why I want to talk about JET

I interested in JET , since 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' from Get Born, so it has been a long time.

I'm not really into the retro fashion with shaggy-like hair and face, but I got to admit, Are You Gonna Be My Girl, from Get Born, does make my feet move and my head bang... hehehe.

This band is one of my Austarlian favourite after The Vines. Other than this flirty number, Are You Gonna Be My Girl, I did fall for 'Look What You've Done'... sweet elegy.

Rollover DJ also sound nice... then it just that, until it came back with second album Shine On. I do get caught up with 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is', but that is all. Then, I don't know what happen. haha...

So what inspire(kind of) to blog about Jet is since Jet is the Chosen One for Channe[V]...(for September), and I actually really really like "She's A Genius"... both song and the music videos (eventhough I don't really get the Chewbacca look a like.)

Anyway,Shaka Rock does have decent songs, like K.I.A(a.k.a. Kill In Action) and Black Hearts On Fires.

The video for K.I.A is also insane man... massacre dowh... but then entertaining... haha...

Overall, I would say I love Jet but it is seasonal... I can't be listening to Jet almost everyday... but sometimes if they(wherever, whenever) put it on, or if MTV or [V] put it on, I still can listen and enjoy it. But I believe out there there still a lot of JET's fan. To me, they still rock... and shaggy is really not that bad.

From left:

Nic Cester(vocal, rythm guitar, piano)

Cameron Muncey(lead guitar, backing vocal)

Chris Cester(drums, percussion, backing vocal- yeah Nic and Chris are brothers)

Mark Wilson(bass, keyboards, harmonica)

Suggestion on JET other than She's A Genius:-

of course I would suggest 1. Are You Gonna Be My Girl

2. Look What You've Done

3. Bring It On Back (FYI it's from Shine On)

4. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
I just love the music video for this, 5. Kill In Action (from Shaka Rock)

So, I hope you guys out there enjoy JET more than I do (saja nak encourage, takut kena bantai dengan fans Jet kat luar sana haha...)

PS: Disebabkan telinga aku macam pelik sikit, aku rasa JET bagi aku 4 bintang dari 5 bintang... okaylahtukan... They actually really great. Cater to many type of listener(yang sebenarnya bermacam-macam ragam)

PSS: Sorry that the most of the suggestion tu biasa dan selalu keluar di MTV atau [V]... mesti anda semua pernah dengar...

AKWARD Raya Celebration & UKCATest

so, last Wednesday my family and I got home... I have to focus for the next day UKCATest, so I put blogging about Raya celebration on the side.

so, today I have finish my UKCATest, so I’ll be happy now to share about my Raya celebration.

Since my mum bought a house in Seremban, preparation for Raya cuisine is not done at kampung Senanti anymore. Well, so I do feel loss and do miss staying in my kampung home with my dearest cousins. But then, parent kan...
So we wake up and get ready and all, breakfast and the old-tradition of minta maaf protocol.
Then we headed back to Seri Menanti... (seri menanti, menanti kepulangan kami... hehe)...
I don’t know if I ate too much or not, but in the journey through BUKIT PUTUS.... nafas pun macam putus-putus, sebab serius rasa macam nak muntah...

then we arrive, straight away I get to Mak Cik’s room, fuyoh! ada aircond dah... my cousin Farah was not there,(you see, she is my closest cousin, probably because of the same age)... so I look into another room. She was happy to see me... but the first thing she talk to me about is “Nana, aku tak tahulah apa masalah Mak Cik dengan Farah...” pulak.... pagi-pagi raya terus ada konflik keluarga...

well, the thing is my mom’s sis(my aunties) having a problem... merajuk sesama sendiri... well, I wouldn’t really want to spend my time explaining the situation, but long story-short, my Mak Cik, Mak Bik(Farah’s mother) and my Mother holds different values... the fact that my cousin Farah getting marry does not help with the situation. Berada dalam rumah itu macam, kena langkah longkang busuk... sebab seorang di sana, seorang nun di seberang sana. Itu yang kadang-kadang buat aku rasa mereka semua ada, tetapi tak ada... hmmm....so the first day of Raya, I end up sleeping through the evening.

Whatever it is, I really hope they work things out, and try to accept each other’s different values, and I really hope they support each other strongly, especially by Farah’s wedding.

Come to think of it, going to my father’s kampung, Geduk(in Gemencheh) , is much more seem like a Raya celebration to me tha in my mum’s kampung (Senanti)... visiting people, and all... despite the fact that most of trips makes me feel akward(banyak saudara yang dah lama tak jumpa, termasuk adik bapa aku, Pak Usu sekeluarga...Mak ai... sepupu yang dulu main kejar-kejar hampir aku tak cam)...

so that is just about it, my Raya celebration back in kampung...

I really don’t pay attention to homework or the UKCATest that I was about to take... which actually make me feel regret the day before Thursday. So actually I was not really prepared for the UKCATest...

However, I have done the test... so I’m happy about it... quite unhappy about the result for the 4 subtest....maybe I can just share about the non-cognitive analysis, my favourite part of the test, hehe.. my answer for the questionnaire indicate that I:-

"tend to be a bit more self-sufficient, discreet and happy to make my own decisions... may come across as more private, reserved, self-reliant and introverted, which may sometimes make me appear more
emotionally distant from others"

"place a higher value on laws, norms, conventions and expectation of society... more likely to support rights and needs of society or community over those of the individual.( macam skema je...)"

So that is all until next time eh....

Ps: I hope you guys out there really enjoying your raya celebration and not having an akward feel during the celebration. Ingatlah, memanglah nak minta maaf zahir dan batin tu bila-bila boleh, tapi, alang-alang dah Raya jadikanlah Raya ini saluran nak perbaiki dan merapatkan hubungan keluarga, rakan and etc...

Duit Raya tak dapat tak apa, jangan tak jumpa saudara, rakan dan lain semua sudah, yang itu baru Raya tak bermakna...

The Subways rocks!

Tak tahulah, macam mana aku terjumpa semula The Subways... setahun dua tahun yang lepas, sedang aku menonton MTV... tiba-tiba aku tertengok MV daripada The Subways , "Alright" , lagu dia memang taste aku, cukup essence rock and cukup bunyi ecletic, so memang enjoylah lagu itu...

Hari tu azam nak cari lagu itu, alang-alang nak download terus, tetapi, entah apa yang terjadi aku pun tak pasti, aku terlupa pula pasal benda alah tu... sampailah beberapa bulan lalu.... MTV ke V channel tayangkan balik video itu.... tanpa membuang masa lagi aku terus search kat internet download , checkout their other songs... it was a discovery, no, 'rediscovery'....

what suprise me is that this band actually originate from UK... I don't know why but when I look at the images of band I see USness... whatever... UK ke US... they're great...

band member(from left):-

Josh Morgan(drums),Billy Lunn(vocal & guitar), Charlotte Cooper(bass & vocal)

There's a female bassist... cool... kinda remind me of Ash's fe,ale guitarist ... but then the chick, Charlotte Hatherley (ok, kebetulan nama sama, the Subways 's chick is also Charlotte) back out from the band... so now it is quite irrelevant to bring this up... hehe...

Oh yeah, when I see Charlotte Cooper rock her heart out (with/out vocals...) she reminds me of the days when I used to listen to No Doubt, which was thanks to the superstar, Gwen Stefani who wants to strut her own stuff... they stop making new album for a while... (But I actually I heard they are on their way of recording new album... yay!)... Yeah... for a while The Subways is the replacement for No Doubt (despite the diffrent genres... hehe... whatever, I' just sayin'...)

Whatever it is , this band is one of my favourite... (notice I don't really write much about them... well just wiki them for more information and their website... duhhh!)

this is one favourite song of mine, 'I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say' from Young for Eternity...

Suggestion for The Subways (my fav):-

1. Alright

2. At 1 a.m.

3. In love

4. I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say

5. I won't let you down

I want to talk about Arctic Monkeys latest, Humbug.. but I haven't heard all the song, enough to blog about it... emmm... have already heard of some tracks... biarlah aku dengar semua lagu betul-betul sampai nak termuntah aku bloglah pasal benda ni... hehe...(did I mention Alex's new do's is soooo... comel... hehe)

Ps: benda ni dah lama berlaku... saja je nak bercerita balik apabila terkenang memori ini sambil dengar lagu the subways...

Pss: I love No Doubts as much as I love the Subways now... and I love Gwen's work...Please don't assume I have grudge against Gwen... yeh?...

Selamat hari raya!!

well nothing much to say really ....

except...

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN...

to reef, anne, jannah, pa'an, jiha, inu, dya, nazi, aida, a-qill, rhoe, senang kata kelas MO8K, KMBians, teachers, Cik matul, Mauliza (warga SMK Hulu Kelang semua...)... dan semua yang dikenali...

I'm going back home to my hometown in Negeri Sembilan... we will be staying at our second home in Seremban... and will be back and forth to Sri Menanti...

I will not be online for few days...

so I have to finish some matters in few hours before going back...

AHHHH.... the thing that I hate the most 'PACKING'....

Ps: SEE you in a few days... because there are not internet available to me...(yikes'!)...

Let's LOVE Shuffle!

The main reason I search for this drama is MATSUDA SHOTA....
yes, the infamous Soujiroh from Hana Yori Dango... I have search almost all dramas and movies by Matsujun; Kimi wa petto, Bambino, etc...
so suddenly it struck me, I have not watch Matsuda Shota in a different drama... aku pun terus memanfaatkan internet dan search ‘matsuda shota’ di laman drama-wiki (arkib drama terbaik!)
and beberapa saat (bergantung kepada kepantasan internet anda) tersenarailah semua appearance Matsuda Shota dalam drama Jepun... I was drawn to one of the drama ‘Love Shuffle’... the genre; romance and comedy... my type of drama...
Storyline, 3 man and and a woman meet up in an elevator and was trapped there for a while. They started to talk about love when the 3 of them found out about one the guy, Usami Ken was rejected by her girlfriend when he proposed. One of the guy, a psychologist, proposed that love is about chemistry between two people and at the end of discussion they come up with the idea of Love Shuffle... or in simple word they swapping with each other’s spouses...
What I love about this drama is the nickname that the 4 characters got, Usatan, Aiai, O-chan(Matsuda!!) and Kikutan(the psychologist)... I find the 1st episode to be really a ‘charming’ comedy... and the storyline got more interesting in time... will they stay with their old spouse, or would they fall for other people... ?You should watch it if you want to know...
This drama really teach me something about relationship, romantic relationship... that it just happen... you might having a crush on this girl /guy that you do anything to get to know her/him and getting close to her/him (to the extent that you embarrased yourself..*sigh*), but love actually unconditional and spontaneous and mostly unexpected... so guys and girls, chill... it will happen...(cehwah... panjang pula)

Back to drama, well the most important part to me, is Matsuda... His character, Ojiro or O-chan is quite similar to Soujiroh but more develop and mature... Matsuda’s fan will be more satisfied with Matsuda’s performance in this than Hana Yori Dango. O-chan character is the type that has so-called ‘I don’t care’ attitude, but inside he is depressed because he does care... you know, the bad guy with soft heart...
Bila tengok O-chan dgn heroin dia, bapak arh... tak tahan!!! Comel, romantik, menekan perasaan ... apa lagi... memang macam-macam anda akan rasa... kejap-kejap memang comel dengar dialognya, rasa kesian tengok tangisannya ...memang terbaiklah...

Cakap pasal dialog, dalam drama ni memang banyak ‘pun line jokes’... so bila anda tengok dan baca subtittle(unless you good at Japanese), anda memang akan terbahak-bahaklah ketawa.... serius seronok bila tengok drama ni buat lawak...
But don’t be fool by the comedy part, because this drama does have it’s dark side... mysterious, manipulative, dark psycho side... and this final feature will make you crave for more and more...

Another feature from this drama is that the soundtrack is all from ABBA... Dancing Queen, anyone? (nyanyi sebelum buang air kecil...haha... nice drama...)

10 stars out of 10 .... terbaik!!!

Ps: This drama is out early 2009... so it is going to take time to download it. If you crave for Matsuda so much just watch at Mysoju.

Pss: the hero, Usami Ken(Usatan) is Tamaki Hiroshi from Nodame Cantabile

To do list for Cuti Raya and Reflection...

Pelikkan? dah 5 hari cuti, baru teringat nak buat TO DO LIST...

1. Make a Passport (bukan untuk bercuti, tetapi untuk UKCAT... aduih... mahal gila investment ni)...
2. Practice some UKCAT sample question...(just to get used with UKCAT format)
3. Choose the 4th UK university (I think I will stick with combo 3, the three uni Pn Sharifah has chosen)...
4. Fill in UCAS... (kacau Aida bila nak isi, sebab Aida dah isi...hehe)
5. Don’t forget 24th is your UKCAT test...(don’t forget yours too....)

That is all for UK university application... now IB assestment and other...

6. For your bonus point sake, get your lazy ass to start the EE experiment... (by now, I’m so sure I will not make it by 30th Sep... but who know... maybe...in state of denial...)
7. get your lazy eyes to read the articles for Econ IA... and finish your Econ IA....
8. TOK essay... choose question and research...(don’t forget presentation)
9. I know I will not finish folio agama in this holiday, but AT LEAST find an article suitable for your folio...
10. If you don’t want to have a hard time in Cikgu Linda’s Malay class... finish your reading for Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan
11. If you really want to make up for Miss Dhiya’s English class... finish your reading for My Fair Lady...(but I’m not sure if I bring the book home... I thought I pack it... I hope it is here...)

and etc...etc... apa-apa yang patut dibuat... macam study ke? buat nota ke...
tolonglah nana, janganlah sia-siakan penat lelah kau packing buku bawa balik rumah...

PS: most important... I should reflect on myself... that is to be ready for future challenges. The university application is on now..... so get serious...Kalau betul-betul bersyukur dapat UK-bound, tak nak bazirkan duit mama papa untuk UCAS, UKCAT dan passport... pastikan dapat satu tempat kat universiti di UK... kalau tak serius, tak mustahil Dia tarik balik rezeki ini... ok?

We already have our IRP group, get serious. 100% commitment and responsibilities expected...especially when you are a leader (don’t make what Aida comment about you before is a lie, don’t make Pn Salmah always tegur you, bring back the old Farhana from SMKHK, yang lebih serius dan fokus... dah lama sangat tidur ni....).

Get serious with study too, consistency please... don’t only dedicate your time praying and ask Allah to remind you to study and revise, and hoping that He steer you away from any distraction or temptation ... but dedicate your time by getting up on your feet and do it... just do it... sebab macam Aziani kata, “Doa itu mestilah SEIRING dengan usaha...”

Now is not the time to adapt for IB life , it is the time to adapt leaving IB life....(cehwah!...hehe..serius ni...)