Of Ramadhan and Ukuleles

Hello, and selamat berpuasa to all my muslim brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers and grandmothers and aunty and uncle (you get the point)

Anywho, pejam kelip pejam kelip dah bulan Ramadhan dah (since last week Rabu, and baru nak post something Ramadhan-ish now. Sorry cek busy sikit haaa) This would be my second time puasa-ing at UTP and honestly, tak rasa beza mana pun. It feels like a normal day, except I'm more hungry and thirsty than usual. And to make matters worst, setiap kali dah dekat dengan buka, mesti bersepah gambar #foodporn kat instagram la, twitter la Facebook la. So sorry in advance if I'm a bit cranky due to deprivation of food and water. But besides the normal hunger and thirst, This holy month has been good so far (then again tak sampai lagi pun the 10 day mark of puasa) InsyaAllah my puasa akan full this Ramadhan and many Ramadhans to come.

Side story, sejak aku lepak ngan Gummy and Ermie and Rafiq, aku makin jealous tengok diorang sebab diorang sangatlah musically talented. Until one day aku buka puasa kat rumah Ermie and he thought me how to play the Ukulele and I got hooked. Seriously, this thing is like weed. I can't stop playing. I was so in love with it, that I paksa Gummy (accompanied by Tera and Sara) to teman me buy my very own Ukulele.

(Introducing, Ermie, my new ukulele baby. And no it's not creepy at all that I named it after Ermie)

And I feel so happy that I can play another instrument aside from the piano (not really). Also it's a great distraction from my hunger and thirst during this fasting month so no, aku tak rasa bazir langsung beli this ukulele (for now). Anyway happy puasa everyone. Let's make the most of this holy month. Also, side, side story, aku dah boleh main lagu suasana di hari raya (well almost. I just have to get the "wajik dan dodol" part right)

tu je

k bye

The Justification Of Actions

Hello,

First of all, due to this haze, I'm sick and I missed my class which sucks. Honestly I didn't want to miss anymore classes after the end of my theater, but circumstances prevented me from keeping my word to myself. However, is being sick really a valid reason anymore to skip class, I wonder. Really think about it now.

In school we skip class cause in our immature little minds, we feel that school is useless and half the time we don't know what the hell is supposed to be done. Growing up teaches us independence and how to survive in life. Entering now university life, where we ourselves are responsible for our own future and no longer our parents, could you really risk not going to class? And the reason I use risk is because the classes we attend symbolizes how we may handle ourselves in the working world. In simpler terms, now that I am responsible for my own actions and my own future, is this really a valid reason for me to do something stupid (in this case I'm referring to skipping class) and subsequently jeopardizing my own future with my stupid actions?

Which brings us to justifying our actions or, as I like to call it, paraphrasing our actions to make it seem like what we did is actually okay. I missed my classes today and I feel horrible cause I don't want to miss anything. However, I am sick, and technically, even if I went to class today, could I really give my full attention? Hence, there's no point of me going to class anyway if I am sick right? Somehow I feel like no. This is the same as: I was hanging out with my friends last night until 4 in the morning despite knowing I have class at 8. Yet, I keep telling myself, it's okay, I can wake up tomorrow morning. Then morning comes and you tell yourself, I'm sleepy as hell. Even if I do go to class, I might end up sleeping and so there is no point going if I am going to sleep anyway. Similar no?

We know deep down what is right and what is wrong. Yet we keep coming up with a million excuses to make ourselves feel better about the choices we make. The validity of the reasons you make up for yourselves maybe convincing to others, but can you convince yourself? I am not convinced that skipping class today due to a mild sickness is a valid reason despite how many reasons I keep coming up with.

Shit, I hate growing up

Tu je, bye~

Post Festival Theatre Perak

Hey everyone. Let me start off by saying, babi lama sial aku tak update bende ni. But in my defence aku super duper keduper busy these past few weeks. Like terlampau busy. Having to maneuver in between classes and assignments and training and bla bla bla you don't want to hear that anyway and aku pun malas nak cerita.

No, the point of this post is to rant about the recent events of Festival Theatre Perak (FTP) whereby our theatre group Tronoh Theatre Shop (TTS) took part. Let me begin by saying I regret nothing. We worked our ass off. So what if we didn't win? We still bagged two awards. And it's a pretty big deal for me too because

1. It's the first time aku masuk show sebesar macam ni
2. It's the first time aku dapat watak besar daripada biasa (also the 3rd time aku dapat watak lelaki. EH?)

 I'm not saying that we should have won (and based on our previous track records, honestly I wasn't keeping high hopes) or that we are the best team ever, or that the judges tak suka our play ke apa. These things are very subjective. As long as we put on a good show and the people enjoyed it, I guess I could live with that. Although it would be pretty cool if we did win though. Just sayin.

Anywho, the experience was good and after a brief moment of contemplation and depression I thought, SCREW IT. We did our best, we learned a lot and we had fun. So as bloody corny as this may sound, we are all winners (that sounded waaaaaay worst than I expected) But you get my drift. With that being said, Let's get ready for our KL show. To quote Seether and Amy Lee "The worst is over now, and we can breathe again"

Before I return to the reality of studying and books and assignments, here's a little promo of our show in KL. Do come :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLPam2cDJkw

Ok tu je
Bye~

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Hello everybody! Its that time again where we review yet another weird Youtube video. So as per-normal, tengok la video ni dulu

(Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)

Alright, bagi yang malas nak tengok, basically video ni at first nampak cam something innocent and kononnnye its something for children. But then as the song progresses, it gets a bit...err...creepy. Actually a bit too creepy. Mungkin tu la sebab dia namakan the video Don't Hug Me I'm Scared? (Takde kaitan pun) Anyway, current video views: 4million ++. Basically it starts off with three characters in costume yang tengah duduk senyap-senyap and look bored and suddenly a singing notepad is singing to them about getting creative. Tapi as the song goes on, the definition of "creative" gets more and more weirder. Like tiba-tiba ada a human heart and they're head banging and suddenly ada something about death. Babi cuak sial part last-last tu.

The video was uploaded on the 29th of July 2011. The name of the company who created the video is called "This is it" and their youtube videos are uploaded with the username "thisisitcollective". And actually diorang ada one other video on their channel yang bernama "Bad Things That Could Happen" which is not that creepy. Actually tak creepy langsung pun (aku actually expected that other video to be creepy too tapi nothing happened). The funny thing is kan, this video was featured in some festivals worldwide like Sundance and Los Angeles Film Festival. Tapi apalah masalah diorang ni gi tunjuk video creepy camni kat festival camtu.

So this creepy video was directed by some mat sallehs yang bernama Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling and Baker Terry. Tapi yang Becky and Joseph tu ada website diorang sendiri where they directed other videos. According to the directors, awal-awal video ni the puppets were silent sebab diorang tak "creative". Pastu bila the notepad tu start nyanyi baru diorang start jadi creative. Kononnye the message is without creativity we are silent and boring...or something like that la.

So banyak orang (aku pun) actually get freaked out masa part diorang start jadi gila part last-last tu and banyak orang actually start getting scared. Aku pun tak tahu asal. For me it was because it looked so innocent and non-threatening and suddenly jadi hardcore and killing and human hearts and death. Dia macam kalau kau tengok and innocent budak kecik bunuh orang la. Scary shit.

Tapi tu aku je la. Aku memang senang kene takut pun, eheh.

Ok tu je. Bye

The Perks of Being in The Single Life

Hi everyone!!!

Seperti ramai orang tahu, aku masih single (terkejutnya). Tapi bukan aku nak mintak simpati ke apa. Aku nak cito kisah aku sebagai seorang single dan dikelilingi oleh orang-orang yang dah berkapel (kononnye macam single tu suatu penyakit yang kronik)

Laik this, sebelum finals, aku ada balik KL jap sebab mak aku dah pressure aku sebab apparently aku dah lama tak balik. Aku tak rasa sebulan tak balik KL tu lama mana. Ada je membe aku satu sem tu tak balik terus. Anyway, alang-alang aku balik, aku gi join surprise birthday party membe aku, Husni, and party tu telah pun diplan oleh aweknya, Shira. Ok fine. Problem is, kat party tu, semua orang pergi berpasangan. As in Acap with Amira, Hariz and Yasmin, Khidir and Fatin. The only ones yang pergi solo was me, Bear, Zack and Pie. And tu pun diorang datang solo sebab pasangan mereka tak boleh datang. Don't get me wrong, aku  bukan the type yang tengok orang berkapel and tetibe jealous and tetibe jadi desperate nak cari girlfriend ke apa. It's the fact that, kalau la tetibe everyone nye pasangan betul-betul boleh datang malam tu, cuba teka sape akan jadi the odd one out. Not only that, cuba teka sape yang kena ambik gambar semua orang nanti. AMBOI!

But okay in all seriousness, I still don't mind being the only single guy in our group. Cuma, sometimes tu, bila ada event-event camni, aku rasa macam awkward sikit. I mean korang mesti perasan some people bila depan awek lain, depan membe lain. So sometimes susah sikit nak talk to them. Not that at that party time tu ada any problems talking to anyone ke apa. Just nak kaitkan dengan normal scenarios. And ni bukan the first time. Aku pun dah brape kali juga jadi third wheel gi teman orang dating. So aku dah biasa sikit la. Okay tu tipu, I actually find it a wee bit annoying. Eheh.

But ni tak bermaksud aku akan tetibe go all out nak carik teman ke apa. My confidence level cukup tinggi and I will not be defined by a woman (Ceh! ayaaaaaaaaat!). I'm happy with my life and aku takde lah rasa lonely mana. Membe ada en. Cukup la tu for now. Hal-hal girlfriend, kita buat lek je. InsyaAllah akan jumpa. Hal-hal kahwin, wait until aku dah start keje ke apa. Ke tunggu mak aku carik kan ke apa (EH?).

K tu je. Night~

The Knife Game Song (Extended)

Hiiiiiii!!!!

Okay first of all,

FINALS DAH HABIS BITCHEZ!!!!!!

Jadi aku dah ada more free time...well until the 20th of May that is. Sebab on the 20th aku memulakan my journey as a 2nd year 4th semester student (laju gila ok). So, in my previous post aku ada cito pasal TKGS and how stupid and dangerous it is. So, I decided to give it a try because I very the smart liddat. Tapi aku play safe lagi la. Aku tak berani guna knife betul. Aku guna fork. And even tu pun on my 6th attempt jari aku berdarah ok. Camne kalau aku guna pisau betul. Aku rasa aku dah jadi cacat dah nanti. So anyway, to kick off my cuti posts, enjoy:

(Again please excuse my dressing and yes, I was wearing shorts. Not boxers. Also, I know awal-awal tu in the video I said attempt number 4 padahal I said before that I bled on attempt number 6. This is because aku buat banyak-banyak kali and ada a few of them aku lepas tapi ada jugak yang aku fail. Tak penting pun. Saje nak cerita)

Well, hope you enjoyed that. Anyway, kepada yang tengah cuti gak, Happy Cuti.

Imma enjoy my much needed break

Tu je. Bye~

The Knife Game Song (A Fun Way to Lose All Your Fingers)

Hiiiii. So I've seen a lot of stupid shit on the internet. But I think The Knife Game Song (TKGS) is by far one of the...ok nak kata tak cool, tipu jugak la, cause I kinda wanted to try it (lol) tapi sumpah serious shit bahaya gila babi weh that game. Bagi yang tak tahu what is TKGS, tengok video ni dulu

(The Knife Game Song. Please for the love of God, do not try this at home. But if you do, please do record it. To be fair, I did warn you guys not to try it)

So yeah, that was TKGS. Ok, it may look kinda cool when other people SUCCESSFULLY do it but please, please, PLEASE don't try this at home. There were actually videos of people who tried this and jari diorang berdarah. Some of them stabbed themselves. Bahaya weh! Ok putting that aside, bende ni sebenarnye one of the trends yang tengah viral world wide like harlem shake, planking, etc etc. But this one is just crazy. And people on the internet takdelah pandai mana. Nampak something yang semua orang tengah buat and diorang pun nak buat jugak.

Ok, moving on to some background history of TKGS. So TKGS or also known as Five Finger Fillet (FFF) dah lama dah ade sebenarnye. The game is basically, ambik pisau, put your fingers far apart on a table or some kind of surface, and stab in between the fingers back and forth, basically macam dalam the video. Asal usul FFF agak unknown jugak la, tapi dia sebenarnye start jadi popular sebab dalam movie Aliens in the 1980's, ada satu scene tu dia buat the FFF. And then, seperti biasa, orang start tiru.

Tapi the original TKGS was written and uploaded by a youtuber yang bernama "Rusty Cage" in August 2011. From his channel "RustyCageMusic" dia ada banyak original songs lain yang dia sendiri buat and The Knife Song is one of them, which is also downloadable. So dalam kata lain, salahkan dia sebab dia yang start trend ni. Well, not really. Kalau yang rajin carik video dia, he's actually an old guy. The video yang actually buat this thing trending is this girl atas ni punya video. Her name is Hanna Ellingseter from Norway and in March 2013, she uploaded this video. Sebab dia lawa and boleh nyanyi sikit, bende ni terus viral. And hence begins a whole new trend of stupidity and bloodshed. 

Once more, Please jangan try bende bodoh ni. It's interesting to watch, tu aku admit. Tapi kalau nak hilang semua jari kau, be my guess. Nah siap aku bagi lirik lagu dia ehehehehe (encourage orang buat pulak)

The Knife Song

Oh, I have all my fingers, The knife goes chop chop chop

If I miss the spaces in between, my fingers will come off

And if i hit my fingers, the blood will soon come out

But all the same, I play this game, cause that's what its all about

Oh, CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

I'm picking up the speed

And if I hit my fingers then my hand will start to bleed

But seriously, don't try it.

Ok tu je. Selamat bermain dengan pisau. Moga putus semua jari.

Bye~~~