Dear Ramadhan, Plead My Case

Dear Ramadhan, Plead My Case Dear Ramadhan, I welcome you again in my life this time Like I have always had in all these years past With wishes and hopes that my spiritual crime And my bad deeds and sins will be wiped off at last. I know God is Most Merciful, Most Forgiving But …

The Biased World In The Age of Doublethink

Dear readers, My blog has not been updated for more than 2 months now. Not because I have nothing to write. But because I have too much that initially I could not possibly decide on which topic to type up.  The Biased World Life has been quite difficult for many people in various parts of …

How did you know that? Who told you that?

There have been a few hot topics in the social media that I am personally interested in and have been following for the past few weeks. Polio virus made a comeback after 27 years of eradication in Malaysia. (heartbreaking, really) A famous da'i who had previously rejected 18 proposals from other women finally could not …

The Hong Kong (Mis)Adventure

Assalamualaikum my dear readers, Alhamdulillah, after passing my CASC exam, I had received a lot of inquiries for tips on how  to pass the CASC exam. And the answer is.... .....I really don't know. Haha. Really! Because there were certainly a lot more candidates who were much better than me but did not make it …

Remembering The Grace Of Allah

I know. I know. I know... that it has been more than 2 months since I last wrote in this humble blog of mine. For the countless times, I had broken my promise to write consistently, at least once per month. But, my dear readers... trust me.... I have some really good reasons for not …

Playing Verbal Fluency Game With My Nephew (And I Lost)

Salam Ramadhan guys, I hope it is not too late for me to wish everyone a blessed and productive Ramadhan. Just hang on for a moment while I wipe away and clear out all these dust and cobwebs in my website. 😛 Been awhile since I last clean up around here. Adeh! Gosh.... it's been …

Values For A Balanced And Well-Ordered Life

When I was an IB student in KMB, part of the World Literature component that we had to study was the novel The Great Gastby, authored by an American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though at that time as a teenager I was not that enamoured with this magnum opus of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the FIRST …

The Musings of An Obsessive Book Lover

It’s been a long time since I last talked about my favourite topic ever…. ehem…. BOOKS! I am obsessed with books. If I ever become a hoarder, trust me, I will be hoarding books. If you come to my house, you will see my 4 big bookshelves. And now, I am in need of a …

#PaluSulawesi Reflection: A Spiritual Journey

There are times when I sit back, to wonder and reflect on what I have done to deserve so much blessings in my life. Whenever I feel like life has become a little too mundane, a little too predictable or a little too comfortable (until I could feel my soul withering away in the midst …

The Plot From The Master Storyteller

You guys know that I love reading. The plot is important. But so do characters and characterization. Even with a good plot, having boring characters would fail to launch the plot into a beautiful story. Allah is the Master Storyteller of this universe. For each of us, we have been given our own characterizations. There …