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confessions of a road user

i've been a road user since 2000 after passing the driver license test. it was actually mt third times since i failed the first two, haha.. the first time, i almost hit a lorry while trying to get out from  a junction and the second time, i hit the wall of the driving school's gate! the comments from both examiners is the same that is RECKLESS DRIVER! yup, i think i have to admit that i'm a reckless driver sometimes... and i have a very bad spatial vision not to mention poor sense of direction as well.

but after passing my driving test, i always try to be a careful driver. i always use the indicators. that's why i hate people who doesn't. i'm not a mind reader, so don't expect me to know where you are going if you didn't use the indicator. it's dangerous you know! if it only involved your safety, it's okay. but you involved other innocent people as well! i rarely use my horn. i only use it when it is really necessary. the sound of a horn usually startled me so that's why i didn't use it often as not to startle others. as hard as i am trying to be a good road users, there are a few rules that i kept breaking.

• speed limit: yup, i usually drive more than the limits allowed especially on the highway. in malaysia, the speed limit of a highway is usually 110km/h. i had two speeding tickets.
• traffic light: you know when the traffic light turns yellow and we need to slow down in order to stop when red. well, i always speed up before it turns red. and when there is no car around, i simply drive on even when the lights are red, huhu...
• illegal U turns: as mentioned above, i have a poor sense of direction. so, i have to make a lot of u turns in order to get on the right track again. i even got involved in an accident while making this illegal u turn once.
• illegal parking: when i'm in a hurry, i usually park at any spot i found convenient eventhough it's disallowed. i always think that i will park there for a short time, so it would not be a problem.

i think the four rules stated above are the rules i usually break. there's a saying,'biar lambat, asal selamat' which mean better slow but safe instead of fast but dangerous. i change that saying into, 'biar cepat DAN selamat' which mean i prefer fast AND safe, hehe... i know it's a bad things to break this road rules since there are there for a safety reason. but, sometimes we couldn't help breaking it especially when we are in a hurry to tend important things.

ps: to all who are going back to hometown this raya, please drive carefully and think of your loved ones. selamat hari raya aidilfitri, maaf zahir dan batin.

Another Raya 2012 Ads ~ Sepasang Baju Kurung

i think i need to apologize for kept posting ads, huhu.. but, as i mentioned before, i couldn't help it.. this ads is about a relationship between a mom and her daughter. sometimes, the daughter treat her mom as if she's a servant. she must do lot of chores around the house and if didn't do it right, she would get scolded by her daughter. since raya is coming soon, she plead to her daughter, to buy her a new baju kurung. the daughter said she would think of it.

so one day, the daughter did bought her mom baju kurung and gave it to her mother. the mother face lights up when she received it. that night, the daughter saw her won daughter slept while hugging her new clothes and it reminded her of her own childhood, where she acted the same. it also reminded her of the motherly love she received. this made her realized her mistake and went to apologize her mom.

i'm really grateful for my own mother. i know i was such a trial to her, being naughty, stubborn so on and so on. i'm also grateful that i came from a middle class family. we may not be rich but we are not poor, alhamdulillah. i remembered i get almost everything i wanted as a kid as long as my parents could afford it and as long as it was not ridiculous. i usually asked them for books. i rarely asked for toys or clothes, hehe.. it's not that i'm not a playful kids, it just i preferred books to toys. but please don't mistaken me as a nerd. i'm far from being one! ;)

ps: i remembered one raya, i wore 'smurfs' baju kurung! i chose the fabrics that was meant to make curtains or bedsheets, to make my baju raya. i remembered my mom and my sisters asked me many many times, if i'm sure about my choice. yup, being stubborn and all, i told them i'm 100% sure. haha, i wore 'curtains/bedsheets' during raya. but i bet, other children were jealous of my baju raya since their parents are sensible enough not to let them wear it. it's not that my parents are not sensible. they just knew that it was a loss cause to put sense into their last daughter's thickheaded mind! :)

TM Raya Ads 2012 ~ A Love Raya Story

haha, seems that i kept posting raya advertisements lately! i couldn't help it. everytime i saw an advertisment that i found interesting and could relate with, i want to comment on it. this one is very sweet. they (TM) had previous advertisements that related to this one. it started with a friendships between three teenagers from different backgrounds and race. the malay boy is asri, the indian boy is kumar and the chinese tomboy is mei.

they showed parts and bits from the previous ads, so people could understand the relationships that developed between asri and mei better. what i like the most about this ads is their FB status. mei's 'sedang mengharap (am hoping)', mei's and asri's 'sudah berpunya (taken)', and kumar's 'mengharap bulan jatuh ke riba (hoping for miracles).' 

ps: after watching this ads, i'm really tempted to write mei's status, 'am hoping' on my fb... :p

BERNAS | Hari Raya 2012 ~ The Journey

okay, here's another meaningful raya advertisement from BERNAS. it's about a couple of special needs orphan that want to go back to kampung to celebrate raya like their friends. so, please watch the clip and you'll understand why i'm saying it's meaningful. i was deeply touched when i first watched it. it made me cried, huhu..

another special thing about this advertisement is the destination of the orphans. yes, it's none other than my hometown, segamat. and if i'm not mistaken, the ticket counters and the train station that is shown in the clip is in bahau, another place that is memorable for me. i went to STJ and it it located in kuala pilah. when, we (the southerners) couldn't get tickets from kuala pilah, we would get them from bahau.

i remembered some naughty things i did during that time. we were supposed to wear our official baju batik, everytime we went for an outing. since, we didn't want to look 'skema' by wearing them, most of us would change into our normal clothes at the bus/train station. it doesn't mean that we aren't proud of our school, it just at that moment, we think it we would look 'cool' by disobeying the rules! well, we were teenagers and it is our job to rebel, hehe...

but usually, our school would directly chartered buses for us since we (the southerners) were high in numbers and it is possible for us to fill in one whole bus. so, during peak season such as raya or end of  semester break, we wouldn't face the possibility of not getting the tickects. the bus would wait at our school. the familiar buses that we used were TRANSNASIONAL or CEPAT  EKSPRESS.

it was always fun during the ride. we sang, we played and we did whatever we wanted in the bus since it was only us in it. no adults to 'sound' us, hehe.. i'm usually the first one to get off the bus since segamat is the first stop. i couldn't remember exactly the bus ticket price from pilah to segamat, maybe around RM8. if it took the bus from bahau, it would only cost me RM6 and the train costs only RM3.80. the train wasn't an express train, so it would stop at every station, no matter how deserted or small it is. so, it would take times but i didn't mind since i could spend more time with my friends before the separation during holidays.

ps: i cried easily when seeing things like this. i probably mentioned this before, hehe.. there is one dream that i hope i could realize. that is working with the unfortunate such as orphans or elderly. maybe, working with the social service department. this job would give me the most satisfaction. so, i'm praying hard and trying hard to make it true...

Strangers ~ Petronas 2012 Raya Commercial

as usual, petronas commercials are always touching! eventhough allahyarhamah yasmin ahmad is not with us anymore, the commercial is still meaningful. eventhough i never been in uzbek, but i think i know how it felt like to celebrate ramadhan or raya in a foreign land. and when you've been there, you usually will love your country more. by watching this commercial, i learn to love and appreciate malaysia even more.

it's true, nothing beats your homeland. as a malay proverb directly translated by me, gold rain in other country, hailstones in our own, always better at our own! haha, it sound so much better in malay, hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, baik lagi di negeri sendiri. we are very fortunate to live in this peaceful country. i'm not saying this because the campaign that being around lately for independence day this 31 august. i'm saying this because it's what i truly felt all these times.

ps: i'm proud to be malaysian! and maybe this wish is coming a little late, since everyone had already mentioning it everywhere, i still want to say it here. congratulation dato' lee chong wei! you did your best and all of us could see it. thank you so very much!

raya shopping

metrojaya raya sale at picc

last thurday, my officemates and i went to the metrojaya raya sale at picc. we went there during our lunch break. as usual, it was packed with people doing their raya shopping. i only bought a remote control car for my nephew's birthday. i was actually looking for my 'work shoes' and they have only limited choices of female shoes. in my opinion, they have more man stuffs than woman stuffs.

kak ala is buying kerepek

and now i'm at kampung, we continued our raya shopping. but it's mainly my sister, kak ala that did the shopping. i was only looking for tudung bawal  to wear with my baju raya (alhamdulillah, the tailor managed to finish my baju raya). my baju raya is black in colour anyway. why black? because black can make you look slim, huhu... kak ala is looking for her family's clothes and the theme is peach while kak sya's family theme is orange. told them both that their theme is nearly the same.

we're having fun here!

by the way, my kampung has now became kampung tanpa wayar 1 malaysia, 1 malaysia wireless village and currently i'm using the facility. i was quite shocked when i first knew about this. but i have to go to the second floor to get better reception. if i'm now mistaken, the signal came from our kampung mutipurpose hall. since my home is quite near to the hall, we could get the reception. okay, that's all  for now. tomorrow, i may continue my scarf hunting. until later...

[SONG] Crystal Kay ~ Hard To Say

 

Wanna know what you're feeling kimi no koto
Baby u know I'm just keepin it real
Doushite is it hard to say
Kimochi wo kiku no ga kowakute

Wanna know what you're feeling

Baby u know I'm just keepin it real

Why is it hard to say

I'm scared to ask you about your feelings

Konna ni kimochi ni kizuitara

Doushite futsuu ni kakusenai

Koko kara wo kimeru no wa friendship or love

Should I tell you baby what's on your mind?

If I noticed the feelings this much

Why can't I keep it hidden as usual

From here on, deciding on friendship or love

Should I tell you baby what's on your mind?

Kizuiteru my sign? Wanna be right by your side

Hoka no onnanoko no APIIRU CHEKKU suru

Are you messin' with my mind? Sweet lies wa iranai

I'm for real dare ni mo toraretakunai

Do you notice my sign? Wanna be right by your side

You do an appeal check on the other girls

Are you messin' with my mind? I don't need sweet lies

I'm for real I don't want you to be taken away by anyone

Kono mama furimawasanaide

Baby u know I'm just keepin' it real

Doushite is it so hard to say

Anata no kimochi wo oshiete yo

I'm like this, not showing off

Baby u know I'm just keepin' it real

Why is hard to say

Tell me your feelings

Mawari no tomodachi tell me hoka ni

Motto ii hito out there for me

Wakatte iru keredo he's the only one

Yuzurenai I will make you see

The friends around me tell me that

There are better guys out there for me

Though I know that he's the only one

I can't give up, I will make you see

When I'm with you, I get so shy

Suki nante ienai, I get so weak, it's hard to speak

Kanjou ga PIIKU it's like hide & seek

Are you messin' with my mind? Regret shitakunai

I'm so for real dare ni mo toraretakunai

When I'm with you, I get so shy

I can't say that I love you i get so weak, it's hard to speak

Your feelings peek, it's like hide & seek

Are you messin' with my mind? I don't want to regret it

I'm so for real I don't want you to be taken away by anyone

[RAP]

Do I like him as a friend

If I tell him will it end (hanasetaku naru no)...

Does he look at me the same

Does he see it as a game (kono mama de iru no?)...

Do i like him as a friend

If i tell him will it end (will he want to leave?)

Does he look at me the same

Does he see it as a game (will we remain like this?)

ps: the first song i know by crystal kay is 'candy.' she sings a lot of opening or ending for anime. for example, the song 'motherland' for 'full metal alchemist' and 'konna ni chikaku de' for 'nodame cantabile.' obviously, she's mixed! i love most of her songs and also her dance moves. when the mood struck, i follow her dance move by watching her videoclips, hehe.. oh, the lyrics and translations are courtesy from corichan~~