There are a couple of things that I still remember till this day. Being a delinquent myself, most of my school days been filled with the routine of in & out meeting my disciplinary teacher, En. Ajis. I’m not going to brag about that; it’s something that I’m not proud of (but not regretting it either ). So I just list out some of the moment that I truly remember from my old school days (in no particular order):

• Our first headmaster was Tuan Hj. Ahmad Wagiman; a very straight & serious guy. Whenever I remember about him, I can’t stop thinking about Wataniah. Because he somehow related to it (ex-army or maybe just a volunteer trainee) but surely at some point interacting with him, you will be wondering whether you’re a soldier or student. Respect him a lot nonetheless.
• Beside the headmaster, we have En. Nasuha b. Paiman as Penolong Kanan Akademik (Senior Assistant of Co-curricular Activities) and Tuan. Hj. Osman b. Ahmad as Penolong Kanan Hal Ehwal Murid (Senior Assistant of Students’ Affairs) along with a couple of handful teachers. Including the headmaster and his assistant, I can’t remember exactly how many first batch teachers we had but surely not more than 12. Okay consider this fact to prove my point; we don’t have a Pendidikan Islam’s (Islamic teaching) teacher so we skip almost half of the year’s syllabus then we also have one very bright Chemistry teacher but since there are no student to learn it (yet) she had to teach English; and top it all with the fact that all students know all the teacher’s name. Hey…even our En. Nasuha remember all of our name (179!!! ) including our father’s name and hometown .
• Since our school is a new school, we can’t escape from been bugged by “the creature from the other world” (ghost and the likes ). I even have some experience on it and it’s up to the point that I actually can have conversation with them!! But till this days I keep telling myself that it was all just an illusion (being a child and been left to stay at the hostel is pretty tough ) but once in a while, I do can feel them though. Scared the shit out of me
• Being the first batch student, it’s our ultimate responsibility to structuring the school. Each week, we manually putting the chair and table to each classroom, washing classroom become a norm, planting some tree, drawing some mural on the wall, putting the big goal post on the football field, etc. But mainly, we do cleaning chore every week (or is it every days ). Also, just across the road, the Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar² is in the process of development; all the dust from the construction site tainted our school. Ha…now you know why I’m confused whether we do the cleaning each week or each days
• Being about 50km from Kota Tinggi, the nearest town is Bandar Penawar (about 6-8km I guess). But…Bandar Penawar is a dead town (I’ve heard it’s better nowadays though). As far as I can remember, they got only 1 or 2 restaurants/grocery stores. But fortunately, our school is also near Desaru³; so most parents that came visiting their child went there for picnic along with their child.
• We don’t have any science equipment, so for a long while, we’re only learning science based on textbook and whenever the textbook mention experiment, our teacher would just ask us to imagine it in our head
• Strangely enough, most of the first batch students is from Johor. Only a couple few from other states. Must be fate alright~~~
• Before we come up with the name “SAKTI”, many suggestion arise. Just to name a few including SEMASKOTI, SEMASKOT, or even the plain SMSKT. Kinda glad it’s SAKTI…can’t imagine the humiliation that we would receive if we choose SEMASKOTI

That’s all about it I guess. Sure have a lot more but I do think it all will end up relating to my darker side. To sum it up, I can’t believe 12 years had passed already; like the usual saying…it seems like yesterday But we keep moving aren’t we? All the memories will be remembered because it’s not too excessive to say that our batch help building SAKTI. However inappropriate we might be in the past, it’s undeniable that we grow with SAKTI and somehow we proud of it. Long live SAKTI and happy anniversary

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When was the last time Arsenal wins a silverware? If I recalled correctly, it was during the 2003/4 season where the team become BPL champion with impressive records by not dropping a single point throughout the season. They’d been given the nickname “The Invincible” because of that. In cup competition, the last time was the FA Cup 2004/5 final when they beat Man Utd on penalties. So, it had been a couple of seasons the team experienced the “trophy-less season”. In my opinion, that’s the major reason why some players want to butt out from the team.

Trophy-less is one thing, how about individuals in the team? Is Wenger to be blamed for this trophy-less plague? I humbly think that Wenger’s way of doing things was a little excessive. I share his belief in developing youngsters but not leaving the team without enough in depth cover. Look what happen when the likes of Rosicky, Eduardo, Sagna and v. Persie received an injury; (with respect) other players that cover their roles seems not fit to the task (save by the likes of Walcott and Bendtner).

So, my mumbling here come to an end. Without doubt, Arsenal must strive harder than ever next season. They must start winning trophies or maybe the likes of Fabregas or Rosicky will leave the team. Maybe Arsenal can start with signing a few quality names to cover certain positions, mainly on the defense. I really hope that Flamini is the only one leaving this seasons though

EDIT: It had been confirmed, Flamini will go to Milan on a 4 years contract agreement.

Well..kinda don’t have anything good to share, so here’s another useless post; about my new monitor. Ermm…not so new really…it had been about 3 or 4 weeks I guess. My previous Philips 107E5 CRT had failed me after years of dedicated services. I do notice however, maybe it had a chance to be revived by sending it to the repair guy, but I skip that and gave it to my ex-housemate instead. Not that I feel I’m too rich or whatsoever; it’s just suffice to say that I didn’t think the monitor will last long enough after repair…the problem will keep on coming (you know…the “repair-broke again” cycles). After some thoughts and selling some of my internal organs (I don’t have a job yet~~~), I’ve decided to splash my little (and hard earned) cash on Samsung SyncMaster 931BW 19″ LCD monitor.

The 931BW had a native resolution of 1440*900 (16:10), so it’s wider than the typical 5:4 or 4:3 ratio been normally seen on CRT monitor. Other specs, it sports a contrast ratio of 2000:1 with Dynamic Contrast, 2ms response time and a luminance of 300 cd/m² or nits (do check the official site for the accurate specs; I’m a sucker on info accuracy). Design wise, it didn’t have a stand that allows height adjustment (it doesn’t even rotate), so it brings problem to people that like to adjust it. It’s okay for me, because of my shorter physical height, I don’t have any problem at that department. On the back of the unit, it has a detachable power cord and both jacks for DVI and RGB inputs. Visuals were good…no ghosting was apparent on fast pace scene video and the color seems accurate to my eyes (without using any benchmark or tools to support my statement…it’s just me). Owh…and the minimum dead pixel that can made you eligible to claim the warranty of sort is 7 and my unit didn’t come with any (alhamdullillah~~~).

Conclusion

So, this is the part where I would say that this product is great because I’m using it. No, not quite. If I’m not mistaken, there are already some vendors out there that already produce a similar sized LCD but with a higher native resolution (1680*1050 and it’s a ViewSonic if I’m not mistaken). The unadjustable stand also leave some to crave for more but as I said earlier…no biggie for me. About the dead pixel warranty…I don’t know…but I do think that 7 is a big number. All in all, I’m a kind of person that appreciate simplicity…so this unit with a simple design and easy functionality, what more could I possibly want? This is my first venture on this LCD matters, so it’s a good buy I guess. Although I’m still missing my Philips 107E5 (due to the fact that I’m too used to its 1280*1024 resolution), I’m grateful enough about what I already have. Besides, I’m kinda like a “silent” Samsung fanboy~~~

• Waiting for my interview appointment.

  I’ve already applying for some positions by sending my CV to the appropriate parties and already learn my lesson from 2 years ago (didn’t have the patient to wait for a reply); I’m now waiting with more patient than ever. At the same time, I do realize opportunities wait for no one, so I’m not taking anything for granted; I’m still finding another possible job opportunities without too reliant on the already made applications.

• The launching of Ubuntu 8.04.

  In about 17 days left, the new LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu will be released. The previous release of LTS, which is 6.06, will still be supported only until 2009 (2011 for server edition). Being a constant users of Ubuntu, this is really what I’m waiting for. I’m eager to see the improvements been made and of course how smooth the online upgrade will be; without been worried about my already stable 7.10 configuration been corrupted.

• The launching of Fedora 9.

  I already have Ubuntu and quite satisfy with it at the moment, so do I really need Fedora? I don’t really know for sure. Fedora still have it’s place in my heart due to some advantage over Ubuntu. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not trying to say one distro sucks over the other…it’s just I prefer one from the another. Well, maybe I’m going to see and put my hands on the upcoming release of Fedora and let see if it can persuade me enough to switch to it indefinitely.

• Screening of latest Batman movie on the silver screen, The Dark Knight.

  Before his death, I’m eagerly waiting to see Heath Ledger to play as The Joker. But since his death, I’m determined to watch The Dark Knight. It’s truly a pity an actor at his class meet his end so early but who am I to deny such fate eh….

• Waiting for someone to say she love me for what I am.

  Bah…this is just here to complete the list. Actually I don’t have that many things to be put up as a list. Hahahaa…bite it…pathetic or not :-p

Although I’m kinda busy, I had managed to accomplish a few things. First, I manage to upgrade my Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) into its latest version; Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). I upgrade my Ubuntu using online method and it kills my time about 14 hours non-stop. Well, there goes my so called “high speed” broadband connection. Another things, I manage to settle some old score with my friends…let say it’s more into personal stuff but kinda complicated and I didn’t even believe it’s already been done. Hahaha…I’m really an expert in stealing some tiny times leftover that I have.

Life is really unpredictable enough but to be honest, that’s what makes it interesting, ain’t it? Still, facing the unpredictable and accept it as a customary in life is two different things. Everyone can face the unpredictable but it took something special to be able to accept it and stand up with a head held up high in the end. I’m kinda reluctant to call myself as someone that have both qualities but I’m still trying my very best into it. May GOD bless us all~~~