The Change V

Read also:
The Change IV
The Change III
The Change II
The Change

Statements I got generally from my relatives during last Hari Raya holidays :

“Ko Zaki kan? Akak dah tak kenal dah. Nak tegur takut salah orang.”
I don’t think I am that unrecognizable.

“Zaki! Ko dah kurus!”
Owh… don’t get too excited. Nothing interesting.

“Kurusnya Zaki...”
I thought I met you last two weeks?

“Zaki sekarang dah kurus.”
Expected.

“Sebenarnya akak dah nampak Zaki kurus. Malas nak cakap je...”
Then?

“Zaki, ko jangan la kurus lagi. Nanti cengkung sangat. Macam ni dah ok dah”
Thank you...

“Zaki dah makin hensem la!”
*blushing*

“Boleh minta tolong tak?”
Apa?
“Makan nasi!”
Loud of laugh!!!
*aku takkan lupe statement ko ni Haikal! LOL

I was so shocked that I could maintain my weight although I ate quite a lot during Raya. In order to avoid rice, I cooked. Because I know, if it's emalk who cook the meals, they are nothing but nasi campur, nasi goreng, nasi impit etc. Rice rice rice... Argh!

My plan to cook other-than-rice meals for relatives visiting my house did work! Thank you to mak and abah who subsidized me the whole things to cook. And most importantly they allowed me to cook!

I prepared Sheperd’s pie (thanks to her who gave me the recipe), fried vermicelli, spaghetti and fries omelet. People loved them because they were something new and most of them haven’t tried such meals previously. Also, not to mention I cooked well. Don’t take me wrong but that’s the fact. Hehe... One more thing, I think people are sick of rendang, nasi impit, kuah kacang, lemang etc. Come to my house people! I’ll prepare non-Malay foods. No no no... I mean next year. Hehe...

Don't be Too Much Superficial

Do you know where this place is? It's called Pusat Angkasa Negara. But I don't get it why it's not as popular as Dr. Sheikh Muzaffar. Without research center like this, people cannot fly to the moon you know!

I think I got it why medical course is more popular than biomedical. So superficial la! Don't forget about people behind the scene. They are as important as the ones in front.

*raye2 aku emosy plak

Too Went Tea Two

Aizat Jamil 4:17am 12-OCT-07
Zaki, happy burfday n happy hari raye.

Syidah Samttar 9:49pm 11-OCT-07
Hapy besday.Aku doakan smg pnjg umur,mrh rzki,jd pljr cmrlang.1 lagi cpt kawen.Dptla aku mkn nasi myk cpt..Umur dh 22,smg sgl impian m’jd knyataan.Amin.

Aargh 1:36pm 11-OCT-07
Appy birthday baby

Dini Najwa 12:10pm 11-OCT-07
Kwnku zaki,selamat hari lahir!semoga dimurahkan rezeki dan dilapangkan hati.slmt hari raya in advance!maaf zahir dan batin.incase ada tbuat slh,mtk maaf byk2!

Kak Ila 11:47am 11-OCT-07
Wishing you many more returns of the day. Happy birthday to you. May Allah bless you forver…

Wardah Sufiyah 6:21am 11-OCT-07
Assalamualaykum. Slmt hari lahir. (^_^)

Asmawi 12:57am 11-OCT-07
Happy besdey zaki. Welcome to da club!

Mardiah 12:48am 11-OCT-07
Salam,en zaki..Slamat hari lahir ke 22 thn..May Allah Bless u.. N slmt hari ry aidifitri..Mar angklg

Jay 12:08 11-OCT-07
Salam..HappyBirthday ke-22,Zaki Ramli.May Allah bless u alwiz.Moga dpjgkn usiamu & dmurhkn rezki..snym sokmo & ceria2 slalu. Btw,Slmt Hari Raya & all da BEST!

Fiza Hanif 11:59 10-OCT-07
Hepi burfday..May al o ur dreams will come true..Sweet 22..May Allah bless u throughout ur life…

The Responsibility

It felt strange when I was in this situation. It was when people around me got this small piece of paper where my name was in it. They have option; either to tick or not to tick my name. This is where I tried to think what they were thinking. Is this guy good enough to hold this post? No, the other one is far better than him! But he’s been working with the society so he got the experience already. Yes, but still the other one is far better than him! Argh... I’m fighting with myself not knowing people have already decided and have submitted the vote.

When it came to the announcement, my name was the second announced. I won the vote.

Ha? I won?

That very moment I realized that I hold this heavy responsibility for the society. Secretary General of Science Students’ Society 2007/2008 – named after mine. Now people have put the trust on my shoulder and thus they must be expecting something good from me.

Wait! It wasn’t true. That time I didn’t really have total consciousness about what happened. After going back from the meeting, I sat in my car alone, thinking of it again and again. What should I do with this post? Am I ready for it, or I just took it for granted? Can I do all jobs as being Secretary General? Shall I be as good as previous Secretary General?

Ok, it’s time to get rid of those pessimistic thoughts out of my mind. It’s time to work for the society. They trust me. Wish me all the best for the next one year working with SCIENCESS. Wish us, the new tenure of SCIENCESS for 2007/2008 term all the best. We shall do our best for the society – students of Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM. Let’s work together friends!

For your information, she also won! She holds even heavier post than mine. She got Vice President II, which covers wider responsibility especially covering the girls’ needs in the society. Considering the girls are double of boys in number, doesn’t that sound heavy to you? You know what I mean right? This is our first time working together actually. Previously we’ve never worked together under one roof.

The guys. Working with you, rocks my life!

The girls. Special thanks to Syahid for helping this semester. She was my Assistant Head Comm for Information and Communication Bureau. Your little help means a lot to me Syahid~

There you go Mr. President. Let's rock the SCIENCESS yo!

In Competition Mood

Give the best caption for the above picture. Best one will be granted special 'Eid Fitri gift. Don't forget to state your home address after your caption! Good Luck!

Due date: 30th Syawal 1428

Gathering & Iftar Bloggers

A hari raya card from me...

Syifa trying my phone camera.

Zaki! Tinggi nya ko! That was Ihab’s first word when meeting me.

Kurusnya ko! That was Syifa’s impression when first seeing me that day, agreed by Hazlyn.

I love to hear what people would say about their first impression when they see and meet me face to face. Not to say I love to hear compliments only, but people’s first impression is important to me to go long with the meeting. Ok, end of the first impression thingy.

It was 29th September 2007 where we met and sat together at MidValley’s McDonald after coordinated by Ihab to see his blogging friends before he actually flies back to UK to go for another one year studying as medical student. I was late that day for 2 reasons; ONE: I came all the way from Kuantan direct to MidValley and my bus was stuck in traffic jam. SECOND: what made it worse was that I dropped by Central Market beforehand to buy souvenirs to them which took about 20 minutes to let the artist to paint wordings on the keychain. Haha... so Hazlyn. I was not only performing solat there, but I went there for other purpose – buying souvenirs!

Once reaching MV, I straightly headed to McD and I didn’t find anyone I might recognize there although I’ve gone from table to table! And neither the people recognized me! Hey! You said McD, but where are you guys!

I sent Syifa and Ihab SMS telling I was already there saying “I am man in red”. I waited not long after suddenly a man about my height said, “Zaki! Tinggi nya ko!” That was Ihab. He was so comforting like we’ve been meeting for years!

Reaching the table, I saw Ismat, Wan, Hazlyn and Syifa and two other girls that I don’t know. One of them must be Ahada, Ihab’s blogging friend. This is where Syifa’s first sentence to me “kurusnya ko!” was puffed out and from there we started chatting and laughing till an extent where we forgot to break fast! Ahaha...

While breaking fast we continued chatting and chatting about range of topics until, again, to an extent they almost didn’t realize Isyak was just around the corner. We stopped there and immediately run to the musolla where we found it so packed with people. Lucky me, I got rukhsah so I could do solat jama’ takhir later.

This is where I spent time with Ismat, updating about himself who is now a consultant in an international company (fuyoh!) and about the cat-and-dog behind his career. Fooh... now I wonder how would I ended being an employee one day.

We dispersed that night from where the guys followed their way with Ihab’s car while the girls for some shopping I think. Owh yes, there was another guy joining the iftar, Anas – Ihab’s adik angkat.

It’s a long night in that gathering and I was so happy to see all of them especially the coordinator – Ihab, since he’s the one arranging the meeting and opportunity to see him was a golden one because after this I’m not sure if I can see him again because he’ll be going back to UK next week. All the best there bro!

Thanks to Wan who willingly sent me to UIA Gombak although it was late already. That’s where we updated about ourselves especially about Wan’s job as part time lecturer and employee in a ministry.

Few other odahs:

• It was my first experience using express bus from Kuantan to KL and forth. If not because of the gathering, may be till now I won’t know how ticket bus looks like. I always drive to go back and forth Kuantan-KL previously.
• Besides keychain, I also gave them kad raya as gift. During waiting for the keychain to get done, I dropped by McD nearby the CM to find a comfortable place so that I can write and sign on the cards contentedly.
• I've listened to Ihab singing live and this guy can sing effortlessly well! That explains why artists feature him in their songs. Go to his blog and listen to the background song.
  
  
  

In Ihab's house. Motif ko pejam mata Ihab?

The Change IV

March 2007
*deleted*
Currently...

Read also:

• The Change III
• The Change II
• The Change
  

It’s Ramadhan now and I’m still with my diet although it’s not as strict as previous. So far in Ramadhan I’ve taken rice at least 4 times. I’ve redeemed my desperation (not so desperate though) towards my favorite meal which is Nasi Goreng Kampung once and it suited my taste Alhamdulillah – extremely spicy and original. Yummy!

I think my body has come to its limit where it’s really hard to get lighter now because these 2 weeks the weight keeps maintaining at 76kg, based on my scale. When I measure using other scales, they show different measurements and most of the time they show higher values. Scary! Haha...

Most people say, “dah la tu Zaki. Aku tengok badan ko dah fit dah.”

Ya right. Not yet! Bumpers are still around my waist! Let’s not stop until I get rid of them!

Ok Zaki. It’s time to move on to the next stage. Do more exercise! You bought skip rope and how frequent you actually do skipping per week? To be honest, the rope has been there on the cupboard untouched for about 2 weeks. Along this period I’ve been busy with study because I need to catch things up. I’ve missed many things since the visit to Bandung last time. Wait! Is that excuse or reason?

On top of that, based on the measurements, I’ve reached my target! Congratulations to myself! See the right bar in The Change Update. It shows my current BMI is 23.456 (good number huh?) which lies within my target. Alhamdulillah... *try to do this calculation: 76/1.8 and then the result divide by 1.8 again. See the result.

Thinking of ‘Eid, it makes me afraid. Can you imagine – ketupat, nasi impit, lemang? All those are rice- and pulut-based foods! How do I celebrate the Hari Raya without eating them? Does that mean I’ll get my weight increased after raya? Argh!

Ok ok... back up plan. Don’t go home during raya. Stay in Kuantan. Assume you are in oversea. Study for final exam.

NAK KENA PELANGKUNG DENGAN MAK ABAH?!!

Dear My Classmates...

I hate it when you come to the class early but you have no effort to ease the coming lecture and lecturer.

I hate it when you ask “why me” when I ask your favor to take the equipments.

I hate it when you keep talking among yourselves although the lecturer has already come.

Worse, I hate it when you keep talking among yourselves when the lecturer is delivering his/her lecture.

Worst, I hate it when you can keep silent instead, when the lecturer gives you opportunity to speak and to ask questions.

I hate it when you come late to the class and show no guilt on your face.

I hate it when you show your childish behaviors, playing around while the lecturer is in front teaching.

I hate it when you don’t appreciate the lecturer’s effort while you take it as burden.

I hate it when you ask me questions when I’m focusing my attention to the lecture.

I hate it when you ask me to ask the lecturer questions whereas you are able to do so on your own.

And... the ultimate hatred of mine is when I be a part of what I initially hate. Na'uzubillah...

The Further You Travel, The Wider Your...

I've got midterm exams to do in these 2 weeks, so I need to focus more on that as my priority. Much to talk on the visit and competition in Bandung but I guess time does not allow me to write.

Few important notes:

• We won the third place in the angklung competition.
• Travelling with flight wasn't as good as i dreamt.
• I love Nasi Timbel!
• Now I can recall the taste of rice. Haha..
• I want to travel more to anywhere in the world!
• Rupiah figures mentioned below must be divided by 2500 to get the price in Ringgit Malaysia.
  
  

It was my first time ever experiencing flight, flying in the air above the sky. Although it was kind of boring when it's too long in the plane where I couldn't do anything but sleep and look at people's behaviour, it was fun though! The Dutch's plane KLM brought us to and from Jakarta.

Nasi Padang. The system to count things up for payment was different from what we always do. The taste of the meals is not so much different from Malay's but it was my first time, again, eating belut. Delicious! Hey, I ate them with rice for your information. They cost Rp16,000 for belut, babat and rice.

The salesmen here are so enthusiatic to sell their products. There are tricks to play to deal with them to get the lowest price possible, or else they will play tricks to trap you to buy their products. The best way if you're not interested with their products is by ignoring them at all like they are absent around you. One more thing, don't look at their faces. They will try to look as much kesian as possible to attract your sympathy. Cet!

Stalls like this are numerous and I wonder how they actually gain profit with such small number of products sold and high competition between them? Another thing is that the halal-ness their food is questionable. So be careful.

I bought the jacket at Tangkuban Parahu with Rp110,000. Nice! Actually I can get lower price than that, but being typical Zaki, I don't really mind to pay more. Just take it like donation to the seller.

Another movable stalls. But I didn't try batagor. What is it?

Again, my first time seeing volcano just right in front of my eyes. I could the smoke originating from the ground. Subhanallah..

Picture at Tangkuban Parahu. Feel like want to go there again, but without those annoying salesmen. Is it possible?

It was so cold. Is it because I've lost insulators beneath my skin? huhu~

I love Nasi Timbel Komplit. It's like mixed rice but with certain specified lauk pauk in it. The chicken, the sambal, the veges, all are complete in one set for one mouth. *matila hari ni 1 Ramadhan aku menaip benda ni.

Picture before the actual competition. We were the only non-Indonesian group taking part in the competition while the rest are groups from Bandung and other parts of Indonesia. Unfortunately, audience are not allowed to take pictures or record videos in the hall of competition during competition going on.

This is Jahe Rempah, mixture of cengkih, various herbs, halia and of course as you can see, cinnamon. All together mixed up and there you go, a sip of drink made up herbs. To me, its taste was just nice. Not too strong. Its cost is just Rp7,500.

Nasi Bakar Merah. Not as nice as Nasi Timbel, but still I consider it as something new and cool meal. The best one is of coure its sambal. Yummy!

No caption.

Going to Bandung...

Ya right~

So many difficulties we encountered with stuffs related to going to Bandung. Now we are wishing and praying the best will fruit in the end. Amin.. I'll not be available till 12th of September in the internet world. Wish us all the best!

*Have anyone read the case about karate competition that caused fight between Malaysia and Indonesia. That scares me to go to Bandung. You know... Indonesians... Ganyang Malaysia! Na'uzubillah... we were almost not allowed to fly because of this you know by the Malaysian authorities! Syyy...

*OK, I promise. If there is any nasi-based meal in Bandung, I won't reject it. PROMISE!

*I can't promise that I can buy everyone gifts from Bandung... So...