From my past II

Hari terakhir cuti.

Masih lagi mengemas bilik. (Bila nak sudahnya,Huda~Iskiskisk)

Kali ni aktiviti membaca-baca surat dan kad lama.

Dulu, masa baru datang,banyak sungguh kad dan surat dapat.

Sekarang ni,mentang-mentanglah dah setengah dekad merantau,kad raya pun dapat satu saja.

Iskiskisk,malang Tok Kaduk.

Selepas dipromo pun,masih satu saja yang menjengah.

Tak patutlah korang ni =p

Cerita Sabtu

Awal pagi tadi telefon Kak Yan.Akad nikah malam nanti,esok bersanding.Kak Yan is my cousin.She's 25.Serasa macam baru semalam borak-borak atas katil Kak Nora,duduk bersembang girly stuff.Masa tu ketiga kami baru nak kenal dunia,terutamanya yang tgh bercerita ni.=p Kak Nora and Kak Yan work after their SPM,whereas me continue with the uni.I guess that makes us a lil bit apart;having a different path after the high school.Still we are sisters,bonded by Javanese blood.Hehehhe...Sekarang,Kak Nora dah bersuami 4 tshun,perutnya berisi sebulan (ada ke pula perut,rahim kan?=p).Kak Yan pula bakal duduk satu kelab dengan Kak Nora.Saya lagi terkontang-kanting sorang.Hihihih...I am the eldest,but I am always their sister.Love you guys!
Aunty Rose menjengah ke rumah tengah hari tadi.Cari teman katanya.Bila dah duduk bersembang dengan Aunty,tak sah kalau bukan sejam dua.Lebih dari tu pun mampu.Tak bosan dengan leteran Aunty.
Dari ceramah pasal tatatertib sampailah ke hal rumahtangga.Hahaha..did I say rumahtangga?Ye,Huda! Awak tu dah 23.Welcome to adulthood.
Aunty pesan,kalau kita kerja dlm community services area,jagalah hati orang baik-baik.Nobody should be treated as a 2nd class citizen.Each of us has our value.Different from each other.That is why we need to treat people with same situation differently.Lebih-lebih lagi kalau pekerja kerajaan,nak-nak yang bergelar Doktor M.D.Common penyakit pun,setiap orang kena dirawat dengan berbeza.
Life should be seen from all perspectives.We are living in a glass house.You turn right,you will get different view from the left.Memang senang dicakap,tapi,harap-harapnya,apa yang dicakap akan bawa kepada perbuatan. =)
Apa-apa pun kita buat,kena buat betul-betul dan kena sentiasa ikhlaskan diri.Make sure you make yourself as an asset to your boss.Hehehe..asset eh,Aunty~ Meow...
Aunty pesan lagi, "Kamu ni, nak jadi doctor,make sure kawin sebelum kamu kerja.Once you've entered working life, you will be married to it.No more man~."Agak keras penyataan tu rasanya,kan?Well,perhaps I am not yet in such position to say any comment,as I have never experienced myself.I have seen get married after they work and I have seen women married to their jobs.So, yea...really can't tell which one I'm going to be like.Either way for me,individual options.You have commit to something,obviously you have to sacrifice something else.Clearly,Aunty doesn't agree with me. =p
Bahaya hang out dengan Aunty lama-lama.Maklumlah, orang dah makan garam dulu,pandai betul Aunty meneka apa di dalam ni..Hish~~~ =p Kagum betul tengok orang main teka-teka fikiran orang ni,kan?MasyaAllah~
Melor baru pergi school tadi.Pulang dari Moshim,nak buat pulut hitam.Permintaan khas Zanisha...Hehehe (..dpt juga kita merasa pulut hitam Mel lagi =p).Bukan pulut hitam je Mel bawa ke rumah, dia bawa sekalah buku-buku dari pigeon hole.
I guess, the holiday is over for me.Time to get serious again! Back on track,Huda!
Pretty excited about it.Ye lah, dah menjadi TI kan?Alhamdulillah~
Still a bit worried.I don't think I am ready yet.
With current situation, just Melor and I at home.
No Ana.No Wani.No Zen.No Nuha~
How I wish you guys were here.Support me to overcome this nervousness.
Never take for granted what we usually have~

Hadith 1

Credit to sister Hawa =)

Khazanah di zaman silam

HATI MENANGIS SIAPA TAHU

Sahabat
Mengertikah kau
Akan perasaanku
Yang terbahagi
Oleh persahabatan dan keakraban

Aku manusia daif
Yang sering alpa
Tanggungjawab terhadapmu
Aku ibarat gelas
Walau buruk macam manapun
Walau cantik macam mana pun
Air akan tetap bergenang dalam tubuhku

Teman
Manusia tak pernah lari dari kesilapan
Manusia tidak pernah lari dari kealpaan
Kealpaan yang menghancurkan persahabatan

Tolong,sahabat!
Tolonglah daku
Maafkanlah daku
Lupakanlah kesalahanku

Tuhan
Ampunilah ralatku
Ralat yang dicucuk iblis
Tuhan
Pujuklah hati temanku
Untuk memaafkanku

Teman
Jika kau berkeras hati
Tidak memaafkanku
Biarlahku bawa diri
Dengan rasa ketakutan menjadi hiasan diri

Lama sudah kusimpan sajak ini,sedari ia mula tertulis.1998.Dah dekat sedekad!

No title

Don't know when I made this.Obviously not this recent =)

(Lama betul Huda tak menulis ya?Iskiskisk...)

Biarlah diam menongkat dagu
Menunggu tetamu bilakan menjengah
Dari resah gelisah hati ragu
Melayan dia yang banyak kerenah

Diam itu indah
Apabila hati mengalun simfoni
Hingar itu anugerah
Apabila kita ketemu harmoni

Doubutsu Uranai

I found this from my hard disc.Let's see who true it is =)

Huda

June/11/1984

Female
You are Red Wolf

• Who is not afraid of meeting new people, and are kind to everybody. (Hohohoh...I dont think so.It scares a hell of me when it comes to meeting new people.I am the nervous one, you see.)
• You are very sociable and extremely innocent woman. (I kindda agree with this =p)
• There are many unique type of people in Red Wolf. You are bold enough to push your own way, without being restricted by tradition and common knowledge. (Wow,so not true! I am limiting myself to the very traditional way of life.Open-minded though!)
• You don't care what the other people think of you. You want to do as you wish. Therefore, your life style and preferences are little bit different from others. (Ek,wrong again.What people say about me is the uttermost)
• You dislike having no style of your own. (Emm,maybe~)
• You possess your own sense of balance, and you create your own environment. (Again,maybe~)
• You have sharp instinct that you use in daily life. This makes you do a good job of life. (Ooo..This would be Anna's.Not me.I am a thinker rather a feeler)
• You are very pure inside, but this sometimes can create misunderstanding. (I'm gonna say "Oh,That is so true")
• Once you decide on something, you will definitely carry it out. But that may be today or a year later. This makes it difficult to plan other things. (I am soo the other way round)
• You ought to be careful not to give up so easily. (Really?Hmm~~~)
• Although you tend to be rather unique, the way you look for originality makes you successful in the field of designing and planning. (Hahaha..the only field that I am really bad at)
• You are cheerful and have dreams, so you can adapt to circumstances quite easily. (Easy,but it takes great efforts,aye!And,yeas! I have zillion of dreams =p)
• You have a good sense of balance. (Huh?I cant balance my life up,and I cant even ride a bike!)
• You can think and calculate about your future. (Who can?)
• You may go for an arranged marriage. (I like the idea of it, dream of it but I dont think my parent would agree with it...huhuhu..poor me)

Seems like more againts than pro.Nganganga~~~

From the deepest me

It's all coming back to me now.
Maybe people might say "It's so cliche."Nevermind.I find it the same too!
But for real,the feeling that I had a week after the exams finished (or a week before the results were ready for us) just the same when I waited for my PMR results.
It was 8years ago. My sleepless nights (although I found myself woke up quite late everyday~), the uncomfortable feelings within me etc.Couldn't put them all in one word!Owh,wait.Maybe there's one-MISERABLE!
Failure is what I fear for at this moment.Not just me, everybody! I found this quotation is rather popular within the past few weeks "Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success!"Often seen in blogs or shoutbox.Exam fever,I reckon.
8 years ago, I called school office, to know my PMR results.Alhamdulillah,I got 8As.Sadly, my friends couldn't make it.Supposely I should feel joyful with my own result but reality I wasnt. Abah told me not to worry about them.It wasnt my fault that they couldnt make it.Even not theirs.It was just written by HIM.Been living together for 3 years;sharing the good and bad moments,made our sisterhood grows even stroger each day.When it's only you who reached the top, and others still struggling,it wasnt fun at all.
Now, the tragedy repeats.Before I proceed,Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah.Who has granted me what I wanted,for so long.For myself,mak,abah,adik2,cikgu2 and family.Of all people, I would thank people who always be there for me, during my great and worst time-Anna Mohamad,Melor Khairul Bakri, Shazwani Jaafar Sidek, Ayuni Mohamed,Siti Zunairah Jaafar,Azalea Khairuddin,Ailin Omar,Nusaibah Azman.You guys don't know how important you are to me.I really mean it,truly.Here, I thank you all. (And also to Holly Shine,Neil Avery and Aimee Hawker-my OSCE groupmates) Somehow, I am afraid.What will be taken away from me as I have gotten my dream. I wished for this since forever,and I wonder how much will I need to pay for it. Life is a bumpy road.For sure, we are not always on the top.I feel like I'm on the top at the moment.I don't know what will bring me down again.I said to Sasmira once ,"I don't like to be on the top.When you fall,you will hurt youself badly.It's better to stay in the middle of the wheel.Flat and boring.But it just the way I like it." But you know,being on the top would always be a dream of mine.I could only dream of it,not strong enough to experience it myself.
Perhaps,life isn't as simple as that.It has all written in Luh Mahfuz.

“Adakah kamu mengira kamu akan masuk Syurga, padahal belum datang kepada kamu dugaan seperti yang datang kepada orang-orang sebelum kamu. Mereka ditimpa malapetaka dan kesengsaraan serta digoncangkan (dengan berbagai cubaan) sehingga berkata Rasul dan orang-orang beriman bersamanya, “Bilakah datangnya pertolongan Allah,?”. Ingatlah sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu dekat” (Al-Baqarah:214).
Ayat ini betul-betul menyedarkan diri yang hanyut.Diri yang masih lagi tak utuh bila dibedal taufan duniawi.Macam mana nak balik tanah tumpah darah kalau diri masih ditakuk lama.Macam mana nak merubah dunia kalau penghuni jasad tak mahu bertukar rupa.

From the past

Baru tadi punya semangat.

Semangat mengemas bilik. =) Sedang ghairah menyelongkar barang lama,terjumpa pula khazanah dulu.Terus album memori terselak kembali.

Look what I've found from my past...

Inilah Praktikum Hayat 3, KMJ Pioneer 2002/2003

Dia adalah putera katak saya.Saya berjumpa dengan si dia semasa saya menetap di Salmond Hall, 2003. Dari Hawaii dia berasal.Entah di mana si dia sekarang.Hmmm~~~

Sesi bergambar di Oumaru.Trip bersama Abang Amin dan Kak Lah,serta adik-adik saya yang kiut;Izzah,Ain dan Iman.Kamu tahu tak,saya rindu kamu tau.Terutama yang ada dlm gambar itu!Rindu sungguh!

Winter trip 2005 bersama Aseng selaku pemandu, Aini dan Abu. Really fun,guys!

Ini baru kotak pertama.Ada lagi kotak meraung menanti diselongkar.

Bersambung nanti.

The End of Fifth Year

(from previous entry)

4th station
You are a TI in one of the GP practice.A mother concerns about her son who has poorly controlled eczema.

GP station.Fuh,tough.But I should be able to do this.Eczema.Pretty random!Come on,Huda.You have been to eczema clinic with awesome Debbie,the eczema nurse.Argh, kenapalah saat2 begini tak berfungsi minda ni?Tarik nafas.Fuh!

5th station
Alamak! Dr.Stace is here~He is my guru!Salute him!Dr.Rajapakse is here too,accompanying Dr.Stace.Gabra2!Relax Huda!

This gentleman comes in as he complains of being fat.Attached is the lab results for him.Take a focused history and you will be asked few questions after 8 minutes.

I have to admit, I could have done this better.Way better.Sigh~

6th station
"Ok Huda.You are meant to take history from this gentleman who complains of pain around his abdomen started 2days ago.But, he is gone to the loo.Shall we wait for him?We will give you extra time,okay?"

What?Extra time?That isn't possible!The timer is outside,Sandra, she will never know that I start late.When it's 10 minute, I have to get out from this room and move to the next one.How can I get extra time?Impossible, Dr.Larsen!Argh~~~
Alhamdulillah,as I grumbling about, the patient came in.Really, wasnt his fault at all.Nature calls.

OK,you have to take a focused history and perform the abdomen examination.You have 8 minutes.

Huh,as I thought!No extra time.Takpalah.

7th station
Oh,My God! Dr. Elder and Dr. Whiltshire.Peads!Fuh!Nasib baik bukan Dr.Stanley.

This mother comes in as her daughter,Hayley aged 18 months does not gain any weight since 6 months ago. Address her concern and you will be asked to give the summary of your findings and provide a diagnosis.

Very vague.My history taking was crap!Padahal,baru saja lepas peadiatrik modul.Bagaimanakah???

8th station
Dr. Wong and Dr.Raymond were there in the room.OK,must be general med station.Eh,wait, I know this patient.I had him during my General Med OSCE.Bad history I would say~Heh!

Examine this patient's cranial nerves 2,3,4 and 6.Report the findings as you proceed.You will be asked few questions at the end.

Good Lord!I just practiced this with Ana and Mel.Alhamdulillah.Just remember not to confuse Right and Left.

"I would test his visual equity using the Snellen Chart but Im not going to do this now." "Oh,wait.There's a Snellen Chart here.Probably I need to test your vision then."
What the heck!You should check the box first,Huda. Alamak, macam mana nak guna hand Snellen Chart ni?Adoi.Tulah,dulu asyik mention jek,tak nak buat betul2.

9th station
Yeay!Finally!Oh Allah! Tak sabar ni.

Erk! Dr.Maharaj~~~Orang kata dia adalah garang.Intimidating!

This lady presents with 10 years history of incontinence.You have 8 minutes to take history and you will be asked about the management.

Lovely lady,I would say.Alhamdulillah.

"OK, Huda.Tell the patient how would you manage her?"

"....and also we could offer you some medication,Im not quite sure how we give it to you but it will help you overreactive bladder."

"What medication you you give her?"

"Oxybutanin."

"What?How do you know about this?Where you read this from?"

"..err...err...err..."

"This is pretty new.You could get distinction,huh!"

In my mind: "Dia ni perli aku ke apa?Keep the straight face,Huda.Persetankan dia."

"OK, for long term management,what would you do?"

"We could offer you operation..." tetiba kena potong.

"What?Operation?Who are you to perform the surgery?You are a TI.Not a surgeon.Come on, How would you manage her in long term?Come on,come on."

"..err..admit her to the hospital...?"

"No, no,no!"

"..err...err...refer or discuss with my consultant???..."

"No,no,no!Come on, You have ruled out this from your history just now!U know this"

"..err..."

"Time's up!You may leave now!" I can see the frustation in his face.

"Wait, I would refer her to the urology department." and he didnt bother to listen~~~Afterall, my time is up!


----> The end of OSCE.I looked around, searching for a shoulder to cry on.I saw Dylan.Perfect!Would borrow his shoulder.Oh,No!Bukan muhrim.Owh,How I wish Ana or Mel were here to hug me.To comfort me!

"Huda, are you alrite?"

"Noela, thank God you are here.Can you hug me.please?Really need it."

"Sure,Hon"

..and I cried!

(Syukur pada Illahi)

The End of Fifth Year

5 years being here in NZ;3 years down in Dunedin, 2 years up here in windy city of Wellington.

27th October 2007 - Saturday
Huda Zakari - Student number 10, in Group 1 (purple). Starting point will be rest station.

Lengkap tertulis pada slip peperiksaan yang kami terima 2 minggu sebelum.
First group, start with rest station,which means I will not have any rest station while doing this OSCE exams.9 stations without a break.Would be tough!And it was!!!

Ini lakaran yang berlaku pada hari Sabtu,27 Oct 2007:

1st station
You are a TI working here today, this lady comes in to have a discussion about her Fluoxetine medication.She is planning to have a children of her own.Attached is the information sheet for SSRI usage in pregnancy and breastfeeding mother.Address her concern.

Well, at first,I thought this station was a GP station.Sweet!I can nail this!Owh,wait.I didnt know about SSRI in pregnancy.Alamak!Im screwed!OK,Huda.Ini untuk masa depan.Berusahalah!Ya Allah, tolonglah hambaMu ini.OK Huda.Baca je apa yang dia tulis tu.
"Hi there.My name is Huda and I am a trainee intern working here today.Is it okay with you to spend sometime taliking to me?" My opening for every station we had that day,or every time I did my OSCE practices. =) TYPICAL. Ayat hafal! =p
Nasib baik the lady is very nice.
It turned out that station was a psych station! Oh, Lord!

2nd station
You are a TI in surgical outpatient clinic and Mr. X comes in after being referred by his GP. He has been noticing blood from her back passage. Take a focused history and you will be stopped at 6 minutes.

Sweet!Surgery station.You can do this Huda.You just revise this with Ana n Mel yesterday evening.You were the patient.You know what to do.Shine Huda, shine! Mr.Keating was in the room with his registrar. He was the one who responsible to my palpitation.No kidding! He was!
Alhamdulillah, the history part was great.

Next task:Please explain to Mr.X that he needs to have a colonoscopy.

Isk, tetiba mindaku dikatup. Blank! I was stucked at the complication part.And, most important thing,I forgot to say about the biopsy part.Alahai,dah sah2lah kalau masukkan endoscope tu akan dibuat sekali biopsy.Huda,Huda. Mr.Keating said,"Well,there's a lot of things you can do while doing the colonoscopy,you know.Especially in patient that we suspect to have cancer.You may leave now." DUSH!Aku diperli oleh Mr.Keating.

3rd station
Aku berlari ke station 3.Punyalah jauh jaraknya dari station 2.Isk.Dahaga sungguh. Aha,ada sterile gell di luar pintu.Examination station.Apa agaknya menanti di dalam.

Mr.K presents with painful left knee.Perform the knee examination in 5 minutes.After that you will be asked to explain something to Mr.K.

I didn't recognise the examiners.Very unfamiliar faces.No written vignette.And, did I hear left knee?not right?How am I going to do the left side examination when the bed is stuck on the wall?Ok, better ask again."Sir, your left knee is sore,is it right?" "emm,yes.The left one."
Okay,Huda.Put up with it.Look confident! Sigh, of all examinations, why knee? I prefer shoulder over knee.Oh,my Lord.This is my weakest examination.Help me,Allah! Personally, I think I did badly.I could see the examiners looked so angry.Nevermind,Huda.Just proceed to the next task.

Explain what is wrong with the Xray result and address his concern.
Fuh,I'm done with the 2surgery stations.Move on,Huda!


....to be continued (too long to put under 1 entry)

Cerita ceretera

Orang kata, cerita yang bagus akan jadi contoh.
Cerita yang tak bagus,dijadikan tauladan.
Tapi, kita tak rasa cerita yang tak bagus menjadi tauladan.
Orang kita suka meniru.
Yang tak baik dan yang baik, semua jadi contoh.
(okay, I'm talking crappy...)

Here are some of the good stories, highly recommended!

1. Syukur 21
2. Diari Ramadhan Rafique (especially 1st season)
3. My wife and kids (this is hillarious; good for parenting education)

The list will be updated every now and then.

Whakatane

Room 75,

Staff Accomodation

Whakatane Hospital

Bay of Plenty

New Zealand.

4th October 2007

7.40 pm

6.40 pm

5.40 pm

7.40 am

6.40 am

5.40 am

I like the 6.40 am one!

What is yours?

Pre-Raya

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Place: 12 Drummond St - 15 Ramadhan 1428

My heart~~~

LUBB DUBB

Sadness is beautiful,

Loneliness is tragical.

So help me!I can't win this war.

Touch me now don't bother.

If every second it makes me weaker.

You can save me from the man I've become.

Looking back on the things I've done.

I was trying to be someone.

Play my part.Kept you in the dark.

Now let me show the SHAPE OF MY HEART.

Really,what is the shape of your heart?What is the shape of my heart?Does the heart have a shape?How many heart shapes are there?

Can't help but to hear this song playing over and over again when Dr.Aitken lectured us on Heart problems in Paediatrics thus afternoon.My mind switched on it's radio when he mentioned "Kids with Tetralogy of Fallot (pronounced as fallo)will have boot-shaped heart.The apex sort of turn upward.I know it's hard to see a boot here, but you have to take my words for this".Then, this BSB old song keep on playing in my head until now.

I still remember last year,when we had a session with Dr.O'meghan from Hutt Hospital, he asked what a heart is?All boys (I mean it,not exagerating) and minority of XX answered "heart is a muscular structure,pumping blood to the whole body,supplying oxygen, blablabla...". And, not surprise, majority of the girls answered heart as an organ that tells you the feelings.

Anyway, this entry is about SHAPE of the heart.Nothing else.Iskiskisk, we can talk about this tiny little organ forever.MasyaAllah~~~ (ia kecil, ia gagah!).


Apa lagi bentuk yang ada untuk si hati (atau si jantung?)

Egg-shaped heart is for Transposition of the great arteries.
Real egg heart =)

Snowman heart is for Total anomalous Pulmonary venous return.

Ok, lepas ini,pakat ramai-ramai tengok chest x-ray dekat cardiology department or paediatric ward, look for these shapes of heart,aye!

Study time!

Ramadhan 1

Blues pula tiba-tiba.First day of Ramadhan 1428H here in Wellington.

My 4th year of fasting in Aetearoa. Winter-Spring mood.

Dont know how to describe my feeling right now.A cocktail perhaps.

Excited with this Ramadhan;iftar,sahur,terawikh,etc.

Plus, kita bangga dengan kawan2.Since Ramadhan started, I've received many wishes.

Kebanyakannya,bahasa berbunga2.Tak kisahlah English atau BM,tapi semuanya indah bahasa.

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Sentiasa setting niat,

Upgrade iman,

Download sabar,

Upload usaha,

Delete dosa,

Update doa,

Top-up ilmu.

Dapatlah redeem pahala banyak2!

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May Allah protect you from all harm,

brighten your heart with the Nur of iman,

bless you with the vision of ihsaan,

and elevate you with the greatness of Ramadhan.

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And last but not least, from Kakok/Afida.I think she made this herself!Talented!

Tiada syair seindah zikir,

tiada kata seindah Al-Quran,

tiada bulan seindah Ramadhan.

Walau mata tak bertatap,

tangan tak berjabat,

namun hati saling bermaafan.

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Esok OSCE.

Cuak.

Anxious.

I know I should't be doing this at this second.

Procrastinating.

Rindu nak bersahur dengan mak abah adik2.

Rindu nak pergi pasar malam.

Rindu nak berterawikh dekat Surau Ubudiah.

Sad.

I'm feeling sad.

Why should I feel sad?

I dont know why I feel sad.

Oh,wait!

I know why.

But I couldnt tell.

That's sad.
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Enough!Balik ke meja study!Esok kita berOSCE =p

Selamat berpuasa,everybody! =]

Ramadhan

KITA

MELAYU- Dato' Dr. Usman Awang

Melayu itu orang yang bijaksana

Nakalnya bersulam jenaka

Budi bahasanya tidak terkira

Kurang ajarnya tetap santun

Jika menipu pun masih bersopan

Bila mengampu bijak beralas tangan.

Melayu itu berani jika bersalah

Kecut takut kerana benar

Janji simpan di perut

Selalu pecah di mulut

Biar mati adat

Jangan mati anak.

Melayu di tanah Semenanjung luas maknanya:

Jawa itu Melayu,

Bugis itu Melayu

Banjar juga disebut Melayu,

Minangkabau memang Melayu,

Keturunan Acheh adalah Melayu,

Jakun dan Sakai asli Melayu,

Arab dan Pakistani, semua Melayu

Mamak dan Malbari serap ke Melayu

Malah mua'alaf bertakrif Melayu

Dalam sejarahnya

Melayu itu pengembara lautan

Melorongkan jalur sejarah zaman

Begitu luas daerah sempadan

Sayangnya kini segala kehilangan.

Melayu itu kaya falsafahnya

Kias kata bidal pusaka

Akar budi bersulamkan daya

Gedung akal laut bicara.

Malangnya

Melayu itu kuat bersorak

Terlalu ghairah pesta temasya

Sedangkan kampung telah tergadai

Sawah sejalur tinggal sejengkal tanah sebidang mudah terjual.

Meski telah memiliki telaga

Tangan masih memegang tali

Sedang orang mencapai timba.

Berbuahlah pisang tiga kali Melayu itu masih bermimpi

Walaupun sudah mengenal universiti

Masih berdagang di rumah sendiri.

Berkelahi cara Melayu

Menikam dengan pantun

Menyanggah dengan senyum

Marahnya dengan diam

Merendah bukan menyembah

Meninggi bukan melonjak.

Watak Melayu menolak permusuhan

Setia dan sabar tiada sempadan

Tapi jika marah tak nampak telinga

Musuh dicari ke lubang cacing

Tak dapat tanduk telinga dijinjing

Maruah dan agama dihina jangan

Hebat amuknya tak kenal lawan.

Berdamai cara Melayu indah sekali

Silaturrahim hati yang murni

Maaf diungkap senantiasa bersahut

Tangan dihulur sentiasa bersambut

Jika pun tidak lagi berparut.

Baiknya hati Melayu itu tak terbandingkan

Selagi yang ada sanggup diberikan

Sehingga tercipta sebuah kiasan:

"Dagang lalu nasi ditanakkan

Suami pulang lapar tak makan

Kera di hutan disusu-susukan

Anak di pangkuan mati kebuluran.

Bagaimanakah Melayu abad dua puluh satu

Masihkan tunduk tersipu-sipu?

Jangan takut melanggar pantang

Jika pantang menghalang kemajuan;

Jangan segan menentang larangan

Jika yakin kepada kebenaran;

Jangan malu mengucapkan keyakinan

Jika percaya kepada keadilan

Jadilah bangsa yang bijaksana

Memegang tali memegang timba

Memiliki ekonomi mencipta budaya

Menjadi tuan di negara Merdeka

----------------------------------------------

Ihsan: Muhammad Aznel

http://muhdaznel.multiply.com/tag/sajak%20%22melayu%22

Understanding Islam

TOO LATE FOR TEARS

Death knocked on

a bedroom door.

"Who is there?"
the sleeping one cried.


"I'm Angel Izrael,let me in."


At once, the man began to shiver
as one sweating in deadly fever.


"Don't take away my life.

Please go away.


O Angel of Death,
I'm not ready yet.


My family, on me depend,
give me chance
to go back and mend."


The Angle knocked again.


"O man,
it's your soul that I require,
I come not with my own desire."


Bewildered,the man began to cry.


"O Angel, I'm so afraid to die,
let me remain here as your slave,
don't send me to the grave."


"Let me in,O man,"the Angel said.


"Open the door,
get up from your bed,
you can't stop me from coming in,
Angels can go through objects,
thick and thin."


The man held a gun in his right hand,
ready to defy the Angel's stand.


"I'll point my gun towards your head
You dare come in-I'll shoot you dead."


By now, the Angel was in the room,
saying,"O man-prepare for your doom,
foolish man-Angels never die,
put down your gun and do not sigh.


Why are you afraid-tell me O man-
to die according to Allah's plan?"


"O Angel, I bow my head in shame,
I had no time to remember Allah's name.


From dawn till dusk, I made my wealth,
not even caring for my spiritual health.


Allah's commands I never obeyed,
nor five times a day I ever prayed.


A Ramadhan came
and a Ramadhan went,
but no time had I to repent.


The Hajj was already obligatory upon me,
but I would not part with my money.


All charities I did ignore,
taking usury more and more.



Sometimes I sipped my favourite wine,
with flirting women I sat to dine.


O Angel I appeal to you,
spare my life for a year or two.


The laws of The Quran, I will obey,
I'll begin Salat - this very day.



My Fast and Hajj, I will complete,
and keep away from self-conceit.


I will refrain from usury
and give all my wealth to charity.


Wine and unlawful women,
I will detest,
Allah's oneness I will attest."


"We Angels do what Allah demands,
we cannot go againsts His commands.


Death is ordained for everyone -
father,mother,daughter and son.


I'm afraid, this moment is your last,
now be reminded of your past.


I do understand your fears
but it is now too late for tears.


You lived in this world,
two score or more.


Your parents you did not obey,
hungry beggars, you turned away.


Your two ill-mannered, female offspring,
in nightclubs, for livelihood they sing.


Instead of making more Muslims,
you made your children non-Muslims.


You ignored the Athan (call to prayer)
nor did you recite The Holy Quran.


Breaking promises all your life,
backbiting friends and causing strife.


From hoarded goods,
great profits you made,
and your poor workers -
you underpaid.

Horses and cards were your leisure,
money-making was your pleasure.


You ate and ate
and grew more fat,
with the very sick, you never sat.


A little donation, you never gave
that could a little baby save.


You thought
you're clever and strong,
but O man,
you've done enough wrong.

Paradise for you?I cannot tell,
the disbeliever will dwell in hell.

There is no time for you to repent,
I'll take your soul for which I am sent."

--------------------------------------------
Adapted by Dr Y Mansoor Marican from "Operaton Death" by G.H.E Vanker

Bulan Sastera dan Bahasa Negara 2007

Kawan berkongsi...

pagi ni tersentak apabila baca email daripada seorang sahabat... Ucapan tahniahnya tersimpan seribu makna...

terima kasih: norfahmi_ab@yahoo.co.uk dan Mohd Hassan

Tahniah

Assalamualaikum

Hari ni wajar kita ucapkan tahniah kepada diri kita selaku melayu muslim malaysia kerana hari ini 3/9/08 adalah hari terakhir anak2 kita menduduki peperiksaan besar ie UPSR dalam bahasa melayu.

Peperiksaan- peperiksaan besar yang lain PMR dan SPM sememangnya sudah diadakan dalam bahasa Inggeris.

Ya, akan ada orang membuat hujah ini demi kemajuan.

Tetapi bangsa manayang maju hanya dengan mengubah perkara ini? France? Germany? Jepun?

Soalan yang patut kita fikir dan tanya mengapa seluruh parti politik cina, kumpulan pejuang pendidikan cina dan sekutu mereka berjaya memastikan anak2 mereka kekal mengambil peperiksaan peperiksaan ini dalam bahasa ibunda mereka.

Selamat tinggal Bahasa Melayu.

Selamat tinggal Zaa'ba, Usman Awang,Keris Mas, Pak Sako, seluruh pejuang2 kebangsaan, selamat jalan kepada seluruh pemimpin2 yang berusaha mendaulatkan Bahasa Melayu suatu masa dahulu.

Suatu masa dahulu hingga melayu muslim berjaya melahirkan golongankelas menengah yang ramai seperti hari ini. Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa.

Yahudi berjaya hidupkan bahasa Hebrew kembali selepas membina negara.

Jepun teguh dengan bahasanya.

Begitu juga Perancis, Jerman dan seterusnya.

Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa. Sungguh ironi. Mungkin sememangnya bangsa inis udah mati akal dan jiwanya. Selamat Hari Kebangsaan.

----> Mungkin inilah alasan mengapa kita menjadikan bulan September tahun ini sebagai Bulan Sastera dan Bahasa Negara;mungkin untuk memperingati Bahasa Melayu yang lekang dek panas, lapuk dek hujan.

Itu?Ini?

Life is full of choices and life is also about making a decision.

Makin dewasa kita dalam hayat ini, makin banyak pilihan kita ada.Makin variasi pilihan,makin sulit untuk memilih.

We will scream that the world is cruel if we had no choices. The world is still cruel even if we had zillion of choices because we know, there's only one the best among them all.

Pilihan itu berkadar terus dengan tanggungjawab.Tanggungjawab pula berkadar terus dengan kedewasaan.Setuju?

These few weeks, the people from med school have been attacking us (the 5th year students )with lots of papers.Papers that need us to choose only one best choice among them all and need to be returned to them ASAP.Those forms are for our placements for next year: O&G, Surgical team, General Med, Paeds, GP and Psych.

Really, is this the time we should make up our mind about next year's things?I don't think so.I suppose,they want to sort things earlier before 2008 begins. But, this is not the right time to do all these things. We need to study for exams, OSCE,MCQs and end of run exams,etc. Don't add more burden .huhuhu...Have some mercy, will u?

I know I shouldn't been complaining about this. But, how am I suppose to know which place I should go to?Which one is the best for me?

Oh ALLAH, lend me YOUR strength.

Placement for O&G:

-Wellington

-Palmerston North

-Hawkes Bay

-Taranaki

Placement for Paeds:

-Wellington

-Hutt

-Palmerston North

Placement for General Med:

-Wellington

-Palmerston North

-Masterton

Placement for Psych:

-It's abt 6 of them, cant border to list them out =p

Surgery:

-General surgery

-Ortho surgery

It may seem simple, just circle any one of those of each module.Seriously,I need to consider some stuff too.Accomodation, transport, food, logistic,company,and all things that I prefer not to list them here =)

~~~H.E.L.P~~~

ISLAM

http://www.senikehidupan.com/

ALHAMDULILLAH

Ya Rabb

Pintaku jangan kau campakkan usahaku,jatuh kembali dari pengangkatan ke langit.


Ya Illahi

Terimalah perjuanganku ini.Jika tak sempurna lagi,hantarkanlah utusan pembetulan penyuluh silapku.


Ya 'Aziz

Kau yang berhak ke atas hidupku,maka jadikanlah ia yang terbaik.Janganlah kau palingkan hati ini lagi.


Ya Allah

Letakkanlah hati ini di atas jalanMU,alurkan jiwa ini terus ke sungai kehambaan kepadaMU.


Ya Rahim

Sekali lagi rayuku,janganlah kau sia-siakan kehidupan ku ini.

KepadaMu lah aku kembali.


Amin ya rabbal 'alamin

Letter for us

Merdeka anniversary: Bridge that racial divide

By : TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE, Member, National Unity Advisory Panel

AS Malaysia celebrates its 50th Merdeka anniversary, it is indeed an opportune time for all to reinforce their love for the nation.

Allow me to stress once again that the fundamentals that have brought us together are the very principles contained in Rukun Negara and the Constitution. Rukun Negara was formulated in 1970 and set out to achieve consensus with regard to national aspirations among the races.

Rukun Negara, through its five tenets — belief in God, loyalty to king and country, upholding the Constitution, rule of law, and good social behaviour and morality — have formed the principles of our nationhood and these should be impressed on our younger generation.It is our guide for nation-building and should be respected by all. It is a shared vision for national unity.

Its principles should always be upheld and practised for we must never take for granted our stability, peace and harmony.On the contrary, efforts must be made to make sure that ethnic integration and religious harmony are maintained as they are the foundations for peace and unity in our multiracial nation.

Let us not allow extremism and violence to divide the nation. Whether Malaysia will succeed as a multi-racial nation depends on whether our young ones are prepared to accept each other as Malaysians with a common destiny. Young people must be unconscious of the fact that the person sitting next to him is of another race and religion. They must be aware of only one thing, that he is their friend.

With each passing day, I am more convinced that Malaysians must break down the racial divide, reach out and make friends with those from other communities. Youth of different races must strengthen racial integration. Schools are the ideal place to promote racial integration. Teachers and parents must help out in this process. Parents must encourage their children to mix with others of different races so that they can better understand one another’s religion, culture and way of life.

Conscious and sustained efforts must be made to break the racial divide among students of diverse races to overcome racial polarisation.In this connection, the introduction of National Service is one way of dealing with polarisation.Parents should encourage their children to take part in the programme as it instils discipline, patriotism, goodwill and unity in young people.

Today’s students are our future leaders. Upon their shoulders lie the responsibility of building a united nation.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Letters/20070829083813/Article/index_html

Malaysiaku Gemilang

Terpanggil untuk mengulas petikan dari saudara Brian Yap,penulis bagi kolum di NSTP. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Columns/20070829074506/Article/index_html

The article called " We can decide what being Malaysian means". Menarik?Menarik...

"I DIDN’T choose to be Malaysian. And, I suspect, neither did almost all of you. Unless I was singled out, I don’t think any of us were given a say in certain matters: Our place of birth, ethnic background, or our parent."

Itu pembuka kata beliau. Logik?Logik...

Tak perlulah mengulas satu persatu artikel Mr. Yap. Apa yang pentingnya di sini, Mr. Yap mengajak kita untuk memilih apa erti menjadi seorang warganegara Malaysia.Bagus?Bagus...

Rakyat Malaysiakah kita kalau kita melaungkan "Merdeka"? Atau rakyat asingkah kita kalau kita tak melaungkan kata "keramat" itu?

Warganegara Malaysiakah kita kalau kita lancar berbahasa Malaysia?Bahasa Malaysia atau Bahasa Melayu?Jadi, orang Brunei dan orang Indonesia berbahasa apa?Bukan bahasa Melayu? Jadinya,tak adillah kalau kita mengambil hak milik Bahasa Melayu khas hanya untuk Malaysia.

Durian?Orang Thailand pun menanam durian.Kalau abah kita nak beli durian pun, kita memilih durian Siam dari durian Pahang.Jadi, durian pun bukan hak milik khas Malaysia.

Being overseas, makes me think more deeply about the being a Malaysian. When people here ask "What is Malaysia like?",I can't fluently answer that question. Tough.

Adakah saya tak cukup ke"Malaysia"an lagi?Tak cukup patriotikkah saya?Tak kenal lagikah saya dengan tanah tumpah darah sendiri?

Semalam berchatting dengan seorang rakan. "Tak keluar celebrate merdeka day ke?"

Macam mana nak menyambut hari kemerdekaan,ya?

Apa tujuan kita menyambut merdeka?Kita bangga menjadi rakyat yang merdeka? Kalau usia kita lebih 50 tahun, layaklah mungkin nak membangga.Tapi kalau kita seusia jagung, apa kontribusi kita kepada kemerdekaan?

After 50 years, maybe it's time for us to rethink about our motherland. Rethink and do something about it.

APA MAKSUD KITA SEBAGAI SEORANG RAKYAT MALAYSIA?

Soalan bonus: Ingat lagi Rukun Negara yang 5?

Reality Check 3

Saya tak menentang merdeka.

Saya bukan tak mengenang budi.

Saya adalah anak Malaysia.

Truly, I'm proud to be one!

::SALAM MERDEKA::

Reality check 2

JAYAKARTA

Tahukah kita pada Fatahillah?Pernah dengarkah kita Fadhillah Khan?Siapa dia?Atau siapa mereka?

Sehari lepas, kami menonton cerita lama sari seberang;Fatahillah.

Menceritakan tentang pembukaan Jakarta.

Mengisahkan tentang pahlawan Islam yang menuntut ilmu di Mesir, pulang ke negara seberang, memerintah kerajaan DAMAK.

Cerita yang berlatar belakangkan kisah benar pada kurun 1513, sewaktu Portugis 'melanggar' kepulauan Nusantara, merodok malang si Melaka, Acheh, Pasai dan segala macam kerajaan Islam yang sedang merangkak kegemilangan.

Kegoblokan kerajaan Pajajaran bersetuju untuk menjadi kawan Portugis telah memanggil kerajaan Maluku untuk ke kerajaan Damak supaya ditentangnya tentera rempah itu (konon rempah).

Pada saat orang rempah tengah bermaharajala, teguh nan perkasa, siapa yang mahu menentang mereka?Fadhillah Khan telah bersetuju untuk memimpin tentera Islam untuk perangi si gerilla rempah itu.

Since that night,I knew that the old Jakarta wasn't like the new Jakarta.The old Jayakarta has been built by Islam. The new Jakarta has abondoned Islam.Kacang yang lupakan kulit mungkin?

Ini baru di Jakarta.

Tempat sendiri?

Tepuk dada,tanya iman.

Esok genap setengah abad kita melaungkan kata "MERDEKA". Apa benar kita sudah merdeka?

Reality check

Program Musim Bunga 2007

APA ITU UKHWAH?
Cuti kali ni, Wani membawa anak buah usrahnya bercamping bersama-sama di Drummond St. Masuk kali ni, dah 3 kali kami berkumpul beramai-ramai.But, for each time, we have to start the ta'ruf agian and again. Those names are really hard to be remembered.I bet they never memorize our names either. Kenapa macam tu eh?

Alasan pertama: sebab jarang jumpa.
Alasan kedua: byk lgi benda nak diingat selain nama meraka.
Alasan ketiga: tiada kepentingan untuk dihafal (kejam betul alasan~~~)
Alasan keempat: no reason =) (jujur sungguh~~~)

Jadi, setelah berkali-kali berta'ruf, kali ini, mereka bercamping di rumah kami. Kami ada masa 3hari 2malam untuk mengenal hati budi masing-masing.Alhamdulillah,after the final session, we managed to not confuse ourselves with their names again. Harap-harapnya, kalau jumpa lain kali, tak dalah tersasul nama lagi =)

APA ITU RISALAH?
Bukan senang nak jadi khalifah di muka bumi Allah ni. Tak susah nak tersasar dari jalan yang lurus. Ukhwah dah terbina, tinggal lagi arah dan tujuan kena fokuskan. We know that we are here to study, to get our degree.But that is not the only reason why we are here. IJAZAH DAN RISALAH. Dua benda yang berbeza,tapi saling bersangkut paut. Dua-dua ada kepayahan masing-masing.Dua-dua ada kemanisan masing-masing.

APA ITU JIHAD?
[Jihad?What a big word~~~
Jihad? Shuh, that is sensitive issue~~~]

Fahamkah kita dengan jihad?

Rasulullah bersabda:"Sesiapa yang meninggal dunia tanpa berjihad atau berniat untuk berjihad,sesungguhnya dia mati dalam jahiliyyah"-Hadith Sahih

~Long due~

HUJAN


Menggeletar dalam bilik.
Terasa bukan macam selalu.
Buka jendela...hujan di luar.



Senyap sungguh hujan turun.
Tak macam di sana, guruh petir pembuka kata.
Sini tak tahu hujung pangkal, sedar-sedar bumi dah basah.
Patutlah suhu menjunam.

Selesai isya',langit masih menangis.
Sebak pula rasa di hati.
Sudah lama hati kering.

Bersurai jemaah, fikiran melayang.
Sambil menatap cermin yang basah.
Lama betul tak amati penghujanan.
Selama jiwa ini tidak hayati penusabahan.

Bila dah sedar,aturlah langkah.
Cepat-cepat menyusun azam.
Malam ini kita bermula semula.
Dari sifar merangkak ke menara.

Perjuangan Yang Belum Selesai

Perjuangan Yang Belum Selesai




Langkah, beribu langkah
Ke destinasi yang diimpi
Tiba terhenti, tercari-cari
Haluan arah, yang telah pun musnah
Harapan tak kesampaian

Hina, hinanya diri
Hanya menantikan bantuan
Bagaimanakah ini terjadi
Kerdilnya diri bukan lagi tuan
Inikah rupanya nasib bangsaku

Langkah demi langkah
Biarkah bertatih
Impian kan juga terlaksana
Martabat diri ini, tiadakan bererti
Tanpa usaha, janganlah leka
Mewah negaraku semerbak harumnya
Renjisan keringat oh bangsaku

Teruskan langkah ini
Biarkan ia kekal selamanya...

( bridge )
"Bangsaku bukan kecil hati dan jiwanya
Bukankah sejak zaman berzaman
Mereka menjadi pelaut, pengembara
Malah penakluk terkemuka?
Bukankah meraka sudah mengembangkan sayap
Menjadi pedagang dan peniaga
Selain menjadi ulama dan ilmuan terbilang?
Bukankah bangsaku pernah mengharung samudera
Menjajah dunia yang tak dikenal?
Bukankah mereka pernah menjadi wira serantau
Yang tidak mengenal erti takut dan kematian?
Di manakah silapnya?"

Langkah demi langkah
Biarkah bertatih
Impian kan jadi terlaksana
Martabat diri ini, tiadakan bererti

Usahalah, janganlah leka
Mewah negaraku semerbak harumnya
Renjisan keringat oh bangsaku

Teruskan langkah ini
Biarkan ia kekal sentiasa...

( ending )
"Hari ini, jalan ini pasti semakin berliku
Kerana masa depan belum tentu menjanjikan syurga
Bagi mereka yang lemah dan mudah kecewa
Perjuangan kita belum selesai
Kerana hanya yang cekal dan tabah
Dapat membina mercu tanda
Bangsanya yang berjaya"

~NoRa~

Echopraxia

LATAH

Melatahlah kamu,
kalau itu bisa membuat kamu tahu,
yang jalan itu bukan yang satu,
membawa kamu terus ke situ.

Melatahlah kamu,
kalau itu yang perlu,
buat sedarkan hati yang membatu,
sebelum tubuh terbujur kaku.

Biar melatah sekarang,
jangan menangis di belakang.
Jika masih ada ruang,
bertatihlah lekas agar tak terus kecundang.

Melatahlah, jangan selalu melatah.
Takut nanti tersilap langkah,
akhir nanti kau akan rebah,
tak bangun-bangun terus kalah.

GKLN Event

Assalamualaikum.

BENGKEL PENULISAN MUSIM PANAS GRUP KARYAWAN MPR LUAR NEGARA 2007

Sukacita dimaklumkan sebuah bengkel penulisan akan diadakan pada6-8 Ogos 2007 dengan kerjasama Grup Karyawan Luar Negara, MPR, dan juga DBP. Bengkel ini terbuka kepada semua pelajar-pelajar/ penulis yang sedang menuntut di luar negara (tidak kira di Universiti atau negara mana sekalipun).Bengkel 3 hari 2 malam ini akan diadakan di sebuah hotel di Kuala Lumpur (atau sekitarnya) yang akan dipilih kemudian oleh pihak DBP. Semua kos penginapan, makan minum, dan bahan bengkel akan dibiayai oleh pihak DBP sepenuhnya. Tiada yuran dikenakan.

Seramai 20 orang peserta diperlukan, dan bengkel dijangka (dalam perancangan) dibimbing oleh Pn Zaharah Nawawi untuk cerpen, Pn Siti Salmiah Ismail untuk puisi, dan juga dirancang slot untuk Puan Nisah Haron (slot hak cipta dan etika penulisan) serta Sdr Faisal Tehrani (penulisan novel). Walaubagaimanapun tentatif tertakluk kepada perubahan dan aturcara lengkap akan disusun/dikendalika n oleh pihak DBP serta dimaklumkan kepada para peserta kemudian.Setiap peserta akan diminta menghantar satu cerpen atau sejumlah puisi untuk tujuan dibedah dan dibincangkan semasa bengkel. (Tarikh pengumpulan karya serta jumlah puisi yang diperlukan akan ditetapkan kemudian).

Oleh yang demikian, pihak DBP meminta senarai nama sekitar 20 orang peserta dari Grup Karyawan Luar Negara yang bakal menyertai bengkel penulisan ini supaya urusan tempahan dan urusan lain dapat dilaksanakan segera.

KEPADA YANG BERMINAT UNTUK MENYERTAI BENGKEL INI SILA SERAHKAN

1)NAMA PENUH
2)ALAMAT DI MALAYSIA
3)NO KP
4)NO TELEFON
5)EMEL
6)KARYA -CERPEN ATAU PUISI (bagi mereka yang telah ada)

kepada saya (saudara Fadh Razy) SECEPAT MUNGKIN:

AHMAD FADHLIL MOHAMAD PAKARUL-RAZY (FAHD RAZY)
mailto : fahd_razy@yahoo.co.uk
0390769363 / 0172687225

Tempat terhad. Keutamaan diberi kepada yang mendaftar awal.(harap dapat disebar-sebarkan)

Mawlay

~~~ Kata kawan, nasyid ini boleh melegakan hati yang sedang radang. Sahih atau tidak, hanya DIA yang tahu.

Mawlaya..
My Lord...my pray and greet always..
Upon your beloved...the best among all humans
Muhammad...the master of both worlds
and both teams of arabs and non-arabs

You, Muhammad...
You have been hurt and bothered in Allah sake..
You never lost and gave up
And now (until) Islam Ummah (population) is in the Star
You traveled from one place to another..
As the moon travels in the dark
And you continued to rise until you gain a high position

Below is more accurate version of translation but incomplete.

Mawlaya salli wa sallim da-Iman abadan‘Ala habibika khayril khalqi kullihimi(Oh my Master, send Your salutations and blessings eternallyUpon Your Beloved – the best of creation)

Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni wath-thaqalain

(Muhammad is the leader [as the Final Prophet and the best of creation] Of the two worlds, and of Man and Jinn)

Wal fareeqaini min ‘urbin wa min ‘ajami

(Leader also of the Arabs and the non-Arabs and their kin)

A visit to Sydney,Australia

OK,it has been a while since my last time posted anything here. This time, my entry is more like a normal blog; where Im going to blabbing about this that I have done lately; not a poem or any sort of literature =)

Last week, we had our flat-outing,together with Een from Christchurch. We went to SYdney! yea,people! Sydney! What an expensive outing! We were there for 4 days; stayed at Malaysian Hall.


We checked-in at Malaysia Hall right after we arrived. The hall was awesome! Very cheap rent,indeed. The surrounding was lovely and clean, the people a bit cold though =) Kak Nani was a cool host.She doesnt look like a grandmother,okey!Unbelievable =)


After that, we headed to Circular Quay,impatiently hoping to see Sydney Opera House. Really excited! We also went to the other side of the city, Marrison Point, via ferry. We crossed the Sydney Habour Bridge with the train to get back to Circular Quay.

It was hard to find a halal restaurant there especially during lunch time. I know that they have a long list of halal restaurants in Sydney but seriously, they need to do some up-dating here! Some restaurants are not there anymore! Some are really fancy; would cost us 3months of MARA monthly pocket money to dine there.huhuhu.


Later of the day, we went to Westfield Shopping Centre, ANZAC Memorial, Pool of Refelction, an old-unique church, the city Park and met Kak Nini, Melor's cousin.

Next day, we took a train to New Castle. Man, it was a very long journey!3 hours, okey! We met the KMBs people there. It was glad seeing other medic students from other unis.We were served with very yummy lunch! After that, they took us for a tour at Uni of New Castle. Seriously, I felt like I was at FRIM, very bushy and 'foresty'.
We headed to Foreshore to see the big ship which only a few meter off the shore. The ship 'Pasha' got stuck there since last Friday. We went home after 5pm and it took me another 3 hours of journey.~sigh~ Luckily, Een and I had some puzzles to make our boredom more enjoy =) That night, we had our dinner at Cafe Kasturi. We were standing in front of the shop at 2030, 30 minutes before it closed. huhuhuhu... Thank God, they let us had our dinner there. Or else...
(thanks to the girls : Dash, Hani, Fini, Mel, Kak Ti and the cars )

Darling Habour was our next stop. We wanted to go to Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife world! We commuted to get around the harbour and to the Sydney skytower. It was dark when we were up there, so, only could appreciate the lights. The Oztrek was awesome! We had our dinner at kebab store that night; Ali Baba.


The next day, we went shopping! yeay! We headed up to Paddy's market to get some souvenirs from Sydney. As everybody would thought, the place was like a Chinetown. It just the matter whether you want to buy things 'made in China' or 'genuine from Australia'. We had lunch at Kingston; UNSW people. After that, we went to Bondi beach.Eventough it was getting darker and raining, we were so adamant to go there. It was worthwhile =)
(thanks to : Aan, Nuzi, Rozana, Syu, Chaq, Hidayah and Maznah)

Well, end of our journey. That was it. Like Nuha said ~ a tale to tell~ hahhaha