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Sunday, July 21, 2013

kesah toilet

haritu ntah camne kami boleh terborak pasal toilet kat opis.

toilet kat opis ni bukan bersih sgt, dan ade dikalangan manusia yang still menggunakan tandas duduk seolah2 tandas cangkuk membuatkan kami sgt2 tidak selesa.

dan ade juga yang selalu saya perasan, mereka2 yang suka lupa tutup lampu lepas kluar toilet.

pastu saya pun jawabla "tulah, rasa nak tulis note je....kalau selalu lupa tutup lampu, baik jgn on".

pastu kawan saya pun cakap "apsal awak ni emo sgt. bukannya awak yang bayar pun letrik. pedulikanla.management yang bayar kan".

i just kept quiet. yelah, nak menjawab nanti dia ingat kita cari gaduh pulak. 

but that's how I observed our msian mentalities.
 
sama macam, biarlah buang sampah kat luar tingkap, nanti dbkl kutip lah. awak kan bayar cukai.

dan kalau nak exagerate lagi..apa salahnya bakar sampah. udara kite pun bukan bersih sgt.

i didn't mean to be..as what she said...emotional.

I just prefer to adapt a different mentality.

Really, I don't throw rubbish outside my car window. I don't squat in public toilet (when it's a seating toilet), and I certainly don't leave tissues lying around in local surau.

I can already foresee how you teach your children, and that's just a reason why the world will never be a healthier and cleaner place.

Xkan nak ajar anak2, oh takpe, biarkah membazir letrik kat skolah, skolah yang bayar tapi jgn pulak buat kat rumah.

mana consistency anda?

tepuk dada tanya selera.
Friday, July 19, 2013

My confession

*Sorry, this post is a mix of malay and english. No proper vocab/grammer. Written in tears*

Seperti dia, saya mencari sebab sebenar saya di dunia ni. Why am here? What is the purpose of my life?

Subhanallah, Allah turunkan hidayat kepada dia. Bukakan hati dia untuk memeluk Islam and embrace the religion the way it should. Tapi perjalanan saya masih jauh, saya masih terpinga2, tertanya2 dan masih mencari jawapan kepada persoalan saya.

9 tahun lepas, saya masuk local university. Daripada sekolah , saya bertudung on/off. Tapi lepas SPM, saya buat keputusan untuk tidak berhijab. I thought university life would be different, that one day I'll find the right path and eventually I'll choose to cover up.

Tapi pengalaman di university tu bukanlah satu pengalaman manis. I was the very few who are hijabless. Dahlah kecik, pastu tak bertudung, mana tak dipandang semacam. The moment I stepped in, slowly I felt myself being the target of usrah people.

Zaman tu saya jahil. sekarang pun masih jahil. Kakak2 usrah ketuk pintuk setiap sorang heret kami ke surau untuk usrah. Senaif2 saya, saya pergi jugak untuk dengar usrah. Tapi terkejut jugak, kalau 20 buah pintu yang diketuk, kenapa kurang dari 10 yang datang? Dan hanya saya tak bertudung.

My sixth sense told me I was their target. Aurat. Tu lah topik pertama , kedua, dan seterusnya dengan kehadiran saya. Sumpah saya terasa. Kamu panggil saya untuk condemn saya ke? 1001 topik, topik itu jugak yang kamu pilih. 1001 bab agama yang saya ingin tahu, topik itu jugak yang kamu mahu ketengahkan?

Benci, itulah yang saya rasa. Instead of feeling more interested to know, I tuned out. My colleagues weren't helpful. Saya berasal dari skolah harian biasa dan 99.9% rakan sekelas saya dari skolah asrama, so I felt left out.Ade daripada mereka bertudung labuh ada yang tidak. I didn't click with them much and I don't think they like me at all. I always thought it was because I was hijabless. Kenapa, kalau saya tidak berhijab bererti saya bersosial ke? minum arak ke? makan babi ke?

Paling terkilan apabila saya mendapat tahu seorang hamba allah yang ayu berhijab labuh memberitahu rakan sekelas saya "Ei, saya tak suka lah M, dia tak bertudung?". Tak penah sepanjang pengajian saya di situ memakai baju ketat mendat macam sarung nangka, mahupun pakaian senteng yang bile duduk nampak bontot sedangkan rakan sekelas saya itu jauh walaupun bertudung, sumpah saya pernah nampak belakangnya kerana pakaiannya yang teramatlah ketat.

So I wasn't happy. I had no friends and I felt the whole world condemned me because I was hijabless.

Alhamdulillah, SPM result keluar dan saya mendapat tawaran ke France. It was my gateway...from everything. From the skeptical look everyone had on me, from those people who called me tikus because of my size and from my unhappy life.

Satu isu yang hangat diperdebatkan adalah kat France, certain universities and certain schools, you're not allowed to wear tudung. There was a day, a colleague of mine broke down and cried, she said "I can't go to this university. I'm wearing tudung. " I didn't offer any consolation, I didn't feel pity for her because the piece of cloth you wore on your head, yes it covers your hair, yet you still wear short sleeve, I can see your shape from your clothes and I definitely can see your behind, so tell me again, why were you crying?

Setahun selepas tu, apabila dia ke university di France, ya, dia terpaksa membuka tudung di perkarangan university tapi terus menyarungnya semula di luar. Syabas atas tindakan anda, saya bangga. Tapi apabila kami pergi ski bersama, kenapa sekadar snow cap yang anda kenakan? Leher anda bukankah juga aurat? Dan kenapa anda masih mengenakan short sleeve?

Pengalaman di France membuatkan saya makin rebel. Lahir sebagai Islam, namun saya tidak mengerti agama sendiri. Saya jahil dan masih jahil. Saya memerhati orang Islam di keliling saya, tiada yang antara mereka membuktikan keindahan agama ini kepada saya. Maka saya terus jahil.

Golongan2 usrah giat aktif di negara sana. Mereka yang bertuduh labuh berkumpul bersama2 untuk menjalankan aktiviti agama. Pada suatu hari, ketika sambutan tahun baru cina, kami di jemput meraikannya di restoran cina muslim. Kebetulan haritu , seorang kakak usrah ni duduk sebelah saya. Tapi saya amatlah pelik, dia duduk membelakangi saya, maknanya most of the time saya cuma nampak belakang dia, dan sipi2 sahaja muka dia. Berborak dengan saya pun tidak. Saya berborak2 dengan rakan di depan saya, ade juga saya tegur sket2 kakak ni, tapi respons dia kurang memuaskan. Kenapa kakak, hina sgt ke saya ni sampai kakak taknak adekan perbualan panjang dengan saya?

Saya tak tahu ape gosip yang berputar di sekitar saya. Ade juga yang mengatakan saya ni teramat bersosial. Pelik jugak sebab setahu saya takde org msia di city dan university saya blaja. Kamu pasang kamera kah? Atau guna crystal ball kah? Cubalah tanya rakan2 French saya, diorang nak heret saya ke parti diorang pun bukan main susah. Ni kan pula nak bersosial.

Mungkin pada tahun sebelum tu, saya asyik berkepit dgn ex saya. Yalah, rakan sket, dan saya kesunyian. Siapa lagi yang mahu layan rengetan saya kalau bukan dia. Dialah kawan baik saya dan dialah teman saya. Kalau xnak saya berkepit saja dgn dia, kenapa kamu juga tidak mahu membuka langkah menjadi rakan saya? Saya alu2 kan saja. Xdenya saya nak tolak kamu bertudung labuh atau tidak. Tidak sesekali saya judge kamu sehinggalah kamu bagi saya sbb untuk "mengejudge.".

Eventually I kept my distance from msians in France. I kept in touch with very few. Tapi ntahlah, saya tak reti simpan kawan. Tak tahu apa salah saya, kawan saya tak penah nak stay. Dari dulu sampai skrg. Kalau zaman skolah tu saya paham. Time tu saya sensitif sgt, salah sket, xnak kawan. Merajuk je tahu.

Tp kawan yang saya takdelah nak merajuk mana pun saya tak reti simpan. Banyak yang saya terkilan namun saya diamkan . Ade tu saya invite utk tunang saya sbb saya consider dia sgt penting dalam hidup saya, tapi last minit dia cancel,  nak seribu dalih taknak seribu daya. Alasan yang diberikan kurang convincing tapi saya diamkan sahaja. Yang sorang lagi pulak, kawan dah bertahun2. Tapi ntah mengapa, masa dia sedih dan lost, dia cari saya. Sanggup call dr Msia sedangkan saya di France, tp skrng, janji mahu contact tapi sampai skrg entah diam ke mana. Mungkin anda tertanya, kenapa tak saya je contact diorang. Jgn salah paham, text pun sudah, call pun sudah namun balas pun xnk , jawab pun xnak. Alasan bz katanya tapi di FB, seronok bagai kluar dgn rakan2 lain. Saya bukan rakan andakah? Siapakah yang sanggup bangun sebelum 6 pagi dgr anda meluahkan perasaan yg gf anda akan bertunang dgn org lain? Maafkan kalau yang membaca tu anda, dan anda terasa, tapi kalau 10 yang anda rasa , 1000 kali jugaklah saya terkilan.

Kalau bukan famili saya atau pun B, sumpah saya tak tahu nak call sapa kalau saya dalam kesusahan. Sbb tu saya cakap kat B, jgnlah B pegi dulu sebelum saya. Saya tak tahu camne nak hidup kalau takde awak. Bukanla maksud saya, xbleh nak bernyawa langsung, tapi peritnya kehilangan seseorang tu pasti agak lama saya nak tangani.

B dan saya, kami bukanlah muslim yang ideal. Ramadan tahun ni hambar bagi saya. Saya nak terawikh, tapi takut nak pegi sorang2. Mak abah taknak pegi. Alasannya, abah sakit dan mak penat. So terawikh sorang2 je. Saya bgtau B, B nanti bile dah kahwin, imamkanlah solat saya dan bawalah saya terawikh ye. Bimbingla saya B, sbb saya sedar ade benda missing dalam hidup saya dan saya rasa benda itu ialah agama. Untungnya saya lahir sbgai org Islam tapi ruginya saya kerana tak paham erti sebenar agama ini. Malam2, kadang saya baca Quran dan tafsirnya. Tapi saya masih belum jumpa jawapan kepada soalan saya. Makin lama makin saya banyak soalan, dan makin lama makin saya keliru. Saya belum terbuka untuk berhijab, condemnlah saya jauh2 tapi percayalahlah, lagi kata2 perit awak macam "Ko tak bertudung, yang pasti ko ke neraka", akan hanya membuatkan saya lagi mahu rebel dan menjauhkan diri drpd memahami kenapa saya wajib berhijab.

Dakwah. Dakwah ade banyak jenis kan. Yang paling berkesan untuk saya adalah contoh dan teladan. Bukan dgn kata2. Dakwah secara halus. Saya takde hak untuk memilih cara dakwah awak, tapi saya ade hak untuk menerima atau tidak apa yang awak katakan.

Some of us are lost. I'm definitely one of them. I don't always feel kindness in my life to have faith in humanity and my religion. But I'll try, slowly but surely. Insyaallah satu hari saya akan berhijab. Bantulah saya dalam perjalanan saya ye. Yang paling penting, help me embrace this religion the way I should.

Maafkan saya atas terkasar bahasa. If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing k.


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Why do we rant?

I think there are reasons to why we rant. I believe ranting has it purposes.

In work, depending on how we see the situation, ranting is actually an indication. Like, sometimes B would rant about how he didn't manage to troubleshoot with the problems with his clients' server and start to explain to me with complicated technical terms that only IT man would understand, and I will be nodding and smiling yet not understanding (cause that's what people do when they don't understand right? they smile). 

Truth is, behind those rants, I believe there's passion. There's a desire to want to solve the problem, there's frustration but at the same time there's hope. Else, you would fall into the category of "je m'en foutism" (sorry, my french kicking in) which means the "I don't care" group. I've seen those who really lost passion, they would just simply not care and won't bother to get angry, or strive to offer solutions or even bother to complain about it.

Some see ranting as being ungrateful. But perhaps, ranting, when given at a moderate amount, is really just pointing out the imperfection of a system and indirectly thinking out loud on how to perfect it.

What do you think the real reason my personal blog existed in the first place?

To rant, of course.
Monday, June 24, 2013

Does a water air purifier works?

 

Have you seen this kind of air purifier before?

I've seen many, in fact I'm using one right now.

Honestly I don't know if it really works.

All I know is, API (Air pollutant index) is increasing in Malaysia, and my nose is so watery right now and I'm having trouble to breath. Not to mention, my eyes are itchy too.

Can't help but wearing a mask in my own room.

And switching on the air purifier cause can't stand the smokey smell.

Take care everyone! Pray for rain and stop open burning for god sake!

Thursday, June 20, 2013

T'as un job?

Alhamdullilah, I manage to secure a 2 years contract job (I think, and I hope so), but I'll continue to search for a better job. I don't think I'm able to go full blast on finding a better job at the moment, not when I'm busy preparing my wedding. So, new job have to wait.
Friday, June 14, 2013

Spiders

Yesterday, just before my mom went to bed, she walked in my room and said :

"Mak bertengkak dgn abah" (I had an argument with your dad)

So I asked "Pasal apa?" (About what?)

She said "Mak cakap, labah2 ade 8 kaki, abah tak caya, abah kata labah2 ade 6 kaki" (I said spiders have 8 legs but your dad insist that spider has 6 legs"

-_- Oh god.

Unlike any modern parents would do, by modern I mean google and point, my mom ran to my sister's room and picked out the dusty encylopedia, ran downstairs and showed to my dad :

"Spiders have 8 legs!"

I just shake my head.

Parents....


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Candy crush

These past few days, I've noticed my dad was concentrating hard on his computer. Sometimes I see him sitting at his desk when I reached home, sometimes late in the evening.

It's weird cause his posture and sitting position were very very similar to when he was working except this time, he had his magnifying glass with him (cause he has eyes problem and glasses aren't enough).

Yesterday (oh wait, I think it was the day before), I catched a glimpse of his monitor.

Colorful various shaped thingy (I donno what to call em).

And yesterday, I figured it out.

He was playing Candy Crush.

L.O.L

My dad is far more advanced than I am.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

getting weary

With all these things happening, I'm finding myself losing appetite and lack of proper sleep. I often take a light breakfast and eat only half of my lunch and occasionally skip dinner. I used to be able to sleep long hour but these days I tend to sleep late and wake up before my alarm ticks off. 

I  am worried about my own mental and physical health.I find myself prone to crying even for tiny things and I'm worried of my declining weight.

I'm 146 cm, 33kg and I'm 27.

Yes, I used to take it as a laughing matter by saying I can hide easily in cupboards and people won't think of looking me there, how if I faint, it doesn't take a man to pick me up and sent to hospital.

But now I don't feel like laughing at all.I made funny remarks of myself just to make myself feel better.Truth is, I don't.

I don't because what happens when one day I want to have a child and there would be problems because of my BMI? What happens if one day I need an operation and there would be complication because I'm underweight?

People says that the nearer you are to your wedding, the happier you should be and perhaps the better your appetite? But god knows what I go through right now between work and wedding preparation.

Not having a stable income, trying to figure out what my next career move,, stepping into a marriage world, trying to build a home..it's all sounds like the common problem anyone would face.  Except facing it simultaneously without being able to take one step at a time is quite a lot to handle. 

I guess I'm just tired, of holding myself together that is.I want to be strong, strong for B, strong for my family.

Except occasionally....I trip.

It's so so.......  so tiring.


Friday, March 1, 2013

Perhaps u need a break

B, minta izin post ni ya..

Today, I received a text from B :


And that ladies and gentleman,

is my other half.

haha..

p/s : still love u no matter what

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Home and what it means to me

I really dislike going back home.

I don't like going back home after work.

I don't like going back home after having a day out on weekends.

The only thing happy thought that I can come up with when I go back home is...

I have a bed. And I can sleep in it.
Thursday, February 14, 2013

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Sigh

Yup, that summarized everything
Saturday, November 17, 2012

I'm being mushy mushy


And that my dear, is how I feel.
Monday, November 12, 2012

Happy birthday!

Thank you for putting up with me.

Mum

Happy birthday!

P/s : I know i know, this post deserve to be a lengthy one but seriously, all I want right now is to crawl under the blanket, and rest.
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Run run RRRUUUNNN

 

Yeah, come and join us tomorrow.

P/s : Sorry, haven't been updating much, life has been running too fast that I struggle to keep up 
=p
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

A gift

Look what my friend brought back for me from Venice!


Oh so pretty.

Now the only thing missing is a masquerade
Saturday, October 27, 2012

What to believe?

Mom : Nak try kopi tanpa gula? Would you like to try this sugarless coffee?

Me : Kopi tanpa gula? Tak rasa pape lah eh? White coffee without sugar? Won't it be tasteless?

Mom : Boleh guna sweetener ni. Diperbuat daripada extract daun. You can add this sweetener. It's made of leaves extracts.

(Skeptically pick up the sweetener)

Me : Betul ke ni mak? Are you sure it's made of leaves extract?

Mom : Betul, betul, dia tulis tu kan. I'm serious, it's written there.

I read the ingredient where a bunch of chemical stuffs written.

Me : Ada gambar daun je mak. Takkan gambar daun pun mak cakap extract daun?? There's only a picture of leaves mom. You can't be saying that because of the picture?

Mom didn't believe me and went to read herself. She sat down, put her glasses on and starting to pronounce the chemical ingredients one by one.

Mom : Semua ni bukan extract daun ke? All these are not leaves extract?

Me : No mom, please don't argue with a chemist.

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The fact is, it could damn well be a leaves extract except that a sweetener is a sweetener. It bounds to contain additional chemically modified sugar to make it sweeter so that you don't have to take so much of sugar. In one way it's good to take it occasionally to cut down your sugar intake but chemistry wise, in my humble opinion, it's not any better than the real sugar.

Back in university, a lecturer told us a story bout his colleague who studied on these artificial sweetener and the effect it has on mice. I can't exactly recall the details of his story but it goes something like this, the colleague was so keen on taking the sweetener deeply believing that the sweetener is a good sugar substitute. However after a period of time, he found some I don't know mutation or tumor on the mice, I really can't remember what it was but something happened to the mice that in the end he never wanted to eat the artificial sweetener ever again.

Now, now, I don't have the published data because god knows how scientists need published paper to prove their findings but what I assure you is that too much of something is never good.

Conclusion? Do things in moderation ok and not everything natural is good. Verify your facts from reliable source and despite everything written on the internet nowdays, even the most decent looking website could mislead you.

P/s : If you happen to google on soursop for cancer, you may found that it's ten thousand times better than chemo but truth is, I digged up deeper on the article and the published paper where it talked about the seed not the fruit and it was an in vitro experiment which when comes to in vivo, it might behave differently. When soursop is taken excessively it could lead to excessive bleeding, and even some other diseases. All these are based on my literature research for my work. Sorry for not putting the links, they're stored in my other disk.