February Ends With This Song :')

The Best I Ever Had song was originally sung by Drake and there are covers on this song splattered all over Youtube, but there is this one done by three ladies - complete with sickening beatboxing!



Okeh siapa nak MP3 lagu ni, let me know -- Along nak gi beatboxing sambil blaja rapping dalam Tagalog jap.

Chewah.

12 Rabiulawal 1431

Picture credit

"Dan tiadalah Kami mengutuskan engkau wahai Muhammad, melainkan untuk menjadi rahmat bagi sekalian alam".

- Al Anbiyaa' Ayat : 107



Hadis Baginda juga ada menyebut :

"Dari Annas bin Malik, ia berkata : Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam bersabda : Siapa yang berselawat ke atasku satu kali, maka Allah berselawat kepadanya sepuluh kali selawat dan Allah menghapuskan sepuluh kesalahan dan mengangkat sepuluh darjat kepadanya".

- Riwayat Al-Iman An-Nasai'e



Salam Maulidur Rasul buat semua muslimin muslimat :')

I Should Be Sleeping By Now..

Instead, I just had to google out something.

No, I don't have the courage to google my own name yet -_-"

Kurus Tapi Tak Fit, Tiada Guna.

My next hiking trip is just around the corner and I'm having butterflies in my stomach for no reason.

Okay, tipu.

Banyak sebab untuk rasa murmur rerama ini kerana Along tak sabar untuk melaksanakan apa yang Along dah siapkan untuk pendakian kali ini.

Okay, tatabahasa sangat pelik tapi malas nak retype balik -_-"

I've bought my own hiking boots, nothing fancy sebab takut hangat-hangat tahi ayam je panjat memanjat ni, but at least I don't have to borrow it for someone else in case tapak tercabut lagi whatsoever.

Sebut pasal tapak kasut, I've sent the new boots to the cobbler for a double stitching, safety reasons in mind.

And did I mention the boots is in purple color?

Okay, bukan lah totally purple all over, but it has purple stitches and purple shoelaces okay okay sepatutnya excited pasal hike trip, bukan kasut -_-"

Pasal kasut, done.

Then I managed to invite a fellow colleague to join this trip, so it's pretty nerve-wrecking sebab takut my colleague tak enjoy nanti or takut his expectations are different from what I've told him. So Rizal, harap-harap we both will survive and enjoy this trip okay? :')

Next is, apa yeh?

Owh, preparations.

Before moving back to Seremban, I used to jog around my condo area and climbed the stairs till the 10th floor instead of taking the lift (coz that's where my house was) and small workouts whenever I had the time -- which is, usually after working hours.

Then when I start to commute, there's limited time to do so, I had to find ways to keep fit other than minding what I ate everyday. I used the stairs instead of the escalator/lift at the LRT stations and on busy days where the bus is late, I walked from the office to the LRT station -- with the laptop inside my backpack.

For the sake of training purposes, kalau tak jangan harap weh!

But I can't do much other than that, for I don't want to show up at the office looking & feeling sweaty all over -- jadi agak stress juga knowing I skipped a day of training.

So usually I made sure that I utilized the treadmill we have at home on weekends.


This is my starting workout time :-
17:57 minute which is equal to 1.565 km of distance.

I have, alhamdulillah, been consistent with it (half an hour is the max, tapi pastu tercabut kepala lutut haha) but at the same time, I don't want to be over-confident with what I've prepared.

Sebab berjalan atas treadmill adalah sangat berbeza dengan berjalan dalam hutan sambil membawa bagpack.

But at least I know I have prepared myself -- whether it's too much or too little, kita terpaksa tunggu dan lihat :')

Pastu tidur cukup (ni susah sikit haha) and jaga kaki dari tersepak anything gitu.
Don't wanna hurt my legs even before climbing up.

Other than that, let me list down the things I haven't sorted out yet.

1. Backpack/Sleeping Mat -- borrowed from Abang Man
2. Long socks
3. Headlight
4. Insect Repellents
5. Toiletries
6. Rations -- chocs, sweets, energy drinks
7. Camera/Scarlet -- done.
8. My own First Aid Kit -- done.
9. A pair of new tights
10. Three (at least) set of clean clothes -- done.
11. Raincoat
12. Telekung & Sejadah kecil (Yeay,ni Farina ada bagi!) -- done.

I don't know if I missed anything else since this is my own rough checklist, Abang Man hasn't email me yet.

Ah, that reminds me about something.
I might need to find a pouch bag but I just can't decide on how or which one shall I get.

Something similar like this should be okay, no?

Source : Deuter

Or, I could just ask the guys around if they have any extra kan, kan?
KAN?

*dari beli pouch, baik aku beli handbag argh!!*

Ah, I can't think of anything else.
Might put up the vid from the last hike trip, tengoklah -- just to get the feel (or to be reminded not to repeat the same mistakes haha)

Other than that, if you peeps have advices or tips for me, do let me know okay sebab macam dah tak sabar actually haish haish.

:')

Putting This On Replay

If there is one thing that I missed about my shooting stars is their honest thoughts penned down for their readers in their blog about feelings & life around us.


Words that I already knew & understood but I just need to hear or read it somewhere just so I know, I am never alone in this matter of life.

Recently Fynn Jamal wrote;

kalau ada yang aku boleh bisikkan tentang cinta buat hari ini, inilah dia:

tak ada manusia sempurna.
maka tak ada cinta yang sempurna.
yang ada cuma redha dan percaya.

bila sesuatu itu diserahkan pada tuhan,
kita akan terima;
terus untuk kita,
atau ditulis jodoh tiada.

insyaAllah.
kekuatan dikasikan pada kita.

Photo by Omar Bahrin


****

And I'm sharing with you, so that you now know, you are never, ever alone.
InsyaAllah :')

Let Me Back In Your Heart!

I'm home alone right now.
Akibat mandi terlalu lama, my parents left me to see Zaki (again) together with Jenn & 'Aliya.

Seremban is scorching hot without a single drop of rain so that explains why I was spending hours in the shower -- perasan bermain hujan oh you don't have to imagine yang tak perlu tak perlu la okay?

So yesterday, we went to see Zaki ( ye, weekend memang kena jumpa Zaki sokmo) as it was his sport's day and all. And this would be a great opportunity to see if Zaki is still mad at me lah kan, haha.

We had breakfast at this small stall in Sikamat and had pulut kuning as starters.

I can't eat pulut because of my crazy gastric since dari kecil, so everytime derang makan pulut, I'll be gulping my saliva sebab cam tempted tapi tak sanggup nak tahan sakit.

Especially when Ummi bilang makan pulut baik untuk kulit cantik, so that explains why the rest of the family takde jerawat except me -_-"

We had a wonderful spread of roti telur and mee sup before heading to Zaki's school. It was almost noon so the sun was quite mean by that time.

Oh tak perlu bersusah payah carik mana Zaki coz I can't too, haha.
Kecik je mata melihat dari jauh di tengah - tengah panas ni.

Ummi seperti biasa, gigih :')

While Jenn & 'Aliya were texting their boyfriends..

...I had my 'boyfriend' with me, haha.

Ayah, you could have at least played along dari buat muka terpaksa -_-"

Ah, I get it. Okay, okay.

'Aliya refused to join us, kalau tak complete foto pasukan hoki wanita daerah Rembau =p

Still Zaki was nowhere to be seen at this moment.
Iyalah, tengah reramai tuh kan, but Ayah Ummi made us search for him juga maka terpaksa ah.

But I gave up after awhile, haha.

Panas sampai sepet sepet mata carik!

I could only see spots and it made me dizzy afterwards -_-"

I excused myself with 'Aliya to wait in the car and I didn't know when I dozed off. Sangat bahaya coz' Along tak sedar if 'Aliya keluar masuk kereta, but seriously kepala berat sangat that time :(

I woke up when I heard Zaki's voice and the rest were getting in the car. Turns out they had lunch without me and was about to send Zaki back to his hostel.

Zaki sat beside me, tak salam tak tegur apa :(

And I was too groggy to say anything :( :(

Even when Zaki stepped down from the car, he didn't even acknowledge me -- lambai pun tak!

I guess he's still pissed off with me.
:( :( :(

Okeh sekarang menyesal mandi lama-lama, or else I could get to make it up for yesterday.
Hmm.




UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

I managed to talk to him over the phone!
His nasyid team won 2nd place and he won the best vocalist title. Pergh!

Okay, okay.
I'm more than happy enough to hear his voice at the end of the line just now saying -

"kita jumpa minggu depan, ye long?"

:)

It Runs In The Blood.

Zaki never actually 'left' home when he went to boarding school. It seems he made everyone at home go as well!

Especially Ummi, which I find it quite cute and annoying altogether.

The thing is Zaki is taking full advantage of the fact that his school is nearby to the home -- 25 minutes if there's traffic, 10 minutes if it's a freeway -- so asal barang hilang je, call Ummi. Demam sikit, call Ummi. Tak cukup itu ini, call Ummi.

Sounds like I'm being jealous and all eyh?
Haha tolonglah, senarnye pening kot tengok!

Knowing Ummi, mesti lah dia risau, and bila dia risau, she's tiring herself which I don't like lah. I tried to help but in the end, Ummi will finish doing it, you know just in case I missed out sebab knowing me, I tend to make Zaki do his own while I watch him doing it sambil mulut pokpekpokpek.

So unreliable nye kaklong.

Actually it's because I can't help but compare myself at his age dulu, semua wat sendiri kot.
Well, exaggerate la buat semuanya sendiri, but bolehlah buat kalau Ummi Ayah taleh tolong.
Ni tak,dia main Facebook & PS2 boleh, barang sendiri taleh jaga!

Okeh, geram haha.

Bebaru ni, he came home for the long CNY hols.
Ada homework pendidikan seni tapi sengaja tatau nak buat.
End up Ummi yang lukis, Ummi jugak yang paintkan.
T____T

So I gave him another piece of my emotional-garang-berlebih-lebih-sampai-nak-nangis-budak tu speech, which is so unnecessary but I know I can -- coz I'm the eldest haha keji sial.

Dia diam.
Mata berair, tapi belum gugur lagi air mata.
Bibir ketap, tahan ucap.

And that's when I realised it was too much for him.

"Tanak tolong takpe, Long. Abang wat sendiri."

"Abang yang kena marah nanti kalau tak buat, biar abang je kena."

"Along tanak tolong, takpe."


Haish.
Along lupa Zaki punya jiwa seperti Along.

EMOSI BERBALDI PERIGI.

Dah satu keroje nak pujuk dia pastuh.
But as usual, egois mana pujuk depan-depan.
Biar dulu.
Kasi sejuk.

Tapi tetap bebel.
Bebel manja lah plak.

By the time we sent him back, dia da okay sikit tapi macam emosi lagi dengan Along.
Cakap pun tanak pandang Along.

FINE.


Show off.

I have my own backup clan jugak lah, bang!

Lagi cun.

Haha, tak relevan.


DAH ESOK NAK KENA GI SEKOLAH ZAKI SEBAB DIA ADA SUKAN SEKOLAH TAPI DIA MASUK KAWAD KAKI JE TAPI ALONG DATANG GAK BAGI MORAL SUPPORT KALAU DIA NAK EMO LAGI TATAU AH NAK BUAT APA -_-"

Perkara-perkara gembira sebelum tidur, konfem termimpi-mimpi nanti.

I just installed Skype this morning and only had WRD & Falai in my contact list. Did not expect any skype calls or even contact from them, so I didn't feel the urge to replace my 3 year old sellotaped headpiece. Sekali they made a conference call to me! Skypexcited! But they can't hear me haha so I end up laughing and missing them while hearing them talk over random things.

It's a start, people.
Tunggu bila semua askar online Skype.

Konfem runtuh rahang mulut bergelak ketawa menghanjing membahan sambil merindu-rindu yang kejauhan.

Then Ummi called for dinner.

Panggil makan terus, bukan panggil suruh hidang siapkan meja ke ape, Ummi panggil "Along, alang, meh makan mehh, panggil Ayah ngan adik sekali mehh"

Bertuah punya anak dara -_-"


She made us roasted chicken ala Nando's, her style. Superb. Complete with fresh salad & apple juice. Bertuah sungguh saya punya parents yang tak makan nasi memalam sebab jaga badan, hee.

It was so good that we started making our thank you speeches to Ummi for whipping up a simple yet tasty dinner for us :')

Dan Tuhan, syukran jamilan.
Untuk cuaca yang kurang terik dari semalam.
Untuk perkara-perkara gembira sebelum tidur ini.

Night,all!

Gravy Baby, Ladies!

Photo from Ikim Radin Iskandar

The not so recent picture with my shooting stars :')

My best wishes to Fynn who is currently in Kazakhstan for work. I might not be that close to her, yet I miss her already. Her bluntness of speaking her mind out, being truthfully frank and her jokes whenever we hung out together. Senang cerita, rindu dengar dia mencarut senarnya haha. Yet I hope she'll survive the chill weather and the no-meat-only-chicken menu there, hehe.

As for WRD, she just flew to Sydney to pursue her studies last Monday night. In her case, I'm couldn't be more ignorant coz she was always there for me so I took her for granted at times. Makanya, bila dia nak terbang jauh, baru tersentap. Tapi masih egois. Tapi nak cakap macam-macam. Tapi tersekat. Ha,egois la tuh. Lucky for me, she knows me too well, hee.

Despite being supportive and happy for them both, things will definitely not be the same back here without these two.

Hm.

Ini antara alasan kuat untuk duduk rumah kat Seremban, sebab tiada lagi malam tanpa event akustik mereka sana sini, jamming dan lepak session dengan yang lain yang ada kalanya lupa dah habis waktu malam haha.


*installs Skype*


Nampaknya lepak session selepas ini hanya di Skype, jangan tak tidur langsung sudah hihi.

To Fynn & WRD, you know I'll miss you 'jarang-jarang' so don't make me say it too many times eyh?
Take great care of yourselves and all the best!

*tight hugs*

Berbaloi Berpeluh-peluh Ni.

Thought of calling it a night early, siap pesan pada Ayah tidurlah awal juga, jangan ditonton perlawanan MU vs AC Milan pukul 3 pagi nanti tanpa Along -- but it's just too hot too sleep.

Kipas bilik berpusing bahang dari tadi, hujung kain kaftan dah naik atas peha, kejap bersila kejap melunjur kaki, tsk.

Sungguh kurang sopan rupaku sambil online ni, janganlah ada yang masuk bilik tiba-tiba, so shy can die maa -_-"

Heard on the midnight news just now; it said that this hot weather is seasonal and will be over by next month, according to the weather experts.

Even though I wish it is true, somehow deep inside Along redha ini dugaan kecil dariNya untuk kita hambaNya. Along cam syukur bila tiap kali panas bahang melekit bagai, Ayah Ummi beristighfar depan kami, maka malulah kalau kami anak-anak mengomel memarahi cuaca ciptaanNya, kan? Maka kami tak komplen panas ke hape, tapi mandi 4 kali sehari and switching on the air-cond fullblast serta conquering the fridge most of the time adalah cara kami cover line dari jangan lupa diri tentang dugaan Tuhan.

Ngee.

The long holidays are over and I'll be off to work, er in a few hours time. Pretty enjoyed the time with the family, glad everyone's home and we even got the chance to do a family outing by the beach last Monday.


It was impromptu plan but we were pretty happy with ourselves for braving & embracing the sun together. Quality time with the fam, simply lovely.

Hm,apparently I got loads to ramble (all the sudden) so before this entry become so irrelevantly long, let's just end here by me hoping that all who had to start work early today had a nice long break as I did :')

Daa!




p/s - And it would be greater if MU wins, hiks. Oke oke jom tidur.

Quick One.

Orange couple -- taken from @Naemah2 twitpic :')

Selamat Tahun Baru Cina buat yang meraikan. Tahun ini Along terasa kemeriahannya; mungkin kerana sudah setahun lebih punya teman sekerja yang 90% adalah kaum Cina dan kebarangkalian untuk melihat tarian singa secara langsung dalam pejabat dan mendapat sampul merah meriah, jangan sebut pasal limau-limau percuma lah, dah penat BAB* sebab penangan masam limau yang tinggi kebelakangan ini, hihi.

Tiada Hari Kekasih bagai here, boo you.
As if tak kurang dosa kamu memelayukan Valentine's Day by using the term Hari Kekasih?

Love should be expressed all year round and not be manipulated by some saint & overpriced chocs and flower bouquets, IMHO la -- so don't go and bantai me with comments saying I am a grape sour just because you know best.

Singles out there, be it by choice or not, we rock.

I'm off to finish an interesting blog that I recently found, too bad it's gonna be privatised soon so yeah, I can khatam blog archives like you reading Twilight series.

Be good, peeps!

*BAB - Buang Air Besar

One Of Those Days!

It was a great day today, I just had to jot this down -- in case I forgot to count my blessings later on :')

I woke up 15 minutes early than my usual 5.30 am alarm simply just because, heh. Iron baju kurung somemore pagi tuh, which is the first since I had to commute -- ironing & baju kurung. Selalu belasah jeans & tees, iron jauh sekali, not even my selendangs haha.

Got on the 7.10 am bus from Seremban and that is when I knew it would be a pretty great Friday, haha!

Senyum sampai ke tempat kerja kot pastuh, haha!

The feel good feeling carried on when an old friend buzzed me on YM and it turned out to be sarcastically funny and which we both enjoyed, rather than the old boring routine "So what've you been up to?" when you know he/she dah nak tunang/kawen/due lagi dua,tiga bulan, hihi.


Love u too, Kecik!

Next was -- I had a last minute lunch date with WRD, Rina & Min oh I'm so gonna miss all this soon!

Too bad Ikim couldn't make it, but gile keji ko nye SMS nokkk!
Tabaek gelakkan hahaha Wani nye suara hahahaha cam kucing mengawan weh hahaha!!!

Didn't opened it till I was unpacking my backpack tadi.

I shall show you what's inside soon ;)
Wani, it's so me, thank you!
I love you even more!!

And the office was closed at 4 pm for CNY, meaning balik awal -- yeay!

Which means I got an empty RapidKL bus to myself (er, and my colleague) to LRT KJ station -- double yeay!!


Upon reaching Central Market, I was quite disturbed seeing the long line of people waiting to get on the bus to Seremban but luckily I got my monthly pass which enables me to cut the line and get to hop on the bus first, haha!

Gila muka keji masa dapat potong line, astaghfirullah.

Reached home before seven to a yummy spread of nasi ayam & moist choc cake tanpa perlu diminta.
Terbaik woh.

I mean, alhamdulillah!
Ngee.


I guess I couldn't ask for a better day to start my long holidays than today, kan? kan?

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Behind The Scene : Panah & Busur

Saat
asaku mati
dan
jiwamu berlari
dari dunia
yang hiba

Dalam kelam
bersua
kunang-kunang cahaya
dari kecil
jadi semesta

Aku panah
dan
engkau busur
kayu retak
menghasil lagu

Jangan berhenti
menyusun
senandung

Jadikanku
tulang rusuk
yang menyempurna
tubuhmu

Jangan berhenti
menepuk
tanganku.

Panah & Busur / Wani Ardy


I can remember exactly what I said to Wani when I first heard of this song. I regretted, biting my tongue every time I heard it now, and you shall understand why :')

It was one of the days in the office when Wani would buzz me in YM, telling she had a new song & needs my zero-knowledge in music for opinions. She knew I loved all her songs so my opinion didn't matter actually, but I was more than honored to be the first few to listen to it.

Instantly I knew that the song was meant for him, Syafiq. Despite how beautiful the song was, I gritted my teeth and replied her YM;

"Isn't it a bit too early, Wani? For all this?"

I knew I hurt her feelings,there and then.
Unintended.
Sungguh.

"Orang mintak tolong dengar je, Long."

I could sensed she was upset, so I took a deep breath before continuing our conversation. Bukannya enggan berkongsi kegembiraannya, but blame on my pessimist thinking with the thought -- What if he's not the one, again? Haven't you had enough?

I've seen her cry, got heartbroken to a million pieces and bravely starting it all over again.
In fact, over the years, from the first time I read her writings, I just wish she would never be hurt by any man, ever again.

And it's painful knowing that you can only pray nothing but the best for her, for only she knows herself selain dariNya. I know nothing about moving on if not for her, biarpun ya, Along masih di sini dan lihatlah dia hari ini :')


At least she's willing to start all over again, risking everything and deal what comes her way, didn't she?


*cough* Take note on that, Along. *cough*


Maafkan Along, Wani sayang.

Thank you for making me listen,
Thank you for making me realize,
Thank you for making me learn,
Thank you for just being you.

*tight chest to chest hug*


Here's to Panah & Busur, everyone.

And Their Smile Lighten Up My Small Hopes

Biarlah terlewat sebulan berkongsi kegembiraan meraka, it was simply too beautiful not to be shared at all :')

Meaningful photo moments taken by Helmy Firdaus & Sari Nashikim Radin Iskandar.


Sejujurnya, Along bertuah dan terharu menjadi sebahagian dari kegembiraan mereka berdua, so yes, thank you Wani, thank you Syafiq!!

And since I don't want to spoil this entry with my childish description on how meaningful the event was, I'm proud to share this piece of video by Zulhelmie on that historical day.

"Saya rasa sungguh bertu-nang!" - Syafiq

PRICELESS.

Congratulations once again, korang!
Along sayang korang sesangat!!

Hello, Busy Storks!

Photos from Ikmal Ibrahim, Abah Adrian & yours truly.

Meet Adrian Affendy, a week old today :')

It was just like yesterday I'm still star-struck at the thought of Beck & Dhilla actually spoke to me, and now I'm holding their firstborn in my arms!

Congratulations once again, abahnya Beck dan mamanya Dhilla :')

Moga Adrian jadi anak yang soleh dan ingat pada Aunty Along yang drive all the way from Seremban just to meet him.

"Takde point de kau cakap camtu sekarang, tak terharu langsung aku."
- Beck

FINE.




p/s - My heartiest congratulations goes out to Anna & hubby for the birth of Luqman Wazif, Ahmad Maulidzi & wife on the arrival of Muhammad Arief Danish -- moga semuanya lancar menjalani kehidupan yang pasti lebih bererti dengan kehadiran si kecil :')