Chronicles of the Broken Mic

Yasmin Ahmad Kembali ke Rahmatullah...

2009-07-26T06:08:00.000-07:00

Betapa terkejut nya aku bila aku menonton MELODI pada tengah hari tadi pabila Wahid memaklumkan bahawa pengarh filem Malaysia yang tersohor; YASMIN AHMAD telah meninggal dunia pada mlm kelmarin, Sabtu 25hb July pada pukul 11.40mlm.

Terkejut dan amat terkilan aku dibuatnya kerana telah menjadi impian aku untuk bekerja bersama Allahyarham padi suatu ketika nanti. Akan tetapi Allah lebih menyayangi beliau.

Allahyarham Yasmin Ahmad merupakan satu-satunya pengarah filem di Malaysia yang berjaya memikat hati aku untuk menonton filem Melayu...hmm...tp mungkin bagi Allahyarham beliau akan mengklasifikasikan filem-filemnya sebagai filem Malaysia...satu label yang amat aku setujui kerana Allahyarham selalunya menggabungkan bangsa-bangsa yang berbeza dalam setiap filemnya, berbeza dengan filem-filem 'Melayu' yang lain.

Aku berkesempatan berjumpa dengan Allahyarham sewaktu BMW Shorties 2007 Clinic di Putrajaya. Walaupun sekejap dan aku tidak lah bercakap banyak dengan belia namun aku tetap gembira kerana berpeluang berjumpa dengan Allahyarham pada ketika itu. Allahyarham merupakan salah seorang panel penceramah semasa bengkel tersebut dan filem pendek "Gerek" yang aku hasilkan merupakan penyertaan aku untuk BMW Shorties 2007 tersebut.

Sigh....sedih betul aku ari nie.... Sakarang tak mungkin lagi aku akan tengok filem 'Melayu' d panggung wayang... Takder yg berbaloi untuk duit aku. Mungkin aku akan beli DVD filem-filem arahan Allahyarham.

Filem Allahyarham yang bakal muncul tak lama lagi..."Muallaf".

RAINFOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009

2009-07-13T02:34:00.000-07:00

"Ko mok pegi Rainforest sik? Aku ada tiket free tok..."..,

or sumtin like dat was spoken to me through the phone as I was about to go for my Friday prayers last Friday, 10th July which was also the 1st day of the RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009(RWMF). So I said yes to the offer since it was a free ticket and I don't really have any thing much to do that night.

My sis's brother in-law was the person who offered the ticket. So at about 5pm later that day I went and pick him and his friend up before heading to Damai. Parked my car at Santubong Resort as no car without a 'special' pass is allowed to drive up beyond that point. There I met a couple of other Uni friends which all of us eventually took the same shuttle to go to RWMF.

We split up after reaching Sarawak Cultural Village(SCV). The three of us went and have a look around the place first...checking out the crowd in front of the stage and stuff. Owh...we arrived at SCV at about 8+pm so after looking around the three of us went to look for some stalls to buy dinner.

Any way after dinner we went back to the stage just to enjoy the music. Went back at 1pm...and reached home at about 4 after a late supper n sending both of them back.

Hmm...it wasn't that good..but it was okay. Maybe coz I wasn't drinking like everybody else that I couldn't enjoy the scene there. I wouldn't even mind if I didn't go pun... : )

REVENGE OF THE FALLEN ROCKS!!!

2009-06-23T05:59:00.000-07:00

I just came back from STAR Cineplex to watch...heh..u've guess it...

REVENGE OF THE FALLEN!!!!!

HAH HAAAA......

Finally....a year plus of waiting finally come to an end a few hours ago. Innitially I was suppose to go and watch it with my friends this Friday. Coz were all having our exams and some of us still got a paper on Friday so I'm suppose to like....wait. But I can't any more coz I've been waiting for this movie to come out since last year and it has been my dream to watch it during the FIRST SHOW OF THE FIRST DAY. So I went to watch it by myself just now....of course with a pack cinema hall.

It is as what I've anticipated...plus some more. You should just go and watch it. The effects would blow ur mind away. But there were some scene and storyline that didn't go well with me. I'll give it an 8 out of 10. But I'm still going to watch it with my friends this Friday. There were some scene that I didn't really catch and some other I just love to watch again.

Any ways I just had my first paper yesterday and I have another one this coming Thursday...

Yeap...I still got a paper but I went to watch a movie insteadof studying.

Officially 25

2009-06-15T07:25:00.000-07:00

So last Friday, 12th June was my 25th birthday. I'm officially 25 now. So what does that mean? Am I suppose to do sumtin about it?

Heh well for starters maybe I shud focus on finishing my studies since most people that know of my age have done so. I'm like the last of my kind. Going extinct here.. : )

On a more serious(seroius?... me?) note I was sitting at home most of the time on my birthday(REALLY MAN!) coz I didn't know what I'm suppose to do. Well I did went to campus in the afternoon and meet a few frens who did wished me 'happy birthday' and then I went to Dessert coz I've thought of rewarding myself on the day. Then meet another fren before heading home...by 8pm. So as I was looking at my own reflection in the mirror I wonder what am I suppose to do since I'm 25 now? ...get married?(owh..need a girlfren first) ....get a job? (hah haaaa.....need to graduate first)..

I'm 25 but I wonder why I still feel like I'm 15..... I wonder.

15 was a good year...PMR...freedom...easier education....

Talking bout education in 2 weeks time I'll be having my FINALS. Got a Communication Strategy paper and Interactive Multimedia Flash exam. And hopefully, after all that...I'm done with my studies.

Hopefully....

And yet here I am doing this post.... : )

New Kicks!!! : )

2009-05-04T06:45:00.000-07:00

Just came back from KL this afternoon. Was there a for about a week since last Weds. Had a cousin's wedding to attend too in Ipoh. I'll update more on that when I have the time. Now there's more important thing to announce....

I GOT A FRESH NEW KICKS!!!

ADIDAS PREDATOR ABSOLADO PS IN DB

Originally I wanted to Buy Nike 5 T7. But seeing that the colour was too appalling ( Green and Red doesn't go very well together dude..), I've decided to get the Predator instead. since the guy in ADIDAS PAVILION told me that "they've" just arrive in KL this week, which means I might be the first to wear them in Kuching. Heh...this would be the first time I own an Adidas shoe.

I haven't been playing futsal for whole month of April due to the reason that my old Tiempo was kinda spoilt. And I purposely didn't fix it up so that I could concentrate on studies, and was hoping to get a new set of kicks as well. Hope I can play better with these babies... : )

Sorry lah.... aku beli dolok... ; )

Fucking Santubong Trip....

2009-04-20T00:35:00.000-07:00

I guess I'm just writing this *&%# here coz its the only way I cud let it out. You see me and a bunch of frends was suppose to go for this outing during our mid-term break. The plan was to go and climb Mt. Santubong. Its wasn't my idea but it was suggested by another dude.

So I wasn't all that exited at first since I've climbed it before, but was looking forward for this trip since I miss out on a lot of university planned outings like going to Cultural Village and also Photomedia's Bako trip.

Since we were suppose to go on Monday, i contacted this dude who were "in charge" of the trip the day before. Asking bout what time were suppose to meet up n stuffs. Initially he did replied to my SMSes.... but then later in the evening I received a message saying...

"Xjd...cancel nekik.."
which means the climbing trip has been cancel.

I do admit that by then I was disappointed by the cancellation of the trip but then again I told myself there must be a rational explanation to why the trip has been canceled.

So I asked him...y was it canceled?

And he replied... " due to unavoidable circumstances...."(translated oredy)

So i asked what was that unavoidable circumstances that causes the trip to be cancel...seeing that I beleive I have the right to know...

And he said..."due to unavoidable circumstances...." again!

He answered my call...one which I tried doing for the past couple of hours...asking the very reason why the trip was canceled....

And the only thing he told me was that it had just been canceled....and he was "malas" to go...

So now I'm pissed. Canceling a program just because? With no proper reason?

That's like total BS man....

I'm starting to feel that they're trying to hide sumtin from me.....or sumtin else is happening.

You see I'm not piss that the trip was canceled. I would've been okay if there was a proper reason to it. There is always another time to go there.

But what pisses me off was that they/he did not provide a solid reason to why it was canceled!

And it pisses me off even more since I don't know to who I'm suppose to be pissed!

Hmm...feeling a lil' bit better now....but I'm still piss.

Eksiden agik.....

2009-04-09T01:31:00.000-07:00

As I was happily listening to "Thrust You" by Yuna Ito on my phone...as I was turning to a junction near campus I was shocked by a tremble made by my car. At first I thought I had went over the road side...again..

But as I was looking at my rear view mirror I saw a motorcycle laying on the road behind me with 2 guys on the ground. Well the other guy, the one at the back manage to stood up but the other was still on the pavement. So then I realize....

HOLLY CRAP....A HAD JUST BIKE HIT ME!!!!

I parked my car a few meter from the junction before going out and ran towards the guys. The one still on the ground was trying to get up. No he didn't died....just a long cut underneath his chin. Man that's gotta hurt!

So it was told by them that the incident was my fault because I gave the signaling light at the last moment before turning when they were still going forward. I guess it was....but I'm not sure.

Call my mom first...then a couple of frens as I knew I hafta bring him to the clinic or sumtin' and at the moment I only have RM20 with me. But abah manage to come before we left for a clinic. Fortunately enough abah was there to pay the medical charges which cost RM180! The guys had sum stitches on his chin.

Then we headed off to a motorcycle workshop to assess how much damage I hafta fix on his bike. Overall it was within what I've suspected. But this one was paid by me...so there go my KL allowance...

Manage to settle this b4 my 10.30 class... which I didn't have any mood to go to but I just went for it any way... Then had lunch wit a bunch of frens whom I haven't seen for the week.

Actually I kinda knew that sumtin' was about to happen to me while I was leaving home this morning but I wasn't sure what... So now I guess if I ever had any of these intuitions ever again i might as well just stay home.

Problems keep on coming one after another....and lately it's burning my pocket....

22 out of 30!?

2009-04-01T22:00:00.000-07:00

Apa laa...just as I was hoping waking up at 4 in the morning would do me any good...I was mistaken. Today I had a FLASH SYNTAX TEST....yeah... It got sumtin' 2 do with Adobe Flash which was what my Interactive Multimedia subject is all about. A part of the Assessment is for this 10% Syntax test..which is about the coding for Flash.

Woke up at 4 in the morning just so that I could revise for the test which was taking place at 11.45am just now. The test is done on the campus server, on the pc. So the marks get directly sent to the system.

So there I was trying to recall what I've learned for the past 5 hour or so.... and after 30 minutes to it I finished the test which was suppose to be completed in a hour. But actually I wasn't the ealiest to get it done coz while I was doing the test some other students all ready left the lab. And to my surprise one girl got 28 out of 30!

Bitch!

Any ways I'm was actually hoping to get at least 25 right for this test. Owh well... I did just studied for it this morning any way. Might as well concentrate on the e-Book which is going to due in 2 weeks time.....which of course I haven't started doing.

: )

: )

2009-03-31T01:19:00.000-07:00

Some how deep inside I feel very happy coz just moments ago I had a chat wit an old fren.

Its been a while since I had a long chat with him. Even though it was just less than 10 minutes but still... it was an enjoyable chat.

Good to know that I've help. Good luck.

: )

A Month Worth of Update...

2009-03-23T05:02:00.000-07:00

Just as I expected, once the semester starts and the moment sis goes back to Limbang... my blog would be left updated. For the moment it has been quite busy. I had 3 more subjects to finish up this semester before I could graduate(hopefully) in September. Assignments are pouring in since the 3 week and it seems like there's one due every week.

I'll just put in point form for the moment of what I've been doing and once I really have the time to update this blog, I'll fill 'em in the details.

Been coming back and forth to Bintangor on weekends coz a cousin was getting engaged and Mak is staying there for a while to look after grandma.

Sis, her husband and Amie came back last week to get a medical check up for lil' Amie. They were here for just a few days. I realize I do miss Amie, since he the first nephew I have at the moment.

Been watching a couple of movies, but I guess WATCHMEN would be the best movie I've seen so far after Dark Knight and Ironman. Watched WATCHMEN TWICE!!!! : )

Can't really remember much....hmm..

A Quickie in Limbang...

2009-02-27T05:48:00.000-08:00

Nah...its not that type of quickie... Its just a short trip I'm going for along with mak, sis and Amie my nephew. The trip is just to send my sister back to Limbang coz there's where she lives with her husband. My sister is a primary school teacher and so does her husband who is a Limbang local. Last December she came back to Kuching coz she wanted to deliver her first child in Kuching. So now its time to go back to her husband's home. Amie was born on the 28th of December by the way.

Me and mak went along coz I'm suppose to be the luggage carrier while mak helps out looking after Amie. We left last Wednesday and will be coming back to Kuching on Saturday. So far there's nothing much to be done in this small town. There's only one shopping mall and it's more like Kuching's Center Point. The only thing keeping me from total boredom is my sis's broadband...which I'll definitely miss when I'm back in Kuching.

At least I finally gets to go out of Kuching for the holidays...even if it was just for a few days before the start of the new semester. ; )

Heh...not to mention I'm gonna miss the little crapper as well... : )

Abah's Sweepstakes

2009-02-21T20:35:00.000-08:00

All those entry submission from all the rice purchase my dad did for months suddenly paid off when we were told through a phone call on Friday afternoon that "Mr. Abdul Rashid had won FIRST PLACE in an H&L Sweepstakes". Yeah...H&L as in H&L Supermarket. And the first place prize was a refrigerator.

The whole family was really happy that we could finally replace the old Singer. He's been serving the family for years now. Mak said he was around even before I was born. So I guess its about time for 'him' to retire. He looks old and ungly any way and the lights would burn out after a month or so.

The new 'guy' is a Samsung which was as tall as I am. Guess we could stock up more stuff inside now. And I guess every one in the house would shut up when ever Abah's gonna fill in another sweepstakes forms in the future.

: )

Allahyarham Apeet...dlm Kenangan?

2009-02-17T20:20:00.000-08:00

Today marks a whole one year of the day he passed away. Awang Abdul Hafidz a.k.a Apeet. He was a student at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. He took a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Passed away on the 17th of February 2008.

A couple of Saturdays ago his family did a "Makan Hol" for him. A lot of his relatives and friends to the family came, but surprisingly very few of his friends showed up. There was only me and another fren along with his girl. Which left me with the question...where were his friends?

Where was those Swinburne guys who went to classes with him, or even those who use to chill with him at the cafeteria? The ones who were in the same band as he was?

Where are his skateboarding friends?

Where were those guys who use to play futsal with him?

Where were his schoolmates or childhood friends?

Where were those guys who cried when they saw his lifeless body on the hospital bed last year?

Where were you guys?

To be honest I'm not one of his closest friends but still I took the liberty of trying to know when the ceremony would be held. It seems like....after a while people just seem to care less.
Or perhaps 'they' have more important things to attend to....yeah.

So I guess one day when the time comes, I too shall face this reality. No one cares once you're gone. But I'll try my best to remember 10 Safar as the date a fellow friend passed away.

Amin.

Best Day Ever.... : )

2009-02-16T01:14:00.000-08:00

Sunday, 15th February 2009

Ever since my holiday started, I have not felt this much fun...or perhaps enjoyment in a day.

In the morning my family had a "Majlis Doa Selamat & Bercukur" for my little nephew which my sister gave birth to last December. This was quite tiring coz me and Abah was the only man in the house and we stayed till 2am the day before just to rearrange the living room. Rearrange as in clearing the living room from all 3 sofa sets to make space for the guess and those people who shall be doing the doa' and 'bercukur'.

Then the second event which I was more looking forward to was the 'reunion' that I had with my campus friends. I have not seen most of them ever since the holiday started so I was really eager to meet them today. The first meeting point was at Barok @ My Village where we meet for dinner. Second place that we all went was Little Lebanon where most of them wanted to 'Sheesha', except for me of course.

After 'Sheesha' half of them went back while the other half went to watch football. Even though I don't watch football I decided to hang around for a while since going home early wouldn't reward me with anything useful to do any way.

So yeah...I really enjoyed the day.

: )

Yassin untuk Apeet

2009-02-06T22:26:00.000-08:00

In Islam, perhaps it the Malay culuture to have a bit of Yassin recital and Tahlil on certain days after a person's passing. The 3rd day, 7th, 20th, 40th and 100th. Then there's the yearly ceremony which is based on 1 year in Islamic calendar. So it has been a year now. A year have passed since the day Awang Abdul Hafidz @ Apeet pass away in that car crash. It has been a year I haven't seen the infamous black Savvy in campus.

Will be going off in a couple of hours to Allahyarham's house in Gitak for the ceremony. Hope to meet friends whom I have not meet for quite a while there.

This post shall enlighten those who would like to know about my fren Apeet.

Al-Fatihah

Street Fighter : The Legend of Chun Li

2009-01-30T18:40:00.000-08:00

With the slow connection, its kinda hard to post any new stuff. Haven't done any thing much lately except for some problems with my education...which is clearly my own fault. Any way I stumbled upon this news bit a few weeks ago but just forgot to post it.

Okay... I guess I'm among many that never even heard about the development of this movie. Maybe because I was never into Street Fighter(SF). But who would've guess... a new Street Fighter movie was about to be release in cinemas this February?

This one is called Street Fighter : The Legend of Chun Li. Yeah..from the title you could roughly know that it's about the hot female warrior, Chun Li. And guess who get the chance to play her role? Kristen Kreuk... yeah... that Lana Lang girl from Smallville. Seems like this film stages Chun Li's life before she was involve in SF. So I guess not all of the familiar SF fighters will be in this movie unlike the first failure. But from the trailer and the poster you can see that there's that dude with the mask... what ever his name is.

I have high hopes for this movie due to the way there making it. Rather than making a remake of the 90's SF movie,. The producer took on a different path by exploring a Fighter's story and not bundling all Street Fighters into one movie. Hmm...might just watch it when its RM5.

There's some problem with my layout that's holding back YouTube upload to the blog so if you wanna watch the trailer, click HERE.

FLOODED...AGAIN!!!!

2009-01-28T16:54:00.000-08:00

Right as me and mak was on our way back home we discovered that the area which was flooded a few weeks ago is flooded again! We had just passed the traffic light near my neighborhood when we saw the traffic in front of us which has stopped because the roads ahead had been flooded.

Before the road becomes congested we've decided to turn back and switch to the other lane to go back home. Other cars started to follow as they knew there's no way they can cross the flooded road.

Since its still raining I couldn't go out and take any pictures.

Movie Day : Outlander

2009-01-28T13:00:00.000-08:00

After days of 'locking' myself inside my house for no apparent reason other than going for CNY visiting a friend's friends house, I finally went out on Wednesday to watch a movie. I wanted to watch Underworld 3 but ended up with Outlander.

Its about this space dude who's spaceship crashed on Earth in Norway during the time of the Vikings. Owh yeah....there were these 'dragon' type creature on board of his ship the it crashed so eventually he had to find the 'dragon' again with the help of the Vikings.

Its an okay movie for me...not that great. But there were some key points that interest me while watching this flick.

Movies about inter-galactic 'beings' from another planet coming to Earth is not rare to us. But I think this would be the first time 'they' came to Earth in a different era and not the present moment. (Vikings)
Some times I'm annoyed by certain alien flicks with 'aliens' that have a very good command of the English language. So I kinda love the concept of how this dude 'learned' the Norwegian English.

Watch it on a Movie Day, or don't even bother.

One Big Mac, with extra Guilt please

2009-01-19T16:40:00.000-08:00

Initially I was suppose to comment on a friend's post but then my comment suddenly grew into a couple of paragraphs and before you know it...a whole post.

The topic was about the boycott on American/Jewish brands in conjunction with the attack on Palestines by the Israelis. Many of my friends did also discussed about this and every one seems to have their own take on the issue. Me on the other hand..is still uncertain.

The thing is that I read early this year I read that the Mufti Besar Johor had declared that it's 'haram' for Muslims in Malaysia if they don't support the boycott. Support in this context was referred to the boycott on American and Jewish made products. There was even a non-government Islamic council that listed a whole list of these so called boycotted products.

Among them was McDonald's, Nokia, Star channel etc...

These product or brands was listed to be boycotted coz they were said to be funding the war attack on Palestines. Hmm....wonder if it's true..

I do know that franchises like McDonald's or KFC have to pay a small amount of fee to the franchisee in America or where ever it originates as a token of appreciation for using their brand image, marketing etc.

But what about the other products?

Then the boycott for these products was meant for Muslims. I was wondering what about the Muslims employees, workers and staffs at these boycotted company. What should they do? Are they suppose to quit their jobs? Wouldn't the boycott be affecting their company? And wouldn't they deserve to be help also apart from our Palestinians brothers and sisters?

Even if it's true that some of the revenue from these companies would be sent to their HQ in the US, I'm pretty sure that the same companies also help to generate revenue and help our very own government. So doesn't the boycott would some how 'cripple' the economic growth of our own country?

So far I haven't been to McDonald's or Starbucks etc.. But last night I did went to KFC to buy dinner. Soo... have I sinned?

FLOODED....

2009-01-12T06:37:00.000-08:00

Perhaps some of you have heard it in the news, while some may not. But here it is...from the view of an eye witness....the flood in Batu Kawa. It all started a few days before when it was raining non stop for days. On Saturday I went out at night and came back at 3am when I was passing by this area which is near the u-turn to my place. Residents of this neighborhood had started moving their vehicles on the main road side fearing that there might be a flood coming to their door step.

The road "I'm" standing on is the in-coming lane from the u-turn going back to MJC...Kuching etc. As you can see the cars on the side belongs to the residents of the housing area that got flooded. I guess there glad they did that. Sunday came the news on TV and radio. Since it wasn't that far I decided to walk over and check out the scene.

Home owners looking at their flooded homes.

This would be the part of the housing which was knee-high flooded. There were houses that was flooded neck deep. Obviously I can't go there...

Trucks and pick-ups was the only vehicles able to go into the waters. Some carried people who were "trapped" on the other side...unable to cross the flood on their own rides or feet. The guy on the left just stands there for only god knows why...

The floods goes all the way till the Batu Kawa bridge. Here we can only see it till the corner before the u-turn. Due to the change in weather I decided to go back home.

On the way home, i realize that the residents also 'parked' their beloved pets on the road side.

Some build shelters using pieces of woods while others had the luxury of being sheltered with their master's rides. I did saw some left unattended while some was restrain to the lamp post.

When I was walking back I realize that the traffic flow of the affected road have changed. These use to be a two one-way double-lane roads

but due to the flood which denies entry to the u-turn,, users have no way go to their house on the other side. Both road now became two two-way roads.

Owh...I would like to point out how far I walked. The scene I went to was at the end of the road in this picture. And still, from where I took this picture I'm still 10 minutes walk from my house. I think for the duration of the holiday this would be the farthest I've ever walked. : )

Here's some pics I took with my 5320 using panorama. From the road side till the areas that got flooded.

Owh...in case you're wondering... my house is on the higher grounds so we didn't have anything to worry about. On the other hand Mak and Abah went to Satok early Monday morning and found out that the wet market is literally wet....

Seems like it got sunk in a couple inch of waters too. But as you can see its not as bad as the one in Batu Kawa since the sellers are still in 'business mode'. Well...kena cari makan loo...

She took these with her 5300. Hope things get better in a couple of days.

And that's all from the Chronicles News Network. Till next time.
See ya. ; )

The Internet SUX!

2009-01-10T03:19:00.000-08:00

No new updates for now as the broadband connection some how sucks big time!

Can't continue changing the look of the blog also. So the plain white background would stick around for a while.

Just been patiently(due to the slow connection) checking out other blogs like Ngee Khiong's for Gundam updates.

Can't wait to buy new Double O's.

Revamping the Blog...Part 2

2009-01-04T05:08:00.001-08:00

Not much to be posted lately. Just been busy with my Sis and my nephew. Haven't gone anywhere pun any way.

On the other hand I've been adding some widgets to the blog. Like the World Clock...Calendar...a Followers link and updates of the blogs that I read.

You can get the widgets from here. Tonnes to choose from. And most importantly...THEY'RE FREE!

Best Widgets for Free

Seems okay for the moment. Moving on to Phase 3 : Background

Revamping the Blog... Part 1

2009-01-01T10:02:00.000-08:00

Trying to change the blog..bit by bit.
Even though I'm a Multimedia student I still surf for tutorials on how to make a 2 column template into 3 column from other sites. ; p

As a reminder...

MY EXPERTISE IS IN VIDEO @ FILM

Here's the site where I got the tutes. Create a 3 column Blogger template
Did the adjustment of the size myself though. ; )

But there's way more improvements to be added on.
And Buffy's on so till next time.

# Buffy is on Channel 809, 11pm

Welcome to the family NAZMI IZFARHAN!

2008-12-30T05:41:00.000-08:00

This is my first nephew what was born in Kuching. The first child of my sister and her husband. Nazmi Izfarhan bin Nadzari. Born on 28th December 2008.

My sis had been checked into the maternity ward since last Wednesday, 25th December. The Docs said that she'll under go operation either that day or the next, but keep on getting postponed till Saturday. She was admitted into the Operation Room on Saturday night, around 9pm.

But he only came out the next day...12.30am laa...

There were complications that we heard off about the baby but luckily he's all right. And most importantly...he's a boy. That means I can hang out with him once he's grown up. : )

A Year Ago I Had An Accident...

2008-12-28T08:14:00.000-08:00

Date : Friday, 28th December 2007
Location : Taiping, Perak

I was going out with my Pak Su Pian who I just call Pian coz he's 2 years younger than me. Been calling him by his name since we were kids even though he's my uncle. We rode on his motorcycle. I was the passenger since I i have no idea how to ride a bike. ; )

It was around 10 where we were coming back from Taiping's TESCO. I've been staying inside most of the days and since the whole family went out this morning, I've decided to go out at night too. Earlier that day the two of us with mak and abah jalan-jalan around Taiping. Visiting relatives and tourist attractions. Late in the afternoon me and Pian went to Sepeneh for some old skool mandi sungai.

The journey back to home took about 30 minutes as our kampung was kinda far from town center. By the way my kampung is in Batu Kurau.

As usual Pian was speeding at 100kph. It didn't bother me much normally as we would end up okay...but not that night. When we almost reached our kampung Pian hit a hole in the middle of the road. At that speed the collision causes the bike to threw me off the seat. But I did fell on the seat again but with only half of my ass on it....I was sitting on the bike with my right leg being drag on the road.

Pian realizing that I was about to fall off the bike tried his best to pull me up, and so did I. But that attempt failed miserably as we both lost grip of each other and there I go...

My world was spinning as I was rolling on the road at godspeed. This time I was worried about the injuries from falling from the bike. One time I'm looking in front then the next it was the view behind...front and back, front and back for countless times. By this time my worries escalates when I had the back view because there were was cars coming from behind...now there's the possibility that the car behind would hit me too.

After a few seconds I stop rolling. On the bright side I was rolling into the other lane, the incoming lane. So this means I wont be hit by the cars behind me. But then the incoming traffic might. But I didn't get hit by the incoming traffics. It was 10+ by that time and living in the kampung, during those hours no one goes out any more. People are just rushing to go back home.

I felt pain through out my entire body. Still lying down I looked at myself. My arms and elbows was bleeding, so I guess some other parts is too. The cars that was behind me stop directly infront of me. The drivers came out and approached me. They help me to get up. They took off my helmet too. Luckily the helmet prevents me from having any injuries on my face.

Then Pian came. He was OK. He didn't crash or sumtin'. Instead he stop bit further from where I fell. He asked me;

"Apasal ko boleh jatuh plak?"

I replied by laughing and giving him a gentle slap on his face. It was gentle, so he laugh with me too. Seeing that both of us were okay the drivers went back to their cars and drove off. Me and Pian on the other hand went to sit at the bus stop. I still felt pain through out my body. Took my shirt off and realize that the road scraped off a piece of my left shoulder and my left elbow. Bleeding on my fingers and toes as well.

Even though I was in shock, I still rode on the bike home. Need to go to the hospital as soon as possible. When I reached home, abah was outside the house taking some fresh nite air. He was more axious about my incident compared to mak. Maybe she's just keeping it cool since I manage to came back.

Mak, Abah and Pian drove me to Taiping's Hospital. No stiches was done as my wounds wasn't that deep. But It hurts like hell when the nurse was cleaning my wounds. The left side of my body was the part that injured the most. Therefore I could only lie on my right side when I sleep...and when ever I lie down, which what I do most of the time. THIS WAS HELL! I never felt this type of discomfort through out my entire life. It took me 3 days to be able to walk proper ly with minor pain and by the next Wednesday, I was in Pavillion KL shopping. ; )

This was the first time I had a serious accident with this level of injuries. Surely something I'll never forget through out my entire life.

And that is why I'm celebrating this day with the futsal event. To remind me that I survived the ordeal and to see that my body still works properly.

To see that I am still alive.

To remind me that the Almighty gave me a chance to live.

Ruff Edge - Jangan Berhenti

2008-12-23T09:25:00.000-08:00

Yeah...I know some of you would start to burst into laughter by now. But yeah... I used to digg them.

Ruff Edge...

Heard them... like them... loved them... REALLY LOVED THEM... hated them...

Never listen to them ever again...till last Monday.

I heard a new track from the new line up...

Compared to some people... I 'listens' to a song... I don't just listen... I 'listen'... word by word.. And that very reason was why I kinda digg Ruff Edge's new material. The track kinda tell about their struggle after the "downfall". How they word hard to gain back what they've lost. The music is quite nice... soothing... They sound smoother than they've ever been. Which is a nice change. The lyrics is inspirational.... Can't wait for other tracks... and the album.

Good luck to Ruff Edge..

# I loved the last pic at the end of the video.... all 8 Ruff Edges... Perhaps they do get along?

And I said my holiday was boring...

2008-12-22T06:44:00.000-08:00

So far I wud hafta say today was the busiest day I've been through;

1. Woken up by mak at 8.30 am coz sis had another medical check up at GH. Owh...my sis came back about 3 weeks ago coz she's at the hiatus of her pregnancy. So I shud be getting my new nephew in January. ; )

2. After dropping them off I went to Kaya&Toast at 3rd Mile for breakfast. Didn't get to have breakfast at home. Had a milo peng and a peanut honey toast.

3. 10.30 - Went off to Wisma Saberkas to send my printer to PC Image. A few weeks ago it was raining so heavy that a few part of the ceiling of my room leaked and of all the stuff in my room it hafta leaked directly on top of the printer. Go figure... Then mak called saying that sis is done with her check up.

3.5. I parked in Saberkas when I went there. Far end of Level 3B. When I wanted to leave I found that a pick-up have been parked a few feet behind my car. &*^# man! It tooked me 20 minutes to get out of the parking coz the pick-up was parked to close to my car. In my effort to get out of the parking I manage to leave a few scratches and dents on the pick-up... Serve him/her right.

4. Go pick them up at GH then went to Kaya&Toast at Satok coz they haven't had their breakfast. Second time at KT today.

5. Went to Wisma Satok coz sis had to scan sum document. Since my 3-in-1 printer was out of service she had to go to a cyber cafe to do it instead. Funny thing happened at the 1st CC that we went to... the owner wouldn't talk to me unless I took my cap off coz they had this 'No Cap' rule.. Bodo la..

6. Went to India Street, sis wanted to find sum stuff there. I didn't follow them here. Instead I went to Electra House coz I just realized its been years since I went inside. Last time when I was in Green Road I always go here after my Friday prayer at Masjid Jamek or Masjid India... owh the good old days..

7. Sis wanted to check out sum stuff at Poppies, coz I used to work there, so Spring it is. Meet sum of my old colleague and supervisor. Checked out the stuff in the store like the RM4000 baby stroller! Had lunch at Sugar Bun.

8. Last but not least, we went to Sarawak Plaza coz I wanted to buy an Action Base for my Gundam. : )

Our 'family outing' finishes at 6.30 pm where we all safely arrive at home, and an aching left knee for me...

1/100 Gundam 00

2008-12-19T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hah haa.... I finally went on and bought it.

1/100 scale Gundam 00(that's Double O) from Gundam 00 Season 2. Initially I wasn't planning to get it till next year, but I was driven by envy when a fren bought an Astrea Type F yesterday.

That and the fact that I suddenly got enuf cash drove me to go and buy it. Bought it at a store in 3rd Mile, where coincidentally a Swinburne student work. Since I knew the guy, he gave me a discount on the gunpla. It cost me RM105, then I spent another RM16 to buy a couple of watch batteries for the Twin Drives on 00(yeah..this one got lights. A first for a 1/100 model).

I'm still trying to assembly the model.

Would post up the pics once I'm done.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2008-12-18T07:00:00.000-08:00

I've never done this before but due to how eager I am to watch this movie I've decided to do a post on this movie. Marvels Comics is proud to bring you; X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

This is a spin off from the X-men franchise which is about the adamantium clawed X-Men, Wolverine. The story follows Logan @ Wolverine's history before his X-men years. So don't expect to see Cyclops or Jean or Professor in this movie coz the timeline is way before Wolverine met any of them.

But do expect to see other X-men characters such as a young Sabertooth, Deadpool, Gambit and Blob. The movie is expected to come out sum where in May 2009, which would be a month before another movie to look out for, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Yippeee! : )

Twilight

2008-12-17T08:42:00.000-08:00

Just got back from watching Twilight with Farid. I never planned to watch Twilight actually but since E! channel keep on saying how cool this movie is then I've decided to check it out myself.

I kinda like the movie. Can't say its my favourite but I really like the new take on vampires... No stakes... doesn't burn under sunlight.. Super strength..speed.. Owh how I missed Buffy and Angel.

I remembered sumtin E! said bout how the vamps dresses in this movie,. I hafta say I kinda like how they look. Got sum old skool thing going on, perhaps because of the era they came from.

At the end of the movie I found out that there's gonna be a sequel. So at least there's sumtin to look forward to. After the movie me n Farid went to McD for dinner. Met Wan there and Ezra at Mojo. Haven't seen him since Raya.

Getting 'High' from Linctus

2008-12-11T11:57:00.000-08:00

Yeah.. I do mean 'high' like what junkies always feels. I was sick since Monday but didn't bother to go to the clinic coz I thought the fever would fade away after a few days. But come Wednesday and the pain was getting worse.

I couldn't even get of my bed because of the sharp pain in my head every time I try to move. Even coughing or a sneeze would trigger the pain. I lost my appetite. Running nose... man....the state I was in. So later that day abah decided to bring me to the clinic.

We went to Klinik Bina, sum where near Choice Food Center. That was also where I was circumcised so I was hoping to meet the same doctor that turned me into a man coz that was the last time I went there. But instead that night it was a young gorgeous female doctor attending me. Heh...the sight of her made me feel a bit better.

Anyway I was sent home with a RM30 bill(which my mom paid for) and 3 medicines; sum pills for the headache, pills for the fever and my personal favourite... the cough syrup for the soar throat. The reason why I loved this medical concoction is because each time I take a dose, my head feels really 'lite'...if you know what I mean. Well... it did say on the manual that the concoction would result in drowsiness. And it did say that i was just suppose to take 10ml each dose instead of 15ml like what the clinic prescribe, so i guess i was over dosed. So the next day i've decided to lay off the cough syrup. Give it a day to detox then start again on the right dosage.

QUARANTINE

2008-12-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

No...I'm not being quarantine for what-so-ever reason. Its a title of a movie I just finished watching just now. Movie Day today so I didn't want to waste it since its the only day in the week one can watch a movie for RM5. So today I've chosen Quarantine.

Its a movie about an apartment sumwhere in US that has been quarantined because of a biological contamination. The movie was from a first-person view based on the lens of a TV news video camera.

It started off with a news reporter and her cameraman following a bunch of fire fighters and the apartment's owner to a residents' house. This was following a 911 call that was made stating that the lady of the apartment was screaming in her apartment earlier that night. Then the story basically starts off from there onward. Before the residents and others had a to escape from the building the government suddenly sealed off the entire building...quarantined.

This would be a much better version of "zombies" @ "the-dead-biting-of-other-people-heads-off" monster. I've always enjoyed zombie movies ever since Resident Evil. The concept of the world infested with living dead and those who are still alive have to fight for their survival seems to be very intriguing to me. I wonder how would it feels like if we were to live in such reality....

Here's some of the zombie themed movies that I think are worth watching.

Exam week and studying...

2008-11-23T21:59:00.000-08:00

This is my exam week. I'll be having my paper on Thursday, Transnational Marketing in the morning and eMarketing in the afternoon. Yeah...double papers.

The following day I'll be having a presentation for my 3D subject which is kinda like an 'exam' for the subject. HET208 3D Animation doesn't have a written exam but the presentation could be considered as one. So as i studies for the exams I'm still tidying up my 3D.

Then the following week I'll have my last paper, Communication Strategy. Initially I was suppose to have another paper on Friday, Interactive Multimedia but last week I've decided to drop that subject as I have not been able to participate in the classes.

The original plan was that I'm suppose to take 5 subjects this semester to that i could finish off everything this sem but I couldn't handle all 5 and even 4 was a bit too much for me. Therefore I wasn't able to attend my Interactive thus having me to make the hardess decision ever...adding another semester to my studies...

The thing that worries me is that... I think my motivation and will power to study have faded over the years...

Don't know if i have the will to study again.

"Haruka Kanata Naruto Live Action MV"...as it says...

2008-11-14T02:50:00.000-08:00

I was surfing at campus when i realize that the blocked sites have been temporarily unblocked today. These includes sites like...Megaupload... Rapidshare ect... and of course YouTube!

So i without wasting any time I went to YouTube and started typing a couple of clips that i wanted to see...like the rumored appearance of Captain America's shield in the Ironman movie(which is true so its not a rumor anymore...).

Then I type Swinburne Sarawak in the search boz and couple of vids came up. Here's one particular that i would like to share with every one.

Its an assignment for a Multimedia subject done by a VidelIchiban which is about Naruto and stuff and some of the actors/actress in it are from Swinburne and i kinda know some of them.

Kinda cool since they were all dress up in the Cosplays and stuffs.

Enjoy. ; )

Old Pics....

2008-11-13T19:26:00.000-08:00

3/4 year old apis..

Yesterday I was going through some of my old photo albums and i kinda realize how much I've gained weight throughout the years.

Yup...I use to be 55kg(the lowest) back when i was in from 6. Now Im some where around 59-60kg.

Skool tag

And then I realize I kinda miss my hair... ; )

Langkawi...2003

Old house at Batu Kawa Camp...2003

Again in Langkawi...2003

Hah haa....this is a special one. A pic of me when i was still a baby. Unfortunately my mom said this is the only one of mine we ever had when I was small.

IMC Presentation

2008-11-10T23:22:00.000-08:00

Just felt like showing some of the thing I did this semester. These were some designs that i did for my Communication Strategy's, IMC Assignment. The campaign was about promoting Sama Jaya Nature Reserve to the public.

Birthday Bash Banner

Car sticker

T-Shirt design

Storyboard for TV Advertisement(STAR Cineplex Lobby)

It was uplifting that at the end of our presentation pitch our lecturer said that we had some pretty good ideas that the other teams didn't think about.

Im kinda happy to hear that as some of the campaign/promotion tools was suggested by me. ; )

Prize Giving Ceremony

2008-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:00

Sunday, 2nd November 2008

Finally had enuf sleep aftr weeks of staying late at night just to prepare for sum stuff for the Carnival and also my IMC assignment.

Woke up around 11 just in time for lunch. Then around 12.30 left house for Swinburne...today's the prize giving ceremony for the Sports Carnival.

I, like everybody else was told that the ceremony would take place around 1.30pm but instead what happen was that 1.30pm was when the thing starts but then there's the Badminton Finals which took hours to finish. by the time the matches was over the time was almost 4pm!

While waiting for the Badminton to finish I decided to taste Adi's infamous Spring Rolls,even tough i only manage to eat only 2 rolls as they didn't bought enuf stuff to make a lot. It taste ok-ok laa...

Around 4pm the presentations starts. We all were asked to be in line in our respective faculty. Mine was IT/Multimedia + Diploma. The they started giving away the prizes...beginning with Telematch...which we won undoubtedly... ; )

Telematch was the only game I entered as I was busy managing the Futsal competition. But my friends won other categories such as for futsal my faculty got 3rd while my Engineering friends got 2nd. They also got 3rd for Telematch.

IT/Multimedia + Diploma

Engineers..

Any ways this was the first time such event took place in our campus so the organization of the event wasn't that good. Seems like there were suppose to be a rehearsal for the prize giving.

On the other hand the Sports Carnival was a very interesting program for the campus. Unfortunately this would be the first and the last I'm participating as this(or next sem) shall be my last semester here.

Owh well...good luck to my friends lah.

Sports Carnival.... : )

2008-10-31T04:35:00.000-07:00

Its finally over....

The Inter Faculty Futsal Competition....its finally over.

This was a small project the Football Club tried to do for this semester. Its been years since we've had a futsal/football competition here in Swinburne. The last i know of was back in 2006.

A vision of a President..

Being the Organising Chairperson I had put a lot amount of time and dedication towards this event. The project was actually an idea made by our friend, Allahyarham Awang Abdul Hafidz @ Apeet, who was suppose to be the President for this years Football Club, and he still is. Apeet had dreamt of making a competition...so we did our best to make his dream come true.

Planning

Initially the team started planning for this competition sum where at the end of July...but we stopped in the middle of the semester due to Ramadan and stuffs. Then in the middle of the semester the idea of making a Sports Carnival was proposed by the Sports Officer of our uni. The Carnival was suppose to include other sports such as Badminton, Basketball, Ping Pong, Paintball,Telematch and Futsal. We didn't want to join the Sports carnival at that time coz there was a major guideline for all sports; its inter-Faculty. Which means students had to play among students from their respective program only; Engineering, IT/Multimedia, Business etc. Unfortunately unlike most university that I've visited, the residents of our uni does not only mingle among their classmates, but with students from other Faculty as well. I myself have more friends in Engineering compared to my Multimedia program. But eventually we were forced to do it any way...so there we were continuing our preparation.

The competition was suppose to be done in October but due to the inexperienced of others from the Admin. side we were forced to postponed the whole thing to November.

I had to admit that with all the sudden changes...and the lack of support from others, I was kinda stressed out by the Competition. Eventually it was just me doing all the work by the end of it...even though sum people did try to help once a while.

Any way...everything seems to sort out accordingly near the Competition day and the event went on smoothly. Every thing just went according to plan and that's good enough for me. : )

Competition Day

By the time entry dateline came there was only 8 teams participating from a total of 12 slots.
Two from Engineering, two from IT/Multimedia(my team!), one each from Accounting, Foundation and two from Staffs.

After our Telematch(which by the way my team won), the gang especially the Organising Committee went straight to Arena Sukan for team Registration at 3.30. Then the 1st match starts at 4pm just as scheduled.

Everything went very well and according to our schedule. We stopped at 6.30pm as soon as the Group Stage was over for Marghrib then continued again at 7pm with the guys Semi Final and Ladies matches.

Everything finished before 9. Here's the results;

2nd Runner Up
IT/MULTIMEDIA & Diploma A...YEAH!!!!!

1st Runner Up
ENGINEERING A....WOO HOO!!!

CHAMPION!
FOUNDATION

Of course i couldn't have done it without my Committee members... Apis, Shariman, Jordan and Elisha.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS!!!!

# I think its kinda ironic that a person who never played football in his entire life and only started playing futsal 3 years ago manage to organize a futsal competition... : p

Busy tahap Dewa Shiva.... AAARRGGGHHH!!!!!

2008-10-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Yeah...it's been a month plus I haven't updated my blog....

Since the middle of Ramadan till Deepavali...

Kinda busy lately...

This week alone I got 1 presentation which is on Wednesday and 3 assignments due in this week also. C*&#i laa...

And then there's Sport Carnival at the end of the week pulak....bila nak training...bila gik mok practis lagu... sigh...

If I have time I'll post up what I've been doing for the last month or soo....from Raya...Prom and Sport Carnival.

Till then...see ya. : )

Owh...Happy Deepavali oso..
That's why I put Shiva...coz she's an Indian God or sumtin'..

2008-09-28T19:04:00.000-07:00

Four weeks have pass. Time goes by so quickly nowadays...

Raya is just in 2 days... But I haven't feel like celebrating it this year.

Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow or sumtin...

Been going out a lot for buka puasa with my frens.

Sum times just breaking at the new cafeteria...sumtimes we go out for it.

So far i've only went for 1 terawikh...and thats bcoz the Uni was having a breaking of fast thingy last Saturday.

Honestly i dont really feel like Ramadhan to me. It felt the same like any other month...which actually sucks.

It was suppose to be a holy month where i could improve myself as a Muslim.

But instead...

Any way me n a bunch of the gang went to arwah's kubur last Friday to recite sum Yassin and Fatihah to him. Haven't been there for quite sum time now. Its nice to know sum people still remembers him.

Ramadhan

2008-08-31T04:47:00.000-07:00

Yey!

Ramadhan comes again. Hopefully I could complete the whole fasting month without any difficulty.

I hope I could stop from doing some sins during the month also, and start doing something I haven't been doing for quite some time... Insyaallah.

Can't wait to go to Bazaar.... 'buka puasa' with family and friends.

Hello 5320... : )

2008-08-18T03:52:00.001-07:00

Nokia 5320 XpressMusic

Even though i didn't want a new phone...my parents insisted that I bought a new one that, in Mak's own word; "boleh polah kerja..." , which means a phone that could help me do some thing other than the old Nokia Im using after the lost which could only sms(not mms compatible) and call people.

This 5320 XpressMusic was bought at The Spring's NOKIA shop, as Mak also insisted that i go buy an original set this time. Plus this model was only available here as when we were in Saberkas earlier on all the shops didn't have them.

The cool thing about this one is that its super fast in terms of its system...doens't lags like the old 5700. Got a cool Say 'n Play function which enables the users to call out the name of the artist and song that the user would like to listen to and presto! That particular song shall be played.

I could finally use the Maps application as the website offers a free map download instead of using GPRS or WAP to download them.

Im giving an 8/10 for this one. Would be9 if it have WiFi.... : )

Good Bye 5700

2008-08-14T06:32:00.000-07:00

Today...i faced a very hard reality. My lovable Nokia 5700 had been stolen.

It was stolen in my own house...by some one I barely knew...but he was in my house. Didnt go to work today bcoz of that. Me and mak had to go make a police report...then head on to Celcom to make a new SIM...and then to DiGi to see if they could get the details of the thief.

Later in the afternoon mak and my aunt went off to meet some one who is good at retrieving stolen items... and to make people suffer.

And I hope he suffers a lot....

So at the moment I am phoneless...

I don't miss the phone as much as I'll be missing all the videos and pictures I took through out the past few month which I haven't transfer to my lappy.

All the contacts and messages...

My mp3s..

I'm loosing friends! *%#$!

2008-07-02T06:50:00.000-07:00

Today...and also yesterday 2 of my friends had left the campus for ever. Noraniza Mohamad @ Nora and also Jennifer Khoo @ Jane left our campus for a better and brighter future.

This was the pic taken at the airport on Wednesday d 2nd. All of us came to say good bye to Jane. Nora left on Tuesday morning... which is a very early time for me... he hee... So didn't have any pics to show.

This is a very old pic..though Im still hairless. This was taken in 2005. Nora's the girl in black, standing next to his apek boyfren. The girl at the back also left Swinburne last year.

Busy...

2008-06-23T01:27:00.000-07:00

Wow... I just realize how busy I'm going to be this holiday. Got several things I need to settle by next semester...or at least try to get it done within the holiday.

Work with David Ngui on his short films.
Help out Drama Club with props for Tell-Tale Heart play.
Football Club's Street Soccer Competition in August.
Finish up assignments for 'expected-to-repeat' subjects.
Photomedia Club's Greeting Card Design Competition.
Astro-MSC ICT Competition.
Remake a video project for its 2 Year Anniversary.

All that within July itself... Man... I'm so not gonna have any social life during that time. But I just realize I wont have any to begin with... since all of my outstation friends all ready went back to their respective towns by today.

No futsal and Movie Day for me.

Hmm....

FREEDOM!

2008-06-20T06:02:00.000-07:00

Yeah!

Finish my exams... Now I can concentrate on my final year project thesis and the dvd.

Hopefully I could find some work to do during the holidays. Really need some cash... need new futsal shoes...

Actually I all ready got offered to be the 'boom-man' for some local film production. 'Boom-man' are those people who hold those furry things and hold them high in the air to capture the sounds of the actors and actress lines.

Yeah... I've alway wanted to start from below. Learn every thing from scratch.

This crappy Uni of mine did taught me what I needed to know.

I'll update more tomorrow.

Now really need some rest.

Selamat Pesta Menuai!

2008-06-03T06:35:00.000-07:00

First of June came again…. Its time for the Gawai celebration. I’ve been waiting for this day since I went for last year’s Gawai. Wanna know why? Two words…'rumah panjang'.

One of my Dayak friends always celebrates Gawai at his kampong which happens to be a 'rumah panjang'. It’s a preety cool experience as I’ve never been to one. Last year was my first…now my second.

With Mr. Kee Kieng on the way to Tim's

This kampong happens to be an hour drive from Kuching city, that is if you’re using the shorter route. Last year we used a farther one and it took us more than 2 hour just to reach the place.

Arrival at Tim's kampong featuring Awang

Tim’s rumah panjang is kinda cool. Coz it’s one of those which have not been transformed into the modern rumah panjang which is made from bricks. Tims’ was all naturale… the bamboo floors…wooden walls… Last time there use to be a tree trunk stair but now it’s been replaced with a typical staircase.

Going up the long house

A different world...

Tim’s long house as Gawai as it can be. People dancing…Iban music playing at the background… the foods.

Group pic with Iban dancers and Tim(yellow shirt)

The foods served at Tim's (halal k...)

We went to 3 houses on the long house and another of Tim’s uncle on the way out of the village.

Reach town at around 9pm.

Tim’s was actually the 3^rd visiting place we went to as earlier that day all of us went to Eve’s village some where in Kota Samarahan and then Anna’s house in Batu Kawa.

Earlier on at Anna's house

The one in MIAMI…

2008-05-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

Had another performance on last Tuesday the 27th. Went down in a club called Miami. It was behind Hilton. It was supposed to be some local band thing on Tuesday and a friend managed to get some slots to play there. We were going to do tracks we’ve performed before like ‘Old Skoll Rocka’(DanceSport Party 2008) and ‘Journey’(Swinburne Carnival 2006) both by Pop Shuvit, so we didn’t really have to practice much. Just did one on Monday and another the day of the show. Another friend was performing for that gig and one of the friend’s friend too. I went first.

Mr. Dell n Mr. Bono during jamming

Jewl ma' man!

Jane!

Yeap....

I did manage to loose interest while waiting for our turn to go ‘on stage (there’s none…it was just a floor). We were supposed to be the 3^rd but then since we were nobody we were put as the last to perform. Worse part was that we were put after some ‘big guns’ for the underground scene…like the Sarawakian all girl band from last year Blast Off, XO and a girl named Sheryl sum tin’…

Great, just what we need…performing after some well established band. I guest they performed around 10 songs…before we get our turn. By then I didn’t care much about the thing, just wanted to do my thing as fast as I could and go home. Finished everything around 12.45am. Went off with Kee Kieng and drop him off in campus where he park his car.

It was a better performance for both songs. I didn’t miss a single word from the songs like last time... : )

Had fun too since I thought I wouldn’t have another chance of playing with my all time drummer… ; )

100 days dah…

2008-05-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

Sigh…its been a hundred days since Apeet pass away. Last Monday(26th May) was Allahyarham, so called by the Malays as ‘makan seratus’. There were more friends coming for this one compared to the 'makan 40'.

For those who didn’t know, Allahyarham Apeet pass away on 17th February due to severe injuries from an accident he was involve in while going back from a futsal game some where in the Demak area. It was told that he was avoiding what he thought to be a motorcyclist lying on the pavement of the road after falling down due to being intoxicated. However it was only the motorcycle was on the road and the rider was already on the road side. As he was trying to avoid the motorcycle…his car swerves and hits a tree on the side of the road. The tree hit him directly on his right side…

Apeet's car...

Me and Apeet wasn’t that close…but I still felt his absence due to the fact that he was suppose to be the President of the Football Club this year, and I have never play a game with him. He was my junior in Green Road but even back then we weren’t well acquainted with each other. It was when he started coming to Swinburne after finishing PoliTek that I started to mingle with him.

Open house Ad..

Open House aku...

Peace bro...

Good singer…excellent skateboarder….great friend…

Awang Abdul Hafidz…

Al – Fatihah..

No. 1!

2008-05-29T00:34:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, April the 24^th, my campus had its Swinburne Night 2008…kinda like a mini Prom. It went down in the Auditorium. I’ve been practicing for this event since the week before. Performing ‘Superstar’ by Lupe Fiasco and ‘Stronger’ by Kanye West, I was the second performer after a band named The Simpsons.

I was really nervous actually…coz I dind’t had any proper rehearsal or sound check before the event and through out all my practices I keep forgetting lyrics here and there. And it’s almost been a year since I performed, not including the Dance Sport Party last month. Plus the fact that I had to go back home twice after going down to campus due to the fact that I forgotten my tickets and the second time was because I forgot my shades…can’t perform without them…too nervous.

Plus I was suppose to buy a pair of white pants at Spring before the rehearsal but it turn out that the pants was to translucent. So the second trip to home was also to pick up my older pants. Still looks cool though.

During the performance, everything went well till Mr. Kee Kieng cut off half of my 2^nd verse for ‘Superstar’ coz he thought his chorus is in. I had to go behind him and tell him to repeat the chorus again to cover up the

time gap. Heh…this is what lack of rehearsal give you. When its time for ‘Stronger’, it was smooth sailing all the way till the end. One of the Bboys did his thing for me too….cool lah!

Then its time for dinner. I saved my foods prior to my performance coz didn’t want to throw every thing up on stage. Our table was next to the buffet table so it was kinda easy for us to get the foods. It was easy for the freeloader too… : )

Got some other pretty good performer too…there’s the 3 Anime girls… Koh’s very own band… Guest performance like Alda, the Bboys, Eika’s group and Farra, as always blew away the audiences.

Koh Band(as stated on the cards)

By the way, Alda was crowned as Swin King 2008. That girl Naomi is the Queen. Can you see how happy they are? : )

Swinburne Nite King & Queen...

And finally..the moment of truth… time to know who’ll be awarded Best Performance.

The guy who got 1st prize...

Im not sure who got which one but between the 3^rd and 2^nd was the DanceSport Club’s President and the band that performed the Japanese song….all I know…

I got FIRST PLACE!

Hah haa…..after performing for this event for 2 years I finally bag the 1^st place home.

Thank you to the voters…

Won RM200…

Fame and recognition…

Group pic wit Mr. & Mrs. Pery, and Soul Higher

Another last performance after that. Decided to do ‘Stronger’ only. After the thing me and my friends fooled around the cafeteria… climb up the outdoor dining roofs… took pictures here and there… Then off to Mc D.

Group pic wit the gang... Mr. Rez as cool as always.. ; )

The ones below...

And the ones on top...

Don't ask me what they're doing..

Don't ask me why he fell..

Heh..even though they didn’t voted for me and went crazy for the 50¢ per Pussy dude instead…still bought them Choco Tops.. : )

Up next...Prom Nite..

Very Cultural Indeed

2008-05-18T05:54:00.000-07:00

Last nite I went to the Swinburne International Cultural Night at the Auditorium. It was not as I expect it to be..

Before entering the Audi I was "greeted" by the Indian rice art on the Lobby's floor. Then once entering the Audi...I could see students from the African countries as well as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are all dressed up in their traditional attire...cool lah.

Its started with some performances...well the whole night was about performances and slide presentation about these countries presented by the students from each countries... Owh..there was this fashion show during the first hour of the event. And there was also this drama thing about how the Indians, Pakistans and Bangladeshis were divided by the Brits and how they gain thier indipendence. There was also this an Iban dance by a couple of girls which was the only non-international act last night. Perhaps if they're having it again next semester I could do my Zapin thingy with some old school friends. Heh...the good ol' days.

Any ways after that things start to be boring....as usual where every Swinburne event would end up being boring after some time. But...things started to turn around when there was this two Tanzanian dudes performing some Tanzanian rap songs on the stage. Hip Hop...food for my soul.. : )

The songs pretty catchy even though we didn't understand them. It got some "tukü tukü" ride thing in it... Quite entertaining. Owh...by this time Apis, Adi and Koh was there...later joined by Jerry, Awang and Syam.

Then Abdul and a friend went on stage and performed some other Hip Hop songs that, even though we didn't understand it, was still entertaining.

Lastly there was this guy who freestyled on the DJ's track. Sick man...pretty sick rhymes.. Everyone was entertained by him. Wish I could free style like him. He was freestylin' bout how he came to Swinburne and his experinces here.. Cool...

We ended our day by watching Koh changing the flat tire of his Kancil.... emphasize on the word "watching"... : )

Conclusion; I realize that theHip Hop community in Swinbunre has grown... so it seems like I could carry on with my plan which I've cook up since a couple of Sems ago... Maybe I could realize it next Semester.

Yeah...

First time ever in Swinburne...

BODOH LAA!!!!

2008-05-14T04:41:00.000-07:00

Apparently the NISSAN project wasn't done as I though it had. The people from NISSAN wanted me to add in some more clips from their General Manager's talks. I had to re-build the whole thing again last Monday...but was only able to finish it by today. All bcoz of my burner which keep having problems lately....perhaps is should send it to HP again.

Borrowed a friend's laptop the whole day to burn it, so I guess that guy should get some thing when I get my money...and now I soo hoping to get more out of it.

On the other hand yesterday me and my friends had a futsal game just among us friends. About 14 of us came for it. It was kinda fun considering its a game among us friends so there's no pressure to win or stuff. My team was Apis, Adi n Amir....some of the people I always wanted to play with. There was only 4 of us so we had to borrow one guy from a resting team to be our keeper. Thats good news for me as I dont have to be the goal keeper for the whole night.

Our first game was very good as we won both sets and I even manage to score a goal!. Heh... its been a while since I scored any. Being a defender, I prefer to stay and guard our goal post with the goal keeper.

Unfortunately some thing did suck last nite....one being a guy sudden emotional outbreak...and another being some one didn't pay for the game.... SCREW YOU LAA! BODOH (with an "H"....so I really mean it!)

Im soo sick of this type of person...bangang...

Happy Birthday to an Old Friend...

2008-05-12T08:15:00.001-07:00

Last Monday was the birthday of my dear fren, Farid a.k.a Apek(coz he's a mix blood). I've known him since my early years in Green Road. He's a pretty decent guy...very wise and smart too. Perhaps one of my closest fren in high school. Still remember those days when we use to walk all the way to Civic Center to watch the show in the auditorium.

Any ways last Sunday the 11th, both of us went out for some ABC at Swee Kang before going off to Kompleks to jog. During the jog two other fren, Met n Pearl came by to chill out with us after the jog. I found out on that day too that I know who Met's boyfren is, the guy who use to tought in Lim Kok Wing Putrajaya and now in Kuching branch. He's also responsible for gig this Saturday. On the other hand Pearl keep on insisting me to watch her during the the TimesMiss Fair & Lovely finals at SCV on the 24th. Unfortunately I dont think I can make it coz I'll be attending the Swinburne Nite on that day...Its been a while since I performed.

So when we were eating at the laksa stall at Kpg Boyan Pearl took out this cake from her car...and then I remembered that it was Farid's birthday the next day. They wanted to celebrate him a day before just in case he have plans with some one special tomorrow.

So there it was...the birthday boy wit Met n Pearl.

Hepi Birthday Apek!

Semuanya 'OK'...

2008-05-09T21:14:00.000-07:00

Phew....its all done now. Problem solve... settle dah... a-ok.

I got this freelance video shooting that I did for NISSAN a couple of weeks back. It was given by a lecturer who wanted me to do it coz he got another 'gig' some where else at the same time.

I agreed to do it...since money is involve and I'm in the need of cash.

The function was for a NISSAN Sales Convention. The function was originally set for 3 hours...but it finished after 6 hours! Luckily I had brought some extra tapes with me.

My lecturer who came from his function found out about the over-run of the event and decided to charge them more for it.

Heh..hope its worth my time.

This whole week I was trying to edit and author the DVD for the event when every thing starts to fall a part...

The footages were too long to be edited...some people presented for almost an hour and that file alone were about 9GB! That surely wont fit inside a 4.7GB dvd. And then there's still other shots that I need to edit.

So then I had to compress it...and with that came a whole different nightmare.

Compressing a 6-9 minute talk took about 30 minutes... so the 1 hour footage took about 3 hour!Then I've decided to cut out that guy's presentation out from the disc.

All was done..the dvd layout..cover design...cd label...complete...but then my printer ran out of ink...and my burner couldn't build the dvd from Encore.

With the lecturer keep on buzzing me I had no choice but to "disconnect" myself from every one...had to find some private time to finish up the DVD. Got help from a friend who lend me his laptop and another who help me print out the stuffs... Thank god.

Its all done now. I've pass the DVD to the lecturer. Stress relieved...

Semuanya OK... party sampai 6 pagi.. : )

10 thumbs up for 'LELAKI BESI'!!!!

2008-05-01T08:15:00.000-07:00

That was AWESOME!!!

Never knew that I would end up watching it twice..in 2 days consecutively....

Watched it yesterday with a fren and tonite I've watched it again with the rest of the gang. Well the reason I went on and watch it again was bcoz yesterday I missed the first 30 minutes of the movie due to some 1's poor decision making process...

Any ways....the effects was terrific... The first time I saw the trailer of Ironman I thought it looked too cartoonish. But the real thing in the cinema.... that was awesome. Realistic...

The storyline was nice.. Didn't felt a single boring moment throughout the movie...

Kinda nice that it introduces the secret government agency(in Marvel Universe), S.H.I.E.L.D, and also a glimpse of future Ironman movies which would incorporate War Machine in them.

Now Im hoping that Incredible Hulk and Legend of the Dark Knight would be as the same standard as 'Lelaki Besi"(as translated by the Malay subtitle...) or perhaps much better.

With Abomination and Joker in those films...I really hope soo...

*FYI - Hulk premiers on my birthday... : )

The Dance Party...

2008-04-13T04:35:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was when the DanceSport Club's Dance Party took place. It went down in the Parking building on the 6A floor.

I wasn't really prepare for the performance actually... We only started to practice 2 days before... and that was also the days I see the lyrics and heard the songs. I was performing Lets Get It Started(LGiS) by the Black Eyed Peas and Old Skool Rocka(OSR) by Pop Shuvit.

My line up was Julian as the drummer, Dell on the lead guitar and Bono on the Bass. Amanda helped out on backing vocals. She has her own songs that she perform also, as well as Bono and Dell.

The party was okay.... The turn up wasn't as big as I expected but it was sufficient. The crowd seems like they're enjoying them self. The dances done by the DanceSport was kinda cool too.

I was surprise with the reaction of the crowd when I we perform LGiS coz I thought that OSR was going to be the hit song.

Busy week....

2008-04-08T04:27:00.000-07:00

I've been quite for the past couple of weeks.

Got 2 assignments due within this week alone...one yesterday and another one tomorrow. Can't wait till tomorrow coz then I can relax. But still got the DanceSport Dance Party this Saturday(which I haven't even practice for the performance) and the Bowling competition on Sunday. Not sure whether I'll join that though but I've been playing this couple of weeks..

My parents and my brother is going to Sabah again next week. I decided to skip this trip as I think a lot more things can be done within the holiday. Hopefully I can finish up part of my Projects during the holiday. But gotta wait for my lap top to come back first...

Its been a while since I played futsal also...maybe I can ask my fren for some futsal game just among us.

A new start....

2008-03-31T03:44:00.000-07:00

Well...its been a while...

..a really-really LONG WHILE since I post things up here. Just been quite busy with stuff. Had planned to update it for quite some time with all the things that have been happening but... yeah.... busy.

But now Im back... and what better way to start it off other than to wish my dear fren Awang, a HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY!!!

Here's some pics from last sunday's so called party. Those who came...

Erishion n Hamir....

Jane, Nora(hidden) Nadia n Eve...

Shariman n Jordan...

Adi, C.P.U n Apiz...

Alan n Mimie.

CELEBRATION!!!!

I wasn't really prepared for the Bday as I use to be on previous years. I was only told about it few hours before the celebration coz it was also a last minute plan . The venue was at the Spring's Secret Recipe.

My slice of the cake.... didn't remeber the name but it was okay...

PRESENTS...

Nadia gave him a....is that a shoe bag or just a bag? Any ways...

I guess Eve's brother, Chriss n Jeff bought him this shirt...

Apiz with the Be@rbrick...

The guys bought him a miniature Mini Cooper...

Jane with the Converse shoes...

N miss Nora with the Lego..

..yeah..

...as you can see there's no picture of me coz I didn't get him any present this year....while others who never gave him one previously did this year. Heh...was feeling a little awkward coz usually I'll be the one with the present. What the heck...I gave him 2 any way last year. But I think I hafta get him sum tin' later on... sum tin' CUSTOM MADE.... yeah.. That's the way 2 do it.

Thats me and the Birthday boy... This pic make me realize that we haven't taken any picture together for quite sum time... heh...

with the girls...

and the guys...

and then came the Flash...

It was a great nite any way. Every one enjoyed themselves especially birthday boy who got to go back home with all the presents.

Again I would like to wish Awang Muhd Hafizuddin...

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI LAHIR ke 21!!!!! Moga Panjang Umur.... Murah Rezeki... Dan diberkati Sentiasa...

Clearing the Air...

2007-10-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

First of all...I would like to apologize to my loyal 'readers' due to the change.

I've decided to clear my blog a lil' bit.

The bad postings would give me a bad reputation since I've decided to expose this blog to my friends.

To my previous readers...friends and cousins...sorry for the going to 'commercial' thang.

It's just sum tin' I had to do....

Sorry again.