Whooosh~I

Zaman sekarang semua orang nak cepat.Kalau keluar ke mana-mana,semuanya nak cepat sampai.Makan tu,kalau boleh telan satu pinggan sekaligus lagi senang.Masa bercerita kalau boleh nak sekali nafas saja dah habis.Buat kerja kalau lagi cepat habis lagi bagus-tak kisahlah perform ke tak.Kalau dah keluar nak cepat balik.Kalau datang kelas,baru sampai dah nak balik.SMS pula,kalau cepat boleh jadi raja SMS.Pertandingan Sudoku kalau cepat habiskan, dapat duit.Bab assignment lagilah..kalau memang boleh menaip dengan begitu cepat,Thank God.
Pendek kata,semua nak cepat,semua kena cepat..cepat,cepat,cepat..
Memang tak dinafikan dalam era globalisasi ni,masa itu emas.Banyak ciptaan dan kemudahan yang disediakan supaya kita semua boleh melajukan diri masing-masing dan berupaya menjimatkan serta mengejar masa.Contoh:
1)Highway-Highway dibina untuk mempercepatkan perjalanan kan?Jadi untuk cepat,kita memang akan bergerak laju.Kalau ada highway,mesti ada tol punya.Dulu beratur bukan main panjang nak bayar tambang supaya akak tol naikkan penghadang tu dan kita boleh teruskan perjalanan.Tak lama lepas tu,Touch N' Go pula diperkenalkan.Masa ni bukan main seronok buka tingkap..excited nak 'touch' kad pada reader.Canggih dan cepat sikit,daripada kelam kabut cari duit syiling nak bayar tol.Manusia tak pernah puas.Keinginan untuk selari dengan perkembangan teknologi telah melahirkan Smart Tag.Wah,ini lagi canggih dan lagi cepat.Tak perlu lagi susah-susah buka tingkap.Cuma perlahankan kereta supaya boleh di'tag'  dan bila Smart tag device tu berbunyi,jalanlah...tunggu apa lagi kan?Kata nak cepat...
Peringatan:Untuk kedua-dua jenis tag, anda layak menikmati layanan sebegini sekiranya kad Touch N' Go anda mempunyai kredit yang mencukupi.Jika tidak,anda akan menanggung azab kerana terpaksa mengundurkan kereta anda untuk ke lorong yang tak ada 'tag' diiringi dengan bunyi hon yang memaki dan bahana amarah pemandu lain.Malu?Ah,perkara biasa.

2)Pengangkutan awam:(merujuk kepada perjalanan yang dekat saja)Dulu naik bas saja dah kira okaylah.Walaupun panas dan lambat,namun tambang lebih murah daripada naik teksi.Sekarang ada LRT,KTM,Monorail dll.Tambang pun murah juga.Tapi lebih cepat dan kesemuanya confirm ada air-cond.Cakap saja nak ke mana,hampir semua tempat ada.Eh,tapi jangan pandang enteng pada bas.Bas-bas sekarang tak kurang hebatnya.Diaorang sekarang ada air-cond,laju..em,bolehlah.Nama pun nak 'Rapid'.Bezanya,kalau tengah waktu puncak,sekurang-kurangnya golongan kereta api pendek tetap bergerak walaupun manusia di dalamnya sangat sardin.Tapi,nasib lebih malang kalau jadi sardin dalam bas.Tak bergerak satu hal,air-cond pun tak lagi terasa dalam kepanasan yang memuncak.Cabaran terbesar- menahan diri daripada terhidu 'armpit essence' di sekitar.Kesimpulannya,suka hatilah nak naik mana-mana pengangkutan awam,sendiri naik,sendiri tanggunglah..kata nak cepat...Teksi?Ini yang cepat dan murah saja..cepat dan mahal kami tak mahu!

3)Telefon bimbit:Dulu telefon bimbit sebesar botol air mineral Spritzer 500 ml tu.Tapi,dengan bertambahnya golongan bijak pandai,saiz telefon bimbit menjadi semakin kecil sehingga tak perlu kot dibimbit lagi.Lihat saja di mana-mana.Saiz telefon menjadi semakin kecil,nipis,dan ringan.Tak perlu lagi simpan dalam beg (takut tak jumpa) tapi lebih baik simpan dalam poket.Bagaimana telefon cebet ini menyumbang kepada kecepatan?Kita semakin cekap menggunakan jari jemari.Berkat berlatih SMS setiap hari  membolehkan kita mempunyai koordinasi tangan yang baik.Lebih-lebih lagi dalam keadaan genting seperti memukul nyamuk semasa tidur,memukul lalat yang mengganggu semasa sedang makan dan juga mengangkat tangan untuk menjawab soalan.Kita tak perlu lagi sibuk-sibuk berbalas surat,tapi terus saja berhubung dengan mereka yang berkenaan.Confirm tak membazir kertas,dan tenaga kerana mesej dapat disampaikan dengan cepat sekali.Sekarang,dengan kewujudan laman sosial yang glamor seperti Facebook (FB) dibantu dengan kecanggihan telefon cebet ini,maka,status fb, lokasi semasa,segala perasaan,keadaan,dan kejadian cepat saja diupdatekan.Memang fuh,cepat beb!

4)Kad ATM/Kad Kredit:Dulu tak semua orang mampu nak memiliki kad kredit ni.Kalau bukan anak hartawan,kayawan atau beradawan,gigitlah jari sampai putus.Sekarang,tak payah cerita.Bukan anak datuk saja ada,anak nenek,anak mak,anak ayah dan segala anak ada akses kepada kad kredit.Bukannya apa,bila keperluan cukup,kemahuan meningkat.Kipas kiri sikit,kanan sikit,lepaslah.Mother Nature pun geleng kepala.Bezanya,jumlah kad kredit yang dimiliki,limit,dan nama bank.Kad ATM,lagi tak payah cerita.Kalau tak ada limit dan charge yang dikenakan bagi mengeluarkan duit dari mesin ATM,mahu sehari 20 kali pergi tekan duit.Itupun kalau ada lagi duit yang boleh ditekan keluar selepas 10 kali withdraw!Ini pun cepat juga.Cepat habis duit...

Pendek kata,banyak aspek kehidupan pada hari ini yang menggunakan konsep cepat.Di sini,konsep ini dihuraikan secara prima facie sahaja.Penulis tidak berminat untuk berdebat dengan lebih lanjut.
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Belong

There are times when you sit alone,doing nothing..it's just you and your moment.Time passes slowly and the atmosphere suddenly feels so quiet,so still that you could hear yourself thinking out loud.

You watch other people that you do not know at all; walking pass you,rushing through the corner of the street in a hurry,some are strolling leisurely and have this brilliant smile on their faces,some seem to suffocate,as if they were drowning in their sea of problems-all of them,even those who are not moving a limb of their muscles,are struggling to catch a living.

It is evident that some get the best that life has to offer and some barely make it out in vain while the other half just happened to be in the middle.How unfair life could be?One would look up the sky and questioned God.

Looking back into your own life-the family you have with you,and your supporting friends..did it ever dawned on you that you're actually alone?

Think of the people you meet along the way-the shopkeeper you barely know,the cafe owner you used to greet,the garbage collector you always thank for cleaning up the mess,the child who cycled in front of your house daily,the neighbour who walk his dog every morning..

Who are these people to you?

It is indeed remarkable to think how the universe bring us all in, that we are actually a part of  something,a part of someone's life.It is an honour to be accepted as part of it and the acts of gratitude that follow warms your heart and create a sense of belonging.The need to belong is essential for our well being.If not,there might not be the need of having family,group of friends or even a society.

You need me,and I need you too.

What An Ignorant!

"Damn!" I heard myself muttering under my very nose.Amidst all the topics given,why Animal Rights??
I mean..I knew some fancy facts that snails can sleep for like 3 years,mosquitoes have 47 teeth,turtles can breathe through their butts and that a group of ravens is called a murder but their rights??Am I kidding me? I DON'T REALLY KNOW!

Such knowledge cease to exist as I rummaged through my brain.Brain juice dried...
Bears,tiger,orang utan,panda etc. would not be that hard to handle but blufin tuna fish?
The keywords provided did not triggered anything familiar at all.

I know I like sushi.Worse,I got nothing to add on so that it would sound like a forum in an oral test.When it is finally my turn,I half-confidently claimed that the ecosystem in their habitat would perished and this was the moment when out of the blue,I mentioned Polar Bear and the ecological niche thing.

For the record,the Atlantic bluefin tuna or the Northern blufin tuna originated from the Atlantic Ocean and also the Mediterranean Sea.Polar bears are the native to the Artic.And we were talking about tuna fish..not polar bear..Ouch!                                                        

No Tuna.Positive

                                                                
So,I got the lowest mark.Lucky I didn't flunk the paper as well.The funny thing was that I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry.In a nut shell,I hate this topic.
I keep track on the issue though.Enough ignorance.

Nesting Dust -2010 Edition

 Whoa!It's been a while since I last wrote something..Owh,typed is more like it..*grin*

It's obviously January 2011.11th of January to be precise.It's a bit too late for me to wish a happy,happy new year I guess- but better be late than never right?

2010 was a not-so-bad year after all.It's a year of progress I would say.At least things around me didn't seem to fall apart and I didn't really felt bitter about moving on to 2011.Actually,I'm looking forward to it.There's so much to do and so much to do!!

End of 2010 marked quite a phase for me.I saw a great deal of joys,laughters,griefs,rantings and even feuds; reminding me that life is short and need not be wasted."Live life full!"(It was in the TV,but I can't remember from which ads!)

I'd been terribly occupied till the end of the year and as much as I'd love to sit and share my eureka moments here,I was sorry that I could not do so.Keeping part of the house running with two unpredictable teens was still OK.But when it came to handling an 11-year-old boy,I swore that it worn me out for real.

It is different when you have no more kids running around,shouting,or even throw tantrums in the house.Everything stays properly in their places.You don't expect your cat's tail to be stepped on or pulled..that the poor thing runaway whenever it sees you,and you don't expect to have a newt staying in your shoes and surely you don't expect to stepped on God-knows-what-it-is on the floor when you're rushing for an appointment.

*Sigh* "Boys will be boys."

Since this one will be staying with us for the whole year,I better learn how to handle and get along with him or I promised myself to not even think of the whole prospect of babysitting for the next coming years.*Pinky promise*

2010 was also a year where there were a number of 'kenduri(s)' in my mum's hometown,Segamat.So,as I tend to shy away from my relatives there,I've taken baby steps into trying to get to know them better.Well,I did,but only a few of them and not that well.Still,I did tried didn't I?Exchanging smiles was a good kick-start so to say.I spent some time in Penang too.It's my dad's hometown.

Penang is indeed crammed;with the hustling and bustling on the streets,sky scrapers assembled in rows,ancient buildings which still stood tall in the midst of everything-it was almost banal.Like a mini KL on display,except less charging and hurrying everywhere.There's still a sense of composure though.Other differences was the dialect,the friendly gestures from the people there,and the food.And what makes it forgivable for being such a restless place?If you ask me,I'll say it's the sea.It's not that clean anyway but the calming effect still lingers somewhere.

That's roughly what 2010 got to offer so far.The beginning of the year's memories were fading,so I guess nothing much happened.Again,a guess.If not,I would have remembered.

So,entering a brand new year,I hope to continue making progress in terms of finding and knowing myself better, get out of my small world often and maybe peek into a bigger one.

And,I officially draw the 2010 curtains down.Dead end.