Susah sangat ke?

I remembered when I was 7, my dad asked me whether I could start fasting. He said that since I have entered school, I am a big girl now therefore I need to fast. He even promised that he will give me RM3 for every day that I managed to fast from dawn till dusk. Of course as a 7 year old, its very difficult to me to fast full day. There are too many challenges to face especially the van roti..nyum nyum!

Fast forward 19 years later, I am a 26 years old woman. Every year I look forward for bulan Ramadhan. Its the only time where I can really focus on my family (due to working commitment its difficult to do it on other months) and for some reason Ramadhan has a different aura than any other month.

For me fasting from dawn till dusk is not a big deal for a 26 year old. There are so many people in the world that have to starve to death on a daily basis and having to go without food and water for few hours in a month is no where near to that horrific situation. And for that reason, I have failed to understand when I saw another Muslim adult with a fit physic did not fast during the month of Ramadhan. I am not that religious and far from being perfect, but if doing such ibadah is too difficult too you. Then too bad brother and sister, you have lost my respect.

I am not here to preach and I don't think I'm good enough to tell people what to do. But when you give me petty reason for not fasting, you just making a fool of yourself and not to forget that actually you are telling the whole world how selfish you are.

I am sorry that I failed to understand you. You are so scared of eating in a restaurant with no halal logo but you are not afraid to eat in front of your Muslim colleague during the day. You are the first people who always quote any Quranic verses when you speak but you failed to respect your Muslim friends when they advise you to start fasting. I just don't get it. At the age of 30, susah sangat ke nak puasa?

I don't get it either..:3

P/S: Tak faham kenapa ada orang lebih takut makan babi dari takut balasan Allah sebab tak puasa.

Mission for Ramadhan

Rasa macam tak percaya, rupanya dah sepuluh hari dah puasa. Hurmmm macam sekejap jer. Tak lama lagi Raya pulak. Kalau tengok orang sekeliling, semua dah sakan nak buat persiapan Raya. Baju raya dah siap beli sampai 4-5 pasang, biskut raya sampai penuh rak etc. Orang Malaysia ni kalau bab beraya memang sakan sikit. Biar papa asalkan bergaya lah kan. Lepas raya semua makan maggie. Itu pun kalau duit masih cukup nak beli maggie.

Itu baru cakap pasal perbelanjaan persiapan Ramadhan, kalau tengok persiapan berbuka pun tak kurang hebat. Selagi tak penuh meja, selagi tu rasa nak beli. Pendek kata kalau nak kaya cepat bulan Ramadhan, jadilah tauke bazaar Ramadhan. Jangan risau pasal rasa, kan boleh bagi alasan puasa? Harga pulak boleh charge setinggi mungkin. Yelah, sekarang ni harga semua naik. Inflasi jer dah 3.3% mestilah harga makanan naik 3.3 kali ganda kan?

Actually that was how I am last year. But this year, I have decided to celebrate Ramadhan and the coming Syawal differently. Instead of buying my baju kurung which can cost me hundred of Ringgit and indulging myself at bazaar Ramadhan, I have decided to tailor-made my baju kurung and cook my own food. Memanglah penat nak masak lepas balik kerja, but that is what family members are for. Gotong-royonglah memasak nak berbuka. Kepuasan memang tak dapat nak digambarkan.

Jadi, apa nak buat dengan duit yang lebih? Senang saja. Simpan, menabung ataupun melabur. Sekarang ni senang sangat nak buat duit dengan cara yang elok. Ni tak, sikit-sikit nak join MLM...There are so many ways to have your money work for you. Sekarang harga komoditi emas naik, eloklah kalau nak beli akaun emas kat mana-mana komersial bank. Cukup masa, jual. Kan dapat untung. Kalau tak yakin, ASN, ASB, ASW dan macam-macam lagi safe investment yang kita boleh buat. Kalau tak tau jugak, silalah bertanya. Kalau nak dapat lebih banyak pulangan, lagi elok kalau lebihan duit tu didermakan kepada mereka yang memerlukan. Banyak badan kebajikan yang memerlukan bantuan.

Apa-apa pun, semua ni terpulang pada individu. Tepuk dada, tanya selera.

Tipah Tertipu

Ok I am that Tipah. After nearly a year waiting, TMnet have installed my Unifi as promised (itu pun setelah berjaya diamukkan pada customer service). Tapi...Unifi ni lagi bongok dari Streamyx. Before this, I can easily watch any videos without waiting for the video to load. Now, it took me approximately 1 hour to load a 15 mins video. Oh tolonglah. I decided to instal Unifi is because of their ads saying that it is the fastest broadband in town. But now, speed dia lagi slow daripada Yuki time tak makan. FYI, Yuki ialah kucing gemuk moi yang seberat 8kg. So just imagine berapa laju dia berjalan time dia tak makan.

Does anyone know the phone number for TMnet CEO. Saya rasa seperti mahu mengamuk sekarang. Haish!

This is Yuki the fat cat.

Bon Odori Festival

My little sister is a Japanese culture addict. Anything Japanese, I am sure she can tell you the whole history till its core. She can even speak fluently by watching anime and now I am proud to say that she has pass her Japanese language test conducted by the Japan Foundation (JF) with flying colour *mode kakak yang bangga*.

Last year she had been offered to learn Japanese language exclusively in Japan via a summer program conducted by JF. And boy, I can tell you that it was the happiest moment of her life sampai tak nak balik Malaysia. Nasib baik dia tak mintak jadi warga negara Jepun. During her stay there, she bought two beautiful Yukata. Nak tau apa Yukata? Yukata is a traditional costume that is made from cotton which is common seen wore by the ladies during summer festival such as bon odori. Tak der lah mahal sangat. Its only RM150 per set. Quite cheap if you consider the quality. My sister even learned how to wear the Yukata, coz if you wrapped the Yukata wrongly it would have a different meaning. Nak tau apa meaning dia, silalah tanya Pak Cik Google.

So, since she bought the Yukatas last summer, it has been sitting idle in a closet waiting for us to wear it. Tapi gila lah pulak kalau sekadar nak pakai Yukata tu pegi berjalan kat tengah-tengah KL. Tak pasal-pasal orang kata moi as orang Jepun gila. Therefore, we decided that the best time to make use of the Yukatas is by going to the Bon Odori Festival which was held in Matsushita Stadium Shah Alam last night. My reason to go to the festival? Lots and lots of Japanese food..nyum nyum.

So, we arrived at the Stadium at 6 p.m, the parking is limited and we was told to park at the graveyard. I was like "Biar betul? dah la nanti nak balik gelap"..But we have no choice. It took us almost 10 minutes to walk to the stadium and upon reaching there we were given a fan each by the volunteers. Once we were inside, we can see there are a lot of food stalls selling Japanese food. I feel like I'm in heaven. You can choose any type of food and drink. Eventhough the price is quite expensive tapi oklah. Its authentic Japanese food. After we had our light dinner, we decided to go and seat near the center stage to wait for the event to start. Masa ni lah you can see a sea of people wearing their own definition of Japanese costume. Ada yang boleh menyebabkan anda tergelak guling-guling pun sebab you can see that they are trying to hard sampai jadi fashion victim.

At 7 p.m the event start with a drum performance. My little sister is the one that are most excited. Biasalah dia dah pernah sentuh bendalah tu. She keep on telling us how hard it is to play this thing and yada yada yada. After that the announcer asked everyone to gather at the middle field in circle. Owh acara nak mula dah. On the stage there are a group of teens wearing Yukata, they will show us the step to the bon odori dance. The funny thing is, me and my sis and also her friends have no intention to dance at all. Ingat nak tangkap gambar, makan and balik. But after thinking for a while, might as well we just follow them. Like they say, masuk kandang kambing mengembek and masuk kandang harimau mengaum. And mengaum la akhirnya kami.

Hahaha none of us know how to dance and even though there are people on the stage to lead tapi I guess our hands and feet are not coordinated. Hancur. In the middle of the dance, suddenly we noticed there is a guy with a big camera recording our move for quite sometimes. Scary but we decided to ignore the camera. Buat bodoh jelah kan. I'm not an artist. After the end of round one, a petite lady came to us and ask us whether we are local. I said yes and she said she from local network (tak ingat tv mana) and want to ask us few questions. We thought what harm could it be, so layan je lah. After the interview, the second round start and to our surprise the crew had decided to record our steps all the way till the end of round 2. Oh my! Gila step hancus and muka serabai. At first we thought of running but there is this one Japanese uncle keep on giving us words of encouragement so we decided to continue. Apa lagi, kami pun menari sampai habis round 3.

We decided to call it a night at 9 pm since I think it is kinda scary to walk to the car when its too late. So berjalan lah kami berempat melalui kubur Melayu, Cina dan India (like a friend of my sister said "Kubur 1Malaysia"). Since we only had light dinner, all of us decided to go to McDonald Section 3 for supper. When we reached there all eyes were on us. Yelah mesti semua orang dok fikir, Jepun mana lah sesat kat Shah Alam ni pakai Yukata berselirat. But with our ability to keep on our poker face, we managed to eat our food happily. Tired, happy and satisfied, we continue our journey home and sleep with a happy thought.

Waking up to reality

Been away from the reality for quite sometime. Its not like anybody care but for once I think it is the best thing I ever done. For the past one month, I've been reflecting on life and what I want to do with it. I've lost someone that I love so dearly coz he decided to end his life. There is nothing I could do to change the fact that he is not here with me. No tears can ever bring him back to life again. I hope he is happy with his decision no matter where he is now. I shall stop lingering on the past and start living in the present. I should be thankful for what I've got now. My family, my friend and my career (though it can be a pain in the arse sometimes).

I turned 26 last May. Yeayyy I'm a year older but I still have so many things to learn. After all, life is all about learning. Work is still work. Nothing change. We are still busy becoming the unsung heroes for the nation's greater good. I have decided to be a happy and healthy woman by taking care of myself and doing the right thing. One thing that I'm proud of is I never failed to go to the gym every single day and I have registered myself to join a marathon (ok walaupun marathon tu hanyalah sejauh 5km...who cares).

Ok itu sahaja yang saya boleh update for this time. Need to prepare ingredients for my sushi potluck tomorrow. Gonna update something soon!

pic: Google

Emotionally Exhausted

You enter my life uninvited,
Filling me with all the empty promises,
For once,
I'm letting my guard down,

Suddenly,
You decided to leave,
Thinking I'll be okay on my own,
Thinking I am strong enough to push everything through,

But,
I'm not!

Attention whore

No one cares what you want to do
People will not die without you
What ever you do
It would not change the fact that you are just
An attention whore!!


P/S: Honey, the world does not evolve around you..Buzz off!