It's Morphin' Time

GO GO POWER RANGERS! *insert hyped up Power Rangers theme song* 

I'm sure most of us had watched this series at least once in our lives. But do you know, other than the 6 famous Rangers, there is another Ranger? However this one Ranger does not cause the field to explode whenever she poses. This Ranger has no enemy ( at least one that is known) and this Ranger can't fight. WAIT.... if she can't fight, then what makes this Ranger a Ranger then? Well, this Ranger ain't no like any other Ranger, because this Ranger is a Lone Ranger, and I'm proud to say that I am one. LOL. 

I like to use that word whenever I go out alone. I am not lonely people, it's just that I like to have time for myself too. Going out alone makes me more alert of my surroundings. I like to observe people you see and I often thought to myself why would a person do such and such? or what leads them to act such a behaviour? 

Being alone also makes you more approachable. But this one has its :) and :( . The :) is when you meet unexpected people who could turned out to be a friend, while the :( is when the people could also be a foe. Or the in betweeners, like a salesperson. :P

In my experience, I met so many people on my journey to a destination but I will always  (so far) remember the three of them. 

I met kak L at a bus station. It was already late evening and I was waiting for the bus to my hometown, but because I started my journey since the morning, my phone battery was already low. I need my phone so that I could call my sibling and be home safely. And so I panicked, searching for the electric socket. When I found one, there was a lady using the other socket so I sat beside her. Another episode of terror occurred as the phone just won't charged. Talk about bad timing, huh! So I had to asked the lady and she lent me her charger without hesitation eventho she was charging her phone. It was also a lucky day for me as the lady too is using the same phone brand as mine. So, while waiting we introduced ourselves. After the phone was charged sufficiently, we headed to the cafe (her treat :D ). Personal stories were exchanged over dinner and so were phone numbers. 

I met NC while waiting for the ERL. She was heading to Putrajaya and I, to TBS. She initially inquired me about the train schedule and thus begin our conversation. She is a New Yorker but currently living in Taiwan. She had traveled to several states in Malaysia. She used to study about the river turtles in Terengganu and really like the 'blue rice' in Kelantan. :P Her research about the turtles intrigued me because I never knew river turtles existed. I thought there's only the sea turtles. (FACT: river turtles do not have the mechanism to get rid of the salt water from its body). We continued our conversation in the train until I reach my destination and waved goodbyes. We are still in touch (sometimes) through fb.

I met S in KL Sentral. S is in her 50-ish from Missouri and was travelling alone. S was facing a difficult situation where her passport and purse were stolen. She had been sleeping at the McD for the night. She told me she wanted to go to a church nearby and needed one Ringgit for the bus fare. I was, of course, skeptical of this. After all, I was alone. After talking to her for some time and seeing her tired yet tense expression, I decided to dispose off my prejudice and helped her. 

I will miss all Lone Ranger moments as I don't go out much whenever I'm home. 

Iri Liver

Huuu... Itulah yang mampu cakap kalau baca apa2 penulisan especially yang memberi kesan kat diri ni. Bukan apa, kagum plus jealous dengan orang yang mampu membuat hati tersentuh dengan artikelnya.. Betullah cakap Jamie Foxx dalam filem White House Down, 'Pen is mightier than sword'. 

EH! Rasa pelik pula tulis dalam bahasa Melayu, bukan apa, sebab saya ini jenis tidak reti main dengan bahasa. Jujur, saya selesa menulis dalam bahasa Inggeris, bukan sebab saya ni jenis yang "up" tapi sebab bagi saya senang menyampaikan dalam bahasa tersebut. Senang sebab maksud yang saya nak sampaikan itu..., sampai. Muhaha! 

Anyway, back to the topic. Yep, I AM jealous to those who can write well. Because they can write what they feel with the exact words, and with a correct errr... 'intonation'. This blog was not updated for a long long time. I actually have several unpublished posts and few others lingering in my mind but due to time constraint *mostly* and because I am not capable in writing and put the emotions in my mind into perfect words. I am not a 'flowery'(bunga-bunga) person, I am sort of a straight-forward person. Hence, the unpublished posts are all half-done and even until now the posts remain... half-done. LOL.

Please Stand Up

Whoever has promised him-/herself, but never fulfilled it?
Please stand up

Whoever has been broken-heart by someone he/she love?
Please stand up

Whoever has broken the heart of his/her loved ones?
Please stand up

Whoever has loose someone he/she loved?
Please stand up

Whoever has been loosing his/her way?
Please stand up

Whoever has been living in fear?
Please stand up

Whoever has been falling down and down again?
Please, Stand Up.

That is because Allah would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
                                                                                                          [surat al-'Anfal 8:53]

I AM AN ADULT...

...but 

HAVE NOT

GROW UP 

yet

A Mentally Challenging Night

Assalamualaikum and boa noite,
(WARNING: This is a looong post)

As I'm writing this, I just finished chatting with a guy who asked me about God and Islam. I did not see this coming as I was strolling around in the chatting place, and suddenly, wachaa! the guy showed up.

When he knew I was from Malaysia, he said he has just finished discussing about why muslims believe in god with another chatter. SO, I offered myself if he has anything he wants to ask. AND his first question was 'Why should we believe that god is kind-hearted?'

Bear in mind that, I am not a preacher, and I keep telling him that I would try my best answering his questions. ALSO, at this time I had tachycardia. Know why? Because I fear that my responds would not enlighten him, I fear that my answers would drive him away from Islam. But what I fear the most is, DO I HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER?

SO, here's the conversation, *an actual conversation, word by word*: (A is him, Z is me)

A: Why should we believe that god is kind-hearted?
(After a long silence and I answered it badly that A was not satisfied with it. At this point, I had so many things to say, and I don't know how to start it. ) 
Z: God loves all of His creations. If you are a father, you would love your children, right? Of course you don't want your children to be harmed.It is us who choose to be in the wrong path which leads to bad things. (:O What have I answered?!)
A: Do you mind if I debate?
Z: Sure, but I am not a good debater.
A: I don't see why we should assume that god works by human psychology.

Z: (after realizing my mistake) We muslims do not compare god to human, as God is greater than us. And we would not compare god to any of His creations.
A: I thought you just did, no? I thought you said that god would love us the same way a human loves their children, no?
Z: That is like an analogy.
A: That's right! So i don't see why you are comparing god to a human.
(I was a bit pissed off, to myself for not explaining it clearly and to him for not understanding my analogy. :P)

Z: Maybe I put it in a wrong way. Ok, back to your question, then should we believe that god is evil?
A: Well, my question was just why we should believe he is kind-hearted?
(Ughh, so you don't have to answer my question, but I have to answer yours? Fine.)
Z: Well, He gives us life, He gives us things that we should be grateful for, He gives us tests in life so we would not forget Him.
A: I'm not getting how you're answering my question, sorry. Can you please clarify? Thanks.

Z: Which part of it you don't understand?
A: How giving us tests in life helps explain why we should believe that god is kind-hearted.
Z: We believe in praying to god, asking for His forgiveness and ask for all the good things in life from Him and Him only. And whenever we faced something bad in life, we would pray harder so that we could be more patience in facing the bad things in life.
A: I am really not trying to be difficult. I don't see how that answers the question of why we should believe that god is kind-hearted.

Z: Ok, let me ask you a question then. You'e an atheist,,so, what is your believe/opinions actually?
(A's answer was a bit lengthy, so I cut out a bit. hehe, but I didn't change anything)
A: I don't really know how the world got here, but in my mind it could have been  on its own. I think probably the claims of religions about the world are generally wrong. Am i answering your question?
Z: So you think the world somehow exists out of nowhere?
A: I said I don't know. But it is quite plausible to me.
Z: Everything has its creator. So do we,
A: But I don't see how this has to do with my question. Everything has its creator? I'm not sure I follow.
Z: Sure. People create this and that. but what creates human?
A:Their parents.
Z: But who created their parents? I believe you know the story of Adam?
A: Yes I do. (So he told me a bit about evolution theory)
Z: Muslims don't believe that humans are created from apes. But tell me your version of Adam story.

Aaacks! I forgot to printscreen this part of conversation! But he did tell me that Adam is created at the sixth-hour and created from the earth (I guess he meant clay).
I'm tired of writing it out.. I have this part of  the conversation before we end our conversation.

 

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SO yeah. it was pretty intense for me for I don't have a deep knowledge on the matter but I really tried my best. I hope the guy would finally gets the right answer from a knowledgeable person. I really hope the best for you bro. #sisberharap

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty... and more

Assalamualaikum, y'alls!

                                                                                                                              (i don't own this pic)

Have you seen this movie yet? NO?! go NOW! eheh. 

You don't have the movie? Lemme give you a short synopsis.

So there's this ordinary guy named Walter Mitty (WM) who has an ordinary job as a negative processor at the LIFE magazine. Because his life is so ordinary, he likes to daydream, even in the middle of the conversation. So the plot begins when the magazine wants to reduced the workers as they're going to online magazine. For the last issue of the magazine, Sean O'Connor, a famous photographer, had sent a negative to WM and he claims it to be the quintessence of life. However, the negative goes missing and thus starts an unexpected journey for WM. The ending was touching that it made me cried (I won't tell you the ending here. Watch it yourself.)

This movie is actually good, absorbing but underrated. Plus, besides enjoying the affecting plot, you can enjoy the beauty of Iceland. Since I watched this movie, Iceland immediately made into my life bucket list. Also, there's this one song that got stuck in my head. 'Space Oddity' which is quite inspiring. 

This heart-warming movie inspires me each time I watched it. It's like 'Yeah, I can do this thing!' I can have some adventure in my life and by having adventures that doesn't mean I have to go travel somewhere far. Or the meaning of adventure does not necessarily means traveling somewhere or hiking a mountain. I can have little adventures in my ordinary life sometimes. Like few months ago, I was so bored this one weekend that I suddenly decided to go places around National Mosque all by myself. Maybe it wasn't much for others but for me it is a small accomplishment. I walked into the Islamic Arts Museum, and turned out YDP Negeri Sembilan was having a visit there too. After spending quite some time in the museum, I went uphill to the National Planetarium. I have been there before but that was 17 year ago. I went there for old time sake, just to relive those moments.*Yeah, I'm sentimental liddat* Anyhoo, that day was a success to me, going back home with satisfaction and literally a smile on my face. :D 

Here are some pictures from my little day-out

Inverted Dome (Islamic Arts Museum)

One of the domes in the museum. This one is my personal favourite.

Close up of the dome.

National Planetarium

Kuala Lumpur view from NP's observation deck (112m above sea level)

Also, recently, I went to indigenous people village, accompanying my friend for her research project. I was also very excited since it was all new to me. Observing how they lived their lives, in penury but

adequately enough for them. There were dogs around us, but luckily none of them chase us and two pigs lepaking around, looking for food.

Kids hanging around.near a small river

Bulat Faizah giving out candies for the kids.

A New Beginning...

Assalamualaikum everybodeyh! How you doin'? krik krik krik.. *cricket sounds cause no one reads mah blog.wahaha*

Intro:
This is my 2nd blog actually. Don't really know what drives me into making a new one, but I haven't deleted my old one. I guess this one is more...matured? blergh. 

Anyway, A New Beginning, but this doesn't mean the old one has to end. In any perspective, you should use the old one (be it bad or good experiences, etc.) as a guide to be a better you. 
(first attempt to sound matured) 

Blimey, whatevs! I'll be what I want to be, I'll write what I want to write, 'cause each entry could be inspired from different emotions. I'm a woman, 'course I have many emotions! See...?

So, emm, the existence of this new blog could be due to stress (or laziness) from lotsa works that I should actually do. But I am just a great PROcrastinator that I end up making a new blog. This, my readers, is what we call denying reality. I am pretty good at that.

**Let's the real business begins.**  

My name is *******, I am from Malaysia and I'll write either in English, Malay or a little bit of both. I am a student of Biomedical Science. The course is great, but after four years, after experiencing myself how laboratory life is, I came to a conclusion that, I DON'T WANT TO WORK IN THE LAB. Funny, don't you think? Well, I did like my course but it's the lab life that exhausts me. I mean, you don't get to see people much, you spend hella lots of time in the lab, and you'll need to read lots of science papers! The thing that mainly that makes me upset is the lack of human interaction. No, I am not an extrovert person, but it's good to have human communication, not machine communication which would eventually leads to a monologue and if you get caught doing it, you might be labelled as...crazy? Alas, I think every researcher does this.

Then, what will I do next? Find a rich guy and get married? Maybe. Work in the lab as a research assistant? No. Stay at home and be burden to mom? Hopefully not. But I've been eyeing psychology course for a Master's degree, InshaaAllah. Also, my mom had told me about 2 years ago,  to continue study. I guess my mom knows best for her children. She knows this great-minded child won't be with somebody and settle down in the near future. T.T 

We'll see how things go and tag along. But I think I have a strong feeling in psychology course. InshaaAllah. 

WTYL! (Write To You Later!)