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Annyeong Ha Sayur : Bajet dan Tips Pelancongan Ecewah

2012-01-30T22:06:00.002+08:00

Ok sekarang boleh keluarkan kalkulator dengan buku bank kira berapa duit ASB dengan Tabung Haji nak keluarkan untuk pergi melancong ke Korea ni. Actually i went there with this tour agency;

Malaysian Harmony

Thanks to Kak Filla,sebab tahu pasal tour ni dari belog beliau.

Basically tour dia 2 malam di Jeju,1 malam di YongPyong Ski Resort,1 malam di Mt Sorak dan lagi 2 malam di Seoul. Aktiviti yang dijalankan boleh refer post-post yang panjang berjela tu. Kompeni ini juga provides Muslim Tour tapi untuk tarikh-tarikh tertentu saja,so boleh check awal-awal untuk booking.

Roughly cost dia;

Tour fare: RM 2599 per adult (twin sharing)

Single supplement surcharge: RM 950

Airport taxes: RM 680 per person (subject to change)

Tipping: RM 95 per person

ACF : RM 30 per person

Travel insurance: RM 54 per person

So total yang dibayar kepada travel agent ialah RM3458

Untuk Marsh yang foreveralone takde geng perempuan,kena bayar extra RM 980

Tapi kalau pergi sorang bukan dia bagi bilik single pun,kau duduk lah bilik dua katil tu sorang-sorang malam-malam berdoa supaya tiada yang datang teman tidur katil sebelah.

Jadi persoalannya di sini; Berbaloikah trip ini dengan kos nya?

My answer is Berbaloi-baloi. RM 3458 tu inclusive of accomodation, transportation and food. Yang kena tambah bayar dekat sana ialah ski equipments dan tiket naik cable car saja. As you can see in the previous posts,hotel semua senonoh. I even checked the rate for one night at Grand Ambassador Hotel Seoul tu dekat Agoda.com, satu malam RM600++ ,and we stayed there for 2 nights. Tapi TV hotel semua cerita korea, layan game show malam-malam nasib baik ada Thariq tolong eksplen apa yang sedang berlaku dalam show tu. Sumpah noob -__-"

FOOD

But since this is a non muslim tour,downside dia ialah in terms of food. Kalau pergi restoran yang tak hidangkan seafood terpaksa lah mengadap sayur.

Luckily Marsh's mom bekalkan rendang daging kering and sambal bilis. So takdelah kambing sangat seminggu lebih makan sayur semata-mata. Since we are not picky eaters,dasar tolak batu kayu je so makan tak jadi masalah.

Besides boleh je malam-malam keluar kalau nak rasa makanan Korea yang lain. Halal restaurants tak banyak disini, so seperti jugak macam travelling di Europe kita request for either seafood or veggie option. Takdelah jahil sangat hentam je purposely nak order bibimbap babi ke apa.

AHLI ROMBONGAN

Group kecik je dalam trip ni semua Chinese consist of satu family, satu couple baru kahwin and us 3 malays. Tapi diorang ni baik gila,sporting pulak tu. Tour guide banyak cakap bahasa mandarin, so most of the time ada lagi sorang tour leader from Malaysia tu akan translate for us atau pun ahli-ahli trip yang lain lah yang akan tolong translate.

Sweet gila okeh kadang-kadang dekat restoran steamboat, diorang yang tanyakan air tu rebusan daging ke tidak to make sure we can eat. Lepastu bila kitorang offer sambal bilis untuk dikongsi aunty tu siap remind anak dia jangan guna sudu diorang untuk ambik bilis tu,takut tercemar dengan benda yang tak halal.

Siapa kata Melayu/Cina tak boleh hidup aman damai?? Siap malam-malam lepak sekali online guna wifi dekat lobi hotel.

Tour dalam group ni kena make sure semua ahli sporting baru fun,tak kisah bangsa apa pun. Kalau kau join Muslim tour tapi masing-masing muka ketat konon bangga habis melancong obersi, baik takpayah.

PERBELANJAAN

Duit belanja bawaklah dalam RM 1000 tukar siap-siap to Korean Won. Exchange rate 1000 won lebih kurang 3 ringgit. Souvenirs adalah mahal,walaupun dah tawar-menawar sampai kena halau still mahal. Ke aku je yang miskin semua benda pun rasa mahal? T_T

Serius tak mampu nak belikan souvenir untuk setiap ahli keluarga, last-last beli face mask selonggok haa kongsi lah kau ramai-ramai. Lepastu beli kimchi sebalang, kongsi ramai-ramai jugak. Ini konsep cenderamata jemaah.

Untuk yang mahukan something practical,boleh beli tumbler ini di Starbucks.

-seketul 14000won,tapi dapat 3 kupon air. Boleh claim whatever drinks from the menu,haruslah guna tiga-tiga kupon lepastu semua nak venti size. Pentamak.

WINTER TRAVELLING

Kalau nak pergi time winter memang kena prepare thick clothings. Nasib baik ada stok baju dari Dublin dulu so takdelah membazir nak kena beli baju sejuk. Long john tak pakai pun takpe but then again ini depends kepada orang lah jugak, maklumlah i ni lemak tebal jadi mampu menahan suhu ekstrem T_T

Kalau main ski tu pakai baju nipis je dekat dalam,sebab after few minutes kompom berpeluh sakan,walaupun tengah snow lebat. Suhu boleh mencecah -10 degree,so bawaklah moisturiser or vaseline.

-nampak hidung dan bibir berkilat? Ya itu akibat overdose vaseline sebab kulit habis terkupas akibat suhu sejuk

Basically that is all that you need to know. Takpayah prepare apa sangat pun, we signed up for this tour 4-5 days before departure otai tak otai la kan.. But lemme remind you once again,yang i pergi ni Winter Non Muslim punya trip. Untuk yang nak pergi waktu autumn boleh refer blog Kak Filla. Itinerary of course lain, autumn takde ski tapi best sikit nak explore area Mt Sorak tu sebab boleh naik cable car. Kalau winter ini rupa cable car kat situ;

-tergantung kat tengah-tengah tu hah. Takde siapa nak naik

Sekian. Yang menjalankan tugas; Duta Pelancongan Korea.

Annyeong Ha Sayur Part 4: Nami Island

2012-01-30T09:06:00.001+08:00

Mari kita sambung part akhir travelogue Korea yang tertangguh tempoh hari. This is going to be a short one.

So basically lepas check out dari hotel angker berhampiran Mt Sorak tu,naik bas 2 jam untuk ke Nami Island. Ya, pulau yang semua orang pun nak pergi kalau ke Korea. Nami Island ni sebuah pulau yang terletak di Sungai Han.

Ia terbentuk disebabkan oleh pembinaan Empangan Cheongpyong. It's a very small island,bentuk seperti half moon atau daun yang terapung. Dinamakan sempena Jeneral Nami, seorang jeneral (duh) yang hidup pada zaman dulu. Read more about it here;

Honestly,nothing impressive pun tentang pulau ni. I actually think it's a tad bit overrated. But of course i didn't say this to Marsh's face. Gila nak kena lempang? Terkenal sebagai lokasi utama shooting Winter Sonata, tempat ini sudah dikunjungi sebanyak 98 kali di dalam mimpi beliau.

Switzerland ada better scenery than Nami for sure. Pemandangan di sini biasa saja sebenarnya, tapi sebab yang datang ramai pasangan bercinta...orang bercinta memang semua indah.

Untuk ke pulau ini kena naik feri yang disediakan,makan masa dalam 10 minit saja.

Dalam feri ini ada tv yang memaparkan sedutan-sedutan penting filem Winter Sonata. So those of you who spent your teenage years doing something more meaningful rather than watching this super cheesy love story usah khuatir. This 10 minutes ferry ride will sum up the whole story for you.

Jangan tertipu dengan sinaran mentari yang terang-benderang, padahal sebenarnya sejuk gila waktu ni hingus dah meleleh-leleh tak mampu nak romantik dah. Bukti kesejukan maksima:

-fountain beku wokeh

Tapi facilities di pulau ini agak bagus. Peka dengan kebanjiran pelancong Malaysia yang beragama islam,prayer room disediakan. Makanan halal ada juga rasanya,but we didnt have our lunch there. So tak berapa sure pula mengenai makanan yang ditawarkan.

-siap wish new year dalam bahasa melayu.ini Korea ke Sungei Wang??

Ada juga disediakan pamphlet dengan map pulau di atasnya. Di map tersebut dah siap-siap tandakan point-point penting tempat adegan cintan Winter Sonata dilakonkan. First point yang dilawati mestilah tempat First Kiss. Gatal.

-scene tempat hero heroin buat snowman atas meja,lepastu kiss.

Waktu dekat sini semua orang yang datang dengan couple ambik gambar sambil kissing. Kami bertiga yang foreveralone ni tambah terhina bila tour guide tanya 'when was your first kiss?'. Perghh makan dalam.

Memang ramai sungguh couple yang berdating kat sini. Mungkin kena bawak bini baru boleh rasa romantik Pulau Nami ni. Pergi dengan member rasa lapar je ada.

-sampahsarap daun kering pun nak buat bentuk love. Gelimat sungguh.

Tempat wajib ambik gambar;

Basikal yang digunakan dalam drama tersebut juga masih ada di sini;

Pengaruh drama ini sungguh kuat siap ada tugu dibina untuk memperingatinya.

Upacara mengambil gambar diselang selikan dengan berlari-lari anak ke arah unggun api sebab suhu sejuk melampau. Nak ambik gambar pun concious hidung aku ada lagi ke dah tercabut ni sebab memang muka kebas tak rasa apa dah.

Lepastu tour guide belanja pancake. Pancake ni inti kacang manis ngeh ngeh ngeh suka je kau kalau bab makan.

-sampai terpejam-pejam makan...dasar.....

Banyak exhibition,muzium dan gallery di atas pulau ni. Tapi satu harom pun tidak dikunjungi akibat sibuk berlegar di lokasi shooting Winter Sonata. (what do you expect,i was here with somebody who has watched this at least 4 times)

Our final quest ialah untuk mencari batang kayu scene di mana heroin tergedik berjalan di atasnya. Waktu ni map dah hilang tak tau cicir mana,namun kuasa cinta dan api asmara yang membakar di jiwa membawa kami ke tempat yang di cari. Inilah....keajaiban cinta. Aku mempercayainya.

-layan je la...

Basically that's about it. Nami Island in a nutshell. Takde apa pun yang luar biasa, tapi kena pergi lah juga just to tell people that you've been there sebab kalau balik dari Korea soalan kedua yang ditanya selepas 'beli souvenir untuk aku tak?' ialah 'pergi tak tempat Winter Sonata tu?'. Kalau jawab 'Tak Pergi' mesti 'KENAPA KAU TAK PERGI DOWH,RUGI DOWH,ROMANTIK DOWH TEMPAT TU!!'.Pfffffttttt

ps:dont worry im working on another post regarding the budget and all. bawa bertenang,jangan bakar laptop dulu.

Annyeong Ha Sayur Part 3: Everland, Ski & Mt Sorak

2012-01-27T22:34:00.000+08:00

Dah jemu belum dengan update pasal Korea? Memandangkan takde modal lain nak update,hadap je lah ye update panjang dengan jumlah gambar melampau seperti ini. Kepada yang bertanya pasal bajet tu tunggu lah di post terakhir,karang kalau bagi tau awal-awal semua dah taknak baca blogpost pergi pecah tabung book tiket terus. Tak baik gelojoh.

Sambungan dari entry lepas, bertolak dari Jeju pulang ke mainland awal pagi. Pun menaiki Korean Air. Sampai je Gimpo airport terasa perbezaan ketara suhu berbanding waktu mula-mula sampai.

Tak sangka sepanjang berjimba di Jeju suhu Seoul dah jadi extremely sejuk. Tentatif untuk sepanjang hari ialah ke Everland, salah satu theme park yang ada di bumi Korea yang serba indah ini.

-depan entrance

Everland ni macam downsized version of Disneyland. In my honest opinion, Everland cicir jauh lah kalau nak compare dengan Disneyland. Sejajar dengan harga tiket yang gila murah kalau nak compare dengan Disneyland. Oh by the way all day pass untuk Everland ni dah included dalam tour package. So layan aje...

-see that scary roller coaster rail track?

Ride yang dinamakan T express ni is one of the scariest roller coaster in the world la kiranya. But unfortunately it was close when we were there. Give my money back! hmphhh. Nasib baik ada lagi satu roller coaster.

Rides yang ada di Everland ni sungguh mencuakkan,im not sure if its even legal. For example this DNA Mixer:

-jangan tertipu dengan ekspresi gembira.itu gambar SEBELUM naik

Second ride yang dinaiki ialah roller coaster yang tak kurang menakutkan. Sempat istighfar at least 3 kali sepanjang ride,that's how scary it was. Turun roller coaster terus naik ride ini pula;

-bukan tiang dia je berpusing,each row of seats tu pun berpusing 360 degree.

Waktu ni dah rasa perut bergelojak. Tapi sebab nak bagi berbaloi bayar tiket theme park tanpa berlengah naik ride kapal ini pula;

I was screaming like a hysterical pre pubescent girl on ecstasy during the whole ride. Then i realized Marsh and Thariq next to me were awfully quiet. Rupa-rupanya dua-dua tengah tahan nak termuntah. Such losers,those two. heh

But for you guys fellow weaklings out there, fret not. There is something for everyone in Everland. Contohnya seperti main gelongsor SnowBuster ini;

Di dalam ini juga ada Safari but we didnt have enough time to cover all attractions. The atmosphere in Everland lebih kurang je dengan Disneyland. Sungguh ceria.

Tapi keceriaan tak berpanjangan sebaik melangkah masuk ke kedai souvenirs. Semua barang comel-comel,tapi tak mampu nak beli sebab mahal T_T

-tiada jodoh kita bersama,panda.sobs

Setelah puas bergelinjang seharian di Everland,perjalanan diteruskan ke YongPyong Ski Resort. We checked in dekat Dragon Valley Hotel for a night. Menurut kata tour guide,musim-musim peak macam sekarang ni harga bilik hotel mencecah 700ringgit semalam.

Nak keluar malam round-round macam di Jeju of course la tak dapat. First sebab tak banyak kedai pun around ski resort ni,and second sebab sejuk gila dekat luar tak mampu nak berpeleseran sejuk-sejuk macamni.

So we decided to jalan-jalan around our hotel area saja. Betul-betul depan hotel ni, ada sebuah cafe yang digunakan sebagai lokasi shooting Winter Sonata. Marsh yang dah 4 kali menonton siri ini, hilang kawalan lantas histeria di depan hotel.

-over okeh pompuan ni,siap cover terus gambar heroin lol

Area hotel at night;

-pasangan bahagia trying to recreate a scene from Winter Sonata. *barf*

Selepas beberapa minit bersiar-siar terasa telinga macam nak tercabut. Lalu decide untuk pulang ke bilik. On the way nak balik bilik singgah convenient store dalam hotel beli facemask dan susu. Susu tu beli sebab Marsh terpengaruh tengok Shinee minum dalam iklan tv. -_-"

-slumber party time.

The next day tu sepanjang pagi di allocate kan untuk aktiviti bermain ski. It was snowing heavily, nasib baik dah pernah ski dekat Scotland so dah boleh kira pro la skiing ni *riak*.

Walaupun salji lebat dan cuaca sejuk, berpeluh-peluh ok main ski ni. Tambahan pulak ada skrin besar dekat situ where they played KPop videos, bertambah hangat suasana di lapangan ski ewahh.

Setelah puas bermain ski dengan rekod cuma SEKALI sahaja jatuh tersembam, tour guide ajak naik cable car ke puncak bukit. Tiket 2 way cable car ni lebih kurang 12000won. Yang ni dan harga ski equipment tak termasuk dalam harga pakej. Kena bayar asing.

View dari cable car:

-tengok ramai gila umat manusia waktu peak season

-makin dekat dengan puncak,makin tebal snow

Finally sampai!

-According to Miss Winter Sonata herself,the building behind us ada dalam drama tersebut.

Dont ask me episod berapa shooting kat sini,lagu Winter Sonata pun first time dengar yang Hazami nyanyi. Sedih.

-maafkan pose itu,teruja lama tak jumpa snow tebal lol

Kalau nak jimat duit,beli one way tiket je cable car ni.Turun boleh snowboard or ski. Tapi curam gila and penuh selekoh tajam kalau nak turun tu. Main dekat area budak-budak pun dah tertiarap baik jangan berangan.*sedar diri*

Di sebelah petangnya pula,setelah check out dari hotel perjalanan diteruskan ke Mt Sorak. Mt Sorak ni kira macam national park dia lah. But it was extremely cold,jadi tak berminat nak explore. Kalau datang waktu autumn mesti lawa gila kawasan ni.

Dalam kawasan ini juga ada temple and a huge sitting Buddha. Jika anda bayar 10000won anda boleh tulis doa dan wish anda di atas sekeping genting(?) dan letakkan bersama doa-doa pengunjung yang lain.

While other tour members mengexplore kawasan temple,the three of us musafir Muslim di bumi Korea (feeling Mawi kejap) decided to get coffee. Kagum sekejap kopi dalam tin tapi panas. Tapi sebenarnya beli kopi ni pun sebab Marsh terpengaruh iklan nampak artis ape entah minum.

-_________-"

Beberapa minit lepas minum kopi,tour guide pula belanja green tea. Tapi rasa macam air bilas kasut sekolah.

-our tour guide. umur 40 tapi badan solid kulit licin.kau mampu?

By the time we got out of the park its starting to get dark. That night we checked in at Sorak Park Hotel & Casino located just 10-15 minutes je dari National Park tu. The hotel was scary,lampu malap and tak pasang heater pun dekat lobby. Gila kedekut.

Dan....dan...i found this in the closet;

Tali tu memang provide supaya senang customer gantung diri ke ape??

Pengembaraan seterusnya akan disambung dalam blog post yang akan datang,hopefully will be the last post about this Korea trip. Serius tak larat nak upload gambar dah..

Annyeong Ha Sayur Part 2: Jeju Island

2012-01-27T00:04:00.000+08:00

Annyeong bitchess!

Bertemu lagi dalam travelogue Korea part 2. Seperti yang telah di war-warkan di dalam post sebelum ini, on the first day of arrival tu dah gerak pergi Jeju di sebelah petangnya. Kalau tengok peta Korea, Seoul dengan Jeju ni agak jauh antara satu sama lain.

So kena ambil connecting flight. 50 minit naik Korean Air dari Gimpo Airport. Setibanya di Jeju, dah agak gelap,almaklumlah musim-musim winter ni memang cepat matahari tenggelam. Destinasi pertama ialah Yongduam Rock.

Batu berbentuk kepala naga ini terbentuk dari formation lava gunung berapi. Ada lah cerita di sebaliknya,yang tu kau orang pi baca dekat website tourism Korea okeh takde keje nak buat promosi tak berbayar kat sini.

Lepas mensnap beberapa keping gambar dari pelbagai posisi modelling, terus menuju ke restoren berdekatan untuk dinner. Dinner adalah steamboat seafood. Tapi orang Korea ni mana ade steamboat tomyam segalajadah,dia boil air lepastu humban semua seafood dalam tu. Untung surirumah Korea senang nye lah haiii hidup kau bagi laki makan rebus-rebus.

Usai dinner,we checked in at New Crown Hotel. Macam dekat Seoul jugak,this hotel is located right in the middle of the city.

The view from our tingkap:

-Hellooooooo Jeju!

Marsh kata cerita Autumn In My Heart ada shooting dekat Jeju juga,but takdelah tunjuk this developed side of Jeju. Tak sangka ada town yang happening untuk diteroka. Teruja,teruja,teruja! Ok dah diam kau ingat kau Ella nak ulang 'teruja' doploh kali.

The best thing about Korea ni ialah kedai-kedai dia tutup lambat. Sampai tengah malam pun boleh window shopping lagi. Kalau kat Dublin dulu pukul 6 petang kedai dah tutup. (patut la Ireland bankrap)

Suhu di Jeju adalah tidak sejuk,dalam 9-10 degree macamtu. So boleh keluar berjalan pakai seluar tidur jyeah jyeah.

The quest of authentic Korean food bermula setelah beberapa minit berjalan. Padahal baru berapa jam makan dinner. -____-" Sekarang you tell me lah how to lose weight haihh

We went to one of the cafe to have Dobukki. A simple Korean dish yang terdiri dari rice cakes,sayur and spicy gravy. Sedap gila woihh..

Owh and we ordered spicy ramen as well. Sedap gila jugak (apeje yang tak sedap kau ni)

These are considered as snacks for Korean. Dinner dia makan benda lain yang lebih heavy. Snacking cenggini tapi paha kau saiz batang mancis? *depresi*

The next day tu eksplorasi Jeju bermula. Tour dimulai di Ilchulbong Peak. Area bukit yang terbentuk dari formasi lava gunung berapi juga,diwartakan oleh Unesco sebagai salah satu new wonders of the world.

Tempat ni sungguh cun. Boleh mendaki puncak tu kalau nak tapi disebabkan angin kuat + sejuk melampau hasrat mendaki dibatalkan.

-According to Thariq ada this one drama ada scene hero heroin ride basikal ke arah lighthouse tu. Tapi tak ingat lah pulak drama apa.

Then kalau turun ke bawah ke arah pantai tu akan nampak macam ada rumah;

Its actually adalah headquarters penyelam wanita. These women menyelam untuk dapatkan fresh sea products. Some of them ada yang berumur 70 tahun,memang dari dulu tradisi lelaki pergi memancing laut dalam,perempuan menyelam di pesisiran carik kerang,kepah dan sewaktu dengannya. #respect

-Those things were alive. Boleh beli dan makan.

Sebelum balik beli sotong kering tepi jalan. Sotong dalam bahasa Korea bermaksud Bullshit. So kalau muka rasa nak kena tapak,boleh la order 'Pakcik, SOTONG satu'.

On the way nak ke Ichulbong ni sebenarnya ada singgah ladang oren.

Disebabkan Jeju Island ni tanah gunung berapi,so tak berapa subur untuk pertanian. Antara pokok yang mampu hidup subur ialah pokok oren lah. Jeju punya orange antara produk yang fofular di sini.

Perjalanan diteruskan ke Folk Village. Di Korea ni tak banyak tempat yang ada perkampungan tradisional macam di Jeju. Orang kampung di sini dikecualikan tax dan dapat free education as long as they preserve gaya hidup unik mereka.

-the house

-gaya seksi pengangkut air

-nampak tempat dia cangkung tu?situ ada lubang untuk berak. So nanti taik kita tu babi hitam dalam tu makan. Cukup bulan sembelih babi buat kenduri. Kembang tekak aku ni haa

Lepas puas meronda satu kampung we headed to some other tourist attractions in Jeju. Sini memang kawasan pelancong so banyak jugalah muzium-muzium diwujudkan. The first one that we went to was the Trick Art Museum.

Basically muzium ni takde ape pun,cuma dia ada murals yang kalau kita bergambar dengannya boleh buat efek ala-ala 3 dimension gitewhhh.

Contoh:

-terpaksa berbaring untuk snap gambar ini

Muzium seterusnya yang dilawati ialah Muzium Ripley's Believe it Or Not. Memang fun ok semua muzium dekat sini,langsung tak ilmiah (bimbotic gila ayat). Sesuai dengan kehendak diri yang tak minat sejarah.

There were a lot of unique stuff inside the museum. Kira tak bosan la duduk berejam dalam tu.

-a car covered with gold coins

The last museum that we went to was a Teddy Bear museum. Yes,they built a museum for teddy bears. How.....educational. T_T

-Korean retis with their teddy bears on display

At first i was like what's the point of all this?? Muzium anak patung?? But after a while guess who got overexcited upon seeing huge cuddly teddy bears?

Setelah puas membuang masa di muzium-muzium tak berapa educational ini, we had dinner. Macam biasa mesti ada kimchi dan segala side dishes lain. Tapi lauk utama ialah mackerel bakar dan telur.

Begitulah berakhirnya satu hari touring Pulau Jeju. Tetapi malam masih muda. We decided to went out for coffee and try makan toast yang nampak macam sedap dalam drama-drama KBS.

-my verdict: memang sedap. Roti dia tebal tapi crispy,not too sweet. Just perfect.

Demikianlah ceritanya 2 malam di Jeju Island. Keesokan harinya naik flight balik Seoul dan teruskan perjalanan ke Yong Pyong Ski Resort untuk aktiviti riadah bersalji. Jumpa lagi di episod mendatang dengan skil editing gambar yang lebih sampah. Bye.

Annyeong Ha Sayur : Seoul

2012-01-25T11:29:00.028+08:00

So i guess its no secret anymore that i went to Korea for my Chinese New Year break. Me,Korea? Gasp. Walaupun KPop tidak sebati di jiwaku, i went there with two hardcore anything-Korean-related fan,Marsh and Thariq. Thariq dah tengok every Korean show on earth (talk shows and game shows included), Marsh on the other hand is a true Korean drama fanatic,so much that she now have this unrealistic idea of a perfect romantic man. Great,we were all set to conquer Korea.

Objektif trip:experience everything Korea. (bahan research sebelum pergi:drama korea,shallow..i know)

Pergi ikut Non muslim tour sebab tour muslim tak fardhu kifayah semua buat time date yang kitorang tak free. So bantai je lah ikut non muslim tour,akibatnya kalau makan di restauran yang takde seafood terpaksa telan sayur-sayuran tatkala meja sebelah enak memanggang babi.

For this first part of the Korean trip saga, i would like to focus on Seoul.

Touch down di Incheon airport seawal 6.30 pagi. Perjalanan yang penuh barokah dimulai dengan melawat kilang wine. T_T

-we were given grape juice while everyone else drank red wine.

Lepastu we headed to Myeongdong area. Tempat orang bershopping. Di sinilah first encounter dengan golongan muda urban korea. Them koreans were oh so stylo, and there i was wearing my outdated autumn/winter 2008 River Island winter coat. Most of the ladies are gorgeous too tapi tak tau lah original ke tidak since iklan plastic surgery terpampang besar-besar dekat belakang bas.

Its a norm to get some work done to your face in Korea. So takpayah alasan bangang coverline wudhu' kekalkan keremajaan saya.

Wajah bahagia 2 hardcore fan korea:

Wajah tak berapa excited anti korea:

There were a lot of makciks selling this jajan made out of gula dan serbuk penaik. Sebab Marsh kata dia pernah nampak orang dalam drama Korea makan,we gave it a try.

-The taste was awfully sweet. With a hint of gula hangus

Petang first day tu we flew to Jeju Island-which will be covered in the upcoming post. The last 2 days of the trip we balik ke Seoul. Check in di Grand Ambassador Hotel, a very posh hotel located in te heart of Seoul city centre.

-Complete with our own coffee maker and an automatic toilet.

Kejakunan tidak terhenti di situ. Order Korean traditional pillow dari pillow menu. Padahal bukan guna pun,saja buat kepit celah kaki.

Antara aktiviti di Seoul ialah belajar membuat kimchi. Kimchi ialah pickled veggies yang wajib ada atas meja makan orang Korea setiap kali makan. Korea tanpa kimchi ibarat Elfira Loy tanpa kening.

Di tempat membuat kimchi tu juga, we had chance to try on Korean traditional costumes. I, obviously took this photo-op very seriously. You can tell...

Hari second last sebelum balik tu,pergi tengok Nanta show. Its a musical show tapi takde dialog pun. Just orang main percussions but with jalan cerita la. Entertaining jugak,its listed as one of the Top 10 attraction in Seoul.

Actually we arrived quite early at the show. Ada sejam lebih sebelum start. Ingatkan nak jalan-jalan keliling bandar sekali baru 2 tapak keluar bangunan angin winter -10 degree menerpa ke muka. Terus masuk cafe order strawberry waffle.

Cafe dekat sini hi tech ok. Bila kita order dia bagi this funny looking gadget. So bawak pergi dekat meja. Bila order dah siap dia berkelip and vibrate. Ooooooohhhh jakun seketika.

Balik dari Nanta show we had dinner at one of the chinese restaurants. Since its Chinese New Year's eve,semua orang makan satu meja bulat. Those chinese in our tour group were so considerate, sanggup go pork free for their makan besar. :')

Lepas makan we went to Dongdaemun,tempat shopping juga. Di sini skill tawar menawar amatlah diperlukan. One thing about Korean,they get angry easily when you bargain too much. Tapi mampuslah pergi sekali je, takde kejer aku nak bayar kau 3 kali ganda harga modal.Hati mesti mau kering la bila bargain,baru melayu sejati.

The stuff they are selling here ranging from souvenirs to stylo clothing. Its considered cheap kalau pandai bargain. Ada jugak orang jual dekat luar bangunan,dekat kaki lima tu. Tapi yang tu lagi mahal compared dengan yang dekat dalam.

Hari esoknya dipenuhi dengan melawat tourists trap. Sesiapa yang pernah ikut tour mesti familiar dengan satu hari di mana tour guide bawak ke tempat-tempat khas untuk kita menghabiskan duit. Biasanya tempat begini memang tak boleh ambik gambar dan menjual barang-barang super mahal. We went to a place selling Korean ginseng. A couple from our group bought 5000ringgit worth of ginseng. Gila tak berbaloi,ive tried some of the ginseng. Rasa macam kunyah tanah kubur.

Other places that we went to ialah seaweed production centre and duty free cosmetic store. Konon duty free padahal harga lebih kurang je dengan Malaysia. Konon sebab Korean kulit lawa boleh kelentong kita nak beli produk dia. Dah lah satu kedai terpampang penuh gambar Kim Hyun Joong,kau habis 80000 ringgit beli krim muka pun tak dapek muka macam tu hoi.

The only significant tourist attraction yang dilawati ialah Gyeongbok Palace. Istana lama di tengah bandar Seoul. A lot of history behind this palace but the weather was too cold that day(-13 or something), hence my lack of attention to whatever the tour guide was saying.

-sempena Chinese New Year they have this performance on the main square

The best part of this trip was we were free to do whatever during the night. Group touring cuma sebelah siang so after dinner terpulang nak berjimba ke nak tidur. Justeru on the last night we went to their public sauna/bath house or as they call it Jimjilbang.

Marsh said she knew this kind of place exists from all the Korean drama she has watched. Menurut beliau romantik gila bila hero heroin dating dekat sini. Determine to bask in the romantic atmosphere of the sauna,we went to one of the sauna in Dongdaemun by cab (5 minutes from the hotel).

Lepas bayar 10000won we were given baju and seluar untuk salin. Masuk je men's changing room i was shocked.

There were a lot of men,most of them in their mid 40's, walking around BUTT NAKED with their shuttlecock swinging left to right. So wrong on so many level. Sambil bogel tu boleh pulak sembang-sembang dengan kawan.Ada yang tengok tv bersila dengan shuttlecock terjuntai. Ngeri. Oh Em Ji,clearly those Korean dramas left out this horrifying part.

-the ugly outfit that they provides

Kalau nak mandi bath tub dia memang kena berbogel,something im not comfortable doing in public thankyouverymuch. So we headed to the common area downstairs. At this point i was re-evaluating my friendship with Marsh since she was the one suggesting us to go to this place. Romantic my ass.

Turun bawah jumpa Marsh rupa-rupanya she encountered the same thing in the women's room. Most of the aunties were naked as well. Deswai i said,korean drama semua tipu pfft.

Dekat common area ni banyak kemudahan disediakan antaranya cafe,TV, internet,reading corner,massage service and steam room. Luckily nobody was naked here. Phewww. You are free to do whatever you want here. If we Malaysians lepak mamak,them Koreans lepak tempat begini.

Pelik ok baring-baring tengah alam dengan strangers sambil tengok TV. Apakah?

While waiting for our massage session, we put on our facemasks, baring and just blend in with the locals.

Habis massage terus bergegas tukar baju dan tinggalkan tempat aneh ini. One word to describe this whole sauna/public bathhouse experience: traumatizing.

Keluar bangunan terus mencari makanan,lapar akibat penderaan emosi dan rohani sebentar tadi. Jadi ke kedai berdekatan untuk makan seafood pancake dan bibimbap.

-the pancake is literally lempeng,but with added sotong and kucai in it

-Marsh mengacau bibimbap-a mixture of rice,seaweed,egg,special sauce and some other stuff. Those of you who watched Full House mesti tau ini mendalah yang Rain makan tu.

We went back the next day with Korean Air. Tapi sebelum balik sempat makan bibimbap sotong dekat airport. The best bibimbap we've tasted sepanjang trip ke Korea ini.

Rupa paras sebelum dikacau;

Sekian sahaja travelogue Korea part 1. Jumpa lagi di post akan datang,kalau larat nak update lagi laaaa.

Membawa Diri

2012-01-18T00:32:00.000+08:00

Ya pergi membawa diri ke negara orang sebab stress exam. Trip plan seminggu sebelum berangkat,ghasak. Takde masa nak plan trip backpacking sebab tengah study week. Matila overkonfiden study week sibuk fikir vacation.

Tapi sebab ini ialah last cuti panjang sebelum kehidupan yang serba hell,maka tanpa lengah terus book tour. Lantaklah pergi tengah-tengah winter pun. Nasib baik peninggalan winter jacket dari zaman muda di Dublin masih ada. See you guys again in a few days time.

Selamat Cainis New Year aduyainyepun.

Hiatus

2012-01-11T20:39:00.003+08:00

Sekarang ialah minggu study week untuk subject Forensic & Legal Medicine.

Yaaa Legal Medicine..... macamkan medicine alone is not hell enough,nak kena belajar akta ordinan apajadah.

Siang lecture 5 jam ala-ala nak ambik lesen,malam nak kena study pulak sebab exam minggu depan. Sekarang bagitau celah mana nak cari time untuk update belog?

Gambar hiasan.

Worthless Wednesday

2012-01-04T22:37:00.004+08:00

Bak kata pepatah, Blondie di seberang laut nampak, cleavage sendiri tak nampak.

ps: tak baik maki mak sendiri.

2012 Resolution

2012-01-03T13:23:00.005+08:00

What make Malaysians happy other than public holidays and artery clogging foods?

Yes. The Year End Sale. This is our version of Boxing Day, shopaholics rejoice! Eventhough the price reductions are not as extreme as those during Boxing Day in UK, still....more reason to shop despite the poor economy and our 3 bulan bil Telekom tertunggak. PTPTN loan? pffftt

Some of you hipsters might say, owh im too cool to go crazy over some stupid Sale. But lemme tell you, judging from the crowd at Gurney Plaza yesterday- 98% of Malaysians terdiri dari pen-shopping tegar. That whole 'Ubah Gaya Hidup' talk by Muhyiddin Yassin clearly was a success.....not. Traffic jam di tempat parking adalah worse dari jam accident lepas terowong highway.

gambar hiasan:diambil dalam perjalanan balik ke Penang

As a good citizen, i just have to turun padang and do my part to support our country's economic growth. Besides, being the cheapskate that i am i dont buy stuff unless its more than 50% off so ini bukan pembaziran. That's how i survive 2.5 years in Dublin without having to ask for supplementary money from the parents. #bangga

Long story short,there i was...in front of the Items on Sale rack in Topman.

I scanned through every pieces.

Skinny Carrot Cut,

Skinny Jeans,

Vintage Skinny,

Spray on Skinny.

OK i get it. F U Topman. You used to be my favourite brand. Why are you discriminating me like this?

Still delusional, i grabbed one pair of chinos and tried it on. One word : Nangka.

Those 2 weeks stress induced binge eating during exam weeks has taken its toll on my body. Plus 3 weeks at home, surrounded with good food? Selamat jalan berat badan ideal.

~~With tears streaming down my cheeks~~I made my way to nearest sports store and bought myself these;

Jadi by the time Year End Sale untuk 2012, i will be able to slip into those damn pants effortlessly. Amen.

Rombongan Cik Joyah Ke Melaka

2011-12-31T00:21:00.011+08:00

Bersempena dengan cuti hujung tahun, keluarga besar Haji Rasdi telah bercuti secara berjemaah ke negeri Melaka.

Percutian ini malangnya tidak disertai oleh Haji Rasdi sendiri kerana beliau lebih gemar bersantai di kampung halaman menjaga kucing yang hampir due date beranaknya. Namun begitu seperti dalam trip yang lain, Opah turut serta untuk mewakili suami beliau.

2 unit apartment 3 bilik terpaksa disewa demi menempatkan keluarga besar yang borderline obese semua anggotanya ini.

Pusat kanak-kanak berkubang pagi dan malam.

Kali terakhir pergi Melaka ialah waktu masih bersekolah. Jadi kagum seketika dengan pembangunan pesat bandar ini. Tahap kebersihan boleh dibanggakan namun perlu improve public transportation sebab musim cuti ramai gila orang woiii nak carik parking macam nak carik jodoh.

Dulu pergi waktu zaman hingusan Dataran Pahlawan tak berapa nak bukak,sekarang siap extend bangunan lagi. Kelas kau maria.

Lepastu dah ada Menara Taming Sari sebelah tu. Wah wah harus jakun dan naik.

Konsep Menara TamingSari ini adalah ala-ala Solero dekat Genting.

Once again Opah conquered her fear of height. Syabas. Actually the best way to enjoy Melaka's scenery is by beca. 30 ringgit for 30 minutes, not that expensive eh? Considering that most of us are fatasses, 30 minit itu mungkin boleh akibatkan hip joint pengayuh beca dislocated.

And most of these beca ada radio, got subwoofer sumore i tell you. To hell with Dondang Sayang, they play Rihanna and LMFAO songs.

-beca Mercedes. anda mampu?

Memandangkan Opah juga tak berapa fit untuk berjalan kaki di area Jonker Walk maka khidmat 7-8 beca terpaksa digunakan untuk mengangkut satu family. Perarakan beca keluarga Haji Rasdi ini menggamit perhatian pelancong untuk mengambil gambar. Justeru memberi feeling Miss Tourism kepada ahli rombongan.

Selain menikmati perasaan like a boss takpayah berjalan kaki, dapat juga mendengar penerangan pengayuh beca tentang historical spots dan tourist attractions seperti makam Hang Jebat dan Masjid Kampung Kling.

Kunjungan ke Melaka tidak sah jika tidak disertai kunjungan ke Medan Ikan Bakar. The one in Umbai is overrated sebab last time pergi tak berapa best. So we went to the one in Serkam, few kilometeres further dari Umbai. Gambar ini diambil selepas ritual melahap besar-besaran.

-4 meja cantum,berekor-ekor ikan,2 kilo udang goreng tepung,2 kilo sotong goreng tepung,kupang,kepah,kerang,ketam,20 bungkus nasi lemak,nasi putih tambah,dan beberapa menu yang lain. *usyar harga treadmill online*

Another attraction ialah Melaka river cruise. The best time untuk naik ialah pada waktu malam.Di samping view yang gorjes, complexion kulit yang sediakala 10 di skala hitam juga dapat diselamatkan dari bahang mentari.

-the historical Kampung Morten

-buildings along the river are decorated with awesome murals

River cruise ini is wayyy better than Venice's gondola ride. Air Venice dahlah bau longkang, harga cekik darah plak tu. Sungai Melaka ni after restoration dah tak berapa ada bau. Lepas tu bot siap pasang lagu-lagu klasik and commentaries as we go along.

Bridge ala-ala Venice pun ada. Suck it, Italy.

All in all, we had a blast. Percutian secara berjemaah begini memang seronok,lebih-lebih lagi takpayah keluar duit lol. Maybe next time boleh ke pulau pula, because i'd like to see Opah in a diving suit. Pasti comel melampau.

Rombongan Cik Kiah Ke Pulau Langkawi

2011-12-16T22:59:00.013+08:00

Spent the first week of my holiday at my kampung. And few days in Langkawi with my uncle,his family and Opah. Aaaand also few other mak ciks who work for my uncle. Kinda like a year end kompeni vacation.

Mak Ciks + Langkawi = No beach, just pinggan mangkuk shopping.

There were 13 Mak Ciks, 14 including Opah so its safe to say that this trip is solely for shopping. But we still managed to squeezed in few tourist attractions in between those money spending fiesta.

Last time i went to Langkawi i was around 6-7 years old. So i was pleasantly surprised dengan pembangunan pesat pulau peranginan ini. But there's this one little problem;

Yep,that is the famous Dataran Lang at night. The lampu around this place were not working. So with that little amount of spotlight left you could easily mistaken that helang for a giant chicken. According to one of the shopowner at that area, majlis daerah tengah buat wiring. And this wiring has been going on since raya. Im guessing these people doing the wiring are melayu.

We also went to the cable car ride. It's a highest cable car ride in Asia or something, so this holiday season expect hundreds of people queuing up for this one.

Opah has never been on any cable car her entire life, and she's quite afraid of height.

Siap keluar tisu lap airmata haha. At one point she prayed out " ya Allah selamatkanlah anak cucuku" hahahahaha. Drama queen much? -__-" Doa suruh selamatkan anak cucu padahal dia yang takut lebih tehee.

Among other places that we went to ialah Galeri Perdana. Still the same after all these years. Just exhibition of stuff that people/other gomen gave to Mahathir during his years as PM. Some of the stuff are quite awesome,some i think are stored there just because Tun Hasmah couldnt find any empty shelf at their home.

- a horse carriage from the Argentinian government

Collection of dolls pemberian the more cheapskate governments;

Random fact: do you know that now you have to pay 5 ringgit to enter Makam Mahsuri? I didnt know this at first but wow this place has changed a lot.

Despite having to pay 5 ringgit, you still have to pay extra 30sen to use their toilet. Dahlah toilet kotor gilak bayar 30sen tu tak tau lah ke mana hala nya.

On the first day of shopping spree we went to Idaman Suri, a huge mall selling stuff that only can be appreciated by Surirumah. Hence the name of the mall. Those makciks went crayyyyyzeyyy. They're like a bunch of fat kids in a candy shop.

Opah was no exception.This is her,trying to rationalize her purchase of 3 sudips.

And yos truli was her PA for that day,carrying her shopping basket while she went oohh ahhh over some frying pan and kuali steam.

On the second day of shopping spree;

At the end of the day all the makciks datang dengan satu beg, pulang dengan satu gedung barang perkakas dapur.

Minggu-Minggu Hell Dalam Hidup

2011-12-13T20:49:00.000+08:00

Sejak dari zaman Intec hinggalah waktu menuntut di Dublin, acapkali ketika musim peperiksaan kamar tidur akan secara automatik bertukar menjadi seperti tempat babi hutan berhibernasi. But this time around, tiada lagi kekusutan dalam kamus hidupku.

Entah kenapa roh Eric Leong merasuki diri tiba-tiba nak transform bilik jadi feeling resort. Kau mampu? Cantimnyewwwwwwww (baca dengan tajwid Eric Leong)

Langkah pertama haruslah beli scented candle ~~jenama Tesco~~ untuk memberi efek aromaterapi. Kemudian beli fresh flower 3 ringgit dari gerai india tepi jalan sebelah Shell.

Ini hasilnya;

Sebuah makeover perasan resort tidak lengkap tanpa elemen air ataupun water feature. Jadi dengan gigih angkat aquarium kura-kura yang seberat seekor anak sapi untuk diletak di dalam bilik.

Bukan saja dapat menikmati bunyi deruan air pam tahi kura-kura, bahkan dapat saksikan aksi kura-kura genit ini panjat memanjat batang kayu.

Tetapi sure enough, keadaan bilik kembali kepada fitrahnya yang buruk selepas beberapa minggu teheee. Tak dapek la nak beli bunga tiap minggu woi baik beli nasik lemak 3 ringgit.

Lepas exam, seleberet adalah dengan menonton wayang cerita Puss in Boots. We got out of the cinema around 11 ish pm. Lantas menuju ke Delicious untuk late night dessert.

But when we got there, they are closing down oredy. Jadi cuma boleh tapau dan makan di luar menghadap laut ;')

Tahukah anda hanya tambah 2 ringgit,anda dapat bawa balik gelas kaca berisi Black Forest cake itu? Ya tak perlu ke Mydin untuk dapatkan gelas murah.

We spent hours talking about the future and whatnot. The possibility to end up being foreveralone, berangan nak beli mansion dekat selatan England dan macam-macam lagi. You know, stuff that losers like us usually talked about T_T.

So basically that's it. That's what has been going on in my life this past few days when i temporarily disappear from the blogosphere. (macam ada orang tanya kan??)

The Video Vault #4

2011-12-09T08:36:00.003+08:00

Lepas exam i went to watch Puss in Boots. The movie was hilarious. Everybody go see it.

Anyway,dalam movie tersebut ada scene Puss dan Kitty SoftPaw menari flamenco. Ive seen live flamenco show once, in Seville Spain. Here are some of the videos;

Tarian duet tsunami cinta;

The star of the show; La Tona

Encore; Si Tua Bergetah - Ada apa pada usia?

To read about my Seville trip, kelik di sini.

Video 6 Saat Paling Sia-sia Untuk Ditonton

2011-11-27T01:24:00.005+08:00

My last update was like a week ago. Macam biasalah the reason for this temporary hiatus is due to an upcoming exams. Jadi untuk mengupdate secara senonoh di blog ini adalah sedikit mustahil,but i will as soon as exams are over.

Thanks to those who follow and those who 'Like' posts in this blog ( especially the tudung Yuna post;the most number of Likes to date).

Sebagai penghargaan terimalah video Kura-kura terpantas di dunia. Sila kagumi.

I still tweet occasionally tho,ala-ala micro blogging.But early reminder,most of my tweets are offensive lol. Kalau offended takpayah susah-susah nak tweet 'tak baik you cakap macamtu #tersinggung ' because i wont respond. Baik unfollow terus.

So to those who are civilized enough to own a twitter account, you can follow me at @hatimrazak (kelik imej burung dibawah)

Thankyou. Dah habis peruntukan masa seploh menet nak update blog.bye.

Toyota Wish Dari Neraka

2011-11-19T00:09:00.004+08:00

Disclaimer :this post contains strong language. Reader discretion advised

If you've read this post im sure you know how much i loathe Penang drivers. I mean seriously everyone here should re-enroll themselves in driving school,that way we can cut down next year's Ops Sikap mortality rate by at least 68%.

Petang tadi myself and few friends went to Gurney to have early dinner sebab konon plan nak balik awal study untuk final exams. We went to Teppanyaki which by the way serves the most shiteous food we've ever tasted. The drinks itself is freakin expensive,dahlah nama air Black Temptation. Sumpah geli. But that is not the point of this post.

Ni yang nak cerita nih,

On the way balik ke rumah macam biasa lah jalanraya time-time petang komfem ramai gila sampai jam. Jalan nak masuk ke area rumah pulak ada satu simpang dengan traffic light jahanam yang hijau 30 saat sahaja. Maka line di traffic light itu adalah maha panjang. Siap boleh nyanyi 3 lagu sementara nak tunggu turn jalan. Lagu Leona Lewis, Mizz Nina dengan apetah lagi satu.

Eh terpesong.

Ok back to the story.... Bila dah hijau je tiba-tiba ada satu kereta Toyota Wish mencilok di depan. I was like "beyotch gila kau orang dah beratur lama gila kau nak potong line ngalahkan anak raja". Lepastu boleh plak si cibai ini berhenti secara mengejut tengah-tengah simpang waktu lampu trafik tengah HIJAU. Bodoh ke bangang ni?

Ditambah dengan faktor hujan renyai,maka kami sekereta mencium bumper belakang kereta Toyota Wish jahanam itu.

Kerosakan minima yang dialami oleh Toyota Wish dari neraka;

Ketika ditanya mengapa beliau memandu sebegini gampang? Alasan yang diberikan adalah sebab nak cepat pergi dinner. Wehhhhhhh kisah plak aku kau tak makan lagi????

Dasar $%^$!@#@$#%

Raut wajah pesalah

Biodata- Nama: Mrs K

Bangsa: Cina

Personaliti: Annoying

Tuan punya kereta; Saudari Dyla sedang menghubungi ejen insurans beliau

Beberapa lama selepas itu,suami beliau datang to the rescue cause bitch clearly couldnt think of any solutions. Surprisingly si suami was a very pleasant young man, and he gave us two options. Either bayar at least 700 ringgit or go to police station and make report. We choose the latter. Because either way we still have to pay sebab kita yang melanggar walaupun dia yang drive macam cilaka. At least kalau pegi balai kena bayar maximum 300 ringgit.

And 700 ringgit = one month scholarship, jadi kalau bayar dia 700 ringgit,bulan depan nak makan langsir?

So off we went to balai polis. Since i am the only accomplished writer (ehemm) among us 5, i was given the responsibility to write the report.

Obviously,the best police report ever written in Malaysia.

Moral of the story, do not drive in Penang during maghrib. Should've just stayed at Gurney and karaoke instead.

owh and the policeman is from Pilah. so saman cumalah rm120 sahaja hahahaha

Tajuk Perbahasan Hari Ini: Yuna, Tudung dan Role Model Islam

2011-11-13T20:08:00.006+08:00

Spent last night watching AIM 18 with some friends. Those of you who are following me on Twitter surely know this since i was tweeting like a maniac during the event. Owh and 3 people unfollowed soon after i wrote this;

If i get a penny for everytime someone is offended by my tweets,i'd surely be rich. Note to self: do not make inappropriate jokes on twitter about Anuar Zain in the future, his fans are probably writing a threat letter as we speak.

So as usual,i started Sunday morning (tak berapa nak morning sangatlah bangun pukul 11 woi) by browsing through gossip blogs just to read other people's thought on last night's show. Dan seperti dijangkakan isu gaya pemakaian Yuna menjadi salah satu topik hangat diperbincangkan.

gambar pinjam belog Budiey

Antara komen dari rakyat marhaen berbunyi;

"ini bukan menutup aurat.pakaian ketat macam ni ke jadi role model budak perempuan sekarang?"

First of all,im not a die hard Yuna fan. So this post is not for me to defend Yuna and her outfit of choice. Lets discuss this like an adult. So let say Yuna came clad in a syariah compliant tudung labuh, with jubah and socks, will that be OK?

Even if she sing afterwards?

So everytime i read these kind of comments it baffles me. What do we want from them artists really? Mula-mula festaim bila dengar Yuna nyanyi kita yang impressed,lepastu siap share-share dekat facebook kagum gila ada juga wanita Malaysia bersuara lunak merdu macamni.

We admire these people's amazing talent, indirectly encouraging them to become a singer but at the same time expect them to be ikon Islam Hadhari. You want them to be a world known pop star but at the same time an ustazah pilihan. Where is the logic in that?

Contoh lain pulak bila kita tonton rancangan realiti. Sewaktu fenomena Mawi, semua orang undi si botak ini sebab dia innocent sweet budak kampung yang berperibadi kudus selalu mengunjungi surau. Tambahan pula menjadi bilal di kampung. Wah wah lagilah menjadi-jadi makcik di kampung beli topap 60 ringgit seminggu semata-mata mahu AFUNDI imaginary menantu ini.

Kita suka peribadi Mawi yang sebegini-warak dan tidak lupakan Tuhan. Tetapi at the same time kita undi dia supaya dia berjaya capai cita-citanya untuk menjadi penyanyi pop yang terkenal. Kalau Mawi masuk Akademi Nasyid lain cerita lah. Ini konsep rancangan Akademi Fantasia itu sendiri terang-terangan memang tak menerapkan nilai-nilai Islam.

Lepastu bila Mawi jadi artis kita persoalkan kenapa dia tak sealim seperti zaman pre-Akademi Fantasia beliau?

Jadi persoalan untuk kita semua di sini;

-Adakah adil untuk kita expect artis-artis menjadi ikon Islam sedang kan kita yang bersubahat menjerumuskan mereka ke dalam dunia glamor?

-Adakah even possible untuk artis menjadi role model islamik kepada anak muda?

-Kalau kita mahukan hiburan pure Islam,sanggupkah kita tinggalkan semua ke-lagha-an dunia ini? ( and yes that is including K-pop and terkinja-kinja di konsert Maher Zain)

Dan soalan terakhir;

-Mengapa kita susah-payah harapkan Yuna jadi idola untuk anak-anak kita sedangkan ada idola Islam seperti Siti Khadijah dan Fatimah?

Ini bukan salah Yuna dan tudungnya. Bukan salah Najwa Latif dan video-video laghonya. Bukan juga salah Cikgu Shida *tibatiba*. Ini salah kita sendiri dalam memilih idola, salah kita yang secretly dambakan hiburan duniawi tetapi terus-menerus salahkan penampilan manusia lain untuk tutup nafsu sendiri.

And i think its about time we start blaming ourselves for all these. Dont you think?

ps:post lepas pasal lady gaga tiba-tiba ala-ala alim pulak.bipolar gila kau

The Video Vault #3

2011-11-11T01:01:00.001+08:00

When i first heard Didie Alias' new single- You & I on the radio,i thought this song sounds familiar. Macam pernah kudengari di mana-mana. And i was right.

This video was recorded semasa zaman muda-muda lagho dahulu di The Monster Ball Tour in Dublin last year. You & I was one of the song that she sang during her piano session. Rupa-rupanya berkurun sebelum album 'Diberanakkan Seperti Ini' dihasilkan, lagu ini sudah pun dinyanyikan secara live di konsert-konsert seantero dunia. How cool is that?

What Raya??

2011-11-06T23:55:00.001+08:00

So how's your Raya Haji? Fun? No fun?

My Raya Haji was as good as any other holidays. Hari yang penuh barakah ini dimulakan dengan bangun pukul 10 lebih,maka secara automatis terlepas sembahyang raya. Bangun-bangun cuma sempat tonton khutbah raya terpasang di RTM. Redho. T_T

Di Nilai,aura perayaan hampir tiada langsung. Jiran-jiran sekeliling semua hilang disyaki beraya di kampung halaman masing-masing. Maka memang takde langsung orang datang berziarah. Bila takde orang datang,jadinya juadah raya sendiri masak sendiri makan.

The best soto ayam in Nilai.

Other than eating non stop like there's no tomorrw, i spent the whole morning watching raya related movies and browsing through Twitter.

Cerita Korban Tak Jadi lakonan Jalaludin Hasan. Kelakor gila.

Lepastu dah tengahari sikit terasa diri ini sungguh tidak produktif. Duduk melepap di rumah ketika cuti begini kau apahal si gemuk? Cuba bawak-bawak berjalan sket,getus hati kecil. Lantas ajak adik-beradik untuk keluar menonton wayang.

Konon ah assume shopping complex pasti lengang raya begini. Sekali macam ada open house 1malaysia dalam Jusco tu. Korang ni tak reti raya ke weh?? Apa buat ramai-ramai kat shopping kompleks ni?

Can you spot a lady changing her kid's diaper in public? Sia-sia kontraktor bina bilik tukar lampin.

We watched a borderline shiteous movie- Tower Heist sebab semua movie lain sold out. Yang tinggal banyak seat cuma movie Alamak Toyol. Yang tu kalau Neelofa ajak dating tengok pun sumpah taknak. Komfem sampah.

Habis movie tak tau hala tuju mana. Out of nowhere muncul cadangan ke Istana Seri Menanti since i've never been there before. Shocking,i know.

Dahlah tadi pestaim lalu jalan baru Bukit Putus tu. Omaigod tak sangka kemajuan sungguh Negeri Sembilan sekarang. Dulu jalan bengkang-bengkok macam litar drift Syamsul Yusof sekarang jalan dah highway u ollls!!! Siap ada the second highest bridge in Malaysia kau mampu? i dont know how you Pilah people not brag about this. If this is in Nilai i swear you'll never hear the end of it. I mean, second highest bridge! Kagum sebentar.

-satu lagi projek kerajaan Barisan Nasional

-pestaim sampai. *nanges*

Lepas ronda-ronda pekan Seri Menanti which offers practically nothing to see, we headed to Senawang. Watchu have in Senawang you ask? Satay Tulang!

Im pretty sure you wont find it elsewhere. I first tried this sate few years ago,it was love at first bite.

Orang yang tak pernah rasa sate tulang mesti kata ini tulang ni makanan jin. Jin tak marinate tulang ok. Lu tak rasa takyah banyak bunyik,orang negeri sembilan je yang tahu menghargai kehebatan sate tulang ni. Kau kalau nak kena hentak dengan ekzos motor cuba ah kutuk sate tulang depan orang nogori. Wah over kau maria.

Akibat terlalu laris terpaksa guna kipas angin untuk mengipas.

Sate Tulang Jelebu di Dataran Senawang. I approve.

So basically gitulah Hari Raya Haji saya. Raya tak berapa nak raya ah tetapi still bersyukur dapat juga spend masa dengan family kecintaan =)

Raya anda bagaimana?

The Video Vault #2

2011-11-01T15:05:00.001+08:00

Its time for Video of the week #2!

This week's video was recorded during my last visit to Paris. Waktu naik river cruise melintas Eiffel Tower. Ada specific time at night di mana Eiffel tower akan berglitter for few minutes. So the fact that river cruise melintas dihadapan tower sewaktu ia bersinar adalah momen kebetulan yang sungguh magikal.

Read up the full CCBH-Paris here.

Ekspedisi Pulau Jerejak

2011-10-30T08:53:00.003+08:00

ps:post ini mengandungi banyak gambar,jadi terpaksa diedit untuk mengurangkan waktu mengupload.kelik gambar untuk melihat dengan lebih jelas.ada paham ke?

I've said it in my first jungle trekking post. One fine day,we'll conquer Jerejak Island. And that one fine day was yesterday. =)

My college's Adventure Club ada organize this 2D1N trip to Jerejak so me and friends thought why not? But none of us were a club member. So a massive thank you to the Adventure Club for letting the 6 of us menyibuk di dalam aktiviti kelab anda teheee.

For those of you who dont know, Pulau Jerejak ni dekat Penang je dik oii. Kalau lalu jambatan Penang tu boleh nampak la pulau kecik antara mainland dengan Penang Island. Smacked exactly in the middle of those two. So naturally, the sea water around this pulau smells like dog poop with a dash of budu. Jadinya trip ke pulau ini ofkoslah bukan untuk mandi laut/snorkeling tetapi lebih kepada aktiviti riadah membakar lebihan geleber lemak di sekeliling ukurlilit tubuh.

Banyak cerita angker pasal Pulau Jerejak sebab dulu ia merupakan tapak penjara dan pusat kuarantin pesakit kusta dan TB. But now dah develop jadi tempat percutian. You can read some of the history here;

We stayed at Jerejak Resort & Spa. Overall the room was nice but the restaurant was a huge dissapointment. Not only it took 40 minutes untuk orang ambik order, the food adalah tidak sedap. Tidak berpadanan dengan harga yang mahal.

-clockwise:lobby,the modified kancil/buggy,the room,resort area.

First day memang untuk aktiviti bebas jadi haruslah manfaatkan sepenuhnya kewujudan swimming pool yang menggamit sanubari itu. Disebabkan swimming pool apartment sendiri macam kolam tahi,maka excited terlebih dapat pool senonoh.

There's not much things to do here at night. So we decided to kill time with some much needed karaoke sesh. But you have to pay for the room-hourly rate. Yes,nothing is free on this island.

The next day we had several activities planned out for the whole day. Dimulai dengan jungle trekking. Ahli-ahli rombongan sebelum trekking;

-begitu berkobar.

Jungle trekking cuma 45 minit saja,tetapi seakan 4 jam lamanya akibat trail yang mendaki bukit. Perasaan seperti ingin pengsan tidak asing lagi dalam kamus hidupku,bahkan sudah jadi seperti dejavu. Setiap kali trekking pasti disusuli dengan kecenderungan untuk pengsan diikuti dengan rasa sesal yang mendalam.

-Razak Trail? My daddy wuz ere.

After the longest 45 minutes of our lives, tibalah masa untuk wall climbing pula.

-All set to conquer the super tinggi wall behind us.

Kronologi pendakian:

Im not a fan of height so you can imagine lah how i felt up there. I wanted to just hang on for dear life and wait for bomba or something to bring me down. Yeah,not gonna happen.

Waktu turun ,brother yang jaga tali tu buat lawak tak kelakar. Dia lepaskan semua orang turun ala-ala Solero Shot dekat Genting. Sumpah.Tak.Kelakar.Woi.

Seakan-akan sudah buang tebiat,we did repelling shortly after that. Cuak turun dinding pun tak hilang lagi ni hah.

Lepas semua orang selesai membuang tebiat masing-masing we headed to the suspension bridge untuk ber-flying fox pulak. Great. Lagi satu aktiviti yang 'sesuai' untuk mereka yang takut ketinggian like yos truli.

-Flying fox menyeberangi empangan.

After we were done with the flying fox we went for a bicycle ride around the pulau area. 1 hour bicycle rental is included in this You-Cant-Wait-To-Die-Isit? package.

Actually the initial plan was to cycle to the remains of the haunted prison. Tapi malangnya jalan ke situ ditutup. But it was still a fun bike ride sebab jalan untuk berbasikal adalah di sepanjang shoreline. So anda boleh lihat Penang from a different perspective.

-That's Queensbay mall.

Tetapi fun tidak bermaksud tidak challenging ok. Trail berbasikal dilengkapi dengan lopak air durjana dan selut berbahaya. Ada ahli rombongan yang telah menjadi mangsa selut ini.

Exhibit A:

Lepas 1 hour bike ride sepatutnya ada paintball and archery included in the package. Tapi semua orang muka dah macam nak pengsan lalu surender dan balik ke bilik untuk mandi, packing dan chow ke Queensbay.

-menunggu feri untuk pulang

All in all, i think Jerejak has a lot of potential. But Guan Eng has to do something about the sampah-sarap here. Kalau kasi bersih pulau dan laut sekeliling dia mesti kurang disgusting sikit.

Sejurus mendarat di jeti, terus tak berlengah dan menuju ke Pak Hussein tomyam untuk makan. Memang menjadi kebiasaan kami untuk makan besar selepas aktiviti-aktiviti lasak. Sungguh tak berbaloi seksa diri untuk kononnya bakar lemak seharian -__-"

Sekian,laporan aktiviti Adventure Club yang pertama.

The Video Vault

2011-10-27T18:51:00.001+08:00

Baru sedar ada beberapa video di save dalam laptop. These videos were recorded during my time in Dublin. Jadi untuk mengelakkan ia hilang atau ter-delete,i'll post random videos weekly on this blog. Most of it are sampah videos,but each has their own special place in my heart. cececececeh

So,the first random video from the video vault;

Venice Gondola Ride.

Vokal-Bukan Sekadar Rupa.

Seriously, gondola ride is one of the most overrated thing in life. Half-ass attempt in singing (itupun lepas kena paksa nyanyi) + surrounded by longkang smelling water = Not Romantic.

Read the whole CCBH-Italy here.

Skim Rumah Pertamaku

2011-10-25T23:53:00.001+08:00

Wah tajuk konon nak perbincangan ilmiah ke apa nih tiba-tiba topik isu semasa. Sejajar dengan lumrah dan konsep belog usang lagi bersawang yang cuma mengetengahkan isu-isu sampah, ofkos lah skim rumah pertama yang ingin dikupas di sini merujuk kepada rumah kura-kura peliharaan.

Dalam seminggu sampai 2 kali post pasal kura-kura. Hovercraft gila,nampak nau obses terlebih.

This is Tiz and Remy's first love nest;

This RM4.30 worth of balang is clearly too small for this two lovebirds. Kesian gila selalu Tiz tersepit celah-celah kayu sebab Tiz gemuk sikit dari Remy. Maklumlah anak dara tengah nak 'up' , selera makan pun taknak kalah.

Remember my housemate with quarter life crisis who owns an aquarium? Well, he decided to get a bigger aquarium for them fishes.

Talking about stepping up the game here.

So who benefited the most from this severe case of life crisis? The pet store? No. The housemate? No. The fishes? No.

Tiz and Remy of course.

Since he is no longer using the small aquarium,i thought its time for the two newlyweds to be upgraded. Ke arah transformasi hidup yang elegan!

Maka dengan ini dipersembahkan, Tiz and Remy's brand spanking new crib!

Ahhhh the perks of having a superawesome pet owner

Oh and they loveeee the pokok there. Memang port dating lah bawah tu. Ala-ala dating bawah jambatan.

-Tiz bawah jambatan while Remy tengah camouflage dalam daun

And now we've added a new kura-kura. Yes,we have 3 kura-kura now,the latest is yet to be named. I was thinking of names like Ifa Raziah ,Habsah Hasan or something along that line,but im pretty sure the others wont agree to it. So any suggestions??

There it is,the new kid. Taking over Remy's favourite sunbathing spot. Like a boss.

But eversince they moved to this new place,im no longer able to bring them into my room sebab bekas sekarang yang terlampau berat. Tiada lagi sleepover kita bersama sobss.

-Dalam kenangan :')

Aktiviti Memanjat Bukit Yang Menyeksa Batin

2011-10-23T11:19:00.001+08:00

The weather for this past few days has been pretty sucky. Dekat Penang ni petang kompem hujan jadi macamana nak beriadah secara sihat di waktu petang? Takkan nak poco-poco dalam bilik.

Justeru weekend adalah waktu terbaik untuk mengqada' pengumpulan lemak sepanjang minggu. Kira one shot extreme lemaks burning session. Me and 3 other friends went for our second jungle trekking at the national park here.

This time around kita tukar route,ambik yang paling jauh sebab konon dah pergi sekali perasan macam seasoned pro trekker ke hapetah. Destinasi pilihan: Muka Head Lighthouse. Trek adalah melalui area monkey beach.

It took us sejam lebih sahaja to reach Monkey Beach. The trail this time was not as challenging as last time. Kurang sikit panjat memanjat.

Monkey Beach

Honestly,i didnt see any monkeys there (other than those 3 monkeys that i went trekking with tehee).

Disebabkan trail yang tak mencabar,bila sampai Monkey Beach haruslah timbul perasaan riak. Dalam hati kecil terdetik 'is that it?' lalu menggesa rakan-rakan untuk teruskan perjalanan ke arah rumah api yang berada nun di puncak bukit.

Sebelum naik bukit(perasaan riak masih menebal di jiwa)

Di kaki bukit ada batu penanda ini;

1000+ metres only? Mmeh i can sleep-walk up there

I forgot the golden rule. Whenever you are going uphill, times the actual distance with 3 billion. Inilah hasil dia;

Gambar semasa mendaki (perasaan riak bertukar sesalan)

This picture was snapped approximately 5 MINUTES after going uphill. I was panting like a raging bulldog on heat. Sebotol 100plus habis di sini. After what felt like 349 years of hiking, we arrived at the lighthouse in one piece.

There's this guestbook that you get to sign when you arrive. Signifying that you are one of the idiots who decided to torture yourself and made it to the top.

We went up the spiral staircases to this breathtaking view of the sea (and a little bit of Penang island)

-worth every sweat,tears and curse words

We spent some times up there camwhoring and eating sandwich sambil memikirkan nasib macamana nak turun bukit satgi ni weh..

-bukan ekspresi menikmati udara nyaman.Itu muka nak pengsan

-tuna sandwich sedap!

After considering few options like calling helikopter RELA untuk membawa kami turun (which doesnt seem feasible at that moment), kami akur lalu meneruskan perjalanan turun bukit.

This whole hiking experience is exactly like medschool. At first you thought you sure can make it to the top, then tengah-tengah you feel like quitting but you are already halfway through. When you finally on top you have to worry about going downhill pulak. Its an endless pressure i tell you.

Then we're back at Monkey Beach. Mandi-manda sikit sebelum balik.

Balik adalah dengan menaiki bot sebab dah separuh mampus naik bukit tak larat nak trekking lagi sejam lebih.

It was a smart decision sebab on the way balik tu baru perasan awan gelap menyelubungi kawasan national park. Cuba bayangkan tengah trekking tiba-tiba hujan? Fuuuuuhhhh memang nangis.

After this trip i dont think we will visit taman negara anytime soon. Sebab we've already tried every trail there. Jadi untuk aktiviti outdoor seterusnya mungkin perlu cari tempat yang lebih selesa. Gurney plaza anyone?

Quarter Life Crisis

2011-10-19T23:18:00.001+08:00

I have commitment issues.

One of the things that i've just realized. I cant even stay focus in a 1 hour lecture,let alone survive a long term relationship. So since im not planning to grow old and die foreveralone-style, i decided that it's about time for me to make a bold move.

Get myself a ~~wife~~ pet. (baby steps people,baby steps)

All my life, i pernah ada 3 jenis binatang peliharaan saja. The first one ialah kura-kura harga 6 ringgit when i was in primary school. 2 hari bela, lepastu rasa macam tak capable tambahan mama tak merestui lalu cadangkan buang dalam kolam sekolah.

My second pet was a group of ikan puyu. Tangkap dari parit dekat kampung. 2 weeks after keeping them i gave up. Ikan puyu is not the kind of ikan you would keep if you wanted something elegant. It poops a lot. At the end of the day, mama was the one yang kena tukar air ikan setiap minggu.

The third pet was a cat. Tapi akhirnya menghilangkan diri disyaki akibat depresi.

You see? I can never stick to one thing for a long period of time-The reason why i refuse to get myself a DSLR like my brother because who am i kidding right?? Photoshop and stuff,no thankyou i'll stick to picnik.com. Easier.

But today i went to a huge(3 storey) kedai ikan in Georgetown to accompany my friend who out of a sudden mendapat seru to get an aquarium. Quarter life crisis much?

And at the end of the day i went back home with a pet of my own.

Perkenalkan, ini Tiz Zaqyah.

isnt she the cutest? holoh holohhhh

She is not alone tho. One of my housemate get himself a kura-kura too. So we have two kura-kura at home.

I call the other one Remy Ishak. But the proud owner is not very keen on the idea. Whatevs.

Im still naming it Remy Ishak.

Their love nest

Siap ada kayu timbul tempat Tiz nak sunbathing pagi-pagi awwwwhh. Tapi dua-dua tengah malu-malu suka menyorok celah batu. Mungkin tak mahu hubungan dihidu media. Dalam pada malu tuh, once letak atas lantai laju gila woh dia jalan.

Harap-harap kura-kura ini akan survive at least 3 bulan. Rendah gila target 3 bulan tapi itu yang paling realistik. Memang tiada pengharapan tinggi pada diri sendiri. Sesiapa ada petua untuk memastikan kura-kura sentiasa cerdas, cadangan anda amat dialu-alukan.

Another housemate's aquarium.

Dengan kehadiran kucing jiran, i give it 2 weeks tops.

Update Minggu Ini

2011-10-10T20:43:00.000+08:00

There were times when i used to be able to effortlessly slipped into a pair of skinny jeans. Those days are long gone. Thanks to nasi kandar.

So to make sure that i dont have to donate those skinny jeans to Somalian kids, i've decided to make a proactive move. No more tidur petang after lectures,lets go for a jog! But a wise man once said; the road to ideal BMI is always under construction.

This series of images sums up what happened today.

"hangat-hangat"

Gurney Plaza sushi bar.

Proaktif la sangaaatttttt

Letih dan Emo

2011-10-02T01:15:00.003+08:00

Jika dinilaikan setiap minggu dalam hidup,minggu ini boleh diiktiraf sebagai minggu terpaling hell. Setiap hari sebelum 7.30 pagi wajib terpacak di wad surgery untuk ward tutorials kemudian petang seperti biasa lectures diikuti dengan posting emergency surgery 6 petang sampai 11 malam.

Ulang rutin yang sama untuk seminggu, except weekend 8 pagi sampai 8 malam. Esok ialah hari last.

Mari ramai-ramai; ALHAMDULILLAH.

Its not that i dont like surgery,tapi this hectic schedule adalah sungguh meletihkan,zahir dan batin. Semalam satu rumah tertidur tengahari lantas terlepas sembahyang Jumaat. Padahal rumah mengadap masjid tapi azan sekor pun tak sedar akibat first time dapat tidur tengahari. Tidur dalam laknat bak kata orang. Mari bertaubat.

Despite some mayjah asshole-ness among them surgeons that we had to endure throughout the week, we actually learned a lot at the hospital. I just wish we had more time to rest sebab bukan dapat gaji pun stay hospital lama-lama ni woih. Penat duduk hospital akibatnya lecture petang tertonggeng dalam lecture hall.

Ada satu pagi tu we had to be at the ward sebelum 6.30am. 6.30 PAGI okay. So bangun tidur haruslah lebih awal dari bilal masjid seberang jalan T_T

-hospital lengang seawal 6.30pagi

Ada jugak scrubbing session where we were taught on proper techniques to scrub in for operations. Alaahh yang pakai baju warna kusam dengan fitting yang tak berapa flattering tu. Im sure there's gotta be some law prohibiting people from taking photos in the operation theatre.

Justeru ini saja gambar ala-ala surgeon yang diambil dalam tandas ketika rehat untuk kencing.

Kod pakaian yang betul di dewan pembedahan:

-abaikan surgical mask yang nak tertanggal itu. Tumpukan pada karisma yang ditonjolkan.

Kod pakaian yang ditegah:

-Dato Siti style.

That night we managed to observe a major operation. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA) repair. Read up about it here pliss. When patient presented to the ward his aorta was already 7cm in diameter. Ini serius (nada wonderpets). Bila di check pada CT scan ada evidence of leakage.Woh woh ini double serius.

Maka urgent operation terpaksa di buat walaupun tengah malam buta. 2 orang taiko vascular surgeons di call serta-merta untuk lead the operation. Kadar kematian untuk surgery ini pulak adalah sungguh tinggi,jadi memang dah prepare for the worst. Eh apasal macam ilmiah sangat dah ni??

Sure enough waktu baru nak suture graft dekat salur darah,patient had cardiac arrest. But surprisingly takde pun semua nak kelam kabut macam dalam drama tv. Its almost like they've anticipated this to happen. While they perform CPR we went out to follow one of the doctor untuk break the bad news to the family. Sungguh heartbreaking.

Beberapa puluh minit berlalu,CPR gagal. Patient died on the operation table. Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu my first time observing major surgery and the patient died. Not.A.Good.Sign.

Since they only used a minor portion of the graft (bendalah yang diletak untuk gantikan salur darah), one of the surgeons telah bermurah hati memberi saki-baki graft untuk dijadikan souvenir.

Rakan sekelas yang berminat untuk membelek graft ini bolehlah datang ke rumah. Potluck dialu-alukan. Sekian terimakasih.

Jamuan Hari Raya di Penghujung Syawal

2011-09-25T20:53:00.005+08:00

The lack of updates this past few days bukanlah disebabkan oleh aktiviti harian yang sibuk. Bahkan sebenarnya tak sibuk mana pun sepanjang berada di Taiping minggu lepas, ini hanyalah semata-mata kerana sifat malas yang hakiki.

Lepas habis kelas last friday, i went back to Opah's sebab the next day nya ada opan house di rumah Pak Lang (who lives next door to Opah).

Since i have; on several occasions ajak-ajak ayam rakan-rakan datang berkunjung ke kampung halaman, maka tak lepaskan peluang buat ini macam open house sendiri lantas jemput tanpa segan silu beberapa rakan-rakan rapat ke jamuan hari raya.

Thanks to those who came walaupun direction jalan yang diberi oleh yos truli sungguh bangsat sekali tahap ketepatannya. Namun,mereka ini sungguh cekap sekali tak perlu call 80 kali tanya arah jalan sedar-sedar dah sampai dikala tuan rumah masih di dalam persalinan baju tidur.

The first group of friends who gets the honor of meeting Her Royal Highness Opah. Sila berbangga diri.

I left my brick sized heavily discounted cheap camera in Penang. Jadi semua gambar adalah berkualiti kasihan. The best part is, tiada langsung gambar diri ini diambil ketika kejadian. T_T

Yang ada cumalah gambar random yang di snap ibarat melepaskan kentut di dalam surau.

-Din Cendol dan Laksa Pak Su turut terlibat di dalam open house tersebut

-Selain itu ada juga juadah seperti nasi ayam,lemang,rendang,kuey tiow goreng,sate etc etc.

-nampak gulungan napkin ala-ala table setting hotel itu? Ya,itu yos truli yang buat.

Sekian saja koleksi gambar open house tahun ini. Jika anda mahukan lebih banyak gambar untuk tahun hadapan sila seponser seketul kamera canggih.

On an unrelated note, waktu perjalanan balik ke Penang tadi di tol Kuala Kangsar lane tunai adalah sedikit sesak. (ok siapa nak seponser kamera boleh seponser smart tag sekali) Ketika sedang asyik beratur dengan penuh tertib,tiba-tiba sebuah asshole berupa kenderaan memotong line sewenang-wenangnya. Inilah rupa asshole tersebut;

Kita ni biar miskin tak mampu beli smart tag bang, jangan jadik bangang takde adab.

Di Taiping Lagi.

2011-09-19T22:10:00.003+08:00

Another week in good ol' Taiping. Unlike our last posting here, this time around there's only 7 of us in Taiping,biasanya ada berbelas-belas orang. Jadi agak kesunyian di situ.

In the morning we have the usual ward round/ bedside teaching with the surgeons. Petang pulak ada lecture. Lecture adalah di Penang,so normally we will have it through skype in the seminar room at the hospital.

But since there's only 7 of us, we decided to just skype from our hotel room.

Lecture bosan 2 jam back to back in an air conditioned hotel room plus comfortable bed? Worst.Idea.Ever.

Ini di permulaan lecture. Boleh rasakan kesungguhan yang jitu para pelajar.

After few minutes....

Then i turned around and saw this jebon.

Amboih senang hati ok siap berpeluk tubuh berdengkur tanpa was-was.

-____-"

Esok mungkin live streaming dari Ansari Cendol.

Humble Pie

2011-09-16T23:01:00.003+08:00

Situasi: A girl from kampung came to a specialist clinic to get her thyroid lump checked.

Mr X : Okeh,kita nak check sikit, boleh bukak tudung tak?

Girl : ermm saya segan

Mr X: bukak tudung segan, pakai ketat-ketat tak malu pulak?

*disambut hilai tawa student-student disekeliling*

I lost my respect for Mr X there and then. What happen to not imposing your belief on others? What happen to ethics and whatnot? Sure you might think its your responsibility as a Muslim to tegur. But im sure there are better ways to convey your message. You can be religious without being a jerk.

Dahlah budak perempuan tu umur sebaya dengan student sekeliling dia,kau ingat self esteem dia tak terjejas ke kena public humiliation macamtu? If it was me I'd rather die from thyroid disease daripada datang nak check kat hospital lepastu macamkan aku ni takde maruah kau nak cerca.

Then Mr X asked that girl where she come from etc etc. She told him she come from a kampung to work here in the city.

Mr X: owh this is what we call migrant worker. They come from kampung and live here without parents supervision contributing to social problems.

Judgemental much?

Kerek gila nak stereotype orang kampung macamtu. Kalau berani pergi try kutuk orang kampung depan Opah. Memang mengundang terompah atas kepala kau. I dont mind when he tortured and verbally abuse students like us. Ini memang ditakdirkan,hidup sebagai medical student memang wajibulghunnah terima cercaan dengan hati redha. But memang tak boleh terima bila kau nak rendah-rendahkan maruah orang yang tak dikenali secara public.

Elok-elok datang hospital dengan thyroid problem, balik rumah tambah plak sakit jiwa sebab stress kena hina. Somebody needs a slice of this;

ps:anggaplah cerita ini tiada kena-mengena dengan yang hidup atau yang mati. cerpen malam minggu barangkali

Al Fatihah

2011-09-11T17:14:00.002+08:00

"Dari Allah kita datang, kepada-Nya kita kembali"

Berita kematian datang bertimpa-timpa semenjak dua menjak ni. The first one was during Ramadhan. My childhood friend/neighbour next door when i was living in Seremban died in an accident.

Then its my cousin (from mom's side).

The third one is Cik Long. Yes,the beloved Cik Long whom i worked for.

Photo taken from this post.

Dah plan nak raya rumah Cik Long next week,tapi tak sempat jumpa. Kita merancang...

Peristiwa Yang Menginsafkan Di Se Pertiga Malam

2011-09-06T12:31:00.003+08:00

I slept late last night around 2 am. That's actually my normal sleeping time but last night was considered late since i have to be at the hospital by 7 am this morning. Bangun pukul 5 lebih so thats roughly about 3++ hours of sleep.

Paham tak masalah algebra yang cuba disampaikan dalam perenggan intro di atas? Tak,post ni bukan nak whining tak cukup tidur kejadah,tapi nak ceritakan pengalaman ngeri first time experience gegaran gempa bumi.

To those of you who slept like hibernating wild boars *cough*housemates*cough* there was actually an earthquake last night somewhere in indonesia. Tapi gegarannya boleh dirasai di Malaysia.

I was about to sleep that time,around 2am++ kalau tak silap. Tengah berangan-angan atas tilam tiba-tiba terasa tilam terhuyung-hayang macam dalam sampan. Disebabkan dilahirkan bersifat tahyul, of courselah assume ini gangguan syaiton. Memang sah pembaca tegar Mastika sejak darjah 2.

I slept on a matress(no bed i tell you so kesian),so ini gambaran minda sebaik merasai gegaran.

-saja lukis kaki gemuk.sedar diri.

Terbayang ada langsuir melompat-lompat atas tilam. Tapi macam tak mungkin plak,sebab langsuir ringan, and i paid RM500+ for that stupid piece of matress. Takkan tilam 500 ringgit boleh bergoncang angkara langsuir? Ini absurd.

Lepastu terus keluar bilik terdengar pintu berbunyi-bunyi. satu blok apartmen dirasakan bergegar. Terus buat kesimpulan,ini sah gempa bumi. Lantas sarung seluar yang menutup aurat lepastu ambik air sembahyang. Drama gila weh sebab terbayang kalau mati at least berpakaian sopan. Tau pulak kau nak insaf kan...

The tremor was felt for few minutes. Waktu tu terfikir nak evacuate rumah ke tak? Should i kejut my housemates first? These people i tell you,are not the easiest people to kejut. Its either i save myself or try to kejut them and later die together. Hmmm decisions,decisions.

Finally gegaran hilang,and everything went back to normal. Everyone lives happily ever after.Tamat.

Macam haram cerita earthquake. But last night's experience sungguh menggerunkan. Dahlah duduk apartment yang borderline dodgy,anytime boleh roboh. I've seen in movies where people hides under their dining table during earthquakes. I dont know how effective this is but looking at my dining table....

ini komfem mati.

To those who said i was hallucinating/high/kena sampuk/suffering a certain degree of cerebellar lesion checkout this news article from Berita Harian. At least i wasnt dramatic enough to call bomba.

Raya Dan Aleeza Kassim

2011-09-04T22:38:00.002+08:00

I just got back from a week long Raya holiday in Perak. Jadi adalah sungguh exhausted di situ. I was the first one to arrive at opah's house,and the last one to leave. Goes to show how much i love holidays.

Raya has been good. It wasnt as meriah as last year , tak tau sebab apa. Mungkin sekarang dah berjiwa tua.

But the food was even better than last year's, rumah opah as usual ada soto for first raya. Followed by briyani kambing on the second day. Pak Lang next door had KFC for first raya and laksa + sate for second day. I am now at least 5 kilos heavier.

-2 people didnt get the wear dark/blue colour memo

Tahun ini sesi bergambar perasan artis diteruskan lagi. The sawah that we went to last year tidak fotogenik tahun ini sebab takde padi. Petani cuti barangkali. So we headed to Kuala Kangsar for some major camwhoring.

Mula-mula nak ambik gambar depan Masjid Ubudiah,but there were too many people at the mosque. No,those people were not there to sembahyang. They were taking photos too -_-"

So lokasi penggambaran dijalankan di kawasan sekitar.

On the first day of raya, all the ladies (from aunties to nieces) bersepakat untuk memakai jubah hitam untuk memberi aura muslimah serba kudus. But the men decided not to adopt this funeral-friendly look.

-all black abaya. Al-Arqam chic.

I had so much fun stuffing my face with good food. And duit raya this year menunjukkan peningkatan tetapi seakan tidak bermakna kerana timing belt kereta nak kena tukar dah tu T_T

TV stations tahun depan silalah terbitkan rancangan-rancangan yang kelakar dan menggambarkan suasana raya sikit. Ni semua channel cerita hantu. TV3 (ke astro?) lagi daring, petang-petang tayang cerita Susuk lengkap dengan scene Aleeza Kasim mandi swimming pool tunjuk lurah. Buat penat memburu lailatulqadar.

Akibat cerita TV yang tak mesra kanak-kanak, terpaksa ulang pasang cerita Rapunzel 7 kali.

-cool kids with 3D glasses watching ~~aleeza kassim~~Rapunzel

Sekarang semua lagu dan dialog dalam cerita Rapunzel sudah dihafal. If you go to Penang and by any chance meet someone fat singing songs from Rapunzel movie,you know who that is.

Good News & Bad News

2011-08-25T21:42:00.007+08:00

Good News

Im going back to Perak tomorrow! Cant wait. Since i did my end of rotation assessment today, i dont have to go to hospital tomorrow morning. =D

And the best part is i passed ,walaupun pass cukup syarat je. But still, im so glad because it was a neuro assessment and only God knows how much i hate neuro. Dahlah tak suka neuro sekali hambek kau dapat case amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Google it, people.

Then later in the evening i went to a buffet by the sea with a group of friends for iftar.

-yummeyhhh

Bad News

After the assessment this morning,i went to Gurney for some last minute raya prep. Being the cheapskate that i am, i chose to park outside,by the road. Few hours later when i came back to my car,there's this major scratch on the side.

Dalam suasana hujan renyai-renyai tadi,meruntun hati ok tengok kereta yang tidak bersalah diperlakukan sebegini. Nasib baik di penghujung romadhon ni hati ini dipenuhi kesabaran yang menggunung. So to whoever did this to my car,i redha. Cuma nak cakap Selamat Hari Raya.

(and fu*k you)

Congratulations,Penang drivers. After neuro,you guys are second on my 10-things-i-hate list.

Diari Pemakanan Romadhon

2011-08-22T19:10:00.002+08:00

As we grow up,we learn to not give a sh*t over small trivial things in life. Waktu kecil dahulu ketika matlamat jangka panjang hidup ini cuma ingin memiliki sebiji cyberpet, perkara kecil dan remeh-temeh sering meniggalkan kesan mendalam. Contohnya bila koleksi pemadam dirampas guru kelas,fuh dendam sampai darjah 3 tak habis.

Kalau bercakap pasal puasa waktu kecik dulu memang wajib ada air best-best. Lepastu wajib ada kuih,makanan sedap,roti john,murtabak,kebab etc etc. Waktu tu kalau puasa lepastu pergi shopping mall lalu depan bakery memang dugaan terbesar hidup.

Now that im a grown ass man, those things are the least of my concern. As long as there's food on the table,im good. I mean there's more to Ramadhan than just good food,amirite??

Walaupun bulan puasa langsung tak balik Nilai tetap tabah ok. Takdenye nak syahdu-syahdu ni. Besides,i survived 2.5 years in Dublin,why cant i survive Penang? I must say,living far away from family waktu di Dublin was the turning point. Dari seorang yang berada di bawah lindungan ketiak ibu kepada seorang yang berdikari.

First day sampai Dublin ialah bulan puasa. First sahur masak nasik lembik. Rasa macam nak menangis. Haha bongoks gila itu pun nak syahdu. Tapi hasil bantuan website seperti Myresipi, kualiti penyediaan makanan meningkat secara terlampau.

-antara hidangan berbuka yang disediakan sendiri sewaktu belum pro

Lama-lama bila dah terbiasa makan secara sederhana, secara automatis macam dah tak kisah sangat walaupun terpaksa berbuka dengan makanan bazar yang kualiti hamprak. (hampeh + haprak,new word.take note bebeh)

But of course once in a while kenalah berbuka best-best jugak. Duit ada dalam bank tapi makan megi tiap hari tu kufur nikmat nama dia. So kadang-kadang ada jugak berbuka di luar dengan rakan-rakan sebaya.

-this was at chili's.

-ini dekat restoren feberet, Pak Hussin Tomyam. Tapi time puasa kureng kick sikit

Sahur pulak makan je la apa yang ada kat dapur tu. Waktu mula-mula puasa semangat ah jugak nak bangun makan nasik segala. But now dah hujung-hujung ni,kalau terbangun tu pun dah satu keajaiban. So now what i do is,before tidur i prepare this two next to my bed;

Alarm bunyik pukul 5,dengan mata separa terbukak kunyah kurma sebijik (sebab lagi sebijik selalu time golek-golek sebelum tidur dah bantai) lepastu tonggang air masak sebotol. Then sambung tidur. Fuh efisien.

Bak kata Oprah Winfrey;

"Be thankful for what you have;you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have you will never,ever have enough".

Sekian,tazkirah romadhon.

Salam Perantauan

2011-08-20T00:11:00.004+08:00

Since we are just days away from raya, i want to be the first one to wish you guys;

By next week komfem seluruh belog di alam siber akan menyiarkan post salam aidilfitri. So to avoid jumping on the cliche bandwagon kita wish awal-awal.

Sekian.

ps:pengguna highway Penang-Kuala Kangsar make sure balik sebelum/selepas jumaat depan. Jalan kasi clear senang gua nak drift balik kampung.

Rezeki Ramadhan

2011-08-14T22:33:00.003+08:00

Do you still remember this post about my aunty's kuih raya business?

Well guess what? Noor Homemade Cakes & Cookies was featured in Berita Harian last Friday. Sebagai bekas pekerja merangkap ketua jabatan pembungkusan, i am so freaking proud of my aunty.

Pendapatan 5 angka kauuu. Ini membuktikan walaupun tanpa kelulusan universiti obersi sekalipun,kalau kau rajin dan ikhlas,rezeki tu mesti datang.

Dah 11 tahun meniaga kualiti kuih tak pernah di kompromi. Takpayah mandrem atau minyak pelaris pun mampu tarik pelanggan.Harga pulak menten sebalang 20 lebih. Kalau peniaga zaman sekarang ni pantang dengar harga minyak naik,laju je capai marker pen alter harga makanan kat papan menu. Esok lusa harga minyak turun semua buat macam takda apa berlaku. Takde plak yang nak turunkan harga. Keji.

Tapi kalau anda semua nak mengorder kuih dari beliau,i think its too late oredy. Dah dekat-dekat nak raya ni selalunya order dah tutup. Takkan nak menggentel tart dalam tidur.

To Mak Anjang, words cant describe how proud i was when read that article yesterday. Tak sangka kuih Noor Cookies fotogenik jugak bila masuk dalam sotkabar. Presentation taknak kalah.

Speaking of presentation,this is Opah. Mencedok nasik lemak for berbuka. She insisted letak daun pisang atas pinggan to give it hotel food vibe. Opah siapa yang comel sangat ni hoiiiii??

Ramadhan Yang Pilu

2011-08-09T16:43:00.000+08:00

You know its Romadhon when;

1-you hear sexy, sultry almost sensual voice whispering Yusof Taiyooobbbbb on radio no less than 17 times everyday

2-Bloggers put up entries about their daily berbuka menu.

If you godek-godek my entries from last Romadhon,you can see my fair share of those menu berbuka entries. Sebab puasa tahun lepas was spent at home,with parents. And awesome food.

Why no menu berbuka entries for this year you ask?

If i were to put my menu berbuka here,orang Somalia pun sumpah nangis tengok betapa sedihnya kualiti hidup i ni haa. Gila hambar seleksi makanan memang tak membangkitkan selera makan langsung. But i dont mind really,lagipun bukankah kita digalakkan bersederhana ketika berbuka? *kesat airmata denial*

Normally i'll buy food from pasar ramadhan near my house,which is the least meriah pasar ramadhan on earth. Dari segi kuantiti boleh tahan variety dia. Tapi dari segi kualiti.....Sedih.

Sesetengah makanan tu macam orang baru belajar masak pun ade. Tulis je murtabak daging tapi bila makan ade la 2-3 ketulan kecik daging melekat celah gigi. The rest were kentang,bawang dan angin. Jadi akibatnya setiap hari i would only buy sebungkus nasi with lauk or nasik kerabu for berbuka. Thats it.

Sehari spend 5 ringgit jimat hoi menjelang hari ke 28 puasa nak beli 4 iPad pun tadehal. Wah riak gitu.

The only time i have proper food for berbuka is during weekends. Sebab weekend berbuka bersama Opah di kampung =)

Inilah nasib anak perantauan. Rumah jauh nun di Kota Nilai (jauh la sangattt) jadi terpaksa menumpang kasih pada nenek tsk tsk. But berbuka dekat kampung super best okeh. Walaupun ada menu macam mee or soto, nasik dan lauk wajib ada. Sia-sia diet seminggu, balik kampung topap lemak.

Owh and i went to bazar in Kuala Kangsar last week. Kalau nak dibandingkan dengan bazar dekat Penang ni ibarat nak compare Pavilion dengan Plaza Ampangan.

Unlike bazar in Penang, Kuala Kangsar's bazar is held in a proper place. Siap berbumbung lagi uollsss.

-people lining up to buy the most famous murtabak in KK

Bazar dekat Penang takde tapak proper. So dekat tengah-tengah bazar tu boleh pulak kereta,motor lalu ala-ala drive thru ke hape ntah. Dahtu driver Penang ni ramai jugak yang bangang tak bertempat. Dah tau tempat ramai orang nak bawak laju jugak.

So tidak hairanlah setiap minggu di bulan puasa ini memang sentiasa ternantikan weekend untuk makan sedap. And Opah always masakkan something for me to tapau bawak balik.

-Sebekas penuh tempoyak masak,makan sorang sebab orang lain tekak homputeh tak makan tempoyak.

Agak-agak kalau sapu kat roti sedap tak ni?

Satu Minggu Di Taiping

2011-08-02T22:18:00.000+08:00

Selamat berpuasa everyone!!! Dah lama nak update belog sebenarnya tapi tak menyempat-nyempat. Jadi akhirnya di kesempatan ini, i nak update cerita minggu lepas. Memang slowpoke,tapi asal berupdate kannn??

Seminggu yang lepas dihabiskan di Taiping. Disebabkan internet hotel siput maka tidak berselera untuk update belog. Actually pergi Taiping bukannya bercuti tapi posting dekat hospital for general medicine. Motif posting kat Taiping? Entah,tapi dah kolej bayarkan hotel takkan kita nak menolak ye dak?

Hotel adalah sedikit rundown. First impression bilik nampak macam tak siap. Sebab hujung bilik tu tiba-tiba ada ruang kosong yang tidak diketahui motifnya. Mulalah pemikiran tahyul ligat mencipta teori ruang kosong tersebut adalah tapak pembunuhan justeru tak boleh letak katil kalau letak jugak bangun pagi sedar-sedar baring tengah lobi. Ini akibat menonton siri Keliwon.

Tapi menjelang second day duduk setiap pagi takpayah kemas katil tambahan pula penghawa dingin yang nyaman, i think this hotel is not bad at all. Definitely better than super small pigsty i call my room back in Penang.

Memandangkan kampung halaman adalah di Perak and ive been to Taiping gazillion times before,i was not really looking forward to this week-long posting. I mean,theres nothing much to see in Taiping. Selain dari Taman Tasik memang takda apa dah nak tengok kat sini. Orang Taiping sila sangkal dakwaan ini.

But we did enjoy some good food while we were there;

-yong tau fu,15ringgit sorang makan. Memang sah mewarisi saka.

-Ansari famous cendol. Famous tapi asal kedai buruk?

-kueytiow Doli.kunjungan ke Taiping tidak lengkap tanpanya

Setiap hari we were required to be at the hospital till noon. So petang tu kalau takde lecture memang tak tau nak buat apa. On the first day we ended up melawat zoo. Sekumpulan remaja tongkeh melawat zoo, sedih ke tak sedih ni wei?

Dahlah semangat gila zoo dah nak tutup tapi nak masuk jugak. We were the last group of people yang dapat masuk.

Since its already late,not many people were there. Binatang pun semua macam dah takde mood nak beraksi. Semua muka mengantuk sebab nak kena kerja shift malam pulak lepastu untuk Night Safari.

-akibat terlalu letih,tidur terkangkang singa ni. Biadab.

Zoo Taiping is in dire need of donations. Most of the kandang adalah sungguh pathetic. Dahlah kotor,tak terurus,bau masyaallah.... Its like visiting an animal cruelty centre. What for having so many zoo in the country kalau semua tahap macam loji najis terbengkalai?

We also went to Burmese Pool on the last day in Taiping. Bukan pergi nak mandi pun tapi sebab dah takde tempat nak lawati dah. I've been here long time ago,when i was a kid.

Dont be fooled by these images. Upon reaching that place you will be welcomed with sampah sarap. Clearly somebody is not doing their job. Waktu i pergi kecik-kecik dulu, gila best sebab kebersihan terpelihara. What happen Taiping people?

Kalau dah sampah sarap berlambak tepi-tepi sungai memang kau takboleh nak blame tikus ah kalau dia nak kencing berjemaah dekat tepi tebing.Nanti bila ada kes leptospirosis baru terhegeh-hegeh nak bersihkan. No wonder Malaysia takde benda yang tahan lama. Maintenance memang fail.

Taiping,i iz disappointed.

Terapi Pengurusan Badan Percuma.

2011-07-24T01:15:00.001+08:00

I dont know how you skinny Malaysians do it. I baru balik Malaysia beberapa bulan,dah berat badan meningkat ibarat ibu hamil di trimester yang ketiga. Jadi atas inisiatif Saudari Marsh dan dipersetujui ahli-ahli rombongan, we decided untuk melakukan aktiviti yang agak sihat di hujung minggu.

Ye lah asal weekend je kau carik tempat makan,lepastu komplen eh apasal nangka sangat seluar jeans aku nih. Dengan kesedaran sebegini, maka semua redha sehati sejiwa untuk pergi jungle trekking di Penang National Park.

-entrance. waktu ni dah pikir 13 kali nak tarik diri ke taknak

Sebelum masuk kena lapor diri dekat kaunter untuk rekod in case kau hilang atau dibaham penyu. Tiada bayaran yang dikenakan,kerana keindahan alam ciptaan Allah itu untuk dinikmati oleh hambaNya. Wah tiba-tiba selitkan unsur kerohanian di situ.

Sebelum masuk,pilihlah trail mana yang nak diikuti. Boleh rujuk 'panduan rentis' di depan kaunter.

We chose the trail heading towards Tasik Meromiktik dan Pantai Kerachut. Takdelah jauh sangat,kira-kira sejam lebih dengan speed biasa.

Mula-mula masuk lalu trek seakan-akan trek jogging;

We were like 'apa ketahian ini?' tak mencabar langsung lah trail macamni sambil shuffle pun boleh sampai Pantai Kerachut. Ini yang dinamakan keyakinan tanpa batasan. Akibat keyakinan yang terlampau ini,terus jogging. Tak main jalan slow-slow ni.

The extreme display of poyoness came to a screeching halt. Rupanya trek jogging dalam 300 meter je woih. The rest semua jalan hutan panjat bukit,turun bukit.

5 minutes selepas....

- muka macam nak pengsan tak cukup oksigen

Inilah akibatnya bila setiap hari waktu petang dimanfaatkan untuk tidur. Culture shock terus bila masuk hutan. 15 minit pertama memang dalam fikiran terngiang-ngiang 'belum terlambat kau nak patah balik,motor aiskrim menunggu di tepi simpang'.

Luckily i chose to sambung trekking,and later actually enjoyed every bit of it. Sebab dah lama benar tak tengok pemandangan hutan. Sungguh refreshing.

-pemandangan indah

-pemandangan tak berapa indah

1 hour ++ later we arrived safe and sound at the tasik and Pantai Kerachut.

Apa yang speselnya tasik meromiktik ini? Baca sendiri di signboard ni hah. Tak koser teman nak mengeksplen nye;

Since Pantai Kerachut is only accessible melalui trekking atau bot, there wasn't many people there. So agak relaxing untuk melepak dan mandi-manda disini.

Tapi kadang-kadang ada jugak group besar buat rombongan ke sini dan mencemar suasana hening yang damai.

Selepas bermandi-manda seround dua, kami pun balik. Actually boleh pilih nak balik naik bot(ofkos kena bayar) or nak patah balik secara trekking ikut jalan tadi. Sebab semua bajet macam hiker pro konfiden gila taknak naik bot.

Biggest.Mistake.Ever.

Itu maknanya another 1++ hour of jungle trekking. Mungkin kedengaran seperti sekejap pada mereka yang pro,tapi untuk kami yang borderline obese ia satu penyeksaan berganda. Menjelang pukul 1 petang, akhirnya berjaya keluar dari hutan tanpa sebarang kecederaan mahupun hilang anggota badan Alhamdulillah.

Maka harus seleberet dan top up energi dengan makan lunch di Chicken Rice Shop.

-makan macam dah seploh bulan panjat gunung,lagi mau tanya apasal sekarang macam dah gemuk.

Takpe ini pestaim trekking,jadi perlu cover energi lebih sikit. Next time jom kita testing hutan Pulau Jerejak pula.

OMG: Berjumpa Lady Gaga Di Hard Rock Cafe Penang

2011-07-22T15:23:00.002+08:00

My cousin is doing her lab-practical thingy in Penang as well. But we've never meet up before despite the fact that we are living only 20 minutes from each other. So last night we decided to hang out since she promised to belanja me Tony Romas after i got back from Dublin. No,she is not that generous. I have to bought her a perfume set from Dublin first. No such thing as free meal with this fler.

Since we have no idea whether Penang ada Tony Romas or not,we settled for Hard Rock Cafe je la. Miss I-dont-need-GPS took more than an hour to fetch me at my house,then off we go to Feringghi.

Among all the HRC i've been to,i think Penang's is the smallest one. But nemind,you can choose mahu duduk tingkat atas atau bawah. Its a bit hard to get a table in the weekends,so making a reservation beforehand would be a good idea.

Memperkenalkan,tukang bayar dinner;

-i thought im the only one who gained weight.kau pun dah bulat weh ngehngeh

Kronologi si gelojoh menunggu makanannya sampai;

-sabar menunggu makanan...

-tiada lagi sopan dalam kamus hidupku.

Portion makanan adalah super besar. Struggle gila nak habiskan,kalau tak mengenangkan harga burger 50 hengget dah aku lempor bawah kerusi burger nih. Nasib baik sedap,so bolehlah makan slow-slow.

Around 10-ish,ada live band perform. They sang a lot of current songs dan jugak few evergreens. Best gila,and boleh request-request lagu.

Sambil melayan perasaan order dessert, three tiered Haagen Dasz with hot fudge thingy.

Owh and we spotted Nabila Huda (the retis) in the audience. Aaaanddd Lady Gaga was there too!! Me and my cousin were so jakun,excited la konon nampak artis sikit-sikit nak usya lepastu bila Nabila pandang balik buat muka macam 'kau apahal pandang-pandang aku,nak mampos?'

Of course we didn't take picture with them,malu le weh. Orang lain chill je takkan kau nak gelabah mintak nak bergambar segala. But i did snapped a pic of Lady Gaga from afar;

Filem Ter-best 2011.

2011-07-20T19:42:00.000+08:00

Since i'm a huge ~~nerd~~Harry Potter fan,maka adalah bias for me untuk menulis review tentang filem terakhir dari siri awesome ini. Eh tapi,that's not entirely true kot since i think Half Blood Prince was a huge disappointment. So im glad that they decided to divide this final instalment into two parts. More money for them,more fun for us. Win-win di situ.

Buku yang last ni dah 3 kali baca tahu tak,bukan baca secara sambil lewa tapi baca dengan penuh penghayatan sehingga menitiskan airmata kudus tiap kali sampai ke chapter sedih.Jikalau baca buku surgery macamni nescaya naik pangkat jadi ketua surgeon sebaik graduasi. Begitu mendalam sekali minat diri ini terhadap sihir. Eh magik. Eh ke sihir? Ok la magik la,kurang khurafat sikit bunyinya.

Jadi bila filem terakhir ini ditayangkan last week,jiwa ini menggelupur untuk menontonnya. Tapi kau faham-faham lah,i ni kan bizi orangnya jadi agak slowpoke dah berapa hari keluar wayang baru nak tengok.Takboleh la nak jadik macam zaman foya-foya di Dublin hari premier dah beratur depan panggung wayang.

Those who read the book mesti perasan few changes they made to the movie. But fret not,even kalau anda ada life dan tidak habiskan usia remaja dalam bilik baca novel Harry Potter yang tebal itu,you will still be able to enjoy it. But my advice to you is go watch the Part 1 first. Takdelah nanti jadik macam those two bitches next to me and my friends,memekak dalam wayang nak orang eksplen kat kau apa jadik,kenapa susah payah pecah masuk bank semata-mata nak rompak cawan. Annoying tau tak bila aku nak feel kau ngokgekngokngek kat seblah. Aku bayar 18 hengget ni nak dengar kau jadik narrator je lah?

Jadi sempena berakhirnya siri Harry Potter ini,mari kita lihat koleksi gambar yos truli melancong di lokasi filem Harry Potter.

-Post tentang pengembaraan ke Scotland boleh dibaca di SINI.

Pengalaman beraya ke rumah Harry Potter boleh dibaca di SINI

And last but not least, one of my favourite city-London.

-taken dari atas London Eye

Unfortunately,post tentang jalan-jalan ke London takde because that time Maribergebang belum wujud. Waktu tu first time melancong keluar dari Dublin naik bas 5 jam dari Manchester. Not bad for someone with zero travelling experience eh?

Satu Minggu Yang Hell

2011-07-17T11:57:00.001+08:00

Last update dekat seminggu lepas. I've never been MIA this long before except that one time i went travelling around europe. Anda ingin tahu mengapa belog ini tidak berhupdate selama seminggu? Ingin tahu? OK tak ingin. Takpe,nak bagitau jugak ni hah.

Last week adalah exam. This time around exam lain macam sikit. Gangguan emosi dia lebih,so i tried to stay away from blogging untuk mengelakkan luahan emosi secara terbuka. Itu yang kadang-kadang pukul 2 pagi amuk kat twitter tuh.

Before minggu exam tu sepatutnya cuti 4 minggu. But i decided to cut it short,dan habiskan minggu terakhir di Penang. Talking about serious commitment here. Kepulangan ke Penang disambut dengan cuaca nyaman berkabus.

NOT.

Kabus kebendanya. Jerebu adela.

Beberapa hari seterusnya dihabiskan di hospital untuk berjumpa patient yang lama ditinggalkan. Seperti juga exam yang lepas-lepas, exam kali ini juga menjejaskan kualiti hidup. Tambahan pula shelf buku ditakdirkan roboh di saat-saat akhir. Memang takde waktu lain nak roboh ke apa weh??

Yes,i've to secure the shelf with some masking tape.As a result,semua buku,nota,fail dan kertas-kertas terpaksa dibiar bergelimpangan di lantai bilik.

Malang tidak terhenti di situ. All the late night studying has taken its toll on my biological clock. On the last day of exam,my own body decided to sabotage me. I was supposed to be at the college by 8am. Cer teka pukul berapa i bangun????

8.13am.

Tersedar dari tidur tak tahu nak carut kat siapa melainkan diri sendiri. Sambil mencarut sambil capai baju kemeja yang tak ber-iron,sarung seluar dan telan 2 biji eclipse mint yang terakhir. Gosok gigi pun dah tak sempat ni. Dengan gaya rambut bangun tidur berjambul ala-ala some Datin Seri we know, i walked into the examination hall. Nasib baik sempat fuhhhh.

Lepas exam,i spent the whole weekend in Nilai untuk qada' tidur. Today im heading back to Penang sebab esok ada early morning class. Which means i'll miss Rizalman's fashion show tonight. To make it worse he told me this is gona be bigger and better than his last show with 60 outfits and extended stage.

Kalau kelas pagi esok cancel,sumpah satu Penang aku terbalikkan.

WWHD-What Would Hatim Do.

2011-07-07T13:12:00.001+08:00

I will be having my final exams for this semester next week hence the long hiatus. Motif nak kena eksplen? You guys still remember this status i posted on facebook??

The response was overwhelming. I dont have much time to answer all the questions here due to my nowhere-near-complete-but-need-to-pass-up-next-week surgery portfolio and 30juta slides pelbagai topik yang masih belum dibaca. So i picked these two questions that i find most interesting since they are asking for my honest opinion.

Dont worry,other questions will be answered directly through FB message juga(when i have free time ok darlings). Heh,i should've just set up a formspring account kan?

Soalan pertama:

"Hi Hatim, since you offer nak jawab any soalan,ive a question or actually a situation to share. Harap you dapat bagi pandangan. Cmni, actually i baru lepas spm..dapat result bagus jugak la. My parents both suruh i buat medik but im not interested at all. especially lepas baca your posts,mcam susah plak hehe. So what do u think?

Yang benar,Gadis Keliru.

Ok nama Gadis Keliru tu memang baru cipta lah kan,kata nak rahsiakan identiti penanya,sekaligus mewujudkan aura ala-ala Ruangan Nasihat Sri Siantan.

Ini memang biasa terjadi nih kes ibubapa yang mengimpikan anak-anak berpangkat dokter. Bukan dokter Rozmey,tapi dokter betul. Dan masalah timbul apabila sang anak,seperti cik adik ini yang mempunyai interest yang berbeza. Confronting your parents (especially those dictator-like ones) adalah agak sukar. Jadi sila ikuti langkah ini;

First, grow a pair of balls (metaphorically),

and tell your parents exactly how you feel and what you want to do in life. But make sure you have a strong argument there lah. Jangan lah taknak buat medik,nak jadi penyanyi. Padahal suara macam katak tersedak lalat.

Bak kata pepatah;ukur baju jangan lah di badan Kate Moss.

Second, prepare for the backlash. Some parents might take it well some might just get physical and give you a slap across the face which is code for 'this conversation is over,follow what i say'. More often than not parents tahu apa yang terbaik untuk kita.

I know its not a good idea to study medik without minat but if your parents insist,what can you do kan? Redha je lah,and if you fail to graduate or get kicked out of med school you can always go blame your parents and tell them the magic phrase.

I TOLD YOU SO.

Soalan kedua:

"salam hatim.i baru masuk satu kolej ni,so nak tanya mcm mana cara you fit in with new group of people?"

Dara Manja

Wsalam Dara Manja(bukan nama sebenar).

You asked the wrong person. Im the most socially awkward person on earth. Throw me in a room full of strangers,after 10 minutes you'll fine me in the corner-tengah mencangkung muka menghadap dinding.

Selama hidup tukar sekolah dan tukar kolej i still haven't master the art of making new friends. But once dah berkawan tu memang dah tiada perasaan malu dan segan.(re:video Hattan menyanyi)

I guess to truly fit in a group of people,perkara yang paling penting ialah setiap ahli group perlu ada value yang sama. Tak kisahlah dalam group itu ada anak Dato',Tan Sri mahupun anak Aaron Aziz sekalipun,tapi kalau masing-masing berpegang dengan nilai dan gaya hidup yang sama pasti boleh ngam.

So untuk Dara Manja,take time to know people. Get to know everyone but choose few of them to be your close friends. You'll be fine.Besides,you are now entering college.So clearly you survived highschool.If you can get through highschool you can definitely survive college sebab basically college is exactly like highschool minus the excessive hairgel.

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Thanks to those yang menghantar soalan. Soalan-soalan lain,dont worry ill get back to you on facebook! Have a productive day everyone!

ps:sebahagian ayat dalam soalan telah diedit sebab panjang sangat woih karangan ayat soalan nye. but thanks anyway =)

Menyambut Hari Lahir Bersama Hattan

2011-06-30T19:49:00.004+08:00

Hari ni bangun awal pagi semata-mata nak tonton Transformers 3 dekat Jusco Seremban 2. Sebab mengenangkan weekend pasti budak-budak sekolah dan mak budak sekali komfem conquer wayang,maka kugagahi jua keluar weekdays macamni. In my opinion, Tranformers 3 is the best one among all Transformers movie.

Pergilah tonton dan nilaikan sendiri. Rosie Huntington adalah hot. Megan who?

Tapi highlight hari ini bukanlah filem ini. Sewaktu menyambut belated birthday (terdelay 2 minggu haha) saudari Dyla di GreenBox, sesuatu yang bermakna terjadi.

Penyanyi unggul Hattan telah berbesar hati untuk menyanyikan lagu 'Happy Birthday' diikuti dengan lagu hit beliau Rendang Tak Berbuah. Luckily,all this was caught on tape.

Itu memang Hattan.Takyah pertikai.

Worthless Wednesday

2011-06-29T13:51:00.006+08:00

Random pictures from the past.

40 freakin euro worth of lunch at Disneyland Paris. The fact that they call it 'The Happiest Place On Earth' baffles me.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Sepohon Daisy Daunnya Rimbun.

2011-06-23T21:35:00.000+08:00

Today i went to Ikea with a couple of friends,kira macam rombongan kanak-kanak Negeri Sembilan ke ibukota. One of my friend wanted to buy some stuff to decorate her room back in Penang. Nak transform jadi ala-ala resort katenye. Kelas kau Maria.

I,on the other hand didnt have any intention to buy anything. Kiranya tujuan berfoya di Ikea tidak lebih sekadar untuk keluar dari Nilai dan menghirup udara karbon ekzos asap lori kotaraya. Duit takde tu satu hal, bilik kat Penang tu kan besar jamban je celah mana pulak nak sumbat kalau beli perabot lagi.

But who am i kidding right??

Barangsiapa yang mampu berjalan merentasi Ikea tanpa membeli apa-apa,sesungguhnya mereka itu dikalangan orang-orang yang tegar. Ku hanyalah insan yang lemah, kecundang tatkala melihat koleksi senduk kayu dijual pada harga seringgit tigapulohsen. Lepastu jalan-jalan lagi teringat eh bakul laundry dekat rumah dah roboh, harus berbakti pada keluarga dan beli yang baru. Pasti ibu lebih semangat untuk mencuci pakaian -____-"

Begitulah pengorbanan seorang anak yang kasih pada ibunya.

At the end of the day,tak jadi beli senduk. Tetapi pulang bergaya dengan storage box (tujuan pembelian masih menjadi misteri) , sebuah bakul laundry dan sepohon daisy. Kombinasi barangan yang sungguh random.

Usai menjana ekonomi negara, we went to Garden restaurant at The Curve for lunch. Mula-mula ingat nak makan dekat foodcourt Ikea tapi tengok ramai pula manusia di situ seolah-olah khabar angin bebola babi tidak pernah wujud sama sekali.

Sampai rumah terus berkobar-kobar pasang kotak dan letak di shelf sebab selalu tengok orang buat dalam majalah interior walaupun tak tahu motif dia apa.

Owh dan tidak dilupakan bunga daisy yang sungguh comel ini.

Ini pokok real by the way because i dont like bunga plastik. Bunga plastik selain daripada tidak menyumbang kepada ekosistem, cuma bertindak sebagai pemerangkap habuk dan kadangkala menjadi port cicak bertelur. Do you still remember those time when people go crazy over bunga kraftangan made from straws?To me,that period of time was the Zaman Gelap for interior design.

Tapi problem jugak nak membela bunga hidup ni. Menurut ibunda, bunga daisy ni susah nak jaga. Memang kena percaya ah kata-kata beliau kerana walaupun tiada ijazah dalam bidang holtikultur, those 4 rapidly growing, healthy rambutan trees in front of our house are testaments to her gardening prowess.

So i assume when i go back to Penang later,ibunda will be able to take good care of my precious daisies. But looking at her current 'project' on our yard, things dont seem to be convincing.

Semoga Tuhan membela nasib pokok bungaku.

Worthless Wednesday

2011-06-22T14:44:00.005+08:00

ps:am crashing at my sister's room.that explains the 'masculine' bedsheet.

pss:and yes i purposely wrote worthless instead of wordless,because clearly there's some words in this post.believe it or not,wordless=0 word people.

Bajet Trip Ke Pulau Perhentian

2011-06-18T20:07:00.001+08:00

Actually i thought 2 posts on Perhentian is more than enough. Jemu pulak nak harung sampai 3 post pasal vacation ni je. Ko hingat aku Ng Yen Yen dah takde keje lain nak promote pelancongan domestik? Tapi disebabkan ramai jugak yang bertanya tentang bajet and whatnot lemme break it down to yallz...

Untuk pakej yang i ambik nih,its a 3D2N snorkeling package. We took 3 double rooms sebab ada 6 of us. Setiap orang sepatutnya bayar RM 310. Ini including snorkeling equipments and breakfast. Tapi disebabkan kitorang malas nak mencarik makan kat tempat lain, and the fact that harga makanan atas pulau adalah standard Chilli's, maka we paid extra RM110 untuk cover lunch and dinner sekali.

So untuk yang fail matematik dan ilmu hisab,total disitu adalah RM420 tunai untuk seorang.

Secara generalnya,dekat Coral Bay i think SenjaBay ialah resort kedua paling senonoh rupanya selepas ShaRi La Resort (tak,ni bukan typo,memang nama dia bukan ShangRi La).

Tapi senonoh pun bilik dia cuma basic ada katil,aircond,cermin etc etc tapi takdek TV. If you wanna watch TV you can go to the cafe. Like we did.

-tiap hari pukul 7 mesti tengok girlfriend i berlakon drama.And they play a movie every night on a big screen.

The cafe is awesome. Sambil makan boleh tengok laut.

But,walaupun scenery lawa,the food there was a bit bleghh. If you go during school holidays and ramai orang there,they might serve your food buffet style. But since not many people around when we were there,makan adalah secara berhidang.

Tapi walaupun makanan tak sedap,lepas berpanas terik snorkeling 2 jam kalau kau hidang kelkatu goreng kunyit pun komfem licin. For more info on this resort you can chekidaudSenjaBay.com Im not sure about other resorts but people said those in Long Beach kebanyakannya walk in je takpayah book.

Some of you guys ada yang kata nak buat rombongan and everything,for me i prefer Redang daripada Perhentian. Redang is cheaper. Waktu i pergi Redang dulu,harga 300 lebih je inclusive of everything but i tak ingat nama chalet that i stayed in. Lepastu snorkeling gear tu you can keep it troughout your stay,not just during snorkeling trip. Kalau dekat Perhentian selain dari waktu trip,snorkeling gear harus disewa. Kedekut gila la weh.

The nightlife in Redang lebih happening dengan open mic karaoke and beach disco. The chalet that i stayed in provided freeflow drinks and board games. Unlike Perhentian yang semua benda nak kena bayar.

The pantai in Redang lagi besar,panjang dan best. You can even find baby sharks and other fishes dekat-dekat dengan pantai. This pic of Redang's beach is taken by my friend during our trip last time;

All in all,in my opinion you guys should check out Redang first sebelum decide on anything. Im not sure about the price now,since i went there 2 years ago. Sebarang pertanyaan boleh type di Google search bar sebab ini promosi secara tak berbayar. Takpayah tourism Malaysia spend juta-juta. Baik sponser i pergi trip lepastu tulis review heh.

Pengembaraan Epik ke Pulau Perhentian Part II

2011-06-17T20:15:00.000+08:00

Basically we booked a 3D2N package from SenjaBay Resort sebab pakej ni senang inclusive semua lodging,snorkelling,food and tambang boat. Malas nak pikir and plan sendiri. Our resort is located at Coral Bay. Dekat Perhentian Kecil ni ada 2 main ~~bitches~~beaches, Coral Bay dan Long Beach.

Untuk anda yang tidak mendalami prinsip Islam Hadhari dan inginkan hiburan happening,bolehlah stay di Long Beach yang menawarkan hiburan berupa beach bar dan sebagainya. Coral Bay is more suitable untuk pasangan jiwengs yang mahu ketenangan abadi dan gemarkan aktiviti snorkelling tanpa batasan. Tapi both beaches are connected by a trail. 15 minit jalan je dah boleh sampai.

Coral Bay ni laut dia banyak gila coral. Eh baca balik macam bangang plak ayat ni. Tapi memang betul ah takpayah swim jauh pun dah boleh tengok ikan and batu karang.

-Our resort

-Coral Bay

Untuk pakej nih we had 2 snorkelling sessions. First day tu they brought us to turtle point dan shark point. 2 ekor binatang ini sungguh kerek dan sukar untuk diambil gambarnya. We didnt get to captured any pics of the sharks tapi turtle dapat gambar time dia menyelam je. Time timbul cameraman tangan pengkau tak sempat nak snap.

Namun begitu,pengalaman snorkelling di tempat-tempat ini sungguh awesome sebab ikan-ikan lain tidak angkuh,malahan terlebih jinak sampai berani menggigit kaki tangan. Tak pasal-pasal dapat free fish spa. Umpan dengan roti expired yang diisi dalam botol...

Dan hasilnya...

Gambar lain dari kamera canggih underwater orang kaya seremban...

Second day tu we went to an isolated beach nama dia Romantic Beach. Selepas anda ke pantai ini nescaya pantai Port Dickson akan kelihatan seperti longkang SYABAS di mata anda.

-berjumpa Nemo

We also walked to Long Beach untuk try mandi di kawasan yang tak ber-coral sebab habeh luka-luka kaki terpijak batu karang Coral Bay. Tapi sebelum mandi harus pekena milk shake snickers satu das. Harga secawan 10ringgit. Nanges.

-Long Beach

Sekian saja laporan percutian epik kali ini. Jumpa lagi di episod akan datang di Maldives. Bajet ah ade orang nak sponser kau pergi Maldives.pfffttt

Pengembaraan Epik ke Pulau Perhentian

2011-06-16T22:10:00.001+08:00

Wah semakin lama semakin rare update di belog ini. Dah macam nak lingkup je gayanye. Sebenarnya i spent this past few days at Perhentian island with a group of friends jadi memang tidak berkesempatan untuk mengupdate. Sesiapa yang meng-follow twitter yos truli pasti sedia maklum dengan kebejatan yang melanda ini.

Trip ini telah diplan di saat-saat akhir memandangkan ahli-ahli rombongan sungguh bizi rutin kehidupannya sebelum cuti. So,adalah sungguh awesome apabila ia menjadi kenyataan walaupun mengalami sedikit cabaran dalam mencari jalan ke Pulau Perhentian.

I've been to Redang before,tapi yang tu naik bas malam jadi 3/4 perjalanan dihabiskan dengan membancuh tahik mata memang tak ambik port jalan mana or highway mana lalu. Tetapi trip kali ini akibat perasan posh,semua tanak naik bas. We decided to carpool dan ber-roadtrip ke Terengganu.

Berdasarkan asas Geografi pangkat PMR yang kukuh, my whole idea was this;

From KL,jalan straight up north lepastu belok kanan. Tadaa sampai Terengganu. Kedengaran mudah bukan? kepalahotakkau.

We were supposed to enter Karak and whatnot tapi sebab semua bajet cemerlang Geografi we end up keluar dekat tol Kuala Kangsar and head to Gerik. You can still reach Kuala Besut jetty using this route but people said its quite far.

Aaaand we(actually sorang je yang drive) have to drive across Banjaran Titiwangsa.

I've never use this route before so pestaim lalu agak kagum dengan view sepanjang jalan ni. Ala-ala Scottish Highlands sikit-sikit tetapi dipenuhi lalang di kiri kanan jalan.

-melalui empangan ikenotrecallthename

Tetapi perjalanan sungguh mencabar sebab jalan ini menjadi laluan lori balak yang sungguh lembab pergerakannya. Kalau kau joging pun mungkin boleh sama laju dengan lori-lori ini.

Di sinilah skill memotong dan pemanduan cemerlang diperlukan. Something which wasnt included in the curriculum at Mr Gan's Driving Academy. Jadi the whole way i didnt drive at all, memang diva habes duduk belakang makan sandwich sahaja.

-driver untuk trip ini. Tahniah kerana berjaya drive 7 jam non stop. Sudah pasti bukan lulusan Sekolah Memandu Gan.

Co-driver yang konon-konon offer diri nak drive.

Jalan yang sungguh denjeres ini menyebabkan penumpang belakang kelihatan seperti ini the whole time;

-sentaphatimaknak, sumpah neves setiap kali potong lori balak

At one point akibat terlalu cuak dengan gaya pemanduan ala-ala Syamsul Yusof di dalam filem Berbajet sederhana Evolusi KL Drift, we sang a long nasyid songs. Untuk memberi ketenangan extra incase masuk gaung.

Setelah 7 jam yang getir we finally arrived at Kuala Besut dan di-join oleh 2 orang lagi malauns untuk trip ke Pulau Perhentian the next day.

to be continued..

Saya Gembira. NOT

2011-06-08T19:24:00.001+08:00

My last post was written a week(?) ago. Its not that im busy or anything its actually the opposite. Sekarang ialah minggu last before cuti sebulan. So setiap hari adalah sungguh relaks. Tapi cuti sebulan ini dicemari dengan final exam di penghujungnya. Bummer.

Even today pun ada test dah ala-ala warm up untuk final lah ni.Petang tadi we had Basic Science test. No, im not talking about "Kucing ialah omnivor" kinda science. This is basic science for surgery,which could cover anything/everything about your body system (read:sure fail)

One hour for 60 questions was more than enough especially if you were as clueless as i am. Jadi perasaan selepas membuat test tadi adalah sungguh shiteous sekali. Tambahan pula esok ada final exam untuk subjek Malaysian Studies. MS basically ialah paper Sejarah SPM Part Deux. Which is made compulsory for anyone who are interested in graduating college. If you fail you cannot graduate,try again next year. Kejam tetapi benar.

Since all of us did pretty well for SPM,im not really sure the purpose of this subject. Clearly this is the government's agenda to effed us up one last time before we graduate. Alasannya ialah kerana generasi muda tidak menghayati erti kemerdekaan. ~~Hello,we are not the one taking rasuah.~~

As a result of all these, i spent the last 2 hours browsing through my pictures on facebook which were taken back when i was in Dublin. You know,just reminiscing happy times.Its no doubt that im happy now, but i was happier before.

-melancong opkos happy

-but mengemop oso happy

-main game joget-joget,super happy

-karaoke di zaman muda-mudi. ahhh fun times.

Harap-harap plan vacation cuti ini menjadi kenyataan supaya diri ini akan lebih bersemangat menghadapi peperiksaan yang bakal tiba. Semoga anda diluar sana juga gembira dan ceria selalu. Jangan stress kerana boleh menyebabkan darah tinggi. Bila darah tinggi perlu pergi hospital,hospital sesak susah haku nak parking heh.

Family Medicine

2011-05-30T20:13:00.005+08:00

Im in my third week of family medicine. So far so good. Last week we were required to do some practical stuff in the outpatient department. Basically nak suruh buat clinical skills like taking blood pressure,ECG,ambik darah and all that stuff.

Spent 2 days at the outpatient department doing.....NOTHING. Outpatient department dekat hospital adalah super busy. Jadi nurse dan MA memang takde masa nak melayan kau tunjuk ajar buat semua nih. Ini bukan rancangan Mentor kau nak harap orang mengadap kau ajar satu-satu skill.

Lepastu patient dekat hospital pulak memilih. Semua taknak student ambikkan darah sebab takut sakit. So penyudahnya duduk tengok je lah. Masuk 3rd day i cannot take it anymore. I decided to ditched hospital and join my friends at klinik kesihatan.

The best part about Klinik Kesihatan-other than their extremely sedap nasi lemak, (shoutout to makcik cafe KK jalan Perak woot woot) ialah its not as busy as hospitals. So the nurses and all the staff can actually guide you trough everything. Manage to withdraw blood on my first day at the clinic.

Dahlah semua staff sporting,kalau takde patient boleh sembang dengan staff nurse pasal tips perkahwinan. We actually learned a lot from those lovely people.

These pictures were taken when we were shown the interior of an ambulance. I dont know what the photographer has against me,tapi my gambar all sipi-sipi,so have to put some marking in case you cannot spot me hehe

-that is my hand

-yep.that's me walking extra fast thinking that i can make it into the picture

-ahhh finally a head shot.kinda.

-the other headshot.

That was last week. Minggu ini dimulakan dengan geriatric project pula. Kena buat holistic evaluation on an elderly patient. So kena pergi rumah dan interview dan periksa everything.

Our patient was so sporting and awesome she had beehon goreng prepared for us. And karipap. And cucur keledek. T_T

-Us with Tok. Kena censored sikit,confidentiality purpose.

Overall, family medicine has been interesting so far, thanks to all the staff of Klinik Kesihatan Jalan Perak and Tok. Me love you long time.

Nur Kasih Tidak Best.Period.

2011-05-27T01:04:00.001+08:00

Actually i have several other more serious posts waiting to be published in the archive but i decided to write this movie review first. Sebab i kenot tahan people saying this movie is so good,when its not.

Following the big hoohah in the media almost everyday since it came out,my expectation for NurKasih adalah seperti keyakinan Dr Rozmey yang filemnya akan mencapai 40 juta. Dan seperti Dr Rozmey juga i was sorely disappointed.

Let me start with a few good points;

Firstly the storyline is interesting. Sesiapa yang kata tak paham jalan cerita its either you sibuk 'ringan-ringan' in the cinema and didnt pay attention or you should really get your IQ checked. Because i didnt follow the series either,but can still understand the storyline.

Secondly, pelakon kanak-kanak dan pelakon pembantu sungguh terpuji bakat lakonannya. Jarang kita jumpa pelakon extra yang betul-betul berkaliber macamni. Selalunya pelakon extra inilah yang menjatuhkan kualiti sesuatu movie. Yes im talking about you, Merong Mahawangsa.

And finally, i love the subtle islamic message conveyed through this movie. Sebab cerita yang konon ala-ala islamik (case in point;Syurga Cinta) selalu macam ter-fake sikit cara penyampaiannya. NurKasih manage to overcome that effortlessly.

Sekarang kita lihat aspek negatif filem ini pula;

Bila orang kata ini filem sedih,they lied. Ini filem depress. Dari mula start sampai habis nangis manjang sampai kau dah letih nak emosi. Kalau campak Wan Maimunah dalam tu sambil diselang-selikan dengan setengah jam iklan antara babak komfem saling tak tumpah macam Cerekarama.

Bila dah over-over sangat menangis,penonton pun fed up weh. Sedih tak semestinya digambarkan dengan scene menangis,banyak cara lain nak bangkitkan mood sedih. Tengok aku dah bagi kuliah pembikinan filem pulak kat sini.

Dari sudut sinematografi ,i personally think Kabir Bhatia was trying too hard. Since this is a movie, he tried to put some 'special effect' which have quality of a powerpoint presentation at a Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Surau. Waktu dalam drama,sinematografi sumpah cantik sebab tak dicemari dengan efek-efek murah sebegini. Rasa nak gelak pun ada tengok scene orang arab terbakar.

Berkenaan plot cerita,penulis skrip macam nak masukkan sebanyak mungkin konflik dalam satu filem. Akibatnya semua musibah yang anda boleh fikirkan berlaku dalam keluarga ini. People died in accident, cedera teruk,keguguran kandungan, hilang tanpa berita dan macam-macam lagi. Satu keluarga ini patut buat fieldtrip ke bawah jambatan untuk mandi bunga.

So overall, i think its not worth it to watch NurKasih at cinema. Wait a while,it'll be on Astro First in no time.

If you refuse to believe in my questionable taste in movies,and still thinking of watching NurKasih at wayang,i just want to let you guys know that Norman Hakim is in this movie.

So,think again.lol.

Cerita Hantu Terpaling Saspen

2011-05-21T14:09:00.001+08:00

I love weekends.

Weekend je lah time nak makan best dan berpeleseran tanpa wawasan. Selalunya weekdays breakfast,lunch,dinner beli belakang hospital. Kalau kena food poisoning senang aku saman satu row gerai belakang hospital tu.

Disebabkan semalam adalah malam minggu, me and the same group of friends had western food at Mikki's Western Junction dekat Jalan Pantai Jerejak. It's a small restaurant serving reasonably priced western food. I've been here before with other group of friends,but we didnt eat. Sebab diorang kata tempat ni tak halal.

Well guess what? its effin halal sucka! I've checked already,do you seriously think i would suggest a harom eating place?? Im probably the least religious person you know but im not planning to eat babi anytime soon hehe. The chef is a Malay cuma dia sewa tapak je dari cina.

I had one of the best Marinara Spaghetti and my friends had lamb chop and grilled stuff.

-gambar ihsan saudari Marshitah dan henfon canggih beliau

Seperti malam-malam minggu yang lalu,lepas makan kami pergi menonton wayang kerana malam masih muda. Ramai gila okeh orang dekat wayang kompem semua nak tengok NurKasih. So we decided to watch Insidious.

Insidious is the best horror movie i've watched at a cinema.ever.

Berbaloi bayar 9 ringgit tak macam zaman sekolah dulu tengok cerita Mistik tiket 11 ringgit. Razak Mohaideen bak balik 11 ringgit aku weh. Insidious is not like any other horror movie yang setiap 2 menet hantu keluar tunjuk muka. Hantu dia jenis yang keluar sekilas pandang so bila nampak kau macam 'omaigod aku sorang je ke yang nampak weh,nak azan sekarang'.

Walaupun saspen,cerita ni senang difahami. Tak macam cerita The Grudge yang kena buat peta minda baru boleh paham. Then as the story progress, jalan cerita jadi macam predictable. Sekali tiba-tiba dia buat twist as in twist dalam storyline dialah bukan hantu menari twist.Terus ending tak boleh blah horror gila. Its so scary sampai ada orang simbah diri sendiri dengan popcorn. Im not gonna name names here lah. *cough* marshitah *cough*

They say bring tissue to NurKasih because you will cry. For insidious i say bring pampers,you will pee your pants.

How Can I Help You Ma'am?

2011-05-18T22:43:00.004+08:00

After 4 weeks of Medicine and Surgery rotation akhirnya sampai juga turn untuk Family Medicine. Basically, Family Medicine nih banyak belajar clinical skills je macam menjahit ~~kebaya~~luka, ambik darah, ambik blood pressure and other stuff people do in Klinik Kesihatan.

The best part about Family Medicine is it's not as hectic as the previous two rotations. And the doctors teaching you is a lot nicer as well hehe. For this first week of the rotation we only have lectures in the morning so sungguh best sebab takpayah bangun awal pagi dan iron baju kemeja sebelum tidur.

Untuk meraikan this newfound freedom, me and few friends went to Seoul Garden semalam for lunch.

-sebelum mula makan,hamboih sopan betul anak siapa nih

Then it got intense,kenot tahan dy;

-apabila etika diketepikan,tangan mula digunakan

Usually people will goreng the chicken/beef or whatever they have at Seoul Garden sikit-sikit. But being me,mana puas sikit-sikit woih. Sekali goreng atas tuh memang letak selambak.

-isnt this disgusting?? disgustingly good.

And today we have a video taping sesion. We had to interview this one lady,you know like the usual history taking that doctors do in clinics,but they decided to record it. Then the whole team will watch it back and cringe together.

I have the CD with me but i dont have the guts to upload my interview here. Kalau i upload dekat sini,sumpah takde orang nak datang kalau bukak klinik lepasni. So here is the print screen of the video;

-the interview was so bad.if i were to describe it in one word,it'd be DISASTER.

History taking in Family Medicine is a bit different than those in surgery/medicine. So its quite nerve wrecking plus you have to follow certain consultation guideline while gathering infos from the patient. That is why most of the time i wasnt even listening to that poor lady. Sorry aunty tehee.

And watching yourself back on video is like watching a very bad sitcom. The way you smile,and talk seems a bit phony. Sungguh tidak profesional dan menggelikan.Theres a few moments in the video where you can see my 'senyuman perogol'.

Now excuse me while i continue watching this disastrous interview and cringe.

Melankolik

2011-05-16T12:54:00.001+08:00

Last weekend i went back to Nilai. My second time eversince i settled down in Penang. In case you slept through your geography class in highschool, Penang and Nilai is quite far from each other. Jadi adalah sungguh inconvenient untuk pulang setiap minggu. Melainkan bapak kau Tony Fernandes,maka boleh diva balik naik flight tiap minggu.

Bila dah lama tak balik rasa sungguh seronok bila dapat jumpa family. You realized that your mom subconciously being extra kind to you (takpayah basuh pinggan,massaging your head etc), your dad voluntarily paid for your expensive medical books walaupun JPA baru bagi elaun buku and your siblings....well siblings dont really change.

Then it hit me. Sepanjang hidup ni kalau ditotalkan ive spent most of my time with friends rather than with my family. Start sekolah menengah sampai form 5 duduk asrama. Habis SPM straight away went to UTP lepastu terus buat A-level.

pungpangpungpang dah fly duduk Dublin 2.5 years. And now im here in Penang. Lepas grad i have even less time with family. Ini sungguh sedih.

I still cant accept the fact that one of my younger brother has finished school and now is waiting for his uni/scholarship offer. Kids nowadays grow up super fast dont they? To make it worse, my younger brothers are both taller than me now. Mungkin ibubapa beli beras mahal sekarang.

Sejak balik dari Dublin sampai sekarang,i only met my youngest sister once. Itupun dalam sejam je waktu melawat dia dekat sekolah. She's an anak dara now,growing up gracefully and alhamdulillah is involve with her school's usrah thingy.

When she told me about her achievements,jadi head prefect lah,best debater lah i would laugh at her and go 'cannot be meh'. But secretly im so proud of her,i just dont say it out maybe because deep inside i hate the fact she's growing up so fast.

Growing up sucks,no? Inevitably,you will be drifted away from your family. And later when you start your own little family setahun sekalilah jumpa adik-beradik dan ibubapa. Itupun if you are lucky enough to get cuti for Hari Raya.

Despite living independently and practically raised myself for the last couple of years, i still need my parents to assure me that everything is going to be OK at the end of a really crappy day. I guess im still a little kid at heart walaupun muka macam duda beranak 6.

First step to mark my foray into adulthood:

Conquering my fear of driving on Penang Bridge. Selama ni my friend would drive my car whenever we lalu the bridge. One box ticked.