Ada Apa Pada Nama?

Just came back from library.

Yeah. Rajin kan aku bertukar jadi 'double nerd' dalam masa exam week ni. Itu la jadahnya kalau dah study last minute. Selain dari study, aku pergi library juga sebab nak escape dari kepanasan yang melanda bilik aku. Macam sauna. Sape nak kurus, boleh la datang berbogel in my room.

Sejam RM 5. Tapi resultnya aku tak jamin.

Studying in the library, kalau tak ada orang yang bercakap-cakap memang heaven. Well, you know I know la.

Okay2. Entry ni bukan pasal library tapi pasal nama. Aku mention library sebab nak bagitau tadi masa tengah break for dinner, aku, Lia and Melanie ada borak-borak kosong. Dari isu serious sampai la isu lucah. Di tengah-tengah tu ada isu kelakar (lucu).

One of it is - Nama

Semuanya bermula dari this one article yang Lia baca. And then I told them about this.

I got this from my email zaman dulu-dulu. Walaupun dah lama, aku still boleh gelak whenever I read it. So, I just wanna re-share it again. Hopefully, boleh la menceriakan korang (especially yang tengah final sekarang).

Nama Melambangkan Makna

01. Yang pemarah - KEIJI CACIMAKI

02. Yang suka berjimat - SAYORI SUKAMURA

03. Yang bisu - KIETA TADASORA

04. Yang suka makan nasi - NANACHI KASIBANYA

05. Yang suka layan blues - APO NADIKATO

06. Yang suka belajar - ASHIKO ULANGKAJI

07. Yang kerap bikin kacau - WAKASI HURUHARA

08. Yang sangat kedekut - MATIMATI TAMOKASI

09. Yang suka sangat tidur - ICHIBAN TIDOMATI

10. Yang suka mengintai - HINTAI AKOSUKA

11. Yang tua - TARAGIGI PADANMUKA

12. Yang kena tinggal bini - SUSAHATI BINILARI

13. Yang suka merempit - SAJA CARIMATI

14. Yang Lembab - AYUMI SIPUTBABI

15. Yang suka BERSUMPAH - SAIIFOO BAUKARI

Masa 1st time baca, tak tau la aku jelaskan betapa sakitnya menahan perut ketawa. Owh, baca elok-elok untuk tangkap the maksud k. Ada orang yang tak dapat masa 1st time baca. Huh~ Korang ingat nama Jepun ni semua cool? Tolong la ~ hahahaha

Owh ~ Berkaitan dengan library.

Pada satu hari yang hening lepas, aku study sorang-sorang. Malam. And then aku nampak sorang mamat ni... perghhh ! Boleh bikin cair.

No ~ Tak hensem pun.

Cuma ada something yang menarik. Jeng ~ Jeng~ Jeng~

No ~ It's not his crotch. Not his butt (sorry Amau n Step). Not his dada (tak nampak tough pun). Basically, not his physical ~ Except for his hair yang panjang ke bahu and kalau dia ikat nampak sangat owh~ so cool.

Jadi, apa yang menarik?

This Guy-In-The-Green-Shirt (nama yang Melanie bagi pada dia) sebenarnya nampak sangat menarik sebab dia nampak (sangat) concentrate masa study.

The day aku nampak dia, he was sitting di meja tengah-tengah. All alone kat big table tu. Walaupun dalam library, tapi that day agak macam pasar ikan sebab... I don't know why, ada UNIVERSITY STUDENTS yang walaupun pada namanya adalah pelajar universiti tapi tak reti nak senyap dalam library... VERY ANNOYING !!!!

Oh~ Walaupun keadaan agak bising, tapi dia tetap... Sangat focus with his reading. Tak hirau keliling. Walaupun ramai orang lalu lalang kat tepi, kiri, kanan, belakang, depan meja tempat dia duduk... Dia tetap focus. And that frown yang sekali sekala muncul kat dahi dia masa dia membaca makes him looks more interesting.

And membuatkan aku rasa agak tercabar. Dengan kebisingan macam tu, dia boleh study and I can't. WTH.

Why Melanie gelar dia Guy-In-The-Green-Shirt?

I think 2 days after ternampak dia, me, Lia and Melanie study di library. Masa nak makan tengah hari, kitorang turun ikut tangga toilet. Masa turun tu, I saw him. Naik. That time I thought, macam dia. Bila dah lepas, aku pandang belakang, he was looking also, and yes, it was him. Naik terus ego wakakakaka... ~

Lepas makan, kitorang naik balik. And yes, he was there. Sitting at his usual place. Pergh. Muka tak boleh blah. Memang concentrate.

Today ~ aku tak ingat dah pasal dia sebab aku sangat-sangat risau dengan exam this Monday. But lepas makan tengah hari tadi, masa masuk library, suddenly Melanie tanya:

"Eh, is your Guy-In-The-Green-Shirt here today."

A'ah la ~ I totally forgot about him. Masa naik I quickly scanned the room. No sign of him.

Fuh~ It makes me wonder juga.

The way he study, concentration tu ~ actually remind me of Mr J. When he do something, dia akan focus like there's no one around. Dia akan ignore, totally, apa yang terjadi di sekeliling. I find that a bit annoying, interesting and... sexy.

Seriously.

Especially lelaki. You just imagine (contoh merujuk kepada Mr J), when dia buat something, kau berbogel la depan dia (percaya la, aku tak pernah buat), he won't look at you.

Banyak kali aku nampak dia tengah kusyuk dengan something, biasanya reading, kalau aku buat perangai tak senonoh pun (like farting, korek idong etc), dia seriously, macam tak terasa apa-apa. Kalau tak, kebiasaannya, habis aku kena keji.

So, this Guy-In-The-Green-Shirt, that time ada pompuan gelak-gelak, ada pak mak international student bercakap dengan suara kuat tak ingat dunia, ada couple bermanja-manja depan dia... Dia tetap focus pada apa yang dia baca.

Macam laki aku. And I found that sangat sexy and dalam masa yang sama, mencabar ego aku. Sebab, dengan Mr J, walaupun secara terang-terangan aku memang kurang pandai berbanding dia, aku tetap, ulang suara, TETAP tak nak mengaku kalah, mengalah atau rasa kekurangan daripada dia. Dalam apa jugak hal, termasuk berlagak selamba. Seriously. Dan juga dalam study.

So, masa tu, masa aku tengah feeling-feeling annoyed dengan manusia-manusia yang tak sedar diri mereka berada dalam library, aku ternampak dia yang tengah selamba meneruskan pembacaan, aku pun automatic-nya membuat selamba dan teruskan membaca. Tak nak kalah. Aku rasa, aku pun boleh focus dalam keadaan bising macam tu wakakakaka~

And guess what?

Thanks to him dan lagak dia yang sangat selamba, aku rasa suara-suara yang annoying itu semakin lama semakin senyap and aku boleh focus.

Tapi aku rasa, it's not him or the suara-suara annoying yang bermasalah. It was me and myself. Aku terlampau fikirkan sangat tentang suara-suara yang mengganggu pembacaan aku. When all I need is total focus untuk aku faham and mendalami apa yang aku baca ~ Aku pulak memanjakan otak aku untuk merewang and mendengar perbualan orang.

I guess, God put him there to remind me untuk focus.

Guy-In-The-Green-Shirt (or whatever your name is),

Who ever you are, thank you sebab duduk di tengah-tengah library and bagi contoh yang bagus (untuk aku). And thanks also sebab berlagak sexy (untuk aku wakakaka) dengan concentrate on your notes. And thanks also sebab tak hensem and that makes my Mr J masih kekal dalam ingatan.

Owh ~ Alang-alang cakap pasal Jepun, nah video lawak dari GamalJobat. Enjoy ya ~

And video Jozan hahahaha (Sorry ~ aku tengah tengok video. Sebab aku baik, jadi aku share hehehe)

Day 12 : Your Current Relationship

I'm in relationship. I'm seeing someone. I'm taken - but not fully.

This is a guy, I never thought would be someone I'll be in relationship with. Most of you, orang-orang yang membaca blog ni, know our story. Walaupun tak fully, but, well, you know.

This is my Mr J. J for Japan and guess what, J for his first name also ^^

No, he's not Japanese (I wish !!! hahaha~)

We're totally different from each other. Macam langit dengan bumi. I'm a dreamer. He's a realist. We argue a lot. About lot of things. About, nearly everything.

We were friend. And now, we're a couple. We try to keep things simple. We don't call each other with romantic names. We're brutally honest (at least I am - what about you, J?) with each other.

Sometimes, I demand more attention. While him, being a guy yang sangat realist pula, sometimes 'buta' dengan my demand. Dengan perangai dia macam tu dan aku macam ni, and the fact that we're far from each other, selalu ada misunderstanding.

But, well... sabar jak la hahahha

I trust him. And I believe him.

Kalau dia berolah (bahasa Melayu Sarawak - buat hal) di sana pun, I don't care. He's there, I'm here. As long as he's being honest about it, I'm okay. He's a guy. Apa pun boleh jadik, kan?

We don't spend that much time together as a couple. Obviously, because we're far from each other. Most of the time, I'm comfortable dengan situasi macam ni. I have my own space and I can do whatever I want.

But sometimes, I do wish he's near. Especially when I have problems etc. He's a very, very, very good listener. Not through emails tho hahahha~ selalu ada misunderstanding.

Well, apa-apa pun, I love him

Auuuuwwww ~ geli aku mengungkapkan kata-kata ini di sini hahahaha

Collage. Of him and the places where we spend time together with.

I like beach. I don't think he really like beach.

There's one time, we went there. Aku kata nak tengok sunset. He said,"ok". So we went. Dia tengah bercerita, and aku tengah perhatikan matahari nak terbenam The view was very, very, very beautiful. Suddenly he said :

"Eh, dari tadi ku klakar dengan pipi ko jak tok. Bila gik ko mok nangga muka aku?"

(Translation : eh, dari td aku asyik bercakap dengan pipi ko je, bila lagi ko nak pandang muka aku?)

What the heck.

So, aku pun tengok matahari, tengok muka dia, tengok matahari, tengok muka dia - sambil dia bercerita.

When it was time to go back, time tu matahari tak fully terbenam pun (he wanted to send me back sebelum gelap), kitorang balik jalan kaki je. My house not that far pun. Macam dari CG ke FM House (Gelugor) je jaraknya... Kitorang berjalan naik bukit (the area berbukit-bukit - tak la tinggi sangat).....

Tiba-tiba dia stop. Betul-betul tempat yang paling tinggi. Dia pandang ke arah laut and said :

"Wahhh... kacaknyanya...!!!"

(Translation : Wahhh... cantiknya...!!!)

I looked at what he was looking at (or, what I thought he was looking at), matahari dah nak fully terbenam, masa tu langit merah-merah... Very nice indeed. And I said :

"Kan? Ya la ku mok nangga tadik. Nang kacak"

(Translation : Kan? Itu yang aku nak tengok tadi. Memang cantik)

He was smiling. Aku pun ikut la tersenyum. Suddenly...

"Sik pernah ku nangga mesin ya malam-malam. Kacak oo.. Cuba ko nangga bla bla bla"

(Translation : Tak pernah aku tengok mesin ni malam-malam. Cuba ko tengok bla bla bla"

Mesin???!!!

I looked again. And looked at him. He was actually looking at benda lain daripada apa yang aku tengah tengok. He was still smiling. Aku level-level mata aku dengan mata dia. And then I saw it.

Yeah, sure... There are people doing dredging works nearby. Tengah menambak pantai and buat breakwater. The "cantik" thing he was referring to was this :

Yang pada waktu malamnya memang cantik sebab ada lampu-lampu seperti ini :

And I thought he was talking about the sunset. Cis.

Terus hilang mood aku time tu.

Tapi tak lama. He's a funny guy. Walaupun kadang-kadang lawak dia macam agak sarcastic, tapi tetap lawak. So, mood aku pulih dengan cepat. We had dinner and he send me home.

Bila teringat balik, it was funny - for me la. It shows how different we are from each other. Di tempat yang sama, dalam masa yang sama, kitorang melihat benda yang berlainan and intepret it as cantik. Cantik mengikut pemahaman kitorang sendiri.

Walaupun perbezaan ini sedikit sebanyak buat masalah, but for me, setakat ni, perbezaan itu juga makes him interesting. There's a lot about him yang aku masih perlu kenal. Lebih-lebih lagi, dia bukan jenis yang suka share what's on his mind... Which, most of the time, buat aku naik gila hahahaha.

Okay, okay. That's all for today. Nanti cerita panjang-panjang, jadi merampau (Iban languange - mintak tolong rakan-rakan anda translate, ok)

Japan tsunami victims back home, searching for memories

That's the title I copied dierctly from Yahoo! News (source : Reuters).

I actually got class at 8pm in the library. But I came early sebab tak nak stuck dalam hujan lebat. Tadi masa aku keluar, memang dah drizzling, so ... Apatah lagi nanti. But I hope it won't rain la. Kelas 2 jam saja. Nanti nak balik plak iskh...

Well, kalau anda malas nak baca news di link tersebut, nah... ini dia berita penuh, taken from the source :

By Jon Herskovitz and Chisa Fujioka Jon Herskovitz And Chisa Fujioka – Mon Mar 21, 8:06 pm ET

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) – In a devastated landscape of splintered homes, rotting bodies and twisted cars, an elderly man walks with stooped shoulders searching for any object that can bring back memories of his daughter.

"Her home used to be there but that is gone," the man who asked to be called by his family name Kikuchi said, pointing at a spot in the town of Rikuzentakata, leveled by the tsunami of nearly two weeks ago.

"My daughter is missing. She is gone. I was up in the hills above town and couldn't get to her in time," Kikuchi said in a steady voice.

"I am looking for something that can remind me of her. There must be something here," Kikuchi said and then resumed wandering through the mud-strewn debris in the town of broken buildings erased by a giant wall of water.

The tsunami took just about everything from those in its path who escaped with just the clothes on their backs, as the wall of water destroyed homes, pictures, keepsakes and all the objects that are touchstones of memories.

People who have spent decades in these northeastern coastal towns now find themselves disoriented when they return because streets have vanished and landmarks disappeared.

In Ofunato, a middle-aged couple looked shell-shocked as they walked around for the first time since the quake to what used to be their neighborhood -- now a flat stretch of overturned trucks, splintered wood pieces from houses and crushed roofs.

"There is absolutely nothing left. I got in my car after the tsunami warning, thinking I would come back. I didn't have my wallet or my insurance card," the wife said.

She was clutching a wine opener she fond where her home used to be. "This was the only thing I could find in there."

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left at least 21,000 people dead or missing and thousands homeless.

EVACUATION CENTRES

Almost all of the survivors are at evacuation shelters near their former homes sleeping in places such as cramped school gymnasiums, not far from message boards covered with requests seeking information on the missing and schedules for buses running to the morgue for body identification.

During the day, some venture back to where they once lived to survey the damage and perhaps salvage a few items. Many want to see the towns rebuilt, also asking themselves if they want to return.

Firefighters dispatched from Sakura, near Tokyo, pasted messages on their helmets with yellow and red reflective tape reading "Fight Iwate" and sifted through debris searching for bodies and collecting photos from the wreckage they hope to return to victims.

"All that I have left of my home is a hole with debris from somebody else's home," said Yasuo Koshita in the flattened town of Otsuchi.

He escaped by fleeing to a nearby hill and watched the tsunami roll through the town, churning up cars and homes in a black soup of destruction that deposited items haphazardly when the water finally retreated.

"This rail line came from that embankment across the way. The roof from the pump station ended up over there about 500 meters away and I have no idea what happened to these three big trees down the road that were more than 100 years old."

Koshita said he had a false sense of security living near a wall to protect the town from a tsunami but it was of no use when the wave hit.

"We are nestled in the mountains with the sea nearby and a river that flowed through town. The fishing was wonderful and it was peaceful," he said.

"This used to be such a beautiful place."

(Editing by Sugita Katyal)

Shigemasa Kanno, 74, holds a photograph of his missing 68-year-old wife Sueko Kanno, at the debris of his destroyed house in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, March 19, 2011. He has been searching for his wife amid the debris

Aku tak boleh nak bayangkan, dalam sekelip mata, kehilangan orang yang kita sayang.

One minute, you still see their smile, hear them laugh, bersembang-sembang... And then disaster came and wash away semuanya yang kita ada. It's hard for us to see how these people are struggling untuk mencari whatever it is yang pernah mereka miliki, including people that they loved dalam timbunan barang-barang yang terdampar everywhere selepas tsunami.

Tapi, lagi berat bagi mereka yang ada at that place. I wonder, how strong their heart is untuk menghadapi ujian sebesar ini. To see their mother kena timpa dengan runtuhan bangunan, to see their kids corpse kembung selepas beberapa hari hanyut... It must be very very very.. heart wrecking.

Help for Japan was very slow. Tambahan pulak, the story sekarang dah makin slow, tenggelam dengan news negara lain pulak. Sibuk nak berperang. Sibuk nak promote video skandal seks, sibuk nak ban Bible, sibuk nak protes ini itu etc...

Japan, we never forget you. Walaupun aku and ramai lagi tidak berduit untuk membantu, we're praying for you, and will continue pray for you. Especially for those yang didn't survive the tsunami. May they rest in peace.

Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Sorry, I have to stop the 30 days blogging challenge for a while. I really, really don't have the mood to talk about anything else right now due to what's happening in Japan.

Although Mr J is safe from the tsunami, but now, tambah satu lagi kerisauan - nuclear.

He msg me few days ago, said that he's okay. But if the nuclear power plant meletup semua, then it'll be ....

And so far, things tak menunjukkan sesuatu yang positif - base on news reported by international media. I wish he get out of Japan already. Come back home. But, rasanya semua itu impossible. He said that, despite what happened in Tokyo, Sendai and other effected areas, kawasan - kawasan lain di Jepun masih terus and aku rasa, semakin giat bekerja to cover up the loss akibat the earth quake and tsunami.

I never talk banyak pasal perkara ni dengan sesiapa melainkan dengan mummy. Ya, she was always there, rasanya hampir setiap hari bertanya if Mr J ada ctc masa aku tengah gila mencari dia since earth quake kat Jepun.

God knows what and how I feel - even untill now.

I may look okay on the outside but inside...

I told myself to be positive, but there are times bila aku rasa, the thought of losing him makes me hilang akal sekejap.

I know - to some people, kalau dah ajal, what can we do. So, just terima.

Easy to say that. aku pun rasa senang nak cakap macam tu before this. But when this disaster happened - it's not as easy as I thought. Tiap -tiap hari aku rasa macam tak hidup. CNN, BBC, Yahoo News - whatever media or news I found that talks about the disaster, aku baca.

And I was so desperate for news of him, sampai satu tahap, aku stalk kawan - kawan dia. But aku tak pernah tanya diorg secara direct how is he. Why? Because I'm scared. I'm scared that I might get bad news instead of the good one yang aku harap - harapkan.

Now, dia dah bagitau dia ok - from the tsunami.

Now, I'm worried about that stupid nuclear thingy sebab dia ada mention if that nuclear power plant ranap, most probably - Well, I don't want to say anything.

Worst fear confirm, here are update about the nuclear power plant from CNN website :

QnA Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Timeline : How Japan's Nuclear Crisis Unfolded

How Bad Is It?

Steam Cloud Over Nuclear Reactor Aborts Helicopter Mission

And just 3 hours ago, I read this on twitter :

DanielleCNN Danielle Dellorto

Wow! Just felt STRONG aftershock in Tokyo. So strong I ran to the doorway just in case. Lasted about 20 seconds!! #japan

KyungLahCNN Kyung Lah

Feel that? It's a long earthquake or aftershock-- not sure which yet. Doesn't feel super strong, but it's going on and on.

I tell you, benda - benda macam ni la yang buat makin merisaukan. How big is Japan untuk tidak menerima kesan seterusnya ???

Sorry la... Aku sangat, sangat, sangat negatif and sensitif beberapa waktu ini disebabkan oleh perkara ini. Setenang mana pun aku, kalau aku rasa hati dah nak meletop, meletop la jugak ...

Especially in time like this.

Aku letih. Very very tired. Mentally and emotionally. CNN has been my good friend since the disaster bermula. And I did nothing, selain dari membaca updates and checking my mail, my twitter for news.

Obsession? No. Worry. Seriously worry.

Keep praying for Japan my friends. That's the only thing we can do. Pray so that takkan ada lagi letupan yang akan memusnahkan the nuclear power plant. Because kalau ada, it's not just them yang terkena kesannya - Kita pun akan terkena.

God, save us. God, save Japan. God, protect us. God, give them strength.

Like I said, this year punya Lent betul - betul mencabar. Very - for me.

Day 6 and Day 7

Day 6 : A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet

And that would be a ...

DOG !!!

Why?

1. They're cute
2. They're cute
3. They're cute
4. They're cute
5. They're obedient
6. They're easy to train
7. They're reliable
8. They can be your best friend
9. They can understand your feeling
10. They can be your bodyguard

Ten reason yang I think sangat bagus. Hahahaha...

Day 7 : Your Dream Wedding

If I say I want a simple wedding, macam a simple date, that would be ... tak masuk akal kan? But, I don't want a really grand wedding either. Sedang - sedang la kot. Only for close family and close friends.

I won't discuss banyak sangat about wedding ni sebab aku pun cuma only have rough idea of what I want for my wedding akan datang (walau pun tak tahu entah bila tapi... amen saja k).

Here we go.

In my Dream Wedding, aku berangan nak pakai wedding dress yang ala - ala baju zaman dulu - dulu. Kiranya klasik la. Contohnya macam yang kat bawah ni.

Tapi, dalam banyak - banyak wedding dress yang klasik tu, I prefer atau more tertarik pada wedding dress yang ala - ala baju Greek zaman dulu - dulu. Why? Sebab baju itu simple, elegant pada pandangan mata aku and 'berangin' hahahaha... Takde la sendat2 nak tahan bahagian - bahagian badan yang menggelebeh kan? kan? kan?

Greek wedding dress

I LOVE this one

Apart from baju ala - ala Greek ni, aku suka jugak yang ada corset. Konon nak kasi slim la time wedding hahahaha...

Ok, that's all for wedding dress.

Now, for the theme.

Mine would be Black, White and Red.

Memang kesukaan dari dulu. And aku pernah nampak birthday party and wedding gunakan tema ni. Tapi, kalau salah cara, akan nampak macam funeral hahahaha. So, time tu nanti, kalau boleh, aku nak orang yang tidak buta warna untuk bantu aku decorate.

The base color will be white while black and red adalah pengisian. That's what I have in mind. Trust me, the color combination is VERY NICE. Baby blue, pink and purple are so outdated ... bagi aku la. Tapi itu terpulang pada individu masing - masing warna apa yang diorg nak for their wedding, kan?

Kalau boleh, wedding cake pun aku nak ikut theme jugak hahaha.

People biasanya buat wedding reception or the whole day itself jadi satu hari yang stress. Menurut orang-orang yang pernah berkahwin ni, sangat stress menguruskan perkahwinan sampaikan pada hari kejadian juga, kena sentiasa berjaga-jaga untuk make sure semua berjalan lancar.

Hmm... harus la kan. Tapi kalau boleh, aku tak nak, especially wedding reception aku jadi hari serius sedunia... hahahaha... cakap boleh la Claire. Nanti that day tiba, muka kau ketat je sebab nak make sure this and that berlangsung dengan jayanya hahahaha

Ok, ok... Paling - paling pun, aku nak wedding cake yang menarik and buat orang takkan lupa. Contohnya macam ni :

Nampak macam kek main2 kan?

This is another option, tapi...

ada tak cream itam??? hahahaha

Malaysian biasanya akan buat reception malam hari, di dalam hotel. Untuk menjaga kebajikan orang-orang tua yang akan berada pada wedding day aku nanti, especially parents and atuk nenek, aku nak buat kat hotel la jugak.

Dalam masa yang sama, boleh elak ketiak basah. Sebab ada air-cond.

And aku nak color macam gini :

This is an outdoor punya concept.

Sebab tu pakai garden chair.

And, tidak boleh tinggal... Kahwin Adat. Kenyah (Orang Ulu) people, or mostly sarawak people, masih lagi berpegang teguh pada adat. And one of adat yang masih sangat - sangat utuh dipegang ialah adat perkahwinan.

And aku mahu/wajib berkahwin adat. Why? Malas nak terangkan sebab panjang lebar. Photo di bawah adalah gambar pengantin, berpakaian tradisional Kenyah; Perempuan punya baju we call Ta'a. My Ta'a adalah berwarna hitam, lain dari yang dipakai oleh perempuan dalam gambar di bawah.

Macam gini la, secara ringkas, pakaian yang dipakai masa perkahwinan adat.

Ta'a aku kaler itam macam pengantin ni pakai

You can read about Kenyah punya wedding dengan click pada link kat bawah tu. Macam mana ceremony itu berlangsung etc. But, different lepo' (kumpulan/clan/whatever), different cara celebrate the wedding. And then, there's class issue jugak... Ya, we still ada class system hahahaha...

Biasanya, kahwin ada lebih mahal dari wedding reception. Kenapa? P la cari orang Kenyah, lamar dia and kawin. Baru tau kenapa hahaha

READ HERE ABOUT KENYAH WEDDING

Well, paling penting bagi aku, my dream wedding haruslah dimulai dengan blessing dari God.

Iya... Sacrament of Matrimony di church. Any of those above (kecuali kahwin adat), kalau tidak ada, tak apa.

But not this. This is A MUST :

So, there. 2 challenge in one post.

Sorry yesterday tak bolehe selesaikan challenge ke - 6 sebab line sangat lah "bagus".

Hampir - hampir aku nak p cabut router tenet kan.

psst :

Please keep praying for Japan. Selepas earthquake and tsunami, now ada masalah nuclear. Paling menyedihkan, ada sesetengah orang boleh lagi menuding jari, kata bencana alam ini disebabkan oleh kecuaian manusia.

What an idiot.

Bencana alam adalah sesuatu di luar kawalan manusia. Kenapa tsunami di Aceh yang juga melanda Penang dulu, takda yang kata sebab Indonesia menjalankan pembangunan tidak terancang?

And instead of memikirkan tentang kebajikan orang di sana, orang di sini sibuk menggesa Jepun pulihkan ekonomi secepat mungkin sebab tak nak kena effect buruk.

God knows what you're thinking. Ada satu masa nanti, bila bala terkena kat korang semua, I really hope people will say the same thing to you. Masa tu, baru kau tau, kau cuma manusia biasa.

Aku pelik macam mana orang - orang macam ni boleh jadi 'seseorang'... cis.

Day 5 : A Picture of Something You Want To Do Before You Die

There's nothing more I want than to receive the last Sacrament of the Catholic Church.

Sacrament of Extremeunction or Anointing of The Sick

I know, kematian itu adalah sesuatu yang unpredictable. You don't know when is your time to meet your Creator.

Tapi, I really, really, really hope, ini adalah perkara terakhir, the last thing I'll do before I die.

There's nothing else I want melainkan yang ini.

Why? Erm... I don't think I have to explain this to you if you're a Catholic. I believe, every Catholic wish untuk diberi kesempatan untuk menerima Sacrament terakhir ini, bukan sahaja untuk complete kan atau menjadi penutup kepada Sacrament pertama, iaitu Baptism, tetapi juga untuk strengthen ourselves and mendapatkan penance untuk kali terakhir sebelum meninggalkan dunia.

For those who does not very familiar with this Sacrament and all the seven Sacrament of The Catholic Church, you can read about it HERE - in Catholic.org.

Well, I guess that's all for today. A short one from me hahahaha.

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By the way, mum called just now and inform me that dalam news this evening, Malaysian in Japan all save. I asked her, did they say "MALAYSIAN" or "MALAYSIAN STUDENT"?

And she said, the news said "MALAYSIAN".

Which, I guess, a bit meringankan rasa kurang senang. But still, up to this evening, when my mum called, rasanya dalam 10k people terkorban... or more. I hope there won't be more.

Please keep praying for Japan my friends. Keep praying for, not only Malaysian there, but untuk semua, for the country. And also, please pray untuk countries yang menerima warning about tsunami. Pray that perkara itu tidak akan terjadi and that all will be safe.

Day 4 : Fav photo of my besties

I'm sure those who knows me well know that my bestie (my best friend) is my mom. And my family.

Outsiders come and go. But not family. That's what I believe. And I share, do lots of things with my mum and family. Spending time with them is waaaayyyyy more exciting than spending time with other people.

Why? Well, we've known each other since God knows when... That is, since buka mata la. So, we know each other pretty well. Especially mum. She knows her kids sedalam-dalamnya. Only, well... since we're apart now, me in the West and they're di Bintulu, of course, so, aku banyak ter'miss' perkembangan diorang di hometown. Especially my lil bro and sis. Well, okay, let's start with the photos.

Oh, before that, all photos are taken by me. That is also one of the reason why these are my favorite photos ^^

This is my lil sis. We called her Ibi. And sometimes, just Bi. Short for Baby.

Why? For abvious reason, she's the youngest and yang paling spoilt dalam family hahahaha. No la. It's just because she's the youngest.

This photo was taken on her 6th birthday. That was in 2006, 5 years ago. Why i like this photo? Sebab my lil sis and mum are in it and the photo was taken perfectly, at the perfect time with perfect expression from Bi. Plus, tak shake walau pun dalam low light condition wakakakakaka...

Second photo, again, photo of Belle or Bi. Her Christian name is Christabelle. We called her Belle also. And some of her friends call her Chris or Christa...lame hahaha.

This was taken few years back. I think in 2006 also. Or 2007. Me, Bi and Ekiel (my lil bro) were playing in mum's room. We were actually getting ready to go out somewhere. Dah bersiap-siap, main lompat-lompat atas katil segala and since I have my camera with me that time, aku ambik banyak jugak photo diorang. This is one of my favorite.

Bi was on her way to mum's dressing table, nak tengok cermin, I called her, she turn around, tak sepenuhnya and I snapped. So, gambar ni actually candid of her turning around masa aku panggil dia.

I love kids potrait. Expression diorang lebih asli and natural kot. Especially when it's candid.

Third photo, juga of Bi. Taken during birthday celebration kat tadika dia. This was taken before dua gambar di atas diambil.

She's different from me. Aku selebet but my lil sis really really really likes dressing up and be pretty. Sejak kecik lagi. Me and mum sangat-sangat pelik dari mana datangnya gene "nak cantik" tu datang hahahaha. Me and mum lebih ke arah simple simple things... Well, mum ada la jugak menjaga penampilan while I'm the one yang sangat selebet.

See her dress and everything? Sayang aku tak ambik full shot masa ni. If only you could see her shoes hahahaha.

Kakak = Selipar jepun

Adik = Heels for kids

Next, Ekiel (Ezekiel). Abang Belle, adik aku. Adik lelaki paling bongsu. Juga a bit spoilt macam adik dia hahaha. Spoilt by me la kot huhuhuhu

This is him. Masa sekolah rendah. Muka innocent gila hahaha. If he knows I posted this up, mesti dia kol suruh aku turunkan hahahaha. Like how he threatened to close his facebook masa me and mum berkomplot nak post gambar dia masa tadika kat facebook wakakakaka ^^

At his favorite fast food restaurant. Only in Sarawak, Sugar Bun. He likes to eat. Masa ni la. I really really enjoy cooking for him cos I like to see him eating dengan penuh selera. Kalau nak beli lauk pauk, I always ask him, "what do you want to eat?". Masa masak pun, I'll ask him, " Ekiel, what do you want to eat today?" Aku tak la terrer masak but he likes to eat, jadi buat aku semangat nak masak hahahaha. And I like to bring him out, to eat hahaha. So, he was quite a flabby boy back then.

This is 15 years old Ekiel. Thin and not that innocent anymore. This was taken last year. December. On his birthday. Kitorang nak keluar makan. Celebrate his birthday.

Now that he control his makan and exercise everyday; he plays soccer and basketball EVERY SINGLE DAY, and semakin aktif masa PMR sebab dia tension kononnya... And from flabby boy, he became a skeleton.

Last time I saw him, he was a bit berisi. Last year when I went back to Bintulu, I was sooo shocked to see him soooo thin. No wonder mum always called me and cakap risau tentang dia.

This photo was taken on the same day seperti gambar sebelum ni. We went to Pizza Hut sebab he said he wanted to have pizza for his birthday. Mum and I planned to bring him to Hartz Chicken Buffet (eat - all - you - can restaurant) so that he eat banyak-banyak. But he wasn't interested. Double shock for me !!!! Hahahaha...

Hartz Chicken used to be his favorite tempat makan. I guess now that he's growing up, dia pun nak la jugak rasa hensem kot. I think he's trying to go for the skinny Korean look. Cis...

See? Flabby hahahaha

Hahahaha... my favorite photo of these Bi and Ekiel. Masa ni diorang kecik lagi. Whenever I go back to my hometown, they'll beg for me n mum to take them to swimming pool yang berdekatan. These two sangat rapat, but at the same time, sangat tak ngam juga. They're always fighting tapi bila both berjauhan, they'll start asking and looking for the other one.

And.... jeng ~ jeng~ jeng~ Here comes my partner in crime hahaha.

Me mum *love her*

This is my favorite photo cos mum is in it and she actually tak perasan aku ambik gambar ni. Mum tak berapa suka camera, aku boleh conclude kan macam ni la. She's always nervous and rasa tak yakin depan camera (sama la mcm aku hahaha - that's why I prefer ambik gambar orang lain daripada orang ambik gambar aku).

But in this photo, she looks relax. Of course la sebab tak perasan aku ambik gambar hahaha

Next photo, my 3 "friends" in one photo.

And next up, me and my other friends. Taken in 2008, few weeks before our big family reunion in Miri.

From left : (behind) Ekiel, Jerry (wht's with face bro ??? hahaha),

(front) Yoyo, Belle and me

(not in the photo : Roger - my big bro)

We fight. All the time. But then, sampai bila sangat la kalau sibling bergaduh kan? And we share all things together. Our problems and everything. And with mum, I can share stuff, stories about nearly EVERYTHING. My boyfriend, my friends, religion... Just say what ever, we can talk about almost everything.

Mum, not only a sweet lady yang sangat tenang, she's also my role model. She's strong and sangat penyabar. She can very funny and sangat open minded. Cuma sometimes when I talked about things yang dia rasa sangat "bahaya", she'll tell me to shut up ahahahaha.

All my besties are in my FB. In both accounts. I have nothing to hide so, I don't mind having them there. Ada orang kata kolot and etc. Well, if you have besties like mine, you wouldn't mind having them around you 24-7.

Especially this one special person. I offended Him so many times. I know I hurt Him a lot, in so many ways, but He's always there for me whenever I needed Him. Last photo of my bestie, this is my most fav one. It's nothing bombastic actually. Cuma gambar biasa of Him.

Gambar ini tidak la bermakna apa-apa pun. Dia itu yang sangat bermakna bagi aku. Without Him, I won't have and know all my other besties di atas. Here's Him.

I believe, most of us share this best friend, kan? ^^

Okay then, day 3 complete !!!

ps : please continue praying for those in Japan including Mr J

An old photo of Mr J. Sorry, can't show his full face.