Giant la......

26th of March 2009 Thursday

It is a pleasant day with a bright friendly sun. I went to PKNS with Toon after ISD class. We went there holding a simple aim to buy a movie. Actually, we are assigned to do an assignment on bilingualism. All we need is studying on a movie which has elements of bilingualism. That means there must be two languages used by some actors in the movie.
Firstly, we headed to nowhere. But then, we dropped at a shop that sells CDs. We straight away looked at some CDs there. The salesgirl was so warm. I know this girl as I always come here with my other friend. I already know she is like that, like a box of ‘basi’ Sunsweet. Sunsweet is even much sweeter. So, that salesgirl was like a box of ‘basi asam boy’. She smiled, but she was pretending. I could read her face. After searching and having a discussion with the salesgirl, we chose a VCD entitled Escape from Huang Shi.
Then, we moved to SACC Mall, I wanted to go to Giant Supermarket. At Giant, I did not know what to buy. Then, I bought a food container and a bed mattress. It is very nice! I could not manage to buy pink bed mattress.

Giant....this post is dedicated to Sakey UIA.

GIANT.......this is a place where I can leave my burdens. But, sometimes I change my direction to Pasar Tani at Section 13 behind Giant Hypermarket. I love this place. Lots of people are moving around, without stopping.

Well, it's fun to see many kinds of people. This is also a place to do some observations on how various people behave. In addition, there's a lot of things to feed me my eyes. Seriously, a myriad of foods there are absolutely appealing. I love nasi ayam goreng there (fried chicken with rice).

and pizza there is exteremly delicious! I'm going to die without that pizza once I go there! It is only RM2.50 per piece. It is enough to fill in the empty space of my belly. (I got a story about this pizza. I'll tell you later in the next post. I'm having a class right now.)

Honestly, some foods are costly....I only manage to glance at those foods via the edge of my two half-bubble eyes.

Well, everyday of my life gives me a story to share. Whether it is interesting or awful, I don't mind.

Words are emotions.
Words are expressions.
Words are evaluations.
Words are explanations.

Writing is exercising....

I pity on Fatin......

26th of March 2009 8.44a.m.

I have not been blogging since centuries. Yes, this is regularly my famous statement lately. There's a lot of work to be done. Seriously, I don't know which one is the best I should do. Well, let's talk about today's topic!

Regarding what Fatin has witten in her blog a few days ago.........I pity on her, so much. But I pity on myself more! Honestly, I just managed to see the cover of that past year test paper. Thank you, Alia, for giving me the precious two minutes to glance at the test paper. Frankly, she has tried her best to show the paper to everybody she knows. But, how could she? If I were her, I could not do that. She was not able to walk around to find all her friends. Well, thanks. Unfortunately, I couldn't remeber a single word from the test paper to be adapted during the real test, because I just saw the cover. Huh!!!! Pity on me!

Well, I have learnt many things this year. I can't stand on someone's feet anymore. I need to be much more independent than I used to be previously.......

But, friends, you are my strenght.....I will always put my chin on your shoulders.....If only you gave me a chance to do it. However, rarely people do........ I love you guys!

"You raise me up...so I can stand on my own.....
You raise me up to work on all my dreams....
You've raised me up.....to more than I could be"

A CORAL IN A CORACLE.....

17/03/09 Tuesday 9.34p.m.

I have many things to say.....have gallons of stories to tell.....have myriad of words to spread......

BUT.... I haven't time to sit......haven't wing to fly........haven't line to link with you........

I miss you all, my blogger friends........

Sooner or later, I'll come out with an abnormal experience as usual....Hehe!

STRAWBERRY....

Strawberry is now my passionate fruit. I love its smell, regardless its sour taste.

The smell makes me crazy for the whole day. It is formidable to pull my eyes out from the sockets. Well, the taste is not as wonderful as its smell. Unless, it is associated in a cornucopia
of crave delights such as yogurts, sweets, ice creams and jams. To eat strawberries straight away is not my desire. It is just like a saying, "DON'T JUDGE BOOK BY ITS COVER". Its physical look is extraordinarily enchanting and easily can attract anybody who wants to feel the moon-struck pleasant things in life.

However, the taste -sometimes- kills our appetite of even glancing at any other food in this galaxy. What an atrocious type of strawberry we have here! Becasue strawberries are toooooooo beautiful!!!

The most beautiful fruit ever!!

instructional design class....

(19^TH of February 2009)

REFLECTIVE 4

Today’s class was the most interesting class ever, so far. We did quite a good job as we went along the lesson. We were working on ‘How to Solve Hard Disk Problem’ using problem based learning style of studying. Honestly, searching the right information was totally difficult. We need to know the exact term to search through Google Search Engine.

After one hour struggling with information, Dr. Othman -an instructor- came to our class to lead the PBL session. We were divided into three groups. Each group was given an internal hard disk which was already taken out from computers. Any of the three hard disks has a file we wanted. However, we had to figure out how to connect it to connect it to computer so that we could read the file. I was together with Hasinah, Masitah, Alzahari, Hafiz, Tun and Khairil. We were working with a great full of cooperation in doing the task. The task was given three weeks ago. We had actually spent a lot of time at home in finding about ‘how to solve crash hard disk problem’. I had asked my uncle who is expert in computer. He said I only needed USB 2.0 to IDE Cable to connect an internal hard disk to a computer.

The question-answer session began. I was assigned to ask Dr. Othman about USB 2.0 to IDE Cable. I was so confident that the cable was the right cable to use. As I broke the ice, Dr. Othman gave me the cable in a great astonishment. He said I am the first student ever to could get the tool with a very first question. My question was, “Dr. Othman, can I have USB 2.0 to IDE cable?” Then he said yes and gave me the tool I wanted. My group was so happy. The other group asked for 4 pin to P4 Female and they got it right. It was actually the power source we needed. We could not work with merely USB 2.0 to IDE with any power supply. Finally, we did all together, combining the three groups to be a great team. We got another tool which was the CD driver to be able to read the hard disk.

As the time was up, we had to continue searching for the file next week. In a nutshell, we have done a quite good job in the sense of working a big team.

The Last Straw.....

I have not been blogging since centuries....I realize that. Well, I have nothing much to say! But...the only reason is.....I have a lot of assignments to be done. First thing first....I would like to officially declare my enormous apology to Alzahari, our oldest brother in class. Well, bro...I know you won't easily get fractious. What a terrible vitriol I have done.

THE STORY BEGAN........

5th of January 2009

One day, a few students of our class were doing assignments together in class. Well, i felt like excusing myself. I was too dog-tired after completing my misarable work. So and so..... I wanted to go to Kandang (the only paradise we can buy a cornucopia of things). Ayie (Alzahari) asked me to buy "teh 'o' Beng kurang manis. Yes, a glass of cool tea- less sugar. So, I walked to Kandang as he gave me two syillings of 50 cents. Okay!
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"Here I am!!"

I came back with a plastic of tea. Honestly, I forgot to tell the mamak (a guy who made Ayie's tea) that the tea must be concisely less sweet.... Hahahahaha...... The tea was sweet....as usual. No difference at all!

To my horror, I forgot to take a straw....

I WAS DEVIANT....I KNOW....

Well, who asks that mamak to not give the straw as well? How did I know where the sengal straw was! It was not my stall!!!

So, dear my big brother Ayie.....

This is not the end of the world........
Don't feel anomaly without a straw. Chaiyok! We can still have a drink without a straw. Similar to....Tea can still show its taste without any straw to slurp..............

Let's Support the Victims!!!

T.J has tagged me.......

Here's the rule; Use Google image to search the answers to the question below. Then you must choose a picture of the first page of results, and post it as your answer.

After that, tag 7 people.

## The Age of Next Birthday ##

Twenty years old on this 23^rd of December.

## Places I'd like to visit ##

Makkah

Babylon

## A Favourite Place ##

My bed

Dreamland

## Favourite Food ##

Chicken Rice

Malay food

## Favourite Thing/s ##

Anything in Pink

## A Nickname I have ##

Ninie

It’s my pet name at home…

But only my older siblings call me Inie…

## College Major ##

Bachelor in English for Professional Communication

## Name of My Love ##

Zakiah Binti Zainuddin

## Hobbies ##

Blogging

Sleeping

## The Bad Habits ##

Wasting time and money, then regret it….

Eating before going to bed….

Using body scrub everyday….

Wearing UiTM matrix card whenever going out...

Bringing some snacks & Dutch Lady wherever I go…

## My Wish list ##

Studying oversea….

Being someone beyond what people could see…..

Living in the pink of health….

Living in the PINK of world….

Having good results with flying colours…

Having good foods with appealing taste….

Having a bright future

as a knowledgeable lecture…

I tag anybody who doesn’t have things to do…

BECAUSE

All Melaka TESLians have already been tagged by T.J.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

TODAY IS MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY
(8th OF February 2009)

She is 21 years old at this moment...... May all your wishes come true. "Although we are apart, you can celebrate it with your friends at UIA".

She is the only older sister I have.... I wonder what I should buy for her this year... She gave me a white bag with a picture of golden Mickey's head on it, for my last birthday. It is too big, I can even put a baby black elephant in it! That means, I need to buy something alike as a revenge.....

I have been thinking of buying perfumes, but she has many already. Should I buy something luxurious? No, my pocket money is not enough to buy her a Mercedes. Well, how about a baby black elephant? At least I can put it into my bag you gave me.
"You may take it from National Zoo, no need to buy...." :-P

An Odyssey to 'Kuala Lumpur'........

Friday 6/2/2009

Everybody was bloody excited to go to Kula Lumpur for free! We, LGB 2A, were invited to attend a ‘majlis kebudayaan’ somewhere in KL. Well, we did not intend to know further about the destination and purpose. All we knew was “we are going to have a free merry ride to KL”. Surely, a bus would be provided…..hurm….

The bus was coming!!! Hooray!!! We were waiting for it with a mountain of patience.

Suddenly, Kak Hanis, the big boss of this journey came with her gloomy red face.

“What’s up?”

“Where is the bus you promised?”

“Is the invitation still valid?”

“Are we really going to KL?”

“I have dressed amazingly and don’t tell me the trip is cancelled!”

These were the questions thrown to Kak Hanis.

“Sorry, it is cancelled”.

AAAArrghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What an embarrassment! I did not want to walk back home. What would my housemates say? I would be the laughing stock for the rest of my life!!! The others thought the same.

This was not a statement we waited for! Well, life is all about ups and downs. Every cloud has a silver lining. This could not break our strength of having a fieldtrip. Who cares about the trip to KL anymore? We have other places to go by using our

beloved Rapid KL lah!!!! Who cares???!!! We are

independent!!! In life, there is always a plan B…..

We ended up by switching our mind to “a journey to Plaza Alam Sentral”.

Here we began!

Alia, Tun, C-Nah, Masitah, Farha, Ain Jannah, Malia, Lat, Azwan, Azrina and me.

We all eleven were waiting for a bus……

Suddenly, Masitah changed her mind and chose to disjoin the group. She has a meeting to attend tonight, the same meeting as Alia has. We were all ten.

After a while, Latfi – our class captain – was surrender. He was too lazy to wait for anymore second. He assumed that the bus wouldn’t be coming. Then he left us after saying “take care”.

Then, Azwan forcefully followed him. Oh, dear! How could you all give up before going to battle?

I also planned to give up. But Tun and Ain wanted to go. Malia said, “I will wait until 7.30 p.m. only”

However, in returns of our great patience, here the bus came! UiTM bus. It was already 7.20 p.m. after waiting for a half century. “Here we go!”

Azrina had done a stunt in the bus. The bus was terribly shaking and so she almost fell down while we were taking pictures. I presume that she might be too excited to be in the picture.

We arrived at PKNS in thirty minutes later. It was already dark.

The first place we headed to was surau. It was already maghrib time.

After that, we continued our journey to Plaza Alam Sentral, which is located behind PKNS.

“Here we are!”

The place was jovially greeting us as it knew that we chose it instead of Kuala Lumpur.

We dropped at Speedy to look for CDs. Actually; I was the person who promoted them to go there. I wanted to buy a CD. But it is sold in a set of 3 CDs, for RM10.00. It was stock clearance. I wanted one CD only. So, I persuaded Latfi and Hasinah to buy another two CDs, so that I could have one out of three; with a great price of RM3.33 per CD. Hahaha…..then we bought three CDs and each of us got one. What an amazing pleasure of having friends! People say; “united we strong, divided we weak”.

Do you know what kind of CD we bought? This is my CD. Have a look!

Let’s go back to the story. Our stomachs were all singing rock and roll. The journey made us starving. Well, we found a restaurant. I forgot its name, but it is exactly located in front of Bee’s, a bakery. You can see the bakery as you walk into Plaza Alam Sentral using the main entrance, next to Dunkin Donuts. Am I making myself clear? Yes, isn’t it?

Well, we were like a jakun group of kids who were having an outing for the first time. (And surely, the kids are from a sort kindergarten in a secret jungle, in Amazon. Or, they might be from other world in another galaxy).

We sat at one of a pleasant corner. At the moment, Malia and Ain went to ATM machine, withdrawing some money (Unfortunately, both of them refused to treat us). Three tables were combined as we were ten all together. There were no other people in the restaurant. However, it seemed like there were myriad Orang Utan kids in the restaurant. I did not know what we were talking about. What a noisy place, the restaurant became!

To my horror, the foods we ordered were deliciously expensive. I think, the pans we used were all imported from Italy. They served our food in several little pans. Wow! “I don’t think I like it”.

They were all movable! We had to hold the ear of the pans, so we could eat our food. They were making our meals terrible and hard to eat. Overall, the foods were appealing. Except for C-nah’s wantan mee. Hahaha….it wasn’t tasty at all! Pity her.

At the same time, we took photographs again and again. Azwan’s face forcefully made us practicing yoga laughter, which was presented by Farha in class, last semester. He looked innocent on all the pictures.

The most unforgettable experience was always on my side. Yes, it was an embarrassing moment indeed. To begin with, I went to the cashier. I have RM90.00 in my hand. We used Alia’s and C-Nah’s money first. Well, the cashier took a long time to count the bill. Never mind, I waited. Then the bill popped out on the screen. It was RM119.53. The money was obviously not enough. Then I took RM20 from C-Nah, assuming that it would be enough. To my embarrassment, the cashier said I needed another RM10. I was not a good Mathematician at the moment. Poor me! Then I went back again to our table and took RM10 note from Lat. “Here I go!”….. It was settled!

Then, we rushed to PKNS bus stop. We were looking for T605. After waiting for decades, we crossed the road and took a bus from the other roadside. We went to Section 2 (bus station) and stayed in the same bus. While waiting for the bus to move and take us home, we took some pictures again! What a happy family!

The bus moved. We went back to Perdana Heights Hostel, keeping a lot of memories in our heart. We arrived exactly at 11.00 o’clock. We happily walked in with a plenty of stories to remember……..

-the end-

p/s: More pictures will be coming soon!

Secret Recipe....

4/2/2009 Wednesday

I went to Giant - a place I like most - this evening. I went alone, as usual.

Sometimes, we need space for ourselves to think, fly and recap the useless holes in the past. Well, I bought nothing but some bottles of mineral water, filamen (crab) sticks, and cakes. I bought two pieces of Secret Recipe cakes. Chocolate Indulgence and New York Cheese. The taste was as equally nice as the look.

SAY NO TO JOGGING!

29th January 2009 Thursday Early Morning

I was gently sleeping on my luxurious bed after performing Subuh prayer. Well, it was an uber-normal thing to practice at house. I used my red blanket which has abundant pink stripes all over it. Regardless how the smell is like, it is completely quite beautiful indeed.

Suddenly, someone pulled my comfortable bedspread. I was just having a nap for only 5 minutes! What a great disturbance! What an unacceptable aversion!

IT WAS MY FATHER….

I could hear his laugh. He was snickering at me, his third child.

I asked him, “What’s the matter? I want to sleep lah”.

Do you know why he disturbed my delightful comfort of sleeping?

He said, “Jom pegi jogging kat pantai. Ummi dah siap”.

He just wanted me to join them (my father and mother) jogging! What? I don’t see any point of exercising in the early morning along the seashore! He hadn’t even taken a bath yet! I am afraid all the fish in the sea will be extinct.

My parents always go to Irama Beach, 9 kilometers away from our house. They drive to go there, to have a brisk walk along the beach while enjoying the view.

The first light sky is always aglow with the baby sun.

Of course, the fresh morning air we inhale is the best remedy for a great respiration. But I rather prefer to have my own morning air on my bed, hahaha!

Back to the story. I answered my father:

“Ala… I am healthy and young enough to jog. Let the older people go! Go la…let me jog on my bed”.

I have made a brilliant excuse actually, without opening my two divine eyes. At the same time, I pulled my blanket back to cover my shivering body.

He giggled and left me with my subsequent dream.

My youngest sister -13 years old – who was sleeping beside me immediately woke up.

“I want to go!” she said.

She then followed my father without taking bath. I know my sister did not go there for jogging. She wanted to eat satay. Pantai Irama is famous with delicious satays.

Well, I did not mind at all. In fact, they brought me back a meal of satay for my afternoon breakfast…..What a jaunty pleasure at home!