Reminiscing~

Assalamualaykum.

It's official.
It's finally been decided.
(read here.)
The place where I grew up and met friends who I can call family will finally be relocated to another location.
When I read that in Asni's blog yesterday, I felt as if I was being stabbed straight into my heart.
Some may think that I over-reacted given the fact that I somehow already knew this was coming sooner or later, but when it's officially announced, I almost cried.

TKC is not only a school for me [and each of us TKCians], but it's also a place where we learn all about life, love and most importantly friendship.
As I always say, the five years spent in Bukit Merbah was the best years in my life and nothing can take away the fond memories [and also bitter ones] I had there.
The college spirit may always be with us no matter we go, but it's not the same.
I just can't imagine if we're having our 10th year gathering [for example] at another place, not in our old school compound.
The feeling must be totally different.


But who am I to say what to do and vice versa.
I'm just a plain TKC Old Girl with our college spirit that'll stay with me till the day I die.
I'll be damned if they make our old school compound as another school.
[Like what happened to SAS and SDAR..]
Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu...
Then again., this is just another rambling from me..~

Wassalam.

Songs...

Assalamualaykum..
A friend of mine depised the idea of placing the "SingingBox" in my sidebar.
He thought that it's very irritating.. Huhuhuhu..
Do y'all think so too?

The reason why I put the "SingingBox" is to share my current favourite mp3.
Or the kind of songs that I like to listen to.
No matter what the language is.. Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, Bahasa, English..
As long as the melody suits me, I'll fall in love with the song within seconds.
Just so you know, there's a "STOP" button there.
I beg you to just click on it if you think it bothers you.
(Do I sound angry? Hehehe..don't misunderstand me,ok? I'm not.)

What say you my other readers?
Shall I put away the "Box that Sings"...??
Do tell, if many of you detest the idea, then I'll delete it right away.

On a similar note, Asni said she tagged me.
Again. (Asni darling,..you're really into this TAG thingy right??)
Hehehehehehe.. but I think I'll pass.
You don't mind, do you?
It's just that 2001 was not a 'joyful' or 'memorable' year for me.
When I was 18, I felt lost. Don't really know where I was heading to.
I think I've no fond memories that year, except my Kak Yong got married.

But, let me fill your curiousity with something quite similar to the task in that Tag game.
I happen to have a few songs that remind me of those special in my heart.

One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey&BoysIIMen)
- reminds me of you and all the Thoroughbreds 9600. I think this song was so popular back when we were in Form 1. You know, everytime I hear this song, I would always picture us going to the Dining Hall for breakfast, Prep Class, walking through the Lover's Lane in college, Friendship Day.. =) This is OUR song,kan?.

Smooth (Santana feat. Rob Thomas)
-this song never fails to remind me of Jasman Haris. Do you still remember him, Asni? The oh-so-cute SASian who came to our French Day and stole my heart away? Hahahahaha.. (Joking lah! Marah F****n nanti!) For the record, he's chubby now, you know. So the cuteness has gone with the wind-lah. LOL. But Jasman's a good friend, no doubt about it. His friendship, is definitely worth keeping. And as to why this song reminds me of him, I also don't know. Maybe he once told me it was his favourite.

Ku Impikan Bintang (Sean Ghazi)
- this song by Sean Ghazi reminds me of Kak Ruby. In fact, all of Sean's songs remind me of her. Why, because she wrote such wonderful entry about Sean in her blog and I got butterflies listening to Sean's voice and watching him in his music video. But the main reason is because Kak Ruby actually went through all the troubles to get me his CD (that time it was not yet available in KB, early 2007.) She called me to get my address and get it posted. Thanks, Kak Ruby. I was deeply touched..

Here Without You (3 Doors Down)
- Fqrl. This particular song reminds me of him. I guess it's because he introduced me to it. And I fell in love with the song on the spot. The lyrics have got nothing to do with him, me or our friendship but still, whenever I hear this song, I'll automatically think of him. A v.good friend and counselor/advisor.

Here Without You - 3 Doors Down

There you have it.
Hope this satisfies your curiousity,Asni darling.
Wassalam~

Aaaaaaahhh~

Assalamualaykum.

Did I ever mention I love ROBERT REDFORT so much??
For a man his age, I think he's HOT.
You don't think so??
Think again.






Aaaaaaahhh~

Apart from his good looks [albeit the fact that he goes for "nip/tuck" occassionally], he's one of my favourite actor of all time.
I would cry every time I watch him and Michelle Pfeiffer in "Up Close & Personal".
Reason being, he died in that movie.
I usually hate sad ending movies, but I made exception for this piece.
And just tonight, I managed to see him in "Indecent Proposal", with Demi Moore.
Again he made me cry.
No, he didn't die in this one in case you are wondering.
I cried because he was being a true gentleman, letting Demi go for another guy [who she was more in love with,and happened to be her husband.]
I know it sounds stupid, but I won't bore you with the whole storyline.
He's my man. Period.

When can I meet MY Robert Redfort?
He he he.

Wassalam~

(Feel like vomitting?? Yes, you may do so now. LOL)

tagged by miss B

Mari menjawab soalan

1. Bekas kekasih saya adalah :

>> seorang yang tak wujud.. adoi.. pathetic ke?..br 1st Q.

2. Saya sedang mendengar :

>>bunyi kipas dlm kelas ni dan lagu-lagu ballad korea di media player.

3. Mungkin saya patut:

>> stop jawab ni and habeskan kerja?!

4. Saya suka :

>>apa yang orang biasanya x suka.

5.Sahabat-sahabat baik saya :

>>are those i cant live without.

6.Saya tak paham :

>> kenapa orang korea punya kulit halus. not that pernah sentuh, tp nmpk macam..

7.Saya kehilangan :

>> semangat untuk berBLOG.

8.Ramai yang berkata :

>> beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.. but.. in reality?? kurus=cantik? huhu..

9.Makna nama saya :

>> cahaya yang memelihara [keamanan? anak?!!]

10.Cinta itu adalah :

>>satu rasa yang membuatkan rama2 berterbangan di dalam perut. hahah..[direct translation neh]

11.Di suatu tempat, seseorang sedang :

>>berharap blog ini di update.

12.Saya akan cuba :

>> jawab soalan2 ni sampai habes..

13.Ayat SELAMANYA membawa maksud :

>> selamanya tu PERKATAAN, bukan AYAT.

14.Telefon bimbit saya :

>>second hand, dan ianya dibeli di jepun oleh mizot..

15.Bila saya terjaga dari tidur :

>> tunggu alarm 6.30 bunyi..[usually terjaga awal]..chewah~

16.Saya paling meluat apabila :

>> seriously cant think of one right now. baikkah daku??

17.Pesta/Parti adalah :

>> hingar bingar,imho. which i don't really fancy.

18.Haiwan yang paling comel yang saya pernah temui ialah :

>>ikan-ikan di pulau redang.

19.Peringkat umur yang paling menyeronokkan bagi saya ialah :

>> 16.form four.enough said. ;)

20.Hari ini :

>> students saya exam bahasa inggeris. dan ada yang dapat full marks utk mcq. yay!

21.Malam ini saya akan :

>> masak dan tengok tv seorang diri.

22.Esok pula saya akan :

>> ke sekolah untuk kelas tambahan..

23.Saya betul-betul inginkan :

>> percutian di Seoul tahun depan menjadi kenyataan.

24.Ketika anda lihat wajah anda di hadapan cermin pagi ini :

>> [dalam hati berkata] wah, jerawat itu mesti di cover!

25.Pusat membeli-belah atau arked permainan :

>>apa kes arked?? shopping complex of kosss..

26.Makanan Barat atau Jepun :

>> jepun

27.Bilik yang terang atau gelap:

>> gelap.

28.Makanan segera adalah :

>> tak elok untuk kesihatan

29.Ayat terakhir yang anda katakan pada seseorang?

>>"kelas Sabtu ni, pukul 9 sampai 11,eh?!"

30.Siapa yang anda nak Tag?

>> kalau nak jawab silakan...

p/s: thanks for your thoughts, miss B!! miss you lots!!

not quite, but still alright.

i always hear or read that people say Kelantan is under developed. and that the rakyat is poor.. [??! did they check EVERY house in Kelantan or what?!!].. on what basis that claim was made, i'm not so sure. and how do they define a developed state, remains a question. to me, you have to come here and judge for yourself. we might not have those skyscrapers like KL here in Kota Bharu. or public transport systems like monorail,LRT et cetera, we don't have them. but imho, everything that we have here is enough. at least i can get what i want. those simple stuff that you thought you won't find in KB, is here already..

these are basically what shambie and i found during our 'weekly date' last weekend.

sushi? no problem. even though you won't have the luxury of eating in Sushi King, you still get to eat sushi. not as delicious, but the taste is acceptable. at least en par with Jusco's sushi [a must whenever i go to Maluri].. :D

and to our excitement, me and my 'girlfriend' Shambie found a stall that sells takoyaki. yahoo!! takoyaki, simply means grilled octopus is a famous Japanese street food and to find it in KB is just so satisfying. [wikipedia].



for some western food earlier that afternoon, we head for London Fish Tales.. [miss b, this is the 'closest' to London that i can get.. *lol*].. the food was simple [we only ate fish and chips and fried shrimp]..yet they are so yummy. especially the shrimp.

and for desert, there is Secret Recipe nearby for their oh-so-delicious cakes or Big Apple Donuts.. my, their donuts are fingerlickingly good! we didn't eat any cakes or donuts though, since the takoyaki made us full.



the best that day was of course, the fish massage that we get right after lunch. yeah, definitely not the same as the Fish Spa that you can find in Pavillion KL, but the fish are somewhat the same.

for rm18, our feet got massaged [or shall i say, 'EATEN' by the fish] for half an hour.. it's quite ticklish at first, but you'll get used to it in no time. felt as if you get minor electric shock whenever the fish suck the dead cells off your feet. the fish didn't actually bit our feet, but more like 'kissed' our feet. and with each 'kiss' we felt the shock. so imagine with that many fish all over your feet..how ticklish it would be.. :)

oh, that's yours truly's feet in the picture,btw. that's one helluva fish, right? shambie didn't get that much. so what did that indicates? hahahaha. my feet got a lot more dead cells than hers!! dang! an exciting experience it was that we decided to have another visit there to get our feet massaged.


after the 'date' we came to a conclusion that you don't need to go to KL or other 'more developed' cities to experience or get any interesting stuff when everything's right in front of you now. no matter how 'mundur' people say Kelantan is, at least in our point of view, it is the contrary. apart from a cinema, Kelantan has everything that we need. hehhehe.. [with a cinema, we'll have no more wish. everything is complete,then.].. lol.

lastly, if we 'developed' and be the same like KL or JB, where's the uniqueness then? people have always been flocking to Kelantan because they say we have quality stuff here yet with very reasonable price. i.e., gold jewelleries, batik sutera, batik sarung, tudung bawal et cetera.. i don't have proof of that, but according to my friends [not Kelantanese], it is the truth. so, i like Kelantan as it is now. whatever negative remarks people give, at least to me, it's special.

a patriotic entry, don't you think? *lol*

to shambie: babe,can't wait for our rendezvous this weekend!! hehe

Dream.

Assalamualaykum~

At 2.31 a.m this morning, my brain suddenly woke me up.
You see, before I went to sleep last night [11p.m approx.] I did a mental reminder to wake up at 2.30 a.m and finish my work.
[Plus I had not ironed my baju kurung+tudung for school the next day {today}.]
Alhamdulillah, it worked.
No alarm clock or handphone.
I woke up, got my baju kurung+tudung ironed while watching Astro AEC.
Then, I made a cup of coffee and switched on my laptop.
I had to make the pamphlet/brochure/leaflet for today's Mesyuarat PIBG.
By 4.30 a.m I finished my work,but my eyes felt damn fresh..[the effect of Pe'rl cafe..]
So,.. alone, I watched "the Nanny" for one whole hour @ the Hallmark channel.
[then my imaginations went wild.. the thought of having a husband like Mr Sheffield seemed like a good idea at that time. LOL. Tall, handsome and richie rich!]

Alas, I was asleep again at 6a.m.
About 15 minutes after azan Subuh.
I was asleep for only 20 minutes but during that 20 minutes I had a dream.
I dreamed about my friends.
There were Shaxu, Jasara, Inamadz, Shambie, Aboon and a few others that I couldn't recall.
We were @ a restaurant, similar to MidValley's Chili's if I'm not mistaken.
And what were we doing there?
Besides getting the latest 'gossip' we were also...

WAITING FOR SOME PEOPLE FROM SOME RECORDING STUDIOS
TO RECORD OUR BATCH SONG..

WTH, kan?
[RollingOnTheFloorLaughing]

After a while, there were some who 'showed up' for us.
Among those who were there, I could remember vividly two people.

1. Joe Flizzow from TooPhat
2. MTV's Vj Colby

Seriously, I'm not quite sure the significance of both Joe and Colby to me.
I'm definitely not a hip-hop fan, and I personally prefer StarWorld&Discovery Channel rather than MTV.
[but I've to admit Vj Colby caught my eyes-lah.]
But for my own dissappointment, the dream ended quite abruptly.
I didn't get to see/hear us recording our 'oh-so-merdu' voices.
Hahahahahahaha..

From this dream, I came to a conclusion.

I MISS MY FRIENDS.
[Especially these girls..]

And Cik Asni, I think I'd miss you the most nanti. ;)

Wassalam~

Patient!

Assalamualaykum.

Just finished my class with my Year 6 kids.
Well, today I think my patience goes up way beyond the limit.
Why? Read below.
The scenes happen in the same day (which is today-lah).

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Scene 1:

TeacherFizzy: I want you to take out the homework that I asked you to do. Put up your hands those who didn't finish that homework.

(almost half of the class put up their hands.)

TeacherFizzy: Was it that hard?I only asked you to write 10 SIMPLE sentences using words that I had already given you the meanings. And we have gone through the words a few times already!

Those who didn't finish their homework, I want you to get out of my class. Get out! I don't have time for those who are not interested in learning.

(students obidiently [and happily] got out of the class.)

* * *

Scene 2:

TeacherFizzy: I want each of you to share your sentences with your friends, write it on the board. 1 sentence for 1 person.

(the remaining students began writing on the board.)

TeacherFizzy: "Just now, I drew my mother and father picture." Amer, what do you want to say here actually? 'Saya lukis gambar ibu bapa saya', atau 'saya melukis gambar untuk ibu bapa saya'?

(no answer.)

TeacherFizzy: Do you hear me? Apa maksud ayat yang awak tulis ni? Come on, your wrote it yourself, mesti la tahu maksud kan? Saya bukan marah, saya nak tahu apa yang awak cuba maksudkan lepas tu saya akan betulkan lah.

(still no answer, he didn't even look at me when I asked him.)

TeacherFizzy: Amer!! Saya dah cakap BM ni. Faham tak soalan saya? Saya cuma nak tahu maksud ayat awak ni. Bukan saya kata ayat awak salah. Bila dah tahu apa yang awak cuba sampaikan, baru saya boleh betulkan mana-mana yang patut. Kalau tak, jadi lain pulak. Awak akan salah faham nanti!

(he remained silent and my body started shaking, tears suddenly filled my eyes.)

TeacherFizzy: MasyaAllah! Answer me, Amer. Is it that hard to understand my question? Itu ayat yang awak buat sendiri, bukan ayat yang saya bagi. So you MUST know the meaning kan?

(tears rolled down my cheek by now..)

Amer: "Saya melukis gambar ibu bapa saya."

TeacherFizzy: There!!! Boleh pun jawab. Itu lah yang saya tanya dari tadi lagi. That's what I want to hear. Kenapa dari tadi awak tak bagi maksud tu? Nak saya menangis dulu baru awak nak jawab? So, your sentence should be like this: " Just now, I drew a picture of my mother and father."

(after a bit of 'lecture', the class continue as usual.)

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Yeah, I cried in front of my students.
The first time this year.
Does that make me a bad teacher?
I do sound like one, don't I?

Sigh~

Wassalam.