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2010-06-14T20:36:00.004+08:00

2010

2010-06-14T17:50:00.002+08:00

It's another year and the summer has just gotten better! With a new chapter in my life beginning in the fall and the closing of my current chapter in Malaysia. I'm glad to say that the last 2 years have been very eventful with experiences that I will never forget. Look back here soon as i'll be showing you a quick glance of what happened over the last year.

New Happy Song For Ya'll!

2009-09-29T18:10:00.001+08:00

Enjoy! Download it here (right click & "save link as.."!)

Penang Updated! - II

2009-09-27T00:42:00.002+08:00

The Hike!
On our second day in Penang, we decided to go ahead with the planned hiking itinerary despite that it had been raining all night! So off we drove to the Penang National Park to experience a taste rainforest, waterfall, natural water and off course our very own motivation: the beach. Some other events that occured were Dorothy's struggle, a mid-jungle dance off to "I Gotta Feeling" a preview of snoop as an orang asli. Unfortunately, Lee Jo and Nick couldn't come along as car issues needed attending to. The perilous journey measured about 3 km long, complete with unnecessary jungle poncho's. We reached the Kerachut beach which was a natures best kept secret and a scenery to die for.

You can check out the photo's on my Facebook page! Click here.

Penang Updated!

2009-09-26T23:58:00.000+08:00

So it's been a lil while since Penang, but boy has it been one awesome week! But before getting into this weeks details here's a lil recap on what went down in Penang!

Getting to Penang!

Amidst the held ups, the torrential rain, snoops driving, lost comrad and all those toilet breaks along the malaysian north-south highway, after a great 6-7 hours of driving (plus the waiting times in the car otw to help and getting out of KL) to the sunny, blue waters and food paradise of Penang, what greeted us was a torrential rainstorm packed Penang with plenty of flooded hawkers! As we waited oh so very patiently to get to the island to eat extremely cheap and deliciously mouth watering food, the experience that greeted us was soaking wet clothes and a flooded hawker! But I must say it was well worth the wait as I had tried my very first Penang dish! Moving along the night, after discovering that Lee Jo and Nick were having car problems, the destination that awaited us was the lush beach resort house that boasts an awesome, breathtakingly backyard beach scenery. Truly the beginning of what was going to be an amazing weekend! Our rooms came with a hotel like deluxe king bed and one room had the amazing sea balcony view that connects us with the natural sound of sea waves!

Some images for ya to follow;

we're on our way!

along the north-south highway

Yunsin happy she got her snacks

Mama Su takes the wheel!

So thrilled that we've finally reached Penang

Me attempting to write "PINANG!" on the fogged windscreen

View from snoops party deck that only skinny people can reach

Dorothy settles in

Yunsin preparing for bed

Mama Su crashed and missed out on a mamak session!

Good Morning Penang

2009-09-19T08:58:00.002+08:00

So yesterday was quite interesting, after class had ended I was seriously contemplating what on earth I was going to do for the next 5 days of holiday when luck struck and I randomly decided to follow my mates to Penang in a span of 2 minutes! It has been quite a treacherous journey, battling the heavy rain on our never ending road trip, eating excellent food at flooded hawkers, waiting for lee jo and nick to join us from their adventure of misfortunes to many more exciting events to come! I post to you at this hour as we are about to embark on a hike that leads to where else other than a beach! will post ya with pictures later! :)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2009-09-12T14:10:00.002+08:00

So like it's interesting to see how in one night, all the possibilities of unfortunate things can occur.. It started off as a normal evening, i was going to go and met Jilly for dinner at Pyramid, however when I left, I had somehow blatantly managed to lock my self out of my room and within my own house! (the keys were dropped in my room on the way out..) So after trying to open the bloody door juvenile style I got so frustrated that I even got amazed with my own strength when I smashed the door with my fist leaving a round shaped crack on my door. So after this I called the DLKV to open my house door grill to let me out.

I finally reached TGI Fridays at 10 to discover the lovely Jillian and her friend Joanna left me huge portions of their leftovers! (some good things happen too). After dinner we were meant to head to the curve and meet up with Claire, Yong Wen and Haruka but then Joanna lost her car keys and Jill and I got stuck in a huge traffic jam on the rooftops of pyramid carpark for a whole 45 MINUTES! So after reaching Joanna at the B1 spaces we contemplated and waited with her until midnight to discover that the manager of Fridays picked her key up.. (haiyahhh..) And then all the lads at the curve said they were leaving.. so we ended up having a good chill session at Republic.

So after a goodnight of company and dance, I still had no way of getting into my house and bedroom so I accompanied Jilly home and stayed the night so I could call the landlord for the spare keys.. (who finally came at 1.45pm).

Lets just hope that these kind of avoidable events (as my dad would say) won't happen for the next few days! =)

Living the Highlife

2009-09-11T19:08:00.006+08:00

So I wanted to share with you a little more about my life, I have moved condo's for about almost two months now and decided to share with you a little taste of how I live! =D

My room..

The room door above is the door to my room..

The living room

The view from above!

Welcome

2009-09-11T19:00:00.002+08:00

Hiya,

So I decided to go with the classy simple look here! I'm off to get some rest after being in class the whole day!

Ciao.

2009-09-11T18:16:00.002+08:00

Elo elo elo!!!

Now I know it's been awhile since i've updated this thing.. But due to recent events of sheer boredom and nothing to do online except for facebooking, twittering and you tubing, I have decided to put effort into this blog and hopefully keep it going!

First of all,

1. This blog design is actually pretty shitty as its black and really hard to read.
2. The text is damn tiny.
3. This page will have a new look and more interesting design to look at.
4. Watch this space.
5. One damnnn long post on what has happened in the last year!

See you all soon! =)

the end of '08

2008-12-31T01:29:00.004+08:00

Another year gone and dusted. It seems that each year seems to be getting more and more eventful. I can say that this year has been an awesome one for me indeed! I have met some of the best people ever! Cudos to Jilly, Claudia, Aida, Adnan, Mike, Yugi and the rest of the gang for making this year an extremely eventful one! I sure will miss you guys next semester but we will get by! New Years is going to be an enjoyable one! Many thanks to the countless others who have made this year and awesome one! Harris, Rally, Jess, Amarit, Dan, Gareth and to the rest of our lovely gang, I miss you guys to bits.. This december holiday has definitely been a bit boring without much of you here but it has also been a good one in many different ways too! I predict next year to be a great one and look very much forward to it! I wish all of you a Happy New Year no matter what you are doing! Whether your partying it away, getting wasted away, staying at home and doing nothing I do hope you have an enjoyable time and i'll see you in a brand new year! Write up your new years resolutions and get started coming to the new year! I also want to wish everybody a belated merry christmas! Hopefully all of you got plenty gifts and had a good one! See you soon! =)

an awesome weekend

2008-11-23T16:48:00.003+08:00

Hey guys, I can't hep but say that uni pressure has gone up the scale incredibly in the last week, to the point that I actually told myself i'm taking a vacation this weekend and going away to my cousins house in Damansara. I have to say cudos to Alwi for making this weekend such an awesome and relaxing one. It began on friday night when I came to my aunt's place and had a really good dinner of what she called was 'Cosy Chicken'. Don't get the wrong idea, but it tasted delicous! It's one of those recipes passed down from generation to generation. So I turned in early that night and got the best sleep ever this week. Then saturday came and I took the lrt to KLCC to meet Alwi. We had italian for lunch at California Kitchen and then he did his shopping and we went back to his hotel. I fell in love with it, we then went to his relatives home to discover that his grandmother was staying there for a month! I was quite surprised to see her, so after some good chit chat and company his cousin took us for a Korean dinner. I had my doubts because it was m first time trying it, but I was most impressed with it. I LOVE Kimchi! hahah.. Then afterwards it was too late to head back to damansara so we went back to Traders Hotel, freshened up and hit the Sky Bar. I must say that the chic and cosmopolitan atmosphere of the sky bar was real good. Good music, good drinks and a nice crowd with an impressive view boasting the twin towers in the background, I couldn't have asked for anything better. We even got lucky to see a fireworks show in the distance. So after spending the night at traders (where I got the best sleep ever! I love the beds there..), came back to my aunts place and now we're prepping for a bbq dinner tonight! =)

I can't wait for the holiday to come though! Jess will be back and she is bringing her friend Veronique along with her, the aussie clan will be there and I must definitely make sure that Dan throws his awesome bbq house parties this holiday. My aunt's from Iran will be there, I'm so excited to see Parijoon whom I haven't seen in 11 years. Another exciting aspect is going home to a new home. My fam is moving houses this week and I can't wait to see the place really. Overall this holiday is prolly going to be a good one. After that, me and jess will be coming to Kuala Lumpur together on Jan 3rd. Should be a good one, Siti make sure you are free on January 3rd ok!? I just now have to get through this last week of the semester and do my exams and then i'm home! Anyway, before I rant on any longer, I'll update you more in my next post! Until then, Ciao peeps =)

back

2008-11-07T15:07:00.004+08:00

elo elo elo! so it has been quite awhile since the last post! looking at the date it has almost been one year! I shall let this post be quite memorable... Let's begin by recapping what has happened this year..

January:
- Left home for kuala lumpur to begin at university.
- Went clubbing for the first time with friends.
- Registration day came at the University of Kuala Lumpur and had the most shocking and traumatizing 4 days of my life! - How the hell can you call boot camp/discilpinary action scheme a university orientation?
- Classes began and I was seriously regretting I ever came to Uni. KL.
- 4 day weekends were dedicated to house parties, who could ask for anything better? =)

February - April:
- Classes continued, the depression of the university and lack of international exposure got to me.
- Fell i'll, I had 3 fevers in the same month.
- Got food poisoning.
- Kept my head high to tell myself that I can pull through this shit university.
- By April, I finally cracked. I had to leave the university, it was just way too much.
- Memorable events: The Great Kuala Lumpur Freeze @ The Pavillion, Rashiq's 20th

May:
- Orientation began at Taylor's University.
- The Pink Thing Pary at Taylor's.
- Met some of the best people I have come to know
- Went to the freedom festival for DJ Tiesto's concert, that was amazing.
- Classes of the fast-track semester began, oh how I was glad to see a foreigners face!
- Got mugged at One Utama Shopping Mall Restroom <-- That was a shocker!
- Leila came to visit. =) June:
- I moved into my own condo. It wasn't the best but it was way better compared to the shit accomodation at Uni. KL.
- Bonded with more friends and dealing with the mounting lectures and assignments.

July:
- Boy this was an amazing month!
- My birthday was an all month celebration!
- Barcelona joint birthday celebration! Memorable events: most of you know what happened on this fortunate/unfortunate night! If you don't, it basically involved me passed out in a club alongside other unspeakable events! ><" - Barbeque at Estee's. - Henessy Artistry event, Flo Rida concert performance! One of the best nights of the year. - Ministry of Sound: Euphoria opened in Kuala Lumpur. Best dance scene in the city! - Finals. - The uni ball at The Gardens, Midvalley. - Summer break, went back to Brunei. - Shahpur came. - Reunion with the JIS gang. Memorable times indeed!

August
- Holiday continued. - Jess came back the night before I was leaving. Best surprise of the year!
- Came back to KL to begin my second semester.
- Party before classes began. Memorable event: the Rock of Ages.
- Get Claudia drunk mission was initiated for her birthday. It was a failed mission but fun nonetheless.

September-October
- Moved into a new awesome condo with the best housemates ever!
- Fasting month.
- Things went slow.
- Hari raya, went back to Brunei for a week.
- Came back resumed classes.
- Lil' John performance at Mist, Bangsar.
- Jilly Toyad's 19th @ Euphoria (Thurs Oct 23rd)
- Jilly Toyad's 19th, taking it to the house. (Fri Oct 24th) - memorable events include the outcome of Yugi's overdose of wine + the hosing down of yugi bear! haha! Other events include Eu Jin's odd behaviour of being drunk + getting his head stuck in a bucket.
- Jilly Toyad's 19th, taking on Yong Wen's birthday party (Sat Oct 25th) - memorable event: something unspeakable sorry!
- Halloween!

November
1st - Uni Halloween Party 3rd-Today
- Same old uni but I saw the bond film yesterday! =) And now sitting and blogging in Herol's boring lab session! ><" Ciao people. Update you soon! Hopefully not in one year's time! =p

2007-12-23T10:15:00.000+08:00

now i know i havent posted anything in fakin ages but its time to get started! uni is right round the corner haha and i am honestly going to have a very interesting life ahead of me! oh the woes of hostel life! believe this or not there ain't no AC in the rooms haha, and it looks smaller than my bedroom! this should be very interesting indeed!

i've quit work and gone back to being a bum at home again but im enjoying it like madness! nothing better than sleeping in and having a relaxing day! however errands and stuff to do have been piling up like madness as well! i had to get my international drviers licence yesterday (yes I may be driving around in uni) and then i have to sort out all my things like getting my laptop, flight ticket (which hasnt been paid for yet believe it or not), doing my medical examination and bla bla bla all that stuff.

Harris gets back on tuesday and i can't wait really! life has been bored shit without everyone so this is a time for a little fun. New years is gonna be a bore since theres nothing interesting happening cept for a live band at the empire and then fireworks.. (and they call it a celebration not be missed? bitch please! we have better things to do than that!) and then its 2008 and time for uni! will be posting more blogs soon! see ya later ;)

2007-08-15T22:37:00.000+08:00

well hello there, my name is Amir Ali Bin Ahmad Zainal.. just re-introducing myself.. and here is my blog of the night!

it's the eve of our results day.. that's right.. tomorrow will be the day that will determine where i end up next, as there is no more school... funny enough my emotions are being thrown all over the place, however i get more and more anxious by the minute hahah...

this summer has been great, ever since the night exams ended, so much has happened that i can't even recount what we've done! the main highlight of my summer was of course my ear surgery.. the gruelling 41/2 hour micro-surgery to remove a dangerous infection that nearly exposed my brain and facial nerve.. sounds extreme yes? well it was.. spending 6 days and 5 nights at RIPAS can challenge you.. i wonder if anyone has gone mentally insane.. thanks to the power of technology i have had the chance to watch dvd's and surf the net from my mobile phone to kill the time spent in hospital indeed.. it would please you to know that i am well recovered and back to normal.. unless you count me as an unfortunate person in your life it would'nt please you..

and now.. you see the yellow tag box beside this blog? please use it.. it's so sadly empty and it needs some life in it!

as for my uni plans, they have shifted indeed! for those people going to the University of Manchester, you have one less chatterbox going there with you since i am going to decline my offer even if i get in.. it's simply too expensive to live there and well another opportunity came my way.. I am now going to study Aerospace Engineering at RMIT in Melbourne or at Aviation Australia based in Brisbane, the requirements to study this subject in Australia is interesting.. no physics! and it's always what i wanted to do.. and Australia is just as good as the UK, only better weather.. but less travel opportunity.. So yeah to kill time until February, i am going to get a job somewhere that gets me really good pocket munny hehe =)

listening to me rant on and on and on, so i will bid farewell.. i wish the best of luck to every single A level student in the world! Guys, we are on our way to uni! it'll be fine.. just don't devastate yourself.. we've worked hard for this! see ya later..

2007-03-21T22:22:00.000+08:00

ooooooo... you must see this.. i like. very much. =p

it's almost over

2007-03-20T23:52:00.000+08:00

wow, so i haven't actually bothered blogging, but im bored shit, so what the hell.. I have been put into revision mode, i don't know why but it hit me how much i really want to go to university, so the thought of that drives to go crazy and study.. i actually did 8 hours (yes 8) yesterday and i really deserve a pat on the back as I have never done that much in one day. I really feel that when you want something bad, you naturally do what you can to make it happen. So to all those people who feel insecure about your future, or don't know what to do or where to go, put those damn thoughts aside and get going because there really isn't much time left.. it's almost over, so i said to myself go down with a bang, and spend the rest of the summer enjoying life. A levels is one hard step, but to get over it with success and the right way is important, just do not say you want out, because that really isn't enough.. you have to want this.. yes, want it. So okay, enough ranting about that. To my fellow iranian friends and family.. "Eid Shuma Mubarak" that means Happy New Year, me and family spent tonight celebrating with dinner at a friends house and boy was it great. I really do hope one day that all you guys can experience Iranian culture, because it really is a unique one. Don't allow the news or what politicians say affect your judgement on people. It really does change your views and thoughts about something, even if it isn't true.

I was watching a show called Listening Post on Aljazeera International, they showed that Fox News Channel has developed a website to throw off debators and politcians. They showed short bits of the new presidential candidate Obama saying he smokes, protesting that do you really want a smoker as a president? They also showed that he attended a muslim school, and had the middle name Hussein. Now what does religion and names have to do with running election? Are americans really thar stereotypical of people? You really think hard on what the world thinks. Now i know i sound really dumb right now but i just keep ranting on and on and on hahah..

I was just speaking to my best friend who's studying in the UK, she says she has to attend 10 lectures a week.. To me that sounds much but i really can't what's waiting for me in uni. It's just getting to that point that counts right now.

Today I painted eggs (i know it's random but we do it for iranian new year), my mom sets up a table and gathers items like the quran and spices and all.. It's all iranian, you'll have to see it to know what im talking about. We went to look for goldfish today, i was super picky but it's hard to choose which one's cute and all as they all look so similair, so i finally chose a fish and named him Bob the 20th. I've had so many goldfish that have died i think there were more bob's than 20 but oh well haha.

Well i think i've ranted long enough.. i'll update more often soon..

2007-02-19T23:01:00.000+08:00

wouldn't you fly on this? i know i would...

watch this...

2007-02-03T17:17:00.000+08:00

this is such a cool video...

hmmm...

2007-02-02T19:46:00.000+08:00

it amazes me how you can easily be driven insaned by something that simply needs practice.. =p des has recently got me interested in O2Jam, a VERY interesting game that tests your response and musical ability. Rally was over for dinner tonight for kebabs and i got him to try the game and well haha.. he really was into it.

today was quite annoying, i was super tired and also had cswk due in, and just to my shitty luck my cswk file got corrupted.. hence all the work i did needs doing again! So i just finished it before rally came over and then i was pleased to say that im glad i didnt hand it in today =\ Anyway i think im ranting.. tomorrow is Hanif's party for his 18th Birthday, see if i'll go to that or not.. See ya later people.

P.S. here are some silly photos me and rally took together =D

ring-a-ring-a-rosie...

2007-01-31T21:29:00.000+08:00

hoho its a new month, thats one more month closer to getting to uni. January has been a good start, excellent exams, UK trip coming up and well it's only a beginning of what is going to be a fantastic year. Been doing alot lately.. that includes the entire v-day business! to be honest i'm getting super exhausted bout the whole thing.. today we counted them and it was definitely and overwhelming thing to do.. Next year council, you know what we suffer hehe.. Just so you peeps know i expect quite a few chocs for all the effort i put into designing and making your lil cards =D anyway, not much else to say. We are running out of tomorrrows, so make today yours! Life seems to be travelling on the fast lane, make it fun! See ya later people.

life on the fast lane

2007-01-29T19:51:00.000+08:00

well today was rather fast-tracked. it started as a normal day and well turned out to be a big blur... =\ the weather was kinda weird for starters.. and i had this voice in my head that kept saying "you know you're supposed to be making more candy grams.." that pretty much tormented me through the morning haha.. i was late for computing for both periods and also did i get loud phone calls during class! Then came lunch period where my stomach was just grumbling for food. April called to get the table and the moment we set it down and within 1/4 of a second there was like 30 people around us?? i was like whoahhhhh... hahahah. Shocking this v-day business is! So anyway, then i got to DT where i burnt my hands like mad after washing paint off with turpentine.. that was a mistake. if you ever endure pain liek that, then i will salute you! it's dinner time now, see ya later people.

brand new blog

2007-01-28T11:16:00.000+08:00

yalo,

Been awhile since i last blogged. first off, Happy New Year to all those i havent told yet. I hope you have a prosperous year (as the chinese would like to say otherwise.. hehe). Been so tied up with exams this month, yr 13 is a major bitch and i would love to say its over but it aint yet. Uni coming up and i still cant take that fact into my brain! Got all me offers and am just waiting to choose which ones i should go to. Alot has happened this month, first i had the best exams i could have ever done! I feel that my luck was superb or maybe i was just ready. The other thing is that i am going to London on the 20th of Feb for the DT UK trip! How awesome is that i can't say, but i cant wait to go.. I haven't been to london since i was 6 so woop dee doo.. The other night me, harris, jay and rally went to go see the Blood Diamond. Damn that movie is just too excellent! really leaves a message with peoples head and really shows what africans have suffered! So if you think you got it bad, think again because be blessed you weren't like the people we saw in the movie.. =p those Bastads lol.. So now it's back to school and it is coursework term.. joy! the second thing i hate apart from exams. But all goes well getting through this year is worth it! Anyway, i have nothing left to say so i'll update later and promise to blog more often. Oh yeah, for the sake of me knowing that you actually read this blog, PLEASE leave a tag on the left (yes to the left as how Beyonce loves to sing it.. =/). See ya later people.

the thrill of cicak man

2006-12-12T23:58:00.000+08:00

well, cicak man was lame.. really lame. but it was funny! It was a spoof of all sorta superheroes put in one movie. If you like to see Aznil laugh a villianous tone the whole movie and watch some hilarious characters based on those twin white dudes from Matrix Reloaded, then this is a film for you! I had quite a laugh for the entertainment value, but for story, this film is a simple dud. see you guys tomorrow. night.

cicak man

2006-12-12T20:47:00.000+08:00

alright, so check this out, i am actually going to watch CICAK MAN! oh will this be a thrill.. it might turn out quite funny.. Anyway ill post you on it later on. So yeah, the other night i watched a hindu film called Don (yes Don!) starring Sharukh Khan and a few other famous faces, what thrilled us about it that it was set in KL! (along with other breath taking locations such as Paris and good ol India). Oh and what is very interesting is that Bollywood is really getting good! The film was actually quite enjoyabe.. sort of along the lines of Mission Impossible as the film was about dealing drugs, but its action packed and has those bollywood songs that some of us really love! So i suggest you see it (available at your local Dee Jay Home Video Store). Anyway, off to go see cicak man.. i will thrill you with his amazing powers later on. toodles.

a diverse world

2006-12-12T19:59:00.000+08:00

hey guys! as promised, piccies from international day!

letter scare

2006-12-11T21:36:00.000+08:00

shit it amazes me how much all these univeristy applications can scare the hell outta you. Especially recieving unexpected post! I got a letter today from MSA and was scared shit to open it.. just incase i got rejected. But what can i say, they want six pieces of artwork i'm a blit blur on what to give, but i have three weeks. Knowing brunei post it's gunna take ages, so i got started. part from that I had two (TWO!) physics tuitions today! man do i have a headache trying to absorb all the information today.. it's rather shocking. I had to wake up a 7 for a doctors appointment which never took place... that ruined the morning. However errands with my dad turned my mood over. Anyway, not much to say but i'll be getting piccies up within the next hour. So look out.

back to basics

2006-12-09T20:45:00.000+08:00

hey, what a way to start the holiday than with a blog. Alot has happened this term, from a really rough beginning to the decisions of universities, and finally after a stressful term i have come out with an excellent report and 5 university offers. I can't help but say that this time things are turning out better. This term, we have had the best fun yet and it's sad to think that this is the last year we'll all be together. It's our last hari raya this together this year but there has been quite alot going on. Let's start out with that excellent party Ruzi threw, that was sweet. Nothing could beat that, and then there was football funday and the social, and international day. Man the memories this term and the summer we had is all the beginning. I don't mean to sound sad about this but we really do have to make this year the party of our life. Anyway, before i rant on randomly bout other things just take a look at this layout, leave a tag and definitely keep checking out my photo album which will have updates over the next few days. See ya soon.