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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Selepas 17 jam meninggalkan Kota Kinabalu, saya akhirnya berada di lapangan terbang Amsterdam. Sedang menunggu connecting flight ke Norwich dalam lebihkurang 3 jam lagi.
Penerbangan dari Kota Kinabalu berlepas pada jam 5.50pm, 28 Disember 2007 (Jumaat). Kemudian, singgah di KL hampir tiga jam sebelum terbang ke Amsterdam pada jam 11.30pm. Itu semua adalah waktu Malaysia.
Sekarang ini jam 6.25am, 29 Disember 2007 (Sabtu) -- waktu tempatan Belanda. Pada pukul 9.15am nanti, saya akan ke Norwich dengan poker kecil KLM. I guess it wouldn't take more than 45 minutes.
The winter is peaking here. This time of the year, typically is the coldest. Masa keluar dari kapalterbang tadi, rasa sejuk sampai menggigit ke dalam tulang. Norwich lebih sejuk lagi sebab ia terletak hampir dengan pantai. Chilling air from the North Sea will intensify the 'coldness' throughout the winter.
Wrong timing (to travel to Europe), really. But I don't have much choice. Ini bukan sesi percutian yang boleh dipilih-pilih. This is another battle in life -- to win, or to lose.
OK, I need a warm jumper and nice wool scarf. Two of few things I must get first, as soon as I reach Norwich. Oh ya, termasuk juga single terbaru Katie Melua + Eva Cassidy (What a Wonderful World).
This kind of songs would never make it to Malaysia. Why? Because being the nation with lousy taste in music -- the purely-market-driven industry here is either obsessed with a lunatic yeller like Whitney Housten (seriously, I never understand why people find it pleasant to listen to a woman with gigantic mouth screaming her lung out!); or some pretty faces like Westlife, Boyzone et. el; or some cheap sluts chicks like Ms. Spears and Ms. Minogue.
This rather sad state of our music industry explains why AF is extraordinarily popular in Malaysia. Well, everyone to his/her own.
Sorry, I'm a bit depressed and lonley here. So, I need to bitch my therapy! :)
Posted at 6:18 am by Rem
 | | | paloma
January 22, 2008 11:58 AM PST
hi Dr..lucu btl Dr py blog ni tau..by the way..apa salahnya orang minat Ms. Spears and other singers that u mention..bole sy melawan ckp ka ni?sy mau luahkan perasaan dulu..Dr, Tuhan telah mencipta manusia dgn pelbagai bentuk dan rupa..bila pelbagai mestilah mempunyai citarasa dan minat yg tersendiri..kalo minat manusia semua sama..tidak meriahlah dunia..ekosistem bumi tidak akan seimbanglah..setuju?
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| | | oren
January 3, 2008 03:19 PM PST
akum...
take care kat tanah org tu :-)..lama tak belayar kat entry ni..kebetulan time flight encik delay kat KLIA tu saya pun da kat sana tgh tggu flight nak g Indon...tak dak jodoh kita jumpa time tu kan.. | |
| | | Rem
January 3, 2008 02:37 AM PST
Hi everyone,
Sorry. Lama tak response. :)
OK, I just moved out into my own apartment. A studio flat in the campus -- 2 minutes walk to my office. Sekarang baru boleh akses internet. Sebelum ni menumpang bilik kawan.
Will get back to you guys later. Mau mengemas bilik dulu. :) | |
| | | yoss
January 2, 2008 11:56 PM PST
DR. lupe nak tanya..ade tikus tak kat norwich...biasanya tikus zaman skrg lawa n cute...wahahaha | |
| | | yoss
January 2, 2008 11:41 PM PST
hai dr.ram... ade tulip beku tak kat norwich...xde yang beku yang lembap pun ok la.... | |
| | | Mardhiah
January 2, 2008 11:10 AM PST
oh ya kalau depress sangat boleh minta PROZAC di farmasi, ala apa nak malu ramai artis kat UK gunakan jenama tu. Bukannya apa orang kreatif ni otak kanan dengan otak kiri dia tak de sekat-sekat...open, berfikiran terbuka. | |
| | | Azizah
January 2, 2008 10:59 AM PST
Bah! Obpinoi .. selamat berjuang. "Pejuang tak mengenal kerehatan!!" (wow! semangat habis la pulak). Hopefully kali ini Norwich akan menjadi medan refleksi diri yang lebih bererti, mencari diri & peribadi yang mungkin selama ini sukar dijejaki di bumi Malaysia.well bro, jaga solat insyaAllah kita akan menjadi insan yang hebat!!
p/s : TQ a whole lot for the raw experience ttg study overseas. | |
| | | Mardhiah Bte Mohd Yu
January 1, 2008 06:51 PM PST
You know....do re mi fa so la ti do??? a b c d e f g... g or do adalah range tertinggi yang kita boleh pergi, dan tak ramai boleh pergi setinggi itu, orang kitakan semua mabuk nak jadi angkasawan, so faham-faham ajelah kan.
The other reason, pitch yang tinggi itu boleh memecahkan kaca, so bayangkan sahaja apa yang boleh dibuat pada gegendang telinga kita hahaha...senjata biologi asli gituh...
Dalam ilmu taranum, rass adalah lagu yang ter peh tak ramai orang boleh bawa, jadi sapa dah macam ada mental set tau, sapa boleh bawa bawa Rass dengan baik dialah Qari/Qariah terhebat. Well I'm a lateral thinker.
Kat Malaysia rasa-rasanya belum ramai lagi lateral thinker...Kita pun baru kenal Sir Edward De Bono, sebenarnya. Yeah kita ada Prof Hassan Langgulung, tapi nak fahamkan apa dia tulis saya ikut bergulung-gulung sakit kepala. Esok-esok kalu dah ramai orang boleh berfikir lateral, tak mustahil lagu-lagu yang kita suka semualah bule ngetoooppppp. Penyanyi kita pun bibir tak de lebo sangat, kalu lebo-lebo ni memang masalahlahkan chooooiiiiii hahahaha...
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| | | Sofwah
January 1, 2008 09:59 AM PST
Salam,
Dr.Rem, you need your therapy. We need your therapy, too :)
It's a mutual thing. lol...
About battle in life tu, may victory be YOURS! ;D
Wassalam.
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| | | intan
December 30, 2007 09:56 PM PST
Dr, km pasti akan merindui bicara Dr..hehehe..
skrg intan & rakan2 sdg sibuk dgn bengkel, diskusi..nk lg intan bz dgn mlm anugerah ffvpm tue..
so, tk good care of urself... :) | |
| | | Hana
December 30, 2007 03:38 PM PST
One piece by Katie Melua which I like best - When You Taught Me How To Dance.
Gambatte kudasai! | |
| | | Org KB & Suami
December 30, 2007 01:58 PM PST
Jangan Lupa hantar poskad Norwich nanti. Yang dulu (7 yrs ago) you kirim dari Armsterdam !. | |
| | | kony
December 30, 2007 01:45 PM PST
selamat kembali ke NORWICH 1.
malam 31 dis, mengarang Wulan dan tarian pinakang.Akan kami persembahkan (yoku,adik,dan anakbuah)di laman PENA.
tonini, teringat projek kita yang belum selesai..
semoga semakin giat di sana.kada moti olingai kio. | |
| | | kak chik
December 30, 2007 11:31 AM PST
slmt musafir....semoga diberi kekuatan iman dan keteguhan hati untuk lalui dugaan dan cabaran di sana...serta dipermudahkan Allah segala urusan... kak chik ada attach gambar famili kat mail ramzah... | |
| | | Anisah
December 30, 2007 01:08 AM PST
And two things making the cold of winter bearable. In autumn, you begin to plant hyacinths in the house, all colours - pink, purple, white, yellow. If you put them in the house, by the window, the flowers will come out before spring - and their fragrant smell is wonderful.
Then during the last few days of winter, before you notice a change in temperature signalling the coming of spring, you begin to walk slower when you come up to bushes. You look for very delicate, small white heads hanging in the air, about 4 - 5 inches from the ground. The snowdrops. Once you've located them, you take the same path home everyday, you train your eyes to the same spot, where the close buds would pop open. Then you know, SPRING HAS ARRIVED. You then walk home with a spring in your feet. | |
| | | Anisah
December 30, 2007 12:30 AM PST
I miss winters (surprisingly!) I miss having hot chocolate by the fire (or radiator, whichever's available). Get any drinking chocolate, put enough into a mug, microwave at medium to high for 1.5 minutes. Watch out after 1 minute, the spill, if it happens isn't pretty. Then I like to leave the hot choc for a few minutes, until a delicious thin layer forms on top, and then my winter delight begins.
I miss winter too, because the sharp cold air allows me to think. The thoughts in the head gets louder and clearer. I have a favourite spot, a particular bench facing the Thames. The same spot is too crowded during summer, not that summer isn't festive. But thoughts are clearest when it is coldest. Try and make the best out of this winter.
p/s I've just given away the sim card. | |
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