I did it my way....(and a literature lesson)

yes my friend, today i'm feeling a little bit oldies....listen to the oldies ...and slow songs...my song collection in my Mr. V mostly are oldies...although not that suria's kind of oldies...but quite old already laa ...90's pun old gak laa....some are traditional songs (i.e. Ayam den lapeh) . And mind you, i have 2 versions of Ayam den Lapeh.. one sung by Kak Nita(sengaukan sket..) and another one by Mastura(from Ally Noor and Mastura...) not that popular laa compared to the anita sarawak's version... but what i like about the song is the language and meaning...It sort of brings me back to the days when we have to read between the lines for our Literature classes... Those days, the days when we were in Mdm Rosalind's classes, Miss J's classes (Madame now...) and also Sir Udhaya in his Shakespeare classes...Those were the days.... I really miss those days we left behind.... Now that i'm taking subjects like Project Management (tough like ****), i appreciate more Literature classes we had during undergrad's years... no right or wrong answers.. everything under the sun could be right ...but as i wrote earlier...those were the dayss... But frankly, like Project Management, it should be that hard but what we students could do??the subject should be interesting....but the lecturerr....argghhh!!! now that i've took the exam, i realized that i might not perform in this paper... Ya Allah, please help me....
As i told some of you, sometimes i just felt like giving up..but then i remembered this is all my choice... And after all the sacrifice; financial wise, time wise, storage wise(inside my brain) and everything else; i am not going to choose to be a loser...and times like this i'd like to listen to Frank Sinatra's "My Way".... In a way, this song kind of give me some motivation to go on, apart of giving calls to my friends....

My Way by Frank Sinatra
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life thats full.
I've traveled each and every highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

And i would also like to put here the lyrics for Ayam Den Lapeh, not Anita Sarawak's Version but Mastura's...so to those who would have lots of free time can try to interpret and analyse the song... Remember!! No right or wrong answers...that's the beautiful part of Literature...

Ayam Den Lapeh

Luruihlah jalan Payakumbuah
Babelok jalan Kayu Jati
Dima ati indak karusuah
Ayam den lapeh ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Mandaki jalan Pandaisikek
Manuru jalan ka Biaro
Di ma ati indak kamaupek
Awak takicuah ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Sikucapang sikucapeh
Saikua tabang saikua lapeh
Tabanglah juo nan karimbo
Oilah malang juo

Pagaruyuang Batusangka
Tampek bajalan urang baso
Duduak tamanuang tiok sabanta
Oi takana juo ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Den sangko lamang nasi tuai
Kironyo tatumpah kuah gulai
Awak ka pasa alah usai
Oi lah malang denai

O hoi … ayam den lapeh

but on second thought, i might just as well give u the translation right away.... the translation is taken from Kak Nisah's website, the cousin i told u in the previous entry whom i thought tried to "serkap jarang-ed" me last deepavali....but she's the wife laa :D....hehehe...

Luruslah jalan Payakumbuh (nama tempat)
Berliku jalan Kayu Jati (nama tempat)
Bagaimana hati tidak rusuh (susah hati)
Ayamku terlepas. (secara tersirat bermaksud, hajat yang tidak kesampaian)

Mendaki jalan Pandaisikek (jalan ke tempat bernama Pandaisikek itu curam/mendaki)
Bersimpang siur jalan ke Biaro (juga nama tempat)
Bagaimana hati tidak berkata
Aku tertipu

Sikucapang sikucapeh *(semua usaha yg dah dibuat berantakan)
Seekor terbang, seekor terlepas
Terbanglah ke hutan rimba
oh, malang sekali

Pagaruyung Batusangkar (kedua-duanya nama tempat)
Tempat berjalan orang baso **(Orang baso means orang besar aka bangsawan)
Sekejap-sekejap duduk termenung
Oi terkenang juga ai ai… ayamku terlepas (buruk pulak bunyi terjemahan ini :-) )

Kusangka nasi tuai itu lemang
Rupanya nasi tertumpah kuah gulai
Saya ke pasar, tapi pasar dah tutup/habis ***(adalah satu usaha yg sia2 aje)
oh, malanglah saya.

ayam ku terlepas

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Kusangka nasi tuai itu lemang( menurut mak saye, nasik tuai tu mungkin juge adalah pulut kuning kottt...sebabnye adlh didlm line berikutnya)
Rupanya nasi tertumpah kuah gulai
Saya ke pasar, tapi pasar dah tutup/habis
oh, malanglah saya.

and according to another reading that i did, this song was written by a guy, in which the chicken in this song represent 2 women he was wooing(tak patut btol kan??ade ke kite nih di umpamakan mcm ayam..isk isk isk...sedih )... Unfortunately, due to his greediness, he did not manage to get any of the girls (padan muke laa kan??) tamak tu!! nak ngurat skali dua org....tuh yg die sampai terduduk termenung memikirkan "ayam-ayam"nye terlepas.... korang agak2 macho ke org yg menulis lagu nih ??hensem kah die???(kalo btol laa begitu ceritanye, yg die skali nak ngurat 2 orang skali...)...ok laa kanak2, saye berangkat dulu ye!!

satu iklan di hari Deepavali..

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p/s: Happy Deepavali

Of Exam and Assignments...

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!! i've wrote an entry but it's lost!!! DAMNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Word of the day : Buffoon

hello my friends.. sorry for not updating this blog of mine for quite sometime... It's not too late for me to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri...I tried to sms everyone of hari raya sms..but i'm not sure if it reaches u guys...because u know that there was no delivery reports sent back to me that day...

Thanks to Miss G4 for visiting me last weekend, but i'm truly sorry that i couldnt spend time with you during the day time, n that's why i dragged her berjimba2 during the night until 3 a.m....Arghhh...shoot!!! No pics taken during the visit...kalo tak buleh jugak letak kat sini...kasik bebudak nih rase nak melawat aku di lain kali....hahahaha...cemane laa buleh lupe...
and that brings back to the reason why i could not find sometime to blog...i am currently too busy with my felt-like-never-ending-assignment!! and again, thanks to g4 for visiting and meriangkan jiwa gue yg kusut masai ni....

Oh yess...about the title of this entry... i had encountered with the word yesterday while having my dinner with my groupmate,after we did our presentation last night and escape from the class after maghrib...while waiting for the food to be served, we chatted about everything under the sun..including love and classes and everything else... and the word came about when we were discussing about relationship..and this friend of mine is currently in a relationship with an international citizen (is that the word?? i dont want to use the word foreigner...seems like unfriendly a bit) and his first language is French.. and we were talking about malaysian men in general and their choice of girl.. sorry for malaysian men who happen to come accross my blog...this was just the gist of girl talk we had..the main topic was "What the hell is wrong with our society???" not purposely malay men.. Sorry i could not remember the whole conversation...

Me: Owh, i have a friend who are now married to an indian..and she told me that eventhough now that they were married, ppl still sort of "pandang kerek" at her...especially when they are in public...

Miss Friend: That's why..These ppl will have some kind of "like there are no other men" look at me also.. My bf ask me why i can accept someone other than of my race to be my bf, and i said the malay men wouldnt want me, they wont look at me.... they will be looking for someone who is petite, fair, skinny, and in terms of education and career, they want somebody of slightly lower education than them... look at me, i have none of them... i am not fair, i am a big size(note: she's not fat, only big size, ok! voluptious, yes...), i have a successful career, and now i'm doing my master...none of them will come close..

Me: hmmm..tp tu laa diorang nih...sometime women have to be a bit secretive about that.... just like Ira, bla bla bla ..(the content could not be revealed)

Miss Friend: You know what Mr.Bf said??

Me: What??

Miss Friend: He said that they are buffoons...i'm not sure the spelling

Me: (Due to lack of reading, although i'm a tesl grad, i have to ask her the meaning...the word sounds interesting) Kak...hehehe...what is buffoons???i've never heard of it...name je from tesl (me being honest)...

Miss Friend: Haha..i asked the same question too to Mr. Bf....and you know what was his answer??

Me: (start laughing..) what???

Miss Friend: He said buffoons means the highest level of stupidity....thousands and thousands time more than just stupid...

Me: wow..i loike!!!! i like the word....

yeayy.. new word learned!! i really like the sound...it sounds polite and cute, but the meaning...OMG...i loikeeee... i will start using this word from now on...hahahahahaa
enclosed is the meaning i copy pasted from

1)Online Merriam Webster Dictionary : a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person