For Underestimating Your Brother

Last week, we attended the Bumi Armada’s Family Day at Botanical Park (Putrajaya).

Since it is afterall a FAMILY day,
they had a lot of telematches and competitions for kids.

Asyraf got to know that there will be a Coloring Contest on that day.
He packed up his color pencils eagerly and stuffed it into my mom’s handbag.

Jazmeen and I however, didn’t really think of it as a good idea.

His coloring skills are such a failure.
We decided to brainwash him into thinking that he’s 6 years old and pushed him into the kids category.
(He’s turning 7 this year)

And so we sat there with him for about 20 minutes until he finished coloring.

Yeap, absolute fail.

No fancy rich colors.
Just very very light colors with even strokes.

After submitting, we went rolling around in the fields waiting for the time to pass.

Then, it was the prize giving ceremony.

Asyraf’s ears perked up as he heard them announcing
“And the 5th place for the Kids Coloring Contest is…”

He left us and ran all the way to the stage,
right in front of the steps of the stage,
unconsciously blocking the winners from going up the stage.

After 5th, 4th, and 3rd place are announced,
Jazmeen and I knew to not hope for Asyraf going up on stage then.

JAZMEEN:
Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if Asyraf got 1st place.

JAZREEN:
(Laughes)
Yeah, impossible.
Look at his coloring! There’s no way he’d win.

JAZMEEN:
If he does, then it just goes to show just how low of a standard that contest is!

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Now, let’s switch to my mother’s point of view.

She was sitting with her friends, right beside the stage.
And she was surprised to see Asyraf blocking the way of other contestants to get on the stage.

“Eh, Asyraf! Tepi lah! Step aside!
Yours aren’t pretty, you won’t win.”

“Asyraf punye buruk, Asyraf tak menang!”

And she shooed Asyraf away from the stage,
oblivious that the announcer was about to announce the runner-up of the contest.

ANNOUNCER:
And the 2nd place winner goes to…

Ahmed… Asyref… Azmen!

My mother went numb for a second.
She froze in her pose of shooing Asyraf away from the stage.

Then she came to her senses and did the opposite of that,
she pushed Asyraf TO the stage this time.

“Asyraf menang! Asyraf menang!”

She looked back to the tables,
furious that the family’s photographer weren’t around to take pictures of her little baby boy winning the Kids Coloring Contest.

—- And that’s when I came back into the picture.

Running through the crowds,
rushing to snap a picture-
leaving Jazmeen at the table laughing her neck off at what just happened.

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After the prize giving ceremony ended,
I took Asyraf to the side to take pictures of him with his prize.
Still laughing at the whole ridiculous thoughts of him winning.

While I told Asyraf to pose with his prize,
Jazmeen left the table and came to join us.
She, too, was still laughing at the ridiculous idea of Asyraf winning.

“What just happened? He won?!”
“Yeah, I wonder how too. He had an ugly piece.”
“It just goes to show the quality of the contest!”

We talked bad about him in front of him (still posing),
like he wasn’t really there.

Then he interrupted us:

ASYRAF:

Heh! In your face! Tu lah~!

(Imitating a girl’s squeaky voice)
“Your colors are ugly.”
“You have horrible coloring skills.”
“You’ll definitely lose.”

“Asyraf punye buruk.”
“Asyraf punye tak cantik.”
“Asyraf kalah.”

Then suddenly,

(with a BOOMING voice)

AHMAD ASYRAF AZMAN!

6 YEARS OLD!

And even on our way home,
we still didn’t stop laughing at him for winning.

[PICSPAMS] JAG Shoot 17th April 2008

How long has it been since you last seen pictures of JAG?

Anyway, these are pictures from the shoot of Episode 2.

I got my cellphone tucked in my bag at the dressing room,
so not much pictures here.

I was lucky enough to smuggled my phone during one of the scenes.

 

 

I Was Expected To Die Yesterday

HARDLY a day goes by without me logging on to the internet!
That’s how much of an addict I am.

With my addiction, I’ve led to (accidentally) blew up 2 laptops and 1 desktop since late 2007.

REASON:

I used it for too long.

The monitor literally EXPLODED

Currently, there’s no more piece of technological computer in my house.

How oh how am I to survive the day?!

• I sneaked next door and borrowed my neighbor’s laptop.

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My dad and sister got home and was shock to see me looking fine and refreshed.
They stared at me with open mouthed.

ME:
… Yes? Reasons for staring, please?

JAZMEEN:
I-I didn’t think you would have survived!
I thought you’d be rotting and desperate for dad’s laptop.

ME:
Oh, really?
HOW did you think I would’ve look like? Care to demonstrate?

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JAZMEEN’S PORTRAYAL:

She went and lie back on the wall.
She made a desperate face screaming,
“COMPUTER! DESPERATE! COOMPUUUTEEER!”

And she flailed her arms wildly towards the wall the whole time.

*_* ?

DAD’S PORTRAYAL:

He took in the stance of the dead goldfish,
with eyes bulging, and slowly muttered,
“Com-Com-… puter… C-C-Comp… uter..”

He reached out his hand to grab me like a zombie from Shaun of the Dead.

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The embarrassment is

It’s Really True!

I would’ve really been in that state if it wasn’t for my little sneak next door!

How oh how accurate they’ve portrayed me.

Wahaha Wahaha!

Okay, yes, the title is very random.

But I just want to share a random music video here.

It has happened more than twice already
that when I’m feeling pretty bland,
this is the video clip that’ll at least just make me smile.

I’m not a fan of this group- Kanjani 8.
They’re much too wacky for me to handle.

The only reason I paid attention to this group at first was because of Ryo [the guy with green jacket].
No, please do not be fooled by his dorky self in this video.

When he’s in NEWS (his other band),
he’s a badass jerk.

He’s mean enough that the only words of comfort he offered to his friend when they were heartbroken was

“Oi, FAT Jin! Lose some weight already!”

Poor Fat Jin cried harder and ran away from the jerk.

Oddly, I’m attracted more to him because of that.

So here’s the video by Kanjani 8 - Wahaha (Yes, that IS the title of the song)
[English Subbed]

Yes, the video is cracky.
The humor of it have worn out after the third time I watched the video.

What uplifts me are the lyrics.

Here are some of my favorite lines in the song:

Sadness and worries
It seems that everyone has at least some of them.

It’s not just you, you know.

If I laugh, You will laugh.
So if You laugh, Someone else will laugh too!

This song just made me realize how very few songs there are in this world that states:

“Laughter Is Contagious!”

And it just cheers me up to see them laughing their neck off to this song.
Which just proves how contagious laughter is.

 

Keta Keta Keta Keta.

WAHAHA WAHAHA!

 

Teksi Tunai - Nada & Emira

“Jaz! Flip your channel to ASTRO PRIMA now, weih!
You wouldn’t believe this.
They’re freakin hilarious!”

I hung up the phone and immediately switched on the television.

The show:

TEKSI TUNAI (Cash Cab)

It’s a show where Bob Lokman (host) drives a cab as a normal guy.
But whoever gets in the cab, passengers, will get the chance of gaining some cash by answering some random questions.

It’s not a show that I’d normally watch,
but this time, it features my ex-schoolmates-
Nada Assilah and Emira.

And if you know Nada and Emira,
then you’ll know that putting these two together can bring some sheer hilarity into any situation.

I couldn’t remember details by details, but here’s as much that I can recall.

Some questions:

• Please complete the saying, “Don’t bite the hand that _____.”

NAD & EM:
Eh? I got no clue about this.

[Both of them took their phone and called for their father (Emira) and mother (Nada)]

BOB:
Wow, both of them are calling someone?
One is calling their father and another is calling the mother.
These are very smart kids!
Hah, pandai budak-budak ni!

NADA:
(waiting for her mother to pick up)
…. Ala, mama! Pick up the phone Pickupthephone.
Asal la masa ni jugak mama tak angkat?!?!
Why now of all times that she’s not picking it up?!?!

… Hello, ma!
…… Voice box?
M-Mama reject call saya!
M-Mom rejected my call!

• Who is David Bowie’s wife?

[Emira called her dad again]

NADA:
Ah! I see some Americans over there!
Let’s stop by and ask if they know the answer!

Excuse me mister! Do you know who’s David Bowie’s wife???

AMERICAN:
(apparently shocked seeing a girl sticking her head out of a cab’s window shouting about David Bowie)
N-No!
(shaking his head furiously)

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What I’ll always find amusing though,
is their excitement when cash are flashed out in front of them.

Reaction 1:

“(Squeals) AHHHH!!! Asjaojdjiaosrqw?!?!”

Reaction 2:

Took the money and flashed it grinningly to the camera.

Reaction 3:

By the time they are RM300 richer,
they used the RM50 notes as tissues and wiped off their sweats from their face and neck.

Reaction 4:

When Bob told them that the next question is worth RM100,
they squealed like mad and started reassuring each other.

“Babe! 100 ringgit ni, b-babe!”
“I know, babe. Feuh, intense.”

BOB:
Wow, you seem very happy to be receiving some extra cash.

NAD & EM:
Of course we are!
We’re really dried out of cash!
We’re on our way to the bank actually.

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By the end of the ride,
they succeeded in getting RM440.

Quite a big sum.
You can literally see their eyeballs turning into $_$

And the typical Nada would never exit a cab without making a closing line:

“OH, TERIMA KASIH GURU!”
“Oh! Thank you dear teacher!”

 

UPDATE:

Click below for a post on this from Nada herself.

Nada’s - Lucky Taxi Tunai