-Color the world green again-

Animals are cute. Sometimes it depends on us to judge, for instance, a rabbit is a pest in Australia, a food for meat eaters and an adorable companion for kids.
No matter what, they depend on us to survive. We are the controller of the world which we all lived in.
Please save the world for a better future for the animals. If you don't care about them right now,
think about yourself. The world is a place we all call it a home.
Don't just because of your irresponsibilities, you kill these beautiful creatures.
This is life what we are talking about. They are innocent just like us when we were born.
I am maybe not a good person either, but please, lets raise your hand and hold my hand.
Promise me, we'll make the world green again one day.

Browse the pictures below, I think they can stop a war:

Lovable bunny~

Beautiful bantam~

Gorgeous betta~

Graceful silver catfish~

Adorable dutch~


If animals know how to share, be shameful if you don't



Elegant merbuk~


Innocent pigeon~


Cute buttsy~


Joyful tortoise~

P/s: These animals are reared in SBH's animal house in the agropark. Love them so much.

-Coretan hingusan-

Korban, raya korban ka? Puasa x lagi dah nak beraya~
Nak cerita sikit ttg pengorbanan, x kisah la sapa2...
Dalam hidup ini adakalanya kita terpaksa berkorban,
contohnya,
korban masa,
Korban tidur,
Korban duit,
korban perasaan, dan mcm2 berkorban.
Selalunya org yg berkorban bersebab.
Demi tanah air, demi bangsa, demi keluarga, demi kawan2 yg sambil lewa dan demi universiti yg terlalu birokrasi.
Pengorbanan tu org xkan nampak, org xkan nak memahami sekiranya x menghargai.
Ada juga yg ingin berkongsi pengorbanan namun lagi bnyk yg mengelak.
nak buat mcm mana, bila kepentingan diri melebihi niat murni maka disitu timbulnya konflik korban.
Yang penting bukan nak org lain agung2kan kita,
tapi cuma empati la dgn keadaan,
x smua benda kena seorang saja yg berkorban la kan.
Kalau kita ni jenis yg pasif dan tunggu arahan nak buat macam mana, xda masalah.
Tapi yg penting, bila org lain berkorban utk anda,
jgn la mempertikaikan apa yg mereka lakukan utk anda,
anda x bayar mereka utk berkorban utk anda kan,
sbbnya mereka buatkannya demi kepentingan bersama,
sekiranya mereka tersilap buat perkara,
jgn nak terus salahkan mereka serta-merta,
sebabnya, kalau anda bole buat lebih baik, kenapa x sendiri saja yg lakukan?
Dah lumrah manusia pentingkan diri,
kalau anda x berminat utk membantu, its no problem,
nak buat macam mana, sifat ni acceptable,
tapi kadang2 jgn la sampai lukakan hati mereka yg berkorban utk anda.
Hanya kerana dia diam mematung, x bermakna perasaannya x terguris dgn sifat anda.
Cumanya dia tahu,
bercakap besar xda maknanya kalau x dilakukan.
ucapkan terima kasih sudah cukup sebenarnya utk membuatkan hatinya lebih tenang.
I love the quote from Dato' Soh Chin Aun.
"No point to tell others that you need to do the best, but what more important is, show it"*edited
and I'm thrilled with Santokh singh's statement.
"We need 11 to make a team and 11 to win a game......."

Are we human killers?

Selalunya orang tak akan tahu kalau kita tidak beritahu,
selalunya orang tak akan peduli kalau kita tidak berdiri,
kadang-kadang rasa meluat, kadang-kadang rasa kesian,
Tetapi inilah situasi yang terpaksa kita hadapi setiap hari,
Hari ni masa temankan member2 pergi makan,
ada la sekumpulan budak2 yang datang minta sedekah,
kalau hatinya ikhlas budinya baik,
nescaya aku beri.
Namun begitu, adatnya macam beruk, perkataan keluar macam longkang.
Rasa serba bersalah pun ada,
desakan demi desakan, hati ku tersentuh akan kesusahan mereka.
Dalam hati terfikir,
"Sapa mak bapak diaorang?"
"Diaorang ni makan ke tak?"
Perasaan simpati tu mula bertakhta di muka,
budak2 ni pun seakan-akan merasakan yg hati abang sorang ni mula tersentuh.
Namun, aku tahu, lebih baik utk tidak bagi,
sebabnya selepas sekali pasti nak lagi.
Member pun cakap, duit tu pun bukan utk diaorang, tapi untuk boss diaorang.
Masalahnya sekarang kenapa harus mereka terima nasib sedemikian,
mana perginya ibubapa yg bertanggungjawab menjaga mereka?
apalah dosa anak2 ini utk jalani hidup seperti anjing jalanan.
Kanak2 seusia mereka seharusnya melalui zaman sekolah,
belajar utk masa depan yg cerah,
belajar dari kesilapan yg mereka buat,
dan belajar utk jadi manusia yg lebih baik.
Inginku bantu, apakan daya kudratku terbatas.

Andai kata anda mempunyai kemampuan utk mengubah nasib mereka, tolonglah, ku seru anda utk membantu. Jgn kerana kita berbeza adat, budaya, rupa dan agama, kita pandang mereka sebelah mata. Hentikanlah pemerdagangan manusia seperti ini. Sedarlah wahai manusia. Bagi ibubapa dan yg bakal menjadi ibubapa, ketahuilah tanggungjawab anda. Semua orang tahu cara nak buat anak, tapi tak semua orang tahu cara nak menjaga anak.

Favourite quote of the day:
"Admire less the love of power, but model more the power of love"

Appendix:


My family, Elder sis, Grandma, Mummy and Younger Brother... I think i miss them so much...


Bobob, "nak becaar jadi mcm uncle luuar" or in real "Nak besar jadi mcm uncle nwar (Joe)"... Love him more than Akmai right now... :3 (nanti akmai marah.... :X)
Uncle Nwar akan pastikan Bobob berjaya suatu hari nanti. This I promise you.

~Lemah~

Weakness, is our biggest enemy,
No matter what condition it is, we want to be stronger, we dun want to appear weak,
in front of other people.
This is one of the spirit embedded inside the heart of Malaysian.
Is it good?
I would say yes.
Most of the people fear their weakness to be shown especially in front of their competitors.
Scare of people will laugh at them,
it is a normal thing, we got embarassed when people make fun of our weakspot.
I'm oso one of the laugher, but then, it depends on the condition becoz a wrong timing will get you double trouble... It is a good thing actually, we burn his spirit, we ignite his passion.
Humiliation and shame that we get will actually make us more stronger in order to defend our face or other complicated name is 'pride'.
But wrong ways to defend our dignity will lead to wrong doings and frauds. We tend to make mistakes. We tend to hide our weakness but it shows more than it was before. This happens to many people around me and including myself also.
We want to look great in front of other people but we tend to show more of our weaknessess by making ourself more advance than who we really are,
Dun get it wrongly,
Dun be downgraded by your weakness,
No matter what you do,
trust yourself first, make evaluations, dun trust your one-sided mood,
ask your heart and your instinct,
Then choose and do the best decision in front of you.
You meet problems? Dun show your nervousness as people easily can detect it,
and they will have bad perspectives on you.
Be calm, relax.
You can do it. There is a solution to every problem.
Also, control your anger, becoz you will show your weakness here,
people will test your boiling point,
but then try to keep it high. Be patient that is.
Last, dun easily show sympathy.
This is another reason that will kill your strength.
People will tend to take advantage on you.
Be cruel to certain extend but show your empathy. As this is how you will maintain your relationship with others.
Dun ever trust easy outcomes,
-BECAUSE LIfE IS NOT EASY-

These photos I upload just to recap back the memories of previous semester:


when you get your first job, you get excited, but then, you dunno how hectic the future is...


at night, you tend to eat more because this is the moment to keep 'full'


Biggest appreciation is given to this sweetest girl, she helped me a lot, if not for her, maybe I'm a dead meat at the moment... Thanks ya, Khirijha~
(Thats the leech treatment to beautify you skin, can get it for RM30 for 5 leeches, thanks to the supermodel up there...) THose interested can call me, or tell me here...


Tend to take katze's photo... they are cute but sometimes are over-cute which make me wanna slap them if they don't behave... 0.o

Tears of joy or misery?

This time, I wanna talk about marriage.
It is another crucial thing in life,
But marriage is not sumthing tat is simple,
it is a connection between two souls commit to each other,
love each other, ready to share part of their lives with each other.
some people getting married becoz they hav to,
not becoz they wanted to,
just to stop other people talking about them.
thisk kind of marriage wont last long.
it maybe sweet in the first place but then,
can be catastrophic when problems emerge.
You must be wondering,
what do I know about marriage?
becoz im not yet married that is.
Guess you're correct, the answer is nothing.
This is an opinion-based writing and not experience-based.
So regardless of wat my status, I'm free to give my thoughts okay?

P/s: Just becoz I'm nt the one for you, you hav to giv away all your life to someone else. You're rite, better be with someone who loves you although you dont love him rather than be with someone who you love but dont love you back. I love the way you lied to me. I just hope you're happy wif wat you do. From Joe to "J".....

People will usually overjoyed with the day they get married. The tears are usually flow of happiness not miserable. But if you get married just to get revenge for someone who accidentally hurt your feelings. Believe me, you'll hurt 3 person including the one you got married to.

Dun Try to solve the world's problem

Life is not just eat, study and sleep.
Or even sit in the room, looking for virtual online friends.
Life is more about how we express ourself to the world.
What you do to the people around you is what you get back from them.
Some people will lie to save their ass. Or even kill to satisty their vengeful hunger.
But what's the real meaning of being alive?
Is it to have world's fortune?
To have the world's most beautiful wife?
The biggest house in the area?
or even the highest title in the community?
Some people already accomplished all their objectives above. But why are they still living their lives?
There are something about life and the world that we can't explain.
But only one thing about human that I understand is that,
We are not easily being satisfied, we eager for more,
Once we have better, we want the best,
once we have one, we want two and so on.
But then, until when all these whispering desires will ever stop to haunt us?
And today, I learned a simple answer for all these matters.
Which is, Don't try to solve the world's problem, because they will never be solved by only you.
I hope you get this meaning.

Life is not easy

Kali ni, Joe nak buat entry dlm bahasa m'sia lak. Dah lama x buat. Takut lupa diri.
Cakap tentang kehidupan dan warna2 yg menyerikannya,
x smuanya indah bagi semua orang.
Ada yang matanya terbuka sejak kecil terus melihat kemewahan,
ada yang terpaksa hidup dlm perit maung yg bukan dipinta.
Namun smua matlamat kehidupan ialah sama, iaitu berjaya dlm hidup.



Joe nak tumpukan pada mereka yg mpunyai kehidupan yg kurang bernasib baik sebabnya Joe pun bukan la orang yg hidup dlm kemewahan. Masa kecil2 lagi, mama slalu ckp, "kita orang miskin, mak xda apa2 yg boleh bagi Joe macam budak2 lain. Nanti bila Joe besar, Joe berjaya, Joe boleh dapatkan sendiri apa yang Joe maukan. Yang penting skarang ni mama nak tgk Joe rajin belajar, itu dah cukup."



Hidup ini xlah smudah yg org lain sangkakan. Usaha dan kecekalan itu seharusnya menjadi pedoman hidup. Dalam 2 tahun berada di tempat org, Joe mulai merasa betapa susahnya hidup sendiri. Duit kena jaga sendiri, bujet kena kawal. Tapi ini smua btul2 menjadikan diri Joe lebih matang. Sifat yg terlalu bergantung pada org lain hilang serta merta. Joe rela susahkan diri daripada susahkan org lain, sbbnya, Joe tau, biar lah Joe sakit2 dahulu, senang2 kemudian.
Jalan hidup setiap org berbeza, dan apa yg kita buat sekarang lah yg menjadi penentu masa depan kita. Biar lah org pandang hina pada kemiskinan kita, jijik untuk berkawan dengan kita. Yang penting kita ikhlas pada setiap org wlaupon org x hargai kita.

Soal hidup, kita sendiri tentukan. Sebab itulah, kita kena tetap dgn pendirian kita. Biar apa kata org, asalkan kita sedar diri kita ni siapa. Material dan kemewahan hidup x kekal. Tapi itu lah yg kita kejar, Joe pon begitu. Tapi xda benda yg dtg melayang maupun bergolek kalau kita x berusaha gigih. klau hanya mau senang, baik x payah buat apa2. Kalau ambil jalan mudah ataupun jalan kotor, sedarlah akibatnya nanti. Skarang mungkin bukan masanya utk sedar kerana menyesal bukan selalunya dahulu.



Kat sini, Joe nak bagitau kat smua rakan2 ataupon sesapa saja yg mungkin mengalami nasib yg sama. Jgn mudah putus asa, biar kita terluka sekarang, jgn kita merana kemudian. Smua manusia mempunyai peluang yg sama, Tuhan maha adil dlm smuanya. Jangan mudah percaya pada mobiliti sosial yg singkat. Sebaliknya berusaha lebih. Bila sudah berjaya, jgn lupa pula pada yg susah, bantulah sekiranya mampu. Asal usul sendiri kena pegang, sejarah silam seharusnya menjadi sempadan kehidupan agar x silap lagi. Biarlah kita membuat kesilapan pada mulanya, sbb ianya akan mjadi pengajaran pada tindakan seterusnya.

P/s: Blog ini ditujukan kepada insan2 yang pernah memberi semangat pada diri ini secara langsung ataupun secara x langsung. Terima kasih. Everybody needs inspiration. You're my inspiration.


*Minum lah susu soya sambil membaca blog ini*

Anecdote of 31st May

31st May every year, sounds like just another ordinary day for most Malaysians,

but then, it is the merry-making season for a clutch of ethnic in Borneo Island. The Ibans. The symbolic of this festival is showing that the ending of padi harvesting season by the Iban people in the rural area. Another festival to celebrate, so what? Malaysian people, mainly from the peninsular never experienced this festival due to the fact that this festival is happening only in Sarawak, the biggest state in Malaysia. If you want to know more about Gawai Dayak. This is the rite channel. I'll share some of my valuable yet authentic experience about this celebration.

Just like any other celebration, it is a time where the family members will gather, regardless of far or near, at their parent's house to enjoy this moment. This is the time for them to learn about each other, their progression in life, their new life saga if exist.

This is the time where u get to see your beautiful nephews and nieces.

Family members from young to old, shed their joyful sweats to help each other preparing food on the table. The varieties of the food are ranging from indigenous Iban's Ayam Pansuh, Chinese Thick Soup, Daging Kambing Masak Hitam, Fish Curry, and the list of cuisine goes on. The food symbolizes different culture in my family due to assimilation of 1 Malaysian ethnics. Eldest aunt married a Chinese, my mum n dad are Ibans and my uncle married a Malay.

Helping each other to accomplish mission... (The picture shows the making of Ketupat, glutinous rice packed into nicely interwoven leaves)

The rewards for the tired moment together would be mouth-watering dishes of all range of food.
(My favourite food, Kerang... mmmm) :X

This is the time to be jolly!!! Makan-makan...

After the feast, the family members will gather to wait for the midnite. This is the best moment of all. Inside rumah panjang or long house there are about 20 other families living in it. At this moment, waiting for the midnite, they will sit at the ruai, a vast area connecting houses in rumah panjang. Games and competitions will be held by the Tuai rumah, head of the long house, to kill the time. Winners will recieve hampers or even cash. Children will find this is the best moment to see other friends from next houses. During this period also, men and women will perform traditional Iban dance called ngajat. Other than that, the search for the most beautiful young lady to hold the title Kumang, beauty in local language continues.

Kids today, leaders tomorrow. Give them the right input, and you can get another dedicated person like our prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

Cloaked in traditional costume, she's like the ruby of the house... (guess who is she... if correct I treat a lunch... :X... no further comment)

When the clock points at 12.00a.m., the Tuai rumah will hit a traditional instrument called Tawak, resembles to the Malay's gong. All families of the houses will gather at his ruai to drink air pengayu, a tradition which to keep the families always happy and protected. The drink is not to quench the thirst. The family members will take a little sip and then throw it away. They will wish for health and wealth for this coming years will be doubled the one before.

Young people come together to know each other...


And during this time, another meal!!! Lolz... After the drinking of air pengayu all the families will be treated with food prepared by the ladies... each house will send one representative to cook food for malam air pengayu, They come to the rumah panjang's dapur to cook together.

After the feast, the families will return back to their houses. The celebration of Gawai Dayak do not stop here. The next day, early in the morning or even after the last nite feast, friends and families can pay visits to their relatives. This will continue untill 2.00 p.m the next day, which is 1st of June. At this moment, there will be another ritual or tradition need to be accomplished. It is what the local called miring. Miring is very crucial in Iban tradition. This is to pay their respect towards their ancestors and people before them. They hope for blessing and guidance in this ritual. The famous Iban quotation known world-wide by the Malaysian is "Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai" or can be simply translated as long life, healthy and wealthy. During this ritual, the head of each house will come to every house to perform miring. They will make something called piring, to be offered to their ancestors. Piring is mainly a plate with full of Iban traditional food-like items such as hendai, keresang, tumpi, kapuk, buah pinang, daun sirih, serdik and so on.

The left are hendai, tumpi and penyaram. While right is called sarang semut.


and many more...


Man of every house will come to one of the ruai, then the ritual will start when the owner said so, in this case is my father.


at the end of the miring ceremony, one of the man will do berbiau, swinging the chicken around and reciting something.


in the end, the chicken being used for the ceremony will be culled.

The ceremony ends and the piring made by the man will be put at the higher place of the ruai. A brush like thingy is put, showing that this house has done the miring ceremony.

Gawai is not totally over yet. After this ceremony, the visit paying activities will be continued. Just like the "Chap Goh Mei" in Chinese New Year celebration, Gawai Dayak also have Ngiling Bidai. It means the end of the celebration. The last day of Gawai Dayak will be solely depends on the Tuai rumah. He will name a day to end to celebration. Usually will be one week after 31st May. Again, Gawai can be diverge into a few celebrations, Gawai Dayak is celebrated by all Dayak. Then, Gawai Antu is celebrated by a rumah panjang if there have been a death before the celebration of Gawai Dayak. Other Gawai are Gawai lelabi, Gawai Gagai and so on.

Anyone who are interested to see and feel the sensation that gawai dayak brings to the Iban, you should come to Sarawak and visit long houses. Feel the real life of it rather than only heard from people. Get ready to be more Malaysian.