The Retrocession

It's never too late to start over. If you weren't happy with yesterday, try something different today. Don't stay stuck. Do better. 马来同胞有一句话：Banyak udang banyak garam, banyak orang banyak ragam. 虾多盐多，人多花样多。 Quoting 《1Q84》，不要被表象迷惑，现实往往只有一个。 The reason why I never get sick of Orientation Camps is because it is a place where you seek the alter ago. 小朋友反正拢不识，青菜乎林北玩嘛不要紧。 不愧是个放松心情的好时机。

Everytime ancient Melaka is being mentioned, the two things that come to my mind is: 1. The founding of Melaka under the Melaka Tree ; 2. The "Malay dilemma" of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat . Point 1, is obviously something of a legend. Come on, where got kancil so powerful one? I am pretty sure the mousedeer in our zoo would be eaten by the wolves should they be kept in the same compound. Point 2 however, is something worth thinking. I always believe that different cultures produce different sets of values that they embrace. Those interested in the Hang Tuah-Hang Jebat Battle please read this post  that I wrote eons ago. 汉惹拔要死了，说： "Abang, you must jaga my son!" Before Hang Jebat died, he said, "Raja adil raja disembah, raja zalim raja disanggah" . In simple terms, if the ruler is a wise and noble one, he would be respected with loyalty. If he is an asshole, however, he should be overthrown and rebelled against. Sadly, Hang Tuah felt that as a Mal...

I think the worst thing humans have invented is the handphone. With communications getting so easily available, it's no wonder information is passed down so quickly, and so are orders and demands and whatever crap there is. And worst still, you lose your privacy. It's like, people can call you at any time they want and more foten then not, you'll just pick up the call and go &!@(>?@#$! ten minutes later. Finished reading my book, called Malaysia Negara Kita (hahaha damn stupid name right). Not bad lah, with chapters like Penguasaan Ingerris Di Perak and Salasilah Pemerintahan Negeri Selangor, obviously it kills my time in the office right. That said, my computer account is pink in color. YES, PINK FROM MICROSOFT WORD TO DESKTOP TO EMAILS TO ICONS. Keeps the day alive, doesn't it?

Buku Siri Praktis Cemerlang Imbuhan PSLE Bahasa Melayu merupkan sebuah buku latih tubi yang memuatkan 50 latihan Imbuhan yang: dapat membiasakan murid-murid dengan soalan-soalan Imbuhan PSLE mengandungi kepelbagaian tema yang mencabar minda Recently bought a Malay assessment book. PSLE standard one. My Bahasa has become damn cui already. Kanasai lah all the beR- , meN- and peN are damn easy, but the -kan , -i and teR- aren't. Suddenly got this crazy idea of travelling to Melaka by train after seeing 3SG Minshing's trip to Thailand by bike on Facebook. Travelling alone has always been cool. The nearest KTM station is only at Tampin 淡边 though. Train tickets still okay lah, $27 only. Should be an adventure. HAHAHA. If you are to give up a fun but volatile life, to exchange for a siong but stable life, would you want it? I have to say, I might not be going to Archi next year. In fact, I might not be in NUS next year. And the next. And the next next. Recen...

What have I been doing so long, for so many years?! Maybe I should have been working harder. Maybe I should have been more sane. Maybe I should have been less selfish... Have you ever wondered, is it better to have parallel lines, or intersecting lines? Parallel lines never meet. Intersecting lines meets at a point, and then drifts further and further. The choice is yours. 我是不想做个过客就对了。 Whatever. Now I'm pretty stuck. =( [ Yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong berciciran. ] Anyway it's payday so I spent a bomb in JB. Starbucks tumbler , Coffee Bean tea leaves (yeah I buy tea there cannot is it), Body Shop x3 . and loads of food! Life sometimes just sucks, and unfair, but that's because, we never work hard enough.

Kalau rezeki sepucak tidak boleh jadi segantang. Maybe you've seen this Malay peribahasa appear as my Facebook status. 该是你的，终究是你的。不该是你的，强求也是徒劳无功。 Watched three movies in 24 hours. Hahahaha. Not a marathon lah. Last night I watched one on Channel U, today I watched two in the cinema. Movie 1: 僕の彼女はサイボーグ                      Cyborg She Japanese films are interesting. Their way of producing emotions is so different from the Angmoh ones we watch all the time. So far I've yet to watch any Angmoh film that is as sentimental as Japanese ones. I liked the show, until the last bit. I seriously don't like movies with sad endings. People go cinema to find joy and laughter, not to go there and carry a burden home, man. Love movies, especially. Shouldn't the male and the female protagonist go happily ever after? What's the point of watching people break up, or one die on...

Selamat sejahtera kelas. Selamat sejahtera cikgu.......... Sila duduk. Terima kasih.... This was the earliest Malay phrases I elarnt in Malay class. Like duh right, now come to think about it, it's like Kindergarten Malay? HAHAHAHA. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT A STARBUCKS/COFFEE BEAN BE INSTALLED IN LOT ONE BECAUSE BPP ALWAYS GOT NO SPACE! GRRRRRRRRRR. AND HOW COME MCDONALD'S SO HOT TODAY. Looks like Global Warming is spreading. But anyway I am having great time learning my Archi steps. Palladian , Orders , Aqueducts , Porticos , Art-Nouveau , Art-Deco , Gothic , Rococo .....

A bit slack these few days. Decided to do some wiki-hopping. And stumbled upon loads of non-existent articles or stubs on Chinese wiki. So I actually can find the free time to contribute some crap. Not bad huh. Hahahaha. I gained some knowledge too, either by translating those on English/Malay wiki or googling stuff. Like now I know the difference between a Temenggong, Bendahara and Laksamana, and Sang Nila Utama is Parameswara’s (aka Iskandar Shah) great-grandfather. And Seri Menanti (in Negeri Sembilan) is called 神安池 in Chinese, Gua Musang (in Kelantan) is called 话望生, while the Chinese in Setiawan are mostly of Foochow origins. COOL right. Hahahaha bo pian lah, really too sian le, nothing much for me to do… Yawns. So there goes my first week, learning all kinds of Office Politics that I’ve never seen during my NS life with Enciks. Sir 果然比 Encik 复杂好多……

Today went to my that relative’s son’s school and gave that boy a ONE TIMES GOOD ONE. Phew. I really should be a tour guide. A Chinese one of course. Today I went to visit the Asian Civilisations Museum. The Exhibition on Sumatra. AWESOME. Especially when you can relate things you learn here to the things you learn in school (eg. Minangkabau culture, adat berpatih, Jambi, Aceh, Palembang, Bengkulu, Riau-Lingga, keris, Srivijaya, etc). I have finally set a LIFE GOAL today. Which is to find an answer to a question. And I swear I will use my lifetime to search for this answer.

Nun menghijau gunung ladang dan rimba Langit nan tinggi bertambah birunya Deru angin turut sama berlagu Semuanya bagaikan turut gembira Just went for a Hari Raya Dinner "Seloka Lebaran". Random Malay songs that I haven't been hearing for quite some time. I still remember, it was quite a feat to see myself surrounded by Muslims who were waiting for Iftar in the foodcourt, while the radio was tuned to wait for the prayer call hahaha. Long long time ago, when we still stayed in that ulu-ulu kampung in Negeri Sembilan... Haha nostalgia. Esok akan pergi JB dengan DJL and Henry William. YAY.

Kami mahu membantu anda…. Jika tidak, putus jari-jarinya…… Kalau tiada jari, saya ingat awak boleh lari…… Tak boleh, kerana kami akan memotong… Ah long akan ambil ini pisau potong lu punya tangan tau….! Pinjam wang banyak-banyak manis mulut tapi lepas itu lari….. HAHAHAHA JOKE SHOW BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!! Just came back from Popular. WTF, there are assessment books for kindergarten kids?!?!?!?!??! Walau eh nowadays the kiasu parents ah, the boy so small 5 years old only also want him to study ah? Tsktsktsktsktsktsk. Block leave finished! Tomorrow book in. Thursday book out. Thursday book in again, Friday book out. This week seems awesome.

My room damn nice clean right (haha ignore the clothes at the windows). No choice mah, Mr Sham checking room on Sunday, must last minute clean a bit mah… Ignore that monkey on the right too, he is getting flabbier and flabbier. (On a side note, he went to take a jog right after that, heh) Have been ponning morning assembly. Today is last day of school. Shall go to school later to camwhore a bit. Yesterday went to Starbucks to mug a bit, but I didn’t think it was very very effective because I was damn sleepy. It’s better to stop going morning assembly; just a waste of time. Bagai bintang di surga Dan seluruh warna Dan kasih yang setia Dan cahaya nyata Glad that awak boleh di sini apabila saya perlu. Haha Safa is definitely make a big fuss out of this.

Haha I learnt this new Malay word today from TV Mobile, called “rogol”. Ok lah sounds damn damn wrong. Please do not go check Kamus Dewan to find out its meaning. Today the council thingy is damn fun. Especially the hall, because No. 1, 12, 17 and this “Pseudo President-to-be” were being bombarded at. Damn fun suaning them lah, haha I feel so damn bad. Some people actually steal food from fridge! Be careful guys!

Well. Today seems a very good day indeed. I knew how to do most of my lecture test, spammed through GP with my talking, learnt quite a lot of stuff during my chem lecture, and Mr Low didn’t come for chem class. Well, I end school at 11.30am. Then climb fence. 170~~~ All the way through the kastam and on to Mighty Malaysia. Bought a hell lot of stuff. Donuts, birthday card, Pringles, London Choco Roll (yeah I know everyone hates the advertisement during Little Nyonya), Pandan Egg Roll, Durian Dodol, and much more. With RM50 on hand, all these is damn worth! Gosh why must our economy be so strong. So everything so expensive and so fat-moving. See people in Malaysia enjoying their lives, apart from their not-so-efficient government. And so, shared a lot of food when I reached NJ. Half the Pringles were gone, only 4 Dodols left, finished my yoghurt drink, and shared my donuts with Norman and gang and one to Li Chen. The donuts are nice! I have never tried donuts before, so I think J.C...