Post AGM session

AGM ialah satu kata nama Annual Grand Meeting yang dianjurkan oleh semua kelab dan persatuan dimana kelab tersebut akan membentangkan laporan kewangan dan aktiviti. Dalam majlis ini juga, pemimpin baru juga akan dipilih oleh ahli kelab tersebut. 

Pada pengamatan aku, ada beberapa jenis pemimpin pelajar pada zaman sekarang. Ada yang jenis goal driven, Ada yang jenis mengulangi kembali activity yang pernah dilakukan oleh komiti - komiti yang terdahulu dan ada juga penyelesai masalah dimana mereka akan menganalisa kondisi setempat dan mengeluarkan solusi ataupun alternatif kepada masalah tersebut. Untuk pemimpin yang 'goal driven' based, mereka ini telah menetapkan matlamat dan objektif untuk mereka sendiri dan untuk kumpulannya. Mereka ini akan mengulang - ulang dan berusaha untuk menyakini orang sekeliling mereka terhadap kebaikan matlamat dan objektif mereka. Ada pula pemimpin yang hanya mengulang kembali aktiviti yang pernah dilakukan oleh pemimpin sebelum mereka. Tidak lupa pula pada pemimpin yang menyelesaikan masalah. Mereka ini sedikit sahaja atas dunia ini. Anugerah kebarangkalian. 

Pada pandangan manusia lain, ada yang mengatakan bahawa pemimpin yang pandai yang menyelesaikan masalah itulah yang terbaik sebab ia mampu untuk menjadikan bumi ini menjadi lebih baik. Ada juga yang mengatakan bahawa pemimpin yang bermatlamat itulah yang terbaik kerana seorang pemimpin perlu mempunyai matlamat yang jelas. Hal ini menyebabkan pandangan orang terhadap pemimpin yang ikut pemimpin sebelum ini seperti pemimpin lemah yang tidak mampu untuk berbuat sebarang kebaikan pada masyarakat.

Pada hemat aku, aku katakan antara mereka ini, yang terbaik ialah bukanlah pada perkataan yang menyifatkan pemimpin itu, tetapi perkataan pemimpin itulah yang menyebakan mereka semua ini terbaik tidak kira bagaimana sifat dan cara mereka memimpin sekali pun. 

Untuk menjadi pemimpin ini perlu ada beberapa perkara dan sifat supaya kita tidak tersungkur di tengah - tengah jalan. Perkara yang utama ialah pemimpin perlu seorang yang mempunyai visi dan misi tentang hidup yang jelas. Maka oleh yang demikian, pemimpin ialah seorang yang mampu untuk mengubah dan merangka masa depannya. Perancangan yang tidak berjalan adalah sia - sia. Maka lahirlah satu keperluan untuk pemimpin mempunyai kebolehan untuk melaksanakan segala perancangan yang telah ia fikirkan. Sifat - sifat pemimpin ini tidak hanya putus di sini sahaja, tetapi ia ditambah dengan sifat - sifat lain yang positif.

Jika perenggan - perenggan atas dibaca dengan teliti, deskripsi ini seperti aku menceritakan mengenai orang lain bukan? 

Aku sebenarnya bukan bercerita tentang mana - mana pemimpin atas bumi ini, tetapi aku bercerita tentang KAMU. Ye, aku bercerita tentang KAMU.

Kamu yang aku maksudkan ialah seorang manusia yang mempunyai masa yang sama, hak yang sama dan peluang yang sama. Seorang manusia mempunyai visi dan misi yang jelas. Sebagai contoh, seorang pelajar universiti, dia percaya bahawa dia perlu untuk melepasi satu halangan pointer untuk dia berjaya dalam kehidupan sebagai seorang pelajar. Seorang manusia secara kebiasaannya mempunyai  kekuatan yang sama dan kekuatan inilah yang akan membolehkan seorang manusia untuk 'walk the talk'. 

Kamu dan aku ialah pemimpin. 

Pemimpin untuk diri sendiri. 

Myself

There is one thing that I never understood; myself. 

"I only know several things about myself and a lot of them are physical appearance. In my life, I never attended a class on how to know myself emotionally plus people always say emotional is just only one more barrier between you and your objective. On top of that, nowadays people tend to play with your emotional so that they can get absolute benefits from you and don't forget that emotional only will make you miserable and messed up."

I once believed that emotional is such a like this thing, gives harm without leaving single benefits. It is such a horrible thing. I don't believe such love and concern. The reason I felt so was because people ask you about your academic results and your achievements in your life. People will never ever ask about your family and your feeling. People treat feeling as a personal matter and all problems associated with feeling is that person's faults whatever the causes are. If you see it as a horrible thing, believe me this is the real world. A world which full with humans without humanity. The only important thing is achievement. That's it!

The most horrible thing about my thought was I tend to have problems with the closest friend which I shared most of my stories and secrets .The problem usually will end up in a bad manner. Therefore, I had once decided that I don't want to have close friend anymore. Let my stories lied in me and perhaps no one will never know it and let friend becomes only academic friend. 

However, someone did succeed changing my thought. I never thought that I did change easily. I completely changed my mind.

We exchanged most of our stories including our secrets which I rarely do. I did totally convert my personal view of life in a better way. I saw life as a difficult place to live but yet colorful. A same easy - happy life will lead to a boring life. The only job as a human that we need to do is to get through all hardships with patient and hope from Him. Mistake is a normal thing because we learn heaps from mistake as we never forgot major mistake that we had done. 

Last but not least, as I said before, life is not always about happy life and my experience about close friend. I had severe problems with this person as well. 

What we will do when having errors with computer? reset right? Hence, I decide to reset my thoughts about all those things. I'm not a good person and I'm not capable enough to have good friends. I believe that people only get benefits from me when I'm a stranger to them and not friends. 

To you my friends, sorry for my mistakes.

2015 introduction

2015 has started and it has been almost 3 months since the first day of it. 

So the first thing I wanna share with you is that I'm taking chemical thermodynamics which is one of the scariest name in engineering subjects. Vocals in this subject are T, P, V, U and H. Temperature. Pressure. Volume. Enthalpy. Energy. Heat. Entropy. Like seriously, you will be suffered if I list out all the terms. What beautiful (pronounce; difficult) about this subject is those listed terms above are interrelated with each other and it will be like the most complicated thing you have ever seen. Engineers only can assume it in term of departure function, ideal condition and real condition. Anyhow, real is not gonna be 100% real because it does not consider the non-engineering terms like the wind, trees shadow and etc. A lot of assumptions are made before any calculations take place. Means, there are several things are not considered in the calculations because it will make the calculations are more complicated.

.....but things happen in that complicated way. It just make me so curious.

Secondly, I went to a shutting-down-BP oil refinery. It was a heat transfer field trip. I just can't describe everything in here, but what everyone can see and observe in a big oil refinery is massive metallic silver tanks and vessels. The first thing came in my mind when I read about distillation column was like the refinery will be not so big because there will be only a few reactions happen (2 reactions = 6 tanks/ vessels (reaction, products raw materials tanks)), but the reality is the other way. There were numerous tanks, vessels, pipes and valves and majority of the huge tanks and vessels were for the heat transfer process. Company won't send their products at 600 degree Celsius. Definitely they will cool it down to the ambient temperature so that it will be easy to be handled and transported. 

The previous paragraph tells you about the heat transfer of the oil refinery. But how about the heat transfer of our body and earth itself, we know from the primary school that the temperature of our body is maintained at 37 degree Celsius and 2 degree higher than that will give fever to us. It just awesome isn't? Our body maintains body temperature at the right temperature though the surrounding temperature fluctuates from one temperature to another temperature. 

Next in the line is about decision. Thing that always plays looping in my mind is about my life decision. I learned that despite anything happened in our life, do make your own decision though things get rough.

Why? 

So that you won't regret in future. 

So that you can blame on yourself only.

So that you can tell people; "It is my choice"

One said to me, 'after all, we just a number to them'

but I'm not, I don't want to be number...

I wanna be flower. White Rose.

Borneo time

Recently, I went to east of my country which consists of two states, Sabah and Sarawak. Sometimes we call it as Borneo. Whatever it is, it still in Malaysia. Down under the both states, lies Kalimantan. I spent about 2 weeks over there to see and observe the culture and uniqueness of their people. In term of culture and people, they have various races which are different with the peninsular Malaysia. For example, peninsular is famous with 3 major races, Chinese, Indians and Malays though there is presence of java linkage however it does not show much difference on these races. On the other hand, in Sarawak itself, they have like Melanau, Iban and Orang Ulu while in Sabah, there are Kadazan, Dusun and several others which I forget their names.

The journey from KLIA 2 to Kuching took almost 2 hours by Air Asia flight. Why Air Asia? Because it was the cheapest compared to the other flight fares. But in my view, if you are able to fly with Malindo, please do that. It is more comfort and worth. We spent only 3 days in Kuching due to nothing-ness in Kuching. Well, that was my friend’s. For me, it is a good place to stay for those loves peaceful place. No traffic jam and Kuching folks still have good manners on the roadway. Kind of like in oversea. We did nothing much in Kuching, just wondering and browsing around. First advice, don’t go to Damai beach, it is overrated place. Culture village is a must-go-place (don’t forget to bring local university student ID to get concession ticket for MYR15, while oversea student ID for MYR30). The village is just opposite the Damai Beach. To get there, renting a car is a must because it is situated about 50 km from the Kuching city. Then, there are several other interesting activities such as caving, trekking, hiking and bowling. During the night, I would like to suggest Topspot food court. It is on the UTC building. It was pretty hard to find for the first timer, so it is suggested to search UTC building in google map instead of Topspot food court. They served seafood in which there are a lot. After choosing the seafood, then we can choose whatever type of cook that we want. Mine was Thai style and oyster style.  They were superb and very fast. On the bad side, Kuching was never meant for a city boy. They still have mall but a small one. Don’t expect to see second Mid Valley Mall in Kuching. All in all, it was still a nice place to go.

Before I forgot, make sure go to any cake house to buy ‘Kek Lapis’.

After 3 days in Kuching city, we packed our bags and made our steps to airport. Due to big size of Sarawak state, the journey from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu took one and a half hour. It was quite long for me because I had flight from Brisbane to Sydney and it only took 1 hour.

Here comes the real journey…

1^st day in Sabah wasn’t a big deal. We had the chance to tour the city and had dinner in one of the seafood stalls. We spent several days later in house watching movies and dramas. The real Sabah visit came when we made our way to Kundasang. It wasn’t so far from Kota Kinabalu. I could say 2-3 hours journey from Kota Kinabalu without any traffic difficulties. Unfortunately, due to expanding technology and city, traffic jam could not be avoided and it was like one in federal highway to Kuala Lumpur. In Kundasang, we went straight away went to Kinabalu park. The fee for the trekking till Layang – layang hut was MYR5 for Malaysians and might be more for foreigners. It was 4km trekking with about 1000m ascending. We took 4 hours to finish the trekking. We didn’t plan to go up to the mountain because it had to be booked early and the fee itself is about MYR500. Thus it needs a well-prepared planning. The other place that we did go was Poring Hot Water. Actually it did only have hot water, but a swimming pool, 2 waterfall track, canopy walk (MYR3 fee and MYR5 for a camera) and Ladang kupu – kupu. Next on the list, Ladang New Zealand (New Zealand Park). It was like a farm in New Zealand with polka dots (white black) cows. The best thing was that my friends were studying in New Zealand, thus nothing to be impressed of because they could see the original scenery in their places and I bet it is much more beautiful compared the one in Malaysia. Bhahaha.  One more thing, just my personal advice, please careful when driving because sometimes the fog can be very thick and limit the driver’s sight distance.

In my person view, what makes Sabah differs with Sarawak is the nature. Sabah has a lot of things to see like the beautiful reef in Manukan Island, Semporna, Mount Kinabalu and several others. They also have more advanced malls. But in term of manner, Sarawakians win. In overall, it is subjective thing and it depends on the environment and culture itself. 

*akhirnya, habis jugak checklist pergi melawat semua negeri di Malaysia.

**kalau nak pegi lagi sabah sarawak, pastikan ada tour guide dr negeri tu sendiri untuk elak daripada ditipu oleh orang tempatan. orang tempatan selalu akan dapat barang murah lagi daripada orang semenanjung dengan oranng oversea

***will update for pics

New year celebration

Road trip never be disappointing. I went to Sydney last several days to celebrate New Year in Australia. People said that New Year eve in Sydney was the best among the other major cities.

Frankly speaking, I never celebrated New Year celebration in Malaysia. Watching those fireworks and concerts are not my thingy, but because of the camera that I am holding right now kicked me out on the road to see how people shot the 10-15 minutes firework. Annual firework. Some might say it was easy thing to do and so on. For me, it was not easy as said, annually only several events used big firework and the event will only take place in 15 minutes maximum. Several things need to consider especially shooting location. Strategic location will determine the uniqueness of the pictures.

However, I’m not interested to share about these things right now as I did not have the chance to shoot fireworks in proper manner. The pictures were bad. Sigh

During the journey from Brisbane to Sydney, my thought was like people will only go to the firework place on the night of firework. Unfortunately I was wrong. People started to gather and camp at strategic location one night before the firework. I was like, what! That was crazy.

On night of 31 dec, we decided to go to The Rock which is near to opera house 3 hours before 12 am. It was a bit late as place had been filled by sea of people from the morning. We only had the chance to watch the firework through a gate. Not a best spot I guess.

Alright, done with the firework.

Deer watching firework, 2014

What was amazed me during that night actually not the firework but the crowd of people. The Sydney council had started to close the city and put barricades along the road. Only several roads can be used but mostly had been closed to ease the people to walk. There was a sea of people, literally. People are everywhere. That was my first time seeing a huge crowd like that.

Sea of people, 2015

Then, something struck my head. If and only if Islam took place and lead the world, what will be offered by the Islamic government to celebrate New Year? Is the firework will be demolished entirely? Or it will be replaced by something better?

Still seeking for the answer… 

Give, step and never stop

Travelling is one of my passions in my life.

Several weeks ago I went to the main city in South Australia, Adelaide. It is one of the major cities in Australia. I’m not sure about the population but what I believe is that the place one of the best cities for study if you consider about the calmness and cost living.

Victor Harbour, 2014

Victor harbour. Goolwa. Mangkuk Hayun. George Wildlife Park. Toy factory. Strawberry picking. Glenelg

These are among place that I did visit during my journey and I really suggest you to go there if you have ample time. Victor Harbour and Granite Island is connected. My friends and I spent almost 2 hours there enjoying the scenery. The island is almost like Philip Island in Melbourne but it is smaller and nearer to the city. There was also a so-called train being pulled a beautiful horse.

Goolwa is a beach where we collected cockles by bare hands. I wasn’t difficult at all. You just have to bring friends and find the right place to spot a bunch of them. I could consider the beach wasn’t the best but still we pretty enjoyed wetting ourselves.

One word that almost my friends told me in Adelaide once I met them was; did you eat? Yeah I realized that majority people studying in UQ are getting slimmer. I wasn’t shocked seriously, because it was so difficult to find the halal restaurant around Brisbane. There are several but the number is not much in other major cities. One of the halal restaurant is Swinging Bowl aka Mangkuk Hayun in Bahasa. Hahaha. In Malaysia, Mangkuk Hayun is the title for the good-for-nothing people. It is so funny. Alright, done with the name, let’s talk about the food. First thing first, never compare the currency when you are living overseas. It is not good idea to compare everything or you will be die starving. The restaurant served rice with other protein food like meat, fish and cuttlefish that have been cook in different recipes. I did eat rice with ‘gulai kari kambing’. It was so delicious. it is non-regrettable offer.

One famous place in Adelaide is Glenelg. If you have friends studying in University of South Australia, University of Adelaide or Flinder University, you might be boring with sunset pictures once they have been there. That sunset is in Glenelg. I was unfortunate because when I was there it was a bit cloudy and we did not have the opportunity to see the full sunset. Anyway, that was beautiful enough for me.

Shedy's Market, 2014

All in all, the best thing that I will remember and tell other people about Adelaide was the people. All of things I told you above won’t be there without help from people. They rented cars for the guests, invited for eating ceremony, prepared the food along the road and did not ask for a cent for it. That was so adorable. I will remember that.

From that day, I learned that people who will make a place beautiful and interesting. People won’t remember your know for sure, but people will remember what you have done for them. They will remember and spread the news as it is not the place what motivates people, it is the people.

Besides that, actually travelling teaches me that I’m nothing without others. What we expect when we are not in our comfort zone? Everything is uncertain and we never know what will happen tomorrow, but we know it won’t be comfort.

Give, step and never stop.

One in a decade

Bismillah..

*vacuuming sound

*mopping sound (is there sound for mopping?)

*sweeping sound

Fuh…

It seems better right now without any dust in my blog. Hahaha

I know it has been a while I do not post in this blog because of several unavoidable reasons and business that not to be done as soon as possible.

I just finished my second year chemical engineering in university of queensland and actually I’m quite happy with my result. It is better than the previous but not what I wanted it to be. 

Alhamdulillah.

So in this post, I want to share one thing that rarely happens but it happened last week. It did happen when I was on my way to Brisbane from Adelaide. On the morning, I received a message from the flight service saying that my flight might be delayed because of bad weather. Generally, the bad weather term is defined as normal rain or the worst, lightning storm. Me and all the others never really knew what might happen on that day until when I arrived at the Adelaide airport.

Beep beep beep

“Your flight have been delayed for 1 hour because of hailstorm in Brisbane”

My first impression was like, what is hailstorm? Because I never had faced hailstorm before.

It added with my friend’s whatsapp message saying that he could be able to fetch me from airport because of the hailstorm.

Then one thought came into my mind. I need really to know what is happening in Brisbane causing the flight delay and obstacle for my friend.

Briskly, I opened up the news in the hand phone and I found that there was a severe hailstorm in Brisbane. The ice was like a golf ball. It was really hard and big. It dented car and broke windows. It wasn’t only the hail, but the storm with had destroyed many things. Trees on the road, collapsed garage, upside down aeroplane and etc. I just, WOW. What just happened!

The situation was followed with black out for almost two days. Therefore, people living near to university will camp at the university playing game together.

On the next day, my first feeling was like I want to go university charging my hand phone (because of no electricity in the house) and getting around with friends in university. When I went out from house, I realized the bad condition of my garden area. Yeah, who cares, I can settle it down in the evening. On my way to university, I spotted my neighbours who really try to clean up all the leaves on the floor, gather all the falling tree branches and chatting with each other like a community. This condition made me feel ashamed of myself. I turned around immediately and went back to my house to clean the leaves and branches.

First thing comes into my mind is how can possibly ice is formed during summer. Its okay if it is during winter because of the cold weather, but for summer, it almost impossible.

Lesson learned,

Impossible is nothing