Alice in Wonderland

It is came to my attention to gugel about Alice Lindell-the origin character of Alice in Wonderland when I read about Oxford Wonderland Tour.

Yes, Oxford is the birth place Alice in Wonderland's story.The character-Alice is taken from Alice Lindell, the daughter of the Dean at Christ Church college-Henry Lindell.She and her two sisters have a close relationship with Dodgson (the book's writer) who tend to be the Math lecturer there.

The story began when all of them rowed in a boat at River Thames.To make the girls cheer up in the journey, Dodgson create a story about a young girl who fell in the rabbit hole.Alice Lindell love it and ask Dodgson to write the manuscript of the story.

It took two year later when Dodson finally feel bored with the job and took seriously on the manuscript. He added a new character and fantasy to make the story more interesting.The imagination is came from the Oxford and people around Alice itself.

For example, the version of White Rbbit wear a formal dress code is Alice father. The white rabbit always look at the watch as it always five minutes late-same as Alice fathers. While Dodo-the bird character is from Dodgson name-Do-do-Dodgson.

The door on the left side of the high table in the dining hall leads to a very streep staircase is sid to be a version of 'rabbit hole' that Alice fall down.

There’s a little door underneath a large tree. The door is the one that Alice goes through after growing and shrinking (and the door that Alice’s father-the white rabbit-went through everyday while checking his watch because he was always late), and the chestnut tree is the one the Cheshire Cat is seen grinning from.
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As Dodgson is a Math lecturer, he tend to use the logic in the story.

In chapter 1, "Down the Rabbit-Hole", in the midst of shrinking, Alice waxes philosophic concerning what final size she will end up as, perhaps "going out altogether, like a candle."; this pondering reflects the concept of a limit.
In chapter 2, "The Pool of Tears", Alice tries to perform multiplication but produces some odd results: "Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!" This explores the representation of numbers using different bases and positional numeral systems: 4 x 5 = 12 in base 18 notation, 4 x 6 = 13 in base 21 notation, and 4 x 7 could be 14 in base 24 notation. Continuing this sequence, going up three bases each time, the result will continue to be less than 20 in the corresponding base notation. (After 19 the product would be 1A, then 1B, 1C, 1D, and so on.)
In chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar", the Pigeon asserts that little girls are some kind of serpent, for both little girls and serpents eat eggs. This general concept of abstraction occurs widely in many fields of science; an example in mathematics of employing this reasoning would be in the substitution of variables.
In chapter 7, "A Mad Tea-Party", the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse give several examples in which the semantic value of a sentence A is not the same value of the converse of A (for example, "Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!"); in logic and mathematics, this is discussing an inverse relationship.
Also in chapter 7, Alice ponders what it means when the changing of seats around the circular table places them back at the beginning. This is an observation of addition on the ring of integers modulo N.

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Honestly, I had watched the latest Alice in Wonderland movie-and it's kinda boring for me. But after googling all about Alice in Wonderland, i realise that it is just not about a little girl fantasy..it is also about modern Math, human behaviour and polic hipocracy (refer to the Queen).And I am looking forward for the book now.Not the 10 pages of tiny book with many colourful character in it. But the real one...

My Sister Keeper

Last month, I bought My Sister Keeper book.
I read the book and I cry.

Yesterday,I bought My Sister Keeper DVD.
I watched the movie and I cry.

Here a short synopsis taken from the back of the book.

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.



It have different ending between book version and movie version.
Books more dramatic and sad instead.
But I like the movie version either as I can't just help the feeling on wondering why Anna should be died..

Genting

Date:15 August 08
Venue:Genting

Lepaking at Genting with my best buddies-Fisz,Sal,Lina and Zatil.Together with them just bring my mind back to our old memories-Room 330.Our one day vocation which is full of laughter.

The trip starts with Sal sending a message to Fisz telling how bored is she and she really wanted to meet us. Sal lives at Johor and I also not sure when the last time I met her. Then, agreed we need to spend some quality time together. While each of us do not know where to go, we come out with a few interesting plan. The result-Genting as I already book a room -88.80 at First World Hotel for a night. Lina doesn’t believe at all that I can get such a price at Genting-until I showed her the itenary booking. Well Lina, that’s the advantage of Internet booking.

So all of us met at KL Sentral and then took a bus straight to Genting.
It’s not our day I guess-as outdoor games need to be closed coz of the bad weather. Just three or four games that we had tried before we were instruct to leave the outdoor games area. So the next alternatives-indoor games- which I called as ‘ramah mesra games’.

Our breakfast at Marrybrown with the price is OK. But, our lunch at Curry House which is soo expensive.Iskh..our fault- we just came straight to the restaurant without looking at the price label first. Below is my lunch pics;the price is totally insane-rm20 hinggit. Maka sambil menikmati juadah, berbakul-bakul 'pujian' diberikan kepada kedai ini.

10 august
Broke coz of that Curry House. So, this is our breakfast-Mee Manggi Cepat Dimasak Sedap Dimakan.

Next indoor games-rock climbing-with the ticket price only rm4. I’m not able to reach till at the peak-but really glad that at last I tried this games.And I really want register myself at the beginner class-Sunway. So later when I go to Krabi, I can try the rock climbing there as professional person. Heheheh..

There’s a shop which sell many kinds of pickles. I am not buying anything but I tried everything. A place which you should go- go go eat the tester!!

Then finally we reached at KL back. Me and Sal sleep that night at Fisz house.

We went to Cineleisure and watched late nite movie-Wall E. Fisz sleep from begin till end the stories-and Sal sleep only after half way of that movie. Me..I think my eyes open but my mind…Conclusion-boring to me.

**The end.

Teater Pramlee

Teater P Ramlee..yup..the second time.

Reason?

Luv the music
Luv the theater

With the cheapeast ticket that I could get..heh



Me,Kareem n Eli..with a big smile-can't say no to our fan club members..heh


As usual, photographer ask the 'artist' to pose

Berbeku Report

Venue: Dirahsiakan atas ciri-ciri keselamatan
Time: Selepas Isyak sebelum SUbUH


Majlis bermula seawal 9 mlm..dengan dihadiri makhluk2 yg kelaparan.
Hewan-hewan telah dibakar,dipanggang dan disalai untuk sajian.
Siamang menaja hewan yg penuh dengan protein dan karbohidrat.
Malang kepada makhluk2 yg dtg lambat..hewan tersebut habis disantap oleh makhluk2 kelaparan tadi.
Manakala hewan2 lain ditaja beramai2 dengan diketuai oleh Zam The Hunter yg bertindak meredah hutan dan menyusuri air sungai gombak untuk memburu hewan2 tersebut.

BIDUANITA NEGARA dan PAnya sampai ke tempat kejadian tepat pada pukul 1030 malam.
Kedengaran hiruk pikuk dari jauh.
Mungkinkah sudah start?

Oh tidak..

Hanya setongkol jagung dapat diselamatkan..


Agenda seterusnya..sungguh menyeramkan.
Juri mengambil tempat duduk.



Olga membersihkan 'seram territory'.



Zam The Hunder merasmikan majlis.
Suara2 seram telah keluar.

Hari yg sepatutnya dingin krana hujan bertukar menjadi panas yg hangat.

Kelihatan para jejaki lebih menyerlah dari para jejaka.
Mungkihkah jejaka malu2 mengambil bahagian..atau sememangnya mereka tiada bakat?

Yer betul..tiada bakat..


Antara yang mengambil bahagian..
BIDUANITA NEGARA dan PAnya aka Geng Sungai Besi
Zam the Hunter n konco2 nya aka Geng Setapak
Jehan Kaya,Sarah Raisuddin,EEEjan dan Siamang..backup singer yg berbakat
Badar..peminat fanatik Dato CT
Gabrina n ARIF RAIN...pasangan duo yg sgt menyerlah pada hari kejadian
Arygo..LELAKI INI sungguh berbakat
Pait..LELAKI INI tiada bakat
Pak Lah Global..bakal menggantikan MAwi World

Nama2 yg tidak tercalon..tiada bakat la maknanya


Slepas aksi menakutkan tersebut, next agenda...VCD SERAM
Jehan Kaya telah menaja VCD2 seram tersebut.

Namun..
Juri bersepakat mengatakan suara2 seram tadi lebih menyeramkan daripada vcd seram.

Jam menunjukkan pukul 1 am..
VCD Seram ditutup kerana tidak seram.


Makhluk2 masuk ke kamar masing2
Sambil tersenyum bangga akan kejayaan masing2

HUJAN

Bkn Hujan tiap2 ptg turun
Ina..bkn Rain ko..
Tapi kumpulan HUJAN
Thought they are Indonesian
Surprisingly,Malaysian rupenye
At last, ade gak lagu ‘Malaysia’ yg sedap didengar…ooops..
Takla mendayu-dayu sangat..sampai dengar pun agak syahdu
Lirik pun byk gak la perkataan nyer dari lagu “Itu Kamu”…oops lagi..
Maybe coz of their highly appreciated towards music
No need to be under label big2 co.
Very independent by themselves
People promoting them to have a concert at UK
Not them promoting people..oooops..
Hv think about this before
Penyanyi Msia byk-lagi2 kelahiran bintang2 ‘segera’
But then naper lagu seakan-akan sama tapi tidak serupa sumer
Which make us turn to Indonesian band
The reason might be..the singer just sing..people behind it more important..
Yerla..composer-composer ni lagi-lagi Ajai,M.Nasir…tu jer ke ?
Someone had tell me this-saper ye…tak ingat lak
Students yg belajar dlm bidang2 music ni la supposedly change the music scenario
As they know about the music arrangement,etc…
And not to enter the sing competition-to be a singer lak

Ok..get back to work
P/S: fakta diatas bukannye betul sgt…just my thought..

Enchanted

Date: 4 Dec
Venue: Time Square

I watched this movie together with my colleagues-Hasnul n Ayu. While our statuses were on the bench, we are ‘free’ all the times. So it is wasted if the time did not manage correctly, therefore, we decide to watched Enchanted. Actually, planning had been made from last week, but since I had another project, the planning keep postponed until the day had come (I mean last Tuesday). However, planning are not as expected also because not many people joined me...coz whether they are on leave that day or had watched enchanted before.

Enchanted…from all feedbacks that I get..all luv this story. Me too..I keep giggling all the times watched this movie. At first, I thought this movie will be like the other fairy tales movie. Well, happily-ever-after concept... about a girl who dreams of her true love, come across to obstacles n then find the real true one at last.. Hmm, Enchanted still use the same concept but in other creative way. The combination of live action and traditional animation make the movie so exciting to watch. Part that I like most- Giselle sing “That How You Know” in the park together with other spontaneously musician.

Hati Malaya

Dah lama tak tengok wayang. Then kali nih kuar ngan member2 watch Hati Malaya. Actually tak plan pun. Macam bacer buku teks tapi divisualisasikan. Okla good movie..sumer orang patut tengok movie nih. Tapi daripada kutipan, jelas tak ramai yang menonton cerita ini..Ramai yang prefer tengok Otai agaknya daripada Hati Malaya. Jelas menunjukkan yang orang ramai pergi menonton wayang untuk berhibur dan tidak begitu menggemari elemen berat seperti sejarah yang cuba dipaparkan oleh Hati Malaya ini. Malah masa pergi hari tu pun, dua line seat jer yang penuh..

Aku ibaratkan Dato’ Onn seperti Tun Mahathir. Both genius dan pandang jauh ke hadapan.Tapi mungkin disebabkan keadaan pada masa itu, pemikiran Dato Onn tidak diterima. Maka, tempatnya digantikan dengan Tunku Abdul Rahman yang diibaratkan seperti bidan terjun dalam movie ini.Dato Onn digambarkan dengan sikap yang berani, ada ideologinya sendiri,bijak dan tegas. Tunku Abdul Rahman memimpin dengan menggunakan pendekatan yang lembut dan perbincangan bersama-sama ahlinya..bak slogan tv9..dekat dihati...hehehe..

Hmm..entah naper..aku rasa seperti sejarah berulang pada masa kini. Dato Onn seperti Tun Mahathir dan Tunku Abdul Rahman seperti Pak Lah. After Pak Lah, maybe Najib..well, selepas Tunku Abdul Rahman..Tun Razak..:)

Both pelakon yang memegang watak Dato Onn dan Tunku Abdul Rahman merupakan pelakon teater. Padanla..perfect sungguh diorg berlakon. Hoho..rasanya kedua-dua mereka ini lebih ’diingati’ berbanding watak lain lakonan Maya Karin, Rusdi Ramli dan lain-lain.

Movie ini banyak ’diselamatkan’ oleh syarikat-syarikat swasta, sekolah dan kolej-kolej yang membeli tiket wayang. Jika tidak,mungkin lagi parah kutipannya. Promosi pun banyak difokuskan kepada target group tersebut. Sebabnya mungkin kerana mereka tahu, jika tidak dipromosikan cara sedemikian, movie ini akan totally fail di wayang. Apa yang menyedihkan, walaupun tiket wayang dibeli secara bulk..tiada siapa yang datang menontonnya.

Ini diceritakan sendiri oleh kawanku..sedang diorang tengah melepak...hehehe..sory guys..pekerja GSC Mid Valley datang tanya nak watch movie free tak..Movie aper? U know it..;) Ditangannya penuh dengan tiket lain..mungkin cuba untuk mencari yang lain agaknya.. And of course my friends dengan senang hati menerima offer tersebut..

Teater Muzikal P.Ramlee

Erm..pergi 24 okt lepas..lepas kerje terus gih..ishk..hampeh tul aku nih..orang lain pakai baju cantik2..kebaya pun ader sih..aku seperti biasa..sempoi..memang la out of topic..

Teater nih mengisahkan riwayat hidup suka duka Pramlee daripada nobody to somebody..dan daripada kekasih pertama hinggalah isteri ketiganya Saloma. Waaa...sesaper jer leh jatuh cinta ngan Sean Ghazi time tuh.Best!! And sumer bebudak lelaki pun jatuh cinta ngan Saloma (merujuk kepada kata Arif ;) ..

Sebelum intermission agak boring. Part bercinta ngan Azizah (Dato Ct) n Junaidah..After break kira-kira setengah jam, baru best. Start bab dengan Norizan (Melissa Saila). Serius..Melissa Saila get the award that nite. Maybe because part-part lain more to sopan santun dan berbudi bahasa ..tibe-tibe part Melissa Saila..wah…’active’ sikit…hehehhe..
Saloma lakonan Liza Hanim. Dia betul-betul macam jelmaan Saloma. Suaranya, lenggoknya,manjanya..

Antara part lain yang enjoy tengok ialah part paparazzi..so cute..kirenya part paparazzi nih macam part iklan lak..pertukaran dari satu babak ke babak lain..Pentas..kostum..hampir semua adalah perfect..

Memang puas tonton teater nih. Best. Mungkin tak serancak teater PGL but both teater are different kind of teater..tak boleh nak disamakan mana yang lebih best. Balik agak lewat malam tuh kul 1220 pm. Ingatkan nak tangkap gambar bersama-sama..tapi dah tak larat nak menunggu.terus balik..tangkap gambar kat poster jadikla..:(

The Apprentice

I always luv to watch the apprentice. And now I have watched the season 6 of The Apprentice. Thanks to my colleague who download the series.
The new apprentice is a female. Stefani…Go girls power! I like Heidi, Kristen and Steffani also. Each of them had the potential..but of course, Stefani is the best. I think she was the only apprentice winner who never been a project manager along the job interview. Well, can’t blame her also because in this new season; if the project managers win, he/she will be remaining as a project manager until he/she loose. And James kept winning since he being a project manager. But in term of positive side, people still can see Stefani capabilities and she’s so shining although she is not project manager.
From apprentice 1-6, I notice that those apprentice which had been hired by Trump have a common. They work with their brain. They are not type of person who will blame other person if they lose. They are silent beginning on the show but kept progressing to move forward.
I believe that in term of quality leadership, you are not need to be very “busy” to show other people that you do your job. You are not need to speak “loudly” every time you do your task. You not need to move around and give instructions all around. Leaders think a lot and were practical and flexible all the time. Although in certain circumstances, they might not be the leader, but we still can see they shine.