2007. seven

fight masters: silat (NCG-FINAS)

following the successful "becoming a king" and "smart tunnel", silat is the third project that fill the slot for this coming national celebration, the merdeka day.

the idea was brainchild by mr. khairul who started off with his first submission to the NGC in the year 2007, but lost his idea to both becoming a king and smart tunnel.

nonetheless, he grasp a new breathe to his idea by collaborating with justin ong, who is the producer as well as the director for the documentary.

fight masters: silat

CATCH JOEL CHAMP, AT CHANNEL 553 (ASTRO) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL ON MERDEKA CELEBRATION DAY AT 9.00 P.M

he was chosen to be part of this documentary because he portrays great passion about the culture and has been learning silat for ten years.

silat is a mystical art and one deadliest form of a defence. the documentary was produced after hauling one long year of research and shooting. "team from national geographic at the states scrutinized every detail and line to make sure of its accuracy" said justin ong who is the producer and director of this project.

the hard work was produced 100% by local talents, including the CGI and videography. it is a joint venture of FINAS and national geographic under malaysian to the world scheme 2, sequel to the success of becoming a king and the smart tunnel.

together we celebrate the triumph of local talents in producing world class documentary. don't forget to catch the show!

eye opener for what silat is all about

joel champ. ex-navy and hold the highest rank in silat among the foreigners, just lack four stripes from his master, cikgu sam.

cikgu sam, hugged in his well toned arms.


if you think the kicks were lame compare to taekwondo and judo, try it yourselves! team from university malaya had geared up and test the science behind every movement and kick in silat, bringing the audience into depth perspective of what makes silat deadliest form of art.

the kicks and spars were not reenacted to make them look real and painful. all shots were taken original and authentic. "cgi was used to polish each character and movement so that we can see the mechanism and science in every attack" said justin ong, producer of this documentary.

jason scott lee

the jungle book - rudyard kipling's mowgli - jason scott lee

a beautiful story

jordan's entry for oscar 2009. the poster itself is very stunning and humble, full of spirit. it reminds me when i was a child, traveling around the world has always been something that i want to do. i want to cross beyond the horizon and find the place where the rainbow ends. indiana jones was someone that i love all along.

i wish to see this film in malaysia soon.

captain abu raed

a beautiful review, an honest story about a good man.
http://majali.blogspot.com/2008/01/captain-abu-raed-hollywood-reporter.html

dear daisy,
i was touched by riz khan's interview with the producer and the people to raise awareness to child abuse.

is plastic making you gay?

well, daisy my new writing is now available at u-phoria.nst.com.my, at in the news section.
http://u-phoria.nst.com.my/youth/news.php?id=207&c=1&s=3
Believe it or not, Bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used in plastic making as an antioxidant and plastisizer (polymerization inhibition), is scientifically proven as a hormone disrupting agent that affects the development of fetus gender in rat.
Studies found that BPA is a putative cause for gender orientation and behavior as it influences the activation of male estrogen receptor to function similarly to female’s own estrogen.
On the other hand, in the sexual cycle of a female, the number of neurons will be developed as many as in a male, explaining an aggressive and male-like behavior in females.

Health risk prevention should be given a high priority.
Although the FDA approved it, BPA exposure should still be less than 1ppm in concentration. A recent publication of American Chemical Society (June 15 2006) indicated that 250 nanogram BPA per day in mice showed abnormalities in brain behavior and some proteins. The amount used was correlated with level that has been found in humans. BPA also has some deleterious estrogenic effects in the offspring of pregnant mice, for instance enlarged prostates, genital deformities and disrupted puberty.

So it is possible that plastic CAN influence sexual orientation.

Possible health risk prevention should be taken especially when handling some plastic material. Although BPA-contained plastics are considered stable and strong material by plastic makers, the issue of safety has always been raised by consumer associations and environmentalists.
The best solution is to use ceramic and glassware for food containers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------lass!

love in the time of cholera

meet me at cafe lalo... or the garden that burst into life.

(the best place in mind that only someone dearly loves me would know)

monday kick start

dear daisy,
listening to once upon a time bachelorette's playlist: current song by taking back sunday, falling for you.

i had my breakfast at 7eleven prior coming here which is five minutes away from my school. it was coffee and nasi lemak, fuel for the day. i'm always a morning person and a nice cup of hot drink gives a kick start for my day.

i started early today, at the time when the traffic was half as bad as in 7.30 to 9.00 a.m. at least, rather than stuck for 2 hours, i got moving.

dear daisy,
i decide to quit starbucks once and for all, in support for the effort to boycott israel products. i'm not proud that i was regular to this product. i feel bad that i contributed to oppressed palestinians sufferings for quiet some time.

if you think the boycott doesn't work, think again. why did starbucks decide to change its name starting from its seattle branch? maybe it is marketing strategy, maybe the boycott works..

excerps from jemaimah mustapha writings that can be viewed at www.completemalaysia.com.
Efforts to raise Fund for Gaza at this stage is with the specific intention of buying vessels to transport humanitarian aid to Gaza which is currently in a choke hold by the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal blockade.

The blockade has been imposed since 2006. Then in late 2008 through January this year, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) broke the ceasefire and launched a military aggression on Gaza causing over 1400 deaths and massive destruction to homes and buildings.

Following immense international pressure and its inability to subjugate the valiant Palestinians, the Israeli Government ended the aggression.
However, the blockade continued and these resulted in a stranglehold on Gaza, depriving the devastated population of medicine, food and materials to rebuild their homes.

p/s coffee at 7eleven is not bad though. (we all know that 7es, kenny rogers, starbucks in msia are under the same company)..urm...maybe i should check the list again.

dearly deported

dear daisy,
it was so sad when the sister couldn't answer all the three questions and the one that she haven't seen in eight years had to go back straight away to mauritius, after long haul journey. i was emotional. nevertheless, dearly deported cannot be so mean and harsh. it was frustrating.

however, not long after that - the DJs changed their mind (or maybe the producer, i don't know). they gave new lease of hope, another chance for a 1 day reunion to her eight year old niece. it was sweet. although i knew that the question was easy for her, i didn't complain. it was the reunion that i was looking for.

perseid meteor shower 2009

dear daisy,
the sky is falling in dwindling rain,
outside is damp and cold,
the darkest hour of the day,
which by right i would be sleeping soundly,
in my bed,
like a princess, not a frog.
i'm waiting for the moment to make thousands of wishes,
legend said that when u wish upon a falling star,
=)someday you'll make a rockstar.

i keep my head up, in hoping to find one falling star.
right now it is the peak time of the show,
however the sky is gloomy by the rain fall,

i'm waiting for much clearer sky,
i hope i won't fall asleep before seeing one.

mr.M is sleeping. hate to wake him up.





i'm not good at writing something so discrete that requires me to scrutinize details of my lyrical sentimental feeling. dizzy!

the nip and tuck man

my article can be viewed at http://u-phoria.nst.com.my/youth/news.php?id=83&c=2&s=1

What is it like to be a plastic surgeon? Unlike the depictions of plastic surgeons on US series like 'Nip and Tuck', it isn't so cold or glamorous, at least as Prof Dr Ahmad Sukari Halim's life shows.

In an interview with the 48-year-old reconstructive surgeon, he says he regards his work as a chance to help others gain their confidence again after a traumatising experience.

"Beauty is not just an exterior sight, what is important lies beneath one's personality. The most important thing in reconstructive surgery is to bring about the ‘normalisation' in an appearance.

"This may not appear to be aesthetically perfect but at least it gives hope of improvement to those who have lost their normal appearance due to accidents or injuries,” he said when asked about his work.

Dr Ahmad Sukari was raised in Kg. Sungai Piai, Tanjung Dawai, Kedah. The third of seven children, he was born on April 4 1961 and was academically excellent ever since young.

When he returned home from overseas in 1996, he joined Kuala Lumpur Hospital as a Specialist in Clinical Plastic Surgery. A year later, he started to work at HUSM, Kubang Kerian. From then on his career began to blossom.

When asked about his practice, he said he realised that many people thought of plastic surgery negatively, in that it was something that changed God's creation.

Reality series such as ‘Extreme Makeover', he added, were also reasons why some people begin to feel inferior about themselves.

Dr Ahmad Sukari chose to focus on his practice as community service instead, he said, and cited his experience working with the non-government organisation Mercy Malaysia.

"It was the most fulfilling moment in my career when I saw these people in situations which left them without hope, but then reconstructive surgery brought them new life again," he said.

Together with Mercy, he performed upper cleft surgeries on underprivileged kids in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a few years ago. He has also trained Iraqi surgeon and performed reconstructive surgery on Iraqi children as part of his charity efforts.

This tall gentleman is blessed with five children, and his wife, Dr. Selasawati Ghazali works as the Director of Tanah Merah Hospital.

He said he dedicated his work to all Malaysians because his achievements were possible due to the scholarships that he had received from the government.

His words of advice to students who want to pursue a career as a plastic surgeon?

"In order to be a plastic surgeon you are going to need study for many years and work very hard. Be professional."

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eastern and oriental penang

dear daisy,
days are gone when once or twice a year i caught the glimpse of the dark green E&O coaches on my way back home from school.

when i came to penang in past few weeks ago, it was the love at the first sight right after i entered the fine, lily scented E&O hotel lobby. i challanged myself to walk in (it did require a lot of courage after knowing that the cheapest room stood at staggering thousand ringgit). i'm a bit inferior when it comes to earnings but for the love of it, i dare to say that the feel of it is something that money can't buy.

me and my friend honey were the heroines of the day (for countering fear and following our desires). actually it was our credit card that we put as hope for savior. nevertheless, we survived the day with new friends and 50% discount. maybe this was something called "the beginner's luck", the kind of thing that says that the whole universe is conspiring to help you to achieve your dream.


i like their sushi and small cheeze cakes. it brightened my day although the weather was gloom and windy. i placed a dream to bring mr.M here, again for the love of it!


the people at E&O were very nice and friendly. their hospitality and generous with smiles made my short stay for lunch worth a while. it felt like home and surrounded by people like friends in the neighbourhood. it was very surprising of how two young ladies in jeans, not in designer's and not appear to be a millionaire's daughter were treated nicely.

we met a lovely couple, flo and gus, a malaysian chinese married to an englishmen who served in malaysia during the emergency. they told me about the serendipity of how they met the first time. it was kinda long story but very novelty. one may read this in love stories, this one is real.

i'd like to thank honey for everything and my stay. lots of love to gus and flo. can't wait to come again.

i swear that swearing is good for health

 the cartoon aliens in the attic said "we're aliens and we come in pieces".


dear daisy,
damn right! i know that i'm 100% sure of the statement that swearing is good for health. no wonder i had few episodes of chest pain. i just dont swear enough.

starting at 7.30 a.m, it took me two hours to get me in this panic room from bandar baru bangi. nevertheless, stucked in traffic jam for hours is the best place to learn patience.

eventhough kl is not so much vehicular hell like jakarta and bangkok when it comes to traffic jams, it is enough to burn my temperament.

according to the time magazine, swearing, (yeap..the F* word) alleviates physical pain and it works for women because they don't use it often. in men, the effect is slightly dull.

study found that when a person used a curse word, their heart rates were consistently higher than when they speak a neutral word. basically, swearing has an emotional response that trigger the reduction of pain - said the study's lead author.

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on august 7 , 2009
at 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds on the 7th of August this year, the time and date will be 12:34:56 07/08/09
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this will never happen in your life again?

time is infinite and in theory of relativity that past, present and future are all aligned in the same time. 

doa pelindung

the pandermic is here

dear daisy,
what is wrong with our country's swine flu statistic. is the government misled us with fewer number of cases. (despite, we have higher mortality rate than worldwide with 4% compare to their's 0.4%)

i was at a clinic yesterday and hordes of people swarmed the place with flu and fever, the same situation also happened when i visited university clinic on the last friday for blood test. from my naked observation, it seems that more people are contracting with flu by day and this trend is upscaling.

i asked the doctor to test me for the flu but he refused. he said that the test was only for influenza A and not H1N1. the cost of the test is also expensive, at RM120++. there is no test kit available for this new strain of virus. ignorant patients are ripped off and this is sick!

here in bodohland, we have about 1,400 "confirmed" cases of AH1N1 infection, we have 6 deaths with a mortality rate of 4% and that is 10 times more. the last two victims were children without any underlying medical conditions. we always get standard autopsy report - heart and lung inflamed and this the only findings the so called experts could come up with.

so i guess, we have to be prepared with masks and vitamin C to combat in this battle. my mom called me few times yesterday to make sure that i go for check ups at government hospitals and eat lots of vitamin C. i'm sure all moms out there are very concern about their love ones.

i love my mom too... and i want her to be well...




my dear mia mia +) and she smells nice.
i love my niece and i wish this world is a better place for her and all future generations.

oh oh... i go slow

kelly clarkson on good morning show.
dear daisy,
how i wish to wake up feeling good this morning after dizziness and rise of temperature at forehead. maybe it is because of monday and i hate to go to work on monday due to traffic. however it has been two weeks of on and off fever and i haven't see any doctor yet.

while having breakfast in my bed, i read in the news that the sixth victim of swine flu is a eleven year old boy from johor bharu who only had a day of fever and when brought to hospital he was severely ill and tested positive for the flu.

i was like, "are you kidding me?"
"my God"
"i'm not prepare to die yet, there are so many things that i want to do in this life"
it doesn't matter how bad i refuse the inevitable upcoming, i have to come to my senses that life and death is indeed God's business.

because flu is innocuous, we take it for granted because it is just a flu, which easily go away with abundant of rest and sleep, plus two tablets of 250mg paracetamol.

death from swine flu is imminent, if not seeking proper medication. it is not like cancer, slowly ravaging your inner and out, eating you alive. moral of the story, i should go to see a doctor.

every cloud has its silver lining and it seems that everything that evolves around me has its silver lining too. i don't want to leave this bed. can i call a doctor??