Cite Tamil

I watch Tamil movies. Whether it's Malayalam, Telugu or any pilihan bahasa yang lain tidak dapat dipastikan. However, I am not an avid fan who waits for it every Saturday or Sunday (wah, tau gak) each week.

No doubt Tamil movies are similar to Hindi movies, but, if you ignore these parts eg: rolling down the hills, flowery2 and dancing-dancing and "naan unai kaadal.. etc:, some stories might be worth watching.

I remembered, pada suatu waktu dahulu, on one Deepavali, a few years back, my housemates and I watched this movie starring Vijay and Simran. I recognized only Simran at that time as she is pretty. Tajuk cerita: Thullatha Maanamum Thullum. Huh, therbelit lidah.. How do I know the title? Berbekalkan nama Simran, i googled. Cari saja sinopsis cerita that involved

i) a blind girl

ii) a kidney for sale
iii) donated corneas
iv) a bus full of muda-mudi passengers
tada!! dapatlah sebuah cerita Tamil box office yang telah meletupkan nama Vijay (anak siapa tak tau) dengan emphasis on his thick jambul. Some scenes involved bus passengers who sing and clap synchronizedly (bila berlatih tak diketahui) to the song "Innisai Paadivarum". Try look it up. A song that haunts me for years. Kenapa la.

Above is Simran. Tulisan berlorek tidak diketahui maknanya.

To me, the story was okay. Sekiranya ada parts yang tak hingin ditonton, kita buatlah aktiviti2 lain contohnya buat air, minum air @ pergi ke bilik air. We watched that movie dengan penuh perasaan.. perasaan yang lebih bermakna dari menonton Sembilu..hmmm.

Rumah

Salam..
These days the price of houses sold everywhere is quite ridiculous. I was thinking that even if I am able to finally buy a house, the loan would be like forever. In the news recently focused on the issue of extremely high house prices. Especially those living in the area around KL and such, the price might start from RM200,000 and up.

A relative went for house hunting recently aiming for houses priced starting from RM100,00. Sengaja la dia melihat2 area KL and Puncak Alam yang jauh jenat tuh.. Ejen yang bertanggungjawab membawa ke rumah2 terbabit terus explain yg. good houses available starts from the range of RM400k ke atas. Memandangkan they are just looking for place to stay after retirement, baiklah tak payah.

My friends bought a condo for nearly half a million. gila kan? jejak tanah time nk parking je kot.. and keluar masuk keta. No can't do for me lah. Sometimes I wonder, why didn't I buy a house earlier? Maybe at that time is doesn't seem necessary. Therefore, I just told Mak, "wa tumpang umah mak ye". PTPTN pun blum langsai.hehe. Up till now.. consider myself "homeless".

Pinjam

Recently, I seldom open or do antyhing on my FB account. It wasn't that interesting, so I just open it whenever I feel like it, or when I'm so darn bored. There was this person who often post things showing his/her feeling @ activity yg seronok and not at all seems in difficulties. I remembered, once this person asked me for help to lend some pitih, although not much but promised to pay me back. A few months goes by, and being so "understanding" I didn't event mention about the debt. Day by day.. muka dia still happy di FB yet still nothing, nada, nill response psl pitih tu. Well, if kita takde duit, at least, show the curtosy to inform the people you borrowed about your recent financial situation whether you are making effort/no effort to pay it.

Another thing is.. ONLY, ONLY when we can pay our debt, should we make any loans. Taking big risks by making huge amount of loan/debt will sink you even deeper. Kalau ye pun kita nk follow, no pain no gain pnye tagline, pstikan the pain only involves oneself and will not become a burden to others. Especially when the pain involves money; it will surely be a pain in the ass.

ThE VaN

Salam. Last week was the most "relaxed" trip with the college's van. Usually on business trips, (business la sbb menguruskan hal2 kerja) the schedule would be tight, hectic, and will end late.

Maybe due to early departure (mcm la naik belon) at 7.10 a.m., we were able to have our breakfast in Maran (a very2 nice roti canai) accompanied dgn. pisang dari Kg. Ulu Luit Abg Din exam, and arrived in Jengka awal. suka2... Trip ok, dgn driver yg relax dan cool. In the van, I was thinking, there are lots of memories created. Whether it's good or bad, it's bound to melekat dlm our minds and hearts, esp. for those yg no longer serving the same place.

Old pictures.. on the way back, the tyre punctured, and being the "wise" guy, Sani showed us way to the mechanic.. eh bukan way.. WAYS.. pusing and pusing and pusing roundabouts.. but then, aku dgn Ja pun bljr kat sana..ahhaha! I luv this trip anyway..

Trips to Courses/Workshops selalunye agak seronok. Fun as the van will be invaded by friends yg sesama went for bengkel. If it's with the OM group, sure havoc. Great minds think alike kan.. assuming kepala masing2 sume great! hehe. Once, I remembered, the driver was Abg. Amir (no longer working) yg. tpaksa mengikut channel radio permintaan ramai. That time, Akon was dominating the radio station with his 1st hit "Lonely" and that pempuan Indon.. Melly Goeslaw was hitting the radio with " Lelaki Idaman". Pantang lagu2 ni kuar, terus "kuat sikit volume ". There were Mala, McD, Booboo (Anis), Ida, K Ja, K Zak, and me.. conquered by girls. Hm, jgn lupa pitt stop at Burger King otw back is Wajib! esp bila McZue yg in-charge..hehe.

Now, the practise is.. Listening to Klasik F.M... smpai bleh hafal lagu2, example lagu Cincin Emas tuh.. isk2, sob2.. Haduiii

Another trip involved exchanging vehicles and passengers and etc. Otw back dari KL, the van stopped.. I hear the driver was hello, helloing somebody with promises to stop somewhere. Just when we were about to get cozy and sleepy, I heard Ijud's voice.. "Ha, cpt, tukor2, naik van putih tu".. Hampeh.. Pijak kang! Looked like isi perut van yg baru balik workshop, nk kene naik van putih (kenangan btul) yg agak sedih, and those ustazs going to the workshop, hijacked our comfy van. The best thing was.. the vehicle came with a 'long-lasting' car freshener; Keropok Scented. Hmm.. how refreshing it was!

The white van was our "main" vehicle time kat Pekan. When we were organizing a farewell dinner for the staff in Pekan, all the AJKs were compiled (ye, assuming kita sume ni kertas nk masuk dlm file) in that van. Thank God, kurus lagi time tuh. Ahaks.. was it Boy or Abg Rosli driving? hmmm.. I remembered, ramai tul ikut.heheh. Pantas btul pemikiran AJK tertinggi (wink2, K Dib, Wani etc. arh).

Validasi trips were carried out hundreds of time. Above was one of the trip.. agak comfy sbb time ni tak ramai. Plg kesian, was the time Karimi went by van too.. He got a seat yg takleh blah.. kepala terlentok dan tegak, and terkulai and tegak.. where got head rest. Huuu.. After that incident.. he usually follows with his car.. no matter shine or rain, or raining without working wipers. Wasn't it wonderful? trips with the van.. ahhh.