Kata-kata

Kita semua tahu, kata2 itu penting, hanya sedikit kata2 yang memberangsangkan atau kata2 yang kesat boleh mengubah perasaan seseorang itu. Tetapi agak pelik juga, pabila seseorang itu boleh menjadi keliru, kerana tidak cukup mendengar kata2 atau ayat2 "tertentu" setiap hari. Biar saya jelaskan.

Cuba ingat kembali ketika mula megenali dengan seseorang yang baru, pada mulanya kita amatlah sopan antara satu sama lain, mengucapkan "tenkiu" untuk setiap batang rokok yang diberikan, ucapan "Ai leb yu" diucapkan setiap hari dan mengucapkan "Maaf" walau terlanggar sedikit dibahupun.

Akan tetapi, bila sudah lama berkenalan, setiap batang rokok yang dibelanjakan tidak perlulah disertakan dengan terima kasih, ucapan cinta tidak perlulah diucapkan setiap hari, dan kalau tertumbuk pun tidak meminta maaf kemudiannya (yang ini mungkin sedikit abnormal).

Semua ini berlaku kerana kita sudah BIASA dengan orang tersebut, ataupun perkataan yang lebih indah ialah MENGENALI insan itu. Bila kita sudah mengenali seseorang, kita tidak perlu pun mengucap kata2 yang byk, kerana apa seseorang itu fikirkan sudah pun dapat di agak kerana kita MENGENALI mereka. Kata2 digantikan dengan PERBUATAN dan SIKAP yang baik kerana disitulah sifat sebenar seseorang itu boleh dihargai, bukanlah dengan kata2 yang boleh menipu.

Tapi apa yang sedihnya, ramai manusia mudah tersinggung perasaan oleh orang yang DIKENALI, atas sebab kata2. Bukan setakat tersalah kata atau tersalah cakap, malah, tidak mengucapkan perkataan2 tertentu atau ayat2 tertentu JUGA boleh membuatkan mereka berasa susah hati atau tersinggung. Bukankah kita sudah mengenali antara satu sama lain? Begitu pentingkah kata2 yang manis atau kata2 memujuk walaupun sudah lama berkenalan? Bukankan kata2 manis itu DUSTA? Bukankah kita sepatutnye sudah memahami SIKAP seseorang itu?

Akhir kata, kucing pun tahu tuan mereka sayangkan mereka tanpa kita perlu berkata-kata, cukuplah dengan sikap menyayangi yang ditunjukkan.

Elektronika Extravaganza

Untuk pengetahuan anda, saya sangat sukakan lagu2 yang pelbagai, terutamanya yang berunsurkan pop gula-gula getah dan juga metal berat. Lagu berunsurkan elektronik juga menjadi pilihan, kerana bunyi-bunyian yang pelik dalam lagu2 seperti ini tidak dapat di salurkan melalui instrumen2 biasa. Lagu2 elektronik yang dimaksudkan disini bukanlah lagu2 sampah seperti feng tau, akan tetapi lagu elektronik yang dimainkan sendiri oleh artis tersebut, secara langsung dan spontan, bukanlah dirakam dahulu di studio kemudian diputarkan di atas pentas, sambil si pemain menghangguk hangukkan kepalanya seperti si dungu mabuk. Lagu elektronik yang sebenar-benarnya bak kata brader-brader "true" adalah dimainkan sendiri, sambil menyanyi menggunakan peralatan elektronik secara langsung dan spontan.

Just For Now by Imogen Heap

Pernah dengar? Jika tidak anda harus mengenali minah berbakat ini. Nama yang agak ganjil, besertakan muzik yang jua ganjil. Perhatikan cara beliau memainkan lagunya, hanyalah dengan mengulang dan melapikkan bunyi-bunyian antara satu sama lain, ataupun dalam istilah Bahasa Inggerisnya looping, teknik yang kerap digunakan oleh kumpulan2 elektronik. Akan tetapi, disebabkan minah ini sungguh berbakat, dia boleh memainkannya seorang diri, bukan itu sahaja, malahan timingnya sungguhlah tepat! Lihatlah betapa bersahajanya dia mempersembahkan karya beliau. Hebat bukan? Ini barulah muzik elektronik!


Oh Cik Imogen Heap, walaupun anda tak berapa cantik dan berfesyen pelik, anda sememangnya berbakat!

Mmmph Vade

It's early morning!! My favourite time of the day (I hate waking up in the morning though) because it is the most beautiful time of day! Everything and everyone starts in the morning. Birds chirpin', sounds of busses, sunrise and the extreme need to take a dump, ah yess, morning.

If you are by chance a resident in Sect 17 Shah Alam, there is this particular restaurant which I really like called Samathani. Its one of those old skool mamak, not those new age mamak which have big screens and uniforms. The only people who eats there are dudes and old farts (I fall into both categories) and a minority of women (probably because of them ol farts). They serve delicious and thick rhoti chanai, with original mamak style curry and dal, made daily which makes them fresh!! But the reason I go there almost every morning (if Im still up) is this:

Vade! There are 2 types, those hard crispy vades you eat with raw chilli and this donut shaped ones. I like both, but this particular restaurant makes the most delicious donut shaped vades every morning! Its made of rice flour, curry leaves, ginger and some other stuff.

Its very crispy on the outside, but once your teeth sink in, the inside is very soft. The first time I ate it, I was chewing and kept looking at the bitten vade, the inside is white and I can see some curry leaves and onions; I didn't get it, why is it so good?? I looked at the table beside me and this 'pakcik' was eating them while dipping it in fish curry....are you drooling folks?

So,do try if you're in Shah Alam, but make sure you try these during early morning, I mean really early like around 6.15am till 8am where its still hot and fresh. The place is very clean and the service is the best!!

P/S: Wrestling is aired on the tv during business. Watching ol farts cursing at the tv is also another form of entertainment.

Rhoti John Bimasakti

It's simply the best. You can only find this at my neighbourhood in BBU, and there's no other Roti John in the world like it.

The portion of the bread is small compared to other Roti John's, like 1/3 of the normal length. The 'brader' who made these Roti Johns uses soft bread, not those big hard ones. And the filling in the middle is made of eggs mixed with a minced meat in a special sauce. The sauce is cooked like you would an egg, and then bread is put on top of it. After it is cooked, mayonaise, black pepper sauce mixed with some other 'mystery' sauces onto the filing.

The Roti John costs around RM 3.00, which is expensive considering it's size, but it's really REALLY worth it. I've been eating other Roti John's in most part of this country, and none of their best could even compare to a slice of these. If you would ever come to Johor Bahru, come to BBU in the evening and head to the park situated in Jalan Padi Ria 5, Bandar Baru UDA. It's worth coming down to, believe me.

Bringin' On The Heartbreak

How often do we look at a man's shoes? Its amazing how men became so particular about what they wear, especially shoes. I can still remember, the first shoe I fell in love with, at the time I was around 5 years old and have been rummaging through my dad's store and found a pair of his blue high-top old skool Adidas, which he used to wear when he was in college...it was really seasoned, but the first sight took my breath away. It looked kinda liked this:

The moment I saw it, I became obsessed with 80's style high tops, or any shoes similiar to that.

When I began primary school, the first shoe that I really wanted for myself was a white pair of high-top Bata "Lazer", or what kids at that time named it, because it had "lazers" or what is actually LEDs planted at the back of the shoe so that red "lazers" would blink when you walk or run. It was the IN shoe that time, every kid wanted one, I wanted one, and asked my mom for it, be she turned me down. She tought the idea of wearing a pair of shoes with "lazers" is not suitable for 7 year olds. I cried real hard back then.

I got older, it was my 11th birthday and I could choose my own pair shoes for Hari Raya. I got this baby:

If I'm not mistaken it's a Reebok Hex, it its really light. Too bad it had to go away, "It's too smelly...and it's full of fungi" was my mom's reason.

Then, when I'm 12 I tried changing to a pair of skate shoes, Dr. Cardin's as I recall. Didn't work for me. I 'destroyed' it when I brought it along camping. It got wet and again, FUNGI.

13, raging hormones. I wanted colour, so:

It was a simple pair of sneakers, very comfy too, and cheap. A red New Balance (again, fads). New Balance was sooo IN, and it offers a lot of choice in terms of colours. This particular one was used till I'm 20, so that was a good 7 years of service. It got stolen by some jerk who thought I wouldn't mind giving away a battered-dirty-seven-year-old-cheap-red-New Balance shoes. Motherfucker.

1999, Hip-Hop hits Malaysian teenagers. Baseball caps, invertable basketball sleeveless and oversized jeans are adorned by many sweaty highshool kids. Do you remember this:

Ahhh yes, THE Yellow Boots, and is still popular. Wearing a pair of these can get the chicks from the neighbouring girl's school go Gaga over us boyzzzz (or so we thought). The boys liked it because it adds height. More height = Taller = Cooler = More chicks Gagaing over us booooooyzzzzz. How simple.

When I got into college, well, I suddenly lost interest in shoes. I got caught in the jeans fad and most of the shoes I bought was loafers and more boots. It its all either black or brownish, earthy colours to be exact; pretty boring actually.

And then last year, it came back to me, the bright-blue Adidas high-top. And suddenly all this excitement about high top shoes started coming back to me again, like riding on a bicycle after not being on one for a long time, the feeling of gentle wind upon your face as you glide and breezes away the trickling sweat. Refreshing.

I tried looking around for any kind of cool high-tops I can get. I'm so tired of black and brown, I wanted something with colour, something that taps into my inner kid, the satisfaction of wearing something that others might not dare to wear. Can I find something like that?

This is the Nike Dunk Hi Supreme Spark. Even the name tells you it's something. The cheezy pink leather, with the 'swoosh' in Black (leather too). The leathers are stiched on a black textured nylon, and they even add those fluorescent green to make it 'pop'. I totally love it, from the padded tounge to the ankle collar, plus the gum soles makes walking stickier so you don't feel all slippery in one of these. The special padding inside can get you walking for hours without getting tired. However, as a pair cost me RM 500, I have to be really careful in choosing when to wear these. If its raining, it stays in the house.

I know, its still fad. Whatever. I like it.

I'm looking forwards to get my hands on these:

Supras. I get multiple orgasms just by looking at these...Damn! I must have either one , I don't really care...they all look so good!

But my all time favorite high top is:

It's everything. Everyone loves it; it's cheap, it's durable, it's comfy and it's white! It's the only shoe in the world that gets 'awesomer' when it's dirty. It's fuckin' simple.

House Of Maggots

408, or the House of Maggots, that's where we live. This is THE DUDE's house, you can only find alpha males and chauvinists living here. I totally love it, and here's why:

1. There are 4 laptops, and 2 PCs, anyone visiting the house is free to use whichever that is not occupied
2. In this house, you can find 40 pairs of shoes. Yes, 40, even though we are all male (alpha males mind you) of different types, sizes and brands. Most of the cool ones belong to Kerak, and we never had the problem of running short on shoes (pun intented)
3. There are 7 members in this house. We also extend our membership to another 6 people (who doesn't pay bills and rent), who comes and goes every now and then; some for the purpose of crashing and some just to hang out
4. Smoker's galore, where everyone's ciggy is everyone's!
5. I, as the sole owner of an audio woofer system, also holds the power the play any kind of music at any level of noise I choose. Plus I have another amplifier for my guitar, noise level falls under my jurisdiction too
6. You can find 2 acoustic guitars, 2 electric guitars and a keyboard. Feel free to jamm
7. From the window, you can checkout chicks (or hunks for you gals) going to the faculty during the morning. Nothing better to start a day then to stalk somebody from afar. More fun: jeer at passerbys for no particular reason at all
8. We don't actually need an ashtray, we can just chuck it out of the window :p
9. It's alive 24 hours, 7 days a week. There is always somebody awake, doing whatever shit they want to do.
10. This house holds 1 lecturer, 1 kamen rider, 1 alien, 2 vampires, 1 werewolf, and 1 chemist.
11. DotA anytime
12. All 7 dudes share 1 tube of toothpaste, and 1 bar of soap. Amazing where it can last up to 2 weeks
13. Execise are not necessary; 4th floor+stairs ONLY
14. 7 members in a house, plus 6 members that comes occasionally but only one person left to do all the tidying up, me. Beautiful.