The first of many other ramblings.

Sickness gave us a chance to pause and think, if we know how to use that time given wisely.

I have a friend, that I truly adore. For his intellect, for his wise words, for his values. He used to have Facebook, and he would post a whole load of articles and videos relating to various world issues, and us being Muslims, most particularly things related to Palestine, Syria, Egypt and the likes of them. There would be only a few who would actually comment, or even bother to read the articles or watched the videos, and these few people were usually the same circle of people. I used to read them all, watch them all and enjoyed reading through the comments and feeding my brain with some intellectual discussions. I would share them, even when I know not many people would even bother to take a glimpse of it.

Post a video of a music video or people doing silly stuff, and you'll get dozens of  'likes'. Post a video of real world issues, no one bothers.

This friend no longer has Facebook, and after he deactivated his account there, I became one of those Facebookers I used to loath. His articles are no longer there to feed my brain, and I am too busy worrying about my life issues that I don't bother to look for them myself. Facebook started to become a place to let out my anger and frustration. I worry too much about money, about how I'm going to pay those bills, about the clothes that I will wear.. it has to be nice, for that guy that I wish so hard will just say a simple hi to me. I became the exact kind of person I wish I would never be. I became part of the world I loathe. And I throw it all out on the virtual wall.

I am ashamed of it all. I wish I can just delete every single one of them, but there are loads of them and going through them all would be a waste of time. It has been done, the words have been said, even if you take them back, what is done is done.

My point is, I am way too far, too lost from what I used to believe and fight for. I know this is insufficient perhaps compared to those that actually went to the land of the war and fight side by side with the locals, but words are all I have, words are the only way I know how to fight this fight.

As what the beloved friend of mine once said, the aim is to spread awareness. And that is exactly what I want to do with this blog. Spread awareness and kill the ignorance.

I hope I would actually do it and not let this be the first and the last. Hehe. Good luck to me! =D

In regards to Irshad Manji..

It would be great if we don't have to ban Irshad Manji's book for the sake of 'freedom' la konon, then these people won't have the right to say how we Muslims are all control freaks.. but this time around I agree, we should ban it. (After I buy it and have a read of it myself.Hehe.) 


Thing is, Malaysian Muslims, especially the young and ignorant ones.. are too easily strayed off; never ever underestimate the power of words. She has some points in what she's saying, but still most of it are too ridiculous. You should always question everything you came across, but in terms of religion, your questions should be aimed for you to get a better understanding, not to mock or reform it . 


I haven't actually read her books, but it seems like she's looking for a reformation in Islam, like she wants to change the religion to suit her, instead of the other way round. Do correct me if I am wrong.. 


There are some critical questions that she asks which bothers me a lot..  She has apparently question the validity of some Quranic verses, saying that it is confusing and contradicting, as well as saying that prayer's are ridiculous. But then I only read this in a newspaper clipping, never actually right from the book itself, and therefore it could have been altered. 

I am actually looking forward in getting the book, would help me thinking, and then perhaps challenge her ideologies as well if I do get the chance.. 

Perkasa, seriously. Just shut up.

Seriously, seriously?? Argh you idiots. Stay out of it, it’s just a matter of bad service, it has nothing to do with racial issue. But if you do get involved, it will be. Can’t you see that? Arghh I’m so frustrated. 


I think the main person to blame is the manager. Where was he? How come he was not controlling the situation? If there were not enough chickens, why can’t he inform the customers beforehand?


And as for Perkasa’s comments.. Yes, we should here their side of the story as well. But not through you. Definitely not through you guys. And yes, the staffs are tired. Yes, perhaps they are frustrated too with everyone shouting and being angry at them for the slow service and lack of food. Yes as a human, they have the right to be frustrated and angry as well, it comes naturally. But they are in the service business, they should know that things like being scolded by customers will happen at some point in their working life. And they definitely have absolutely no right to punch and hit a customer just because the customer is complaining about the bad service. That is something that even a 5 year old knows. 
As for the customer, perhaps he could have said it a tiny bit nicer than that, leave out the shouting part at least. But then again, saw the video.. I don’t think I heard him saying any bad words. It was just that he was saying it in a very high pitch voice. Which is quite acceptable since he is angry. And I think it would also be acceptable for the staffs to be annoyed as well, but definitely not up to the point of attacking the customer. Again, it is the manager’s fault for not controlling the situation at all. If I were KFC’s management, the manager would be fired first, no doubt. 


Perkasa, DAP.. you guys should get the hell out of the issue la. Please laa. The victim himself has already make it a point that it has nothing to do with racial issue, it’s just a matter of bad service, so just why do you still feel the need to get involve?? 


To be fair though, perhaps the victim shouldn't have made it public in the first place. But I do understand that perhaps he thinks it would serve as a lesson to the hospitality/service industry in Malaysia.

Have you heard of Epik High?

I am sure most of you haven't. Korean artists and bands are all the raves now, but they are mainly popular because of their cuteness, and Epik High doesn't emphasize that at all.

Tablo and Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz's words are reflections of my thoughts, and people similar to us I guess.. they wrote things that are always on our minds but none of us can express in words.. and listening to their brilliant music, their intelligent lyrics.. is a bliss to my ears and my brain.

It is such a shame that they are so relatively underrated, compared to the likes of Super Junior or DBSK [which i happened to like as well. hehe] . As the world becomes more and more ridiculous, its great to know that they are people who thinks the same way, and they are people who loves this group as much as I do.

Epik High, I adore them.

I felt like this needed to be said..

The KDU party is just a party. Like a social gathering between friends, except that this one includes strangers as well. It is not a wild Zouk like event thingy. Or else I wouldn't have helped my bro to promote it.

First of all, it is done in KDU's hall, by students who are majoring in events management, which makes this as one of their assignments, and with that, i don't think the students nor KDU will allow a wild party. It is a party, but it is also a very serious event for the students.

2nd: entrance is available to high school students, who are obviously under-aged, so again, if the party became wild, then KDU will be in trouble, and surely they won't allow it to happen.

3rd: It ends early. I mean, what wild party ends early?

Okay with that, I rest my case.

Halloween Party Everyone! (Promoting for my bro)

BACKYARD TERROR!

** 6pm-11pm, 4th Nov 2011 (Friday)
** Auditorium in KDU, Damansara Jaya campus
** Open to YOU and your friends (public)
** Anyone above 15 years old
** Costume party (no costume, no entry)

** Featuring Zouk’s DJs Brains and The Eye

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Ticket Price:

Early Bird Price (From Now till 5th Oct 2011) :
High School Student:- RM45
Others :- RM50

Normal Price :- RM60

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For more info, please contact:

Christie : 012-6689242
Abii : 017-3424655
Aaron : 012-6967633
Shamela : 017-3282914
Chris Chai : 016-9738923


Email : backyardterror@hotmail.com
FB Page : www.facebook.com/byterror

*Am not hosting the event, it’s organized by KDU’s Events Management students.. and that includes my brother. Am just helping him to promote it. Anyone interested, can call the numbers provided above. Thanks! =)

Harimau Malaya.

Here's what I think of the game:

Heartbreakingly disappointing. They were not aggressive enough, and defense was very poor. Khairul Fahmi was superb, Safee Sali did tried his best as well, but the thing is.. football is a team game. It requires the effort of the entire team to win, and I don't know.. I failed to see that effort in this game.

However, I am more emotional right now, because of the way most of my fellow Malaysians react to the game. Yesssssss I get it you want to be supportive. but come on, they did not play well. I guess second half was sligggghhhhhhtly better, but the first half was terrible. Passing was off, defends was incredibly poor, goalie was... superb. The only thing I am incredibly proud of today.

What I read so far of the comments made is things such as.. "well done, Harimau Malaya! at least we are Malaysians and played fair.. unlike the Lions that are made up of immigrants and are full of drama queens."

Okay first of all.. the typical Malaysian would say that. The comment is to me, diverting the fault to the Singaporeans. And that is what disappoints me the most. Yes they were drama queens on the pitch, yes some of them are not even Singaporeans.. but they played 'football' anyhow. This is our home grown, how can you not performed? Their players are more professional, but they were also older. How can they control the game more than you? Heck, I actually even think the referee was a bit bias to our Malaysian players during the first half of the game.. 

My point here is, what disappoint me is.. how my fellow Malaysians love to divert the fault to the other person rather than seeing their own fault, or in this case our own team's weaknesses.

Then.. there was the 'job well done' comment. I may not be an expert in football games, but from what I saw, they did not play well. And to praise them for playing that way is just... ridiculous. It's like praising a kid for getting a C in their exam. It might work and make the kid not lose hope, but it might backfire as well, and make the kid thinks that a C is sufficient enough to make mummy and daddy proud of me.

Get my point? I just don't think that praising them for something they did not perform well on is good for them, in the long run. If everyone keep on saying its okay every time they lose, and nobody pointed out to them what they should improve on, then how can they possibly improve?

I'm not saying you should ambushed them with hatred and all of their weaknesses and mistakes and make their lost even more depressing for them, am just saying that perhaps.. rather than praised them for something they did not deserve a praise for, maybe we can give them tips and points to work on, and encourage them to do better. Am sure they do read these comments you make for them.. even if they don't, I'm sure someone will be telling them about it. And if everyone says its okay, don't you think that will make them think it is indeed okay, and therefore next time they just have to fight with the exact same momentum as they just did just now? Would that be good?

Just my two cents.

Achieving the dolly eye look.

Someone from uia has been reading my tumblr. Every day. Like 4-5 times a day. And I just cant help wonder who the person is.. and why? I think the only friends I still have there is Nana. and its not her. and owh, can't be Abe or Zan either. Impossible. Hmmmm.... Just curious. Am sure its nothing special. But its just simply me to be curious bout small things such as this.

Anyway..

This is GEO contact lenses. It makes you look like a doll. Well, your eyes, at least.. Hehe.. Andddddd! My friend is selling it from RM 25-RM 30 per set! i mean, one set is inclusive for contacts for right and left eye la okay~ hee =P murah kan? cheap isn't it?

So if anyone of you who happens to read this is interested to buy, you can check out this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30838888@N02/sets/72157626098434079/

or the facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002195325320

I love food.

This is my version of potato gratin. Basically a dish of baked potatoes with cream and cheese. Yummyyyyy!

Tried to re-create what i usually tasted, made by my chef to be cousin, but semestinyalah x jadi spt dia. haha!~ the potato wasn't as soft, xcukup lame masak dah lapar.. hee.. but it was yummy enough. =)

tibe2 rajin nak update pasal personal things pagi2 bute ni kan.. hehe..

Macam mana nk kurus? makan bende2 gini je.. haih~

Political party drama on twitter timeline.

I must be crazy when I approved JC. I never onced believed in the party he's for. or any other political party for that matter. But even if I had to choose, it wont be this one.

I personally believed that none of the ppl from our political scene nowadays, especially nowadays, could actually be trusted.

But u know, perhaps he's diff from the rest of the lot. we'll see. he has some interesting tweets neway.

this is a new beginning!

[Reebok Crosswalk V7,and my Adidas running shoes]

papa bought a treadmill recently. [okayyy not recently, bout a month ago.hehe] and it came with a free personalized advice from a personal trainer. so, thought i'd share what i remembered here.

1] if you're overweight[like me.huu], don't run, coz it'll hurt your ankles. so buat speed slow je..

2] exercise first, then eat. if you must eat first, wait 2hours after, baru exercise.. exercise around an hour before you plan to eat.

explanation: our body will only take the nutrients from the food we take when needed, so if you eat when the nutrients are not needed yet, it will only become waste. so, when you exercise, our body will be tired and the need for the nutrients would be there, and so every nutrients that came in with the food we take will be absorb by the intestines. haa begitulah.

3] cardio first, then weight training. i've heard many variations of this, some say if you do weight training first then you'll burn more calories while doing cardio. but according to these particular personal trainer, cardio first. explanation: i x ingat. hahahahaha~

4] using treadmill, must wear running shoes. or if you're running outside ke jogging ke, applicable jugak kot. coz normal sport shoes don't have the support system designed to protect you ankles. [terpakse g beli tadi. haha. mahall pulak tuh. huish.]

5] i always thought we need to stretched before and after exercising. but nope, he said only stretched out after the whole exercise routine for the day is done.

explanation: when you first start exercising, your muscles are still hard,mcm frozen..kot. so you gotta let it soften up gradually. he gave me this example: imagine meat taken out from the freezer. it's hard, impossible to be stretched. that's how our muscles are right after waking up. if you forced the muscles to be stretched out jugak, might damaged it. but i think, perhaps klu dah mcm active before exercising tu okay kot.

6] muscles klu sakit, jangan pergi urut. it will damaged it even more. i forgot his explanation for this one too. hehehe.

7] drink loadssss of water. [classic advice kot. =P]

8] lepas exercise, don't put yourself in an air conditioned room, coz when you exercise your body has already been dehydrated, air-cond will only dehydrate it even more.

9] cardio+weight training+consistency= nice bod. hehe.

10] he said, note that this is his personal opinion.. for running shoes, his preferred brands would be adidas, new balance, or mizuno. nike, according to him, is designed beautifully, but not so in function and it doesn't last as long. [i love nike tho, cantekkk~~.but end up buying adidas gak, sb sy ikot la ckp die ni. he is a certified personal trainer, after all]

sooo that's it kot. xbyk pon [if i remembered more, i'll add up]. but he sure is cute. hahahahaha~ kinda look like kenji, actually.

i need 10 months to reach my ideal weight. need to burn 500 calories per day,every day. lame+tiring gile kot~ but at least it's under a year. so hopefully, by my birthday next year and my own wedding tah bile tah nanti [hehehe], i'll have a superb bod. insyaAllah. =)

just too young.

my cousins status updates on facebook is just too heartbreaking so i just gotta dig in.

so apparently a friend of theirs was shot by the police coz they suspect the boy to be a part of a robbery gang.the boy is 15. here's a link to the news:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=493544

the thing is, whether or not the boy is a robbery gang member, i failed to understand why the police need to shoot them at all. and four shots? the newspaper clip did not say that the boys were attacking the police officers, they just ran away after unfortunately bumping into the patrol car. why is there a need to shoot,why can't they just run after the boys? my understanding is that a police officer should only use their guns when they were being attacked. because if they shoot every time they ran into someone suspicious, wouldn't they be endangering the life of the people around the scene as well?

what i found out by reading my cousins fb pages (sorry for the nosiness girls, this thing caught my attention just way too much), was that the boy sneak out with his parents car [to do what, is uncertain], then he ran into the police and panicked, so he ran. well obviously anyone would, he just did something wrong,your first instinct would definitely tell 'run!'. and even if he's planning to rob someone, again i do not believe that the police needs to shoot them because there is no prove. the parang they claim to find, was after they shot the boy.

ahh i dunno, i am very sensitive when it comes to teenagers. because they are young, they have so much to give, so much potential. they may deviate at times, do stupid things and whatnot, but i believe everyone deserves a chance to at least be guided. so even if this boy is planning to rob someone or whatever, he deserves a chance to be righted. now that chance won't even be there.

no matter how i see it, to me the actions that the police decided to take is wrong. they shouldn't have shot them. if the four police officers that shot the boy did not feel guilty at all for killing the boy, even though they claimed it was accidental, i would be disgusted. what happens just make me question the competencies of our police officers even more.

my heartiest condolences to my cousins, arwah's family, friends, teachers and everyone who cares bout him. al-fatihah.

Pizzazz

when i'm bored.,i love to cook. or bake. sesuke hati tanpe mengikut recipe. ngehehe. so this is my pizza, made it with mama tadi. tepi2 die ade sket terbakar lame sgt, but it's good! surprisingly. heee.

another pic..

wish i can cook for my guy. or bake for him. anything he wants. if i shall failed, hangus or whatever,hehe.. then i'll do it again n again til i get it right. ahh love, where in the world are you? my heart misses you..