Longer Days

Wheee!!!!
It's officially Summer time.
Which means longer days ahead and expectation for more sunshine.
The clock is adjusted forward one hour and the only bad thing is I feel like I'd lost a lot of time.
But hey, check out those beautiful shades and here, an ideal getaway this spring/summer.
Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic


Remember that Fantaghiro is always grounded in this well?


Remember Arabella?




Credit to this site for the photos
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Saturday in Prague

The claustrophobia in me!

Dare 2 get lost

Street in Prague

The sculptor of this horse didn't left even a tiniest detail. Click for better view. I mean, i wouldn't bother to give the horse a gender. *If u get my drift*

Orloj (pronounced orloy) aka astronomical clock. Me dunno how 2 see the jarum clock itu.so, me just look at my handset 2 determine wheter it's already 2 o' clock coz evey 1 hour, the bell rings. I mean, the hand of the skeleton will pull the string attached to it and rings the bell whilst few mannequins dressed in medieval clothes pop out and turn left right left right continuosly until the bell stop ringing. For those who r very excited 2 watch it must be very dissappointed. but for us, it quite a good way to pass time

Note the massive crowd behind, not knowing they'll be disappointed by the orloj.but the orloj itself is a beautiful thing. Oh, and did I tell u? the number is written in Arabic numerical system.

Wedding photoshoot in the old town square in Prague. I mean, it's Prague, one of few most beautiful city in the world

Note on the trip : I've been to Prague a couple of time before but this would be the most practical one. Or should I say a true outing.
And, I went to the Aladdin's cave. It's Farah Halal store. It sells lamb, beef, salami, chicken and other meat that is Halal and fresh (ok, it may not be fresh from the knife but at least it doesn't come in fancy wrapper and frozen). They also got everything from olive to coconut milk etc. Funny how things like these make me excited so much. Too bad, there's no time to spare for a visit to Thai's shop. Thai shop = fishball, lemon grass, pandan and those exotic stuff
And btw, had lunch at Pakistan halal. Briyani rice. Enough for 2 pax but I sure can finish it up if not for the fact that the cook tertumpah garam ms msk. (read:it was salty)
Strolling the streets in Prague, I can see why it's a favouritre destination. The buildings are beautiful. It's an art. And living and buzzing. But, no la, I don't get to the extent where even the craps and dog poops look like an artwork for me. Can't find the reason how people can take those as an artwork.
Owh, the souvenir is real dear. It would save me a proper dinner at restaurant in Hradec if I buy the souvenir from Olomouc or Brno.
And the crystal is a total sparkling belle and can leave a hole in your pocket too.
Alhamdulillah, I bring my logic along. How could you drink in a glass worth 1000kc??
People who do that sure don't know any other way to spend.

P/S: You r entitled to refund your tax if your purchase is above 2000kc. Do ask for tax refund form from the seller. And you must hand in the application within 3 months.

Aku Tak Habis Baca Lagi

Honestly!
So, go and read lah. Itu pun mau cakap ka?

Hehehehe.
Well, it is an epidemic, whenever there is test or exams, there sure will be people (some of them) going around shouting he/she hasn't finished reading yet.
I can tolerate such thing if it happens seldomly.
But thanks to people like this around in this first year session where we have 4 tests weekly, I'm sick of hearing the sentence "aku tak habis baca lagi"
some people really do not finished reading
But the existence of people who already covered up everything and goes around annoying others with I haven't finished reading yet is totally a sound pollution.
The way to test the truth of the sentence is to talk about some fact that will be covered in the test and he/she will continue perfectly to the last word of the sentence.
This method is proudly revealed by my frind, Chiqibah (I know u read this muahahahaha)

Owh, and the favourite question after the I havent finished reading yet is "have u finished reading?"
I'd be really happy when the question comes when I already finished my quota
Because I can give a solid yes (amik kau.alhamdulillah,this solid yes is a frequent answer nowadays)
Actually my original idea is to shout down at these people when such sentence or such remarks after my solid yes (which is bestnya ko dah habis baca.aku byk lg xtahu ni) hit my eardrum
I'd want to smash these people (read : talk harshly) with
"so u know u haven't finished reading yet.why don't you go and finish them up rather than wasting your time announcing to the whole world 'I haven't finished reading yet"
pleaselah!

Galery Visit

My first time visiting a galery.
When I was small, I always pass by Yahong Art Galery in Batu Feringghi.
But it's Galery of Modern Art, Hradec Kralove that I visit first.
And alone.

I'm really buta seni that I can't depict at all the art pieces over there.
U see, there's one piece by the title laugh.
So, I scan the picture for a laugh or at least something that is funny in it.
And I found none.

And there is this picture by the name Kavárna (cafe)
So, a cafe to me is customers, waitress, cakes, tea set, and of course coffee.
But in the picture instead of china and teabags, there are stem glass
So, stem glass = alcoholic beverage isn't it?

And there is this one piece which looks like plain plywood in bengkel Kemahiran Hidup in SOKSEK.
Dont u think so?

But wait, even if I'm helplessly buta seni
I still have pieces that I like
Like this
Maybe my former visual art teacher can give something like this as a project for her students. We did many awesome projects like carving the soap, gluing beads, biji saga, star anis, cinnamon stick and string to a block of cut tree branch, making a car model out of the thick sponge that our mothers use to cucuk their plastic flowers etc.

this
It's a peacock

this
Of all artwork, collage always is an eyecatching work for me.Click for a better detail

this


and this
It's supposed to be a crystal, and after a long look at it, I thought it's a crystal alright.

P/s : with ISIC card, I just pay 15kc for both permanent exhibitions.

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Tagged by Cik Sofiyyah from bumi Anbiya'
Killing the time (who run faster than cheetah)
Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own post, erase my answers, enter yours and tag people you want. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real; nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name : Lina(Nurlina Binti Wanshah)
2. A four letter word : Limb
3. A boy's name : Leo
4. A girl's name : Laila
5. An occupation : Labourer (ahaks,that's my abah)
6. A color : Lavender
7. Something you'll wear: Lotion
8. A food : Losos (that's salmon in Czech)
9. Something found in the bathroom: Laurier? (but not in mine la)
11. A reason for being late : Lazy
12. Something you'd shout : lah!!!!!!! (the Malaysian lah : apalh, no lah, Pak Lah-hell no)
13. A movie title : Lost In Translation
14. Something you drink : lychee (a must when I eat hawker food be it in Padang Kota or Padang Broom)
15. A musical group : Lefthanded (rock kapak, erk?!)
16. An animal : Lipas
17. A street name : Jalan Labis
18. A type of car : Land Rover
19. Title of a song : Lion King soundtrack

Sorry,sy agak Lazy,so I just googled the answers

Bank Negara Malaysia Scholarship

Kali ini, sesi bercerita tentang interview Bank Negara Malaysia.
BNM, tak semestinya stret A1 akn dipanggil utk interview.
Me myself don't know how do they choose their candidates for the interview.
But based on my experience, I didn't score straight A1, but I was called for the interview.
There should be 12 candidates attending the interview on that day.
But only 7 ppl turned up.
Me, a Malay boy, a Chinese boy and 4 Chinese girl.
All of us applied for the same couse.
The interview was done from 8am to 4 pm (lunch included hehehehe)
So, I was 2006 SPM leaver, so I don't know if the format for the interview has been changed.
We were divided into 2 groups 4ppl and 3ppl (I was in the 4ppl group along with Kah Mun, Julian and David)
At first, we were ushered into a small meeting room and were given briefing :how many ppl yg dipanggil utk interview,how many will be selected, performance as a BNM scholar.
the next session, we were given few pieces of mahjong paper, few marker pens and a case: bencana banjir. u r the head of team penyelamat with fixed number of team members. The task is to devise pelan menyelamat.this task was done individually.
Allocated time kalau x silap 15 minutes.
After that we will enter the same room individually to be evaluated by 2 ppl from HR dept. They criticized your presentation, asking u if this thing happen what will u do?,if u r given chance, what would u request?
And after the presentation, they went through my portfolio and asking me about my family background and my interest.
Worry not, I'm from a low income family and my interest seems to be a bit weird from others.
The key is to be honest.
Oh yes, and I was asked to speak some French (all thanks to the my 2 DELF)
I thought,it might be good for u to have something different from other
U see, being a president of a club is not something extraordinary.
Maybe you would like to add something like foreign language in your resume or maybe field work.

Then, it was board interview (as I called it)
U alone sitting in front of 3 ppl from BNM.
Once again, they went thru my sijil-sijil and my application form.
They asked me why do I choose financial and banking
And I said because I love money
Because I'd want to know how money work, how is the currency flow, how mortgage and stock keep making people worry I(mind u my sijil SPM clearly stated that I was a pure science student, so what money2 hah?)
Then they asked me about my sijil2 and post ms kt sekolah
Apart from the sijil what else did I get from the things I did
So I told them, some of it weren't easy for me
Let us take the example of being an editor.
I wasn't satisfied with the first result.
So, I accepted the offer for the next year
And make it a success, and success tak dtg bgolek.
It comes with determination, team work and nice layout.
So they asked me why do i choose Australia
And I asked them, may I change the country of selection.
And I start talking about UK.
I messed everything (I thought so)
But it's no turning back kn?
Then, I ckp la sikit2 psl apa yg I tau psl BNM
I selit2 sikit wang emas BNM 2
And I told them that wang emas would be a very nice investment sbb harga emas kn stabil?
Then I got soalan cepu emas
If u r to get the scholarship and after 3 compulsory years at BNM, of course you would want a job promotion.
So, what is your plan for your career.
Is your highest goal to replace the big boss ?(so they r referring to the iron lady, no calang2 org okeh, Zetty Akhtar Aziz man!)
So, dgn jujurnya I told them, that my goal is not as highest as that, that I don't even think of sitting on that position.
A solid no.

We had lunch in the cafeteria.
God I was amazed, we were seated in what I see as a special area dikelilingi kaca (erk,kejakunan sebentar)
Still remember the menu, twas nasi ayam
Poor me, I diserang sakit perut yg amat that I barely touch my meal
I teguk orange juice sj
And since it was Friday, the break was quite long and the rest of candidates pergi berpromenade di sekitar BNM n melawat-lawat muzium wang etc.'
And I duduk sorg2 kt foyer.
So sad, but good pesaings, they came back long before the break finished and offered to accompany me to have some cake or light meal but my tummy still mogok

Then, it was essay writing session. So, all 6 (the Malay boy balik rumah entah kenapa)of us were in the same room with same selection of questions.
Time 2 show off your handwriting babes!
So, we were required 2 write 2 essays.
1 in English and another could be either English or Malay
Most of the questions concern money related issues (ekonomi bla bla bla)
And there were current issues like PATI too.

The last session is the apprentice
Pnh tgk x?
Mcm ni la, we were made into a team and we have to work as a company that'll sell a product.
Products time 2: minuman kesihatan, gym, PDA (ini setakat yg I igt)
So we decided on PDA (jgn membazir ms time ni cz ms xpjg)
Then,carilah post2 yg anda mahu : director,marketing etc.
Mula2 no one nk jd director and brave Kah Mun, she offered herself to have the post.
So I was in financial division with a girl.
We presented our financial plan and God, my English was so broken and I felt like I'm the onlt dumb person among them all.
But, alhamdulillah I got back my composure and went on with the presentation (broken pun broken lah)
So, they criticize here and there
Giving their opinion utk penambahbaikan.
And lastly, they asked us if we were given the chance, would we saty in our position or would we swap.
And I'm the only one who want to swap. (at that time, I really thought that I'm really finished)
So the friendly ppl from HR dept waved us goodbye and told us that they'll call us if we got the scholarship.
I was about to faint when they rang me.
I got it!!!!!

I'm Doing Well

anatomy lab



Dlm bas

Sports Cafe

aidilfirtri

Lif Czech-muat 4 org saja

Bus stop kat Hradec Kralove

Main snow di Palachova

Monsoon History vs Arrival of Spring

The air is wet, soaks,
Into mattresses and curls,
In apparitions of smoke. (oh, people here smoke a lot)
Like fat white slugs furled
Among the timber,
Or sliver fish tunneling
The damp linnen covers
Of schoolbooks, or walking (it was like 7 years ago?those elementary moments *fondness*)
Quitely like centipides,
The air walking everywhere
On its hundreds feet
Is filled with the glare
Of tropical water (er, in my current situstion, I'd rather address it as pre spring Bohemian weather)

Again we are taken over
By clouds and rolling darkness.
Small snails appear (haven't spot one here)
Clashing their timid horns
Among the morning glory (morning glory, adakah itu bunga yg slalu ku petik utk main msk2 zmn rambut kontot muka betepek bedak dolu2?)
Vines.

Drinking Milo, (yes!yes!yes!)
Nyonya and Baba sit at home.
This was forty years ago. (and now, it's 9 years into the millenium)
Sarong-wrapped they counted
Silver paper for the dead, (and me, trying my best to sound Czech)
Portraits of grandfathers (with portraits of male reproductive organs)
Hung always in the parlour. (in between the notes populated table)
Reading Tennyson at six (and me, reading Platzer at 10 p.m.)
p.m. in pajamas, (also in pajama)
Listening to down-pouring
rain; the air ticks
With gnats, black spiders fly, (the temperature is too cold for these insects to fly)
moths sweep out of our room
where termites built
their hills of eggs and queen zooms
In heat.
We wash our feet
For bed, watch mother uncoil (sob,sob,sob-mine is across continents, probably taking care of the household breakfast right now)
Her snake hair, unbuckle (and me don't even know how she looks like now)
The silver mesh around her waist,
Waiting for father pacing (ha,yelah 2,my abah, he must be hanging the laundry right now)
The sands as fishers pull
From the Straits after monsoon.

The air is still, silent
Like sleepers rocked in the pantun, (owh, suddenly remember the very first pantun in my life*)
Sheltered by Malacca (er, I've never been to Malacca)
This was forty years ago,
When nyonya married baba.
By Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Crap stripes by yours truly.

* The first pantun that I learn.
It was back in elementary.
Maybe when I was in Darjah 1, my BM teacher asked each one of us to come up with a
pantun the very next day
I went home and asked my abah what a pantun is
And asked him to give me a pantun
I wrote the pantun down
And gave it to my teacher

This is my first pantun :
Limau purut tiga serangkai
Buta perut tiada akai

Nah, now u tell me whoever have ever come up with something like that
Such a great help from my dad
He obviously have no idea how straight his daughter is
I was like when people ask me to just leave my maths problems unanswered if I don't know how to solve it,
I did just like what I was told
And I got selibas hanger for that
I was like that
I don't remember my teacher reaction though
Ironically, dumb me, I thought my pantun was a good one
Since everybody else's pantun sound the same
Teka-teki teka tekuk,
Ular mati dalam mangkuk

or
Teka-teki teka tekuk,
Ular mati dalam periuk

The Gems Within Czech

In my eyes, their value exceed that of the infamous Bohemian crystal.
Looking at them makes my heart jump.
They are delicious in their own way
Seducing...
Teasing me
And hard to approach (given that they don't use English)
I'm really, really in love

Trosky


Teplicke Skaly


Parnik na Labi


Cesky Raj




Brumovske Steny


Bojiste Chlum Bitva

p/s : I'm really jealous of those who have spring break. In LFHK, we only have Christmas Break and Summer vacation (the latter is very subjective - u pass the final then u have it, u don't pass the final then kiss it goodbye). Even on weekends, it's hard to fit any getaways in my schedule *sigh*.

All images are from here

Tahniah, Congratulations

Wow, it has been like what? 3-4 years ago?
Yeah it was approximately 3 years ago that I last saw this boy.

Image from here

Funny how life turns out.
We were just acquaintance but I've been to his house.
At that time his mother was doing ok though.

And after 3 years.
I saw him over the internet, in Utusan Malaysia online.
He actually makes it out into the headline of Wilayah section lg 2.
Found out that he scored perfect 11A1 despite his mother illness (like I said, the last time I saw her, she was doing okay but time passes)
And crowned best student lg 2.
Tahniah2 dr aku.
Based on my very very limited time with him, I still can say that this achievement doesn't make me gaped in awe, because he deserves it.
Once more, congratulation!
For full article click here

Bila Result SPM Keluar

melalaklah, menangislah, ketawalah, senyumlah.
Puas-puas.
Sebelum fasa keserabutan bermula (khusus untuk yg merancang nk promote diri sendiri bagus kepada sponsor2 seantero Malaysia)

Zaman daku amik result SPM. Status diri: freshly baked (atau perkataan yg lebih enak, tanned gitu) from PLKN


Untuk siapa2 yg tidak tahu apa2, result SPM 2008 diumumkan pada 12 March 2009.
Malangnya sy masih tidak kesempatan bertanya khabar result adik sy memandangkn pbezaan waktu.
So,
Nasihat dari orang yg pernah mempromosikan diri sendiri :
~ fotokopi segala sijil2 yg mengatakan kehebatan anda (sijil berhenti sekolah, sijil pengawas, sijil kuiz, sijil beranak dll.)
~ sebaiknya fotokopi mestilah lebih dari tiga set
~ kembali ke sekolah dan berilah pen kepada pengetua anda sebagai alat untuk beliau menandatangani salinan sijil2 anda yg 15 inci tebal itu
~ sesi fotografi. Ke kedai gambar dan tangkaplah gambar bersaiz passpot (lebih banyak keping gambar yg dicuci lebih bagus.Selain dari kegunaannya yg banyak utk borg2 permohonan, anda juga boleh mendapat diskaun harga gambar itu)
~ bacalah isu-isu semasa (ya saya tahu isu semasa di Malaysia agak membosankan sekarang). Kelak, anda akan disoal semasa temu duga. Kalau nak medic bacalah sisipan kesihatan akhbar2 di Malaysia. Boleh juga melayari internet.
~ belilah surat khabar. Kerana ada banyak iklan tentang biasiswa2 bg yg berminat (selain itu, di kemudian hari, surat khabar itu boleh digunakan utk membungkus nasi mahupun lapik semasa memotong bawang)
~ bagi seiapa yang mahu menjadi cikgu, anda perlulah peka tentang tarikh nombor pin mula dijual di BSN (Bank simpanan Nasional)
~ jika anda pasti tentang bidang yg diminati dan layak utk anda dan anda tahu agensi mana yang anda hendak minta bantuan kewangan, jangan berlengah lagi. Carilah maklumat tentang bidang yg anda mahu beserta latar belakang agensi pemberi duit itu (kalau nk org tlg kita, kita perlulah kenal org itu kn?kn?kn?)
~ mantapkanlah skil mempromosi diri sendiri dan tolonglah pastikan anda menggunakan tatabahasa yg betul dan nahu Inggeris yg boleh membuatkan penemuduga anda tidak tersenyum sinis terhadap kesalahan bahasa anda.

Oh untuk sesiapa yg masih tidak tahu status dirinya (read : masih tidak mempunyai cita2, masih tidak tahu bidang apa yg memberi kepuasan kpd diri sendiri/duit yg lumayan, mahupun ingin mengetahui kelayakan mrk berdasarkan keputusan SPM) anda sangatlah dialu-alukan utk berjumpa dgn kaunselor sekolah anda (walaupun ada di antara anda yg tidak pernah tahu wujudnya kaunselor di sekolah anda. Percayalah, manusia berjawatan kaunslor itu wujud di setiap sekolah bantuan kerajaan)

Sekian dari saya buat masa ini.
Selamat berjaya kpd anda.

p/s : ini adalah bdsrkn pengalaman sy yg lps (er, adalah hampir 2-3 tahun lps). jd, sy tidaklah maklum seandainya senario telah berubah dgn peredaran masa.

Part and Parcel of Life

I took bus no. 3 to Hypernova.
Alone.
I sat on a seat across the door.

General information : Czech has a large number of old citizen.

At one stop, an old woman.
Medium height.
Plump body.
With a walking stick.
Wanted to disembark.
Her movement was so slow that I doubted wheteher she was unsure if that is the right stop for her.

When I was thinking and judging,
and both her feet touched the pavement,
suddenly, she sat abruptly before losing her balance
In no time she was on her back.
Her face up,
her eyes scanning for help
Her voice faintly asking for help (in Czech of course)
It was heartbreaking
I got on my feet and with other woman who's in front of me,
we tried to get her up
She was not heavy
But because she is old, her muscle strength has long deteroriating
Which makes standing up, even with the help of others is a litlle complicated.
Not surprisingly here, the driver waited until we got her up and she was in the safe zone.
Rupa bas di Hradec Kralove

In Malaysia, a few years back.
On a Sunday, me and my father took a bus after our motorbike broke down.
In Penang, almost all business are off on Sundays.
At that time, Penang's public transportation was a mess.
My father loves to sit on the rear of the bus.
Me, I was looking outside when I heard my father's alarming voice.
In an instant, I saw an old woman who barely touch her feet on the ground when the bus moved and that old woman slipped and trip, making a circular motion.
I was ever so shocked and my father beside me was emitting infrared waves.
The conductor just apologized (not profusely)
and the bus fired to life again.
I asked my father would that woman be okay and he told me
"tonight she'll have a bad time"
U know what that means?
When u slip.
Plus that u r old.
Somethig like that happens.
At first u'll feel a little pain.
Later at night, there's high risk of swelling and muscle cramp.
I wonder what happened to that old lady..

Bad Hair Day

Haven't have any for a long time.
Until today.
The opening is done by diarrhea.
Then, a zap on my scarf done by my winter coat zip (a big hole on my beautiful scarf)
Less than an hour after that, I send some fat dropping from the cadaver to the boy who painstakingly limiting my work space.
A sombre weather outside.
Having no one to accompany me to Hypernova. I remember being told that we r going to go there last weekend but no words kept.
Since I really really really want to eat instant noodle and I don't want to ask from my friend, I go there alone.
Hoping for a halal chicken, seems like it's out of stock.
To top it all, 2 buses that supposed to take me home come half an hour late.
According to the schedule, it means 3-4 buses that should arrive don't arrive.
And for the whole torturing half an hour I'm left to die of the cold and fear that I'll miss my Zuhur prayer.
What a day!

Program With New Malaysian Ambassador to Czech Republic

Location : Nove Adalbertinum



What's in the programme~ winter semestaer final examination post mortem. The first batch has my respect. Such a strong personality. Matured. Since they are the first batch of Malaysian students in Hradec Kralove, they have first hand experience and limited sources, unlike us. Albeit they manage to not just pass the finals, but they have retained excellent study record since their fist year. Salute!
~ CzeMSA future plans
~ the new ambassador and his wife session. Career background : served the country in Vietnam, Tokyo, and Brussels before. Merely placed in Nigeria but at last ended up in this Bohemian and Moravian land.


~ DINNER
The most interesting part
Full course dinner

STARTER
Salad (combination of cucumbers, red pepper, lettuce,tomato and red cabbage sans
dressing - very healthy)
Breads (tender and nice)
Mushroom soup (incredible taste with sliced mushroom)

PLAT PRINCIPAL
Salmon with generous amaount of sauce (I don't know what sauce is it but it definitely taste like gulai lemak Malaysia, love the aroma and the taste)
Rice and boiled potatoes

DESSERT
Cakes that taste like tiramisu. lip licking cream which is tasty and not too sweet layered with medium crunchy biscuit. Really tantalize my palate

DRINK
I opted for sprite.
Later, asked for fruit tea.
The first fruit tea that taste out of place.
Apart from not having the aroma, the colour is of the scary purple.

p/s : no photos of the main dishes. I'm too busy savouring them. =]