Caca Marba

Why stop now if you have so much to talk/write about? Hence my 2nd entry at this wee hour.

The word caca marba tak ada dlm Kamus Dewan. Don't believe it? Then check it out online (Kamus Dewan online). Google returned about 5,650 results in 3 secs though. I was checking coz I just wanted to be sure of the meaning. To make sure that it relates to whatever mak nenek, merapik meraban, rojak, campur aduk etc etc that I'm about to ramble on.

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Election 2008

We know the date. We know who the candidates are. Dah mendaftar ke belum? Kalau belum, sayang semuanya sudah terlambat. Cuba lagi next election. As for those yang dah mendaftar, bak kata iklan MAS Travel Fair " Kalau dah nak pergi, tunggu apa lagi?"

Oo ooo one more, "Kita sudah di landasan yang betul... (jadi tak payah la nak tukar tren plak)" hahahahha

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MAS

I really love the radio ads for the Travel Fair. But I just like them, and not inspired to move my ass to actually go to the 6 location to check out the promotions. Disappointing. Mcm mana ni? Don't they realize how lazy Malaysian's have become? We want things at the click of our fingertips. Not, having to put on decent clothes, venture in the hote sun, then to drive and park and.... (lazy to type). Then again, they just posted a RM610 Million profit (read more). I guess they don't really fancy a couple of hundred RMs from me.

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BIG Words

Anees the Dragon Slayer: " Kakak tu, masuk kelas satu Efesyen"

Me: "Ha? Efesyen? Kakak kau masuk kelas menjahit ke pulak? Sekolah apa ni?"

Anees the Dragon Slayer:"Betul...kelas dia Efesyen"

My sis: "Kelas satu Efficient (ejaan melayu Efisyien) la!"

LERRRR. Whatever happen tu Satu Melur? Satu Merah? Satu Jujur? Takpe la.. asal takde Satu Akar Umbi, or Satu Pucuk Pimpinan, or Satu Hadhari.. sudah.

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Sudden Liveform

Tiba2 ada jugak org membaca blog aku. To my friends welcome! Welcome! Jgn la sedih baca entry pasal my mom. It' s meant to be a happy one. Tak sangka plak ada yg jadi ratu air mata. Hahahahahahahhaha.

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The Grammys

Oooii.. my predictions was horrid. Indeed the brits have invaded the USA. Tak sangka Amy Winehouse will win a lot. My "what's up y'all" theory went out the window. But man, was she stoned? Or was she stoned? Mcm tak stable aje. Wonder if Britney is like this on her good days. The performances were nothing to shout about except Beyonce and the Queen - Tina Turner. Ada ke Aretha Franklin hangin sbb refer the title queen to Tina, when it should (kononnya) only reserve for her. Karuts!

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The Oscars

Again, I'm at home and managed to catched the live telecast. Hmmm, I haven't seen any of the nominated movie except Sweeny Todd. I want to see Juno. Any idea if it will ever make it to our shores? Ke dah tunjuk dah? Again, takde sekor American pun yg menang for the actor/ actress award.

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American Idol 7

So, who's your pick? Mine was voted out. The guy at least. The girl is still in. My pick: Brooke White, coz she sang Carole King (Beautiful) for her Hollywood audition. Oh and the guy? Garret Haley. Hahahahhahhahhaha. Why? Coz I have soft spot for underdogs! I bet everyone is rooting for Michael Johns to win. Nah.. he's too good to be true. Bet after a week or two, he starts to annoy us all. If a guy has to win, I think it will be David Archuleta. However, having said that, Michael Johns rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody is to die for!

Enough caca marba! G'nite!

Cinta Terhalang

I can't remember when I first saw him. I remembered that he looked so dashing and handsome zooming around town. I just couldn't wait to ask around who he was. It was love at first sight. Sighhhhh

"Why do stars fall down from the sky

Every time you walk by?

Just like me, they long to be

Close to you"

It took me sometimes, but I finally got his name, where he's from, bits and pieces about him. I knew where his usual hang outs were, but I don't dare to venture that far. I think we met once, at a shopping mall. Well not met.. more like I bumped into him. Of course he won't remember it. I knew he was way out of my league. But I guess love is blind.

"Cinta ini kadang-kadang tak ada logika

Bersih smua hasrat dalam hati

Ku hanya ingin dapat memiliki

Dirimu hanya untuk sesaat"

Few years had already passed. I still dream about him sometimes. I have to say turning older suits him really well. He's handsome as ever. Will I ever be with him?




Oh well. One can always dream. Mazda6, ooi:

"When will you say yes to me

Tell me quando quando quando

You mean happiness to me

Oh my lover tell me when"

In the meantime, I'm singing this song:

"And if you cant be with the one you love, honey

Love the one your with

Love the one your with

Love the one your with"

This was meant to be my valentine's day entry. So much for that. Hahahahah. Darling Sawi Air, I lobes you!

Song credit in order of appearance:

Close To You - Carpenters

Tak Ada Logika - Agnes Monika

Quando, Quando, Quando - Micheal Buble & Nelly Furtado

Love the One You're With - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

February 11th

Mom would be 70 today. Birthdays are big deal to her. She bought our birthday cards a year in advance, ok. So today's entry is all about Mak.

Mak oo Mak... or Mamious (my sister liked to call her that, and her usual remark is "kau jgn nak mengada eh"). Never can we call anyone that ever again. Sad.

Ok happy thoughts.

Mak took her personal space and personal belongings very personally. Do not stand near (near meaning 3 meter radius from where she is) her when she's reading the morning paper (let alone reading over her shoulders, a huge NO NO), you would be blocking the 1)light, 2) fan 3) oxigen or 3) chi energy flowing her way (heheheh, kidding). Do not share her things especially at the dining table. She has her own napkin that is not to be touched by anyone else. My sister always choose eating time to play game, "who can sneakily use the napkin without her noticing", which usually end up with one of us having to get her a new one :P

Mak was the Guru Besar at my primary school. Phowar! Hey, I was actually in a different school from standard 1 to 3. Unfortunately, due to my mum's utter dislike of sharing, my school (which was sharing the same building as her school), was made to move a few kilometers away to a new building. A few kilometers which is not meant for walking. The school was behind my house, just 10 minutes (if you takes tiny, tiny steps) away. I was in standard 4 and just made a prefect, when she told me, "Esok kau pergi sekolah dengan aku. Senang". Huh?Huuh?? I was allowed 5 minutes of silent tears. Anyway, the years to come was kind of fun. You would think I would be a spoilt brat ruling the school, eh? Not if you have a mother like mine. I spent the 3 years at the school as rakyat biasa. It did teach me a lot about politics when I ponder back those days. The teachers were crawling over one another to get into my mum's good book....thru me. I was in everything I could possible be. Chess competition (which I totally suck!), hockey, choir (yes, CHOIR!), nasyid, persembahan hari guru dan pelbagai mak nenek acara yg lain. Little that they know, my mother is not to be bought. The only time I ever exercised my "aku-anak-guru-besar" card was when I'm late to school.
"Kenapa lambat?" asked prissy Miss Prefect
"Tanya belakang" would be my usual answer, pointing smugly to my mother who's sauntering behind. Can't you see, that I'm ascorting the Queen-bee herself? That's why I'm late, darn it! Duh!
I was never made a prefect, I get called by the discipline teacher as well, and yes, I have to pick up the school mail everyday (at the school's PO box, at the local post office) because my mum don't really trust her peon. Special treatment? I don't think so.

Mum loves to write. She wrote in her diary every day. She loved writing letters. If she would ever embrace the technology, she'll be the queen of emails. Heck, she might even have her own blog. She's been in touch with a pen pal in UK for almost 50 years. Imagine that. She even managed to meet her when she was in UK on holiday trip. Below letter was the last letter from her pen pal , Brenda.

click on imgae to view

Mum hates that if we wake up late. 7am is late. Her philoshopy, by 7.30am "orang dah boleh sampai London, kau tido lagi". But it's utterly ok to sleep again at 11 am, because it's her nap time. And well, if 7.30 you can reach London.. I fiigure by 11am you would have completed the city tour, so of course, you can go back to sleep. Hah!

Mum hates if we buat pekak when she called us to bring her 1) sudu, 2) garpu 3) senduk 4) mangkuk (yg kecik la bodoh) 5) piring 6) (salah) pinggan 7) tutup periuk 8) garam or anything else imaginable, while she's cooking. When she call, you are expected to be front and center - ASAP. If not, here comes the "Cina depan rumah pun dengar aku panggil kau" lecture. The rule of thumb is always, when she's in motion, you must be in motion too. "Jangan berdiri mcm Stanfort Raffles!". So if she's cooking, you should be either 1)sweeping 2) pretend to be sweeping my sister's favorite) or 3) just go around and around the house pretending that you are looking for something (my favorite). I came to know about the 'pretend sweeping' from my sister eons later. She would just hold the broom and just do a lazy *swish* swish* if my mother is looking. Hampeh! No wonder I'm always stuck with the chores! Well, I figure any 7 year old are easily manipulated anyway.

Mum never hits. But goodness, her kata-kata are killer! Favorite threat " aku sterika muka kau!". Again, 7 year olds are easily threaten as well. Don't worry, the laundry are always piling up (imagine a small mountain), she can never find the iron anyway. If any of us ever gets bad marks, I think the roof would actually collapse. I would personally prefer to run away from home than face her.

Mum loves visiting people at the hospital. I think I have been to almost all of the hospitals in KL. At least the old ones. She spents so much time in the hospitals and only her can understand how much visitor meant to sick people.

Mum must always look good. "Nampak tak uban aku?" I on the other hand, love to dress slopily just to spite her. Heheheheh.

Mum loves the song Bahtera Merdeka. Even sang it once at school during teachers day. Phoawar!

Mum loves kuih tart nenas. Seedless grape. Quacker oats. What else? Anything sweet. I think I inherited her sweet tooth.

Mum loves shopping. Or is it she loves buying things for people. I think I inhertited that from her as well. Favorite shopping place is Globe Silk Store in Jalan Tar. There were frequent excursions to CK Tangs in Singapore too.. but I was too young to remember. Going shopping with her meant that you have to be her personal assistant ie 1) check the price tag 2) look for the items in different color (that is obviously not there) and 3) carry her stuff. I always gave up and come up with "nak muntah" scheme. My brother simply throw tantrums and lie down on any couch or open space he can find and my sisters sulk, sulk, sulk. Ooii happy days!

But despite all, we love you so much, Mak. Beneath the cool exterior, we know you love us too. We missed your phone calls and missed your letters. It's not the same without you.

Here's to you Mak. Happy Birthday!

Al-Fathihah.

This was taken on her 65th birthday

Shout out: To my friends who have lost a parent or both, I dedicate this entry to you. Memories is all we have. Treasure them. Those who still have their parents, enjoy every moment that you can still call someone Mak or Ayah. To ngantukalways, who survived Aquarius parents, here's to us! Happy Birthday to both your mom and dad.

Here are the nominees..

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on 10th Feb 2008 (that's 11th for us in KL). Vair vair excited. Hey it's pretty big deal. I grew up listening to these award winning songs... Beat It (beat it beat it).. Billie Jean (not my lover...).. Islands in The Stream (phoawar)...Footloose (kick off your Sunday shoes..hehe)..... All Night Long (hoo!). Hey, I was so proud that I knew the lyrics or crowd chanting in Lionel's hit song ok:

"Som bo li de say de moi ya
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo
Way to parti' o we goin'
Oh, jambola
Som bo li de say de moi ya Yeah, JUMBO JUMBO! " Hahahah.. I said I knew how to sing it..not sure how to spell them though

Over the last few years..somehow I always managed to catch the live telecast on TV. For some reason, I'm always at home during the live broadcast :) . And this year, I'll be home too! Yeayyyyyyyyyyy!

So to prepare me better (read: loser takde keje), I'm browsing thru the list of nominees for this year's grammys. Some categories caught my attention. Of course to read more, please visit http://www.grammy.com:

1. Record of The Year :-
Irreplaceable - Beyonce; The Pretender - Foo Fighters; Umbrella - Rihanna; What Goes Around..Comes Around - Justin Timberlake; Rehab - Amy Winehouse
My vote: To the left, to the left.. I lobes irreplaceable. But deep down mesti si Justin T ni yg menang. Sucky!

2. Album of the Year:-
Ok the nominees are boring to me, except Amy Winehouse - Back to Black. I hope she wins :) and not Kanye!

3. Song of the Year:-
Possibly the most important category of all (ok ok.. only to me). Check out the nominated songs:
Before He Cheats-Carrie Underwood ; Hey There Delilah-Plain White T's; Like A Star-Corinne Bailey Rae; Rehab-Amy Winehouse; Umbrella -Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
My vote: Hmmm this is a toughy. Personally I like Rehab and Hey There Delilah. But if I have to put my money.. it will be on Before He Cheats. Carrie Underwood card trumps everything else! Those who don't know the song (pardon me maam, god save your souls).. it's the one with the video where she suddenly turns vampy and super thrashy. SNAP!

4. Best New Artist:-
Feist, Ledisi, Paramore, Juned, Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse
My vote: Who? Exactly... so this one will definitely be Amy Winehouse.

5. Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals :-
(You Want To) Make A Memory-Bon Jovi; Home-Daughtry; Makes Me Wonder-Maroon 5; Hey There Delilah-Plain White T's; and the customary: Window In The Skies- U2
My vote: Daughtry! Though I'm a big Bon Jovi fan.. I think Daughtry is the outright winner. I just hope the U2 is don't win. If they do win... seriously what's wrong with you people? What can I say.. these are the same people who nominated Justin T, Maroon 5 and Amy Winehouse in best vocal performance category??!!

The other categories are same ol same ol. But I have never realized, that there's actually a lot of other categories. For example: Best Hawaiian Album, Best Spoken Children Album, Best Electronic Dance Album, Best Country Instrumental Performance (yeowww).....

So basically to keep it simple, just use this logic: Carrie Underwood will beat Tim McGraw, Justin T will beat Kanye, Daughtry will beat U2, Beyonce will beat Amy Winehouse. So if we put the logic in a row, it will look something like this: Amy Winehouse ---> Beyonce---> Justin T ---> Daughtry ---> Carrie Underwood. Carrie will always win y'all!

Come Monday will see how it goes. So now, leaving you with a personal favorite. A song that I predicted (cehhh habih terror la ni) will be a big hit eversince I heard it over Power 98 fm during one of my breaks. And it did win Best Rock Song at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards - Drops of Jupiter by Train:




Courtesy of mkabkep at http://www.youtube.com/Now that shes back in the atmosphereWith drops of jupiter in her hair, hey, heyShe acts like summer and walks like rainReminds me that there's time to change, hey, heySince the return from her stay on the moonShe listens like spring and she talks like june, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sunDid you make it to the milky way to see the lights all fadedAnd that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting starOne without a permanent scarAnd did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there
Now that shes back from that soul vacationTracing her way through the constellation, hey, heyShe checks out mozart while she does tae-boReminds me that theres room to grow, hey, hey
Now that shes back in the atmosphereI'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol janeTold a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feetDid you finally get the chance to dance along the light of dayAnd head back to the milky wayAnd tell me, did venus blow your mindWas it everything you wanted to findAnd did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chickenYour best friend always sticking up for you even when I know youre wrongCan you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversationThe best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feetDid you finally get the chance to dance along the light of dayAnd head back toward the milky way

Sheila Majid in Konsert

Wa... so many things to write about. Planned to write over the weekend, but instead I choose to sleep. Mcm biasa. Heheheheh

Friday nite - 1st Feb (Selamat Hari Wilayah to Kuala Lumpur by the way), I was at Sheila Majid's konsert! YEAYYYYYY!!! I LOBBESSSSS EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

Semuanya best, takde yang tak best, melainkan best-best belaka... (execpt.. hmm the security dude or whoever yang flashed his torchlight towards me coz I was taking pictures - Hampeh!).

Sheila sang all the wajib song. My fav is always 'Antara Anyir dan Jakarta' ... but over the years I grow to love Kasih and Mengapa Kasih. I found this on YouTube. Tah bila la pulak dia ni menyanyi kat RTM.. but Kasih is in one of the medleys. To my friends who knows this song *wink*wink* " Mari, mari kasih, mari langkah kaki dengan pasti..." Enjoy!

Songs:Datanglah Ke Dlm Mimpiku/Kasih/Hasrat Cinta

Loloq aka Rosli Khamis

Mostly people listen to songs because of it's catchy tune, out of the box music video or great lyrics. Well, at least I do. Especially great lyrics. Malaysia lost one of our best lyricist when Loloq passed away on Wednesday 30th Jan 2008.

He wrote thousands of great lyrics to Malay songs that we came to know and love.

Here's to mention a few:

"Kerana Cinta
Aku kembara
Bagai camar
Melintas laut
Mencari pohon
Untuk berteduh" - Awan Terpilu sang by Ning Baizura

"Jika mimpi
Zaman silam
Bisa kusimpan dalam kaca jadi perhiasan
Pasti aku abadikan zaman riang kanak2" - Layar Impian sang by Ella

"Bonda
Akhirnya terbongkar jua rahsia
Tangisan dan gurindam
Keramat kasih sayangmu" - Bonda sang by M Nasir

I love his line from Zombi Kampung Pisang " Till when-when pun..." (sampai bila-bila). Loloq, till when-when pun we will remember you.

Semoga Allah sentiasa mencucuri rahmat ke atasnya. Al-fatihah.