LIFE IN UIA

Well... quite a long time since i wrote my last blog... like a month n half...
been kinda bz since enterin' UIA.... hahaha...

UIA did not turn out as bad as i thought... my studies n friends... everythin waz fine... i got ExeMpTed in English... YEY!!!! so dats good news... dun have to study dat again... hahaha... buT had to do Arbic... not that bad... my course there4 turned out4 only for a year... so ill finish by the end of next year....

BUT at first as usual... had some problems... i got a room which was in a hall... no doors... argh!!! imagine dat...where to change... hahaha!!! the first day slept at like 2.... orientasi also.... had to listen to lecture...!!
well... a few days my seniors came back... one of them wanted my room... he said dat was his room...
so... i was like... YES!!!! so i changed with him....

.....guess its juz a test from god....








MY FRIEND STUDYING.. HAHAHA!!!

Getting Offered to UIA.... n failing my License test.....11/11/06

11/11/06 (Saturday)

Last week was partly happy and sad for me........ After listenin for 5-6 hours of learnin how to drive the week b4... i decided to take my KPP test on saturday.... and guess what... i failed.... by only one point.... 41/50.... the passin mark was 42....... man...!!!! 3 of the candidates who came with me also got 41... only one passed who got 43/50...

i felt so angry to myself 4 failin and paying another 27 RINGGIT.. how stupid can i get... i came to realise 2 things that made me fail... firstly... i was so stupid to take the test in English when i studied in malay.... hahaha... i thought it was going to be much simplier as i studied everythin in English throughout my life... haha...!! but the words made life harder as i didnt learn them in ENGLISH...

secondly, i did my test in just 13 minutes or so......... hahaha... when i had like 45 mins.... i didnt even check back my work............ argh!!!!!

oh... well... what to do.... BUT ...one thing 4 sure, i will not make the same mistakes again... i hope so.... hahaha!!! take all the time i need..........

Thankfully,... when i came back home ... i received a letter of admission to enter UIA.... one of the best universities in Malaysia... made me a little bit happier after a hecktic and awful day.......
I will also be receiving scholarship ... around 1000 RInGGit per sem and they would be payin for my hostel.... thank god as now my dad will not have to pay alot 4 my education....
I then had to go shoppin to buy all my stuff, such as clothes,shoes,equipment,etc... total spendin' summed up2 around 200 ringgit sumtin...

Also last week,, My aunt came back from Sudan and stayed in my house.... still in the state of shock.... i juz felt so sad 4 them as they had to live through this tragedic event... i wouldnt know how to react if i lose someone really close to me... especially not gettin to see them for the last time....


From this week, i learnt alot on how life really is... sometimes you get what you want and be happy, whilst sometimes you wont... thats life.... we as humans are not PERFECT and make mistakes such as not pickin the right language and endin up failing.... hahaha...
therefore... we must accept what we get and improve our life for a better future......

Hari Raya 24th October

This years Hari Raya was different as i celebrated it in Penang, last 2 years was in Egypt...

I went to Penang 2days b4 raya... so can prepare everythin'.... But this year didnt feel like raye at all... duno y.. maybe usually in December n now early.. or could also be bcz im grown up... tak dpt duit raye sgt... haha...!! But still, it was a memorable raye and one that will never be forgoten...

On hari raya day,,, after prayin... the house was not as cheerful as b4... my uncle passed away in Sudan so we didnt want to enjoy ourselfs that much...... i juz went to my cousins friends house and then to my "kampung" on my fathers side...

the next few days i just went to my close relatives house aroun Penang... stayed in my uncle's rented apartment for 4 nites... cold gile... 24/7.... haha...
me n my cousins would play PS2 until like 3 or 4 in the mornin'... then sleep till 10-11... haha...
overall i received aroun 250 ringgit... not as much as b4... haha......







"me n my cousins at tokbah's house"

" My brother with cousins at maktok's house"

" my sister and cousins "

Lastly, i wish all the best to my cousins goin to Sudan... selamat pergi dan kembali...

"SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN"

ONE TIRING TRIP AT THE AIRPORT

On Sunday, at around 4:30 p.m..... I arrived to Malaysia...
the flight was damn long... 8-9 hours... !!

felt like i was flyin 4ever.... haha.... not only that... i was sitting in the economy class section, could not rest....there were people right behind me....
inside the plane was chillin, when i went out ... panas gile!! hahaha!! jerebu somemore... couldnt breathe properly....

when i landed... I felt like i was dreamin... I couldnt wait to come back here... missed malaysia alot... Egypt was a bit contrasting.... especially when Hari Raye approaches by... the atmosphere lightens up and u can just feel the excitement.

u visit other ppls house... play fire crackers... meet all your old friends... eat at mamak shop... lepak2....haha!! breakin your fast here feels more joyful... all my family is also here....

i would be lying if i said these were the only reasons... as u know... Hari Raye... u will get
"duit raye" rite... hahaha... in egypt i dont rilly get... back when i was small... went "beraye" to other ppls house... collected money and bought wat i wanted...

i remembered around like 3 or 4 years ago... my cousins asked me to follow to go "beraye", i was around 13 or 14 at that time, so i followed them... my cousins were like 2 years younger...
I went to one house to another... collected like 1 or 2 ringgit at each house... BUT at this one particular house... there was a woman who welcomed us in... opened my shoes... went in... ate some "kuih"... then time to go home... we were expectin to get "duit raye"...

here comes the embarassin part... haha!!!

when it was my turn to take the money... (btw... im quite tall and look grown up) hahaha.... the women said to me... arent u too old to go beraye... ??!!!

SHOCKED THE HELL OUT OF ME!!!

i didnt say anythin and juz took the money... left off...!!! malu gile!!! hahaha!!

NEVER WENT BERAYE AGAIN!!!!!! hahaha!! (exept to only friends house)


goin back to my arrival story.... ....

after I finished taking my luggage.. my parents and I waited for my sisters to come... i arrived early... so had to wait for awhile...

1 hour passes by... temperature hot...still no sign of my sisters... then 2 cars approached by... my sisters finally came... i was reliefed as they finally came...

ready to go home.... all bags in the car............

THEN ALL THE SUDDEN.... MY FATHERS MERCEDES BENZ BROKE DOWN.... Alamak!!! y must it happen at this time... !!??! smoke started coming out of the car.... some engine problem i guess. Around like 5 to 6 ppl approached my dads car..... tryin to help out ....

the officers from the airport came out to see what was going on... my father explained to them... they then called the mechanics....

it was already 6 o'clock... my mother went back with the other car... leaving only my dad, me and one of my sisters.... when the mechanics came... they told my dad they couldnt fix it right now... it was sunday also... so the workshops were closed... so they had to call the guy to carry my dads car to the workshop ...

At 8 o'clock... after my dads car was carried off... i went home ... tired gile!!! haha... reached at around 9 sumtin... took a shower and went to bed.... one hectic day.... !!!!


couldnt imagine arriving to malaysia like this.... hahaha!!!

AN END TO THE EGYPTIAN JOURNEY 21/7/04 – 30/9/06

Changing a course of life is tough for anyone, especially when moving places a couple of times. This was what I experienced throughout my life. Going to Egypt was one HECK of a journey...

I had already stayed in 4 different countries, mainly in the Arab region. I had by now seen everything this region could possibly offer….. Staying around there for more than 10 years?!!….

Egypt would be a piece of cake!!!



BUT, I was wrong after ALL, this venue was my miles more extraordinary than what I had anticipated. The people … the place… very unique…

I first arrived on the 21st of August 2004 at 1:00 a.m. Once the plane landed, I felt different and unhappy coz I had to settle in here. Looking at the airport itself made it worse. Not just that… Getting to know the culture was not an easy task.

Above all, I had to be acquainted with the people there and fit in with the society.

You want Taxi!!! a guy asked me after coming out of the airport...
WELL... after lookin at his taxi... I would say they were quite ODD… one of a kind… not what u expect to see in KL....
I felt like I was back in the 1950’s or so…hahaha!!!!
then 3 or 4 more taxi driver’s started offering
me a ride… with a decent charge.

"you can see what i mean"




But.... thankfully!! I had a RIDE; my father’s office driver was coming by to pick us up.

I stayed in the Marriott Hotel for the next few weeks… decided to take it one day at a time… still shocked from what I saw around me….

As months past by… then years…. I began schooling there… and got to know the people around there… visiting the pyramids … riding on CAMELS… hahaha!!! … learning the language… I had a lot of fun… made some new friends…. Really nice people which I will clearly miss….

Hope to meet them again in the future…

WELL… although stayin here only for 2 years… I felt like this was a place to return someday…2 years on... I learnt a lot from this experience… one of that was that

I should not judge the place by its exterior (cover)… (like I did with the taxi) haha!! BUT I should judge it from whats inside… (the ppl)

Despite saying all this…… there is ONE aspect which I will clearly not miss when I leave Egypt… and this is the unwillingness of the ppl to….

CLEAN UP THE STREETS PROPERLY!!!!!! Hahaha!!!

ADIOS>>> GOOD-BYE EGYPT!!!

WeLL … what can I say.. my first writing for my blog which opens up a new beginning for my journey in my life… life is as usual … boring with nothing to do after completing my o’levels…. What to do?? as ppl usually say’s.. life is not PERFECT!! Moments can turn out the way you least expected …

At around 10:30.. I was eatin’ this wonderful dinner my mom prepared me.. tasting and enjoying every bit of it.. when all of the sudden.. I juz realized that I must by all means record my day-to-day activities… bearing in mind and realizing that I will never return to this moment and remember how my life turned out to be the way it was… compunction started to build up in my head as to why I had not thought of this much earlier… now at 17 years old… one can say a journey had long begun and many things had been experienced..

But in particular.. I want to show gratitude to one of my greatest friend in the world…! Danni Jay,,, he opened up my mind into doing this…

well…this is how it all begun.. we were chattin some time ago… talking to one another about how long we had not seen each other…he then told me to open up his blog… which I did … eventually after some thinking.. I realized how important life is and I should there4 cherish every minute of it and record it!!... Danni use to be in the same class with me back in Sri Utama… despite him coming in a few months before I left… I knew that he was a friend that I could count on… We both were dreamin some time ago of doin business together… owning a company…etc… haha!!! Well… Lets just hope one day it will happen … yeah.. bro…!!