How Do I Celebrate Merdeka?

Hey peeps,

Perhaps I should change the title to "How Do We Celebrate Merdeka?". Yes, for those of you who didn't know this, let me tell you. We - UiTM students do celebrate Merdeka...by our own way. The best way I can tell you. For Malaysian, you should know that today on the 31st August is Merdeka day. For others who didn't know this, Malaya achieved its independence on the 31st August 1957 from the British after more than 200 years being under other powers. First started in 1511 where the Portugis colonised Malaya. Continued with the Dutch then the British. Before the World War II, British lost its power and Malaya was colonised by the Japanese. As soon as the World War II ended, Japan surrendered and gave its power back to the British. As time passed by, the Malays realised that they can rule their own country thus they tried to seek for independence. Many efforts done by the British to avoid this. Anyhow, the Malays still got through with it. Thus, on 31st August 1957, everyone gathered at the Dataran Merdeka to hear for the first time 'MERDEKA, MERDEKA, MERDEKA' for 7 times led by Tunku Abdul Rahman as the first Prime Minister of Malaya.

Well, back to how do we celebrate Merdeka. Hurmmmm....We did our countdown. All of us waited at the balcony for the fireworks and it turned out to be just 3 fireworks. The most important part is that, almost everyone from the first block till the last block were outside screaming and singing and laughing and giggling. Cheering at all the cars that passed by. Well, that was kinda messed up but yeah that's how it was. Until the end, when almost everyone got in, the security guard went out and shouted at those who were still outside (when actually it was not their fault). So, we DID celebrate Merdeka with our own way!

Again,

MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA!

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, MALAYSIA

HAPPY 53RD

YOU ARE OLD NOW. LOL.

THERE IS NO OTHER COUNTRY LIKE YOU.

YES, YOU ARE NOT PERFECT BUT AT LEAST YOU ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

LOVE YOU AND WILL ALWAYS DO!

SALT~

SALT!

THE COOLEST MOVIE IN 2010~ yet.

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE!

Actus Non Facit Nisi Men Sit Rea

Hey peeps,

How are you? Yesterday I had such a blast with all the members of Group E. E=Excellent!! But, now I am not going to tell the story of yesterday. That will be posted later, aite!

A few moments later, I thought that all assignments are done and that there is only economy assignment which is left. Unfortunately, without any realisation and surprise, Poof~~

MTC 087 ASSIGNMENT!! Yay! -__-'

OK! Next week is the last week of this third semester and so I just want to have fun doing all assignments!!! YEAh~

Thank you all!!

love,

MARL!

Sakit~~

Unfortunate day

I slipped and fell

Fell elbow first

Left elbow

Can't move my left arm - right after the fall

It is still in pain now!

Hopefully it will get better.

Is It Psychic?

I had a really bad feeling today when I was on the bus from Padang Lalang to Sekilau. I am planning on a 'buka puasa' thingy on Wednesday. I think that it will work our well. Like everyone will come and nothing will happen. BUT, what I was feeling about is that, someone somewhere during the moment will 'cari pasal' with me and I will somehow get angry and I will 'MENGAMOK'! Hope that it will not happen but yes, that is what I feel right now. Is it psychic? Or just a bad instinct? ha!

Time

"Waktu itu seperti pedang.

Jika kita tidak memotongnya maka ia akan

memotong kita"

Respect and Honesty is OUT of the Window

Can't Work!

Brain is not Working!

God~ Help~

I'm Stuck~

I'm Stuck!

I cannot work

My brain ain't working

I'm supposed to write my speech today

But, nothing is going in neither is anything going out

All I am with right now is few quotes

What am I supposed to do?

Stop working?

Mum, I Need You~

Mama, I Need You Right Now.

I want you to be here

I want to tell you everything that I am going through here

I wanted to tell everything through the phone but I can't

I need to see you and tell everything

I am not that strong.

I am not that independent.

I still need you for everything

I still want you to be the one I tell everything to

I still want you to be my listener

I want to go home

I know you asked me to come home next week

But, I don't think its worth it to go back cause you know why

I have made a promise for this semester and I will try to fulfill it.

For the moment I thought about what you have said to me many times

"You'll meet nasty people in your life someday"

I thought it will be in a long time but I can't believe I actually met some of them now.

I need to hear your advice, Ma.

We haven't had our "car-heart-to-heart conversation" in a long time

I want that.

I miss that.

*sob sob*

Love from your daughter,

MARL!

CURSING is NOT Me

For people who know me well, you will notice that I have never Cursed before. At some point where I am not my self, yes. I did but for normal conversation. Normal situation, it is hard to hear me cursed cause I DON't LIKE Cursing! They sound rude and I hate rude people. I really think that it is unnecessary for people to curse at everything. Yes, although I have problems and I'm stressed out, I will not let it out by cursing! It is just not working! But, for some reason, this one problem made me cursed! Because I was in total shock mode and it is unbelievable for me. That is why I can't help myself from cursing. Many of my friends were shocked hearing me cursed for the first time. But, I guess everyone has their limits that they can hold on to. And so, for those who have made me cursed for the first time,

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST WON A SLAP-IN-THE-FACE!

Love and regards from,

MARL!

Respect and Honesty is What I Am Going To Talk About.

This is my third post of the day and I am pouring everything out.

Each and everyone in the class will have to present a persuasive speech in front of the whole class next Monday and our speech need to be about something persuasive. So, I have decided to talk about

"RESPECT AND HONESTY"

I have talked about this many times in my blog and I think people are still not getting the true meaning of respect and honesty. The speech will take up only 8 to 10 minutes so I have to pour everything that I want to talk about in that period of time. I admit that people might get hurt or might feel that am talking about them, but people IT IS A GENERAL STATEMENT! It will not be meant for any specific person cause as I said before everyone might have done that and so do I. It is one way of reminding my own self on all of this and so I will not get lost in the pure friendship. I know that it is hard to be honest with the one you love especially if it is something bad about the person. But, that is true friendship. You talk them out and tell them what you are unsatisfy about and then they can improve in whatever that you told them to improve and the friendship will be good again. It might be broken for a few days but eventually it will come back as usual. It will be broken for the rest of your life if you keep telling lies. Once the secrets are out, you will have no where to run but to confess and it will be too late by that time! So,

RESPECT AND TELL THE TRUTH!

Love,

MARL!

I Thought Friends Last Forever

Hey people,

I have no idea why, but I thought everything is going on smoothly this semester. I have never thought that there are few people that have problems with me. Cause I told them before that "If you have any problem with me, please do tell. Cause I am NOT perfect". Before all this happened, I really thought that friends I made here can last forever! Mistakenly, they are NOT! Because from whatever that I have heard is that they are NOT my friends since the beginning. The friendships that are bond are all based on lies! That is what people call as HYPOCRITES! When you say you like in front of the people, but you stab them in the back! All of this will never happen if people start the friendship with HONESTY! I have talked about this over and over again. HONESTY is THE MOST IMPORTANT element is friendship. Without that, your friendship is based on lies! I know, there will be people who DON'T like me. Not everyone likes me. That I know and I don't mind that happen cause we can't force everyone to like who we are. But, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE ME, I HAVE A FAVOUR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FROM YOU:-

IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHO I AM, DON'T JUDGE ME AND DON'T TALK BAD ABOUT ME BEHIND MY BACK! DON'T SPREAD RUMOURS THAT MIGHT AFFECT ME AND MY FRIENDS. DON'T BACK-STAB ME. DON'T TALK CRAP! DON'T MAKE-UP STORIES THAT ARE NOT TRUE. DON'T ACCUSED ME ON SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT DO! MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, DON'T BE HYPOCRITES!

Love and regards from,

MARL!

What's The Motive? I Don't Understand

I had just made up a quote saying:-

"If you are feeling insecure with your reputation, DON'T take down another man just because you yourself can't live up with the standards. Work hard so that you can set a new standard that everyone will have to live up with. Taking down another man because you can't cope up is

CHILD'S PLAY!"

I don't understand why men/people like to take down another man when he feels insecure with himself. I don't understand why men/people would like to take down another man just because that another man is better than he is. If you have ever feel insecure and feel like your reputation is going down, what you should do is that to work your way up again. and that means by working hard and set a new standard. NOT by taking down and back-stabbing other people. Jealousy is one thing, yes. But, take that jealousy to something positive. Use that to motivate you further. Not to use that and talk bad about people behind their back and try so hard to mess up with other people's relationships. A piece of advice: If you want to mess up with people's relationship, BE SMART! Don't be STUPID! Because that will make you even more STUPID! What ever it is, I still believe that

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DOWN ANOTHER MAN FOR YOU TO BE AT THE TOP AGAIN! That's just NOT COOL!

If You Are Feeling Disgust. Please Tell!

Hey peeps,

Just telling you guys who I am really~

I am the kind of person that "If I say I don't like, I'll tell you that and no back-stab".

I am the kind of person that "I like everyone until that someone irritates me".

I am the kind of person that "If you don't like me. Fine. Just don't talk bad about me behind my back".

I am the kind of person that " I can ignore you whenever I want".

I am the kind of person that "If you mess with me, I'll be patient but if you cross the border I'll give back whatever you have given me in the most uncomfortable way you can think of" and so far that has never happened before.

I am the kind of person that "I'll protect my friends and I know who they are. If you have any problem with them, that's between you guys but when my name appear in the problem. I'll shoot"

I am the kind of person that "I hate to mind others business but if they come to me and tell, I just listen and I will not get involved".

I am the kind of person that "I trust my friends so easily and I thought that they are honestly befriended me".

I am the kind of person that "I don't get frustrated so easily but once I do, it's the end".

I am the kind of person that "It's hard for me to take what ever that I have done seriously. Jokes I mean".

I am the kind of person that "I thought when I am joking people will not take my words seriously".

I am the kind of person that "I pretty much give advice to everyone but you are big enough to think the right thing. So, I don't give a DAMN if you follow the advice or not".

I am the kind of person that "I hate BACK-STABBER"

I am the kind of person that "Firm with my stand"

I am the kind of person that "I befriended everyone".

I am the kind of person that "It is hard for me to believe that my friends who actually talk bad about me"

I am the kind of person that "I know that these things will happen eventually".

Insya Allah by Maher Zain

Everytime you feel like you cannot go on
You feel so lost
That your so alone
All you is see is night
And darkness all around
You feel so helpless
You can`t see which way to go
Don`t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side

Insya Allah 2x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way

Everytime you can make one more mistake
You feel you can`t repent
And that its way too late
Your`re so confused,wrong decisions you have made
Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame


Don`t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side
Insya Allah 2x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way
Insya Allah 2x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way

Turn to Allah
He`s never far away
Put your trust in Him
Raise your hands and pray
OOO Ya Allah
Guide my steps don`t let me go astray
You`re the only one that showed me the way,
Showed me the way 2x
Insya Allah 2x
Insya Allah we`ll find the way

Truly 1 Malaysia

I am Happy. My parents and brother came to Kuantan. Miss them DAMN much! I appreciate them for coming. THANK YOU MAMA & PAPA! I know I didn't manage to go back for the past 3 weeks and will not go back till raya that is another 2 to 3 weeks. Due to that, I broke my previous record for not going home the longest period that is for a month and a half while before it was only for 3 weeks. Yes, it's a challenge. With assignments, presentations, term papers plus debate it was a challenge for not going home and just relax. Homesick? Of course. That is why I called my parents and told them everything and finally they came. I am so GLAD! Thank you again.

This entry I'll be talking about a truly 1 Malaysia. But first, I want to share some experience. Moot experience. There was a workshop yesterday on mooting. Mooting is something like a court trial but the difference is just that the so-called lawyers in the court is actually students. It is student/lawyer thingy. And obviously I went for it. It was an interest of mine to join mooting and luckily I have my cousin to guide me. He is in mooting team for UiTM and yes, I am surely going to try to join. I heard it is difficult to be in moot team but NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE right? You can develop a talent. No problem. So yesterday was a hell of a day. In the morning there was an economic test and thankfully it was more than a pleasant to answer. Later that evening, mooting workshop. My cousin was there. Yes. Aril. He gave a speech on something something and most important of all he attacked me in front of everybody. It's on purpose, I know Aril. That's OK then. I don't mind, at least some of the mooters get notice of me. Ahakx! The whole mooting period was awesome. They explained every single thing and they were too kind I think. But, COOL~

As soon as the workshop ends, I went to the hotel that me and my parents are staying in. As usual, buka puasa time cause it was late when the workshop ended. It was around 6 something. So, as soon as I reached the hotel we went to the cafe and get ready for breaking fast time. I was the first one that was ready with everything on the table at that time so I just sat down and observe people. This was where I found the real meaning of 1 Malaysia. Maybe I am exagerating this, but somehow it is true. 2 tables beside our table were consist of Chinese. Purely Chinese. There are from a company and it was their company dinner. As you know, Chinese don't fast, right? It is not their practice. I took a peek at their table and it was full with foods. Like seriously. Everyone was at the table. Just looking at the food. They can start eating because they are not waiting for anything cause they are not fasting. Got it? But, what I appreciate they did was that they did not eat. They didn't even have a sip of drink. At one time,one of the kids wanted to eat and what the dad said was, "No. Wait. You have to respect the other". That is a good example for other people. Even for Muslims. That is to respect other people's culture and belief. That is not the end of it. One of the ladies, an old lady if I can say wanted to start eating but another lady went over and whispered to her and what I saw was that the old lady push the plate away from her. What does that showed you? The lady told the old lady to not eat as a sign of respect. I like that!

Next, when the azan have been heard, they did not immediately start eating but they look at others first and one of them looked at me and he saw me drink thus they started eating. I love the sign of respect that they have given us. Again, appreciate each other. Respect each other's culture and belief. And that is TRULY 1 MALAYSIA!

20 Worst-Paying Degrees in 2010.

Am I screwed?

Lynn O'Shaughnessy in Yahoo! News also the author of "The College Solution" made a clear research on the worst-paying college degrees in 2010. I am not sure whether this also applies to Malaysia but the survey made was for the United States.

Worst-Paying College Degrees in 2010
College Degree	Starting Pay	Mid-Career Pay
1. Child and Family Studies	$29,500	$38,400
2. Elementary Education	$31,600	$44,400
3. Social Work	$31,800	$44,900
4. Athletic Training	$32,800	$45,700
5. Culinary Arts	$35,900	$50,600
6. Horticulture	$35,000	$50,800
7. Paralegal Studies/Law	$35,100	$51,300
8. Theology	$34,700	$51,300
9. Recreation & Leisure	$33,300	$53,200
10. Special Education	$36,000	$53,800
11. Dietetics	$40,400	$54,200
12. Religious Studies	$34,700	$54,400
13. Art	$33,500	$54,800
14. Education	$35,100	$54,900
15. Interdisciplinary Studies	$35,600	$55,700
16. Interior Design	$34,400	$56,600
17. Nutrition	$42,200	$56,700
18. Graphic Design	$35,400	$56,800
19. Music	$36,700	$57,000
20. Art History	$39,400	$57,100

Credited to Yahoo! News and Lynn O'Shaughnessy

And Law is at Number 7. Grrrr~~

Can Friendship Ends?

Friendship Quotes:-

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton-

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
- Anais Nin-

"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
-Walter Winchell-

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
- Bible: Ecclesiastes-

"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You canít have too many friends because then youíre just not really friends."

-Anonymous-

"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade."
- William Shakespeare-

Friendships are like papers. It will not be as interesting if it is left white.

When you start putting something onto it, it will become interesting as you go.

Fill it up with colours and words and you will know how good it can be.

-Marlysa-

Love,

MARL!

Good at Giving Advice. Try Live Up With One Of Your Own.

Hey all,

Good Evening. It is Ramadan month now and you all know that it is time for all Muslims to fast. It is compulsory for every Muslim to fast and if you skip for fun, it's 'DOSA'. We all know that, don't we? The most important thing in Ramadan month is that to be close to Allah The Almighty. This is the most crucial time for you to ask for forgiveness, ask for happiness and etc. People said that at this month that most of your wish will come true. So, people! Let's PRAY! LOL!

Enough talking about Ramadan. What I want to tell you guys today is that to FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE. Some people know how to give good advice and some don't. Some people is really good in consoling people and some don't. Some people is really good in making people feel good while some don't. Some people will be looked for for advice and that the person will give advice and all sorts. And yes, they succeed.

What happens when you yourself are not in a good situation. If you are good in advising people, why don't you use your own advice and console yourself. It is a sign of failure when you are in a situation where you can control but you are not controlling it. In a way, you can lose respect from people surrounding you. When people put such high expectations on you and expect that you are good in what ever that you do at the end you messed it BIG, people will start losing their respect against you. When you are in the situation that you are not that comfortable in, what you can do is to give advice to yourself as the way you give others advice. Before you lose respect, it is better if you keep calm and continue with what ever that you should be doing.

By giving up, you can disappoint others. Giving up is something that me myself can't tolerate. Before you said you can't, why don't you TRY! You will not know how you do until you try. Once you try doing it, you will know whether you are good at it or bad at it. Either way, it's OK cause that is the use of learning. This is the norm of a learning process. Without failure there will be no success. You need to learn to be wrong so that in the future you can do the right thing. It is alright if you make a mistake and again that is the use of the whole learning process that is for you to learn and that is to learn from mistakes. No one is PERFECT and I mean that. I myself am NOT perfect. No one is. So, throw away the shyness and try out. Again I'm stressing that Giving Up annoys me..BAD! Especially giving up before even trying. I am not denying the fact that me myself felt like giving up before but what I did was to try to solve and go through with it and at the end you will see the results. Without an action, there will be NO results. Without a start, there will be no ending. So, in what ever that you do, try and start to take action before you even give up because once you give up and do nothing about it, NOTHING will move and at the end you will gain NOTHING! Remember,

NO ACTION = NO RESULTS = GAIN NOTHING

ACTION = GOOD/BAD RESULTS = LESSON LEARNED

Conclusion is that to NOT GIVE UP! If you are down, give advice to yourself the way you give others advice. Remember all your advice for others and try living up with your own advice!

Love,

MARL!

Ramadan Al-Mubarak

HAPPY FASTING MONTH!

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT RAMADAN!

SELAMAT BERPUASA!

LET'S PRAY THAT THIS RAMADAN WILL BE BETTER THAN BEFORE!

YA ALLAH, RAHMATILAH RAMADAN INI.

lOVE,

marl