Wahai Mahasiswa

Kepada mahasiswa,

Apa yang diperjuangkan?
Kebebasan mahasiswa katanya.
Apa faedah nya?
Mansuhlah AUKU
Untuk apa?
Dapat berpolitik?
Politik itu apa?
Permainan orang tua
Faedah politik bagi mahasiswa?
Beban yang teramat
Untuk apa?
Pening kepala

Kebangkitan mahasiswa katanya,
Mahasiswa itu siapa sebenarnya?
Pelajar-pelajar universiti
Adakah seseorang itu mewakili semua mahasiswa?
TIDAK
Segelintir kecil mahukan kebebasan yang kononnya diperjuangkan
Sebilangan hanya mengikut
Tetapi majoriti berdiam
Adakah diam tanda setuju atau tidak setuju?
Tiada siapa yang tahu
Jadi, tidak perlulah diperbesarkan.

Seorang buat kecoh, semua orang melenting
Seorang itu mahasiswa yang berjuang untuk kebebasan katanya
Adakah dia memahami apa yang diperjuangkan sebenarnya?
Dikatakan mahasiswa tidak bebas?
Mahasiswa mempunyai facebook, twitter, blog, tumblr, etc
Mahasiswa mempunyai akses kepada internet.
Jika tidak berpuas hati, bukan kutukan yang patut diberi
Tetapi komplain kepada yang sepatutnya terus dari laman web
Adakah itu tidak bebas namanya?

Kebebasan bagaimana lagi?
Saya seorang mahasiswi
Tidak terasa terkongkong mahupun tersepit dengan undang-undang yang ada
Hanya dengan satu perkara di dalam satu akta, permintaan adalah untuk memansuhkan keseluruhan akta
Adakah itu relevan dan patut?

Wahai mahasiswa
Sedarlah bahawa hari ini bukan perjuangan ini yang sepatutnya dilakukan
Pertahankan bangsa kita, itu lebih penting
Melayu ketinggalan jauh
Melayu terperosok jauh
Disemua demonstrasi kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Walaupun ketuanya bukan Melayu dan kononnya demonstrasi akan disertai oleh semua pihak tetapi yang kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Sedarlah bahawa kita ini sebagai robot-robot yang digunakan pada masa sebegini.
'Perjuangan' adalah tarikan semata-mata
Jadi, berhentilah.

Tidak guna berdemonstrasi di jalanan
Maki hamun
Menjerit
Gunakanlah masa yang digunakan di tepi jalan itu untuk memperbaiki diri sendiri
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk belajar
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk 'berjuang' dalam medium yang betul
Tidak perlu menjerit dan menghina
Tunjukkan yang kita ini setanding dengan orang lain.

A Leader

The faculty had a voting session for the upcoming High Committee of the Law Society Club of Faculty of Law today. I had the chance to vote for the post of President, Secretary and Treasurer although it was late in the evening but at least I did my part.

For this entry, I will make a few comments on qualities of leaders. I know I am not qualified to talk about this cause I am NO-ONE and I am NOT even a leader myself but I am sure that as a follower I have the right to comment on certain leaders' qualities that I like, dislike, hoped for, and expected for.

Some people think that being a leader is an easy task. What he or she has to do is only to give jobs to whomever working under his name and that's it. Little they know that with all the instructions given comes responsibility and liability. A leader is responsible for all the acts done by the people working under and is liable for the wrongdoings although they know nothing about the act.

Back to the topic, these are the leadership qualities that I think play important role.

1. Unbiased
- People had always mistaken the word bias. Bias does not only mean bias against a group of people but it can be more than that. Bias can be very obvious or very hidden or sometimes he or she does not even realise that he or she is being biased. A leader should be able to differentiate or distinguish or separate personal matters, work matters and formality. In university life, we are working with our friends. Our friends are sometimes our boss or even someone who works under us. Friends are friends OUTSIDE the period of working. A leader should be able to act accordingly. It should not matter if that someone is the boyfriend or girlfriend, the leader should be able to treat them equally with others. The girlfriend or boyfriend should not get to give excuses or even an-early dismissal. A leader should know that everyone needs to be given equal treatment.

2. Listen to opinions
- A person with power tends to not listen to others and think that they are the best in the society or community. Well dude, YOU ARE NOT GOD! You are only human. you are not perfect and you are not the best. When ever you think that you are the best, think again! There is always someone who is smarter, more brilliant than you are. Listen to what your colleagues have to say. Listen to their opinions and suggestions. If they have any criticism, accept them. Do not be a LOSER by not respecting opinions of others. As I said, you are not the best. Sometimes your colleague has a more brilliant stuff than what you have.

3. Be Organised and Disclose Information Properly
- A leader has to be an organised person. Not only your work has to be organised but also your thoughts. When even your thoughts and work are organised, you would be able to disclose information to your colleagues properly. This is IMPORTANT! To deliver a proper message and information so any miscommunication will not occur. In organising an event, communication among the committee is very important. Miscommunication could cost a serious, major problems in the event. Therefore, a leader should have a very good communication skill with the colleague.

4. Be Firm and Strict but with a BIG SMILE
- Strict and firm is one of the most significant quality, in my opinion. Strict and firm is strictly for the colleagues not be able to step-on-your-head. However, together with that a leader needs to be someone with a great big smile and with that a laughter. You do not want your committee to be afraid of you in front but spit-on-you at the back. You do not want that! you want them to be able to smile and laugh and do their work with such pleasures and smile on their faces.

5. Great Respect
- Respect others to be respected by others. This is the motto I have been holding since ever. I always believe that when you respect people, they will respect you back no matter whether they know you or not. Therefore, a leader should respect the colleagues so that they will give the same respect to the leader. A leader needs a sense of respect from the people under him rather than a feeling of fear. Fear does not always guarantee quality. I can assure you that together with respect comes good quality of work. When ever people like to do something or like the person they are working with, they will work hard and work better to achieve the goals. This is so different when the person is doing work out of fear. The work done will not be as honest and I hope you will understand it when I say this. No need for further elaboration, perhaps.

I do think that a leader plays an important role in making sure that everything goes on smoothly. Though work has been disbursed to the other people but it is the duty and responsibility of the leader to make sure that everything is going on as planned.

As I said earlier, I AM NOBODY and I know what I am saying does not affect anyone but this is my thoughts and qualities I see to be in a leader. I should not put so much hope cause PEOPLE ARE NOT PERFECT and SO DO I!

These are said for the sake of saying what is in my mind. I know that it is EASIER SAID THAN DONE but WHEN THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. When the person soon-to-be leader should consider instilling these qualities in them.

That is all from me.

Merci,
MARL!

Unprofessionalism

For this entry I would like to touch on 'Unprofessionalism' and 'Accusations and Allegations'.

1. I came across an article slammering another person by accusing and alleging what has not been proven. Accusations and allegations have to be supported with evidence and proofs so that what ever that we say is concrete and not just an empty can. An adult should know that allegations and accusations are very heavy thing to be done to another person and thus the evidence.

2. The author of the article that I read slammed another party who in his allegations has committed a dishonest act by not doing what should be done. The affected party have stood up for themselves and have stated the reasons on the decision made and that they had taken proper measures and procedures and even have received approval on doing so. Therefore, they claim for an apology.

3. Without feeling guilty, the author did not even say sorry and did not take steps to make it look like he is trying to say sorry. This for me is a very un-gentleman act. He should have apologised as there is no wrong in doing so.

4. What worries me is that, the author is a person who in NO WAY will be affected with what ever that the innocent party is doing or have done. He is in NO WAY related and in no way affected. He is a TOTAL STRANGER and that he has no voice is slammering the innocent party. Question is; WHO IS HE? Many facts given by him are not justified. He alleged that he is a teacher but for the fact that his language is so badly structured made me worry how the students are going to be good students or even leaders in the future. The existence of the parent who complaint is another thing which is unjustified. Is the person really exist or is it only a fiction character? What ever it is, he is of no position to comment and to accuse or even to complain about what ever the innocent party is doing as he will not be affected in any way. In law, we call this as a person with locus standi. A person can only commence an action when he has fulfilled the element of locus standi which means 'a person so directly affected by the act of the wrongdoer'. Therefore, I would like to say that the author is of no position on making any allegations and accusations on the innocent party.

5. The thing about unprofessionalism is another thing that is so affected by the act. The person stated that he is a teacher and although I have no idea what are the guidelines for a teacher's ethics are but I am sure that this is against the guidelines. Making comments without proof is one thing but the fact that the words used are vulgar words is UNACCEPTABLE. A teacher should be a person who can be an example to the kids/children and HE IS DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE EXAMPLE.

6. It is sad to see when someone who should be so professional and should be ethical can be the opposite. It is sad cause this is the person who the government is counting on to teach the youngsters who will be the nation leaders in the future.

7. I am sad

8. What ever it is, I hope that person will realise what damage has been done and that will act accordingly to clean his mess up.

Love,
MARL!

Learn From The Best, Stop Talking Nonsense.

I, sometimes think about the people of Malaysia and how ungrateful they are in certain ways. I, sometimes think about the people abroad and how grateful and proud they are of their country. I, sometimes think about how Malaysians can really be a successful country but because of some shallow mentality of the people we are not able to progress.

I have just finished an article written by a gentleman who has stayed in Singapore and Malaysia and is comparing the two countries. I do have objections on the article but I am not going to discuss about the article here and not going to anywhere. It may remains within me.

What I am more interested in is the comments by the people who have read the article. I agree to some extent that Singapore is well better developed than our country and that it is wayyyy better than Malaysia if we were to compare in terms of the public transportation, the facilities and how well the country has grown to such a developed and successful country. I am not denying the fact that Malaysia still has things to be improved and that we are still far behind compared to Singapore. I do not know about the fact how well the government treats the people and all that kind of stuffs. I seriously do not know and I will not make any comments based on my assumptions.

We shall leave it that Singapore is far off better than Malaysia and that Malaysia is far behind Singapore and there should be improvements on our part.

What I want to discuss is on how the people actually responded to the article. Some is well-off proud of Malaysia and some MALAYSIANs condemned Malaysia.

The comments should be on how Malaysia is progressing slower than it should be and on how Malaysia can improve but that did not happen as the comments if not all will be about discrimination on a particular race.

The person is questioning on why he did not get a scholarship from the government when he managed to get STRAIGHT A's for his SPM. Another commented about how they dislike Malaysia when they themselves are Malaysians. Some commented on how bad they want to migrate cause they are tired of Malaysian politics and the corruption and so on.

Let me tell you this, ONE is to be grateful that our country is blessed with peace and harmony. SECOND, be grateful that we have many races to learn from and THIRD be grateful that the country is doing good right now.

On the scholarship matter, getting a straight A does not mean you are the best. There will be someone who is rather far more successful than you are. Again, getting a straight a does not mean you are the best. Getting a straight A does not mean you have all A1s. Getting a mix of A1 and A2 can be considered as getting a straight A too. You might think that you are the best but think again, there will be at least another person who got a straight A1~ Another thing is that, you might get straight A but what about the other qualities? Getting a scholarship does not only depends on your grades. They look at personality, activity, how active you are at school and other qualities such as leadership quality. You can be a nerd but you are not someone with persona. You might be a straight A student but you cannot talk in front of people. There are other qualities that they will look into before giving you a scholarship. Getting a scholarship is actually a subjective matter. You will not always know what the organisation is looking for. You can never guess.

I have an experience on this once. My foundation results was not the best and it was an average results. I received an email for an award application from an organisation. I applied without any hope cause I know my CGPA was not that good. I applied and I got it. The organiser herself told me that they are not looking for someone who got the best results but they are looking for someone with all 'street smart' and 'book smart' quality that includes leadership skills and other skills. She admitted that they have received many application with perfect 4.0 CGPA but without any other qualities. As a result, I was the one who was chosen but bear in mind I was not the one who got the perfect CGPA. That is why I said that getting a scholarship is a subjective matter as we do not always know what the organisation is looking for. So, don't use the reason that you are a non-Malay and because of that you did not get the scholarship. Don't blame others but yourself first.

As for the condemning Malaysia matter. You are the most UNGRATEFUL person I have ever seen in my life. You talk but you don't act. You talk so much on facebook but no one is listening to you. My advice is, before you give advice asking people to change, change yourself first. Stop condemning and start helping. Condemning and saluting other country do not do good to your own country. You think that you are far off better in other country then go ahead and migrate but remember if you fail in that particular country that you love so much, don't come back to Malaysia just because you said Malaysia is 'easy'. We do not like people's waste. Come one people, you talk so much on facebook does not give any benefit to the country.

I myself have experienced such person before. He was so excited on going abroad. He said 'I can't wait to migrate to Australia' with the most sarcastic, selfish tone ever. I am eager to hear from him now and see how is he doing in Australia. You have to appreciate your country. If you want to migrate for a better reason then yes, please do. BUT, saying as though you hated Malaysia so much is unacceptable. You don't have to talk about Malaysia if you are going out from Malaysia. That will just give a not-so-impressive look on Malaysia and the people. It is saying as though Malaysia is an awful country and that the people are also bad and awful.

DO NOT GIVE BAD IMPRESSIONS ON THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE.

Say sweet things about it and leave.

Sometimes people can be so very ungrateful at times.
I have not touched on 'Ungrateful Malays; IPTA Student'. That will be on another post.

Love,
MARL!

A Stalker or...?

This is somewhat SCARY and CONFUSING and FREAKY.

One question: Are there people stalking me?

The first time I saw the notification, I AM SCARED!

I am not used to see these kind of stuff

Cause I know I am NOT HOT, WORTH IT to stalk. 

People will only stalk on HOT people, POPULAR people, GORGEOUS people, you know these kind of people.

I am of neither category

So, I am confused and I questioned. 

Do I have stalkers?

ROTFL

*suddenly feeling proud*

What A Life!

I realised that I have not been writing in a long long time. 

1. It is not that I don't want to write but it is either I don't have time or I don't have any idea what to write about.

2. These few weeks have been very busy. This is the time when the lecturers are giving us assignments, presentations, and so on. This is the time when the lecturers are having replacement classes and this is the time when the lecturers are giving back our previous test papers.

3. I have to say that I am pretty happy with what I have gotten so far. I am fairly happy for my constitutional law test's results. It was a not-so-bad results and I am proud of myself. Though I aimed to be the best in class for that subject but I am sure that will come sooner or later. 

4. People are questioning on my looks these days. Not questioning about my body shape or whatsoever inter-related to that but on how I look. They said I look tired and stressed. Well, you got that right. I am not the kind of person that is easy to be get stressed up but when I do it shows. So, I am not going to deny that I have been stressed for the past few weeks. 

5. I had a kind of  a 'bad' presentation for MLS last two weeks. I know the fact that I had done some injustice to my friends when I took up 20 minutes to present and my teammates had only 10 minutes to talk each. I know that fact and I am sorry if it affects the marks. 

6. I screwed up my CTU test and I realised that I have to work harder for CTU cause apparently my general knowledge about Malaysia is bad and I need more information for the subject. That is why people say that you do not think that you are good in something when you are not really sure cause at the end it will eat you up. 

7. I was supposed to present my co-curiculum assignment last thursday but I think Allah knows that I have not prepared well for the presentation and that was why there was no electricity in the classroom and so the class was cancelled. 

8. I will have to prepare my script for French subject. There are two major projects for French. First is the EXPOSÉ which is going to be on next Tuesday and another is the FINAL PROJECT VIDEO which is going to be handed it Tuesday next two weeks. I am fairly excited and scared at the same time. Scared for not able to finish my work by the time given. Insya-Allah I will finish it. 

9. I have read and seen few articles, news, and interviews on the Peaceful Assembly Bill which is going to be passed by the Upper House in the nearest time and people are questioning the Bill. They are not only questioning on it but also opposing the Bill saying that it denies Human Rights to Assemble. I have not read the full Bill but I know abit or two about the Bill which I think I am going to discuss about this matter in my next post. (it needs a separate post cause it will be rather long than normal)

10. Final is in THREE WEEKS! It has to be noted that TORT FINAL PAPER will be on my BIRTHDAY! Me is so very sad. 

Love,

MARL!

I Am....

SCARED!

Please, NO EXCUSES!

It is getting really hectic this week. With presentation, mooting, tests, assignments and etc. Everyone has their own work and as for me I have quite a number of tasks are on my shoulders right now. Apart from the normal class work like everyone else, I do have my moot work, the dinner work, the class rep work and etc. Therefore, if you compare my work and another person's work, who will have more burden of work? Yes, I am only in Part 2 and I am already showing that I am very busy and I have not yet feel the workload of the upper parts. Put that aside for a while. Compare the workload only among the people in my part.

Whenever something is given to you by the lecturer, some of the students will not be able to find the time to finish them. Reasons: busy with other work, tired and etc. I dislike that reasons or excuses simply because they are only tied to that work and that work only. They do not have other obligations and responsibility that can make me see that the workload is more than mine. I stayed at the moot court till 12am last night for mooting and still able to attend class at 8.30am with preparation. I am not trying to be arrogant but that is the way its supposed to be. You do not give excuse like "I'm tired", "No time" and so on cause you should try to be in my place now and see whether you can survive or not.

I am not in favour of people giving excuses like that cause for me, I am undergoing much worse but I am not complaining so why should you. All that just irritates me in a way.

Other than that, stop saying about what you have sacrificed for the work over and over again. PEOPLE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME! When you do taht over and over again, it is as though you are not sincere n doing your work. You are not honest in finishing the work and al. You don't have to rub-in-my-face about what you have sacrificed.

Okso now, I am about to go to shower but I am seriously sleepy. Can I sleep for a while first and then start with the work?

Love,
Marl!

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Will I be able to Cope Up?

Semester is gong pretty wild right now. Everything is going pretty wild right now. I can already see the shadow of the tests which are coming up starting next week. An event will be organised by the Moot Club is going to be held end of this month and I am responsible for the PR department of the organising comittee. So far everything is going pretty good though no response has been received just yet but hopefully the response will be good if not overwhelming.

Apart from the event, my studies itself are getting harder and harder each day. It is all about how I can cope up with the whole thing. Up to today, I have always been so tired when I get back and that disrupt me in doing my homeworks or revision. I am seriously hoping for the extra activities NOT disrupting my studies.

I am trying as hard as I can to manage my time well. I am not used to be stressed but I think I have the potential to get stress this semester.

Second semester is nothing like the first semester. Last semester, it was literally like a spoon-feed semester but not this semester. Every subject has hundreds of cases to be read. I know I should not be complaining about this cause this is the life of a law student but I am just trying to get to the reality that I am going to be in a Big Problem if I am not able to cope with all the work.

This coming up event is; The Interpart Moot Competition 29-30/10/2011
Tests; 1. Tort test 19/10/2011
2. Consti test 24/10/2011
3. MLS test

It will be a hectic week starting next week. :-\

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Get Ready!

GET READY FOR THE CHALLENGE!

THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.

THE MOMENT TO PROVE YOURSELF!

GO! GO! GO!

It Really Is Hard Work

Nothing is easy in this world. No matter what course you have decided to pursue into you will encounter the hardship in the course. It is just the matter of you can handle the stress or not. No one can argue between themselves to say that their course is harder than the other because honestly every course has their own challenges.

I am now focusing on my own course as this is the only course that I know the level of hardness. It is getting pretty tough right now. People are starting to question whether this is the right choice been made by them. Some thought that this is an easy course as everyone who had no idea what to pursue will pursue reading law. Well, this isn't an easy one for you to just jump into without knowing what really is you are getting yourself into. Get it? There are some of my juniors who had no idea what to take up in the university will choose law cause they said that it looks easy. Well my juniors, YOU HAVE MADE THE BIGGEST WRONG ASSUMPTION ever!

It really do need someone who is very passionate about reading. If you don't favour reading don't even bother coming in this course. Reading is the way of life in Law. I was one the kind of person who don't like reading. It is really hard for me to even finish a book in two months. Hows that? Honestly, I started to finish a book when I have finished my schooling days. In my school days I have always cut-short meaning finished reading half the book and not finishing the other half. That was how bad my reading habit was. Every time we were given an essay to make, the comment I always got was 'Read more'.

However, these have changed now. Well it has to cause if its not then I will be in big trouble by now.

As I am in Part 2 this semester I realised that there is sooo much to do. Reading cases has to be my biggest weakness but it has to change. It is not just reading that is required in this course, memorizing is one thing. In one sub-topic there are more than 10 cases and you have to memorise at least 5/6 to be excellent in your answer later on or that to have a very strong argument. That is just for that one sub-topic. What if in the semester that particular subject has about 6/7 topics? How many cases that you have to memorise? Not including the general principle of law, the ratio decidendi. Furthermore, there are 4 law papers every semester. How's that?

Can you handle this?

I just want to say to those out there especially the post-SPM candidates. If you have no idea what to pursue and you are planning to take up law as the only choice because you think it is easy, well just DON'T. You are wasting your time if you think that way. You are wasting your time if you don't have passion on this. You are just wasting you time.

The best thing to do is to question yourself over and over again on what you really have interest in and if you cannot come up with the answer and still think that law is the only choice then think whether you are willing to go through all the hardships.

I am just saying.

Love,
MARL!

Vulnerability

What is vulnerability?

Vulnerability comes from the word 'Vulnerable' which means weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally. (Oxford dictionary). However, vulnerability is the ability to show your weaknesses to others or in other words to be open with other people. You are more open to talk about your feelings, your weaknesses, your insecurity etc.

I saw the episode of 'Vulnerability' of Glee Project and I saw myself to be in the position at the time. Sam had problems in showing his vulnerability to people. He had problems breaking  down the wall in front of other people. Every one of us has insecurities. We have fears and all those fears have to be swept away and to sweep away all the fears you have to break down the wall of vulnerability.

I am the kind who will keep my feelings to myself. I looked like as though I tell everything to my friends but the truth is I don't. There is barrier in telling stories and telling everyone what you think. If I were to be given the assignment similar to Glee Project, I would have failed either. I have troubles breaking down the wall as I am kind of a secretive person especially when it comes to showing feelings. I have issues in showing feelings and telling people how down I feel and so on cause I used all my power to not show people how bad I feel at certain circumstances. I may looked as a strong woman but the truth is I think I would be one of the most low self-esteem person I have ever comes across with. I have the insecure-feelings all the time.

Becoming vulnerable can be a good thing somehow. If you are the kind who would go to people and say a kind of stuff that shows you can tell them how you feel, you can use that as a tool or a weapon to succeed. I truly believe that. People are easily influenced by feelings especially insecurities and unhappy feelings. People will automatically backed the person up who look as though they are the victim in the case though they might not be the victim after all.

Some people just have the gift of easily expressed their feelings to others but I can't. I can only express my feelings to... I think...in my life...around 3/4 people? Yes! Not everyone can know everything. Even the selected ones will not know everything. That is how little I can be vulnerable with someone.

Love,
MARL!

Friends

There are many types of friends in this world.

1. Friends who need your help and only your help.
2. Friends who want something out of you.
3. Friends who pretended to be your friend when they don't really like you.
4. Friends who are hypocrites.
5. Friends who become a friend when they feel like they want to be your friend.
6. Friends who are simply a hi-bye friend.
7. Friends who sincerely befriended you.
8. Friends who point out your wrongs and ask you to make it right.
9. Friends who forget you when they have something on their own.
10. Friends who become friends with you only when you have other friends but when you are lonely, they left you alone.

There are many other types of friends. Friends to laugh with, to giggle with, to have fun with, to gossip with, to roll on the floor laughing with, to laugh at people with ARE EVERYWHERE! You can even pick someone from the roadside and they can be that sorta friend. BUT...

Friends to cry with, to have a shoulder to lean on are REALLY HARD TO FIND. You may think that you have one now BUT you might be mistaken. They might be just as equal as the other friends you have.

Love,
MARL!

Back To School

Its BACK TO SCHOOL!

It is the first week of college. Everyone has the excitement to attend classes and meeting friends and lecturers. Students are excited to find out who their lecturers are for every subject. The new students are excited to know their first ever lecturer in Degree. Everyone is excited and it is good.

Unfortunately, I did not have the excitement. In fact, I did not feel anything about going back to college. My feelings were very neutral and subtle. Completely feeling-less. For people who don't know, I am staying home for this second semester. I have been back-and-forth from college to my house second half of my previous semester but as for this semester I am fully homegirl. So, when people were busy packing and arranging and sorting out their things, I was busy facebook-ing, shopping and walking around. When the others were busy looking for house to rent/ room to rent, I was busy sleeping on my own bed in my own house. The natural feeling of a college student was not there. I am a completely/ 100% HOMEGIRL.

I honestly think that this is bad for me. This is bad for my experience for the future. I am used to be so convenient and easy till I am afraid that I will forget how it is to be in a hard situation once in a while. I understand my parents' conscience but this is me saying from my perspective. I know that if I stay out, there are loads of money will go to waste. Everything is doubled if I was to stay out. Staying in saved my parents a few hundred per month. That is good for future savings but I am not sure that it'll be good for my experience.

Anyway, enough said about the home thing. Let us move on to classes, shall we?

Classes are going great so far. We had lecture for Contract Law and Tort Law and the lecturers are Dr. J. Sheela and Mdm. Nora J respectively. Nora J taught us before in Part 1 Tort Law and it was a disaster paper for me. That paper brought me down reaaaaaaal fast! Anyhow, I knew that it was completely my fault. Would not blame it on anybody except for my self. I was the one who answered the questions wrongly and I knew about it as soon as I walked out the hall. How silly, I know!

By the way, I feel guilty with regard to the position of class representative. I do my work as though I am already elected to be the class rep while the truth is that no one has ever elected me as the class rep. Yes, they shouted my name when the lecturer called for a class rep but that was informally. I should have asked them during class just now but I didn't. So, I don't know whether to just carry on with my work or ask them whether they want to change class rep or not.

Since the first day, I found that I have been eating alot and it has just been three days. I have to control. If not, GONE!

Before I end my post, I hope that this semester will be a better semester than my previous one. Hopefully I will throw away my bad habits with regard to studying. No last minute studying, PLEASE! Most important thing is that I really do hope that I will be able to join any moot competition this semester. It would be meaningful to me if I get to join one this semester. Unfortunately, there is only one moot competition this semester and with 14 mooters, the coaches are torn apart to choose who. I just hope that I am one of the 4 mooters. That is all!

Be cool, FOCUS, Be patient, Be smart!

Love,

MARL!

Debaran

Walaupun dikatakan tidak ada feel untuk kembali ke kolej tetapi hati masih berdebar debar untuk memulakan semester yang baharu

Dislike

I hate it when people is asking me to do something which

1. I AM ABOUT TO DO IT

2. I AM DOING IT

3. I HAVE DONE IT.

Love,

Marl!

Wonderful Meaningful Night

Hey all,

How are you all doing? Excited for the new semester coming up? I'm sure you are. Blurgh. I am 'pumped' too! YaY!

Well, for this post I want to share with you guys for me the most wonderful, meaningful night of my life so far. Three different occasions in one day.

This morning, Abg Ies messaged me and asked my whole family for a family dinner together with birthday celebration for my dad and my cousin, Kak Tt at Las Vacas, Kelana Jaya which happened to be near FAM field. It happened to be the night of a match between Malaysia vs Arabic FC and they were the Olympics team. I was so very excited about the match. My dad, my brother and I went to see the match while the others were ordering at the restaurant and waiting for the food to come.

It was magnificient. I had never had the chance to watch football that close in my entire life. Literally. So, I was really excited about the match. Imagine, it was not a stadium. It was merely a regular school-liked football field with no barrier between the players and the viewers. We were really really close. I almost got hit by a ball kicked by one Arab man. That was SCARY! Really. If I get hit by that ball, I'll be on the ground seconds after. It was a really priceless experience where I got to watch the Football National team up-close and Muslim jersey No.24 is so HOT while playing. *melts*

The second occasion of the day was the birthday celebration for Papa and Kak Tt. It was a last minute plan by my dear Abg. Ies. It was simple, cosy and fun dinner. Everyone was happy. Everyone had good food. Catching up with the family was really something that we need all the time. Spending time with the family really do make the bonding really tight as we go along. Don't believe me? Try it yourself. That was really really FUN!

The third one was a good exercising experience. My brother and I had an in-the-house football match. Literally. We played football in the house and that is the truth, brother! With the small ball of course. Well, I lost that match by one point, 4-5. It was a close game. We had so much fun laughing, giggling, rolling-on-the-floor. Really, it was something that I enjoyed most in one day. Looking forward for the match again. LOL.

I seriously love what I had experienced today. It was a complete day for me.

Love,

MARL!

Approval By Mum

I got an approval from my mum to use any of her handbags.

I am so soo soo soo HAPPY!

Its not that she does not let me before but as a habit of mine I will ask before I borrow.

So, since she told me to use any of her handbags whenever I want that makes me happier.

She said 'Pakailah. Sape lagi nak pakai'

Thank You, Mama!

p/s: There is one handbag that I have been eyeing on. Watch out!

You Are The Only One

WISHING A GIGANTIOUS

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY

TO MY PAPA!

LOVE YOU~!

Selamat Hari Raya

Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI
kepada muslimin dan muslimat di seluruh dunia
tidak kira usia, bangsa dan di mana anda berada.
Dengan ini juga saya ingin meminta maaf kepada sesiapa sahaja yang mengenali diri saya jika ada salah dan silap tidak kira sama ada ianya sengaja atau tidak sengaja.
Saya juga mengharapkan agar perkenalan kita berkekalan.
SELAMAT HARI RAYA
MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN!
:)

Open Minded?

The MIS-Interpretation of OPEN-MINDED.

If we browse the internet

ie Oxford Dictionary online

we will find that the meaning of the word 'Open-Minded' is

Willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced

This means that 'open-minded' is someone who can accept opinions from others, willing to accept new ideas, willing to learn new things, open for criticisms, etc

HOWEVER, the interpretation has been narrowed down by youngsters nowadays.

When we say that someone is open-minded,

people will start to think that the person is open to talk things about sex.

Open-minded is always being related to sex, socialising etc.

Where does this come from?

This is the misinterpretation of a simple word by people.

This is just FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

Love,

MARL!

The Question Is.....

......Will We Spend Our Raya in the Hospital?

There is a possibility

Hakim is doing pretty well right now

but, his temperature has not dropped below 37.5 Degrees yet.

Before I left the hospital, he got rashes on his hands, neck and legs

which caused by allergy (that's what the doctor said)

However, my parents and I suspected MEASLES (Demam campak)

If it happens to be measles, we might spend raya in the hospital because it'll take up to

5 days!

If he is well by monday that means he will be discharged then.

It is still a QUESTION MARK (?)

GET WELL SOON LITTLE BROTHER

KNOW THAT

ME LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

'I Failed!'

Those are the words said by our beloved 4th Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed in the Biography Program on Channel 555 Astro. It was my normal afternoon at home doing nothing. Played around with the channels available on Astro when I happened to come across this program. Due to my interest on Mahathir's career, I stayed on.

The program was basically telling the stories and journeys of Dr. M throughout his period of leading this country. It was a memorable 22 years of time. A person will have their brightest shining moment and they will also have their dull and dark moments. Same goes with Dr. M. The program tells about the ups and downs of the period of his time.

Everybody knows that Dr. M is such an outspoken person. He criticised, commented on the matters that were not from his point of view correct. He was not afraid of what others will say and what others think. All that matters to him is that he has to say something.

As I was watching the program, I was touched by his efforts and perspiration towards changing the Malays. He cared about the Malays and that he did almost everything he could have done to change Malays' mentality and attitude.

Before that, he had also tried his best to keep track of the global modernization. His efforts in making sure that Malaysia was not left behind, he made the modern projects came true; Petronas Twin Tower, Sepang Circuit, Smart Tunnel, LRT, Komuter, Monorail etc. Without any of these, Malaysia will not be known in the world.

To those who might not know this or might not have any clue on this, people in the world do not know where Malaysia is but they know Mahathir. They do not know where Malaysia is but they know the Tallest Twin Tower in the world. They do not know where Malaysia is but they know that there is one race that will be held at Sepang Circuit. They do not know where Malaysia is but they know the multi-racial multi-cultural country below Thailand above Singapore in the map. Just imagine friends, without any of the above landmarks build by him, where would Malaysia stand now? Would anyone in the world knows where Malaysia is? Think!

Back to the main thing I wanted to touch in this post is regarding one simple sentence told by Dr. Siti Hasmah, Dr.M's wife.

She said (I improvised)

"His mission is to change the Malays. He wants the Malays to be at par with the Non-Malays. He wants Malays to change their mentality and attitude. He wants the Malays to be strong. But, after 22 years trying he always thinks that he had failed."

So, I want to ask the Malays,

DO YOU THINK THAT THE MALAYS HAVE CHANGED OR THEY ARE STILL WHO THEY ARE; LAID BACK KINDA THING? HAS DR.M MANAGED TO TEACH THE MALAYS TO BE AT THE SAME PAR WITH THE NON-MALAYS? HAS HE? THINK PEOPLE!

Love,

MARL!

Most Romantic Love Story

I would like to share a link with the followers

I think that the story is the MOST Romantic Love Story I have ever read!

It really is romantic and sweet.

I loved it!

http://www.inspiring-quotes-and-stories.com/test-of-love.html

Research Before Commenting

I am not the expert on law

I don't know everything about law

I am merely new

Regardless of how newbie I am

I still know bits and pieces of law

and I want to say to the people who made comments on law

KNOW THE LAW FIRST BEFORE GIVING ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE LAW.

DON'T MAKE YOURSELF LOOK STUPID WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

DON'T QUESTION THE LAW. QUESTION THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW.

BUT BEFORE THAT

MAKE SURE YOU ARE APPLYING THE RIGHT LAW.

The Person People Know but I Don't

Personality

Appearance

Attitude

Behaviour

Style

What word do you use to describe a person?

You know what is First Impression?

What do you think about what people think of you?

Do you know what others think of you?

Do you always judge before knowing them personally beforehand?

Do you believe in First Impression?

I always believe in First Impression

How I impressed people for the first time is what important

But obviously I am not good at it.

You see, I did some research about myself back then

It turned out to be an interesting topic to talk about

I asked people on facebook

'What was your first impression on me?'

Most of the answers:-

1. SERIOUS

2. INDEPENDENT

3. STRICT

4. SERIOUS

5. ARROGANT

6. KNOW HOW TO CONTROL

other answers:-

1. INDIFFERENT

2. TALKATIVE

3. SMILES A LOT

4. QUIET

5. HARD TO APPROACH

You see I got these sorts of answers and yes for some of them, I agree.

Sometimes First Impression can be really accurate

Sometimes its just not accurate

You have got to learn that person close enough to know the real truth

I believe that I am a terrible first impression marker on people

As above, at first look people will think I am snobbish and arrogant.

They will think I am not approachable

Some thought that I am a spoiled brat who only friends with rich people

(Yes, this happened)

Some thought that I choose my friends and I will only friends with the chosen people

Why would people think of these thoughts?

Why?

I will tell you why

Because it is human nature to judge before knowing any better

Because it is human nature to have their first thought on something

Because it is human nature to make conclusions

Because it is human nature to make assumptions

It is the human nature.

Have you experienced someone who you thought at first wasn't that great turned out to be as great as you or even better?

You notice the word thought?

Well, yes that is it.

We will always go back to 'I thought...'

Back to me for a moment.

I know why people thought I am arrogant, snobbish, serious, etc.

Because my FACE is a serious face

I am not a person with a charming face.

People will have to take sometime to get connected with me.

I admit that.

I am not the kind that is really easy to be connected with

People will take sometime to get a smooth conversation with me

That is because I don't know how to start a conversation

I am seriously sucked at it.

I don't talk much when there is someone more talkative than I am.

I will talk much when I am really comfortable.

So guys, if I don't talk much that means you are boring!

ehem... pardon me.

I am not here trying to clarify any first impression made by people

They obviously know better by now

I just wanted to say that I am NOT as what you THOUGHT!

You smile I smile

You talk I talk

You laugh I laugh

As easy as that

Love,

MARL!

A Scary Statement

Hello friends,

I know I may have promised some of the followers that my update will be about my research on myself which I carried out two days ago but I think this is more important than that.

Guess what.

My mum had just made a statement that knocked me off my feet!!! And it was SCARY! Really!

Her statement was

'Sebenarnya mama yang dah tak sabar kakak ada boyfriend. Mama nak tengok

lelaki macam mana yang kakak pilih'

CAN YOU FEEL MY HORROR RIGHT NOW?

This was just about relationships bf/gf and I am seriously freaking out. I mean its like telling me I should get married or something. Imagine, I am scared when she asked about boyfriend. What about the future where she will eventually ask about marriage or something. MAN! How do I handle these kind of stuff?

So, HELP ME FIND ONE! (do I sound so desperate right now? I hate that!)

I believe that when its time ITS TIME! No rush!

Therapy For Girls

It's S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G baby!

I am a SHOPPER

Not A Shopaholic

I shop when its time to shop

I don't shop all the time.

But, IT IS A DEFINITE GOOD THERAPY!

LOVE SHOPPING!

Philophobia

You what this means?

Philophobia is FEAR OF LOVE OR BEING IN LOVE

I have this fear.

How to overcome it?

I don't know.

This is the fear I'm talking about.

Cool and Unusual Bed Designs

Doc Sofa Bunk Bed

This is a cool one. From Two-seats Sofa to Double Decker Bed! Isn't this cool?

Giant Birdnest

The Hamburger Bed

This looks like the most comfortable bed ever!

Credit to http://www.boredpanda.com/cool-and-unusual-bed-designs/

Cool 3D Pavement Drawings by Julian Beever

Credit to http://www.boredpanda.com/44-amazing-3d-sidewalk-chalk-artworks-by-julian-beever/

Now He Is On Facebook

Do you know how annoying a kid could be?

Do you know how annoying it is when a kid bug you every single time you are in front of your laptop?

Do you know how annoying it is when your parents start to support your little brother?

Do you know how annoying it is to listen to past stories?

Because of all of the above I SURRENDER!

I finally made a Facebook account for my little brother.

I have no idea what he is going to use it for.

But, after all the thinking.

He couldn't do much cause he doesn't know how to use it YET!

So here it is!

The most annoying kid I have ever known with Jack Sparrow

(Love ya brah)

His facebook page.

I Miss Them

Ramadhan month is supposed to be the month where people get together and improve their relationships with each other besides improving your own relationship with Allah The Almighty with all your ibadah and good behaviour.

It has not been a good relationship improvement between me, my family and my other family members, the big ones. We have not had any chance to have breaking fast together. We usually have at least twice or trice every year and as 11 days had passed we have not had any and it is quite disappointing as this is my first year after 2 years I have had my ramadhan not at home. So, I was hoping for some get together with the big family and it has not yet to be happened.

I am wondering when will this be happening. Everyone is pretty tied up with their work and what ever that they are doing. It has been like that since forever (as in my teen age). It get very hard for us to meet up and it gets disappointing when we had made all the arrangements but nothing happened in the end.

I am really really hoping that this year will be a good year where we get to break our fast together at least for three times. I really do hope so cause I MISS THEM LIKE CRAZY!

When we were all small and cute :)

2010 Raya

What's Up With People and Being Stuck In The Past?

I have posted an entry before about letting go and moving on with your lives but at the same time not forgetting the journey so that you can learn from it. That is what I believed in and it will never change, Insyaallah!

However, I have encountered some events in the past where people are still stuck in the past and what they thought in the past and what they could have done in the past and what the past has to offer. Again....MOVE ON!

I would like to give an analogy for this whole idea of mine.

There is this one company which shall be called as Company A. Company A has Ms. Sweetheart as the Director. For the past 6 years, she was the one who build the name of Company A and it has been successful and people in the business know the existence and how successful the company has been. However, for the past 2 years Ms. Sweetheart has become different than what she has been when she started working in the company. She became more snobbish, more arrogant, more eluded. People in the company were not in favour of her anymore. She rarely seen in the office and when she does showed up, its chaos. Plus, she took advantage of her title in the company. Easy to say, it was an abused of power.

People were not very fond of her since that attitude appeared. People are getting annoyed and they were not giving her respect as before. To make the long story short, Ms. Sweetheart was asked to resign and she did. Her position was replaced by Ms. Apple. Ms. Apple was Ms. Sweetheart assistant before and that she knew what was going to happen and how to handle the company in absence of Ms. Sweetheart.

In making her way up in that business again, Ms. Sweetheart build a new company and was involved in the same line of business as Company A. Ms. Apple got her hands on this and told everyone in the company regarding the new company evolving in the same business line. Afraid of competitions, Ms. Apple and Company A began following every step of the way of Ms. Sweetheart's new company, Company B. After a few months, it was time for Company B to make its debut appearance in the business. Not knowing the sources Ms. Apple had the statement from the company for the press beforehand. She began to criticize, laugh at the statement and kept on judging what ever is written on the statement. All of this was resultant from jealousy and fear.

Out of the sudden the Managing Director from Company A began tweeting about how bad Company B is. Saying things which were inappropriate and immature. Ignoring all these, Ms. Sweetheart continues with her success and managing the company well.

So, what can we learn from the above?

I am saying the Ms. Apple and the Managing Director from Company A are stuck with the past. Once Ms. Sweetheart has resigned from the company they should not have bothered about what ever is planned by her. Criticizing, laughing, judging, following EVERY STEP were indeed a chicken act. They are immature acts and inappropriate. For me, they should have let go of the fact that Ms. Sweetheart is not a staff anymore. She has no concern in the company anymore. What they should have done is that to improve their own performance rather than laughing at other's work. If they are afraid of competitions then they should have upgraded their performance and their outcome/results and not by pulling someone down that drain that way.

I mean, lets be mature for once. Let go of the fact that the person is not under your concern anymore and let that person do whatever that she wants to do. She has children to feed too. She has bills to pay to. How is she supposed to pay the bills and put food on the table if she has no job? She has to find ways to put the food on the table. She has to find ways to pay the bills and the only way she knows how to do it is by the same business as her previous work.

Move on with your own life. Stop moving on in someone else's life. Stop following and analysing other people's life. You have to start to analyse your own life and move on with it. It has no meaning to be stuck in the past and not moving on because the clock will never wait for you. You have to run to catch up with it. You have to move forward to catch up with the time. There is no point looking backwards as the time is moving forward. So, MOVE ON!

p/s: I am kinda sick talking about this all the time but this is the reality. People are having a bad way of moving on.

Love,

MARL!

Fabulousity

Hey Team Fabulosity (with Kimora's tone)

I am taking the Kimora's trade marks, Fabulosity in this post. Me talking about the Buka Puasa event with mah buddies/besties/ex-classmates.

We have this every year and it has been our tradition since we finished our high school days. This year is our third year buka puasa-ing together on one of the days. We always have this. One time in puasa month and another during raya period. This has been our tradition. For the past 2 years, our location must have been the Italiannese but we have decided to choose another place and that was 'Flying Chillies' in the Gardens.

The place was cool. Not bad. The food was awesome too. Me lovey lovey the green curry chicken. We made that place as our own. We surely did. We were there from 6pm till about 9.30pm. We laughed non-stop, we talked non-stop. We had so much fun and it was so nice to see each other again. It was a great night and hopefully this tradition will go on for a long time. However, I am quite sad once I heard the others are flying off soon.

Myra is going to fly to Iowa, US next week. Alvena is going off in September. Mayuri is going in January next year. So, year by year someone is going off and that means our gang with become less people and less people year by year. Me so sad.

What ever it is, I am still hoping that our friendship lasts forever and I really do mean forever!

Love,

MARL!

L.C

Aku Tak Mudah Untuk DiCintai

Aku Tak Mudah Mengaku Ku Cinta

Aku Tak Mudah Mengatakan

'Aku Jatuh Cinta'

A Meeting With Dato VC

03/08/2011

Lessons Learnt

image from todayslyrics.tumblr.com

Hey all,

How's Ramadan so far? Full..still? LOL.

Well, today's post is mainly about how you should move on and must not get stuck with the past.

I was inspired by some status posted by some of my friends from my friend's list for example, 'How I wish today can be repeated. Tomorrow will never come' That sort of thing. Frankly speaking I am not a fan of this.

I believe in moving on and stopped thinking about the past. I am not saying that you should forget everything that has happened in the past but to only STOP thinking about it. If you have made a few mistakes back then and of course you wished that everything could be rewind so that you won't make that mistakes but let me tell you something friend, that is the beauty of making mistakes. You learned from them. Take that mistakes and try not making the same mistakes again. You have to Stop thinking about it, not forget about it totally cause that is still memories and forgetting it means you will not have memories at all. What I am saying is that, you need to stop whining about it. Stop complaining about it. Stop making excuses about it. Stop asking for a rewind. Just STOP and focus on the lessons you should be learning from it. There is no use if you kept on talking about what you could have done to make things right. The deeds are done. There is nothing that you can do to make it right anymore. You just have to move on and accept your mistakes and learn from it.

My experience on this has been so many. I had my ups and downs. I screwed up ALOT! My latest would be the moot competition. I at one moment thought what if I can ask for a rebattle or something so that I can make it right and make it better than before. That obviously not going to happen. That is the reality. I accepted it and I took all my mistakes as my lessons to be learnt from. I know what I have to do for my next competition to improve my presentation. I had some positive remarks that may help me improve myself. The negative comments are not going to be dumped just like that, I have to take all that it so that I can improve my presentation skills next time. You see, I moved ON! I did not complain about it. I did not ask for a repeat and I did not make excuses for my lost.

The mistakes we did are the lessons that we have to learn.

There is no point looking back on the past. There is nothing that we can do to change the past. What is Done IS Done! So be it! We, the current living the life should look forward and carry on with our lives. Have faith on the future and have a goal/aim so that we can move towards it.

Basically that is all that I want to put in this entry. There are more in my mind but I don't think it is necessary to be put in this post.

So, that's the end of it.

Remember, MOVE ON AND LIVE YOU LIFE FORWARD. DON'T GET STUCK WITH THE PAST. THERE IS NO USE LOOKING BACK!

Love,

MARL!