+ Syukur

Senarai Kesyukuran Saya.
(disuruh oleh miss Jane)

 

1. Saya bersyukur saya study sampai jam 4 pagi tadi dan akhirnya berjaya menjawab soalan Phonetics and Phonology dengan jayanya. Alhamdulillah.
2. Allah berikan saya cukup pancaindera untuk melihat, merasa, mendengar dan paling penting, berfikir. Alhamdulillah.
3. Allah masih belum benarkan saya berpacaran, mungkin Dia simpan wanita untuk saya as a surprise. Hope so. Alhamdulillah.
4. Saya bersyukur pencuri motor mencuri motor EX5 buruk ayah saya. Allah ganti dengan yang baru. Alhamdulillah.
5. Saya bersyukur saya suka membaca. Membaca bagaikan berkomunikasi. Menulis bagaikan berkata-kata. Membaca dan menulis adalah segalanya bagi saya. Alhamdulillah.
6. Saya bersyukur menjadi seorang penulis blog yang tak seberapa. Sebab tak seberapa lagi baik dari tiada apa-apa. Alhamdulillah.
7. Saya bersyukur saya akhirnnya kenal sejadah. Satu tahun boleh merubah segalanya. Terima kasih kawan. Terima kasih Tuhan. Alhamdulillah.
8. Saya bersyukur saya seorang yang kuat berangan. Sebab, tanpa angan seperti hidup yang kosong tanpa teman. Alhamdulillah.
9. Saya bersyukur saya punya keluarga. Sekurang-kurangnya, saya bukan hidup bergelandangan. Alhamdulillah.
10. Saya bersyukur saya seorang Muslim. Saya punya Tuhan. Saya punya Rasul. Saya punya dunia dan akhirat. Saya ada segala. Alhamdulillah.
11. Saya besyukur setiap nafas, setiap tawa, setiap hiba, setiap pahala, setiap dosa, setiap segala-gala. Alhamdulillah.

 

Terima Kasih, Allah.

 

+ GoodRead

Cinta Adalah Sekelompok Tahi
karya: Hafez Iftiqar Tarmizi

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Dia terbongkok-bongkok di hadapan saya. Asyik dan khusyuk. Dalam keadaan begitu, saya pasti dia tidak mahu diganggu. Saya menjadi hairan melihat dia mengutip setompok demi setompok tahi kering yang berjajaran di tepi jalan raya. Tidak seberapa jauh dari tempat kami berada, ada satu papan tanda besar tertulis di atasnya, ‘Jalan Menuju Kejayaan.' Saya sepatutnya ke sana, menelusuri jalan menuju kejayaan, kata orang, saya perlu mengutip seberapa banyak ilmu dan pengalaman untuk ke sana. Tapi sekarang saya terhenti disebabkan hairan melihat dia yang saya kira umurnya sekitar hujung belasan tahun atau awal dua puluhan. Tangan kanannya mengelek raga berbentuk hati. Tangan kirinya digunakan khusus mengutip tahi yang berbaris di sisi bahu jalan.
"Oi! Apsal ko kutip tahi?" Tanya saya penuh minat.
"Tengok betul-betul! Ini bukan tahi! Ini cinta!" Katanya separuh memekik, ada menyampah di hujung nada.

Masakan! Saya sudah berumur 23 tahun. Tidak mungkin saya tidak mengenali mana satu tahi dan mana satu bukan. Matahari sudah meninggi. Saya semakin jijik melihat tahi yang sudah pepak dalam bakul berbentuk hati. Pagi itu, saya mengetahui bahawa cinta adalah sekelompok tahi.

"Oi! Aku nak gerak dulu!" Jerit saya.

"Pergilah! Jangan kacau aku, aku tengah kutip cinta!" Dia membalas.

"Oi! Selamat kutip tahi!" Tempik saya.

"Ini bukan tahi! Ini cinta!" Dia bertempik dengan nada marah. Kali ini dia geram betul lalu dibalingnya setompok cinta, bukan, setompok tahi. Saya mengelak.

Saya terus berlari menyusuri jalan yang panjang itu meninggalkan dia yang khusyuk mengutip setompok demi setompok deretan tahi buat memenuhi bakul berbentuk hati. Pun begitu, saya masih percaya dia salah mendefinisikan cinta. Cinta sepatutnya putih dan bersih. Cinta bukanlah kawanan tahi yang busuk lagi membusukkan. Apa-apalah.... 'Selamat mengutip tahi,' bisik saya, lirih.

 

 

[Book-ing]

Finally, I successfully wind up wrapping all my (new) books. Now I have plenty of time to start reading, maybe I will kick off with R. Sharma's book first. I missed this month's Readings at Seksan. I really want to go there, and meet some local bloggers and writers. Belum kesampaian hajat dihati ini.

These are the books that I've bought and one of them, "A Beggar at the Gate" is actually a gift from Aimi. Clap! clap! I am looking for more books and more books. I hope I can finish them up this holiday to kill my boredom whilst at home. Here is the list of my money-sucking books:

Pile 1

1. A Beggar at the Gate by Thalassa Ali.
2. Marley and Me by John Grogan.
3. The Monk who Sold his Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
4. The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
5. Does My Head Look Big In This by Randa Abdel-Fattah
6. Dewey by Vicki Myron
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon.

Pile 2

8. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
9 Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
10. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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p/s: InsyaAllah, all these books will be available in Ethos! Book Club next semester.
p/ss: Does anyone ever read The Prophet? Buzz me. =)

+ Snippet

I took this picture while Herne was busy persuading the kids during my Champs' part-time job.

I wonder what he was thinking.

=)

 

 

+ Playlist

 

Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy

You fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images

You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images

And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you would never let forget these images, no

I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy
To walk right in and out of my life?

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

 

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p/s: Thanks to Nashrah for this song!
p/ss: It's 2:58 a.m, and I still can't sleep!

 

 

 

 

 

[TableForThree]

Time has made fun of us.

We laughed, we wept and we hurt each other. It doesn't matter no more. The heart is too tired to think anymore, but there's always a space for another precious two. The irreplaceable two; and yes it's you.

Time mends.
Everyone says it and we tried so hard to believe in it. But it just won't go away. You wore my heart on your sleeve and it felt so good. Sometimes we just want the good old days back in our life, but regretting won't bring any good. So we just let the feeling pass, letting it go.

The years have been cruel to us. The urge to forgive ourselves for what we've done. It's not easy but it's not supposedly being that hard. We said to ourselves, "It's time to let go. Let go". But we still gripped it firmly. I won't let it go. Will you?

Another chapter is about to come to an end. And words are all the things that I had and have. I'm no a wordsmith. I'm no good in words, but believe me this table is the only place I call home. And it will always be. I have no more Love stories. I don't want one too. Because I have no one to share with. But, hey! Life is full with surprises, we'll never know when He will play His tricks. Till' the day our Friendship speaks louder than words.

We are young.
But we are getting old.

You said, "Let these years be a remembrance for us in the future". I agreed. Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods. And then we'll have a cuppa, here.

A place for thee. A table for us three.

 

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
Walter Winchell