Milk and Cookies

A Lot of Quotes

2009-05-16T02:41:00.008+08:00

A Buddhist proverb says,

If a seed of lettuce won't grow, do not blame the lettuce. The fault lies with us for not having the seed nourished properly.

J.C Maxwell said,

A leader is ones who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

And Henry Adams once said,

A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.

And to all my dearest friends, studying the coming paper of Classroom Management, I'm sure you all know this one thing, from Carol Buchner;

They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel.

And last, but never the least,

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered. It is something molded.

By Antoine De Saint-Exupery.

Notice the word "molded"?

My parents.
My teachers. Kindergarten to primary. Secondary to tertiary.
My lecturers.
My friends.
My foes.
My random strangers and passerby.
My cats.
Kids.

You.

Every little things from you guys are the things I see every time I look to myself in search for the meaning of life.

Thank you for molding me.

We are all teachers. Even to our own self.

Eeek!

2008-12-24T02:57:00.004+08:00

^DoublExposure^

Aaargh!

It's updated! Episode 3 and 4!

It's one hell of a funny video of me looking completely nervous during the presentation!

It's so slow to download!

It's... It's... It's...

Hahahaha~

Take a look and have a good laugh!

^Snapped!^

p.s:

Some tips for downloading the video:

Make sure you are going to sleep, preparing for bed.
Then, click on "Play" the video.
You'll see that the blue line is gone which means they are downloading it. (What? Do you think the video is downloaded for you before you clicked on it? Oh. One can always dream.)
Quickly, click "Pause". So that you don't have play the video, and then it'll stuck and then, you'll get irritated by the buffering and downloading process of the video.
Get on the bed. Hide in the nice and warm duvet of yours. (You can wear your peel-off mask or slices of cucumber to rest your tired eyes.)
Go to sleep. Oh yes. A beauty sleep.
When you wake up the next morning, you could shower first, brush your teeth, grab a cup of coffee (if you want). Then;
Get rid of your laptop's screen saver. You'll see the blue line if there again!
Or I mean, the video is fully downloaded! *Yay!*
Have a good laugh as your breakfast. Oh don't worry. It's my treat. Hehe.

Picture credit: My sister!

Kumbengku...

2008-12-24T02:15:00.004+08:00

Kumbang suka masuk bilik "tumpangan" saya untuk tidur.

Dia suuukaaaa tidur atas sejadah ni. Katil dia kot?

^Gaya #1^

^Gaya #2^

Ada banyak lagi gaya sebenarnya. Kelakar! Hehe...

Tapi sekarang tak boleh masuk lagi dah. Dia takut dengan Qaseh. Hehe.

Qasehku...

2008-12-24T01:16:00.004+08:00

Some little updates on Qaseh.

Last week, she was a bit grumpy and cried a lot. Oh and turned out she was a bit feverish.

So we went to Selangor Medical Center to do some check up. Plus, its already due for her monthly weighing, Hepatitis Injection etc².

And it broke our heart to hear her crying because of the injection pain.

^While waiting for the doctor to finish up her lunch (hour)^

^Yesterday! Hehe...^

Heaps of love!

Warna-warni Pecal Parit Baru

2008-12-11T23:46:00.005+08:00

Eh! Maaf. Maksud saya, "Warna-warni Pasar Malam Parit Baru". Hehe…

Selesai melepak di majlis resepsi Along, dua pupu saya 23 November lepas, kami sekeluarga singgah ke rumah nenek saudara di Parit Besar, Sabak Bernam.
Tok Cik namanya.
Ummi kata,
"Ini satu-satunya tok kita yang tinggal, hargai saudara-mara yang ada sebaik-baiknya. Faham?"
"FAHAM!" Saya dan Fatin. Heh.

Sambil-sambil melepak, sempat jugalah diadakan majlis merisik.

Haha! Bukan merisik oranglah! Hehe…
Tapi, merisik pecal!
Ya. Kami merisik dari Mak Cho, dekat mana ada jual sambal pecal yang sedap. *Yum2!*
Sebab selama ni asyik pesan Mak Cho belikan je, macam menyusahkanlah pulak.
Jadi hari tu kebetulan ada pasar malam. Berbekalkan GPS versi Mak Cho, kami pun redahlah mencari penjual pecal empunya gerai .
JUMPA! Hee…
Gerai ketiga, tepi jalan dekat pintu masuk, sebelah gerai jual tudung, depan Dewan Orang Ramai Parit Baru, dan dekat sebelah kanan jalan kalau dari Kuala Lumpur. (Carilah sampai jumpa!)

Sementara kami tunggu tempahan pecal, kami sempatlah buat cendol layan-diri. Tawar. (Maklumlah, layan-diri...)
Tapikan, bagus tau makcik ni sebab guna strategi jualan yang bernas. Padanlah gerai dia saja, orang dah beratur panjang!

Lepas tu pekena cendol tawar, saya pun ajak Fatin jalan-jalan meneroka alam pasar senja. (Sebab belum malam lagi).
Macam nilah lebih kurang kawasan sekitarnya…

^Apam eh ni? Cantiknyaaaa~ ^

^Cari saya kalau jumpa?^

^Spongebob! Nak jugak...tapi...ishk...^

^Segan dengan adik ni!^

^Syurgaaaa!~^

^Seringgit je?!^

^Ah... Nostalgia coklat sekolah rendah~^

^Main doktor-doktor dulu guna ini sebagai ubat! ^

^Manis Malaya??^

^Benda kegembiraan kanak-kanak, tapi dia sendiri nampak kesunyian... Kan?^

Belilah si Katak ni. RM15 kalau tak silap.

^Kekasut^

Saya tabik dengan orang yang beli kasut but ni. (Tak kiralah dia suka atau kena paksa suka oleh anak dia).
Sebab merekalah karakter yang mewarna-warnikan lagi dunia!
(Psst! Saya macam berkenan pulak dengan heels putih, sebelah but pink tu... Selamat dah balik rumah!

^Cuba teka mana satu favourite saya? Hehe...^

Penat tau senyum-senyum kucing minta izin nak ambil gambar! Segan!
Demi ragam manusia dan warna-warni pasar malam yang kita jarang-jarang perasan, saya redah juga!
Kalau malam mesti lagi best, kan? Masa saya pergi ni senja. Pengunjung tak ramai lagi.

Lepas tu, kami pun balik ke gerai pecal kami.
Oh. Maaf. Tak sempat tangkap gambar pecal sebagai gambar pengecaman atau petunjuk kalau-kalau nak cari pecal Parit Baru.
Sampai meja je terus baham! Muahaha!

Lalala~

Bliss

2008-12-07T17:30:00.006+08:00

Yes. It's a bliss to wake up one morning to listen to the bird's chirping their beautiful songs, to start your day by listening to your loved one's breathing silently by your ears, or even to wake up listening a newborn's cries. (Even if it came from the room next to mine.)

^Sleeping as a baby^

^With her Grandad's sister. Nenek Saudara ler...^

Qaseh Sofea will be spending her Hari Raya Aidiladha with us!

How our home has turned into a complete "chaos" when she arrived yesterday. Everyone wanted to touch her round cheeks, to listen to her gurgling sound or, just to sit down quietly around her, watching and wondering what kind of dream she's dreaming when she's asleeps.

Seriously! The little guest room was filled with her mom (my sister-in-law), my eldest brother, my ummi, my ayah, me, my sister (Fatin), my brother, my aunt, my uncle, and two of my cousins.

Thankfully, Qaseh's other grandma was outside with her husband (My sister in-law's parent) and their second grandchild, Zura. Or else. *Phew!*

Anyway, dear Sofea, welcome to the family!

Heaps of ♥,

Acik Ira.

Double Exposure: Episode 2

2008-12-04T15:31:00.008+08:00

Don't miss the next episode of Malaysia's First Photography-themed Online Reality Show, Double Exposure!
Here I'll briefly "copy-and-paste" the explanation about the show...

A recruitment campaign will be organized and a total of 30 contestants will be recruited. The criteria of contestants should comprise people of different race, gender, character, fashion sense in order to create more spices and drama throughout the race. All contestants must be amateur photographers. 1 or more representative from Vertex Music will assist in selecting the contestants but the final decision will be made by representative from Sony. Contestants should be able to fully commit for 3 months (not exceeding this number) for this competition. Photography seminars will then take place before the official start of the race. All the contestants will then randomly be group to pairs to kick off the competition. Every week there will be groups eliminated from the race until the final 3 contestants are born on the final week.

Every phase professional photographers cum judge will be throwing out themes for the contestants to compete. Every group will then be required to produce a series of 5 photographs for every theme given. Towards the end of every episode the contestants are given time to explain and express their idea for every photo taken. The judge will then take all aspects into consideration and decide which group will be eliminated from the race. The 10 minutes result show will take place in a separate day of the week.

I believe the next episode will be aired tomorrow. Thursday.
Followed by the result episode, in Saturday, I think.
So...
Be sure to have a look ya!

p.s: Careful not to laugh please!

Why So Sengal?

2008-11-27T22:02:00.005+08:00

"MALAYSIA'S FIRST PHOTOGRPAHY-THEMED REALITY SHOW"

OK...OK...

There's no point for me to hide the news since the rumours are everywhere!

And by the way,

Here's the subtitle for the individual introduction video:

Hi! My name is ATIQAH SYAHIRA BINTI AHMAD SHUKRI,
You can call me Syahira, or Ira.
I'm 19 (going on 20! *mumbling* )
Vote me, vote me, and vote me so you can see me more in the Malaysia's First Photography-themed Reality Show, DOUBLE EXPOSURE! ()

p.s: Man! The studio flash was so hot! I was melting! And yes, I'm doing this because they misspelled my name! Ugh...

Gaah!

2008-11-26T07:05:00.003+08:00

^Eh?!^

Have a pleasant day everyone!

My 20th Birthday Present!

2008-11-07T03:03:00.004+08:00

^The Cutest Bunch!^

Weight: 2.5 kg

I bet she's gonna be a very tough little girl
She didn't cry when she came into the world!
GOOOOD GIRL!
MMUAAHHHX!~

♥

Day 2+Day 3

2008-10-28T01:14:00.013+08:00

Day 2

Ted Adnan was one of our lecturer for flash photography as for the second day of the seminar. He is a proud a900 user.

A total sifu man!

Taught us on how to use the pop-up flash the right way so that there is no over-exposured pictures, how to control the shadows on your subject, how to use and create a reflector, how to bounce the flash using the "white plastic", etc..etc..

Ahah!

There's another thing! We have to make an introduction video about ourselves! OMG! Mine is sssooooooo geeky! Please dont laugh at it when it's uploaded in the internet later!

Hahah!

And not to forget there were a lot of lines like this:

"Ira, don't look at the board! Look into the camera!"

"Ira, the camera is on already maaaa..."

"Hiya! My name is Atiqah Syahira (for the _ times)...wait, I forgot my line. Hehe..sorry..."

"Urgh! That's terrible. Can we do it again?"

"Can we just do it from the middle? Im tired of repeating my name...*sigh*"

And now I know how hard it is to be a host!

Then, what?

Oh yes...we were given a lecture from Choen Lee, a ~~reknown~~ ^renown creative (unrated sort) photographer.

I must say, his job is excellent!

We have to think out of the box or else, we'll hit the wall. Think of the absurd or the impossible.

He said. and I said, OK.

DAY 3

We are having an automotive photography. With another ~~reknown~~ ^renown photographer,Darren Chang.

And this is the babe for the day!

^Am working on it!^

^"Rear-view"^

^Using our A300. I was bored.^

I do not know much about cars so when it comes to the task to take the best picture, just one, I was damn stuck!

Everyone else seemed to know what they are doing and that effects me the most.

Arrrgh!

But as I have mentioned earlier to my friend, I was active the most when:

When it was time for dinner
When its time for some recess
When the lens is focusing towards me. (Or maybe something behind me. I don't care!)
When we were taking jumpilation shoot by Ari and Nick
When we finally get to have pictures (of all of us!) with the Porche
Its time to call it a day!

I have to admit I was quite passive today.

Thankfully I have really good friends to support me.

Terima kasih Bhaiya, his partner, Yin, My ex-partner, Chantelle, my lil sis, Ash, my partner Christ, and Melissa and bla3...

Ok..ok..so you see? All of them are really sweet.

So I just hate it when the producer wants us to go agressive and fight each other.

I dont think I will last long in this show. Huhu...

But I dont really mind

Its the lifelong knowledge and once in a life time experience im looking for!

Yeah. Thats all for the seminar updates.

We will have a couple weeks break before the contest start so I better start to get used to the a300!

See ya then!

p.s: Picture credit to Syafid!

Double Exposure: Seminar

2008-10-27T02:53:00.008+08:00

I am speechless.

What am I suppose to say?
Where should I start?
What the...

Ok2..I'll try to keep it as simple as possible...
Haha!
I managed to arrive on the dot at The Garden last Saturday. Phew~
Met the other contestants. Everyone was looking really...
Friendly+nervous(me)+relax(everybody else).
Aaargh!

Gathered in a meeting room. Was given a brief explanation of what we are going to do..bla3...
Oh! And yesss..

^Wohoo! Its there!!!^

^It's...mine! Muahahaha!~^

Ok...ok..I'm kidding...
Heheh...
Then we were given 10 minutes to get to know each other.
It was hard! But a really nice experience. (No one will be offended if we failed to remember each others name. hehe...safe mode!)
Let me see...

Nicholas
Jason
T.C
K.J
Melissa
Chantelle
Chrisler (Sory dude. I don't know how to spell your name. Ishk.)
Christ
Debby
Ash
Ashraf
Jannah
Khalil
Seth
Hanafi
Rahim
Ari
Izzie
See Toh
Tan
Fransco (Same with you. Not quite sure if this is the right spelling. Sorry!)
Kenneth
Calvin
Basri
Shaz
Brian
Syafiq
Eddy
Yin
ME! ME! ME!

Yay! I did it!
Hehe..
Hopefully I will not rank in the 30th place or else I'll be kicked out from the show in the first episode!!

So...anything else?
...

Actually, there is a lot from me to tell, seriously! But I am too tired that I cant think straight (because it's went to the bed).

I'll try my best to share everything that happen during the show but, there will be no more photos included.
Strictly Sony Malaysia's right.
And no spoilers will be included!
Sorry!
Haha!

See ya later!

Malam Senandung Bahasa 2008 Mempersembahkan...

2008-10-25T02:02:00.002+08:00

^Alhamdulillah...^

^Hehe...^

Usaha Tangga Kejayaan!

2008-10-24T11:28:00.010+08:00

Saya kena hantar refleksi untuk subjek English Language Proficiency.

Dari pukul 9 malam tadi sampai 2 pagi baru siap.

Pukul 11 malam tu, masih lagi fikirkan introduction. (Saya tak suka buat reflection!)

Punyalah berusaha nak siapkan. Saya rasa, saya nak tidur. Lagi best!

Saya pun teringat satu tugasan Mathematics Geometry saya yang baru hantar hari tu.

Betul-betul buat saya rasa, give up tu sangat-sangat merugikan!

Tugasan dia mudah je.

Build a polyhedra. A tough looking polyhedra. (Tarik balik "mudah")

Saya search internet, cari cara origami untuk bina polyhedra.

JUMPA!

^This is how it looked at first. Masih bersemangat!^

^Haih. Dah macam ikan mutant.^

^Dah nak jadi! Dan dah pukul 2.30 pagi. ^

Sekali, tah hape silapnya, polyhedra saya berterabur balik. Cubaan yang ke-(tak terkira)!

Sedihnyaaaa!~

Dan saya pun terus..

Biar je kertas-kertas tu atas meja. Tarik selimut. Tidur. Huh!

Esok pagi.

Dah nak siap pakai kasut nak ke kelas dah ni...

"Ala..kesiannya. Tinggal 6 pieces je lagi."

"Tapi kalau buat pun tak jadi buat apa...*sedih*"

"Tak kira! Just give it a go. One last time!"

Dan saya pun usaha jugak buat!

Cubaan pertama. Hancus jugak. Tapi..eh? Macam dah jadi dah ni!

"Ingat! Ingat! You have to insert the pieces precisely!"

Cubaan kedua. Sikit lagi!

Cubaan ketiga.

^Alhamdulillah! (Depan)^

^Yay!(Belakang)^

Oh!

Selamatlah handphone saya ada autofocus.

Boleh buat bokeh. (Ehem!)

Takde lah jelas sangat katil saya yang bersepah tu.

Hehe...(tapi macam kantoi jugak je...)

(Amaran: Bukan calon isteri pilihan)

Aaahh! Tak kira!

Muahaha!

Bestnya perasaan tu.

Murid-murid, jangan mudah mengalah ye?

p.s: Dan biasakan kemas katil terus lepas bangun tidur ye?

p.s.s: tengah cari masa nak buat origami yang lain pulak!

Double Excitement, Double Audition!

2008-10-19T13:34:00.004+08:00

And that's it!

I went for the second audition the next day, Sunday.

Went in rush and luckily, the Sony people understood that I was in a hurry¹ to catch a bus and our session went short and "sweet"!

Saya : "Hiya! I'm back!"

Sony : "Hey! U made it! So your friend told me that you have a bus to catch so we'll make it quick, OK? The task goes...

I am your client and I would like to sell something and I need you to advertise it with your picture. You will have three minutes to rearrange the dolls and then, three minutes to take three pictures and then, choose one of them to present to us.

Saya : "Woo...ccool..*perplexed*"

Sony : "Oh come on! You are a teacher, you should have no problem presenting the picture yes?"

Saya : "Eh? Sure! No problem man! (Erk?! Present Murid dan Alam Belajar pun dah kelam kabut!)"

So there goes. I managed to shot three (VERY) hideous pictures and presented it. (READ: "GORENG")

Saya : "Yeah. So how was it?"

Sony : "Hmmm...there will only be 30 contestant chosen for this show bla3...and...*BAM!!!* Congratulation! You are in the TOP 30!!"

Saya : "Erk!? Apa ni? K.C, ma'am, are you guys sure? VERY SURE?"

Sony : "Eh? Can you see any camera in here?"

Saya : "Err..nope?"

Sony : "So yeah! This is NOT a joke! *laugh*"

Saya : "So this is not Wakenabeb la?"

Sony : "Nooo! Hahaha! *And four of them laugh some more (sampai kerusi pun nak terbalik!)*"

Saya : "Heheh..malu2()...so what do I do next?"

Sony : "OK. You have to wait for our call to inform you about the three days seminar². During Deepavali holidays. You will be there right?"

Saya : "Im a teacher. And school holidays are ours too! (Pergh! Berlagak! Ekeke...)So yeah. I'll be there. InsyaAllah."

The session went some more for a while and were filled with laughter so much that even one of the the panel stop eating his lunch!

Thankfully, I didn't get too nervous (Fuh! Fuh! Relaks...relaks!) since all the panel are so cool and cheekily happy.

They kept on laughing to what I said. (Some might know what happens when I'm in kelam kabut.)

Saya tak faham apa yang kelakar sangat. Tapi saya memang sangat heeeepppppiiii!~

Haha!

Wish me luck!

Nota Kaki:

¹ Nak cepat pun, sempat jugak layan Naz untuk interview sebagai salah sorang contestant! Sengallah Naz! Haha! They pick me up since I stand out the most in the crowd because there was a floating baloon tied-up to my bag! Siapa punya kerja tu??

² They called! It is confirmed that the seminar will be held during this Deepavali holidays at Midvalley, The Garden, 25th to 27th. From 10am to 8pm. (Ala..melepas Tok Long saya punya annual raya open house kat Damansara! Ishk..)

KLPF : Double Excitement!

2008-10-18T01:46:00.003+08:00

Yipee!

Double Exposure

Satu petang di Kuala Lumpur Photography Fest...

Saya : "Guys, I think u should know that the only camera I've ever touched is my K750i!"

Sony : "Oh…nevermind, we are not looking for professionals. We are looking for people with personalities and passions towards photography."

Saya : "Oh. Ok!"

Sony : "We really like your personality and if we want you to come back tomorrow for the second audition would you come?"

Saya : "What the....I dont know yet. I have a bus to catch. And now why would you want ME to come back for the second audition?? *puzzled*"

Sony : "Ooo..k. How bad do you want to be in this show? *smile*"

Saya : "Real bad! Haha! Since this is the only way I'll learn about photography FREELY! *laugh*"

Sony : "Say, if we want you to do bungee jumping, you know? Any sorts of outdoor activities, can you do it?"

Saya : "Yeah!*Jump* Would love too! (mampus2...)"

Sony : "Oh? *Quite stunned with my replies.* So..That's it! See you tomorrow?"

Saya : "Uh..Yeah! Sure! I'll do my best! (Alamak! Esok dah nak balik JB??)"

^Hahaha!^

^Teruja kot?!^

A friend in need is a friend indeed...

2008-10-12T12:11:00.008+08:00

Just an excerpt,

And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness.

Ibn al-Qayyim

that makes me realize that the world is not all, and always, about me.

So...

Im ok now...

Kadang-kadang,

Kita memang perlu diingatkan...

Itulah gunanya kawan...

Terima kasih...

Credit to Bhaiya for the quote from Ibn Al-Qayyim.

Malam Senandung Bahasa: Hari ke-4

2008-10-10T00:34:00.000+08:00

Prop-Master:

"Kerja buat props dah siap 95%!"

Alhamdulillah...

p.s: Kesian props' people...keletihan...

Malam Senandung Bahasa: Hari ke-2

2008-10-08T00:16:00.001+08:00

Gigih berusaha!

^Menghafal skrip^

^Props' people^

^Practice Makes Perfect. ^

Terharu saya tengok kerjasama yang diberikan walaupun berlatih sekali, ketawa berkali-kali.

Apa pun,

TERUSKAN USAHA!~

Ala...Im back in JB?!

2008-10-06T20:57:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum....

Kenapa bila balik je tempat yang bernama JB ni tiba-tiba je ada banyak assignment?

Ishk...

By the way...

Our Class' Latest Project:

MALAM SENANDUNG BAHASA 2008

^"Ish..siapalah yang tangan ada vibrate ni..."^

Itu..gambar Malam Senandung Bahasa tahun lepas la ...

In short,

Kami sekelas kena sertai pertandingan ni.

Syarat-syarat umum (yang sempat ingatlah maksudnya tu...):

Perlu ada puisidra (ie: puisi+drama)
Ada elemen-elemen raya
Maksima 10 orang yang akan naik ke pentas
(err..tak ingat dah...)

Kami...warga opsyen Matematik (yang "baik" lagi "skima") berjanji, akan berusaha bersungguh-sungguh menjayakan malam senandung bahasa ini!

Saya bertugas sebagai prop-master!

Wee~ Bestnya!

Buat masa ni baru siapkan jalan cerita, saringan akan dibuat pada 21/10/08, dan final 22/10/08. (Kalau lepas ujian saringan...)

Hmmm...rasanya itu jelah berita terkini yang ada.

Apa-apa pun...

Latest progress will be updated soon!

Stay TUNED!

♥

About me (from the other perspective)

2008-09-18T00:06:00.005+08:00

So...do u think this really suits me?

-still giggling (the 7th and the 10th are the funniest! Heck?!)-

I was speechless when I heard the list...
It was actually my lecturer's idea to do the activity...
We have to pick out a name, randomly, from a box.

The name will contain one of your classmates' name and you have to write a minimum of 10 positive, good things about him/her.
It was really fun!

We had a blast just by listening to the list of positive things our friend made about their friends.It was funny, honest and at the same time, a very touching moment.

I never knew that my friends (and I) have created such a bond after nearly three years being together as a classmate. -weepy-

p.s. can not wait til 2011. But I wish it will not come either :(