Writer's Block

update:
couldnt write a lot of things thats happening due to overwhelming pressure.
exam syndrome is attacking despite no exams. could it be a late attack for last year's exam?
need a BF for support system. feel like couldnt hold it together for long.

Attn: Gerald

Dedicated to Geraldine,
You are greatly missed.
whenever i eat sushi, it made me think of you
I just took that sushi pic because i want you to feel hungry and sushi craving. hahahaha

ACTION-GAZA: Can You Spare 60 Minutes? Can You Walk the Talk?

Brought to you by MuslimMatters.org (www.tinyurl.com/action-gaza)


Bismillah, before continuing, please check all pessimism at the gate, otherwise don’t read any further.

Feel free to use this post, in part or entirety, and circulate as much as possible. Copyright rules are waived for it.

FAMILIARIZE : Familiarize yourself with the Gaza situation, if you are not already. We have compiled a list of action-items (many from readers' comments) into one list that, inshaAllah, will empower us all. Now, it's time to do something.

This is OUR 60-90 minutes action-guide that WE should go through at least once.
Repeat one or more of the actions as often as you are able to. Do as much as you can, whenever you can.
NO ACTION IS INSIGNIFICANT.
OUR 60-Minute Action-Gaza Plan (one-time, not daily):

1. MAKE Du'a | 10 minutes | REPEAT Everyday
Print out the dua’s listed here: http://tinyurl.com/gaza-dua and post it on your fridge or any other prominent location. Read the du'as now and move on.

2. DONATE | 10 minutes |
Make a donation. Every one of you can make a small donation, even if it is $5. CAN WE MEET A TARGET OF $10,000 SET FOR MM??
• Islamic Relief USA
http://www.irw.org/campaigns/palestinecrisis08
• KinderUSA
http://www.kinderusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=2
• Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
http://www.pcrf.net/can/can2.html
• American Near East Refugee Aid
https://secure2.convio.net/anera/site/Donation2?df_id=1280&1280.donation=form1

3. JOIN MM's new DIGG Club on FACEBOOK | 5 minutes |
This is a means to increase the power of the word-of-mouth for important news articles or analysis:
• Learn about these tools: http://tinyurl.com/mm-digg.
• Join the new FB group by going to this link: http://tinyurl.com/digg-fb
(make sure you ONLY join if you are COMMITTED to spending 5 minutes maximum per day).

• Here's how it will work:

As soon as there is a significant/fair article brought to our attention, we will send a message on FB to the entire group.

All members of the group are required to do their part: to DIGG, SU, Reddit, whatever, within 48 hours of receiving notice (it takes only 1 minute to do it).

You have suddenly become part of blitzing truth over falsehood.

4. CALL GAZA | {OPTIONAL}
• Call any random number in Gaza, and tell them that you are calling from North America (or wherever you are), make Duaa for them and tell them all their brothers and sisters around the world are with them; this will give them moral support and courage ! How to call? > Very simple!
• Dial any of these number and replace the last 4 digits by any random ones, try 4 or 5 times and you'll reach a family insha'Allah ! Even if you don't speak Arabic, talk to them with very slow and simple English
(011)9728284-XXXX (011)9728282-XXXX (011)9728255-XXXX

5. SIGN PETITION | 2 MINUTES
• CAIR has launched an online petition drive to collect one million signatures. Be part of it by clicking here. http://petition.cair.com/

6. WRITE a Letter to the Editor | 20-50 minutes | REPEAT for other newspapers
Letters to editor is the most-read section in the entire newspaper, and is read by local leaders as a means of keeping up with the pulse of the community.
• Write a letter to your local newspaper (you can find it from the list here). You have a better chance of getting published than writing to one of the national newspapers.
• Consider these guidelines to increase your chance of getting published. The most important point: Make ONE point, even if you have a hundred swarming in your head. Be very succinct and add some “color” or “reasoned emotion”, it may increase your chance of getting published.

7. CIRCULATE | (EXTRA BONUS AJAR):
• Cross-post on your blog. Email it. Post to your facebook profile.
• Print out this hard-copy of this "Action-Gaza", make copies and distribute.

Talking Points for Letters to Editor & Congressional Representative
[remember keep scope of letter limited]:

1. President Bush and Secretary Rice should exert diplomatic pressure to immediately re-instate a ceasefire. Israel's military assault is disproportionate, inhumane, and immoral. U.S. is the only country that can effectively halt this violence.

2. All human life is sacred. Israel must stop its collective punishment of Palestinians, and allow critically needed medical supplies and food to be delivered to the residents of Gaza.

3. The Gaza Strip is smaller than the Isle of Wight, but it is crammed with 1.5 million people who can never leave. \ When bombs begin to fall -- as they are doing now with more deadly force than on any day since 1967 -- there is nowhere to hide.

4. The Israeli government did indeed withdraw from the Gaza Strip in 2005 - in order to be able to intensify control of the West Bank. Ariel Sharon's senior advisor Dov Weisglass was unequivocal about this, explaining: "The disengagement [from Gaza] is actually formaldehyde. It supplies the amount of formaldehyde that's necessary so that there will not be a political process"

5. The election of Hamas was in a free and democratic election, and it was not a rejection of a two-state solution. Rather than seize this opportunity and test their sincerity, the Israeli government reacted by punishing the entire civilian population. They announced they were blockading the Gaza Strip in order to "pressure" its people to reverse the democratic process.

6. According to Oxfam, this November only 137 trucks of food were allowed into Gaza this November - to feed 1.5 million people. The UN says poverty has reached an "unprecedented level."

7. It was in this context - under collective punishment designed to topple a democracy - that some forces within Gaza did something immoral: they fired Qassam rockets indiscriminately at Israeli cities. These rockets have killed 16 ordinary Israeli citizens. This is abhorrent: targeting civilians is always murder. But it is hypocritical for the Israeli government to claim now to speak out for the safety of civilians when they have been terrorizing civilians as a matter of state policy.

8. Israel had failed to abide by the terms of the cease-fire. For the overwhelming majority of the six-month truce, Israel had refused to ease its military blockade of Gaza to any significant degree. In addition, it was the initial violator of the cease-fire
when it sent tanks and aircraft into Gaza and killed six Palestinians on 11/4/2008.

9. Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, said in November that his government was willing to accept a Palestinian state alongside Israel within the 1967 borders. Haaretz Israel News, Nov. 9, 2008

10. Institutions of higher learning are supposed to serve the needs of their countries and are also supposed to be a place where diverse views are debated. The indiscriminate bombing of this university simply cannot be justified

More Talking-points Can be Found Here:
• Gaza University Destroyed, Professor Rayyan & Family Murdered: Are Some Freedoms More Sacred Than Others? http://tinyurl.com/gaza-univ
• Israel’s Lie Machine is Working Flat Out by Stuart Littlewood [Must-Read]
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=29449
• The True Story Behind This War is Not the One Israel is Telling by Johann Hari
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-true-story-behind-thi_b_153825.html
• The Facts about Israel’s War on Gaza [Separate Facts from Fiction] http://tinyurl.com/gaza-facts-sheets

Kesibukan

Its undeniable that being a Final Year student is not the same as being first,second or third year student. The life is hectic. The expenses is more. I had many assignments/ homework already which I dont know I can do alone or not.

Before I start rambling about myself I would like to invite everyone to take heed for the fate of people, fellow human beings in Gaza.
This is not racial or religious matter at all or per se. This is what us fellow human could do or at least could feel about it. whether we still had humane thoughts in our mind. whether we still had our hearts. Israel's attack on Gaza is unlawful in the eyes of God, other human beings and also Public International Law. We the ordinary people might not have much to do. It is in the power of respective governments to do something or not. Kaherah had shut it doors to the Palestinian. Thats just another country. The world is vast still. The duty to stop this atrocity does not lie on Muslim countries alone. other countries should speak out too. however, the duty is still more for the Muslim countries. We the little people might not make much difference. Regardless, if we act together there can still be difference no matter how small. It does not matter what is our religous belief. We can still work together. I dont like to be repetitive. However, I do feel that we should try to work on the advise of our former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. We could put economic pressure on the superpowers if we want to. There are a list of major companies which have a track record of Supporting Israel. We could stop the war by boycotting the companies. Visit http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.html for detailed list and informations.
As for me, the boycotting is quite possible. I could switch the what little 'impugned' product i used to alternative brands. Plus, its all the more reason for me to frequent ordinary mamak stall and restoran ONLY. I was saying, these brands are expensive anyway. Why pay so much for something that actually cause the war.

Okay, back to me. The life was hectic that i am forced to memorise my class schedule this semester. this is something that i have never done. Maybe my brain just knew that life wont be easy anymore that it helped me to quickly memorise the schedule. Anyway, there are two funny stories in the midst of this hectic life.
#1 yesterday I couldnt find the venue for my first Jurisprudence tutorial. the confirmation slip states LR1.10 so i went to a LR1.1 class. I thought the '0' in the paper doesnt mean anything but heck it does! I was confident when i entered the class because i saw three of my Jurisprudence classmates. Irfan asked me if i was in the right class. I said 'no, I'm just staying here for fun' He thought i'm serious and i thought he was just being funny. A lecturer named AH entered and I never met my own tutor so I thought Prof AB must be really influential for having some experienced man as a tutor. AH started the class with a lecture and I started to feel that I'm in the wrong class. I had to stay for 10minutes listening to lecture when two friends walk in. I told them to sit beside me and I wrote a note about my situation. Kak Hanis told me to just leave my stuff here and get out for my Jurisprudence tutorial. I took my handphones and when I was about to stand up
AH: "okay sister, whats your answer?" oh dem, i dont even know what class i am in and whos this guy and whats his question is.
ME calmly answered: "I think he should take the action on the day the accident occured" AH: "well, thats not quite it..."
ME: "...the day after?"
AH:, "hmmm, yes! okay sister there what if...."
and he moved to the next target and i didnt waste anymore time and leave the class. I was in the class for 20minutes, answered a question correctly and i dont even know what class that was!

#2 The next story happened this morning. I came to Professional Practice class without Bankruptcy Act 1967. I didnt even plan to buy it. I just cant tolerate the ridiculousness of buying each statute that was being mentioned. I am so not buying any statute anymore. I havent even paid my tuition fee and my money is dwindling really fast. I came quite late so I had to sit in the back alone. The class started and SK started to question people that had no Bankruptcy Act then
SK: "Yes sister at the back, do you have a statute?"
ME: (urgh....) "No sir"
SK: "why?"
ME: "Because i planned to have its softcopy (and its free)"
SK: "Where do you intend to obtain the softcopy?"
ME: "Well, AG chambers website, google, CLJ.com"
SK: "and what if you cant find the softcopy?"
ME: "Well, I said I PLANNED to have the softcopy. If i cant find it I'll just BUY it." (everyone laughed)
SK: "thats how a lawyer should answer"
ME: (pretend i didnt just hear that)
SK: "so if you obtained this softcopy can you email it to me?"
ME: "sure, no problem. Whats your email?"
SK: "which one do you want? a professional or personal one?"
ME: (sensing a trap) "It doesnt matter as long as its email"
SK: (agreed and wrote the email on the white board)
ME: (saved)
later this day, i found the statute online and tried to email him but his email is invalid. I tried to google him for his email but only found his home address (I dont intend to post the statute. haha). Fiza said he tricked me about the email for being 'cool' in the class. well, i thought i should give the lecturer the upper hand since he's the guru and i'm just nobody. as far as i am concerned he can win. hahaha

MAlam Tahun baru dan Tahun BAru

Malam tadi kami bertige (aku, fiza n bidi) g makan kat tempat western. Aku lupe lak nama kedai tu. tapi dekat Keramat AU. Terlupe nak amik gambar kat signboard. makanan ok la. standard la. akupun tekak tak western so tak reti la nak komen lebih2. cukuplah setakat letak gambar makanan kat sini sudeh. Pendek kata semua yg western ada la kat situ. Ice blended tu show jugak la. siap ade biskut oreo lagi. kitorang tak sambut new year's eve pun. tapi dah member ajak keluar. kita keluar. rezeki jgn ditolak. huahuahua. tambahan kalau dibelanja.


First day of the year adalah besday salah seorang kenkawan aku. nama dia WMZ (seperti yg tertulis di kek tersebut. haha) aku sebenarnye nak cakap, dia ni bf kawan baek aku - Fiza. tapi dia yg suruh jgn menghebohkan hal tersebut sangat. yelah aku memahami. ahaks. Anyway, sangatlah tak releven walaupun dia bf kwn aku maka aku nak citer pjg lebar lak pasal WMZ je kan. sebnarnye aku (dengan pertolongan Hafiq) telah berjaya membuat surprise kepada bidi pada hari ini. Malam tadi aku ngan Fiza pegi tempah kek kat Baker's Cottage tanpa pengetahuan Bidi. Kek tu OK la. ini pun lagi satu aku mmg kureng makan so aku tak reti nak komen tapi lebih sedap dari kek yg tak dijual di bakery la. harge pun berpatutan.

Hari ni Fiza n Bidi g la KLCC and Fiza membuat surprise dengan membelanje bidi makan di Chillis. untuk pengetahuan tuan2 dan puan2 semua, kami ni bkan la jenis yg g chillis macam pegi mapley so kire g chillis hari ni dah show gila la. Jadi ini kejutan pertama buat bidi. Fiza terpakse meninggalkan kete nye kat aku supaya aku bleh g amik kek and wat delivery ke klcc. maka aku ngan hafiq pun menjalankan tanggungjawab.















tapi seblom tu kitorang g isi perut kat KFC dulu. tetibe ternampak la skuad perodua era kat KFC wangsa maju tu. but, kitorang tengah rushing nak g amik kek so takde mase la nak tunggu kat situ.
Sampai jek kat Chillis aku pun main masuk je kedai yg aku seumur hidup tak pernah masuk dengan selamba je. aku cakap "I have delivery for table 6" and urusan men-surprisekan Bidi dgn management Chillis pun berjalan lancar. Manager yg bernama Chee (akupun lupe da nama dia, penat je berkenalan. ahaks) tu baik gak la kerana sanggup menguruskan hal ni. aku pun explain la yg "the guy doesnt know anything so he shouldnt be seeing me right now" bla bla bla. and Chee pun menawarkan bebudak dia untuk menyanyikan lagu hepi besday. aku pun dalam hati berasa yg ini sudah bagus pasal kalo harapkan aku nak menyanyi mcm tu kat public place mmg kem salam la. Fiza plak kalo takde geng mane la mau nyanyi. Hafiq boleh la nyanyi kot tp aku rase kalo dia sensorang je nyanyi baik takyah nyanyi langsung.

Tunggu punye tunggu kek pun sampai la ke meja mereka. satu la yg aku suka kalo g tempat memahal macam ni diorang pun otak western so kerja2 mcm ni mudah je. diorang plak yg lagi kreatif dari aku (maklumla aku tak western). aku tak sempat la nak tengok expressi muke bidi tapi aku yakin mmg priceless la (sile tengok gambar bidi yg masih dalam keadaan terkezut). anyway, waiter and waitress yg angkut kek tu pun mmg bagus gile pasal diorang bagi bidi nampak diorang ramai2 angkut itu kek tapi dok sebut meja lain and bile letak kek kat meja diorang baru bidi sedar kek tu untuk dia. lepas habis nyanyi aku ngan hafiq pun muncul and wish hepi besday kat dia.


















lepas dah wish kat bidi aku ngan hafiq pun angkat kaki. Aku cuma bersikap sporting je taknak kacau daun. ahaks. maklumlah bkan selalu diorang ni dapat sambut besday masing2 together. so aku ngan hafiq berjalan-jalan dlm klcc je. harap maaf la aku kurang berminat dengan makanan western. dahla mahal. tekak pun takleh terima. tapi kalo bagi free aku santap je.

aku g la beli toilettries mane yg dah habis tu. and hafiq g tengok2 barang. kitorang nak tunggu diorang abes celebrate then bleh la balik sesama. tak lama pun kitorang lepak situ. lepas tu kami pun balik ke UIA.














Ni gambar aku ngan hafiq jalan2. Hafiq takde keje kat Sasa maka dia pun meng-abuse henpon aku untuk bergambar seorang diri. aku termasuk sekali dalam gambar nih.

Game and Crazy Lecturers - totally unrelated

Yeay! I'm finished with Westward III. although I am late from my target. it should be done on Monday but i was so dumb so it had to be today. Anyway, its not completely my fault. the power that be only grant me, well uh, a not to be proud of laptop.
Had it been higher specs, i might be able to play it perhaps in a day or two.

Anyways, whats new today? The usual cursed administration matters. We had come back from holiday to classes and found out without notice that most classes had changed venue. I had to change class twice for being in the wrong class just this morning. I mean, WTF? The least they could do is place something on front of that classes or else dont change the venue at all. I mean, there's nothing good about the new venue anyway. just the same. might as well dont change at all. What I most cant stand was I had to be late for 15 minutes for Prof. AB's Jurisprudence class! Of course this persona is the coolest human being while maintaining his greatness (take a bow. lol) while all of us shuffle into the class. We checked the new venue and actually waited there but some students plus the lecturer didnt know about the new venue so they just stayed at the old ones. While they started the class already, we were still waiting at the new venue. The lecturer thought we came from a class. actually no. but still, it wasnt our fault. So he had to lecture US on being a three quarter lawyer and everything so we must'nt be late and the lecturers should disperse the class early and condemning the administration for putting classes far away from one another etc etc. I dont mind he veering out of topic cos he always gets back on track in the end plus whatever he said is gold (well mostly) coz he's THE Prof. AB. Well it doesnt matter anyway cos Jurisprudence is a reading topic. Plus, final year is mostly like independent thing, so whatever the lecturer said doesnt matter much cos we must study by ourselves.
By the way, I went through a lot just to get into his class. Loved my schedule this semester. I havent had distinguished people teaching me for quite some time. I dont exactly know how long but its been a while. I cant drop my lecturers name for fear of being discovered haha. BUT I did worked for 'Prof. Dumbledore' and had submitted the completed task some days ago.

The second most important thing is I avoided STR class. I initially was in HIS class but I did what i always did when i want something and i made it! so i am now in MR class. Sorry STR, but ure just too crazy for me. How can you not understand that we are already in the only place in the coutry where the system requires us to take double of everything, and yet HOW DARE YOU act like a DIVA. oh well, you didnt get me NOW so I have nothing against you YET. Oh well, I'm EMO cos I just escaped from a NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I feel sorry for the remaining victims though. Already saw STR 1000 pages notes at the photocopier. As if we only learn THAT subject this whole semester. well good luck reading people!

Well thats life. you got medium lecturer all the times, crazy ones almost equal but the great ones well just a bit. I had PSYCOPATH lecturer last semester. even my MOTHER agreed (my parents always disagree with me) and even offered RM50 for re-checking should i ever flunked that subject. that one didnt even come to class but thats not an excuse for that one not to mark our paper and impose his/her expectation as if we all aspire to be the textbook author. I got C for that one. I cant start on this one. its going to be never ending story.
We had some lawyers teaching us practical subjects this semester. One guy said he will bar us from examination for three times absence. Wargh! so crazy! the ordinary minimum requirement was seven (i guess) but no, he had to had three. BTW, WILL I GET AN A FOR ATTENDING YOUR CLASS? (well, its not like aku ni kaki ponteng tapi memang takleh blah la bile lecturer nak DIVA-DIVA ni).

I JUST DONT GET IT. these people they dont understand. out there, not many people have all the time in the world to investigate why your CGPA is below 3 etc. they wont understand when we said we had to do extra works. more classes than ordinary law students at other institutions. we had to study more. we are graded on those subjects. we dont complaint on learning extra knowledge. we just want them not to burden us more than necessary. some lecturers even checked our notes (like in high school), ordered us to buy new statutes just because we own handphones, and watch what we wear. We want to be lawyers not some crazy people like THEM. So, just get done with it already. dont you had enough already? just let us study peacefully so that we can take care of our CGPA because now thats what matters. Well maybe when people start checking how we handle our financial, our notes, our attendance and our books to land us a job then we can focus on that.

I said all this because its true. I saw law firms vacancies for chambering/attachment students in front of Student Affairs Div. They wanted people with certain CGPA to apply. Its true also that big firms will check your CGPA before accepting you. this is relevant because CGPA signify your performance without having to check in detail. CGPA entitles you for an interview with big firms. now thats when they will have time to analyze. but not before that. kapische?

Happy New Year @ Maal Hijrah

Today is 1st Muharram 1430. the first day in the Muslim Lunar Calendar. Muharram is one of the four months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. the word is derived from the word ‘haram’ = forbidden. So, I guess this month we must not pick a fight with anyone and people, do not pick a fight with me kay.lol. Anyway i'm taking the opportunity to wish all of you a Happy New Year 1 Muharram 1430. and yeah, Happy New Year 1 Jan 2009. lets practice writing '2009' from now. haha. and btw, happy fasting to those who decided to observe Asyura.
Last year, we had eclipse (sun and moon became parallel to one another) hence we had our new year on the same day as Gregorian new year. Now the cycle wasnt parallel anymore hence we celebrate earlier coz the moon works faster. well, just so u know!

Maal Hijrah means migration. On this day, Muslims commemorate the Prophet S.A.W 's victory that was symbolize by the migration from Makkah to Madinah on the year 622 A.D. The Migration symbolize the beginning of Islamic Era where Madinah became the first Islamic State in the world with the first perfect and written constitution regulating the state containing detailed discussion of the prerogatives and obligations of the ruler as well as other immediate requirements, including a kind of social insurance for the needy, and where the Prophet S.A.W was the leader/ruler of the state. Maal Hijrah also means migrating from something bad towards goodness. Hence we can also take up the opprtunity towards betterment of our self.

This year, i'm trying to live healthily. I dont want to jinxed my budding healthy lifestyle by elaborating here. Lets wait until I am so used to it and comfortable of discussing it. Lets just say after a few things done, I feel a lot better mentally and physically. what a good way to start a new year. very positive of me! hope i inspire people. haha.

Forgotten Lands - First Colony (PC Game)

I decided yesterday that i want to play games on my not so free day. Psychologically speaking, I want to do something that i can actually finish. So I played three games. Finished two of em and the above pics are the Third game that I still havent finished which made me like it very much and made me write about it here. Forgotten Lands - First Colony is a Real Time Strategy game with beautiful graphics. There are many stages to complete (so far i've reached level 31). Each stages are set with different goals. some goals are very challenging that i failed once and had to start over (the same level, of course). To summarise it, it is the simpler version of the Age of Empires.
The cons is, I finished each goals too soon and didnt get to appreciate my finished 'town'. Anyway, as u play along, u shall unlock all the bonus stages one by one. However, i suggest u finished all quests before began playing the Bonus Stages as the Quests actually trained you for the Bonus Stages. I enjoyed playing the game, shikashi I still like Westward I and Westward II better. Nevertheless, Forgotten Lands is still the best compared to any games of its type (other than Westwards). Well, I've provided the links for further info on the games. So feel free to check it out. Other than that, this game is so easy that an 8 year old could play it.

Codename: Makan

Memandangkan aku bleh pegi mane2 sesuke hati aku dan bile2 mase yg aku suke, aku membuat keputusan untuk merealisasikan rancangan2 aku untuk makan di kedai2 yg aku dah buat mental note nak makan suatu hari nanti. Siang hari di UIA time cuti agak bosan bagi aku jadi aku menceriakan suasana dengan merancang menu harian. ahaks. Jadi aku tak bosan dah.

Restoran #1:
Syed Bistro Tmn Melawati.
Star: 3 out of 5
Cleanliness: 65%
Price: Cheap!
Review: Aku dah sepanjang hari tak makan semalam. so balik dari Cheras aku pun drive ke UIA sambil pikir pasal makanan. tetibe aku dapat idea nak pegi mapley ni coz aku selalu makan kat tmn melawati and lalu depan kedai ni tapi tak pernah berkesempatan nak melawat. Untuk pengetahuan semue, kedai ni agak tersorok. aku datang dlm kol 3pm so almost empty la kedai dia. aku tengok cam bersih je. lebih bersih dari NZ curry house. Akupun hairan apsal org tak menghargai kedai ni. tapi mungkin gak pasal dia tersorok. akupun tengok2 beriyani and lauk dia. boleh dikatakan tak jauh beza ngan NZ. So aku cakap aku nak beriyani bungkus. so diapun bungkus, selonggok nasik dia kasi sama aku. pastu aku cakap nak ayam goreng. dia pun kasi chop itu ayam (bahagian yg aku suka) pastu dia tgk cam sikit dia pun tambah lagi. aku dah risau dah, dia kasi aku bebanyak ni mahal ke tak? setakat ni dah ckop dua orang makan sampai kenyang. pastu aku cakap mau kuah campur dengan kobis goreng. semuanye dia kasi in generous proportion. Now this is what i call Indian Style! its not indian style if you dont get big proportion. time nak bayar aku dah kecut dah. sekali dia kata rm6.50. Wah, enam hengget jek? rugi aku tak amik ayam kurma tadi. ingatkan mahal kedai ni. takpe disebabkan aku hepi, next time aku bawak kaum datang.

Restoran #2:
Kedai Nasi Lemak Marvelous-
Nasi Kukus ayam dara, Tmn Melati.
Star: 3.5 out of 5
Cleanliness: 50%
Price: Medium









Review: Hari ni aku bercadang nak makan double beef prosperity burger. Aku mengidam pasal tengok iklan kat tv. so aku pun drive g McD Tmn Melati. Sampai jek drive-thru aku bapak terkejut tengok harge burger tersebut. dahlah zaman sengkek nih. PTPTN tak masuk lagi. tapi camne ni? aku mengidam! Last2 aku beli gak la burger jek. itupun tak double. beef prosperity burger sebijik dah rm9.50. pergh, gile mahal. Disebabkan aku tensen ngan harge burger ni aku decide taknak makan sekarang. akupun drive ke Kedai Ayam Dara berdekatan. Sape dak UIA mmg takleh taktau kedai ni pasal dia dekat jek ngan Terminal Putra ngan Stesen Taman Melati. betul2 kat corner towards Wangsa Maju. Aku pelanggan tetap Malin Corner, tu pasal selalu tak singgah area ni. aku pun g tengok2 lauk kat sini. ada lauk makan tengahari (aku datang kol 12pm lebih) yg nampak cam best. tapi harga taktau le. next time le aku try. so akupun cakap aku nak bungkus nasi ayam dara. ada dua pilihan ayam = ayam kampung and ayam bandar. Ayam kampung kecik and lagi mahal dari ayam bandar. memandangkan aku nak yg murah jek so aku beli ayam bandar. eleh, lebih kurang jek. ayam gak. dia pun letak nasik banyak gile, kuah, ikan masin, timun, sambal and ayam dlm bungkusan. pergh banyak gile. aku puas hati. pastu aku tanye brape? jawapannye RM6. orrait ah tu. tapi Ayam dara kat Greenwood rm4.50 jek, cume proportion dia kurang sket la. So, nasik kat kedai ni sedap sikit jek dari yg kat Greenwood.



Orrait, ni je a dua kedai yg aku blom pernah try. kedai2 yg dah try takyah la type kat sini. banyak lagi benda lain aku nak wat. roger n out.

Shinigami no Seido (Accuracy of Death)

Bought Sweet Rain@Accuracy of Death at our Night Market today. Actually it was the only watchable VCD out of three so i end up watching it. My VCD does not have subtitle. I had to download and sync the subtitle myself. Takeshi Kaneshiro did a marvelous job of being hot in this movie. I basically enjoyed just watching his face. The storyline was OK. I enjoyed the story but quite disappointed by the fact that he did not fell in love with Kazue Fujiki. i could use some cute love story. The Shinigami character played by Kaneshiro was too expressionless. Btw, loved the black dog. I had a few laughs and almost moved (but did not) at the ending of the story. However, this movie entered my movie collection for the sole reason that Kaneshiro is hot in this story. Ahaha. This movie is based on a Japanese novel. However it kind of reminded me of Meet Joe Black (1998). Both movies exploited hawt guys as the grim reaper.
The story isnt too complicated so i might as well not write synopsis as to not be a spoiler.

Above the Rules

Aku bkan nye ade writer's block, tapi aku skrg tengah malas nak menaip. tapi tetibe hari ni aku rase nak cite kat sini pasal aku hepi dengan gigi aku. aaa? apsal aku hepi? ooo ceritanye begini: disebabkan aku melepak kat uia je sejak isnin lepas (aku ade la wat kerja berfaedah spt mengemas bilik, wat keje research dll) maka aku berpendapat eloklah aku ke klinik gigi. kalau tak cuti memanjang penuh jek klinik tu. so akupun g ah wat dental check up. aku nak poyo sket kat sini la kan iaitu sejak aku sekolah rendah gigi aku mmg tak pernah ade masalah seperti berlubang atau berkarang mcm bebudak lain. pastu pasal aku dah masuk 4th year and tak lama lagi nak grad (yeke?) and dah berzaman tak check gigi. manela tau dah jadi apepe kat dlm tu tapi aku yg tak sedar. last sekali aku check mase memule masuk matric. so doktor pun tanye la kat aku apsal aku dtg hari ni. aku ckp je ah aku saje2 je nak wat dental check up. pastu dia pun check ah. dia kata gigi aku takde masalah. pergghh rekod masih dikekalkan. so aku pon interview la doktor tu: "doktor, ade tak gigi saye yg blom tumbuh?" pastu doktor tu kira a gigi aku. dia cakap "ada satu lagi belum tumbuh". akupun cakap "a? yeke? satu je blom tumbuh? apsal saye tak demam mcm org lain time tumbuh gigi yg second last tu?" pastu doktor tu cakap "baguslah tak demam, apsal awak nak demam plak?" pastu aku ckp "hehe takdela, ingatkan wajib demam". pastu dia cakap "awak tak demam pasal rahang awak besar, org lain tu demam pasal rahang dia kecik ataupun gigi dia yg tumbuh tu terlebih besar". pastu akupun bangge dengan rahang dan gigi aku pasal rahang aku besar and gigi aku tumbuh secara normal. ahaks. maka akupun berterima kasih kat doktor itu kerana membuang mase ngan aku tapi dia cakap baguslah aku dtg check gigi. maksudnye tindakan aku ni bijak la. kawan2 contohilah aku. kuikuikui.
Habislah cerita gigi. other than that, aku jaga diri aku sendiri jek kat uia. aku gembire pasal aku dah boleh tidur nyenyak setiap malam. kalau kat rumah aku tak nyenyak coz aku mmg takleh tido kat tempat yg aku tak suka. fikiran aku pun lapang and hati senang kalau aku dok sensorang diri jek. kalau kat umah dah dekat kol 1pm baru aku bangon pasal takleh tido malam. kalau kat uia takyah set alarm pun awal aku bangun. everyday, aku beli makanan kat kedai depan islamic school. malam lak beli kat mahallah hafsa. siang2 aku g library, office etc nak uruskan hal aku. contoh hari ni, aku g check gigi. cube bagitau aku, bagus ke tak hidup mcm ni? jawapan aku....bagus gile. online hampir 24jam setiap hari. maklumlah wireless dlm bilik. kalau bosan ngan wireless aku g library atau ITD lab. skrg ni aku kat ITD lab tapi hampeh sungguh bau lab ni pasal penuh ngan foreigner yg tak mandi. kalau mandi pun aku gerenti dia taktau kewujudan perfume atau deodorant. aku tahan je la nafas aku. selain dari itu, aku low profile pasal aku taknak bersoal jawab ngan pak/mak guard and kerani mahallah. maklumlah aku kan penduduk tak sah. sebab tu malam2 aku g hafsa jek coz aku malas nak keluar gate malam2. kalau tak dapat masuk balik naya jek. nak pasang lampu ngan gune bilik air pun aku timing gak. aku bkan la paranoid ke hape tapi aku just berhati-hati. kalo ditangkap naye a pasal aku dahla wat duplicate kunci. mau berkepok saman aku nanti. ok ah aku nak g library ah. tak tahan bau kat lab ni. sekian....

Kitchen Duty :-S

ngaaaaa :S kepale pening being disturbed from my sleep by the annoying sister. i slept at 3.45am and had to wake up at 8.45am. the thing is, once i am awake, i rarely can sleep again. the conclusion is, i will be annoyed and cranky for the rest of the day. already i am annoyed coz i dont feel like doing anything but i had been ordered to cook fish and rice. i said i dont want to cook. but the annoying sister and mother had left to visit father at the hospital and the two rascals is left in my care. if i am too cranky i might just feed them maggi for lunch coz i pretty much will do what i said. however, i am a bit happy that i had the house to myself and nobody will disturb me for the rest of the day, so i felt obliged to cook real food for the kids. so once thats decided, i think i might as well do it right. went online just to find the simplest yet kick ass recipe for fried fish. found one. and then felt like writing a bit so here i am. i might as well get started now before their mother came back coz once she's back the two rascals wont follow my orders anymore. off to kitchen!

News on EPF monthly circulation rate

Members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be able to benefit from the reduction of the employees’ monthly statutory contribution rate by three per cent, from 11 per cent to 8 per cent, effective from January 2009 wage for a period of two years.

However if members wish to maintain the contribution rate at 11 per cent may choose to do so by filling up Form KWSP 17A (AHL). Once completed, the forms can be submitted to the members’ respective employers for submission to the EPF.

In the meantime, the EPF will be issuing a new monthly contributions schedule accordingly. Members and employers may obtain the new schedule and Form KWSP 17A (AHL) from all EPF branches or download them from our website, myEPF, at www.kwsp.gov.my from 1 December 2008 onwards.

For full article - EPF - Lower EPF Employees’ Contribution Rate Starting January 2009 Wage.

This doesn’t affect employer’s contribution to the employee.

In an email circulation:

Assume monthly basic salary is RM4000.
- If your monthly EPF contribution is 11% ( RM440 ), taxable income = RM3560, income tax payable = RM77.
- If your monthly EPF contribution is 8% ( RM320 ), taxable income = RM3680, income tax payable = RM109.

Conclusion: If you choose to contribute 8%, you will end up paying more income tax to the government, which will make the government richer. Finance Minister Najib said this measure is meant to boost up the slow-down market, but from this example wee see that the money does not go into the market. Instead the money goes direct into the government’s pocket through the greater amount of income tax that we will have to pay.

How we benefit the additional 3% (not counting tax, if needed) would depend on if/when we can get back more than 3%.

You can calculate the salary in http://payroll.my

source: http://pasim.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/epf-cut-3-from-11-to-8/

Back from the wild?

Spent 5 days in Inter-civilizational youth engagement prgramme 2008 (IYEP2) http://www.just-international.org/iyep2008.cfm . I had so much to tell, experienced a lot that i dont have words to sum up everything. all i can say is i feel and experienced enough to make up for one month holiday til next semester. the fact is i dont feel like writing. but one of my best friend already reminded me not to forget to write about it once i'm back. well lets start with bad news first: i didnt participate much like i anticipated before. lets just attribute that to culture shock. lol.
Day 1
i was the first to arrive at the JUST office in PJ (punctuality is my middle name. lol). had to wait for some time before everyone and the bus arrived. then it took forever for the bus to move (impatience is also my middle name). then i was so excited to see kuala selangor again after so many years that i thought it took ages to get there. i noticed the driver detoured into KL from PJ then to KS. once arrived, we went into the ballroom- listening to briefing and had lunch. it was my first time seeing Dr. Chandra Muzaffar in person so i was kinda shy to went and speak to him. he was very friendly to everybody though. after that the discussion started. i just dont want to elaborate further on this because i get tired of it after five days. suffice to say that i learned a lot about people during the discussions. quoting Adel and Hassanal 'information overload'. i would like to add 'discussion overload'. haha. i was kinda lost on every topic because i wasnt involved in any particular association and done anything about environment. my last minute application is also the cause that i came unprepared. however, i did come to learn. and learned i did become.
Day 2
one of my best day because i love the activity. i was pleasantly surprised at the sight of the funny looking 'bus' after breakfast:

the bus took us to the Kuala Selangor Nature Park: http://www.nature-escapes-kuala-lumpur.com/Kuala-Selangor-Nature-Park.html
i love the park because i fit in so well with the nature and i feel a lot at ease by myself. it kinda remind me of my childhood where i play in the jungle much thicker than the park:
Later in the morning, it rained quite heavily. luckily i borrowed a quite broken umbrella from the hotel (it was the only umbrella from the hotel). so i wasnt drenched. but i feel uncomfortable with the dampness of my jeans and shirt. when we went back to the hotel the rain hasnt stopped. i showered again and changed into dry clothes. but once i reached the ballroom (i prefer to call it brain lab) i got dampen by the puddles. i was quite cranky for the whole day after that that at the end of the day i skipped the Walk to the Lighthouse. i feel unhappy about having not gone to the lighthouse because sight-seeing is the highlight of my day there but when i'm cranky i am tired and its better if i dont communicate much. so i just stayed in the room. later that night had dinner and amused myself with free performances and went to bed earlier than everyone.
Day 3
Feel like i have reached the end of my wits and have nothing more to contribute to the brain lab. feel happy that some people must prepare the solar cooker. so i am the first to took off for the making of solar cooker. now this i can relate to. lol. i pretty much had fun doing everything other than be part of brain lab. but after that had to be back to brain lab. feel sad that it was so easy building the solar cooker. i wish it was more difficult so i can play longer. anyway, i forgot to mention another activity that i prefer than brain lab is eating five times a day. now, i didnt say that i am used to eating five times a day. by myself, i only ate 3 times max a day. but even eating here sometimes disappoint me because the food was weird and when its not weird and tasteless its just plain tasteless. but there are times i enjoyed it too and there are times when they are tasty. but all in all, i just enjoyed eating for the meeting people part. and it doesnt stopped me from eating a lot too. i think i had an addition of at least 1kg per day. today, the highlight of the day was the trip to fireflies park/river: http://www.journeymalaysia.com/MR_kampungkuantan.htm
for the first time of my life i climbed into the sampan. to sum things up, i had a really amusing companions in the sampan and pretty much laughed all the way to and fro. i catched one firefly. i let everyone on the sampan see it inside my hand and after that half-intentionally let it go. i didnt take much pics because it was pitch black and i dont have high definition camera.
Day 4
brain lab as usual and also time to make use of the solar cooker. i had a dream the night before that we successfully cooked fish soup with the cooker which i told Irfan that it means we will not successfully cook anything. it was pretty cloudy that day and we put the solar cooker at the tennis court. i forgot to mention that we practically live with two species of monkeys so when we came back to check the rice that we tried to environmental-friendly cook one of other group's solar cooker was already attacked by monkeys. i saw their hand prints everywhere. later that day, it rained. to sum up, none of us successfully cooked any rice. which also goes to show that trying to be environmental-friendly is a trying journey. plus, costly to be successfully implemented. i'm talking about having a workable solar system in each homes to cook etc.
Day 5
In total agreement with the speech by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar on spirituality. this is the one element of the programme that i can relate to and his speech was the only thing on spirituality that i agreed. however, i didnt participate during actual discussion on this element because i didnt agree on some people's view on Islam, plus we're having diversity of faith here. I purposely avoid talking about faith because i feel that if we didnt know about other people's faith we shouldnt talk about it, when we are of different faith but know a lot about other faith we musnt also talk too much on that other faith either, and when we are of that faith but having not completed our knowledge on it we should not brag...we shall only explain when asked. this is very important because faith is a delicate issue and being careful means to avoid insulting and be insulted back. i was personally insulted when a particular person babble alot about my faith when such person is not even a believer let alone practiced my faith and i noticed that such person was sometimes wrong in facts. i was also annoyed when one person claimed directly and indirectly that such person was a devout muslim that he is qualified to be a wali but in practice i saw a lot of discrepancies in action. Islam embodies the element of humility. but all i saw is vanity. in Surah al-Najm (Verse 32) Allah said, what can be translated as, "Do not complement yourself, He (Allah) knows best of those who are pious."

Islam has legislated a number of rules that a Muslim should abide by when he talks to others, while always remembering with unshaken belief that everything he says is accounted for and he will be rewarded if what he says is good and will be punished if what he says is evil. Allah (S.W.T.) says in Surat Quaaf, (Verse 18), what can be translated as, "Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it)."

The Messenger (S.A.W.) warned us that talk is very dangerous. In an authentic hadith reported by Imam At-tirmithi and Ibn-Majah, that he said, "A person may say a word that is pleasing to Allah (S.W.T.) and he may not think much of it, but Allah (S.W.T.) will, (because of that word), bestow his pleasure upon him on the Day of Judgment, and a person may say a word that is displeasing to Allah (S.W.T.), and he may not think much of it, but Allah will have, (because of that word) his wrath and anger on him on the Day of Judgment."

Talk can be dangerous. So, we should control it within the limits of Islam, guided by Allah (S.W.T.) and his Messenger Mohammed (S.A.W.).

Quote: http://members.cox.net/ameer1/mannerst.html

i feel i have the right to comment on this issue because i have at least some legal background on the Shariah. although some people say education is a waste of money and refused to educate his/her self in the 'conventional way;, at least i made RM26,000 loan for my legal studies knowing that i learned about Islam and Shariah from legitimate and certified sources and once i graduated i shall receive a certification that shows i can talk on Islam more profoundly that people who dont have it. some people may say that this is of trivial nature. but for me, with regards of my faith nothing is trivial. and every little hiccups goes into establishing a prima facie case against 'the accused'. hence i rest my case.

so on the last day there is no longer brain lab but we all sat down to check the 'cover letter' of our soon to be memorandum on the outcome of our five days discussion that embodies our opinions on what should be done to save the environment. i dont exactly have any idea to whom this shall be addressed but i guess its for the government, business org and the public at large.
later that day, we checked out of the hotel and detoured to Sekinchan to see paddy field. i took a lot of pictures there. then we're off to PJ.

In da Holiday

I'm online now coz i want to find maps to Just office in PJ, to kuala selangor and to de palma k.selangor. me and Sha will drive there for environmental programme of four days. all my best friends seems to be surprised that i am in this programme. i said to fiza once, i dont know what i'm gonna be in the future, perhaps some activist. and i said that because myself is like that. its my nature. what i can do best is to fight for something. yep dats me. and contrary to popular beliefs, environment can be my cause because a) i love nature, b) i grow trees and flowers, c) i dont litter, d) me and my family practice recycling and e) i am sarah and i am nice. haha. so i am hoping that this programme will be an eye opener and well be something for me to do this holiday. i am very positive towards this and have a good feeling that i'm gonna be participative. so i was looking at de palma website just now and saw that the accommodation is in chalets. cant help to think that this is holiday. i feel guilty to the environment already. checked my email and got another mail from organizer. they gave me map but i cant open it in this computer. no hal, will look for maps anyway.
back to my activities while waiting for the 'holiday' = nothing much
i got bored watching tv coz i am not used to commercials anymore. i get annoyed easily. and my fav programmes dont get aired so often. i cant watch anime at animax coz i dont follow the series and get anoyed coz i'm lost. so after a few days trying to catch up with tv i gave up and resort to watching on laptop from my external hardisk. last monday, i got so bored that suddenly i just went to iron my tudung and everything coz i just wanna go out. my bro asked me where i'm goin and i said 'mines'. he told me he wanna tag along and brought his bowling ball and shoe. we went our own ways there but after trying to find FOS to no avail i went to see him at the bowling alley. i got bored just watching so i told him dat i wanna try playing one frame. he taught me how to play, i guess i had no beginners luck. i only got 51 pins for one frame. other than dat is just the usuals.
i finished reading Man in the Iron Mask, Alexandre Dumas last tuesday. i shed a few tears reading that book. Fiza said she cant understand me because i cried for the rarest things and dont cry for what people usually cry at. let me tell one or two things about me....my weakness is gallantry. so if i saw pure gallantry i can cry. that book is all about gallantry. haha my soft spot. and another secret is....i can cry if i read newspaper. thats why i dont like reading newspaper. it just made me sad. borrowed some Stephen Kings and Hemingway from the library. will read it later.