New year and resolutions?

Assalamualaikum and a happy new year to my dear readers,

As 2013 dwindles down to a close, and precious minutes ticks away till 2014, we busy ourselves with statuses and posts about new years, and the inevitable almost ritualistic exercise of writing out our resolutions. Some of them are so far fetched, so fantasized that even we know, it is almost impossible to reach them.

Let's review 2013. How many of us can say that we have actually achieved our resolutions for 2013? Can you honestly recall things that you have done, that you are proud to mention in 2013? Have you lost a lot of weight? Have you gone on a backpacking trip? Have you made your life more than just study, work, sleep, eat, watch TV, facebook, twitter? If you have, then congratulations to you!

Perubahan.

Assalamualaikum ya pembaca-pembaca yang disayangi sekalian keranaNya.

Apa khabar anda dan iman? saya? umm, gitulah kan. :D

Okay, kali ini, post akan diterbit dalam Bahasa Melayu yakni bahasa ibunda. Tapi kalau ayat cam pelik sikit tu mintak maaf la kan, hari-hari kena improve dah berzaman dah tak tulis artikel bahasa melayu.

Pada suatu hari yang tidak panas, tapi tidak pula sejuk, sejurus aku balik dari Penang, aku mendapat sebuah mesej dari kawan yang aku sayangi kerana Allah.

Syaza aku ada problem.

Apa dia?

Aku malu nak mengaku tapi aku rasa macam aku jadi aku yang sebelum ni. macam mana ek?

If I was a character in the television..

If I was a character in the television,

I would be Anastasia

jealous of Cinderella

Some lessons I learnt in AGM 2013 (Annual Grand Meeting)

Assalamualaikum and a very good day.

November has been the most hectic month for me, as well as it is for almost everybody. It feels like November just passed us by only five minutes and we're already in the last month of 2013.

We had our annual grand meeting, on the 30th November 2013. Compared to last year, it was pretty fascinating since I also actively took part in campaigning. After a long and tiring day inside the hall, I reflected back some of the things I've learnt on that day.

"Why do you wear that thing on your head? Isn't it hot?"

Assalamualaikum and warm greetings on a cold autumn's day. :D

During summer, there is always one question that is frequently asked to me. "Isn't it hot wearing that thing on your head?" or even worse, "Don't you feel suffocated?"

There was once when I was traveling to go back to my house in Konkuk, and one of the ahjumma (read: makciks) didn't even greet me with a proper greeting, and started scolding me because I was wearing the hijab.

She started yelling at me and said that if you are in someone else's country, don't try to impose your culture! You should wear like Koreans when you are in Korea! After nagging me at least 5 minutes, and since all I could do was smile and try not to look affected by her harsh words, she said "Hot! It looks hot! Take it off!" and she started pulling on my hijab inside the train, with everyone else looking at me, all silenced because they don't dare talk back to their elderly. Despite being rather old, I guessed that if we were to have a wrestling match, she would win. That's how scary the makciks are in Korea.

Dating at the mosque?!

credit: Saeed Owairan

Assalamualaikum and good'aye mate! (fail aussie accent) :D

Today, I experienced something new and unique! We distributed pamphlets to Koreans! Not just any pamphlets but pamphlets about Islam! (I think spelling the word pamphlet is a pain but whatever)

So I just wanted to share some funny and weird stories while distributing and explaining roughly about Islam to Koreans.

Blood, Sweat, Tears, Sportsmanship and a sweet thing called Friendship.

credit: Hanis Shauqi

Assalamualaikum and a very good day (even though it's a monday) :D

On 5th October 2013, Malaysian Student Association of South Korea held the annual PPMK Sports Day at Jungseok Aviation High School, Incheon. The students were supposed to gather at 9:00 AM but officially started at 10:00 AM something like that. The day was wonderful, the weather was perfect and you could totally feel the adrenaline and energy that radiates from each student, be it as a player or a supporter.