Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo

I am now a teacher......

2012-01-28T07:21:00.000-08:00

I am grateful to be posted, grateful that I am to teach in a Felda settlement and grateful that for the time being, I was given a place to stay.

Mase ambe kecik - kecik dulu, inguh leleh serok - serok

2011-11-14T05:01:00.000-08:00

#2
throw a tantrum in the middle of a pasar malam once because dad refused to buy a fake Barbie Doll.
Dad explained what I should be playing with later, but he bought the doll anyway.

Mase ambe kecik - kecik dulu, inguh leleh serok - serok

2011-11-12T08:22:00.000-08:00

I thought that 'Banduan' is a tittle.

You know, as in 'Jutawan', Hartawan' or Budayawan'

20 sen.

2011-02-01T11:40:00.000-08:00

Sekeping 20 sen bagi saya,

Adalah sekajang kertas A4,

bertulis bait - bait ilmu,

Disuap pada kau yang dahaga,

namun berakhir di tong sampah juga,

bersama hingus dan liur.

Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo

I love nasi kerabu, even though it's blue!

2011-01-29T18:37:00.000-08:00

Being at home is all about warmth and comfort and warmth and comfort is all about my mum's cooking!........ even when she whip up something blue!

The Nasi Kerabu! Nothing sums up a mother's love than a dollop of blue rice, served with nyo goreng (fried coconut?) and a mix of local herbs.

There is no explanation known to me why the rice is blue. What I do know is that Nasi Kerabu will not be Nasi Kerabu if it is not blue!

So how do we get the blue on rice, you asked? I will try to answer that in my next post.

Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo doh....

Cincau vs. King

2011-01-26T05:55:00.001-08:00

They clicked....the instance I introduced them!

(regretting it because Cincau keep monitoring King's tank like a bear waiting for the salmon to jump)

Two Friends, With Nothing Else To Do.........

2011-01-08T06:50:00.000-08:00

......so we gave each other questions! not the truth or dare kind of questions, but funny, spontaneous questions. If you are wondering where is this blabbering leads to, you can read the other half of the questions (the one I asked Azim) here.

1. dalam banyak2 watak katun, kau nak jadi yang mane
Malu nak jawab, tapi Ami Mizuno, Sailor Mercury, hehehehe

1. 2. 2.kalau dapt mengarah teater, nak bagi tajuk ape kat teater tu?

Fatimah, KasihMu KuJunjung, dedicated to my dear mother. Theme song, Awan Yang Terpilu.

1. 3. 3.kalau kau diberi peluang berduet ngan penyanyi, nak duet ngan sape

Siapa lagi? awan yang terpilu? Ning Baizura la! special appearance kat teater tu, gituu!

4. kalau azim saidon jadi laksa, awak jadi apa?

saya jadi kuahnya...... okay jawapan gay yang sangat cheesy. Jap mak pikir, eh, jap nak pikir, hmmmm... xnak lah, aku favaourite laksa, kau jadi karipap.

5. klu azim saidon ni jadi muffin perasa strowberi, kenapa agaknya?

sebab dia sweet-sweet sour dan ada freckles, cam kulit strowberi yang dimaksudkan.

6. kau dapat duit sejuta bende yg paling kau nak beli bagi aku ape

duit sejuta tu, aku tak pengtingkan duit.

7.kalau bunga boleh diletakkan di atas kepala lelaki sebagai hiasan untuk ke pasar raya, kau nak pakai bunga apa.

Titan Arum! I dont care if no one can stand the smell, this is just one cool flower!

8. kalau di beri peluang menembak, nak tembak binatang ape

Nyamuk. sape suka nyamuk?

9. klu azim di temu bual dalam oprah, apa agaknya topik yg dibualkan hingga dia dijemput dalam rancangan berprestij itu?

Celebrity look - alike.

10. selain ikan kering dan sotong kering, binatang pae yg kau nak keringkan, jadi pelopor sebagai satu makanan yg baru.

Lipas boleh? bukan makanan untuk orang, tapi makanan untuk pets, ada orang bela katak.

O Okies, the end!

Suhaimi Meor Hassan, Anna Raffali dan Altimet

2010-11-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

Aku hanya ingin menyatakan bahawa kalian adalah genius. Ini adalah kerana, kalian meyakinkan aku bahawa lagu - lagu tempatan masih lagi sedap didengar. Ku dengan segera telah mencari beberapa lagu Melayu untuk diselitkan di celah - celah senarai mainan (playlist) ku.

You are now my official mantra....

Boleh pandang - pandang, jangan pegang - pegang, duduk renggang - renggang, biar malu - malu, biar segan - segan......

Dok tahu nok royak gapo doh, nok gih buat kijo pulok.

The Monsoon's Tapioca

2010-11-08T06:54:00.001-08:00

The Monsoon! nothing like entertaining your ear to the drip, drip, drip and the pitter patter of the raindrops as they happily dance their tiny feet on our atap.

It is also the time when the Tapioca, taste suddenly different, for this is THE food to have to lull time away when rain is pouring outside like tomorrow will never come. Hawkers sprout out near the simpangs of our roads (like mushroom after the rain, so to speak) selling raw tapioca or kuihs made especially from them.

My favourite is the humble boiled tapioca, to add taste, we grate (is this the correct word?) coconuts, mixed with a pinch of salt. The humble, plain taste of the tapioca, the sweetness of the coconut with a tinge of salt is a festival for the taste buds.

Back in those days, we never have shortage of tapioca for it is a must in my mother's garden. There they were, rows and rows of them providing some greens to cool our eyes. Sometimes, mom will pick the shoots, boil them and serve them with a dipping of the anchovy sauce (budu), a favorite of mine.

I am eager for my semester to end, because I heard home calling whenever the heaven cries...
Setiu oh setiuku...., hahaha

Dok tahu nok royak gapo....

Fat For Dinner!

2010-09-20T05:16:00.000-07:00

Self - indulgence is never wrong people! hold on strong to that!

Big Apple delicious donuts and my favorite secrets, chocolate indulgence! ORGASM! ORGASM!

Two pieces of donuts missing because I just cant resist.

Total fat intake for tonight.....who cares? I just wanna live!

I am the mayor of Politeville, You are just rude.

2010-08-12T12:19:00.000-07:00

I will not sugarcoat anything, I hate what I'm doing now. There! Reality hits me!!! DUSHHHH!!

At the end of the day, I only turns bitter and jaded. I hate that, I remember I used to return home (from class) literally singing my hearts out. I need to be happy again.

And the kids, my god! kids nowadays are just super rude and having to scream everyday is really not something that my throat agrees with.

But....

I have travelled on this road for far too long. To turn back will only make all the sacrifices a complete waste.

You just wait people, one day I will touch thousands of hearts!!!!!

I honestly dont know what to say now.

Praktikum Bahgn. 2

2010-07-26T23:37:00.000-07:00

1. Attempt to buat muka garang is sukar. The kids are like double adorable, end up laughing all the time.

2. Need to brush up people skill. My practicum mate, Firdaus, is so good at it. He can jump into any conversation among the senior male teachers like he knew them for ages.

3. The teachers are extremely nice, love them

4. I have one advance student in my 1 Gemilang, need to open book on managing gifted kids.

5. Yes, 1 Gemilang, I embraced Jaclyn Victor.

Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo

Praktikum

2010-07-17T20:21:00.000-07:00

My school refuse to accept me and my practicum mate.....

Dok TAhu Nok Royak Gapo

Ade pondang litah jalang / A pondan just crossed the road

2010-05-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

We're in the car, when suddenly dad saw a snake slithering on the road, later he said,

"cewe lekar litah jale" (a 'cewe leka' just crossed the road)

'cewe lekar' is of course the snake in some old trengganu speak that I never heard of. Dad later ask us to guess what a cewe lekar is.

My nephew answered....."pondan"

of many things that can be related to cewe and lekar respectively, that is the first thing that comes to Nazmi's mind!

Hmmmph, Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo......

Explaining vegetarian to mummy dearest (in Trengganuspeak)

2010-05-20T00:50:00.000-07:00

vegetarian nih orang hok makang sayur je, ayang dok makang, dging dok makang..... (vegetarians are those who eat only vegatable, no chicken or meat....)

nyakit ko? ( are you sick?)

dok eh, die macang diet gituh,

orang hutang? (orang utan?)

Hmmmph, dok tahu nok royak gapo..

TSL 650, U6B

2010-04-29T04:01:00.000-07:00

Mr Arif posted this on his notice board outside of his room.

Shakespeare............saya keliru!!!!

2010-04-08T04:57:00.000-07:00

It was a moment of confusion, and it was superbly hilarious, expect this when when you give Shakespeare to a group of energetic, confused (in a sense) and oh-so-young teacher wannabes!
This is our adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew! we bring you, The 'WILD'ing of the Sue!!!

Sue is a term that we use in referring to gender confused men. Like them or hate them, they are here to stay

And it was musical also! sang by a chorus of our eligible hotties, Shukor, Azam, Mira, Shah & Usher ( I mean like, Usher tu wehhh!!)

I played Katriman Su-Ib, the parody to Katarina (the) Shrew. It was Taming all upside down, about an effort of a woman, Putrisiah (Petruchio's parody) to 'wild' his soft-natured husband.

I co-write the play. I was inspired to smack on male negative perception on female (and mother's role), and at the same time, trying to make fun on Sue mentioned earlier, thus I wrote this in the part where Putrisiah woo Katriman Suib (inspired from the original play) :

Suib : ...................You are unstable!

Putri : what unstable?

Suib : A stool!

Putri : and what is a stool?

Suib : something to sit on, to bear you!

Putri : Exactly! I can bear you a child

Suib : donkeys are meant to bear people, you are just like a donkey1

putri : that makes the two of us, you trying so hard to be a women!

Alas, the part got cencored through the editing session.

Gapo Namo Rima! (what in the name of tiger!)

2010-03-07T10:40:00.000-08:00

Dok saba kawe!!!!! / I cant wait!!!!!

Pergi Hijau / Going Green

2010-02-08T17:43:00.000-08:00

Saya tak makan daging, ayam atau ikan, dah lebih sebulan dah..............

I had this thought of turning vegetarian since way back in Kelantan. Bakpo (why?) you ask? Dok tahu kawe! (not sure myself). I think it was a calling, you know, like in Jogho, when Mamat explained to his wife of his liking to bullfighting, "aku nih oghe perjuange, mung keno pehe" (I have a calling, you understand?)

Its not easy being a semi - vegetarian (I never consider myself a strict vegetarian, I still eat animal product, milk and eggs for instance) here. And the word vegetarian itself is so alien, untok membuktikannya below is a transcribe text between me and Kak Ruby

Location: Kedai Makan Kak Ruby, Sekyen 2, Shah Alam.

Kak Ruby: Makan ni je dik? (I was paying my packed lunch, nasi putih, kerabu mangga and tempe)
Me: saya vegetarian kak
Kak Ruby: ooo, allergic eh? dari kecik lagi ke?
Me: hehehe

And it was also difficult, personally. I have to give up a lot of favourites, among them are my mum's specialty macam sup ayam, nasi lemak...~sigh~

Hmmmm... dok tahu nok royak gapo doh............

And Along Came Sackboy

2010-01-12T04:54:00.000-08:00

I vowed on previous post not to indulge too much into gaming world this semester, and I am sad to say that if anything can be said about me posting this very post, is that I am only human, incapable to hold to the words I uttered, because I am about to review a game I had a chance to lay my hand on recently.

Little Big Planet for PSP

Upon first hearing the tittle when it was first announced for PS3 last year, I thought it was like Animal crossing for PSP, only to be surprised because this really is a Platformer.
Okay, got to be honest that I am not a fan of platform games, but a few hours playing this, and I instantly love it.
Beautiful graphic, creative levels and oh, your Sackboy (or Sackgirl if you want it) is just sooooo cute. You can customize him if you do not like his sack appearance.
You can also create your own levels and share them with other Little Big Planeteers

And, as requested by Im, more screen shots!

Hmmph, Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo doh.....

Son of a Beach!

2009-12-30T13:37:00.000-08:00

Me mum decide to have a feast-of-a-dinner today, sea food themed. All because her favorite son is leaving to Shah Alam.

Being the mum that her kids know and love, when it comes to cooking, she only use the best ingredients, and that is exactly what is lacking on that eventful day!

So dad, with all the love for this little family, drove us (me, me mum, me anak buahses Nazmi and his two sister) to Telaga Papan, a small fishing village by the sea occupied by, well....., fishermen!

A visit here or any fishing villages is always a nostalgic treat, as I was born by the sea, in Kampung Penarek to be exact, which also happened to be me dad birthplace. We frequently do a short trip to Telaga Papan, often to replenish mum's stock of sea bounty or just for picnics.
I think dad loves these little trips, there is always a childish glow in his face from watching us play by the sea.

FYI, this is what my parent refers tu as 'naek darak', the moment when the fishermen land their catch and display them for buyers to see.

And the rest will be told by pictures:

Me mum, dok pilih the finest among fishes and clams and shrimps....

A typical scene, "banyok udang kare weh!"

Baby shark

Another typical scene, among buyers are families of the fishermen hoping for their safe return

Salam from Nazmi and moi!

Hmmph, Dok Tahu Nok Royak Gapo.......

Ayohsu dan Saya

2009-12-25T07:24:00.000-08:00

Assalamualaikum, Nama saya Nazmi, umur saya 9 tahun. Saya bersekolah di Sek. Ren. Keb. LKTP Chalok Barat.

Ini Ayohsu saya, dia balik ke rumah sebab dia sedang bercuti. Saya suka berkawan dengan dia. Tapi dia suka merajuk. Satu hari saya terpanggil dia bodoh, dia merajuk. Saya cakap yang kawan - kawan saya yang lain kalau bergurau selalu sebut bodoh, bodoh, biase je!. Ayohsu cakap yang perkataan tuh kasar dan menyinggung, die cakap lagi orang kite selalu sangat pakai perkataan tuh. Saya tak paham sangat kenapa, tapi saya ikut je sebab kalau saya dengar cakap dia, dia bagi main PSP dia.

Lepas tuh semalam tengok Galleri Perdana kat TV1, pasal tsunami. Ade die tunjuk video orang dihanyutkan air. Macam lawak sebab dia tunggang langgang, Nazmi pun gelak la!. Ayohsu marah, die cakap ini tragedi, mane boleh gelak. Nazmi tak paham tragedi tu apa, tapi kalau Ayohsu marah tuh makneye bende tak elok lah kot. Lepas tu die tunjuk pasal sorang pakcik yg baby dia mati sebab tsunami tuh, Nazmi tak paham lagi. Baby tuh kecik lagi, mane boleh die mati awal - awal. Nazmi ingat ustaz cakap kat sekolah, kalau baby mati terus masuk syurga, sebab tak buat dosa lagi, Nazmi tanye Ayohsu betul @ tak, tapi die senyum je.

Hmmmph, dok tahu nok royak gapo doh....

Two Sided Temptation

2009-12-24T04:00:00.001-08:00

2010 approaches and I vowed to limit my gaming world to only Farmville on Facebook, you know, to give enough space for me to focus on more crucial matter (education, for example), I think I lulled too much time living in Role Playing Games that I forgot too live in the world where I truly exist.
But as always, with important decision there will always be those who opposed you, those exist only to make sure you succumb to do what is wrong thus straying you from the path of light (gitu!) and this particular one exist in the form of,

Rune Factory 3!

Those who familiar with Harvest Moon games will know that this is a spin-off of the series. Unlike Harvest Moon, Rune Factory games incorporate RPG elements, (fighting and leveling and stuff) and you still have the farming simulation that Harvest Moon is famous for. It was cleverly glued together too, in order to fight, you have to farm and vice versa.

I tried the Japanese version of this and I was thrilled (with I do not understand Japanese and all) Now eagerly waiting for US release in 2010!

I finished Rune Factory and Rune Factory 2 this year so I really know this gem!

And oh, this one is for Nintendo Dual Screen, it has two screen thus the tittle, two sided, capiche?

Pengajaran

2009-12-21T14:51:00.000-08:00

Anda tidak pernah belajar apa - apa dari pengajaran, bukan?

Faces and Friends: Pangkor Escapade

2009-12-03T00:07:00.000-08:00

Merci beaucoup!

2009-12-02T00:54:00.000-08:00

It was years ago, the exact date eluded me but it was in the first week of my brief life as a form 6 student. While waiting for a better call, I decide to lull precious time here in Sek. Model Khas Chalok.
Enter our first character, Shaharul Mukhliz Mohd, a friend of mine I made acquaintance since kindergarten. On some business I had forgotten, he asked me to accompany him to school one afternoon.
Whether it was fate or it was my luck ringing a bell, we met our beloved Sir Ruzaini who teaches us English for SPM. I remember him asking of my application for TESL programme I'm doing right now. My answer is that I have not yet received any letter concerning that matter. The naivety of me! thinking that they still paper letters! being in a Felda settlement really have its bad side when it comes to technology. I was 18, and I was aware of the internet but never use it before.
So sir Ruzaini took us to the school computer lab and with a few clicks, congratulation Ramzi, you are asked to attend an interview regarding the course you applied, when will it be? Tomorrow!!!
I rush home I made my family aware of the good, short notice news, and I sent my parent to Chaos to prepare me for tomorrow.
I end up putting on my form 6 school uniform (without the necktie) for the interview.
So my dear readers of blog suciku, you will now understand why I owe this two wonderful person thousands!
Again, thank you!

Je suis un lâche pour cette annonce ...

2009-10-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

J'ai vécu dans le déni. Dois admettre que je ne suis pas heureux avec certains de mes amis, et j'ai caché cela pour trois années de notre amitié. Je répugne lui, sa présence ne provoque que la colère et la haine, mais je le cache avec mon sourire.

I Lost a Key....

2009-10-19T12:57:00.000-07:00

image taken here

Oh, its just the key to my house. I lost him times before but he just appeared out of thin air when my worries for him subsided. Half of his disappearance because of my own fault, you see, I am not a good owner, I left it alone in the house when I go out, only to have myself lock out inside the house, waiting hours for my housemate with his key. Half of it is just that I need times alone, you know when sometimes you needed time just for your own, you need to go out. I concluded that I am tired of this game. So I decided to get a new key and when he appear later, I just tell him that I have a new one. Beside the warm feeling I have having him around, I do not lose anything else .......which is everything!

Trengganu Raya Delicacies: Tapai Pulut in Daun Getah

2009-09-20T17:27:00.000-07:00

This one particular sweetmeat is popular here in Trengganu. It is more common to ketupat or lemang and to have raya without this is not raya indeed here. If my memories of past raya did not betray me, there is no raya that was celebrated without tapai pulut. So significant that mom priorities this in her list of raya delicacies, ketupat is always bought from someone else.

Usually prepared two days before Eid, mom will make sure that it is everyone's affair of making sure it is done before the end of the day. Preparing this is always a merry chance of get together for us.

The tapai is made from sticky rice (or is it called glutinous rice?), mom use the help of bacteria in ragi (that chunk of white stuff in the strainer, seriously, I dont know what is this in English) through fermentation to help sweeten it.

The tapai is wrapped in leaves of rubber tree, beside from giving the tapai a shade of refreshing green, the leaves also provides aroma, but not at all like the smell og getah mind you!

For us youngster, this will be perfect time for us to hone our skill of tapai packing, as shown here by my nephew, beside, who else will carry the sweet tradition after this?

Perhaps aided by some ancient Trengganu charm, the tapais are left to sweetened in some dark damp corner of our house.

And usually when Eid comes, the tapais are ready to be wolfed by sweet tooth who craves it! YUMM!

My living memories only remember two version of tapai, the one shown here and another one, wrapped in daun jembal. Usually made by those who live by the sea. Why? simply because rubber tree dont grow near the beaches

Tapai in Jembal Leaves, taken here

But I even heard that they use yam leaves to to prepare tapai, wonder how they overcome the gatal that come along?

Next, I will share the secret trade of making Nasi Dagang which in the very moment of me writing this, is steaming hot in mom's kitchen, bye!

And he landed on my chest...

2009-09-18T05:02:00.000-07:00

I guess when you are so close to nature, nature will tend to get friendly. I was home for raya and was enjoying my privilege of waking up late when i felt a gust of gentle wind on my face and then a gentle thud of something landing on my chest. Now, growing up in a FELDA settlement, when things like this happens to you, instinct tells you to run and screams for your mom, exactly what I did after that, which was really stupid because what landed on my chest was a cute, black bird.

I dont know where this little fella comes from but it was thin, when I grab it, I can really feels its bone underneath those feathers, so been a good Samaritan that I was, the proper things to do is to feed it.

I think this one belong to someone. It is tradition among us who keep birds to let them go during Ramadhan, they fly back to their cages at the end of the day anyway. But, judging by the state of this one, I am pretty sure the owner has not been a good bird keeper, so there is no hurrying to return to your cage birdie!

Judging by the way it folds its wings, I am sure this is a really young bird, maybe stolen from their nest just after hatching, the same way many birds use to end up in cages in my kampung (I know because I used to do that a lot when I was a kid).

What I got to say about this is, go ahead if you want to keep a bird, just make sure it always happy

Halwa Telinga Di Bulan Ramadhan

2009-09-06T08:44:00.000-07:00

Got to admit that I am not really a nasyeed fan. But a good song do appear once in a while (Zain Bhika's Allah Knows for example) such as this one by Sami Yusuf. In the spirit of Ramadhan, you can download this one for free. Just google for his site and download there. Enjoy!

Sami Yusuf - You Came To Me

Cinta yang ku simpan setahun ini sangat manis rasanya

2009-09-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

Kalau dah cinta, manusia buta segala,

Manakan tidak lahirnya kata - kata,

"Mandi tak basah, tidur tak lena"

"Lautan api kurenang jua!"

Apatah lagi jika,

Jasad yang didamba mustahil pula,

"Kan kucapai jua!"

"Haram caranya, kupeduli apa?"

Begitulah alkisahnya

Cinta Ramzi kepada

FINAL FANTASY DISSIDIA!!!!

Chaos and Cosmos Front cover

YAAA! after a year of waiting for this game to be translated into English, Akhirnya puas juga nafsuku untuk melagakan Kefka Pallazzo dan Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy Stuff, if you are not a fan, tak payah cuba nak interpret what the fish am I talking about, takde hidden meanng pon)

Best! semua karakter dari Final Fantasy yang original sampai Final Fantasy 10 ada, A must have to every Final Fantasy Fan! Two thumbs up and 5 star to Square Enix!

Another one of Those Poem

2009-08-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Not really into writing this past few days, but this is what I wrote for our creative writing class last week. It supposed to be a picture poem, but I am unsure of how to write it in picture here, in this blog. So I just write it as it is.

His glance slices the opaque glass,

A coffin for rosses, now liquid transparent

No longer a heart of beating love.

And as his weak finger caressed,

the cold glass coffin,

No memories of the sweetest love.

Instead just the cold, serene thoughts

Of flying, leaving his mortal form,

Reaching his destination,

Guided by faith and believes.

Oh! how he longed for,

The day his soul

Leaving this world.

The story behind this is that we are asked to bring something that smells nice, and then wrote a poem about that smelly thing in the shape of it from a dying person's perspective.

I brought a bottle of perfume, Morrocan Rose by Body shop. Not really proud of this piece, I dont really see what a dying person thinking of when they saw this bottle of perfume, so when I wrote this, I was in confusion.

Takdok gapo pong....

2009-08-14T05:46:00.000-07:00

Entri pertame ku in Trengganuspeak. Takdok gapo nok royak pong, sajo gata tangang tetibe je sebak lame doh dok update natang blog-nih. Sapa berabok-abok doh sinih nih. Kawe sibuk weh, esaimeng la, H1N1 la, lalalalala. Dengar - dengar kate UiTM nok tutok se-sem sebak ko demang babi nih, rohok weh kalu gituh, lambat lagih kawe nok grad. Kawe pong baru abih demang jah nih. Pale pinar-pinar sokmo kalu naik tangge nok sapa bbilik tingkak lime nih, sapa bilik muko ija ketu, doh natangnye gi bui tingkat lime (bulih bilik mujo Ramzi weh). Kawe dok ingat-ingat nyakit hok satu nih kekgih koho teruk, Malaysia no.2 hok terok di Asia lepah Thailand. Yak berokna koho teruk payoh ginih, kawe dok larat nok paka mask tubek umoh sokmo. Kawe malah doh nok nulih, nok g tido, bye!

P/s, not at all sounds like a pure Trengganu, with and added sprinkle of Kelantanese budu here and there but all in all still sounds harmonious to me.

Acronym Poem

2009-08-04T23:29:00.000-07:00

Yet another Poem we did for creative writing,

An Apple is meant to be eaten, so

Positioned a knife and ready to slice, then

Peel it's skin, Oh what a sin, this

Lust to something so divine, and I

End it with a bite!

A.P.P.L.E

Clumsy Ramzi indeed!

2009-07-22T05:56:00.000-07:00

Took a cab from faculty to college today. I carried lots of stuff, so I had a hard time to open the cab's door, almost tripped in the process. Managed to get out of the cab, because I carry a lot of stuff, I cant see a huge chunk of rock underneath so I tripped, spilling everything I carry. Lots of people watching but none help. Later after maghrib, was hungry so I go out for nasi lemak jati, later I langgar that huge tong (it was a baldi thingy, yg ade penutup tu) of nasi and almost spill out everything inside.

I was known to be clumsy but today is the clumsiest of my day I ever experienced

To a friend

2009-07-21T12:03:00.000-07:00

~Sometime I do wish it is just the body that grows, not the child inside~

From right to left, Aziz (a dear friend of mine) me, my brother and Aziz's brother taken on the morning of hari raya of 1991.

I Need To Bite You

2009-07-17T21:04:00.000-07:00

Oh pierce my eyes with your eternal blush!, devine is your scent as I glorify your existence, my finger grasp your perfect shape, Greed!, Forgive me for lust is strong as I cut your skin, my bites make you drip and I lick each drop for to waste you my dear is a sin unforgiven.

Referring to an apple. This is what we did in creative writing class this week.

I like this picture.

2009-07-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

and I dont know why i love it

taken here

My first attempt of a creative writing (kononnya)

2009-07-13T04:55:00.000-07:00

Our first class of TESL 620, Creative Writing. We did some activities, my favourite is when we have to think of someone who ask a lot of questions and come up with 6 possible questions along with the answers. We later combine them into a poem so it will be like a real situation of interrogation, mine is between me and my grammar teacher:

My Grammar Teacher

'why are you late?'

'teacher, please define 'late'

'have you finished your homework?'

'teacher, your homework is a humiliation to my knowledge'

'if I ask you to promise me to never come late again, will you?'

'teacher, again that depends on your definition of late'

'anyone finish reading the article on grammar i gave last week?'

'teacher, you are in the wrong class, this is Ekonomi Rumah Tangga class!

'Why are you so stubborn?

'because you are not the teacher for this class!'

'Okay you guys hate me now?'

'we hate you because you think we hate you'

Seriously, this one wont win me Pulitzer (did I spell that right?) but it is good enough for beginners.

Faces and Friends: Where shah teach us Domino

2009-07-09T07:49:00.000-07:00

Orang kaya kita yg belanje sakan kami, respek ar kak mira!

Tour guide kami yang mana pengetahuannya megenai Domino melayakkan beliau menjadi operator Domino sepenuh masa, Go Shah!

Muka penuh macho (yang cover) menahan perut yang lapar

Dalam hati (ko macho ker Ramzi?)

Tour guide in action!

Sebelum (bayangkan sendiri selepas punye scene, hint, kusi tunggang langgang akibat tabiat pemakanan Azim yg tidak seimbang) takde modal nak buat lawak?

Zue yg menafikan kemacho-an ku cuba menunjukkan contoh macho yg terbaik sehingga menakutkan akak kaunter Domino

Azim lantas tercabar harus membuktikan kenmacho-an nya juga!

Lalu sama - samalah mereka memachokan diri mereka!

Aku jugak yang ayu, HAHAHAHAH!

Pastu semua orang nak posing ayu gak, nyampah!

Ramzi: Ikut suke korang la yang penting kita.........

Mira, Shah, Zue & Azim: HAPPY!

Happy Birthday Cohort 4

2009-07-05T15:13:00.000-07:00

Salam to my dearest blogger friends!

dalam khusyuk syahdu meratapi hidupku nan tidak sempurna ini (rujuk post dibawah) lupa dan alpa pula untuk mengucapkan happy birthday to this crazy bunch of looney, fruit-cake-deliciously-banana-cuckoo-crazy people (which I am a part of) known as COHORT 4!

The Cohort 4 logo, designed by Meor

Fear not ya dear friends, we are actually the fourth batch of TESL link programme between Institut Perguruan Kota Bharu (IPKB) and UiTM. In a few days we gonna start our fifth semester and on 4/7/2009 we celebrate our 4th birthday! yay!

Eh, seronoklah being with u guys! from the blood donation programmes we held to Pygmallion and Machbeth that we famously stage in IPKB.

Us of Link 7

Us Of Link 8

Alhamdulillah!

New semester new life lah!

2009-07-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Salam dear blogger friends

Really need to think over how I spent my life as a student past few semesters of my education life. Never really a high achiever and Alhamdulillah, never bumped into too hard a failure. Sadly to say that the person I am right now dissapointed me (and believe me, dissapointing yourself is not really a pleasant sensation).

Looking back, in high school, I was this quiet guy who sit at the front of the class, only speaks when asked and always with a plausible answer, a favourite to those who teach language, be it Malay or English (in which I talk the most).

Since high school I know that language is my future as that is what my teenage mind sees fit that time.

Well here I am, doing TESL programme but barely living it. I failed Phonetics and Phonology, almost every semester there will be a subject that I just scrapped a pass.

And I heard that semester 5 (my current semester) is hard.

Unexpected expectations

2009-06-29T15:14:00.000-07:00

Life is full of suprises, and I think that this is a reason enough for us human to to be thankful for every twist and turn we encountered daily.

But, no matter how we see things, in the end we are fragile little souls that crumbled easily when life took an abrupt turn (referring to myself)

So as we go on with our daily life, lets just regard whatever unexpected turn we met along the way as lessons learned and carry on with life as if we going to die tommorrow! WOOOOHOOO

(Ramzi, kenape tetiba nak bermotivasi pepagi buta ini? hehe)

Aku juga bosan

2009-06-24T01:06:00.000-07:00

To my blogger friends, stop reading this, kandungannya hanyalah kata-kata kosong dari hati dan jiwaku yang juga kosong, ohhhhhhh.

KoSong Kosongk kOsong

betul bohsan ni

Revenge of the fallen

2009-06-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

Go ahead and watch the movie!
Because I have the game version of this to play
And oh, did I mention there are two version of this?

Ambik kau! I got two bite of an apple!

Ya! aku mengerti, aku mengerti dengan begitu dalam sekali......

2009-06-17T07:27:00.000-07:00

'Silence is a bored friend, He is there but never exist'

Salam wahai pembaca setia blog suci ku ini (adakah?)

Tujuan saya meng 'quote' some kata - kata by some unknown writer (maaf lupa namanya, memories fade as we ourselves will eventually fade) bukanlah kerna ingin mewujudkan ambience ala - ala kelas sastera lagaknya, tetapi hanyalah ingin menyampaikan kebosanan hati dan juga sedikit kekecewaan sebenarnya.

LAPTOP KU ROSAKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!

there!

fuh!

legaa!

My one and only laptop, given by my beloved daddy two years ago had finally decided that she had enough (yes, a she, because I named her kiki), pack her bags and never to fully function as she supposed to, wuuuuuu, Kiki jahat!!!!

But fear not! because I had consult this genius-of-a-techno-wiz-kid, Wan Mohd Khairul Abidin Bin Wan Majid (who happened to be one of my closest friends, thank you very much!) and he had explained that he can easily fix it it with the blink of his eye, wah, talk about exaggeration!

So right now I am waiting for the semester to open and then I can hand her to him.

Meaning that I have to endure days of torturous torture of not listening to oh-so-sweet-voice of Ken Hirai singing Even If before I close my eye on my journey to neverland. ~sigh~

Well anyway, here in a nutshell what I accomplish this weeks of Kiki-less.

I finished The Legend Of Zelda, The Phantom Hourglass

And best of all, I did not refer to any walkthroughs. Apa itu Walkthroughs some may ask, well my dear reader of this blog yang suci, Walkthroughs are guides written by players who had finish the game. Some gamers yang pemalas (saya merujuk kepada yours truly) depends on this to finish certain games. But not this time kerna laptopku rosak, hihi. Overall, The game was good, putting video gaming to another level shall I say, manipulates DS touch screen features to the limit and I enjoyed that three stages of final fight against Bellum. Wohooo!

I finished Suikoden Tierkreis

Hmmm, good storyline, I quite enjoyed the gameplay. But oh dear me! the english sub is just way too terible, just like my english and my spelling, hehe. But really, the sub really ruin if not a great RPG for the DS, but as a newbie to Suikoden cult, I should say that I enjoyed this one.

I finished Rune Factory 2

Finally! after months (no kidding!) of sweating and levelling and mining and farming and fishing and winning the heart of virtual wife, I finished this insanely fun game! create as a fantasy version of Harvest Moon, you can expect a lot of weapon slashing and spell conjuring while growing up your crops, win the heart of everyone in the village, and finally settle down with the girl of your dream. It is cleverly design that in order to battle, you have to farm, and to farm, you have to battle. A promising cult indeed from the genius behind Harvest Moon!

There, out of boredom I finished three reviews on games!

Eh! sonoklah plak, lepas ni nak cuba buat game reviews lagi here lah!

Anyway, need to thank my sis for her laptop and her broadband. Timo kasih banyok

Hmmmm, dok tahu nok royak gapo kawe!

P/s: title langsung tiada kena mengena dengan entry, motif????

Ketupat Squid ala Kampung

2009-06-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

Kawan2, result kita dah kuar...

eh, salah taip, ya kawan-kawan, tujuan saya bersiaran kali ini bukanlah untuk mengdiskusikan result kita itew, kerna saya bersyukur ya kawan - kawan, walau hampeh tetapi lulus jua.

Baiklah bebalik kepada tajuk kita sebentar tadi (jap eh, nak switch mood)

'Who is the world's greatest cook kawan - kawan?' tanyaku kepada sekumpulan anak muda yang sedang alpa dengan dunia pada suatu petang. 'mak aku!!!!!' diorang jawab in unison, lagak seperti choral speaking lagaknya

Ya kawan, betapa jauh kita merantau, bila nak mentekedarah, kita tetap ingat msakan emak di kampung yg sedap, warm and humble lagaknya.

Begitulah juga kesnya dengan mak saya, never fail to prepare something when his beloved son yang bongsu ni balik rumah, nasi lemak la (my personal favourite) sup ayam la, laksa penang la, nasi kerabu la atau Terengganu Special, nasi dagang! haaaaa!

But sometimes, when her chef wan mood kicking in, she pulled out her old, dusty cook book and began concocting something exotic and exciting (and when I say exotic, I dont mean katak masak kicap @ belalang kunyit gulai)

Pernahkah anda mendengar akan Ketupat Sotong ya kawan - kawan? ya, sotong bukan sahaja digunakan sebagai kata sopan (kononnya) untuk golongan tertentu di Malaysia yg kian bertambah itew, malahan digunakan dengan popularnya oleh suri - suri rumah di Terengganu untuk menggemukkan suami dan anak - anak mereka, especially this one I am referring to right now, banyak lemak seyhh!

Anway, if you are native to Terengganu, this certain cooking is not that alien sebab ianya agak popular di sini. Anyway, meh kita jenguk - jenguk a few pictures that I snapped while me momm was busy working her magic ingredient, wooooosshhh!

Mula - mula ya anak - anak, sediakan dulu nasi pulut, santan yang pekat likat and a few secret spices and herbs yang tidak akan diberitahu disini, (Kerna saya sendiri tak tahu) setelah itu gaul mesra mereka semua dan setelah itu sumbat-paksa ke dalam sotong yang telah dibersihkan sebentar tadi

Inilah rupanya ya adik - adik, sotong - sotong yang disumbat manja dengan semua itu tadi, kepalanya jgn dibuang ya, letakkan kambali kepalanya ke posisi asal dan cucuk ngan lidi @ toothpick.

Setelah itu, masukkan ke steamer, dan stimkan mereka untuk sebrapa lama ntah, saya sendiri juga enggak pasti.

Dah masak, apa lagi, melahap lah, gambar di atas adalh bagaimana one whole ketupat squid, before it it was effortlessly been consumed by anak jantan mak yang tak tahu malu ini. Notice the thick white kuah lemak yg melengkapkan rasanya yang lemak - lemak manis itew!!!

Okay, one last look sebelum ianya disumbat ke mulut, nasi pulut yang direndam dengan penuh kasih sayang bersama secret herbs and spices itu lagak teksturnya lebih kurang seperti ketupat palas biasa sahaja, namun sejurus ianya mendakap indah your tastebuds, akan terasa euphoria of lemak manis yang tak terkata itew!!!!, oh!

thanks mak! taknak balik shah alam!

A new crunchy look

2009-06-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning (havent sleep at all actually) and decided this mossy, ancient look of my blog need some serious makeover. So a little touch up here, a little adjustment there, there you go, a new, refreshing (more to gloomy I think) and apple-scrumptiously, lip-smacking (put your own adjectives here) new look!

And that old banner yg kerol buat is back! it wont stay long though, nak paksa kerol buat banner baru lepas ni, hihi.

And like I said on Facebook, this new look will now justify my love for apples even more! YAY!

If I can read a character out from a book.......

2009-06-05T02:46:00.000-07:00

Blame it on Inkheart, now I want Mortimer's and Meggie's power of reading out character from a book into our world, will it be wonderful? here is my list of four character I wanna read out.

1. Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Order of Merlin, First Class (siap ngan pangkat skali)

Nape? I need to learn magic of course! no matter how unrealistic this will sounds to u guys, but as a Potterfan, I believe in magic! and oh, did you know Jo said that he is gay? and who will suitable for that othe than the headmaster himself? love his cool, calm aura, his witty personality and how his character change when things got serious.

2. Samwise Gamgee

a loyal friend who sticks to you through thick n thin? I need that!

3. Tinker Bell

I dont want to grow up!!!!! take me to Neverland Tink! it is the second star to the left right? (or is it right? lupa ah)

4. The Cheshire Cat

no reason, just a character from my Alice in wonderland, happens to be my favourite story ever! I mean, we often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat, or do you?

but in order to take them out, I have to give back something in, this is how things goes with the power, Meggie lost her mother into Inkheart when Mortimer accidentally read Basta, Capricorn and Dustfinger out into our world. Dont really mind though, I have many things and people I dont like in our world, wanna me list them out?

Where wild things are

2009-06-02T05:44:00.001-07:00

An important lesson I learnt from the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy is please refer to the original form of any movie adaptation, be it a novel, poems or even video games. Because I started reading LOTR after I engrossed with the movies, and a huge mistake it was, because later when I land my hand on the book, I loss motivation to finish it.

Anyway, got to grab this before I watch the movie, Where wild things are by Maurice Sendak

Although it is a children picture book consisting of only ten sentences, this is a gem in illustrated children literature, Written in 1963, it was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964. It also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was an ALA Notable Book.

just hoping to just browse through before its movie version later

Am finising Inkheart right now, it is hard to stay focus though, not when you have about ten video games to finish before the start of new term (refer to my previous post)

Apa yang harus dihabiskan cuti ini (title yg skema)

2009-05-11T00:13:00.000-07:00

Rune Factory 2

Suikoden Tierkreis

Avalon Code

Pokemon Platinum

Cornelia Funke's Inkworld Trilogy

Gardening Mama

Dungeon Siege Throne of Agony

Rune Factory

Hmmm...
gonna be a busy holiday.

Adios!

2009-05-07T06:34:00.000-07:00

Bye friends, It has been a fun semester with you guys. I will be on hiatus because I have no internet connection back home. bye!

Rather being a mudblood

2009-05-04T00:03:00.000-07:00

tittle has nothing to do with entry

not a fan of the movie version of this but gotta admit kinda excited...........(tak tahu nak kate apa)

Faces and Friends (cant find a better title)

2009-05-02T07:39:00.000-07:00

Its our turn to treat them!

This is like a continuation for azim's post here

2009-04-29T07:03:00.000-07:00

In the wake of something novel and exciting, I forgot and left behind the one that had stuck permanently inside my heart, and for that I am teribbly sorry.......

Jamie Lidell for Nintendo DSi

2009-04-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

I am sooooo, like totally, getting this next

My old DS is sooo like yesterday.

What will you and i do?

Get it? i do? (as in DSi) that is their slogan

Growing Up In Terengganu

2009-04-18T19:19:00.000-07:00

Digesting this right now, this very minute.

I had this for such a long time, but had to prioritise the mounts of book for Literarture and Media (mind you, I wish we study this one instead for that course)

After a few pages, I realised that Awang Goneng's memories of Terengganu (or Trengganu as he warmly call her) are different compared to mine. I blame this to the fact that we grew up in different era, at different location, I felt like writing a Felda version of Growing up in Terengganu. Nevertheless, our memories of Trengganu is both as rich and warm as Nasi Dagang served on fragrant banana leaves.

One thing for sure, it makes me miss her more And more, Trengganu I mean, cant wait for this semester to end!

1001 Arabian Nights.

2009-04-18T03:21:00.000-07:00

with the revisions and readings I did this past few days, the right thing i need is some quality time hanging out with the friends I Love.

And I did just that.

Muneer and Mubarak invited Azim (http://azim387.blogspot.com/) and me to their apartment in PJ, where they reside before moving to Cemara. Later they promise us for a feast in some Arabian restaurant.

Do I reject their offer? Of course not darl.......

Anyway, Camwhoring sessions at Tajine (that is the name of the restaurant)

"Penari gelek takde ke?" getus hati kecilku

Kami yg happy!

Roti ini aku punya, kata Azim kepada Muneer

Azim tengah melahap.

Taboulehتبولة
A salad consists of chopped tomatoes, parsleys and cucumber with lemon juice and olive oil.

Seriously, this Tabouleh is nice, the combination of lemon juice and parsleys is new to me, and I like it!

-Hummus Tahina حمص
Hummus mixed with tahina sauce and olive oil.

Hummus? ape tu? Tahina sauce? pelik bunyinya.

-Shish Tawook شيش طاووك
Boneless chicken breast marinated and grilled then served with garlic sauce and French fries.

Abis dah makan, kami kenyang! hehee

Ambek kau, makan gitu ja, harga dia?

apekah objek bulat di tengah2 itew?

Tapi yg bestnye tuh, Mubarak ngan Muneer belanje aku ngan Azim, haha, rugi dok mintak mahal2 sket.

But anyway, thank you guys, I enjoyed tasting a piece of your gastronomical culture from the Hors d'oeuvre to the Entrée...............kalau boleh nak lagi, hihihihihi.

p/s: credit for the name of the dishes goes to Azim yg susah2 ke bilik Mubarak kol 2 pagi untuk bertanyakan perihal tersebut. Terima Kasih.

p/ss: I learnt that day from the waitress yg perkatan bungkus in arabic, is Safari (gitula eja die kot)

Thick wallet makes my butt sore

2009-04-16T07:14:00.000-07:00

The tittle said it all.

Oh and I just realise

I have phobia to rolling balls

if you can smell what I am cooking.

And yes sir, Can I punch your face?

Going bald bayby! Yeah!

2009-04-14T04:55:00.000-07:00

well, almost bald that is, considering the little amount of hair I still got.

feast your eyes on this people!

Before

After!

I asked for the barber not to cut my sideburns, for additional manly touch.

Drastic isn't it?

And oh the sensation of breeze licking my scalp, it was almost saintly!

It was like, leaving all my past regrets behind and starting anew.

The downside, my scars and jerawats on my forehead are now thousand time more visible.

And, yes, for additional information, this is not my first time going bald, this is my regular look back home at IPKB.

Comments and reactions

from Syafrein: (disgusted look).................."you cut of your crown?" (with his thick British accent)

from Izzad: "eh, eh, jie, mung kerak rambut jie? wauuuuuu, macam Sucre" (this bloke from Prison break). (a moment later after shower) "mung kiut ar jie, macam gangster" (buat jari macam pistol tembak2)

Kerol: he was in front of his PC, minding his own bussiness, I was going in and out of the rooom few time hoping to catch his attention but failed, Later only when I asked him for his memory card adaptor only he notice me and said .............."mung kerak rambuk?"

Kak Im: "what happpennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn?, nak jadi mat arab jugak kaaaaaa?"

Azim: Die tak sehat kot hari nih, senyap jer

Kak Syu: "Banyak orang komen pasal rambut"

~more comments n reactions coming~

And Shikin named her Adik

2009-04-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

Adik was born from scraps of newspaper, tissues and handsock, I personally glued her, make her a nest and gave her shape. The girls gave her eyes, mouth and a more proper house.

Are we playing Pygmallion? yeah, kind of I guess, for our MTLS creative project!

Adik (the blue smiling snake) in her final form

This is her before we gave her colour

Papier Mache mould of Adik's nest

Stuff some cotton into a handsock, you got her body, her face from another papier mould.

Siap dah die!

Adik is a part of our board game we create for English class. I wont explain the details of how to play (malas). But our aim is to promote fun and introduce novelty in language learning.

Us, dari kiri (Duduk) Shikin, (berdiri) Diana, Nana, Azie and me!

Barisan (bakal) guru2 yg gila2!

~Fin~

I ruined everything and is happy about it!

2009-04-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

Yay, just finish my final evaluation for my Debate class! walau hanya dapat 29 out of 40 (hambek ko!) akibat prestasiku ketika lincah melontarkan isi - isi bernas seraya membangkang pandangan pihak lawan yang goyah itewww!

The motion for my final grand debate was "Program realiti tv sudah hilang kerealitiannya", hambek, not really a fan of AF and that is what the opponent keep on talking about, my knowledge of Khai, Mas and Rosma is as appaling as my passion for everything that is smelly and disgusting.

Kumpulan pembangkang dibarisi Athirah, BJ, aku and Kasma (pakar mencubit)

Pandangan penuh semua panel2 pembangkang

sorry guys, my part tuh cam tunggang ala langgang tahap maksima. Buat malu kat pihak lawan jer. Hihihihihihih

Pelajar 2 bestari pintar - pintar muridnya

2009-04-08T03:21:00.000-07:00

Just finished my microteaching today! seronokkah? seronok sangat, biarpun cuma mengajar kawan2 sendiri, but it was like, you know, having the butterfly flying in your stomach kind of feeling, hehe. so are you a good teacher? I dont think so, there are lots of holes I need to cover. I stammer and lost for words, nampak sangat ko sediakan skrip awal2 and then hafal, pastuh masuk kelas, ngadap diorang pastuh everthing flew out the window, hehe. But it was fun, cant wait for next semester, dengar katanya banyak lagi microteaching ni

Azim tag saya!

2009-04-05T12:34:00.000-07:00

iye, iye aku buat!

1. Do You Think you're HOT???

Of course! (saya begitu yakin!)

2. Upload gambar kegemaran anda?

harus ke? hiiii malasnye! jap2!

nah, amek ko!

3. Kenapa anda suka gambar ini?

Gambar ini diambil diambil masa kami kat Kelantan, best sebab bond yg kami create sangat kuat, I think this picture citer semua (eventhough I look kind of gloomy here)

4. Bila kali terakhir makan pizza?

saye org yg memule buat tag nih? kenape harus tanye soklan sebegini? macam pengtingkah?, entah, lame dah tak makan pizza.

5. Lagu terakhir yang anda dengar?

Jai Ho, from the Slumdog Millionaire

6. Apa yg sedang anda buat selain selesaikan tag ini?

erm, layan azim ngan shafiq yg juga online di pagi 3.46 am ini.

7. Selain nama sendiri, anda suka dipanggil dengan panggilan apa?

Kawan2 kat kg panggil Meji, family panggil adik

8. Tag lagi 6 org *soalan seterusnya ada kaitan dengan orang yang anda tag!

most of my fellow blogger dah buat tag ni, so not tagging anyone

Question 9 untill 14

because I did not tag anyone, so I will not answer these.

Itula je kot

byee

Lets celebrate brotherhood! from Yemen to Malaysia!

2009-04-04T01:51:00.000-07:00

Bak kata org tua-tua tempat jauh lagikan dikenang, begitulah agaknya perasan saudara - saudara kita dari Yaman yang meninggalkan keluarga dan rakan - rakan di tanah air semata-mata kerana dahagakan ilmu. Atas kesedaran itulah Jabatan Perwakilan Pelajar kolej di mana pelajar Yaman tadi tinggal Cemara/Akasia) telah berusaha mengadakan suatu majlis kecil - kecilan untuk megalu - laukan kedatangan mereka di suatu tarikh yang telah saya lupai kerna ianya telah lama berlangsung, hanya baru - baru ini saya berpeluang mengepost an entry mengenainya, hehe.

Anyway, malas nak cakap, just njoy the pictures people!

Mr. Syafrein Effendi yg bertanggungjawab mengadakan majlis tersebut

Mr. Mustafa, their representative giving his speech

Showing us a piece of their culture, the Yemeni wedding!

We also show them our wedding!, here is the bride with the groom

Dah siap semua buat apa lagi, ambik gambaq la!!

tenggelam dah aku!

Ini Azreem, Dia adalah penolong syafrein effendi

sebahagian pelakon sketsa Malay wedding malam itu

With funnyman, Mr. Turki

Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho!

2009-04-01T00:29:00.000-07:00

My life is literally in hell this past few week, and I will no longer succumb to despair, I just want to dance to the beat of Jai Ho that I listen a lot lately and live my life like I will die tommorow (parrrrrrtaayy!)

Jai Ho!

2009-03-30T22:51:00.000-07:00

really I dont know how I am gonna force this out but I just had a bad day today I curse myself for the abysmal of marks I received for Lit. in Media, I mean I devote myself fully in answering that two question and i feel really stupid with the mark awarded and then that ESL presentation of Adrian's grandma is really not what I expect things to be sorry Shazzy I just make us look bad in front of everyone and I know that he(?) is just being the bitch he is maybe Ain was right friend are friend when they hurt each other but I dunno since when i am his friend cause I just knew him this sem I just wanna call my mum and i want to cry all my heart out like i usually did when I was so much of a crybaby years ago

Confession of a Camwhore!, Case 1: of past, present and future!

2009-03-30T11:16:00.000-07:00

Fuh, tajuk entry sensitif tuh. Jgn risau, takkan ade adegan2 yang berunsurkan negatif dan menggangu sesetengah pihak, kanak2 pula tidak memerlukan bimbingan ibu - bapa untuk membacanya.

I realise that I took a lot of pictures, so am I am thinking of using this blog as more than just a diary, sekarang jadi photo album la plak.

lets start with what I took from 3 years ago, when I first become a TESL student, the thing that really shape who I am right now.

The staging Of Machbeth, staring me as one of the witches! When shall we meet again?

Witch in the making

Witches prowling,

darkness will engulf you, from your heart it creeps

Okeh, malas ah nak post gambo lain, bye!

Alhamdulillah

2009-03-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

I am at the pink of my health, I am happy, I think my friends are happy. What reason there is for not being thankfull?

29th of March 1987

Yeah, I am happy!

Alhamdulillah!

Random stupidities in one post!

2009-03-27T04:20:00.000-07:00

Seriously I am bored with my life right now, I did a lot of things in the past three years of my living but never I achieve anything that is satisfactory. Rather, I met a lot of failures and what worried me sick is that I never learn a lesson from any of them.

I fell in love easily, and I hate that! especially the one I am suffering right now, of all my stupid infatuation, this one will be the most extreme and out-of-this-world impossible! (not to forget sinful) somebody please stop this love bug from biting me!

I thought that literature will be my saving grace in securing a dean list this semester. But looking at my marks for the first quiz..........(the dean list dream just flew out of the window)

I just realise that I am a nobody, I have no skills, not good looking, I sound like a girl (dont get me wrong, I am not being sexist, it is just that what the society think, I am PROUD of my voice)

I am very complex (according to syafrein) I tend to hide my feelings (a very good one at that) but people will found out about it anyway later (this is also according to syafrein). Also, I am not good with expressing myself, therefore I have problems in sharing problems. I keep problems to myself and later (out of stupidity) I think that noboy care about me.

I wanna have a pet dog! (okay this is getting really stupid) i wanna have a husky, you know, the one that look like a wolf yang tarik sled kite tengok kat TV tu!

I moan, I had been hurt, I had been hurting others as well, I cried thinking how unfortunate it is being me!

But in the end, It struck me that He knows. Of all the sufferings, secrets and sins that I have, He knows and He is forever forgiving those who search the light.

Ya Allah! Terimakasih for this bunch of crazy people I call friends

Terimakasih for good things that I fail to see!

Terimakasih for this short chance to breath in this beautiful world of yours!

Terimakasih

Syukran gazilan

Merci beaucoup

Minta Maaf Kawan - Kawan!

2009-03-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

Busy, sibuk, Busy, Sibuk.

I am terribly good at being hypocrite and sarcastic, and out of the stress of this pile of work I have right now, I apologise if this two skills of mine hurt you guys. Because this is when my hypocrisy and sarcatism is at the peak of their excellency. And what with this inner personal (and stupid, rather) conflict I am dealing with right now, everything seems to be against me.

I-hate-this up-and-down-emotional-of-a-roller-coaster-ride!

Allah Knows

2009-03-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

Words and melody by Zain Bhikha.
Performed by Zain Bhikha & Dawud Wharnsby

When you feel all alone in this world
And there’s nobody to count your tears
Just remember, no matter where you are
Allah knows
Allah knows

When you carrying a monster load
And you wonder how far you can go
With every step on that road that you take
Allah knows
Allah knows

CHORUS
No matter what, inside or out
There’s one thing of which there’s no doubt
Allah knows
Allah knows
And whatever lies in the heavens and the earth
Every star in this whole universe
Allah knows
Allah knows

When you find that special someone
Feel your whole life has barely begun
You can walk on the moon, shout it to everyone
Allah knows
Allah knows

When you gaze with love in your eyes
Catch a glimpse of paradise
And you see your child take the first breath of life
Allah knows
Allah knows

CHORUS

When you lose someone close to your heart
See your whole world fall apart
And you try to go on but it seems so hard
Allah knows
Allah knows

You see we all have a path to choose
Through the valleys and hills we go
With the ups and the downs, never fret never frown
Allah knows
Allah knows

CHORUS (x2)

BRIDGE:
Every grain of sand,
In every desert land, He knows.
Every shade of palm,
Every closed hand, He knows.
Every sparkling tear,
On every eyelash, He knows.
Every thought I have,
And every word I share, He knows.

Allah knows.

Gotta admit that I am not a pious person, of the errors of the world, I commited them and I succumb to sins. But upon hearing this been perform by UPP students (mostly from Yemen) I cried.

Anyway, more to that later on my next post

but please enjoy the video first!

The gamer in me is so happy!

2009-03-17T12:15:00.000-07:00

Yes! Yes! Yes!

setelah lama ku menunggu!

akhirnya ade jugak orang yang dump-kan game ini

really reminds me of Tactic Ogre: The Knight of Lodis zaman main GBA dulu2. hihi

hihihi

2009-03-17T10:26:00.000-07:00

Nak, nak, nak,

especially the white one

I Loike!

Excuse me for being romantic!

2009-03-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

When I describe any environment or feelings that an author try to evoke in any of their masterpiece, I use one word, 'romantic'. I dont directly relate this term with the kind of environment in Romeo and Juliet, It can be any environment that evoke deep feelings or thought. I use this term in describing the sensation of anger and dissapointment in George Orwell's Animal Farm, and boy, did they smack me on the face! amidst the laughter I caused, I struggle to explain, but no, I was totally, 100% wrong in using that word. It freaks me out because I use a lot of that word in my written assignments.

I was tagged!

2009-03-14T02:15:00.000-07:00

1) Copy badge "2009 Cute's Blogger Award" at my blog .

2) Link/Ceritakan kembali siapa yang memberikan award ini kepada anda.

3) Setiap blogger mesti menyatakan 10 fakta/hobi diri sendiri sebelum memilih penerima award seterusnya (anda di-tag).

4) Anda perlu memilih 5 penerima award seterusnya dan menyatakan nama mereka di blog anda.

5) Jangan lupa melawat blog kawan anda dan meninggalkan komen yang menyatakan mereka telah ditag.

Award ini dianugerahkan oleh Azie kepada saya, saya ingin berterima kasih kpad mak n ayah yang selama ini membesarkan saya............eh, tak payah bagi speech eh?

anyway, sebenarnye saye tak kenal sangat Azie. This sem kami satu group untuk creative project MTLS. Last sem kami mula2 kenal, satu kelas ngan Azie for Oral Communication, Ingat lagi Azie bagi speech pasal glasses. Satu lagi, kalau kite nampak Azie, mesti Syikin ade skali kat situ, hihi. I envy of her English, skali dengar macam native speaker of that language. itu je kot, sorry Azie, I tak kenal you that much.

okay, about me;

I am a shy guy, extremely shy guy, peopple often regard this as sombong, sebab tak banyak cakap, tapi really, I am a shy guy!
Suka sangat2 makan buah epal, In a week, harus makan at least a kilo of it.
ramai yang tak tahu, but I am not a pure Malay, I got Indian blood.
I think that is why i love spicy food.
selain itu, saya adalah a hardcore handheld gamer!
i hate talking, but give me a pen and paper, it will be a different story!
I attended the Hogwart School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, so Iam a fully qualified Wizard. I am a Ravenclaw by the way.
I have what I call rapid hair growth, to look civililised and handsome as I am, I need to shave every two day and have frequent hair cut.
I act like a girl, I read girly stuff and I sound like a girl, especially in phone conversations.
ramzi is my real name, romzi is what my seniors call me, kind of like it, rasa macam nama klasik gitu, hihi

dengan kuasa yang diberikan, saya mengisytiharkan anda berlima comel, hihi

My roomate, Kerol
Kak Syu
Azim387
Taufik
Miden

Hair, Beware!

2009-03-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

O flock of hair on my head!

today shall be the end of your reign,

as nemesis you are the bane of nightmares!

Alas, chop you I will

for the scalp is in eager need of fresh air!

end will, you reign of glory

by the cutters sword (gunting), he will kill you

and end shall be, to my worries of hair gel

and to what-shall-I-wear-my-hair-today!

2009 NDS RPG Line-up

2009-03-12T12:16:00.000-07:00

Suikoden Tierkreis

Status: Masih belum di-'dump' jadi takleh didownload lagilah!

Pokemon Platinum (I finished the Diamond version of this before)

Status: berkongsi status yang sama dengan Suikoden di atas

Avalon Code

Status: tengah download

Another entry entitled, 'hihihi'

2009-03-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

I cant believe it is hard to look for a dictionary in INTEC's library
Or am I just being plain stupid?

Thank you God, For sending you! Alhamdullilah!

2009-03-10T18:56:00.000-07:00

I did not sleep at all last night and I worried of my meeting and presentation today.

But you give me a call this morning, and that worth all the worries I have today.

Thank you for being the ray of sunshine on my gloomy day

Cant wait to go back to Kelantan.

He who brings light to the world.

2009-03-08T11:02:00.000-07:00

Salam Maulidur Rasul 12 Rabi’ul Awwal 1430.

hihi

2009-03-08T01:48:00.001-08:00

Sape tahu mana nak cari ni?

love the first one. I saw one of our exchange student wear that once.

mane nak cari ek?

I need to watch this!

2009-03-07T04:39:00.000-08:00

Jarang ade movie yang kept me thinking of it just by watching the end part of it. Nak dijadikan cerita, I was waiting for my nasi goreng cendawan at Al - Rafi Bistro when the beautiful face of Kristin Kreuk tetibe terpancar kat skrin TV restoran tu. she was wearing some indian custome that I dont know the name of and she was crying. I was like, jeng3, apohal ni? I was captivated ,I think, because of the setting, India. India is my childhood fantasy of exoticness and of riding an elephant. This movie is controversial, I think because Kristin play as a muslim and then ade adegan light kissing and then there was certain part yang di censored. Anyway, nanti nak mintak kerol downloadkan lah, hihi

HehehHHEHehEHhEhheHeHHEhHEHEhEH

2009-03-06T07:58:00.001-08:00

hate to admit this, but the taste of sins is so sweet! hahahahahahaha

Ken chan is a bad boy.......

2009-03-04T22:28:00.002-08:00

i just knew my favourite japanese singer is an alcoholic and in his latest DVD, he smoke

there goes his image of a goody - goody boy

and I thought he was cute when he sang POP STAR and ookina furidokei

Hambek kau!

2009-03-03T22:37:00.000-08:00

baru belajar nak ubah2 template blog, hasilnya? seperti yang anda lihat sekarang, Ala2 The Hobbit gitu, Love the layout but not the header, habis header cantik2 yang kerol buat dulu. malam ni nak suruh kerol edit balik.

I quote this from Azie's Blog

2009-03-03T20:32:00.000-08:00

“Lower your eyes and you will see wonders”

-Prophet Muhammad SAW

I am a shy guy.........

2009-03-03T19:45:00.000-08:00

Stumbled into Herne a few times at the faculty today, and each time I met her I gave the sweetest smile I can. The thing with my smile is that I just like spread my lips and then I look down, really, I am a shy guy. The third time we met, I smiled and she asked, "kenape senyum sinikal" ( dalam hati I was like, "what?" ) and my explanation is "saye pemalu orangnye!" (question for myself: ape kaitan malu ngan being sinikal Ramzi oi?). Her question haunt me on my bus ride to cemara later and the first thing I do back home was study my smile in the mirror. She was right, when I smile, I look arrogant, like telling you that you had done some great unforgivable wrong and the hell is the one place you belong, MUAHAHAHAHAHA. Really need to change my smile. This reminds me to stuff Azim cakap dulu, "kalau nak senyum tuh senyum betul2, biar nampak gigi, baru org ingat kite senyum ikhlas (gitulah lebih kurang die cakap). And I Thought I was being cute with this smile..

Nak main Final Fantasy Dissidia!

2009-03-02T15:17:00.000-08:00

There are 12 world........and the 13th is about to be revealed. Gitulah tagline die mase Square mula2 mempromote game nih. Its a fighting game, with RPG elements. If you are a fan of Final Fantasy series then you are familiar with the villains and heroes of Final Fantasy. So this is like a crossover of all 12 Final Fantasy games. Its like, you can choose to be Zidane Tribal and fight Kefka Palazzo (gitu lah lebih kurang nak beritahu situasinye). I tried the japanese version of the game and hell was I blown away? you bet I did!. just cant wait for the English version of this

I really should prioritise my priorities

2009-03-01T14:41:00.000-08:00

did not sleep at all today, have not read the three chapters dr. Z asked us to, mr. Suthagar's presentation is just so-so and my head is still aching because i just finished fighting gypceros for the third time, and still i dont get the light crystall i been craving for, ~sigh~

The coffe memory (concerning Ayoh)

2009-02-27T15:04:00.000-08:00

One of my childhood memories of my beloved dad, or Ayoh as I warmly call him is of cup of coffe in kedai kopi in the afternoon. After zohor prayer, he took me out on his kapchai to the kedai kopi. I remember the that the cup will always have a saucer with it, and a small spoon. What Ayoh did was first stir the kopi and the milk together and tasting it, making sure it have just the right amount of sweetness. Satisfied, he pour some of the sweet liquid into the saucer and blow it to cold. The one with saucer is mine and then I sat patiently waiting for it to get cold, as Ayoh drank the remaining kopi in the cup. When it is cold enough then I have my go. We will then talk about my education or whatever that crosses our mind, but mainly it concerned me. I remember then the coffe in the saucer taste so sweet, especially with Ayoh to enjoyed it. I was so much his darling little angel back then and I think I still am, whenever he spoke to me, I can see the little child in me smiling, especially in phone coversation at the end of the month, asking for pocket money.

How little we speak in their language

2009-02-27T12:55:00.000-08:00

It was 1.00 pm on friday and being a devoted muslim that I am, I was on my way to the Mosque for Friday Prayer. Just finished a discussion at the faculty and because I have another class at 3 pm, I did not go back to Cemara and change. Biasanya kalau nak gi friday prayer mesti pakai baju melayu hensem2 n sembur perfume sampai penghuni akasia boleh bau, tapi malas lah nak balik Cemara then Datang balik faculty, just pray at the nearest mosque lah. On my way there were this two guys walking in front of me, they converse in sign language. Being a student of language, I cant help but fascinated by the silenceness of their conversation. My sojourn in the quietness was interrupted in a form of three kids. Upon seeing the two men in front of me they were like running in excitement, you know, screaming and pointing like the ice - cream man is coming. Then the kids started to called the men with names (the kind that will hurt if I write it here) eventhough the two guys cant hear the kids, I think they knew, because they started to exchange looks. One of the kids kinda ask question to them and one of the guy answered (in sign language) and the kid told this to his friend "die paham kite cakap la". It struck me to extreme repulsiveness because it suggest that they (the one blessed with the ability to hear and speak) are differrent (its like, two species kinda different) compared to them (the one who are tested with not having the ability to speak or hear and thus making them stronger, in my opinion).

Of Twin Tower, Faridtosaurus and Garra Rufa Sp.

2009-02-23T13:26:00.000-08:00

should post this earlier but procrastination aided with extreme lack of energy prevails (nak tulis poem ke?) hehe. This is what happened on our last outing, exactly on saturday, 21st of february 2009. Me, Zue, Kak Im, Mira, Azim, Azie, Ani, Tia, Gege, Fery and Farid went to KLCC (the small child in me just exploded with excitement). Luck betrayed us as our plan to waste our time in Petrosains is proved fooly as there are too many people in there and the entrance is blocked. We then turn our attention to Dino Trek 2 exbhition. We are then been amazed with life size replicas of T-rexes and Triceratops and many other dinosaur name that was proved too difficult to spell or pronounce. We also participate in a kind of challenge to produce the best dinosaur out of paper and the trick is one of us have to be the dinosaur. So that is when Faridtosdaurus come to be.

here, teamwork and determination is tested as we try our best in making the best dinosaur! aided and guided by of course, our talented Mak Andam, Azim Saidon, here in this picture is handsomely dressed in my new shirt (bile nak pulang zim?)

But in the end, everyone wins, Oh well, so much for determination and teamwork!

Next, we went to Aquaria, I dont have any picture so I wont talk much of this, we enjoyed it anyway, better than the Dino Trek Exibithion.
After a visit to the underwater world, we do something different out of fishses, rather than we eat them, we let them 'eat' our tired, weary little feet!

anyway, the hairy leg is mine and the other one is Azim's.
This small little fishies are Garra Rufa, Native I think, to Turkey. I heard of this theraphy before, but never try it so the ivitation is quiet alluring. Their bites were like small electric shocks, didnt really enjoy it at first but later I found it quite soothing(?). Then me and azim beranagn la kononye nak cube sumethin advance, so we moved to another kolam, with bigger fishes, and hell what a bite they delivered, it was disturbing, almost like pain.

Me and azim sum - up the day with shopping. We bought shirt in a store called ROMP.

I ruined Mior's farewell cake

2009-02-20T04:30:00.000-08:00

mior is our dear - dear friend. It is not too much I think to say that he is like the backbone to us Cohort 4, especially when it comes to the negotiations of banking in our allowance early, so that we have enough time to waste it later. He and another friend was choseen for student exchange programme to Australia. Sorry for ruining the cake guys, bersalah sangat ni, hehe. Anyway, good luck with the aussies Mior, pack us some koalas later ya!

I watched this twice

2009-02-19T04:38:00.000-08:00

This semester, we took Literature In ESL Classroom. This course is mainly about teaching Eglish via literature. one of the text we studied is Two Kinds by Amy Tan. It explores the complex relationship of mother and daughter, told with the relationship of Jing Mei and her mother, an immigrant from China. The Joy Luck Club is like a sequel to Two Kinds, where we are told of the story between two generation of women, their mothers are imiggrants and the daughters are pure bred american chinese. I cried a few times watching this, I am especially sensitive of the subject of mother's love and especially touched on Jing Mei's mother story, especially what happened to her in China. A must watch for anyone who need an emotional outburst, you will cry and later called each others mum telling her how much you love her.

Runnimng away.........................

2009-02-17T08:07:00.000-08:00

run, run, run away,
you really had make my day,
run, run, do not stay,
leave a mucus trail on your way........

I HATE Rhinorrhea!!!!!! (how to pronounce this anyway?)

(later I realised I spelled Running wrong but then I decided to leave it as it is)

I smell like a girl

2009-02-15T08:08:00.001-08:00

this is my first time ever I use women fragrances, just because I like the smell of roses. Need to thank Shah for stopping at The Body Shop outlet at Sunway Pyramid on our recent outing.

To a friend

2009-02-03T07:41:00.001-08:00

Time and People will separate us but the bond we create will shake even the foundation of Earth.

Two good things happened to me today.

2009-01-31T23:34:00.000-08:00

The plan is to go to Plaza Alam Central, I really need to buy a new leather shoes and you can see my toe poking out of my sneaker. Really need to buy this two stuff. But the two good things happened in Shah Alam City Centre. From afar I can smell this smell that evoke the sweet memory of sweet circular thingy, usually covered in chocolatte. And the first sight of the origin of the smell makes me smile. it was

Big Apple Donuts & Coffe!
I remember in Kelantan, I used to have this like once every week!, that was when the ever handsome and loyal friend of mine, mat daoh I called him, was my driver (usually he will get two of his favourite donuts in the end!)

The next best thing happened in MPH bookstore. I was browsing in the local interest section, (so I think) with a book in my mind. Browse through the upper shelf, nope. second shelf, also, no, and lastly the bottomost shelf, yup! I found it

Been looking for this one for centuries after I stumbled Awang Goneng's Blog.
I just love how he captured his childhood in Terengganu in his words. Really brings me back old memories of pokok getoh, ikang sekila and many more memento of my childhood. To anyone who want to go back in time to your terengganu chilhood, hurry up to SACC's MPH and look for this book, theres only two copies left!