Merdeka Day 2005

I cannot say that I spent my Merdeka Day holiday patriotically. No flag, no singing of Negaraku, and no reflecting back to what our elders had fought for, either.

Merdeka Day used to be a "small reunion" day for me and my secondary school classmates. We'd take the LRT or KTM Komuter, alight at the stations near to Sogo, gather at the junction between Pertama Complex's The Ship and Sogo, and watch the Merdeka Day procession. The biggest clap would go to our former school's brass band. Afterwards we'd catch the band while they're waiting for the school bus to pick them up, and play the instruments.

Then we'd take a bus (at first it was the Bas Mini Wilayah, and after the BMW service ended, it was Intrakota) to either Bukit Bintang Plaza or The Mall. KLCC was still being built then (and causing traffic jams hahaha...). We'd go to Pizza Hut, and then catch a movie. I remember once we went to watch Sembilu in this old cinema along Jalan Bukit Bintang. Hmmm...I'm starting to sound like a minah rempit.

Anyway, this year I spent the Merdeka Day in Kuantan. Went to have nasik lemak at Zaman's quite early in the morning with several friends, driven in a green Perodua Rusa, no less. Then we went to Teluk Cempedak, ate ice cream and bought a box of motor oil and additives (hmmm...).

In summary, no matter where I spend my Merdeka Day, I still sound like a minah rempit....

Menanti Sebuah Jawaban...(soalan exam ke?)

In the mood for Indo-Brit-pop right now. Am listening to the likes of Padi and Dewa and Coldplay and Keane and Rischard Ashcroft, while trying to come up with mid-semester exam questions for the students. Guess the students have to be prepared for questions that are tinged with sadness, frustrations, hope and unrequited love hahahahhaha.....

MENANTI SEBUAH JAWABAN
Padi

Aku tak bisa luluhkan hatimu
Dan aku tak bisa menyentuh cintamu
seiring jejak kakiku bergetar
Aku tak terpagut oleh cintamu

Menelusup hariku dengan harapan
Namun kau masih terdiam membisu

Chorus:

Sepenuhnya aku ingin memelukmu
Mendekap penuh harapan tuk mencintaimu
Setulusnya aku akan terus menunggu
Menanti sebuah jawaban tuk memilikimu

Betapa pilunya rindu menusuk jiwaku
Semoga kau tau isi hatiku
Dan seiring waktu yg terus berputar
Aku masih terhanyut dalam mimpiku

It's a jiwang, jiwang day...

I have been blogging in my Friendster blog for while, and have been neglecting this precious blog. But I need to get away from my students who are in my Friendster list, just in case I blabbed things that are too personal for them to know.

Anyway, it's a very cold day. The air-conditioning FINALLY works. And it rained cats and dogs yesterday. I guess that's the reason Kuantan is not as oven-hot as usual today.

Have time to sit back a bit (at last!). My hands were full since last week - Convest, lectures, rescheduling of classes etc.

So, little work + cold weather = jiwang. Have been listening to the rhapsodic songs by Dewa and Padi. Got me into believing that I might be falling in love with someone. Am I really? Could he be the one?

To tell you the truth, I don't how it feels like anymore, falling in love. Jiwang, yes. In love, not really. Whatever it is, I know I can't wait to get to the office every morning. I HAVE to see him. I HAVE to see his smile. I HAVE to hear his voice. I can't wait to buzz him on Yahoo! Messenger. I have to listen to the songs he's been forwarding me. And I keep on pondering and analysing and musing and contemplating over the lyrics, just in case he is trying to say something to me.

God help me.