Of Devil's Advocate and Ramadhan.

Eh, is the title controversial ?

Assalamualaikum and Greetings.

We are just a few days away from it, from the time of writing, there's just 7 days left for us to prepare to welcome the most rewarding month in the Islamic calendar; Ramadhan. 

It is as if it's a year-end bonus from Allah to us, as a sign of His love towards us, ummat Muhammad, only that, the rewards are bigger and could be brought forward to the afterlife with us.

These past two weeks, when I began with my internship program, on my way to work, facing the daily doses of traffic jam to and fro my home and place of work, in which I have the opportunity to sit down by myself and reflect on the things that I've done in my life...the things that I did wrong and right...the sins I committed...for as the saying goes,

"Those who knew the real meaning of living are the ones who are dead" 

"mereka yang mengetahui hakikat sebenar kehidupan adalah mereka yang telah mati" 

This is a very remarkable and deep quote that I've stumbled upon a few years ago, 

(in high school rasenye)  

Only now do I know what it really means. 

Only the dead knew what the ones who still are living are missing out; our chance of repenting are still open wide only that most of us do not make full use of it. 

Then there's the fact that most of us are still fascinated with dunya, dancing in accordance to its masquerade....without realising that one day, we will be joining them, too....  

Then as I was reflecting today, a random thought occurs...a voice inside my head echoes, 

"Yenna dey, ni nak bulan puasa ni...xkan xnak melantak dulu...tak rase craving ke nak makan sushi ke, melantak subway ke di siang hari, satgi xbley dah weh," 

I contemplated then, thinking that yeah it's true, can't deny the fact that what my nafsu makan told me just now was right. 

Just as I was about to take the turn to Queensbay, hoping to munch down on something good and fulfilling, my conscience sets in.... 

"Ko amal sikit, dosa banyak. Ade hati lagi nak ikut 'dia' suh makan tu, makan ni. Berapa kali sehari ko istighfar, selawat, tasbih, tahmid sume?" it said...

Then, I kena lagi you know, he added, 

"Kau kalo mati sat lagi ke, dah ready ke? Sedekah jariah banyak mane...dosa buat ngan orang nak setel guane...hape cite der? Daripada ko pikir nak makan mende, baik ko plan cne nk manfaatkan Ramadhan ni. Bukan melantak je!" 

Blushing spontaneously, immediately I cancelled, headed straight for home....pergh pedas beb kene tarbiah ngan own conscience! 

Well, that's that's the problem with most of the people here(me at least); we take in more than what we need......

Sedangkan nanti physically kita bawak badan je yang dirinya sendiri bukan milik kita.

Who are we to abuse what has been given free to us from Him? 

Lembutkanlah hati, tangisilah dosa2 kita yang lalu, moga ia tidak berulang lagi.... 

Marilah kita sama-sama pergunakan Ramadhan kali ini untuk kebaikan, insya Allah Ramadhan kali ni lagi baik dari Ramadhan yang lepas. Amin. 

*pesanan ni jugak untuk diri sendiri. at least ada la kebaikan aku buat walaupun skit ye ^^ * 

Looking at this picture would always result in ninjas cutting onions near my eyes. 

Dari Dalam Aku

In this blog of mine, I never reveal my human side, yet.

What I'm implying by saying 'human side' is that, I never reveal these things because I think that they are quite personal, as per se relationships, personal opinions towards certain things regarding feelings and emotions...

I felt that those things are irrelevant metaphorically, as I tried to separate or distance myself away from ever writing things about them.

But now, I guess time has changed us all. Small children will grow into an adult one day...

So goes to immature minds, they will somehow through time and experience, change into a mature one, regardless of the time taken to achieve it.

As human as I am, yes,  I do have feelings, too.

Yes, I can see where this is heading. But I don't think it's wrong to still cling on and hoping, even though its prospect is bleak, but there is still that small ray of hope in the distance, that fuels this dream.

I've always been serious in things like this. It's just that I felt that the people around me never taken me seriously.

I am not putting them at fault, it's a repercussion to this image that I have built around me. The ever happy and funny person, cracking jokes and trolling around at its best among his friends and acquaintances.

And yet, there is still that person inside of me behind this mask that yearns affection, that yearns for attention and the four letter "L" word, that yearns for "the one".

Never mind that, I will wait. For good things come to those who are patient. Yes, I'll be patient regarding this matter. Yes, I will and I am able to wait.

Let's just see how this goes.

Joe Brooks-Holes Inside

Ends.

Of 'cuti panjang' and Internship. Oh my!

Salam,

Ok got the shock of my life today. bukak2 tengok sume gambar dalam belog ni dah hilang, digantikan dengan gmbar hitam dengan tanda seru. so, kene edit and delete sume gambar. oh my T.T 

The Sun-paper ni free je. Grab one la uollss! :) 

Lesson learned : lain kali guna external links like photo-sharing websites la kalo nak letak gambar dalam entry. Server blogger macam xley harap sgt je. -no offense- 

Untuk bebudak ipta sekarang ni memang tengah cuti lah. untunglah korang boleh enjoy cuti 2 months full. bagi yang pandai cari duit tu lagi la huntung. Paling kureng pun blh generate dlm RM600-700 la gitu keje part time kan. 

Bagi kami budak2 English Pro, memang takde la nak kata istilah cuti2 ni. Sume cuti panjang between semester digunakan sepenuhnya untuk buat Latihan Industri ni aka LI (internship) lah. 

Kalo bernasib baik bolehla dpt elaun / gaji drpd majikan kita time LI tu kan. Kalo x pun dapat makan free....paling teruk kalo xdapat mende. oh sedihnye *poker face* 

Tapi pape pun, keep positive la kan. Walaupun tak dapat gaji, tapi pengalaman tu tetaplah mende yang paling berharga. 

Untuk aku pulak, since I've secured a place as a trainee journalist at The Sun Penang. Just done with my first week, and so far ok lah. Got to go to places, meet up with people from (almost) all walks of life (yet, because this is just the first week, kan). Ok la so far.

Need to do a lot of reading, learn how to come up with a report that has all the information and also comprehensible for the readers because newspaper readers came from all walks of life. From the mak ciks, uncles, corporate chimps in suits, taxi drivers, etc. etc.

The report needs to be short since we at The Sun has a very limited space. therefore, space constraints. bazinga! 

Oh, and the report must be grammatical too!  If not, then 'malu' lah for us, since we're majoring in English kan. *tsk* *tsk*

My first ever report! Hehe 

So here I am as a young hopeful, hoping to survive in this work environment. My experience so far is just knowing how to handle rude/ annoying restaurant customers who'll always (well, most of the time) come up with uncouth remarks about how our service is bad/slow etc...well, for starters, we've got many customers to handle, not only you lorh~ 

More on that later....(or never, heh =P) 

So that's all for now! 

 Maybe in future entries I'll talk about something else pulak lah,things that will be more appealing such as general interests ke, pape ke. *kalo rajin* 

Ends.