Thursday, September 29, 2005

taman sri serdang

#1
It's so slow today. Been at home all day studying for the afternoon's quiz and of all the time of the day, the lecturer picked 6 pm which is when i always out playing football or basketball. And i think the weather today is just terrific for sporting activities. Today's quiz was totally testing my maths. I think if i manage to pass the math part i can at least solve the questions. it's not my day.
#2
A friend of mine asked me to pass him his convo photos. He works near Raja Chulan Monorel station. So i think, straight from pudu i'll walk to the monorel station pass him the photos then off to KLCC. I've been obsessed with leather straps. And with money, obsession can become possesion. (?) Just hope i wont get lost. Once i took almost half an hour to get to KLCC frm SG Wang. How dumb is that?
#3
Load the camera with film. Maybe i'll snap my pal's face when i meet him.
#4
I'm taking my hard disk home with me so i can copy the FMA anime.
#5
Chelsea Vs Liverpool. My verdict? The best liverpool can manage is a 0-0 draw. The best chelsea can manage? 3-0. If both teams play it safe, a 0-0 draw is certain. But i think mourinho is still upset over the way he lost to liverpool during last years champ league semi-finals. And with their confidence level sky high, i can see them winning today. I want to see them lose. Not because i hate chelsea, its just i want them to lose.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Lomo-watch 3

Title : The guy on the right should say thanks!

Ok, after posting all those pics and apologizing to paint i felt stupid cause i should show gratitude to a living being instead of apologizing to paint.

THANK YOU FARAH!

Lomo-watch 2


Title : Digital versus Analog.

Dude your nick is analogxwound so why are you holding a digital camera huh? :)

I'll try and post the rest later.

Again, SORRY PAINT.

P\S - Better and more cool pics by others around the world plus some info on LOMO!

Lomo-watch 1


I underestimate the power of paint by suggesting that features like rotating an image or changing its format could be done by a more sophisticated image editing software.

SORRY PAINT.

I know it's the digital era and i agree, but i really love this cat pic taken by an analog camera.

Speaking of analog. I also have a picture of analogxwound which looked totally cool. very very lomo. Sounds gay? you betcha!

play to impress



Erm, i'm heading back to serdang since my test which was supposedly held on friday got postponed due to some mishap to a student in our class. Hope he recover fast.

I've been reading. And opinions on some blog-posts do count. Really they do. Maybe you're the kind that would just scroll and read some and look at the pictures and say hey nice blog and then comment... but some people do make them count.

But it's all good. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. It's cool. I like those provoking posts on some blogs where they anticipate for some readers to be provoked. Like afdlin shauki's. I like his. And my friend's thoughts on their blogs. And the comment;s overwhelming. It's cool actually. But those with pictures are even better don't i think? i mean don't u think? i like pictures. Who do we write for anyway? for ourselves or for the readers? Sharing our thoughts or trying to brew some sort of reasonable doubt on people's mind or maybe simply try to feel like buddha-on-top-of-a-mountain? hahaha.

When things get mis-interpreted, that's when its all fucked. You don't know how thick skinned people are on the net. It's unbelievable. They can write like 500 words full of the-glass-is-half-full-perspective-crap and confident that no one would ever read it but then there this one person who would really get worked up. If you don't agree and think it's dumb why bother dude?

It's easier to write than blurt shit out of your mouth. That's why people blog. At least that's why i blog. Cause you can express shits without ever looking eye to eye. At the end of the day, it's just some 500 words of pure genius from me but 500 words of crap to you and the rest. It doesn't matter cause it's MY opinion and thoughts. Get over it dude. Friends know it's crap and they won't bother but the other half would simply use it as some reason to get back at the author. Don't hold anything against it. please.

If my friend were writing some 500 words of crap i think i'd think its cool. It makes them less shallow.Cause it ain't easy talking deep shit with people. Right or wrong, at least we could see where they stand on certain issues.

There was once this fellow bloger who have blogged for years and would look back at previous posts from like 2-3 years back and see if some things changed. Just like a picture album where you can see you when you were little, and then when you first visit a waterfall at age 13 or your graduation pics 10 years later. The transition. (What ever happened to the nice boy?) but with pictures you can only see physical changes rather than some more deepshit stuff like how are you thinking or your view on the world and people around you at that age.

Full of sentimental shit, i know.

If you have read this far, good for you.

It's true that the pen is mightier than the sword but trust me, my pen is shit. So don't go and do some stupid stuff like take my post seriously.

As i've mentioned earlier, it takes two to tango. But i don't dance, if you feel my drift. Cause i'd lose and losing sucks.

again...full of shit ... yeah .. i know.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway.....to some more totally irrelevant note, Farah scanned my lomo pics upside down and save it as a bitmap format. So one pic is like 1.22 MB and lomohome only allow 500kb worth of storage. Any idea on how to resize and readjust the orientation of the pics. Adobe photoshop can do those shit rite? hahaha. i'm such an ungrateful bastard. i should acknowledge her hardwork of scaning some blurry pics of mine and yet i can bitch and moan about it.

The whole world is waiting for the debut of kota(e)k-man. Sick creative people are my kind of people. I bet it's gonna be mind-blowing. I need details. Is it a movie? or just some sort of comic strip?

To everyone, god luck with whatever you do. Don't hold anything back. Go for it!

movie watch 2

movie watch 1



Tuesday, September 27, 2005

no surprises


Seems like birthdays are just some measurement of how long you've been around. Some say it's just some kind of measurement of how far have you gotten in life. OR, how underachieved you are still.

Well to me, it seems like i've been spending my 23 years on education. From pre-school, to elementary/secondary school and then to further study. At my age, some are married, working, dead etc. So it's not quite true to say that i'm underachieved at my age but i'm also not that far in life. Still living off mom and dad, no real asets.

Well age is certainly NOT a measuring stick for how mature you are. That's for sure. So does education. I don't think smart people are wise people. I don't feel like 23 years living and studying or qualifies me to judge anyone. It's not fair for me to say that your job suck, or your relationship is messed up or you are so stupid. because maturity comes from experience. And i just think if you have experienced a lot and mature through those experiences then you could probably have a say. But i bet it will come out right. For example, it wouldn';t sound like an insult when someone who work as a CEO tells you that your job sucks or, someone who is married with 17 children says your realtion ship suck and you don't deserve him/her bla bla. Who are we to justify saying all those things when we are just 20+ and haven't seen or experience anything real yet.

I always grasp this concept of you should take responsibility of your action AND what you said. If i say something and i know it;'s wrong i think it will save a lot of time if i be responsible and apologize or correct what i've said instead letting my ego side take over. But it's not so simple. It's not a piece of cake. We are also responsible for our dignity which where our ego lies. Would you apologize to your enemy if you're wrong. That's where responsible took over a whole new meaning. Responsible of saving our face. Multiply it by 2 (it takes 2 too tango), and you'd probably have few of stalemate arguments. Being responsible is hard. ITs harder when you reach that time and age where your responsibilites are not only your own but others. And you have to be prepared to be responsible of actions of others. Can you dig it?

When i was little i really wanted to grow up quickly so i can have money and be super cool. You know how it's like when you were in school and you wanted to be a policeman or gaban just for the sake of coolness. But now, come to think of it, i want to be in that moment where you're on your own doing cool stuff with out the burden of responsibility. Like when you're on a vacation, but not with your mom and dad (when you're little) or when you have to cut short your vacation coz you have to show up for work on mondays(when you're all grown up) but when you can like for example, lay naked on the beach all day long without ever having to think about anything. I know i have moments like those. And wouldn';t it be cool if those moments are looped so i can hold on to that feeling forever. Dream on.

I've been thinking about my life blueprint. And i think i need to re-sketch it. Its not as simple as *school>work>get rich>marry>kids>get closer to god>die* anymore. Hurm, but we'll never see the big picture, so why bother rite?. **maybe i'll stick to the basic malaysian life's blueprint and be a mold product of a proud malaysian. And then bitch about prices/tolls/fuel and shit going sky high.

to those who wished me happy birthday , thanks, to those who didn;t next year u still can. A very special thanks goes to farah just because she's special. :D

**maybe not all malaysian are living like that. but a lot are. Its easy but, its sorta like the matrix. routine and shit. i've gotta stop this dreaming because i know the only way for me to get through for my next birthday is to follow the so called blueprint.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

en. nizam nuri, as promised.


this is the best i can do. right now anyway.

visit http://persetankan.blogspot.com/ for more rahsia *

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

city of god


the list of the must-watch movie continue to grow with its newest addition, City of God. its probably one of the best based on a true story movie i've ever watched.

Set on the mean streets of a Rio de Janeiro slum (in the "Cidade de Deus" housing project), this film follows two boys who grow up down differing paths (stretched across over 15 years, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s). One, Buscape (Rodrigues), becomes a photographer, the other becomes a drug dealer. The film follows their paths through a series of short stories, as we learn about the violent, often short lives of those wrapped up in the dangerous world of drugs and crime on Brazil's cruelest area.
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
Running Time: 2 hrs. 13 min.
Release Date: January 17th, 2003 (LA/NY).
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content and language.
Distributor: Miramax Films (picked up at Cannes)

more info visit http://www.miramax.com/cityofgod/

anyway .. its confirmed. the test is gonna take place on the 1st of november. that sucked.

I'm just thinking out loud here, so it's just my opinion and dumb thoughts. nothing more ...nothing less.

i'm thinking about people. me and you. us and we. them. and there was this guy who i thought was okay but turned out to be a total ass. so as i am trying to be more trusting to people, he kind of made me think that people don't deserve that much trust.

i'm not gonna tell what this dude did coz i'm no natural rat, but what he did sure provoked some negative emotions from people.

so as i'm observing (?) the evidence of what this dude did, i was shocked because i really thought he was an okay son of a bitch. that for one, showed that i can't rate people at first glance. so now i kinda have an idea on what this dude is all about.

it's a simple case of knowing what to share with people. and for this dude, he doesn't know what should be shared and what should be kept to himself. i've seen many people kinda just shoot off they're filthy mouth, bad mouthing people, mocking this and that. and sometime i kinda listen to it and i thought to myself "does that need to be said?".
maybe i'm too sensitive about it. maybe he meant it as a joke. but if the joke's on you, it's not a pleasant thing to endure. does this guy deserve my trust? heck no.

:D, i know for a fact that making people feel bad or shitty is just some distraction so we won't be the one getting laughed at. so we'll just shoot to kill before we get shot. u know what i mean? it means that weak people use other weaklings as their shield. strong people don't need no shield because they don't get bothered by mocks or taunts. they're not afraid of who they are ...or... maybe they're actual saints. strong people deserve our trust and they are a bunch of your loved ones and your true friends.

weak? i'm weak. you're weak too. you know it, but maybe it's better no one does. because it's scary if someone found out you're uncapable of things. no one wants to be weak.that's just natural. it's like the law of nature or something. you can accept the fact or u can run away from it. the faster we accept the fact that we're weak the faster we imrpove and move on. we should work on it. not use some weakling as a target so well get off the hook. weak people don't trust others that much cause they're afraid of getting hurt.

another thing that bother me most? this so called people who rate highly of themselves. they don't have to say it. but we can sense it from them. like troy dyer of reality bites. who always think he knows the world and he always justify all his weaknesses. it's hard to find anyone humble this day. people always have something to brag about even though they don't know they're doing it. these people take pleasure in knowing that they are not one of them victims/sheeps/whatever/people just because they're taste in things are different which in turn makes them special. but are they? special? nope. its just an excuse so they'll feel better. do they feel better though? nope. it's funny actually. the more they think that they're special the more they are shutting themselves from others. the less they gain.

i am through hthinking about this dude and how i thought he could've been my friend if i were to get to know him better, i know that he probably thought the same way about me. maybe not. but if he did, i won't trust him.


Tuesday, September 20, 2005

zzz

erm ... i'm waiting for the Arsenal everton game ...

i was planning on going home (Serdang) on the 30th, but then suddenly, my lecturer thought about having a test on that date or on the next day. so that would be friday or saturday which kinda suck because the my family's cameron trip is on the 30th. so there goes cameron ... if the test date is set.

and urm ...rumors about the scholarship money is circulating and its been ringing in my ears eversince. so i was thinking about buying stuff or maybe saving up so i can go somewhere like an island or ... i dunno.

so i've decided to halt the decision of having a driving license ... in this day and age it seems essential. maybe not to so many people. its just a piece of plastic with your face on it anyway. you don't need a license to drive. but you do need to know how to drive to drive. and of course a car. the very least.. your parents car.

there was this awful accident today. it was on the front page of the press. and on tv. a car rammed 2 or 3 policeman and some civillains and the all died. lately i've been thinking about terrible things happening. and farah did came up with a good point by saying that bad things occurs more to religious people. so i'm like thinking, could that be true.

we were thought to look at awful stuff happening to us as some kinda of sin redemption scheme, or as some obstacle god set up for us, and it would probably take us probably less than a minute to think about god if we really stick to that and maybe the whole bitching or complaining part won't be the only thing coming out of our mouths.

i sometime complained about this and that. but some have it worse than me. if i were taunted or mocked i know that there is a boy/gal out there who is taking a rather heavy beating then me. if i am broke i know that there's a dad out there trying to feed his family and if i'm hurt physically i know that some people are not even standing on their feet.

everyone want to be better. but in my case, i don't know if i'm a better person then i was like 2-3 years ago. sure i stopped smoking and i shake off all those money wasting habits that i have but am i a good person? i know i'm better than some people out there but it doesnt matter if you are not good to the ones that you need most and the ones that need you most.

is it always gonna be about cracking jokes? money? is my life gonna be just another routine where the only purpose is to go through tomorrow?

don't get me wrong ... i'm happy ... but for once, i just want to feel i dunno ... just satisfied with everything ... i want to feel filled with more than what i see or have. feel like i don't have anyone to please or to talk to. nothing to see or to desire. that sounds like bliss. maybe that'll come when u die. whoa ... i'm way over my head here.

life is so easy. so easy to get pass by if we stick to what we put our faith in.

that's it ... faith.

Friday, September 16, 2005

amped


i've completed watching the evangelion series. and now i get what qadir meant by what he said about the movie matrix using some of the ideas and philosophy of eva and incorporating it in the matrix trilogy. its not a total rip-off but there are some resemblences . still the matrix rank amongst the highest in my mega-blocbuster-must-see-movies list. i think the matrix is a breakthrough in science fiction films. it kinda set the standard on how a science fiction movie should be made.


speaking of trilogys, godfather is also one trilogy that is up there among the best. but the first godfather is probably the best. some would argue and probably would rank the 2nd one as the best. my pal said the only movie that has a sequel that is better than the first one would be godfather. i kinda agree. but i still love the first one. the third one is kinda slow but is allright. in the 3rd installment, the godfather himself is turning over a new leaf but somehow got pulled back in the mafia underworld. ironically many tried to kill him during his mobster glamourous rich days but he died as an old lonely man. sad.

so the eva movie is on my to-do list. and also the movie city of god. i';ll probably go back to serdang anytime next week and maybe i'll take my harddisk with me and copy some other stuff. say boring no more.

arsenal won 2-1 thanks to bergkamp last gasp winner. the truth is, i really ahve the feeling that FC thun would share a point with arsenal after v.persie sending off. but thanks to the old timer they manage to get away with the 3 point. whew.

now. to a more serious note.



i remembered a line in girl interupted where winona ryder said "crazy is you and me amplified". that's so true. i just see people amped up doing they're thing and to others it might seems like theyre outta their freaking mind. but they don't notice it. people say when you are angry you are in a state of madness. so if you amplify that feeling you could reach the extremes and robably kill. anyway. i just like the simplicity of the sentence.

if someone know where i could find curb your enthusiasm please tell me.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

policeman sucks

yesterday sucks. i got a ticket for not having a road tax. i was like saying, "i live around here so gimme a break". and i also told mr police that i went for a haircut and the motorcycle was my dad's so he got the road tax. but mr police with his stuck up style just don't give a fuck. mr police then gave me the ticket and i said fuck you instead of thank you. and then he tried to shoot me but i got away. slick eh? but when i got home. the road tax is no longer in use since the renewal date was on 29th of august. so it's actually my fault. even with a road tax, it's expired and i would've probably gotten a ticket anyway. i'm just pissed because i could've taken another route home. since i'm through hating myself, i'm taking pleasure blaming it on mr police. fat-burger-eating-stuck up-mr-police.


the ticket was one thing, arsenal also lost. to middlesbrough. that was fucked up. Arsenal's credentials as genuine title challengers took a severe buffeting as they spluttered to a dismal 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough.

Arsene Wenger's side were punished initially for poor finishing after dominating the first half and were then guilty of a lack of composure as Yakubu used his physical presence to telling effect.

i;m not the only one having a bad day.

have you seen the genie that converted to islam? that was cool. but i bet some would say it's a hoax or somekind. this genie, sort of possesed this chick that i think was getting married or something. and this ustaz kind of guy with white gloves did the conversion of the genie. but the ending is just hanging..like a question mark. i don't know if the genie left her body and went back to his underworld-spiritual-neighbourhood or if he is still in her. can't wait for the sequel. if there's any. the genie's name is idrus. it's scary and spooky. the voice is so creepy. the best short movie ever. i thought my day sucked.

i'm spooked.



Friday, September 09, 2005

nothin

i really got nothing to write. but the boredom is killing me.

desperate housewives is probably the best tv series i have ever watched in my life. you know it's good when you're hungry and need a shower but you won't budge from the monitor because you are hypnotized with their beautifully colourful character and amazingly crafted storyline. mind boggling.

when i finally got out of the house i kinda heard a woman voice in my head sort of like a monologue, just like on desperate housewives during the beginning of each episodes. now that is sick.

the best thing about being at home is the movie and sport channel.

england lost to northern ireland 1 goal to 0. and that really pleases me. meanwhile the french won against the republic of ireland by the same score line.

and today, i accidently watched a great movie called

Auberge espagnole, L' or the spanish apartment




here's the plot of the movie

As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young woman from Belgium, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life.

it's such a great movie. at first i was interested on the lives of students renting together since i'm renting too. the plot never stopped growing and i just got sucked into watching it. it got interesting minutes by minutes. it has great shots of barcelona with the alleys and the city. it's really cool. the movie was mostly spoken in spanish. thank god for the subtitle.

everytime i watch this kind of movie, that really blows my mind away by their unique characters ....you know, just talking and walking along great places, i just wished someone would make a movie about kl. we got streets, alleys. almost interesting people. between barcelona and kl. i think KL is better decorated with people, alleys, buildings. and it's just something about KL that you hate and love and the mixture of both make KL a very very weird city. weird in a good way.

this movie was almost as good as before sunset/sunrise.





Tuesday, September 06, 2005

hmmm .....

Komen Anti Mawi ..

Sebab Mawi yang tak sedap tu digilai ramai, Aidil
yang berbakat dah out.. Sebab Mawi yang diserap
masuk, habis kucar kacir satu musim AF. Anti MW

Pandangan Pertama

Dahulu Mawi:
Seorang qari yang pernah melunakkan bacaan al-
Quran. Antara petikan surah yang pernah
dibacadan dilalui sepanjang hidupnya:

"Katakanlah kepada orang laki-laki yang beriman;
hendaklah mereka menahan (merendahkan)
pandangannya dan memelihara kemaluannya;
yang demikian itu adalah lebih suci bagi mereka,
sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang
mereka perbuat" (Surah An-Nur ayat 30).

Dan mengakhiri surah-surah yang dibaca sambil
duduk bersila penuh tertib dan adabnya.

Kini Mawi:
Qari yang sama memerdukan dan menyaringkan
nyanyian. Antara petikan lagu
dendangannya: "siapa bilang gadis Melayu tak
menawan, tak menarik hati tiada memikat. Aduhai,
lemah lembut gayanya."
(lagu penyanyi lama)

Dan mengakhiri lagunya sambil menari lantas
memandang tepat ke arah wanita yang berdiri di
sisinya.

Pandangan Kedua

Dahulu Mawi
Seorang bilal yang pernah melaung azan sambil
berdiri tegak. Antara terjemahannya membawa
erti "...menuju kejayaan"

Kini Mawi
Bilal yang sama menyanyi lagu tema rancangan
sambil menari rancak. Antara alunannya
berbunyi "...menuju puncak".

Pandangan Ketiga

Memetik kata Mawi " ....dia mesti bertudung..."

Dengan petikan itu maka;
1. Tudung Mawi diberi nama dan laku diniagakan
2. Seorang peserta bukan Islam memakai tudung
secara bergurau lantas mengejar Mawi
3. Seorang juri wanita Islam yang tidak bertudung
tidak semena-mena memakai tudung berbentuk
selendang di kepala seraya berkata "saya kalau
nak komen Mawi mesti pakai tudung."

Lantas disambut gelak hilai, sorakan, teriakan dan
jeritan penonton menyambung gurauan dan
perbuatan main-main ke atas tudung ini.

Main-main dengan hukum Allah.

Pandangan Keempat

Fanatik, penyokong dan penonton Islam Mawi
akan mempertahankan Mawi habis-habisan
apabila dimaki tetapi apabila Nabi dan agama
Islam sendiri dicaci, di mana kalian 'bersembunyi'
selama ini?

break

the midterm break.

after fucking up on both of my recent examination, i guess a break is mostly welcomed. the basketball court is not as nearly as exciting this time around. and haven't yet jammed. everything does change after you fucken work huh. played snooker today. haven't played since .....hmmm..i can't even remember.

trying my best to finish desperate housewives. farah is the person to thank .....for letting me copy the series from her hard-disk. i'm now on episode 8. and there's like 20 something more episodes to go.

downloaded soundgarden. and some other one-hit wonder songs from bands that is unknown to many this day and age.

One week after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region, miles-long lines of vehicles crawled into Jefferson Parish on Monday as residents were allowed to return to salvage what was left of their homes. New Orleans' mayor warned that 10,000 people may have died. President Bush began his second trip to the region since the storm hit, landing in Baton Rouge late in the morning to start another inspection tour and consultations with federal and local officials.


the bush administration is totally fucked up. how can a country as big and as developed as the US took 5 days to sort the mess out. simple. the answer is goerge bush. maybe i dunno the facts but... i don't think it's logical that the US took more than 5 days to arrive with help at new orleans. it is sad to see the post-hurricane casualties that could've been avoided if the govt just shut the hell up and provide them with the help/care they need instead of false promise through the media.

disaster after disaster. typhoon nabi struck japan. and a passenger jet kinda plough into a city killing 143.
"The dead victims total 143, composed of 104 passengers and crew and 39 residents," Pardede said in a statement in the country's third biggest city.

reality bites ... hard ....


Thursday, September 01, 2005

id310805



its our 48th independence day ... wow how about the fireworks huh? .... it's mesmerizing ...

all the independence history stuff is not so interesting.. ...

people rather go to concerts and watch mawi and the fireworks....

who the hell designed the malaysian flag anyway?

how do you celebrate the freedom of a nation?

the fireworks ..? concerts? ... ahhh..

malaysians just need excuses to have fun ...

we're so uptight about having fun ..

we're all just TOO serious.....

workin and sending kids to school ... and politics and economy and shit ....

unless there's an event we'll be working or just doin serious stuff...

WE NEED MORE CONCERTS!!!!! WE NEED FOO FIGHTERS!!!! WE NEED HOOBASTANK!!!!

i'm just pissed coz there's nothing good on tv ....