The week that I go gaga

Just came back. Been missing loads of wc games and sleep. I didn’t get to spend much time with Adam too, as I was busy. We’d only managed couple rounds of teh tarik when I got back a few days ago when I went home to restock my baju. He’s back in kl and it’s going to be a while till we meet up again. Orientation week went well. It has been a helluva week. Crazy week. Beladi tiring, but it was worth every sweat and effort.

I’ve got to work along with a bunch of luffly lads and gals. I also got to know more about people whom I couldn’t imagine I would get along with. People like Imad, Qamar, Bob and many more colourful people. If I were to set up a commitee, I would choose them over and over again. In a heartbeat. With them things get easier. Sure, we had clashed of opinions and we had disagreements. We think differently, but we headed in the same directions. Signifying how pure and honest our intention is; bringing the best out of the orientation week.

We also suffered in the financial department. Many thanx to Mr Faizal, Miss Nazleen, Miss Habsah and other lecturers for chipping in their hard earn money to us. Credits to Najwa, Syu, Ernie and the rest for not minding offering their cash in advance when they weren’t even sure whether they get to claim the cash later. lol (which later that week mr wan gave us the good news that we get to claim ‘em). Not to forget the supporting staff (wardens, guards and logistic) for sponsoring delicious meals and free flow of drinks to us. I am truly blessed to have awesome people around, rain or shine, susah or senang.

During the first three days I was an intense one. I didn’t get to enjoy as much as I would like because there were so many things in my mind. Dari sekecik-kecik benda sampaila ke sebesaq-besaq benda. I guess that’s basically were my role, stated in my job description: worrying about things. There were never a second gone by without me thinking and worrying about things. That pretty much explained why I became so giddy, capricious during the performance night. That was the night that I ‘go gaga’. Lol. I let myself go, because there are no more things to worry about.

World Cup sekarang ni dah masuk knock out stage. Cant wait to see the outcome of the matches. Banyak kejutan tournament kali ni. Italy dan Perancis dah out. South Korea and Japan eased through the knock out stage which makes us Asian proud. Tapi tak nampak lagi player yang strike out from the rest. Usually by now, kita dah nampak dah players yang carry the team almost single handedly with their dazzling skills, never-say-die attitude, inspiring leadership and iron man strength. Maybe later.

Noobtard

Selamat pengantin baru to my cousin Ridwan. It was a joyful weekend for the family and relatives. Alhamdulillah everything went well. And this is actually the first time I participated in marriage reception as a responsible adult. I mean, before this the only part of a reception I’ve been involved in was makan, makan and makan. So this time it’s a wee bit different as I was involved in numerous occasions in the wedding. Ridhwan married a Penangite so the receptions were made only a day apart. Hari Sabtu dekat Balik Pulau and hari Ahad dekat Sunshine Banquet Hall.

Mama was the one responsible in making the hantaran, so we the siblings helped her out decorating and stuff. On Saturday, everybody gathered at our house nak shoot off to balik pulau together. After the aqad, the bride’s family brought us to a rented-by-day house so that we could rest while waiting for the bride and the groom to get changed. It was by the river at Kuala Sungai Pinang. The view was breathtaking and awesome. I will definitely go lepak there whenever I’m free during college hours.

And oh, Trueblood season 3 was premiered today and currently I’m downloading the first episode. 250mb more to go, cant wait. Thehee. Been watching all WC matches as well. Some with the family and some with friends. Im getting sick with the girlfriends that my friends brought along with them. What a bunch of noob. World Cup tak ada Manchester United ok? And don’t simply support England because you know Steven Gerrard, John Terry (because of his sex scandal) and Ashley Cole (only because he was Cheryl’s ex-hubbeh). Just because you know them doesn’t mean you can support membabi buta. If you were to support a team do it out of passion, not fame.

Such a mood spoiler. A bunch of noobtard. Im definitely imposing the strictly-no-girlfriend’s ban in our next get together. What a bimbo. Ok Azmil enough. Release your angry chakras. Woo saahh. Woo saaaahhhhh. Speaking of chakras, teringat pasal Full Metal Alchemist. Haha macam mana boleh teringat pasal FMA tah. Chakras-Naruto-Manga-Full Metal Alchemist. Get it? People always ask me how my mind could stretch and escalate from topics to topics, which pissed me off at times. Okay, back to fma. Sadly fma had come to an end. Last Friday was their final volume and another great manga has come to an end. L

Dilemma

Currently been a wee bit busy planning and working out on the ldk module for this coming orientation week. I got various plans worked up that pwns and rwks like me obviously lol. Nak kenakan them freshies kaw2. Whadya think blog? Should I make all of them hate me? Or just came up with modules that make the dudes hate me and the girls to love me? Speak of the devil, did I mentioned that menurut ‘Formula Umur Awek’ (my age / 2 + 7), most freshies yang akan enroll will be the perfect age for me to be with? Yeah, so, yeah. Finally, for the first time I can use the approved younger chick formula (sebab sebelum ni, if I were to apply the formula they’d still be underage :( ).

Woah, woah let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Chup sat. Dammit baru aku ingat that most of the world cup matches kick off at 8 pm Malaysian time. Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap. Beladi bugger! Urgh. I already made a vow to not miss a single game during the world cup! Oh crap. I already got a stern and strict telling off by mama yesterday that she wont tolerate me plotting an escape from this orientation week any way or another. Sob. I can never win an argument with her. She’s damn good. She already predicted what gonna be in her son’s mind better than the son himself. Urgh.

Macam mana ni, macam mana ni? Banyak jugak game best that I’d be missing. Ah Azmil. Kalau nak ikut hang semua game pun best. Grr.. Oh I know! I think this problem would be best handled by future Azmil. He’s more mature, wiser and cooler like that. So just let the future Azmil deal with it. Pfffttt..now I gotta find a way to become more wiser in a week. In the mean time mari habiskan modul2 ldk ni. Haiz. Those girls kids better be worth my time. After all, I’m doing the noblest thing in this whole wide world, doing the human race a favour. lol

Speaking of the human race, Im going to share something with you blog. I thought that I’d keep it to myself but for the sake of the human race, I kenot tahan dy. LBS sux big time. It didn’t live up to my expectations. In fact it was no where by the book’s standard. There. Now you know I read it, say whatever you want. But let me stress it here, baca LBS macho okay! There’s nothing wrong if a muscular, macho and straight guy enjoys a little erotica chick-flick novel. Man, luckily those guys didn’t read my blog. Otherwise they’d be ripping me off like last time when aku kantoi baca Meg Cabot’s novel. Okay, that tale should stay buried, how the hell I brought that up. Laters alligators

Ok cun

Recap: Tournament Part II

ok sambung part II. I erdy recapped about the preparation. So this time Im going to recap bout the implementation. We did it on a Sunday morning, tak ingat la plak brapa haribulan, hadoih pelupa tui. Should have telan all those examo pills my parents bought me when i was in form five. *sigh* It was a one day tournament, pagi sampai petang. The weather was nice, the morning crowd pun was okay since on that day, the communication students are organising their fyp project as well. We came early, for the setup.

When we were setting up, baru sedar banyak sngat benda terlupa/kurang/tadak. But those guys in logistic really helped us out. They offered us various equipments, walaupun kami tak mintak. Credit to them. Abang JJ and his friend were punctual to do their job too, to officiate the matches. The contestants pun were slightly punctual, with the exception of Pirate Revenge, ex-ict student punya team. Because of them, we started our program very very late. Kalau ikut hati, memang aku nak disqualify their participation and return their money. Tapi apa kan daya, when I ask our account manager, we were broke. Camna nak bagi balik? *sigh* nampak gaya kena tunggu lah.

We started late for almost an hour because of one team that came late, but certainly it didnt kill the spirit and the atmosphere of the tournament. The matches was enjoyable and everybody was competitive. Outsiders teams pun behave well, when they were inside the college. One big flaw yang aku nampak is the ballpicking department. The committee kena kutip bola bila the ball when out of bound. Dengan cuaca terik, and committee yang kurang, I totally understood that they were a wee bit reluctant being the ballpicker. Haih. We should have hired the budak2 kampung nearby to help us. This vigorous ballpicking work had taken it's toll on us. I dare to say 70% of our energy was poured down to this activity alone.

I had my fair share of fun on that day too. Paling best when abang JJ buat perangai nak makan. Padahal sebelum tu I asked him whether he wants food or not and he said no. Tiba-tiba dia ckap nak makan. Dahla Sunday, kedai banyak tutup. So Afiq and me pederaih pi kat jalan bahru nak cari makan. We cant waste any more time since we are wayyy behind schedule. Masa tu aku dah ting tong dah. Banyak sangat benda dalam kepala. Dahla penat. Punya ting tong sampai naik moto tak pakai slipper. Rilek ja masuk kedai makan kaki ayam, dengan badan hapak bungkus nasik. Hehe. And then there was a fight during the semi-final. Nyaris-nyaris gaduh. Tapi team outsider la, bukan student kita .Dahla fan ramai. Bila bergaduh sekali dengan fan-fan masuk padang. Nasib baik dan leraikan depa. Phew

All in all it was a great day. For sure, bla buat tournament, problems occurred. We are dealing with human here, not machine. Banyak karenah, banyak masalah. But nothing major that we could not handle happen. So thumbs up to the committee! If it's not for them, we wont make it. Yang penting kita berjaya mantain prestij and brand tournament ni. As for our MPP team, we managed to play until the quarter final. Quite an achievement considering that we were freaking tired organizing the events. Lagipun our target memang q-final. Anything more than q-final is considered bonus.

Ok cun

The Cinderella Story

I cant help but applauded Fulham for entering the final of the Europa League. They entered Europa League after they finished seventh in the Barclay's Premier League last season. Fulham really had come a long way to be where there are now. It has been 12 years after Mohamed Al-Fayed revolution takeover on Fulham and look where there are.

Fulham is just an average club, compared to the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool. But it's tradition and history is just as rich as their counterparts. They 'climbed up' to the Premier League, from Division 3 -> Division 2 -> Division 1 -> Premier League. To gain promotions to higher division is never easy, but they managed to do it in just 5 years. Playing in the Premier League with the 'big boys' is just as hard. They struggled to survive in the Premier League.

But after almost 8 years playing in the Premier League, things are getting better. With the appointment of Roy Hodgson, Fulham is quickly becoming a respected team not just in England, but also in Europe.

Orang mungkin pandang depa sebelah mata. Europa Cup ja, bukan Champions League pun but still I found it a heck of an achievement. Fulham do not have much spending power like Chelsea or Manchester United. Dan tengok lineup pemain depa. Bobby Zamora, Damien Duff, Dempsey, Zoltan Gera-yang mana mereka ini bukanlah dikategorikan sebagai pemain bertaraf dunia.

Tapi dalam Europa Cup, dalam perjalanan ke final depa beat Juventus (Italian powerhouse), Shaktar Donetsk (juara Europa League tahun lepas), Wolfsburg (juara liga Jerman tahun lepas), AS Roma (juga Italian powerhouse) dan baru-baru di semi-final di mana depa buat comeback ke atas Hamburg. Team yang depa beat semua pernah menang Liga di negara masing-masing. Can you imagine?

All in all, everybody played a part. They have a great coach, great mentality, great fans, great discipline. Everybody contributes towards reaching their first ever european final. It was an emotional moment for me, when I watched them played Juventus. They need to score at least 3 goals to win. They are losing but the fans keep cheering on and the players never gave up. At last they won the game in style. Their adventure in this season's Europa League has been an inspiration for me.

This 'Cinderella Story' spurs me on. Makes me believe in 'magic'. It makes me believe that no matter how helpless or how weak we are, we can achieve anything- as long as we believe in it.