tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79902303156770588852024-03-13T06:03:59.413+08:00Amy Zana Kamal AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-30670055902814254902021-05-25T01:01:00.005+08:002021-06-09T12:19:56.514+08:00Toxic Positivity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/04/ea/97/04ea97e91f8c1665beb5f200f443c851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/04/ea/97/04ea97e91f8c1665beb5f200f443c851.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be honest it's a good thing to always be positive about everything but there's always that line between toxic positivity and genuine positivity. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's take a look at the definition of toxic positivity. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. It's a "good vibes only" approach to life <a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-5093958" target="_blank">(Cherry, 2021)</a>. </blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This kind of approach may seem favourable but it can be harmful at times. We need to face the fact that we (or maybe a few individuals around us) can't be positive all the time. By using this kind of approach in life, we may limit our emotions to only happiness. Tanpa kita sedari, sometimes, we bury all the other natural human emotions such as sadness, anger and confusion way down deep. Focusing on the bright side of things is great. But mentally blocking your other emotions in the process, not so much. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But for me lah, toxic positivity ni is more harmful when you're using it as a response to other people's problems. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/a7/9b/dba79baffa5ab39a7be120cd9d658a62.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/a7/9b/dba79baffa5ab39a7be120cd9d658a62.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When someone is expressing their feelings of sadness, one thing that you should not do is to invalidate their feelings. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/27c08954146b9ecd634c67fc97765214/efefe70b5639a87f-29/s540x810/a9a953bd4ea9b4346b5d704ec877ec8fb2877f41.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="540" height="296" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/27c08954146b9ecd634c67fc97765214/efefe70b5639a87f-29/s540x810/a9a953bd4ea9b4346b5d704ec877ec8fb2877f41.gifv" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Always try to be a good listener rather than an active speaker in situations where your friends etc are expressing their grief. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You know what's worse? When they already pluck up the courage to share their problems with you but you end up saying things like "Other people have it way worse. Just be positive and be grateful lah." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Analogy nya macam ni, imagine you broke your arms, and then you go to the hospital for treatment but then the doctor said "Eh sorry ya there are other patients yang lagi parah daripada you, hilang kaki hilang tangan hilang pedoman apa semua. Just take painkillers and be grateful you still have your legs." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nampak macam tak ada correlation kan? Sebab memang tak ada correlation pun. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Toxic positivity can take a wide variety of forms. Some examples you may have encountered in your own life:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you express disappointment or sadness, someone tells you that “happiness is a choice.” This suggests that if you are feeling negative emotions, then it’s your own choice and your own fault for not “choosing” to be happy.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-5093958" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please, for the love of God, do not invalidate other people's feelings to make way for your toxic positivity way of life. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes people will say that there's no use in being sad or angry because you can't change what's done. Also at times, they will say "happiness is a choice". These days I feel like people are too caught up in the idea that all these are a "choice" that they forget that most of the time people don't "choose" to be sad. It's an automatic emotional response. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Look, the thing is, sadness, anger, and all that, they are not meant to be a solution. They are a form of expression. Let people feel what they want to feel or in this case, what they can't help but feel. Give them time to process their grief. Let's say after a while they are still sad. Then help them. They might be clinically depressed ke apa we never know. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thing is, bila kita invalidate apa yang orang lain rasa ni in a way kita dah hilang rasa empathy tu. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In less critical situations okay lagi. Tapi kalau kita say all this, lets say, to people who have mental health conditions, people who lost their jobs or we say it to sexual assault survivors, ketahuilah kita ni memang tak membantu langsung malah menyumbang kepada kesedihan dan kesusahan orang lain. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, happiness is a "choice". But sadness, anger, grief and pain are inevitable. You can't simply ask people to shut off their emotions and stop feeling things other than what <i>you</i> want them to feel. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bunyi macam aku marah pulak. Hahaha tak marah pun. Sekadar peringatan untuk kita bersama. Yalah kadang2 kita tak sedar apa yang kita cakap lagi2 bila kita rasa macam masalah dia memang remeh. Contohnya kucing dia mati ke lepas tu kita gelakkan pulak. Dahlah gelakkan. Lepas tu suruh dia "be positive". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/37409976993af30f46be83e78ba0b528/e1a0fa2e28cd3bf4-34/s540x810/034bd33b15e0d7d5fd6583259ad642c9a5301392.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/37409976993af30f46be83e78ba0b528/e1a0fa2e28cd3bf4-34/s540x810/034bd33b15e0d7d5fd6583259ad642c9a5301392.gifv" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sedih tau kucing mati. Hanya orang yang ada bela pets je yang faham. Dulu aku pernah ada kucing lepas tu dia mati kena langgar. Sumpah sedih gila. Nasib baik sekarang dah tak ada bela kucing. </div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/390/704DE915BAF3E930398A4FC5F2BB53B4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>
AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385681688128756930noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-26442850155293869012021-02-26T19:37:00.007+08:002023-08-30T17:10:13.497+08:00[Book Review] The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u></u></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><a href="https://reenchantmentoftheworld.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-poppy-war.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="400" src="https://reenchantmentoftheworld.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-poppy-war.jpg" /></a></u></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></u></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span>The Poppy War – R.
F. Kuang</span></u></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Book: The Poppy War</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Author: R. F. Kuang</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Publishing Year: 2018</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Series: The Poppy War
(trilogy)</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span>Note</span></u></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>If you guys are not
familiar with my book review style, just want to let you know that I always
type my reviews in past tense because I already read them. I did try to do
it in present tense but it felt a little weird for me. With that being said, let's jump right in! </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span>Synopsis</span></u></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span>When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most
talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the
test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could
pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able
to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who
realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her
daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in
Nikan—was even more surprising.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span>Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an
easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her
colour, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly
power—an aptitude for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the
depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive
substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that
mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><i>For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen
still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied
Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent
in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent about going about their
lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away.</i></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span>Discussion</span></u></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>As the title itself
suggests, this book is about war and its consequences. Despite the main characters being young adults, it is a far cry from the YA genre (as it is not YA). To give a little bit of context, this series is not
like Harry Potter in which the writer glossed over the scary and gory bits. This
series is brutal, very, VERY graphic and may make you feel uncomfortable. It has a
lot of trigger warnings as well so reader discretion is advised.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>I made it sound like it’s a
very scary book lol. But in all honesty, yes it is. The start of the first book
gave me a lot of Mulan vibes. Like Mulan, Fang Runin or Rin set off to
marry a total stranger because apparently, that was the only thing a girl could do back in the day. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/cf2e8e75dfbd498215d556ee8f1baa7d/7c072f09804f12ea-25/s500x750/bd8b6c1f7b027d3e85b78f7c3e5dcc32e04fd9ac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/cf2e8e75dfbd498215d556ee8f1baa7d/7c072f09804f12ea-25/s500x750/bd8b6c1f7b027d3e85b78f7c3e5dcc32e04fd9ac.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>So, being desperate not to be married off at such a young
age, she was determined to enter this military academy called the Keju. It was
an academy for the elites. Only those who passed the Keju test can enter this
academy in which students were trained to become soldiers.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>For some reason this book
makes me want to study harder. Fang Runin was a very smart girl and the
students there learnt so many interesting things at the academy on
strategic military tactics. It was mind-opening and reading this series will give you a lot of knowledge. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, she studied there
for quite some time and all was well until they weren't. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly, I was
expecting the book to drag the military academy bits until the start of the second
book – The Dragon Republic – but no. Our lovely author R. F. Kuang had better
ideas. Like all the other series relating to kids studying in academies, I
thought that the first book would be about the first year of Rin attending the
Keju and the second book would be the story of Rin surviving her second year
and so on. But no guys. The first few chapters fast-forwarded pretty fast.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Like I said before, this
series has a lot of trigger warnings. The first few chapters of The Poppy War
were right. Nothing too graphic or out of the ordinary. But around the 10<sup>th</sup> chapter, things started to become very dark and gory as the kids were thrown
into war almost immediately. Kuang definitely did not hold back in her writing.
All the scary consequences of the war were laid out
explicitly. The destruction, the loss, the violence.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The kids didn’t get to
finish their studies. During their time at the academy (senior year), the third
Poppy War broke out and they had to defend their country. I can’t tell you more
because the interesting (albeit scary things) happened after the start of the
war. THAT is YOUR job to read hahaha!</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Anyway, I really, really
like the political aspects of this book as well as the discussion of military strategies and logistics. It felt very, very real (I mean, yes, it’s loosely
based off of real war events) and honestly, despite being a fantasy book, it
was actually the military and realistic bits of the book that kept me going. I
literally CANNOT put it down! Mostly because of the dynamic between the characters.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The main characters, Fang
Runin, and Chen Kitay, were just *chef's kiss*! These two badass buddies knew everything
about everything and honestly, reading about smart people really boosts my serotonin not gonna lie. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">They
motivate me to do better in my life for some reason. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I especially like Fang Runin as a character. She was very brave, powerful and ruthless. She was THE definition of
GIRL POWER. Every time she did something great I was like 'Yeay! Good for her!
You go girl!'. Every time she did something stupid I would also be like 'Yeay!
Good for her! You go girl!'. Like, she was the type of character that
you would <i>want</i> to root for despite her very questionable life choices. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>By the way, this book had a
lot of time skips. So basically, at the start of the book, she was like 14 or 15 (I think) and by the end of it, she was 18 or 19. One of the reasons why I like this book is the fact that the time skips made sense to me because we can see how she became who she was and how she grew into this deranged, ambitious and powerful human. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>In conclusion, stan talent stan Fang Runin y'alls! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span><b>Rating</b></span></u><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span><br /></span></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>⭐5 out of 5⭐</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>P/s: Actually I already
finished this series like last year tapi sekarang baru nak buat book review
hahaha! Dah baca sampai The Burning God dah sebenarnya. Banyak benda nak
discuss pasal series ni. Maybe I’ll do a review for The Dragon Republic and The
Burning God. Atau maybe I’ll do a review for another book series. Tengoklah
acano hihihi!</span></span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/390/704DE915BAF3E930398A4FC5F2BB53B4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></span></a>
AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385681688128756930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-22723273598647526282020-10-13T12:51:00.004+08:002020-10-14T16:23:14.865+08:00Timelines and Deadlines<div>Okay, to be honest, I'm a bit nervous for this semester because it's my last semester before going for an internship and I want it to be smooth sailing plus it's also the semester where I've to finish my final year thesis. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ec24409658684ac76135811e07905d7d/tumblr_pkzdiwOZzU1ufso3jo1_500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ec24409658684ac76135811e07905d7d/tumblr_pkzdiwOZzU1ufso3jo1_500.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I was actually looking forward to going back to college because I can have a meet-up with my supervisor more frequently but yeah well that didn't happen due to the spike in covid cases and we are advised to stay at home. Actually for UPM boleh mohon to stay at college but my father is pretty much against me staying at college due to safety reasons. </div><div><br /></div><div>Last semester was hectic for me mostly because everything was online and I was struggling with my thesis and other than thesis proposal I also had a lot of reports to submit. All of the subjects were heavy and to catch up with all the due dates was very nerve-wracking for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for my thesis, my supervisor, tak tahulah nak cakap macam mana. Sebelum uni tutup and kelas semua face to face she was very helpful. Tapi lepas start je online class susah nak contact. Pelik jugak sebab kalau nak cakap yang aku selalu kacau dia, bukan selalu pun sebenarnya. Dalam sebulan tu sekali atau dua kali je I would contact my supervisor. </div><div><br /></div><div>I had a lot of questions regarding my proposal but it was hard to get in touch with her through email or WhatsApp. She would usually give me feedback on my proposal after my fourth or fifth attempt so most of the time I had to figure out a lot of things on my own. </div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily it wasn't just me. Most of my friends experienced the same thing. After the commencement of online classes our supervisors just basically left us in the dark. I would always discuss with my friends regarding our thesis through WhatsApp and it helped a lot (thank god we had each other). </div><div><br /></div><div>Despite all the assignments piling up every day, thankfully I managed to submit everything on time. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d5c58300233395dd297c42259951660e/f478d39db5dd445c-d4/s250x400/f7d93ac9dec6c8863e23c8b2c5e5258efa41a7f5.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="177" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d5c58300233395dd297c42259951660e/f478d39db5dd445c-d4/s250x400/f7d93ac9dec6c8863e23c8b2c5e5258efa41a7f5.gifv" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Last semester was a hectic semester but it was still manageable thank god. Somehow I feel like I can better manage my assignments and my time when my lecturers set specific due dates. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ada beberapa kali my lecturers gave us assignments without due dates and it definitely was a bad move since students will definitely IGNORE assignments that have NO submission date (kekekeke!). Tapi tu lah yang tak bestnya tiba2 nanti "Okay yang assignment harituh saya bagi hantar esok ya!". Hah time tuh memang gelabahlah semua ahahahaha! </div><div><br /></div><div>Benda bila tak ada due ni I think memang automatically kita akan lengah-lengahkan rasanya. It's no one's fault actually. It's normal untuk kedepankan benda-benda yang urgent dan ada deadline dulu before benda-benda yang vague with no due. </div><div><br /></div><div>Honestly, it reminds me of this one Ted Talk by Tim Urban. According to him, there are two kinds of procrastination. Number one, short-term procrastination with deadlines. Number two, procrastination in the situation where there is no deadline. Basically, it's a situation where we are not pressured to do the things that we have to do or want to do simply because there is no time limit. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds like a very fun and chill way to live your life but according to him, procrastination in the situation where there is no deadline can result in your own unhappiness. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/0a1f5677c49322309e5993abc9fff1bd/3be5a8c22940201a-2a/s400x600/f29335b027324cfd8ff01c42d56d5f85d300dc01.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="268" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/0a1f5677c49322309e5993abc9fff1bd/3be5a8c22940201a-2a/s400x600/f29335b027324cfd8ff01c42d56d5f85d300dc01.gifv" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Not just in terms of assignments lah but basically something beyond that as well. Things that we want to do in our lives but for some reason, we keep on putting it off. </div><div><br /></div><div>Bukanlah nak cakap everybody is entirely unhappy in this world because they procrastinate tapi lebih kepada you can be much happier when you do the things you have been putting off doing instead of procrastinating it. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"There are also all kinds of important things outside of your career that don’t involve any deadlines, like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn’t working." - Tim Urban, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">In my opinion, in a larger context, it can also be something that you really want to do like learning a new skill, travelling, writing a book, starting a new career or getting a degree in the field that you're interested in. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">I do believe that sometimes people procrastinate not because they are lazy. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/40d3a08ec7d1884ded19ba007c085667/bdc0aba176dfcf1f-f4/s540x810/1bf56c8c4ec5d53608ff811a15a08bd07a13a04d.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="540" height="211" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/40d3a08ec7d1884ded19ba007c085667/bdc0aba176dfcf1f-f4/s540x810/1bf56c8c4ec5d53608ff811a15a08bd07a13a04d.gifv" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Sometimes its because they lack confidence. Fear of failure can also be one of the reasons. And other time, financial issues. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">I stumbled upon this one writing slash journal prompt on Pinterest. Basically, the question was if you only had 3 months to live, what are the things that you want to do? </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">And suddenly I have a lot of things I want to do in that 3 months simply because I now, theoretically, have a deadline. Honestly, I have a lot of things I want to do, big things and small things alike, but often put it off for other things yang memang dah ada deadline (for example, my thesis \facepalm/). </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Anyways, I think it is important to remember that setting yourself a goal, target or deadline shouldn't be mistaken as pressuring yourself lah that's for sure. Like these days when society pressures you to be successful, have a certain level of income or get married by a certain age etc. Those are not the kind of deadlines that you need. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Bottom line, it is important for you to set the deadlines for <i>yourself</i> in terms of the things that you want to do or accomplish and not let society set the deadlines <i>for </i>you. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Or else it'll become just like another uni assignment. </span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/390/704DE915BAF3E930398A4FC5F2BB53B4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0px;" /></a>
AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-38792655337676126412020-09-03T16:00:00.003+08:002021-02-13T18:54:41.602+08:00[Book Review] Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1459349344l/23437156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1459349344l/23437156.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book: Six of Crows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Series: Six of Crows (duology)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Leigh Bardugo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Publishing Year: 20</span>15</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly, I’m <span>glad I went into
this book blind. Other than Kaz Brekker I literally had zero knowledge about
this book which is super great because the story was lit.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/69004a0da7fc03359c2c8649259948b2/85eab51bf77092ae-53/s250x400/ded593c945377ff4a4c46e168965bdfeb652b76e.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="177" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/69004a0da7fc03359c2c8649259948b2/85eab51bf77092ae-53/s250x400/ded593c945377ff4a4c46e168965bdfeb652b76e.gifv" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>As much as I don’t
mind spoilers</span>, I also don’t mind reading a book without knowing anything about
it. I was hooked almost immediately and the fact that I had zero expectations
made this book even more fascinating.</span><div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I watched a lot of booktube
channels and this book was mentioned SOOO MANY TIMES. The funny thing is that
even though this book was pretty much everywhere on booktube, I had no idea
what it was about which struck me as weird because usually, I would get a rough
idea of the content (or the genre at least) but this one? None. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, this book is a duology
and I am currently reading the second book. Despite knowing what’s gonna happen
to them in the sequel (because of the spoilers on Twitter) I’m still gonna continue
reading this series anyway because it is THAT good. But more of that later. Let’s
focus on Six of Crows for now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Synopsis<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ketterdam: a bustling hub of
international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one
knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at
a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t
pull it off alone. . . .</span><span style="color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
<br />
<i><span style="background: white;">A convict with a thirst for revenge<br />
<br />
A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager<br />
<br />
A runaway with a privileged past<br />
<br />
A spy known as the Wraith<br />
<br />
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums<br />
<br />
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes</span></i><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand
between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Way the Story Was Told<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Timeline
and flashback. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Voice of the Book<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Multiple
POVs. Mostly the main characters of the book. There were 6 main characters here
(<i>six</i> of crows) but one of the crew wasn’t included in the POV of this book. I
was questioning it myself but then after reading the second book, it kinda
explains it. His backstory was essential in the sequel hence his POV being
absent in Six of Crows. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Other
POVs (minor characters) were Joost and also Pekka
Rollins. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m a
sucker for a group of misfits coming together to fight evil and do some badass
stuff kind of story and this book was THE definition of that trope, though I
think the fighting evil part was not necessarily true (you’ll understand when
you read it I think).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Okay so
basically, this book was about a group of people with different skill sets
coming together to kidnap a very important person. Think of it as Ocean’s 11
but darker. Each of the crows had their own role in the crew in order to pull
off the heist. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Kaz Brekker, he was the mastermind. Basically, he
was Danny Ocean. Then we have Inej, she was the spy for the group. Next, Jesper
the sharpshooter. Then we have Nina. She had supernatural abilities. Then there
was Wylan, in charge of demolitions and explosives. Lastly, of course, Matthias.
He was a soldier like Nina and a very important member of the crew as he had
knowledge on how to break into the Ice Court.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anyways,
this book was set in the same universe as The Grisha trilogy but it’s not
necessary for you to read the trilogies first before reading this though. There
were a few references from the trilogy but it did not affect the whole vibe of
the book much which was great because I didn’t finish reading the trilogy yet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Al
though some said that the starting of the book was a bit slow, for me I was
okay with it. I don’t mind slow world buildings though because those kinds of
books give me time to digest and process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anyway,
kalau nak cerita pasal characters pulak, usually I would have trouble reading a
book with a lot of names drop on one page (for example Renegades) because I
like to be introduced to the characters one by one (sebab senang nak digest and
tell them apart) but weirdly enough I had no trouble with this book. Everything
was pretty much smooth sailing and during the first few chapters of reading I had
fun trying to figure out who in this book was part of the six main characters
and who was not. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Speaking
of the characters, one thing I like about this book is the fact that the main
characters were not perfect people. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4c02d92edaecf82af5344e652c566da2/90d24ad4488b2515-32/s250x400/1ee0cdb0f81c6fd6eb067174af8d80f2850c5bfe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="103" data-original-width="250" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4c02d92edaecf82af5344e652c566da2/90d24ad4488b2515-32/s250x400/1ee0cdb0f81c6fd6eb067174af8d80f2850c5bfe.png" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each and every one of them was flawed and
yet benda tuh bukan something yang jatuhkan dorang as a person but it made them
even stronger. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I like
reading about strong characters who embrace themselves as they are despite
their shortcomings. Specifically Kaz Brekker. Walaupun dia tempang, it did not affect his confidence. And no. He wasn’t the “hero” type in this
book. He had issues and he wasn’t entirely a good person either but I do admire
the way he carried himself. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All of
these characters, in general, had their own weakness and strength and the dynamic
between them was just a chef’s kiss to me. Like sometimes when you read a book or
fanfiction in which features a group of people or clique as the main
characters, kadang-kadang it’s very hard to tell them apart kan because they
kind of lack variation, but for this book, each of them had a very distinct personality which made it interesting to read. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
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the ending was a cliff-hanger though but not in a bad way of course. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c9dcdac017f892bb9144ffd16ebcbb6e/816c223aee0bd3bd-e5/s250x400/6e26888f36c64df0dead866741b7201dd252bae6.gifv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="177" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c9dcdac017f892bb9144ffd16ebcbb6e/816c223aee0bd3bd-e5/s250x400/6e26888f36c64df0dead866741b7201dd252bae6.gifv" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It made me
excited to continue the series. I’m currently reading the sequel which is
Crooked Kingdom and so far it’s a great book. I’m already halfway through and
after finishing this maybe I will continue with The Grisha trilogy (my tbr pile
is a mess and I’m a mood reader so no promises hehehehehe). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rating<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
plot? Phenomenal. The world-building? Perfect. The characters? Divine. This
book is easily ⭐ 5 out of 5 stars ⭐ for me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
book is one of those books where you can’t find any flaw and it is “overhyped”
for a reason. Like, it deserves all the love it is getting and I am certainly
not complaining.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/390/704DE915BAF3E930398A4FC5F2BB53B4.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px;" /></span></a></p></div>AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-82144659116027303072020-05-17T02:21:00.003+08:002020-07-21T02:07:06.887+08:00Tips Pandai Bercakap Bahasa Inggeris [Self-Learning di Rumah] <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bila bercerita pasal bahasa inggeris nih, aku rasa ada satu mitos
di mana kalau seseorang tuh pandai bahasa inggeris, orang akan anggap semua
aspek bahasa tuh dia pandai. Kalaulah semudah itu wahai rakan taulan sekalian. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay sebelum aku pergi lebih mendalam lagi, aku nak explain sikit
mengenai skill dalam penguasaan sesuatu bahasa. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Semua bahasa memang sama je.
Kalau nak cerita pasal penguasaan, ada 4 aspek penting. Antaranya ialah, <b>reading, writing, listening</b>
and <b>speaking</b> (membaca, menulis, mendengar dan bercakap). Mungkin ni akan lebih familiar dengan orang yang dah pernah sat for MUET. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ada 4 skill untuk tentukan sama ada kita dah betul2 mahir dengan sesuatu bahasa tu atau tak. Dan tak semestinya kalau seseorang tu pandai menulis, dia mahir mendengar. Dan tak semestinya kalau seseorang tuh mahir mendengar, dia pandai bercakap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salah satu contoh ialah, walaupun mat salleh semua pandai cakap
bahasa inggeris (sebab tu bahasa ibunda dorang) tapi kadang-kadang grammar
dorang tak adalah betul sangat. Samalah kesnya dengan kita sebagai rakyat
Malaysia. Pandai cakap bahasa melayu tapi kenapa subjek BM nak dapat A+ pun
kadang-kadang susah? Hah macam tuh lah perumpamaanya. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nevertheless, bahasa ni adalah salah satu benda yang kita boleh
improve bila kita rajin belajar dan selalu praktikkan apa yang dibelajar. Jadinya,
untuk menguasai semua skill bahasa ni bukanlah benda yang mustahil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tapi harinih aku tak nak cover skill2 yang lain ni. Aku cuma nak
cerita pasal skill yang keempat iaitu speaking skills. Okay sebelum aku share
tips2 berguna, aku nak letak disclaimer sikitlah. Tips aku nih adalah untuk
<b>beginner</b> dan <b>intermediate </b>English learners. Kalau korang dah advanced level
(dah mahir minimum 3 out of 4 skills mentioned above) boleh jugak jadikan tips2
aku nih sebagai kaedah untuk improve kan lagi cumanya kalau nak intensive
learning better rujuk kepada yang lebih pakar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tips2 aku nih adalah lebih kepada cara untuk pandai bercakap
bahasa inggeris dengan menggunakan kaedah self-learning. Jadi, kalau korang ada
masalah untuk belajar bahasa inggeris mungkin dari segi kewangan ke, atau ada
masalah untuk praktis bercakap tapi dekat rumah tak ada orang yang nak bercakap
dengan kau, ataupun kau duduk sorang2 dan terperangkap time Covid ni, maka,
tips2 nih adalah untuk anda semua. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">TIPS
PANDAI BERCAKAP BAHASA INGGERIS [SELF-LEARNING DI RUMAH]</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1) Motivasi</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay benda pertama yang kena ada, tak kisahlah nak belajar apa
pun, mestilah motivasi. Motivasi ni penting untuk menaikkan semangat. Kalau tak
ada semangat, macam mana nak teruskan pembelajaran ya tak? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cara untuk menaikkan motivasi dan semangat nih, salah satu caranya
ialah dengan menulis. Tulis atas kertas ya bukan taip dalam handphone. Tulis
kenapa nak belajar bahasa inggeris ni. Biasanya masa mula2 menulis, memang tak
ada idea, tapi lama kelamaan idea tu akan datang mencurah-curah dengan
sendirinya. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Antara tujuan untuk belajar bercakap bahasa inggeris mengikut
individu:-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Student:</b> Nak belajar bercakap bahasa inggeris sebab nak mantapkan
presentation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Traveller:</b> Nak belajar bercakap bahasa inggeris untuk tujuan komunikasi
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dah tulis sebab, kemudian tulis target. Target mungkin akan
berbeza-beza mengikut individu. Semuanya depends on learning pace setiap orang.
Mungkin boleh jadi 3 bulan, 6 bulan ataupun 1 tahun. Terpulang. Tak ada salah
tak ada betul. <sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Untuk pengetahuan, menulis nih bagus untuk kuatkan ingatan.
Kiranya korang akan sentiasa ingat kenapa korang nak belajar benda ni semua.
And bila ada target, matlamat korang akan nampak lebih jelas sebab dah ada
timeframe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">2) Tentukan Gaya Percakapan (Slang / Accent)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kalau korang masih level beginner dan tak dapat nak carik groove dari
segi speaking style, adalah disyorkan untuk korang imitate other existing
speaking styles. Two types of English speaking styles (or slang) yang paling
common adalah American English dan British English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay bagi sesiapa yang tak dapat bezakan antara dua slang nih,
senang cerita, British English ni slang Harry Potter. Pernah tengok Harry
Potter? That is British English. Bila bercakap tuh, they tend to stress on
every syllable. Dan untuk pengetahuan semua, English yang kita belajar dekat
Malaysia ni adalah British English. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For American English pulak, macam cerita Joker, Twilight, Home Alone etc. Pronunciation
dorang tend to be more laid back and bunyinya halus sikit berbanding British pronunciation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of which one is easier to follow, bagi aku American
English lagi senang. Apa yang aku sedar ialah, dekat Malaysia ni in terms of hiburan luar, we are surrounded with mostly American ones. Music,
movies, books. Pendek kata resources tu banyak. Therefore, senang nak carik
bahan for educational purposes. Lagi pun macam yang aku cakaplah, American
English ni lebih mudah nak ikut sebab gaya percakapan dorang lebih laid back
dan tak bunyi macam tongue twister. So untuk beginner, memang aku syorkan
American English. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ataupun selain British English dan American English, Malaysian English pun boleh huhu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For Malaysian English, basically kita main campur2 je slang.
Pendek kata pakai redah je asalkan pronunciation jelas dan betul. Malaysian
English nih apa yang aku perasan is basically a mixture of both American and
British pronunciations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Macam aku, aku campur. Sebabnya ada certain British pronunciation
yang aku tak selesa. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tapi ada certain yang aku okay. Sama jugak dengan American
pronunciation. Kadang2 rasa lagi senang nak sebut tapi at times rasa tak best. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Contohnya, perkataan "adult". British pronunciation “<i>ehh</i>-<b>dalt</b>”.
Sebutan “<i>ehh</i>” tuh macam bila kita cakap “<i>Ehhhh</i> kak senah!! Lama tak jumpa!”
ataupun macam, siapa pernah dengar lagu Sunflower – Swae Lee dengan Post
Malone? Intro dia yang tang dia nyanyi “<i>eh eh eh eh!</i>”. Haaaa itulah bunyinya!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For American English, pronunciation nya “e<u>r</u>-dalt”. Macam bila kita
cakap “Er... Aku nak pilih yang mana eh?” Cumanya dalam ejaan "adult" tak adalah huruf "r". "Er" tuh aku sekadar bagi contoh pronunciation. Kalau untuk perkataan adult, aku
prefer American pronunciation sebab aku dah biasa sebut macam tu. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aku bagi contoh lain. “Advance”. British slang sebutannya
“ed-<b>VANS</b>”. Dia tekankan suku kata belakang tu. American slang sebutannya
“ed-<i>veyynnss</i>”. Suku kata kedua dia lebih meleret. Kalau untuk yang ini, aku
prefer Britsh pronunciation. Sebabnya aku rasa lebih selesa dengan British
punya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lepas dah decide korang nak imitate which kind of English accent,
boleh mula perlahan2 praktis bercakap dengan orang sekeliling. Kalau dekat
rumah, bolehlah praktis bercakap dengan mak, ayah, adik beradik. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Untuk praktis bercakap ni, mungkin ada sesetengah orang rasa malu.
Yalah. Semalam kau cakap Melayu. Tiba2 harinih kau cakap macam Emma Watson lah
pulak. Mesti family kau pikir apa kena budak nih. Lagi parah bila dorang tegur
kenapa tiba2 nak speaking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay cara untuk mengatasi benda nih senang aje. Korang praktis
English rojak dulu. Maksudnya, jangan terus cakap full-on English. Tapi
sebaliknya, dalam komunikasi harian, cuba masukkan sikit2 English phrases yang
korang belajar daripada movie atau drama. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Contohnya: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Thank you sebab tolong aku semalam. <i>I really appreciate it.</i>” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Aku tak pastilah nak pilih yang mana satu. <i>What do you think?</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The thing about speaking is that, you have to start somewhere. English
rojak ni bagus dari segi nak build up momentum dan juga nak bina keyakinan. Nak
bercakap ni, skill is a bonus tapi dia lebih kepada keyakinan daripada skill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Macam yang aku cakap tadi, nak belajar bercakap bahasa inggeris
ni, antara benda yang kita kena kuasai ialah pronunciation. Salah satu tool
yang paling simple dan available adalah music. Untuk belajar melalui music,
music yang aku recommend adalah music yang slow tempo sebab mudah nak ikut.
Bila aku cakap music, maksudnya lagu yang ada seni kata ya. Janganlah pulak
dengar music yang tak ada seni kata macam Mozart atau Beethoven (kikiki!). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bukan dengar aje tau wahai rakan taulan sekalian. Dengar sambil
nyanyi dan ikut cara dia pronounce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">5) Membaca</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay tips seterusnya adalah membaca. Memandangkan kita nak pandai
bercakap bahasa inggeris, janganlah pulak baca dalam hati ya saudara saudari.
Membaca yang dimaksudkan adalah membaca dengan kuat. Ini penting untuk
memperbaiki pronunciation. Nampak tak banyak kali aku tekankan pronunciation?
Pronunciation is <u>key</u>. Membaca
membantu untuk melatih lidah sebut perkataan2 yang kau tak biasa sebut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kalau dekat rumah korang ada English dictionary, aku suggest dalam
seminggu praktis baca sehelai muka surat (muka surat yang sama untuk sepanjang
minggu). Start dari page pertama. Sebut semua perkataan yang ada dalam muka
surat tu. Check dekat google untuk pastikan sebutan tu betul. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aku suggest website Cambridge Dictionary because this website
provides both American and British pronunciations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kalau tak ada English dictionary dekat rumah, boleh carik online.
Ada dictionary English yang free dekat Google. Ataupun kalau bukan guna dictionary, baca novel pun boleh. Haa inilah masanya untuk meluaskan lagi kosa kata dengan membaca novel!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Selain membaca, tool lain yang sangat membantu untuk melatih lidah
ialah tongue twister. Tongue twister ni jugak bantu untuk improve
pronunciation. Benda ni salah satu cara menarik untuk belajar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Contoh tongue twisters: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>How much wood
would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>She sells
seashells on the seashore.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A skunk sat on a
stump and thunk the stump stunk but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.<span style="font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; font-style: normal; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mesti pernah
belajar kan dekat sekolah? Aku selalu jumpa yang 2 atas tu sebab dari zaman
sekolah rendah selalu nampak dalam textbook. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; font-style: normal; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay untuk bantu
dalam penguasaan bahasa inggeris, tongue twister ni kena praktis setiap hari.
Do take note that it’s not a competition. Tak perlu baca laju2 okay. Sebut
satu2 dan perlahan2. Tak perlu terkejar2. Rilek2 je. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bila tengah membaca, tak kisahlah baca Twitter ke, blog ke, suratkhabar
ke, nampak je perkataan English yang tak familiar, terus tulis dalam buku. Nak
taip dalam phone pun boleh tak kisah. Tapi seboleh2nya bila belajar ni,
sediakan satu buku khas untuk korang jot down benda2 yang korang tak tau. Mula2
tulis dalam phone dulu, then transfer benda tu dalam buku. Kemudian, refer
online or offline resources untuk tau macam mana nak pronounce perkataan yang korang tak
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay untuk tip terakhir nih basically adalah highlight post kali nih.
Penting especially untuk yang nak improve English speaking skills dekat rumah.
Cherry on top orang kata huhu. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Salah satu masalah dan halangan untuk self-learning dekat rumah adalah
bila kau tak ada orang sekeliling untuk praktis. Macam yang aku cakap dalam
intro tadi, mungkin kau duduk sorang2 dekat rumah ke. Ataupun ada orang dekat
rumah tapi learning environment tak best sebab dikelilingi orang2 yang
judgemental etc. Ataupun ada orang dekat rumah dan tak judgemental, tapi tak boleh nak praktis sebabnya dorang pun tak paham bahasa inggeris. So this tip is especially for you guys. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like the title itself suggests, record dan dengar. Ada dua kaedah.
Satu, record suara. Dua, record video. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kaedah pertama tu, carilah tempat yang sunyi dalam rumah di mana kau jauh
dari homosapien yang lain seperti stor (ahahahha sekadar contoh ya!). Kemudian
preferably record waktu malam sebab sunyi dan orang kata bila waktu malam ni
kita tend to be more sincere (tapi berhati-hatilah kot2 ter-record bunyi benda
lain hihihihi). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay so basically dalam voice recording ni, cakap je full-on
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ceritalah pasal hari kau. Apa yang kau buat, kau makan
apa, apa yang kau rasa etc. Basically macam luahan perasaan lah. Record lah
suka hati nak panjang mana. Lepas record dengar balik recording tu. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kaedah kedua pun sama jugak. Yang bezanya kaedah kedua ni adalah video.
Bolehlah acah2 jadi youtuber yang tengah vlogging ahahahah! Salah satu
kelebihan untuk video ni, bagi yang nak baiki presentation skill, ini boleh
dikatakan macam sambil menyelam minum air lah. Polish dua2 skill sekaligus.
Skill bercakap bahasa inggeris dengan presentation skill. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dari segi penilaian, disebabkan tak ada orang lain untuk nilai prestasi
korang, korang boleh nilai prestasi korang sendiri. Caranya? Waktu korang
dengar balik recording tu, kalau rasa cringe (dalam bahasa melayunya “rasa
geli2”) atau rasa tak tahan dengar sendiri bercakap, itu maksudnya korang belum
selesa lagi. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Memang ada sesetengah orang tak biasa dengar suara sendiri. Tapi untuk
improve, adalah penting untuk korang biasakan diri. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dari segi kekerapan pulak, aku suggest buat seminggu sekali. Senang nak compare and contrast dan measure pencapaian setiap minggu. Tapi kalau korang nak record hari2 untuk tujuan praktis pun tak ada
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<span style="background: white; border: 1pt none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay so that’s it! Harapnya tips2 ni bergunalah untuk sesiapa yang nak
pandai bercakap bahasa inggeris especially untuk yang nak self-learning.
Tips-tips dekat atas ni tak semestinya perlu diikut 100% ya. Boleh ubah dan
sesuaikan ikut style masing2. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-62559465541208269952020-05-13T03:28:00.002+08:002020-07-21T02:03:11.124+08:00[Book Review] Archenemies by Marissa Meyer<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Archenemies
Marissa Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Book: Archenemies <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Series: Renegades <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Marissa Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Publishing year: 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Weirdly enough despite liking the first book and liking the
science fiction genre in general, this book actually took me 2 FREAKIN YEARS to
finish. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not even lying guys. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did not DNF this book. I actually liked it.
And this is different from DNF-ing her other book which is Heartless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Marissa Meyer is definitely one of my favourite sci-fi authors but somehow
this book took me sooooooo long to finish. I started reading this book in 2018
as soon as I finished the first book which is Renegades. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But then a lot of things happened in 2018 and I somehow did not
pay this book that much attention. I did read it almost every week but it was super
inconsistent because there was a lot of pressing matters to attend to. It was
like, I did read it but at a very very <i>very</i>
slow pace. Sometimes a chapter a day. Other times, a page a day (lol talk about
being a snail). So I decided to speed-read Archenemies in 2020 and then boom! I
made it y’all! I made it! I FREAKIN FINISHED IT! *cries bloody tears*</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate
of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian's patrol unit to
protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of villains who are
determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called
heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact
that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some
dangerous secrets of his own.</span></i></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Way the Story
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The book used third person POV which alternated
between Nova (our badass main character) and Adrian Everhart (her so-called
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terms of the mood, I felt like it had a sense of foreboding throughout the entire book mainly because Nova was still successfully disguising herself as
Insomnia, her alias as a Renegade member. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So every time I read
the book I was always on the lookout for surprises (lol) just in case she’ll be
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As for the tone of the book, it had that intense feeling to it which
complimented the whole mood of the sequel. It wasn’t as intense as thriller
novels (like some of Ramlee Awang Murshid’s books) but it was close. It was
intense <i>but</i> it wasn’t gloomy or depressing if I had to put it
into words. It was action-movie intense to be more precise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main idea of the book was actually the principles of right and wrong (which was fascinating in my opinion). This kind of theme really piqued my interest frankly speaking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay so in Archenenemies, basically the society was divided into two,
prodigies and non-prodigies. Prodigies were people with powers while
non-prodigies were those who did not possess any power. And then, among prodigies,
ada lagi sub groups which were Renegades and Anarchists (lol dah macam group
kpop ada sub2 bagai).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Renegades were superheroes while the Anarchists were labelled as
villains. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">So what intrigued me about this whole hero vs villain thing in the
book was that sometimes it wasn’t always clear what made a person a hero or
what made a person a villain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Renegades governed the society and always
thought themselves as these untouchable superheroes. They thought they were
providing a service for the country in terms of justice but that wasn’t always the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Agent N would be the perfect example. This substance was created to neutralize prodigies who
did not comply with the law. It was the equivalent of a death sentence in
Gatlon City as the substance caused the prodigies to lose their powers. The
downside of the whole thing was that there were no proper guidelines on the
usage of the substance. Basically, no SOP whatsoever which obviously led to the
substance being abused by some of these so-called “superheroes” who used it for
their own personal gain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Which brought me back to my main point, it wasn’t always clear what made
a person a hero or what made a person a villain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anarchists, on the other hand, they did not believe in the system that
the Renegades created so they intended to destroy them. Which put Nova, the
supposed villain of the Anarchists in a sticky situation since she was living
a double life as a Renegade superhero by day, and an Anarchist villain by night (more or less). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After some time I can see that the line became blurry on her part
because there were moments when she seemed to somehow enjoy (?) her life as a Renegade without realizing. But also at the
same time, unfortunately, she needed to get her act together to do what was right as a villain. What was <i>right </i>as a <i>villain</i>. Talk about oxymoron guys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, the conclusion is, just because society defines you as a villain,
that doesn’t mean that you have no rights to voice out your opinions. And just because you’re a
superhero, that doesn’t automatically make you righteous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Towards the end of the book though, I was so frustrated at everything that happened to Nova. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know that the Anarchists had this plan to take over the city and everything bla bla bla yada yada but, despite actually rooting for them to win, I felt like they were putting so much pressure on her. Even when in the end she succeeded in her mission, it felt so, I don't know, wrong? Mostly because Nova, or specifically Nightmare, was blamed for hurting Max when in fact that wasn't the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And then the ending. That god awful ending. It wasn't awful as in, the writer wrote it badly, but it was awful mainly because of everything that happened in the last few chapters made me feel like screaming. I was like "NO! ARE Y'ALL DUMB?? IT WASN'T NIGHTMARE! SHE DIDN'T STAB MAX GOD DAMN IT!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dan begitulah emosinya aku waktu baca buku tu. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">How I
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some parts of the book were a little hard for me to read through (mainly because I read it at a very slow pace and there weren't many interesting bits at the beginning) therefore I felt like
the book only got super interesting in the second half. In the second half, the conflicts arisen,
Nova’s secret was almost exposed, she finally got the helmet, the battle with
Frostbite and then the part where Max almost DIED which made him knew about Nova's real identity as an Anarchist, like a LOT happened in just a few chapters! It was intense guys. *wipes forehead*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of preference, I like the first book more though. And actually, I wanted to give a lower rating for this one but the second half of the book really compensated for the first half, so overall Archenemies was an enjoyable read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Therefore, it’s a </span>⭐⭐<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 4.5 out of 5 stars </span>⭐⭐<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for Archenemies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, I was really looking forward to reading the final instalment of the
series which is Supernova. But sadly, I left the book at college and I can’t go
back because of MCO. *cries* </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although I can still read it online, what's the point of buying the physical copy if I ended up not reading the physical copy ??? *crying intensifies*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Book: Unravel Me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Series: Shatter Me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Tahereh Mafi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Publishing Year: 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I was actually going to do a book review of the Shatter Me
series starting from the first book but I figured since I already read it up to
Unravel Me which is like the 3<sup>rd</sup> book in the series, I might as well
make a review about Unravel Me and then make a review about the first two books
later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I actually did a draft on Shatter Me but it was a little
disorganized considering that it is more of a book discussion instead of a book
review. Memang nak publish review tuh tapi takut terbagi spoiler untuk the rest
of the series sebab aku dah baca sampai buku ketiga and containing my feelings
is, unfortunately, not my area of expertise lols. (Plus I’m already aware of
the MAJOR character developments from Destroy Me so yeah. It’s kinda hard to
keep it a secret and pretend like I haven’t read any of the sequels lol.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, let’s jump to the review, shall we? :)) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Juliette has escaped to <a href="https://shatterme.fandom.com/wiki/Omega_Point" title="Omega Point"><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; padding: 0cm;">Omega
Point</span></a>. It is a place for people like
her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from
their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will
never be free from her lethal touch.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Or from <a href="https://shatterme.fandom.com/wiki/Warner" title="Warner"><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; padding: 0cm;">Warner</span></a>, who wants Juliette more than she ever
thought possible.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has
to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is
right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Credit: Shatter Me Wiki) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Way the Story was Told<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Timeline. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Voice of the Book<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The POV of the book was entirely from Juliette Ferrars’
point of view (which was awesome considering how it ended in Destroy Me when it
was told from Warner’s point of view). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for the mood of this book, it was mostly madness and
melancholy with a hint of mysteriousness. There were cheerful and humorous
moments but I’d say the book was mostly the first three mentioned. The madness
part though, wasn’t as heavy as Shatter Me but it was still pretty angsty
throughout the whole thing (and Juliette was still struggling with her inner
demons so yup. Definitely madness.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of the tone, the overall tone of the book was
ominous in my opinion. I always felt like something bad was going to happen
even when they didn’t. In other words, it kept me on the edge almost ALL the
time. Bad for my health to say the least but I did like the thrill lol!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of personality, earlier in the series Juliette
was portrayed as this scared, self-loathing girl, being abused, unloved, and
made to feel like a monster her entire life (credit: Shatter Me Wiki). However,
in this book, compared to Shatter Me, I’d say she transformed into this brave
girl that finally found her sense of belonging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She did struggle with that at
first but then as the story progressed, her relationship with the people in
Omega Point also progressed. She still hated herself sometimes but she did not
talk to walls anymore like when she was in the asylum and I’d say that was a
major improvement on her part! (Good for her!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of development and progress, let’s move on to my
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Character(s) / Character
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The number one thing I like about this book is the
character development. I’m not talking about the hero (or in this case, heroin)
though Juliette did have impressive character development in here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No. I actually want to focus on the villain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One way to determine the skill of an author, to me, is
how the author portrays the villain. I love when villains are not
one-dimensional. Villains with no drive and purpose and seem like they’re
villains just so that readers have something to hate on is kinda boring. In
other words, when villains are villains because the writer writes them as such. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of creating depth for her antagonist, I would
say Tahereh Mafi is incredible in that aspect. In the introduction of this
series which is Shatter Me, we were introduced to Warner who was, supposedly,
the big baddie that we hated almost instantly (at least I did lol).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But then in Destroy Me, the story was told from the
standpoint of Warner the antagonist which totally shifted my perspective of
him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Destroy Me, Tahereh Mafi provided a more in-depth background of
Warner’s life and childhood and his character developed further in
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Unravel Me turned out, he was not the actual big
baddie of this series. It was his father. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Warner was still the antagonist though
but he was no longer the cardboard villain like he was in the first book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Satu lagi yang aku suka about her writing style and how
she handled antagonistic characters like Aaron Warner is the fact that she wrote
his character arc realistically. Like when Juliette persuaded Warner to change
tapi dia cakap something about how changing is not easy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It makes sense. This is not like your typical high-school
villain yang boleh berubah overnight. He was an actual villain who was twisted
due to his traumatic childhood and then benda tuh bled into his adulthood. He
killed people, saw things and experienced things which made it almost, I don’t
know, comical if suddenly the next chapter dia terus berubah jadi baik. Just
because Warner started to have feelings for Juliette itu tak membuatkan dia
rasa nak jadi baik. Change is not that easy especially a HUGE one at that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I’m pretty sure this dude is gonna taubat soon though
I mean that was pretty obvious. His character arc was obvious. The redemption
arc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bila aku baca cerita nih especially during the exchanged
between Juliette dengan Warner and how Tahereh Mafi wrote the development of
their relationship so beautifully it reminded me of Kylo Ren and Rey from Star
Wars. This is EXACTLY how their relationship would be like if the people behind
Star Wars sequels weren’t such bad writers (minus Rian Johnson of course.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: inherit;">This book was highly entertaining. I love the action,
the angst, the character development, the world-building, everything! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: inherit;">Therefore, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: inherit;">⭐</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b;">⭐ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: inherit;">4.5 out of 5 stars! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b;">⭐</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b;">⭐</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the order release of the series, I should read
Fracture Me next. Hopefully, this one is just as good!</span></span></div>
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I swear I was going to do something right after I finished cooking that disastrous meal but I ended up sleeping unfortunately. Usually I would sleep (secara tidak sengaja) lepas aku habis makan sebab terlalu kenyang. Tapi nampak gayanya harinih, well, sebaliknya pulak yang jadi. Aku tertidur sebab tak kenyang bukannya sebab kenyang.<br />
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Okay to be fair, at first taste the meal wasn't <i>that </i>bad. But it wasn't that good either. It was bland to put it simple. Too bland. The only good thing about it was the seafood that I threw in. It was my first time trying this new recipe tapi entahlah nak. The taste was nowhere near anything that I've ever tasted in my whole life. And I'm not saying that it's a good thing. Dramatically speaking, I'm still recovering from the tragedy (lewls).<br />
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Honestly though if there was one thing that I would love to do if I knew that I could not fail, I definitely want to cook every existing dish in the world. I love food plus that kind of skill would be useful bila aku lapar dan craving sesuatu yang luar biasa (tu diaa hiperbola).<br />
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To relate it to my disastrous cooking story, actually I was going to cook Tom Yam. Tapi tak cukup bahan so I ended up browsing the internet for something to cook.<br />
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Basically anything. Then I came across this one recipe that I'd never tried before. Well, you already know how that one turned out.<br />
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A lot of people said it is one of the easiest recipes to cook. Not for me I guess.<br />
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*sigh in defeat*<br />
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At this point I really envy my sister. She's not a master chef herself but bila dia masak resepi baru, pertama kali cuba je dah jadi. Kalau aku, usually kena masak kali kedua or ketiga baru betul2 jadi.<br />
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Environmentally speaking, trial and error in terms of cooking nih, for me, macam a waste of resources doe. It makes me sad just thinking about all of the wasted ingredients that could've been great if I wasn't such a bad cook.<br />
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Which brings me back to my previous statement. If there was one thing that I would love to do if I knew that I could not fail, I definitely want to cook every existing dish in the world. It will save A LOT of my time as well as resources.<br />
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To think of it, "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?" is an interesting question itself. Fascinating even.<br />
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I came across that question several times before. And I heard it again in one of the events that I attended a few months ago. It was Dr. Lakeesha K. Ransom's first question to do the audience.<br />
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The input that came after the question though was surely captivating. It was mind opening in the sense that it felt like a brain teaser. A food for thought if I had to put it into words.<br />
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Honestly, what <i>will</i> you do if you knew you could not fail? What will <i>I </i>do if I knew I could not fail?<br />
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And the answer? A lot of things.<br />
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Too many dreams to count.<br />
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But then she said something. Something that got me thinking.<br />
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It went a little something like "To learn, but not to fail, is the same as not learning at all."<br />
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It's true though when you really think about it. Humans cannot live without challenges.<br />
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That is why some people are addicted to games, some are active in sports, some like to learn new languages etc. Other than the excitement and the fun of doing the things that they like, the challenges that come together with them are what make it that much more interesting.<br />
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In the context of learning, challenge itself is the essence of learning. To remove challenge is to remove the beauty of growth.<br />
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How are we supposed to measure progress without challenges? Without a few setbacks? Without failing once or twice?<br />
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Through failure we appreciate knowledge. And through failure we define our success.<br />
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But sometimes though, generally speaking, bila belajar benda baru and too many challenges present themselves on the journey, rasa macam nak give up je.<br />
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Oh well. That's life I guess. You either let yourself be pushed by these setbacks or you push through em.<br />
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p/s: I read a lot of books these past few days. It's the semester break and I have a lot of free time so I figure I sh<span style="font-family: inherit;">ould read more because, well, reading is therapeutic and I love reading. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Aku nak h<span style="font-family: inherit;">abiskan Marissa Meyer punya buku Archenemies so that I can continue reading Supernova which is the last book from the series and damnnn I'm excited! Hopefully none of my favourite characters will die like how it always happens in a</span> certain movie franchise with the word "wars" in em pfftt <span style="background-color: white;">#StillBitter</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, if y'all haven't heard of Ted Talk, well let me tell you what it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">TED talk</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> is a video created from a presentation at the main </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">TED</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> (technology, entertainment, design) conference or one of its many satellite events around the world. </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">TED talks</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> are limited to a maximum length of 18 minutes but may be on any topic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Obviously, I got that from google. Very carefully structured sentence eh? Okaylah. With my own words, Ted Talk ni sebenarnya a talk in which people share inspiring, motivational, informative as well as revolutionary stories and ideas about any topic that is worth sharing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like the tagline of Ted Talk itself, "ideas worth spreading". </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay so quoting from the TED web, basically, Ted Talks are "influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity with subtitles in 100+ languages". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So the event that I attended was TEDx UPM. Kenapa ada "x" dekat tengah tu? Well, "x" tu is actually "independently organized TED event". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">difference between TED</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">TEDx</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> events is that the former (TED) takes more of a global approach while the latter (TEDx) typically focuses on a local community that concentrates on local voices.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Actually, I started watching Ted Talks on YouTube since 1st year of university. I watched it a lot, especially during my first semester. And then I downloaded the Ted Talk app to listen to it on my phone. </span></div>
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The talks are very, very inspiring and resonate deeply with me. Ted Talks ni tak limit to only business, science technology etc like the web itself suggests. Talks regarding psychology, social change as well as personal growth pun ada. But more of that later. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, the TED event that I attended was TEDx UPM. The title itself is pretty self-explanatory though. I am a UPM student, the talk was held in UPM, hence, TEDx UPM (lol). </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Masa aku datang event tuh memang I saw a lot of familiar faces dekat situ. A lot of my classmates and former classmates were committee members. Most of them are international students so I guess that's why. Aku tau pasal benda ni pun because one of them advertised it in WhatsApp groups. Took me a few days to decide sama ada nak pergi atau tak (sebab clash dengan kelas International Business Management) but last2 aku pergi je. It was worth it though.</span></span></div>
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These were the 10 speakers that presented their ideas for the event. My top 3 favourites were Roberto Cumaraswamy, Celinne Da Costa and Dr Lakeesha K. Ransom. </div>
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There were a lot of items in the bag like this stainless steel straw and then there was a mug inside and other things as well. They gave us the black-coloured drawstring bag but I ended up buying one more bag. Bag tuh warna merah. Being an avid fan of anything red, I just couldn't resist. </div>
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I felt so inspired by Roberto's speech. Mostly because he's a marketing expert and I am currently a marketing major. He gave a lot of tips regarding the field and he emphasized a lot on collaboration. Basically, among my top three favourite speakers, he's number one. </div>
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Other than him, I did mention I liked Celinne Da Costa and Dr Lakeesha as well right? Their talks were also very inspiring and mind-opening. Especially Dr Lakeesha's. But I guess that one is for another post. </div>
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p/s: I already watched Star Wars' new movie The Rise of Skywalker. I have a LOT of things to talk about. As a fan, I have a lot of mixed emotions regarding the conclusion to the Skywalker saga. But once again, I guess that one is for another post.<br />
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A few days ago I took like, more than 5 personality quizzes to see which Myers-Briggs personality type that suits me best. Every few months or so (or once a year?) I would take online personality quizzes out of curiosity to see if ada perubahan atau tak and usually, the results are more or less the same.</div>
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I did personality quizzes before and the results selalunya bercampur. Half the time I would get an 'E' result (extrovert) while the other half I would get an I (introvert).</div>
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To be honest, I always consider myself as an ambivert though. I am always about that balance.<br />
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My result stated that "Your energy style is a blend of introversion and extraversion, and as such, you are neither a true Introvert nor a true Extravert."</div>
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Even without the personality quizzes I think deep down I already know. Different group of people from different parts of my life always have mixed reviews regarding my personality. This part would think this while the other part would think otherwise.</div>
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Like for instance, at university or during my matriculation era, people don't regard me as an introvert. Especially during matriculation, I was that hyperactive kid in class who can't seem to shut her mouth up. You can say that matriculation era was my peak energy level. I was so hyper that when I think about it aku rasa letih ahahahhaha!</div>
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At university pun. Talking to people is entertaining actually. Listening to stories is entertaining. I don't think I have trouble in that area.<br />
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So which am I? An introvert? Or an extrovert? Well, at this point (like I previously stated) you probably already know that I'm an ambivert.<br />
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You know... Sometimes not everything is black and white. They say seeing is believing but there is more than meets the eye, yeah?<br />
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Like Star Wars. (Sorry for geeking out but I can't help myself.)</div>
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If you ever watch Star Wars you probably would notice how this whole black-and-white and dark-and-light thing play a vital part in the plot. The whole series is basically a huge philosophical discussion of what is right and what is wrong.</div>
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In Star Wars, basically, the lead girl Rey is this perfect portrayal of a heroine in which she is all about justice, hope and righteousness.<br />
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But at the same time, she's also struggling with her inner darkness.</div>
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Basically in The Last Jedi you can see a few scenes in which she shows that she is intrigued and attracted to the dark side. Especially that scene where she jumps into the ocean. </div>
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And then there's Kylo Ren. The antagonist.<br />
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He's a villain. He does a lot of bad things including torturing and killing just to name a few. He also has anger management issues as well as a thirst for power. Tapi at the same time, he's attracted to the light side.</div>
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Star Wars nih banyak gunakan metaphor and heavy use of symbolisms which I think is beautiful. Good people can be bad. Bad people can be good. Humans are always a mixture of both. It depends on the path you act on. That's who you truly are. (Pergh... tuh dah cerita Harry Potter dah tu. Ayat Sirius Black 😂).</div>
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Kalau in everyday life pulak, tak payah pergi jauh-jauh. Tengok diri sendiri dah cukup.</div>
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You are the hero in some people's story. You are also the villain in some people's story. Ada orang yang senang dengan kau. Ada orang yang tak suka dengan cara kau. You're the good person. You're also the bad person. </div>
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So which one are you? Good or bad?<br />
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Well you're probably both.<br />
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Some people acknowledge your good side. Some only see your bad side. But are they wrong? </div>
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Nope. They're probably not. You are both good and bad. You probably did some significantly bad things. You also probably did some significantly good things.</div>
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So you're probably not a bad person considering your good deeds.<br />
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But you're not entirely a good person either considering your bad deeds. So what are you? </div>
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Well, all I can say is that you're human.</div>
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Humans are, to me, a mixture of bad and good. Always. Cumanya at times, one of these traits is more dominant than the other. Assuming you don't have any personality disorders, dominant trait tu you can control. </div>
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So basically, I am human.<br />
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I am a good person in someone's story. I am also a bad person in someone's story. Two sides of the same coin.</div>
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Bottomline, see yourself as who you truly are. Embrace your flaws. Be comfortable in your own skin. At the same time, strive to be better. And carry on.<br />
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p/s: Benda sama yang buat aku down my entire sem 4, happened again this semester. Kecewa is an understatement. But it's okay. I'll make it through.</div>
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p/ss: Had a cleaning spree today. Wiping out dirt and organizing felt good. I've been wanting to sort out all those things since forever. Well, decluttering is fun plus its very therapeutic. Outer order contributes to inner calm they say. </div>
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p/sss: I really, really, reaaalllyyy miss being an active blogger macam masa zaman sekolah dulu. Might start blogwalking again. We shall see. We shall seeeeeeee (quoting Supreme Leader Snoke from Star Wars).<br />
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It's like what? Almost 3am in the morning? And I'm like what? Not sleeping? I guess this is how I party during the holiday. By sleeping very late and then sakit kepala pada keesokan harinya. Biasanyalah aku akan sakit kepala tapi so far semua baik2 je.<br />
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Aku harap berterusanlah begini. Tak sakit kepala walaupun tidur lambat.<br />
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Actually tak adalah sepanjang cuti aku tidur lambat. Adalah dalam sekali dua. </div>
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Tapi tak apalah. I really need this rest. Kem harituh memang rabak jugak mental dan fizikal. So far itu antara kem yang paling menguji daya tahan kardiovaskular aku (lol). Despite the hardship, it was also an eye-opening experience so it wasn't all bad. Letih memang letih. Rabak memang rabak. But when I remember all the funny things that happened during the camp, I can't help but smile. The time spent together with my friends while carrying out our tanggungjawab as ajk, it was fun. Seriously.</div>
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Lol me and my love-hate relationship with unit uniform. I can never decide which feeling is more dominant. My hate towards it. Or the growing affection. </div>
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Guess I can decide on that later.<br />
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The camp ended on Thursday afternoon but aku balik Jumaat malam sebab unit aku banyak lagi benda tak settle hari Khamis tu. Hari Jumaat waktu tengah hari baru semua benda settle. Maka, pada hari Jumaat yang indah itu, tinggallah aku sorang2 dekat aras aku so I decided to take a little walk. </div>
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Aku jalan kaki sampai ke bus stop depan PFC. Lama jugak aku tunggu bas sebab tak ramai students yang tinggal. Cuti sem dah start since a week ago tapi disebabkan kem so we had to stay. But at that time budak degree memang kebanyakan dah balik, kadet pun kebanyakan dah balik, and well, yang tinggal mostly cuma budak-budak asasi, master dan juga staf2 UPM who only took up about 30% of UPM's population. </div>
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It was weird, with hardly anybody around. But peaceful nonetheless.<br />
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Disebabkan tak ramai pelajar so bas tuh pusing satu UPM including serumpun so perjalanan memang agak lama sikit to complete one whole trip. I did not mind though. It was what I was hoping for anyway. </div>
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I like riding the bus with no actual purpose oddly enough. Reminds me of my 3rd semester. I used to do it a lot. Riding the bus tanpa hala tuju. Just masuk mana-mana bus and pusing satu UPM.<br />
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Riding the bus alone helped me think back then. It was therapeutic in a weird way.<br />
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Tapi macam yang aku cakaplah. Aku dah lama tak buat macam tuh. Adalah sekali dua aku buat masa sem 4 tapi tak sekerap sem 3. Because sem 4 aku buat benda lain pulak. Aku jalan kaki pusing satu area kolej lembah. </div>
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Jalan kaki dari KC sampai ke Astaka Seni. Then teruskan langkah ke arah PFC and balik KC guna jalan belakang through K5 and K6. Selalunya aku tak bawak apa-apa other than my phone and earphone. And adalah bawak RM2 sekali dalam poket kot tiba2 rasa haus and rasa nak beli air dekat vending machine.</div>
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Ada satu time tuh, aku jalan lama gila, lupa ada member nak singgah bilik. Dia dah sampai dekat bilik aku. Pastu dia tanya aku pergi mana. Aku pun explainlah. Then dia kata "Ohhh macam tuh eh? Patutlah kurus!" Aku berdekah jelah dengar. </div>
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But actually aku lagi suka naik bas sebenarnya. Sebab lagi jauh boleh travel di samping ada air cond hehehe. So that was what I did.<br />
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My last day of my 2nd year of degree, I took the bus for the sake of sight-seeing. What can I say? I love cheap thrills. </div>
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Sepanjang perjalanan tuh, sambil mata melihat pemandangan and enjoying the green scenery of UPM, I did a lot of thinking. Like a reflection session for all the things that happened during my 2nd year of degree.<br />
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A lot happened this academic year. It was really a roller-coaster ride. I learnt so much, gained a lot of experience, made a lot of new friends and also had the opportunity to strengthen existing friendships. </div>
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To put it simple, banyak pengalaman yang mematangkan. Dan banyak benda yang aku belajar. Terutamanya dari kesilapan. Some things made me happy. While some, lets just say some of it were lessons that I will carry for a lifetime. </div>
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My academic for instance. It went on a downward spiral this year and sad was definitely not enough to describe what I felt. I kicked start semester 4 with a poor result from the previous semester and it kinda set the tone for the whole sem. All the time I felt like I could've done better. </div>
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Other than academic, there was that issue that was bugging me the whole semester.<br />
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<i>That</i> got me feeling like an idiot. I felt pathetic.<br />
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Almost all the time. And bila aku rasa yang masalah aku tu macam remeh, lagilah aku rasa pathetic. Like, it was remeh kan so why was I thinking about it too much? Banyak lagi benda yang lebih produktif yang boleh dibuat with my life but instead, I subconsciously decided that dwelling in self-pity was the best course of action.<br />
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And also, one of the few regrets that I have regarding my 2nd year of degree is the fact that, I may pushed a few people away from me, unintentionally. I was preoccupied almost all the time that I ended up spending less of my time with a few people. Other than that, I may, a couple of times, ignored certain people. I mean, not entirely ignoring them, but, not acting the same around them... as before.</div>
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Like, this one friend, dia cuba untuk bercakap dengan aku, tapi perbualan selalu tak serancak dulu. And a couple of times memang aku yang selalu ignore dia because the weird tension in the air was killing me. But I swear it wasn't intentional. I did it almost out of reflex. It did not help the fact that he was my classmate.<br />
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He was a genuinely nice person but he was confusing sometimes. And I was a mess all the time. Aku tengah serabut and the whole semester my feelings were messed up. The timing was just...<br />
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It really wasn't fair on his part though. Tapi nak minta maaf pun aku tak tau nak mukadimah macam mana.<br />
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I really regret it a lot. If only I was mature enough to handle such situation. Aku rasa dia pun sedar aku macam dah lain because he kept a safe distance. Tegur tuh tegur jugak but like I said, it wasn't like before.</div>
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A lot of things weren't like before anyway. A lot of aspects in my life have changed in the course of what? One year?</div>
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Honestly I wish I could fix things but I guess it's kinda late already. </div>
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However, if you could recall, previously I did say that some things did make me happy. It wasn't all bad. There were good times too.</div>
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I know I said that aku menyesal pegang tanggungjawab and being involved with these persatuan, unit uniform, events and all that. But bila aku fikir balik, mostly, I only remember the good things.<br />
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I was too caught up in the workload and I was stressed out. But now when there are no longer jobs to be done, I kinda miss it? Not the work of course. I mean the inbetweens. The moments in between moments. The small things. The pre-meeting small talks. The laughter, the bawang sessions, the fun, the joy.<br />
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Paling penting sekali, the friendship.<br />
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Yup. It wasn't all bad.<br />
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On the bright side, there are a few things that I've learnt throughout my 3rd and 4th semester though.<br />
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One of the things include the fact that you can't just ignore people and walk away like nothing happened. The people that you've ignored, they deserve an explanation. Especially when they are not clear on why they are being ignored.<br />
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And that is exactly what I'm doing.<br />
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p/s: Had a little meet up with my group of childhood friends yesterday. It felt good to see familiar faces after quite some time.<br />
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Alhamdulillah waktu SPM dapatlah B+. (Lol acah macam A+).<br />
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But that's not the point.<br />
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Point is, what is it about failure that makes me people reject the idea so much and avoid it at all cost almost 100% of the time? Pada pendapat aku, failure is terrifying not because of failing itself. But the consequences that you have to face and endure afterwards. That's the sucky thing about failing.<br />
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The consequences.<br />
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Like, for instance, kau gagal dapat pointer yang gempak setiap sem, akibat dia ialah, kalau kau amek ptptn, kau kena bayar balik dan tak boleh ubah jadi scholarship sebab result tak mencapai. Akibat lain, maybe kalau parents yang jenis pushy, kau akan rasa stress dengar dorang bebel dan banding-bandingkan kau dengan anak orang lain. Then, mungkin jugak, kalau ada paper yang gagal, kau kena repeat paper meaning kena keluarkan duit lagi. Lepas tu kalau kawan-kawan kau semua berjaya grad on time with flying colours tinggalkan kau sorang-sorang mereput, maybe kau akan rasa rendah diri dan mengalami gangguan emosi.<br />
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Failing nih kalau tak ada akibat mesti semua orang hidup gembira je.<br />
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Contoh benda yang tak ada akibat dan impak yang mendalam adalah shopping barang-barang yang tak perlu.<br />
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Kalau kau beli, kau dapat teruskan hidup. Kalau kau tak beli, pun kau dapat teruskan hidup. Pendek kata, tak ada effect.<br />
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Unless benda yang kau nak beli tu adalah tangki oksigen. Then again, itu dah masuk kategori barang perlu bukan barang tak perlu so I guess that doesn't count.<br />
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Bak kata Yoda, "The greatest teacher, failure is."<br />
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Ramai kata kalau kita tak pernah rasa pahitnya kegagalan kita tak akan hargai manisnya kejayaan. Aku rasa bukannya sampai tak menghargai langsung. Instead bagi aku dia macam, kalau banyak jatuh dalam perjalanan, bila dah sampai puncak tu dia lebih istimewa. Something like that lah.<br />
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Tapi tu lah. Macam yang aku cakap tadi.<br />
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Failing itself is not the problem. The problem is akibat yang akan muncul selepas kau dah gagal.<br />
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Gagal itu. Gagal ini. Katanya kalau sekali gagal, bukannya gagal selama-lamanya.<br />
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Tapi malulah kan kalau gagal? Lagi-lagi bila ada sesetengah orang dah letak harapan tinggi dekat kau tapi in the end kau menghampakan dorang.<br />
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Macam Kylo Ren yang kononnya menghampakan Leia Organa dengan Han Solo dengan menjadi anak derhaka tapi sebenarnya dorang tak tahu di sebalik kejahatan Kylo Ren tuh orang awal yang fuel dia punya semangat sisi gelap tuh sebenarnya pak cik saudara dia sendiri iaitu Luke Skywalker. Sampai Han Solo tuh mati lah dia tak tahu yang adik ipar dia salah satu sebab anak dia boleh jadi jahat.<br />
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Hah ko. Sampai ke Star Wars perginya.<br />
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Tapi betul. The Last Jedi punya tema harituh banyak berkait dengan kegagalan. Segala-galanya GAGAL. Macam kena pulak tema cerita tu dengan mood aku sekarang.<br />
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Walaupun The Last Jedi banyak mix reviews daripada fans, tapi bagi aku cerita tuh tetap gempak (minus the oddly misplaced jokes lah). Waktu first month of release, sampai 5 kali aku tengok The Last Jedi. Memang gila!<br />
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Tengok banyak kali pun mostly sebab aku nak tengok ship aku iaitu Kylo Ren dengan Rey kahkah! Aku kalau bab-bab forbidden ship nih memang aku suka.<br />
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Dari zaman Harry Potter lagi aku suka ship perempuan baik dengan lelaki jahat.<br />
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*cough* Draco and Hermione *cough*.<br />
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Cliche bunyinya but I like the idea of the good girl slapping some sense into the bad guy dan menjadi penyebab bad guy nih jadi baik semula.<br />
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Adalah jugak yang kata Kylo Ren dengan Rey nih relationship dorang abusive (emotionally) so tak boleh ship lah apalah tapi bagi aku, aku tak kisah. Pertama, dorang nih fiction je. (C'mon doe why so serious. Bukannya dorang real pun.) Kedua, dalam movie harituh memanglah ada part-part yang mempunyai sensual undertones especially waktu force bond session dorang tapi dorang still tak declare yang dorang suka antara satu sama lain so tang mana yang abusive relationship nya kalau dorang tak ada apa-apa relationship kahkah!<br />
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Just aku harap untuk next Star Wars movie tolonglah Kylo Ren tuh jadi baik semula. Dia ni nak kata baik, dia bunuh ayah dia sendiri. Tapi nak cakap jahat, lepas dia bunuh Han Solo dia jadi makin emo dan tak stabil. Lagi pun dia bunuh bapak dia atas arahan orang lain. Haih... Kecelaruan yang mencelarukan.<br />
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Apa-apa pun, aku harap ship aku menjadi je ahahahah! Kalau tak menjadi memang sedihlah. Aku tak sangka dah dua tahun aku ship dorang. Sejak zaman lepas The Force Awakens.<br />
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*guna megaphone* ULANG SUARA AKU SUKA KENENG-KENENGKAN PEREMPUAN BAIK DENGAN LELAKI JAHAT.<br />
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Ada satu quote yang kata, you attract what you fear. So if your fear is failure, it will come to you eventually. Tapi macam yang aku cerita awal-awal tadi, waktu aku tak takut kegagalan, time tuh lah jugak kegagalan tuh datang.<br />
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Jadi sebenarnya dekat sini, kau takut ke tak takut ke, kegagalan tuh somehow akan pergi jugak dekat kau.<br />
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Hidup nih memang tak akan lari daripada kegagalan. Tipulah kalau semua benda yang orang buat semua terus berjaya. Mesti ada ups and downs punya sebab manusia tak sempurna. Tapi tu lah. Yang membezakan adalah mind set kau tentang kegagalan tuh sendiri. Sama ada kuat semangat nak bangkit semula lepas jatuh, ataupun nak kekal terbaring je sebab dah tak berdaya.<br />
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Actually kalau nak move on ni, mula-mula kau kena come to terms dulu with your failures. Bila kita dah boleh terima yang kita nih tak sempurna, lagi senang nak mengorak langkah seterusnya.<br />
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But the thing is, sesetengah orang tend to be very hard on themselves. Asal gagal sikit je mesti nak beat themselves up. Bukan beat as in beat physically (I mean, how is that even possible?).<br />
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Beat maksud aku dari segi criticize diri sendiri.<br />
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Condemn diri sendiri. And then secara tak langsung perbuatan dorang nih membuatkan dorang lower their own self-esteem.<br />
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Dulu waktu zaman sekolah ada sorang cikgu aku nih selalu cakap kalau rasa diri tuh malas, bla bla bla and segala benda negatif, kita kena marah diri sendiri. Cakaplah benda-benda macam "Kenapa kau macam ni?" "Kau nak berjaya kan? Tapi kenapa kau pemalas sangat?" "Kau dahlah tak pandai. Pemalas pulak tuh." Something like that lah.<br />
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But bagi aku, bukan sepanjang masa kita boleh condemn diri kita macam tuh.<br />
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In the end, positivity always out rule negativity. Instead of marah diri sendiri, kita kena pick ourselves up in the kindest way possible.<br />
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Give yourself positive reinforcements like "You'll improve." "You'll do better next time." "You will change." "You are worthy of success." etc.<br />
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Because honestly speaking if no one is kind to you at your lowest, then maybe you're the one who should be kind to yourself.<br />
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They say if you're nothing without it, then you shouldn't have it.</div>
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Okay. Honestly, it wasn't a "they". More like a question of "who". <span style="text-align: center;">The person who said that was Iron Man. (I got that from Spiderman Homecoming.)</span><br />
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Actually sebelum nih aku pernah jumpa benda yang lebih kurang macam tuh. Tapi itu Captain America punya quote. Then again, aku pun tak sure itu memang betul something yang dia cakap or just caption yang dicipta oleh fans dekat Tumblr.<br />
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It goes a little something like, kalau benda tuh kita boleh pakai (he was referring to his mask), means we should be able to take it off.<br />
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When I read the quote, my interpretation was deeper than the literal meaning. Actually, if you really think about it, quote tuh boleh jadi umum.<br />
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Ceritanya semalam aku baru je tengok balik The Mask (1994). Lol memang throwback gila lah. Bertahun tak tengok tiba-tiba tengok pulak. Kalau tak disebabkan movie recommendation dekat YouTube, memang aku tak terfikir pun nak tengok cerita nih.<br />
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Nak dijadikan cerita, mamat nih loser habis. Long story short, dia jumpa topeng muka kaler hijau dekat dalam tasik (?). Topeng tuh magic. Bila dia pakai topeng tuh, dia berubah karakter.<br />
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Dia jadi orang yang sangat berkeyakinan. Dia kata bila dia pakai topeng tu dia rasa dia boleh buat apa-apa je. So kiranya macam dia lebih suka diri dia bila pakai topeng daripada diri dia yang sebenarnya iaitu seorang loser.<br />
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Mula-mula orang tak tahu pun mamat topeng hijau tuh dia. Tapi lama-lama ketahuan jugaklah kahkah.<br />
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Itu yang buatkan aku teringat dekat apa yang Tony Stark cakap. If you're nothing without it, you shouldn't even have it.<br />
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Ada betulnya jugak.<br />
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I mean, dalam Spiderman pun si Peter Parker nih kan stok-stok loser jugak.<br />
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Bila dia pakai suit yang Tony Stark tuh kasi dia nampak hebat. Actually dia memang hebat lepas dah kena gigit dengan labah-labah but dia rasa dia lagi awesome bila dah lengkap dengan suit tuh semua.<br />
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Mengingatkan aku dekat Hannah Montana. Kan sebenarnya Hannah Montana nih persona yang dicipta oleh Miley Stewart. Tapi lama-lama macam dia lebih suka jadi Hannah daripada jadi diri dia sendiri.<br />
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Kalau dalam series, ada satu episode je dia sentuh bab nih. Tapi dalam Hannah Montana The Movie, benda ni lah yang dijadikan konflik untuk menggerakkan cerita.<br />
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Dalam movie, Miley dah tak boleh balance antara life as Miley Stewart iaitu seorang pelajar sekolah yang biasa-biasa je, dengan life dia sebagai Hannah Montana, a famous singer.<br />
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Persamaan antara Hannah Montana, The Mask dengan Spiderman, dorang ni semuanya adalah persona yang tuan punya badan create.<br />
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Miley create Hannah sebab dia nak jadi penyanyi but at the same time tak reveal identiti dia yang sebenar. Stanley Ipkiss pulak jadi The Mask sebab obviously dia nak jadi gempak. Peter Parker jadi Spiderman sebab nak selamatkan dunia.<br />
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They create these personas sebagai medium untuk jadi something yang dorang tak boleh jadi dalam kehidupan normal dorang.<br />
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Everything is okay and all until these personas start to take over their lives. I mean their real actual lives.<br />
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Entahlah bagi aku lama-lama apa yang dorang buat nih boleh menyebabkan kecelaruan identiti jugak sebab kalau makin lama kita makin suka dekat persona kita yang lain, macam mana pulak dengan identiti sebenar kita? Are we gonna start abandoning that? Pursuing our dreams is a good thing but isn't being true to ourselves equally important?<br />
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Aku pulak yang pening kepala memikirkan ahahhahaha!<br />
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Moral of the story, kalau nak jadi apa-apa, tak payah nak create identiti lain. Jadi jelah diri sendiri. Senang hidup lol.<br />
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p/s: Lagi dua bulan sebelum buku Harry Potter baru akan di-release.<br />
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Buku yang 20th anniversary edition tuh pun tak beli lagi. Actually harituh memang nak beli tapi firasat aku kuat mengatakan yang aku patut beli buku lain. So aku pun belilah buku lain kahkah!<br />
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Not turning back time though (I mean, that's kinda risky, no?). I just want to control it.<br />
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Controlling as in stopping the time, slowing it down, speeding it up whenever I want to. I feel like I could get a lot of work done that way.<br />
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Aku jumpa dekat Tumblr, "If you have the ability to stop time, what will you do?". Ada orang jawab "Go back to sleep."<br />
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That person and I should be best friends. Seriously.<br />
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Kalau aku ada kuasa untuk stop waktu pun aku akan sambung tidur. Aku rasa ability ni sangat berguna lagi-lagi bila lecturer yang membosankan ajar kuliah. Mata dah berat tapi pada masa yang sama nak fokus dengar apa yang dia cakap so I'll stop the time and tidurlah sekejap. Lepas bangun tidur it's not like I'm gonna miss the whole lecture right? It's like nothing even happen and no one, I repeat, NO ONE, not even the lecturer is gonna realize what actually happens. Waktu akan bergerak seperti biasa selepas aku bangun. No harm done yeah? Sounds fun.<br />
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Homework pulak boleh habis semua.<br />
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Tak payah risau tak cukup masa because you literally have all the time in the world. Then masa yang terluang tuh bolehlah digunakan dengan berehat. Tapi kalau rehat banyak sangat pun bosan jugak. Okaylah. Pembetulan. Dengan masa yang terluang tuh bolehlah buat benda lain yang lebih menarik selain berehat.<br />
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Kalau aku... maybe aku habiskan masa dengan baca novel kot. Betapa banyaknya novel aku boleh baca dalam masa satu hari kalau macam tuh. My TBR pile makin menggunung since 2015 dan tak surut-surut. Lagi bertambah adalah. Mana taknya. Nampak je buku menarik, semua nak kaut. That's why I'm on a book-buying ban right now. Maybe sampai bulan depan. Tengoklah macam mana.<br />
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Selain baca semua novel-novel menarik yang ada dekat rak buku, aku jugak nak habiskan banyak masa dekat wayang (ahahahah!). And then sambung jalan-jalan dekat shopping mall.<br />
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Atau buat cleaning spree untuk bilik especially closet aku memandangkan benda tu dah penuh dengan baju-baju yang aku tak pakai. Baju zaman sekolah pun ada lagi ha padahal dah lama dah tinggalkan sekolah. And then selain tu maybe pergi berenang ke atau tengok tv.<br />
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Pendek kata, macam-macam aku boleh buat kalau aku boleh berhentikan masa.<br />
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Oh well. Impian hanya tinggal angan-angan.<br />
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Off topic, harinih mak masak lauk sotong hitam. Dah lama tak makan benda tu. Sedap gila. Perut masih kembung ni.<br />
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p/s: GD buat solo comeback setelah 4 tahun. The album is damn nice bhai. But aku still rasa macam aku lagi suka album One Of A Kind. That album was legendary *_*<br />
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Serabut jugaklah kepala nih memikirkan.<br />
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Mainly because aku daripada aliran sains dan aku betul-betul tekad gila nak tukar ke akaun. Alasan? Of courselah sebab aku tak minat sains.<br />
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Aku dok google macam-macam pun sebab aku nak rasa secure. Nak rasa selamat bila dah tukar jurusan tuh. Nak prepare segala apa yang patut dari segi mental dan fizikal.<br />
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Waktu nih bagi aku boleh diklasifikasikan sebagai dugaan fasa satu. Dugaan sebab apa? Dugaan sebab time nih lah aku mula persoalkan apa yang aku buat nih betul ke tak.<br />
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Bagi orang yang tukar aliran nih korang prepare lah dari segi mental ya. Persetankan apa yang orang lain cakap.<br />
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Yang ini aku classify kan sebagai dugaan fasa dua.<br />
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Mula-mula masa tukar jurusan tuh memang semangatlah nak belajar benda baru. And then baru beberapa hari berlalu aku dah mula rasa bebanannya.<br />
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Aku dahlah slow learner and masa first week tuh baru aku faham kenapa sesetengah orang tak boleh catch up dengan life matriculation. Pembelajaran sangat laju. Seminggu boleh habis dalam 3 bab sekaligus. And kalau tak silap aku, asasi pun macam nih jugak. Yelah. Matrik dengan asasi nih kan fast track ke degree.<br />
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Kalau dah namanya fast track, memanglah semua benda macam bullet train sebab nak habiskan syllabus dalam setahun.<br />
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Aku tak rasa menyesal pun tukar course despite the culture shock matric life had gave me (kahkahkah!). Sebab bayangkan kalau aku tak tukar course, aku rasa I'm gonna do worse sebab tak minat apa yang aku belajar.<br />
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Tapi seriously speaking memang peritlah pengalaman belajar akaun as a beginner. Sebab aku tak ada basic. Dalam kuliah memang terkial-kial gila and panic attack every now and then especially bila lecturer tiba-tiba buat pop kuiz atau tiba-tiba attack student "Hah awak! Apa jawapan bagi sekian sekian sekian" "dan sekian sekian sekian".<br />
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Betapa stress nya aku duduk dalam dewan kuliah. In the end paling aku suka tetap kelas tutorial. Dekat sinilah aku boleh tunjukkan kebodohan aku sebagai pelajar tak ada basic (kahkahkah!). Pening lecturer yang ajar aku tuh.<br />
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Tapi memang sayang gilalah aku dekat dia. Dalam banyak-banyak lecturer, bagi aku dia paling penyabar sekali. Dia ajar aku step by step. Dari A sampai Z. And dia layankan je soalan merapu aku walaupun budak-budak lain dah gelak-gelak sebab maybe soalan aku di luar kotak sangat dan tak tercapai akal normal seorang manusia.<br />
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Subject utama aliran perakaunan ialah, akaun, ekonomi, matematik dan perniagaan.<br />
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Akaun - kalau tak ada basic tuh kena pandai-pandai cari masa untuk belajar sendiri especially kalau jenis lambat catch up (like me, because matric life waits for no one. #menangissendu).<br />
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Ekonomi - ini kena banyak faham konsep dan buat analisis graf.<br />
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Matematik - subjek nih memang dah sedia maklum susah so kena buat banyak latihan lah ya.<br />
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Pengurusan Perniagaan - subjek yang sangat menarik tapi kalau dapat lecturer yang mempunyai bakat untuk tidurkan orang barangkali akan hilang tarikannya di situ. Business nih sebenarnya macam Sejarah (untuk sem satu lahh). Kalau semester dua business banyak kira-kira so mata aku lagi celik huhu.<br />
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Kalau nak diikutkan ranking yang aku buat untuk diri sendiri, bagi aku subjek yang paling susah nak faham ialah akaun (sebab aku slow learner). Tapi akaun adalah yang paling senang nak skor.<br />
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Subjek yang paling senang nak faham pulak ialah business. Tapi berdasarkan result keseluruhan semester satu (aliran perakaunan) yang matrik aku dapat, business paling susah nak skor. Killer section untuk business nih sebenarnya bahagian esei. So kena usaha lebih untuk esei.<br />
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Setiap subjek ada assignment so yeah. Tabahkan hati. Kuatkan iman.<br />
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Carry mark adalah 30%. Dulu, carry mark atau nama lainnya markah untuk penilaian berterusan adalah 20% tapi dah jadi 30% sekarang.<br />
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Kalau pasal buku-buku latihan yang akan digunakan, actually beli dekat matriks je. Beli dekat lecturer. Kalau buku rujukan bolehlah beli dekat luar tapi tak sama sangat dengan syllabus matrik. </div><div><br /></div><div>Akaun untuk first sem boleh beli buku rujukan luar tapi kalau untuk second sem aku tak pernah jumpa buku rujukan luar. Math, business dengan eko pun sama. Buku rujukan memang ada dekat luar tapi tak sama sangat. Pada kebiasaannya memang kitorang rujuk nota kuliah. </div><div><br /></div><div>Jangan risau. Nampak macam tak cukup bahan kan untuk belajar? Tapi percayalah. Nota kuliah yang korang akan dapat nanti time matrik akan lebih daripada cukup. Sebab apa? Sebab dekat matrik ni pensyarah memang akan drill students dengan banyak gila latihan sampai tiada ruang untuk bernafas. </div><div><br /></div><div>Bukan auta malah fakta. <br />
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Business dengan Ekonomi guna Bahasa Melayu. Account dengan Math guna Bahasa Inggeris. <br />
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Math yang dibelajar dekat matrik adalah math add math. Bukan modern math. Masa zaman sekolah memang add math lah killer subject tapi bila masuk matrik, bagi aku killer subject adalah ekonomi *sigh*. Masa sekolah memang rasa susah gila nak mati add math tapi bila masuk matrik dia jadi senang.<br />
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Tak adalah senang sangat macam ABC. Adalah bahagian-bahagiannya yang susah tapi tak sesusah add math zaman sekolah.<br />
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Pada pendapat aku, dia jadi lebih senang sebab kita belajar benda tuh buat kali kedua. Dia buatkan add math zaman sekolah nampak sangat remeh dan buatkan aku rasa macam "eh apahal benda macam nih aku tak boleh faham dulu?" </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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Paling penting kena pandai catch up. Dulu aku dapat asasi tapi aku tolak. Bukan sebab asasi tak bagus ke apa. Aku tolak sebab kewangan sebenarnya sebab tempat asasi yang aku dapat tu mahal gila. <br />
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Bagi aku soalan 'Matrik atau Asasi?' nih terlalu general. Tak boleh nilai mana satu yang lagi okay sebab semuanya kena ikut orang. Kalau ada peluang untuk cuba matrik dulu, cubalah dulu.<br />
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Kadang-kadang kan offer ada yang lambat dapat. Offer matrik yang dapat dulu. So try jelah. Kalau tak ngam, bolehlah blah awal-awal (kahkahkah!). (Jangan risau. Ramai yang buat macam nih dekat matrik dulu. Budak kuliah aku pun ada. Kira macam trial and error lah.)<br />
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Ada orang tak boleh ngam dengan life matrik (sebab matrik nih macam boarding school tapi peringkat lepasan sekolah menengah) in which dari segi pakaian ada dress code and then kalau nak keluar jalan pun ada peraturan, ada curfew etc.<br />
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And then ada pulak orang yang pilih matrik atas dasar kewangan. Matrik dapat elaun setiap bulan. Maybe family dia susah so thats why dia pilih matrik.<br />
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Bagi aku faktor-faktor gitu pun amek kira jugak. Macam sesetengah orang dia anggap diploma amek masa lama sangat and dia tak nak guna banyak duit so dia pilih matrik dengan asasi. Ada orang pulak, maybe kewangan bukan masalah. Tapi dia jenis lambat catch up so dia pilih diploma sebab biar lambat asal selamat.<br />
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Thats why aku cakap benda nih semua ikut orang sebenarnya. Tak boleh nak generalize. Kalau aku nak generalize pun, aku akan cakap yang matrik dengan asasi laju, diploma lambat. Tu je.<br />
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Apa-apa pun buat keputusan ikut hati sendiri. Terima pendapat orang lain pada masa yang sama ambil berat pasal kehendak sendiri. Sebab yang akan mereput dekat tempat belajar tuh bukan orang lain.<br />
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<b><u>Hala Tuju Selepas Matrik</u></b></div>
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Dapat je result final exam, tunggu result UPU. Sama je macam dapat keputusan SPM, and then kena tunggu result UPU. Tengok dapat tak universiti yang di apply etc.<br />
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For now aku tengah tunggu result final harituh. Lepasan diploma dengan matrik semua sama je. Kena tunggu result final and then tunggu result UPU.<br />
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Kalau kos perakaunan, masa mohon UPU tu, bolehlah apply bidang-bidang lain selain perakaunan. Option tak limited to accountancy je. Asalkan bukan apply sains sebab kalau matrik dari kos perakaunan memang takkan dapat sambung degree ke sains. Aku rasa memang tak pernah dibuat orang. Siapa yang nekad amek akaun zaman matrik memang takkan terpikir pun nak apply jurusan sains.<br />
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Contohnya aku (kahkahkah)...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Degree Yang Boleh Di Apply Bagi Lepasan Matrik Perakaunan</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Banyak. Sangat banyak. Antaranya ialah: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Account (of course!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Business (Marketing, International Business, etc)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Banking</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Economy</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Finance (Islamic Finance, Investment Analysis, etc)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Language </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Law </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Pendidikan </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Quantity Survey </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ini baru sikit tau. Nak ikutkan lagi banyak sebenarnya. Dia macam ni, asalkan degree tu bukan yg heavy on science or science related macam engineering or medic, semua okay je. Semua onz.</div>
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Kalau dah rasa tak boleh bawak sains dan nak tukar ke aliran perakaunan, dipersilakan. Jangan paksa diri terima benda yang kau tak boleh bawak.<br />
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Satulah aku nak cakap. Struggle untuk benda yang kau minat nih dengan struggle benda yang kau tak suka memang lain rasa dia.<br />
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Kisah apa tak ada basic? Nanti dah belajar, pandai-pandailah polish skill. Lecturer ada. Kawan-kawan ada. Kata Michael Jackson "You are not alone..." (lol).<br />
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Aku zaman baru tukar aliran tu memang struggle. Sebab aku bukan fast-learner jujur aku cakap. Aku tak boleh terima a huge chunk of information sekaligus. Kena cut them into small pieces dan hadam satu-satu.<br />
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Dalam kelas aku ada lima orang yang tak ada basic termasuk aku dan aku sorang je yang slow. So I think it goes without saying that accountancy is actually a lot easier to digest compred to science sebab kalau tak mesti dorang semua pun terkedek-kedek gak (kekeke).<br />
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Account masalah dia bukan kira-kira sebenarnya. Nombor-nombor yang dia kasi tak adalah gempak. Dia banyak understanding of concept dan hafal penyata. Contohnya macam topik pelarasan, dia nak test sama ada kita paham tak duit tu keluar atau duit tu sebenarnya masuk. Gitu..<br />
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Subjek akaun tak susah nak dapat A macam yang aku cakap sebelum nih. Dia susah nak faham je. Tips nak dapat A untuk akaun sama je dengan tips nak dapat A untuk subjek yang lain. Buat banyak latihan. Rajin jumpa pensyarah. Tanya kawan-kawan. Buat review sebelum study. You know. Benda-benda basic macam tu. Nothing new. Cuma bergantung pada diri sendiri je lah sama ada semangat kuat ke tak nak amalkan benda-benda basic nih setiap hari.<br />
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Anyways, I think that's it. Kesimpulannya, life dekat matrik memang ada ups and downs mostly dari segi mental. But then again, that's pretty much how life works.<br />
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Aku anggap matrik nih tempat aku untuk prepare for whats really out there. But generally, my life at matric was okay. Friends were nice. Some lecturers really helped me a lot. Paling penting sekali tak ada assembly setiap hari macam sekolah kahkahkah!<br />
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Most of the time, I find "be yourself" always have other subtle meaning. People would tell other people to be themselves, but actually what they mean is for them to be themselves but not quite themselves. "Be themselves" at the same time "follow the rules, bow down to authorities, don't do this, don't do that" but "be themselves".<br />
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It's like B telling A to "be yourself and you'll be accepted in the community as people will see you as who you truly are" and when A finally has the courage to be herself, B criticizes her for whatever weird style, habits etc that she has chosen to show the world.<br />
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They should really deliver the motivational "be yourself" speech with a follow-up memo saying "only applicable to certain circumstances" honestly.<br />
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And I'm not ranting. It's true. And, as crazy as it sounds, I kinda agree with it. Bukan pada semua situasi kita boleh jadi diri sendiri sebenarnya. Kadang-kadang lagi bagus kalau kita sorokkan sesuatu personaliti kita kalau benda tuh hanya akan mengeruhkan keadaan. Ataupun lebih baik lagi, kalau benda tuh benda yang teruk, kita cuba ubah kepada yang lebih baik.<br />
<br />For instance, katakanlah kita ada bad table manners. Makan gelojoh, comot, sepah-sepah. Dekat formal event, takkanlah kita nak bawak "manners" tuh ikut sekali. Confirm kena cover-cover sikit time makan.<br />
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Kalau tengok dalam movie or drama, kadang-kadang dalam ramai-ramai yang tengok sorang perempuan tuh makan gelojoh, mesti ada sorang yang macam terpesona sebab macam "wah... she's so different... she's not like other girls etc" dengan muka yang kagum sambil tahan gelak. Dan akhirnya dua insan ini akan jatuh cinta dan live happily ever after.<br />
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Ada orang kata "be yourself" nih dah tak relevan. Aku tak ingat aku jumpa dekat mana. Twitter ke Tumblr entah. Pastu dia kata, "be yourself but at the same time be better".<br />
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Well, I guess that makes sense.<br />
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Kalau situasinya macam nih, katakanlah orang-orang dekat, say, universiti yang person A nih pergi kebanyakannya jenis yang suka berfashion, make-up, pakai barang branded. Person A nih pulak jenis yang tak up-to-date pun pasal fashion dan pakaian pun biasa-biasa je. In this case, aku rasa tak salah nak jadi diri sendiri. Sebab, well, tak penting dan tak effect CGPA (lewls).<br />
<br />Like I said, "be yourself" nih sebenarnya tak applicable dekat semua benda. "First impression" pun sama. Orang kata first impression tak pentinglah bla bla bla tapi bila diri sendiri dilayan dengan teruk oleh orang yang baru pertama kali jumpa, mesti dalam hati rasa nak pijak orang tuh sampai mati.<br />
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And for other situation macam nak pergi interview kerja ke, takkanlah nak pakai pakaian rebeh-rebeh selekeh tak mandi tak gosok gigi dengan harapan panel juri berpegang teguh dengan prinsip "first impression itu tak penting"?<br />
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Dua-dua statement nih sebenarnya kena ikut situasi. *sigh* Apa pun tak boleh....<br />
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Anyways, demam novel aku dah semakin surut tapi masih ada sisa-sisanya. Malam semalam borong novel dekat MPH. Aku rasa bahagia gila. Novel ketiga daripada The Lunar Chronicles series hampir selesai. Maybe esok or malam nih dah boleh baca novel keempat.<br />
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Dalam kebosanan yang melanda diri, aku pun tumblr search lah macam-macam pasal The Lunar Chronicles series. Penulisnya kata watak utama cerita tuh sebenarnya orang Asia. Masalahnya aku dah bayangkan perempuan tuh Emma Watson pfftt. Setting cerita tuh awal-awalnya dekat Beijing tapi katanya perempuan tuh datang dari Europe so aku bayangkanlah Emma Watson zaman dia 16 tahun. Kalau aku tahu, aku bayangkanlah retiss kpop ke, thailand ke.<br />
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Ah lantak. Sebab cerita nih ada unsur futuristic ala-ala Star Wars dan al-kononnya pada zaman tuh dah banyak percampuran budayalah apalah etc. So watak-watak yang aku bayangkan tuh pun dah campur-campur. Mat saleh ada, chinese ada, korea ada, thailand ada. Lol. <br />
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p/s: Aku tak sangka Tombiruo tuh dah betul-betul jadi filem. Dulu aku fikir benda tuh khabar angin. Hero dia aku dah bayangkan Koo June .___. <br />
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Third of all, I really shouldn't let it get to me but I think I just did. I mean, my whole FREAKING LIFE WAS A LIE!<br />
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*okay. okay. bawak bertenang.*<br />
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Ceritanya, aku baru je re-do ujian personaliti diri untuk determine aku masuk rumah mana, and, surprisingly, aku dapat Slytherin. Like what the hell man? All this time I thought I was a proud Ravenclaw. *cries*<br />
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Then again, actually dua-dua title tuh macam tak kena sangat dengan aku.<br />
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Tapi yalah, setelah berbulan-bulan aku mengaku diri aku sebagai Ravenclaw tiba-tiba aku dikejutkan dengan berita yang menyedihkan ini. Tsk tsk.<br />
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Haish. Ini semua patronus kuiz tuh punya pasal.<br />
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Aku nak re-do patronus kuiz tuh je actually tapi website tuh tak kasi. Aku apa lagi. Tak tahan dihambat dengan dugaan yang begitu dahsyat, lalu aku sign up balik dekat website tuh guna e-mail lain. Alhamdulillah. Patronus aku appropriate sikit. Tapi Hogwarts House aku bertukar. *hentak kepala dekat dinding*<br />
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Aku memang tak pernah sangka yang aku akan masuk Slytherin. Aku rasa ini mesti sebab aku baca banyak sangat Tom Riddle punya fanfic. His personality rubs off on me and not in a good way. But he is kinda charismatic so I guess it's a good thing?<br />
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Inilah jadinya bila kau biarkan personaliti kuiz menentukan takdir kau sebagai manusia. (Hiperbola dia kemain.)<br />
<br />Tapi kalau nak diikutkan, personaliti kuiz nih memang best pun. Kadang-kadang tuh, kita pun tak tahu kita nih orangnya macam mana so mulalah nak amek macam-macam kuiz.<br />
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Personality kuiz nih pun ada banyak jenis. Tak semestinya yang directly berkenaan kita punya personality.<br />
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(Harituh aku ada amek satu kuiz, dia lebih kurang macam, kita nih cepat tertarik dengan orang yang macam mana. Tapi dia gunakan binatang sebagai metaphor.)<br />
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The thing about personality quizzes is that they do give us rough hints of who we are personality-wise. Walaupun tak accurate 100%, boleh dikatakan setiap kali aku try, mesti at least ada satu description yang kena dengan aku.<br />
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Tapi kalau tang Slytherin nih, aku tak pastilah yang mana. Selama nih aku fikir aku Ravenclaw yang sejati. Tapi nampak gayanya aku tertipu.<br />
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But then again, last aku try official sorting hat quiz tuh pun dah lama. Barangkali personaliti dan pendapat aku berubah menyebabkan aku tercampak ke dalam kancah Slytherin. Tsk tsk.<br />
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Anyways, disebabkan aku buat official account baru dekat situ, so aku kena re-take Ilvermony kuiz jugak.<br />
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Aku masih kekal dengan Pukwudgie. Thank god.<br />
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p/s: Mata bengkak lagi. Kenapalah mata aku asyik bengkak je.<br />
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It was so-so. But I've to admit though, I kinda miss my friends from my previous class. </div>
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Especially my fangirling club friends (lol). Masuk kelas baru, tak ada fangirl yang gila-gila yang boleh aku ajak menari ahahahah! Aku mengadu dekat roommate aku cakap aku rindu kelas lama and bla bla bla. Dekat parents pun sama (kahkahkah!). Dorang macam biasa dengan kata-kata semangat dorang. "Alah... Baru seminggu... Lama-lama okeylah tu..."<br />
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Actually memang kelas baru aku okey pun.<br />
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Tapi sebab some of them already have their own clique so kadang-kadang bila aku duduk dengan dorang aku rasa agak lost sebab aku tak faham inside jokes dorang.<br />
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Tak apalah. Quoting my parents, lama-lama okeylah tu...<br />
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Aku harap okey cepat-cepatlah. Aku target, (lol target), dalam sebulan macam tuh aku dah boleh jadi gila-gila balik dalam kelas. Boleh dikatakan salah satu sebab aku rindu kelas lama adalah because dalam kelas lama aku rasa aku bebas untuk gila-gila. Dalam kelas baru kena kawal-kawal sikit.<br />
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Lagipun ketua praktikum kelas baru aku nih nampak garang je. Kang silap langkah, kena carut di twitter (kahkahkah!)<br />
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Anyways, dah lama tak baca novel. Aku pergi tinggalkan novel aku dekat dorm waktu balik raya harituh sebab malas nak angkut banyak-banyak barang dalam beg. (Nanti berat...) Bila dah sampai rumah, aku tak tahu pulak nak baca apa. Maybe aku sambung baca Harry Potter kot. Entahlah.<br />
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Rasa macam nak tengok movie laa.... Tapi tak tahu nak tengok apa.<br />
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Apa-apa pun, (macam biasa), aku harap aku akan bahagia sepanjang masa dekat matrik supaya bila dah habis matrik tahun depan, bolehlah aku hembus nafas lega sambil berkata "All was well." Lol gitu...<br />
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Pendapat daripada semua orang memang tak salah nak dipertimbangkan tapi pada masa yang sama you have to think of what you want. If you keep on listening to what other people say and decide on things by what other people think is the best for you then you, my child, are probably not gonna live happily for the rest of your miserable life.<br />
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Kalau benda tuh memang dah sah-sah benda yang teruk, contohnya, kau ketagih dadah dan bila orang sekeliling nasihat kau tak nak dengar, then itu memang salah sendiri lah lols. Kes-kes macam nih memang perlu nasihat orang sekeliling.<br />
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Tapi aku bukannya cerita pasal benda-benda macam nih. Aku maksudkan benda-benda yang lain.<br />
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Contohnyalah, your parents are forcing you to be, lets say, a doctor? When you can't deny the fact that you have a very strong passion for art. Plus, to make things worst, you realized that you are not cut out for the role because you really hate science but because your parents forced you, so you feel like it's your responsibility to become a doctor.<br />
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Kalau jadi macam nih memang susah sebab first of all, dorang parents. Second, it's your life.<br />
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So bila jadi macam nih, memang kena bawak bincang baliklah dengan parents. Kalau jadi doctor pun, gaji besar, disanjung masyarakat tapi kau tak gembira. Tak ke sad life di situ.<br />
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Lagi contoh adalah seperti kau baru masuk form 4. Dan kau tak tahu nak masuk aliran apa tapi ramai berpendapat yang kau patut masuk aliran sains sebab result PT3/PMR kau okay. Lagipun aliran sains nih dipandang tinggi bla bla bla but pada masa yang sama, hati kau lebih kepada aliran account.<br />
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Then you should really go for account. Because if you study things that you really like then chances are, you'll feel more satisfied you know? Regardless of whether you score at the end of the day.<br />
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Kalau nak puaskan hati orang, pilihlah keputusan ikut pendapat orang.<br />
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Kalau nak puaskan hati sendiri, choose what is best for you. Not for other people.<br />
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In the end it's your life. People force you to become a lawyer. So you become a lawyer. What will you get then? Experience, yeah. Knowledge, most likely. But satisfactory, maybe not. But what will <i>they</i> get in return? Honestly speaking they get nothing.<br />
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Katakanlah, maybe, your sibling ada yang nak jadi engineer tapi dia perempuan. Lepas tuh, from your perspective, kau rasa macam dia tak patut pilih bidang tuh sebab bidang engineer agak susah dari segi cabarannya for female species like us.<br />
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Kita still tak boleh paksa. Kalau aku, aku biarkan je. Biar dia rasa sendiri.<br />
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Sekurang-kurangnya bila dia sedar yang bidang tuh tak fit untuk dia, dia dah experience benda tuh. Tak adalah hati dia resah gundah gulana terfikir-fikir apalah yang akan jadi agaknya kalau dia pilih bidang engineering instead of law. Ataupun dia pilih bidang engineering instead of tourism.<br />
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Tapi katakanlah dia masih sukakan bidang tuh walaupun dah bertahun kerja, in the end dia yang akan benefit daripada keputusan dia sendiri. Kita yang dok soh seh judging her choices nih tak dapat apa pun. Tapi yelah. Sebab family kan? Kita mestilah nakkan yang terbaik untuk family sendiri. Tapi macam yang aku cakap, tak boleh paksa.<br />
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Point is, quoting from Divergent series, "You have to think of the family, but you also have to think about yourself."<br />
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But to make it more clear, it pretty much means you've to weigh in the options and seek advice from other people but in the end, you are responsible for your own life and you're the one who's gonna either suffer or benefit from whatever decision you make. And the one who will bear the long-term effects of those choices you make is you yourself.<br />
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p/s: Tapi kalau kau memang tak tahu nak pilih apa, kiranya memang betul-betul atas pagar, dan kau pulak memang stabil gila atas pagar tuh tak nak jatuh-jatuh ke kiri atau kanan, I think it's better mintak pendapat orang. I mean at this point, kau tak kisah sangat pun mana-mana kau pilih so apa salahnya mintak tolong.<br />
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Memang aku bersyukurlah dapat. Tapi aku tak tahulah. Aku rasa ini bukan final decision dorang sebab waktu aku terima offer tu, dorang ada sekalikan document yang aku kena fill in. Dia ada kasi notis sekali dekat situ. Dia kata kalau document nih tak dihantar dalam masa 11 hari selepas tawaran nih, dia takkan terima.<br />
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Aku agak takut jugaklah.<br />
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Sebab macam aku cakap tadi, dah hari kedua sejak aku dapat e-mail tu tapi masih belum print.<br />
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Aku tengok dalam borang yang dia hantar, macam-macam jugak document yang aku kena kepilkan sekali. Jadi takut pulak. Sebab aku dah mintak ayah aku print kan (sebab rumah tak ada printer) tapi dia asyik busy lately. Meeting and then kena jenguk site ke apa benda entah and then meeting lagi. Aku tak ada lesen so nak pergi kedai print yang terdekat pun tak boleh. Tapi kalau nak diikutkan, nak cakap kedai tuh dekat pun tak jugak. Sebab kalau jalan kaki memang boleh tahan jauhnya. Kena lepas dalam empat simpang haaa kau. Bukannya macam kedai runcit depan rumah.<br />
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Apa-apa pun, aku harap lepas hantar borang tuh dorang pertimbangkan everything and finally accept me. Sebab just because dia kata aku dah di-shortlisted kan, tak semestinya benda tuh final. I hope by this Sunday semua dah settle. Aku tak nak fikir lagi pasal borang tuh. Hati aku tak keruan dan susah tidur malam.<br />
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Entahlah sebenarnya awal-awal tadi, entri yang aku buat nih nak cerita pasal benda lain.<br />
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Kisah document tak siap print nih sekadar cerita sampingan je. Tapi lama-lama banyak pulak aku elaborate.<br />
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Bila dah bukak cerita pasal soal masa depan nih, aku tak boleh berhenti. Ya. Macam-macam benda yang aku risaukan bila cerita pasal masa depan nih. Lagi-lagi bila aku sedar yang aku bukan budak sekolah lagi. Dulu time sekolah bolehlah delay-delay pasal topik masa depan nih kan? Tapi bila dah sampai masanya aku dah habis sekolah, benda nih benda yang memang kena fikir. Kawan aku cakap jangan fikir lambat-lambat.<br />
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Tapi percaya atau tidak, dari awal tahun SPM harituh aku dah planning siap-siap. Apa aku nak jadi and how am I gonna get there. Sebelum nih aku ada mention yang aku nak master dalam field marketing. So memang aku dah research habislah pasal bidang nih, tips dan sebagainya.<br />
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Aku siap tulis plan aku nih atas kertas mahjong untuk presentation kelas bahasa inggeris. (Tapi last-lastnya tak jadi sebab aku tak datang pada hari presentation tuh dan aku terpaksa tukar topik sebab partner in crime aku dah bentang topik nih. Tsk tsk).<br />
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Sekarang nih aku just nak sambung belajar somewhere. Mana-mana local university. Memandangkan result SPM aku bukan straight A mahupun straight A+, memang peluang dapat scholarship untuk pergi luar negara tuh tak ada. Masa mula-mula tuh aku memang sedih gila lah. Aku memang dah target Physics dengan Bio aku at least, AT LEAST, A-. Tapi last2 jatuh ke B+ kedua-duanya sekali.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Chemistry tuh lain ceritalah aku memang tahu aku tak ada harapan untuk dapat at least A- pun. But seriously aku memang frust gilalah sebab trial SPM both Physics dengan Bio dapat A-. Aku tak pernah fikir pun yang aku akan jatuh ke B+. Dalam kepala aku cuma ada A- je. Tapi apakan daya.</span><br />
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Time dapat result tuh aku tak sedih. Dia mula start rasa lain macam bila nak mohon scholarship. Rata-rata scholarship yang untuk ke luar negara nakkan pelajar straight As. Paling best sekali, dahlah nak straight As, lepastuh ada lagi syarat tambahan. Dia nak yang straight As nih ada at least four A+.<br />
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Aku straight As pun tak, inikan pulak four A+. Lagipun A+ aku ada dua je haaa. Itu pun generally result aku bukannya straight As pun. So memang sah-sah tak layak.<br />
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Dekat situ aku mula rasa lain. Satu perasaan yang sangat tak menyenangkan. Memang sedihlah. Aku nak sangat belajar luar negara. Negara eropah to be more specific. Nakkan pengalaman tuh.<br />
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Paling tak boleh blah, hari dapat result SPM tuh hari jadi aku. Memang hari jadi yang paling hambar sekali setakat nih.<br />
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Masa balik rumah tuh parents macam dah lain macam je. Mula-mula tuh aku cool lah. Tapi macam biasa, sebagai seorang manusia yang jarang nak ada emosi, aku memang tak sedih sangat. Effect dia datang lambat sikit. Dalam empat hari lepas dapat result SPM, baru aku rasa lain macam (sebab masa tuh baru lepas survey detail scholarship). Aku fikir aku boleh control cool sampai bila-bila. Tapi akhirnya goyah jugak. Lagi-lagi lepas dengar lagu Melanie Martinez - Pity Party. Walaupun ada certain phrases yang tak kena dengan situasi aku, tapi kebanyakan liriknya aku dapat relate. Lagipun waktu birthday aku tuh memang tak sambut pun. Sampai sekarang tak sambut. But then again, tahun lepas pun tak sambut. Last sambut masa form 4. Aku tak datang sekolah dan kakak aku buatkan aku no-bake cheese cake dekat rumah. Lepas tuh aku makan kek tuh sambil layan video baru 2NE1. (Time tuh 2NE1 baru buat comeback.)<br />
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Kadang-kadang aku tertanya-tanya apalah yang akan jadi dekat aku 10 tahun akan datang nih. Adakah aku dah capai apa yang aku nak? Kalau belum, how close am I towards my dream? Aku gembira ke tak time tuh.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Aku dikelilingi orang yang buat aku gembira ke tak. Adakah aku masih seperti aku yang sekarang dari segi gaya. Atau aku dah mula jadi hijabista nanti? (ahahahahha) Aku dah mula start pakai make-up tebal-tebal ke. Skin aku masih berjerawat ke. Kereta apa aku pakai nanti. Ke aku masih tak ada lesen ? (Please please please janganlah tak ada lesen lagi)</span><br />
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Kalau time-travelling satu benda yang real, aku nak jugak try time-travel pergi masa depan. Nak tengok apa yang jadi dekat diri aku yang akan datang tuh. Tapi kadang-kadang kan, katakanlah memang time-travelling nih benda yang real, aku rasa, barangkali aku pikir masak-masak dan akhirnya tak pergi. Tak pergi ke masa depan. Yelah katakanlah masa depan aku tuh disappointing. Aku tak seperti apa yang aku harapkan. Masih tak ada lesen. Masih tak boleh berdikari. Entah-entah masih tak bekerja pun sebenarnya. Scary bila fikirkan.<br />
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Aku rasa kan, lebih baiklah tak payah nak travel ke masa depan. Kalau kehidupan aku 10 tahun akan datang tuh gempak, barangkali akan buat diri aku yang sekarang leka. Kalau kehidupan aku tuh pulak menyedihkan, mesti diri aku yang sekarang rasa down dan tak bermotivasi. Yelah. Usaha keras-keras tapi result-nya menghampakan. In the end, lagi selamat tak payah tahu apa-apa. Hanya focus on the present moment. Fokus pada apa yang aku nak <i>sekarang</i>. Bukan pada masa akan datang. Perbaiki kekurangan aku <i>sekarang</i>. Bukan kekurangan aku pada masa akan datang.<br />
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Apa-apa pun, future talk aside, aku harap aku dapat mulakan kehidupan baru lepas sambung belajar nanti. Ramai yang cakap kehidupan dekat college dan university nih tak seperti apa yang dorang harapkan.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Means letih, sangat busy dan sebagainya. Aku harap dalam aku letih-letih buat assignment tuh semua, adalah jugak manisnya life sebagai student nih. Tak akanlah sepanjang masa teruk sangat kan? Aku tengok kakak aku macam enjoy je life. Memang dia cakap penat tapi dia nampak sangat seronok. Lagipun kakak aku nih seorang yang boleh dikatakan happy-go-lucky dan sangat positive. Dia selalu ceritakan pengalaman dia dekat aku bila balik rumah.</span><br />
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Dia buatkan aku sangat tak sabar nak masuk university.<br />
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p/s: Tengah layan video pasal college survival guide. Aku memang perlukan tips-tips nih semua sebelum memulakan kehidupan sebagai student kahkahkah!<br />
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Actually aku tak minat sangat pun novel Dear Yayah nih. Aku baca sikit je aku rasa. Itu pun aku tak ingat apa jadi.<br />
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Entah-entah aku sebenarnya tak baca tak ? Kahkahkah.<br />
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Apa-apa pun, kalau you alls batch 90s yang book worm aku rasa korang akan tahu pasal novel nih.<br />
Agak gempak jugak siri Dear Yayah nih dulu. Tapi, ya, macam aku cakap tadi, aku tak ingat sangat apa yang jadi.<br />
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Anyways, zaman Dear Yayah dah lama berlalu. Aku tak tahu budak sekarang baca ke tak lagi cerita tuh.<br />
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On the other hand, based on my observation, novel Ain Maisarah masih meletup lagi di kalangan pre-teens so boleh dikatakan novel-novel dia tak pernah ditelan zaman dan akan sentiasa relevan.<br />
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Sebenarnya aku bukan nak cerita pasal novel pre-teens. Aku nak cerita pasal novel young adults or adults yang ada dekat Malaysia nih. Dan genre yang aku nak tekankan dekat sini ialah romance.<br />
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Aku rasa local romance novels sekarang makin mengarut. To be more specific, local romance novels yang diadaptasi ke drama. Novel-novel romance yang dapat publisiti lebih kebanyakan jalan cerita hampir sama, tajuk mengarut dan gaya bahasa dia pun mengarut. [No offense writers but please be offended.]<br />
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Ada je novel-novel romance yang tak typical (contohnya macam Uda dan Dara) yang diadaptasi jadi drama tapi tak se-famous drama adaptasi novel lain yang entah apa-apa.<br />
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Macam yang aku cakap tadi, aku tak minat sangat novel Melayu. Dan aku memang sangat picky lah when it comes to novels in general. One local writer yang aku sangat minat ialah Ramlee Awang Murshid. Serious. Dia sangat best gila. The way he describes every event in his novel is just superb.<br />
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Aku dah biasa baca novel-novel Ramlee Awang Murshid so bila aku cuba untuk baca certain novel-novel yang drama adaptasi nih aku rasa lain macam bila baca gaya bahasa author nih. Sebab... urm... hahaha. Bunyinya macam budak-budak sangat.<br />
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I really appreciate good literature so bila aku baca snippet novel Tundukkan Playboy Itu aku rasa macam, kenapa gaya bahasa dia macam ni? Macam mana novel ni boleh femes? I mean. Memanglah. I know. This is not William Shakespeare. It's just a novel and not a book solely for literature education but aku rasa bila story line dah cikai, at least dari segi gaya bahasa dia boleh buat lebih rasanya.<br />
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I don't know maybe its her first novel. Heh. Nevermind.<br />
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Once again, like I said before, aku dah biasa baca karya-karya Ramlee Awang Murshid, bila aku try baca novel melayu yang lain especially novel melayu yang diadaptasi ke drama aku rasa uncomfortable gila dengan susunan ayat dia.<br />
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Tapi aku percaya bukan semua novel melayu macam nih. Walaupun aku tak minat novel melayu, mustahil tak ada satu pun novel melayu dekat luar sana yang tak bagus. I mean, novel Ramlee bagus apa. Kalau bukan Ramlee pun, mustahil tak ada yang okay. Tapi yelah. Bila dah asyik novel yang lebih kurang sama je yang diadaptasi ke drama, orang jadi bosan. Lepas tuh automatic orang akan anggap semua novel melayu tuh sama.<br />
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Lagipun drama adaptasi novel nih kebanyakannya media amek yang terbitan Alaf 21. Tak tahu kenapa.<br />
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Anyways, kalau agak-agak dah bosan dengan novel yang diadaptasi ke drama yang makin lama makin typical, anda dipersilakan untuk baca novel Ramlee Awang Murshid - Bagaikan Puteri kah kah kah.<br />
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Aku emosi betul bila baca cerita nih. Sebab ending dia memang macam sampah. Okay. Kasar bunyinya. Bukan sampah maksud aku cerita nih teruk. Sampah in the sense that it sucked every happy feeling inside of me. Memang sampah. Semua novel best yang ending dia buat aku emosi semuanya SAMPAH. #nangis<br />
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Hopefully in the future, novel melayu in general ada improvement dari segi kualiti. I'm actually looking forward to see one of fixi novels diadaptasi ke layar perak atau drama sebab novel-novel terbitan fixi nih, walaupun gaya bahasa dia kadang-kadang entah apa-apa dan cikai, tapi topik-topik yang dia sentuh sangat deep dan rare. Contohnya macam novel Kelabu. Dia cerita pasal love life pengkid tak silap dan berdasarkan review-review yang aku baca untuk cerita nih, ada yang kata novel dia heavy. Ada yang kata novel nih ada ulas isu sensitif tapi disampaikan dengan cara berhemah.<br />
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Furthermore, buku fixi nih bukan ada bahasa melayu je. Buku yang bahasa inggeris pun ada. One of them is KL Noir. Agak top jugaklah buku nih sebab dulu banyak kali aku masuk MPH balik2 buku ni jelah yang ada dalam senarai best-selling books. Unfortunately aku tak pernah beli. Just belek-belek je dulu. Topik-topik yang dia sentuh memang sangat heavy so aku tak sure whether aku nak terus purchase atau nak tunggu sampai aku bersedia (kahkahkah dramatic sungguh).<br />
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Apa-apa pun, aku still number one fan Ramlee Awang Murshid dengan J.K. Rowling kekeke.<br />
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AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-62553559177967453012016-03-07T14:40:00.000+08:002016-03-24T20:59:15.024+08:00Motivasi Kadang-kadang aku tertanya kenapa eh ada masanya bila orang nak memotivasikan orang, dia kebanyakan masa kena menjatuhkan orang lain?<br />
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Bukanlah sepanjang masa aku jumpa orang macam nih tapi boleh dikatakan kebanyakan masa macam yang aku cakap tadi.<br />
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Contohnyalah, orang nih dia keputusan SPM dia tak gempak, lepas tu kawan dia yang dah lepas SPM nih pun cakaplah dengan dia "Alah relax lah... SPM je pun..."<br />
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Entahlah. Bagi aku tak ada salah pun cakap macam tuh asalkan bukan dekat public atau dekat social network.<br />
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Bukannya apa. Dalam dia menaikkan semangat orang lain, ada orang lain yang akan rasa jatuh semangat. Yelah. Kalau budak straight As tuh baca "Spm je pun" tuh mesti ada yang akan rasa agak sedih sebab macam orang perkecilkan kejayaan dia.<br />
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Samalah macam time aku PMR dulu. Orang asyik kata "Alah PMR je pun bukannya boleh bawak pergi kubur bla bla bla". <span style="text-align: center;">Aku dalam diam terasa hati jugaklah. Yelah sebab aku dah usaha sepenuh jiwa raga untuk dapat keputusan cemerlang, lepas tuh orang boleh senang2 je cakap "PMR je pun".</span><br />
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Sama jugak kesnya dengan nak memotivasikan orang yang terlebih berat badan. "Alah tak payahlah stress-stress pasal badan besar. Badan kurus pun bukannya lawa. Macam jerangkung."<br />
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Kenapa kena macam tu ya ? Dalam nak memotivasikan orang yang berbadan besar, orang berbadan kurus pulak yang terkena tempiasnya.<br />
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Mengingatkan aku dekat lagu Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass. Orang kata lagu tuh dia memberi motivasi pada orang sebab suruh kita sayang dan appreciate dengan badan kita. Tapi masalahnya dalam lagu tuh kalau orang perasan dia ada kritik orang yang badan kurus in order untuk buatkan orang yang badan besar rasa bermotivasi barangkali ?<br />
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Kalau tak paham maksud aku tadi, sila klik <a href="http://feministing.com/2014/08/06/why-meghan-trainors-body-acceptance-anthem-all-about-that-bass-is-disappointing/" target="_blank">>>link ini<<</a> .<br />
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Kalau tak paham lagi... aku tak tahulah kahkah. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and yeah. These are my opinions.<br />
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In the end, antara ayat yang paling selamat untuk motivasikan orang adalah seperti "Alah takpelah its not the end of the world" "Rezeki kau bukan dekat SPM" "Nevermind. Cuba lagi."<br />
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Kalau rasa tak ada benda yang lagi baik nak cakap tanpa menjatuhkan orang lain lebih baik takyah cakap apa-apa.<br />
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AmyZanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687581746379032641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990230315677058885.post-21422307898588759062013-12-06T17:24:00.002+08:002013-12-06T19:48:55.793+08:00Kalau Aku KayaWaddupp people. Lama sungguh wa tak update blog ni brohohohoho. Maklumlah, akhir2 ni, aku addict betul dengan YouTube. Eh pembetulan, bukan YouTube. Tetapi video yang ada dalam YouTube tu.<br />
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Aku addict dengan YG WIN.<br />
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Tapi kalau nak cakap addict pun, macam tak kena je sebab bukannya addict pun sebenarnya. Just demam. Ya. Demam YG WIN =______=<br />
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Okeylah malas plak aku nak cerita pasal YG WIN ni. Kang frust menonggeng kang sebab syahdu sangat bercerita.<br />
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Baiklah. Lets proceed to the topic shall we ?<br />
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Kalau aku kaya, aku nak beli monyet banyak-banyak dekat zoo. Then burung flamingo, tapir, panda, then kumpulkan semuanya dekat rumah aku jadi binatang peliharaan wkwkwkwkw. Amboih imaginasi aku katakooo.<br />
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Tak adalah. Saja aku buat lawak hambar dekat situ.<br />
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Sebenarnya kaya ni pun dah bawak banyak makna. Yalah nak jadi orang kaya tapi kaya dengan apa ? Kaya dengan duit ? Kaya dengan budi bahasa ? Kaya dengan baju, kasut, make-up ? Kaya dengan handphone samsung?<br />
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Walaupun kaya ni macam-macam jenis kaya, tapi yang aku tengah cerita sekarang ni adalah kaya dengan idea. Kiranya orang yang kreatif lah.<br />
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Aku nak jadi orang yang macam tu. Aku nak otak aku ni selalu fikirkan benda-benda baru yang menarik. Contohnya, sekarang ni aku tengah buat satu fanfic nih. Action fic. Aku nak idea aku menarik dan lain daripada yang lain. Itu yang dah dekat sebulan masih tak update2 ceritanya.<br />
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Idea tu memanglah ada tapi aku nak yang terbaik. Walaupun fanfic nih aku buat sekadar untuk suka-suka, tapi aku tetap nak yang terbaik. Sekurang-kurangnya boleh buat aku puas hati.<br />
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Bukan setakat ada idea nak update fanfic je, tapi ada idea nak update blog pun sama. Aku salute betul dekat orang yang banyak gila idea nak update blog sampai sehari je 10 POST ! Mak aiihhh. Aku ni maximum sebulan pun 4 post je tau.<br />
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Aku banyak idea sebenarnya. Tapi tak nak update selalu. Bukan apa, bila aku asyik update je, nanti mulalah nak addict2 apa semua sampai benda lain pun tak boleh buat. Cukuplah aku addict a.k.a demam dengan battle show nama YG WIN nih. Itupun dah cukup untuk jadikan aku seorang yang pemalas hahahaha.<br />
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But then again, aku memang pemalas pun XD<br />
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Buatkan kita jadi rajin sebenarnya. Rajin update dan berkarya di samping mempunya pemikiran yang kreatif.<br />
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Tapi aku macam biasalah. Kalau dah syok sangat blogging, update blog, update Facebook, update itu ini, bila orang asyik suruh aku buat kerja, mulalah aku rasa malas nak buat dan asyik tangguh2kan semua benda. Last2 satu apa pun tak jalan.<br />
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So dalam erti kata lain, aku kena berpada2 kalau ber-social network nih. Nanti kalau addict susah. Aku tak tahulah orang lain. Kalau aku, macam tu lah. Sedih cerita aku ni sebenarnya. *ce nangis sikit<br />
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Lagi pun aku banyak benda nak buat. Cuti macam nih macam biasalah. Banyak tugas yang mak aku suruh buat. Kang syok sangat blogging, kerja yang mak aku suruh buat semua aku lupa.<br />
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So conclusionnya, kalau aku kaya, aku nak kaya dengan idea dan kalau boleh nak update blog sampai 100 entri sehari hahahaha<br />
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Wow okay seriously lama gila aku tak berblogging. </div>
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Aku rasa dah dekat 7 ke 6 bulan since the last time aku update. Hiatus yang sangat mengejutkan ya kengkawan.</div>
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Aku rasa janggal gila sebab dah lama tak taip apa-apa dekat blog ni. Serius ._. Bukan tak tahu apa nak taip, cumanya macam, BANYAK SANGAT BENDA YANG AKU NAK TAIP TAPI TAK BOLEH NAK TAIP DALAM SATU ENTRI ! *flips cows*</div>
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Ayah belum balik bawak makanan. Aku plak malas nak masak. </div>
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*sambung celebrate kegembiraan* Exam is finally over ! Like, yeah, EXAM IS OVER. SEKARANG AKU BOLEH BER-BLOG IKUT SUKAT HATI AKU. DIULANGI, IKUT SUKA HATI AKU ! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</div>
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Well as you can see, aku terlebih excited hari nih because this is the first time I'm typing a post in freakin 6 MONTHS so harap you guys faham-fahamlah. (I AM SO HAPPY XD) </div>
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Tapi dalam aku gembira gila, aku still rasa... urm... apa ya perkataan tuh aku lupa plak. Okey dah ingat. Was-was. Ya. Was-was. Rasa was-was nak update blog ni sebab aku rasa ramai readers aku dah lari dan dah lupa tentang kewujudan blog aku yang unik ini. *sila muntah*</div>
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Tak apalah. If my loyal readers aku yang dulu tu semua dah lari, aku akan usahakan dan mencari readers baru ^_^. So, WELCOME TO MY BLOG NEW READERS =D</div>
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And don't forget to COMEBACK FOR MORE *cough* AWESOME *cough* UPDATES XD </div>
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TATA ! *waves*<br />
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p/s: tajuk entri sudah berubah =D</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">. Eat</span></div>
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The best thing you could do. Aku tak tahulah benda ni works out on everybody atau tak but it works for me :D<br />
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You see, ideas keep running out bila kita kurang makan sebab kita kurang tenaga untuk berfikir. Jadi, makanlah untuk mendapatkan idea baru untuk update entri.<br />
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Ataupun korang cerita je pasal makanan yg korang baru makan tuh, diperbuat dari mana, tauke kilangnya siapa (lol), rasanya macam mana, dan sebagainya. Before you know it, macam-macam idea keluar dari kepala otak macam air terjun.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Go Out and Have Some Fun !</span></div>
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Take a walk around the neighbourhood. Breathe in fresh air. Observe events yg berlaku sekeliling korang. Ataupun singgah shopping mall. Pergi window shopping ke. Sambil-sambil tu perhatikan what's hot yg tengah berlaku.<br />
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Nampak budak-budak sekolah ramai melepak? Buatlah entri pasal gejala melepak yg semakin serius di kalangan remaja. Kemalangan jalan raya berlaku depan mata? Kongsilah cerita tu dengan para pembaca.<br />
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Or maybe korang baru singgah dekat satu kedai makan yg makanan dia sodapp gila sambil menjilat jari2 kaki kalau boleh segala benda nak dijilat tu, hah, ceritakanlah pengalaman makan korang dekat kedai tuh.<br />
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Apa yg kedai tu offer. Apa yg special yg orang selalu order dekat kedai tuh. Environment dia macam mana ~ Convenient ke tak ~ Bersih atau sebaliknya ~ Macam-macam boleh dijadikan cerita. Sekaligus boleh promote kedai tu sekali kan ? Tak ke bijak gitu ?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Watch Talk Shows</span></div>
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Program temu bual biasanya banyak sangat topik yg diketengahkan. Banyak idea boleh dapat daripada situ. Aku highly recommend rancangan Fadzilah Kamsah - Selami Jiwa. Bagus rancangan tuh. Macam-macam perkara yg dibincangkan. Selain itu, ada jugak artis tempatan yg dijemput.<br />
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Macam yg aku baru tengok hari tu, Jozan dgn Diana Danielle. Kemudian setiap temu bual mesti ada seorang ustaz yg dijemputnya juga utk diberi pendapat dan nasihat dari sudut agama.<br />
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Ada banyak lagi program Talk Shows yg lain-lain macam Wanita Hari Ini [kot?], The Ellen Show, Oprah Winfrey, Win Win, Bella, Nasi Lemak Kopi O dan macam-macam lagi. Terlalu banyak. Tapi aku percaya rakyat Malaysia ramai yg malas nak tengok talk show sebab orang tu kerjanya bercakap je -.-<br />
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Aku pun kadang2 rimas jugak. Perbualan dia kadang2 menyimpang dr apa yg sepatutnya dibincangkan. Tapi program temu bual nih bagus. Buat otak korang berkembang.Dapatlah banyak sikit idea nak update entri.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. <b>No New Ideas ?</b> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">SLEEP.</span></div>
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Dah kempunan tak ada idea sangat baik korang pergi tidur jelah. Rehatkan otak. The next day mesti ada idea baru punya.<br />
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[Sorry letak gambar pig. The fact that happy pigs sleep about 82% of the day buat aku rasa nak kongsi fakta tu dengan semua orang.]<br />
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