Vrooom

I just had a random thought.

How cool would it be to have a batmobile, because it is only like THE safest car to be in. It practically goes through anything and if should I do smash it for any reason, it turns into a motorbike. UBER-COOL.

HOWEVER, black is not the colour of the season. I'd have it custom made red interior ala Kimora Lee Simmons Bentley. And have my initials embroidered on the seats too.

Big dreams for a girl who don't even have her driving license yet. =P. Please people! Stop nagging me already. It is not my fault that you prefer to drive me around then let me drive.

I just had to put this. I have fallen in love.

Missing

Yesterday, I had an outing with my girls. And not to say I did not enjoyed myself, but I left feeling really sad. Here I was, having the time of my life, eating, gossiping, listening to Mama Chix giving us her totally cool advice on boys,sex and relationship,and just hanging around talking nonsense about everything under the sun. Why the hell am I leaving for the US again?

I miss those times when we had to slave ourselves over endless union nights. Remember that night we cut and SELLOPHANE TAPED pieces of blue fabric on our white baju for our cheer comp the next day. Hahaha. Those nights we had sleeping over at Chix's house thinking of steps and designing our super lame costumes. And i SSOO remember walking that,I don't know how many kilometres from that place we learn to dance (what was it called?) all the way back to KYS.

I remember acting all pissed when you signed up my name for Talentime without telling me first, but secretly was excited inside. And yes, we all acknowledge that we have the worst singing voice, apart from Nael, but we totally rocked out the stage with our awesome red and white costumes and dance moves!

You have always been there for me. The girl who slept next to me even though it was only for a year, but that was the year I know I had a friend who would always have an ear ready to listen to me. My friend who shares the same obsession on a particular popstar. Those nights when I cried because of you-know-who and you never judge me whether I'm right or wrong. Although you and your partner in crime most of the time only laugh when I'm sobbing my eyes off. And that girl who have the most potential I have ever seen, I am glad you are growing up to be the woman you should become.

But most of all, you girls made me feel wanted. You made me feel that I mattered in your life and without all the glitz and glamour in life, I could have make do with just that. Thank you for being the best girl friends. And if time should drift us apart one day, we'll have the memories and you will always be my friend .












To the singing duck down-under, know that I miss you the most. All the distance and time one puts between us can never erase what we have.

buff

Manage to catch 2 movies this week, with the same people. Yes, I have no other friends. I'm a social outkast.

WANTED was on Tuesday. Very very gory to the core. I had my eyes close most of the time. Angelina Jolie for the first time I have to say, looked ugly and haggard. She is far too thin that it comes close to being anorexic. James McAvoy was dreamy. Put a boyishly handsome man and some guns together makes up a deliciously yummy hero. Another note to be taken is Morgan Freeman who played Sloan to perfection. The story was a little too okay-ish for me but there was a good twist towards the end. Angelina Jolie's ending to me was the most beautiful and profound part of the movie. Too bad the real ending of the movie was too predictable.

Some may find it all too unrealistic (swerving bullets, carchase, perfect shots from miles away) but it was those bits of the story line that kept the movie alive.


On a different note, if you recall a book I've mentioned before,Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, it state that the human heart when it beats at a certain range of heartbeats, our senses and focus are at its maximum thus making us almost superhuman like.However, what happens to our untrained body is that it beats faster till it exceed that range making us falter. This is exactly what Wesley Gibson was experiencing in the movie. The same goes for basketball superstar, Larry Bird,who said at critical moments in the game, the court will go quite and the players move in slow motion making him able to make split second decisions.


Thursday was DARK KNIGHT. When they say that expectation spoils a good thing, they definitely had this movie in mind. There was so much hype about the movie, one wonder whether is it because of the quality of the movie or one of its cast's recent demise.
Heath Ledger's performance was exceptional. However, the attention focus on him overshadowed another great performer, Aaron Eckhart who played DA, Harvey Dent.
Overall, the story line, although armed with interesting twist and turn was totally disappointing due to the weak scripts and characters. Did anyone even notice Morgan Freeman in the movie? People like him and also Heath Ledger definitely have more talent to offer to the movie but could not do so.


The Joker's character made me think of how it is true that there are some people who goes through life without planning ahead anything. The Mr. Flow Jo kind. Are they the winners or losers in the world?

I'd like to leave you with a picture of our Tan Sri Arizz. He has dreams of being the 7th cast member of High School Musical 3. You'll always be MY superstar Arizz. =)

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A 90 year old wiseman, who was imprisoned for 27 years, shares his 8 lessons of leadership

No 1
Courage is not the absence of fear — it's inspiring others to move beyond it

No 2
Lead from the front — but don't leave your base behind

No 3
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front

No 4
Know your enemy — and learn about his favorite sport

No 5
Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer

No 6
Appearances matter — and remember to smile

No 7
Nothing is black or white

No 8
Quitting is leading too

When I first skim the 8 lessons, I thought that such a prominent figure would have a more in-depth view on leadership. Read the article here, and you will see for yourself how a true man leads by following a set of simple guide lines. He is truly inspirational.


The struggle is my life. I will continue to fight for freedom until the end of my days. ~Nelson Mandela~

bloob buu

I was in a conversation with a friend.

Should we:
Aim to achieve greater feats? 0r be thankful of what we have?

If you think of both questions separately, both seem like the 'right' thing to do in life. Those that you hear countless times from parents, teachers, counselors and the likes.

But,in reality, you cannot put them two together.

When you wanna work for the extra money, shouldn't you just be thankful with the money you have right now?

too ambitious = you're greedy
too thankful = you're lazy and unmotivated.

Okay, I'm fully aware that there is an argument to the question that would validate the existence of both together, but let's not put you in such pain as to have to read another of Myra's too long ramblings.

It's my way of rebuttal to all them haters, I'm not devoid of any gratitude.

In dire need to watch Dark Knight. Somebody save me from this deprivation.

Tale of a Girl

The story goes,

One fine day, I felt good about myself so I decided to wear something pretty out. I got some nice compliments and that made me feel even better about myself.

That's when it got weird.

Nice comments became suggestive notions.
Looks of appreciation became nasty leering.
Plain harmless teasing became highly inappropriate catcalls.

Where does the line between praising a girl's confidence and sexual harassment lies? Because I certainly felt that my pride was scorned.

Did they just cross way over board without realising it? And let me share that these are my very closest friends whom I know would never deliberately want to hurt me in any way.

Or maybe it was just me who let them behave that way? Behind my laughter and smiles.

You wear that and you expect us not to look.

Let a girl wear whatever she damn well please without having to worry about other people harassing her. We crave for your approval and attention, but don't treat us like mere objects condemn by insensitive words without any decency to respect our minds.

To my friends, know that I LOVE you. Please do not take this personally as I myself don't. It is just something in my mind that I feel is important to share.

my nation that i love

Heylo world of bloggers,

I have been away for a while. Just too exhausted to lift my fingers and start tap tap tapping the keyboard. Well anyhu, let's get back to what I'm actually here to report.

I got back from Biro Tata Negara. Phew. I'm glad it is O.V.E.R. Let's all pray that I did not flunked it cause that would make me have to go through it ALL OVER AGAIN. The whole program, I was barely paying attention to whatever they were saying, instead I wrote little bits of pieces in my notebook that were interesting that I thought I could share it here. BUT somehow, I lost it along the way, and should that precious notebook be found and its contents be read, I am toast dead.

Since I have been sworn to 'Kerahsiaan', there is not much that I can comment. And also due to the fact that I am scared shitless they are gonna take me to some faraway place if I open my big fat mouth. So, let me just put down some quotes I picked out (that I still remember) and let you people make your own judgments. Here are my faves.

• The government should stop giving scholarships because some scholars come from anti government family.
• The number of chairs that the opposition contests is not significant enough to make them the government, should they win. Hence, their purpose is only to create chaos and divide our nation.
• The people voted for the government, hence they should support whatever the government feels is right.

Last time I check, the camp was about 'kenegaraan', not politics.

There were some good points however. I now have the history of Malaysia at the tip of my tongue since they repeat it again and again till it is now embedded in my subconcious mind. I also know a substantial amount of Akta in the Malaysian Constitution. Try test me on Perkara 152, 153 or 181. Impressive ey?

There are so many new things I learn in the camp.

1. I simply cannot stand incredibly RUDE people who thinks that the only way to get a message across is by shouting their head off. Maybe we students are not of the same mind level to understand through simple instructions in normal speaking tone.
2. I am amaze to find people who are totally dedicated to the country or the government, which ever you might wanna look at it, that they VOLUNTEER to work in BTN to educate our young minds.
3. I am puzzled as to why one still insists on giving tazkirah Subuh when it is obvious none of the audience is even barely awake. This might be due to the lack of sleep since activities ended close to 1 am yesterday and it is now 5.45 am.
4. I am stunned by my abilities to completely shut out whatever it is the person in front is saying and when ask to comment, make up something out of thin air. Well, that may be due the fact that they were not paying attention to whatever I'm commenting in the first place.
5. Which brings me to the last one, I find it interesting that in all the discussions, it follows a similar pattern. A question is presented, participants comment, facilitators pretend to take interest, comments are ignored, the REAL and RIGHT comment comes from the facilitators, and god forbid, that is the ONLY thinking we should hold on too, then everyone's happy. Yay! Mission accomplish.

-_-"

I really do think that the program started out with the right intentions. If all parties participate with an open mind, maybe the outcome would have been better. But you have read what I have to say about it. And I really did want it to be good. Alas, you don't always get what you wish for.

Island Girl

Just got back from Perhentian Island. <LOVE LOVE> I wish I didn't have to go back. And knowing that coming back to KL means going to the dreaded BTN program just made the feeling all more worse. Yes. The day has come. Tomorrow, I shall be heading to Kem Bina Negara Bumi Jati in Shah Alam to supposedly instill patriotism in the hearts of all future oversea go-ers. Oh well, I'm trying to keep an open mind about it, so I won't say much till I have actually undergo the program.

Anyhow, let's talk about things less depressing. The holiday trip was a blast! There was me, my bro, mom, Baby, Shida, Azim and Adeline, all in all making a terrific group. For the first time, all my dives were mask fog-free, headache free and just easy and relax. Plus our cute divemaster, Mike from Boston, who although bore no resemblance at all, reminds me of Mr. Mraz. Everytime I see him, the chorus of Jason Mraz's 'Make It Mine' plays in my ear. Wonder why?

Marsh and Fariq came a day later joining us for a few dinners and late night escapades. We also had a huge bonfire. And i mean real HUGE! Like the fire was probably higher than me. No kidding. And when we actually board the ferry back to mainland, I definitely felt my heart weigh a lot more than before.

The only downside of the trip was i was attacked by freak loads of mosquitoes the size of my thumb (mild exaggeration might be evident here). I have spots all over my body including my face which will make it look a lot worse now that I have to wear a tudung for the next 5 days. And I am so tan that my bikini line look like the skin of a total stranger against my own. Those from KYS might remember me on those days when even my eyelids had tan line because when my eyes are open, some part were not expose to the sun. Yup, it was that bad.

So, my observations.

• With my first huge paycheck, I'll definitely invest in a luxury speed boat rather than a fast car. Combination of adrenaline rush, wind whipping hair and water splashing is much more a turn on for me.
• Now, if I have a boat, I need to live by the sea. Therefore I need to invest in a house by the beach. The only good beach around here would be somewhere in Terengganu.
• Since there ain't no possible way I'm living in Terengganu, I need to get a house around KL first.

Hmm...now that's a long chain of investments. Where is a rich guy when I need one?

To the one who made us love what we do in the first place. Uncle Jean, not a day goes by that I don't think of you. I wish you were with us on the island, just like old times. I miss you.