Visit Perak 2012 - Pulau Pangkor.

Do you know next year will a Visit Perak year? If not, then you must living in cave. You are lame.

So, in conjunction with Visit Perak 2012, I am launching my very own Perak Tour and and tell you how amazing actually Perak is! Yeah, clap clap. Kaboom kaboom (This is the sound of fireworks, just so you know my launching is super happening).

Well, even 2 weeks before the new year arrive, my tour had actually kicked off. Me and buddy went to Pangkor Island! Even there's not much excitement as Pangkor is near to my home, I still can't deny Pangkor is still one of the island with many beautiful beaches around. Yay, Pangkor! See how excited I am!

To get there, you can either use Marina Island to get on a ferry or from Lumut. Marina Island is a new place without much happening around, though the distance to Pangkor is quicker, which a ferry only take about 15 minutes to get there with safer parking space and less crowd. Compare to Lumut, which a ferry needs 45 minutes to Pangkor, limited parking and crowded jetty. However, I still chose Lumut as for my buddy, this is his first time to Pangkor. By going through Lumut, there's more to see, more to shop and during the 45 minutes trip, you can enjoy more time on the ferry going through Naval Base. 

Pangkor is rich with many chalets and hotels. Most of them are not that expensive. You can find a lot at Teluk Nipah and Bogak Beach. I selected a chalet at Teluk Nipah as that is the place for water activities that I've planned the next day. During this school holidays, usually the price would be a bit expensive compare to non peak seasons, but still, the chalet only cost me RM95 which is rather cheap. I would strongly suggest you make a reservation before you came since the peak season would invite so many tourists that these chalets usually will be fully occupied.

We had drizzle at noon by the time we arrived, so we got ourselves to a nearby kopitiam near the jetty where now the commercial area is located. With new renovated shops houses, these place looks sophisticated with many choices of souvenirs, clothes, satay fish and dried seafood.  We didn't get ourselves dried seafood there however as I had other places that I would recommend later. When the sun re-appear, we went to the Dutch Fort. There's nothing much here, but visiting this place is a must if you're in Pangkor. Missing this place is like you're not going to Big Ben when you're in London. Yes, this is the big ben of Pangkor. The iconic place o Pangkor I would say.

By the way, we got ourselves a rental motorcycle. You can book it when you buy your ferry ticket in Lumut, and it only cost you about RM35 for a day rent. It is so much easier to move around when you  have your own transport. And after getting ourselves around Pangkor on the bike, stopping by at the Bogak Beach where currently there is a lot of water activities compare to my previous visit and the fishermen's village, we got back to Teluk Nipah and had a little swim as it get a bit cloudy.Teluk Nipah is the IT place for Pangkor. The beach is beautiful, peaceful and calming. Watching sunset the side of the beach is priceless.

The next day, to avoid ourselves to get sunburn, we got ourselves out to the sea as early 7.30 in the morning. Then by 8.30, we went for kayaking for 45 minutes, and it only cost us RM10 per person. Cheap eh? Right after that, we went for a boat ride to snorkeling area. Only RM15 per person with no limit time. The place was a little bit crowded, but definitely worth it. After 1.5 hours snorkeling, the beach boy whom got us there took us around with his little boat to an awesome ride around Teluk Nipah. With that, both us only spend RM25/person for water activity. This is super cheap alright.

We got back to our chalet at noon, checked out and went to Pangkor Gallery ( a new place ), with some artifacts, old records, photos. You'll get to know new things on Pangkor which even I did not. Next we went to the seafood factory near the chinese village. This is the place I propose to get your shopping on seafood. This factory is rather cheap with variety of food. From fried seafood, seafood snacks to satay.

We finally got on a ferry after queuing up for almost half an hour as many were going back as well. As what I can conclude, it is a beautiful island and totally affordable for you to come over with families. So spend some time and have a visit to this fascinating place, Pangkor.

Don't Let Me Go.

Well said.

Public Service Is Not That Bad.

I was in Putrajaya last 2 weeks for a meeting and as usual, I arrived about 1 hour early. With nothing else in mind what to do while waiting, I decided to renew my identity card (IC). These days we Malaysians call it Mykad. The last time when I renewed mine was 10 years ago, I was 16 then. However, regulation stated that we need to update Mykad when we reach 21. So I was fined RM20. No complaint though.

The service at the Registration Department was super quick. There is a procedure flow at the entrance that you would never get confused what to do next and I spent only about 15 minutes there to get my things done. 

My Mykad was suppose to be ready the nextday, however, as I would be back to Ipoh, they sent it to the registration office there, and 2 weeks after, I got my new Mykad! 

 Tadaaaa! See, our public service is not that bad, so stop being so negative.

Super Mad.

I am super mad that I don't know where to start. Someone was really trying to get on my nerve today and this would be a surprise to most of my colleagues as most of them never knew the other side of me. Yes... I am the angry bird. Not this red one, but the super black one. Seriously...

So please don't test my patience as I know that both of us would be VERY sorry for what I would have done. I would make you suffer like that stupid green monster that stole the eggs. Duh!

Ok, Jaffrey, jangan marah-marah. Dalam Islam tak digalakkan untuk kita marah pasal nanti hilang pertimbangan waras pemikiran.

Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. bahawasanya seorang lelaki berkata kepada Nabi s.a.w.“ Berwasiatlah kepadaku, “Lalu Nabi s.a.w menjawab: “Janganlah engkau menjadi seorang yang pemarah.” Orang itu mengulangi permintaan beberapa kali, Nabi s.a.w menjawab:“Janganlah engkau menjadi seorang yang pemarah.” - Hadith 

Riwayat al-Bukhari

Astarghfirullah Halazim...

Lunch At A Legendary Place.

I went to for a site visit the other day at Tanjong Malim, Perak. And on our way there, we stopped by at a restaurant, which was recommended by colleague of mine who was joining as well.

What makes this place so interesting is that, it opened exactly at 1.00 pm, and my friend said it would be closed at 2.00 pm, which made that restaurant opened only for 1 hour! And people will start to queue early before 1.00 pm to get in early! Giler lah.  

The place is not that fancy, buruk je... nama kat papan tanda pun tak ada... but clean, and the customers came with luxurious cars. And of course, the food is not disappointing. Ada ketam masak lemak, rendang ayam kampung, ayam goreng, ikan keli... Fuh. Marvelous lah! 

Too bad, the place does not have a name. Weird kan? Papan tanda pon tak ada. So tak boleh laa nak bagi direction ke nama tempat. But if you're lucky, you'll find it. Best.

Are The Americans Blind?

[The Jews] knowingly perverted [the word of Allah], know of nothing except lies ... commit evil and become engrossed in sin. [Surah II, v. 71-85]

My Awesome People.

I've just realized that I never did describe my awesome Geng Pakciks in any of my posts.

Well, we are a group of gang with 11 people. Actually how we called ourselves 'Geng Pakciks' remain mystery till today as it started during our 3rd year when everyone of us starts to call each other 'Pakcik'.  We got to know each other in 2004 when we were studying in the same school of our beloved University. 

Ierwan was my roommate. Nine was Ierwan's former lecture mate during matriculation, so Ierwan introduced me to him on the first day, and we became close. Then I got to know Nizam, my groupmate in Bahasa Malaysia class, and Haidi was his roommate, and I got to know him as well after that. Then Para and I became close when we started to plan for barbeque for our batch months after that. Para introduced me to Peje, and we studied Electronic Devices together on the next sem (which I ended up having that subject with the worst grade, but this not to blame you, Peje :p ). Amin was Peje's closest friend as they were roommates during matriculation. Nazul was joining the group later as he was in the PALAPES, which he turns out to be like a brother to me till today. Kechik was staying at the other college, but still, he hang out with us, doing assignments together, and as he was a PALAPES as well, he was transferred to our place the next semester. Amir was the latest to join, as he got close with Ierwan the next year, and we manage to get him on board. And there it goes, how 11 of us met.

Being this important to me, the 11 of us hang out together on my birthday and during our 3rd year, I started to call this event as 'Annual Grand Meeting of Geng Pakciks'. And I believe that was the birth of this Gang. We went for trips, to Perlis, to Perak, Penang, Malacca and many other places. We hang out most of the time, at dinner time, games, lectures, classes, doing assignments.

Being with these people, brings out the best out of me. They gave me confidence and joy. I feel secured and safe. Everything is 'literally' shared and I don't really mind spending more and I know they feel the same way too. With simple words, we are being ourselves when we were together. Full stop. That makes us, us.

After 7 years, 4 got married, the others will... hehe, but still, we remain close.

We sees and e-mails each other always. Even now we have our own fund for future trips and also a trust fund for presents and gifts, representing us. Being in the group kept us close. Geng Pakciks make us feel obligated that we are a group of brotherhood.

...And I am genuinely proud and thankful to be part of them, Geng Pakciks.

Harimau Malaya.

All of a sudden, our national football team, The Harimau Malaya has become a proud brand to the Malaysians. Everyone was talking about them, on the radio, television, at work, on the street. The newscaster even wear the national jersey, the 1st time in history of 26 years! Harimau Malaya is the new IT thing!

Even with an unacceptable lost, the Malaysians still love them. The media is playing a big role on this. The propaganda on branding them is just sensational. Almost everyday I can listen to the radio discussing on their greatness.

Of course, this is a really cool good thing. We need to be proud of our brand, don't we? And this is how it works. The media. It's a powerful tool to tell people what they should do, what they should think.

Harimau Malaya is the NEXT BIG THING! Be prepared.

Tik Tok.

Sometimes, ignorance is a bliss.

I mentioned 'sometimes' as what I meant is ignorance that is not being insensitive. 

I always thought that I think too much, when actually it is something not to be bothered. To ignore  is a valuable skill that is difficult to earn since to me, to get over something quickly will get you a better peaceful life. But at the same time, you learnt for your future actions and experience not to repeat anything that make you feel that way again.

So, stop thinking too much.

No one even care :-)

The Dead Sea.

This is the Dead Sea. Nope, never been there. It is located in Jordan, near Israel.

Do you know the history of the Dead Sea?

And Lut, when he said to his people, "Do you commit an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds? You come with lust to men instead of women. You are indeed a depraved people." (Qur'an, 7:80-81)

We rained down a rain upon them. See the final fate of the evildoers! (Qur'an, 7:84)

[Our Messengers said to Lut,] "We will bring down on the inhabitants of this city a devastating punishment from heaven because of their deviance." We have left a Clear Sign of them behind for people who use their intellect. (Qur'an, 29:34-35)

And I would not describe more.

Please don't let history repeats itself because of our stupidity.

Subhanallah.

Favorite TV Series!

I've new tv series interest, other than How I Met Your Mother. It's New Girl!

I've been a fan of Zooey Deschanel since the film of Yes Man and 500 Days Of Summer.

The show is seriously hilarious and the scene seems spontaneous.  

It's about a girl, who decided to move in with 3 strangers whom at first were not that very fond of her, turned out to be her good buddies. It can be easily predicted that Jess, the new girl will soon  end up with one of the guy, Nick. A typical comedy. However, at the moment, it's how Jess is trying to get along with her new male housemates. I strongly suggest you people to watch this show at Star World every Saturday. Kelakar habis, serious.

How I Met Your Mother is to me, is the most brilliant TV show. How the writers arrange the story line is simply amazing, how you can relate every seasons' character and scene with each other. It all make sense! After watching 1 show, I could not wait to watch the next one to know what actually happens. It's not all about how Ted met his future wife, about the mysterious lady whom the clues about the identity came from time to time, it's about the friendship and love they shared. One word to describe How I Met Your Mother - Genius.

But still, the ultimate best one out of all TV series, is definitely, Friends.

I could watch all the 10 seasons over and over again, remembering all the lines.

Hardcore fan katakan. LoL.

Instruction For Laptop Battery

It's been a while since my last post. I've been extremely busy lately.

This post was in my page like forever but has never been posted.

To at least have something, then here it goes. :)

I bought a new laptop battery the other day and it costs me about RM200.

The life of a laptop battery is normally 2 years, exactly the life of my battery.

So I had this tips of instruction that I would like to share with you all.

1. Please discharge the battery to 3% then fully charged at the first time.

2. It is a must to turn off or recharge the battery if it discharges to 3% in normal operation. It is forbidden to discharge to 0%.

3. Please fully recharge the battery if the power is gone within two-day, or it will be easily damaged or cannot be charged.

4. It is a must to charge the battery above 50% before a long time storage (above 3 months) and the power cannot be lower than 50% or it will be easily damaged and cannot be charged.

5. Battery need a circle use frequently discharging to 3%, then full charging, once per two months.

6. If the battery use for long time and capability invalid (valid for 2 years) please take it out from laptop and stop using it to avoid the risk of fire explosion.

3rd Pakciks Junior~!

It's been a while since my last post about The Pakciks. Actually we've been meeting a lot but none has got into a post. So here we go...

During Deepavali holidays, five of us met in Perlis as it's babies time! Peje's first child was born last month, Alisya binti Faizal making her 3rd on list of Pakciks' junior after Qisha Nur Eryna binti Mohd Nazul Iqwan and Afi Danish bin Mohd Khairul Nizam. The Pakciks also has agreed to create a trust fund so that presents for new born babies and such can be handed over straight without any further discussion between us. Yay to Pakciks Trust Fund! So we got our little niece and nephew each a baby bag and clothes, and baby carrier for our first spending this time around, and will soon visit our Along, Qisha at Nilai for her birth present.

This was not out first visit to Perlis, but we got lost in the middle of cornfield. Perlis is as big as one district, but the signboard and name are rather confusing as they use a name in term of the location of one place. For example, Belakang Kilang Beras (At the back of  the rice mills). Awkward, but quite unique. And on our way back, boleh pulak ambik risk untuk tak isi minyak sampai laa keluar warning. Cuak tahap cipan jugak lah, macam mana kalau jadi macam dalam movie-movie weirdo tu. Tapi Alhamdulillah, luckily we found a gas station near Gurun. Duh.

Anyhow, thank you Nizam and Peje for the treat!

Tak sabar rasanye nak cuti-cuti Pakciks...

Sekarang Pakciks Jr dah ada 3 ahli tetap :)))

To Be Someone Better.

When you found a friend who is dear to your heart, someone important, you will tend to change your personality and attitude without your own knowing, to suit the friend, so that both of you are comfortable with each other.


If your friend is sensitive, you'll turn to be someone who is very thoughtful so that you won't the friend's feeling.
If your friend is caring, you'll take good care of yourself so that the friend won't worried too much. 
If your friend is funny, you'll learn to laugh, even it's a fake one.
If your friend is beautiful, you'll try to make up and wear good clothes so that both of you will look good.
If your friend hurts your feeling, then you'll learn how to forgive and to forget.
If your friend got mad, then you learn how say sorry.


In the end, you changed, to be someone better.
And thanks to your friend, who didn't even realize what has your friend turned you into.

Childhood Heroes.

My nephews and niece were home yesterday. The eldest was so obsessed with Ultraman that we had to sacrifice our routine show on TV for him to watch his superhero in action. I remember when I was about 8, I was super duperly in love with the Flashman. See the photo above? Yes, they were the Flash. .. .. .. Ok fine, saya malu. Sekian.

Anyhow, there were a lot of superheroes like them back then, we had Maskman, Cybercop, Power Rangers (the original with Rita), Suria Baja Hitam. I know they sound ridiculous right now, even I really do not understand what is so great about them, at this age of 26. But they were really something to me, to my friends. We even play them after school! Maybe to adults, they were some kind of a joke, but to the kids, they were truly a legend.

What I really want to know right now is...

1. Why must it always be Japan for the monster to attack?

2. Is Ultraman an alien?

3. Why must there be a 'dancing' movement here and there to do your special power?

4. Why the monster did not attack the heroes while they were 'dancing' to their power?

5. Why should they pose (like the flashman above) after changing to their 'awesome' pose?

Tak paham lah.

Laugh Out Loud!

Marilah bergelak ketawa sebentar.

Haha. Ni la Superhero paling bengong pernah dijumpai di dunia.
Pasal tu saya suke Xmen. Sekian.

Summons!

A month back, I was proud that I could announce that I never had summon driving this car within these 3 years. Sekali ambek kau, 2 saman terus kau dapat sebulan. Padan muke.

Bawak 121 km/j je pun. Sebb lak pakcik polis ni. Takpe, dah buat salah tu ngaku je lah. Lepas ni kene laa cruise kat 110km/j tepat. Pengajaran untuk kali ni. Berazam untuk tak kena saman lagi. Cet porahhh.

With the new policy of Polis DiRaja Malaysia sekarang ni, if you pay within 14 days after the summon was sent to you, then you'll get 50% discount, which is RM150. Kelam-kabut dengan penuh excited nya lah aku nak bayar saman, dan memandangkan saya ada seorang yang sangat berteknologi tinggi, jadi bayar pun mesti laa online. Using myeg.com.my was very convenient. Gune maybank2u boleh, cimbclicks boleh, visa dan macam-macam. Dan sangat pantas dan up-to-date.

Habis RM300 bulan ni kat saman. Korang tau tak berapa pasang baju g2000 saya boleh beli dengan RM300? :'-(

Movies Reviews. Part 3.

Yes people, I'm so lame that I only could do 4 movies in the past 5 months.

I've been extremely busy that I have no time to go out. Lame.

Ok. Let's start with the movie the latest I've watched. Konon habis latest laa kau tengok.

Real Steel

Seriously, one of the best movie so far. It's a about a guy with his estranged son going into this robots boxing games. It all started because of money when after some time it turned out to be a once in a lifetime experience for both of them, realizing what he had been missing over the years, his son. The way they mixed the emotions and the excitement of the game, is amazing. And the background music was not disappointing as well. 

I will watch this movie again, and again, and again.

4.5/5

Johnny English, Reborn.

Johnny English is literally, Mr.Bean. Except that he talks.

Okay, maybe Johnny English is Mr.Bean's younger brother. Or maybe his step sister. Who knows? They are both British anyway?

As always, Rowan Atkinson could never fail to make us laugh. All the scenes are humorous that people can die laughing. The story line is fresh and funny, what else?

I only could remember that I laugh so hard all the way, from minute one, till the end.

4/5

Nur Kasih, The Movie.

Okey, tak malu ke letak movie yang bulan 5 dulu?
Anyhow, as I mentioned during the previous post, Nur Kasih is the long-waited movie that I really like to watch. It's just because the drama series are just too good that I can't be left out from the movie. Believe it or not, I went watching this movie alone, in the middle of the day.
 Nanti pergi dengan kawan nangis kan malu. 
The movie was not as good as the series though. But not that disappointing. Nur and Adam were a combination of bad luck couple. I mean, the worst. I wonder whether they were good for each other, because they were tested with many obstacles. Seriously, I would give up if I were them. And what made me so curious is that almost all other characters during the drama series are gone! Gone with wind~! Mungkin tak mampu nak bayar banyak sangat pelakon dalam satu movie. Anyhow, the ending was good tho. Nasib baik Tiz Zaqyah cantik.
3/5

X-Men First Class.
X-Men has always been my favorite heroes. I liked Cyclops and Gene the most. But that does not apply in this movie because X-Men First Class is when Prof X and Magnetto are BFFs. Haha. This movie made all the rest of X-Men movies make sense. It completes them all. If you're really a fan of X-Men, this is absolutely a movie that you must watch.
The best X-Men movie so far.
4/5

Empat Gadis Bercerita.

Lisa Surihani: Comel gila budak pompuan tu tengah makan ke'r'opok!

Siti Nurhaliza: A ah, tengok lah reben dia... alah alah, comelnya.

 Fazura : Baju pun matching tengok, pink-pink biru gitu. Suke...!

Maya Karin : Kulit pun putih-putih gebu... dah besar mesti cantik macam I.

**tiba-tiba budak perempuan tu buang plastik keropok tu kat tepi jalan**

Lisa Surihani : Amboi, tengok 'r;ambut budak tu, kusut macam tak syampoo sejak lahi'r'...

Siti Nurhaliza : Dah la muka berbulu...

Fazura : Eeeh, jangan dekat dengan I, shuuuh... jijiks!

Maya Karin : Rasa nak lempang je...

Yes kawan-kawan. Didik lah anak elok-elok. Comel macam mana pun anak tu, kalau perangai buruk, terus jadi hodoh.

Sekian kisah hari ini.

Until The End Of Time.

Last week when I was in a flight, I sat next to an old British couple.

They were on their way back from holidays.

The old lady was reading a book, while the old man wrote her immigration card, hold her bag and make sure she is not interrupted. He made sure her bag was zipped properly, her left over food was put aside to his plate and reminded her to take her medicines.

I know I was being this weird old couple stalker, but I could see how important she is to him.

I wish I could be like him. I know I can be like him, and I will be him.

Europe Trip, Norway.

Still on land of the vikings. It took me about 6 hours to get to Oslo from Stockholm, by train. Surprisingly there is no immigration check in between the countries. As I thought Stockholm was cold, the temperature here in Oslo is even colder. In Stockholm and Oslo, the trees are yellowish as the winter is approaching. 

Like Stockholm, the price of ever single thing here is ridiculously expensive. But in term of the buildings, Oslo has a little bit modern touch into it.

Oslo was our last destination. It was a relief completing the trip and right after the last meeting wrapped up, the organizers had arranged us for a sight seeing tour. Luckily for us, we got to visit the place where ski-jumping was held and a park with thousands of nude sculpture with abstract messages about life, The Frogner Park. I realized that art and literature is very popular among the Europeans as they recognized their poet and artist for remembrance. 

On the 2nd day, before my flight back to London-Kuala Lumpur, I managed to go to the Vikings Museum. There are 3 viking ships inside and they simply amazed me on how  the ships from the 800AD can last that long till today. They even used screws like we do! To get to the museum, we took a bus and a ferry. Only 1 ticket is required to use all the public transport within 24 hours.

We got back to London late in the evening before taking our flight back to Kuala Lumpur the next day. Visiting Europe is really once in a lifetime experience, a humbling one to know how great God creations are.

Alhamdulillah.

Europe Trip, Sweden.

As I thought London was little bit warm, I was expecting the same with Stockholm as they are not  that far from each other. But I was totally wrong. I was shivering at the airport's immigration and this place was the coldest one I've ever been so far.

It took me about 2 hours flight to reach Stockholm from London and I spent 2 nights there. I didn't have much time to spend to have a look around here though as the schedule is quite pack. With total populations estimated around 800,000, Stockholm might not be as busy London is, but still, the old school persona is still there. It's a city with a character. Enjoying the scenery and the old township just blew me away. It's how they keep this heritage buildings for hundred of years is unbelievable. 

I manage to have a little chat with some students during our dinner at the Malaysian Embassy. I got to know that the tax here in Sweden is rather high, but almost everything with social development such as school and universities fees are supported by the Government. Maybe losing almost 40% to your total monthly income for taxing is nothing if have such facilities.

Almost everything here is ridiculously expensive. It's almost the double price from what you get in London. They said, if you want to save a little money, DIY (Do it yourselves). If converted, it's like you spend almost or maybe you can reach 100 ringgit per meal. The price of a fridge magnet is about 60kroner (RM30) which in London you can get the 1/5 of the price with the same quality. Shocking isn't it? No wonder they can come over to our place and spend only their 2 weeks saving for a 1 month vacation. So people, that is why having high income nation is really important. 

I managed to get on a hop-on hop-off for couple of hours but I didn't have time to visit the places as time is running out fast. It's only for sight seeing purpose but the tour is priceless.

I took a train to Oslo on my last day at Stockholm and got the chance to witness the view of the countryside of Sweden. The houses are rather small with typical Scandinavian home (with white frame windows) and their farms. Their forest is absolutely different from ours, mostly are pines. 

Sweden is a absolutely a beautiful country. Save money and have a visit over here.

Simply amazing.

Europe Trip, United Kingdom.

I got this golden opportunity to join a business trip last week to Europe which include United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway for 7 days. For UK, I went to Birmingham on the first day and to London on the last 2 days. In between the trip was my days at Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.

UK is always on the list of countries which I really loved to go. This is the country where my parents met and got married. So I have been listening to their stories since I was little about their life there. In fact, my aunt is currently living here too, in Wales with the rest of her family.

UK is really an old school country. A superb awesome old school country. London is like a heritage metropolitan. They cherish each of their old buildings which most have been renovated inside, but still, the original structure is kept fine. And I managed to get to the icons of the city like Big Ben, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, National Museum and of course, the Buckingham Palace. Someone also told me that London has the oldest subway train system, yet it stills remain as one the best in the world, and that is totally true. Even without a silent and super fast train, I can go to each places easily without any assistance. The system is super friendly. 

Yerp, for a Malaysian, maybe travelling to London might be expensive, but you will think twice when you spent in Norway or Sweden. I'll get back to it at the next post about it. My mom kept on reminding me not to convert the Pounds to Ringgit whenever I'm buying something over there. And after a week, I think that the price here is quite reasonable.

To find Halal food also is never a problem. You can find a lot of Muslim foreigners doing business here and a couple of Malaysians restaurant. In fact, you can easily do your prayer as many multifaith prayer room can be found around.

I took a train to Birmingham. It's about one hour plus trip.

The train go through some country area and it is simply amazing, but it's ashamed that I didn't spend much time here as I rush back to London after 4 hours to catch a plane to Stockholm. 

For the weather, it's kinda feel like Malaysia though as London is currently having her Indian Summer in middle of Fall, it was 30degree, and it is good. The sky is blue and I was sweating under my shirt.

It was simply awesome.

I Am Weird. Part 2.

I am a person that is very particular in clothes and wardrobe.

Everything that is related to clothes need to be in place where I need them.

The type of hanger that I want.

Which part of the clothes if facing right and left inside the wardrobe.

Which clothes need to be hang, which need to be folded.

How I like them to be folded.

Clothes need to be buttoned up etc.

So, I never like strangers to get into my wardrobe and simply hang any clothes inside.

Okay, so I am weird.

Again, who is not?

It's An Obligation.

I don't see much on the this topic being raised, instead we Malaysians are busy politicking here and there, busy trying to change some 'history' to 'his story', and the national flag. Lame.

Mr Mahmoud Abbas will be trying to apply for United Nation membership this week, to recognize Palestine as a registered country. Instead, there are some objections from the "Champion of Democracy" claiming that it is a provocation against Israel.

Palestine need 2/3 majority from all members of UN, which they don't seem to have any problem with that after most Asian, African, Arab and South America countries are supporting the application, but I wonder if United States will use it's Veto to block it.  We'll see.

"Recognition of Palestinian State is an obligation, not an option!" - Erdogan, Turkey Prime Minister 

Cakes Frenzy!

I love cakes.

Whenever there is something to celebrate, I would buy cakes.

Cakes represent happiness, excitement and celebration.

So, on my birthday last week, I got 4 cakes and dozens of cupcakes!

Gosh, I could not be happier! Haha...

To family and friends,

Thank you for all your kind and overwhelming wishes, gifts... and cakes!

I'm officially 26! Thank you Allah.

An Economy Status?

Last week, for our third anniversary together, I get my boy a major service, new tires and timing belt. Kopak. But after what he had done for me so far, that is totally nothing. Imagine last month, we drove 2,500km for meeting purpose only, and that does not include the mileage for me to get home.

So, dear boy, thank you for everything and I hope you will last long so that we can venture the whole world together! Hehe.

Erm.

Is it true that car represents your economy status?

The bigger and more luxury your car is, the better your position is financially?

I'm not really sure on this, but it depends on individuals.

To me, cars are liability. Their price reduced every single year. There is no point having BIG cars, but with empty pockets. Either with BMW, or Mercedez, or even with Proton, either way, I can go wherever I want. The actual goal is only to reach the destination. So kids (bajet tua), don't spend too much on your cars. You're not getting any richer by doing that.

"Happy 3rd birthday my boy, Proton Gen2 CPS. Esok kite jalan pegi KL ok."

New Gadget!

Yes people, I have new gadgets! Thanks to my mom and dad. Yay!

They got me a Samsung Tablet 10.1. It's an android, perhaps easier than Ipad.

Now I'm trying to post my first blog using this awesome gadget, not as easy as it seems tho. Maybe it will take some time before I'll get used to it. This will help much as my life get mobiled. Believe it or not, I only spend 5nights in Ipoh last month. The rest includes Kuala Lumpur, Manjung and Penang, and I drove about 2500km for meeting purpose only that month. Dah laa puasa...

Anyhow, thank you mama, baba!

Eh, thank you to Celcom too! They gave me a Sony Walkman (with the pricetag too! o_O ) for downloading a caller ringtone. Ni yang sayang lebih kat Celcom.

Book Review - For One More Day (Mitch Albom)

Finished reading it in 4 hours straight.

Definitely a solid book to read.

For One More Day is a story about a guy and his endless relationship with his mother.

This book made you think and look back, what would you do if you have the chance to have another day with someone you terribly miss.

The one day you desperately need can never be compared with everyday of your life.

The author would consider this as a ghost story. But I don't.

The story is convincing. The guy in the story, Charley Benetto was thinking to end his life, somehow he failed to do so. Instead, he met with his mother, who actually had died 8 years ago. The one day meeting with his mother was a like a turn back time where he realized what he and his mother had gone through though out the years, in a very different perspective. It is sad to have regrets in life and there is no other way to go back in time.

It is 'awesomely' depressing reading this book. Which what I meant is, depressing in a good way. It's like a wake up call. You may cry and call your mother right after reading this book.

Love your mother. Don't end up like Charley Benetto.

This book is seriously superb.

Believe In Ours.

I got this from Miss Julia. Never seen this before. I'm so lame!

Neway, this is a continuation from my previous post, localization.

It's time to believe in ours.

:)

Be Kind.

Almost everyone knew that I had the hottest temper.

But I changed. I tried to be a better person, as I know being mad would upset those who are around me, including myself.

I try to be kind. Be nice with everyone.

If I am in a situation which does not allow me to be kind, then avoid it.

Leave. Change. Silent. Or anything that would not turn me back into whom I was back then,

the super mad ego one.

There's nothing to lose.

Be kind, being kind is different enough.

Life is short.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Dah raya ke-5 baru kau nak wish Selamat Hari Raya.

My TOP10 favorite Raya moments:

1. Baju Raya!!!

2. Makan raya with family after Solat.

3. Family photo session right after that.

4. Giving away Duit Raya~

5. Sessi bermaaf-maafan.

6. Kelam-kabut bersiap untuk ke Singapore.

7. Makan rendang dan lontong di perhentian highway

8. Uncles, Aunties, Cousins reunion

9. Dengar lagu raya

10. The best out of the rest, just to be with my family :)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Maaf Zahir & Batin.

Localization.

Dulu masa saya kerja kat kilang Toshiba, kitorang ada buat projek 'Localization' yang mana semua raw material yang dibeli dari Jepun cuba ditukarkan kepada raw material dari dalam negara. Dengan cara ni dapat jimatkan belanja dan jugak masa.

Jadi, sempena bulan kemerdekaan kita yang ke-54 tahun ni, saya nak buat projek untuk diri sendiri, Localization! Kita selalu puji orang-orang negara lain yang patriotik la, bangga dengan barang negara sendiri, pencapaian rakyat dan macam-macam. Tapi kalau setakat puji bagai nak rak, no point kalau kita tak cuba contohi. Jadi mulai tahun ni, saya nak cuba tukar barang-barang kegunaan saya kepada barang buatan Malaysia. Maybe takde la totally, but at least there is something kan? Target saya, 30% daripada barang-barang kegunaan saya mestilah barang Malaysia, dalam 1 tahun ni.

Jadi sebagai permulaan, hari ni saya tukar brand ubat gigi saya.

Saya beli buatan Malaysia ye.

Maybe korang akan cakap barang Malaysia tak berkualiti. Tapi kalau orang sendiri pun tak support, siapa lagi. Bila korang buat bisnes nanti, siapa korang harapkan melainkan orang sendiri? If korang kata barang Malaysia adalah cap ayam, maka anda juga adalah bangsa cap ayam. Sekian.

Selamat berjaya Encik Jaffrey!

English? Malay? Malay? English? Manglish?

During Tun Mahathir tenure, the Government decided to change the medium for Science and Mathematics teaching from Malay language, to English. But back at 2008, Tun Abdullah revisited the module and changed it back to Malay with "Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu, Memperkukuhkan Bahasa Inggeris". Now, the government is planning to change back its policy after many parents appealed that these subjects to be taught in English.

To me, to uphold Bahasa Melayu does not mean that we need to use it the whole time in school or in any other formal events or occasion. We need to look back at this topic with different perspective with a whole wider range of views. What is the point of having extra 8 hours in school speaking in Malay when the rest of the day, the student was chatting, talking, listening to "Bahasa Rojak" while watching movies or dramas, listening to music, either way none of them are using the correct Bahasa Melayu? Rather than teaching every subjects fully in Bahasa Melayu, we first need to correct and revised back all the Bahasa Melayu that we are listening and using in daily life.

Having Japan and France as the country models that only used their mother tongue language, I feel that this is irrelevant and cannot be applied here in Malaysia. This is because of the education and technology that we have, which we actually depends on foreign countries to grow and enhance the economy. Having prefesionals who can't speak English is not helping. We need our people to master English, so that not only it helps the knowledge transfer and communication friendly, but it also pave ways to borderless society.

Having English as our second language increase our country's marketability. In that case, the language needs to be strengthened and practiced among us more to prove that English is really so, our second language. So I really believe that teaching Science and Mathematics help to increase our graduates' confidence and being multilingual, especially the from the rural area. Multilingual should be encouraged among our students as a study claims that those who are highly proficient in two or more languages are reported to have a higher cognitive proficiency and are found to be better second-language learners at a later age than the monolinguals.

I am not saying that Bahasa Melayu needs to be sacrificed in some sort of form. It will always remain as our first language, our mother tongue language, but how are going to be the regional hub of education if this simple change cannot be applied?