the relative awakening

"Awak nak buat apa dengan baju-baju ni semua?"

2012-02-01T07:04:00.000+08:00

Have I told you that I've never missed out a Bicara Hati episode?

Oh God I don't know why I keep on watching this crapfest of a drama series. It's draggy, it's slow-paced, the scripts leave something to be desired, jalan cerita merepek; everything is just the opposite of a good drama series.

Everything except for Sharnaaz Ahmad. Cute la dia tu.

If you want to watch Bicara Hati tapi takdak TV, you can download the episodes from here. But be prepared! Your intelligence will be tested for most of the time.

Contoh terbaik:

(Dalam scene mak mentua Zahlia jatuh dalam toilet)

Kak Salmah (maid): Saya ada no telefon ambulans. Saya telefon ambulans.

WHAT THE WHAT WHAT?

Selama ni mati-mati ingatkan no telefon ambulans untuk SATU MALAYSIA ialah 999.

Banyak lagi okay. At the pace Bicara Hati is going, I wouldn't be surprised kalau boleh cecah 300 episodes.

Tu belum campur pasal lagu tema dia ataupun betapa kerapnya si Adli (Tengku Shahran's friend) tu utters the word "bro". Oh my, it grates on my nerves everytime.

Tapi Sharnaaz Ahmad tu cute la.

TAPI.

(spoiler alert)

Dalam buku tu nanti Tengku Shahran pukul isteri dia. I hate wife-beaters :(

Seriously cannot wait.

Am I dreaming?

2012-01-31T01:04:00.001+08:00

It's one thing for youngsters to spell "loose" in place of "lose", it's another when a respected academician makes the same mistake.

Yes, he's human too and humans make mistake every second of the day, but man, "loose" and "lose" have different meanings! A respected academician should know that!

I don't know what and who to believe anymore.

Incessantly talking

2012-01-30T03:04:00.003+08:00

A friend tweeted that the intro for Gadis Semasa in AJL26 sounded a lot like Another Way to Die. If you're wondering, this is the song he was talking about.

I've always thought this song is one of Jack White's weakest songs, because haha I don't know, because it just is! Or maybe he collaborated with Alicia Keys who whines and grunts throughout the song? And unlike Chris Cornell's You Know My Name, this song doesn't click as a Bond song at first.

But then I've loved everything about Casino Royale. The movie, the cast, the song, Daniel Craig in that blue swimming trunk, everything was just perfect. Plus, the movie introduced Mads Mikkelsen to me who starred in this awesome, awesome movie.

Watch this movie if you haven't. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. This movie is from Denmark btw.

Sad reality

2012-01-29T03:04:00.000+08:00

I always find it odd that in rape/love scenes in any Malay movie/drama, the actors would check whether he/she has a stitch of clothes on under the blanket because errr....if you were raped or if your private part was involved in any activity, don't you think you'd feel something weird down there?

That's only one example. I can list down more but it takes a lot of brain-racking-up and it's 3AM and I'm getting sleepy.

Come on Malaysian drama/moviemakers, wake up and smell the coffee! It's like they're so apart from reality, they don't know what's real and what's not. I'm so tempted to shove a pole so far up their asses so they won't be this self-entitled anymore. Lepas tu lagi nak merungut macam-macam bila orang Malaysia tak sokong filem dia zzzz.

Support a Malaysian movie/song/book/theatre/play because it's good, not because it's made in Malaysia. We Malaysians are not obligated to support a made-in-Malaysia work, you know. Malaysians can judge whether your work is good or not too, so stop treating us like we know nothing.

It's time like this that I wish more people read my blog so I can get the message across :(

What is thissss?

2012-01-27T06:17:00.002+08:00

Bicara Hati is so ridiculously ridiculous I can't believe I've never missed out an episode.

But Sharnaaz Ahmad is too cute haha.

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha

2012-01-24T04:41:00.001+08:00

I cannot stop watching this video hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh God.

So sad that in Malaysia, mocking a politician can land you in trouble. Unless your name is Hasan Ali or Ibrahim Ali of course.

Bang bang bang

2012-01-24T02:39:00.002+08:00

Today is Day 70 since the first time my hand touched the Skyrim cover before I greedily installed it into my newly upgraded and modified personal laptop and it slowly took over my already non-existent life.

Since I'm finishing Skyrim (I'm at level 72, yes I know, the cap level is 80/81 and it could be endless but still, bow before me minions!) and slowly regaining my life back (no more functioning on 2-hour sleep and tweeting/blogging about inane things just to get my mind off the random dragon attacks. I like the random dragon attacks btw), thought I should write something about it hahah yeah I'm sentimental like that.

Yes, even after I quit audit, I still don't have a life.

Anyway came across this while I was browsing through.

Looks interesting. Maybe I'll download the series once I'm done with Skyrim.

Paradio suave

2012-01-23T06:19:00.000+08:00

When I think that I'm being sarcastic and funny, people think that I'm being bitchy and like to complain about everything.

When I think that I'm voicing out a rational opinion, people think that I'm being argumentative.

Susah la macam ni. I'm not a teenager anymore who needs to explain every of my actions to everyone, especially to those who are of the same age as me. And I don't really like it when people try to push their idealisms on me. I've never forced anyone to stop listening to Taylor Swift or Katy Perry or Lady Gaga or Maroon 5 even though I think they're a bunch of talentless hacks now, have I? So shut your mouth up. I can think for myself, no matter how long it will take me to realise about things. I'm sure sooner or later, the truth will show itself to me.

Besides, the more you force your ideas/thoughts on me, the more I think that you're just being ridiculous and stupid. Yeap, I'm one of those people.

Enough rant.

Anyway, I can't be the only one who's getting tired of stripped down/acoustic covers of popular songs. They're just everywhere. It might have worked 4 years ago but now? Only teenagers/old people would listen to that. Blow my (and everybody's) mind, amateur singers, blow my (and everybody's) mind.

I think Najwa Latif turns me off of stripped down/acoustic covers of popular songs. Cannot wait to hear her monotonous singing and one-note guitar playing (I know, repetitive) on AJL 26. Eyes rolling upward.

And don't act like you're not googling your name every 10 seconds.

I'm bored. Can't believe I can be bored during a 4-day weekend. The loss is affecting me more than I think it is.

Currently youtubing 80s songs.

Get your two-step on

2012-01-20T21:13:00.000+08:00

Not gonna say anything about the Halal issue because I've said enough on my Facebook (because I have more Facebook friends than I have blog-readers) and I hope I'll get the point across even though I know no one will give a shit to what I have to say but still....

Here's to hoping that Malaysians will stop witch-hunting. Penat laa nak keep up dengan semua bullshits that the media *cough*TV3*cough* spout on.

Okay lah maybe one thing.

Ini dah bukan tahap memalukan, ini tahap kena masuk Darjah 3 balik. And I mean that in the nicest way. Zero snark.

Weird

2012-01-20T02:53:00.001+08:00

As usual, I just woke up. It's 2:42AM.

Had a weird/happy/scary/confusing dream just now. In the dream, I handed in my resignation letter and the company retaliated by suing me because they said I breached a verbal contract. I did tell them that I intend to stay for as long as I can handle the pressure, so they took it as an agreement from my part. So in court, I defended myself by airing everyone's dirty laundry. Whatever secret they told me, I used it as my arsenal. Sampai habis benda aku cerita ambik kau.

And then the dream ended there.

So surprised to know that I'm as mulut tempayan and busuk hati as the akak-akak in my department. Makin lama aku kerja sana, makin buruk perangai.

What's wrong with you?

2012-01-18T23:42:00.001+08:00

I think the negativity from the workplace is following me everywhere.

I snap all the time now. I hate to be like this.

Haaaa bagitau lah semua orang! Bagitau! Bagitau!

2012-01-16T21:10:00.000+08:00

I've been repeating all over Twitter and Facebook but trust me, this bears repeating.

One of the things that irks me the most is how boastful people can be about their amalan, or good deeds. Doesn't matter lah whether it has something to do with your religions like updating your status after you performed your solat EVERYTIME, bangun tengah malam untuk Qiyamullail/Tahajjud, puasa sunat or just a general do-gooding (is that even a word?) like donating, it's still boasting.

Trust me, I'd prefer to hear you boast about your worldly possessions and pursuits rather than to hear you boast about something as sacred as performing solat. I guess you've heard of the saying, "jangan biarkan tangan kiri tahu yang tangan kanan menderma", so I don't get why people can't keep their mouth holes shut and possess a need to tell everyone what they're doing. Lepas tu berlumba-lumba pulak siapa punya amalan lagi banyak.

So please lah, keep everything to yourself. Kamu tak tahu kah riak dan takkabur itu tipu daya syaitan? Sia-sia saja amalan tu kalau pahalanya ditarik balik kan?

Masing-masing dah besar panjang, takkan lah itu pun nak bagitau zzz.

It's long

2012-01-15T00:52:00.004+08:00

I'm one of those crazy people who checks out others' Longchamp bags to see whether they're genuine or not.

Yes I know, a very bad habit but I just can't seem to stop. So ashamed of myself for being such a poyo person.

This band needs airplay. Who should I ass-kiss so this band's songs will get played on our local radio stations?

Little sister

2012-01-13T03:13:00.001+08:00

My little sister went to a new school last Monday, and my poor Mom is missing her.

I started typing around 9,10 PM and then I went to sleep without realising. It's 3:10AM now and I can't remember what I wanted to say zzz.

I'm too tired.

بارك الله فيكم

2012-01-09T22:09:00.000+08:00

I think street demonstrations don't bother me as much as the reactions towards the street demo and today's court decision affirms that. Yang mati-mati menentang tu satu hal, yang mati-mati menyokong tu pun satu hal jugak (note the mati-mati) Only a thin line separates the two I think. Well, that's the impression I get after reading every article/tweet/Facebook status I could lay my eyes upon so forgive me if you feel insulted.

I see so many quotes that are just begging to be named as quote of the day but this one tops the cake;

"esok jln jem ke??...dgr2 ade perhimpunan...so sesape yg dlm fb ni penyokong kuat phimpunan ni trun la sok..bbual je xgune..tunjukkan semangat...hahaha...yg pntng esok aku kije cr rezeki...bo layan bnde2 camni..."

Man I hate shortforms.

The words in bold would be more truthful if he's a hardworking, dedicated worker who spends all of his working time (from 8:30am-5:30pm) actually WORKING instead of posting up to 20 videos per day and updating up to 17 statuses (yes, I counted. Now get off my lawn) EVERY working day. I don't think it's in my place to question the berkat-ness of his rezeki but man, it's hard not to. Really, what makes you think that those people who gathered at Jalan Duta are good-for-nothing piece of shits? Can you honestly say that you, a person who spends his working hours watching videos on Youtube and posting them on Facebook are better than them?

Bitch please.

Please, don't ever think what these street demonstrators did is beneath you. At least they have something to believe in, unlike a lalang like me, and maybe you too. Doesn't matter lah who/what they believe in is something/someone as shady as those politicians whose names I don't want to mention but still, they believe.

It's sad to see that everything is politicised nowadays but it's sadder to see that some people are using religions for their own personal gains. And yes, I'm talking about you, Hasan Ali p/s kalau sebut nama dia 80 kali pun takpe.

What and what?

2012-01-07T02:18:00.000+08:00

I think it's amazing how some people can brag to the high heaven about their backpacking/ travelling experiences and yet they regard Kuching as "somewhere abroad". Wow.

And you call yourself a Malaysian? *slaps forehead*

And I thought knowing how to read a map is a requirement to become a good backpacker/traveller? *slaps forehead lagi*

The more I heard/read about others' so-called "experiences" the more I think they're lying.

I close my eyes

2012-01-04T20:30:00.000+08:00

Capital FM played this song today.

Can't believe I called myself a music connoisseur when the existence of this song escaped me. Shall slit my wrist any moment now.

Kenapalah engkau ni bangang sangat?

2012-01-03T20:14:00.000+08:00

"tgk mesir dah la..skrg rusuhan lagi teruk lepas diorg berjaya jatuhkan hosni mubarak hari tu..demonstrasi ni budaya kafir & puak yahudi..bila xpuas hati jer terus buat kacau..haishh"

(Religious zealot posted a video about the UPSI demonstrasi and said the above)

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Everyone knows that Egypt is one of Israel's major Arab allies AND the US government gives $1.3 billion to Egypt in military aid ANNUALLY so all I can say is, are you fucking kidding me dumbass? Cakap orang lain bodoh, tak tahu agama, tak ada akidah, perangai yahudi, engkau sendiri yang perangai bodoh macam yahudi tak sedar diri betul. Hosni Mubarak yang kau sokong tu sokong yahudi tau tak?

Hurmm berani dalam blog je lah. Hari tu dah kena "kau ni takde akidah ke?" bila tegur dia :(

Latest obsession

2012-01-01T22:39:00.003+08:00

So so good. But so expensive :(

So you'd rather embarrass yourself?

2011-12-30T21:17:00.002+08:00

I'm a broken record. I like to repeat the shits I said over and over again. And I'm truly sorry if you're bored with me by now. I will understand if you desert me this time.

So, Malaysians. Why do you have to be truly offended when I corrected your indecipherable English? I did that in the first place not because I wanted to embarrass you, but because I didn't want YOU to keep on embarrassing YOURSELF. Yes, I know, my English is not that great either, but if I know something that you don't, why should I keep it only to myself and see you make the mistake over and over again. Which do you prefer? To be snickered at by me behind your back (if you're one of my Facebook friends that means I will be making snide remarks about you on my Twitter and blog) or to improve yourself?

Do you think I like it when I see unreadable English sentences everywhere? Yes, I can just keep the fuck out of everything but I don't want to see everyone I know (doesn't matter whether I like you or not, I mean EVERYONE) to keep making the same mistakes and be the brunt of a joke, even if it's only me who's making the joke and no one would be laughing with me. And you have the nerve to be mad at me and call me names when you should be thanking me for not allowing you to keep on embarrassing yourself. Yes, I'm vain and self-entitled like that.

Why do I have to start the conversation with "sorry, I don't mean to offend you but instead of this and this, it should be this and this. Sorry again :D" complete with a smiley and all when it's you who should be apologizing to me for giving me a migraine while trying to decipher your words and keeping me awake at nights because your bad grammar and disputed use of words are giving me nightmares. Why should I be ashamed on your behalf when you don't even care that you're making a spectacle of yourself in an unfavourable way? Why should I worry about your grammar and pronunciation when I don't even fucking know you?

Even I don't understand why. I should get sainted or something for still doing this even though I get insulted everytime.

Jangan lah confident kalau nak bercakap/menulis tu. Kalau dah tak tahu sangat, stick to BM kan lagi senang. Takde lah aku sakit jantung nak faham apa yang kau cuba sampaikan. Lepas tu ulang-ulang "dependant on your lucky" (what he was trying to say was "depends on your luck") 5,6 kali sampai aku pun tak tahan tengok kau malukan diri sendiri. Haih orang Melayu, orang Melayu. Beriya bercerita pernah pergi negara itu negara ini backpacking sana backpacking sini, semua experience kau sia-sia je kalau benda senang pun kau tak tahu.

Yes I was wrong for butting in in the first place, but hello, you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Lepas tu nak insult orang pulak zzzz. Malas la nak layan orang camni. I was really tempted to return the insult but haihhhh bila fikir nak tulis ayat apa, keinginan nak membalas tu hilang pulak. A sign of growing up perhaps? Life mellows you down at some point.

I care shits about what they said about me on Malaysian Backpackers Club Facebook page because I don't know these people and their opinions mean nothing to me (I think lah kot) but I do care that none of them is trying hard enough to improve their English (sebab semuanya pun Melayu so guna je lah BM!!!!). But then zzzz the info section of that group is telling enough kot.

I really should be an English teacher or lecturer or something.

And haha my creativity juice (chewah!) flows when I get insulted. How peculiar is that?

Stockings

2011-12-29T23:46:00.000+08:00

I was supposed to write things that inspired (?), amused (?), excited (?), whatever lah in year 2011 but I was too busy doing errr.... I don't know. I guess the things that I found interesting when I was younger don't hold as much interest right now.

I'll save that for another post.

Anyway, I have lots of friends who are just begging to be stalked on Facebook. Yes I know it's not healthy but I just can't help it. I have a religious zealot on my friends list (we were diploma mates), a girl who writes the shittiest statuses I've ever read gets like 30-40 likes DAILY (an example; "Jgn gado2, x baek" gets 48 likes) and someone who I thought would never venture into direct selling ventured into direct selling because her fiancé's family is active in direct selling. I swear, these people make no sense most of the time but I just can't stop stalking them.

So the girl who's active in direct selling, well, I like to stalk her future in-laws Facebook pages hahaha I knowww I should be ashamed of myself but I can't help it. Mind you, none of them is on my friends list but still, my hard work prevailed. Hard work laa ingat senang ke nak stalk orang. The person I like to stalk the most among the fiancé's family members is the mother because man, she's unlike any of the mothers I've ever known in my entire life. Very interesting. To me je lah, I don't know what you guys might think.

Okay so on Tuesday (yeah still remember the day because I'm very detailed like that), I stalked the mother as usual and she posted a few Nancy Ajram videos and I clicked on one of them and now I can't stop youtubing her videos. Oh Lord all her songs are the melekat kat otak kinda songs and I keep on hitting repeat-peat-peat. Pardon my pun.

Nancy Ajram apparently is one of the biggest Arab stars in history and she's only 28 (!!!!), which is amazing. Go wiki her okay? She's interesting. Go google her before and after plastic surgeries photos too. That's even more interesting.

Listen to these songs and you'll understand her appeal.

That voice! And I think I like Lebanese men. Dunno but they look Latin enough to me.

Kalam

2011-12-27T18:08:00.001+08:00

Claiming that you're not racist/religiously-intolerant even after posting links after links and updating status after status saying that wishing Merry Christmas is against your aqidah is like claiming that Gaddafi was not a killer just because he was a Muslim.

It does not compute.

From my (limited) observation, I think that most Malays and Muslims in Malaysia forget that Islam is fair and treats everyone equally. Wishing Merry Christmas to those who celebrate the festival does not make you a believer that Nabi Isa was born on Dec 25th, but it shows that you're being courteous. Yes, I googled and I know that Ijma' Ulama is divided between to allow it or to make it haram. I'm of the opinion that Islam is not a cruel religion and it does not want its followers to incite hatred against people of other faith.

I may be wrong here, but why are you so afraid that making a mere wish would lead you astray? Is your aqidah that fragile?

I really wish that we Muslims are not this divided and paranoid.

Hyperventilates

2011-12-25T21:13:00.000+08:00

"Sebenarnya masa nak balik hari tu duit abang dah habis lepas tu abang pinjam RM30 daripada 2 orang budak perempuan kelas abang untuk petrol. Bila abang nak bayar balik tadi, diorang kata tak payah bayar, diorang halalkan. Best gila jadi lelaki tak payah bayar balik bila pinjam duit kat perempuan".

-My brother, telling his money predicament to my mother.

To which my mother said, "I didn't raise you to be a douche!" and raises a lot of questions like, where did she learn the word "douche" and does she really know the meaning of that word.

Wanted to write a post about Christmas but then I got distracted with a bunch of errr....boybands videos hehe.

Tadi makan steamboat ya Tuhan makan tak ingat dunia and now I'm seriously full nak bergerak pun malas. Macam ular sawa :S

Can't live without it

2011-12-21T23:17:00.003+08:00

This is my take on the Malaysian politics. My opinion and mine alone. Please bear in mind that I might be 99% wrong here so blame all the inconsistencies and wrong facts on me.

I'm not a supporter of the Government nor the Opposition but I'm a supporter of what's good for the people and my country. I'm a registered voter and I'm more disappointed with the Government right now than the other side though, especially after the Perhimpunan Agung UMNO 2011.

I really hate it when the people from the government says that the rakyat tak tahu mengenang budi when they voted for the opposition. Who the fuck are you to question the allegiance of the rakyat when your allegiance is actually in question. The rakyat voted for you and keep you in the office because the rakyat expect you to get the jobs done and fight for their rights bukannya bagi dekoder seorang satu kat satu bangunan PPR dan menyusahkan rakyat. The duit negara these ministers are talking about are not their own money sedap je kan kata rakyat tak mengenang budi. All the discrepancies in the AG's audited report tu salah siapa? What about the RM250 million NFC scandal? These are the rakyat's money we're talking about. How come nothing is being done when the rakyat demands an answer for all these? The rakyat is that soundless and worthless ke?

I voted for the Opposition in PRU 12. This was when the Khir Toyo issue dominated the headlines. Right now, I'm not too sure about my own vote. Everything about Anwar Ibrahim makes me stabby. I don't care if he's innocent or guilty (of the sodomy case), but at the merest breath of a scandal whether it happened or not, I think anyone with dignity would resign from his post. I understand that all he wants is to prove his innocence but the more stubborn he gets, the more power-mad he seems to me. All I see of him now is someone who is so passed his prime but still fighting to stay relevant. I like his daughter though. Now that is someone I respect.

And then the whole Hasan Ali saga happened. How can one claim himself as being a true fighter of Islam when he's a proven racist/religiously-intolerant (Exhibit A: the Methodist church raid) is beyond my comprehension.

But sigh, reading this post pun dah tau I will vote for which side kot.

This is not related to what I blabbered about but I don't understand why most of us (me included) are always looking for clues of what is not allowed than to follow what is allowed in Islam. The best example is the declaration of haram of certain food lah. How can we be so paranoid that we google the halal-ness of each food we about to consume when once you're in doubt about its halal-ness, the food would not be halal to you anymore? Why can't we just be confident and believe that non-Muslims are not that cruel to actually use non-Halal ingredients in their cooking? Why are we in this situation right now? Why do we have to be suspicious of everyone around us?

And I'm guilty of all the above too.

And you, as a Malaysian, should be ashamed of yourself when you say malas nak ambik tau pasal politik negara sebab dua-dua coalitions pun sama. This is your future, your generation's future yang awak malas nak ambik tau. What happens now will shape the future. Jangan pulak bising of what's happening to this country when you've done nothing to change it. Please don't say one vote won't make a difference, of course it can make all the difference you want it to be.

If you haven't registered as a voter yet, please register now.

Wow this whole post sounds like a public announcement or something.

The A

2011-12-21T00:11:00.002+08:00

This happened when I was in Form 3.

I don't remember what movies that were really popular back then and my ass is too lazy to google through but there was this one action movie that the 15-year-old me and other 15-year-olds were totally crazy about and we quoted lines from the movie every time we had the chance.

So, one of the most popular lines have "......you sonofabitch!" in it and most of us have never heard that word before watching this movie. Once, a friend of mine said, "something...you sonofabitch!" and another friend of mine said something along this line,

"Don't you guys think the correct term is 'son of THE bitch' because the bitch is someone we know?"

Matthew the Snob, I wonder whether you're still correcting movie lines or not.

What a boring life I lead if something like this still amuses me.

I first heard the word "rendezvous" from this song!

2011-12-20T07:04:00.000+08:00

Wanted to post a Christmas video on Facebook but I've received enough flame regarding my anti-UMNO tirades so hmm takpelah. Macam tak compute lah pulak kan takde tolerance towards other religions (one perfect example is this someone always questions why we always say RIP when an infidel died because he said infidels won't have a moment in peace in the afterlife) AND a self-proclaimed konon kuat agama tapi penyokong kuat UMNO dan suka kutuk Tok Guru Nik Aziz.

Orang macam ni lah is giving Islam a bad name, lepas tu lagi ada hati nak cakap "Aku cuma nak betulkan akidah kau je, kau ni dah terpesong sangat. Harapkan pakai tudung je lebih". OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME? Memang mintak kena simbah asid kan.

To the zero of you who's interested, please please please listen to this song.

Countdown

2011-12-18T23:37:00.002+08:00

I'm gonna start posting about all things 2011 just for the giggles. Well, and to keep my blog alive with the frequent posts :)

1. Adele

Well, that goes without saying. I've been a fan of Adele since 2008 so it's nice to see that she's getting the success which she so rightfully deserves. But hmm, I'm tired of listening to Someone Like You over and over again on the radio because the album 21 contains a whole lotta good songs.

2. Joy Formidable

The best artiste ever to come out this year, they're simply amazing. Yes I'm too old to rave about a new band, but please please please click play and you'll understand why I'm raving about them.

I don't know why but there's something about them that reminds me of Phoenix even though their sounds and styles are totally different.

And now I've lost interest haha. Might continue tomorrow if I'm not too busy.

Sad and happy

2011-12-18T22:50:00.000+08:00

I think I'm one of those very tak kisah people. I don't know if I come off as a bitchy, very cerewet, mak cik-like to others, well, I don't know, but I still think I'm very tak kisah.

But even my tak kisah has its own limit.

What I have in mind would be much more dramatic if I wrote this post a week ago but I was too busy. What's left now is not anger and disappointment anymore but a lingering sense of relief. Thank goodness you showed your true colours during our first ever overseas trip or I'd be tempted to murder someone (probably you) IF we ever proceed with the other trip plans.

Okay that's one. Here's another.

I'm guilty of letting a few relationships/friendships slide. BUT if I think you're worth keeping and even if it was your fault that we stopped talking in the first place, I would set aside my pride and say "hello" to you after the guilt kicks in. Tapi masak lah kalau sepanjang masa pun aku jugak yang nak start dulu. Why can't YOU set aside your pride this time around and say "hello" to me first? Why does it have to be ME every single time?

Penat lah sepanjang masa pun nak mengalah. I have my pride too you know.

You know what's sad about all these? I shouldn't even write this piece in the first place. I'm not a teenager anymore, I shouldn't be bothered about any of these.

What a sad, sad life I have.

Open and close

2011-12-13T23:40:00.000+08:00

If you're one of my closest friends or follow me on Twitter, you'd know that I went to Universal Studios Singapore last weekend. I'm still waiting for Lily to upload the photos so yeah no photos right now sorry.

I just want to say one thing, if there's anything that can erase my memory of the wtf-did-I-just-watch?-shits Michael Bay passed of as Transformers movies, it's the Transformers The Ride. So awesome I cannot describe it in words. Too bad I was there with 2 girly girls, because if it were up to me, we'd ride that shit up from the opening of the gate till the closing of the gate, yeah it's that awesome.

More stories coming right up when I can find my love for writing once again.

What don't you understand?

2011-12-08T20:14:00.001+08:00

I'm so frustrated with almost everything right now and I just can't put my feelings into words. I'm having difficulties at work and the only thing that keeps me going is the money. I don't like my colleagues, I think most of them are two-faced bitches and I always keep things to myself for the fear of they'd use anything I've said against me in the future. I'm being paranoid, and I don't like it.

I just don't fit in there, and this time around, there are no more seniors that would guide me around because I am the senior, well, in terms of pangkat je lah. And I miss my ex-colleagues too much because my current job requires me to work alone most of the time.

This was me circa 2 years ago when I joined my old firm. I hate that history is repeating itself.

This vacation couldn't arrive at a more appropriate time. I need this so badly.

A good life

2011-12-02T01:35:00.001+08:00

"You are a lovely little peach. DS children always are the happiest people I know. They have a sense of understanding that most people don't. A friend of mine died of cancer some years ago and while the rest of us morned at her furneral her DS son smiled the whole way through. When asked why he just said the obvious. 'My mummy loved God and she said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to see God so he could make her better and now she is seeing him so she isn't sick anymore, so i'm happy for her.' Every one of us felt quite silly and selfish at his simple explanation. I some times wish I could see the world through their eyes".

A comment on an article about Down Syndrome babies.

I don't know if you know this, but in some countries, women who are carrying Down Syndrome babies are advised to abort them. I get why they're allowing this practice, but there's a tiny part of me that can't bear the thought of killing an unborn child.

And I wonder why I always look at the ugly side of things instead of the good. But then I also find it hard to believe that I'm sharing oxygen with talentless, self-entitled hacks like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry when they should've disappeared from this Earth forever. Guess which I'm more comfortable with.

Without you I fail in every way

2011-11-30T01:42:00.001+08:00

I listened to a lot of Dead by April while I was going through my emo phase, I don't know, 3-4 years ago? Haha everything seems so silly now.

Dead by April songs are on my playlist because I just found out listening to screamos clears out my head and untangles any confusion. Trust me, this is just another phase. 2 weeks ago, I couldn't stop listening to the dramatic music of Skyrim, Iron Man the Movie and Inception. I don't know, listening to those made everything I did sounded epic.

Bila baca balik the above paragraphs rasa macam nak lempang diri sendiri because I still sound like a pretentious prick.

The world doesn't revolve around you

2011-11-28T22:25:00.001+08:00

Backpacking, the latest fad in Malaysia.

I'm planning on backpacking trips in June and October next year but somehow listening to all these people talking about their backpacking trips turns me off somehow. I don't know, maybe they're just so enthusiastic about their trips and I'm being my sceptic self but I really hope they would turn down their bragging a little bit.

I know your life is interesting and all, but why do you have to do all the talking? Zzzz bila menyampuk dia potong cakap kita balik dan sambung cerita dia.

This is boring the hell out of me.

I know it's more than 24 hours until the match, but come on lads, you can do it! Let's thrash some blue Manchester asses!

I hope you can sleep at night

2011-11-26T02:31:00.001+08:00

Generically, I made a few predictions of who would be going to the AJL finals a few weeks ago. Let's have a recap.

1. Sungai Lui oleh Aizat (Aizat/Anas, Aizat/Anas)
2. Awan Nano oleh Hafiz (M.Nasir/Budi Hekayat)
3. Bagaikan Bidadari oleh Tomok (Aubrey Suwito/Tomok)
4. Babak Pertama oleh Drama (Ammar Habir/Aepul)
5. Pokok oleh Meet Uncle Hussein feat. Nubhan (Taja/Tun Teja)
6. Luar Biasa oleh Shahir (Audi Mok/Zelfirdaus)
7. Karma oleh Faizal Tahir (Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir)
8. Penakut oleh Yuna (Yuna/Yuna)
9. Sedetik Lebih oleh Anuar Zain (Edry Abd Halim/Edry Abd Halim)
10. Cinta Teragung oleh Hazama (Kuncidemak/Kuncidemak)
11. Any Stacy song
12. One of the collaborations and I chose Tiga Suara.

From this post.

So far I only guessed 4 songs correctly and I got 5 wrongs. 3 of my selections will be sung next week and based on my dismal predictions, I'm guessing only one of them will go through, and I think Yuna has the most chances among them all because of her AIM award stupid fiasco.

If Karma were not chosen, I sure as hell would boycott this AJL and ask my friends to do the same too. Not even the allure of Sungai Lui would make me watch this show anymore if they left out Karma.

Sokong industri muzik tanah air my ass kalau lagu merepek macam Cinta Muka Buku diangkat sampai macam tu sekali melebihi lagu bagus macam Pokok, Luar Biasa dan Bagaikan Bidadari. Shame on you judges, shame on you. I wonder how you people manage to sleep at night knowing that you put most of the shitty songs through.

I hate to sound like I'm entitled to something here but I've been supporting the local scene before it was cool to support the local scene. So can you imagine how sad I am to see that the our local music scene has come to this? All those talks about how revolutionised the local music scene is now as compared to the dark ages (the time when dangdut and rock meleleh ruled the charts) are just bullshit.

Cinta Muka Buku cuma guna 3 chords saja, so I don't see anything special about that and yet this song became so big that there are covers and parodies (any publicity is good publicity) everywhere. It's mind-boggling. I really don't see the appeal.

I'm so disappointed with the Malaysian music scene right now.

End dramatic rant.

International

2011-11-25T03:45:00.001+08:00

I don't know why I always sing "International Culo" whenever I sing that Pitbull and Chris Brown song (yeah one of my moments of weakness). I'm sure culo is a better word than love anyway.

The whole AIM-Yuna's award retracted saga is just ridiculous. But hmm, EY pun dah bagi statement minta maaf apa semua. I don't think this issue would put a dent on EY's reputation but if I were one of their clients, I would switch auditors immediately. If they can make a mistake on something as big (though somewhat inane) as this, what are the assurances they wouldn't make the same mistake while auditing my company?

I miss my old firm.

Ice Age is coming?

Chirpy chirpy chip chip

2011-11-22T21:40:00.001+08:00

Goodbye to bed and hello to 3-hour sleep.

Starting tonight.

Babak Pertama

2011-11-18T23:17:00.001+08:00

So pissed off Drama band didn't make it into the finals. I swear man if they put someone unworthy as the winner again I'm so holding a protest in front of the Media Prima building (something which I know I'm too old for).

I was truly impressed with Drama band since the first time I heard that drop D tuning (which is frequently used in heavy metal songs, in case if you've never heard of it before) even if it's only for a few seconds (from 3:03-3:10) in Babak Pertama.

A very good song with a very tight melody. Kalau setakat nak dengar lagu meleleh macam Awan Nano, lagu Nubhan (malas nak google) or lagu Alyah (tak teringin nak google), tiap-tiap tahun pun ada kot zzz.

And my Mom was pissed that Babak Pertama was not chosen because she liked to watch Juvana haha.

And like that "poof", he's gone

2011-11-18T01:52:00.001+08:00

If you're like me, and know The Usual Suspects script line by line, you'd know that one of the movie's best lines is this:-

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

I wonder how the moviemakers can ever convince the world that Kristen Stewart is prettier than Charlize Theron.

Swooon

2011-11-16T16:01:00.001+08:00

I know there are doubts about his......ummm.......preference but trust me when I say it doesn't matter to any of us females.

Abang Nuaaaaarrrrr! ♥ ♥ ♥

Mind-boggling

2011-11-16T00:30:00.001+08:00

Maybe it's the sceptic in me, but sometimes I wish the mainstream / alternative media would tell us our country's real economic situation, not that I expect them to know the real real REAL economic situation actually but something close enough will do. It's good to know that Malaysia is not doing as bad as other Asian countries (as far as I know lah, correct me if I'm wrong) even though Bursa Malaysia fell 11% today but I think I speak on behalf of other people who demand a better reassurance than Dr Zeti Aziz's speech.

Just yesterday media all over the world shouted that Asian stocks rose when the Eurozone crisis was seemingly averted and not 20 hours after that, it was reported that Asian stocks fell when French, Spanish and Italian yields rose. What on earth is going on actually?

What are we going to do if / when our time comes? Beg from China like the people from EU did?

Trachacha

2011-11-14T00:26:00.001+08:00

I was helping my youngest sister with her essay when the issue of "who" and "that" came out (e.g. am I the only one who thinks this is stupid?).

Let's just say that my dislike for Katy Perry intensified ten-fold after that.

This is what I'm afraid of. There shouldn't be a confusion about this. As if worrying about my Skyrim is not taking most of my waking hours and now I have to argue about "who" and "that"?

And don't let me get started on Lady Gaga's You and I. Lifehouse was grammatically-correct years ago with You and Me.

Yeah yeah yeah my English is not that great either. Save the hate emails.

War of the Titans

2011-11-12T03:59:00.001+08:00

One of the main reasons why I liked 300 despite its cheesiness and inaccuracy is because it is so testosterone-laden that it makes other similar movies before (and some of them, after) it looked like child's play. Immortals, sadly, is one of the child's plays.

I didn't like the movie. As a big fan of Mythology (hey don't brush me off, I spent countless hours playing Age of Mythology okay) I was struggling to match what I know about Titans and Olympians with what the movie portrayed them to be throughout the movie. I'm not gonna say more because I don't want to spoil it for you, errr well, not much anyway.

But man, Henry Cavill, man. What a beautiful specimen he is. OMG droooooooool.

Anyway, Bosnia v Portugal is a bore. I'm torn actually. I want Bosnia to pull an upset but if Portugal misses out Euro 2012, I'm afraid there won't be another gold like this.

Oh hello there Sneijder ♥ ♥

One of my favourite matches from my favourite World Cup. Everything about this match was so ridiculous it became endearing.

11.11.11

2011-11-10T23:56:00.001+08:00

Nothing is more important than this today. Absolutely nothing.

Advanced Equality Standard

2011-11-09T03:01:00.001+08:00

I'm predicting another 3-0 win for my team and a Chelsea win. And then we can move a spot up!But haih, these international matches are messing up with my feelings.

You scare me

2011-11-08T00:12:00.000+08:00

She won't be the next Nancy Sinatra even if she tries, but her recorded songs sound so good.

And this song scares me to hell haha dunno why.

That's all. I really have nothing to comment on things nowadays. I can tell you that I'm keeping an eye on the Greece and Italy financial situations but that's only because I'm interested in their implications on the single currency. I'm sorry, but I hope the euro problem stays till the next June :(

There's a silver lining......

2011-11-06T15:38:00.001+08:00

This is an interesting read.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/6/nation/9850636&sec=nation

The subject matter captured my interest, but the words from these people held it.

"Wisdom and compassion are so vital to understand Islam correctly in our time".

Thank you.

I definitely have a problem with TV3's cameraman/men

2011-11-05T18:45:00.002+08:00

Orang nak tengok performance la pandai bukannya nak tengok audience, background screen mende bagai. ECX kat belakang buat apa pun tak tau. Bodoh laaaaa. Selalu sangat macam ni. Kenapa tak boleh focus je kat diorang kat atas pentas tu? Tak payah nak artistic sangat lah jauhkan dekatkan kamera.

I hope you read this TV3!

And I sound like a 15-year-old goth kid haha.

What are you so afraid of?

2011-11-05T03:37:00.001+08:00

I think it's funny that the people who are against Seksualiti Merdeka think that we live in such a liberated country that pre-marital sex is rampant and the sight of people lip-locking is common. If not, they wouldn't be making such a big fuss.

Not all unmarried couples in Malaysia engage in sex, so why can't we say the same about the gays? Why do we have to think the worst about them? That's the weirdest thing of all.

I truly believe that homosexuality can't be promoted. If you are one, then you are one. You can't be enticed into thinking that you must be one if you go anywhere near them, because your body reactions will never tell you lies. I think that's what pissed me off the most. These people who are so worked up over this issue believe that the public can't think for themselves. They think we can be so easily influenced and we can't differentiate the good from the bad. But most of all, they make me think that I must be stupid or something and thus I need them to make decisions for me. It's degrading.

After I wrote THAT status, a friend bbm-ed me and asked "Tak takut ke akidah tu terpesong kalau sokong gay ni?" and I was totally taken aback. Amboi engkau duduk serumah dengan boyfriend dah 6 tahun ada hati nak mempersoalkan akidah aku? And here I am thinking that same-sex relationship AND cohabiting are both dosa besar. Seriously what part of I DO NOT CONDONE don't you understand?

Tapi takpelah, Majlis Ulama has stated that it's haram so ikut je lah. It's a shame though, because I believe that we should befriend them instead of alienating them. Why? Because I believe in love and tolerance. If I can tolerate the opinion of others AND Taylor Swift's pinchy wailing on the radio, I sure as hell think all of you can tolerate my opinion too.

I think this is my last piece regarding this issue. Cakap banyak karang orang kata tak hormat agama sendiri pulak. Habis tu name-calling tu hormat sangat la.

Just stop.

2011-11-03T03:23:00.001+08:00

I wrote about Seksualiti Merdeka before, read here if you want to.

I stand by what I've said before. I'm not going to pretend that I understand this, because I really don't. I've had lengthy discussions about sexuality issues with a bunch of people but most of the discussions got to the point where things became so confusing that they were inconclusive. I still don't know whether I'm supporting them (note that I do not condone same-sex marriage) or am I just showing indifference but one thing I know, I'm not passing any judgement. I applaud them for wanting to get their voices heard though. It takes tremendous courage to do that, and I have long believed that all of us need to be heard, one way or another.

I think it's not my (or your) place to condemn people for choosing the lives they chose to live. Who am I to say that I'm a better person than them just because I'm not one of them? I choose to believe that Allah is not cruel enough to create a man or a woman just so he or she could fill his life with committing sins. We make mistakes in order to learn from the said mistakes so that we can be a better person than we were yesterday.

Islam is a religion of peace of love. It's a beautiful religion. Why do we keep forgetting that?

And please don't be too quick to jatuh hukum. Awak cakap orang lain berdosa masuk neraka awak tu confirm ke masuk syurga? Just stop.

Now back to making fun of Taylor Swift's 3-chord songs and Justin Bieber's virility and swearing obscenities while watching football.

The way

2011-11-01T19:55:00.000+08:00

I like Azrin, Aziemah's baby sister a lot. By "a lot" I mean a whole lotta lot. Here's one of the reasons why.

(An excerpt of our BBMs)

"Azrin: What's happening next year? FIFA?
Me: No! Euro!
Azrin: Or is that every year?
Me: FIFA is every 4 years.
Azrin: Like world cup?
Me: World cup IS FIFA -.-" The full name of world cup is FIFA world cup.
Azrin: What? Since when? What does FIFA stand for?
Me: FIFA is the abbreviation of the football association or something.
Azrin: Football international football association? Ah now I know. FIFA is going to be held in London?"

And so it went.

She's turning her I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude into an art, it almost brings tears to my eyes. Proud tears.

Rare

2011-10-31T11:58:00.000+08:00

Should I put a disclaimer that I'm going to talk about my period before I proceed?

Oh there you have it. A disclaimer of sorts.

One of the things that I hate the most about being a woman (apart from being short and emotional most of the time) is that I have to go through the monthly menstrual period and the pain. Though my period is somewhat erratic, the pain is always there.

Okay I'll stop, after this one last thing.

So anyway, since my period is kind of erratic, a doctor suggested that I go for pap smear (I haven't gone to one in case you're wondering). He told me the chances of me getting a cervical cancer could be slim because my symptoms are the opposite of the usual symptoms of the cancer but he wanted me to go anyway to be on the safe side. Since it's almost impossible for me to get away from work nowadays, I put off the pap smear, I don't know, maybe until next year? Besides, I don't think I'm prepared to hear any bad news, if there's any bad news.

I told a few colleagues about what the doctor told me and one of them exclaimed, "Eh jangan pergi pap smear la! You kan tak kawin lagi. Nanti you dah tak virgin. Takkan la nak datang kat husband you dengan takde virginity?"

And I feel like slapping her. Perempuan, kau datang dari zaman mana ni?

I know the chances of me having a cervical cancer is slim but if I do have it, don't you think being a virgin is nothing compared to being dead? Priorities woman, priorities.

And what guy is so stupid to be so hung up about virginity anyway?

My idea of paradise

2011-10-30T04:52:00.002+08:00

Why is almost everyone's idea of paradise is somewhere beachy or safari-like with no laptops, no phones, no Kindles, no PS3, no cars, no internet connections, no electricity, no phone lines, no mapleys, no McDs, no pizzas, etc, etc, in sight?

I like tiger cubs and baby elephants and snorkelling as much as the next person, but heavenly? Umm no.

It boggles the mind. Why would you want to live in a place where you can't even get a phone line AND internet connection?

Indescribable!

2011-10-29T22:26:00.000+08:00

This is...this is...this is...

The best feeling ever. Can any of your teams boast that you beat Chelsea 5-3 at their home ground?

Fine lah okay lah Man City did it better but still, it's a close second.

So happy!

We'll play Marseille on Tuesday and WBA on Raya eve and I really hope the winning streak continues on.

Harapan ialah other Arsenal fans tak cepat riak. Kita kena sentiasa bersederhana sebab Tuhan tak suka orang yang riak.

I can't

2011-10-26T10:41:00.002+08:00

I was reading this list when my eyes rested upon #5, which mentioned about this movie, which the writer described as the most disturbing movie he has ever seen despite everyone else is saying that the spot is won by this movie.

So I happily googled both movies because I've never heard about any of them and babiiiiiiiiiiii who in their right minds would want to be associated with those freakashitsssssss?

It turns my stomach to read these shits, how can anyone watch any of these?

But the most disturbing news I've read is that the Twilight producers are remaking Martyrs. So we'll be seeing spineless, sparkly tormentors instead of the gruesome ones?

Pass the gin!

2011-10-26T07:01:00.000+08:00

My team won! Yeay! We're through to the next round! But hmmm Vermaelen :( hope he's okay.

Since THE match a total of 429 google searches landed on my blog. Hahaha what's up with you people?

So anyway, the songs that make it to Separuh Akhir Juara Lagu have been announced.

1. Sungai Lui oleh Aizat (Aizat/Anas, Aizat/Anas)
2. Janji oleh Akim (Akim/Akim)
3. Awan Nano oleh Hafiz (M.Nasir/Budi Hekayat)
4. Menyesal oleh Sixth Sense (Gjie/Sixthsense)
5. Maaf Dari Hati oleh Sofazr (Mohd Atlas/Mohd Atlas)
6. Kisah Hati oleh Alyah (Manusia Putih/Manusia Putih)
7. Bagaikan Bidadari oleh Tomok (Aubrey Suwito/Tomok)
8. Babak Pertama oleh Drama (Ammar Habir/Aepul)
9. Perpisahan Ini oleh 1st Edition feat. Aizat (Erol 1st Edition/Jijo 1st Edition)
10. Ilusi oleh Adira (Audi Mok/Audi Mok)
11. Pokok oleh Meet Uncle Hussein feat. Nubhan (Taja/Tun Teja)
12. Kalau Berpacaran oleh Shohaimi Mior Hassan/Ana Raffali/Altimet (Shohaimi Mior Hassan Shohaimi Mior Hassan / Ana Raffali / Altimet)
13. Beribu Sesalan oleh Ning Baizura/Jaclyn Victor/Shila Amzah (Kevin Chin/Tinta)
14. Muda oleh Hujan (Noh Hujan/Noh Hujan)
15. Wanita Seluruh Dunia oleh Projek Pistol (Boy Clifford/Boy Clifford)
16. Kurnia oleh Mizz Nina & Noh Hujan (Noh Hujan/Noh Hujan)
17. Luar Biasa oleh Shahir (Audi Mok/Zelfirdaus)
18. Karma oleh Faizal Tahir (Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir)
19. Mata Hati oleh Nubhan (Audi Mok/Audi Mok)
20. Kekanda Adinda oleh Atilia & Monoloque (Monoloque/Monoloque)
21. Gadis Semasa oleh Yuna (Yuna/Yuna)
22. Cinta Matiku oleh Sixth Sense (Sixth Sense/Sixth Sense)
23. Penakut oleh Yuna (Yuna/Yuna)
24. Kisah Dongeng oleh Stacy (Edry Abd Halim/Edry Abd Halim)
25. Aku Permata oleh Salma (Taja/Tun Teja)
26. Sedetik Lebih oleh Anuar Zain (Edry Abd Halim/Edry Abd Halim)
27. Di Penghujungnya oleh Iqa (Edry Abd Halim/Edry Abd Halim)
28. Cinta Teragung oleh Hazama (Kuncidemak/Kuncidemak)
29. Cinta Muka Buku oleh Najwa Latif (Najwa Latif/Ika Latif)
30. Bila Bertemumu oleh Shiha (Ajai/Ajai)

Ambik kau aku copy paste semua ni dari gua.com.my.

And I think these songs will make it to the final.

1. Sungai Lui oleh Aizat (Aizat/Anas, Aizat/Anas)
3. Awan Nano oleh Hafiz (M.Nasir/Budi Hekayat)
7. Bagaikan Bidadari oleh Tomok (Aubrey Suwito/Tomok)
8. Babak Pertama oleh Drama (Ammar Habir/Aepul)
11. Pokok oleh Meet Uncle Hussein feat. Nubhan (Taja/Tun Teja)
17. Luar Biasa oleh Shahir (Audi Mok/Zelfirdaus)
18. Karma oleh Faizal Tahir (Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir/Audi Mok/Faizal Tahir)
23. Penakut oleh Yuna (Yuna/Yuna)
26. Sedetik Lebih oleh Anuar Zain (Edry Abd Halim/Edry Abd Halim)
28. Cinta Teragung oleh Hazama (Kuncidemak/Kuncidemak)

Yeah yeah don't be surprised to see #23. Even I have to admit it's a good song. The arrangement is pretty solid. Amboi dah macam Ajai kan bagi komen pasal arrangement.

Aik tak cukup lagi 2? I think one slot will be filled by (who else?) Stacy and the other one will be filled by one the collaborations. I so want it to be Ning Baizura, Shila Amzah and Jaclyn Victor's.

Fun fact: One of the assistant managers at the old firm once told me that Luar Biasa sounds a lot like Silverchair's earlier works. At that time I was truly convinced that he was pulling my leg (like he always did) but now I'm not so sure. Damn him for making me doubt myself.

That's my inane update for the day. Thank you for reading till the end.

I want a "Why always me?" t-shirt too

2011-10-24T02:16:00.005+08:00

Ahahahahaahahahahhahahaha 14 people googled "Manchester City why always me?" (seriously, ALL of them googled the exact same words) and landed on my blog.

People who have never watched football suddenly tweeted shits like "Manchester Derby 1-6, I repeat, 1-6" and "padan muka kau Man U fans, kuat sangat berlagak". Man, even I was pissed when I saw that, let alone the Man Utd fans. Kau tak tau apa-apa pasal bola, kau duduk diam. Faham?

Sooooooo happy the team won. We're playing Bolton this Tuesday and Chelsea on Saturday, hope the same momentum that drove us on in the last 3 games will keep us going.

And these pictures are too cute! http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson

All in all, it was a good weekend, apart from the wedding.

"Don't be afraid to die"

2011-10-22T16:33:00.003+08:00

I know no one is going to do this but who knows you might have 70 hours to kill tomorrow and be bored out of your wits so yeah you might want to try this out.

1. Watch this video till the end.

2. Google "Jonestown" or "Peoples Temple". Read any article regarding your search. The wiki articles are pretty accurate.

3. Watch the video again.

If you already know the story about Jonestown, just do Step #1,

If it doesn't send chills down your spine, then I don't know what will.

Tell that to somebody who cares

2011-10-22T04:56:00.003+08:00

I wanted to write about my officemates but man, the words are harder to come by each day.

And now I have nothing to write hahaha.

Oh well maybe one. I'm sure everyone knows the story about Yue Yue so I'm not going to add anything more about the tragedy BUT I really do think whoever helped in making the video viral (posted the video on Facebook and Twitter and blogs) are as cruel as the people who hit and ignored her. I mean, a little of humanity inside of you must have died if you have the nerve to relish the nightmare over and over again.

I don't know, but that's just me. It's one thing to watch it in the movies, but it's another when you know it happens in real life.

And whoever spread the bullshit about the reason why nobody helped the victim because there is such a law in China that she would be their responsibility to anyone who helped her should be shot in the mouth. The only reason why they didn't help her was because they were/are selfish people and because they feared they will be blamed for her injuries due to an incident back in 2006, in which a man who helped an elderly woman to the hospital was accused of pushing her, dragged to court by her family, and forced to pay a large share of her medical bills. I swear, people only want to believe what they want to believe.

In China, people are treated worse than dogs (they behave worse than dogs too). It's the truth. They cheat in every way, they make rules to benefit themselves, they control the media, they control (most of) the world. Too bad half of the world is owned by China and we have to dance at their tunes. They're calling all the shots and we can't do anything about it.

Yes I like to generalise. I've never liked China that much anyway.

We are doomed, people. The end is getting nearer.

Crack

2011-10-17T10:56:00.000+08:00

I went to bed at 8 last night, missed the Arsenal match and woke up at 12.30am.

I haven't slept since I woke up.

God I need to sleep so badly.

Reported

2011-10-12T04:39:00.004+08:00

I know that some people just want to share things with their friends on Facebook and Twitter but sigh, I really hope they do it tactfully instead of showing insensitivity, ignorance and stupidity.

A few of my colleagues just told me some things that don't sit well with me. Rasa macam keluar mulut harimau, masuk mulut buaya pulak.

Rasa macam nak cari kerja baru, lepas tu rasa macam nak terajang diri sendiri sebab mengada-ngada sangat.

Sad songs and old movies

2011-10-08T19:03:00.009+08:00

This is from a fashion blog about an up-and-coming fashion designer.

What inspires your creations?

Sad songs, old movies, modern dance and ballet, old photos, other designers, natural elements and wine.

Dammit.

This is the reason why I will never make it into the art world (art-something subjective and creativity-defined, like writing and painting, in case you're too cool to care). If someone were to ask me that question, I couldn't simply answer "Jem and the Holograms, Joseph Gordon Levitt and honey cornflakes (for some weird reasons I'm addicted to honey cornflakes right now) " I guess, because I have to give an answer that only 0.000001% of the world population can understand. I mean, sad songs inspire you to design dresses how?

Not that I know how Jem and the Holograms, Joseph Gordon Levitt and honey cornflakes can ever inspire my creativity anyway.

I'm currently reading the autobiography of Barbara Hepworth (the sculptor) and I'm obsessed with this quote, well, make that one of many. It's a bit long by the way.

"I do not want to make a stone horse that is trying to and cannot smell the air. How lovely is the horse’s sensitive nose, the dog's moving ears and deep eyes; but to me these are not stone forms and the love of them and the emotion can only be expressed in more abstract terms. I do not want to make a machine that cannot fulfil its essential purpose; but to make exactly the right relation of masses, a living thing in stone, to express my awareness and thought of these things."

Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

I think this quote explains why I have yet to finish reading her autobiography even after 3 months.

If you pride yourself on being a 90s music lover and you've never heard of this song, then you should be ashamed of yourself.

This is another thing altogether. If you're my friend and you're pregnant, then I'd be very very very very very very happy for you BUT I'd really appreciate it if you just call/SMS/BBM/Whatsapp me about the news instead of sending me a picture of your pregnancy test kit that you just peed on euwwww. I can live my life happily without having to imagine about you doing the peeing act, thankyouverymuch.

Too much hatred, just too much

2011-10-07T01:04:00.005+08:00

I don't know why the status and comments bring me the sadness. I just never thought a person can be so callous as to belittle the death of someone who literally changed the world.

Don't you think this is sad and pitiful? This is one of the reasons why non-Muslims think so little of us.

It doesn't matter lah whether he was a Kafir/infidel/non-believer or what, just freaking show him some respect. He just lost a battle against cancer, for goodness' sake.

Too many people died because of cancer this year. I really hope the geniuses known as scientists will find a cure soon.

Overstep your boundaries

2011-10-05T04:49:00.003+08:00

My sleeping habit needs to be corrected. Sleeping at 9PM, waking up at 4AM and taking a power nap during the lunch hour are no laughing matters.

I need to get married, seriously.

Lazy songs and lazier songwriters

2011-10-02T14:57:00.002+08:00

How to know that one makes you feel like "oh oh oh oh oh" and "la la la la la"?

I'm sure there are many more but I got sidetracked by a Soda and Ice Tea clip which led me to torrenting the whole drama series and now I'm about to watch the first episode bye.

Oooh

2011-10-01T20:57:00.001+08:00

Pernah masuk OIAM3 rupanya...

Como una sola

2011-09-28T23:28:00.003+08:00

Can't get this song out of my head I really don't know why. Yang badan kecik suara besar tu serius muka familiar but I can't place him.

"When life gives you lemons, be thankful it didn't give you cancer"

2011-09-27T02:40:00.005+08:00

I really wish people would stop quoting famous quotes. After too much of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade", I feel like stabbing my eyes with a pencil stub and slitting my wrist with a blunt razor.

Too much is still too much, even though the quotes change your life/lift you up/give you hope/give your life meanings, etc, etc.

How a quote can do all that is beyond my comprehension. Only YOU yourself can change your life's course, not a quote or a song or a movie or a book. Those things may give you a little insight of what your life should be, but really, don't you just hate it when people say "Firework by Katy Perry changed my life forever" or something like that?

Someone I know is suffering from a brain tumour. He underwent a surgery earlier this year but the doctor could only remove a part of the tumour due to some complications. Over the weekend, a friend posted on Facebook (I kind of get that the friend only wants to tell others about his condition but something feels wrong somehow) his current picture. On a wheelchair. And then when I read the comments, I found out that his legs are now immobile and it's only a matter of time for him to forget the faces and names of the people around him because he also suffers sporadic memory loss.

It's hard not to feel any sadness when something like this happens. It's sad and quite scary because, I don't know how to put this delicately, but it's like staring into the face of death. I don't know what to think or say. I can only hope that he'll beat the odds and get better, if it's possible.

Someone I know from ACCA has some kind of a nerve problem (it attacks the lower half of body first and then the upper half of body) and it's scary to see that she's losing it bit by bit. When I left UiTM, she could still walk, even though she had to use some kind of a walker. I met her recently at a rumah terbuka and I was shocked to see that she now uses a special wheelchair to get around because her legs cannot support her body anymore.

She's still enjoying life and she tries her hands on new things, like baking. And she's still acting like a brat everytime she gets the chance. She once said, "If I just sit around in my room and sulk, it's like I'm waiting to die. Since I'm gonna die anyway, why shouldn't I enjoy everything while I'm still living?"

And I couldn't agree more.

Caminando en un sueño

2011-09-25T19:59:00.002+08:00

Can't stop playing this song while I'm working.

Lo que solía ser

2011-09-23T21:08:00.002+08:00

Still not loving the new job AND the new place haih.

Que va hacia abajo

2011-09-22T03:23:00.010+08:00

Haha bear with me. I know I'll get tired of google-translating the English words to Spanish after a while.

I don't know why I can't still wrap my mind around the new job. Maybe it's because I need to get up earlier than I ever did before.

Tidur pukul 8PM, bangun pukul 2AM. Lepas tu tak boleh tidur balik sampai lah ke pagi.. Hmm elok sangat.

Still not loving the new job.

Finally, THE ET song that I can listen to without hatred leaking out of every pore of my body. Not the best vocals but even he sounds better than that Perry chick can ever get. Isn't it funny to note that this song is so freaking simple and uses just a few notes that the drummer doesn't even need his drum set?

For more covers, go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYj3w6eF4Lg&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SPA29408088156A6F0

I thought a mash-up is combining 2 or more songs into one?

and if you have the time and want to listen to more covers, just search "radio one live lounge covers" on Youtube.

Please please check out Baby (the Justin Bieber song) covered by Neon Trees. Hilarious stuff.

Sólo aquí

2011-09-21T00:07:00.005+08:00

My chest hurts after watching this. I bet the whole treatment shit has something to do with the increased blood flow.

I'm nursing a gastric pain and it's already 2:11 AM :S

La gente se extrana

2011-09-20T20:24:00.005+08:00

It means "people are weird". Man, why does everything have to sound better in Spanish?

I once went through a Spanish phase, meaning, I listened to all kinds of Spanish songs, watched Spanish movies (The Motorcycle Diaries! Gael Garcia Bernal!) and telenovellas, I even read some novels written by writers from the Spanish-speaking countries (I discovered Carlos Ruiz Zafon during the time. The Shadow of the Wind is a must read).

That phase lasted for 3 months I think.

Yes I have the attention span of a goldfish.

That "Che is fairly intellectual for a Latino" statement never failed to crack me up. WTF CIA?

I cannot find a trailer in Spanish but seriously, please watch this movie if you have the time. The movie is in Spanish btw.

No more

2011-09-17T02:21:00.005+08:00

Siot lah I don't know what's wrong with blogger. My links and profile are at the bottom of the page instead of their usual places. And I'm too preoccupied with going to all the rumah terbuka and watching endless videos on Youtube and drama series that I downloaded since last year that I haven't got a chance to watch until now to change the layout.

And...and...and...since I've got nothing to complain about, I suddenly find myself with nothing to write about haha which is quite telling. Most of my posts are complaints anyway.

Maybe it's because I've matured, but some things that used to bother me don't bother me anymore. I still get pissed off easily but man, the other day, someone stole a parking spot that I queued up for and I just shrugged it off and looked for another spot. Maybe it was a reward for my patience, because a few minutes after that, voila, a car got out.

Yeah I'm positive like that.

I love period movies, dramas and clips. Maybe that's the reason why I loved Captain America despite my obvious dislike for Chris Evans.

I'll drink to that

2011-09-15T02:08:00.003+08:00

I drafted a post about my exit interview with my former firm's HR manager but I stopped midway because things suddenly got too personal. I can tell you this though, in my exit form, I jot down each and every dissatisfaction I've encountered while working with the firm and the exit interview took more than an hour because, well, because the HR manager asked me to tell her everything. I thought, oh what the hell, it's not as if I'm going to see her again so I did.

I told her everything.

And then she told me that I should've applied to oil & gas and multinational corporations because of my English AND I would get a better offer if I stayed for, let's say, 6 more months (one of the managers promised me he would fight tooth and nail to get me promoted when he knew I've been going on for interviews). That statement prompted me to tell her that I have a friend whose English is so atrocious it would've caused wars and yet she's working in Petronas right now. I even showed her the girl's facebook page when she looked at me in disbelief.

Well, this is one of her statuses;

"Dear all my Muslim friends, I wished you Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. I am seek your forgiveness for all my wrong doings. Maaf zahir dan batin. Have a great one with your families and stay safe always! :)"

What on Earth is she talking about eh?

You know, I singled her out not because I'm jealous of her or anything but I'm getting tired of all the "oh Petronas only recruits first-class degrees only/ people who can speak English fluently only/ etc, etc", I don't know, just spare me the lies, please?

Actually I already know what my true calling is. I want to be involved in market research, you know, speculating and predicting the future but since everyone, including my parents told me to stay at the new place for at least 2 years, I think I have to shelve that plan for now. Besides, the stock market is not looking very good nowadays so yeah, here's to hoping it will become better once I reach the targeted 2 years. I really hope it won't be too late for me to start something new when I finally get my ass out of here.

365 days x 2 - 3 days = 727 days to go!

If you forget me

2011-09-08T15:43:00.006+08:00

I've been watching/reading too much HIV/AIDS-related videos and articles this week I don't know why. It started off with God Give Me More Time (a Japanese drama series starring Kyoko Fukada and forever my love Takeshi Kaneshiro ) that I downloaded earlier this year but I only got to watch it recently. I put off watching the drama series because I hate any movie/drama that glorifies prostitution but man, this trailer sold it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308EbWAHDpU

The embedding is disabled. Damn you uploader.

Okay lah I lied. I'd watch anything with Takeshi Kaneshiro in it.

This drama caused an uproar at the time of its showing. I still remember that TV3 was supposed to show this after With Love ( starring another of my forever my love Yutaka Takenouchi) but because the drama was associated with AIDS and premarital sex, TV3 had to axe it.

Oh well, benda yang dah lepas jangan dikenang. Bukannya tak boleh cari online pun sekarang.

And then, I watched all Queen's videos that I could find on Youtube. When I say all, I mean all, even this video.

I really hate this video/song because Freddie Mercury looked so frail and sickly. I like to remember him as a vibrant, great performer that he was (please watch their live performances to know what I mean) so watching him like that is making me sad. I still can't watch the colour re-edit of this video because I know his frailty is more visible in colour.

And then, I came across this.

This is completely heartbreaking because these chimps have spent their lifetimes (some of them are 30++ years ) inside a building and that was the first time they saw sunlight. As they were injected with HIV and hepatitis viruses (the pharmaceutical company that captured them were trying to find a cure for AIDS), it was only a matter of time before they die.

As this story came out during the Petknode issue, I can only ask myself how can human be so cruel. This is beyond rational thinking. What went through their heads? Really, what went through their heads?

Animal experimentation and testing should be stopped, because no matter what people say, animal testing is not done for the good of mankind (if it is, the cure for AIDS would be found by now) Scientists are smart people, I'm sure they can find some way to find cures for death-threatening diseases without hurting these animals.

God bless us humans.

I want to break free

2011-09-06T01:25:00.003+08:00

One of my favourite Queen songs, among many.

I'm not going to get all pretentious and say something like Queen and Freddie Mercury changed my life forever or something like that, because they never did.

The band taught me something though, that is to differentiate the good music from the bad.

Guess that's why I can't stand most of today's music.

Luka masih berdarah

2011-09-05T22:24:00.001+08:00

Today was my last day at the firm and I had a tiny breakdown because the office was empty for the whole day as everyone else went for the annual training.

So today I cleared most of my files and man, it took quite some time to file everything in because I usually asked anyone who's more junior than me to do all that XD. And then I deleted all of the 8,000 emails in my inbox, just because. Mana lah tau kan ada orang nak baca email bercinta menggatal apa semua dalam inbox tu. And then.....I youtubed all the Moffats videos I could find hahah loser gila.

Thank goodness I've discussed all the outstanding files with my reviewers already or they'll haunt me till I die.

So yeah, even my last day was uneventful. Auditor loser gila takde life sampai ke sudah.

I miss my friends already though :(

Ghayo dah dokat woi

2011-08-28T12:59:00.001+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL688AD6EFBB8F7A22

I'll be watching the game at the usual place :)

My strained eyeballs

2011-08-26T01:38:00.004+08:00

I finally got around to watching Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger video (THAT VOICE IS KILLING MY EARDRUMS) and......

and....

As MK aptly put it, " Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger video confirms that Adam Levine and Xtina do not move like Jagger.

I still don't understand why most females regard a chipmunk-voiced douchebag as a sexy man. I honestly fail to see the attraction.

Wait a minute. I promised myself that I would write only positive things during the holy month of Ramadhan but oh well.

p/s: I refuse to post that video so go youtube it yourself.

Please read this

2011-08-25T15:43:00.002+08:00

If you have 700 hours to kill (like I do currently), please, please, please read this.

http://www.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?context=asjcl&article=1060&date=&mt=MTMxNDI1NzQ0NA==&access_ok_form=Continue

Religious disharmony

2011-08-24T21:19:00.006+08:00

An officemate (he's an atheist) once asked me,

"How do you know that your religion is the right one? And what makes you think the other religions are the wrong ones?"

I thought for a moment and said this,

"I think there are no wrong religions, you only have to have faith that what you believe in is right. There's no use believing in something if you think that something is wrong, don't you think?"

So proud of myself for giving him a matured answer instead of snarking at him like I usually do haha.

Anyway,

All these arguments about religions are making me sad. Why can't we tolerate each other? Why can't we respect each other's faith? Why do we have to resort to name-calling and regard each other as stupid?

If you're an atheist, what gives you leave to disrespect people who have their own faith? If you don't agree with the teachings/rules, then use your words wisely. You say that overzealous religious freaks are close-minded idiots, don't you think that when you shoot down someone's opinion who disagree with you and calling that someone as stupid, you're acting like those overzealous religious freaks that you mock and hate so much? If you're as civilised and as smart and as open-minded as you think yourself are, then why can't you accept others' opinions? Your actions contradict what you've been preaching all along.

The irony......

Why do we have to argue on everything? So what if you think that my religion is wrong, be tolerant lah. And you call yourself a Malaysian?

Sometimes I think that all these issues are created by some individuals who want to divert the attention from the real issue. Don't ask me what issue, because I really don't know. It just feels like it.

Really, how did it come to this?

Why are you doing this to me?

2011-08-23T13:44:00.002+08:00

Client's out of this world's internet connection + manager is not here + client hasn't prepared what I need = watching endless videos on Youtube and reading articles on youarenotsosmart.com. Oh reading what my fellow Malay Muslims have to say about lots of things too.

Just finished downloading a 7GB file in 20 minutes <3

Just found out that my gaji will only masuk on Monday :( Put a damper on my Raya spirit, truly.

Because I have an aversion towards #13

2011-08-21T13:25:00.003+08:00

This is post #1,014.

I hope these boys can replace Bieber as Earth's #1 teenage obsession. Well, at least they're better looking.

Excuse me

2011-08-21T11:01:00.003+08:00

There's something quite sickening about the whole murtad issue (sidenote: I still don't get why it's quite a rage nowadays, besides the fact that JAIS raided a church). It's kind of confusing to see that everyone suddenly has an opinion about this when murtad has been a thorn on Islam's side since I don't know when. It's not a new issue, so why all the hoo-ha now?

Since my knowledge about my own religion and race is pitiful, I *know* I shouldn't write about this but man, I can't take it anymore. People are spouting nonsense all over the internet and it's making me pissed. Why can't we be tolerant of others? We live in a multicultural country, why is it so hard for us to reach an understanding?

I've been saying this all along, I'd rather see Muslims go murtad than to see them mock Islam. Most apostates are adults anyway, they can think what's good and what's bad (please note that it's not "what's right and what's wrong") for themselves. Let them commit their own sins. Stop being all so righteous and butt into something that's not your business to begin with.

Maybe it's time for all the religious bodies to get their acts together and do what they're supposed to do. Stop chasing a non-issue and start solving all those complaints that are piling up. Solve one issue before you start another, what's so hard to understand?

Maybe it's time for Malaysia to take a leap of faith and change its laws of Constitution, (specifically, Article 11) especially the one that states, "Malays are considered as Muslims under the Constitution". Then and maybe then, all these issues will be resolved.

What an unpopular opinion huh?

You are useless

2011-08-20T17:24:00.010+08:00

I can think of nothing to write but I want to write something anyway....just.....because.

So I'll stick to what I know best, complaining and mocking other people YEAY.

I just want to say that I can't stand the use of "your" in place of "you're" anymore. It's one thing to see that mistake all over the internet but it's another when the same mistake is printed on newspapers and official emails. I don't want to sound like a pretentious prick and say things like "What if a foreigner sees that? It's EMBARRASSING" like all those comments/ emails/ letters you can see on newspapers when issues like this one came up because well, because I'm not that much of a pretentious prick. I think.

What I'm trying to say is, I'm waiting for you to own up to your mistakes. I'm tired of preaching left and right if no one wants to listen to what I'm trying to say. Be my guest and go and make all the mistakes you want.

This is tiring. It's bad enough when people AROUND MY AGE!!!! don't know that after "for", there should be a "-ing" (e.g. for waiting, for listening, for writing, etc, etc) when even my 15-year-old sister knows that, it's worse when I come across wrongly-spelt/ misplaced words (e.g "dissapointment" when the correct spelling is "disappointment" , or "slept" in place of "slap" etc, etc).

Instead of acting all indignant at me when all I'm trying to do is saving you from humiliating yourself, maybe you should bother learning how to spell correctly because I sure as hell not going to care anymore.

But I'm still RT-ing tweets from Gambit Saifullah and Natasha Hudson anyway.

I sincerely hope the game against Liverpool does not foretell the remainder of Arsenal's season. Sedih.

Please click play.

Yet again I'm hustling

2011-08-16T20:39:00.005+08:00

I'm RT-ing tweets from Gambit Saifullah because he cracks me up, in a perverse and twisted kind of way.

Man, for someone who likes to brag so much, his English sucks ass. A LOT.

Still can't get enough of Foster the People. Reminds me of when I was so crazy about MGMT back when I was younger.

And tomorrow's my birthday! Interesting fact: my Islamic age is 2 years older than my Gregorian age.

Neo-psychedelia

2011-08-15T14:02:00.005+08:00

I'm a little bit late but please, please, please press play!

This is awesome and LSD all rolled into one. Sounds a lot like MGMT and man, am I hooked on this band right now.

Gunning you down

2011-08-14T00:35:00.003+08:00

Something is definitely not right when more than half of my salary is spent on petrol and food.

What happened to the shoes-obsessed, slightly vain girl I used to be?

Okay bye the game is starting.

I will love you more than that

2011-08-13T10:40:00.003+08:00

I definitely have a problem with people who keep using "is" when it's supposed to be "it's", e.g, "is time to be serious".

Sometimes I feel like common sense is slowly deserting the Earth's occupants. It says a lot when I feel like I'm the one who's making any sense these days, since I usually don't.

It feels liberating somehow to spend my Saturday at home when I know my colleagues are slaving their asses off at the office.

Ehem

2011-08-12T22:04:00.005+08:00

My birthday is next Wednesday.

Thought I should announce that :D

I've been digging up some old video clips that my 15-year-old ass liked to watch. I was very big on Chinese (thanks to my ex-class partner of 2 years) and Japanese artists (thanks to the abundances of Japanese drama series back then) and boybands.

Brace yourself honey, because I'm about to post a bunch of earth-altering, endearing videos.

Watching all these videos is making me sooooo happy it's unbelievable.

And I bet most of you don't know the existence of this song haha. The said partner was (still is?) a cartoons and animes enthusiast so yeah, of course he bought the soundtrack to Pokemon the Movie.

My ex-partner was the most geekiest Chinese boy I've ever known. He was the reason why I was such a lazy ass, still am actually, he made me who I am right now. He brought ALL the text books to school every day (we shared the classroom with the sesi petang so we couldn't leave our things at the classroom) which meant that I didn't bring ANY because bringing all those thick textbooks didn't agree with my disposition so I would immodestly asked him to share his text books with me. Well, except for Sejarah, because the Cikgu was so garang and she forbid us to share the textbooks (I would err..leave it at home anyway and just borrowed one from the other class :D).

Sometimes I forgot to bring my stationeries so he would bring a pair of everything; the mechanical pencils, erasers, rulers, pens, etc, etc. And if there were a group project, he would do 80% of it and all I had to do was write the pendahuluan and stuff like that only because my handwriting was neater than his.

These days, we only call each other once or twice a year. He will call me on the first day of Raya without fail since the day we left school to ask me when I'm getting married and I would call him on the CNY wo ask him the same question, well, if I remember to call him lah.

My answer to his question will be the same as last year (and every year before that) which is "tahun depan", if you're wondering.

Hontoni?

2011-08-11T17:51:00.004+08:00

Just a couple of mindless mind tricks (oxymoron?).

Mindless mind trick #1

1. Go to google maps

2. Search 47.110579,9.227568.

3. Click "street view" at the green arrow.

4. Look up 2x and look left 2x.

Do you see anything in the sky?

Mindless mind trick #2

1. open any blog that has a blogspot domain (you can also use your own blog)

2. remove the "s" in the blogspot so that only blogpot remains (e.g. rondokorok.blogpot.com/)

3. look where google will redirect you to.

Stupid things haha but oh damn so impressive. Get back to me after you try both (especially the second one) okay? That second one is old news actually but it resurfaces recently. Click on if you haven't tried it.

An eye for an eye

2011-08-10T20:11:00.003+08:00

I always believe that violence doesn't solve violence.

But you know what's worse than committing a violent act? Wishing for a tragedy to befall another mortal and rejoicing when a tragedy does fall on someone else.

This is not the actions of a pious Muslim (as the person who posted that link believes himself to be), this is the act of someone whose soul is as rotten as the person he condemns.

What a hypocrite.

Islam is a religion of peace. I really hope no one ever forgets that.

Instant battle plans written on the sidewalk

2011-08-10T00:19:00.006+08:00

Oh Lord I have so much to tell to anyone who would listen but I just don't have the time. Nor the desire.

And I have opinions on everything that's happening in the world right now that are just begging to be heard but no one seems to want to give me even 5 minutes of his/her life. It's a bit frustrating but then, oh well, I do that to people all the time too so that's okay.

I just need to talk to someone who understands without having to adjust to the time differences.

I don't know why I don't feel comfortable talking freely with my colleagues. It's like, I don't know, they're from a different world than the one I'm from (but then I always feel like I'm from a different planet whenever I'm surrounded by people). Don't get me wrong, I like them. They're the reason why I'm still working there but man, don't I ever wish that they open their minds to all possibilities a little bit and not being so hypocritical too much.

I think I've told the "Aku rasa macam nak jahit je mulut sekor-sekor" story too many times already haha so you should know what I mean.

But then hey, I can be close-minded sometimes AND a hypocrite too so I shouldn't yap about other people so much.

I'm so gonna miss them a lot when I leave the firm.

I wonder what's up there

2011-08-06T22:07:00.003+08:00

The global economic crisis is here.

The US has a debt of $14.3 trillion. Carlos Slim and Lakshmi Mittal lost almost $10 billion among them in last week alone. HSBC is cutting down almost 30,000 jobs, including here in Malaysia. If that doesn't give you an inkling of what's happening in the world right now, then I don't know what will.

Oh dear Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, I really don't know what to say about your "reassurance".

Hate you

2011-08-04T21:50:00.002+08:00

I just said yes to something that might change my life.

God I really hope I'm not making a mistake.

This song keeps playing in my head.

I miss my car

2011-08-03T00:06:00.007+08:00

The car I'm using suddenly died down in the middle of a busy road and if that's not enough, to my horror, the left window rolled down by itself. All this happened during the rush hour in the evening.

You can imagine how gelabah I was at that time. Thank goodness the engine started after a few tries although the window can't be rolled up till now.

I drove with a rolled down window all the way from Subang to Kajang, with the fear that an acid-splasher would come and splash some acid at me or some crazy-ass conmen who usually tap on someone's window to ask for money so that they can buy petrol/change carburetor/change whatever parts of their cars that need changing, etc etc would grab my handbag if I refuse to give them money or someone would actually grab me so he could human-traffic me.

Yes, I have a very wild imagination.

I still don't know whether I should be relieved or disappointed that nothing bad happened to me after that car-died-down incident.

I'm getting tired with all the food pics on Facebook. Yeah, yeah, we know your berbuka puasa menu is awesome and all but keep it to yourself please? This coming from a person who spent the first 2 days of Ramadhan berbuka-ing in the car with mineral water.

A millenia

2011-08-01T02:06:00.005+08:00

This is my thousandth post.

I started blogging in January 2006 and I reached my 1,000th post in August 2011. It took 5 long years to do that but I'm sure bloggers nowadays reach their 1,000th posts in just a year, ye dok? Iyelah, makan kat Ikea, ambik gambar, lepas tu post kat blog. Pergi Pavilion, tengok orang buat Sticky, ambik gambar, lepas tu post kat blog. Jogging kat Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, ambik gambar, post kat blog well....now you get the drift.

Most people nowadays just can't resist telling the whole world every part of their lives. What goes through their heads? I really want to know. Really, what goes through their heads? That their lives are oh so amazing that they HAVE to share everything with everyone? Lepas tu bila kena kutuk sikit, mula lah kata macam-macam. One of my favourite catchphrases is,

"Suka hati aku lah nak tulis apa pun, ni blog/facebook aku. Aku bukannya kacau hidup kau kan, yang kau sibuk sangat apasal?"

Tapi kalau kau sendiri yang publicize apa yang kau buat, kau tanggung lah sendiri consequences dia. Itu pun nak kena bagitau ke?

Anywaaaaaaaaaay, back to my 1,000th post.

I like to think of myself as a better person than I was 5 years ago, but I don't know, maybe some people don't agree. Oh well, it's hard to satisfy everyone anyway. One thing I know for sure is that my writing and spelling have improved since the very first blog post. I feel a bit weird for getting a bit emotional about the whole 1,000th post I mean, bukannya dapat hadiah melancong ke Turki ke apa benda pun, but it does feel a bit weird.

Here's to 1,000 posts more.

p/s: This is me, still awake because I spent the whole day sleeping and playing Build-a-lot 3.

Awwww

2011-07-31T14:43:00.000+08:00

So adorable.

Do not judge

2011-07-31T01:46:00.007+08:00

I'm so gonna get flamed for this, but sometimes I think that I'd rather see people go murtad than let them insult Islam.

I'm trying so hard not to be judgemental but these people are not helping.

And what a piece of hypocrite are you if you keep a pious appearance pung pang pung pang cakap pasal agama lepas tu maki orang yang berlainan pendapat politik. Islam teaches us to respect others' beliefs, Islam also teaches us not to call others with bad names, so don't you think that you're showing a disrespect to your own religion when you do what Islam forbids you (and me) to do?

I'm far from being a good Muslim, I commit sin on an hourly basis * I think* but man, you have to be lower than low if even me, a lowly person can't stand you.

Shameful.

Let this Ramadhan brings out the best in all of us, instead of the opposite.

Lighter

2011-07-30T17:57:00.002+08:00

I can't find a better quality. Haha that was one hell of a crowd.

And of course I've watched Captain America already.