Photo Outing - Tinagat 2009

Salam....

Just come back from a photography outing at Tinagat Beach, Batu Payung, Tawau. It's actually a class activity by one of my friend but it turned out to be a photography outing for us too... These are some photo i could share with you! Tadaaaa!

The girls in this picture is not a professional model. They're just students yet i love to work with them and they really did look beautiful and cooperate to our cameras. Thanks to them.

Wali Band Lyric - Yank

Yank

yank... coba kau jujur padaku

yank..... foto siapa di dompet mu?

yank....... kok kamu diam begitu

sayang... jawab atau aku pergi, sayang

(chorus)

Aku tak mahu bicara

sebelum kau cerita semua

apa mahu mu? siapa dirinya?

tak betah bila ada yang lain

jangan hubungi ku lagi

ini bisa jadi yang terakhir

aku ngerti kamu, kau tak ngerti aku

sekarang atau tak selamanya

yank... jangan kira ku tak tahu

yank..... kamu doko bodohiku

yank....... tolong dengarkanlah aku

tapi sayang... masih pantaskah kau ku panggil sayang?

(ulang chorus)

(wanita)

sayang ku mau bicara

dan ku akan cerita semua

apa mahuku, siapa dirinya

kerna memang tak ada yang lain

terus hubungi ku lagi

jangan bilang ini yang terakhir

aku ngerti kamu, kamu ngerti aku

aku sayang kamu selamanya

(ulang chorus)

Ada masa ker nak tulis blog????

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

That's me in the water

Assalamualaikum....

Setiap hari aku akan on komputer, connect ngan internet, pastu tgk2 blog termasuklah blog aku sendiri... pelik gak. Tengok jer... tak update pun... padahal banyak jer pun benda aku nak tulis kat sini.

Aku update sikit-sikit lah yer...

Kuhara Stallion

Rugby Club yang aku rebranding ni masih lagi dalam peringkat pembangunan. Terbaru sekali, aku baru order sebuah tackling bag untuk kegunaan latihan. Untuk pengetahuan korang, kelab ragbi ni memang tak ada apa-apa kemudahan selain daripada padang yang ada tiang. Jersi pun baru beli tahun lepas ok. Jadi, agak ketinggalan lah jugak daripada kemudahan untuk latihan. Kebanyakkan latihan adalah berdasarkan latihan kecergasan (jogging) dan latihan fizikal menggunakan beban badan sendiri dan beban rakan-rakan. Kicking tee pun atas dasar pembiayaan peribadi, bola yang baru order tahun lepas semua dah rosak. Aku kena tempah bola lagi untuk tahun depan. Agak2 korang berapa banyak aku nak tempah ek?

Spastic Rhyme Photography

Ini adalah baby project aku, bisnes aku. Duduk dekat sebuah pekan yang agak-agak nak maju ni, memang lah susah sikit aku nak dapat market. Tapi Alhamdulillah ada jugak kawan-kawan photographer lain yang bagi 2-3 projek untuk aku. Terima kasih untuk Syahnann Photographic D'sign dan AlbumKasih.com yang banyak membantu aku dari segi ini. Latest news is... Spastic Rhyme Photography akan menggunakan new equipment in near future. Harap-harap dapat beli sebuah Nikon D300s dalam minggu depan. Customers... be prepared for a better picture with Spastic Rhyme Photography. "Treasure Your Moments With Us".

Lain-lain

Tidak ada masa nak blogging.... dalam list aku, ada banyak things to do still queuing. Masalahnya ialah aku ni jenis yang suka procrastinate.... procrastination is thief of time... Aku pun tahu gak peribahasa tu. So, kat sini aku nak materialize kan list things to do kat otak aku ni... be happy reading it!

1. Edit gambar kahwin orang

2. Periksa kertas exam

3. Contact Jeff to negotiate camera price

4. Ready my equipment for tomorrow's job

5. Gilap kasut

6. Update blog

Aik??? apsal tak banyak plak? Pengajarannya di sini, kalau anda juga seorang yang suka procrastinate... list out all your things to do... dan baru anda tahu bahawa kerja tu tak banyak mana pun... Oleh kerana update blog list number 6, So.... sampai sini jer la aku tulis yer... kena bagi priority yang nombor 1 dan 2 dulu....

Da.....

photography... oh photography...

Assalamualaikum...

I took this photo during a trip to Mabul Island earlier this year.

It's an art! a lovely art and a magical wonders of modernization. If u think it on the technologically, it is amazing how a moment in real life can be stunted that u'll never able to do it in reality. Ramai orang kata, kalaulah boleh aku hentikan masa? Yes! u may.. in photo... u stop the time. You stop the moment where it might be the most precious in your life.

That's why i love so much into photography. I want to be the person who capture the moment that you want to treasure. The scenic graphical landscape, the things that you never think that is beautiful...

OMG! too deep. Lately, i've joint with a photography forum website and it really is an eye-opener to me to this world of photography. Furthermore, lingering among the photographer around my area makes me realize something.

Some people take picture for money... (i hate them the most)! They never took photography seriously enough as i see them doing it. It's just for the sake of money. Damn! I went to a photography workshop two weeks ago. Some of the participants is photographer who took wedding photo around my area and some of them claim to me before that they are the most well-know wedding photographer here. But then, during the workshop, one of them (also a friend of mine) came to me and asked me, "Rhyme, ko pandai sudah pakai manual mode?" I was shocked and silent for few seconds. With all humbleness i could get in my brain... i answered him, "Sikit-sikit la. Kita kan sama-sama baru belajar". Well, not to be proud, but i've hold a Nikon D50, since Nov. 2005 and i've been using manual mode since then. Not to say perfect but yeah i could use the manual mode all the way for now! What i want to say is, this group of people, they take people money, take pictures without thinking of the photography elements and the art of photography. Shit!!! Bullshit!!

Joining the forum of photography (most of the members are those who really are serious into photography) takes the whole of my heart into photography. These are the real people who took the real concept of photography and put it into art. Some of them get money from them, yes! but they deserve it. These what photography should be... i think. Some of their picture really inspire me to take more pictures or make more pictures as one of my guru in photography said, a great photo is not taken... but it is engineered! It's true friend...

My photo? yeah... it's not good to talk without proving yourself rite! So, you can check up on my photos on my fotopages here.

That's all today folks! hope to see your comment on this entry or my photos... da!!!

Kuhara Stallion Update

Assalamualaikum...

Procrastination is thief of time

Itu lah yang selalu kita dengar kan... tapi pernah ker ada orang ambik peduli dengan benda-benda macam tu. Hakikatnya aku ni suka berlengah ar... Procrastinator... hahaha.

Banyak entry tang sangkut-sangkut pasal tangguh nak sambung... sori ar bagi sapa2 yang baca blog aku ni... But i', trying my hard to change.. bit by bit...

Oh ya! aku nak cerita pasal latest info pasal Kuhara Stallion. 2009 adalah satu titik permulaan bagi generasi dan pencapaian baru bagi pasukan ragbi ni. Earlier in 2009, we got third place in the district level competition and few of our players was selected to represent Tawau District for state level and after that, 2 of them was selected to join the Sabah U18 Rugby Team to compete in National U18 Rugby Competition. What we most proud of is one of them was selected as best player and going to undertake the national training for National U18 Rugby Team. Hm... what an achievement.

Bagi junior team U14 Stallion, tahun ini merupakan tahun perkenalan dan pendedahan. 24 Julai 2009 yang lalu, Sabah Rugby Union bersama-sama IJM Plantation telah menganjurkan pertandingan ragbi 7 sebelah. Stallion telah menghantar pasukan junior untuk menimba pengalaman dan mempamerkan kualiti mereka setelah di latih lebih kurang beberapa bulan semenjak tahun lepas. Namun begitu, ternyata mereka masih kurang pengalaman yang telah menyebabkan mereka tewas di peringkat kumpulan.

Kalah lagi? ada pepatah bagitahu... kita tidak akan kalah selagi mana kita masih terus mencuba... so, Stallion... get up and learn from what we had went through in Sandakan... Tahun depan mari kita rempuh!!! hahahah....

Latihan akan disambung dan jadual latihan akan diperbaiki dengan memasukkan elemen2 latihan fizikal yang lebih baik. Bagi sesiapa yang berminat dengan ragbi... harap dapat memberi komen dan pandangan...

wassalam...

Parliamentary English Debate Sabah State Level 2009

Assalamualaikum...

"The argument of intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence"
-Ayn Rand-

Seronok dan penat. Exhausted yet joyful. That's the feeling I have rite now!

Me, and my students just finished the Parliamentary English Debate Sabah State Level at SMK Kota Marudu II, Kota Marudu.

This is my school team's second time in this english debate tournament. First one was last year. There were supposed 24 districts participated in this tournament but there were few districts did not sending their team, so it left only about 20 schools from 20 districts participated in that 5 rounds of debates.

Our team made it to the semi-final. (What an achievements for second timer). We'd lost to Beaufort team. But I think we'd put up a good fight for them. Nonetheless, we got a lot of more experiences especially to our debaters since some of them are still in form 2 & 3. We also met new people and made friends with them. (Nice to meet you Lizabeth, Papar)

Just want to thanks the hosting district and the hosting school for a wonderful hospitality. We enjoyed our stay there. Hope to see you again next year and be prepared for the next appearance of Tawau team. (Hopefully it's my school again).

I'll put all the debate scripts prepared for the debates in my next entry. Watch out for it!

Lelaki Hensem VS Tak Hensem

Kalau lelaki hensem pendiam Perempuan akan cakap: woow, ciri-ciri suami idaman…
Kalau lelaki tak hensem pendiam Perempuan akan cakap: eh kera sumbang betul....
Kalau lelaki hensem berbuat jahat Perempuan akan kata: mesti ada krisis dalaman nih…kesianKalau lelaki tak hensem berbuat jahat Perempuan akan cakap: dah la muka pecah pintu, perangai pulak macam sial…
Kalau lelaki hensem menolong perempuan lawa yang diganggu Perempuan akan cakap: oh hero ku…!
Kalau lelaki tak hensem menolong perempuan lawa yang diganggu Perempuan akan kata: taktik nak ngorat le tu…
Kalau lelaki hensem dapat perempuan lawa Perempuan akan kata: wah...bagai pinang dibelah dua.
Kalau lelaki tak hensem dapat perempuan lawa Perempuan akan kata: kesian.. mesti kena mandrem pompoan tu kan kan kan, bagaikan pinang digelek steamroll gitu....huhuhuhu
Kalau lelaki hensem ditinggal kekasih Perempuan akan kata: apa ke mangkuk minah tu, jantan sikit punya hensem per...
Kalau lelaki tak hensem ditinggal kekasih Perempuan akan kata:… muka pecah rumah....patut pun kena reject…
Kalau lelaki hensem penyayang binatang Perempuan akan cakap: perasaannya halus… penuh kasih sayang
Kalau lelaki tak hensem penyayang binatang Perempuan akan cakap: sesama keluarga memang harus menyayangi…
Kalau lelaki hensem tak mau bergambar Perempuan akan cakap: pasti takut kalau-kalau gambarnya tersebar
Kalau lelaki tak hensem tak mau bergambar Perempuan akan kata: sedar pun diri…
Kalau lelaki hensem menuang air ke gelas perempuan Perempuan akan cakap: ohhhh... sungguh gentleman dia...
Kalau lelaki tak hensem menuang air ke gelas lelaki Perempuan akan cakap: nak tunjuk gentleman le tu….
Kalau lelaki hensem bersedih hati dan mengadu nasib Perempuan akan cakap: dont worry.. I will make u happy forever
Kalau lelaki tak hensem bersedih hati dan mengadu nasib Perempuan akan kata: mengada-ngada. .. hidung tak mancung, pipi sorong2 pulak...
Kalau lelaki hensem hantar-hantar email Perempuan akan kata: sukenya….
Kalau tak hensem hantar-hantar email Perempuan akan cakap: balik-balik email dia… boring betul...dasar jantan miang keladi... pirahhhhhhhhh ingat dia tu hensem ker.....

Peperiksaan oh Peperiksaan Part 1...

Assalamualaikum...

Bagaimana agaknya hari-hari kita boleh menjadi sangat sibuk? Semua orang mesti pernah rasa sibuk sepanjang hari dan akhirnya penat dan hilangkan penat di atas segumpalan span yang empuk....

Tapi apa yang berlaku dalam beberapa hari ini adalah kesibukan yang amat ketara sekali dalam kehidupan aku. Rasanya macam terlalu banyak unfinished bussinesses. Ayoyoyo! Kerjaya sebagai pendidik menjadikan kehidupan aku amat sibuk sekali. Terbaru sekali aku sibuk dengan markah peperiksaan pelajar-pelajar.

Peperiksaan adalah satu proses yang amat ringkas secara lahiriah tetapi amat kompleks secara kronologi. Biar aku cerita sedikit proses peperiksaan berlaku.

Pada awalnya, pentadbiran sekolah akan menentukan satu tarikh yang bersesuaian untuk mengadakan peperiksaan. Terkini sekali, peperiksaan di seluruh sekolah di Malaysia perlulah diadakan pada penghujung semester. Bagi sekolah tempat aku mengajar sendiri, arahan tersebut dipatuhi sepenuhnya dan peperiksaan dijalankan sehingga hari terakhir dalam semester tersebut. Hebat betul pendidik yang mengatur jadual tu....

Kemudian, bermulalah tugas pendidik-pendidik yang lainnya untuk menyediakan kertas soalan peperiksaan. Terdapat rangka dan garis panduan yang khusus untuk menyediakan kertas peperiksaan di Malaysia. Kertas hendaklah berpandukan kepada format peperiksaan umum (PMR, SPM & STPM) yang sebenar supaya mendedahkan pelajar dengan format tersebut. Kertas soalan juga mestilah disediakan berdasarkan format 5,3,2 iaitu 50% soalan peringkat mudah, 30% soalan peringkat pertengahan dan 20% soalan peringkat susah. Peringkat-peringkat soalan ini pula ditentukan tahap kesusahannya berdasarkan Bloom's Taxonomy. Maka dengan perkiraan dan table of specification yang telah disediakan, maka pendidik-pendidik akan menyediakan soalan.

Di sekolah tempat aku mengajar (dan beberapa sekolah lain yang aku ketahui), set soalan yang telah disediakan mestilah diperiksa oleh ketua panitia (Head Panel) mata pelajaran terlebih dahulu. Setelah diperiksa dan diluluskan, set soalan tersebut akan diperiksa sekali lagi oleh Ketua Bidang (Head of Department) mata pelajaran untuk disahkan.

Setelah melalui pemeriksaan kualiti tersebut, maka set soalan akan dihantar untuk cetakan. Proses percetakan akan dilaksanakan oleh kerani yang telah ditugaskan khas. Setelah siap dicetak, kertas soalan tersebut perlu dikepilkan (compile) bersama. Ini adalah disebabkan oleh kerani pencetak hanya akan mencetak dan tidak akan mengkepilkan kertas soalan tersebut. Lebih banyak mukasurat set soalan tersebut dan lebih banyak pelajar dalam tingkatan tersebut, maka proses mengkepil ini akan mengambil masa yang lebih lama.

Setelah dikepilkan set-set soalan tersebut, kemudiannya set-set soalan tersebut perlu dibahagikan kepada kelas-kelas yang ada di tingkatan tersebut. Pada kebiasaannya, pendidik akan menyediakan set soalan yang lebih berbanding dengan jumlah pelajar dalam kelas tersebut untuk mempastikan set soalan adalah cukup sekiranya ada ralat berlaku (salah cetak, mukasurat kosong, dsb.) pada set soalan. Set soalan juga akan dicetak lebih untuk diberikan kepada ketua panitia dan ketua bidang untuk simpanan dalam bank soalan.

(bersambung...)

Tengah Malam...

Assalamualaikum...

Tengah malam dah ni. Tapi masih tak leh nak tido. Tak tau pasal per.. Baru balik dari main badminton (tak der la tere sangat pun). Biasa la.... aktiviti setiap isnin, rabu dan jumaat malam main badminton bersama rakan-rakan. Kena bersenam gak beb!

Tapi yang nak cerita nya ni ialah pasal tengah malam... apa ada kat tengah malam? huruf 'L' la.... heheh... tak der la... tgh2 malam macam ni rasa macam2 pun ada.... (macam astro plak) tapi ntah la... aku suka lepak2 tgh malam... apatah lagi depan komputer ni kan... surf internet malam2... laju gak pasal traffic tak der congested sangat malam2 macam ni.

Tapi yang pastinya... tgh malam macam ni memang akan menyebabkan satu perasaan yang lain. Masa macam ni la... peluang nak muhasabah kan diri.... peluang tuk berangan-angan... peluang tuk gayut cintan2 (tuk yang bercintan la)... peluang tuk memperkasakan ilmu (tuk yang amal ilmu2 batin).... peluang tuk buat assignment yang belambak (tuk budak2 universtiti)... peluang tuk main game.... macam2 ar...

Kalau duk sorang2 tgh2 malam pun agak best gak.... apatah lagi kalau masa berkhemah kan... boleh buat star gazing activity.... siapa2 yang minat astronomi tu... masa macam ni la nak tgk bintang2... taik bintang dan macam2 lagi la kat langit Allah yang luas tu...

Hakikatnya.... tgh malam memang membawa seribu pengertian dan makna... bagi aku... ini lah masanya kita lari daripada kesibukan harian dan merenung kembali bagaimana bumi ini bermula.... semuanya daripada kegelapan... ingat ataupun tidak... bumi ini dahulunya gelap tanpa ada lampu2. Bagaimana manusia menjadikan bumi ini macam hari ini.... kita kena lihat balik sejarah kemajuan peradaban tamadun manusia... yang aku rasa semakin lama semakin hanyut dalam arus kemewahan dunia sehingga lupa asal usulnya. Kalau tak ada kemajuan.... apa akan jadi dengan manusia dan bumi ini? Gelap.... segelap tgh2 malam macam ni....

Aku selalu ingat kata-kata seorang fellow masa aku belajar dulu.... dan aku pasti dia pun dapat dari orang lain gak kot.. siapa pencetusnya... tak tau la kan... tapi aku nak kongsi ngan semua orang.... dia cakap....

"Bila merenung bintang di langit, janganlah lupa rumput di bumi"

dan kata2 itu aku pegang sampai hari ini... kerana sesungguhnya... kita harus sentiasa berpijak di bumi yang nyata... Wallahu Alam.....

Life is an amazing journey

"You shall go with me, newly-married bride,
And gaze upon a merrier multitude.
White-armed Nuala, Aengus of the Birds,
Feachra of the hurtling form, and him
Who is the ruler of the Western Host,
Finvara, and their Land of Heart's Desire.
Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, time an endless song."
William Butler Yeats, Land of Heart's Desire

Assalamualaikum,

Macam-macam perasaan ada kat dalam diri aku sekarang ni. Happy, inferior, angry, sad, dull, bore and much more! Just like a "gado-gado" (a food by javanese). The only reason is that, because it's holiday again.

Usually people get so excited when it comes to holiday. I'll just go differ. Holidaying is not the best part of my life. You will not go to work, you'll wake up later, become so lazy, no adrenaline rush in the morning and the rest of the day will be just like nothing!

OMG! What a day. Anyway, i got a photography job last weekend in Pasir Putih, Tawau. A young couple. Very young coz the lady just finished her study in Diploma level. Thanks to Syahnann my photographer friend. He's the one who got me the job.

Their photo? here it is....

That's just two of their picture that i edited. I hope you'll like it. Do comment on my picture as well okay!

I still can't upload the video of the November Rain.. but i guess you can find it easily in the internet and you might want to watch it. But the official video clip is hard to find in the y**t**e. I just don't know why. Nobody wants to upload it there i think or the record company did not allow it to be published. So, if u got one, you are lucky.

I met a 'bomoh' last night... what for? err.... i'll tell u later. But what excites me is the way he is doing the job. He got himself a glass of tap water, put it in front of him, and started to mumble himself. Then, he got a solution of my problems after 5 minutes. Wow, amazing! Even Tony Fernandez (Amazing AirAsia - promote la skit) can't make something as amazing as this guy. I just wonder. What makes him know what is the solution. Nevertheless, i'll go and meet him again this coming saturday night. I'll let you know what happen then.

Life is amazing and interesting when you have the chance to see it in different perspective. Just keep walking and you'll find something to do in life! Daa....

November Rain!!!

Assalamualaikum....


Wah... it's been too long i didn't write something in this blog.... hahah! But in this entry i just want to share a song with you... November Rain - Guns & Roses! Rocks babe!

Whenever u think u've lost and don't know what to do with ur relationship... you should listen to this song and think. This song touches the deepest part of me and i hope it touches you too.

November Rain

When I look into your eyes, I can see a love restrained, But darlin' when I hold you, Don't you know I feel the same, 'Cause nothin' lasts forever, And we both know hearts can change, And it's hard to hold a candle, In the cold November rain,

We've been through this Such a long long time, Just tryin' to kill the pain, Yeahh.., But lovers always come And lovers always go And no one's really sure Who's lettin' go today, Walking away, If we could take the time To lay it on the line I could rest my head Just knowin' that you were mine, All mine, So if you want to love me, Then darlin' don't refrain, Or I'll just end up walkin'In the cold November rain

Do you need some time,On your own, Do you need some time, All alone, Everybody needs some time, On their own, Don't you know you need some time, All alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart, When even friends seem out to harm you, But if you could heal a broken heart, Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time, On my own, Sometimes I need some time, All alone, Everybody needs some time, On their own, Don't you know you need some time, All alone...

And when your fears subside, And shadows still remain, I know that you can love me, When there's no one left to blame, So never mind the darkness, We still can find a way, 'Cause nothin' lasts forever, Even cold November rain

i was trying to upload the video clip of this song.... but i just can't. I'll try to do it next time okay!

anyway, when things get wrong, there's always a solution for it and i believe that there's always cure for any sickness! With that... daa!