Pertandingan Bakat Seni Kartun Merdeka 2010

Just like what the title suggests, yes, a competition is running.


It starts at 15th July 2010 and will end at 31st August 2010. Terms and condition applies.




Here's the poster.



Click the image to enlarge. It's Download able.




Here's the entry form in A4 size.



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To participants, you need to print out this Entry Form and submit together with your artworks. To be safe, one (1) artwork submitted requires one (1) entry form. (Yes, a photocopy version is allowed, but take note of the blanks you need to fill in. DO NOT FORGET TO FILL IN "TAJUK KARYA". It's just a hint. Don't want your artworks to be mistaken for others', right?


So, basically all the info needed by the participants can be obtained by reading the T&Cs stated on the entry form.



To all those wished to participate, DO SO.


Call this number for any inquiries :
03-40267000 The National Art Gallery.
www.artgallery.gov.my


or

Log in to :
http://www.artgallery.gov.my/web/guest/pertandingan_bakat_seni

or

http://www.karangkraf.com/v6/


OR YOU CAN JUST ASK ME HERE. :)


Thank you. Hope for the best! ;)


(I will update this entry after a few more adjustments from our partners. Thank You)

Aku kena tindih?! Makhluk halus? Atau Gula halus?!

Hadui...


Sebelum ni upon hearing stories from friends, relatives and through some reading, i know what it was. But knowing about it was a little too unsatisfactory. Unsatifactory sebab tak sangka pulak aku yang kena. OMG! Teruk betul rasanya. Masa aku type entry ni aku tengah gila babas mengah. Letih siot...!


Ni bukan aku nak merepek lagi dah.



Macam ni ceritanya.

Satu hari, ditakdirkan kat ofis, aku pulak kebetulan kena makan ubat. Jangan ditanya sakit apa, sebab ramai tahu aku sakit apa, jadi aku malas nak cerita dah pasal sakit aku ni. Karang tak pasal-pasal kena jadi bahan pulak. Dah biasanya bila sakit, makanlah ubat, ye dak? Aku ni susah sikit nak telan ubat. Kak Maria, Nora, Kak Nita, Rashidah - ah, pendek kata semua yang rapat tahu aku paling liat nak telan ubat, especially cough syrup. Rasanya, Ya Ampun....Ni pulak nak makan ubat waktu berkerja, lagilah aku liat gila babas.

Jadi, untuk mengelakkan aku menderita sakit aku ni, maka dengan secara rasminya aku menelan beberapa ulas pil khas diberikan oleh doktor aku yang berulang-ulang kali memerli aku each time aku jumpa dengan beliau. Dia sendiri pun tak larat nak nasihat dah. Bagi ubat sambil perli aku, dahsyat kan Doktor aku ni...?!




Anyway, it started when me, being in the office alone, the others went for a meeting which i don't know what it's all about. So, there i am, sick and in need of medication. I took my meds, those for my migraine, gout and fever. Yes, a whole bunch of drugs in the system, and i won't get arrested for it. huhuhuhu...!

While waiting for the drugs to take effect, i turn a few pages of a magazine, and the next thing i know, i was asleep.




ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!








???!



I don't really know if i dreamed or just sees visions in my sleep, but here's what i saw.
I was alone, i flew. The surrounding involves trees and islands, lots of water, perhaps i am soaring above the endless seas of the world. The weather seems not really bright, it's a bit dark in the skies, lots of clouds covering me. Not strangely, I felt at ease.


Then, the atmosphere starts to get gloomy and gloomier. Still i was flying free. Then....


I wanted to land on one of the islands i saw when hovering in the air, yet i can't seem to get my feet on them. Tried hard to, but it's getting harder and harder each seconds.




THEN, IT HIT ME! Yes, i was "ditindih", some call it by.

I was gasping for air,my body heats up real quick, i was sweating macam gila babas. Pastu, my head feels very heavy macam aku rasa kepala aku ni dah besar macam tayar bas ekspress dah. I know the things that happens around me, like i was there, but i wasn't there. Can't explain how it was, exactly.


I tried to open my eyes, tapi susah gila babas, ibaratkan bukak tin Sardin pakai sebelah tangan lagi senang. huhuhu.I couldn't speak, or even move any of my body parts. I know that because, i really tried hard to move a finger, but it was hopeless. Feels like your PC went to a crash state, you can tekan-tekan the keyboard, but there's nothing you can do. (CALL A TECHNICIAN!)



I felt this sudden urge to get up, after hearing some noise which i don't know what it was. The subtle noise of wind blowing. It's not frightening though. What's scares me was, i lost my breathing. Gasping for air - Yes, that's frightening! I can't breathe or move or anything. I was like started to get really angry and agitated, padahal tercungap-cungap macam ikan yang dinaikkan ke darat tu! Tapi dah macam dugong dah! Then few of my officemates came into the room, i can hear one of them using the laptop with the sounds of her clicking the mouse so clearly, but still i can't call her. Dalam hati ni dah gundah gelana dah! Huhuhuhu! Waktu-waktu macam ni lah aku perlukan Faeez atau Jafri. Sebabnya, these two people will disturb me when taking a nap. They are such a nuisance, but when i need them the most, takdelah pulak?!



I call still remember Rashidah said, "Ni lama dia tidur ni. Syam dah makan ubat tu, tak payah la kacau dia..."
Dalam hati aku, aku menjerit! "Baik lah pulak minah ni...Ketuk la aku dengan bantal ke hapa...!" I was nearly to tears dah...


Then after a few minutes hearing their discussion, they left the room. It was quiet again.
Entah lah, after a few more minutes of struggling, i finally can move my feet. That was the moment i thought, "This is it! My way out!" I screamed, Bismillah - ALLAHUAKBAR!

Pap! Aku terbangun macam takde pape yang berlaku...! I was still disoriented jugak masa sedar tu. Tengok Nissa selamba je buat speech ke hapa entah kat laptop dia. Terasa ingin menanya kat dia, yang dia dengar tak aku masa aku menjerit. Tapi dari reaksi dia masa aku sedar tu, biasa je. Ye lah, kalau dia dengar aku menjerit melolong, mesti dia campak tong sampah sebelah dia tu kat aku, kan? aduh! Rasa macam tak percaya pulak. So aku buat tak tau je lah.


So i wen't to the men's room, got freshen up, with a few sticks of cigarettes. I still cannot interpret what just happened. I wanted to call my Mom, but i left my handphones on the sofa that i lied on earlier, so aku biar je lah.


I went back to retrieve my phones. I saw Kak Maria discussing something with Nissa. I told Kak Maria briefly what happened. Actually, she saw me earlier. She thought i was just sleeping, but from what she saw, she did see my position when i was sleeping was rather a bit unusual. Then i asked, how unusual it was. She just said "unusual". WOW. What an explanation. huhuhu.



So, after obtaining my phones, i sat down quietly near my new desk. Staring into the monitor screen, and decided to go Google about what happened to me. Tons of reading for me, and finally i came across this scientific explanatory article that i find it simple and it does explain real straight to the point without those hanky-panky-hard-to-spell medical terms.




And i Quote (Copy>Paste je lah!)




"...Hinggalah saya mendengar penjelasan seorang rakan, Dr. Harris, yang mengulas tentang perkara tersebut dari sudut saintifik perubatan melalui penulisan dalam blog peribadinya.



Sebenarnya apa yang berlaku itu merupakan fenomena paralisis tidur. Ia merujuk kepada suatu tempoh singkat yang membuatkan seseorang tidak dapat membuat pergerakan mana-mana bahagian badan ketika baru memasuki fasa hendak tidur (hipnogogik atau predormital), atau ketika hendak sedar daripada tidur (hipnopompik atau posdormital).

Apakah simptom-simptomnya? Lazimnya seseorang akan mengadu hilang upaya gerak anggota tangan atau kaki ketika baru mula tidur atau hendak sedar. Berlaku juga episod singkat paralisis otot skeletal, sama ada sebahagian atau sepenuhnya. Ia biasanya dikaitkan dengan halusinasi hipnogogik atau aktiviti otak yang mencetus situasi seperti mimpi.

Paralisis tidur selalunya dikaitkan dengan narkolepsi, iaitu gangguan neurologikal yang membuatkan seseorang mengalami rasa mengantuk yang ekstrem lalu boleh tertidur secara tiba-tiba. Namun begitu, ada orang yang mengalami paralisis ini tanpa menunjukkan petanda narkolepsi.Antara penyebab paralisis tidur ini adalah seperti tidur dalam posisi terlentang terlalu lama, jadual tidur yang tidak menentu, tidak cukup tidur dan istirehat, stres dan juga pertukaran gaya hidup secara mendadak (misalnya peralihan daripada mod rehat kepada aktiviti ekstrem secara mengejut).

Dalam kes halusinasi hipnogogik tertentu, seseorang akan merasa seperti ada orang lain di dalam bilik tidur mereka. Ada juga yang trauma apabila menyangka ada ‘sesuatu’ yang duduk di atas dada hingga menyukarkan pernafasan.

Sejak berkurun, ia terjadi pada manusia dan dipanggil Fenomena Hag. Walaupun kesannya menimbulkan keresahan dan ketakutan, tiada risiko atau ancaman fizikal boleh berlaku.
Dalam dunia ini memang ada makhluk lain di dimensi yang tidak dapat ditembusi mata kasar kita. Tetapi janganlah kita jadikan ia satu-satunya alasan bagi setiap kejadian yang tidak dapat dihuraikan..."






Oleh HAMZAH ABDUL HAMID
Petikan dari Kosmo



(http://www.jomlayan.com/mybb/ditindih-atau-paralisis-t-22095.html)






Yeah, most of what i read leads to this explanation.
So yeah, i voted for this article. NO GHASTLY ENTITY WAS THERE. I AM JUST VERY TIRED! Simple.





Look at this. "DAEMONS" >>> Cam nak perli aku je. It was prompted when i was adding the link to Facebook.


PS : No, i don't say that THESE entities does not exist, but i chose to believe that i am just very tired. That's all.

Rippled Persona - Which one?

Dream - The "Rippled" persona




Yes. It's a subject not everyone enjoyed talking about. Me? I really don't want to talk much about it. As i am now, it's probably just another phase of my thinking in process of being an adult. Mind my age, though. Some had said i was way beyond my age, but that's not entirely true. Never mind the fuss about me, and move along here.I am not an aged guy yet, but as i told frequently to some people, i think a lot better when I'm not well. Being in this unconditionally sickened state, i get to hear myself better, so to speak.Not really a wise guy, either.


Just a normal guy who wished to speak out his mind once in a while, hoping that people could say, "Hey, i know that feeling, too!", upon reading this blabbers of mine.


Bah, who am i kidding, huh?





Dreams. What do we all humans have in common?

However it may seem glad for some to be able to dream, metaphorically or under the state of not being conscious, we all dreamed. Life was all managed and circulated by dreams - it pushes us forward, number of minors got the reversed common effects by it, sometime hits rock bottom, too. Whatever to where ever it leads us to, it's called dream. One sees them as visions, perhaps while one other see dreams as something to pass by without any significance meaning of it.



Me?

I see my dreams as never ending ripple of my life. Have you ever dropped a pebble in the lake in a vertical manner? What does it produce when the pebble finally hits the surface of the water in the lake? Yes. It produces ripple on it. Can you count the numbers of the circle of ripple produced upon that simple act? I know i can't.

It's nearly impossible. NOT IF YOU CHEAT, AND TOOK A VIDEO CAMERA ALONG WITH YOU. If you do that, then it's pointless to read this further on. :)

Can you see what i am trying to say? Or perhaps my consolatory methods isn't that accurate? Let me put it this way, then.




**Do view the diagram in a new window. It will be a LOT bigger.**



[Diagram here]
Diagram 1 : The "Rippled" Persona




There are 3 easy points to endeavor to :

Point A - X

Point B - 5

Point C - 9

Now, before you continue reading, PLEASE MAKE A CHOICE either X, 5 or 9. That will determine your characters later. See if you're lying to yourself or not.







[A moment of Silence]









Great. Now you have a point to start with. Stick with it.


A ripple starts with a small but powerful wave; projecting a bigger one with less power, and the cycle continues for hundred more times. This however, to make it simpler, let's just say it produced 9 sets of ripples. (No, you still won't be able to count ripples! Pay attention) :)

Here's the catch - I won't tell you, YET...!







The Point of 9.
Let me start with the biggest one. The point of 9. Upon choosing this, you know that you are very possessive of your surroundings. You know many things, you do many things, u gain many things and yes, you are good at what you do. But life is all about understanding how it works. By gaining and doing so much, you lost "yourself" in the process of it. You know things you don't but you don't know the things you already do. That is what being a majority in the ripple. The point of 9 is the weakest link, though it seems big and well spread over.


It may be harsh for some, but if you understand my earlier paragraphs before the diagram was put, you wouldn't have chosen the point of 9. For you, the bigger frying pan would be the instrument in your life, neglecting the smaller details in life. The point of 9s will profusely try to emerge victorious in any way possible,leaving things behind, and sometimes wiping out anything on its way.


Wait, it's not that scary.





The Point of 5.
Now, the point of 5. The intermediate of things. For those who chose the point of 5. Well done, but you're not exactly the better ones among those 3 points in the diagram. Why? Read more.


Then, the point of 5 lies in the middle. Yes, in the middle of everything. Talk about being neutral in your surroundings. One point to be said that most of the times, being neutral is close enough to get you out in harms way, so i said. Then again, it's not really a good spot to be in, when you have to make a decision, now, am i right? The point of 5 is considered being the un-surety of decision making for short. Even though its slightly stronger than the later point of 9, it still trembles of uncertainties. It's the feeling of cavened in by the surroundings.


You go with the flow. Why do i say this?

Try making ripples on the water surface. Even though the point of 5s will lead to create ripple to the point of 9s, but watch carefully. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand this. Just a simple and extra observation would do the explaining. Can you see that, a tiny wave created by the point of 9s ARE ACTUALLY PUSHING BACK to the point of 5s? Not really that powerful, too, huh? It's like holding a shovel on a concrete foundation, literally.

Naturally a good follower and very adapting to its surrounding, even though you kept getting pushed back and forth, but that makes you a very diplomatic person.






The Point of X.
Have you started to wonder why i labeled it the point of "X", rather to simply put a "1" on it? It would not be "1" because the ripples don't create themselves. At some point, it has to be caused by something. In relation to life, these ripples are caused by people. Probably by a single individual or a great number of people, in accordance to many possibilities.



The Point of X - The earliest visible ones to emerge. Small. Very powerful, timid and very aggresive but not to the point of self-centered. You know what you want in life, you are very persistent, very accurate in making judgments; you hold the key of success. You have what it takes to be a leader. But don't get cocky yet. Everything has its greyer side. Being a leader you need to have the "x" factor. (I can't believe what i just typed coz it sounds so Cliche)


X factor - The factor of being different, always trying to push hard because you are small in size. There are numbers of ripples surrounding you, and you don't want to be swallowed alive. You create a barrier which is the points of 5s ; those that would help you accordingly. Still, remember what the point of 5s can do. They are very neutral, and probably would stick a fork on your back. So, the point of Xs will be very selective in everything they do, sometimes very choosy, depending on what they favour or dislike, and sometime these point of Xs would get very defensive and have the point of 5s taken over. The point of Xs are very hard and very fragile at the same time.

Remember the cause and effects of the later points of ripples? Point of 9s and 5s will push back, and the amount of pressure is doubled! Yes, a strong leader is nothing compared to what the other points can do...

...and the point of Xs would be the first ones to disappear.


So, any change of mind? :)








Me? Don't ask. I don't know.