Dec 28, 2009
Engkau tetap menerima walau terkadang aku alpa, aku lupa, aku tersilap dan khilaf menafsir makna setiap kurniaan dan dugaan. Namun begitu besar kasihMu...Engkau tetap melindungi aku walaupun terkadang aku kalut merungut ketika saat-saat lemahku datang. Aku tidak pernah menafikan hakMu sebagai Khaliq walaupun terkadang aku terbuai dengan kesedihan dan kesakitan yang amat pedih.
Ampunkan aku Ya Allah pabila aku merintih nasibku di hadapanMu. Kalau bukan kepadaMu, kepada siapa lagi harus ku mengadu? Aku tidak pernah menyesali kewujudanku ini Ya Allah...namun aku hanyalah hambaMu yg dhaif dan lemah. Adakalanya aku kurang kesabaran. Ada masanya aku goyah keimanan. Ada masanya aku hampir terikut bisikan syaitan. Namun dengan limpahan kasih sayangMu, Engkau menarikku kembali jauh daripada kesesatan.
Dalam usia begini...aku ingin menjadi lebih dekat padaMu Ya Rahman. Dalam usia yang makin jauh ini...aku ingin lebih merinduiMu Ya Rahiim. Yang ku inginkan hanyalah ketenangan, kekusyukan beribadah, segala kesederhanaan dan kerendahan hati tanpa berhenti menghulur kasih pada yang sudi.
Ya Muhaimin...pimpinlah tangan hambaMu ini...pimpinlah hati hambaMu ini...pimpinlah langkah hambaMu ini akan sentiasa berpijak di atas jalan kebenaran. Ya Al Quddus... sebagai hambaMu yang hina dina, aku takkan mungkin mencapai sempurna, tapi kasihanilah aku... bimbinglah aku sentiasa agar aku mampu meniti titian siratulmustakimMu dengan tenang dan mudah tanpa cela.
Ya Al Hakiim...Hulurkan kepadaku bijaksana agar aku mampu terus memacu kalam keinsanan sehingga tiba masanya Engkau menjemputku pergi.
Terima kasih Ya Allah atas segala takdir yang telah Engkau tentukan untukku. Engkaulah Ya Maha Besar...
Terimalah permohonan hambaMu yang sedang bermusafir di bumiMu ini Ya Al Mudzill.
Dec 16, 2009
Labels: Movie n Tv stuffs
Nov 30, 2009
Labels: Movie n Tv stuffs, reading
Nov 26, 2009
Nov 23, 2009
Labels: Food
Nov 10, 2009
Does your house have a communal bookshelf? If not, is your bookshelf centrally located so everyone has access to it?
Labels: Musing Monday, reading
Nov 2, 2009
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about social reading…
How much of your reading do you share with others (outside of blogging?) Do you belong to a book or library club? Do you trade books with friends? Do you tell others what you’re reading?
Labels: Musing Monday, reading
Oct 23, 2009
Oct 19, 2009
Oct 17, 2009
Once i was seeing this guy & he told me that he could not be the gentleman that i was looking for.. guess he was right.. and we parted as friends..
Labels: Ramblings, relationship
Oct 14, 2009
Labels: Ramblings, relationship
Oct 12, 2009
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books on your top book lists…
This past week, Borders re-released it’s 100 Favourite Books of All Times. Do you vote in these kinds of polls when they arise? Do you look through the list, or seek out books featured?
Labels: Musing Monday, reading
Oct 11, 2009
9. Smooth Sailing On The Friendship
Have you ever lost a friend because they were crushing on you and turning the relationship into something more serious failed? I agree with our Mind of Man. Friends should fall for you and vice versa. If they’re not, something is rotten in the state of your ability to romance. Seek further self-realization.
1. You Can Go To A Crowded Bar And Not Meet Someone
Hot stuff, all you gotta do is smile at some guy and he’ll melt like butter. Bonus points if you can actually get a sentence out.
Labels: relationship
Oct 10, 2009
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I fell in love with Anne of Green Gables after watching the tv series back when i was still in school. I just loved the setting and of course, the main character Anne. However, i never managed to get hold of the book before, somehow.. Better late than never..
The story revolves around Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan who was sent to live with Marilla & Matthew Cuthbert. These elderly sibling originally requested for a boy to help them around their farm, so imagine their surprise when Anne arrived. But Anne managed to charm them with her imagination and love of life despite her origins. This first book in the series follows through Anne's various escapades, along with her "bosom buddy" Diana Barry until her return from Queen's.
Anyway, reading this brought back lots of memories (visuals from the tv series) so i can totally "see" some of Anne's hilarious expressions.. my favourite would be of Anne smashing her board over her classmate, Gilbert Blythe's head for calling her "carrot", resulting in long-term rivalry between them. Totally hilarious..
The only setback about watching the tv series first before the book, i tend to skip LM Montgomery's detailed description of the scenery because it was just too long. But i supposed that if i had read the book first, it would have been essential to vividly paint out the storyline.
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Labels: reading
Oct 7, 2009
I saw Ceri from Not in the Pink's review on this movie & just had to see it for myself.. and boy, was it worth it..
Summary: After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt from the 3rd Rock from the Sun) reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel). Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or not.
Labels: Movie n Tv stuffs
Oct 5, 2009
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books on your wishlist…
Last week we talked about keeping a wishlist. Why not pull out that list and show us some of the books you’ve been eyeing off?
Labels: Musing Monday, reading
Oct 2, 2009
Suggested by Monibo:
Saw this article (from March) and thought it would make a good BTT confessional question:
Two-thirds of Brits have lied about reading books they haven’t. Have you? Why? What book?
Labels: Booking Through Thursday, reading
Oct 1, 2009
I've been so lazy to update my blogs these days.. so many other distractions in the way.. haha..
Labels: Food
Sep 22, 2009
Out of the Blue by Belinda Jones
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The story revolved around Selena Harper, who works on a cruise ship, going from one port to port and loving it. As her latest 2-month leave came around, she finds herself deserted by her newly-engaged best friend. Surprised to find herself feeling homesick, when she has no home to go to in the first place, she agrees to go along with Alekos, to the beautiful island of Crete. She believes him to be a terrible womanizer and only pursuing her because he could not believe that she would reject him. However, the more time she spends with him, she begins to question whether he is truly the person she thought he was..
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Labels: reading
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
If you still haven't heard of the storyline, it's about how a family with a terminally ill child, genetically engineered another to be the Saviour. However, it came to a point where the child, Anna, no longer willing to be her sister's donor, files a lawsuit against her parents for the rights of her own body.
The book did touch on a few difficult topics and given the situation, a very heart-wrenching storyline. However, the book just didnt grab my attention the way it should.
Anyway, i have to say it was an interesting read. i don't hate it, but at the same time, it won't be part of my all-time favorite either.
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Labels: reading
Sep 16, 2009
Sep 14, 2009
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading trends… Do you find yourself forming trends in your reading? Is this a conscious act, influenced by either your own interests or current publishing fads?
Hmm.. that's a tough one.. i guess a little of both.. i like the supernatural related books - fairies, magics, vampires, time travelling etc .. so i tend to be more interested in those.. (think Harry Potter, Time Traveller's Wife, Twilight, Nora Robert trilogies).. but it also depends on what i felt like reading at the time.. i'd go from romance to thriller to religous to motivational, with no reason whatsoever..
However, if i find an author that i like, i'd try out his/her other books.. how i came across these authors could be due to current publishing fads like Dan Brown (i finished all 4 of his books in matter of weeks, but by his 3rd book, the plot was getting too obvious.. or maybe it was coz i read them all in 'one' sitting? )... or promotion of a new movie (currently reading My Sister's Keeper, Cirque Du Freak).. or these days i just pile up my TBR via recommendations by Goodread pals or from book bloggers'review..
Labels: Musing Monday, reading