Thursday, September 30, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

smitten with lurrrveee

yeeaaahhhh..... i'm in love........ hmmm *dreamy look* i'm in love wit melbourne.... went der for three whole days to meet up wit masyita.. hitched a ride wit the malaysian society n played netball for them. apart frm that, i didn't bother attendin their lectures or other programmes. meeting up wit a friend really feels super good esp at times like these. far away, don't see familiar ppl arnd often and suddenly u meet up wit one of ur chums. boy didn't i have fun! heh! i noe how to take free tram rides ok! haha! wanted to leave rite aft the netball match to go to the city but i didn't have small change. i caught a ride on a tram (route 86) and acted blur+tired for 55 freakin stops. i was so worried tt the tram conductors would check! haha! i was so prepared to act like masyita-- pretend innocent, 'oh no! i swear i put it in here somewhere! i really did buy it!' haha!

went to some places. i forgot their names la. some park near st. kilda, brunswick... blah blah blah. i basically bought fridge magnets of the places i saw or went to. it was 70% of walkin arnd the city, 10% sightseeing and the rest was food, food and food. all the nandos are halal in melb! but we didn't eat der... went to a couple of places masyita normally goes to wit her friends... it was great while it lasted! it feels like a dream actually... a slap back to reality. assignments and tests due before the final exams.. Ramadhan comin in abt 2 weeks time... i hope all goes well frm now (pray for my well being my friends!).

oh... i learnt that once u take up a vigorous lifestyle... NEVER LET IT GO! or if u let it go, DON'T resume suddenly! sheesh! my memorabalia i got frm melb? hmmm... i managed to get both my freakin ankles sprained, fell on my bad wrist, hurt my right elbow and some scratches. and i tot paintball was violent. sprained my left ankle due to sheer stupidity la... missed a small step infront of the melbourne library coz i was so engrossed in lookin at the pictures we juz took. i screamed and the whole street could hear. oh! I was wearing my pointed stilletoe boots! that added the umph! haa! the rest of the injuries were due to netball.... i have not played a 1 whole hour game since sec 2. and sudddenly, had to play against terror team. woohoo! of course we lost.. but we managed to clinch the second position! haha! der were 2 teams only.. *sheepish grin*

ps:thanx masyita! had a lovely time! i won't tell ppl u didn't brush ur teeth coz u stayed over at the apartment ok! muahahahaha! see u soon!

+ > the glamour babe posted at 11:38 PM < +

Friday, September 24, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

heya!

not much happenning in da gong at da moment... 3 more essays due before exams. workin on dem la.. my 1 week break has started and playmate, old man n i will b gg to melbourne. yeay.... plannin to meet up wit masyitaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...... heheh! yea.. as u can guess, i don't have much to blog abt.. so... i'll leave some health tips for u readers... enjoy!


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+ > the glamour babe posted at 3:39 AM < +

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

briefing

hah! the skirmish pinnball was superb! good dirty fun! came back with a couple of briuses. the place was fantastic (not air-conditioned fantastic), juz tt their mock fighting area was like the real thing. we had junk yard war, air bag barrier war, wood sniper challenge and there were many more mock places. there's only one place in s'pore that has this skirmish stuff but it uncomparable to the ones here. u can't give the excuse tt s'pore has land constraints please! i tot bout that and i tot again, hey.... why expand horizantally when u can do it vertically? well, instead of covering a vast area of land, u could build or make use of a building and set the levels can't u? maybe our local ppl aren't exposed enough, there's more to life than just shopping, work, eating and soccer (u get wud i mean la).

talked to one of the r-karat klan the day before skirmish. seemed like 2004 is the year for accidents for my bunch of friends. opening ceremony was me, 18th jan. followed by idWos (his r is karat) and followed by the oth 2 when i got back. i hope they're the closing ceremony la. i admire how traumatised accident victims could get over their PTSD quickly. me? i still have my symptoms of PTSD. blame it on my lymbic system i guess. heh! on the way to skirmish, we passed by a one line road (the no overtaking road la). we saw some trees with crucifix and flowers arnd me and i suddenly tensed up. the date didn't help either, it was my 8th month anniversaryof the accident! heh! i felt like crying, seriously. to think tt u could lose ur life juz like that. unorepared, no prayers, no time to say goodbye.... sheesh! i juz wonder how the 3 could get over their fear so easily. i suffer no broken bones while they had at least dislocated theirs. does this difficulty of getting over a fear show weakness itself or does it show passion and appreciation? passionate bout the incident? and appreciation bout life itself? does it even show regret and apprehension? i dunno... i guess it depends on how ppl interpret it. for me, i just can't simply let go. i can't hepl getting flashbacks at every right bends and whenever i hear the song that we last heard right before the accident. i can't sleep during car rides, no matter how sleepy i am.

oh well.... life's meant to be lived... there's always an alternative to everything. there's always the public transport! heh!

really lookin forward to going back! heh! touching down on the 6th, 3am. hah! i don't expect to see even my mum at the airport la. dad sould juz pick me up with the cab.

+ > the glamour babe posted at 12:25 AM < +

Friday, September 17, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

memories

will be goin to skirmish tmr.. reiminds me of my ncc days where we had to go for those tembak tembak stuff (i have seriously forgotten the name for the event!). if u shoot well, u'll get the marksman badge and u'll pin it up on the left side of ur rank. going to camps and getting tortured or we torture other ppl. heh! i was labelled as the queen of torture at a spec course camp. haha! that was one instance that boosted my ego! muahaha! coz i took care of sec 3 boys and i juz loved lookin at their pathetic faces while getting corporal punishments! muahaha! not that i'm with corporal punishments la.. it was juz to entertain me and my buddy. heh!

i guess the good old days are meant to be the OLD days. u can never relieve it, neither can u see ppl living it rite now. what u went through was exclusively yours, no one else's, only that u can share it with the ppl u went through it with. (i'm kinda rambling but i hope u get wud i mean).

some memories are juz so vivid in u tt u think it had happened juz yesterday. i remember during the final day of my udi course and i was arrowed to be the platoon ic to march the rest to the cook house. when we gott back, i was supposed to ask a girl to fall out n meet wit sgt. muthi. instead, i said sgt. muthu and the whole platoon burst into uncontrolled laughter. but hey! i became famous! haha!

the bad memories? well, i think its better to juz forget them rather than repress them. it juz eats up ur heart and it can juz bring u down when u recall the unwanted memory. oh ho! i juz had a test on false memory! heh! sometimes, u can juz mess up ur memory when u're psycho-ed to. for example (in the study i had to rread abt), some family members assured their child- the object of study- tt they had been lost sometime when they were a kid although it wasn't true. the obkect of study really believed it and could even tell the story in detail! the power of the human mind in being able to sway ppl's thoughts and the wekaness of the others who are swayed.

so! if certain memories are meant to be kept, write abt it! no need to add colours to it when u decide to recall. and! if u remember a bad memory, stop and think, 'maybe i'm just exaggerating it?'. hey, if it helps u forget it, why not?

+ > the glamour babe posted at 11:22 PM < +

Monday, September 13, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

update!

whoosh! haven't updated for some time yet so many things to blog abt! hee! the weekend before last (4 & 5th sept) was great. went for a pre n post celebration for playmate n me to sydney. we went to the zoo on the saturday and old man brought us to the turkish rest in auburn. (it was the 4 of us frm the longhouse, as usual). den spent the night at kak ida's. sunday mornin was spent in some sort of a flea market at blacktown. den we went to malaysian fest near darling harbour. i was hoping to 'wash' my eyes but sheesh! nothing very blessed to drool at xept for the performances by the kids. (no, i'm not a paedophile). it was a great weekend thanx to old man and the other man. *winks!*
i missed my movie lecture last monday to meet up wit ex classmate in sydney. flew here for a day and i juz had to meet up wit some s'pore based s'poreans! hee! it felt great to touch base with someone frm home esp when u're away... lepas rindu siket. so playmate n i spent 3 days in sydney basically, mcm takde kerja gitu. when we got back, i finished the report that was hangin over my head for 3 weeks. finished it in time *whew!* oh! forgot to mention! haha! in the mornin, playmate opened up the letter box (aft abt a week of letting the stuff inside rot in der) and she found a birthday card innit. no return add, no name, no id, nothin. so i wanted to 'prasan' tt i have a psycho stalker ah! haha! well.. since my jackets went mysteriously missing last semester, mebbe the psycho was back! hahaha! skali bukan la! ppl we noe! haha! birthday card from woolies ye bang? *wide grin*
tues n wed, i became the object of study for 2 postgrads for psych. they had to put some saline based gel into my hair. i was like ....DAMN!... but when i saw them n they started talkin to me... heehee! i was like...... its allright! u can put more gel into my hair...... hee! oh well.... i juz find these ppl more suave as compared to asian men la... not that i don't like my men..
thursday went well... nothin much happening. friday was good though. initially, wasn't so good coz had to babysit a cranky toddler. i don't mind if its a happy kid but she was super cranky! almost felt like giving her sleeping pills! haha! but we managed to put her to sleep before her parents came for her. i organised a surprise for kak sam coz it was her birthday. hee! made her think tt we forgotten abt it and at 11pm, an hour before her day was over, we appeared at her door with candle lit cake! hee! surprise was an understatement for her! *woohoo!* the following saturday, we went to botanic garden for a picnic of nasi lemak, courtesy of kak sam. she cooked and we brought some side dishes. aft dat, went to watch hindustan at firdaus'. den we went to the mans for dinner. and as we ate, we watched......*JENG*JENG!*.... IRON CHEF! hahahaha! i remember watching it back home wit my mum n sis. nostalgic gitu! hee! den we were discussing bout the fact tt the best chefs are men. den fir said we have better tastebuds. we have good taste and we have good buds. *CORNY!* haha!
yesterday, for the 1st time of 2nd semester, we had no plans! wow! and juz wud did we do? playmate n i went to the library! haha! den the longhouse gang watched australian idol. we seem to be doin most of our stuff together... its like living wit 3 oth ppl instead of juz 1. we even argue on what to cook. haha! sometimes must delegate what to cook and provide. heh! its really fun. the 2 mans keep pissin playmate off, i'll juz laugh. (yah... sometimes join along la). ok ok, most of the time actually. *sheepish grin*
today, went fine. juz found out tt u should not hate mondays coz its a blessed day as Prophet (pbuh) was given birth to on a monday and its a blessed day for Muslims. ok, this is it for this time round (too many this here huh!). Peace!

+ > the glamour babe posted at 8:24 PM < +

Thursday, September 09, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

Isra' Mi'raj

hey all! its a pretty long read but i hope u'll endure la! its for our own benefit too! *winks* it took me a bloody long time to read n fathom coz i think its in bahasa indonesia but... its really really useful.

Maha Suci Allah yang memperjalankan hambaNya (Nabi Muhammad) pada satumalam dari Masjid Haram ke Masjid Aqsa yang kami berkati sekelilingnya,untuk kami perlihatkan kepadanya tanda-tanda Kami. Sesungguhnya Allah MahaMendengar dan Maha Melihat.

(Surah Bani Israil: 1)
Sempena bulan Rejab yang mulia ini, saya ingin merakamkan kisah yang sangatbermakna lagi simbolik dalam sejarah kemanusiaan iaitu Israk dan Mikraj.Kisah ini merupakan rentetan peristiwa yang berlaku ke atas Nabi Muhammadsaw. secara real sebagai satu anugerah dan penghormatan Allah kepadabaginda untuk memberikan satu pengiktirafan yang teragung kepada Penghulusegala nabi dan rasul. Ia juga merupakan satu mukjizat yang tidak diberi kepadamana-mana rasul sebelum ini. Selain itu, ia juga adalah merupakan satuperutusan diraja untuk penyampaian anugerah yang paling agung iaitu solat.Kesemua ibadat seperti zakat, puasa atau haji disampaikan melalui malaikatJibril, tetapi solat oleh sebab ketinggian darjatnya, ia disampaikan secaralangsung melalui satu peristiwa gemilang lagi kudus di antara Rabbul Jalildengan Nabi Muhammad saw. Inilah detik teragung dan pengalaman yang palingmanis buat Nabi Muhammad setelah mengalami tekanan perasaan apabila duaorang penyokong kuatnya iaitu Siti Khadijah dan bapa saudaranya Abu Talibmeninggal dunia.

Perlu dinyatakan di sini bahwa oleh kerana kejadian ini berlaku secara'luarbiasa', kita jangan sekali-kali mempertikaikan kesahehannya. Ia mestidipandang sebagai satu kebenaran sebab ia adalah mukjizat Allah dan jugatermaktub di dalam Al-Quran, sebagaimana yang tercatat di atas. SebenarnyaIsrak Mikraj menguji keimanan kita. Mereka yang percaya adalah manusiapilihan Allah manakala yang meragui kebenaran ini termasuk dalam kumpulanAbu Jahal yang mendustakannya. Manusia pertama yang percaya bulat-bulat100% ialah Saidinia Abu Bakar. Lantas dia digelar As-Siddiq. Perjalanan misteriini adalah melibatkan jasad dan ruh Nabi Muhammad bukannya ruh saja(seperti dalam mimpi) sepertimana yang didakwa oleh orientalis. Dalamkesempatan ini saya perturunkan kisah tersebut secara agak detail supayadapat dikongsi bersama dan dijadikan bahan renungan untuk dijadikan iktibar.Yang baik kita jadikan teladan manakala yang buruk kita jadikan sempadan.

Kejadian Isra' (perjalanan dari Mekah ke Masjid Al-Aqsa di Baitul Maqdis)dan Mikraj (perjalanan dari alam bumi ke alam langit hingga ke SidratulMuntaha) ini berlaku pada malam 27 Rejab setahun sebelum hijrah. Ketikaitu Nabi sedang berbaring-baring bersama Saidina Hamzah dan SaidinaJa'afar di Hijr Ismail (Masjidil Haram), tiba-tiba datang malaikat Jibril danMikail mengangkat Nabi ke telaga Zamzam. Di sana Nabi ditelentangkan danberlakulah pembedahan di mana dada Nabi dibedah untuk dikeluarkan hatinya.Hati nabi dicuci dengan air zamzam. Kemudian dimasukkan semula bersamaunsur ruhani iman dan hikmat. Setelah itu dadanya dijahit dan dimatrikan dengankhatimin nubuwwah. (Kejadian ini menjelaskan kepada kita bahawa peringkatpertama untuk berjalan menuju Allah ialah pembersihan diri dari segi jasmani danrohani).

Selesai Nabi Muhammad menjalani operasi pembersihan jasmani dan rohani,baginda dipersilakan oleh Jibril untuk menunggang sejenis kenderaan yangamat canggih iaitu Buraq (seekor binatang dari alam malakut yang mempunyaipergerakan yang teramat laju). Mengikut satu riwayat Buraq yang dipiliholeh Jibril ini merupakan satu-satunya haiwan yang mempunyai ciri teristimewakerana sejak mendengar nama Nabi Muhammad, ia tidak tahan menanggung rindusehingga tidak lalu untuk makan dan minum, bahkan saban masa duduk menangistersedu-sedu. (Peristiwa ini menggambarkan kepada kita sedangkan seekorhaiwan mempunyai rasa hormat yang amat tinggi terhadap Nabi Muhammad,betapa hal dengan diri kita yang mengaku sebagai umat Muhammad)

Buraq yang dibawa oleh Jibril itu agak liar tetapi bila Jibril mengatakanyang Nabi Muhammad akan naik di belakangnya, badannya berpeluh dan denganrasa malu merendahkan badannya untuk ditunggang oleh Nabi. Buraq terusmembawa Nabi dengan diiringi oleh Jibril di sebelah kanan dan Mikail disebelah kiri. Maka bermulalah perjalanan yang amat bersejarah.

Beberapa minit perjalanan, sampailah di suatu tempat bernama Thaibah(Medina). Di sini Jibril menyuruh Nabi berhenti untuk melakukan solat 2rakaat dan memberitahu di sinilah kelak Nabi akan melakukan hijrah.Kemudian perjalanan diteruskan lagi hingga sampai di satu tempat iaitu BukitTursina, iaitu tempat di mana Nabi Musa menerima wahyu. Di sini Nabi berhentiuntukmelakukan solat dua rakaat. Perhentian seterusnya ialah di Baitul Laham,tempat kelahiran Nabi Isa, di mana Nabi sekali lagi mengerjakan solat.(Peristiwa ini menggambarkan kepada kita tentang perlunya mengerjakan solatsunat apabila singgah di masjid atau di tempat-tempat yang mulia)

Perjalanan diteruskan lagi. Dalam perjalanan ke Baitul Maqdis, Nabidiperlihatkan dengan pelbagai peristiwa simbolik yang ganjil-ganjil. Setiapkali melihatnya, Jibril menerangkan hakikat sebenar peristiwa tersebut. Diantaranya adalah:
* Jin Ifrit membawa obor (api) sambil mengejar Nabi dari belakang Malaikat Jibril ajarkan doa menagkis serangan jin. Apabila Nabi membacanya,jin tersungkur
* Sekumpulan manusia memecahkan kepala sendiri. Apabila bercantumdipecahkan lagi tanpa henti.____Balasan bagi orang yang tidak mengerjakan sembahyang
* Sekumpulan manusia memakai cawat dihalau untuk makan buah berduriyang amat pahit atau api neraka._____Balasan bagi mereka yang tidak mengeluarkan zakat
* Sekumpulan manusia dihidangkan dengan 2 mangkuk berisi daging masakdan daging mentah yang busuk. Mereka memilih daging mentah _____Gambaran manusia yang berzina sedangkan mereka mempunyai pasangan yang sah.
* Beberapa orang tidak berdaya mengangkat seberkas kayu tetapimenambahkan lagi bebanan____Gambaran orang yang diamanahkan sesuatu tugas, walaupun tidak mampumelaksanakannya tapi menerima amanah/tugas lain.
* Beberapa orang menggunting lidah dan bibir sendiri dengan guntingbesi. Apabila bersambung semula digunting lagi tanpa henti._____Perbandingan orang yang menyuruh orang lain berbuat baik tapi dia sendiritidak melakukannya.
* Sekumpulan orang berkuku tembaga menggaru muka dan dadanya sendirisehingga habis daging, namun masih menggaru lagi._____Gambaran orang yang mengumpat dan membuka rahsia orang kepada orang lainserta menjatuhkan maruah mereka.
* Seekor lembu keluar dari satu lubang yang sempit, kemudian cubamasuk semula ke lubang itu tetapi tidak boleh.___Gambaran pasangan lelaki dan perempuan asing berbual perkara lucah,kemudian menyesal tapi tidak mampu menarik perkataannya.
* Seorang lelaki datang dari arah kanan Nabi meminta Nabi berhentiseolah-olah hendak bertanya sesuatu._____Seruan orang Yahudi. Jibril menerangkan jika Nabi melayan, nescaya ramaiumatnya menjadi Yahudi
* Seorang lagi datang dari arah kiri merayu Nabi supaya berhenti_____Seruan orang Nasrani menghalang sebaran Islam
* Seorang wanita dengan perhiasan yang sarat meminta Nabi berhenti____Gambaran tipu daya dunia. Jika Nabi menjawab ramai akan terpesona dengankeduniaan
* Orang tua duduk di tepi jalan seraya menyuruh Nabi berhenti_____Seruan Iblis cuba menghalang usaha dakwah
* Seorang wanita bongkok tiga menahan Nabi untuk bertanya sesuatu_____Gambaran umur dunia yang sangat tua dan tunggu saat untuk kiamat
* Nabi tercium bau yang amat harum_____Tempat Mashitah dibunuh kerana mempertahankan keimanannya sehingga dia dankeluarga menjadi mangsa kepada Firaun.
* Kayu merentangi jalan sehingga menyukakan orang lalu-lalang _____Gambaran orang yang suka berpeleseran dan melepak
* Sekumpulan orang berenang di dalam sungai darah. Mereka dilempardengan batu. Batu-batu itu diambil dan dimakannya. _____Gambaran orang yang makan riba'
* Sekumpulan manusia menanam gandum. Sesaat kemudian berbuah dandituai._____Gambaran orang yang suka membelanjakan harta untuk perjuangan menegakkankalimah Allah.

Selepas menyaksikan pelbagai jenis panorama, akhirnya sampailah mereka diBaitul Maqdis. Di sana telah menanti satu jemaah para nabi terdahulu. NabiMuhammad saw solat tahyatul masjid dan Jibril menyuruh Nabi mengimami solatbersama barisan nabi terdahulu.

Kemudian Nabi dihidangkan dengan tiga gelas minuman berisi susu, arak danmadu. Nabi memilih gelas berisi susu, minuman fitrah manusia.

Selesai upacara Israk, sampai ketika Nabi Muhammad diMikrajkan. Sejenistangga yang canggih seakan escalator membawa Nabi ke angkasa. Makabermulalah episod mikraj dari langit pertama hingga ke tujuh dankemudiannya ke Sidaratul Muntaha. Setiap kali melalui lapisan langit, Jibrilmemberisalam dan sebaik Malaikat penjaga langit membuka pintu, Nabi Muhammad sawdiperkenalkan dengan nabi yang sedia menunggu di situ. Kesemua nabimendoakan kesejahteraan ke atas Nabi Muhammad.

Langit pertama Nabi berjumpa Nabi Adam, bapa segala manusia.
Langit kedua Berjumpa dengan Nabi Isa dan Yahya.
Langit ketiga Berjumpa dengan Nabi Yusof
Langit keempat Berjumpa dengan Nabi Idris
Langit kelima Berjumpa dengan Nabi Harun
Langit keenam Berjumpa dengan Nabi Musa
Langit ketujuh Berjumpa dengan Nabi Ibrahim

Baginda sekembalinya dari mikraj turun ke Baitul Maqdis dan menaiki Buroqke Mekah bersama Jibril. Sampai di Mekah, Buroq dan Jibril meninggalkanNabi berseorangan. Baginda amat sedar bahawa jika diceritakan pengalaman itukepada orangramai, nescaya ramai yang tidak mempercayainya. Betapa merekahendak percaya sedangkan perjalanan unta dari Mekah ke Baitul Maqdis sahajamemakan masa berbulan-bulan tetapi Nabi boleh pergi dan balik dalam masasehari semalam dan ditambah pula dengan naik ke langit hingga SidratulMuntaha. Ketika itu waktu Subuh. Abu Jahal terserempak dengan Nabi. Nabimenceritakan perjalanannya dari Mekah ke Baitul Maqdis semalaman. Abu Jahalyang sememangnya mencari isu yang boleh menghakis kepercayaan orang kepadaNabi, terus mempersendakannya dan berlalu sambil menghebohkan kepadaorangramai. Nabi Muhammad tidak perlu mengumpulkan orang sebab Abu Jahalsendiri sudah berusaha memanggil mereka untuk mendengar cerita 'karut' NabiMuhammad.

Sekumpulan manusia dari Bani Qa'ab dan Luay berkumpul di sekeliling Nabiuntuk mendengar peristiwa yang berlaku. Nabi menceritakan dari awal hinggaakhir apa yang berlaku. Ada yang terpinga-pinga mendengarnya. Tetapisegolongan lain tetap yakin akan kebenaran Nabi. Beberapa orang berjumpaSaidina Abu Bakar dengan harapan Saidina Abu Bakar menyangkal apa yangberlaku. Tetapi dengan tegas Abu Bakar membenarkan segala kata-kata NabiMuhammad.

Demikianlah sekiranya Allah hendak memberikan kebaikan kepada seseorang,diberikannya keimanan kepada Rasul. Sebaliknya jika Allah tidak menghendakikebaikan pada seseorang, maka tetaplah dia dengan kekufuran dan tidakmempercayai pengalaman yang dilalui oleh Nabi Muhammad. Semoga kita semuatermasuk dalam kategori manusia yang beriman dengan Allah dan RasulNya.

+ > the glamour babe posted at 4:16 PM < +

Saturday, September 04, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

good walk

i explored more of my neighbourhood today. i found out that i can actually buy groceries in keiraville apart from franklins, woolies, coles and k-mart (yes, they have k-mart here). yeay! more reason not to get a driving liscence! hee! den playmate n i walked towards home and for the 1st time, i noticed a little pony. i always walk that route home and i tot that area was juz a bushy area with a little river. heh! assumptions are never right (for me la). i thought, you think, who confirm? heheh! corny but its meaningful don't u think? anyway! heh! i was eating the strawberries frm my cream pie when we saw the pony.... hands itchy, i tried to touch the animal la. oh! before i ramble bout touching the pony, i also learnt today that i can speak pony language! muahahaha! it was so far away and i made some funny noises to attract the pony to me... heh! seems like my ambition to be a zookeeper is coming true la. my hist tutor in cj once asked me what i plan to be in the future.. everyone gave such boring answers so i decided to be 'different'. i said ZOOKEEPER! surprisingly he believed me.. he said its zoologist and that's a good career. haha! den in year 2 he asked me what i wanted to be.. and i said SAF personnel. hahaha! and he encouraged me! sheesh! what goes arnd goes arnd. i wanted to be corny, he won me in that category. ok ok! i'll get on wit ma story la. i didn't noe what to do to lure the pony and yearps! i gave him a bit of my pie. aft that. he stuck his head out! haha! i was licked by a pony! haha! its teeth were all yellow n dirty but its juz so cute. i managed to stroke it for a lil while den it went away aft my pie was all gone. i was tellin the 2 mans n fir that the pony had rough 'bulu' (i noe it sounds crude) den fir said the pony muz use pantene. speaking bout lame.... we're full of lame ppl here huh!

lesson learnt for today, always keep ur distance if u don't wanna be deeply involved in anything. it might seem arrogant of me but its for my own good. we're here not to please anyone but God and ourselves (and our parents ah). what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger!

+ > the glamour babe posted at 3:27 AM < +

Friday, September 03, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

a reminder for myself and all

i've been reading the Quran in english and i really recommend all my Muslim friends to do so.... apart frm that, my mum's one long lecture made me reflect upon myself deeply. many things have changed eversince i went back home and i hope its for the better. i'm misunderstood mebbe coz i think too far ahead and ppl arnd me don't see where i'm going... i take that as a challenge and that's not gonna obstruct my opinions abt anything. here's something useful to share..... i may not be the perfect person and i'm sure i make mistakes in life, but i'm not willing at all to carry someone's else sinful burden juz coz i initiated their sinful actions.


Are you one of those people who rarely touches the Qur'an? Or do you read daily, but don't find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the case may be, these are some simple tips that can help you connect with the Qur'an.
1. Before you touch it, check your heart The key to really benefiting from the Qur'an is to check your heart first, before you even touch Allah's book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading it. Is it to just get some information and to let it drift away from you later? Remember that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was described by his wife as a "walking Qur'an": in other words, he didn't just read and recite the Qur'an, he lived it.
2. Do your Wudu (ablution) Doing your Wudu is good physical and mental preparation to remind you you're not reading just another book. You are about to interact with God, so being clean should be a priority when communicating with Him.
3. Read only 5 minutes everyday Too often, we think we should read Qur'an for at least one whole hour. If you aren't in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one, Insya' Allah, you will notice that those five minutes will become ten, then half an hour, then an hour, and maybe even more!
4. Make sure you understand what you've read Five minutes of reading the Qur'an in Arabic is good, but you need to understand what you're reading. Make sure you have a good translation of the Qur'an in the language you understand best. Always try to read the translation of what you've read that day .
5. Remember, the Qur'an is more interactive than a CD In an age of "interactive" CD-Roms and computer programs, a number of people think books are passive and boring. But the Qur'an is not like that. Remember that when you read Qur'an, you are interacting with Allah. He is talking to you, so pay attention.
6.Don't just read, listen too There are now many audio cassettes and CDs of the Qur'an, a number of them with translations as well. This is great to put on your walkman or your car's CD or stereo as you drive to and from work. Use this in addition to your daily Qur'an reading, not as a replacement for it.
7. Make Doa (supplication) Ask Allah to guide you when you read the Qur'an. Your aim is to sincerely, for the love of Allah, interact with Him by reading, understanding and applying His blessed words. Making Doa to Allah for help and guidance will be your best tool for doing this

+ > the glamour babe posted at 1:06 AM < +

conflicts, politics...... a penny for my thought

i'm juz curious.... would someone actually confront a person when they're mad or when they've cool down 1st? well.... i think that its best to clear things up both ways and den let the matter rest. and you should do it aft u cool down. by storming after giving ur piece of mind reflects cowardice rather than dignity to me (others might not think so). poor assesment of situatuons would definitely produce confusion, conflicts and then they'll lead to other stuff. one way communication will definitely make things worse than they already are coz u'll tend to assume bad things. its not easy to maintain a friendship if misunderstandings are not cleared up and especially when one is stubborn enuff not to listen. does it mean u're afraid to lose? does it mean that u're afraid to be wrong?

someone said that the world's a crazy place. i beg to differ. its filled with different kinds of people being juz the way they are. its the power of accepting one's flaws rather than dimissing them as crazy that strenghtens ur character.

+ > the glamour babe posted at 12:38 AM < +

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

hot brown sugah opens her trap yet again

sweet ending

kay..... i actually thwarted playmate's plan to have dinner today instead of yesterday la! hehehe! i wanted to end it all up wit a simple dinner at our normal hangout... as a gesture of appreciation la. so its kinda my fault tt the ppl she really expected to turn up didn't.... sorry feez! she's still a bit disappointed but hey.... the main objective was met.... u got ma spirits higher than ever! heh! made brownie for those who made it happen yesterday served with ice-cream. but i gave 4 of them only .... no time la. and its a cold day. heh! only the 2 mans got the ice-cream. and thankyu to all friends and family back at home who remembered! my main objective was to spend the day with my close ones and i did. eventho they weren't the ppl tt i planned to spend it with originally, they are, in fact, the closest to me... sheesh! i muz be sounding so emotional! heheh! hey..... its juz once in a lifetime wuuuuddd. and feeling special... i wore the new blouse mum juz made me before i got back here..... (yes kakak, ma frens said its nice.... tell mother... she muz be delighted). ok...... i dunno wud else to say now... peace out everybody!

+ > the glamour babe posted at 10:57 PM < +

wrappin up the day and my special thanx

feez was worried tt i didn't go home for my 4hour break juz now coz she's been plannin a surprise up for me. heh! doin work la dear... (bawak diri skali) heh! i sensed somethin fishy when mosman picked us up at the usual place (it'll be playmate pickin us up normally). den, in the car, we had to wait for firdaus... he doesn't come home that early normally. there was suspicious silence in the car as we waited for fir.... when he came, mosman asked where should we go.... den he turned around and i saw a fishy smile.... 1st thing, he normally ain't so kind as to pick us up in sch. he'll wait for us where he parks. 2nd, they attempted to blindfold me. i started laughing hysterically. somethin was definitely up. lin tried to make me wear man's beanie over my eyes but it wasn't possible. den had to cover my eyes wit the beanie instead... one thing for sure, man doesn't wash his red beanie. heheh! but i still adore u man! den! the biggest bummer (frm man n mosman!) mosman asked where the place was... den man said (very loudly) CORRIMAL. kay, i noe foe sure that a halal indian rest is there and i've been meaning to go there eversince last semester. so.... HAH! no use for covering the eyes la! hahaha!

i was so surprised to see syamsul and mat waiting for the 5 of us (me being the star of course! heh!). syamsul got to noe abt this 'surprise' only at 1pm today and he travelled all the way down frm sydney juz to celebrate.... i was realllly rreallllly suuuper touched! and he got me his beloved crystal too on top of juz being there. and mat..... i didn't noe that makin mee goreng for him once had put me in his good, beloved book of friends. heheh! the highlight was of course the birthday cake.... IT WAS A SPONGEBOB CAKE! i'd cry if i could.... seriously! liza was the photographer... heheh! she gave me such funny gifts! i simply love em! hahhaha! a hot pink halo and a wand. hahaha! and not to forget... the aromatheraphy bear! her gifts were colour coordinated.... thanx a million babe! lin n zan gave me a bodyshop voucher and a cute kitty cat b-dae card... man n mat, gift hamper frm body shop (i love the smell u guys!) i'm sure man n mat had a traumatic experience buying me a gift coz they were served by a gay and he was touching them! hahahaha! i simply adore them! (man n mat i mean). den mosman gave a very unexpected n personal gift... his semi autobiography. it was different i'd say.... and frm someone who doesn't often talks abt his family, reading all abt him was something deeply meaningful n symbolic i think. the boys who were there juz grows on me..... eventho they can get really corny.... i juz appreciate them for who they are. its the simple things that they do that makes me and feez appreciate them. and guess what playmate got me? ah! i almost cried here! heheh! SHE GOT ME A SPONGEBOB QUILT COVER SET! OHMAGOSH! i luv u dalam dalam! apart frm that, she also gave me a perfume, a box of ferrero rocher, a little balloon that i'm not afraid of and put them in the cutest kitty cat birthday bag ever.... i love these ppl here..... not coz they gave me the gifts, coz they make me feel appreciated and i love them for that. so here's my deepest gratitude to u guys; feez, man, mosman, liza, fir, lin, mat, kak sam and tho one that really made an effort to come, syamsul. i was really touched..... a 3hour journey to n fro juz to celebrate wit the rest for a couple of hours.... now thats wat i call friendship.

ps: don't be disappointed with the 2 big brudders... their sch work's more impt than the couple of hours we shared. *winks*

+ > the glamour babe posted at 1:31 AM < +