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A Man with Tears and Pearls
February 29, 2016
Kisah ni dipetik dari novel The Kite Runner. I love this book, thanks to its unique story that I haven't found in other novels. :) Khaled Hosseini really described the stories very well and I'm sure other people who read it will experience so many feelings through out the novel, just like I did.
Happy. Curious. Frustrated. Tenang. Lega. Penat. Semua ada.
Happy. Curious. Frustrated. Tenang. Lega. Penat. Semua ada.
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. So he found ways to make himself sad so that his tears could make him rich. As the pearls piled up, so did his greed grow. The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife's slain body in his arms. - The Kite Runner page 29
"Well," he said, "if I may ask, why did the man kill his wife? In fact, why did he ever have to feel sad to shed tears? Couldn't he have just smelled an onion?"- The Kite Runner page 32
I don't why I really love this part of the novel.
Basically, the one who wrote the story was a boy, Amir who lived a wealthy life, thanks to his rich father, Baba. Amir spent most of his childhood with Hassan, a son of Ali who was only a servant to Amir's family. Baba also cared for Hassan in which that arouse Amir's jealousy.
Amir, loved to write short stories, with the aim of being a writer in the future. Meanwhile Hassan was illiterate, could not read and had never written a single word in his entire life. And Hassan's future may be only as a servant, keep the house tidy and prepare meal.
Despite of two different status, Hassan managed to 'criticize' Amir's story in a polite way with obviously strong statement.
*claps* :)
Kadang-kadang, kita perlu tanya pendapat orang lain tentang apa yang kita nak buat. Why? Different people think differently, with their own unique thoughts, perspectives, points of view what so ever. :) Pemikiran tu sudah semestinya dipengaruhi oleh cara hidup, latar belakang seseorang tu.
Setiap orang ada bidang masing-masing, yang walaupun berkaitan namun ada perbezaan. Contohnya seorang doktor mungkin tak semahir ahli farmasi dalam ubat-ubatan. Seorang pelumba kereta mungkin tak semahir mekanik dalam membaiki kereta yang rosak.
Moralnya kat sini, jangan pandang rendah pada orang lain dan jangan rasa diri kita tinggi sangat. T_T Tapi jangan pulak rasa diri kita tak berguna. Remember, we are special in our own way :)
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Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge
February 27, 2016
I love the complexity of Samsung but I also love the simplicity of iPhone. :)
Ice Hockey
February 25, 2016
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| Ice hockey puck. |
Ini kali kedua saya tonton ice hockey match kat stadium. Perlawanan sebenarnya dah start dari bulan Disember lepas, tapi memanjang busy nak exam masa tu. Postpone punya postpone, sampailah masuk Februari. :p
Ada lagi 2 match untuk team Hradec Kralove sebelum habis season ni rasanya :D Dan sekarang di rank ke-4. Not bad :)
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| Ranking. |
Saya pernah berkongsi serba sedikit pasal ice hockey dalam post tahun lepas. Tapi tu memang roughly je, nak cerita banyak pun saya sendiri tak tahu sangat pasal tu. :)
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| Game bermula. |
1. Tiket boleh dibeli online. Kalau match yang kat HK, boleh beli kat Mounthfield HK. Harganya bergantung pada seat tu kat mana. Simple rule - lagi best view, lagi bertambah harga tiket. Hehe. You may expect other people to sit on your seat, but as long as you have the ticket - just tell them :)
2. Stadium kat HK ni boleh kata ada dua tingkat dan ini kali pertama saya pilih seat yang belah atas. Dapat lah merasa intai-intai macam mana reporters / media buat liputan / live update. Berderet laptop dan modem Internet, kamera pun sama. And surprisingly, ada playground area jugak kat dalam stadium. Ini untuk budak-budak main sementara parents tengok match. Ada volunteers yang jaga ruang ni.
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| After offside, I think. |
3. Untuk ice hockey match ni, apa yang saya dapat ringkaskan ialah match terbahagi pada 3 set (20 minit setiap satu), dan between sets tu ada 18-minutes-break. Masa break ni lah, korang boleh expect hampir semua seat kosong. Kenapa?
Yang pertama, mestilah ke tandas. Sebab lain ialah masa ni penonton boleh pergi beli makanan, minuman yang dijual kat belah bawah stadium. Cuma, memang lumrah orang Czech, tengok match sambil minum beer. Beer sana beer sini. T_T
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| Cars on the rink! :D |
Masa break jugak ada few commercial break - kereta, gimnastik etc. Saya pulak ambil kesempatan ni untuk buat stadium tour. Ada satu part menarik bila saya nampak sebahagian penyokong pihak lawan terasing dari penyokong lain, dan diorang siap ada tangga sendiri untuk ke seat diorang, if I'm not mistaken.
Mungkin nak elakkan perbalahan apa-apa kalau ada provokasi kot.
Dan mungkin sebahagian jugak, sebab saya ada je nampak penyokong pihak lawan kat area seat saya jugak :)
Oh ye, sementara tengah jalan-jalan stadium, dapat bergambar dengan maskot team HK. Oh yeah. :D
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| Mountfield HK mascot. |
Dan....bukan rezeki saya jugak bila datang kali kedua, HK kalah jugak T_T. Tahun lepas, HK kalah kepada Sparta Praha, dan kali ni HK kalah kepada Mlada Boleslav. Haha.
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| Extra 5 minutes. |
4. Habis set ke-3, rehat beberapa minit sebelum sambung terus dengan masa tambahan. Diberi dalam 5 minit macam tu. Kalau masih seri, sambung dengan 'sepakan penalti'. Tapi 'sepakan penalti' style ice hockey lah hihi. Bola hoki tu diletakkan di tengah court, pastu seorang pemain akan bawak bola sampai ke gol dan cuba jaringkan. Kira pemain tu bergerak lah, kalau dalam bola sepak, lebih statik kan?
HK kalah penalti masa ni.
Ni compilation videos yang saya rekod.
Saya tak reti buat/edit video, anyway. :p
Things I learned from the match;-
1. Walau penuh dengan cabaran mental, kuatkan semangat.
Memang nampak perbezaan sokongan pada tuan rumah dengan pihak lawan. Contohnya, cheer untuk HK memang bergema satu stadium tapi nothing untuk opposite team. Dan even, penyokong akan buat bunyi ala-ala wisel setiap kali pemain pihak lawan nak bawak bola.
That's torturing, if I'm in their place.
Dan saya tak berkesempatan nak record any goals. Cuma kelakar bila pihak lawan dapat masukkan gol, it feels like nothing happen! Takde replay sangat, takde annoucement sangat. Tapi.....kalau tuan rumah menang, amboi, sampai gelapkan stadium dan pancaran lampu warna warni atas ice rink ;p
2. Kalah menang, adat perlawanan.
Walaupun HK kalah, takde istilah nak mengamuk tak puas hati etc. Majoriti keluar stadium dengan segera (sedih tu memang nampaklah jugak kat wajah diorang tu). Takde masa nak baling-baling botol air, mercun apatah lagi. Semua botol, bekas air baling dalam tong sampah.
3. Tabik spring pada pengawal.
Keliling ice rink, memang ramai orang yang pakai vest oren - macam penjaga penonton dan diorang lah yang akan jadi saksi utama kalau ada apa-apa jadi. Tugas diorang ialah membelakangkan ice rink dan pandang penonton je. Ada pengawal yang memang tak pandang langsung ice rink walaupun gol, ada yang usha-usha sikit. ada yang siap bersembang sakan dengan penonton lain. Haha.
4. Hormat orang lain.
Kalau perlawanan tengah berlangsung, it is a bit rude kalau korang nak lalu depan penonton lain untuk ke seat korang. So, setiap kali break, make sure pergi semula ke seat sebelum game bermula. Ataupun tunggu masa kat skrin freeze - contoh macam waktu offside etc.
Okaylah, jumpa di post seterusnya.
Assalamualaikum
HK, Czech
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Song Il Kook's Instagram, Finally! :)
February 21, 2016
8/ Family
Bila penat study, stress, sedih bla bla bla, salah satu terapi saya ialah the Song Triplets :) Masa dapat official news yang the triplets akan keluar dari 'The Return of Superman', memang rasa sedih jugaklah. I started watching the first show of TROS on KBS World during the triplets' first appearance! Memang fall in love dengan diorang bertiga ni.
Bila penat study, stress, sedih bla bla bla, salah satu terapi saya ialah the Song Triplets :) Masa dapat official news yang the triplets akan keluar dari 'The Return of Superman', memang rasa sedih jugaklah. I started watching the first show of TROS on KBS World during the triplets' first appearance! Memang fall in love dengan diorang bertiga ni.
Who don't? T___T
For me, Song Il Kook did his best to his triplets. And I think all people who watch them, learned something new from each episode.
Macam mana nak train budak-budak jadi polite,
Macam mana nak tegur kesalahan budak-budak,
Macam mana nak ajar budak-budak berkongsi makanan dan mainan,
etc.
And even my mum wonder how the triplets become so polite and able to listen to most of commands by elders. Tu episod budak-budak ni pergi kem mana entah. Macammmmm, diorang baru 3 tahun je kotttt masa tu.
Anyway, for the triplets lovers. :D Here you go, the first post on Instagram.
reference:- Bell & Soompi
HK, Czech
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/21 Hobby
I have fun collecting postcards from where ever I go. And now I think it's time to exchange postcards with others :)
I have fun collecting postcards from where ever I go. And now I think it's time to exchange postcards with others :)
So, after I get to know Wak Tiga Lalat's blog, he introduced me to postcrossing.com. Actually, I am easily influenced by amazing stuffs like this. Go check out his blog, lots of postcards exchanged between him and the rest of world! :D
Anyway, I have already received my first postcard via postcrossing.com! :)
![[PFTW] | No. 1 & 2 | Canada & Malaysia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcntANikaGyOnB7JyUecJKEgb1gYZVHTAn0Mu76E58tpQv2X4yHxpNTltQ4Ho6ouSNnXBTmgs0M5yeTwCYnOP2CXYxZ6PPTBKbVG5coCNDwJoAB3qI9teX_yNix6mo_Hac1TjvF5pVM0PO/s640/1.+Canada.jpg "[PFTW] | No. 1 & 2 | Canada & Malaysia")
The first one is from Karilyn, Canada. She sent a postcard with beautiful pictures of wildlife in Canada. Her favorite are polar bears. :) I love polar bears too, but I prefer penguin over bears. Hehe
Reading this, suddenly I remembered an milk advertisement about 'polar bears do not eat penguin'. I bet we all know why :D For me, thanks to Anmum, I knew that fact from the advertisement itself.
I found some beautiful facts about them.
From what I read, we have 2 hemispheres - northern (Arctic areas) and southern (Antarctica). We can only find polar bears in the norther hemispheres while penguin in the other one :)
"Arctic" is actually a Greek word for "bear".
"Antarctica" is "the opposite of bear (ant-arctica)" which also means "opposite of the Arctic".
![[PFTW] | No. 1 & 2 | Canada & Malaysia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLmVBZPkDP8SbrKaxVx_MtBnbC71xE1F7v7q1NuhET83_pgk04WWlH2ofGYtz8y7a8797s6uYHBrUM1_dNWgj8gD6Jwk9h5S2i8bSDczhT_kvGz3cR5Pm6AfWh66lGwb8KO83E8fIgX2o/s640/2.+Malaysia.jpg "[PFTW] | No. 1 & 2 | Canada & Malaysia")
And this one is from Wak! :D
I always look forward for this kind of postcards. You can easily know fun facts of the country, any special occasion, famous people, suggested places to go etc etc etc.
Do you know that the world's largest roundabout is located in Putrajaya with 3.4 kilometers of length!
WOAH!
Thank you, Karilyn & Wak. :)
Have a nice day, guys!
p/s - PFTW means postcards from the world.
HK, Czech
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Living a Semi-Permeable Life
February 20, 2016
(removed / transfered from hanisnina.com)
I was doing a random quiz online on 'Where Should I Travel To Next' when I encounter a question with an answer of Julia Roberts in the movie 'Eat, Pray, Love'. I watched this movie a very long time ago, when in college. And this quiz triggered me to re-watch it.
Well, the story is basically about a woman staying in 3 places searching for 3 types of healing - via food in Italy, pray / meditation in India and being loved in Bali, Indonesia.
As I skipped the scenes a lot, suddenly I was interested on this - Permeable Membrane; about a couple who were reciting something on a stage - about love.
I disappear into the person I love. I am the permeable membrane. If I love you, you can have it all - my money, my time, my body, my dog, my dog's money. I will assume your debts. And I will project upon you all sorts of nifty qualities that you have never actually cultivated in yourself. I will give you all of this and more, until I get so exhausted and depleted that the only way I can recover is by becoming infatuated with someone else." - Eat, Pray, Love 2010
Membrane.
The word I used to hear or read many times in my studies especially in Pharmacology. Well, I'm sure you knew it from the Science subject we studied in high school right? Basically, membrane is a layer that separate two things. It can be permeable, semi permeable and non-permeable.
Let me just explain semi-permeable as it is in between. Semi means allowing something to pass through but not the rest. Or, it can let the rest enter but with few limits. :)
I tried to get this into my heart - to evaluate the meaning.
And I learnt that; not everything you can just let them pass through your body, your heart and your mind. I can say, I am more into trying to live as semi-permeable membrane. There are things I would not bother having it - love of Allah and my family, care from friends. knowledge etc. But, still there are other things that I'm battling within myself to avoid it - especially complicated relationship and having bad personality.
And also, I'm trying not to fully attach on someone or something where I can go astray when he / she / it leaves me. Or maybe I'm the one who need to leave them. They can be anything - friends, beloved stuffs etc. Of course, we need to take care of it. But, don't lose hope or get so frustrated or sad when we found out they are not in the original place anymore.
While, some things may harm ourselves - drug addiction, bad attitude. Just like how blood brain barrier prevent abusive or dangerous substances getting into our brain - that is how we protect ourselves from these things.
We are given brain to think and decide.
Choose wisely and take good care of our desire.
Human makes mistakes, so do you and I. Leave them and start a new life with lesson learned from the mistakes.
:)
Hradec Kralove,
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