OPEN UP YOUR CAFE IN ALOR STAR! Dear Lady of Starbucks, you have already opened up a new store at Village Mall, Sungai Petani and so, why dont you come down here open up another one? We citizens here have been craving for your cup of coffee since forever!
This is the the new one in Sungai Petani. Bleh, I hate this city....
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Honestly, I felt like shit since the last couple of days. There's been like a lot of craps in my head, especially about school. I think I'm falling apart...Anyway, sorry about that. I AM in total CRAP! This is the Ramadan month so I shouldn't say such things. It's been about a week in Ramadan and I'm pretty much a tired cow everyday because the school is still going on in the background. The food bazaar in my neighborhood area is fun as it offers tones of food vendors compared to the past couple of years.
My results were tremendously bad, I failed Add Math with crap marks on other subjects. This is probably the worst result I've ever got in my life! 30th place in the class, with a pointer of 2.08. Fuck, why is this happening to me?! Bleh, why the hell I'm writing this? Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck... I'm not sure whether or not I can face SPM exam next year, I really, truly want to do well in the exam. How the hell am I going to study abroad? Oh shit, guess what, you're not going anywhere, because you're stupid!!!
People have been complaining about how expensive was Malaysia Airlines tickets. MAS finally announced new price structures for tickets. They offer cheap tickets by expanding their fare classes from eight to 16. It's time for them to do this as Fly Asian Xpress just launched their AirAsia X that will be flying to Europe, Asia and Australia.
I honestly think that MAS is pretty expensive compared to other Asian/Middle East airlines like Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Etihad Airways. I did some research on booking tickets online on major airlines websites including as mentioned above and compared them with MAS. Yep, other airlines are cheaper than MAS. Emirates on KL-Dubai-London Economy return ticket costs about RM3400 while MAS on KL-London costs RM3900! It's probably because direct flight is expensive than connecting flight but who is willing to pay higher price for one destination while you can pay less for two destinations?
I also found that if you want to travel with MAS, book your tickets with KLM Royal Dutch. KLM has code-share agreement with MAS on KL-Europe routes and they offer cheaper tickets although the route is operated by MAS. Few Flights on Amsterdam-KL and KL-Sydney routes are operated by both KLM and MAS.
Starting this Monday, flights with MAS will be a lot cheaper than usual.
The Star reports MAS
Okay, it's pretty late to wish Happy New Year but I was so busy being happy with my result :P So anyway the school started like usual on Tuesday with school orientation until Thursday, so my daily routine will starts this Sunday; wake up in the morning, go to school, come back home etc. I actually hate my daily routine. My life is one of the boring lives in the world.
Back to the title... Yes, I am going to London! Hehehe... Not really honestly. I was excited when Mr. Fernandes, head of AirAsia launched AirAsia X that will be flying to Asia, Europe and Australia with very low price tag! I found out yesterday when I was reading The Star about the Transport Minister has given the rights to FAX to fly internationally. I saw the news on Google News and I went completely excited. Traveling to Europe for cheap price? Hell, everyone wants that.
Did I wrote about how I'm into commercial aviation so much? Yep, I have grown my interest on commercial aviation since early last year. I'm not really an expert or pro but I just like it. So AirAsia X will probably using B777 or A330 for these flights. They will start their flights to China and Manchester in July. Yay for cheap flights!
The Star news on AirAsia X
Google News search results on AirAsia X
As soon as the school holidays started, the wedding season will start too. I just don't understand the equation: School holidays = Wedding season. I just got back from a wedding reception in Alor Star. It was my friend sister's wedding. I came there late as everyone today was so busy and need the car. my dad had lunch with his client etc. I didn't meet any of friends since I came there late and took very little amount of photos. Here they are:
The cake, which was very beautiful and nice
The bridal stage (pelamin), very common in Malay wedding receptions.
Throughout the holidays, there are more wedding receptions on the list. So I'm going to gain weight due to the fact that Nasi Minyak is waiting for me...
Since we (Form Three students) already finished with everything like the PMR etc, the counsellor held an open discussion in the hall yesterday. I say it was very interesting and kind of helpful, and I think the whole form was enjoying it. The open discussion is about bullies in school, which is a very common topic in school, yet still a disease in school. I, sadly took some notes for the sake of the blog.
It started off with the definition of bully. The counsellor asked opinions from us. Some said it means force someone to do something that the one doesn't want to do it, look down on someone and also ragging. Bully is actually to scare people that is small, lack of confidence etc than you. The abuse is usually carried out repeatedly.
From the open discussion, we heard a lot of stories from both bully victims and bullies. The bully victims felt that the bully is out of mind and doesn't care what other people is feeling when they are being bully. The bully victims hid their feelings and never fight back as they don't have the guts or they can afford to do it. From the bullies, when they are bullying someone, the feeling is fun, satisfy and want to do it again. They also feel that they are the greatest and the best among the peer. One of them was also once a bully victim. He got bully by a kid in school that was older than him. He waited for few years, with the feeling of revenge in him. He bullied the bully's brother as soon as he knew that the bully's brother went to the same school as his
After we heard all of the stories, we were asked to draw the face of the bully with his characteristic. Some of the charasteristics are brainless, doesn't know how to think, heartless and sex-addicted LOL In my opinion, the bully doesn't bully other people on his own, instead in a group. They are actually coward because they don't admit what they did. When they got caught, they will realise but it was too late. I really want to kill those people but I'm a good person... :D
The point is don't bully other people that is lack of things than you, e.g. lack of confidence.
Being very hard-working in the last two months, the PMR (Penilaian Menengah Rendah or Lower Secondary Evaluation) exam finally came to an end at 9.30 AM today. What a relieve!! Words can't describe the relieve in me and the rest of the Form Three students in Malysia. I thought the exam would never end :) I'M SPEECHLESS.
First Day
The exam started on Monday, October 2nd with three papers: Bahasa Melayu Paper 1 and 2, and Islamic Religious Education for the Muslims. All these three papers were hard as hell, especially BM Paper 1 and Religious Education.
Second Day
Four papers were served: English Paper 1 and 2, and Science Paper 1 and 2. The second went through very nice and smooth. Not as I expected. I expected Science to be very hard, but it wasn't that hard, so I'm happy!
Third Day
Three papers: Mathematic Paper 1 and 2 and History. Math papers were... easy, not hard at all. I still can't believe. Math is very hard for me usually but it didn't on this day. I was so happy but it ended when I sat for my History paper. It was very normal and typical, like not very easy nor hard.
Fourth Day
Only one paper: Kemahiran Hidup. It was very normal and not really hard, just okay. I went home early since I don't take Chinese, Punjabi etc papers.
Fifth Day
One paper: Geography. Last paper, not that hard and very happy! IT'S OVER!
Since the first day the blog started, I've been talking about PMR a lot. In memory of the PMR exam, below are some of my posts about the exam. Not a lot though:
This is the moment that we've been waiting for. Siti Nurhaliza, also known as Datin Siti Nurhaliza has chose Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa aka Datuk K as her husband. The akad nikah ceremony was held at Federal Territory Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, and wedding reception at the glamorous Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) near Petronas Twin Towers. TV3 as the official broadcaster, broadcasted the live telecasts of the akad nikah ceremony and the wedding reception aswell as delayed telecast of wedding reception in Kuala Lipis, Pahang; Siti's hometown.
I saw the wedding reception and it was like a fairytake wedding reception. It totally deserves the title "Malaysia's Wedding of the Year". The key people for her wedding are Datuk Shah Reza, the wedding planner and five Malaysia's top designers including Micheal Ong and Radzuan Radzwill. The reception in KLCC alone costs about half a million ringgits, that is USD135,ooo. Refer to this news.
Since TV3 is the official station for Siti's wedding, RTM and Astro on the other hand tried to compete with TV3. RTM and Astro served Ina and Mawi, another hot ex-couple on the same day, same time but on different channel; RTM1 and Astro Ria. I can't believe that a goverment-owned TV station (RTM) did this.
Congratulation Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa and Datin Siti Nurhaliza.
Other news on Google News.
Malaysia fines Pussycat Dolls organizers - Yahoo! News
Yes, the link says it all. Duh, like so obvious. They wore skimpy clothes like in their Buttons. I knew this is going to happen from the first time I saw the video [refer to this post].
"The Pussycat Dolls were guilty of performing sexually suggestive routines on stage," council President Mohamad Arif Abdul Rahman was quoted as saying. "In terms of their eye-popping attire, well, there's a lot of proof of that from our sources and the media."Yep, they were very sexually sexy and not allow of course in Malaysia. They should respect our rules because
The government in this Southeast Asian nation had previously warned Western artistes not to be too "raunchy" so as not to offend local sensitivities when performing in Malaysia.
When Grammy-winning rap-rock band Linkin Park performed in Malaysia in 2003, the Ministry of Culture and Arts warned them not to wear shorts, scream or exhibit raunchy behavior. The following year, Mariah Carey was told to "dress accordingly" for her concert.
I got nothing more to say about Italy meeting France this morning at 2am, live from Berlin on RTM1, RTM2, NTV7 and Astro.I'm going for France. GO FRANCE! Star players for France:
France scored 1-0 against Portugal on Zidane's penalty kick. Poor Portugal, this was their first time playing in the semi-final. They played very good. The ref gave France a penalty kick and Zidane didnt blow up the chance. France scored one goal on Zidane's penalty kick. Photos:
It's almost 2 weeks since I last updated this blog. Like the title says, I'm super busy since last week till tomorrow, I guess. The school will be having awards day in July, so next week will be a very busy week but excluding me. New principal came to my school, replacing the current one. Not really new principal as he came in 2001, out in 2004 and came back this year again. Welcome Mr. Morazuki!
I was busy with reports in last week, and taking nap after school in this week :P I take nap after school so that I can watch the World Cup matches at night. But only matches that start around 8-10pm. Germany is my team, but I go for other teams, depending on the match like I went for Italy because I hate the US and etc. South Korea is pretty good. Talking about the World Cup, the US is so going home. And sadly for Togo, they're already out. The next match is nothing for them, just completing the schedule.
Good news for me this weekend. My mom and I are going to Jerjak Island in Penang, so fun this Saturday! They have spa on the island which I think pretty cool. Penang is like second best place in Malaysia after KL. It's raining heavily outside...
The world cup started yesterday at 11PM with ntv7, RTM and Astro as the official broadcasters in Malaysia. I watched the first match between Germany and Costa Rica, 4-2 on RTM1. It was an interesting match, like the Germans scored the first goal on the fifth minute and Costa Ricans five minutes later. But I think that's the only match I watched for the world because the school will start tomorrow. I'm gonna miss the whole thing...
I got few hours left before my bed time, get up and go to school. Yes, the school will start tomorrow eventually. School break for two weeks is coming to an end. But I'm pretty happy today, I finished all my reports and homeworks and... Went to shop yesterday! Shopping is best part of the holiday. I thought I wasn't gonna make it for my reports and homeworks but I managed to finish everything up. Phew... Detail on shopping is on The Pop.
National Squad Beat MyTeamKUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) -- A national squad made up mostly of under-20 players beat MyTeam, an amateur football team, 2-1 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium here Sunday night.
MyTeam were formed after a nationwide search in February and trained under the supervision of former national player Serbegeth Singh while the national under-20 were strengthened with three senior national players -- K. Nanthkumar, Indra Putra Mahyuddin and Muhamad Khaironnisam Shahbudin as the skipper.
Among the spectators were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said.
MyTeam scored first in the 24th minute through T. Arun Kumar after receiving a cross from S. Sathiyanseelan,
They lost their captain Hasmizam Kamarodin while the national squad lost Mohd Zaquan Adha in the 42nd minute after they were sent off.
In the second half, Under-20 coach K. Rajagobal changed tactics by fielding his original under-20 team and this paid off in the 64th minute when Mohd Aidil Zafuan made it 1-1.
In the 75th minute, the national team scored again through Farderin Kadir's left-footed kick.
Serbegeth said: "If the result determines MyTeam's success, then we have failed. But I am sure MyTeam have been successful because they have showed a good performance."
He said the six-week training was enough for the team and now it was up to the management to announce their future.
Bernama
My sister, brother and I went to Penang today, sister's house in Taman Sutera. We did nothing actually besides getting the house ready for a family renting the house. Hmmm... Electrician came to set up the fans, lamps etc, then went to Carrefour for lunch, then went back for the plumber to do his thing. Yes, it was boring and tiring.
We arrived in Alor Star around 7pm then my brother and I went to the new airport. The airport is pretty cool for a domestic. I heard it's an international airport but whatever. Probably, flights from Bangkok, Singapore, Indonesian etc Just around the neighbourhood. The state government spend a lot of money for SUKMA. I see a lot of changes to Alor Star since its first day as a city. I wish they would build more shopping malls.
Lastest news in school: Mid-Term Exam from May 15 and as usual, haven't open a single book yet for revision. Gosh, I'm so lazy...