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Tuesday 30 November 2010

P.Ramlee- The History Channel

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

Pagi tadi tengok P.Ramlee punya documentary kat History Channel. Dan saya menangis. Takdela menangis teresa-esak, mind you. Cuma keluar air mata aje. Sebak, tersentuh, terkejut. Selama ni baca biografi P.Ramlee tak pernah tau yang dia sebenarnya hidup susah waktu zaman kejatuhan dia. Broke, takde duit. Selama ni tengok cerita P.Ramlee gelak je tengok dia buat lawak. Tu waktu zaman kegemilangan. Memang sedih sangat sangat la tengok documentary ni. Aziz Sattar pun sebak bila cerita yang dia datang rumah P.Ramlee nampak dia makan nasi dengan telur je. P.Ramlee merupakan seorang seniman! Bila dia jatuh, sikit je orang nak tolong dia, nak support dia.

Lepas tu bila dia dah meninggal baru la media semua sibuk-sibuk. Biasalah, manusia kan. Bila seseorang tu dah takde barulah nak terkenang.

Everyone should watch this.

















Beethoven's Sympony No.7 Movement 1, 2,3, 4

 Ludwig Van Beethoven's Symphony no 7  is divided into four movements. The four movements are different in terms of tempo and structure..

1) Symphony no.7 1st movement




2) Symphony no.7 2nd Movement



3) Symphony no.7 3rd Movement




4) Symphony no 7 4th Movement 




Movement 1 still tops my list. Followed by Movement 4 and 4.  Movement 2 is the most boring one as it is in a really slow tempo and I can't wait for it to finish once I listened to it. >__<

I wish to see a live performance of this symphony. Movement 1!

And I'm going to download ALL Beethoven's songs, and Brahms, and Rachmaninoff and other concertos and put them in my MP3 (of which I have not yet owned one :P)

Happy Reading! :)

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

Howdy folks!

First of all, sad to say that I didn't win NaNoWriMo. I know, I still have less than 24 hours to verify my novel but let's be realistic. How on earth can I manage to rack my brain by writing another 25,000 words?
I started a bit late, which is just last week because I had to concentrate on my final exams which started from the end of October till 13th of November. Half of the month had passed.
Yeah, excuses, excuses. It's just an excuse. I might have given up on NaNoWriMo but it doesn't mean that I'll be giving up on my novel. So, I'll just continue writing! Besides, there is always another NaNoWriMo next year (insya-Allah kalau umur panjang dan sihat). This is my first NaNoWriMo. Maybe I didin't manage to make it to 50k this year, but I learned something. I gain a wonderful experience! And in order to win next time, I need strategies. And I will interact with other NaNoWriMos in the forum by sharing ideWinning 50k without gaining new friends/internet buddies is just bland, tasteless, flavourless.

Jem on NaNoWriMo: Why are you pressuring yourself? Tak senang cuti!

LOL.

I just got my scholarship money. Yaay! And the first thing I wanted to do is to buy BOOKS! BOOKS! and MORE BOOKS!
But sad to say, in order to buy books, I have to finish reading the unread and half-read books that are
currently residing in my overflowed bookshelf.



Nice, girlish cover, right? The real price is RM 62.30 from MPH. But I got it for RM20.00 from Daily Books. And it's in HARDCOVER! :D And it's quite thick. 514 pages. They're making a movie out of this book, if I'm not mistaken.


Muahaha, baru nak baca Eclipse and Breaking Dwan? Yes, you're right! Beli 1 tahun sebelumnya, baru nak habiskan baca 1 tahun selepasnya. :P

Buku Dan Brown paling bosan to tell the truth. Jane Eyre tu complete edition. Time sekolah rendah dulu baca abridged edition.


TOTAL: 5 BOOKS

Ok, bye.

Thursday 25 November 2010

What if I'm pregnant??!!

I met this one fool cool guy and he wasn't like any other guys I've met. He's like the other half of me. He completes me. I can act the way I do, being my own self when I'm with him.

So, this is how it goes.

And one day, I went to Popular Bookstores in Megamall Kuantan. I was looking through new books, then I saw Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals. Like, OMG! I've been waiting to sink my teeth into it for a long time! Then I saw a really cool guy, he was reading a book, immersed into his own world, unaware of the surroundings. I couldn't help but to stare at him. Kakkoii!
 Then he caught me staring at him. Embarrassed much?? I looked away. And when I was going to pay for the book. Oopsie! I forgot that I only have RM10 in my purse. Tu la, JPA tak masuk lagi! Then, with a heavy feeling, I put the book back into the rack.

He saw me did that. And he asked 'Why? Aren't you going to buy it?'
Whoa! He speaks in perfect ENGLISH!

'Err?' cat got my tongue.
And without us realising it, we started discussing about the kind of books that we've read, which one is better, the movie adaptation of Da Vinci Code or the novel itself? We had fun. Like, totally. He's my type of guy. You know, crazy about reading and books. Like magic, we sort of clicked.

He asked for my number of which I didn't give. Cannot~!
But I gave him my facebook email. And for the next days, weeks, we contacted each other. One day, we met each other again in Popular Bookstore. What do you expect, Kuantan doesn't have MPH or Borders!

We looked at each other into the eyes, mesmerized with each other's beauties (please fetch yourself a basin to throw up) and he held my hand. And. the whole event can be summarized in three words.

We did it.

And suddenly I felt an immense regret, I was crying. He said he'll be responsible. This is never happening! I have committed a really grave sin. I really hope that all this is a nightmare and it will all be OK once I wake up. I decided to repent, I pray to Allah that 'Please, don't make that happen,', decided to move on, pretending it never happens. After all, we have to keep moving forward, right?

And I didn't contact him ever since. In fact, I've deleted him from my list of friends in facebook! He kept on sending friend requests but I blocked him. I feel really angry with him. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! I'm a UIA student for goodness sake!

And so I went on doing my so-called duties as a student, carrying on with my normal daily life. But of course, life is never the same again. I feel really guilty. I didn't tell anyone. Not even my parents! No way!

I'm an optimistic person. I'll move on, that's what I thought. Then I realised I missed a cycle.

'Ok,never mind. It's normal la right, inconsistent menstrual cycle. It must be because of the hormones,'

And I got more and more worried when I had missed THREE menstrual cycles. As a health-based student, I don't need the pregnancy test to confirm that I'm pregnant. I just know it. After all, I did it, right?

I got so scared and started to cry. I couldn't concentrate in class. I don't have any mood to study. My future dreams are ruined! I imagined myself becoming all famous and successful one day
and suddenly all those papparazis took a sneak peek into my past life and they found out that I had a child out of wedlock and all? NOO!!!

I once thought of an abortion but didn't do it based on 3 reasons.
1. How on earth am I going to find accommodation in Thailand to abort my child?
2. I'm afraid of pain.
3. I have to study for a series of quizzes so if I aborted my child it will take several months to recover and I'm afraid of pain.

But later on, people will find out! My  stomach  my uterus will grow bigger. How am I supposed to hide the controversial state of my stomach?

Then I began to eat a lot. A lot of people commented that I'm a bit chubby and my stomach is a bit bloated. I said 'It must be because of the food and I need to eat a lot since I'm all stressed out with the coming final exam,' And the miraculous thing is that I didn't experience morning sick.

When my mum called me I was really sad for dissapointing her. I cried each time I hung up the phone after finished talking to her.

The distance between my Mahallah and the Kulliyyah of Pharmacy is approximately 1 km away and you have to walk under a hot scorching sun to reach there.

One day, I fainted on the road. My friends brought me to the clinic and the doctor said shouted

'ARE YOU PREGNANTTT?????'

I just nodded weakly. And she conveyed the bad news to the mahallah principal. Mahallah principal told my parents. My mum called me and she cried on the phone,saying how sinful I am, how dissapointed she is, my father didn't say anything as he was very very dissapointed. My mum said I'm supposed to set good examples to my siblings. And what will happen if her relatives and friends know about this?

I cried as well. I hate this wriggly thing that always kicked me in my uterus. I hate the cool guy. I hate myself for loving books too much thus falling in love lust with a guy who is a bibliophile!

And later on, everyone in Kulliyyah of Pharmacy knows I'm pregnant. And then everyone in UIA Kuantan knows that. My friends were so shocked. I isolated myself from them. Then the Dean issued me a dismissal letter. A student becoming pregnant out of wedlock is TOTALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE in UIA, the same goes with other universities in Malaysia.

My parents don't want to fetch me from Kuantan as they are too embarrassed and angry.
I purchased a bus ticket and throughout the 12 hours long journey from Kuantan to Sungai Petani, I was busy thinking about my fate, my destiny, my future.

When I got home, I got one hell of scoldings. My mum were crying, my dad was really mad at me. My siblings too, were sad and I thought over and over again 'WHAT HAVE I DONE???'

My mum said that I shall deliver the child and give it to someone. Then I said 'No, I want to raise him/her,'.
  I could try to increase my blog traffic so that I can depend solely on Nuffnang for my monthly income. I'll get a lot of money and I'll take really good care of my child.

But for now, I need money. And I dare not to ask for it from my parents, not after what I did.

Anyway, I've learned not to care too much about what people thought of me. Who cares? At least I did not have the slightest intention of throwing away the baby once I have secretly delivered it. And of course, I'm not going to deliver it in the toilet and dumped it into the toilet bowl! YUCKS! I have committed a really grave mistake and I'm not going to commit another one.

I'm still struggling right now. I'm pregnant all right, so what?

To pregnant girls out there! Don't even think of throwing away your child like that once you've found out that you're pregnant. Don't even think of an abortion!There are many alternatives! You could go to the
 School for Pregnant teenagers (except that I'm no longer a teen nor am I a school student)
 or any rehab centres. OPTIMISM IS THE KEY!

If you're not willing to face those horrible feelings, don't even think of having sexual relationships BEFORE you're legally married. You wouldn't want to become like me! This immense guilt will never be washed away. :(

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GOTCHA! I am a self-proclaimed drama queeen who has a wild imagination. I like to imagine things. Ever thought of what's going to happen if you accidentally got pregnant before getting married?
I used to write lots of these 'What ifs stuffs. Writing these kinds of stuffs make me become more cautious, responsible, careful. I would often imagine about the worst case scenarios that would happen if I did this or that. It's kind of a self-reflection in a way. Helping me to think rationally before deciding to do something. And I pray they will never ever happened, Allah forbids that please!


It's because I watched this earlier on. It struck me on how relaxed Juno is. How relaxed her parents are when responding to such situation. Imagined if it was me. I guess those western people are too liberal and open minded that the thought of their daughters getting pregnant is considered normal. And somehow,  it makes me reflected back on the cases that I've seen, read and heard in the media. On teenagers getting pregnant, those who did it, baby dumping, school for pregnant teenagers. Haish. I wouldn't want to experience all that. No!

Inspiration, I need inspiration! I need to finish my novel! 

With that, thank you for reading. Adieu and assalamualaikum. :)

The Good Old Days (1996)

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I watched this chinese series when I was 7 and 8 (three seasons, a total of 100 episodes). I got to say that it's the most memorable Chinese drama I've ever watched. =)

In the good old childhood times of 1997-1998, I would watch this on TV3 at 6.00 p.m every weekdays. I got really addicted to it. Hehe. I guess that this is the FIRST EVER Chinese drama I've ever watched, making it more memorable.

A brief synopsis of the series (based on what I could remember, the reason I wrote the synopsis is because I wanted to test my memory :P)

It is set in China, before World War II, before the Japanese invaded China, in the 1930s, I guess. During the China Revolution. There was one rich family and a poor servant girl named Sau Hao (played by Amy Chan). The head of the family has two wives. The first wife is sick, she likes Sau Hao and she asked her son, Ho Sang to marry Sau Hao. Ho Sang had another lover but he had no choice but to fulfill his mother's wishes. And so they got married but Ho Sang doesn't love her and kept on ignoring her. Sau Hao was well-liked by the other members of the family. Then one day, the mother died. Ho Sang is devastated, he tried to kill himself but is stopped by Sau Hao. From that event, Ho Sang started to realise how kind and lovable Sau Hao is.

Okay. There was war at the North of China at that time. Ho Sang is a patriotic man. He had enlisted himself in the army, with many objections from his family members, especially his father. Sau Hao is an understanding wife who understands (LOL) her husband's dream of seeing the whole China becomes united (err).

So, he went to the battlefield. Suddenly a woman (forgot her character's name, but her real name is Sheren Tang) came into the family's house, saying she is pregnant with Ho Sang's child. Sau Hao is really kind so she let her stay with the family. The family members didn't like her, at first. They hated her even more when she accidentally caused the miscarriage of Sau hao's pregnancy (is this sentence correct? :P).

Sheren gave birth to a baby girl. Sau Hao loved the child as her own. Then, the Japanese invaded China and they moved to Guangzhou . At first Ho Sang continuously wrote letters to Sau Hao. Sau Hao and Sheren together with their family members built up a new life in Hong Kong. They opened up a clothes shop. Then Sau Hao received a letter saying Ho Sang is dead. Sau hao and Sheren become good friends who stick togetehr through thick and thins.

Ho Sang is not dead. He was badly injured and there was a nurse taking care of him. When he woke up, he lost his memory and he fell in love with the nurse. BLURGHHH.
Ho Sang's younger brotehr, Ho Man likes Sau Hao but Sau hao still loves her husband. Bla bla. Then they found Ho Sang but Ho Sang couldn't remember Sau Hao and Sheren. He got married with the nurse already. I hate the nurse. She wanted to keep Ho Sang to herself. HUH!

Then Ho Sang recovered his memory. Then he realised he doesn't really love the nurse. The one he loves the most is Sau Hao. Sheren is in love with a rich guy in Hong Kong who always help her. It was a love-hate relationship at first. Then her daughter (hers and Ho Sang's) grows up and got enrolled into a Medical School. Ho Man married Sau Hao's youngest sister. Sau Hao delivered a baby boy. Then the nurse got divorced with Ho Sang and continued being an army nurse, and she fell in love with a soldier.

The end of the series is very very very memorable. It is in 1996, Ho Sang and Sau Hao are already old. They have grandchildren, China and Hong Kong are modern cities. As they sit down, they reminisced The Good Old Days.

First opening



Second opening. You should listen to this song! It's really romantic xD



And you could get a brief glimpse of the whole story by watching the videos.

and I LOVE THE SONGS! Although they're in Cantonese, and I couldn't understand Cantonese :P

You can watch 'The Good Old Days on NTV7 at 12.30 a.m every weekdays. Hehe

You also can read the summaries from these sites

The Good Old Days Drama Summaries

P.S Re-watching old dramas makes me sad. :(

Tuesday 23 November 2010

NaNoWriMo Blues Part 1

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)



I got tired. I'm actually thinking of cheating!
How? By copying the contents of my blog to the word count scoreboard. :PPP
Meg Cabot actually caught me cheating!
But no, I'm not that pathetic.

8 more days to go and currently my word count is at pathetic 12,630. Aiming to reach 15,000 by this evening. And going to write 5000 more tonight. My target for today is 20,000 words! Oh yeah!

My story is divided into Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The same story but different genres for each part. Heh. You might feel that there's no connection between the first part and the second part, but as you read part 3, you will discover that part 1 and part 2 are actually connected and related. Part 3 pratically concludes what happened throughout the story. Sounds complicated? Not really.

So, what is it about? You'll see. :P

Why am I doing this? Life is short. I wanted to try everything that is possible to attain. Athough my novel is not 'publishable', at least I could tell someone that throughout my 20 years living on Earth, I had at least successfully written TWO novels. This is my second novel. I completed the 1st novel when I was 18 and it's in Malay, Also, there will be lots of regrets if I didn't manage to finish it. NaNoWriMo only comes once a year and I need something to be proud of, something that actually motivates me, consoling me during the horrible hours of lecture weeks next semester.

What did I actually do to gain ideas? Lots of prayers, haha, reading (read: CLEO and COSMOPOLITAN :P), going all bonkers and crazy, and yes, listening to sad instrumental music really helps.

I don't care whether it is a good story or not (to others). I just want to finish it and get my hands on the swanky NaNoWriMo certificate! And of course, I would want to brag to others that I managed to finish my novel in a matter of weeks! (less than 4 weeks, to be precise). :P

For now, it's QUANTITY that matters, not QUALITY. Imagine, if I sit down, looking blankly at the computer screen, typing the sentences, then felt that they are not good enough, deleting them, writing again, deleting again, my God, the novel will never be finished!

 And I'm using simple words that everyone can understand. My vocabulary is not that vast and I'm not good in constructing flowery, literature-ish sentences.

The first draft is always about quantity, the matter of finishing your story. The same goes with the second draft, adding bits by bits, then the third drafts and so on. You need to keep on editing and editing. Writing a novel is HARD! To all novelists out there,  I salute you!

And this is a conversation between me and my sister

Moi: I'm so tired!
Moi sister: of what?
Moi: of writing!
Moi sister: You're not writing, you're typing!
Moi: It's the same la!
Moi sister: Writing kan guna tangan
Moi: Habis tu, typing guna kaki ke?

In case you don't know, 'Moi' is pronounced as 'Mua', which is French for 'me' or '  I  ' ( I guess). see, you learn something new from my blog! HAHAHAHAHA. 

Okay, got to go back to writing. 2370 words to go! And I aim to finish it by 6 p.m

And eh, I just realised that I forgot to take my lunch. GRRPPBBBPP (bunyi perut berkeroncong).

Howl's Moving Castle by Joe Hisaishi

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I just loooovvvveeee instrumental music. I love classical music. I love Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms', Rachmaninoff, Bach and other composers in the Classical period. I love Yiruma, I love Joe Hisaishi, I love any instrumental music. They are very soothing and relaxing.

I have an unfulfilled childhood dream of being able to perform in an orchestra. Of which I think it will just remain as a dream. :P

I really wish that I could watch a real live orchestra ( I watched the first orchestra performed by college students when I was nine). Nodame Cantabile tops my list of most favourite Japanese Drama. LOL.

 The song I'm currently in love with. :D

Howl's Moving castle by Joe Hisaishi. It's an old song.



Now, after listening to this, how could one not being able to appreciate and love instrumental music?

P/S: Syidah kena dengar lagu ni! :D

I wish I could be honest

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

For the past few months, maybe for the past one year, I feel that I'm not being true to myself while writing the blog posts. As more people read my blog, I feel more restricted. (but really, thank you for reading my blog :D)I could not express myself freely as I did before. I couldn't show my true cranky behaviour, writing irrelevant posts like what I did 2 years ago. I'm worried about other people's perceptions and I really wish I'm not.

Somehow, I don't think it's right to expose everything about yourself up in the net, especially the problems you're facing as you will be labeled as an 'emo'. A slang for someone who is constantly emotional. :P

I seriously think I should not care too much about people's thoughts or else my creativity (so-called) will be suppressed. before, I could write more than 4 long blog posts in a day but now I couldn't.

I'm a person who is easily excited. When I discovered new things, do something that is fulfilling, or see/observe whatever events I will become all excited and the best medium to express this feeling is through writing. I wish to share my experiences with other people and thus, I wrote them all in a blog.

When I'm feeling down or depressed, I would often write about them in the blog. But as I read back, I feel ashamed and thus deleted the post.

Even if I experienced a writer's block, I would write just about everything (crazy, cranky stuffs, of course) but at least I'm writing. I do notice that my creative juice is slowly being drained nowadays.
When I started this blog in 2007, I had a great fun exploring the wonderful world of blogs. I had fun changing the templates, I had fun spamming my friends' cboxes. Maddy, Jem and Farhana were my first blog buddies. I miss the carefree times we had, reading and commenting other people's blog posts. Maddy even said that
' Reading your blog makes my day!'

I am not a serious, responsible, diligent, careful, excellent person. I'm the opposite of all that. I love to laugh, I love to talk, I love to make jokes, I am somehow the clown of the class (maybe among my friends) and I love being all that. I am a weirdo and I'm proud of that fact.

In a conclusion, I should write for myself, not for others. Something or anything that I think is good, not what people think is good. I should be who I am. But one thing. I shall not be emo.

Thank you for reading. :)

Thursday 18 November 2010

Holiday-ing

Assalamualaikum and hello to al :)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha to all Muslims around the world. 

I am now in....

PULAU PANGKOR! =D

ITU SAJA

(LOL. Ikut trademark Nikmah pulak :P)

Monday 15 November 2010

Sean Biggerstaff in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. =)

Remember this cute guy?


Oh, no no. Not the specky one on your left. Everyone knows and will always remember the specky guy. The one on his left. The Quidditch captain of Gryffindor. The Keeper. The cute but unnoticeable supporting character.




Righto.

It's Oliver Wood, one of my favourite characters in the book. *dreamy look*

Named after Germany National Team former captain and goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn. .
 I made up the fact myself. But it's coincidental, right? Oliver Wood was the keeper and captain of the Quidditch team. Oliver Kahn held the same positions as well. Could it be that...

J.K. Rowling secretly supports Germany over her own country during World Cup? *bewildered look*

Anyway, I digress.

Sean Biggerstaff only appeared in the first two movie directed by Christopher Columbus. I feel sad for him, LOL. The Harry Potter franchise survived EIGHT years without him. The last movie he acted in is 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' which was in 2002.

As I was surfing and wandering around The Internet World and Wikipedia World aimlessly, of which I couldn't remember how on Earth did I manage to type his name into the search box and....


Which is just AWESOME! A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!
Of course,  the Battle in the Great Hall is the most important and memorable event in the book! And the scene where Oliver Wood carries the dead body of Colin Creevy is really...disheartening.

Maybe he would just appear in one scene but oh who cares, like I'd said (or written), that particular one scene is so emotionally powerful that it would stir up different kinds of emotion, you get what I mean? Yeah, I haven't watched the movie (it's not out yet like, duh!) nor the trailer. But I've read the book.



I possess and had read all the books (tiada nada bangga di sini. Tiada apa-apa yang perlu dibanggakan, LOL. Oh yeah, the books in this picture are mine! :D )
Ok, back to the topic. I really hope that the camera will focus about 2-3 minutes or more on him. And let him speak a sentence or two, please!

Besides, who could forget that cheeky grin of his? :D


"You are the seeker,"

Err, is he still single? Was he even single before? ;)

Eh wait seminit! To think again, he's only going to appear in the 2nd installment of Deathly Hallows, am I right? HAHA. So much for being excited right now. :P

Disclaimer: Images of Sean Biggerstaff/Oliver Wood are googled.

the Geek of the Lord of the Rings

Post ni ketinggalan zaman ke? Bukan dah habis ke Lord of the Rings 7 tahun lepas? Oh, who cares!


All three movies! Done watching! I mean, done REwatching! :D
No matter how geeky I sound, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the BEST! I repeat, THE BEST epic fantasy film I've ever watched! Like, seriously! Harry Potter pun boleh kalah tau! Twilight saga? Oh, purleaseeee...Tak masuk dalam senarai pun (the movies, I mean).

It was in 2004, and I was staying up late until 3 a.m  just to watch the ?th Academy Awards to watch the glorious moments of which 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all ELEVEN awards it was nominated for!

Seriously, the movies are awesome! The books?

Err, I mean, the book. The only Lord of the Ring book I've ever bought.


I was twelve when I bought it. My vocabulary was not that vast back then. I found it difficult to understand some of the 'difficult' adult-ish words that Tolkien's using. Then I ended up not reading it. -_____-. Maalini, my classmate, also the best student for the English subject at school admitted that it was quite difficult to comprehend some of sentences, and she said that the selection of words are of high level English. We regarded it as an 'adult version' of Harry Potter. xD

 And after 8 years, when I tried to read it again (due to LOTR's movies influences), the first thing I did was smile. I could understand almost all the words in the book and thus it will not pose that much difficulty for me to start reading it again. I just couldn't believe that I didn't know the meanings of very very simple words like.... ah, tak payah. Bikin malu je.
 

Looks like Peter Jackson is making a new movie titled 'The Hobbit', which is actually the prequel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It tells about Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf's adventures and how Bilbo managed to 'steal' the ring from Gollum and all. Can't wait! Okay, I'm turning into a LOTR geek, I'm afraid.



And I want a vintage Middle Earth map like this! Oh, screw it, vintage or not, I want any version of Middle Earth map where I can stick to my bedroom wall and analyse the war strategies used by Aragorn and others in the wars between Rohan and Gondor with Mordor (oh, how geeky). Where to buy eh?

and last but not least...



Don't you think that Gollum is AH-DOH-RA-BLE ??!!? :P

Hollywood version of hantu toyol, I must say.

Disclaimer: Images are googled.

Sunday 14 November 2010

"Kakak, kakak buat apa??!!'

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

The Utama Express from Terminal Bas Kuantan departed at 9.05 a.m and I have safely arrived at Sungai Petani, Kedah at about 6. 40 a.m. I was sleeping throughout the long 10 hours journey. ;)

A few days before coming back to Sungai Petani, I had promised my 6 years old brother, Haziq that I'll play Play Station with him. Or even, accompany him while he's playing. Avatar, Hitman, Batman, Ninja Turtle, whatsoever. I had never liked playing Play Station or X box or whatsoever. I like Super Mario though. xD

But what did I do? Upon reaching home after having a heavy breakfast of masala tose and teh tarik at the Nasi Kandar restaurant, I switched on the computer and here I am, blogging, online-ing. Internet sangat laju oh sangat bestnya!

Haziq who's playing games downstairs keep on asking 'Kakak, kakak buat apa?
'Kakak tengah tengok komputer!'

5 minutes later

'Kakak,, kakak tengok komputer apa?'
'Kakak tengah tengok benda best! (lain macam je bunyinya) Nanti kakak turun!'

5 minutes later

'Kakak, kakak buat apa???'''
'Kakak tengah tulis kat komputer. Kejap tau!

LOL. Kesian.

Haha. XD
Well, you can't blame me. At home, you would never have to wait for more than a minute for a wepage to finish loading its contents.

While at UIA, guess what? 5 freaking minutes! Tu sebab tengok internet kat UIA membazir masa dan tenaga.

Syafiq's at UIA. Syazwani's at school. Dad and Danial went out. Mum's working. It's only me and Haziq in the house. What better things to do, right? ;P

Err, kanak-kanak zaman sekarang. -____-

Saturday 13 November 2010

Finals are FINALLY over!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

FINAL EXAMS SEMESTER 1 2010/2011

23/10/2010 Halaqah/Study Circle Final Exam
27/10/2010 Tilawah Final Exam
29/10/2010 Pharmacy Practice Practical
31/10/2010 Islamic Worldview
1/11/2010 Islamic Input in Pharmacy
2/11/2010 Pharmacy Practice
3/11/2010 Common OSPE and Bahasa Melayu Lanjutan
4/11/2010 Physiology
6/11/2010 MCQ Islamic Input, Pharmacy Practice, Physiology
9/11/2010 Physical Pharmacy
10/11/2010 Anatomy and Histology
13/11/2010 MCQ Physical Pharmacy, Anatomy

YEAH! FINALS ARE OVER! And the first semester of the first year in Kulliyyah of Pharmacy has come to its end!

I think I did my best and OK (my definition of OK)  in all the subjects except Physical Pharmacy. It is the toughest paper out of those listed above. I really hope and I'll pray with all my might that I'll pass the subject! Insya-Allah.

 What? You think it's easy to score? Try taking the subject yourself! Physics Matriculation lagi senang tahu! Physics SPM tak payah cakapla (ceh, tiba-tiba berlagak pulak).

And the end of the semester marks the beginning of a four-weeks semester vacation! There are so many things I wanted to do!

1. Complete my novel (By the end of November)
2. Master 'Fur Elise' and 'play by ears' trainings.
3. Practice and master the art of driving. XD
4. Update blogs
5. Finish reading unread and half-read books

Eh, itu je ke? Oh, those are the compulsory things that I must do. Meaning, productive things that I intend to do during the 4 weeks vacation. Banyak-banyak aktiviti pun nanti tak terbuat. Cakap je lebih. HAHA.

Other side things
1. Watch available Japanese Dramas and movies in hard disk
2. Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in cinema. :D
3. Dates with old school friends. :D

And family's gonna go for vacations around places in Malaysia! (of course la, duh!)
I'll try my best to update on that. 

I really really really so badly wanted to go to Big Bad Wolf's Book Fair. Imported fictions at a mere price of RM 9.00 each? OMG!!! I'm practically hyperventilating!

But it's in Selangor! Which is really sad. I wish I live in Selangor (for the sole purpose of going to book fairs around the state). I wish Kedah has lots of good bookstores. I guess I'll just have to wait for the MPH Book Fair next year. Which doesn't give that many discounts as compared to Big Bad Wolf. Which is really disappointing. Which makes me wanted to open my own bookstore one day. Apahal banyak sangat 'which' ni?

It's hard being a bookaholic, you know (drama queen's tone)

Oh yeah, know what? We Pharmacy students haven't gotten our scholarship money yet. Because OSC made a silly mistake of  forgetting to send our forms to JPA.  They have forgotten? Oh, really? Or, are they not alert enough? Okay, don't care.

Oh, cuti! Oh, Kedah! Oh, Sungai Petani! Oh, home sweet home!
Oh, Physical Pharmacy~~~ >__________<

I worry too much. Let's worry about it when the time comes. To think again, everything has been perfectly planned and destined for my own good. Why should I be worried at all? :D

Till then, assalamualaikum and bye!

Friday 5 November 2010

Dexchlorpheniramine maleate, by that, I mean antihistamine

Just ignore the title of the post above. 

HUNGRY HUNGARIAN


Life at home is really pleasant. No matter what time it is, you will always find something in the fridge when you're feeling hungry.. Kalau pukul 12 tgh malam tu kebuluran, boleh check freezer, ada nuggets, ada ayam goreng, ada daging burger, ada fries, ada wedges, whoa heaven!

Pukul 12 malam makan nasi putih panas dengan kicap and ayam goreng Ayamas/ nuggets best jugak.Sambil tu, layan movies kat Astro. Ahaha


Kalau guna daging burger, takde burger punya buns pun takpe. Goreng daging burger, goreng telur, letak sos, letak mayonis, both of them sandwiched between two pieces of Gardenia bread, Gardenia bread tu kalau bakar sekali dengan margerine pun best. OMG! Crunchy!


Lepas tu kalau ada macaroni,  boil atas api (?)bagi kembang lepas tu kalau ada cheese spread letak je atas macaroni lepas tu gaul(?) bagi sekata. :P

Ada maggi pulak. Boil dalam air yang sikit guna boiler (?) bukan guna kettle. Lepas tu letak perencah, letak telur, letak lada sulah. Kalau letak air sikit, perencah semua tu akan absorbed dalam maggi punya mee. Er, betul ke resipi ni. My sister is an expert in this.

Lepas tu ada potatoes,  boil jugak bagi lembut. Lepas tu mash, lepas tu letak butter, letak cheese,letak garam, letak lada sulah.  OMG!

Ada wedges, ada fries, apa lagi, goreng je la! 


Apa ni bagi resepi tengah malam? My midnight recipes consist of simple fried stuffs, boiled stuffs, pepper stuffs, cheese stuffs. Microwave is very very important when you're feeling extremely lazy. And of course, there are more easy midnight recipes that I invented myself of which the time taken to prepare is less than 30 minutes. Hidup kena kreatif! 


Notes: Bila lapar, semua pun boleh telan!


Kalau dekat University

Life at university is tough. You'll get hungry at unreasonable time, at the wee hours of the night and morning. Since you're so lazy to get out from your room, going down the stairs and walk for about 200 meters away to buy food (oi, jauh tu!) and wait for about 30 minutes for the food to get ready, so padan muka you!

The Students' Discipline Rules 2004 stated that 'Students are not allowed to bring unauthorized electrical appliances such as periuk belanga and microwave oven,'

Okay (jeling kat book rack) ada Oat Krunch and oat and Milo. And Kuih raya yang separuh habis.

Tapi ada electric kettle! Muahahaha


Cara masak Mi Goreng Mee Sedap
1. Isi air dalam kettle, masukkan mee, lepas tu boil! :P
2. Sila sediakan semua perencah yang sedia ada dan mix dekat pinggan anda.
3. Mee yang telah direbus telah menjadi lembut. 
4. Guna garpu amik mee dalam kettle letak dalam pinggan. Lepas tu buang la air rebusan itu dan cuci kettle dengan bersih.
5. Gaul mee dengan perencah, lepas tu makan!


Satisfaction 100 % guaranteed!

Steamboat express!  

Anda (ceh, guna anda) nak buat macam steamboat pun boleh. Tapi kena asyik boil air tu. Haha. Jadi, kalau nak express, masukkan semua bahan sekali! Fish cakes, fish balls, sayur-sayuran, semua elements of steamboat anda boleh masukkan. Half-boiled eggs, everything la! 


SETELAH MEMASAK, ANDA PERLU MEMBERSIHKAN KETTLE ANDA DENGAN SEBERSIH-BERSIHNYA MENGGUNAKAN SABUN CUCI PINGGAN MANGKUK!

Ajaran orang lain pula?

Lepas tu ni roommate dulu ajar. Serbuk milo letak atas kertas, balut dengan kertas yang ada lubang-lubang yang dibuat sendiri lepas tu tekap dengan iron bagi dia menjadi amorphous solid (?).Tapi agak tak hygienic la, haha.


Lagi satu orang ajar. Boleh je bawak periuk yang kecil. Letak sardin dalam periuk, lepas tu sardin tu kan pekat sangat kan? Letak sikit air mendidih kat sardin tu lepas tu letak iron yang panas bawah periuk untuk boil. Susah sebab iron tu takde permukaan yang rata. Belum try tapi teringin nak try. 


Err, baru perasan yang dari English jadi Bahasa Melayu pulak. Oh, that is so like Sarah. After all, I'm a Malay!

And these methods are to be used when you're extremely, desperately really hungry at night or when you're bored and have nothing else to do. Untuk  lunch sila beli makanan 'lengkap' dan berkhasiat di cafe berdekatan (walaupun jauh).


I wish I could post pictures but the internet connection sucks! (asyik-asyik alasan sama padahal sebelum ni pun mana ada post pictures).


The conclusion is: ELECTRIC KETTLE SANGAT DIPERLUKAN DI UNIVERSITI!

Thursday 4 November 2010

Inspiration, by that, I mean inhalation.

 Assalamualaikum pembuka bicara (cewwah)
Please ignore the title of this post. 

FINAL EXAMS! 

23/10/2010 Halaqah/Study Circle Final Exam
27/10/2010 Tilawah Final Exam
29/10/2010 Pharmacy Practice Practical
31/10/2010 Islamic Worldview
1/11/2010 Islamic Input in Pharmacy
2/11/2010 Pharmacy Practice
3/11/2010 Common OSPE and Bahasa Melayu Lanjutan
4/11/2010 Physiology

Pretty hectic, right? I can't believe that the 5 days-in-a-row exams are finally over! So far, I think I did my best. I have 'successfully' committed some silly laughable mistakes of course. ;) and I'm 100 % sure that there are bound to be some mistakes here and there in my answers but oh well, I don't care! The most important thing is,DAH HABIS JAWAB!!! :D

 I did my best, and it's Allah who decides. Have faith in Allah. :)

Tomorrow is the 5th of November 2010. Deepavali holiday. So, no exams. HAHA

6/11/2010 MCQ Islamic Input, Pharmacy Practice, Physiology
7/11/2010 Break
8/11/2010 Break
9/11/2010 Physical Pharmacy
10/11/2010 Anatomy and Histology
11/11/2010 Break
12/11/2010 Break
13/11/2010 MCQ Physical Pharmacy, Anatomy

My carry marks are in the average range thanks to the quizzes marks. :D
Pharmacy is difficult. Okay, maybe it's a bit tough for an average person like me. But I'll try my best!

It seems like everyone's target is to PASS the subjects and most of us don't really care about CGPAs. Life in university is not like life at school.
Never mind, let's leave this topic aside.

NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH 2010 (NaNoWriMo)

Okay, this is a bit embarrassing but I have to tell this or else I'll never finish it!

'It' means the novel that I'm currently working on. :-O

I love writing and I have a lot of ideas in my mind. I'm quite imaginative (ask my close friends) but I have a quite limited writing and language skills.And my vocabulary is not that vast. It is quite hard for me to put my ideas into words, joining them into sentences.

The moment I start writing, I will try my best, cracking my head to construct coherent, beautiful sentences that give impacts to the readers. Then I got fed up with myself and the story is never finished. =___=

With the problems listed above, it is quite impossible for me to win any writing competitions. LOL. But this, everyone has a chance to win it!

You just have to write 50,000 words novel and the word count validator will verify your novel and you will automatically win it! It's not a real competition, but it's inspirational. This is the time where everyone will try their best to finish writing the unfinished novel that they stashed away a few years ago. It's not a matter of winning. It's not a matter whether you can get your novel published after that (of which the possibility is quite remote for me- see above reasons). It's a matter of the priceless satisfaction of finally being able to complete your novel.

 Mine is full of flaws, with numerous grammatical errors and all, but I'm glad I'm progressing with the plot. I'm glad that I'm writing spontaneously from whatever that comes into my mind and I'm glad I do not spend too much time worrying about my sentence structures.

The matter is, I HAVE to finish the novel! And do all the editings later.

The due date is on the 30th of November. So far I've written only 5000 + words. Don't laugh.I was busy doing other stuffs (e.g. studying for quizzes and exams) Anyway, there's still plenty of time.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS! It will be an embarrassment if I did not manage to finish the novel. It's a mystery novel. With ghosts and black magic. Ok, lame.

So, for someone who has a dream of becoming a writer to his/her own novel, you are highly recommended to join this competition! You'll get a downloadable certified certificate once you reached the 50,000 word counts. Some people cheat by copying the contents of wikipedia to the word count validator which is so lame.

I'm so lazy to put the link. Just google 'National Novel Writing Month'.