Proud to be Jawa

Sedang asyik melayari (melungsuri, kalau anda warga Singapura) internet, tiba-tiba terjumpa
website ni. http://www.geocities.com/mohdsabilan/ Antara isi kandungan yang menarik;

Suatu Waktu dahulu ... orang jawa di Malaysia malu untuk mengaku diri mereka berketurunan jawa.
Suatu waktu dahulu... orang jawa dikenali sebagai golongan petani dan pengambil upah menggali parit, telaga,membina titi , menebas, menebang kayu dan sesetengahnya meneroka belukar dan hutan kecil.
Suatu Waktu Dahulu... orang jawa hanya tertumpu di sekitar negeri Johor,Selangor dan kawasan Hilir Perak.

Kini... Orang jawa telah berubah selaras dengan perubahan zaman. Kalau dulu ayah dan datuk mereka adalah petani, ada di antara anak-anak mereka kini meneruskan tugas di bidang pertanian. Kalau ayah dan datuk mereka sekadar petani, anak-anak kini menjadi Pegawai Pertanian, Pengurus Bank Pertanian, Pegawai di agensi-agensi Kementerian Pertanian dan sebagainya. Malah kini ada anak jawa turut serta menggerak jentera pentadbiran dan pembangunan ekonomi negara seperti menjadi jurutera, Juruterbang, Akauntan, Peguam, Doktor, Pensyarah, Guru, Polis, Tentera, Ahli Politik, Usahawan Berjaya dan Ketua di Jabatan-jabatan kerajaan.

Kini...
Anak jawa tidak lagi malu untuk mengaku diri mereka jawa. Kadangkala ada juga yang bukan jawa turut mengaku jawa kerana bangsa jawa semakin unggul di Malaysia.Saya berpendapat orang bukan jawa yang berkahwin dengan orang jawa boleh dianggap menjadi orang jawa dan anak mereka dipanggil JAWA PERANAKAN

Cerita orang-orang jawa yang terpelajar ada menyebut bahawa 3 kuasa yang telah dan akan menakluk dunia bermula dengan Huruf J seperti berikut:-

Pertama-Jerman (Perang Dunia Pertama)
Kedua -Jepun (Perang Dunia Kedua)
Ketiga -Jawa (Mungkin selepas alaf baru)

Cerita ini mungkin hanya satu fantasi sahaja.Tapi kalau anak-anak jawa mahu berusaha dan bersatu pastinya JAWA BOLEH !!!


Sejak encik Mawi menang AF3 ni, makin ramailah orang yang mengaku Jawa

tembak kau! dus dus dus

Minggu ni rasa lama sangat. Lambat betul masa berlalu. Seperti biasa, banyak masa, banyaklah benda boleh berlaku, sebab tu aku tak suka masa lambat berlalu. Kalau masa berlalu cepat kan senang, zup zap, dah habis satu hari.

Hari rabu ada dua kelas je. English dengan Droit de Commerce (Undang-undang perniagaan). English tak dapat kertas balik, so kitorang kena buat latihan. Dalam banyak-banyak subjek, aku rasa Englishlah subjek yang paling memeningkan kepala. Aku faham teks dia, tak susah pun, stok teks English form 4. Yang buat susahnya soalan. Memang selalunya kes 'aku jawab betul, cuma soalan tu yang salah'. Soalan yang stok orang bilingual English pun belum tentu faham apa maksud ayat tu. And then cikgu ni suka sangat sambungkan perkataan jadi satu perkataan panjang macam dalam Jerman, contoh: pricetags, vegetableshops etc. Naik konfius aku dibuatnya.

Droit de Commerce pulak, macam biasalah, kalau dah nama undang-undang, memanglah tak best. Nak pulak cikgu ni stok yang garang and berlapis-lapis. Contoh ayat dia. 'Grand A, grand 1, petit a, petit 1'. Tak paham? cam ni.

A. XXXXXXXXXX
1. XXXXXXXXXXX
a. XXXXXXXXXXX
1) XXXXXXXXXXXX

Berlapis-lapis nota dia, satu keja nak check balik huruf mana dekat nombor mana. Memanglah bagus, tapi kalau dah banyak sangat pening kepala pulak. Pastu, tengah aku menyalin, aku terperasan macam pernah tengok muka dia. Kurus, tinggi, muka panjang, rambut pendek, skarf kat leher. Baru aku perasan. Michelle Alliot-Marie. Iron Lady perancis. Menteri Pertahanan. Patutlah ganas.

Khamis start dengan Communication. Cikgu sama dengan semester lepas. Banyak cakap, cakap loghat utara, buat lawak tapi tak kasi orang gelak. Dapat balik kertas. Ada 4 markah, Document 16, Communication 10,5 (pasal tak jawab soalan last. tak teringat langsung), Informatique 17 (di mana poster aku dapat 18, woohoo bangga. Masa aku buat dulu, ramai kritik kata mengarut. Hambek kau), Exposé 17. Oklah kot Communication aku, pekse hari tu pun 14.

Petang ada English lagi. Sebelum kelas tu dapat balik kertas Droit et Obligations dengan Maths. Law aku dapat 7. Aihh. Ingatkan boleh dapat tinggi, punyalah aku mencurahkan perasaan sepenuh jiwa raga masa menjawab, memang dah yakin 75% betul at least. Tapi takde rezeki. Maths ada dua markah, dapat 14 dengan 15, tapi ada tambah 2 lagi markah kecik, tak tau lagi berapa, untuk kuiz dengan kerja informatique hari tu. Pastu dapat balik markah Jerman, dapat 15, turun sikit dari yang lepas 16,5, ni pasal tak study vocab telefon lah ni.

Hari ni kat kelas maths aku sangat malu. Ahahaha. Cikgu kasi graf untuk kebarangkalian, bentuk segi tiga kaki sama. Pastu dia suruh kira luas bawah graf untuk cari kebarangkalian. Aku pun bertungkus lumus mengamirkan bahagian demi bahagian dengan tidak jayanya. Tenung lama-lama graf tu... lah, tiga segi rupanya. Kira luas tiga sei dah la, buat menyusah diri pulak. Habis kena kutuk dengan budak kelas 'Hoi, orang lain dapat 2 3, kau dapat sampai 15, kira luas segi tiga pun tak lepas ke!?'. Yang aku tak tahannya, lepas tu dia tanya aku rumus segi tiga apa. Bengong betul.

Pastu, dunia ku runtuh. Hancur berkecai. Système Juridique dapat 3 je. Teruknya. Down gilalah masatu. Mula-mula orang gelak kat aku (bukan pasal aku dapat 3, semua orang pun dapat markah area² tu jugak, 3 4 5 paling tinggi pun 7. Tapi derang gelak pasal aku dapat 3 je, bukan 13), tapi lepas aku respond diorang tukar topik mengutuk pulak. 'Kau ni, nak sindir kitorang ke? Kau dapat markah semua belas-belas, orang lain dapat 5 pun dah bersukur, nak sedih-sedih pulak, tembak kang'. Yelah-yelah. Tapi tu tak makna lepas ni aku boleh terus biar je dapat 3 kan?

Tengah hari ada meeting dengan Sylvie dari SFERE. Hmm, takde benda menarik pun berlaku. Tapi baru aku nampak lainnya Sylvie yang aku kenal dekat Colmar dengan Sylvie tadi. Kalau kat Colmar dulu, baik je, lemah lembut, sopan santun sepanjang meeting. Tadi lemah lembut jugak, sopan santun jugak, tapi bila sebut je result, AUMMM, macam rimau hilang anak. And tadi dia confirm BTN dekat Paris, tapi since masa tu aku ada kelas, cuma kena pegi 2 hari je. Yay.



Aku Fed Up.

naik fed up

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Ada Susu?

Nothing much happened today. Started Analysing Documents today, followed by Contemporary World (Monde Contemporain). I've been looking forward to this class since in the time table it's written Monde Con (Stupid World). And that's about it. Class started at 10 and ends at 13. Then I went to the post office with Syazwan, and then we had tea in McD. Milk rather than tea actually. I had a milkshake and he had a McFlurry, which may sound crazy to some, since the weather was -7°C. Tapi nak buat macam mana, ada orang ungkit janji belanja McD.

Speaking of milk, the US government has been campaigning children to drink milk. Usually they take movie/tv stars to get the ads done. So here are a few of them.

Batman's in it too 

Even Bart and Lisa are in it 

This is Lindsay Lohan (ParentTrap, FreakyFriday, Herbie) 

We also have Hilary Duff (LizzieMcGuire, CinderellaStory, PerfectMan) 

Here's everybody loves raymond 

And last but not least, ME! 

Akaun; antara markah dan tersilap akaun

Semester 2 dah start hari ni. Malas betul nak bangun pagi tadi. Maklumlah dah tiga hari bangun lepas zohor. Ahahaha. Takdelah. Tokok-tambah je tu. Paling lambat pun pukul 10, tu pun pasal lepas subuh stay up lama sikit, dok baca surat khabar malaysia.

Kelas start pukul 9, Law. Huh Bosan betul. Droit Administratif pulak. Aku tak kisahlah dia nak letak nama apa pun, systeme de droit ke, droit et obligation ke, droit publique ke, droit administratif ke, kalau dah law tu, memang tak best. Salin nota menggunakan istilah zaman tok kaduk yang orang moden dah tak pakai je kejenye.

Lepas droit, Akaun. Dapat balik result. Aku suka betul cikgu aku tu. Cekap, Cool, dan Tak Banyak Songeh. Tak buat homework pun takpe. Bising dalam kelas pun boleh. Janji score. Kalau tak score, huh, tajam betul dia sindir. Aku dapat OK. 13,5/20 dengan 18,5/17. Siap boleh terlebih tu. Tapi dia kira 20/20 jugak. Alhamdulillah. Aku tak sangka dapat markah cenggitu, maklumlah hari tu gabrah. Yang aku simpatinya, dengan kawan baik aku, si Boubou tuh (mamat yang kutuk aku takde A-Lev tu. Kenapa Boubou? pasal nama dia panjang sangat, and dier suka buat buih dengan air liur macam budak-budak, so panggilah dia Boubou sempena nama dia and sempena boule (buih) yang dia suka buat, and yes, kitorang kawan baik sekarang).

Dia ni kaki study (dia katalah, aku tak sure betul ke tak). Tetiap kali ada pekse, sure dia study 2 3 minggu sebelum tu. Aku takdelah se hardcore dia. 2 3 hari sebelum tu pun dah kira ok. Time pekse jek, mesti dia dapat markah teruk. Selalunya area markah lulus (10) tapi hari ni akaun dia nak dekat 0.Tapi biasalah, budak french ni, kau suruh la dia hafal nota, mesti boleh punyalah, buat latihan yang serupa dengan latihan yang cikgu kasi kat kelas pun boleh. Tapi olah sikit je soalan, dah, panik, pastu salahkan cikgu 'Mana dia pernah ajar jawab soalan ni, Cikgu ni tak bagus'. Ahahaha. Dah nama periksa, takkan nak tanya soalan yang macam dalam kelas. Kadang-kadang aku rasa bersalah pulak nak tunjuk kertas exam aku kat dia, rasa nak sorok je. Tak pun tipu markah.

Pastu ada ekonomi. Baru nak start belajar pasal Offer and Demand, Offre et Demande, Penawaran dan Permintaan. Kalau cikgu ni ajar pasal graf silang tu, ni dah masuk 3 kali belajar benda sama, dalam 3 bahasa berlainan. Aihhh. Pastu Maths start belajar Probabilité. Hah, kali ni kena concentrate, aku bukannya terer sangat benda alah ni. Kalau sebelum ni Maths boleh buat tanpa amik nota cikgu, kali ni aku rasa tak boleh. Tapi masalahnya, cikgu ni explain teruk. Suka sangat comparekan maths dengan perkakas harian. Bakullah, pingganlah, konon nak buat lagi senang, last-last lagi susah.

Tengah masak tadi, tetiba sudu terjatuh. Aku pun tunduk dan angkat, tetiba terlanggar pintu peti ais. Cakpelepung (ahaha onomatopoeia yang best untuk menggambarkan benda jatuh), 2 besi berani (besi berani tu apa? orang yang tanya tu mesti BM dier paling tinggi pun C5 SPM dulu) peti sejuk aku jatuh, lantas pecah. Satu tu aku beli, tak kisah sangat, satu tu Syazwan kasik. Abislah dier mengamuk dan bertukar menjadi KingKong lepas ni.

Satu lagi benda yang berlaku hari ni. Aku ada memohon suntikan modal dari rumah baru-baru ni. Pastu dapat email kata dah hantar, tapi lama tunggu tak sampai-sampai. Hari ni Irfan tanya aku, apa nama penuh bapak aku. Apahal ni, tak pasal-pasal tanya nama penuh. Rupa-rupanya termasuk akaun dia. Bagaimanakah mungkin ini terjadi? Sejak ada kad cinema unlimited ni, tengok wayang je keje kalau tak tau apa nak buat. Pawagam ni ada 14 screen, so misinya ialah; menonton di kesemua 14 screen. Ni semua cerita yang aku tengok sejak bulan 12. Mostly tengok masa cuti hari tu. Kalau Ahad tu, lepas beli daging, letak kat rumah Syazwan, pergi tengok cerita, ambik balik daging, baru balik rumah.

ku lari ke pantai kemudian teriakku
sepi, sepi dan sendiri aku benci
ingin bingar aku mau di pasar
bosan aku dengan penat
enyah saja engkau pekat
seperti berjelaga jika ku sendiri
pecahkan saja gelasnya biar ramai
biar mengaduh sampai gaduh
ada malaikat menyulam jaring laba-laba belang di tembok keraton putih
kenapa tidak kau goyangkan saja loncengnya biar terdera ?
atau aku harus lari ke pantai
belok ke hutan ? ada apa dengan chenta

Kalau aku, aku pergi pasar kut.

aku dan bekas perdana menteri

Cuba perhatikan betul-betul gambar di atas. Tang manakah persamaan antara aku dan beliau?


Weekend lepas periksa amatlah membosankan. Nak baca nota, apa yang belajar sebelum ni dah tak masuk periksa dah. Nak baca novel, semua dah habis, novel baru belum sampai. Nak tengok wayang, malas nak keluar. Nak tengok TV, takde cerita best. Nak tengok cerita kat komputer, semua dah tengok. Jadi, nak tanak, aku pun menagihkan diri kepada game Civilization 4 yang baru sampai tempoh hari. Terima kasih diucapkan kepada pengirim tersebut.

Akhirnya, rindu aku kepada cheritera P Ramlee terobatlah jugak. Tengok 3 abdul dengan ahmad albab. Last tengok 3 abdul, kalau tak silap, kat Astro Ria tahun bila ntah. Tak sangka aku masih lagi hafal skrip cerita tu. Pada aku, dalam dua-dua cerita tu, P Ramlee takdelah kelakar sangat. Yang buat kelakarnya Ahmad Nesfu dengan A R Tompel. Wahaha. Dua pelakon cerita Klasik yang menjadi idolaku. Ahmad Nesfu memang best, Sadiq Segaraga dalam 3 Abdul, Sultan Shahrul Nizam dalama Nujum Pak Belalang, Tuan Direktor Ahmad Nesfu dalam Seniman Bujang Lapok, Tokey Gangster dalam Pendekar Bujang Lapok, Bapak Mertua dalam Madu 3, boleh kata semua filem dier kelakarlah. Gambar kat bawah ni biasa jek, gambar yang dalam gambar ni yang kelakar.

Bijak, Tuan Hamba memang bijak, otak pembelit nombor satu. Kalau rancangan ini berjaya, saya kasi 25 persen.

Setelah sekian lama berpetualangan (mesti ramai tak tau apa maksud pertualangan kan? Makna dier adventure) dalam dunia perbualan siber, satu pemantauan tentang bagaimana menulis onamatopoeia untuk gelak (ni pun mesti ramai tersekat. onomatopoeia=tulisan untuk satu-satu bunyi). Shahdan, satu kesimpulan telah dibuat.

English: LOL (laugh out loud)

Français: MDR (mort(e) de rire)

Melayu:Hahahaha (gelak normal), Hihihihi (gelak sindir), Huhuhuhu (gelak merajuk), Hehehehe (gelak sinis), Kahkahkahkah (gelak pecah perut), Kihkihkihkih (gelak tersipu-sipu), Keskeskeskes (aku pun tak paham, tak tau kenapa tapi aku geli dengan gelak ni), Muahahaha (gelak syaitan), Muehehehe (gelak yang bermaksud - padan muka), dan tidak lupa Muahahaharun dan Muahahaharu-biru (gelak yang sengaja ditokok-tambah, konon kiut la tu)

Oh yes, kenapa aku tanya soalan kat atas tu, and siapakah gerangannya mamat lanjut usia tu? Well, he is the former french prime minister, sacked after leading to the governement's defeat in the european constitution referendum. Lama gaklah tak dengar khabar tak dengar cerita pasal dia. Until one day in my class. I was reacting to a friend's statement, and I hunched a bit (poking my head out front). Then the guy said 'you know what, you hunch just like Jean Pierre Raffarin'. Then another guy said 'yeah, and he looks over his glasses too just like him'. Ah sudah. 'Try doing this' and he mimicked JP, and so I tried to copy his moves. 'Just like I suspected, you're Jean Pierre's hidden child'. What? So now I look like Jean Pierre Raffarin? Yeah right.

his favourite pose

Now here's a video of him trying to speak english. And I have to say he tried badly.

Korelasi antara Kopi dan Peperiksaan

Wooohoooo. Exams dah habis. Pergh, penat gila seminggu ni memerah otak sehingga titisan yang terakhir. Macam mana exam? Ok lah kot. Cuma paper Law yang pasal Sistem Politik Eropah dan Perancis tu yang risau sikit.

Hari Isnin ada Communication. Giler ah, ada lebih kurang 15 pages of articles pasal keracunan daging kisar hari tu. First kena buat penilaian artikel-artikel tu, kata bagus ke tak, boleh percaya ke tak, and then kena klasifikasikan dier ikut gred A sampai D, pastu kena buat rumusan menggunakan semua 15-15 artikel tu menggunakan 150 patah perkataan sahaja. Aku pun tak sangka aku mampu menulis rumusan berdasarkan artikel sebanyak tu. Selasa aku ada Management/Marketing dengan Law (Obligation dengan Publique). Tulah hari yang paling pening kepala aku rasa. Pastu Rabu aku ada General Economics. Cikgu dah bagi warning awal-awal dah soalan dier stok yang 'kalau awak tahu, awak tahu, kalau awak tak tahu, awak tak tahu, tak payah mengada-ngada nak reka-reka jawapan. Ada 3 je soalan. Huraikan pendapatan isi rumah, Jelaskan cara-cara mengatasi maslah kesuntukan sumber, and Adakah Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) merupakan pengukur ekonomi yang boleh dipercayai. Soalan 1 dengan 2 tu masing masing dekat 10 line jawapan, yang 3 tu satu page setengah nak jawab. Naik pening kepala gak ah nak mengaitkan satu point dengan point yang lain. Dah la dalam French.

Memandangkan subjek hari ni rileks, malam tadi aku takdelah stress sangat. Baca Akaun sepintas lalu, buat soalan sikit, pastu dok hafal akaun mana nak pakai. Subjek lepas tu English, takde apa pun nak study. Hari ni masa akaun, tetiba aku gabrah. Tengok soalan satu, apa ni? Selak page lagi satu, apa ni? selak-selak sampai hujung, still gabrah, takde satu soalan pun yang aku 'rasa' nak jawab. So aku ikut pesan mak aku, baca al-Insyirah 3 kali. Pastu aku tutup mata, bayangkan aku tengah bawak keta (walaupun aku takde lesen) merayau-rayau di kawasan perkampungan kat France ni. Tak tau lah kenapa aku buat gitu. Tetapi ia memang berkesan! (tiru iklan TummyTrim). Alhamdulillah dapatlah jugak jawab dengan tenangnya. Ada satu soalan tu siap tulis "Soalan ini tidak diwajibkan kepada pelajar-pelajar asing". Soalan buat rumusan. Rumusan untuk akaun? Tak pernah dengar. Jadi aku pun tak buat. Bahasa dia tinggi sangat. Time English pulak, ok jek cuma ada 2 soalan je aku blocked. Satu tu kena tanda betul atau salah. "Encik Pink menggunakan perkakas harian untuk membandingkan dunia pekerjaan dengan kehidupan seharian". Masalahnya, dalam artikel tu dier tulis "Encik Pink menggunakan berus tandas dan botol arak kosong...". Kalau koranglah kan, berus tandas dan botol arak kosong tu perkakas harian ke? Aku tanya cikgu, cikgu kata "Saya harap awak pakai benda-benda tu tiap-tiap hari". So maknanya betullah tu. Satu lagi tu kena translate French tu English. Sedang syok mentranslate, tiba tiba satu perkataan ni aku block. Dommage et Intérêt (ganti rugi). 20 minit aku duk pikir, tutup muka, baring, tengok siling, tengok luar, baring lagi, tutup muka lagi sekali, macam-macamlah aku buat, tak jumpa jugak translation dier. Ah! Geram, aku hantar terus kertas aku, lantaklah, satu perkataan je, kalau tolak satu markah per 50 pun, kalau tukar per 20 berapalah sangat.

Jadi, untuk menghilangkan stress semingguan berperiksa, aku tengok wayang. Wahaha. 3 wayang sekali harung. Tengok Angel-A (cerita french, bosan, tertidur 30 minit), Jarhead (cerita yang paling banyak scene minum air, sehingga membuatkan aku haus), dengan Brokeback Mountain (tak best pun, war-war je lebih).

Sepanjang minggu peperiksaan, satu kajian berkaitan penggunaan barang dapur telah dilakukan. Hasil kajian adalah seperti berikut;

Kopi naik 50% (setengah paket habis seminggu, biasa sepaket habis sebulan)
Gula naik 25% (buat kopilah ni)
Susu naik 50% (untuk sarapan dengan untuk kopi)
KokoKrunch turun 25% (tak sempat sarapan nak kejar study last minute dekat library)
Sabun basuh pinggan turun 10% (makan bungkus atau benda yang masuk oven jek)

Kesimpulan: Buat sendiri.

Nothing. Honestly. Really.

I don't know why, but I've been trying to read and study for my exams next week, but nothing gets stuck in my head!

Winter holidays are coming in a month. But I don't think I'll go anywhere. Even if I do, it won't be very far. Just somewhere around here. Cuti-Cuti Perancis. Muahaha. Another holidays are coming end March. I was thinking of either going north- the Netherlands, going south- Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Monaco, or going south west- Toulouse,Barcelona. But I think it's still a long way to plan anything. But then, another holidays are coming up after that. Summer hols! Wahahaha. Nak balik Malaysia. Yeh. Rindu Malaysia.

So here are a few pics taken recently, including one pic of my room. I've decided to post it since everyone's been saying 'eh, letaklah gambar bilik tu'. So I post one corner of my room. And I've decided not to tidy it up, well, what's the point of sending a fake picture that doesn't reflect its usual state of properness? Hehehe.

Wish me luck for my death row! A whole week full of exams.

Kedai anda sembelit!!! 

This is where I work. As you can see, it is quite hard not to be distracted. TV to the left, computer right ahead, and novels on the right. It was 'Pretty Woman' on TV, on my comp was a friend's website, and that pile of papers are my notes for tomorrows exam. 

Pour voutre sécurité vueillez nous signaler tous colis et valises abondonnés.

Ada rupa budak ahli sihir tu ke?

This is one of my classmates. She looks better with a hand covering her face. Hahahaha. 

On a boring day, just before the maths exam. 

Orgueil et Préjugé

(Pronunce: Ogh Goy Ay Pray Ju Jay) Buruk betul translation dalam french kan?

Well, I went to see the Premier(if it's Premier in English, it's Avant Première [before premier] in French) of Pride and Prejudice. To my surprise it was in English and not in French, which explains the half-empty-not-so-big-cinema. It was a nice movie really, but not good enough invest any emotions in it. It was a comedy-romantic movie. Yeah, I know it was not meant to be a comedy, but the French laughed at certain scenes. Scenes where the actors are laughing while crying, you know, the kind of laughter-crying when you're so happy, or to cover up your sadness, which I do not find funny after all. But the French laughed. I guess they had to laugh, seeing the actors laugh, avoiding looking stupid for not laughing when the scene is thought to be funny.

So this morning I had my German test. Not so bad i guess, except that i forgot certain words in telecommunication terms like, country code, city code and so on. I answered all questions except for one, the other verb for to ask other than fragen. But I guess I did better than my last test.

And late afternoon, I had my Maths test. Hmmm. Not as hard as the previous one, which led to heavy cursings as soon as I got out of the test hall at that time. Maybe the questions are easier since they're all on things that I did before -dérivation, primitif, statistique, programmation linéaire, matrice. Or maybe, I was not as shocked to see that many questions in so little space, like I was during the first test. I mean, in Malaysia, you'll get, the most 6 questions in a page. Here, the prof crammed up to 15 questions in a page. And you have about 6-7 pages, all to be answered in 2 hours.

I did OK I guess. But I think I could've done better had I not been too pride and been too prejudiced, thinking alah, kacang je lah. Ahahaha. I mean, it wouldn't have hurt if I put more effort revising.

As usual, after the test, I met up with my classmates, and they were all complaining that it was very hard, and it couldn't have been harder. Saying, "Well, you know, it was not that hard" to them would be suicide. So I decided to keep my mouth shut, and if anyone asked me I said "Oh yeah, yeah, I totally agree with you, it was bloody hard". One of them even cried. And I know exactly how it feels. I've been there.

What are you doing the rest of your life?
North and south and east and west of your life?
I have only one request of your life
That you spend it all with me.

All the seasons and the times of your days.
All the nickels and the dimes of your days.
Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days.
All begin and end with me.

I want to see your face,
In every kind of light,
In fields of gold and
Forests of the night;

And when you stand before
The candles on a cake.
Oh let me be the one to hear
The silent wish you make.

Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes
In the world of love you keep in your eyes,
I’ll awaken what’s asleep in your eyes,
It may take a kiss or two..

Through all of my life..
Summer, winter, spring and fall of my life,
All I ever will recall of my life
Is all of my life with you.

Antara Paris dan Ulu Sepri

Wahaha, esok ada test Maths dengan German, tapi still boleh update blog and tengok movie. Kekadang rasa nak sorok je komputer ni, letak jauh-jauh. Tak pun hilangkan lagi skali. Ooops, gurau je.

I only have class until 1400 (technically 1030, but then they had a talk on our professional plans from 1330 to 1400) today. Then I went to Auchan (a very big rival of Carrefour), for the fourth time this week. I kept on forgetting things to buy. I mean it's not the travelling that bothers me, it's the frequency. The more often I go to the supermarket, the stronger the chance that I'll buy unecessary stuff. Like today, I bought instant mixture for Bolognaise sauce (just add meat!), eventhough I hardly like Bolognaise.

Then I came back, and decided to relax a bit before hitting the books. I watched Mean Girl(s) (I put an S in between brackets -it took me 30 seconds to find the word brackets, oh my English is so falling apart- because I'm not sure of the title, and do not want people to make fun of me just like when I forgot to put an S for a certain movie). It was actually a cool movie.

Where the hell is Ulu Sepri you might ask. Well, it's where we had our BTN camp before coming to France (it has a two nicknames, thanks to Taufiq -US, Ulu Surprise). It's in Negri Sembilan. Since we're scholarship students, we need to undergo the BTN at least twice (though I think we'll be having it 3 times). And this year we're having one. We got an email from SFERE the other day saying that we'll be having our BTN in Paris, during our winter holidays, (yes, there's a break coming up in a month. The French are a bunch of holiday-centered [can't use the word lazy] people, I know).

This means two things. If we are to have the BTN in Paris, we won't be having our BTN during our summer holidays in Malaysia. But this also means that Petronas will not be paying for our plane tickets back home. So just to make things clear, I sent a letter to Petronas London, asking for a confirmation. And they said that they are still waiting for KL's response. Which means there's still a possibility that we'll be going to the BTN in Malaysia. So where would it be? Paris or Ulu Sepri. Honestly, I prefer it to be held in Paris, eventhough this means that we need to self-finance our tickets back.

I saw this article on first names in I-Kon Berita Harian.

NAMA YANG DITEGAH ATAU DILARANG

Nama gelaran yang dianugerahkan kerajaan
Tun, Tan Sri, Datuk, Datin, Puan Seri, Dato Seri, Datuk Paduka, Datuk Patinggi, Datuk Wira Jaya, Datuk Bentara Dalam, Datuk Bentara Luar.

Nama pangkat atau jawatan
Haji, Nabi, Imam, Rasul, Mufti, Ketua Menteri, Kadi, Perdana Menteri, Gabenor, Sarjan, King, Hakim, Permaisuri, Guru, Ustaz, Shahbandar, Ustazah.

Gelaran keturunan
Syed, Sharifah, Tunku, Tengku, Nik, Wan, Raja

Nama profesional
Doktor (Dr), Ir (Engineer), Professor, Akauntan, Audit, Diplomat

Nama kepahlawanan
Mahaguru, Pahlawan, Pendekar, Panglima, Bomoh, Pawang, Dukun, Satria

Nama-nama buruk
Buruk, Malang, Sial, Derita, Haram, Pungut, Hapak, Baruah, Bunting

NAMA YANG TIDAK SESUAI

Nama binatang atau serangga
Babi, Monyet, Keldai, Rimau, Lipan, Buaya, Belalang, Semut, Ular

Nama buah-buahan, sayursayuran, tumbuhan, makanan
Ciku, Pisang, Keladi, Kucai, Terung, Karet, Serai, Jintan, Kunyit, Halia, Bawang Merah, Kelapa, Santan, Lidi, Nasi, Bubur, Ketupat, Laksa, Sirap, Cendol, Lempeng, Daun.
(Macam nama kartunis Ujang je)

Nama-nama lucu
Kecut, Kutai, Kuyok, Boyak, Kudung, Pendek, Panjang, Tinjau, Apek, Lonjong, Kuding, Tunggal, Sinon, Ketiak, Leper, Kemek, Janggut, Tanduk, Kerepot

Nama-nama kejadian alam
Gunung, Salji, Suria, Pelangi, Awan, Bintang, Bulan, Guruh, Petir, Panas, Hujan, Bumi, Langit, Gelombang, Laut, Batu, Angkasa

Nama-nama alat perkakas
Senduk, Piring, Mangkuk, Cawan, Katil, Tilam, Garpu, Tingkap, Pagar, Lesong, Berus, Parang, Tajak, Golok

Nama-nama warna
Hitam, Putih, Jingga, Merah, Coklat, Kuning

Nama-nama huruf atau angka atau gabungan kedua-duanya
D, K, P, Z, 001, 007, K 7, K 4, Zerozero Seven

Nama perhiasan atau pakaian
Cincin, Subang, Anting-anting, Mutiara, Benang, Kain, Baju, Rantai, Seluar, Kasut

PERKATAAN ARAB YANG MAKNANYA TIDAK ELOK
Narul (neraka), Zaniah (penzina perempuan), Zani (penzina lelaki), Khinzir (babi), Zakar (kemaluan lelaki), Faraj (kemaluan perempuan), Wati (persetubuhan).

NAMA INDIA YANG TIDAK ELOK MAKNANYA
Ammakannu, Andayan, Annachi, BatumalaiBotha, Baby, Ettikkan, Idache, Idayan, Kalavani, Kali, Karuppan, Kathammah, Madasamy, Mottayan, Muthammal, Mukayi (Mookayee), Mooli, MachappuPapa, Prayasamy, Periyannan, Sadachi, Sigappi, Sinnayee, Sengan, Satan, Sembu Setty, Thambi, Kulli, Thangachi, Udukayee, Uthandy, ValuVellayan, Valoo.

NAMA CINA YANG TIDAK ELOK MAKNANYA
Hokkian
Ah Chaw (ular), Ah Goo (kerbau), Ah Gong (orang gila), Ah Kooi (hantu), Ah Loo (keldai)
Kantonis
Ah Seh, Ah Nyau, Sor Chai, Ah Kwai
Mandarin
Ar Ser, Ar New, Ar Ngong, Ar Kwe, Ar Loo

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KUALA LUMPUR 11 Jan. - Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) membuat keputusan menghentikan program realiti televisyen Mencari Cinta yang gagal menjodohkan Elly Zakaria dan jejaka pilihannya, Danial Iskandar Abdul Rahman.

Bagaimanapun Pengurus Besar Kumpulan Pengurusan Jenama TV3, Nurul Aini Abu Bakar berkata, langkah itu diambil bukan kerana kegagalan pasangan tersebut berkahwin atau ia pernah mencetuskan kontroversi tetapi disebabkan stesen itu berhasrat menerbitkan sebuah program realiti televisyen yang baru.

``Program itu lebih kurang sama formatnya seperti Mencari Cinta tetapi dalam versi Cina,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia ketika dihubungi di sini.

Mencari Cinta pernah menjadi isu hangat di kalangan masyarakat apabila program itu dikatakan kurang sesuai dengan aspirasi dan budaya masyarakat Melayu dalam soal mencari jodoh.

Isu itu juga menarik perhatian ahli-ahli politik apabila ia turut diketengahkan pada sidang Dewan Rakyat.

Malah, sehingga kini Mencari Cinta terus diperkatakan ramai apabila pemenangnya, Danial, 31, tidak mempunyai sebarang perancangan untuk mengahwini pasangannya dalam program itu, Elly, 29.

Utusan Malaysia Sabtu lalu menyiarkan kenyataan Elly atau Norsalwa Zakaria yang redha dengan ketentuan takdir apabila jodohnya bersama Danial tidak kesampaian.

Nurul Aini berkata, langkah menghentikan program yang mencatatkan jumlah penonton sebanyak 2 juta itu sebagai satu usaha untuk mempelbagaikan lagi program-program terbitan Media Prima Television Networks. ``Cukuplah setakat itu sahaja untuk program Mencari Cinta. Selepas ini, kita mahu cuba siarkan program yang lain pula.

``Apa yang pasti, program realiti baru berbahasa Cina yang sama konsepnya dengan Mencari Cinta itu tidak akan disiarkan menerusi TV3.

``Tetapi melalui ntv7 ataupun 8TV,'' katanya.

Menurut Nurul Aini, pihaknya akan meneliti terlebih dahulu konsep program realiti baru itu supaya ia tidak menyentuh sensitiviti kaum dan budaya masyarakat Cina di negara ini. -Utusan

Malah, sehingga kini Mencari Cinta terus diperkatakan ramai apabila pemenangnya, Danial, 31, tidak mempunyai sebarang perancangan untuk mengahwini pasangannya dalam program itu, Elly, 29.
Utusan Malaysia Sabtu lalu menyiarkan kenyataan Elly atau Norsalwa Zakaria yang redha dengan ketentuan takdir apabila jodohnya bersama Danial tidak kesampaian. - Hek eleh.

Boys will be boys

GEORGETOWN: Pertubuhan Seni Silat Lincah Malaysia (PSSLM) meminta pihak berkuasa Malaysia menangkap lelaki keturunan Lubnan, Elie Youssef Najem yang mencetuskan kontroversi selepas hasratnya menderma RM1.03 bilion diragui pelbagai pihak.

Mahaguru dan Pengasas PSSLM, Datuk Omardin Mauju, berkata polis perlu tegas mengendalikan isu berkenaan dan menangkapnya dan diserahkan kepada Interpol yang sedang mencarinya.

Beliau juga berkata, Malaysia mempunyai hospital dan kelengkapan untuk merawat pelbagai penyakit dan tidak memerlukan sumbangan orang luar untuk mendirikan kemudahan serta prasarana kesihatan.

"Kita tidak perlu memberi ruang kepada dia (Elie) untuk bercakap. Siapa dia dan berani membuat kenyataan yang menjejaskan nama baik Malaysia termasuk akhbar New Straits Times," katanya.

Beliau juga bimbang jika ada muslihat warga Lubnan beragama Kristian itu berkahwin dengan wanita Islam Malaysia.

"Perbuatan dia memalukan dan menjatuhkan nama baik Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Timbalannya, Datuk Seri Najib Razak," katanya ketika mengulas kontroversi itu. -berita harian

Why are they defending the New Straits Times? And why does this article appears only in Berita Harian and not in Utusan?


I miss my little brother a lot. I feel wrong to not be there seeing him grow up. I mean, when I was in Jasin, I only saw him for a weekend every month. And after my SPM I flew to France just after 6 months at home. I don't want him to grow up without me, just like I grew up without my brothers (if any of you two, or even mom or dad, is reading this, I am NOT blaming it on anyone Ok? It's just one of the regrets of life that I have, that I have come to understand as I am now mature enough to do so).

When my mom told me that she was pregnant, I was like, what? How can this be? I will no longer be the last child, pampered and spoiled, and getting compliments such as "eee cute nye budak ni". I thought I wouldn't be able to get along with my new brother. But when he was born it was different.

I still remember that morning when my dad came back from the hospital, saying that he was born. I was happy and worried at the same time. I was 9. That morning I skipped Sekolah Agama to visit both my mom and my new brother at SJMC, the same place where I was born. When I first saw him, I said to myself, oh no, not him. But when I held him for the first time, it was like, hey, you're not that bad are you? You look just like me when I was a baby.

From that day on, I fed him (bottle feed of course), I bath him, and I even changed his diapers as well. Well not everyday, but it happened sometimes, more often than not. I think I have learnt my basic fatherhood skills by taking care of him. I love to make him laugh. As well as making him cry. He calls me a name that is unique to him. I carried him until he was 7, when I thought he's not a little kid anymore, that needs to be carried around. I always hug him in a way that only I can hug him.

Oh I miss him a lot.

Home is just 6483 miles away, but sometimes it seems much further.

He's here on the left with my second brother. Can you guess which one is me in the next pic?

3 Ninjas

Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all. I wanted to go to the mosque, but then, when I woke up, it was already 1030. After takbir and solat sunat, I went out to print my Communication project and make a copy of my friends's Law notes.

Class started at 1330. As usual, no one actually paid attentio to whatever the prof was saying. I think the french students are the most disrespectful of all. They talk when the teacher's explaining in front (and i'm not talking about 2 or 3 guys seating in the last row, but almost half of the class), they chew gum, they do not do homework, and resolve the latter by doing it during another subject. Kalau kat Malaysia, sure dah kena sumpah-sumpah dengan cikgu.

Then my Psychologie project group members and I discussed about our presentation, which is due tomorrow, and we still haven't decide on how to approach the theme that we have chosen. We chose 'travel'. I said we approached in a metaphoric way, as in living is travelling, or we travel when we dream. Alas, my suggestion was rejected instantly. Too poetic they said. What? Anyways, we have decided to present on how's the perception of a traveller whe he sees another culture. We need to explain this from 3 different angles. Sociology, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis. I got the Psychology part. So now I need to study how 'the human spirit' reacts when he sees another culture. I guess it's better than Psychoanalysis, where one needs to study how the concious and inconcious mind react to another culture.

When I got back home after my 3rd trip to Auchan this week (keeps on forgetting to buy stuff), I turned on the TV and to my surprise they're showing 3 Ninjas. Oh that brings back memories. So much memories. I saw it for the first time in 1995 i think, when they showed it on TV3. Come to think about it, that was the year where I had an imaginary friend. I wonder if the movie had something to do with it. Then in 1998 they showed it again on NTV7. They even showed the trilogy in 3 consecutive weeks.

There are 4 3 Ninjas movies, but the last one doesn't have any of the original actors, so it was not that fun. The movies are great. I know they're lame and all, but I find them really cool. Then and now. But all the kids actors have gave up their acting career. I wonder what they're up to now?

Here we can see Rocky and Colt, and a bit of Tum Tum who's hiding behind Colt. Lame names, yeah, I know.

It was after seeing this scene, where the kids seem like having fun jumping on a trampoline, that I feel like having one myself too. But mom didn't let me. Hehehe

I guess it's time to say hello to my old imaginary friend. ;)


Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day

Me no speak Eengrish

So learn French.

I have been lucky enough to be able to travel around. It's true that travelling makes you think. Jauh perjalanan, luas pemandangan. Here are some of the places/cities I have been to. To qualify in the list, I have to at least get out of the airport/train station and have at least one meal. So changing trains or transitting flights do not count.

Tokyo(Disneyland) 2002
Nagoya 2002
Singapore 1988, 1994, 2001
Bukittinggi 1991
Jakarta 1993
Bandung 1993
Sydney 2000
Melbourne 2000, 2001, 2002
Adelaide 2002
Ballarat 2001, 2002
Katoomba 2000
Makkah 1994
Madinah 1994
Jeddah 1994
Amman 1994
Amsterdam 1995
Rotterdam 1995
London 1995
Manchester 1995
Oxford 1995
Brighton 1995
Paris 1999, 2004, 2004, 2005
Nantes 1999
Lille 2004
Lyon 2005
Grenoble 2005
Mulhouse 2004-2005
Strasbourg 2004-2005
Basel 2004
Zürich 2005
Geneva 2005
Frankfurt 2004
Freiburg 2004-2005
Brussels 2004, 2005
Rome 2005
Vatican City 2005 (didn't eat there, but spent the whole morning there)
Pisa 2005 (it’s not our fault we didn’t eat there, the train was delayed)

It's not that I wanted to brag or something, it's just as a self reminder, of how lucky I am to be able to travel to all those magnificent places.

If God waits fo you at the gates of heaven, what would you hope him say to you?

I got an email from on of my teachers in Colmar, commenting the video that I made the other day. What a surprise eh? Of all people.

Esok raya. Kelas start lepas lunch. So pagi boleh pergi masjid. Tapi tak tau semayang start bila. Kalau kat Malaysia start pukul 8 lebih. Tapi kat sini 8 lebih baru nak habis waktu subuh. Kalau pergi pukul 10 karang, orang gelak pulak, semayang dah habis baru nak sampai. Hmmm... dilema ni.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha!

Andai dikurnia syurga
kan ku tunggu di luarnya
jika ditanya mengapa?
Jawapan ku menunggu..
Kau sampai dahulu..

Parce que vous le valez bien

I got my marks for my communication presentation the other day. 17. Bloody. But then that mark is noted in the prof's file in pencil. In order to get it written in pen, I'll have to pass up the report before this Wednesday. So i thought I'd do it yesterday. But then a friend asked me if i wanted to go out and watch a movie (or two). So I, though I know it's wrong, went out to the city center for the whole day. We watched La Tigre e la Neve (The tiger and the snow) by Roberto Bernigni (La Vita è Bella... Life is Beautiful).

After the cinéma, we walked around Vieux Lille, where the chic shops are. Then there's this one store that sells everything soap. Nous savons tout. Which is a play of words. Savons means to know, and it's also the plurial of soaps. Pretty neat eh? Here you can get soaps in every fragrant, rom the usual lavender, citron and strawberry, to chocolate, coffee and coke.

So last night I stayed up until around 5 am, translating texts from english to french for my communication report. I'm done with 1 and a half chapters, so 4 and a half to go.

Je savons
Tu savons
Il savons
Nous savons tout
Vous savons
Elles savons

We all know Imdb.com, the Internet's movie database. It has almost all the movies in the world. Even malaysian movies. The problem is that they do not give much details on movies that are not known in the US. Whenever I surf for a movie or a TV series at that site, I would always go to the memorable quotes, trivia and goofs sections. I like P Ramlee movies, but they do not have memorable quotes for his movies. So here are a few that I memorised eversince I was little.

Abang ni pemalas. Dapur tu, dah lama tak berasap
-Aih? Baru je aku beli mancis hari tu dah habis? Kau makan ke?
Abang ni ada-ada sajelah, saya makan hati tau
-Eh eh, nasib baik kau kawin dengan aku tau, dapat makan hati. Tu orang sebelah tu, hari-hari rebus tulang buat sup(DoReMi)

Ghasidah, apa kau buat dengan laki kau tu ha? Anak syaitan.
-Aik, ayahanda nampaknya marah. Ayahanda marah?
Eh eh, tidaaak, tidaaak. Ghasidah peluk. Peluk laki kau sampai besok pagi.(3 abdul)

I don't know wheather to go to the hell or to the heaven. There is no jalan and no road.(labu-labi)

Ooo, beta sangkakan pukau tu panjang-panjang macam pestol, bukan yek? (nujum pak belalang)

Di negeri Isketambola, terdapat banyak, hartawan-hartawan, bangsawan-bangsawan, jutawan-jutawan, yang makan di pinggan dan minum di cawan. (3 abdul)

Yea, memang kami marah, tua kutuk, tak sedar diri, nak mampus. (3 abdul)

Aik, harta Ismet di luar negeri, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Hindustan, Gohetgostan (Go ahead, go a sturn), di mana tu?
-Dekat-dekat dengan negeri Setan
Titistan, Popostan, Tanjung Rambutan. Kaya, kaya. (3 abdul)

Tuan mau minum apa tuan, gin? tonic? gin and tonic?
-Aku mau minum air susu.
Air susu? Koboi mana minum air susu.
-Diamlah, aku tembak kang. (labu-labi)

A little advertisement, for a little lovely shop

Mr Thin - Me in a thousand years 

Bilakah Lagi

Sebuah pertemuan, sebuah keindahan,
Sebuah pertemuan, sebuah kenangan,
Sebuah pertemuan, sebuah memori sangkar kehidupan,
Sebuah peremuan, pasti akan berakhir dengan perpisahan.

Kalau dulu,
saya... awak, ana... anta, kita... orang,
Tapi kini, aku... kau,
Panggilan mesara mencetus suasana,
Walaupun seperti di zoo rasanya,
Ikan, Kuda panggil,
Ketam, Nyamuk cari.
Namun,
Itulah sebenarnya,
Yang melazatkan hidangan,
Keakraban sebuah persahabatan,
Ikhlas, suci, murni.

Kalau dulu,
Kita sering bergelak ketawa,
Kita sering mencaci mengata,
Kita sering bermasam muka,
Kita serik usik-mengusik bersama,
Walau kadang-kadang ada juga yang terasa,
Semua itu sudah tidak penting,
Kerana kehidupan kita,
Tidak ada nokhtah penghujungnya.

Kalau dulu, tunduk,
Kini pandai bermain mata,
Kalau dulu pandang-pandang,
Kini sudah ramah bergurau-senda,
Kalau dulu melekat sahaja di kerusi,
Kini asyik merayau tak tentu hala,
'Fly' menjadi rutin biasa,
Panjat pagar bersama-sama.

Sedar tak sedar,
Dua musim telah berlalu,
Segala-galanya telah berubah,
Pertemuan itu menghubungkan kita,
Perpisahan itu,
Walau sudah lama kuduga,
Pasti tetap mengundang air mata,
Kerana kasih sudah subur,
Sayang sudah meranum,
Ukhwah mekar menguntum,
Di Bumi Jasin ini,
Sebuah persahabatan,
Tak pernah terkubur.

Hari ini, SPM mula menjengah,
Melambai-lambai gembira,
Membuat Form Five tak dapat duduk selesa,
Makan tak kenyang,
Tidur tak lena,
Mandi tak basah,
Melihat timbunan kertas,
Sudah menyamai puncak menara,
Ah, alah bisa tegal biasa,
Dengan impian,
Kecemerlangan SPM pasti milik semua.

Selamat tinggal, guruku,
Biarpun pemergian ini pura-pura tak kau rasai,
Aku tetap percaya,
Ada sedih meruntun,
Ada pilu menyayat,
Ada sendu menggarit,
Hati kecilmu guruku,
Kerana aku tahu,
Dalam jerit teriak suaramu,
Ada sinar kasih sayang,
Renunglah wajah anak-anak didikmu itu,
Yang mengharap kasih,
Mendamba ilmu,
Mendaki puncak menara tuju,
Tempat semua impian disatu,
Biar kadang-kadang datang rajukmu,
Kami tetiap setia memujuk,
Biar kadang-kadang datang amarahmu,
Kami tetap setia menunduk.

Oleh itu,
Terima kasih guruku,
Atas lelahmu yang tak pernah luntur,
Mendidik aku,
Anak didikmu yang tak pernah tahu-menahu,
Agak-agaknyalah,
Bilakah lagi,
Aku dapat duduk mendengar celotehmu.

Selamat tinggal sahabat,
Biarpun pemergian ini,
Tak kau linangi air mata,
Percayalah,
Hati kita semua penuh rasa hiba,
Kerana kerinduan pada suka-duka,
Masam manis masa bersama,
Agak-agaknyalah,
Bilakah lagi,
Dapat kita bersama.

Selamat tinggal adik-adik yang kusayang,
Biarpun pemergian ini tak kau iringi,
Aku tak pernah berkecil hati,
Pintaku,
Tabahkan hatimu, teguhkan azammu, kuatkan semangatmu,
Mengharung ombak perjuangan yang penuh liku,
Walau sejuta rintangan bakal menerpa,
Walau segunung kepayahan menghalang di mata,
Aku tetap setia berdoa,
Moga kau akan sentiasa berjaya,
Kerana kaulah adik-adikku,
Hanya yang terbaik buatmu,
Agak-agaknyalah,
Bilakah lagi,
Dapat kita duduk berkongsi cerita.

Bertemu dan berpisah adat manusia biasa,
Hilang di mata, di hati tidak lupa,
Berdoalah kita agar aman dan sentosa,
Semaga berjumpa lagi di lain masa.

Musfariza Mansor-2003

This was a poem written and performed by Mus on Hari Q night. I post it just in case any of my Jasin friends are looking for the script.

I got my law results for one of the two papers. Better than expected. Slightly. Very slightly.

Have a nice Friday evening!

elle déteste cuisiner

Never have I felt prouder of myself. My mom always cooks tomato sauce (not ketchup, the tomato sauce that you eat with pasta) for me whenever I'm home. Normally i eat it with pasta, or use it a base sauce on a pizza toast, or as an alternative for ketchup on a hotdog. So when I left for France in 2004, i asked her the recipe for the sauce. I tried a few times, but usually i fail because i was short of ingredients, once it was the tomato puree, the other was the herbs, and another was the onion. But today I had all the ingredients. I even bought a tupperware to keep the rest of the sauce that I won't be needing today. I made a whole wok of it, and it tastes perfect. Just the way mom makes it. As a reward for myself, I had a big-yet-reasonable-enough portion for lunch and dinner today. Mmmm.



aku tak pandai mengarang puisi
tidak kupandai bermadah berseni
satu kalimah yang ku seikhlas tahu
hanyalah kucinta padamu -ella-

sejak dua menjak ni, tetiba ramai pulak orang yang terikut-ikut buat blog jugak. apsal ek?

videos

I came across a video today while I was surfing on youtube.com. It's an advertisement by Petronas for Hari Raya. As we all know Petronas produces heart-warming-highly-emotional ads for the festive season, be it Hari Raya, Deepavali, Chinese New Year or Merdeka. We (read:I) always tend to nearly shed a tear, if not really shed some tears, watching these ads. But this particular ad has struck me more than any other ads by Petronas ever since it was aired in 1999.




Now these videos were made by my seniors when I was in BTN camp. They're in NZ right now, and I guess they made them there. One of them, Faisal I know he's crazy and all, but this, this is way beyond what I've ever imagined that he's capable of doing.

à la rentrée

Class starts today. You know you need a good holiday. But when it's too good, it's hard to get back to work. Luckily today I only had one class and it started after lunch. But I decided to have lunch with some classmates. A lot of catching up to do. And I got back my Accounts results. I got 18,5. A good start for a new year eh? Well, wait until i get back my law papers.

After class I went to buy my groceries. When I was queuing up at the counter, I heard a kid called a name that only my little brother use to call me. Well, the kid was obviously not calling me. He was calling his father. I guess his father has the same name as the name my brother calls me. Weird.

Ahhh, I miss my little brother.

I reposted the video *slash* slideshow that I posted a few days ago. I made some modifications to it at the beginning and at the end. So try rewatch it. If you have a slow internet connection, click play, and quickly click pause, and play it only after it's fully loaded.

Yesterday they mentioned Malaysia on Conan O Brian. He's attacking all countries in the world to see if there's any response to his insults, just to know in which countries people actually tune in to his program.

"Malaysia; where the police beats you up first, before asking you for a bribe"

Wow.

This is a newspaper cutting from yesterday's Berita Harian.

SIAPA yang tidak kenal dengan Bugs Bubby, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester dan Tazmania Devil? Boleh dikatakan setiap daripada generasi hari ini tidak kira muda ataupun tua cukup mengenali enam watak kartun yang pernah menggeletek perasaan dengan gelagat dan aksi yang lucu.

I, for once, DO NOT know any Bugs Bubby.

to be and to have

It's a film. A documentary-film. We see this kind of films a lot. Farenheit 9/11, March of the Penguins, documentaries about wars, about nature, politics and so on. But this film is a documentary about school. Something that everyone can relate to. Eventhough the education system is different in every country, the experience is just the same. It's about the first few years of education. It's about having to leave home, meeting new friends, doing homework, doing other things than homework, exams, moving on to a higher level each year, the fear, the excitement, it's about us. The way we used to be when were at that age. We might not remember how we used to be anymore, and this film will help you remember it all.

Être et Avoir

To be and to have

Sein und Haben

2005

A video telling the story of a year, made in just an hour (more of a slideshow actually). Clips in the video are courtesy of Amir and Fadhil. The narrating voice in the second last clip is Ali's. Most of the clips were not taken by me or any of my group members, but they do show the profs, whom we cared so much. There're even some photos from 2004. Sesat.



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from 2005 to 2006

2005 has been a great year. And I hope I could say the same or even better for 2006. The great thing about having a blog is that you can always go back and search into the archives to find out what was being said in the past. And this was what I said on 31 December 2004

My wishes for the year 2005;
My wishes for this year:
+ Get my Titre de Sejour Got it
+ Go back to Malaysia Went back
+ Get my CAF Got it
+ Get an MP3 Player Got it
+ Lose some weight I did but with the extreme definition of some
+ Get good grades... better grades Got them
+ Stabalize my emotions Managed that
+ Super U would not stop giving free plastic bags They did not stop
+ Train tickets go cheaper They go unfortunately, more expensive
+ No more 7 hours of Maths Thank God it happened
+ The price of De Caun et Garcia's DVD would go down to 15 euros Still at 19,99
+ And last but not least, Find that green socks i've always wanted. Found that

Like I said 2005 has been a great year. And let's see what happened in 2005

- I went to ski for the first time in my life.
- I learnt that what's been done can never be undone
- I've been to Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Vatican City
- I moved to Lille
- I started my degree program
- I made my first presentation in front of a 100% french public
- I said things that I've always wanted to say
- I celebrated Hari Raya really alone for the first time
- I had my proper German classes
- I was reminded that saying goodbye is the hardest

If 2005 can be describe in a song, it would be Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now

Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons ev’rywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on ev’ryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all

Moons and junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev’ry fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way

But now it’s just another show
You leave ’em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know
Don’t give yourself away

I’ve looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I’ve looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed
Well something’s lost, but something’s gained
In living ev’ry day

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all


Happy New Year to all!!