Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

This guy was so nice that he was fooled and blindsided twice by the same people on Survivor: Redemption Island, Season 22.

Matt oh Matt.

What were you thinking? As nice as you are, you can forgive, but must never ever forget. That is what everyone should apply.

However, with this season having a redemption island, those who are voted off can re-enter the game if he or she survived the redemption island.

Don't be so nice. People will kill you for that :)

Movies Review 2011. Part 1.

Korang mesti ingat saya dah pindah ke Jabatan Tulis Blog Negara (JTBN) kan? Dah ada 4 post untuk bulan ni, padahal baru 11 hari bulan. Sebenarnye bukan saya tak ada kerja lain, serious, kerja saya banyak gila, tapi saya tulis ni bila kelapangan. Tolong jangan bagitau bos saya ye. Kalau dia tau, habis lah. Dah la bahasa macam budak darjah 2. Mau saya dihantar ke kursus bahasa untuk 2 tahun berturut-turut macam ni... (mohon simpati, mata besar sambil berair-air)

Sebenarnye, saya nak citer pasal movie-movie yang yang saya tengok sejak 3 bulan yang lepas. Lama pulak tak citer pasal hiburan.

Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

First sekali pasal movie yang semua banggakan, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, terbitan KRU. Kalau korang nak tau, movie ni dapat tajaan daripada Kementerian Sains dan Teknologi (MOSTI) pasal ada teknologi baru yang digunakan. Of course, korang tengok citer ni pon dah tau graphic dia lawa, satu permulaan yang kire bagus jugaklah untuk movie Malaysia. Tapi ada benda yang lacking untuk saya score 5 bintang kat movie ni. Bahasa dan jalan cerita. Korang tengok tak citer Puteri Gunung Ledang? Saya rasa cerita tu sangat superb, dilihatkan dari segi lenggok bahasa dan jalan cerita, memang kajian atau research yang dibuat tak boleh kita nafikan. Mungkin grafik tak selawa Merong Mahawangsa, tapi at least PGL lebih convincing. Banyak yang saya tak paham, tapi yang paling pening sekali macam mana Merong jatuh dari menara dan semua orang mati? Confuse. Tapi memandangkan grafik dia sangat awesome, saya bagi markah

2.5/5.

Khurafat

Orang kata kalau citer anak Yusof Haslam ni, mesti dia berlakon macho semacam. Tapi untuk movie ni saya rasa tak. Lakonan Sabrina Ali sangat convincing even ni first time saya tengok dia dalam movie. Walaupun cerita ni sangat menjimatkan elektrik pasal semua lampu dalam scene dia off (mungkin dia shoot time Earth Hour), tapi dapat menimbulkan elemen-elemen terkejut macam dalam citer-citer Thailand atau Korea. Ending cerita ni sangat brilliant and very very unexpected. Must see.

4/5.

The King's Speech

Ok, ni cerita yang bolot Oscar. Jadi terpaksa la saya tengok. Untuk korang yang tak minat sejarah, tak payah bazirkan RM12 untuk beli tiket, better bagi saya satu burger McD. Tapi untuk saya, cerita ni agak 'fresh', cerita pasal Raja George, raja England, bapa kepada Queen Elizabeth II yang ada sekarang ni. Kalau korang nak tau, Raja George ni gagap orangnya. So ini cerita macam mana dia harungi hidup dia sebagai seorang Raja yang gagap, tapi dengan bantuan seorang commoner, yang kononnye seorang doktor dan akhirnya membantu Raja George ni tadi. Macam saya cakap earlier, untuk orang yang minat sejarah je kot. Takde aksi, takde klimaks.

3/5.

The Man From Nowhere

Ok. Tadi menang oscar, citer ni pulak menang Best Asian Movie. Citer Korea. Lebih mirip kepada citer Hollywood. Kisah pasal seorang bekas Ejen rahsia Kerajaan dengan seorang budak kecik, macam mana budak kecik yang jugak jiran ejen lelaki ni diculik dan terlibat dalam sindiket pengedaran dadah. Memang banyak aksi, main perasaan dan emosi. Ewah. Kire berdebar-debar jugak la masa tengok. Untuk gadis-gadis yang suka Korea nye citer cintan, malangnya ni bukan taste anda semua. Hehe.

3.5/5

Sekian untuk kali ini.

Bukan Milikku.

Sepanjang yang saya ingat, saya selalu dapat apa yang saya nak.
Allah kurniakan saya satu kehidupan yang mustahil untuk dibandingkan dengan yang lain.
Keluarga, persahabatan, kesihatan, kesenangan, pelajaran, agama, kasih sayang.

Tapi kadang-kadang kita alpa, di mana syukurku atas semua kurniaanNya.
Dan tiba masa, satu yang paling saya hajati, yang paling saya ingini, yang paling ingin saya miliki,
tidak menjadi rezekiku.
Solat hajat, nazar.
Terasa tamak pulak.

Mungkin Dia ada rancangan lain untukku.
"Ya Allah, jangan benarkan aku lalai lagi melupai semua nikmat yang Engkau kurnai. Dan aku redha jika ini ketentuanMu. Engkaulah yang Maha Mengetahui."

Typical You.

Situasi 1:

Siti Nurhaliza Menang Anugerah Paling Popular
You: Arh, nyampah. Balik-balik dia yang menang, meluat la.

Siti Nurhaliza Tarik Diri Daripada Anugerah Bintang Paling Popular
You: Berlagak, bajet nak bagi can la tu, padahal takut kalah la tu.

Situasi 2:

Parti A menang pilihanraya
You: Rakyat dah bersuara!

Parti A kalah pilihanraya
You: Semua tu pasal banyak sangat pengundi hantu...

Situasi 3:

Anda disaman polis menggunakan saman ekor
You: Polis tak ada hak. Tak perlu bayar!

Banyak eksiden kat jalanraya
You: Polis tak buat keje!

Situasi 4:

Proton menarik balik Kereta Satria atas masalah teknikal
You: Kereta cap ayam memang macam tu...

Honda menarik balik Kereta Jazz atas masalah teknikal
You: Kereta oversea memang mementingkan keselamatan...

Situasi 5:

Pasukan bola sepak Malaysia menang Piala Suzuki
You: Nasib je, lawan pon team cap ayam... tu pon sat je tu.

Pasukan bola sepak Malaysia kalah Piala Suzuki
You: Main cam sengal, memang patut pun kalah...


Have you ever wonder that sometimes you might be wrong?
Be positive. Be a little bit supportive.
Typical you.

Electric Train Services (ETS).

I had my first experience using Malaysia's fastest train, ETS (Electric Train Services) for my ride back home to Ipoh from KL Central.

It took exactly 1 hour 55 minutes and the train could go as fast as 145 km/h. It's very clean, comfortable, modern, reliable and sharp which we can be proud of. At the moment, this service is only available between the ride KL-Ipoh, but it would be extended to Perlis by the end of 2012.

To me, ETS could provide an opportunity for Perakians to be connected to both Kuala Lumpur and Penang within a very small period of time, and at the same time, Perak could be apart of Greater KL someday, similar as Greater Tokyo which involved 7,800 km² landmass, which is HUGE.

However, RM30 per trip is quite expensive for a day trip to Ipoh, don't you think? Compare to travelling with bus which only cost you not more than RM20, and only a 1/2 an hour extra from ETS?

But anyhow, I'm still proud of it (^^)

p.s. Masih terasa penat bila sampai kat stesen keretapi Ipoh, tak dapat teksi dan terpaksa berjalan 15 minit ke ofis untuk mengambil kereta dengan beg backpacker yang sangat besar. Macam tourist pulak. Patut bawak map sekali...

To where it all begins. Part 1.

I've been keeping this post for a while now without posting it. I had this policy which I won't allow myself to post anything personal until today, which I realize that I don't have a strong good memories to remember all this stories I had. So I decided to post it. So here it goes.

It was 1998. A year which I realize that I was different. Having straight A's at my Primary School Examinations (UPSR) cost me almost all my primary school friends. I was labelled the 'action' malay guy who are now in the top class. So I decided to start all over again. I wanted to be somebody at school like my sisters did. My eldest sis is very good in her studies, while my second sis was someone important in the military band, and almost everybody knows them.

I joined 'Kadet Remaja Sekolah' (KRS), a military alike body in school which at first is my last choice to begin with. From there I made some new friends, good ones. Mas, Lim CJ, Syahila, Azlan, Elyna, Zaha. By the middle of the year, we became the 'next big thing' in KRS to which Syahila was appointed as the treasurer, and I became the Assistant Secretary at our 1st year. All of us were appointed as Copral (for boys) and Lans Copral (for girls) by the President, Thirumal.

KRS taught me a hard life. We marched almost every week under the hot sun, went camping at school and Pangkor, physical training and most importantly, dicipline. Not to forget, politics. We as the next big thing, thought that we were in control, even to the seniors. We thought we are ruling the body. By the 2nd year, almost every single one of us had a post. Syahila remained as the treasurer, I'm the secretary. This is like a strong ally, because we were the ones who controlled the votes at Annual Grand Meeting. As we thought so. And from there, we started to shape the new era of KRS. This is like our life in school. But aside from that, our bond remained strong. We hang out together most of the time, chatting on the phone and to get to school on Saturday morning was something that I looked forward everyweek because it was the time I could be with them, having fun time together, and being in control.

By the third year, our ego was like a balloon that awaits to explode. Syahila won the Treasurer post for the third time a row, while I remained as the Secretary of KRS for the 2nd year. But the friendship among us were parting their ways. Catfight among the girls, love affair and politics kept us apart, but the three men ally of Syahila, Mas and I remained strong, with Azlan and Lim being neutral by not involving too much. We had a new president at this moment, Lavendra, a very nice guy who is like a big brother to us.

By this time, KRS has turned into one of the biggest cocuricullar body in school. Our marching team was one of the best, we had our 'Perkhemahan Tahunan' at school, Merentas Desa through Bukit Engku Busu, Ujian Kenaikan Pangkat and so on. And, we were still ruling... All of the activities were filled with interesting horror ghost stories which we were popular of for telling it over and over again.

At the 4th year, with us in control, Azlan was the new president, which he truly deserved. I'm still the secretary, Syahila, still the treasurer. We kept this post to ourselves once again. Elyna at this time, had parted her ways. Azlan era wasn't that long. Azlan, Zaha and I scored straight A's at our PMR and were offerded to enter MRSM. Azlan and Zaha left, but I rejected the offer. So there I was, still in ACS at my 4th year. As at this moment, we didn't have a President and were not planning to appoint anyone as we thought we would lost the post to someone other than 'us'. It wouldn't be fun isn't it to have an outsider as our leader, until the next annual grand meeting where we decided it's time to change the appointment of president policy...

We created 5 posts of Majlis Tertinggi, The President, 2 vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. We abolished the open suggestions from the members and the candidates were selected by us. This is the moment when we destroyed democracy in KRS. Not proud of it.

I was aware that I was the unpopular candidate compare to Mas. I remember I was this mad guy with bad temper, very strict whom I guess everyone was afraid of. I received bad and terrible comments from the members every time we had a survey but somehow it didn't effect me at all. Maybe this is why I was called the 'King of Ego' during those days. As expected, Mas won the presidency race but I secured my place as the Vice president. Even I knew there were many who were against me, but I also knew that I have my own strong base of supporters.

Through our last year, we re-organised back the activities, according to our needs and thoughts. We created Perkhemahan Kenaikan Pangkat, the camp where everyone needs to go through some test before having their 1st stripe as Lans Copral, Copral. We didn't want anyone to get through the easy was as we did. This would be fair to everyone I think. Besides, having new post like Ketua Kawat made the management to be in more focus aside with having platuns, lead by a copral. I guess we were not that bad after all.

We remained close after the end of our era, but parted our ways when we further our study to the other part of the country.

It feels weird that I did some of that things back then. It seems like I was a stranger to myself. But other than making a strong base of friends and supporters, being hated and having this negative image by some people eventually destroyed me, and from there, I changed...

1 Got Married, 1 Is Now A Father.

Ierwan got married on 12th of February 2011 in Kelantan. 7 of us managed to get there by having 5 hours drive with our new 'kereta kelab'. Sempat singgah Cameron Highland jugak on the way. Hehe.

Ierwan was my 1st year roommate, and without a doubt he's the one who got me connected with those pakciks. He's an awesome friend with super mysterious ways. Congratulations bro. Semoga kekal bahagia ke akhir hayat, dunia dan akhirat. Amin.

2 weeks after, my bestfriend is now a father! Qisha Nur Eryna binti Mohd Nazul Iqwan was born the 25th in Seremban.

Selamat menjadi bapak Nazul. You're gonna be great. :))

Pray for Japan.

Japan was hit with a massive tsunami due to earthquake last week.
A day after, a nuclear reactor exploded followed by a another one the next day.
Not only they lose their homes and beloved families, now they are facing dangerous radiation exposure. With no electricity, no transport and I believe it's cold over there... I wish them well.

Please pray for their safety. :(

Kerana Gadis Itu.

I would like to rephrased this post as I don't really understand what I've written either. :p

Tahu tak kenapa saya tak pernah maki, mencarut atau curse? Semua kerana 13 tahun dulu, saya pernah tercakap 'cel**a' di depan seorang gadis yang pernah saya suka. Selepas mendengar bebelan si gadis dan menyedari perkataan itu telah melukai hatinya, even saya tak tujukan kepada si dia pun, saya berjanji pada diri sendiri, takkan lagi mengeluarkan perkataan-perkataan macam tu... sehinggalah hari ini.

Jadi, apa yang cuba saya sampaikan di sini hanyalah untuk korang tau betapa besarnya pengaruh seorang wanita kepada seorang lelaki. Baik wanita itu, baiklah lelakinya.

Selamat Hari Wanita Sedunia...

p.s. Terima kasih pada gadis itu...

Pakciks at Hatyai, Thailand

We seldom claimed that every trip we had was our last one but none of that was even close to true. So this time, the pakciks decided to go further, Hatyai Thailand. Only the bachelor pakciks were available this time (Ezzanie, Zulkarnine, Amin, Haidi, Amir and myself), excluded one who has already been engaged as well.

Day 1: The journey started off on the 12th of February 2011 with us gathering in Penang, taking a minivan from Butterworth at 9.00 in the morning which only worth RM32 per person. The travelling took us about 3 hours included the lag time we had during immigration check.

At noon, there we were, in the middle of Hatyai town without any knowing where to go or to stay, just because there are some of us who didn't allow the rest of us to make some research on this place as this was going to be a so-called adventurous journey. But luckily, just as we were walking with all the bagages we had, we found a good and reasonable place to stay, Lee Gardens Hotel. The hotel was nice, it was a 3-star, but definitely worth it. It cost us only RM60 per night with additional RM20 for extra bed.

After lunch, which the meal was exactly like ours in Malaysia only with extra sweet and sour taste, we decided to have a walk around the town, searching for something interesting to take home. Hatyai is rich with man-made souveniers, fake branded clothes, t-shirts, watches, cds and electrical stuffs, which everything I found it cheaper than we had back at home. I just got back from Koh Samui the other week, so for me, there's nothing much to look for. Plus, I didn't bring enough cash to get me extra shopping. Duh~ We filled the whole day 1 with shopping and walking, and shopping... and walking. We even get ourselves the same t-shirt which has the word 'Hatyai' on it to be wore on the last day. And at night, we had our grand meal together at 1 Muslim restaurants, and the food was superb and I'm out of words to describe it. The services are excellent as well.

Day 2: We decided day 2 was going to be the sight-seeing day. After breakfast, we took a 'tuk tuk' to get us to 3 interesting places. And the first one was, Wat Hat Yai Nai, where a huge reclining Buddha with the size of 35 metres long, 15 metres tall and 10 metres wide. As some people didn't know, which include us, this was claimed as the 3rd largest reclining Buddha in the world. Seriously, it's huge. Then we moved on to the next place, another Buddhist temple which I didn't remember the name was, but with another huge Buddha. This place includes cemetary, tower and tons of idols. Our 'tuk tuk' driver was curious that having Muslims went to a Buddhist temple, but it was just for sight seeing as I guess these kind of temples is very rare to us in Malaysia, and I don't there's nothing wrong with it. After lunch, we proceed to our last checkpoint, which I think is the best one of the rest, the floating market of Hatyai. The concept is similar as the night market as what we have here in Malaysia, it's just that they were selling delicious and unique delicacies which we never tried before, on a boat. The food was incredibly awesome. It's the first place I would recommend to anyone who is visiting Hatyai to come to, this market opens at 2pm till midnight. Simply awesome. I miss the meatball already...

After maghrib, we had our dinner at different Muslim restaurants, and as usual, the meals are never dissappointing.

Day 3: On the last day, with us wearing the same t-shirts, boria, we had our last shopping trip around Hatyai town once again for last minute buy-off. I got myself a backpacker bag, which only cost me about RM85 and those pakciks bought a seriously huge amounts of stuffs for their loved ones. We checked out at 2.00pm in the afternoon and push off back to Penang with minivan at 3.30pm.

We treat ourselves with a movie afterwards, The Green Hornet, which is very very very cool. A must see movie. Hehe.

Previously we always claimed every trip we had is our last one, but I doubt it. That was never true. And I'm sure there's more to come with pakciks with us already having our holidays fund on the line. So, thank you pakciks for this awesome trip. I lebiu and miss you guys already. "None other than with you guys, I am genuine"