a line

am stressed because my mind is not working intellectually. and am stressed because ihave been reading people's articles and thinking, why can't i write as them??

and i remembered a lecturer's advice when i told him i wanted to write, "start with a line"
where do i start???

on roses

Roses are red
Violets are blue
A rock in my head
I'm feeling blue!!

Haha, a parody isn't it? Nice...

Let's talk about roses, shall we? I was just thinking about how people seem to think that roses are symbols of love. It's culturally socieatally inherited and taught throughout the generations that roses means love and passion. I don't remember this as being a revealed knowledge though ; )

Well, what I had in mind was between real roses and artificial roses. Red roses and bleached roses which are more interestingly coloured than just bloooddyyy rrredd.
There was even the hiden meaning behind the number of roses given to a special someone and even the colour of the roses means something, for example, one stalk of rose would mean 'you're the only one for me,' and blue rose (yey my fave) would mean eternal love. I don't even remember the exact meaning behind these by the way. (simple simple things like these just don't stick to mind). The problem comes when deciding whether to give real roses which don't really last that long, guaranteed life span of a week, or the artificial ones, paper roses or crocheted ones or they call it bunga plastikkK, which, admit it, they last longer, despite the dust they accumulate.

So does giving real roses, which is "romantic" and gives a pleasure feeling of tender loving care, but then will survive within a week, UNLESS, you're good with roses -survival, which, not many of us do. Does that mean, the love will only last for a week? (Okay, i'm gonna get a hearing from people who DO GET ROSES.) But on the other side, giving artifical roses, which looks just exactly like the real roses but it stays longer, therefore metaphorically the feeling stays longer? And not to say cheaper than a dozen of real roses. But they say artifical roses = artificial love = cheapskate!! But it stays longer for GOD's sake! But dried (is it dried or is there a better term for it??) roses stays longer too!! Only it turns brown and crunchy~hmmm, provoking aren't I? ; )

A reminiscence

I used to say how slow time goes!
I have three more years to go!
Oh look, my seniors are graduating
They're going to face a more challenging life
but at least...they are out of IIU!!

How fast time goes now!!
There's the five assignments I need to do
and oh yes the mid term tests coming up back to back!
and oh No, three more weeks to go before the exam period
Lord help me now.

Time is running out.

I'll remember the friends who have stayed true
The times we have spent together...
The laughters and tears, hand in hand working together
I'll remember the classmates, the groupmates, the discussion mates
every single person with different ways of thinking
not to mention the different attitudes!

of course, the beloved lecturers!
Their words and smiles printed in my mind
No thank yous or gifts would replace
the valuable KNOWLEDGE they have taught
Their words of courage and the spirit of Da'wah in them
May ALLAH bless them all

I'm coming back now
For that precious scroll
The meaning of hard work
The meaning of sacrifices
The meaning of Lillahi Ta'ala
For the smiles on my father's and mother's faces
The meaning of their hopes for me

I'm coming back now
Not from a two weeks break
Not from a weekend trip
Not from an emergency break
Unexpressed emotions in me
Seeing familiar faces once again
I need to immortalize these memories
For I'm coming back now
Only to leave you behind
A part of my past
But the step to my future
-IIU-

-the taste of ink-

the golden rule

it's the golden rule that's written in most books on religions.

the strive for religious tolerancy.

the strive for understanding the true meaning of faith.

the strive for the Muslims to find peace in their own world.