Long time no see

Salam Semua,

Mcm biasa gugel

Kabare? Hopefully everyone is at their best. Lama ek aku tak tulis tulis kat sini... Bajet busy.. (^_^)v  Hmmm... Diam sejenak........ Eh, macam tak tau nak cakap apa. 

Aku da jarang jarang bukak blog, bila terbukak gembira lah tengok kawan kawan yang lain masih menulis. Ada la hiburan untuk aku, ye tak? Teruskan oke kawan kawan!

Emmmm... Lagi.... Aku da kerja tetap sekarang, Alhamdulillah. Tapi dalam hati masih mencari dan merangka hidup. Aku nak 'life' yang dalam erti kata sebenar. Macam mane ye tu? Aku masih di peringkat mendefinisikan cara hidup impian aku. 

Kerja.. Kadang rasa macam terkena tamparan hidup bila da bekerja. Life is not as easy as I thought. Kerja made me think, is this how i'm gonna lead my life till I die? Am I going to do this thing for the rest of my life?  'DEFINITELY NOT!'. 

Kadang (sebenarnya selalu) aku complaint jugak. Tak suka la kerja ni. Nak kerja lain. Orang lain dah duk pelik, kalau tak suka kenapa masa belajar dulu amik course ni? Kalau korang, apa korang akan jawab? Aku pun tak tau nak jawab apa. Sebab, nampak sangat dulu aku tak serius dalam hidup. Acuh tak acuh. Ignorant. Maybe Allah temukan aku dengan kerja sebegini untuk sedarkan aku yang life is more than what I've been leading all this while. Untuk sedarkan aku, dulu, I was not as dull as I am now. Teehee~

Sementara ada kesempatan ni (umur masih 20-an walaupun jiwa always 17), aku tak nak sia sia kan hidup. Jadi aku nak ajak kawan kawan semua sentiasa review your life. Apa yang kita nak sebenarnya & adakah keadaan kita sekarang boleh membawa kita kepada tujuan hidup kita?  

Fikir fikir kan dan selamat beramal! 

buat pengubat rindu korang. ehe

notabuku : Rasanya header blog dah boleh tukar dah.. Tapi tengok la tahun depan ke kan..

Choc Cheese Tart

Salam Semua.

Aku tak pandai tulis resepi. Korang kena usaha lebih untuk cuba faham apa yang aku tulis. 

Choc Cheese Tart

Pastry
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup white sugar
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
75 g butter
3 tbsp cold water

Filling
250 g cream cheese
20 g butter
60 g fine granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon essence vanilla

1. Preheat oven - 165 'C. Combine flour, white sugar, cocoa and salt. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.

2. Sprinkle with cold water. 1 tbsp at a time, mixing gently until mixture is moistened.

3. Form mixture into ball, shape dough into 24 1 inch balls for 1 3/4 inch muffin cups. (bergantung kepada mould yang korang guna, aku main taram)

4. Bake the pastry for about 5-7 mins. (also depends on your pastry thickness) We want to cook the inside of pastry before putting in the filling. Careful, make sure the pastry is not too dry or it will crack & rasa tak sedap.

5. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and sugar together till light. Add egg and beat till well mixed. Resepi asal tak letak esen vanila tapi aku suka nak letak.

6. Letak choc chip dalam baked shell tarts tadi. Spoon cream cheese filling and top it with more choc chip. Baru meleleh coklat filling dia. Yummy!

7. Lastly bake in the oven about 10-15 minutes. Kalau suka pastry tart yang crispy bake lama sikit. Aku buat approximately 10 mins. Pastry agak chewy. Or maybe resepi dia memang jadi chewy. Agaknya lah.

Another tart that I baked is with strawberry jam filling. Adunan pastry tadi, divided by two. Satu letak serbuk koko, lagi satu letak pewarna epal hijau sikit.

Cara dia semua sama just warna and filling je lain. Kalau korang nak cuba boleh variasi lagi. 

Selamat Mencuba!

Sok Sek Sok Sek

Salam Semua.

Haiiiii korang..... Lama tidak ketemu! Nak update blog ni memang la memerlukan semangat dan daya juang yang tinggi. Hopefully kawan kawan semua dalam keadaan yang terbaik. There so many things that I'm grateful for, one of it is my friends. Sebelum ni aku pernah mention, bila aku tengok perubahan kawan kawan aku pun semangat nak berubah, walaupun sedikit, walaupun ada turun naik. And Alhamdulillah, dengan ada kawan kawan, kita sentiasa diingatkan perkara yang baik dan yang tidak, yang betul dan yang salah. Alhamdulillah aku dikurniakan sahabat yang sebegini. InsyaAllah, doa aku untuk kalian tidak akan pernah putus. Hopefully the same goes with you guys, tolong jangan berhenti mendoakanku!

Nak cakap, ramai orang yang tak berkesempatan atau bernasib baik memiliki kawan kawan yang boleh membimbing or at least membantu kita. I pray that semua orang akan ada at least sorang sahabat yang korang rasa hubungan 'ukhwah fillah', rasa 'brotherhood' & 'sisterhood'. Kalau kamceng macam isi & kuku, isi manggis & kulit (sebab kadang2 susah nak pulas manggis tu) tapi kalau tak membawa kebaikan tak ke mana jugak. Rugi. What I meant to say, if you guys don't have friends that can help each other, pray strongly to Allah that he will  'gift' you with one. And you all pun kena la usaha untuk dapat kawan yang baik. Bukan usaha untuk cari jodoh yang baik je.

Aku ni jenis yang sangat rapat dengan kawan berbanding family. Aku susah nak open up dengan orang, dengan family pun susah. Aku rasa bila nak share dengan family especially the elderly, they tend to decide or bagi opinion yang aku susah sangat nak terima and bila they give you advice they expect you to follow it. People might say they know best but right now, I don't think I can accept it. Jadi, aku lebih selesa dengan kawan kawan. Even if friends judged you,you can just shrug it off. But when your family judge you, sedihnya rasa. Rasa worthless, not meeting up to the expectation & etc. Aku bukan nak list kan perbezaan antara kawan & keluarga. Just merely venting my heart out I guessed.  Maybe ada orang tak setuju dengan aku or maybe ramai yang akan setuju. haha Nampak tak ayat tu biased? Muahahaha

Dengan ini, aku nak ucapkan terima kasih kepada korang yang sentiasa bersama aku susah senang. Yang tak pernah lupakan aku (kadang kadang terlupa tu biasala kannn), yang tak jemu tunggu aku update blog untuk tau perkembangan diri dan macam macam lagi la situasi. Sebenarnya aku nak cerita benda lain, tapi benda lain yang keluar. Hehe You all jangan boring dengan I tau tauuu!!

Dah lama tak update novel review kan? Aku tak stop baca novel, aku hidup dengan novel. InsyaAllah ada mood nanti aku tulis lagi. Whatever it is, kita kena sentiasa membaca bukan untuk tambah ilmu sahaja tapi untuk rehatkan minda juga. Kita kena ada diversion from our everyday's life. Reading helps me a lot :). Bergantung la minat masing masing kan?

Okay la cukup sampai di sini saja pertemuan kali ini, esok esok jumpa lagi! Muah Muah! Aku da pandai diva diva ni. Ahaks~  Jaga diri ye korang!

notabuku: Aku takde facebook friends. (>_____<)

The Right Way

Salam Semua.

Watched Dr.Oz today. 4 Steps To Poke Out Your Pimple. Remember, HARAM squeeze pimple! 

1. Dab your pimple area with alcohol based solutions to make it numb. ie: toner, make up cleanser

2. Sterilize your weapon, ehem, a pin, with alcohol or you can runway it back and forth to direct fire. Seems harsh is it?  Not fire, em light fire maybe? Urgh, got what I mean? Good. Make sure the pin is not rusty and sharp enough to penetrate the skin. Let's not put yourself in trouble anymore, eh?

3. Poke your pimple with the pin, not at the center, mind you. Cause it will damage the skin under that pimple. Rather gently, pick a little bit of your skin that covers the pimple and make a hole. ie: As if you're trying to get a splinter out of your finger.

4. Your pimple will come out through that hole accordingly. Unlike if you SQUEEZE it will SPLURGED.  Messy stuff. Clean it with clean tissues or cotton pad. I can't remember what's the finishing but I think it's dab with more alcohol? Or maybe you can just wash your face.

Only to be practice if your pimple is ready to see the world. If it's under the skin, please, put your devices away. And, not only adolescents have problems with pimples, adults also can revive the experience. Which I'm experiencing right now. *sigh*

notabuku: I had no intentions to put pictures of pimples in my blog. Might scare you guys as well as me.

Di Mana Kita?

Salam Semua.

Entri ini terbahagi kepada dua bahagian. One's a bit serious and another one a bit personal. Nevertheless I hope to bring something that will open our eyes. 

I

Malam ni malam Israk Mikraj bersamaan 27 Rejab. Malam di mana Rasulullah s.a.w bersama - sama Jibril diangkat ke langit dengan menunggang buraq (Israk : fasa pertama) dan menaiki tangga (Mikraj : fasa kedua) sambil disaksikan pelbagai kejadian yang menarik dan simbolik bagi umatnya. Baca dengan lebih lanjut tentang peristiwa yang menarik serta sofistikated dan futuristik ini di sini dan di sini. 

Kenapa dia sofistikated? Sebab teknologi Allah mencipta haiwan tunggangan Rasulullah; buraq, that can travel a thousand kilometres within a night. Then, how Rasulullah was transported to the seven heavens body and soul still intact. Di langit ketujuh, Rasulullah bertanya kepada Jibril,

 " Wahai Jibril, apakah yang terdapat di atas sana? ". Jawab Jibril,
" Kita tidak boleh naik lebih atas dari ini kerana jika kita naik lebih dari ini, nescaya aku akan terbakar".

MasyaAllah, canggih bukan ciptaan Allah? Jibril sendiri pun tidak mampu untuk travel lebih tinggi daripada itu, tetapi Rasul kita, diciptakan Allah sebagai seorang yang sempurna. Berlemon-lemon lagi hebat dari Superheroes kt TV even without a cape and mask.

Perjalanan Israk Mikraj ini juga bersifat futuristik. Nabi Muhammad diperlihatkan kejadian kejadian yang melambangkan amalan dan balasan kepada umatnya. Contoh: Rasul melihat satu kaum begitu asyik mengutip hasil tanaman tanpa henti. Mereka ini golongan yang menggunakan hartanya ke jalan Allah. Allah gantikan usahanya berlipat kali ganda. banyak lagi kejadian yang mampu kita ambil iktibar. harap semua dapat ambil masa untuk membaca artikel tersebut, merenung bagi penghayatan dan muhasabah diri. 

II

Aku sangat sangat bersyukur dapat melihat perubahan di sekeliling, terutamanya sahabat sahabat seperjuangan. Melihat mereka berubah, aku cemburu, so aku pun cuba untuk berubah bersama mereka. Tapi aku amat kesal, ada yang masih kurang kesedaran atau sensitiviti terhadap produk produk keluaran Israel ataupun yang menyokong Israel. 

Kawan kawan, Rasulullah menunggang buraq dari Masjidil Haram, Mekah ke Baitulmaqdis, Palestin bukan untuk melihat dan membenarkan tanah Palestin dirampas Israel sewenang - wenangnya. Palestin itu bagi saya besar maknanya kepada umat Islam. Ia bumi para anbia, tanah tapak Masjidil Aqsa berdiri, tanah kelahiran saudara se-Islam kita. The least that we can do is to help them protect it. We can't go there to jihad with them but we can show our moral support by boycotting these cruel demons on earth.

But, my fellow friends.

 Who fund the Israeli to buy the military gadgets? YOU.

 Who fund them to expand their influence over the world? YOU. 

Who served you drinks and food? ISRAEL. 

Who prepared you clothes and apparel? ISRAEL.

Looks like Israel and you are very good friends indeed. You eat the same food (God help, it feels like eating the Palestinian flesh and blood!), enjoy the same things. Huh. So what if their foods are cheaper? Their goods more branded? I'm sure a plenty of Muslims and local products can satisfied your needs.  I pray to Allah to borrow me strength to keep boycotting the enemies of Islam and I pray to Allah to borrow that strength to my family and friends too.

Think guys, where do we stood? Are our changes enough? Don't think only about yourself, think of other Muslims too. Apa salahnya, kita berhijrah dari segi ibadat, cara hidup dan juga perbelanjaan seharian.

notabuku: Malaysia Boleh!

Put a smile on your face

Salam Semua.

Today, I  felt very frustrated with all the person around me. :(

Have a nice 1st Rejab uols.

What's Cooking?

Salam Semua.

Rajin jugak aku masak masak sekarang ni.Tak tahu monsun apa yang melanda. Enjoy.

 Kimbap

 Chocolate Cheese Tart & Strawberry Cheese Tart

Apple Pie

Puding Karamel Lapis

Kalau ada yang berminat, bolehlah aku share resepi, kalau tak, selamat menjamu mata! (>__<)  Lepas ni nak try buat kek buah pulak. Agak agak jinx tak kalau aku da bagitau awal awal? hehe

notabuku: Jumaat ni ada temuduga dekat Klang. Tolong doakan ye amigos!

ALL 'BOUT CAR 101

Salam Semua.

As promised, from the previous entry, Bantuan's lecture  regarding car. Kena amik tau and amik berat particulars yang macam ni supaya tak mendatangkan kemudaratan kepada kita dan pengguna jalanraya yang lain. Fuh.Semput. Jadi, aku mulakan dengan Bismillahirrahmannirrahim.

1. Kenali kereta anda. Takut tersalah kereta. Datang drive Porsche balik pergi kat Mini Cooper lak. Tak ke naya tuh. Kalau dah kenal kereta, kena kenal bahagian kereta anda (sangat penting!!!! Paling basic la orang kata). Dalam kes aku ni, Bantuan tunjuk dalam bonnet kereta tu ada apa. Check the picture below.

 Lagi satu yang tak dilabel ialah Radiator. 

Kalau kenal je bahagiannya tapi taktau fungsi, berat jugek tu, jadi kena la tau serba sedikit fungsinya dan apa yang uols kene buat kalau ada benda yang kurang. Ie; minyak enjin kalau bawah dari bar kena topap, tambah air, dsb. Aku pun lebih kurang ingat ingat lupe. Yang penting, AIR/WATER/H2O. Ahaks~ So kira setel eh bab ni.

Selain itu, bahagian dashbord pun tak kurang penting. Ce teka apa yang paling penting kat dashboard? Berdasarkan insiden dan pengalaman aku mestilah TEMPERATURE. (^_^) Posisi dia macam ni. Tengok bawah.

Sure you guys tau kan, which is which. Left: Temperature Gauge (kot nama dia ) Right: Fuel meter

• While driving, make sure you guys are alert bout this two things. If the temperature goes really high or it's pointing near H (HOT) you guys kena cool down the car then isi air dekat radiator. REMEMBER, cool down first! Kalau tak, korang yang 'diisi' air. 
• Yang fuel meter tu, masing masing da tau kan? The trick is, kalau da reach E pun tak semestinya Empty, korang boleh run a few miles lagi. Tapi korang rela isi minyak awal (prepared) ke tolak kereta dengat tulang empat kerat sebab memang da kering kontang tank korang.(lazybums)

 Walaupun ia Audi, kereta lain pun ade signal yang lebih kurang gini di dashboard mereka.

2. Preparedness / Kesiagaan. Few things yang Bantuan ajar aku, kalau kita mempunyai kereta atau memandu kereta kepunyaan orang lain, kene prepare benda benda ni:

• Mestilah AIR dulu. Paling koman 2 botol besar air mineral yang mengandungi air mineral. Orang cakap guna air paip pun boleh untuk isi kat radiator tu tapi ni prepare je la kot kot bateri pulak weak. Mak aku cakap tak boleh isi air paip kat bateri. Ayah aku pulak cakap at least setiap 3 hari kena check level air.

• Lepas kita topap minyak enjin/hitam balance dia tinggal je dalam kereta. Senang kalau nak guna tak payah beli lain.
• Ape lagi ek dia cakap, sediakan kain buruk kot? Buat lap tangan kalau kotor.
• Adakan SEGI TIGA HAZARD dalam kereta. Tau kan yang mane? Yang kalau kereta rosak kena letak berape meter dari kenderaan so pengguna jalanraya sedar akan ke-hazard-an itu. (Korang pun takkan dilanggar oleh trailer (contohnya) yang KEJAM)

Kalau korang dah ticked right semua bende ni, insyaAllah, perkara yang tak diingini boleh dielakkan. And, kalau insiden tu berlaku juga, JANGAN PANIK. Hati dan minda yang tenang baru boleh fikir solutions yang terbaik kan? Jangan lupa, tiap kali memulakan perjalanan, kita kena yakin dengan Qada' dan Qadar yang Allah tetapkan.

Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h also said:

If a man goes out of his house and says; Bismillahhi Tawakkaltu 'Ala Allah, La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billah.

' In the name of Allah, I put my trust in Allah, there is no help and no strentgh except in Allah.' It will be said to him, "This will be taken care for you, you are guided, you have what you need and you are protected." The shaytan will stay away from him, and another shaytan will say to him, " What can you do with a man who is guided, provided for, and protected?" (Abu Daud and Tarmizi)

Kalau jadi ini macam, apa mau bikin ek?

notabuku: Harap entri ni boleh membantu para pemandu 'hijau' di luar sana sambil tu aku 'qada' entri selama aku telah meninggalkan blog ni. (^_*) heee~

IGNORANT

Salam Semua.

Hi, it's been a while huh? I don't even know where to start. Anggap la ni comeback entry. Jadi lau comeback entry harus la panjang. MUAHAHAHA (perlu ker?) Semalam something yang takkan ku lupakan sampai bila bila telah berlaku. Memang pengalaman lah. Takyah nak poyo sangat la, actually my car broke down kat tengah tengah jalan on my way to send Atun back to her home. Dah la tengah tengah jalan, tengah tengah hari dengan uniform nya lagi. Kereta penuh dengan barang sebab kena bawak balik barang barang tinggalan dari kem. And then tiba tiba kereta berasap asap and finale nye ade sedikit 'POMM!!'.

We were like, 'Eh, apasal ni?' 'Apakah, apakah?'. And lupa nak mention, masa tu kami kat traffic light. Dapat tak bayangkan situation dia? Kat PG tu kenderaan lak tak macam semua ade, tinggal heli and kapal terbang je tak lalu. Aku terus switch on 'hazard lamp', bukak bonet kereta tengok tengok kat dalam (eventhough taktau ape ape) nak tolak kereta ke tepi tak boleh maybe sebab it's auto. Then masing masing call talian hayat. My Bantuan answered right away and tanya apa problem then cakap kejap lagi sampai. 

Hello doc, I think my car just caught a fever

Tapi Masya-Allah Bantuan punya 'sekejap' tuh sempat la kitorang test market kat tepi jalan, buat promotion untuk reserve unit kitorang (new intake in May), tengok org smirk at us (sabar je la), mengimbau kenangan kawad time panas masa under training dulu and lastly to top it all kitorang SANGAT SANGAT SANGAT SANGAT SANGAT SANGAT HAMPIR DILENYEK TAYAR TRAILER YANG BANYAK DAN BESAR. Feeling dia macam naik Roller coaster, we were screaming at the top of our lungs. I was so so so shocked sampai tears welled out from my eyes. 

Masa tu Bantuan da sampai da. Dia nampak la the whole facade tapi bukan nak tanya kitorang ok ke tak. Ni marah pulakkkkkkkk cakap, 'Sape suruh tak duduk tepi jalan bawah pokok.' Yela, mana kitorang nak tau kena duduk tepi. Ingat kene guard kereta tu. Ahaks~ Sebenarnya kitorang diri luar kereta sebab ramai tak perasan hazard lamp tu sebab cuaca terik sangat. In order to bagi orang sedar yang kereta tu bukan saja saja buat hal tak nak jalan walaupun lampu hijau da namblas ribu kali tukar. Bantuan took a look at the car and it turned out my car was out of water temperature da over the top agaknya. Thank God dia da prepare mineral water bergelen gelen banyaknya.

And all of these happened because of me. My ignorance.Tak check water tank, ignoring the signs of overheating while driving, tak tengok pun temperature kat dashboard. Not even slight of it. Worse, tak tau pun ade kat situ. Huh. Teruk gila attitude. Tau drive je tapi pasal kereta, ZERO, nada. I really learnt my lesson and thankfully the situation doesn't get worse. Later on that day, I got a lecure on ALL 'BOUT CAR 101 by Bantuan. In order to help you guys out there especially ladies yang macam aku ni, I'll write another entry about that (entri ni da panjang sangat tak muat). Pinky promise. (^_^)

Gitulah ceritanya, haaaa dari taktau nak start kat mane habis satu test pad aku taip. Saje nak share supaya noobies cam aku tak repeat the same mistake. Precautions steps should be taken. Kan susah kalau da jadi macam ni and sangat sangat bahaya if you happen to be a woman stranded dekat isolated places lak tu. Nauzubillahi min zalik. Minta dijauhkan. Ameen.

Jangan lupa, tunaikan tanggungjawab anda! Daftarlah sebagai pengundi. hehe

First Attempt

Salam Semua....

This is the first baking for the year 2012. Also, a first attempt of making pavlova. I've never eaten any so I didn't even know how it should taste like but my crave for patisserie and dessert overcome it all.

While baking, I was having random thoughts and hey, my first attempt of baking pavlova is a step forward for me. I managed to do something that is very unfamiliar to me. Had I use the excuse of  'never taste it before'  I would still imagining how pavlova taste like. Instead, i made the opportunity to make one. Only to satisfy my curiosity and emm... To indulge my sweet tongue. (^_^)v

Though my pavlova might be  a little sweet and my whipped cream looked sloppy, at least, I learned and I tried. Anndd, my family loved it. Yay! Kalau  I tak bake, I would never know until now even a slight taste of it.

Same to be said, in our life, sometimes, we just need to block the second thoughts (or more) that's gonna hinder our move. Take your first step, and other steps that gonna follow through. Face and be responsible of the consequences, (cos it's your choice and your decision). There'll always be  What Ifs  in your life but I'm sure we can control it. = D 

notabuku: Happy New Year to all... May All Your Dreams and Wishes Come True! 

New

  Salam Semua.

Harap semua sihat sihat saja walaupun sibuk menguruskan hal dunia jangan lah lupa kita ada lagi satu 'life' yang menanti. Pesanan lebih buat diri sendiri sebenarnya. Ditakdirkan satu hari aku bersinggah dekat HARRIS, termelekatlah pandangan aku dekat novel yang dijual sekali bertiga dari penulis yang sama la. Boleh tahan murah harga dia kalau beli 1 set. Selalu kan harga standard novel English sebuah RM 35.90. Aku fikir untung kalau beli, try usha novel dia worth la tak kan. Memang mantap Dorothy Koomson ni. Tajuk da la semua comel comel.

 

Kalau korang faham status kewangan fresh grad yang kerja pon tak tetap, korang faham la status kewangan aku. Jadi, every time aku datang Jusco aku singgah HARRIS untuk baca My Best Friend's Girl. Ada la tiga empat kali aku lepak sambung baca buku tu. Nasib aku tak sorok je buku yang aku baca tu. (tabiat ketika pergi bookstore masa kecik xdapat beli buku diingini jadi sorok so that orang lain pun taboleh amek)

Nak jadi cerita sedihnya bila aku da mampu memiliki 3-in-1 collection tu, HARRIS da tak jual! = =' Langsung, aku bertekad nak cari collection tu dekat MPH selalu mesti ada jugak. Tapi kekangan masa pulak.  Bila la hajat aku ni dapat tercapai agaknya. Altogether DK ada 7 novels. And aku berazam untuk mengumpulkannya. Untuk baca the first chapter of every novels, you guys can visit DK official web here.

Lagi, apa yang baru? Novel - novel dari my all time favourite authors la. Orang kata, kalau tak ada yang lama tak ada la yang baru ye tak? 

Review of CA's novels here and here.

Mahal.Jumpa yang hardcover je.

Review of NS's novels here and here

Review of JP's novel here.

Review of the previous novel here.

Belum kira yang JS lagi. Last time bli JS ialah Quartet. Kalau nak kira novel JS yang aku nak beli 5 tu minimum lah. Sekarang buntu nak buat belanjawan macam mane. Bestnyaaaaaaaa kalau dapat 50% - 70% discounts kan! If you guys wanted to receive updates of your fav author (s) join la Goodreads. Diorang akan send newsletters, tak adalah kita rasa ketinggalan zaman bila visit bookstore or worst, terlepas novel fav author korang!

notabuku: Let the body wanders on behalf of the battered soul.

TQ tq TQ tq TQ

Salam Semua.

Right, cerita basi coming ahead. Yeah, like seriously, boleh tak tahun depan je ko update za? Duh. Sorry kalau ade orang expect me to update (and I fail to do so) and sorry (more to myself) kalau actually takde orang pun expect entri ni lahir.. Haha But, whatever.

this could have been impossible if it weren't for you guys

Alhamdulillah, the UTM 47th Convocation was a success. My Bachelor's Degree journey had ended officially. Thinking back about what we went through back then could've bring tears to my eyes. Bila jumpa kawan - kawan semua walaupun sekejap, rasa rindunya.... Dulu dok mengadap muka masing - masing kan. Sedihnya.

I'll like to say thank you, thank you, thank you and THANK YOU to those who had prayed for my success, guide me through the path, lend their ears and ideas, shared their loves and yeah the fund of course. All of these, were the things that brought me here. Hereby, I dedicate my degree yang tak seberapa ni to my PARENTS (especially them), rakan - rakan seperjuangan, rakan - rakan sepermainan, rakan - rakan tidur (sleeping partner), rakan - rakan sekolah dan tak lupa juga kepada lecturers terchenta.

 

  

Yelah, last but not least....

kamsahamnida~

Still lost on my next step. Tiap kali habis belajar nak kena figure out balik cita cita. Ape nak jadi? Apa nak jadi? Sampai sekarang tak _____________ (isi mengikut kesesuaian dan kehendak hati)




notabuku:  Dia Sang Pemimpi.  :D

Dire heart condition & QUARTET

Salam Semua.

There are too  much emotions and feelings involved this past few weeks. I found myself to be in a very unstable condition. Things that I didn't expect to happen and had  affect me miserably. Alhamdulillah, there are my friends that willingly to share my feelings and at that time I was like so blank I forgot that there must be 'hikmah' behind all these. Thanks again to my amigos who showed me the 'light'.

Still, I'm trying to forget what's need to be forgotten. As I poured my heart to a dear friend, she expressed her gratefulness for what had happened to her. Those 'bad' things made her heart stronger. I guess I'm not that strong enough and maybe I'm under training to strengthen my heart, insya-Allah. 

So, I indulge myself in a great novel, QUARTET written by Saidatul Saffaa. My review of her another novel, here. A journey of Rumaisa's transformation  from a 'biasa biasa girl' to an ideal muslimah. When reading this novel it sort of a pang in my heart and a bang in my head. Jadi malu sendiri.

To much anecdotes and quotes to post but I'll like to share this one with you guys.

Dan apabila hamba - hamba - Ku bertanya kepadamu mengenai Aku, maka (jawablah), bahawasanya Aku (Allah) sentiasa hampir (kepada mereka). Aku perkenankan permohonan orang yang berdoa apabila ia berdoa kepada - Ku, maka hendaklah mereka menyahut seruan - Ku (dengan mematuhi perintah - Ku), dan hendaklah mereka beriman kepada - Ku supaya mereka selalu berada dalam kebenaran.

(al - Baqarah : 186)

In a middle of misery, I found this book and somehow it soothe my heart. Alhamdulillah. I'll like to say that Saidatul Saffaa (SS) writing style changes a bit.  i think Quartet felt a bit more appealing and more sporty than SS previous stories. Maybe to reach out to the youngsters? If it is I'm praying hard for it and I also pray that this novel will be an inspiration for us to experience what Rumaisa's had faced. But Allah, can I pray that less heartache for me? (can this be called ungrateful and tak redha?)

Have you guys ever wondered why that when we were kids, even simple things can made us smile and laugh. Is it really hard to be an adult that we are very much difficult to please? Slightest mistakes or a small bumps in the road can upsets us very much. Why can't we enjoy the those 'simple' things anymore?

Last but not least, I'll like to wish:

1. Good luck and ganbatte to my sister in her UPSR battle. Fighting!

2. All the best to all my friends. Be it you are still in uni, working or at home.

3. Cheer up to myself. ^^

notabuku: Bestnyaaaaaaaa, jelesnyaaaaaa... Those who are still studying, carpe diem.

sick!

it's because i can see

and feel

even not with my eyes

but with my heart

honesty....

that's all i'm asking

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Happy Eid Everyone

Salam Semua...

 

Alhamdulillah, after a while of raya-ing, eating and resting I manage to drag myself to write an entry.  : D How's your Eid celebration? Hope this Eid brings a lot of beautiful memories to you guys. 

As for me, as much as I tried to enjoy myslef to the fullest, I found it's a bit difficult. It's like the Eid spirit slowly evaporate from me by the year. Or is it a normal thing as we grew up? Or is it because less 'duit raya' for me? Hee~ Kidding.

However, I'm really looking forward for our 'Raya Konvoi' next week. Sure it's gonna be a big hit and worth saving the date for. And what's upcoming this month that is worth to save the date for? My convocation! Wee~ (^_^) What to wear, what to wear? 

Last night was my first attempt to bake cheese tart and Alhamdulillah the result was fruitful. Tapi tak reti nak buat decoration.

Kiriman tart dan doa semoga perjalanan awak selamat.

Da cukup panjang tak entri ni? hehehe Somehow it's a bit trying for me to write lately. I don't know why. Oh, by the way, I think I need new novels! Desperately! Maybe that's why.

notabuku: Sorry for all my wrongdoings to you guys and may Allah bless.. (-_^)

Going To The Beach 101

Salam Semua.

The first day of fasting! Don't just sit back and relax, do something people! (^_^) Just wanna share something with you guys.

Tg. Balau, 31/7/11

When going to the beach, you do not:

1. Wear tudung

2. Wear white apparel

3. Wear something really tight

4. Wear shoes!

5. Wear jewellery

6. Litter

 Let us preserve the environment.

When going to the beach, you should:

1. Wear shawls or tudung indon. If not, your tudung will be crooked all the way due to the strong wind.

2. Wear something of darker shade. If you happened to be in charge of BBQ, and you're wearing white scarf or shirt what happens if the grits got on you? Or you don't want everybody else, and I mean EVERYBODY to see what you're wearing (or not) inside when you get wet? Better be safe!

3. Wear something airy. It is freakingly (excuse my language) hot at the beach. Let your body have some air to breathe the fresh sea breeze. Don't be selfish, will ya?

4. Wear flip- flops. You are a boring person if you wear shoes to the beach, unless you are in some kind of wedding shooting or a wedding itself. Things like that.

5. Minimize your bling-bling. It's kinda dangerous, don't you think? The possibilities that your jewelries might fall into the sea or being snatched is quite high actually.

6. Use the dustbins provided. Come on, the dustbins are EVERYWHERE! Use it! You don't wanna hurt people strolling by the sea as well as the environment.

Tips written solely by experience. This is the same place that I went with my friends a year before. Click here for more pictures.

notabuku: I hope this is useful to others... (^_-)

Contengan Jalanan

Salam Semua.

Salam Ramadhan Mubarak to all. I found a novel that is really inspiring me to go further, do much better in this Ramadhan. The novel is Contengan Jalanan by Hlovate. The author's abilities to convey meaningful thoughts and interesting stories of 'our people' are well-known. 

The novel consists of two parts, the first is the story of Fend and the second part is from K-Square. I only managed to finished Fend's story and it was an amazing experience reading it. The story started with Fend's life, a band - a passion in drawing - freelancing, pretty much the urban style of people nowadays.

However, someone kind of giving him the random thought of  'The man that decided to change on the twelfth hour dies on the eleventh '. Fend kept thinking of this and asked his fellas around. Then, one day, his cousin,Chad who stayed in Texas, invited him to a trip to Australia. During Ramadhan. Backpacking. At first, Fend had no idea what Chad was planning until they arrived at Kingsford International Airport, Sydney.

The same idea as club - hopping, Chad suggested to do 'masjid-hopping'. They will sleep, make ibadah. eat and learn from masjid to masjid. This is where the beautiful story starts. Their adventure in Australia for a week during Ramadhan was very inspiring and felt meaningful. The life of Muslims there to be compared with us here. They spend every ticking seconds trying to do as much as good deeds as possible. 

What Hlovate tried to convey here, our community had some sort of loss the 'Ramadhan spirit'. People busied themselves preparing for Eid Fitr, neglecting Ramadhan. I must agree with this statement, my friends. So, let us try this Ramadhan, to lift up the Ramadhan spirit among us. And, to help us out, there is a checklist called Mutabaah Amal. Where we can target amal ibadah especially during this holy month. It can be downloaded from the net, just try to search for it.  : )

credit to Minda Syabab

I meant to post this entry earlier so that you guys can read the novel before Ramadhan starts in order to experience the same feelings as mine. It's never too late though. Go and read it! May this Ramadhan brings a new meaning to us. (-_-)v

notabuku : thanks a lot to Zara for helping to buy this book at PBAKL. I even got the bookmark from Hlovate! Yay!