Salam Ramadhan.

Selamat Berpuasa Everyone! Semoga amalan Ramadhan this time lebih baik dari sebelumnya! Amiiin.

Perceptions and Facts.

i finished reading the book 2 months ago and i wanted to blog a review about it but i'm not really a good reviewer. so i just gotta say, EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT. even the non muslims! it really gave me so much more information of my own religion that i never know before or misunderstood. selama ni kt faham lain rupa-rupanya yg sebenar lain. terlalu mengikut kata-kata ustaz/ustazah/ulama yang kt anggap sentiasa betul. no matter what, we should always refer the truth to hadith/sunnah and al-quran. it's quite a heavy reading but it's worth it. it starts with articles on our daily ibadah such as puasa, solat, mazhab and so on and ended it with a more wider and serious issues like politics. In Malaysia itself pun, people dh terlalu misunderstood with Islam, apatah lagi internationally where Islam is always related with terrorism and what not.

i love to read dr asri's blog and articles because he's the type of ulama' that is so open minded, not judgemental and never been bias to anybody or to any political parties. He let us think and judge for ourselves on what's right or wrong.

Read this and u'll understand. i posted a link for one of the reviews too. :)

http://themalaysianreader.com/2010/11/02/islam-in-malaysia-perceptions-facts-muhammad-asri-zainul-abidin-matahari-books-2010/

Bandung Trip

so me, hani, shira and her sisters went to bandung last week. it was a nice trip indeed. i wasn't that excited at first cuz i dont really fancy travelling just for shopping (as what they always assume what ppl do at bandung) but turns out, i had fun. i didn't target anything specific to shop there except for the kain which i realized its damn cheap wei! i bought chiffon and lining for just rm70 and cotton just rm20+! other than that, i didn't buy that much. just a handbag, clothes and souveniors for ppl. eh byk pulak. i think buying kain there is the one yg sangat2 worth it. other things not that much different.

we have a very nice (and handsome) travel guide and driver there. the experience with the driver was so damn funny mostly bcuz of communication problem. lol. i love the weather there and i kinda love the culture there. very cool and relaxing. the food was awesome too! i might wanna go there again. :) till then, enjoy the pictures!

nasi padang.

tangkuban perahu

serabi

trans studio-the new theme park

bajigur-traditional drink

things that annoy me.

1. drivers yang tak reti bagi signal, menyusahkan orang. like seriously, how hard can it be?!

2. manusia yang ego tahap gaban. the one that always think he or she is right without even considering other ppl's opinions. when in a fight or miscommunication, he or she doesnt even bother to make things right (say sorry or whatever) for both sides just because they WANT to be right.

3. too judgemental/stereotype ppl. i know we humans easily judge ppl generally but always try NOT to be TOO judgemental. it's freaking annoying.

4. orang yg tknk amik responsibilities when in a group plan/dscussions or whatever. be it office colleagues, friends or families. like don't lah depend on other ppl je. think of something too!

5. org yg kononnye kuat agama tapi terlalu judgemental, which brings us back to no. 3. i know the niat baik is there. you know better and you're afraid that we might end up doing bad things over and over again. but pls, there are specific ways to do that! and remember, it's not easy to change! so bersyukur and bimbing lah walaupun perubahan tu sikit je. and pls lah pray for each and everyone of us.

6. girls that are too gedik. exspecially the ones yg too depending on their bfs/partners. seriously, handbag xleh pegang sndri ke? pintu kene bukakkan? omigoooodd. be independent lah wei. oh yg lelaki nye pn sama, why manjakan sangat ur girls? give them everything they want? that's dangerous, seriously. u're gonna have some problems later.

7. ppl that put so much hatred towards ppl. semua org pun kau tak ngam tak setuju. haiyoo God make us all with our differences lah. accept sudah. kalau tk ngam pun jgn smpai membenci, it's ridicolous! who knows u might have attitude yg lagi teruk than those ppl that u dont even realize. pfft.

8. political scene in malaysia that doesn't make sense at all! which brings us back to some of the points above. and some of the media yang focus just on one side only which is so not fair! u're giving the bad impression on the other side and then the ppl misunderstood. kenapa tak dscuss it openly without being bias? and yeah it's so hard to dscuss politics with other ppl bcuz most ppl tend to think whichever group they are in is totally right.

*sigh*

whatever it is my dear readers, pls lah try not to have all those kind of bad attitudes. i know it's hard to change but at least try. i'm trying too myself. and no matter how annoying ppl can be, let's just improve ourselves to be better and pray for us and them too. Insyaallah.