Joanna (x-UIAM), USM’s runner during Debat LLM tagged me in her blog. LLM - Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia. ‘Yes, we even had debate for highway issue’, I told Tahir once. It does sounds awkward though.

Joanna, cheesy giler tag nih. Tapi, atas semangat profesionalisme orang berblog, I answer it as honest as I can.

1. What is the relationship of you and her?

She’s my ex-runner for debate. Currently a long distance friends.

2. Your 5 impressions towards her.

Cool, friendly, sweet, open-minded, and was very helpful:D

3. The most memorable things she had done for you.

Er.. being a runner?

4. The most memorable things she have said to you?

Oh yeh, I asked her a question, of how does it goes for lawyer (as she was taking law, and in the field now) - kan ke kalau dalam perundangan Islam pun, seseorang tuh dikira tak bersalah selagi tak dibuktikan bersalah. Jadi kalau peguam-peguam yang bela orang-orang macam nih, kira macam mana. She said, she will answer it. Yes, that’s the most memorable things, lol. Sorry Joanna, kejam giler:D

5. If she become your lover, you will…

See, this is the cheesy part I’ve been talking about. Believe me one of my friend (you know who you are) is kinda rolling her eye while reading this and gonna be ‘keji’ing me later. My answer is - hm.. I will be the same - being boring, not romantic and stuff (betulkan orang itu? - whoa, too many secret characters in this post)

6. If she become your enemy, you will…

Ah, if it’s Zeah tagging me, I will say, ‘I will win!’. Haha. But as for Joanna, I guess it will be quite dissapointing. I have enough enemy. Not planning to expand the number.

7. If she become your lover, she has to improve on…

Another cheesy question. Wah.

8. If she become your enemy, the reason is…

Hmm… usually people hates me for something I said, or my strong opinion.

9. The most desirable thing to do on her is?

Kumpul balik Kimi, Shila, Syikin and Joe to go and hang out (suma tuh bebudak LLM). Play bowling perhaps. Last time was fun:D

10. The overall impression of her is…

Cool. That’s the way I describe people recently. Innit, Mahadi?

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?

They always think I’m a decent, innocent, sweet kind of guy.

12. The character of you for yourself is?

Complicated and easily got cranky by food, coldness and someone disturbing me watching my favourite shows - Heroes, Amazing Race, Survivor etc

13. On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?

Easily getting annoyed, and egoistic.

14. The most ideal person that you wanna be is?

My dad

15. For the people who care about and likes you, say something about them.

Keep reading my blog.

16. Ten people to tag:

Always hate this part. Don’t think they’ll answer it much. But anyway. Here’s the list

1. Zeah (my games nemesis)

2. Kak Khalidah

3. Ina

4. Mahadi (although he never answered my tag before + it’s gonna be weird for question 5, 7 etc)

5. Halim

6. Arni (you don’t have much things to do right?:)

7. Kak Dijah

8. Naz

9. Shahrill

10. Fariz (u haven’t been updating your blog for so long. Time to give you a reason)

17. Who is no. 2 having a relationship with?

Boleh ke menjawab kat sini? Nanti kena aura negatif. Taknak taknak.

18. Is no. 3 a male or a female?

female la

19. If no. 7 and no. 10 were together, would it be a good thing?

Hm.. will be a very good mixture.

20. How about no. 5 and 8?

Wah, soalan… they are good friends anyway

21. What is no. 1 studying about?

Education. And also how to win against me in Scrabble on Yahoo:D.

22. Is no. 4 single?

Tak

23. Say something about no. 6

Cukup-cukuplah mengemas (keji giler aku)

Ooh, tough.

Ego

My ego is quite high. Astaghfirullah. Sometimes I wonder, why do I get easily annoyed when people do not follow my rules? I don’t even follow theirs. If this is the cost of getting more matured, it is kinda sucks. Or I just look the other way around as it probably a sign of stepping backward? Hm..

Fly

Cuti Krismas sebulan kat sini. Supervisor aku nak balik Greece, so aku pun amik kesempatan untuk balik cuti 24 hari lebih kurang. InsyaAllah sampai 25 Disember kat Penang. So, projek Pumpkin Race is on. Dah ajak Kak Khalidah dan Zakia (Debat USM) untuk join.

Day

Sekarang masa siang makin pendek. Pukul 7 terbit mentari. Pukul 4.30 dah Maghrib. Tapi, sekarang pukul 5 pagi, aku masih tak tido. Hasilnya tido separuh hari jugak aku. Tapi yang bestnya sebab aku rasa yang malam panjang. Mana taknya, kul 6 petang dah masuk Isyak. Settle-settle semua, rasa panjang jer waktu malam. So, lama sikit time aku study:D. Or so-called study.

Cold

Tapi sejuk. 0 darjah. 1 darjah. Kalau tak buka heater memang beku. Sekarang ni ada 2 benda yang buat aku cranky - lapar dan sejuk. I can’t think about coldness, coz I get annoyed. Damn, my ego rise again.

Ooh, tough.

Waktu semester dibuka, ada bas percuma yang kitorang boleh naik. Bas ni menghubungkan kampus kesihatan, Queen Campus ke kampus induk. Perhentian bas paling dekat dengan rumah aku merupakan laluan bas tersebut. Jadi takder lah masalah untuk ulang-alik ke universiti, pergi school mahupun aktiviti persatuan. Pekan Durham pun termasuk sekali, so nak pergi pekan pun senang.

Tapi ada satu benda aku tak puas hati. Jadual bas memang ada, dan bas tu datang dalam 30 minit sekali pada waktu biasa.  Kalau hari-hari aku nak pergi on-the-dot, mulalah bas tu sampai awal. Tadi, nasib baik sempat menahan bas tuh. Betul-betul nak bergerak dah depan aku. Hari tu pun sama.

Tapi, kalau hari-hari aku datang awal, 5-10 minit awal dari dijadualkan; 10-15 minit lepas dijadualkan baru sampai. What does the bus driver has against me eh?

Soundtrack of the day: Simple Plan - Save You

Simple Plan had released a new video for their latest single - Save You. One of my favourite songs from their latest album.

That if you fall, stumble down
I’ll pick you up off the ground
If you lose faith in you
I’ll give you strength to pull through
Tell me you won’t give up cause I’ll be waiting if you fall
Oh you know I’ll be there for you

The lyrics can be interpreted ‘cheesily’ as some romantic/lovey-dovey genre but this song is actually a dedication from Pierre (the lead singer) to his brother who was battling cancer few years ago. And it is shown in the video clip about the real meaning of the songs. So, take a look at the music video:-

(Masih lagi cerita semalam)

Semalam debat habis pukul 9. Bas percuma dari kawasan universiti ke rumah aku sampai pukul 9.25 malam. Jadi, aku buat keputusan untuk menunggu di foyer dewan kuliah Elvet Riverside (bukannya River Elvetside yer, orang itu. Haha).

Kebetulan salah seorang budak debat yang satu kumpulan dengan aku tadi ada kat situ juga. Jadi aku pun cuba-cuba la meramahkan diri. Nama dia Jack. Nama aku ‘Lut’. Haha. Sudah tukar lagi sekarang. Rasanya kak aku tak berapa suka panggil gelaran ni. Tapi memandangkan Andros dah panggil macam tu, jadi biarlah kawan-kawan Durham panggil Lut atau Lutfi.

Jack sedang menunggu kawannya, juga budak debat tapi dari kumpulan lain yang belum habis lagi sesi latihan. Tengah-tengah berbual, dia cakap, ‘I couldn’t even understand some people here’, merujuk kepada loghat tempatan yang agak kuat. Kat sini, orang-orang Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Darlington dan area-area timur laut England nih mempunyai loghat yang dipanggil Geordie.

Dia sambung lagi, ’sometimes, I feel like I’m in a foreign country’.

Aku ketawa, ‘I’m so glad to hear that.’ Dia orang London, tidak berapa biasa dengan loghat sini. Aku bayangkan, macam aku tak faham loghat Kelantan, macam tulah jugak kot orang-orang England lain tak faham loghat sini. Ada sesetengah Malaysia berseloroh Newcastle = Kota Bharu.

Hm…

Aku dan Mahadi dalam kereta. Mahadi still kat sini lagi. Esok baru balik Dundee. Eh, pagi ni, lagi 4 jam macam tu.

Nak kona masuk simpang rumah, tetiba aku cakap, ‘nak jalan-jalan dulu tak?’

‘Okey ja’. Kitorang gelak. Sebabnya waktu kat Pulau Pinang dulu, memang rajin buat bebenda camni. Bosan-bosan malam-malam, pederas motor pusing-pusing amik angin. Itu kat Penang. Sini, dengan hawa beku 0-2 darjah malam ini, kira buang tebiat sikit la.

Kitorang pergi pusing ke Pekan Durham. Dah pukul 1 pagi dah. Tapi ramai giler bebudak muda (yang aku rasa pelajar-pelajar Durham Uni gak nih) yang baru keluar dari pub. Takder kelas ke esok? Aku takde…

Pastu kitorang pergi isi minyak kat Tesco 24 jam kat Gilesgate. Mata dah macam nak mengantuk, tapi masuk jugak Tesco. Sempat pulak aku bershopping baju kat situ.

Tup tup balik dah 3.30 pagi. Giler best. Dah lama tak keluar pusing rawak-rawak macam nih. Tambah pulak kul 2-3 pagi. Sayang betul takde kedai-kedai kopi kat UK buka time-time camni, kalau tak boleh pergi melepak. Sini bar dan pub ajer yang buka time-time macam ni.

[Gambar: 1.59 pagi di Tesco. Still wondering why it’s called as ‘Pagi Hari di Durham’ now?]

Aku baru balik dari training debat. I love saying this. Feel like those years in USM. Nice.

Mahadi dah sampai sini 2 hari. Aku tinggalkan dia berseorangan kat bilik sebab pergi debat. Mahadi, you always know that I always choose debate over you, right?

I should actually be ashamed of my crappy English while debating. Kitorang pecah-pecah ke beberapa kumpulan kemudian berlatih. Dapat tajuk, bincang dan berdebat. Aku jadi penggulung.

My speech was quite terrible. Bahasa entah ke mana. But I guess that I do have a thick skin. And I always love debate. Walaupun sejak dulu, debat BM pun, aku taklah bagus (Abg Tra and Kak Khalid can approve this, knowing that I’m not in any way being humble), tapi aku suka perasaan rush darah naik sebab nervous.

Anyway, debate is a good way of releasing tension, kind of screaming out loud, but in a good way.

Hm.. to do it for another 2 years +, hm.. I’m loving my life.

[I’m so contradicting my previous post.. well, welcome to debate life:D]

[Sountrack of the day: Zac Efron - Scream, soundtrack of HSM 3]

Zeah, don’t think that you are the only one with soundtrack of your life eh. Aku pun ada jugak. Haha

Kak Khalid,

Voices in my head, tell me they know best
Got me on the edge, they’re pushin’ pushin‘, they’re pushin’
I know they’ve got a plan, but the balls in my hand
This time it’s man to man, I’m droppin’, fightin’, it’s time too!
Whole worlds upside-down, it’s spinning faster
What do I do now? Cause I choke,

I don’t know where to go what’s the right team
I want my own thing, so bad I’m gonna scream!
I can’t choose, so confused, what’s it all mean?
I want my own dream, so bad I’m gonna scream!

DST

Daylight Saving Time - waktu untuk menukar jam lewat satu jam atau awal satu jam. Esok kena tukar. So, apa yang akan jadi ialah, kalau biasanya subuh habis pukul 8 pagi, disebabkan tukar satu jam awal, maka subuh habis pukul 7. Tujuan, kalau biasanya orang pergi kerja pukul 8 pagi, disebabkan baru ja matahari nak terbit, maka banyak tenaga eletrik digunakan (untuk satu negara) disebabkan kena pasang lampu. Kurang mesra alam. Jadi, bila dianjakkan satu jam awal, pukul 7 dah terbit matahari. Orang yang pergi kerja pukul 8 dah tak payah guna banyak tenaga eletrik, lampu kereta etc.

Yang dramatiknya ialah waktu Asar dan Maghrib. Sekarang ni Asar dalam 3.10 petang. Lepas masa diubah esok, terus Asar jadi 2.10 petang. Pukul 4.40 dah Mahgrib esok.

Kesannya nanti bila Asar dah bergerak dalam 1.30 atau 1.40. Sebabnya, walaupun Zohor masuk lebih awal, biasanya orang kat UK solat Jumaat tetap pukul 1 petang disebabkan kalau buat awal, nanti ramai orang yang bekerja akan tak dapat pergi. Jadi selalunya waktu tuh, solat Jumaat cepat sikit la.

Lelaki Memasak

Baca komen Yan, aku terasa nak respon sikit. Aku pernah bersembang dengan Kak Khalidah fasal benda nih. Aku cakap, ‘it’s a bless that guys do not get attached to cooking. Otherwise, girls will suffer’. Attached ~ like thinking that the kitchen is their place, love cooking A LOT, instead of just know how to cook.

Bukannya apa, tetiba ketika mencuci periuk non-stick aku, tiba-tiba aku ternampak sedikit calar (not my fault, not gonna tell the cause here). Tetiba terasa sedih dan nak beli periuk baru sebab kesan calar itu umpama hati yang dicalarkan. Haha, that is me exaggerating a lil bit.

Tu baru sedikit attached to cooking. Kalau banyak, it’s gonna be worse. And man with nagging - ar… kinda eu. Yan, still thinking that man should love to cook after marriage (love tak sama dengan tolong-tolong potong bawang ek).

Disember

Aku dah tanya supervisor aku. InsyaAllah, kalau masih ada tiket murah, aku balik kejap Malaysia bulan 12 nih. Balik untuk restore semangat! Lagipun supervisor balik untuk cuti Krismas. Okey gak aku pun balik gak waktu dia takder.

Nanti kalau dah beli tiket, aku conformkan tiket. Cam biasa, Januari tuh aku kan buat projek kat sekolah kak aku - Pumpkin Race. Sekarang dah masuk season 5. Damn, dah 5 tahun.

Abang Halil (Durham) tanya sama ada kitorang gilir-gilir masak. Aku jawab tak. Kitorang masak sendiri-sendiri.

Sebab yang aku bagitau - diet berbeza. Yusran mesti makan nasik. Aku makan roti. Amirul tengah-tengah. Sebab tambahan - waktu makan yang berbeza. Aku tak sure Amirul. Tapi Yusran punya timetable sangat bagus. Kalau aku - sarapan di waktu tengah hari, lunch bila dah masuk Maghrib (sekarang Maghrib kul 5 lebih) dan dinner waktu malam. Nih perut dah lapar balik. Nak supper kul 5 pagi.

Makan apa? Roti. Sekarang aku dah tambah diet baru, masuk cheese sekali. Sebabnya dah semakin sejuk. So, lemak-lemak lebih nih bagus gak.

Tadi aku pergi Friday Debate. Agak best gak sebab setiap Jumaat malam, diorang akan buat debat yang panggil orang-orang yang bidangnya. Debat ala parlimen dan ada celahan/izin laluan/POI. Not bad. In fact, very interesting. I’m really looking forward for the next debate. And as well as debate training on Monday.

Kemudian tinggal lagi satu soalan. Aku nak join ke tak Film Society nih. Patutnya ada meeting kul 1.30 japgi. Tengoklah bleh bangun ke tak.