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Misi Mentibang

Thursday, 31 December 2009

Mentibang tu ape? Pertanyaan typical orang sekeliling setiap kali aku mention "Rase nak gi mentibang la...". Berdasarkan statement tadi, agak2nye la kan....ape maksud mentibang? Adakah menjala ikan? Menaiki kapal terbang? Membaca buku?? Yaa...jawapan tu semuanya salah. Takrifan yang paling tepat adalah: berjalan2 atau merayau2. Perkataan comel itu diwarisi secara turun-temurun dari family belah ibu. Macam mana aku boleh terjebak dalam gejala mentibang ni? Semuanya disebabkan makcik2ku yang sungguh sporting lagi happening yang selalu menjadi teman mentibangku semasa di Malaysia dahulu. Sejak mereka remaja sehinggalah dah berumah tangga, hobi mentibang masih mengalir dalam salur darah dan saraf. Aku juga tidak terkecuali.



-Andak and her baby Ziyaad-

Merata tempat telah ku jelajahi bersama 2 orang mak cikku yang paling muda: atam dan andak. Mana taknye, mereka tinggal di Kuala Lumpur, tengah2 kota raya tu. So sebut je mana nak pegi, start enjin kereta dan vrrrroooommm!! Off we go! Yeah...semudah itu. Nasib baik mereka sporting tahap kentang, maka sangat kamceng lah kami memandangkan masing2nya kaki jalan a.k.a kaki mentibang. Midvalley Megamall, One Utama, Sunway Pyramid, Subang Parade, KLCC, The Gardens, segala gigantic shopping complex telah ku explore bersama mereka. Tak kurang juga tempat barang2 murah + happening macam Uptown dan Danau Kota.



-Atam and anak andak Ziyaad-

Kini aku berada di Mesir, menjalani hidup sebagai seorang musafir yang masih tidak lekang dari hobi lamanya: mentibang. Tiada lagi andak atau atam sebagai teman mentibang. Kalau nak mentibang dengan mereka, kena tunggu cuti musim panas la nampaknya. Itu pun kalau ada rezeki balik Malaysia, huhu. Apabila berada di sini, memandangkan tiada sifu yang akan biasanya mempelawa untuk membawaku mentibang, ditambah pula dengan budaya masyarakat Melayu Mesir yang melihat mentibang itu sebagai suatu aktiviti yang aneh (bagaikan ia budaya dari planet lain...T_T), maka aku jarang sekali dapat mentibang di sini. Jarang di sini bermaksud...not every weekend, of course. Huwaaa....rindunye kat atam ngan andak!!

Namun hari ini, aku telah membuat keputusan awal2 lagi untuk menjalankan Misi Mentibang. Memandangkan hari Khamis adalah hari cuti kami, so nobody should say anything about my decision...huhu. Biasanya Sakinah menjadi teman setia aku tiap kali mentibang (dia pun dah terpengaruh kot, huhu), tapi hari ni aku decide nak mentibang sorang2. Kenapa? Sebab gado ngan Kak Sakinah T_T. Ish3....apesal gado2 nih?? Saje2 je...kitorang tak penah gado, so saje nak test camne rasenye bile gado (oh...giler hape...). Haa...maka nak tak nak, aku kenalah mentibang sorang2.

Rasanya ok gak mentibang sorang2. At least aku tak susahkan sape2 dengan perangaiku yang sentiasa nak 'cepat dan pantas' ni. Yaa...itulah aku. Kalau tujuan anda keluar untuk window shopping benda2 yang anda tak pasti apakah ia....maka janganlah ajak saya, kerana saya bisa meninggalkan anda seorang diri sambil saya menuju ke arah kedai yang telah ditetapkan matlamatnya sejak semalam lagi. To me, it's much time-saving. Hehe...ade je yang bengang ngan perangaiku yang difikirkan pelik ni. Tapi tak peduli pun, asalkan jimat masa dan tenaga dan duit. Kadang2 kesian gak kat Sakinah. Dia banyak lagi barang nak tengok, aku dah meluru ke kaunter pembayaran, siap keluarkan duit pecah, haha.

Tapi hari ni aku jalan sorang2, menuju ke kawasan 'Abbas 'Aqqad a.k.a The Shopaholic Street. Bukannya nak shop till I drop di situ, cuma destinasiku hanya 3: HSBC Bank, Mo'men dan Mercato. Kenape pegi Mo'men? Sebab teringin sangat nak makan Burrito sedap giler yang dah lame tak makan. Maka dengan langkah yang laju, aku masuk ke Mo'men. Burrito spicy satu!




Whoaa...harga Burrito dah naik maaa. Dulu 1o genih je. Tadi kena bayar 11 genih lebih. Dalam hati kata: saiz Burrito makan besar kot. Tak pun makin sedap...nyam2. Teringat kenangan makan ais krim bersama2 Sakinah tiap kali gi Mo'men. Uwaaa...sebak2 T_T. Dah2 tak perlu ingat yang telah berlalu. Beberapa ketika kemudian, Burrito Spicy pun siap!



Heh...makin kecik pulak saiz Burrito nih! Hadehh...ni sume la ni. Makan je la. Tapi rasanya tetap no. 1! Maksud aku...among fast food yang ade kat sini la, huhu. Rasanya tak sampai setengah jam aku berjaya menghabiskan Burrito sedap tu memandangkan saiznya yang dah semakin mengecut. Kalau tak dekat nak 45 minit kot, sebab speed aku makan adalah tahap siput paling pemalas sekali, berbanding ahli keluarga yang lain, haha. Teringat kenangan sering kali dirungut oleh ayah kerana makan slow sangat, seolah2 menghayati setiap inci ingredient dalam makanan tuh. Hihi...maaf sume.

Selesai saja makan, aku keluar dari Mo'men dan terus melangkah ke destinasi terakhir: Mercato. Aku melangah dengan muka bahagia tanpa mengendahkan Arab di sekeliling. Cuaca pun redup je tadi, bagaikan meraikan aku yang dah teringin sangat nak mentibang (huh?? what the....). Sambil2 melangkah dengan reaksi muka yang control poyo...erm...aku bukannya sengaja buat muka poyo a.k.a macho macam tu, tapi untuk keselamatan. Haa?? Mesti tak paham kan? Haha...takpe2. Abaikan je. Sambil2 berjalan, aku pun menoleh2 ke arah deretan kedai ternama di kiri dan kanan. Mesti Aiman excited kalau dapat jalan2 kat sini, hehe...aku bermonolog sambil memerhati ke arah butik Adidas, Guy Laroche, Ted Lapidus, Nike, Lois dan seumpamanya. Sekadar merenung boleh la...nak masuk dan beli?? Kirim salam je.

Tengah2 asyik berjalan, terlihat satu kedai aksesori wanita. Tanpa berfikir panjang, aku terus masuk tanpa memberi salam dan terus menuju ke tempat cincin. Haa? Cari cincin?? Ape cer?? Eh2...jangan salah faham. Accessories kan girls' best friends. Aku pun tak terkecuali. Saje je nak jenguk2, cuci mata. Ada la jugak design yang menarik. Malangnya, saiz cincin semuanya untuk datin2 Arab yang kaya raya sahaja, a.k.a saiz XXXXXL. Fi sughaiyar?? Aku bertanya kepada brader kedai dengan muka mengharap. La'...katanya sambil menggelengkan kepala. Huh...maka aku pun meneruskan perjalanan menuju ke Mercato dengan harapan tidak terserempak dengan mana2 warganegara Malaysia. Kenapa?? Sebab mereka akan pandang aku atas bawah dengan reaksi yang sangat2 heran sebab aku jalan sorang2. Saya takde boyfriend, so salah ke jalan sorang2? (sengal...) Huwaaa...teringat kat Sakinah. Tu lah, gado lagi. Padan muke kena jalan sorang.

Aku pun meredah jalan yang teramat sangatlah sibuk dengan kenderaan dan orang Arab yang berpusu2 menuju ke hala tuju yang tidak diketahui. Sambil berlari2 bagaikan kanak2 riang, aku cross jalan yang saiznya 3 lane tapi dipenuhi dengan kenderaan yang membuat 6 lane, yang masing2nya dipandu bagaikan tengah dalam perlumbaan F1 peringkat final. Hebatkan Mesir ni?? Ponnn!! Ponnn!! Kat sini memang hobi pemandu bermain dengan hon. Jadi, silalah faham dan buat2 tak dengar je. Kelihatan beberapa orang Arab yang kehairanan melihat aku berlari macam kena kejar, huhu.

Maka lebih kurang pukul 2 petang, aku berjaya meloloskan diri ke dalam Mercato. Jap2...cakap pasal Mercato, tak semua orang familiar dengan nama ni. Mercato ni sebuah pasaraya ala2 Giant, Jusco....camtu la. Apa yang best tentang Mercato, kat sini ade pelbagai jenis barang. Means...macam2 jenama ada. Tak macam Markaz Ar-Rayah littaswiiq...jenama teh yang dijual di situ balik2 Isis, Arousa dan Ahmad Tea. No variation at all. So kalau nak rase kepelbagaian, datanglah Mercato (ceh...promote pulak, huhu).

Aku memulakan misi mencari barang2: kacang bersalut garlic, chocolate murah ala2 Snickers, air kotak mango. Kacang bersalut garlic tu Kak Nisa' si gadis Pahang yang introduce kat aku. Rasa sekali....sedap. Rasa dua kali...lagi sedap, hehe. Dah lama teringin nak makan garlic bread macam yang dijual kat Pizza Hut, cecah ngan mushroom soup. Pergh...sedap giler. Tapi sob2...tak penah jumpa kat sini. Kacang bersalut garlic pun boleh laa. Minggu ni jugak asyik teringin nak makan chocolate je. Memandangkan chocolate kegemaran ialah Snickers dan harganya bukanlah sepert boleh dibeli sedozen sekali gus, maka aku pun start la mencari chocolate yang rasanya ala2 Snickers, tapi harga jauh lebih murah. Jenama Rodrigo (gerenti takde kat Malaysia, hihi). Snickers satu LE 3.50. Rodrigo satu LE 0.99. Untung tak?? Bagi mereka2 yang kesesakan, boleh la beli coklat ni. Tadi aku telah berjaya menibai 3 kotak air mangga. Dah lama sungguh rasenya tak minum air favourite tu.

Sampai di kaunter pembayaran.....PENUH dengan troli yang penuh. Aduihh...takde kaunter ekspress ke?? Sambil menjenguk2 ke segenap ruang, aku ternampak kaunter ekspress berlabel: LESS THAN 10 ITEMS ONLY. Sepantas kilat aku mengira barang2 dalam bakul. Oh....ade 11. Tak boleh2. Maka aku pun menunggu dengan sabarnya orang depan tu menyelesaikan barang2nya yang sangat banyak. Sampai je turn aku...tiba2 brader kat kaunter tu suruh aku pergi kaunter ekspress sedangkan kat belakang aku takde orang pun. What's up ni brader? Apa salahnya kamu kira je barang aku nih?? Tapi itu cuma sekadar monolog dalaman dan aku tak berjaya pun tanya kat brader tu T_T. Suka hati kamu lah. Lupa pulak...kat sini tak wujud slogan: Customer first. Don't ever dream to have it.

Selesai semuanya, sepantas kilat aku menuju ke tempat menunggu tremco. Menanti kedatangan tremco Akhir Syaari' untuk membawaku pulang ke rumah. Kelihatan selautan manusia sedang menunggu tremco. Ya Allah...ade can ke aku nak dapat tremco nih? Aku beranikan diri menyelit2 di kalangan mereka yang ramai itu. Sebuah tremco datang dan dengan sekelip mata, tremco itu diserbu oleh mereka2 yang sangat excited. Maka berlakulah kejadian tolak menolak di hadapanku. Malang tidak berbau, walaupun aku tak melibatkan diri dalam kejadian tersebut, namun aku turut terkena impaknya. Ketika sedang syok tolak menolak, seorang ammu hampir2 tergolek dan disebabkan nak balancekan badan, dia undur ke belakang ala2 melompat dan kelepek! mendarat di kaki kananku. .................. Speechless sebentar di situ. Huhu...tak leh nak bayang rasa macam dah leper kaki ni. Aku meninjau kasut Clark yang baru dibasuh itu. Yeah...kepam dan perlu dibasuh semula. Tahniah sarah! Ammu tersebut tidak henti2 mintak maaf kat aku. Aku pun sengih la kat dia kata tak pe la ammu, bukan salah kamu pun. Tapi dia mintak maaf lagi dan seterusnya sampai la aku cabut lari dari situ...huhu. Dia tau kot camne aku rasa. Macam kena gilis ngan tayar kereta pacuan empat roda.

Setelah beberapa kurun menunggu, akhirnya aku berjaya meloloskan diri masuk ke dalam tremco keempat. Merasa agak bangga di situ, haha. On the way home, disebabkan kesesekan lalu lintas, aku curi2 masa tinjau2 pemandangan luar. Tiba2 ternampak kelibat Ayu dan Fatin, gadis2 Melaka baru keluar dari senuah kedai. Bukan main ceria lagi wajah masing2. Mesti best kedai tu sebab time nak keluar tu Fatin siap melompat lagi haha.

Setibanya di rumah, bagaikan ribut taufan, aku segera merebut peluang untuk mandi. Yeah....sangat best mandi petang2 lepas mentibang. Rasa bahagia bagaikan dah setahun tak mandi (oh...tak la macam tu sangat). Masuk2 je bilik, tiba2 Myra kata " Sarah, ade orang bagi tu. Atas meja...". Dalam keadaan terpinga2 aku menoleh ke arah meja pink di katilku. Ada sesuatu dia atasnya......



Wah!! Snickers! Jejaka mana pulak yang bagi nih? Aku ternampak kertas hijau bersama chocolate tersebut. Gulp. Mesti Sakinah yang bagi. Perlahan2 aku mendekatinya dan membaca note comel tersebut dengan perasaan yang undescribable, haha. Secara ringkasnya...pasni tak yah cari pasal lagi. Macam budak kecik je nak gado2. Tapi kami gado senyap je, tak main suara2...hihi. Tak best kan kalau gado ngan kawan rapat kita. Lebih2 lagi macam aku yang susah nak dapat kawan T_T. Bila dah ada kawan tu, hargailah betul2. Dialah orang yang berkongsi suka dan duka dengan kita (ooops...tiada masa sentimental di sini, haha). Rasa terharu sangat2 dapat coklat kegemaran dalam keadaan tengah mengidam, hehe. Thanks sooooo much kakak!! Tak tau nak bagi ape balik kat anti. Kek coklat?? Not in the mood of making one, haha. Kobar je la pemalas.

Kesimpulannya, misi mentibangku seorang diri hari ini berjaya dilaksanakan dengan jayanya tanpa berlaku sebarang 'tersasar bajet' dan sebagainya. Mentibang pada hari terakhir tahun 2009. Ahlan 2010!! But still....rindu la nak mentibang ngan atam ngan andak!! Datang la sini..... (^_~).

Why I like Tuesday the most

Tuesday, 29 December 2009

First and foremost reason....

1) Turn aku masak!!! Yeah....haha. Memang hari yang sangat ku tunggu2. Kenapa? Sebab masak boleh releasekan segala tekanan baik dari segi emosi atau lain2nye. Kalau rase cam nak meletup, masak la. Orang lain dapat makan :).



2) Jadual kuliah sangat best: |Physiology|Anatomy|PSYCHOLOGY|Practical Anatomy|
Datang je awal2 pagi yang berkabus tu, nampak muka Dr. Magda yang serius. Ya, beliau nampak serius dan sememangnya serius, tapi jangan salah faham. Dr. Magda saaaaaangat2 pro dalam topik yang diajarnya. Rasa cam tak caya pun ada jugak kadang2 sebab dia mahir sangat. Banyak betul input yang dia bagi time lecture (beruntunglah sape2 yang kekal segar...aduiii). Rasa Dr. Magda tu macam mak kadang2.
Next, subjek Anatomy. Biasanya, hari Selasa Dr. Hany Shawky punya turn. Dr. Hany ni pun same. Pro giler kentang la dalam bab2 Anatomy ni. Kalau time kelas dia je, jarang la aku terlena (ehh...yeke??). English dia pun best dan dia pandai buat lawak yang boleh diterima akal semua orang. Rasa selesa + seronok je time kelas dia. Cara dia ajar pun menarik, senang nak ingat.
Seterusnya subjek Psychology a.k.a subjek paling aku suka setakat ni. Kenapa suka Psychology? Tak tahu la...suka tu datang naturally, hehe. Rasa enjoy je belajar subjek tu. Maybe sebab it deals with real life situation. Bukan nak kata subjek lain tak deal with real life situation, tapi mungkin yang lain agak complex kot. Setakat ni, belum pernah terlena lagi time Psychology. Tapi sayang, sekali seminggu je dapat belajar subjek tuh.
Praktikal Anatomy pada hari Selasa biasanya short section. Maksudnya, ada can dapat balik awal. Hooray! Tambah2 pulak dapat belajar dengan Dr. Hussein yang sangat best. Perghh...hari Selasa memang hari doktor best lah!




3) Peluang bertalaqi dengan 2 Syeikh dalam 1 hari!
Yeaa...inilah sebab paling best sekali. Lepas asar dengan Syeikh Wa'il, lepas maghrib dengan Syeikh Nabil. Kedua2 Syeikh tekankan aspek yang agak berbeza. Jadi, dapat 2 ilmu berharga dalam 1 hari (^_^).

4) Kalau kelas habis awal, maka maknanya, ada banyak masa free sebelum asar. Jadi, pelbagai aktiviti menarik dapat dilakukan sementara menunggu masuknya waktu asar. Contohnya: melawat blog sendiri, menjenguk blog orang lain, mentibang kalau ade mood, kemas rumah kalau keadaannya macam tongkang pecah, belek2 buku cerita yang dah setahun beli tapi tak pernah sentuh dan macam2 lagi. Nak call ibu n ayah pun boleh! Hihi...

5) I was born on Tuesday. Pelik tetapi benar. Pada 15 Mei tahun 1990 bersamaan hari SELASA, lahirlah aku sebagai penyeri keluarga.

Konklusinya, hari Selasa adalah hari yang paling menceriakan!


-Tiada masa untuk bermalas-malasan-

Missing me...

Saturday, 12 December 2009

For the 1000th times today, I fell asleep again during the lecture. I don't know what else I could do to stop that unintended accidental habit. Honestly, it's tiring me out that I have to force myself all the time to stay awake. But I just can't! God...what else can I do? Please help me... I don't want to be called 'sleepers' by any of my friends or doctors. It's rather humiliating. I didn't even plan to sleep! Urghh...help me!!

Right now I feel like closing my eyes tightly and imagining to be at Fraser's Hill...or somewhere else enriched with nature. I just want to see some green views with fresh air and feel the cold air on my skin. Easy to say, I need a break. I need a break from all these dramatic lifestyle I'm having right now. I wish to spend some days with mom, dad and bro somewhere peaceful and green. Or perhaps an island with crystal clear water, white fine sand and calming sea breeze. Hoping that my mind and heart will pull themselves together. Well, that's just my own idea of relaxing or so called 'taking a break' from this topsy turvy life.




Why am I writing in English out of a sudden?? Simply because I want to and I feel like my English is decreasing from something to zero, as a result of lack of usage. Gosh....what a waste. Sometimes I wonder what caused it to happen and what did I used to do to maintain and increase my ability to speak and write in that language. Two years ago, I enjoyed watching movies, programmes, documentaries, sports news, interviews and even tv commercials. I learnt something beneficial for my future from those. I also used to read books, novels, articles and even flyers. And guess what? The dictionary was my best friend. I gained a lot from those habits.

I could speak fluently with courage even in front of public. I participated in the English debate competition three years in a row. I tried writing and composing short stories until I completed a novel. I entered an essay writing competition and won some amount of money. The memories were so sweet that I felt really grateful for having the chances. How I missed those days...



I fell in love with writing about a few years ago, when I was 14, if I'm not mistaken. I felt like I had created a new world, the world of mine in which I designed everything. Moreover, I was not used to share problems with others. So I used writing to express my thoughts. With encouragement from my teachers, I improved my writing skills. I felt really happy when I was writing that I brought the two precious things everywhere I went: a book and a pencil. I believed the saying 'A pen is mightier than the sword' which was painted on the wall of my primary school.

I wrote about everything that happened around me. Every new person I met, when by chance I experienced a wonderful event with him or her, I would write something interesting as a memory. Sometimes I created an imaginary stories after I watched movies that inspired me to do so.

To me, writing is such a beautiful activity to do. But recently, that habit seems to be taken away from me. I can hardly reach a pencil and a book. Or even if I manage to begin a story, it doesn't reach an ending. The enthusiasm at the beginning floats away slowly, very slowly until at the middle of the story, I rub my eyes, close my book and move away from my desk. It's a strange syndrome that takes me away from my favourite habit. This year, I haven't written any story at all, not even a short one. Pathetic, very pathetic (T.T)




Now I have a new interest, quite a nice one though.

-PHOTOGRAPHY-

Not sure what attracts me towards photography, but I just really addicted to it now. From photography I learn new things and skills: The right way to shoot good pics, the right angle, the perfect light, the perfect scene, editing photos, Adobe Photoshop, flickr, stumbleupon, various photography websites and more. I even learn new things about camera. A camera isn't just about taking photos, snapping this and that. It's more than just a snap. It feels like a whole new world...colourful and interesting. Wish to have the latest, most up-to-date unreasonably expensive camera (no matter what brand and model it is, huhu). But that's still just a dream. Perhaps I could request from my future husband one day as a gift. Hehe~




Well, as time passes, things change. But I still miss my old habits and interests. My English isn't that good anymore. And my interest in debate had fade away entirely. The reason for such change might be caused by the fact that 'debaters are liars' and I'm tired of lying just to win the competition. And oh yeah...how could I not forget the strange expression most debaters would give when I started to speak and babble my points out. It's annoying for having to explain that I never live in England and it's not a weird scenario if I use British accent despite I never went to the country. The easiest way....stop debating. Nobody will ask anything. Chill!

I miss to watch tv with my dad, buy new books with mom, watch football matches and commenting them with my brother, write new stories and think the way I used to. Feel like returning to those days and keep them still, not fading away from me.


-confused-

But hey....wake up! I'm here in Egypt now...having to live somewhere alienated at first, but thank God, I'm well-adapted to the environment. But still...haven't found the answer to my major problem: falling asleep during lectures!!

Not interested?? Maybe that could be considered as the reason. But I don't hate medical subjects. I like them of course. Why am I still falling asleep without my will? Pretty strange, huh? Hopefully, this sickness will go away soon....

B.O.I.K.O.T

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Rase2nye isu ni dah agak lame diperkatakan. Yela, tiap kali berlakunye serangan ke atas negara2 Islam oleh pihak Yahudi...maka dihebohkanlah ke satu dunia kempen memboikot. Hari ni Afghanistan diserang....mari ramai2 kita boikot barangan Yahudi!! Yeaa!!! Beberapa bulan kemudian....senyap sunyi saje. Sepi sekali. Tahun seterusnye...Palestin diserang. Yeaa...boikot balik!! Jangan beli barangan Yahudi!!!

Err...apsal camtu? Cam bermusim plak kan... Kalau takde serangan, takyah la boikot (suke2 hati je). Dah kena serang, baru pakat ramai2 tak makan McDonalds (ish3....). Ade tu plak...time kat Amerika je boikot KFC. Dah sampai Mesir, buat ape nak susah2 boikot. Makan je maaa...dah lame tak rase. Yang lagi menghairankan apabila ada orang buat 'dono' je bila sebut pasal boikot.

Pada suatu hari.....seorang anak keluar makan malam bersama keluarganya. Kebetulan, seorang kawan ayahnya turut hadir ketika itu.

Ayah: Ooo...ni ke dia handphone yang kamu baru beli tu? Jename ape ni? (tanya ayah kepada si anak, sambil membelek2 handphone anaknye)

Anak: Sony ericsson (jawabnye sambil tersenyum lebar. Mane taknye...dapat barang idaman)

Ayah: Ooo...ingatkan Nokia....

Anak: Nokia boikot...! Barang Yahudi....(dengan tegas menyatakan pendirian)

Secara tiba2...terdengar hilai tawa kawan si ayah setelah mendengar penyataan si anak itu.

Kawan ayah: HARHARHAR....diorang ni susah2 je boikot. Orang lain beli jugak. Orang Yahudi tu kaya gak...haha.

Anak: (Kalau ramai yang boikot, bankrupt la Yahudi tu kan?? Out of 10, kalau 2 dah boikot...still alami kerugian kan?? Yang dah tau kena boikot, tapi still beli gak tu memang support Yahudi la namenye. Sebab tu diorang kaya. Sampai bila pun camtu la. So, boikot la caranya. Ape la pak cik ni....-kata anak di dalam hati)

Si anak menunggu sesiapa di situ yang ingin membuat pembelaan terhadap penyataannya. Namun, semuanya bersetuju dengan pendapat pak cik tersebut.

Berdasarkan kisah di atas, dapatlah kita ketahui bahawa terdapat pelbagai pendapat dan pandangan manusia Islam terhadap isu boikot ni. Contohnye:

Kakak: Jom gi makan. Lapar laaa... Nak makan mane ni?
Adik: McDonalds. Ade McFlurry sedaaaap.
Kakak: Mane boleh. Boikot tu. Yahudi punye.
Adik: Tapi orang Islam yang keje kat situ. Diorang nak cari rezeki.
Kakak: Bukannye tak boleh cari keje lain. Rezeki Allah luas. Keje la kat restoran lain. Banyak je jawatan kosong.

Kawan I: Weh....nak tau tak...hari tu aku shopping ngan budak2 ni kat KLCC. Barang muraaah. Banyak aku borong...haha.
Kawan II: Ko beli ape? Nak tengok....
Kawan I: Ni haa...beg Timberland ni. Lawa kan? Murah lak tu...
Kawan II: Timberland? Ala ko ni...beli la brand lain. Buat ape beli yang Yahudi punye. Ko tak boikot ke....
Kawan I: Alaa...buat ape nak boikot. Sementara tengah murah ni aku beli la. Lagipun aku beli kat Malaysia laa buan kat sane.
Kawan II: Err...ape2 je lah. Ko shopping kat mane lagi.
Kawan I: Marks & Spencer! Murah tetibe!! Slame ni aku tengok mahal barang2 dia. Minggu lepas murah lak kan. Aku shopping sakan laa...

Sebenarnya, banyak lagi situasi yang boleh dipertikaikan berkaitan isu BOIKOT ni. Yela...kita nak boikot ni bukan suke2 je. Kena siasat asal usul, akar umbi dulu kan. Bila dah terang lagi bersuluh kita perlu boikot, kenapa masih ada yang mengaburkan mata.....

Aku penah dengar ceramah pasal ni. Ade seorang ustaz tu dia kata bila kita boikot barangan Yahudi ni, ekonomi diorang jadi lumpuh. Sumber kewangan diorang terjejas. Lagipun, aku penah baca jugak ade satu akhbar tu melaporkan betapa marahnya pihak Yahudi bila satu dunia mengambil langkah untuk memboikot. Mesti diorang rugi habis kan?? Kekuatan diorang antaranya kat bahagian ekonomi la. Nak kata Yahudi ramai...ramai lagi Muslim. Tapi masalahnye, Muslim masih lagi boikot bermusim.

Persoalannya....adakah sengsara jika kita memboikot barangan mereka? Sakit tenat kah kita kalau tak pakai handphone Nokia? Kena barah paru2 ke kita kalau tak makan makanan Nestle?? Jatuh miskin kah kita kalau tak pegi minum kat Starbucks?? Buat je la ice-blended kat rumah.

Logically thinking...takde masalah pun kalau kita boikot. Yep....no problem!! Tapi kenapa la manusia suka bagi macam2 alasan? Kenapa susah2 pikir orang USA tu boikot ke tak? Kenapa pikir orang Mesir, orang Indon, orang Jepun boikot ke tak?? Kenapa kena ikut mereka? Kenapa? Sebab tak cukup yakin ke...Yahudi guna duit2 kita tu untuk hancurkan saudara kita? Nak tunggu diorang hinggapkan sebutir peluru berpandu kat Malaysia baru kelam kabut nak boikot?

Jawapannya terletak di minda & hati masing2....

Jangan fikir diri sendiri. Jangan ikut kawan. Fikir betul2...Allah dah bagi akal kat kita. Bersama2lah renungkan. Dan yang paling penting....cakap je tak bagi kesan. Perlu ade tindakan.




~~ SUSHI ~~

Friday, 21 August 2009

Semalam, pada tarikh 20 Ogos 2009, aku dipertemukan semula dengan 'kenalan lama' yang dah lama tak jumpe. Namenye unik: SUSHI. Hehe...

Adibah bagitau dia kena siapkan assignment kelas Bahasa Jepun yang teacher dia bagi. Assignment ape?? Kena buat hidangan sushi!!! Waahh...terpegun seketika mendengarnye.

"Ko penah makan sushi x??" tanya Dibah.

Serta-merta senyuman terukir, haha. Mengenang kembali saat2 aku dipertemukan dengan makanan tradisi orang Jepun nih. Dulu2 memang aku tak pernah kenal benda ni. Setakat tengok dalam tv je, cite Istana Takeshi. Peserta kena lumba makan sushi sape paling banyak. Time tu tak terfikir akan berpeluang merasainye, hihi.

Andak (salah seorang mak cikku) lah yang mengintroduce sushi ni kat aku. Sejak tu, aku mula familiar dengan Sushi King serta beberapa restoran sushi yang lain. Jenis2 hidangan serta harga yang ditawarkan pun dah dekat nak familiar, hehe.

Aku pun ajak la Dibah ke JJS2, sebab rasenye, situ je yang ade sushi. Tempat lain kat Negeri Sembilan ni macam xde pulak. Antara barang2 yang perlu dibeli untuk buat sushi:
-Seaweed
-Beras pulut
-Topping: Isi ikan salmon, telur ikan (??)....dll.

Tengok2....sumenye xde dijual di situ. Ade kat KL je dik, kata akak yang jaga kaunter. Dibah menarik muka hampa. KL?? Huh....

Kitorang pun beli la 2 set hidangan untuk test 'rase', haha.









Harap2 cik Dibah dapat buat sushi yang best!

=> Time 4 PORTRAITS!

Sunday, 9 August 2009

1. Alter Your Perspective

Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense - completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

Get up high and shoot down on your subject or get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up. Either way you’ll be seeing your subject from an angle that is bound to create interest.


2. Play with Eye Contact

It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. Most portraits have the subject looking down the lens - something that can create a real sense of connection between a subject and those viewing the image. But there are a couple of other things to try:

A. Looking off camera - have your subject focus their attention on something unseen and outside the field of view of your camera. This can create a feeling of candidness and also create a little intrigue and interest as the viewer of the shot wonders what they are looking at. This intrigue is particularly drawn about when the subject is showing some kind of emotion (ie ‘what’s making them laugh?’ or ‘what is making them look surprised?’). Just be aware that when you have a subject looking out of frame that you can also draw the eye of the viewer of the shot to the edge of the image also - taking them away from the point of interest in your shot - the subject.

B. Looking within the frame - alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ’story’ within the image.






3. Break the Rules of Composition

There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them - as this can lead to eye catching results.

The Rule of Thirds is one that can be effective to break - placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image - or even creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot can sometimes create interesting images.

Another ‘rule’ that we often talk about in portrait photography is to give your subject room to look into. This can work really well - but again, sometimes rules are made to be broken.





5. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone

I was chatting with a photographer recently who told me about a corporate portrait shoot that he had done with a business man at his home. They’d taken a lot of head and shoulder shots, shots at his desk, shots in front of framed degrees and other ‘corporate’ type images. They had all turned out fairly standard - but there was nothing that really stood out from the crowd.

The photographer and the subject agreed that there were plenty of useable shots but they wanted to create something ’special’ and out of the box. The photographer suggested they try some ‘jumping’ shots. The subject was a little hesitant at first but stepped out into the uncomfortable zone and dressed in his suit and tie started jumping!

The shots were amazing, surprising and quite funny. The shoot culminated with the subject jumping in his pool for one last image!

While this might all sound a little ’silly’ the shots ended up being featured in a magazine spread about the subject. It was the series of out of the box images that convinced the magazine he was someone that they’d want to feature.



6. Shoot Candidly

Sometimes posed shots can look somewhat…. posed. Some people don’t look good in a posed environment and so switching to a candid type approach can work.

Photograph your subject at work, with family or doing something that they love. This will put them more at ease and you can end up getting some special shots with them reacting naturally to the situation that they are in. You might even want to grab a longer zoom lens to take you out of their immediate zone and get really paparazzi with them.

I find that this can particularly work when photographing children.



7. Introduce a Prop

Add a prop of some kind into your shots and you create another point of interest that can enhance your shot.

Yes you might run the risk of taking too much focus away from your main subject but you could also really add a sense of story and place to the image that takes it in a new direction and gives the person you’re photographing an extra layer of depth that they wouldn’t have had without the prop.




8. Focus Upon One Body Part - Get Close Up

Get a lens with a long focal length attached to your camera - or get right in close so that you can just photograph a part of your subject. Photographing a person’s hands, eyes, mouth or even just their lower body… can leave a lot to the imagination of the viewer of an image.

Sometimes it’s what is left out of an image that says more than what is included.



9. Obscure Part of your Subject

A variation on the idea of zooming in on one part of the body is to obscure parts of your portrait subject’s face or body. You can do this with clothing, objects, their hands or just by framing part of them out of the image.

Doing this means that you leave a little to the imagination of the image’s viewer but also focus their attention on parts of your subject that you want them to be focused upon.




10. Take a Series of Shots

Switch your camera into ‘burst’ or ‘continuous shooting’ mode and fire off more than one shot at a time.

In doing this you create a series of images that could be presented together instead of just one static image.

This technique can work very well when you’re photographing children - or really any active subject that is changing their position or pose in quick succession.


| Night Photography Tips |

Antara tips2 menarik yang boleh diaplikasikan bagi mereka2 yg mengemari seni fotografi!
Yang xgemar pun boleh try tips ni....

p/s: malas nak translate, huhu

What are our tools in night photography?

1. Tripod. While not always necessary (see further on for how to cheat on this), a tripod will give you the greatest flexibility to get the angles you need while keeping your camera steady for those long exposures.
2. Wide-angle lenses. This is a personal preference, but I love the way they work in night photography. I use Canon’s 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 ($700), but if you can afford it I’d get the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II ($1300). If both of these are out of your price range – don’t worry! Try it out with whatever you’ve got as the only thing that will limit you is your imagination.
3. A lens hood. To minimize lens flares from light entering at angles outside of your frame.
4. A flashlight. Sometimes you’ll want to draw attention to or simply lighten up an important part of the foreground which is too dark.
5. Our imagination. Tools lie all around us in everyday objects to help us make our work better in this; I’ve used bicycle lamps, lampposts and newspaper boxes to get it done.

The same composition rules that apply to day apply to night, except with night we have our long exposures to take advantage of. I’ve chosen a selection of my night work to illustrate some tricks of the trade:



The beautiful leading lines of Vancouver’s Public Library make it a photogenic building any time of day, but the diminishing light and soft cast at night makes it an even more attractive subject. Notice the green lens flare in the top corner – this may have been avoided by removing the filter or having a faster shutter speed. The jury’s out. This was a 30 second exposure at f/22.




Again, see how the water brings more light into our images, sections out negative space and can create gorgeous symmetry. Another delight of night work is the way lights will fracture into stars on their own – no special effects here, just time. 25 seconds at f/22.




I found myself in front of this statue wondering how on earth I could add the slightest detail to a part not facing a light source. It was a freezing night and I was biking around the park, so I took the headlamp off my bike, cupped it in my hands to make sure it wouldn’t reach the lens, and pointed it at the throat and chest area of the statue. 30 seconds at f/22.




As always, look for unique angles. This shot of the Rockefeller Center in New York City catches just the top of it, showing off the interplay of light in the surrounding buildings. Tripodless, I turned on a 2-second timer, pressed my camera firmly against the base of a statue, and shot this one. 1/8 of a second at f/8.

Lastly, if shooting with a camera that has a form of Live View, use it! Live View is indispensable for nailing your focus, especially as you can do a digital zoom to manually adjust your focus. A tripod will be a big help for this. Simply turn on the live view, flick your lens to manual focus, and adjust your focus ring until you’ve got perfect focus.

Behind the pics~

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

-Hobi anda?
Mengambil gambar

-Mengapa suka hobi anda?
Sebab ia HOBI. Kalau xsuka, bukan hobi namanya...hehee

-Bila masa anda melakukan hobi anda?
1. Apabila kamera Sony ada di tangan
2. Apabila kamera hp cukup power utk capture gamba yg lawa
3. Apabila Flickr atau Stumble Upon menghidangkan gamba pemandangan yg menarik
4. Apabila dah xde keje lain nak buat.

-Apa yang anda dapat daripada hobi anda?
Kepuasan. Idea baru. Kreativiti. Ilmu baru.

Dah2...banyak lak tanye. The followings ade beberapa keping gamba yg aku grab dari internet yg aku rasakan menarik. Niatnye nak letak banyak, tapi ntah kenapa 5 keping je boleh upload. Takpela, janji ade.



Tajuk gamba ni INFINITY.
Stuju? Hurmm...masuk akal gak.
Other than that:
-reaching for the future
-growing up (perhaps?)
-peace? naah...xkena



Tajuk gamba ni LONELY.
Ape kate survey:
-Autumn In My Heart (haha...)
-Mystery awaiting kot...
-Path to ambiguity (cewaah)



Gamba ni pulak xde tajuk.
Nak tau kenapa gamba ni menarik?
Nampak macam cikai je...cam xde pape.
Tapi cuba teka. Ni gamba siang ke malam?
Hahaha...boleh ke shoot gamba cani?



Ni pun xde tajuk.
Apesal macam area yg baru dilanggar garuda je nih?
Sunyi, kosong, boring.
Tapi ade 2 ekor kusheng di situ.
Ape yg menariknye?
Lu pikir la sendiri...hehe.




Rumah api?
Ke...rumah padi?
Waktu lepas subuh ke, nak maghrib?
Haa..special ek gamba nih.
Angle tertentu je boleh hasilkan gamba camni.
Cayalah photographer.

Disebabkan 5 keping je yg boleh di upload (pathetic sunggoh!), so kita sambung di kemudian hari. Tata~
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