Blegh...

Blegh...

Camel???

Hahahha...I had an interesting day or somewhat an unexpected 'short conversation' with an elderly man at the mosque today...

wait! what was I doing in the mosque/masjid?...It's Friday, so everyday Friday I go to the mosque to congregate with other fellow muslim brothers to perform the obligatory Friday prayer.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei Darussalam

and camel??

I had this interesting 'short conversation' with an elderly man there...

Me (sitting down Indian style): Assalamualaikum
Man: Assalamualaikum, you're early...something something camel
(i couldn't hear what he was saying hence the something something)
Me: Oh, I had class this morning, so I come here straight away...
Man: No..no...you're the first to come and quite early, so your reward is camel...
Me: ooh (smiles...)

Interesting right??

hahaha that caught me off guard and got me thinking...actually i like to go to the mosque EARLY every Friday...it's just that i think it's just good to be early and i am not a tardy sort of guy (despite this i'm quite unlucky with travelling by trains or buses...this will be another story).

I never actually think about the 'reward when I go early to the mosque (when i talk about reward it's the reward from God). When I go to the mosque early it's partly because back in Brunei, my dad insists on going early to the mosque which is 5 minute drive from my house (Yeah, it's very close). But now, the mosque (in Sheffield)...it's 30-40minute walk from my house.

and also, it's habit plus I don't like being late...if you're I can't find a good and comfortable spot to pray (so i can be khusyuk when praying).

and the khutbah (friday sermon) today was also interesting...I'd like to mention something about it but i'm not quite sure how to put in words...basically if you're a muslim you should at least PRAY 5 times a day and seriously guys/girls this only take at most 30-40minutes (or 1 hour) to do everyday - approximately 6-8 minutes per prayer. COMPARED to 24hours that you're given by GOD...i think you can easily spare this amount of time right?. Furthermore, one of the pillars of ISLAM is 'the obligatory prayers'....you can't be called a Muslim (even if you're born one) if you don't do the obligatory prayers..


hmmm ahhaha okay i've said enuff...and certainly i don't wanna preach here. i just wanna share what i thought. So again...i'm not trying to preach here and it's basically for me too...so if you guys out there happen to read this, you can take it or leave it, right? it's your choice...ahaha

ciao..

take care

camel! (doh!)

Wild World

just videos of the same song
"WILD WORLD"

"Cat Stevens and Peter Gabriel Live in 1971"

Also performed by Cat Stevens and Peter Gabriel in a concert somewhere...:D





A rendition of the song by cast members of Skins at the end of Season 1 of that series

well enjoy!


take care, it's a wild world out there! hehe

Bits and pieces...

here and there.

There is nothing special about me
I am just a little star

- Kelis, Lil' Star


hahaha this song grew on me. However, I am not just a little star by the way! I AM the STAR! (hahahah i'm being very self conceited here...pardon me please ahahah)



da da daaaaa..da da daaaa


xxx

My pet peeves

Nyap'nyap'nyap...nyap'nyap'nyap...nyapz!~

i absolutely abhor this sound (hence the not so attractive colour). i am not going to tell what the sound is (you can figure it out yourself or by just reading this post until the end) :D ehehe.

I remembered the first time i heard about this abhorrent sound was back in '98 or was it '99, i was a teenager back then (wah!!! i was so young!!) and one of my closest friends started mentioning about this 'sound' and from then on, I started realising this 'sound' and until now I am fairly annoyed (this 'fairly annoyed' might be an understatement) by this nyap nyap nyap sound.

Have you figured it out already? ahhaha

sorry, but it's one of my flaws - to be a little (again another understatement) bit judgmental (<---this is the correct spelling ehehhe). (and of course i try not to make this sound - by properly chewing my food ehhehe) oh well

see ya!

Bits and pieces...

here and there.

"Let it never be said, the romance is dead
Cos there’s so little else occupying my head
There is nothing I need except the function to breathe
But I’m not really fussed, doesn’t matter to me"

-Kaiser Chiefs, Ruby

I'm here...

Hahaha...

hello people...its been a very long while since i last blogged.

It had been a bloody battle for me and my brain against 3 horrendous exam papers. I did all of 'em but i can't say i did alright. Now all my prayers will be focused on passing these papers..AMIN!! -doakan aku pass!!...tanx a lot-

Oh yea...I practically missed one month...missed January...I was kinda engrossed in revision and studying that i didn't realize that one month has passed...JUST LIKE THAT!! POOOFt...now I'm in February of 2008...that's how horrendous (plus menyusahkan aku) the papers were!!

Well it's been a few days (4 days to be exact) since i sat for my last paper...IT was an OKAY paper...but my answers were NOT!! I mean...i studied for a WEEK for that paper..but nothing come to fruition. The horrific experience that i went through on the morning of that exam was - my brain wasn't functioning!, i think i had a panic attack and i couldn't remember and recall a week's worth of revision...i FELT USELESS..I WAS SO FRUSTRATED!

what's done is done right? ahahha now i just have to pray and mudahan aku pass! amin..

sigh...

on a lighter note.

wait a minute there is no lighter note!! ahahha and can you believe it...after losing one month to extensive and intensive revision...barely a week passed, our new semester starts. It's my last semester. and my hope is that i will breeze through this semester (i mean i will try my best and try harder to achieve what i came to do - get a degree!!).

I think I'm settled with my courses this semester, apart from the compulsory module - Case Studies in Accounting - I already decided that i will take Auditing module and Taxation in theory and practice..

....

well i think that's it from my studying front...

hahaha and as you all know, this blog -my blog!!- ehehhe was created in January 2007...it means that it already reached its first year anniversary!! yeay!! I had plans on revamping the layout of the blog but i couldn't do it and i had a few ideas of how to make my blog looks unique and kinda show who and what i am as a person...ahhaha I had this idea of writing down (yea...ACTUALLY writing down my entries on paper using pen) and just scan it and upload it here...i had this idea brewing inside of my head since last november (in 2007) ahaha but i never actually got to do it...what's with my exam and everything...i'm still thinking of doing that ehhehe

and by same coincidence i stumble upon this site www.matthewgraygubler.com This site is actually the blog of one of the casts in 'Criminal Minds' - Dr Reid (a.k.a Matthew Gray Gubler <-- his real name) ehhehe and it looks fantastic!! The layout is so cool...and i wanna revamp the layout of this blog like that blog..not 100% the same, but more or less like that. ehhehe :D


well that's my intention so far...and so far this is it for my reappearance..

hasta la vista!! :D see ya till next time

xxx

Lufias™ thinks...

I have been raking my brain how to make my blog more interesting...words are just words...right? I've been searching what stuff to blog. Apart from the random daily updates, I can't think of new stuff...is this what you called writer's block?

Alright...i can't ramble much in this post.

I just wanna introduce a new element (which I hope to develop) - meaning, the 'Lufias™ thinks' section...it's basically a total random (TOTALLY RANDOM) things that i think about..what could be more obvious than that...hahaha

so here you go...the first Lufias™ thinks...


"You are what you think you are, regardless of what others think of you"

(ehem...it might not be original, someone might have of thought of the same thing as above, it's stuff that's currently playing in my mind...okay

ciao..eheh

one more thing...you might not get i mean in this post..cos i'm just trying to put this up...

Hiatus

Sorry for the non-posts period...which I admit is due to a lil bit of my fault :D

tapi...its a for a number of perfect reasons...

1. exam
2. revision (this shud be the first reason, but i'm sure you all get my drift right?)

I'm currently doing my revision since I came back from my almost 2 week holiday in London (for which I had extremely great time - mostly because Vi and Mirul were the best host and hostess while i was there - hehe it was great doing my boxing day shopping in London, i feel ill though for the first couple days...but i managed to pull through it).

A few things did complete my shopping experience, queuing up and stuff and spraying my fingers and clothes and body trying out perfumes during the Harrods sale with chea kee. after which we were quite intoxicated and for lack of better word -lamas- suffocated!. I went to Zara alone and saw someone I knew for a long time but never really met face to face. Happily shopping with brother and probably a special friend ehhehe sigh! oh well!

and the revision took up most of my time and brain space...do you realise that when doing intensive revision you always feel hungry? or is it just me?

anyways exam is just around the corner...by that i mean i will be having exams on 22nd, 25th January and 7th February...3 papers!! not much kan...BUT!!! the stuff to revise are so....banyak!!


and by the way...January is this blog's first year anniversary! (YEAY!!) and i am a bit disappointed by not actively writing and recording and celebrating the first year anniversary of this blog...but i have other stuff to do which are quite high on my priority list, like studying!. :D

so...on that note, i'll be leaving you guys/girls with a message - Happy New Year! and thank you for stopping by to read my humble blog :D

InsyaAllah (God's will) I'll be back posting on a regular basis soon. But for now and until my exam is over, this blog will be on a...

HIATUS



*picture has no whatsoever connection with me being on a hiatus*

hehehe

yours truly

Happy New Year 2008

It's been a while that i haven't blogged! almost 2 weeks??! or more

i haven't got the chance to update, it's because i'm in London! ahaha and definitely i haven't got my trusty old laptop to blog...

the only reason i can blog now, is because im using vi's laptop and update!

well guys and girls..

Happy New Year 2008!!!!

ciao

xxx
lufias