"Crying in fire, striving to be a new figure" Picture by ~VibblesAgain of deviantart.com “WAKE UP! WAKE UP!” a foreign voice whispered in my ear. I woke up but in a very sleepy mood. It was 4.00 am of the 27th Ramadhan. “No! No!” my alter ego said, “You still need energy for tomorrow, so sleep!” Yeah, I did sleep at 2 am, spending on vigil all night doing my assignments I guess as well as cleaning up my hou ...

    When I was a child, I had this obsession of watching TV. I bet most of my time at home especially during holidays, was spent befriending that black box named Panasonic. Not too classy of a name though. I remember her being far from having the perfect figure. If she joins a beauty pageant, she’d be the laughing stock of those slim and slender flat screen TVs of today. Her voice husky at times, ...

"Young and old, back-to-back" Picture by ~Promus-Kaa of deviantart.com Recently, a friend of mine asked my opinion regarding the topical outbreaks bombarding the university students mainly about the finite-unclear-restricted academic freedom and how certain groups of students reacted to it. This issue has been associated to a single person’s name which is ‘Adam Adli’. The exact question my friend asked was ...

  I've done my job, how about you? Picture by andy-j-s of deviantart Imagine working in the largest, most prestigious, and most successful company in the world. Imagine being employed by the richest but most generous Chief Executive in the whole wide world. Imagine having a CEO who always forgives, and gives you a chance and more chances to improve. Imagine having a boss who understands you more than you un ...

"That's not love, that's a lie" picture by ~hjstory of deviantart.com “Take care son. Assalamualaikum” my mother wished me. We hugged. Her lips met my cheeks. Then she went back into her Suzuki Swift. As I watched her go, I waved my hand saying goodbye. I was at the bus stop waiting for my bus back to Gombak. IIUM was on holiday but it will end in two days’ time. All the headaches, vomiting and diarrhea wil ...

Picture by *kibou87 of deviantart   “Learning English makes me sick.” “We know that it’s their people who have been killing us Muslims, systematically corrupting our minds, destroying us all along, but still, we choose to learn how they speak, and write how they write. We feel proud when we sound like them and think like them. Why do we choose to enslave ourselves to these crooks? Don’t you know that l ...

Hardships are just an eclipse. There's still hope Picture by *Alephunky of deviantart.com   I once received a text message: “Bro, I am at the end of my rope. I am at the edge of the cliff. I am broken. I’ve lost hope. Hope was never there. Can I kill myself? What is the ruling on suicide?” I was a bit shocked at first but I maintained my cool. I called the sender and found out a woman was on the other ...

picture credit to animated-tv.blogspot.com   Among the fondest memories that I have of my primary school days is the opportunity to learn the basic things that shaped my worldview up until today. Precious wisdom presented in cute and exciting stories and tales all helped to define who we are and how we choose to process life experiences as we grow older. “...and so, the tortoise won the race because th ...

"Why the What?" Picture by drawninandquartered.wordpress.com   This is it. For the past few days, a question keeps popping into my mind, leaving me anxious and uneasy. “What in the world will I write for Langit Ilahi?” Sigh. I wish writing is not this tricky. I wish ideas will flow into my head, carrying gushing streams of fancy words whenever I want it that I get word-sick and ask for no more. I hope ...

"When love is both a noun and a verb" Picture by *Nayzak of deviantart.com When the word love is mentioned, the soul of people will be refreshed, nourished, enjoyed and images of sweet memories come by making them smile. Love is undoubtedly sacred. But people have interpreted it in a disgusting way. They claim love only consist of a lover and a bed which is very gross. They have forgotten the bigger picture ...