Musim intern dah habis, jadi mulakan september dengan sem baru, bulan baru, harapan baru, dan cabaran yang baru. Tahun ni dan tahun depan ialah tahun akhir aku sebagai pelajar unisza, dan aku akan mula buat fyp. Hopes I can rock my final year! Aku doakan semua yang tengah berjuang dipermudahkan urusan. InshaAllah!

Kurang 16 hari dari sekarang, rakyat Malaysia akan menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan yang ke 62. Persoalan yang sama setiap tahun, sudah merdekakah kita? Pelik bila setiap tahun, isu perkauman mesti muncul. Seolah olah wajib pulak ya.

Entri kali ni khas untuk pelajar yang sedang mencari maklumat berkenaan taman ni. Sebab masa aku nak apply li dekat sini, yang keluar semua maklumat lama kan? So here i am, thank me later okay :P

Maklumat asas

Alamat: Taman Pertanian Jubli Perak Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Jalan Pintasan Kuantan-Kemaman, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur.

No tel: 609-5732194

No fax: *Sehingga 2019, taman ini tiada fax machine, harap maklum*

Proses memohon latihan industri/praktikal di TPJPSHAS

1. Telefon hq Jab Pertanian Pahang (095733133), tanyakan kekosongan, maklumat yang diperlukan berhubung dengan skop pekerjaan dan sbgnya. Jangan risau, sehingga 2019, operator yang melayan sangat lemah lembut dan membantu.

*Maklumat tambahan: Sehingga 2019, aku dimaklumkan bahawa ada lima cawangan/lokasi yang boleh ditempatkan pelajar praktikal di Kuantan.

   (1) Pejabat Pertanian Daerah Kuantan
   (2) Pusat Pertanian Bukit Goh (skop lebih kepada cantuman pokok)
   (3) Pusat Latihan Pegawai Pertanian Inderapura (skop fertigasi)
   (4) Pusat Pertanian Bukit Ubi
   (5) Taman Pertanian JPSHAS (most likely, you will end up here, trust me)

2. Hantarkan segala surat menyurat dan resume ke alamat hq Jab Pertanian Indera Mahkota, atau boleh email (jika dibenarkan), sebab hq sahaja yang menentukan lokasi praktikal. Kalau call cawangan pun, operator/kerani akan suruh buat benda yang sama.

3. Follow up either by email or calling. Penting untuk tentukan sama ada berjaya ditempatkan atau tidak. Kalau tak berjaya, jimat masa, boleh mohon tempat lain.

Okay, seterusnya, lebih info berkenaan TPSHAS. Pertama sekali, untuk makluman, taman ni masih bawah jabatan pertanian pahang, tetapi dikawal selia di bawah kepimpinan istana pahang. Jadi, banyak hal telah berubah. Kalau korang google tempat ni, selalu gambar yang muncul mesti kawasan kem kan? Dukacita dimaklumkan, kem tersebut telah diberikan hak kepada kontraktor luar. Jadi segala urusan berkenaan kem tersebut kena berhubung dengan kontraktor yang berhak. Disebabkan kem tu masih dalam kawasan taman, staff taman masih membantu segala pertanyaan berkenaan kem tersebut. Kalau nak tanya nombor kontraktor pun boleh. Seterusnya, gerai-gerai di pintu masuk pun segala dukacitanya dimaklumkan tiada lagi mempunyai kelulusan untuk berniaga. Sebab: ada penduduk setempt mengadu gerai tu buat sesak highway. Okay then. Tapi setiap rabu (atau khamis rasanya) masih ada lot gerai yang dibuka DI DALAM kawasan taman. Segala pertanyaan, boleh berhubung dengan guard. Untuk lawatan pula, boleh buat tempahan awal dengan menghubungi/melalui surat beralamatkan TPSHAS. Kawasan lawatan meliputi ladang,hutan simpan, nurseri-nurseri dan garden-garden. Jangan risau, akan ada trem yang bawak korang.

Tempat ni seluas lebih kurang 200 atau 300 lebih hektar (maaf tak ingat),termasuk hutan simpan, dengan seramai 25 orang staff sahaja termasuk pengurus taman. Unit dipecahkan kepada empat, (1) Herba & Landskap, (2) Permikultur, (3) Jentera, dan (4) Pengurusan Ladang.

Kalau diikutkan, sepatutnya pelajar akan ditempatkan di bawah setiap unit, untuk pengalaman. Tapi, hal ini bergantung kepada pengurusan semasa. Jadi sedikit info berkenaan setiap unit,

Unit Herba & Landskap: Unit yang staffnya paling aktif keluar kawasan untuk beli benih/anak pokok herba/bunga baru. Ada nurseri masing masing. So basically, kalau ditempatkan bawah unit ni, banyak uruskan anak pokok baru seperti buat medium semaian, pindah pasu, tanam keratan, cantum dan design landskap. Unit landskap ni unit yang satu satunya wujud bawah jabatan pertanian pahang, jadi semua event di bawah jabatan ni, unit ni yang akan digerakkan. Juga, unit herba satu-satunya unit yang menjual anak pokok di sini. Jangan harap nak beli anak pokok buah atau bunga pulak ya.

Unit Permikultur: Permikultur ni secara ringkasnya sistem penanaman yang mengikut hukum alam. Memandangkan taman ni terletak di kawan hutan simpan, jadi sistem penanaman condong ke arah kelestarian dan keseimbangan ekosistem semula jadi. Contohnya, cara susunan pokok buah/sayur kena ikut ketinggian sama macam level hutan. Cara design dia pun membolehkan air hujan turun secara semula jadi, so dekat sini takde tanaman gantung dan fertigasi ya. Unit ni paling bebas, nak tanam apa pun tanamlah. Hasil pun boleh bawa balik. Ada 4 kawasan di bawah tanggungjawab unit ni, (1) Kitchen Garden, (2) Market Garden, (3)Food Forest, (4) Kompos. Selain belajar tanam pokok, korang juga akan belajar buat kompos dan plant booster yang baunya amat dasyat.

Unit Jentera dan Pengurusan Ladang: Sehingga 2019, kedua dua unit ni dikelola oleh pegawai yang sama. Jadi, aku cerita sekali gus jelah. Ladang yang dimaksudkan di sini, ladang buah-buahan. Sehingga 2019, buah yang ada dekat taman ni, rambutan, mesta, kelapa, durian, dokong, belimbing madu, dan jambu air. Buluh pun ada. Jadi, bawah unit ni korang boleh belajar cara spray plant booster, membaja, petik buah, jual buah, tanam buah pokok baru(kalau berkesempatan), dan maintenance ladang yang lain-lain. Ladang dan semua tanaman di sini 100% pakai plant booster dan baja organik ya.

Sepanjang 6 bulan aku praktikal dekat sini, banyak yang aku nak kongsikan tapi bimbang terlebih cerita. Jadi, apa-apa pertanyaan boleh berhubung terus dengan taman sendiri, atau email ke aku, najihahhamzah007@gmail.com atau kita borak-borak dekat twitter @MijiWay. Disebabkan aku kos biotek pertanian, jadi projek aku dekat sini atas permintaan aku sendiri, iaitu The Effects of Marigold on Repelling Pest of Cucumber. Untuk baca full report, boleh minta pada aku, sebab it contains 54 pages and ada beberapa maklumat sulit yang aku tak boleh share secara public. Melainkan, anda sudah ditempatkan praktikal di sini, sudah mendapat kebenaran, atau berminat dengan report untuk mini projek itu sahaja aku akan bagi access ke google document aku.

*sehingga 2019=info di entri ni sah benar sehingga akhir tahun ini sahaja. mungkin berlaku pertukaran dari semasa  ke semasa*

Bawah ni aku sertakan gambar-gambar sepanjang aku praktikal di sana.















  

#FUNFACT: John Ajvide Lindqvist is said to be the Swedish Stephen King. So i hope you can expect how eccentric this book is going to be. This book is the translated version of Himmelstrand, the first book from trilogy #Platserna.

This is my first book from him and tbh english is not my first language, but the plot scared the shit out of me. Kudos to the translator. I search reviews from the Goodreads to find if anyone can explain the ending, cause bruh, it was hard to understand. After searching from different sites, i think i can get a grip about what John Ajvide was trying to convey. I can say this book is full of metaphors. And im about to share my view on how i interpret the whole plot.

*SPOILER ALERT*

This story was set on an open field of nothingness. No animals, no trees, no humans. Except of four families that was scraped out from a fire camp they joined before. Tbh, i expect they will involved by some alien shit, but no lol. That's not the case. The plot got me play the game of guessing for a while until one of the character has a monologue,

' All his life he has felt God's silent presence, but since that day he has refused to respond to the wordless call.

Now it has disappeared. The presence has dissolved, the constant question is no longer being asked.

 God is not here. '

and then the plot thickening, it tells about intersections, dark clouds with acid rains, and people (?) that run away from it. So i can tell this book are leaning towards religion and faith. As i am muslim myself, and, islam and christian has a similar in one or two things about faith. So, i can understand a bit of the message he try to deliver.

Intersection-In Islam, we believe that there will be a period between a person's death and the Day of Resurrection. Its where souls reside before going to the next stage, The Day of Resurrection. In this story, it is said to be many white entities that keep on walking towards the 'track' and the scraped fire camp are said to be ON the intersections. So i think the intersection is where they are decided to go to hell or heaven, depending on their practice.

Dark clouds with acid rain-In Islam (again),while the souls reside before the Day, is where they will be questioned about their practices in Dunya, the World. We will be punished for all the wrongdoings in our lives, here. So, i think dark clouds with acid rains is the punishment.

At the finale of the story, all of the characters end with a different situation. And it really is interesting. If you already read the books, you will understand what i mean. If not, go grab it NOW!

So i'll share my views for each individual's ending scene.

Stefan, Carina, Emil Family-They are said to 'survived' the horrible scene. So if you read their struggles, and old stories, you will know that they are portrayed to be the kind of person that will makes out from the mistakes, and fights for a better future.

Majvor-She is portrayed to be a loyal wife. Tho, she almost kills her husband bc of his temper, but they managed to held the marriage after all. From what i see, she just contain her anger. She is tired of her husband, and she is just holding on. By the time the stories end, she's being asked by the entities, what exactly does she want? It is a complicated story but, she is said to want to be Jimmy Steward, not longing for Jimmy Steward.

It can be blurred for some of us to acknowledge our own dream, yes. Majvor is an excellent character to show the side of ours. She has being silent for all her life, to stay faithful for her one and only husband, Donald, and by the time arrived, finally, she managed to grab her dream back. She win.

Donald-I cant seems to understand his ending that well, but i think he has been offered to be the guardian for the life-hell door or something-as exchange for his life. Im not sure.

Olof and Lenart-They are a gay couple. They tried to deny some times, but also tried to figure out if they have feelings, the other times. In short, they have difficulties to understand their circumstances, themselves. By the end of the stories, they are the only family that do not try to get out from the hell (?) but stays until the dark clouds swallowed them wholly. By the mean, do not hate me, but i think they are being portrayed as a person that know they make mistake, but wasnt afraid of the impact. (FYI, Islam and Christian both forbid same sex relationship). Tho, they can also be interpreted as lgbt community that succeed to come out from the closet.

Peter-He has a 'thing' for older women and bc he has been a handsome footballer all his life, he is in denial and seems to hide that feeling. But, he is said to embrace his personality at the end.

There are also things, that i cant conclude. First, the white entities. Yes, they can be a wandering souls. But the other entities, the zombies-vampires thingy, sucked the blood out from the white entities for real WHY? Peter's wife, Isabelle, i know she's bad but she turned out to be one of them. And their daughter is one of the white entity. Like wtf? Second, why Donald got to be the guardian of the door? He's evil too. And what's up with all old Swedish's pop reference? Why brings out Peter Himmelstrand character? Was it correlates with the tittle itself?

Overall, the stories is about how the past will haunting you even you try your hardest to bury it. And how will you encounter you own mistakes. By saying the truth? Embraced it? Or take it to your grave? You are the one to decide.

A great book, for people who loves to guess the message. The kind of book i'm longing for. 10/10.


'Then he frowns as Monica tells him there are no seas, no islands, if God didnt make those little green apples. Monica sings about the lack of laughter and children playing, the fact the sun is cold.

If nothing exists, can love exist?

But what happens when there are no mountains, no seas?

The little details. The things that make up everyday life. Working together, sharing leisure time. If all that has been eradicates, what is left?'

Hello!

That was a good long hiatus. Well, from the cyber world, unfortunately. The reality is, i just finished another phase of my student life, an industrial training. So, i was quite...busy? with that thing for a while. The truth is, i just lazy.

So, was it fun? I would wholeheartedly says no. But its not fair as it showed me a few perspectives of my next stage of life. So... is it fun? No, it sucks tbh. Let me tell you a story.

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You just stepped on another level of a game. It is called A Race of Life. The one that have the longest alley and you just cant seems to reach the end of it. No matter how many motivational songs did you heard. You kept on stumbling on the same barrier. When everyone seems to moving onto the next stage, and you just... there. Thinking why it was easier for everyone but me? Was i not good enough? Was i born to fail at everything? You cried you heart out, but they cant reach you. They dont. They have their own battle ahead. Its a shame to drop everything and go down to your level and start all over again.

And after much more healed bruises on top of each other, you started to get a grip of everything. You played the same game with everyone else, but you forgot each of you started at different level, with different weapon. You just happened to found each other at the same level, somehow. So.. is it a fun game after all? Did you enjoyed the view, or did you... already forgot the original mission of the the game? Was it to save the princess..or was it to save, YOU? And you keep on pondering whether everyone else have the same mission as yours? If so, why were everyone holding a different kind of weapon? One of them looked a little to heavy as being compared with the owner's body, and the other seems to carry an inappropriate kitchen knife? The only thing that stays the same is, they keep on moving forward.

Then, it hits you. This game was set as a race. Not among other player, but its a race with your own goals and satisfaction. Are you going in fast pace, or rather enjoys the stream.  You are fully aware now that everyone is on their own.

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I wasnt quite satisfied with my industrial training tbh. Its not what i think im doing for the next 5 years of my life. And im anxious. Anxious that my classmates seems to living on their dream. While, i dont have the chance. or did i missed it? But for now, i will be holding on to this story. Lets play pretend it was an okay life after all. Till then, thank you for reading.

So semalam aku tengok reality show Master of The House episode 50 dan aku tertarik dengan satu prinsip tahun baru untuk rakyat di sana. The principle of respecting dislikes. Ataupun dalam bahasa melayunya, hormati benda yang dibenci (ataupun disukai) oleh individu.


Nampak mudah kan. Tapi ramai yang tak buat. Contoh yang ketara dalam muzik. Peminat muzik kpop paling teruk kena kecam sekarang. Well, aku pun tak suka sikap dorang yang over fanatik, tapi aku sedar kita tak boleh ubah minat seseorang. Let them be. Tak semestinya minat western music tu cool. Kalau yang islam tu cubalah control sikit fanatik tu.

 Itu kalau melibatkan minat seseorang. Pun dah susah kita nak kompromi, apa lagi nak bertoleransi dengan benda yang orang tak suka? Contohnya yang aku boleh bagi dari persekitaran aku, toleransi sebagai roomate/housemate. Walau apa pun yang kita nak buat, jangan lupa bukan kita je yang hidup dalam dunia ni. Tuhan tu jadikan manusia ni macam-macam perangai. Bila cerita pasal ni, kita mesti sentuh isu common sense. Pasang lampu study masa kawan tidur, bukak loudspeaker handphone, nyanyi kuat-kuat, kebersihan bilik, sidai baju dalam bilik. Semua tu melibatkan keselesaan orang.

Tapi jangan lupa, ada benda yang kita boleh bertoleransi, ada yang tak. Bagi aku lah, kalau benda tu melibatkan benda yang kita suka, tapi orang lain tak suka. Jadi kita tak perlu tukar minat kita semata-mata nak fit in with the society. Contohnya orang tak suka cara aku buat kerja group awal-awal, dorang rasa pressured. Jadi perlu ke aku buat kerja lambat semata-mata taknak bagi orang rasa pressured? Tak perlu. Kau tak suka tak apa, aku dengan cara aku, kau dengan cara kau. Kalau nak ubah diri sendiri semata mata nak bagi orang suka kita, sampai mati pun takkan habis. Lama-lama kita pun tak kenal diri sendiri.

Satu lagi benda yang aku belajar baru-baru ni. Kita tak boleh paksa orang untuk suka semua perangai kita. Kita manusia, kita takkan sama sampai bila bila. Akan ada satu dua benda yang orang tak suka pasal kita. Tapi layak ke kita nak marah dengan orang tu? Tak. Ingat je satu benda ni, kita layak untuk tak suka perangai orang dan orang lain layak untuk tak suka perangai kita. Hormat yang tu, dan bahagialah hidup.

Jangan bermasam muka pulak. Kalau tak suka, just stay away. Tetap berkawan dengan semua orang. Aku harap 2019 ni ramai manusia belajar sikap toleransi ni. SELAMAT TAHUN BARU.