Violence Begets Violence

We were watching the late night news last nite when my housemates who are mostly Kelantanese and Terengganu-nese broke into fast and furious speech in their own dialects. They went too fast and too heavy in their accent for me to understand, but from a phrase or two which I understand, I managed to make a conclusion that they are angry over what happened in Bak Tai, Narathiwat, Thailand.

They condemned the Thai Prime Minister, the Thai government, the Thai military, and extended the condemnation to the Israel and US governments as well.

I am sorry that we are living in this violent and hateful world. But surely there's something that we can do to make it a better place? As pointed in my previous post, Focus on Solution, not on Problem?

However, I can't help wondering with an uneasy feeling of growing anger, why did the Thai military used force against the public? Is that the normal procedure they use when dealing with public? When I was in Thailand a couple of years ago, my Thai friends brought me in a car ride and then pointed to a landmark, saying, 'This is where the soldiers killed students' demonstrators.'

I was touched when I saw a weeping widow telling all how her children kept asking how come their father were not home for breaking of fast together with family, and how she had to lie to them saying their father went to surau for breaking of fast. When the children knew the truth, would they grow up harbouring ill and revengeful feelings towards the government who was supposed to protect the public, namely their father?

Read More

You represent... naivete.
So innocent and trusting... you can be very shy at
times, but it's only because you're not sure
how to act. You give off that "I need to
be protected vibe." Remember that not all
people are good. Being too trusting will get
you easily hurt.


What feeling do you represent?
brought to you by Quizilla

Me. Na-ive. Naive ke? Yalah kot. But needed to be protected? Hmm... Yalah kot :p Tapi kalau tak de orang nak protect, then 'wachaa!' diri-sendiri wat berani la. Yalah, orang tu jauh dari aku, kalau tak boleh la berlari belakang dia, menyorok2 ke. Hehe.

Read More

Tergendala lagi

Balik dari kerja semalam, gi kedai motor nak beli motor yang aku book ari tuh. Sampai kat kedai tu, tunjuk resit kat tauke tu, tiba-tiba...

'Aiyo, ini sudah jual lo... awak lambat mah...'

'Apasal dah jual? Kan saya dah tempah?'

'Awak lambat mah...'

'Awak tak cakap pun kena amik dalam tempoh ini2...'

'Tak apa2... saya kasi tunjuk motor lain. Tahun sama. Ada starter oo...'

'Berapa?'

'Dua enam saja (RM2.6k)...'

Hampeh. Dia ingat aku ni kerja kat kilang cetak duit ke? Aku suruh dia tunggu sekejap, n miss call member aku yang janji nak datang utk test drive motor tu untuk aku. Maklum la, aku ni 'buta motor'.

Member aku datang, tengok2 motor tu, pas tu test drive. Dia cakap2 kat tauke tu, something pasal body motor tu (ntah aku tak tau apa2...), then bargain la untuk aku.

'1999, RM2600... mahal la... patut boleh kasi murah lagi...'

'Ada starter oo...'

Lepas 10 minit, dia kata boleh kasi RM2.5k. Tapi tak de kasi helmet free. Waah!! Mana leh cam tu! Tak puas hati. Aku pun bargain lagi.

Last2...

'Tauke, besok kita datang lagi la. Nak dekat bukak puasa ni.' Member aku cakap.

'Ok, boleh2...'

Kat luar kedai motor...

'Apasal? Tak ok ke?' Aku tanya.

'Ala... ko bagi aku sehari. Aku tolong survey motor lagi murah la. Helmet tu, murah je. RM30 boleh dapat. Patut body tu dia tukar tak charge apa2 pun boleh. Aku gi tukar body motor awek aku tak sampai RM50 boleh dapat... bla2...'

Aku terdiam je, tak paham apa2. Ah, lantak aa... Kalau dia cakap macam tu, yalah kot.

Lepas kuar dari kedai tu, dia balik opis dia, aku pun balik rumah aku. Betul jugak apa dia cakap. Tunggu sehari lagi tak pe sebab yang aku nak beli ni bukan murah. Ribu2 woo... Bajet aku pun sebenarnya sampai RM2.5k je, termasuk la aksesori2 lain e.g. kunci tayar motor n helmet. Kalau motor je dah RM2.5k, alamatnya makan roti kering je la aku sampai gaji bulan depan masuk (waa!! lepas raya tuh!)

Ahem, ahem. Kepada orang tu, thanks kejutkan sahur pagi tadi! :) Sori la lepas sahur tertido balik, tak sempat balas mesej ;p

Read More

Semakin 'Comel'

Malam semalam set jam pukul 5 pagi, sebab aku suka sahur lewat2.

Alih2, pagi ni tak sodar pun jam bunyi menyebabkan aku tak bangun sahur. Bangun2, tengok jam, >gasp< dah pukul 6 pagi.

Biasanya aku bersahur ngan segelas Quaker oats berperisa coklat. Masa memula dulu, rajin la nak memanaskan kuali dan menghabiskan bawang, minyak masak, nasi dan sebagainya :p Sekarang ni, setelah balik dari klinik hari tu n tengok berat badan dah naik sekilo (sekilo!!!), ditambah lagi ngan perasaan setiap kali cuci muka, tapak tangan rasa penuh je (no more that hollow feeling in the palm of my hands), aku kata - that's it. Aku kena 'control makan' bulan ni.

Yalah, kalau berat bertambah, yang lain semua maintain lagi, tapi muka aku mesti bertambah chubby. Aku teringat masa bersiap2 nak gi kelas masa third year dulu, aku berdiri depan cermin kat ruang tamu rumah nak pakai tudung, lepas tu perasan betapa chubby nya aku. Masa tu aku terjerit, 'Alamak! Chubby nyer aku!'

From that day on, budak2 rumah aku pun gelar aku Chubby (hehe. Sori aa Didiz, sama plak cam gelaran ko kat awex ko tu. Tapi bukan aku nak, diaorang yang pandai2 kasi nama tu...). Terutamanya Haiza n Bib, tak abis2 terjerit 'Chubby!!' setiap kali nak panggil aku. Hampa-gas tul.

Kesimpulannya, aku kena kurangkan makan bulan posa nih. Kalau tak, nanti aku jalan sebelah orang tu, orang lain mesti cakap 'Eh, eh... 'sehat' nyer awex dia...'

... TIDAKK!!!

Read More

Focus on Problems vs. Focus on Solutions

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did Russians do??

....The Russians used a Pencil!!!

Bila aku baca benda yang diforward kat aku nih, aku gelak terbahak2. Sebenarnya benda tu menunjukkan betapa complicated nyer sesetengah orang (termasuk la aku kot) bila nak setel kan sesuatu masalah yang simple. Salute kat orang Rusia for coming up with this solution.

Sejak kebelakangan ni cuaca mendung sokmo. Aku tak kisah kalau mendung dan redup je, sebab aku suka hari tak panas. Tapi bila dah hujan, aku tak suka pulak, sebab basah lencun bila nak balik dari opis. Baju pun tak kering. Yang tensennya, bila nak tido, tak hujan pulak. Hampa-gas tul...

Bila cakap pasal hujan, aku paling suka kenangan 3-4 tahun dulu. Masa tu adik-adik aku masih kecik. Sorang tu baru umur tiga, sorang lagi tu umur 4 tahun. Kalau aku balik cuti je, diaorang gumbira sesangat masa serbu aku sambil tanya, 'Bila nak main hujan?'

Memang la masa kecik2 tak elok main hujan nanti demam. Tapi bagi budak kecik, diaorang bukan reti pun benda2 cam tu. Yang diaorang tau, main hujan tu best. Jadi kalau hujan petang2 tu, aku jerit suruh cari payung besar, then budak2 tu akan berlari keluar ikut aku bermain hujan kat taman. Nampak lopak je, lompat kat lopak, biar terpercik air. Tendang lopak, lari2 dalam hujan di bawah payung. Seronok.

Tapi paling seronok dengar diaorang gelak dengan hepi nye. Tak kisah la kalau aku kena marah pulak lepas tu sebab biarkan diaorang main hujan. At least aku ajar sebelum main hujan, kena pakai baju tebal2 sikit, lepas tu mesti pakai payung =p

PENGAJARAN: Tak kisah la nak blogging time opis hour ni, asalkan keje dah siap! Hehe. Konpius? Tak de kaitan? Ada la... cuba baca betul2... ;)

Read More