I ♥ OZ. and NZ.

august is walking away, and i havent had a new post for nearly 3 months! longest period of blog abandonment ever. my blog's already bersawang and dusty all over.
september's coming tomorrow (yay!), so i decided to have at least an entry in august coz i didnt have any in july. actually i did write something after i came back from my nz trip, but haha, it just remains as a draft. well, at least until today. coz here's what i wrote:

alhamdulillah. back in sunny brissy, safe and sound. my nz trip was fun yet physically challenging. fun because i had a great time seeing new places and things, and i enjoyed my 'kiwi' friends' fabulous warm hospitality. thank you thank you. korang, nanti datangla oz ek ;) physically challenging because my skin and my nose were soo sensitive to the cold and dry weather. it makes me really thankful that i'm studying in brisbane. wonder how i would survive if i was sent to the land of the queen's. thank you God and thank you dr. suraya. oh ya, it also made me more paranoid about the whole swine flu thingy.

so that was it. hehe. the unfinished post. i have to say, my passion for blogging is just gradually dying. no particular reason for that, just like how we got over barbie dolls and friendster i guess. ok maybe not barbie dolls. just saying.

a few months left before the big day - my flight back to malaysia! really excited, but i have toned it down a bit coz i dont know if i can afford to come back to oz anytime soon. so i'm just gonna try to let myself loving every minute in brisbane with all my heart while i'm still subsidised to do so (^o^), despite countless tearful moments of missing home. but i do love oz ok, dont get me wrong. i just love malaysia more.

so, as always..... photo-story. basi but whatever.

jalan2 cari sheep

jalan2 borong barang all blacks


nz cantek dan sejuk

platform 9 3/4 dlm citer harry potter :)

org kempunan nak g uk. huu

uni mereka di welli

di airport sedey tinggalkn welli

mr. maoris di auck museum yg best

penthouse fareha yg best nmpk view auck city

uni mereka di auck

happy ramadhan everyone. am truly utterly sorry for anything i've done or said that was unpleasant to you, and might have hurt you. forgive me please. also, selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan. ~hello spring, bye winter~

Measure up

a NEW new resolution surfaces. i'm so going on a balanced and healthy diet. sounds familiar huh. ehem, not so new actually. coz i see that statement i just made every year in my new year resolutions list. the same old resolution. so much of a new year resolution. hehe. but this time, i really mean it. (ye ke?) coz reading this advert leaves my conscious mind in a state of realisation -

Irrespective of your height or build, if your waistline is getting bigger it could mean you are at increased risk of chronic diseases like some cancers, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

For most women, a waistline measurement of over 80cm carries increased risk and over 88cm indicates greatly increased risk.

measure up campaign by the oz gov
for more info: http://www.australia.gov.au/measureup

*gasp* i need to come down from the milky way, off my la la land, and get my feet on the solid ground. if you want to be healthy, then try to be healthy humairah. if you want your waistline to get smaller, then you have to work for it. you dont make a wish upon a shining star and wake up in the morning with a size-2 figure. if you acutely recognise the relationship between chronic diseases and your longevity, you need to get your sleepy-head off your pillow and go hit the gym (ye2 je. gym? hehe. well, not literally). girl you sure have a work to do! and clearly not an easy one.

and oh, dont give me that kurus-tapi-perasan-gemuk look. huhu. small in size doesnt guarantee you're all healthy inside. just like what the advert says, i quote - irrespective of your height or build. people that had lived and are living with me under the same roof know my eating routines, which, are NOT healthy. kak N didnt tag me as 'the fatty one' in facebook for no reason. kan kak N? hehe.

it's gonna be harder in winter. food becomes like oxygen to me. inseparable. (exaggerating ;p). and trust me, i wouldnt feel apprehensive or bother to spare my time on this if my measuring tape showed me what i wanted to see. too bad for me, it didnt. so as much as you hate to hear or see the truth, that's how much you have to deal with it.

i'm actually doing a favor for the australian government, arent i? hehe. so girls, grab a measuring tape and let's start eating healthily ;)

self-reminder:
"Wahai anak cucu Adam! Pakailah pakaianmu yang bagus pada setiap masjid, makan dan minumlah, tetapi jangan berlebihan. Sungguh, Allah tidak menyukai orang yang berlebih2an" (7:31)

Australia Day

oz day, 26 jan

mate kalerful

south bank, brissy

saye mmg makan byk di mana jua

fireworks cantek

saye yang hitam maken hitam. oh yes. oz rocks, but i love malaysia much2 more. cant wait to go home. i know im gonna miss oz sooo so much when im in msia, i know i'll be wanting to be in oz again sooo bad, but really, am missing home at the highest degree rite now. here i am with the "i know-but" sentence again. hmm but looking on the bright sight, living far from home teaches me a lot. i have to berdikari, bersabar, berusaha, bersabar, berjimat, bersabar, berfikiran matang, bersabar, bersabar, bersabar, bersabar, just to name a few. macam sekarang, tak sabar nak balik!!! tapi kena bersabar jugak. hmmph. i was ok in the first couple of semesters. i did miss home, but i wasnt that homesick, not to this extent. i guess doing nothing for 3 months and at the same time being homeless have made me gone slightly cuckoo. very cuckoo perhaps. i need to get myself busy. cant wait to go home!

YES or NO

absolute deal. air asia. brissy-kl $199!!! inclusive of taxes and fees ok. *wish list alert*

ayu best has already booked her ticket.
so has chicky.
and ayu ting.

and nora. but different flight. different purchase. different price.

the urge to go home is just getting stronger day by day.

shall i satisfy my desire? (NO!)

birthday present, anyone?

kak fad.. izy.. kelsey.. jom balek!!

1 syawal 1429h

1 oktober 2008. yup, that was how i spent my first day of eidulfitri in australia. first syawal without family and new baju raya. the atmosphere might be different, but it wasn't that bad after all. jazakunallah sisters.

selamat hari raya everyone. maaf zahir batin. taqabbalallahu minna waminkum.

My Septembers

a year ago…

while waiting for my babes
what a coincidence, the bus parked rite in front of blok 3


nandos mandos


baju dinner (or was it baju raye?) hunting in shah alam


a year later…


i saw a plane and i wish i was in there
happily throwing my eyes into the sky on my way home


it’s spring in oz


one teary spring


my septembers. time does fly fast huh.

Jaulah Melbourne-Adelaide

23/6 – fly

Ok. So, the day we flew off from sydney to melbourne was not my favourite part of the story. Long story short, we were stuck at the airport for 12 hours. Not to mention I woke up 430 in the morning to catch the plane. At first the flite was delayed. Then delayed again. And again. And again. And finally, cancelled. But alhamdulillah, we managed to really get on the plane at around 830 pm. Nway, it wasn’t that bad though. We had free foods, hot choc (aaah~), met other Malaysians, and tarbiyah for ourselves.

24/6 – from melb city to clayton

25/6 – phillip island trip. Nobbies. Penguin parade

26/6 – ISK (ini sejarah kita) by kak ja

27/6 – IPK (ini peranan kita) by kak elli. from clayton to melb city.

28/6 – rihlah kat garden. The first time I met kak farah bit in oz (cnior kat smap). Konsert sounds of light. Syahid di pertengahan jln hehehe

29/6 – puffing billy ride! Fun2 we had!

30/6 – tak ingt!

1/7 – games

2/7 – they went to Brunswick. I stayed at home with ayu and kak fad. Nothing to buy, mls kuar

3/7 – hari ummati: an-nakbah.

4/7 – usul presentation by akhawat melb

5/7 – mount buller!

6/7 – Souvenir from victoria market. Ice cream in dockland. Api neraka

7/7 – winter gath. Ipbarians reunited.

8/7 – winter gath

9/7 – nasyid practice

10/7 – ihtifal day. Brisbane won first place in 4 categories :)

11/7 – Victoria market again

12/7 – Stayed at home

13/7 – Adelaide road trip. Great ocean road.

14/7 – Adelaide city. Uni of adel. Victor harbor

15/7 – Adelaide-melbourne. Giant playground. Strawberry farm.

16/7 – fly. Brisbane. Finally, after one month on the road. Tp sedey tgglkn melb.

Honestly, at first I was quite reluctant when kak lin told me we were going to be in melb for 3 weeks. Coz rase segan sgt tumpg umah org for too long. And rase, what we gonna do in melb smpai 3 mggu? But as I was in melb, I found myself starting to understand. I saw the picture of this whole thing. I’ve learned so much, jazakunallah to akhawat brissy n melb… kak lin, kak cik, kak wina… kak ainun, kak zaza, kak azza, kak aini, kak syikin who provided the shelter… kak ja, kak sufia, kak rina, kak balkhis, kak abby, kak maleen, kak intan, adek, izyan yg jage dak2 brissy yg semangat tak ingt dunia nih huhu (bgsla, ingt akhirat ;p).. sori if I miss anyone out…

Recently, I came across these ayats.

“Wahai orang2 yang beriman! Mengapa apabila dikatakan kepada kamu, ‘berangkatlah untuk berperang dijalan Allah’, kamu merasa berat dan ingin tinggal di tempat mu? Apakah kamu lebih menyenangi kehidupan di dunia daripada kehidupan di akhirat? Padahal kenikmatan hidup di dunia ini dibandingkan dengan kehidupan di akhirat hanyalah sedikit” (9:38)

I was like, whoa, that, definitely hits me. Ok, another ayat.

“Dan orang2 yang beriman dan berhijrah serta berjihad di jalan Allah, dan orang2 yang memberi tempat kediaman dan memberi pertolongan kepada orang muhajirin, mereka itulah orang yang benar beriman. Mereka memperoleh ampunan dan rezeki yang mulia” (8:74)

That goes for akhawat melb :)

Love u all fillah…