Happy New Year!!

Its never too late though to set my New Year's target.

1. Read more. I'm no fans of books but I realise how important it is to read. It opens up one's mind.
2. Learn to save.
3. Be more optimistic. She suggested this one then I realised I've always doubt myself - can I really do this? am I good enough?. This has to stop!
4. Istiqamah. It's a term for doing things repeatedly in other words habits. "Melentur buluh biar dari rebung" thus I'm hoping to be istiqamah in my daily amalan.
5. Be healthy.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu 

and I believe setting my aims is my one step to a good year insyaAllah..

surviving uni..

Being a student is tough. Especially when you're studying in one of the top universities either overseas or local institutions. Even if you're among the top students,, 'the cream of the cream' as most people would say,, doesn't mean that you'll survive in your future studies.

I've been studying for almost three months now and "I'd say its one hell of a ride" . Having minimum of two labs each week,, with preparations to be done beforehand plus problem sheets that keep coming at you with datelines to keep. HELL YEAHH!!

Now that I think of it,, this is one of the reasons interviews are being done for scholarships. In fact, some universities did interviews as well to ensure that we students are on the right track (they've reputations to maintain - students failing courses aren't an option).

So future students out there,, here's some useful advice from me..

1. Apply for courses that you're really interested in,, not because your parents ask you to. Ask yourself what do you enjoy doing,, what are the things that you look forward to. Its important to be passionate about your studies to be successful in future
2. Plan your time wisely and postponing your assignments, coursework etc. too much is a no no!! Procrastinating leads to last-minute work which results in low marks and understanding. It's important to try obtain highest marks as possible for you coursework as it will help you with percentage in your final exams.
3. Be mentally and physically prepared.

And finally,, no matter what happens keep moving forward. Life has its up and down,, but that's not an excuse for you to weep and blame yourself or others. Give it your best shot at everything you do,, insyaAllah success will come straight at you!!

"Allah tak pernah menghampakan hamba-Nya yang sering berusaha dan berdoa kepada-Nya."

Winter's coming!!

2 weeks to go before winter break guys!! 

Christmas fever babyyy~~

a weekend well spent.

Hoo hoo hoo!! Winter's coming everyone so I guess its time to go... SHOPPING~~!! So twelve of us including me went to Portsmouth last weekend ( lots of retail outlets can be found there - sales everywhere~~ ).

We went there by National Express bus which costs us around 5pounds return trip. Ticket price differs, usually depends on offers, group tickets, trips etc.

This place is called Gunwharf Quays. See that green logo on the most left side of the building? Yeah I probably should've snap this closer to that so that you all can see but oh well..

Anyway,, there are many branded outlets such as 'Timberland', 'Superdry Store', 'Nike', 'Adidas' and my favourite so far, 'Clarks' since they always offer massive discounts on high quality shoes! You'd usually find most stuff being sold at discounted price here ( up to 70% at certain occasions ). I bought a Nike running shoes for 20pounds last time I went here. Cool eh??

That's me with them guys ( and few girls tagged along as well ) getting excited to go shopping! Don't mind the not-so-excited faces, haha!!

Getting hungry eh?? Stop by Rooster's Piri Piri. It's near to 'Spinnaker Tower'. Everything's guaranteed halal so you don't have to worry about that. Don't forget to try the Hot Chocolate together with Extra Hot Piri Piri Chicken ( it's not that hot, not to worry ).

They really do enjoyed shopping at Gunwharf especially the girls. You should see them with their shopping bags!! HAHA!! Shoot,, I should've snap a picture. -.-

Not for me though,, I was aiming to buy myself a Superdry puffer jacket for winter. So the next day, I went to WestQuay with Kucai and bought this super-cool,, super-nice jacket!!

That is how I spent my weekend last week. It was nice to just go out and enjoy myself after a long tiring week. Hope all of you enjoyed your weekend as well.. Goodnight,, farewell..

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters." - Audrey Hepburn 

Chapter V : Southampton

It was a tiring yet exciting week for me here in Southampton. Yup, I'm currently in Southampton doing my degree in Electronic Engineering (MEng) for four years. Its been almost two months now. I should probably start posting some pictures now eh?? Haha. Here you go!!

It took me a while to find a perfect spot to just snap a picture and say "Hey!! I'm in UK!!". Then I found one while I was walking around the city. See that huge (well,, not that huge) tower-ish building behind me?? That's bargate.

Well.. I don't wanna spend more time talking about Bargate for now,, but if you're really interested in knowing the story behind that gate... GOOGLE IT!! Sounds annoying eh?? Haha!! Just so you know GOOGLE will be your best friend indeed if you're studying under Electronic and Computer Science(ECS) here. 

Aaaannndddd lastly,, WESTQUAY!! Not bad for a shopping mall. You'll find some branded clothes like H&M, ZARA and SuperDry Store here.

Got tonnes of cool stuff to share with you guys but its getting late and I should probably get some rest.. To sum up,, being here in Southampton is such a wonderful thing that ever happened in my life and I'm really grateful.. Thanks MARA!! Hehe..

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see." –Confucius 

comeback brahh

I was having dinner when my ex-classmate told me, "Aku jumpa blog kau,, surprisingly???" then there I was reading my own posts..

Whoaa... It was silly I thought when I wrote them before but now I feel awesome!! HAHA!! I can't believe I wrote all these..

I'll try my best to update this blog later on since I'm busy lately ( ever had three labs in a week with 3 hours lab preparation each??! ) so see you!!

credit to -my plain jane- a.k.a "mel mel" for encouraging me to start over.. =)

My type of girl..

Salam to all readers.. ;)


Most of the topics of my conversations with almost everyone lately is about choosing the right girl as our future wife. And yeah, why in the hell do we talk about marriage at such young age?! Here's why...


Recently, MARA College Seremban had organised Kem Remaja Ad-din a.k.a KRAD for the first year students. Some of us felt that its quite unfair since the second year students were only "invited" to join the camp. So, one night, the seniors played a video of a forum about marriage recorded by the Universiti Teknologi Petronas. One of the panels were the famous Ustaz HABIBURRAHMAN EL-SHIRAZY.


You've heard the name right? AWW, COME ON!! He's the one who wrote the famous novel entitled "Ayat-Ayat Cinta". Seriously, the novel is a MUST READ!! Even me myself can barely sleep without finishing the whole book and it took me around just THREE DAYS to finish it up. Kinda impressive right? YEARRGHH!!


Anyway, I would like to emphasize on this hadith read by the ustaz;

"Nikahilah wanita dalam empat kategori: Hartanya, keturunannya, kecantikannya, agamanya. Pilihlah wanita yang mempunyai agama kerana dia akan menjagamu" Riwayat Syaihan.

Most of the guys would prefer to marry someone as hot as Rozita Che' Wan or Megan Fox, but i want to share with you guys this calm and warm feeling that i experienced yesterday.


Her name was *tuuuut* and she'd just graduated from the University of Auckland. She came to my house last night together with my tok sedara's family and we've met before. She was the type of girl that I'd usually classified as 'Islamic' as she wore this extra large baju kurung and scarf but she was a nice and peramah person.


Frankly, when we chat, I felt pleased and excited to keep on talking to her. She had this some kind of attraction which couldn't be described through words.


The moral of the story here is that guys, don't think that the "Islamic" girls aren't that attractive and manja. To me, they are actually more attractive and manja than the hot babes in a indescribable way. Also, for the girls, do think twice about your clothing and attitude because most guys like me are more likely to fall for girls like *tuuuut* just now.

PEACE YAW!

ARGHH!!

hey, i'm back!! after leaving this blog without any updates for so long, i've decided to at least write something on this pathetic blog of mine.. -.-"

right now i'm taking a-level program under MARA scholarship at kolej mara seremban (kms), just so u know and not wondering where i am right now.. (NYIOH!!)

okay... im stuck right now... what to write, what to write..

i'm very grateful to be here even though the environment of this college is quite similar to an mrsm rather than being a college itself ; class starts at 8 till 1.30, no long hairs, no skipping class, taking slips to go for a medical treatment, bla3...

what i love the most about kms.. is my own unique class compared to other classes. at first, most of my classmates seems nerdy (okay... nerd...) but later on the true colours of everyone starts to come out one by one and eventually for me our class is becoming merrier day by day.. thanks to me ;P

okay... its time to stop typing.. night. bye2! salam ;)

thx sam for lending me ur lappy tonight. =D

Misunderstood

One night at the living room..
I was watching tv when the channel info stated that 'Pawn Stars' was up next.

"Mak, lepas ni cite best. Pawn Stars."
"Elok sangat la tengok cerita macam tu haa!"

XP

Customers

After 8 hours of struggling at the cash register, I find myself ticklish back home when suddenly these few customers popped out of my head.

COLOUR BLINDED..

Before I move on, did you ever realize that there are only two colours (purple and red) which represents different types of petrol (RON95 and RON97) at your nearest ESSO station? This is what happens when a colour-blinded customer came by.

"Yes, uncle?"
"Give me RM20 petrol, pump number 2"
"Alright. Do you want the red one or the purple one?"
"What?"
"The red one or the purple one?"
"Oh! I want the green one."
"HUH??"

Thats not all..

"Dik, isi minyak RM30. Pam 5 eh."
"Ok bang! RON95 ke F1?"
"Haa??"
"Yang merah ke purple?"
"Kuning2."
"Kuning?? WTH?!!"

TESCO clubcard..

Usually when customers drop by to fill up petrol at ESSO station, they'll hand out their smile card. It works just like the famous Bonuslink card or Jusco card. They get points when they fill up petrol and the points can be redeemed afterwards.

In this case, the shopaholic customers just can't give up their other supermarket cards (maybe cause they like love TESCO so much)

"Do you have a SMILE card?"

*Hands the card over*

"Err... Kak (my boss), kad ni boleh pakai ke?"

"Oi! Ape jadah kad Tesco nak swipe dekat ESSO."

"E'eh, silap kad tu dik."

"Haha! Apela abang ni bagi kad Tesco plak"

"Hehe. Awak pulak dah tau kad Tesco, boleh ke pakai kat ESSO? Haha!"

***

Apart from it, most of the customers are rude and impatience. There are some who just simply throw away their money to the counter, show their respective pumps and walk away. Not forgetting those who throw out rude words and sometimes curses.

All I can say is I don't care if you drive a Bentley or whatever. But if you have no manners and respect to other people, then you're much worst than animal! Even a poor guy driving a 'van Carey'  has even much better attitude than you.

I got the job.

Hey!! FYI, I got the job! woohoo~~

I was going to bed one night when suddenly my friend called;

"Arep, ko nk keje tak kt Esso ni? Klau nk,, dtg esok."

Now, I'm a fulltime cashier at Esso Maluri. Do drop by if you have the chance alright? haha! Now I know how hard it is to earn money. Its not that simple.

Anything bad can happen when you're a cashier. Hope everything is fine for me. Do pray for my safety and success please! XD

Dilemma

Its the end of Jan 2011 and I'm still stuck in my house doing nothing. Most of my friends had gone to work while some others decided to move on with their studies in UTP and oversea??

I've decided to get a job starting next month since I'm kinda short in cash (not so short actually). But the more I think, the less likely it is for me to go out and search for a job.

Thanks to Nazir, I went to a nearby ESSO station for a job. 

"Keje kosong tu adela dik. Tapi, tggu la akak train kawan awk ni dlu"

So I gave him my number and went home. Now, I just have to wait for him to call and the job is mine! lalala~~

But until now, the call never did came.. (huh??)

***

Here is the thing.. I've got a driving class next wednesday, and something to do next week. Besides, my juniors also asked me to help them train their marching squads. Then, what if I can't get a holiday to pick up my results in March? I could have cycled back to the station and ask them myself about the job but with all these keep popping out of my head, arghh!! HELP!! X(

Frustration

Its been a year now since I carried out my duty back in Prep School. As a custordian, we knew how big and how great our responsibilities were in guiding our form 1 students to become a good man with manners and good values in the future.

Few days earlier, i went through a comment posted by a parent;

Adalah tidak adil meletakkan semua tanggungjawab merencanakan semua kegiatan waktu petang kepada Pengawas sekolah .Saya andaikan semua pengawas adalah kurang pengalaman dalam mendidik anak-anak remaja .Pengawas sendiri remaja yang masih memerlukan bimbingan guru .Pengawas sekolah juga diberi kuasa tidak terkawal akan membawa implikasi yang buruk seperti kes " Buli Pelajar ".

I felt so frustrated yet was glad to learn something from this post. I'm not going to blame anyone here because I realise I also did some shameful mistakes as a normal person and I learnt from my experiences (which is a lot!). But I think parents should know that I personally considered these little boys as my own brothers and it was my responsibility back then to instill moral values and so on for their own good.

Yet, as a male students, we can't expect them to learn everything directly from speeches and reminders from us. For example, when 'student A' did something wrong and no punishment was given, can we expect him to not doing the same mistake again in future? Or we could give him let say some push-ups and a 'slow talk' later on so that he realised that he did something wrong and it shouldn't do it again?

Also, there are differences between bullying and teaching someone. We knew our limits back then and everything that we did was meant to teach, not to harm. If not, why did the school even appointed us as prefects and trust us in guiding your children in the first place?

"our only intention was to teach, not to harm"

When I was around 5 years old, I went to my neighbour's house to play despite my late father's order to not to. When I came back, he was waiting for me at the front door with a rattan in hand. Without hesitating, he hit me several times just so that I knew it was wrong to turn back on your parents order. From this, I believe that sometimes punishments are the best choice in teaching someone. Because people learn from mistakes and that is one way to show that they did something wrong.


Before I end this, let me share with you another story behind the Prep School. We got a comment from I don't know who but saying that the prefects weren't doing their job. How can we do our jobs when we don't have the chance to? If, you know what I mean.

My writings here wasn't meant to anyone. But I really hope that we could think about it for a while for our own good.

Seize the day will you?

"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over"

"a melody, a memory, or just one PICTURE"

from A7X - seize the day

Long ago, I believed that cameras weren't that useful to me since I wasn't the guy who loves taking pictures to be put inside an album etc. I prefer to keep those good memories in mind rather than keeping them inside an album.

After a while, mum got me a Canon Digital Ixus and told me to snap pictures of my batch and my beloved college since it was my last year back then. I brought it along with me to Malay College and do as I was told.

Now that I realise when I wake up in the morning, I'm in my room. Sleeping for hours in bed, ALONE.

No more seeing Menol struggling to memorize historical facts, Rizman making a new map at the mattress, Sifu and Alan doing their 'things', Affwan with his 'sexy lips' gossiping, Abby being teased by me, Sheh doing his push-ups, Harrith carrying books around, Amar doing his readings on his bed and Moon loitering around with his SE phone.

"As time passes by, regrets for the rest of my life"

from A7X - second heartbeat

Luckily I had a cam to snap all these moments. If only I ignored and reluctant to take out my cam and push the 'capture' button, then I would live a life full of regrets without any pictures to hold onto and relived those precious moments of us, the sixten together.

guys, if u read this,

then i really want u all to know.

that i missed u guys so much.

hope to see u guys again someday.

reliving our days back in college.

precious moments together will always last forever.

in our hearts.

as "our bond will last forever". 

SUMMIT 2010

Its been three days now since the MCYDS 2010 started last wednesday.. This year summit is much more interesting than last year since most activities are being held outside koleq.. Homestay at Bukit Gantang,, a trip to Lumut Naval Base,, dinner at the palace.. My God!! They even get a chance to enter the palace!! X(

Luckily all form 5 gets to dine with them.. We'll be proudly wearing our white full malay on that night.. I'm so proud to say that the sultan will give a toast to the Malay College Kuala Kangsar!! XD

But for now,, I still have an important task to do as a facilitator for this year summit.. At least I get to enjoy some of the activites held since I have to always be there with the participants.. =)

Pray for my success in SPM alrite?? Time is ticking fast!! I can't believe our trial is just around the corner.. Best of luck to all form 5!!

-arif-

CUBEMATE

Assalamualaikum..

WARNING!! New cubemate is coming!!

It is decided that Nail is going to replace Nasa as the Prep School custordian.. Spent his last night at 7A cube last monday before he started his duty here in Prep School last tuesday..

A welcoming dinner was held (hehe....) with Atief, Rizman and Halim joining in together with me and Nail.. Halim surely will never forget his experience of becoming a runner that night!! haha!! GO HALIM!! XD

-arif-

OVERNIGHT

"HOME SWEET HOME"

-arrived safely at 9pm-

THE BIG NIGHT

Can't wait to go back home tomorrow!! And also,, tonight is the big night!! XD

Whose going to replace Nasa?? Its all between Nail,, Ikkey,, Adib,, Along,, Pasembok and Badak to decide..

A TOUGH WEEK

It's a tough week for me as Nasa got himself transferred to Big School due to some reasons.. To find another guy to carry out his duty as the Prep School prefect seems difficult enough since he is one of a great person i've ever met.. For several days I'll be doing my best to carry out his unfinished business with the juniors,, before I finally get a new cubemate this wednesday..

Besides,, I'm really looking forward to go back home next week.. Just to get rid of this unsettled business and finally get to get a hang out of it once in a while..

I'm still wondering why some people are being hypocrite and by that I mean 'someone' or 'some people' are giving out few statements or stuff this day and suddenly talks the opposite of it the next day.. Well,, It's hard to explain.. But this is what i think..

However,, although we messed up,, but thank god I finally get 8A1C for my midyear test.. That ease up some burden I'd say.. =)

PC FAIR '10

'PIKOM PC FAIR 2010',, an enormous event held at the KLCC was packed with tech geeks from all over the world!!

I happened to be in KL this week so I decided to get a glimpse on what its like to be there.. Along with my 13 years old brother, Anuar and two of my 'teenage' uncle,, we head there at around 4 o'clock..

I was searching for a new 1GB RAM for my old PCs (yup,, we bought them in the 90's!!) and a pendrive..

Our arrival was greeted by three HP models,, wearing white uniform with mini-skirts!!

Well, don't wanna elaborate more about that.. XP

 ***

One thing that I learned during my first trip there,, they aren't actually looking for gadgets and stuffs.. They just love the models so much that I saw some guys going from booth to booth just to snap some pics of the models..

Wish to share with you some pics,, but unluckily we forgot to bring our cameras along.. bad news for the guys eh?? haha!!