Common Courtesy.

I just finished reading Ellen DeGeneres’s book, [Seriously … I’m kidding] just in a day and I would say it’s quite a good book (I was searching for this particular book for a long, long time and then I found it at Virgin Megastores for LE156. Without doubt I just grab it even though it’s quite expensive. Here’s some tips that I learn after a few experiences; if you like something, just get it or you’ll never have it.

I like Ellen. I like her sense of humor, her wits and her trademark that she said at the end of her show “be kind to one another”. I find that she is very inspiring to me.

Well, there is a particular chapter in this book that bring me here, sitting in front of this laptop to write down this, this particular subject  that might sound cliché as it can be but I do think we need to do something about it. We need to change it.

That chapter she wrote about common courtesy on how she likes to be early and hate when people are late. So do me. I hate to be late because I too, have kind a sense of respect go people’s time and secondly because my watch was set to be 10 minutes early on purpose.  It is just annoying when people bring the term “common Malay behavior” when every time on a meeting or date you have to expect people will be late and so on.

Also when we talked about this, it brings us to the level of mentality of our people (Malay, Malaysian?) that maybe I’m stereotyping but it does happened, all the time to me. Maybe when a person is late in about 3-5 minutes that might be acceptable but 1 hour? You got to have good reason on that like your cats got sick or anything, maybe not traffic jam or … I don’t know.

The thing is this. Being early on anything you’re up to is not just about being able to keep on track of your plan and able to work it efficiently but also about respect and common courtesy that I think we need to change the way we look on that, as right now I think it is socially acceptable to be late as it is not a big deal or it’s a small matter. Maybe you think it’s a small stuff and I’ll leave that to you but considering all of the possible consequences that might happen; it is a big deal, to me.

Last but not least, it’s not that hard to just be ready earlier than we should, as it’s also a good habit and maybe it’s more than that like saying ‘thank you’, ‘please’ or just be kind to one another. It’s just a simple manner that was taught when we were kids. Above of all of this writing, my point is it’s nice to be punctual, to be on time.

Please,

Thank you.

10 things I've learn living in Egypt.

Asalamualaikum and hi.

It’s been a year I have been living in Egypt. Wish I’ll have another incredible awesome year, amin. Well, there’re two big things happened today. First is I just finish my six days fasting (post Ramadhan) which is macam poyo ye dak? Lols while at the same time today is the opening of the new Suez Canal which is a big celebration in here, Egypt.

Regarding to this quite memorable experience ( been a year in Egypt) I think I would like to write 10 things I’ve learn living in Egypt. Here we go :-

1.       Patient is a must. Because there’re no rule here even there’re rules. Bureaucracy in here is quite challenging. hiks

2.       Always thank full of everything that you have because lots lots of people don’t even get to eat.

3.       The more you walk around the more you get something new.

4.       When it comes to conversations, just talk and talk. Don’t afraid to make mistakes as long as you learn from it.

5.       Not everybody will treat you good. Some will cheat you, some will make fun of you. Just don’t buy what they sell.

6.       Connecting to the point above, you got to choose two sides, be like Musa a.s (Moses) or Firaun (Pharaoh).

7.       Holding hand, kissing cheek and clapping hands are ways of Arabs being nice. Be prepared because you might find it weird for the first time but once you get to know the environment you’ll get it naturally.

8.       Celebrate eid at somewhere else/ new places with new people. Like I had done last eid fitri.

9.       Arabian food is not bad at all. Just try and error. You might like some.

10.   Transportation? Bus is the cheapest but always be ready to jump and run. If you choose taxi, don’t expect that you just come in and tell the driver your destination. You have to ask them first. Make sure you ask the price first.

So, I guess here is it. Wish me luck for this year, and may your day is great too. Peace J

Winter not-so-sonata.

Assalamualikum dan hai J

La ni tengah musim sejuk tapi tak bersalji di Kaherah.. Aku rasa lebih baik takda salji. Sebab kalau bersalji maknanya suhu akan jadi negative camtu. Berselimut 24 jam lah jawabnya. Alhamdulillah fasa enam darjah selsius dah berlalu. *fuhh

Tak tipu, musim sejuk memang dugaan. Dugaan nak ke kelas. Sebab nak ke kelas kena mandi. Tapi sebelum mandi tu nak kena bangun tidoq pun jenuh (susah). Kira sindrom malas musim sejuk ni memang A ler. Nak jadi cerita lagi kelas aku memang sejuk tahap gaban. Kira cakap tu keluar asap lah. Ingat lagi Doc. Ahmad habaq, “antum ba’da usbuq satamut. “ (Hampa selepas seminggu, pakat mati habis sebab sejuk) sebab kelas tu tingkap atas terbuka luas. Tak boleh tutup pulak. memang sabaq je lah.

Dan antara perkara yang aku rasa agak obvious adalah selera makan aku. Makin berselera. Kira selalu makan nasik arab sepinggan tak habis kali ni habis sepinggan. Boleh kata jajan tu memang spare lah. Boleh baham waktu emergency *lah sangat. Bab makan aku ni dikira ok lah, tak la picky. Campak ja apa pun insyaAllah aku boleh makan asalkan halal.

Teringat aku satu hadis nabi, yang mafhumnya berpuasa di musim sejuk ini bagaikan hadiah yang mudah bagimu riwayat Ahmad dan makna hadiah yang mudaah disyarahkan oleh Ibn Rajab sebagai hadiah yang didapati tanpa kesusahan dari pihak yang menerimanya.

See?

Point nya kat sini, berpuasa di musim sejuk adalah perkara yang mudah dilakukan dan diamalkan. Mungkin antara sebabnya yang aku boleh kaitkan dengan kefahaman aku adalah malam lebih panjang daripada siang. So waktu puasa pun singkat. Contoh la ni subuh pukul 5.30. Maghrib pulak pukul 4.15 lebih kurang. Jadi waktu berpuasa tu lebih kurang 11 jam ja dibandingkan dengan musim panas/Ramadhan yang waktunya lebih kurang 16 jam.

Lagipun musim sejuk ni tak berasa sangat dahaga. Dan tak seletih musim panas. Cuma best nak lena ja. Haha.

Mudah cakap, antara ibadah yang mudah pada musim sejuk ni adalah dengan berpuasa. Rahmat musim sejuk mungkin. Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal.

Hurm, rasanya cukup kot entry setakat ni. Moga bermanfaat. Jumpa lagi,

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Assalamualaikum.

How to get up early.

Assalamualaikum and hi people.

*English mode on.*

I’m kind of a morning person. I like waking up in the morning to do something instead of you know, dreaming again. *sometimes I did that too, you know when you too tired or too lazy to do anything :b.

Let’s just say in Islam, it is better to not to sleep after Solah fajr because our prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) told us so. Even when you do that you’ll notice you’ll become weaker and your day might not be productive.

But here’s some tips to get up early that I figure it out myself and some from my research on the web (I did googled it!) and most of it from Anna Vital.

1.       Have enough sleep. For an adult or youth like me it is enough to have between 5-6 hours. Recite dua/prayer.

2.       Sleep comfortably. Use a blanket that keeps you warm vice versa. Depends on your situation. Good sleep is between 16-21 degree Celsius *research.

3.       Sleep in total darkness because melatonin (the sleep hormone) is produced in the dark. *research

4.       Drink before you sleep! I did this to myself because I’m easily got a sore throat if I’m not hydrated. And drinking some water not only rejuvenating but keeps you hydrated. According to a research we lost lots of water in our body through breathing and of course, sleeping.

5.       Put alarm. Far than your bed so you can’t snooze it. Ahaha

6.       Plan an exciting breakfast. So you’ll look up to make that. And of course, if you want to work productively you’ll need a good boost because you brain feeds on glucose/sugar or something like that. I’ll just go as simple as a banana and hot chocolate. Or maybe some caffeine/coffee.

7.       Read a book. From a book (not online) because you can’t browse away from it. Or maybe your math/history books :D

8.       Have your goals of the next day/ schedule your most important task of your day especially in the morning so you’ll get excited to get up to do it.

9.       To my Muslims readers do look up for sunnah. The sunnah the better right? InsyaAllah I’ll list out some sunnah of sleeping (before/after) soon. There’s always goodness in every sunnah. You didn’t only get physical benefits but also rewards when you do it.

10.   Last but not least, in order to get rid of the sleepiness after you wake up a few tips that I can list out is :-

·         Be active. Sing in the shower or do some light exercise.

·         Caffeine. A cup of coffee always works on me.

·         Do something.

I hope that those tips might help even a little. I did not do the whole tips that I wrote up there but some of them help me.  Just to remain clear that my English is quite not good as I’m still working on it, through writing like this. If you do notice some mistakes grammatically or anything just tell me through all my social media networking account like twitter/comments bellow or maybe emails me at hdimussqim@gmail.com . I would love to know anything like ideas/tips/anything from you guys. With that, thank you for reading!

Movie thought (Miracle in cell no. 7)

Assalamualaikum and hi.

 Just a few days ago I accidently watched a Korean movie. YES. Korean. And it’s not a clingy, cliché or anything-in-your-mind love story. It’s  a life story. A GOOD ONE and makes me  just wanna tell everybody I know to watch this movie and so far, the victims are my roommate, my friends and of course, you.  Aha ;B

The first time I found out this movie is through Astro, but didn’t buy the channel so tengok trailer ja lah. Tak silap cita ni dah lama. Kot.

Warning: Before you watch this movie, make sure to spare a tissue box and sit alone. Because even the toughest guy cry *even a little* hahaha *kidding. Tapi serius cerita ni banyak main emosi. Tambahan pulak it’s a family story.

So tak mau jadi spoilers, nak cerita la sikit synopsis ? karangan ringkasan? Apa pun boleh la.

Cerita ni tentang bapa dan anak perempuan. Bapak dia ni kureng cerdik sikit. Satu hari bapak dia kena penjaara sebab kena tuduh walaupun bapak dia tak buat pun. Tapi something happened that they could reunite.

Dalam penjara.

Dan bapak dia kena hukuman mati. Jadi, depa spare last moment sama-sama. Even kawan2 bapak dia dalam penjara pun tolong depa at anything they could. Sebab dari polis yang jaga penjara tu sampai kawan2 penjara tau bapak dia tak bersalah.

nah trailer sikit. Kot nak usha.

Cukup sikit-sikit, post ni lebih kurang movie review la. Rate?

Dari skala 1- 10, aku bagi 8. Tapi it’s really a good movie. A must watch. Kalau hampa dah pakat tengok, cerr komen sikit. Eheh ~,~

Sekian,.