Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Konserto Terakhir



Konserto terakhir ( The Last Concert) was in my view and taste a masterpiece. The sad story of Hilmi. With no schooling, Hilmi worked as gardener. Fell in love with his "cousin", Hayati. Became a musician after that and a truly talented one. A very sad story all the way filled with love stories...

The last concert was a very apt title in my opinion. In the ending of the novel the title leaves a strong impression. An internationally recognized musician, Hilmi was supposed to be the conductor of the orchestra to be performed infront of royalty and to be broadcasted throughout the whole country. An accident happened. An ambulance came. Hilmi unconcious. His long life secret love, Hayati who was apart from Hilmi for many years return from London to see Hilmi. She became the sudden substitute of Hilmi and lead the orchestra. After everything finished, all the people from the past returned to Hilmi's life after so many years. They visited him in the hospital. Hilmi's foster father told the true identity of Hilmi's father. Hilmi is actually the brother of Hayati. They left the hospital. Hilmi died a few minutes later. Hilmi's true father, upon hearing his son's death fell down to the floor holding the phone in his hand and passed away...

Imagining the story would pierce my heart, the sadness would creep inside me...

"Konserto Terakhir..."


Friday, March 27, 2009

MSSM

I'm gonna talk about my MSSM experience. Some of you might have heard about it in the assembly about students from BB who went for MSSM for rugby, chess and squash. It is in my experience that most do not know what MSSM , MSSS or MSSD is, or at least i think so. They only have a rough idea of what it is, not realising how big the event is.

MSS refers in BM to Majlis Sukan Sekolah, the end of the "MSS" shows the level of the tournament. Many students have went to MSSD, which refers to Majlis Sukan Sekolah Daerah. MSSD is for any sport whether for badminton, football or whatever. And if you are among the best in your district you'll be chosen for the next one - MSSS. The S refers to selangor, so for other states they use their respective state's name (eg. Kedah is MSSK i think). It continues, if you are among the best in your state you will go to the next one which is MSSM - a prestigious tourmament for youths in malaysia. For some sports, after MSSM is a more prestigious one, which is representing your country for tournaments like ASEAN, ASIAN and World tournaments. This is the main goal of many youths who are active in sports, if they think they can make it that is...

MSSD, MSSS and MSSM have three groups( Under-12, Under-15 , Under-18 age) and are separated to boys and girls. But it depends on the sport, i doubt MSSM for rugby has a girls section.

Anyway, my explanation is done. My experience now. MSSM for chess this year was in Selangor. Yeah, we were the host state. For those going for MSSM, the last thing they ever want is the tournament being held in their own ground. Imagine going for the olympics, and it was held in your country! That would be boring, people like to travel to other countries.

Moreover i have the luck of going for MSSM for 4 years. My first one, my most memorable one, was held in Terengganu when i was form 2. One thing about MSSM is that it is very very fun. For MSSM catur, you get to stay in a hotel, around 7 days with your friends(imgaine that). The experience is very memorable and i wished i could go another time but my school days are over since i'm gonna go college next year. In Terengganu, we got to play beach football, eat their signature fish dishes, rest beside the beach etc. Not only that, Selangor in chess is among the best in the country. So we are respected and revered by other states (which is nice xD).


Here is a picture of the selangor team for MSSM 2009

* click to see the picture enlarged*
To be continued...

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Assasination

João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, president of Guinea-Bissau situated in western Africa was assasinated in the early hours of 2 March 2009.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Maybach and Rolls Royce



A maybach excelero. Looks nice doesn't it? Incase you don't know Maybach is a luxury car manufacturer and is a rival of Rolls Royce(surely you must know about Rolls Royce).



Rolls Royce... the king-of-wheels and the epitome of luxury in cars. I want one xD. Here is the inside of a Rolls Royce Phantom.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Famous car companies

I'm kind of a fan of cars. Well, I searched the internet for famous car companies and obviously names like Ferrari and Lamborghini popped out but I noticed some famous car companies which are not known in malaysia (well, i never knew them). I decided to talk about them here.

Abarth. Heard of it before?


The car logo itself is pretty cool to me. Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Italian-Austrian Karl (Carlo) Abarth in Turin in 1949. I like the scorpion of the logo which is the founders astronomical sign. Though the cars they make look weird.

What about Vauxhall?


It is a British company.The Vauxhall logo is based on a mythical creature called the "Griffin". Hmm, where have i heard the word "griffin" before? You can guess... Hairy Potter :).

Lastly there is Alfa romeo, which I'm pretty sure I've heard somewhere but didn't know it was a car company.


I also remember seeing the logo somewhere but i don't really know where I've seen it though.Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automaker founded on 24 June 1910 in Milan. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986. The company was originally known as A.L.F.A., which is an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (translated: Lombard Automobile Factory, Public Company). Thats all for now.