I read something today, which is something that has been in my mind for a long time, something I cant find other people who can agree with me~
But when I read the two latest chapter of Bakuman today, I found my feeling is also shared by the authors of Bakuman... I'm so touched~ I'm so moved~ Yearghh!!
Okay, so the first page show this boy (who loves drawing manga) staring at the expansive painting his grandfather bought... Then he was told that his parents wants him to go to Paris to learn art... the "prestige" art~ instead of wasting time becoming a mangaka.
Then the next page:
Man, I love this page... spot-on for me!!
He wanted to become a mangaka, but his parents are against it, saying its not good for the family's "appearance", and insist that the art he will learn in Paris is better.
Then a reply came from the boy which is exactly 100% the same with my point of view on this issue...
"Grandfather paid a lot of money to keep this (the expansive painting) for himself" "Manga is something many people can view for only a small amount of money, its something many people can enjoy"
This is why I love Bakuman~
Society nowadays look at art similiar to those expansive painting and called it a prestigious , high class art... but when they look at manga/comic books... they ridicule it...
Thanks Bakuman for inserting this in your manga~ Keep it up!!
Today is the planned day... the day I decided to do a change in my life...
What I've planned is that I want to deactivate my facebook account...
And coincidentally it is the same day one piece chapter 589 will be out after a month long hiatus.
But then another big news also arrive today~
It is a news of something I have been praying and working hard for the past months...
But unfortunately, it is a bad news... I have fail to get what I have hoped to achieve, not only that I am not even a step closer.... I've fallen behind actually...
Oww man..
I was so dissapointed with myself... what a weak being I am... I am more dissapointed that I could not be grateful (which I should be...)
It really made me feel that I should not dream high... let's just play it easy and it'll still be alright... because even when I put my effort into it.. it is still the same...
Perhaps...
I should just aim low... huh... I dont know...
And before I close my facebook account on 12.01am of 1 October...
I wanted to read One Piece 598 to commemorate that event~ To make it more romance...
But it doesnt come out...
I waited for so long...
Finally, at 11.30pm it came out... yesss~!! Its so cool~ Chopper is so cute~ :) I'm so pumped up for this new world of one piece~
And because one piece is headed for a new world, now I'm pumped-up to continue with that change in my life that I've planned~ I'm gonna head for the new world as well~
And so approximately on 12.06am 1 October 2010, I closed my facebook account~ yoshhaaa!!
Saa Yukooo~ (So, let's go!!)
Is it the end of my social networking involvement?
Nope!!
Found a new one, One that I believe is much2 better !! It is...
DeviantART community!!
I'm so into deviantART now... just by browsing a few pages, I found these couple of muslim mangas that are very inspirational and entetaining~ it's like... wow!!
So if you're reading this... and you have DeviantART account.. please add me yeah!! I got no friends there currently.. :(
Fuhh, Alhamdulillah~
I guess the dissapointment I mentioned earlier is less now...
Saa Yuukou (So, let's go!!) Tachidomaru Koto Naku (Without Stopping) Nagareru Toki Ni Makenai Youni (Without giving up to the flow of time) Nando Mo Tachimukai Tsuzukeyou (I'll keep getting back up) Taisetsu No Mono Ushinaitakunai kara (Because I dont want to lose something precious)
Boku no naka ni natareru koe wa (The voice inside of me) Zutto zutto boku wo sasaeteru (Keeps sustaining me) Itazura na ame ga jama suru kedo (Wicked rain will get in my way) NIGENESANAI KARA(BUT I WONT WALK AWAY...)
Saa Yuukou~ Shinjita sono saki e to(To the FUTURE I BELIEVE in)
Throughout my one-week holiday last week... I got this feeling...
Especially after watching Motorcycle Diaries and 5cm per second...
How life is wasted on Facebook~
How is those movies and facebook related?? It's a long story...
Anyway... To quit facebook... its hard yeah~ How do I keep in touch with my friend? How do I know what event will be there? How do I share / see my/others pictures? etc etc..
Suddenly all this came to me when I was thinking of quitting...
But then I remember (at least) three of my friend who do not have facebook... they are living happily without any concern at all, and they still maintain good relationship with their friends~
It's frightening...
How our life is controlled by facebook... to the point that... - we cannot quit - when we open any computer , be it our laptop or library... we must open facebook first - it is actually wasting our precious time!!!!
Some might argue: "I'm not wasting time, I'm keeping touch with my friends" For me, its actually more like meddling in his business (which he posted on his wall) Or complimenting other status by putting "like"...
What's the point???
WHat's all the damn point of putting "like" ???
Initially, when facebook dont have the "like" option... people dont even care about that... but now suddenly when they introduce that, it became a "like" pressing spree...
That's why its scary... what else will they introduce that will make us into their puppet next~??
Yes, we are becoming the facebook puppet !!! That's exactly what I'm feeling..
And there are people who use facebook for da'wah...
Personally, facebook da'wah has never been affective for me~ it's just so superficial~ but maybe it's working for others.. i dont know...
but from my observation... it only works for those who are already "good" and "already in da'wah field"... people who are enlightened DIRECTLY through facebook... havent seen it yet.. only those who are enlightened outside of facebook (ie. face to face) then decided to use facebook for something good... that I see...
Well, this is just my own opinion... not backed by any evidence nor literature~
Anyway for all the good thing is facebook... there's always that bad stuff that will always be there...
You know what it's similiar too...??
Hollywood movies~!!
For example... lets take this one movie entitled "If only" (google for more info)
Its a romance movie... usually good (ie. alim) people will not see that movie... because it has scenes that is not appropriate, frankly speaking... mild sex scene.. like most hollywood movies...
But hey, there's a lot of positive message in the movie... like caring for your loved once, appreciating them while you still have the chance.. I actually almost cried watching it.. it really made me realize that I should appreciate my loved ones while I still have the time...
That's definitely a positive message... but that movie is still not appropriate to be watched, right??
Hence, I feel facebook is the same... yeah, there's a lot of good stuff can be done, but on the other hand I personally believe the bad stuff (especially time wastage) heavily outweigh the good stuff...
So, yeah again this is just my opinion...
Anyway, my mind is set...
"A real man will never change his mind once his target is set"
Hence, me facebook account will be closed when October came (InsyaAllah) September is my window period if anyone really want to keep in touch, they can get my email address of whatever through facebook...
I miss the times when internet is not available 24/7...
There were so much time to do other stuff~
Now we are just a bug caught in the web...
A puppet controlled by the string...
I want to become the crow again~
Living freely and surviving in the world~
Soaring high in the sky~
Yup, in addition to the return of One Piece , with adventures to the "new world" next week, it will also be the week my facebook will be closed...
So I'm like starting a new adventure to the "new world", a world without facebook~
One Piece will be back... aren't you excited!!????
Shouldn't be posting blog now, should have been studying now...
Got big exam this wednesday...
But too tired... bace bace tak masuk....
Anway, recently I found new inspirations to strive in uni life...
That inspirations came from the graduating Petronas seniore... My ex-housemates and the only other smartians in UNSW~
Because they got 1ST CLASS HONOURS...
I'm so proud for them, I'm sure Petronas is also proud of them!! What more, they are my ex-housemate and another smartians~!! wuhuuu
Zahid (ex-housemate), tak mo graduate kat Australia, graduate kt Malaysia je
Pejal (ex-housemate) - graduate kat UNSW.. congratz2!!
Azleen (seniore smart) - Smart mmg smart di mane2 sahaja
Now... as for me...
I've been thinking recently...
1) This year, I've seen people close to me excel academically (looking at you, junios~) 2) Somehow, out of all the people possible Allah SWT set me up with housemates that are geniuses!! 3) Through some funny twist of fate, there's actually another Smartian in UNSW, whom I would not have known she was a smartian if not because of ISOC + IAW + Big Iftar (when I first find out about her) and also because of her little sister through which she knows me and pointed out the fact that she's also from SMART.... well she then went on and gotten a 1st Class Honours... hmm...
Now why is that so?? Suddenly this year I felt like I'm surrounded by these great achievers where my meeting with them has been set up since last year... and this year... they inspired me so...
I believe Allah SWT is showing me something here...
I believe Allah SWT once again, on this lazy and weak soul, given me guidance...a hint... a reminder of what I should be striving for...
To be honest.. last year, my uni life, academically speaking... there's nothing to be proud of... I cannot be riya' even if I want to...
Is it because it is hard?? Culture shock?? Homesick?? Social problem?? Nahh....
It's because I'm lazy!!!!!
Allah SWT has given me a housemate who I can say is the most hardworking person I've ever seen... and yet for one whole year (one and half actually).. I did not learn anything from it~ Allah SWT could have easily placed me with someone lazy (just like me), but no... His mercy is limitless even to someone like me~ He placed me there to show me something, for me to open my eyes~
In addition, my seniore, Azleen showed me that SMART, even though we are very few and unknown here in UNSW (now its me alone) , we should always be SMART and show the world that SMART is the best la~, in line with MARA terus MARA, SMART memang SMART ar~
If I, now, after all this reminder turn away from that and continue on being lazy and just aiming for just "pass" like last year~ how low will that make me be?
So yea... from now on... its target = HD (high distinction) for every exam!! Can you dig it??!?
InsyaAllah, I pray that Allah SWT will one day turn me into a Muslim University Student that I have promised my sponsor (MARA) I will become..
"One who try his hardest to be and IS the best of the best"
I think somehow all of sponsored student here in Australia, regardless of course, made that promise to their sponsor that they will strive for the best, or in another form of sentence but with similiar meaning...
So yeah, then as a Muslim shouldn't we fulfill our duty and obligation to our promises~?
Exams in two days before Eid, hopefully Allah SWT blessings during Ramadhan will make it easier for EVERYONE in medicine to get HD~
Oww... been so long since I've updated this blog, a lot of stuff happened, but so lazy and not inspired to write anything...
The title depicts something ending... or someone leaving me...
Well, lately that's how I felt.... and nothing better to describe it then Mr Children, Kurumi... understand the lyrics + the videos~
Oh.. Kurumi in this video is translated as Walnut, but Kurumi refers to a person name, not walnut (the literal meaning)
Love this video + song the first time I saw it... The actors are great, the melody are nice and the lyrics are very meaningful and inspiring~
Especially the last two lines;
hikikaeshicha ikenai yo ne susumou kimi no inai michi no ue he
guess there’s no turning back, so I’ll go on, to a road without you.
I dont quite understand the song at first... but my recent experience made me understood... I'm getting older... soon I'll be the ones in that video...
What's happening so far?
1) The end of FMA...
And so one of the biggest shounen (seinen?) title of this generation reach its conclusion, and it could not have been any better, what a satisfying and epic story it has been... I have been following the anime, FMA: Brotherhood as well, its one of the greatest anime series production so far~ especially since there's no filler and it follows the manga (~95% probably)
However, the power of manga is still stronger as shown in the final chapter, its much more memorable and emotional reading the final chapter of the manga compared to watching the final episode of the anime.
Love how Arakawa-sensei explained "the truth", which is the biggest questions in FMA, in just 2 pages, very short and concise, but it answered all the unanswered questions in the series, its a well-planned story indeed~
Plus, the moral/ethics value raised in final chapter is probably my favorite; "Is it allowed for one to sacrifice a handful of people in order to save a lot of other people..?"
i.e. Utilitarian ethics~ :)
Also Greed's and Hohenheim's conclusion were so sad... especially Hohenheim's...
Reading the second last page, where Arakawa-sensei drew the pictures of everyone was just... I suddenly remembered back my first experience of reading FMA, from the first chapter to the final... what a story... and now its ended... I'm quite sad it has to end... nee Kurumi...
Thank you very very much Arakawa-sensei for such a great story~!! Will be missing FMA~!!
Wish I have the ability to draw manga like HER (YES, Arakawa-sensei is a woman!! I have only known this recently... haha).. perhaps someday I'll way.. BakumannnN!!!
2) The end of Onemanga...
And so this website which in google top 1000 lists of most visited website will finally be closed down...
For those who did not know... Recently, manga companies in Japan has decided to launch an all-out war against illegal posting of manga on the internet~ and so the aftermath can be seen with the closure of onemanga soon...
Owww man....
Hopefully I can still read the less-popular-but-undoubtly-high-quality-manga like The Ravages of Time or Billy Bat somewhere... I would love to buy the manga series I read legally.. but it will never reach Malaysian market... because most Malaysian dont like that kind of genre~ maybe it will be in Kinokuniya but at a ridiculously expansive price... mehh...
Anyway its the author's right to not have their hard work published illegally, do you know how hard it is to draw high quality manga? huh? huh?? and to release in on time every week!! Let's support them by buying the originals (if we can find them~) !!
3) The end of Kenso
I'll be moving out from Kenso soon... noouuuu... I love this house... other people might call it small and all... but I love it... bak kate Zahid "selesa giler kot duk rumah ne.."
I'll be missing that beautiful big tree near my window where birds come and rest and sing~
4) The departure of Zahid
My housemate has left Australia for good and returned to Malaysia, some of his final words to me;
"Riman, aku da dapat sijil, aku dapat First Class Honours!"
He's a genius man... really proud to be his housemate and I really enjoyed his company~ sometimes we talk about silly stuff, but occasionally we had some meaningful discussion about the world... he's the wikipideamon and moviemon, so his general knowledge is very high so he always has something to reply to almost all the topic I talked to him.
Now only his worn-out sofa are left... it is his trademark, his bed for all the years he is in Australia~
When he left, I suddenly remembered the song "Kurumi"...
So yeah... as gay as it sound.. I dedicate the song Kurumi to Zahid~
For all the moments we watched Community~
"Are you perpetually on your way to the gym?" "Dude, my life is a gym!!" "Well, wassuppp?? suppp?? suppp??"
That's enough ranting for now..
Got my BGD-A results today... Alhamdulillah~ Should have done better... really should have done better~ So far yet the days when I get to taste a HD...
Oh ya before I end...
I just bought a Media Tablet A3 size... wuhuuuU!!!!!!!!! I bought it specially to activate my Bakuman mode!!
So everyone, sit tight, a Oneshot will be coming to a blog near you soon!!
here's a little teaser... huhu
*it's not colored using my Tablet yet...
And here's my first completed work using the tablet + hand drawing
"The Lu Bu of men" Based on Chan Mou's The Ravages of Time
Congratz to all smartianz who did a good job in SPM~ with the new marking system that is more strict, U all can still make the school proud and maintain the school standard~
From what I know~
32 people get all A's for SMART...
32 people? That numbers might seem small for people from all those elite schools... especially whose schools are in the top ten list... and all those top sekolah berasrama penuh... but for a sekolah harian, that number is great~!!
So what now after SPM??
The possible pathway for higher education:
1) Matrix
2) Form 6
3) UPU
4) Private Pre-U College (for A-level, ADP etc...)
5) Scholarship for local or oversea depends on the sponsor
One thing for sure, getting no 5 does not guarantee you a better future then no 2, for example... you might get no 5, in medicine... but failing half way instead of other who got into form 6 but manage to complete their education and get a better job then you who failed half way...
But!!
You still need to choose carefully your path from here, especially in which course you take (Medicine, Engineering, Law, Business etc.), because believe me many who did not choose carefully will regret it later, and change their course halfway and wasted years of their precious young life...
There are also those who choose a course they like... but end up regretting after they've completed their course... because they can't get a good job from their course and ended working in something completely unrelated to their course....
So choose wisely, especially who are applying for scholarship, because:
1) You need choose your specific course straight away
2) Once you have a contract with your sponsor, its hard to change to another course (depends actually on the sponsor)
3) Once you're contracted (with JPA for example), you cannot simply quit halfway, or else you need to pay
So, overseas study or local study??
Well, in terms of quality of education... not much different perhaps (at least for medic), because you'll still end up as a GP (general practitioner) once you graduate, no matter from where...
No one can say study oversea is better then local actually...
However, kalau nak main salji~ dan merase hidup negara 4 musim~ hehe
Having say that.
Now's a personal message to all SMARTIANS and ex-SMARTIANS who changed school...
Jom ar datang belajar kat Australia!!! Especially kat University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney!!!
Skrg ne hanya ade due warga smart di UNSW, dan selepas satu sem, yg senior tu (Azleen) akan balik Msia, tinggalah aku sorang...
Aku akan ade di sini selama 5 tahun lagi...
Aku akan menunggu kedatangan anda ke UNSW!!
sbb kt UNSW ade satu pintu ne berlabel SMART @ UNSW
Bangga siot... mane de label MRSM @ UNSW ke, SBPI @ UNSW ke... haha... SMART gak ade...
so satu hari nanti impian aku... kite ramai2 budak2 smart tangkap gamba kat pintu tu sebelum aku abeh belajar~ yeahhH!!
So here's a video for ya~
entitled
~ SMART @ UNSW ~
Yup, that's it...
Gud Luck now for everyone aiming to further their study wherever your choice is!!
Feel free to add me on Facebook (silver_rayz89@hotmail.com) to ask questions~
Introduce yourself... and what do you want to gain from medicine...
We go around in circle...
Then one of them said...
"I want to become an expert in indigenous health"
then another person said...
"I want to help indigenous people"
These two are local white Australian... young people perhaps around the same age as me..
But the way they treat the indigenous people... they're willing to set them as a goal for their life...
Tapi kite kat Oz ne... yg dengar nye... kutuk2 org asli @ aborigines Oz ne je la....
Siapakah yg lebih menunjukkan nilai2 muslim?
Siapakah yg akan lebih senang berdakwah atau mempengaruhi cara hidup org2 asli Oz ne?
And as a reflection back in Malaysia...
How many of us are willing to set our goals in life... I want to become (a doctor, or engineer, or teacher, or politician) to help poor, especially people living in rural areas in Malaysia~
Sepanjang hidupku di Malaysia, tak pernah lagi aku dengar org Malaysia ckp kat aku (termaksuklah diri sendiri), aku besar nanti aku nak berkhidmat kat hulu2 ke, kawasan pedalaman ke demi membantu orang2 kat sane....
Maybe there are...
But very rare indeed..
But here...
It's a very common thing... to hear...
People willing to set their goals in life to really help those in need~ without being prejudiced~
Bukan meninggi-ninggikan mereka, cume mengambil iktibar~
Ini satu sajak (sajak ke... boleh la kot) yg disusun ayat nye dalam masa 15 minit.. oleh itu ayat nya amat childish... namun isi nya telah bermain di otak sejak... sejak... bulan July 2009 gitu... ditujukan khas kepada aku dan mereka yang berada di Land Down Under, Ostrolia dan juga yang bakal fly... terimalah..
Aku & Abu
Abu pernah berkata Die takle terima di alienkan di bumi sendiri Pendatang datang sini buat mcm tanah sendiri
Abu pernah marah memang MARAH super ar... Pabila orang cakap kaum Abu tak berguna Banyak penyagak, perempit dan penagih juga Padahal yang berkata itu sekadar penyibuk Bukanlah anak tulen bumi kupijak
Aku setuju dengan Abu Kami memang pantang, tak boleh terima Kalau orang luar nak datang, pijak kami semua
"INGAT-INGAT AR WEYH KORANG TU SAPE!!!" atau kalau dalam omputihnye "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUH!???"
Kini,Di bumi land down under Aku dan Abu berjumpe Abu, the other
Abu pernah berkata Berhati hati kalau jumpe geng2 Abu ni Diorang tu kaki pukul juga pencuri
Abu pernah gelak memang GELAK super ar... Apabila disebut geng-geng Abu, the other Memandang rendah dan hina, memang tak berpada Tak selamat disekeliling mereka katanya Kelas bawahan, seoalah olah itulah mereka
EH??!! kalau bahasa jepunnye "CHOTTO MATTE!!!" atau bahasa omputihnye "WAIT A MINUTE!!!"
Aku tersentak melihat Aku dan Abu Dulu kami berdua pantang, tak boleh terima Kalau orang luar nak datang, pijak kami semua
Kini,Aku dan Abu lah orang luar Tapi kami memijak Abu, the other
Padahal Abu, the other Adalah umpama Aku dan Abu, di Malaysia
He wanted to become a mangaka, but his parents are against it, saying its not good for the family's "appearance", and insist that the art he will learn in Paris is better.
