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1. THIS IS A START

Yeahoo! Berjaya mengemaskan bilik dan meluaskan pemandangan bilik aku! 

Tiada lagi kesesakan, kebingungan, kebengangan. Mari mulakan pembelajaran untuk habiskan tahun ke empat! yeah!

I just don’t want for today being just “Another day lost” in the run up towards the exam, which start on 17th March.

Exam yg sangat besar, exam yg penuh makna, dan yg aku selama ni tak sabar utk mendudukinya, tetapi adakah aku sudah bersedia? i really hope i am.

2. CANCER

Prof. Jaspal, seperti biasa menghidupkan suasana di dalam klinik ENT, dgn berbagai bagai cerita best, cerita sedih, dan falsafah2 beliau.

Aku teringat kata2 Prof. Jaspal semalam, dia cakap tentang cancer.

Cancer, once upon a time, is a real bad ass killer, silent killer, serial killer, call it whatever you want, but not anymore.

Skrg sudah ada byk dan mcm2 ubat dan cara rawatan kanser, tetapi faktor yang paling penting yg menyebabkan kanser tidak menjadi pembunuh ngeri seperti dulu ialah, pada zaman skrg kanser dapat dijumpai dalam peringkat awal, yang mana tidak membahayakan, malah pesakit boleh ’sembuh’ daripadanya. Banyak lagi cerita2 Prof Jaspal yang mmg membuatkan kita bersyukur kat tuhan bile didengari.

3. WOMEN VS. MEN

Tetapi yang paling best dalam prof. jaspal punye cerita, die kata, dalam banyak2 patient die, die found out that perempuan compared to lelaki mmg more stronger in terms of emotional and mental strength. This in itself a paradigm shift from the 70-80s.

During those time, prof Jaspal said, he used to think that male gender is strong in all aspect, physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, and it is true when you look into the employment and the achievement. But as time goes on, The so called “Gender Shift”, a term coined by Prof Jaspal himself is beginning to take place. Women in herself is a strong mental and emotional human being, during that time started to claim their right in the world.

Aku dah mula tuka2 english dgn melayu pulak dah, aku kalau tgh high mmg english aku tulis, tapi kalao bercakap aku suka ckp bahasa melayu, haha,menulis lebih suka english, huhu…. tapi takpe, going on ok…

Prof Jaspal said men is good intellectually but what makes women special is their ability to focus things to be done at hand, right away.

He said that, men always planning planning and planning, and never do it, or never pull the trigger. but women otherwise, just do things, and leave the planning to the men. He describe it in a typical couple relationship, men always plan where to go and where to eat, and how is the chronology on what to do, and the women just do it, and have more time because she is not planning, and just doing her stuff on her own good time. I dont exactly remember how Prof Jaspal told me but the way he said is explanatory in itself.

The most compelling evidence is just by looking at the position where men used to dominate, such as head of departments in a given Hospital in Malaysia. he said, “just look at our own hospital here, back in my time, we are the one who’s in charge, but now we are the one in their charge”.

So my fellow species of Men, come up and stand up and prove that we can gain back our top level. hahaha. Just kidding! In my own opinion, this current situation is a win-win situation, where whoever does good, get the goods. Both gender need each other to complement each other. Hehe.

So that’s all my grumbling today, sorry for changing from the beginning malay language to english language at the end. If you meet me in person, i’ll be definitely talking in Bahasa. hah!

ps: to nadiahchem, d3lia5, and suessy, if you are reading this why not make a post and discuss your own opinion? what say you? Okay? Not okay? i don’t mind anyway….hehehehe….

“Selamba ya ya, Kau berfoya-foya”

.Wahai Radhi OAG, walaupun aku tak suka perangai kau, tapi aku suka lagu, lirik dan muzik OAG. 

Namun demikian, lagu tu tetiba terdetik kat kepala otak aku.

Memang menggambarkan keadaan aku sekarang.

Exam ada lagi 25 hari. Exam yang akan menentukan hala tuju hidup aku. This is a big butterfly effect. But, afraid not, i will be.

“Kau selalu bertanya-tanya ke mana arah tuju, tujuanku, tujuanmu, tujuanku, tujuanmu…wuhuuuhuuuhuu, tujuan….wuuuuhhuuuu”

.Aku rungsing, aku perlu study, aku perlu maju ke hadapan, tapi aku masih dilema. kenapa? aku tiada jawapan. 

Khalifah Alam Maya, my best friend, advised me:

“Face the frog. Pull the trigger.” [Kalau tak paham sila tanya die, die mmg sastera tinggi sikit nih]

In the past few days, i started to face the reality and started going through it.

I am facing the frog. I will pull the trigger now. It won’t be too late. I hope.

To anyone who reads, please pray for me so that i can face the exam prepared, and with calm and confidence. I’m gonna need it. Terima kasih kerana melakukannya wahai pembaca sekalian.

“Adakah aku, hanya boneka?

Yang sering engkau mainkan,

Yang dikawal oleh jari jari mu.”

Aku mengambil secebis dari “Lagu Untukmu” untuk  menerangkan tentang sesuatu yang sedang berlaku pada housemate aku. Memang kesian dia. Aku tak sangka dia dijadikan” Boneka”.

Lalu, Housemate aku berkata,

“Ku punya hati dan perasaan,

pernahkah engkau fikirkan,

cukup, cukuplah, oh cukuplah”

Sesungguhnya aku amat terkejut mendengar ceritera daripada housemate ku, yang aku boleh simpulkan dengan “Lagu Untukmu”. No wonder lagu ni boleh menang Juara Lagu ke-23. Memang mencerminkan kehidupan yang mungkin dan selalu berlaku pada orang biasa.

Kawan aku pun cakap. “Dah 3 tahun, rupa rupanya aku hanyalah Boneka”

 The No. 9 Eduardo Da Silva!

Eduardo.

A name on the back of the Arsenal shirt, which is sorely missed by the Arsenal fans for almost one year. He returned to start in Le’ Grove after much hype since his return to play against the reserves team. His comeback started few days before where he assist the winning goal for Croatia in 2-1 victory over Romania in International friendly. 

What a show. What a show…. His return to the starting line-up light up the Arsenal side lacking creativity in this season, especially after losing captain cesc to injury. Eduardo bring elegance to the team, as his movement and his pass at the final-third of the field was extravagance, something no one ever did except robin van persie. 

In the build up to this game, i was chatting with Khalifah Alam Maya, and talk about the prediction for this game. He was giving 2 – 0 win, but i couldn’t say my own opinion, only that i am sure of, is that we got a clean sheet. Anyway, i did give my scoreline as 1-0. I’m hoping it was not going to be a “boring boring Arsenal”.

Early in the match, the chemistry between eduardo and bendtner is not very fluid, and bendtner, the ‘budak nakal’ of arsenal, made a few errors and does not time his position well in relation to the superb Eduardo. What really differentiate eduardo and bendtner is Eduardo has superb off the ball movement and great positioning sense. Eduardo can lead the attack wonderfully and he is the striker we badly need to possibly win any silverware this season.

The result was, 4-0. Eduardo ‘debut’ goal was out of this world! with such a difficult cross from vela, he timed his run and position himself to attack the ball, and head it targeting the near post to the right of the keeper. What a comeback goal. Eduardo straightaway kneel down at the side of the pitch and thankful to god (i think) for that wonderful goal. Come on you Eduardo!

A scintillating performance by the whole team, notable improvement from Denilson and Alexandre Song, superb play by khairy jamaluddin aka KJ (Carlos Vela), and not to forget kieran gibbs who made his debut outside the carling cup competition, and makes we forget about gael clichy  at least for last night. The only concern for me is Nicklas Bendtner, although he scored but he never really shows that he is a ‘top’ striker, which he famously claimed a day before, in the build-up to this match.

I don’t have a particular thing to tell about today so i decided to continue my backpackers’ story during my travel in India. So as usual, i will write in full english for that matter. The place i want to tell to you about now is called MANALI.

Manali is a small town which is Hill Station (Hill Station for example is Cameron Highlands in Malaysia), located in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Manali is not that far off Shimla which is the Capital for Himachal Pradesh. It is very popular with the locals as well as foreigners.

I can tell you in details but i leave it to wikipedia for it. Manali in Wiki.

After we tour around Agra, we went to Fatehpur Sikri, and New Delhi. In Fatehpur Sikri we just stop by for a moment and continue our journey by taxi to Jaipur by Taxi. After Jaipur we went to Jaisalmer to spend good 3 days there before we went on to Manali.

As you can see i’m skipping New Delhi and Jaipur and Jaisalmer. These 3 places are much better and much more stories to tell rather than Manali, so i will tell those letter. For your info, during this 3rd Travel in India, my most favourite place is Jaisalmer. Go wiki!

So from Jaisalmer we took the famous Indian Express Train from Jaisalmer to New Delhi which took around 12 hours, and by that i mean, a very ’short trip’ in terms of travelling in India, which is a sub-continent by itself.

When we reach New Delhi we got a difficulty of finding our connection transport to Manali. We reach the New Delhi Interstate Bus Terminal, and we found a lot of counter for bus ticket closed, we don’t know why but we kept waiting. mind you, to enter the terminal you must go through security like in the airport, detection whatsoever, in a BUS terminal!! hehehe that’s ok, wait till you hear my story on New Delhi.

As my previous post before, if you want a comfortable journey by bus in India, look for the term VOLVO BUS, or ask for Volvo Bus when buying ticket. dont worry all Volvo Bus terminology will have good suspension, powerful Airconditioner, and good service. I would recommend you to take The State Bus rather than private companies because at least you will be rest assured at least that you get what you pay for. We took HRTC bus, Super Volvo Bus to Manali which cost us Rs.950 converted to around RM90 approx. Expensive? Go and try the cheap non-aircond bus, i swear you would spend 4 days in Manali to recuperate. Try it and tell me later ok!

The Trip took us good 11 hours to reach Manali. Indeed, a very short trip in terms of Travelling in India. don’t worry. hehe. When we reach it’s already early in the morning around 7am, and i was very happy the small town is full of SNOW! Yeah. I know that this small town is a snowy town, but according to my research pre-travel, they say the snow is already reducing because the winter is nearing the end. But who are they to predict the weather? the weather man? naaah! 

Just reached Manali - the first day

As an asian living in a very hot and humid country for his previous 21 years, i would only dreamt touching a snow in Europe, United States or maybe even Korea and Japan. But i would never believe it actually INDIA the first time i experiencing the real snowy condition. It is so DAMN COLD!! luckily i wear three piece of clothing including the thick jacket bought during my 2nd travel in India.

We checked-in in out hotel, which i dont quite remember, i will edit it later if i remember. but the hotel is just beside the small river at the middle of the town. Good rates, The room is BIG! and just beside a river surrounded by snow all over. How lovely. Only i went to travel with my 3 friends. This place is perfect for Honeymoon.

Cheap. Peaceful. Snow. Cold. Friendly people. Yeah, Manali is a Honeymoon place indeed, exactly what is written in the Travel Guide, that is before  the 2nd day in Manali when i found out so much more. hehe.

For Muslims, i couldn’t locate any Muslims restaurant so i ask one Muslim dealer selling clothes there on where to eat. he just simply say, go to pure vegetarian restaurant, a pure vegetarian restaurant is abundant wherever you go in INDIA, be rest assured, and the food is good!. *A reliable tip applicable to anywhere you travel in India if you are unsure about the state of Halal of the food in the City / Town.

The Deep Fried becoming Your Deep Friend

So the first day we just went to few places of interest, but not that good, the only thing we were excited is the fact that we are touching the snow! haha.

So the 2nd day i went to Solang Valley (Solang Nullah). They say it’s The Ski Haven. A very very true reflection indeed. This one i remember clearly. The tip is, when you are going there, i would highly recommend that you go to the travel agent in the town to check prices and book your journey a day before. It is the cheapest if you can get the package to sollang valley from travel agent in the town. Don’t believe a word what the by the roadside taxi/jeep driver is telling you. They say, you go up there first, there is cheaper. I believed him, so i got fooled, but the next day i found out the Travel agent has cheaper price, significantly cheaper. 

The Price for Solang Valley package from Travel Agent

I got fooled so i hope you don’t! i’ll attach the sample picture i taken for the prices, this way long ago, but just a little bit the idea of what im trying to tell.

During the trip to Solang Valley

So we were given a guide, which is a must by the rule and regulation of Manali state, and man, he was handsome, if i were a girl i would totally go over him. I am that talkative so i talk with his friend and some of the taxi/jeep driver, they say he is the Undisputed King of Skiing, dominated the state competition for 2 years in a row. I never went to any form of skiing whatsoever but i got one of the best guide there. I would put his name here if i remember, but for the time being i couldnt remember. haha. 

The Undisputed King of Skiing of Himachal Pradesh

When we reach Solang Valley, the guide will show us how to ski and will take care of you during your trip there. When i say the people there, now i know, why Manali is so famous, the slope is very challenging, there is lightweight cable transport for single person to go up to ski all the way down. When i came, there is a lot of Indian Army practicing their skiing skill there. My guide said they are the special forces, anymore than that he cannot tell me as it is classified. Ok i said.

Solang Valley. Will put more picture later.

So after skiing i tried the sky diving, which is damn EXPENSIVE! i think i paid about rm70 for that one sky diving, but it was worth it! I had to climb so high up since we cannot use the cable car because it was being used by the army. After reaching the peak of the slope, there will be 3-4 person handling it to prepare the parachute, the long wide one. And one of them will dive with you. I had to run fast towards the cliff with the person on the snow which is melting since it’s afternoon. It was not until the 3rd try i was able to go and dive along the great sky. With so much adrenaline, i screamed as loud as possible to let out the joy in me. When we reached down, damn! i want one more! but i kept to my senses and save my money. 

Good Experience!

Then we went back to our hotel in the evening and slept off till the night after we went to a small club house to play pool. Cool eh? see the pic.

Near the club house

Poool

We slept good double digit hours, and packed the next day to go back to New Delhi by the HRTC super volvo bus!

Tepet (aizuddin) with his big backpack!

I can’t wait to write about Jaisalmer. The hot encroaching desert with a very coool wind! and with full handphone coverage in the middle of the desert!!

till next time!