Tanggal 31

Tanggal 31
Bulan lapan lima tujuh
Merdeka ! Merdeka !
Tetaplah merdeka
Ia pasti menjadi sejarah

Tanggal 31
Bulan lapan lima tujuh
Hari yang mulia
Hari bahagia
Sambut dengan jiwa yang merdeka

Mari kita seluruh warga negara
Ramai-ramai menyambut hari merdeka
Merdeka!
Tiga satu bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Hari mulia negaraku merdeka.

Ini dia.. Lagu merdeka yang paling ku suka..
Aku mengambil kesempatan pada hari ini, hari negaraku mencapai kemerdekaan 49 tahun dahulu untuk menulis ( atau menaip?) dalam blog ini dalam bahasa melayu.. Sebenarnya, aku curi cadangan ini dari rakanku, Casko Tan.. Inspirasi dari "Edisi Istimewa Merdeka" beliau.. Terima kasih casko..

Aku tidak sangka aku begitu patriotik.. tapi aku memang patriotik sekarang.. 5 tahun dahulu, bila aku seorang pelajar di INTI college, Pulau Pinang, semangat patriotiku memang sangat minimum.. Tapi sekarang.. fuu yoh.. pencampaian yang agak bagus.. mungkin kerana aku sedang belajar di Australia sekarang.. hmm .. bukan mungkin, tapi memang kerana aku di sini!

Memang susah bagi aku untuk menjelaskan kepada saudara dan saudari.. mungkin kerana bahasa melayuku sudah karat.. karat kau kau.. tapi, aku akan cuba dengan sedaya upaya! minta maaf jika aku tidak jelas dalam penjelasanku.. Ya.. mataku terbuka kepada cara hidup orang Australia yang berbeza kepada cara hidup orang Malaysia.. Sini tiada mamak yang buka hingga awal-awal pagi.. sini barangnya agak mahal berbanding dengan barang di Malaysia.. makanan di sini juga tidak boleh berbanding dengan makanan di Malaysia.. Ya.. memang.. memang.. Mungkin juga kerana sekarang aku berada di negara asing.. kena "represent" sikit!

Kenapa aku tidak begitu patriotik sebelum aku meninggal Malaysia untuk belajar di sini? Aku pun tak pasti.. Tapi aku pasti semangat patriotik rakyat Malaysia agak rendah..Kebanyakan rakyat Australia memang semangat patriotik gila babi.. mungkin kerana rakyat mereka banyak terlibat dalam acara dunia.. seperti dalam Rugbi, Bola sepak, sukan komanwel, dan olympic juga! Wah, saya lihat dan dengar mereka menyanyi lagu kebangsaan mereka.. memang semangat gila babi !! Malaysia agak selekeh dalam acara sukan.. hmm badminton sahaja? Macam mana nak meningkatkan semangat patriotik rakyat Malaysia? hmm.. aku pun tak tau.. pada pendapat saya, "national service" yang baru diperkenalkan ini agak sukar untuk tujuan ini juga.. Macam nak menjolok semangat patriotik ini dalam mulut pelajar yang tidak bernasib baik kerana mereka dipilih secara rawak untuk menyertai program ini..

Dalam masa ku di Sydney, aku dapat mengenal beberapa kawan yang memanggil diri mereka rakyat Malaysia.. tetapi, apabila aku challen (mencabar la.. lu ingat aku tak tau perkataan ini?) mereka untuk menyanyi lagu kebangsaan kita, mereka hanya boleh menyanyi satu baris atau stanza.. haih.. macam ini panggil "malaysian"? haha.. maaf lah kepada rakanku yang membaca ini.. tapi memang benar lah.. betul tak? Apa yang lawak sangat juga ialah rakyat Singapura memang boleh menyanyi lagu kebangsaan mereka.. tetapi mereka tidak faham maksudnya langsung!! Ini kerana lagu kebangsaan mereka ditulis dalam bahasa melayu.. dan ya.. bahasa melayu mereka , memang buruk.. mereka tak tau langsung lah..

Ya, ya.. bahasa melayu aku memang buruk juga.. memang ada banyak kesalahan dalam karangan di atas.. ho ho..
sebelum aku berundur, aku ingin memohon maaf jika aku tersilap kata dalam ucapan aku di atas.. ho ho, macam karangan SPM ya?
Ho ho.. sampai sinilah coretan beta..

Engagement

I'm a bit slow.. but in case you still don't know, Joshua and Priscilla are engaged!
Yeah.. for more info and pics, do check out Andrew's blog (Priscilla's bro).

Both Josh and Pris played a HUGE role in my life since I got here in Sydney.. They're both like a brother ( I call Josh Abang Ratilal..) and a sister to me. I'm saying without a doubt that I wouldn't be who I am today if it weren't for their friendship, guidance, example, leadership, encouragement, and a whole heap of other stuff.. They make me feel happy by laughing at my corny jokes as well! It's not hard to make me happy..

I'm really excited for their engagement, and their wedding , which is a bout a year away.. They are one of the sweetest and cutest couple that I've met.. awww.. really!

Okay..I think it's time for me to start studying.. yeah.. start..
Stay tuned for the merdeka post!

Peace or Victory?

I wonder why asians love to flash the V sign when taking pictures.. Especially the japs.. No offence if you are a jap, or if you do it all the time.. but maybe you could tell me why you guys love it so much?

Well , the manga character up there isn't projecting the image of what I'm talking about.. but hey, you guys know what I mean yea? I was so tempted to put up so pics of people doing the V pose (with their faces pixelated of course..) but somehow decided not to go there..

But anyway, a few of these poses are alright.. with the right facial expression that is.. I somehow can't stand people with a stoned expression, or with sucked in lips (or partially) doing the V thing.. ugh.. Haha, and oh, let's not forget the double V with the "ain't I pretty/cute" look ! That's a real classic.. man oh man.. and guys who do this? let's not go there shall we? bulu roma berdiri lah..

*grins* Thats why I said I wasn't trying to flash out the V thingy in a pic in a previous post.. haha, even if I was, I did NOT show an improper expression.. haha, justified!

Yea, it's been a while since my previous entry.. Updates won't be as regular, as things are very much busier at this time of the sem.. so do accept my apologies.. but do stay tuned as well!

Cobbitty

There's a winery just down the road from my pink house.. in fact, I think it's about a 5 min stroll to get there! They are owned by the Cogno Brothers, and is called Cobbitty Wines.

We (my housemates and I) paid the winery a visit today, and found out that they have pretty cheap wine! Most of the stuff we saw ranged from as low as 3 dollars to 30 maybe? Too bad most of the wine we tasted were not that good.. probably thats why its so cheap.. but hey, I think they definitely have a few good to so-so ones.. so we'll probably visit them again soon! They have wine based liqueurs as well, which I would love to try next time..We bought a bottle or two each of the stuff we liked anyway.

Oh, I forgot to put this pic in my previous entry about my pink house.. This is my door :
If you don't know what that funny creature is, you need to watch more TV.. well maybe you can't find him much around in TV nowadays..
He's suppose to hold a gun anyway, not a spear.. But hey, a spear's good enough! Can sula any monsters.. Handmade somemore!

I'm still chilling around like I'm on vacation at the farms... not good.. I need to keep to my goal, last semester to try my best.. yea, it's late again.. bed time!
Till next time my homies..

I wanna be in Syd!

Argh.. why?
Because Sydney just had a hailstorm this afternoon..
Man, the pics look cool.. Sydney looks like London or something.. check them out!
The last pic was a pic of George Street.. with the UTS flag on the lamp post.. just to prove that the pics are authentic.. haha
Well, I took the pics from smh.com and there's also a video that a reader took that looks like a ice river..

Really look like snow right? Argh.. I wanna go back to white Sydney!! Oh well.. maybe next time..
Will post later.. housemate gonna watch chinese series without me..

The Simple Life..

This is my new pink house.. nice hor? You see the verandah? At first I was so happy.. I thought can sit there and minum kopi and enjoy the view of the alpacas in the paddock across the road.
But, the stupid pink fence thingy ( I have no idea how you call that thing) was blocking the view when I tried to simulate my future chilling sessions.. that stupid thing is pretty high.. clever designing man..

Okay, okay.. I shall now give you a tour of my pink house..First, this is the pic of the view that I was talking about just now..the alpaca paddock in front of my house :It's pretty hard to see the alpacas from this pic, so I tried zooming in on them. If you don't know what alpacas are, just google search man.. They are funky creatures with funky hairstyles.. seriously..Well, anyway yea.. I could always set up something in front of the verandah to chill in the warmer days ahead. It's pretty cold now.. hopefully winter ends real soon..Okay, now to the backyard of my pink house..
Got swing somemore.. look at the huge garden my pink house has.. The plants with the yellow flower marks the end border of the garden. It belongs to one of the uni's research facilities. On this picture's left is another part of the garden, which is much bigger than the one represented here..And on the right, is Belle's house.. the garage :
This pic is taken from the front of the house (& garage).. fulamak, huge right? The first window on your left belongs to my room.. And on the right of the garage, there are orange trees!
Sorry, I'm a bit of a jakun.. but good old penang does not have orange trees.. justified hey? But the oranges are super sour la.. very disappointing.. There was this farm that I went to for an attachment which had mandarin trees, with sweet mandarins ok? So syok, anytime wanna eat, just go pluck.. There's also an area to chop and store firewood just behind the garage.. Man.. just like the movies..

Yea, thats about it.. I hope you enjoyed the simple tour that I just gave you... if you happen to be in Sydney from now till December, do drop by for a chilling session alright?

Ready, seto, go!!