by comparing the ration of oil hike:inflation rate, to Venezuela and Iran, our is even worse!

When it comes to the final question, DSAI asked Shabby, why the hike is so drastic?Why the government broke their promise before the election of not raising the fuel price? Once again, he didn't answered the question. He ostensibly drawed us back to the reformation in 1974 led by DSAI, attacked DSAI personally like he had did during his introduction statement. Poor him, he had drained out of facts and ideas to answer and counter DSAI.

Shabby later questioned DSAI what would happen if Malaysia has run out of oil sources one day, will the PR continues to give subsidy or the price will raise up drastically? First few seconds, DSAI bashed him of not utilizing the opportunity to discuss about oil hike, instead misused the room for personal attack. *Lol*. He later stated that the oil will only run out in 2015 if Petronas stopped their work. He went further by defending Petronas, he only condemned the present government for their inefficient management of the funds. Yesterday, Petronas announced that they will give 6 billion as special dividend to the government. He suggested that the government can use 1 billion out of the dividend to bear the subsidy.

DSAI, although he is not an economic-graduate, he was equipped with facts and figures relating to economic statistic. He revealed to the audience that with every increase of 1 dollar, we will get a profit up to 360 million, and thus we have a huge sum of benefit. Yes, we are the importer and not among the top 20 (as mentioned by Shabby), of course with the current global situation, there would be an increase, but not so drastic until it burdens the rakyat. Shabby, on the other way round, is prepared on the perspective of 'personal attack' and 'sarcastic remarks' only. He came out with less facts and figures compared to DSAI. I bet most of the audience cracked a laughter when he mentioned that "Petronas hebat kerana UMNO". He even fooled himself with stupid jokes mentioning about minyak attar.. Haha,Shabby, now one whole nation know you can be a good comedian, replacing Mr Bean.

The best suggestion from the Panel is that "DSAI ...tak perlulah jadi PM, nasihat sajalah kat kerajaan sekarang..". DSAI sarcastically mentioned that he was there because he is not a PM, and even willing to give suggestions for the government, but is there any willingness on part of our present government to accept his ideas?

Shabby also seems to be lack of approach to defend the government. He keep reiterating the word "populist" and the phrase "unpopular decision". Well, they had ran out of weapon, those words are the only shields to protect them.

Though I preferred DSAI, I would like tender an impartial view here. I personally think that DSAI had given out good points, but he failed to elaborate his convincing views on how to tailored up with the economic recession if we reduced our oil price in this current global recession (Shabby pointed out good question here). Another problem, what if we had ultimately run out of the oil sources during 2015, would he continues to give subsidy or reduces the price drastically? He did not give a lengthy explanation concerning this matter at the end of the debate.

All in all, even the online poll in Malaysiakini proved that DSAI's voters had outnumbered Shabby. Obviously, the BN government had ran out of the high credibility leaders. The left-overs of their supporters are their MPs and loyal supporters (pakcik pakcik dan makcik makcik) who are not exposed to the alternative medias and the ICT. The young generations are wiser to judge who are the better and potential leaders.

Latest Addiction

2008-07-14T23:19:00.001+08:00

Plaid Shirt

2008-07-13T11:31:00.002+08:00

Was tagged by Miss Nayrell Musings so I post up this entry following up her tag, eventhough I didn't used to post any entry on fashion before.

Well, I saw this one girl in her blog clad up in this 'plaid shirt' before.(never know it is called as plaid shirt until Ainna mentioned about it..haha!). I only refer to it as checked-print shirt. So when I was goofing around the KB Mall back in trimester break, I saw this shirt on the piles of RM10 case. The girl in that blog and her shirt came across my mind all of a sudden. I also personally think that the check-printed shirt depicts the 'indie's darling'. So, I picked up this shirt without any hesitation cos it's so cheap and the color is nice (combination of blue,yellow, and orange).

I bought the belt above at RM2 from a thrift stall@Pasar Pagi Shah Alam. I'm a cheapskate, so I do always love cheap stuffs and lowest bargain. Mind again that my brand-new plaid shirt is only RM10. I'm not a fashion victim, I only hunt for cheap-but-nice fashion items. I quote a verse from 'Pork and Beans' by Weezer that definitely pictures me well, hehe..

...I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like

I'm finally dandy with the me inside

One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink

I don't give a hoot about what you think..

Pork and Beans from The Red Album

2008-07-12T00:35:00.004+08:00

Weezer was back!With their 6th Album-The Red Album (another album with color title after the 'blue' and 'green' albums). They released their album on 3rd July but poor them, it was leaked out before the release on the internet, and their single, 'Pork and Beans' was uploaded on p2p software like iMesh and Limewire.

When I first listened to the singalong melody of the Pork and Beans, it reminds me back to the glory days of Weezer, the chunka-chunka guitar hooks swing me back to 90's, as good as their Pinkerton, Blue, and Green albums. It almost resembling the El Scorcho or Buddy Holly. Yea, I was the number 1 fan of =w=, I listened to the Buddy Holly when I was at the age of 13(borrowed my uncle's cd at that time), and I was like mesmerized to their catchy-tunes and brilliant lyrics! Since then I started to look out for their other songs, where later I found out that Island in The Sun, Butterfly, and O'Girlfriend were magnificient too when I was in Form 4.

The picture above is the cover of the album. You can see that the band members are wearing the Village People costumes. Rivers Cuomo seemed to be getting older and more matured, but his wired-glass was never changed! His eccentric geekness rocks the socks through a clever and irrestisible lyrics and cranked-up amplifier!

No one can denies, Cuomo is a genius powerpop persona. Graduated from Harvard University, he was conferred a phi beta kappa (most prestigious honors for arts and science undergraduate in America). I personally admired him, as much as my honorable respect for the Icelandic Bjork.

Their v/clip for Pork and Beans is a must-watch one!It's so hilarious, featuring many YouTube celebrities. You'll definitely crack a laughter when you see the video!

I keep on repeating the song today. It's loud, very radio-friendly,till I can't resist to play it again and again. My cousin had just send The Greatest Man that Ever Lived, another hit from the Red Album. I cant make a review on it yet, since I had just received it and played it for the first time.

Overall, Weezer had emerged back from their stagnation period, during Maladroit and Make Believe. They're ready to rock your socks now!

Massive Reform: For Better or For Worst?

2008-07-10T02:45:00.003+08:00

Yesterday's article in The Star was so imperative. The issue was taken from The Economist, written meticulously by Baraddan Kupusamy, criticizing the changes by Pak Lah. In his article, the reforms made by Pak Lah was compared to Mikhail Gorbachev (the last head of state of the USSR), whereby his reforms had overthrowed the Old Soviet regime in 1991. I was so eager to know about this guy. So, I 'wiki' and 'googled' up his name. There I found the lights out of my curiousity.

Gorbachev introduced Glasnost, which promotes openness, transparency and freedom of information in the Soviet Union government. Obviously, the traits of his reforms are tantamount to the positive changes by Pak Lah after the catastrophic-poll. He promoted openness and transparency by appointing two outspoken Senators, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Datuk Shahrir Samad (well-known for his critic-minded during CheDet's reign). These two ministers had announced sudden reforms by establishing ACA, Royal Police Commission, and Judicial Appointment Commission. The rakyat welcomed these establishments as more and more 'skeletons in the closet' were revealed. More high-rank officers were detained for corruption, like yesterday, a high-rank officer from KTMB was interrogated for his mishap. In last few days news, a PO was detained when he forced a girl to perform oral-sex and subsequently raped her during investigation for a traffic-offence. The more 'interesting', allegations by Justice Ian Chin against the former Prime Minister. Like I said, more 'skeletons' popped out from the closet, more defects were discovered. I tried to link these with comments regarding comparison to Mikhail Gorbachev that oversaw the changes as the 'murderer' to the Soviet Regime. Well, changes can be for a better impact or for worst. It depends on how the rakyat accepting the changes, and the fidelity of the reforms itself. If rakyat can tolerate with the 'hidden skeleton' that had just popped-out, yes, it will be for better.

But if vice versa, ughh.. I won't say anything. There's an 'alligator' outside that curtails the expression of my thoughts. I won't blame the S.A 1948 and D.A 1957..MAYBE there is a good reason...yea...MAYBE.

Thaksin came across my mind while I was writing this post. He was overthrowed by a military junta, where during his reign, corruptions were at the peak, and hostility towards a free press (contemplating over RPK all of a sudden). It only came across my mind..I'm not ready to elaborate on it...I'm a 'potential-predator', who feared the 'alligator'.

Ohh...Positive-thinking! Towards a free press, I was contended that Harakah was already allowed to be published twice a week. This is a BETTER reform.

V for Vendetta

2008-06-18T00:36:00.002+08:00

Yes yes I know the movie was outdated already. The movie was published in 2006 and I only watched it few weeks ago at home when it was screened in HBO. A bunch of gratitudes to Astro.Hahaha..Poor me! I was left far behind to talk about the movie when it was still sizzling back in 2 years ago.

The main character of the movie was 'V' (of course la right, you can even catch it from the title), who was a freedom fighter. His motive was to overthrow the present government, Norsefire, which practised oppression. One of his dialogue remains entrenched in my mind, "The people should not be afraid of the government, it's the government who should be afraid of the people". The significance of this quote is the guys of the rakyat to stand still without fear, and to oppose the government when they realized that the government is acting wrongly, putting aside the rights and sovereignity of the peoples. Well, we the Malaysian had been shocked with too many unanticipated government's hasty decision these past few weeks.First, the fuel price hike.Second, the salary's payment of the government servants for twice a month starting from this August, and thirdly, the budget deficit as a result of the economic turndown. When the awaken rakyat lamenting, causing the uproar, they acted in a hanky-panky way, twisted their agenda, blaming the current economy of the world. Do you think you can easily manipulate and deceive the people after the political tsunami?Back to the quote, the government should take a lesson from the 'tsunami', afraid of the consequences from their hanky-panky decisions. Wake up and smell the cappucino lah! The peoples can be subversive,any time from now on.

Another scene which strike my eye appeals was when thousands of peoples marched along the parade to the Parliament wearing V's mask. Frankly speaking, I was heartily touched of the scene. I was thinking about the Bersih rally when I watched the scene. Thousands of peoples wearing yellow shirt instead of the solemn-face mask. Now I'm wondering of the date of 5th July, where thousands of rakyat are expected to gather at KLCC, protesting for the fuel price hike. They are urged to wear red instead of the mask, symbolized anguish and dissatisfaction to the government for their ignorance. Well yeah, wearing red was better than wearing mask. When you wear a mask, your identity won't be revealed but when you are unmasked, wearing reds, there go your guts!

Well I'm still thinking of who the hell from our nation have enough physical and mental ability to depict the cunning V?V had undergone torture from Larkhill as a consequence of the bioterrorist attack and he developed his ability from the torture, which outraged his vendetta. Is there any resemblance of Larkhill here?I guess we would have a mutual thought here, it's something that is urged to be abolished for years...

Another scene which lured my attention was when Gordon showed Evey that he kept Al-Quran in his secret chamber, and told her that he is not a Moslem, but the beauty and the amazing content of the holy book attracts him to do so. Later on he was killed, purposely because the army found the Quran in his house! Here, it envisages that even the non-Moslem digested the Holy Book because of its perfect divine words. Ironically, it pictures how the white regimes treated the Moslem.

All in all, I will give two thumbs up for the movie and its depth-impact messages.

memento from mi amor!

2008-06-17T22:57:00.004+08:00

Yay!mi amor just got back from Bandung and he brought back all these stuffs for me. Was so tormented without any sms or call from him for 5 days! and when he came back, calling me in the morning while I was still sleeping noticing that he's here already, and MMS me the souvenirs which he brought back, I was sooooo overjoyed and apologized him for the 'grace period'. Thanks, thanks a trillion dear. Currently listening to Annie's Song from Weezer, and I humbly dedicate this heartful and meticulous-written lyrics to YOU!

Erk...some old folks believed on this taboo.When a guy gives 'kain pasang' to his girl, jodoh tak sampai (their relationship won't be long). But I don't believe on this stupid taboo.

Gonna send the fabrics to the tailor for the coming 'baju raya'.
Now it's my favorite shirt!:)

You fill up my senses

Like a night in a forest

Like the mountains in springtime

Like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

Like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses

Come fill me again

Come let me love you

Let me give my life to you

Let me drown in your laughter

Let me die in your arms

Let me lay down beside you

Let me always be with you

Come let me love you

Come love me again

You fill up my senses

Like a night in a forest

Like the mountains in springtime

Like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

Like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses

Come fill me again

The hunt of thrifting @ KB!

2008-06-10T00:09:00.002+08:00

Yay!found another thrift-shop at KB..or the exact place is Kok Lanas, with little help and direction from a friend. This thrift-store didnt sell vintage clothes, it merely has thrifted bags,belts,& watches,and yes its sorta rare&unique from other thrift shop,cos hey we cant easily find watches at vintage shop right?Plus the items are arranged and displayed neatly on the rack, so its like an 'invitation to treat' for the customer who entered into the shop.We can easily see the items without bowing and rummaging through a mountain full of dusty items!

So,when my friend first introduced the shop I was like kinda excited and overjoyed!At first instance I didnt thought to buy anything cos' I only bring RM50 in my wallet,even when my friend asked nok beli gapo? (What do u want to buy?)..I said takdok gapo-gapo kot,kelih kelih jah(nothing maybe...just want to have a look).

But I was overwhelmed with my "usual lust" once I got into the shop(ehhemm..not that "lust",i mean shopping).was lucky enough cos' we went to the shop a day after they displayed the new stuffs,so we got the chance to choose 'almost flawless' items.Plus theres lot of authentic branded stuff.So I ended up buying these bags and one butterfly-buckled belt.Ohh what a deviation from the prior intention!I'm broke,once again!

Item No.1 : Authentic Black DKNY Bag

Item No.2 : Over-sized Hobo Bag (I tied with butterfly-printed sash)

Item No.3 : Authentic Gucci Handbag

Item No.4 : Burberry Handbag (Fragrance-freebie)

Chillin' at PCB

2008-06-09T00:17:00.007+08:00

Went to PCB(Pantai Cahaya Bulan,formerly known as Pantai Cinta Berahi..no offense,the former name sounds quite nasty) with a bunch of my friends yesterday.Well, they just came back from hiking expedition@Stong's and took a stop at Hanis's,& took a ride to Kota Bharu Maju 2008.So,here we come,sipping coconut-asli-dari-ladang & makan2 keropok lekor+crunchies seafood @ PCB.And yea,Man brought the camera,so we the cam-whores as usual lah..pukul-pukul gamba(how the Kelantanese refers to 'snapping pic').:)

The 'so-unpopular' outcries : Fuel Price Hike

2008-06-07T08:58:00.004+08:00

So what's the main worries and anguish of the Malaysians these past few days?The answer is so 'popular', despite 'fak lah!'s remark that the hike was an 'unpopular decision' (from an infamous government under his leadership..shall I say that?). The petrol price was raised up from RM1.92 to RM2.70!(up 78 cent), and diesel, from RM 1.58 to RM2.58(up RM1)!

*Graph : credit to Malaysiakini website

Having a glance at the above graph, we can infer that THIS IS THE HIGHEST MARGINS OF THE HIKE OVER THE DECADES!*unpopular decision menate apo ni fak lah?*

Okay WAN FARHANIM...so now sit down,calm, and contemplate (do u think anyone can be calm?).What's the probable consequences of the hike?Of course, I have to tighten my budget after the new trimester starts, cos' I have to spend more on the fuel!Last time, I spent RM40 for 20.833 litre petrol for my car. After doing little calculation, the draconian hike urges me to spend RM56 for the same amount of petrol!Imagine..RM 16 difference(My father only gives me RM50 for the petrol).So I have to add-up RM16 from my pocket money from now on..I am a student,and oh did I mention?a 'cheapskate' student.I can have 3 times meals from that RM16, or buy Hotlink top-up, or even buying one outfit from F.O.S stores!

Solution : Do I have to change my lifestyle now?(Reiterating fak lah's deputy suggestion).Some laid out the sarcastic remarks on their YM status, buying a 'le-run' or 'raleigh' bicycle. Well, I will consider that, spending RM300 for once in a blue moon and sacrificing more sweat and energy, rather than wasting RM224 per month for the petrol and sitting like a potato couch in the aircond and pull the gear back and forth! That's quid pro pro right?

One of my buddies even suggested to buy a horse. But I cant ride a horse, nor affordable to pay its price! He later popped out with another solution.. "Go buy a kambing lah!Tambat..pegi kelah paka topi cowboy.."Hurm...isnt that cool?

1988 crisis : A legacy that still haunts the nation

2008-04-19T15:52:00.006+08:00

Yesterday was as usual. Skipped up 8-10AM class because I was overslept. Besides spending the time of doing assignment and goofing around Dataran Pahlawan to look for my cousin's birthday prezzie(we ended up buying Roxy gigantic pencil case), I spend the rest of the hours reading good news of the announcement of the judicial commission. Here, I made a review.

Two decades had gone. The dark era of the judiciary since the dismissal of the Lord President, Tun Salleh Abbas, along with the grievances of his five other contemporaries back in 1988 is still an uproar. Yesterday, with the announcement of the Judicial Commission and the recognitions of the contributions by the 'long-aggrieved judges' by PakLah, with the hope of renewing the people's trust in the judiciary during the Bar Council dinner yesterday; the guests, other members from the legal fraternity and even the 'rakyat' gave thunderous cheers for the moves, notating the end of the dark era in our judiciary system. But a question arose out from my curiosity, how far could it guaranteed the light at the end of the tunnel?

Among the proposal for the Judicial Commission is to make the process of appointing, nominating, and promoting judges more transparent and representative. Our current governments had also agreed to give ex-gratia payment to those six judgement, namely Tun Salleh Abbas, Tan Sri Azmi Kamaruddin, Datuk George Seah, Tan Sri Wan Hamzah, and the representatives of the late Tan Sri Eusoffe Abdoolcader as well as the late Tan Sri Wan Suleiman. These payments might be inferred as a recognition that 'something wrong' took place in 1988. These six peoples were heroes in the battle to uphold the dignity and the independence of the judiciary, which had been tarnished by the previous government and the infamous maha-zalim.

Ambiga Sreenevasan, representing the Bar Council, applauded the moves, contending that these are the essence of what the Bar had been fighting for years.
"Tonight, we called a spade a spade, so now we can move on."

Tun Salleh Abbas praised the moves, saying "God had answered and give him a moral victory which translates to a legal victory."

But the recognition falls short of tendering apology. Although Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, the de facto Law Minister had urged the present government to apologize for the sacking of these judges, I personally believe that it's not the present government who had to apologize, it was the mistakes of the maha-zalim. He is the one who had to apologize for his atrocities and misuse of powers. In addition of setting-up the judicial commission and the ex-gratia payment towards these legal heroes, the government should have to move another step forward:to charge and convict the-one-who-shall-be-accountable for his misdemenaours, for abusing his powers, for corrupting the doctrine of separation of powers, and for divesting the judiciary's autonomy.

As this is only a first step, much more needs to be done. The effectiveness of the commission must be measured in its implementation, ie the composition and transparency. Thus, the government could only maintain the status quo of the dark era if the member of the commission is proposed like the the correct,correct,correct man.

I went over to read the news from the non-mainstream media. The above informations were acquired from NST, The Star and Bernama. I always think that by reading informations from one party only,I could not the weighed the truthfulness of the news. So, to articulate a fair and impartial views(though cannot guaranteed 100% about it), I also read the news from Harakah,Malaysiakini, SUARAM Website, Aliran, and the blogs of Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang:

1) PAS President, Dato' Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, applauded the moves as well. However, the government should have apologized earlier than this time to these six real judiciary heroes.(Harakah, 19 April)

2) SUARAM also welcomed the Judicial Comission, claiming that the most meaningful measures that the government can take is to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the whole judicial crisis in 1988, especially on whether the then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had abused his powers.

3) Lim Kit Siang, in his blog, said that he was disappointed with the Paklah's speech, because he had expected, much much more, announced by PakLah. The “contributions, pain and loss” of the six wronged judges cannot be equated with mere currency that the ex gratia payment is grossly inadequate. The six wronged judges deserve a full and proper recompense.

4) Anwar Ibrahim in his blog - 'Kenapa sukar memohon maaf?'. In Bernama Najib said that the ex-gratia payment is not an apology. He emphasized again that the commission has merely an advisory capacity. The final authority still lies with the prime minister to make the formal recommendation to the YDPA.

5) Aliran also welcomed the commission, but in a sarcastic remarks, contending that it was the Barisan Nasional that destroyed the judiciary in its desire to make it subservient to the Executive. In this scheme of things, questionable judges were appointed and promoted so that they would be beholden to the Executive.

Reading all of these things, made me contemplating for a while. If the Commission is merely an advisory body, the journey along the dark tunnel might be long again. The light might be far-reaching. More steps and amendments must be taken by the government to reach for the lights.

I was touched by the words of Salleh Abas when interviewed by the reporters:
"I’ve suffered so much in the last 20 years, so much so I ran away from the public. I found solace in farming. I talked to monkeys, birds and wild boars. I asked them not to disturb my plants."

Part II - Birthday Bash 2008

2008-04-18T15:29:00.004+08:00

This was the 2nd celebration with my dearest classmates best buddies. Here goes their plan..

Izzati gave me a call, crying, and asked me to pick her up at JJ' Secret Recipe. She told me that Shafee, her bf, leave her alone after a fight, and she didnt bring her wallet to pay the bills. I was perplexed,in the state of whether to believe it or not to believe it, because I know her bf is a pretty cool man, not one type of hot-tempered. Then, Nat came along with me. Both of us were silent, having no words to say along the 5 minutes journey to JJ..perhaps both were shocked with what her bf did to her..I was just cursing in my heart alone..hehe.(no offense shafee). We straight ahead scurrying to the Secret Recipe entrance..and when we reached the entrance..TADA!!!!!!

Izzati and Ainna were waiting there, grinning, covering the cakes with the box and getting-ready with the candles..and singing the birthday song..Me and Nat were shocked and blurred. This were the double-celebration for us (Nat birthday falls on 19 March..6 days earlier from me). They bought a piece of cake for each of us since the real one (the ice-cream cake) was slightly messed-up due to a 'minor accident' in their car. We did not mind about it actually, but since they had bought the new pieces, we couldnt say nothing much.. Izzati apologized to me for her 'dirty-tricks', but seriously I didnt mind about it. Ainna and her had really made my dayThanks a million buddies for d surprise party and the witty deception that leads us here!Thanks for the treats as well!Heart both of you to the bits..XOXO!

The Birthday Girls..

Me blowing candle..

Natalie blowing candle..

Part I: Birthday Bash 25 March 2008

2008-04-15T20:58:00.003+08:00

25 March, here comes my birthday!The clock stroked at 12AM..received phone call from my darling...guess he was sleeping..and set his alarm clock so that he could wake up sharp at 12 and wished me "HappyBirthdayDear!", or else I would go nuts!!Thanks for remembering my birthday dear..and thanks also for the dress and the shoes..(He asked me what I want for my birthday and I picked up these two things)..

And I started receiving text messages from my buddies.."happy birthday hanimm..".."happy bday panim"...at that time I was watching "a girl from tomorrow" tv series at youtube..deep down in my heart,I was touched..never thought that a lot of peoples remembered my birthday..thanks for the well-wishes my dearest friends..:)

When I woke up the next morning,wanis wished me..received text message from my mum also.."happy birthday nani,hope u'll b a solehah daughter"..thats the exact msg.she never meant to be sarcastic,that's her hope she always recite in prayer..my conscience said:One day I will...

My sis told that my cousin invited me,her, and wanis to go to d'cherry for d dinner on that night. Few minutes aftr we reached there,we fill the time-space before we got our meals..chatting,laughing(as usual)..was bewildered when I saw my was grinning without any reason..when I turned back..tadaaaa!!kak syaz and aida came from d kitchen..holding the birthday cake..was sooo surprised!!(they told me before..ksyaz want to have her hair-cut)..wanis was behind the plan also..but the unexpected thing was that this was the double-celebration for us..in fact k.syaz was the master-mind!:D.she didnt notice earlier that her name was written on the cake as well, after blowing the candles then only she did notice it..*blur wanis*.*Grin*.anyway, million thanks to fahmy, my cousin also for the birthday treat..(he paid the dinner)..thanks to my sis and aida for the conspiracy..thanks to wanis for her indirect involvement in the conspiracy though she's the birthday girl as well..(her birthday falls on the next 2 days,27 March)..thanks for the so-called 'pervert' pinky and polka dot bra and g-strings as the birthday gift..(kaksyaz claimed both were 'comel', not pervert)..*Grin again*.Thanks again to everyone who marked my birth-date in their mind..Heartily appreciated!

Blow the Candles..Make your Wishes..

Sis and dearest cuz,the one behind the surprise bday..

With KakSyaz..the mastermind behind d surprise..

The Innocent vs the Uncivilised Oppressor

2008-03-27T01:05:00.002+08:00

By the time I carried out my attachment at the High Court last few months, there's something that marked the dot on my mind,the 'heart-pricking' experience which would remain entrenched in my mind.It's a case between the local people and FELDA(clearly an Authority controlled by the 'quick-grab-opportunity' government). The main essence:the local people alleged that FELDA misused their funds and they claimed over them. FELDA's allegation:the local people planted the trees not in accordance of the agreement. Nah..Ignored their 'fake' allegations. What remains haunting my mind is the face of the local ppl(the claimant).I still remember, the face of this one old man,wearing kopiah,spoke in pure Kelantanese accent during the examination, his voice was loud, at certain time his face show 'hatred', yet he remained calm when was bombarded with question frm the FELDA's counsel(from M/S Karpal Singh if i'm not mistaken).Bravo Pakcik! He was not easily 'manipulated' by that counsel, he paused for a few seconds before answering.(Show that he think before he speak). Dear Uncivilised Oppressor, you are wrong if you think that these folks are toys that u can manipulate,you can play. Though they're not exposed to your CIVILISED WORLD,when they're deceived,they cant stay silent!I'm wondering the 'structures of the hearts' of these 'oppressor',maybe they changed the color to black,build with concrete,guarded by two evils.Dont they feel symphatized when they misappropriate the money of the rural old folks?Why they're so greedy?Is the 'commission' from their multi-million projects,taxation not enough to them?WHY THEY WANT TO BE THE SLAVE FOR MONEY?

Around a month later after the hearing took place, I was watching television. Good gracious!I was shocked,yet happy and relieved, the local ppl won the case and the damages amounted to millions ringgit..alhamdulliah,its not the amount of the damages which becomes the matter,but the pride and the rights of the oppressed.Kudos to the learned judge,for his sound decision.Day by day, people are more aware of the rights of these innocent and oppressed citizens, looked at Kg.Rimba Jaya case(another more tragic incident of the oppresed and neglected rural folks).May the new tsunami-political change and the rising of the new dawn would start a new chapter..

Yesterday, while I was chatting with a friend who did the attachment together last few months,this topic was raised out again by her...Coincidently,I was thinking about it frequently lately..and it wasnt me alone, so as her..so as the Malaysians who had wake up from their dreams..

The love-chemistry between TAN HONG MING and UMI QAZRINA

2008-03-22T01:25:00.006+08:00

Why I'm addicted to 'blogging' again?Because I'm getting fed-up with the social network thingy, so I resorted to something which is more mind-challenging, to articulate your life,your point of views,etc. Here is my previous writing. I wrote this post few months ago, was inspired by the book of "In Good Faith" by Dato' Zaid Ibrahim, "I Have a Dream Speech" by Marthin Lurther JR, current 'political agenda twist and turns", Critics on Constitution by Prof Abd Aziz Bari, and not to forget, Tan Hong Ming and Umi Qazrina's Petronas ad..:)

"The love-chemistry between TAN HONG MING and UMI QAZRINA"

An advertisement which had striked my eye-appeal!Well, as the subject may suggest, I am not going to comment about the casting of the advertisement, instead the primary thing which striked my eye-appeal is the message of the advertisement. Yes, it's about the RACIAL INTEGRITY! It looks so sweet when the primary-school-pupil from a Chinese ethnicity fall in love with a Malay girl because she's pretty,she wear earrings, she tied her ponytail...You see,the message at the end of the ad.."Kanak-Kanak Pun Memahami.."..Even the kids, they could understand about nurturing love,friendship,and affection towards another human-being from a different race.The core of the pluralism in our country which we can assert here is:mutual respect.

The slogan "Malaysia for Malaysians" was inculcated based on our unique multi ethnic and multi religious country. What is mean by Malaysians here is tantamount to the concept of 'Bangsa Malaysia' which had been introduced by Dr.M in his famous Vision 2020 speech. So who are the peoples who form this Bangsa Malaysia?Certainly, they are the Malays, Chinese and Indians!But do not forget on the other minorities group at the East Malaysia and the aborigines, as they are part of US also. Hence, as we are ONE, we should have mutual respect for each other. The intergrity should not be tainted by playing the racial card, by stirring the seditious sentiments which could leave deplorable effects to our UNITY!

I am a Kelantanese (who are proud to be one). Although the Malays formed the majority constituent, there are still a number of Chinese, Indian and Thais which complement the populations. Yet, they mingled very well and even can speak in Kelantanese dialect! I still remember a fortnight ago, I was having my dinner at a KB Bistro, a mamak restaurant, a Chinese family came to the place and one of the boy in the family asked for "nok air teh beng sor". You see, they used our dignified dialect as the medium of instruction. Even the Thai-Moslem near my house who run a grocery shop, who married to a local man, can speak in our dialect fluently, and she wear batik sarong, liked the typical Malay middle-aged woman. These examples depict the richness of racial diversity in my kampung niche. If this can be practised at my 'kampung' nice, why can't it be existed in the larger scale, meaning that in our nation?

I guess all of us know about the sizzling headlines nowadays, the HINDRAF 28 RM28 trillion claims and their riot!What are the basis of their claims?One is they alleged that the government practised the ethnic-cleansing towards their minority group. Did they really understand what ethnic-cleansing means or they just put forward the ridiculous issue to reap the support from the Indian group?Ethnic-cleansing means displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory, which is something similar to deportation. The question here is:do we really expunge their group?What about the second-richest tycoon in Malaysia?What about the enrolment of the men from their ethnicity in the public service, and even in the among of highest rank in the judiciary(eg:Gopal Sri Ram)?What about the large number of the men from their ethnicity who play role in the professional sector?

The Hindraf group should understand about the 'social contract' which had been drafted since the Reid Commission. The 'contract' refers to an exchange through the Constitution, while the non-Bumi were granted the citizenship through Article 14-18 of the FC and the Bumi enjoyed their special rights and privileges enshrined in Article 153. They should be grateful enough with their rights to citizenship. In addition to that, even clause 5 of Article 153 still empowering the merits to them, which laids out that any persons should be treated impartially regardless of their race. To upheld the fundamental liberties in our multi-ethnic country, Article 8 of the Constitution in furtherance connotes on 'equality before the law', that is the most sacred provision concerning human rights.

The Malays themselves should not be to arrogant with their motherland. We should remember that in the distant past, even the Malays were migrants to this country, as they came from different parts of neighbouring land. Even we are comfortable with our privileges, we should not relying too much on our special rights, as what had been described as "tongkat" by Dr.M. We should use the tool to work harder. It's so embarassing, there are too little of the Malay student who scored well at the tertiary level, they are left far behind!To tell the truth, I am not the first-class student, but I cared to ensure for my best achievement. I witnessed this "embarassing incident" by myself as now I was in the Third-Year. They would be happy enough with the "cukup-cukup makan" CGPA. If we remain to be satisfied with this mindset, how could we be on-par with the excellent achievers who are not relying on this so-called 'tongkat'?

If I were given the space to articulate my suggestion, I would like to discourse on:
"Malays, work harder and do not too engrossed. Remember the glory days of the Malacca Sultanate. Non-Malays, do not widen the rift. We are all equal. We are Bangsa Malaysia! To the Malaysians, we should embraced the diversity of ethnicity as our strength to achieve the common goal, ensuring peace and stability and in the same time exploited the richness of our diversity to be accumulated and develop the nation. Do not forget that Tunku Abdul Rahmad was not alone fighting for independence. He struggled together with Tan Cheng Lock and Tun V.T Sambathan. To quote the words of Martin Lurther Jr. in his "I have a dream" speech :
1) "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
2) "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Teman Hidup Saya

2006-12-18T22:40:00.001+08:00

Bukan Senang Nak Cari Teman Hidup Yang Boleh Menerima Buruk Baik Kita...Yang Sanggup Berkorban Untuk Kita...(Rahim Razali-Cinta)

Campus life made me choked out from my day-dream.Test and assignment.It's a pathetic life to be a student.Currently felt like sick of missing someone who are miles miles away from me.Someone who used to accompany me having dinner...accompanied me for Year End Sale last year..I miss the time we stroll around the mall and you give me a favor to pinpoint the necessary stuffs.I miss everything about him..Payed if u read this..U'll know my needy conscience.:(.

My Current Conscience

2006-10-20T02:21:00.001+08:00

My Current Conscience

Now i'm at home.i did found the serenity here off the cuff.but yet i miss the state of being a busy bee..slaving to works and notes..:P..too much relax at home polish me up to be a lazy ass.*sigh*

How to make a Hanim

2006-10-17T16:28:00.002+08:00

How to make a hanim

Ingredients:

3 parts intelligence

1 part courage

1 part ego

Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Top it off with a sprinkle of lovability and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Remark!Exam in Progress

2006-10-10T00:24:00.001+08:00

Remark! Exam in progress.

notes are scattering everywhere in my room.the feeling of dizzy and giddy keep torturing me.Right at the moment I cant feel the sense of amenity.The butterfly consecutively lingering in my stomach.Touch the wood.Just praying that 12/10 will over.No more aggravated pain.I miss my home.:(. The state of homesick makes me grievously sick! Nawh! I could resist the tempation to pack my stuff and drive back home.

today is the 3rd day of my paper. life was getting much much more miserable lately.cases to memorize.dull.if only i would be a robot with 2G memory chips in my mind..:P.. the pleasure would be all mine.:) :)