Whaddup Semester 2!

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera smua!

It has been a while since i updated, yela, busy bagai kan (padahal pemalas sbenarnye). The 2nd semester has started and now kami di minggu yg ketujuh, dah nak hampir ke cuti mid sem dah pun. Pelbagai perkara menarik la jugak yg dah berlaku dlm tempoh 6 minggu ni and disini saya ingin briefly cerita pasalnye lah ye.

#1 Subjects

Okay for semester ni, kami ambik 7 subjects altogether iaitu: Marketing Communications, Sociology, Effective speaking, Principles of Translations, Graphics and creative design and 2 minor subjects which are Principles of Interpersonal Communications and Principles of Instructional Communications. The details about the subjects I will elaborate more mase review di akhir semester nanti, tapi a brief thought about all the subjects...mmg saya sgt enjoy attending all the classes (almost all) sbb lecturers yg sgt cool and sporting dan sgt2 tak bosan la bile duduk dlm class tu.Ok dah. 

#2 Adgency

Adgency or previously known as AdClub is the advertising sequence punye student association. Ape kene mengena dgn saya? Hahaha. Well, I was appointed as the Biro Protokol of the club and..tak expect pun ada org (Farah!!) yg akan nominate namaku, tp bile dah org nominate tu, pegi je la kan. Ambik je la tanggungjawab tu. In a nutshell, this semester we are organizing a big scale event jugak which we call 'AdCharity Carnival' yg diacarakan utk mengumpul dana bg membantu Badan Kebajikan Siti Khadijah. Details on the event, I will update later in this blog.

Adgency UiTM Shah Alam

Barisan protege committee Adgency 2012

Teaser for the AdCharity Carnival

#3 Effective speaking, Attractive looking

Haha, ape benda effective speaking, attractive looking bagai kan. Okay, it is one of my subjects this sem la tp ape yg menariknye ialah subject ni mmg peratusan berada dlm kelas adalah..urmm..idk..30 percent? hahaha. Sbb mostly, ktorg akan buat outing and bile ade dlm kelas pun utk presentations sahaja. Jadi ape je plan outing for effective speaking ni? Ha ni dia:

1- Program siaran langsung bual bicara, 'Bicara Rakyat' kt RTM haritu.  Topic of discussion was Media Sosial: Peranan dan Tanggungjawab.  Lepas dah hadir siaran langsung tu, minggu berikutnye tu kami kene presentlah ape input yg kami dpt from the program.

2- Lawatan ke Kem Modal Insan Kewaja at Gombak, tmpt tu is like rehabilitation center for wanita2 yg dah terlanur ataupun yg mempunyai masalah sosial. Jadi kami diberi tugasan utk menemuramah para wanita disitu tp for girls je la. Yg lelaki ni smua hanya berdasarkan kpd info2 yg diberi oleh Pak Ya (guradian atau penjaga utama kem modal insan tu).  Utk lawatan Kewaja ni, I will make a new post about this. Special one.

Bergambar before taking off to KEWAJA

3- Program Anak Angkat di Kampung Sawah Sempadan, Sekinchan. Now this! This is the ultimate event yg aku tertunggu tunggu sgt. Sebab I never pernah terlibat dgn any of program anak angkat or whatsoever. Jadi, ini mmg anticipated event. This program is a joint venture between class advertising and class broadcasting, smua dibawah naungan lecturer kami, Mama. Program anak angkat ni is on 27th April.

Barisan AJK for Program Anak Angkat. Tgk muke saya, garang tak? hahaha

Oklah! rasenye itu dulu kot for now, all the details of the events saya akan post didalam post yg berikutnya nanti Insya-Allah.

xoxo

Kenapa Tulis Review?

Assalamualaikum, hello hello, ciao bello and bellas!

How are u guys doing? Harap2 anda semua sihat sentiasa (feeling2 ckp sorg2 dpn laptop). Oklah, anda tahu tak ape itu review? It is some sort of an informal evaluation of a certain aspect that we have encountered or experienced contohnya mcm anda telah pergi ke sebuah restoran ni, dan anda membuat write up tentang tmpt makan itu, memberi komentar2 ikhlas anda terhadap restoran itu tadi dan kemudiannya, dipublishkan utk tontonan umum. Itu adalah review (mengikut pemahaman saya la kan, kalau anda tak setuju, takpe)

Ok jadi, review ni bagi saya membawa beberapa kepentingan kerana melalui review, org ramai can have a rough idea on what they are going to venture into (takyah nak venture sgt la), ok senang cite cmni, kamu nak gi makan kat Restoran Syahdu Patah Seribu (grand tak nama?), tp u tak sure whether it is worth a try or not, so u google up the restaurant, and found some reviews yg org pernah tulis berkaitan dgn restoran tu. So, review itu sedikit sebanyak mempengaruhi keputusan anda sama ada nak gi try makan kt sana ataupun tidak, depends la on what the writer describe the place as sama ade baik ataupun tidak. 

Apekah kepentingan review lagi?

From my personal view, reviews memainkan peranan penting dlm mempromosi sesuatu produk atau perkhidmatan yang baru dikeluarkan atau diperkenalkan. It is also a good way of advertising sebab you dont have to pay as much, just from buah mulut org saje ur products and services can be promoted easily.  That is why with the blogging community increasing, marketers and product developers are now using an advertising strategy called 'blogger engagement' dimana, beberapa bloggers yg terkenal akan dijemput ke launching party/event utk menyaksikan dan menggunakan sendiri product2 atau services yg ditawarkan, kemudian bloggers ini akan buat write up dimana mereka akan reviewlah product berkenaan. Mengapa marketers itu jemput blogger terkenal? sebabnya, blogger2 ni mempunyai fan base yg sgt besar where page views mereka menjangkau jutaan.

Walaupun anda bukan blogger terkenal, anda still boleh tulis review. Sesiapa saje bleh tulis review. Dengan menulis review, pada pandangan saya, anda secara tidak langsung dpt mengasah skill critic anda (ye, mengkritik pun ade skill). Critical thinking itu penting bg sesebuah review kerana komentar2 yg anda beri dlm review itu haruslah berfakta dan bukan bersifat peribadi semata.

Review yg saya tak berapa gemar

Saya suka membaca reviews blogger2 dulu before i go to a certain place such as restaurants sbb i want my visit to be worthwhile and tak membazir mase, dgn review juge kite boleh discover tmpt2 baru, tetapi saye tak berapa gemar membaca review yg saya panggil 'review syok sendiri dan adik2'. Hahaha. Ye, kenapa saye panggil ia sbg adik2 (bukan adik2 pondan nyah bagai tu, tetapi adik2 as in budak2) contoh la saya bagi:

Review Filem Ombak Sedey

''...Filem ni sgt best dan wajib ditonton org ramai dan pelakonnya juga bagus! Antara filem Malaysia yg terbaik...''

Sebab ape saya tak suke? Ok firstly, bile org nak gi menonton wayang, mereka nak tau cerita tu pasal ape, pelakon dia sape, and ape2 la lagi. Ni dah la tak describe movie tu pasal ape, tibe2 ckp best dan wajib ditonton. Mmg la best, tp best tu sbb ape? Penceritaannye ke, latar tempat dia ke, gaya bahasa dia ke, u know..details? That is why, one more criterion in writing a review is u have to be descriptive. Takleh la just ckp 'Ok, filem ni best dan menarik' fullstop. Tak menarik la review anda tu, terlalu one dimensional. Review yg bersifat biased dan berat sebelah pun saya tak suke jugak.

Ape yg boleh di-reviewkan?

Macam2. Segala benda boleh. Buku, filem, drama, peralatan elektronik dan elektrik, perkakas dapur, baju, kedai, restoran, aihhh macam2 dek non! 

Akhir kata, penulisan review anda dpt mengubah dan mempengaruhi keputusan org lain..gituuu~~

xoxo

2011 in Review

Sekejap je rasenye 2011 ni. Its gonna be ending soon (or it has ended if you are reading this on the 1st January 2012 and beyond).  In my personal views and experience throughout this whole year, macam2 la perkara and peristiwa yang sangat penting yang dah berlaku to me.  So, in this simple post, I just want to highlight the few interesting events/things/occurences that I had experienced throughout this year.


#1: Ended Part 6 of Diploma in Building

oh my god! I never expected that I could finish that diploma. Knowing that I had never ever have anyyy soul in that course, it's a bit of an accomplishment to me la. And paling best bile dpt buat Building Symposium, Building Exhibition and also the ever brutal Final Project. Tak sangka all of that events that I have dreaded before entering part 6, aku dah accomplish and done very well.

BDex: 2nd place for 'Best Exhibition Booth'

Our little green booth

Building Symposium: Jadi emcee for that event and also I had won 'Best Presenter' for Building Science and Material Segment

Emcee-ing

Final Project: Tamat dengan jayanya!

#2: Choosing Future

Aha yes! 2011 ni jugak aku gelarkan as the year that I changed my future. Wah sampai macam tu digelarnye ha. Yeah because tahun ni la yang meminta kami untuk mengisi borang sambung belajar to degree level, and I have made my choice into choosing NOT to pursue building anymore. And so, I had chosen Advertising as my new playground.  At first, mase tgh isi borang tu, nervousness melanda because I had been in the crossroads between Advertising and also Culinary Arts. Tapi aku redha je and isi je la. Whatever happens, happens.

And then I got for the interview for Mass Comm! Yay me! (tapi nervous gilee at the same time because I had never ever pegi interview yg akademik ni).  So, aku pegi je and alhamdulillah it went well, and alhamdulillah lagi.... SAYA DITERIMA UNTUK MENJADI MASSCOMMER!

#3: Anugerah Naib Canselor dan Konvekesyen

Alhamdulillah syukur kehadrat Allah aku tamat Diploma in Building with the Vice Chancellor Awards.  Walaupun takde la hadiah wang tunai or kereta sebijik ke sebab aku dpt award tu tapiiii, Allah sahaja lah yg tahu betapa peritnye nak dpt gelaran tu. I felt beyond elated bile tgk exam result part 6 tu. Woohoo! Selimpang pink baby! Then it was convocation time, mmg sgt best and rase sgt sebak to be in UiTM Perak again for that prestigious ceremony. Jumpe balik kawan2 lama and my parents attended the ceremony, mmg rase sgt bermakna la.

Menyanyah 

With familia

posing Miss World ckit

#4: Mass Commer

Tahun ni jugak melihatkan aku berada di fakulti baru, kampus baru, rumah sewa baru, environment baru, kawan2 baru. Yes! Welcome to UiTM Shah Alam. Dapat jugak aku merasa belajar benda yang aku memang minat! (desperate mode: on). 

Tgh buat sifir sotong amende ntah. Senior suruh buat. Sporting je la kan

Ni mase program pemantapan wawasan. Our group 'Casa Grande'. Me as the team leader

#5: Beraya

This seems a lil bit sad, tapi tahun ni la first time my bestfriends beraya kt rumah aku! hahaha. Agak sedih ye di situ.  Tahun ni baru la mereka dpt beraya rumah saya. Salah satu kenangan bagus tahun ini.

Shakirin's house

At my house. Camwhoring in my front of my parents

#6: Kisah sebenar 'S'

This year aku boleh kate, all truth came out and penjelasan yang sebenar telah dibuat.  Ini tentang kehidupan 'S'.  S ni kawan saya sejak sekolah la, dia ni ok je mahakarya agung smua, tapi satu je kami tak puas hati pasal dia ni is that bile mane kami melepak bersama, dia mesti je ade hal la, nak kene balik awal la, mak suruh balik la, and sometimes dia cancel last minute.  So disitu kami agak frust dan marah sehingga kami attack dia mcm2 dgn pelbagai andaian. But, bile saya bertemu sendiri dgn maknye, and baru la aku tau kehidupan dia yg sebenar mcm mane and baru la aku faham kenapa dia kene balik awal bagai.  So, ini dikira sebagai peristiwa penting jugak la bagi aku because if la aku tak bertemu sendiri dgn his mom, mmg aku akan terus buat andaian mcm2 la sampailah skarang ni.

#7: Gadgety

Yeahhha! Tahun ni jugak menyaksikan aku memegang dua gadjet baru dlm hidup. Dua benda ni mmg aku idamkan dah sekian lama. Syukur aku dah dpt dah dua2 ni. Thanks a lot to my mom and dad.

Galaxy Ace

Nikon D3100

Banyak sebenarnye kenangan dalam tahun ni, tahun ni menyaksikan pelbagai peristiwa yang menarik, sedih, and unexpected. We had witnessed revolutions beginning in many parts of the world, death of prominent world leaders, natural disasters menacing, and a whole lot more. 2011 is worth remembering. 

See you next year

xoxo

Merdeka Tanah Airku

Selamat Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan buat negaraku yang tercinta... MALAYSIA

Walaupun sudah banyak negara yg ku pernah lawati (lawat je, bukan bermastautin)...Malaysia jugak yang best.

The food, the people (walaupun ade certain yg mcm layak mati je), the diverse culture, the FOOD! hahahaha..

Oh Malaysia..walaupun politics here in my opinion sucks to the max, tetapi aku tetap bersyukur kerana takde bunyi bom meletup (bunyi mercun bola meletup adela), takde rusuhan yg mengancam nyawa dan harta benda (mcm yg kat london tu), takde kekurangan makanan (yg ade hanyelah harga barang makanan yg meningkat, but hey, we still have sufficient food rite?) and macam2 lagi la. Kalau aku nak list semua, memang tak mampu la. Ye walaupun negara ni ade mcm2 kes samun la, kes simbah asid la, ragut, rogol, bunuh, samun, rompak..erkk... but still, I feel safe. Polis2 Malaysia bertungkus lumus menjalankan tugas mereka utk menjaga keamanan negara (#optimistic). 

Ok la itu sahaja aku nak ckp.....

A simple poster I made just to remind me of the jerit perih yg pejuang2 kemerdekaan tanah air kite lalui in order to get independence for our beloved country

Oh yeah! And this video, layak untuk dijadikan iklan merdeka on TV. Oh Matluthfi..you've done it again. Why are you so creative???! (Jealous....but in a good way)

xoxo

Jauhnyeeeeeww

Senario 1

Me: Umi, sabtu ni Ammar ade interview for degree..so, umi dtg ambik Ammar petang2 ckit la
Umi (my mom): Interview for what course?
Me: Mass communication.....
Umi: Mass comm? Kenapa tak apply something mcm architecture? tak rugi ke? bla bla bla (mom nagging)

Senario 2

Kawan: Mar, kau sambung degree ape nanti?
Me: Advertising
Kawan: Owh, fakulti mane?
Me: Mass comm
Kawan: Kau diploma dulu ape eh?
Me: Building
Kawan. Pergh! Jauh gileeeeee!

-saya terus offline-

Senario 3

Cikgu: How bout u? u sambung degree in what?
Me: Owh mass communication, major in advertising
Cikgu: And what did u do for diploma? (here we go again...)
Me: urmm..(mcm taknak jawab kerana dah expect reaksi yg sama)..urm..building. building construction
Cikgu: Wowww. So far???? (kan dah kate...)

Assalamualaikum dan hello to all of you guys! Bercerita tentang jauhnye, yeah still, Im gonna talk about my career path change that had shocked many people. Hahahaha. Yeah seriously, saye dah tak tau nak jawab ape dah bile org bagi reaction sorta like surprised, skeptical, shocked and mcm2 reaction lain towards my answer... 'Mass communication, advertising' and 'building'.

Career....omg, why do so many people associate career with the courses that we are taking in varsities. Ok2 betul, memang la courses tu semua utk menyediakan kite for our working life, but why constrict it? Constriction in the context of, ow kalau kau diploma accounts, degree pun kau kene accounts. Macam mase skolah kau class pure science, so you have to be a doctor or take medical courses ONLY bile sambung pengajian kt university. To me now, no. It doesnt matter anymore. Dulu memang, aku berfikiran bahawa jika kau belajar science, kau kene jd doctor/ jika kau belajar law, kau kene jadi lawyer/ jika kau belajar architecture, kau kene jadi architect.... tp skarang, tidak lagi.

Ok la, aku malas nak cerite panjang2 and meleret leret cuz nanti sampai ke bulan jadinye. haha..ha.ha..heh. My point here is that, most people, bile mereka dah masuk into this certain course, diorg dah tekad and dah sure ape nak jadi, for example...

Mr. Engineer: Saye masuk engineering kerana mak saye suruh jadi engineer, jadi, saye kene jadi engineer and therefore sebab tu saye masuk engineering

Ms Fashionista: I wanna be the greatest fashion designer, and I love fashion a lot, and that's why Im now in the fashion design course

Mr. Surgery Guy: Saye minat sgt bedah2 ni. Saye dari kecik nak jadi dokter. Jadi, saye masuk la course medicine ni utk mengecapi impian saye...

Ok now, so based on pertanyaan tiga individu diatas, mereka dah tau mereka nak jadi ape dan mereka masuk dlm course2 mereka itu kerana mereka dah tetap pendirian. Berbeza dengan saye...kalau anda nak tau, saye ni memang tak tetap pendirian. Kalau hari ni saye ckp esok saye nak pegi post office, tapi bile tibe hari esok, saye akan ke pejabat tanah instead (ok..that's not a good example). Ok senang cerite mcm ni la, saye mmg la pilih course utk kerjaya yg selesa, tetapi disamping itu saye tgk juge kurikulumnya, whether can it benefit me later in life IF saye ambil keputusan utk tidak bekerja dlm bidang itu. Faham tak maksud saye?

Ok cmni la, saye buke cerite la. Dulu mase saye diploma in building, saye ade la jugak minat ckiiiiiit dkt architecture. And ade pernah saye buat keputusan utk mengambil ijazah senibina bile saye dah tamat diploma..tetapi, bile dah lalui 6 semester, termasuk practical training, saye dah sedar bahawa saya tidak mempunyai jiwa utk bekerja dlm pembinaan ni. No soul at all...BUT, I never regret of studying construction. Sebab saye tanam dlm hati saye bahawa, ILMU...ilmu kite boleh gune dimana-mana utk ape2 tujuan (tujuan yg baik that is). Jadi, segala ilmu yang saye pelajari mase diploma tu, saye simpan utk bekalan hari esok. Same jugak mcm belajar dulu kt skolah menengah, saye dlm kelas pure science. But I still remember what is Bernoulli's principle, structure of unicellular organisms, basic chemical equations (basic je la, kalau yg equation panjang2 tu, harap maaf la aku nak ingat) and other science related stuff. Which mase diploma pun,     I have to relate jugak ape yg I belajar mase skolah dulu dlm subjects2 diploma especially Building Science. So, do I regret studying pure science mase skolah dulu? Not at all.

Then, diploma habis, nak masuk degree. Saye mengambil keputusan utk tackle advertising plak. Disinilah saye frust menonggeng. Ramai question my judgement.... kate saye membazir mase la, rugi la saye belajar 6 sem diploma, rugi duit itu ini and other sorts of things. Tapi, knowing me, saye tak ambik kisah pun pandangan org, saye suke ikut kate hati saye. I dont give a shit what people think, cuz I have my own agenda. Setiap pilihan yg saye buat, saye ade reasonnye to why I made that decision. Saye tak buat decision secara 'eeny meeny miny mo' dan 'tutup mate dan pilih secara rawak'. No. Never. I always have a reason. Anyway....yeah, saye pilih advertising kerana saye ade agenda saye. Salah satunye, saye nak belajar cara2 marketing, handling events and upkan lagi my communication skill. Other than that, it will help me jugak nanti in the future when I decide to open my dream cafe. Advertising and marketing is verrrrry important for businesses, lagi2 business kecil-kecilan yang nak berkembang naik. So, boleh nampak tak rasionalnye disitu? 

Selain itu, sekarang juge saye sudah ingin belajar memasak secara sendiri, mungkin nanti bile ade duit lebih, saye akan enrol masuk dlm kelas memasak. Kerana ape? The same reason I choose advertising...it is for my dream cafe. Sekarang ni motivation saye adelah cafe saye tu. Saye nak jugak buke sebuah cafe yg menjual homemade burgers kepunyaan saye, seorang bumiputera. With cooking skills, I can invent a diverse menu for the cafe. Insya-Allah. And, with my knowledge in construction, I can plan my layout for the cafe, the suitable finishes to be used for the cafe, and dealing with contractors that are going to construct the cafe...

Suara sumbang: Ok fine la, kau nak bukak cafe whatever, tapi kau ade modal ke? Takkan kau habis grad degree nanti kau nak terus bukak cafe tu? 

Saye faham pertanyaan awak. Saye akan kerja dulu dlm bidang advertising atau ape2 bidang je la (sebab skarang ni takleh nak memilih kerja sgt) dan akan start kumpul duit utk cafe itu. Tapi before ade cafe, it is best to start kecil-kecilan dulu kan... Maybe first saye akan set up la gerai  kecilan dulu, then bile dah ade steady cash flow, and permintaan yg tinggi..barulah cafe tu akan dibangunkan. Itulah perancangan saye skarang.  Insya-Allah jike diberi kesempatan. 

Wowww..ini mmg dah jauhnyeeeeew. Dari cakap pasal tukar course, sampai ke cafe plak jadinye. Okla saye nak buat kesimpulan, dunia ni luas...ilmu ade dimana mana, dan Rasulullah S.A.W pun pernah bersabda, 'Tuntutlah ilmu sehingga ke negeri China'. Jadi selagi hidup ni, tuntutlah ilmu utk kebaikan agama, bangsa dan negara. Saye tak belajar kerana kerja...saye belajar utk kehidupan. The simplest things in life, can make a big difference in your life...Jadi, dont ever question people yg tukar course bagai kononnye jauh la whatever...sebab diorg ade reason diorg. Anda boleh menasihat, tetapi jangan menghina atau menjatuhkan. Ok? good....

*post ini bersifat peribadi ckit. Jadi maaf jike terkasar bahase atau termelalut sehingga ke negeri china :)

and maaf juge jika ade typo errors...hehehe

xoxo

Transition of Ambitions

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera everyone. I think it's not too late of me to wish Selamat Berpuasa to everyone especially you readers out there. Dah 6 hari kite berpuase ye, sekejap saje kan mase berlalu....hmmm...

Anyway, this post is actually inspired by a blogpost of  a friend of mine, Deedy who wrote about his ambition of becoming a renowned entertainment journalist. You can read it all......HERE. So Deedy, yes...u inspired me. hahaha.

When I read his blogpost tu, I pun terfikir...yeah, what did I wished to be ya masa kecik2 dulu. To tell you guys the truth, mcm2 ok cite2 aku..smuanye berubah mengikut waktu...and there fore, the title of this blogpost....

Transition of Ambitions

No no. Takde kene mengena with transition elements in the periodic table... it's just me bercerita dgn u guys about my various ambitions, dari kecik sampai la ke besaq gajah skarang ni. 

Aku ni, dari dulu sampai la skarang...mmg suke berkhayal dan berimaginasi, and of my habits sampai la ke skarang ni is suke betul berkhayal yg aku ni ada tv show sendiri. Serious, kalau korg nak tau, if aku mcm takde ape nak buat, or tgh tggu bus ke, dlm bus ke, or whatever, aku mmg akan berkhayal dlm dunia fantasi aku tu. Aku as a TV HOST. Stakat ni mcm2 tv show dah aku 'kendali' dlm dunia fantasi aku, mostly my own talk show. Aku ingat lagi mase aku umur 7 tahun dulu, datuk sedara aku tanye aku...

Tok Ami: Ammar nak jadi pa nanti bila besaq?

Aku: Ammar nak jadi pengacara la...

Hahaha. Aah. Aku mase skolah rendah dulu, mmg bercita-cita nak jadi pengacara, especially game show host..sebab mase tu aku dipengaruhi oleh Roda Impian dan lain2 program gameshow mase tu. 

Kerjaya sebagai TV talk show host menjadi permainan imaginasi sampai sekarang

Impianku untuk menjadi seorang TV talk show host masih tersemat disanubari...ececece (ok stop). So..lepas tu, aku tak tau ape cite2 aku. Aku macam tak fikir dah pasal cite2, pasal ape yg aku nak jadi nanti bile besaq..sehinggalah aku masuk skolah menengah. Mase zaman2 form 1 and form 2. Kitorg mase tu tgh borak pasal kerjaya and ambitions. Tanye satu sama lain...then bile turn aku...

Kawan aku: Ammar, what do u wanna be?

Aku: I wanna be a lawyer..

LAWYER cuolzz! Mampu tak? Hahahaha. Ha, betul. Mase tu tibe2 cite2 aku was to be a lawyer/peguam. Mungkin sebab mase tu popular with court dramas mcm Ally McBeal, The Practice, and satu lg crite tu aku tak ingat nama dia, tapi yeah, I was ambitioned to be a lawayer...tetapi, ia tak lama la..sebab my mom ckp jgn jadi lawyer...tak berapa berkat org kate. Ye ke? Ha, org kate jd lawyer kena tipu... Oh ye ke... (sorry ye Law students. Saye tak berniat ape2)... Lepas tu, aku pun mcm dah hilang semangat untuk menjadi lawyer.....

Peguam...sering dikaitkan dengan kerjaya yg tidak membawa berkat

Hmmm...so, tak bawak berkat la pulak katenye....haihh.. habis satu cita2. Then mase berlalu, it was the time where we had to fill up the borang utk kelas form 4, whether nak ambik Pure Science kah, Sub Science kah, Commerce kah or Arts kah. Again, aku dlm dilemma...actually bukan dilemma, its more of a ketidakpastian. Hmm...which should I choose...Atas desakan rakan-rakan lain... saye memilih... Pure Science, and mmg aku dpt pun kelas pure science mase form 4... 

Dalam pure science class, kami belajar the 3 major branches in science which are biology, chemistry and physics...so, atas reason itu...satu lagi cite2 berputik di lubuk hatii.... iaitu..aku mahu menjadi seorg.... FORENSIC SCIENTIST.

Ha sudahhh.... forensic pulak dah. Yes. Aku sgt berminat in forensics. Satu reasonnye was maybe I was too indulged into the famous TV show called CSI... crime scene investigation... yeap. Forensics berkait rapat with crime scenes. Bile aku cerita kt kwn2 yg aku nak jd mcm CSI, ramai yg mcm... 

Aiyooo...mau bedah mayat ka?

Eeee..nanti kat universiti kau kene test tidur dalam bilik mayat..

Ammar kau tak takut ke darah and mayat2 ngeri smua??? 

Hmmm...tidak. Aku tak takut ngan darah, and mayat2 ni plak...ok, ada la rase ngeri ckit tp..aku takdela sampai nak termuntah tgk mayat ke ape (Ceh, mcm la kau pernah tgk mayat ngeri dpn mate kau sendiri. Ckp je mmg senang la!). Tp being a forensic scientist tak semestinya kene berdepan ngan mayat je. Mcm2 tugas forensic scientist. Uji DNA, proses bukti2 from tmpt kejadian, buat ujian ballistics, mcm2 la. Aku akui, kerjaya as a forensic scientist is really cooolll. 

Tetapi..... lama kelamaan, minat ku terhadap science smakin luput...and Im no longer passionate about forensics. 

Forensics dan uji kaji...

Hmmm..seperti biase la...lepas satu cite2 sudah tidak diminati lagi, I am left without an ambition..but not for long la. Lepas tu, I began to be interested with magazine publishing, to be specific, fashion magazine. Aku mmg teringin sgt nak keje in the editorial field pulak. You know, making a spread about the latest fashion shows, trends, designers to look for, and all sorts la. Yes again, one movie had strengthen my urge of becoming a renowned FASHION MAGAZINE EDITOR....The Devil Wears Prada. Hahahaa. Since then, I always look into fashion magazines and examining their way of writing, the layouts, the contents, covers, everything la. Termasuk la iklan2 editorial kt dlm tu pun aku examine jugak.

Editor in chief pegang segala kuasa dalam penerbitan sebuah majalah

Yeap yeap. Cita-cita ni masih ada dalam sanubari.... dan sebab itu aku memilih Mass Communication as my field of study utk degree, so that insya-Allah aku dpt masuk into magazine publishing. I hope so. Ha, and then kan, ada lagiii satu cite2 aku... Boleh kate, cite2 ni mmg aku harap akan menjadi la sbb I really have the passion for it... Apekah cite2 itu.... Saya bercita-cita untuk membuka sebuah kafe makanan, which the menu will be comprising of homemade burgers. Ye, daging burger buat sendiri. Anda perasan tak, kedai2 burger kt malaysia ni, daging burger diorg gune lepiaq (leper) mcm pa lagi. The burger patties tak juicy langsung. So, sbb tu la saye bercita-cita utk buka sebuah kafe yg jual burger with homemade burger patties yg lebih juicy, and tak leper mcm baru kena lenyek ngan lori. Insya-Allah. If god willing, dan kewangan yg cukup, I will open the cafe. Lagi satu sebab, I have passion for cooking and I totally lovvveee food. Siapa yang benci terhadap makanan (para2 aneroxia dan bulimia), adalah manusia paling bodoh di dunia (ok, emo sebentar). 

And there you go, these were/are the ambitions yg aku pernah/masih impikan. Harap2, kalau takde aral melintang, aku dpt la kecapi cite2 ku ini... becoming a magazine editor, and also having my own burger cafe, and... my own talk show maybe? hahaha. Insya-Allah. 

xoxo

Interview With AZ

Hai selamat sejahtera, saya Maria Bosanova dari Propa TV News akan menemubual seorang budak building dan juga pelajar UiTM Perak yang telah pun menamatkan pengajiannya. Saya akan menyingkap kisah suka duka perjalanannya untuk bergelar America's Next Top Model ...(bunyi rekod pecah)... eh silap. Itu cerita minggu depan.


2 Julai 2011
1.00 pm
Rumah Ammar Zahrol

Maria Bosanova (MB): Hello hai Ammar, terima kasih la kerana sudi meluangkan masa bersama Propa TV hari ni.

Ammar Zahrol (AZ): Ye sama-sama. Saya pun takde kerja nak buat hari ni. So, ok la jugak layan wartawan gila macam awak ni.

MB: Kelassssss gitu tau (<-----konon trademark). Hmm ok first skali kan, saye nak tanye la kan, ape perasaan awak bile first time sampai UiTM Perak tu?

AZ: First time sampai UiTM Perak... mmg takde rase ape sbenarnye. Ok la, a bit nervous and anxious actually knowing that I have no experience at all living in hostels...

Gambar pertama di UiTM Perak. Pintu gate UiTM Perak...

MB: Urmm Ammar, ini Propa TV.. saluran bahasa melayu, bukan MTV ye. So... boleh tak berbahasa melayu? Ke, awak nak translator? (Tangan ke dada, mata ke atas)

AZ: Ow, kena bahasa melayu eh? ok fine takpe. Mcm saye ckp tadi, saya agak gementar dan takut sikit la kan sebab saya tak biasa dengan keadaan duduk asrama. Tak tau nak expect ape kan. So, nak tak nak, redah jer la. Masa part 1 dulu saye dpt kolej Teratai. Tangga punye la tinggi. Sempuut naik tangga. Masuk bilik saya T1303, jumpe ngan roommates. Sorg budak Architecture and sorg budak CS. ada lagi sorg sbenarnye tp dia quit halfway through MMS. Bahasa Inggeris sikit2 bleh kan?

Pintu bilik

MB: Hmm... ye la. Bleh la BI. Tapi sikit2 jerrr... Kelassss gitu tau. Anyway, so awak ada ckp pasal MMS. Ape benda MMS tu?

AZ: Oww MMS, Minggu Mesra Siswa. dulu ktorg panggil MMS. Skarang dah tukar MDS. MMS ni minggu orientasi for Part 1. Omg let me tell you, inilah minggu yg paling saye benci dalam hidup saya selama 6 semester kat situ. Mmg torture ok. Bangun pagi2 seawal 4 o'clock then pg kumpul kt bawah kolej, sape lambat kena denda yg sgt kejam. Then berjalan pegi Pusat Islam for Subuh prayers. Then kuliah subuh, then pegi dewan makan for breakfast, lunch, dinner (makanan mcm makanan penjara), then pegi dewan kuliah dgr ceramah bosan for like many times. Then habis ceramah mcm pukul 11 lebih. Balik kolej kena lecture and tengking lagi wth the OC's. Tidur dlm kul 12 or 1 cmtu, then the cycle goes on. OC plak time MMS tu mmg budget commander. Tengking2 smua suruh jalan cepat, makan cepat, mandi cepat, smua lah nak cepat!

MB: Biasa jerpp....

AZ: Ha! Kau cube la lalui minggu neraka tu!

MB: Choooiiii.. tak nak la kite.

AZ: Tau takpe....

MB: Ha ok2. Next question. You study Diploma in Building ye? Seronok ke nok? Eh..ter-nok pulak... sorry.

AZ: Tak dapat dinafikan la mmg saye tak tau ape benda itu diploma in building. Dan saya memang tak minat, to say the least. So first semester tu mmg ada rase mcm nak tukar course. Tapi I just fikir takpe, lalui je part 1 then tukar course mase part 2.

MB: So? Tukar course la?

AZ: Tidak. Saya tak jadi tukar course. Lama kelamaan, saya dah bond dgn rakan-rakan kelas saya dan juga rakan-rakan saya di kolej. So, kalau nak tukar course tu mcm sayang la plak. Saya tak jadi tukar course sebab kawan-kawan. Benci tetap benci gak kt building ni. So, motivasi saya untuk meneruskan program ni is kawan-kawan and parents. 2 ni je yg kept me going until the grand final semester.

Stop, drop and pose!

Asap santau

Studio cat

Jangan tanye kami sedang buat ape

Calon-calon suami misali. mahu?

MB: Takkan awak benci habis-habisan dekat building ni?

AZ: Takdela saya benci sampai naik meroyan maki hamun setiap kali kelas. Saya akui, smua yg saya belajar mase diploma bangunan mmg sgt useful for me. Kalau bukan utk kerja pun, at least saya bleh guna knowledge tentang construction if saye ditakdirkan nak buat rumah ke, ada masalah dgn perpaipan rumah ke, ape2 je la yg berkait ngan bangunan. At least, I have the basics la.

And bukan itu sahaja, saya sgt bersyukur kerana menjadi pelajar diploma bangunan ni sebab ia mematangkan diri saya and it prepares me for my future. Dalam konteks ni is saya belajar utk membuat satu tesis report, belajar utk memberanikan diri utk pembentangan di khalayak ramai, and also, membuat satu email formal! hahaha. Kalau tak kerana Puan Azira, saya takdenye nak tau pasal email formal ni.

MB: Oww mcm tu. Ok so, kite bercerita tentang kehidupan kolej awak pulak. Boleh ceritakan serba sedikit tentang kehidupan kolej awak?

AZ: Kehidupan di kolej... sangat best sebab di kolej kediaman la saya buat benda yg bukan2. hahaha. Saya dari part 1 hingga part 6 mmg dulu kolej. Alhamdulillah. 1st and 2nd semester di Teratai, and from 3rd to 6th semester saya di Bidara. Mmg best because we got to mix with guys from different courses and bertukar-tukar cerita pasal course masing2 and bergurau senda mcm tak ingat dunia. That was great la. Saya sound terlalu formal ke?

MB: Agakla.... agak boring disitu..(menguap). Ok la, kite ke soalan seterusnya, ape kenangan yg terindah selama awak menuntut di UiTM Perak.

AZ: Kenangan terindah mmg tersangatlah banyak..

MB: Bagi satu dua sudah... Kenangan yang awak paling suka la senang cerita. (Tangan ke dada, mata ke atas)

AZ: You are getting pretty annoying.. ok, anyway.. hmm.. ok la saye bahagi dua la. Kenangan bersama builders and kenangan bersama rakan2 rapat. Ok kenangan dengan building department is of course PGL. Memang I will never ever forget that. Walaupun berlaku kontroversi yang hangat... tapi still saya sgt2 bangga dgn smua pelakon dlm PGL. Kay, Tasriq, Shima, Azri, Iman, Che Naimah, Naimah, Ija, Ain, Meen, Yunie, Nua and of course Bego, you guys did awesome job. Selain daripada PGL, I suka mase batch kitorg handled the Builders Nite bertemakan Arabian Nite. A great night that was. Other than that, kenangan jugak is mase Builders Symposium 2011 where I was the emcee along with Nad, saye minta smua hadirin duduk walhal lagu UiTM Di Hatiku belum dinyanyikan. pergh! Malu gile time tu! hahaha. and of course being an emcee for the Emeritus Professor Norman Fisher talk was also an honour.

PGL berkipas

Semangat koir

PGL ngan dayang-dayang

MC-ing

Then, kenangan with kawan-kawan lain plak pun best and very gila. Mostly smua berlaku kt kolej. Kalau tension je, DRAG! hahahha. Then I masih ingat yg kami tolong kwn2 fashion kami to siapkan their costumes mase Part 3. That was truly a memorable moment. And then of course, the infamous 'Hey hey hey.. Nasi Lemak!' hahaha. Tolong my friend Fadh jual2 nasi lemak. That was really funny. Adam Lambert jual nasi lemak. Bayangkan. hahaha. Then of course the 'Lacurans' session di depan pintu bilik setiap malam. And sesi 'curhat' yg membawa pergaduhan and also tangisan. Those were really bitchy moments. And the infamous 'Abg Chicken Chop'. hahaha. gile la kami.

Buat costume sampai ke courtyard ye

Adam Lambert menyiapkan costumenye

Kami kawan baik

Kami comel

Photoshoot emon

Zaman muda trang tang tang

Kempen Jelirkan Lidah Anda

With the Fashionistas.. (Gambar dipetik dari fb Syafira Ilias)

MB: Habis dah? ke ada lagi?

AZ: Aku yg patut tanye tu kat kau

MB: Kelassss gitu tau. Anyway, so lepas ni, ape je?

AZ: Alhamdulillah, I got into Mass Communication majoring in advertising utk degree, which is in UiTM Shah Alam la plak lepas ni. New course, new faculty, new campus.

Langkah seterusnya

MB: What do u hope for your degree? Chewah speaking London la plak I ni. hahahaha!

AZ: .................

MB: Ok, teruskan..

AZ: Ape yg I harap is I can carry the new course and score good grades cuz its a challenge for me also sebab yela kan, dah tukar course, you've got to learn new things and understand it in a short time but I tak kisah sebab I minat bidang ni and Im determined to do the best.

MB: Oklah, sebelum kite menutup tirai perbualan ni. Any last words?

AZ: Di kesempatan ini, saya ingin memohon maaf kepada semua pihak yg terlibat secara langsung or tidak langsung dgn saye jikalau saye ada terkasar bahasa dan membuatkan mereka tidak puas hati. Saya mengaku saya manusia yg tidak perfect dan ada je membuat kesalahan, especially to the lecturers. Sebab saye selalu suke kutuk and mengajuk lecturer. And of course to my Perak friends, thank you for making my stay in Perak for 3 years worthy for me. You guys are the heart and soul. Do your degree well, and always support each other, not condemning each other. Teruskan cita-cita korg, and saye harap korg tidak akan melupakan saya...

MB: Ok, terima kasih lah Ammar ye kerana bersama Propa TV yg sangat propa ni. Sebenarnye, mana ada Propa TV pun. Saye saje je bosan2 tak tau nak buat pe kt rumah..so saya dtg je la konon menemubual awak ni. hahahahaha! Okay, kite kembali ke Sri Pentas.

AZ: ....................weirdo

xoxo

Result dan Kehidupan

"Oh no, my result sux.... im so not gonna be successful"

"Result aku teruk.... aku malu sgt ngan korg. Aku tak sepandai korg"

"Im gonna kill myself before my mom kills me when she sees my results"

Results.... how it affects lives. perghh.. menakutkan. 

Hai everybody!

krik..krik..krik...

ok takpe. This post is actually inspired by my friend. My high school junior to be exact. How he struggles to go through life when his SPM results are not so classy as others. Rejected by universities and it led him to cursing the government and being in a low self esteem position. Ni smua berpunca daripada.... result. Result exam to be exact.

My observation has seen (observation has seen? ape punye grammar ni?), ok rephrase. Through my observation, the sistem pendidikan in Malaysia is still exam oriented thus leading towards this 'result enigma' (enigma tu ape? aku main taram je letak) where the ones with tons of A's are considerably the ones to be successful and the least A's are considered not going to be successful and ending up keje in McD as a service crew for the rest of their lives. This scene has led to teenagers being pressured by their parents and teachers. 

"You must get all A's! or else, siap la kau!"

Im not saying for all student to fail miserably in their exams cuz to me result bagus mmg sgt penting lagi-lagi keadaan skarang ni where employers nak cari pekerja result gempak-gempak je. TETAPI.... good results alone dont cut it. Tak cukup. Not enough. No es suficiente. Non basta. (ok ok. we get it. not enough. tak perlu la google translate 'not enough' ke byk bahasa)

Ok imagine, u dapat banyak gile A ni. CGPA plak 3.99 or 4 flat (perghhhh). then u apply for interview, dpt interview, dpt kerja. ok fine. then when the time boss bagi u kerja...... u have no idea what to do. Why u ask?? well one thing is, U STUDY FOR EXAM. It is important when u study, u study for life, bukan sekadar untuk lulus exam and good grades je. U will be astounded when u figured out u can use everything that you've learnt in ur daily life. 

Seterusnya, apa lah gunanya CGPA tinggi tetapi u cant even communicate properly with ur co-workers/sub ordinates/ boss/ macai/ kuli. Communication is a realllly important thing because base on your communication skills org boleh label kau sebagai org jenis ape. Lagi teruk if you are anti-social. Colleague ajak makan pun u tak mau. Ajak sembang, langsung tak tau nak fit in. Kalau u in a marketing field, lagi la parah hidup u. U jd org yg membosankan and will die forever alone...

forever alone...... kesian

Result sbenarnye tak menentukan sepenuhnya jalan hidup you. Yang penting kt sini is usaha you untuk make yourself useful for the country. Ok, so you dapat result yg tak berapa bagus, cgpa pula tak berapa memuaskan. tidak mengapa. its not the end of the world till God says so. it aint over till the fat lady sings. U dah dpt result, and dah. thats it. move forward. jgn dikenang lagi. Go out there and explore oppurtunities.  Kekadang, u takkan dpt pun kerja yg selari dgn ur degree/diploma. Kekadang u akan dpt kerja yg selari with ur skills. Ok u have a degree in accountancy, but mungkin u akan dpt kerja in graphic design cuz u terer gile in Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design and ape kejadah tu. Maybe u have degree in construction, tp u dpt keje in public relations cuz u have the skill to connect with people. That leads to my next point, SOFT SKILLS.

Soft skill ni memang penting doh. Cuz to me, ur soft skill akan reflect who you are as a person. Mcm2 skill la that u can acquire throughout ur lifetime, lagi2 mase belajar. Masa belajar la u can learn sooooo many things. And through my experience, I byk belajar through participation in activities and also through mingling with friends. Friends pun sumber utama gak tau utk u belajar mcm2 benda. so, bile kt universiti tu, jgn la berkawan with one type of people je. Berkawan je dgn mcm2 jenis org. From there, u can see how diverse people really are. Sambil u berkawan tu, kutip2 la knowledge drpd diorg. Ada yg pandai masak, pandai berlakon, pandai berkata-kata, pandai photoshop, pandai maths, pandai buat baju, pandai organize, pandai tipu (hey, ni satu skill jugak tau), pandai drift, and mcm2 pandai lagi la. When u acquire these knowledge from them, secara tak langsung ur resume pun akan jadi lagi exciting. And employers pun akan tertarik with u cuz u know so many things. 

And lastly, benda yg paaaaaaling penting is EFFORT dan KEREDHAAN DARI ILLAHI. Kalau u asyik berdoa je tapi takde usaha, pun tak bleh gak..and if u usaha gile2 sampai kaya bebenor tetapi tak pernah ingat kepada Yang Maha Esa pun, tak bleh gak. so both of these elements go hand in hand. Most successful businessmen bukannye ada SPM pun, and ada gak cgpa yg rendah2, tetapi they dont care about that, they put in the effort to achieve their dreams, and most of them succeed tremendously. Di mana ada kemahuan, di situ ada jalan. Kite jgn nak mengharap kat org je untuk bagi kite peluang, kite sendiri yang kena cari peluang tu. 

So, di sini saya nak menyatakan, yes of course your parents are going to be a lil bit disappointed when u get bad/ unsatisfactory results, sbb u dah membazirkan duit mereka yg menghantar u pegi study mahal2 and everything, tapi its fate u nak dpt result cmtu, so its ur time to make it up to them by living ur lifelong dreams and turn it into something useful that can make u and ur family live a happy life. Just go seek the oppurtunity. Peluang ada di mana-mana. Insyaallah. 

So to sum up, 

Good result + Soft skills + Effort + Keredhaan Illahi = Awesomeness

Good result + Soft skills + Effort - Keredhaan Illahi = Hell 

Bad result - Soft skills - Effort + Doa = Papa Kedana

Bad result - Soft skills - Effort - Doa = Mayat Hidup

Bad result + Soft skills + Effort + Doa = Awesomeness

xoxo

Wishlist

1) Singer Industrial Sewing Machine

yes, I want to sew my own clothes

Price: RM 1595 (mengikut laman web Singer)

2) Khind Electric Oven

yes, I want to bake some cookies and cakes

Price: not sure. maybe dalam ratusan ringgit kot

3)Sony Ericsson Satio

yes, I want a new phone

Price: RM 1,138 (lowest price katenye..)