... and so the day had come, at last, the first time Chinese New Year celebration Gala Night in KTT ...
... after we come back from our holidays, everyone started doing their parts in preparing for this night ... from programme planning to souvenirs to food, everyone is doing their part in making this night a blast! ...
... i was in the souvenir group, but since we had actually settled all the souvenirs and presents during the long long holidays, i had nothing to do in the first day ... maybe i'm too busybody, or i just want to be more involved in the event, i started helping out the coordinator, Fui Bee ... poor girl, she was the only one coordinating the event, so i think i should be helping her as much as i could, since i had experiences in organising this kind of events ... so preparation work started ...
... eventually i took charge of the sketch performance, not as an actor, but just to guide them ... in the end, i think i didn't help much, but they have made it, they worked it out ... i'm proud of the whole cast, thanks to them and sorry for my endless comments on their performance ... i just want the whole performance to go smoother ...
... and the night had finally arrived ... on Friday afternoon, we started decorating the hall and arranging the tables for dinner ... then around 6p.m., i changed my clothes and went down to finish up what was left undone ...
... after that, i helped the food department in their jobs, and that was quite fun ...
... but at the same time i had to look after the whole rundown, so actually throughout the event i was running here and there with Fui Bee like two crazy people ... luckily the event went smoothly and no big mistakes made ... phew ...
... i'm happy that the night became a success ... after the whole event, all of us felt so relieved and camwhore session began ... i can feel that everyone was happy ...
... from this event, i get to know some my best friends in college even better, and also, get to know some chinese i don't even talked to before ... it's great to work with them all ... i feel proud to have the chance to work with them and offer my help ... so glad that i can actually contribute something ...
... this Chinese New Year Gala Night will definitely become one of the memories which i will cherish forever ... love you guys ... i won't forget the fun we had that night ... 22nd of February 2008, a date which i'll never forget ...
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
end of holidays, and life still goes on ...
... 17th of February 2008, with that i officially announce that today, is the last day of my Chinese New Year holidays, and about 21 hours later, i shall be back again in my small room in my small hostel apartment with my ironed clothes waiting to be hanged on and washed blanket and bedsheets on my mattress ... life starts and goes on again ...
... my long long holidays for Chinese New Year this year started from 30th of January, the day my mid-semester 2 examinations ended ... and i started enjoying since that day, despite suffering for a few days when i fell really sick in the last couple of days ... but, good things come for a price to pay you know ... THERE WILL BE NO MORE HOLIDAYS THEN UNTIL I FINISH MY COURSE!!!! HEYY, NO MORE HOLIDAYS!!!!!! ... always feel so miserable when i think of this ... but i think i'll get through all these ... yes i will, and i must ...
... but if you want me to describe my holidays, i'll come out with : empty, expected and ... enjoyable i guess? ... empty, because i think i just passed my days doing nothing at home ... no self-improvement stuffs, just ONE outing with friends, no movies on the list watched ( gee... can't believe i actually missed Sweeney Todd... ) , Chinese New Year passed with no interesting activities ... just empty ... furthermore, i didn't take up my driving lessons as planned ... and now everyone is urging me to do that when my IELTS examination is drawing near, just around the corner ... HEY IT'S IN TWO WEEKS TIME DEAR! HOW AM I GOING TO TAKE UP DRIVING LESSONS LIKE THIS?? JUST ONE "CERAMAH" TAKES ME ONE WHOLE DAY!!! ... so maybe this plan will be extended again ... for expected, i really enjoyed my holidays as expected ... enjoyed in the sense of doing nothing except housechores and listening to the adults chatting non-stop during the new year ... expected all these to happen, so what can i do except enjoy what are expected to happen??? i had no choice ... saying about enjoyable, maybe i really had enjoyed myself during this long holidays ... i hope i had, but why don't i feel excited at all??? ... probably my nerves are getting numb to all these ... sigh ...
... now all these are coming to the end ... the end of my holidays ... i have to go back to that two rows of shophouses with apartments on top, lecture halls at the ground floors, living my empty and no life's college life, eating those oily and fatty and unhealthy food prepared by the cafe, sleeping on the bed that will make sounds, cracking sounds everytime i turned myself to another side at night ... i really wished if my holidays can last longer ...
... but life has to go on ... in fact, it never stops ... so we just have to move on ... i just have to move on ... time still flies, and the time for me to fly "overstraits" draws near again ... i guess i just have to get used to it again and again each time i come back for holidays ... sigh ... but still, life goes on, and it goes on and on like a neverending journey, and i am the traveler ...
... end of my holidays i shall say, but life, still goes on ...
... my long long holidays for Chinese New Year this year started from 30th of January, the day my mid-semester 2 examinations ended ... and i started enjoying since that day, despite suffering for a few days when i fell really sick in the last couple of days ... but, good things come for a price to pay you know ... THERE WILL BE NO MORE HOLIDAYS THEN UNTIL I FINISH MY COURSE!!!! HEYY, NO MORE HOLIDAYS!!!!!! ... always feel so miserable when i think of this ... but i think i'll get through all these ... yes i will, and i must ...
... but if you want me to describe my holidays, i'll come out with : empty, expected and ... enjoyable i guess? ... empty, because i think i just passed my days doing nothing at home ... no self-improvement stuffs, just ONE outing with friends, no movies on the list watched ( gee... can't believe i actually missed Sweeney Todd... ) , Chinese New Year passed with no interesting activities ... just empty ... furthermore, i didn't take up my driving lessons as planned ... and now everyone is urging me to do that when my IELTS examination is drawing near, just around the corner ... HEY IT'S IN TWO WEEKS TIME DEAR! HOW AM I GOING TO TAKE UP DRIVING LESSONS LIKE THIS?? JUST ONE "CERAMAH" TAKES ME ONE WHOLE DAY!!! ... so maybe this plan will be extended again ... for expected, i really enjoyed my holidays as expected ... enjoyed in the sense of doing nothing except housechores and listening to the adults chatting non-stop during the new year ... expected all these to happen, so what can i do except enjoy what are expected to happen??? i had no choice ... saying about enjoyable, maybe i really had enjoyed myself during this long holidays ... i hope i had, but why don't i feel excited at all??? ... probably my nerves are getting numb to all these ... sigh ...
... now all these are coming to the end ... the end of my holidays ... i have to go back to that two rows of shophouses with apartments on top, lecture halls at the ground floors, living my empty and no life's college life, eating those oily and fatty and unhealthy food prepared by the cafe, sleeping on the bed that will make sounds, cracking sounds everytime i turned myself to another side at night ... i really wished if my holidays can last longer ...
... but life has to go on ... in fact, it never stops ... so we just have to move on ... i just have to move on ... time still flies, and the time for me to fly "overstraits" draws near again ... i guess i just have to get used to it again and again each time i come back for holidays ... sigh ... but still, life goes on, and it goes on and on like a neverending journey, and i am the traveler ...
... end of my holidays i shall say, but life, still goes on ...
Friday, February 15, 2008
review: The Kite Runner
... i'm so glad that actually becomes the first book i'll be writing about in my first attempt of book review, because i just love this book so much... no exaggarating, seriously, this novel is worth reading... fascinating ...
... the story started in 1970s, in Afghanistan, Kabul, where the two children, Amir and Hassan, had their best years of childhood ... Amir, the son of a successful merchant, was very close with the son of his servant, Hassan... " people feeding from the same breast have a kind of brotherhood between them," that was what Ali, the servant told Amir on their friendship... Hassan is always loyal and faithful to Amir, and he still is till the end of his life, years later... "For you, a thousand times over" was what Hassan said to Amir... together, they spent the most precious and beautiful times of their childhood... they stayed very close, even though in Amir's heart, he wasn't sure if he WOULD consider Hassan as his friend, as they come from different status, different class of people... Hassan is a Hazara, the clan i think which is looked down on at that time in Afghanistan ...
... and changes came and had their lives changed, their friendship changed... war, sin and betrayal all led them to different lives, different future... after a kite tournament, which Amir and Hassan actually won, Amir witnessed Hassan get raped, by the boys who used to bully them, when he ran for the last kite... Hassan sacrificed himself for the kite he would never give on to the bullies, and Amir didn't stand up for him... he ran away, cowardly ... feeling guilty and sinful, he started to avoid Hassan... innocent Hassan tried to get to him, but he just kept on avoiding... Amir even blamed Hassan for stealing his watch, and Hassan the loyal servant took the blame... but at the same time, Ali and Hassan moved out of the house, knowing that their little master would not want to see them there anymore...
... and then war exploded in Afghanistan, and Amir escaped to USA with his father, starting of a new life there, getting a good career and marry a good wife...
... it was twenty six years later when Rahim Khan, Amir's Baba best friend, called from Pakistan, asking Amir to go there... "there's always a way to be good again..." he told on the phone before hanging up... after reaching there, Amir was shocked as the truth unveils in front of him... Hassan, is actually his half brother!... ( true, i was shocked when i read about this) and he got killed by the Taliban when he was trying to protect their old mansion from the Taliban... now, Rahim Khan asked Amir to go rescue his son, Sohrab from Afghanistan... trying to redeem his sins and lies, he went on the journey... in the end, he managed to save out Sohrab, and adopted him... the story ended with Sohrab brought to USA with Amir, and the barrier between them finally began to break down...
... this novel is really touching for me... the friendship and faith Hassan had in Amir, how loyal he is, and how he is willing to go all out for his Amir agha... i got touched by that friendship... and the stroryline is really interesting, despite focussing on the friendship of Amir and Hassan, it actually reveals the way Afghanis had lived for the past 40 years, from monarchy to the shorawis to Taliban... and their ways of looking at life, how they take life...
... i love this novel so much , and it really worth reading, believe me...
... read yourself, get yourself in the situation, and you'll be touched...
... truly great work of literature...
... looking forward on the movie, coming out soon in April ...
... let the kites fly in our skies, run for the kites, run for the love, the friendship we appreciate, the people we seriously care...
... run to them, don't let regrets fill your life after they've gone ...
... run to them ...
... the story started in 1970s, in Afghanistan, Kabul, where the two children, Amir and Hassan, had their best years of childhood ... Amir, the son of a successful merchant, was very close with the son of his servant, Hassan... " people feeding from the same breast have a kind of brotherhood between them," that was what Ali, the servant told Amir on their friendship... Hassan is always loyal and faithful to Amir, and he still is till the end of his life, years later... "For you, a thousand times over" was what Hassan said to Amir... together, they spent the most precious and beautiful times of their childhood... they stayed very close, even though in Amir's heart, he wasn't sure if he WOULD consider Hassan as his friend, as they come from different status, different class of people... Hassan is a Hazara, the clan i think which is looked down on at that time in Afghanistan ...
... and changes came and had their lives changed, their friendship changed... war, sin and betrayal all led them to different lives, different future... after a kite tournament, which Amir and Hassan actually won, Amir witnessed Hassan get raped, by the boys who used to bully them, when he ran for the last kite... Hassan sacrificed himself for the kite he would never give on to the bullies, and Amir didn't stand up for him... he ran away, cowardly ... feeling guilty and sinful, he started to avoid Hassan... innocent Hassan tried to get to him, but he just kept on avoiding... Amir even blamed Hassan for stealing his watch, and Hassan the loyal servant took the blame... but at the same time, Ali and Hassan moved out of the house, knowing that their little master would not want to see them there anymore...
... and then war exploded in Afghanistan, and Amir escaped to USA with his father, starting of a new life there, getting a good career and marry a good wife...
... it was twenty six years later when Rahim Khan, Amir's Baba best friend, called from Pakistan, asking Amir to go there... "there's always a way to be good again..." he told on the phone before hanging up... after reaching there, Amir was shocked as the truth unveils in front of him... Hassan, is actually his half brother!... ( true, i was shocked when i read about this) and he got killed by the Taliban when he was trying to protect their old mansion from the Taliban... now, Rahim Khan asked Amir to go rescue his son, Sohrab from Afghanistan... trying to redeem his sins and lies, he went on the journey... in the end, he managed to save out Sohrab, and adopted him... the story ended with Sohrab brought to USA with Amir, and the barrier between them finally began to break down...
... this novel is really touching for me... the friendship and faith Hassan had in Amir, how loyal he is, and how he is willing to go all out for his Amir agha... i got touched by that friendship... and the stroryline is really interesting, despite focussing on the friendship of Amir and Hassan, it actually reveals the way Afghanis had lived for the past 40 years, from monarchy to the shorawis to Taliban... and their ways of looking at life, how they take life...
... i love this novel so much , and it really worth reading, believe me...
... read yourself, get yourself in the situation, and you'll be touched...
... truly great work of literature...
... looking forward on the movie, coming out soon in April ...
... let the kites fly in our skies, run for the kites, run for the love, the friendship we appreciate, the people we seriously care...
... run to them, don't let regrets fill your life after they've gone ...
... run to them ...
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