Simplified Simplicity

Feline

2012-01-03T22:24:00.000+08:00

One of the reason I never need to buy any pets from the pet shop, is because they keep coming, as if my parents bought the house for them.

Currently, 4 cats earned the PR status.

Behold. The new member of the house.

I was really careless while shooting this.

Apart from this cat, there are another 3 predators roaming my house.

For letting the strap hung loose, I almost dropped my camera when Reren caught it by surprise.

Reren. Full of energy as always.

I also had another nameless orange cat before, but that cat has gone away now.

I don't know how it goes in the cat society. This cat simply automatically replaces it.

Do they have shifts or something?

Nevertheless, I'm really glad all my cats get along well.

Tell me, can you resist such a face?

>.<

Semester break starts.

2011-11-11T00:15:00.013+08:00

I've gone overboard this time for leaving this blog here all alone for so long. Life's harsh on you eh blog? It's been the same for me too. So chill out, kay? : P

Semester break is finally here, and it's now been about a week I guess since I left my hostel for the break. It just boggles my mind to know how darn lazy I have been this entire week. I started to realize that I was wasting precious time in my life when I was tidying up my room just now. Yes, I've step foot inside my room for days now, and only today I somehow had the urge to clean up the mess in my room. My bags, books, and other stuffs that I brought in back from hostel were on the floor of my room all the time. Can you imagine that throughout this week, I've been living in such a hostile environment? Man, I must be some sort of a super human being. Me gusta.

Fathi's clock ended up inside my room. By the way, Fathi is my housemate back in hostel. Here, in my room, you can tell by looking at the books there that I'm not done tidying up my room. Oh, and there's the old antique computer. -.- How do I get rid of it?

Sigh. It's still a long way to go.

A random update.

2011-08-12T22:38:00.000+08:00

From the fourth floor of my hostel block.

I was testing out Jijie's D90. It feels great.

Just now, someone asked me whether I have updated my blog or not. Of course I didn't need to take time to answer that because the answer is an obvious no. Ironically, that contradicts what I had resolved in my previous blog post. For those who have not read that, and are too lazy too scroll down to that post, click here. You can see that how I just bullshitted there. I have a netbook with me, and Internet all the time yet I still can't update as regularly as I said I will. Sigh.

Anyway, my life has been, I don't know lately. I had another SAT practice test on Wednesday. I can't say much about it. So far I've gotten the marks for the reading and maths section. Reading has improved a little; my maths dropped. Overall for both sections, it has improved a little if I compare it to the previous tests, but I can't say the same thing if I were to add up the mark for the writing section. I haven't gotten my essay score, but I have the feeling it's not gonna be any good because I when I was halfway doing my essay, I realized that I was writing off topic. -.-
In short, I sucked my SAT practice test.

Enough with that already. Let's move on to something else. Now's August 12th! You know what does that means? I don't know Okay, I'm just blurting out random stuffs. My birthday was on the 9th, and it was great. Friends acted out events that led me to having no choice but to follow them eat out for breaking the fast. Supposedly, we were to go to the usual mamak restaurant, but Arsyad who was driving the car drove farther and farther until we finally reached Subang Parade. Real thanks guys (Arsyad, Fauzan, Fathi, Syazwan, Epul). I will treasure that day in my memory forever. Damn I love you guys.

When you know it's almost impossible to achieve something,

Keep on aiming for the moon, but shoot for the stars.

Who knows you'll miss and hit the moon instead.

That is what I learn from someone who craps a lot.

Of what hides in the shadow.

2011-07-26T19:55:00.000+08:00

Nevertheless, you can always move forward.

This may be kind of random, but starting from now, I resolve to write more in this blog. As to why? SAT and TOEFL scares me especially when it comes to writing. I haven't had anything much written for the past months that now my writing has become really terrible. It's not like I can't write anymore, but I tend to digress a lot halfway. Seems like I have to do something before it gets any worse.

Changing track. Changing pace.

2011-07-11T13:31:00.000+08:00

With Ridhwan in green around KL plus the signboard.

Yeah. Another signboard. I'm obsessed. -.-

Haven't had anything interesting to be updated lately so I guess updating about my boring life will do this time. Wait a minute. Isn't that what I've been doing all these times around. -.- Never mind.

Finally after months rotting at home, looks like I've finally settled down my unhealthy life of eating and sleeping at home. Registered at college last 3rd of July. I can't say anything yet for now because classes are yet to start. On Friday 8th, did the class placement test and gave it my best. It was an english test. I am not expecting much from it though. 63/70. There should be many others on par and many others who are better since most of them are scholars. -.-

I can slack off no more here.

Wish me all the best here.

Even if it's just a simple wish, it means a lot to me as a motivation.

Not so old story.

2011-06-24T11:25:00.000+08:00

Where was I? Central Market. June 16th.
Haha. It's a little too late to post about June 16th now.
It's like a week now from June 16th. Went there with Uzair for the purpose of getting our films done.
There are two stores that can process film inside Central Market and several outside near the area.
Brought both of my cameras along, the MG-1 and the D3100, the latter brought to experiment some stuffs with it which you'll see the results somewhere at the end of this post, if you stayed here long enough.
(Or stayed short enough while scrolling fast enough).

Been there, emptied a roll there, and later got it processed and scanned. Some of the pictures below are shot by me and some by Uzair. Uzair is a devoted film lover, and a lomographer too.

Kasturi Walk.

It was in the afternoon. Luckily the skies were quite dark back then so it wasn't that hot like it normally would.

The big wau thingy.

A thing I love about the Yashica MG-1 that I have is because of it's fixed focal length,

I can say it's quite sharp if you zoom in to see the details.

But in this case, not here because I already resized the photos.

Uzair. That's him alright.
Slightly out of focus.

For some reasons, I love to shoot signboards. I don't know why.

The rest are random street shots.

I love the colours. I don't even need to photoshop.

Almost looked like they're holding hands.
Or were they? 0.o
Just kidding. Almost.

Reds are dares. City folks are daring. So there's no stopping one from crossing even though it's still red.

This kind of shot, is definitely Uzair's. A shot from the hips.

A line of motorcycles. Do I even need to mention this?
I'm out of words.

Uzair got me in this one. Lost direction to one of the stores.
Been there once so I kinda forgot where was that one store. Fortunately, found it afterwards.

And not long after that, I found the source of STDs.

It doesn't say that cars weren't allowed.
Why were there no cars?
Okay. Enough with the stupid question.

Different angle from a different vantage point.
See the sharpness.

This marked the 7th roll of film that I've shot and so far, this is the most successful by having all shots turned out. To be noted that I didn't upload all to this post. Anyways, yeay!

Oh yea, before I forgot, I did bring the Nikon along to experiment some stuffs, here is one.

Panorama! It has already been resized. Actual size is more than 50 megapixel.

Took 9 shots while panning and later on photomerged it using photoshop.

I should have taken another two or more shots to the right.

Sigh. This is what happens when you don't have a wide enough lens.

PS: I'm broke. So if you see any ads in this blog, and you are interested to click on one, do not hesitate. ; )

Don't kid around, I'm not kidding, he's a kid.

2011-06-07T23:28:00.000+08:00

Yea yea. I know, for stating the obvious.

Anyway, I forgot the kid's name.

Shot at a kenduri doa selamat my friend, Hadzim and his family held at their house long ago (not that long actually. A month before I think. Ah. Forget it.). Next to his house was a kindergarten. They borrowed the kindergarten's place for that day and you know, that really helped a lot since most of the kids crowded the playground there instead of the insides of their house. Hadzim even said,

"Nasib baik ada tadika ni. Kalau tak habislah rumah aku. Hancur."

So, what's up with this post? Nothing much. I've been caught up with thinking about posting shots I've taken using my film camera too much that I sometimes forget that I have a Nikon. Sorry to my Nikon that I left you weeping in that bag on that deserted table in my room. So here you go. A photo taken using my grumpy Nikon.

What goes around, sometimes comes dead.

2011-06-05T14:18:00.000+08:00

Apparently, there's a cat at my house and it's been already months now. How I found it well, I don't really pick it up. I don't remember exactly when is that day, but there is this one day a few months earlier when I saw this cat in the back alley of my house. It was a skinny cat meow-ing at people's kitchen windows. I got out, fed it and played with a for a while and that's it. Though I love cats, I didn't plan on taking care of this one. But the next day, instead of wandering in the back alley like how it used to before, it was in front of the door when I opened the door to the porch of my house.

This has now been a daily sight.

A cat being cat. This is what I found last night.

Not just last night. Once in a while, it brings home this.

Sometimes, you don't have to look for pets because sometimes, they will just come and look for you.

Let it be like this for a while.

2011-05-26T22:30:00.004+08:00

New post, new background, new color theme, and a new header. Let's just say that I've just given this blog a fresh new breath even though it has never breathe before nor lived. Now now, cut the crap.
Apparently I was bored today so I spent the day revamping the layout and designing the header. The layout doesn't take much time because all I did was changing the color codes that I previously set up for the previous layout. The background, those sprocket holes, took only a little while because they're just holes I did just to fill the blank a little. What took some time was the header. I waited long just to think of what to put in it.

Anyways, the city line, or silhoutte or whatever you call it was based on one of a friend's work. Kimal.
Thanks goes to him.

I know, I know. It's not that much of a change anyway. The wrappers are pretty much still the same. I thought of changing it all way through but you know, laziness prevented that from happening. The choice of colours may seem somewhat moody but never mind. At the very least, it makes coloured pictures pop out. : D
At least, that's what I think.

Fine :) I'll pluck you instead.

Laws created by human, there are always flaws.

_________________
Yashica MG-1.
Fuji Superia 200 ISO.

Alhamdulillah. : )

2011-05-18T19:52:00.002+08:00

Hey there. Yeah it's me again, back here after quite a long time silencing here since my previous post. The reason for that is erm, well, for some reasons for short. I ain't gonna bore you with all that.

The picture of the day:

Finally, I got my film rolls processed.

After months, I realised that the films just won't walk it's way for processing.

Waiting for the MARA interview result sure took some time. But it's worth the wait. I was on facebook on Monday night when Waffy sent me a link directing me to a page to check the result. Alhamdulillah. I got it.

MARA will be sending me to do the American Degree Foundation Programme at INTEC. : )

Will be registering on July the 3rd. Guess what does that means? Plenty of time to rot comfortably at home.
I think I should begin studying and revising something. My brain has deteriorated over these fluffy times. =.=

_________________
Yashica MG-1.
Fuji Superia 200 ISO.

Checkpoint.

2011-04-24T20:15:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow is going to be another day in my life in which my life will change. It will decide whether I'll be going for the path that I desired for, or a path that is slightly longer, or even an entire new path in my life. : )

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Al-Fatihah. Ya Allah, please be with me.

A shot when I was in I-City yesterday.

LEDs which you can find on street traffic lights, well, they're here in abundance.

"I'm real, and this is real.", says Reality.

2011-03-31T23:26:00.001+08:00

It's now a week since the result day and more than a week since I last updated. Actually, the night before the SPM results were out I had written a post wishing all the best and good luck to those who'll be taking results the next day but uh, you see, there's always technical problems waiting just around the corner, seeking the perfect time for an ambush and ruin the day. Well, mine was ruined okay and it wasn't published. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Probably most people had received tons of wishes already in their phones that time.

How's SPM result?
Alhamdulillah, everything is fine. Even received a sarcasm from my sister. When she knew about my result, she said, "Oh, muallaf ye?". That is a perfect way to congratulate your brother.
Sigh. Malukan?
They say you reap what you sow right? Oh well, I guess that's the punishment for sleeping 80% of time during Pendidikan Islam classes. You've been paid back in cash man Naim. Way to go!
A- for Pendidikan Islam. I guess I deserve that.

So, now what? Real life starts now you say? I don't know man. My real life has begun ever since I was born. None of the parts from my timeline are fake. Are you telling me that all these while you were a fake? HAHA! Okay stop, sorry that I got carried away. Please, don't get offended. Is that even offensive? Nah. : P

Now now, since SPM results were out, quite a lot asked me which Uni I'll be going for. Man, that's a hard question to answer. It would be much easier if you give me the money. Money talks.

"What ship doesn't sink? Scholarship", says Arsyad.

If it sinks, it's scholarsheep. Okay. I know that's lame. Shut up.

Without flaw? Impossible.

2011-03-20T16:25:00.002+08:00

I know it has been almost a month since I last updated. Well, almost. Things happened but I happened to be too lazy to care. Not really actually. That's the only thing I can think of right now to explain what's up with me. Or maybe not.

Maybe one word is enough. Frustrated. Was in my old hometown since Thursday night till yesterday. Of course at a place like that, I found several things that I wanted to take a shot of. But unfortunately, I left my Yashica safe and soundly at home. I did have my Lumix with me at that time, but just why didn't I use it? Why?
I feel dumb.

The neurons in my brain need some rewiring I guess.

Waffy strumming Arsyad's Yamaha, inside Dorm 7A if I'm not wrong.

If only the light leaks weren't that severe. Sigh.

Oh well, just like some people have bad hair days, cameras have bad film days.

This has been a really bad month for me except for one thing. I passed the Part 2 JPJ test! Had retest on Thursday morning. This time, I wasn't as reckless like how I was before during the parking test. Things went so smooth this time that I was grinning from ear to ear throughout the test. The JPJ officer even looked at me with a weird face when I signed the paper at the end of the test. Maybe he thought that I had gone nuts. Though it may seemed like I was on cloud nine, I was kinda pissed because I had to wait for 3 weeks when it should have been only 2 weeks to just have that retest which took only a few minutes to be done. =.=

Sigh. Bad month, bad month. Just please, don't get any worse this 23rd. : O

In the depths of frustration, I smiled.

2011-02-25T23:03:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was Thursday of course, because today is Friday. Duh. Yesterday was more like a Thirst day for me. My throat felt dry and I kept on buying bottles of mineral water at the canteen. And every time I finished up a bottle, my bladder straight away became full and I had to go to toilet countless of times just to empty my tank. That really pissed me off. I thought of gargling the water over my throat but that just seems disgusting in public, so I didn't do it. Okay, this is getting misleading. Let's stop this.

Had my driving test yesterday and guess what? I failed.That failure was like the worst failure I ever had in my whole life. I messed up at the parking. I know, like, parking? What the park? To be exact, it wasn't during the parking, rather it was when I was moving the crappy cramped kancil out after it was successfully parked in. I didn't reverse the car enough and so I hit the front pole while motioning out. That was the first time I ever hit a pole there. Out of all times, that was a perfect bad timing. Seemed pathetic right? Yeah. Sigh. People, do mock me if you want to right now.
I'll be plugging my ears. : D
Okay, just kidding.

Anyway, I'm not sad about failing the Part 2. At the very least, on the positive side, I passed the road test. After failing, I learnt my lesson of the day. Overconfidence will eat you up in ways you won't even expect.

The largest hawk in Kuala Kangsar, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.

Maybe one day other than driving a car, I'll be piloting an aircraft.

Time and tide wait for no man, but license can wait. Even though, it doesn't worth the time. =.=

I remember the day when we were wandering in blunder.

2011-02-21T14:21:00.002+08:00

He's a friend who had shared the same adversity with me, that is we had to go somewhere nowhere for a purpose we didn't even knew, and came back home with nothing. It's a long story and it's not something that can be easily written down here. In fact, we're not going to tell anyone about it anyway. That day when it all happened, we didn't really talked much. Just exchanging eye contact was enough because at that time, we had the same thing in mind. We just wanted to leave. Why? Our reasons too were the same.

And that day, our heads were beaten with some senses for hours. At least, those were what we took home.

Haziq, a.k.a Ateng.

Shot taken in somewhere in Kuala Kangsar, in a yard of a lone abandoned old house.

Whenever I talk or chat with him, it is always random and sometimes may even drag into an unthinkable conversation.

Argh. Typo is like, ineluctable.

Wondering what were we conversing about? Let's just leave that to the power of imagination. Imagination can sometimes turn a simple story into an epic one. By the way, do you know that imagination enhances your brain? You're gonna thank me if you're able to score more in your exam afterward.

The world is small. Don't make it any smaller with your mind.

2011-02-16T17:47:00.003+08:00

At some time in the morning before noon, was when I found my consciousness being reeled out into reality from a couple of hours of my after Subuh prayer sleep. Lately, this has been a routine that both my body and mind have instinctively adopted to suit my not so scheduled daily life. It could probably be that my mind subconsciously wanted these days to pass by quickly by cutting as much time as possible being conscious from my time frame. Who knows, right? Anyways, I don't mind much because it's not like I have that much of things to do in the morning.

Whenever I woke up in the morning, it always took me some time to get myself off the bed. The first thing I did when I open up my eyes was stare across the room towards where the window of my room was. There, suspended a blue curtain that was still fully covering the window behind it. The curtain, shielding off sunlight from the outside of the window emanated blue shimmers throughout my dark room. It was a nice feeling waking up. It was like I was a prisoner who was stuck in such an awful place given a hope of freedom by that blue light. And so, I found myself getting of the bed and slowly pacing myself towards the curtain which was covering the window, the borderline that separates captivity from freedom.

Sliding the curtain sideways, uncovering the window behind, and it was just a normal casement window, grilled. What was more was a few metres away was another house also with the same type of window directly facing mine. And it too, was grilled. That nice feeling before, turned out to be just temporary once I was out of my reverie.

In reality, the world is kinda cramped in a perspective.

Unless we share everything.

Shot from a place nostalgic not just to me, but also to those who had set foot there.

An art of fiasco.

2011-02-09T02:37:00.001+08:00

Was at Fraser's Hill when I shot this one. Wasn't shot using my film camera but instead, was shot using my compact. I realise that it's been long since I last used it, and that I had been neglecting it while I was paying attention to the film camera. So hey, let's give it a shot this time.

Sadly, I don't know the name of the flower.

I think I screwed this shot. Notice that the leaf appeared to be more focused than the flower. Contradicting isn't it as the point of interest is the flower, not the leaf. Should have focused the flower first before positioning the picture for capture. But, oh never mind. There's always room for improvements.

Had a driving qualifying test today. The tester kinda pressured me to an extent that I think I'm gonna fail everything. But, Alhamdulillah, I'm grateful that I passed. I can't tell much here because there are a lot for me to tell if I were to tell. I can't simply summarize because that would leave blanks and questions in your mind. All I can say is, it's something that made me laugh all day long. The rest, are for your imaginations to play its role.

Out of all the things you can't do, there are lots of others you can.

2011-02-03T02:37:00.000+08:00

They say curiosity killed the cat, but not my cat. And since I'm not a cat, I have the right to be curious. Sometimes because of curiosity, I did stupid stuffs. And sometimes, I asked a lot of questions that in the end will drive people crazy. And sometimes when that all weren't enough, I began questioning myself a lot and ended up being crazy myself.

But no matter how noisy I can be when I'm curious, a film camera can put my curiosity to shut.

With a film camera, it's a shut up and snap.

Shot when I was in my village last year. If you look closely, it wasn't just a light leak. There's a film defect too.

Had my driving lesson today and I can say that driving is fun. But for a beginner, there are still a lot for me to learn. My driving instructor always told me that when it comes to teaching, I have to be prepared for she will be dead serious when it comes to teaching. But in the end, like always, she can't put her strict face that long. Beginners deserve to be laughed at times. At least, tension's gone.

The best thing that happened today was when the car stalled on the crossroad square. And what's more, it was on a hill. That was great, considering how I sucked on the hill before. I was on the third gear when I was about to turn left approaching the crossroad. There weren't any cars there at that time so I thought it was okay to go, my fault there. But then, she insisted me to stop and braked the car. I didn't expect the car to slow down and so didn't lower down the gear and then came the nicest feeling on earth. The car stalled, and I handbraked on the hill. It was my first lesson, and was yet to master the hill. But then, made it anyway thanks to patience shown by the cars behind.

After that, tried out other roads because I wanted to know where things can go wrong, and yes, pretty much I got what I asked for. In my face.

Curiosity is what drives problem solving. Without curiosity, you might just give up.

Yashica Mg-1, 1/500s, f/2.8, Fuji Superia ISO 200.

The unpredictable.

2011-01-29T01:13:00.001+08:00

Among my rolls of films, I can say that the first roll is my favourite. Why? Because it's when I screwed up the most. It's the first roll, meaning it's my first time handling my Yashica MG-1. Back then, I didn't really know that it's actually a rangefinder camera, and that what I thought was a normal viewfinder is actually a rangefinder. And not knowing what's a rangefinder, and how it actually works, focusing was a curiosity. That's the reason some pictures weren't focused correctly. And then, ah well, comes the cliche line. Who cares anyway?

That's Uzair, the person in the center.

How the picture turns out doesn't matter that much, because what matters most is what's in the picture. Seeing that one picture brings back a lot of memories. Why? Because that's Uzair. One of my best friends. We do lots of stuffs together. Infact, almost everything.

Back then in dorm, I had trouble waking up early. Usually it took several people to wake me up again and again before I finally got myself off the bed because I have a tendency to sleep back after waking up. But when it came to Uzair waking me up, I got off the bed without fail everytime because if it's him, that's super late.

Among the things that I remember best about this guy are his happy-go-lucky attitude and his spontaneous jokes. Being friends with him, all I can say about him is you'll never know what's he's gonna do that will make you laugh.

What he did in his exercise book.

You'll never know what's in his mind at times too. He sees like no other.

A picture is a safe for you to keep your memories locked.

2011-01-23T00:12:00.003+08:00

In this day and age, having cool cameras doesn't really matters much to me. For me, what matters most is your passion for photography. Maybe some will argue that cameras matter just the same as having the passion too. Yeah well I can't deny that one because having a good camera plus the passion and skills, that would be terrific. But the common ground here is, without passion, you can't get yourself anywhere near to satisfaction.

A light pole. Shot in the town of Kuala Kangsar. I pity the guy riding the bicycle. He must have thought that I was taking his picture. He'll be frustrated if he sees this. Oh well, at least I'm satisfied with that pole.

I know that picture seems familiar for those who read one of the previous post. I have posted it once before in this blog along with other pictures in my 2nd roll. I have it here again because not much was told on those individual pictures I posted before. Every picture deserves another chance to be retold right? Those who watch Discovery Channel must have already seen the Canon ads featuring Ian Wright, the Globe Trekker guy.

Among his lines,

"In this day and age, it's all about reliving those memories."

True enough for me. Every picture has its own story. If you take a look at that picture, I may seem like a light pole enthusiast. But back then, nothing much was in my mind. I was just going to send my film for processing and scanning but the film I was on at that time still have a few empty shots. So basically, that's one of the pictures I took just to waste some last shots so I can take the film out already.

There was actually another picture I took after that picture was taken. It was a picture of a moving car towards my direction. I took it while I was crossing the road. I would be dead if walked any slower. Maybe now you would start questioning why isn't that picture here? It didn't make it.

Things like this, we just have live with it right?

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

-Murphy's law.

"It could be wrong, but It should've been right."

-says Muse in Resistance.

Light leaks for the masses.

2011-01-18T23:57:00.004+08:00

Was browsing through blogs until I found one blog that really caught my eye. A photoblog. The guy have a pretty decent DSLR and lenses kit. Apart from having the skills and shooting stunning images, he enjoys editing his photos too! Woohoo! You hear that? Editing photos! (Claps claps claps.)

Erm, like yea? Editing photos? Well, that's cool. And nothing is wrong with that right?

Well, that's not the main point here. He posted a tutorial on adding a light leak effect onto photos. And that's cool. Seeing how light leaks are considered as an art, that really made me feel better because I happen to get photos with light leaks often, really often with my Yashica Mg-1.

Here is one I shot during Aidilfitri last year in my village somewhere in Penang.

My cousin playing around with launched firecrackers. He was running away when I was trying to take his picture. It's a good thing he found that brick. That brick stopped him.

Pretty much here, light leaks comes without notice when you're using an old film camera. It is totally accidental and unexpected.

Talking about unexpected, took my Undang test last Saturday. Just as I expected, I waited for hours again just for my turn to come. What was unexpected was that I met a friend there. It was Laily. She too was taking her test that day. Anyways, I'm grateful that I passed the test in one go.

Right now, I am confident that I can get things done quickly. But the problem is, my driving instructor has been very busy lately, and that is slowing me down. My butt really has to wait a little more to feel the driver's seat with license.

A time wasting anger management.

2011-01-13T23:23:00.002+08:00

The picture below was taken by me using my Yashica MG-1 again, in the streets of Kuala Kangsar. To be exact, a road beside Kuala Kangsar's Post Office. This picture is dedicated to those who may concern, especially those who are yet to take their Undang Test. Well, that one backfired me.

As what is stated on the sign. Jalan terus, belok kiri atau kanan sahaja.

If you don't have what they call, Define, Analyse, Decide and Act rules in mind, you might probably won't have any hesitation to turn left immediately after you see the sign board. Probably what will happen next is what they call an 'accident'. You'll bump the post office's wall, you won't be fine and you'll be fined. And if you can't pay the fine, worst case scenario, you'll have to work there as a mailman. That is what I call a 'tragedy'.

But hey, in another perspective, it's good. Mails will be delivered faster if you, who bumped through the post office's wall are the mailman. Instead of walking to the mailbox to get their mail, recipients can enjoy getting mails delivered to them by hand in the comfort of their sofas with you bumping through their walls into their houses delivering mails. Now you see how much can you contribute in time saving, right?

So here's the story.

I was suppose to take the Undang Test today, but failed. Not as in I failed the test, things just doesn't seem to favour me today. Went there at a Rilek branch to take the test with my driving teacher along with another guy in my age. At 2.00 pm something, reached there and went into the building. My name was supposed to be already booked that day at that time but somehow, it seems that the worker who arranged it did it carelessly and my name wasn't there. The other guy too shared the same fate.

I wouldn't care much if they say that my name wasn't in the system earlier. But it's that I have waited there for hours just to have my IC checked and confirmed. While waiting, they did let me try one PC with the same test software for learning purpose. Pretty much I did the test and passed 50/50. Surely after getting that trial result, my hopes went high. But then, it was about half an hour later that my hopes died when they told me that my name's not there and that I have to rebook.

I felt that my heart really burned in silent anger. But then, in that Rilek building, with Rilek logo on the walls inside, Rilek, Rilek. Relax. Managed to cool myself down.

To get things straight, I booked a test this Saturday. Wish me all the best okay?

Oh yea, don't give me shits like, why does it takes me so long just to drive a car?
Give me a car now, and I'll awe you by driving it in no time.
For sure. After all, no time to drive ma.

A motivation for the lazy and the couch potatoes.

2011-01-07T23:40:00.005+08:00

Everyone loves free time. But no matter how much you love your free time, too much of free time will eventually cause you to hate it. Being humans, we aren't really that easy to be satisfied.

Back then during school days, end year holiday is what we are all after for.
And when that holiday is about to end for school to take over, in our hearts, most of us wished that it could be longer.

Now, when school is over, well I'm fine with it. But some people aren't. Too much of time doing nothing, and they ended up bored. When they're bored, they began to bore others. And if they bored the others enough, the others might as well would be doing the same to the rest. And a chain reaction is started.

Imagine our world filled with bored boring people. Horrible.
People will be living their lives in unrest. Seeking out new enjoyments, some will begin to indulge drugs. You hate to hang out with boring people right? When people realise that the number of boring people increases, and this people is a pain to their eyes, homocide cases outbreak. People will be killing each other and eventually, killing themselves too because they are too bored of life.

Knowing the result is catastrophic, now you should now what to do.
If you're bored, get up, get out and do something.

What I did when I was bored:

Even a facebook chat can be turned into a game.

Wait a minute, do I bore you Uzair?

Falling is a part of getting to the top

2011-01-02T00:07:00.001+08:00

A picture I took in the streets of Kuala Kangsar in 2010.

Because the street was calm, I chose this picture to be put along in this post just to calm things a little.

Life can start with a desired beginning, but doesn't always have to stay that way all the way till the end right?

It's new year, and everybody's talking about it. Seems like a lot feels excited for it, I don't give a damn about that. It's people's choice on what they want to do for new year and I have respect for that. But for me, new year, is only another year. It's just that it's new and that's all.

When it comes to new year, people began talking about resolutions. At least, that's great for a new year. I really respect those who makes new year resolutions, especially those whose past years' are kept. Making a resolution is like promising to yourself. Promises nowadays are really hard to be kept at times. In the past years, I may have made some resolutions. But the thing is, I'm pretty confident that a lot are left unkept and some even forgotten
(I know it because I don't seem to remember any and that proves it).

Feeling guilty for not keeping made resolutions?
Nope. Not even the slightest bit. Because now as time passes, I realise that don't really depend much on resolutions. Because I already have my own plans since the beginning, I have my own dream, and I have my own ego that moves me forward. Right now, what is most important is the one that I have become today is better than the one I was before. I don't really care if I screwed up at times because hey, I'll learn right? It's not like I'm screwing all my life to death.

Life is meaningless if you don't screw. So screw it! : )

When Light Disperses

2010-12-20T16:11:00.015+08:00

Back then when I was still a Form 5 of The Malay College Kuala Kangsar.

A rainbow waits for no man. But I don't mind waiting for a rainbow.

Yashica Mg-1, Shutter at 1/500s, f=2.8, Fuji Superia ISO 200.

Panorama

2010-12-02T23:12:00.000+08:00

SPM?
I'm not gonna talk about that. I'm fine with my elective subjects. But for core subjects, I think I sucks a lot.
Pendidikan Islam is the hardest.

___________________________________________________

During a cheering event for the rugby team.
A day like this doesn't come always.

When I look back at that picture, it simply reminds me of how fast time flies. Back then, a lot came in mind.

About what it's gonna be like at the end of the year. About taking SPM. About ending my Form 5 life. About ending my school life. About many other things. But now, those are all things of the past. The day has finally come.

School holidays have long started, leaving most of the hostel blocks empty. The fifth formers are the only ones left to lighten up the nights here. For me, as one of the fifth formers, it's an honour to enliven my last days and nights here in Malay College. These final days and nights are really tightening the bonds between batchmates and taught me a lot in valuing friendship. Probably because I know that soon, we'll be going our separate ways.

And that 'soon' I meant is just only a few days from now.

Chasing a Rainbow

2010-10-31T16:47:00.003+08:00

Saturday. It was suppose to be a calm day but I woke up the day with a bang. A friend woke me up earlier than usual. And that was damn ugh. What dream I was having in my sleep vanished straight away from my memory. Due to sudden awakening maybe? Everyone woke up and prepared early, not wanting the same thing that happened last Saturday to happen again.

And so, the daily routine began. While I was tidying up my locker, I found a film strip under a bulk in my drawer. It was morning, and the angle of the sun rising at that time made the sunlight to fell into my dorm in streaks of light through the old wooden window. Since my locker was set facing the window, I, happened to be standing in front of my locker at that moment, held up the film towards the window and to my surprise, the film happened to be the first roll I shot using my Yashica. I had it processed and printed before but never scanned.

I was ecstatic because I thought it was lost for a long time already. After inspection was over, I took the film strip along with my camera and had it scanned at a nearby photo center.

The results:

I can't quite remember exactly when I shot these. But most were during a cheering event for a rugby match.

It rained throughout the noon and evening. By evening, the rain started to recede. I was on my way back to dorm when I spotted a rainbow in the sky. Back then, I was in front of the tennis court of the West Wing. The view of the rainbow was pretty much blocked by a row of trees in front of the court. I strode faster and made it upstairs of the Overflow building. I wanted to take a shot of the rainbow and upstairs Overflow would provide a better view. Sadly, by the time I reached there, the rainbow had gone in just a matter of seconds. Quite a frustrating moment.

From now on, I'll be more ready when it rained in the afternoon. Although I missed one, I'll try not to miss the next.

The rainbow's sudden disappearance taught me a lesson.

Once an opportunity is there, you have to grab it fast.

Really fast.

Time and tide wait for no man. And so do rainbows.

Yashica Mg-1, Shutter at 1/500s, f=2.8, Fuji Superia ISO 400.

Live Every Day As If It Were Your Last

2010-09-14T02:00:00.002+08:00

This year's Aidilfitri has just passed. Yet, I still don't on how should I feel. Should I feel happy? Yeah, maybe so because I managed through the whole month of Ramadhan with success. Or maybe I should feel sad too? After all, the awaited month of blessings has just passed. Not to mention the loss of a friend of mine two days before Aidilfitri. It is none of my expectations for his life to end that early. His loss made me thought about myself. What will become of me? Will I make it to the years to come?

Well, life is like that. Simply being a human alive brings risks. No one knows what day will be their last day. It is something that is decided by Allah. The best thing that all of us can do is to live our lives as if today is our last day. With that, we won't forget the one and only above us.

53rd Merdeka!

2010-08-31T11:44:00.000+08:00

Last night, the Hari Merdeka countdown was in front of the Big School building. The countdown and celebration were done moderately so as to respect the holy month of Ramadhan. Though moderate, it was so much meaningful and memorable. Me and the rest of the collegians even sang the song, Suria.

Suria

Suria muncul di pagi hari,
Kita bangun sederap kaki,
Menara bangsa akan kita bina,
Perkasa tiada rebah lagi.

Mentari sudah ada di sini,
Pasti bersinar seribu tahun lagi,
Biar berhembus angin sangka kala,
Malam pasti tiada datang.

Kita sudah tiada perlu tidur kerna mimpi ada di depan mata,
Peluh jernih berganti keringat,
Bersinar bagai mutiara.

Rimba akan terus hijau,
Unggas riang ria berkicau,
Air jernih meriak di kali,
Udara nyaman tenang di rongga.

Darah kembali berharga,
Merah buat penyeri muka,
Embun jernih meniti di bibir,
Kasih sayang jadi milik semua.

Kita bebas terbang laksana burung,
Terikat hanya di tali cinta.

Kita bebas terbang laksana burung, Terikat hanya di tali cinta.”

Happy 53rd Merdeka, Malaysia!

Yashica MG-1 Random Shots

2010-08-29T11:14:00.001+08:00

Pictures were shot at various places around Kuala Kangsar.
Some may ask why am I taking these random shots.
And why?
The answer is simple.
It's because I like it.

Yashica Mg-1, Shutter at 1/500s, f=2.8, Fuji Superia ISO 200.

The Days of The Analogue

2010-07-24T13:12:00.005+08:00

The pictures were all taken using aYashica MG-1.

An old rangefinder camera from the 1975.

The one I bought from an antique seller at Arena Square, Kuala Kangsar during the Perak Water Festival.

That day, was a day I'll never forget.

And so I have the old camera as a memento.

The camera though old, it still looks nice and functioning well.

As a film camera, the pictures sure surprised me after having it processed and scanned.

Well you know, you won't know how the picture looks like the moment you snap it.

Even with some damage to the film of an unknown cause, all that I can say is,

I'm pretty much satisfied.

P/S: The light leaks, I am not sure where it came from. I'm sure that I didn't open the back cover when there's a film. I need more time experimenting to figure it out.

Yashica Mg-1, Shutter 1/500s, f=2.8, Fuji Superia ISO 200.

Palace Moments : The Dinner

2010-07-02T17:23:00.001+08:00

Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar Royal Palace

The Fifth Formers.

Dinner inside Istana Iskandariah,

Along with the Royal Highness, the Sultan of Perak

and Raja Muda Perak.

There's nothing that I could say is enough to describe it.

Of having the opportunity to step my feet inside this palace,

It just made me felt so lucky.

Photos, credits goes to Zakwan,

his Olympus Pen and those who

meddled with his cam.

A new Prologue.

2010-06-09T17:50:00.003+08:00

A vision. A light. Rays of the morning sun shines through the grilled casement windows of the room. Diverging into streaks, it emanated throughout the room. A room, once was dark is now illuminated. A mind, once was in a deadlock blank emptiness of the damned darkness is now enlightened by a vision. The vision of hope. The future.

After all these tumultuous years, he now awakens. Regaining back his hidden sane consciousness, he realised something. He is no longer in a delusion. He's finally out from his deluded world in his misled mind. The redolence of this sheer reality is just too perfect. In his mind, there is a faint sigh. A sigh of satisfaction. He felt a solace.

Welcome back,
says the persona.

The Piece

2010-05-08T23:23:00.003+08:00

The author is in a rummage for his new self.
He's on the path of aversion from his parochial-minded self.
Wait for his next piece.

Earth Hour

2010-03-31T21:28:00.006+08:00

On March 27, 2010.
The Earth Hour.

8.30p.m. - 9.30 p.m.

From this.

to this.

The Countdown.

Credits to Joe for this paper art.

Metamorphosis

2010-03-22T16:09:00.005+08:00

I'm back in Kuala Kangsar. Back in hostel. Back in school. Back with the same faces of the same hostelmates, dormmates, classmates. Back with the same routine of waking up in the morning for school and after school routines. Pretty much, in the same cycle. Although a lot of things may seem to be the same, this time, this has, to have a difference compared to the past times.

This is going to be a wake up call for me. To change. I've had enough of playing around. This time onwards, I'll be more serious.

Oh my alter ego.
Sacrificing this time for studies.
You have any problems with that?

Ain't have any.
My vision, your vision, they're the same.
An ego of your own.
You finally realised it now.
Take your time.
Take back your throne.
Take back my throne.
For what is supposed to be rightfully ours,
strive.

The First Cheering of 2010

2010-03-08T21:19:00.033+08:00

7th of March marks the final cricket match between MCKK and SEMESTI, competing in the SBP North Zone Cricket Tournament.
It was an epic match. And so was the cheering.
It was the first cheering of the year.
And for the first cheering of the year,
we cheered for our schools cricket team,
The MC KINGS.
We cheered to give them moral support.

MCKK won the final match.

Me, with the cheering outfit.

And for us the fifth formers,
the Grand Stand was where we stand united.

The fifth formers.
Class of 2010.

This photo was taken by rasyid. Along with the three pictures below.

The cheers went on for hours throughout the match.

When the match ended, MCKK emerged as the winning team.

The air of joy and victory was in the hearts of every single collegian.

The MC KINGS.
Our cricket team.

As a salutation for the victory achieved,
the players were crowded and celebrated.

The pictures describes best on how great it was at the moment.
The year 2010 sure was having quite a good start here.
2010.
We will continue to rock this year,
our final year.

Midnight owls

2010-03-01T22:59:00.008+08:00

This was about two days ago.
Me and a few other cyber brigadiers worked late past midnight in the cyber brigade room.
More like to accompany Uzair with his work.
He's in charge with flash animations.
He was to finish a flash that was supposed to be displayed in the foyer before Monday.
It was Sunday.
And because I'm in charge of designing, I have to stay along.

At nearly 1.00 a.m. in the morning.
He finished his flash.
All that was left was to display it in the foyer.

At the foyer. Our supervisor helped us in installing it to the pc in a nearby room,
the one connected to the TV.
But he had trouble in locating the folder that we've pasted the flash.
Arif was like "there! there! in that folder".
From the foyer, our voices were unheard.

It kinda took some time until,

at last, he finally found it.

The long awaited screen.

And at that time, it's already 1.07 a.m. in the morning.
shyt ain't it?

We were dead sleepy.
And so, we headed to our hostel.
And so began another blurry camwhore session.

The blurred picture.

Blurry amir farid, uzair, roro.

snapped some low-lights just because we found it nice.

some experimenting.

later, tried slowing the shutter speed.
with a few twist on the cam,
the results were abstracts.

In the end, we stopped taking pictures because its really late already we don't want anything paranormal to get caught along in our snaps.

-post ends-

The mischief of cyber brigadiers.

2010-02-26T23:06:00.009+08:00

Spent yesterday's evening in the Cyber Brigade room.
I got some work in designing.
Uzair got a work in animation.
Amir Farid and Rohaizad (Roro) join along.

Before we left the room. We were to turn off all the comps.
The last comp that was still on was Uzair's.
He wasn't with his comp at that time.
Little did we knew that he hadn't saved his work.
And so Amir took a drastic action in turning it off.
The swishmax window was minimized.
None realised this until Uzair saw his comp shutting down.

Uzair and Amir. Amir tried to defend his innocence.

In the end, he said sorry. lol.

"You'd better be.". Uzair's line.

As we walked our way to the Big School, we saw the guard at the gate.
He saw us with cam, he posed.
We're like, wth?
We shot him.

Later, we all ended up camwhoring.

Uzair. The guard wanna be.

Naim. The me.

Amir Farid. The stare.

Amir, Roro, Me.

Uzair got caught staring at Amir's butt.

Amir shielding his butt from the camera.

The last picture for this post.
The Big Tree.

When I'm in stress.

2010-02-25T17:34:00.002+08:00

I just wanna get the hell out of it.

The skater.

2010-02-23T21:27:00.004+08:00

Waffy doing ollie.

Shot taken in front of the door of dorm 4, Eastwing, Big School.

When you don't have any laptop with you.

2010-02-20T15:31:00.008+08:00

This happens.

Lepak - Lepak at Midvalley and The Garden

2010-02-16T20:38:00.013+08:00

Went to Midvalley this morning with a few friends.
Me, Uzair, Abas, and Faez.

Pictures describes better than words here.

And bowling is what we did first.

Faez, Abas at the counter, Uzair.

Abas.

We dared him to tuck in his shirt.
Turns out he dare. We LOST.

Uzair and his funky style.

I found this in the info board there.
Well, this is a serious question.
Who does bring along ANMUM here?

A shot that Uzair took.
I looked ugly. =___=

My shots.

Uzair's shots.

Abas' shots.

He is darned serious about tucking in his shirt.

Faez and Abas.

Uzair tried to impress us with his butt moves.
Lucky we're straight enough to avoid ourselves from being impressed by his butt.

Me with ball no. 9

Me with an off-coursed ball no. 9

And here''s Faez. Missed a lot of shots of him.

He was the star with getting many strikes.

Strikes that were so much, that got these two impressed.

After that, walked around Midvalley to look for a lomo cam, a Fish eye.
But found out that the shop didn't sell that anymore.

And somehow, in unimaginable way, accidentally got ourselves in Toy City.

Kinda spent some time there inside Toy City. Because we are fifth formers now and will be taking SPM this year, we really needed a proper release of our childishness.

After sometime, headed to The Garden because some says got a shop selling lomos there.
And yes it turns out true.

We found the LOMOs, at MOOKS.
So to lomographers out there, you can also try checking this shop out.

While checking out the lomo that Uzair dreamt of, we took a couple of shots there.

Faez, Abas, surfboards.

I can't post a lot today because I'll be going back to hostel tomorrow.
Have to pack my stuffs this night and prepare everything because tomorrow's bus is early.
Anyways, have a nice day people.

Credits

2010-02-16T18:52:00.003+08:00

This post was made specially to thank Amad Lutfi aka Joe for his help.

As you can see, I've changed my blog's header.

And he's the one who fully designed it out of boredom.

If you're gonna say that it's nice or awesome, the credits should go to him.

Thanks Joe.

He blogs at JoeMag

Fireworks!

2010-02-14T17:01:00.008+08:00

It was at midnight of yesterday. When I was sleeping soundly. So soundly that I could not even hear any sound. Believe me, if you believed this exaggeration of mine, than you're just simply a pathetic human that is only here to hope that people will be more sympathetic.

I didn't sleep early last night just because I don't want to miss the fireworks. And it is fortunate that the fireworks were close. Very close as I don't even have to leave the comfort of my room to see it.

Note : All of the pictures above were taken through the window of my room.

Random shots

2010-02-13T22:32:00.004+08:00

Batch birthday 2010

2010-01-16T14:33:00.006+08:00

On the 12th of January,
celebrated the birthday of class of 10.

beside Overflow, in front of East Wing.
At night.

In front of East Wing.

All the Form 5 gathered.

In our traditional Full Malay outfit, we did our stuffs.

Cheered it out our way.

And sang our song.

Forever friends, we are united.

Last, but not least

A new start.

2010-01-09T11:50:00.003+08:00

Garh. 2010.
The year that I've been waiting for.
2009 is a year that I'll remembver forever. For all the new bonds that were made.

Oh yea, I've finally got myself into 5 Science 1. But my mum is still not satisfied tho.
With 7A1s and 2A2s. Haha. A2 for sejarah and chemistry. I sure sucks in sejarah. Not to mention that I've did not finished revising sejarah last year. Went thru the paper with little knowledge only. It's a sure plain luck.

For this year, I wish to not do that again.
For this year is my SPM year. No room for slacking or I'll be dead facing my parent. Haiz. I seriously worry bout SPM.

After A+ is introduced, my mum no longer cared bout A1.
This is a serious problem because from my Form 4 end-year exam result, I only got 2 A+, that is for Maths and Add Maths. What does this means?

Anyways, to those who're taking SPM this year, I wish you all, ALL THE BEST!
And to Siraj, WE missed YOU! :)
so long goodbye.

2010's first post.

2010-01-01T15:48:00.005+08:00

Any ideas on what the two cats have in mind?
(edit) the other cat is on the tire, in case you didn't see it.

They got a new car to celebrate their new year with.
It's 1/01/10

Happy New Year
people!

2010. My SPM year.
I'll try to RAWK in everyway I can.

Holiday at JayBee and Melaka

2009-12-24T22:31:00.047+08:00

It's been a while since I last posted anything in this blog.
And so for today. there will be one.

Last week, I went to Melaka and JB for holiday.
Dad decided to take us out rather than leaving me wasting my time in front of the pc and couch potato-ing. And since my mum have a lot of potatoes in the kitchen already, she needs no extra potatoes. Except for Mr Potato crisp.
Okay yea yea I know, bla-bla-bla, cut the crap now.

First of, we went to Melaka. There, Hazwan the Melaka boy called me. Sadly I didn't have the chance to meet him because his place is not anywhere near me at that time.

Was at A Famosa resort.

It's just a picture that I snapped. Didn't stayed there actually.

We thought of leaving Melaka and straight away go to JB because of the heavy rain made us worried.

There at JB, our first stop was at Bazaar JB. And there, I bumped into a friend.

Who was it? Guess, guess.

It was Iskandar. The JayBee Boy.

I'm proud to be taller than him. HahaXD.

He suggested a few places to visit like Danga Bay and Plaza Angsana.

But the next day, we head off to Desaru.

Desa-ru. Siblings of Kanga-ru.
Okay okay. I'll stop crapping.

The photographer for this picture was the honourable Mr Tripod.
Give him some clap.
*slaps self.

Desaru Beach.

The sandy beach of Desaru. Looks like a dune to me.

The trio.
From left, my sister, my sister, and mom.

It was a hot day, and at the same time it is windy.
The hotness of the sun plus the coolness of the wind.
It's like a paradox to my senses.
Eventhough I don't really get any sense.

Me, sister.

We didn't spend a lof time in Desaru. Because at that time, there was nothing much of my interest. Headed to Danga Bay.

The tree looked nice in that position and that left me no other choice other than snapping a picture of it.

Danga Bay. If you want it to be simpler,
just call it a bay.

(My family - me) + train.
Was the photographer. Sad sad. I felt left out.
*kicks self.

Somewhere at Danga Bay.

Again, somewhere. But this time at a different where.

I found this picture looks nice.

Danga Bay, glowing in the evening. A headturner for me.

This was taken by dad somewhere near Bazaar JB.

The next morning, went to visit the Old Fort at Kota Johor Lama.
While was on the way there, stopped by to fill our empty-hungry-stomach.
At that stop, something caught my eye.

A cat!
This cat was too cute for me to miss a shot.

Caught my sister playing with a kitten.

There were lots of cats there. And this cat was quite playful.

And so on, continued our move and arrived at Kota Johor Lama.
Finally. My dad wanted to see this place so much.

Do read if you have time.

The old fort. Once, there used to be cannons there.

A replica of the late old building.

Took a picture outside because we were allowed to take no pictures inside.

It wasn't just that at Johor. Went to many places and snapped a lot of pictures too. But I can't just posted it all here.

As a sum up, spent two days in Johor.
The third day, off back Melaka!

Arrived there in the night. And I can see the Eye On Malaysia. On Melaka!

Found a motel, and I also found....

Another cat.

The replica ship looked glorious in the night.

In the morning of the next day, went jalan-jalan around Bandar Hilir Melaka.

The Menara Taming Sari of Melaka.

Was too early there and the tower won't be operated until 10 a.m.
Going up the tower have to wait so we jalan-jalan around first.

Found a cannon nearby, me and my sisters messed around with it.

First shot.

Second shot.

Third shot.

After having enough of playing around, went on to Bukit St. Paul.

The steps were lots.

Here are some snaps of the place.

Me on Bukit St. Paul.

My sister playing around again.

And dad.

Was at Stadthuys. Don't get urself fooled.
I'm the youngest among the three.

Me.

Somewhere nearby Stadthuys.

This mortar kinda picked my interest.

Sungai Melaka.

A stationed cannon. You can observe the dutch layers.

The watermill.

And again, the same watermill.

My sister and me in distant.

After jalan-jalan-ed for quite sometime, realised that it was afternoon already. So went back to Menara Taming Sari for a ride up.

Oh yes. The tower's functioning.

Inside the tower.

Some views from above:

Eye on Malaysia in distant.

The replica ship.

It's Dataran Pahlawan I think.
Do correct me if I'm wrong.

The Eye on Malaysia on Melaka.

Just seeing the Eye on Malaysia is not enough without getting on it. So we've been there too.

I was just entering and I already saw this.

Mata atas Malaysia.

My sister showing off the ticket.

Seriously, there wasn't much interesting view inside the gondola.

Or maybe it is just the sheer joy of riding it?

The only thing that I can consider as, okay larh.

By the way, I didn't shop much during the holiday out because I've already broke in JB buying this camera.

But anyways, It is worth it since I am able to shot all the pictures.

As a closing to this post, here is some snaps that I took in R&R Machap.

Birds.

For some reasons, there were lots of them.

Flying free, Flying high, They reach the sky.

Nothingness

2009-12-15T12:30:00.003+08:00

Images done by me due to my boringometer have reached a critical reading. You can critic me now.

The revival of the Green

2009-12-06T14:50:00.003+08:00

On second thought, the previous layout looks horrible.
Reverted back to using my old layout.
I think this is better than the black one.

Bookworm Adventures Review

2009-12-04T21:28:00.007+08:00

During the holidays, I got plenty of time to be wasted by playing games and all.
It is quite lucky for me that I still have time for my blog.
Okay, for today's post, I'm gonna do a review about a game that I've played and still playing that is, Bookworm Adventures!

This game is not a new released game,
but still, it RAWKS.

Basically in the game, you play as Lex,
the bloody, weak, nerd ass worm with short life battling against enemies that mostly have higher life than him.
There are a total of 3 Books in the game.
which means, alot of wordbuilding.

The gameplay is easy. You do not need to call your mum to teach you how to play this.
All you need is to defeat your enemies by building up words with the given tiles.
Weird and long words gives more punch.

The longer the word, the better.

The better your words, the easier it is for the enemy to be vanquished.
The faster the enemy is vanquished, the better it is for the weak ass worm.

And yeah, if you use more tiles, it will eventually grant you with special tiles.
Special tiles give more kick.

Special tiles is really useful especially when battling against the boss as the boss, well you will know it if you play it.

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To simplify things up, this is a good game for those who love words and for those who wants to improve their usage of words.

By playing this game, you will found out that all of your reference books are a good resources of words.

Kids will also be able to use more words.
More words known, the lesser the problem.

Lets say in the case where you asked a kid who played Bookworm a question like
"What word starts with a 'F' and end in 'K' that means lot of heat and excitement?"

Instead of answering a short "F__K",
The kid would answer a longer "Firetruck"

That would be one less problem for parents.
So for those who never played it, why not give it a try?

First Fish, and the 2nd

2009-11-29T22:28:00.006+08:00

It was about 11 in the morning of today when me and dad went fishing at somewhere in Pulau Indah.
And I'll tell you what, fishing is all about releasing stress, wasting time, patience, and wasting time.
And after some time, at the right place and time, I've finally got my first catch.

I need to show off this baby. I really need to as this is my first catch after a few trips fishing.
And hell you do not know how the hell much a great deal of time I've wasted waiting like hell.
It was an "ikan gelama", I seriously don't know its english name.

And a few moments after that. Another fish.

It was like eel, and eew. As for the eewness, It was released back.
And you wouldn't know how long and how hard it takes me to get it off from the hook.
It coils, slippery, and smelly.

Happy Eid!

2009-11-27T21:33:00.007+08:00

Happy Aidiladha everyone.

Stupid project

2009-11-26T11:51:00.002+08:00

My project is almost finished edi.
Like I said, almost.
That's the reason why it looked like darn dead terrible.
Well, what is it?
If you're wondering what, It is supposed to be a mini USB powered fan.
But I am stopped because of the fan.
Couldn't find a suitable mini fan blade that could maximise the wind blow.
In other words, the project is stuck.
I made it all with recycled materials.
A Nike watch box,
A motor from a busted notebook cooler,
Some wires,
And a sacrificial USB cable.
It does works, except got no fan.
The finishing touch will be done after I got one.
But I think I'll never find one that is suitable so, dammit.
Should I just give up? Nah.

Hey.

2009-11-18T23:13:00.002+08:00

I'm finally home.

2009-11-15T17:06:00.002+08:00

I simply can't believe that I've actually did it.
Now, I can conclude that at times boredom strikes,
Humans are able to do the unimaginable.
Credits goes to Azrin.

I'll be back home the earliest this Wednesday.

I really can't wait to have a smell of the comfort of my room.
Btw, got my addmaths result edi.
Tho its 90, I'm still unsatisfied cuz all the deducted marks are caused by careless mistakes.
It's really a pain in the eye to see many red circles on my paper + the letters C, A, R, E, L, E ,S ,S.

Prank Calls

2009-11-14T13:22:00.002+08:00

Last Thursday,
While I was lying on my bed in my dorm, heard a group of people singing a faint happy birthday song. It sounded like stupid celebrating birthday by singing a sad toned birthday song.

It turned out that Uzair, Siraj and the gang in the next dorm (7B dorm) made prank calls.
They called random numbers and did their best freaking them out.

One time a girl answered,

The girl: Hello? Who's this?

The gang: Today is your last birthday. Happy birthday to you.......

Seriously, I was like, Uh, What the hell?

R-A-ARRRRRRR!!!

2009-11-14T12:59:00.003+08:00

When others are busy DOTA-ing.

Me and Joe played other stuffs.

A Red Alert 2 match.

That shows just how bored we are after exam's over.

Lost and Won.

2009-10-31T12:57:00.002+08:00

I lost debate,

But I won the first place
for

Spell-It-Right
competition.

Hehe. It does brings some 'ketidakpuashatian' some participants.

Update

2009-10-24T15:20:00.000+08:00

Exam is just around the corner.
A week to go.
To my pals, wish you all the best.

I'm in for the interhouse english debate.
I have the feeling that it's gonna be hard,
with Idzri and Arsyad as the opposition.

The debate is gonna be on;

THBT Sex Education should be taught.

I'm in the gov's side.
Bet that topic's gonna be an advantage for my team?
The same would be for the opp.

So just bloody wish me all the best will ya!

10th February in memories.

2009-10-24T15:19:00.003+08:00

Inside Hargreave's hall,
during the adaptation week
on early February.

Somehow found this picture in the computer class.

Uniform Unit Camp

2009-10-19T22:10:00.003+08:00

Went to camp from last Friday to Sunday.
The camp activities was quite okay,
Just the campsite doesn't.
The campsite is like a controlled place, so not much of a fun.

I enjoyed the nightwalk.
There's a part where they left us to walk alone one by one in a lone road, without any lights and torchlights.

On Saturday night, there's the ending ceremony where each Uniform unit should do their performance.

Uzair, Waffy, me and Judin who're the only Fourth Former in our unit lead our unit as no Fifth former joined the camp.
We planned the performance with our juniors.

Our performance, entitled 'PBSM Sepanjang Zaman' was a sketsa on the contributions of PBSM in the world.
Surprisingly on Sunday, PBSM were announced as the winner for the best performance.
The joy we all PBSM members felt as we received a hamper.
Later at about 9 or something, went back to college hostel.

Living in hostel life is kinda fun when you're living in one.
Here, your friends are like a part of your family.

2009-10-18T10:45:00.002+08:00

Even if my grandpa is a chinese guy or whatsoever,
I can't read or understand chinese writings.

It just pisses me off when I can't understand what does those words mean,
and when I don't know just what the hell I'm supposed to click just to get a simple work done.

I seriously felt the need to learn mandarin.

Quote of the day

2009-10-15T16:02:00.001+08:00

We are not Micheal Jordan.

Quoted by me, Uzair, and Muiz to Nazrin.
HahahXD

Selamat Hari Bosan!

2009-10-06T16:18:00.003+08:00

Aku tak ade kerje.

Eid!

2009-09-23T22:15:00.004+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya!

I know its quite late to wish already.

But it's better late than never right?

Went to 'balik kampung' in Penang.

I didn't get much duit raya compared to previous years,

As to the increase in my height,

Change in appearance,

And that now I'm taller than my cousins who've already worked their jobs,

I often got mistaken for some 20+ year old guy.

Good thing that I don't care bout that much.

Ever since I was small,

I never had the experience of cheerfully walking to people's house,

And with sheer joy, knocking doors for duit raya.

Seriously, never.

But it's my fault because it was me who was so darn damn lazy to do that.

As for my laziness, it has its price and it doesn't pays.

So to kids, the lesson is:

Do not hesitate to pau people for duit raya when you're still young. Pau as much as you can.

You'll never regret it.

Sis the menace

2009-09-18T23:27:00.005+08:00

Just as I arrived home from school,
I am shocked to see my laptop.

It's a horror.

My sister did alot of changes to it.

The changes to the icons and background doesn't really bother me.

But this kind of change....

Oh my, just what the heck is that?!

With a cover of cute cats,
The laptop is just so...

so..

so..

...cutely horrifying.

Argh. the horror the horror.

She knew that I like cats,
And she also knew the best way to annoy me with it.

Frog Massacre.

2009-09-12T15:37:00.008+08:00

During my Biology class,
I've learnt a new thing.

I've learnt the ways

to KILL.

Me, taufik and our frog.

Our frog.

Dead froggy.
Eventhough it has been ripped of like that,
amazingly, it's heart is still beating.

Haziq, Halim, Ariff.

My biology teacher.

Arif.

Azrin in shock.

In the end, he missed the excitement of slicing
the frog.

Exposed frog.

Again, FROG.

Scissors of death.

Haziq is reaaaally proud of his frog.

Me and Hafeez.
In the end, everyone wants to show off their dead frog.

Izzuddin, Nazarudin

Shahfiq, Helmi, Halim, Hafeez, and Arif.

we are indeed,
future doctors.
or even killers.

Quote

2009-09-10T16:55:00.003+08:00

Quote of the day:

Life is unfair.
Life sucks!
Why can the cat shit at my place,
While I can't shit at its place.

Quoted by
Wira Iskandar A56

I'm messed up.

2009-08-30T01:07:00.005+08:00

It's 1.00 a.m in the morning.
And I am doing my homework.
I'm sick already.
I ate dinner at 12.15 a.m.
My eating time is not in order anymore.
Not to mention my bedtime.

I really need motivation to stop myself from procrastinating in doing my homeworks.
Seriously, I need it badly.

Time-waster

2009-08-28T08:15:00.003+08:00

Argh.

It feels as if the time is moving fast.

Without even realising, it's already Friday.

Few more days before the next Monday.

Argh.

If only there's a time machine to slow down time.

"Masa Itu Emas"

yes.

"Time is Gold"

Face it, we're all rich.

We wasted alot of time.

And you just wasted your time reading this too.

Dark side of e-mail

2009-08-22T13:03:00.004+08:00

there are reasons why you should not give your email add to your teacher.

I am the man of my day.

2009-08-15T11:09:00.006+08:00

My mum is gonna be really

PROUD

of me

for getting 88 in my

Sivik

test.

for the first time in my life, i got an A for that.

in your face, all non-sivic minded people.

wahai kedua-dua kakakku,

adikmu ini adalah seorang yang bersivik tinggi.

*praises self.

Lame pictures of lame collegians

2009-08-05T16:58:00.008+08:00

This is just a simple post.
Consisting of some crazy 4 science 6 students 2009
of MC.

Beware.

Waffy (halfcut), Haziq, Me.

Nazli, Haziq.

Syahfiq.

Shahfiq, Juaini, Safwan, and Abby.

The hardworking Helmi.

Aadli Nadzmi.

Halim.

Nazrie.
Remember the Malay saying,
"Seperti tikus membaiki labu".
That is one good example.

The dead clock tower.