Sunday, June 29, 2008

anwar ibrahim: lubang terlarang, again?

news link click here!

news link from utusan, but they don't say who.

apparently, someone lodged a police report against the de-facto opposition leader for allegedly sodomizing one of his aides - the second time that such an accusation had been made in over 10 years.

a 23-year-old aide to Mr Anwar is said to have filed the complaint.

ridiculous. just ridiculous.

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nak buat fitnah pon tak reti. bodoh. pakai idea lama. sebab tu la propaganda bn tak menjadi. macam sial aje.

but... what if it's true?

then it would open opportunities and back-doors for me to make more homophobic jokes!

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pic: Japanese traditional soda carbonated drink "Ramune". More about RAMUNE

Saturday, June 28, 2008

eating at work

i was starting to make eating lunch in the lab a habit recently. the lab is air-conditioned and cool, plus i could keep an eye on the progress of my current work at the same time so that i don't lose that 'working' mood. gotta keep the momentum going, i need to be focused on the job at all times.

anyways, i ate a 399yen saba bento today. the taste is ok and i can't really complain with the cheap price tag. the volume of the side dishes are also pretty good, with salad, tamago-yaki, etc.

i also got to try this new (at least for me) drink from sapporo: cola float! (picture below) i remember back in malaysia, i love to mix vanilla ice-cream with coca-cola, and it tastes EXACTLY just like that! although the color of the drink itself looks pretty dull and boring, the taste is not! it's very sweet, and creamy! try one!

ganbare ore!

Friday, June 27, 2008

malaysian school uniform for girls: too transparent, too sexy?

There has been quite a buzz when a group of muslim students (National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia) came up with an idea that the current school uniform for Malaysian girls, are just too transparent, too sexy.

News link here, and here.

Hmmm... I just don't see what the fuzz is all about. Religious groups have been trying to connect the way women dresses with rape, from as long as I could remember. Some famous religious figure have also been quoted to say that the women who dresses sexy deserves to be raped. I don't think defending the rapist would be Islamic ... or is it, now?

I don’t want to talk about whether I agree or not.

But I remember this one time, when I was in form 2 (or maybe 3), it was raining, the thunder-storm is coming and I was waiting for the bus when a group of girls from a nearby religious all-girls school come running towards the bus stand. They’re all wet and drippy.

I don’t mean to look but I remember this one scene in a malay movie starring ogy ahmad daud, where she was wet in her school uniform and then she was pretty sexy and all… I don’t remember the scene quite well but I was like… wait a minute… I think I should just stop here and leave the rest to your imagination.

I don’t even know why I’m writing this.

What was is it again? O man, I just lost it. I need some rest.

p/s: the picture above has nothing to do with the post. it's just some random junk from 2chan. the picture below might be more relevant:


学校での環境教育(または環境学習)の授業から考えたこと

環境教育とは、環境や環境問題に対する興味・関心を高め、必要な知識・技術・態度を獲得させるために行われる教育活動のことである。人間の全体に関わる問題として、学校以外でも様々な活動が行われている。関連する学問分野は教育学、心理学、医学、人類学、社会学など多岐に及ぶ。

小・中・高学校で行った環境教育を通って、環境に対しての自分の意識と知識が納得いくまでのレベルには至らなかったが、印象に残った体験がいくつかあった。その中で思いついたのが「ジャングルでのスカウト・キャンプ」だった。

ジャングルのサバイバル術が目的していたキャンプだったが、環境に関しての勉強会も行われた。まず教えられたのは木の役割。洪水から守る、土砂崩れを防ぐ、酸素を作る、
動物達の住みかとなる、 などいろいろの役割をしていた木が、最近減ってきて、環境にどのような影響があったのかも初めて知って、すごく興味深くて、身近な問題だと気付いた。

当然だと思っていた自然をより大切に扱いをして、将来の子供のために大事にしなきゃ!と思うようになった。学校の授業でも教われたが、そのキャンプでは実際の目で不法な製材の現場の跡を見せられて、すごくショックを受けた記憶があった。あんな立派なジャングルの中でポツンと一箇所だけが木が製材されていて、地球の一部の病気のスポットを見た感じがした。

そこで、教室で学んだ環境教育と実際に自然と触れ合っての環境教育の効率の差が分かった。教室で数字とデータに基づいて環境問題の実態を明かせるのも効果的であるが、実際に自然の中で体験した方がよりメッセージが伝わりやすくなり、効果的であると述べられる。

学校では環境専門の授業はなかったが、理科の授業の中で、環境教育があった。オゾン層の破壊、温暖化、森林破壊など、環境問題の原因となる教育を受けていたが、キャンプ行く前には興味が薄かった。環境問題のメカニズムは理解していたが、関心が持たなかった。当時、Global Warming(温暖化)の言葉もまだマスコミに注目されていなくて、「環境教育」というのはただの学校の中にあった一部のことで、身近なものではないと感じた。

科学と技術の進歩は、生産方法の革新と相まって社会を飛躍的に発展させ、私たちの暮らしを豊かにした。しかし、このような人々の活動の変化は、それま で比較的安定していた自然や地球全体の環境に深刻な影響を及ぼしている。ごみや水質汚濁、地球温暖化など、現代社会が抱える環境問題の多くは、通常の事 業活動や日常生活にも深く関わっている。これらを解決するためには、今日の社会経済活動やライフスタイルを見直し、21世紀の社会を環境にやさしいものへと変えていく必要がある。

環境にやさしい社会になれるように、最初の段階はやはり環境教育である。環境教育は、環境問題と教育問題という現代社会が直面する二つの大きな課題に深く関わっている。環境教育は、環境問題の解決を目的におき、自然と人間のあるべき関係を追求する教育であると同時に人間生活の場である環境についての学習を通して学習者の人間形成を支援する教育でもある。また、生涯学習社会における学校教育の役割も問い直されています。人間の生涯に渡る発達を視野に入れ、学校を知識技能などの基礎的能力を培い学び方を学ぶ場と位置づけ、これを成人期の教育に接続するという考え方が重視されるようになってきた。環境教育・環境学習という一対の表現が多用されるようになったことは、教育と学習という概念を学習者・教育者・教材・教育環境の関わりにおいて捉え直すようになったことの現れといえる。

小・中・高校生に環境教育を与えるのは非常にいいことではあるが、学生に興味・関心を持てるようになるのに、どのような教育の仕方が効率であるのかを常に考え、改善しなければならない。環境問題の仕組みあるいはメカニズムを分かっていても、関心がなければ、ほぼ意味がないと考えられる。

Thursday, June 26, 2008

つまらない物ですが。。。

お土産を渡すとき、日本人はこの言葉をよく使う:「つまらない物ですが。。。」

「つまらない物なら渡すんじゃねぇよ!」という外人がいるので、この言葉の本当の意味を明かせよう!そして異文化の表現の仕方の違いを理解して行こう!

「(私は出来るだけお気に召すものを差し上げたいのですが)あなたにとっては私の差し上げるものはつまらない物かも知れませんが、どうか受け取ってください。」という風に読み取れれば、少し意味が分かるようになったでしょう。。。

「大変すばらしいお土産で、受け取ってください!」よりは、マシだと思うけど。。。

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memperkenalkan air2 kegemaran ku sejak akhir2 ini:

dari kiri: susu megmilk, natchan! fruity paradise, susu perisa kopi megmilk.

yay!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

uwaa banyok kijo la pulok

- my presentation for the thesis-translation is next week. i'm scratching my head trying to decide on which portion of the thesis that are going to the chopping block department, because it's humanly impossible to present each and everything in 10 minutes. some parts of the stupid thesis must go into the digital dustbin and never be spoken of during presentation day.

- i'm making powerpoint slides for the presentation like crazy! my head is burning.

- today is the due date for the ロボット工学 (robotic engineering) assignment.

- tomorrow is the due date for the 制御工学 (system engineering) assignment.

- the day after tomorrow is the due date for the 環境科学 (environmental science) assignment.

- the day after the day after tomorrow is the due date for me to find the guy who invented the idea of assignments in universities. At first I would extend my hand for a friendly handshake, then when he turns his back on me, I’ll bash his head with a crowbar after i slit his throat. Then I’ll go to his house carrying his decapitated head so that he could see me abusing her 16 years old daughter with an oven-heated banana and 3 sticks of japanese cucumber (キュウリ-kyuri). I’ll sell his young wife as a sex slave to rich pak arabs. Or maybe as sweatshop slaves in China, making nike shoes in poor working environment. I am an opportunist, so I’ll sell his 4 and 10 years old sons to american christian priests, or micheal jackson; the highest bidder wins.

- inappropriately sick jokes aside, you can see i'm pretty busy this week. Next week i got several seminars to attend to, and also the 固体力学 (solid-mass mechanics?) assignment to be delivered.

- although i thought it was over-rated, i bought the 2008 akiyama rina calender. got it yesterday. now i know that i'm so easily deceived by women with beautiful skin plus a nice set of buns. damn it! i remember talking to Tazz about the importance of the quality of cost-effectiveness when considering a product to purchase. this shows that i'm a hypocrite. what a shame. 1300yen down the drain. but i still think oshirina has nice skin complexion and her momo fruit is just juicy to look at.

- i better get back to the powerpoint slides. time is gold. and i'm pissing blood.

- i'm sleeping in the research lab for 7 days straight, starting from today. its inevitable.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

the adventure of the job hunter continues

After failing the Alpine interview, I know that I don’t have much time to be disappointed and all; I have to move on to the next step!

So without wasting time, I went to K. Sensei once again to ask for his recommendation to my next target: Daihatsu Motors located in Osaka. I already promised Tsubasa to try for a Daihatsu interview IF I flunked Alpine.

He immediately called the human resource department of the company, but I’m already out of luck: they have closed the opening because they have already filled up all the available positions for (future) fresh graduates.

So I kinda freaked out for a second, and then move on to do research on other available companies. Two went straight into my line of sights: Isuzu and TCM. Isuzu is a bus, jeep, big-ass-vehicles maker while TCM makes industrial vehicles.

Out of the two, I decided to go with TCM because they don’t have pre-exams in their interview process, unlike Isuzu. The other reason is because I think making industrial vehicles like HUGE tractors are way cooler than making buses.

I’m out of luck again. By the telephone call that K. Sensei made, they’re really skeptical about taking in a foreigner. Of course they don’t say that they don’t want foreigners, but you can just feel the vibe of not-welcome-ness to gaijins. After exchanging opinions with K. Sensei, both of us have agreed that TCM is not for me. I better find other Japanese companies that are more gaijin friendly.

So I went home with a bunch of lists of Japanese companies that has a more open policy to foreign workers. Man, it’s really hard to choose. Went home, and I got a FedEx document from Malaysia. I never got a FedEx before. Opened the documents and I was kinda surprised: it’s from P*r*d*a, the Daihatsu-backed Ma*a*sian car maker! And I was offered a job as an engineer!

I forgot. I still got Konica-Minolta and P*r*d*a as backup!

So I took a deep breath, and look at the lists more carefully. Then I have decided to try this plastic parts maker located in Kanagawa. The pay was quite good (210000yen), they have a manufacturing plant in Malaysia, and they’re very open to foreigners!

So the next day, I went to K. Sensei again, and asked him to write a recommendation letter. I posted all the necessary documents to the company (that I’m not going to say its name here, for a lot of reasons) yesterday, and all I gotta to do now is wait for an answer, and practice the SPI tests and do some math exercises.
I’m also busy doing the 外国文献 (gaikokubunken – foreign thesis?), translating English journal/thesis made by foreign researchers (I got the thesis from a team of researchers from Swiss) to Japanese. The original English thesis is already extremely hard to understand, how in the world would I be able to translate such mind-numbing journals into perfect Japanese?

Thank God I have the Japanese-English digital dictionary/translator Fujitsu’s ATLAS; the software really helped me a LOT. I only wished that the Swiss team would write their thesis using more grammatically correct English. Well, they’re not native English speakers, so I guess it cannot be helped.

I’m scheduled to present the translated thesis next week (2nd July). I’ve already finished translating; right now I’m doing the powerpoint slides and the presentation’s text-aide. I also have presentation practices to prepare. But most of all, I have to read the thesis over and over and over again, because I still don’t understand what kind of experiments the Swiss team has done and what are the benefits of their boring research. Not a slightest fucking idea. Nanoscale Friction Varied by Isotopic Shifting of Surface Vibrational Frequencies. What the fuck is that?

Changing topic.

Today I ate the 390yen shake bento from grandmart, again; accompanied with the new okinawa vitamin water drink and the oh so rich and creamy glico's torori cream pudding. awesome.
footnote:

1) Alpine does not involve in any production of paper. Alpine makes audio-visual electronics for consumer cars, and also GPS-based navigational system. So, Syazi, Alpine nih bukan nya kilang buat kertas. Mahu pun kilang buat jagung bakar. Ataupon air soya.

2) Gaijin (外人) is an abbreviation of gaikokujin (外国人) which means foreigner; or an outsider. In recent times, the word has become regarded by some as exclusionary or derogatory and thus offensive; most japanese tv broadcasters avoided using this word and prompt to use the full 'gaikokujin' phrase instead. Common Japanese people though, would use this word widely to refer to foreigners, but only behind their backs. So if you're not Japanese and a Japanese is calling you a 'gaijin', that means he/she have no respect for you and is verbally assaulting your sorry gaijin ass.

Monday, June 23, 2008

blue hawaii + unagidon

it starts to get really hot around here and i'm thirsty all the time.

what better way to satisfy that uneasy feeling of thirstiness, by drinking pepsi's newest limited edition carbonated drink: the pineapple and lemon flavored blue hawaii pepsi!

at first, i was a bit skeptical about buying it. i mean, it's BLUE!

but my curiosity beats my consciousness to be careful with what i put into my body.

the bottle made the same psttstst sound prior to opening. the smell is quite sweet, and kinda fruity too. the taste? hmm lets just say it's not pepsi. and i don't think this is what a pineapple + lemon drink should taste. and i don't even think that if you mix pineapple juice with lemon juice, the result would turn out to be BLUE.

talking about satisfying the senses, one of the things that i like about summer is eating unagidon! (うなぎ丼) unagidon is basically an eel (belut sungai in malay) dipped in delicious tare souce, eaten with white rice - kind of a japanese meal. i ate the new unagidon menu from the nearest sukiya (a famous japanese eatery here) and it's just beautiful.

the combination of the fleshy eel, the sweet tare sauce, the softness of the onsen tamago (hot spring eggs) ; is just perfect, it's an art. just thinking about this made me hungry for more.

anyways, there is a myth that if you eat unagi, lots of unagi, you could 'upgrade' your sexual prowess in an instant, just like tongkat ali. i don't know wether it has been scientifically proven, but i guess i kinda know why such myths existed: a healthy unagi, is one with a long, nice girth with a hard and fleshy body. just like a healthy penis. yap. it's just my theory though.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

buzi mizi

summer.

things seems to be moving a lot faster now.

gotta try to catch up with the pace.

i got more tasks to be completed in a shorter amount of time than before.

mgs4 is nice, but i don't really have the time or the mood to play video games right now. i want to focus on work, at least for now.

i just got my schedule from the prof.

man, it's going to be quite hectic.

well, at least i got something beneficial to do.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Rina Akiyama 秋山莉奈

Rina Akiyama
秋山莉奈

26 September 1985
163cm
83cm-57cm-88cm
Japanese gravure model/actress/variety talent
Beautiful skin

Nickname:
1) 美尻の女王(bijiri no jyouou) which means the queen of beautiful ass.
2) オシリーナ(oshiriina) oshiri means ass, rina is her name.

It was told that she has the best ass (buttocks, behind, arse, hot buns, peaches; which ever word that fits your taste) in japanese showbiz. The pics above were supposed to prove that statement, and I guess it made some relevant points there. I like to eat buns with hot melting butter on top.

Click this link to see more pictures of her and to investigate the truth about the above statement.

The video below might help you with your investigation. good luck!

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p.s/ She also starred in the popular children's action tv series: kamen raider agito. So I guess she has fans ranging from little boys to grown-up men. Sweet.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Firefox 3 is HERE!

Download Day

Mozilla's newest browser, Firefox 3 is HERE!

If you're still using Microsoft's crappy Internet Explorer, today is the perfect day to change to Firefox because the latest version is way ahead of its competitors; now its easier to use, equipped with tighter and more reliable security features, faster page loading speed, runs light on the processor, and its FREE, of course!

Download it now and help make a new guineas world record for the most downloaded software during launch day!

Monday, June 16, 2008

alpine HDMI earthquake vanilla curry weekend

- It’s Friday 13th .

- The 環境科学 class ended quickly so I went back home to take a shit.

- Checked the mail box: a mail from alpine!

- Damn it, I didn’t get the job! I knew it! The interview had a weird vibe. Who am I kidding? Navigational System Engineers need programmers, not mechanical kids!

- Skip a couple of minutes forward.

- Went to the cafeteria to give the Mongolian girl the longest chocolate bar in Japan.

- Then went to see K. Sensei to inform him about alpine. He was surprised. Then he told me to check out isuzu and tmc.

- Later that day, I did the experiment that I flunked last year. I’ll make sure I did it right this time around; I don’t have another chance.

- Went home, and the MGS4 Hagane PS3 arrived! Woot! I’m so fucking excited!

- Set the sexy thing up, then realized that it didn’t come with a HDMI cable! So I quickly put an urgent order for a 3m HDMI cable from amazon.co.jp.

- While settling with a 480p output, connected to the internet to download some demos. Argh, I hate 480p, it’s ugly. So I turned on my Xbox360 and play Ninja Gaiden 2 instead.

- The next day, I woke up during a HUGE earthquake. Everything in my room was shaking. I had to hold my book cabinet to prevent it from falling.

- It lasted a good 30 seconds. In my mind, I was worrying: Please don’t let my HDTV fall on the brand new PS3!

- Then it went peaceful again.

- Switched on the tv. Every channel is focusing on the earthquake. Where I’m living (Akita), we had a M6+ worth of earthquake, and the neighboring prefecture Iwate got like 7.

- This is pretty heavy stuff. The most that I’ve experienced before is M5 in Nagano. When you thought about the earthquake in china, and what it could do, it get pretty fucking scary; I’m not kidding.

- The next day, the full destruction of the earthquake is unveiled. 250 people got hurt and 9 people died. May their souls rest in peace.

- I also found out that Leah Dizon got a new single. The music video is cute, and if you turn off the sound while watching, it’s better. Leah Dizon never fail to impress me.

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Online Videos by Veoh.com.

- I also made some hot fiery red curry and bought a new 3-level low shelf to put my PS3 and Xbox 360 in a more tidier fashion next to the HDTV.



- I tried to figure out how to share my media from my computer, to the router and to my PS3, but in vain. It would be very nice to be able to play the Ghost in The Shell: Innocence blu-ray rip movie using the PS3 on my HDTV.

- I'm still waiting for my English version of MGS4 from play-asia.com. Although I have the japanese version of the premium package; I need the English version too because I like David Hayter's voice-over more!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

やる気満々の女子アナ・平井理央

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俺は平井理央アナ結構好きだけど、これはちょっとやりすぎ。

まあ。。そういう時代になってきたのか。。。

タレントと女子アナの境界線が分からなくなってきたな。。。

Friday, June 13, 2008

Sunday, June 08, 2008

SPI in Sendai

Yesterday I took a 3 hours bus ride to 仙台 (Sendai) to take this SPI test as a part of a job interview with the company I mentioned on the last part of my post previously. SPI stands for Synthetic Personality Inventory; and it was constructed to evaluate the intellectual capability and the personality of the person taking the test.

The personality test was nothing because it's just a simple personality test. The problem is with the intellectual capability test.

The intellectual capability tests were designed to cover different aspects of human intellectuality. They got the usual IQ & Logic test, Applied Mathematics and Linguistic Skills.

The IQ & Logic and the Applied Mathematics portion of the intellectual capability test is quite hard; when you were given so little time to solve too many difficult problems, it went from difficult to ridiculous. The timer that warns you on how many milliseconds you have to answer the questions also adds to the effect of hammering a big pressure on my little brain. Every question has a timer. It’s pretty daunting.

I don’t think that I got even half of the answers right. Even if the questions were in Malay or English, I don’t think I’d do better. I would probably be able to read the questions faster, but nothing more than that; the questions really challenge you to think really fast and be accurate in your calculation and problem solving skills.

The Linguistic Skills questions are worse though. Now I agree with my ex-tutor who said that even an average Japanese university student would have a very hard time answering the questions. The kanjis in the questions are not Japanese, they’re Chinese! I just pick the answers randomly; that’s the only thing I could do! I only managed to understand 3-5 questions; the rest is just rubbish and me finding a needle in a sack of grains.

To sum it all up, it was pretty bad. I did poorly.

Then I took the bus home, watch the men’s valley ball match against Japan and Argentina to the end, went to the surau to be late for an usrah, and then zarul took us to the beach with his brand new altezza.

Got home at midnight, and the telly is playing The Choten Hoteru. I decided to go to bed so I brushed my teeth so that they’re clean and pristine, and open the fridge to get milk. I drank the milk without thinking about checking the expiry date, and it was a big mistake. The milk tastes pretty awful, like puke of bad yogurt. The expiry date was 13th of April. That’s bad.

p/s: Japan won against Argentina in a very long and hard match, to qualify to be in the Olympics, after 16 years of failing to do so. It was a pretty awesome game. They really deserved it, they worked so hard. 超感動した!

p.s.: I'll be going to Fukushima tomorrow for the real deal, the final interview for the japanese car audio visual company. Oh man, I hope it will went smooth as silk. I hope I'll get the job. Amin.

Friday, June 06, 2008

msaj career-fair 2008 (T_T)

I meant to post this earlier but laziness and lack of idea to write has resulted in this delay. Whatever. So a couple of weeks ago I went to the jobfair that msaj conducted in Tokyo, and surprisingly, I thought it was well worth the long trip to get there; although it almost drained all of my energy and animalistic sexual desires. Just right after returning home, I booted up my PC and watched a video of yoshizawa akiho in a Japanese subway train on youtube, and I felt nothing. Proof that I’m very tired.

The 6 of us (zarul, bentong, sherrrrr, shazi, tipah and me) started our long journey at 1200 hours in a rented mazda premacy; the car was not small, but I would prefer it to be bigger though. I can’t feel my ass after sitting in there for hours and hours.

Uish, tulis dalam bahasa melayu pon ok gak nih!

Sampai kat Tokyo, terus cari tempat bermalam. Pusing punya pusing, last2 jumpa satu capsule hotel kat asakusa, dekat aje ngan tempat jobfair tu dianjurkan. What’s a capsule hotel, you might ask? Wikipedia it!

Capsule hotel kat Asakusa tuh lebih kurang mcam capsule hotel kat Osaka yg aku penah stay dulu. Cuma kat sini, ada 露天風呂(rotenburo – outdoor hot spring bath). Lokasi plak kat tingkat atas sekali pulak tuh! So sambil mandi hot spring bogel ramai2 ngan customer2 lain, aku bole sempat menikmati keindahan malam asakusa dari tempat tinggi. Mintak2 la takde org ambik gamba daripada jalan raya kat bawah. Feels good to be bare-ass naked, on top of a tall building, overseeing a culturally-rich Japanese town like Asakusa.

Badan pon jadi panas lepas mandi, terus pegi nak tido. Hmm… capsule hotel nih memang la kecik, tapi ok la kalo setakat nak buat tido. Tapi sebab capsule2 nih dia letak padat + rapat2, memang susah gak la nak tido kalo tak tahan bunyi. Mcam situation aku, pakcik sebelah depan capsule aku dengkur kuat gila, pastu siap mengigau apa ntah. Org sebelah aku ni plak tengah layan Japanese AV (brapa yen ntah sejam, lupa) dengar sampai capsule aku. Kalo skill meneka aku hebat, kalo tak silap aku, dia mesti tengah layan Aoi Sora punya video; kali ni dia jadi nurse rajin yg ingin berbakti untuk keselesaan pesakit2 di bawah jagaan nya. I mean, no one mourns like Aoi Sora! That’s why I know! Hmmm….. Tapi sedar tak sedar, aku tertido gak. Bunyi alarm handphone membuka mata di awal pagi.

Bukak mata, rasa malas gila nak mandi. Lagipon sebelum tido semalam dah mandi dah. So aku ambik keputusan untuk sembur deodorant aje. 5 saat. Lebih daripada itu, ketiak bole beku! Pastu pegi siap2 pakai suit sumer. It’s time to go job hunting!

Sampai2 kat lokasi, dapat jumpa ngan memba2 lama. Memba2 time kat skolah bahasa dulu. Gilak ah dah lama gila tak jumpa. 懐かしい。。。 tapi yg paling aku terkejut ialah perubahan mendadak si razmi. Weh slim gila ko skang! Pastu, mentang2 dah slim, sedap2 aje kutuk aku dah jadi bulat ek? Takpe. Nanti aku ganbaru diet! Karu plak stay boroi. Yanti plak... 綺麗になったな!Good to see you guys!

Anyways, masuk2 aje dewan jobfair tuh, kepala pening sekejap. Ada banyak gila booth with too many people. Tak tau aku nak cuba company apa. Pusing punya pusing punya pusing, aku ambik giliran kat perodua. Ramai gila org yg mintak perodua nih. Tunggu lama gila nak sampai giliran aku. Perodua punya interview ni pelik gak. Ada 3 org interviewer. Kebanyakan org kena dalam english, tapi time aku duduk kat situ, aku bole dengar gak kenkadang diaorg cakap melayu. Ada jugak yg kena cakap bahasa jepun. woot berdebar2 gak la. Mana tau time aku, dia suruh cakap melayu, english, japanese selang seli? Woo pening!

tunggu punya tunggu, last2 masuk lunch time! So diaorg suruh org yg tunggu belakang aku pegi makan dulu, tinggal aku ngan paklan aje last. Fuuh. Pastu kena panggil. Hmm... nasib baik interviewer aku nih cool aje. Takde nak pressure2 sangat. Soalan nya bukan nya soalan2 yg berbentuk akademik ke apa ke. Dia cuma tanya kenapa nak masuk perodua, nak kerja bahagian mana (aku cakap quality control ataupon production), pasal life kat jepun etc. It was a pretty controlled and relaxed mood. He asked me a short question, so I gave him a long, detailed answer. At the end of the interview, the interviewer asked me : "So kamu nih memang betul2 berminat la ngan perodua nih? Kita tengok la macam mana ye…"

The interview lasted about 30 minutes when everybody took about 20. I talk too much. Anyways, perut dah berkeroncong so cepat2 aku minta diri pastu pegi ke kaunter ambik makanan. Beratur sekejap pastu sampai la giliran aku. Aku tengok org depan2 aku sumer dapat bento tempura. Oh sedap nya. Tapi sampai2 giliran aku, diaorg cakap bento dah habis, sedangkan aku bole nampak banyak lagi bento tempura yg sama, dalam kotak yg diaorg letak belakang counter tuh. Hmm... pelik gak, asal diaorg stop bagi bento nih?

Mula2 org kat counter tu cakap ada masalah sket. Masalah apa pulak, bagi aje la kan? So tanya punya tanya, baru la aku tau masalah nya. Rupa2 nya bento tempura yg diaorg edarkan selama tuh, ada masuk bahan2 yg diperbuat daripada BABI. Muhahaha nasib baik aku tak makan, tapi nasib malang la kepada yg dah makan. Harap2 diaorg mulakan makan ngan bismillah dan habiskan makan ngan alhamdulillah. Burp.

Aha lupa nak cakap. aku sebenarnya dah janji ngan org msaj untuk rahsiakan perkara nih, tapi aku janji untuk tak cakap kot mulut aje. Aku tak janji yg aku takkan tulis dalam blog nih hehehe so I don't break any promises ok?

Tapi kenapa la msaj bole buat kesilapan besar mcam ni? Sebenarnya msaj dah buat siap2 bento (yg confirm halal) sendiri untuk diedarkan. Tapi silap budget, org yg datang lagi ramai drpd bento yg disediakan. Attendance was unexpectedly high. So dia org menggelabah la nak pegi beli bento tambahan, dan time diaorg pegi beli tu la yg diaorg lalai nak check, ada BABI ke tak. Memang tak patut… so aku minum air C.C. Lemon aje nak alas perut. Pastu pow roti drpd Arip. ありがとう!マジ助かった!

Lepas waktu rehat, aku pegi cuba Konica-Minolta plak. Mula2 kena ambik IQ test. Aduih leceh tul la IQ test. Pastu dlm jam 1430, kena pegi interview. Masuk2 bilik, ada 2 org interviewer tgh interview seorg gadis melayu. Haha. And at the waiting seat, there's another girl sitting with her face down. She looked pretty nervous. She kept rubbing her hands, left and right.

If I were in a vacation right now, I'd sure think of something to help this girl with her nervousness, talk to her, make a dumb joke to make her smile. Unfortunately, I'm having my job interview so I walk silently to sit next to her, thinking and creating stories that I could use during the interview.

Sambil tunggu giliran kena panggil tu, aku fikir la mcam2 jenis idea dan cerita yg bole dipakai time interview nanti. Kenapa aku tertarik ngan camera. Pengetahuan aku pasal teknologi camera. Pasal Konica-Minolta punya introduction to internal lens into the camera world. Macam2 la. Buah fikiran.

Tapi time aku tengah reka2 idea2 nih, aku terdengar interviewer tu cakap kat girl yg tgh kena interview tu: No, you have been mistaken. We don’t make cameras; we make HARD-DISKs!

EEE!!! Company ni buat hard disk ke?! Terus aku menoleh kat girl sebelah aku; tanya dia. She answered with a nervous smile saying yes. Alamak! Idea pasal camera tak bole pakai la kalo mcam nih! Kena fikir idea baru pasal HARD-DISK plak! Dan time tu jugak la dia panggil aku ke depan. Interview bermula.

Interviewer ada dua orang. One Chinese-Malaysian lady on the left and a Japanese men, probably in his 50’s on the right. The lady interviewer looked very bored and tired; then as soon as I took the seat, she looked at me with her sleepy eyes and asked: What is your weakness?

At first, I was thinking about jokingly telling her that my weakness is that I don’t know what my weaknesses is; so that she could wake up and actually hear what I want was saying. Thank God, my reasonings hit my head with a red brick, telling me to be serious; this is not a time to tell your stupid jokes!

As I was answering all these questions, I could see that both of the interviewers are already tired and worned out. Only the lady interviewer is doing the questioning though, the Japanese interviewer just listens. I have to do something to grab their intention and try to be different. Then she asked me if I have a question.

So I asked them: I believe that the era of the traditional hard disks with a spinning physical component is almost over. I believe that the future of digital storage lies in the development of flash based memory or other types of media. Like IBM, they just abandoned their hard disk development to focus on next-generation flash memory technology. So how does Konica-Minolta deal with this change to stay alive in the market? (Well, that is not EXACTLY what I asked, of course, but the meanings are the same, it’s just shorter as I don’t remember it word by word!)

Aku tanya dia, Konica=Minolta ni bole hidup lama ke dengan teknologi hard disk yg ketinggalan nih? Aduih, mulut aku ni memang patut kena cili. Kenapa la bole ter’kutuk’ company tu masa interview plak. Siot tul.

The lady interviewer looked at me like she didn’t understand what I was asking. The Japanese interviewer took a long hmmmmmmm and then started to open his mouth, explaining to me (in Japanese) that the future of hard disks is here to stay, and it’s far superior to any flash memory technology out there.

Adoih, kenapa la aku bole ter’kutuk’ company ni plak. Mulut aku ni memang la, banyak cakap sangat. Pastu time dia tengah bengang gila nak defend company dia punya future, I know I have to nod in agreement with what ever he is saying IF I want to save this interview-gone-bad. Then he stood up and started to draw bar graphs and pie charts, to help with his explanations. Hmm… I think I’ve pissed him off pretty good. I mean, who wouldn’t? When a mere student is dissing your own company, you have to defend it.

As I nod in agreement, I knew I fucked the interview up; why do I have to make the interviewer angry? Then at that point, I don’t care about the interview any more. I just wanna talk about hard disks with the Japanese interviewer. I complained that the hard disk sucks because it could break easily because of its moving parts, the reading speed is slow etc. What ever point that made me annoyed with the current hard disk technology, I brought it up, just to make my point about the failing future of the hard disk even stronger. I don’t care, if I fall down, at least I’d fall down with pride. Or perhaps that was just sheer arrogance and childishness. So we talked and talked. Eventually, the interview ended, 45 minutes, when it took 10 minutes for others.

When I’m finished, there were about 8-10 interviewees waiting at the back; I made them wait because I’ve been using more time than a normal interview would. When I walk out of the interview room, the Japanese interviewer went out also, to light a cigarette. Maybe he’s as tired as I am after our small talk. Then I remember him telling me: すごく良かった。後、日本語で説明出来て、良かった。

Is this guy for real? I just dissed his company, and he’s telling me it was good? This must be a trick or something. I don’t believe him, I’m sure to fail the interview.

One month has passed since that dreadful interview, and I was surprised that I was wrong.

Last week, I got an email from Konica-Minolta: I passed the first interview and were asked to attend the second interview this August! Aku kutuk syarikat tu time interview, dan aku lepas! Memang tak logic langsung. This must be a trick! Perodua punya interview, yg aku rasa ok sket, tak dengar apa2 berita plak.

Anyways, my job hunting is not over yet. Tomorrow, I’m going to Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture) to take SPI and IQ tests, as a part of an interview with this Japanese audio-visual and car navigational system company. Wish me luck, I need it.

hirano aya - can you spot it?


hirano aya - the jpop national idol especially among otakus and suzumiya haruhi fans; pics of her just before a concert.

can you spot it?

hint: try to read what was written on her t-shirt, and yes, i don't think she knew the meaning.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

harga minyak melambung !!!

it's about time!

although i understand why this price hike is actually a good move to the economy; working by decreasing the burden of the subsidy, what use of this all when the government is spending and wasting money on useless projects and bribing + songlap duit rakyat? this would surely make it harder for the malaysians with a low-paying job to cope.

anyways, i thought the government is going to rise the price just right after the general election, but they took some time to make that decision. now, let's just hope they could cut other dumb expenses, lower the bribing bullshit, and actually work their lazy asses off, for the people.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

kelantanese-speaking arabian guy

kemah kemim !!!
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i can't help but be amazed with this guy. the intonation and pronunciation is almost perfect!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

hulk800.jpg

the result of extreme boredom + being alone at the research lab.

Monday, June 02, 2008

久しぶりの Movie Review

I've been very busy lately and didn't have much time to watch movies. Anyways, these are some of the movies that I've watched since my last movie review post.

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator:Requiem – 3.0
The alien movies: awesome. The predator movie: more awesome. The combination of both: dumbest film of the year. Even more ridiculous that Meet The Spartan. The movie has no story, acting and dialog is dumb as dirt, and each action sequence has no logical reasoning and filled with every teen/monster movie cliché ever thought up by dumb Hollywood writers, from the 80’s. Even if you’re a hardcore fan of the alien/predator series, do yourself a favour and avoid watching this film. It’s just very terrible.

Alvin And The Chipmunks – 6.0
I have no high expectations from a 3D Chipmunks movie, but I didn’t expect it to be this flat. Of course, the chipmunks were cute enough (although the original 2D version of them is better) and some of the songs performed in the movie were really good; but you can’t save a movie from being mediocre, unoriginal and flat if the scenes/dialogs that were supposed to be funny (the backbone for this type of movie) are not funny or stand out to be memorable. Anyways, I still think that this film is pretty enjoyable for kids; and it delivers good message for them.

There Will Be Blood – 8.2
'I drank your milk shake! I drank it up!’. What a freaking awesome movie! Although they dragged it a little bit too much in the middle, the ending was worth it. The cinematography, direction and acting in the film is top notch. I couldn't think of anyone else playing the main character.

The 11th Hour – 6.5
Did you know, other than being a great actor, Leonardo DiCaprio is also an environmentalist? Just like An Inconvenient Truth, this documentary reveals the inconvenient truth about the state of our environmental health, and we should all freak out because it’s the end of the world aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!! Anyways, I think An Inconvenient Truth is better at giving the audience the facts and solutions, without overdoing the all too much fear-mongering that the media is spoon-feeding us with. Nice effort though DiCaprio, with your name in it, hopefully more people would be wanting to see more films about global warming and be freaked out and panic and go crazy because the earth is getting warmer and our species will die a hot, horrible death aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!


27 Dresses – 7.8
No matter how much mediocre the story and how strong the whole ‘this is a chick flick’ atmosphere of the film, I still enjoyed watching it. There is nothing revolutionary about the film, but this is what you get if you follow strictly rule on how to make a good chick flick. The attention on the emotion, the pretty colours, the attractive cast; and oh, the harmless, Disney-jokes. Anyways, Katherine Heigl... she is nice. Very pretty. I would do sick, disgusting, unforgiving things just to have a quick sniff on her neck. Yes, I like!

Lions For Lambs – 7.5
A pretty serious movie, but you should never took the ideas discussed in the film seriously because I felt it had elements of Hollywood propaganda; only it’s not in a in-you-face nature, which I appreciate. There are 3 stories in the movie; the senator and the reporter, the political science professor and a gifted student, and two determined student who volunteer for military service; and each one of those stories were interwoven in real time in 90 minutes. Really makes you think about how decision makers who decides the strategies in war on terror and PR in the news are tightly associated with each other. You’ll probably be bored if you don’t like political science.

Semi-Pro – 8.0
You see Will Ferrell starring in many funny movies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Wedding Crashers etc. You could also see Will Ferrell failed miserably trying too hard to be funny in mediocre comedy movies like Blades of Glory, Bewitched etc. But rest assured, Semi-Pro is a funny movie starring Will Ferrell that doesn’t suck. Although you could criticize him for being too careful to NOT do something original with his character, I think it’s a good decision because at the end of the day, we all want to see a movie where his characters spell out really ridiculously funny lines and body movements. If you love Will Ferrell, you will surely enjoy watching this movie.

The Village – 7.4
The problem I have with director M. Night Shayamalan is that his movies always ends in a very low, boring mood. Still, he is a genius in using music and subtle but ample visual snippets that triggers and builds the emotion of fear in the hearts of the audience. The Village has a very interesting storyline, and there are moments that would make you jump out of your seat. Not the scariest movie out there, but it retain the Shayamalan style and won’t disappoint the director’s cult following.

Vantage Point – 8.2
The director has my praise for successfully making a new way in movie-narrative work so well. Although the story is nothing more engaging or exciting than a few episodes of 24, the way the narrative moves to tell one story from multiple perspectives is quite a change of fresh air in Hollywood thriller movies. You’ll be at the edge of your seat the whole time trying to predict what really happened and what is the real story behind it all. Another good action-thriller movie.

MTV Movie Awards – 6.5
Johnny Depp won Best Comedic Performance for Pirates of The Caribbean over Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and he also won Best Villain for Sweeney Todd over Javier Bardem (No County For Old Men). Over Javier Fucking Bardem! Stupid Americans. The performance by Coldplay was awesome. The same thing cannot be said to the singing group of American prostitutes, The Pussycat Dolls. The host, Mike Myres is a legendarily funny guy in character, but he made a BAD awards host. All in all, MTV award 2008 is as stupid and useless as all the other shows they have on MTV. I still can’t believe they pick Johnny Depp over Javier Bardem! Anyways, Emma Stone and Megan Fox look super fine, although the latter looks like an idiot trying too hard to be cool.

Funny Games – 7.9
Disturbing, annoying at some point but still a uniquely sick movie about two psychotic young men playing with the life of a family in their cabin. The two must be the most unsympathetic sadists ever, forcing their victims to play sick ‘games’ to satisfy their thirst for entertainment. It’s fun to watch though.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 6.9
I don't know why I felt bored watching this movie. I'm so bored that I fell asleep the half way through. With that said Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck made a stellar performance in this one. You don't see many good western movies anymore these days, but this movie surely is something refreshing out of the old genre. Cinematography did a good job portraying the harsh environment of the Wild West, from the forest, the snow and the desert. This movie had all the good elements in it, but I still can't figure out why I felt bored.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

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