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7.38pm
Lagu Ohbladi Ohblada; The Beatles,berkumandang tertulis di skrin telefon mobil "Family-Babah" dengan gambar Babah sengih.

"Hello Assalamualaikum, Bah! Ni Dikyan dah keluar office, kat Tun Perak. Balik makan.."

"Waalaikummusalam. Ni ada basikal ni, RM 210, Babah tengah tengok ni..."

"Ha boleh la beli, ok la tu, murah."

"Kau nak yang ada raga ke tak?"

"Tak payah la raga basket nak letak apa?"

"Eh amek la yang ada bakul, boleh letak barang"

"Ok, amek la yang ada bakul"

Dulu masa kecil (sekolah rendah) suka naik basikal dengan Nana. Pusing satu Taman Tun, bangun pagi, pastu singgah Mohsin lama, melantak roti canai. Dulu basikal tak ada raga langsung.

Insya Allah lepas ni basikal ada raga.

:D

priorities

A reminder to myself.

All the money in the world couldn't buy you happiness. 
Cause 'verily, it is in the remembrance of Allah, that hearts do find rest.'
; Boona Mohammed

3. C

C is for CHANGLUN.

Isn't that obvious?

Honestly, I love Changlun.

The best cendol would be near Kampung Darat/Jalan tikus ke CMART..... well, I should make a map to explain where it is. They sell cendol pulut (pernah makan sekali, not my taste), Mee Kari, dan the normal cendol.. The Makcik is an otai Makcik yang buat semua dari rumah dia sebelah kedai. haha... even once, the Makcik let us to use her Batu Tumbuk. Blame it on our fat stomachs, rumah Auntie Lin time tu tak ada batu tumbuk, pinjam la dia..hihi.. Terima Kasih makcik, jasa mu akan kami sandarkan pada kenangan.

The cheapest hair cut you can find in Changlun is bawah jambatan. (ganas wei, Ahmoi tu gunting rambut, once i brought Mak to trim her hair there, she said "Gunting la tempat lain, ganas nya dia ni") Ahmoi ni jangan main-main. Anak dia seorang lelaki, rajin buat homework, pukul 4.00pm dah menelaah. So pada satu hari, pergi la ke kedainya, dengan hajat nak men-terim rambut. Tengah khusyuk dia trim rambut saya, datang la anak dia, cakap Mandrin, tanya perihal kerja rumah. mak dia jawab. Datang lagi sekali, Mak dia jawab, sambil tengking. Datang kali ke tiga, mak dia terus tampar.

Yang peliknya, walaupun mak dia dah tampar dan budak tu menangis punyalah sedu sedan, dia kembali ke mak dia, tanya lagi. mak dia geram, mak dia tampar, dia, tarik rambut dia, dan cakap apa entah, tarik mulut dia, telinga dia.....

Dan budak tu pun, meraung dalam 3 minit, keseorangan, meracau-racau dalam Mandrin. Akak dia, tengok dia, gelak-gelak. Lepas 3 minit lebih kurang, dia datang balik kat mak dia, mak dia bagi hadiah penampar, sambil ketap bibir. Punya la semangat.

Yes, I was at the shop. Lepas tu, taubat dah tak mahu datang lagi. Come to think of it, I should have just made a report. And yes, the Ahmoi managed to trim the hair according to my instruction, Alhamdulillah.

Dekat Changlun ada car wash. Ada yang masuk duduk dalam kereta, mesin yang basuh, ada yang manual yang basuh. Aku suka yang manual. So satu hari pergi la bersuaka (suaka la sangat, lebih kepada pergi makan) dengan depa. Si Farrah nak basuh kereta. So, basuh la kereta, sambil baca Harian Metro. Esok hari, macam biasa, nak singgah CMART, beli tisu/irrelevant things/nak aircond pasal Sintok panas/masuk Watson for no reason at all.(Itu normal, Watson tu dah macam 2nd home.) Lepas tu, drive la lalu Kampung Darat, dan kami toleh ke kiri, kelihatan Kedai Car Wash dah tak ada!!!

Serious, dah tak ada. Tinggal Atap zink 2-3 keping je. Dalam masa 24 jam, Car Wash lenyap! Magis sungguh. Terkesima, terkedu, dah tak tahu nak buat apa, tak sempat cakap selamat tinggal pada Uncle Car Wash yang selalu provide Harian Metro ketika nak tunggu kereta, pada anak dia yang gigih buat kerja sekolah ditemani mak beliau yang dedikasi bukan macam yang tampar anak dia tadi tu,

Dekat Belakang Pokok Ceri ada Char Kuew Teow sedap. Bersih la jugak, dan ada banyak kucing. Masa zaman Kedah banjir, ada la sempat makan kat situ 2 kali.Dapat udang gemuk-gemuk Pelik pun ada.

Dekat Changlun kena tahu kedai buka pukul berapa. Pasal depa buka ikut suka hati, kecuali 7eleven. Ada buka 10am, ada buka 2pm. Memang ikut hati, Dan Jumaat memang depa tutup, kecuali CMART.

Di Changlun juga, ada pelbagai jenis manusia. Ada satu orang gila ni, stylo la juga dan selalu bawa Milo Ais, gengam plastik Milo Ais (eh, tak pernah rasa, teka je), jalan-jalan, angkat tangan, sengih, bebel sorang-sorang..pernah nampak dia cakap dengan anjing, muka confident.... Kalau nampak Auntie gila ni, otak mesti nyanyi lagu ni Nananananannannanaaaa (ATNM's anthem). Ada juga pelbagai matsalleh yang kadang kala jadi hitchhikers. 

JANGAN BAGI TUMPANG, BAHAYA.

Pasar Malam Changlun, kau kena tunggu musim durian/buah/puasa. Memang sakan, satu minggu boleh makan 3 kali durian. Lazimnya di Kachi, petang-petang musim durian, depa tak main badminton, depa buat pesta durian. Pasar Malam ni tak ada beza sangat, tak ada yang best, kecuali aku pernah beli Tetris ye, Tetris bagi mengisi masa lapang tunggu bas/lecture/lecturer/etc. Dan....Yong Tau Foo Pasar Malam, bagi aku, terbaik. Sos dia sedap, pedas dan pekat...tapi kena sabar, line panjang.

Cakap pasal Changlun, hang tak boleh lupa nak kaitkan dengan CMART. Tak ada CMART tak ada la Changlun.The glorious, super magnificent building would be C-MART. Walaupun KFC sekarang dah ada, aku rasa CMART nadi penggerak ekonomi Changlun. (Hek?) Dalam CMART ada CMART la, dia ni macam Tesco/Walmart/Coles/Giant tapi ni made in Malaysia. Gedung membeli belah..Dalam tu ada Watson, Fairy Bakery yang kau akan pergi beli untuk sambutan 'surprise yang dah tak surprise pasal tiap tahun mesti nak surprise, kan?' Bakery tu OK, affordable, dan aku pernah ada pengalaman pahit dengan Izzati pasal Bakery shop ni. Nak cerita pun tak sampai hati nak tunjuk kesengalan aku dengan dia. Biarlah rahsia.

Dalam CMART ada Cool Blog. Cool habis la tu. Memang habis pun, habis duit aku. Semester 8, lepas habis each paper, me and my girls (Insert: Nananananannanananana...ATNM anthem) akan bergegas ke CMART untuk Cool Blog.Aku dulu tak layan, konon tak KL la tu. Tapi tengok depa duk sedut-sedut pearl apa entah tu, so i tried. And I dislike the pearl drink, tapi suka ice lemon and soursope plus yogurt blended. After exam, bila minum rasa ....chileexxxxx. Kalau tak dapat kat CMART, kami pergi ke Mall UUM, ada Cool Blog di sana.  Kalau pergi Tesco Mergong, nak juga Cool Blog, sampai aku cakap kat orang tu la " Awak ni tak ada kad pelanggan setia ke?" Ni aku ni bila dah duduk rumah for good, Cool Blog ada je kat Tesco Setia Alam, Fisa bagitahu. Tapi tak pernah try, pasal sini ada Boost Juice, lagi best, lagi mahal, lagi pokai, minum 3 bulan sekali la boleh la kan...!

Oh yeah, tadi pergi check website Cool Blog, depa dah ada membership card. I dont know how it works, but, to UUM-ers, pergi la apply membership. Mana tahu, boleh dapat loket emas atau pun, paling koman, menang motor macam pakcik dalam Power Root...kan?

Macam ni..


So aku syorkan kau kenali Changlun, aman tempat tu, tak ada kesesakkan lalu lintas. Aku kalau terkandas di jalan, akan teringat detik detik indah tanpa kereta di Changlun. Changlun pekan koboi, orang dia pun memang rileks, pusing-pusing muka sama. Hargailah hidup di pekan koboi sebelum kau hadapi hidup di bandaraya metropolitan ini yang rata-rata nasi campur standard rm4.50, air sirap cekik darah.

Dan aku rasa cukup la buat kali ini. Ini edisi spontan.

Untuk juniors yang tengah exam, ALL THE BEST. :)

Ingat je la, setelah sukar, juakan senang. Ye, lirik lagu Hafiz, Watak.

Babe

UUM Convocation November 2011

Nothing beats  the moments of laughing with the girls.
Even if your stomach is aching like MAD!

Julian said the truth, kan?

 

The Girls' Caller Ringtone. :)

p/s: Pupillage is ............ Honestly I dont know what to say.

2. B

B is for Balance.

Balance is the key. You can be the most intelligent student in your batch but you fail to know the differences between Arau & Kangar, then Im sorry to say, you are a loser.

Come on, life is not about books and cases. Life in Sintok, especially, is about seizing the moments. Grab every chance that you have and enjoy it. Dont be a bookworm, move around. Volunteer, or join Lawsoc, Mooting, Client Consultation play go cart, see the monkeys,and yes, good food.

Dont just stick with the same old crowd, the same old coursemates, the same old batchmates. Make friends with others. Since its normal to hear people complaining about law students being super elite among themselves, so mix around la ..
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Another B is that the Burger in MISC.

This burger in MISC is contagious. If one buys it, another will want to have it, too. Its addictive, thanks to MSG, i suppose. It is open till 11.30pm (if youre lucky). Or you can try burger YAB. it closes at 2am, (ONLY if you're lucky).

Usually me and my girls will drive to MISC after night classes and grab that super delicious addictive burger. I will usually buy Ayam Double Special Cheese (Hence, another reason of fatty arms) and the rest will buy according to their needs.

Once, Farrah was on diet or on a very tight budget, she bought the roti without the burger, just to feed her not so hungry stomach. hahahahahaahha

Another B is for Bundle. The cheapest bundle is in Kedah, RM1.00. If you wander around the web, the normal vintage dress will cost you around RM30.00 but in Sintok its RM1.00- 3.00. I bought 3 boyfriends' blazer for RM3.50, (and the buttons/price tag is still attached to it) but remember, dont forget to 'Dettol' it, OK?
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The last B would be, BAKTISISWA.

You dont know what Baktisiswa is??? Where have you been, weii????

Yes, yes, some will say ' I have to sacrifice my holy holidays'.. 'I dont like living with foster family who might have unclean bed/toilet/dapur'. or 'I tak biasa bergaul dengan orang kampung'.

What doesn't break you,makes you strong, kan?

Who cares if you have to sacrifice your semester break, just go do it. Dont worry, most of the family are very open and they will try tolerate to your 'antics'. So just sign in, participate, so that you can say to others, been there, done that.

I participated and even co-managed it and honestly,deep down inside, menyesal tak participate dari dulu.

The benefits?? Experience for sure.

Maybe you will have your first ever experience of siang the ikan , like one of my junior had. She was like ' OMG, aku siang ikan, aku siang ikan guna tangan wei!!' Yup like that.

Or it will be your first time ridding a motorcycle, like yours truly, thanks to Nora. (i was just the pillion rider...without the helmet.)

Or your first ever 'tandas di luar rumah'. Hahahahahaha.

Or it will be your first time having the best home-made gulai rebung/laksa perlis.

And the best part is, they treat you as if you are part of the family. The little kids will look up on you and will ask you many things about learning in a Uni and sometimes, they will call you just to give you motivational support in the midst of final examination. Yup, they are like that.
A junior of mine has a great relationship with her foster family, since shes from East Malaysia, they will call her up and ask her to tumpang their home during mid semester break. They even send her to Alor Star Airport during long semester break. How nice is that, right?

See, this has strengthened the relationship between two different set of people from 2 different world. They learn about another religion, culture and perhaps learn to accept differences between them.

We always get wedding invitations (of which they will always serve good home made lauk kampung,), even if its the family's kakak ipar's wedding, etc...they will invite.

Obviously, Baktisiswa's mission is not to get free good food, its about to have an open mind. Accepting the fact that we are all different, yet the same. To count your blessings, admit that different people have different difficulties, and to thank God, you have been blessed. I've learnt that life is not about money after all. (Though you can have a nice pair of leather shoes)

For me, I used to have this specific mentality that only this particular way can change -------- , but after the Baktisiswa, I changed my mind. I learnt that different approach is needed because they have different set of minds, needs and priorities.

And the best part is, you know that you have given back to the society!

Get that lazy bum of yours and volunteer! Trust me, you will never ever regret it. To the urbanites or yang perasan urbanites, this is your chance to assimilate with the orang kampung, learn the hard way and experience it while you can, grab the chance!

So move around, eat Burger MISC and participate in Baktisiswa. And remember to BALANCE!

1. A

Tips Pelajar Junior Semester 1 UUM.

Disebabkan aku sayang UUM dan sayang bakal junior-junior aku yang aku pun tak kenal (ha, 1 Oct. 2011 aku konvo, btw), inilah hasil aku di kala kebosanan.

Peringatan: Tips ini boleh di aplikasikan oleh semua calon-calon pelajar UUM, tak kira la Law ke, INTAFF ke, BIBM ke, I dont care. Its all up to you. Dan oleh sebab tidak mahu nampak formal, mahu ringkas dan funky, rojak is the language!

1. A Dalam Genggaman

ye la, A.

A
A

First day kau masuk hutan sintok, kau kena tanamkan semangat nak kumpul A banyak-banyak dalam slip keputusan peperiksaan kau. Semester 1 ada posibility kau dapat banyak subjek-subjek teras yang sub topik nya inter related. Serius aku tak tahu kenapala perlu ambil banyak sangat subjek teras. Zaman aku, 2007, freshie kena ambil 3 papers yang memang bersangkut paut. Patut ni la subjek yang kau kena target dapat A. Kira kalau budak Form 6 ni, paper semua ni bersangkut paut dengan Pengajian Am.

Kenapa kau kena dapat A? Pasal nanti dah 3rd year, 4th year, orang cakap (orang cakap, bukan aku yang cakap) susah nak dapat A. Honestly, bagi aku, 3rd year and 4th year yang telah memberi aku sinar harapan dapat result yang Alhamdulillah. Well, maybe the subjects were super interesting. (Ie: Family Law, Industrial Securities Law, Evidence, etc). So, again, since everything is still blur, you never know your future, why dont you get your A's as soon as possible, kan?

Tekan kan sekali lagi,

A
dalam
Genggaman.

Print besar-besar, letak kat locker korang, gambar gengaman tangan, tulis besar-besar, "A dalam Genggaman.

Tapi, kau genggaman sampai urat terputus pun, kau tak buat apa-apa, library tak pernah masuk, buka portal library still mintak kawan, sorry la, A bukan dalam genggaman.

And yes, this is university. Tak ada zaman tuisyen dah, OK. Aku cadangkan korang duduk la tempat yang strategik dekat kelas. Depan ke belakang ke, tengah ke, asal tempat yang kau tahu kau boleh bagi full attention... tak kisah la kau dengan 100%, masuk 20%, asalkan tempat tu kau tahu bila kau duduk, kau tak distracted dgn alam sekeliling . Kalau aku, aku suka duduk tengah, kira koordinat memang tengah la.. tapi yang kiri atau kanan aku tak ada orang or tak ada kerusi..aku nak keluar ke tandas, nak letak bag, senang! BFF kau jauh dari kau, tak apa, nanti lunch kepit la dengan depa. Yang penting, kau selesa dan kau tahu tempat tu bagi kau full attention. Ada sesetengah manusia kelas aku duduk kat belakang, tapi result meletop. So, it depends.

Kenapa aku cakap macam ni, pasal aku rasa, orang pandai macam mana pun, kalau masuk Uni or specifically, budak law, tak pergi kelas, and tak pernah/jarang dengar lecture, susah nak score. (Kecuali, ada satu makhluk Allah pernah cerita kat aku yang dia merupakan PELAJAR NO 1 (Akedamik)) dalam batch, dan juga PELAJAR No1 TAK DATANG KELAS) .

Ingat, Nak faham bahasa judges yang suka bagi ayat -ve plus -ve. contohnya : ayah tak suka tak makan nasi, (of which they can easily say: ayah suka makan nasi). takkan la kau nak hadam semua ayat judges yang suka bagi cases yang atlast, depa sendiri pun confused. hahahahaha.So untuk mengelakkan kecelaruan, datang la kelas. lambat ke tak, faham ke tak, itu tolak tepi. kau datang biar lecturer tau yang kau student dia orang. so nanti nak tanda paper, dia boleh imagine la muka kau, sejuk sikit la nak tanda, bila sejuk, A dalam genggaman!

Ye, cakap pasal men-digestkan bahasa hakim-hakim, untuk dapat A kau kena rajin membaca. Ni Law, bukan Math. Ni law, bukan Fashion Design, dimana pentingnya kreativiti dan ilham untuk kursus sebegitu. Kau tak pernah kan, dengar orang cakap "Oh budak law, mesti kau suka melukis".

Pernah tak? Tak, kan?

Kenapa kena A? Ye memang orang cakap A tak penting, nanti kerja tengok tabiat. Tapi logiknya, takkan la majikan nak ambil student takat kumpul cukup makan ye dok? Obviously, dapat A ni macam batu loncatan.. lagi senang dan cepat dapat kerja/ place 4 pupillage. Tapi nak tahu kau dapat maintain sikap bekerja dengan tekun, however, bukanlah A yardstick nya..

So,getting A's is good because: For the sake of your future. Nevertheless, one should remember that, it does not stop here....As must come will B.

What is B? Ah later la aku update. Nak siapkan kerja hadiah dari Master di hujung minggu. -_____-".. minggu yang abang aku nak nikah. Nice.

p/s; ye selalu aku letak lirik lagu, tapi kali ni aku nak letak lain. Tekan ni.

Oh yeah, aku akan dapat kakak, very soon!

tarawikh

Yes, the kids are noisy,
Yes, the kids are annoying (sometimes).

BUT,

that does not justify our act to prevent them from going to Mosque. Remember, they are kids. The parents are subjected to their acts.

Parents should demand the kids to pray NEXT to them. Educate about the importance of respecting others who pray, and the relevancy of praying at mosque.

And dont forget to praise them if they follow such demand and remain silent/ behave well.

If they try these, insya-Allah the kids will not run amok during prayers. Ive recently witnessed this, actually. They put the kids in between the guys, and the little girls to pray next to their mother and voila, they behave well.

Personal experiences during my younger years thought me that this method is effective, too.

Come to think again, if not Ramadhan, if not tarawikh i reckon the parents do not have such free time to bring the kids to mosque, right?

Mosque should welcome kids, so that when they grow up, they know that going to the mosque to pray is a cool thing, and a right thing to do. And that the mosque is one of the places for them to seek solace, rather than Doraisamy, Changkat or even Redbox.

To justify and understand my contention, read this.

Perhaps, this may help us all. And this, too (how interesting, they even provide the worksheet!).
Something new (of which we do not want this to happen here in Malaysia), read this.

P/s; This post is written due to an incident at a particular place, that made me ponder and think, seriously on the impact of minimal encouragement for parents to bring the kids to mosque and pray.