My One And Only

I just finished watching the movie "My One and Only" on astro HBO a few minutes back.

It just made me realized how funny life can be.

How dreadful it can be.

And somehow, in the end, everything works out fine.

It also made me realize how sometimes, the things that we had weren't ours to keep.(that's why we had it)
And sometimes, what we want isn't really what we need.
God have a mysterious, almost ironic way of showing us the things that we truly need.
Sometimes what we went through was dreadful , torturous, living hell, but you have to admit,
if we didn't really went through what we went through with in the past, we wouldn't be what we are now.
Experience that we learn along the way do shape our future.

Of course, the journey itself was, should we say, almost like Alice In Wonderland.
We know its wacky, but hey, who doesnt want to follow a rabbit with clothes on, right?
theyre super cute.(any other rabbits are naked)
and we always somehow know at the back of our head what we could expect.(after a wacky rabbit, there must be a johny depp with ridiculous clothes, or maybe disappearing purple cats)
But neither of us knows how this would impact us later in life.(i became so obsessed that Whenever i see a whole that is too small for me, i would jump into it in  hoping to find myself a pet rabbit w clothes on)
We can only understand all that when we go further up in time, (movies, or real life).
And sometimes even at the end, we wouldnt get a decent closure.

"In Young we LEARN, In Age, we UNDERSTAND"
(Sorry, dont really remember from whom this quote was...)

ps : food for thought. (i havent been writing like this for a long, looooooong time. sorry, me.)

Sam Tsui ... sam soooeyyy

Hi Guys!
(sorry, got used to start every post with a "hi" due to circumstances of working environment)
Neways, ever heard of that name?

Its been a long time since i started transforming into a rabid fangirl mode
(the most recent one is bruno mars)
.. and along came this guy : SAM TSUI
Dont know who he is?
Google it!
or, rather, youtube it!

Here`s my favourite video of him singing the coolest song (in current time).
He can mix 3 songs into one and it was hardly noticeable for someone to tell that it was from 3 songs (if you dont live in the 21st century)
But seriously, he is a genius in combining those songs and make them , well, cooler.








His voice is almost perfect and sometimes even better than the original artist!
(checkout Britneys "Hold it against me")
He`s 10 times better! than Britney!
Although i gotta admit, Justin B would come up first in the cuteness category ,if you were to compare them both based on looks ONLY.
But i swear, with a voice like that, almost 60% - 70% of Bruno Mars, WHO CARES HOW HE LOOKS LIKE???!!!!

Pic courtesy of http://www.thebestarts.com/images/photos/samtsui.jpg

HEHE

For more videos of him, go check him out on youtube!
Seriously, GO!! NOW!

Dear Awak... 13th March 2011

Dear Awak,

please tell me what is wrong with me?

I am cold at heart sometimes, but i am most sensitive almost all the time.
am i not suppose to be though?

Your presence was long awaited and much anticipated,
so much so, i was like the wolf waiting for the moon.

I smirk , i smile, my heart leaped inside,
I could howl twice as long as the wolf,
yet you can never tell.
Was that a mistake of mine, or was it yours?

Dear Awak,

It was not your mistake to convey,
it was not my mistake to decipher,
or was it?

Dear Awak,

I really dont know what i am doing,
i really dont know what i should be doing,
I really dont know what i could be doing,
and i couldnt really tell you that i know what i have done.
For that, i apologize.
For that, i am regretful.
For that, the wolf longs for the moon to give it a sign.
Although it knows, never to expect as such.

Dear Awak,

sometimes, i would think that we could never be together,
I would think that this is just something that we have to go through,
All for the experience,
that it would lead us to something else.
Would you think the other way?
Would you prove me wrong?

Dear Awak,

i would really like to know,
Whether the grass is greener on the other side,
But i think as long as i have you,
i wouldnt mind living in any side of the grass,
It always seems like the whole thing is just a trick,
that maybe i wont be happier if i were at the greener grass.
Hell, im not an insect, why does it matter anyway?

Dear Awak,
i am sorry for my mistake,
whatever it was,
i hope you would be too,
whatever it was,
Let us pray,
whatever we have,
we can preserve,
whatever we are going through,
we will be triumphant,
until the day,
whenever it is,
that we will be fated,
to be together , or to be separated,
whichever one is best.
HE knows.

and you know,
I love you,
no matter when, no matter how.

CHOCOBO`S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO : BON ODORI

ok first of all,
i now this is kinda late.
why?
dammit, today is THE day of BON ODORI.

if you do not know yet.
(you must have not been a good friend to me, because i tell all my (currently attached) friends about this)

WHAT DO I HAVE TO KNOW?

BON ODORI in malaysia is held in two venues.

1. SHAH ALAM

2. PENANG

Now, since i havent been to Penang, i do not have any information regarding BON ODORI held there.
but you can always search the internet for pictures in forums and stuff.

i will cover about the one in SHAH ALAM.

SHAH ALAM WHERE?

17th July 2010

Kompleks sukan negara (aku rase dia da salah nih, nanti orang ingat kat Bukit Jalil plak... BUKAN DI BUKIT JALIL!)

DI STADIUM PANASONIC SPORTS COMPLEX

GATE OPENS AT 5pm

Kicks Off at 7 pm

in case u did not get that,

let me just summarize it

BON ODORI FESTIVAL in SHAH ALAM

Date : 17th July 2010

Place : PANASONIC SPOTS COMPLEX, SECTION 21, SHAH ALAM

Time : 5pm till 10 pm*

• ADMISSION IS FREE
• FREE SHUTTLE BUS *

* The free shuttle bus services will be provided to transport participants from KTM SHAH ALAM SECTION 19 to the panasonic sports complex and vice versa. It is available from 4pm to 11pm.

*Programme
17:00 Gates open
19:00 Opening drum performance
19:15 Enjoy the cultural dance Part 1
19:45 Dance by Guest performers
20:00 Enjoy the cultural dance PART 2
20:30 dANCE BY GUEST PERFORMERS
20:45 ENJOY THE CULTURAL DANCE PART 3
21:15 Closing address


YOU CAN WEAR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING, EXCEPT:

WHAT NOT TO WEAR!

1. NO high heels ladies!
2. NO cosplay!
3. NO improper clothes!
4. NO EMO-ish make -up!
5. NO offensive clothes

WHY?????

BECAUSE,

BON ODORI is a japanese custom to honour the deceased.

so i think i have given all the basic that u need to know.

see u guys there!

it is best to carpool because of the limited parking space.

Yuki to Yukata

(picture courtesy of www.uni.edu/becker/japanese.html)

I would NEVER EVER miss any JAPANESE event held in MALAYSIA.

WHY?

because i can`t go there.

despite this strong urge to go rob my own account, kidnap miza and fly to Japan.

then come back after my money is wasted and boast around my friends. JIEJIE especially.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CLIMAX OF THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

Yet, as always, fantasy remains ever so lovely.

thats as far as it goes.

You can ONLY DREAM to have genuine conversation and confrontation of nihonjin here.

EXCEPT during OBON. (but thats another story).

Guess whos dream was about to get real? ( on that particular day)

it was close enough....

to what i wanted all this time.

(source unknown)

SATURDAY,
26TH JUNE 2010
(the day azhar`s sis, latipah, got married.. congrats~)
after the wedding, i went here.

MID VALLEY MEGAMALL

(picture courtesy of www.cuti.com.my)

                                 

What happened there, you ask?

thats right! YUKATA FAIR IN MID VALLEY MEGAMALL!!!

(diam ah! aku xreti gune scanner kat umah-- -_-! )

                                 

DAMN RIGHT I WAS ESTATHIC!!!

doesnt matter how i tugged mr Cendawans sleeves and half-ran to see all the yukatas there.

n MEN yukatas too!!

smexy~

women`s yukata

macam2 harge ade, tapi xyah nenade, pakai skali je beli yg murah skali sudeyh

(yang mahal kain laen sket, lagi lembut + xkeras + senang nak bent)

(sorry sucky quality)

again, i dunno how to use the scanner

yukata for kids and men

apparently, there are way too many yukatas on display.

too many that u won`t know which yukata to pick.

The ONLY  information/guide/rules that i know of, in choosing your own yukata is that :

1. RED OBI is for kids ONLY! and by kids, i mean, those under 16 or 15 years old.

2. MEN`s yukata is the only yukata that has a 2 piece (yukata and belt) AND it HAS NO FLOWERS on its print. DUUUH~

what i DID NOT know is that, there are yukatas for young adult, middle adult, formal occasion, elegant looking lady, blablabla.

                                                   

kweh??

(source unknown)

JIEJIE : xpaham, da bace sampai setengah page xde mende pun leyh wat aku jeles?

CHOCO : The best is yet to come.

So as i said before, i did not know there are many types of yukata, apart from the gender differences.

So i was getting pretty confused, estathic, and excited all at once.

And then, i saw a bunch of people gathered in front of the fitting room,

and i was like, 

"ape nih, nak cube baju pun kene ade sekampung orang tengok ke?"

what i saw AFTER that just make my big eyes BIGGER!

"OMFG, ADE NIHONJIN PEOPLE PAKAIKAN YUKATA!!!"

*sambil menoleh ke arah mrCendawan*

                                 

my, what biiig eyes you have--

(source unknown)

kami berdua pun meneruskan pandangan mata besar ke arah nihonjin itu sambil memastikan mata tidak berkedip , seolah2 mata itu kamera yang sedang merakam video singa dalam national geographic, dimana , apabila berkedip pasti akan kehilangan sebelah mata akibat dicakar.

(diam! ske ati aku la nak gune bm ke bi !!)

(aku pun tak paham sangat perumpamaan tuh, wat2 paham je la..)

CHOCO : awak xnak cuba pakai yukata ke?

mrC : xnak.

CHOCO : xnak awek jepun pakaikan yukata ke?? *jelingan sinis*

mrC : xnak la.

wah, bleyh tahan gak die nih, awek jepun depan mata pun wat xtahu je..

ok, pass!

                                       

thumbs up untuk mrC

kalau aku, jangan harap, kot2 ganti ngan pakwe jepun ak da beratur depan line

(ughh.. gambar dihiasi oleh kembar terpisah pelakon DIARI RAMADHAN RAFIQUE)

rupa rupanya....

"kalau try, kene beli la, saye xnk beli--"

ceh

*pijak tanah*

well apparently, setelah pijak ke tanah, awek jepun itu, (mulai saat ini, name nya ialah, yuki-chan), yuki-chan, mulai perasan akan muka excited aku. Lalu,

"Do you want to learn how soo wear yukata?" 

(amazingly, with as perfect as an english accent a japanese can have), well, ok la english die, bleyh paham, xde la teruk sangat macam dalam drama jepun selalu tuh.

*mata bersinar2*

*tengok MrC seolah2 die yang kene jawabkan*

"Caaan I??"

"But i already have a yukata, i just want to know how to tie the obi~"

*gleaming*

*dengan selambe cakap inggeris dengan harapan orang jepun tuh paham*

(serius, mule2 ingatkan die xpaham, sebab tuh takot nak cakap pape, watashi no nihon wa has gotten rusty desu)

"You can! I can teach you! only for ..e swenty minutes! do u have free sime?"

"OF COURSE !!"

... so i spent the next 40 minutes or so learning different tecniques of tying obi for my already-bought yukata.

She was a very nice lady, compared to the grumpy and sour-faced chinese sales-assistant during that sale. Muke masak gile nak je aku sound. But mo mood was far too good to be affected by those grumpy ammas, and was far too excited to be enjoying the company of yuki-chan.

That woman is lovely i tell ya!

she kept saying sentences like, 

"Oh, you are gorgeous!" *memuji skill mengikat obi aku yang hebat*

"gorgeous!"

 "ooooo ! look! you can follow berry goood!!!! "

"i am so proud!! "

"waaaa!! "

*dan lain2 exclamation org jepun yang selalu ade kat dalam anime*

selame perbualan aku dan yuki-chan, aku cube la untuk menonjolkan kemahiran berbahasa jepun aku, 

ye la, bile lagi dapat cakap ngan orang jepun yang bleyh cakap english nih kan...--

kalau nak cakap ngan orang jepun asli punye kene g jepun.

dah g jepun tuh, kene la pulak cakap bahasa jepun baku.

uhh... terpaku aku nanti--

xmampu lagi den.

anyways, aku bangga jugak la,

sebab aku berjaya selit2kan bahasa jepun, seperti :

"my tomodachi bought me yukata from japan.."

"etto, how do i...."

"waaaaaaaah" *dengan cara jepun*

"eeeehhh" *juga dengan cara jepun*

"arigato!" *ayat yang paling hebat*

haa...tengok..~

korang mane bley dapat chance cam aku nih

bley cakap jepun ngan orang jepun

patuh die paham ko cakap ape ,

ko pun paham die cakap ape...

rare opportunity tuh~~

speaking of rare opportunity,

"can you teach me how to tie the traditional obi?"

"aah ! the toraditonal obi? its so rare for someone to ask for this type of obi! u must be good!" *excited*

"ma, well, hehe, i have the traditional obi. and i want to know how to tie it in different way."

"let me teach you!"

dan aku pun blaja mengikat obi yang pelbagai.

xpasti la aku ingat lagi ke x.

yang penting, experience mase tuh memang berharga.

satu je slack, MrC xamek gambar pun.

>_______________<

salah aku jugak.

suh die pegang beg aku sampai penuh tangan die.

camane nak amek gambar?

hehe

so keje MrC harituh mundar mandir keliling yukata fair tuh , carik ape pun aku xtaw.

lepas abes borak2 dengan yuki-chan,

seb bek aku xdipaksa beli yukata yang yuki-chan dah bukak mase nak ajar aku tuh.

mungkin juga kerana aku lari cecepat lepas borak ngan yuki supaya makcik2 jusco yang garang tuh xpaksa aku beli.

sejurus sesampai di rumah,

dengan excited nye aku terus cuba yukata aku.

inilah hasilnya.

ignore rumah aku yang bersepah. 

sume barang bersepah itu adalah hasil pindahan dari rumah sewa Shah Alam.

-PANDANGAN SISI-

first time pakai yukata sendiri!!

banggaaaa!!!

-PANDANGAN HADAPAN-

(kain tuh macam nak kene gosok kan? malas nye)

nampak sangat tangan terjulur, biase la, orang tinggi, tangan pun nak tinggi gak-

excited nak g BON ODORI!!

ps : sepatutnya aku post nih da lame da, tapi selepas event ini, aku g Thailand wat kali kedua ngan MrC pulak, so lupe nak post.