WORLD CUP FEVER!!!!

yes, this post is long overdue
and i have a million other things to say
but screw it!!
all i want to say, scream and shout at the top of my lungs is how happy i am that GERMANY WON OVER ENGLAND!!!

dont get me wrong, i'm a hugeee england fan
i love terry, lampard and everyone from chelsea

but when it comes to national team tournaments

I'M ALL GERMANY, BABY!!!

 =D

a lot of new faces in the german side
heck, theyre the youngest team in the whole tournament!
what they lack in experience, they make up for in pure talent and heart!

minor hiccup when they lost to serbia

but they completely redeemed themselves by thrashing England!

kesian england fans..dah la panas.. kalah plak tu =P

hoping, wishing n praying that GERMANY can go all the way and win the world cup!

but first, a major hurdle awaits
in the likes of - ARGENTINA
dammit

other teams i'm supporting are spain, nederlands and also (argentina.damn)

 

but still, germany ftw! =D

YOUTH '10!

the dates 28 to 30th May will forever be embedded in my memory.

=D

who knew that in those 3 days,

i would have so much fun

laughed so loud

met such wonderful people

made such great friends

and did sooooo many things for the very first time!

i dont know whats gotten into me lately
but i have a sudden need to do something different in my life
just a few weeks ago, i joined the Glee KL Flash Mob
and last week i was part of the 400+ youths volunteering at the annual YouthSay Youth Festival!
and in a couple of weeks, i might be volunteering for the KL Urbanscapes Event thing. haha XD

yea yeaa..people might say stuff like "gile takde keje kau ni" and bla bla blaa
and in response, I would say something like "screw you. thank you very much" or something politer. depends on the current mood n all. =D

anywayyyy

about Youth '10, i'll just tell you the highlights from the 3 days and skip all the minor details.

remember how i mentioned earlier that i did ALOT of things for the 1st time?
well, you wont believe it, but i danced in front of a crowd.
yes, you heard(read) me right.
I. DANCED. IN. FRONT. CROWD.
hahahahahahahah XD
i was part of this flash mob thing to promote Wrigleys.
the flash mob was called Silent Disco
so what we had to do was to dance without music and then pull people onto the dance floor. lol
then the wrigleys people(my group) had like a dance battle with the public
and so the crowd made a circle around the stage and whoever wanted to dance to taunt the other team would go to the middle of the circle.

 something like this la.haha

then one malay girl from our team was pushed to center of the circle and didnt know what to do
she just stood there moving from side to side for like 10 seconds
then suddenly somebody pushed ME to the center!
impulsively, i did what Beyonce' would do! XD

check out this vid(link). what i did on the dance floor looked something like this
from the 18th to 20th second! ahahahah

i did that for like 2 seconds next to the malay girl then ran back to join the crowd! hahaha
i know...2 seconds je. but still! BIGGGG moment for me!! haha
i heard the crowd cheer while i was so called "dancing". so that must've been a good sign! ahahahaha XD

the next day

i had to do some public speaking in front of the camera for 5 minutes!

my topic was "traffic offenders are killers - yes or no"

easy topic right? but when the camera was rolling and i was holding the mic in my hands, i could only speak properly for ONE (1) minute.

then the mind went blank and i mumbled something incoherent for another minute before i remembered to stop myself and say "thank you. thats all from me"

i'm not a really good public speaker. actually i suck at it.

but still, i try to talk in front of a crowd. and fail miserably of course.

clearly, Journalism is not for me.

during the 3 days, I was in the clients team. and our objective was to make sure the clients(exhibitors and sponsors) were happy by being the middle man between them and the organizers. we had to make sure that there were ppl visiting their booths and inform the visitors of their products/competitions and stuff. basically, we were promoters laa.

 promoting the Extra Chewing Gum Photography Competition

but on saturday, i had a task of handling Adibah Noor! =D
she and Yuna are Libresse(brand pad pempuan) are the brand ambassadors. so they came to sing and have a meet-the-fans session at the Libresse booth.
i was in charged of escorting Adibah Noor from the hotel to the stage. make sure the music equipment is ready. from the stage to the booth. control the crowd. from the booth to the hotel.
like a stage manager la. sounds easy ayy?
not with hundreds of people around you at any one time!!!
it was hectic, it was stressful. but because i did it with a team of great friends.
it was FUN! =D

 serious peramah gile makcik ni! 

we did such a good job, we were told to do it again the next day - with Yuna! huhu

 hodoh gile aku dlm gamba ni..haha

btw, Adibah Noor is a very good performer and an even better human being!
she may not have as many fans as Yuna, but DAMN! she can sing! huhu

Sunday night. the last event before the curtain closes was a rave party!!
DJ lapsap was in the house and he brought his infectious music along with him!
i found myself dancing with my friends in the middle of the crowd
but that lasted for like 5 minutes until i didnt know what i was doing and sat at the outskirts and hung out with the rest of the non-partiers. hahah

but of course, not everything was sunshine and daisies...
one major side-effect of working(volunteering) at this event was that my feet is so permanently damaged, it may never be the same again. balik rumah je, terus mintak my mom tolong urutkan! seriously, my feet were hurting like hell. ye ahh, worked for 14 grueling hours kot! (8.30am - 10.30pm)

and of course that minor incident on saturday night where i almost got mugged  and stabbed and whatnot. hahahaha. (read post below for full story)

I think our team - the CLIENTS team - was the best team among the various volunteer teams (security, registration, welcoming, discovery, music, sports).
during those 3 days, we actually bonded and gotten to know each other and laughed the whole time.
*today, there was actually a reunion for our team. but unfortunately, i couldnt come cuz i had to go to a friend's sis' wedding.

dammit, we even had our very own cheer! which sounded like this

"who give susu?

we give susu!

from up and down

and all the way around!"

we have an obsession with susu(milk). dont ask me why. we just do.
XD

we gave 5000 cartons of milk for free in less than 2 hours!

till next year dear volunteers!

hope to meet you guys again next year! =D

a traumatic experience

people who are familiar with me should know that i am not one easily frightened or spooked or shocked

i dont go running kicking n screaming everytime i see a cockroach
certain things that ppl find scary, i find it amusing

so, to say that I was somewhat "traumatized" is seriously saying something dowhh

NOT.KIDDING.

this is gonna be a pretty(when i say pretty, i mean way-so-damn-freaking-gile) long.
You Have Been Warned!

so it all started like this...

9.30pm: just finished working/volunteering at YouthFest '10 at PWTC. i didnt have a ride home, so had to take public transportation (gahhh)..so the plan was to take the Ampang Line LRT from PWTC to Masjid Jamek. then walk from Masjid Jamek to Pasar Seni. its like a 700m walk. i couldve taken the Kelana Jaya Line LRT at Masjid Jamek to Pasar Seni, but that wouldve cost me RM1.20..hahaha u ppl should know what a cheapskate i am.. XD

so i decided to walk to pasar seni..but first, needed to get small change cuz all i have are rm50 and rm10 notes..and sometimes bus drivers give u hard time if u dont pay with small bills....zzzz

so i went to the 7eleven store as soon as i got out of the masjid jamek station. took a piece of bread(bun) yg harga 60cents tu and asked the 7eleven guy out loud whether they had change or not.

now thats where it all (almost) went wrong...

as i opened my wallet to check my money, i noticed the guy queuing in front of me looking at me n checking the contents of my wallet and the 2 bags that i was carrying.

*side note: i was carrying a sling bag and a free woven bag full of free stuff. both bags were quite full.

i was like "wtf?!?! why are you looking at me like that"(i didnt say this out loud laa). but of course i didnt wanna offend him. maybe he was just curious about where i came from n how i got all those stuff (i was wearing the free youthsay volunteer tshirts). so i just ignored him and paid for my 60cent bun with my rm10 note.

i got out of the shop and wanted to go right. but then i noticed that that guy(queuing in front of me) was there and was like hanging around there. i felt even more suspicious. the walkway was kinda dark and there werent alot of ppl around. a perfect setting for a horror/thriller movie.

against my better judgement and ignoring my instincts, i turned right cuz it was the faster way to go to pasar seni).

he saw me, and stopped me 5meters from the 7eleven shop. and the dialog went something like this;

org gila: wei nak mintak tlg pinjam telefon boleh x? aku nak pinjam msg kejap
me: sry dowhh..fon saya xde battery..dah kong dah
org gila: *says something to ask me to show him my hp to make sure its really kong*
maliq: *stupidly-dumbily-brainlessly pulled out his hp (nokia, which really is kong.not expensive Jet)
org gila: *takes the fon from my hands and starts examining the fon, trying to switch it on
maliq: *trying to convince him that the fon really is dead and asking him to return it
org gila: aku ade battery mcm ni. tukar battery ni jap
*insists on replacing my battery with his fon's battery.
KAU ADE PON TELEFON, KIMAKKKK! (well obviously the "i-want-to-borrow-your-fon-cuz-my-fon-is-missing story" is pure and utter crap, which i, unfortunately fell for.
maliq: *had to convince the guy that not all nokia phones use the same battery. wtf dah mcm org jual hp dah. kimak btol

then org gila guy stopped playing dumb and said "wei kalo aku nak samun ko, aku dah amik dah wallet ko, beg ko sume. ko ingat aku x bwk pisau? ko ingat aku xleh pukul ko kat sini?"

maliq: then abang nak ape? nak duit?

org gila: kalau ya, brape byk ko nk bg aku? rm50 bole?

mcm sial. nak negotiate plak. wtf!?!

then i said that i was a student laa, also didnt have money

dont remember what happened then. but i remember how it ended.

my fist connecting with his face!

kidding! duhh..

if we'd fought, i'd definitely lose

and hence, the multiple bruises on my face and body...
OUCH!!!!!!!

again, KIDDING! hahaha

this is how it really ended

i took my phone back from his hands. just like grabbed it and started walking away to the other side of the 7eleven.
while walking, i said "k bang, assalamualaikum". then he started talking again but didnt move yet.
then I said "ASSALAMUALAIKUM" loudly and with a tone of finality that ended our "conversation" and never looked back.

bile ingat balik how it ended, rase mcm Islamic gile cara2 mengelakkan diri anda daripada disamun. hahahah

i went inside a taxi 5meters away and said "pasar seni". the cab driver suggested i just walk there.
but i just went inside the cab explained to the cab driver what happened and locked the door.

heart racing, voice croaking, trembling, 70% to tearing. XD

had to use every ounce of control i had to keep calm

now, the problem with driving from masjid jamek to pasar seni is that you have to take the long way.
in other words, that "long way" cost me RM5!

*side note: i've never been in a taxicab since middle of last year cuz i think cabs overcharge like hell and i am, again, a cheapskate.cabs are for emergency purposes only. and i think this qualifies as an emergency*

just so u're clear. in wanting to save rm1.20 (LRT to pasar seni), i had to buy bread for rm0.60 (to get small change) and rm5 for taxi.
SO NOT WORTH IT!

its ironic, isnt it? how a shiny slimy Predator with sharp metal claws and cool laser guns at his face dont scare me...

..but a half-stoned late-20s' malay guy does.

trauma.trauma

words are awesome

You cannot fathom the immensity of the fuck I do not give.

awesome-est quote ever!

XD

too cool

i get it

ur a privileged child who comes from a well-off family and so can afford all the starbux coffee u want

and i am just a dirty little beggar who is unworthy of taking a stupid picture drinking a cup of coffee that a friend of mind treated me to



dude,
status isnt everything
money isnt everything

get a hold of urself and pop that gigantic bubblehead of urs
and get back down to earth

u need a big-ass slice of humble pie

loser or not i may be
i may just be a better person than u are

but u wouldnt know, would u?
u're too busy drinking all the expensive drinks and spending allll ur money on things i cant afford

but hey, whatever makes u sleep at night.

cannot forgive

Born in grief
Raised in hate
Helpless to defy his fate
Let him run
Let him live
But do not forget
What we cannot forgive

better.

im not talking about my battle with the common cold/flu
but my overall well-being and state of mind

took me quite a long time to get over my drone-like/anti-social phase
but i'm glad i made it through unscathed

the sun seems to shine a little brighter (metaphorically speaking of course, cuz if it'd gotten any hotter, i'd die)
and everyone seemed to stop breathing down my neck

ahhh the power of positive-thinking!
what would i do without you!
=D


well at least i can take 1 good thing from the past month or so of being anti-social
SAVED ME A HECK LOT OF MONEY!



now that i'm all rainbows and sunshine again
expect me to get poorer(financially) by the day!
haha

the mood

i'm not in a right state of mind, currently
everythings going haywire
everythings a blur

"going through a rough patch" would definitely be an understatement

i havent gone out of the house in like a month
much less my own freaking room

oh how i wish i have my own mini-fridge like in those fancy hotel rooms.

and room service too!

i'm annoyed most of the time
preferring to keep human contact to a minimum

hence the very dusty blog
(and i expect it to remain dusty for quite a while)

but quite unexpectedly, i find solace in working

a workaholic in the making? 

perhaps.

and oh yeah, just so you know
this is me being anti-social, btw
gahhhh

sleep disorder

since i've started my practical, my sleep pattern's been a bitch(cant find any other suitable word..haha)

as u know, i work in 2 shifts:

- the morning shift - 0830 - 1630
- evening shift - 2030 - 0430

and we change shifts every week
this week, morning
next week, evening
the week after that, morning again

last week, i had the evening shift
i had no problem getting used to working at night
mainly because i am very much a "kutu malam", staying up late either to hang out with friends or play computer games or chatting up on ym

 so after work, i'd reach home at about 5am
then i'll wait till masok subuh, and then i'll sleep like the log i am
during the wait, i'd probably play computer games or watch a movie on my laptop
and i'd wake up in the late afternoon - 2 to 3pm

now the big fuking problem is, i cant seem to change my sleep pattern back to normal
its been a couple of days now that i sleep after subuh and wake up because its too hot to sleep
and if i do sleep early - yesterday i slept at 10pm cuz i was too freaking tired - i'd wake up after midnight and then i wont be able to sleep till AFTER subuh..

haihhzzz

its bad enough that ppl think i'm lazy as hell sleeping during the day all the time
now, its affecting my social life
i'm sorry i didnt wake up early today to hang out wit u
i just can seem to wake up before noon..

gahhhhh

KEJE!!..btol2

today was a really really REALLY tiring day for me
i've got blisters on my hands
my legs hurt
my forearms hurt
and i stink - bad
hahaha

but i guess it was a good day
i learned alot today
did some stuff i've never done before
which is - AWESOME! =DDDDDDDDD

you see, before today
we havent done any actual work
we just observed what other ppl do
take a few notes
and walked around the HUGE hangar
staring at the runway infront of us
airplane after airplane landing and taking-off
it gets boring after an hour, trust me
hahahaha

so today, i assisted an LAE (licensed aircraft engineer - what i aspire to be) in performing a routine check of the humongous B747 engines - the Borescope Inspection

 this is what the LAE did the whole day. the bloody pervert! haha

this thing costs around RM15,000!!!

i thought of suggesting this(periscope) to him.u know, a cheaper alternative to rm1.5k rite?

and then use it like this. but i didnt, cuz x pasal2 kang kene baling dgn sepana...haha

i dont wanna go into detail bout what i did
cuz u all aint gonna understand any of it even if i told u
sooooo, in short
i did ALOT of work
and was sweating bullets the whole time

anddddd the LAE kept on quizzing me
couldnt answer all of his questions
so tomorrow, i have to come prepared!!
therefore, tonight, i have to study!!!

GAHHHHHHH

and oh yeah,
did i mention that yesterday, i slept at 9.00PM and woke up at 6.20AM ?!?!?!?
and usually i'd be amazed at myself if i could sleep at midnight. haha XD