2013

and all I want is an Llama.

This is not easy

be a teacher they said, it is easy they said........easy korok hang!

I am now a teacher......

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

#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

#1

I thought that 'Banduan' is a tittle.

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

20 sen.

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!

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

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.........

......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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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!)

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