Wishlist

In an earlier post, I mentioned about my bucketlist, in which what I would like to achieve in 2013. One has been achieved, some have been in progress, and the others have not started.  Well, in this post I will share my wishlist. My birthday has passed, but still, I want to post it. hahaha.

Some Rants

Hey, its already March. Look at how fast the time flies. Its been two months since I last update this blog. Well, time has prove again and again how it changes things. In my last post, I made some new year resolutions for 2013. You know, the usual stuff, but this time I managed to achieve one and the others are ongoing.

Also, I want to share something interesting.
Warning: Do not read if you dont like long texts.

New Year: 2013

Another year has passed and a lot has happened to me in '12. Some are bad, some are good, but the cream of the crop happened towards the last quarter of the year. Will tell about it later but lets just do this thing.

Four Lines

Some lovey-dovey stuff.

Of Feelings & Stuff

Have you ever heard the song "Feelings" by Morris Albert? Supposedly its the last song Elvis ever recorded.

The song just came to mind, because I just want to talk about feelings. I know I do not share much of my feelings in this blog or online. I guess its just one of those thoughts where men are not suppose to show or share their feelings. This is just another rambling of mine to escape from assignment once in a while.

Feel free to not read, unless you're bored and have nothing to do.

Studying VS Working

Here I am, pondering at the middle of the night when I should have been focusing more on my assignment rather than blabbering online.

The thing is, I am having doubts whether or not I should continue on this crusade to work while studying. As those who are not well informed, I am currently taking Master is Education (English Language) at University of Malaya while working as a part-time photographer at Kidzania. I'm quite sure the question on everyone's mind is "why are you learning about Education when you're a photographer?" That not really the point here. Moving on.

Of Travel & Wedding

I guess I have arrived at the moment of life when I got a lot of wedding invitations. Since most of them are girls, I dont need to worry about it much but I do remember my best friend from school, Mus got married about a year ago. Still, I like to stress that I'm still young!

Hahahaha.. Maybe I got a bit delusional, thinking that I'm still young. I already felt old since the day that I have to give duit raya to my nieces and nephew.

This is a tale of a friend of mine, Syarifah Zahirah getting married to Tengku Azahir in her hometown of Kampar, Perak. This is more or less a small portion of her pictures.

Stupid Theory

A word to the masses: This is going to be quite a long entry.

But what do I care? Its not like there are people reading this blog anyway.

Time and time again people would compare the differences between the two genders, male and female. When this happens, one gender would argue which one is better, which leads to the idea of feminism.

Lets face it, there are times in our lives where we would be quite sexist. For example, some males would think that girls dont know how to take care of their computers and girls think that boys dont even know how to do their laundry. Well, they are some truth to those, and many more.

So let me indulge you, dear readers (if there even are people reading this, which I doubt);

Over the years of observing both genders, I have concocted my own Genders Theorem. Please be informed that this is wholly base on my opinion and I might be wrong.

Moonlighting Stride

Woah, this blog is getting dusty. [blows dust]

I went to the UiTM KBM's Sukan Antara Program last night and I'm sorry to say I am quite disappointed with it. The supposed to be carnival was not what it used to be, there was less crowd, even lesser shop and no excitement. Feeling making the trip as wasted, I decided to head to the riverbank to grab a quick dinner and later head back home walking by the riverside.

With the night was young and quiet, I was joined by the moonlight illuminating the way forward and accompanied by the shining neon lights along the river. The breeze was gentle and cool as it was comforting. With a slow stride along the river of the land of forgotten time, I cant help but to reminisce about the good old days.

Footsteps Of My Shadow

Its 4 a.m in the morning and I am awake due to someone's alarm clock and couldnt go back to sleep. With little time I have, I decided to salvage the old 1TB hard drive from the storage to see whats in it.


Quite surprised with myself when I browse the contents. First there is a huge collection of songs since I was in high school.  (high five Past Self)


Some of these classics include my personal favorites like Soldier of Fortune, Knocking on Heavens Door, Sweet Child of Mine, Untitled, and I Got High. Yeah, they were high school songs, so what? They still live in me. The 90's generation music is much better than the current ones like Baby by Justin Bieber and Friday by Jessica Black.


YES, I'M A 90's KID. 


Next are the videos, there's still some embarrassing recordings of assignments from the Third Language subject. They are reminders that I should not be in front of a camera. Then there are some of the local UiTM events like singing/ competition, battle of the band etc. There are a lot actually but this one is my personal favorite.







But the real piece de resistance is the games collection. Some of them are Counter Strike, Need For Speed Underground 2, Red Alert 2, Worms Armageddon, and Deus Ex.


Granted they are of low quality compared to today's games but they are the best classics, especially Counter Strike. Most of gaming cyber cafe would have this game, and kids would spend hours playing it.


Too bad there are no pictures, I remembered I removed them to be transferred to another drive just in case of malfunction. Thats good, it saves me from looking at embarassing pictures of myself.

A meeting with the past.

In the land of the frozen time, I took a trip down to the memory lane and tried to turn the hands of time to go back to the past. I wanted to see my students and my wish was granted, though not all of them could come.

A few days ago, I went out with a couple of my former students from MGHS. The last time I saw them, they were 14 but now they are in Form 4. Amazing how fast the time flies. They seem to have grown up a bit but surely some old traits remain unscathed.

A total of of 11 people were there but only eight of them were my students. The others are friends of the same school. They are Nazira, Nadia, Fatin, Sheera, Herlina, Madihah, Janna, Mimi and Yun.

These kids.... well, they are still kids. Hahahaha.. I still remember Nazira, Sheera, Intan and Shera talk a lot in my class but they are smart kids. Nadia and Mimi on the other hand like to bicker at small things. I still remember one time Nadia said that she wont talk in the class at all, but 5 minutes later she burst like a machine gun.

These students of mine are so close with each other and maintain the relationship though some of them changed schools. Nadia here went to a boarding school but returned to MGHS few weeks later. 

They are so close, they called themselves "Avogadro". The only one I know by that name is a famous chemist/physicist but that's about it. 

After all this time, they still like to bully the teacher. I was made to play bowling, though I was really bad at it. Most of the time I got the gutter ball. Most of the time we just hung out, and talk. Twas a day to reminisce.

To my other students, sorry you guys couldn't make it. We had a  great time. To my Form 1 (now Form 3) students, good luck in your PMR. Will be rooting for you girls.

Thanks to those who showed up, you girls make my day. Lets hang out some time if when we have the time.

***Pix by Nazira***

Read it Like its Hot

After finishing the stint at TV9, I moved to New Straits Times (NST) and started my intern there for two weeks. It started on 9th January and ended on 20th January.

It was a whole new experience. Its very much different from the TV station.

I learnt quite a lot, just a bit sad that its only for a short time, wish I could be there a bit longer..

Anyways, I got my byline. To tell you the truth, it articles wasnt the whole me. I worked with a senior reporter, Minderjeet Kaur. I just wrote a bit..

Anyways, the article landed as the main story on the front page.

Playing ping-pong with a baseball bat

I still remember in my Jets class, we were thought to write as we speak.

Yeah right. If I write like how I speak, most of what you will hear is 'nasi lemak'. But thats not the point here.

Broadcast journalist is very much different from print journalist.

In broadcasting, we have to limit our speech and script as to not take too much time, whereas in print they can write for as much as their editors let them.

While we are banging our heads on the monitor trying to economise our words, they are losing their hairs thinking what else to say in the articles.

There's another problem I just noticed.

Since I mostly use Bahasa for writing the scripts for TV, I kept asking myself "what the *&%@ do they call this in Bahasa?" 

I'm pretty sure when I go to print, I'll ask, "ape menatang haram ni in english?"

I'll only talk on the language part, because thats the one bothering me the most, and for the fact I don't get enough anchovies with the nasi lemak here. *grrrrrr*

All in all, its fun working here. Though the hour nearing the news slot kind of hectic and desperate.

ICDC Podcast

Melaka- Podcast. The fun way to know the stories behind a debate competition.

Adderly Shaharudin hosted the session with Noel Meldan, Faris Farid and Alif Zulkefle. Together, we talked about ICDC and some other things. However, there are some profanities. Thus, listen at your own risk.

Independence Cup Debating Championship (ICDC) was recently hosted by the Universiti Teknologi Mara Kampus Bandaraya Melaka (UiTM KBM) Rhetoric Club to promote debate and celebrate independence.

Link: Podcast

Fine Dining Etiquette

NTV7 Edition: http://www.ntv7.com.my/7edition/local-en/TRAINEES_UNDERGO_CRASH_COURSE_ON_DINING_ETIQUETTE.html

"What the heck? Why is it so hard to eat?!" is one of the questions that went through the Jets students, when they were having their meals during fine dining etiquette class recently.

Held at Grand Dorsett Subang Hotel, the soon-to-be-journalists were surprised when they see the number of spoons, forks and knives on the table.

Just when they thought they are in need of a crash course in eating, the master of ceremony Terrence Dass elegantly provide the assistance.

Well, it is a bit hard, especially those like us who usually dine using our hands (so malaysian).

The food was not only delicious they were also easy on the eyes.

All of us had a lot of food and of course, everyone was happy. We had a great time and ended it with a photograph session. =)

Berasak-asak untuk jubah graduasi

Shah Alam -  Proses mengambil jubah bagi siswazah di Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam di sini menjadi kecoh apabila mereka berlari keluar barisan dan berapat-rapat untuk mengelakkan hujan lebat tengah hari semalam.

Keadaan itu mengakibatkan urusan mengambil jubah menjadi huru-hara dan lambat. Sesetengah siswazah yang berbadan kecil mengalami kesusahan bernafas akibat dikelilingi lautan manusia. Kejadian tersebut berlanjutan sekurang-kurangnya 2 jam.

Dianggarkan lebih 6,000 siswazah hadir untuk mengambil jubah bermula daripada seawal 8.00 pagi. Majlis Graduasi UiTM itu adalah majlis ke-75 semenjak penubuhan universiti tersebut.

*Rangkaan ini adalah coretan berdasarkan pengalaman peribadi.

Making Way

As you can read on top of the blog, I am Alif Zulkefle. =)

This is just a pilot entry to my new blog, hoping to improve my writing and language.

Feel free to comment =)