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Hmmm...

There was once, when I was around 26 or 27 years old.. where I woke up the next morning feeling fresh! I mean... like bangun bangun je dari tidoq, TARUS! Felt very2 awake and ready to go! ...

Sad to say, I can only remember this happening ONCE in my life. I tried to attribute it to the activity I did the night before. I was working at En. Fuad Mansor's cafeteria (Penang Place)... kerja cuci pinggan and kemas2 dapur. Biasa la, student master masa tu. Plus the JPA allowance at that time was only enough for me to buy 2 pillows and a used blanket :P Ok ok... exaggerate je.

Anywayz, the next day at work, I also washed dishes and took out the rubbish etc... TAPI! Bila wake up the next morning, I did not feel as fresh! As a matter of fact, felt like I wanted to go back to bed... especially time tu tengah sejuk crazy babeng tahap cipan and mongoose :D

Hmmm... What was wrong oso i did now know. Well, actually I still don't know because up till now, no reoccurrences have been recorded :( So... how a? What actually happened that caused me to wake up so fresh! What did GOD bestow upon me that morning (or probably the night before, or probably during the sleep time itself!) that made me so fresh and strong the next morning? ... masih menjadi tanda tanya itu...

Annywayz... I think I want to rediscover that feeling la. I will experiment with some of the suggestions I found on this one Stanford website.

Well, to do dishes again is out of the question :P Satu sebab malas pulak nak pergi kerja kat restoren... another thing is that... I now think that that was not the factor. I believe the factor is in the SLEEP PROCESS itself. :) I think I remember, that night, I fell asleep quite senang kot? Ntah2 posisi tidoq masa tu baek punya! Or maybe the temperature was ideal, or the bed was just right, or maybe also there was some weird chemical that i accidentally swallowed the night before that increased some gamma radiation in me that almost transformed me into the hulk but left good side effects which made me strong the next morning, but just temporary! HAHAHAHA!

So, the best alternative would be... I think, is to SLEEP WELL!!! But how? Haaaa... I will try some of the tips from Stanford uni’s website...:

(Taken from http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/howto.html)

1. Sleep only when sleepy? - Hmmmm... Can’t follow that now... Cuz need to readjust my biological sleeping clock!

2. Stay away from caffeine, nicotine and alcohol at least 4-6 hours before bed - No problem with the alcohol... but coffee and nicotine? Hehehe. Ok ok. Tekad... before sleep, no rokok2 and no kopi2 or teh2... (Hopefully)

3. Have a light snack before bed - Low carb, and mid level protein should be ok insya-Allaah. The website says, the milk-before-bed thinggy can help due to the presence of tryptophan... a sleep inducer (Oh, saya lajar perkataan INDUCE masa bini saya nak beranak dulu... "Ni kena Induce ni Encik"... "Ok... induce je la... whatever that is..."... Now I Know... Hua hua hua!

4. Get up and go to bed the same time every day - Ok... that is what I am trying to do... and I will do! Will use alarm clock!!!

5. Refrain from exercise at least 4 hours before bedtime - Hahahaha! Nowadays, I am like TOTALLY refraining from exercise. But takpe, now me play tennis with En Azrul Hazri Jantan. The website also says exercise will help in making sleep better... Since I play tennis like more than 4 hours be4 bedtime, so shud be ok insya-Allaah.

6. Take a hot bath 90 minutes before bedtime - Ok... if I am at my parents' house, insya-Allaah. But at the asrama, satu kerja pulak nak pegi amik ayor panas, letak dalam baldi, campur sket ayor sejuk... lepas tu mandi. Eh... what pulak satu kerja... tu dah.. satu, dua, TIGA kerja! Tu lom campur proses mandi dan lap badan pakai tuala lagi! :P

Okes. Harap2 buleh testing. Dan insya-Allaah I can sleep better (best insya-Allaah), and wake up a happy man... and possibly pray with eyes opened wider. kueng kueng kueng :P

Okes. Arigatos amigos and senyoritas! Assalaam aleykom WBT

To Eat... Makan... Mangez du riz (makan nasik dalam base Perancis kalau tak silap), A kill (arab kot?) and of course... MANGAN (eat in Javanese) and MADANG (eat rice in Javanese pulak)...

Okes lah. Today hari, I would like to cakap2 pasal masak2 :D I and my roomate have successfully and illegally brought in some stuff into our hostel room at M01 Desasiswa Restu. The accessories range from a FABER Rice Cooker to... to... one big 14-kg cylindrical 'thinggy' that can provide some sort of 'fire' power :D Fridge also we have... but the small bar-type one (Brand GLOBAL...)...

Anywayz, the main thing is that we could start cooking in our room. Even though agak merbahaya... and also due to the fact that the smoke-detector lurks just above our heads... tapi kena masak jugak. If not, aiya-gazamborina-aida-rahim... kos akan meningkat!!! At least if we cook, insya-Allaah our food expenditure would be so so kurang :D Which would then lead to great amoutns of savings!!!

Annywayz...

The first night tu, Azrul attempted nasik-kurma-briyani Al-Jantan? (ye ke mat? ada nama ke nasik kau tu :P)... SODAP MARBELES!!! The next night, saya pulak tried my hands at cooking --> Oyster-Chicken-With-Too-Much-Salt... a bit salty, but Alhamdulillaah, palatable :D

Annywayz... pagi ni yang best sket. Cuz we experimented with curry powder and oso some spices such as kayu manis, bunga lawang, black n white pepper dan sebagainya :D Recipe ni more En Azrul kita yang punya... dan basically proses2nya ialah:

1. Tumis bawang putih n merah
2. Kasik masuk potato yang telah didadu
3. Kasik masuk ayam yang telah dipotong2 halus (btw, this chicken has already been left overnight in the fridge with curry powder, salt n pepper marinade... oh, and some arabic olive oil :D)
4. Kasik masuk sket cherry-tomatoes (kitorang taruk pasal nak kasik habis je)... quite sweet this type of tomato... highly reccommended :D
5. Add some curry powder... to color and taste :D (ada ke 'to color'?)... oh! And also salt to taste... :D
6. Stir stir and stir... stir until satisfied with what you're stirring (ok, that does not make sense... but it did to us!)
7. Add rice and water...
8. Leave to cook until the RICE COOKER button flips to 'KEEP WARM'

(Mamat... perbetulkan kalau aku tersilap aturan ramuan ni :D)

:D

Alhamdulillaahi-robbili'aalameen :D

The dish came out MARBELES (ni term Azrul ni...) !!! For our taste la tapi...
Even tho a bit hot and stormy, it was not only palatable... but oso almost the same with what the arabs are selling in front of the mesjid!... and they're cashing in RM6 per pack for their stuff! :( Overpriced... overpriced...

Wannywayes... Let us layan de gambar of the:

Steamed Curry Rice with Curry Chicken Deluxe :D (btw, if anyone has any other recipes yang senang2... kasik la tau kat kami ye :D)

Okes... thank you 4 reading. Assalaam aleykom WBT and Have A Good One...

Proses menumis dan memasak ayam selesai
Adding rice and water
Another look before the lid is closed
The end result...
Close up sket :D

My bekal for today :D

Haaa... today I will write about losing weight. Or better still, how NOT TO LOSE WEIGHT!

5-ways :)

But please bare with me, that some of the things here might be the stuff that many people have actually done, to lose weight...

1. GO ON A DIET!!! -- Okes. The word diet is so synonymous with weight loss. I mean they have all sorts of diets. ATKINS diet, 'something' BEACH diet, HOLLYWOOD diet, and so on and so forth. But the word 'diet', is actually something that is definitely... TEMPORARY! I mean haiyoo gazambo... you go on a diet with the intention of stopping it one day right? And of course, this leads to the 'greatest' diets of all... the YOYO diet :) You go on a diet... get off it... (then get fat again)... then RE-diet again... get off again... (get fat again)... diet again... and so on and so forth :) You see the yoyo?
2. GO TO THE GYM!!! -- Ok. Exercising is good... I am all for exercise! And where else to exercise than in a nice modern gym. But wait... you really think gyms are gonna solve your weight problems? I read a book (I think the title is Get Off Your Ass), and the author was a gym owner. Guess what? He received a ray of light, and closed down his gym! It wasn't because he had no customers... but it was because he got fed up seeing people joining his gym, and ending up quitting after (an average of) 90++ days! This is what happens actually. Well, not to everyone lah, but to most of the not-knowers :) Not-knowers here meaning those who think GYMS will solve their fat-belly or belly-fat problems.
3. BUY THE LATEST FAT BURNING CREAMS and AS-SEEN-ON-TV EXCERCISE GADGETS -- Ok... I will have to admit. I too succumbed to one of these contraptions. After seeing the second ab-machine on TV, I bought it!!! But Alhamdulillaah, managed to return it after it did not perform as hoped for. Anyway, among the earlier gadgets to hit Malaysia's Smart Shop was Tony Little's Ab Isolator. I did not know then... but I almost bought this one. Since I am not good at describing it with words... I will just show it to you :P


Ok. I don't think this is Tony Litte's one, but it looked very-very similar :) As you can see, it even looks weird. The problem with 'machines' like this is not in the machine itself. True, it can HELP flatten your abs... and true-er still, it can make your stomach a whole lot harder! But what the as-seen-on-TV ads don't tell us is about the word HELP itself. These things will HELP you lose weight... but if used alone, it will become just another collector's item for McGuyver to modify in the future :) Used alone, this machine will not make you lose weight. If used constantly however, your tummy will become harder and stronger. But you won't lose any significant weight. BTW, you guys must know those rocker type ab machines right? Me and my friends bought one back in 97-98... I think now it's serving its true purpose of a very2 nicely designed towel hanger :)

4. DRINK FAT BURNERS or JAMU-JAMU or SLIMMING TEA -- "Drink this, and you'll lose 10-kilos in 10-days!!!". Ok, please do not do this, because some of the stuff out there, you don't even know what's in them! This is the short-cut way... and while some do make you lose weight, it ain't the weight that you want to lose. As a matter of fact, most of the weight will be water... and you gain that back once not consuming the product anymore, or after you drink back liquid from drinks or even... just plain water :P
   
   
5. DO 500 to 1000 SITUPS or AB CRUNCHES A DAY -- Ok. I know many people who think that doing tummy exercises will flatten your tummy. NO THEY WON'T!!! They will make your abdominal muscles harder and stronger though (same as the Ab-Isolator). But you won't be losing any weight with that. Well, maybe a pound or a pund and half... but nothing to be proud about. :)

Actually there are more than just five. Tapi takut Mat Nabil marah saya tulis panjang2. Kekeke. Don't mad Mat Nabil, just gurau2 senda di pagi hari :D

So, how do we actually lose weight? Semua ni rasa2 macam pernah buat... ataupun macam pernah cuba nak buat... And HA! I did actually lose weight! Apa si Alpyan ni merepek? Haaa... So how? Hmmmm..... Ok ok. If you guys have such questions... I will try to answer, even tho I am not fitness expert :P Anywayz... that will be another entry, insya-Allaah :) Tu pon kalau korang nak baca :P Ni tengha takde idea nak blog apa la ni, tu pasal tulis pasal benda ni (lagi :P)

Okes... adios amigos!!! (and amigos-nita?)

Assalaam aleykom WBT dan Salaam Muhibbah.

(This entry is more of a reminder to the blogger himself... for not exercising for soo long now oredi... and oso not eating the right foods... resulting in great fat accumulation in unwanted areas :P Don't mad aaaa...)

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Real Estate... Rumah... Apartment... Bungalow Houses... Terrace or Link Houses...

Some say (such as Azizi Ali and Milan Doshi --> Might want to Google them in case interested) that properties, or property investment is one of the sure ways of making lots and lots of money. From my limited experience in the field (reading about it only la... i don't own investment props yet), I know that this is true! I mean, the basic equation is quite simple...

Buy a house (in a potentially good area) --> Wait for a while ---> Sell for profit!

OR

Buy an apartment (also in a good area) --> Rent it out (while lessening monthly installments) --> Keep on renting or one day SELL!

OR

Buy a low cost house --> Rent it out (while as the same time maybe eliminating monthly installments) --> Sell if you want

Seems so simple kan? Well, it becomes simple thru experience... insya-Allaah. But how do we accumulate that experience? Macam mana orang2 macam saya, the normal income people, can start to save $$$ to buy houses :)

I've been to Azizi Ali's seminar once, and from what I see, you firstly need money (lots of it) to make money. For Azizi, I think he didn't face that much of a problem to start in property investment... because he himself is a CAPTAIN! Makes around 20K++ per month I hear... I hear la :D So to start getting big loans must have been a no brainer :)

Anyway, I am not going to write in a pessimistic manner here :) Instead, I will attempt to optimize my thinking, and hopefully yours to, and who knows, sparks will form that might ignite a nuclear-explosion of money making ideas!!! Hua hua hua! (ok, enuf laughing)

In someones book (I think Azizi's), he talks about AFTERBURNER INCOME... Ok, has to be his book, because after burners are related to a plane's jet engine.... after burner income is basically monetary sources from outside our day jobs. Among them are:

1. A part-time business - This can be your very own Goreng Pisang stall to an established MLM business (don't like MLMs tho...)
2. Books - I know two people who are doing quite well writing their own teen and adult novels :)
3. Online Income - Maybe become an Amazon affiliate, and Adsense master or even sell your own stuff on E-bay!
4. Selling besi buruk - I saw somebody near my frens house, who has a bungalow like combined terrace house... and he sells besi buruk :)
5. Investment in other mechanisms - Maybe if you started investing at a very2 young age, by now, the money should have grown into a hefty sum... so can use to buy extra house :D
6. and of course... etcetera, etcetera etcetera (macam dalam the original THE KING and I lakonan mendiang Yull Brinner :P)

So I think, I too need to have some sort of after burner income. Because,... fuel ain't getting cheaper (but Pak Lah is getting older... kueng kueng kueng :P). Costs of food and other stuff also ain't gonna drop. Education ain't gonna be free or cheap for long... and of course... cars ain't gonna come falling from the skies!!! (But I heard fish did once? Betul ke?)

Oleh yg demikian, let us all start after burning! Burn our behinds to after burn after after burner income!!!

But of course, don't go too far to only think about money... and of course properties. After burn after burn jugak... but of course, Wasathiah needs to be there (moderation or kesederhanaan) :D For without which, pure life will cease to exist : Instead, we would be turned into money-chasing zombies of the Donald Trump world! (ok, I am starting to merepek...)

Anywayz... just wondering if anyone has any monetization ideas that they'd like to share :D Plz do share them , for the benefit of us all insya-Allaaah :D

Assalaam aleykom WBT

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Anger... the way I view it (and the way I think I experience it), is an intoxication of the soul. Same as if when you're drunk on alcohol... Some say (and I've read somewhere) that we get angry when we allow the heart to be resided by Satan or his soldiers... :( Sad... but true! :(

The Anger Process

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Starts with getting mad/angry due to some sort of provocation (similar to the drinking phase),

Then, reacting towards the provocation-stimuli in a very2 unpopular and unliked fashion whilst being out of control of one's own mind (similar to doing something stupid when your head's somewhere in the coulds when you're drunk) --> with the possibility of hurting ones-self or other people physically or mentally (like ramming into a pedestrian when the drunk decides to drive),

Continues with the cooling down or sobering up period (since I've never sipped alcohol, I don't know how to relate to this... maybe when they sleep after a night of booze?),

and Finally, when the intoxicated mind realizes what's happening, when the anger goes away, only then does one realize what has happened... and what damage has been done (the hangover the next morning...)... This is where repentance sets in.... or worse... regret!

But at least, with hangovers, it goes away with time... or after a remedial concoction of Tabasco sauce plus coffee plus... i don no... saw it in a movie once :P

But after being angry, and with the possibility of hurting someone physically or mentally... the damage normally remains... It stays... Not much can be done....

Some might say it's better to be drunk than angry! LOL! :P But of course, not true :I

Anywayz... just a point to ponder, especially for my own self :) Being angry is a human instinct... but it's how we control it, or how we face and react to the stimuli is what matters. Of course we get pissed off when someone shits on our car (extreme example :P)... and of course Hancock gets mad when he's continuously called an A-hole.... :) Of course we lose our temper when our kid doesn't know when to stop crying... and of course, many of us will get mad at our respcetive spouses....

The thing that angry people must learn to do is... Control... Take control of the whole angry process itself. Don't do something one would regret... control one's self. Listen to one's heart.... But do not listen blindly... for the heart will sway from left to right during the anger process... for one side will be from God, whereas the other from Shaitan....

When angry, of course Satan's side would be more appealing... but since we're human beings... we have the will to think and make decisions... unlike LIONS or HYENAS or WILDEBEESTS!!! :D The will to think, and make the choice is ours! A trait that differentiates us from the animal kingdom. If we fail to do this... then we are just edging ourselves closer to the kingdom of Simba and Mufasa... and Rafiki of course (the wise baboon in the Lion King :P)

In conclusion... anger is an intrinsic human trait... It's fundamental... We all have it. Even the best off all people will have it. Even Rasulullaah had it... The only thing that's important, is how we express it in a non-damaging way... or better dstill... to be able to control it! And at best... do not express it...

I read somewhere that when we're angry, Satan is very2 happy because that's the time when he plays with the angry person as a child plays with his ball.... DONT BE SATAN'S BALL!!! Be da Man (Woman)!!! Da Man (Woman) who can conquer anger and filter out all the whispers of Satan, for the better of himself (herself), his (her) family, and for all man kind insya-Allaaah!!!!!!

Anywayz... that is all for today :D Thank you for reading...

Assalaam aleykom WBT

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I recently lost my mobile (at the cinema)... put it on silent-mode, then placed it on my seat (at the crotch area... hehehe)... and when Hancock ended, forget to take it... maybe it was because my hands were quite full at the time... and also! My attention was drawn to the screen again for the 2nd part of the movie's finish :

Anywayz, not blaming the movie or the surroundings or my hands being full etc. It was all me. My LG KE500 phone, along with Nurazlin Zainal Azmi's sim card, is lost at sea...nima... sea-nima? get it? cinema? sea-nima? HUA HUA HUA! Ok ok. bad joke...

(Atas desakan Mat Nabil Tajudeen, saya letak gambau henpon baru di sebelah henpon lama yg telah hilang dikebas cinema)

After a trip down the lift, a fag outside Queensbay mall, a walk to the car park and finally sitting down in my (wife's) Perodua Kelisa 1k CC... then I realized that the phone was missing. Long story short, went back to the cinema... looked for it... tried to call it (by the way, was already switched OFF)... looked for it again... :( Hilang daaah....

Tapi takpe la kot, there's always a hikmah behind things that happen. Anywayz... I already bought a replacement... the Sony Erricsson K550i. Due t lack of surveying, I bought it for RM110-120 more than the best price. Dayem!!! :( This serves as a lesson... Len kali, pi usha2 dulu, jangan main beli je dengan meng-assume semua kedai harga beza 20-50 ringgit je. :D My bad :)

Now, I am just waiting whether I can get back Lyn's old number. U see, I haven't finalized the name and ownership transfer of the sim yet... and since now Lyn's in N Zealand doing her PhD (tapi bulan 11 ni balik ek :P)... if the card can't be retrieved in relatively short period of time... I think I need 2get a new plan....

If so... Post paid or Pre paid?

Love Prepaid for all the freebies... especially the free SMS... well, primarily the free SMSes. Especially Maxis :D They give out tonnes of freebies... But hate the fact that sometimes (most of the times with my previous CELCOM Prepaid experience) credit runs out when I need it the most.

Post paid? Love it for the longer talk time... but hate the limited free SMSes. This is what I have with Lyn's plan :D hehehehe. Anywayz... sometimes I do enjoy talking long periods of times with selected people... but come to think of it... I dont do it that often :P Maybe once of twice in three months? I do more SMSes than talk....

Anywayz... :D

Any suggestions oh my good readers :D

oraitey... thak you for reading.

Assalaam aleykom WBT and a Good Day....

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Sedar2, it's been more than 3-years since our daughter was born. On the 28th of May 2008, Hana (that's what she likes to be referred to as) turned three, and Alhamdulillaah, she has brought much joy to me and my wife's life. And if I may say, she's starting to become a lady... considering her tom-boyish start. Laa ni, dia dah buleh appreciate (little) women's shoes :D That's good sign, and in the right direction.

Anywayz, here are a few pics of Nadiah Farhanah, our little angel princess :D
(but most pics are wihout her in her girly attire :P)

Cheerios!

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Sometimes, especially during Friday prayers, some... some people will TER-fall asleep. So, when they fall asleep, if you look at them from the back, it would really2 seem like they are HEADLESS! Macam Sleepy Hollow la pulak iye?

(tapi, tuan punya blog ni pon ada gak le beberapa kali jadik headless... hehehe...)

Anywayz, just thought I'd share a pic I got from the mesjid, that shows how a HEADLESS JEMAAH looks like. Even tho this was not taken during Jumaat jemaah prayers, it is exactly how a sleeping person will look like from the back :D

But aa... really, we should not sleep during the khtubah, for many good points would be missed. But then again, khatibs should not just follow script. I think they need to be able to beef up the presentation a bit :D Make it more lively (even though not interactive, for Jemaah's must be quite during khutbah). Make the topics interesting :D Some khatibs do a good job... but a great many read scripts.

But tapi takpe (dah BUT, TAPI lagi... redundant tul la aku ni)... You can't win 'em all. I think we need to make the best of what we get... especially stuff that we don't have that much control over (such as less lively khatibs) :D Try to listen to what the khutbah is about... get the important points... and then... APPLY to life :D Insya-Allaah, all will be ok... :)

Aiyaa... Aiseyman and woman. Just received a 3-page letter from Malaysia's Revenue Board (Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri). They are asking me for the supporting documents to justify my tax-cuts. But the thang is, they want the docs from the years 2004-2006. And me being me, some of the receipts I've already thrashed into my trusted dust-bin... which has already been emptied thousands and thousands of times since 2004 :D But luckily lah, only one claim saja yang macam tak ada receipt, and that's my Personal computer purchase... but still... almost RM5,000 :( Banyak tu tolak.... gulp...

Annywayz, I called them just now and mentioned my predicament. The lady told me that, since no proof was needed during E-FILING, they sort of have the right to ask for proof... and apparently even if it's 7-years back dated (Yeps, she actually mentioned that audit is done within a 7-year time span).

But that's OK la kot :) The intention of this post pun bukanlah untuk marah-marah atau maki-hamunz itu LHDN. But just as a gentle reminder to myself (and also kot2 to sapa2 yg tak tau about the 7-year audit thinggy) to keep each and every piece of transaction receipt [which are tax-deduct able, of course] that has been obtained for at least, the last 7-years :)

Wokeh, now all I have to do is go and get my EA-forms, my kid's MYKID, insurance documents, zakat statements, and... apa lagi ek? Hmmmm... OH! KWSP. Man, all these are kinda govt. related... why LHDN don't have some sort of link or copy ek?

Assalaam aleykom WBT and Have A Good One

Figure 1.0: Eric Bana's Hulk (left) and Eddie Norton's Incredible Hulk (right)

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Saya memang ada niat nak buat post ni :) Tapi asyik dok terlupa aje. Anywayz, after visiting Mat Nabil's blog, I would like to compare the previous Hulk with the INCREDIBLE Hulk (Eddie Norton).

It is true that the 2nd hulk kicks donkey arse a whole lot more than the first one (portrayed by Eric Bana). But I don't know why, I think I liked the first hulk's 'look-n-feel' better than the 2nd. Story-wise, INCREDIBLE HULK menang HANDS DOWN! :D But, tu la, yang ke-2 tu, nampak too CGI most of the times, whereas the first one was ironically very human :)

But when you really2 look at it, you can see that more gory details has been put into the 2nd Hulk, such as the extreme vascularity and very2 bodybuilder like body fat percentage :P (You can clearly see the Bicep veins). Also, the 3D artists have also successfully shown that, the Hulk is not merely a beefed up steroid taker... but an abomination of uncontrolled repressed memories crossed with gamma radiation poisoning :P Which results in!!! --> Abnormal size increase in muscle mass and 'away-with-the-R-and-B' type discoloration (leaving only the G) of the skin and also pupils (eyes).
(Macam scientific review la plak!!! hua hua hua!)

But again, from a 3D point of view, it looked a bit artificial for my taste :) TAPI! Maybe jugak it was because this time, the hulk lacked luma. Not much light was present in most of the scenes. Unlike the first Hulk, where the fight scenes revolved around crashing tanks and helis in the sunny desert :D The Incredible Hulk mostly fought in the dark (and for those of you yang beli the pirated DVD version, you won't be able to see a thang :P).

Wannywayz :D Cerita dia mmg best. I just hope they add more realism (maybe take some pointers from the first Hulk's 3d artist? :P) when the Avengers come out :D Eh japs, HULK pon a part of the Avengers kan?

okes. Arigato :D

Alpyan

Assalaam aleykom!

More on food. Wokey... Actually, I was recently introduced to new tempat-makans by my roomate, Mr. Azrul Hazri Jantan, that are actually quite near to my hostel. Before this, I never knew there were other relatively (and one is REALLY) cheap malay restaurants nearby. Paling dekat, kedai mamak KHALEEL. Mamak, mamak, mamak... My lungs are now filled with curry... :P

Annywayz, I'd just like to share my experience going to (at the moment) TWO of these restaurants.

Yang first tu,... VERY2 FAST SERVICE, even though there was this one table that housed more than 20-people *yg masih belum dapat makanan time tu btw. Makanan dia alhamdulillaah, relatively ok and palatable :) Harga? Standard I guess. For 1 plate of rice, a bowl of chicken soup (with not that much chicken though) and teh-O-ais-kurang-manis... I paid RM.5.50. Ok la :D But the best thing was the fast service, and quite comfortable environment.

My meal (RM.5.50)

Azrul Hazri's meal - RM5, or was it RM4.50? Mee Bandung! So banyak oneee!!!

The name of the restaurant. NUR MUTIARA TOMYAM!

The second restaurant was a bit semi-modern, with a very-very-very inviting slogan... especially in today's world of Pak Lah Amet Badawi's Oil Price. Don't remember the exact words, but basically it implies:

"EAT A WHOLE LOT MORE FOR SO MUCH LESS"

Mana tak nya... on the menu, there was still NASI GORENG BIASA for RM2.50? I thought such numbers were extinct! Annywayz, since I felt a bit kaya at the time (even though it was actually the direct opposite), I decided to go Clint Eastwood and ordered a CHICKEN CHOP!!! The price... I thought it was damn cheap for a chicken chop. But I didn't want to keep my hopes up because for that price, I bet I'd only get half a chicken wing! (exaggerate sket :P)

But to my amazement... the plate was big! Side dishes were relatively abundant, and the whole meal filled me to my gills!!! Memang banyak. And Azrul punya dish (nasik goreng something n telur nama jepun) was also quite banyak. RM3 for the nasi goreng n RM1 for the telur jepun thinggy. Unfortunately, I don't have a pic of their shop name. Tersilap copy and paste gambar into my USB Portable Storage tadi... annnywayz.... THE CHICKEN CHOP looked like this:

Chicken Chop - RM7.00 ... Murah for so banyak...kan?

Okes... Oh, btw... there are a few more restaurants that share the same building as these two. And insya-Allaah I and Azrul will try them all... Bila dah try semua nanti... laporan will come insya-Allaah :D Okes!!!

Assalaam aleykom WBT!

Oh... btw... Iklan Iklan. OLIVE OIL ARABIAN! RM13.50 for 500ml! Cheaper than what we have at the hypermarkets (RM30++)... not that I'm an agent. Saje letak gambau :D BTW, arab customers say it's of good quality. Import dari Jordan.

Assalaam aleykom and A very good day :)

Just a few minutes ago, I took the opportunity to snap a few pictures of what my lab-mate and good friend, Mahmoud Jawarneh Mahmoud Saleh and his brother in law, Asef sells at their make-shift stall. Erected opposite to the USM mesjid's front-outdoor-wudhu' area, they sell Arabic food made with Malaysian ingredients.

Just in case you guys come to USM main campus, then you would probably want to test-power the food that these two fine young gentlemen have to offer :) Okes... enjoy!!!

(Next entry maybe food stall pelarian Palestine pulak... a seemingly RICH one that is!)

Mr. Asef and Mr. Mahmoud (memang janggut2 style Tabligh)

Roti Berisi HotDog (and nothing else) - For RM2, you get 3 pieces!

Falafel (chick pea patty and mixed veggie, wrapped in roti arab) - RM2.50 a pop!

Shawarma (chicken strips, fries/chips and mixed veggie wrapped in roti arab) - RM2.50 also

Lahmaan - Something like Pizza... but with no cheese and for the Arabic tongue. RM2 :D

Roti Arab - not the ones at the kedai mamaks. This one is more macam Naan, but not naan. Anyway... RM2.50 per pack. One pack has 4... or is it 5 rotis?

Assalaam aleykom WBT and A good day :)

I've given my blog a bit of a face lift. Actually not much, just the blog's title pic. But insya-Allaah, in the future I will make some more amendments... maybe the color scheme and also the addition of some widgets?

Will refer to good templates such as Mat Nabil's blog :)

Might also put in a shoutbox or something :)

Okie dokie. That is all for today. Thank you for visiting.

Assalaam aleykom WBT and Have a good one.

Assalaam aleykom WBT dan Salaam Sejahtera :)

Akhirnya, setelah LEBIH sebulan menunggu, akhirnya GNC, sarikat 'TeRsOhOr' dalam arena supplement dan vitamin2 artificial, telah mengotakan janjinya untuk refund duit saya sebanyak RM278.40 :) Sepertimana yang sedara2/sedari2 sekalian pernah terbaca (atau tidak) saya hari tu TER-beli Protein Powder brand GNC (Pro Performance 100% Whey Protein) yang diproses dalam keadaan yang tidak sesuai di-consume oleh orang2 Islam :)

Alhamdulillaah, walaupun lambat macam siput (:P), tapi dapat jugak akhirnya. Orang GNC kata 3 minggu, tapi nengok dah sebulan lebih sket. Tapi tak apa la... sebab dia orang pon takde la buat fuss banyak sangat.

Alhamdulillaah gak duit ni masuk, sebab akaun bank saya bulan ni dah agak 'cetek'... sebab bulan ni saya pindah rumah (so pakai belanja sket sana sini) dan jugak sebab hari tu balik ke Johor secara emergency. Tau2 je la harga minyak Pak Lah Amet Bedawi sekarang :) Atas jalan je dah berapa ratus (ntah2 dekat 1K kot :P).

Annywayz, glad all went ok and as usual, all praise be to da one and only God :D

Okes. Saya nak balik belajau ni. Mari mari marii!!!

(Tq 4 reading)

Malam semalam, hidung saya rasa amat gatel : Maka, isteri techinta mengesyorkan buat rawatan resdung. Kitorang guna yang teknik "KERTAS BERLILIN SILINDER" :) Caranya ialah meletakkan satu bahagian silinder kat tempat yang nak dirawat (Cth: di bahagian hidung, pipi atau dahi). Kemudian, bahagian atas silinder akan dibakar!!! Bahagian kertas terbakar akan dibiarkan terbakar sampai lah:

a) Pesakit dah tak tahan dengan kepanasan yang dialami

b) Limit pembakaran sudah sampai - takkan nak bakar sampai kena kulit muka ye dok?

Anywayz, malam semalam, saya rasa saya guna berapa silinder kertas berlilin tu ntah? 7 ke 8? Banyak jugak le. Dan setiap pembakaran membawa hasil yang agak lumayan.

Dekat tempat2 yg wife saya letak tu, mmg terhasil kelompokan kuning yang menurut pakar2 perubatan tradisional resdung, merupakan HAMA ataupun ULAT resdung yang dah mati, ataupun dah pengsan! Ada dua kali tu, mmg macam rupa CHEESE CAKE mini pun ada?

Tapi tu la, tak sempat pulak nak amik gambo. Kalu tak kalu, kot2 lagik jelas di nengok dek para pembaca.

Kadang2 saya terpikir, betul ke benda ni HAMA? Ataupun kesan sampingan dari pembakaran lilin? Dan, betul ke RESDUNG ataupun gatal2 kat idung ataupun2 penyakit2 yg seangkatan dengannya disebabkan HAMA? Ataupun ada bakteria atapun virus lain yang menyebabkannya? Ataupun, adakah HAMA itu bakteria atau virus? Hmmmm....

Tidak apa, nanti saya GOOGLE insya-Allaah :D ... anywayz... pagi ni rasa macam... lega sikit kot? Ataupun adakah itu hanya psikologi kerna semalam dah jalani 'rawatan'? Ataupun adakah ianya SCAM??? Hahahahaha!!!

Anywayz... itulah cerita saya. TQ for reading :D Assalaam aleykom WBT.

Lebih kurang ni la. Nama benda tu pon Lilin Resdung :) Cuma brand lain kot? Gambar ni saya rembat kat Internet... :)

Assalaam aleykom WBT

To all my beloved readers :) I have recently (semalam as a matter of fact) set up my PhD blog. Bukan apa, becuz I spend quite a lot of time typing and blogging, I think it would be just swell to set up a blog about my research.

At the moment, saya baru je la letak benda2 intro. Tu pon not well written... pasal tulis pon tak de berasakan apa2 outline :) Jadiikk... kot2 la sapa2 yg TERpergi, maka buleh la kasik komen2 apa2 pasal itu blog... ataupun komen2 pasal content dia? ataupun komen2 pasal rupa dia? ataupun apa2 komen yang membina ataupun membinasa :D
hehehehe...

Address dia panjang sket, tapi takpe la... pasal kot2 la ada orang search, at least URL ni ada keyword2 yg penting dalam area research saya :) Okes.... ini dia....

http://soccer-video-analysis.blogspot.com

Mari kita ber PHD!!!!

Assalaam aleykom WBT dan Salaam Sejahtera :)


Walaaweh wallaweh. Udah agak lama tidak saya mengupdatekan blog ini. Namun, alasan yang saya ada agak kukuh berdiri tegak seperti Semerah Padi M. Nasir dan M. Rajoli (Semoga M. Rajoli cepat sembuh, Ameeen!) Berikut merupakan coretan saya mengenai perkara2 yg terjadi dalam area satu minggu lepas. Satu sedih, satu ok, dan satu lagi seronot (tapi penat)...

1. (Allahyarhamah) Fatimah binti Abd Ghani pulang ke pangkuan Allaah - Hari Khamis hari tu, pada jam 10 malam gitu-gitu, isteri saya mendapat panggilan dari kampung. Berita yang sampai agak mengejutkan, yakni Nenek (nama timangan Makcik Fatimah, aunti kepada wife saya), telah meninggal dengan aman-nya (insya-Allaah). TARUS! Malam tu jugak kami balik ke Parit Raja Tengah (Johor) dari Penang. Baru tiga minggu lepas kami menziarahi dia... Keadaan dia masa tu tak lah sihat sangat. TAPI!!! Yang saya paling respek dan paling suka, ialah Nenek memang TAK PERNAH (dalam kehadiran saya), menunjukkan sifat2 negatif! Selalu dia akan senyum, layan borak, serta akan ajar saya cakap JAWA, dan akan offer saya makan itu dan ini :) Hari tu pon (time kami ziarah dia), dia still dok layan borak, walaupun macam dah penat dan lemah. Sempat lah wife saya berbakti kepada beliau utk kali terakhir, dengan membeli kerusi utk dia duduk selesa sikit. Tapi nak buat camne, memang Allaah sayang lagik kat dia. Dalam area2 Marghrib or lepas Maghrib gitu, dia pulang dengan aman-nya :) Semua anak2 menakan dia (kecuali sorang, tapi still family dia wakil) sempat la tengok Nenek tersayang utk kali terakhir. And, I am confident to say that, all the funeral proceedings went on extremely well. Petanda orang baik meninggal agaknya :D Anywayz, Nenek akan senantiasa dirindui... Al-Fatihah seround utk Nenek insya-Allaah :D
2. Balik Bandar Baru Bangi japs - Selepas selesai di Johor, saya sekeluarga balik pulak Bangi pergi jumpa Ibu dan Bapa saya pulak. Sempat la saya main snuker seround dengan rakan saya, Azrul Azmi bin Mohd. Amin bin Kayat di pasaraya Bintang (dulunya Warta). Menang siotttt kali ni. Selalu mamat ni belasah saya. Tapi maybe pasal dia dah lamaa sangat dok atas kapal (dia kerja MISC), so tak sempat prektis skill snuker dia :D
3. Pindah Rumah... Pindah lagi... dah tarap NOMAD dah aku ni :P - Haaa... Semalam, merupakan hari terakhir saya pindahkan barang dari rumah No. 25 Lorong 11, ke rumah No.24 Lintang Ilmu 1 :) Saya, dengan rasminya, telah mengambil alih rumah En. Azrul Hazri Jantan dan En. Ahmad Khalil Zubir. Dia orang dah tak duduk rumah tu dah. Azrul dah dok asrama kat USM (dengan saya sebagai roomate) dan Khalil pulak dah ke... ke... ntoh :D ... Anywayz, rumah kali ni memang lagik sesuai utk saya, isteri dan Nadiah Farhanah binti Alfian :D One reason is because it's just a 1-story terrace house. So, lagik senan nak manag einsya-Allaah. Lagik satu reason is becuz rumah ni selesa sket. Tak payah nak beli tikar getah cuz semua lantai dia telah di-mozek (tiled) :D hehehe. Alhamdulillaah.

So, gitu la cerita saya dari Jumaat lepas, sampai lah ke semalam (2 Jun 2008). Besday saya 30 Jun pon macam dah terforgot. Hehehehehe. Tapi sempat la gak wife, anak, mak dan bapak (serta Arin dan Masrin Mustaffa) wish saya. :P Tq tq for remembering. Laa ni dah 31. Nama blog ni pon saya nak kena tukar la kot, dari Life Begins at 30, ke Life Began at 30... and continuing at 31. Hahahahaha!!! Tapi takpe... later2 la kot.

Okes... sehingga bertemu lagi. Oh... bawah ni gambo Cheese Kek yang isteri tercinta saya buat utk saya... sebagai tanda celebrate belated Birthday. Tq my lovely and most talented wife :) Sedaaap gilos kek tu... campur dengan chocolate sos lagi... lagiii layaan!!! Tq tq again my darling wife :) Oh, kalau sapa2 nak resipi, buleh mintak.. insya-Allaah dia kasik :D Okes... Layaaan... Tq for reading.