Squash : 13th Raintree International Jumbo Squash Doubles Competition

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Participated in this tourney with sparring partner, Luqman under team name of T-Rex. HAHA. Such an ambitious name. This is our first time playing in a double competition because we are actually a single player and man, it was super fun and seriously, we were hooked hands down! The tournament consists of a mass of fun and familiar faces, a bunch of muscle aches and free flow of foods, not to mention playing squash randomly with everybody all day till you want to die. Since I am a player, consuming too much food will somehow effect my game, so I was restraining myself until my last match of the day and eat like nobody's business. Little sister Anys came along for support, konon-kononnya, but actually she was always tagging along whenever I went for a tournament and was scoffing on those pastries and sandwiches like a pig. Boring study katanya, nak cuci mata watching the nationals junior players *eye rolled*. Too bad her partner in crime, my little brother Boy went to watch rugby matches and unable to join her or else, all hell will go loose. At least my hell. She made it a point to tell everyone how I am her 'adorable gemok pendek sister' whenever my friend made a remark 'Wahhh Anys tingginya!'. Impertinent little sister aren't you Anys. Pffttt! 

Black+White : Training session with Luq and adapting my cool-all-new Technifibre white eyeglasses

Though this is our first experience in playing doubles, both of our combined (Luqman and Me) strength made us 'the underdog to be watched'. Jangan main-main! Hahaha. We made it as far as to the semis but lose both sets in sudden death. Bummer. The opponent won against us with only just one point! Kecewa betul. Anyway, I am proud to be the player who scored most of our points in both matches and manage to wow the spectator with some of my signature killer shots. Its funny to look at Anys face which was full of amazement and gaping in awe when the crowd cheered. Hahaha. Close your mouth Anys or you'll choke on a lalat later. Nevertheless, we still lose but hey, it's the most exciting experience ever! and we can always win again next year right? :) Next doubles tourney will be on February in Singapore, then in Bangkok and Singapore again then back to Malaysia, and I was proposed by 3 clubs to play for their team in this coming RSC Tiger Trophy Open Tournament. Teehehehe. Felt like some hotshot football player who was fought over by Man U, Chelsea and Man City. I was still considering the options though because I like to be in the underdog team, with those I usually trained and sparred with. Less pressure on winning and more about fun but if I wanted to play seriously, I'd better choose one of those clubs because if the club are sending us to play oversea, half of the expenses will be covered. Jimat! And team entrance fees are usually fully sponsored. How cool is that? Entrance fees ain't cheap for squash tourney. Tiger Trophy itself cost a team RM300 per entrance. So I'd better make up my mind about joining those clubs because I am seriously lookin' forward for the coming Tiger Trophy and the first jumbo in Singapore. Can't wait! :)

The underdog : T-Rex team and our own self-designed and self-made shirt. Kau ado? XP

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One blubb blubb Sunday~

Heyyyaaa people~ 

Dont ask blubb blubb tu apa. It kinda crashed my brain and I just felt like putting it there. Okai? Anyway, felt like posting an entry about my Sunday. Rasa bosan sebab I is not around, so as usual, I roger the others (the Squash Devil) and starts making plan. Yeah well, the idea was to hike at Broga Hills but since not many of us is available so we kinda resort to Squash and whatever plan that came in mind later afterwards. Plus, Luq was not feeling very happy lately and we all rasa macam nak make him smile a bit. Yeah well, it might not gonna solve his problems or heal the wound (ouucchhh!) but at least, we try to make him smile and soothe his raw feeling. Sweet kan? I know righttttt~ Hihihi. Instead of posting pics, malam nie rajin extra sikit so saya buat a movie out of our pics. Next time you guys had spare time on Sunday, doing nothing, why don't you gather all your BFFs and go out and get in touch with the nature. Malas? Bila tengok video ni sure rasa teruja nak pergi juga. Have fun watching and enjoy. Cheers!  

Out of all the pics, my favourites are these two. Talk about sillyness. Haihhh..we have like, tonnes of them!

Personally, I think both pics are cute. Oh my so perasan. Whatever~ XP

Dah ada jeles sikit-sikit tak? Next Sunday kita jumpa kat Taman Botani owrite people?

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Roaming! (CNY Edition) Roadtrip #7b : Lumut - Taman Paya Bakau - Lost World Tambun

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Ola! Pagi nie saya masuk ofis awal and decided..saya MALAS nak buat kerja! Err..kejap lagi lah kot baru buat kerja. Hehehe =P Anyway, I should probably continue the entry about our roadtrip to Perak during the previous CNY holiday. After having breakfast which consisted of maggi in cup, bubur segera, roti dan tuna dan air milo / nescafe yang semuanya 3 in 1 (hehehe..jimat kan?), we started packing and cleaning the house before proceeding with our plan. When everything was already settled, and dah cukup korum, kami memulakan perjalanan ke destinasi seterusnya, Bandar Lumut and kali nie saya yang drive. Syok jugak dapat drive kereta Satrio Neo si Izzat. Dulu pernah berangan nak beli tapi bila memikirkan kemudahan untuk masa depan, terus tak jadi. Cam kesian jer kalo imagine mama ngan abah nak masuk lam kereta. Nanti dah masuk tak boleh keluar tanpa terseliuh pinggang. Hehehe. I am happy with the car I own now, it's not much but at least it's mine =)  (I love you my Black Raven~).

Pemandangan di Bandar Lumut. Awan tu macam gula-gula kapas kan? Grrr~ geram gila!

Pemandangan lain di Bandar Lumut. Sila abaikan amoi di dalam gambar ini =P

The drive from Segari to Lumut took us about half an hour since kami berkonvoi so tak boleh lah selfish and bawak laju-laju. Sesampai di Lumut, the drivers kena stay dalam kereta sebab susah nak cari parking so yang pergi membeli-belah adalah penumpang ja. Tak aci kan? Tapi bagus gak lah, tak ade lah abis duet beli tah pape nanti. The town was a bit crowded, holiday kan, that should be expected. Saya dan Floe lepak-lepak dalam kereta (it was hot outside anyway, malas nak keluar) while Izzat and Sazali pergi borong sotong gula untuk kami. Terbalik lak..laki yang pergi shopping, perempuan tunggu dalam kereta. Then bila dah park kereta, kitorang berjalan-jalan di tepi jeti sambil menunggu pemborong-pemborong sotong gula pulang dengan hasil borongan masing-masing~

Aha..bagi saya, pintu gerbang nie macam agak rare. Comel kan ada ketam ngan kerang macam tu~ Hihi..

Oh okai..nie gambar wajib bagi menandakan bahawa 'WE ARE HERE'..err..apekah, ada kaitan ker? huhu~

(Pic credit to Floe)

Our next destination is Taman Paya Bakau. Which is kinda unexpected sebab kitorang ingat akan ke Tambun terus. Tiba-tiba leader konvoi membelok ke satu kawasan hutan. Imagine our frustration! Ahahaha~ Punyalah mengharap akan terus ke Tambun Lost World and dapat bermandi-manda, tapi malangnya dibawa ke hutan pulak. Kelakar oh bila ingat balik~ Anyway, alang-alang dah sampai, kami pun turun lah jugak dan berjalan-jalan di dalam Taman Paya Bakau nie dan menghayati keindahan flora dan fauna nya. Ada jambatan gantung semua tapi since kitorg excited nak pergi tempat lain, tengok jambatan gantung tu pun rasa tak excited mana.  But then we saw a lot of it's fauna, such as ketam sepit besar sebelah, ikan belacak and siput-siput. Honestly, I was a bit jakun when Airol showed me this one crab. Oh okai, so kat paya bakau pun ada ketam and ketam dia macam rare and pelbagai. How ignorant of me all this while..masa cikgu ajar habitat paya bakau dulu tak pay attention so nie lah akibat dia~ hehehe~

Taman Paya Bakau

Muka-muka orang excited nak pergi Tambun Lost World

Gambar nie sebenarnya saya ambil gambar ketam. Tapi macam tak nampak right? Haha..yelah ketam tu sangat halus. Kalau korang terer, cubalah cari..mana ketam tu. Haaa..taw dah sure tak nampak. Belek sampai hidung cium monitor PC pun belum tentu korang nampak ketam tu. hahaha..

Yang saya bulatkan dengan green coloured circle tu are the crabs. Still tak jelas but at least saya bagitahu kan ketam tu yang mana. Hee..jangan marah! =P After a brief discussion, we decided to separate with Kak Jai and her team since we need to be at Tambun as early as possible. The theme park will be closed at 6 p.m and right now at 2 p.m we're still nowhere in getting closer to the park. Perut pun dah mula lapar sebab makan megi jer. Huhu. So we said our goodbyes and thanked Kak Jai for her hospitality and headed to our next destination, Tambun Lost World. Masalah sekarang, nobody knows how to get there..haha. Masa nie, bersyukur lah sebab pakai handphone canggih yang ada GPS. Walaupun handphone saya lagi canggih dari Jali, tapi GPS Jali lagi canggih dari saya. Duhhh~ sabar jelah saya -.-" Since kitorang paling canggih antara ketiga-tiga kereta, maka kami yang lead. GPS membawa kami meredahi pekan-pekan dalam Perak. Tah mana hala tah GPS nie bawak, tak kesah lah janji sampai dengan cepat. And in half an hour, kami sampai ke Bandar Ipoh dan Tambun Lost World. Yeahhhh~!! Mari mandi~~ Entrance macam mahal, RM38 per person. Uhuhu..air free ada tapi gatal nak mandi air mahal yang dalam takat peha jer. Hahaha..ape-ape jelah.

Tambun Lost World (pic  credit to Floe)

After Tambun, kami terus pulang ke Bangi dengan kepenatan yang amat sangat. All in all it was one memorable roadtrip to add to my roadtrip collection. The activities might not really what we expected but then, I guess what I treasure most in this roadtrip is the quality time spend with my dear one. Thank you guys for another unforgettable experience. This will not be the end of our roadtrip. Insya-Allah~ So I end this entry with this one pic of the guys. Aha..rasa cam nak promote 3 pendekar gagah nie ( sila belanja sebab dah puji banyak sangat neh~ =P ). So till next entry..Cheers people! =)

Pilih-pilih yang mana berkenan~

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Roaming! (CNY Edition) Roadtrip #7a : Pantai Teluk Senangin, Segari, Perak

Hey, hey wassup! alahai, sumpah lama tak update blog. Malas gila..rajin chatting ja~ Buat kerja pun malas jugak neh. Hahaha. Hope you guys are doing great and have a wonderfully blastful life. Cewahh..blastful tak tak tahan tuh. Anyway, I know Chinese New Year holiday is already over like what, 3 weeks ago? Tapi sekarang baru rajin nak cerita-ceriti about aktiviti during Chinese New Year hari tu. So how's you guys punya holiday? Best tak? Hehe..I hope it is still not too late to wish all my Chinese friend who celebrate Chinese New Year, a belated Happy Chinese New Year. Tahun arnab kan this year? Oh comel~!

Pantai Teluk Senangin at the break of dawn

Teruja tak tengok gambar teluk ne? AHA..saje jer kan letak gambar preview. Anyway, during the CNY holiday, I was invited to join Ester and her ninja teammates for a holiday at Perak. She was invited by her ex-schoolmate (a senior) for a trip to Pantai Teluk Senangin, fishing and just lepak-lepak by the beach. Event invitation at Facebook was created like 2 months before, so for 2 months lah saya menahan excitement for another roadtrip. Arghhhh~ lambat gila masa berlalu! Then when the day comes, macam sangat excited because my other bestfriend, Jo-c is flying down to KL with her baby son, Bry to join us. Happy gila! Ada 3 kereta yang pergi and there were 10 of us. Whoa..ramai! The journey takes more than usual hour because of the traffic. Jem gila! Cuti kan..semua orang pun nak balik kampung. Imagine the traffic kat toilet..wuuu~ Beli ayam KFC pun sampai sejam sebab staff yang jaga kaunter sangat sopan-santun dan berhemah masa nak pack ayam saya dan Floe dalam box. Adoilah~ T_T

Okai, cut the story short, after meeting with Ester's senior, Kak Jai diberi nama, we followed her to Pantai Teluk Senangin which is situated somwhere near Lumut. Kak Jai brought along her 'team' so memang meriah gila as there were like 6 cars and few motorcycle. Haha..Imagine the confusion and the hassle at the traffic light and when one of the cars tertinggal belakang. The journey itself took us the whole day which brought out the impatience of almost all of us. Saya dengan Floe dah merepek-merepek dah kat dalam kereta. Okai, pembetulan, saya yang merepek. Floe tukang gelak. Tapi dia pun join sekali buat lawak. Hehe. Izzat dengan Sazali cam sabar jelah layan saya dan Floe. All in all, the journey tak boring sebab diorg nie semua hillarious. Best!

Home-stay! 

The view of Pantai Teluk Senangin dari Rumah kami =)

Okai so this was where stayed for the night. A homestay house. Betul-betul klasik macam duduk rumah kampung. The house was quite spacious with 3 rooms, a spacious kitchen, one bathroom cum toilet and a hall. A perfect 'rumah kampung'. Orang didepan berlari, orang yang dibelakang akan merasa gegaran nya. Haha. As we arrived macam dah sangat lewat untuk mandi laut *kecewa* so terus prepare for BBQ. Ayam and semua nya was already prepared by Kak Jai (thanx Kak Jai~!) so tukang panggang nya adalah KAMI. ngehehe~  Ester dan Floe masak nasik kat atas rumah sementara the rest of us mengerjakan ayam-ayaman. The other ada yang bancuh air and ada yang bersantai sambil melihat bulan dan bintang~

BBQ session~

Nie adalah senario during BBQ di mana akan ada seorang yang jadi 'chef', seorang menjadi tukang suluh, seorang tukang sapu madu dan berorang-orang tukang kipas dan tukang sembang. HAHA~! Since Kak Jai dah prepare the chicken so I think it would be appropriate for us to take over the barbecueing job. Oh well, janji masak, kira settle lah right? =) After dinner, kami berentap main Tekken 5. Gempak tak? Pergi roadtrip siap bawak PS2. Thanx to Floe we had some entertainment that night. Then as usual, bila dah di tepi pantai, I would never gonna passed a chance to have a night walk by the beach. In some sense, the night walk give me times to think and the tranquility of the surrounding is enough to make a person feel serene. Since everybody else sibuk 'bertarung', saya ajak Mushaiy menemani saya. Terima kasih Mushaiy.. =)

The next day, we went for a morning walk pulak. WE = sesiapa yang bangun. Yang tak bangun tu morning walk dalam mimpi jelah. Hehehe. Indah sungguh alam ciptaan Tuhan. Pantai nya cantik tapi sayangnya, macam tak berapa sesuai untuk mandi, tapi lebih sesuai untuk memancing. Memang ramai la orang fishing di sini. Oh daku sangat keciwaaaaaa~ T_T  So gambar-gambar di bawah adalah aktiviti pagi kami di Pantai Teluk Senangin a.k.a morning walk~

 

Dah nama pun atlet taekwando kan, they train even when at leisure. Cayalah Izzat! The next picture sebelah Izzat tuh..err..Sazali tengah lawan menyelam dengan 2 orang budak kecik. Ngeh ngeh~

  

Since tiada aktiviti mandi-manda, maka kami beraktiviti main korek pasir dan sembang-sembang sambil tengok gelagat orang, err, ke orang yang tengok gelagat kami, tak kisah lah. Haha.. Punya jauh datang untuk bersembang. But then, bagi mengubati kekecewaan sebab tak dapat mandi, kami buat another plan which is to go somewhere else. Pantai lain, as long as boleh mandi. Malangnya hari dah tengah hari, macam tak sempat nak mandi laut dah. Maka sebulat suara kami bersetuju untuk ke Tambun Lost World (err..hentam jelah!). Before heading to Tambun, Kak Jai took us to Lumut to buy some sotong gula and other souvenires. Macam dah panjang sangat entry merepek nie yang penuh dengan gambar jer. Ehe..saje nak bagi korang jeles. Jeles tak? =P Anyway, entry about our next destination will be written after this so for now, I leave you guys untuk cuci mata tengok gambar-gambar dulu ya? Cheers!

Group photo of us and Kak Jai and her friends =)

me-ester-joscie : friend forever

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P/s : Picture credit to Floe. Thanx buddy!

Roaming! : Tugu Negara

Hello homosapiens..wassup! How many of you guys has ever set foot at the National Monument and how many of you guys had ever known that Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial exist? Aha..mesti tak ramai kan? For a KLite like me, after 26 years barulah sampai ke Tugu Negara yang letaknya berhadapan dengan Tasik Perdana..and hell yeah, it is kinda embarrassing. Hehe. Tak jauh pon Tugu Negara dengan rumah saya, 20minit pun tak sampai. Cuma mungkin family saya bukanlah jenis sight-seeing family, at least not my Dad.. =) Last week, after karoke session at Green Box, Sungei Wang at the ungodly hour of 10am where Tommy dengan kentalnya woke me up at 8am so we won’t be late (kredit to Cik Aliphant for the invitation to ‘use’ the 2 person+free 1 kepala kupon..which tak guna pon because it is for evening session only), we decided to play tourist and ronda-ronda KL and searching for fun places which..doesn’t requires any entry fees. Nak buat macam mana kan, semua pon kedekot. Haha. We rule out National Museum and KL Tower (some other day ha..) because of the entry fees yang mahal and decided to go to Tugu Negara. Aha! Tak pernah pergi kan, so sure lah excited. FREE lak tuh. Hee~

The Entrance

Tugu Negara, as we learn in national history was build to remember the fighter who fought in the World War 1, World War 2 and the Emergency. It was made of solid bronze (incredible isn’t it? the whole statue is made of BRONZE) and it took almost 3 years to be completed (1963 – 1966). The huge tall bronze figures of soldiers standing and supporting their fallen comrades, which is opposite Lake Gardens, are the work of sculptor Felix de Weldon, who also did Washington’s Iwo Jima Monument and it is regarded as the largest bronze monument grouping in the world. Actually this is not the original Tugu Negara. The original one, was built by the British for the same reason, and was a cenotaph shaped and was originally placed at Jalan Tugu.

The Original Monument - The Cenotaph

The Second Monument

The Tugu Negara was completed and officially opened on February 8, 1966, by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. It was proclaimed a memorial park dedicated to the 11,000 people who died during the 12-year Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). Thereafter, a wreath-laying ceremony takes place at the monument every July 31 on Warriors Day - Source : http://www.wikipedia.com/. Haa..korang tahu tak that every 31st July, negara kita celebrate Hari Pahlawan? Ahaks. Confirm tataw kan? =) . Di antara tugu pertama dan tugu kedua, ada sebuah bangunan berkubah where di atas syiling nya, terdapat logo-logo setiap pasukan pertahanan di Malaysia. You would not notice it of you didn't look up. The area is enhanced with several ponds and fountains..it lend some tranquility feel to the monument area. When I was there, baru lah terasa semangat patriotik which had long gone due to the life luxury and peace in our country. I pity myself and those who forgot the fight these fallen fighter had been fighting for the sake of us today. Hmmm...~

The view of KL Tower and KLCC from Tugu Negara

Sy rasa cikgu sejarah should organize field trip for students while studying on this chapter so the students will know first hand and see it with their own eyes of our national monument. Setakat belajar teori dalam kelas, mana lah student tak tertido kan? Lalala~ I bet, tak ramai yang tahu that The Cenotaph is the first monument made for the memorial reason jugak. Hehehe. So, sy stop sini dulu for a while untuk korang ponder about the monument and will continue with our next visit to Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial later. Ah..seperti biasa, gambar sengal kami : saya, Cik Aliphant and Mr. Tommy Rudez. Cheers!

Live life to the Fullest!

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p/s : for more info on Tugu Negara you guys can check http://www.wikipedia.com/! =)

Spirit of Rugby Challenge 2010

Heyya wassup homosapiens! Ah..dah basi baru nak tulis pasal event ne. Haha..For all rugby and American football lovers in Malaysia, did you guys pergi tengok Spirit of Rugby Challenge 2010 last Saturday, 12 June 2010 tak? Rugi sangat lah kalo tak pergi because the game is between the legendary Classic All Blacks (yes..I'm talking about Jonah Lomu here) and World XV. The opening game was between Negeri Sembilan Wanderers Rugby Club (Malaysian Super League Champions) vs Hong Kong Football Club (Hong Kong Grand Final Champions). Event was held at MBPJ Stadium Kelana Jaya which is dekat gila dengan rumah saya. Punyalah rushing dari Putrajaya pergi kenduri my bestfwen kawen sebab tak nak lambat, sekali rupa-rupa nya, stadium tu belakang umah sewa jer. Aiseh..Uncle Amir lah ne..gempaq lebey. Hahaha..

I went to the event with my lil' bro Boy who played rugby for his school team and my brother, Uncle Amir (bukan abang betul, abang tipu-tipu.. =P ). Actually Uncle Amir was the one yang beriya ajak teman dia to the game, since I haven't got anything to do so I agreed. Plus I enjoyed watching sports game be it rugby, football, soccer, squash or other sports. Use to watch ESPN and star Sports with my Abang JD at home all day during Rugby World Cup 2 years back. And then, ada orang belanja tiket kan, lagi seronok. Haha.. Mula-mula it's just me and Uncle then when Boy heard I'm going (I brag to him la of course kan..haha..) so he beg to come along too. Okai, admittedly two kinda lame, so three is awesome. Uncle Amir played for Royal Selangor Club Rugby Team called RSC Dog so the RSC gang will be there too along with the RSC women's team, the Dingo. Spirit of Rugby Challenge 2010 featured four teams with the games of Classib All Blacks and World XV as main event. Siapa tak kenal All Blacks, the legendary New Zealand team who won the first Rugby World Cup kan? The Classic All Blacks is a team featuring the finest players of yesteryear while celebrating the heritage of New Zealand rugby. Yeah..it means Haka and Lomu. Ngeh ngeh ngeh.. The line up for Classic All Blacks include Andrew Mehrtens, Byron Kelleher, Carlos Spencer and yeah, the legendary Jonah Lomu (woot woot). For Uncle, its so-so because he met eye to eye with Lomu at training session in RSC and got to hang out with that big guy too.. (shheeesshhhh..menci!) and for my dear lil' bro, it's like he got the best birthday gift ever for having the opportunity to watch Classic All Blacks in action. Owh..Uncle warned us that it gonna be really HOT and HOT and remind me to bring my sunglasses along and hat or umbrella. But secretly, I know, he wants me to dress up as minimal as possible. Haha..I see through you Unc! bwuek! I kinda assume it would be hot anyway because, well, the games start at 3pm. From my yesteryear athletic experience, I know it's gonna be damn hot..and yes it did. Ah..and no, I didn't wear anything minimal. Gila..pedih owh kalo sunburn! I think I had enough tan for a while. Hehe..

At 3pm, opening game between NS Wanderers, one of the big names in Malaysia's rugby arena vs Hong Kong Football Club starts. Ah..you should see our rugby club in action (no, they are not Malaysian team, they are a rugby club) and they beat Hong Kong Football Club no less. Cool ha? The stadium is half full with rugby fans and when the Classic All Blacks enter the field for warming-up session, the crowd goes wild at the sight of the big man, Jonah Lomu. Gila cool..! Before the game start, the Classic All Black did the ever famous Haka. Ahhhh..GILAAAAAAA BEESSSTTTTTT dapat tengok secara LIVE!

As the game start, it was a bit frustrating because Lomu was not that all action. He just stood at the wing and waited for the ball. Lazy ha? Hahaha.. Ah well, I guess he was bored because everytime he made a move or catches the ball (even when the catch fumble) the crowd goes goo-goo ga-ga after him..and after a while, it does gets a bit annoying. Hee~ In the end, Classic All Blacks tied with World XV with the score 28 all. And guess what, the players walk towards the stadium bench and Lomu started to throw his boots towards the spectators. Damn. Lomu's smelly boot gonna earn quite a fortune okai at e-bay. I wasn't that crazy in taking picture because it was so bloody hot that moving around is kinda perit. Huuuu~ Boy saje yang ke hulur ke hilir, recognizing this player and that. Anyway, got shot by a photographer randomly in the pic below. Try lah cari saya..hehe..Hint : Uncle was laughing dengan gembiranya.  It was one hot Saturday evening full of fun. Thanx a million Uncle sebab belanja entrance tiket. It was super cool..! Next time belanja lagi ha? heee~ And for rugby fans out there yang miss this one of a lifetime (cewahh..konon) event, haihh, go kick youself. THE LEGEND PLAYED ON THAT FIELD AND YOU WASN'T EVEN THERE? Dude, they do the Haka..LIVE okai. Hee~ Till then, chill out everyone. Cheers! *wink* 

Roaming! - I-City, Shah Alam

Hello..wassup homosapien! Macam lama gila x update blog..hehe~ Dalam mood x brapa nak rajin..banyak kerja and so many other things to settle (x settle down properly lagi at rumah baru). Plus x banyak benda menarik pon nak update here. Our monthly road-trip kena hold sebab mereka-mereka sibuk dengan training taekwando for MASUM (all the best ha korang..kick 'em ass nice!), plus Merl already balik Sabah.. (uhuks..sedeyyyy~). Anyhow, I still got some roadtrip plans with the Squash Devil group, tinggal nak carry out the plan jer. Who is the Squash Devil? Nantilah cerita ha..sebab dalam entry kali ne, saye nak inform readers about this not so-discreet place named I-CITY. Last Friday, I went  there with my two bestfwen during zaman matriks, Jaja and Piya. The place is situated at Seksyen 7, Shah Alam (nearby back-entrance of UiTM Shah Alam) and is damn easy to reach. If you guys wanna go there, just follow the Federal Highway and after Batu 3 tol, watchout for the I-City/UiTM signage. Exiting the highway, ada traffic light and you have to turn right. Here you will see the back entrance of UiTM and turn left at the next traffic light. I-City is just around the corner. The place is obviously noticable from the road as it is boody bright with light! Hee~ Got the idea?

Kitorang gerak from Sunway at 9.30pm. A bit lewat sebab J and P was from KL and as predicted, every highway from KL is packed and jammed. From Sunway to Shah Alam is just around 20mins and the road is smooth. Sampai-sampai at I-City, jadi blur pulak sebab x taw mana nak park kereta. So we just parked at parking lot and walked to the roof-top. Sebab lif ada satu jer, plus yang nak naik lif tuh ramai, we decided to climb up using the staircase. Tabah gila..dah lah sy pakai heels masa tuh. Huh! Redah jer lah kan..hehehe. Sesampai di atas..wahhhh~ chantek betol! Lampu-lampu menghiasi pokok, ada pokok christmas and show room penuh dengan lampu-lampu, ikot tema perayaan utama at Malaysia such as Gong Xi Fa Chai, Christmas and Hari Raya. Very Interesting! Walk around the I-City and you will see that the landscape are decorated by lights and light and MORE LIGHTS..hence, it is known as lightscape. It is quite popular as tourist attraction and for those who like to do photography shoot.

There are nightmarket, selling stuff like tudung, food and drinks, lighted toys and lighted hairband with varied decoration. I found that the hairband is quite interesting but sensible enough not to buy any of it. Hee~ But then I bought a joker hat, with little bells dangling at it's every edge (macam nak gi tengok bola plak dah..) which I found very interesting (macamlah beli topi neh sensible sangat..ahaks!). Actually kalo datang sini, semata-mata nak tengok lampu jer lah. Jalan-jalan..tengok gelagat orang. After a while macam boring pulak. Sambil-sambil jalan, I was wondering what I-City really is? X kan lah semata-mata lighscape jer kan.. After Google-ing and doing some research, I found out that I-City is an office during the day (duhh..~) and lightscape at night.

This is not any ordinary office, I-City (also known as, City of Digital Light) offers a high-tech services in terms of information and telco services. There are office rooms and meeting rooms for rental with state of the art decoration. The current I-City is not yet completed, a second phase is yet on the way of being build..so expect more lightscape in the future. Canggih memang canggihla..kena tengok dia punya plan baru akan ternganga..awesome habis!For the light, LED is used as the source of light to decorate the landscape. Apart from emitting low glare of light, it is also known to consume low power. So the usage of LED is practical in lighting the whole city. We don't want to further depleting our source of fossil fuel in order to light the silly landscape for the selfish and non-beneficial purpose right? Yeah. That's what I thought. Overall, in my point of view, the lightscape is a waste of good electricity and power. What with the current issues of depletion of fossil fuel and the frustrating research on finding a better alternative for fossil fuel..we need to save the energy for better purpose, like lighting homes and powering industrial need (it is afterall one of the contributor to our economic growth) and for the car, unless the society is keen in applying solar energy to generate the electricity usage of their home and using hybrid car for their ride (or use the lousy public transportation). I don't think so. Hehehe~ X bleh lah depend semata-mata at hydro energy sebab, newsflash Malaysian : empangan hydro kita pon dah makin kering and no, most of the electricity yang kita guna, is not generated by hydro energy (macam yang kita belajar dekat sekolah dulu). It is generated by power plant which is powered by fossil fuel (which you guys known as..petroleum). Anyway, this is just my opinion, coming from an Energy Technology student non-so-intelligent thoughts. Yours might differs from mine.. =)

So, if you guys wanna go out and have fun with your friends, family and love ones, bleh lah datang ke sini. Amek-amek gambar..lari-lari celah pokok LED. At least if orang tanya about I-City, you can proudly say "been there!". And please, store some knowledge about I-City in your empty brain. Malu lah if orang tanya..I-City tuh ape..and you'll go like.."err..landscape yang ada lampu?" or "tempat yang chantek nak amek gambar..". Duhh..~ C'mon, you are better than that. Hehehe~ For more info on I-City, you guys can visit their official website and explore the city's purpose for yourself. Have fun!

Owh yeah..when you guys pergi I-City, jangan lupa beli topi macam saye neh..Hee~

Cheers! *wink*

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Grand Finale MASUM 2009

1 pm

Actually event ne dah lama, dah sebulan kot. Bila view gambar and komen-komen geng-geng squash kat FB tiba-tibe rasa nak letak entry neh. During Sirkit 1 and 2 sy x pergi tengok dorang main sebab jauh sangat tempat event diadakan. So, when Grand Finale was being held kat UiTM Shah Alam, and atas desakan geng-geng squash, so sy datanglah jenguk dorang lawan. Sambil jenguk sempat lah jugak main game with them. Teringat time study dulu when sy aktif organize friendly and training with Nora and Munie. Sy rasa, sapa-sapa yang play sports, sure akan tahu how strong the bond between teammates and players is. Bila rajin training sama-sama, dah jadi macam kakak-adik. Ada sharing session and lepak together session, regardless korang study in which varsity. Arena dunia squash kecik aje sure akan rub shoulder wherever you go, I mean during tournament especially if you are one of the best or one of the favourite person among the players. Muka sama jer. The difference is, junior or senior. Yang pasti, kitorang memang bonded. So if you are a newbie and ada hati nak cari gaduh or buat pasal, better think twice, our bond is STRONG. When I said STRONG, I MEAN strong.

With the girls

Event ne diadakan during week-end, 2 hari. Biasalah, kalo main single memang makan masa lama. 5 games per player, sayang nya UKM x hantar team ke MASUM. Reasons mereka, x da budget and sy pon malas nak amek tahu. If not, then sy yang kena coach and manage team UKM. Err..dah grad dah okai, tapi sebenarnya suka jer coaching dorang. It gives me a sense of purpose in life. Tahniah to Kace sebab berjaya co-ordinate event dengan jaya nya (previously he is UiTM squash player and sekarang dah jadi staff Pusat Sukan UiTM) sebab event went smoothly (pada pandangan sy). Refree, cam besa diimport dari Angkatan Tentera Malaysia sebab dorang strict sket handle player yang banyak ragam ne. Hehe.. Hari Sabtu sy datang petang sebab Erna ugut nak merajuk if sy x datang. Mengada kan? Ye mereka memang manja dan mengada-ngada dengan sy. Hehe..Sy pergi hari sabtu and heret Irah sekali. Hee~ Thanx Irah sebab teman Kak Azx. I really appreciate it! =) Hari Sabtu, dorang ne qualifying jer, tentukan ranking, so sapa-sapa yang dah abez game, ne lah aktiviti dorang:

Selain dari main squash, main kad is our favourite past time. Or in other word, main judi (konon..) 

X cukup ngan main kad kat court, sambung kat kedai mamak. Haihhh~

Hehe..nak buat cane, kalo ngah kem intensif training MASUM pon, ne lah aktiviti kitorang. Pastu siap challenge dengan team badminton/team-team lain (ne keja Erna, Nora and Heather, taik judi tegar dalam team). Masalahnye, kalo menang x pelah jugak ne balik bilik dalam keadaan kalah. Aiyaa..bikin malu woo! Siap kena kutuk plak kan dengan team lain yang lalu tepi bilik untuk pergi training. Hahaha.. Final diadakan pada petang Ahad, sekali harung dengan closing ceremony. Sy terpaksa bangun awal sebab dah janji dengan Aina, Van and Wawa nak main squash before final start. This time, x heret Irah, pandai-pandai lah raba sendiri mana nak cari UiTM. Siap sesat okai! Too many roundabout and all of 'em is identical, at least from my eyes. Huhuhu~

Shila tengah warming down by Ucop. Shila and Erna battling in court.

Aina and sape tah.Hehe~

Masa Grand Finale hari tuh, as expected Jang menang over Ezzi. Hehe..I guess experience plays a big role in a person's game. Jang @ Nafzahizam was Malaysia's No.4 but now has already retired from professional arena with highest rank of 99 (PSA) and Ezzi still continue playing half-professionally. Hehe..For women, Munie lose against Shila but then again it was a tough fight between them. Since Shila is playing at Home, so sokongan penyokong lebih sket lah compared to Munie (UPM). Since both are adik-adik sy, so tataw nak support sapa. Terpaksa jadi lalang jap, kejap sokong Munie, kejap sokong Shila. Hehe..Other senior yang datang, of course lah Sa @ Shahril (another ex-national player) who rushes all the way from Jalan Duta after coaching session and Mat De yang teman wife dia Munie lawan. Seronok lah dapat jumpa dorang ne. Yelah, right now masing-masing kinda busy. Me myself kadang-kadang went to UPM and have dinner with Aina, Van and Wawa, tu pon x selalu. Busy dengan kerja..and masalah peribadi. I wish I spent more time with them!

Congratz to yang menang and yang berjaya make it to top 16. Nyampah lah sebab memang dah taw, korang jugak yang confirm menang. Hahaha..Owh this pic below is gambar dengan geng-geng squash, sayang sangat Nora x da sebab ada tournament Rugby somewhere overseas. Yeah, Nora dah beralih bidang dari squash to rugby. Anyhow, tetap sayang Nora. Hee~ Have a nice day readers. Bersukan lah untuk kesihatan badan and..Majulah Sukan untuk Negara! Cheers!

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