For my UTP friends, or all of you who still or was belong to the name UTP, read this first to understand what am I talking about. Its really admiring – the bravery and the guts it takes for someone so “little” to do that. It takes creativity – to do something different than the others.
Are you dare to do that?
I bet you don’t. After all, we are always bound to the serenity of security that the world offers, right? Who in his or her right mind wanted to risk something so big (read: scholarship, kicked out of school? bitterly being commented by trolls?) just to bring up issues in the name of justice and human development?
I am not totally agree with all his points, yet some of it still make me smirking happily – of how right he is to mention these points. I agree with his points that:
- The younger generations are dull; lack of interest to try to make a change, lack of interest to voice their opinions. In other word – takde kote. Not challenging at all.
- The younger generations are harder to be friends and to be mixed with. In other word – an ass. They think theirs are whiter.
- The younger generations are not doing stuff they love – they wanted the accreditation so much that they sacrifice their souls to do something “useless”
I observe that this is goddamn true in my final semester. And I observe that this is still goddamn true now. Me myself has lost interest to enter UTPChat anymore. It got nothing. You can enter the room just to find nicknames lying idly – not even a word (be it educative or gibberish) being uttered in the rooms that once so full of glory.
Reading that open letter reminisce me to the way we operates back then. Classes were canceled? The whole bunch of itisjan03 knows it in a glimpse of an eye. The notification bells will be rang to let everybody knows – “keting keting keting!“.
- Notice #itisjan03 – Today class is cancelled.
Got a deadline tomorrow? Assignments that need to be submitted? /topic #itisjan03, /q ReDzuCan or vadder85 or cocomo, and type “Eh enol / zulbo / kamal, ko da siap assignment tu? Send!” and the notification bells will be rang again – “keting keting keting!”
DCC Send of assignmentX.doc Completed.
Got a presentation tomorrow and slides yet to be completed? /q [[aMin]], /q S|3ngErs, /q GoMoK, and type “Weh malam ni kumpul kat bilik gomok, wat presentation slide utk subject A, pastu bole lepak mamak.“
Feeling lonely? Type “Mat, jom mamak!” and somebody will surely reply you. Even though the intended person is not there, but still.. it will happened this way (well, at least it was on my time):
[re-arrange]: Mat, jom mamak! Mok, jom!
code^breaker: Kirim!
[re-arrange]: …..
And who can forget the legacy of Grapevine once upon a time? From Gundam action figures, to bikes, to love, to even arts. How loud we was back in the day – who can forget the sarcastic but idealistic Genjo, the emotional English “Old Man from the Mountain” Effi, or even the passionate story teller Snubby? (just to name a few..)
*sigh* The memory remains..
Anyway, back to the core business. I am sure there are also the black side of it; every coins has two sides of faces. Yes, both of the medium was abused greatly. For fun, for fuck sake (and I mean that directly, not literally). I won’t deny the temptation.
Yet, its mind over matters. Its the art of perception. Check here in this link to understand more about the art of perception; I won’t repeat what has been written.
As a conclusion; I am glad that I am born earlier that I got to feel the fun of it. At least it makes me survived the real world. At least I know better about the real face of the world. And at least I don’t need to be spoon-fed in order to outlive everyone.
Not like what I’ve seen now – the products of UTP who cannot even survived the internship without being spoon-fed. This happened to the extent that I am ashamed to admit that he/she is my junior of the same university. Oh let’s keep that for another post, shall we?
If I still got the burning spirit to write about it laa kan.. :P
dah comment kat situ guna nama viralnelly. malas nak taip kat sini. hehehehe. tp rindu zaman mirc.
and grapevine. uhuk.
tee hee hee. amat rindu zaman2 itu.
*sigh*
bila baca2 blk post aku yg nih… mcm tadek point lak yg aku sampaikan. LOL.
ah pape je lah!
aku rindu gak…
no storytelling a waste. every story have a tale to tell. mungkin apa yang ko ceritakan ni lebih bersikap personal berbanding kage. anyway, you contribute something by spreading the love. kita ni macam hujan, biarpun setitik jer tapi kalau dah kumpul banyak2, boleh banjir jugak.
cerita personal lebih mudah dibaca dari cerita global. kan kan?
oh. mirc mmg dah makin senyap. sume org bz stadi kot? entah la.
i hardly meet students yg willing to buat keje, without dapat sijil. does sijil matter THAT much?
i dun think so.
IMHO.
During my stay in Permata for our induction, a fellow participant queried me:
him: “kau ReDzuCaN eh?”
me: “mana tau ni?”
him: “aku tau laa.. “
me: “ooo… nick ko dulu apa?”
him” “xxxxx”
And later during our activities, another person came up giving a bunch of morale support:
him2: “come on ReDzuCaN, hebat ni.. sure boleh punya”
me: (diam malu2 org sebut nick aku)
and in a later conversation, I asked him2:
me: “mana ko tau eh aku ReDzuCaN?”
him2: “dulu kan time grapevine ko bubuh gamba ko, saiz paspot”
me: “oh, ye ek”
him2: “aku ingat lagi, ko tulis panjang masa tu, ada isu pasal rumah member aku.. bla bla bla…”
Doesn’t it feel great that your presence is noticed and acknowledged?
ella: who doesn’t?
mangi: yep, somehow thats so true.
chunna: its a basic instinct of people to be recognize, but some of them taking it too seriously that by hook or by crook, i want and need that recognition. that should spoilt the spirit, and indirectly, it ruined your intention.
enol: OMGWTF?? gile best dikenali sebegitu sekali. hohoho. nais!
it always feel great. i envy you.
life’s beginning to sux here in utp, but i’ll survive wif that cafe terapung.. haha
but, perhaps the jrs are like that.. but really, when u get to know them, they r a bunch of fun oso… i know coz im their housemate. perhaps, the jrs i know are a bunch of minorities kot
but i dun deny that the jrs nowadays are the ‘all-work-no-play’ type, tp nk wat mcm mn kalo tiap2 sem pet asyik naikkn the gpa bdk2 kene withold duit elaun…
during our early years, sape dpt 2.0 ke bwh, mn de ke withold elaun g, thus leads to bdk gile2. starting last sem, sape dpt < =2.49, kene withold elaun...
and during our last esu talk, that number will rise up to 3.00. perhaps nxt sem, or nxt2 sem.. thats what they said. gile kn? no wonder they r like that oso.. try putting urself in their shoes.. sure sakit otak.. thank God im graduating dah (amin!)
anyhoo.. i do miss the GV’s days~ huhu… tiap2 kali aku refresh ‘view new post’ tu, ade je cite menarik berlaku.. am not trying to jatuhkn k5, tp… bosan ar situ… blk2 mende2 g33k berkomputer.. x pn yg paling popular, [WTS]. bosan! girls pn x rmi.. aku bukak post pasal mekap pn, blk2 org yg same post.. but we post anyway for the sake of bringing up the girl’s area..
ops.. sori terpanjang.. tkt la nk post kt blog kage tue (yeah.. i guess im one of those ‘got-no-guts-to-do-like-kage-did’
. hehe
bla bla bla
network is misused
network is a abused
now go back and study. lol. no really. you old fart. things change. for a reason. too many fame whore in UTPNET pun by the time we left. people licking your asses so that you will bequesth him/her with OP based on association and shit
i wont name names but there are people who are in for the fame not to enrich the network
i welcome the death of UTPNET with open arms. it has performed admirably and with gusto. but the network coil will now go back to the shelf,
rest my son. till the day you are needed again.
btw, yeah. its a shame. but the cancer needs to be cut before it will function again.
RIP
megi: LOL. i’d have to say that K5 also are going down to its doom. Although I was one of the admin, yeah it will never be the same as GV. Maybe because we started at GV, thus the impact is more to that?
effi: LOL. the OP thingy. there are peoples like that too. i guess that’s one hell of a point to get it RIP again.
i miss the old mirc days jugak. but i guess im too old to miss all these things. as in a few months i’ll be leaving InsyaAllah.
it was great, but den everything will lose it sparks. as we grow older we understand how things just dont stay the way they are.
wow i think im getting emotional here. the thing is, i really miss the glory days of mirc, gv and k5.
skrg juniors lagi suke lepak kafe. deswai suke kafe asek penoh je, lagi2 kafe v2. kite suke borak dkt mirc je, kan kan.
i miss the good old days. seriously!!
ps: final sem sux!
heh.. I don’t agree with his letter actually.
Yes its fun and whatsev. But the thing is there is a lot of things that are as bad to mirc too. (Cewah.. ckp macam baik sgt ) heh.
Those who know me know I was addicted to it. Miting project pon setup cenel ok.
So that what I feel utp admin felt. Students becoming too reliant on using virtual to communicate while campus life is all about reaching out and communicating face to face.
And I don’t agree on what he said that Junior skang takde tenaga bla bla bla, no ambitions, exam oriented.
Open your eyes and widen your ears. EVERY SENIORS felt that way. They felt the juniors are too rowdy, noisy, lack in discipline, no interest …. that’s what I felt, that’s what I had heard my senior voiced, and that’s what I am hearing now. People would always felt that way perhaps because we think we are staid and wiser now?
I don’t know but he might be mistaken to judge the junior as such as because I too had judged him (the juniors) when I was a senior.
SO relax, adapt, find a way to make campus life fun. Kite org (the one yang witness the birth of the network) pon hidup di utp dulu (zaman first and second yr) tanpa MIRC and GV, masuk jugak aktiviti2 co-cu without thinking on sijil.
ahah…the good ol days~
i had discussion with juniors the other day…and i asked them “korang mmg x msk mirc lgsg ek?’. they said no and didnt know whats the importance of mirc. they just dont see the point. So, I told them bout how you communicate and discuss with ur coursemates, housemates,grupmates even random ppl about so many things, even studied together virtually thru mirc a day before the exam. I said it was all fun but it’s over. So, they shrugged and say, “akak ade gtalk?” demm. The gtalk has taken over mirc. they even find grupmates thru elearning. haha. how that reminds me of netware services. The point is. Things change. And I’m getting older. I guess i have to sign up for gtalk because i have no other option. Hehe.
btol tu aween.
gtalk rules big time now in utp.
waw!
add me: mialystic. lol!
Dila: My stand for that is – how you respect others will determined how you’ll be respected.
Not only that, if you open yourself to a wider audiences, you’ll increase your visibility as well as your own personal growth and improvement.
How to do so? mirc is one of it. So do forum, and IM. And I don’t think it hinders a lot of face-to-face communication. I got to know most of the seniors by the initiation of GV and mirc, which progressed to be face-to-face communication.
I won’t judge that the juniors are rowdy, noisy, or lack in discipline. But interest? YES.
They got no real interest that makes them participate in co-cu WITH the thought of getting sijil.
Anyway, I am still laid back. Its over for me already
aween: I guess the importance of mirc is null. It has been null since sharing via fserve is not allowed. which is why its going down too, I guess.
Thus, the takeover of IM chats such as YM, Gtalk, MSN.
But still, IM do not offers public chat – its more to private chats – which for me is more suitable for couples going for cybersex (example only!
)
its not as user friendly to hold a discussion or whatnot.
Mia: ehem. promote gtalk tuh! nak promote gamba resume yg diletak sbg avatar ke? LOL.
owh, sume pakai gtalk nowadays?
/me teringat zaman brgayut pakai netmeeting dulu2
hmm, skang internet connection ok ke kat UTP? maybe thats y they dont bother to connect to IRC, sbb leh YM and GTalk. YM ada public place ape, u invite ramai2 to chat. serve the purpose also. zaman kita kan sbb internet hampeh dr hostel, aku nak cek email kat yahoo pon susah, apetah lg gmail. so kita opt to LAN/MIRC. laju…
sorry menerjah ke blog ko adek
pearl_eye
kak su: entahlah. aku da tua, tak reti la gune gtalk2 nih
pearl_eye: I think they has adapted with what they have. the last time i was there, the internet connection is still crappy. tapi still bole lagi la nak access YM / Gtalk.
So they adapted; more or less, as long as leh connect, they don’t bother for something better (which in my opinion, LAN is always better )
takpe. sile la terjah lagi. hehe.
aku rase hidup adelah super bosan kalau tadek mirc kat utp. dulu mase kuar the first thing that i missed is UTP nyer mirc. segalenye pun buat through mirc. peliknye junior tak gune mirc.
hurm kejam nye pet sekat2 duit skoler.. kalau tamo kasik baek tayah kasik langsung [tibe2 je]
walopun aku dah rase cam senior(yeah, etp ruless~~ hihi).. ngan korang2 yg lebih senior dan semakin meningggalkan utp..
igh:
aku perasan aku x kenal junior as much as aku kneal senior. aku join evnet dulu2, time junior knal ngan senior, kwn2 mirc pun lebih senior, kawan2 mapley pun lebih senior.. aku xknal dah org lebih junior selain batch aku..
gtalk is far more popular but to some extend, i opt for public chat for faster n wider coverage of response/s. if only my friends could consider of installing mirc in the first place
isk juniors, get a life! (tru mirc? takdela, tp boleh jugak kan?)
p/s: eleh, x masuk mirc tp chatting kat dc++? that’s my v3
weat:
waah…teruja baca surat tu… ni je yg dy leh kata..sbb zaman kita dulu tak terkata… hehe..
ada baik nya..n ada bruk nya dia wat cmtu..tp yg penting..we are FREE now~~ (^_^)
aku pun dh kira batch zaman dinasour bila nk dibandingkan dgn bdk2 junior nih. aku baru amek cocu this sem. so ko tau je la sumer bdk 1st yr n 2nd yr je dlm kls tu. bila ada group, aku cadang r wat cenel group kt mirc so that sng nk bncg. tayah nk trn meeting sumer. then they look at me with blank looks on their face. so aku cam org bodoh menerangkan fungsi mirc kt derg. last2 derg kata “eh, mmg ada cenel utk group kita ke?”. dem… bdk kecik mmg tak tau fungsi mirc dh skrg… *sigh*