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Perdana Discourse Series: Bangsa Malaysia
(held at the Perdana Leadership Foundation, Putrajaya)
**Feel free to look at my other pics at www.picasaweb.google.com/cypher.gurl722
(An Unforgettable Day)
12 November 2008. Yes, that was the date of which I will never forget. The day I get to meet Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in-person.
I started the day off very bright and early. But the LRT that took me to Putrajaya arrived rather late (yeah, you guessed it right, my university didn't provide transport as there were only 3 of us). So i arrived at the Perdana Leadership Foundation Hall rather late too, mind you, that building is Tun Dr. Mohamad's office.
As a result, I did not get to enter the hall as it was already full. And then, I saw him, coming down the stairs right in front of me. He smiled and waved; appreciative. I looked at him in awe, noticing how petite he was, not as grand as he were when he used to appear on tv, friendly and gentle too.
So there I was, struggling to take out my camera to snap some pictures of him, but it was too late. So I sat outside enjoying his talk, through the projector displayed. But I was determined to get his picture afterwards. And yes, just as I had determined to do, I waited at the door just when it is tea time. Surely Tun Mahathir wants some tea too,(haha). I pushed myself among all those huge media cameras. When he got out, I quickly took his picture until I realised the camera is jammed.. Determined, I focused my camera rite at his nose until a flash came out. He actually stopped so that I can take his picture properly (haha).. When the flash came out, he smiled at me asking "Dah?"...Me, (smiling cheekily): "Hehe, ok dah"
The rest of the day
Well, the food was great. We had tea-time twice and a huge lunch, with lots of lamb, chicken n beef dishes cooked in various styles displayed on a long buffet table. Waaahh, nice...
Ahem, moving on.
There was this talk with several panelists. I managed to get into the hall by this time (You can see all this pics at my Picasaweb). Guess who I saw that made me almost faint. It was Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, my most favourite Political Analyst.
I could not ask for more and enjoyed the whole talk, scribbling notes furiously. At the end of the talk, I asked him a question and managed to tell Dr. Chandra that I'm his biggest fan before proceeding to my question. Right afterwards he responded by saying "I'm flattered that I have a young lady as a fan"..Wahh, that really got me blushing. Later on, after the other panelists tries to answer the questions that was asked by the other people in the audience, I was surprised as they all wanted to answer my question, although I only directed it to Dr. Chandra. "I want to touch on that lady's question".. So yeah, all of them referred to me as "the lady", haha...
We had group activity later on. It was normal, some discussions and presentations. But I was surprised as most of the pariticipants are Malays that speaks fluent English. And they were interested on this particular issue on "Bangsa Malaysia" too, like me. I think that's cool.
At the end of the day
I get to take pictures WITH Tun Mahathir, which was unexpected. But I wish to have a card or something to give to him. As a token of my appreciation of his way of thinking and contribution. But still, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Take note of this: Change your perspective
One thing I want to highlight is that, maybe most of you are not as excited as I am. Perhaps the reason is that you perceive him only as a politician. Well, you shouldn't see it that way. See him as a wise man, his vision has a deeper meaning than just "Wawasan 2020". His speech encourages the Malays to strive better than the rest of us although he sounds as if he is mocking us Malays. No, he's not a racist. To me, he was just a "Pejuang Bangsa", and he still is.
Whoah.. maka terpampangla gambar Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad diblogku. Kenapa? Karna aku terpilih oleh Uni utk menghadirkan diri ke "Talk" beliau di Putrajaya... Ahem! Thats huge!!! Hanya 3 orang dr Uni aku akan ke sana. I can't even believe I'm one of the three-some!
Tapi yang leceh aku kenala bwat research, takkan nk pegi "nganga" je kan? wakaka.. Tapi assignment sgt byk yg harus dibuat, namun akan ku siapkan supaya adala masa utk research pasal beliau dan topik talk beliau. Whoah, sgt esctatic nih! kembang-kempis idung, tp kena kontrol cun gak..haha..
Masa dpt call invitation pon kt dalam bas, paham2 la bas Metro, cam bunyik African Safari,
"Miss Norshahima, based on your result and participation of uni activities, you are invited to go to Tun **khhh** (gangguan tepon dan bas bising) talk"
Me: "Hah? Tun who?"
"Tun Maha **khhhh...**"
Me: "Come again? Who's talk??
"Ehem, Tun Mahathir, Miss.."
Maka, terpekik la aku dlm bas sbb hepi n terkejut..lantakla orang tgk, da tak igt apa da ku time tuh..heheh.. Best, best, nnti akanku post pengalamanku, Herm, nk beli buku otograp baru la... Erk! sgt membazir, takyah beli la, mintak beliau sign kt baju, then tanak basuh baju tu.. Gurau2..
Erm, kepada member yang komplen masa Chinese class aritu pasal my Understanding Muslim blog yang tak diupdate cm forever, nntila gue update, korang bizi, aku pon bizi gak..kehkeh.. tuepon kena bwat research gak.. takleh main taip ske2, nnti argument tak strong, sesedap je orang bom aku nnti.. sabar yek? hehe.. waa, da malam, ngorok time.. zzz..
Erlow...kepada kawan2 yang tak jenuh menyanya "mana gambar raya?"..haduu..sorie la friends, time raya sibuk la..tader masa nak snap-snap..tapi ada la sket.. But my gamba tak banyak coz I'm the "snapper" haha.. kk, to my friends, visit my Picasa Web (nie pengaruh Encik Anas) at www.picasaweb.google.com/cypher.gurl722
{Just click on the link on this page}
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride, from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I, sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I, try to catch them red–handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on, when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why,
but in my mind I find I can’t rely on myself
(chorus)
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they’ll take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I, let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I, try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
By myself
How do you think
I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid
I’m out of touch
How do you expect
I will know what to do
When all I know
Is what you tell me to
Don’t you know
I can’t tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can’t seem to convince myself why
I’m stuck on the outside
{Linkin Park - By Myself = Really illustrates on my problem n how mad I am trying to solve it}
Selamat hari raya everybody. Tadi lepak kat blog bloggers lain terasa meriahnya raya. Erm, Encik Anaz, silalah update...dah berminggu-minggu Shima asik dok ngadap posting yang sama (hehe...kata orang, sendiri punya pun tak update).. Wah, my raya sangatla busy...dengan sebelum raya menggulainya, dengan sepupu bertunang, menggulai lagi... tak sempat nak bergambar cun-cun cam org lain...tetapi, akanku upload gambar rayaku disini...tapi bukan sekarang...nanti..karna, gambar belom edit dari kamera kerana malaslah...haha..Kk, selamat berhari raya...tapi jgnlah smpi sebulan..gheti-ghetila puasa enam yerk... ok, chau chin chau...
Di sini,
diri umpama purnama,
diseri kerdip ribuan bintang,
menghias malam yang pernah sepi,
mengusir rona kelamnya.
Di sini,
derita tangisan tidak lagi mencorak risau jiwa,
sesekali terlupa pada sengsara yang sarat diusung,
lantaran langkah baru bermula.
Di sini,
aku mula belajar,
nilai hati dan budi,
saling hulur, memberi dan menerima,
dari sapaan salam mesra.
diri umpama purnama,
diseri kerdip ribuan bintang,
menghias malam yang pernah sepi,
mengusir rona kelamnya.
Di sini,
derita tangisan tidak lagi mencorak risau jiwa,
sesekali terlupa pada sengsara yang sarat diusung,
lantaran langkah baru bermula.
Di sini,
aku mula belajar,
nilai hati dan budi,
saling hulur, memberi dan menerima,
dari sapaan salam mesra.
Phew, berjaya gak aku meredah liku-liku psycholinguistics,
selama 3 minggu ku memerah pen sampai abeh dakwat,
dan memerah wallet beli set pen baru.
Psycholinguistics, akhirnya ku berjaya conquer dikau,
Malah ku menghafal sehari suntuk utk menjawab paper dikau,
Akhirnya berjaya jua.
Namun, proses penghafalan sangat merumitkan,
Di tangga hostel, di atas katil, malah di atas meja belajar aku bercangkung,
semata-mata mengingati dikau, psycholinguistics.
Yeargh,
maka hari ni tamatlah sudah paper dikau,
Kan ku sumbat semua nota-nota mu di dalam kotak,
dan tidak lagi akan ku menatap mu,
psycholinguistics.
Hari ini hari kemerdekaan ku,
Akan ku menyambutnya dengan melantak makanan sedap-sedap,
Sewaktu berbuka puasa,
Namun, kemerdekaan ku hanya seketika,
Karena, syntax and morphology bakal bertandang,
Namun, aku pasti dapat mengharunginya,
akan ku menyambutnya dengan tangan terbuka,
lebih terbuka dari aku menyambut paper hari ini,
psycholinugistics.
(Wakaka, nie merepek meraban sbb hepi tahap dewa...:D)
selama 3 minggu ku memerah pen sampai abeh dakwat,
dan memerah wallet beli set pen baru.
Psycholinguistics, akhirnya ku berjaya conquer dikau,
Malah ku menghafal sehari suntuk utk menjawab paper dikau,
Akhirnya berjaya jua.
Namun, proses penghafalan sangat merumitkan,
Di tangga hostel, di atas katil, malah di atas meja belajar aku bercangkung,
semata-mata mengingati dikau, psycholinguistics.
Yeargh,
maka hari ni tamatlah sudah paper dikau,
Kan ku sumbat semua nota-nota mu di dalam kotak,
dan tidak lagi akan ku menatap mu,
psycholinguistics.
Hari ini hari kemerdekaan ku,
Akan ku menyambutnya dengan melantak makanan sedap-sedap,
Sewaktu berbuka puasa,
Namun, kemerdekaan ku hanya seketika,
Karena, syntax and morphology bakal bertandang,
Namun, aku pasti dapat mengharunginya,
akan ku menyambutnya dengan tangan terbuka,
lebih terbuka dari aku menyambut paper hari ini,
psycholinugistics.
(Wakaka, nie merepek meraban sbb hepi tahap dewa...:D)
Hi!
Feel free to check out my new page, (look at my blog link list), titled 'Understanding Muslims'. It is still under constuction, but feel free to check from time to time. :)
(cracking knuckles and strecthing fingers) Well, here goes..
Baru-baru nie aku nyer uni society ada la adakan this event called 'English Language Week'. Ahaks, jangan cuak coz of the title, bunyi cam 'English Week' time skolah menengah dulu kan? Pepun, we have to have a big event utk penutup. The crazy thing is, the idea was mine n I'm also the organizer.
Kayla gak the event, peserta pon ramai gak, bolehla tanggung deficit duit society taun lepas. The catch is, diorang nie kena beat my high score. Yang kantoinya, none of em can beat it, Haha. Terpaksalah pilih pemenang yang paling dekat dengan my high score. Bengang gak biler kena mara ngan Ketua society "Shima, turunkan la sket ur 'level', kesian bebudak tu'. Haduu, parah... But I'm proud that the event went Fantastico..kehkeh..
Baru-baru nie aku nyer uni society ada la adakan this event called 'English Language Week'. Ahaks, jangan cuak coz of the title, bunyi cam 'English Week' time skolah menengah dulu kan? Pepun, we have to have a big event utk penutup. The crazy thing is, the idea was mine n I'm also the organizer.
Kayla gak the event, peserta pon ramai gak, bolehla tanggung deficit duit society taun lepas. The catch is, diorang nie kena beat my high score. Yang kantoinya, none of em can beat it, Haha. Terpaksalah pilih pemenang yang paling dekat dengan my high score. Bengang gak biler kena mara ngan Ketua society "Shima, turunkan la sket ur 'level', kesian bebudak tu'. Haduu, parah... But I'm proud that the event went Fantastico..kehkeh..
Hey Y'all...
Today's my first day of blogging, so I'm kinda confused of what to do with it... Just see how it goes, or that if I have time to update this..hehe
Today's my first day of blogging, so I'm kinda confused of what to do with it... Just see how it goes, or that if I have time to update this..hehe
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