Nobuta wo Produce Drama Review

A #recycled post, originally written and posted on 27th of May 2009.
Just to remind myself that this is one of the best J-Dramas I have ever watched, and to tell the rest of the world that this is one of the best J-Dramas ever existed. :P

Assalamualaikum and hello all. :)

I was a J-Dramas fanatic back then. It's not like I stopped watching any of them anymore. It is more to, limiting the intake of J-Dramas, haha.But really, those who intended to watch at least ONE Japanese Dramas throughout their whole life should watch this particular drama. Nobuta wo Produce.

Blogged on the 27th of May 2009, Wednesday at 11.33 a.m

Nobuta wo Produce is the most inspirational, warm, touching Japanese Drama I've ever watched. And it's not an exaggeration if I do claim that it is the most inspirational, warm, heart rending, touching, moving DRAMA I've ever seen. It is the BEST Japanese Drama I've ever set my eyes to to date. It's even BETTER than Hana Yori Dango and Hana Kimi. And this is the first ever drama that I ever shed my tears for.

It is not a love story, nor is it about scandals and conspiracy. Unlike Malay dramas, it isn't about those guys who left their wives, have mistresses, social issues and all those gibberish talks about businesses. Unlike Indonesian dramas too, it is not about irrelevant fairy stuffs, where the stereotyped plots are the ones showing the scandals and arguments over the rights of inheritance, evil stepmothers with heavy make ups and nor does it showcased the phony acts of crying and moaning each time something bad happened.

It is more than that. It is a complete series, compactly packed in just a 10 episodes drama. It is a series about friendship, overcoming obstacles, being what you what you want to be and being true to yourself.

Nobuta wo Produce tells about the main protagonist, Shuuji Kiritani (Kamenashi Kazuya) who is a popular guy at school who dates a girl he doesn't even like just to maintain his popularity. He is always the one whom everyone seeks helps from, as he is the one who emphasizes on pleasing others, putting others ahead of himself without realising that he is not being true to himself.

Another guy, Akira Kusano (Yamapi) is a loony guy who got high over 'bean' milk (soya bean). He is an outcast in his class but he doesn't really care about all those absurd popularity-clamouring stuffs, as long as he is happy himself. He has a very jovial characteristics that can be shown by his weird yet funny laughter. He is the son of a company's president who refused to take over the company. Shuuji is constantly irritated with Akira's behaviour.

Then comes Kotani Nobuko (Maki Horikita), an extremely shy, timid girl who has no confidence at all towards herself due to the impact of being rejected by her stepfather when she was young. This in turn, results to a series of constant bullying, of which she received and patiently endured since kindergarten until now.

Shuuji who can't bear to see Kotani being bullied, made a plan with the unlikely Akira, of which they vowed to spend their youth wisely by doing something that they will be proud of when they grow up. And so, a friendship is slowly formed between the three different characters who are unlikely to be friends if not given such circumstances. They made a project ' Nobuta wo Produce'. That is, producing Nobuta (Kotani's nickname) to become the most popular girl at school.

Shuuji who gave too much priority over his popularity, secretly helped his new made friends and pretending that nothing ever happened. He was afraid that his popularity will be diminished if they (the students) were to find out that he was hanging out with the two most unpopular students at school. While they were determined to execute each plans accordingly, there will be someone, someone that is unknown until later on, someone that always destroy every plans that were carried out to make Nobuta popular.Shuuji later realised that he can show his true self instead of pretending to be a Mr. Nice Guy when he was with Akira and Nobuta. He feels that he is most comfortable being with both of them. An unfortunate event occurred where Shuuji lost his popularity and is being ostracised in class. No one believes him except for Akira and Nobuta, who will always believe him no matter what.
Akira had developed feelings towards Nobuta but forget all about it later on as he realised that he will not make Nobuta happy. Nobuta on the other hand, secretly shows a liking towards Shuuji.

The main antagonist who destroyed all their plans earlier on is now being discovered. She is Aoi-san, a girl that is also Kotani's first friend. She hated seeing the three of them together and in order to break the three of them apart, she used various despicable methods. 

 But, none of them are able to break apart such strong relationship that is tightly intact. She finally realised her mistake and everything is coming back to normal. It seems like their 'Nobuta project' is slowly becoming successful as Nobuta is slowly gaining popularity.

Until, Shuuji discovered that his dad had to be transferred to the other side of Japan, of which he has to follow through. This comes one of the most heart wrenching part. The whole class bid him farewell but he had his eyes only towards Nobuta and Akira who were standing at the back.

" Everything in life is a game. Those who stopped in the middle and couldn't continue are idiots,"

Shuuji started his new life in a totally different environment.

"We can live our lives wherever we are,".

And when he started introducing himself, he saw something surprising. Someone who was standing at the back of the class. Apparently, Akira decided to transfer to the same school the day before, just so he can be with Shuuji, his best friend. And when Shuuji asked what will happen to Nobuta when both of them are not there with her, Akira said that Nobuta told him that she will be fine. She might be crying for the first three days but she will go through it all.

At the same time, Nobuta was with Mariko- Shuuji's popular ex girlfriend. She has forged a new relationship with her and is now able to carve a smile on her face.

Shuuji and Akira were at the seaside when Shuuji looked up at the sky and say " Somewhere
beneath the same sky, Nobuta is there,"

In class, she saw the empty seats left by Shuuji and Akira. She went up to the top floor, the place where the trio spent their time together before, creating plans and agendas in producing her, the new Nobuta. She looked at the sky and say " I can now smile," and she smiled.

Shuuji looked at the sky and said to Akira " Hey, can you see the sky smiling at us?"

" We can live our lives wherever we are,"

This is the most unforgettable drama about friendship that I've ever watched. And I couldn't suppress my happiness when this critically acclaimed drama won many awards.

47th Television Drama Academy Awards Japan

Best Drama: Nobuta wo Produce
Best actor : Kamenashi Kazuya (Shuuji Kiritani)
Best supporting actress: Maki Horikita ( Kotani Nobuko)
Best Director: Iwamoto Hitoshi( Nobuta wo Produce)
Best Scriptwriter: Kizara Izumi (Nobuta wo Produce)
Best Musical Arrangement: Nobuta wo Produce

I would highly recommend you to watch this drama. 
The message is effectively conveyed (at least that is what I thought). You want to prevent bullying, you want to instil confidence in students, you want them to be good people when they graduated from school, this is the way to convey the messages. You want to prevent social issues, you don't go and produce movies such as 'Bohsia' or 'Rempit'. ( A confession: I watched Bohsia, boohoo).

Please produce something that is close to the teenagers' hearts. Something that made them realised that they are missing something important in their lives. Something important like family, friends and the joys of being youths. 

As for me, I want to grow up being 'abnormal'. Hoho, don't get me wrong. Meaning, I do not stick to the status quo and I do not want to forever go on with the flow. So what's the big deal if you can't score 4 flat or even 3.5 above for every exams? They are important, of course, but don't devote yourself too much towards such slavery. This is our youth. Enjoy it. =)

My verdict: 10 out of 5 stars. :P. It IS, the BEST Japanese Drama I've ever watched.

The end.

Recycled Post #1 : The Wonderful World of CFS

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)
Just for the sake of updating, muahahaha.

Okay, here. Blogged on the 23rd of October 2008 at 9.13 p.m. 

Syidah and I once played a game to entertain our guest (neighbours who come to our room). And they did agree that we are HILARIOUS! Thanks for the compliments though.

What activities did we actually do when they come to our room?

Nabilah recorded a video of us (Syidah and me) roleplaying some real life scenes. For example, we imitated each others' ways of speakings and expressions. :P

We (Yours truly, Syidah, Aishah and Nabilah) once held a horror stories night. The four of us would gather in my room and we would spook each others with creepy stories that we have heard or encountered. But later when we realized it, it’s already 2 a.m! And we have classes tomorrow!
Sometimes, we would just listen to stories.
Sometimes, we would just laugh for no reason.

Okay, the game. It’s a creatively created game. Syidah and I created it. :P We imagined that CFS is the most wonderful place on Earth. Everything is provided here. Our lives are filled with luxuries and comfort.

Zainab College is actually Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel. We are living in big suites. And since the fourth floor is unoccupied, we assumed that the fourth floor is the penthouse and no one stayed there because they can’t afford to pay the high rate.

Kiosk ZC is actually One Utama. We could spend the whole day there browsing and wandering around the BIG and SPACIOUS mega shopping mall and then, ending up at the same place(sarcastic!). Sometimes, there would be sales, we assumed.

Cyber Café ZC is actually- I forgotla. Haha.

Café ZC is actually Starbucks. The prices of food are high there. Of coursela, it’s Starbucks, what? *shook my head in disbelief*

Madam Asmeza, the principal of ZC is the owner of the hotel. Syidah and I bragged that Madam once invited us to dinner at her suite(whatever). Well, it’s true. That incident happened during the Eid celebration in ZC. I saw Madam and greeted her. She invited me to try the Laksa Johor of which she served at her house. As I could only find Syidah and Aisyah was nowhere to be found, the both of us went to her house(though Syidah was reluctant at first) where there were two other fellows there. Yes, and we ate Laksa Johor there. During the game, Syidah bragged that the both of us got to sit on the chairs, whereas the others had to sit on the floor! We both laughed while Nabilah and Syakila rolled their eyes.

The CFS Library is actually MPH bookstore. 3 storeys! It could also be the National Library.

The ATM machines are the Bank Negara.

The Al-Malik Faisal Hall is PWTC.

The clinic is Pantai Specialist Hospital.

The small optometry kiosk is Focus Point.

EDIT: ZC Gymnasium is Fitness First. Yes! We have a gym! Unbelievable, right??
There are Jacuzzis in our bathrooms. Nabilah interrupted us by saying “ There are also bathtubs right?” Syidah waved her hand dismissively and said “ Bath tubs are low class, we have jacuzzisla!”

The TV areas in ZC are Golden Screen Cinemas.
Everyday, there would be housekeepers who come and clean our rooms and bathrooms ( Indonesian maids)

Blok E is British Chalet-eh, it’s true!

Our window is facing ZC’s badminton court. In the middle. It’s like a courtyard, you know. And the court is a badminton stadium, I think, Really? Syidah bragged that she once saw Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan played there. They came here by a helicopter. Everyone was cheering and drooling over Lin Dan but she only has her eyes for her ex-husband, Lee Chong Wei.

You know the nursery? And that there is a mini pool and slide for the little children to play with? That’s SUNWAY LAGOON! "Daniel Bego pernah berenang kat situ!!" as what claimed by Syidah. 

The football field in front of UKC is Stadium Negara. Haha, as if!

As the people here are so wealthy, rich and loaded, we are guarded 24-hours by the top security guards.The FBIs. Lo and behold, The PAKCIK GUARD AND MAKCIK GUARD!

ABC is Zoo Negara. Dunno why. That's what Brother Mahathir said anyway. Haha
What else? I can’t remember. Okay, we’ll play the games again! And will strive our best to imagine that CFS is the BEST PLACE ON EARTH!

The end.


More recycled posts to come, just for the sake of updating this blog. Pathetic, huh? :P
P.S. English dulu grammar teruk. (sekarang pun =__=)

I forgot how much I loved blogging!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

Well, whoa, the last time I ever updated this blog was last month. In May!

To tell the truth, I don't really have the mood to blog. Blogging doesn't seem to be fun anymore.

It's because the number of people (Strangers. Those who don't really know me and judged me based on what I wrote) reading this pathetic piece of crap is increasing than it was before.

You might ask this question: Then why did you create this blog in the first place? Blog is public. EVERYONE in whole wide world could read it (mine)! 

My answer: I don't know. I love blogging! I love sharing stuffs! I love typing! It's just that I have to limit the things I share with the public la.I'm not really complaining why people read my blog la hadoihhh.. 

Readers, please keep reading this blog. I'm not mad at you guys. Quite the contrary, I'm mad at myself! xD

Sometimes I'm contradicting myself and I HATE IT! 

And thus, I feel a bit insecure, restricted, constricted with the things I wrote here, with the stuffs that I've exposed (though I didn't expose that much. I didn't even post a single private photo of myself here, haha). 

I think too much about what people would think of me, just by reading what I've written (for example, numerous grammatical errors, hahaha) 

I should not feel that way, I supposed. But being the introvert me, I prefer to keep my innermost thoughts and feelings private and I tried my best to limit the things I decided to tell to the public. And often, I went over the limit, telling stuffs that I should have only tell my close friends and family members or err, my diary. I got excited easily and I wanted to share the 'things' (ceh,limited choice of words) I'm excited about with the public. But later on, I got ashamed of being excited with little stuffs like that (again, limited choice of words T___T). And I've deleted some of the posts I feel a bit ashamed off. :P

Followers, don't get me wrong. Thank you for following and reading my blog. Viewers too, thank you! I don't know who kept on googling my name and managed to get directed here but anyway, thank you. I'm flattered, really. I'll try to improve my writings up to your expected standard (is there any, really?) Now I need to blog about well, general things. Books, snippets of my university life, the good old days, public stories worth mentioning, movies, music, whatever that is not embarrassing la. xD I got embarrassed easily, yeah. That's the main reason. Even exposing my real name in this blog is already considered as embarrassing for me. I'm a shy person okayyy... :P And that's why I could never become a youtube celebrity (not that I wanted to). :P

Oh yes, I changed the title of this blog. There were several attempts in renaming my blog.

1. A Spoonful of Sugar and Vinegar (deep, poetic and yet LAME, not a single word that represents me)

2. A Spoonful of Sarah (somebody had this already, T___T).

3. Sarah is not Sarcastic (derived from the old blog name-Sarcastic is My Middle Name-remember? :) ). I decided to go ahead with this title anyway. The main reason: I wasn't as sarcastic as I was before. Huhu. And it's quite catchy, don't you think? ^^

Sarah is not Sarcastic (anymore). Sarcastic WAS my middle name. :P

Thank you for reading and may you have an awesome day. :)

I'm a robot, you're a robot, we are all robots.

"The university today does not teach people how to think. The students come to university to make money. I always said to my students if you want to be rich don't come to university. The rich Chinese are mostly uneducated. To be rich you are not obliged to be highly educated. You can just pick one spot in KL and start selling Nasi Lemak and trust me your earning will be higher than university's Professor. People come to university in order to be a complete human being, not about making money. When I correct SPM history papers most of the time I will be correcting my own answer schemes. Our education system does not produce human but robots." -Prof Emeritus Dato' Dr Khoo Kay Kim

The matter is, we can't help being robots. :(

2 months

Assalamualaikum and hello to all.

Let's get straight to the point. I become an informal teacher/tutor throughout almost 2 months holiday (already?!). I teach my youngest brother Iqra' and I teach my sister SPM subjects like Chemistry, Biology and such. Ok fine,  only Chemistry and Biology. I despise Add Maths and I couldn't really remember about Physics so I couldn't really teach her the other two subjects. Oh yeah, I teach her Sejarah too. 

I write, write and write and find it extremely hard to finish writing a novel. So sometimes I just leave it as it is and see whether the writing mood will come back. It shows that I'm not a serious and diligent person. I write other stories which I'm too ashamed to post them here. 

I read, I read and I read. currently I'm devouring on Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy series. I love chick-lits. Yeah, I just find chick lits entertaining and relaxing. 

I watch How I Met Your Mother. I love Barney Stinson. He's legen (wait for it) dary!

I drive, I drive and I drive. Using manual car. 

I cook simple dish occasionally. I have to explore more.

I play keyboard. I can play some of P.Ramlee's songs, learning them by ears.

Insya-Allah, I'll be going to some places for the school holidays.

I'm not re-learning Arabic and I'm not learning any other language.

I'm planning to make another short movie with my siblings. I'm writing the script now. I'm gonna make it happen. Yes. It's been almost 2 years since I made my last movie.
Anyone who haven't seen it, enjoy! (warning: it's a bad quality movie)

I hate smokers!

I like Lauren Conrad because unlike other celebrities, she doesn't believe in injecting botox to appear wrinkle-less (at least not for now).And she's just 25!

Have a nice day! =)

The Childhood- The Haunted House

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

Okay, I'm gonna tell about the supernatural things that I've experienced when I was about twelve to thirteen, back then, when we were living in our old house.

Let me describe the house. It's a large single storey bungalow with really spacious compounds in front and at the back. The frontyard and backyard when combined together, are larger than the house itself. So you could imagine how big it is. I'm not bragging, mind you, it's not really ours. It's a government house, since my dad works with the government.

I spent my childhood days playing in the really big house with spacious hall and hallways, also playing outside, panjat tangki air (yup, a water tank outside), climbing the rambutan tree (I was quite tomboyish then), riding bicycles and whatsoever.

It is quite an old fashioned house, probably constructed in the 70s or 80s. We moved there from Muar, Johor in 1999. And we stayed in that house until 2003.

 

A so-called visual aid to help you visualize. Drew it using Paint. Drawn not according to scale. :P

I, being 9 at that time, was delighted to be able to live in such a big house with big compound! Seriously! I could run free! I could play hide and seek with my siblings. I could build a tent outside, I could do everything I wanted to do! I was quite an adventurous child.
At first, everything seems OK. We've never experienced any supernatural occurences there.

But during Hari Raya in 2000 (if I was not mistaken), some of my neighbours (my friends) came to my house. We sat at the dining hall, eating kuih raya and all when suddenly, Anas, my neighbour broke the news.

Anas: Wei, hang tau tak, rumah ni berhantu? (did you know that this house is haunted?)

Me: Woi, hang tipu! Mana ada! Aku dok sini okay je! (Get real! I didn't experience any of that!)

Anas: Betoi! Orang sebelum hang tinggai kat sini, dia kata rumah ni berhantu! (Seriously, the people who lived here before you, they said it's haunted!)

Me: Merepek! (Rubbish!)

I told my mother about this and she said not to listen to others' tales. I just shrugged it off.

1999,2000,2001,2002. For four years, none of us had experienced any unnatural things. At least, we siblings didn't know about it. After we moved out of the house, then only my mother said, each time she woke up early in the morning to cook for her sahur (ganti puasa), she would hear somebody knocking on the front door saying 'Assalamualaikum!' but of course, being a reasonable and relevant person she is, she didn't open the door.

Then in 2003, the year I turned 13, we experienced lots of supposedly 'unseeable' things.

The Lady in Black

My siblings and I were watching TV in the TV room with the door opened. My sister was sitting at the chair beside the door, so she could see whoever who's outside. Then suddenly, sombody throwed a rolled up pair of wet black socks to me. I was a bit shocked. Then I asked 'Who threw this?' All of my siblings were in the room, so none of them did that, I was quite sure of that.

My sister said 'I saw a glimpse of someone wearing black standing outside the door and she throwed the socks to you. Maybe it was Kak Su,'

Kak Su was our Indonesian maid hailed from Lombok. She's a happy go lucky person and we always played all sorts of games with her. And off we went to Kak Su's room, situated next to the dining hall.

"Kak Su, did you throw the socks just now?"
She looked at me in a shocked expression and said " I was in this room all the time, listening to the radio," Kak Su loves listening to Hindustan songs.

We looked at each other in bewilderment. Then Kak Su said
"I saw a girl about your height, with long black hair and black clothes all over running to the door, sprinkling water to me. And she ran off, giggling. I thought it was you, Sarah, who tried to play a prank on me,"

WHOA, WHO'S THAT LADY IN BLACK???

The Store Room

There is a small store room located in between Kak Su's Room and the Kitchen. The Store room is haunted, Kak Su said. What she had said surely scared us as we tried our best not to pass by the store room whenever we wanted to go to Kak Su's room or the dining hall. The store room is usually locked, using the seal, where once it is locked outside, it could only be opened from the outside.

One day, when I came out from the bathroom besides the store room, the door of the store room suddenly banged violently as if there's someone inside. BANG! BANG! BANG! I got scared and ran off. I brought my sibling together with me to show him. To my surprise, the store room is well, locked. Blurghh. And it had been a couple of times that I witness the door of the store room was left open, no matter how many times we locked it. Usually, we were too scared to lock the door. Goodness knows what will suddenly popped out if we tried to lock it. I stil shudder when I think about it.

The Doppelganger

As days, months passed by, it's getting worse. The poltergeist didn't make any effort to hide its presence. Instead, it was trying to show us its presence by throwing and moving stuffs.
One day, I was playing the organ in the living hall when suddenly, a pair of scissors was thrown towards me. Imagine, dangerous, right?! But of course, the shooter missed her target.
I was surprised, knowing something unnatural is going on. I stood up, picked the scissor, clutching it as is it was my ultimate weapon to defeat the unseens. And I heards some giggles. I saw Kak Su, crouching beside her room, smiling.

I laughed too. Kak Su kept on smiling and she crawled to her room at a fast speed like Ju On. And once the 'Kak Su' entered the room, the real Kak Su came out from her room, walking as if nothing happened. I was shocked and I asked her 'Was it you who disturbed me just now?'
She was shocked too and she said 'No! I swear!'

Again, who's that?

The Door that opened by itself

Okay, later on, we couldn't care anymore. You're going to disturb us? We don't care. We got tired, seriously. The multiple occurences where the door opened by itself, well, we got used to it.

One night, my siblings and I were in my room, sitting on the top bunk of the double decker bed. I told them ghost stories, LOL. There wasn't anyone else at the house at that time. Only us four (Haziq wasn't born at that time). And suddenly, tadaa! The door opened by itself!
We got down, inspected the door. Yes, it seems like the knob had been turned by someone. It's an old fashioned doorknob where you can see through the keyhole.

The floating basket

This is the last supernatural thing I have witnessed when staying in the house. It was the end of 2003 and we were packing our stuffs to move to another house as my dad got transferred to another place.
So, I was in the dining room, facing the kitchen. And I could see Kak Su cooking through the opening between the kitchen and the dining room. The store room is of course, there.
I was doing my folio and suddenly my eyes drifted towards a little yellow basket placed on top of the box. I saw that basket being lifted up, floated and then fell down to the floor.
Nope, it's not because of gravity. I SAW THE BASKET FLOATED FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS!

Well, there are lots more. But never mind. As I looked back, I realized that almost all those supernatural events that I've experienced includes Kak Su in it. I wonder...Haha. No no. Wallahualam.

Okay, bye! And sorry for the lengthy post. I'm trying to test my memory and improve my writing skills. :)

Weirdooo

'Do you think I've gone round the bend?' (asked Alice to Mad Hatter)

'I'm afraid so. You're mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.' 
 

-Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

Pre-Independence

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

26/3/11 Study Circle
31/3/11 Pharmacology Essay
1/4/11 Microbiology and Biochemistry OSPE (Drama di Makmal)
2/4/11 Islam: Knowledge and Civilization
6/4/11 Pharmaceutical Analysis Essay
7/4/11 Biochemistry Essay
8//4/11 Organic Chemistry (THE SCARIEST ONE, LOL)
13/4/11 Microbiology Essay


Yahoo! I survived 2 long weeks of exams and essays! So far, I think I've been doing my best. No immense regret like what I had experienced in the previous semester (answering Physical Pharmacy). Alhamdulillah I haven't experienced any great amount of tension and stress throughout the exam period. Let's wait for the results, of which I pray and hope will be higher than my previous results (and within the JPA range, of course). Amin. :D


Oh yes,  we went to East Coast Mall after we finished our so-called much anticipated Organic Chemistry exam.We (Yours truly, Syau, Aida, Zimah, Nisah). Syau, Aida and I watched HOP (a semi-animated movie) kind of like Mary Poppins and stuffs, only in 3D (you know what I mean). Not bad. But I wanted to watch 'Source Code' as well!


And aha, the three of us (Syau, Aida, Sarah) enjoyed our own versions of shopping spree.


Aida bought:
12 complete books of 'The Darren Shan Saga'. Total amount = RM 340+

YEAH, AWESOME RIGHT?
Aida: Daripada aku beli satu, baik beli semua terus. 


Yes, she's right! What's the point of just buying one book at a time when you're gonna have to buy the rest of them later on? :P


I bought
1. Kampung Boy: Yesterday and Today
2. For the Love of a Son by Jean Sasson
3. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
4. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
5. Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood


Finished Kampung Boy, For the Love of a Son and Charlie St. Cloud. Halfway through reading 'The Kitchen God's Wife'. Gonna finish it today! :)

Syau bought
1.If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern (my favourite book and author!)
2. Clothes, shoes and handbag :)


Eh wait, the final exam is not over yet. In two days time, we'll be having a MARATHON!
Yeah, MARATHON!


16/4/11 
MCQ
Biochemistry : 15 Qs x 5 = 75Q
Microbs: 15 Qs x 5 = 75Q
Pharmaceutical Analysis : 10 Qs x 5 = 50Q
Pharmacology = 15 Qs x 5 =  75Q


Total: 275 freaking MCQ TRUE FALSE MINUS MARKING QUESTIONS!!!


Terer tak kita orang? Yes, memang hebat kalau boleh jawab semua!


But before that, I wanna have a bit of rest (as if). 

I wish everyone ALL THE BEST! and let's struggle up till the end. And all the best to my friends, roommates from Medicine and Dentistry for their End of Block Exam and Professional Exam. :D


Till then, Adieu!

When I am BORED....

Well hello world! 
Ahem, assalamualaikum!

 Now it's 12.58 a.m. Still early huh? What am I doing?


Just finished (actually, forcing myself to finish) the whole syllabus of Pharmaceutical Analysis. DONE!
Now, going to finish the whole Organic Chemistry (Reactions of Aldehydes+Ketones, Alcohols, Amines to go).


I'm boreddd...I'm boredddd...
When I am boreddd...and oh my soul so weary~!!!


Okay fine. I could get a little more cranky than usual when it's like, oh, 1 a.m in the morning now! My crankiness and 'looniness' could be attributed to the urghhh..the amount of equations, calculations, facts and mechanisms that I forced myself to digest to..... Which results in indigestion. 
Oh no, I feel the need to regurgitate them all back! No Sarah, not now! Do it during the exams! *my face is green due to overwhelming desire to puke*


Most of us are undergoing the 'Stressed and tensed phase'.


What I do to reduce the overloaded amount of stress.
1. I read blogs. And I found some really GREAT book blogs! Yeah! I'm pretty excited to find someone/many people who shared the same interests in books just like I do! :D And I'm thinking of starting my own book blog. Make book reviews, participate in book giveaways contests, reviews on bookstores. Places to get cheap books. Libraries! Ahhhhh....can't wait!
And now, my desire to read books (read: FICTIONS) are overwhelming! I need to read books!


2. Read fictions. I finished reading Madeleine Wickham's 'Sleeping Arrangements' in less than 2 hours! HOHO. It's an ebook, BTW, of which I've downloaded during my spare time at home, where internet is AWESOME! So I'm going to read Audrey Niffenegger's 'The Time Traveler's Wife' next.


3. Listening to songs. I had continuously replaying Bee Gees' 'Too Much Heaven', 'First of May', 'How Deep is Your Love', 'I Started a Joke' on my laptop and other songs (instrumentals such as 'Beethoven's Symphony no.7, Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle and bla-bla' on my MP3. It relaxed my mind, calming me a bit.Now listening to Andy Williams' 'Can't Help Falling in Love With You'.


4. Sleep. Examination week is THE week where you should get enough sleep okay. 


5. Thinking about future outing! Yes, gonna go out again! And I'm going to buy Lat's Comics and more books!!!


Okay bye. I need to get back to Organic Chemistry. All the best to everyone! :D


P.S. Tiba-tiba teringat yang next semester dah 2nd year. Lepas tu ada junior 1st year. WHOAAA..

Bad Tudung Day

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I experienced bad tudung day yesterday. It all started when I began wearing the newly-ironed tudung.


'Ish, tudung tak betul! ARGHHH!!!!' and off I ironed it again for the second time.


'What's wrong with you, tudung? Why can't you stay stilll?????' I scolded the tudung and myself for caring too much about the appearance of the tudung.


I ironed it for the third time. This time, I really ironed it vigorously, using my whole energy,as if I was scrubbing my dirty clothes using the laundry brush. 


'Echinococcus! Taxoplasma Gondii!!!' I cursed under my breath.


For the third time. Hmm, oklah. Not bad. Who cares, anyway?


And along the way walking to kulliyyah of Pharmacy with Syau, I saw Munie clutching her labcoat.


'ARGGHHH!!! SYAUU!!!!' I shrieked dramatically, and shook Syau's whole body by the shoulders.


'HAH? APASAL? APASAL??' Syau was really shocked as well.


'I TERTINGGAL LAB COATTTTT!!!!' 


'Oh, ceh!' dramatik betul budak ni.


And I went back, running up several flight of stairs, entered my room, panting. Gah!


Okay, we have arrived at the Kulliyyah of Pharmacy. Entered the lab, along with my other classmates.

And suddenly 'Sarah bawak lab report tak???'

"Alamak! Tak bawak! Dah print tapi tertinggal kat bilik!'

GREAT.

Then the 'drama' started.


Okay, drama finished. Tau sendiri la drama apa yg berlaku kat makmal.


OSPE habis. Biochem best. Microbs? Oh, tak kisahlahhh..


Went back to room, took a bus to KOP and submitted the report. 
And at night.


'AICHOOO!!! AICHOOO!!!!' 


And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the highlight of the 'Bad Tudung Day'.

 I had a common cold last night and I can't really recall the actual event that leads me being in that miserable condition. I do remember eating Nasi Ayam before but seriously? AYAM? Sebelum ni tak pernah allergic ayam pun. Hoho. So like maybe, the histamine is released from the mast cells and basophils. Urghh..


Okayla, so the common symptoms of allergy/cold that I experienced are as follows:
1. Sneezing, due to histamine-associated sensory neural stimulation.
2. Runny nose, due to increased vascular permeability and hypersecretion of glandular tissues. 
3. Nasal engogement (blocked nose) due to increased capillary permeability and vasodilatation.

And as I went on sneezing non-stop with runny nose and really blocked nose (I really can't breathe through nose!) and Syau commented that she heard me sneezing non stop when she was at the bathroom,  (boohoo!) and guess what I did?


I took my Pharmacology notes and memorized (and understand, of course), the facts I stated above. HAHA.

I decided to sleep for sleep is the BEST medicine! But I couldn't sleep! Arghh! Because I kept on sneezing every one minute! Then I went to Mazlina's room and asked her


'Maz, anti-pyretics ada?' nonchalantly.
'Kau demam ke?'
'Aku rasa allergic reaction. Tak kisah la, anti-pyretics ke, anti-histamine ke, Zyrtec ke, acetaminophen ke,'

' Maz went on 'hunting' the Panadol.


And she gave me Panadol tablets and Panadol soluble.


'Bismillahirrahmanirrahim!' I swallowed one tablet of 500 mg Paracetamol (Panadol tablet). 


Okay, now, Panadol Soluble pulak!


I tear down the 'packet' and plopped it into the mug filled with plain water.
And as a good pharmacist-to-be, I read the instructions and the description of the Panadol Soluble packet.


'Each tablet contains 500mg ACETAMINOPHEN'


WHATTTT???? Selama hampir 21 tahun hidup kat dunia ni tak tau pun Panadol Soluble tu ACETAMINOPHEN. Selama ni ingatkan semua PANADOL tu PARACETAMOL je! And the most idiotic thing is that I just know that ACETAMINOPHEN and PARACETAMOL are the same thing. The only difference lies in the name! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (okay, tak kelakar -___-)


Takpe, better late than never (walaupun ketawa dan diketawakan atas kebodohan sendiri >__<)

Acetaminophen has anti-pyretic and analgesics property. However, it does not possess anti-inflammatory property. 


Okay,BAD TUDUNG DAY, OVER!


P.S. Perasan tak 2 entri yang berlainan kat sini? :P

Drama di makmal

Mula mula tulis post ni dalam English lepas tu tukar ke Bahasa Melayu sebab takut orang 'tu' baca. Dia tak faham Bahasa Melayu, haha. xD


Sebelum peperiksaan. 


'Semua orang, cepat semak angka giliran!' arah pembantu makmal wanita itu.


Semua orang dalam makmal tu bising je. Ada yang tak dengar pun apa yang pembantu makmal tu cakap. HOHO.

Kumpulan pertama dah masuk makmal. Tapi tak cukup lagi dua orang. Maksudnya, dua pelajar dari kumpulan satu tak ada kat situ.

Kemudian, pensyarah pun datang 'Ada sesiapa lagi dari kumpulan pertama?'

Para Pelajar: BLA BLA BLA

Lagi sekali. 'Panggilan terakhir. Siapa lagi dalam kumpulan pertama yang tak masuk makmal lagi?'


Para Pelajar: BLA BLA BLA


Gunung berapi pun meletus. 


'SESIAPA LAGI DARI KUMPULAN PERTAMA?? SESIAPA YANG TAK ADA DI SINI SAYA AKAN KIRA KAMU TAK HADIR! TAK HADIR!!!!'

Para pelajar: (senyap kerana ketakutan)


Pensyarah pun berjalan dari meja ke meja dan kemudian menjerit lagi

'JANGAN DUDUK SITU! SAYA DAH BAGITAHU JANGAN DUDUK SITU!!!!!'

Budak-budak lelaki pun cepat-cepat lari ke depan macam lipas kudung.


Klimaks drama ini.


' X!!!' beliau menjerit nama pembantu makmal itu.


' APA YANG DAH BERLAKU? SAYA DAH BAGITAHU AWAK BLA BLA BLA!' beliau menjerit dengan suara yang sangat kuat. 


Para pelajar: (masih senyap, menyaksikan drama yang bakal berlaku)


Pembantu makmal pun dah geram jugak. Selama ni dia sabar aje. Lepas tu dia pun cakap dengan suara yang sangat kuat jugak (memangla, mestilah kita geram kalau orang jerit kat kita!) 

'DOKTOR! SAYA DAH BAGITAHU MEREKA SEMUA BLA BLA BLA!'


Pensyarah tu pun lagi naik angin bila pembantu makmal tu cakap balik dengan suara yang kuat. Maka beliau pun cakap sesuatu yang mengejutkan. 


' AWAK SIAPA?? SAYA PENSYARAH! (dan awak cuma pembantu makmal)'


Pembantu makmal perempuan tu pun senyap.


HUH! Macam tu ke cara nak treat perempuan? Tak nak mengutuk lecturer secara open kat sini tapi kamu semua fikir sendirilah pengajaran dia.


 Kesimpulannya, mana boleh berbangga dengan apa yang kita ada. Tu semua Allah yang bagi. Allah letak kita tempat lain-lain. Peranan masing-masing. 

 Jangan pandang rendah kat makcik cleaner. Kalau dia takde, kita sendiri yang kena cuci toilet yang kotor tu. hoho.
Jangan pandang rendah kat nelayan. Kalau dia takde, macam mana kita nak makan ikan? >__<
And so on....


Okay,assalamualaikum!

8-)

It's about time I realized that I should follow my dreams!

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It feels like home!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

In case you've been wondering, I am still here, in the holy land of UIA Kuantan (LOL). Nope, I'm not at home. I haven't been home for 1,2,3.....(jap check calendar) SEVEN WEEKS now! And won't be coming home for another THREE WEEKS. Total = TEN WEEKS! It means I haven't seen my parents and my siblings for SEVEN WEEKS!Okay, dah.

 The horrifying 14 weeks of lectures are finally over! And finals approaching! Next week. -____-.
Right now, I'm in the study/discussion room of CF Sister Mahallah Maimunah, enjoying the free, super duper speedy wi-fi! Yaay!


I brought
1. My laptop-duh! (and I have two whole office tables all for myself!)
2. Organic Chemistry notes and book (macam bajet je nak study)
3.  MP3 (can download songs, thanks to the wifi, hoho!)
4. Meena Latif: Heroine of Afghanistan by Melody Ermachild Chavis (I want to make some research about female heroes all over the world! Heroes la, heroine bunyi tak best. Macam, if there's no hero, there'll be no heroine! Heroine tu macam damsels in distress. >___<)


Tonight, I will...
1. Khatam semua video Anwar Hadi and Mat Luthfi, hoho.
2. Download songs
3. Blogwalking
4. Research about RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and other non-academic related research
5. Err, study kalau ada masa. :P


Biarlah, malam ni je nak enjoy.


With that, thank you. :)

EDIT: Okay, I can't download songs. Good for me! 

WHY??

Why did he have to fall in love with another woman and divorced his wife? STUPID GUY
Why did he marry her in the first place if he wasn’t sure he would continue loving her? STUPID GUY
Why did she (the ex-wife) have to dieeeee??? STUPID (and great) ENDING

Why is the music so sad and melancholic that I would have to cry?? GREAT MUSIC

Sadness, frustration all intermingled into one.

*SNIFF!!!!*

I forgot the last time I ever cried. But it feels SOOO GOOD!! Even though you're crying upon watching a sad movie. Crying is GOOD. HAHAHA.

Dearest Mummy

Assalamualaikum and hello to all.
First of all, I MISS MY MOOOMMMYYY!!!!

Yeah, I miss my mum so much (eh, first time tulis pasal ni). I haven't seen her for more than 2 months. And I MISS HERR!!! :((

Dear Emak,
Sorry for not calling you for two to three days. I have been really busy this week. FIVE QUIZZES! I slept for less than 6 hours in a day and I'm physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted! And I hate the quizzes, particularly, Microbiology quiz. I'm sure the other 98 students from my batch hate it too. >__<

I don't know how this started to happen to me. I've always been a 'smooth' speaker but just now. Argh,, just now! I was a bit panic and nervous, becoming all flabbergasted and I forgot some points and as usual, I would stare into space to look for ideas on what to say next. My friends said I did fine but I know they're just consoling me. I know better after all.This worries me. Public speaking has always been my forte. Not enough preparation, I guess. And I was tired after all.

I love Pharmacology but later on, I do realise that there's so much to be learned about it once you went deeper into the subject. I'm now hesitating (though it's really kind of early) whether I should take Pharmacology as my major in the future. I'm unsure of my future life. But I do know for sure that I don't want to forever working in the boring place called hospital. And to dwell into the industry area, I don't think I'm capable for that. In case of pursuing my studies, I just realised that I'd make a boring lecturer to my future students.
I'm tired of thinking about achieving this and that. I just want to go with the flow and be happy. I know that you and Abah won't pressure me or anything. It's just that I know that I have to work hard. I have aims, dreams, goals that I want to fulfill. 

I do think I should speak English more often. My English is getting rusty. Blurghhh...Oh yeah, speaking about hospital, I went to the hospital just now, for the visit to Central Sterile Supply Unit. It was boring. I don't like hospitals. It's such a dark, gloomy, depressing place for both the workers and the patients.

And Emak, my facilitator for Halaqah called me to say that she had sent my name together with another classmate as potential candidates to become Halaqah facilitator next year. I was a bit shocked. Someone like me? Becoming a halaqah facilitator? I'm not that good. I don't wear tudung labuh. I don't quote Quranic ayats. I watched lots of Japanese Dramas.I drool over cute celebrities. I'm afraid that I will become a bad influence to my 'adik-adik Halaqah'. And a hypocrite. But in a way I realise that this is one of the opportunities that Allah is bestowing upon me due to my desire to change.

I want to change so badly that it puts me in a dilemma. It's hard to leave all those 'wonderful' things behind. But I'll try, insya-Allah. I wanted to become a Muslimah who is respected by both the Muslims and non-Muslims.

I took a brain dominance test just now (from someone's blog) and I realised that I am right-brained. Most people in this world are left-brained. Does that make me special? LOL. But later on, I realised that I am BOTH right brained and left brained. But I prefer being a right-brained person. I want to work in a magazine in the future, I want to travel around the world, I want to become an activist, I want to write best-selling books, I want to change the world.

Don't worry. I will never ever give up. I don't want to admit defeat towards failure. It's just that I'm a bit tired. Or maybe it's due to PMS.

Dear Emak,
I've never said this directly to you but I know that you know that 'I REALLY MISS YOU!!!'
I can't wait for the coming 5 months holidays where I can spend more time with you, abah and adik-adik. I miss home, I miss Sungai Petani. I miss Kedah. I miss going to relatives' houses. I miss KEDAH. Let's go to the gym together, play tennis together and let's grow old gracefully together, hehe.

Dear Emak,
I miss gossiping with you, telling you almost everything about my life, 'bergayut' kat telefon sampai sejam lebih, hehe.

Dear Emak,
I think I'm in love. HAHAHA.

Dear Emak,
For now, you are my BEST FRIEND in the whole wide world. :)

Dear Allah,
Thank you for giving me such a wonderful mother. I will cherish and treasure her for as long as I live. :D

Thoughts: Allah plans everything in unpredictable ways. Yet the results turned out delightful. I am eternally grateful. :)

Anyone out there? This is Sarah, crapping!

 Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)
I've deleted the previous post. HAHA. 


I do want to change but let's keep that between me and Allah. :D

Now, let's get on to business! To my ultimate talent--> CRAPPING! (skil menggoreng)

Know what, the skills of crapping is highly needed and is necessary for your everyday survivals.
1. When you answer essay questions. :P
2. When you give a presentation- to make it longer and more impressive xD
3. When the lecturer suddenly asked you questions and you haven't read anything yet (in the case of UNGS. I didn't read anything when Dr. R suddenly asked about my collection of articles :P)
4. When you're handling a task of persuading-a-guy-to-buy-a-motorcycle in an Explorace competition. 


The most important thing is, you must be confident! It's an essential skill I learned from my debating days. If cat got my tongue and I got stuck between words, my seniors would say 

'Oh, just crap!'

I do think that my crapping skills have developed to a greater extent as compared to when I was at school. Thanks to the English classes and UIA environment- English as the medium of communication, having foreign lecturers and friends.

And I do feel that I'm more confident in delivering my speech/ presentation as I entered the college world. I could not find the reason up till now. :/

I'm proud to announce that I'm a crapper (HUH?) and I shall continue crapping. Thank you.

Three blog posts in a day? My creative gland must have been stimulated, thus explaining the smooth flow of creative juice (see,craps!). 
This might be my last post for this month (might be) as I have pre-finals next week and finals' approaching in a week. 

Thank you =)