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oh goodness.i seriously sickly badly need some serious help here.

when you want something just so so so,ever so utterly bad.but you know, you dont need it.but u'll juz dig up sum reasons saying you DO need it.and you come up with an alibi,to cover the guilt.then at the same time,ur conscience comes kicking back in for a mild few seconds then the burning want lights up again.persuading your subconcious mind that you indeed DO need it,as if its a matter of life or death.

tell me.tell me,WHAT, tell me what do you do to make it go away??

okay.so heres how it goes,i was pretty complacent with my current phone (sony w995) and i ws just waiting for an iPod touch to join the family in conjunction wif my birthday.but since we're moving and papa's fortuner going away on a never-to-return-again basis, i thought to myself that as a considerate and understanding type of adult,i should wait till the time comes.till i feel less guilty.

but then.

i've been holding up my wait too long and i think it,has lead to a terrible, horrible, indescribable series of tragedic consequences just waiting for its time to fall in front of me one by one.

oh no.i'm mumbling.thats a sign.i do that when i want something BAAAAAD.sighhhhhhhh.

okay.okay.okay.okayy.okay.oh my god *slapsss* okay. *deeeeeeep breaths*

at FIRST,i wasnt impressed by the iphone 4,just normal lah,to me.plus,its bulky.big.i know the battery wont last long,and the camera is only a 5mp.3mp lower than my current camera.

sighh.

spending a week around koreans (each of them using iPhone 4),accompanying my friend for an iPhone lookout, and finally coming to find that my uncle has switched to an iphone 4 and seeing all my cuzzins play angry birds happily has DEFINITELY brought my stand to not buy an iphone to a VERY flimsy,jell-o state.

one fine day, wont it be cloudy with a chance of iphone 4, dropping out from the sky, PLEASE?

goshhhh.i do need help.fine.FINE FINE FINE.*slaps*

as a means to overcome this overpowering drive of desire within me and as a mechanism of habituation(what crap am i talking abt?)

lets cut to the point: here are reasons why i should NOT buy an iphone 4

*meltssss* i am so pro-iTouch.haha.

seeeeee?sooo boxy.its like a pack of cigarettes.aesthetics value = not satisfactory.

here are the side by side tech specs comparison

i'll skip size and weight cuz they differ marginally.BUT, a plus point on iTouch is that its not so boxy,being more thin,curvy and sleek.hahh.thats one perfect solid reason,take that iPhone 4!!

Cellular and Wireless

iTouch

-802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)

-Bluetooth^® 2.1 + EDR (theres bluetooth!definitely an upgrade from 3rd gen iTouch)

-Maps-location based service.=gps,i'll never loose myself again :)

-Nike + iPod support built in.=wahwahwah.bet you dont have THIS ,iphone.

iPhone4

-UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)=of course there's calling function.duhh.but,soo what?

-GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)=_="

-802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)= same like itouch.no big deal.

-Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology= yeah,an upgrade from iphone 3,but itouch has this too!

Battery and power

iTouch

-Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

-Playback time

-Music playback time: Up to 40 hours when fully charged= approx. 2 days music nonstop.i dont need it unless i run a club or sthg.

-Video playback time: Up to 7 hours when fully charged= 2 movies max.can surely kill my time waiting be it ktm,lcct,or just simply :)

-Charging times: Fast charge in about 2 hours (80% capacity), full charge in about 4 hours.=lovelovelove this!

iPhone4

-Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

-Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter=same.

-Talk time:

Up to 7 hours on 3G

Up to 14 hours on 2G

-Standby time: Up to 300 hours

-Internet use:

Up to 6 hours on 3G

Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi = *stone face :|*

-Video playback: Up to 10 hours= *awed* *stone face again.pretending not to care* 5 movies.so what?i'll get bored watching 2.more than that'll strain my eyes n will not be good for me to maintain my 20/20 eyesight.

-Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Display

iTouch

-3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display=drooooooooooooooooooooooooling.

-960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch

iPhone4

-Retina display=this feature is present in itouch too.

-3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display=laaaaaame

-960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi=same~

-800:1 contrast ratio (typical)

-500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)

-Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back= in our modern world,theres this special piece of fabric called screen wiping cloth,and as the name suggests,its for wiping visible prints and smudges on screen~

-Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously=i'm fine with roman alphabets thank you.

Audio

iTouch

-Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

-Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV

-User-configurable maximum volume limit

iPhone4

-Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz=i'm not impressed

-Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.= same je.yawnss~~

-User-configurable maximum volume limit= so yesterday~

TV and Video

iTouch

- H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

-MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

-Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

-Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable (cables sold separately)

iPhone4

-Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 48pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format= pretty much similar.

-Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable (cables sold separately)=confirmd similarity.

Languages

iTouch

Localized UI

-English, English (UK), French, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Arabic, Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Croatian, Catalan, Vietnamese=absolutely d same.

Localized Keyboards

-English, English (UK), French, French (Canadian), German, Traditional Chinese (handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin), Simplified Chinese (handwriting, Pinyin), Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese (QWERTY, Kana), Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Estonian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Belgian/Dutch, Swiss/French, Arabic, Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Catalan, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Cherokee.=cherokee,which i do not know wht on earth of a language it is,is an addtional bonus on iT.

Localized Dictionaries

-English, English (UK), French, French (Canadian), German, Traditional Chinese (handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin), Simplified Chinese (handwriting, Pinyin), Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese (QWERTY, Kana), Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Arabic (colloquial/regional and modern standard), Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovakian, Croatian, Catalan, Tagalog, Vietnamese= somewhat similar.

Camera,photos and video.

iTouch

-Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio; still photos (960 x 720) with back camera

-VGA-quality photos and video up to 30 frames per second with the front camera

-Tap to control exposure for video or stills

-Photo and video geo tagging over Wi-Fi

iPhone4

-Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio=same

-5-megapixel still camera=if i already have an 8mp cam on my sony i wont be needing this.plus,i'll always prefer pics with nikon D90 muchmuch much more.

-VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second with the front camera

-Tap to focus video or still images

-LED flash=lampu suluh kaa?pffffft.

-Photo and video geotagging

DAH,SIAPPPPPP!.so i DEFINITELY dont need and iPhone 4.they're prety much twins,only one has phone functions.but,i dont need tht if i alrdy hav a phone.plus,it'll be such a chore to text only with your thumb,or by tapping the touch qwerty ligthly.xde umphhhh.weirdly enough,i like texting and hearing the sound of my keypad click.Besides,txtg on iphone,we'll be more prone to mistakes, AND you might look like L from The Death Note:D

FINAL VERDICT.

>iPhone 4=rm2400

>iTouch=rm1079

first choice is twice the second's price.

wait for me,sayang!

yeayyyyy.nanti boleh main need for speed oyeahhhhh!

NAAAAAH.I dun need and i phone.

END OF STORY.

yeahhh.i dont need one.i'm convinced(partially)

;)

movie melayu.starring ahmad kamil.eh no.farid kamil.lisa surihani.que haidar.and a few more.

my friends said:

'best gilerrr!'

'ko patot tengok.ak sukaa sangatt'

'it's one of the best malay movies i've ever seen,and i dun mind watching it over and over again.'

bitter truth: I DONT THINK SO.pelik sangat ke aku ni?or maybe when they said 'good' i put my expectations up waaaay too high.i dont watch a lot of malay movies, i only enjoy the few good ones: sepi, pappadom, and sepet.Sepet,especially,changed my whole perception about malay movies.i watchd it during my sem break.a month++ ago.I know its a lil late to write a review.but to those few who feels regretful for not watching, dont.put your regret to a better cause.PLEASE.

so i have to admit,the story line for LBS was interesting,moving. but honestly, freaking predictable.i could've easily guessed how'd the story would go starting from the 30th minute of screening. i mean,i think other people would have been able to fill in the blanks too.and i just think that the whole plot of the story seem to jump from here to there.like,there are these gaps;before one event/conflict resolves,it just gets forgotten and a new one comes in.get it?like no continuation.it'd be better suited for series in my opinion, where they can focus more on these little details.

the gore blood, when lisa surihani had an accident,still reminds me of sirap pekat.like drenching a bucket of sirap pekat over lisa.it didnt look realistic la.it was a head on collision,and there were no smashed glass or crumpled bumper,just suddenly lisa sitting there behind the wheel drenched in sirap pekat.or maybe tomato sauce.and with no scratch/cut/injury/ impact wound, she just,bled away.

the beginning excited me a bit.putting cicak in the heroins' coke.cute way of fate bringing two people together.but then,they instantly bonded and fell in love with stiff conversations.not to mention,the whole script was boring and dead throughout. some actors can make falling in love at first sight sweet,and sorta keeps you believing that it does exist.but lisa and farid?maybe theres not enough on screen chemistry.maybe its the less coherent story outline.or maybe,it could be just me.

one more thing that kept bugging my mind was when azmi,her ex came all the way to her campus to fetch her, and tell her that her mom was ill.like.HELLLLLOOOOOOOO~??!bukannya telefon takde,komputer takde.bukannya takboleh msg,mms,bbm,im,call,skype,ICQ,or other means of communication.why,would you ever need a guy (especially your ex) to tell you that??nampak sangat tak prihatin hal mak sendri tengah sronok sangat becintun sampai nak call mak sndri pon taboleh.huuhhhh.*panas skejap*

saba saba.nak buat ceritalah gamaknye.takpelah,let it be.

sometimes terasa my 'intellectual being challenged'.~quoted from Coach Ridz.hehe.tetibe teringat.sorry coach,pinjam ayat! :P

tapi one improvement was the camera.i think the picture quality was satisfactory.and the way dye capture the events.how the camera and angles were set was really nice.i really liked the part when both of them cycled up to this spot on the hill,and another one when farid had to go to some kampung pedalaman,the clear blue waters was heavenly captured.

at least kan,we're not like those indonesian soap yang after satu event yang mengejutkan will go focusing every characters face for a good 30 seconds,tunjuk riak muka mata terbeliak etc etc.and then lepas complete one round of close up of all the characters,the do another good round of face-focusing.can you imagine?haha.err.no offence la.that IS good.it really accentuates how firm the faces of those actors and actresses are.heee ;D

oh.tapi the ending was pretty sad.but not a twist pun.it was expected.

so overall LBS verdict: another disappointment.>.<

oh yeah another thing.i x agree la why thay have to be so close like this.=/

subhanallah.

honestly,this week has been frustrating-period-

registration for our new semester was on monday,but i arrived late at the office and so i had to wait for the next day.next day came,and i got a warning letter.reason being: not doing room clearance.Its these 'procedural' things you have to do each end of semester.Apparantly,leaving ur stuff in the room and not reporting yourself to the pejabat is a felony here.You go up there just to say "encik,saya nak balik dah,jumpe lagi.bye" ??.padahal its the same old room we'll come back to pun.huh.pfffft.pape lah pple~

2nd day of the week,tuesday we had academic briefing.like normal lah.oh wait.it WASNT like normal.we had to carry plastic chairs to the hall.then sit in the path pple walk to stage.then rearrange,stand up in front of the whole hall.carry chairs to front,and......okay.stop.alryte,i should stop wining.=_=during the academic briefing, i learnt that half of the IMU students were set to fasttrack.which means,instead of spending 4 endless smester in intec,they'll be only doing 3.somehow,JPA changed their mind.JPA just so decided to stop doing this fast track thing in my year and decided oh-so-gayly to continue again for the juniors. sorry.sedikit emo disitu.=.=

after that discouraging point,i went upstage to talk to mam rita.about our individual investigation.apparantly, she STRONGLY disagrees with the idea of students doing it at labs outside campus.i reasoned out my points and she said it wont be fair.final word: "okay,see me tomorrow at 4.my room.you and amirah".after politely saying thankyou,i sunk in my broken ship again.whtever that is~

wednesday,we got most of our papers back.results.my paper?my result?i dare not speak it out.major S.(note; s can tand for any word that has or brings about the same meaning as s*ck)MAJOR.with my horrendous results in mind, i waited till 4pm to meet mam rita,our head of program.10 minutes early,did not do any good cuz there was a solid que of students already,all waiting too see her.there was like a kedai kopi already,outside her office.

4.30 pm sharp.no sign of her.i was so nervous that she'd keep stern and force us to do it in intec.using only the resources there.GOSHHH!i spent a week ++ doing the trials.and that was only trials.i dug up DIRT in search of bacteria.i stained my hands with iodine and safranin. my sisters labcoat that was creme colour turned into an abstract of black smudges.i stood for hours diluting 75 solutions. i put up with the horrible smell of raw nutrient agar and bacteria [which i hate so much] for a whole week!PROOF:

bayangkan,weigh metals for all the test tubes,manually.

making sure everything was clean,contamination free,before i do a whole new set of dilutions.

if you can see those little stickers on all 75 test tubes;it was cut them and labled manually.handwitten.by me.

i took the whole evening to do this.only this.

and this,was the total mess of that evening.note,only one evening.

it's not that i'm complaining but intec does lack some lab tools and apparatus.and i must say, in that lab of ours, the sterile level, might only be 0.1%.

my bacteria babies are all back there waiting for me.what am i to do!and my fren kept saying "what if tak boleh?", "what if mam rita,tak bagi?" psycho kau!mcm nak gile that agonizing hour!

i texted papa,gathered my strentgh and put all my faith in Allah.tawakkal.du'a.

and to keep myself calm and composed i just remembered this.

"fa inna ma'al 'usri yusra.inna ma'al 'usri yusra" alhamdulillah.tenang sikit after reciting it in my heart,eyes closed,hands fisted, i head to mam rita's room when she finally signalled us to come in.

She was real busy,and those sharp piercing looks she threw at us when we were standing outside her room was most discouraging.i just smiled as we entered and clenched my hands tighter.

"lets just put it this way", she started. oh no,i thought.if a sentence starts like that it always ends with a No.or something you would'nt want.

but,

Alhamdulillah, berkat my papa's du'a.she finally agreed to give us the permission,on one condition;we must send in written statements we did the experiment ourselves.

alhamdulillah.syukur ya Allah.

at least thats one load off my mind.

"for indeed with hardship will be ease"

"indeed,with hardship will be ease"

full of ones for the first day of this year,the first year i'll have a '-ty' in my age..yet, a recap of last year?not full of number ones for me.but all in all,i think i did learn, a lot of things, from my own mistakes and from other’s.

to tell you the truth,i dont really quite like last year.but even writing that sentence,i feel that i’m being such a spoilt little unthankful troll thats never grateful.so, in order to divert from that direction,i think i’ll just jot down the memory of today.

1st January 2011,i spent the whole day with my parents,in my everfaithful baby vi(name manje for myvi.petname la kunun).We seldom get full concentrated times like these together ,so i pretty much savour every moment of it. The silence in the car when we passed through the hills and valleys of the malaysian peninsular highway,somehow takes us a trip back to memory lane.

I NEVER get tired of driving and the three sentences my ears were trained to this time from papa were:

#1-“jaga lane,jaga lane”

#2-“jangan laju,hujan, turun bukit”

#3-“slow slow, corner lipat tuhh.ishh budak ni lahh!”

okay.most of it were like that lah.but 1 thing good i noticed is papa seemed more calm.no more actions of his legs trying to jam the invisible break and he no longer holds on to the handle,above the window frame.this can only mean two things; papa is used to my driving OR my driving has improved.and,in spirit of accentuating the positive,i choose to believe in number 2 :)

i didnt get sleeepy at all this time, and i loved the pure time we spent together.it gets my mind off from thinking i have to go back to INTEC(nightmare=\),at least.i like these sessions cuz out of the blue,you get to know unexpected things.hehe.i love to ‘korek’(dig out) my parents secrets. stories of before i was even conceived.like how papa would carry books and food for mama, how mama was trained before meeting her bapk mertua, and how they were nearly involved in arranged marriages by family.

WHAT??rewind….!arranged marriages?lol.

then they told me how crazy studying was[which sent chills to my marrow].and they started mentioning names of people who repeated,who were referred and those people turned out to be good doctors in the end..i can see now,that this is THEIR reverse psychology for me.and i appreciate it .haihhh.

the topics went wild,almost about anything under the sun and they seem more open now, at least i think. for a while,we were talking about bunga telur, mas kahwin and their wedding history,along with other family members’ story.and papa was giving a warning [which i CLEARLY undersrood] in a semi-joking tone, that i am too young for involvement in relationships.yeah,he means the romantic kinda relationship.BUT, one sentence yang ‘x boleh blah’ [or in other words outrageous] from mama is……

"adik,kalo ade boyfriend, mama ketuk kepala dia.ha, siapla”

omg.tros feel like nak gelak guling sambil driving inside that car.hahahahaha.my parents can be real funny sumtimes.tp,on any given occasion,they are my heroes,they are my idols.~first love that leads them to marriage.and alhamdulillah,they went thru thick and thin together.i notice, they’re (slightly more) inseperable then a teenage couple yang still warm warm (err,tanak tulis chicken shit)yang still warm warm ~~core body temperature~~ (tak cukup sweet lah) yang still warm like the heart myogenically pushing blood through our arteries and veins.. wah!!x puitis langsung petuihhh!

so,yeah.i look up to them a lot.and mama papa, dont worry. i wont have a boyfriend.trust me.

eh,but i’m STRAIGHT,okayy.haha

hopefully i'll get to be a better me.insyaAllah.amin.

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