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I had been watching tv nowadays...ya la dalam era keadaan ekonomi yang menghampiri eco-no-money ini aku jarang la melepak kat luar...so after work harus ajer balik rumah...senang...no more money spent on going lepaking with others...and furthermore i need it for my next three trips next month (gaji kena tunggu hujung bulan November..huhuhuh)...

One thing that i like about tv is the ads...people are seriously getting more creative with their ads...kekadang idea idea yang mengarut pon bley jadi iklan gak ker....among the memorable ones which are kinda cool and some are downright stupid...but hey...it leaves an impact la whether it is a cool ad or stupid ones....

PANTENE - boleh dia guna economy as their theme....investing on good shampoo is good during recession...very brilliant? kind of....it kinda take the whole Legally Blonde thing into economy...darn...

REXONA - very da berry unbelievably made me go flabbergasted with the message....ketiak hitam...jadi pi shopping nak amik barang pon ala2 malu nak angkat tangan...and also nak tahan taxi pon malu....HELLO...kalau dah tau ketiak hitam yang ko pi pakai sleeveless sapa suh...but the point of the commercial ad was, with rexona it brightens your ketiak from hitam to putih...it is some sort of fair and lovely for your armpits la....dengg....that was lame...hahaha...but i have to agree it is creative...and boleh plak in the end of the ad dengan bangganya tunjuk ketiaknyer yang putih itu....deng again....

KFC RAYA ADS - mak dia suh ajak kawan mai braya then she can go and tell the whole school and the whole school came to her house....huh...dengan mudahnya mak dia pon pesan KFC jamu depa semua....KFC really try to make it clear that they DO open during festivals....and you can order any time...HELLO AGAIN...brapa rega seketoi ayam KFC?unbelievable....kalau jadi kat rumah aku la...abis kuat pon aku pi presint 8 punya fudkod order bihun sup....takder maknanya aku nak order beratus2 ayam KFC nak jamu orang....tak logik langsung....lain la kalau aku kaya....tapi dalam iklan tu rumah kampung ajer...tak tau ler plak aku kalau family tu kaya tak hengat order ayam KFC nak jamu satu skolah....

CLAIROL - mamat black dengan rambut dreadlock ini dengan kompidennya pi la kedai shampoo nak beli shampoo rambut....pastu lepas dok nyanyi nyanyi kat bilik air ala 60s itu di bawah pokok nyok (kalau la buah nyok jatuh ataih pala tak ker naya)...esoknya pi balik kedai shampoo mintak refund sambil membuka capnya dan melibas libas rambutnya yang jadi ala ala rebonding hantu jepun itu....tak sesuweiiii...

TM - ini betoi la aku tak paham...nak promote tepon rumah...now how many of us have housefon in their house nowadays? dalam era henpon ini, hausfon jadi cam satu aksesori tambahan dekat sudut rumah ajer ler....tapi people bought it and have housefon...salah satunya rumah parents aku la (eventho kami semua la ada henpon sorang sebijik)...tapi apa yang aku tak paham, what makes giving your housefon no to the girl that you admire is better than giving henfon no? tak paham betoi...

DIGI - i love all digi ads....may it come from the ducks to the menjengkelkan orang orang kuning itu, i have to salute the advertising company for DIGI for coming up with cool ads...

HSBC - i dont know whether most of us would remember this ad...about the wife going out alone and then seeing other ladies shopping but she refrain herself from doing so...pastu in the end husband bagi dia necklace and then dia bagi bill kredit kad RM0....huh????somebody please help me out coz i dont understand the whole concept of this ad....what da heck?

NANO NANO - who can forget the catchy song with the cartoon characters singing the nano nano song...simple yet memorable...

ANY ADS THAT HAVE ONE MALAYSIA THEME - i kinda miss all those Allahyarhamah Yasmin Ahmad's ads....the message was there and it was not that forced upon...if you know what i meant...nowadays the ads that have one malaysia theme doesn't feel all that natural...unlike Yasmin Ahmad's....i really salute her for her amazing ads...it was a great loss...
p.s : really wonder her vision for this year's raya ads...my favorites of all her ads were the merdeka ad with afdlin shauki, raya ad penarik beca, merdeka ad of the hip hop wannabes & of course raya ad the ibu tunggal 7 anak...




There's many more ads...and i bet everyone have the ones they remember the most....as for me, these ads were among that stick to my brain like a glue...dengggg!!!

ajie
1:24 a.m
15 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA

Chances Are?

I had been reading one of my friend's entry about second chances...i can feel the depth of emotions in that particular entry...second chances are sometimes the best thing that could ever happen in our life...but then again after reviewing the predicament of what context the second chances are subjected to, i just think that not everything deserve a second chance...

You lied to your friend - deserve second chance
You ate your friend's biscuit - deserve second chance
You got separated because of misunderstanding - deserve second chance
You act unhonorably under tremendous pressure - deserve second chance

BUT

You broke his heart, left him staggered feeling way beneath the worms underneath the ground that you step everyday, destroyed any dreams and hope that once were great, letting him gone nearly went insane for being dumped as if worth nothing, not a single cent, crippling him and crashing his self-confidence that made him want to seclude himself from the outside world and wishing tomorrow will never come - second chance?

ANSWER

Should i answer that?

ajie
10:42 a.m
16 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA

Hopeless Romantic Or Romantic Hopeless

Its the same word...
But it bears a different meaning once its switched...

Hopeless romantic are for those who always dream on romantic feelings..
Romantic things...
Candle lite dinner..
Bouqet of roses...
Trip to Paris...
Being alone together...
etc

Romantic hopeless are for those who can't seem to be romantic at all..
Have no clue about being romantic...
And fail when they try...

Which one are you?

Gadis Senaskah Al-Quran

I like this....
One of my bff kinda utter it out...
I find myself drawn to it...
Some might call it a fantasy...
Other may say ~Dream On~
Its the odd one out...
May it be 1 : 1,000,000....
Or she doesn't exist...
But i have faith...
I do believe in God...
Only God knows best...
I'll pray for that every single day...
Insya allah...

ajie
10:55 p.m
14 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA

Getting Married Or Getting Financially Broke?

Lately i found myself thinking about marriage (thanks to my friends who already found their other half)....some of my friends thought that i am THAT desperate to get married...well i DO want to get married, but i am NOT that desperate...after some buddies talk with my close friends, i like to let it be...and let god decide for me whats good for me...who's the one that i should pick or who's the one that i will grow old with...i leave it in the hands of god...~jodoh adalah ketentuan tuhan yang tidak berubah~

Recently i listen to one of my bosses talking about his son's upcoming marriage...and he blatantly told us that it is not cheap to get married...hurmmm...hearing how much he have to spent for his son's marriage (huh? the father paid for the son's wedding, how 'wonderful') all of us who are still single best be prepared for when it is the time for either one of us to get married...

I don't really believe in spending extravagantly for a wedding...call me a loser, unromantic or kedekut, and i don't care....coz the way i see it....it is the bond is more important...religion-wise i mean...i heard some of my friends who had up to RM30,000 as the dowry along with handbags, perfumes, shoes that only spells out more zeros at the back...well...if you are up to and totally can afford it, why not...but for those who aren't that lucky to have their 'father' to PAY for the wedding and starving themselves every month so that they can meet the demand of the intended's family of high dowry, then i feel sorry for them...some even resort to a personal loan to get married...which is totally acceptable as long as you know that the person is the ONE for you....if it falls apart in the middle of the life-long journey, then i feel sorry for them be paying their ruined marriage (on top of the alimony and all) long even after they are separated...that would be 'awesome'~sarcastic tone applied~

Talking about dowry, once i asked a friend how much she would be demanding for her dowry...and not to my surprise, she quoted 5 figures...its like 'the market' price nowadays...and if she go any lower, people around would question why she is so 'cheap'....huh? i was totally flabbergasted...i never known until that day that people have market price for dowries in Malaysia...if the girl have diploma, there's a price, if she have degree, it would be a lil bit higher, and it goes on (education-wise)...then i was wondering how much it would cost for a PhD holder...not to mention if she is the youngest and the sisters are all married, she must have HIGHER dowry than her previous married sisters....huh? i was rendered speechless....call me a dreamer if you want, but i am waiting for a girl who would say to me that she would be content to have 'SENASKAH AL-QURAN & SEHELAI SEJADAH' for her dowry...yeah i can hear people saying ~Dream On~....coz in this materialistic world, the odds are 1:10,000 for that would happen...or more....but i am betting on the odds...huaauahauahauah

Wedding ceremony is just a day where the couple sharing their happiest day of their life with their relatives, neighbors and friends...and i don't think that extravagant spells out more happiness (unless if the girl is ONLY gonna be happy with big wedding)...as for me...a modest wedding would be just nice...just celebrate with family and friends and close neighbors in the neighborhood...you can indeed have a modest wedding and still be happy....and enjoy every moment of it without thinking that you spend too much on your wedding...what if suddenly most of your friends and relatives can't make it to your lavish & extravagant wedding as they have other 'important' engagement in their hands? what if you already have their RSVP and had their seats paid (for those who held it in hotels and convention centre) and having seeing the seats are empty? and it hurts badly when it cost more than RM100 for that particular one seat....think about it...

Ironically enough i have a friend who's girlfriend (now already wife la) who just content on having 'senaskah Al-Quran & sehelai sejadah' as her dowry...they have a modest ceremony (on the guy's side) having invited relatives and close friends as well as neighbors to come and celebrate their wedding done in the comfort of his home...no pelamin, only astaka decorated wonderfully with flower and petals for the total purpose of taking pictures...the pictures came out great, the wedding had great ambience served with the normal wedding cuisines...and they are happy to celebrate it that way (eventho on the girl's side they held it in Hilton Hotel)...i went to both weddings and i rather like the former...it felt better and much more alive....and i still remember what both my friend and his wife told me, 'have a modest wedding and you can spend it more on yourself going for honeymoon or umrah with your love ones' (which he was referring to his wife la)...hurmm...i kinda like the idea...huahuahuah....

Extravagant or not, people are entitled to have a say of how they would love to have their wedding ceremony done...and it is by choice...then again, marriage is not only for one day....the ceremony, yeah it is for one day (or some have it 7 nites celebration ~huh~), but the bond last forever....or that is until you have irrevocable differences....

ajie

10:39 p.m

13 October 2009

PUTRAJAYA

Plastic Bags Vs Paper Bags

I don't like plastic bags (total anti-plastic and it applied for both definition)
I am not that keen on using paper bags as well (deforestation, HELLO!)
So now i just use woven bags....but people just sneered at me when i use TESCO woven bag in Carefour Alamanda....hurmmmm....????
Love your planet, say NO to plastic bags...
Make sense?

Review - Babel

I know that heavy drama is not everybody's forte...and this movie is kinda out-dated (meaning not this year's la) but from my point of view...sometimes people need to see heavy drama as to get a gist of what other people are going thru in their lives...

Babel is one of the best movie i had ever watched...if you are familiar with the equation 'SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION' i bet you'll like the inter-connection between each characters thruout the movie...

The movie was split into several main characters and situations...there's a mexican maid...the american couple...the arabic family...the deaf/ mute japanese girl...each characters are interconnected and what they do in their life will subsequently affect one another...interesting concept?

The movie started off with the arabic family getting a rifle from their friend to be used in controlling the sheeps...it was the kids who were using it to control the sheep and while they were at it, they done a test shot of shooting anything in sight...all hell break loose when they decided to test one another to shoot the moving tour bus....little did the boy know that he had accidentally shot the wife of the american couple...

The American couple are in Lebanon for vacation to mend their drifting marriage when the wife was shot in the moving tour bus....the bus had to detour to a small village where the hospital was 2 hours away from the village...the husband call back to america to tell his maid that he wont be able to be back on time as the wife was shot...and required the maid to stay for another day to take care of the children...

The maid was going to his son's wedding in Mexico when she got a call from the american husband the they had to extend their stay and won't be able to get back before she can leave to her son's wedding...being a mother, she don't want to miss her son's wedding and since she can't find another to take care of the children...she took them with her to mexico drove by her nephew to the wedding...on their way back at the mexico/america border, they ran into trouble as the nephew had been drinking and refused to be checked so he drove away out of the police's site and asked the maid and the children to get off from the car in the middle of the desert as he is trying to run away from the police...the police found the maid and take her in for questioning...the police called the american couple...the american government found out that the maid had been working illegally in america and will be sent home to mexico eventho american couple are not going to press charges...

The american couple were still waiting for the paramedics to arrive in the small village while the local police are questioning the local people about the shooting...one of the local family was badly beaten down by the police in order to know who shot the american couples...the beaten down guy was said he already gave the rifle away and he actually got the rifle from a Japanese guy as a present....

The Japanese guy have a mute/ deaf daughter who crave for attention from others...she tried to get people to get intimate with her but always been rejected as she was too forward and sometimes because of her OKUness...Japanese police had been coming to her house to question her father regarding the rifle when the girl decided to call the younger police officer alone to the apartment alone as she tried to get him to be intimate with her, only to be rejected again...she broke down and cried and being comforted by the police officer....

FINALE -
In Lebanon : the arabic boys and father were tracked down in the desert and one of the boys was shot to death....
In Small Village : the paramedics are there with a helicopter and the wife was taken away to the hospital whereas the american couple put aside their differences...
In Mexico : the maid was back to her hometown greeted by her newly married son...
In Japan : the deaf/ mute girl reconcile with her father....

In short, it is all triggered by the Japanese guy giving the rifle to the arab guy who gave it to his friend who give it to his son who shot the american couple that compelled them to extend their travel to make the maid had to take the children to mexico with her only to be in a deep trouble because of it....wow....one action can lead to another...this is actually the truth...and it made me realise that every single thing that i have done now (even while writing this entry) can actually affect some others life...that is as we called it

'SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION'

ajie
10:44 a.m
12 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA

Review - Cari Jodoh (Official Song For Single Club Only)

Its not exactly a movie review...it is just a song review...i first heard this song waktu aku gi labuan waktu kenduri kawin si Zaimee & Tina...back then i asked my friends but none of them know who exactly sang the song...takper la...let go ajer la...then when i was in Bandung the other day, i heard the song again...in the outlet, by the street, the mall....and finally i heard it from this very 'bawang merah' style cewek which i asked her to bluetooth the song to me lah...giler deng...selambadak ajer aku mintak orang blutooth...the reason i like this song...well...i kinda feel personally about the song lyrics...deng....

APA SALAHKU, APA SALAH IBUKU
HIDUPKU, DIRUNDUNG PILU
TAK ADA YANG MAHU YANG MENGINGINKAN AKU
MENJADI PENGOBAT RINDU,
MENJADI PENAWAR PILU,
MENJADI...KEKASIH HATIKU

Denggg...the first verse is really funny but i kinda feel it....not exactly macam loser dalam lagu ni la...but close enough...tapi aku heran betul la dengan apsal la plak salah ibu dia nieh....well....as for me...aku skg still single mingle ajer...so the last three baris tu memang struck a chord la skit...

TIMUR KE BARAT, SELATAN KE UTARA
TAK JUGA AKU BERJUMPA
DARI MUSIM DURIAN HINGGA MUSIM RAMBUTAN
TAK JUGA AKU DAPATKAN
TAK JUA AKU TEMUKAN
OH TUHAN, INIKAH COBAAN

Mak aiii....seluruh pelosok tempat dah cari, tapi tak jumpa orang yang dok suka kat dia...denggg...tapi klakar betul awat la dia pi letak musim durian sampai musim rambutan....dah sebab kat indonesia takdak musim panas, sejuk, luruh dengan bunga kot...tapi yang last tu wat aku ter'remember' citer P.Ramlee la plak....COBAAN.....

CHORUS
IBU, IBU, BAPAK, BAPAK
SIAPA YANG PUNYA ANAK BILANG AKU
AKU YANG SEDANG MALU
SAMA TEMAN-TEMANKU
KERNA CUMA DIRIKU
YANG TAK LAKU LAKU

Nie sampai dok minta parents sedonia plak dok syorkan anak depa bagi kat dia...dengggg....hahahah...boleh la plak malu dengan kengkawan...aku pon la kot sebab aku dok single mingle lagi...yang lain semua dah kawin beranak pinak dah la plak....tapi bab tak laku laku tu yang yang deng giler tu....perghhh....memang sound so LOSER beb....cess cam aku la plak....
takdak girlfriend = LOSER = tak laku....huhuhuhu~tears~


PENGUMUMAN, PENGUMUMAN
SIAPA YANG MAU BANTU TOLONG AKU
KASIHANI AKU
TOLONG CARIKAN DIRIKU KEKASIH HATIKU
SIAPA YANG MAU?

Ni memang dah tahap desperate giler dah beb....siap wat announcement tu yang tak tahan tu....mengiklankan diri sendiri...ni lagi dasat dari letak gambar kat URTV la Mangga la bagai...ini ala ala wat billboard untuk diri sendiri....ceh....can work meh like this? if can aku pon mau coba gak....dengggg...i am a desperate single la plak bunyinya....denggg again and again...

Then lagu ni dia ulang balik la second verse sampai korus then ulang punya ulang punya ulang....denggg...aku dok ketawa first time aku dengar lagu nie...memang klaka siot....tapi aku terasa gak la....siap aku dok suh si ina la, niha la, ned la tolong cari kat aku gepren@spark...hahaha...cuma part pengumuman tu ajer aku tak wat lagi...hauhauhau....tapi then again orang dok ingat aku wat pengumuman kat status fesbuk aku...padahal aku just reciting the exact lyrics...huahuahua....then again...you guys should check out the video in youtube....aku gelak cam nak mamposss....kelakar dowh...just type ~ cari jodoh ~ nanti kuar la several selection...amik yang betul punya sebab ada la yang lain tu untuk cd karoke vidio klip tipooo....tapi vidio klip betoi dia memang klaka....i had fun listening to the song....and thinking that i should do something about my status single lah....huhuhuhu

ajie
10:14 p.m
8 Oktober 2009
PUTRAJAYA

We Used To Be The Best Of Friend But Now We Are Worst Than Enemy

Its like Lex Luthor & Clark Kent...dulu baik nak mampos...then sekarang tengok muka pon takmo...memasing nak kill each other off ajer...but aku takder ler sampai tahap camtu...it started with a small matter and then ada orang yang dengki dok hasut sana sini, now we are like enemies that can't stand each other...all those helps and friendship that it used to be a salvation, now became the deadliest memory ever...aduhai...

But this is the real world...and sh*ts does happen...in a big scale...i dont want to bother anymore...and i just wish that its just going to be blocked out as if we never met...

Those things that used to be acceptable, was twisted into benda yang menyakitkan ati...deng...how the hell this could had happened? All the secrets that used to be a secret, now publicized cam gossip artis la plak...its just a reminder to keep an arm's length in the future....and to keep secrets to yourself...

As for now...i will just ignore it and the person and continue with my life happily disregard of anything that might come out...and i already forgive you for anything that you will do in the future...peace

ajie
3:45 pm
4 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA

It Was Me....More Than 20 Years Ago...

When i was at my home in alor setar back then during raya, i was going thru some of the stuffs in the library room (yeah my father had one of the rooms as the study cum library room in our home)...there were lots of books and my father loves to do this some sort of folio of all the newspaper cuttings some are dated in the 70s...it is one of my father's hobby, other than photography (and my father back then used the now storeroom as a dark room to develop pictures)...and also lots of photo albums...as i went through the photo albums, i found the ones during the 80s (my father had them categorised of some sort by dates or by individuals)...and i found lots of my photos back then during my childhood time...i had fun going thru the photos as i recalled some of the occassions that happened while we were taking the photos...that is the power of photo...never underestimate it...as it can refresh some of the almost forgotten memories....

There were photos of me with the big aviator sunglasses, the photos of me with my siblings, with the bike...there were lots of it...so i went to my bag...took out my camera, set it to macro mode...and snap the pictures....the result came out good quite...eventho not as good as you have it scanned...but good enough for me...as i started to remember all those happy years of my childhood....No Acne....No Baby Fat...No Girlfriend (yet)...

Then i dawn on me that i have lived my life good...eventho we are not from a wealthy family...but we had good time...well...it kinda prove that having lots of money wont bring happiness although it is good to have it...hahahah....but the photos kinda reminded me that i have a good life...and i intend to continue with it....and i hope that i will have it as long as i live...and owh yeah....today is my 5th brother's birthday (the one that my father hold in one of the pics)...happy birthday bro...you were cute when you were 1 year old...but now when you are 23...i guess it faded with age...huahuahauhau

ajie
1:15a.m
2 October 2009
PUTRAJAYA