Back to civilization

10:43 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
I'm back from Taiping and Balik Pulau (BP). Skin is definitely darker, muscles are aching (screaming with pain!) and I'm dead tired. I wanna sleep for a week and my brain needs time to recover from the intense washing it was put through. ha ha.

While I was gone, Kelantan and Terengganu apparently went scuba diving and my room has been transformed into a bachelor pad by my holiday-ing brothers. My phone, which has been dead to the world for 5 days due to the remoteness of BP, is going crazy, vibrating every minute with incoming messages. The inbox is full of unread mail and I'm not going to work tomorrow (EL).

Downstairs, my brothers are bickering and my dad is on the phone. I can hear Spongebob's sengau voice competing with the neighbours' cats, who are at it yet again.

Its good to be home.

Packing...

6:39 PM Edit This 1 Comment »

Thats what I'm supposed to do right now. Tomorrow morning going to Taiping for the field trip. On Wednesday morning, from Taiping I'll be off to Penang by bus. Will be staying at Aunty Muni's house overnight. Then Friday to next Monday - BTN.

So basically I have to pack for one whole week. I've shopped for last minute stuff yesterday, like track bottoms and long-sleeved t-shirts. I've 3 white baju kurungs + three black kain kurungs, two white blouses + 2 black skirts all folded up nicely like a pile of cicak poo. I've put aside a gayung, some toiletries, an iron, hangers, socks, underthings, sunblock, insect repellent, scarves, anak scarves, an assortment of t-shirts and pants and a bit of this and that. All of it is in a huge heap on the floor, untouched. I've been staring at them for quite some time now. All this stuff reminds me of the good old days, when it was time to go back to tkc after a long holiday. Kinda depressing so decided to update the old blog.

I have mixed feelings about all this. The weather forecast for both Taiping and Penang states that thunderstorms will be the main menu for the week ahead. Hence, I'm already dreading all that rain and wetness (thank god for crocs!). And my feelings about btn? don't get me started. Fear, nervousness and excitement. I'm not a big fan of the wilderness. Its so...wild. Always hated going camping, getting bitten by bugs and getting dirty. I also intensely dislike being rushed, prodded, brainwashed and bullied (had enough of that at tkc, tqvm). But BTN is also the final 'procedural' step I have to take before I go to Kent so there is a sense of anticipation and excitement. Plus, I'm looking forward to meeting new friends and 'network'. As a final consolation note, as a government servant, I will have to go to BTN sooner or later so might as well be sooner.

Ok, I think that I'm finally ready to start packing. See you guys in a week!**


**By that time, I'll have definite confirmation on whether I'll be off to Kent this January as KPT's SLAB meeting is next Tuesday (17th). *anxious*



Penang, here I come

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Yesterday I got the official letter from BTN. I was informed earlier that I was going to the Ulu Sepri Camp in Rembau. So I was happily thinking of driving there since its not that far. I had it all planned out, even memorizing the roads and stuff.

But the fates once again dealt me a random card. The letter stated that I had to go to KEM BINA NEGARA BALIK PULAU, PULAU PINANG. I have nothing against Penang actually. Its a great negeri and all. But couldn't they have warned me earlier so I could make the necessary preparations? Ingat semua orang dok Penang ke.

Whatever la..So this evening I'm going to get my new white baju kurung (tak main la pakai baju skolah kann..) from my tailor and start making a checklist of stuff I need to bring. Now, I've heard TONS of stories about BTN, ranging from the very good to the downright ugly. So I don't really know what to believe right now. I'll just go and try to have fun, make new friends and take it all in as something that need to be done. So Penang, here I come!

On a side note, my new book has finally arrived! (Abrar kindly got it from me in the US and posted it last week.)Its the first part of the final three books of the Wheel of Time and its absolutely beautiful. The cover art is horrible (all of the books have ugly drawings of the characters) but its the fact that I've been waiting eons for this book and finally, its in my hands. With RJs death in 2007, it seemed that the series would be left hanging. I want to see what has Brandon Sanderson done with it. I want to get my grubby paws all over it and devour the whole thing tonight but I have too much stuff to settle. Maybe this weekend I can forget the real world and once again, live in Randland. Uuuuu. I can't wait!!


p/s- A big THANK YOU to dear Timmc who kindly helped out my sis in Melbourne. Thanks timmc :)

Alhamdulillah

2:22 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
UPM has approved my study leave application this morning. The biggest hurdle dah lepas. Next stage is KPT's meeting next week (which 'someone' told me is just a formality.dunno if its true).

I can feel happy bubbles floating in my veins, lifting me up and dislodging most of the worries I've been carrying around these few months. I hope and continue to pray that it'll be smooth sailing from now on.

But first, Alhamdullilah.


where did it all go wrong?

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Girl,11, gives birth on wedding day

Kordeza...used to play with toys but now Violeta is her new toy

Kordeza...used to play with toys but now Violeta is her new toy


AN 11-year-old Bulgarian girl gave birth to a baby girl on the day she got married to her teenage boyfriend.

She was still wearing her flowing white dress and tiara when she arrived at hospital and gave birth to 2.49kg Violeta last week.

After spending the night with her newborn, Kordeza changed back into her wedding dress to finish the ceremony.

Jeliazko and Kordeza, hours before she gave birth

Jeliazko and Kordeza, hours before she gave birth

Her family couldn't be happier for their child bride - the youngest girl ever to give birth in in the city of Sliven where 13-year-old mums are routine.

With proud husband Jeliazko Dimitrov, 19, at her side, Kordeza told The News of the World: "It feels strange to be a mum and have a baby.

"I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy. She is so beautiful, I love her. Violeta is the child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school - I am a mother now."

Kordeza met Jeliazko in the playground of her Roma gypsy school in Sliven, Bulgaria, when he rescued her from bullies.

The worried teenager - who is facing up to six years in prison for having sex with a minor recalled: "I was walking past the school when I saw some boys mocking her and I told them to leave her alone.

"Then she arranged to meet me and asked me out on our first date. I thought she was 15. She didn't tell me she was 11."

Kordeza giggled: "I didn't want to say in case he wouldn't fancy me."

The pair went on their first date to their local park then met at his mum Violeta's house near the gypsy ghetto where they both grew up.

But within a week of them meeting, their daughter was conceived.

Kordeza admitted: "I haven't had sex education classes and I didn't know how to get pregnant. I'd never had a boyfriend and I'd never heard of condoms.

"I didn't know I was pregnant until my grandmother saw I had put on weight. I just thought I'd eaten too many burgers."

* Photos source: News of The World

Published Nov 3 2009

-taken from here


It makes me sick thinking about 11 year olds giving birth. I mean thats too young! She thinks her new baby is a toy for god's sake. And look at her damn husband, he looks freaking 40, not 19! Muke gatal siut. He should definitely be prosecuted for having sex with a minor. And she should be prosecuted for being stupid.oopss.terlazer jap.


The weird thing is her parents are happy. Happy. Wtf. With movies like Juno, its no wonder these girls are thinking that its ok to get pregnant. Its kinda 'cool' ya know. And she thinks its high time to quit school just because 'she's a mother now'. and her parents are ok with this? her teachers? her society? her country????


I wonder, where did it all go wrong?
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