Mendeka! Mendeka! Mendeka!

51 Years and counting. Selamat Hari Merdeka Malaysia!

Found this interesting info on wiki

p/s:

dulu anak sedara aku pelat nak sebut Merdeka.. dia sebut Mendeka. hehehhehe

Ada apa dengan pingat emas?

I am disappointed. Sad, perhaps. I'm sure I'll get over it. Dunno if he can though. To beat Lin Dan in his own backyard is definitely not an easy thing to do. I suppose we were all hoping for a close match. A 3 set thriller that will leave us with high spirit to go to work on Monday.

Whatever it is, all of us are just "cakap aje lebih". I bet if we had to stand in front of 40thousand Lin Dan supporters and knowing that the whole Malaysia is counting on us, mau terkencing kot. And I have to say, coach Malaysia jugak yang bagus and can produce World No 2 and olympic finalist. Tak hebat tu?

So, bro - walau pun kau terpaku dan terpukau melihat biceps and triceps Lin Dan, gua tetap tabik spring!

To Misbun, wa caya lu!

Dan sedikit berita yang mengembirakan, siapa yang tidak terpaku dan terpukau, kalau bukan Chelsea! Yezzaaaa 4 -0 for a season opener. And who else should score the first goal?

Si Cantik Tertarik Kau Memang da Bomb - of course!

Aircon @ KLPac?

Wah macam ada acara marathon blogging pulak. This is my dunno what # entry for these few hours. Truth be told, ada banyak documentation nak kena buat, tapi dah almost 1 week I had not even have the title of the document written down. Harapnya dengan memblog dapatlah my creative juices flow and inspire me to start the F***ing document.

Where is the energy that I once have zaman kat uni dulu. Completing (copying) assignment in the last minute, burning the midnite oil with team members to complete a project - documentation , presentation and a working (dummy) front end of a supermarket check out system. All in one night

Was there 'ice' or 'speed' diluted into the water from the watercooler?

Apa kaitan dengan Aircon? Takde benda, accept that I actually wanted to write that I saw a teater performance called Aircon. The ticket (priced RM42), tak bayar lagi to my friend.

They had ads running in Astro, with tag line that goes something like - who killed Aishwarya something something. Its about a boarding school, murder and boys with hockey stick. So far, interesting. Tapi apasal title aircon? Will be explained shortly.

But first, the teater was staged at KLPac - KL Performing Arts Center. In Sentul. A place that is very foreign to me. I surf the net and found that there's actually 2 Star LRT stations nearby. Cantek. Except that I left home quite late and sampai late.

Right. As soon as I reach the Star LRT, I asked the ticket clerk, which station is nearer to the KLPac? The replied was a puzzled "KLPac?" This is not good. The website does say that there's also a KTM komuter station nearby the KLPac. So I asked again, where's the nearest connecting station from Star to Komuter. "Bandaraya, lepas tu naik Komuter kat Bank Negara" "Err.. kena lintas sungai tu eh dek? Dari Sogo tu?" "Haah". Ok forget it. 1) Pantang tok nenek aku nak kena jalan jauh and 2) Sudah lambat. So I took a gamble and choose to buy ticket to Sentul Star LRT.

The show should start at 3pm. 2.50 pm aku baru terkedek2 nak turun dari Star Sentul, which is smack behind rumah2 flat. No main road in sight. No cab. Wah kehidupan semakin menarik. I just walk to the first taxi stand that I saw. There's a kaka also waiting for a cab. I asked her if she's from around. She said yes. Then I asked her, tau tak KLPac kat mana. "KLPac?" Pause. Blank face. I offered a bit more info that I know, "Rasanya dekat Sentul East ke West tah. Yang YTL develop tu. Ada teater". "Oooo Sentul East tu kat sana", pointing behind me. "Tapi KL Pac tak tau". Apa la kejadah orang panggil KL Pac ni? Semua orang tak tau.

Then a taxi came. To my surprise, kakak tu ajak naik sekali. "I hantar you kat luar sana tu. Nanti you tanya lah orang". Set.. ada la harapan sket. So during the less than 5 minutes ride, the kakak pointed to me a Tamil Movie Teater " Bukan yang tu dik?" Though I had 10 good comeback for the question, I politely said, "Eh tak rasanya". Ye la kang dia sepak aku kuar, tak pasal pulak aku kena posing depan panggung tu pulak. We came to a main road, and the kakak asked the taxi driver to drop me off at a petrol station. I wanted to paid her, but she declined. Terima Kasih daun keladi kak. In fact, she said " ok, see you lagi" which is ironic, sebab the chances are slim. Maybe we should all train ourselves to just say goodbye when we part ways. Pun begitu, semoga murah rezeki kakak tu.

As I stood by the road side, scratching my head for my next move, I suddenly realised someting. Right across the street, in front of me is a gated area with a guard house which has a small sign that says KLPac. Alhamdulillah. Sampai jugak aku. So I crossed the street and came to the guard house. "KL Pac?" "Terus.. dalam". Finally!

Err... only to discover, alamak what a loooooooong way "terus dalam" it is. I saw some building about 700-800 metres ahead. Pantang tak pantang, kena la jugak aku jalan. It's 3pm in a Malaysia afternoon heat. Joy to the World indeed. As I reach the first building my heart sank, "YTL sales office". OK perhaps it's the next one. Nope.. the next one? No. By now, I have walked for almost 1Km. My body is so not build for this.

I saw a dude trimming some bushes, so I asked him, "KLPac?" "Straight maam". Eh this dude can't be right, there's nothing straight ahead but some run down looking warehouse. Perhaps, it's the building behind this one. Let me check it out..... "Maam, no.. straight. Straight" Gesturing me to continue ahead into the blistering hot weather. Ye la haram bejadah, aku jalan la straight ni. By then I am sweating profusely. Dah tak glam dah.

I passed the warehouses and there's some more scarry looking dudes loitering around there. I thot to myself. "My,my.. what a great afternoon to be robbed and murdered" But then again, being dead is not a bad option at that time. Another 10 minutes of walking, the road suddenly opened up to a beautiful landscape. I saw a field, a lake and some condos...and a car park. Ah getting warmer (literally!). Then walking.. and walking lagi, ah... I start to see some banners that say KLPac. And... as my heart and leg about to give up. I reached the main entrance of the KLPac.

So, now I can start asking a different question, "Aircon?" "Pentas dua". I smiled and silently cursing in my heart. Mana la pulak tu. Luckily I'm not far off. My friend left my ticket at the counter. So I picked it up and went in. I was about 20-30 minutes late. Malu la jugak masuk lambat sebab format of the stage is very open. From my seats I can see the nostrils of the actors. Dekat gila.

2 minutes into the show... I realized that "Wow! Berani gila teater ni" The actors dialogs are full of sexual inuendos. Openly saying things like "K*t*","P*l*r*, kulum la apa la. Aku yang dah gila ke apa ni? Has the heat fried my brain and hearing? Maybe to some it is offending. I do find some of the story line and dialogs a bit too much and making me questioning my sanity. Tapi keberanian this bunch of guys delivering these lines makes the audience, me included, laughing and glued to our seats. (Either that, or all of us have to admit that we are actually pretending that we are so urban, that we didn't find this, hardly disturbing at all. Heheheh.Entah la)

The story basically revolves around an all boys boarding school, where a pondan prostitude (Aishwarya) was found dead - murdered, at a nearby train station. The heartthrob of the school kononnya macam adik angkat to the pondan. So who killed this pondan?

Same sex school gives the background of the real issue of the teater - kids starting to discover their sexuality. And since it's all boys, ada la masuk bab-bab nak jadi gay. (In fact 80% it's about gay pun :P). Mamat ni suka mamat tu, mamat ni lembut la, patah la, auw-auw la. And ada la jugak scene2 main belakang. Which sangat menakutkan. I distinctively notice a bunch of old dudes seating on the front rows. Gelak macam tak ingat dunia. Agaknya remind them of their boarding school days. Hish, menakutkan!

So who killed Aishwarya? It was the best mate to the heartthrob, who secretly has a crush on him, though thruout the performance, he hates pondan and act so the very macho. I thot it was the macam bagus Ustaz, rupanya tak. Anyway, It was enjoyable la. But not for kids definitely. Whoever's from a boarding school especially all-boys or all-girls school boleh la relate kot. The actors are very talented. We all agreed that the character called Mimi is the best! He's not the heartthrob, but he sure is funny! Read more here. Also I found some reviews about it in other blogs: here and here

Tapi, kenapa title dia Aircon? Well thruout the performance ada apek yang kena betulkan "aircond" in the the prefects room. Maybe an implied meaning which I don't get. But as "Kak" Aishwarya explained, aircon is actually giving a BJ while sucking a Hacks (ha gula-gula tu) in your mouth. Berangin.

Ambik kau! Too much shocking culture-exposure for one afternoon for me, if you ask.

Ole Ole Bandung - 2008

Last year we went to Bandung. Balik on the day of first puasa. Seksa betul sebab kelaparan. We sort of vow not to come back sebab terasa macam semua benda yang nak beli dah beli.

Somehow, the free airfare macam enticing pulak. So with a RM324 per person package (return airafre + 3D2N hotel stay), we are back in Bandung.

Let the extreme shopping begin!

Tak perlulah nak cerita pasal shopping extravaganza kitaorang. Suffice to say, baggageku overload, shopping till last minute sampai nak terlepas flight and at one time tu, aku dah duduk aje sambil ask the shop assistance to bring all the jeans in the size that I want, and I literally choose them of their hand. Macam point and click, tapi with real people.

Aside from the FOs and JCo scatter around town, Bandung is actually a food haven. If you are ever going there, do try the food off the hawker's carts by the road side. Sekali tengok memang macam tak sanggup nak try, but believe me, most of them - sedap BANGET!

I tried the Ice Cream Durian, despite deep down I know mesti sakit tekak lepas tu. It cost about Rp6000 (RM2 kot) or was it Rp 7000 or Rp12000. Entah la. They are everywhere, in all street corner. Tidak dapatlah saya nak menahan diri. It is served in a plastic cup. First, put in some durian (ye.. durian betul, yang keluar dari buah durian and bukan some cheapo ice cream durian), then a few scoop of vanilla flavoured ice cream, then put some more durian and top it off with susu cair. Voila! After a few spoonful, serious terasa nak makan dengan tangan aje. Tak ambik plak gambo sebab sedap sangat lepas habis baru teringat nak ambik gambo.

Then there's this thing call batagor. Imagine macam cucur udang dengan juah kacang. Tapi instead of udang.. aku tak tau la dia letak apa. Tapi sedap sangat. Makan panas-panas, sambil blasah dengan ice cream durian. Hanya dengan kuasa Allah saje, aku tak kena sakit perut hari tu.

And serious kuda, kena try nasi padang dia. We went to this restaurant called Simpang Raya. RM34 for two person for lunch. Lauk pauk yang datang dekat 15 jenis agaknya. Rambang mata. Tapi kesedapannya, masih teringat sampai hari ni. If kat KL, makan dua orang , 2-3 lauk dah RM50.

Dan yang paling grande sekali to me. Is the nasi goreng. 2 malam aku dok mencari cart jual nasi goreng ni. Akhirnya, ketemu juga. Macam nampak apa je. Yang ni memang special sampai aku suruh brader tu posing sambil goreng nasi. We tried this the last time from a cart across town. Rasanya sama. Maintain standard. Agaknya ada special school train depa ni goreng nasi. Harganya Rp6000.

Boley request nak pedas ke tidak. And it is served with a pack of keropok. Boley nak tapau or makan kat tepi jalan tu jugak.

Mari kuperkenalkan nasi goreng turun dari langit

Nampak macam toye je, but once you tried it, mesti nak lagi.

Perhaps it will be a reason to go back to Bandung. Hmmm......

Seringkali - Damn it,Malik!

Still about the film award show

Ct sang Sharipah Aini's Hapuslah Airmatamu. Hands down memang dia talented. Suara sedap. But then, given the scandal/gossip that occurred some years ago... isn't it weird?

No, I'm not going to talk about it. I want to talk about Maman's Seringkali that the dude from Def Cab C sang. Ahhhh... there can only be one Maman. Pun begitu, the song brought back fond memories. Damn it, Malik - Layar Lara Soundtrack is one of the best album EVER. And let's not even start with the movie and Ena Manjalara binti Wagiman.. hahahha

Sadly, dulu tak mampu nak beli CD. I just own the casette.. which dah hilang. So, where can we find a 10 year old album?

Anyhoo, enjoy this performance by Maman singing Seringkali, which I found on youtube

Seringkali, aku hanyut dalam bayangan

Berterbangan perasaan ini... walau

Kau ku gambarkan dalam lamunan

Diri ini selalu ingin bersamamu

Bila ku terkenang kemesraan bersamamu sayang

Masihkah aku di hatimu

Masih jauh rasanya perjalanan ini

Bilakah masanya harus jua aku kecapi

Walau ranjau penuh berduri

Akan ku bawa cintamu bersama selalu

Tak akan kubiarkan ia tersisih dari perasaan ini

Dan ingin ku luahkan dalam lagu ini

Sebagai bukti cintaku, agar kau terus menanti diriku

Hanya kau yang ku cinta

Hanya kau yang ku harapkan

Ke puncak asmara

Ingin kita kecapi bersama

Walau gambaran yang ku gambarkan

Yang seringkali, ku renungkan

Menjadi lukisan di jiwaku

What does this two have in common?

Famous Actress/Director

and

Hiro Nakamura

Overheard during the recent award ceremony
Presenter (famous actress/director): "Pemenang Pengarah Harapan.. ahh mak punya fevret...
HAN ISAK!!"

Han Isak? Tetiba nampak Hans Isaac bangun... Ooooo Hans Isaac.

So that makes two people who can't pronounce Isaac properly. But I'm sure the one of them did it on purpose. Am I evil? As Hiro Nakamura would apologize, "opps suri!"

08-08-08 'Ong'limpik

Can't believe that I did not blog on the the triple 8 date.

So there was the opening ceremony. So there were 14 thousand people. The countdown on the drums really impress me. Nasib baik Malaysia dah keluar awal2. By the time pulau2 apa yang aku tak pernah dgr tu keluar, aku dah tido pun. Aku tgk nyonya yang terkinja2 tgh padang tu pun mcm dah tak bergerak dah. I missed the lighting of the torch. Saw it the next day. Berapa banayak suspense wire la yang diaorg pakai.

Aku masih tak tahu macam mana the 'globe' tu boley keluar from the middle of the field. How high was the stage? Hmmm...

It was said that the facilities cost China 37.5 bilion. They sure went for the whole 9 yard. Untuk archery yang boley buat kat padang sekolah tu pun ada stadium on its own. But seriously, the Bird's Nest or the Ice Cube didn't really capture my interest. Neither Phelps 11 gold medals.

But this....

Pernah dengar Canoe/Kayak Slalom? I have never either till today. Just imagine skiing slalom, but instead of using ski to manuver around the obstacles, use have to paddle your canoe around it. Or better still, like going whitewater canoing but with obstacles. BEST GILA! Read more here

Aparently this is not new. Previous games pun dah ada. How could I miss it? This afternoon's event delayed pulak sebab bad weather.

Tapi aku tetap tabik spring sebab they build a man made course for this. Imagine lepas ni orang semua boley datang situ and try it out. Macam theme park. Read abou the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park here

On other news, last man standing - Lee Chong Wei made it to the semis. Good luck bro! Malaysia Boleh!