Bosannya menelaah pelajaran

The thing that gets me whenever I listen to a French singer singing an English song, especially when it’s a live performance, is that, I can’t really decide in which language he actually sings it. You’d thought you’ve heard it in English for a line and the next one sounds very much like French. That’s why I don’t really layan Star Academy or Nouvelle Star (even the Malaysian and American versions come to think of it). And tonight, when asked to say his final few words, the eliminated candidate said ‘Well, right now, I just want to take a dump’. How anti-climax was that?

A friend of mine invited me to his house this afternoon to drink coffee before going back to the library to do our revision. Huh, jeles tak terkata. Dishwasher, washing machine, balcony tengok taman, a living room as huge as whole studio, oh and dapur dia siap ada counter lagi! Everything I had wanted for my own apartment. Tapi aku rasa kalau aku ada dapur macam tu pun, botol sos tomato tetap akan end up on my study desk somehow. He said it was his parents’. Waa kan best kalau bapak aku ada rumah kat sini. Takyah sibuk fikir macam mana nak lari dari tuan rumah bila dia bawak orang visit rumah untuk sewa lepas aku. Alamak, besok cuti, library tutup kena la lari rumah Ajib plak.

Menghitung hari
Membilang jari
Ternanti-nanti
Tiga minggu lagi

Ugh

Seksanya takde Internet. It has been only 3 days and I'm out of movies to watch from my external hard disk. Sekarang ni terpaksa aku gi library untuk online. Kalau penuh aku buat-buat baca magazine depan komputer tu, nampak je orang bangun terus aku slam magazine aku tepi komputer tu. Nasib baik ada Ajib, boleh la gak aku online kat umah dia.

Hari ni kelas last. Kelas last aku sebagai seorang student (ye la kan menuntut ilmu dari buaian sampai liang lahad). Sebenarnya Jumaat ni ada je kelas tapi semua orang pakat tanak pegi. Dah la kelas yang takde kaitan dengan exam final. So kira aku ni tengah dilema la gak. Kalau tak gi, kesianla kat cikgu, takut dia kecik ati, tak pun lagi teruk dia balas dendam kata 'saya nak buat exam surprise tapi dah takde orang semua dapat kosong'. Tapi kalau aku datang, and aku sorang ada dua possibilities
1. 'Awak je datang? Tak kuasa saya nak buat kelas. Awak boleh balik'
2. 'Awak je datang? Saya tanak bazirkan masa awak. Saya sanggup buat kelas face to face

Seriously, I want the second one.

Off the radar

I will be almost incommunicado from today onwards. My handphone line has been cut off today after I asked for the contract termination a few days ago and I'll be returning my modem to my ISP today.

Tensionnya, time ni la nak putus dengan dunia luar, time ada assignment and time aku kena check email every 5 minutes nak tau pasal internship aku.

Hai orang muda

I'm 20 going on 21 and I'm feeling old.

Last weekend I went to Nice to attend the 2nd MASAF games (more on that later this week). The reason I went there was not really to participate in any games, let alone win (although a win would be nice), but really to meet people for the last time before I get back to Malaysia this May. Of course I will always have the chance to meet some of them again (especially Luk, kat sekolah muka dia, kat France muka dia, balik keje nanti pun muka dia, tak habis-habis nak stalk aku), tapi yelah, lepas ni takde la nak suka-suki lagi macam sekarang ni kan?

Since none of the students from my batch was there (kecuali Ustat la, balik-balik muka dia, takde orang lain ke?) I spent a lot of my time with my juniors from the 3rd and 4th batch (2nd batch nasib baik jumpa Amir, yang lain tak jumpa pun). And spending time with this young bloods made me realize - They still have the time in their hands. I really envy them and I wish I could turn back time and do everything all over again. But I guess one should never dwell in the past, 'While it’s true that life must be understood backward, it must be lived forward' someone said.

So kepada adik-adik di luar sana, belajarlah rajin-rajin. Enjoy la jadi student puas-puas, nanti tak sempat. Janganlah nak jadi macam abang Kimi (uwekk), jadilah diri anda sendiri (mcm ada je org nk jadi aku hahaha).

Agak-agaknyalah
Bilakah lagi
Dapat kita duduk
Berkongsi cerita
Sedutan Bilakah Lagi-Mus

Menhitung hari, menggigit jari.

Waaa, 45 hari je lagi.

The other day I bought my flight ticket on the Internet. At first I wanted to buy it on Govoyages like I always do. Somehow, I was influenced by a friend to get my ticket from the MAS website since it's somewhat cheaper (40€ je pun). After they've approved my payment, I got panicked instantly when they said that I could then print out my e-ticket.

Hah? Kalau naik AirAsia ke Ryanair ke logik la jugak, pasal regional flight tapi ni dah la intercontinental, MAS pulak tu. I mean, kalau beli last minute tu boleh terima la lagi. Ke aku yang ketinggalan zaman? Sedangkan handphone pun takde camera, inikan pulak nak pakai e-ticket. What's even weirder dah dekat seminggu duit still dia tak tolak-tolak lagi dalam akaun. Anehnya.

But the sad thing was when I had to choose between a return and a single journey ticket. Rasa sebak la jugak. Tapi taklah sesebak bila aku try tengok harga return ticket. Mak ai, dah naik sampai 1200€. padahal first year aku balik tahun 2006 baru 600 lebih. Sekarang 600 tu dapat one way je.

Since I bought my ticket, I've been having the same dream almost every night. I was at the terminal, and I boarded my plane, and I looked outside the window, and when the plane sped up along the runaway rasa sebak pulak. It's a real feeling, because I can feel the sebakness as I was dreaming.

Currently I'm on my last mid-term break ever in my life. The other day I just sat for my last ever continuous assessment (aka contrôle continue, aka kuiz kalau kat MRSM). Tinggal one final assignment and 2 whole weeks of final exams in May. Clearly the end is near. Everything I do starts to seem as if I was doing it for the last time (last box of detergent bought in France, last trip to Paris in February, last trip to London in March, last tub of Ben and Jerry's... make that the second last one eaten while watching a few movies back to back). Sangat sedih.

You help me, and in turn, I am helped by you!
Homer Simpson