A New Chapter?

wow...it has been ages since i last wrote my thoughts here hasn't it...it's been like over a year...and so much has happened in that time...

let's see...i'm no more an undergrad...thankfully..fully graduated with 1st class honors in actuarial science from UM...yes..i know...i'm still trying to figure out how i did it too...but already that seems a life time ago...

i survived a whole year (or more i think) without any girl drama what so ever...impressive isn't it?hard to believe i'm sure...but its true...

so where am i now?

nope...not working yet...n nope..no longer in malaysia...i m sitting in the UK doing a postgrad diploma...soon to be followed by my masters...both in actuarial science...

do i have a girlfriend...well...no...not exactly...but that's a story for another post...

have i changed?

well...sadly, or maybe even fortunately, no..i'm still the same guy..the same jack ass...the same as i have always been...

now having said that...and knowing now the fact that i m in the UK..one can probably imagine the number of escapades and adventures i hv had here...but again, thats for another post...

and its precisely because of all these stories that i hv decided to start writing again...so keep an eye out...and as time allows i shall post up all the stories...:)

Day 2

Lenggong - Pulau Banding, Belum Rainforest Reserve

pulau banding is this tiny island in the middle of lake temenggor...still in perak...belum forest reserve has been there for ages...but the resort they are building there now is only jst in its starting phases...so there really is much to do there if ur on a budget...even the cheapest thing to do costed rm50 per person...and all we did was ride in a boat around the island n go see a raffelesia...it was a beautiful forest and lake...n it was well worth d rm50 spent...

the view of the lake from the resort

view of the lake

raffelesia

after the tour we returned to the room to just chill in the afternoon cz it was getting really hot...later in the evening when the sun was kinda going down, we made our way to the orang asli settlement near the resort...nobody actually lives there..it is the site where 3 local heroes who worked for the british army used to stay when they battling the communist threat..

house

dinner area

trail leading to and away from the settlement

n again...day 3 will be continued at another time...hehe...tmr i leave for penang for yet another holiday!!!!:D

East Coast Road Trip with Mum I

Day 1 : Ipoh to Lenggong

in case ur wondering y we chose to go to lenggong...its cause thats where the perak man was found...apparently he was the earliest remains found of a person with a genetic defect...he himself wasnt really that interesting...but the rest of the stuff there i found really cool...like for example he stone toolls they used to carve their hunting weapons with...and the clay pots n cooking utensils they used then that we still use today in the absence of electric blenders...

some of the rocks on display

the clay pots n bowls used back then

the view of tasik raban from the resort we stayed in (it was really really crappy)

lata kekabu...a waterfall near the tasik

Day 2 will come in the next post....at least that gives me a few posts worth of writing...lol

Hope

this year has been a year of hope in so many ways...

March 8th Malaysians all around showed that there was still HOPE for this country...hope that it could change...hope that it would change...n that day the politcal landscape of malaysia at least was changed forever...

November 4th Americans showed the whole world that there was still HOPE for change when they voted for Obama as the 44th president of the United States...n in his speech..he spoke of change n of hope...n even though he addressed the nation of america, the people of the world listened and heard him...

n they started to hope again as well...

November 7th as if in response to the hope of billions renewed jst a few days back, Malaysian Judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad gave new hope to all Malaysians by freeing our beloved Raja Petra Kamarudin from the detention of the dreaded Internal Security Act...

this Act has never been stood up against...it has been used in the worst of ways...

but now...finally...this brave Malaysian has proven this Act to be not as invincible as people thought...he has given us hope that things can, are, will change...

November 7th Malaysian Judge SM Komathy Suppiah showed Malaysians that she will not stand for people meddling in the justice system..she ordered that Anwar's trial remain in the Sessions Court n not be moved to the high court, which was initiated by a person whose motives were unclear...

she has given us hope...

this year...it hasnt been easy...but at least we have something to hope for...n its not false hope...its a true hope...a genuine hope...one that can become reality...one that is already becoming reality...

What Does It Mean To Be Malaysian

It means...

nasi lemak for breakfast, banana leaf for lunch and pan mee for dinner...or

roti canai for breakfast, chicken rice for lunch and ramly burger for dinner...or

half-boiled eggs & porridge for breakfast, nasi kunyit rendang ayam for lunch and chapati for dinner...

It means...

never going hungry at 3a.m. thanks to the local mamak stall

It means...

having open houses at all religious festivals...

to see the "malays" and "indians" infesting a "chinese" house during chinese new year...

to see the "malays" and "chinese" infesting an "indian" house during deepavali...

to see the "chinese" and "indians" infesting a "malay" house during hari raya...

It means...

growing up with alan chan as my left neighbour and ahmad zaki as my right right neighbour...

running around with them in the field after school without bothering what colour their skin is...

It means...

having learnt english and bahasa malaysia in school...

yet my everyday sentences are filled with faitit, kaotim, sapede, tani, giddah, chakde and many others...

It means...

having a brotherhood that would kill and die for each other...

but is made up of "indians", "chinese" and "bidayuhs"...

It means...

standing together as one nation during elections to shout out loud in a voice by the actions of...

a "malay" voting for a "chinese", a "chinese" voting for an "indian" and an "indian" voting for a "malay"...

It means...

a "chinese" girl in a baju kebaya, a "malay" girl in a punjabi suit and an "indian" girl in a cheongsam...

a "chinese" dude in a jippa, a "malay" dude in a samfu and an "indian" dude in a baju melayu...

It means...

choosing to die for MALAYSIA...

not CHINA or INDIA or MALAYA...but MALAYSIA...

I was born in this blessed country...i was raised in this country...n i love this country...sure its not perfect...but can u tell me which country really is perfect?

"the perfect person does not exist and neither does the perfect nation. all that exists are perfect intentions"

p/s: all the races are in " " because in actual essence they are all Malaysian but are unfortunately classified by the home country of their ancestors...