The K3G incident.

Finally, a date with my Pandora’s blog.

I have been relatively busy this month (again, heh). Last month with the MCTF thingy and this month again, the K3G Career Fair, a collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education. I was on duty for Saturday. A tiring day it was and I’m all tuckered out – dead on my feet.

Still, it was a good day mainly because there’s a lot of hot chicks. Yeh yeh. The jobseekers, the exhibitors and not forgetting the temp staff as well – and one of them caught my attention. She was petite, fair & lovely.

Pointing to her from a distance, so I told Gerard,

“Bro, now that’s my kind of girl.. She’s pretty and bite off more that others can chew..”

“What? You must be kidding me? That girl? That girl?” He somehow couldn’t agree with me.

“Aha yeah, that girl.” I said, brushing off his doubts.

“Okay I don’t know what you see in that girl but never-mind, I know you must have your own reasons” and he headed back to his duty area.

Of all the stars that shone that day, not one does twinkle like her pair of glittering eyes. Not only that, what impressed me was that she’s really doing her part that day sincerely, compared to others. Actively guide and assist the job-seekers with the registration and what not while others were like “forced to” kind of thing.

Moments later, Gerard called me and next to him was the girl, smiling. The very girl that he doubted. Darn, that Gerard. Caught me off guard.

“Ahmad, this is Nadhirah. Nadhirah, this is my good friend Ahmad..”

“Hello Nadhirah..” Followed by a handshake and a friendly smile.

And so we had a little chat. This sweet lass is from Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam. Final year in Tourism at Taylor’s College. Nothing much happened then as we were all tied-up with the duties assigned. But really, she is so pretty & shuper schweet. I cant take my eyes off her.

“Eh ye la bro, now I know why you liked her. By the way she talked and smile and all, I can really see the values. Why don’t you ajak her out for lunch? But she’s attached la bro just now I asked her. But screw it la, just friends what”

“Yeah, I plan to ajak her makan also. Alaa attached, doesnt mean she cant have more friends kan?”

And so I was waiting for the right time and right moment to approach her. Most of the time she’ll be busy assisting the job-seekers and some other errands in contrast to myself, pretending to be busy and patiently eying for an opportunity . I’m not the kind of guy like most of the other guys who have confidence to struck up a random conversation with strangers, and what more asking someone out for lunch. I fear rejection. But this time around, I’ll give it a shot.

Then the chance arises. She was like somehow free and I was like – Okay here’s my chance. Oh shit, should I or should I not. Isk nak tanya camne. – the gelabah factor. It happened when you really admire a person.

Braving the storm, assertively I walked to her.

“Eh Nadhirah, you lunch pukul berapa?”

“Uhm.. I think at 2pm la.. ” By this time she knows that I’m going to ask her out for lunch.

“Jom lunch sama-sama nanti?” There. HAHA.

And she nodded, “Okay, lunch dekat sebelah sana tu kan?”

“Uhm, k nanti eh at 2 I cari you..”

Phew. Didnt know it was as simple as that! Okay fast forward to lunch, I had chicken beriyani and she had chicken nasi lemak. Food was provided by the organizers. We ate and we chat along with my other colleagues.

Oh dammit I’m tired of typing and starving. Okay long story cut short. Before calling it a day, I asked for her Facebook email address and she gave. Later in the evening I added her up in Facebook. We chat for awhile in MSN too. A friendly conversation. She approved my request and the next day I was deleted.

I received a message from her Facebook in my inbox.

“tak susah kan lu bader kalaw tak kawan ngan awek gua?”

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April’s Full.

A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.  – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

April’s full. Damn, I thought I would have more time for blogging. Too many things to do, too little time. Anyways, here’s a re-cap on things that came to light before moving onto a new month.

To start with, last weekend was a blast! I had a superb outing with my colleagues. We rent out this bungalow at Port Dickson. It was a double-storey bungalow that could fit in 40 earthlings! The beach was so-so as I favor ones in kampung more than the shores in Port Dickson. To précis, the outing was quite eventful. Hats off to the organizers – Becky & Daryl. Am looking forward to the next outing!

And dating back a fortnight ago, I was on duty for the Jobstreet MCTF Career Fair. The crowd was insane! It was blatantly tiring as I was standing all day long from 10 in the morning till sunset. At the end of the day, I couldn’t feel my legs! Come this May there will be another fair which will be organized by the Ministry of Higher Education. Not again, duh!

The first 2 weeks of April was dull. Boring. Monotonous. So dull that I couldn’t even recall. I felt like I do have things to do. Guess I’ve been procrastinating a lot. What a fuck-tarded I was. HAHA.

Well on the other hand, my younger sister is getting engaged this May. Indubitably, am indeed happy for her. That said, Im going back to kampung but hmm am expecting “cynical” questions from the elders like “Adik nya dah bertunang, abang nya bila lagi?” Errghhhhhh!

I really hope my time will come soon. Am already an old hag and getting really ancient – and single still. I’m not dating anyone. I am surrounded by beautiful girls everywhere but none of them views me as a viable candidate for romantic potential. I must be lacking a lot!

Moving on, I’m planning on a trip abroad this year. Thinking of Japan but have to wait for Daniel to come out with the quotation. Am okay with anywhere out of South-East Asia. By hook or by crook, I’ll be flying!

Okay I’d better take my shower now and head off to lalaland. My dream girl is waiting for me. Lalala~

p/s : Kham, next entry aku sambung hikayat zaman remaja aku. HAHA

Growing up – Kindergarten

Lately thoughts of my late father coalesced in the ether.  I reckoned I’m the only one in the family having the said emotions but I was wrong. Last week I saw my brother’s shout out in Facebook – menangis hatiku kerana rindukan mu – he was missing Him too. Guess all of us are missing him.

Being the eldest I had more time with Him compared to the siblings. We shared wonderful times and not forgetting the dreadful ones. He was a great father, yet I was a menace. I often got myself into lots of troubles in school. The verdict to my shenanigans is three different secondary schools. But let’s not talk about my insolence. This entry is about me, growing up. And this entry is dedicated to my parents – My Lord, My Dad and not forgetting My Lady, My Mom. This entry is about me.

The earliest musing I could think of was when I was 3 or 4 years in age. Looking back at Kampung Berseri, mom and dad taught me alphabets and numbers. To them, it is like rocket science. They’re not as educated as the modern parents these days are. Dad dropped out of school in primary 4 and mom took SPM three times. She passed on her third attempt though. To mom and dad, I truly appreciate the efforts and persistence. Thank you.

I was sent to Madrasah al-Khair when I was six. There, I had formal education. Learnt to read, write and draw and things akin to what my parents taught me prior to my formal learning. I was only a year in pre-school unlike other kindergarten kids who were all in their second year. I understand that it was quite costly at that point of time to send me to a kindergarten. Mathematically, they are all a year ahead but shrewdly, we are all even. In fact, I reckon I am even smarter than most of the kids in class.

There was this kid with glasses in class. I assumed that he was somehow brilliant as I’ve never seen anyone of my age wearing glasses. I don’t know why but I don’t like him. Maybe because I think he is smarter than me. I remembered clearly I tricked Aliff Masbi into believing that plasticines are edible. I sculpted a burger out of it and pretended to chew it as of chewing gummies. I generously offered him my burger and he put it in his mouth and chewed. He got all the placticines stuck in between his teeth and he cried. He he. Idiot. He reported the incident to Cikgu Rohana but I profusely denied the allegations. Thence, I resorted to a conclusion that being a year ahead of me in kindergarten doesn’t prove any intelligence.

Primary school was of no significance. Reminiscence of the juvenile years weren’t as intriguing as the ones I had in secondary. Anyway, I’ll continue in the next entry. Signing off to Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair at PWTC.

Penaklukan Obor-obor II

Okay sambung entry yang lepas. Kala otak separa penuh.

Senja haritu aku buka TV. Sambil makan nasi lemak, sambil tengok TV. Keh keh. Tukar TV1 tengok National Pornographic. Kisah obor-obor. Baiklah terus kepada sambungan cerita lepas.

Obor-obor ni boleh dikategorikan sebagai haiwan pra-sejarah. Telah berada di muka bumi sejak berjuta-juta tahun dahulu. Sejak zaman berzaman dahulu dan melalui beberapa proses evolusi. Ia bukanlah sejenis ikan sebenarnya mengikut Wikipedia tetapi lebih kepada “Sea-jelly”. Makhluk tersendiri.

Beberapa tahun dahulu perairan negara Jepun dilanda masalah obor-obor. Jenis obor-obor yang menakluk perairan Jepun itu dikenali sebagai Nomura. Ikan-ikan semua habis mati kerana sengatan berbisa obor-obor ini. Hasil tangkapan para nelayan juga merosot kerana jumlah ikan yang berkurangan dan tangkapan yang rata-rata nya penuh dengan obor-obor. Ikan yang berjaya ditangkap juga tidak boleh dimakan kerana tercemar dengan bisa obor-obor dan terlalu bahaya untuk dihadam manusia.

Natijahnya obor-obor yang terkaut dalam hasil tangkapan ini disiat-siat sehingga mati dan dilepaskan semula ke laut dalam. Kerajaan Jepun juga telah memperuntukan wang untuk membunuh obor-obor ini untuk menyelamatkan perairan mereka. Malangnya jumlah obor-obor ini tidak lah berkurangan malahan makin bertambah.

Kajian demi kajian telah dilakukan oleh para saintis dan akhirnya mereka menemui sesuatu yang amat MEMERANJATKAN! Mereka telah melakukanSATU KESILAPAN YANG TERAMAT BESAR apabila membuat keputusan membunuh obor-obor ini. Kajian yang dilakukan oleh para saintis Jepun itu mennyatakan bahawa obor-obor ini melepaskan sel-sel pembiakan mereka apabila mereka terasa diancam. Berjuta-juta sperma dilepaskan dan proses persenyawaan terus berlaku. Ini bermaksud, lagi mereka diancam lagi bertambahlah bilangan mereka!

Persenyawaan yang berjaya akan menghasilkan polyps yang bermastautin di dasar laut yang paling dalam. Polyps boleh diibaratkan seperti kilang menghasilkan obor-obor tersebut. Ia nya boleh menghasilkan berjuta-juta obor-obor mengikut mood mereka dan mampu hidup tanpa oksigen! Fuh dasyat.

Aku rasa obor-obor ni ialah sejenis makhluk asing dan akan terus berevolusi. Dahla lama wujud semenjak zaman pra-sejarah lagi, mampu hidup tanpa oksigen plak tu! Tak larat dah nak cerita pasal obor-obor ni tapi kita harus berwaspada. Mereka telah cuba untuk mendarat ke daratan tapi setakat ni tak berjaya lagi. Tak mustahil satu hari nanti mereka berjaya! Oh tidak!

Kalau nak tahu lebih lanjut boleh search Jellyfish Invasion di internet atau pun download je dokumentari di memane laman torrent. Pasti anda akan terkesima dibuatnya! Kalau ikutkan banyak lagi nak cerita tapi macam tak larat dan macam penat pula menaip dengan bahasa melayu yang agak sesat. HAHAHA macam ni la kalau dah terlalu bersemangat nak kongsi cerita. Tak toleh belakang dah tengok ayat betul ke tak betul. Laju je menaip!

Apa pun aku dah memulakan kajian tersendiri mengenai obor-obor ini. Pasti ada kait nya dengan makhluk asing. Pasti…

Penaklukan Obor-obor!

Senja tadi aku buka TV. Sambil makan nasi lemak, sambil tengok TV. Sedap. Layan. Biasanya layan MTV Punk’d. Sambil makan sambil ketawa sorang-sorang. Macam ni la setiap hari. Sorang-sorang je. Nak hiburkan hati. Rakan serumah lewat senja nanti baru pulang. Waktu aku tutup lampu bilik, waktu tu la mereka semua balik. Rajin bekerja. Bagus. Harus dicontohi.

Oh ya sambung balik. Senja tadi aku buka TV. Sambil makan nasi lemak, sambil tengok TV. Sedap. Layan. Harini aku buka TV1. Tergerak hati nak tengok National Geographic. Kisah ikan jeli. Sebelum tu cuci pinggan dulu. Buka setin sprite lebihan weekend lepas. Makan domino’s weekend tu. Delivery set untuk dua orang makan. Tapi aku makan sorang je. Macam ni la setiap hujung minggu. Rakan serumah semua takde. Masing-masing ada hal. Waktu aku pejam mata yang celik, waktu tu lah mereka balik. Maklumlah, komited dengan hal-hal bersabit. Aku envy dengan penuh kehijauan.

Okay berbalik pada cerita asal. Senja tadi aku buka TV. Lepas makan nasi lemak, lepas cuci pinggan, aku minum air sprite sambil tengok TV. Macam aku sebut tadi, aku tengok TV1. Kisah ikan jeli. Jellyfish. Obor-obor. Comel je aku tengok. Lutsinar tapi bercahaya. Menari-nari di lautan tanpa batasan sempadan. Tarian yang bersynchronize dengan kawan-kawan nya . Seiring dan sejalan. Seindah bunga di taman. Lalalalalalalallaaaaa…

Baiklah. Terus kepada titik (straight to the point). Memula aku tengok memangla kiut si obor-obor ni. Aku tak endahkan sangat apa yang tukang cerita tu sebutkan. Sampai la aku tengok tentang kawanan obor-obor gergasi. FUH! Nampaknya aku harus berikan tumpuan yang lebih. Tin Sprite masih ditangan. Cuba lihat gambar dibawah yang sempat aku google imej sebentar tadi. Diambil dari laman web National Geographic itu sendiri.

Gile besar! Tak kiut dah kalau yang macam ni. Anyway, ada cerita disebalik haiwan pra-sejarah ni. Nama obor-obor ni ialah Nomura. Sekarang ni aku macam penat la nak sambung. Nanti aku akan kongsi di post yang akan datang. Tapi betul tau, sangat menggerunkan cerita yang bakal aku kongsi ni nanti. Betul tak tipu. Tunggu la kalau tak percaya.

A jolt of clarity.

“Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts – Thomas Carlyle”

I have resolute. Its not a divinely intervention but I can see that it is projecting towards a final proposition. I perceive the rationale behind all the difference of opinions and the monotonous occurrence were plotted for that reason. It’s time to go home.

I knew well enough that one day the time will come, and it has. I am well prepared and all set to ship-out the lot home. Beyond doubt, I felt sad but glad at the same time. Glad that I’ll settle down for good.

The last few weeks have been somewhat strange. Repetitive. Predictable. Family, friends and collegues. It all boils up to one meticulous thing – issues. With nothing left behind. Speech is human and silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead.

This will be the last time updating my resume. And shall it be the last time as well, tendering my resignation. Time to leave the so-called city, KL – with a smile =)

Disebalik Batu Angkasa

Hujung minggu lepas sempat kami berlatih lagu Batu Angkasa. Lirik masih belum sempurna. Akan ada sambungan-nya minggu hadapan harapnya. Semoga cahaya kosmik menyinari hidup anda.

Dirakam jam dua pagi lebih kurang pada awal pagi Ahad bersamaan Januari 10, 2010 kalendar pakairamai.

Resolutions for 2010

Aliens are bullshit. HAHA okay okay back to my sanity. So finally TWENTY-TEN. Okay the eve sucks. Dull. Boring.  But yesterday was okay though. Me and some friends gathered at my place. Ex-pushpareans. Guess we’re hitting back the scene. I’ll talk about this later.

Moving onto my resolutions. I’m a big fan of making resolutions throughout the year, not just on New Year’s eve. Although I feel pretty good about 2009, my New Year’s resolution for 2010 will focus more on being health conscious and enjoying the “quiet times” life offers. I resolve to become more patient too.  Also, I’m going to look for more ways to be creative this year!

And to wrap up this entry, here’s a list of the things that I wish to accomplish before 2011 takes over.

1. More dollar signs more savings – financially terrific!

2. Some muscles, here there everywhere

3. To venture into profitable investments/businesses

4.  A companion

5. Be a pianist

Aliens do not exist!

NO TO ALIENS!!!

Fucking aliens not coming tonight. I’m gonna start a campaign denying your existence. Estupidos!

Mental Laxity – Part II

(Siri bercakap dengan makhluk asing)

Ever since I watched The Avatar that day, I sorta fell in love with aliens. Avatar blew my mind, and how I wish Neytiri could be my girlfriend. She is simply  HOT. Seven feet tall. Blue and sexy in the jungle. But don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Zoe Saldana, I just want Neytiri.

*Reality check*

Okay fine Neytiri does’t exist. It is just a character in a movie but to be honest, I do wish alien exist. I wish I can communicate with them or lest, convey a message in a way or whatever. Or maybe I should just write something here and on tenterhooks, the aliens would somehow get my message.

Now where and how to start. First do they speak English? Will they understand if I say “Hello“? Is “bxtsrznittsky” (please try to pronounce it in the weirdest way you can think of) a word in their language? Okay nevermind. I am assuming that they will get my message and would be able to understand. I was born and raised and educated with the idea that aliens are technology-savvy connoisseurs. With machinery and gears far beyond human knowledge and the thinkable ones.

Okay enough praise for the aliens. Allow me to start..

Dear Mr/Ms/Mrs Alien (I prefer Ms/Mrs though),

I do hope that you’re getting this message of mine. I know that deep there in the outer-space, your kind DO exist. Out of my reach and far from my sight, beyond my touch flanking the milky-way. I have faith in your existence.

I’m writing to you on December 29th, 2009 at 11pm – earth calendar Malaysian time. I feel so bored with nothing to do. So I decided to write to you. I do hope that you could come and kidnap me on this Thursday, 31st December 2009 – anytime after 3pm (I got an early release from my office at Jobstreet). I hope that you could take me up for a ride in your super-innovative spaceship. I do not have many friends here on earth and I will definitely be stranded at home for sure on New Year’s Eve whereas, all the other earthlings would go out and celebrate with fireworks and what not.

I hope that you don’t look that weird else I’m gonna freak out. And one more thing I hope that you smells nice too. And sorry there’s another thing, I do hope that there will not be anything slimy or gross or anything that can make me puke. Apparently I still have no idea how you’ll look like. Nevertheless if you could somehow transform or assimilate yourself to human-like form, then please be someone hot, sexy and gorgeous. But don’t be too tall as I consider myself as someone short and scrawny.

Yet whatever it is, I’d still be proud to have you as a friend. An alien as a friend, it is SO COOL to me. Not to worry, I’ll keep this low so that no other earthlings will know about it. Will be anticipating for your reply.

With best regards, your fellow friend from planet Earth presently residing in Sentul,

Ahmad Munawar aka ThatSickPoet.