February Update :)

Salam . Allo! :D

Err, this is probably the most lengthiest blog post I've posted, so bear with me ^^  and I hope you enjoy reading the stories I have to tell, kay? :)

Orait, it's been quite some time since I updated so errrr, here is the update :D  Well, it's hard to believe that it's February oredey, but when I thought about it long and hard, time moves just how fast it should be just like before, according to Allah's will. Maybe I haven't been spending it wisely, Yeah, maybe I haven't I think.. Well, next year I will be sitting for my SPM examinations, InsyaAllah jika ada rezeki, and according to the teachers (repetitively), this year's no honeymoon year. Well, I pray and I hope that I could appreciate and spend time wisely, in the future, InsyaAllah.. Just as soon as I finished this post. [what?? blogging is a good hobby to spend time on, what... xP]

I'm grateful to Allah because without Allah's will, I won't be able to breathe, eat, and all today. Alhamdulillah.. Ohrait, here's the real update on what's been going on the first few weeks of February. But err, first off, I'll report on what happened somewhere in January 26th. 

Well one of my very best friends, Alya, emailed to me that she received a letter regarding an offer to a boarding school. Well somewhere last year we applied for boarding school just out of for the sake of trying, but we promised that we won't accept it. 

Well, I told her that if she wants to go, it's her choice. This is a life-changing situation and either choice will be life-changing and to rely on Allah, because Allah knows best and we are his servants, hamba yang lemah dan hina.. But, she told me that she won't accept the boarding school offer because she wanted to take extra subjects which boarding schools is against. Well deep in my heart, although I said that I would be okay either way, I didn't want her to go. Heck, if someone has to depart with his/her friends, of course he/she wouldn't want his/her friend to go away, right?

She also said that she doesn't want to burden her mother what with the expenses and all. That is a sacrifice and as sons/daughters, we should be thankful to them because without them and Allah's will, we won't be here today.. They took care of us, fed us, taught us from right to wrong, provide us with necessities and luxury.. Maybe this bit of sincere kindness from Alya is to show how much she love her mother and we should always believe that Allah s.w.t. always repay the deeds we've done, no matter how small, insyaAllah.. Well I'm happy she's not going and insyaAllah we'll succeed in SPM just how good as boarding school students would be :) or better :P insyaAllah.. 

Yang penting, amalan2 yang dilakukanmestilah dibuat dengan ikhlas. Sincerity plays an important role, according to hadith:

 

"Semua manusia rugi kecuali orang yang berilmu. 

Semua orang yang berilmu rugi kecuali mereka yang beramal. 

Semua orang yang beramal rugi kecuali mereka yang ikhlas." 

In translation [insyaAllah, it's the right one]: 

"All humans are lost except those who are knowledgeable. 

All those who are knowledgeable are lost except those who perform good deeds. 

All those who perform good deeds are lost except those who are sincere." 

Oh rightie then, let's start off with my February update with February 7th on Saturday. It's Wawa's birthday party :D and Wawa's farewell party :[ She would be going to Johor to study there, and, so all 7 of us [me, amirah, aishah, mariyam, hanisah, hanim, amal] planned to make a small get-together at Hanim's house. We never planned a party before, but since Wawa is leaving, we planned to make it a very special birthday/farewell party for her. 

We baked cookies and drew cartoons & greetings on mugs, made a graphic birthday present and brought a frame to display a picture of us. Baking the cookies was the fun part, although the first few tries wasn't going well, the cookies are edible and more importantly, though, very good :D 

With guidance from our mentors, Amal Arif & Aishah, we baked away the cookies.. And ate away the cookies too ;D But, due to the orders of our great sifu, Aishah :P we can't eat the cookies till Wawa make an appearance. Well, due to shyness [malu] we decline Hanim's mother to serve us lunch because we're already planned the party to be at her house, so we wouldnt wanna burden her anymore...

So, we were quite hungry.. Hence, Amirah and I frequently take SOME cookies while others weren't looking.. HAHA :D And much to our surprise, when we confessed to Aishah and Hanisah that we err, stole the cookies, Hanisah confessed the same thing too. Heks elehs..  (>_>)

We waited for the guest of honour [wawa] to come.. which is a quite of a loooong wait btw. She finally came so we ate the cake and cookies together, gave her the gifts and all. Wawa even bought us pizzas. She expressed her gratitude in saying that she would give us extravaganzaaaa [or something like that] gifts on our wedding. HAHA XD we'll be waiting ;P Btw, thanks to Hanim for offering her place to hold the small party :) We had a lot of fun.

On February 15th, about two days after we found out that Hanim is also going to leave :( because she received an offer to a technical school [dunno if it's a right translation to sekolah teknik :P] she planned to go to the Curve with all of us. It is an another farewell/birthday party [Aishah & Mariyam's birthday] but in this case farewell/birthday trip. This is the second time I've been to a shopping mall with my friends, the first being with Alya, Airina, Shamira [she has gone to boarding school too] and Hidayah to OU which was a BLAST too :DD

Well, back to the story, Hanisah can't attend, so only 7 of us are going. First off, we went to SunComic at Cineleisure to feed the cravings of the others on animes. Well, I'm still a junior anime-an, and I'm not really a fanatic so I watched them drooling over the display area, [haha, they're not drooling lah :P] and all. After that, we went bowling, Amal & I [yeahh, the two Amals :P] shared the fees, so we would be taking turns to bowl. Wawa & Hanim took the same actions as well. 

I was the first one to bowl, and much to my surprise, I... jeng jeng jengg.. I scored a STRIKE! :D wow.. let me repeat.. STRIKE!! :D whaaa... tak sangka betol! :DDDD Unfortunately, the tries after that weren't exactly a strike.. nor was it the-slash-thing either.. A correct form of statement would be "going down the drain".. :P HAHAHAHAK.

Here's the result:

#1 Mariyam

#2 Wawa && Hanim

#3 Aishah

#4 Amirah

#-1 Amal && Amal (Amnas. Me.)

The first and only strikers which ironically, falls into the last spot, which was the Amals.. :P Hehe, nevertheless, it was quite fun though :D [we striked, ok?] X)

We went to the Borders bookstore, while the others were rampaging excitedly over in the comics section, I went to the second level of the renowned bookstore, trying my best not to head over to the novels section [which I went to anyway and managed not to buy any of those.. pheww...] I went to the reference books section.. 

What I find is : a section of a rather small shelf of  a rather old collection of reference books. 

Strangely, I even found a chemistry topical/reference [not sure] book in BM! Ehh, edisi bila tu?? Hmm, well, I'm not really sure which edition that was but maybe it was a guide in BM or something.. Tak taulah, well, nevertheless, books on university courses and such are plenty though.

Well, the reason for my "thriftyness" is because the month before, I already bought three novels [two books are still unread being Saridah Hamid's Surah-surah Rindu && Sally Nicholl's Ways to Live Forever <-- *it's not a guidebook, it's a novel] and the month before that [December 08] I bought 3 novels as well, so I promised my parents I'll buy some useful things such as reference books this time. Plus, last year, in November 08, I went to OU with Alya, Airina, Shamira & Hidayah, I spent quite some money too. [kiranya ni kes kesesalan menakluki sanubari lah ni.. :P]

Well I found out that the MPH bookstore is better in school books while the Borders bookstore is better in story books, novels, CD and DVD collections and such.. So, I bought some stationaries instead, finding the cheapest things possible :P

Our stomachs are rumbling, and there's not much time to eat at a restaurant as Amal's aunt are going to pick the others so we went to the nearby Tesco to buy some buns at King's and went for a rather quick window-shopping at the stalls at the border of Tesco - Curve. 

That concludes our trip to the Curve :) About 4 hrs, I think.

Yesterday, February 20th on Friday, the students were supposed to have an assembly as some police officers will pay a visit and give out speeches about teenage crimes or something like that. We waited for about AN HOUR. AN HOUR. AN HOUR. For them. [I hope this is not the service they performed while doing their tasks, though] 

So, for the mean time, as I have my 30cm ruler with me [Amirah lend me a help to buy it for me the day before, she gave it to me that morning, thanks btw :)] my friends and I measured our feet, hands, face and all :P HAHA. Tarak kerja la katakan.. [di samping memanjatkan kesyukuran ke hadrat Ilahi atas kesempurnaan fizikal kan..] Mariyam's, Dina's and my hand measurements dominate the top spots :P I also have a notebook with me so we listed our.. err, future baby names.. 

HEHE, not because we weren't patient to marry or something, it's just fun to create names, dok? And it's better to be prepared in advance too :P HAHAHAHAK.

AMNAS [saya le]:

Muhammad Affan, Muhammad Adnan..  

Nor Adila Madihah

[refer to my last post]

ALYA:

Muhammad Almi Rayyan, Muhammad Almi Syazwan [hehe.. :P] .. 

Arni Nur Zarimee, Arni Nur Nazira 

[but she cancels out the girl names in the end, 

maybe a much more favourable name is in pursuit :P] 

AMIRAH: 

Muhd Taqauidin Khasif 

[macam nama anak arab je :P btw, she said 

that Khasif would be pronounced as Ha-seef.] 

HAZZ: 

Danish Daniel, Fazley Adam ..  

Siti Nurhaliza :P 

[fazley adam is quite a nice name btw :D]

DINA:  

Muhammad Amran Mukhriz, Muhammad Yusof Azman .. 

Nur Arissa Diana, Nur Suraya Maisara 

[nama2 ni dari novel2 awak ke? :P]

SHIRA: 

Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Khairi ..

Siti Laila, Siti Khadijah 

[dia kata nak nama2 yg senang nak spell, hehe.. :P 

btol jgak, nama2 kebanyakan org skrg berbelit2 nak sebut :P]

* Well, here's a quick note why I chose the names listed above:

x)

i. Muhammad Affan berdasarkan nama Khulafak Ar-Rasyiddin yang ke-3, Saidina Umar bin Affan. Mula2 nak letak Naim kat belakang tuh supaya maksudnya kena sikit - Muhammad Affan Naim : Pendaki (Affan) syurga (nama: Naim) yang terpuji (Muhammad) Tapi kang panjang sangat plak,tak tambah nama bapak lagi. HEHE :P

ii. Muhammad Adnan cek kat buku "Amalan Ketika Mengandung & Setelah Bersalin Serta Panduan Menamakan Bayi" kepunyaan makbapak saya, maksudnya, nama datuk Nabi.

iii. Nor Adila Madihah err, sebab bunyinya sedap? :P hehe, maksudnya: cahaya (Nor) keadilan (Adilah) yang terpuji (Madihah)

I asked my other friends to put theirs too, but they haven't put a thought about it yet.. :P Hehe, sekali lagi saya menegaskan, saya ni bukannya apa, cuma rasa seronok pulak buat nama2 nih.. Hehe.. :P The police officers finally came, at first I'm interested in their speeches, but I was getting bored and Alhamdulillah, akhirnya.. masuk kelas jgak. Pastu kena tengok slideshow yang diaorg buat. Interesting jgak.. It shows the examples of crimes that we can report to, what not to do and what to do when we saw it happening to us or others.

As the bell rang, and as it was Hanim's last day, all of us hugged and all, expressing greetings of advice and the best of luck. I was really sad that one of my good friends will depart but, nevertheless, it's her choice for the better sake of her future.. I hope all of us could be successful in the future, a better servant to Allah swt, better sons/daughters for our parents and all, insyaAllah.. Semoga kejayaan sentiasa mengiringi anda, Hanim :) [tiru ayat dari Cikgu Jamal. HAHA :D]

Good luck to all the others, too;

Wawa, Hanim, Shamira, Fatimah, Amalina Azmi, Aqil, Irfan, Hielfarith (Cupi), Kam Siu Lun and others.

Pertemuan Kita Di Suatu Hari

Menitiskan Ukhwah Yang Sejati

Bersyukurku Ke Hadrat Ilahi Di Atas Jalinan Yang Suci

Namun Kini Perpisahan Yang Terjadi

Dugaan Yang Menimpa Diri

Bersabarlah Di Atas Suratan

Ku Tetap Pergi Jua

Kan Ku Utuskan Salam Ingatanku

Dalam Doa Kudusku Sepanjang Waktu

Ya Allah Bantulah Hamba Mu

Mencari Hidayah Daripada Mu

Dalam Mendidikkan Kesabaranku

Ya Allah Tabahkan Hati Hamba Mu

Di Atas Perpisahan Ini

"Teman Betapa Pilunya Hati Menghadapi Perpisahan Ini.

Pahit Manis Perjuangan Telah Kita Rasa Bersama. Semoga

Allah Meredhai Persahabatan Dan Perpisahan Ini. Teruskan

Perjuangan"

Kan Ku Utuskan Salam Ingatanku

Dalam Doa Kudusku Sepanjang Waktu

Ya Allah Bantulah HambaMu

Senyuman Yang Tersirat Di Bibirmu

Menjadi Ingatan Setiap Waktu

Tanda Kemesraan Bersimpul Padu

Kenangku Di Dalam Doamu

Semoga Tuhan Berkatimu 

Semoga Tuhan sentiasa memberkatimu, InsyaAllah :)

*

                                     

Yesterday was also my first tuition of the year to prepare for SPM. InsyaAllah, I'll be taking Physics & Add Maths for tuition this year. Yesterday was Physics at Cikgu Jamal's. Alya, Amirah and Hazirah were present too :D [Airina couldn't attend] We had a lot of fun too, what with Cikgu Jamal's sense of humour :P 

After class, we went to the Wasbudi supermarket opposite C. Jamal's and my mother and my 5 younger siblings were there too, (Dont gasp. It's completely normal) shopping while waiting for me. I offered to carry my youngest sister, Arissa [refer to my previous post's featured picture] and went to my friends and there were "pokings" all over her thighs.. Hehe, bdk tu mmg tembam pown! :P We said goodbye to Amirah & Hazirah after that [Alya tumpang] Although it's not the roomiest moment in the car [toksoh risau, Al, mmg sempit dari dulu lagi, hehe] kitaorg tak kisah sangat sebab dok gelak2 tengok telatah adik2 gue xP

That concludes my February update. It's about a week till March and I hope we could all appreciate and spend time wisely, insyaAllah.. 

Time is free, but it's priceless

You can't own it, but you can use it

You can't keep it, but you can spend it

Once you've lost it,

you can never get it back.

~ Harvey MacKay

Wasalam :)

First week of 2009

Salam, hello! :)

Here's a post about the first few

weeks of New Year/Maal Hijrah ;)

First things first, syukur Alhamdulillah,

I got straight As in my PMR :)

Terima kasih kat ibu bapa, keluarga, cikgu2 dan rakan2

yang mendoakan kejayaan saya,

bagi motivasi, tunjuk ajar dan bimbingan..

Sebenarnya, memang tak sangka langsung boleh dapat result okey.

Persediaan pun ala kadar aje.

Walau bagaimanapun, keputusan cemerlang bukanlah

satu-satunya kayu ukur kejayaan kita pada masa hadapan.

Keberkataan Allah swt, doa

dan berkat ibu bapa dan guru..

Kegigihan, kesungguhan, kesabaran and all that jazz.

Ramai juga yang berjaya walaupun akademik tak seberapa.

I read an article about Albert Einstein the other day.

Si Einstein ni rupa2nye ada ADHD dulu!

Here is the list of other famous people with ADHD:

http://www.add-adhd-treatments.com/Famous-People.html

After I received my PMR results, maka dilema bermula..

Pasal stream la apa lagi.. Mula2 Baba (ayah) galakkan masuk Sastera,

sbb saya ni mau jadi cikgu English (hakhakhak, speech pun masih gagap!)

He said there is no point in struggling to learn all that physics and chemistry stuff,

if you only wanted to be an English lecturer/teacher!

Tapi, Ummi (mak) saya pon, amik Science dulu

(Ummi mengaku mula2 dia masuk Science tu,

sbb Science stream ni dikira hebat la dulu.. heheh :P)

Mula2, Ummi galakkan masuk Sastera jgak,

tapi masa nak hantar borang pemilihan aliran tu,

dia galakkan masuk Science plak..

Mak saya dulu English lecturer kat Twintech, walaupun menurut dia,

result SPM dia ala kadar saje.. Hmmm.. Fikir2 balik,

kalau dapat keputusan elok dalam subjek sains,

boleh jgak jadi cikgu sains jgak ek.. Kalau kurang elok pun,

still ada chance jadi cikgu English! Hermm... InsyaAllah.

Apa2pun, doakan saya berjaya ek! :) Trimas, jazakullahu khaira!

(moga Allah membalas jasa anda dengan kebaikan) :DD

Dah mintak restu ibu bapa tuh

(cehh, cam nak pilih suami plak! hehehh, nanti dulu..

kalau dah ready, dah ada kerja semua..

baru cari.. InsyaAllah.. kuikuikuii..)

maka saya amik Science stream laahh..

Baba pesan, jangan pandang rendah kat budak2 sastera

dan jangan anggap jadi budak sains ni teramatlah hebat..

Hmm, betul apa yang Baba cakap..

Perasan je terer.. Kang SPM jadi "terror".

Kahkahkahkaah kelakar sangatlah tuhh, xDD

Alhamdulillah, first few chapters tu ok lagi..

Tapi chapter yang seterusnya tak tau lagi..

Kena study elok2lah, tak boleh main2 lagi macam taun lepas..

Dpt result PMR baik pun, sbb ketentuan Ilahi.

Apa2pun, SPM mesti gempak! :DD InsyaAllah..

Hari ni Pn Ellysha masuk, ajar English.

Kagum jgak dgn dia sbb dapat converse in English fluently..

Walaupun kebanyakan menganggap orang Melayu ni tak petah/tak reti speaking..

Mula2 "bummed" jgak, ingat ke Pn. Faizah ajar lagi.

Maklumlah, Pn. Faizah sudah tiga tahun berturut-turut

mengerah keringat nak ajar anak2 muridnye, cam saye.

. So dah "ngam" la dengan dia.. Takpe, kita kena kutip banyak pengalaman

dari pelbagai tempat (dalam kes ni, cikgu)

errr, harap-harap faham apa yang saya maksudkan eh! :P

She allocated the last ten minutes of her class for public speaking

(harap-harap maklum, saya "kecek" (cakap) bahasa rojak.

BM, BI, Kelate, macam-macam ada!)

She would choose about three to five or probably more of us

to speak in front of the whole class. She would choose any topic

that she would like the people she chose to elaborate,.

Masa Pn Ellysha nak pilih tu, pekemain "degapdegup" jantung guee..

Huissshh.. To be frank, I'm not really a fluent speaker.

Sure, I can write quite fine, but NOT speaking.

No. NO. NO. NaNo NaNo NaNo xDD

I tend to stammer especially in front of a large group of people.

Masa cakap kat depan cermin sorang2 (err.. ye? ada masalah ke??)

boleh jee.. Pekemain lagi :P tapi time dpn orang takleh laah..

Furthermore, I read about a study in Reader's Digest

about communication the other day.

According to that study, most people tend to lie

or not telling the truth frequently in speaking,

least in email. I think it's because when you write, it is more organized.

When you write something down,

you have to think it all the way through.

Sometimes, I'm not even sure how I feel about something until I write about it.

I figure it out thoroughly when I'm writing about it.

Kenyataan ini dipetik dari Pat Murphy's novel, The Wild Girls.

Ada betulnya jugak. Kalau kita cakap spontaneous, main lepas je kan..

Kadang-kadang tak sengaja cakap perkara yang tak betul.

Back to the story, Pn Ellysha also said that do not be surprised

if she chose a person over and over again for the public speaking session

because the person she chose repeatedly would either be a fluent speaker,

who elaborate the topics given to him well

and his or her speech is entertaining and well-presented,

or the person is a nervous speaker, who tend to stammer.. Like me laah..

Cikgu nak biasakan kitaorang speaking, specifically in front of the public..

Bagus jgak sebenarnye.. Kebanyakan pekerjaan

memerlukan kitaorg public speaking...

Tapi, janganlah ramai audience sangat.. Gerun gue..

Syukur, tak terpilih tadi.. Selepas cikgu habis buat public speaking session tuh,

lebih kurang seminit lebih jgak jantung ni nak settle down :P

HAHA, takderlaa sampai cam tuh.

Haaiihhh... Masalah dunia btollah.. Saya pun,

bukannya orang yang banyak cakap, reti bersosial..

Kalau dengan kawan rapat tu bolehlah, sbb dah kenal lama.

Mungkin orang kata saya ni orang yang sombong la,

perasan teramat baguslaah.. :(

Tapi saya bknnye camtuh... Tak kisah kawan dgn sape2 tapi batasan tu kena jaga..

Kalau mak saya, Ummi, mmg reti bersosial.

Sepupu, saudara2 jauh suaminye (bapak sayalah :P) pun dia rapat.

Org yang baru kenal pown dah boleh berborak panjang dah..

Sampai ke sepupu ayah saya sorang nih, time mmg dah nak beranak pown,

call mak saya dulu! Lagipun, mak saya dah ada pengalaman 8 kali melahirkan anak pun! :P

(Al-Fatihah.. kpd arwah kakak & abang saya...Innalillahh..)

Hmm, citer pasal kat rumah plaklaah..

Adik saya, Anis Amanda yang berumur 3 tahun 7 bln

(Mei nanti genap 4 thn la dia) baru masuk tadika tahun ni..

Balik balik jee..

Nyanyi: bangun pagi, gosok gigi, cuci muka, pakai baju, gosok gigi, cuci muka, cuci muka...

COMEYYL! :D

Oye hari tu saya ni ajarlah dia, yg dia kena panggil her elder sisters

with "kak" in the front to show her respect. Kak Alin (me), Kak Yana and Kak Nini.

Fortunately, she understands. Until that fateful day;

she calls my brother Kak Ammar!

XD XD XD XD kahkahkahhh kahhh !

bertuah punya bdk.. HAHA!

tapi skrg dia panggil Abang Ammar lah..

Baba panggil Ummi with the title.. errrr, "yang"

And bdk bertuah ni pi panggil "Yang Ummi" :]

bertuah kan bdk nih?? hemm.. apeapeaje lah..

Kahkahkah.. Oye, yang hairan bin ajaib,

si Anis Amanda nih, putih melepak. Dia dapat "gene" belah bapak kot..

Emak kepada emak bapak saya orang Cina.. Mungkin sbb tu la putih melepak..

Takpe, tetap bersyukur dengan anugerah Allah ni...

Dilahirkan dengan sempurna, Alhamdulillah...

Oh ye, saya sbnrnye dah "gatal" fikir nama anak dahh..

HAHA, tengah dok selak buku Nama-nama Islam masa cuti hari tu..

(cuti lama, mengelamun pun lama! :P) Alang-alang menyeluk pekasam,

biar sampai ke pangkal lengan daa.. Baik pikik nama future anak terus kan??

HAHAA :D

Kalau anak perempuan: Noradila Madihah/Adlina Madihah..

HAAAAAAH, sedap tak bunyinya? :D

Adlina/Adila = adil/saksama, Madihah = yang terpuji. Nur = cahaya.

All together it means = cahaya keadilan yang terpuji.

Uwaaaaah.. Sejak dari hari penciptaan nama tersebut,

tak habis-habis nak sebut! Kaahkahhkah.. :P

Kalau anak laki, berkenan kat nama Aqeel Yusuf,

tapi tu nama sepupu daa... Hmm.. Muhammad Affan kot.

Sempena nama Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin yang ketiga yakni Khalifah Usman bin Affan.

Muhammad means yang terpuji while Affan means pendaki. I would like to put Naim at the back,

which will make it Muhammad Affan Naim which means pendaki syurga

[Naim is a name of one of the syurga (paradise)] yang terpuji

but I figured it would be too long so I put up with Muhammad Affan instead.

HAAAAAAIH, Amalina!

Dok pikir pasal nama anak pulak!

SPM tahun depan! x)

HMMM... Begitulah alkisahnya.. Kalau larat nak sambung, saya sambung ek.. WASALAM! :)