Archive for November, 2007

29
Nov

Holiday Start!

By bilanenekmembebel 5 Comments
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yay! setelah memerah otak bagaimana nk habiskan masa seminggu di utp without having paper (nenek habis awal. 21 tu last paper sbnrnya) akhirnya tiba masa nk balik. Seminggu tau nenek kebosanan layan citer korea, muvi2, gi beronggeng dengan member2 dan men game. padahal sebelum tu i thought this is what i was waiting for, the week of no paper, no assignments, no projects. just me and my free time. when it actually in my hand, i found that i dont know what to do with it. Kadang-kadang nenek rasa utp ni dh brainwash student sampai derg dh biasa bz, under pressure manjang. bila free skali skala dh mati kutu.

i already have a list of what i want to do with my holiday: i want to sharpen my skill in masak2. ye, nenek boleh memasak. despite what some of my friends think, i actually can cook real dishes. but, while i am at it, i think i have a list of foods that i expect to have kt rumah:t

1. sambal cili ikan bilis. i dont know apa nama masakan ni but this is what i am going to masak sendiri. my grandma yang wat this dish. it is so simple org tak reti masak pun leh wat dengan sedap. hahaha… the reason why i crave this because i cant find it anywhere in malaya. kena masak sendiri. haha

2. mee sup anjang aki (tak tau dia bkk kedai lagi ke tak). this mee sup is so heavenly delicious that it is considered a treat klu demam masa kecik-kecik dulu. dulu masa nenek kecik, kalau demam, ade special treatment sket. my dad would ask "nk makan apa?" and dgn muka kesiannya akan cakap, "mee sup, air laici". come to think of it, i am not sure kenapa itu jadi menu wajib masa demam. cumanya demam tu akan rasa lebih ‘feel’ klu mkn mee sup anjang aki dan minum air laici.

i dont know why, but i have been craving this mee sup since forever. i tried it at various gerai tapi takde satu pun yg leh celen mee sup kat batu kikir ni.

3. sup tulang. also made either by my mom or grandma. sup tulang kt kedai cam tak ’sampai’ rasa dia. i dont know how to explain tp sup tulang kt kedai2 yg nenek pergi sama ada kurang bahan atau bhn dia sgt complicated sampai hilang sedap sup tulang original tu.

4. kueyteow. i have been imagining this kueyteow yg kurang minyak, kurang kicap, with lots of kerang and sotong, and loads of kucai and tauge. *drool drool*. ini pun kena masak sendiri sebab kueyteow yg nenek imagine ni taleh dpt kt kedai.

5. "dream team": masak lemak labu + sambal gelesek + ikan selar goreng. tiga-tiga ni kira satu rangkai. if u r going to masak lemak labu, mesti kena ada sambal gelesek and ikan selar goreng, baru dish tu complete. and ikan tu mesti ikan selar. yg plg afdhal ikan selar kuning yg kecik2 tu, tayah goreng garing sangat sbb nnt serap minyak. nnt dh tak lemak lg rs ikan tu. sambal gelesek tu korg tau tak apebendenye? tak? hoh. terlepas nikmat dunia la korg. sambal gelesek tu adalah cili padi kita tumbuk dengan ikan bilis dan bawang kecik. klu nk bau sedap skit tmbuk sket bawang putih sekali. then perah asam limau. paling wangi dan kick guna limau kasturi. letak limau banyak2 kasi masam sket. mmg tangkap lentok. klu nk bagi ketiak wangi racik kulit limau kasturi tu campurkan sekali dlm sambal gelesek tu. then makan dengan nasik panas yang lembik-lembik sket. waaaaAAH!!~~ heaven!

6. gulai lemak cili api ikan kerisi dengan jering + kacang buncis goreng. another dream team. dua-dua dish ni complement each other. kacang buncis goreng tu pun ada cara masak dia. bawang kecik and bawang putih kena racik. klu tumbuk tak sedap. this is one of the few dish yg lebih sedap klu guna bwg racik. then goreng guna minyak baru, lebihkan sikit je minyak tu then goreng ikan bilis and bawang racik garing-garing. kacang buncis tu plk masak sekejap je to maintain its crunchiness (ade ke word ni? taper. anda sumer belagak paham). caner nk define sekejap tu: masa before masak, kacang tu warna hijau muda, then bila dh cukup masak, warna dia jadi hijau tua sket. klu dia dh lebam dan lembik, that means anda dh terlebih masak.if u refer to my previous post, u’ll know how i love the smell of this dish. *drool drool drool*

apparently i have pick a wrong time to blog this because i am positively starving right now. k la guys, be right back…after the break i mean. after this u wont see me blog for about a month or so because no internet connection back home ye. so…enjoy ur holidays! and as for me…i’ll definitely going to stuff myself crazy this break! =)

24
Nov

Sweetest Things in Life is…

By bilanenekmembebel 6 Comments
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Friendship… my 5 years experience in UTP taught me that. usually i am not a sentimental person, but i was (still am) so lucky to find some people that i can trust. me and my first roomate didnt go quite well because of difference in personality. it made me quite bitter and i thought i will live alone the next semester without any roomate. and then i heard that i have to be with somebody.

the turn of event was quite dramatic. i had register my name in a room. alone. then a girl, a junior called me and said that she wanted to be my roomate, which was fine by me. then by the time i have to move to the room, then i found out that she had somebody else there. her friend. she said that she had found another room for me instead and that she wanted to stay with her friend. i was very cooked up since the room was originally mine, why should I who have to move? so i went to the room whom she made the swap behind my back with. i have to admit, after my first experience with the former roomate, it makes me quite traumatized  to find out that the girl was the from the same state as my former roomate. u see, i have a preconception that the girls from that state will behave the same.

little did i know that the girl that i stayed with was very funny, witty, intelligent and kind (she is also beautiful, but i think she didnt realize it) and one of the nicest girl i know. she was different from all the girls that i know of (i mean from the same state). she is the person who taught me that generalization was a massive mistake to judge ppl with. she was also very honest. that means, i can leave my money or precious things laying around in the bedroom without worrying the things will be gone because they will be exactly where i left them when i get back. and then i realized, i grew to love her from all the time that i spent with her.

in the same time, i was quite close with this one girl. we are not from the same course. she was not even from engineering course. so u can imagine when i went to her room to study, she will chat with her friends with all the IT jargons that i dont understand at all. she is the patience one, the one who can put up with my neurotic acts and my foul mouth. i am extremely honest person who is also not afraid to voice out my opinion. the combinations of the traits makes me brutal. in laymen term, saya adalah minah laser. but she can put up with it and in the same time makes me a better person by telling me by example that being nice to ppl didnt hurt. it just makes u… better.

i was close to these two ppl until both of them went for practical training. i was left alone in UTP. i am the kind of ppl who cant make friends easily. yes, i have loads of acquaintances but to trust them at the same degree as these two ppl, no that was the hardest part. at that time, i trust only these two girls and i considered them my best friend. so letting them go was very hard for me to do. add to the fact that i will be going for practical training the next semester when they finish theirs. that means, we will not see each other for 1 whole freaking year. that makes me sad. i thought i have no friends in UTP whtsoever after they are gone.

then, just my luck, when i was contented with the living arrangement (i lived alone in the room), somebody knocked on my door and tell me that somebody wants to move in with me. i cant describe my feelings at the time. but i remembered to wish that this new girl will be as honest as my former roomate because i grew the habit of laying around my things unattended, secure in the thought that they will be there when i came back.

when she moved in, my first thought was "shes so quite. maybe she’s a nerd". i mean, u should see all the books that she brought with her. i think that most of the things that she brought with her were books, books, books, and stationaries. i was not sure how to strike up a conversation with her at first. we were even being very formal by using "saya-awak" while conversing. hahaha… but after a while i requested to change the term with a less formal "aku-kau", which suits her fine. (it still irked me when she still have a good laugh about my request to change the term to "aku-kau". hoi…aku tak wat lawak la. pelik la sebut "saya-awak" dgn ko. rasa cam nk ngorat ko lak). after several months living with her, i realized that God had sent me a replacement for my former roomate. she was just as kind, funny and witty. she was also very lembut girl. and she was easily flustered so it was fun to tease her.

but one day,it freaked me out when i found out another side of her. it makes me nervous as hell and i was afraid to open my mouth. u see, the girl that i know as my roomate was very different from the girl who currently sat beside me. i was thinking the whole time "give me back my roomate. i want my roomate."

we were going back home for semester break and she was driving. and hell, can driving drive out another personality of her too. she was very skillful driver and cant stand the fools on the road. so u see, i was marvelled to discover she can actually cursed! i was still amazed to think how this  sweet, kind lady can turn into a garang lady when she’s behind the wheel. like those bipolar disorder or something. it scares the hell out of me. *shiver*

after i went for practical training, i suggested her to stay with my ex-roomate (my roomate from before) because i guess their personality will instantly click the way mine and my ex-roomate’s. when i get back from practical training, i stayed in the same house. in fact, my room is just next to theirs. i am content with this living arrangement since i am close to the two of the nicest person on earth. (hyperbole, i know. but they are truly nice). and since then, my semester here in UTP suddenly became more interesting and fun.

when i look back, i cant begin to imagine how dull my life in UTP without them. these are the ppl who make my days in UTP more bearable. to know that they are still ppl u can trust, u can depend on, it was such a blessing. this is one of the blessings that was given to me and i humbly received. they are the treasures i hope i can keep.

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thank you guys…being with u all is the best and sweetest moments ever.

15
Nov

Ghost Story

By bilanenekmembebel 0 Comments
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dua tiga hari lepas, nenek berborak dgn rumet nenek psl hantu. dia cerita rumah dia macam rumah hantu. byk bende pelik boleh tgk kt situ. and i was quite interested dgn design rumah dia sbb nmpk klasik (some ppl will describe her house as eerie). mmg rumah dia nmpk seram. walaupun dia amik gambar tu masa tengahari buta, tp kwsn rumah tu nmpk suraaaam je. nsb baik tader gambar bende putih berambut panjang melayang di tingkap or something like that. haha.

nenek is one of the few ppl yg tak berkesempatan bertemu dgn hantu. not because i am not sensitive or not blessed with a sixth sense, tp sbb nenek lampi. i had my opportunity to "meet" them a few times, tp oleh kerana kelampian nenek, nenek tak sedar itu adalah mereka until after a few moments, baru nenek terpk, "eh, itu apa tadi tu?"

masa yg sll blh nmpk derg was when i was in jasin. dh la ddk kt blok G. blok tu plg hujung dr semua blok and ada sikit je students yg ddk kt situ. wing nenek plk, ada dua bilik je kt situ. masa tu tak terpikir seram tak seram, sbb biasalah klu ddk dgn bdk perempuan, blok tak penuh pun rasa cam penuh. bising manjang.nk stadi bercakap, nk mkn bercakap, berjalan bercakap, nk tido pun bercakap jugak. tak tau bila masa nk diam. haha

so pada suatu hari nenek nk gosok baju sekolah sblm tdo. kt situ ada satu bilik khas nk iron baju. biliknye kecik memanjang dan ada satu tingkap. i was in form 4 masa tu, and semua bdk form 4 ditempatkan kt tngkt dua. masa tu dh pkl satu or dua, and hampir semua bdk form 4 dh tido (atau dipaksa tdo oleh senior). yg ada masa tu just senior2 kt tgkt bawah (yg ada privillege nk stay up sbb derg bdk SPM). nenek iron baju menghadap tingkap. i was kind of mengiron in a state of mindlessness masa tu sbb tgn iron baju, tp otak pk caner nk selesaikan soklan add math td. then masa tgh iron tu, nmpk ade sorg perempuan lalu kt depan tingkap tu. dia jln tunduk macam nk carik something kt bawah.

then nenek habiskan iron and nak masuk bilik. masa tgh gantung baju kt hanger baru terpikir, "eh, nape aku nmpk org lalu kt tgkp tadi? bkn aku kt tgkt dua ke?". masa tu baru la rasa takut and terus tdo. nasib baik nenek mempunyai kelebihan utk tido nyenyak as soon as i put my head on the pillow. hahaha…

kena tindih tu biasa sgt. oleh kerana kena tindih tu kira macam rutin utk bdk yg masuk asrama, jadi nenek tanak cerita la benda tu. mula2 takut. bkn takut kt hantu tu, tp takut takleh bernapas. klu takleh bernapas, nnt oksigen tak sampai ke otak. klu oksigen tak sampai ke otak, cell otak boleh mati, nnt jadi bodoh. ni nk SPM ni, mana leh bg cell otak mati. itu lah yg nenek pk. macam g**pa*g. lama2 sll sgt kena kaco dh tak takut, tp rs marah. sbb hantu tu annoying gila. sampai ade sekali nenek cakap dlm hati "dia ni apsal la katil besar2 ni nk tdo ats aku gk. gi la tdo kt sebelah aku". then pstu terus bdn rs ringan. dia tdo sblh nenek la tu kot.

tp apa2 hal, klu pegi mana2 bilik kosong kt asrama (kami suka stadi kt bilik kosong, takde distraction nk berborak dgn kawan2), klu tetiba rasa seram tu, nenek ckp dlm hati "aku tak kacau ko, ko jgn kaco aku. ko nk lalu, lalu je, jgn tunjuk muka". so perasaan seram tu stay la sampai satu masa tetiba rs okay balik. nothing happen la. cuma my rule of thumb, klu rasa pelik2 tu, jgn tgk cermin. klu leh, tunduk je sampai hilang rs seram tu.

tp most of the time, when "it" decide to show itself to me, nenek tak perasan itu adalah mereka until later. masa tu baru terpikir and rasa seram. nenek saspek, itu la psl hantu dh mls nk kacau nenek. derg pun boring nk kacau org lampi ni. takde respon….

05
Nov

The Worst is Finally Over

By bilanenekmembebel 2 Comments
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for the past few months i was in a state of restlessness (and mindlessness - come to think of it) because of that bloody fydp (final year design project- to those who wonder what the blardy thing is), it finally it came to an end. this evening i was presenting my final fydp presentation. it went ok. the external examiner said he would definitely invest in our plant, which is a good thing, i think. now i just have to concentrate on the next nightmarish thing - my final exam.

i was sooo happy that the fydp is over because i definitely have no life since like, the past 15 weeks. i cannot believe that its finally over that i have to convince myself that its totally ok to watch 3 movies back-to-back. today i celebrated by letting myself to watch all the movies that i  have been downloaded but never have the time to watch them. i watch little man, 200lbs beauty and 13 going to 30.

yes, definitely chick flicks but who cares. i watched kill bill part 1 and 2 back-to-back also before this but there were soooo many killing scene in the movie that i end up feeling dizzy by the end of the movie. i never understand why ppl think watching ppl killing each other can be the plot of a good movie and can be entertaining. in fact, i felt more depressed after i watched it! so thats it. no more gore movies for me. in fact, u have to drag me to watch it. no. BRIBE me to watch it. and its not gonna be cheap, mind u.

interestingly, even though i cant stand gore movies, i actually watch similar kind of series. CSI and criminal mind are my favorite. but i suspect that have nothing to do with all the gory things inside it, rather, its the law that interest me. nevermind that. i watched gol and gincu series season 2. (if u already see the pattern, u will notice that i am not exactly the up-to-date kind of person when it comes to movies). u know what is the first thing that i notice first? i was thinking "hell, zarina AF-berapa-tah can act!".

theres reason to my surprising discovery. u see, last raya, tv3 aired all prof "bodoh" razak mohideen’s film as their "film-raya-extravaganza" thingy. and one of them that i unfortunately have to watch (as my relative refused to change the chanel) was Cinta Fotokopi. hah! judging from the stupid title i think u can summarize what a bloody stupid film it was. the story starts with a girls who was raped by her stepfather then was dumped by her crush. so she turn out to be playgirl. (i think she didnt turn out to be lesbo because LPF didnt allow it). then after she play2 with some of the boys in her college, one of them raped her. oh, i forgot to tell that despite that, there are still one nice guy really really love her and dont mind her past. so, long story short, afer several years, after she had her life stable, she found out that the rapist died sbb kena langgar lori. like…whatever.i cant never decide whether that news is tragic or klakar. but then, i never expected the story line by razak mohideen to be mind-blowingly intelligent anyway.

the point is, the heroine in that film is zarina af-berapa-tah. she was very stiff and it seems like that she had no talent at all in acting. why did she was paid to be in the movie was waaay beyond me. well, not exactly. i know that during that time, AF stars were quite a hot stuff. so apparently razak mohideen try to manipulate the thing by making a film that consist of all the AF starlets (persetankn bakat - asal boleh buat duit, maka belasahlah saja). i think the movie failed dismally. haha…thank goodness. at least malaysian still have not lose their minds.

so watching cinta fotokopi, i was quite convince that zarina cannot, in any possible mean- act even if her life depended on it. so u can imagine my surprise to watch gol and gincu and have her as one of the cast. i was like…was the producer out of her/his mind or what? how can they possibly hire her??? then i was caught in yet another surprise when i found that, well…she can act!suprise surprise! so, i draw on this little but convincingly true conclusion - the problem did not lie with the actor-actress. the problem lies with the director. and razak mohideen is a very bad and stupid director, that even a talented actress cannot act when she is working under him…sigh. i hope razak mohideen realised this fact already. i shudder to think what kind of movies he intend to torture and insult our intelligent with…

despite all the anger in my blog, i was actually quite happy. first, of course because the fydp is over. but the second reason is more significant. my good friend is finally hitch up with a very nice fella who really into her. and she is deliriously happy now, u can see her with this very happy smile plastered permanently on her face ALL DAY LONG. it pained me to see it because annoyingly, i feel a little bit jealous. now she wont call me "sayang" anymore because obviously that title belongs to him - the more deserving one…

but i have to say that i am very happy and excited for them. she is a very nice lady and deserve to have a very nice man to appreciate her and love her. i really hope things going along nicely. i can see that our kids playing together while speaking chinese to each other. now is that cute or what? =)