Jun 21, 2011

Purity

They say, you poor girl you're beautiful you know, its a shame that you cover up your beauty. So she just smile graciously, response reassuringly.


"This beauty that I have is just a simple part of me. This body that I have, no stranger has a right to see."


"This long cloth, the shawl I wear ensure my modesty. Faith is more essential and passion, wouldn't you agree?"

Isn't that a symbol for all the world to see? A simple cloth to preserve your dignity.

*Quoted from a song, not sure what song it is. Close, but not exactly*

Finally

Though it is not the final result yet but I am utterly grateful for the current results as for now, Alhamdulillah. Will update more on it later, when I have the mood to actually write a lengthy essay. Boringgg. Bye!

Stripped

I had to blog about this super amazing terrace house.







Yes, this is a terrace house in KL. I'm falling head over heels. Too gorgeous for me to digest. I want a house exactly like this and make it a home. Is that possible?
More news read here.

P.S. Malaysians have move 10 steps forward. I feel like these photos are all taken from The Selby, but they're not.

Parental Issues

When you lock yourself in the house, acting like a zombie, facing the laptop/TV till your eyes became swollen and your hairs are all out of places, and until you've drawn yourself to be skinnier than Posh Becks,  they ask you to "Go out and have fun with friends!"

BUT,

When you "Go out and have fun with friends!", they express their dissatisfaction like nobody's business and keep whining that you spend your money lavishly, you waste time, you go out till late hours, you should be staying in, etc.

Confusing much? Indeed.

SO,

This issues, when occur, must be dealt with utmost professionalism and excellent managerial skills to control the overwhelming rage.

Jun 19, 2011

Aurat & Hijab

Among the knowledge gained today at Aurat & Hijab : Mari Hayati Bersama :

Kecantikan insaniah ialah kecantikan yang tertinggi dalam Islam, menutupi segala kecantikan haiwaniah, kerana kecantikan haiwaniah itu hanya boleh ditunjukkan pada tempat yang halal, untuk yang halal.

Be ourselves and do not conform to what people think or might think of us.

Perlu ada keindahan walaupun tiada siapa yang nampak. Allah Maha Melihat dan Maha Mengetahui.

Our past should be revisited - Not for us to expose the bad deeds we've done for the world to know, but for us to measure where we used to stand and where are we standing now so that there can be more rooms for improvements be made.

In life, we should embrace diversity. There should not be any form of coercion exist in da'awah, in Islam. Let the heart be opened to change, and when the change occurs, let it be made for Allah. For Allah per se. And at times, agree to disagree.


Held at : Sri Munawwarah Design, TTDI
Panels :
  1. Prof Madya Dr Harlina Siraj (O&G Specialist/motivator)
  2. Dato' Hajah Tuan Hasnah Tuan Yusoff (Owner & Designer of Sri Munawwarah Design) 
  3. Wardina Safiyyah (Public Figure)

Jun 16, 2011

Lunar Eclipse










All photos are taken from Malaysia Lunar Eclipse page on Facebook

Assalam'alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Bertemu kita sekali lagi secara langsung dari Balai Cerap, Bilik Merenung Bulan, Dewan Seri Angkasa, Angkasa Lepas, 45699, Marikh.

Gerhana bulan pada kali ini dikhabarkan kepada saya sebagai gerhana yang paling lama iaitu dari jam 1.34AM sehingga 7AM. Lama, bukan? Daripada seseorang masuk tidur, sampai lah dia bangun pagi untuk ke kantor, gerhana masih belum tamat. Hebat. Syabas diucapkan kepada yang bangun pagi.

Saya berasa begitu teruja melihat gerhana bulan pada kali ini kerana saya melihatnya secara langsung dari tingkap bilik ibubapa. Sebelum ni, bangun pagi, tgk surat khabar, "Laaa semalam ada gerhana ke kenapa tak cakap?". Kau expect siapa bagitau kau? Bulan tu nak SMS kau "Woi malam ni gua nak gerhana, lu tunggu tau jangan lupa usha gua", camtu? Bongok namanya tu, Farrah.

Walaupun masa total eclipse of my heart of the Moon tadi, waktu Bulan tertukar menjadi Action Kamen berwarna oren, awan nano nano nano nano telah berarak menutupi awan secara total, menjadikannya total loss of view of the total eclipse of the Moon. Faham?

Yang bestnya tengok gerhana bulan ni, kat page Malaysia Lunar Eclipse tu ada macam-macam orang, macam-macam perangai, macam-macam wall post hehe. Ada yang update dari Egypt, Medan, Cheras, Penang, Kajang, Seremban, etc. Ada yang sambil tgk gerhana, sambil tu ditemani makhluk halus la, ada yang mata dah ngantuk esok nak kerja la, macam-macam, go la to that page, pegi baca.

Anyway, Alhamdulillah, that was my first time witnessing such beauty and such magnificent event which will not happen none other because of The Almighty. Betapa besarnya kuasa-Nya. And Alhamdulillah, that was also my first time performing Solat Sunat Khusuf or Solat Sunat Gerhana Matahari.

*Not good to say this, but sumpah nak tercabut kepala lutut gua, nak putus urat kentut. Tasbih 100x ruku' pertama, 90x ruku' kedua, 70x ruku' ketiga, 50x ruku' keempat. Total 210. Kau rasa?*

But anyway, Alhamdulillah I managed to complete till the very last salaam. Syukur. Orang cakap solat sunat gerhana bulan ni salah satu solat sunat yang paling dituntut.

Kesimpulannya, aku rasa muka aku saling tak tumpah macam bulan skarang. Berpeta. Takde kena mengena. Bye.

Jun 15, 2011

Teruja

Belum start *pupillage, dah fikir guest list for my **LONGGGGGG CALL.

Ober ke tidak ober ke tidak?

Melampau ke-eksaited-tannya.

Jangan esok gua keluar ngan Mama cari baju Long Call sudah. Apa nak beli? White shirt la apa lagi.



*Pupillage is a period of 9 months that each law student who intends to practice have to go through. Throughout this period of time, the student will be the 'Pupil' and supervised by a qualified lawyer who is their 'Master'.

**Long call is a ceremony held at the High Court, to bestow upon those who have completed their pupillage. With that, they are now (after the Long Call) certified as an Advocate & Solicitor.

Salaam

Just thought that I should share this.

That day when I was with Mama and Wan (Grandma), Wan pesan :

Kalau nak bagi salaam, sabut betul-betul.

Assalamu'alaikum.

Yang saya bold and italic kan tu, yang kita selalu terlupa nak emphasize-kan, yes?

Selalu kita nak cepat kita cakap:

Samekom, or

Asalamualaikum, or

Apa-apa jela yang mungkin tak betul sebutannya.

Jadi bila sebutannya tak betul, takde makna, jadi, takde la pahala untuk kita. Sedangkan senang sangat nak dapat pahala dengan hanya memberi salaam :)

Refer to my previous entry on Salaam.

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Lagi satu, Wan dengar ceramah Ustaz kat TV cakap kalau kita (lelaki atau perempuan) bagi Salaam dengan niat nak mengorat, hukumnya haraam.


Wallahu'alam. Selamat beramal :)

Jun 14, 2011

Swollen Face, Teary Eyes

Dancing slowly in an empty room, can the lonely take the place of you? I sing myself a quiet lullaby. Let you go and let the lonely in, to take my heart again. Too afraid to go inside, for the pain of one more loveless night. For the loneliness will stay with me and hold me till I fall asleep. Broken pieces of a barely breathing story, where the once was love. Now there's only me and the lonely.





P.S. Siapa yang gembira lately ni? Hari-hari gembira sampai dia bosan rasa gembira, dia nak menangis pulak? Nah dengar lagu ni. Siapa tak sedih maksudnya dia ada almost a perfect love life, so shaddup. Atau dia memang dilahirkan tanpa perasaan sedih, seumur hidup dia tergelak sakan je, pun shaddup. Hehh.

Jun 11, 2011

Tug-of-War

Take away the uncertainties, and throw it back into my face.
Take it back again, and shall tomorrow come, bring it back and leave it there.
Until one day, you don't come back ever.
Cause by then I'll be tired of this game you play.
And by then I'll know, that I'd be better off on my own.

Jun 9, 2011

If Only

Things that I might take into consideration if I were to be elected as a Minister or whatever, as long as I have the power. Bukan gila kuasa. Cuma, I don't know. Nak mengubah keadaan, but it depends on circumstances, as usual.

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1) Orang-orang tua takleh bawak kereta lagi

Cukup la, dah tiba masanya apek-apek, pakcik-pakcik semua duduk rumah, hirup kopi sambil tengok-tengokkan cucu cicit main teng-teng depan rumah, ok?

I've had enough with orang-orang tua yang bawak kereta, tengah-tengah bando, 40 km/j. Bukan nak disrespect these elderly drivers but kekadang bahaya. Kalau bawak kereta at normal appropriate speed takpe jugak. Ni orang tengah dok bawak 80 or 90 km/j, dia pegi bawak 40 km/j memang mintak kereta kena sodok la uncle. Kalau bawak senonoh takpe. Ni tak. Bawak kereta, bukak tingkap, kejap ke kiri, kejap ke kanan tak tau mana hala tuju. Bila kita potong dia lalu sebelah, tengok muka memasing selenge gila mata dah separuh tutup, kuyu. Tido ke apa??

Bukan kereta je yang patut pergi hantar PUSPAKOM untuk piawaian, driver pun kena. Bila sampai satu tahap umur, kena pegi test or whatever lah untuk determine diorang ni boleh dilepaskan bawak kereta on the main roads ke tak. Kalau setakat kat kampung-kampung, batas-batas sawah tu takpe la jugak, habis-habis pun badak yang langgar dia. Takpun seladang. Takpun kerbau langgar. Habis-habis, *Simba langgar dia.

*Simba tu is an inside joke. Hanya orang yang tertentu sahaja faham. Anggap jela Simba tu dalam golongan binatang-binatang bagak.

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2) Bangsa orang-orang yang patut kena saman

Kalau Aussie nak station policemen around the town and fine those who show obnoxious attitude by cursing, Malaysia kena buat apa?

Fine orang yang tak reti nak buang resit ATM dalam tong sampah yang terletak SEBELAH tempat dia berdiri tu je.

This, I witnessed with my naked eyes, for so many times in my life. Kali ke berapa puluh juta kali, I don't know. And everytime this happens, it annoys me to death.

Kau dah sedap-sedap cucuk duit, dah masyuk, poket/wallet/purse kau dah penuh, lepas tu bila mesin tanya nak resit ke tak, kau tekan YES, lepas tu bila resit keluar, kau baca-baca kau scrutinize, kau dah tengok balance kau ada berapa semua, lepas tu kau sedap-sedap je buang kat lantai. Orang-orang macam ni nak kata bangang, tak kot sebab dia reti nak cucuk duit, takkan bangang sangat kan? Lain la tak reti cucuk duit, sampai kena mintak tolong orang belakang ke apa ke.

Orang macam ni ada 4 jenis kot, according to my plain observation lah.

  • Kekadang bila resit keluar, diorang biar je kat situ tak nak ambik.
  • Kekadang ada yang ambik, pastu buang kat lantai.
  • Ada jugak bangsa yang ambik, buang dalam tong sampah, tapi tak masuk, ni terjadi bila sambil tangan nak buang sampah, sambil tu mata meliar cari bini dia hilang tah kemana, atau dia nak cepat.
  • Ada jugak yang ambik resit tu, lepas tu buang dalam tong sampah tu padahal jelas terpampang depan mata dia bahawa tong sampah tu dah penuh dan dah melimpah ruah, nak jugak kau buang dalam tu kenapa?? Homaigot... Sumpah tak faham.
Mungkin kalau aku jadi Menteri Kebersihan (there's no such post as one, but in future, who knows?), orang-orang macam ni aku confirm saman. Bukan aku la saman, polis-polis anak buah aku la saman. Orang macam ni saman je beratus-ratus pun takpe sebab depa baru cucuk duit, poket tengah masyuk. Biar dia rasa sakit hati kena saman beratus-ratus, macam mana sakitnya hati aku tengok engkorang buat resit ATM macam takde bendaaa je. Takde kesedaran sivik langsung!



Image : Google.
Macam mana orang milik gambar kedua tu menyampah kat manusia bangsa macam ni, macam tu jugak la aku menyampah dengan orang yang takde common sense ni.


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3) Orang-orang yang kuat berangan

Hah untuk golongan ni pulak. Pernah tak korang drive kat memana, lepas tu macam jammed sikit tapi masih moving la. Lepas tu tengok-tengok takde la jammed mana pun, cuma ada satu kereta yang dipandu oleh badigol mana tak tau la, yang slow nak mampus, bawak kereta sambil berangan pelamin dia nikah nanti nak kaler apa bagai. Dia drive punya la slow, sampai depan dia kosong, boleh satu treler tangki minyak Petronas boleh masuk, tau?

Weh bangsa yang ni lagi annoying dari orang tua bawak kereta. Sebab kalau orang tua kita faham la jugak kan, sebab dia dah tua, so, sentimental value tu terlebih membuak-buak sikit. Tapi yang ni, kekadang driver nya celik, muda, gagah, cantik, tegap, tapi bawak kereta, Masha Allah tuhan je yang tau betapa inconsideratenya diorang ni. Tak tengok ke kat rear view mirror, kereta blakang kau berlapis-lapis crawling slowly sebab kau bawak keta macam siput babi? Siput babi yang semput pun kalau merangkak lagi laju kot.

Kalau orang camni patut cucuk je dia rapat-rapat, tapi jangan rapat sangat, sebab diorang ni bebal kang tetibe dia stop mengejut ke mana tau kan, lepas tu hon la kekuat ke, high beam ke, tapi kalau nak hon tu make sure bunyi hon tu powerful, cukup kuat untuk terkejutkan orang tu dah boleh membuat dia terkencing lalu memberi signal nak beralih ke lane sebelah kiri. Kalau kereta kau kecik je macam Kelisa, tapi hon kuat pun takpe. Lagi bagus. Biar bunyi hon tu macam bunyi hon lori pasir ke kan. Kalau tak hon, memang kau tak reti nak ke kiri kan? Memang kau suka feeling-feeling kau bawak laju macam Schumacher kan? Memang, memang kau kuat berangan.


Image : Google.
Orang-orang camni kita patut bagi depa bawak keta ni je. Baru melambangkan keadaan sebenar. Kalau nak maki cakap "Kau bawak kereta lembab macam kura-kura" pun, tak hesitate la orang kata kan.


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Dah setakat ni tu je. Nanti kalau ada apa-apa lagi yang terlintas dalam kepala otak ni, any irritating occurrences in my life, I'll add it up later.

Meanwhile, please avoid being any of the above, please? Especially #2 and #3. Thank you :)


P.S. This is based on my general observation on what's happening in life on daily basis. Tiada kena mengena dengan sesiapa, and if it happens to relate with anyone I know, either directly or indirectly, I consider that as a coincidence. Jangan terasa atau apa. Maaf.

Jun 4, 2011

Sablerghtu






HARI INI BOSAN GILA. TIDO MACAM BADAK.

SEKIAN.





Jun 3, 2011

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