Kenapa manusia malas?

Manusia jadi malas apabila mereka tahu mereka boleh bergantung kepada orang lain dan senang mendapat bantuan tanpa berusaha keras sendiri. 

Kebanyakan orang dulu, belajar sendiri. Keluarga takde duit, mana boleh p tuisyen. Nak berjaya kalau, usaha kuat sikit, jatuh bangun sendiri. Mak bapak sibuk kerja, nak cari duit, takde banyak time nak manja dengan anak. Tapi kalau tak kerja, mana ada duit, mana boleh beli nasi, nak beli buku, permainan, elecktrik dan air? Kenalah orang mcm kita bangun pagi otomatik, siap pakai baju minum Milo, jalan kaki pukul 6.30am p naik bas awam p sekolah. Budak sekarang, bertuah sangat, nak ini, ada ini, nak itu, ada itu. Nak answers, abang kakak bagitau. Hali hali duk FB, duk smartfon, duk TV!

Ini malam gua panas, mau letop sikit yooo!

it's still raining

waterdrops from my window.

well, it's still raining out there. whole night already.

i didn't go out for dinner because my bike break down last night.

thanks to my senior, Elween who fetched me to uni this afternoon.

hmmm.. it has been some time since my blog is about my daily life. i mean, in 1 post i talk about what happen bla bla bla la.. you know.. tonight i just feel like writing a diary. who cares! if you don't like, you don't read la. If you wana attack my personal life also go ahead la. you got nothing better to do right??

today is the official day i cycle to uni in this semester although it's the second time. the first time was last Friday when i cycled all the way for 20minutes to Eastlake to meet Pei Suang and the rest then cycled for another 10mins to uni.

have to cycle lo, what to do, motor rosak ma. Siang Yong came to my house and we cycled together. we used to cycle to uni a lot last time before i got my bike. the feeling of nostalgic was there. the sky was so blue with the sunny clouds. the guard waved to me, telling me it's good to cycle. hahaha. of course it's good cuz they don't have to face me, who always try to sneek into uni. my bike don't have sticker actually. shhh.. =p

i had a presentation today. i did something different for the presentation la and i know it's not well accepted especially by a friend when she showed her disgruntled face, not looking at us at all throughout the whole presentation. hmmm.. it's ok. at least i and my groupmates dare to do something different. it's actually a simple presentation. we have to interview politicians. so we feel it'll be boring if we just explain and compare the politicians. at the end, we acted out the whole interview session. hahah. this is the very first time i act in my presentation i think. is it?? =p

my classmates especially Dai Ga Jie, Ah Joo, PC, Pei Suang and Ai Loon were so high tonight. they kept on spamming my Facebook wall by tagging me in their video. Oh God! i tell you, in total, it's more than 30 videos lo. siao la! they were so damn high. duno why.. everyone pakat and attack me. hahaa.

Then i posted this is my Facebook status, "oh JR-ians Jan 2009 intake sekalian. spam me la till this December. Wherever you all go, i will follow you, till we say bye bye. YESSSH!! muakS!".

We are going to graduate by the end of this year. I can see many people have developed, i won't use the change la. I can see developments in them. some become better in ENglish especially Ai Loon. i love to see her talk nowadays. And Vivien is not that crazy anymore. While for Mirawani, i'm touched and impressed when she let go her dream of winning a modelling competition for her studies. These are just the very few examples.

Being here in UTAR 3 years more or less has make us grown up. Saying goodbye is a hard thing but i'm sure before we say goodbye, we'll spend a lot of time together. And they already plan to go Genting Highlands in Week 13, Pangkor Island in Week 14, Terengganu in semester break and Sarawak end of this year.

hahaha. habis koyaklah poket i. But aiyah don't berkira so much la. seriously think about this, do you think you'll have the chance to travel with them after you graduate? i'm not trying to be sentimental here but this is the fact. you can have thousandsss of friends in the cyber world, but true friends only a few of them and in university's life, your classmates are your true friends.

cherish them. make use of the time when you are with them. forgive and forget, support each other.

i talk too much. lalalalalalala.

class at 8am tomorrow. oh hope that the rain won't stop so that i can sleep till the afternoon. haha. how to go to uni if it's rain. ayayaya.

one more thing, one last thing before i end my 'speech', my photos may be not good enough to be put into an exhibition, it's ok, because at least i still have my Facebook and blog to share the beauty of my life through the lense.

screaming for ice cream

"You scream i scream we scream for ice-cream."

Suddenly i thought of this. SOmeone taught me this before and until today I still can't say it smoothly. haha. She used to bully me cuz she's terror in this tongue twister. i wonder whether she still remember this.

im touched

I was n still waiting for my friends to come over my house to study. Vivien, Tiffany and Sara said they will come tonight. Then suddenly Sara sms me around 11pm ask me to go down.

I quickly clear the mess on my bad, get change n go down.

Sara n Shuba were there. I can smell shampoo. It smells good. I think it’s from Sara cuz her hair is kind of wet. She didn’t tie it tonight.

I unlocked my door waiting for them to come in. I wondered why Sara didn’t bring any notes and books with her. then she said she has something to tell me. well, I was nervous looking at her serious face.

She said that she’s npt coming over to study together tonite. She’s tired and not feeling well cuz she cycled under the rain just now. headache.

I was like ok.. if no one studies with me, I’ll be lazy to study. I can study but no ‘kick’ la with so much distractions: radio, laptop, bed, food etc. so I asked her to come la if she doesn’t fell asleep. Just bring her blanket and bantal busuk lo.

She cycled all the way from her house fetching Shuba just to tell me that she’s not joining me to study tonight.

I was like..

Im touched. Truly deeply n madly. She can actually sms me. but I think she feels bad kua. I duno..


And last week before i went back to Penang for my Thailand trip, i went to see A.Wok the Aedes. i mean Adeline Wok la. she gave me a gift from Langkawi. Let me tell you what is it. A plastic beg with chocolates. haha. nice packaging. so i brought it to Thailand la. i opened up the plastic beg in the bus n i saw a keychain n a small note. i was smiling away looking at what she wrote. haha nothing sexy n flirty but just sweet n nice. tears filled my eyes..

How in the world God is so nice giving me a plenty of nice people around me.

My life can never be dull with their presence. NEVER! Every moments with my family, friends, nice strangers and people I love are AWESOME and meaningful, memorable, fastastic and unforgettable.

And tonight I thank Adeline Wok, Vanitha, Sara and Shuba.

1 photo $10 USD

i never imagine that to enter a photo contest, i have to pay $10 USD for just a photo. means that it's at least RM35 for a phot entry.

that is super expensive!

but tonight, i got the biggest love from God, someone, a gift from God, with a nice heart and nice soul, made a payment of $10 USD to the photo contest organiser. she's sponsoring me to enter the international level photo contest!

can u imagine that?!! this person is so nice. i was so shocked to received an e-mail from her showing me the receipt. my eyes almost poped out.

i'm really really touched. im thankful. im happy. im so grateful.

this is one of the best gifts i ever had.

she really look high up on me. she always give me advice when im lost. although she's like so far away from London, she's stil made the effort to meet up with me when she's back in Penang.

it's kinda funny how i met her. it was in Penang. it was at least 4 years ago i guess. someone was burning dried leaves. You guys know i hate people who do open burning right. so what i always do? i called police and bomba at that time. my hp ran out of credit. so i went around looking for people with handphone. that was the first time i met her. i feel so embarras right now. i was begging for hp ok. she n the rest were like kinda blur bcoz a small guy came with in a huge scooter asking for handphone to call bomba because someone is burning the leaves. I also asked for a bucket of water to 'padam' the api la.

so yea that's how i met her. after the incicent we bumped into each other again at different occasions. then i got her phone number. hey i didn't flirt ok. haha. she's older than me la. she's like my big sister ok. =p

she's nice la.. really nice. i'll remember her for the rest of my life for being the first person in my life to sponsor me for a photo contest. she has faith in me you know. she thinks i take nice pictures. hahaha.

Anyway, this is what friendship is all about. Friends are there for you without you asking. A relationship cannot be measure by how many times u say 'i love you' or 'i miss you but it's measure by your actions, sacrifices and non-verbal communications. Trust me, you'll know who's actually your friends when you are in trouble or when you need help, care, love, assistance, comfort etc. 

Thank you so much Marie. God will always bless you.

it's all about her

everyone i met today asked about her.

EVERYONE!!

can u imagine that?? do you call that a coincidence or there's a meaning behind it? Hikmah apa ni??

dahlah. i berserah segalanya kepada Dia.

i'm ok being single. very ok. =p

Mali Tengok Anugerah Juara Lagu Ke-24

Saat yang ditunggu-tunggu telah tiba. Dalam masa 30 minit dari sekarang, akan berlangsungnya Anugerah Juara Lagu Ke-24 (AJL24). Pertandingan ini akan berlangsung di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil dari pukul 9pm-11.30pm. Untuk penyokong yang tidak dapat menghadiri anugerah ini boleh menonton secara langsung di TV3 ataupun mendengar melalui Hot.fm.

Pertandingan pada tahun ini agak unik kerana tiada lagi kategori lagu yang dipertandingkan. Hanya terdapat hadiah untuk Lagu Terbaik, Persembahan Terbaik, dan Vokal Terbaik.

Terdapat 14 lagu yang akan dipertandingkan dalam anugerah ini iaitu:

1. Aurora (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik/ Penyanyi: Estranged)

2. Tak Mungkin Kerna Sayang (Komposer: Ajai/ Penulis Lirik: Habsah Hassan/ Penyanyi: Alyah)

3. Cinta Adam & Hawa (Komposer: Azmeer/ Penulis Lirik: Loloq/ Penyanyi: Misha Omar)

4. Masih Jelas (Komposer: Aidit Alfian/ Penulis Lirik: Ad Samad/ Penyanyi: Hafiz)

5. Situasi (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Sam/ Penyanyi: Bunkface)

6. Pakai Buang (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Edry/ Penyanyi: Stacy)

7. Pergi (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Pete Teo/ Penyanyi: Aizat)

8. Aku Skandal (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Noh/ Penyanyi: Hujan)

9. Rindu Terhenti (Komposer: Aubrey Suwito/ Penulis Lirik: Tinta/ Penyanyi: Tomok)

10. Aku Rindu Sayang Kamu (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Yuzai/ Penyanyi: Black)

11. Bengang (Komposer: Amir/ Penulis Lirik: Sheikh Qalam/ Penyanyi: Akim)

12. Dan Sebenarnya (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik: Yuna, Paan, Efry, Adil/ Penyanyi: Yuna)

13. Kau Aku (Komposer/ Penulis Lirik/ Penyanyi: Aizat)

14. Bencinta (Komposer: Audi Mok/ Penulis Lirik/ Penyanyi: Faizal Tahir)

Penyanyi paling senior adalah Misha Omar dan yang paling junior adalah Hafiz dan Akim dari rancangan realiti Akademi Fantasia.

Penyanyi yang berjaya mempertandingkan lebih daripada 1 lagu dalam AJL24 adalah Aizah iaitu sebanyak 2 buah lagu.

Satu-satunya orang bukan Melayu yang terlibat dalam penulisan lirik untuk lagu-lagu dalam AJL24 ini adalah Pete Teo, seorang yang versatile yang telah disenaraikan sebagai TOP 150 Man to Watch Out by CNN.

Pengacara untuk AJL24 ini masih mengekalkan muka-muka lama iaitu Cheryl Samad, Ally Iskandar dan Faizal Ismail. Ketiga-tiga mereke ini memang merupakan kombinasi yang cukup bagus untuk mengendalikan anugerah berprestij  seperti ini. Terdapat kontroversi di sebalik pemilihan mereka. Adakah Malaysia kempunan bakat baru dalam pengacaraan? Saya rasa ini bukan satu isu kerana untuk menjayakan sesebuah persembahan, hanya yang terbaik dapat mengemudikannya. Pemilihan mereka adalah untuk meneruskan kesinambungan dan kejayaan AJL-AJL yang terdahulu.

Saya memang peminat Cheryl Samad sejak dulu lagi semasa dia mengendalikan rancangan Muzik-Muzik di TV3. Dia merupakan antara pengacara wanita paling berjaya di Malaysia.I kenallah seorang yang special ni, many people say she looks like Cheryl Samad. Haha! some even say that she looks like Nicol David. Haha! This someone and Cheryl Samad both hitam manis, sweet, cute, chomel, kecik, dan petah berbicara.

I doakan this special person dapat jadi pengacara TV one day. =p

Memang best ah dapat tengok these marvellous and talented artistes perform live on the stage. AJL ini adalah satu platform untuk mengiktiraf penggiat hiburan tanah air selain daripada Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM).

Kesemua lagu-lagu yang dipertandingkan pada malam ini mempunyai kekuatan yang tersendiri dan tidak boleh dipandang remeh. Setiap daripada mereka mempunyai peluang untuk menang. Lagu-lagu yang menambat hati ku adalah:

1.Tak Mungkin Kerna Sayang-Alyah

2.Situasi-Bunkface

3.Pergi-Aizat

4.Rindu Terhenti-Tomok

5.Aku Rindu Sayang Kamu-Black

6.Bengang-Akim

7.Dan Sebenarnya-Yuna

8.Kau Aku-Aizat

9.Bencinta-Faizal Tahir

Saya harap artis pilihan saya akan menang iaitu Yuna, Aizat, dan Faizal Tahir.

I watched Hujan performed before at Hard Rock Hotel, Penang. Someone I know pula muka memang sebijik macam Yuna. She’s now also in UiTM, universiti yang Yuna belajar dulu. I start to listen to Yuna's song because of someone i used to called sayang la.. She can sing Yuna songs very well.

Who says non-Malays tak tengok rancangan berbahasa Melayu? Who says non-Malays tak patut or gila or tak ada standard sebab tengok rancangan Melayu?? BULLSHIT!

I dengar and nyanyi lagu Melayu. So? Does that make me less Chinese? Stuffs with Bahasa Malaysia or regarding Malays are not for Malays only. Bukalah minda. This is Malaysia, we share our uniqueness together. Malaysia belongs to Malaysians and not Malay, Chinese or Indian. It doesn’t belong to Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus as well.

Kalau semua orang sepakat, hormat, memahami dan give and take, taklah asyik gaduh je. Adakah patut kita buat sesuatau yang melukakan agama lain? Agama mana yang mengajar penganutnya untuk mengancam kesucian agama lain??

Anyway, luckily my semester hasn’t start, if not tak bolehg la I tgk AJL24. Hehe. I wanted to go KL n watch but it’s too far la. mahal tau duit bas. Lagipun ada benda belum settle kat penang. Rumah pula berperang. Siapa yang dapat pi tengok tu memang aku JELES la..

Anyway, I wish one day ada non-Malays yang dapat masuk AJL n get one of the awards. Best nya dapat perform on the stage sebesar tu where the whole Malaysia can c u.

I WANA ACHIEVE THAT!

So, Siapa yang anda rasa akan muncul juara pada AJL24 pada malam ini?

Siapa tahu keajaiban mungkin akan berlaku?

Are you ready people?!!

LET’S ROCK YOUR TV!!

the last 24 hours of 2009

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

It’s 31st December 2009 already!! It’s the last day of 2009.

In less then 24 hours, we are going to step into a brand new year.

Are you ready people? What are you doing right now?

Im going out to capture the last 24 hours of 2009.

Wana join me?

I wana save the last moments of 2009 through my eyes, from my heart.

Hehehe.

You can do the same too. Grab your gadgets now and start snapping.

Let us enjoy and remember the last day of 2009.

By the way, there’s a photography event to remember Penang in the last 24 hours.

For more information, click on the photos below or go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanyangfolkculture/

double DOUBLE happiness

Syukur.. what a good day today. I really had a very day good and prosperous day indeed.

Double double happiness! Means 4 happy things that happened today. ‘xuan xuan xi’.

1. As u all know, I got into the final of public speaking.

So I don’t have to repeat it again. But I want to say that despite the success, I managed to bring joy and excitement to people through my speech. How wonderful is that.

I want to say thank you again to everyone who were there. you guys made my Semester 3 so happening.

Trust me or not, THIS IS THE MOST HAPPIEST MOMENT BEING A UTARIAN IN UTAR KAMPAR AFTER ALMOST A YEAR.

Not to count the happiness with friends la.

2. A friend in uni told me that she saw me on TV.

I was like what??!! Why! For what? What am I doing there in TV?? All those questions popped up. im was so eager n excited to know the details.

She said I appeared in RTM 2 aka TV2 after the evening news. I was learning how to make kuih. According to her, I said that I took 1 week to persuade the kuih seller to teach how to make the kuih.

Then I start to remember about the interview that RTM did on me end of last night if im not mistaken. I couldn’t really recall exactly what happened during the interview la. I think there was also a person with me when the RTM journalist interview. Hmmm.. my sayang I guess, cuz the person took pic of me when the interview is going on.

They actually want to introduce the local delicacy that is popular in Penang. Sheau Fung from PHT called me to bring them there. So I brought them to Market Street where this Indian Muslim uncle sells the best samosa in Penang. Really sedap.

She asked me la the history of the shop, the seller, the samosa, about how I got involved with AAK n PHT, my feelings towards heritage etc etc lo. It’s so funny because I was talking in my broken Chinese with limited vocabulary. The show is in Mandarin ma.

Then the lady journalist asked me to demonstrate how to make samosa. Zzz.. I don’t think I learn how to make samosa before. I only interviewed them, watched them n eat samosa. Hmmm.. so for the very first time, I got the privilege to make samosa with the bos’s guidance. What a interesting experience.

I thought they show the programme already. Haha. I was wrong!

Thanks to AAK, PHT, ARTS-ED, I got a lot of exposures on many aspects in life, work and relationship. Through this NGOs, I learn performing arts, music, acting, interview skills, how to do research data management, how to do a good questionnaire, how to do good mind map, how to do documentation, event production stuff, appreaciation and the values of cultural heritage and heritage tour guiding.

Thanks to them also I found my love and I got to know Heritage Mafia and Kaki Penang. I miss Janet Pillai’s scoldings. I miss Sheau Fung. I miss Yoke Pinn.

I learn more about my root, my state’s history, the cultural heritage, the people of Penang and what's in their mind.

Talking about me on TV, I thought of these funny incidents. Im very kaypo aka busybody in my hometown, Penang. Whenever n wherever there are accidents, disasters, events, etc etc, I’ll be there..with all press. So nice to be with them at the front row to take pictures. Hahha. So the funny thing is I appeared on the newspaper quite a number of time…accidentally. Haha. the story is not about me but my picture was in there. it’s not my intention to be in the shot but it just so coincident that I was there. haha. I accidentally become popular lo.

3. Someone, my coursemate la, she suddenly said that “u noe i think ur more important to me den my bf. i think like secara tak langsung i think u are more important as a fren la!! r maybe we shud get married”

Fuh! I totally gone blank. What a statement. It sounds so wrong la. gila la her. so random. Don’t worry. No, she is not falling in love on me. haha.

Don’t la. not me la. go find some better guys in UTAR la. I also don’t want la. hmmm.. I just think feel ok to date someone in the uni especially your coursemate. So hard la. what if you argue, then your friends will have a very hard time to think who should they support. And what if the couple break up, it’ll be super awkward then.

So better keep the friendship then to ruin it.

I said to her, "cz im ur fren ma, we r clasmate n coursemate wat. we r clos wat." 

At least I know la im a good fren to her although she’s a bit cracko. Kind of sampat. hehe. I never thought that someone will say that to me. Something that a friend won't say. Something that sounds like a person likes me. I feel delighted about it. Yeala, so long already no one says such thing to me. Although im close with other coursemates as well, we don’t say such things la. malu la. shy la. if love love pun, just keep it in our heart la. take this 3 years to know each other better lo.

4. My roommate, Siang Yong is home. What a surprise. I thought he’ll only be home tomorrow. Anyway im so happy to see him. Very happy.

we go gay in the house, yell, scream, sing and camwhoring. Haha. I’ll show u his sexy photos. Oh he took some sexy shots of me too. Waaa bergay manyak syiok.

I asked him to massage me. hmm.. there’s room for improvement.

CONCLUSION

I had a bad Semester 2. Now, I feel good things start to happen towards end of the year. Isn’t it a good thing? Let’s work harder and achieve more. Well.. if I don’t work hard now and try to achieve my dreams, when else to do that? Opportunities don’t always come.

last night's thoughts tonight

Had some thoughts last night before I slept. So this was what in my mind last night.

1.       Waaaa.. the moon is so bright tonight. So romantic. Waaaa look at the stars. Twinkle twinkle little stars. How nice if I have a mat now. I’ll definitely sleep under the sky accompanied by the moon n the stars.

2.       Hmmm.. the whole house is so empty tonite. EMPTY! QUIET! SUNYI! SEPI! DIAM! Eeew.. everyone has gone back to their hometown because of Hari Raya Haji public holiday. Again, im all alone in this 3-storey mansion. Roommate also went back.

3.       The whole Westlake is like a dead town. Everyone went home. Many of them will have their unofficial holidays for next week, continue by study week. Then only they’ll come back here for exam. they don’t care avout the attendance already la. barred list is out. Most of the subjects are Pass/Fail subjects. No one really study hard for it.

4.       What should I wear for my public speaking competition huh? Samfu? Bcoz I nvr wear that in UTAR yet. Baju Melayu? Bcoz the 3 judges r Malay, can impress them la. 1Malaysia ma.

5.       I wana go home. So sudden I know. Just feel like going home la. hmmm.. should I should i? =p if I go back, I’ll go lepak or I’ll just sleep at home la. hmmm.. I won’t do my speech.

6.       When I go home next Saturday, I wana go watch 2012 or New Moon. I wana ask her out. I know it’s not gona work, but ask only ma..

7.       Now I realised what she used to tell me is true. Im not saying that I didn’t trust her just that it’s not my culture to put some water on the plate after we finish eating. Malay n Indians share this belief. Im smiling alone in my room, recalling the moment she poured water on my plate and said ‘mama I kata lepas makan mesti letak air. Tak baik biar pinggan kering.’ =p

PHOTO of the day

12/2/2007 2.04pm

from L to R: Lee Khai Keat, Oh Chin Eng, Lau Wei Han.

we were having our lunch after our school. that was Upper Six time, we were 19 back then. this pic is just so cute lah. sebijik macam apek lancia. the old Chinese people especially will come here to have their meal. it's cheap n delicious. some of them will squad on this bench facing all the dishes. i don't think you can fine this style of eating anywhere else in Penang. n u know what? this picture came out in The Star newspaper. hehee.