The Nippon Trip

"Ue o muite arukou
Namida ga kobore nai youni
Omoidasu haru no hi
Hitoripocchi no yoru..."

上を向いて歩こう－坂本九　
[Ue o muite arukou - Sakamoto Kyuu]
(The original Japanese song of the modern "Sukiyaki" song)

Well, sorry for the late updates on my blog. Now, it's time for me to tell something happening in Japan. There were lots of things I saw in Japan recently. Maybe this is just the first time I've ever been in Japan. Actually, my purpose to go to Japan is to looking forward to their culture or well, maybe the modern Japanese culture! It was like a week tour (around 28th May until 3rd June of this year). We went there two weeks ago by Malaysian Airlines (MAS), with our tour group. These photos that I will show in this blog are just the highlights of Japan, although my eldest brother and I took plenty of photos of it. It was pretty fun, I tell you. A MUST GO destination!

A takoyaki man. Looks quite handsome, isn't he?

Who he might be? Well, I guess he's one of the students who were eager to open a small business, for this case, a 'mobile' takoyaki stand (well, it's just a van, I suppose!) The fact is, the Japanese teens did this just for a living. Hmm... His skills of making takoyaki is considered good, indeed, but the problem is, that man spoke to me in Japanese! Wow, thankfully I learned a little of survival Japanese. That gives a little of ease of communicating with Japanese people. Very glad. I did fail a little to communicate with him, when we just want to ask for six of those. Well, I replied, "三つ(mittsu)", that means "three" in Japanese. Then the man was puzzled, and replied to me something like, "六つ(muttsu)", for six, and I nodded. Hmm.. "Mittsu" and "Muttsu". Pretty close, isn't it? That was because he sold it by 6's, 9's and 15's. Luckily he understood me! Very glad! I didn't understand what he's trying to say after that, but I heard him uttered like "ハンサム(hansamu). "Handsome" I suppose. Simply replied to him, "そうですね。（Sou desu ne.)", meaning something like "Is that so?" Then, we went off after buying those takoyaki. That's a little story of a 'takoyaki man'. He's such a nice person, I think.

Mt. Fuji and I

The next one, Mt. Fuji came into view, at last! Thank God. Well, I guess 富士山(Fuji-san) is such a 'shy' mountain. At one day, we cannot see the mountain, but at the other day, it appeared! Well, it's such a hard one to get a view of this little Mt. Fuji there. By the way, we, in a tour group, also went to just the 5th station of the tall mountain Mt. Fuji (3,776 m). It was a cold place to be. Love the weather. If you decided to get there, I would advise you to bring your sweater along. Freezing cold! :D

The background of Todaiji Temple; beside me is my eldest brother, Aris

Ah-ha! Another tourist attraction, which is, 東大寺(toudaiji), Todaiji Temple, in Nara. It is said that it was built around 8th century (don't know which year is that either). In the temple, I've also just seen a 大仏(daibutsu), the large statue of Buddha. Pretty huge from a view. By the way, we two brothers went and buy various souvenirs to bring back, but the pricing of souvenirs are relatively high, in comparison with my country, Malaysia. A cute little souvenir can cost as expensive as ￥1,000. That's an ocarina, a type of musical instrument. (Wish I could play well with that instrument) Then, outside the temple, we saw lots of deers walking around, and bows at you (if they've had the chance to). Pretty fun!

Ocarina. Rumors heard that this is used to call the deers in the deer park of Nara.

Lastly, I have had a tour group photo in one of quite an authentic 旅館(ryokan), a Japanese inn. Wonderful, isn't it? I first thought that it is NOT a ryokan at all. Tatami mats arranged nicely, with 座布団(zabuton), Japanese seating cushions... placed nicely; but somehow, the toilet is too 'high-tech'. I was puzzled. However, I asked our tour leader, Patrick about it. He said that a place like that is already considered as ryokan if it is arranged such and such, just like the one in my group photo. Glad to be the one who came to a ryokan for the first time.

The Shuriken family. Nah, just kidding! This is our group photo. Miss you all :)

Okay, that's it for now about my trip to Japan. Overall was a great tour to be. Wish I could go to Japan once more, but not too soon. Maybe 2 years from now. Until next time, sayonara, Japan. Miss you a lot... but, I have to continue studying in Malaysia next month. Japan in my dreams!

One of the Japanese programmes shown in Japan. Weird, isn't it? Another possibility is that this program may be an educational programme. Anyway, I like the way it is like in Japan. Sugoi!

P/S: Well, if you ever wanted to travel to Japan, but without knowing anything in Japanese (language), you still can survive there in Japan. Even though you know a 'little' Japanese, don't be ashamed of. Most of them will teach you and correct you, no matter you uttered anything in a wrong manner, even the wrong words! How amazing the Japanese culture is. So, don't get embarrassed about it. For those who are learning Japanese （日本語）, Gambatte ne! Or you may chat with me in Japanese in my blog, if you want. :)


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日本の旅行

ああ、よかった！先週は日本は初めてなんです。疲れたけどたのしかったですよ。

この写真は東大寺です。大きいですね。実は、日本はいろいろなところを行った。それから写真をたくさん取りました。ええと．．．大丈夫です。あとで、私．．．日本をまた教えてね。それじゃ、またね。

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２年生の化学工学をはじめて

よかった！実は私が３学期をディレイする。からと言って私がとんだキャンサーだよ。昔では病院へ行った。なぜなら化学療法、治療を受けています。実も化学療法好きじゃないよ。

じゃあ、大丈夫よ。しかし、私は３学期をまたはじめるんだ。誰かマレーシアプトラ大学をはじめて、ようこそ～ね。それじゃ、がんばってください！　＝Ｄ

OK lah. Setakat ini sajalah karangan Bahasa Jepun (BJ) saya buat masa ini. Arigatou gozaimasu. :)

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Pada suatu hari apabila aku menangis

Hari ini dah lah hari Jumaat. Itu pun ada juga orang yang bertengkar, buat maksiat, marah dan menzahirkan sifat-sifat mazmumah yang lain. Padahal hari ini hari suci bagi umat Islam. (Betul ke? Kalau salah, tolong betulkan ye.) Haha. Di samping itu, setiap Jumaat juga akan diadakan solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid dengan khutbah sekali. Namun, ada juga orang yang liat nak datang ke masjid untuk solat Jumaat. Mengapa? Sedangkan ia adalah lebih baik untuk mereka. Alangkah baiknya kalau kita datang awal untuk mendengar khutbah di masjid. Walaupun boring ataupun best macam manapun, kita akan dapat ambil manfaat daripadanya. Betul tak? Tak mau cerita panjang-panjang lah. Nanti bosan pulak ye. Back to the topic.

Masa itu, aku ada di rumah di kawasan Puchong. Ada satu cerita yang ingin kukongsikan. Pada pagi, selepas sembahyang Subuh, aku terus tidur di bilik aku dengan sepuas-puasnya. Mentang-mentang ini masa cuti, aku tidur sajalah selepas peperiksaan habis pada masa yang lalu. Sampailah pada jam 12.00 tengahari aku tidur. Selepas itu, si penjaga rumah kejutkan aku dan menegur, "Dah pukul berapa ni? Dahlah dekat pukul satu nak tidur lagi. Makanlah lagi."

Aku bangun. Aku buatlah apa yang patut, tetapi aku terus kata aku belum nak makan lagi. Lepas itu, si penjaga mulalah mengutuk aku tak pasal-pasal. "Ni blaja tinggi-tinggi, tapi perangai macam hantu.", "Elok sangat perangai.", "Baca Quran, semayang pun penuh. Buat apa macam tu? Bek tak yah. Sebab amalan tak terima.", dan seumpamanya. Sudahlah, setakat itu sahajalah. Tak mau quote banyak-banyak, walaupun banyak lagi yang dia kutuk tentang aku. Selepas itu aku menangis seorang diri selepas mendengar kutukan tadi. Rasa sedih tak terkata-kata. (Mengapalah aku menangis padahal aku ini SEORANG LELAKI? Tak pe lah.. Biarkan itu terjadi, kerana Allah sudah tentukan, kita sahajalah yang kena buat pilihan. Yang last sekali aku menangis pun, masa aku terjatuh naik basikal petang-petang masa jadi budak-budak. Haha. Teringat pula zaman kecil ye.)

Demikian setelah mendengar kutukan tadi, aku naiklah ke bilik, merenung sampailah dekat-dekat jam 12.45 petang. Sampai masa itu, barulah aku mandi sebelum bergegas ke Masjid Putra Perdana untuk sembahyang Jumaat. Itu sahajalah ceritanya sebab masa itulah aku menangis tadi.

Tetapi apa yang aku tidak faham, mengapa si penjaga tadi berkata demikian kepada aku?

• "Ni blaja tinggi-tinggi, tapi perangai macam hantu." dan "Elok sangat perangai." - Ini memang biasa aku diberi teguran sebegini sejurus sahaja aku berada di rumah. Sebab dia melihat tingkah laku sebegitu, menyangkakan aku merasa marah sentiasa. Padahal, aku mahu meluahkan sikap ketegasan, bukan kemarahan. Sebab sejak kebelakangan ini, semua orang yang mendampingi aku berkata aku ini seorang yang lemah, dibuli orang. Kenalah tunjuk tegas sikit kalau macam tu, bukan? Aku kan sekadar insan biasa, lemah, buat apa aku hendak menunjukkan rasa marah terhadap seseorang? Kalau marah pun, nanti hilang kawalan, bukan?
• Baca Quran, semayang pun penuh. Buat apa macam tu? Bek tak yah. Sebab amalan tak terima." - Ini satu lagi. Mentang-mentang dia telah melihat aku demikian, mengapa pula hendak menghentikan aku berbuat demikian? Apa salahnya membiarkan aku menghidupkan hatiku yang mati, untuk menyuburkan semula Ad-deen (the way of life)? Bukankah Allah jua Maha Pengasih, Maha Penyayang? Selama ini, memang aku tak baca Al-Quran dari sekolah menengah sampai ke matrikulasi. Last sekali aku baca Al-Quran pun, masa aku kecil juga, dengan bimbingan ustazah. (Betapa indahnya melihat abang-abangku membaca Al-Quran masa kecil). Huhu. Begitulah kisah silamku. Hmm... Bukankah Al-Quran panduan untuk orang mu'min jua? (Renungkanlah kepada sesiapa yang merasakan anda sendiri seorang Muslim, termasuk aku) Hehe.

Itulah yang mahu diceritakan di blog ini. Kalau rasa terkedu, minta maaf ye. Aku pun rasa terkedu selepas menghayati peristiwa ini. Ok lah... Inilah renungan untuk semua yang membaca blog aku ini. Hayatilah.

"...Allah memberikan petunjuk kepada cahayaNya bagi orang yang Dia dikehendaki, dan Allah membuat perumpamaan-perumpamaan bagi manusia. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui segala sesuatu."

Surah An-Nur, ayat 35

Itu sahajalah yang mahu disampaikan. Wassalam.

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Happy holidays, everyone!

I know, I believe that almost everyone here is having holidays, right? Convince me if I'm wrong. Haha. Hmm... Such a boring holiday huh? Well, why not we think about this in a bit. Time for us to imagine here. Did we actually know that the word 'holiday' consists of? Doesn't it consist of two combined words of 'holy' and 'day'? Then, if we are able to realize this, then we should also be able to distinguish those two words mentioned with the word 'holiday' itself.

So, would you think that I want to say that we should do someting holy? Well, I would say, definitely. Why? Because this is the time to show gratitude to God who has created the world, to bring remembrance to God. Not to say that we cannot enjoy the holidays just after crossing the mind over the word 'holy'. Still, we can enjoy where we can, but don't enjoy too much though, seriously. Frankly speaking, if we enjoy too much, we would get bored eventually right? So, my simple advice is, enjoy while offering prayers. That's why I wanted to bring this forward to the topic. Haha.

Since this is holiday, why not we just look back at the past? I would also need to remember this myself too. Look back at whatever sins we have commited, look back at anger, hatred, sadness etc. Sometimes we did not realize to do this. From there, we can actually bring those back to the current and take them as a positive thing to perform better in life. Just like some people quoted this, "Be positive in life." If we think it positively, maybe we could succeed in this world or otherwise. Together we can be better for a better tomorrow in this borrowed world, since we would die one day. We won't know. Only God knows.

Time for us to ponder. Whether we live in an easy-peasy life, a miserable life, we just have to face it whether we like it or not. Face it with a smile, since smiling is sadaqah (charity). If we smile to people who are in sorrow, maybe they will smile back at us one day when we face the life full of sorrow. Maybe you might have heard this long time ago that smiling is also infectious. Haha. I was about to laugh at this one, but actually, indeed, it turned out to be so true. So, smile! =)

Last thing to bear in mind, we just need to do good wherever we go. I think I won't be able to write that many words, but I think it's worth sharing, since sharing is caring. Haha. I think that's for today. So as I were saying, happy holidays, everyone!!

p/s: That picture doesn't have anything to do with this topic though. Just a decoration for the blog itself. Haha.

Wassalam.

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