Contengan

Last Thursday was a holiday and UKM was like Silent Hill. Most of the students had already went home except for some stubborn ones, haha. And that included me, heh.

So to capitalize the chance of cuti and possibility of not many people expected at the city, we went to KLCC. So pumped up to go since it's one of the places of interest that i have no memory of it. After arriving and surveying the shops inside, it's clear why students don't like to flock KLCC. It's not a student attraction to be honest. All are expensive-high end-luxurious shop. 

 Ini pun cantik juga.

 The camera is too small.

The only things that may interest the students uni type are... wayang, foodcourt, watsons, kinokuniya. And maybe Petrosains (because it is the cheapest amongst Skybridge-Aquarium-Petrosains.) But don't have arcade station. Boring.

I love the food court. The reasons are simple- it is clean, attractive, reasonable price (bagi saya orang loqstaq, ia tetap mahai) and most importantly...SEDAP SUNGGUH. There I found the best ever nasi ayam i had ever taste. And i really mean it. One day if I accidentally stand up there in the food court again I will makan nasi ayam tu lagi. Serious sedap. Oh my God sedapnya.

Best ever nasi ayam.

Kinokuniya. The mother of all bookstores in Malaysia. MPH-Borders-Popular boleh duk diam2. This is the real deal. Last time i went inside was...10 years ago I think. So much had been said about Kinokuniya and yes it didn't disappoint me. Instead, it surprised me badly. Why? Because I strongly believe that you can find almost any book you want there. Novel? Fiction? Literature? History? Philosophy? War? Bibliography? Children books? Semuanya ada. Siapa ada ruangan majalah dari Jepun. And there the first time I saw the infamous Shonen Jump. I was actually surprised of it's thickness. Tebal woi. I thought it was more like Kreko.

Oh one super happy reason at Kinokuniya is... I found the book I'd been searching for in the past 4 years. Musashi, written by Eiji Yoshikawa. This legendary best-seller is the original reference/inspiration to Vagabond, the most stylish graphic novel-manga which is created by Takehiko Inoue. It's a deep and full of philosophies. Philosophies of life, struggle and inner peace. All those philosophies are Buddhism-oriented. So extremists sekalian, sila haramkan manga Vagabond ini. Bakar secara pukal buku Musashi ni. Jakim boleh datang dan banned buku ni,haha. After gaining permission from my father only I bought the book. It's too expensive. Don't feel right if didn't ask for permission first. Thanks abah.

The entrance. From Google search.

Me with my capture. Try to guess the price.

After all the eating-movieing-kinokuniyaing we went to the park below. And...I don't feel safe there. Got 3,4 thugs each been holding Samsung Galaxy Note and keep coming to any passerby and offering it. You imagine this- brader indon/myammar/siam/akutatau dengan rambut gaya samseng kaler2, pakai rantai leher, gelang lengan,dressing mcm samseng,ada walkie talkie. Muka pecah rumah habis. Datang kat mana2 yang nampak macam pelancong-bukan orang situ dan kata "bang, samsung bang? Mau?" Seriously I don't feel safe if there are people like that around me. What if i accidentally went to a secluded area, then he roger his member (using walkie-talkie) to do some business with me? Paksa beli ke, atau lagi teruk he robbed me of my sling bag stuffed with camera and wallet. Ottoke? So, prevention is much safer. We took some pictures and went straight into the mall. My conclusion- Putrajaya gardens are the best. Beautiful, soothing, clean, safe. SAFE.

One of the reasons why i planned to go to KLCC was to try the pink coloured GoKL bus. The famous free bus service for anyone. The very one reason why taxis bradah emo and mengamuk. Let me tell you a bit about GoKL. This service was first operational on the end of last August. It has 2 main routes. Green route and Pink route. Each route will make a track circle of it's own and will be connected with each other at 3,4 points. Oh forgot pula, those two routes all passed places of interest such as KLCC, Times Square, KL Tower, Pavillion, Bukit Bintang and so on. With it being free of charge, it really a treat to the people. What more, with free WiFI lagi. All hail BN! All hail Najib!!

The routes.

The Bus.

We stopped at Pavillion, snap some pictures and pray Maghrib there. Oh yeah i was a bit unlucky, there were no more budak2 baru nak up lepak kat tangga besar Pavillion tu. Maybe the authorities had kill them off, I don't know. Whatever, 2 things caught my attention there. 1- Surau. It feels very luxurious and high class. 2- Japan Corner at the top level. Very Japanese like style of shops. Designs, concept, everything. Even the toilet lor. Haha. Still got no arcade station. Boring. Oh talked about surau. The best surau in a mall goes to...KLCC. Very spacious, comfortable and tak dampy. So much win.

Can't find any of these girls on that day.

We arrived at UKM station around 830pm and it was raining badly. So bad that the 3 junction at the taxi stop was badly flooded and there you go, a temporary river. Strong water flow that make all the aweks berdiri tepi saja. Cannot move anywhere, truly trapped. It's bad and the pihak berkuasa should feel bad. Not wanting to waste time, we opened our shoes, lipat2 seluar and cross the river. Someone was so happy crossing it. She said she never played flood before. Haha kesian...

Aih i don't know what more to write.Planned to write a simple and short one and combined with some stories from weekend mini gathering at rumah Din. Just want to practice my english writing skills. Nevermind, next time la.

Football- Luis Suarez

Lama dah tak tulis pasal bola. Asyik2 benda yang serius dan merapu, kali ni terasa nak tulis pasal sorang brader gigi arnab ni. Luis Suarez.

Key words- Luis Suarez. Tricky dribbler. Racist. Dive. Witch-hunt.

Who the hell is Luis Suarez?

Luis Suarez. Rabbit Guy.

Ok siapa tak kenal Luis Suarez? Pergi terjun loji Indah Water sekarang juga. Mana2 football fans yang tak kenal Suarez, memang mau kena ketuk kepala 16 kali sambil menari gangnam style. Ok, sedikit introduksi. Luis Alberto Suarez Diaz, berasal dari Uruguay. Lahir pada 24 Januari 1987 dan mula main bola cara pro kat kelab Nacional, kelab dalam Uruguay. Then, he get recruited to join Groningen (Netherland). Bertambah power, Ajax Asterdam pulak beli dia. Bila power maximum gila2, Liverpool datang dengan machonya membeli dia.

Untuk kareer international, boleh dirumuskan yang dia boleh tahan power gak. Ada 3 international competition yang dia main- World Cup 2010, Copa America 2011 dan Olympic 2012. Untuk World Cup, dia berjaya tolong besar team dia untuk menang 3rd place. Untuk Copa, dia dapat award MVP and yes Uruguay jadi champion, pukul habis Argentina dan Brazil. Untuk Olympic, kalah awal. Tak cukup power di situ.

The Controversies

Sebagai 1 of trillions of football fans in the world, tipu la kalau kata tak pernah dengar label 'Suarez Diver' ni. So, the biggest problem/label yang melekat kat dahi Suarez ni adalah tak lain dan tak bukan- he's a cheat.

I as one of millions of Liverpool fans, had to confessed that he is a diver. Sometimes he dived, sometimes he didn't. Oh one more thing I don't like about him- his over theatherical sakit nak mampus bila kena contact sikit saja. Yes contact ada, tapi dia punya guling guling guling tu....ehrmarrgerd. Macam kena combo juggle dalam Tekken.

Seriously, lawak jugak sebenarnya dia ni.

Benda yang hitam, kita sebut hitam. Putih, kita sebut putih. Yes, he dived. But people often to close their eyes when dia kena hentam siku/tackle belakang/push dari belakang/maki kaw2 padahal dia tak kata apa pun oleh opponent players (especially defenders). Banyak insiden2 atas tu terjadi, yang paling latest adalah kes time lawan Norwich yang mana dalam kotak penalty, dia kena siku kepala then kena stone-cold stunner dengan sorang defender tu. Muay-thai and wrestling combo! And satu lagi, time lawan Stoke (which is his latest dive art happened) dia juga kena pijak kat dada secara kool dan composed oleh opponent defender. Referee? Dia Suarez, dia tipu!

And so he was vilified and made as football's no.1 enemy. Pakcik FIFA nr 2 kata Suarez is a cancer to football. Konscielny pun join sekaki mengutuk suarez padahal kalau korang baca statement dia tu, it's very normal la bila striker lawan bola dengan defender. Tony Pulis branded him a cheat (dalam kes ni, agak valid), dan paling best sekali, Otai Mafia ManU branded Suarez as a football public enemy (padahal waktu tu Suarez ni baru setahun sampai England).

The Latest Dive Collection. The worst.

Maka bermula lah legasi #BlameSuarez. Bermula lah satu pemburuan ahli sihir...

The Infamous Suarez's Hand-of-God 

Satu dunia mula melabel Suarez sebagai penipu/jahat/keji masa match quarter final World Cup 2010- Ghana vs Uruguay. That match, i didn't watched it. Tapi secara amnya Ghana adalah satu2nya team Afrika yang masih bertanding pada peringkat tu. So, main pun kat Afrika, of kos satu stadium (dan dunia amnya) akan support Ghana.

Pada minit extra time dah, score terikat 1-1. Ghana tengah attack gila2 punya. Satu rembatan keeper block, keeper dah jauh dari tiang gol. Suarez dan sorang teammate dia jaga gol. Dalam split second tu, bola ditanduk ke arah gol oleh sorang player Ghana. Suarez block bola tu keluar dari gol. Dengan kedua2 tangan. Macam main bola tampar. Ghana mengamuk. Stadium mengamuk. Audience semua mengamuk. Reff kasi red card kat Suarez. Ghana dapat penalty. Assamoah Gyan amik penalti, kena palang. Ghana frust menonggeng, Uruguay lega. Suarez kat tepi padang, celebrate sebab team dia selamat.

So, majority people bashed Suarez as unprofessional. Cheater. Selfish. Bad footballer. But for me, it's the different story. He is a sacrificing hero. Yes he block the ball with his hands. It's a foul, a blatant foul that demand a red card and a penalty to the opponent. And yes indeed he was red-carded and Ghanna did get a penalty. So, it's a situation that follow the rules correctly. He knew he would be sent-off. Instead, he was crying as he walked off the pitch. He knew that he had just given a little lifeline to his team and his country. And amazingly, the penalty was not in. It's a big misfortune to Ghana and vice versa, it's a big big relief to Suarez and his countrymen. That's why he celebrated like hell. As a punishment to his red card, he rightfully was not allowed to play in the semifinal, in which they lost to Netherlands by 3-2. Pundits said that Uruguay lacked the tricky skills and gameplay from Suarez during that lost. End of story.

So, what's the big deal with that handball?

Kawan2, cuba letak diri anda pada situasi tu. Ok la, Malaysia lawan Ghana time tu. Skor 1-1. Bola atas kepala anda, sikit lagi nak masuk gol. Korang rasa korang akan tunduk bawah, pasrah sambil bermonolog "OMG bola nak masuk! Kepala tak sampai! Block dengan tangan! eh tak boleh! foul, nanti orang kutuk aku! Nanti aku kena brand cheater selamanya!" ? Saya pasti, waktu tu cuma ada "win at all cost".

So, i feel disgusted at these commentators/viewers in these videos which slated him heavily because of his handball action. Yes it's a bad thing and poor Ghana but guys, put yourself in both situation then only you can see it in bigger picture.

Racism

So, dengan kes World Cup dan serial diver label yang dia dapat melekat kat dahi dia, hidupnya di Liverpool sentiasa panas dengan media. Media really loves this guy. He is the lubuk emas. Want to sell more copies? Print stories about Suarez! Want to get more views online? Put Suarez as the headline!

And the worst off all the labels, is racist. All thanks to Patrice Evra of ManU. Lots of debates had been done..but for me, he just say the Negrito words in a different cultural meaning. Senang cerita, it's no big deal for him yang membesar kat tempat lain, but it was blown to proportion by Evra. And thus Ferguson slated him, the media started bashing him... I don't believe in Evra. Dia sendiri ada rekod buat cerita kononnya Chelsea staff serang/kutuk dia waktu satu match kat Stamford Bridge dulu, then baru tahu itu semua tuduhan rekaan dia saja. Lagi satu, dia juga kepala kepada player France yang mogok time World Cup 2010. Finally, tengok la video ni. Kalau dia betul2 innocent and mangsa, tak perlu untuk dia provok teruk.

Oh satu comment yang best. "Evra is a fucking cunt. First off he accuses Suarez of racism for using a non racist word, and lies about the amount of times he used it. If he wasn't a spineless coward he would have a quiet word with Luis after the game, or a word with Gerrard. Then, after he got Suarez banned for 8 games he has the audacity to lower his hand as Suarez walks past, Suarez may or may not have shook it, but it was lowered anyway, then he grabs Suarez' arm to accuse him!!! Scum, Manc cunt."

Lepas bicara dengan FA, dia kena denda 40k dan 8 matches. 8 matches tu. Gila babi punya banyak. Kes yang tak ada bukti, just dengar keterangan dari Evra saja. Fuh dahsyat. But it didn't end there..

Who's Racist Now?

Timbul lagi satu kes...Terry kutuk Anton Ferdinand dengan perkataan 'black cunt'. Natijahnya, black cunt adalah lagi teruk maknanya dari negrito. Setelah kes dipanjangkan selama setahun lebih...dengan membuatkan team england tak harmoni dalamannya...baru dijatuhkan hukuman. 80k dan 4 game. 4 game sahaja! Walaupun evidence video ada. Oh yeah he's English, he's captain of England...

Media? Tak label dia seteruk Suarez. Bukti? Gambar ini pun dah cukup. See the bias there.

Spot the bias.

Dalam EPL sekarang, selain dari Suarez ada ramai lagi diver. Bale, Young, Wellbeck, but why always Suarez? Yeah he's not english...he's a foreigner...

Sekadar renungan. David Gill, a member of FA board, juga adalah chief executive bagi ManU. So, can figure out sendiri kot why all the witch hunt against Suarez, why Fergie always get special treatment, why some referees are mysteriously being excluded from refereeing ManU matches, why ManU players always seem to get off from any disciplinary actions-media bashing.


Just Walk On!

Apapun, konklusi yang boleh dibuat adalah...

1. Suarez memang sometimes dive dan exagerated foul. Tapi where the equal treatment gone, i don't know.
2. Suarez is one bendul/jujur player. He did whatever needed to do for his country and club.
3. Media di England adalah sangat bias, dan rasis sebenarnya. Termasuk dengan FA sekali.
4. ManU ada orang dalam kat FA. So, any scheming is not impossible.

David Gill. The mole inside FA.

Untuk Liverpool, Suarez is the best and enigmatic striker. Sometimes he's just lacklustre, but most of the times he is the magician. Kadang2 bodoh, peluang senang tak nak gol tapi peluang imposibru pulak yang gol. Kami fans Liverpool sangat2 bersyukur ada dia dalam team. Team yang sedia terkebelakang, hanya berharap pada Suarez dan Gerrard untuk do anything extraordinary.

Long Live Liverpool! Yenuwa!

Reincarnation

There was once a joke that sound like this,

"Dear God please take Rihanna, Bieber and Nicki Minaj and return to us Kurt Cobain, Freddie and Elvis"

Well, it is just a joke. Can't be real, right?

Not anymore.

Because Freddie had returned. In shape of a more handsome looking white guy with no gigi kuda and his name is Nate Reuss. A singer in the band that is famous for their sing along hits 'We Are Young'. Don't believe it? Ok listen to this Queen's song, 

Finish?

Ok now listen to Fun 'Some Nights'

Actually ada lagu Queen yang lain yang mana lagi sama dengan lagu dan suara Some Nights, tapi tak ingat tajuk.

Anyway, they both sound the same. Very identical to each other. Not to mention, that this is only the first album of Fun. They are relatively young and new, they still can improve and create greater songs. At last, faith in humanity- restored. Something to look forward rather than the stupid american famous genre. You know, the bling2 nigger in MTV, the Bieber stereotype and Minaj and so on...

So gonna sit back and enjoy their album. Yeah downloaded version. Cannot afford to buy original one.Gonna let this new Freddie amuse me. 

And maybe, just maybe, God will answer the rest of the prayer? New Elvis, new Kurt Cobain? Hahaha just keep on wishing bro.

Bekerja dan Membuka Mata

Pengalaman bekerja. Saya ni, dah berumur 23 tahun baru ada 1st pengalaman bekerja. Oh sebelum ni ada, tapi terlalu singkat. Just tiga hari untuk program susu. Travel guna lori, distribute susu kat certain2 area. Yes itu cerita lama~

Back to the main story.

Dalam bulan ogos yang lepas, saya telah bersemangat waja untuk ambik kerja part time. Niat utama sekali- nak amik pengalaman bekerja. Niat kedua, nak dapat rasa duit sendiri. Niat utama tu, sangat menebal sebab memandangkan diri ini tak penah bekerja, terasa juga nak dapat feeling tu. Almost semua kawan2 ada penah bekerja, kenapa tidak saya? Niat kedua, yes nak dapat feel of happy-puas bila dapat duit bayaran kerja tu. I know that i'm a bit ketinggalan zaman, but that's me.

Puas survey, ada satu saja tempat yang accept. Kedai Kasut MG. Kedai2 lain majoritinya nak gadis2. I know, sex sells.

Masa kerja adalah amat terhad, sebab dia tak perlukan sangat pekerja tambahan. Awalnya cuma Sabtu dan Ahad jam 8-10 malam. Lepas 2 kali macam tu, everyday dari pukul 8-10. Bila last two weeks sebelum raya, she (the store manager) wants me to come earlier at Saturday and Sunday, which will be 12pm-10pm. Sounds plenty rite, but believe me, tak lama pun.

Bidang tugas? The usual promoter dalam kedai. Customer datang, ikut dia ke mana kasut dia berkenan, layan soalan dia, carikan kasut yang dia mahukan, then kalau dia nak beli terus bawak kasut tu ke kaunter. Done. Sounds simple, but actually renyah jugak. Apa yang renyah? Ok bahagian mencari saiz. Ada yang tak nak cuba kasut, terus nak saiz sekian2. Ada yang dah amik 2,3 saiz, last2 nak kasut pattern lain. Oh tak lupa, kesusahan mencari kasut. Sebab apa? Sebab saya orang baru. Tak tahu sangat position kasut2 sekian2 dalam stor. Beberapa kali kena marah ngan manager, biasa la tu...

Anyway, bila dah kerja yang serve customer, memang dapat lah serba sedikit faham kerenah customer. Ada 3 level customer. The orang susah- the moderate- the kaya. Level yang merunsingkan sikit adalah level orang susah dan kaya. Yang moderate, mereka senang untuk berurusan.

Daripada bekerja di kedai kasut ini lah, saya nampak dengan mata kepala sendiri, akan apa itu business jual beli dan keuntungan yang dapat. Serius, saya tak sangka dengan keuntungan yang sebuah kedai kasut boleh perolehi dalam masa sehari saja. Sangat besar....or, maybe it's just me thinking it's really big. Anyway, ia memang menguntungkan.

Why? Let's put an example. At the shop, there are 5 sales promoter. In just one day (ini waktu nak raya ok, sila amik perhatian), one promoter can sell shoes up to RM1200 averagely. So, times 5, you got 6000 in one day. In one month? Wow wow wow~

One more thing, saya makin buka mata dengan keadaan sekeliling. Big boss adalah chinese. He's a very humble man. Bila dia datang untuk tinjau2, dia juga serve customer. Carikan kasut, tolong pakaikan kasut. Very humble and a very good example for us. Walaupun dia most probably super kaya (ada 5 cawangan kedai kasut) tapi itu tak menjadikan dia boss yang sombong. And that makes me more curious, and realize,

That chinese really know how to do business.

Setiap malam bila nak tutup kedai, manager akan kira duit dan tutup account book untuk hari itu. Bila masa kira duit, rambang mata melihat duit tebal2. Terus teringat akan persepsi biasa di Malaysia, "Cina sangat bijak dalam berniaga. Ekonomi Malaysia dipegang mereka." Thus, meningkatkan lagi semangat saya untuk membaca The Malay Dilemma. Yeah, banyak benda yang dalam buku itu, tepat dengan apa yang saya nampak di sekeliling.

I worked there...kejap saja. Kalau ikut full time punya jam, tak sampai seminggu pun. Tapi gaji/bayaran yang dapat tu, alhamdulillah okay. Mungkin sebab komisyen banyak membantu. Satu kasut yang dijual akan dapat 1-3% komisyen kot. So...saya dan kawan2 selalu berebut customer kaya2. Untung2 dapat jual Scholl sepasang dua, Dr Cardin sepasang dua, haha.  

Well, saya bersyukur sebab dapat jugak bekerja sementara masih lagi student, biarpun part time, dan agak lambat, haha. Thanks to Kedai Kasut MG yang bagi peluang. Thanks untuk kawan2 kat sana (gambar takda, tak dak kamera haha) yang banyak tolong, thanks untuk amoi garang dan Lokman latipp yang push saya untuk kerja jugak (kerana rasa sedikit malas itu wujud, pada awalannya). Biarpun habuan taklah besar, tapi pengalaman itu bermakna. Alhamdulillah.

                                               

Kisah Timeline Saya

Bila dah makin membersar, mata kita akan semakin membuka. Membuka memerhati sekeliling. Minda kita akan semakin terbuka. Terbuka untuk mempelajari dan memahami sekeliling. Perkara yang mana pada waktu kita masih kecil, kita tak amik tahu langsung. Sekarang, ia sudah berubah.

Ada satu masa, one of my friend's sister sound saya kaw2 punya sebab tak ambil tahu pasal politik. "Rosak masa depan negara kalau golongan muda tak ambil tahu pasal negara, asyik dengan berhibur." To be honest, pada waktu itu saya sudah mula membuka mata dengan politik. Baca, analisis, dan faham sendiri. However, I didn't bash anyone- any party by using social media on the net because saya ni orang biasa2 saja yang tak suka kawan sama kawan bergaduh hanya kerana politik. Macam mana pun, hasil dari kata2 pedas dia, sekarang ini saya makin rajin meneliti mengikut isu politik semasa. Terima kasih pada dia. Cuma, jangan la hentam teruk2 bila orang lain tak sehaluan ok.

Bila mana kita menulis dalam internet ini, kita kena berhati-hati. Kata orang melayu, "terlajak perahu boleh diundur, terlajak kata badan binasa." Dalam zaman moden ini, bolehlah kita ganti 'kata' dengan 'tulis'. Kena berhati- hati lah bila menulis. Jangan ikut sedap hati, nanti jadi seperti seorang cik engineer yang tersilap langkah.

Anyway, back to the main topic. Of all the politic issues  that are spreading like viral through the internet now, the one topic  i'm hugely interested is...Unity. Perpaduan.

Di mana- mana kita boleh lihat mesej perpaduan. 1Malaysia  dan Malaysian Malaysia adalah motto bagi setiap parti itu. Kata orang melayu lagi, " Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita roboh."  Dalam mana2 zaman/negara pun, perpaduan adalah tunjang kekuatan sesuatu negara.  Tapi bila masuk dalam konteks Malaysia...jujurnya saya cakap ia macam tiada. Mungkin saya salah, atau mungkin saya buta hati. Mungkin saya masih hijau umur dan pengalaman hidup, tapi itulah pendapat saya.  Seperti  tiada satu bond yang kuat antara orang Cina-Melayu-India (ada banyak bangsa lagi, tapi ini 3 biggest races in Malaysia).

I don't want to elaborate more on the reasons why national unity is 'lost' in my eyes. One side will say it's caused by the vernacular schools while the other side will say it's caused by the failure of the government to give proper  care for them. And many other points, and so on, and so on, and so on, bla3~

But i just want to share my view based on my short 23 years of life experience (insyaallah panjang umur lagi). 

This is my simple story, as a moderate melayu boy in Malaysia.

Saya lahir di Alor Star, Kedah. Rumah saya adalah rumah teres, Taman Delima. Taman saya tu, 100% Melayu. Taman sebelah saya (Taman Intan?Taman Derga?Taman Nilam?) adalah taman yang majoritinya adalah Chinese. Tapi saya jarang pergi, sebab coverage basikal saya mengatakan taman itu agak jauh.

I grew up there, making friends with other kids from my neighbours (itupun hanya dua blok/nerai/line teres saja, yang lain terpisah jauh sikit). Our gang members were about 15 , and of course all are malay. Umur 6 tahun, masuk tadika ABIM. Islamik punya tadika. Needless to say, all kids there are Malay.

My primary school, is Sekolah Kebangsaan Tunku Raudzah. National school. As far as i can remember, i had never saw a chinese boy during my 6 years there. I believe Indian boys were there, but very5 little. My whole classes from year 1 to year 6, all students are Malay.

For secondary school, i was first enrolled to Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid. Kali ni ia berbeza sikit. My batch, the form 1 of 2002 did consist quite a number of chinese students. But unfortunately for me, they were scattered from class B till F, not class A which is my class (masa tu, class belum disusun ikut kemampuan, sebab semua freshie 4As or 5As).  It didn't matter, because 2 months later i was then received an offer to study at SBP , in my case at Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa, Sungai Petani. Jadi, saya pindah ke sana...

Mad Jiwa ni, kata orang, sekolah budak pandai. Ada jugak yang label sebagai sekolah banyak problem. Ada yang terus cop sebagai sekolah budak jahat sebab banyak kes2 buli. Saya gelak saja bila dengar semua itu sekarang ni.

Ah dah melalut.

Masuk Mad Jiwa, saya masuk kelas 1A4. Student batch saya semuanya Melayu kecuali seorang Indian girl. Jadi sepanjang 5 tahun di sana, semua kawan saya adalah mereka yang di sekeliling saya. Pada masa saya form 2 dan ke atas, kemasukan pelajar Cina/India/Siam semakin banyak (itupun tak lebih 10 orang satu batch). Tetapi itu batch bawah2 lah. Batch saya kekal sebegitu.

5 tahun berlalu, it's time for Matriculation. This is the first time i mingle amongst non-Kedah (haha, kampung sungguh) students since Mad Jiwa tu majoriti orang Kedah. Chinese and Indian students are more visible than during my Mad Jiwa time, it's obvious. Most of them are account students, only a few are Physics or Biology students. My roommates are all Malay. My classmates are all Malay. During big lecture classes, the students sit among their closest friends. So you can guess how it turned out.

Fast forward a year, it's the new phase which is UKM. Here the Chinese and Indian are much more greater in numbers compared to matriculation time but still the Malay are clear majority. Nevermind about that.  I'm a Chemistry students, 1 of the 60 plusminus students in batch 2008-2009. Out of the 60something, about 6 are Chinese and 2 are Indians. The others are Malay. Pola seating kami, adalah mengikut suka hati dan keselesaan which turn out ikut warna kulit. During assignments, again ikut trend yang sama kecuali some of the cases yang memang tak boleh elak.

Oh penempatan kolej/asrama tempat tinggal. Dari saya first year sampai la ke sekarang, my room mate is a malay. Malay with a malay, chinese with a chinese, indian with an indian. There was once when i was at the end of my 2nd year  semester, in order to pick students for staying next semester, a mass interview was held by my residential college. Actually it was a rubbish interview. Anyway, one of the cepumas punya soalan is, "Say-0, would you be willing to have a chinese, or indian roommate?" I said yes no problem.  While i said yes, there were 3,4 of my Malay friends who objected.  And some of the Chinese too. At the end (start of 3rd year 1st semester), the rommate system was still the same. MM, CC, II. Oh ya saya join Kelab Teater kat kolej kediaman tu. Dan ya, semuanya adalah melayu cuma seorang saja lain sikit- mix cina dan indonesia.

Damn, I forget to mention. I'm a basketball player who really started playing when I was in form 1. During my school time, all my team mates are malay. Then move on to matriculation, I have 5 chinese team mates (I was a member of KMJ basketball team for KAKOM). We were quit close. We shared our meal together, usya awek-amoi sama2, tidur share tilam sama2, haha...Almost daily we played together and sometimes we played with other chinese-indian-malay boys too. Back at home, i used to play at a basketball court around Taman Golf/Taman Rimba. Situ, majoriti is malay, with some 3,4 chinese that occassionally came and 2 very persistent indian friends of mine. Badan dia pun dah tough gila sekarang ni, hebat ar~ At UKM, I'm not very active with basketball for certain reasons but whenever i go to play, the polarisation is clear. MM-CC. Sometimes some chinese will join us, sometimes we join the chinese boys.

Well that's what I want to tell. That's the simple timeline of mine, an ordinary malay boy. Hopefully, i shed some lights from my writing and sharing of thoughts here. Apapun, mari kita layan video ini!

Memerhati Secara Ninja

Hari ini baru pulang dari Penang. Pergi Penang untuk singgah2 kat rumah Awi/KakFarah. Kat sana, boleh jumpa Sofea duk degeduk! dan juga boleh memeriahkan suasana rumah yang sunyiiiiiii disebabkan Awi pindah kerja ke Rawang. Tambahan lagi, garden kat tepi rumah dah makin cantik thanks to abah dan mak yang bersemangat perelokkan garden tu. Bawang pun dah tanam.

Oh Pea masih belum menerima PakCik ini. Sedih.... =_='

Anyway, tadi pukul 8 ada jamuan hari raya kat madrasah Taman Cengal. Jaraknya cuma 100 meter dari rumah saya. Dekat saja. Mereka jemput kesemua penduduk2 sekitar untuk datang. Mak pun dah bagi sumbangan sikit2, makanya wajib untuk kami pergi. Kalau tak, rugi namanya. 

Jadi, pukul 8 saya dan mak mula bergerak. Abah tak pi, sebab letih cycling 2 jam lamanya dari pukul 6 tadi. 

Sampai saja, jemaah semua baru keluar dari masjid. Kelihatan pakcik2 semua dengan lebai, serban, jubah, janggut tebal, misai, jambang, dahi berkesan hitam membuatkan saya terasa menyesal shave muka semalam. Seterusnya, dengan muka serius dan dedicated, saya terus menuju ke ruangan satay. Ambil satay sepinggan (6cucuk), bergerak pula ke ruangan kuey tiow. Ambil kuey tiow sepinggan. Bergerak pula ke ruang air. Ambil air secawan. Bergerak pula ke ruang pisang. Ambil pisang seulas. Bergerak ke tempat duduk bermeja. 

Apa lagi, terus makan.

Sambil makan tu, boleh la dengar2 pakcik2 sebelah sedang sembang pasal apa. Actually, saya tak kenal seorang pun pakcik2 tu. Muka diorang memang saya familiar, tapi nama saya tak tau pun. Tambahan pula, saya bukanlah ahlul madrasah itu, bertambah tak kenal lah saya dengan mereka. Nevermind, saya pasang telinga saja terhadap apa yang mereka diskusi kan.

Mula2, dibincangnya pasal kes DSAI dibaling kasut dalam masjid. Kata mereka, ceramah tu bukan ceramah  politik pun, nak halau buat apa? Kalau tak dapat tauliah, habis tu Najib pernah bagi tazkirah kat satu masjid tu, geng2 Perkasa tak mau halau ka?

Saya senyum sambil khusyuk mengunyah kuey tiow.

Seterusnya, dibicarakan tentang BP iaitu BloodPressure. Ada seorang pakcik ni, dia kata BP dia tinggi. 100 lebih dari time puasa. Lepas puasa terus naik lagi. Kemudian dia salahkan makan. Dan kenduri. Katanya kenduri ada hari-hari. Baru nak turun, dah kena pi kenduri. "Sampai bila nak turun BP camni?" komplen pakcik itu sambil makan pisang.

Saya senyum sambil khusyuk kunyah satay.

Habis selesai makan kueytiow dan satay dan pisang dan segelas air, saya bangkit dan ambil kesemuanya untuk round kedua. Mohon maaf, saya memang lapar tadi.

Selesai round kedua, saya terus ambilkan sepinggan kueytiow dan 5 cucuk satay (1 cucuk dah dimakan dalam perjalanan) untuk bawa balik ke rumah bagi kat abah. Anak yang baik adalah anak yang ingat kat abah depa. 

Maka selesailah kisah lone-ranger pergi ke jamuan raya anjuran madrasah dekat rumah saya.

Saya masih tersenyum bila terkenangkan jamuan raya ini.

Sekarang saya faham kenapa certain orang agak keberatan untuk pergi event sebegitu.

Its Iklan Time!

Raya dah nak dekat. Lagi seminggu lebih rasanya. Rata2 manusia di bumi Malaysia ini sudah berkira nak balik. Semangat nak bekerja pun dah lesu. Yang bersekolah, makin malas nak pergi sekolah. Yang nak pergi  lab, makin slow n berkala2 lab attendance dia. Yang tak buat apa2, makin tak buat apa2 sambil menunggu masa untuk naik bas/flight/kereta dan balik kampung yeay!

Tapi, nanti dulu, jangan balik lagi. Jangan lesu lagi.

Bila hampir dengan raya, benda yang paling happening antaranya adalah...iklan raya! Tak kisah lah raya aidilfitri, raya tahun baru cina mahupun deepavali pun, semua akan ada iklan raya. Yeay! Saya jamin, kamu semua PASTI! WAJIB! MESTI! pernah tengok iklan2 tu, kan?

Anyway, tadi saya baru khatam semula semua iklan2 tu (setakat yang dijumpai). Based on my observation, semua iklan2 tu ada trend yang sama- family. All revolve around family. And mostly, it's a story about love between father and son/daughter.

So, why family?

Saya tak dapat nak explain secara panjang dan ilmiah, tapi one thing for sure- everyone has his/her own family. Setiap orang ada ayah, ibu, abang, adik, kakak dan mungkin anak dan cucu. Plus, the bond between family members are much much much stronger than any external love bond. Kapel2, lover2, friendship bond semua tak boleh lawan dengan family! NO! Hanya family yang sedia menyayangi kita, doesn't matter whatever happen to us.

Browsing on...these are some of the most outstanding ads.

1st, yang ni. "Atok dah pakai lampin?" Serius makan dalam habis.

2nd, this CNY ads daripada Bernas. "You only know to eat! What time it is already? Better don't come home!" Again, sedih dan tacing bila part ayah dia dukung dia ajar dia jalan.

3rd, yang Deepavali "We gonna have Party!! .....Patti. Patti!!" Setiap kali tengok, mesti gelak guling2.

Well, those are some of the famous ads. Mostly, are made by the late Yasmin Ahmad. Iklan2 dia memang tacing dan makan dalam habis, termasuk movie2. Sayangnya, beliau sudah tiada di dunya ini. Jadi, iklan2 baru lepas ni...mungkin akan kurang menyengat...sayang sekali.

Anyway, layan dan layan jugak. Balik rumah peluk mak abah ok!