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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Sama ke? Macam aje...

Macam sama tapi tak sama.


TEMPE




Ada satu tempat tu, TEMPE Arizona, aku lum jejak kaki lagi kat sni..ni pun masuk dalam agenda lawatan aku seterusnya dengan kawan2..Tapi, ntah bila ya? Insya Allah..andai ada kesempatan, akan aku tinggalkan bekas tapak kaki aku kat tempat ni. Aku xmo citer banyak2 sebab blum sampai lagik kat sni… Cuma, wat masa ni, yang menarik kat tempat ni of course la papan tanda dia tu (ehe..sure korang ble agak apa yang aku nk wat dgn signboard tu kan? kan?)

TEMPE yang satu lagi ni memang makanan aku …sedap wo..jg jadik makanan pilihan org2 vegan sbb sumber protein utk dorang. Papepun, aku suke ratah cmtu je.. Pastu, kalo digoreng, buh sikit dngn rempah2 + tepung + kunyit + garam. Pastu cecah pulak dengan sambal kicap..pergh. Ngam ho. Mcm biasa, kalo pak mertua lalu, aku akan ajak dia utk join sama. Pernah jugak satu ketika, kat majlis marhaban (ni adalah salah satu aktiviti Ko-K utk budak2 sekolah agama kat Johor pada musim raya posa), tuan uma sajikan kitorang dengan menu nih. Selain makan juadah raya, ni salah satu cara mendidik amalan ziarah menziarah utk mengeratkan silaturrahim antara dua generasi (guru-murid); bukan setakat mintak duit raya je tau kawan2.Duit raya tu as a bonus la kan. Kalo cikgu nk bagi, ye Alhamdulillah..murah rejeki anak murid (sbb ble bli jajan a.k.a cekedis).

Kat kg aku, tempe ni dibalut dengan daun pisang bersama ktas sokabo lama. Kalo xpun, dibalut dengan satu species daun keladi (tgok ark at penjuru atas, bhgn kanan; sengaja aku tak mo buh apa nama saintifiknya, malas nk menggugel) bersama ktas sokabo lama (Skang dh moden ar…buh dalam peket pastik..tp, yg xbestnya, ilang bau asal tempe..) dan jugak disertakan dengan daun pisang. Teringat jugak pada satu ketika, zaman aku baru nak kenal dunia, aku g mamah daun keladi yang wat balut tempe ni. Aku pun xtau nape.. Huh, apa lagi…mulut aku jadik kebas, gatal2 & terus membengkak dengan jayanya..mcm kna sengat tebuan. Merana la sekejap..huhuhu..


BAT




Walopun ejaannya sama, ia membawa maksud yang berbeza. Sebelah kiri bawah tu, permainan yang aku suka sangat pada zaman aku kanak2 ribena & zaman muda remaja. Aku sokmo main rounders…tak lengkap kalo xde BAT. Pakai kayu pape je asalkan bentuknya pipih (sokmo rembat papan kt uma yang sdg di`renovate`, eheh) & ble pukul bola tenis...tapi, nak pukul tu kna agak2 le sbb kitorang main kat kawasan uma...takut kna tingkap jiran2. Kang kalo pecah berderai, jenuh la nk menjawab. Silap2 haribulan, kitorg akan diharamkan main permainan ni. So, skil nk libas bola tenis tu mmg kna ada ar..Kna bajet2 berapa kJ tenaga yang nak dipindahkan dr hayunan tangan ke bola tenis tu & arah mana nk suh bola tenis tu melantun. As usual, kalo dh main, mana nk hengat donia..bila dengar ngauman mak memasing, barula kitorang benti main.

Then, masa zaman aku Form 4, Form 5 dan kat univ, upgrade la sikit kan…nama pun komersial la…ada yang pangil Bola Lisut. Tak kurang jugak ada yang panggil Bola Lembut..(Aww...) Then, aktiviti aku terhenti masa 2nd year sebab dh mula bz dengan assg & fieldwork.. Biasalah..Budak Zoo kan…apa lagik? Mmg bz kuar msuk zoo&utan utk memberus gigi rimau & kira bulu beruang. Then, masa aku kat bumi Labok ni, mmg ada sesi training sport ni. Tapi, sekali lagi, masa amat mncemburui aku…dan aku tak tahan sejukkk…so, aku tgok dari jauh je ar…gian tu mmg gian nk main..tapi ada komitmen lain yang lbey penting (eheh..actually..nak 1000 daya.Ye tak?).

Ok.yang kat sebelah kanan tu pulak, Bat jugak, tapi ia sejenis benda idup. Ni la permainan aku sekarang. Bila aku mula berjinak2? Hmm.masa aku Final Year undergraduate…bmula dgn tolong kawan2 then lama2 timbul minat pulak…,Pastu makin aku dekat, lama2 makin sayang..betul la org tua2 kata..tak kenal, maka tak cinta…kalo korang nk tau, kwn2 dia ni la yang tolong debungakan pokok dian (durian). Kepada sesiapa yang menjadi antu durian (seperti Cik Nor Zalipah Mohamed), mmg meroyan la korang nk makan durian if klawar ni xde. Selain daripada tu, ada jugak yang jenis makan serangga..dorang tolong seimbangkan populasi serangga kat dalam ekosistem nih. Yang paling bagusnya, it plays role as a biological pest control. Paling aku tak sangka..menatang ni la yang menghantar aku ke bumi Labok nih..I Like It.


KAKI




Saiz kaki aku dlm julat 7-8. Kadang2 cecah sampai 8 ½(main ikut suke je kaki aku nk ubah2 saiz ek?). Mana la byk choice sgt kasut yang saiz setengah2 cmtu kan? Mmg kaki aku ni jenis x masuk book agaknya. Aku tak kisah tentang harga kasut (tapi bukan la bermaksud kaki aku ni kaki duitan), kalo murah pun aku sambar je sbb, bapak la payahnya kalo nak carik kasut aku kat kedai. Kalo dalam sehari tu, lum tentu bole jumpa yang berkenan.Pattern ok, kaler cun, saiz kaki lak tak ngam.Bila saiz kaki ngam, pattern pulak macam hampes & kaler pun sengal... Ayat2 biasa yang kuor dr mulut promoter `Yang tinggal cuma saiz 5-6 je dik` ataupun, `Ni je kaler yang ada` takpun `Pattern tu dh abis`..Cuping telinga aku ni dh biasa sangat dengor ayat2 yang menghampakan ni.Huhu... Terkadang, hampir mencabar tahap kesabaran aku tau. Ayat power Cik Juliana Senawi & bondaku Zaiton Kamsari, `Itu mujur ada kaki`. Bila dengor je ayat tu, aku pun insaf terus...Betul jugak kan? Syukur Alhamdulillah sbb dikurniakan sepasang kaki yang memudahkan aku utk bergerak kemana-mana. Nak side kick ble, nak front kick ble, nak chopping kick ble, nak wat back trust kick pun ble. Just name it...nk henyak perut orang ala2 Ong Bak pun ble. Kalo aku xde kaki, kes haru jugak kan? Dengan saiz kaki aku tu, rasanya dh ngam dengan saiz muka peragut2 yang berkeliaran sekarang nih (x kira ar...segala jenis peragut..peragut beg tangan maupun peragut ati wanita...ahaks). So, awas peragut2 di luar sana. Nantikan penangan kaki aku nih pada muka kalian @ di perut kalian @ di mana2 kawasan yang kalian rasa ngilu dan sengal..Watch out...ehe.

Tapi, kt bumi Labok ni, senang la pulak nk carik yang pattern & saiz yg ngam dgn kaki aku. Ye la pun. Mungkin kaki aku ni sedikit outliers utk kaki org Asia, tapi stil dlm julat saiz yang sederhana if kat seberang laut. Kaki ni jugak la yang terpele`ot masa aku nak potong grid kat Gunung Jerai satu ketika dahulu… biasalah..kemalangan kat tempat kja..mata dah tengok kompas & memandang jauh ke depan, tangan sebelah pegang parang utk tebas pape yang ada kat depan aku untuk tanda grid then, `Praap`..aku tak perasan yang aku terpijak lubang yang dilitupi vegetation yang setinggi Sin Chan..sakit woo..awal2 tu, jalan macho je ar..tp, tak sampai 15 minit, buku lali dah start berdenyut2. Cik Nor Zalipah Mohamed & En Mark Rayan Darmaraj ada di tempat kejadian. Time itu, hanya dua benda je yang bermain2 kat fikiran aku `Alamak...abis la aku kali ni, sure kna tangguh sampling & training utk beberapa lama. Lambat la aku nk siap sampling. Lambat la aku nk p grading. Huwaaa...`. Sehinggakan aku kna p wat follow up smggu sekali utk fisioterapi kat sepital Penang..(tapi aku p sekali je…sbb masuk mggu kedua, kaki aku dh ble jalan walopun sikt dengkot).Masuk mggu kelima, aku dh ble wat side kick dengan tanpa rasa takut…yahoooooooooooo..Alhamdulillah..gembira bukan kepalang…”Aku dah dapat kaki aku semulaaaa!”





ITALY – ni kaki jugak..sama tak macam kaki aku? eheh..maleh jg nk citer bebanyak sbb aku lum sampai lagik kat tempat ni...

Aku saja je snap gambar ni. Kalo korang nk tau, aku mula simpan cita2 nak amik gambar kaki aku kat sebelah peta ni since aku sekolah menengah. Time tu belajar sejarah, cikgu Shirley Sim ajar tentang negeri Melaka yang jadi pusat perdagangan di kala Kesultanan Melayu Melaka. Tapi, kebannyakan peta seme kecik2 & kat dalam buku. Apa kejadahnya nak letak kaki aku kat buku kan? Nanti jadi benak pulak nk belajar. Then, jumpa peta Itali ni kat mural dinding bangunan sekolah & also kat pejabat En Lempoyang di Putera Yang Sangat Berjaya nun. Tapi, melampau la kan nak amik gambar dgn buh kaki kat dinding. Hilang akal ke apa? Tak pasal2 sawan pulak si Lempoyang tu. Then, masa kat campus few years ago, ada pulak dorang wat pameran Giant Map of Asia. Nah..itu dia..Akhirnya hasrat aku tercapai. Aku abadikan kaki aku kat sebelah peta nih. Hah..puaih ati aku. Moral of the story, kalo kita tak dapat arini, jangan sedey2 and rasa frust cacing kerawet (tertonggeng ler..) plus heart broken. Kalau itu dah tersurat jadik rejeki kita, Insya Allah, lama2 akan dapat gak satu ari nanti. Yang penting sabar & berdoa padaNya sokmo. Who knows kan? Allah Maha Pengasih & Penyayang & Hanya DiaYang Maha Mengetahui.



MELEK




Ni aku ternampak kat El Paso masa sesi Le Tour De Texas beberapa lama dlu. Takkan Jawa ilang di dunia. Ehe.bukan taksub sangat dengan Jawa ni pun. Jauh sekali nk bersifat Asabiyah dengan keJAWAan, tapi, seperti yang aku taip awal2 tadi le. Ejaan sama tapi maksud berbeza. Sekali pandang terasa macam nak meniru jenama Rolex pulak ek? Try klik kat gambar tu. Kat signboard tepi tu ada tulis apa jenis servis yang dorang tawarkan. At the same time masa terpandang signboard ni, teringat pulak aku kat barangan yang berjenama Abidas & Nikke yang menyerupai produk Adidas & Nike.

Kepada sesiapa yang mewarisi DNA kejawaan, anda pasti tau apa maksudnya kan? Selalu jugak aku dengor paman&bibik aku ucapkan ayat ni especially kalo bersua ketika berkunjung raya, rewang kerja kawen dan lain2 bentuk keramaian, ”Merem melek merem melek wes gedi kabeh bocah2 iki yo?” (Pejam celik pejam celik dah besar semua budak2 ni ye?).





Ehe... Sama tak? Yang ni aku jumpa kat dalam kampus aku. Kat area Student Union (yg sama fungsinya macam Pusat Mahasiswa kat USM; Pusanika kat UKM; mmm..kat UPM & UM aku tak pasti la dipanggil apa).

Ok. sekian saje bebelan aku.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Salji Negara Orang, Ujan Lebat Negara Sendiri

“Spring-like weather will prevail across the South Plains and West Texas today and tomorrow. Changes begin as early as Sunday, but the changes of consequence get underway Monday. Winter returns early next week, bring some tricky travel conditions. You can have it both ways. Well, every now and then.”- KCBD News Channel.

Hmm, ini adalah permulaan...ke garisan... sedia...


Untuk orang2 yang biasa & suka sejuk, ape ade hal? Tapi, untuk aku, mmg ade hal. Masalah besor utk aku derr... Jejari runcing aku ni kompom beku. Glove pun acam tembus je even labelnya winter glove. Sigh… mgkin kna beli glove yang regenya USD 30 kot? Nak bernapas pun payah. Serupa macam korang minum ais pas isap rokok perasa menthol tau. Erk? Tak isap rokok? Okeh… Bertuahlah paru-paru korang. Pada sesapa yang tak isap rokok, rasa macam korang minum ais pas makan gula2 cap pakcik botak pegang sapu tangan. Erm... Korang tak makan gula-gula ke? Aiseh… tak bertuahnya tunas rasa korang. Ahaks. Camni la..Korang bukak esbok kat bahagian beku tu, cuba try test sedut udara kering yang kuar kat situ..ha..camtu la perasaannya. Ini seme blaku sama masa tanahair dilanda banjir (nasib baik uma aku kt kg tak naik air… kalau uma aku banjir, tandanya Bando Maharani kompom banjir besor).

"Good Morning!
A strong cold front is moving into West Texas, headed right for the South Plains and your neighborhood. This cold spell will be the most severe here since 1997. The cold also will bring snow to your yard. While nearly any snow amount on the South Plains can be considered significant, this snow will not be exceptional. The cold will be, with wind chills perhaps dropping to 20 degrees below zero or lower at times (ini dalam Fahrenheit ye korang). The wind will result in blowing snow with low visibility - hazardous travel conditions. There is much more information, and detail, in your forecast below.
Please take cold-weather precautions seriously this week. This outbreak compares to the January 1997 cold snap which set the record for most consecutive hours below freezing. Temperatures may remain below freezing from late Monday night through Friday afternoon.Check for school delays and closings on kcbd.com and on KCBD NewsChannel 11 during Daybreak Today, beginning at 5 AM.
"


If I`m not mistaken, I received this e-mail from KCBD News Channel- `Cold air from Artic` end of Jan 2011… not remember the exact date. I did prepare myself and turn off my tropical to winter mode – As soon as I arrived Labok, I took out mafela, gloves, jacket from the box which I put in my closet for quit a long time. Dear Mr Lempoyang, I wisely used the Elaun Baju Panas ye… not just simply tabor $ merata alam. So far so good, even though my nose and fingers are getting numb slowly. That was the basic things which I prepared earlier for the nasty wind (45-50 km/h) and cold temperature. How it feels? It was more than the temperature in a fridge … sejuk gila babeng derr.


Here the pic in front of my house.


1st Feb 2011 - Tue

I received an Emergency call from Tech Alert at 5.50am.

“This is an emergency message from Texas Tech University.
Texas Tech has delayed the start of classes until 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 due to winter weather. Classes scheduled to start before 11:00 are cancelled. Regular class schedule will resume at 11:00. Faculty and staff should report in time to prepare for the start of class. Please use your personal judgment and be safe. Buses should begin running on a normal schedule at approximately 10:00 a.m.”

… plus e-mail from KCBD NewsChannel

“Good Morning!
Tonight, more light snow moving in and staying through Wednesday. Possible 1/2 to 1 inch addition amounts. Some blowing snow.Poor travel conditions will continue into Wednesday. The National Weather Service asks you to please take cold-weather precautions seriously today and the next few days as temperatures will remain below freezing until Friday afternoon. Wednesday morning could bring a low of zero to Lubbock with with wind chills from 5 below to 20 below zero. Afternoon temperatures in the teens with wind chills from near zero to 10 below zero. On Wednesday a high about 15° with wind chills from near zero to 15 below zero. Friday mostly sunny with a low near 10 degrees and a high near 42 degrees. Check for school delays and closings on kcbd.com and on KCBD NewsChannel 11.”


Weather forecast... brrr brrr brrr. `Feel like` is the real condition. Huhuhuhu



In front of my house.


Car park




1st Feb 2011 – Tue, night
Hmm... again, another emergency call from TTU. It was 2 in 1 feeling – I`m happy since the class is canceled (the good news that most of student want to hear ehehe) but cannot imagine how I can survive when the temperature dropped below than -10celc… Ya Allah, selamatkan la hambaMu ini. Amin.


“This is an emergency message from Texas Tech University. Texas Tech has delayed the start of classes until 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 due to winter weather. Classes scheduled to start before 10:00 a.m. are cancelled. Regular class schedule will resume at 10:00 a.m. Academic faculty and staff should report in time to prepare for the start of class. All other units should report to work at 10:00 a.m. unless otherwise advised by your supervisor. Please use your personal judgment and be safe. Buses should begin running on a normal schedule at approximately 9:00 a.m.”

That evening, we had a dinner in one of my lecturer`s apartment.. On the way back, we recorded the condition… Holy cow! Damn cold. Wincy (Windy + Icy) and have to drive carefully.





Then, early in the morning, KCBD News Channel sent me an e-mail as usual:


“Good Morning!
Winds this morning are not as strong, but temperatures are lower than 24 hours ago, so area wind chill values are as low as yesterday. We have not experienced these temperatures in at least 6 years, perhaps as long as 2 decades. The wind chills are certainly extreme for West Texas. A school age child who has spent his or her winters on the South Plains has never experienced these wind chills. Some of their young parents may not as well. NewsChannel 11 Meteorologist Cary Allen and the Lubbock National Weather Service have been going through Lubbock weather records to see when it was last this cold. So far the low at the Lubbock International Airport (LIA) has been 7 degrees. As cold as it is, we actually hit 5 degrees last winter on December 25, 2009 following a pre-Christmas snow. Prior to that, LIA had not recorded a single digit temperature since the 4 degree low on December 8, 2005. And before that, the 3 degrees on December 24, 2004. Temperatures occasionally do drop to single digits in Lubbock. The last time Lubbock dropped below zero was in 1989. It was one below zero on December 23, 1989 and it hit minus 2 degrees on December 22, 1989. That was two decades -- 21 years -- ago.This morning scattered light snow showers, windy, frigid. Poor travel conditions are likely. Another 1 to 2 inches of snow is possible, but most areas will receive less than an inch. Early morning wind chill values from 10 below to 20 below zero. This afternoon flurries are possible with little if any additional accumulation, but poor travel conditions remain likely. Wind chill values from near zero to 10 below zero. Tonight mostly cloudy and very cold with a record low. Wind chills from near zero to 10 below.”


However, while other Orang Putihs hiding themselves in their warmed-temperature room, the crazy student from tropical country just pretend they can bear the wind. Hahaha (tadi kate xtahan ngan sejuk…ngengada ke apa?). Well, for the sake of `sweet and bitter` memories of being a student in foreign country - another side of the world, we ignore that nasty and chilly wind. Actually, we took 3-4 snaps of pics and quickly hide in the nearby building. When our hands feel warm a bit ( I almost to get the frostbite ... huhu. Alhamdulillah, tak teruk sangat. Gile punya sejuk derr), we went out again to get other snaps, again and again.


Its freezing...



It was not because of Sang Kelembai okeh...



AI+IN = LOVE + GREEN GRASS. JULIE = FLOWER


`GONG XI FA CAI` FROM JOE


2nd Feb 2011 – Wed, night
The voice of pempuan simpanan TTU again… it is Tech Emergency call (dah naik hafal aku ayat pempuan ni).

“This is an emergency message from Texas Tech University. Texas Tech has delayed the start of classes until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 due to winter weather. Classes scheduled to start before 9:30 a.m. are cancelled. Regular class schedule will resume at 9:30 a.m. Academic faculty and staff should report in time to prepare for the start of class. All other units should report to work at 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise advised by your supervisor. Please use your personal judgment and be safe. Buses should begin running on a normal schedule at approximately 8:00 a.m.”


… and again from KCBD NewsChannel
“It has been a very chilly day in the region, again. Wind chills will be extremely low tonight and a possible record low may occur in Lubbock. The current record is 4 above. Winds this morning are not as strong, but temperatures are lower than 24 hours ago, so area wind chill NewsChannel 11 Meteorologist Cary Allen and the Lubbock National Weather Service have been going through Lubbock weather records to see when it was last this cold. So far the low at the Lubbock International Airport (LIA) has been 7 degrees. As cold as it is, we actually hit 5 degrees last winter on December 25, 2009 following a pre-Christmas snow. Prior to that, LIA had not recorded a single digit temperature since the 4 degree low on December 8, 2005. And before that, the 3 degrees on December 24, 2004. Temperatures occasionally do drop to single digits in Lubbock. The last time Lubbock dropped below zero was in 1989. It was one below zero on December 23, 1989 and it hit minus 2 degrees on December 22, 1989. That was two decades -- 21 years -- ago.”


8th Feb 2011 – Wed, night
"This is an emergency message from Texas Tech University. Texas Tech has delayed the start of classes until 11 a.m. due to winter weather. Classes scheduled to start before 11 a.m. are cancelled. Regular class schedule will resume at 11 a.m. "


"Another blast of artic air - A strong cold front will push southward across the region Tuesday. Temperature and increasing chances for snow on Tue night (9th Feb) - KCBD NewsChannel."

Again??? Oh no!... Adeh…

Salji Negara Orang, Lebih Baik Ujan Lebat Negara Sendiri… boleh gitu? Ahaks