This one is for you!

Assalamualaikum readers. Uh, no this is not for all if you even though it says so in the title. Heh. Sorry. Rather, this one is for JOR!

Yes, you Jormasnidah Jormasie aka Miss Lisa Bentley! Haha.

Anyway, I know you've been very very curious about this, so I'm writing just to let you know, I am to meet my "boyfriend" soon! (cheh) :P :P

Helpful? I guess not. Keep guessing Jor :)

We love you!

xoxo
Thornbank girls

two of the Tumbing Restaurants waitresses are on BBC

Assalamualaikum

In this post, you will finally get to see all the Thornbankers, which also equals to the owner and waitress of Tunbing Restaurants, just near the Tambing ;) (promotion sekajap aa). What we had recently? LOTS actually but since i need to sprint my foot to somewhere, I will just going to write a brief ones, yea. Hope the housemates would not mind :) Last Tuesday night, we somewhat went to this Italy Restaurant, more like a sweet escape. for all of us. "lawa jua You malam ani, Baby" - For Wani, ('cos i know she LOVVEEs to hear that!) HAHA.. Another promotion here, you all need to go there!!! If mau cheaper, try to check StudentBeans more frequent. sounds macam cheapskate, kah? :P oh well, that's what happened when the owner of Tunbing Restuarants refused to increase our salary! note to Emma! :P

this is what happen when we give them too much milk :P A guy passed by and said "oh! it's milk!"

Most recently; kemarin, where Bath Islamic Society was holding an event just to celebrate Eid Mubarak. I was quite impressed with the people who came yesterday, in a way that we are all the same, humans. Aimi and I seriously thought it was only for the students but nah, we were wrong. For me, i experienced meeting a lot of new people yesterday, not saying i am too friendly or what but yea. Macam arah orang kawin pulang jua rasanya~ hehe.. I kind of miss the atmosphere where the children are playing around with their balloons, where most of the women are wearing their scarfs and carrying their babies everywhere but yea, we had that yesterday. Sometimes i envy them pasal they got to stay here with their families where we aren't. But looking at the brighter side, BANYAK we gain from this experience kan, which i think too much to mention here.

Our new basement :) HEHEHE..

p/s: you know who am i :P (kan nisah!! :P)
i know the title has got nothing to do with the post! HEHE..

This will be....

the MOST random post ever. I just woke up and I immediately opened the BROWNEST curtain in my room expecting the sun to shine on me and as I stretched my body at its LONGEST time...*doing a lot of grunting while stretching* FYI,in the morning, my face is usually the WHITEST face you'll ever see. So imagine..a white ghost stretching on your neighbors see through internal balcony. So as I stretch and grunt...I paused! Then there was someone all this while exactly right in front me but on the external side. LOLEST!? (the most lol, geddit?) He must've been as SHOCKED as me. Anyways,without further delays,I instantly closed the curtian at my STRONGEST motion ever..and for the sake of modesty,I took a picture of him. hahah.

Tadaaaa....
"He wasnt even looking at me..He was busy washing his car!"

He was not in front of me...but 'literally' he was.Btw, another FYI, just after I woke up,I ate this HUGE random gum and this must be the trails of it plus the trails of STRESSFULLNESS. Thus, it aint my fault! ;P~

p.s. Pointless?.....Maybe. Pure entertainment? Fo sho! (for sure!)

Hot story!!

Salam guys.

Eh eh, hooot stooorrryyy yooo! *Amal's voice* :)

Sekarang aku di library. Sekalinya ada bini-bini ani wah, duduk dapan ku. I know, I know, I should be doing work, not looking at people, but... H-O-T yo!! Banar! Telefonnya lagi balik-balik bunyi tu. Popular jua tu..

Sekalinya ia baca buku ani wah. The Art of Infinite. Makes you think what she's taking eh?

Awu aku random.

Assalamualaikum :)

Stepping in to the puddle!

Salam readers.

What is it with rain and Bath? Seriously, I do wonder. Is it because Bath is named as such that we have rainy days for weeks? FYI, Bath rained everyday this week so far. Without exception! I suppose, andangnya kali sudah kana plan macam ani so that everytime kami ke uni, kami pakai payung and/or waterproof boots, so that inda sia-sia kami bali payung and the boots, so that kami inda kana masukkan dalam kategori membazir... kah? *Shrugs*

Tapi Syukur Alhamdulillah, ada hujan. Mun panas berabis, ngalih saja bayar extra cost for air-con. Atleast kalau hujan, makin banyak air di dunia. Inda ja? Jaaa! Manada... water cycle fixed kali ahh. Mun hujan banyak pun, inda jua increase the amount of water di dunia ani. :)

Did you know that, water made up 70% of the Earth surface? And of this 70% of water coverage, 97.5% of it is in ocean form. Massive banar! And actually, the amount of water available for us is just 2.5%. Kesian tani... And remember, this is out of 70%, not 100%. Calculate tia, lagi tah sikit the amount...

So okay, let's take the small percentage of water that's available for us. I.e. to be shared between all creation of Allah; human beings, animals, plants, etc. And let's call this... x%. So with this x% of water, basically we can have the commodity for a hot soak in the bathtub, wash our clothes so that we'll smell nice (p.s. ikut brand detergent lah jua ni ah :P), feed ourselves, dapat buat pasta or indomie and cucur pisang... etc.

If we were to delve deeper, x% of water (or less lah ah since tani sudah pakai some of this amount for all the commodities above) can encompass the manufacturing industry, such that the effect is what we are having and enjoying at the moment. Buat baju and coats for winter season, buat stokin thermal, buat Robinson (random pasal atm, aku taisliur Robinson hehe), apalagi.. manufacture of plastic for bottles or file utk simpan notes or bags or laptop or iPod/iTouch or (paham lah sudah ni ahh! Inda lagi ku tefikir apa :P) Pokoknya, macam-macam lah tani dapat, untuk tani enjoy!

My point is? I do have a point to say!

With just this x% of water, we gained a lot of worldly pleasures. Lavish lifestyle (for some), exquisite food supply, better quality of living conditions, semua lah.

But it's funny that, despite all these things that has been bestowed for us as a rahmat, we are too arrogant to even say thank you to the One providing us with all these nikmat. Is it really that hard, to stop and think for a while, where did we get all these things? Surely, all the nikmat didn't just come out of thin air, right? Is it really hard to say, at the very least, Syukur Alhamdulillah?

Having said that, let's reflect at this hadith:

"By Allah, this world (is so insignificant in comparison) to the Hereafter that if one of you should dip his finger in the ocean and then he should see as to what has stuck to it……" (Sahih Muslim)

So now, let's see. What is it that'll stuck (i.e. cling) to your finger when you dip it in the ocean? Jangan pulang cari ocean banar... air dalam cawan pun boleh kalau kan experiment :) Aku saja lah yang cuba. Boleh pulang kamu cuba jua, but then kalau ku tunggu answer everyone, inda bejalan ni post ah *winks*

Anyway, what clings on our fingertip is JUST a droplet of water. And from the hadith, this one drop of water is DUNYA - all these nikmat we've got to thank for, all the blissful things we enjoyed so far. And in comparison with the rest of the ocean, which is what's there in the Hereafter i.e. Jannah, Subhanallah, this amount is very very very small.

And this very very very small amount equals to the nikmat we get from the x% of water PLUS all the other nikmat that we get from air, fauna, flora, the changing of day and night, etc.

MasyaAllah. And to think, we seldom even say Thank You Allah for everything we've got. Did we, in our daily life, stop and have a look around, look at what this world i.e. dunya has got to offer - be it the mall or people or food or scenic environment - and say, "Wow, everything is created by Allah" or "Syukur Alhamdulillah" or "Thank You Allah for everything, All Praises is For You?"

Inda kan? Ok, bagi chan lah, ada lah ah, kadang-kadang. Tapi what do we usually say? "Waah! Lawa jua..." OR "Siuk ehh, basar shopping mall nya ah!" Inda ja?

So, let's pause and ponder about this.

Maybe I have not deliver this as good as it should have been, maybe you're not affected by these rhetorical words written here, but for what it's worth, all the good things come from Allah and others are from me.

:)
Assalamualaikum!

In fairness of things...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Bismillahhir Rahmaannir Raheem

‘All praise is for Allaah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the Resurrection.’

These are the words that escape my lips as I woke up. The splattering rain can be heard from the window. It’s raining again, I thought.

With the extra knowledge gained over the weekend, I go about wondering what I should do next. It reminds me really of what I should be doing here. At times it scares me – not in a bad way. But then again, to Allah is all praises, I am sure He will show me His Guidance along the way.

Having said that, I was overcome with joy when a friend of mine realizes the true meaning of Islam. Really, it was simple. I remembered once, another friend of mine recommended him about the documentary “The Arrivals.” I remembered us talking about it, and we were urging him to watch it.

He did eventually. And MasyaAllah, the impact it had on him was astonishing. He was watching this one episode (I don’t know which) and apparently it scared him real bad. I mean, when you think about it… yes, the documentary does makes you become more aware of what is happening around us. To him, the documentary curdled his blood. His heart was beating with each revelation that was shown. His hands were literally shaking. He said, none of the scary movies he’d watched before can compare to this. I mean, of course! After all, this is the truth. It’s happening, even now!

Anyway, so as soon as he became aware of all the things that we fell for, he literally deleted from his laptop all his music, all his movies and tv series… everything! He wants no association with what had been planted all these times by ‘those’ people. He said and I quote, “Yes, I prayed before. But now, every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness for I know I have done a lot (of sins).” “I am really ashamed…”

So, if that can be his turning point, do you think it’s safe to assume that that can also be ours? Maybe. But until you’ve watched it, I guess you’ll never know.

So now, we have a pact. Well, in a sense. We agreed on each one of us will have to remind each other so as to not be drawn to all the manipulative things that appears right to our susceptible minds. InsyaAllah. Again, as a self reminder, this is what’s expected from you by our Lord.

*blank*

Oh. And yeah, you know the song we had in Bamsa night last year, “Here in my home”? So I had the lyrics changed – to accommodate my view on the topic we had last time. (Okay, some of you may not understand this, but then again, this is the way it’s supposed to be. To the others, this is for you!)

Hold on, sisters hold on,
The road is long,
(But) we gotta keep moving on,
We are strong, this ain’t heavy!

Cool, no? Haha. At least I think so! :P

x
Assalamualaikum

Sheer boredom leads to...

Salam guys.

Warning: I think tau kali kamu eh kalau ada warning ani gerenti tah random. But just to add, this one will be random+rojak!

Cubatah ada post magically appear hehe. Keyword: cubatah. Sorry ah kamu, busy saja wah kami of the late. InsyaAllah, masa cuti, berabis tah kali kami ni. Yeah, right! LOL. Inda pulang kali tu, because kalau cuti kami main-main tia, mikin tia pulang inda be update. Susah jua ah. Hmm.

Anyway, yeah. Hari ani berangin. Nyaman. Macam be aircon di Brunei rasanya.. Iatah tadi wah masa lecture, lecturer ku ani balum lagi habis lecture wah, even though masanya habis sudah, pasal ia mau habiskan jua ia punya material hari atu. Majal. Anyway, sekalinya suddenly pintu lecture room atu kana buka and ada this group of students lah liat ke dalam. Sekali the girl in front, macam nada saja ia masuk. Laju lagi tu jalannya. Kawannya yang lain inda masuk pasal dorang realize bukan dorang punya lecture. Lapas atu masa kawannya panggil ia suruh keluar balik, ia macam bangang and tekajut. Sekalinya ia liat kami sekali lagi, pastu ia tunduk, malu and ketawa2, lapas atu belari ke luar. Kesian wah the girl, ia pikir ia late lagi tu. Tapi kami ketawa pulang pasal cali. Aduii.. I know, nada point sebenarnya this post.

Haha.

Oh yeah, tadi kami solat wah. And in the middle of wirid, ada tia phone bunyi. Ada orang call. The receiver of the call jawab lah kan. Sekali the caller ani cakap nyaring wah, aku yang duduk-duduk di bilik atu kedangaran lah conversation nya a bit. I wasn’t eavesdropping btw! Haha. Anyway, sekali the caller said, “Hey (insert the receiver name)! I want to ask you something. But you must never tell (insert my name) about this because bla bla bla…”

After that point, aku ketawa-ketawa wah! Macam… spoil!! Pacah. Although, inda pulang ku dangar banar apa dorang cakapkan after that pasal aku ketawa-ketawa. Haha.

Now it’s 10 ish. Ngantuk ku sudah yo! Awu tadi awal ku bangun. Anyway, iatah, two nights ago, I was doing some reading. I skipped my dinner so I was a bit hungry. A bit. Kiranya, I can wait till breakfast lah tu ah. Pasal ngalih ku jua sudah wah, so aku masuk katil and was doing some reading… Sekalinya, antah ah… Lapar banar tah kali bah! Haha. Ada this particular equation in the passage, it was suppose to be Hagen-Poiseuille equation. Sekalinya apanah! Aku baca, Haagen-Daz equation. HAHAHA. Literally ku blink mataku balik-balik and giling-giling kepala macam in the cartoons, just to see if I was reading the right thing or not. HAHA. Pacah eh. Ketawa-ketawa ku masa kan tidur olehnya.

Now to think of it, banyak kali jua aku ketawa this week ah. Takut ku menangis anytime soon.

Okay, so... the randomness in me is disappearing now. A more meaning post next time? InsyaAllah.

Bye for now.
Assalamualaikum.