I Missed The Flight

I’ve plan it for a very long time. I bought the airplane ticket a month ago. I really plan it well. 26 May 2006, 4.30 PM. That’s my flight. I’m very excited waiting for it.

I’ve finished my examination. I still didn’t know the result but I’m sure that I will do well cause I’ve study harder than before. My examination is on 22nd May. 3 days for me to do what I always wanted to do before. What is it? Okay, the first thing is watch movie.

I can’t find a friends to accompany me to watch the movie. But I really want to watch it, it’s Da Vinci Code. It’s hot in the news so I guess it might be an interesting movie. I phoned my ex-roomate Jimmy and ask him to go with me on 23rd. Well, this is not a just-happy-to-tell story about me. Everything didn’t go well as I planned.

Okay to start from the beginning, actually I’m planning to watch movie with group of friends, but in the end, I end up watching it just with Jimmy. This because al of the other friends is nonsense-give-explanation person. Want to go, don’t want to go, is the only things that’s in their mind. I hate it, for me what I have plan must be gone in the way I want it to be.

Thus, I think myself unlucky end up watching movie with jimmy. But I’m not saying I’m to unlucky, I just can’t do it as I want it to be. My plan ruined. But the movie thing goes well. Da Vinci Code movie really make me fee I’m lucky again. This movie was too good for me. I don’t know why it was defeat by Spiderman-2 ( I’d read this in the news). I think compare to Spiderman, this movie is better. It make us confuse whether it is fact or fiction. Two thumbs up for this movie.

Okay, the next unfortunate event for me is, after watching the movie, I wait for bus and it was raining. And what the hell is going on with the bus, it only arrived on 7 PM after three hours I’m waiting. And I end up lying on my bed then feeling very tired not as I planned. I plan to go enjoy with my roommate that night. I already bought a drink for us. But because of the delayed bus, I sleep early with a little bit of frustration.

Then the next day, I went to sent my stuff to my auntie’s house at Beverly Hills, and guess what, I lost when driving back to my college. I take about 2 hours to reach there. And I plan to go to the town with my cousin but then it’s the bus problem again. It didn’t come until 5 PM. And if I take that bus how come I get back to the college. I won’t borrow or rent any car anymore.

So i just sleep in my room feeling very exciting but boring. Then I remember my plan to eat KFC with my roommate. So we went to IP and have our dinner at KFC. Maybe this look like the thing that happen as I planned but actually, I planned to eat KFC or Pizza with 2 girls and a boys plus me, but now I only eat KFC with my only roommate. And it’s quite boring.

The next day is 26 may , My go hometown Day. Balik Kampung. So I’ve packed my stuff, and according to my plan ( or Malaysian Airline System plan) I will reach my hometown after 20 minutes flying and land at my hometown airport around 5 PM. So 26th May is today.
Okay, 3 PM, I already ready to go. I was really exciting. And happy. Also happy after receiving a few reply message from my Ex-girlfriend. So long since we never talk and contact each other. And why I was happy about that? Sucks! Haha. Maybe I still love her but I love medicine and money more than her ( hypocrite).

Okay okey, 3 PM, my friends Sheehan drive me to the airport. And what the hell happen? Things that happen frequently but I don’t expect or I don’t want it to be for today. Traffic Jam! We stuck in the traffic for about an hour, only reached airport at 4 PM. And my flight is at 4.30. I brought a lot of stuff so I need a trolley and heck is it when I can’t find out. The airport is crowded. I then lift all of my 34 Kg stuff with bare hand I reach the check in counter at 4.15. And the women behind the counter said, ‘Sorry you missed the flight, you need to change it to stand by ticket to get the 6.45 PM flight’.

Arrghh…. I then queued up for about 30 minutes at the ticket office and only get the next comfirm flight at 8.45 PM. And guess what, the flight also cannot follow the plan, because it delayed until 9.15 PM.

What a life for me. I taught after the exam my life would be fascinating, but, everything didn’t went as I planned.

It’s true about one statement. We are human only can plan but God make the decision.
I feel very awful. I hate unworking plan. I hate it.

Only one thing make me happy today. It’s happen when I was in the mosque for my Friday prayer, and my lecturer Prof Zainal smile at me and say something like a good sign but I can’t understand. Then Murtaza also came and he tap my shoulder and give me a big smile plus two thumbs up. He said, ‘ very good ‘. I can’t understand all of this. What thus this mean. But I’m sure it a good sign since our result for the examination already set up today.

They say the result will comes out this evening. I don’t know. Maybe. But I’m sure I’m in the airport now feeling very boring waiting for my flight. It’s been 4 hours already.
Damn!

Ascap23 26 May 2006 7.55 PM.

p/s: My flight delayed again that night until 9.40 PM. Really sucks right

I'm finished

Yups, not finish my whole life. I'm just finishing my first year in the medical school. It's hard. I did expect its hard to be in this school. But now i know its harder than i taught.

Well, just finish my VIVA a few minutes ago, stressful when 2 examiner asking question and you must answer it spontaneously. Well i depend on my autonomic nervous system to answer the questions. Haha.

But i finish it with completely stylish as i want it to. Now i have nothing to think about for this one month before a new semester star on july.

Now i know how to study to become a doctor. Must read and remember every fact in a 10000 pages book for one subject. Anything can be ask. Well, it's kinda crazy but now it's not. I know its serious.

It's true, there is no time to waste in studying this stuff. I never know medicine is so deep. Very deep until i can't see the base. But it's truly fun.

Now i'm ready for the next semester. I hope that i will keep in mind about this, about study hard and remember everything.

Now, i can go back to my previously life for a month. I can go watch movie. I can go walking and wasting my time at the mall. And i can play multiplayer game everynight.

It's fun. But still i have work to do. A health promotion this 12 jun. I'll be flyiong off to Kedah for 2 weeks to the promotion. My holiday is just 2 weeks i think. But there is nothing more stressful than studying for a semester.

THis is my preload post. I want to post more philosophy and idea after this but now...it's time for me to relax and celebrate.

Malaysian Manner

Did Malaysian really have the best manners in the world. Compare to the other country... I'm trying to strike this topic because i live for 20 years in this world. I may be still young but in this young age of mine, i found out that this statement have a few exception.

Malaysian are well known to be a polite community since The age of Kesultanan Melayu Melaka. Even in year 1511, portugal Queen really amaze looking to Malay girl ( of course the only race in malaysia at that time is Malay)

And time flew by, this statement still can be hear until today. Malaysian are very polite, warm, and always smile, anytime they are willing to help each other or even foreigner. Maybe now this statement is only to attract travelers to come to Malaysia.

Cause what i found is, even though maybe every tourist people maybe are really friendly, but what about the manners to our own community?

I come to an goverment office and no one there even asy hello to me. Until i'm really confused in searching the department that i want to go and there is no one dare to help me. They just doing their own thing, drinking coffee, and treat me like i'm not there.

Once i'm in the office and i'm asking some women where is the exit and guess what... the women scold me saying that i'm blind.. " Can't you see the sign there saying exit!!!!" So what! What if i can't see that thing really...

And once i want to buy a movie ticket at the cinema, i ask the cashier there whether i can use my student card to get a discount and the caschier said " Can u see this! You are blind ka? Even you are wearing spectacles you can't see this sign."

I look at the sign and all i can read is, PUBLIC HOLIDAY- RM5, WOMEN'S NIGHT, SCHOOL HOLIDAY, USE YOUR STUDENT CARD EXCEPT THIS DAY.

Maybe i'm really blind or i can't understand what that sign mean. It's Sunday that so can i consider it Public holday or school holiday? That's why i ask bitch!

Even every night when me and my friends are going to a restaurant to have a dinner, the waitress there never give us a smile eventhough we are frequent there.

When i go to Malaysian Airline System office to buy a ticket ( RM600 ticket!!!), the counter women there never give me a smile, never answer my quention, only ask where i want to go and when. I even can't ask the price first. And when i ask about the my student card, she just ignore me until i feel very uncomfortable.

I'm fed up with this. Malaysian are polite, always smile, warm... rubbish! The statement no longer exist....







And finally i remember, i'm in the bus, holding my big bag ( i want to go back to my hometown so i pack a lot of things in my bag), and i'm having a diffiiculty there, cause the bag is too heavy and there is no seat in the bus. And suddenly a girl that i don't know who she was suddenly say, " can i help you to hold your bag, it's seems heavy." I smile.

When i walk along a street, with a bog crowded, i never feel insecure, i never feel uncomfortable, because everyone is smiling, and everyone is willing to help you. Malaysia is a beautiful country. Even the statement saying that Malaysian is the most polite people not always reflect to malaysian, but it seems that malaysian are still quite polite and friendly. Just a few people are like a virus, trying to destroy Malaysian pride.


Ascap23 15/5/2006

What's Wrong with Islam

I used to study in a St.Anthony School Labuan. Almost all the student is Christian. I enjoy my life studying at the school, make a lot of friends, and learning each other belief and culture.

It's Malaysia, a small beautiful country in the South East Asia. A muslim country that are totally different from what western think about a muslim country. Most of the Western will look to the middle East, West Asia to refer what a muslim country is. Even if the look to the east, only Indonesia and Philiphines where militan group is active and what they all see about Islam is only war and terror.

What happen to the other Muslim country. Most of them are mentally killed by the globalization, the modern era of the world.

Politics is what its all about... War, terror, kill, bomb, everything actually only because of politic. Not Islam. But people are relating it to Islam just because the one that do that kind of thing are muslim. This makes me really sick of the world system.

But i don't care about those politics thing. What i'm concerning now is the people that did not understand what is Islam but they babbling too much like they know what is Islam, like they ever be in Islam before.

I read a tons of Web Blog posting so much weird thing they claim to be the rule of Islam. And what are the rule. Most of it saying that Islam is a War religion. Killing, raping, war, bomb and hatred is what Allah order in Islam. It's very contrast to what really Islam is. And many of them even called Muhammad a rapist, a criminal and even a terrorist.

I'm very sad about it. Because the one that wrote all this thing is the one that have zero knowledge of Islam. They are full of hatred and try to condemn this holy religion. I even shocked when they said Al-quran contains a lot of instruction to do war and kill people. I never found that kind of statement in Koran.
Patience, is the only thing that i can do. I understand that people that wrote this kind of things is unknowledge person. Just like a small kid who talk too much to show that he already become a man even he is still sleeping under his mother armpit.

Islam is a Holy religion. full of peace, love and kindness. A real muslim is the person that look down to the earth, humble, have lots of knowledge, keep on doing good things, leave the sin, love other creatures, full of patience.

In Islam, you even not encourage to look at a girl. It's a sin to touch a girl that is not your wife. How come they said that this religion encourage to rape. Kill? You will always know that no religion ask their people to kill. Even in Islam. Suicide is also prohibited in Islam, it's a big sin that will cause you to be sent to the hell, no way that a real Muslim can become a suicide bomber. War in Islam is onlt for defensive. No way the this religion encourage to do War. And Prophet Muhammad, is truly a holy man even history tell us, and why they said he is a murder, a criminal even without looking at the real history of him.

Living as a Muslim, i feel peace. Even if you live in your own religion, you will feel like what i feel. No hatred and revenge. Forgiveness is the biggest part in Islam.

Islam is not what many westerner claimed in the Internet. They really hate this religion and i don't know why. Maybe they think about how many friends and relative of them die because of Islam ( is what they said) but they never think about how many friends, family and relative of ours die because the hatred to Islam. Thousand die in Palestin, never forget Bosnia tragedy a few years ago, hundred die in Thailand, lots die in Afghanistan, thousand die in Iraq, and still Islam is blame in this world.

Westerner are trying to eliminate this religion. I don't know why... I'm still searching for its answer. Why they really hate Islam.Even if Islam cannot fight them, they still trying to bully this religion. Islam is not a threat. But the reality is they want to eradicate this religion from this world. So Sad.

never hate other religion,half of my friends is Christian, lot of them Buddha, a little bit of Hindu, and also with no religion. All of them live happily, we live happily as a friend. Like we never look outside of Malaysia on how people are killing each other.

All religions are holy for me. Because all of them order not to do sin( i don't know how is the religion in the West because i didn't understand why they are full of hatred.

I'm very glad to be born in Malaysia. A peaceful Muslim country. People are multireligous, multicultural and live together happily. (I read also a blog that try to claim that Hindu people are discriminated in Malaysia, keep saying Malaysia discriminate other religion but still Malaysia goverment is control by 1/2 muslim and 1/2 non-muslim. didn't know which newspaper they read about Malaysia. Again another without knowledge person babbling).

Peace to other religion. In Malaysia we can live together. I hope the world also can be like this. To respect other religion and to live in harmony without thinking to be better than the others.

Too Phat killed Nasyid Music!

Is is true? Are you sure… Just think positive to everything negative that I want to say here…
Put your hands in the air… everybody let’s the party started!!!! This is a few hip hop quotes that usually can be heard during any hip hop jam everywhere in this world. Hip hop is not a new thing in our country Malaysia. It may start in 1970 in the west, and it settle here in Malaysia around the year 1999-2000. I remember Poetic Ammo, maybe they are the first rappers that enter the mainstream level of music in Malaysia, but still they can’t be accepted by Malaysian, because I can say that Malaysian is still a Malaysian, not easy for the outsiderz culture to settle in this country. I trust this.

But the real Hip Hop icon in this country that really emerges and makes this hip hop to be accepted by Malaysian is Too Phat. They are lucky or creative. I still can’t determined which one they are fit into. But salute to them, cause they are really found the formula how to reserve this hip hop to our culture.

Their formula? Malaysian Hip Hop. That’s it! They combine their music into the classic traditional music. Their first hip hop debut album Plan B really blast off and really reach the whole corner of Asia. They did reach Europe with this album even though their name still new even in Malaysia. Their Hit Anak Ayam is an unforgettable tune of hip hop. Lyrics doesn’t really matter for them. But in their second international Album 360 Degree prove their side in Art of Music. They fly through Asia and reach US and their First single from that album ‘Just A Lil’ Bit’ become the first Malaysia’s song that been played along many radio station in America. Too phat one of the artist in Malaysia that must be respected in Malaysia after Raihan. Siti nurhaliza is the third on.e That’s mean Too Phat is better than Siti Nurhaliza but if we look from other perspective, Siti would score the second. Siti owned by Malaysia. Too phat looks like just an imitator of West Culture but since they really get into America, they could be better than Siti.
The big point for my entry now is how does Too Phat killed Nasyid? Even though that AIM ( Music Industry Award) had given Raihan the Kembara Award for this year 2006, showing that Nasyid bring by Raihan did not lose to Too Phat hip hop music, but I’m not really looking to the competition between this two big names.

The point is, that night I saw this one group called themselves Brothers ( re-emerged after their break up a few years ago) featuring with Waheeda and Akhbar singing something that they would called it a new World Music. And my comment is…..RUBBISH!

They are trying hardly to combine Nasyid with Hip Hop. Can’t hip hop combine with Nasyid? Hmm… Rabbani really does it a few years ago with their song Intifada but the hip hop element inside the song is almost none. So no one would think that this Nasyid or Arabian kind of music can be combine with hip hop exactly.

Until this two crazy qeeko Too Phat, really killed those tought by releasing the most unsuspected hit Alhamdullillah in their album 360 Degree. I bought the album after 3 days it has been released in 2002 ( or was it 2003?), and the second in this album is Alhamdullillah. Song featuring Yassin combine this Nasyid kind of music with rap. Itz really interesting. Beautiful song. I wouldn’t feel boring listening to it again and again. And everyone in Malaysia know that song. Even non-muslim also know it. It’s a brilliant song. That song reach the Arabian world, and I heard that many west asia country playing that song in their radio, and also many arab country are giving attention to this brilliant song. The message in this song is quite simple, asking people so give up doing sin and Thank Allah for everything that Allah give. Melody is two thumb up. The beat is Hip Hop. Music is quite tenacious. This song could go further but than, a lot of controversy surrounding Too Phat that time when one of the two Too Phat member, Malique, disappear suddenly without any reason. That cause this song to stop going much further, even the video clip is frustrating. I could imagine when they do the real video clip ( not the one now that take too phat clips from the Anugerah Era show). Frustrating. But still this song will remain to be remember by Malaysian.

But the worse part is, people start to think that if nasyid combine with rap or hip hop, people would like it as they did for the song Alhamdullilah by Too Phat. And that is what Brothers, Akhbar and Waheeda are doing. But I think they end up in the stage like a bunch of idiot singing undirected song. Please stop it!!!

I feel very scared if all Nasyid want to be like this. But Thank God that Raihan still with their direction. Still with Nasyid that they bring up a few years ago. And they did get the award for their new album Ameen.

Why? Why must you combine rap with nasyid. Maybe it’s a way to make more profit since Nasyid are going slow nowadays. Really? That why Raihan still standing on the stage holding an award?

Combining hip hop element into Nasyid is really and interesting and experimental things to do. Raihan also did it, like Rabbani did a few years ago in Intifada. But to make rap fit into nasyid is now a necessary things to do. Many song like that emerged today and its sound like ….. don’t make me say it since there are still a nasyid part inside…

Too Phat maybe lucky, or creative with their hit Alhamdullillah, but the others should really take this matters into their measurement. Don’t just simply put rap inside a nasyid. And don’t simply turn Nasyid or Arabic music singer into a hip hop artist ( waheeda, you shouldn’t be there on the stage acting like a fool).

Nasyid is a beautiful kind of music. Combining it into hip hop is not impossible. But we really need our brain to create it.

As a conclusion, Too Phat did really cause this major impact in creating a Rubbish Nasyid song but they really are not the one who should be responsible. The one that that should be responsible is the one who create the music. Please fix it!!!


Ascap23 1 Mei 2006