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Sometimes I wonder how a seemingly boring day would end up on such a different note. I woke up today earlier than usual, thanx to my sweet darling who gave me a wake up call for subuh.thanx girl :)...Anyway, I was rather groggy this morning. Too lazy to do much of anything.Around 11 in the morning, I went out with my family and the 1st stop was the toyoto showroom. Just checking out when I'm gonna get the new car and to sort out everything to ensure that my parents can pick it up after I'm gone. Then we had lunch at restoran vicchuda, a new Thai restaurant at the new Sunway Damansara shoplots, The food are great, but the drinks are lousy, Can't even taste my apple juice. At least the food was good, at a quite reasonable price too. Next stop was tesco and gosh, there was so many people there. Or at least i thought so since the parking lot was full. But once inside, it was not so bad. Even the que at the cashiers counter are not so long with some of the counters empty. Maybe people just parked their car at Tesco and went to the other malls around the area. You see, the parking at Tesco is free.hehe....

After we're done with the shopping, went straight home. I was feeling really, i mean REALLY sleepy. Went to get some shut eye and slept for nearly an hour. After that, I'm all fresh and ready for the date which really made my day. hehe..

Lamenyer....

wah wah wah,,,it has been ages since my last entry.So, what has happened since then huh? ok la,quick updates.....

-I signed on Sealand Integrity
-Sailed between Europe and the east coast of US
-puasa while on board
-braye while on board
-turned 22 while on board
-Signed off at Alegeciras
-Got back together with my loved ones
-Had a nice holiday in Penang
-Cousin Pon got married
-Celebrated ney year at Ikano
-Celebrated raya haji at home

hmmm...i think thats all la, The rest u guys dont need to know( or dont even wanna know...hehe)
Life has been quite good i guess. Gonna start working soon. Quite jittery 'bout it, this being my first time to totally shoulder all the responsibilities as an officer. Hope you guys can pray for me..hehe..I got big plans for this year.A lot of changes to my life is gonna happen.Hope everything wioll goes well and according to the plan.adios!

a sad september, a blessed october and a long november.....

yeah...it's been awhile. i know...anyway, been too busy to post an entry...what have i been up to then??well, i've painted my room. it got 2 tone now, both of different shades of maroon. one of it is rather pinkish, but what the heck. i dont care..hehe

watched cinderella man a couple of days ago. TOTALLY RECOMENDED!! it's such a great movie. sooo touching, i felt like crying. but of course, to maintain the jantan macho status and all, i didn't cry laa...lol....i do want to make a review on the film, (heck, after my last film review on gol & gincu, who knows maybe russel or renee might drop a few line on my blog..hehe)....but sadly, i'm running out of time here...

the big news is, i'm gonna go back on board this weekend. my flight is on saturday night and i'm gonna heading for houston. quite jittery 'bout it since the news of hurricane rita that is predicted to hit that area...anyway, berserah lah kepada tuhan..hope u guys can pray for me too...i'm gonna be on board for 2 months. So, gonna be spending my ramadhan n syawal on board...sob...sob... :( sesape bermurah hati... hantar2 la kad raye /kuih raya /duit raye dekat aku...hehe

so,that's about it for now. i'll probably not gonna make any entry for at least 2 months..but hopefully when i return, i'm gonna have lots of stuff to tell n pictures to show..hehe....till then.selamat berpuasa,maaf zahir batin n slamat hari raya.... ciao.....

Teruja....

I went to the mines last thusday with Ros and her friend, Rose (no, that didn't confused me...hehe..) Rose's phone went kaput a few days earlier and she wanted to get herself a new one. After she bought her phone, we still had a lot of time to spare. Gol & Gincu started their screening that day. We thought, what a better way to support the Malaysian film industry than to watch a local movie.hehe....So, there we were, in the cinema, armed with bottles of mineral water. But one problem thought. Rose didn't brought her glasses (control ayu la tu ;P) and seated at the 3rd row from the back made it impossible for her to see the movie. Luckily, the cinema was mostly empty. So we shifted to the seats that are nearer to the screen. With that problem sorted, we sit back and enjoy the movie.....and boy, was I teruja.....

The story goes a 'lil sumthing like this. Putri (Fazura) just got ditched by his futsal-crazy boyfriend, Eddy (Ashraf Sinclair). You see, Putri, as her name suggests, is the 'princess' type of girl. You know, the ones who are so crazy 'bout fashions and all things girlish. Eddy, being a sporty type of fella, is getting bored with Putri, saying that she is too 'dependent' and that he wants 'a striker, not a cheerleader'. And so, they broke up.

But Putri still wants Eddy back (How stupid can a girl get?? hehe), so she decided to try her hands ( and feet) at futsal. That's when she met Zie ( Rafidah of 3R fame), who later became the coach and player of 'Bukan Team Biasa'. Eddy, on the other hand, got what he wished for in the form of Shasha ( Sazzy Falak). But sometimes, what we wished for doesn't always turns out the way that we wants it to be....

I won't spoil it for those of you who haven't watched the movie yet, which is something that you all should do. It's not often that you get a chance to see a Malaysian movie that's worth the ticket price.hehe...Some bloggers have even said that this movie is better than Sepet. I don't quite agree with that, but I have to admit that this is a fun movie to watch, with issues that are close to us, the Malaysian teens. The realistic dialogues also doesn't make you cringe ( watch this movie and learn Dato' Yusuf Haslam...haha). It does get a bit poyo at the start, but after a while, it gets better.

For me, the characters that draws my attention were not the 2 leading star. (Fazura's role was quite boring and Ashraf need to improve on his acting skills.) But the co-stars simply shines...Sharifah Amani for example played the role of 15-year old jiji very convincingly, continuing her superb performace just like in Sepet. The 2 AF2 stars, Anding and Zarina were said to have been casted to draw the AF fans crowd. Well, if I haven't read that fact in the newspaper, I certainly wouldn't have noticed them. Not that it's their fault. It's just that I'm not a fan of AF. ;P ..Anyway, Zarina as dayang was quite convincing. She played the role of mat rempit type of girl ( no offence here) and she sure rawks, especially when she's playing futsal. Seems like she's a natural player to me..heh..The same can't be said for Anding though. Playing the part of an unsupportive boyfriend of Sarah (Kartini), he lacks screen time. Heck, even his face was not clearly seen in the movie. That role could have been played by anybody else and nobody would notice the difference...

Pierre Andre as Reza did a good job. He didn't had much screen time either, but he managed to exudes his charm and sweetness. I'm sure lots of girls out there would be crazy 'bout him after they watched this movie..hehe. Ida nerina delivers as always. Zahim Albakri (that's his name i think) also did well as the father who loved his girls a 'lil bit too much.hehe

The castings for the other roles were spot on. Using talented newcomers (I assume) such as the actresses for the roles of J and Aisyah was a great move. They acted really well and being unknown actresses, it made you identifies with their issues much more easier. It's like seeing your next doors neighbours telling you their problems. And it's nice to see a big lady who doesn't feel sorry for herself in a malaysian movie for a change.

Other aspects of the movie was also great. The shot was wonderfully done ( I do question the scene where Putri plays futsal in the dark even after she has paid for the court, but it does look good...hehe) and the soundtrack fits the movie like a glove. I wonder if the soundtrack to this movie would be available soon.. hint* hint*...hehe

The only gripes that i have about this movie is the amount of product placements. It does make the viewrs feel like they are watching one reaalllyy long advertisement. But it's quite understandable since they need all the money they can get to help fund a movie such as this is Malaysia.

So, there you got it. Another milestone for Malaysian cineme.A Malaysian movie which is both fun and entertaining. I'm sure that critics won't panned the movie and casual movie goers will come out of the cinema with a smile on their face. Well done to Bernard Chauly and Rafidah......So what are you guys waiting for??? Go out and watch this movie. I assure you that it's better than those hyped indon movies which just disappoints, namely Tentang Dia and Unggu Violet. Kiamat Sudah Dekat is a different story...hehe

this picture was taken @ utm with my mates....sweet memories..... 

last day together..... 

at the OSA porch with fam n friends 

the end is near.....

hmmm....
finally. sume pon dah habis. x lame lagi, dah xde lagi la kehidupan ni lg.....

hehehe...relax guys. tu bukan end ape pon. just my student life dekat alam.hehe. nak grad dah aku. insyaallah bulan 7 ni la....seems like a dream to me. where did the last 4 years went to??sekejap gile dah nak habis dah..anywaym,i'm quite happy to be leaving alam soon. i'm gonna be missing my friends there, but life in alam is hardly something that i'd want to remember. There's just too much office politics going on there.....

anyway, aku akan buat aku nyer oral examination insyaallah at the end of this month or early nxt month. oral exam ni utk aku dpt aku nyer certificate of competency so that i'll be certified to be a deck officer on board a merchant vessel. exam ni tersangatlah susah since there is no syllabus or set question. dat means they can ask u anything under the sun!!!
aku pon xde la prepared sgt skarang ni.so i have to do my best la to be prepared with the little time that i have left. hope anyone reading this entry n care for me can wish me luck la n doa a bit for me. i need all the help that i can get right now. hehehe...so, take care guys..love u all!!!

a mac from mama

bought a mac mini a couple of weeks back. still trying to familiarise myself with mac osX. seems simple 'nuff, but still need some practise with most of the applications. Anybody can help me with this?? heh... wish i had bought office for mac too..hehe

as for the mac mini, it's simply superb.can't believe that such a small thing can pack in so much power.and it's really cheap too if you consider that it is a mac..heh...

again, i'm keeping this entry short. i'll write more when i have the time...ciao

A few weeks ago, can't remember whether it was before or after chinese new year, one of my lecturer said sumthing like this to the class..
"you can see now that the weather is very dry and hot. I want you to observe the weather condition after chap goh mei. according to my experience, it will start raining after that"....
and true, it did starts raining. Go figure................

thesis, exams and sepet......

Have been real busy lately chasing the dateline for the submission of my thesis. Got only 3 weeks to go and tons of stuff to do. Guess that's how things go when you do it at the last minute....next week are gonna be my last week of classes, before the study week began. The finals are gonna start on the 21st march. I'm a nervous wreck right now. But at the same time, I'm damn excited that I'm gonna leave this so-called higher learning institution soon...hehe

Besides my tight schedule, I still managed to watch Sepet last week. My partner were busy, so I had to watch it on my own. Haven't done that for awhile now, watching movie by myself.hehe...And boy, I sure didn't regret it. It was worth every cent of the ticket price. It's so damn good. Really!!! Go see it yourself if you don't belive me. It's so touching, so real. When it's funny, it's not funny in a "haha.why the hell did he do that" sort of way. It's more like "hey, i do that too" kinda funny. Get me??hehe...anyway, I might write about the movie later, after i watched it for the 2nd time...hehehe

laaazzzyyyyyyy

Ok, i admit it.I'm a lazy blogger. I haven't updated my site for a couple of months now and the last updates were all pics..hehe...yeah, I'm lazy, so sue me..hehehe

So, what's new eh?? For me, it's mostly the same old story. Busy with studies and project work. Finals coming up at the end of next month. I'll be going back to KL today for the Chinese New Year leave. I think this is gonna be my last chance to relax a bit. After this, I'll have no break until after graduation which is in June.Even that depends on whether I can pass the oral exam in 1 shot or not and that is not an easy task. The last time the orals were held, only 3 candidates out of 24 passed. That's a really scary thought for me....

Can't believe that it is already February 2005. Time sure flies huh. January was a good one. I had lots of fun outings and , at the same time, didn't flunk a single test. Hehe. Sure,the results were not great (I didn't get a single A), but it was still good, at least for another deans' list. Not sure if it is enough to help me qualify for the 1st class degree though. Personally, I don't think I can get it because my last sem's pointer quite bad and it drags my cgpa down (that's my punishment for being such a lazy f***er last semester..hehe). But my friends are pushing me for it. So, I'm trying, eventhough I know I'm still not giving my 100% for it. What can I say, I'm just so damn lazy. Someone kick me in the butt please....hehe... I guess I don't have those high achievers attitude that Kimah mentioned in her blog. That's not good, isn't it???

with friends at Bukit Gantang 

Morning view from my room. 

From left to right: Aida, Fareez, Zubir, me, Abah,and Hafiz

Bosnia??

cousins united

the clan

Raya '04 with fam...

Hari Raya 2004

After all the kuih raya,lemang, ketupat, rendang and all the other stuff which made my mid section grew horizontally, and the last minute rush of preparing the thesis proposal (just completed it last night, hope Faisal will remember to print and submit it to Capt. Manni), I'm finally writing a new entry.

The Journey
Me and the guys (Abu, Qam, Munir and Pali) starts to head north in my Unser in the early morning of Thursday, sometime around 1 a.m. Actually we went out the house at exactly midnight, but after a short stop at section 6's 7-E and burger stall, which took ages to be prepared considering we only ordered 5 burgers, we were somewhat delayed. But after that, it was al smooth. We entered the PPLUS hiway from Kota Damansara and starts to head North. I had some reservation early on about driving long distance at night, considering the fact that my eyesight aren't as good as I'd like them to be at night and that I've never done it before. However, having the guys as company did help tremendously and I must say that Abu is a great 'co-driver'. ;P
We made our first stop at Sg. perak so that i can fill some gas for the car. After that, we continued the journey before stopping again at Bukit Gantang 'coz i need to take a leak. Along the way, traffic we smooth and there was not much problem for me except for a few cars which irritates me by having their lights on high beams. But the sheer volume of people at the rest stops along the was quite unbelievable. All the major rest area are full and so does the rest of the smaller rest stops.
We finally arrived at penang around 4.30 a.m and decided to drop Qam at the Island and also to have sahur there. We went to Pelita Nasi Kandar restaurant at Sg. Dua at waited while Qam's family came to fetch him. They arrived some time after 5 a.m. and soon we were back on the mainland. Abu's House was the next stop after that.

Continuing the journey, I was beginning to feel sleepy. Maybe it was because of the heavy sahur which makes me feel like I want to mengular..lol..Munir kept me company after that while Pali took a nap. We exited at Sg. Petani's north exit and drop Munir at his house.After that, it was only me and Pali. We got back to the highway at Gurun and by that time, the sun was already rising. The scene were really beautiful, seeing those low lying clouds, the fog, and the picteresque view of paddy fields. Too bad I couldn't stop to take some pictures.
We arrived at Alor Setar at about 8 a.m and went straight to Shahab Perdana as Pali wanted to buy the ticket to goback to ALAM. Pali cam to tok's house after that to get some rest while waiting for 10 o'clock (Pali wanted to go to Pekan Rabu for some 'business'..hehehe). Finally, I sent Pali to Kuala Kedah jetty.

The Celebration
The house was recently renovated and it made it much more confortable to live in, considering the number of people that is had to accommodate. Since Kak Suhaina had her wedding on the 4th of raya, most of my relatives came back to Alor Setar to celebrate Hari Raya. The 1st day was like usual. I had shower and put on my black baju melayu with sampin and went for sembahyang raya. After that, we took turns to take family photos. As usual, abah was the photographer on duty. I only took a few pic since I know that dad love the job so much. We also did all the usual thing like minta maaf among each other,hand out duit raya and eat! And Boy did I eat a lot. Seems like all the flab that have went away a bit during the fasting month came back that morning.hehe....After that, we did the usual relatives houses tour to beraya.
The 2nd day of Raya was the most special for me I guess.It's the first time that I'm celebrating raya with some one important to me....Besides that, I also paid a visit to Abu's house. Met Qam there to give him the bag that he left in the car.
3rd Day. Today is the day for Kak Suhaina's nikah ceremony. I went with the other relatives to see the ceremony at the mosque near sultanah asma seconday school (can't remember the name of the mosque). Anyway, it was quite entertaining to see how that guy didn't even managed to say a word for the first akad...He stumbles for a few more times before the kadi told him to relax a bit and take a breather....I was grinning from ear to ear by then,seeing how funny the situation was. That is until Boy turned to me and says that the same thing could happen to me latter. That managed to put things into perspective for me..lol...Anyway, after a change of place, being a bit further from the crowd especially the females, that guy managed to say his akad perfectly and Kak Suhaina is officially married.
4th day of raya was the bersanding ceremony at the brides house.

Coming Back
Iwan, Shafeeq and me went back to KL on thursday, the 5th day of raya. I knew something was wrong that day, but couldn't really figured what it was. I found out about the first thing as I was just about to get into the Highway. I realised that the car was low on gas and was nearly empty. I had to exit at the Alor Setar's south exit and look for a gas station. Thank god that the car had enough gas to reach there.

After that, we continued the journey. Made a quick stop at Abbas's house in Sg. Petani 'coz the boys wanted to pick upsome BMX parts.

The next stop was Sg. Dua, Penang. Ros's House :)
It was also a very brief stop. Just for me to pick up some of her stuff that she wants to bring to KL. But shortly after I left her house, she called and told me to turn back 'coz I forgot to take the chocolate cake. I don't know why, but at the same time, I also suddenly realized that I left my file containing materials that I needed for the thesis proposal at Alor Setar. Anyway, I turn around, got the cake, say good bye to Ros for the second time and called mom to remind her to bring the file when they are coming back.
We made a stopped at Mak Su's House in Tronoh to beraya and spend the night there. The next morning, we,together with Mak su's family, continued our journey to Kl. When we reached KL, we directly went to Cheras to see Atok. Haven't seen her for quite sometime since she went for umrah for the whole of Ramadhan and only came back to Malaysia a day before.