Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Angguk Geleng

Angguk Geleng: Himpunan Kisah Dakwah SatiraAngguk Geleng: Himpunan Kisah Dakwah Satira by Pahrol Mohamad Juoi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Sebuah buku yang mengumpulkan kisah-kisah pendek yang penuh teladan jika kita membaca dengan pemikiran terbuka dan mendalami kisah-kisah tersebut dengan hati. Ada berpuluh-puluh kisah dalam buku ini dan ada 5 kisah yang menjadi kegemaran saya iaitu 'Dengar dengan Hati', 'Miskin kerana Malas', 'Tidak Ada Kebaikan yang Sia-sia', 'Siapa yang Kaya?' dan 'Semua ada dalam Al-Quran'. Sesuai untuk semua.

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

the new year dilemma

Esok dah nak keje balik. Blank. Blur. Selepas 5 hari bersuka ria tak buat apa-apa. Truth be told I'm not that excited to go back to work. I know it's not a good feeling but I can't do anything about it. I can't tell my heart to not feel what I'm feeling. My job is good. I am good. I'm not sure why I always find it difficult to insert happiness in that job + I equation. There's a few things in my new year resolution, and when I read 'em back, none of 'em include anything about work. Yeah, in my heart I know that I want to do my job better this year but that's just because I know it is something expected of me by my boss and my colleagues. I know I can't just slack myself intentionally because it will affect my colleagues, our tasks are connected with each other. To get the job done, everyone has to do their part. That I know and understand good enough.

In my new year resolutions, there's no major or 'operation-change-the-world' kind of thing. They are just small things that I want to do and I want to improve in my life. Start small but it's all workable. It's a working process. I didn't make any new year resolution last year and anything before that had probably been wiped clean from the thrash bin folder of my mind. So let's start anew. 

People expects that after a decade, I would've probably be in a safe and stable condition but honestly, I don't think I am. I know where am I at this stage and I am not quite happy about it. What has passed is passed and there's nothing I can do about it. But I can surely do something about the future. And to do something about the future is to act now. The present time.

Phases in your life, it keeps changing. In my life I have found something, I have kept something, I have discarded something, I have wasted something, I have treasured something, and I have learned a lot of things. But there's more to be found, to be kept, to be discarded, to not be wasted, to be treasured and to be learned.

I met so many things that I hate but I have to tell myself that not everything that I hate is bad for me. I found things that I love but I am reminded that not everything I love is good for me. I experienced bad and good things and I know that both have taught me new lessons.

I have a physical diary that I write on almost everyday, I also write in my Facebook yet today I am compelled to write in this blog of mine that I haven't touched since many many months ago. These things also have their own phases.... or trends, as we know it. There was the time where blogging is the 'in' thing. Then we just felt lazy to write so many things, we then just put out a line or a few words in our Facebook to tell people what we feel. Then we just too lazy to write anything at all, we only put pictures in Instagram.

I don't want to say that I'm going to do this and that. When I want to do it, I'll do it. Of course, I do plan things, but I'd rather keep some at the back of my mind and when opportunity to do it arrives or whenever it feels right, I'll do it.

About my attitude towards my job, that is something I need to dwell upon. We don't always get what we want. Sometimes we just have to grab or accept the next best thing, and hope that one day, we will get what really make us happy. For the time being, my sanity and my belief in 'keberkatan' are the things that make me stay on the track. But, having no passion is definitely going to affect me in the aspects of searching and learning and becoming better at what I am expected to do.

Perhaps if certain people get tired of me, will they see what they are supposed to see? Or am I the one who are blind of my true potential?

Sunday, May 17, 2015

dua rasa

merenung dalam-dalam
mencari dalam diam
mengintai di sebalik kata-kata
jika beroleh kucari makna

makna sebuah kejadian
makna sebuah cerita
apakah aku yang akan berubah
atau aku kah yang merubah

apapun, melengkapi itu pasti
lain sekarang dari dahulu
suatu masa akan ku fahami
biar rasa dua bertemu

170515, PDI

aku yang kebosanan

merenung-renung, memikir-mikir
mencari-cari apa yang hilang
di sana bosan, di sini lemas
di mana ada jiwa yang bebas
di ruang mana ku bisa lepas
potensi diri yang belum terjawab
menemui hati yang bisa mencakna
siapakah aku yang sebenarnya


130515, PDI

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

rasa hati

ia datang tiba-tiba
dahulu pun begitu
sekarang pun begitu
tidak ketahuan kenapa
tidak ketahuan bagaimana

mukadimahnya hikayat
penyambung semangat yang tergugat
pengakhirannya didebat
tidakku tahu tercapaikah matlamat

P.Indah 130515 2120

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

faraway love

sometimes I find myself gasping for air
and choking on words to say to you
time is running out
will I ever spend it with you

when I look into your eyes
I feel your love reverberating through my veins
warming my heart
with love, kindness and tenderness

everything happens for a reason
yet this has not stopped the pain
of having to be away
and left to face the world alone

all this time I have been strong
and I have been true
and now, I feel .... can I still continue
and wait for you?


~BSI, 221014 2337

Saturday, October 18, 2014

2014

2014 is quite a different year than all the years I have lived, thank you Allah swt for still allowing me to breath and live until today. And yes, it's October, still a couple more months to go through this year, in shaa Allah ...

So, what happened in 2014?

a. It's no brainer, I got older. And I started to feel old .... but not old as makcik-makcik lah!

b. I started to feel busy with work. This is a continuation from the end of last year, where I started to have lots of outstation trips.

c. My second brother passed away in February. Al-Fatihah.

d. My first brother finally got married. Yes, there's a reason on the emphasis of the word 'finally'.

e. I got reunited with some primary school friends, after more than 2 decades of not in contact.

f. I got fatter than last year. Bummer!

g. I have lived in Sabah for almost 3 years 'only' and getting myself transferred back to the peninsula soon.

h. I have been in this long-distance-relationship for almost 6 years now, and .... still going on ... huu ...

Honestly, I haven't achieved all that I wanted to achieve by the age of 30. And I haven't been the person I would like to be, the better version of me. It's still a long way to go. Sometimes I feel clueless. But I feel braver and more positive now than before, I guess that's what aging do to my mind. I am strong. I will not break down. Allah will always be with me.

comeback

Perkara paling biasa orang buat bila dia dah lama tak menulis dalam blog dia pastu tiba-tiba mula nak tulis balik adalah .... menulis bahawa betapa lama dia tak menulis dalam blog dia dan sekarang dia nak mula balik, hahaha!

Dan, worst case scenario adalah lepas tulis macam tu, blog dia terabai lagi buat beberapa zaman pastu bila dia rasa nak menulis balik, sekali lagi dia tulis benda yang sama ... haha ...

Well, motif aku memang itulah ... nak cakap yang aktiviti menulis aku sekarang ni dah semakin berkurangan. Bila aku fikirkan balik apa sebab dia, sibukkah aku? Tak jugak, walaupun begitu memang ada masa-masanya memang aku sibuk, tapi bukannya aku tak ada masa free langsung. Dah tak berminatkah aku? Tak jugak, walaupun aku selalu je 'bermimpi' nak menulis tapi tak tulis-tulis jugak. Bukannya aku tak menjenguk blog aku langsung, adaaa .... tapi ada la beberapa kes, sudah aku tulis beberapa ayat tetapi akhirnya delete balik sebab rasa tak kena, tak jujur dan tak terfikir apa-apa ... writer's block la lebih kurang. Tapi yang nyatanya, aku tak ada INSPIRASI.

Hidup ini dah seakan menjadi satu garisan monotone yang membosankan. 

Apapun, ini tidak boleh dibiarkan. Jangan biarkan kebosanan meracuni cara kita menjalani kehidupan kita. Inspirasi harus dicari. Ia nadi hidup, ia membuatkan jantung kita berdegup untuk sesuatu makna. Apakah aku akan konsisten menulis selepas ini? Aku tidak tahu. Tapi yang pasti, aku harus sentiasa cuba mengasah minda ku yang terasa sejak akhir-akhirnya semakin kelu dan tumpul.

So, yes ... congratulations to myself for able to post this one up! Sebelum itu, aku dah tukar URL blog ni daripada 2010rantings.blogspot.com kepada dreamermuse.blogspot.com. Namun lepas menggodek-godek setting, aku dapati aku dah hilang senarai blog-blog kawan-kawan yang aku ikuti sebelum ini. Dah satu kerja nak cari balik dan list balik. Ok, takpelah ... pelan-pelan mula balik.

So again, .... congratulations to myself!


Thursday, June 26, 2014

just dreams ...

ohh, how nice it will be if i can .....


roll myself in the meadows on the mountain sides ... (and perhaps singing the sound of music ...)



marvel at the volcanoes .... (dormant ones, of course .... )



enjoy a  romantic dinner with my beloved ...


hmmm.... sweet dreams, dreamer ...

(all images thanks to google)

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

sahabat


terima kasih sahabat, kerana sudi menerima aku seadanya
terima kasih sahabat, kerana mendengar setiap keluhanku
terima kasih sahabat, kerana menasihatiku bila aku khilaf
terima kasih sahabat, kerana merinduiku bila berjauhan
terima kasih sahabat, kerana membantuku bila aku memerlukan
terima kasih sahabat, kerana mendoakan yang baik-baik untukku

terima kasih Allah, kerana menjadikan kau sahabatku


~ PMTWU, 4.35 ptg
the dreamer