Salvaged photos

A few days ago, I was checking out my facebook and then biasalah, I just went through with all the requests as well as invitation (which I ignore all! eheh) and checking out who's been busy facebook-ing. Some photos caught my eyes - pictures from my trip to Prague back in December 2006. I thought all those pictures were lost because due to unforeseen well ehhe accident the hard drive that contained all those pictures fell and kinda broke down. And sadly we 'thought' those pictures were gone forever.

However, Vi posted those pictures (and I think she and Mirul managed to fix and repair the hard drive)...

as for what I'm doing at the moment?
well i'm just lazying around the house, I wanted to go to the Information Commons to do a bit of studying and research but I think I'll just do those at home...and tomorrow I might go to the Information Commons. (at least i've done a bit on my next Auditing tutorial...ehhe)

The guys are out to their class and probably hang out somewhere and INDA BAWA AKU! (probably they know I'm gonna say no) hehehhe seriously at this point I don't mind not being invited ahahha But it does feel good to be 'in-vi-ted' right? :D

The girls are out too, but they were out since yesterday - they had their sorta ritual/weekly sleep overs at Rush's place. They'll be back later...

So I am home, ALONE! ehehhe and watching Spongebob on TV and probably do a lil bit of reading later. Oh...and I can't wait to go to London again - I think I'm going there alone, since no one from Sheffield that I know of is (are??) going albeit my invitations and information, OH well at least I gave the info and invited everyone ahhaha :D

wah! i think i've been rambling. So I think that's enuff for the time being.



take care and see ya around

Earthquake in England

"The biggest earthquake for nearly 20 years has been felt across large parts of England."
-quoted from BBC, Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 02:34 GMT
read more here

I felt the tremor, but apparently it was an earthquake! I didn't quite notice it at first because I was deep in slumber. (I had an early day! - had class from 9 am - 10am and from 1pm - 4pm). By the time I got home was hungry and TIRED..ahhah so straight away after cooking dinner (without eating ehhehe) I crawl into my bed to rest and sleep..Zzzz


but around 1am ( approximately 1 hour and 45minutes ago), I was woken up by this real-life-like feeling of tremor and I thought it was just a dream and also I thought it was just a strong gale of winds. But apparently I am not the only one who felt it...all of my housemates felt it too. After that we just sort of sleep it off (well my housemates are sleeping now) and I am apparently wide awake. I slept from 7 till 1 so i guess I'm well rested (I was super tired ahahah).

After that mini-event (not so mini), I brushed my teeth and couldn't go back to sleep (and I'm not particularly sleepy). After that I went online and check my emails and read Bleach manga. About 2.30am, my phone vibrated - checked the number but it was withheld - so I just picked it and heard my mum's voice on the other side. Well it's nice to hear her voice and she sounded frantic! She said there was an earthquake in England...and she's in BRUNEI. I mean WOW - news do travel fast - super fast indeed..

After hearing that I am fine, she somehow calmed down a bit. And 15 minutes after that I had a video call from my grandparents - my grandma was crying! (so sweet!) she told me my mum called them and told what happened. I got to see my grandma and grandpa and my youngest aunty and her husband and my lil' cousin Zuka..I talked to them for a few minutes and both my mum and grandparents advised to sembahyang hajat and pray - and hope everything will be alright. I love my family! and miss them so much...I miss having people who cares so much about me around me (in other words who spoiled me - heheh just kidding).

(it got me thinking tho, I'm feeling calm here as if nothing happened - maybe it was the lull after the tiredness-slumber, people across the globe are worried, then I should be worried to, at least be prepared to what's gonna happen next...so since I just had a nice rest and peaceful sleep, i think I'm not gonna go back to sleep and keep being awake for a few hours or so)

"The biggest earthquake for nearly 25 years has been felt across large parts of England"
-quoted from BBC, Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 02:56 GMT

well that's my update
BE VIGILANT! :D

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...