this is no war

Dear diary,

He called what I was doing 'crap'.


We all pick our battles differently, on different grounds and for different reasons.

If you want to call my battle crap, so be it. The invitation for you to join in the crapola still stands :)

1 & 2

(1)
Thanks to my colleague.

Yea, I still buy them cassettes as my kereta kecik's stereo system only allows for that. And so as not to increase sales of Indonesian albums on local shores, these were ordered directly from Jakarta. Teehee. Jangan marah ya, bung. Bukan bajakan ini, semua udah lunas PPN, ya cumanya dalam rupiah. (PPN tu apa? Rujuk sini)

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(2)

"Wahai jiwa-jiwa yang tenang..
Jangan sekali kali kamu..
Mencoba jadi Tuhan dengan mengadili dan menghakimi
Bahwasanya kamu memang tak punya daya dan upaya
Serta kekuatan untuk menentukan kebenaran yang sejati..
Bukankah kita memang tercipta laki laki & wanita
dan menjadi suku suku bangsa.. yang pasti berbeda
Bukankah kita harus saling mengenal dan menghormati
Bukan untuk saling bercerai berai
dan berperang angkat senjata"

Dewa 19
Laskar Cinta “Chapter Two”

Tapi sebenarnya, ini bukan pertama kali kita pernah dengar atau baca ayat-ayat ini, kan? Cuma apabila ayat-ayat ini diangkat oleh kumpulan popular dan dinyanyi dan berkumandang di radio, melekat lebih pulak.

Aku tak rasa ada salahnya walau "Propaganda!", kata sesetengah.

Itu, bahan kelabu dalam kotak kranium kau. Gunakanlah.

P.S - Bahagian yang diboldkan dituju khas buat Pakcik George Bush dan sekutu-sekutunya dan semua pihak yang sedang berperang-perangan dan bercerai-beraian dengan ucapan "Cintailah kedamaian", ke arah dunia seperti dinyatakan dalam stereotype ucapan wajib bakal-bakal ratu dunia di filem kaca Hoolywood bagi soalan terakhir pusingan penentu kejuaraan "..and I also wish for.. world peace" (insert senyuman bercahaya dengan kilatan Vaseline di sini).

YM-ing Yg Mulia

During Parliament observer duty today, there was this guy on my left who was diligently tap-tapping on his laptop during the morning session. Upon further glances on his screen, guess what?

He was actually busy having instant-message conversations using Yahoo Messenger amidst the speeches by the Yang Berhormats and Yang Dipertuas from the look at the small message windows with avatars on the screen. Too bad my PDA’s battery was on low, or I would’ve definitely risked for a picture evidence.

The thing is I couldn't get even a single signal bar for my mobile once I’m seated in the Dewan Rakyat Yang Mulia.

Must be some powerful hardware he got there. Or, my mobile is the cikai one.

date with Gubra

Note your calendars, for Gubra, the latest film by Yasmin Ahmad is scheduled to start its local screening on the 6th of April, 2006 (as at time of publish).

6.4.06, okeys. Nice date, ya. Anam-ampat-kosong-anam.

For early reviews of Gubra go here and here (beware of *spoilers*), here for an account of the gala premiere in Singapore and here for an interview with the cast.


Well, wayang siapa kalau bukan wayang kita? Don't shoot Yasmin for having it premiered in Singapore though, that's done and we'll be watching the same version as Gubra has passed through the National Censorship Board with zero cuts, so we'll be seeing the film in its full, ahem, entirety. Singapore aside, still it's Nazrul alone who owns the claim to fame that Gubra's first 'public premier' in September 2005 was at his cool Ikea-furniture-laden bachelor pad :)

And here's a small tip - do WAIT until the end of the credits instead of heading straight for the exit once they started rolling. You won't regret it.

[All photo credits owned by Gubra's production team]

No snip

Surprise, surprise.

Gubra (Yasmin Ahmad)
Passed with NO CUTS


Lelaki Komunis Terakhir (Amir Muhammad)
Passed with NO CUTS


Garasi (Agung Sentausa)
Kissing scene snipped, but song performed with lyrics "shut the f*ck up!" passed through

Kenderaan

Dia #1 : Bos yang memang besar. Pangkat, maksud aku. Bukan badannya.
Dia #2 : Bos sedikit besar (bawah sikit dari Dia #1).

Mesyuarat di luar pejabat. Mereka tiba dulu.

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Dia #1 : Awak datang naik apa?

Aku : Saya drive terus dari rumah, puan. Rumah saya dekat aje dari sini.

Dia #1 : Kita tumpang dialah balik office, tak perlu suruh driver datang balik.

Aku : Boleh, saya tak ada masalah.

Dia #2 : Tapi, kereta dia kecik.
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Baru aku tau rupa-rupanya, ada yang kalau dah biasa naik Merkades, tak betah lagi naik Satria.

Eh, sampai jugak, apa.

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Harapnya kita tidak lupa bahawa untuk perjalanan terakhir kita di muka bumi ini, kita akan diusung dengan model kenderaan yang sama, Insya Allah.


"Sikit lagi siap la ni, kalau sapa nak order model terbaru
boleh call pakcik Osman di talian 04-7722395 ya"
[Sumber foto]

Ultah-ku

It's a real nice surprise to find them remembering it's today.

I suspect lots of my friends use one of those online yearly reminders as yours truly, for one, am at loss for most of their birthday dates, and yet they seem to remember with ease.

How's this for one of the unlikeliest place to have your friends belt out the everlasting tune of "happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you..." -

right smack
in the middle
of the parking lot
in Ikea.


No matter where, how or when, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You and much love to you too.

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P.S :
1. Other people born on the 6th of March - Michaelangelo, Alan Greenspan, Shaquille O'Neal.
2. Today is also the Independence Day for the Republic of Ghana.

P.P.S :
Yeap, this is definitely time for you to join in and wish me well too ;)

tiga ratus kilometer

Serius malasnya aku nak menempuh lebuhraya 300km semata-mata untuk satu mesyuarat saja. Tapi dah kerja, kena lah jugak. Takkan nak makan gaji buta. Looking at it, hey, I'm being paid to travel!

Cuma yang terkilannya arahan diterima last minute, jadi terlepas site visit yang merupakan program hari pertama. Kali ini lima projek sekaligus, semuanya kampung-kampung Orang Asli. Best lawat kampung-kampung Orang Asli sebenarnya tau. Cubalah sekali-sekala kalau tak percaya ;)

Trivia :
1. Antara kegemaran masa lapang Orang Asli adalah berkaraoke.
2. Pegawai-pegawai Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli (dikenali sebagai orang 'Jabatan') sangat dihormati di kalangan Orang Asli. Kalau ada perkara yang memerlukan kau ke kampung mereka, berhubunglah dulu dengan orang Jabatan, jangan main suka-suka je masuk kampung orang.
3. Ibu pejabat JHEOA terletak di Wisma Selangor Dredging, Jalan Ampang. Alah, dekat dgn Pusat Pelancongan malaysia (MTC) dan Restoran Saloma.