Life was like a box of chocolates.

What I thought of the Syria: 3 Years On event that I went to last night? It was brilliant! The long answer: Both speakers were great. The first speaker really managed to travel the audience all the way to Syria with his stories, especially the one with the prison-borned boy who did not stopped crying. His sharing of the background of the Syrian conflict was very eye-opening since many of us (including the writer himself) were unaware of. Next, the second speaker stroke to the heart with his first-hand experience being there in Syria. With the aid of a couple of videos, he gave us an exclusive insight on the condition of Syrian children; though they were heavily traumatised by the horrors of war and the air of death, they kept on being in school to study. Things got even more emotional the kids shared their ambitions in the video; they never seemed to lose hope, albeit their sufferings, they kept holding on, with their faith in Allah unshaken that the chaos that has clouded ...

A couple of weeks ago my parents told me about my cousin who was diagnosed with a stage four cancer, this week they told me how my uncle having a heart attack. He was performing his umrah with his wife, accompanied by their son and wife. They’ve only just got to Madinah for a couple of days when the incident happened. And again, such a story humbles me. It makes you think, how is it can people get on with their lives worrying about getting a PS4 or whether Arsenal is able to regain their place at the top of the chart in the Premier League when there are people out there, real people who spend their nights with swollen eyes, worrying about their loved ones who are in great pain. Okay maybe the way I’ve just put it made it sound worse than it really is. The way I’ve just expressed it above may have been a little excessive, nevertheless it does not make it any less true. Try this; what is the first thing that comes to mind when you woke up every morning? Is t...

Ku termenung mencari inspirasi di saat daku kebuntuan untuk menyiapkan esei ku. Ketika ku mengalihkan pandangan, mencari inspirasi, tiba2 ku terlihat akan seorang wanita berjalan melintas di hadapan mejaku. Seolah-olah dia dapat membaca fikiran ku, dia menoleh ke arah ku lalu tersenyum. Ku pun kemabli melontarkan senyuman kepadany. Tanpa disangka-sangka, si wanita mula melangkah ke arah ku. Berdebar hatiku seketika.  Tibanya dia di hadapanku, dia bertanya, 'Do u hv an iPhone charger?' Kemudian daku mula fed-up dan kembali menaip esei ku yg baru setengah jalan ku siapkan.  setelah down, daku mula terfikir untuk berborak dengannya. Namun melihatkan dy sgt kerap ulang-alik untuk men'check telefon nya. Ku mula terfikir, ish, ni xde harapan nie. Abort mission. Thus, I concluded my essay with, 'In conclusion, there is only so far monetary policy can go.' I leave the rest to you....... Evernote helps you remember everything and get organized effortlessly....

Sometimes I wish someone would listen, you know? Ok, maybe not sometimes, most of the times would be better.  This is a rough time for me. I have so many things going on in my head right now, and having somebody who would actually want to listen would be great. Well, if that somebody would offer to help or maybe at least offer an opinion that will certainly make my day.  In time like this, to have what people call  friends would be nice.  I guess not everybody is lucky enough to have one of those, huh. A shoulder to cry on, an extra pair of ears that would listen, empathy, all those sort of things. Maybe some people are just meant to go through things on his own. That's neat. What  friends are for, eh.  Evernote helps you remember everything and get organized effortlessly. Download Evernote .

I was a bit thrown off last week when my mom told me that my cousin had cancer. What threw me off was the fact that she was diagnosed with a similar cancer that my aunt from my dad's side died off from last year: stage four, neck cancer. Well, I think it may be neck cancer, judging by the looks of it, a growth coming out of their necks.  Cancer, one of the mysterious diseases to have affected our modern world. What makes them so powerful is the fact that they are silent killers; the causes are mostly vague. But most would point out lifestyle to be one of them, unfortunately given what I have seen, there may not be much truth within such reasoning. In addition to the fact that nobody really understands the reason why cancers affect some more than other, there is no cure for it as well. Ironic don't you think? We claim ourselves as standing on the peak of our civilisation with all these innovative technologies surrounding us, yet we still could not figure out cancer.  ...

The mosque was already packed by the time I got there. Luckily enough, as I was beginning to feel scared that I will not be able to find a place for myself, i spotted an empty space near the shoe rack. What the heck, it's just for an hour at most, so I went straight at it.  For some strange reason, I did not feel sleepy during this week's Friday sermon. Weird, I do feel tired from all those work, but somehow my body was not tired enough to make me feel sleepy.  The Khatib went on the mihrab, with his cane, as usual and thus the sermon began. He spoke of tests, about how Allah tests us all with things to test our faith in Him. The Khatib gave an example of a guy who recently lost his wife. Then it suddenly occurred to me. Wait, isn't that guy is Afiq Walid? His wife just passed away nearly a month ago, I recalled. Sadly, I cannot really remember the exact detail of her passing, I just knew that she is no more, that was all.  I was sad for the guy. He was a ...

So the graduation date has already been announced recently, mine is in early September. SIgh- Well that sure complicates things, now doesn't it?  I can't help but to think of the cost, after crunching some numbers, they all add up to be pretty big, leaving me speechless. I have no idea where are we to fork out the money from, because as far as I am concerned, they are no longer in four figures right now. I may have done some approximations in my cost calculation, but the overall picture thus far is not looking good. If cost is not concerning enough, then there is an issue of timing. The initial plan was to get a job, then take a leave to attend graduation. Unfortunately, the date of my graduation seems to overlap my pre-employment program. Yeay. So this means that it's I either: A) attend my graduation, take few nice picture, then be unemployed for another month, which makes it a total of 3 months of doing just nothing, or B) just skip graduation altogether and get a job.  ...