August 25, 2009

NOVEL MELAYU : Kelu (sebuah keluhan dan luahan emosi)

Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...

** Ini bukan sebuah reviu buku.

Dah lama betul aku tak membaca novel Melayu. Betul, lama sungguh sejak kali terakhir waktu zaman sekolah dulu. Kebanyakannya novel remaja tulisan Ahadiat Akashah - aku membesar dengan novel-novel funky beliau itu. Bermula dengan novel-novel merapu (menurut tafsiran Mama-ku) itulah aku memupuk minat membaca, termasuklah akhbar, artikel di internet, risalah maklumat edaran tak terkecuali papan tanda di tepi jalan dan botol syampu. I'm a true reader - bookaholic, sempre...

Tapi kemudiannya aku tak lagi minat membaca novel Melayu, bukan sebab berlagak, tapi entahlah. Aku semacam sudah malas, tambah pula bila tengok novel-novel Melayu semuanya dah semakin popular dengan jenis tebal yang amat. Seingat aku, sejak hujung zaman persekolahan lagi, aku dah makin mula suka berjinak-jinak membaca novel bahasa Inggeris berbanding novel Melayu. Menyedari kepentingan memahirkan diri dengan bahasa kedua itu dan juga status vocabulary dan grammar aku yang berterabur kategori serius, memerlukan aku latihan dan pembacaan yang banyak untuk meningkatkan semula penguasaan aku dalam bahasa asing itu. Jadinya, aku tinggalkan terus kegemaran membaca novel Melayu, hinggalah kini.

Tapi minggu lalu aku terlihat sebuah novel Melayu di rak buku library, terasa tertarik melihat tajuknya --> Slam Dunk, penulisnya Ruhaini Mat Darin. Wah...novel tentang basketball ni, getus aku dalam hati. Tambah pula dengan kulit buku dan lambang penerbitan Ghostwriter milik Ahadiat Akashah yang satu masa dulu amat aku minati.

Ini muka depan novelnya
Tanpa berfikir panjang, aku pun capai buku tersebut dan terus ke mesin pinjaman buku layan diri (aku suka mesin ini). Dalam hati tiba-tiba ada satu rasa tak sabar nak membacanya, mungkin juga berbaur rasa bangga sebab minat membaca novel Melayu dah berputik kembali.

Aku suka memilih waktu malam sebelum tidur untuk membaca. Aku akan pastikan di tepi bantal aku sentiasa ada sekurang-kurangnya sebuah buku untuk aku jadikan wadah meletihkan mata sebelum terlelap (nota: hanya buku fiksyen, tak termasuk buku-buku ilmiah untuk tujuan tugasan). Sehelai, kemudian dua helai aku baca dan terus ke halaman selanjutnya. Hook ceritanya belum juga sampai, tapi sudah diperkenalkan dua watak utama yang cliche seperti biasa; watak seorang gadis muda yang cantik dan seorang jejaka tampan - di pertengahan cerita nanti mesti mereka saling jatuh cinta. Mungkin-lah... Aku terus baca lagi. Menarik, watak-watak yang dicipta penulis semuanya ala² ke-orang-putih-an, dengan baris-baris dialog berbahasa Inggeris. Cool, kata aku.

Masuk halaman dua belas, aku kaget melihat kesalahan demi kesalahan ejaan perkataan, kemudian grammatical error pula. Dengan rajin aku menandakan beberapa kesalahan itu :


  • "She improving to reach that position, who wondering why?"

  • "It just a name, she is more than that!"

  • "No, you not okey Ina."

  • "Make sure you prof it!"

  • "I don't want wasting my time just to see you sit here and not say anything!"

Okey... kata aku. Kesalahan-kesalahan itu pada mulanya aku abaikan saja, rasa kelakar pun ada juga sedikit. Tapi bila dah terlalu banyak, oh man, this sucks... gumam aku lagi. Aku jadi rimas nak terus membaca. Macam-macam persoalan timbul, macam mana peringkat awal idea cerita penulis ini diluluskan, di mana penyunting, tidak buat kerjakah? Aku rasa malu yang teramat, kemudian bertukar sedih pilu dengan kualiti penulisan novel Melayu yang terlalu daif. Gaya penceritaan pun tak ada kesinambungan, seolah-olah penulis tak cukup buat homework tentang sukan bola keranjang wanita, norma kehidupan keluarga elit, bagaimana perbualan seorang guru dengan pelajarnya serta ibu bapa dengan anaknya. Semuanya serba tak kena.

Aku tak berniat memperkecilkan penulis novel ini malah mana-mana penulis-penulis novel Melayu pun. Aku mengaku masih terdapat novel-novel Melayu yang bagus, contohnya novel-novel keluaran Alaf 21 (pun begitu, tidak kesemuanya). Aku masih ingat tajuk novel Melayu yang paling aku gemari, Ombak Rindu tulisan Damya Hanna yang baik tulisannya bagi aku. Itu saja satu novel Melayu yang aku suka, selain itu, aku tidak tahu kerana aku kurang gemar novel-novel jiwang dan kebanyakannya yang aku pernah baca menceritakan kisah cinta syok sendiri yang cliche anganan penulis.

Kembali ke situasi, jadinya, aku langsung menutup novel itu dengan azam, aku tak mahu baca novel Melayu lagi lepas ni... Aku serik...! (azam berkuat kuasa hingga aku jumpa dengan satu novel Melayu paling hebat dan berkualiti penulisannya). Selepas ni aku nak ke library memulangkan novel sedih yang tak mungkin aku baca lagi ini dan menyambung pembacaan aku ke atas novel Love Lives yang aku sedang baca waktu ini.


Kalau ada novel Melayu yang bagus, sila beritahu ya... insya Allah aku akan baca...

Trimas...


~0^_^0~

August 24, 2009

Ramadhan is Back...!!

Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...




Ramadhan datang lagi
Setahun aku menanti
Kini ia kunjung kembali
Gembira rasa hati
Ketemu bulan penuh rahmat Ilahi...

Ramadhan datang lagi
Berpuasa kita mengenal erti
Letih dan lapar ujian pasti
Namun indahnya tak terperi
Bila makna sebenar Ramadhan dihayati...

Ramadhan datang lagi
Aku menangis dalam sujudku
Pilu Ramadhan terasa sekali
Puasaku kali ini tanpa abah di sisi
Rindu bertandang kala ini...

Ramadhan datang lagi
Azam disemat memperbaiki diri
Melupus dosa menyuci peribadi
Agar menjadi hamba-Nya yang sejati
Mengecap cinta-Nya yang satu, hakiki...


Allahuakbar...


* Selamat berpuasa di bulan Ramadhan al-Mubarak...! Berbuka apa petang ni?


~0^_^0~

August 19, 2009

Answering Correctly in Conversation...


Situation : You are in a library looking for a book regarding the topic of assignment you need to work on. You have no idea where the book rack with all the books you need is. Coincidentally, you meet a friend there.


You : Oh, hey there!

### : Hi...!

You : Eh...do you know where can I find this *** book? I've been looking around but it still don't seem like finding one.

### : I don't know-lah. Eh, do you know where is the *** book rack?

You : Oh, that... Try to have a look around the second rack. You might find the book you need.

### : Oh...thanks... Hey, you can try finding the book you want in the front rack. I saw one or two good books some time ago.

You : ................ Yea...thanks......


* Good friends we are...



(T_T)


August 17, 2009

HIDUP PERLU KEBENARAN ATAU KEBERANIAN?

Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...





Which one would you choose...

To tell the truth no one ever knows before...

Or to perform a dare, no matter how embarassing or humiliating it would turn out to be...

Though it had been a great fun playing the game...

Can you bear the unexpected things happened?

I was lucky enough.... but some were not...

* Truth or Dare is a party game requiring a minimum of two players. The game is very popular with adolescents, but is also played by some adults. To me, it depends on how you trust a friend of yours to keep all your secrets and how you face a challenge or situation that needs you to think/act quick. But then again, it's just a game, one you will remember when one's biggest secret is revealed.

** Have you played one...? Mind to share?

*** Had a blast last night. A great get-together party it was, nice BBQ chicken (thanx to E'e, Abby and everybody's contribution), delicious fried mee-hoon (thanx to Ajat, the great cook), perfecto spagetti and trifle (thanx to Aina Manis) and all participation is a big satisfaction (although some just waited for the meal to be served, well....thanx a LOT to them too!).

Thanx to friends and pals, hopefully our friendship will never last. Thinking of doing another game of Truth or Dare during the next gath...? Well, it would be better to give it another thought...

Toodles...!

~0^_^0~

August 13, 2009

... ... ...




She's out in the middle of nowhere...

Had a beautiful baby in her hands...

But she didn't remember being pregnant and gave birth to her...

A man known as her husband by her side...

She was married to him and they had a baby...
The baby cried in hunger...

She breastfed her so tenderly for the first time, full of love and care...

A weird feeling struck her, a feeling of being a mother...

She turned to her husband, a man she hardly remembered who...

He was no one she ever knew...

But she married him anyway and they had a baby...

Though they never even slept together...

Friends all around her cherished the bond created...

She had a beautiful feeling of being married, to love a husband and a child...

And an odd feeling of not having to experience sex but strangely had a baby...

Is she already a step ahead in life and grown into a woman?

Had she passed the phase and ready to be a mother and a wife?

Is it the time for her to...

She stood in confusion... and woke up...



- fin -

August 11, 2009

Lelaki Idaman....?? (Ini Sebuah TAG)



Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...

Dah lama tak buat benda TAG mengeTAG ni... Sori-lah cik TashaWanie, sebab lambat me-reply TAG ni... huhu... Anyways, untuk tak menghampakan beliau, here go the answers...

Senaraikan sepuluh ciri-ciri lelaki yang menjadi idaman korang. Lepas tu tag lima orang yang korang rasa nak tag.


(Erm...I don't really feel to tag anybody after me... let it end here lah ek, cik Tasha...! ~0^_^0~


1. He has to be my dearest darling and my best friend at the same time.

2. Tak jahil soal agama.

3. Pandai jaga adab sopan and hormat orang tua.

4. Knows how to appreciate what I've done for him.

5. Sederhana (sedap mata memandang tapi kena lebih tinggi dari gua ar, beb... hehe... baru nampak protective)
6. Understanding, a good listener and advisor.

7. Seorang yang boleh buat saya ketawa.

8. Pandai memujuk kalau saya didapati merajuk (hehe...)

9. Menerima saya apa adanya.

10. Most importantly... tak merokok...


So, itu-lah dia jawabnya. Thanx to you, cik Tasha. Nanti kalau rajin TAG-lah lagi yer...
Yeddey...!

~0^_^0~

August 6, 2009

Hectic Thursday

Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...


Just a simple quote of the day :

"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)


I wish one day I can proudly claim myself as a genius, but wondering how it might do me more harm than good, I'd rather not to. In fact, to help my friends when things are hard for them, being loved by all the people around me and wakes up every morning realizing that I'm a happy person, that already makes me feel that I'm living as a genius. But still, at the same time, I need a lot of help to improve myself on so many things I'm not good at. Being a genius doesn't make anybody on earth a perfect man.

Well, of course that would include to make use of all my ability in everything I do in every single work and task. Knowledge needs to be applied/practised, not only to be gained.

I just can't help being happy. I am so happy today. Thank you, Lord...

Alhamdulillah...




* I walked into the class this morning hoping to see someone, but he was not there... urm...


~0^_^0~

Still At Loss...

Salam... ukhuwwah fillah...

Just a random survey...

Not any important message or conclusion to be made...


Which one would you prefer/choose?


First, a TV commercial of a black cookie with white cream filling featuring a dancing woman who danced so half-heartedly holding the blue package of the cookie.

Second, TV commercials of yellow giant 'thing' dancing on the front yard, or shooting love arrows (being a cupid) etc...

Third, a TV commercial of a sceptical guy who wore a local made shoes but managed to find a girl wearing the same shoes on a bus.


Before that, let's just take a look back on how our local TV lacks good commercials either to promote products or to support any campaign raised by the government.

I have no intention at all to bring up any offense towards the existing TV commercials nowadays.
But as we can see, they missed out the essence of a good commercial delivery.

We can never afford to lose the feel to watch the commercials of enthusiasm during Merdeka Day, the harmony celebration during Hari Raya, CNY and Deepavali or even a great New Year greeting.

It's been a while since the big loss but I still can't bear the sadness of letting go of the most beloved, one and only precious director such as Yasmin Ahmad. Also for a good friend, Yo @ Shahrul Iman... miss them so badly... =(

Al-Fatihah...
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