Weekly Random Rants

I. Am. Exhausted. Beyond measure. Heh. Thought this holiday would be a resting period, but noooo… Almost daily I sleep late and woken up at noon by the ringing of the phone, and it’s always the gym, calling me up going “Gym.. now now now”. Then I either go there directly or out to grab something to eat first at my usual haunting place. Then work out, and then dance practise till late, and then meet up a few friends. And the cycle starts all over again. Yes, I sound like I don’t have a life, but whatever keeps me busy makes me happy.

It’s only been belated a few days, but “Merry Christmas” people. I had a very interesting thanksgiving the other day, dubbed thanksgiving ala Melayu. Why? ‘Cause they served Malay food, well not exactly Malay, Asian cuisines – ah much better term – which by the way was utter scrumptious. No turkey. Apparently there isn’t any Halal turkey available here. Why is that ey?

Regardless, wow. I just realised that I just wrote two paragraphs in my weekly rant and not mention the word “mental” or being all pissy. Hahaha. Oh well, there’s nothing to act all pissy about lately. Just going with the flow.

I’d be performing on this 29th during the gym’s annual members’ night. Oh that reminds me. Now here’s something I’d be mental about. Check it out:

Mind you I didn’t design that leaflet. Anyway. The word night is spelled “nite”. It annoys me greatly how SMS has changed a lot of spelling, seriously putting that on a leaflet? Has Oxford dictionary even included that spelling in its list? Is there a new spelling convention that I didn’t know about? A lot of teachers out there would agree with me that because of SMS and Instant Messaging (IMs, such as MSN Messenger and Skype), youths (or even people in general) are having more trouble spelling things the way it is normally spelled, thus reducing their marks in essay writing. I mean, yes I use it too occasionally, but when I’m provided with sufficient space to spell things in full, I would.

Nonetheless, New Year’s coming soon. And I have yet to know how to celebrate, I might not. But whatever. What’s important is my new year’s resolution. What are they? I don’t know yet, but I’m just listing it randomly, here goes:

Lose them useless bodyfats particularly around the waistline and triceps
Athletic lean body by July 24th, 2008
Get my ass on some painting
Get money out of them paintings
Get a part time job
Save money for Bangkok after school observation
Grow hair long – Do NOT ever shave it again
Monthly Facial’s a must – clear skin off scars
Leave hair black
Do some charity
Be a better person (however that is)
REALLY learn how to play that guitar
ATTEMPT South-Beach for at least a month
Increase social skills (however that is)
Get at least 2 A’s for my assignments next semester
Be a more skilful dancer (learn new moves and originally choreograph at least one song)
Be more outdoorsy
Be a Bodypump regular
Always keep in mind “life is too short to be depressed”

Hooh. That’s quite a list yea? Let’s see this time next year if I could actually achieve any. Oh yea, I’m very optimistic. Can you feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelll the sarcasm? Wtf? Lol. Yes aku syok sendiri.

I should go.

“Now is the time, now is the hour, ours is the magic, ours is the power” -- guess which movie starts with that chant? I know right random.

Oh, you know I'm annoyed with people saying, on the radio, "lagu urang putih".. especially "lagu urang putih, Beyonce" - - uh hello.. Beyonce ain't white the same way that I ain't no chinese. Lagu "english" bahhhhhhh

I really should go.

Muaz Rashid – *chant* Life is too short to be depressed. Life is too short to be depressed. *chant* *chant*

All I want for christmas is...~

My last christmas wish item was a guitar, and I got it as a birthday gift on my last birthday. So this year's item (which I know, I'm so NOT gonna get) is the Mobile Notetaker.




Look at that baby, isn't that cool?! The Mobile Notetaker attaches to the top of any pad of paper and digitizes your notes for download to a computer later (and translated to editable text). It can store up to 50 standard pages of notes or doodles, and costs $170.


I so want one!




Muaz Rashid - Do you know what it feels like who's in a rush to throw you away~~ (currently listening to it)

Vainglory

Hoho! I found this video and think it's cool. Supposedly this dude took a pic of him everyday for 8 years and made a video out of it. Don't know how true that is, but the video's awesome nonetheless..

check it out..



Muaz Rashid - can you say "vain"?

Off we go to the Yellow Brick Road..

Nuff Said

Muaz Rashid - Somewheeeeeeerrreeee OOoooVeeerrr the raaaiiinnnboooowwww...

Mental

This is taped to one of my lecturer's door, it's a clipping from a local newspaper. When I saw it, I went "what in the friggin' hell??"..

WHY in the world would mental patients be taught Malay?

It took me quite a while to actually realise that it means "Doctors treating Mental Patients, to learn Malay" as in the Doctors are learning Malay (possibly to converse with the patients better).

Seriously, I could not believe that the editor did not see the vagueness in that heading.

Is there a specific word for "Doctors who treat Mental Patients"?

Muaz Rashid - I'm not crazy, I'm just a lil unwell..

Internet Representative

I was browsing through a magazine when I was having my hair done a few weeks ago. Can’t remember which magazine, but this one particular article really caught my attention. It’s entitled something like “the do’s and don’ts in a community profile” – or such. Basically the article gives you tips on how to look “impressive” on a community profile (friendster, facebook, myspace – you name it).

Your profile is somewhat like a CV, how you represent yourself to those out there who might be interested in you – basically the article is talking about the dating game. Anyway, highlights from the article (the ones I could remember):

keep it clean and simple.

make sure the “friends” in your community are your ACTUAL friends.

if you wish to interest girls, having a 9-1 ratio of girls to boys in your circle might not exactly be a good idea.

Don’t put up obscene pictures of you partying, one or two party pictures might show your outgoing personality, but 10 of it in different places (especially with one where you look completely wasted) just show what a party animal you are – not impressive.

Don’t make up your details – like saying you’re a language instructor when you’re actually unemployed – one lie leads to another – especially when you start to go out with someone who actually thought your details are authentic.


There’s more, but surely I think that sums up most of the don’ts. Nonetheless, I just want to add what I find annoying in a profile page:

Like number 2 from above. It’s just annoying how some people just tend to keep adding people they don’t even know. You don’t know each other, you don’t talk to each other, you don’t even greet one another when you meet in the street – so WHY? Having 500 plus friends in your profile community does NOT make you look famous.

People putting up songs that can’t be switched off – it detracts those who are interested to read your profile – yes it shows your music genre, and thus tells people on what kind of person you are, but people might get annoyed and leave your profile without further ado.

I get annoyed with those, particularly Muslim Malays, who display pictures of themselves holding a bottle of vodka or a can of beer or whatever alcoholic beverages, I find it such a futile attempt at showing how cool you are. Showing off that you drink does NOT make you look cool, but rather makes you look like a wannabe who just started drinking. It’s just sad and pathetic.

Please O please do not try to impress people with using “big words” when you actually don’t even know how to use them; “I’m not here.. Literally” – that was actually an MSN nick of an acquaintance who shall remain nameless but I give the abbreviations A E (WAHAHAHHAHAHA – jan marah~ just using you as an example), anyway, that just does NOT make any sense whatsoever. “I’m not here.. literally” – uh duh, like what ELSE could it mean?? You certainly can’t be there metaphorically, can you? Lesson – use words that you actually KNOW. Be yourself.

Refrain yourself from abbreviating every single word in your profile. You’re not writing an SMS, you have plenty of space, so use full spelling. IM abbreviations are fine, but SMS abbreviations – not cool. Oh, and FYI, the word “Hi” is spelled “H” “I”, NOT “Hye”.


There's more.. but just these for now.. ciao

Muaz Rashid - BRB

Battle of Words

“She is forced to admit that the only downside – to borrow her own Essex girl parlance – is that the ‘minted’ ****** is ‘a bit of a minger’. To the uninitiated, that means he is not exactly a great looker”

“Indeed, it is fair to assume that in the dippy ****’s childhood fantasies, her ideal man did not bear an uncanny resemblance to the midget sidekick Tattoo from the Seventies television series Fantasy Island”

“*** ****** stands barely 5ft 4in, is clearly fighting a battle with his weight, and appears not yet to have started shaving”

“…was topped in the tasteless stakes only by ****’s garish satin jacket teamed with a T-shit and tie”

“His designer trousers were so long that he had spent the previous fun-filled hours dancing excitedly all over the hems”

“’He’s a nice bloke’, said one acquaintance. ‘But he’s not exactly the sharpest tack in the box. ‘He has got into his head that he could be a successful singer, and he’s been spending time laying down tracks in a recording studio. I’ve actually heard him sing, though, and I wouldn’t put money on it selling’”

“’The truth is that he’s a bit of a nerd who gets a kick out of hanging out with the stars. Let’s face it, these people wouldn’t give him a second look if he wasn’t the son of a billionaire who goes around flashing his cash all over town’”

Quote unquote from:

Daily Mail

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For obvious reasons, I've censored out the details, I noted that down right, I CENSORED out the details, I'm tired of people saying that I'd get sued or whatnot.

So yes.. I got that off the Daily Mail, for those who don't know, it's UK newspaper. They were talking about a particular person..

I should be pfft because the way he slams the character is harsh and it degrades us Asians, well at least that's how I feel.. although I'm not 5ft 4in, I'm 5ft 7in - still short - but you get what I mean..

BUT.. somehow I envy this kind of report, it's bruttally honest! We don't really get that kinda news here yeah..

Dudududu... I'm enjoying my hols.. are you?

Muaz Rashid - Write on.

Waterless Rainy Days

It's like raiiiiiinnnnn
Till it flooded Bandaaaarr..
But apparentlyyyy....
There's not a drop of water in Kiulap...
(Sung ala Alanis Morissette's Ironic)

Isn't that ironic?

It's been raining cats and dogs, floods here and there.. and I went to the gym yesterday.. and found out that there's no water - till TODAY! and it's not just kiulap.. it also affected some places around the vicinity.. what's the problem here? I want to showwweerrrrr......

Muaz Rashid - Doncha think?

Mini Movie Reviews: Stardust, 30 Days of Night, Enchanted

Somewhat belated, but since I have yet to share my insights regarding these movies, so might as well.

Stardust leaves me star struck. I LOVE this movie. The casting is great; my favourite is probably Michelle Pfeifer as the witch. She is AMAZING, I love how she lives up to her character; you can see how she really focused on bringing the character to life; I even love how her dress looks like a mystical black smoke when blown by the wind.

The story line is great. The humour presented in this movie is not “Will Ferrell” slapstick; thus making it fresh and actually laughable. The Harry Potter movie series is nothing compared to this one. Mind you that this is being said by a person who has yet to read the novel; I might be disappointed with the movie after reading the novel, but whatever. This is my verdict for now; GREAT movie.

30 Days of Night should be renamed 30 Days of Crap. This movie brings the word “crap” to a whole new level. If I were watching it alone and not feeling feverish, I’d actually leave. It was a complete waste of money. If, supposed, you haven’t watched it, DON’T. I’m saving you right now. For the sake of everything that’s brilliant, DON’T waste your time on this movie. The story line is just blargh. And to think that Josh Hartnett would actually make this movie even a tad interesting, damn wrong.

Enchanted. Is. Cute. This movie is just so wrong that it actually turned out cool. I would so want to say that Amy (Giselle) was a bit overacting; but because princesses in fairy tales actually act like that; it turned out just fine. This movie breaks the rule to prove that they could be correct (am I even making any sense here? Heh)

I particularly love this conversation:
Girl: …after all they’re only after one thing.
Giselle: What’s that?
Girl: I dunno… nobody would tell me…

LOL. I seriously could NOT believe that they actually let a 6 year old say that! It’s just so wrong, but hilarious at the same time. For sure, she’s hell gonna be curious after that.

Anyway. Enchanted, as per any other love stories, tried to tell us how “true love” actually exist. A good line to learn from this movie is this: “Everyone has their bad moments, but would you sacrifice the good ones for that?”

When I heard that line, it just became engraved into my mind. It just reminds me how people nowadays just tend to give up something great when troubles arise. Yes, past is past, but it can be the future if you actually put an effort on it. Oh well. That’s something to learn.

Although I have to add that Enchanted doesn’t live up to my expectations. I was expecting the good and evil fight scene to be remarkable, but the fight was pretty boring and mediocre. Nonetheless, it was a good watch.

Muaz Rashid – Delve and learn.

Weekly Random Rants

Warning: Do NOT read if you are easily offended

GARGH! I hate hate hate dealing with servers who do not seem to understand a single word you're saying... I mean, damn, if you want a job that deals directly with customers.. for crying out loud, PLEASE upgrade your communication skills! I understand if you are not entirely proficient in English, but do put a liiiiiiitttlleeeeee effort in how you communicate.. sheesh.. ordering food has NEVER been this annoying.

I only have one more paper to go, Corpus Linguistics, this saturday, and I think I'm ready. Yes, I know~ I said that I'm gonna return after my exams.. but antam.. layan. So anyway, my papers... my first paper was a disaster, I never left an exam hall that early before, the paper was actually quite do-able.. it was just me, I could not focus. Two days prior to the paper, an unforeseen event happened, and I just could not focus on the paper at all. But thanks to my friends, I managed to deal with it by the next paper, which went okay. Overall, I think I did good.

I hate exams, why, because you have to fight time to finish the paper, I mean, when in your life are you ever gonna have to write 5 essays within a limited time of 3 hours?? It's so ridiculous. The temperature is even more ridiculous, I swear it's zero friggin' degrees in there, what in the world are they kidding?? Unless they intend to send us to work out in the Arctic, writing essays, then I do not find a good reason for such nonsense. I BEG you, turn up the heat a bit PLEASEEEE.... It's not cool to write essays, fight time, trying to think of answers AND shaking like a mad druggie at the same time.

I had a talk with my lecturer the other day regarding how I did for the entire semester, and he said I'm ready to face the real world, this course is on professional communications by the way, and I did well, wohoooo.. and he later said that I'm gonna be a good teacher. nyeh. Let's see:

Reasons for me being a good teacher:
I have good communication skills.
I'm a performer, thus standing in front of an audience (students) is not scary.
I actually enjoy teaching.
I can spot errors and mistakes in a second.
Teachers work only half of the day (for most of the time - maybe - I think) thus I wouldn't be all moody about going to work.

Reasons for me NOT being a good teacher (or any reason NOT to be one):
I have a flamboyant sense of style thus dress codes drive me nuts.
I do not have the patience to deal with err... the intelligically-challenged (no offense).
I'm a rebel, hate rules... of whatever form.
I am obviously not a good role model.
I enjoy teaching..... ART, not English. I'm a GOOD art teacher, English, not so much.
I make careless mistakes now and then, thus depletes me off my confidence of being an English teacher.

See, more cons than pros.. Thus, not gonna be one.

Why oh Whyyyyyy are my exams always dragged to the last day?? Mau has finished hers last week! LAST friggin week! I only had ONE paper last week. pleh. I need a holiday. Talking about holidays, my parents and my brother are gonna balik kampung, by that I mean to Meow, I found out today from my sister, and they have yet to tell me, nyeh, rasa jua tu nda kan membawa ah.

Seriously.

Don't know what else to write. Something interesting might come soon, depending on my level of laziness, and depends if you actually find it interesting.

Ciao.

Muaz Rashid - I miss doing this. heh.

Metamorphosis

Ok, so I said I’m only gonna update after my exams, but whatever. I can’t get my mind of off this topic, and I’ve been wanting to write about this for some time now, so I guess, to get it out of my mind, I present to you;

The “five stages of grief” is created by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to explain the five psychological stages people go through after grief or tragedy.

I’m choosing one tragedy for the purpose of this post, cause I know a lot of you all out there could relate to this, and I guess this, should help, if not, at least explain what you’re going through. Otherwise, just read. Heh.

The stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Denial or Isolation: The initial stage “This can’t be happening”. This stage may last from minutes to months, depending on your grieving cycle. Even though your ex said it’s over, at this stage, you have this glimpse of hope in you that it’s not, it’s not “hope” it’s denial.

Anger: "Why ME? It's not fair!" This is when reality starts to sink in, and you feel the angst, anger at them for hurting you, and to yourself for letting it happen. This is also called the “if only” stage.

Bargaining: This is when you need a smack in the head, because this is the “pathetic stage”. This is the stage where you plead to your ex to take you back. In this stage, you take the whole blame; you blame yourself for all that has happened. This strips you off your pride and leaves you feeling rejected and unwanted.

Depression: We all know what depression is. It might be unhealthy as some might resolve to suicide. This is when you need your friends the most, and probably the stage where you see who your friends are. Real friends won’t leave their friends at this state alone.

Acceptance: Anger and sadness have passed, depression has lifted and you see reality. You realise that you will survive, you realise that door of opportunity laid open for you. You realise it’s not the end, and you realise that you’ve learned something from the last relationship that could make you a better person.

End it with a song. This song by Christina Aguilera sounds like it’s full of angst, but read the positive in it, and you’ll see how good it makes you feel.. how it makes you realise the good in such a bad moment..

Fighter by Christina Aguilera:

After all you put me through

You'd think I'd despise you

But in the end

I wanna thank you

'cause you made that much stronger



Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true

Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up

'Cause I've had enough

You were there by my side, always down for the ride

But your joy ride just came down in flames

'Cause your greed sold me out in shame, mhm



After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think thatI hold resentment for you

But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong

'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do,

I wouldn't know

Just how capable I am to pull through

So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it



Chorus:

Makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter



Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing

Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game

I heard you're goin' round playin', the victim now

But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame

'Cause you dug your own grave



After all of the fights and the lies

'cause you're wanting to haunt me

But that won't work anymore, no more, no no

It's over

'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture

I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down

So I wanna say thank you 'Cause it



Chorus:

Makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter



How could this man I thought I knew

Turn out to be unjust so cruel

Could only see the good in you

Pretended to not to see the truth

You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself

Through living in denial

But in the end you'll see

YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME

I am a fighter and I

I ain't goin' stop

There is no turning back

I've had enough



Muaz Rashid - Fighter