Archive for December, 2008
December 29, 2008 at 10:07 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The Road to Mecca is a must read. It’s insightful and exciting. It makes you understand a bit more about the Muslim world and it gives you this opportunity to share the author’s journey, through the land and through the heart. I’m all excited that the documentary will be out soon…just couldn’t wait for it! yeay!
http://www.mischief-films.com/sub2.php?ID=3&S=E
Another profound movie - 3 iron. I borrowed the dvd from Chot and I share her enthusiasm. The movie is eccentric and amazing. Saranghae… the only spoken word from the main cast, yet it’s really a moving moment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Iron
The weekend has been a hectic trip but I feel good about it. It’s my last break before starting my new job this Friday. I hope I’m all set for the new challenge! aja aja fighting! haha…
December 22, 2008 at 8:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized
It used to be so easy to read. I guess there weren’t much interference back then. There were only 2 things that I liked most and I’m still am crazy about those things: book and movie. I could spent endless hours reading and locked in my room…and I watched a lot of movies and some of it were unknown. Well, we didn’t have internet when I was 17. How weird that sounds now…
Currently, I’m finding it hard to continue reading a book interrupted. There’s E! channel haha and there’s facebook. It’s easy to get distracted.
I have books on the shelf that I forgot that I actually have them. That’s truly sad. But I still remember the feeling of reading Erich Segal’s Love Story and that’s have given me hope. I will be able to read once again. This time I picked up a very challenging book ~ Muhammad Asad’s The Road to Mecca. I find it easy to read fiction but a travel journey and an old one? It’s too early for me to decide…I shall continue following Muhammad Asad’s footsteps and in the process, I hope I have not lost my way into reading.
December 20, 2008 at 9:47 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The thing is about having nothing to do is that there are plenty to do!
I’m sipping the chamomile tea that Kuhan gave to me. I have been having hard time to sleep at the appropriate time nowadays. One of the reason that is contributing to my lack of sleep is that I’m constantly planning (although I want to believe that I’m enjoying doing nothing) and worrying too much about the future. I think I should reflect at my inner belief, we can plan but it’s Allah who decides. I’m definitely need to stop from worrying too much.
Thus, I’m going to end my blogging now 
In this short period of not having nothing much to do… I want to be able to connect to my inner-self, to drink more tea, to enjoy the greenery, to take a walk, to learn how to cook, to paint, to read…(ahaa and I start planning all over again!)…and to slow down.
December 19, 2008 at 9:04 am · Filed under Uncategorized
It has been a painful experience to keep writing on this blog. I tried several times to write but quickly give up on it. I kept thinking some things are better left unsaid…mmph.
Anyway, tonight is another attempt of me writing.
I have finished reading Anne Frank and The Zahir.
The Zahir was a tough reading. I think the book is questioning about our faith and belief. Maybe I fail to appreciate it as I usually find the answer about life in the book of religious teaching or Quran itself. Well, maybe I should be more open to the ideas in the book..I think that’s where I failed. Nevertheless, I managed to finish the book and that alone is a great accomplishment.
Anne Frank is a fun reading… she didn’t sound like a girl who had lived in terrible times. 25 months living in the same place with the same people and yet she can still find amusement in her life, that’s just wonderful. I feel that war is just a vicious cycle. One oppressed community will one day return to avenge the rest of the world..and the cycle will continue, the end of one war is the beginning of the other. How sad…
My suggestion for good movies…watch angus, thongs… it’s just plain funny and brilliant…haha…it makes you want to be 15 all over again.
For a more mind boggling quest, watch body of lies. As a Muslim, it was really hard to watch the movie at least the first 15 minutes of the movie. The movie is disturbing in many ways…what is jihad? is it ok to blow up people or the infidels? This is the question that every Muslim has to answer…allahualam. It’s still surprising though to hear the casts speak in arabic and recite a few verses in the Quran…very refreshing.
