tale as old as time~

how words should define it?















it's beautiful. really.















it's an old movie but i haven't got the chance nor the urge to watch it. unlike snow white, cinderella and the likes, they were so easy to find and therefore plenty of opportunities for me to catch up with them, but the case was different with this tale as old as time.


Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757.


In 1991, Walt Disney Feature Animation produced a musical animated film entitled Beauty and the Beast, directed by Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale, with a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, and songs by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman. Like the 1946 version, the Disney version also names Beauty "Belle" and gives her a handsome suitor (here named Gaston) who eventually plots to kill the Beast. Other aspects of the story are changed or added as well: In the Disney version, Belle's father (here called Maurice) is an inventor, not a merchant, and Belle is his only daughter. Belle is befriended by the Beast's servants, who have been transformed into household objects. There is also an element of Bluebeard in it, in the sense that she is told, early on in the Beast's castle, not to go in a certain chamber, but disobeys him out of curiosity. Beauty and the Beast won Academy Awards for Best Song and Best Original Score, in addition to becoming the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was also one of only two animated films included in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list, which announced the 100 greatest love stories of all time, and is now considered one of the Walt Disney Company's classic animated films.


the urge didn't come (and i call myself an avid cartoon fan) up until mr. j (my language development lect.) put on the video of Beauty and the Beast theme song. then it occured, YOUTUBE! (hahaha...technology-literate konon:P)


and then i started watching. 9 parts altogether (10mins each). truth to be told, i watched it once when i was 4 i think. but i watched it halfway and the story was so complicated for my young, undisturbed mind (then-lah).


i never thought the story was so beautiful. i especially love all of the talking furnitures and clock and candles! haha. disney doesn't make it as cute as this anymore.


go enjoy. especially if you haven't.

















credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast#Film_versions

language development 1 class

we were learning how to write a memo. don't ask me why a teacher needs to know that. but i'm a hell of a memo-writer now. haha.


a memo : a document typically used for communication within a company. memos can be as formal as a business letter and used to present a report.


so, at the top we just write the word MEMORANDUM. i had a typo once and i wrote MEMORANSUM instead.


RANSUM = RANSOM


so i figured, next time you're thinking about kidnapping a child,



and you don't want to put a cloth on your mouth when speaking through the phone (we are using a very old-school technique to ask for ransom money), you can simply send a MEMO-RANSOM.


okay, that's enough 'mengarut' for one day.















credit:
*http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/documents/memo/pop2a.cfm
**wallpapers-mobilewallpapers.blogspot.com

"Lelaki yang baik untuk perempuan yang baik."

-please stop your reading here unless you want to feel like throwing up for the next five minutes. or more. or less. i don't know.-
















sudah berhari-hari saya ditiup angin manis merah jambu bertatah rasa penuh suka dari Laut China Selatan (memanglah kampus saya ini letaknya tak jauh dari Pantai Bukit Keluang, tetapi saya sedang bermetafora. sebab itu saya galakkan anda berhenti membaca sekarang. saya baru terkena demam Noor Suraya-lagi).

kalau betul-betul hendak berkira, hari ini sudah hari kelapan. masih juga tidak kebah-kebah rasa terawang-awang ini. bak kata zul di Penang; "Sudah parah awak ni."

sampai semalam, saya merasakan sayalah calon yang paling sesuai dengan dia (kalaulah dia sedang mencari calon) dan dengan penuh perasan sekali berkali-kali menyatakan dalam diri saya, tiada sesiapa yang lain lebih sesuai!

namun Allah itu Yang Maha Merancang. sebagai manusia hina yang cacatnya bertambun-tambun (bukan fizikal, alhamdulillah setakat ini bukan. kita sedang bercakap secara batiniah ya?), dalam perjalanan pulang dari Kota Bharu semalam, saya terfikir, termalu dan rendah diri sekaligus. mujurnya saya belum terbawa-bawa dengan rasa sekuman yang Allah dah campakkan dalam hati saya ini.

betullah itu ujian. Allah tidak menguji hamba-hambaNya lebih daripada yang mereka mampu (padahal baru lagi bertemu ayat itu - husna nilah!).

bak kata kak lang, "Baik Allah uji kita dengan kesusahan. Kalau dengan kesenangan, biasanya kita akan leka!"

terima kasih kak lang. kadang-kadang pesan-pesanmu tidak hadir sewaktu aku betul-betul patut ulang baca dengan penuh penghayatan. (pesan-pesannya sekarang selalu melalui SMS. ialah, sudah belajar jauh kan sekarang? - walaupun Besut itu masih daerah negeri Terengganu)

perasaan suka, seronok dan terpesona kepada dia itu ujian. yalah, waktu suka, seronok dan terpesona itu mudahnya mata menyorot langkah-langkahnya; pandang sahaja dia di mana-mana, dewankah, kelaskah. tanpa malu-malu lagi. sedangkan ada zina ya di situ husna - zina mata namanya!

lalu husna kalah dengan ujian Allah padanya. sudah lebih seminggu juga dia kalah. masih belum ada strategi untuk menang lagi.

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hati suka marah saya begitu. tapi dia juga yang tak jemu-jemu memaksa mata untuk terus-terusan melihat dan memandang. kalau boleh merenung pun dia nak! (tapi kata 'merenung' itu kan lebih sesuai kalau saya dapat melihat dengan jelas. saya rabun tetapinya. nikmat yang Allah sudah tarik itu kadang-kadang memang padan dengan muka saya ini.)














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sudah Asar-lah husna. kata tadi nak berubah, nak jadi yang lebih baik? sebab perempuan yang baik untuk lelaki yang baiklah, betul? (ya, tetap masih ada hati pada dia. kan sudah dibilang tadi - belum ada strategi untuk menang.)

venue: Kota Bharu Mall

lively KB mall







anem, zatt








teachers (2016 - insyaAllah!)
from left: mir, syiem, dayah, zatt, anem, jie







my new pair of sneakers^^







izzati isa

this is 1.3 megapixel - she's done a lot for me

firdaus tesl 1






final inter-unit debate; trophy






the cutest dayang...^^





final inter-unit malay debate






100++



















doing tesl or photography?
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why can't you do both?


impossible is nothing.















*credit: nike

kelantan + kl = hilarious^^

if you go to kelantan, you might find their dialect is not something that you can easily grab - especially if you have never heard anyone talk in the dialect before.

i am a true terengganu-er. but, it was not until recent years when my sister started to speak in kelantanese dialect at home so that i would have an exposure on our neigbour's slang. thus, my coming to besut to study last june was not as dreadful as my short detour to pulau pinang for matriculation.

flashback:
"lima kupang dik," - shopkeeper.
"lima kupang tu berapa ringgit kak?" - me

coming to besut (which is in terengganu but speaks like in kelantan) was okay for me. i know a few words and i can pretend to speak like a local. (but of course they can always tell. like how i can always tell if somebody is faking a terengganu slang - usually with an overly-stressed 'G').

so, when i stumbled upon this note a true kelantanese wrote on fb, i couldn't help but laughing until 'keras perut' (literally; hard stomach).

my favourite comment:
perkakas mana lah buat ayat lawak nie..haha....larak dia tulis semua..






^^
for more laughs; http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/note.php?note_id=147639518614419&comments¬if_t=note_reply

Doa Perpisahan

"Cinta itu macam rumah. Tak perlu cantik, tak perlu mewah. Yang penting, kita bahagia di dalamnya!"

(this quote is from a Malay movie which i could no longer remember what the title was.)













"jie. ore kato, tok napok ore, napok kelah jadi doh!"















this is the ending-song of our Prospau program yesterday. somehow it means more to me than just an ending-song.

Pertemuan Kita Di Suatu Hari
Menitiskan Ukhwah Yang Sejati
Bersyukurku Ke Hadrat Ilahi Di Atas Jalinan Yang Suci

Namun Kini Perpisahan Yang Terjadi
Dugaan Yang Menimpa Diri
Bersabarlah Di Atas Suratan
Ku Tetap Pergi Jua

Kan Ku Utuskan Salam Ingatanku
Dalam Doa Kudusku Sepanjang Waktu
Ya Allah Bantulah Hamba Mu

Mencari Hidayah Daripada Mu
Dalam Mendidikkan Kesabaranku
Ya Allah Tabahkan Hati Hamba Mu
Di Atas Perpisahan Ini

"Teman Betapa Pilunya Hati Menghadapi Perpisahan Ini.
Pahit Manis Perjuangan Telah Kita Rasa Bersama. Semoga
Allah Meredhai Persahabatan Dan Perpisahan Ini. Teruskan
Perjuangan"

Kan Ku Utuskan Salam Ingatanku
Dalam Doa Kudusku Sepanjang Waktu
Ya Allah Bantulah HambaMu

Senyuman Yang Tersirat Di Bibirmu
Menjadi Ingatan Setiap Waktu
Tanda Kemesraan Bersimpul Padu
Kenangku Di Dalam Doamu

Semoga Tuhan Berkatimu















credit: http://www.liriklagu.com/liriklagu_ad/Brothers_DoaPerpis.html

sekitar Prospau '10

anak-anakku^^




abg fahmi yang serius.




sembang-sembang post-mortem.




saya tahu kak nab mengantuk.















*Prospau : program pasca UPSR

the fifth and final 'sidang'

motion : Iklan Makanan Ringan Untuk Kanak-kanak Wajib Diharamkan

"analogi saya, jika kita mengamalkan sehari sekilo gula, KERAT kaki ya yang dipertua." - Prime Minister. (note: focus on the bolded 'kerat')

"saya tak tau kenapa makan gula kena kerat kaki. kan kencing manis, patutnya kerat benda lain..??" - Yang Dipertua.








we lost. to win on opposing the motion is almost impossible.

they'll hold the final this coming wednesday. going or not is still in consideration.

mood: excited!

i intended to be fully sincere when i decided to be one of the usher for the debate competition.

turns out my old can't-be-in-a-new-group-of-people-without-falling-for-a-man disease struck again.

i know i should stop doing that.

ac's quote, "you fall all the time."

to which i replied, "i fall in and fall out easily. you should try it sometimes."


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i know i should stop doing that. may Allah have mercy on me..T.T













however, quoting ar-long; "kito mari sini, (walaupun patutnyo satu tujue jah), ado duo tujue. nok buat degree so, so lagi nok cari...".

(seriously, it ends like that)

so, people.
he's cute.
smiles all the time.
in his final year.
doing maths [which is good, i don't want my kids to hate maths like i do - so if my better-half likes maths, chances are my kids (at least, some. i hope - wah, bunyi dia da macam anak lima!!! ^^) will like maths as well].
speaks Malay like he's Faisal Tehrani (well, that is exaggerating).

did i mention that he's cute?

haha.

but maybe it's kind of like a 'balasan' for me because i was laughing at my bro's thinning hair (i'm still laughing 'till today but in full support of his treatment - may it work bro;)) and suddenly, i fall for a guy with the same head condition.





pretty serious fall now, won't you say so?


anyway....

i'd say falling is not a bad thing.

but if i'm serious, now i'd have to be like jaja looking for her ustaz din. and i don't have that kind of boldness. i'm just me. nothing like jaja and her bravery.



















credit photo: usocial.net, nicenovela.blogspot.com
*jaja&din is by Noor Suraya

inter-unit debate, head of Bahasa Melayu department cup

^^....

the debate competition sounded important, isn't it?

to be honest (i can't be as honest as i used to be - growing up, they say), i was thinking between ESC or become one of the usher for the debate competition.

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ESC will always be there. still have a long way to go (so i thought). so, debate it is.

and it's fun.

i got to play with a triangle (as the bell for the competition) which is new. (accidentally rang it once too).



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"sape nak tulis?" (referring to usher's duty to write the motion, the government and the opposition on the white board) - me

"..." (went to the whiteboard quietly and started writing) - jai

"..." (smiling in the heart because asking meant not wanting to do it) - me



oh well. that was 'sidang 1'. 4 'sidang's left. 1PPISMP TeSL 1, ganbatte kudasai yo, anata-tachi!








*1PPISMP TeSL 1 being the group under my care.
**credit pic: pagandrums.com

information communication technology class

"Can you give me a traditional Indian name?" - mr amin.

"Shah Rukh Khan." - jie.

"Udit Narayan." - luqman.

"Letchumi, sir." - vehnoo. (winner)



"Now, can you give me a traditional Chinese name?" - mr amin.

"Yong Tau Foo." - aen

"Ah Chong." - jie. (winner)






all in day's lecture;p

sekitar seminar inovasi & penyelidikan ipg ksm

najiah







hanim, izzati







happy while listening to IPG rector.




speech

honto ni arigato.

we had a marvelous time at Gua Musang the other day. although i have to say i was reluctant to come at first. i already had a plan in mind. i was planning to go home for our annual open house. (well, you can't exactly say it's annual because if we have a sponsor then it's on, if not, what can i say?) this year's sponsor was abg de.

anyhow.

that didn't work. the HEP suddenly wanted to organise a Bina Jati Diri camp at Etnobotani Garden Gua Musang for three days, from 30th sept - 2nd oct which was unfortunate because the open house was on 2nd oct. but, being an obedient teacher-to-be, i called home and told my mother i wouldn't make it. sadly. after days of persuading her to let me come home. (kemaman and besut is not that close in distance, alright? i have to board a bus for at least a 4-hour journey).

anyway.

we went to Gua Musang and guess what? the place was terrific! the cave, the hill, the misty-all-the-time environment, were just great. i had a feeling that the place wasn't going to be scaring me, more like i'll be scaring myself - very the 'penakut'.

we were divided into groups. (oh ya, thanks to abg di for awesome coaster driving - especially up and down the hills of Etnobotani Garden). in my group we had firdaus (abe - he's a year older), safuan (science), ji han (tesl 1), yuhan (pj), pei shan (pj), jie (tesl 2), siti (maths) and another husna (also maths). eventhough it seems like our group was a thoroughly mix-up group, we had so much fun together and how we bonded was amazing.

i am asthmatic. i think you guys know that. well, climbing a hill isn't exactly an evening walk circling the campus. much tougher and i had a feeling was much longer. so naturally, when we almost (literally, a few more steps) reach the peak of the hill, i had an attack. of course i had my medication with me but salbutamol will make you shake (pretty badly if you are still doing vigorous exercises) and i cannot have that since we still had a long way going down the hill and exploring the cave. so when jie asked about my medication, i said no.

abe (we don't call him 'abe'. it was just to tease him) was nice. he was almost like the most gentleman guy i've ever had an encounter with in my life. of course, giving you a seat in a crowded lrt or letting you go first on a long line in front of the counter in a bank are also considered as gentleman, but his type of gentleman-ness is only found in a movie. or korean drama. perhaps. i don't really watch korean drama. jie does. maybe i should ask her. anyway.

haha. or maybe, he is really a nice person. someone said to me that being the first born of a family will make one a more sensitive and caring person. i don't know how much of that statement hold true. but abe offered to carry my bag and he did that along the way from the peak of the hill (when i started to show asthma symptoms) until we got out of the cave (when i don't even struggle for breaths anymore). he was nice. i felt extremely jealous towards the girl who holds his heart^^

oh well. there it is. an account from our trip to Gua Musang. what else is there? oh, the cave was fantastic. i should like outdoor activities from now on. except that if i have to choose between cave exploring and window shopping, i'd choose kl any day.

^^ (my latest favourite smiley)