Thursday 29 January 2004

With the wind it come, and with the wind it gone : A Snowy Tale


I didn't have class today. So just spend all the time in my SWEET comfy room. Studying. But, it was not really comfy today. It was very cold. Really damn cold!. I touched the heater... Nothing wrong. It is warm as usual. But it still not enough for the whole room. I think. The coldness is unusual today. Its icy cold!. Shut the window. Still cold. Hah! What i'm gonna do? Can't stand the cold.

Aaahhh! Something pop up in my mind. Maybe it'll snow! Coz it does feel like this the last time it snowed. But I missed the snow. Cause I was sleeping. It was in the midnight, though. And its cold. Exactly like today. Hmm... I wonder. Looked up in the sky. It was cloudy. The weather forecast said it'll snow this week, on Tuesday. But Tuesday was yesterday, and nothing happened, and the sky was brightly clear. Nah... the weather forecast can't be trusted. The weather changes all the time here. Or.. maybe today it'll snow? I said to myself. Seems like it. Anyway, we'll se bout it. Only Allah knows.

Opened the cupboard. Took Suhaila's sweater, covered myself with duvet. Ah...better now. Decided to study on bed. Well... you know what will happened as we study in bed? Hahaha... Dozed off most of the time. But its still okay rather than not studying. I kept telling myself for not falling asleep. But its cold, and so comfy, and so warm under the duvet, and zzZzzZZ.....

In the afternoon, after breaking my fast, I went to work. But it started to rain. I went out quite late today. Because Maghrib prayer time is quite late these days. Opened my umbrella and walked in the rain. At first it rained heavily. Wow! its really looks like one of the rain in Malaysia. It seldom rain like this. But I just ignore it.

3 minutes later....

The rain which is coming down turned to ice! Well... Its hail rain, I think. Subhanallah. I kept walking....


After 1 minutes...

I realized that it wasn't just hail rain. Its snow! looked up in the sky... Subhanallah... Nothing more than that that I could say. Just praised be to Him... I saw the snow coming down blown by the wind. My jumper is also covered by snow. I dont know how could I express myself. It was so fast. Without I'm really expecting it.

Then I think... Why don't I excape from work today? You're half wet already. I'm trying to be cheeky... But the other of me said....Hmm.... But its nearly half way now, and you're not that wet. So, I decided to go to work today.

Still keep on walking. It was peak time. So, there's a lot of people going back home. Walking by the street. And the street.... All covered by icy snow. All become white. I stepped it. Turned back, and saw my foot steps. Nice! Very touching. I think all the moment there is very touching. Hahaha....

Kept smiling all the way to work. Even though I knew I was quite late for the it. Hehehe... Don didn't say anything, so I just kept quiet, and smiled. I think I can't stop smiling that time. But manage to control myself, so it won't look so obvious.

It end up that I finished my work late. Well... Its okay. Can't wait to see the snow on the way home. But, unluckily, most of it was gone. Only a little bit of ice here and there. OOhhh... man! It melted. For just 2 and half hour! Why can't it stay a little bit longger? Muttering with my own self.

But there's still some of the ice on the car. Its nice! Just don't have the camera to take this memorable moment. Well... maybe next time. InsyaAllah. The sky was clear again. I can see the half moon and stars shining. Just like my heart.. Hehehe...

When I came into my room, put all my things down, and went to my friend's room. Can't wait to tell her about today. She said that the rest of my flatmate, except Yinka and me, went down and play with the snow. They took pictures, and play snowball! Wow! I wanna play too... I said. She showed me the pictures that they've taken. Nice!

Well... maybe next time... And next time it will be. InsyaAllah.

Snow...
It came with the wind...
And gone with the wind...
Hope you'll come again and stay a little bit longer!
InsyaAllah...


Thursday 22 January 2004

Malaysia was on TV!



Sambil memasak makan mlm, aku menonton televisyen. Guess… what’s did I saw? Malaysia was on tv! Seronok giler aku. Heheh…

A short 30 minutes documentary called ‘Pacio’ in Welsh language, showed in S4C channel. Sebuah channel yg aku rasa hanya terdapat di Wales jer. Cakap pun dlm bahasa Wales.

Memula mcm tak caya je. Tapi, sbb dia sebut Malaysia byk kali, aku pun ‘on’kan teletext kat tv. Aku pun sebenarnya tak paham bahasa Welsh tu. Lain dr yg lain. Bahasa yg hanya ada di Welsh. Rasa nak je aku panggil semua housemate aku dtg reramai utk tengok negara aku ni. Malaysia. Tapi malangnya, sorg ada exam esok, sorg keluar sbb ada Chinese New Year’s party, sorg ntah ke mana, dan yg sorg lagi baru habis dinner dgn boyfriend dia.

So, tinggal aku sorg la yg seronok tahap dewa (kata atirah) menonton siaran tu…

It was just a documentary yg menunjukkan 3 tempat menarik yg patut dilawati di Malaysia, dan… of course, ada kaitan dgn penjajahan British. Cameron Highlands, Kuala Lumpur, dan Pulau Pangkor.

Di sini, baru aku tau serba sedikit kisah penjajahan British di Cameron Highland dan Pulau Pangkor. Serta beberapa fakta menarik. Kat Cameron Highland tu, biasalah… dipaparkan tentang keindahan ladang teh, bunga, serta buah-buahan yg ada. Semuanya murah2 belaka (Bagi mereka). Dikatakan juga bahawa hotel di Cameron Highland ni murah sebab kita dpt layanan istimewa (dgn seorg butler lagi tuh) utk hanya ₤60 semalam, yg mana di UK ni nilainya hanya utk hotel bertaraf biasa je. Mana taknye, ₤60 tu je dah RM360++. Maunye tak dpt first class!!!

Di KL pulak, dipaparkan KLCC, Merdeka Square, KTM, Dayabumi, Central Market, dan tempat beribadat bg 3 penganut agama yg utama di Malaysia. Kuil Hindu, Tokong Cina dan last sekali Masjid Negara. Dianggarkan bahawa masjid tu boleh menempatkan 8000 jemaah. Subhanallah… Pastu, ada part yg Mat Salleh ni pi ke Petaling Street. Tau lah kan, kat situ kan byk benda murah.. Mat Salleh ni tanya aa berapa harga jam yg si uncle Cina ni jual. Dia kata 150. Mat Salleh ni pun bargain aa utk dpt harga yg lebih murah. Nak tau brp dia bargain? “Can you give me two for 50?” Uncle tu terus kata “okay!’. Begitu mudah sekali. Pastu pengacara tu kata “This only cost about ₤4 each!.” Petaling Street waktu malam pun dia tunjuk. Betapa ramai dan meriahnya org2 kat situ. Pelbagai kaum dan bangsa. “The night which never sleep.” Mana taknye, Kat UK ni, kul 5 je semua kedai tutup. Yang tinggal hanya bar, restoran dan minimarket yg dipunyai oleh non-european. So, senyap sunyi le jln2 depa nih. Mcm dah tgh malam. Padahal baru pukul 6 ptg.

Pulau Pangkor, x byk sangat dia cerita. Just keindahan pantai dan kemudahan penginapan yg ada. Ha… lupa pulak. Kat sini juga disediakan kemudahan motosikal utk mengelilingi kampung. Harganya cuma ₤6 = RM36++ jer…

Hm.. itulah serba sedikit pasal Malaysia. Tak sangka pulak aku betapa indahnya tanah tumpah darah ku ini. Bukan aku x perasan selama ni. Memang dah bangga pun. Cuma kali ni terasa lebih2 la pulak bangganya.

Subhanallah.. Betapa indahnya ciptaanMu. Ke mana sahaja aku pergi, bila melihat panorama yg indah ni, terasa akan kebesaranMu. Aku rasa lepas ni mesti ramai org2 Welsh yg akan dtg ke Malaysia. Jgn bertambah maksiatnya, sudah la…

Okaylah… panjang pula celoteh aku ni.

p/s: Bila baca balik, baru aku perasan yg penulisan aku ni byk perkataan ‘pastu’ dan ‘sebab’. Ni pun dah kurang sebab dah ditapis. Ntah2 aku pun cakap camni ek? Hish kena ubah aa gaya aku nih. Kena tambah vocab dan penghubung kata…

Wednesday 21 January 2004

Aku Adalah Aku

Aku ingin jadi seperti kamu, dia dan mereka..

Tapi, aku adalah aku. Aku bukan mereka. Setiap makhluk yg Allah jadikan tu unik. Ada kelebihan dan kekurangan masing2. Dan kejayaan setiap insan bergantung atas hasil usaha mereka dan yg terutama sekali bergantung kepada qada’ dan qadar Allah.

Senang utk bercakap. Tapi kekadang tu, sukar utk menerimanya. Aku tahu aku x sehebat dan secerdik kawan2 aku yg lain. Tapi aku masih beruntung sbb Allah kurniakan aku mereka yg dpt menjadi inspirasi bagi aku, walaupun tidak setaraf mereka.

Dan aku juga beruntung sebab aku masih dikurniakan Allah akal yg waras utk berfikir, berubah, dan bertindak. Jadi, aku boleh juga berusaha utk menjadi setanding mereka.

Ntahlah… Apa yg aku tulis ni. Apa yg aku nak sampaikan pada diriku yg kerdil ini, ialah aku adalah unik. Aku perlu berusaha dan berubah utk berjaya. Dan akhir sekali, serahkan padaNya utk ketentuan yg seterusnya. Hanya Dia yg maha mengetahui akan segala sesuatu.

Moga apa yg dirancangNya akan mendatangkan kebaikan buat diriku yg serba lemah ini.

Ngantuknye..

Jenuh aku mengedit weblog nih. Huh! nampak lebih kurang jer. Hmmm... Ntahle... Lain kali aku tukar lagi layoutnye. Dah kul 2 dah. Nak pi tido.



Adios!