A cucumber is not a vegetable – it is a fruit

People tell me that I think too much...and I agree.

THOUGHT

The world and its reality is defined by the viewpoint of each human being. I force myself to be aware of these approximately 7 000 000 000 viewpoints so that I can pick and choose best qualities of each to create and equip myself with the ultimate perception of REALITY.

Impossible?

Yes, but my brain seems to behave otherwise.

Idealistic?

Yes, but my brain seems to behave otherwise.

'Yes' but 'No'?

It is POSSIBLE for a question or statement to have a paradoxical reply. Natural order did not precondition a response, even the simplest of questions, to absolution.

Contradicting?

Things are not what it seems whenever it involves me. I contradict myself so much that I'm disappointed that people are incapable of realizing and using it to their advantage since that's what I do to them. How their effortless logic bore me.

Full of yourself?

Does this question relate to the previous? Do mind, this is only one of the many adopted characters that I choose to be represented to the world.

Which is real?

You tell me.

Confusing?

That it drains me completely.

You think too much.

I agree. Fuck you.

Mubarak Steps Down: Are you happy now?

Has Obama lost the Pharaoh of Egypt

like Carter lost the Shahanshah of Iran?

The 1953 Iranian coup d'etat (the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh's democratically elected government) followed by the 1979 Iranian Revolution a.k.a. Islamic Revolution (the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty) sees the shifting of the pillar of American foreign policy in the Middle East from Iran to Egypt.

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi: Shahanshah and Aryamehr of Iran

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40 years, it has been. Iranians are still looking back on this era prior to "change" as a time of a less oppressive government and a more prosperous country. Younger generations fail to see what their parents were so passionate about, even the members of the poor and uneducated (core supporters of the uprising that overthrew the Shah) echo remorse 'God bless the Shah's soul, the economy was better then...'.

Amused; the Egyptian people are so enthusiastic about throwing rocks...hope they have good aim. No regrets.

I find the foreign policy of the United States of America very intriguing; to make a long story short, the policy by which the United States a.k.a. western countries interacts with *boss around* foreign nations and sets *dictates* standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens. The U.S. is highly influential in the world today but if you beg to differ, I'm more than happy to rephrase that statement: The U.S. is instrumental in influencing the world today. So whenever I mention the U.S., I would mean inclusively to whomever, in reality, it concerns and not exclusively.

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and

President Barack Obama of the United States of America

I have no convincing theories *yet* on "ulterior motives" of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution that has been going on since January 25th *doubting the date but I'm sure enough not to Google* up until now. Identifying the problem:

? ? ?

- If the U.S. is orchestrating the uprising, what could the possible reason be?

a) The U.S. is planning to relocate its influence.

b) The U.S. doesn't give a damn anymore.

- If the U.S.'s interests in the region, which lies with Hosni Mubarak, is so important, why is it being hypocritical?

a) The U.S. does not want to jeopardize its democratic image thus...

i) Mubarak was told to be stubborn about stepping down.

ii) Mubarak was told to buy time until the U.S. could find a replacement approved by the U.S. and the people of Egypt.

iii) The U.S. is planning to relocate its influence.

b) The U.S. doesn't give a damn anymore.

? ? ?

These two thoughts are of different prespectives:

1st

...the revolution was planned...

2nd

...the revolution wasn't planned...necessary to drive it towards a favorable outcome...

So far the second theory seems more developed, thus the reason for a comeback after my long period of silence. IMO, people fail to see just how important the interests the U.S. has in the region and how Egypt is/was *?* of great service. Allow me to point out the facts:

1) Egypt’s historic role as a leader in the Arab world; other Arab states look to Egypt to initiate an action and an example setter to solve regional issues.

2) Sustain Egypt’s moderate voice in Arab councils and rely on Egypt in persuading less moderate Arab states of the wisdom of compromise. *even though Islam preaches it I doubt we're talking about the same type of "moderation" here*

3) Maintain the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.

4) Cooperation on defense in opposing regional threats or aggression; demonstrated in Egypt’s active participation in the 1991 liberation of Kuwait and military alliance in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Egypt is/was *?* just like Iran, whereby the Middle East had her path paved by someone who claims to be a moderator. Isn't it obvious that the reality of 2011 Egyptian Revolution isn't just a local uproar? Logic: it involves the entire Muslim world *and other worlds that do give a damn* to liberate not only Egypt but the Arab region since I'm quite sure that it's wise to stop the U.S. from trying to be the boss of everyone *holler if you disagree*. Alas, opportunity knocks on the door and everyone decides to go on vacation. Now that Hosni Mubarak has just decided to step down...everyone lives happily ever after(?). Unfortunately nobody cares about what's going on behind the scenes, nobody cares about the what ifs of a Disney movie.

I Speaking Manglish

Throughout my life, there have always been these fairly odd moments where people come up to me and say:

"Malik, cakap la English dengan aku." or...
"Malik, kenapa kau tak speaking dengan aku?" or...
"Malik, jom speaking dengan aku." maybe even...
"Malik, can you speaking English with me?"

...and every time my reply would either be:

"Kau nak aku cakap apa?" or...
"Kau la speaking dulu." or...
"Oookay........." or my personal favorite...
"Err...........................*"can you SPEAKING ENGLISH with me?"?*"

Not to undermine these people la because it'll be my pleasure but I think you'd also be weirded out if you were me. It wasn't intending to be sombong or kedekut ilmu what-so-ever but think about it, imagine suddenly someone datang and suka-suka hati tembak you with requests macam ni, catching you off guard...kalau tak percaya jugak, take my word for it then.

To shed some light upon those who have made me feel slightly uncomfortable, this is what I would really enjoy explaining.

The truth is I (and those who are considered to comfortable in speaking the language) have different customs of conversing that varies between different circumstances on how I SPEAK ENGLISH *not "speaking English" eh*. Somehow, it's a programmed criterion inside my head, never consciously because when I start thinking about wanting to speak English, it messes with the fluency and my tongue gets tangled up.

First Circumstance (FORMAL ENGLISH)

I usually use formal English whenever I am faced with formal situations, similar to how I am writing at this very moment. I know blogs are supposed to be more casual than how I usually type my posts but heck, I sometimes do it and I have absolutely no idea why.

In real life conversations however, Formal English is basically me talking to authority figures, service providers and individuals that I'm unacquainted with. It isn't literally formal as in having to resort to using formality jargon, but instead, proper English *senang cakap skema la, grammar semua tip-top*. Example:


talking to the waiter waiting the table;

"I'll just have a green salad.........withoutdressingthankyou!"
*smiles politely*

*a tribute to all my girl friends who considers that as dinner*


Second Circumstance (CASUAL ENGLISH)

When I say casual, I don't particularly mean the way we hear, for example, the Americans speak on TV. I mean, come on...I have no idea why some people feel like they just HAVE TO SOUND LIKE THEM, accents and all. If one manages to pull it off then good for him, but if one tries so hard to make it work but he still sounds like a complete douche bag and somehow still epically fails to realize it himself...you have psychological issues dude...oh yeah, and hearing problems too. Talk about pathetic posers.

These type of people makes me take it personally to be honest, despite the fact that they have no self-awareness. The more they suck at imitating, the more I despise them. Why do I take it personally? How can it be a "despite the fact that" when those type of people are madly in love with themselves? I find that pathetic and like I said before, too narcissistic even for the likes of me.

The only accent I have is Malay, at times Chinese, so I speak my English clearly in a "Malanese" accent and it's good enough for me.

In casual conversations, my English would be rojak:


A: "Dude, don't you think that girl is lawa? I think she's really lawa...but the girl yang duduk sebelah her is kinda lawa too...lawa syyyiiiaaalll~~~"

B: "Kepalahotakkauthey'rebothdudeslayoudumbass..."


So yeah, basically it's Mangled English...DUH~ Just so you know (if you haven't already), there's this pattern that can be picked up when a Malay word should be rojak-ed into a sentence. So there's always a probability that you'll be overdoing the rojak-ing, which it'll either be a funny joke...or you're the joke.


Third Circumstance (CHINGLISH)

You will never, EVER hear me talk like this. This will never, EVER happen UNLESS there's a Malaysian Chinese around so am not gonna explain this any further and will go straight to the example:


C: Ni yao qu nali?

B: Cut hair...

C: Oh...u got told me before u wan lalachai hair, right?

B: Where got lala, scene lah...u always kacau me for no reason.

C: Same mah. Don't believe after this can come go lepak Mid onot? sure people say u're lala.

B: aiya...told u oredi, cannot change my schedule de.

C: iye, so bad la u Malik...

*next time don't simply say lo, emo ain't lala~!! match face!!!*


So there you have it and I hope I made things clear for the general public once and for all (I doubt it) on how to appropriately approach other people to ask them to speaking with you. It's just a matter of confidence, and the secret is...YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE! God, is asking easier than actually doing it because if it is then there are two ultimatums; ONE: the person that you asked permission from might end up not speaking with you at all or TWO: the person might not consider speaking with you EVER. Teehee~



CHEERS~!!

p/s: Insomnia is what forced me into writing this post in the middle of the night...talk about inspiration, huhu~ AKU NAK TIDUR!!!!!!!!!

Biddi Coleslaw

I don't mind when girls don't wear tudung...but I do mind when girls wear tudung, suddenly don't wear tudung *pardon my Chinglish, I don't feel like typing appropriately*. May it be a close friend, or a complete (even random) stranger that I enjoy stalking *which I don't...I'm just trying to prove a point*. I think this is because for the past (almost) two years I've been living among girls who wear tudung and literally repel guys like we're harboring some kind of deadly infectious disease. Feeling rejected, I gave up trying to get to know them better a long time ago. I don't even know the majority of their names and that bothered me for quite some time, but I got over it I guess.

I'm an outgoing type of person once you get to know me, and when I feel comfortable enough being around you. Just for the sake of sharing; I kinda have this sixth sense, where I'm always prejudging people and organizing them into categories:

not-in-this-lifetime...
I think I'd hate him/her...
I think I'd kinda hate him/her...
I think I'd kinda like him/her...
I think I'd like him/her...
and definitely-by-the-end-of-the-day.

How can I make this simpler...I can consciously sense the type of energy people are emitting. Sometimes it's plain obvious, sometimes it's ambiguous; it all boils down to whether it appeals to me or otherwise *yes, I'm a narcissistic b*_t_rd*. I'm not particularly dependent about the whole theory though (but most of the time, when I'm lazy enough, I would) because maybe they were having a bad day or something when I caught their energy/scent/whatever, so I'm always reorganizing between categories.

I don't know if anyone else might be experiencing this but it's kinda hard to decide what to do or say when an individual keeps changing energies and having them sensed each time they do. It's hard, figuring people out...I occasionally feel drained...and what I would do is either keep myself away or shut myself up.

Positive energies usually lightens up my mood no matter how deep the ditch I'm in, but when I say positive it doesn't always include blind optimists because they're, most of the time, a negatively positive energy the way I interpret it *in other words: a more narcissistic b_st_rd even for my standards*. All in all, pretty much everyone picks up on positive energy, happiness is what we all ultimately long for. So do mankind a small favor and smile always, you've got nothing to lose *especially akhawat-akhawat kat sini la, muka mukhalal je aku tengok*.

*ana biddun mukhalal*

I know this has nothing to do with to-be-or-not-to-be a tudung wearer, I was ranting to my heart's content after all so.........

CHEERS~!!