Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Inspiring Movie about Life and Nature

I watched some movies as some sort of a break while writing, so I am keen to share some interesting movies worth watching to keep u alive, or to boost u into appreciating life more than u do now..

Since I am in the middle of completing my other assignment, which is a 4500-word research essay (in the last blog was 9000-word thesis draft) , I wont be writing that much, but I'll edit this later to add reviews in my own words..

For the time being, here are the movies that kinda inspire me to look at life in a different way (it's not that different, i was not that materialistic even before watching them):
Into The Wild

This movie is based on true story about this pelajar cemerlang nama Chris, specialized in economy if im not mistaken, tapi rasa tak suka dengan material dan harta, tiba-tiba decide to explore the nature and leaving all his stuff behind without even informing his family..you can read the sinopsis here .. It doesn't have pretty ending tho..What I learn from the movie is, material don't make u happy, like what Chris felt when he felt all the bills and everyday life as a worker of a company,it's tiring, but to get lost in isolation, away from other human is never a good choice..love keeps us going living and happy, although human make chaos, but don't be the one who makes chaos, be the one who makes peace..and insyaAllah we will be surrounded by peaceful people too..


Wild
This movie is superb..the acting is just great, well-delivered..about a recently divorced woman Cheryl who have some emotional turbulence handling with her mom's death..she is brave enough to take herself into the wood to explore nature and find her true self, being independent and all, read more here. I feel kinda related to this thing but I didn't really have to go through such a messy emotion and depression because I am blessed, my problem is just my love-life with men but I always have families and friends, leaving my comfort zone in Malaysia to discover myself in Australia in 2014 had really help me improve myself in so many levels, and it should be called back to fitrah, but unfortunately I got to feel it only for a year and a half, such a short training..but man I should be grateful..

The Road Within
This movie about 3 teenage patients running away from a behavioral facility, with the main actor as the guy with Tourettes , a nervous system disorder involving repetitive movements or unwanted sounds, and the other two suffer different type of disorder, read more here. What I feel with this movie is exactly how true what my naqibah advised me, the only way you can find out whether a person is worth to be your friends (lovers maybe) or foes is when you travel with them and see how they take care of you, and provided of course how you take care of them too.. You won't get along with everybody, they are always selfish people who befriended you to get something in return, so travel with them and see..
Cast Away
This is a famous award-winning movie, I think I dont have to explain here about it, but the movie is an eye-opener for me, of how it is to be alone and isolated from civilization. How Tom Hanks depends so much on his non-living ball as friend he named Wilson shows how we human always need someone to talk to, to give us support to keep on living, to give us hope.. When he needs the ball, we always have Allah, He does not just listen, He has given us all we have now, just always remember Him and obey Him..


Rain Man

About Tom Cruise as a greedy guy who just found out his rich dead father left him only his car but all of his fortune to Tom's brother which is kept secret from him all this while. He discovered that his older brother has autism and he at first wanting to take him to live with him so he could get the inherited fortune. The excitement starts when his brother (Dustin Hoffman) refused to travel by plane, so they have to take a long road trip to get to other place. Read here for more, I watched this some time ago, maybe 2 years ago but it still in my mind, it touched me, like how the other movies listed here did eventho it's not much about nature vs human, but it's the road trip or journey that they have in common.. How the journey, the travel they took together had enabled love and human-bonding to defeat greed and selfishness and materialism...and I love both of their acting..


Friday, May 29, 2015

A Break from Writing

Well I am in the middle of completing my final semester's assignment..just nak share my playlist when I am writing or reading..


And once in a while..

Banyak lagi la, Coldplay boleh kata semua lagu dia, and kadang-kadang Radiohead, my favourite is Creep..

And this metal cover of one of my favourite epic soundstrack is pretty good too, hilang ngantok..



Tapi this post i just want to share how one of the recent Taylor Swift's (me? Taylor Swift?) song feel so relatable to me..I mean i heard this song last year, but today i just learnt that the lyric spoke for my heart..



Hehe tak pernah pulak minat minah ni dulu sebab lagu dia semua sama je, tapi lately lagu dia jadi pop and got me interested.. lagu baru yang Bad Blood tu pon best gak, specially sebab video clip dia epic, siap ada my beloved Ellie Goulding dan Hayley William..



I totally love badass women..teehee~

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Escape to Krabi

Lagi seminggu nak fly balik ke Aussie, aku sempat pulak ke Krabi..hohoho...

Dulu plan nak honeymoon kat sana, dah tak kawen-kawen jugak so aku pi dulu, honeymoon target kat tempat jauh lagi hahaha bajet~

Kami amek tour je, pakai jalan darat, tobat takmau buat dah, next time kalau nak pi nak naik flight ja, penat and time consuming betul pakai jalan darat ni...

Walaupon van VIP tu selesa dan best, tapi penat dok dalam van ja.. huhu.. bajet habis dalam RM500+, 3 hari 2 malam.. Sebab kami plan last minute, tak dapat hotel kat Aonang beach, dok kat pekan Krabi yang bukan di tepi laut huhu.. Lagi satu big mistake kami ialah pegi pada CNY.. packed gila masa kat border, 2 jam kat situ je..gila punya dugaan..

On the way balik kami singgah Hatyai dan Danok..a piece of advice here, jangan naik gajah kat Hatyai.








 
















Krabi memang best, specially air laut dia yang jernih gila tu..ciptaanNya yang indah..i'll visit there again next year!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Persinggahan yang Bermakna, Berbakti Kepada Bumi Kelantan

Pemilihan tempat kerja sementara yang aku buat dalam post INI adalah sangat bijak aku rasa...


THANK GOD I MADE THAT DECISION!!

Seperti yang aku post sebelum ini berkenaan banjir hebat di Kelantan dan pantai timur hujung tahun lepas yakni 2014, aku memang terasa dipanggil-panggil untuk berbakti kepada mangsa-mangsa di bumi itu..

Di saat aku tergolek-golek atas katil belek fon dengan badan yang sihat tanpa aktiviti, aku rasa rugi tak ke sana membanting tulang mengerah keringat membakar kalori dan mengutip point pahala sambil meringankan beban fizikal mangsa (yang dah sedia terbeban dari segi emosi dan mental) tapi entahlah, banyak halangan bila nak join mana-mana konvoi sukarelawan nak ke sana.. tak kenal orang lah, NGO konvoi tu nampak macam acuh tak acuh (ala-ala pelancong musibah)setakat mahu nama, atau konvoi yang hanya dipenuhi lelaki.

Demi Allah, betapa gembiranya aku di saat aku jeles-jeles tengok budak intern lagi sorang dalam department aku busy dengan event dinner dan program lain tapi aku left hanging without a real thing to do except extracting resume, bos aku tetiba panggil aku join satu meeting, then dia brief aku "we are doing a donation drive for the flood victims in Kelantan". Aku macam wow..at least there is something i can do for them, walaupon bukan ke sana dan berbakti (initially this was the plan), sebab aku memang boleh derma duit tapi banyak mana la student tak kaya macam aku boleh bagi, rasa tak cukup, sebab tu nak sumbang tenaga, sebab aku kaya tenaga. So this is the time, the chance i got, Allah heard my prayer, so aku excited.  photo 67_zps90853797.gif

Cerita dia agak menarik dan panjang dan sedikit kejam, sebab initially my bos said the donation drive is like killing two birds with one stone, or sambil menyelam minum air, menderma dan mendapat nama, publicity. So dari awalnya hanya nak buat kutipan derma dan salurkan ke badan NGO yang nak ke Kelantan, end up jadi bigger than that.Team jejaka-jejaka senior yang suggest and initiate the project ni memang dedicated dan bertekad untuk organize a trip importing volunteers to sumbangkan tenaga, so it's voluntary work and donation, 2 in 1, isn't that great? I feel like they were "manipulating" the company's resource for a good cause, and salute the way they play the game, they actually gamed my bos haha..they gamed me too of course, bcuz i'm in the same team with  my bos but i was really hoping to go there so i was with them on that.

In every meeting i observed their dedication, commitment and determination in making the mission happen, a lot of time i was blur and clueless with their industrial jargon and terms, and workaround process which i of course understood none since i've been there only for a month. I must admit, aku bersangka buruk kat depa sebenarnya, aku sangkakan depa ni seronok nak pi sana jalan-jalan ja ni. Sebab a lot of time my bos was pissed off when they keep on insisting to run a trip there, i did my part too in influencing her when she asked me to call around and ask for NGO that we can tumpang our donation and in the same time get the publicity, i kept telling how the hell are we supposed to do that if we refused to put more effort? Orang bagi publicity dengan donation yang banyak so that nampak la dalam gambar masuk paper, sama ada jumlah bertulis RM yang banyak atas mock cheque  or donation package berkotak-kotak dengan logo company atas kotak (u can learn that from IM4U, or bantuan muka PM Najib~). So it's kinda knock some sense to her jugak la slowly...

After a lot of struggles, dengan kuasa Allah, it happened. It friggin happened!!! It was so exciting..

First time sampai situ dan tengok keadaan sekeliling memang tergamam. Macam dalam movie, pasca perang, pasca ribut etc. So devastating. I don't have to put pictures here, u've seen enough, or u should if u haven't.

Pasukan volunteer ini sangat rajin, bersemangat, dedikasi tinggi masa menjalankan aktiviti pembersihan, aku sungguh kagum. Pertama sekali semestinya bermula dengan ketua misi, the coordinator who kept constantly reminding us to focus on our intention, who drive us to stay focus with our goal and objectives. Salute him. He planned way ahead and think way ahead of most people in the team. Nevertheless, the core team working with him are also great people. There were always great ideas brainstormed and questions critics to test the flaw of every plan. Sukarelawan yang join (staff jugak semestinya) pon dimotivate dengan kesungguhan ketua dan core team. Amazingly, one of the director, a Chinese guy, joined in, and guess what, dia punya excited dan semangat, boleh nangis tengok. Cute and touching. And because of him, we managed to make a second trip to the same place three weeks later. And i got to join AGAIN! Man, i'm so lucky...

Untuk trip kedua, kami tak guna saluran yang sama iaitu sekolah untuk mengedarkan barang derma. Atas dasar keraguan integriti yang di-highlight-kan oleh "pihak pengurusan", kami deal direct dengan penduduk kampung tersebut, di mana beliau adalah sorang cikgu tapi sekolah lain, yang jugak dedicated untuk tolong orang yang betul-betul memerlukan, dan melalui nasihat dan saranan beliau tentang wujudnya pemilihan mangsa berdasarkan pilih kasih, pilihanraya-style iaitu ikut parti politik, dan ikut dan, kami pon lebih memilih sket kali ni.  Walaupon sebenarnya trip pertama lagi banyak barang donation, tapi yang dah lepas tu takleh nak buat apa dah...

Masa trip pertama time kami membersih sekolah, datanglah satu team lagi dari company oil and gas nasional malaysia datang jugak, lagi berkoyan-koyan. Yang lawaknya datang membawa alatan yang tak cukup, dengan selambe amek kami punya. Memula tu ingat atas tujuan baik iaitu nak membersihkan sekolah so takpala, yang tak bestnya bila datang 400 orang, yang buat kerja tu nampak macam 15 orang je, yang lain pegang-pegang je, tapi kelengkapan kami semua lesap. Kami ni 40 orang je noks... Patutlah ayat one of them kat aku berbunyi begini,"kalau ada glove lebih yang nampak stylo tu bagi la kami buat souvenir.."

Tapi depa sangat bijak, datang tanpa bawak kelengkapan membersih yang mencukupi, tapi satu kelengkapan yang sangat canggih dan berkuasa tinggi dibawaknya, iaitu kamera video gedabak, stok-stok syarikat produksi guna punya, kami ni rekod video pakai kamera fon ja....

Tidak cukup dengan itu, lepas pasukan glamorina ni makan tengahari berbungkus (kami tak beli bungkus,kami masak rewang ala kenduri, fresh on the spot, best bro!) , disepah-sepahnya bekas polistrin di sana sini dengan botol air mineral, aku nasib baik tak pegang fon je, kalau tak dah snap gambor dah kasi viral (then tuntut royalti minyak untuk Kelantan haha)...apa punya mentaliti daaa, harap keje je kat company gah~ photo 12_zpsf69748c6.gif

Our boots and gloves used by them, not mentioning wheelbarrow, spade, scraper etc...great job!

Ok kita lupakan kesakitan hati kita dengan hamba publisiti ni jap, yang penting, aku suka, teruja, bangga, gembira, kagum dengan seluruh pasukan sukarelawan sukahati yang aku join ni. They are the best bro..Aku harap one day aku jadi seseorang yang penting yang boleh drive a mission like this and become a great role model to the younger generation, just like how these senior gentlemen inspired me to be.  photo 63_zps43681a21.gif

They truly don't care about publicity, name, profit whatsoever. Pure intention.

Nah pitchas kami!

1st trip, mission leader memberi kata-kata semangat. Notice all the package there? those are our kelengkapan membersih..

Yep, dan memang itu ja yang kami harapkan..balasan tuhan..

2nd trip punya..still datang bawak sendiri punya kelengkapan membersih..baru namanya datang buat kerja

A day before the 1st trip, our proud pose when the mission was approved n ready to begin

Tempat masak dan makan kami, di surau sekolah.. oh kami juga tidur dalam sekolah ni

Scouting and distributing donation items di kampung sebelah iaitu Kemubu on our 2nd trip

Selepas edar barang 1st round, we pose again as kenangan..

Bersama guru besar sekolah..hmmm

Kami juga tolong bersihkan rumah belakang sekolah ni..nenek dan cucu je tinggal..

Some of the gentlemen..

Saat balik..

Director berjiwa rakyat, berkelulusan universiti Singapore, bekerja bertahun-tahun di US..humble human being..
I will never forget this wonderful experience, i will never forget these gentlemen (and the ladies too), i will miss and forever cherish this moment...






Monday, December 29, 2014

Banjir dan Manusia yang berhati tidak wangi


Banjir dan jumlah mangsa

Bermula dari 15 December..sumber
Tapi tak masuk TV sangat, sebab bukan kes liwat mungkin~ sumber
27 Dec
"Banjir di Kelantan semakin meruncing apabila jumlah mangsa kini mencecah 81,925 orang manakala keadaan di Kedah semakin pulih setakat tengah Sabtu.
"..di TERENGGANU, 35,246 penduduk melibatkan 6,750 keluarga masih berada di pusat pemindahan."- sumber

28 Dec
"Bilangan mangsa banjir di Kelantan meningkat kepada 93,407 orang pagi ini berbanding lebih 80,000 semalam, manakala di Terengganu, Pahang dan Perak tidak banyak berubah.

Di PAHANG, jumlah mangsa banjir menurun sedikit kepada 33,601 mangsa setakat 8 pagi ini berbanding 33,643 di sembilan daerah malam tadi."

Di TERENGGANU, jumlah mangsa menurun kepada 33,990 pagi ini berbanding 34,709 malam tadi di kawasan terjejas banjir termasuk Kuala Terengganu, Hulu Terengganu dan Besut."-sumber

Tindakan kerajaan
"Kerajaan masih dapat mengawal keadaan, setakat ini kerajaan tidak perlu membuat perintah-perintah tertentu, misalnya mengambil harta persendirian untuk dijadikan pusat pemindahan.

"Seperti kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin), kalau tidak isytihar darurat banjir, kita masih perlu selamatkan mangsa, kalau isytihar pun sama juga, jadi saya rasa kalau tidak perlu, tak payah isytihar darurat," katanya."- sumber

Belum darurat lagi..
The aftermath,hmm.. sumber
"Kementerian Kewangan meluluskan peruntukan segera berjumlah RM50 juta untuk negeri dilanda banjir."-sumber

"Pasukan sukarelawan yang membantu menyediakan makanan dan minuman kepada mangsa banjir yang ditempatkan di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Ismail (SMKSI), Kelantan berkata mereka 'diarahkan keluar' oleh seorang guru yang dikenali sebagai Zuraini Ariffin, kerana mendakwa tugas tersebut bakal digantikan pihak lain. Ahli Parlimen Kota Bharu Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan berkata, arahan tersebut dikeluarkan oleh seorang guru sekolah itu. "..pihak sekolah mempunyai kuasa utk menghalang orang luar dari berada dlm kawasan sekolah tambah-tambah lagi bila ada arahan politik dari orang atas".-sumber

"TNB telah menggunakan 70 set janakuasa berkapasiti antara 500 kW hingga 1,000 kW untuk membekalkan elektrik ke negeri-negeri yang teruk dilanda banjir setakat jam 8 pagi ini. 45 set janakuasa tersebut kini berada di Pahang, 19 di Terengganu, lima di Perak dan satu di Kelantan (SATU DI KELANTAN), kata Pengurus Besar Kanan (Operasi Wilayah 2), Bahagian Pembahagian Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid, yang juga merangkap Ketua Koordinator Pengurusan Banjir TNB."-sumber
Bantuan khemah yang sempat diprint logo, tapi lokasi tak pasti di mana, di Kelantan kah? hmmm~ sumber

Al fatihah..
PM terhormat melawat kawasan yang paling teruk kena banjir...screenshot dari Utusan Online

"Last night alone, we saw eight houses swept away…our homes are gone," she told Bernama. More than 90,000 have been evacuated due to floods in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perlis and Perak. At least 30,000 were evacuated from homes in Kelantan, but Channel News Asia reported that many refuse to leave fearing looting. Acting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said a state of emergency will not be called as rescue efforts are already underway. Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is on year-end vacation in Hawaii, but said he is keeping tabs on the situation via phone calls to Muhyiddin. - M'kini
Dapatkah anda kesan mereka yang berhati tidak wangi itu? Gambar PM main golf dan TPM meninjau dari helikopter tidak perlulah diletakkan, manakala TGNA..eh dia bukan MB Kelantan lagi..ok sekian, semoga mereka yang berhati tidak wangi, menggilai kuasa, mahu namanya dihebohkan bila beri bantuan dan nak mengambil kesempatan ke atas musibah banjir dan terhadap mangsa-mangsa ini didoakan bertaubat atau diberi pembalasan yang selayaknya sehingga mereka bertaubat sekaligus menjadi iktibar untuk orang lain yang berniat nak bertanduk jugak tu...

 
Bukan setakat pemimpin je, tetapi sesiapa yang diberi amanah untuk menguruskan sesuatu organisasi, harta atau aset, dana bantuan dan sebagainya..
Kalau takut diri tak mampu jadi pemimpin yang amanah, jangan gatal nak try.Bila kuasa di tangan orang senang lupa diri..