Budaya Negatif: Melantun-lantun

Kebelakangan ni aku tengok, terutama sekali di media sosial.. satu gejala negatif dah semakin menular dikalangan kita. Mungkin kamus dewan ada definisi tersendiri tapi aku lebih gemar melabelkan gejala ni sebagai budaya 'Melantun-Lantun'.

Apakah definisi, deskripsi, dan kesesuaian aplikasi budaya ini? Tak perlu aku aku jelaskan sebijik-sebijik. Cuba bukak Facebook... tengoklah newsfeed. ramai yang tengah melantun-lantun mengenai isu-isu 'semasa'. cakap main lepas.. main share aje benda tanpa usul periksa. main sergah jaaa tak kira laa spekulasi kosong atau tidak, buta fakta. melantun-lantun... terjerit-jerit crying foul atau playing the victim.

Sedap-sedap share benda yang entah betul entah tidak... tak check. bila kita bagitau benda tu salah dan tengur... yang bajet alim bagi excuse macam ni..

"Kalau tak share, tak tau betul ka dak. Bila share akan ada yang betulkan jika salah. Pakat tegur menegur and pesan memesan dengan kebaikan serta kebenaran"

WTF!!!!!

sedap-sedap jaaa lepas tanggungjawab. orang-orang macam ni adalah hipokrit to the highest order yang patut dicampak ke dalam lombong (ok ok... tak baik campak orang dalam lombong). Nak hadis ka? jap.. jap... nak google and research.....


.......... dah jumpa

بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم

Hadis ke-1511:

وعن أَبي هريرة – رضي الله عنه – عن النَّبيِّ – صلى الله عليه وسلم – قَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ» متفق عَلَيْهِ

وهذا صَريحٌ في أنَّهُ يَنْبَغي أَنْ لا يَتَكَلَّمَ إِلاَّ إِذَا كَانَ الكلامُ خَيرًا، وَهُوَ الَّذِي ظَهَرَتْ مَصْلَحَتُهُ، ومَتَى شَكَّ في ظُهُورِ المَصْلَحَةِ، فَلاَ يَتَكَلَّم

Daripada Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu, daripada Nabi sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam Baginda bersabda, “Barangsiapa yang beriman kepada Allah dan Hari Akhirat maka hendaklah dia berkata baik ataupun diam.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

(source) (jakim)

the burden of truth is upon the people who said/shared it. bukannya susah pun nak check kesahihan. banyak jaaaa cara.. cuma kita yang PEMALAS! nak check sikit sebelum share pun MALAS!!... dah baca something... TELAN BULAT-BULAT sebab MALAS nak check sahih ke tak. lepastu.... MELANTUN jerrr kerja.

satu siri ceramah dibatal sebab tajuk kontroversi... pergi sebar kata kerajaan haramkan/halang penceramah masuk. selena gomes boleh masuk.. kenapa penceramah takleh masuk.

waaaaaaaaaiiitttttt.......

penceraamah tu ada jaa kat dalam malaysia... session2 dia yang lain jalan jerr...... tapi... APA SANGKUT PAUT SELENA GOMES DENGAN ISLAM, HIDUISM, CERAMAH DAN KERAJAAN MELAYSIA?

pencetus ummah kaaa.. ustaz facebook ka... main pusing... main share... bakar line. yang berilmu pun... turun join the 'cool kids'... share.

Malu weii... aku malu dengan kejahilan orang-orang bijak pandai kita main share argument-argument dan protes yang tidak berasaskan fakta, tangkap muat, exegerated and manipulated to blow things out of proportions.

Tahniah... rakyat Malaysia. Most of you guys have shown your true shallow selves. =D

adieu~!

My kind of sound, the path and the reflection...

And here we are again, after years of silence. My fingers are back to paint this blog with the click and clacking of my mechanical keyboard. That familiar sound that i learn to love and hate. The sound of the midnight oil burned in the name of work... or the sound my gaming venture, pwning.

The reason i'm here is not to talk about those sound but instead, to talk about music. The sheer magnitude that music have in my life. I have always lived my life with a background music running in my head. It is like I am living a scene of a movie. For those who might know me well enough or spent enough time around me, they would notice that i would occasionally hum a tune, whistle or sing out-loud without giving a damn about the surrounding because at that moment... that's the 'background music' of my 'movie'.

Sometimes, instead of humming the background music.. i would continue the last word of what a person say with a song a la pitch perfect battle minus the acapella twist.  Example:-

"jangan tinggal aku weih!!"
and i'll continue with "oh adik... ohhh juwita. kanda sedang rindu. Padamu yang manis jelita"

That's how music is king in almost every aspect of my life. The most common one would be 'the song' for that 'specific moment'. Like whenever i hear any Linkin Park Meteora songs, i would instantly be tranported back to my hostel life in UiTM. To the extend that i could still smell my worn out jeans, all the maggi mee, all the crazy/idiotic stunts down to midnight fart-etition (fart competition).

Most of the 'strong' musics i used to listen and jam to are very meaningful for me. hell, some are still in my playlist even as a father of two. I still need them, if not... the only music i would be listening would be Let it go and a whole bunch of other Frozen/Disney/Nickelodeon musical shows. The remedy of excessive 'Let it go' syndrome, common to fathers with daughters of age would be....

All the lols... better than the original let it go being played over and over and over and over again.

"Daddy, nak lagu yaya... nak let it go"

And here we go again... over and over and over...

The music that i love so much... the people... the bands.. a lot have changed in the music industry. Lately i've been digging and updating myself with all the music i used to listen to and my heroes singing the songs... most of them have settled down in a more quiet life.

Alexisonfire.. officially ended back in 2011 and did a farewell tour. Too bad Malaysia/Singapore wasn't in their touring list. They were the heroes of my youth.

Underoath... officially ended back in 2012 and they did drop by Malaysia for a farewell. hell, it was among the greatest night for me. nothing compares to the sheer presence of a band, the singalong and the mosh.

As i lay dying... didn't disband. instead, their frontman was trialed and convicted with the the attempt on his wife's life via hired guns and currently chilling in the state prison.

Emery is currently on hiatus and did a quick 10 years anniversary concert last year. without their bassist/vocals.. emery's sound is kinda lost in all their effort.

The only band of my youth... that is still active and delivering their music would be Funeral for a Friend. In my opinion the best band that ever walked the earth as their music fit my ears like a glove (errr... metaphorically... u dont wear gloves on your ears... dude... come on..!). I could still remember the first time i heard their song... Rookie of the Year in a Kerrang! compilation. It was superb. And later, as i was browsing some CDs in OU... there it was... FFAF's full album... Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversations. THE CD of my youth.

It is good to hear their new songs.. and please.. FFAF, come to Malaysia. =D (fanboy... yeah yeaaahh... i know..)

"I'm cutting the cord;
I'm cutting the cord that keeps me.
I'm cutting the ties;
I'm cutting the ties that
bind my feet to the ground, my head in the sand.
And when did the doors start to
close and why did we just turn away?
In favour of some passing
trend that lets us down everyday.
And do we believe in the words?
Do we believe in the words that
we say when we're screaming in
each other's faces just like the good old days?"
-Nails by FFAF

In a way... I'm not saying that the current crop of musicians, whichever scene you may want to refer to, lacks the quality. Im just saying.. those days.. those kind of music were MY kinda music. The same as your dads would say that no bands could ever be better than the Beatles. And here I am... listening to MY music using a headphone as my daughter is running around inside my room singing Let it go.

Contradicting oneself..

Well hello there, good morning, good evening, good afternoon. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing. Could we stop a moment and look back to everything that we said or did. I am quite sure that we have, at one point, contradicted ourselves. it's normal.. it's to human to contradict ourselves. and the fact is, we're always changing, by learning or adapting. we do. we are not the same person we were 10 minutes ago. but if that statement were to be held as true, then every criminal in the prison would have a case for their release. and the fact is, we are what we do(did?).

wait a minute...

i just contradicted myself. =D

that, too, revealed another side of humanity. you don't know what 'that' is? 'that' is the fact that humans are oxymoronically blessed with our brain. like how the electricity is blessed with both positive and negative charges (with positives and negatives effects). why am i saying that we are all oxymorons? because we're all a vessel of contradicting ideas, ideologies even to our own ideas and ideologies. why do we need it? because deep down in our gene, we know that with conflict, we will become more critical. and with that comes improvements. so the next moment you contradicted yourself, sit down and think.. was it for the better? if so, being 'oxymorons' is not as bad as it sounded.

but...
if you contradicted yourself with trivial things..

you're not a positive 'oxymoronic' vessel... you're just a moron
=D
adieu!

I miss you....

"you have only been gone ten days.. but already i am wasting away... i know i'll see you again... whether far or soon.. but i need you to know.. that i care... and i miss youuuuu....."

Kejadahan rambut strikes back..

yeapp... aku nak cakap pasal rambut. and yeap aku nak cakap pasal rambut lelaki. rambut pompuan dah berkati2 magazine keluar tiap2 minggu just pasal rambut korang. so skarang duduk diam2, dengar aku cerita pasal rambut lelaki. aku pernah cakap pasal ni dulu.. yeap dulu aku cakap dengan terlalu bersandar dengan emosi tapi kali ni aku nak olah dengan lebih teliti. aku memang tak pernah faham kenapa orang selalu biased for rambut pendek for men. walhal, rambut pendek ini adalah budaya barat yang telah diangkat oleh kita. budaya pinjam. budaya brainwash barat dimana ianya sekarang secara universal nya semua orang cakap lelaki MESTI rambut pendek.

walaupun kita telah di brain wash, subconsciously kita tau... dulu-dulu.. lelaki pun rambutnya panjang. tak percaya?? pergi laa tengok balik cerita2 melayu zaman sebelum jajahan barat. rambut lelaki semua panjang2 belaka. merong mahawangsa, rambutnya panjang. dalam cerita puteri gunung ledang... hang tuah rambutnya panjang... alahh.. hang tuah yang "tak melayu hilang di dunia tu" laa... so secara adatnya bukankah kita patut mencontohi dia dari mencontohi pak salleh yang datang dengan kapal meriam senapang menjajah kita?

tak payah contoh melayu sahaja... orang china dulu pun rambutnya asal panjang. tak percaya? tengok laa cerita wong fei hong tu.. fung sai yuk ke... ip man ke... rambut orang china asalnya botak depan dan ponytail yang sangat panjang. orang jepun pulak... tocang itu adalah honor seorang selaki dan lelaki yang tak bertocang umpama lelaki yang telah dirampas maruahnya (especially samurai).walaupun kita dah maju.. dah modern.. maka harus sangat kah kita ikut gaya rambut 'modernisasi' ini? kenapa semua orang sibuukkkk sangat dengan benda ni?

aku a bit reluctant kalo nak discuss dari sudut agama sebab knowledge aku pun tak ke mana. tapi blogger lain refer to hadis, read here yourself. tak ada salahnya berambut panjang selagi tidak menyerupai perempuan.so.. nak tanya sket... ni nampak macam pompuan ka???

sila bersihkan persepsi cetek anda tentang rambut lelaki okay?

Bila lelaki menangis...

yeaa yeaa... aku tau, aku memang selalu me war2 kan kemochoan lelaki. betapa lelaki itu gagah and all. boys dont cry.. tapi aku juga sedar yang segagah-gagah lelaki pun. ada masanya dia hanya seorang lelaki. he's only a man. bukan semua benda lelaki boleh drop kick and get over it cam tu jer. dan seperti kata2 mendiang bob marley, no woman no cry. selalunya, lelaki hanya akan menangis when nobody's around. contoh terbaik ialah dalam toilet, ketika mandi atau konon2 urusan lain. bila matanya merah keluar dari toilet, bleh jawab "owhh... shampoo masuk mata tadi". bagi perempuan perempuan yang berjaya buat lelaki menangis di public, tahniah! anda memang hebat sebab anda dah berjaya melumatkan ego seorang lelaki. dan ingat jugalah... bila kamu berdepan dengan lelaki lelaki yang berego tinggi ni, sebenarnya hasil dari kraf'tangan' perempuan jugak. bila ego dilumatkan, diorang akan pacak dinding yang lebih tinggi the next time. hati dikeraskan setakah dua lagi. ini overgeneralization.. tapi kebanyakannya itulah isunya.

apa? bila last aku menangis? hmmm... bila last aku menangis memang mustahil laaaaa aku nak share ngan korang. hahaha jangan HARAP! tapi first time aku nangis in public, boleh laaa kot aku cerita. dont worry, aku takkan loya buruk lah ngan korang cakap 1st time aku nangis time aku baby dulu. ni betul2 nye cerita lah.. it was back when i was in secondary school (aku tak ingat exact years sebab benda2 sedih aku slalu mental block kan the details). yeap, primary kita skip lah ye? tu kira budak2 lagi. waktu tu aku terima berita kematian arwah atuk aku. all the way, aku play it cool. macam takder perasaan. unmoved. just buat dono jer.. konon2 dah besar, ta perlu kot nangis walaupun orang lain semua dah sedih kaw2. aku cuba be a 'man'. cuba yerr.. dan bilamasa aku sampai di hospital.. still lagi maintain. "owhh.. atuk dah tak ada.. atuk dah ada kat tempat lebih baik dengan Allah" adalah mantra aku time tu. dan bilamasa aku tengok jenazah atuk aku.. barulah bergoyah hati aku. bilamasa nurse menyelak kain melitupi muka jenazah atuk aku... wajahnya sayu lembut dan mata terpejam. dan ketika itulah... bagi disentap oleh seluruh liang urat aku.. aku rebah dalam tangisan. atuk kesayangan aku dah tak ada... selama-lamanya.. okay... aku taknak tulis the details.. korang agak2 sendiri lah ye? hahahah *sapu air mata setitik kat mata.

kawan2 (yg jantan ye), tak salah kalo air mata kita jatuh. kita manusia. tak salah kalau kita hiba, kita bukan the only one yang perlu tanggung beban perasaan itu. ada masanya 'drop kick' bukan penyelesaiannya. tapi jangan lah gunakan air mata tu sebagai senjata untuk memanipulasi orang. yang tu biarlah cik gadis cik gadis jer yang pakai... okay? =D

The couple..

lelaki, ego dan self confidence...

ramai mungkin tidak bersetuju dengan aku.. atau mungkin mempunyai sedikit perbezaan dari segi pendapat dan point of view (peduli apa.. ni blog aku). secara natural nya.. lelaki akan dikaitkan dengan ego dan self confidence (yg kadang2 terlampau lampau). jika lelaki tidak mempunyai kedua atau salah satu, dia akan dicerca atau diperkotak katik kan oleh kaum sejenisnya. ego, pride, self worth seorang lelaki adalah tulang belakang kelakiannya. perbincangan ini adalah fakta terasing di mana pendapat perempuan dan tanggapan perempuan tidak akan diterima pakai langsung (korang(perempuan) dont know shit about being a man, so shut up and listen =p). among men, ego pride tu mesti ada.. dan men di sini adalah a collective number of people (yg lelaki laa.. duh~).

so secara sosial nya di kalangan lelaki, jika seseorang itu tidak mempunyai ego, atau tidak build up a wall of pride, dia akan mudah diperkotak katik oleh rakan lelaki yang lain. seorang lelaki perlu menegakkan wall of pride mereka sebab men will always face the power struggle dalam menetapkan kedudukan mereka dalam hierarchy sesuatu kumpulan lelaki. dalam erti kata lain, the struggle to determine the alpha(s) and betas. ke alpha-an seseorang itu akan menjadi multiplier kepada influence seseorang terhadap ahli kumpulannya. dan kenapa aku letak alpha(s), sebab alpha position tu akan sentiasa dishift mengikut keaadan semasa. contohnya batman ngan robin. batman tu alpha, robin dan gotham police tu betas.. tapi robin akan jadi alpha bila batman gi toilet dan robin bleh bagi arahan kat gotham city police. maka ketika itu, robin adalah alpha.

selain dari wall of pride.. seseorang lelaki perlu establish diri dalam pertandingan bantering among men. bantering here, pada yang tak faham adalah gurau-gurau kasar. gurau kasar yang melampau lampau, yang bleh buat orang terasa dan buat perempuan menangis tu. gurau kasar letak konek tepi muka orang pastu panggil soh dia toleh. gurau hinaan drop mengdrop tahap kau sampah paling tak berguna etc. you know, the usual stuffs lah... dalam semua ini, seorang lelaki harus endure dan gain the upper hand or the upper ground in it. make sure you'll not end up as the victim/losing side. di sini, confidence (atau super confidence ngan diri sendiri) akan dapat membantu anda untuk bertahan dan menyerang balas.

walaubagaimana pun.. im not saying here that being alphas is the best thing and being betas is bad. benda yang membuatkan sesuatu  group of men itu hebat adalah synergy between the alpha and betas. jika ianya tidak benar, masakan wujud phrases like 'dynamic duo', 'partner in crime', 'wingmen', 'batman and robin', 'sidekick' etc. the sharpest samurai sword needs a sheath... so an alpha without his betas would mean nothing (or would wreck havoc without control). hence ladies... sebab tu laa lelaki2 semua menjadi2 bila ada kawan2 dia... kalo sorang2.. he's a harmless kitten =D (im talking about normal sane man laa.. bukan psycho killers,serial rapers etc).

Dengan dia...

hari ini.. aku nak sentuh sket isu komunikasi. komunikasi itu penting.. dan semestinya sangat penting dalam memelihara hubungan baik antara individu. dan sekiranya anda mempunyai individu yang significant.. your other half, memang sepatutnya kita amalkan komunikasi sihat. kadang bila kita tak berkomunikasi tentang di mana lebihnya, di mana kurangnya... kita tak tahu. kita semua tak boleh membaca perasaan dan fikiran pasangan kita (kita bleh rasa jaa cam kita tahu.. tapi ianya tak semestinya benar). jadi jika ada apa2... bicarakan. manusia waras dan rasional seharusnya mengambil imput komunikasi tersebut sebagai agenda utama dalam memajukan dan memperbaiki diri. tapi awas.. kadang ada manusia kategori yang lagi dilarang, lagi nak buat. lagi ditegah lagi betah menerjah.. (selalunya berlaku ketika berumur dalam lingkungan 16 ke 24 tahun). kalo dah besar panjang pun masih perangai camtu... mereka patut ditanam di dalam 'time capsule' dan korek balik bila diorang dah di'basuh' masa sket. hahahahha yang penting...

1) tak senang dengan sesuatu, bagitau
2) jangan ungkit mengungkit
3) bersama setuju dengan masalah dan bersama mencari penyelesaian (tak kira lah salah siapa pun)

dan akhir sekali... "sayang, i lebiu lah!!" (i know you'll be reading this kat muar tu kan? =p)

Blue pill or red pill?

well.. life is all about choices. and choices we made.. make.. or will make can never ever satisfy everybody. human relation is like a never ending-intertwined vines that would eventually hurt somebody with every move we make. gone were the days where i would put myself in the way so that i could protect other people. or at least i've increase the requirements for people to be the person that i'd take a bullet for to minimize the margin of me, myself getting hurt. with every problem, there's a solution. and god knows... solutions, served raw on the plate can never be well accepted by a lot of people. it's somewhat similar to 'the cold hard truth'. im a man of 'right now'. a man of reality. a man with the balls to just directly confront the truth. a man of solutions. a man of 'lets get it done so that we can move on to the next thing'. i try to minimize the 'what if' or even dwelling too much on dreams (dreams & goals are two different things laaa bugger!). i try not to linger for too long with issues. if i think i can do it, i'll go all the way to get it done. if i think i cant, lets just scrap it now on move on to something that i can. that's just the way i am, and that's the way i've been all these years. and here you are mr morpheus.. handing me a red and a blue pill..

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes." 

-Morpheus

Musim mengawan strikes back!

yeaa yeaaaa.. aku banyak bunyi bila ramai kawan2 aku dah melangkah alam seterusnya. i know.. nanti2 aku akan ada gf jugak. aku akan jadi macam diorang gak (kata mereka lah.. aku tak setuju with this one). tapi itu NANTI. lets focus on now ye? last weekend merangkap hari best friends aku kawen.. alah.. the one yg laki and pompuan tu dua2 kawan baik aku, then they're together sebab aku yang kenen kenen kan. wedding was superb. tapi my favorite would be gambar wedding diorang laa.. hasil sentuhan chot touch. taknak bagi link kat korang sebab nanti aku kawen aku nak pakai dia jugak. so taknak ramai sangat yang tau.. bweekkkkk =P

ok, ignore that.. gambar2 dia memang cantik arrr sebab si chot ni bukan wedding photographer. dia street. so sentuhan dia lain dari typical wedding photographer lah.. meh kita ushar sket.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers for the loveliest couple ever (next to me and my future partner of course! =p)

Signing off!!

Photo by: Chot Touch
Asst: Larn Rai, Zuel Ridzuan, Din Saha & Fadhil
info: chot@chottouch.com

Halal food issue..

Well this one for people with dipsophobia. 

Fear of alcohol is termed "dipsophobia," a word derived from the Greek "dipsa" (thirst) and "phobos" (fear). "Dipsa" is also used to form the words "dipsomania" (an abnormal craving for alcohol) and "dipsosis" (a medical condition characterized by abnormal thirst)

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(an entry from buletin halal disember 2009)

dont just judge without really knowing anything. yeah be careful than be sorry is okay. but dont just simply lable things and judge people who doesn't really follow your 'safe than sorry' policy as evil or doomed to hell. who are u? god?

FYI: there are a lot of stuff you consume on a daily basis contains alcohol.. fermented stuff.. soy sauce.. tapai.. etc  

ok now.. THINK!

House & Chuck

House and chuck season baru that keluar.. and im loving it. baru episode 2 camtu.. and seriously i love the development dalam house baru ni. dont worry.. i wont spoil it. go watch it your self. i find that gregory house is definitely somebody i could relate to. not the genius part laaa of course... broken part tu maybe lah. we're all broken to a certain extend. like how we're all not perfect. we're all a walking flaw but somehow, we need to live this life and be happy about it. hell yeahh for all the struggle and all the good moments in our life! =)

Do you need notifications for these kinda things?

i may sound like a pessimist or even ungrateful, i know. i hid my birthdate in facebook to avoid it being notified to all of my facebook friends today. dont get me wrong. i have nothing against birthdays.. it's just weird when you have hundreds of birthday wishes and half of them greeted just because they saw the notification another quarter just knew it was today. birthdays are not that big of a deal for me, i dont mind my friends forgetting them. i just want them to wish it because they remembered. remember me for who i am and for all the things we do together. not because of some notifications. and if u forget my birthday, it's okay.. because i cant even recall your birthday as well =D. birthday wishes? nahh..... a good ol "kau dah tua dowww.." is good enough for me =)

Cuba kau fikirkan...

Ko tak rasa segan ke... bilamasa duit dalam bank berkati-kati... kereta ko dah sebesar kereta CEO company atau mungkin dah boleh beli rumah semi-D.. dan kau masih belajar dengan duit biasiswa kerajaan. mungkin kau memang pandai.. mungkin juga orang bijak seperti kamu memang mampu membawa perubahan dalam sektor kerajaan. tapi mungkin ianya lebih afdal kalau biasiswa itu diberi kepada mereka yang kurang berkemampuan. bilang sama abah kamu.. "hantarlah saya belajar dengan duit kita sendiri kerana anda mahu kebebasan dan tak mahu terikat". kalau sudah mampu... tidak perlu membolot lagi...

bukan marah, bukan mengutuk.. tapi bukankah lebih baik kalau begitu?

It's just the way it is...

"maybe i know somewhere deep in my soul that love never lasts
and we've got to find other ways to make it alone
keep a straight face. and i've always lived like this, keeping a comfortable distance
and up until now i had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness
because none of it was ever worth the risk"

and in my case.. there are no exceptions!

The pale blue dot...

The Pale Blue Dot

-story of the year

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of,
every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
Thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines,
every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every hero and coward,
every creator and destroyer of civilization,
every saint and sinner in the history of our species,
think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that,
in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance,
the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe,
are challenged by this point of pale light,
and underscores our responsibility and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot."


and yes, don't say you're saving it, because you're THAT insignificant to this pale blue dot. we're preserving it so that we could cling on to our insignificant existence.

Dont let life pass you by...

This one is definitely among my favourite. lagu boiled frogs by alexis.. lyric dia best, meaningful. inspired by George's father (vokalis diorang). a song about how we can be stucked with our work and not really living our life. like how the song says it, "safe in monotony" di mana kita rasa selamat dengan rutin harian kita yang monotonous. tiada meaningful events, tiada extra effort, tiada 'push' dalam tindakan kita. would you want to end up like that? youth sold for a pension cheque.. would sell them just like that?

"My youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away.
Safe in monotony, (so safe), day after day
(Count your blessings)
My youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away.
Cold wind blows off the lake, and I know for sure that it's too late
(Count your blessings on one hand)

Can't help but feel betrayed, punch the clock every single day
There's no loyalty and no remorse.
Youth sold for a pension cheque
And it makes him fucking sick
He's heating up, he can't say no

So wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about, there must be more to my life..."

-Boiled Frogs by Alexisonfire (video di sini)

Life-cycle...

Bumpy roads ahead.. lets ride!

Yes, you...

"syyhhhh!!!"

-Say it's carol singer

-With any luck, by next year

-I'll be going out with one of these girls...

[insert gambar kate beckinsale, maya karin, nasha aziz, jennifer love hewwit]

-But for now let me say,

-Without hope or agenda,

-Just because it's christmas

-(and at christmas you tell the truth)

-To me, you are perfect

-And my wasted heart will love you

-Until you look like this...

[insert gambar makcik tua]

-Merry christmas

"enough.. enough now"