Text books

By all means...I hate reading text books....
They often have so many words arranged in a boring kind of way that it's hard for me to keep focused on reading for more than 20 minutes....

Aghhhh....and yet I've to study using this text book because the lecture slides have so little content and explanation for me to understand....

Why ooo why didn't the author of text books write them like a story book?? That way I could easily finished reading 100 pages in one go...

Oh well...this is my last paper this sem...might as well get it over with... -_-

Gemuruh

I'm about to do a last-minute preparation for my exam today..Wish me LUCK!!!

I love this song!.. Faizal Tahir's Gemuruh.... One of the few songs I like for its lyrics..
The lyrics are well..simple yet they have a certain rhythm..a certain artistic feel to them..and the words suits the mood of the song...

I'd like to write songs like this..

Bila bertalu rentak dikalbu
Hasrat yang tersirat semakin kuburu
Bila bergema laungan gempita
Harapan bernyala nadiku berganda

Gemuruh jiwa semangan membara
Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa
Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan
Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Bila bertalu rentak dikalbu
Hasrat yang tersirat semakin kuburu
Bila bergema laungan gempita
Harapan bernyala nadiku berganda

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara
Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa
Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan
Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Ungkapan ini bukan sekadar bermimpi
Segalanya pasti kan terbukti nanti

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara
Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa
Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan
Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara
Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa
Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan
Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa
Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Faizal Tahir - Gemuruh

Here's the song..


Afiq!! Jamming lagu tok kelak!!

Love Dancing?

Think again...

Have you ever danced in 42 different countries?
You might look dancing in a new light after watching this video...

you can watch HD version by clicking 'watch in HD' at YouTube page at the bottom of the video...Click here to go to the video in YouTube...

The end of one marks the beginning of another

One of my subject's coursework marks came out today i think...I scored pretty well for the assignment..which was a..surprise for me... =P Alhamdulillah...
It seems I'm still on track...

Like always, i slept the whole day today until I get sick of sleeping.. ^^ Afiq asked me something about blogs..and I replied his sms half asleep...XD I can't really remember what I typed...

Now finally Afiq has got a blog..His writings always have that colorful style which is fun to read..sometimes I wish I could be creative when writing..well...I'm still learning...

Okay now, to the main topic...

We have almost arrived at the end of 2008 (WOW! that's fast...I still can't grasp fully that 2008 is almost over) and will be welcoming 2009 in a good way or bad way...that's up to you...

Now, I'd like to think back what I've been through this year...some of it that is(what I can remember)...^^

First its my studies...to summarize, I'd say that I'm not really pleased with how i did in my studies so far in 2008... I often get sidetracked, didn't take studies seriously...so my result was just average.....luckily....

Then, this is also the first year that I finally got my scholarship...I can Rejoice!! ^^ Financially I'm secured for my studies...

Of course, last August was the first time I've ever went overseas! (apart from Indonesia & Brunei) My first trip to Perth...there, I had my first encounter in using the GPS system...and also the first time I get to teach Silat in ENGLISH....its actually harder than it seems...XD

One cold morning in Perth

King Trout

Near Natural Bridge, Albany

Wind Farm, Albany

Perguruan Seni Silat Helang Putih Perkasa Cawangan Australia

I overcame my fear of driving around KL for the first time(sounded pathetic am I?) when I'd to sort of 'escort' Tidja and D.N during Chinese New Year this year...

There are a few performances I did this year...2 silat performances and some music performances(I don't remember) Also in July, I've had the most aggresive performance I've ever done on stage...during that performance, I get to get in touch with one of my 'almost long lost' friend, Izzah...Also performed in Monash's & VU's prom night...This sem I've done 2 acoustic performances...I actually sang(lead vocals... O_O)

Monash

Notice my yellow wig.. ^^

Sylfa's Bday Party

MMU Melaka's College Festive

Plug n Play

Monash's

VU's

MMU's Kamikustik

I also came to possess a few significant gadgets this year...^^ First off is my PS3!! yes..its one of the delight in my life...My addiction to gaming is renewed thanks to this powerful gaming console...I played Metal Gear Solid 4 this year! Then, finally got my 1st guitar effects processor, BOSS GT-8(2nd hand of course)... and a cute little guitar amp, Roland Micro Cube...See the pics, you'll know what I meant by cute...
Owh...I'm forgetting my new laptop... ^^ I got my new Dell Inspiron 1420 with quite good specs during my birthday period...

Pi Es Tri

BOSS GT-8

Roland Micro Cube

I put my hand in the photo just so you can see just how 'big' this micro cube is...^^

This is how my guitar sounds like with my GT-8 and Roland Micro Cube...Pretty cool sound for a small amp.. ^^ the video is out of sync with its audio...don't mind it... =P

About my robots collections...I've bought a number of gundams...but only 1 transformers figure...Megatron from Transformers Animated series...not many gundams I've manage to complete this year, which leads to the large stocks of gundam kits which are still untouched waiting to be assembled...Looks like I'll never run out of gundam kits to assemble for the time being...

Megatron

I've had my first photoshoot experience as I stated in my recent post.

Life's incomplete without a few drawbacks and unfortunate events...I've got my quite new external hard drive stolen...(was partly my mistake)...I hope whoever stole it are decent enough to delete all photos in there...there are family photos there...some Raya photos..birthday photos...etc...T_T...
Then, there's this problem with my previous house's landlord in Cyberjaya...where I had to finally move to MMU's hostel in a hurry...(there are bright side of moving to hostel though...except the circumstances I've faced when moving out of the house was...well...I think I'd rather live without it... ^^)

Okay....for now, that's all I can think of reflecting back on 2008...

Now facing forward towards the coming of 2009...

Of course the usual aim is to be a better person...
I'd like to improve on my studies...
Improve on my social relations...(I'm quite anti-social lately.. =S)
Improve on my religious duty....
Be better in handling money...(control my spending habits)
Exercise regularly(Keep FIT)
Have a whole lot of new collections for gundam collections..^^ (of course, this is a contradiction to the handling money part.. XD)

The more specific things I want to do in 2009...
1. Play Lord of the Rings Conquest
2. Play Resident Evil 5
3. Watch Dragonball Evolution
4. Watch Transformers 2 : Revenge Of The Fallen
5. Buy the coming PG Gundam Astray....(its expensive though....)

I'm sorry for those who i've said or do anything offensive...
I'm grateful to my awesome family...I'm sorry if I've ever been a problem child...

Lastly..
Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Good bye 2008, Welcome 2009...

My First Photoshoot Experience

Last semester, a friend of mine asked me to be a model for her photography assignment..
She asked me to wear Silat uniforms & do Silat pose...so..why not? ^^
Luckily i had with me the yellow cloth to be used as a 'tengkolok'.

These are some of the photos taken that day..









All photos taken by Sheila... ^^
Photos taken at Putrajaya, Selangor
Actually we were hoping that day would be sunny.. but instead.. the sun was 'dying'.. XD...

I miss silat..haven't been working out much lately..my fitness is getting worse.. =S

Assignments?

All assignments are DONE!...

All that's left for this semester is to STUDY... yes.. STUDY for the coming FINAL exam!

Will only have 3 days for exams...on the 5th, 6th and 9th of January...

And on the 10th, I'll be off back to Kuching!!! yes! yes!! yes!!!

Been dreaming of home lately I don't know why.. I think this is the first time I've dreamed of the same thing more than twice... =S

Make A Man Out Of You

Just wanna share this hilarious video... XD (hilarious at least for dragon ball z fans)