Facebook.

Are you below 40 and does not have a Facebook account?

Ok... now, who do you think you are? Tarzan? I bet even Tarzans these days have accounts on Facebook, ok?

Last week in the news, according to a study, the Malaysians are the most sociable, as they have the most friends in social networking website, like Facebook, in average 233 friends. So, guys, if you have below 233 then you are below average, please work harder. And believe it or not, the Malaysians also spend a whopping 9 hours per week on average on these kind of websites! (As some you may not know, Facebook is the official website for the Malaysians, please take note that).

To me networking is one of the most powerful tool these days, the more you know people, the easier your life would be (with a condition you are not that annoying). With many helps from the new and interesting applications created by Facebook, we are tend to get into it for more entertainment and info. News now spread so fast. Even when 'some' people's little minor issues are told to world through it in seconds.

"sedihnya"... Ok, u put this on your status, now the whole world know you're feeling down. And if you're lucky enough, then people would give some attention and comforting, and if not, you're ignored, which will make you even worse. LoL. Photos of you 'tergedik' sana sini pun ada, and let say 10 years from now, maybe you're a minister, or any other important person, the people will have the chance to see how your private life is or was, is it weird to see your minister's photo yang tergedik sana sini? Then if you're not an attention seeker, please don't do that...

Ok, what's the point is, Facebook could be a really good thing. But even if you're the most sociable country, the productivity and the quality of the service is still the most important ones. What's the point of working 8 hours a day, when half of it you're spending it on Facebook?

She got married.

Outside, I was happy and overwhelmed, but deep inside I was sad. That's how I feel during my sisters' weddings. It's like letting them go and lose part of your share in their life. Owh, do I need to grow up for feeling so?

Sarah got married last Friday.

She'd been there as far as I could remember, as we get to know each other back then at 1991, when we were 6.

We were neighbours, I could scream to her only at the window of my bedroom to hers.

She's the hot stuff in school, I was the nerdy one, but she sticked with me no matter what, and from there, I got my recognition.

So we grew up together, and she kept on reminding me that I will always be her best friend no matter what when we left schools and parted our ways to college. But life is not as we planned, we lost our track, and the friendship as well.

But Sarah Nadiah, maybe you were no longer around the past couple of years, and maybe the years to come too, but remember, not even time could erase the 19 years of friendship we shared, and on this special day of yours, I wish you nothing less but the best in your life, dunia dan akhirat, Selamat Pengantin Baru, Sarah & Izaq.

"Izaq, please take good care of her, she's important... she's a sister..."

Opocot Mak Kau Tergolek!!!

Let me introduce to you, this is Li Syaoran. Ok ok... Li Syaoran is too cool to say "opocot mak kau tergolek".

There is one phenomenon among the Malays (not PHD ye), that is called 'melatah'. When they were startled by something that comes without their knowing, they will tend to say something ridiculous which is out of their control. I would say that "Opocot mak kau tergolek" is one of the most polite way to 'melatah', rather than those with bad words or curse. Oh oh! And even worse, those who has the extra actions going on right after that, eg, bersilat. It's hillarious! But dangerous at the same time...

Scientifically, I don't know why this 'melatah' thing happens, and does it weird to know that 'melatah' only happens to the Malays?

Yesterday, I was on my way to the washroom where I found 2 female cleaners inside, and they started to 'melatah' when they found me there, with loud noise. I was terribly shocked as I thought I was in the wrong washroom. 5 minutes past, yet the 2 cleaners were still 'melatah'. Funny, but kesian pon ada... melatah sampai ke sudah...

Sorry kak~!

5 Interesting Facts.

1. Coca-Cola was originally green.

2. The most common name in the world is Muhammad.
3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Membaca.

Korang tau tak bulan Oktober adalah bulan bahasa kebangsaan? Jadi saya meneruskan usaha saya untuk berbahasa Malaysia.

Untuk makluman semua, sesiapa yang betul-betul kenal saya, saya adalah orang yang suka membaca. Cewah. Dan minta maaf, memang hidup saya agak membosankan dan tak fun. Sekian.

Hari tu saya pergi Amcorp Mall kat KL tu. Bukan Kuala Langat ye, tapi Kuala Lumpur. Ada satu kedai buku ni. Apa yang lain daripada lain adalah, buku-buku kat kedai ni sangat murah gila. Bayangkan buku Twilight yang korang suka dan teruja wow kebam keboom tu cuma boleh dapat bawah RM20 je setiap set. Bukan tu je, dah la murah, buku dia pon berkulit tebal. Ah, excited terlebih pulak. Yer, bagi saya yang boring ni, masuk kedai buku adalah ibarat saya masuk kedai game saga ketika berumur 8 tahun. Harap semua maklum.

Cuma kebanyakkan buku kat sana are not that well known macam kedai-kedai buku lain, but it's very worth it. Eh, terenglish pulak. Tetapi ianya sangatlah berbaloi-baloi. Siapa yang suka membaca, cuba la melawat kedai tu, siapa yang tak suke, cube la suke.

Ok.

Orang Asli.

Okay, hari ini adalah hari berbahasa Malaysia. Bahasa Malaysia ye semua, bukan lagi Bahasa Melayu.

Minggu lepas saya pergi perkampungan orang asli kat Royal Belum. Sebenarnye ni semua last minute call, tapi tak apa la, 1st time nak masuk Kg Orang Asli, usually lalu kat sebelah gitu-gitu je kat Tapah, tak pernah masuk. Nak ke sana dari Ipoh ambek masa around 2.5 hingga 3 jam jugak lah. Then kena naik bot lagi 1 jam. Sampai ke seberang Royal Belum tu, kena naik 4 wheel drive lagi dalam setengah jam hingga 40 minit pasal jalan dia bukan tar, jalan merah je.

Tempat ni memang typical kampung orang asli. Rumah-rumah diorang macam nipah hut lagi, susah nak jumpa rumah batu. Elektrik pon tak ada, guna generator je, tapi apa yang meng'gempak'kan adalah ada antara mereka yang ada astro. Rumah sewa saya pun tak ada astro ye, harap maklum... (Terbayang-bayang orang asli tengok ESPN ke, E! dengan MTV... owh). Line telefon pon tak ada lagi, tapi banyak remaja kat sana dah ada handphone, tatau apa motif...

Kebanyakkan orang asli adalah berkulit hitam-hitam manis dan berambut kerinting. Tapi sekarang ada jugak yang berambut lurus, tak pasti kat dalam kampung tu ada perkhidmatan merebonding rambut ke tak, setahu saya tak. Err..

Ok, tapi apa pun, kalau ada kelapangan, datang lah melawat. Kat sini tak ada One Utama ke, Jusco ke, Bowling Plaza ke... Pasal kat sini isu 'kebendaan' ataupun materialistic tu tak wujud. Semua atas apa yang sedia ada, kalau tak ada, tak apa. Tak ada apa-apa yang hendak ditunjuk-tunjuk. Jadi, saya anggap itu sebagai satu kehidupan yang masih suci, suci dari segala kebendaan dan kekayaan, yang sebenarnye punca segala kejahatan. Ewah, tibe-tibe pulak keluar perkataan tu. Tak apa, macam sedap...

Sekian.

Exit to Ipoh.

For those who didn't know, now there is only one exit to Ipoh when you're using PLUS highway. If you ever miss it, then you have to go to Kuala Kangsar which is about 30km from Ipoh for a U-turn. That is if you're from the south. If you're from the north, then the U-turn you can take which is the nearest is at Simpang Pulai.

Those from the south, PLUS has already placed LOTS of sign board for the one and only exit, and the font is really THAT big (refer to the photo above), and they have it for every minute of driving after Gopeng before reaching Ipoh.

But sometimes your mind just slipped away at that time, and somehow you miss the exit. Like I did previously, with Nine (Nine, kalau aku dengan ko asek2 sesat je kan). Seriously, Kuala Kangsar is really far for a u-turn. Why don't PLUS put another exit in between? Maybe at Jelapang? Even Taiping has 2 exits...

1st class.

RM59.7 juta pinjaman PTPTN jadi biasiswa

2010/10/01

KUALA LUMPUR: Sejumlah RM59.7 juta pinjaman Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) ditukarkan kepada biasiswa sebagai pelepasan kepada 2,162 pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) dan swasta (IPTS) yang memperoleh ijazah kelas pertama, tahun ini.

Pelaksanaan dasar baru itu selaras pengumuman Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, dalam pembentangan Bajet 2010 tahun lalu bahawa kerajaan akan menukarkan pinjaman PTPTN kepada biasiswa bagi pelajar yang memperoleh ijazah sarjana muda kelas pertama atau setaraf bermula tahun ini.

This was taken from Berita Harian, today, October 1st. Well, this is good news isn't it? But have you wonder what does 1st class honor even means? If you ask my uni friends, they would tell that this is not fair.

There are two types of university we have here in Malaysia, the high end and low end university. Let me get this straight first, this has nothing to do with the ranking or the level of any institutes, it's just the different approach taken by them. For example, the learning process in the high end universities are focusing more on theories and research while the low end universities, have more experties on the application and the technical areas.

Therefore, the distribution of marks are different. What they have in the high end universities, 80%~90% marks are relying at their final exams as they are all written test, while the rest comes from the tutorial, or any projects in between the semester. On the other hand, the low end universities have a balance mark distribution, maybe 50~60% marks for the final and the rest comes from their project or tutorial.

So it's different, totally different... Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my experience, I don't think the students have much problem in scoring the projects as some of them are done in group, and the marks are really subjective.

Anyway, there's no need to argue much. Either way, it's not as easy as it seems. So, congratulations, anda bebas daripada PTPTN. Hehe~