Beautiful Damai

Me: I wish I can go to sea...

Sis : Oh yeah? I'll bring you there this Christmas. Don't claim your gift after this...hehe

This is how the conversation ended. Who cares about the gift? I don't celebrate Christmas =D

Hidden versus Honest Motivation

Greetings...

Today I want to make a short intro about my post (bcuz short is simple to absorb). This is about quotation and how it helps us to motivate ourselves to dive through this life journey. Therefore, I even engraved my patience and confidence by saying those quotations like chanting a spell.  There were two kind of motivation that been used by humans since the day of King Tut's reign until Queen E's kingdom. It was been created according to the situation I had involved in the past; the differences between hidden motivation (using a soft-inspiring word to motivate) and honest motivation (a little bit real and a little bit rough). So, let's have a look.

Soalan Gila Masa Exam...

Salam kebebasan untuk pelajar yang baru abis ambik exam SPM...hari ni post Maiden pasal soalan gila yang korang tak penah nengok dalam paper mahupun dalam buku latihan yang korang beli kat bookstore. Memandangkan soalan ni sedikit menarik dari soalan yang korang biasa jawab kat sekolah, ape kate korang try jawab paper ni. Soalan yang dikeluarkan kali ini ialah Bahasa Inggeris kertas 2. Selamat mencuba =D

BAHASA INGGERIS

Kertas 2

Tiga puluh minit empat belas suku saat

JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU

Instructions

1. This question paper consists ten (10) questions only.
2. Answer all questions.
3. You are advised to spend two (2) minutes for each questions and spend the final minutes to sleep.
4. Two last questions of this paper might have unpredictable answers.

"Aku mau nyebur ke laut"

Salam sejahtera...

Hari ini mau cakap pasal laut. Maka, secara spontannya, kita akan terbayang pada pantai, tanjung, ombak, ataupun teluk yang menganjur ke arah laut yang cantik. Sebelum ini, filem 'Ada apa dengan Cinta' ada menyebut mengenai pantai dalam puisi si cantik model iklan syampu Loreal, Dian Sastro iaitu:

"Aku lari ke hutan, kemudian menyanyiku,

 Aku berlari ke pantai, kemudian teriakku..."

Selain dari Dian yang berpuisi pasal pantai, ada juga yang menjadikan laut sebagai ungkapan motivasi macam yang dilakukan oleh John F. Kennedy iaitu:

"We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained..."

Juga terdapat pantun Melayu yang mengaitkan laut dan tanjung dalam penyampaiannya iaitu:

"Tenang-tenang air di laut,

 Sampan kolek mudik di tanjung,

 Hati mengenang mulut menyebut,

 Budi yang baik rasa nak junjung."

Selain itu, terdapat lirik lagu yang menyentuh tentang keindahan pantai iaitu:

"Sail away, sail away, let me crash upon your shore...

 Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea..." (Enya; Sail Away)

"Angin pagi berlalu meresap jiwaku, burung-burung menyanyi berkicauan,

 Desir ombak berlalu menuju ke pantai, kanak-kanak berlari berkejaran..." (Flybaits;     

 Keindahan Alam)

Kumpulan hanyeo iaitu penyelam wanita dari Pulau Jeju, Korea Selatan pula menganggap laut adalah simbol kasih ibu terhadap anak seperti kisah legenda Old Lady of Seulmundae; dan menganggap laut adalah seperti ibu yang membentangkan hasil kepada manusia. Seterusnya, Al-Quran dan kitab Injil turut menyebut mengenai laut iaitu:

Quran Surah Al-Kahf  18:109

"I say that if the sea were ink with which to write the words of my Lord, the sea surely be consumed before His word were complete..."

Ecclesiastes 1:7
"All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full...
 To the place the streams come from, there they return again..."

Seperti yang kita tahu, ataupun tak berapa nak tahu, Laut Merah (teluk di Lautan Hindi, antara benua Afrika dan Asia), Laut Mati (sempadan Jordan dan Tebing Barat) dan Laut Hitam (antara benua Eropah dan Asia Kecil) adalah contoh laut yang menyimpan kisah yang tersendiri. Malah, tiga laut ini menjadi perhatian sejagat sejak sekian lama dan ini menjelaskan kepada kita betapa istimewanya laut pada manusia. 

p/s: Mesti korang terbayangkan pulau mana yang korang nak pergi kalau dapat bercuti hujung tahun ni...kan? (Ada apa dengan laut? Ayuh nyebur ke sana!)

Benda Pelik tapi Cantik

Selamat sejahtera kepada semua, hari ni nak cakap bahasa Melayu....juga bahasa rosak/rojak..harap maaf.

Sebelum ni blog ni cakap pasal buku, duit, setem, mencarut...hari ni nk cakap benda lain pulak. Takyah banyak intro, mari kita mulakan sekarang iaitu- Apakah benda pelik tapi cantik bagi anda? Bagi aku, ada 6 benda pelik yang penah nengok, dijadikan koleksi dan untuk dimakan. Apakah perkara2 tersebut?

Stamps and Filatelic

"Setem, Stamp, Yóupiào? "


Postage Stamp

Stamp is a piece of adhesive paper, stick on the sampul surat with paper glue or, the most practical one-saliva. Stamps were similar like coins; it has a personality, various colour, different art work, and it filled with history.

According to Inventors.about.com, 'bishop mark' was been used before stamps were created. Bishop mark was been created by Henry Bishop and first used in 1661 at London General Post Office until May 1840 where British Penny Black Stamp were been released. It was been engraved with Queen V for Victoria's head, and the V-head symbol was been applied on all British stamps for the next 60 years.

There are 18 rare stamps in the world which is:

1. Penny Black Stamp- May 1840  from UK (the first modern postage stamp).
2. Basel Dove-July 1845 from Switzerland, Canton of Basel.
3. Post Office Mauritius-Sept 1847 from UK (approx. value: 1 million pound sterling...wow).
4. Perot Provisional-1848 from Bermuda.
5. Cottonreels-July 1850 from British Guiana.
6. Hawaiian Missionaries-Oct 1851 from Hawaii.
7. Scinde Dawk-July 1852 from Scindh, India.
8. Inverted Head Four Annas-Oct 1854 from India.
9. Inverted Swan-Jan 1855 from Western Aussie a.k.a Australia.
10. Treskilling Yellow-1855 from Sweden (approx. value: 2.5 million Swiss francs...that's awesome!)
11. Red Mercury-1856 from Austria.
12. British Guiana 1 cent Magenta-1856 from British Guiana.
13. Woodblock stamp-1861 from Cape of Good Hope.
14. Benjamin Franklin Z Grill-1868 from USA (approx.value:2.97 million USD...this is crazy money!)
15. Uganda cowries-1895 from Uganda.
16. Inverted Jenny-May 1918 from USA.
17. Bluenose-Jan1929 from Canada
18. Gronchi Rosa-April 1961 from Italy.

According to Ming website, top 10 famous stamps are Penny Black, Basel Dove, Post Office Mauritius, Treskilling Yellow, Inverted Jenny, Gronchi Rosa, Z Grill, 1 cent Magenta, Four Annas, and Scinde Dawk. All I can say about these stamps are; rare stamps are the famous stamps. 

click here for rare stamps pictures>>

Coins or Shillings

"Half, Two, Double, Three"

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