Musafir

kota itu

penuh dengan impian 

segulung cita-cita

pertemuan tak diduga

memori suka duka

rumah itu

setiap pagi dan petang

tidak sunyi bertasbih

mensyukuri nikmat

Tuhan yang satu

lebuh raya itu

kau susuri setiap hari

masa berganti masa

ilmu dan rezeki

bekalan dunia akhirat

kereta itu

berkhidmat dan berjasa

mengembara bersama 

tiba masa ia mengeluh

tersadai, terbiar, terlupus 

sahabat itu

mengajar dan menyedarkan

menghiburkan yang kecewa

mendewasakan remaja

kini jauh di mata

ramadhan itu

tetamu istimewa

di tunggu dan di rindui

mengharap belas dan kasih Ilahi

diampuni dosa dosa yang lalu

28 Syaaban 1445

Fun with idiom/proverbs

I still remember during my primary school until university years in Malaysia, every so often the teachers (even my father) will emphasize and remind us about the importance of learning and mastering English. There were (I think most probably still up until now) some generalization that people who can speak/read/write good English must be brilliant and they were look up to.

Of course it is always a good thing to learn another language but unfortunately some narrow minded people like to ridicule and treat other languages (usually from undeveloped/developing countries) or even their own mother tongue as "low class". Well there are many factors contribute to that but most probably due to the legacy from centuries of westernization and colonization of mind.

In the Quran, Allah mention:

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ    

"(55:4) and has taught him articulate speech."

To put things to simple context here all languages (and of course everything in this whole universe) is from God, so why must we ridicule God's creation?

Currently, the worlds information is at the tip of our finger but it is still not sufficient if we only search them in English. Having living and working in Japan for >8 years, I notice that many information can only be search or discover when we use the original Japanese technical terms. 

It is always interesting when you try to grasp the meaning and origin of some words and this time I have compile some fairly similar idiom/preverb meanings from English, Bahasa Melayu, Japanese and Chinese: 

1) English: Blow one's own trumpet

2) Bahasa Melayu: ماسوق باکول اڠکت سنديري (Masuk bakul angkat sendiri)

3) Japanese: 手前味噌 (Te mae mi so)

4) Chinese (Mandarin): 吹牛 (chui niu)

All the idioms/proverbs above is generally use to describe when someone is trying to boast about themselves but each language uses different subject which closely related to different and unique culture setting. English with their trumpet, Malay with their basket, Japanese with their miso (fermented soybean paste) while Chinese with their cow.

From the link below you can check at some of those interesting origin of those idiom/proverbs:

1) https://blog.kano.ac/2019/03/05/temae-miso/ 

2) https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/1000/meanings-behind-%E5%90%B9%E7%89%9B-and-%E6%8B%8D%E9%A9%AC%E5%B1%81 

If humanity still exist for the next several centuries (Wallahu'alam), I reckoned the global culture gap will become narrower then ever, so does that means each surviving language will come up with new idioms/proverbs that could be easily comprehend by all people at that time? 

手前味噌ですが、below is the presentation link for the ITA tunnelling awards 2022:

https://www.tunnel-online.info/en/artikel/ita-tunnelling-awards-2022-winners-3888731.html

https://awards.ita-aites.org/previous/2022/proceedings

(3 March 2024: Let us hope the genocide in Gaza will end soon and all the war criminals will be brought to justice. Salam (Peace))

Those small little moments

Fast forward 2023, these video still lingering in my mind.

Of course they are only for fun but in real life we do lost in translation more than we actually notice. 

Humans communicate and express themselves in all sorts of way, it can be

- verbally

- texting (emoji, gif, sticker, memes, etc) 

- facial expression

- body language

- music, art 

- others  

However no matter 

how persuasive is a speech during election campaign,

how beautifully a poem is written, 

how insightful is advice from a teacher,

People only choose to believe what they want to believe.

In a world where we can have a virtual meeting anytime, anywhere,

Just because these tools exist does not necessary make us a better & effective communicator.

That is why with different kind of people, at different kind of place, at a different time,

Added with a different kind of social settings and culture,

We can feel and behave almost like a completely different person. 

When humans communicate and express, 

Every person is unique and will developed their own style,

How did they develop, I guess it all comes back to their little past.

Those small little moments is all the difference that it makes.

The love and tender from a mother, 

Those daily routine going back and forth to classes,

The encouragement and praises from a boss,

The innocent and pure joy from a kid.

On the other hand, those small little moments can also be

When respect, good conduct & empathy are in steep decline,

When blaming, hating, back biting and cursing become a norm,

When family and good friends just don't care anymore,

And the list goes on...

But remember we can always make a difference,

So let us always try to be kind and be those positive small little moments in other peoples life.

Salam & Selamat Hari Malaysia

2023.9.16

"And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say' Peace." (25:63)

how long, how many?

how many roads must a man walk down

before u can call him a man?

how many rocks must a TBM bored

before it reach 44km?

Granite, granite and granite

humid, warm, dusty, noise, water

>1km overburden

fault, lineation, soft rock, thin overburden

God willing, everything will be alright

oh, even though u're a Totally Boring Machine (TBM)

but the truth is, you're so COOL..

5 before 5

Yesterday i received a shock news about an ex-college mate,

He suffered a disease (infection) and just like that.. he return to the Creator..

He is 24 years old.. Al-Fatihah to u Syafiq..

Never said that we are too young to die,

To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,

and Allah knows best

5 before 5:

your youth before your old age,

your health before your sickness,

your wealth before your poverty,

your free-time before your preoccupation,

your life before your death.

(p/s: i'm now a happy and proud non smoker, thank you Allah :) )

Not Anymore

Let me be another person to write about quiting smoking,

I know it's boring, i know it's typical, but it's very important to "us",

I've relapse several times, and it all happened because i kept it to myself,

I didn't make research, i didn't prepare enough, and my will to quit was not strong,

Before last month:

I think I enjoy smoking,

I think cigarette is my best friend,

I think smoking can calm myself,

I think....

but the truth is, i continue to smoke because i'm scared about 1 thing,

I'm scared and can't bear the withdrawal symptoms,

and so i'm trapped in Law of Addiction,

and it repeated again, again and again

And so i've decided i will stop feeding the nicotine monster inside me,

I will endure this withdrawal symptoms for the last time ever,

It will be bloody hard but IT CAN BE DONE,

Some of my friends already quit and for me they are superman,

(I want to be a superman too)

Cigarette u are not my best friend,

U only destroy me slowly but surely

I can't find any reason anymore

I cant be with u anymore

Ya Allah please forgive me for the wrong i've done,

Man is an imperfect creature and thus shall always wrong..

Ya Allah please guide me, ya Allah please help me..

"You think you love to smoke and you think it is so important to your happiness, but when you quit (and I know you will), you will find out that all that happiness associated with smoking is a lie. It’s a cheap carnival trick. It is nothing more than smoke and mirrors."-credit to Lesly

GNH

a.k.a gross national happiness,
are u happy?


saturday night fever, but obviously not at redlight district


how do we look?



my everything

where a good man goes

uhuk uhuk

i dont know how long it's been

but it feels like months

i cant bear this pain no more

last 2 week i was in ICU

the doctor said i'm inches away from death

there is cure but it's very very expensive

because i'm poor and dont have no personal insurance

they dont want to treat me

yes, money money money

good deeds come second

luckily a hot lady come to the rescue

she's willing to sponsored my operation

God bless her

what a beautiful heart and a wonderful mind she has

and finally the crooked doctor saved me

he gave me lots of steroid,

add a bigger brain and recover my old memories

yes i'm back, healthy and and never feel better

ah tong~ ah tong~ ah tong~

be more responsible to your Acer!!

-(tajok xde kene mngene langsong)-

no wonder

it's getting late, like other KL-ites i drive like a madman, only this time it's around residential area, then up ahead i saw a bird on the road, look like trying to eat some bread lying on the road, i'm getting close but it still doesnt move, then suddenly- a cat ran out of nowhere, trying to catch the bird, i screamed and there's nothing i can do about it, bamm! i ran over the poor cat with my kancil..

i hold my breath, i look at the back, the cat is still in one piece and running towards a house.. i'm grateful but i still worried it will limping, hai.. that evening when i passed by the same road, i saw the same cat sitting "washing" it's body, look like still in a perfect shape, alhamdulillah.. i can't imagine if i killed somebody's cat, hm, no wonder people said that cat has 9 lives.

-i really miss CK, why do u need to go.......

From the muddy bank of KL

rage..

hit full throttle

u want to left it behind but they just don't

red light..

but red bull keep u going

the psychology of color

radio..

classical or hardcore

lower or upper your adrenaline rush

silence..

can be peaceful or uneasy

but when ur mind is muddy logic is not there

starve..

major contribution of negativeness

feed your mind after u feed ur stomoch

take a deep breath..

have sabar/patience

syaitan is with u when u're angry

astaghfirullahalazim...

Job Review

occupation-student

what students do

-learn the rules then break some

-come to class half asleep half a shower?

-make friends and then eventually some enemy

-hooliganism in class

-what to eat/ where to lepak after class

-learn friends signature

-cuci cuci mata

-ping pong before dinner, snooker before supper, jamming before subuh

the turning point of career

-sleepless night before exam/test

-the art of copy and paste

-exam slips(money, attendance, luck)

-promotion, in other words-retired

the favorite worst nightmare

-become a regular

-demoted

job rating

-7 star/5 star

-love and miss by many

-it doesn't matter how it started, it matter how it end-

Padah remaja shoshial

kucing akhir zaman

crdt to the owner/uploader/photographer/rapist/victim/kojel/etc

OBSES

ketika pkl 6 time jam tgh haywire

aku termenung macam orang gile

nk pasang kaset player da jd ntah ape2

so ape aku bwat aku perhati sini sane

eh kenape aku obses dgn pantun ni

hm..

sblah sane ternampak minah kodi budget hot isap rokok

kt tepi ade uncle yang seronok cungkil gigi sambil tgk rear mirror

kalau tgk kt busstop plak byk nurse2 mude yg ajak main mata

adegan plg menghiburkan? ade brother sorg ni yg tgh masyuk korek idong

yezzaa.....

ntah kenape tibe2 teringat Kojel kakak aku

pantang aku kentot x berbunyik dlm kete x bgtau

kalo tgh drive sambil korek idong disekehnye aku

"eee.. pastu tonyoh2 kt handle.. ko nk rase bergegar dagu!!??"

try2 jd suke2 jd habit jd obsesity

mandai2 je bwat terms sendiri

yeah aku pon x tau apsal jd camni

x kesah la obses ape janji jgn msk pusat serenti

lantak lah

terase mcm nk bwat pengakuan berani mati

br lah nampak aku ni teguh jati diri(gile kodi)

aku pernah obses dgn..

-Wardina Safiyyah

-baju Kiko & Kikilala

-rambot "M" Nick Carter Backstreet boys

-daily burger KFC

ntah apsal aku still obses dgn..

-Avril lavigne

-"mengorek" sana sini

-tido bepuluh jam

-bulu dada acap

tp yg pasti aku akan teros obses dgn..

-Chelsea fc

-rock & roll

-comic & anime

-kucing mahupun cicak

p/s: aku baru tau burger yg paling happy ialah burger-mbira

Pantun Sedapkan Telinga

tadi di tengah bandaraya

aku menyusuri lorong2 kota

mencari sesuatu penuh upaya

teguhkan hati jauhi dari dosa

3 tahun berlalu aunty masih disana

senyuman manis juga bicaranya

melihat aku terpinga pinga

lalu ditanya awak cari apa?

the smiths, stone roses dan nirvana

nirvana band yg dpakse menjadi mainstream semestinya ada

yang laen trend sudah tidak mahu menerima

tp kalau band metal petik jari saja

hati lapa perut hampa

berjalan kedepan langkah x bermaya

apa budaya rakyat malaysia

open house sinisana mari jamu selera

tp di sini tiada makan percuma

ku tanya Topio bigfoot suka makan apa

wajahnya berubah lantas mengeluarkan kata

banyak bertnya menyusahkan org saja

lantas kami lupakan apa saja di kepala

melintas jalan terpandang kereta Juara

kalau lah ade Cube ajaib di Kompleks Pertama

hendak saja ditransformerskn ia menjadi maggi asam laksa

setelah menempuh cabaran yang tidak seberapa

akhirnya papa grill mama chop menjadi destinasinya

itupun kerana pekerjanya manis2 belaka

mengambil order Topio hatinya berbunga bunga

grill tidak chopnya tiada

yg diorder hanya nasi ayam melaka

ape nk dikate kami org asia

berbudi berbahasa berbudaya itulah prinsip kita

santapan tersedia mulakan dgn berdoa

malas basoh tangan bakteria riang ria

ape nk susah sudu didepan mata

tapi kalau da alah bisa tegal pun jadi biasa

ketika asyik meratah ayam melaka

terlihat makhluk Tuhan yang sedang meminta

bulunya lebat berwarna jingga

kepala senget telinganya sebelah sudah tiada

simpati dipinta taktik gediknya yg diguna

mari mari jangan tengok saja

ku hulurkan ayam dimakannya begitu saja

"terima kasih daun keladi tuan hamba sungguh kacak orgnya"

-kata kucing itu walaupn beliau tidak terkeluar apa2 kata.....

p/s: sayangi lah telinga anda, kalau sudah tiada sengetlah kepala dan minda anda

sekian dan terima kasih...

Atong Kindaichi Case 1

buruburuburu~~(den den mushi- one piece snailphone)

haa...? hm...

oh it's already morning..

Yoda was sleeping on my stomoch

goal!!!

aiyaiyai, Palermo just saved Maradona's ass

look like Mario is celebrating the goal too

meow!!! meow!!! meow!!!!

CK this is not mating season

kring kring kring~~

poor Saleem, must miss umi very much

ok, get up now Yoda

go clean yourself like Dolly,

have u ever taste urself lately?

AAAAhhhhhhhhh!!!!!????

what happen!!???

oh my........

what happen to the tissue paper..

who's "reading" the newspaper..

why are they all over..

the kitchen look like hell..

my lunch(fried fish) swims into the wild..

chili and kuah lemak magic spell..

and in the sinks i can smell..

yeah... i can confirm it..

semue muslihat telah aku bongkar kan..(gaye tgn Kindaichi)

dont need no CSI..

those culprits cannot hide..

just open the cage wide..

no dinner for Yoda and CK tonite!!

..................................................................................

(nota kaki)

in the sink=sape x knal bau kencing Yoda?

the newspaper=CK is a literate cat

the tissue=Yoda berak x pakai cebok

the swimming fish=CK can open the microwave

Carefree~ wherever u maybe~

Sunrise shine on another lazy sunday

Yawn yawn it's time to sleep

As expected last night Chelsea cruised again

Zero goal conceded Cech couldn't be happier

Ah a poor rat was tempted by the raisins

Now left its droppings all over the cage

A proper burial will soon be made

If it wasn't caught maybe someday it'll become a lawyer(?)

Life's like that- said the wise man

Only those who took the chances will succeed

Vacant soul and u'll end up like Sid Vicious

End of this poem/message/crap/whatever

U're swearing the writer for
wasting 2 minutes of ur life reading it..

Cinema-skopedia

why cinema?
-young couple "tradition"
-weekend activities with family
-while skipping school/lecture
-nice sleeping chair
and the list goes on...

although once there was a period of time when cinema lost their popularity to pirated cds and many single building cinema gone bankrupt, but now people already fed up making those taiko rich, fed up watching the wrong movies (the cd cover is A but the movie is B), fed up reading retarded subtitles (e.g: bloody hell- berdarah neraka), etc, so they download it from the internet. haha, but civilized person like me will go to the cinema no matter what happen (what's the definition of civilized?)

i remember once my older sister told me she's dying to watch movies again at cinema, because it's been six busy years raising her kids and her kids is too young to go to the cinemas. i said why not let us/somebody watch her kids for a while and u go on watching movies with ur spouse? but she just grinned ( Chena poyo syg sgt anak, hehe)

for me? Sakaki Makio taught me to cherish the so called Youth, hm, i'm a movie freak, i kind of like to memorize their quotes (spptnye byk hafal quran), to get some inspiration, to curse lousy actor/actress/director, to ask movies trivia to others (drive my gf crazy), and bla3.

well many things happened in cinema
-sometimes u laugh to urself watching a horrified lady during horror movies
-sometimes u went out from the cinema with ur mouth wide open (dagu krem)
-other times u want to blasah the annoying person sit behind u


what happened to me?
-watch alone but bought 2 tickets, i must be possessed or something

-the cinema was pack with kids, the movie is cars, their loud noise pissed me off, i go to sleep until the end, later i watch it back (cd), i was disappointed, Lightning Mcqueen is so cool..

-my mom and i must be wearing 2 or 3 layer of shirts (last time it's too cold), halfway till the end, we were sweating as if after jogging 10km, they probably turn off the air-con

- my retarded friends "dont know there's a toilet at a cinema", he pees inside a big gulp size cup, almost full, left it under the chair, @#$%^!!!!

- i was nausea, guys can't pregnant, but macho guys who's nausea can only laugh tersipu2, i hate u 3D glasses... (sorry asya kmu gelak sorg2)

- 1st time watching taiwan ghost stories, i cursed a lot (dlm ati), after the movie, one of my friends (1st time went to cinema) said-"best gile ye cite td", ya rabbi... God help me....


anyway, when u're young and still have the passion of youth, and want the bad taiko to give us free sample of movie dvd(who knows), jom wayang!!

may the force be with u

it's a hard time
tuck in ur stomach
breathe slowly
look around with eyes like Austin Power
dont forget to have some Mojo~
know ur target
think fast, but dont act so fast
aim high but not so high ( @ so chai~)
figure out a win-win solution
u dont do this often
but u know it's worth
hm...

but then again
u don't fell so right
why are there so many people?
are they stalking u?
what're the kid looking at?
oo,what's with those sorry eyes?

to do or not to do?
15 minutes past and it's getting closer
ur hands are sweating
u bite ur lips

is this it?
malaysia boleh!!
eh, now it's one malaysia!!!

"yes can i help u sir?
err.... Trauma?
"owh ok... 2 person?"
aaaaa....? aaa.. yup..
"ok, 2 person 22rggt"

................................................................

u drive back home,
u're a litttle bit scared
with a big confusion
hm, nasha aziz is always pretty..
very2 shagadelic, hehe

but why do u pay for two?
u watch alone la..

procrastinater

...................fish fish fish, where r u..................


i look around
there's no watch
there's no specs

i rub my eyes
sometimes it's dark
sometimes it's bright

but then it doesn't feel right
i clean myself
i pray to God

urgh, i'm starving
what's the menu again?
nevermind, i'll figure it out later

is it really 8 0'clock?
will prof John be late?
all i know is he's always smiling, a lot..

6 months and counting
my baby kancil i'm sorry
global recession seems to effect me

i say i'm sorry mama
i never meant to hurt u
tonite i WILL clean the kitchen


and now i got myself a ****ing B
i started to hate everyone
most of all, i hate myself for hating them

better late than never?
figure out what to do with time that is given to u?
urgh, i don't want to lick my own spit

u do know better right???

fear of sleep

weird things do happen:

-kat asrama lelaki kampung pandan
tgh sedap tidor dgr suara gadis menangis, makin lame makin pilu + hiba, tp aku dgn roomate makin gelisah + berkecamuk, mane dtg pompuan pkl 3 pagi ni? ape bende yg sedih sgt plak sampai nangis camtu skali? argh... slow2 kitrg merangkak keluar, makin dekat makin kuat bunyik, intai punye intai, xde plak bayang2 manusia, tpi ade byg KUCING? kurang belacan pny kucing...... gadoh same sendri.... Tp suare cam pompuan...

-Kolej ke-11
pgi Khamis yg 'aman', tersedar dri tido roomate seblah tgh kejut subuh, diringkaskn cerite aku terase sejuk smcm, sedar2 cume slimut je yg ade, tu pun cover $%^&* aku saje, cuak ade, tension lg la ade, aku soal siasat sume org kt ctu, bile bwat final conclusion-disahkn diorg sume x bwat. abis tu SIAPE/APE e????


-Baru baru ni..
blaja mcm2 psl USSR vs US time cold war. satu ptg tu tibe2 aku mimpi jd thnn perang, da bbaris bramai2 nk kene tembak, no way out, anytime bole blobang kpale, aku cepat2 bgnkn diri, TEBABO! punyelah kuat bunyik, tapi bunyi petir, bkn machine gun, aku bingung... tp syukur... umur pnjg lagi..



p/s: aku masih seorg 'sleepaholic'