Первое сообщение на русском…

June 22nd, 2007 by ilyasr2

Слушаю: Интересную шведскую музыку (När vi två blir en)
Погода: тепло.Темп. по 20 градусов.

Сдал все экзамены неплохо,значит начились летние каникулы!!Перед тем,что уеду домой,мне почти нечего делать…поэтому пишу это сообщение.

Я весь день сижу у компьютера.Блогодарю что интернет существует.

Вот и все.Не хочу больше писать,потому что надо собираться домой.НУЖНО ЖДАТЬ!

“Жди меня,и я вернусь.Только очень жди.
Ожиданием своим ты спасла меня.
Просто,ты умела ждать,КАК НИКТО ДРУГОЙ!”
-Жди меня.Стихи Константина Симонова -

ЖДИ МЕНЯ,РОДИНА МОЯ - МАЛАЙЗИЯ.

Я ВЕРНУСЬ!!!

Junk food : Russian vs Malaysian situations

March 23rd, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently : Relaxing after a tiring lecture.Haha it’s friday evening!!I
luv weekends!

Currently listening to : IslamicFinder’s maghrib azan.baru msk waktu.
Current weather :
Spring is in the air!12 deg celc and it is getting
warmer,sunnier and the daytime is getting longer.the wind is very pleasant,like
aircond.some flower and leaf buds have started to blossom already.

Even as far away as from Moscow,I do have the chance to read online Malaysian
newspapers,namely Utusan and B Harian.Baru2 ni mmg quite kecoh ngan masalah
junk food kat malaysia.The gov even tried to ban fast food ads on RTM,but
finally they decided to only avoid advertising fast food products during the
peak hours only.The target group is mainly children.

Yeah,I agree that malaysians dont practice good eating habits.dont just mention
western and local junk and fast food…just look at our traditional
dishes:oily,use a lot of santan and eggs,fatty.only the older ones avoid such
food.they love our traditional vege and herbs like ulam,but the younger ones
love fattening food.no wonder many of us are obese (haha im just a lil bit
overweight,but not obese,but i really regret it and feel miserable…lol)!!

However,Russians,in contrast,have really such a good eating habit.pushing aside racism,political and social problems here and skinheads,but as a student
living here for half a year already,i can hardly find a fat,overweight russian
youngster!!they are pretty good in shape,not to mention the girls.even the
ordinary female McD cashiers and underpaid nurses are eligible to become
supermodels,bcs of their good looks.the same thing goes to men.fat men can be
literally counted.

I think this is bcs of their rejection to fast and junk foods,and awareness to
keep themselves in good shapes.their traditional dishes (which i love so much!)
are pretty healthy and tasty too.one of my fav is borsch:a vegetable soup with
some beef,beetroot,cabbage and tomatoes,topped with sour cream,that i must
order everytime i visit the halal restaurants near my hostel and at the
campus.they view fast food like McD as "occasional meals" only,not a
routine meal.that is why mcD has only a few restaurants across this city of 10
million ppl.while junk food like instant noodle,mashed potato,potato chips are
also occasional,only as wut we malays call ‘alas perut’.

speaking about instant noodle and mashed potato,they are pretty popular among
malaysian students studying at our MEDICAL university,while the russian
students rarely consume them.those junk food at the kiosks are depleted by our
malaysian students (including me..huhu) so fast that by the middle of the
day,they can sell no more.
 
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Left: ,,Роллтон лапша с креветочным вкусом" (Rollton instant noodle with
shrimp flavour)


Right:
The popular ,,Роллтон Картофельное пьюре" (Rollton instant Mashed
Potato)

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The kiosk where we usually buy these junk foods.

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This kind of Russians that I see everyday.believe me they are even prettier than what u
see here!

 

How about me?haha before writing this blog i loved them,but
after these two incidents i started to realise that i am destroying myself.they
are:

  • My physics lecturer,Prof
         Alexandra Maksina reminded me that junk food is awful for health.
  • Just this afternoon in the
         hostel lift,i talked with my russian neighbour for the first time.she also
         reminded me not to buy junk food anymore as they might be tasty,but it
         will deplete my health.

Incident 1 : Prof Alexandra
Maksina’s advice

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Picture: Prof Maksina giving a stressful physics lecture.

It was not a lecture,but was just a practical lesson,one fine October day.She
gave us a break,so we went our buying something to eat.at the end of the class
she found out that I bought ,,Роллтон Картофельное
пьюре" (Rollton instant Mashed Potato).

Prof Maksina: What is that you are eating?
Ilyas:
Haha,just my instant
lunch,prof.It’s ,,Роллтон Картофельное пьюре" (Rollton instant Mashed
Potato).

Prof Maksina: That is your LUNCH?
Ilyas: Yeah.
Prof Maksina: Urgh.Don’t eat junk food.It’s awful for your health.

Then I just gave her a nod and bade her goodbye,as the class had ended.

Incident 2 : A Russian neighbour’s advice

It was a tiring Friday afternoon after Prof Maksina’s physics lecture today,so
I went to buy some snacks at the grocery shop downstairs.the snacks were
potato-based:,,Роллтон Картофельное пьюре" (Rollton instant Mashed Potato)
and ,,Картофельные котлеты" (Potato cutlets - traditional).When i was
paying for them,behind me stood a cute Russian girl (let’s name her Аня Anya)
who just looked at what i bought.
As i ran for the lift and the lift doors were about to close,the girl ran to
the lift where i was in and cried "Подождите!Подождите!"
(wait!wait!).She pressed 15th floor,where I stayed.It was in the lift we had
this first but meaningful conversation in simple Russian (English translation underlined):

Ilyas : Извини,но
ты наша соседка,да? "Izvinite,no ty nasha sosedka,da?" (Excuse
me,but aren’t you our neighbour?
).

Аня : Да,наверное. "Da,navernoye" (yeah,certainly!).
Ilyas : Ты учишься в нашем университете со
своими соседами по дому?
"Ty
uchish’sya v nashem universitete so svoimi sosedami po domu?
" (Do you
study at our university with your housemates?
).

Аня : Нет,не
с ними.Я учусь в другом институте. "Nyet,ni s nimi.Ya uchus v drugom
institute"
(No,not with them.I study at another institute).

Ilyas : А
ты не работаешь? "A ty ne rabotaesh’?" (And you don’t work?)

Аня : Нет. "Nyet" (No).
Аня : Знаешь,что
плахая пища, которую ты купил в магазине вредит твоему здоровью?Может быть она
вкусная,но это тебе будет
  кашмар здоровья!Ты
медицинский студент должен знать это. "
Znaesh‘,shto plakhaya pishcya,kotoruyu ty kupil v magazine vredit tvoemu zdorovyu?Mozhet bytona vkusnaya,no eto tebe budet kashmar zdorovya!Ty meditsinskiy student dolzhen znateto." (Do you know
that the junk food you bought at the provision shop downstairs will harm
you?Maybe it is tasty,but you will experience a health nightmare!As a medic
student you should know that.
)


I then realised that she was right!

Sodium/Potassium
Nitrate and Nitrite — chemical preservatives used in meats, cold cuts,
frankfurters, sausage, smoked meats and cured fish as a color fixative. These
are extremely toxic substances that destroy nutrients and vitamins. When
combined with protein (amino acids), they form powerful cancer-causing
substances: nitrosamines.

BHA/BHT — chemical preservatives and antioxidants used in beverages, gum, ice
cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, soup bases, potatoes, dry breakfast
cereals, dry yeast and shortening. They can cause stress, liver and kidney
disorders and allergic reactions. They are possibly carcinogenic.

MSG (Monosodium glutamate) — use as a flavour enhancer in almost all processed
foods. "Accent" is pure MSG. This is the substance believed
responsible for the "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" consisting of chest
pain, headache, dizziness or numbness after a Chinese meal. It causes brain
damage in young rodents and other laboratory animals. It can also cause effects
in the reproductive systems and may be carcinogenic.

These are just a few of them!

Ilyas : Да,ты права,но я очень редко покупаю ее.Я ее кушаю только когда я голоден ночью и утром. "Da,ty prava,no ya ochen’ redko pokupayu yeyo.Ya yeyo kushayu tol’ko kogda ya goloden noch’yu i utrom" (Yes,you are right,but I seldom buy them.I eat them only when I feel hungry at night and in the morning).

As we arrived at the 15th floor,we walked to our rooms.On the way…

Аня : Ты откуда? "Ty otkuda?" (Where are you from?).

Ilyas :  Из Малайзии.Мы все приехали из Малайзии. "Iz Malayzii.My vse priyekhali iz Malayzii" (From Malaysia.All of us here come from Malaysia)

Аня : Ну,рада тебя видеть!Пока! "Nu,rada tebya videt’!Poka!" (Well..it’s a pleasure to meet you.Bye!)

Ilyas : Я тоже.Пока! "Ya tozhe.Poka!" (Me too.Bye!)

Great!What a lecture from a girl I met the first time!haha.Since then I promised not to buy any junk food anymore,whenever not necessary.

However for some reasons we Malaysians practice better lifestyles compared to the Russians,of course.Despite the fact that they avoid eating junk foods,almost ALL of them smoke!!regardless they are men or women,young and old,rich or poor,almost everybody here smoke!if i am not mistaken,even that Anya who lectured me just now smokes.that is a horrible lifestyle.One funny case was regarding our bioorganic chemistry lecturer,Mrs Elizabetha Negrebetskaya.during the break between two parts of the lecture,she expected that students would not see her hiding behind the door smoking,but haha terkantoi.she’s a lecturer u know,smoking in the presence of students.not to mention the students here.there are a few non smoking areas within the univ,so they smoke everywhere,messing up the univ.crazy ppl…do they think they can last long by smoking?

another thing is their vodka ..Водка…their traditional liquor with the highest amount of alcohol!recently two of our Malaysian girls and a Russian guy was hit by a car driven by a drunk man in front of our university.that stupid man got out of the car and stupidly ran away leaving the car (would it be faster to run away with the car??haha).these three victims were just hospitalised.luckily the injury wasn’t that serious.see they are not just harming themselves…they are killing many others!

Well i guess…if that Anya thinks that I can slowly die by eating junk food,she should think that she will die even earlier if she smokes and drink vodka a lot.

THE END!!

 

The rest four full days in Stockholm,Sweden (26-29/1/07)…not including the final day

February 9th, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently: Getting married with this laptop already after the lecture.I just can’t leave her alone!
Currently listening to:
Abba’s Dancing Queen,a 70’s song.I dunno y i am into these oldies like the 80’s song of Karma Chameleon n some songs of early 90’s….maybe i really enjoyed the band on tallink cruise (for the full story,wait for the next post)
Current weather:
This week is like a week in the freezer.I can’t bare this -20’s deg celc that we hav nowadays.Now it’s snowing heavily as usual with the temp of -12 deg celc.

Friday (Fredag),26 January 2007

Well the day before was a day to relax at auntie maya’s hse.this day we started to explore al lil’ bit of stockholm.uncle mat had bought us a day bus n tunnelbana metro subway ticket so we were free to explore stockholm.first we headed for T-centralen and Hötorget stations,some 25 minutes from Mörby Centrum,the last stop in the northern stockholm where auntie maya’s hse is situated. there we bought some groceries to cook at home.it was just time for the friday prayer,so we headed for the stockholm mosque together with hundreds of muslims there.i knew that it wasn’t obligatory as we were musafirs,but i simply wanted to see the muslim community there.the sermon was in both swedish and arabic,so we didn’t understand anything.Meanwhile auntie maya and my mom waited at the mosque’s restaurang al madinah.

My mom told me of the malaysian couple who successfully became entrepeneurs,became swedish citizens and opened up a malaysian restaurant:restaurang tullen.we were heading that way then.the joke is,the restaurant is next to the Tullinge commuter station,which is to a malay’s ear,sounds like telinga.another joke is that uncle karim n auntie normah,the restaurang’s owners live at Huddinge (2 stations away),similar to malay hidung.the couple was so nice.they actually treated us all with great food:salad,unusually delicious mixed vege,expensive fish fillets,and some seafood with rice.it was superb!!however,they hesistated to receive any payments from my dad,but my dad managed to give him some money for that wonderful lunch.hey it’s not fair if it was free…the food was pretty expensive and they cooked generous amount of them!

After the wonderful lunch we headed for Kista (pronounced Shista) near auntie maya’s area.the rest of the boys did some shopping there,while my parents,auntie maya,uncle mat and i headed home after buying a good overcoat for myself.on the way home,we had a look at the ski resort nearby.the snow was not thick enough (which i thought was already very thick enough!),so they couldn’t open it yet.at home,as all of us were full after the lunch at restaurang tullen,we simple ate mee maggi n some bread for dinner.

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At the Sjöberg (pronounced Hih-yerr-beary) bus stop nearby auntie maya’s hse.

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Outside the Stockholm mosque after friday prayers

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We really enjoyed the food here!

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After lunch at the restaurang.got the joke?paan always had his shiny ears when his earmuffs were on!







Saturday (Lördag),27 January 2007

This day we were going to meet more malaysian people,and of course,food at the malaysian embassy.malays describe this as langkah kanan.we were lucky to come to stockholm when they were organising a yearly event.there we ate many kinds of malaysian food rarely found in moscow:assam laksa,curry mee,sate,roti canai and some malaysian kuihs.after meal,we took the chance to join the karaoke.arep n i sang "stay the same" by Joey McIntyre.that actually rose attention of ppl there that a bunch of medic students from moscow had arrived there!

A few hours later,nearly sunset,we were off with auntie maya’s hiphop styled son,Nabil to wander around the Gamla Stan,translated as old town in english.there we bought a lot of souvenirs like fridge magnets,t-shirts,keychains,soft toys and a few hard rock cafe stuffs.but we couldn’t stay long as it was very COLD!!the wind was horribly worse than of moscow,although it was ‘just’ -7.back home we immediately ate everything on the dining table.auntie maya cooked very well,as always!!

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At the embassy singing ’stay the same’

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With the ambassador and his lovely wife.notice the shiny thing on paan?






Sunday (Söndag),28 January 2007

We planned another trip to Gamla Stan,as we had not yet visited some of the interesting places around there.we took a lot of photographs there:imitation of the viking ship,monuments,palaces,museums,buildings…!it was just pure sightseeing,until we hit the shops,around the area and at the new town.these guys r really shopping maniacs…i was not interested to shop as i could hav done that in moscow.i just bought some souvenirs and the overcoat i bought at Kista,that’s it.before heading back home,we took a snack at the kebab restaurang.back home,auntie maya and mom had already cooked and immediately ate our dinner.

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Shops near the Gamla Stan and T-Centralen.this was actually a picture taken a few days before.see that shiny thing?



Monday (Måndag),29 January 2007

It was a whole day with mom and dad.my parents n i suddenly wanted to learn about the vikings at the vasa museum,but my friends,with their shopping fever,of course hit the shops at t-centralen.

Auntie Maya recommended Vasamuseet aka Vasa Museum where we could learn about the vikings in depth.it was a very cold day so my mom urged us to walk faster and get into the the building immediately in order to keep warm.the price we paid to enter was pretty high,with 50% discount for a student like me.luckily i brought my ISIC card with me.there we could see a recently discovered viking ship that had sunken centuries ago.before exploring the rest of the museum,we went to the auditorium to see a video presentation about that ship and discoveries made by archaelogists in it.after the presentation we snapped pics,had some snacks at the cafe and head to the shops not far from there.my mom was trying to find long john and gloves to keep warm.after buying those things we left for home and dinner’s ready:some ayam tandoori and other lauks.


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In front of the Nordiska Museet,a museum next to Vasamuseet.


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The replica of the viking ship.the real one was BEHIND it.unfortunately it was too dark to
capture a pic of it.

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My mom with an ancient Swedish lady.

This is actually almost all about our trip to STOCKHOLM only.in the next post i will write a lil bit about our last day in stockholm,and our 5-star cruise from stockholm to tallinn,estonia.then i will tell you about my trip to the 3 baltic states:Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania,the hidden treasures of Europe.

Till next time!

Moscow-Vilnius (24/1/07) and Vilnius-Stockholm (25/1/07)

January 27th, 2007 by ilyasr2


Currently: Just woke up from sleep n solat subuh.it’s 7.51 am.

Currently listening to: Nothing.just the clock on the wall ticking.and the swedish tv downstairs.

Current weather: It FEELS colder here in sweden.partly cloudy and -11 deg celc this morning.the wind makes it bitterly cold.

Don’t be fooled by the descriptions above.it’s about stockholm.but now i’m going to describe my journey from moscow to here in stockholm,sweden.

Those who hav read my prev blog entitled "About our trip to Sweden next week" will get a clearer view on this journey and get a rough idea where are the places mentioned in this blog.please read the first as i hav a detailed description on the journey plus a useful map as well.

24/1/2007 (Wednesday) - Moscow-Vilnius

At 4 pm sharp we all left our hostel rooms to catch 2 taxis to sheremetyevo airport terminal 1.We finally got 2 taxis for 2300 rubles.Well just to inform u that there’s no more 9 of us..now reduced to 8,unfortunately for one of us,aiman,who didn’t get his passport yet.

At around 5 sumthing we arrived at this funny old russian airport moscow sheremetyevo 1.to enter the airport itself we had to pass a security check.haha belom lagi masuk dlm tuh!!i really hated that small airport.can u imagine it??we had to pay 120 rubles for trolley?hey…airport secikai langkawi pun ade laa troli…free plak tuh.n the place was so crowded,and the seats were limited.bodo gile negara nih…susah ke nak tmbh kerusi?then we had to wait for hours before we can check in (1 1/2 hours before the flight).n the check-in staff was damned lazy .plus,he didn’t speak english.he didn’t even check how many of us were there.when we were about to approach the immigration then he came rushing to ask us for our baggage to be checked in (well…the big bags simply couldn’t fit into the small SAAB 2000 cabin),thus realising one was missing.so stupid…you should have checked that earlier!

this is the flight that we were catching for:

Flight summary
Date Flight Dep. Origin Arr. Destination
Outbound 24.01.2007 TE0229 21:25 Moscow - Sheremetyevo  Arpt 22:10 Vilnius

Inbound 01.02.2007 TE0228 17:45 Vilnius 20:25  Moscow - Sheremetyevo Arpt

to get to the plane we had to ride a bus from the terminal.it was so damned cold (-10).when we arrived to the plane we were surprised to see how small the plane was…however the seats weren’t that small.just the cabin’s height is just as tall as my height…even my hair reached the ceiling.at 9.30 pm off we flew on this noisy little aeroplane.

at 10.20 pm we arrived at this small vilnius airport,but very pretty!!far better than moscow sheremetyevo airport!they had this train station design and style.however as soon as we arrived all shops were closed.i was lucky to change my USD into lithuanian litas.the rest didn’t make it,as the bureau de change had closed.we survived the night by drinking coffee and eating snacks brought from moscow.then we tried to sleep on the steel chairs in the terminal.we managed to sleep for about just 2 hours,then the crowd filled this little airport and woke us up.after subuh at 6.15 am,we waited to check in for our flight to stockholm.but there was a prob with our reservation.they cancelled it!but i notified them that only the stockholm-vilnius flight was cancelled,so this shouldnt happen.’so they made another reservation for us,and let us check in.

25/1/2007 (Thursday) - Vilnius-Stockholm

Flight summary
Date Flight Dep. Origin Arr. Destination
Outbound 25.01.2007 TE0412 08:30 Vilnius 09:15 Stockholm -  Arlanda Arpt

Inbound 01.02.2007 TE0413 09:55 Stockholm - Arlanda Arpt 12:30 Vilnius

At 8 am we took a bus to board the plane (still SAAB 2000) and flew off at 8.30 am.Because of sleep deprivation most of us really slept on board.

25/1/2007 (Thursday) - First day in Stockholm

We were surprised that Auntie Maya’s husband,Uncle Mat,had asked his employee in the arlanda airport to meet us,so that we can find a taxi to his house in Sollentuna,northern stockholm.the snow here was so thick…even thicker than what we see in moscow (maybe the snow in moscow is getting thicker,as the blizzard has just started).as soon as we arrived at her house,we immediately ate up nasi lemak for breakfast.my mom and aunt maya cooked it!it was so damned spicy that some of us were sweating.

The first day was just spent at home.my parents,arep n I went to the nearby strait that separates the sollentuna island with the other islands of stockholm.it was as wide as river moscow,and was almost completely frozen.on the way we played the snow sledge on the slope.the snow was so thick…even the trees trapped the snow to create such a beautiful swedish panorama.

Later that evening we tried to build a snowman but failed.so we left it and prepared our dinner tonight:sup ekor with some other delicious lauks (i forgot which were the ones).well it was superb!!auntie Maya World!

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Well at least they hav WiFi at Vilnius Uoro Uostas airport.such a nice petite airport..far better than moscow airport!

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We really had fun with the sledge…seriously.On my left was my dad.
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The strait of Sollentuna,Stockholm.one of my favourite scene on earth.that place was gorgeous!!

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Shhh…everybody’s enjoying auntie maya’s nasi lemak for our first breakfast there!

About our trip to Sweden next week

January 17th, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently: Just finished playing tomb raider and ran out of idea on what to do to get rid of this boredom.tibe2 teringat nak menulis blog ini.
Currently listening to:
Well nothing.at this hour,4.35 am kteorg x tido lg.dgr la sket2 suara arep men game,bunyi kereta2 yg lalu lalang kt bwh,n bunyi laptop nih.
Current weather:
Clear skies.Quite cold.-2 deg celc.

bile cuti panjang mcm cuti winter sebegini mulelah kitorang jd mayat hidop,terlalulah kebosanan.arggghhhh our 3 weeks of holiday have just started yesterday…being this first week filled with total boredom:bangun lmbt,makan,men game,solat,surf net,chatting,tido.itu je la keje kitorang.aku buat blog ni pun sbb byk sgt mase terluang xtau ape nak buat.

haha tapi sume ni akan berakhir rabu depan!!being 4 days after the maal hijrah,it is for us like berhijrah drpd kebosanan kepada keseronokan.hihi.hrp2 la dr x baek kpd lebih baek.hihi.next wed,24/1/2007,insya Allah seperti yg kami plan akan bertolak ke Vilnius,Lithuania,yg mn dr sana ke Stockholm,Sweden.well i will explain a little bit on how this plan all started n what r our plans next whole week abroad.

HOW DID IT COME TO MY MIND?

Hmmm frankly i was the one who proposed to go to sweden.the main reason for me to choose sweden for this time is:my mom’s close fren,auntie maya lives there with his family,so we can save a lot on accomodation for 1 week!why?bcs based on experience,accomodation will cost us most,even more than transportation.sesuai la dgn kteorg,first year studs yg baru nak collect duit nih.x mcm senior2 mara km yg kaya-raya,they started collecting money since 1st yr.so we really need a low-cost trip for now.this idea,anyway,was suggested by my mom even b4 arriving to russia.

THE BIG PLAN
however for the first month in russia,we thought of just staying here this winter vacation,maybe just go sumwhere within russia like st petersburg,then going to the greater europe maybe in summer.but my parents’ trip to sweden more than 2 months ago really triggered me about reconsidering the idea.they showed us pics,on how beautiful stockholm is,how luxurious the 5-star cruise from stockholm to tallinn (n how cheap!) is,how BIG auntie maya’s bungalow is…how wonderful the ppl are n mcm2 lg!!i showed the pics to every mara frens of my batch (arep,ipe,paan,cip,chepu) n they got really excited as well.then approached arep who was kinda semangat to go there.he was the one who first searched for cheap flights to stockholm.later came the rest of us eager to join,except cip who suddenly decided to go back to Malaysia.for a whole week arep n I kept searching for cheap flights to stockholm (well,for us around USD 150-200 is considered cheap,USD 300 n above is just too much).unfortunately there were lack of choices…that time the cheapest being airBaltic (more than USD 300),EstonianAir (around USD 200 ONLY to tallinn,not stockholm).but arep hit the button…he’s found a very cheap return flight from moscow to stockholm,stopping at vilnius,lithuania.actually these stops r created by us,not the company.we agreed to buy to different RETURN tickets:moscow-vilnius,vilnius-stockholm.we carefully fixed the flight times so that we’ll hav ample time to catch for the flights.after some calculation,even all the 2 flights combined won’t cost us that much,just USD 180 including the taxes as well!

Well it was this time when we were about to purchase the tickets online that another 2 frens wanted to join.well rumours spread so we agreed to let them join:aiman and naqqib,2 private 1st year studs.by then there were 7 of us.after all of us agreed with that price,we were ready to purchase the tickets.

PURCHASING TICKETS
….is another exclusive story of course!!as purchasing online was MUCH cheaper,we were determined to purchase them online no matter wut.but a few problems came out:

  1. Only credit cards r accepted online.Now whose??We are all studs.
  2. Well maybe we could choose our parents’.but how to repay them?we are here in russia!!

Well a few suggestions to solve them also came out.my mom had agreed to use here credit card to purchase them.and that solved prob no 1.but at first,to solve prob no 2,we thought of using maybank2u to repay.the problems were:

  1. Most of us didn’t have maybank2u.only aiman n naqqib did.
  2. Even if they had,they didn’t have enough money in the accounts to repay my mom.hey it costs us USD 180×7= USD 1260=about RM 4800!!!

so forget about the maybank2u plan.another suggestion from my mom came out:why not using western union,where anyone from anywhere in the world can send money to anywhere overseas or domestically.yea brilliant idea!!!so a few nights later,my mom herself,under my guidance (hihi skype always connect us…for free!!),booked the tickets.she said it was the biggest amount she ever consumed using her credit card!!so it was not easy.firstly,earlier that day,she had to call Bank Islam to notify them that she would be using such enormous amount of money from the credit.then she had to wait for them to approve.then she should immediately repay the bank.after purchasing them,she received an e-ticket containing our names,the reference code,rules n regulation,n the flight details by email.then she forwaded it to me.below i wil show u the flight details.i know that u r not familiar with the names like vilnius,lithuania etc,but pls refer to my map at the end of my blog to get a picture where they r.

FLIGHT 1: MOSCOW-VILNIUS


Flight summary
    Date Flight Dep. Origin Arr. Destination
  Outbound 24.01.2007 TE0229 21:25 Moscow - Sheremetyevo  Arpt 22:10 Vilnius

  Inbound 01.02.2007 TE0228 17:45 Vilnius 20:25  Moscow - Sheremetyevo Arpt

  Prices
    Fare type Original price    Price    Tax  Num Total
  Outbound ADT 73.00 LTL    27.14 USD 18.58
USD
7 320.04 USD
  Inbound ADT 73.00 LTL    27.14 USD 18.59 USD 7 320.11 USD

  Total price 640.15 USD

FLIGHT 2: VILNIUS-STOCKHOLM

 
Flight summary
    Date Flight Dep. Origin Arr. Destination
  Outbound 25.01.2007 TE0412 08:30 Vilnius 09:15 Stockholm -  Arlanda Arpt

  Inbound 01.02.2007 TE0413 09:55 Stockholm - Arlanda Arpt 12:30 Vilnius

 
Prices
    Fare type Original price    Price    Tax  Num Total
  Outbound ADT 73.00 LTL    27.14 USD 18.59 USD 7 320.11 USD
  Inbound ADT 73.00 LTL    27.14 USD 23.05 USD 7 351.33 USD

  Total price (1806.31 LTL) 671.44 USD

as u can see here we hav planned hours of transit period between flights.we will arrive at vilnius at 10.20 pm and will wait for the next flight to stockholm at 8.30 am.so we planned to sleep at the lounge maybe for the night….hihi.nice trick to save money.and as for stockholm-vilnius,we’ll arrive at 12.30 pm and will catch our flight to moscow at 5.45 pm the same day.

two days later,after collecting USD 200 from each of us (to cover the western union comission as well) - except me,as my mom belanja me..hihihi…-we went to kaluzhskiy branch of western union to send the money.the comission was USD 60,but still worth it.thanks to daus from MMA,as he was willing to use his passport as they need to see the sender’s passport.we were just using spravka then.that night i straight away told my mom the code for collecting money n all of the details needed.the next morning she could already receive it and pay the bank.alhamdulillah for all these.

Another two joined
Well unfortunately a little bit too late for another two of our 2nd year frens,haniff n amir,who suddenly wanted to join us.they were so determined to join that they bought expensive tickets (USD 500 each!!) on their own n were willing to stay in hotel.tp xkanlaa nak kasi diorang byr hotel mahal2 kan,baik join je.so then they will stay with us at auntie maya’s hse.

Bad news
Well around 2 weeks before the flight date the company suddenly sent us email telling that the flight stockholm-vilnius will be canceled.zdrastvuyte!!1 of our 4 flight sectors had been canceled in the last minute??ahh that really frustrated us,eventhough they will refund.at that time,we hadn’t yet hav our passports in hand,praying dat it’ll be ready soon.here comes another prob?initially we tried to search cheap flights from stockholm to vilnius,but the flights r either too expensive or didn’t match the time.then we thought of ‘burning’ the vilnius-moscow flight as well n buy a ticket straight from stockholm to moscow.it was not as good idea.so we gave up on flights n tried trains from tallinn to vilnius,but apparently,not in service as the railway company had some probs.we knew that we hav planned a stockholm-tallinn cruise,so we it should be good to take a cruise to tallinn,estonia n take a land transport to vilnius (please refer to my maps below if u r not familiar with these names).hmm thinking of public transport,it doesn’t hav to be only train,how about BUS,i thought.yes!!a bus trip was our life-saver!!

A new plan
eventually i found a Eurolines bus trip from tallinn,estonia to vilnius,lithuania via riga,latvia (refer to maps below).i called eurolines in estonia immediately to book our seats.we were so lucky that time that while searching for flight from stockholm to vilnius we found a place to make our ISIC (international student IC) for 10 minutes!!it is important for us to get various discounts while travelling.Besides,the next day our passports were ready!!one by one our problems were solved

so now our journey back home becomes more interesting (please,while reading this sequence below refer to the maps):

  1. All of us will take a 360 km cruise on 30/1/2007 at 6 pm from stockholm to tallinn,estonia.will arrive there at 10 am the next day.
  2. We will hav a whole day in Tallinn as our bus will leave at 9 pm for vilnius,but only my parents,amir and anip will take a cruise back to stockholm.we planned to take a tallinn city-sightseeing bus tour around tallinn (visit www.city-sightseeing.co.uk) the whole day…for Estonian Krone 200/RM 60.
  3. Our bus will leave from Tallinn,Estonia at 9 pm and will have regular stops at several baltic towns (note that the journey will cover the three baltic states:estonia,latvia and lithuania) and 2 stops for border crossing.The route is:TALLINN (Estonia)-Parnu (Estonia)-RIGA (Latvia)-Bauska (Latvia)-Pasvalys (Lithuania)-Panevezys-Ukmerge-VILNIUS (Lithuania).This trip will take 9 hours and will cover around 600 km.
  4. Will arrive at Vilnius,Lithuania on 1/2/2007 at 6.25 am.will find sumwhere to solat subuh n eat breakfast,n will explore vilnius the whole day from morning to afternoon,as we have about 6-7 hours before getting ready to fly back home…to moscow!

Stockholmtallinnvilnius

 

 
(Map 1: Describes our halfway trip back home from stockholm to vilnius.note that the names of the countries are in yellow,whereas the names of the cities are in white)

wanna know roughly where’s moscow?

Moscowvilniusstockholm

(Map 2: Describes our trip from moscow to stockholm via vilnius.the whole journey will cover about 1400 km.note that MOCKBA <moskva> is moscow)

As a conclusion,we will be taking a longer route but will explore more!!we will even hav the chance to see these 3 baltic states that we hav never heard b4.but this is just about a 2 days’ trip back home!how about the rest??we hav 6 days more in sweden,and my parents n I had also planned to go to Copenhagen,Denmark,600 km to the south west by train,but we hav not promised yet.just wait for next week and i will write a blog for each day in sweden and the baltic states,and maybe denmark.communication there?no prob,insya Allah.do u know that the swedes r the best english speakers in the world tghthr with the dutchmen?n in baltic states ppl there speak russian.we can speak russian at least to survive there.See you next week then!!pray us for our safety.assalamualaikum                                                                                                            

My dreamS came true!!!!

January 11th, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently: Relaxing after the histology lecture and damned russian exam yg amat melecehkan.
Currently listening to:
Drooom droom bunyi deroooman heater kecik di sisiku.
Current weather:
Weird 8 deg celc for today (because i think this is the peak of El Nino dis year,bcs it’s the highest temp dis winter)…cloudy n windy.will be colder the next few days,plummeting to below freezing then.

Why am I putting a big S after the word dream in the title?bcs i want to emphasize that not ONE of my dream came true…but THREE!!!they weren’t symbolic,but they really happened just as described in my dreams,or similar.but before dat let me explain the intro first.If u want to listen to my story without intro,then simply skip the next paragraph.

In Islam,most dreams are satan’s method of seducing n misleading us.The other dreams might be good signs shown by Allah SWT,or maybe if some of us r lucky,they might meet Rasulullah SAW in their dreams,as satans cannot imitate him.this fact is unsurprisingly an exception for prophets,as their dreams r thought to be all meaningful n might be a command from Allah.As an example,when prophet Ibrahim @ Abraham AS once dreamt about slaughtering his son Ismail @ Ishmael AS.it is thought to be a command of God,bcs it is a prophet’s dream.that’s why he did not listen to satan who tried to stop him from performing what God had asked him to do,considering the fact that he himself was a prophet,n satan couldn’t play a fool with his dreams.

Well that was just a dream of a great apostle.on the other hand,i am just a normal human being of lower rank than prophets but also a servant of God,just like all the prophets themselves n all of u.okay,to be brief,i’m going straight to da point.all my life i hav identified three of my dreams that came true:the first one was a long time ago,when i was a form 3 student.the second one,quite recently,happened last year when i was studying at intec.the most recent one was YESTERDAY.

  1. a long time ago,i used to hate someone very much for years.but one night,i dreamt about him.in my dream,i caught him red-handed having sex with his girlfriend in the toilet of our school.in my dream the girl’s face was not vivid,so i couldn’t recognize who she was.it was not until a few months later that i realized that my dream was true.he was really caught red-handed having sex in the school toilet,except that it wasn’t me who caught them.after he was expelled from school,i realized how God punished a wrongdoer n helped me to eliminate my most hated person.to tell a full story about him is another hour of yr time reading : ).
  2. Well the second one was around june or july last year.my english teacher at INTEC,ms penny had asked us to complete a presentation about our works.i REALLY worked hard for the presentation,as it was individual,so i did it all alone.after burning the midnight oil completing the powerpoint presentation n saved it in my pendrive,i fell asleep n had a dream.i dreamt that i left my thumb drive at home.the laptop n lcd projector were there,but i just couldn’t present as i had no slide show to present.that was just a dream,a sighed the next morning.but soon,during the english class i realized that nobody had done any powerpoint presentation,n nobody borrowed the lcd projector from the library,n nobody had brought even a laptop.i was depressed as all my hardwork was useless.the others did them simply on mahjong papers n manila cards.haha really as an introduction for the presentation i told the class about my dream n how it really came true.however,i could still remember how to present according to my slideshows.
  3. Living in Moscow is quite tough.one thing we hav to cope with is the russian mentality.they r so slow at doing their work!early last october we had submitted the application for our mnogokratnaya visa n passed our passport to the immigration.we will get it only TOMORROW (12/1/2007).haha 3 months of waiting,we had been worrying for our passports since we will leave for sweden 2 weeks from now,n our passports n visas were still not ready yet!!my worries ended the night before yesterday,when i dreamt that cip appeared in my dream,cofidently telling me that our passports are ready.when i woke up,i thought it wasn’t a dream,so i approached cip n asked him whether it was true or not.he said no,he didn’t say anyhthing about it.so positively,it was only a dream.thinking that what if it is true,i urged arip to check them at the dean’s office,but ipe said dat it was impossible.despite it all,deep in my heart,i FELT that they were ready.however only this afternoon dat arip went to check the list n told us the good news.i blurted then "hey i told u my dream was true!!!".immediately,i called cip,who was at the airport,waiting to board the plane back to malaysia.i thanked him for ‘telling’ me so in my dream n bade him goodbye.

well these three dreams really came true.how about my other recent dreams?they have not come true yet,i’m afraid.one was that MARA rejected our scholarshipsin russia but replaced it with studying medicine somewhere else.the others were about my dad cutting my hair,and having my winter jacket torn on the armpit.these two last dreams i mentioned,are,i think symbolic.they might come true but in symbolic ways.maybe,as an example,if i dreamt that my dad cut my hair,maybe one day my dad might change my life n make me a better person one day..well wallahualam… Allah knows best.but i really hope that the bad dream i had about our scholarships was just a dream,not to become reality.

well a  famous english proverb tells us to :
"Dream great dreams,make them come true"
 

A tribute to Rasulullah SAW…love him so much

January 5th, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently: Menjilat2 lollypop yg br dibeli kt kvartal…nyam nyam
Currently listening to:
Nothing…i just
want some peace here.

Current weather:
Light snow…0 deg
celc.weather is abnormally ‘warm’!

Recently I discovered a new youtube video entitled ‘Qasidah burda’.This is actually an Arabic poem praising and reciting salawat on our beloved prophet Rasulullah SAW.A group of Arab singers has transformed the poem into such a beautiful rhyme that you can FEEL like Nabi PBUH was somewhat you really missed so much…as if he left you yesterday!Check out my media box on the friendster profile….there you can find the video.Seriously do drop your tears…and appreciate it as a symbol of love to Rasulullah PBUH.

However,I am really frustrated to see those youtube comments.These anti-Islamists keep mocking Islam.I feel offended the most when they play with the names of Allah and Rasulullah PBUH (astaghfirullah).All islamic-related videos on youtube will be mocked and teased by these ppl.If only they know that Allah will cast them into hell forever….*sigh*.Anyway these ppl will regret in the hell.There they cannot mock us anymore,but we TEASE them.

So please.I am inviting myself and all my muslim brothers and sisters,love yr Rasulullah PBUH.Follow his sunnahs.Don’t feel ashamed to practice Islamic way of life (in fact you should be ashamed for not doing it).Just to tell u ppl one example.A have a few friends who when the first time I knew them they were wearing hijab.But nowadays when they mixed someone who’s like not ‘into’ these hijabs,they threw off their hijabs.My question to those girls…u feel ashamed to wear hijab??if in malaysia is it too hot to wear hijab?n in russia haha i think hijab is good for you,not only to cover yr aurat,but to keep u warm.so u call hijab as unjust,n western fashion as civilised.well go on having yr wonderful ‘free hair’ but remember god’s punishment counts on EVERY milimitre of aurat u exposed to others who shouldn’t see them.Haha u think Allah will use simple rotan??NO….cangkuk2 besi yg diperbuat drpd API NERAKA…adoiiii sakitnyeeee!!!!hmm elokla korang pikir bende2 nih sebelum sesenang je nak ikut member2 len.ape kate korang ajak je member2 korang tu kpd kebaikan…kan bagos.

ISLAM — THE WAY OF LIFE

Kenduri Hari Raya Aidiladha-cum-New Year

January 1st, 2007 by ilyasr2

Currently: Chatting with a fren of mine,syabil.sambil2 tu tulis blog jap.
Currently listening to:
Cip terjerit2 sms bermain Warcraft Dota.waaa dat game makes us crazy!!!
Current weather: Cloudy.2 deg celc…the snow melts!!! : (

This is a story of yesterday n today…wut a tiring but wonderful couple of days for me.Entah kenapalaa dlm kepala otak hsemate aku sorang nih,cip,teringin nak buat open house utk hari raya thn ni,so his ’soulmate’ or roommate,arip setuju plak ngan die.sbb tu laaa yesterday we had to wake up UNUSUALLY early (isk isk x sempat lak solat sunat raye) so dat we can buy the stuffs for these two days.Well basically it was like this:

Sunday,31 December 2006,Hari Raya pertama: 

  • Morning: pegi pasar tepliy stan n beli brg2 yg diperlukan,mcm minyak masak,sayur, dan yg penting AYAM 20 EKOR [ihihi klaka gile!ms kteorg ckp kt makcik nih kteorg nak 20 ekor...terkejut die..."haaahhh DVATSAT'!!??".Itu keje aku,arip,cip n ipe.yg len lak pegi kvartal beli beras,bawang etc etc.
  • Afternoon: cooking rendang ayam,nasi impit n kuah lodeh for today's first phase of kenduri,which was for muslims.susah gak buat rendang tu...kene kacau punye kacau smp kering...n byk menggunakan santan.
  • Evening: MAKAN!!serious aku suke gile rendang ayam yg dimastermind oleh arip tu.waaa serious sdp.tp syg skali nak membuatnye susah n santan plak abis.tambahan pulak that damned cholestrol it'll contribute...wuhuhu.lps mkn bincang psl keje2 yg ptt dibhgkan utk esok.so mlm ni kteorg bhg2kan 15 ekor ayam utk dipotong.

taukah korang mlm ni new year??in moscow new year is top in the list....more celebrated rather than christmas.sbb tu aaa start drpd 12 tgh mlm jek satu moscow ni mcm BERPERANG!!![sbnrnya sblm tu rm gak org men tp x klimaks aaa].serious.n yg mmg x thn tu,men slm 2-3 jam n the WHOLE moscow mmg penuh dgn bunga api yg mcm kite tgk kat pdg merdeka kalo di malaysia,begitulah di SELURUH moscow!!!bygkan!kteorg nak beli mercun tu pun x mampu…org kata bapak segala thunderclap.apasal laa duit dibakar camtu jek.

Monday,1 January 2007,Hari Raya Kedua

  • Morning to afternoon: dr celik mata smp laa mthr terbenam xde keje len kteorg..keje keje keje.byk bende kene buat pg tu,sbb nak msk nasi ayam.so kteorg boys same2 rebus ayam yg byk gile tu (15 ekor).pastu dgn rebusan ayam tu msk nasi campur chicken stock,hirisan halia n garam.keje2 nih arip yg byk buat.plus,die blend sume bhn2 utk sambal.keje2 len mcm memotong bawang n sayur,marinate n goreng ayam didominasi oleh girls.to add into the menu,diorang msk mee sup n salad.later in the afternoon paan n gang bancuh ice lemon tea yg amat laa sedap sampai aku kembung minum byk sgt.
  • Evening: start drpd pkl 6 pm onwards berduyun org dtg:bdk2 floor 15 blok 35 n bdk2 pushkin.so our room was really packed…but they honestly said dat they enjoyed them.haha lega sket keletihan dgr.actually it was also to pay the indian boys’ kindness for also treating us a party earlier.besides it was just to celebrate hari raya n new year.

Thanks everyone for the great evening.i missed the suasana when we worked tghthr n ate tgthr.thanks bdk2 pushkin,boys n girls,zaf,pau,nad sume2 tu….we were really GLAD that u came.thanks to folks of 15th floor for coming.thanks to bdk2 pompuan 15th floor yg byk tolong kteorg,meringankan beban kteorg.thanks boys 4 yr great drinks.wahahaha thanks all i really miss the night!!!

Aidiladha

The kenduri-goers…thanks everyone!!!

Pandai mengira atau berkira?

December 22nd, 2006 by ilyasr2

Currently: Tgh berlapar menunggu dinner time.letih n rase cam nak tido je.
Currently listening to:
Che pooh revising anatomy by reading out loud….
Weather:
0 deg celc.cloudy….going to snow anytime now.

Kepada org yg rs dirinya x berkenaan: silalah bace.anda bole membacanye separuh,smp hbs atau x bace lgsg.terpulang.
Kepada org yg terasa diri berkenaan: kalo anda seorang kwn dan punya hati n perasaan baca lah smp HABIS.

Okay…i give u one situation similar to wut happened to me.actually bende ni hanyalah perlambangan shj.this event did NOT really happen,but it SYMBOLISES my real life event.ceritanye begini…

Pada suatu hari,Ali dan rakan2 nye bermain tenis di tennis court kampusnya.Hari tu sungguh bahagia buat Ali krn pd hr itulaa Ali dpt meluangkan masa utk beriadah brsm kwn2nye.tetapi ade suatu peristiwa yg cukup memusnahkan kebahagiaannya….

Sedang asyik bertarung dgn rakannya dlm permainan tenis,tiba2 bolanya dipukul terlalu tinggi oleh rakannya sehingga melepasi pagar gelanggang tenis itu.bola itu pun jatuh ke atas tanah x jauh dr court tenis itu.

Secara kebetulan Ahmad,seorang rakan Ali lalu di kawasan tempat bola itu jatuh.Lalu Ali meminta pertolongannya supaya mengambil bola itu.

Ali: Oh,Mat!Bleh tolong aku x?amikkan bola tenis aku kt depan tu (sambil menjulurkan jari telunjuknya ke arah bola tenis itu yg hanya berada di tepi kaki Ahmad).
Ahmad: Oh,bola yg ni? (lalu mengisyaratkan matanya ke arah bola tenis itu).
Ali: Haa yg tu la!Boleh tolong aku amikkan x?Please….pastu ko baling je msk court nih…

Apa yg memeranjatkan Ali dan rakan2nya ialah,Ahmad  langsung tidak menyentuh bola itu atau menghiraukannya,malah berjalan menuju ke arah pintu pagar gelanggang tenis itu dan membuka pintu pagar itu luas2.

Ahmad: Nah,amik aaa!
Ali: Laaa…tolong la amikkan!tadi ade kt tepi kaki ko jek! (dengan nada suara yg kecewa dan terperanjat).
Ahmad: Eh,kalau aku boleh tolong ko bukakkan pintu pagar ni luas2,so that ko bleh kluar dan amik sendiri bola tu,takkan ko x bleh nak usaha amik bola ko sendiri?

Ali yg kaget dan terperanjat itu hanya mendiamkan diri,lantas keluar dr gelanggang itu menerusi pintu pagar yg dibuka oleh Ahmad itu,dan mengambil bola tenis itu sendiri.rakan2nya yg lain di atas gelanggang turut terperanjat dan hairan ke atas kelakuan Ahmad pd hr itu.

Sebaik shj Ali mengambil bola itu dan berjalan balik menuju ke gelanggang tenis…

Ali: Terima kasih sbb tolong bukakkan pintu pagar ni utk aku.tp aku x tau ape laa susah sgt nak tolong amik bola tu?xpe xpe hr ni hr ko.lain hari aku boleh balas balik.even kalo aku x bls len kali Allah tunjuk kt ko,org len plak xnak tolong ko.tgk nnt ape ko rase!

Wajah Ahmad langsung tidak menunjukkan rasa bersalah.Malah die hanya berdiam diri dan terus meninggalkan tempat itu,smbl mengatakan bhw Ali itu seorang yg kuat merajuk.Ali kembali ke gelanggang dan meneruskan perlawanan tenis bersama rakan2nya,lantas cuba utk melupakan peristiwa td.namun dia tidak mampu.dlm hatinya sering berkata,"Ceh!susah sangat ke nak amik bola tuh?ade besi berat ke dlm tu?padahal bende tu kat kaki die je.ape yg die bleh buat cuma tunduk sket,kutipkan bola tu n balingkan je ke dlm gelanggang.aku x suruh pun die bawak bola msk dlm.kalau baling msk ke dlm pun xpelaa".lepas tu teringat pula dakwaan Ahmad yg mengatakan si Ali kuat merajuk.hati kecil Ali menjerit:"eh,merajuk??ish die ni x phm ke definisi merajuk tu pemende?nampak sgt laaaa die ni x sedar betapa terlukenya ht aku nih.eeee kerasnya hati die nih!".heh!pd pendapat korang aaa btol ke Ali merajuk??buat ape die nak merajuk,die cume KECEWA dgn sikap Ahmad!!korang setuju ke dgn Ahmad??si Ali merajuk???itu  hanya akan menampakan kelemahannya.bukan nak kt Ali tu ego,tp die hanye ade hati dan perasaan.

Begitulah kisah serupa dgn yg berlaku kpdku.pd pndpt korang semua laa…korang setuju ke dgn perbuatan si Ahmad mcm yg aku citer td?waras ke?rase2 nye laa ape sbb die buat gitu?itu Wallahualam Allah maha mengetahui.Tp ape susahnye tolong orang?si Ahmad tu x rugi ape2 pun.malah dpt pahala lg ade aaa…


وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَهَاجَرُواْ وَجَاهَدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ
وَالَّذِينَ آوَواْ وَّنَصَرُواْ أُولَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا
لَّهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
(8:74)

[74] Dan orang-orang yang beriman dan berhijrah serta
berjihad pada jalan Allah (untuk membela Islam) dan orang-orang (Ansar) yang
memberi tempat kediaman dan pertolongan (kepada orang-orang Islam yang
berhijrah itu), merekalah orang-orang yang beriman dengan sebenar-benarnya.
Mereka beroleh keampunan dan limpah kurnia yang mulia. (Al-Anfal : ayat 74)

Tengok,sbg contoh,orang2 Ansar madinah yg membantu kaum2 muhajirin ms hijrah dulu.apa yg mereka rugi?malah "mereka beroleh keampunan dan limpah kurnia yang mulia" dan "merekalah orang-orang yang beriman dengan sebenar-benarnya".Mungkin diorang rugi secara materialis,seperti kediaman,harta,tenaga malah isteri2 sendiri sanggup diceraikan agar dpt dikahwinkan dgn org2 muhajirin.tp mereka x pernah menyesal,krn mereka percaya bhw insya Allah mereka beroleh keampunan dan limpah kurnia yang mulia.tapi dalam kes si Ahmad ni,ape sgt laa yg die rugi??setakat TENAGA yg ntah beberapa kilojoule shj itu utk tolong ambilkan bola tu,n baling ke dlm gelanggang.apalah  sgt dibandingkan dgn pengorbanan kaum Ansar dahulu terhadap saudara seIslam mereka,kaum muhajirin.nah!mereka langsung tidak berkira!!mereka tidak meminta upah drpd org2 muhajirin.sama mcm kes si Ali ni.korang ingat die hargai sgt ke dgn ‘bantuan’ Ahmad yg hanya sekadar ‘menolong’ membuka pintu pagar tu?heh tidak!!lagi sakit hati adelah.lebih2 lg depan rkn2 yg lain,si Ali tu dah dimalukan dpn rakan2 yg lain.si Ahmad tu ingat die bagus sgt ke nak buat mcm tu?kononnya nak mengajar org "belajarlah berdikari" atau "belajarlah supaya kurang menggangu org n buat keje sendiri"…ingat cite2 die tu sungguh murni??Ali yg tgh kecil hati tu mst terfikir "eh eh murninya niat ko ni!!terima kasih…terima kasih…BULLSHIT…ko buat mcm ni nnt kalo org len xnak tolong ko baru pdn muke".


مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
(37:25)

[37.25 What is the matter with you that
you do not help each other?

[25] Mengapa kamu tidak bertolong-tolongan (sebagaimana
yang kamu dakwakan dahulu)? (As-Saffat : ayat 25)

sering terngiang2 di kepalanya.die terpikir2,mungkin anginnya kurang baik hr tu.kemudian lantas die menolak,"ah!!kalau pikirkan angin die aje,angin org len x pikir?x pikir ke ht dan perasaan org lain??mood atau angin x mnjd halangan utk jg hati org.org yg hanya ikut angin dan perasaan itu namenya mementingkan diri sendiri n x berhati perut"

Lastly ampunkan aku jika aku terkasar bhs.aku bkn nak kata aku x pernah buat salah ke ape,cume aku x setuju btol aaa dgn sikap si Ahmad nih.alangkah bahagianya sume org kalau die tolong si Ali tu aje:sejuk ht si Ali tu,berterima kasih trhdp si Ahmad,n kpd si Ahmad tu insya Allah Dia beri pahala.malahan ini bukan kali pertama die diperlakukan begitu,malah ade satu lg peristiwa lepas yg lebih kurang gitu n x dpt die sndr nak ceritakan pd sesape lg.malahan perbuatan si Ahmad tu dulu membuat kwn2 Ali sndr pun dihasut supaya x perlu tolong die.ini lebih2 kan?kalo ko xnak tolong xyah tolong,tp x yah laa nak hasut org len supaya jgn saling tolong-menolong.pastu alasan si Ahmad:sori angin aku kurang baik ms tu.sekali lg Ali terpikir,"ah!!kalau pikirkan angin die
aje,angin org len x pikir?x pikir ke ht dan perasaan org lain??mood
atau angin x mnjd halangan utk jg hati org.org yg hanya ikut angin dan
perasaan itu namenya mementingkan diri sendiri n x berhati perut"
.Kepada sesiapa yg terasa dirinya adalah ibarat Ahmad,ingat aaa kite ni org Islam.hidup di dunia kene saling bantu membantu.aku tau bende ni perkara kecik je,tp bygkan aaa utk perkara SEKECIL ini pun ko x leh tolong ke?itu sbb aaa tajuk aku "pandai mengira atau berkira?".kalau ko pandai mengira,ko boleh timbang n pikirkan bhw kalo ko tolong org,org tolong kite balik.kalo ko pandai BERKIRA,mmg aaa ko kuat menghitung2 "oh!kalo aku tolong org pandang hina kat aku.xkan bende kecik camni aku kene buat utk die?so baik suruh die buat sndr".berkira kononnya kalau ko tolong aku ko ‘hilang maruah’.macam gitu ya?

everything here is positive.aku x benci sesaper,cume aku kecewa.aku tau ht manusia keras.it depends on u to respect others n lembutkan sket hati ko yg keras tu.cheers ok!!

Troparevo Park

December 20th, 2006 by ilyasr2

Currently: Preparing to cook but i think i want to spend my time writing dis blog for a while.

Currently listening to: Прости за любовь – Юлья Савичева (Prosti za lubov’/Forgive for love— by Yulia Savicheva).suara die gemersik gile…we just luv her voice.

Weather: -12 deg celc,with wind blowing -17 deg celc.sejukk gileee…..yesterday it was blowing all night long,so sume dah jadi putih.the snow returns!!

I want to tell u the story of troparevo park…a park located near our hostel.but just recently we found out dat it stretched all da way to our univ (1 km je dr hostel aku).hr ni lepas test fizik,raymond,brahma n I took a detour..n discovered troparevo..near the univ!!berjam2 jalan kt park yg penuh snow n pokok2 x beranting,finally found a frozen lake out of nowhere.hehe ini aaa tasik yg diperkatakan slm ni!!rm gak org kt sini,esp perempuan2 yg bwk anak2 diorang jalan2,n ppl playing sports like badminton in dis freezing weather.kteorg saje2 men snowfighting n tried to step the frozen surface of the lake.br letak sebelah kaki….krak…krak…waaa nak pecah!!patut aaa br sehari suhu gini so die x kukuh lg.then we pursued further into the forest.sedar2 kteorg dah terlepas…terlanjur smp ke kvartal 1 km from our hostel.urgghh didn’t know that it’s dat big.so ape lg,kteorg shopping jap kt kvartal tu,beli mknn n naik bas blk.

Back home,bukak je laptop….we realized that the temp was -10 deg celc!!woaaa patut aaa sejok nak mmps!!n now by the time i write this blog it’s already -12.

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Taman Negara Troparevo.Hahaha!!dis park looks like a jungle!

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Angsa oh angsa.tidakkah korang mati kesejukan??