Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Towards the end of the year....

Well, a lot has happened since my last entry. sad, happy and everything else mulled together. recently i read through all the entries that i have here in this blog and remembered on all the things that has happened in the year 2007. not bad but it can be better obviously. but shukran ya allah, for the blessings and for giving me this life.

i went back to Ktn for eid aidiladha as well as the christmas hols. one week of absolute leisure and eating frenzy thanks to my mom's cooking ;-)

somehow, deep within all the fun and excitement that i had in the arms of my family, i cant help but think that at the same time, that raya/eid celebrations for me and my family as well as some significant others which are in the same boat as i am can actually seems to aggravate the existing pain of not having the love ones with you to celebrate these few significant days which we have in a year. rayas, birthday, new year, fathers day, mothers days, family days, etc. love ones who have migrated, away for some reasons or another or has left us to be with the mighty God.

i dont know, somehow at this moment of time, it really hurts not to have someone that you love close to you. i guess its really painful not to have that for like 16 years now and more years to come.

i know sumtimes people can be selfish and i was kindly reminded that things happened for a reasons as well. i know that there are times when we think things are okay but indeed they are not.

i wish some people would think that love to their parents would be an enough reason to be close to them. true, there are many ways to show our parents of how much we love them. but i know for a fact that money really cannot buy a love between parents and their kids. the love that the parents have for their kids are priceless and without conditions. i believe that. i believe in that idea.

i think my world would collapse if i loose either my mom or my dad. i pray that that day would never have to come.

true we have our own lives to lead. true we have our own decision to make. but do we before any decision is made, ever try to think the effect that its gonna have to our parents? separation is hard. maybe its okay if its for a shortwhile. but it is a heartache when the separations has lasted for awhile.

i am trying to make things the best that i can. i am trying to fill in the gap that was vacated for 16 years. i wish i could do better. i really do as seeing sadness in my parents eyes kills me each time when the eid comes. i wish that would be enough for my parents for now.

i guess what we can learn from this is that there are things that we cannot change though we pray and cried so hard for it to change for the better. and also it is best to cherish the moments that we have spending time with the loves one as we never know when that moment may not come as often as we want it to be or it may leave us sooner than we think.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Monday blues...

Firedrill. Backpain. Lost. and it is just monday to begin with.

Singapore's Hady Mirza wins first Asian Idol contest

JAKARTA, Indonesia : Singapore's Hady Mirza has been crowned the region's first singing champion at the inaugural Asian Idol competition in Jakarta on Sunday.

Hady defeated five other Idol winners from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

The show was hosted by RCTI - Indonesia's largest TV network.

Voting via text messaging began when it was televised simultaneously to all six participating countries, with an unprecedented millions of viewers.

Hady Mirza, Singapore Idol Season 2 winner, earlier said: "The pressure, I think, is that it's going to be shown across six countries. I started off being quite nervous. But then, as we went along, it was fine and I did pretty well. I think I did pretty well and I'm happy with my performance."

To ensure fairness, judges were drawn from the six countries taking part in the competition.

Even a voting system to neutralise the numerical supremacy of big countries such as Indonesia and India was instituted. Votes were not considered valid unless the sender picks two singers.

But above all, organisers said Asian Idol was more than just a competition.

Indriena Basarah, General Manager of Fremantle Asia, said: "What we would like to do is actually to showcase that Asia has incredible talent."

For the contestants, the Asian Idol competition gave them the exposure beyond their own national boundaries.

Clip from Singapore News

THE announcement of the winner took me by great suprise. i really thought that the Indonesian Idol would win considering that Indonesia is a big country and the concert was held at his own turf. i guess at the end of the day Asian Idol still is a popularity contest where it helps to have the whole packege and what not.

but nevertheless, congratulations! at the end of the day, all the 6 idols are already winners in their own right. vamos!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

You never know when your guardian angel will be there for you so I have to try...

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person..
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson,
love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life,
whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

THanks Mr. A for sending me this.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Friday....

It rains and it rains and it rains...

Here in Kuala Lumpur, when it rains, the road will be jam. no, let me rephrase, KL road after 5.30pm on weekdays is going to be jam packed. but when it rains, it is the worst thing ever. please stay away from the road and drink coffee at starbucks instead!

walked to the gym yesterday with my multicolour pink umbrella. this is not an understatement. i have the cutest pink umbrella ever. this year my colour is pink. love love pink! i was at the gym looking down at jalan sultan ismail at half 8pm and my god, the car aint moving my fren! bummer...

by 9 the road is still congested. however, when i left about 9.45, the road is clear as "RAIN" shampoo ad ;-) yayayyayaya.....

i have a company dinner today at a nearby hotel with the theme-superstar, cartoon characters, film character, anything....my costume today, if anybody would call that as such, is snow white's evil step mother as i will wear the black cape and all black!

wish me luck!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I think i love u.....



love love love...

Matthew Fox and RAIN on ET



Rain looking good in the white suit...cant wait for the movie next year, AJA!

Monday, December 3, 2007

ARISAN-Indonesian Movie by Nia Di Nata



Managed to watch Arisan for the second time. love it!

Here are the Awards won for Arisan!

Indonesia (1): JIFFEST Best Actor (Tora Sudiro), Best Movie (Arisan!), Best Supporting Actor (Surya Saputra), Best Supporting Actress (Cut Mini Theo), Best Editing (Dewi S Alibasah)
Indonesia (2): MTV Indonesia Movie Awards Best Movie (arisan!), Best Director (Nia diNata), Best Supporting Actor (Surya Saputra)
The Netherlands: Cinemasia Filfestival Best Movie (Arisan!), Most Popular Movie (Arisan)
USA: Asian American International Film Festival New York :Annual Emerging Director Award (Nia di Nata)

Here are some info on Tora Sudiro the guy who played Sakti...

Birth Name
Taura Danang Sudiro


Height
6' 0½" (1.84 m)


Mini Biography
Tora Sudiro, forever known to Indonesian audiences as the closeted gay protagonist in 2003's Arisan!, stumbled into the acting world after a chance encounter with director Nia DiNata while working for a Jakarta advertising agency. While his acting performance was panned by critics his on screen kiss with actor Surya Saputra earned Sudiro the Film Festival Indonesia 2004 Best Actor award and shot his meteor to stardom.

Sudiro was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, when the World War II movie Tora! Tora! Tora! was playing in local movie theaters, but his businessman father and model mother quickly divorced. His mother was subsequently killed in a car accident when he was seven. He lived with his grandmother for a few years until moving back with his father. His high school years were spent in Australia and New Zealand. The patchwork of tattoos covering his arms and shoulders, revealed in Arisan!, tell of his teenage aspirations to be in a rock band.

Since his acting debut he was featured in Teddy Soeriaatmadja's surreal Banyu Biru (2005), has performed in various TV programs including Malam Pertama, Dunia D, Bunda, and Extravaganza, and hit the stage in "The Kidnapping of Prince Pollux" in July 2005at the Jakarta Convention Center.

Self rating for Arisan:7/10

Perfect Strangers




One tip: Very twisted towards the end, very unexpected.

Self Rating:6/10

Lee Chong Wei (Mas) v Lin Dan (China)-HK Super Series 2007



I WATCHED the game yesterday life on TV1. all i can say is that Lin Dan is not the World No.1 in badminton for nothing, he is such a versatile player. however, when Lee Chong Wei won the first set i was ecstatic!

come 2nd set and it was excrutiating. by the first ten minutes of the 3rd set - i knew that Lin Dan will come out as the winner, which he did.

i am of the view that Lee Chong Wei, World No 2 is such a promising player. but he should be more focus and must have the self determination and confidence that he too can be the No.1. he always would have my support! aja aja Lee Chong Wei!!!!

Looking forward to all the games next year, especially the Olympics.

Three paratroopers killed during mock exercise

LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA: Three army paratroopers, including two women, from an elite army commando unit were killed and five others seriously injured when a mock exercise to seize the international airport at Padang Matsirat here went awry.

Erratic wind patterns during the exercise blew 18 paratroopers off course – some of them plunged into the sea 30m off the airport's runway while others landed hard on the tarmac.


Hard landing: Some of the paratroopers landed hard on the Langkawi airport tarmac while some others landed in the sea due to strong winds during the mock exercise which went awry yesterday. — G.C. TAN / The Star

Langkawi OCPD Supt Mohamad Ali Jamaluddin said the dead were identified as Trooper Raimond Duncan, 25, from Simunjan, Sarawak; Private Nurul Wahida Yunos, 20, from Tanjung Malim, Perak; and Ranger Siti Hajar Yakub, 24, from Masjid Tanah, Malacca.

The exercise, carried out yesterday morning, was a full-dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (Lima) 2007 exhibition, which begins here tomorrow.

The incident occurred shortly after the paratroopers, all from the 10th Brigade Para based at Terendak Camp, Malacca, jumped out of two planes at an altitude of 4,000m at 10.30am.

Army chief Jen Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin said the paratroopers had jumped from the aircraft within the wind speed tolerance allowed.

“According to the standard operating procedure (SOP), paratroopers should not jump when the wind speed is above 11 knots. However, the wind speed at the point of incident was eight knots. I’d never allow my soldiers to jump if it had been above the acceptable wind speed,” he said.


Helping hand: One of the paratroopers being freed after his parachute got caught on a plane at the Langkawi airport tarmac yesterday.
Supt Mohamad Ali said some of the soldiers were rescued by fishermen who were fishing in the area while the police and other rescue agencies, including the army, launched a search and rescue operation when they realised that some of the soldiers had landed in the water.

Siti Hajar drowned while Duncan and Nurul Wahida died at the Langkawi Hospital. It is learnt that the three dead paratroopers were entangled by their parachute cords.

A source told The Star that the army dive master stopped 22 other paratroopers from jumping after they realised that the situation was unsafe.

The source said 11 paratroopers were injured in the incident including several who landed hard on the tarmac and had their parachutes dragged by the strong wind.

At least three soldiers were injured after they landed on top of aircraft parked on the tarmac for the Lima exhibition.

The soldiers were taken to the hospital by ambulances on standby at the airport.

Royal Malaysian Air Force public relations officer Mej Zulkiflee Abdul Latiff said the accident occurred due to uncertain wind conditions.


He said the paratroopers were part of 138 men and women who were involved in the mock exercise.

FROM: STAR NEWS

AL-FATIHAH... May they rest in peace. To those who are recovering, semoga cepat sembuh god willing.