2020.04.13.
MRO-02.Day-13.

Dirty hands after trying to clear the area from leaves and all...and that's my life, as far as I can see it at this point of time. I have not achieved anything and I have been running around chasing something...chasing something which I can't really comprehend in the end. I have not achieved much in life, that's it.

2020 started rather badly (for most of us, if not the whole world) and it still looks bleak.

There's so much i wanted to write when I first post this photo and parked it here but now, I have come to a decision - I will let everything rest where they started from and just accept what's coming next until the first day of the rest of my life becomes the last day of my life.

...because I am learning to leave this world without leaving anything for the world to remember me with...

W.I.P.

2020.04.11.

MRO-02.Day-11

Although MRO might be troublesome for some, I personally don't feel it is that demanding after all. What we need to do is just stay at home and if we are going to the public places we just have to be aware of the social distancing and always in proper attire (face mask, hands sanitizer and all). Beyond that, I have always do online works and all...so it is just another effort for me to push my ideas and skills to find more stuff to do online....or, if there's nothoing to be found, LET'S CREATE SOMETHING!!

Yeah, they can cook....

2020.04.10.
MRO-02.Day-10.

Yesterday Alisya & Naufal took over the kitchen for lunch.
Nothing unusual actually but the I have never written anything about it simply because I just started using this blog again a couple of days ago!

Yeah, they can cook....and they are rather talented, I would say.

It is either they want to cook or they are just not in the mood to cook, that is all that matters and makes the difference.

With the twins around (and Neena of course) the chance for me to die hungry, is rather minute, insya-Allah!

At least they would scramble some eggs and dump in some onions and other stuff if I tell them I am starving and Cornholio is about to take over......

Wow...my babies grew up so fast lah....

Today I decided to do it again after so many decades...

2020.04.09.

MRO-02.Day-09.

This is how it is living in Segamat, Johor - for me and the family. This is my parent's place (at the middle segment of the hill) this segment and the top segment are for coconuts, bananas and some durians. 

My own house is an old semi-d unit about 2km from here. NO durian no nothing, MALAS aku...hahah! 

To take care of the old folks, we had to move back to this family home.

Kampung stuff like clearing the fallen leaves and all - are nothing new to me. Been doing it since I was 7 years old. To clear a half acre or so of leaves and dead trees - not much of a work for me....can be done in an hour or so....but it is not my liking....been too tired of it since it's part of my life from being a kid. You see, I don't play much, I was a fat kid, I do the kampung stuff more than  I had the chance to play badminton...until I was sent to the Sekolah Menengah Jalan Stesyen, Kuala Kangsar.

I get to play whatever sports and games I want to....and l ost lots of weight.

I went to University, played whatever sports and games I  want to...and only do kampung stuff when I came back for holidays, if I am in the mood to do it...until I started working...I don't actually do much of this "menyapu, menetak, memerun" stuff.

...but today I decided to  do it again after so many decades...

Took us less than 20minutes  to settle this...and we have the rest of the evening to shoot our arrows...satu sudah "robinhood" pulak....aderhhhh....

Masa Diturunkan Bala, Hampirkan Diri kepadaNYA, bukan buat aktiviti untuk semakin mengundang bala!

Cukup-cukup laa dengan segala apa "challenge".
Reti-reti laa malu, dah umur tua pun nak bertik-tok,
Applikasi tu adalah applikasi yang paling tak sepatutnya kita hadap...

Bila Allah turunkan bala, kita ucap
 إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ


وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ
(155)   Demi sesungguhnya! Kami akan menguji kamu dengan sedikit perasaan takut (kepada musuh) dan (dengan merasai) kelaparan, dan (dengan berlakunya) kekurangan dari harta benda dan jiwa serta hasil tanaman. Dan berilah khabar gembira kepada orang-orang yang sabar:


الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
(156)   (Iaitu) orang-orang yang apabila mereka ditimpa oleh sesuatu kesusahan, mereka berkata: "Sesungguhnya kami adalah kepunyaan Allah dan kepada Allah jualah kami kembali."


أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ
(157)   Mereka itu ialah orang-orang yang dilimpahi dengan berbagai-bagai kebaikan dari Tuhan mereka serta rahmatNya; dan mereka itulah orang-orang yang dapat petunjuk hidayahNya.


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Al-Baqarah: 155-157
(155)   And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,
(156)   Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
(157)   Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.

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Wallahu'alam.
Laquwwataillabillah.

Hello again!

2020.04.07.

This blog was the first platform for me to express my minds online, circa 2002 if I am not mistaken.
It has been kept in isolation for so many years though, I think the last time I did any updates was in 2014.

I came back here late yesterday evening after I had an invitation from one of my "students" to view her blog.

...and I thought, why not I start writing here again, since the other social media platforms are too busy with everything under the sun and people are killing each other everyday on FB...might as well go back to Blogspot and start again...and only for a selected number of viewers, I have had enough of people trying to be smarter than they really are, trying to steal lime-lights and all...

It is much easier to do vlogs because most can't actually write (and they can't really talk but they get away with it much easier I guess!) so they just try hard to steal from what others have written, leaving "trying to look smarter than the rest of the world" comments and all...

Oh well eff em all...I think I'll start writing here again...
Let's give it a try lah....

The Family. My babies are teenagers now!