Happy Birthday to my favourite lady

She...

-is an iron lady who managed her kids practically alone most of the time, since her husband works an hour distance from home for the past 26 years

-has a deep affection on handbags, shoes, set pinggan mangkuk and kain-kain

-loves Malay novels like teenagers (which ironically, i don't!)

-always claim she's not that bright just because she only obtained a diploma (which is pretty unfair for me, because I think the reason she didn't pursue her degree is because she got married)

-always being playfully teased by my Dad since she's not technical minded like all of us in the family (eventhough she works in technical field)

-got really panicked just because her boss asked her to managed her work through usage of email and computers

-doesn't like to be captured on camera, but always claim she is not photogenic (takpaham)

-whom favourite topics are always sale, handbags, shoes and recently, `kahwin' (Ame la ni..)

-has an ultimate way to overcome stress : shopping!

-expressive, reactive, concern, caring, sporting..practically everything~

-is the one who always support me and my decision, no matter what

-has only ONE common interest with my Dad : travelling (yang lain kontra habis..)

-is the greatest lady I've ever known in my entire life, and will always be

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MUM :)

Sewaktu petang hampir berbuka

Called Abah to ask something about the interview form details, and suddenly the conversation went like this:

Me : Abah, saye balik 11 Oct ni, pagi-pagi
Abah : Oh yeke..ok
Me : Ok
abah : Eh ni..besday Ma bila ek
Me : Besday Ma 25 kan
Abah : Ooh esok lusa la ek?
Me : Hah esok lusa ??(kelam kabut cari kalendar) ehhh ESOK la bah!
Abah : Haah
Me : Ish abah..besday Ma pun lupe..(cover-cover, padahal I almost forgot as well)
Abah : Hihi haah esok laa..hihi (taktau ape yang kelakar..layan je)
Me : Esok bah, esok..haha
Abah : OK esok..tau tau
Me : OK bah..nak bukak pose satgi..
Abah : Dah bli makanan sume dah?Air sume dah buat ke?
Me : Dah sume ada..kuih pun ade..OK byebye
Abah : Bye bye

Itulah dia, kisah 2 beranak yang hampir terlupa besday orang tersayang...hihi
(Hampir je, tak lupa punya!!Hehe)

Selamat berbuka! :)

Late Condolence

It's nothing better than a first hand view of a source...

http://nurinjazlin.blogspot.com/

(The blog's written by her uncle, Jasni AJ. I believe that immediate family member is the most reliable source, rather than various version of media reports)

May she rest in peace, with Allah's blessings, insya Allah.

Al-Fatihah.

Sorting Hat

-reminder: the post is solely for fun, in a midst of piling assignments and datelines and whatnots.This sould not be considered as a waste of time, but merely a gateway of all tense and boredness towards more productive efforts-

Did I ever mention I was a big fan of Harry Potter series? I've read each of the book except the latest one, and intend to do it soon (after I've graduated, perhaps..or maybe during the Raya holiday) Err, the only reason I haven't read it yet is because the book is so expensive, and usually I read my brother's book or once I did share with him to buy a book (don't remember which..but I think it's The Order of Phoenix).


I made this just for fun, since I adore the Sorting Hat very much and its chant goes like this :

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands(though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!

My favourite part of the series is always the Quidditch games, and I always feel that the author did not spend enough pages to describe about a Quiddith game. So the Goblet of Fire book is always my all-time favourite. However if you guys have watched the movies but never read the books, you're practically missing half the excitement of Harry Potter's journey! Frankly, I don't think any of the movies are good. Not even one, really.

I did the sorting hat test, and the result is as you can see in my sidebar. I'm a Ravenclaw! Pretty fair, I guess. I know everyone would wish the be a Gryffindor, since Harry and Ron and Hermione are all Gryffindor..but at least I did not end up as a Slytherin..haha.

Since then.

Even smallest thing counts..

still remember my cousin??Hehe he's good at making innocent face, but wait till u meet him yourself:P ~-gambar sekadar hiasan-

I always wonder how we, as human being always tend to forget the smallest thing happen in our life. We aim to strive our effort to be the best, to make every moment counts and to live a better life in here and hereafter. Yes, the vision is very true but every now and then, the smallest occasion seems to slip throughour hand, whether we realize it or not.

What I mean is, we focus on large scale efforts but we forget what concurrently happen around us. This include to pick up stray plastic bags on our way to class, or to clean the table after we finish our meal, or not to pluck the leaves of a plant no matter how attractive they are, or to clean the toilet after use, or to call our parents to check on their condition once in awhile, or to go back and meet our grandparents. These things are typical,common chores we do in daily life, but hardly noticed by most people.

So why don't we stop whatever we're doing for a while.. and think about these small things that often we left neglected. Maybe it seems small, but it may cause big impacts in many possible ways.

Until then.

Ramadhan edition

Ramadhan datang lagi...

Saya merekodkan simple description bagi setiap hari dalam bulan Ramadhan kali ini yang telah berlalu..kerana saya ingin setiap hari menjadi hari yang bermakna bagi saya. Saya juga sangat suke bulan Ramadhan, dan juga mungkin kerana ini adalah Ramadhan terakhir sebelum saya meninggalkan kehidupan kampus..:)

<1> banyakkan amalan..

<2> tabah menghadapi dugaan

<3> multi tasking tahap maksimum

<4> penat tapi berbaloi :)

<5> ujian tanda sayang-Nya

Setiap hari penuh mencabar. Macam-macam aspek, dari akademik, peribadi, kerja, tanggungjawab..segalanya. Maka terbukti bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan untuk mendidik jiwa, jasmani dan spiritual..

Semoga kita semua tabah menghadapi hari yang bakal mendatang..chayok chayok!

Ujian adalah tarbiyah dari Allah

Adakah kita akan sabar, atau sebaliknya?

Kesenangan yang datang selepas kesusahan

Semuanya adalah nikmat dari Tuhan..

In other occasion, a week ago my p.s surprised me with a good news: She will be going to University of Surrey, UK to pursue her degree. Well done, sis! Congrates 30X..A bit jealous I must admit, but I believe she deserves it. And as usual, I made a (hopeless) promise..(err, more like a dream I guess) to visit her if ever I go to London. If ever la kan...

OK then, later I think Maya in Southampton will demand the same promise I gave to her years ago.

And also Hazel in Perth.

Huhu, sorry guys!

Halamak, saya memang kadang-kadang terlebih berangan! Hehe

salam Ramadhan :)

He'd been there, I have not!! Huhu tak aci tak aci.....

Pandangan

* kredit untuk forwarder dan creator image ini, semoga setiap pembaca juga beroleh manfaat dengan peringatan ini, insya Allah :)

Kita mungkin sering terlupa, bahawa pandangan walaupun bunyinya remeh tapi impaknya sangat lah besar. Kenapa sebenarnya kita kena mengalihkan / menundukkan pandangan apabila melihat yang bukan muhrim?

Sebabnya pandangan ni sangat tajam, bak kata pepatah dari mata turun ke hati. Memang susah sangat dikawal, tapi pandangan pertama itu rezeki. Habis kalau rezeki kena la pandang banyak kali?? Takdelah, pandagan kali kedua, tiga, empat tu semua biasanya akan menimbulkan perasaan lain kepada orang yang melihat dan dilihat juga..mungkinlah kan.Seterusnya mungkin `makhluk' lain pula yang mainkan peranan mereka.

Saya teringat kata-kata seorang kakak ` Wanita yang baik tidak suka melihat lelaki bukan muhrim dan tidak suka juga dirinya dilihat lelaki bukan muhrim'..I'm yet to find the dalil sahih but then kata-kata itu ada benarnya, dan sangat terasa rasionalnya.

Baru-baru ni saya terbaca satu blog (yang penulisnya seorang lelaki) yang menceritakan perihal sesetengah wanita yang suka berhias berlebihan dan berpakaian seksi, sebabnya mereka suka dilihat dan dipuji. Tapi biasanya apabila lelaki buat bunyi2 (macam fewitt.. ke) atau pandang hujung rambut ke hujung kaki, reaksi yang biasa selalunya wanita tu akan menarik muka masam dan mencop lelaki yang mengusiknya `gatal'. Ironikan? Wanita itu yang menarik perhatian lelaki dan bila lelaki melihat, tak suka pula. Walaupun saya ni wanita, saya pun tak faham orang yang macam ni..ada sesiapa ke boleh explain pasal ni?

Bagi saya konsep menundukkan pandangan ni sebenarnya sangat menguntungkan wanita, di samping menjaga iman si lelaki. Kalau lelaki dah tundukkan pandangan, insya Allah masalah hati takkan timbul.. provided wanita pun jangan la menarik-narik lelaki memandang. Cukup bersederhana dalam pemakaian, biar simple, sopan dan kemas. Kita ni lain, kalau lelaki tu pakai yang sangat menarik ke, warna terang ke, salah matching ke kita takde pun rasa tertarik sangat nak tengok.Ini memang nature, wanita memang lebih daya penarik (ini bukan saya yang cakap ye, ni ahli psikologi dan agama kita sendiri kata).

Untungnya wanita pula, bila lelaki dah menundukkan pandangan, kita akan terasa lebih yakin, berani dan selamat, tidak lah terasa pemakaian atau penampilan kita dinilai oleh orang lain. Sesetengah orang terlalu self-conscious tentang penampilan diri terutama kalau dalam situasi yang terpaksa berdepan dengan kaum lelaki. Sebenarnya takde hal pun semua tu..kita ni je kekadang terlebih perasan.

Lagi satu, bukannya 24 hours tundukkan pandangan pun, nanti habislah semua orang jadi bongkok dan sakit tengkuk.Kalau group discussion, meeting atau hal-hal memerlukan tiada masalah untuk pandang.Nanti tak pandang langsung sampai cakap-cakap sekali salah orang pulak..haa sudah.Pandai-pandailah perkara macam ni, basic knowledge, common practice.

OK laa panjang pula, selalu camni.Nak buat pendek mesti jadi jadi panjang juga..huhu.

Wassalam:)

Bajet 2008

Hari ni di semua surat khabar mesti tayang Bajet 2008 sebagai front page masing-masing..

1001 reaksi dan spekulasi pasti bermain di minda anda... contohnya:

1-Wah bagus betul kerajaan kali ni bagi banyak benefit! Belanjawan paling pemurah (bak kata akhbar Utusan Malaysia)

2-PDRM dapat banyak peruntukan, akan turun ke kadar jenayah di Malaysia? (oops tentang polis sendiri terlibat kes bunuh berprofil tinggi dan pecah amanah tu macam mana ye..?)

3-Faedah bertambah, harga barang naik?

4-Semua pelajar di Malaysia sekarang boleh belajar dengan percuma sebab segala yuran dimansuhkan dan buku teks percuma untuk semua pelajar (tapi persediaan nak ke sekolah macamlah sikit..baju sekolah, peralatan sekolah, tambang bas, etc..)

5-Semua yuran mansuh, tapi bukankah perkara ini memang patut dilakukan dari dulu lagi

6-Bajet 2008, bajet pilihanraya?? (masih berspekulasi walaupun PakLah dan Najib awal-awal dah deny kenyataan ini)

7-Kenapa harga arak dan rokok masih tak dinaikkan??Bukankah kedua-dua benda ni terbukti memberi impak yang buruk kepada masyarakat negara kita?? (marah betul!!)

Ya, saya memang skeptikal. Bukan tak pandai bersyukur, cuma berfikiran kritis seperti kebiasaan rakyat negara demokrasi. Tak salahkan? Walau apa pun saya yakin rakyat negara ini berhak mendapat hak masing-masing..dengan bajet atau tanpa Bajet 2008. Dan satu lagi pinta saya, semoga kadar kemiskinan negara Malaysia yang dijangka akan mencapai status maju menjelang 2020 akan menjadi 0%, insya- Allah.

Apa kata anda?

Jahil Di Zaman Moden

Nampak tak? Nampak apa? Cuba zoom sikit gambar ni..

Ya tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, pada gambar ni, di sebalik bangunan terbengkalai tu ada padang yang luas kan? Bukan padang bola ye..sebab saiznya cukup besar dan memang well-maintained..rumput memang cantik! Ya benar, ini adalah padang lumba kuda.Gambar ni diambil dari bilik hotel masa saya berjumpa parents yang datang minggu lepas sebab ayah ada urusan kerja di Ipoh dan bermalam di Hotel Casuarina (sekarang namanya dah jadi Hotel Impiana Casuarina).

Saya memang tahu di Ipoh ada padang lumba kuda, tapi tak pernah tahu di mana tempatnya. Baru kali ni tahu, secara tak sengaja pula tu, itu pun setelah lebih 5 tahun di bumi Perak ni. Tempatnya memang bukan di tepi jalan besar, agak tersorok, tapi mungkin juga saya seorang je yang tak tahu tempat ni..(huhu). Mengikut kata ayah saya lumba kuda ni bukan dibuat setiap hari, malahan juga tak pun setiap minggu.Semua bergantung kepada jadual yang ditetapkan. Tempat-tempat lain yang ada padang lumba kuda ni tak silap saya di Singapura, Johor Bahru, K.L dan Penang. kalau perasan ada kalendar kuda yang selalu kita dapat free tu kan? Rupanya di situ kita boleh tengok jadual lumba kuda bagi minggu ni di mana, minggu depan di mana, bulan depan di mana.

Saya hairan sangatlah kan, kenapa zaman sekarang pun masih ada lumba kuda ni? Teringat apabila tengok cerita-cerita lama yang orang suka berjudi dengan melumbakan binatang, ataupun kebiasaan aktiviti orang Melayu dulu-dulu yang guna konsep ini adalah sabung ayam. Kasihan binatang-binatang ni, diseksa dengan dipaksa berlumba. Yang paling teruk binatang tu berisiko tinggi untuk cedera teruk atau disuntik dengan bahan kimia sebab kena berlumba kan..(mungkin la). Kemudian senang-senang manusia dapat untung kalau menang, duit haram pula tu. Tu tak kira yang rugi teruk sebab binatang yang dia bet untuk menang rupanya kalah.

Memang majoriti peminat judi lumba kuda ini bukan Islam dan saya hormati pandangan mereka tentang ini berdasarkan agama dan kepercayaan masing-masing, tapi kalau orang Islam yang buat benda ni sah-sah la berdosa besar(baca: berdosa masuk neraka!). Lagi satu, ikut logik pun, jarang kita jumpa orang yang kaya raya sebab menang judi, tak kisah la lumba kuda ke loteri ke. Kalau kaya pun sekejap je, pastu miskin balik sebab bet untuk pertandingan lain dan kalah pula. Tapi yang kita selalu dengar adalah orang yang kaya raya sebab menjadi tauke pusat perjudian, sebab tak kisah ada orang menang atau kalah, mereka tetap dapat banyak untung.

Inilah yang saya anggap kejahilan zaman dulu yang masih wujud di zaman moden ni. Saya juga hairan kepada kerajaan Islam Hadhari kita tak haramkan terus judi lumba kuda ni. Kenapa perlu kita negara Islam menyediakan padang lumba kuda yang khas untuk orang berjudi? Saya tak nak panjangkan hujah sampai ke Genting Highlands (pusat judi terulung), lambakan pusat judi BERLESEN di bandar-bandar besar dan di pekan-pekan kecil juga dan sebagainya..kita sendiri boleh fikirkan perkara-perkara ini. Marilah kita renungi, fahami, analisis dan mengambil tindakan sewajarnya demi negara kita yang tercinta ini..

Wallahua'lam.

Countdown ramadhan : 5 days more! (tak sabarnya!!)

Sahabat

Kubiarkan kerinduan

Di lautan memori..

Mengimbau kenangan indah

Yg menyentuh emosi..

Masih segar di ingatan

Saat mesra berputik..

Hadirmu bawa sinaran..

Cahaya inspirasi..

Sahabat..

Kau sesungguhnya..

Temanku..

Dikala suka dan lara.

Tika ku buntu

Diselubungi sendu..

Kau tiupkan ketabahan

Untuk ku ukir senyuman..

Bagaikan embun

Hilang di terbit fajar..

Kau pergi jauh mengejar cita

Menggapai redha YANG ESA..

Duhai sahabat

Dengarkanlah bicara hatiku ini..

Meskipun jarak memisahkan

Namun tiada noktah kasih..

Biarlah waktu menentukan

Nilai ukhwah yg terjalin..

Teruskanlah perjuangan

Hingga ke titisan darah terakhir..

Dan aku

Masih di sini

Terus mendaki

Puncak tertinggi hidupku..

Dan akuTerus menanti

Saat yg manis

Akan berulang kembali..

Sahabat...

(Devotees)

Ehem..tiba-tiba terasa ingin tujukan lagu ini kepada semua sahabat saya, teman-teman rapat, sahabat seperjuangan, roomates and housemates, seniors and juniors dan segala apa pun la gelaran kawan-kawan saya.. dari sekolah tadika, sekolah rendah, sekolah menengah, U sampai la sekarang..yang kat oversea ke undersea ke seaside ke semua-semualah. Nak sebut nama sorang-sorang tak larat pulak..rasa nak paste je gambar semua tapi sat gi takut jadi issue pulak huhu

*(huhu..lagipun ni lagu tema yang sangat bersentimental value untuk..hehe jeng jeng siapa yang tahu tu faham-faham sendiri ye ;)

Kadang-kadang rasa cam terlebih sentimental pula..bukan apa, bila lihat kesusahan dan kesedihan rakan-rakan, walaupun dah kenal lama, walaupun kita dah masak sangat dengan perangai mereka..terasa ingin terus dok tepi dia dan comfortkan melalui segala macam cara, tapi saya ni tak pandai sangat ekspresikan keprihatinan. Quote from one of my goodfriend, Ci "Shah mempunyai cara tersendiri untuk menunjukkan concern nya" I could not agree more..since I believe in people's judgement..my bad. Nak sangat bagitau "I really care about you and I want to share your problems" but I just don't know the right word and the most proper way to do it.

Jadi saya harap sangat , sahabat-sahabat saya akan tabah menghadapi dugaan, cabaran dan ujian di dunia ini demi redha dan kasih sayang Allah di akhirat. Ingatlah Allah bagi hujan tu tak berpanjangan, sebab akan ada pelangi yang muncul selepas hujan tu reda..kan kan..:)

Pelik ke tak pelik..

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera.

Orang kata kalau sesuatu perkara itu datang ke minda dan kuat gerak hati mengatakan untuk memberitahunya kepada seseorang, maka perlulah diberitahukan kerana ilham ni datang dari Allah. Jadi saya pun menulis tentang ini setelah semenjak dua ni perkara ini asyik berlegar di fikiran saya.

Begini, kadang-kadang saya terlupa atau buat-buat lupa untuk membawa telekung jika solat di RnR tol, surau atau masjid-masjid, namun itu bukanlah satu masalah kerana selain boleh meminjam telekung yang ada di situ, boleh saja saya solat tanpa memakai telekung, iaitu dengan memakai pakaian biasa sahaja. Memang antara tujuannya untuk tunjukkan kepada masyarakat konsep menutup aurat dalam solat yang sebenarnya, bukan wajib pakai telekung. Tapi ramai juga yang pandang-pandang, ataupun sebenarnya mungkin ramai orang yang pelik sebab saya solat tak pakai telekung, cukup sekadar baju kurung atau baju labuh ataupun oversized sweater. Persoalannya, kenapa ia dianggap pelik?

Sebenarnya ni dah seperti mindset masyarakat kita, kalau solat mesti pakai telekung. Wajib ke pakai telekung? Setahu saya yang wajibnya tutup aurat, bukan pakai telekung. Cuma berpakaian putih itu hukumnya sunat. Kalau masyarakat luar negara sudah biasa dengan perkara sebegini, terus sahaja bersolat dengan pakaian yang sedang dipakai. Di masjidil Haram, Masjid Nabawi atau di London Central Mosque sekalipun (mengikut kata ibu saya la, sebab saya tak pernah lagi pergi London. By the way masa solat Jumaat mak saya kata kat masjid ni memang ramai sangat orang, terasa cam kat negara Arab plak!) memang biasa je pemandangan macam ni.Bukankah kita sudah menutup aurat dengan pakaian kita tu?

Unless pakaian yang kita pakai tak tutup aurat dan pakaian kita tak sempurna sifatnya untuk syarat sah solat, memanglah kita tak boleh terus bersolat dengan pakaian kita. kalau setakat seluar kena tanah, kena debu atau basah sikit, ada masalah ke kita nak solat? Tak najis pun kan. Jangan lah kita tiba-tiba jadi rigid hanya sebab perkara-perkara remeh macam ni, sebab kita sendiri kurang ilmu sampai kita jadinya melengahkan solat atau paling teruk, tak solat langsung...(nauzubillah)

Di sini kita boleh juga menilai diri, adakah kita kena pakai telekung sebab sememangnya pakaian kita kurang menutup aurat? Itu saya tak boleh jawab, simpanlah jawapan masing-masing untuk muhasabah diri okay..

Tu la dia, ingat nak tulis sikit je tapi jadi panjang pulak. Semoga kita semua dapat ambil iktibar dan pengajaran, insya Allah.

Minggu depan dah Ramadhan..:)

Merdeka

I would like to share with you guys the best article I've ever read for our 50th Independence Day. Besides it featured my dad's hometown which is the same as the author's, I think the article is well-written and the message is succesfully conveyed (although the abstract element is always there.. that's the beauty of journalism by the way). How I wish I have the same talent to write an article like that!

Read it here!: Memories of Merdeka

Ironically, my Dad was born before Malaya's Independence Day but he was then too small to experience the same journey as the author. I always had this strange passion with my Dad's birthplace, although I seldom go to the place due to many reasons and constraints. Recently, a new exit gateway is open, which connected the place directly to the North-South Expressway which then consequently leave me less reasons for not going back there more frequent, right? Ok, I 'll try my best to go back to my dad's hometown for the coming Hari Raya celebration, insya Allah.

Happy 50th Independence Day, Malaysia.

Yeay!

Assalamualaikum and good day,

Alhamdulillah, my blogger account had enabled its long lost function-which means I can post thousands of pics again in my entries. Don't ask me why and how it happened, since I'm not a technology savvy whatsoever.But I do love posting pictures and words in each of my entries!

By the way, it's still not to late to feature these photos which was dated exactly one week ago. Congratulations to Kak Hanis and Pokjak for your solemnisation and wedding..simple but very nice!(It even featured my favourite colour as its theme! OK, I'm being a bit biased here). And please bear with the poor quality of pics, I was just using my 2Megapix phone camera. Enjoy:)

After solemnisation (err, akad nikah daa..)

With father and mother (in-laws for the husband!)

The newly wed

For the groom

OK then, who's next? In my planner I have cousin Dayah's on 24 Nov and big bro's on 9 Dec.. can't wait!

Until then, may I have the opportunity to post more entries soon..:) Insya Allah.

Getar

"Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang beriman ialah mereka yang bila disebut nama Allah, bergetarlah hati mereka, dan apabila dibacakan ayat-ayatNya bertambahlah iman mereka (kerananya), dan hanya kepada Tuhanlah mereka bertawakal. (Iaitu) orang-orang yang menafkahkan sebahagian dari rezeki yang kami berikan kepada mereka. Itulah orang-orang yang beriman dengan sebenar-benarnya. Mereka akan memperoleh beberapa darjat ketinggian di sisi Tuhannya dan ampunan serta rezeki (nikmat) yang mulia"

(Surah Al-Anfal: ayat 2-4)

Bagaimana, bergetar tak jiwa kita bila baca ayat nie?

The remainings

Pair of Swarovski' s tortoises

Assalamualaikum and good day to all.

Sorry for my absence.

It's a combination of both intentionally and unintentionally reasons for not updating this blog for quite a while, but I guess you guys can guess the reason why.

I'm in my mid final year, final semester of my whole life as a university student, so lots of things need to be done~ datelines, assigments, reports, resumes, interviews, whats nots. Also included some personal stuffs and social obligation activities, for that matter.Hahha.

My university's will conduct a convocation ceremony soon, thus we expect lots of seniors will be back in the university starting today.Welcome home, folks. Happy graduating :) (ehemm somebody owe me belanja makan sebab baru dpt keje kat Penang! Kan akak kan:P)

Not to forget my two dearest best friends in school, Syamott and Vinci who just earned their scroll in the past few weeks. Thousand apologies for not being there on your memorable day. I regret for not having the chance to hand Syamott her favourite white lilies and sebakul Ferrero Rocher as demanded by Vinci. But hey, my wish and prayers always with both of you, every now and then. (lagipun saya tak grad lagi, nanti saya jeles plak tengok korang.huhu. OK laa..later when we meet sila tuntut hadiah2 tersebut daripada saya okeh!!)

Besides, I'm living my life to the fullest in my (insya Allah) the final few months in the university. Lots of juniors to be met, to had sharing sessions and spend time makan-makan together, lots of friendship to be sustained and kept forever, many inspired lecturers to be envied and appreciated, the remains of my FYP that need to be completed and create a remarkable end of it-and the list goes on and on and on.

Ironically, I'm still in the university but most of my time I've started to imagine my life after I graduate, and how I will miss all memorable moments I cherished here when I leave the place

for good..( rasa cam pathetic pun ade gak.Huhu.Mungkin inikah sindrom final semester student??)

Life just have to go on, no matter what happen. So live life wisely, as it is too short to be wasted. When time passed by, there's no turning back, but the values and experience earned from the past is the most precious to a led a better life in the future, in here and in the hereafter.

Wallahua'lam.

All You can Eat?

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera.

Saya sangat tertarik dengan tagline yang saya jumpa di laman web Ustaz Hasrizal (link boleh didapati di kanan anda, post mana bolehlah anda cari sendiri ya) yang berbunyi :

LIFE IS ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFET.

Maksudnya lebih kurang seperti kebaikan dalam kehidupan ini adalah untuk dinikmati bersama, bukan sendiri-sendiri, atau bersifat eksklusif untuk sesetengah orang sahaja. Atleast, beginilah lebih kurang yang saya fahami.

Macam selalu saya buat, saya telah terr-tukar sedikit perspektif ayat ini lebih kurang 90 darjah. Sekilas pandang, saya sangkakan tagline ini bermaksud lain: Iaitu kehidupan ini adalah seperti buffet yang boleh kita makan semuanya kalau kita mahu, tapi persoalannya perlukah kita makan semuanya walaupun itu yang dihidangkan di depan mata kita?

Saya teringat lebih sebulan lalu apabila Ma belanja kami sekeluarga makan buffet sebab dapat diskaun untuk buffet dinner itu. Memang banyak sangat makanan, daripada kambing panggang, western food, oriental food, pelbagai jenis rendang (rendang pucuk pegaga pun ada!!=P), desserts sampailah ke buah-buahan tempatan termasuk durian, semua pun ada. Pendek kata memang meriah la. Tapi secara realitinya, kami takpun makan setiap satu makanan yang disediakan. Tak larat satu hal, satu lagi sebab tentulah setiap orang ada preference masing-masing.Jadi hanya makanan yang disukai je dipilih, yang selebihnya tak dimakan pun.

Ok itu semua analogi je sebenarnya. Nak cakap sebenarnya kehidupan kita ni pun macam buffet tu jugak, segalanya terhidang di depan mata, yang baik, buruk, segalanya ada.Kalau kita nak, memang kita boleh ambil semua sekali, tapi perlukah kita ambil semua? Dan terpulang kepada kebijaksaan iman dan akal kita memilih yang mana kita mahukan dalam hidup. Bukannya main redah je semua, yang buruk, baik, semua kaut... dengan alasan hidup ini hanya sekali, atau pun kita ni masih muda lagi, jadi kita ENJOY!! (oops, macam penah dengar je kan??)

Satu lagi mindset masyarakat yang pernah saya bincangkan dengan ibu bapa saya.Yup , kami berbincang dari sekecil-kecil hal sampai la isu-isu semasa. Seronok :) Situasinya, ramai orang beranggapan kalau seorang lelaki pergi ke negara jiran (baca :Thailand, specifically : Bangkok) terutama kalau pergi tanpa keluarga atau isteri, mesti ada maksud lain (anda faham kan?). Jadi para isteri dan ibu pun risaulah yang teramat, fikir yang bukan-bukan kalau suami outstation ke sana. Tapi jawapan ibu dan ayah saya senang saja. Kalau kita betul cari benda tu, mesti kita akan jumpa. Tak payah pergi ke Bangkok pun, di KL sahaja dah banyak hotspots sebegitu. Kalau tak cari, tak jumpalah! Senang kan:) Orang yang jumpa tu dia memang sendiri pergi cari. Kalau niat baik untuk bekerja atau melancong saja, insya Allah tiada masalah. Kesimpulannya jangan cari penyakit..

Life is all about choices. So choose!
(Idea ini dicedok daripada seorang motivator yang terkenal dengan program Take Charge!nya. Siapa? Boleh cari sendiri ya..google pun boleh:)

Haa panjang tak kupasan pemahaman yang saya fikir apabila membaca tagline di atas tu, walhal maksudnya agak lari daripada maksud sebenar penulis dalam rencana asalnya kan. Tapi tak kisah la, asalkan kita dapat ambil pengajaran daripada apa-apa yang kita buat, lihat, dengar dan rasai.

Its amazing how human's brain works, isn't it :)

Solution

Salam,

I've found the solution of my problem =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/norshahira/

Words are main priority in this blog, but pictures can be seen there..

Enjoy=)

AZAN: THE AMAZING PHENOMENON

**This article is too good not be pasted in this blog. Eventhought I've read this before, I still found it's so amazing! Subhanallah=) Thanks Emmet for forwarding this via email.

Amazing as it sounds, but fortunately for the Muslims of the world, it is an established fact. Have a lookat a map of the world and you will find Indonesia on the eastern side of the earth. The major cities of Indonesia are Java, Sumatra , Borneo and Saibil. As soon as dawn breaks on the eastern side of Saibil, at approximately 5:30 am local time, Fajar Azaan begins. Thousands of Muazzins in Indonesia begin reciting the Azaan. The process advances towards West Indonesia . One and a half hours after the Azaan has been completed in Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta . Sumatra then follows suit and before this auspicious process of calling Azaan ends in Indonesia, it has already begun in Malaysia .

Burma is next in line, and within an hour of its beginning in Jakarta, it reaches Dacca, the capital ! city of Bangladesh . After Bangladesh , it has already prevailed in western India , from Calcutta to Srinagar . It then advances towards Bombay and the environment of entire India resounds with this proclamation. Srinagar and Sialkot (a city in north Pakistan )have the same timing for Azaan. The time difference between Sialkot , Quetta ,and Karachi is forty minutes, and within this time, Fajar Azaan is heard throughout Pakistan . Before it ends there, it has already begun in Afghanistan and Muscat .

The time difference between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour. Azaan resounds during this one hour in the environments of Hijaaz-e-Muqaddas (Holy cities of Makkah and Madinah), Yemen , United Arab Emirates , Kuwait and Iraq . The time difference between Baghdad and Alexandria in Egypt is again one hour. Azaan continues to resound in Syria, Egypt , Somalia and Sudan during this hour. The time difference between eastern and western Turkey is one and a half hours, and during this time it is echoed with the call to prayer. Alexandria and Tripoli (capital of Libya ) are located at one hour's difference. The process of calling Azaan thus continues throughout the whole of Africa . Therefore, the proclamation of the Tawheed and Risaalat that had begun in Indonesia reaches the Eastern Shore of the Atlantic Ocean after nine and half hours.

Prior to the Azaan reaching the shores of the Atlantic , the process of Zohar Azaan has already started in east Indonesia , and before it reaches Dacca , Asar Azaan has started. This has hardly reached Jakarta one and half hours later, the time of Maghrib becomes due, and no sooner has Maghrib time reached Sumatra, the time for calling Isha Azaan has commenced in Saibil! When the Muazzins of Indonesia are calling out Fajar Azaan, the African Muazzins are calling the Azaan for Isha.

If we were to ponder over this phenomenon thoughtfully, we would conclude the amazing fact that there is not even a single moment when hundreds of thousands of Muazzins around the world are not reciting the Azaan on the surface of this earth. Even as you read this aterial right now, you can be sure there are atleast thousands of people who are hearing and reciting the Azaan!!!

Allah said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you."

-Yes, I love Allah. Allah is my fountain of Life and My Savior. Allah keeps me going day and night. Without Allah, I am no one. But with Allah, I can do everything. Allah is my strength-

Nak pindah, taknak pindah..nak pindah ke, taknak pindah..

Hmmm.

What do you think?

(pindah blog host for that matter ye, jangan buat spekulasi sudah..)

Rajuk

Saya merajuk dengan blogspot yang tidak membenarkan saya upload sebarang gambar.
(nak edit HTML pun tak boleh!!)

Akan kembali apabila rajuk saya hilang.

Sekian.

Of influencing and creating impacts

I would want to post some pictures, but then mr blogspot here won't allow me to do so. (Technical problem maybe?Or is it my computer?)

OK then, nevermind.It doesn't matter anyway.

But personally, it does. I love browsing through websites or blogs which have beautiful and colourful designs with plenty of pictures in it. I mean, who doesn't?

That rings a bell in my head. The same concept should be applied in various other situations, e.g during presentation, verbal communication or even writing as a matter of fact. This is all about influencing, convincing and attracting others to listen or read your thoughts. To convey your messages by any means, verbally or literally, you must have various methods and attractive ones too. This includes visual aids, body language, gestures, voice intonations, different ways of writing.. (okay, now I sounds like a PCS or Technical Writing lecturer pulak..)

To make things simple, I just want to say :

If you write a blog, make it simple, interesting and understandable. Convey your message clearly and add some personal touch in it. Most readers love personal touch. Copy paste thingy seldom give remarkable impacts, seriously.

If you make presentation or public speaking, include appropriate emphasization in important keypoints, continuous eye contacts with your audience and good body language as well.

If you communicate with others, say it from the heart, because it would receive by another heart too. Be sincere, regardless your method of approaching. Sincerity always works.

I'm not really sure why I'm writing this, but most probably due to my observations to the other new bloggers or my juniors who are still in early stage, to learn to convey their thoughts and messages to other people. Nonetheless, I'm not that good, and I'm still learning too although I can be considered as `warga tua' in the campus. Hehe. Just want to give a few humble opinions and suggestions, that won't harm anyway.

Learn from cradle to the grave, right?

Dresscode

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera.

Baru-baru ini saya ada terbaca tentang ulasan mengenai kod pakaian (dresscode) yang semakin diabaikan oleh generasi masa kini. Tak silap, ulasan itu datang dari Presiden Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang yang memang sering menjuarai isu-isu kemasyarakatan seperti ini.

Teringat tentang `portfolio' atau tugasan saya seminggu lalu apabila menjadi fasilitator pelajar baru. Perkara yang saya sering utarakan adalah dresscode atau pun `attire' setiap pelajar, baik pelajar baru ataupun fasilitator sendiri. Satu garis panduan disediakan untuk pelajar ikuti sepanjang minggu orientasi yang bertujuan untuk mendisiplinkan mereka dan membiasakan mereka dengan pemakaian sopan, kemas dan cantik. Salah ke berpakaian sopan, kemas dan cantik?? Perkara yang sama digariskan dalam peraturan universiti, yang saya yakin ada juga di dalam buku peraturan universiti lain. Tapi hakikatnya ramai yang tak tahu, atau lebih tepat tak nak ambil tahu, ataupun degil jugak nak pakai baju selekeh, seksi atau tak sopan di sekitar kampus, dan juga di luar umumnya.

Berbalik kepada ulasan akhbar yang saya baca tu, kod pakaian yang dihuraikan oleh penulis adalah tentang masyarakat sekarang umumnya generasi muda. Zaman sekarang ini seperti telah kembali semula seperti sebelum zaman peradaban atau civilization yang melanda dunia. Tak kira agama atau bangsa, trendnya tetap sama. Contoh pemakaian sekarang yang semakin menular adalah fesyen tak cukup kain, ketat, mendedah tubuh dan sebagainya. Fesyen sebegini memang terjadi masa zaman jahiliyah di mana-mana sahaja, baik orang Arab ke, orang asli ke, orang Eropah ke(sekadar beberapa contoh). Kemudian selepas itu apabila zaman peradaban muncul, kemajuan sosial juga turut berlaku seiring. Bukan hanya sekadar tamadun Islam sahaja. Tengok saja cerita-cerita Inggeris zaman dahulu, pakaian mereka sangat sopan, kemas dan elegan, baik lelaki mahupun wanita. Mana ada fesyen singkat, jarang, berlubang, koyak semua macam sekarang. Hal ini kerana selaras dengan kemajuan peradaban, mereka juga yakin pemakaian yang sopan dan kemas ini akan menyebabkan mereka dihormati dan dipandang tinggi oleh masyarakat.

Sebenarnya dalam Al-Quran sendiri telah meletakkan garis panduan pemakaian yang cukup jelas. Tidak menyusahkan dan tidak pula keterlaluan, memang just nice. Jadi untuk yang masih tercari-cari imej diri dan garis panduan pemakaian, jawapannya memang dah lama ada.Tapi sayangnya sekarang ramai yang taknak ikut, terus buat fesyen sendiri. Itu yang jadinya bertudung tapi tak ikut syariat, menutup aurat tapi ketat (alamak bunyi macam pantun pulak).

Jadinya minggu lalu selepas saya emphasized beberapa kali tentang attire yang betul kepada pelajar baru, saya sangat gembira dan terharu sebab ramai kemudiannya tanya saya macam mana attire yang betul, siap ada yang minta maaf lagi sebab tak ikut guideline attire. Tak tahulah mereka memang ada kesedaran, ataupun takut kena tegur lagi (sebab saya kakak fasi yang garang?? Hehe mana ada). Saya ni bersangka baik sajalah kan.

Saya pun cakap pada adik-adik ni, pakai tudung biar kemas, jangan selempang, pakai brooch. Baju tu pakai la saiz baju sendiri, jangan pakai yang adik punya saiz. Pakai stokin, long sleeves, bla bla bla. Lengan baju tu jangan tarik-tarik, elok-elok lengan panjang dah baju tu. Buruk sangat tengok org pakai tudung selempang (tudung roti canai?? First time dengar term ni), tarik-tarik sleeves semua. Ingat lawa ke pakai macam tu? Haha sorry, ni bukan personal opinion je sebab saya ni perempuan. Saya yakin ramai lelaki pun berpandangan sama juga.

Yang paling saya nak tekankan sebenarnya guideline attire ni bukannya saya saja-saja suruh, ataupun sebab peraturan universiti macam tu. Tapi ni peraturan Allah, Dia yang suruh. Takkan kita nak degil pulak. Kalau Dia nak, dan-dan sekarang je Dia boleh cabut nyawa kita, jadi tak sempat nak bertaubat. Jadi pengalaman jadi `dresscode faci' (alamak, buat term sendiri)minggu lepas tu sebenarnya saya ambil iktibar untuk mengajar diri sendiri dan adik-adik tentang perkara yang sangat asas dalam kehidupan harian kita, iaitu pakaian dan pemakaian.

Semoga usaha yang sedikit ni bermanfaat dan diberkati, Insya Allah.

OREO ??

Argh, biskut OREO diragui status halalnya!

(Tapi..sejak bila pula biskut Oreo pernah ada logo halal??)

Ish..ish.. ish..

Tambah satu lagi barang dalam checklist barang diboikot.

Ya Allah, semoga Engkau mengampuni dosa hamba-Mu ini yang telah memakan biskut Oreo secara tak sengaja sebelum ni..Amin.

JOM BOIKOT!

San Pietro di Vaticano

Salaam and good day.


A friend of mine requested for me to write something about my experience especially the Vatican City.

Well, I would say not many of people, especially Muslims, whom visited Rome had the chance to visit this Christian's holy country or to be exact, to enter the Basilica de San Pietro (St Peter's Cathedral) in the Vatican City.

Why not many people had visit this country?

Well, there are a few possible resons regarding this. Obviously this place will be very crowded especially when the Christians are having their ritual or religious ceremony like the Christmas, Good Friday or the Easter. If then, the tourists or the non-Christians certainly did not have the opportunity to visit this gigantic church. Besides, when there are special occasions for the Pope, e.g important presidents or diplomats are around town to visit him, yup, there are a mass policemen and securities all over the place, and they restrict the amount of people entering and exiting the country. But the most rigid reason that I've ever encountered so far is the perception and attitude of some of the Muslims about churches, let alone the biggest and holiest place for the Christians.

There is no doubt a Muslim CAN enter a church. In some opinion from the scholars, they even permit a Muslim to perform solah inside, but of course provided with concrete reasons. One thing for sure (correct me if I'm wrong), Muslims are not allowed to attend special rituals and religious ceremony of the non-Muslims cause those may affect our aqidah. You can click here to read the `hukum' of Muslims to enter churches. That's why, when I got this opportunity, I'd immediately told myself - GO FOR IT. This is a chance of a lifetime, and I really believe we can learn a lot from our observation, regardless our race, religion and other differences.

Inside the basilica

The famous sculpture by Michelangelo

I don't know what is this..

Gate of Heaven (??..their beliefs..)

St Peter's Piazza (Square)

I had to admit I felt quite uneasy the first time I step my foot in a church. That was in Salzburg, Austria, few days before I reach Vatican City. Also I must admit we need a strong will and courage and faith so you will learn and get useful information about other religion, without changing the slightest confidence and beliefs of your own. Nonetheless, it doesn't worth to feel too frightened or too pessimist about the whole situation. Always be in control and feel at ease.

One personal opinion that I share between me and my family, is that the basilica (big church, in Italian) obviously has a very beautiful design, both interior and exterior. From the tiles, the colours, the glass, the chandeliers and everything, there are really a state of art. But fortunately we'd went to the two holiest mosques for the Muslims, the Nabawi Mosque in Madinah and Masjidilharam in Makkah, we'd made our personal comparison. These two mosques perhaps are much more beautiful!! This is just a small personal note, and I know I'd learn a lot more than that.

The tiang-tiang yang banyak

The model..(sorry, bro=P)

The fountain

I am always proud to be a Muslim. I know all of you are, too.

Action speaks louder than words

Let's move it!

Impian Palestin-Impian Kita Semua

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera.

Sesekali tak rugi kiranya kita menyorot dan menghayati kisah-kisah tragis, suka duka sahabat, saudara seIslam kita yang beribu batu jauhnya. Negara yang tidak pernah aman semenjak kali terakhir bumi ini diperintah sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan Islam, dan sentiasa akan menjadi rebutan antara dua pihak kerana kesucian dan sejarahnya yang sangat unik.

Novel Impian Palestin ini sangat mengujakan, sarat dengan informasi dan perincian pergolakan tentang apa yang benar-benar sedang dihadapi oleh saudara-saudara kita di bumi suci Palestin. Walaupun sebetulkan novel ini adalah campuran fiksyen dan fakta, saya yakin apa yang digambarkan tidak banyak lari daripada realiti sebenar yang berlaku di sana. Kisah yang digambarkan sungguh menginsafkan dan penuh dengan campuran emosi- ngeri, sedih, marah, kecewa danpenuh suka duka kerana mengambil latar hidup survival warga Palestin sehari-hari.

Antara babak yang ingin saya kongsikan di sini adalah apabila seorang pemuda Islam tiba-tiba berlari ke arah sekumpulan tentera Israel yang menceroboh kawasan rakyat Islam Palestin dengan tujuan untuk membaling batu dari jarak dekat. Namun baru beberapa langkah, pemuda itu tersungkur dan menyembah bumi kerana ditembak berkali-kali oleh pengganas Israel (ya, golongan Israel ini yang patut dan sebetulnya dicop pengganas!!). Setelah semua orang berkerumun melihat kejadian mengerikan ini, datanglah si ibu yang berlari mendapatkan sekujur tubuh kaku anaknya sambil meratap. Apa yang berlaku seterusnya sangatlah mengerikan. Sekumpulan tentera itu terus menembak si ibu pula bertubi-tubi sehingga syahid kedua beranak tersebut! Perasaan saya ketika membaca plot ini sukar digambarkan. Ngeri.Sedih.Marah.Kecewa.

Satu lagi soalan stereotaip, yang pernah juga terlintas dalam hati saya suatu masa dahulu, dan sering tertanya tanya oleh sesiapa yang kurang mengetahui tentang survival Palestin ini iaitu, kenapa orang Palestin berjuang dengan membaling batu ke arah tentera Israel, sedangkan Israel mempunyai kelengkapan perang yang cukup canggih dan hebat? Bukankah sudah semestinya orang Islam akan kalah?Kenapa tak dicuba strategi lain?

Kita perlu sedar bahawa umat Islam Palestin secara umum tidak dapat menerima sebarang senjata dari negara luar. Sedang bahan makanan pun terhad, apatah lagi alatan perang. Namun mereka berjiwa pejuang, mereka tidak pernah takut mati. Mereka terus gunakan apa yang ada pada mereka, malah suicide bombing juga dihalalkan bagi mereka kerana situasi yang sungguh getir. Mereka diperlakukan seburuk ini hanya kerana agama yang mereka anuti. Sedarlah kita, rejaman batu yang bertubi-tubi pun mampu membunuh tentera Israel yang memang sedia penakut itu. Kalau tak bunuh jasad, bunuh keberanian dalam jiwa mereka. Mereka terus berusaha dan berikhtiar dengan apa saja yang ada pada mereka. Lihat, betapa sanggup mereka berjuang kerana Islam. Sedangkan kita? Apa sangat yang kita hadapi sehari-hari? Jangan sampai kita kufur nikmat, makin banyak kemudahan yang Allah berikan makin jauh kita dari-Nya. Nauzubillah minzalik.

Cuma berkongsi sedikit sebanyak, selebihnya anda boleh baca sendiri dari novel yang diadaptasi dari bahasa Itali ini. Harganya pun sangat murah, sekadar RM14.90. Semoga kita mendapat manfaat daripadanya, Insya - Allah.

Dari Wien ke Roma

Salam,

(This entry was made based on requests which I could not resist. However it will be a very brief one, besides it would be my own personal note for the future)

In the beginning of the semester break, I was having a family vacation to a place fully arranged by Abah. I went there 2 days after my last paper for the final exam, so just imagine I was quite rushed to settle things on time. But then, takde ape2 nak di rush kan pun. My elder brother had arranged his working leave well and my other bro already in a mids of semester break. Thus, I just joined the crowd, infact that the holiday was planned especially for me to fit in (due to my unusual `school' holiday compared to other IPTs)

(halamak I've started blabbering the unnecessaries, I did promise this would be a short one right?? Huhu sorry)


Okay, we joined a 10 days tour covering Austria and Italy. To be precise, the places we went were Vienna-Salzburg-Innsbruck (three places in Austria) and Verona-Venice-Florence-Pisa-Rome ( in Italy). That explains why it need 10 days to complete, since the distance on the road altogether was more than 1000km. Yep , we also had lots of exercise and calories burning all the way.Here are bits of my experience along the way. (takleh la nak letak semua kan, ada 600+ gambar semuanya..huhu)

Vienna (Wien)

Vienna is the capital of Austria, a German-speaking country and it looks typically European. Err, means the old Victorian building, smartly-dressed people rushing everywhere (all of them seems very busy). Also the country is very economically and politically stable, its standard of living is higher than the Italians.Maksudnye, barang kat sini memang mahal ok.




Here's an amateur model in front of Belvedere ( a famous garden in Vienna). He went `adik, tangkap gambar Ame depan bus stop nih! Hehe'`OK OK..' Whatever, bro.(dalam hati) haik , depan bus stop pun nak amik gambar?

The Schonbraunn Palace, our first pit-stop in Vienna.

Back then a succesful queen ruled the entire empire, she was known as Maria Theresia. And the famous Napoleon Bonaparte had some blood relation with this royal family indeed. Yup ladies and gents, Napoleon actually originated in Austria!

Salzburg

This place is a must to visit whenever you come to Austria.It is the kampung of Mozart and the very place where they shoot the legendary movie `Sounds of Music'.It is a beautiful small town, with rivers dividing the Old and New Town.

If you watch the Sound of Music, you would certainly remember this garden!

This is the river dividing the Old and New Town.The bridge's under maintenance, as you can see in the pic

Innsbruck

This small town is our favourite! A popular skiing place during winter, once hosted a winter Olympic games! We were awed by the Alps and the snowcaps on top of the mountains, something you won't see back in our hometown. This is also the hometown of Swarovski Crystals (girls, takkan tak tau? guys if tak tau Swarovski Crystals, then you're forgiven). Yup the famous man-made crystals. The crystals here are much more beautiful since it used pure, fresh mountain water as part of the main elements in making the crystals.

The scenery in Kristallwalten (Crystal World). This place displayed thousands of Swarovski Crystals and its usage. By the way crystal is not only meant for accessories, but its also important in futuristic movies-making to create the light effects.

Among the Crystals displayed and for sale

The fascinating Alps! However we experienced massive global warming this year so we won't see plenty of snow on top of the mountain.

Verona

The first city to visit when we entered Italy. Here we can see The Arena (smaller version of Collosseum) and Juliet's House. You should've heard about Shakespeare's masterpiece, the Romeo and Juliet right? (cerita cinta dua darjat).They were actually existed for real.

The heavily vandalised signboard. Casa Giuletta means Juliet's House

My bro again, in front of the city hall. To his right was the Arena ( not in pic)

Venice

Have you watched Casiono Royale? I haven't, but I heard they made some shoots over here. And what's so romantic about Venice? I'm yet to get the answer..(maybe I'm just not a romantic person.Haha). Venice is an island with unpredictable weather..yup in personal note,we learnt our lesson.

The famous gondola in Venice

The sporting Datuk Hon's family

Florence (Firenze)

An old city where the first industrial revolution started.

View of Florence from a hilltop

Pisa

Pisa is very beautiful..it is actually a small village came to life just because its famous leaning tower.The leaning tower's sister you can find right here in Teluk Intan..hehe

Rome (Roma)

Last not least, we arrived in out last stop, which is also the capital city of Italy.The locals called it Roma. We coincidently had the same schedule as the American President, George Bush when he paid a visit to Rome. This caused us to walk extra miles due to closed roads and thousands of policemen scattered around Rome city. What a luck.

My Mom and the sporting aunties..oops, they referred themselves as Charlie's Angels~ ain't they cute?? Hoho

The Vatican City..(cam tak caye bleh sampai kat tempat ni.Btw tak jumpe pun Pope. Dia busy nak prepare meeting ngan Bush kot)

Banyak kan polis? Ni semua Bush punya pasal..takut sgt orang nak serang dia

Constantine and the Forum Ruins. Rome was a huge empire thousands of years ago

The ever famous Collosseoum..tapi sekarang dah takde orang main Gladiator lagi (kalau ade teringin gak I nak tengok)

Kesimpulan daripada cerita di atas: Saya banyak belajar daripada budaya orang lain, di samping dapat jumpa masyarakat dunia khususnya Europeans.Makin banyak kita mengembara, sepatutnya makin dekat kita dengan Allah, kan? Tapi apa-apa pun peribahasa ni memang suits me best: Hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri..lebih baik di negeri sendiri.. hehe

Allright, enough for now. Sorry for the decreasing dictation towards the end of the entry..sudah penat dan malas dah nak tulis. (erm, brief laa sangat entry ni..huhu)I haven't even had my breakfast yet...until then, enjoice=)

Why lack of entries?

Spanish steps (ini adalah nama tempat okay)

Salam and good day to all,

Sorry for the lack of entries these days. Its ironic though, since I'm actually in a midst of my semester break, and I was constantly being at home for more than one week until now. For me, blogging needs mood and clear mind. I'm simply pelik, since I did lots of blogging when I'm being pressured with lots of work, and vice versa. Previously during my internship period, I always blogged right after I received instructions and work briefing from my superior. Also last semester, I did blog when I was due to have a test the day after. Haha, that's just me being natural.

Since I'm not doing serious thinking these days (I mean without assignments, meetings, upcoming tests whatsoever) thus I'm quite reluctant to write. It took me quite some time to compose any entry since I know it will reflect myself and maybe make impacts to the readers, so a peace state of mind and a clear objective is very important each time. Sounds complicated, huh? Nah, its not. I'm just dwindling within myself, that's why. And I'm actually in a middle of composing quite a lengthy entry about my previous long journey, so be patient okay? Hehe.(ayat bajet)

Since then, I wish you guys the brightest days ahead=)

"It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better than idle words." (Bukhari)

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Jadi gunakan masa sebaik-baiknya.