moving on
as of today, i no longer will be updating this blog on friendster.many disadvantages here.thus, proceed to www.deeejay.blogspot.com yes, with three Es.hehe
but you need not to.its just some doodling.
as of today, i no longer will be updating this blog on friendster.many disadvantages here.thus, proceed to www.deeejay.blogspot.com yes, with three Es.hehe
but you need not to.its just some doodling.
i have written a full post before my cursor decided to break me and shift itself out from the type box at the precise moment i pressed backspace, thus reversing the web page and vanishing my entire post. anybody ever had the same problem?sigh..i guess its a sign to tell me that i should be focussing on my final exam tomorrow.
so i shall, but not before leaving something here now that im at it.
2 things. one. do you bother thinking about what went wrong when you see that screen name on your instant messenger that you no longer click on. that you no longer jump in and say hi and send virtual hugs and kisses and high fives and a virtual truck load of bouquet of roses or together virtually dancing in an empty white room filled with roses falling from the sky..i do. i shall elaborate later on that.
and two. i dont think i will spell it out here, but its the mere mentioning of it that i crave for. as this is my space, so i shall.
what i am really trying to say i guess is that, hmm...have you ever looked in the mirror and wished that you could have a clone of yourself as your bestfriend? i have.tou che.. but i believe, that if at any point, we even get a small percentage of it for even a limited time, it is something that we should hold on to inside of us for the eternity to come even when its gone. as for me, i have. for a sinner, i have been blessed. a being as close to perfect as this to one's definition of perfection dont swing by too often. i just feel that i should recognize it. so this shall be my transcript that for I may one day cease to exist, this will live on, or so i hope, to prove that i have had the chance to hold on to my godsend, even if she doesn't know it..=)
You will live in My Heart, forever.
first night that i finally started my official taekwondo training again after so many moons.my official dojang in malaysia now is STA MGTF headquarter in shah alam.STA is Sabree Taekwondo Academy.And MGTF stands for Malaysian Global Taekwondo Federation. And Grandmaster Sabree was present tonight.he didnt teach of course, he just crashed in while we were doing self defense and chopped a guy's hands off, and the rest of the time, i guess he was layaning the scott's parents in his room of fame..he's got like years worth of pictures posted on the wall that theres barely any wall left.
anyway, my training wasnt bad, there were a couple of guys from singapore who came to train, just for the day!can you believe it, its just a daytrip, and then, also a guy who came with his parents from scotland and he's also here for just a night of training and spend the rest of his days in malaysia chillaxin.
i guess i did pretty well tonight that the instructor said "thats great,youd soon instruct here"
coolness eh...hehaha but man, im sooo damn tired and i have to get up at like, 6 in order to get to cyberjaya at 7am.damn..oh i wonder if peja is going.hmmm...
alright then, retiring now.the only reason i got online is to check whether shes online so i can tell her to put a white shirt on if shes coming tomorrow.i guess ill just havta bring one of my own so that she can wear.oh, its only fair.in form 3, i hadta wear her baju kurung and tudung to play a role in this sketch we did in the school hall.that was hillarious.i made a good woman..yo!hahaha
aight, nightx.
as al pacino is to mafia, as bill gates is to microsoft, as lim kok thay is to genting, as john meyer to modern guitar, as creamer is to coffee, as auntie anne is to pretzels, as Grandmaster Sabree Salleh is to TaeKwonDo Malaysia, I AM MEETING SABREE SALLEH, 9th Dan!
you got me right. heres a story..
in 1983, two fellow diligent and hardworking serious taekwondo masters were training closely with the founder of taekwondo himself, General Choi Hong Hi. One was the senior of the other by two belt ranks. Soon after, i guess they went on to lead their busy and infamous lives only people in this field would notice.
13 or 14 years later, a small boy earned his very first taekwondo certificate. Signed by the senior of the two student of the General back in 1983. Of course, this senior student is of same nationality as this boy.
about 11 or 12 years later, this boy now, a handsome, charming and well built young adult received yet another scroll of excellence in the field of taekwondo thus adding into his collections with this being the latest. at this time, this grown boy is now on the other side of the world where he grew up on.he is back on the land where the two students from 1983 was from, training with the old general when he received this latest scroll. this time, signed by yet another grandmaster, who is none other than the junior student.
after 24 years, 18000miles away, the signature of these two men, although they in person never had the chance to brush skin anymore, now hangs elegantly on the wall in the room of this boy, who I am more than proud to announce, is Myself.
Yes girls and boys, the youngens and the oldies, the senior student is actually Grandmaster Sabree Salleh and the junior student being Grandmaster Mark McCarthy. They probably never saw each other again after 1983, but 24 years later, their signature is engraved on my certificates, hanging on my wall, in my room, back on the land, where it all started.Me.cheehh...that last sentence tu saje je, sounds cool.
So, after a tedious long email, an explanation of how I am connected to Mark McCarthy and so on and so forth, Grandmaster Sabree Salleh without any hessitation had asked me to meet him and my friends, I AM MEETING THE MAN TOMORROW!!oh my god, this is going down my history book of my life and lies and truth be told, this could very well be my single most valuable moment of my entire taekwondo career. Let's see, how far this trajectory is going to bring me.
Wish me the best mates, for I will sail into the uncharted waters..Bon appetite..LOL!
Bored to death here sitting alone in this two room campus apartment of UNITEN accompanied by a majorly slow internet connection lap top made me miss the somewhat fast connection in the states even more.the states.generally, i miss fulton NY. the thought that I was going to miss them as much as I am never even crossed my mind while i was spending my last days there.25th of june came a wee bit too fast.there were no formal goodbyes.no appropriate farewells that would've only been fair for all those close bonds I have materialized during te course of my stay in Fulton, NY.A short stay. A drastic end to what I have deemed close to my self, to what i have taken to be probably the most memorable and meaningful times of my life. i didnt even get to see the tae kwon do master. the master of which i have grew close to. it seems that most people that i have made contact with directly during my stay there, turned out emotionally latched to me at least at the slightest feel if not, rooted in.nevertheless, i am now feeling my part.too bad that its only after a one month return from a place that is almost 20 hours of 750mph of flying away.there are no ways that i can see at the moment that would permit me to return back to the shabby, messed up, to use the local term, and downright the worse place in the whole of the united states as put by its own local persons, city of Fulton, New York. Master Merritt of whom I only first talked to on the phone just a day before i actually met him. Formally he introduced himself to yet another eager student (only good knows what he had in mind when he saw me that day). Not exactly a date keeper myself i could not really state the time and day of which all these occasions took place in my brief history in new york. but started off no more than a new student meeting his new taekwondo instructor, we grew very close together as time passes on and just about four months later Master Tom Merritt presented me with my black belt. The days of which i would only come to class at 5 and leave at 6 were replaced by my uncountable visits to the martial art center at every chance i was permitted to go.that is to say, most of the day of everyday. days were then seeing me and master merritt and our friends having barbecues at the back yard, fishing in the middle of the night at the camp ground, in his house witnessing his arguments with his it mother who doesn't really seem to be treating him the way he wants her to.at least, to his favor. it was these days that i miss the most where we would simply come to class hours earlier and just chatted the hours away. days where me and my master instructor, more of a father to me than anyone else there, would run the bridges. sweating under the scorching hot june sun running accross the flow of traffic saying Hello to passerbys and from passerbys to us. me and him in the car, driving to mcdonalds after our good run. like master merritt said it, "after all that exercise and running- now dont forget my sundae.chocolate fudge please". sitting in that mcdonald that day was when i learned more and more about my saebuhnim. Now, one of his best students in that dojang i felt a sense of lose thinking that it may take a while before i can ever return.and god knows how things are gonna be then. Just after that, I had to leave and without even saying goodbye to him in person, i left fulton just if i'm not mistaken, two days after my high school graduation day. Geno, Angelica, Sydney, Kenny, Katie, Brandon,Sarah, Chris,Melanie,Paige..did i miss anyone out?of course i did!there are loads more i cant even type them all here.they too, was left there with nothing but a mere goodbye and a wave.even none to some.oh.. the pain..
OSWEGO, NY - Strong support for foreign exchange students is being shown from the Oswego and Fulton high schools.
Principals Peter Myles and Dennis Dumas (respectively) have done a great job of accepting high school exchange students from around the globe in order for local families to be able to become host families, according to one local coordinator.
"These students are high honor roll students and many are scholar athletes. They are bright, competent kids who are following their American dream," according to local coordinator Linda Germain.
Host families are needed in all areas. If you would like more information on the program, or want to apply to be a host family, contact Germain at 216-6246 or 561-1068.
Djawad "DJ" Wan Dzahanurin is being hosted by the Wheeler family.
Marina Mataree is being hosted by the Mills/Laribee family.
Sarah Adamo and Robert Reeschke are both being hosted by the Niccoli family.
The Mills and Niccoli family will be repeat families next semester.
The Mills will host a girl from Germany and the Niccolis will host a girl from Brazil.
The Gardner family (new) will host a girl from Italy next semester.
The students can be half-year students, arriving in August and returning home in January.
Or, they can arrive in January and returning home in June.
They can also be 10-month students, arriving late August and returning home late June.
"I want to stress what a wonderful opportunity this is for families. One does not have to be a typical American family. Many singles and elderly host as well as families with small children," Germain said. "There does not need to be a high school student in the home."
These students come with their own insurance and spending money, she added.
Basically the host family needs to be able to supply room and board for the student. Many of these kids are handpicked in their countries, and screened extensively, so that only the best students are allowed to participate in the program, she pointed out.
They are typically high honor students with fluent English skills.
Copied from http://www.oswegodailynews.com/index.php/oswego/news/foreign_exchange_students_attending_area_schools
it wouldve been a month if i posted this yesterday but another technology purgatory messed it up and i had to just abandon my attempt at finishing yet another blog after so long.
oh well, 29 days or so to go before i get on that plane to DC and 32 days or so for me to leave the american soil. i once again moved to a different house and although its only 3 blocks away, im actually seeing a side of fulton i have never seen before. looking through a different perspective. statute perspective aint as cool. lookin back at the past months, everything i see was only the facade of the bigger picture. things are coming three dimensionals now. as much as i would like to write a journal describing everything i have done in the past 5 months i was here, its really not happening just yet. this is the way i like it so far. tinta pemikiranku.
oh wait, gotta take the clothes outta the washing machine~
*minutes go by*
alrighty, done.
today is my 81st day i am in the united states.
60 days in new york.
roughly 35 days in G. Ray. Bodley High.
and yet, surprisingly, i have received the warmest greetings and acceptance i could ever get or i have ever had.
this obviously made me realize how different people are on the other side of the world are.dont matter if you are on this side or on the other.i am still the same person.but somehow, people, when presented with somethin that they grew up with, something that they are used to seeing,they tend to less and less appreciate the good things around them.and no, im not blowing my own horn, but lets take it this way.i put myself on my own petri dish and is the mice of my own experiment. what makes the people here, make me feel a lot more valuable and appreciated than the way people in my own country make me feel?
what is the difference besides of course, the people here are almost exactly half way around the world from my countrymen are, and has less pigmentation activity.but other than that, we are as much human being as we are to one another.i hope that makes sense.
the love and admiration i receive here is just way too, overwhelming.im starting to well, i cant say doubt but man, why??i love it but why this hasnt been the way it should have been a long time ago?
it was april the first.and i thought i should do something just to make the day much more interseting after having to serve my community service serving drinks and english muffin and toast to people and the polish home during the lion club's breakfast on palm sunday.which was also, again, april first.
i couldnt think of much thing to do, so i used what i have to my best ability. the internet. i posted up a bulletin in myspace (www.myspace.com/wan_djawad) saying "Dj's Leavin".
And so it goes:
hey guys, its been great here, just droppin by to tell you that imma have ta leave like in a couple of days.got a college offer in malaysia and i cant miss that.well, not that anyone will notice this anyways, hmm..alrighty.see yah.
so, yeah..and i got a few feed back from people.but not till today that i know of them.so i thought, i oughta bring this prank to school.so i did this verbally to a girl friend at school.and i she was really actually gonna cry!and she wasnt the only one, soon enough i figure out that news had gone to some other people too and none of them take it coolly and just waved me goodbye and all the simple separation greetings stuff.. how nice it was to know that i actually do mean a lot.and while other people like you may receive this show of affection all your life, remember, this is my life and it hadnt been that great all the time. an excerpt from what one of them said to me:
DeeJay2903: im sorry...
DeeJay2903: how would i know that you would really..
DeeJay2903:you know...really get upset..i mean..
her (7:55:13 PM): i dont know
DeeJay2903: its just dj some xchange kid from god knows where
her (7:57:03 PM): you're not just some kid you're so great and I dont think you see that because at your school you arent really accepted because you're different here we love you because you're different you're so funny you have the ability to make anyone laugh you're the nicest kid... couldn't hurt a fly if you tried! you need to know there are so many people here who love having you in there lives before you came life was really boring
her (7:57:41 PM): but for me its different whenever i get close to someone they always leave or die
So u see, its just something i feel like sharing. Those things she said to me, totally touched me.whoa....i got hit on the head by the pole vaulting bar today during tracks practice.i guess i wasnt hit hard enough.
oh yes, im on the track team=)
im away from everyone i grew up and knew all my life.and the day had arrived.14th of February.and im away.
beginning of the day doesnt look like much.
and it was the 14th.
and then in came cralynne.reached into her bag.
took out a small packaging, with a label that says, Happy Valentine's.
dont get me wrong its not from her.but from someone in school.a friend of mine.
and thats nice.cause im new and i got one.
15th of February.
In came cralynne.
and out she goes after some time spent with us.
in she came in again.with a package in her hand.
this time,from starr.her mom.cv's mom.
CV gets one too.
on the front of the card it says Happy Valentine's Day.
i had the time of my life and starr and the family had me feel 'a part' of them.thought it might be something like "we enjoyed you being here with us DJ" or something of that sort.
but there was one and one thing only written at the back of the card.but it says more than words could ever write.
im here and lovin it.i live in Fulton New York now.
i arrived in syracuse NY(the airport) and met linda and tiffany and matt(or was it max??).linda is my new coordinator and she spilled the truth to me.
they were gonna send me back home to malaysia had i not been accepted by this family in fulton!!OMG!i could only be most grateful that the wheelers took me in.AYA or maybe AFS decided that since im here under student scholarship, im supposed to be going to school but noooo...i was stuck in texas doin nothin!and who's fault was that???how COULD they even CONSIDER taking me back on the next flight home!gawdddd...but that didnt happen thank god.
so here i am in Fulton New York.about five hours drive up north from New York City.quite very close to the american-canadian border.
in this house,just for my own record and whoever that would care,heh, there are my grampies.molly and richard 'dick' wheeler and craig vernon abbott,18 and his nurse.he's kinda sick so he needs a nurse that rotates according to shifts 24/7.but hes cool and keeps me company and doesnt act sick besides the way he already is.soo..we're cool!and craig vernon's parents dont live here.they live quite close to here too though.starr and mark.and C.V has a younger sister, cralynne,16.and starr has a younger sister,i cant remember her name and she has three children.ashley,kaitlyn(im not sure how its spelled but she's just kate to us) and dave!cralynne and kate and dave and starr always come around so i have em all to spend my days here with CV!gawd they are a bunch of fun people.school had been closed for the third day now due to the snow and low visibilty and stuff.(we have like 4-5-6 foot of snow throughout north NY here..)
me and dave today put on our winter stuff and went snow-diving!we jumped on the ramp of the deck that goes along the side of the house and flipped down into the snow!wheww..and then dave came up with his SMART idea of us taking our pants off and wearing nothing but just shorts and a tshirt and jump in the snow!cralynne and cv was just in the house watching us doin that crazee idiotic stunt though but hell,it was fun!!although we came back in the house approximately 10 seconds later not feeling any parts of our body at all.the temperature was about 10 degrees Fahrenheit.thats about -14 degrees celcius.heck..it was fun.period.
and at other times we were just playing monopoly over and over again buthey, im still not bored at it!its just the fact that everytime i team up with kate we really get our butts kicked!especially when CV tags with dave and cralynne with starr but they didnt do any better too but when we all split up i proved to be the one bringing the bad luck to kate and me.because kate was REALLy kicking ass without me bad-luck-ing her down.hahaha
neways,think im gonna watch tv now and hope to god theres school tomorrow!and for once!im actually gonna hope that the snow would stop coming down!its been coming down non stop!but it was cool though..hahha aight..lataz!
