Aku jaki dengan kehidupan karakter-karakter dalam manga XXholic karya C.L.A.M.P. Mereka sedar akan kewujudan makhluk-makhluk ghaib di sekeliling mereka malah ia menjadi sebahagian daripada hidup mereka. Dengan itu, mereka sentiasa mengambil apa-apa langkah yang patut untuk mengelakkan daripada diganggu dan dikuasai makhluk-makhluk ini (bila ada yang berniat jahat camtu ler…).
Most people dalam masyarakat kita sekarang ni tak sedar atau tak hiraukan influence jin dan syaitan yang berada di keliling kita (and make no mistakes about it, their influence is HUGE!). Therefore, kebanyakan kita tak mengambil apa-apa langkah to counter that influence. Contohnya menjaga solat dan meningkatkan amal ibadat. Gaya kehidupan pula terlampau non-Muslim in character, sometimes even sampai hilang budaya Timur tu.
Tapi bagi segolongan masyarakat, bila part-part nak mak esahkan orang ni cepat aje kan? Lawan tak mau, lagi digunakan pulak jin dan syaitan tu adanya! Dengkinya manusia ni…
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Aku tertewas!!!
Ya, tuan-tuan dan puan-puan (so far belum ada lagi mana-mana orang kenamaan yang perlu aku Dato’ Datinkan sebelum korang), aku telah tewas di permulaan! Begini ceritanya…
Awal minggu ni, aku dah berazam untuk mengubah sikit jadual kehidupan aku. Rasanya kali ni aku sudah cukup kuat untuk melaksanakannya. Pernah dengar kata-kata berikut?
Tidur selepas Subuh mewarisi kepapaan.
Tidur selepas Asar mewarisi kegilaan.
Oleh itu, aku cadang untuk ubah sikit (Erk? Kira sikit ke?) tabiat aku. Kalau dulu aku biasa tido lambat, bangun Subuh tika azan berkumandang dan sambung tidur sebelum sampai waktu pergi keja. Petang pun aku akan tidur selepas selesai Asar bila balik dari kerja (penat keja siolll…).
Sekarang ni pula aku usaha untuk tido malam selewat-lewatnya kul 1.00, bangun Subuh lewat sikit (dalam kul 6.30 pagi supaya cukup tido, harapnya le… aku ni jenis perlu masa tido panjang skit kalau tak nak jadi zombie) dan terus bersiap untuk pergi kerja. Petang aku buat senaman ringan dengan harapan dapat berjaga lepas Asar. Sebagaimana Ustaz berpesan, sesuatu perkara tu kena buat at least 40 hari supaya boleh menjadi kebiasaan dan sebati dengan diri.
Malangnya Khamis petang yang baru lepas, aku rasa letih sangat bila sampai rumah so aku cadang untuk baring kejap melepaskan penat sebelum solat. Nah! Aku solat Asar kul 7.00 petang tu sebab tertido! Dan petang semalam lak aku terlajak tido dari lepas Zohor, dalam kul 3.00 camtu, sampai 6.50! Adoo!
Apa-apa pun, disiplin tido awal dan tak sambung tido lepas Subuh berjalan lancar sepanjang 6 hari. Mebbe aku akan concentrate on that dulu and buat yang sebaik mungkin part tido lepas Asar tu. Anyway, 4 out of 6 masih okay kan? Ahaks!
Awal minggu ni, aku dah berazam untuk mengubah sikit jadual kehidupan aku. Rasanya kali ni aku sudah cukup kuat untuk melaksanakannya. Pernah dengar kata-kata berikut?
Tidur selepas Subuh mewarisi kepapaan.
Tidur selepas Asar mewarisi kegilaan.
Oleh itu, aku cadang untuk ubah sikit (Erk? Kira sikit ke?) tabiat aku. Kalau dulu aku biasa tido lambat, bangun Subuh tika azan berkumandang dan sambung tidur sebelum sampai waktu pergi keja. Petang pun aku akan tidur selepas selesai Asar bila balik dari kerja (penat keja siolll…).
Sekarang ni pula aku usaha untuk tido malam selewat-lewatnya kul 1.00, bangun Subuh lewat sikit (dalam kul 6.30 pagi supaya cukup tido, harapnya le… aku ni jenis perlu masa tido panjang skit kalau tak nak jadi zombie) dan terus bersiap untuk pergi kerja. Petang aku buat senaman ringan dengan harapan dapat berjaga lepas Asar. Sebagaimana Ustaz berpesan, sesuatu perkara tu kena buat at least 40 hari supaya boleh menjadi kebiasaan dan sebati dengan diri.
Malangnya Khamis petang yang baru lepas, aku rasa letih sangat bila sampai rumah so aku cadang untuk baring kejap melepaskan penat sebelum solat. Nah! Aku solat Asar kul 7.00 petang tu sebab tertido! Dan petang semalam lak aku terlajak tido dari lepas Zohor, dalam kul 3.00 camtu, sampai 6.50! Adoo!
Apa-apa pun, disiplin tido awal dan tak sambung tido lepas Subuh berjalan lancar sepanjang 6 hari. Mebbe aku akan concentrate on that dulu and buat yang sebaik mungkin part tido lepas Asar tu. Anyway, 4 out of 6 masih okay kan? Ahaks!
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Mencari Mimpi
Lingkungan warna-warna indah
Biar seketika
Pelangi di langit yang muram
Mengasyikkan
Sejenak membiarkan diri melayani hati
Mencari mimpi-mimpi indah… sia-sia
Seumpama pengembara terpedaya
Kerana mimpi hanya mimpi
Senilagu oleh Manan Ngah
Senikata lagu oleh Habsah Hassan
Dendangan Azlina Aziz (I just loooovvve her vocals!!!)
This is a beautiful song.
However, there is nothing wrong with having a dream. It can be your goal and it can give you the strength to achieve it. There is a danger though in being a dreamer because you might lose your sight on reality.
I almost did. That was back then and partly due to the other ones who were inside me. But that is another story…
Currently, believe it or not, I’m on my way to achieving one of my dreams, so dreams do come true. Therefore, dear readers, if you have a dream that you feel is really worth fighting for, stick to it and never give up. Hear?
Biar seketika
Pelangi di langit yang muram
Mengasyikkan
Sejenak membiarkan diri melayani hati
Mencari mimpi-mimpi indah… sia-sia
Seumpama pengembara terpedaya
Kerana mimpi hanya mimpi
Senilagu oleh Manan Ngah
Senikata lagu oleh Habsah Hassan
Dendangan Azlina Aziz (I just loooovvve her vocals!!!)
This is a beautiful song.
However, there is nothing wrong with having a dream. It can be your goal and it can give you the strength to achieve it. There is a danger though in being a dreamer because you might lose your sight on reality.
I almost did. That was back then and partly due to the other ones who were inside me. But that is another story…
Currently, believe it or not, I’m on my way to achieving one of my dreams, so dreams do come true. Therefore, dear readers, if you have a dream that you feel is really worth fighting for, stick to it and never give up. Hear?
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Tribute to my Boss
It took me a year to get used to my Boss’ type of management. It took another half a year for me to understand why. Now after almost three years, I am ready to acknowledge his brilliance of thinking.
My Boss, ladies and gents, is a visionary. His staff finds it difficult to understand him because he talks of the future. This is because he doesn’t tell us what to do. It is not spelled out in bold, capital letters what we need to do. Instead he expects us to think and act for ourselves. I tell you what could be, you make it real- that’s the way he leads!
However he is always misunderstood. Most people look upon his management style as lacking leadership. God knows I used to think so too! But when you think about it, what he’s doing is giving us a chance to think and also a chance to act based on our own initiatives and creativity. In essence, we will totally take credit for whatever we do successfully and be wholly responsible for our own mess.
After having understood this, I became even more motivated to do my job to the best of my abilities. I just wish that my colleagues would rise to the challenge but the problem is that they do not see the challenge or maybe it’s just that they prefer to comfortably stay where they are. I don’t know. I can’t speak on their behalf but it saddens me all the same.
Whatever people think, whatever happens- Boss, I still salute you!
My Boss, ladies and gents, is a visionary. His staff finds it difficult to understand him because he talks of the future. This is because he doesn’t tell us what to do. It is not spelled out in bold, capital letters what we need to do. Instead he expects us to think and act for ourselves. I tell you what could be, you make it real- that’s the way he leads!
However he is always misunderstood. Most people look upon his management style as lacking leadership. God knows I used to think so too! But when you think about it, what he’s doing is giving us a chance to think and also a chance to act based on our own initiatives and creativity. In essence, we will totally take credit for whatever we do successfully and be wholly responsible for our own mess.
After having understood this, I became even more motivated to do my job to the best of my abilities. I just wish that my colleagues would rise to the challenge but the problem is that they do not see the challenge or maybe it’s just that they prefer to comfortably stay where they are. I don’t know. I can’t speak on their behalf but it saddens me all the same.
Whatever people think, whatever happens- Boss, I still salute you!
Monday, June 06, 2005
Aura Horror
Maghrib tadi aku rasakan yang kemungkinan kekkai rumah aku bocor lagi. Scan aku mengiakan, ditambah pula oleh pengesahan daripada Cik Easy yang tengah on the way ke Setiu. Masa aku tarik nak clearkan rumah pun terasa kehadiran tetamu yang tidak diundang dengan jelas.Encik Usop seperti biasa menggalakkan aku untuk check sendiri jadi aku berdasarkan keyakinan aje ler.
Malangnya, imaginasi aku ni memang terlebih aktif agaknya. Ustaz menyatakan yang rumah aku sebenarnya clear. Time-time camni le yang aku terasa sangat kekurangan diri. Scan kadangkala tepat kadangkala menyimpang (at least sekarang dah lebih banyak tepat dari menyimpang :P). Tarik pun kadangkala keluar kadangkala sangkut.
Memang le hakikatnya seperti yang Ustaz nyatakan- “semua senjata dah ada”, tapi yang tensennya, cara nak guna tu le yang blom reti lagi! Lain le kalau ada manual khas atau buku-buku seangkatan tajuk ‘Aura for Dummies’ kan?
Apa-apa pun, perkara ni very subjective le. 100% bergantung kepada individu and there is no right way or wrong way about it. I just wish I had more clues to go on.
Malangnya, imaginasi aku ni memang terlebih aktif agaknya. Ustaz menyatakan yang rumah aku sebenarnya clear. Time-time camni le yang aku terasa sangat kekurangan diri. Scan kadangkala tepat kadangkala menyimpang (at least sekarang dah lebih banyak tepat dari menyimpang :P). Tarik pun kadangkala keluar kadangkala sangkut.
Memang le hakikatnya seperti yang Ustaz nyatakan- “semua senjata dah ada”, tapi yang tensennya, cara nak guna tu le yang blom reti lagi! Lain le kalau ada manual khas atau buku-buku seangkatan tajuk ‘Aura for Dummies’ kan?
Apa-apa pun, perkara ni very subjective le. 100% bergantung kepada individu and there is no right way or wrong way about it. I just wish I had more clues to go on.
Bau apakah ini?
Pintu tandas lelaki di tempat kerja aku hampir setentang dengan pintu bilik rehat staf- dirintangi oleh koridor dan selisih dalam setengah kaki sahaja.
Walaupun agak pelik, hakikatnya seluruh pelusuk tandas lelaki tersebut berbau seperti makanan! Apa hidangan utama di bilik rehat pada hari itu, itulah juga bau tandas kami. Andai kata yang dihidangkan adalah laksa, laksa jugalah baunya dalam tandas itu.
Cuma dalam kes-kes tertentu sahaja bau yang ‘sepatutnya’ mengatasi aroma keenakan makanan yang ada dan hasilnya amatlah menjijikkan. Tapi sepatutnya begitukah? Adakah bau hancing, bau najis atau bau rokok itu yang sepatutnya dalam sesebuah tandas? Tidak juga!
Oleh itu, marilah kita menjaga kebersihan tandas awam kita bersama-sama walau di mana jua kita berada kerana peradaban dalam tandas itulah antara perkara yang boleh dijadikan cermin peribadi dan sikap kita sebagai seorang insan.
Walaupun agak pelik, hakikatnya seluruh pelusuk tandas lelaki tersebut berbau seperti makanan! Apa hidangan utama di bilik rehat pada hari itu, itulah juga bau tandas kami. Andai kata yang dihidangkan adalah laksa, laksa jugalah baunya dalam tandas itu.
Cuma dalam kes-kes tertentu sahaja bau yang ‘sepatutnya’ mengatasi aroma keenakan makanan yang ada dan hasilnya amatlah menjijikkan. Tapi sepatutnya begitukah? Adakah bau hancing, bau najis atau bau rokok itu yang sepatutnya dalam sesebuah tandas? Tidak juga!
Oleh itu, marilah kita menjaga kebersihan tandas awam kita bersama-sama walau di mana jua kita berada kerana peradaban dalam tandas itulah antara perkara yang boleh dijadikan cermin peribadi dan sikap kita sebagai seorang insan.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
If wishes came true...
There were a lot of things that I used to do’a for. It is, after all, in the nature of humans to always crave for something they don’t have in the belief that it will make their lives better.
After a period of time, I gradually left out a lot of things from my do’a. I think I simply got tired of asking for things that never seem to come true, which is a very unMuslim-like attitude (tak redha langsung, teruk betul kalau difikirkan zaman muda-muda dulu kan?).
But it is also because, somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to accept the cards that life had dealt me. I’ve learned to put in more effort to get the things I wanted. Even when I fail to obtain them, I’ve learned to be satisfied with what I have.
I guess this attitude of berserah got me some pity from the Almighty because a number of my previous do’as are being answered one after another during this period of my life.
Apai and Imam were to me like the big brothers that I’ve never had. Separated by some circumstances or other, they’ve magically reentered my life and our relationship now is as if they have always been with me all this while. I’ve also met Ustaz who’s agreed to teach me knowledge that I’ve barely brushed against but want to be a part of ever since I was a kid. And that’s only a few among many examples.
My faith is strengthened but, at the same time, it is a frightening prospect. Who knows if there were any stupid wishes I’d made before that Allah now deems fit to grant just to teach me a lesson for being so petty?
After a period of time, I gradually left out a lot of things from my do’a. I think I simply got tired of asking for things that never seem to come true, which is a very unMuslim-like attitude (tak redha langsung, teruk betul kalau difikirkan zaman muda-muda dulu kan?).
But it is also because, somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to accept the cards that life had dealt me. I’ve learned to put in more effort to get the things I wanted. Even when I fail to obtain them, I’ve learned to be satisfied with what I have.
I guess this attitude of berserah got me some pity from the Almighty because a number of my previous do’as are being answered one after another during this period of my life.
Apai and Imam were to me like the big brothers that I’ve never had. Separated by some circumstances or other, they’ve magically reentered my life and our relationship now is as if they have always been with me all this while. I’ve also met Ustaz who’s agreed to teach me knowledge that I’ve barely brushed against but want to be a part of ever since I was a kid. And that’s only a few among many examples.
My faith is strengthened but, at the same time, it is a frightening prospect. Who knows if there were any stupid wishes I’d made before that Allah now deems fit to grant just to teach me a lesson for being so petty?
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