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!!