27th May 2008, Tuesday
My bus was at 9am. We reached Stesen Bas Langgar at around 8.45am. The bus station’s name is special right? At 9.15am, finally my bus came.
It was another long journey. My seat was comfortable. I was fall asleep very soon. Some people even snored in the bus.
During the journey, I saw a lot of things. The bus passed by Machang, Gua Musang. I saw a lot of oil palm and rubber trees. I knew that I reached Pahang. The bus passed by Jerantut. I went to here for a leadership camp when I was in form 4. Then I passed by Genting Highland. I knew, I will reach my house very soon.
I keep thinking during this journey. I had spent 3 days at my friend’s hometown. Not to say unhappy, but I think I did not enjoyed it very much. I felt I was forgotten by them at most of the time. Perhaps I was just too sensitive. I hope I was.
At least, I had experienced new things, new food, and new culture. There are a lot of important things that awaiting me to do, therefore I should not care about the small matter. I will be smiling whenever I think about my hometown’s friends. They are really treating me good, sincere. I like being with them. I love them.
Sometimes, it does not mean that you will gain what you wish after you put all the effort in it. Relationship is like this too. Every relationship needs the support of two parties. It will be “game over” if one of the parties let go and stop continue. It is hurt, but we can’t force them. But at least we tried. Let it be a part of our memory.
Just let it be.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Prejudice
26th May 2008, Monday
Today we had nasi dagang for breakfast, my first time for it. The taste was not bad, special.
We went to shopping again, KB Mall. This shopping mall was bigger than yesterday’s shopping mall. It was just similar with other, so we don’t have anything to buy. We enjoyed cakes at Muhibah, RM3.50 each.
After that, we went to buy dodol, a kind of kuih, got coconut and durian flavor. But they were just selling coconut dodol here. I paid RM10 for 4 packets. I could not buy too much due to my weight of luggage.
We had stayed at here for few days. It was the time to buy bus ticket to go home. I plan to go home at Tuesday night. But unfortunately, the night shift tickets were all sold out. I had no choice but to buy Tuesday morning ticket. I was the earliest to go home among them. I bought transnasional single seat ticket, RM30.90.
Then, my friend’s father fetched us to Besut, Terengganu to buy keropok lekor. What we bought was raw lekor, need to fry at home.
It was a windy night. After dinner, we were served with a lot of fruits from her garden. We had fresh coconut water, buah ajaib, and salok. The salok was very special. The taste was like mango and nangka.
Actually I noticed that some people will have strong prejudice about the people from certain places especially KL. They have the thinking that KL residents are very rich and they do not know anything about the life of growing up in “village”.
Human being is like this, always feel the moon of other places is rounder. City life is not as easy as they think. City life is not as bad as they think. They have always said city life is busy, dangerous; city residents are selfish. Only city residents are selfish? Honestly, I am not really like their thinking, or I should say this is a totally WRONG AND NEGATIVE THINKING. It is unfair for city residents. Let me remind you, cities residents like KL are mix up from various people from a lot of places, is it showing that the residents of their hometown are selfish too? There is no such thing that city residents have influenced them, teaching them bad. If the person’s mentally is strong, nobody can change his habit.
Maybe cities residents do not know much about their “village” life, but at the same time, they do not know about our life too. They thought every resident of city is the same. My lecturer had said, negeri mundur, tapi rakyat kaya. It is true. Although their hometowns are mundur compare with big cities like Penang, but the residents are richer than cities resident. Need any proof?
So, please change your thinking and stop having prejudice about cities and the residents, if you do have. I am not saying that all the city’s residents are good, do not get me wrong. Knowledge is unlimited, each of us have many things that we do not know.
Thanks for reading, and think about it, leave any message if you wish to do so. Sorry if I did say anything that made you feel uncomfortable. I am really sorry for that, I am just… angry... I guess. My friend thinks that actually they are jealous, oh my god. But they know the real answer.
Today we had nasi dagang for breakfast, my first time for it. The taste was not bad, special.
We went to shopping again, KB Mall. This shopping mall was bigger than yesterday’s shopping mall. It was just similar with other, so we don’t have anything to buy. We enjoyed cakes at Muhibah, RM3.50 each.
After that, we went to buy dodol, a kind of kuih, got coconut and durian flavor. But they were just selling coconut dodol here. I paid RM10 for 4 packets. I could not buy too much due to my weight of luggage.
We had stayed at here for few days. It was the time to buy bus ticket to go home. I plan to go home at Tuesday night. But unfortunately, the night shift tickets were all sold out. I had no choice but to buy Tuesday morning ticket. I was the earliest to go home among them. I bought transnasional single seat ticket, RM30.90.
Then, my friend’s father fetched us to Besut, Terengganu to buy keropok lekor. What we bought was raw lekor, need to fry at home.
It was a windy night. After dinner, we were served with a lot of fruits from her garden. We had fresh coconut water, buah ajaib, and salok. The salok was very special. The taste was like mango and nangka.
Actually I noticed that some people will have strong prejudice about the people from certain places especially KL. They have the thinking that KL residents are very rich and they do not know anything about the life of growing up in “village”.
Human being is like this, always feel the moon of other places is rounder. City life is not as easy as they think. City life is not as bad as they think. They have always said city life is busy, dangerous; city residents are selfish. Only city residents are selfish? Honestly, I am not really like their thinking, or I should say this is a totally WRONG AND NEGATIVE THINKING. It is unfair for city residents. Let me remind you, cities residents like KL are mix up from various people from a lot of places, is it showing that the residents of their hometown are selfish too? There is no such thing that city residents have influenced them, teaching them bad. If the person’s mentally is strong, nobody can change his habit.
Maybe cities residents do not know much about their “village” life, but at the same time, they do not know about our life too. They thought every resident of city is the same. My lecturer had said, negeri mundur, tapi rakyat kaya. It is true. Although their hometowns are mundur compare with big cities like Penang, but the residents are richer than cities resident. Need any proof?
So, please change your thinking and stop having prejudice about cities and the residents, if you do have. I am not saying that all the city’s residents are good, do not get me wrong. Knowledge is unlimited, each of us have many things that we do not know.
Thanks for reading, and think about it, leave any message if you wish to do so. Sorry if I did say anything that made you feel uncomfortable. I am really sorry for that, I am just… angry... I guess. My friend thinks that actually they are jealous, oh my god. But they know the real answer.
Batik + Mango = ?
25th May 2008, Sunday
I was awake by the cold weather. Forgotten to tell you, I was at Bachok, near to pantai, that’s why it will be very cold.
3 of us went to market with my friend’s parents by kancil. The market was small, if compare with Kepong Baru’s market, if you went to before. Few stalls were selling kuih, each type of kuih was like a small mountain, the quantity was amazing right? Aunty bought nasi minyak for us as breakfast. We helped them to carry what they bought. Uncle bought rambutan and durian too. Their house was quite pedalaman, so it took some time to go back.
After the breakfast, the Honda again went out with 9 people inside. We went to town for batik. A lot of stalls were selling batik. I do not know which to choose. Simply went to few stalls and check about the design, finally bought one kain batik with RM38. My eldest sister called me to buy abstract design, hardly can find a nice design because mostly are flower design.
Then, shopping mall was the next destination. We followed their family to Pantai Timur. It was just a shopping mall, same with other places. Some stuff is cheaper than KL. My friends and I bought some stationary. I bought a pair of short pants, guess what, it was just RM17!!!
In the evening, we were served with pisang goreng and teh. At night, we were served with mango after dinner. We love ripe and sweet mango. We enjoyed our dessert with watching a Malay movie ‘Duyung’.
I saw some wedding invitation cards in her house. The cards were extremely simple, just printed on color paper. The cards were unlike with ours. Ours are made from hard card, with nice smell and shining surface.
Yummy yummy ^@^
I was awake by the cold weather. Forgotten to tell you, I was at Bachok, near to pantai, that’s why it will be very cold.
3 of us went to market with my friend’s parents by kancil. The market was small, if compare with Kepong Baru’s market, if you went to before. Few stalls were selling kuih, each type of kuih was like a small mountain, the quantity was amazing right? Aunty bought nasi minyak for us as breakfast. We helped them to carry what they bought. Uncle bought rambutan and durian too. Their house was quite pedalaman, so it took some time to go back.
After the breakfast, the Honda again went out with 9 people inside. We went to town for batik. A lot of stalls were selling batik. I do not know which to choose. Simply went to few stalls and check about the design, finally bought one kain batik with RM38. My eldest sister called me to buy abstract design, hardly can find a nice design because mostly are flower design.
Then, shopping mall was the next destination. We followed their family to Pantai Timur. It was just a shopping mall, same with other places. Some stuff is cheaper than KL. My friends and I bought some stationary. I bought a pair of short pants, guess what, it was just RM17!!!
In the evening, we were served with pisang goreng and teh. At night, we were served with mango after dinner. We love ripe and sweet mango. We enjoyed our dessert with watching a Malay movie ‘Duyung’.
I saw some wedding invitation cards in her house. The cards were extremely simple, just printed on color paper. The cards were unlike with ours. Ours are made from hard card, with nice smell and shining surface.
Yummy yummy ^@^
The 1st Day
24th May 2008, Saturday
I reached Kelantan at around 12.30noon. It was a long journey. I did not go to toilet for so many hours. Although there were toilet provided in the trains, but you can imagine the condition of it. That’s why I stand for it so long, ha-ha.
Can you imagine a Honda City with 9 people inside? No way, it’s not a joke. Serious, let me tell you, and count. First of all, my friend’s parents, then 3 of her younger sisters, herself, and 3 of us. Maybe you can try it next time with 10 people, ha-ha.
Her father treated us chicken rice as lunch. The shop was small, but was awarded prize before, very famous. They have fried chicken too, special? I bought a pair of slippers here because I do not have slippers to bring to here. RM10, orange color, I like them, show you later, ha-ha.
We went to temples after that. We went to 3 temples, which were written as “wat” and following by the name on sign board. These temples had Thai word. First was the sleeping Buddha (睡佛寺), then the sit Buddha (坐佛寺) and the stand Buddha (站佛寺). The Buddha were huge and beautiful. You should go to take a look if you have chance. But they had a bit different with KL temple which is you can see the sami or workers around the temple. We were hardly meet anyone here except other tourists.
We took some photos. It was a great time, although we were tired after the long journey. We were smelly because we were sweating on yesterday when chased for trains. We did not have the chance to brush teeth, but we were happy.
We went to her house after that. Her house was damn big, with a lot of doors. It was like a bungalow, because it’s not like terrace house, the neighbor stay quite far with them. Both sides of her house are land that planted with full of tembakau and some lembu.
We had sotong and kerang for first dinner at here. Heard about pudu before? Not the bus station at KL. It was a kind of kuah, not sure about the ingredients. Put slices of chilies inside when you serve, eat with raw cucumber. Special is it?
I reached Kelantan at around 12.30noon. It was a long journey. I did not go to toilet for so many hours. Although there were toilet provided in the trains, but you can imagine the condition of it. That’s why I stand for it so long, ha-ha.
Can you imagine a Honda City with 9 people inside? No way, it’s not a joke. Serious, let me tell you, and count. First of all, my friend’s parents, then 3 of her younger sisters, herself, and 3 of us. Maybe you can try it next time with 10 people, ha-ha.
Her father treated us chicken rice as lunch. The shop was small, but was awarded prize before, very famous. They have fried chicken too, special? I bought a pair of slippers here because I do not have slippers to bring to here. RM10, orange color, I like them, show you later, ha-ha.
We went to temples after that. We went to 3 temples, which were written as “wat” and following by the name on sign board. These temples had Thai word. First was the sleeping Buddha (睡佛寺), then the sit Buddha (坐佛寺) and the stand Buddha (站佛寺). The Buddha were huge and beautiful. You should go to take a look if you have chance. But they had a bit different with KL temple which is you can see the sami or workers around the temple. We were hardly meet anyone here except other tourists.
We took some photos. It was a great time, although we were tired after the long journey. We were smelly because we were sweating on yesterday when chased for trains. We did not have the chance to brush teeth, but we were happy.
We went to her house after that. Her house was damn big, with a lot of doors. It was like a bungalow, because it’s not like terrace house, the neighbor stay quite far with them. Both sides of her house are land that planted with full of tembakau and some lembu.
We had sotong and kerang for first dinner at here. Heard about pudu before? Not the bus station at KL. It was a kind of kuah, not sure about the ingredients. Put slices of chilies inside when you serve, eat with raw cucumber. Special is it?
North of Peninsula Malaysia
23rd May 2008, Friday
It was the last day of semester two. 3 weeks of holiday are awaiting us to enjoy and spend through. I had packed my room, cleared my room. Packed all the things and put in boxes, then carried to store room. All the residents of hostel have to clear room whenever school holiday to let another programme of students especially which are taking KDC course (Kursus Dalam Cuti) to stay in.
I was going to one of my classmate’s hometown that night. She was from the north of peninsula Malaysia, Kelantan, the classic and full with cultures place. Two of my classmates were going too. We took train, the most economic seat, RM25 per seat, but of course it’s not the most comfortable. The train should be arriving at 9.50pm, but we have waited for almost 1 hour plus, we reached our seat at around 11pm or 11pm++.
The trains were full and pack with a lot of people. Finally we found our seats, we straight sleep. I thought it’ll be cold, but actually it’s not.
Good Nitez ya ^^
It was the last day of semester two. 3 weeks of holiday are awaiting us to enjoy and spend through. I had packed my room, cleared my room. Packed all the things and put in boxes, then carried to store room. All the residents of hostel have to clear room whenever school holiday to let another programme of students especially which are taking KDC course (Kursus Dalam Cuti) to stay in.
I was going to one of my classmate’s hometown that night. She was from the north of peninsula Malaysia, Kelantan, the classic and full with cultures place. Two of my classmates were going too. We took train, the most economic seat, RM25 per seat, but of course it’s not the most comfortable. The train should be arriving at 9.50pm, but we have waited for almost 1 hour plus, we reached our seat at around 11pm or 11pm++.
The trains were full and pack with a lot of people. Finally we found our seats, we straight sleep. I thought it’ll be cold, but actually it’s not.
Good Nitez ya ^^
Friday, May 23, 2008
Happy Pig Theory
Some interesting theories about human and pigs:
Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoy
Pigs = eat + sleep
Hence, Human = Pigs + work + enjoy
if, Human - enjoy = Pigs + work
in other words,
Human that don't know how to enjoy = pigs that work
Men = eat + sleep + earn money
Pigs = eat + sleep
Hence, Men = Pigs + earn money
therefore, Men - earn money = Pigs
in other words,
Men that don't earn money = Pigs
Women = eat + sleep + spend
Pigs = eat + sleep
Hence, Women = Pigs + spend
therefore, Women - spend = Pigs
In other words,
Women that don't spend = Pigs
Summary:
Men earn money not to let women become pigs!
Women spend not to let men become pigs!
Men + Women = 2 Pigs
Wish all the pigs happy forever.
I'm not awarded as The Best Actress..
I'm not a good actor. seriously.
and yet i feel tired to face the actors ant actresses around me. Don't fool others to show off yourself, or being fake. Don't you feel tired?
or I should say, I'm a lousy actor?
I hate people acting fake to me and I hate that I have to do in this way either. what is the purpose and benefit by doing that? self-protect?
over protecting.
God, save the earth. Forgive human being's sins. The flood, earthquake... We take this as a sign, a lesson, and a warn.
and yet i feel tired to face the actors ant actresses around me. Don't fool others to show off yourself, or being fake. Don't you feel tired?
or I should say, I'm a lousy actor?
I hate people acting fake to me and I hate that I have to do in this way either. what is the purpose and benefit by doing that? self-protect?
over protecting.
God, save the earth. Forgive human being's sins. The flood, earthquake... We take this as a sign, a lesson, and a warn.
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