Ombak Windu

After so many cancellations to watch this movie at the movies with my girlfriends, I finally got the chance to watch it. Somehow, this movie made it's way to 'Youtube' , so I grabbed the chance to watch this movie of the year.
I wanted to see what "Ombak Rindu" is all about. I wanted to see if it's sad love story, just as so many has claimed it to be. I also wanted to watch it because, I'm a huge fan of Aaron Aziz, Lisa Surihani, and Maya Karin.

I'm not going to give a movie review, because I know that I'm not a good reviewer, and there's probably hundreds of reviews out there about this movie. So I don't want to waste my time writing a movie review.

I don't normally watch malay movies, because :

1. All malay movies have more or less likely the same plot line.
2. It's always the same actors on the silver screen.

When the movie was first promoted, I got quite excited to watching this movie. Why? Well first because they had such great line of local actors in this movie. They had Aaron Aziz, Lisa Surihani, and  Maya Karin as the stars that starred in this movie. 

Aaron Aaziz and Maya Karin played their role well. Miss Lisa Surihani on the other hand played the wrong role. Seriously...Mr Ombak Rindu director why did you choose her? She so does not suit to play a spoilt, man obsessive bitch. The role does not suit her. She has a pure innocent girl next door look. She shouldn't have played the role of Mila. They could have at least chosen people like Fasha Sandha, Nur Fazura, or Nora Danish.

 Lisa Surhani? Na ah!
She can't act as the villain. She's way too cute for that.

Another actor that shouldn't have played the role of 'ibu' was Azizah Mahzan. Every malay movie that I've watched, she's there. Seriously. I'm sure there are hundreds of veteran actors that are as good as her. She also needs to learn to cover her self properly. It was quite a turn off having to watch her show the  body parts that shouldn't be showing.

Talking about turn off, there were quite a lot of it  in this movie. First off, there were too many "sex scenes". I was quite surprised that the censorship board didn't rate this movie. It should've been rated 18SX. There way too many hugging, and almost kissing scenes, and scenes where they almost had sex. Not good for kids under 18 to watch. Malay movies are getting more daring I must say.

This movie was suppose to make people cry. Well it failed to make me cry. I almost cried. But I didn't. To me it was not as gempak as people has been saying. It was just blah, but okay.

I must say, Kudos to the actors that did a superb job in making this movie successful.

I've watched the movie, now I'm going to read the book. Well, I've to polish my bahasa first before reading the book.

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I am a Khalifah of Allah

I want to be a Khalifah Of Allah.

In order to do that I must strengthen my Iman and Dean. I must learn to banish and ignore all the evil whispering in ears. I must learn to be a positive thinker. I must learn not to skip my prayers, another words learn to perfect. InsyaAllah.

I want to make myself good. I want to have the feeling of happiness and satisfaction whenever I complete my obligatory solat and duty. I want to learn to erase my habit of procrastinating, and be more organised in my life. I just need to be a positive thinker, and be positive in everything I do. InsyaAllah.

I need to help others be good. I must be sincere in helping others when they are in need. I don't mind helping kids that's in need, and doing charity work for their benefit. Because I naturally love children, they make me happy when I'm down.  But helping adult that is need, is a big problem for me. I don't naturally get along with adults. I don't like adults. But I must learn to help other be good no matter their age. I will try insyaAllah because I want to be a Khalifah of Allah. InsyaAllah.

And last but not least I must make the world beautiful. I must plant and care for more trees, care for Allah's creatures, help clean up the environment. Another words I must learn to be Nature Smart, bak kata Encik Howard Gardner. I shall try InsyaAllah to make this world beautiful. InsyaAllah.

So these are all the ciri-ciri to be a Khalifah Of Allah.

Oh this is way out of the topic, this year is 2012 (duh!), so it means I'm going to be old. 27 je. But still that sounds old. It's like 3 years away to the big 30. Takut takut. Mak dah bising suruh kahwin. She reminded me way too many times to get hitched. I keep telling her, that I'm waiting for the prince to come with a kasut kaca. Yes...I live in a land of fantasy. That's what happens if you work with kids.

My point is. I don't want to be 27. I'm going to lie about my age to people. I'm going to tell people that I'm 25 years old this year. *Evil smile*.

Geek In Pink

I love pink. Those who knows me well will know that I love pink. So I've decided to change blog title to GEEK IN PINK.

Who would've known?

Aminah Munirah, had conquered all her fears during an intensive training last week.

As part of teacher's training, I was told to go to FRIM. Scared and the feeling of nervousness were running all through me. I had no idea what was in store for me that day.

There were lots of people doing tai qi on that morning. It was pretty exciting thing to watch. I waited for the queen to arrive. Whilst waiting for her, my friends and I decided to go up to the waterfall.

The sounds of the water falling from the rocks, the birds chirping, and the insects singing were peaceful. I just love that nature makes in the green forest. I could just lie down, shut my eyes and sleep for hours here. But I couldn't. We all sat, posed in front of the cameras, and listened to nature's music in silence. We sat in silence for half an hour, before the queen bee arrived and gave briefing to us on our upcoming adventure in the forest.

She briefed us on what to do, and where to go. She handed a map to us, and told us to navigate ourselves using the map. She wanted us to work as a group, meaning that no one gets left behind, and to make sure that every body sticks together, and no one gets lost of collapsed during the course of the training.

So off we went. Seven ladies in tracksuits and shoes, all nervous to go in the forest all alone. I was nervous because I didn't think I had enough stamina to walk and climb more than 500 meters high of mountain.
I walked up my normal pace and managed to get to the top of the hill in half an hour.

That's right baby! I managed to walk a 3 km trail and climbed a 500 meters mountain in half an hour. I walked on a suspension bridge that was hanging 30 meters high from the ground without scream. I was actually terrified when I walked on the bridge. The creaking sound that the bridge made every step I took on it freaked me out. And the fact that I'm a bit scared of heights. But I managed to walk on it, without looking down, and I kept telling myself that I could do it.

Alhamdullilah, I did it.

After the terrified walk on the bridge, I had to walk down the hill which was another 500 meters down. Walking down was worse than climbing up. The ground was slippery and muddy. The rocks were big and were blocking the paths. The rivers that I had to pass, was no easy task. But I cleared my mind, took off the fears and just went with the flow.
In half an hour, I made it to the finishing line.

I was proud of myself. Never in my life, had I thought that I'd hike in forest, go through a river, without falling and hurting myself.

That day I discovered that I can actually do things if I set my mind to doing it and  throwing all the fears away.

So world I'm ready to do more hiking and have more adventure with nature.

Father and Mother I Love You (F.A.M.I.L.Y)

I recently went to visit my Ma and Pa in Songkhla, South Thailand. I stayed there for a week. I'd probably have to say that it was probably the best week of my life. 

I spent quality time with my family there. Which I rarely get to do. After all the dramas that I went through, the Almighty, has allowed me to spend some good quality time with my family, without any dramas. Alhamdullilah, aku bersyukur sangat sangat because for once I was truly happy.

The weather over there wasn't good. I was actually planning with my sister to go for a beach holiday. We were berangan-ing to check in a hotel near by mum's house, and have a pretend beach holiday. But the plan all hancurs because the weather was depressing. It rained the whole week I was there. Which kinda sucked. 

And plus, Abah was being a busy bee. He spent most of the time working. He had to close up all the accounts and buat budget 2012 for the office. Kesian dia, he had lots of works and he was stressed.

At first I was bored, so I ate rice every half an hour, and I was craving for sweet delicacy. It was that time of month, so my sweet tooth was looking for his friend. 

So to keep myself entertained, I decided to venture on something new. Baking. 

I totally sucked at this. I baked cuppies. 

Mak made me nervous at first. She kept going in and out of the kitchen, and yelling at me, whenever I made a mistake. And when the cuppies were in the oven Mak kept saying "Tak jadi ni kak. Kita kena buat baru. Ni keras, sebab dia kurang telur."

But you know what, the cuppies turned out okay, sebab Abah ate a couple. He seemed to like it. Alhamdullilah. 

Cik Samah, my uncle gave me a word of encouragement in facebook  when he saw the picture of my cuppies. He wrote "bagus.. banyakkan amali utk buat kueh ni, nanti boleh jadi tauke cup cakes" 

To be honest, I was quite happy with my product. 

My cuppies yang tak berapa jadi.

The next night, we all went out to dinner, in Sami's Kitchen. It was a last minute plan, but was worth it. The food was awesomely delicious. We had Tom Yam campur (was spicy but delicious), some sort of udang with minced chicken (I didn't eat it, as I'm highly allergic to prawns and shrimps), kangkung goreng belacan (again I didn't eat it, because it had shrimp paste), chicken patties (this was superb) and steamed fish (it was spicy and sedap gila). We had rice to accompany the dishes.  

It was actually quite alot. But we managed to finished all the dishes, sebab mak made us finish it all. That is why we all big big one. 

Chicken patties

 The next morning, we all hopped in the tuk tuk to go to Hat Yai to purchase my tickets. Since it was Amir's birthday, Mak treated us all with KFC. It was basically the only clean Halal restaurant in the area. And after purchasing my tickets, we didn't know what else to do, so we went to do what we do best.

Makan!

Us Nasir clan, love nothing but eating. We went for desert. We had gelato. It was awesomely delicious.I had green tea gelato, with green sour apple and whip cream for topping. It costed me 65 Baht, which is roughly RM 6.50. Considered cheap. And delicious. 

My green tea gelato

Girls posing for the camera. 

This is how we eat our gelato.

You want some?

On my final day here in Songklah, my siblings, and Alfred (kawan adik) went to Khao Tang Kuan. It was just across the street from our house.This place is basically a historical Buddhist temple located on top of a hill. Entrance is 30 Bhat (RM 3). To get to the top, one must ride an old fashion elevator. It's a bit scary. But it's worth it.

Once you get to the top, you can view the whole of songkhla. And the view from the top is serene. It so breath taking seeing the view from the top of the hill.

The place basically is both a temple, and a historical place. Every corner you go, you'll find a buddah. At the center of the venue, you'll see a statue of a black monk sitting and facing the sea. And sometimes you'll find a group of people praying. It's a quite a beautiful sight to see.

The Thai Flag

Wishing bells...I think

The statue of the monk that's facing the sea.

Budhah.

Stairwell to the bottom of the hill.

There were stairs there that lead us on the bottom. Beware it gets slippery during wet season, so wear the correct shoes.

Does this not remind you Melaka? Beautiful isn't it?

 As you go down the stairs, you'll find a red building. It's empty, and beautiful. I've no idea what it's for.

Elephant in a wired container. This was found infront of the temple. I guess it was for well wishers.

This bell is also for well wishers.

Two dragons to guard the stairs. The dragons somehow remind me of Bali.

I guess my point of this post is that, I actually had a wonderful holiday.Even though I tak dapat pergi mana mana, but I truly enjoyed this time off.

For once my mind was off work, and was off KL. I didn't think of anything. I just sat and enjoyed my time with my family.

God is great. If you're patient, and keep praying to Him sincerely, he will answer your prayers. For awhile I prayed to God, asking Him, to have let me have a peaceful holiday with my parents. He granted my prayers. But, before granting my prayers, He tested me and my patience. Without realising I was being tested by the Almighty, I went through dramas at home, and at work, I finished all my work that was piled up for me. I replaced my friends for work, I managed my boss's kindergarten, and went through a whole lot of other stuff  without whining. And Alhamdullilah, I got what I wanted. I'm grateful, and blessed to have such a wonderful parents and family.

This holiday has really taught me the true meaning of Family and Love. And it has taught me to cherish their love and time, before they are taken away. Thank you Allah, for granting me a holiday that I truly enjoyed, and loved.

And I'll just end this post with a quote by DYAM Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail :
""Time and Love is the Greatest thing in Life. We have No idea of what's going to happen in life and we never realise what we got until its gone. The Rules are very simple. Live Positively, Loved your Loved Ones. Remind Your self how lucky you are and count your Blessings. Remind Your Loved Ones how much You Love Them. Atleast when our time is up. We don't go with Regret. We Go with saying Alhamdullillah We Lived, and We Loved. Learn from Yesterday. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow."

Next weekend, I might balik Johor, to celebrate my cousin's anak (Rayyan) birthday, and her brother's reception. She texted me a few times to go back to Johor. I'm thinking of balik-ing Joho. No promises. If I do balik, than I'll have the chance to rekindled my relationship. Who knows.

Aye! Yai Matey!

"Learn your history properly before coming up with an answer of what you think we are. Yes we are Warriors. Yes we are Brave. And whether you like it or not, Yes we are Pirates. But there's a Name for all that. We Bugis are Buccaneers! What is Buccaneers? BUCCANEERS ARE PIRATES WHO ARE MORE CIVILIZED!" -DYAM Tunku Ismail Ibrahim (Tunku Mahkota Johor)

Years and Years ago, I asked my dad "Abah, bah...where does your ancestors come from?"

He looked at me, and answered "Hmm....Tok Ona is chinese and arwah Tok Awang is orang asli?"

I looked at him confused whether to believe his answer or not, because you see my dad has always been a joker, even though he has a muka garang . Than he gave me a look of annoyed and I left. And I have always believed that I'm a mixture of Chinese, Jawa and orang asli. Until a few years later, dad's sister (my aunt), came to stay at our house for hajj.

During her stay at our house she told alot of stories. Stories about her family, about her childhood, about politics and religion. It was quite an entertaining. And it was through her that I found out that my dad is not from orang asli, but from bugis.

Hah! I knew it. Dad was joking about him being an orang asli. Hahaha...abah oh abah, the the things he would say just to shut me up.

So, I finally learnt I'm a mixture of Bugis, Chinese, and Jawa. But believe you me, that time I had no idea what bugis was. I was young and naive.

Upon returning to Malaysia to further my studies, I learnt from friends and lecturers (who are Bugis descendants), that Bugis people are naturally "ganas", or aggressive when they are angry. And they say that it's quite a scary site to see when they fight.

So that stuck in my mind for a long long long time, until a few days ago, I was browsing the land of the famous blue bird and read a tweet from His Royal Highness Tunku Mahkota Johor, Tunku Ismail, twitting that "Bugis are Buccaneers! What is Buccaneers? BUCCANEERS ARE PIRATES WHO ARE MORE CIVILIZED!"

Now that seemed like a more logical answer for me, to what is Bugis. Haha

ha....after I read that tweet from his Highness, this song came singing in my head:

In my little world, the title would be changed from " I'm a pirate you're a

princess" to " I'm a pirate you're a prince"...

And after reading it, this man popped in my head:

Jack Sparrow.

Now I can proudly tell people that my I have a blood of Jawa, Chinese and pirates (Bugis). Hardiharhar!

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Tweet Tweet

I think I'm getting addicted to Twitter.
It's only place where I can pour out my thoughts and no one cares about.
Which I love.
It acts like my little journal. A place where I write everything for memory sake. Hahahaha....I lap twitter.

I saw the devil

I saw the devil is a really sick movie. I didn't finish watching it because it was bit too scary for me watch.
I know I sound like a little girl, but believe you me, thriller movies aren't my cup of tea.
A friend once told me about it. But I never got around to watching it. I didn't really bothered.
Today another friend of mine told me watch it because Lee Byung Hun is in it. I was excited and happily looking forward to watching it, because of that 1 actor that I adore. I forgot that the movie is a thriller. Half way through the movie I felt regret. The movie really isn't my cup of tea. Too much blood, violence and scariness for me. I didn't and I do not want to finish watching.
One thing I must say, Lee Byung Hun is one damn good actor. I refuse to believe that he's 40.

Otosan

I personally dedicate this video to the man of my life: Abah aka my father.

Yes he was a very strict father and a firm teacher, but he was also a father that protected his princesses and loved them unconditionally. I love u bah.

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Long live the prince and the Sultan.

This quote was taken from Mrs. Wardina Saffiyah tweet:

"Takut tgk fitnah, cacian & persepsi buruk sesama Muslim makn menjadi2...mcmna nak suburkan sayang & hormat jika benci & prasangka yg dibaja?"

I love this quote. This quote is like a smack on the face. I agree to what she says, because I have witness this right before my eyes. It's happening within my family, my friends and my work. It's a habit that has been developed amongst us that cannot be avoided, if your faith is weak. It's a common thing that' happening right in our society, especially amongst politicians. That's the main reason why I hate politics and I don't vote, unless the great Tun Mahatir is our PM than I'll vote. Politicians play such dirty games to get attention. We either ignore these things or live with it.
My dad told me if I read something or anything that is eye and ear soring than I should ignore it and shut it out of my life. He says the author is probably orang tak pandai, and if we keeping reading nonsences than we'll also be tak pandai.
That's the best advise ever that's given to me by my dad. I love u Abah. =)

Hijrah

Last week was the new years in the Muslim Calender. And normally, I don't do new year's resolution, because I know I wont end up fulfilling it.

But on the eve of Muharam, mum texted me saying I should "berhijarah" to be a better person, and strengthen my Iman.

So I read the text a few times, and thought about it long and hard. After what seems like hours of long and hard thinking, I sat down and jot a few things.

Some of the things I wrote down as my resolution to berhijrah was:

1. Strengthen my Iman and Strengthen my relationship with Allah. InsyaAllah.
2. Try to khatam the Quran as much as possible. And understand the meaning of the Ayats in the Quran. InsyaAllah.
3. Memorise as much surahs in the Quran as possible. InsyaAllah.
4. Not missing my solats. InsyaAllah.
5. Ganti-ing my puasa early, and try to puasa sunat on Mondays and Thursdays. InsyaAllah.

So these are just a few things I need to accomplish this year. InsyaAllah. I hope I do fulfill them. Hahah...And I hope I don't cross any barriers that tries to stop me from doing these things. InsyaAllah.

Oh there's also other things I need to accmpolish:

1. Get rid of my phobia from driving, and finish up my driving lessons.
2. Ignore the people that talks badly about me and about the people I love and care.
3. Strengthen my relationship with my relatives.
4. Strengthen my relationship with my besties.
5. Be a better teacher to heaven's little angels (children).
6. Be a positive person.
7. Reduce my sleeping habits.
8. Exercise more.

Wahh...so many things I need to accomplish.

hahaha...I hope to get it done this year. InsyaAllah.

InsyaAllah

This song is the song I listen to whenever I miss my down syndrome student. He knows every word to it, he even sings along whenever it is played on radio. It's the song that cheers him up, when his upset.
Point is I miss him.

Gibberish

I have finally gotten my passport renewed after 2 days of going back and forth to the Jabatan Imegresen.

I even "ponteng-ed" my work just to renew my passport. I'm so going to get my ass kicked on Monday.
But if I don't get done, than I wont be able to go to Thailand, and I'll be forced to go back to Johor (which I don't really fancy).

It's not that I don't like going back to Johor. I love Johor. It's the place I was born. Most of my relatives are from there, and I love them too. They're flesh and blood. They always remind me of asal usul (does that make sense?). :)
I don't really fancy going back there, because, some of them seem to back stab each other. The minute you turn your back around, they'll stick a knife right at your back. Don't get me wrong, not all back stab though. Only some.
And some seem to love playing the game of chinese whispers. Which is why I don't really fancy going back.

I'm very thankful that my parents are now staying a drive away. I now have legimate reason to go raya-ing or holiday-ing else where besides the south.Hahaha...

I can't wait to go to Thailand. I can't wait to spend my week long holidays with the people I love. I can't wait to spend my week long holidays without having to worry, on getting your back stabbed, or being stared at. It'll be a worryless holiday. I'm going to really clear my mind there, and really spend my time wisely.

Kites-U2

Powerful song by the most awesomest band in the world-U2.