IDENTITY: Our Video Assignment

Greetings~

Hey all!! For this post, me and Iman would like to share our 'works' (video assignment to be exact). Me (Hasny), Iman, Shiffa and Maisarah combined our brain juices and created a team that me and Shiffa (at first jokingly) called ourselves as . . .

 M.I.S.H Potatoes 

(a combination of our initials and a pun, word play there).

It is actually a video that kinda like a preview / representing our research paper for the class. We chose to do / research about offline and online identity. Basically, what we are trying to find are;

1. Do teenagers assume that their identities online are different from their true selves?
2. What are the factors that affect the construction of their identities online, as opposed to that offline?

A little bit about the video: 

• Iman and Maisarah are the stars in the video (huhuuu)
• me as the director and camerawoman (pphheewww)
• Shiffa was the one doing the editing and storyboarding (voilaaa) ... 

We planned to make it like a short film, a really really short silent film with (of course) no voice or dialogue. Just songs to accompany each scene, emotion and persona. The idea is that to make it more dramatic or mysterious (hopefully la)..

Well, more about the storyline, you have to watch it!! Share with us your thoughts yeaaa~ 

The video is now online and out for public at YouTube (click the link: Identity )  Do check it out, share and comment!!

We all have an identity. Some of us might have even more than one.
Which one is YOUR true identity?

Malay Food Craze

Greetings~

Ok, Iman had shared some of her favourite Indian food and I bet it seems familiar right? Also, yes okay Iman, it is Dosa and not Thosai (I'll try not to argue hehe).
Anyway, it is my turn now to introduce my all time favourite Malay cuisines!
Though, unlike Iman's, I don't have a specific breakfast, lunch or dinner favourite. I will share 2 kind of the foods that I can eat all day long (including tea time).

This 2 foods are the kind of food that my mom will surely cook anytime of the day when she knew that I'm going back to my hometown. She even will use these to bribe me (not that I'm complaining). I love you, mom~

However I must highlight this, me and Iman share a thing in common; We don't favor rice as much as what the stereotype says. So, don't expect any rice meal in my list :p huhuu

1. SAMBAL SOTONG !!!!!

Aaaahhh them sotong~

Sambal is a mixture of chilies and some other condiments sauteed together and sotong is squid. I love spicy food and squid is my favourite seafood. Hence, Sambal Sotong is a dish of spicy goodness that can lure me into buying them at nearest cafe or restaurant any single time. 

Usually, sambal sotong is served as a side dish to many kind of other main food, the most popular one is nasi lemak (fragrant coconut milk rice). But, I usually eat it by itself or with other side dishes.

2. GULAI MASAK LEMAK CILI PADI 

yyuummm, I can slurrpp that spicy soupy gravy

.....I'm not sure how to translate the dish's name (direct translations are too ridiculous). Gulai if I'm not mistaken can be roughly translated as a type of curry where the dish is cooked using coconut milk. Cili padi is a type of chili that is soo small yet soo powerful in term of the chili hotness.

Again, it is a spicy dish that we usually eat with rice and I would say the process of cooking it is a bit technically complex.

Depending on people's preferences, we can use meat or seafood as the main hero in the gulai and then add it in the name. For instance, in the picture above they use ikan keli bakar (grilled catfish) therefore, the whole dish is called as Gulai Ikan Keli Bakar Masak Lemak Cili Padi. Phheewww mouthful.

My personal favourite is ikan pari bakar (grilled stingray) and daging salai (smoked beef). Eat it by itself and slurp up the soupy gravy / sauce... Deliissshhh~

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A Taste of Somalia.

Assalamu Alaikum, Hello!

The past week has been the most hectic one in the entire semester! Submission, activities and more submissions! Thank goodness for the Labour's Day holiday. made my weekend feel longer :p

 Hope you guys enjoyed your weekend!

Any way, back to business. Yes, food. And this time, Somali food!

Suaad introduced us to her favourite Somali dish- Anjera & oodkac, usually eaten at breakfast.

Anjera is fermented pan bread that looks like a thin pancake, eaten that with "oodkac" which is small dried pieces of beef, goat or camel meat, boiled in ghee.

Anjera can also be mixed with tea and sesame oil, or with honey and ghee, and washed down with a cup of tea.

What's surprising is Anjera is what Indians call Dosa! Its fermented and prepared in the same manner.

Who knows if Anjera travelled from Somalia to India, or if the vice versa happened!

Indian Food Craze

Hi there!

Hasny and me were discussing on one of our favourite topics (which I bet, is most people's favourite too!)- FOOOD. It wasn't surprising that Hasny was familiar with some South Indian cuisines, though she knew it by names that were funny to me :p
Any way, we got into talking about our most favourite dish, and as usual, I cant pick just one!
You know, I've favourites for breakfast, another one for lunch, and yet another for dinner. Honestly, its hard to choose a favourite!

1. ONE OF THE BEST BREAKFAST MEALS- DOSA AND CHUTNEY

Dosa is a fermented crepe made from rice batter and black lentils. It is a staple dish in South Indian states of Tamil nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana. There are many varieties of dosa, based on the flavour or seasoning added to the batter.
I love it plain and crispy as paper. The chutneys usually are spicy and finger-licking good, trust me.
*(Hasny keep on insisting that this is thosai or tosei or whatever she called this as, well Hasny, it is DOSA XD)

2. LUNCH SET
Being a South Indian, rice is almost always a must on the lunch table. I personally dont prefer rice much, but I dont mind it either.
My favourite lunch would be the complete vegetarian rice set: plain rice, a variety of vegetable dishes, yoghurt, vegetable gravy known as sambhar, n vegetables and more vegetables. A little bit of fruit, usually bananas. Trust me, it's the most filling of meals. Perfectly yummy. Though this meal is traditionally vegetarian, I often pester Mom for a piece of fried fish. It's so tasty, I'm missing home alreadyyy!

3. DINNER
I love anything but rice for dinner.

Should I post about Idli, or Chapati, or maybe Naan..?
You see, I love everything Mom cooks, and if I were to write about it all, it'd be a never ending list! So, I'll settle with Chapati and lady's finger for now. May be some day later, I'll share more Indian cuisines, insha Allah.
Chapati (alternatively Chapatti, Chappati or Chapathi) is an unleavened flatbread (also known as roti) from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is a common staple in South Asia as well as amongst South Asian expatriates throughout the world. Chapatis are one of the most common forms of wheat bread which is staple food in South Asia.
Chapati with lady's finger fry- yum yum yummyy!

The Girl in the Red Scarf

Hello, Assalamu Alaikum!

You know how its said that, there are some people in our lives that make us laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger and live a little better? Well, I’d like to introduce to you one such person in my life, one of those best  friends you don’t need to talk to everyday but can always count on them, no matter what.

Three years ago, I met ‘the girl with the red scarf’. Her scarf was the first thing that caught my attention, and I named her that in my head (till I knew her name, of course!) A smart and  hyperactive girl who seemed to be pissed off at something, but always laughing!

Meet Suaad. Suaad Dirie from Somalia!

Born and brought up in Kenya, Suaad is a Somali living in Malaysia. She’s currently an undergrad at the Economics faculty, IIUM. Since day one of our friendship till date, it has been not just fun but a an awesome learning experience.

Stay tuned for more, as we discuss our cultures and how looking past cultural differences made us the friends we are today!

A New Friend ???

YOU BETCHAAA!!! Greetings~

Someone will join me & Iman in this informative, intercultural exchange journeyy.. Yeayy~~ InsyaAllah, she will join us after the mid-semester break as she is busy with all kind of things. MAIGOOSSHHH SOOO EXCITEDDD!!!! *can't emphasize more in the caps lock and extreme addition of alphabets*

*hint* Non-Malaysian, Non-Indian, Non-Arabic (as all the criteria are occupied by either me or Iman) ... #Varieties

* s p o i l e r *

  

Sketching Personalities on Paper

Greetings~

Hi there! Here we go again, another interesting activity in class: Draw yourselves, from memory alone and in 5 minutes! With as much details as we could incorporate into our masterpiece. It sounded fun so we just as we were asked to!

The session was funny, with everyone figuring out what they looked like, "which part of the face that I have moles on", "how crooked my smile is.. towards the left or right?", "whether my eyes are squinting or not..", "how big my nose is??", etc.
 We recommend you to try it too! Trust us, you'll realise that there are plenty of things you didn't know about your own face!

At the end of the drawing session, we were questioned on what aspect of our face did we first draw.
Honestly, that question seemed irrelevant. Why bother about what we drew first, the final image is what counts, isn't it!

But apparently, psychology says that it somehow reflects our inner desire! AHAHHH...can u believe it!

Wanna know what we got?

THIS IS ME, HASNY!!! ...Did I drew myself correctly??? Yea, I know I need to draw my nose bigger though. Sobss.

I drew my spectacles first. My justification is that, it is easier to measure & determine the size of my face if I drew the spectacles first (ration of the distance of both eyes and such). Plus, I adore my own eyes if I were to compare with other parts of my face #narcissism

HOWEVER! Dr. Fiza said that.. Those who drew accessories first (such as spectacles & jewelries) -> deep inside, they are craving for LIMELIGHTS!!! *GASPS*

*self-reflection* Reallyyyy?? *judging myself*

And, this is me, Iman! Not that I ran out of time to draw the organs on my face, I'm just a really pathetic artist, and a lazy one at that too!

I drew the outline of my face first, as that's what determines the positioning of the rest of my facial features.

Dr. Fiza told us that those who prefer to draw outline first are usually guarded, always goes by the book and confident!
Won't deny, it's pretty much accurate!

(P.S. Forgive the unwanted doodling- my pencil can't stand still!)

SO YEAH...

I got 'attention-seeker' kind of personality and Iman got confident. *a little bit of jealousy there* huhuhuuu

Whatever it is, I still love you, buddy!!!!!!