Wednesday, November 23, 2005
'quill took his life @ 1:31 pm
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.voyage
woah...jus realized that I'm leavin tonyt..not exactly though..the flight's tmr at 4:34 a.m. Siao. lol.
I still can't believe it. It's lyk a dream come true. Then again, I felt lyk as if I jus woke up from one. Into the better, I guess. Went to school todae, met my frens. Then met Si Liang and Hakeym at the MRT. I realized that I won't reallie be seein them for quite some time. Made our farewells, good guys.
Tmr, I'll be goin' to Sana'a. Transit at Bahrain first. Tryin' to rmbr all the instructions given by my dad.
1) look for an ATM that recognizes my card. (he's givin' me a debit as well, but that's for EMERGENCY purpose)
2) buy a prepaid handphone number
3) book transportation to Tarim-Hadramawt, Yemen
4) contact the headmaster
contacts:
Mazni
Ibrahim Osi-Efa
Muhammad Al-Attas
Major. Hussein from the Sana'a Police Deparment. [what the...?]
I'll be doin' lots of travellin' tmr.
Singapore to Bahrain - 7hrs
Bahrain to Sana'a, Yemen - 3 hrs
Sana'a - Tarim, Yemen - 9 hrs
Appx. Travellin' time - 20 hours...woah...that's lyk the whole day...hehe
bliss, manx. It'll be a bus trip from Sana'a to Tarim. So that's lyk the distance btwn S'pore and Thailand. Siao.
Fortunately, Islamic countries have their days off on Thursday and Friday instead of the usual Saturday and Sunday. So my lessons will officially begin on the 26th. One day for me to familiarise. So...where's my timetable...?
0345 hrs till 2300 hrs. *gulp*
well, I can get use to this. =] I'm goin to use my spare time...not really much though...I'm gonna use it to climb the plateau, jog...play soccer...and read my A-lvl books wit the help of guys there. Yeah, it's a boardin' school. So I have no worries on food. And I've seen the dorm rooms. Cool. Ahah. It's reallie comfy and has the Arabic ambience. Perhaps I shud oso take one day to sleep in the middle of the desert and ride a camel to a nearby village. =]
gues wat Hadramawt means. Death beckons (welcomes). Cool.
so...Hadramawt, here I come. Insya-allah, ya will receive me well.
- packing my luggage...
'quill took his life @ 12:40 pm
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
.finally
it's over. Relief. =]
'quill took his life @ 9:38 am
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
the end..?
yeah, tmr's the last day of the Os...history and chemistry papers
for the past few days, it set me thinkin'...is the O lvl jus a bloody unnecessary examination...?
I mean, it acty made me wake up from my past slumber...i admit, it has this character buildin' thingy to it. I'm not sure wat, but I gues other peepz wud feel that without the O lvl, their lifes might be without a purpose, everyday we go to school then it all ends wit us writin the various papers and blablabla...
then again, maybe it's jus a bloody exam...
honestly, I cudn't wait for JC life..might be rather interestin'..hehe..new environ, to say so
but b4 next year really begins, I've to make some 'preparations'...to gain a valuable experience that I have been yearnin' for...so God wills...
hereby, I made it know to y'all that I will be goin' to attend an intensive course at an Islamic Linguistic Academy in Tarim-Hadramawt, Yemen from the 23rd till mid Feb...a fairly long time for me to reflect on life. I hope in this rather short stint, I will be able to learn much, experience, be independent and to come out a better man.
I've owaes wanted the chance to be a better man...this is a chance for me to repent. Alhamdullilah, syukran ya Illahi.
so the details goe to those who willeth to knoe...=]
a 1 mth intensive arabic course + islamic jurisprudence
and the rest of the many remainin' days studyin' under the noble teachers from the People of The House. Otherwise known as Ahlul Bayt. I wish, insya-allah, that I will be able to learn much under the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. May I experience what my sister and brother has experienced b4 me. I am jus a student; seekin' sacred knowledge.
So I bid ya, my cuzzins, my friends, to hope for my well-being and voyage to Yemen. And I ask ya to forgive me and to remember me. For there, I will discover myself. And I will return, a better friend. Amen.
- manx, I love ya guys...and gonna miss y'all so much...the brothers, the YAs, Victorians and those I knoe along the way...hehe....pains me to think that I'll be missin the SYA camp and the SECDC events...sheesh
'quill took his life @ 9:01 pm
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
.again
Had English Paper today...was really tryin to be careful esp wit situational writin' which apparently screwed me durin' prelims. Sux, manx...obviously, I did the One Word Qn...
Fave Qn:
4) Marriage.
it's quite coincidental that I did IRK yterdae abt marriage..so yearh...basically I wrote a narrative locally based...was quite challenging..ahah...and after realizin that almost evryone did it, I felt uneasy...sure not gonna get gd marks...then there's compre...did it oh so carefully...and the summary..ahah..put quite an effort..maklumlah, O lvl kan. If I get B3 for English, syukur larh..but if I get a distinction, that'll be beta...insya-allah...
so tmr, I ade bio paper in the afternoon..did a paper...sleepy sia...then tmr sure kena blaja again...manx...a few more days of mental torture...I need some sleep...!
- no more feeling of emptiness
'quill took his life @ 8:42 pm
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005
.continues
IRK Paper II was fairly moderate, to honestly say...I had a few mistakes which I dun reallie lyk...
Fave Qn:
Why is marriage encouraged in Islam ?
well, I mentioned abt...
Preventing Zina (an act of commiting sexual intercourse outside marriage)
Continuity of progeny (preserving generations)
Expansion of Muslims (preserving the Ummah)
Partners to support each other (The wife is like a garden of beauty and peaceful solace and the husband is like a blanket that protects)
Rasullullah s.a.w. married as well. So it's obviously a good thing. Mentioned the Ahlul Bayt. And Khadijah r.a.
Hands almost died. [I guess I wud need a wrist band by the end of the day]
Tmr English...hrmm...must watch out my situational writing, compre and summary...must be fresh...sheesh...
- sleepy, so goin to sleep lorh...nites
'quill took his life @ 11:55 pm
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.O lvl
In the middle of my O lvl and all is well...I think [this madness]
Had IRK paper 1...was unexpected...I thot it's gonna be hard.
Fave question:
Which books were revealed to Prophet Musa a.s. and Prophet Daud a.s. ?
To think that I had this paper after Hari Raya was jus exasperatin'...went to lots of houses...as usual, went to my gran's house...met my cuzzins. Fun
Then had an open house on Saturday...woohoo...many peepz came from 2 pm all the way till 1 in the morn. Smoked lots of shisha the mornin' before. 'Studied' at my front porch wit my cuz, Syafiq, till lyk 4 in the morn. Was amusin'. Then had 'tuition' at his house on Sunday. Yterdae, I had Maths and SS. Maths was stupidly easy and SS was a relief for me.
Maths Fave Qn:
10 - 7.56 = __
SS Fave Qn:
How far did the discovery of a new trade route damage Venice's trade ?
Well...for once, I managed to end my essays perfectly...I didn't really answer the 1st qn on SBQ with satisfaction. Spent lyk almost 2 mins writin the answer for that. Didn't really wanna waste time.
And today, I'm havin IRK essay paper at 2..so that's lyk less than 2 hours from now and what am I even doin' here...?! =p
- rushin' to school...
'quill took his life @ 12:13 pm
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
.syawal
the holy mth of ramadan has ended. sadly, we parted...till we meet again next year...
ramadan this year ended on a sad note again...lyk last year, someone I know died ryt before Aid-il Fitri....last year was a fren of mine from Silat..then this year's my mum's foster sister in law...my aunty, to put it simply...Allah bless their souls...
so, tmr...we reach a new beginnin', to those who have won against their nafs, they deserve the celebration, to those who doesn't, there's owaes next year, bro...it's not the end...death may come easily, and we don't knoe when our time is up. It is hard to think how easy the angel of death could pull our souls from our body. yet to live is harder still and Allah rewards his faithful servants well...may we be one of them, my sisters and brothers.
to my sisters and brothers in islam,
May Allah bless your souls, preserve your Iman, and grant your wants. I bid you all, Salam Eid-Ul Fitr Al Mubarak, may ya pardon me for my bad deeds that I have done upon you. From the depth of my soul, and myself, I ask your forgiveness, my dear friends. Please forgive me. For wateva wrong, y'ave done onto me, I forgive and forget as well. Thanx for bein there for me, and till we meet again next ramadhan. Insya-allah. Salam alaik wa salam eid-il-fitr al mubarak.
to my friends generally,
I ask again that you forgive me for my past bad deeds onto you. Wateva the wrong, I humble myself before ya to ask for your pardon. Thank you my frends, be you muslims or non-muslims. =] peace be to you, always.
- smokin shisha and settin my baju melayu...I'm ready I'm ready, I'm ready...!
Salam lebaran, ya akhi!
'quill took his life @ 10:41 pm
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
.forgive, forgotten
Ashes blown, I remembered
Fire upon me, our life torn
Between us, no more, dismembered
That feeling of comfort is now long gone
Abandon, I was
Break me, and mend
Into the abyss, no cause
She came but went
I stood but a phantom
'quill took his life @ 12:12 pm
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