Tajuk kali
ini berkisar juadah pilihan saya di dalam UTM. Oleh kerana Johor boleh
dikatakan negeri yang jarang saya kunjungi dan saya tidak kenal tradisinya,
saya hanya memilih secara rambang makanan yang saya boleh dapati di sini tapi
bukan di negeri saya. Walaupun saya merindui juadah kebiasaan saya yang tidak
pernah saya jumpa di negeri ini, saya tetap berpuas hati dengan beberapa juadah
di Johor. Disini, makanan kegemaran saya ialah nasi putih daging merah. Juadah
ini boleh didapati di UTM malah hanya di Johor sahaja kerana di negeri lain
cara penyajian kuah dagingnya seperti sambal ayam masak merah. Dan restoran
paling terbaik dalam menyediakan juadah ini di UTM ialah Pak Lah Café. Harganya
sedikit mahal, tetapi memadai dengan apa yang dihidangkan. Juadah sampingan
kebiasaan ialah sambal belacan, timun dan sup. Tahap kepedasannya bole tahan
juga lebih-lebih lagi jika dimakan dengan sambal belacan. Selalunya nasi putih
daging merah ini diorder oleh mereka yang suka makan pedas. Nasi putih itu
boleh ditukar dengan nasi goreng, tetapi jarang kerana selalunya nasi goreng
yang dihidang bersama kurang sedap. Pada pendapat saya, dibandingkan daging
sambal, masak merah daging ini lebih sedap rasanya. Kombinasi masin manis yang
stabil, dan campuran sayuran seperti lobak, kobis bunga dan kacang pancang menjadikan rasanya tidak membosankan dan
lebih variasi. Apabila juadah ini dipesan, tidak perlu lagi ditambah lauk pauk
yang lain, sesuai dengan jiwa pelajar yang suka berjimat. Nutrient daripada
hidangan ini boleh dikatakan lengkap kerana ada sayur berfibre, protein didalam
daging dan karbohidrat dari nasi putih. Harganya juga berpatutan iaitu
lingkungan RM4 hingga RM5. Lagi sedap jika dimakan semasa sedang lepak bersama
kawan-kawan diwaktu malam disampingkan dengan jus buah- buahan pilihan.
Lagu ini bertemakan
kisah cinta. Genre lagu downtempo rock. Tarikan utama muzik latar ialah petikan
gitar elektrik vox 12-string oleh vokalisnya, Alex Turner dalam lagu ini. Saya
tertarik dengan cara muzik disampaikan, bukan kerana maksud liriknya. Susunan
lirik yang agak kompleks menjadikan lagu ini unik dan sukar difahami dan
didalami apabila dibaca. Walaupun liriknya agak sama isinya dengan lagu- lagu
konflik cinta yang lain. Jalan penceritaannya lebih kepada pencerahan emosi.
Nyanyiannya sukar diolah kerana susunan perkataan yang tidak bergantung kepada
ton muzik. Ada satu bahagian didalam satu perkataan, temponya naik dan turun seolah-olah
beliau menyebut perkataan yang berlainan. Susunan-susunan dan tempo ini, pada
pendapat saya jarang ditemui didalam lagu-lagu yang lain. Maksud liriknya mudah
sahaja, dan ia bukan tumpuan yang hebat dalam lagu ini. Hanya berkisarkan
tentang penipuan di klimaks cinta dan persoalan yang akan berlaku didalam
perhubungan tersebut. Klip video untuk lagu ini juga mudah. Animasinya dicipta
olehDavid Wilsondan agensi animasiBlinkink. Walaupun
hanya animasi biasa tanpa teknologi 3D, tetapi klip video ini telah mencecah 106,112,090 klik sejak tarikh dikeluarkan, Jun
18, 2013. Dan lagu ini juga merupakan pencapaian terbaik
kumpulan Arctic Monkeys dengan beberapa pencapaian termasuk disenarai dalam
Billboaurd Hot 100 di USA dan tersenarai di beberapa Negara Europe yang lain.
Lagu ini sangat menggambarkan emosi semasa sesebuah konflik di tahap maksimum.
Hanya dengan menyatakan perasaan, ia boleh diolah kepada sebuah lagu dan ia
bukan senang untuk dibuat. Alunan music sampingannya sangat membantu dalam
menyampaikan perasaannya, sekali dengar petikan gitarnya, lagu ini dapat
dikenal pasti kandungannya. Saya juga syorkan beberapa lagu kumpulan ini yang
lain seperti Baby Im Yours dan Mardi Bum.
Layar P. Ramlee masih popular dikalangan rakyat
Malaysia walaupun telah banyak karya baru dan moden dihasilkan. Hanya
menggunakan layar hitam putih, filemnya digemari juga atas sebab mesej yang
ingin disampaikan. Saya memilih Pendekar Bujang Lapok, kisah filem komedi
berkisar persahabatan 3 orang sahabat yang ingin berlajar silat. Filem
buatannya walaupun menggunakan teknologi yang agak rendah yang sukar untuk
menghasilkan kesan yang menjadi tumpuan penonton, tetapi beliau mampu fikirkan
cara lain untuk menghiburkan hati setiap penonton filemnya. Pertama, memek muka
menjadi tumpuan utama penonton. Daripada memek muka, kita tahu ekspresi emosi
yang cuba disampaikan. Setiap babak yang dilakonkan, setiap pelakon akan membuat
eksperi muka bagi situasi yang dilalui dengan sepenuh hati. Kebanyakan filem
zaman moden kini gagal kerana ekspresi mukanya pudar, yang akan gagal memikat hati
penonton, hanya sekadar menggunakan komputer untuk mencari tumpuan. Dalam filem
ini juga, watak utamanya Ajis, Ramlee dan Sudin akan menyajikan penonton dengan
3 jenis perlawakan yang berbeza. Lawak yang disajikan memang nampak mudah, tapi
mampu memberi kesan yang kuat. Antara babak lawak lain yang saya minati ialah
ketika buah hati Aini, Ibrahim Pendek boleh keluar dari gambar untuk membantu
Aini, babak lain termasuk ketika mereka meminta maaf kepada anak Pak Mustar dan
ketika belajar di Sekolah Buta Huruf. Bukan mudah untuk menyampaikan sesuatu
perbuatan yang selalu kita lalui terutama didalam filem, dan disampaikan dalam
bentuk lawak. Segalanya harus lebih dari tindakan sebenar harian tetapi tidak
terlalu over react, barulah filem itu tampak hebat. Daripada filem ini, saya
sedar beberapa perkara. Antaranya sikap lelaki. Mereka mudah dalam mengatur
sesuatu kerana mereka berani. Mereka langsung tidak berfikir panjang untuk
penyelesaian masalah, sama ada apa yang mereka usahakan membantu ataupun tidak,
belakang cerita. Sepertimana mereka tidak reti membaca, mereka tidak risau,
bahkan mengambil mudah sahaja untuk kelemahan tersebut. Kadangkala ada
betulnya, kita perlu tahu kelemahan kita, tetapi tidak perlu terlalu risau akan
kelemahan tersebut, jika kita risau, perbaiki diri. Selain itu, kita perlu
mencari ilmu untuk berjaya di dunia dan akhirat. Jangan membazir masa, jika
kita Nampak peluang, capai peluang itu serta merta dan jayakannya dengan
sepenuh hati.
I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah
Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
“Someone Like You” is a song by English singer-song writer
Adele. It was written by Adele itself and Dan Wilson for her second studio
album 21. It was voted as 3rd most favourite single of the last 60
years in the UK in the list voted by the public in conjunction with The
Official Charts Company’s 60th anniversary. “Someone like You” was
the 1st recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance,
at the 54th Grammy Awards.
“Someone like You” is a song about the regret that you feel
but cannot share. It is a song that Adele couldn’t say to the person to whom
this song is meant. This song describe that at first Adele heard about him. He
married after he settled down. Adele tries to feign courage by asking him why
he is so shy, since it is very unlike him. After
that, she confesses that she had hoped by turning out of the blue, uninvited,
and by seeing her face, he would be reminded that for her, it is not over.
This song continues with the path of memories.
You know how the time
flies
Only yesterday was the
time of our lives
Adele reminds that the time flies and it seem like they are
so happy yesterday. All the regrets and mistakes are their memories and she
realized that she has to move on and she can find someone as good as him
however never wants him to forger her.
I think that this song had touches on the
unfortunate aspects of love that our cultural had often ignores. Many of the
relationship had end up without any definite closer for one or both people.
Sometimes, mis-understandings between each other, communication error, moving
far distance away from each other, harsh words or other reason cause the
relationship to be end.Adele, like man
woman in the real life, are still “in love” with her ex. Now she wants to live
in a life with not anger and regret, but with these feeling that won’t go away.
I felt that it is not that she really want to be that with the person, she can
understand that he have moved on. But I think that her feeling are still there,
which means that she is now stuck in the limbo like place wanting to see him
again and yet still wanting to wish him the best in his new life. And here
bring about a disappointing fact that many relationship culturally end without
the continuation of a friendship. Two people who are close to each other
suddenly don’t speak anymore. It left a lot of confusion and wondering what is
really happening.
"Sometimes it last
in love but sometimes it hurts instead", is so true. How many times
have we given up on love for reasons important to us, but we may never forget
that person even though we move on with our lives. From this, I feel that Adele
showed up uninvited so he could see it wasn’t over for her and she needed to
see him face-to-face, eye-to-eye to read his expression to have the closure
that she needed.
This song is meaning to me as it is very influential in a
good way because it is actually reflecting and showing to us how life is and
how sometimes it is difficult in forget someone that you really in love with.
With times passes, you still not able to forget that person and later on that
person is willing to take a second chance that you will be there waiting with
your arms fully open to except them once again and with your heart in your hand
for them to keep. Besides, I think the piano
music was good and Adele's voice was sublime.
I have turned into a big Adele fan, her voice is a treasure
to listen to and she shows us not to be afraid to feel, it's all a part of
growing.
“Not One Less” is a film which can draw tears from those in the
audience who are not yet enveloped by hardness and cynicism. This film is directed
by one of the China’s great directors, Zhang Yimou.
NOT ONE LESS -- Awards
Shi Xiangsheng’s story is of a small village school not too
distant from Beijing but light-years away from that country’s capital in
sophistication. The story turns on an unusual plot device. The sole teacher of
the rural school called Gao Enman was away from his job for a month to visit
his dying mother. Thirteen-year-old Wen Minzhi (Wei) arrives in Shuiquan
village to substitute for Gao while he is away. Since the school’s subsidy is
depends on the head count, she had to return to the full class to the
teacher—“not one less”. Keeping all the students in class is more important
than anything she teaches them, and indeed she isn’t a lot of more advanced
than her students. This showed that the inspired teacher awakens the minds and
the spirits of the class.
When one of the students, Zhang Huike (Zhang) run away to look for
work in the big city, Jiangjiakou, Wei determines to follow him and bring him
back. To her, this is not an easy task. It involves raising the money to buy a
bus ticket to the city. She puts the whole class to work shifting bricks for a
local factory in order to get some money. At last, she eventually gets to the
city.
The village scenes and the city scenes have a mysterious
connectedness. Wei search for Zhang, seen at several points in the story alone
and scavenging for food, becomes her passions. It can see that all her devotion
and wilfulness are wrapped up in this little boy’s plight. Wei further disappointed that
Zhang never showed up to work, but ran away from the girl he came with, as he
left her to go for a pee in the train station and never returned.
It now takes a radical
turn for the worst as the teacher decides to find Zhang and bring him back to
school no matter what suffering it takes on her part to do it. Supposedly she
is no longer doing it out of her own selfishness, but in her inarticulate and resolute
way she has learned what it is to be a teacher and care about her students and
all she's still missing are the teaching skills. Wei couldn’t manage to find
Zhang through police and she ends up listening to a stranger in train station
who tells her go TV station. But she stills cannot meet TV manager as the
receptionist only describes the manager as “a man with glasses”. She ends up
sleeping on the street and until the manager, who turns out to be sensitive to
her plight, get her on a popular show.
Luckily, she manages to
connect again with Zhang. Zhang was seen wandering the streets and begging for
food in a restaurant. What was interesting about his part of the film was
taking a gender at the city and how clean and boring and crowded it looked. But
the film never recovered from this artificial twist and concluded with the
Chinese TV donors sending money to pay off Zhang’s family debts as well supply
schools with things needed. The massage of the film about the poor conditions
of China’s rural schools was unfortunately delivered in a heavy-handed manner.
This film is a heart-wrenching, straightforward
and frequently comic tale of the difference one teacher can make on her
students. In this case, Zhang Yimou employs the talents of non-professionals,
with the most characters performing in the precise roles they follow in their
real life. The students at the ZhongXin primary schools are the students at
that very school. While the TV manager at the broadcasting station of the city
of Jiangjiakou is the TV manager at Jiangjiakou’s TV outlet. While watching
these people performance, I can’t wonder why people are still need to go to
acting school at all.
This film was so
adeptly done and looked and felt so good as it showed the power of human love
over all the coldness in the world. The parts where all people were played by
those playing themselves in such a natural way that I dint see its downfall
coming until it was too late. By that time I was really getting off on the film
and was amazed by the simple daily life rhythms of the schoolchildren and the
common villagers, that I was already hooked on liking the film. I especially
found the performance of Wei Minzhi to be impactful. I was taken in by the simplicity
of who she was and the truth in her character, and the way she was still an
innocent child. Because of her cultural background she was obedient and took on
the responsibilities of being a substitute teacher, something that she knew she
had no ability for but reluctantly had to do, even if she couldn't explain why.
I feel that this film
had bring to the audience that inadequate schooling will continue to keep the
rural population as poor as those of the previous generation. Such film is not
meant to propagandize the country’s plight, to evoke worldwide cries of the
sympathy or to embarrass the current government. I felt in this touching film,
the journey, not the destination, is the essence. The roads are rocky and
difficult and the excursions are slow and long, but the trip is ever so
worthwhile.
Ipoh is synonymous with “Nga Choy Kai” or “Ayam Taugeh”,
which is commonly known as bean sprouts chicken.I have many times heard about this from RESTORAN
TAUGE AYAM LOU WONG in Ipoh. Many people had praised it. While on a night in
Ipoh, we stopped there to eat. It is my first time at there. It sounds like a dish where the chicken is
cooked with bean sprouts, but is actually chicken rice served with bean sprouts
as a side dish.
The Nga Choy (tauge) was lightly blanched, then tossed lightly with a
dash of soy sauce, and some sesame oil for that extra, inviting aroma. The
garnishing of chopped scallions and red chillies lend some colours to the
pale-as-snow plateful of fibres.It was a colourful delight to the eye. Besides,
it is fresh and crunchy to bite into. I was asking my friend why is their tauge is thick and juicy. I was
being told by my friend that they grow in natural mineral water flowing from mountain.
Surrounded by various limestone hills, the water that flows from these hills
are clean and nutritious enough to grow big fat beansprouts. That is why the tauge here is fat, juicy
and crunchy.
The Pak Cham Kai (literally
translated it means Cut White Chicken). The chicken and bean sprouts are served separately. The meat of the
chicken was a bit darker then the usual served at chicken rice shops. The chicken was boiled to tenderness and cut
into thick slices. The name White Chicken is because it is boiled without any
seasoning giving it that whitish look. I feel that LOU WONG’s version was not
up that standard compared to other restaurant. As the chicken seems like
over-boiled as it’s meat tasted bland and needed in chicken juiciness. The skin
was quite lacked of smooth silky texture and a bit thick.
Besides, the Ipoh’s
classic “Sar Hor Fun” (known as flat rice noodles) can be served dry (tossed
with soy sauce and dark soy sauce) or in soup (served in a sweet-tasting
flavoured with chicken bones, parts and a dash of pepper). These noodles need virtually no chewing and
slithers smoothly down your throat.The soup is made of
chicken essence. Well, they threw lots of chicken into the soup for two purposes
which is to cook the chicks and to make the soup. Once it is done, the soup is
poured into bowls of freshHor Fun and is ready to serve.
The food overall is delicious and the price still affordable.
Next
time you are in Ipoh, do stop at this place and indulge yourself in their
unforgettable “Nga Choy Kai”.
RESTORAN
TAUGE AYAM LOU WONG
49, Jalan You Tet
Shin, 30300 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
The food that I would like to share with you all is asam pedas claypot. The reason that I share this asam pedas with you all is because the restaurant that I strongly recommended for asam pedas is located inside UTM. The full name of the restaurant is Restoran Asam Pedas Claypot UTM and the accurate location was at student mall, UTM. It was just opposite the FAB there. One of the most important reason that i recommended this restaurant is because it was HALAL. So what is so special about this asam pedas?
When we reach the restaurant the first thing that we should do is to choose the type of fish that we want. There are many types of fish we can choose. However stingrays was the fish that i always looking for. This is because i felt that the taste of asam pedas combine with stingrays are the best. Only this combination can fully express a good taste of asam pedas. After we had chose the fish, the chef will cook the fish together with the asam pedas sauce in the claypot. After a few minutes, a really good taste asam pedas was ready and served with white rice.
The asam pedas tasted a bit hot and sour, it was a perfect dishes to match with white rice and eat together. It had a unique taste that different from other asam pedas stalls. The most important thing is the asam pedas is hot when it was served. It was different with other food in UTM because other food is cooked earlier and some of them were already cold. For me the feeling of consuming a hot food i pretty good. Every time when i was there, with the combination of the hot and sour taste and the real hot pot food, i was able to eat 2 plates of white rice.
In conclusion, I strongly recommended all of the UTM student must go to student mall and try this asam pedas. I personally think that this is the best food i ever ate in UTM. Furthermore, student mall is quite near to the main FAB bus stand therefore it is very convenient for all the students to reach there and taste the unique hot and sour asam pedas in UTM. Thank you very much :)
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