Craze Over Music...

Well as we all know, Malaysians are all crazy about singing and music. The testimpny to this is the fact that we have no less than 5 reality TV shows which concentrates on producing more singers (Quantity YES but Quality is another story). Here are some advertisment of a reality TV show which I feel quite funny to miss. Enjoy!!







All the videos above are from Malaysian Idol but the one below is a different kind of Idol. The first time I saw this video, it sent chill down my spine.



Thisis the video of the late Mona Fandey, a singer cum bomoh who cold bloodedly killed a state assemblyman in her house and cut him into 13 pieces. After months of trial and several controversies later, she was sentenced to death by hanging. I hope those who were produced by these realty shows don't end up like her. Ngeeeeeee..

Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour : TNB Records 550 MW Drop in Consumption

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is pleasantly surprised by the support and appreciation demonstrated by many of its customers on the worldwide Earth Hour campaign last Saturday, 28 March 2009.

"Electricity consumption dipped by 550 Megawatt (MW) which is equivalent to about 14 million fluorescent bulbs (40 watt each)," said TNB President/Chief Executive Officer, Dato' Sri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh.

During the one hour period of the energy conservation initiative (8.30 pm - 9.30 pm) TNB staff were extra vigilant in case any untoward operational difficulty occurs.

"Everything went on very smoothly and we were able to respond to the slightly lower demand without any operational glitch," said Che Khalib.

Demand peaked up almost rapidly at 9.30 pm to follow the normal Saturday evening demand pattern, he said.

"While this minor fall in demand will result in a slight shaving of our revenues, we accept that Earth Hour is for a good cause," added Che Khalib.

Imagine the saved energy's impact onto the carbon emission from the power plants. How many kgs of carbon did we save?

Congratulations to all Malaysians for showing that we do care for the ENVIRONMENT !

Different Ways to Sing Your Nursery Rhymes

Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky,
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,

Jack and jill went up the hill,
To fatch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after,

These are the lyrics of two of the most famous nursery rhymes. Do you still remember how to sing them?
Well I don't. But, this post is not about teaching you or reteaching you how to sing nursery rhymes, Its about the different ways to sing your nursery rhymes. Indian STYLE!!!

Check out these videos!!! In case you don't understand the words they saying, you can refer to the lyrics above...






I think this is the source of the craze over these Indian Nursery rhymes. Hahahaha.
Its taken from a 1970 hindi film Purab Aur Paschim.

RC Project Marathon

Seeing my fellow classmate's blog makes me wanna write something about the RC Project Marathon. It was like, we went inside the room at DNIM building at 9 p.m. and only came out after 10.a.m. So, just imagine how crazy we were yesterday? That was even worse that studying last minute for exam. At least you sleep at 2 or 3 in the morning then continue after subuh right before you enter the exam hall. This time, we had to take turns to sleep. Ye lah, at least there's somebody to keep the project going. Haha, since I always blur when it comes to RC project so I assume myself as the group supporter. I went to buy stuff for them like mineral water and tidbits and then after 3 a.m. everyone got hungry so, me, Weipin and Nadia went out to ta-pao some food at YUS Kajang.

But among all I would like to salute these two people, Intan and Paan. I salute Intan because she very passionately stayed up the whole night without sleeping to finish the project. She really have a strong spirit and very determined to finish it by the time we present it to our lecturer. The second salute goes to Paan for being the brains and muscles in the group. He masterminded the steps in calculating and designing the project and also stayed up during the whole ordeal. Furthermore, he was the one who came to the rescue when we got banged by our lecturer thus saving everyone from being slaughtered alive. Apart from that I also salute the rest of the gang, Nad, Yana, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Adah, Syu and also Weipin for staying together throughout the ordeal. hahah

So, I guess this is the last activity that we'll be doing together this semester, so I would like to wish all of you Selamat Menjalani penyeksaan Industrial Training where ever you do it.

My Life So Far

So far my life is full of mediocrity… OR izzit? I just finished my exams and project presentation. Gonna start Industrial Training soon. Too soon that in fact I'm gonna start today itself. I've been called by my supervisor to attend a meeting with TNBR and also TNB about the project that I'm gonna get involved in. To date, I still have not get my offer letter yet and I have yet to have the slightest idea on what I'm gonna do for the coming three months.

Haih~ I don't even get to rest for few days dah kene start Industrial Training. But, what the heck!! I hope this would be better than staying at home doing nothing… lagi tambah berat badan aku.

Haha… I told you pung pang pung pang bout what I'm gonna do but I haven't told you bout where I'm gonna do my IT. Actually I got an offer from Uniten during the Uniten Open Day. Since I haven't got any offer for placement for IT, (actually I got this syndrome of being afraid to finish what you do, so I prepared a gempak punya resume but I didn't send it to any company. Just send it to Miss V to be evaluated Haha) so I tak fikir panjang just accept the offer. But he asks me to send my resume and cover letter so I had to send my beautifully crafted resume to my lecturer.

Then summore, I got nominated to be the President-in-waiting to replace the current Acting President of Unicommserv. Hahaha lawak kan? So I planned something to be done for the next semester. I had the idea of what to do but I still don't have a good name to put for the plan. Maybe I could just name it "Codename Khai-to Serv" to be put on the proposal.

I'll spare the details of the program… Hahaha… so setakat ni for Program " Codename Khai-to-Srev"… detailsnya biarlah rahsia dulu…

Obituary

On January 11, 2009, my Nokia 6290 was announced dead on the operating table of a phone hospital. The official cause of death was damage of the main arteries in the neck area due to a freak accident that happened on December 27 2008. Due to the accident, the phone sufferes loss of visual on bothe of its screen. But apart from that, every other function seemed to have worked well. After 2 weeks of suffering, it was finally sent to a phone hospital where a surgeon repaired it back to its former glory. But, that repair doesn't last long. The next day the same thing happened. Having seen the surgeon performed the operation on my phone and not having him around, I took his tools and did the second surgery myself. After the surgery, it wnt okay for another 1 day before going black out again. This time, after 12 hours of surgery, The verdict is out. The main artery that connects the body with the flip head was damaged. The thing is not expensive to replace but having had a phone that comes directly from Taiwan and its not a common Nokia model in Malaysia, finding spare part would be a nightmare. so, the only choice right now is to lay it to rest until the spare part can be acquired of maybe to let it became a display item in the phone museum.

May you rest in peace...

p.s.: Now, I'm oficially worthless as all my posession either died or half dead. During the writing of this post, my laptop is undergoing a serious repair after being hit with an acute virus attack, My phone is oficially dead and I am yet to find its replacement and there's a giant hole in my pocket. Right now I'm Phone-less, Laptop-less, and also broke...

Ironies in Life

As usual, my holidays will be spent at my father's office and as usual, I'll be doing errands for him like sending letters, collect cheques, send reports,and etc. One day I went upstairs to his library and saw an old report lying on the floor. I picked it up and saw the title, "Soil Investigation Report for Proposed Road Works from Kuala Kangsar to Sauk". I My Father wrote that report. Ironically, that report was the results of tests done by my father on the very road that almost claim his life. (Ive posted that in my previous entry)

Looking at the date of the report, it was written in August 1998. Exactly 10 years before that accident which occurs on August 11, 2008.

A Timid Little Boy... Part 2

At the boarding school, he learned to better himself. He learned how to project himself in public, how to be a good speaker, and how to take command of himself and command others. But, during those years, all he had learned had built a tough shell on the outside to protect the timidness inside him. He might be able to project himself well in public but deep inside him, he was just a timid little boy.

The exams came and soon he's gonna have to leave the school.

Then it was time for college. He enrolled in one of the local university to study Biology. Upon entering his first class at the university, something caught his attention. It was the sight of a tall fair and beautiful figure that happens to sit just beside him. that's the point where he know (or at least he thought) that she was the one for him. At first they were normal friends but then he started calling her and they chatted for long hours every night.

Note: Cerpen ini adalah rekaan semata-mata. Tiada kaitan dengan yang hidup atau yang telah meninggal dunia

Afraid of being frustrated again, he maintained their relationship as close friends. For three years he kept his feelings towards her a secret for fear of being heartbroken. He thought he was happy that way but never he knew how wrong he was. The truth was, that all of her friends knew about his feelings towards her and how foolish he was for not telling it. They then confronted him and said not to love her anymore for it will surely break his heart. And it did break his heart. Weeks after that, he learned that his dream girl was already taken by another guy. Upon knowing it, he cried. He cried not for losing the girl but for how he was such a loser for not telling her the truth about his feelings.

He felt useless, helpless and that he was a real loser upon knowing that the girl had waited for him too. But having waited for too long and not wanting to end up heartbroken, she resulted in accepting a guy she had met in the cafeteria.

The timid little boy was devastated. His heart was crushed into tiny pieces. He locked himself in his room and refused to eat. He cried days and nights until one windy day, he looked out of the window of his twelveth storey apartment. He opened the window and let the strong breeze in. he stood by the window, closes his eyes, he took a real deep breath and...

* * *

The residents at lower floos heard a loud thud and screams of the people. They investigated and found the timid little boy sprawled on the tarmac. The timid little boy had died. He died heartbroken...

A Timid Little Boy... Part 1

Once there was a timid little boy who likes a girl. He bought her chocolates and gifts but never did he said anything for he was a timid little boy. Because the little boy was so timid, he was ignored by that girl. Not feeling overly frustrated, he tried again. He found another girl on his way back home. Quickly they became friends and since they lived close to each other, they became walking companion. This time, the boy stopped riding his bike so that he would be able to walk by her side. One day, after gaining a lot of courage, the timid little boy opened up his feelings for the girl. But all the strength that he has gathered was of no use as he was only to find out that the girl had made her promise to another guy ONE day earlier. Frustrated, he quitted walking, went back to cycling, took another route home and never saw that girl again.

The next schooling year, he found himself fallen for another girl and also found out that he got a secret admirer. But, being foolish and naive, he couldn't comprehend with the idea of him having a secret admirer that he made a series of foolish acts. Not knowing that the girl who likes him was a friend of the girl he had fallen for, he ended up being hated by both of them. Well, that's what people call 'Monkey Love'. Feeling really upset, he restricted himself within a small group of friends and studied as hard as he could. Then, came the examinations and he scored himself with the most no of A's anyone can get.

With the results, the timid little boy was accepted into a boarding school. He thought that this is a chance to start a new life and to leave behind his past frustrations. Being new to the idea of living without parents, he got drifted away and soon found out that his life was just as miserable as he was before.

To be continued...

Note: This story is purely fictionous. Does not have anything to do with those who are alive or already dead.

Sajak Kemerdekaan

51 Tahun Dahulu...

51 Tahun dahulu

Telah berdiri semua bangsaku

telah bersama mereka laungkan

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

51 Tahun dahulu

Suasana penuh bangga

Mereka telahpun berjaya

Memerdekakan diri mereka

Membebaskan diri dari penjajah durjana

51 tahun dahulu

Kemerdekaan diisi

Dengan keringat dan darah merah menyala

Dengan kesatuan antara semua bangsa

Dengan usaha berhenti tiada

Tapi kini...

51 tahun telahpun berlalu

Kemerdekaan kini diisi

Dengan hilai awa disana-sini

Dengan party hingga dinihari

Dengan arak dan ecstacy

Dengan Mat Rempit seolah membunuh diri

Dengan penagih, berlonggok di pusat Serenti

51 tahun telahpun berlalu

Apakah masih merdeka jiwa mereka?

Apakah mesih merdeka jiwa kita?

Apakah masih merdeka jiwaKU?

51 tahun telahpun berlalu...

Wahai pemimpin negara

Bantulah kami

Generasi muda pelapis kepimpinan

Kami tak kenal apa itu merdeka

Kami tak tahu apa itu kebebasan

Pada kami, Merdeka hanya sekadar laungan yang kosong

Yang kosong dari sebarang makna

Tanpa jiwa

Tanpa pengertian

Nukilan - Chaeryl Zachary Young - 30 Ogos 2008

Are WE Safe Here in Putra Heights?

Konstabel dituduh rogol pelajar di balai polis
Jul 18, 08
6:00pm

Seorang konstabel mengaku tidak bersalah di Mahkamah Sesyen di
Petaling Jaya hari ini terhadap tuduhan merogol seorang pelajar perempuan di
Balai Polis Putra Heights, kira-kira sebulan lalu.

Jamil Abdul Sah, 27, didakwa merogol gadis berusia 17 tahun itu di
bilik maklumat, balai berkenaan antara jam 6 dan 7 pagi, 18 Jun
2008.

Dia didakwa melakukan kesalahan itu mengikut Seksyen 376(2)(f) Kanun
Keseksaan dan jika disabitkan boleh dipenjara sehingga 30 tahun dan juga
disebat.

Jamil juga mengaku tidak bersalah, di tempat dan masa yang sama, atas
pertuduhan meminta mangsa melakukan seks di luar tabii, demikian menurut
Bernama.

Bagi kesalahan itu dia didakwa mengikut Seksyen 377 B Kanun Keseksaan dan
jika sabit kesalahan boleh dipenjara sehingga 20 tahun dan boleh juga
disebat.Peguambela Ariff Azami Hassan, yang mewakili Jamil ketika rayuan,
berkata Jamil adalah penanggung tunggal keluarga dan mempunyai dua anak serta
isteri.

Penolong Pendakwa Raya Norshamsinar Mohamad memohon agar mahkamah tidak
menawarkan ikat jamin kerana kesalahan yang dilakukan adalah satu kesalahan
serius dan jika tertuduh dilepaskan dibimbangi dia akan mengganggu pelajar dan
saksi pendakwa.

Hakim Balqis Ain Mohd Ali kemudian menetapkan ikat jamin RM15,000 dengan
seorang penjamin dan menetapkan 22 Oktober depan untuk tarikh perbicaraan.

How To Be A Popular Young Blogger In Malaysia

Want to be a popular young Malaysian blogger? Here are some useful tips:

Firstly, know your readers or traffic. They are upper secondary school children and those in their twenties.

These are the people who love to read or rather see simple, fun and entertaining stuff. Leave all those political rantings or social commentaries to the older boring Malaysian bloggers or readers.

I know many would argue that most of these so-called young Malaysian bloggers are not actually blogger per se. They don't actually write a lot of quality content. They just paste photos after photos of some cats, food, screwed-up signboards or lots of superimposed pictures.

Anyway, it is for the younger readers to judge. Yes, I know some older folks might find these young bloggers sense of humor childish or silly. Nothing witty or really funny. Just some trite captions to the photos. Cut and paste, superimpose or whatnot. But that is what their readers want, ok?

Forget about pompous language or some heavy intelectual stuff. These young readers want to have a good time and not listening to your long lecture. Just write short posts and always remember never short of pictures. The more the better.

I'm sure you've read or even have written those simple comments in some of those young popular blogs. The comments are mostly short and silly. Ranging from "LOL" to "very funny lah!" . You don't find long intelligent or argumentative comments in these young popular blogs.

To sum it up, know your readers, plaster lots of pictures, brush up your photoshop skills and ignore those old bloggers or readers.

*copied from - http://malaysian-humor.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-be-popular-young-blogger-in.html

The Raya Shopping Craze has Begun!!!

This morning I went to Mydin Mall in USJ 1 to buy some groceries. Much to my surprise (not really suprizing actually but felt quite awkward) the atmosphere at the mall is pretty much like its going to Raya soon although Raya is 1 and a half months away and its not even the month of Ramadhan yet. All the decorations and also the promotional items are all set to be in the Raya mode.

Cadbury is among the earliest to set up its raya promotion!!

The customers, not to miss the Merdeka month sale, are also busy shopping for their Raya preparations.

There are aisles upon aisles of Baju Melayu of all sizes.

Songkoks of all sizes and designs.

Baju Kurungs

Cookie containers

And not to miss...

Kuih Raya!!!!!

So not to miss out on the shopping craze (while I still have someone to sponsor for my clothing) I grab myself a Baju Melayu from a boutique nearby.

While I was busy trying out my Baju Melayu, I heard the conversation between my mother and the boutique owner. The boutique owner said that she had sold out the first batch of her Baju Melayu's and still had to order more baju.

Anyway, since the shopping craze has begun, we're going shopping again tomorrow. HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Life is Delicate...

Subhanallah!! Just now as I was ready to sleep, my mother came into my room. Her face was grim. She told me that Father had a car accident near Kati in Kuala Kangsar. He was on his way to Gerik to check on his project site. A friend of his was driving the car when the tragedy happened. At first, I couldn't believe what I have heard but after being repeated several times only the reality struck me that it really happened. Alhamdulillah. Thank God that my father only had a minor injury and was quickly sent by his convoy mates to Kuala Kangsar Hospital to get his outpatient treatment. The car driver and his other friend however escaped uninjured but the same fate doesn't happen to the car. Our Toyota Hilux was badly wrecked by the accident (the same thing happened to our Toyota Land Cruiser II 6 years ago but this time its worse).

Why does this thing happen?

Thus it got me thinking.

How vulnerable life is. I dare not to write anymore...

A Perfect Wedding

While this article was written, I just came back from Bukit Subang. Me and my family attended a wedding that I can consider the most perfect wedding that I have attended so far. Compared to grander wedding receptions in Brunei and in KL which I have attended, this one is a little bit moderate in the budget but but the sense of grandeur can still be felt. And because this is a wedding of an officer in the office of the prominent Mufti of Perlis, it gives a glimpse of a wedding reception as guidelined by the Prophet P.B.U.H. himself through his Sunnah - alive with muslim practices in a wedding but doesn't lose the grandness. It got everything that a wedding could have, plus - extra menu that really satisfies the guest ( got laksa penang, curry laksa, satay, including nasi kandar as its main menu) minus - wedding practices that doesn't comply with islamic guidelines (such as bersanding, makan beradat, cake cutting and also a sort of weird tradition where the bride became the model for rented gowns - sometimes up to 7 different fittings being paraded one after another while the guests are eating in the midday sun).

Thus, it makes me wonder what would my wedding be like?...

First...
Insyaallah if God permits, my wedding would be a lovely reception with a not-too-long guest list with a little touch of exclusivity. Maybe it could be held in a garden where beautifully decorated tents are set up within the trees and cleverly placed lights help to bring the atmosphere alive. Possible venues for the reception includes Lake Gardens, Taman Tasik Permaisuri and even the park in front of our house.

Second...
All wedding practices or adats that doesn't comply with Islamic teachings would be given a big NO!. There would be no bersanding, no makan beradat where you have spoon the food into your mouth while crossing hands with your new wife. Men and women would be separated which I see would bring more interaction between guests.

Third...
Since all great weddings that I have attended in the past year were done at night, I think mine would also be done at night (remember about the cleverly placed lights, who would turn the lights on in broad daylight?) It would be done in a formal reception format where the guests will not just come-eat-and chow but would follow the program tentative.

Fourth...
Instead of showing off the newlyweds, other forms of entertainment will be held to make the reception cheerful. I would love to have a drums performance in the middle of the reception and some music that are sampled from the entire world. All would be made within islamic toleration.

Here are my thoughts for now. Hehehehe.....

Iju, I'm Sorry!!

Humans are created with different set of responsibilities and priorities and these responsibilities and priorities can change in time. There are different levels of responsibilities and our religion, Islam has put a very clear guideline in priortizing on these responsibilities.

In this Al-Hadith Ibn Umar (may God bless his soul) was reported to have said: "What does Allah like the most?". The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) answered: "performing solat on time". "And then?", asked the man. The Prophet answered:" Doing good to your parents". "And then?", he asked again. The Prophet answered: " Doing Jihad in the path of Allah". [Muttafaq Alaih]

This Hadith clearly put the task of serving ones parents at the second most important priority after serving God Himself and even more important than sacrificing your soul for jihad. This has been repeated many times in various other hadiths. Even our Holy Quran mentioned that we need to prioritize our parents before any other things.

And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and if they contend with you that you should associate (others) with Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them, to Me is your return, so I will inform you of what you did. 29:8 [Surah Al-Ankabut]

(I think this should put this article on track)

I'm Sorry...

its not that I'm avoiding you or I don't want to work with you. Its just that a tremendous amount of responsibility has been put on me and I have to make it work. I know that its been hard on you for your information, its really hard for me too. I am put in a situation where I have to choose whether to help a friend on his responsibility or to help my own dad who had waited every year for times like this so that he could have his own son th help ease his burden.

Unlike other students who had their own scholarships or at least PTPTN to help them get through college, I am fully funded by my dad who had worked very hard every day just to get me through another year of college and I really felt that I had failed him by failing yet another subject in my final exam. I bet that he must've felt very dissapointed by that because like any other investor, he must have wanted to see something good in his years of investment. So, I'm taking this opportunity to make it up to him. Or at least to tell him that I'm worth investing on.

Really sorry...

Since my brother left for PLKN last month, he'd always be expecting me to help him. The two of them has been running the business since my brother was in Form 5. So, this can be considered as my father's time of need and I would feel that I betrayed his hope on me.

Really really sorry...

With this article, I'm really sorry if I, in any manner, betrayed you and my friends, because I think that when a choice had to be made, its better to betray your own friends rather than betraying your own parents.

My SUPER Sweet 22nd Birthday

For my birthday this year, my father bought me the biggest and most expensive present I have ever received in my entire life.

The present may be very expensive , but it can never match the gifts that my parents had given me every day. Although these gifts might be very small and cheap, nothing else in the world is more valuable to me. It is the gift of LOVE so pure, it flows like spring water, crystal clear straight to the heart. Like spring water that has never stopped flowing, their love for me has never died for me from the very moment of my birth, until I'm this old. Without their love, I would not have survived the world. Thank You Mom and Dad for loving me each day!

Satu Lagi Projek Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (Yang Runtuh)

Malam Jumaat yang lalu saya mendapat panggilan dari adik saya yang sedang mengikuti program PLKN di Kem Kubena, Sipitang, Sabah. Katanya pada pukul 10 pagi hari keesokan harinya mereka akan diangkut keluar dari kem mereka dan dibawa balik ke Semenanjung untuk meneruskan modul PLKN mereka. Ini disebabkan kem mereka terpaksa ditutup akibat tanah runtuh yang melanda kem tersebut. Saya difahamkan bahawa sebelum ini telah berlaku kes tanah runtuh sebanyak beberapa kali tetapi ia melibatkan kawasan-kawasan seperti padang kawad. Akan tetapi tanah runtuh kali ini berlaku terlalu hampir dengan asrama kediaman para pelatih menyebabkan keseluruhan kem tersebut terpaksa ditutup.



Menurut adik saya lagi, tanah runtuh tersebut berlaku hanya kira-kira 1 meter dari bangunan asrama mereka. Runtuhan juga turut menjejaskan keselamatan asrama pelatih perempuan yang berada di atas cerun yang runtuh tersebut.



Sehingga kini tiada sebarang berita tentang penutupan kem ini disiarkan samaada di saluran media arus perdana mahupun Internet.



Mendengarkan berita tersebut, ayah saya yang merupakan seorang pakar kajibumi telah menghubungi sahabat beliau di Sabah untuk mendapatkan penjelasan mengenai isu ini. Menurut beliau, kem tersebut telah dibina secara tergesa-gesa di atas kawasan tanah tinggi kira-kira 5 tahun dahulu tanpa merujuk kepada Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains yang mengawalselia pembangunan di kawasan cerun bukit. Cerun-ceru bukit tersebut telah dipotong secara semberono tanpa diberikan perlindungan secukupnya sebelum pembinaan dimulakan.

Congratulations Jeannie and Pepe

Yesterday, our house was blessed with the birth of 3 adorable kittens. The kittens are in good health and their young mother, Jeannie, is taking good care of them. However, their father, Pepe, remains ignorant of the fact that of the 3 kittens, 2 of them inherit his trait while only 1 of them resemble their mother.

Hopefully Jeannie will continue to take good care of the kittens unlike what that has been done by our female cat last year Alya, who totally ignored her 6 kittens after a couple of weeks causing the death of all 6 of them...