Phantasm

In silence,
You haunt my soul,
Tearing my inner-self.

In darkness,
You haunt my dreams,
Pillaging my thoughts,
Invading my domain.

In happiness,
You haunt my laughter,
Stealing my smiles.

In loneliness,
You haunt my mind,
Yearning for more.

Photos credits to http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Iceland/photo109480.htm

TESL Night '07

After many weeks of preparation, finally the night had come for TESL Night 2007 at New Pacific Hotel Kota Bharu held by my class. One thing for sure I have to say that it was very eventful - first by the smoking world war 1 bus that transported us to the hotel and some minor technical errors. Aside from that, it was great. Here some pictures that we took last night. Reached the institute near to 2 am and I slept like a log afterwards - other than the creepy nightmare that woke me up just in time for Subuh prayers *shivers*

tsukareta~~~~~ -_-;

The Song For Bento

I know that I just got here on Tuesday.
I know I just ate the kodomo bento at Sushi King
With Azah and Dee at Midvalley on a Saturday afternoon...

But still....
My throat could still taste the ebi tempura...
I could still taste the sakana....
I could still taste the shredded vege...
I could still taste the kani mayo sushi...
Passing through my taste bud to my throat..
Going through my aesophagus...

Ahh...
The joy of kodomo bento...


I couldn't find the pics for the Sushi King's kodomo bento, so I took from here

*kodomo means kid
sakana means fish

Gong Xi Gong Xi

I never thought that I would be able to do a LOT in just few days. Of course it does not have anything to do with assignments. My activities just happen to consist of hanging out with friends and my siblings.

I reached Serdang on a Friday morning - met Linda, Lina and Kak Zie for a lunch at KLCC. After lunch, my goodheart brought me to Low Yat Plaza to get my brother his much dream about graphic tablet. The money was his of course, hehe. It was A4 sized and I had to lug it around here and there at the Monorel to the LRT station at KL Central. Of course I blacked out right after prayers til morning that I unconciously ignored phonecalls from my mak and my friends.

Saturday, watched Attack No. 1, went to Midvalley Megamall for lunch and movie with Dee and Azah. We watched Babel. It was a good movie though before watching it, I have no idea what the movie was about. Then we ran back home for the much anticipated Music Station Superlive 2006 on Animax. I reached home just in time for Arashi to perform Kitto Daijoubu. Arashi saikou!!!!!! I had to alternately watch it with Kung-Fu Hustle since my sister and bro are watching the TV too. Good timing though that I actually managed to catch other performance sthat I wanted to see - YamaP's Daite Senorita, Tokio's Sorafune... KATTUN's Real Face (lari!!!!), Yui's Goodbye Days. I don't know if Remioromen performed in MS or not but I sure would love to watch them peforming Konayuki again. I know I missed Ayumi Hamasaki huhuhuhu. It is totally different from watching them through the downloaded files and through broadcast TV. Suge ureshii!! XD

Today - Sunday. Went to Padang for a gastronomical event that consists of vegetables, cuttlefish and soup. Then went to Mines to watch Ghost Rider. Nicholas Cage rocks!!!! I just had to control myself from shouting 'Kakkoi!!!' in the cinema when he changed to the Ghost Rider and I have to say that my favourite scene was when the Ghost Rider of the past was accompanying GR of the present to San Veganza. Totally blazing XD.

Gotta wash my clothes and get ready for tomorrow. I'll get back to Besut in the afternoon. As for tonight, my bro is going to treat me to Kenny Rogers - upah for buying the tablet for him. and arashi.vox has finished uploading HYD2 ep 7 yatta!!!!!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!
Enjoy your holiday ^_^
I know I do.

Yes!!!
Love So Sweet from the 16th February Music Station is up on youtube


Hmm... I know the date reminds me of something
My seatmate in primary school,
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SHIKIN MANSOR!!!!

Valentine

Behold, this topic might be sensitive to some.

Valentine's Day.

A day marked for lovers, rememberance of the other significant other. In short, its the day for lovers all to celebrate with. I know some of us were being taught that it's not approppriate for Muslim to celebrate it as from what I heard and from wht i received from the forwarded e-mails ages ago - to quote "The day Saint Valentine conquered the mosque in Cordova, Spain". I know some of us believe that. As for me, I found that there is no need for me to even care about it since it's not a must to celebrate it but it's basically everywhere. It's hard to ignore those special discounts on chocolates and special promotions for flowers. Though I have to admit that it kind of perked up my curiosity on the origin of the celebrated date.

What is wrong about celebrating our loved one?

What is wrong in celebrating Valentine's Day?

My father happens to be a loyal subscriber to the monthly magazine 'Al-Islam' and an article written about Valentine's Day caught my interest. I was glad that the columnist shared my point of view and he even did a research about the famous Saint Valentine who was said to taint the mosque in Cordova and 14th February was the date of his victory. Through his research in Al-Islam, he wrote that Saint Valentine was one of the pious knights during his time. And now the good part. Is that true?

From the magazine, the Valentine event occurred in 280 A.D, nearly 3 hundred years before our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W was born. Could anyone explain to me how could anyone conquer a mosque in Cordova, Spain in 280 before Islam even set foot there? Islam reached Spain in 711 and the mosque in Spain was built in 755. So is it possible for a dead man to conquer Spain?

I have my hefty dose of doubt too and I went to do my own research. He was right, the Valentine event was before the birth of Nabi Muhammad and at that time, it was common for anyone who was pious to be called 'Saint'. In history, it was said that Valentine was a martyr who was killed by Emperor Claudius II of the Roman Empire because of his stand with his faith in one god, as he was one of the followers of Nabi Isa. That was during the Roman's religion in polytheism which is the faith in believing more than one god such as Jupiter, Mars, Neptune etc. Before his death, he was asked to prove the existence of his God which he did by asking god's help to heal the daughter of his jailer's sight and hearing. He managed to heal her with Allah's help but his head was chopped off nevertheless. The story was told over and over but then it was not said in the original text of his famous letter before his death to the jailer's daughter whom he healed which ended with "With love, your Valentine."

If you guys want to backread the issue of Al-Islam, I forgot which issue was it but I know it was the January or February issue for the year... 2004 or 2005. And, by all means, you could even check the year when Valentine died. If you want it the easy way, you could just surf for the information.

Not that I want anyone to go on celebrating Valentine's day because of Valentine himself, but just take the day as a symbol for lovers cherished. Remembering the day that symbolize love, is fine but idolizing him to the extreme is not okay. We might as well commemorate the sacrifice of Sumayyah and her family and Mashitah, the pharaoh's daughter's hair-comber (I don't know if the term is right or not) and all the warriors who were tortured and died because of their faith in Allah, right? So, we celebrate love. It's a good reason anyway. People might forget their anniversaries (I know wives and girlfriends might guillotine their husbands or boyfriends for forgetting the date) but nearly everyone knows 14th February.

Hence, this is just my thoughts on Valentine's Day. Depend whether you want to believe what I believe or not. If you want to celebrate it, go on, if you don't want to, nevermind since its not a compulsory celebration an. To those who celebrates it with their loved ones - celebrate pun celebrate jugak, tapi ada batas jugak.

I would like to borrow the line from my room-mate Za @ Aie - "Anyday boleh jadi Valentine kalau kita nak. Valentine's Day is just a date."

Happy Birthday Kak Ngah ^_^/

Yesterday was my lecturer's daughter's b-day. My brain is kind of clogged from having limited acces to the internet so weirdly enough my blogging head is basically "idea-less". Though anyway here are some pictures from the celebration party. Meet my new classmates and of course the birthday girl.










^_^ The celebrated girl ^_^