Makyung theater

30 April 2008 at 4:44 pm (Leisure)

I stumbled upon this poster on SalamPantaiTimur weblog, but I wasn’t in KL so though I really wanted to see this theater it was totally a wrong timing. Maybe it sounds strange, but I do actually have passion for Makyung traditional theater ever since I can remember. I grew up learning that Makyung is one of the heritage musicals of Kelantanese people and how beautiful they are, the dance, the costume and the epics which we Kelantanese are supposed to be familiar with as we are with Dikir Barat. But where are actually the Makyung performances in here? I hardly see any around in my life time.

Knowing how glorious Makyung musicals are in Kelantan and the fact that it was originated from here since centuries ago, (yup, at least they claim so in tourism or culture articles) it’s hard to believe that Makyung is in reality not well close to Kelantanese heart. Or at least not nowadays, I don’t know during my parents days.. but I don’t think my parents know much about it either. So forget it. Some say it’s been banned ever since PAS Islamic government took over Kelantan 20 years ago because well yeah, Makyung has a lot of ancient Hidu-Buddhist epics influence given that it had existed even before Islam came to the region. Anyways. I don’t want to write about the history or politics theory or religion now.

So the poster of Makyung Raja Adil somehow reminded me of the last theater about Makyung I saw sometime last year in Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka building here in Kota Bharu. The theater Rebab Berbisik (“The rebab whispering”) is a simple performance with only one actor being the Makyung dancer, accompanied by traditional musical instrument plays including Rebab itself (the one like violin), nevertheless was an enjoyable watch. I got a neat poster before, and I was thinking to scan and show in my blog and write about it, but before I knew it it had been a year and I forgot about everything and lost the poster. Okay, so yesterday when I made a visit to DBP again to accompany my sister to renew her DBP friends membership, I asked some officer there if I could find the poster again. But instead they gave me some photos during the show. So to you who found out about Makyung for the first time here, have a look at these photos.

 Photos courtesy of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Wilayah Timur, Kota Bharu.

 

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Just another daily note

30 April 2008 at 12:01 am (I got a job!!, Life, Wishes)

Today I’ve spent some time to sort out my finance for next month when I’ll be staying on my own somewhere in KL. So I got some bucks from my parents to save in my bank account which should be enough for one month survival, until I get my salary. Though I am not too sure if I get the first salary after one month or after the probation period (3 months). And I went to CIMB to renew the ATM card that was from BCB time, I was using the bank during my time in UIA PJ for 1.5 yars and switched to Bank Islam when I entered main campus 4 years ago. And for my job they’re using Maybank, and I have just opened the account a few weeks back. See, you have to switch to different bank at some stages in your life. Talking about stages, yes, I’m about to enter another big stage in my life. Career life, even I can’t really imagine how it’s going to be with me. Or it’s just the same when I was in high school and wondering how university life would be. That time it was almost unthinkable, so it seems now, when I’m wondering how the working life should be.

Maybe it’s still different though. When I was wondering about university life, I was still somehow aware that it should be for a certain period, and after 4/5 years it would be over (and I was so looking forward to it). Apparently I can’t think the same way now, I mean, it doesn’t make sense to see the working life as a 30 years period, and set my goal to end that period, as I did to my 4 years university life. Though yes, I’ll be working for more or less 30 years, but I am not being that forward thinking when it comes to career thing. Ugh, what am I talking about now?? Well even I am lost in my own mumblings. Forget it. Perhaps all I want to say, now time doesn’t much matter. It’s about a real life challange, it’s actually the starting point of my own life that I am supposed to take care by myself.

I am nervous. Sometimes I think I am still clueless. I don’t know if I am able to be independent. Yes I was looking forward to this moment but the closer I am to it, the more uncertain I become. What’s happening to me?

Dear God please help. You know that I always need Your help. And I really need purification of mind. It is contaminated with many things right now, which I am not supposed to be thinking about, I dont know why. Please give me strength to lead my life, to do my work and to create success. Okay, I don’t want to be distracted with uncertain love feelings with Ado anymore, if I need to be straightforward here. I fear I’ll be easily stranded when I am farther from my family and closer to him. Please make my mind and my heart firmly focused to my job. Please give me strength, Dear God. Please save me from evils and sins that keep getting in my way. Please give me ability to prove what I have promised to You and my parents. Please lead me to a true path with happiness and Your bless. I still have alot more requests, but that’s all for now. 

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One week to go (OMG!)

28 April 2008 at 12:04 pm (I got a job!!, Life)


Suki from IRIS HR called me this morning, asking if I would turn up this Monday. I said yes, sure. Okay so she explains that I have to be there at 8am and I should have already taken breakfast before coming. There’ll be a photography session for me, and they’ll bring us the newcomers for an introduction session to the company building and environment. That will be half day introduction, and then they’ll bring me to Kak Nor who’s supposed to be my supervisor in IE department.

One. Week. More. Hahaha have I been dreaming all this time? I am still not even 50% ready :-( Still can’t clean my room. Ahh. What else to prepare? I really have no idea.

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Guilty pleasure

27 April 2008 at 9:30 pm (Postcrossing)

Postcards, postcards, postcards

I can’t remember the last time I went for a real postcards shopping. It’s been a while since I became inactive in Postcrossing, in terms of tagging, sending postcards etc. I’ve wanted to remain inactive, as I think I don’t have much time for this anymore. And I’m starting a job soon, means less time I’ll have for Postcrossing, even other leasure activities. That has actually saved me alot of money and it’s good to keep that way. But today I can’t believe what I did :-( OMG. OMG. I bought alot of postcards again. Oh no, I really don’t want to tag and send postcards that lot anymore. I really don’t. I real..ly.. do..n’t.. He..lp.

Sigh. Postcrossing is addictive, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.

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My readers?

26 April 2008 at 2:26 am (Blogging, I got a job!!)

Sometimes I’m just surprised that this blog really has got readers. Yes, YOU! (if you’re reading this, then you’re this blog’s reader, aren’t you? Heh). Okay I mean, I am no writer, politician, celebrity or popular person whom people are keen to know my updates or love affairs HAHA. Neither I belong to a group of friends who’re blogging, and in fact I don’t have too many friends to begin with. I just write my so-called daily notes who are rather boring I can say, with another intention to getting used to English. And as far as I know, I don’t put my blog link in anywhere on the internet except in Postcrossing forum, because they’re the closest online community to me so I don’t mind if they come to read my silly writings by chance sometimes. If they’re interested, anyway. And I guess a couple of friends do have a peek on here once in a while too, hehe. Other than that people who come across here are mostly led by search engines when they’re looking for some information like company profiles and interviews (as lately I have been writing about my interview calls, interviews experience, including the company name right on the subject title) so HAHA I can’t help feeling sorry that how often this blog traps these poor visitors who are actually looking for a more useful information rather than craps I write here :P

Oh yes, in case you’re wondering how I know these, WordPress & Statcounter give me information about the blog visitors, though it’s not fully working.

But lately I feel blessed that some of these unexpected readers could be useful to me. I once got a reader who happened to be somebody in Jobstreet when I was going to attend its Career fair and he offered me to see him there for some jobhunting tips. (Though when I was actually there I & Lenya were so busy in the crowd I didn’t have time to find him). I have also, by chance, found a new lovely friend who can teach me Bosnian. And the other day I have received an email from someone in IRIS. No, not IRIS HR, but someone who works in there and he emailed me after he read here that I’m gonna be in IRIS soon.. just to say welcome and offering help. Wow, so I straightaway asked.. what to prepare? How’s the office like? The department and stuff. Well, who would have thought that I would meet a colleague even before I work there? :-)

So yeah, I am glad this silly blog somehow gives me a chance to meet nice people out there!

Anyway, my readers, whoever you are and wherever you’re from, and whatever reason you’re here (trapped or otherwise, hehe), I have to thank you for your time to visit me. Be free to leave comment, or just say hello, that will make me really happy! Hugs!

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Love Ado, hate Ado

24 April 2008 at 4:20 pm (Love, Whatever)

If my feelings towards Ado can be measured and pictured into a graph, it should be like this. In a minute I think I love thim, and the next minute there’ll always be something that makes me curse him to hell! It’s not funny at all, and perhaps this is one of the reasons I broke it off. I was tired, dear. I don’t know how many times I’ve told myself (and him) “I don’t want to see you anymore“, “dont contact me again“, “I will never contact you again“, etc etc.. Well he never acknowledges it actually, like to say “OK, we’ll not meet again“, or “as you wish” neither denies it like “Oh please don’t say that” or “I still want to see you“. Instead, he’s not bothered and just lets me spoil myself alone with my own anger. Argh. I hate him! Maybe he always knows that those statements only valid for a short while (how does he know???), and soon I get better and we’re OK again I will even forget what I have said earlier. Sheesh. But when I said it I REALLY mean it you know that??? Even *I* know how to be serious and angry.

OK, seriously, and to think it positively, it’s a bless that he’s different than me. If he also likes to make such goodbye statements whenever he gets angry, I bet it would have been long time ago we got separated for good. So, I have to admit that Ado’s somehow a more mature person than I am.. despite the fact that I finished university way earlier than he would.

Hmm. Last night I talked to Ado on the phone. I didn’t call him since.. I can’t remember since when, plus I didn’t answer his recent call. Less than 24hours earlier, I was sending hate messages to him as he hadn’t sms me, when he knew that I’d be moving to KL soon. Doesn’t he want to know where I’m gonna stay? My preparation?? To offer help or opinion? He’s useless! I don’t want to see him again! Or at least that’s what I said yesterday, but last night.. I don’t know how it went, he could always finally make me calm down and forget my anger. So I decided to call him.

In less than hours the chart goes up again HAHAHA I am so nuts! Honestly he sounds OK like usual (so do I) as if I never actually got angry. But that’s okay. And I told him I’m gonna stay in Bdr Tasik Selatan, he asked who my housemates are and if I’ll be safe to stay with the people when I havent actually met them (what’s he thinking?? My housemates are decent girls!). And he talked about he can’t get back his (stolen) old driving license from Bosnia because he needs to do medical checkup, and they’re using new license & ID now there and his family has to deal with it. And he’s planning to take a local license instead. Like usual he manages to talk for half an hour about something which can be said in 5 minutes! If I ever date a new guy I hope he talks less than Ado, sigh.

And there’s many other things we talked.. I dont need to write here. But it’s strange that I feel happy when I hear his voice again, and his laugh, and my laugh. Which umm.. I missed a lot.

Why do you think you still love someone even though the truth keeps telling you that he’s not the right one for you?

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Hiding from the sun, waiting for the night to come

22 April 2008 at 11:58 am (I got a job!!, Life)

Which of these sounds better?

a) Practice to get up early from now because you’ll start working soon (which needs you to get up early)

b) Sleep as much as you like now because you’ll start working soon (and you won’t have much time to sleep anymore)

I am struggling for (a) now, although the result more likely I am voting for (b). Hee hee. Sorry, can’t help it still. Especially during workdays when Mama’s not around to be noisy when my sleep time exceeds 10am or so. And today is workday, so I woke up at 11am. But honestly, I need to practice to get up early now.

In the meantime, my bedroom condition is a perfect mess. Even I am embarassed to show here but I just put the picture for the sake of advise to the readers.. please don’t be like me! Keep your room clean and be proud of it! Yes, me also gonna clean room soon!! Berusaha!

Good (or bad?) thing about my new place to stay is it’s only a small room there’ll be no much space for me to clutter it. And I am not bringing alot of stuff either. I am not even bringing my PC! And because I am poor right now Mama (jokingly?) advises me to only use a mattress instead of a decent bed, and a clothing hanger instead of a wardrobe. Huh?? Can it be called a bedroom if there’s no bed?? Oh by the way, I am confirmed to be living in Tasik Heights apartment in Bandar Tasik Selatan. Just did the deposit bank-in last night. I hope this one will be real.

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Petnaest dana da idem

20 April 2008 at 3:47 pm (Učim Bosanski, Whatever)

do ću početi moja služba. Ja osjecam veoma dobro.. zbog sam radila nekoliko stvari danas: ja sam išla u pošta da poslati postcrossing razglednice (ja sam kasnila!), i išla sam u samoposlugu da kupiti adaptera.. to je na moj item kojeg kupila sam meni prošli mjeseci i je dolaze jučer. Šta je to?? To je secret.. hehehe.

Okay, don’t ask me why I want write in this language again (and feel free to correct me if you understand those), but I have found a good buddy to teach me Bosanski (you know who you are).. though I don’t think I’ll have much time anymore to sit and read the notes but it’s okay, I am not in hurry ;-) plus I don’t have exams for this lesson so I’ll just learn whenever I feel like it, hehe.

Okay, a few things are done. Or rather, only one actually. To mail the postcards that have been delayed. I hope people in Postcrossing won’t bite me ^_^; and the adapter thing wasn’t in the list but yesterday I received the parcel of the item I ordered from a lady in Lowyat forum.. got to try it tonight. And it’s a shame for someone who’s got an A in Electric Circuit subject to have no clue if it’s safe to use a 220V charger with 250V local power supply (actually it’s the adapter which makes me even confused). Darn China made item, but can’t help it, cuz it seems I can only find the product which is China made. I emailed Dr.Sheroz for quick help, and in the meantime, the lady who sold the product just replied my message telling that it should be fine. Edit: and later Dr. Sheroz replied saying it should be fine, too.

Do skorog pisanja! :-)

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Tasik Heights apartment?

19 April 2008 at 9:50 pm (I got a job!!)

I put some “I need a room” ads in a few places online. And today I got a response, offering a small room at RM180 in an apartment with a complete kitchen. But no fan, bed, wardrobe. Anyways. I am desprate, so I guess it would be OK. It’s in Tasik Heights apartment, which from Wikimapia it says about 5km to TPM, so not very far. And the apartment is located near MMR2 in Bandar Tasik Selatan. Hmm, after some googling I found a picture of Tasik Heights, or rather, its swimming pool :-)

tasik heights

So RM180 rent is quite OK, considering I am aware that apartments which closer to TPM like Arena Green rents a small room at RM300, and Vista Komanwel’s sharing room for RM230. And it’s still considerably near. And Bandar Tasik Selatan has a char kuey teow place, so that’s a bonus. Only I need to prepare the bed and fan and wardrobe and study table by myself. Hmph. Life is not always easy as you think. Anyways I may confirm with the lady soon.

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I can’t stay in Vista Komanwel!! :-(

19 April 2008 at 2:09 am (I got a job!!)

So the booked room is cancelled. The person in charge called just now telling that some of the housemates in the apartment only prefer to have IMU students as housemates. WTF?? I didn’t know such discrimination exists! I mean, I am not someone who careS who my housemates are, as most of the time I am on my own business and hardly talk to housemates/roomates except when I need to. Okay FINE if they can’t let me stay in their apartment but why th did the other person in charge not tell earlier? I just did the deposit bank in tonight, and sent her sms about it, only to receive a call from her friend that I can’t stay in the house?? Oh man, this is not funny. I even do not prefer much sharing a room with someone but I thought it would be okay for a while, I repeat, only for a while, until I can really calm down for the job first and start looking for alternative and better room where I can stay on my own.

Pufff. It seems like I’d better rent a whole apartment, and Mama says it’s good too as she & the family can stay when visiting me. Oh yes but I can’t spend RM1000 a month for a stay, at least not this time around when I won’t be very rich with the said salary I’ll be getting. Hey I haven’t started working yet!

Hmm, so I just have to go around online ads to look for another nearby room then. Sigh.

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