Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Dirty little secret

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
Hope that you can keep it
My dirty little secret
Who has to know?

When we live such fragile lives
It's the best way to survive
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you

Tell me all that you've thrown away

Find out games you don't wanna play
You are the only one that need to know

The way she feels inside

Those thoughts I can't deny
These sleeping dogs won't lie
And now I try to lie
It's eating me apart
Trace this life back

I grew up listening to a lot of rock songs. Be it alternative rock, pop rock, alternative pop rock, a few selected hard metal, some blues rock, techno-rock, post-modern pop rock and so on. I feed off indies too. I listen to other genres, as well, but these songs are usually the ones that stick. I feel them. *cough* Eheh.

On that note, it's not unusual to admit that listening to this type of music is not something that I can break off easily.
Because of the effortless access to music everywhere and any time during high school due to a development in electronics technology called the the "mp3", and maybe, out of old adolescent habits, I sometimes find rock band members cool and intriguing. Best example would be Tyson Ritter in AMR's Dirty Little Secret MV. Cool song, dark hair, blue eyes. A more fresher example, Mark Foster of Foster The People. Cool song, dark hair, blue eyes. Also, what intrigues me is the fact that rock stars have this slightly rough edge, but at the same time, they're deeply expressive in their music.
I used to read a lot of comics, too. So, I used to think guys with ear piercings were cool. Not common piercings low on the earlobes, though, but higher, on the cartilage arc. Like the ones Sammi Cheng has.
Umm..yeah, please note the past tense. I do not wish it on my brothers nor on anyone I know.

But, yeah, I know the kind of life they're living. Rock stars on the road, the booze, fame, women. At first look, it'd seem so cool to be famous and all. But when you really try to find the soul of it all, it's not there. The famous "living your dream" lifestyle isn't always it when it doesn't fill up the hollow emptiness that you feel in that very very deep place in your heart. So, sometimes, in the craziness of it all, the ones with live hearts find themselves stopping, in a thoughtful trance state, just taking a minute to breathe, and think what is it actually that they're doing, and is it really worth it, because it didn't get rid of that persistent, almost masked, unsettling feeling of void. They can party it off, sleep it off, sing it off, but it's always there.

And, it's always gonna be there..... till you find the soul of it all. The purpose of your existence. And the way to fulfill it.


Monday, January 28, 2013

A hibernating polar bear or a 22-soon-to-be-23 year old me?

Assalamualaikum,

It's the 3rd day of our 10-day winter holidays, and I've outdone the dreamed winter laziness. I've slept like a moth would in a cocoon, eaten like a mammoth would in a buffet, moven around like a sloth would in a three by three meter wide cage. *Serious thinking face* I think I'd make a great hibernating short-sighted polar bear!

Tee-hee~

Aaaahh..yes, yes, of course, I'm exaggerating. But there's another week of 24 hours that I have to go through before second semester starts (boy, am I gonna regret this sentence when it does) and the near future looks like the same ol warm and lazy inside a blanket.

So, I decided to list down a few goals for the next 7 days.
Before anything, tomorrow morning, insyaAllah, I'm heading out to fill my motivation with sushi and a round of shopping. Eheh.
Aaaaafter that, we'll get down to business.

Here it goes. My goals for the next 7 days:

1. Read a tarbiyah book. I've chosen "ANDAI SYURGA & NERAKA TIDAK ADA" by Muhammad hasan Basri.

2. Memorize the 30th juzu' of the Quran. Memorized some. Need to revise another few. The rest, yet to be dissected.

*starting to sweat*

3. Listen to lectures of at least 3 tafseers. Hmmm..I'm really thinking as I go here. IIIIII (sounds "aaaaaaaaai") think I'll go with Ghasiyyah, Muthaffifin, and Bayyinah.

4. Call Mom and Dad! (Funny that it's not the first)

5. Complete "Therapy" lecture notes! (Have notes of all 1st sem lectures, but most of the are incomplete.)

*sweating profusely. need to rehydrate.* a gulp of cold tea*

Okay! So, we got our goals set. Now, 7 sets of 24 hours don't look that long, huh?

Aaaaahh.. us youngsters. What we need are true goals, something to strive for, lest our youth, strength and strong will spirit will be wasted, and we will wander around lost.

Air yang bertakung tidak mengalir akan dirosakkan oleh statiknya ia, pemuda yang banyak masa lapang (tidak dinamik) akan dibunuh oleh masa lapangnya itu. (Pepatah Arab)

The devil tempts all men, but the idle men tempts the devil.

Friday, January 11, 2013

dan AIR itulah sebenarnya kehidupan


Hairan, bila dada rasa terhimpit membayangkan pahit yang mungkin mengalir dari antara dua itu.
Dari kewangian imankah terhasilnya ia?
Dari kebesaran cintakah timbulnya kata?
Apa yang dicari? Ke mana mahu berlari?
Seruan menyusun tentera? atau mungkin sekadar muzika yang mengisi udara?

Lihatlah, rasalah, minumlah air itu, untuk menghilangkan dahaga, untuk meneruskan nyawa..

Aku mengajak kamu, ya kamu yang nilainya tinggi di sisiku!
Lihatlah, rasalah, minumlah air itu!
Kerana dunia ini tenat, dan kita ini bergesa
Masa tidak akan menunggu kita!
Yang durjana akan memperdaya,
Jika tidak mengumpul dosa,
Biarlah tidak menyubur pahala.
Maka terduduk masihkah memilih piala
untuk menyuap air ke dalam rongga?
Tidak yang itu kerana lain coraknya,
mesti yang ini kerana coraknya rasanya pertama?

Bumi ini luas, tidak terlangkah ke merata,
Di sini mungkin pantun, gurindam, di sana mungkin seloka!
Menghargai indahnya corak, lakaran pelbagai dari gambar yang sama,
selagi tidak pincang, merujuk kambing, melukis sawa,
kerana masing-masing juga jiwa, harta dan raga, semua untuk redhaNya,
Sehingga Raja memilih si pembuat piala pilihannya,
sehingga Tuan meninggikan mana satu yang dicinta
waktu bila kita hanya melakar corak yang sama, terang dan nyata bawah pimpinannya,
sehingga itu kita mencuba, taat dan amanah,
sepanjang itu dan kemudiannya, kita tidak alpa, kita tidak leka,
menyediakan jawapan ketika Dia bertanya,
"Sudah minum airkah dia? untuk menghilangkan dahaga dan meneruskan nyawa?
Apa alasanmu wahai si fulan? Kerana tersasar gaduhkan piala?"