Trumpets and Notepads

Olive Garden 1889

i still miss my days when i was in highschool, both in VI and when i was studying in TIKL. i can still remember the laughs and tears i had during those 5 years of
studies,
band practices,
debate training,
tuition classes,
detentions,
prep,
and so much more....

my 3 and a half years stint in VI was a very memorable one.

i remember each day waking up at 5.55 in the morning to be the first one up and out of the house at 6.25. each morning listening to ERA.fm while my mom (never to complain...luv u mom!) drives me to school 20 minutes away...

upon reaching school, (usually the school would still be dark) i would be the first person in school to reach the canteen for my usual nasi lemak for breakfast... then by 7.15 we have to line up by the roadside for the daily uniform check by the prefects.

mind u, that if anybody to shows up without a name tag or tie then dentention is in ur schedule for that evening...

classes were ok in VI, nothing much different, but i remember my science teacher... cikgu Asrima (i hope i got her name right!) she was really good! i was really interested to listen to every word she said. she could have lied and i would still believe every single thing.

and then there was the band...

i really loved my tyme in the band...
the band really taught a lot about discipline and respect.
i still can never be late for anytin and i still call people older from me abang and kak, its a kind of like reflex due to the years of training...

i have to be tankful to the band for moulding me to be the man i am today.. and i apologise as to not be with u guys longer - as i need to move on...

tanx for the hardship, the many victories, losses, trip to italy, and most of all the friends i made along the way...

after 3 weeks in form 4 in VI, i decided to transfer to TIKL to concentrate on my studies...
wow! TIKL was so much different from VI! first of all, there were actally girls there..
hahaha!

school was actually so much fun there... even the atmosphere was different...
but u have no idea how hard it was for me to adapt to the lifestyle there... i actually almost lost my mind during my first week there, but i managed to stick with it.

during my time there i actually couldnt commit myself wit any uniform bodies as i feel nothing can be compared to my time in the band..
by my second month in TIKL, i was drafted into the debate team...
i found it really interesting and i agreed to participate.


it was a real roller coaster ride being in the debate team, there i learned ho to study more affectively, how to not sleep at all and still performed well the next day and i also found two individuals who have become like family in my life even till today... our debate team actually was the national champion for Piala Dato Dr Noor Azmi for 3 years! hee...

it was fun and i totally enjoyed the time i was in that school...
the frenz there was really life changing as well..
(maybe i should leave this topic for another post)

as a conclusion, i believe everybody SIMPLY misses and loves the time when we were in school, but life moves on and i think we should use all that we have learned in those 5 years of torture to prepare for SPM and make ourselves a better person and and remember all the people that has helped us along the way... tanx Pn Marina and Mrs Leela

toodles!

cardigans and questions.

Caf Terrace Night

hi there everyone!
i felt so stressed these last couple of days coz the internet connection here in uia is like so sucky! atlast i manage to update my blog due to the kind gesture of Kak. N. lots of thanx to her!

so wat happened the last two days?

well, not much actually...

but as i was doin my work last night, i saw this one group of frens...
i can now notice that guys now are really into wat they're wearing and how they are presenting themselves... more guys are dressing more trendily (is this even a word?). lots are starting to add layers to their outfits... more are wearing sweaters, cardigans and vests...

haha.. i can still remember the tyme during highschool when i was experimenting with fashion...
i was wearing this cardigan (if i can remember correctly) to an event at school...
i can still remember the glaring eyes of the teachers and student as if i had my shirt backwards or somtin...(mind u that i went to a somewhat religious school). after that i incident, i never again wore anytin even slightly trendy to school.

and then last year happened...
an ex-teacher of mine called and asked me if i was interested in teaching as a temporary teacher at my previous highschool... i was sceptical of my abilities to teach but i said YES in the end...

i enjoyed myself working for the school, mostly because i was now actually colleagues with those who once were my teachers... they did HELP a LOT! with everytin while i was there and i actually felt welcomed... hee!

one day, during my many days of classes, a student actualy asked me about sometin related to wat we were discussing that day. i had no clue wat the answer is... so i just simply told the guy,

'kalau saya bagi tau semua benda kat kamu, cam mana kamu nk blaja kan?
kamu cuba carik kat buku text, minggu depan awak bagi tau saya apa kamu jumpa...'

hahaha....
i actually went back to the staffroom and asked for the answer from every history teacher available on that day!
hahaha

the next week, both of us forgot about that incident.
and the question was forgotten...

as a conclusion...
i really dont have one actually.
well, i guess just make sure u SIMPLY noe ur stuff b4 becoming a teacher.

toodles!

Mawar Bersinar?

Vase mit Sonnenblumen

today i wanna talk about my experience in parenting class today...
first of all i just wanna say that my ustaz ROCKS! he is totally funny and have made my experience in a university requirement class a bit more bareable...
hahaha!!

on my way to class, i actually fell into a drain... the grill which was actually suppose to prevent people from falling into the drain was crooked and slipped off from under my feet.. the result being a bloody ankle and a busted laptop...
huhu.

we start off the class actually quite late, around 8.20.... but its ok. the lecture started of with the revision of last weeks topic which was about the conditions of a marriage... BORING! then we moved on to the basic conditions of a successful marriage. the ustaz said sometin about a family must produce good members of the community... hehe. as if we can produce goods like factories do... i now realise that one day i may have a child. how am i goin to raise that child into a hardworking member of society?

well, lets not think about it now... lets stick with the topic on hand...

the lecture today was actually about the rights and responsibilities.
first about the rights of a husband

1. the leader of a family
2. must be respected by the family
3. the wife must satisfy his sexual needs... hehe. (the ustaz refuses to elaborate)
4. no optional fast and solat without his approval.
etc.

wat actually that makes the class so memorable was the part bout the rights of the child.

the ustad explained that upon the wife giving birth to the child the husband must lafaz the azan to ear of the child lightly...
(not using the microphone incase of the parents trying to record the event...)

then we should also treat the baby with sweets like honey and kurma.
(not chickedees or ice-cream, ok?)

then we should give a name to the baby that have a good meaning..
ustaz explained that lately parents like to mix their names in order to name their child.
for example, the fathers name is Mazlan and the mothers name is Faridah. the parents then came up with
'Mazdah'
as the name for the poor child...
hahaha.. kesian la the kid.

he also said somtin that lately people also like to give names originating from malay words..

the example given by ustaz....
'Intan Terpilih..'
kesian la manusia itu

as a conclusion, dont SIMPLY give the name for ur child without ever thinking about his or her future... yes, i noe it sounds cute when he or she is a baby but imagine growing up and meeting a client whos name is
Mawar Bersinar?
dont you feel sorry for the person?
hahaha!

Toodles!

whiteboards and towels

there was once a time when i was very eager to go to classes... well, i still do... but lately things have changed slightly... there is one particular educator which have really changed my impression of lecturers... this wonderful individual have been saying really unapropriate things. i dont really noe if this person said it intentionally or not, but it does not matter...

Bridge at Arles

all i noe is that an educator must not be saying those kind of things about a student... if one says a student is 'bodoh' then what does it show about the person that is suppose to be teaching that student?

this person also said to us that we are not to take anytin from the hotel room especially the towels and tv!

TV?
wat the hell?
how in the world are we suppose to smuggle a tv?

but that is besides the point....

those kind of words SIMPLY should not come out from a mouth of a person we as students have entrusted to be teaching and educating us... PERIOD! but yet life moves on, and i will patiently wish that she will realise that wat she has said was wrong and apologise accordingly..

coz wat she said actually hurts.

today, is a really, really lazy and sleepy day... i was having a real hard time staying awake in class... tying to avoid from the lecturer seeing my eyes being crosseyed.

have u ever experienced those kind of days when u just feel tired and inneed for just a few minutes of extra sleep? just because yesterday was a holiday?

hahaha...

it seem when u go back to your home during ur holidays, your body adapts quickly to the easy lifestyle at home. but when the holidays are done, the body refuses to work in the high pace condition it use to work in prior to the holidays...

SIMPLY said, our body just needs a few moments to gear back to working conditions... hahaha..

my notes from the class today

so.

10 things about class today:

1. j was not there...

2. i was soooo waiting for the break

3. i remembered somtin about sampling techniques today

4. that mean is the same thing as an average...(same thing we learn in form 1)

5. i had a chicken curry pau during break...

6. i was sitting beside ustad

7. i was playing around with jai and wawad most of the tyme.

8. the differerence between a heterogeneous and homogeneous set of data

9. that atleast two people are required to manually get the spot speed of a vehicle

10. everytime the lecturer looked at me i nood in agreement to watever he said befor eventhough i was not listening...

so, as a conclusion...
pay attention in class and give the lecturers the due respect the deserve, not like me today...
so that hopefully the lecturers realise the respect we give them and treat us with respect as well...

toodles!

Of sitting or squatting?

Starlit Sky over the Rhone River

the loo,
lavatory,
water closet,
the comfort room,
the dunny,

netty,

or most of us SIMPLY call it the toilet.
its a place we go to evryday and always sceptical of its cleanliness...
but have we ever seriously thought of which one is better of the two?

i personaly have always favoured sitting and was also trained as a child to use the sitting one... but this is totally not the case anymore. do you still remember the dreadful condition of the toilets in primary school? surely if u have the choice whether to use it or not today as an adult the answer would be

NO WAY!!!

i can remember holding for dear life the urge of going to the toilet just to avoid going to that dreadful place but later after a few years of mental torture, we manage to step into highschool... i was fortunate to go to a school with really good people who are well verse in the art of using the toilet...

so now, as we go older... we hear these remarks on the usage of toilets in our daily life. for example:

1. u shouldnt use the sitting kind as its really dirty coz people dont really clean them properly..

2. u can get AIDS and HIV from sharing toilet seats...(total lie!)

3. dont use the squating kind as u are more prone to constipation...

and the list goes on...


well, the thruth is, i still prefer the sitting kind as i feel the squatting kind too barbaric for me... i sometimes feel 'malu la' to squat.. hahaha...

but lately squatting is the way to go... i feel its cleaner and safer...

this entry also reminds me of the tyme around 10 years back when cases of parents who stuff their babies inside toilets... i still cant imagine wat in gods name would drive them into doin such things to little innocent babies who cant even defend themselves... all i noe is that most probably those people will be rotting in hell...

i also remember the tyme when horror movies like to potray toilets as scary places with lots of nasty things happening in them... like ghost crawling up from the toilet and the one which stares at u from above the cubicle when u are doin ur business... i can still remember staring all around the cubicle, scared and nervous. hahaha...

wat? i was still a kid then...
im guessing u guys did the same thing back then..

so, as a conclusion...
chose the toilet closest to the door as people usually aim for the furthest. this also means that the one closest to the exit is the cleanest... im not joking! this is a proven fact tau...

toodles!

first real post...

this is sometin i have written in my facebook account recently...
i just think its somtin i should post in here also...


Starry Night

1. this list 0f 23 things is only suppose to have 20 things... but i just feel like adding some more...
credit to Dalila khairi for the idea...

2. i love my frens to death... especially EIE+2... hehe. yes u noe who u are... i just hope u guys out there appreciate me as much as i do u...


eie+2.. hehe

3. the last tyme i really cried was when my cat was really sick and the vet had to take her away to put her to sleep... tears just came out... i miss her soooo much

4. i love my car...its really ugly and in need for a paint job but i do still love it and wouldnt trade t for anythin else...

5. one thing i trully wish b4 i die is to run a marathon and finish it together with my frens... holding hands and crossing the finish line...

6. my last years resolution was to gain weight as i was actually under weight (believe it or not...:p) but this year my resolution is to loose a few kg as im now over weight...? ak tak paham nape tak henti2 lak berat naek... hahaha...

7. i love fine dining....

8. i SIMPLY adore sushi.... (no wonder i cant loose weight)

9. im really interested in music... many people dont noe this but i was trained in music since i was in primary school and i can actually play the saxaphone...

10. lately korean music sounds really good to me while the malaysian music industry just simply sucks... i was actually a keen follower to the local music scene but few have manage to impress me... but, its not like my oppinion count anyways...

11. is bamboozelled by the fact that my best fren changed and started drinking since studying abroad... i really do still care for him very much and hope that god will show the right path to this lost soul...

12. im really interested in photography... but have yet to obtain the much elusive inner eye that most photographer talk about... damn those people...

13. is really thankful to god for my relationship with my sisters... i now noe that not everyone have the type of relationship like my sisters and i have... and im just thankful for that...

14. i miss school and school frens. especially mrs leela and puan marina...

15. i sometimes feel really hurt that even my closest frens say that i 'lembut' la, 'pondan' la... it doesnt matter if they meant it or not... it just hurts... really hurts, i shouldnt expect my good frens to say that would i? all i noe is i noe myself and who i want to be, do you?

16. i love to dress up... but i also noe when to dress down... haha... some people just dont noe when to dress down do they...??

17. shoppin is my fav pastime.... but i think i should reduce it to some extent... its just gettin out of control...

18. i sometimes feel like i want to do more with my life... i want to try new things, but when the time comes i refuse. i just cant understand myself sometimes...

19. i really want to find that ONE person that makes my life complete... im really sorry to those who was not... i was told that, that one person would never show up if im looking... so now im just carrying out my life as usual, secretly wishing that she would come one day.

20. i once said during an ice breaking session that i would trade my life if it could save a fren of mine... i meant it.

21. my one and only best fren in the whole wide world - AIMI found a boyfren, she once told me she cant bare being apart from him, and said that i wouldnt understand how she is feeling...haha... thats funny! i bet she wont understand how i felt when i was cheated on by a person i loved so dearly...
(i wish aimi all the best in her studies and in her life...)

22. i love my mom...

23. everything i wrote above is all from the heart. i noe its all really mushy2 and all, but its true... i once love writing... i never understood why i stopped... maybe i can again start now...

the garden of the hospital in arles 1184

to those who feel like my words 'ada kene mengena' dgn u, it means i really appreciate u in my life and i hope u can make a list like i have so that ur frens can experience wat u are feeling now....

toodles!

finaLLy!

congregation leaving the reformed church in nuenen 1279

i have finally started writing a blog...

yeah i noe its like the in thing to these days,

its not like i want to be in with the trend,

but i just think blogging is fun and interesting...

i told my sis that i wanted to start blogging,

she quickly replied,

'jangan tulis pasal apa2 sensitif tau!'

haha...

i cant promise that...

this blog is simply to share my thoughts...

if anybody disagrees with me,

then they can simply,

shove it up ur **s.

hahaha...

so, how bout it frens and foes...

blogging - its sure is the in thing of the century...

Campo di grano sotto un cielo nuvoloso 1890


i promised myself that i want to also incorporate some classical paintings in my blog.

all the pics are from the works of vincent van gogh..

so that people can enjoy sometin new beside the pics evrybody usually use...


finally,

i should credit my frens who influenced me in starting a blog...

j.
hanim.
afif.
jee.
lea.
rain.
and also those who i SIMPLY cant remember their names rite now...

tanx for ur support eh?
hahaha..

toodles...!