The Woman In Black

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After many many months since I last watched a movie in cinema, I finally was able to watch 'The Woman in Black'. Coincidently, my last movie was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 2 (in July 2011) also starring Daniel Radcliffe. 

This post I made specially for a short movie review by 'yours truly'. 

First of all, this movie is about a guy who has lost his wife during labor and has a son. He has to go to a place called Eel March to settle a few property issue. There lies a mystery of kids committing suicide or murdered without a murderer. One after another kid will die when ever someone sees the 'woman in black'. Apparently, the 'woman in black' lost her son who was given to a couple and was drowned and the body was never discovered. Since Mr.Kipps (Daniel) came to the town, many weird things happened. He saw the 'woman in black' and since then children in the town died day after day. The ending....you have to watch it yourself.

Review/Comment

The movie is very slow. I was not able to understand the movie until almost have the movie gone. It is not that scary but they used sound as their weapon to scare people. Yes, there are a-lot of shocking scenes which sometimes you don't expect that something will come up suddenly. The ending is hanging. It was not as good as I have anticipated. It was kind of disappointing to have an ending like that because it was not complete- or maybe I just did not understand the ending, possibly. Basically, I don't really get the whole movie. There are a-lot of questions could be asked. 

I would rate this movie : 4/10

In terms of acting, superb performance by Daniel Radcliffe - 8/10

Love,

MARL!

Judges in Life

In life you are judged by the people around you. You are judged at every second of your life. You are judged by people who you do not know. You are judged by friends. You are judged by families. You are sometimes judged by your own self.

We cannot run from being judged by people around because that is the nature of life. People will have the first impression judgment on you. Another thing that you cannot run from is the negative judgments by others. Well, most of the time the judgments are negative. In a way you just cannot run from being judged either by someone you know or someone you not know. Either way it still happens and still hurt.

However, people forget sometimes that they have to judge themselves first before judging another person. Before pointing all flaws of another person, you have to identify your own flaws and only then you will own the rights to judge another.

Sometimes people tend to act as though they know so much about you but in reality they might have got to know your name only and that only. Some people can make a judgment out of a name and appearance. Straight away jump to conclusion and it becomes stereotypes. For example, a boy wearing spectacles, shirt and tuck-in pants is viewed as someone who is boring and a nerd therefore hanging out with them would not be any fun.

General judgments can also be called as assumptions. Therefore, I view this as a rumour starter. It starts small talks between two or more persons which lead to making stipulations about the person that is assumptions. You have to remember that word of mouth travels faster than light and sound. The basic assumptions which were started in the first conversation will move to another conversation and it will go on and on and as a result rumour started. This is caused by judgment/assumption.

Just be careful before you judge someone. They might be better than you.

Love,
MARL!

I Should Have Said

Have you ever felt like you should have said A instead of B?

Have you ever felt like the answer should have been C instead of F?

Have you ever thought about what you have said and hope that you can take it back so you can alter your answer?

Well, I should have said more brilliant things but I didn't.

Patriotic, I Am?

I AM QUITE A PATRIOTIC PERSON, AREN'T I? 

(REFERRING TO PREVIOUS POSTS)

Its Me Again

Dear readers,

I am so sorry for not updating my blog. Sorry.

  For the past few months, my life has been interesting at first and then it got pretty numb and static after. I have always wanted to write something but I could not. I had no idea what to write although I have few stuff to share with you guys. The fact that I don't really have many followers made me realized that it is OK not to update. Besides that, I have been thinking on having a new blog which is only about travelling. My mum and I will join forces in doing so. Since I just came back from India, I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to have my first article debut on an official page for travel stories. Unfortunately, nothing is seemed to be moving anywhere at this moment. I am NOT busy but I am just LAZY.

  Since India I have been such a Lazy bum-bum. After I had finished working on my chores at home, I do nothing else. Thats how lazy I am at home. I was supposed to write for a national newspaper regarding my trip but that did not happen and again I was supposed to write for a magazine and even that did not happen. So, I am really looking forward for our 'Travel Blog'. Even that seems not moving anywhere. Well, that is what happen when you are too damn lazy.

  Moving on, my India trip was AWESOME! It was all I ever wanted and the experience is PRICELESS! I learnt one important thing while I was in India that is to appreciate every single thing you have back home cause looking at the suffering of the people there made me realized that I have everything that a girl could ask for (except for boyfriend :(..I'm joking) Looking at how difficult life is there changed my perspective on our country although not much but at least a little bit. I see why there are restrictions against free political campaign. I see why education is given for free and I see why we should be grateful for whatever that we have now. You can say that India has changed my love towards my country. When I was there, I was so happy to be there because of the experience and the beautiful and mesmerizing scenery but for the love of my life I would not want to live there. I am so happy that I am a Malaysian, for what its worth.

  I always believe that you will appreciate your country more when you travel to other countries, a-lot. By other countries I do mean not just a developed countries but also the developing countries or even the third-world countries. You might not like Malaysia for what it is if you compare her with a developed countries, of course. Know why? Because we are not there yet. We are still in the process of developing our country and our PEOPLE. However, even if you experience a different scenario out there in a developed countries, you will still feel like your heart is still in Malaysia, for me at least. I have been to the States and Australia which are among the developed and 'respected' countries in the world and I felt happy there. I felt secured/safe but I still wanted to come back. You see how people live then you will appreciate your life. I always believe so.

  On the other hand, if you have the chance to go to any other developing countries which are still considered as 'below' Malaysia (I am sorry for the term I used but I don't know what else to use) you will see how difficult their life is. Education is NOT free and never will. Poor people are becoming poorer. Children are forced to labor or forced to become beggers. In India for example, small kids and I do mean small are running around begging for money from tourist or locals. Not just that, where ever you go you can see at every street there will be people living by the roadside under the trees without any roof to protect them from sun or rain. They only had blankets to cover themselves up and thick clothes to cover the sand but sometimes they have only blankets to cover both themselves and the sand. Its heart-breaking to see all this but that is how it is there.

  I still do believe that the people who are not grateful for that they have are among those who have not seen sufferings of others.

"You will not appreciate what you have until you have seen how other people suffer to get at least one quarter of what you have" - Yours truly.

Love,
MARL!

Its Holiday

Dear readers,

After months, I finally start writing again. It has been a busy semester and a-lot of fun too. Tiring but fun. Holidays started on 17th January 2012 until beginning of March. So far my holiday is in good and fun level and perhaps it stays that way till the end of the holiday.

Many of my friends planned to look for part-time job and some even are looking for a job in law firms which are so good and I envy them.

Not to disappoint myself, I had the most exciting plan for this holiday. Wohoo~

For you who don't know, I just came back from Port Dickson for family holiday since my brother has one week holiday for Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fatt Chai! Stayed at the beautiful nice cozy Avillion Admiral Cove, PD. It was an amazing experience. The view was nice and I loved it. The beach was OK and the swimming pool was good for children. What I love about the view was the yacht dock. I loved looking at the yachts parked at the dock imagining that one day one of the yachts parked may be mine. ;)

Well, it was just a dream.

The short getaway was such an amazing experience. I had to spent time with my family members and spent it with much love in the air.

It does not stop there. My next plan is the biggest trip I will ever try without the presence of my family.

Will tell you all about it when I have confirmed everything. As for now, I have not yet done my visa so the trip is not 100% confirmed.

What ever it is, I would like to wish

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND GONG XI FATT CHAI!

Good Luck

Its Finals.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE?

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Wahai Mahasiswa

Kepada mahasiswa,

Apa yang diperjuangkan?
Kebebasan mahasiswa katanya.
Apa faedah nya?
Mansuhlah AUKU
Untuk apa?
Dapat berpolitik?
Politik itu apa?
Permainan orang tua
Faedah politik bagi mahasiswa?
Beban yang teramat
Untuk apa?
Pening kepala

Kebangkitan mahasiswa katanya,
Mahasiswa itu siapa sebenarnya?
Pelajar-pelajar universiti
Adakah seseorang itu mewakili semua mahasiswa?
TIDAK
Segelintir kecil mahukan kebebasan yang kononnya diperjuangkan
Sebilangan hanya mengikut
Tetapi majoriti berdiam
Adakah diam tanda setuju atau tidak setuju?
Tiada siapa yang tahu
Jadi, tidak perlulah diperbesarkan.

Seorang buat kecoh, semua orang melenting
Seorang itu mahasiswa yang berjuang untuk kebebasan katanya
Adakah dia memahami apa yang diperjuangkan sebenarnya?
Dikatakan mahasiswa tidak bebas?
Mahasiswa mempunyai facebook, twitter, blog, tumblr, etc
Mahasiswa mempunyai akses kepada internet.
Jika tidak berpuas hati, bukan kutukan yang patut diberi
Tetapi komplain kepada yang sepatutnya terus dari laman web
Adakah itu tidak bebas namanya?

Kebebasan bagaimana lagi?
Saya seorang mahasiswi
Tidak terasa terkongkong mahupun tersepit dengan undang-undang yang ada
Hanya dengan satu perkara di dalam satu akta, permintaan adalah untuk memansuhkan keseluruhan akta
Adakah itu relevan dan patut?

Wahai mahasiswa
Sedarlah bahawa hari ini bukan perjuangan ini yang sepatutnya dilakukan
Pertahankan bangsa kita, itu lebih penting
Melayu ketinggalan jauh
Melayu terperosok jauh
Disemua demonstrasi kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Walaupun ketuanya bukan Melayu dan kononnya demonstrasi akan disertai oleh semua pihak tetapi yang kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Sedarlah bahawa kita ini sebagai robot-robot yang digunakan pada masa sebegini.
'Perjuangan' adalah tarikan semata-mata
Jadi, berhentilah.

Tidak guna berdemonstrasi di jalanan
Maki hamun
Menjerit
Gunakanlah masa yang digunakan di tepi jalan itu untuk memperbaiki diri sendiri
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk belajar
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk 'berjuang' dalam medium yang betul
Tidak perlu menjerit dan menghina
Tunjukkan yang kita ini setanding dengan orang lain.

A Leader

The faculty had a voting session for the upcoming High Committee of the Law Society Club of Faculty of Law today. I had the chance to vote for the post of President, Secretary and Treasurer although it was late in the evening but at least I did my part.

For this entry, I will make a few comments on qualities of leaders. I know I am not qualified to talk about this cause I am NO-ONE and I am NOT even a leader myself but I am sure that as a follower I have the right to comment on certain leaders' qualities that I like, dislike, hoped for, and expected for.

Some people think that being a leader is an easy task. What he or she has to do is only to give jobs to whomever working under his name and that's it. Little they know that with all the instructions given comes responsibility and liability. A leader is responsible for all the acts done by the people working under and is liable for the wrongdoings although they know nothing about the act.

Back to the topic, these are the leadership qualities that I think play important role.

1. Unbiased
- People had always mistaken the word bias. Bias does not only mean bias against a group of people but it can be more than that. Bias can be very obvious or very hidden or sometimes he or she does not even realise that he or she is being biased. A leader should be able to differentiate or distinguish or separate personal matters, work matters and formality. In university life, we are working with our friends. Our friends are sometimes our boss or even someone who works under us. Friends are friends OUTSIDE the period of working. A leader should be able to act accordingly. It should not matter if that someone is the boyfriend or girlfriend, the leader should be able to treat them equally with others. The girlfriend or boyfriend should not get to give excuses or even an-early dismissal. A leader should know that everyone needs to be given equal treatment.

2. Listen to opinions
- A person with power tends to not listen to others and think that they are the best in the society or community. Well dude, YOU ARE NOT GOD! You are only human. you are not perfect and you are not the best. When ever you think that you are the best, think again! There is always someone who is smarter, more brilliant than you are. Listen to what your colleagues have to say. Listen to their opinions and suggestions. If they have any criticism, accept them. Do not be a LOSER by not respecting opinions of others. As I said, you are not the best. Sometimes your colleague has a more brilliant stuff than what you have.

3. Be Organised and Disclose Information Properly
- A leader has to be an organised person. Not only your work has to be organised but also your thoughts. When even your thoughts and work are organised, you would be able to disclose information to your colleagues properly. This is IMPORTANT! To deliver a proper message and information so any miscommunication will not occur. In organising an event, communication among the committee is very important. Miscommunication could cost a serious, major problems in the event. Therefore, a leader should have a very good communication skill with the colleague.

4. Be Firm and Strict but with a BIG SMILE
- Strict and firm is one of the most significant quality, in my opinion. Strict and firm is strictly for the colleagues not be able to step-on-your-head. However, together with that a leader needs to be someone with a great big smile and with that a laughter. You do not want your committee to be afraid of you in front but spit-on-you at the back. You do not want that! you want them to be able to smile and laugh and do their work with such pleasures and smile on their faces.

5. Great Respect
- Respect others to be respected by others. This is the motto I have been holding since ever. I always believe that when you respect people, they will respect you back no matter whether they know you or not. Therefore, a leader should respect the colleagues so that they will give the same respect to the leader. A leader needs a sense of respect from the people under him rather than a feeling of fear. Fear does not always guarantee quality. I can assure you that together with respect comes good quality of work. When ever people like to do something or like the person they are working with, they will work hard and work better to achieve the goals. This is so different when the person is doing work out of fear. The work done will not be as honest and I hope you will understand it when I say this. No need for further elaboration, perhaps.

I do think that a leader plays an important role in making sure that everything goes on smoothly. Though work has been disbursed to the other people but it is the duty and responsibility of the leader to make sure that everything is going on as planned.

As I said earlier, I AM NOBODY and I know what I am saying does not affect anyone but this is my thoughts and qualities I see to be in a leader. I should not put so much hope cause PEOPLE ARE NOT PERFECT and SO DO I!

These are said for the sake of saying what is in my mind. I know that it is EASIER SAID THAN DONE but WHEN THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. When the person soon-to-be leader should consider instilling these qualities in them.

That is all from me.

Merci,
MARL!

Unprofessionalism

For this entry I would like to touch on 'Unprofessionalism' and 'Accusations and Allegations'.

1. I came across an article slammering another person by accusing and alleging what has not been proven. Accusations and allegations have to be supported with evidence and proofs so that what ever that we say is concrete and not just an empty can. An adult should know that allegations and accusations are very heavy thing to be done to another person and thus the evidence.

2. The author of the article that I read slammed another party who in his allegations has committed a dishonest act by not doing what should be done. The affected party have stood up for themselves and have stated the reasons on the decision made and that they had taken proper measures and procedures and even have received approval on doing so. Therefore, they claim for an apology.

3. Without feeling guilty, the author did not even say sorry and did not take steps to make it look like he is trying to say sorry. This for me is a very un-gentleman act. He should have apologised as there is no wrong in doing so.

4. What worries me is that, the author is a person who in NO WAY will be affected with what ever that the innocent party is doing or have done. He is in NO WAY related and in no way affected. He is a TOTAL STRANGER and that he has no voice is slammering the innocent party. Question is; WHO IS HE? Many facts given by him are not justified. He alleged that he is a teacher but for the fact that his language is so badly structured made me worry how the students are going to be good students or even leaders in the future. The existence of the parent who complaint is another thing which is unjustified. Is the person really exist or is it only a fiction character? What ever it is, he is of no position to comment and to accuse or even to complain about what ever the innocent party is doing as he will not be affected in any way. In law, we call this as a person with locus standi. A person can only commence an action when he has fulfilled the element of locus standi which means 'a person so directly affected by the act of the wrongdoer'. Therefore, I would like to say that the author is of no position on making any allegations and accusations on the innocent party.

5. The thing about unprofessionalism is another thing that is so affected by the act. The person stated that he is a teacher and although I have no idea what are the guidelines for a teacher's ethics are but I am sure that this is against the guidelines. Making comments without proof is one thing but the fact that the words used are vulgar words is UNACCEPTABLE. A teacher should be a person who can be an example to the kids/children and HE IS DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE EXAMPLE.

6. It is sad to see when someone who should be so professional and should be ethical can be the opposite. It is sad cause this is the person who the government is counting on to teach the youngsters who will be the nation leaders in the future.

7. I am sad

8. What ever it is, I hope that person will realise what damage has been done and that will act accordingly to clean his mess up.

Love,
MARL!