My sweet lil brother

As I saw you today, I feel the sense of relief seeing you all grown up looking so big and tough on the outside, yet I know deep down you will always be my baby brother that soft at heart. It is like in a blink of my eyes, everything about you changed. I saw you are slowly being oh so sarcastic, making jokes that weren’t so funny, nasty remarks or cursing here and there…. Sadly at times I found you to be a jerk and a rude little karabau!

I don’t know how could my sweet lil brother turned out to be this ‘boy’….. A boy that I sometimes despise and honestly, I just couldn’t figure you out! What happen to you, I miss my sensitive, sweet and loveable lil brother? I do miss the times when we bond, talk, laugh and share secrets together.

All in all, I say this to you my sweet lil brother, it is okay. I love you nonetheless; I am here through thick and thin with you as family stick together. I guess this is a way of you growing up, maturing in your own senses and finding your own true self. I do hope your mind and soul aren’t that tainted by all the negative surrounding that you see and hear in and around KK, as I want you to grow up to be a man, man with manner and knowledge. Till then, don’t grow up too fast … take a little time to look around and God bless you in all that you are.

My unending legacy of "blunders"

Reading back most of my post in my own blog really an eye opening for me (the owner), I found so many mistakes in spelling, grammar, repetition and punctuation. It was actually embarrassing to see all my blunders laid open for the whole to see and read..! You see, I am not a big fan of proof reading, as I find that part to be boring and strenuous. I had this tendency of not reading back of everything I wrote / type as I find it to be quite awkward. But, I think it usual for all people to have this problem from time-time and I guess just because I have a Bachelor in English does not mean I am good at proof reading. Oh well, at least I am able to convey the message across. I do apologize for all the blunders, slip up or mistakes that you might have detected or found upon reading my posts. But hey, life too short and you can’t always be too damn perfect!! …. If you few comments or critique on my spelling or my grammar ---> feel free to complaint, who know as you proof read my posts; I might as well return the favor back to you. Together we will make or write grammatical posts….. Ho3!

Tomok ---> U roxz at OIAM!

Watching Tomok performed “Aku Cinta Padamu” last Friday really proved he is the 1 to beat. I was completely entertained by his energetic showmanship and he definitely raises a bar higher for other contestant to follow. I guess he wasn’t all that stupid as last time as you can see he has some music talent that allow him to survive in the entertainment industry. Last time if you had told me Tomok could win the One In A Million, I would have laugh and say “as if”. Now, I believe he deserve to win the competition as his performance has been quite consistent and entertaining every week.





Tomok, came so far from his early year as the front man of New Boyz. Their songs totally boring last time, just hearing his band song in the local radio really make my ear bleed. I also remembered his scrawny, thin stick figure and his ‘balah tengah’ hair ---> definitely not something you go for in a guy. I believe those times only my friend Z*ri** was all over him.





Watching Tomok on TV, really bring back memories of my schoolmate, Z*ri**. Well, the year was 2000 and I was in Form3. At that time, New Boyz was a big hit among the local Malay girls and my schoolmate Z*ri** was one them. She in fact listened and talked nothing but New Boyz everyday. It was quite strange that she could come up with day to day information about the New Boyz and particularly Tomok. She was like an ‘info bergerak’, everyone who knew her, know she could sing the New Boyz songs by heart and kept a diary of her undying love for Tomok, which she carried around school.

Long story short, Tomok eventually replied back to her fan letter and it was the beginning of a funny story. Well, she parade and showed off the letter to everyone in the school and said she was his number 1 fan as Tomok acknowledged her to be one. Surely back then all the girls who was into Tomok was jealous and the boys just got annoyed by her. One of these boys was Helmi. I guess Helmi was particularly tick off by Z*ri**’s antics, so he decided to stole Z*ri**’s diary during recess. Heheheh… He then decided to read the diary page by page to the whole class, we were laughing out loud and make some.... “uhh….ahhh..fewiit….adidih”… noise..! It was so damn funny and yucky at the same time. I know we were so naughty but we were young and keen on making fun of others. As Zuriah walked in the class, she was so damn furious….. What happened next totally go down as SMPO most memorable memories (4 me la)… Bulih-bulih ni 2 ekor budak bkejar-kejaran sampi ke tengah padang, with Zuriah running and yelling at Helmi. Dahla, si Zuriah berbadan chubby and watching her ran across the field was damn hilarious. Bayangkan la, tengah-tengah panas, ujung-ujung time rehat, dorang 2 bkejar-kejaran around the field with both yelling at each other ----> kalah2 dalam filem Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Everybody around school was totally transfixed their eyes to this evenful event and everyone were chanting either Helmi or Zuriah. What the heck, P&P was disrupted for a while, sampai our guru discipline also turun padang to go after them…. Hahaha… Last2 dorang 2 kena jadi contoh pasangan yang x patut di follow. Helmi was dubbed as hero, while Zuriah was the unlucky heroine; both became a celebrity overnight around the school… Hahaha. The sad thing was that Z*ri** was hit hard after the incident, she become remote, so distant and somewhat revengeful, as I watched tears rolling from her face that day, I realized she was forever changed after the whole incident. Shortly after our PMR was finished, she moved to Labuan, according to her, she wants to start fresh somewhere.

Fast forwards to 4 years later, I met her in Sipitang, she looked so thin and all her extra pounds were gone. She wasn’t the same “chubby and fatty” Z*ri** that I once knew. I don’t know how to explain it, but she was different.

I guess being the “punching bag" of the whole school can cause lots of damage to a person self esteem as well as their personality. I feel bad and guilty for being a part of bully committees. Although I did not do anything harmful to a person back at high school, still being a member of the bully committee really something that was not to be proud of. High school can be crazy and such a roller coaster to everybody and I am lucky to escape it with only few memorable scars. Gosh! !

AF 7 vs. OIAM 3

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Well, I just saw Akademi Fantasia pnya concert... I mean, what a shock seeing both Sabahan contestants got the lowest votes and ultimately kna kick out of AF! Hmm...kesian pla.. skali kena kick 2 orang pla.. Moreover its Sabahan ppl! I thought Sabahan ppl are so into AF7, so what happen now seems to be a sign that even us the Sabahan ppl are getting pretty bored and tired of watching the same old boring Akademi Fantasia.

I mean come on la... the tagline "transformasi" --> apala itu?? I couldn't get my head out of it... Transformasi ... apala yang kena transform, apa yang sa nampk hanyala same old, same old boring stuffs! Tgk psembahn peserta AF7 kali ni really make my ears bleed, mcm tgk ptandingan karaoke….and too bad this karaoke competition will last a few months more and I don't now about you all, but I had, had enough of karaoke singer...! Knapaka plu diwujudkan AF7 ... I guess Astro should spend their money into something that is much more lucrative as they are slowly losing money due to the elaborate production of Akademi Fantasia. I guess they should use the money to revive the already "bancrupt Maestro" and better yet producela album si Mas tu ---> Sian da!! Itu lagi penting ---> to save the entire artist under that management and foresee their career...! Oh well, I guess, they still have more money to burn...!

Lagi 1 yang sa mo komplen la, asal ja sa curi2 tinguk itu Diary AF mesti sa ada nampak students da nangis2! Apala, hal kicil pun mo kepoh2...then bawling their eyes out for stupid & simple matter! Pastu bazirkan masa untuk settle kan the problem..! Kalu la dorang ble btindak productive, cubala dorang bincang mcmna mo improve psembahan buruk / boring, mutu suara and anything which closely related dengan performance on Saturday night! Puas ati jg kta menonton...! Apala ...kebudak-budakan sungguh! I guess, AF is changing from a singing competition to a popularity competition! So mungkin pentingla kali the peserta menangis cam budak!! Kali inila transformasi yang they ol going for…! Less quality more quantity!! Sayang ni, I truly love the previous 1, 2 & 3 pnya AF, after that, it started to go down hill! To much dull gimmick bah!! This season is no difference!

I truly advice all of you to watch the OIAM 3 ---> this one surely won’t disappoint you. Watching the contestants’ talents of singing truly mesmerizing and better yet their ability to play with the music arrangement definitely a plus! You truly feel like it was a concert. There are few favourites of mine in the OIAM 3 ----> our darling from Sabah, Esther (I call her my mum), the not so stupid Tomok (hehehe, he surely prove that he is the 1 to beat) and the dark horse ---> Nine!! Can’t wait for next this Friday… But the thing that I am disappointed is their fashion style, look a bit mumsy (especially the peserta wanita), quirky and most often unflattering to the contestants! They should have pun an outfit suit with the song pnya character. Tapi this fashion stuff, I think AF7 is way better la… Only the girls’ pnya outfit red and white singing the AF anthem ---> plik bh pl itu, plus the guys’ ketara ni wear too much make up..! Blame the black guy who looks so grey!

Semalam..di K. Kinabalu..

Last night, as me and my cousin went to pick my aunt in the early wee morning hour; I have the opportunity to overlook around K. Kinabalu city through the hill. Even when all the shops or complexes are closed and people are soundly asleep…. The beauty of K.Kinabalu with all the lights illuminating all around and was mesmerizing. At the same time, look oh so peaceful and quiet. The roads were particularly quite and I was bump that I didn’t get to see people racing their cars.

Out the blue, there was this stupid guy driving this red Kenari with plat number SAA 210* K was trying to race with us. I mean cmon la we were driving fast in order to get to our destination faster not to race with you la… Idiot! I guess the poor man’s ego was injured as he couldn’t bear losing to woman’s driver…. Duh… Tulungla...!

Nevertheless, I am missing my night life…back when I was active… Now…. Huhuhu…. B.O.R.I.N.G!! I guess I am on that stage of my life... Living in a rut!!

Confession in S.Heart

Last Tuesday, I went for my confession in the Sacred Heart church. You see, it was a year ago since my last confession, so I was a bit nervous and anxious altogether. As I wait for my turn I was counting my sins in this 1 year. Miraculously, 5 major sins just cross my head. Ya, I know strange right, only 5 sins… I got to be kidding. Well, that’s the only major sins that manage to come up to my mind. It was quite funny as I was reading the book in trying to memorize the words or procedure of confession. I do feel bit light as my burden of sins somewhat being lifted. I do feel good!

But the things that manage to rain on my parade, simply the attitude of the warden in charge during the confession. Gosh, come on la warden… we are all in the house f God, could you at least be nice, kind and speak in manners and in a nice tone. There is no need to get mad due to some confusion and being a push-over. I don’t mean to be disrespect here but how am I suppose to respect the house of God when its occupants act and behave ill-manneredly.

I guess sometimes just because we are all in the house of God, doesn’t mean that all the people are pure and kind hearted. Well, that is why la when the confession season arrives; you will see a flock of people rushing in and out of the church to confess and I am one of those people.

I realize the wardens are all human with the tendency to get mad easily, yet, couldn’t them be a bit nicer especially in the use of words and actions. We are all civilized people here, so why not act like one. Like the slogan goes “Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita” and we should exercise what we preach….!

But I do pray in the coming Easter, we are all united as one brother and sister in Christ and have faith.

Boys Over Flower (Final Review)

I just finished watching the last 2 episodes of Boys Over Flower at the mysoju.com. Finally after months of waiting, it comes to the end and I am glad to say I am done with that drama…. Hehehehe…! Now, all I have to wait is to wait for the VCD / DVD out in our local stores.

So far the last 2 episodes were ok and I must say they manage to twist and turn the storyline and I am satisfy with the ending of the drama. Overall, the production team had managed to inject lots of dramatic scene and it is obvious they are trying to keep it fresh and different from the other 2 versions of this drama. Still, nothing totally surprises me watching the last 2 episodes, I guess I somewhat could guess it already and it is nothing different from the last 2 version of this drama.

The thing that I love about the drama’s ending is the fact that Goo Joon Pyo waited about 4 years to finally bend on one knee and purpose to Jan Di. It’s kinda realistic and practical as all of the characters got their own career going on. So, it’s about time. I love the scene in which he bend on his knee and purpose, it is kinda sweet and romantic.

There is also a few scenes that I found a bit hanging and somewhat didn’t click to me. Such as;

1) The kissing scene seems to bit fake and force. It didn’t ooze the feeling of both characters are madly in love.

2) The CPR thing---> eeeh… Surely I think the CPR is not like that. That is not how you revive a person who almost drawn.

3) Whatever happened to least famous character of F4 (Song Woo Bin) ??---> I really wanted to know what path he chooses or his career choices in this drama.

Too bad the 3 stooges who continuously taunt Jan Di during her high school fail to make an appearance … I would love to see them screaming in agony watching Jan Di happily together with Joon Pyo ----> yet unfortunately one of the girl died after committing suicide. So, I guess they decided to cut out the 3 characters out altogether.

The one character that I totally fall for have to be the lovable, cool, sweet and loyal, Yoon Ji Hoo, he is soooo cute, I can just drool just by watching over him. The scene that he cried after failed attempt to capture Jan Di’s heart totally heartbreaking. You just want to hug him and say…. “I am here Oppa” ….. “Sarang nge yeo”. Oh well, only in my own wet dream……. Hahahaha!! ----> Budus.

Well, overall it is an OK drama, (got few high points and few low points), even though, I am not entirely satisfy with it, Boys Over Flower really do showcase what Korean are best for, such as to inject lots of romantic feature, (in which the Japanese version fails), cool gadgets, nice soundtrack, wonderful scenery, lush taste of style and most definitely ….. lots of pretty boys / men that we can ogle with. But, I still do think this Korean version could have done better, I mean, sky is the limit for them, they could have take the bar higher and too bad it didn't go as high as I hope it did.... Hmmmph! Good try though, and I do encourage fans of Meteor Garden, and Hana Yori Dango to watch this drama, well, just to widen your taste ya!

PS: On the other hand, I still prefer the Japanese version though ---> Hana Yori Dango 1, 2 and the movie...!