on randomness #1

hey beautiful people! just wanna share random things thats on my mind, or should i say, the things that i actually wanted to post before but very lazy to finish writing the whole thing, so i'll just summarise all (or maybe save some for later :p) in this entry. ok?

i went to Australia recently. Adelaide & Melbourne to be exact. Adelaide is in the south of Australia while Melbourne is an hour (++) flight journey to the east of Adelaide. if i am not mistaken :p the weather was just nice. hot but breezy in the day, while chill but not freezing at night. but you'll wake up with a very cold feet in the morning. so wear those fluffy cute pair winter socks to sleep hokay! :D

i mean these:

told you its fluffy and comel right?? as my feet are experiencing winter all year long during the night, i continue wearing them to sleep here in Malaysia too! haha

morning in Adelaide. in the CBD.

 late evening in Adelaide. this is the beautiful Glenelg beach!

night in Adelaide. in the city.

 found this poster at a bus stop in Glenelg. notice the punchline: 'Golden Gaytime'? well, i took this because i wanted to show it to Apiz but keep on forgetting. until we both fell in love with krushers last week! it is actually yummms! hehehe definitely golden gaytime!! ;p

the street pianos! this was the one in front of University of Adelaide.

 this was the one in Rundle Mall.

and this is the one in Adelaide's Airport! and one more thing bout the airport, people can send the passengers off til the boarding gate!! like even if you're not going to board the plane, you can still walk in, go through all the security checkpoint and send off your family or friends till the gate e.g. gate 7, gate 24, gate R (Kuching Intl Airport ada gate R)! how awesome is that??? :D

eh. malas dah mok cita bout Melbourne. hehe coz i wanna share lotsa photos i took in Melbourne. i'll save it for later share it with you guys in a latter post okay? like you care kan if i post it or not. hehe prasan jeh ;p lemme just say, as much as i super love the streets i walked up and down in Melbourne, the cold weather so i have the chance to wear my leather jacket (ahah!), the interconnected shopping malls and the free city circle tram, like i said before, nothing tops a salam given to me by a stranger upon entering the tram to St. Kilda beach :) her smile affected my mood, and her salam affected my soul, til this day. i might sound like i'm exaggerating, but i was desperate for a hint of familiarity after six days being in a foreign country where you scrutinies every ingredient of each meal. it was an amazing feeling, i felt recognised and it made me feel that i wasnt alone :') after experiencing such a huge impact on the street of Melbourne and knowing how a simple salam could help someone feel much much better, i say it out to strangers at every chance that i got in Melbourne, the Muslim ones of course :) and having them answering the salaam, it just clicked in my heart that someone else in this foreign land believes in what i believe, and i smile to myself while continuing my walk :) :) :)

lets move on to a cute situation. cute? erghh. ok you decide if its cute after you read this conversation:

one fine evening, we were in the car, i was wearing my purple contact lens, a few days after Apiz's 25th birthday...

Apiz: Atenn...nangga dunia sik jadi rona purple ka?

Aten: haaa?? (i thought he was berbual kosong and trying to be cute..)

Apiz: smua-smua tok, urang. sik jadi rona purple kaa?

Aten: (gave him the stare for 2 seconds...) aie aoklah semua tok jadi rona purple (i played along lah konon)

Apiz: aih MENA KAH??

Aten: aiee.. (i realised he was asking innocently) aoklah semua urang jadi rona purple kedak Barney. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Apiz: ????????

Aten: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (tetak goleng-goleng.. ok tipu coz sekpat goleng dalam motor)

awwwesome! - Barney Stinson

on a slightly different note, i came across this short film just now, it is somewhat sad. but this used to be my number one fear once upon a time, before i started dating anyone, before i like Apiz :) i used to think 'what if it didnt work out? would we say 'hi' if we bump into each other on the street afterwards? would it feel awkward if i see him holding someone else's hand when he was supposed to hold mine?' i pray hard that we wont be strangers ever, in the future. InsyaAllah :) now seat back and watch this. pssst.. you might need a piece or two of tissues to wipe those crocodile tears.

i like the butterflies in the stomach part the best! Alhamdulillah the butterflies in mine & Apiz's stomach are still flying around happily and i think they doubled their amount by 10000000x :D (mainly coz of the growing size of our tummies! kidding!) and recently Apiz claimed that he has butterflies in his legs. maybe it bears the same meaning as jelly legs kan? hihihi i am glad that although Apiz is now 25, he still acts like a five-year-old boy sometimes :p

now lets soothe it out and call it a day with this video. i love that Yuna involves Qi in every opportunity that she could get. then again, she was thinking of him anyways when she wrote this right? ;)

if only i could make one of those love notes fall on Apiz's shoulder now, wherever he might be :)

ngerepoks ol' style

hah! tok ku nak ngerepak lok. haruslah makei bahasa ibunda baruk feeel~

paduhal album Yuna dah keluar???! sori lah pok, i sik tauk. baruk malam tadik tauk. dalam kol 11 lebeh dekat nak kol 12. kira tek nak nyarik next showcase Yuna la tek. sekali nangga bejumpa ngan news nya launching album 'Decorate' nya 24 & 25 July ya tek rah KLPac. siryes sik tauk. dah lah nya molah showcase for 2 days. rah Pentas 1 gik ya. Pentas 1 is the biggest space in KLPac that can fit more than 500 people ok! dah lah time ya (24 & 25 July) i dah ada di KL. apa kah di polah i minggu ya ooo. hmmm. mesti tengah raon aimlessly dalam shopping complex dengan Apiz demi aircond. mun di Kuching tek, ngerepak sikpat pegi all the happenings rah KL. mala jak beduka lara hoping i was in KL for all the cool gigs. dah di KL, sik keep track ngan showcases kedak tok. sik tauk juak dah katak spesis pa i tok. katak tido nyenyak bawah tempurung bawah rimbunan daun nyiur di takuk lama kali. yah yah. rasa nak turun pasar meli album ya kinek-kinek jak lekak maca news ya. tapi dah kol 12 tgh mlm, kedei nei bukak? mun jak di sitok tek ada Mydin 24 jam macam rah Melaka. mun jak Mydin ada bejual album Yuna nak? tapi ya la tek, Mydin semua ada. aieh tok ngerepak hal Mydin kah Yuna? baruk last week madah ngan Apiz 'bila lah album Yuna tok nak keluar.' Apiz pun diam juak, meaning nya sik tauk la ya. so mek duak kira sama spesis katak lah. sekpa, you frog i frog, dear.

bah, pa gik. mupok lok. nak g kedei meli album 'Decorate'.

ps: i'm done with Term 1 ID!!! Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah :) :)

when two equals two

matter regarding the heart, and involves a boy and a girl is sometimes very much complicated more than you know. when it is actually simple to love and to be loved, admit it that our desires and needs in life sometimes moves parallel and doesnt have a meeting point at any circumstances. that is when we have to build a strong (and flexible) bridge to connect those two lines so we can go to the other side at any desired time to support each other. and who knows if those lines might find a way to intersect at some point.

i have this thing bout me bout how i like to say things metaphorically, that sometimes people dont really get what i say, and sometimes the message doesnt really reach the dedicated persona cos that person doesnt really know if i'm talking bout/to him/her just cos i dont mention the issue directly, but sometimes, its just that they simply think i'm not talking bout them and plain ignore it.

it is so much easier to think like a little kid, no?

one day, Bapak was talking bout how hairdressers and chefs can easily get a PR status in the Australia. and Farhana said:

'apa hairdresser? rambut pakei baju?? pelik na juak?'

and then another time, Bapak said a friend of his died of 'sakit TB'. and Farhana the TV junkie said:

'aie! nangga TB (as in television, TV) boleh sakit kah??'

cilck here for more cute monsters by Lucy Doan! 

sometimes, all a girl wants is attention and gestures showing that we matter; and of course constant reminder that we are always loved and remembered :)

kekasih-Nya sayangkan kita

sempena Hari Keputeraan Nabi Junjungan kita, haruslah saya berkongsi sebuah kisah tentang baginda Rasulullah SAW yang saya pernah dengar dari mulut seorang ustad yang saya tidak tahu namanya(tetapi ustad betol bukan tipu2, saya memang honest tidak tahu nama nya). dan haruslah juga saya berbahasa Malaysia kerana penyampaian ustad tersebut juga dalam bahasa ini dan seboleh-bolehnya saya berusaha menggunakan perkataan-perkataan yang hampir dengan yang telah digunakan oleh ustad tersebut. juga saya takut penyampaian dalam bahasa Inggeris saya tidak tepat dan tidak sampai ke pemahaman kamu-kamu sekalian. nanti terpesong pulak message nyer yer. EHEK

ini adalah kisah kewafatan Rasulullah SAW. pada suatu hari, Rasulullah SAW didatangi malaikat Jibril yang berkata, "Rasulullah, aku datang kerana ingin menyampaikan dua perkara dari Tuhan mu. satu, Allah SWT kata Al-Qur'an dah cukup 30 juzuk. kedua, Allah SWT menyuruh aku mengambil nyawamu, adakah kamu mahu mati?" betapa istimewa nya baginda diberi pilihan samada mahu meninggalkan dunia ini atau tidak. Rasulullah SAW segera menjawab bahawa baginda mahu nyawanya dicabut memandangkan Al-Qur'an sudah cukup himpunannya 30 juzuk dan kerana baginda sudah tidak sabar bertemu dengan zat Pencipta yang sangat dikasihinya. Jibril pun berkata bahawa dia akan datang lagi enam hari untuk mengambil nyawa Rasulullah SAW.

pada hari yang dijanjikan, dikala Rasulullah SAW sudah terlantar sakit, datang malaikat Jibirl bersama tiga lagi malaikat. Allah SWT memberi lagi keistimewaan kepada baginda dimana baginda ditanya jika baginda mempunyai apa-apa permintaan sebelum roh nya dipisah dari badan. Rasulullah SAW memohon agar nyawanya dicabut seperti dicabutnya nyawa dari hamba Allah SWT yang tidak bersembahyang kerana orang dari golongan ini adalah yang paling sakit sekali nyawanya untuk berpisah dari badan berbanding dengan golongan yang berzina, meminum arak dan lain-lain. betapa mulianya Rasul junjungan kita, mahu merasa keperitan yang paling dahsyat yang bakal ditanggung oleh umat nya yang tidak menyembah Tuhan nya walaupun baginda Rasulullah SAW adalah seorang maksum.

malaikat pertama menarik roh Rasulullah SAW dari kaki hingga ke lutut. pengsan Rasulullah SAW kerana terlalu sakit. apabila sedar dari pengsan nya, baginda memohon pada Allah SWT, "kalau beginilah kesakitan yang dirasai oleh umat ku ya Allah, biarlah aku menanggung segala kesakitan ini ya Allah" manusia mana yang boleh menandingi kemuliaan Nabi Muhamad SAW yang mahu menanggung semua kesakitan yang paling getir dalam seumur hidup manusia? dan bukan hanya seorang manusia, baginda mahu menanggung kesakitan untuk setiap umat nya di muka bumi ini..? Allah SWT menolak permintaan baginda dan berkata setiap hamba Nya dan umat Rasulullah harus menerima dan merasai sendiri balasan terhadap apa yang telah merekaka lakukan di muka bumi.

malaikat kedua pula menarik roh Nabi Muhamad SAW dari lutut ke pinggang. sekali lagi baginda pengsan kerana sakit yang teramat. apabila baginda sedar dari pengsan nya, malaikat ketiga pula mencabut roh baginda dari pinggang ke halkum. perkara yang sama berlaku, Rasulullah pengsan kali ketiga. sesedar baginda dari pengsan nya, Rasulullah memohon lagi dengan Allah SWT, "Ya Allah, kau terimalah taubat umat ku walaupun nyawa mereka sudah di takat ini" Allah SWT kabulkan permintaan yang satu ini dari kekasih-Nya itu. inilah sebabnya kita masih mampu mengucapkan dua kalimah syahadah walau kita sudah terlantar nazak. dibandingkan dengan zaman Nabi Musa, dimana Firaun mahu bertaubat apabila dia lemas di Lautan Merah, Allah SWT tidak lagi menerima taubat nya dikala itu. sebelum Jibril mencabut terus roh baginda keluar dari jasad nya, baginda sempat lagi berkata "Ummati, Ummati, Ummati. As-Solah, As-Solah, As-Solah." betapa indah dan mulia nya Rasullullah SAW, sebelum baginda pergi meninggalkan bumi ini buat selamanya, baginda masih lagi ingat dengan kita umat nya. betapa sayangnya baginda terhadap kita ini yang seringkali lalai dan lupa akan diri baginda, apatah lagi pengorbanannya.

semoga menjadi renungan kita bersama (itu termasuk saya juga) yang hari Keputeraan Nabi Muhamad SAW bukan sekadar hari cuti umum, it is something to be celebrated. cause, without the birth of the Prophet Muhamad, we won't be having the faith & arah tuju like we have today, and we won't be living like we are today, and I won't be writing this entry for you to ponder upon. (tiba-tiba ngegeh mahu berbahasa Inggeris kembali).

saya memohon ampun dan maaf andai ada kesilapan dalam menulis kisah ini, juga maaf jika terdapat bahasa yang kurang/tidak sesuai dalam menulis entry ini. andai ada kesilapan di mana-mana bahagian kisah ini, tolong ditegur dan diperbetulkan.

saya memohon kepasa sesiapa yang fasih dalam berbahasa Inggeris, silalah mengalih bahasa entry ini supaya orang yang tidak faham bahasa Malaysia dapat menghayatinya juga. asalkan tidak lari dan terpesong dari message asal.

Allahuma salli ala saiyidina Muhamad, wa'ala ali Muhamad.

flickering

Mak: aih kenak lampu ya sekejap bukak sekejap tutup?

Bapak: lampu ney?

Mak: yaa... (pointing at the streetlight)

Bapak: oh kelam kelip kah?

Mak: bukan kelam kelip. kejap bukak kejap tutup.

Bapak: kelam kelip lah sekejap bukak sekejap tutup. nak?

Mak & me: (looking at each other grinning and silently thought 'mena juak ooo..')

why i miss Mak & Bapak

i have to write off this entry in Sarawakian language cause it is cute the way it is, and will not be as cute if translated into English. and so i apologise to those who don't get what this is all about.

one fine morning...

mekorg gi breakfast, Bapak nak parking moto, mekorg(Mak, Farhana & me) keluar dolok.

Bapak: order ngan kamek manok duak cucur ah.

Mak: ok.

Bapak: eh sik jadi jak. order ayam duak cucur jak.

Mak: ???

cute aren't they, my parents.. hihihi