Episode 62: Thinker or Procrastinator

Been thinking (or just pretending to be aka procrastinating) about this for a while. I just love sitting idly looking out my window, or at public places looking at people go by. I found it to be therapeutic for me, in a sense that I don't have to stress my brain, and I got a lot of time to ponder about a lot of things.

Sometimes I think that I am simply wasting time doing essentially nothing, because if I am actually doing the thinking something good must actually come out of it every now and then rite? Or maybe, those things like ideas or epiphanies do come but I just never realized them. Wait a second. I should be because epiphanies are sudden realizations of great truths. LOL. Guess they are not epiphanies.



Well I think I need to transform this activity to something more useful, like sitting and writing, or sitting and drawing or whatever. Can't draw anyways LOL. Enough yapping. Off to class!

Episode 61: Anfield Cat!

Woke up today to a well brewed coffee and some biscuits. Turned on my laptop and on to the internets. The Guardian, as usual. Football, football, politics, science, football, politics, a cat, politics.. wait what??

There was a cat there. The cat has nothing unusual to it, but the background is. He's (the cat's name is Kenny) is running on a football pitch! Haha. Big guy stayed on purr a while and made his way to the sideline into the hands of a steward. Main attraction for the first half of the match.

 

 Kenny on his cameo run LOL.

Later on there was a tribute Twitter account @AnfieldCat and it gained 40k+ followers in no time at all. Haha. It's fun really to see cats like Kenny and other furry animals doing crazy stuff like this. A fan running rampant is usual but a cat? Not really.

T'was later told that Kenny is a stray. I pray that he'll get a new home soon with a good family. Or maybe with the stadium itself. :)

Episode 60: To Check or Not To Check

Beberapa hari lalu kan ada Cuti Tahun Baru Cina 4 hari, so nak dijadikan cerita ada rezeki orang hantar Master's degree punye tesis untuk grammar check. Das ist gut la kan. Dapat la duit poket sikit2. So habis la 4 hari cuti tu dengan checking mende alah tesis tu..

Tak kisah la kan. OK la kan. Tak ada masalah dengan tesis tu. Tapi yang tak bestnye bila aku da siap check dan e-mel semula tesis tu pada malaun customer tu, dia bole pulak call kata "eh, kenapa saya tengok macam tak banyak beza pun?"

Wow. Pandainye.

Suke-suki je dia kata tesis dia yang banyak kene komen dengan research supervisor dia tu aku tak banyak ubah. OK fine. Aku memang tak ubah ayat, tapi aku betulkan grammar dia. Alright3. Aku explain la sket keje aku wat ni macam mana supaya orang faham.

Aku terima assignment/tesis/fyp dalam BM atau BI. Kalau yang BM tu mesti la nak translate kan, keje ni makan masa tapi tak pening nak wat sebab ayat aku sendiri yang pikir. Kalau BI aku kene la check grammar dan adjust ayat2 dia. Keje tak makan masa, tapi pening nak buat. Lagi2 yang ayat terabur kecamuk giler tu.

Akhirnya final draft yang aku e-mel kat mamat tu aku include sekali apa correction2 yang aku buat supaya dia faham. Hmm..

OK da abes bebel. :p

Maybe next time I should just clarify everything before I start any work for clients. Elok kot macam tu. Hehe. Positif2. +ve.

Episode 59: BEL Sample Report

 For friends who got the report writing homework from our Stride Ahead workbook page 217, this is the sample report that the lecturer asked to copy. Feel free to share.

The report is on the failure rate of students in Veyabi University. The pie chart shows the factors contributing to the failure rate among Veyabi University students while the line graph shows the failure rate of students between 2005 to 2008. From the pie chart we can see that the teaching of Maths and Science courses in English is the main factor contributing to failure rate at 38%, while 10% of failures were unable to understand the instructor’s expectations. 2005 recorded the highest percentage of failure rate at 25.3%. There is a sharp fall of over 5% from 2005 to 2006, followed by a steady decline of around 2% yearly from 2006 to 2008. The lowest failure rate is recorded in 2008 at 16.4%. It is seen that students who have studied Maths and Science subjects in English during Form Six since 2003 are scoring better grades at university level nationwide, and this is proved by the decline of failure rate at Veyabi University since 2005 to 2008.

Episode 58: Mak, Saya Mau Kawen!

Susahnya nak kawen. Susah. Susah. Susah. Susah. S-U-S-A-H. Susah. Tapi kenape susah?? Adakah kerana nak daftar kawen makan masa 20 tahun nak tunggu turn macam nak pegi haji? Adakah kerana ada 135 rukun yang perlu diikuti untuk kawen, salah satunya bungee jumping dan skydiving?? Adekah kerana perlu cari wanita yang sekian2 tinggi sekian2 berat bla bla bla supaya bla bla bla? Wanita sahaja gadis ke perempuan ke andartu ke tak bolee.. (Macam mana plak tuh?) Mane adeeeeee broo..

Pasai apa susah amat nak kawen? Haa..yang ni ade amik sikit idea dari orang lain. Dia compile tepat dan padat. So senang nak cite. Secara ringkasnye, susah nak kawen sebab persepsi masyarakat. Sebab kita dok pening kepala sangat apa orang pikir pasal kita. Kita tak pulak pening ape Allah pikir pasal kita. DONE.

Tapi sebab aku suka bebel dan suka menaip secara rambang, nk elaborate lagi. Padan muke korang.

Bila kita kawen muda, orang cakap, "Apsal kawen muda sangat? Keje tak ada duit tak ada. Abes tu lepas kawen nak makan ape? Ntah2 kawen muda ni kawen eksiden kot. Hape la perangai budak2 skarang ni. Muda2 da miang! Jeng3.."

Bila kita jadi bujang terlajak/andartu, orang cakap, "Apsal dia tu kawen lambat sangat? Mesti kes tak laku ni. Tu la da tua bangka baru terhegeh2 nak kawen. Tak pun memilih sangat. Ha padan la dengan muka. Perasan lawa sangat. Skarang baru nak kawen, dapat atok cucu 3 orang pon da kire bagus."

Bila kita kawen letak hantaran murah, orang cakap, "Apahal pakcik tu letak hantaran murah sangat? Tak ada class langsung. Ke anak dia stok2 minah karen? Ha betul la tu kot. Kalau tak apsal murah sangat hantarannye. Beli lembu sekor pun mahal lagi muahahaha.*gelak jahat* Jeng3.."

Bila kita kawen letak hantaran mahal, orang cakap, "Apekeheynye pakcik tu letak hantaran mahal sangat? Ceh. Anak pisau cukur bapak pon same la kot. Dah macam jual anak dah. Tak tertelan air liur si mamat tu nak menyiapkannye. Agak2 le wei..*buat muka tak puas hati*..Kuang3.."

Bila kita buat majlis ringkas, kecil2han, orang cakap, "Apebende la pokcik ni. bukan selalu anak tu kawen. Buat la meriah sket. Ada karok2 sikit ke, ape ke.. kek 2-3 tingkat ke.. Kedekut nak mampos. Bukan bole bawak mati duit tu. Ntah2 memang takde duit kot. Hahaha. *gelak bangsat*..Huhuhu."

Bila kita buat besar2han, meriah la kata, orang cakap, "Humang aih. Gile ape pakcik ni sampai 20 kanopi?? Ni nak buat funfair ke ape? Kot ye nak belagak pon tak payah la time anak kawen. Saje la tu nak tunjuk duit 8 karung. Dasar orang kaya tak sedar diri! Hak tui!"

Kesimpulannya kalau kita ikut orang sampai bila2 kita tak kemana. Kalau orang2 muda selalunya susah nak kawen sebab mak ayah bising kata muda lagi kan. Kata tak kerja lagi kan, tade duit kan, camne nak kawen kan? Allah tau daaa.. Sebab tu Allah kata:

"Dan kahwinkanlah orang bujang di kalangan kamu dan orang yang layak (berkahwin) daripada kalangan hamba-hamba kamu lelaki dan perempuan. Jika mereka miskin, Allah akan memberikan kekayaan kepada mereka daripada limpah kurniaan-Nya kerana Allah Maha Luas (rahmat-Nya), lagi Maha Mengetahui". (An-Nur: 32) 

Lu renung2kanlah sendiri. Hahaha.

Episode 57: Happy (Becoming) New Year!

The year is ending yet again. Wonder what have I achieved this year. What have I done. What's gained and lost. Too many I actually lost track of them.

Anyways, the new year always comes with the promise of a fresh start, and I bet no one wouldn't want that. As for myself, I have set a few goals, some considerably harder to achieve then others but what the hell, we need to have those impossible ones too. :p

1) Get/Buy a motorcycle.

2) Maintain good grades in my studies.

3) Try to manage my anger (especially when driving)

4) Get married.

Sh8t I know you went like WTH but I don't care. LOL.

Happy (Becoming) New Year!

Episode 56: Belanjawan 2012. Treat or Threat?

Been a while since i took a dive into politic analysis/rambling/ranting. :p

So the budget was announced by our prime minister Najib Razak on national television. A lot of one-off incentives, incentives for government servants, no fee for government funded schools, blah blah blah. Well what's in it for us anyways, the commoners in Malaysia?

Probably nothing much. Not one from the host of stuff he mentioned was directly related to me or anyone in my family. And although it would benefit my two younger siblings (that they don't have to pay school fees next year), the PIBG sh8theads in the school (most of them earn like what, 7-8k altogether per month?) would still charge for things like random fees, sumbangan and what not, which basically adds up just as though you're paying the fee in full, or even more.

Read and heard around about what people have to say about it all, and about the rumored GE that is said to be likely held next year, and I see this all as a c8ckamammy scheme to:-

1) maintain power by lobbying the government servants with incentives and sh8t

2) f8ck the Opposition up with the planned budget if the Coalition loses next GE. you see, eventhough proposed by the then lost Coalition, the Opposition will still have to rake in the dough to fulfill the budget laid up by the PM. That being said, the budget FYI is a huge fuck up in its entirety. ;)

3) further tightening the grip of the super rich on the economy and wealth of our country.

I don't really give a f8ck about it all, but I know somehow someday it all gonna come back to me so when that time comes, I just don't wanna be saying, " oh shit I could've at least done something about it. Or said something about it."

Episode 55: When Schools Become Sh8tholes.

Hey peeps. Been lazy doing practically nothing busy with my exams these past few days, only now I got the chance to randomly curse at people. Teachers, to be exact. 

WAIT> WHAT??

Teachers? Why teachers you might ask. They're like, the few good men (and women), the noblest of all professions, kindest of all and self-sacrificial. Well guess not anymore. Some of them (I said some) no longer see the overarching values of teaching, only the short term achievements that are academic results.

The news in the papers few days back shocked me. The teachers at schools in Bintangor, Sarawak and Baling, Kedah had told their pupils to not attend their UPSR examinations. Reason? They're just too stupid and would drag the schools' results down. Cheeky bastards.

You peeps can read all about it here and here.

For f8ck's sake just think for a second dammit, how would the parents of these children feel when they knew the teachers, that they entrusted their children to, did what they did? I think (or read somewhere) that the parents of these kids are not rich people, rubber tappers or sh8t, with education as their only way of escaping poverty, and you just f8cking took that chance away from them to cover up your f8cking KPI. 

Every child is capable of learning, and though I know it's hard to get everyone on board with a class of 40+ students we can always try! If pupils/students are not doing well, it's partly the teachers fault too! Shame on the few of you! The people trusted and respected you! *Sigh*

Did you realized how sad and ashamed the parents were? How demoralizing it was for the kids? 

STUPID F8CKERS.

You even had the nerve to call them bodoh in front of their parents. If I was there it would be a miracle if I didn't screw your pretty face back to Fu-Manchu.

Episode 54: IMMD 4 Geeks.

WTH(?) is IMMD you might ask. IMMD stands for "It Made My Day". Usually the response to inspirational stories. n00bs. :p

Ok. So we usually hear some cool and touching stories about how some random person or animal being kind and cute and all, well I got a good one for you peeps out there. A warning though, the next paragraph is gonna be kinda geeky, so it might not sound as incredible to everyone. 

So I was browsing through Youtube videos about video game trailers and sh8t when I came across a few Alienware gameplay videos, one of which is a Splinter Cell: Conviction game.

WHEN SUDDENLY.

A funny combo came up. Gameplay vid + Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life' plays in the background. Then an annotation came up in the video. It goes somewhere along this line:

"Hey guys, I am deaf and I can't hear anything at all, so I just used AudioSwap on the video and put a random song in it. I don't know if the song is any good because I can't hear. If you guys have any suggestions.." (+ some more stuff)

So this guy is deaf. He can't hear sh8t. Yet he's still a hardcore gamer, even playing super hard tactical games where sound and noise are vital elements. Well I'm kinda geeky too so IMMD.

DAMN.

This is when I suddenly feel that I complain too much about my shortcomings and not trying to make do with what I actually have. It's a shame. We should try harder. Way harder. :)

Episode 53: Muscles & Notes. R4ndom.

Nice weather outside, birds chirpin' and all. It's a good day alright, and I hope sh8t will be better. 

The fibularis longus muscle on my right leg hurts as hell, I can't even walk properly. painful sh8t. Guess I overdid myself yesterday at football. dm;hf.

Another day another exam. Tomorrow there's gonna be another one. Man, I really need to learn to push myself to study. I don't know but sh8t seems pretty hard to do for me. Do what? Get into the mood of studying on my own. 

That's why I keep on asking to study with other people, just so that I feel obliged to study when I'm with the others. Even better when I need to explain sh8t to my friends. Helps me help them. :p

Looking at the football court (which is visible from my room) I think I won't get to play today thanks to myself. 

DAMN IT.

Will I study now, considering I can't go out to play? Most probably not. Sorry my beloved notes. :p Go cry in a corner.