Movie Time....

Argh.. Just got back from a good cinema-time at Hoyts Eastgardens with my officemates. We watched Spiderwick Chronicles... It was nice. With all the goblins and good castings.. Simply loved the movie. Its not an excellent movie, but surely worth your ticket and popcorns.. :)

Seribu Kali Sayang...

Berdosakah diriku Terpaksa melepaskan
Cintamu yang serapuh Dahan nan kering usang
Yang akhirnya kan patah Terhempa gemeretap
Oh sungguh memilukan Tak dapat ku bayangkan

Seribu kali sayang Sangkaku kan ke mati
Cerita kasih kita Rupanya seketika
Setelah merelakan Setelah kau bisikkan
Segugus janji-janji Tergamak kau mungkiri

Apakah sebenar yang terjadi Hingga kau bersikap demikian
Sedangkan kau Sesungguhnya percaya
Kasihku tak berbelah bagi

Aduhai Tak sanggup ku kenangkan
Semua telah nyata Cintamu gurauan
Datang dan hilang Semahu hatimu
Itulah falsafah Pegangan cintamu
Namun harus kau ingat Hati yang manakah
Selamanya kan sabar

Sydney Zoo. Day Tripper 2nd Episode.. Part ii

The Story goes like this........ to be continued.. TOo tired to write tho... Off to bed.

Sydney Zoo.. Day Tripper 2nd Episode..

Guys, I have promised the 2nd Episode of my day tripper. Well, this weekend I went to Sydney Taronga Zoo. The journey started with me, Aji, A Rohim and Kak Zura on bus 301: Eastlakes to Circular Quay. THen Kak Zura and A Rohim made their way to work and left both of us: me and Aji to continue our adventure...

At Circular Quay, we bought a DayTripper Pass which inclusive of Taronga Zoo Entrance, ferry ride (return) and bus ride all day. It was a bit frustrating since the ferry has already left by the time we got the ticket. But the waiting was not that long, 15 minutes of waiting, the next ferry arrived.

To be continued

Rumah Aku.. Google Map.. Thank you!!

Ni le location umah aku kat sini: 3/13 Mascot Drive, Eastlakes, NSW 2018... Hehehe.. Google Earth via Feedjit.com. Thank you Barricade for your contribution.

Kereta yang kat depan rumah tuh, owned by a lebanese girl. Selalu la marah kitorang sebab tak serik2 isap rokok belakang keta dia.

Hehehe.. Sian dia..

I am feeling Blues..

Lagu ni ada makna yang mendalam di hati aku... Lagu yang sgt mencairkan hati aku yang sekeras batu nih. For you sayang.. I love you so much... I miss you like crazy...

I just Bought Sony Ericsson W910i. :)

It was last Tuesday that I annoyingly dragged Aji to Eastgardens Mall. I had the initial plan to buy the mesmerizing Nokia-N96. However, after done much thinking (near the toilet door at the mall :)) I quickly came to a decision to change my preference to Sony Ericsson W910i simply for 4 reasons:
- Nokia N96 is too expensive (sama harga dgn Hyundai SOnata 2nd-hand kat sini)
- Sony-W910i has an amazing built and super smooth body - handsome-looking
- Sony-W910i is definitely for music lovers (like me.. Can't live without a tune in my head)
- Sony-W910i has the 'Shake Function' which you can shake it to move to the next song on your list

For the 4th reason tu (I was impressed the moment I tried it- at the store) tapi bila balik umah, I think its kinda silly and crazy sebab terpaksa shake-shake the hphone utk go to the next track while all you can do (if I can still recall the 'conventional' method, hehe) is to touch the 'Next' or '>>' button. Hmm but all the hype bout this phone has got me.. at hello.

Despite that, Sony-W910i is a catch.. I love it. and still admires the phone. For friends in Malaysia, if the price is reasonable, I'd say, go for it!!

There goes my first wishlist :)

Qibla Locator.. Awesome contribution by Google

For the travelers or rather lonely travelers (like me) who had no one to ask for Qibla Direction, you guys can go to this website. Its awesome. You can tell the exact direction of Qibla from you house. Google map your place and there will be qibla direction at the tip of your finger.

http://www.qiblalocator.com/

Its indirectly a contribution made by Google.

Awesome.

Sydney Day Tripper - Part 3 !!!

Manly Beach... Nama dia agak cocky laa.. Manly hehe. We took a ferry from Circular Quay to Manly Beach. We were speechless to see the beach as nice as that. We love Manly Beach. Luckily (or rather unfortunately) hehehe.. that Manly Beach is a beach for family not so much like the other cousin Bondi and Maroubra Beach (byk topless and nudist)...

Aji was hungry all of the sudden. So he bought the Kebab.. which cost him around 30 RM.. hehe well (kalau convert RM mmg laa tak makannn!!) .

I was a bit full since I had Fish and Chips for lunch at the Quay Seafood. The portion was huge. Enough to feed a hungry 'elephant' (like me haha)..

Okie dokie.. We can't wait for the next adventure journey... To be continued.. Day Tripper Part 4

Sydney Day Tripper - Part 2 !!!

Day tripper 2:

After few hours of browsing around Circular Quay, we decided to take a walk around Botanical Garden (next to Opera House). We didn't know that First (Everrr) Flugtag Festival was ongoing. hehehe ... No wonder thousands of people were there. Apa kejadahnya FLugtag nih.. Aku pun tak pasti, till I came across this on Wikipedia:

Flugtag (German: flight day, airshow) is an event sponsored by Red Bull in which competitors attempt to fly in homemade flying machines. The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 30 feet (9.1 m) high into the sea (or suitably sized reservoir of water). Most competitors enter for the entertainment value, and the flying machines rarely fly at all.

The event stems from the oldest Dutch amusement television show which was first aired in 1971. Subsequent events have included Birdman Rally like the Moomba festival in Australia, which has been running since 1976. The first Flugtag took place in Austria in 1991, and the activity has recently gained much popularity as a result of Red Bull sponsored events in many famous cities and elsewhere.

The first Red Bull Flugtag event in Australia took place in Sydney on Sunday, April 6, 2008. The second Red Bull Flugtag event in London will take place in Hyde Park, London on Sunday, June 7, 2008.

It was funny and amusing to see people would spend thousands of dollar just to throw themselves and the 'nice' flight (that they have built) in the lake (stupid pun ada.. but people would do anything for entertainment).. We had fun!!

Sydney Day Tripper!!!

I am speechless.... !! :)..

It was last Saturday I Finally able to appreciate Sydney (just a lil bit), lil' by lil' they said. We took a Sydney Bus (302) that 'flew' us (Aji and me) from Eastlakes to the CBD (Sydney Central Business District). Around 30 minutes we arrived at the stop near Hyde Park (it seems like there is Hyde Park all around the world haa).

The first stop for these 2 newbies-in-town was Circular Quay (it pronounced - se-ke-le-ki dalam BM), where the 3 most important landmarks in Sydney located: Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and International and Domestic Ferry Terminal (oops and off course the best Fish and Chips in town).

We were both in awe seeing the Opera House and Harbour Bridge right in front of our eyes. Ooh my babyy, they are so magnificent and beautiful (plus well maintained) - neh kalau kat msia nih dah lama berkarat dah neh...

So we took many pictures there (sambil aku tahan perut la off course, sebab dah buncit hehe).

Sydney Opera House:

The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon and Ove Arup & Partners, the Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. It is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The building and its surroundings are one of the best known icons of Australia. The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells', each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure..


Sydney Harbour Bridge:

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. The bridge is locally nicknamed The Coathanger because of its arch-based design, although this usage is less prevalent than it once was.

The bridge was the city's tallest structure until 1967. According to Guinness World Records, it is the world's widest long-span bridge and its tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (429.6 ft) from top to water level. It is also the fourth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world.

Mancing Time..

Mancing Time!!!.. It was 7:30 pm on Friday. After a long day of school, Friday prayer, round of cuppa coffee at UNSW Coffee shop, I just simply didn't know what else to do. I was physically tired, but mentally still wide awake. Then Abg Rahim, Abg Mat came and asked me to go for a fishing trip at Bondi Beach (with Aji as well).

Unfortunately the waves and wind were terrible, then we had to move to other spot (aku pun tak ingat dah nama dia). We spent around 3 hours there. Aku ngan Aji borak2 je.. Otai mancing (ABg Mat and Abg Rahim) yang sibuk duk mancing. Suddenly the fish snapped Abg Mat's rod. Hahaha.. Tamatlah riwayat seekor Snapper.. We had fun, Aji lepas ni kita pi beli fishing rod sendiri JOM!!

Kesian Kak Zura (Abg Rahim's wife), that we dragged her to snap these pictures. Waktu tu dah dekat pukul 12 lebih.. hehe dia dah tido dah.. Thank you Kak Zura!!

Snapper:

Snapper are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members living in estuaries, and entering fresh water to feed. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper.

Snapper are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all the oceans. They can grow to about a meter in length. Most feed on crustaceans or other fish, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but mostly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. They live at depths of up to 450 m.

Let's go for another round of fishing soon!!

Deko Bersama Eric.. My Sister's Dream..

Hah, I forgot to tell anybody a story about my sister's (Fadilah) dream to be on 'Deko Bersama Eric'. The audition was at One Utama Shopping Complex, Last year.

Remembered the night before the interview, she actually (physically) dragged me to burn some midnight candles to get her to prepare for the interview. My sis, my bro-in-law, Lutfi and myself were actually acted as if its the real interview. Of course, being 'botak', I was forced to be the Eric and my in-law as a poster-post. Hehe. It was funny that we actually created thousands of story lines (that would actually win Eric's heart, *we thought.. ), few of them:

- On how her husband is actually dying of a heart cancer and she would like Eric to redesign the room so that her husband will cure of the disease (tapi in-law aku tu sihat walafiat jeee)
- On how she's dying to impress her brother (me, off course, daa), whom is picky, and always throw away her ideas of how a 'nice interior' would look like (tapi aku kemas katil pun malas... interior design? hmm jauh panggang)
- On how she would like to win her husband's heart. Because she never knew how to tidy off the house and he ran away from the house for a month just because tak tahan rumah bersepah (tapi aku rasa kakak aku tu, pandai kemas rumah and habuk pun tak de kat rumah dia)

and the list went on and on and on...

And ended up, we bunked together at the living room WITHOUT one solid idea on what to present at the audition ..................... and off course, she didn't manage to pass the second round. Pity my sister... You go Girl.. Kalau aku ada duit lebih, aku panggil Eric design rumah kau ok.. and surprisingly, Eric looked much older real life.. Amazing, how the technology has shed off few years off Eric's face on camera!!

What the Future Holds...

What the future holds for me.. I am here sacrificing my time, work, loved ones, family, and everything just for the sake of a piece of paper called a PhD. Is it gonna worth it? Am I destined to all these things.. Hmmm

Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.

I was just about to pop up my brain to go through a series of journals. Hmm, I guess I better join my housemate for a good round of karaoke. Yes, forget about my future for the time being and enjoy what is out there for me. Haha..

' Di suatu senja di musim yang lalu, Ketika itu hujan rintik,Terpukau aku menatap wajahmu, Di remang cahaya sinar pelangi, Lalu engkau tersenyum, Ku menyesali diri, Tak tahu apakah erti senyummu, Dengan mengusap titik airmata, Engkau bisikkan deritamu, Tersentuh hati dalam keharuan, Setelah tahu apa yang terjadi, Sekian lamanya engkau, Hidup seorang diri, Ku ingin membalut luka hatimu'

Marmoset.. The Lovely Creatchaaa (ala2 Steve Irwin ckp)

This is my favourite animal, by far.. Its lovely, cutesy, rasa macam nak tonyoh2 je muka dia dengan span mandi.. Facts from 'nationalzoo.si.edu'

Pygmy marmosets are the world’s smallest true monkeys. (The smallest primate is the pygmy mouse lemur.) Pygmy marmosets are not sexually dimorphic. Adults are about five inches (13 cm) long with an eight-inch (20 cm) tail and weigh four to seven ounces (113 to 199 g). The fur is buff and gray with yellow and green striations, which give it a grizzled effect on the head and back and a vague banded effect on the tail. They have long hair on their heads and chests giving the appearance of a mane. Their coloration provides great camouflage for their lives in the trees.

They are active and agile creatures, running, jumping, and occasionally leaping among trees and shrubs. These little monkeys move quadrupedally through the trees in an upright position. Their forelimbs are shorter than their hind limbs and they often feed while clinging upright to a trunk or branch with their sharp claws. They have claws on all digits except the big toe, which has a flat nail.

I simply adores them!!!.. Here cutie cutie cutie..

I Miss You so Much.... I could die

I miss you so much!!..

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.

I miss you ..... Arghhh..

Good Morning Sydney.. I am Homesick..

It's morning here in Sydney: 8:30 am. But my mind could not think of anything else other than my family. Argh, this is what they called Homesick kot. But I know this will be over soon when I get busy with my proposal, literature reviews and all those never ending phd process, futhermore phD is 'Patiently Hoping (for a) Degree'.

I am browsing for a flight ticket (Jetstar) flight Sydney to KLIA. I am going back in August or September. So guys, if you gotta good offer of 'Sydney to KLIA' flight, buzz me. God knows how much I want to be back (even for a short while), meeting my family, my friends....

This picture was taken while waiting for my mom (beli aiskrim) at the front gate of Taiping Zoo. In her quest of shutting off my nieces and nephews mouth from being too loud and noisy. Might scare off the cutesy Marmosets tho..

From left: My brother (Adik, who looks like Rich Estranged - 'Itu Kamu'), my father (Khalid), my abang ipar (Ami), nieces (Nuyeen, Nurul), nephew (Ipan), my sister (Linda), and ME. Hehe.

'You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me
And no one else can be what you have been to me
Youll always be you always will be the girl
In my life for all times'

Durian Ooo Durian..

Oooh this insomnia is killing me. My mind went back to several months ago when we had this durian season. The orchard is just behind my parents house. Hmm I like those yang 'pahit-pahit-manis' argh.. Those chinese peraih love the same kind as well. This article clip was taken from another blog. Hmm 'stinky socks'? 'uncollected garbage on a hot day'? Oooh my. Those are insults to my favourite fruit..

"Will you eat a fruit that tastes like heaven, but smells so disgusting? For those that are not familiar with this fruit, will think the smell is like over ripe cheese, unwashed stinky socks, or uncollected garbage on a hot day. The odour is overpowering it fills your house in a matter of second. So strong so it is required to be stored in a sealed container during the shipment overseas."

Cowboy, Yee haaa!

Sometimes it's cool to wear a cowboy hat.. hehehe .. This picture was taken when we went to Houston Texas, yeeee haaaa.. Nahh, it was in Cameron Highlands. That was the cheap 'made in China' cowboy hat. I wonder, what are the stuff that China do not make? Even, Ikea Sweden stuff are all made in China hahaha, Nokia Finland 'Made in China'...

No: "Sometimes cowboys don't button their shirts."

Me: "Really?"

No: "Yep. A lot of the time, actually."

Me: "Interesting. Where did you hear that?"

No: "The internet."

:).. Who cares though. I sometimes un-buttoned by shirts...

Ding Dong.. Insomnia?

Argh, It's 1:29 am. And I could not sleep again... Macam mana ni?

I had one insomnia on a night in January 2003 at my mother's house. I was uncomfortable in my bed, hot, and had drank black tea earlier that evening. Well, of course I didn't sleep well but really that was the first time I couldn't sleep when i wanted to. It really upset me!! I was lonely that night while everyone slept great and that night sent me down a nasty road that lasted for days!!! insomnia had entered my life (temporarily). I agree with the psychological aspect of insomnia. I had always slept great (except one time when I was little, but that didn't last long, i was anxious about school). Insomnia had "sucker punched me" and I was unprepared. I was trying to sleep but couldn't. I was in misery. I know that I was just only exaggerating this insomnia thingy. But I know that this thing will probably end up destroying my day tomorrow.

I wish I have someone to hug at this moment. Since I know, a simple hug would cure my insomnia...

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