MY LOVE - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEATURING T.I
If I wrote you a symphony
Just to say how much you mean to me
What would you do
If I told you you were beautiful
Would you page me on the regular
Tell me would you
Well baby I've been around the world
But I aint seen myself another girl (guy la in this case!!)
Like you
This ring here represents my heart
But there is just one thing I need from you
Saying I do
Because, I can see us holding hands
Walking on the beach our toes in the sand
I can see us in the country side
Sitting in the grass laying side by side
You can be my baby
Gonna make you my lady
Girl you amaze me
Ain't gotta do nothin crazy
See all I want you to do is be my love
My love
My love
And I know no woman that could take your spot
My love
My love
My love
And I know no woman that could take your spot
My love
My looooooooveLooooooove
My loooove
My loooove
Now If I wrote you a love note
And make you smile with every word I wrote
What would you do
Would that make you wanna change your scene
And wanna be the one in my scene
Tell me would you
See what's the point in waiting anymore
Cause girl I've never been more sure
That baby it's you
This ring here represents my heart
And everything that you been waiting for
Just saying I do
Because, I can see us holding hands
Walking on the beach our toes in the sand
I can see us in the country side
Sitting in the grass laying side by side
You can be my baby
Gonna make you my lady
Girl you amaze me
Aint gotta do nothin crazy
See all I want you to do is be my love
My loveMy love
And I know no woman that could take your spot myMy loveMy loveMy loveAnd I know no woman that could take your spot myMy love My loooooooveLooooooveMy loooooveMy loooooove
N/B This song is actually for a girl but it represents Andy in every bit . Just the music prompt and my thought is immediately transported to him. Not to mention he's got this ring tone in all the phones which are condemmned after he puts in this ring tone ..haha..right sayang?
Friday, June 27, 2008
THIS ONE'S FOR MY SISTERS AND MY BRO
ALL FOR LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS, ROD STEWART AND STING
When it's love you give
I'll be your man of good faith
Then in love you live
I'll make a stand I won't break
I'll be the rock you can lean on
Be there when you're old
To have and to hold
When there's love inside
I swear I'll always be strong
And there's a reason why
I'll prove to you we belong
I'll be the wall that protects you
From the wind and the rain
From the hurt and the pain
Let's make it all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one and all for love
When it's love you make
I'll be the fire in your night
Then it's love you take
I will defend I will fight
I'll be there when you need me
When honor's at stake
This vow I will make
That it's all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one and all for love
Don't lay our love to rest
cause we could stand up to the test
We got everything and more
than we had planned
More than the rivers that run inland
We got it all in our hands
Now it's all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
When there's someone that you want
When there's someone that you need
Let's make it all all for one and all for love
LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH
NST Online Paper Clipping 23/06/08
Anuar Zain heads east
(DENNIS CHUA 2008/06/23)
POP king Anuar Zain is set to mesmerise his East Malaysian fans with his greatest hits in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching on July 26 and Aug 23, respectively.
The event, titled Malam Anuar Zain Di Kota Kinabalu Dan Kuching, will be held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Kota Kinabalu and Crowne Plaza Riverside Hotel in Kuching. Anuar, who is best known for his hits Ketentuan Hati and Lelaki Ini, will be joined in both events by Deja Moss, who hails from Sarawak.Tickets are priced at RM100, RM200 and RM300 (Kota Kinabalu) and RM250, RM350 and RM450 (Kuching).
Call 088-252-066, 242-067 or 243-067 (Kota Kinabalu), 03-7983-9006 (Kuala Lumpur) and 082-449-939 or 7983-9006 (Kuching).
(DENNIS CHUA 2008/06/23)
POP king Anuar Zain is set to mesmerise his East Malaysian fans with his greatest hits in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching on July 26 and Aug 23, respectively.
The event, titled Malam Anuar Zain Di Kota Kinabalu Dan Kuching, will be held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Kota Kinabalu and Crowne Plaza Riverside Hotel in Kuching. Anuar, who is best known for his hits Ketentuan Hati and Lelaki Ini, will be joined in both events by Deja Moss, who hails from Sarawak.Tickets are priced at RM100, RM200 and RM300 (Kota Kinabalu) and RM250, RM350 and RM450 (Kuching).
Call 088-252-066, 242-067 or 243-067 (Kota Kinabalu), 03-7983-9006 (Kuala Lumpur) and 082-449-939 or 7983-9006 (Kuching).
Thursday, June 26, 2008
A Foul-Smelling Nancy Drew Mystery?
Did we all get chance to read what's been splashed all over the papers today regarding Datin Rosmah's alleged involvement in Altantuya Sharibuu's murder ?
I tell you, Malaysian politics is getting more and more interesting by the minute.Especially with the so-called involvement of our own PM and his infamous son-in-law Katherine Jackson ( I tell you I think he is a class act!)
I am not sure know much about this matter to start commenting, but I honestly wish there is a way for us to get right to the bottom of this murder case , WITHOUT ANY BIASNESS WHATSOEVER ; as someone, a bloody culprit is responsible for the bloody murder of Ms. Sharibuu.
And he or she must be exposed or our country is not as democratic or safe as our Government want us to believe.There are so many unanswered questions, but I am pretty damn sure that Abdul Razak Baginda is going to be acquitted. Just mark my words.Thats just how it is.
I for one am curious as to how C4 the explosive used to blow Altantuya to smithereens got into their hands of the accused. Black market, maybe? Like those pirated VCDs? Hmm..
I am also curious as to why all of a sudden the highest authorities in our present Government are all making press statements about the same thing at almost the same time. You are not talking about anybody in the Govt.This is the three main players in our Govt: AAB,KJ and NTR.
But then again, this is Malaysia, and because this is Malaysia, ' curiousity kills the cat'.
Or gets blown to smithereens .
Just how far is all these allegation by RPK is true ? I guess only our politicians can tell us.
The good thing is att least now no one can call my dearest Tun Mahathir the Mahazalim anymore, there is one more zalim than he is alleged to be ( as far as I am concerned all this mahazalim crap about Tun is Bollocks with a capital B)
Yes, bollocks just like Anwar Ibrahim and his darned PKR-I hate him with a passion renewed everyday .
Sorry to digress but here we go....
I think he is the actual culprit behind why our politics is so unstable in the first place in 1997 when he became the Deputy PM with all the crap he did to our country.If you ask me, all these efforts in ousting the PATIs in our country should include Anwar Ibrahim and his family.
The only mistake of Tun M in my eyes is to have trusted that two headed snake. Its bitten and still biting. This is another class act, I sometimes wonder if he and KJ are working together??
If so, God help us.
To be honest, I am actually quite okay with our present PM, he may be a bit on the soft side, but still allright. But you know where I stand with his SIL, and I know for a fact I am not the only one. He is brushing his Oxford/Cambridgey-wanna-be-PM-attitude too much in our faces. I don't think he has got it but probably will as he uses his position as the SIL in the best way he can muster, and it looks like he is succeeding.
KJ in my eyes at best can only pass for a Ketua Kelong Pendatang Haram. With all the noise he likes to make, it's definitely too noisy and 'kampung'y' for the educated likes of you and me. And definitely deceives his so-called educated background of Oxford/Cambridge (whereverlah I dun care) but more reflect his Negeri Sembilan safiah-hassan-personality (that bit's for me to know and for you to find out haha..) What a waste of a person's mouth not to mention intelligence.
But of course , I suppose the only reason I think he has not got what it takes to be our next PM is simply because the yardstick I am using for comparison is none other than my beloved Tun M the visionary.
To me,no matter what,he is still 'da man '. The best there is and probably irreplacable.
But then again,thats just me.
I tell you, Malaysian politics is getting more and more interesting by the minute.Especially with the so-called involvement of our own PM and his infamous son-in-law Katherine Jackson ( I tell you I think he is a class act!)
I am not sure know much about this matter to start commenting, but I honestly wish there is a way for us to get right to the bottom of this murder case , WITHOUT ANY BIASNESS WHATSOEVER ; as someone, a bloody culprit is responsible for the bloody murder of Ms. Sharibuu.
And he or she must be exposed or our country is not as democratic or safe as our Government want us to believe.There are so many unanswered questions, but I am pretty damn sure that Abdul Razak Baginda is going to be acquitted. Just mark my words.Thats just how it is.
I for one am curious as to how C4 the explosive used to blow Altantuya to smithereens got into their hands of the accused. Black market, maybe? Like those pirated VCDs? Hmm..
I am also curious as to why all of a sudden the highest authorities in our present Government are all making press statements about the same thing at almost the same time. You are not talking about anybody in the Govt.This is the three main players in our Govt: AAB,KJ and NTR.
But then again, this is Malaysia, and because this is Malaysia, ' curiousity kills the cat'.
Or gets blown to smithereens .
Just how far is all these allegation by RPK is true ? I guess only our politicians can tell us.
The good thing is att least now no one can call my dearest Tun Mahathir the Mahazalim anymore, there is one more zalim than he is alleged to be ( as far as I am concerned all this mahazalim crap about Tun is Bollocks with a capital B)
Yes, bollocks just like Anwar Ibrahim and his darned PKR-I hate him with a passion renewed everyday .
Sorry to digress but here we go....
I think he is the actual culprit behind why our politics is so unstable in the first place in 1997 when he became the Deputy PM with all the crap he did to our country.If you ask me, all these efforts in ousting the PATIs in our country should include Anwar Ibrahim and his family.
The only mistake of Tun M in my eyes is to have trusted that two headed snake. Its bitten and still biting. This is another class act, I sometimes wonder if he and KJ are working together??
If so, God help us.
To be honest, I am actually quite okay with our present PM, he may be a bit on the soft side, but still allright. But you know where I stand with his SIL, and I know for a fact I am not the only one. He is brushing his Oxford/Cambridgey-wanna-be-PM-attitude too much in our faces. I don't think he has got it but probably will as he uses his position as the SIL in the best way he can muster, and it looks like he is succeeding.
KJ in my eyes at best can only pass for a Ketua Kelong Pendatang Haram. With all the noise he likes to make, it's definitely too noisy and 'kampung'y' for the educated likes of you and me. And definitely deceives his so-called educated background of Oxford/Cambridge (whereverlah I dun care) but more reflect his Negeri Sembilan safiah-hassan-personality (that bit's for me to know and for you to find out haha..) What a waste of a person's mouth not to mention intelligence.
But of course , I suppose the only reason I think he has not got what it takes to be our next PM is simply because the yardstick I am using for comparison is none other than my beloved Tun M the visionary.
To me,no matter what,he is still 'da man '. The best there is and probably irreplacable.
But then again,thats just me.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Bulan Jatuh ke Riba for ME!!!
I am so happy I could die.
Last Friday my sis in law who works in Langkawi sent me a Friendster message saying that Anuar Zain will be performing in KK this 26th July. Initially the concert was going to take place at the Magellan Sutera.
And of course, yours truly is beaming with happiness......
Today I received an e-mail saying that the venue has now been changed to UMS Dewan Canselor.
OMG, its like I'd died and gone to heaven.
Called this event management company in Wisma Sabah and they confirmed..yes..they have just received the approval letter from UMS. I have thus booked two tickets at RM300 apiece.
Of course, my dearest hubby is pickin up the tab!!
Bliss....
Last Friday my sis in law who works in Langkawi sent me a Friendster message saying that Anuar Zain will be performing in KK this 26th July. Initially the concert was going to take place at the Magellan Sutera.
And of course, yours truly is beaming with happiness......
Today I received an e-mail saying that the venue has now been changed to UMS Dewan Canselor.
OMG, its like I'd died and gone to heaven.
Called this event management company in Wisma Sabah and they confirmed..yes..they have just received the approval letter from UMS. I have thus booked two tickets at RM300 apiece.
Of course, my dearest hubby is pickin up the tab!!
Bliss....
My two favourite poems - ENJOY!!
The Tiger
TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827
AND ANOTHER ONE ( THIS IS FOR US THE LADIES)
Shakespeare Sonnet 94
They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow,
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed outbraves his dignity:
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827
AND ANOTHER ONE ( THIS IS FOR US THE LADIES)
Shakespeare Sonnet 94
They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow,
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed outbraves his dignity:
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Mad Rat Race to Professorship
Last week I was given the news that two of my colleagues have been awarded Associate Professor, not to mention some other senior lecturers we know. I am also happy to learn that one of our good friends is also now a Prof Madya, and we shall be celebrating his success this coming 21st. Looks like our good friends are all going up in their varsity careers and that's really good news as I am so pleased for all of them.
As Endy went over to his colleagues offices to congratulate them ( even he is rumoured to get DS51 soon due to the uni's recent mesyarat Senat- good news for all these PhD folks!!) they all went over Endy to say that his next priority must be to publish as many papers as possible and he will be well on the way to Associate Proffessorship...
Huh?
Now folks dun get me wrong, I am very supportive of my husband's and friends' ambitions . He personally already has five papers to date on microstructural characterisation of glass.And I am sure all my friends and colleagues who has got it definitely earned it.
But what is this rubbish with " if u publish lots of papers you surely can become AP?" Is it just me or shouldn't you have a bit more than just loads of papers to qualify for Professorship? Associate or Full?
As far as I am concerned the title "Prof "is not a title to be taken lightly. Call me old -fashioned, but my perception of a 'Prof' ( as I am sure others as well) is that he is wise. He is generally seen as a point of reference and an expert in his field.Thus he must have the attributes not to mention charisma.Therefore he needs to earn it.
And its not just from a bunch of papers he has published.
Now I am not against those well deserving APs who get them due to their excellent track record of teaching experience and research carried out.
I am against the bunch of academicians who cannot even teach their students properly due to either their lackadaisical attitude towards their responsibility to students or lack of experience but see and use publishing papers as a sure-fire way of getting promotion in their academic status; not to mention pay .
The quality of a researcher is based on the quality of research produced and if these people have their work published in some citation-indexed journals then I am fine with it, in fact I applaud efforts like this.They are the ones that truly deserve the titles as they truly contribute to the body of knowledge.
Unfortunately in this mad rat race, the quantity is seen more as a priority as opposed to the former so it doesnt matter in whatever journal you publish so long as you have a miminum of X papers published.And this is what I do not agree on. What happens to the quality of the research?
It seems to me these lecturers have found a way to abuse the research incentive scheme the Government has given the lecturers.
And I am far from happy.
We have academicians in our faculty presently ( at least in my University) who is rubbish at imparting knowledge to their students but excellent in their politics to go up the ladder of uni admin. These lecturers do not deserve the titles they get but they get it anyway. Some of these APs/Professors have their names in various publications but know nothing of the research undertaken. Strange right? But true, nonetheless, as they 'coerce' collaboration from other reseachers. Then they brag about the X no of papers they have produced they know nothing about.All in the name of getting status and better pay.
Is this the kind of quality we want to achieve in academicians?
And then when they have all achieved what they want or where they want to be, they leave the university to go to another university to either become a full Prof, TNC or even VC.
Its happened, and its very sad.
Whatever it is I hope my academician friends out there will think of their students more than ourselves as it is our responsibilty and we will be asked about how well we have done this after we die.
We should all know by now teaching at the University is not about US but the students.
Proffessorship should come to you , not the other way round.
At least that's what I think.
As Endy went over to his colleagues offices to congratulate them ( even he is rumoured to get DS51 soon due to the uni's recent mesyarat Senat- good news for all these PhD folks!!) they all went over Endy to say that his next priority must be to publish as many papers as possible and he will be well on the way to Associate Proffessorship...
Huh?
Now folks dun get me wrong, I am very supportive of my husband's and friends' ambitions . He personally already has five papers to date on microstructural characterisation of glass.And I am sure all my friends and colleagues who has got it definitely earned it.
But what is this rubbish with " if u publish lots of papers you surely can become AP?" Is it just me or shouldn't you have a bit more than just loads of papers to qualify for Professorship? Associate or Full?
As far as I am concerned the title "Prof "is not a title to be taken lightly. Call me old -fashioned, but my perception of a 'Prof' ( as I am sure others as well) is that he is wise. He is generally seen as a point of reference and an expert in his field.Thus he must have the attributes not to mention charisma.Therefore he needs to earn it.
And its not just from a bunch of papers he has published.
Now I am not against those well deserving APs who get them due to their excellent track record of teaching experience and research carried out.
I am against the bunch of academicians who cannot even teach their students properly due to either their lackadaisical attitude towards their responsibility to students or lack of experience but see and use publishing papers as a sure-fire way of getting promotion in their academic status; not to mention pay .
The quality of a researcher is based on the quality of research produced and if these people have their work published in some citation-indexed journals then I am fine with it, in fact I applaud efforts like this.They are the ones that truly deserve the titles as they truly contribute to the body of knowledge.
Unfortunately in this mad rat race, the quantity is seen more as a priority as opposed to the former so it doesnt matter in whatever journal you publish so long as you have a miminum of X papers published.And this is what I do not agree on. What happens to the quality of the research?
It seems to me these lecturers have found a way to abuse the research incentive scheme the Government has given the lecturers.
And I am far from happy.
We have academicians in our faculty presently ( at least in my University) who is rubbish at imparting knowledge to their students but excellent in their politics to go up the ladder of uni admin. These lecturers do not deserve the titles they get but they get it anyway. Some of these APs/Professors have their names in various publications but know nothing of the research undertaken. Strange right? But true, nonetheless, as they 'coerce' collaboration from other reseachers. Then they brag about the X no of papers they have produced they know nothing about.All in the name of getting status and better pay.
Is this the kind of quality we want to achieve in academicians?
And then when they have all achieved what they want or where they want to be, they leave the university to go to another university to either become a full Prof, TNC or even VC.
Its happened, and its very sad.
Whatever it is I hope my academician friends out there will think of their students more than ourselves as it is our responsibilty and we will be asked about how well we have done this after we die.
We should all know by now teaching at the University is not about US but the students.
Proffessorship should come to you , not the other way round.
At least that's what I think.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Out With The Old, Welcome Prof K our new VC
It was a memorable two days for me and Endy, the new lecturers of UMS.Yesterday we witnessed the departure of our VC Prof Datuk Dr. Mohd Noh Dalimin. It was a sad event, with both him and his wife Prof Maryati being emotional and teary ; and to be honest I felt sad too. Although I have only been here for a few months, I believe much has been done by him for our university.
I managed to catch up with some old friends I have not seen in a while. While Endy was busy talking to his friends Din the new Associate Prof and Abg Shah the new Deputy Dean, I decided to see Prof Noh right to the end when he gets into his car to go with everybody bidding adieu to him. After that was done, I walked by myself up back to the Chancellory foyer .Lost in my thoughts I was suddenly jolted by someone saying " Eh Jid..Sazmal mana?" it was Prof Amran , our dear good friend since 1999 when Endy joined UMS (but a bit scared to be so goodlah now that he is UMS TNC) We then had a chat and I requested that he come join us for karaoke this 21st. He said he knows about it but he will be in Kuching and will try to make it.
We then chatted a bit then suddenly he said that he thinks the best karaoke session we had was when Sidi, Endy, myself,him ,Murnizam and Din went to karaoke the time we were supposed to go to Gunung Emas but due to a landslide went to tengok wayang then karaoke instead. It was then that he said it was the best as he did not know how we managed to turn a siti nurhaliza song into a rock song. It was then I realized that like Prof,we all really miss Sidi, and hope he is doing well.
This morning we left home early to welcome our new VC Lt. Kol.Prof Datuk Dr. Kamaruzzaman Ampon, the first Sabahan to be a VC. I am so pleased for him and Prof Ann, and hope they will both bring UMS to greater heights. Having Prof Ann as my boss has been good, and I hope it will get better,Amin.
Forgot to say that this coming 23rd July I will be claiming my advanced birthday present from Endy in the form of a ticket to see Anuar Zain perform at the Magellan Sutera . I will ask him for the best seat hehe..hope I get it..
I am so excited!!!
I managed to catch up with some old friends I have not seen in a while. While Endy was busy talking to his friends Din the new Associate Prof and Abg Shah the new Deputy Dean, I decided to see Prof Noh right to the end when he gets into his car to go with everybody bidding adieu to him. After that was done, I walked by myself up back to the Chancellory foyer .Lost in my thoughts I was suddenly jolted by someone saying " Eh Jid..Sazmal mana?" it was Prof Amran , our dear good friend since 1999 when Endy joined UMS (but a bit scared to be so goodlah now that he is UMS TNC) We then had a chat and I requested that he come join us for karaoke this 21st. He said he knows about it but he will be in Kuching and will try to make it.
We then chatted a bit then suddenly he said that he thinks the best karaoke session we had was when Sidi, Endy, myself,him ,Murnizam and Din went to karaoke the time we were supposed to go to Gunung Emas but due to a landslide went to tengok wayang then karaoke instead. It was then that he said it was the best as he did not know how we managed to turn a siti nurhaliza song into a rock song. It was then I realized that like Prof,we all really miss Sidi, and hope he is doing well.
This morning we left home early to welcome our new VC Lt. Kol.Prof Datuk Dr. Kamaruzzaman Ampon, the first Sabahan to be a VC. I am so pleased for him and Prof Ann, and hope they will both bring UMS to greater heights. Having Prof Ann as my boss has been good, and I hope it will get better,Amin.
Forgot to say that this coming 23rd July I will be claiming my advanced birthday present from Endy in the form of a ticket to see Anuar Zain perform at the Magellan Sutera . I will ask him for the best seat hehe..hope I get it..
I am so excited!!!
Monday, June 9, 2008
ODE TO MY FAMILY
I had just been off the phone with my youngest sister, who has again told me that in a few hours my two other sisters will come join her at her house that she shares with a friend in Nilai where they will ‘melepak’ or go ‘jalan-jalan’ around KL until the early hours of the morning ( I am sure of it!!), much to my discontent (and jealousy of course as I am stuck here in Kota Kinabalu where the definition of melepak is ‘teh ais’ at Ziemal in Indah Permai) and I wished I was there with all of them.
Since my youngest sis left Kota Kinabalu to work in KL last month, we keep in touch very often at least twice a week if I can manage it. As for my two other sisters I ring them up once in a while but its not for the lack of sisterliness ( I think I am going to get arrested by the grammar police!) between us. I love them all to bits as I am sure they do me no matter where they are or what they do. Even in these trying times where commitments to your work and family normally take up your entire time I am pleased to say that my bond with all my sisters is as tight as a vacuum coffee canister as we always find the time to share a joke every now and then regardless of me being in this small corner of Malaysia.
Everyday I cannot thank God enough for this wonderful gift he has given me : my family. It is grand to learn that all the things that we have done have all finally come together and is embodied in love, understanding and above all harmony. At the moment I still have my mum living with me that even while she is incapacitated still manages to cook me and Andy lunch everyday (this is for my sisters reading this: yesterday guys Mum cooked soto ayam with bergedil..how’s that to make u guys green with envy?).
Then my four wonderful sisters with whom I have shared a lot of good and terrible times . Somehow or rather we have all come out of it not only in one piece but unwavering and stronger in our love for one another. I also have a cherished 19 year old brother that is like all 19 year olds – more bothered about whether they look cool’er’ with an Ipod, Adidas and a Nokia or with an Ipod, Adidas and another Nokia ( I have lost count how many Nokias he has to date)...to go to INDAH PERMAI on a ‘bas berhenti-henti’ that you pay 50 sen per trip. All the same he is a great bro to have as I know that like my other sisters there is not one thing he will not do for me and vice versa.
Then there is my other half – Andy whom I love and cherish to bits and my two kids Arian and Aqeel ( Ayan and Gagi) . Well what can I say about them apart from the fact that they are my centre of the earth apart from my mum, sisters and brother.
I also thank God for having a wonderful mum and father in-law. Since I married Andy, they have been very supportive in everything we did and never tried to be difficult. I really appreciate all the things they have done for me as I know they love me as their own. Also a select few of his extended relatives, mine and last but definitely not least my close friends.
I suppose not everyone is as lucky as I am. And this is what I want to talk about.
I sometimes wonder what on earth goes in the minds of these so called 'family' that never care an ounce about their loved one's feelings but their own. I just spoke to a friend who had been pouring out her heart to me in disappointment regarding her family and it made me so sad for her. This friend of mine has grown up children. She and her husband, for as long as I have known them have done their utmost for their family ; i.e children and sisters that I always pray to God to grant me patience and strength like theirs. Now when they are older it is sad to know that not a lot of their feelings ,thoughts and consideration come into account when it comes to their children. And if that's not enough, this lovely friend of mine has sisters who are caustic and critical in response to every single thing she does its unbelievable.
Now I do not know if any of the family knows me, but for anyone of you out there; let me just say one thing: blood is thicker than water. No matter what do not let other people become priorities over your parents, be it friends, boyfriends,fiancee etc. You can have so many of the latter, but you just have ONE family. True, you may have so called 'jerks' in your family. I do too, and I appreciate that some of them can be SO annoying (narrow minds and empty promises are the ones I unfortunately have to contend with haha) but at the end of the day, the extent of love that you have for one another can only be realized and measured when it is tested in hardship and problems, not when you are comfortable .
For those of you who still have your mum,dad, sisters and brothers, appreciate them while you still can before its too late when they have gone.Show some token of appreciation in kind words, thoughts and especially consideration.There is so much room for love there is no time for animosity and self-centred thought.
I am so glad and thankful to God for having them all still with me and I hope they realize how much they are being appreciated.
Thanks GUYS - love you all to bits...
Since my youngest sis left Kota Kinabalu to work in KL last month, we keep in touch very often at least twice a week if I can manage it. As for my two other sisters I ring them up once in a while but its not for the lack of sisterliness ( I think I am going to get arrested by the grammar police!) between us. I love them all to bits as I am sure they do me no matter where they are or what they do. Even in these trying times where commitments to your work and family normally take up your entire time I am pleased to say that my bond with all my sisters is as tight as a vacuum coffee canister as we always find the time to share a joke every now and then regardless of me being in this small corner of Malaysia.
Everyday I cannot thank God enough for this wonderful gift he has given me : my family. It is grand to learn that all the things that we have done have all finally come together and is embodied in love, understanding and above all harmony. At the moment I still have my mum living with me that even while she is incapacitated still manages to cook me and Andy lunch everyday (this is for my sisters reading this: yesterday guys Mum cooked soto ayam with bergedil..how’s that to make u guys green with envy?).
Then my four wonderful sisters with whom I have shared a lot of good and terrible times . Somehow or rather we have all come out of it not only in one piece but unwavering and stronger in our love for one another. I also have a cherished 19 year old brother that is like all 19 year olds – more bothered about whether they look cool’er’ with an Ipod, Adidas and a Nokia or with an Ipod, Adidas and another Nokia ( I have lost count how many Nokias he has to date)...to go to INDAH PERMAI on a ‘bas berhenti-henti’ that you pay 50 sen per trip. All the same he is a great bro to have as I know that like my other sisters there is not one thing he will not do for me and vice versa.
Then there is my other half – Andy whom I love and cherish to bits and my two kids Arian and Aqeel ( Ayan and Gagi) . Well what can I say about them apart from the fact that they are my centre of the earth apart from my mum, sisters and brother.
I also thank God for having a wonderful mum and father in-law. Since I married Andy, they have been very supportive in everything we did and never tried to be difficult. I really appreciate all the things they have done for me as I know they love me as their own. Also a select few of his extended relatives, mine and last but definitely not least my close friends.
I suppose not everyone is as lucky as I am. And this is what I want to talk about.
I sometimes wonder what on earth goes in the minds of these so called 'family' that never care an ounce about their loved one's feelings but their own. I just spoke to a friend who had been pouring out her heart to me in disappointment regarding her family and it made me so sad for her. This friend of mine has grown up children. She and her husband, for as long as I have known them have done their utmost for their family ; i.e children and sisters that I always pray to God to grant me patience and strength like theirs. Now when they are older it is sad to know that not a lot of their feelings ,thoughts and consideration come into account when it comes to their children. And if that's not enough, this lovely friend of mine has sisters who are caustic and critical in response to every single thing she does its unbelievable.
Now I do not know if any of the family knows me, but for anyone of you out there; let me just say one thing: blood is thicker than water. No matter what do not let other people become priorities over your parents, be it friends, boyfriends,fiancee etc. You can have so many of the latter, but you just have ONE family. True, you may have so called 'jerks' in your family. I do too, and I appreciate that some of them can be SO annoying (narrow minds and empty promises are the ones I unfortunately have to contend with haha) but at the end of the day, the extent of love that you have for one another can only be realized and measured when it is tested in hardship and problems, not when you are comfortable .
For those of you who still have your mum,dad, sisters and brothers, appreciate them while you still can before its too late when they have gone.Show some token of appreciation in kind words, thoughts and especially consideration.There is so much room for love there is no time for animosity and self-centred thought.
I am so glad and thankful to God for having them all still with me and I hope they realize how much they are being appreciated.
Thanks GUYS - love you all to bits...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Where is the moment when you need it the most??
I had a pre-retreat meeting today, and boy what a meeting it was. Well the good news was I did not present my ill prepared proposal for e-ScienceFund (thank God for that at least) but the bad news is now I have to do THREE ; one I am leading and the other two as collaborator. Sometimes I wonder if the KPT and UMS have gone a bit OTT in trying to inculcate this research culture amongst us lecturers.As if we haven't got enough to do?
I retract back what I said about my job. As of this minute, its CRAP.
With all the hullabaloo about UMS getting three star rating and a new VC announced recently, I expected to come back to work today (had to be off yesterday - maid's got court appearance on her divorce case) feeling a bit less stressed with the celebration mood in the air as the new VC actually is Prof Ann (my pengarah)'s dearest other half. Unfortunately it was entirely the reverse. She's on leave while tomorrow and the meeting was a mind-numbing exercise . Its meetings like this that make you feel you ought to be on ice or something. It started at 9 and did not finish until after 3p.m. And the best part was the talking part took ..I don't know..maybe 2 hours? But the thinking part.......took ages....
In the end we came up with four proposals. The first which I was going to lead in the proposal writing for MOSTI's Science Fund was on B.pseudomallei molecular characerization , second : Microarray analyses, third : Seaweed and Fourth: secondary metabolites.
I don't know how on earth we are going to do this with just the 6 of us but Prof. wants to see them it come rain or shine, so I guess it means we have to.
That's not including my unfinished reports that I mentioned yesterday. And to top it all, tomorrow, I have to spend the whole bleeding day helping Vida our lab assistant with changing the probe of our DNA sequencer, and Friday we have a meeting.
My 1grand is still parked at Bendahari, unclaimed because I still have not done the after-conference report that they want. Even if I can do the report by tomorrow (although there really is no chance of that happening) I will need to wait a coupla months before they can approve it.
So today I want to say that not only am I tired, stressed, I am also bloody skint!!!
To make matters worse what have I been reading in the papers today ?
Petrol hike announcement tonite??? Din't they just announce not too long back it wasn't happening until August??
What the fish????????
Like I feared when I went home at about 6pm I received a text message form my dearest cousin Aree who told me that hikes effective midnite at MYR2.70/litre. What else, Sazmal went straight out in frenzy petrol panic buying, having to wait over one hour for petrol due to the massive queue at Petronas for the Proton, then come back home again to take our Livina out back to Shell because he said they queue at Petronas was horrendous...
Hmm.......
Tun MAHATHIR!!!!!Please come save US!!!!!
As of tomorrow, I am buying all things Giant as I am sure very soon other food stuff price will go up as well. Even electricity's going up July, so maybe buy motorbike-la..Sazmal also said macam kena duduk Tambunan ke, dalam pondok so that electricity tak naik above MYR43.
Nevertheless, I still thank God as we live in KK so the petrol hike is still manageable for us at least for now. My heart goes out to all my friends in KL and Semenanjung whose fates are worse than ours what with the traffic jams and toll...KL's not such a pretty place to live in right now I am sure.I just hope the rakyat won't demonstrate. The good news though is our allowances will surely naik for us who are in the Public Service. Housing allowance definite and hopefully EPW as well.
Anyone wanna come live in Sabah???
I retract back what I said about my job. As of this minute, its CRAP.
With all the hullabaloo about UMS getting three star rating and a new VC announced recently, I expected to come back to work today (had to be off yesterday - maid's got court appearance on her divorce case) feeling a bit less stressed with the celebration mood in the air as the new VC actually is Prof Ann (my pengarah)'s dearest other half. Unfortunately it was entirely the reverse. She's on leave while tomorrow and the meeting was a mind-numbing exercise . Its meetings like this that make you feel you ought to be on ice or something. It started at 9 and did not finish until after 3p.m. And the best part was the talking part took ..I don't know..maybe 2 hours? But the thinking part.......took ages....
In the end we came up with four proposals. The first which I was going to lead in the proposal writing for MOSTI's Science Fund was on B.pseudomallei molecular characerization , second : Microarray analyses, third : Seaweed and Fourth: secondary metabolites.
I don't know how on earth we are going to do this with just the 6 of us but Prof. wants to see them it come rain or shine, so I guess it means we have to.
That's not including my unfinished reports that I mentioned yesterday. And to top it all, tomorrow, I have to spend the whole bleeding day helping Vida our lab assistant with changing the probe of our DNA sequencer, and Friday we have a meeting.
My 1grand is still parked at Bendahari, unclaimed because I still have not done the after-conference report that they want. Even if I can do the report by tomorrow (although there really is no chance of that happening) I will need to wait a coupla months before they can approve it.
So today I want to say that not only am I tired, stressed, I am also bloody skint!!!
To make matters worse what have I been reading in the papers today ?
Petrol hike announcement tonite??? Din't they just announce not too long back it wasn't happening until August??
What the fish????????
Like I feared when I went home at about 6pm I received a text message form my dearest cousin Aree who told me that hikes effective midnite at MYR2.70/litre. What else, Sazmal went straight out in frenzy petrol panic buying, having to wait over one hour for petrol due to the massive queue at Petronas for the Proton, then come back home again to take our Livina out back to Shell because he said they queue at Petronas was horrendous...
Hmm.......
Tun MAHATHIR!!!!!Please come save US!!!!!
As of tomorrow, I am buying all things Giant as I am sure very soon other food stuff price will go up as well. Even electricity's going up July, so maybe buy motorbike-la..Sazmal also said macam kena duduk Tambunan ke, dalam pondok so that electricity tak naik above MYR43.
Nevertheless, I still thank God as we live in KK so the petrol hike is still manageable for us at least for now. My heart goes out to all my friends in KL and Semenanjung whose fates are worse than ours what with the traffic jams and toll...KL's not such a pretty place to live in right now I am sure.I just hope the rakyat won't demonstrate. The good news though is our allowances will surely naik for us who are in the Public Service. Housing allowance definite and hopefully EPW as well.
Anyone wanna come live in Sabah???
Monday, June 2, 2008
Can women in tudung go to clubs?
You know after all these years I have since realised that my interest in dancing still has not waned one tiny bit. Since small I have always loved dancing and in Primary School imagined one day I would be a ballerina. Nevertheless, I was a bit tubby at that time so my dreams were crushed into a million pieces; especially after I had to wear a standard six size uniform at standard 3!!
When I was in Secondary school I really liked the Bharatha Natyam and frequently followed two of my close friends Kamaleswari and Tharani whenever they went practicing. After a few months I decided to ask my mum if after SPM I could enrol in the Ramli Ibrahim academy of arts where I could learn the Bharatha Natyam to my hearts content. But you know what she said??? She stared wide-eyed at me in utter disbelief and was silent for what seemed like eternity until she said "TAK BOLEH"
So that was my next dancing dream shattered.
Then when I was in college my naughty sister Liz and my ever-so-handsome uncle Bull would take me out to clubs (shhh..dun tell mak) where I would dance to my hearts content. It feels great when I do it, like every being of me is liberated and I feel so free.I would dance to tunes like Michael jackson ,Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys(yeah yeah I am an 80s person so what?)
When I got married I stopped going. My dearest other half says he doesn't like dancing. I bet his dancing moves sucked and he's gotten laughed at. Perhaps by an old girlfriend.. Anyway, all my attempts to persuade him was futile and in the end with kids and job responsibility it just never happened.
Then one day in my room (not gonna say which room my office or bedroom) I heard a familiar tune and my toes were suddenly alive!!!! It was then I realized I still liked dancing and thought it would be great to ring a friend to ask if she would like to go to a club with me.
Suddenly....KABBBOOOOINNNGG!!!! It hit me. Fast and Furious. No way Jose, I got tudung lah!!!
Help!!!
When I was in Secondary school I really liked the Bharatha Natyam and frequently followed two of my close friends Kamaleswari and Tharani whenever they went practicing. After a few months I decided to ask my mum if after SPM I could enrol in the Ramli Ibrahim academy of arts where I could learn the Bharatha Natyam to my hearts content. But you know what she said??? She stared wide-eyed at me in utter disbelief and was silent for what seemed like eternity until she said "TAK BOLEH"
So that was my next dancing dream shattered.
Then when I was in college my naughty sister Liz and my ever-so-handsome uncle Bull would take me out to clubs (shhh..dun tell mak) where I would dance to my hearts content. It feels great when I do it, like every being of me is liberated and I feel so free.I would dance to tunes like Michael jackson ,Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys(yeah yeah I am an 80s person so what?)
When I got married I stopped going. My dearest other half says he doesn't like dancing. I bet his dancing moves sucked and he's gotten laughed at. Perhaps by an old girlfriend.. Anyway, all my attempts to persuade him was futile and in the end with kids and job responsibility it just never happened.
Then one day in my room (not gonna say which room my office or bedroom) I heard a familiar tune and my toes were suddenly alive!!!! It was then I realized I still liked dancing and thought it would be great to ring a friend to ask if she would like to go to a club with me.
Suddenly....KABBBOOOOINNNGG!!!! It hit me. Fast and Furious. No way Jose, I got tudung lah!!!
Help!!!
The Malaysia I Love
I have just come back to work today after almost a months' absence (6 days conference/ 2 weeks course). As usual, I would log on to the internet ( we have wireless now at the uni so good) and go straight to read what our revered DrM had to talk about today. I don't know why but since he started his blog a month ago reading reading his blog is the very first thing I have to do prior to doing anything else. With all the political turmoil that is surrounding Malaysia at the moment, reading his blog is like ' a soothing medicine that calms my troubled mind'. Really guys, I am quite concerned at what's going off in our country. I am not in the least surpised he hit the 1 million mark in one month because I think a lot of people feel like me too and seek his blog to alleviate their worries.
I think by now everyone knows whats going off after the GE. I am one of those people that do not and will not support Keadilan but at the same time want some of the ministers in the Govt kicked out (Katherine Jackson especially?) because they are freaking jerks!! At times like these I wish we can reappoint our DrM ( i I still can't call him Tun, not out of disrespect - its just a like my way of calling him 'Dad') as only he will know what to do.
Coincidentally I have just returned from a two week obligatory 'induksi' course for the Public Service Officers. In the two weeks I was there, I learnt loads of things that I had forgotten about, things like history of Malaysia: the formation of Malaysia and the involvement of all races in the pursuit of kemerdekaan from the British way back in 1957. It was good that I attended this course ( although I really dreaded it at first) coz in the time I was away there were so many tings that i forgot. All of a sudden the feel of love to my country and my compariots be it Malays,Indians or Chinese, comes back rushing to me all of sudden..
It just made me realize that no matter how different we are , we are all anak jati bangsa Malaysia and the country needs us to work together for the betterment of everyone.
At the moment there is a lot of 'race' issues being brought up, and at this point , I must quote my Arian's favourite song: WHERE IS THE LOVE
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love -y'all
Think about it GUYS- we just have one MALAYSIA..
I think by now everyone knows whats going off after the GE. I am one of those people that do not and will not support Keadilan but at the same time want some of the ministers in the Govt kicked out (Katherine Jackson especially?) because they are freaking jerks!! At times like these I wish we can reappoint our DrM ( i I still can't call him Tun, not out of disrespect - its just a like my way of calling him 'Dad') as only he will know what to do.
Coincidentally I have just returned from a two week obligatory 'induksi' course for the Public Service Officers. In the two weeks I was there, I learnt loads of things that I had forgotten about, things like history of Malaysia: the formation of Malaysia and the involvement of all races in the pursuit of kemerdekaan from the British way back in 1957. It was good that I attended this course ( although I really dreaded it at first) coz in the time I was away there were so many tings that i forgot. All of a sudden the feel of love to my country and my compariots be it Malays,Indians or Chinese, comes back rushing to me all of sudden..
It just made me realize that no matter how different we are , we are all anak jati bangsa Malaysia and the country needs us to work together for the betterment of everyone.
At the moment there is a lot of 'race' issues being brought up, and at this point , I must quote my Arian's favourite song: WHERE IS THE LOVE
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love -y'all
Think about it GUYS- we just have one MALAYSIA..
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