the missives: September 2008

A Tag

Posted by Anip at 4:53 AM

Starting time: 7.53 a.m. US EST
Name: Mohd Hanif Kamis
Sisters: 2
Brothers: 2
Shoe Size: 9.5-10
Height: 178 cm
Where do you live: home

have you ever been on a plane? yes

swam in the ocean? like tengah2 laut? no

fallen asleep in school? hell yeah

broken someone's heart? yes!

fell off your chair? a lot masa sek rendah

sat by the phone and waited all night for someone to call? nah...

saved emails? yeah. important ones

what is your room like? hmmm...typical pemalas org bujang. ask addin!

what's right beside you? calculator, STATS hw and iPOD

what was the last thing you ate? toast bread and fish sticks

ever had chicken pox? masa kecik2

like picnics? not really when I have to set up t BBQ. Kalo makan je suka la!

who was/were the last person you dance with? OMG! Laurie, Kate and Jenny! White boys dance!

last made you smile? people at Tent in Town

you last yelled at... i don't yell

today did you talk to someone you like? not yet.

kissed anyone? emmmm.... *wink*wink*

get sick? occasionally

talked to an ex? yup! even closer than before but still be careful with the barrier

missed someone? OMG! tons of people

who do you really hate? I don't hate people

do you like your handwriting? Hell yeah!

are your toenails painted? nope.

whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in?
Josh Hess and Mark

what colour shirt are you wearing right now? Don't ask me about color.

are you a friendly person? not a question to be asked to me

do you have any pets? never

do you sleep with the tv on? nope. really light sleeper

what are you doing right now? working in computer lab. And about to leave soon! Thank God!

can you handle the truth? with time

are you closer to your mother or father? I would say mom.

do you eat healthy? freakingly healthy

do you steal pictures of you and your ex? Steal? No.

if you're having a bad day, who would you most likely go to?
I'd rather keep it to myself. After all I don't complain a lot about my life until it could bring me down. But if it's TOO bad, I'd go to Josh or Kate

are you loud or quiet most of the time?
Loud! Very loud in every sense

are you confident? most of the time

5 things i was doing 10 years ago:

1. main mercun dlm kelas agama petang2.
2. Played trumpet in school band.
3. Main bola petang2.
4. Main nyorok2 kat newly constructed taman, jatuh from the bumbung and patah tangan. Lied to my mom that I fell from bike.
5. Didn't have any idea that I'd be here now.

5 things i would do if i am a billionaire:
1. Go to Alaska, India, China, and Egypt
2. Shopping!
3. Beli camping and climbing gears yang telah lama diidam-idamkan!
4. Ambitiously climb K2.
5. Kasi family sket.

5 of my bad habits:
1. Too random!
2. pemalas.
3. health freak.
4. good liar
5. selalu susahkan org.

5 places i am living in:
1. 101 N. Russell St.
2. Changlun Kedah
3. Temerloh Pahang.
4. Gurun, Kedah
5. Kuala Rompin Pahang

Ramadhan

Posted by Anip at 4:23 AM

Ily's recent post gives me the idea to write down this entry. This year's Ramadhan is quite different than last year's as we started on early September, which bring forward iftar as late as 830 p.m. in Lafayette (it's getting earlier though). And it's a bit tiring at the beginning. My 1st day was in my so-called-hometown, 'The Red River Gorge, KY', specifically, Miguel's Pizza.

It was the weekend of labor day plus a canceled morning class on the coming Tuesday, which gave me along with Kate, Adrian and Andy plenty of time having a relaxed-climbing trip. It was not until 3 hours I left Purdue that I called Addin asking solat time, which I rarely forget to jot down before heading to The Red, I figured the 1st of Ramadan was the coming Monday!

There was no problem at all fasting at The Red plus climbing at least 4 routes p

er day. On Monday after done climbing, Jenny came with an idea to do drive-in movie. And it was gonna be 3 movies back to back! Oh ya, drive-in movie or theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. So, basically we pay $2 for each movies and of course drive in into parking area, turn on radio channeled through the frequency given, sit back, grab popcorn and enjoy!

So, Jenny decided, as she always does, to have an early dinner at a Mexican restaurant. I didn't tell them that I was fasting that day. We drove 30mins away from Miguel's and got into this fancy Mexican restaurant in Winchester. When it came to my turn to order, I just said no, which was totally surprising everybody. It is uncommon for us not to have a big meal after such a tiring day of climbing as we always have at least 4 big slices of Miguel's Pizzas. Also, we kinda climbed a bit harder than days before since it was the last day.

As I told them that I was fasting because of Ramadhan, because Muslims before me had to do so, I can neither drink nor eat anything at all bla bla bla, I was bombarded with tons of questions!

Andy: "What if when you're climbing, you're sweating and the sweat drop into your mouth?"
"What if when you brush your teeth and you drink some water?"
"What if I shovel pizza into your mouth now?"
"What if you climb, falls and almost dying in need of water?"
It all came at once! And I was like "Andy..." but Kate goes "Stop it Andy! Otherwise you're gonna be thrown into the Hell." I didn't know whether to laugh or not, but Kate's response making sure I was not troubling myself answering those questions, considering that I was starving, I found hilarious.

The best part of it was when I bought this super duper delicious ikan bakar to eat while watching movies. AND of course Ale-8, a kind of soda which I brought some home a while ago and some people thought they were beers, which doesn't offend me at all. AND drive-in theater was great! I think better than normal theater.
Hmmm.... I miss the Red....

Dude next to me

Posted by Anip at 7:14 AM

So..
It was 930 in the morning. I was so sleepy in WTHR200 com lab.
Was transferred from SC G076. WTHR200 was locked...I couldn't get in...had to call site operator...she was late..people kept on asking me why it's closed...bla bla bla bla...
I started working at 645, ONE and HALF an hour to go.
Need to study for STAT quiz later.
Need to collect materials for my OIL! class paper, which is due tonight.
Need to read a play for my Sound Technology Design final project.

AND all of sudden, there was this kid sitting next to my computer station goes,
"Excuse me, how many electoral votes does it take to win presidential election? 273 or 270?"

I was like, what? how the hell on earth SHOULD I know about it? Do not I look Asian enough not to be asked such question?

But looking at how he was in hurry writing a paper next to me, I just tembak by confidently goes "273."

He thanked me and continued writing. But I felt bad if it was a wrong answer. So, I googled the question and found out it's actually 27.
"Dude, it's 270."

He thanked me again.

I think I should read Paan's blog a lot. Putting the fact that Computer Lab Assistants NEED to be customer friendly. What a policy....

Circle

Posted by Anip at 6:09 PM

Getting back to the Red last week was a hell of fun. Climbing three days in a row, 4-5 routes a day, leading couple of tens and catching up with climbers at Miguel's were something worth for after a long vacation back to Malaysia, though I missed PUMSA's callout.

Not even an hour we left Miguel's, it came across my mind how much I miss the woods. But with these people surrounded around me, I supposed my life at Purdue will be 'wild' enough to pull me off of any bewilderment living in the States.