Today is sunday (duhh..). So it's been quite a while since i updated my blog. I didn't do much these few days. I went to Bankstown last thursday to eat something that I've always wanted to, that is McDonalds!!! Actually i went to punchbowl because from what was stated in the halal guide, halal McD should be in punchbowl, but unfortunately the information was wrong. Kinda dissapointed, but the taxi driver took me to this one mall where there're lots and lots and LOTS of halal foods, including KFC, but not McD (i took a cab bcoz i've lost my sense of direction). It costs $20 for both return ride (WTH so expensive!!! It wasn't that far, just 5 minutes ride). Anyway, when i was inside the building, i saw a lot of women wearing hijab and also lebanese-looking individuals, so i guess this must be one of the town where muslim's population is the majority. After walking through and looking at the shops (its all dull-looking shops, not bother to enter) i saw McD! There was a long queue, but i came this far to eat McD and i wont let this opportunity go! When i was at the counter, i asked the cashier whether the food is halal or not. Sadly, it's not. So i guess i just have to eat KFC. There i go, searching for KFC. After a few minutes of walking, i saw KFC but suprisingly i saw another McD, which doesn't make any sense! (why do u need 2 McDs in one mall??? This mall wasn't huge like Time Square) So this brought me to the cashier and suddenly i saw "Bankstown's McDonald now serving Halal food". OMG! The moment i've been waiting for has finally arrived! I ordered BigMac & Double Cheeseburger set and it costs only $10.20~~~(faint for 5 seconds...)
It was so good (actually it taste the same as the one in Malaysia, but i love exaggerating! lol) Anyway, its worth $20 of taxi rides (WTH so expensive!!!)
Last Friday was boxing day and let me tell u guys, there are too many MORTALS in the city! I cant even shop bcoz there are just too many people! The longest queue was at Gucci (didn't expect that) and most of them are Asians of the same age as me (again, didn't expect that). Ya Allah, I'm so jealous with them. They can afford to buy Gucci & LV & Burberry at my age!!! I dont even dare to go inside. But then again these stuff wasn't what i need to be successful in this world and the world hereafter, so i dont really bother :)
So here i am again on my bedroom, waiting for Syafiq Husni and Naim to arrive from their 2 weeks journey of fruitpicking. I guess they made big bucks. When will i get a job........
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
As bored as it seems...
I've just noticed how my blogs have been full of my whinings about boredom! well, what do u expect when u live all by urself in Sydney. There're not many things to do, that's for sure! I went to the city yesterday to buy a new sandal and it's quite hard to get a nice one, atleast the one that suits my taste. Plus, there're not many selections for men's footwear. I reckoned they don't really get demands for these sort of stuff. Anyway, i bought one which wasn't pretty though, but it's quite comfy. I went home straight away after i bought that sandal (just incase i ran into something fancy and spend more money.....lol), speaking of which, i do realize how i've been spending my money like spoilt brat these few days (sigh). It has been some sort of hobby for me to do when i'm EXTREMELY BORED, to go out and spend my cash on whatever i find fancy. But the sandal's price wasn't exorbitant, so i guess i've spent my money wisely. Speaking of today, I didnt go out at ALL because I dont have any idea where i should go. I wanna go to Lakemba or Auburn to eat halal McDonald, but those places are quite far (far=more money). Its time for me to spend my money moderately (but i've been saying that for ages, lol). Nah, it's ok to spend money on food, atleast it makes me feel good :)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse: 1-20
Upon reading the translation of Quran which was written in Malay, I have a sudden urge to write it onto my blog. The Prophet Muhammad SAW (SAW = salallahu 'alaihi wasallam = peace be upon him) once said
"People will not sit remembering God without the angles surrounding them, mercy covering them and peace decending on them" (Muslim)
It is very important to remember Allah in our daily lives, not just in our prayers as it is our religion that will guide us to the right path. Let us all be in the group of people as mentioned above by our beloved prophet. I've decided to post the translation in English occasionally besides some updates of my life. Pardon me for any grammar mistakes as I'm not the best person to write materials in english, but i'll try to make it simple and understandable. For those who have time to read, please keep yourself updated with the translation, atleast it will benefit you.
Surah al-Baqarah is the second surah in Quran and was descended in Madinah.
" There is no doubts in Quran which has been the guidance for people with strong faith (takwa) and they have strong belief in the unseen matter (ghaib), perform their prayer (solat), allocate some part of their properties for the path of Allah, believes in Quran and other holy books that have been descended before Muhammad SAW and also have strong faith in the world hereafter (kiamat). These people obtained the guidance from Allah and are the successful ones. Those whom has no faith (kafir) will never have faith whether they were reminded or not. Allah has made their heart dead and also their ear and their views have been blinded from seeing the truth and they have been prepared with horrible torments (azab) in the hereafter. There is one group of mankind who says that they have faith in Allah and the hereafter but they are not what they say. They wish to fool Allah and the people of strong faiths but they didn't notice that they were fooling themselves. This is because there is a disease in their heart and Allah adds even more diseases to them and they will receive unbareable torments because of what they have done. When they were told not to perform disruptions on earth, they will say that they are the ones who perform good deeds, but the truth is they are the ones who disrupt the earth and they didn't know it. When they were told to obey as the ones whom obey Allah, they would question whether they should obey as those foolish people, but they are the foolish ones and they didn't know it.When they were with people of strong faith (iman), they will utter on their strong faith to Allah but when they were with the devils (syaitan), they will say "we will always be with you" and were faking on their faith to Allah. Allah shall punish for what they have done and let them lost in their world of fakeness. These people are the ones who buy the confusion by leaving the guidance and this business they're dealing with won't give any profiit and they won't obtain the guidance from Allah. The situation they're in is similar to a person who ignite a fire in dark. The fire lights the surroundings but Allah douse the fire and let that person rubs in the dark. These people are deaf, mute and blind and can't preceive the truth. Their situation is also similar to a person in a heavy rain with thunder and lightning; they plug-in their ears with their fingernails because of their fear of death, but Allah knows everything. The lightning came very close to their sights and gives the brightness for them to walk in the dark. When the light goes off, they'll come to a halt and waits in confusion. Their ability to see and hear will definitely come to and end if Allah desires so as Allah is the greatest above anything else."
verse: 1-20
"People will not sit remembering God without the angles surrounding them, mercy covering them and peace decending on them" (Muslim)
It is very important to remember Allah in our daily lives, not just in our prayers as it is our religion that will guide us to the right path. Let us all be in the group of people as mentioned above by our beloved prophet. I've decided to post the translation in English occasionally besides some updates of my life. Pardon me for any grammar mistakes as I'm not the best person to write materials in english, but i'll try to make it simple and understandable. For those who have time to read, please keep yourself updated with the translation, atleast it will benefit you.
Surah al-Baqarah is the second surah in Quran and was descended in Madinah.
" There is no doubts in Quran which has been the guidance for people with strong faith (takwa) and they have strong belief in the unseen matter (ghaib), perform their prayer (solat), allocate some part of their properties for the path of Allah, believes in Quran and other holy books that have been descended before Muhammad SAW and also have strong faith in the world hereafter (kiamat). These people obtained the guidance from Allah and are the successful ones. Those whom has no faith (kafir) will never have faith whether they were reminded or not. Allah has made their heart dead and also their ear and their views have been blinded from seeing the truth and they have been prepared with horrible torments (azab) in the hereafter. There is one group of mankind who says that they have faith in Allah and the hereafter but they are not what they say. They wish to fool Allah and the people of strong faiths but they didn't notice that they were fooling themselves. This is because there is a disease in their heart and Allah adds even more diseases to them and they will receive unbareable torments because of what they have done. When they were told not to perform disruptions on earth, they will say that they are the ones who perform good deeds, but the truth is they are the ones who disrupt the earth and they didn't know it. When they were told to obey as the ones whom obey Allah, they would question whether they should obey as those foolish people, but they are the foolish ones and they didn't know it.When they were with people of strong faith (iman), they will utter on their strong faith to Allah but when they were with the devils (syaitan), they will say "we will always be with you" and were faking on their faith to Allah. Allah shall punish for what they have done and let them lost in their world of fakeness. These people are the ones who buy the confusion by leaving the guidance and this business they're dealing with won't give any profiit and they won't obtain the guidance from Allah. The situation they're in is similar to a person who ignite a fire in dark. The fire lights the surroundings but Allah douse the fire and let that person rubs in the dark. These people are deaf, mute and blind and can't preceive the truth. Their situation is also similar to a person in a heavy rain with thunder and lightning; they plug-in their ears with their fingernails because of their fear of death, but Allah knows everything. The lightning came very close to their sights and gives the brightness for them to walk in the dark. When the light goes off, they'll come to a halt and waits in confusion. Their ability to see and hear will definitely come to and end if Allah desires so as Allah is the greatest above anything else."
verse: 1-20
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
My ugly-duckling blog
Errr, anyone notice about my hideous looking blog? Why is the 'links to this post' links looks distorted???? How do i change that!!! And my blog looks super spacious! And super WHITE!!!
should i change the theme or what? i need ur assistance Afif.... :(
should i change the theme or what? i need ur assistance Afif.... :(
An update of thoughts
It's been very dark and gloomy today. After 2 days of dry sunny weather, it's finally raining again. I've got my weekly pass that costs $31.20 (the shop owner charged 20cents because i didn't pay cash, wth!!!) that should get me around sydney until 21 Dec but here i am sitting in front of my laptop with nothing to do. i have no idea where i should be spending my days other than my own bed. i've been eating, reading books, playing dota and sleeping on this bed. (oh well, atleast i didn't spend any money.......today)
Christmas is just around the corner and the malls have been crowded with people. I've been to Eastgardens, Broadway and Bondi Junction these few days just to have a look on how they celebrate christmas in Sydney. It is definitely different from Malaysia and you can always see pretty displays of "christmas stuff". (I dont really know what they are but it's the same as the one in the Mr. Bean's sitcom - the one with christmas theme). I didn't shop for stuff because I don't really need anything at the moment, just some food and lots of ferrero rocher :)
As usual, it has been VERY BORING and all i can do was to play dota or wait for my friends to get online to chat. I wonder what I'd be doing right now if I'm in Malaysia. Maybe eat, and eat and eat!!!! I wanna eat Malaysian food :(
I guess that's it for my long babble of thoughts. Just wanna have a good game of dota now. Let's kill and be killed....... :)
Christmas is just around the corner and the malls have been crowded with people. I've been to Eastgardens, Broadway and Bondi Junction these few days just to have a look on how they celebrate christmas in Sydney. It is definitely different from Malaysia and you can always see pretty displays of "christmas stuff". (I dont really know what they are but it's the same as the one in the Mr. Bean's sitcom - the one with christmas theme). I didn't shop for stuff because I don't really need anything at the moment, just some food and lots of ferrero rocher :)
As usual, it has been VERY BORING and all i can do was to play dota or wait for my friends to get online to chat. I wonder what I'd be doing right now if I'm in Malaysia. Maybe eat, and eat and eat!!!! I wanna eat Malaysian food :(
I guess that's it for my long babble of thoughts. Just wanna have a good game of dota now. Let's kill and be killed....... :)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Alone in nowhere....
Today was a very peculiar day for me. It's 10.43 pm at the moment. It's totally dark outside, not even a trace of light from anywhere. I was embraced by a miserable feeling of loneliness, again (after several days of being alone, i thought i can get on with this life, but it turns out the opposite). It was completely quiet, there's not even a sound of people walking past my house, as if i'm staying in a jungle (even in jungle u can hear sounds of whatever there are in the jungle, but all i can hear was the sound of my laptop). There're usually lots of people in this area even at night but somehow tonight was a total bizzare. I felt terribly lonely, no one is online for me to chat with, cant really call faiq or poji or bash because i'm guessing they have gone to bed. I really hope they'll be back asap (eventhough i know faiq n acap will be going back to Malaysia early next month). Allah, give me ur strength because I'm really weak.....
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