older, but wiser?????

Last monday was my birthday. It was okay, better than last year's and totally great compared to 2002's. since i'm at utm right now, i just celebrated it with my friends. bought a few tubs of ice cream, snacks and drinks and had a small party...hehe...quite dissapointed that i didn't have the oppurtunity to celebrate it with my family and that certain someone ;), but it's ok. i love my friends too...feeling older now....21...reminds me of that cranberries song...hehehe

ok, gotta run. got tons of work to do and so little time. i'll write more updates later. maybe after i got back from utm...ciao

Ramadhan sudah tiba

Haven't been writing anything for few weeks now. Since i got some time to kill, might as well write something right now.

Tomorrow, insyaallah will be the start of Ramadhan;the fasting month for muslims. Can't believe that it has actually been nearly a year since I left Sealand Freedom. Had my first experience of fasting on board a ship there. It was 'hell'!. With so much work to do and the ship trading only in the gulf area, there was no way that we can fast as we normally did back home. There was the weird working schedule to deal with, what more with the ship calling a port almost everyday. Then there was also the heat. But we were quite lucky that during that time, it was almost 'winter' season in the gulf. So it weren't as bad as the heat during may to august. The biggest challenge was from the fellow crew. With only the 2 of us (Helmi and me) being muslim, we did face some 'issues'. However, that were sorted out, no harm being done. Alhamdulillah, we managed to fast for the whole 2 weeks of Ramadhan on board that ship before signing off and coming back to malaysia. It sure was a big relief for us to be able to continue fasting at home, with our families.

anyway, the reason I'm writing this is to remind my fellow friends out there, jangan tuang pose!!senang jer nak pose dkt malaysia nih....hehehehe...bersyukurlah......ciao

my bro took this pic...i think it's quite good 

Mengelat.....

Too lazy to write an entry.here are some pic from my collection which i randomly picked

View from my cabin on board princess 

the fatter version of me just before joining princess 

the lovely vietnam air stewardess...she even blushes when we ask her to pose for the pic..haha..cute! 

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Birds eye view of Ho Chi Minh city 

pokok @ kashima 

basikal jepun @ kashima 

pakcik-pakcik bersama anak sedare mereka.....man i feel old 

second ship that i served 

twice bitten, forever smitten??????

just completed my 3rd paper which was Electronic Navigational Aids II. gotta admit that this is one of the subject which i hate. I never paid atttention to the lecturer in the class, never really put an effort to study it, and thought that it's nothing but some mumbo jumbo which is impossible for me to comprehend. What makes me hate it even more now is that i've just realised YESTERDAY that it is not that hard at all. And this is the exactly the same mistake that i did with chemistry, back in sdar...I gave up too easily without even trying.only during the last minute, with all the pressure of exams on me, and so little time left, do i push my self to really read and understand the subject...imagine when i found out that it wasn't hard at all!!..guess some bad habits are hard to break...hope i won't do the same mistake for the third time....as for the xm, lets just say that i would be really lucky just to pass the subject......

sem yg gagal....

I think I've failed the last 2 test that I did. One was today, and the other yasterday. urggghh, this is by far the worst sem for me, academically. I could never get my CGPA to above 3.7.
Heck, i might even miss the dean's list this time around. owh, wutever.....just gotta hope i'll pass all the paper and do better next sem.

anyway, forgot to write the update about the football tourney (not that anyone actually gives a damn). It has already ended and my class lost the final 1-2 to the mates n masters. too bad.well, at least helmi was the top scorer and the windbreaker that the champs won was hideous. talk 'bout low grade imitation stuff....eeeeyuuccckkk!!!!!

Merdeka 2004

Merdeka celebration this year sucks big time!!!!! I didn't celebrate Merdeka last year as I was sailing at that time. Because of that, I was really looking forward to this year's celebration. Since there was no news of any worthy concert happening at Bukit bintang, I decided to go to IKANO Power Centre at Mutiara Damansara instead. Ok, to give them some credit, it wasn't THAT bad.. But I can't help comparing it to the 2002 celebration at Bukit bintang which was really awesome. The atmospehere in 2002 was really different. The concert line up were great, and even when we're having fun at the concert, there was still a feeling of pride and patriotism. I really felt great for being a malaysian that night. How can you forget Gerhana Ska Cinta performing that Sudirman's number with a ska flavour (Tanggal 31 if im not mistaken) and Love Me Butch playing the national's anthem. Padi was the main attraction that night and they surely didn't disapoint their fans who turned out that night. Even non-fans were converted that night.heh...The crowd was also great. People couldn't stop waving their flag through out the concert, shouting Merdeka!! In fact, I can say that it was the best out door concert that i have attended in Malaysia. And it was FOC!!.....Fast forward to last merdeka eve, the performers were good, there were games, hot air balloon ride, and stuff like that. The venue was a bit cramped though.But the important thing is, it didn't soar to the same great heights which was achieved back in 2002. It feels just like an empty celebration. I felt neither proud nor patriotic. It was just all flash and seems to be of no substance. Just an empty and pointless celebration for fun in the name of Merdeka. A lame excuse for a party. Heck, even the countdown was late by at least 2 minutes. How I miss MerdekaTone and MerdekaWow. Too bad the magazine and radio station is not around anymore. It is a big loss to the Malaysian music scene.

However, putting the celebration aside, that night is still personally special to me.I love that night, just hate the celebration. hehehe.......

Fariz and me @ Starbucks KLCC 

Ceritalah.....

Updates on the class football team....after winning our first match (1-0 I think) and getting a draw on our second game (1-1), we managed to get second place in the group and are through to the quarter-final. The match will be held today, 1645 hours and we will be playing against team T-Rah (whatever that means). Wish us luck kay!!!hehe....

Last weekend was interesting. A good friend of mine had her graduation day on Friday. Congratulation to her. And thanks also for the pic. You look gorgeous lah! Sorry I couldn't be there with a bouquet of sunflowers that I know you love so much. Hope I can somehow make it up to you later. ..
Saturday was really special, but i won't write about it here. Not just yet... ;P
Finally, after god knows how long, I get to meet up with one of my best buddy, Fariz. Heck, this guy was so difficult for me to meet even when he was still studying in KMYS. I didn't even met him when I came to KMYS for that rugby tourney. But it's okay 'coz now I understand how it feels to have other commitments.hehe...anyway, I had a good chat with him, reminiscing old memories and updating ourselves with what's new and stuff. Too bad i can't stay long with him as i had to get back to ALAM that afternoon. I was literally running to catch the bus!!....
God, i miss all you guys laa, my fellow 96'ers. And you guys should read taleq's latest entry for his blog (http://imcp.blogspot.com). It's hillarious!! can't believe somebody actually remember all those stuff....hehehe

I've just surfed Damn Dirty Apes website just now. Looks like the new album is finally ready and will be out soon. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Their last album, 'Valve State dreams' was awesome. I can't never imagine getting so high on music 'til i listened to it. If you guys haven't heard their music yet, you better check it out, especially to all those rock heads out there..

Here's one of my recent pic. It's me with Helmi, shortly after a class football match. of course, I didn't play. just act as a photographer and cameraman. our class won the match. Forgot the score though... 

Standing in the eyes of the world.....without anybody noticing

And so here comes another editions of the olympics.Sadly, I don't see any medal prospects in the malaysian contingent. Even Badminton team, the only sport which have brought medals to Malaysia before, have faltered. What went wrong? It's not for me to say because i'm not a sport expert, but right now I feel a bit sad to be a Malaysian. What more, with this month being the Independance month, an Olympic gold medal, or any other color for that matter, would have surely boosted the malaysian pride and sense of patriotism. L:et's just hope that the remaining Malaysian athletes can pull out a surprise or two (and that would have to be a REALLY BIG surprise).....