Thursday, August 31, 2006
N-Day
Malaysia celebrates its 49th Merdeka Day today.Inilah kali kedua saya menyambut Hari Merdeka di Singapura. Dan inilah kali pertama saya mengguna Bahasa Melayu dalam "blog" saya. Biarpun rasa kekok kerana sudah lama tidak berkarang dalam Bahasa tetapi saya berasa dengan berbuat demikian, perasaan patriotik terhadap tanahair saya bermara membara hatiku.
Malaysia sememangnya tanahair saya. Sampai hari ini tetap akanku berkata dengan penuh kebanggaan bahawa saya anak Malaysia. Saya percaya bahawa hanya keranalah Malaysia, sayalah siapa saya hari ini. Mungkinlah tibanya masa untuk saya mencari identiti saya sebagai seorang penuntut di luar negara. Kadang kala tetap akan saya berasa hampa terhadap berita tentang kekecohan politik yang telah berlaku. Samalah kita berhadapan dengan pelbagai masalah-masalah dan isu-isu penting yang kian hari kian genting tetapi, malangnya, masih belum dapat diselesaikan. Walau bagaimanapun, saya berasa adalah lebih baik kita bertabah hati dan menghadapi segala cabaran bersama-sama. Perubahan dan implimentasi memakan masa. Meskipun saya masih percaya dalam Malaysia dan pemimpin-pemimpinnya.
Akhir sekali, saya hendak meminta maaf atas segala kesalahan tatabahasa yang wujud kerana sudah lama saya tidak mengguna Bahasa untuk berkarang.
Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia ke-49.
Posted by Berenice at 9:21 PM
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Boredom..and new resolution
What do you do when you are bored? Er..on the same note..please do not scold me everytime I complain I do not have enough time to do the things i wanted to while at the same time i lament about boredom.
Hmmm..boredom is an interesting word. We have so many things to keep us company but we still feel bored in the end of the day. I wonder why..
Anyway to finally make it official, Berenice wants to have better time management skills. Therefore, to mark her start of turning over a new leaf, she bought herself a nice new clock to tell her Time.
Of course, she did resolve to do some things to ammend her tardiness.
1) Will learn to move faster. Lightning speed.
2) Will make Brain run twice as fast as before. Must have the speed of the new Intel Pentium Core-2 xxxx [i am computer expert NOT geek/nerd/dork]
3) Will not admire self at mirror. Will smash mirror into pieces tomorrow.
4) Will learn to shower faster. Must invent an all-in-one-head-to-toe cleanser.
5) Will reduce clothes to 7 pairs. One pair for each day. No more matching and trying on.
6) Will influence all on importance of image and self-grooming. Then everyone will be later than her.
7) Will loose weight so she can just jump into her clothes.
8) Will use super effective conditioner so she can go without combing her hair for a month.
9) Will have pill-in-a-meal. Swallowing a pill is equivalent to having a meal.
10) Will install watch-chip on wrist. Will know the time all the time without wearing watch or referring to mobile phone. Must be pink.
And thus she ends her little entry with ...ta-DAA!
Hmmm..boredom is an interesting word. We have so many things to keep us company but we still feel bored in the end of the day. I wonder why..
Anyway to finally make it official, Berenice wants to have better time management skills. Therefore, to mark her start of turning over a new leaf, she bought herself a nice new clock to tell her Time.
Of course, she did resolve to do some things to ammend her tardiness.
1) Will learn to move faster. Lightning speed.
2) Will make Brain run twice as fast as before. Must have the speed of the new Intel Pentium Core-2 xxxx [i am computer expert NOT geek/nerd/dork]
3) Will not admire self at mirror. Will smash mirror into pieces tomorrow.
4) Will learn to shower faster. Must invent an all-in-one-head-to-toe cleanser.
5) Will reduce clothes to 7 pairs. One pair for each day. No more matching and trying on.
6) Will influence all on importance of image and self-grooming. Then everyone will be later than her.
7) Will loose weight so she can just jump into her clothes.
8) Will use super effective conditioner so she can go without combing her hair for a month.
9) Will have pill-in-a-meal. Swallowing a pill is equivalent to having a meal.
10) Will install watch-chip on wrist. Will know the time all the time without wearing watch or referring to mobile phone. Must be pink.
And thus she ends her little entry with ...ta-DAA!
The apparatus that is gonna help her keep Time ;-)
Posted by Berenice at 1:58 AM
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My heart is at home... (2)
Regardless of the sad memories, my trip home was, of course, a mixture of fun meet-ups, fulfilling family dinners and quality family time.Here are some pics that I took...well..when i remembered.
The constant inpirations of my mom
Crabs stir-fried with "Kam Heong" [No idea how else to describe it]
Crabs in Green Curry
Hehe coincidentally they all are pictures related with food :P
Posted by Berenice at 12:00 AM
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Monday, August 28, 2006
My heart is at home..
After nearly 3 months being semi-locked up in Eusoff Hall, I finally get to go home. Yea, yea it's old news already but up yours! I can blog about it anytime i want. Bleh~
This time around going home has a special significance to me. I cannot be precise here. No lah, not because i don't want to disclose the reason BUT more like because i cannot pinpoint what's the significance exactly myself. I just feel it in my heart. Of course, of course, going home has always been special. Let me be long-winded here, it's just different this time around.
Everything is still the same back home. Thank God for that. It has such a nice calming effect on me, like telling me that this place will always be ready to welcome me, no matter what. Something permanent. Security. Warmth.
Home is all goodness. Totally wholesome. As for my parents..still cool for their age :)
Yet it is still painful for me. The entire time I was back, my late-Snowy is everywhere with me. I sit on the sofa, half expecting to feel my dog's presence. I walk out to the garden, waiting for him to scramble over to me. I walk pass the side door, hoping he'd peek in on me. I left home for the bus station, thinking he would come to give me a final lick.
I ended up leaving home saying Goodbye to thin air. Hoping he would hear me.
Previously I came home to his death. This time I came home to deal the loss and the memories. Perhaps the next time he would be able to rest in peace in my heart.