aidilfitri di perantauan

salam.

EID MUBARAK minna-san~! selamat hari raya aidil fitri, maaf zahir&batin.. hehe.umm.raya for this year is totally unlike any other. its soOoo different being away from family members.tak leh la nak salam2 with my loved ones on the very special morning of hari raya..instead of raya-ing in davangere,the 4 of us decided to join the heap of malaysian students in BANGALORE.whee~!terubat la jugak sedih even though tak dapat raye kat rumah wif mami,abah,meme,adek n everyone! including bebeh&dodo..*sob2* luckily,we do have solat
raye&khutbah as well..alhamdulillah.and of course..FOOD! nyum! who would
have guessed,that actually almost everyone really CAN cook! blasah2 pon, it turned out right! ha!

"bangalore-ians and bapuji-ans: from left: farid,anas,mar,mas,me&apek"

"bangalore-ians"

"the tent is called 'igar' where underneath it the muslims perform their solat aidilfitri together"
in front: an "active" railway track that never fails to wake up every single soul in Fien's apartment on every 30 minutes...

"SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI MAAF ZAHIR&BATIN"

let's talk 'bout colour blindness..

salam.

"colour blindness" DEF: the failure to appreciate one or more colours. Colour blindness is common in 8% of males and only 0.4% in females, as mostly colour blindness in an inherited sex linked recessive character. In addition to hereditary conditions, colour blindness also occurs due to acquired conditions such as ocular disease or injury or disease of retina. The term 'colour blind' does not mean that objects are only seen in black and white. Total colour blindness is very rare. There are many types and degrees of color blindness. The most appropriate term for colour blindness is deficiency of colour vision. Dichromatism is a type of colour blindness whereby, the subject can appreciate only two colours. It can be further specified to PROTANOPIA. In this case, the defect is the receptor of the primary colour, i.e. red. So, the red colour cannot be appreciated. The persons having protanopia are called protanopes. The use blue and green to match the colours. Thus, they CONFUSE RED WITH GREEN.

hehe.

one fine sunny day,the 4 of us (me,mas,mar&shikin) decided to wear our baju kurung to class.. so everyone was looking "ayu&sopan" haha!not!

me&mar in blue.
shikin in pink.
mas in HOT RED.

as were walking out from the guest house to the gate, I saw se-ekor lembu hitam&anak tunggalnya sedang berjalan-jalan berhampiran pagar.from far,I can tell that the cow (mother, i think) was looking our way.huhu..so we started to b0rak:

"eyh,korang rase lembu kat sneh bute warne tak?",i said.
"mane ade laa..lembu kat spain jer yang suke kaler merah--spanish cows.. lembu india tak" mas said,with confidence.

as we reached the gate,all the 4 of us was suprised sebab lembu tadi sudah berhenti berjalan dan sedang menunggu kami di pagar.(whaa?) we were freakin' scared, bcoz it started to make its way towards us!--specifically masliana (=P).hehe. me&mar made a quick escape and jumped inside the otto (we probably got away easily as we were in blue). shikin pon terlepas jugak as she hid behind the gate. the cow seriously was barging towards mas..and its big! no kiddin'..the cows here are one and a half size of Malaysian cows..(wh000sh!)

kami semua dah tersangat cuak dan masliana p0n dah terjerit2.luckily, the otto driver was kind enuff and helped to shoo the cow away..masliana was saved! or else,she must have been some big-black-herbivore lunch! hehe. sebbaik la ade orang nak tolong..haih! so from that day,masliana tak0t dan cuak whenever ade lembu.she swore n0t to wear that HOT RED tudung again.heh.. I guess,that c0w is s00oo suffering from colour blindness neh! die mesti nampak mas as a MOVING GREEN BUSH! wheee~! (wahh! sedapnyer rumput!)

so the moral of the story is:
1.cows to0oo suffer from colour blindness.
2.Indian cows pon buleh pegi spain for bull fight! hehe.
3.NEVER-EVER WEAR HOT RED in the presence of a cow.
4.NEVER-EVER WEAR HOT RED in the presence of a cow.
5.NEVER-EVER WEAR HOT RED in the presence of a cow.
p/s:pink is acceptable since shikin got away?

the journey

salam.

21st August 2007.
finally,all of us safely reached india.hehe..the journey was kinda treacherous (?) starting form the plane ride itself.. sigh.T-U-R-B-U-L-E-N-C-E at the Bay of Bengal, o'coz.and at that very time,we were served dinner--chicken curry. g0odness.=|

estimation of total travelling hours from home to davangere: bdr. sri damansara to KLIA : +/- 1 hour (at a NORMAL speed car ride)
kl-bangalore flight : +/- 4 hours (900kms/hr plane speed)
bangalore-davangere : +/- 7 hours (70kms/hr) on coaster ride?
for a 265kms distance? =0

"an aye opener" like abah said.hehe..the 70kms/hr coaster ride was a journey like no other.sOoo many new things to see.things that i thot i might only see it on Tv..whooOsh!

1.cows
2.buffalos
3.goats
4.sheeps
5.windmills! really pretty =)

"windmills...scattered on the green hills of chittradurga"

6.sunflower farm! yellow-ness~
7.people carrying water bucket on their heads
8.bus filled with people in & OUT (any ideas?)
oh yeah...pig..pigs..pigss..pigsss.

on the coaster,obviously everyone SLEEPS like yell...though outside,the "sound of horns"-- =) are hooting endlessly.believe it or not,"PLEASE SOUND HORN" signs are painted on almost every vehicle here.this is REALLY something new..in Malaysia,horn means..."what daa?!", "oi,tepi sikit", "de neh tak pandai bawak kete ker"..hehe.but here,it means,"tumpang lalu..","tepi sikit,I nak lalu neh","car comin'!" so basically, the high-pitched horn is heard on almost every second.i find it amusing =P (luckily,the airplanes have no horns! =P)

we reached bapuji guest house,finally.*phew*. ehem,the c0aster..this is it.. 70kms/hr coaster! yeah!

REGISTRATION at the Bapuji Dental College&Hospital. OUR c0llege!~ yippee.

JOGFALLS the second highest waterfall in the world..I swear I just knew it.hehe! we went here about a week after arriving in india.this waterfall is one of the attractions of Karnataka state.they said that this place is nearby..yeah! its five hours journey man! dekat betol! we passed through a few places to get here..among them is Shimoga City,which looks like Davangere, probably a bit larger i think.but, jogfalls is beautiful anyway..


this is an three-wheeler..or an "OTTO" (od-dho),they call it--my taxi to school!


well, living here is definitely something..and I am yet to discover more~

happy 50th independence day malaysia!

salam.

31st August 2007.
hey guys! been a while since im bloggin..hehe.all 13 of us "anak-anak Malaysia di perantauan" sure are sad sbb tak leh celebrate our independence day in Malaysia. its the 50th! way to go! was the celebration good? huhu..well, all we can do was gather in our room at about 930pm (davangere time) and sing out patriotic songs like yell! haha! thanx to mas whom have downloaded it all..and guess what? we wore baju kurung to class today! shomeyl. that's all we can do ha? no parades no holidays..*sigh* luckily mas (again!) have got a Malaysian flag.hehe..tapi,there's no flag poles la pulak..dehh!

"Happy 50-th independence day MALAYSIA!"
may our beloved country are always blessed with peace and harmony! -- there's definitely no place like home~

from:
me,mas,mar,shikin,florence,lee,david,jeremiah,clarissa,
alyssa,ranjini ,earnest and shazween

finally

salam.

well,today ive been a real blogger-head..berbloggan since 7.15 in the morning and have restrained myself from succumbing to the comfort of the pillows&blankets--*sigh*..hehe.all for the sake of today--after 2 years of the "excruciatingly painful" IB program+3 months of dreadful waiting...im finally going! ehehe..i h0pe i will have a safe journey and blessed with little or no turbulence at the bay of bengal...which is rather impossible.(unless the air is still?).uhuh..i shud get some sweets enn? to help me to not vomit? yikes! well,todays flight will be at 10.10pm msian time and iA,the ETA is 11.15pm indian time.the 2hrs30mins different makes the flight hours seems so short..cheh! dont be deceived people..its 4 hours on d plane..but at least its better than nanie's 22hrs flight to missouri--gambatte nani nehh! omy,that means,i will bukak pose 4 hours lambat...hu.anyway guys,keep ur head in place! coz IB is just a pinch of whats ahead.wish ya all best of luck in your days,and may u succeed! ameen~hehe..hey,one more thing--dont break this blogger-heads clan! keep it rollin'! need to catch up wif each other aight?! orite..pray for my safe journey: free from vomit+turbulence! mwahx~

IB graduation day!

salam.

180807--graduation day!
i actually had fun on graduation day..lOads of em! hehe.i thot its gonna be formal and snoozy,but wif all the students buzzing around,filling in holidays stories, latest gossips and snapping pictures for the hundredth time--it turned out to be a memorable one..seronok! finally meeting everyone after 3 months of living the life-of-a-solitude.gileny bawah tempurung-- or more like bawah bantal! hOh! the truth is: "everyman is an island," (on holidays) trust me. um,i met most of my classmates,except for three: hakim, ru yi and fien.miss you guyz! i hope ure doin okay.=) the first thing i do as i enter the hall is of coz..carik table & my classmates to snuggle wif (dgn mate astig-ku)...wahaha! [pardon my clumsiness] so then, i sat wif them-hehe! iman wore her "blue" baju kurung (yg sbnarny hijau, haha!) wif songket, Iman said: mOn,kite nampak cam nak gi klas je..hehe(iman's well-known giggles),no la mann,i like your baju!..kawaii~,ayuni wore a turqoise songket,pe0z in purple-blue!. hehe~everyone just look fabulous! hehe..really made a comeback after 3 months of bina-badan eyhh?! the code-breakers: sarah's wore her blue engagement mod kurung (^_^) way to go sarah-chan!, mar wore a blueish-gray mod kurung and hada--gray giler.ahaha! and me~~u guys tau la en. we (mar,sarah & me) seriously thot that everyone will abaikan the rules--but obviously they did not!! bagus la sumorg nehh..=) everyone were dressed according to the code--except for three OBVIOUS ones-- sume from m05L.huihh..nakal! duddy-kins,aliyah,mai,teaks,nanie,win2---mizz ya l0ts!!!! we had fun, kann3?

"dudd,iman,me(always the shortest),n alya"

"man? apsal my mate mcm juling?!, noooo"

p/s:cikgu linda suruh dtg jengok2 diorg in KMB.koff2..jgn lupe!

I*N*D*I*A*

salam.

last tuesday at about 4.32pm -- while i'm learning how to make "sup ayam yg sedap" [wheee~], i received a phone call from an unfamiliar voice. it was a lady's voice -- cik aisyah from JPA. in the middle of "smangat memasak yang membara" hehe..suddenly she congratulated me & said that i was offered to do dentistry in india.. =). Alhamdulillah! the place is called bapuji dental college & hospital, situated in devangere (pronounced: di-van-gi-ri). my m0m once pronounced it as deh-van-gear..haha! ala, macam richard gere tuh..and my abah..pergh..lagi dahsyat..deh-van-ger-reh..s0unds like lingerie to me!..teheee. skeri betol. umm..the place is 265kms from mangalore,and a few hours on d train. it has a semi-tropical weather..which means,de ade musim panas,hujan and winter? d0nt get me wrong ppl,n0 sn0w! definitely. tp sej0k la..d0wn to 15 degrees celcius..huhu. (melepas aku nk men sn0w) anyway, its a town wif l0tsa other edu institutions..s0 macam pekan pelajar..=). yesterday, i went to JPA for a meeting bout the uni. i dunn0 why..but i find it kinda exciting..haha! mcm best gak..bec0z as we kn0w,in india,we'll have to encounter many hands-on cases..early exposure giler2.just imagine,at the end of 2nd year dah start wat clinical.that is so0oo early. if in malaysia, we'll be d0ing that like on the third year k0t.whaaa! and in third year,we'll get to go and check gigi orang ramai in a "klinik-gigi-bergerak!" y0y0! this is sumthing really different..(ingat ade library bergerak je?) klinik tuh is dalam bas la tapi..wahwah! walaupun bas die tak se-cun bas kmb and m0re like bas selangor merah tuh je..(this is gonna be remembered for eternity) siyess..pstuh,kat di-van-gi-ri tuh,the main mode of transport is by "ot-to" (tak tau la cammane nak sebut).but if u guys by chance watched a hindi movie, that thing is a three-wheeler yg x de pintu tuhh..yeahhh! giler buleh jadik stuntman aku pas nehh.. =D. tak pon,they go on motorcycles -- ade 2 brand glemer in india --bajaj&maruti. a cousin of mine,angah,cakap malaysian student if pegi sane can afford to buy a motorcycle k..fuyy0Ooo! rase macam nak try lak..giler arh.dah la paling takot naik moto..ahaha! in terms of f0od,mmg n0 hal IA.bec0z, even the cafe serves halal food..besides,im already t0oo used to mamak's fud here en..ekeke! ill be g0in wif all my dentistry clans which are mar,mas & shikin. all the 4 of us are IA confirmed to go to bapuji. as for the rest,hada,ika&ad,they're still waiting for liverp0ol. kamil already g0t a place in ire..c0ngratz! (he act g0t a call from aedumus mase meeting ngan JPA,buleh tak?) hehe..my unc said,the kain there,esp cotton,is DIRT CHEAP. so my mak long lak cakap, "we'll be wearing saris for raye from this day on", eheh.. yeah!

i really am bersyukur that i got india,after being rejected to ire..baru sedar betapa i really want to do dentistry,regardless the place. i believe,sume dak ib p0n feel the same way gak en? b4 this,i have doubts on what i want to do, (tanye iman!) and all that have happened in this short time,really have sh0wn me the way..He's plans mmg hebat bet0l.pstuh,hari tuh baru tsedar,all this while,i have never prayed for ireland..but what i did was,doa "yang terbaik". a very simple doa,but sebnrnye mmg menguji keimanan bet0l! kite xkan mungkin tau how it felt unless kite go through it ourselves,aight? s0,just hold on tightly to your prayers..

umm..india is undoubtedly,--totally different from ire (which im supposed to be goin to..hehe). its n0t just the place,but m0st importantly,what this place will teach me about life ahead. id be totally seeing things from the other way round and i pray that it will teach me bout resilience and my strengths that i never knew...ameen.wheee~!