• Previously on The Invisible Bucket List...

    So I got into UKM, scored the Dean List Award during my first semester, I even tried out my acting skill and it turned out good as I won Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik for a decent short film, I handled the College Dinner and won myself a hefty Samsung phone and two tickets to the luxurious Gold Class ticket cinema. Lets see what else I achieved to add on my invisible bucket list this time around.

    No. 7: The Indescribable Besut, Terengganu

    Moving on bila dah naik sem 2, the offer to become Pemudahcara (PC) atau bahasa omputih dan senang faham, Fasilitator was up. Geng aku semua apply for the job cause kitorang semua rindu Perang Dectar. (klik link) For those who don't know Perang Dectar tu apa, yguys shud go and YouTube it up. Semua orang akan cakap one of the highlights for orientation week was Perang Dectar. So afterwards, only my name came out. Maknanya the rest of my team tak dapat jadi PC. BUMMER! MAJOR BUMMER. Tapi aku redha je. 

    One of the criteria of becoming a PC is to undergo a three days-two nights (more like forever) kinda camp at Besut, Terengganu. I was reluctant at first, tapi Alhamdulillah, Besut showed his mercy. Haha. It was fun, meeting new friends, my team #teamTEEN8. Start dari Pitching which I sang in front of a lot of people (hey, add that up dalam Invisible Bucket List ni), kena bangun awal pagi, berjalan God-knows berapa kilometer sampai ke pantai, mass-ablution lol, amik wudhu ramai2 guna air laut (pergh masin gila), solat Subuh jemaah dekat tepi pantai and one thing I will never forget is, LIVE SUNRISE dekat tepi pantai. GOSH! Janji dengan diri sendiri akan pergi sana balik nanti. 

    Later that morning, kena hiking Bukit Keluang. PERGH! Dahlah tak pernah hiking, ingatkan bolehla bagi acah2 Bukit Broga dulu ke, sekali mendapat ko. Bukit Keluang! The hike was amazing! Xyah citer la, x boleh gambar dengan kata2 korang kena try hiking (for those yg x pernah la) sebab ini first time aku, I gotta admit man, korang mmg kena ada full body stamina to finish the hike. On top of it, u can just enjoy the view. :)

    Long story short, we had treasure hunt, more like point hunt. Sebab point tu semua akan di jadikan foreign exchange kepada nilai ringgit dan duit tu adalah satu2nya sumber kitorang untuk beli bahan mentah dan masak sendiri makan malam untuk malam tu. PERGH. MENCABAR WA CAKAP LU. It was crazy. Upside down crazy tiring three days but it was all worth it. Semuanya for the sake of becoming a PC. (insert sarcasm jokes here)

    Misi: Angkat ahli kumpulan paling comel. OKBAI.
    #teen8 masak
    #teen8 dah summit. Gitu kau, summit.
    No. 8: Pemudahcara for Minggu Mesra Mahasiswa (UKM Orientation Week)

    Selepas bertungkus lumus sepanjang tiga minggu perkampungan (perkampungan pun best jugak, but kalau nak citer jugak nanti entry akan jadi panjang sampai Australia...like I care). Since ketua Post Program ada dua orang je, Sri and I, kitorang kena rancang the whole slot for five days of orientation. Kau bayangkanlah. Two people, and an effing five days of program. Thank God ada tentatif dari pusat, kalau tak matilanak nak pk program sampai lima hari. Haha. So the day has come. Freshie UKM masuk mendaftar. I quickly saw myself again. Datang dengan baju kemeja putih, seluar slack hitam, kasut kulit, dengan tie, with my files. Oooh, memory. 

    During the first day, busy hectic gila namatey, I was assigned to be the escort boy @ luggage boy. Ask my juniors berapa ramai yang aku tolong escort ke bilik, escort here means, bawakkan barang dorang sekali. (Baik betul abang PC ni) hey, bukan aku sorang k, ada beberapa orang PC lain yang turut membantu. 
    Worked on dat dashing Bunga Raya for almost two hours just to find out it was torn apart the very next day. Hampa
    Naib Canselor (the one in Pink Scarf), Pengetua (berdiri sebelah kanan dia), Pengurus Kanan Kolej, Barisan Felo, Majlis Eksekutif Pelajar dan Pemudahcara Minggu Mesra Mahasiswa.
    My superhero outfit for the rest of the weeks. Red Umbrella UKM. 


    DECTAR, UKM. Kau, ribu riban freshie. Macam semut aku tengok.
    Kalau nak citer the whole orientation mmg tak la dik. Panjang berjela kau. LIMA HARI dik oi. So I skip k. The end of the day, kitorang di layan ala2 kenduri 5 bintang dengan macam2 persembahan termasuklah a simple sketch of which leads to my next Bucket List awaiting in order.

    No. 9: Hari Kebangsaan marching (Performance Slot)

    The very next week after orientation, squad kolej (KIY) dengan Gorilla menakutkan tu, pergi Stadium Universiti untuk meraikan sambutan Hari Kebangsaan peringkat Universiti. Perbarisan tu merupakan salah satu pertandingan yang dipertandingkan selain dekorasi Hari Kebangsaan terbaik and so on. Our squad has agreed to highlight one of our very own Kelab Kebudayaan, ELECTRA. So I was in charged of the performance. I named the group GETEK and BESTIE, stands for Geng Teater Kolej and Budak Seni Tari, GETEK performed a brief sketch on racism followed by BESTIE taking the stage with their 1 Malaysia's choreo.
    Practice! Tapi selfie yg banyak
    Flashmob KIY
    Suka betul dorang time ni.
    Our squad won Anugerah Harapan if I'm not mistaken. All is well.

    No. 10: Establishing EDIMOSI
    First meeting dengan GETEK yg bakalan dapat nama EDIMOSI. I was here first. Disiplin mana disiplin? Aish bdak2 ni? Grrr
    Lucky for me, GETEK didn't just end there. One of my many inspiration was to establish a theater group dekat kolej sebab kolej takde kumpulan teater, and my dream came true in conjunction with ICAF 2015 coming up due October (ICAF stands for Inter College Art Festival). With that around the corner, MEP Kebudayaan my dear-dear friend Nadia entrusted me to run GETEK to their best and compete in theater competition organized alongside ICAF. Ada beberapa acara lain yang dipertandingkan such as Lagu Ketuhanan/Nasyid, Dikir Barat, Tarian Negeri-Negeri Malaysia, Tarian Cindian (fusion of Cina dan India), Tarian Kontemporari, Band dan Teater and since aku Ketua Pengarah Portfolio Seni Lakonan dan Teater, Nadia beri kepercayaan tu kepada aku.

    I wrote the script (took me a week or less) and gather my dear GETEK. Time ni aku tak reveal lagi nama dorang sebagai EDIMOSI (Oh and EDIMOSI stands for Ekspresi Diri dan Emosi) since they're not on stage performing yet, so aku panggil dorang GETEK. Funny yknow, orang ejek nama GETEK-GETEK tu, but to put that to shame... :)

    No. 11: Joined ICAF 2015, Won ICAF 2015

    We joined ICAF 2015. On last 6th November 2015, our group debuted. Naskhah yang kitorang bawak naik panggung ialah Senteri Mungkar. A lot of sweats thru out the bittersweet journey. Simpan elok2 jadi memori. Huhu.
    Official poster of Senteri Mungkar. Credit: @shafikfashah for the amazing poster.
    Practice, practice, practice.
    Practice and rehearsals. Spacing and training. And repeat.

    They fought with commitment, anger, fear, macam2 la emotion turbulence dorang, some of them nearly quit halfway, some of them did quit. LOL dan hasilnya, 9 days of practice they are ready to rock the stage.

    I am so frickishly lucky to haf tons of amazing people to help me and back me up during the preparation of Senteri Mungkar. Nak list out, belambak gila kut orang yg tolong. Directly atau indirectly. Thank you thank you thank you so so much.

    Here's a part one of their performance. (the rest of the parts still dlm editing/uploading process)
    Curtain call lpas persembahan EDIMOSI
    Later that week, untuk majlis penutup ICAF, penyampaian hadiah dan ada konsert mini, only a bunch of us attended since time tu dah start mid break. High hopes and relieved everything has ended, our group was announced as the First Place winner for the theater competition. Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb. :)

    Yguys can check out the full vid here.
    Skip to 27.00 - 44.00 (utk pengumuman Teater) 

    Proud Founder and Director for EDIMOSI first renowned debut performance in ICAF 2015. Betting Senteri Mungkar on the line and packed home 7 awards and honored to be crowned champ. Those kids are my beloved people now. The one who made my dream come true.

    SENTERI MUNGKAR brought home
    1. Pelakon Wanita Terbaik (Emas) - Sulin
    2. Pelakon Harapan Lelaki Terbaik (Emas) - Azmin
    3. Pelakon Pembantu Lelaki Terbaik (Perak) - Alim
    4. Penata Cahaya Terbaik (Perak)
    5. Penata Set dan Props Terbaik (Perak)
    6. Penata Busana dan Solekan Terbaik (Perak)
    7. Pengarah Terbaik (Perak)
    8. Johan Teater Keseluruhan

    Alhamdulillah and thank you for everything.
    Kisses (Anas Roshad)

    No. 12: For the Brave

    Kan dalam previous Invisible List aku ada dapat hadiah Samsung Galaxy S5 kan? Well aku guna handphone tu untuk dua ke tiga bulan tops je, sbb aku bagi kakak aku pinjam cause her phone kena curi, which then it left me to my beloved hardworking loyal Ninetology Black Pearl II yang sangat hardcore dan tahan lasak cuma satu je yang tak tahan ialah, bateri dia. Alahai. I bought this baby way back in June 2013 if I'm not mistaken. So tahan tiga tahun je (more or less) dan geng #VSRTW aku pujuk memujuk suruh aku beli handphone baru since nak receive call pun susah dengan handphone lama ni.

    So on 6th December last year, aku buat keputusan pg beli handphone baru. Just so yguys know, I'm not an iPhone fanatics. Aku prefer Samsung tapi kali ni taste aku berbeza skit bila diperkenalkan kepada jenama yang baru nak naik. HUAWEI. Combing thru the catalogue, aku tersuka dekat line HONOR plus one of classmate is currently using HONOR 4C and she said it costs her RM400++ bila aku research dkt internet (benda harus buat sebelum korang nak pg beli phone k) aku lebih tertarik dekat HONOR 4X. So I got myself one. Habis citer :)
    Click the image to get directed to Honor Official UK Website
    Ol n ol handphone ni mmg ikut taste dan style aku. Simple features, sleek design, hardcore long-lasting battery, a frickin 3000 mAH walaupun aku tau sekarang dah banyak lagi android yang run with 4k to 5k mAH punya battery. Well, HONOR jugak yg berjaya tawan hati aku. For the brave katanya. Lewls.

    Banyak review and unboxing HONOR 4X korang boleh tengok dekat YouTube k. Jangan request aku buat review handphone kat sini. You wish! Haha, thanks korang sudi baca sampai habis. Ada satu lagi part k. Maybe minggu depan aku publish or will I? Huu. Till then hugs and kisses!
  • Salam folks. Harap korang semua sihat. Tada! Aku muncul balik selepas 3 bulan tak update. Sian blog ni. Terima kasih pada semua yang masih sudi melawat blog mcm kena tinggal tuan, tak ber-update, takde entry baru, takde apa2 perubahan, kecuali header yg aku baru design semalam. (Eh dah tujuh tahun aku blogging? Syabas Anas) Olritey. 

    Aku tengah cuti sem. Sebab tu aku update blog. Kalau aku tak cuti sem, haram aku nak update. Simple math. Masih pemalas macam dulu, bila masa aku rajin entah. I have a handful of pending entries dlm draft dan jugak mini blovel dan novel yg tak habis taip. (where got idea meh, where got time, where got motivation?) 

    Tho, aku ada kemusykilan. Last time I checked, ada orang bgtau dia jadi follower aku yg ke #618 dan #619, tapi cer korang skrol ke bawah. Haha! Follower aku turun mendadak jadi #555 APAKAH? Nevermind, aku tak salahkan unfollowers tu semua. At some point, kalau blogger tu senyap sunyi sepi je takde update, kita unfollow je la ye dok?
    Ok untuk tak mengarut panjang. Sebenarnya entry ni aku plan nak publish bulan satu tahun lepas, ulang suara, TAHUN LEPAS ya. Attached is the proof. 
    So, kenapa aku namakan benda ni Invisible Bucket List? Sebab kebanyakkan pencapaian aku dalam bucket list ni adalah benda yang aku sendiri tak rancang dan Alhamdulillah jadi sepuluh kali ganda lebih baik dari perancangan aku. Well, I still remember an old friend of mine pernah bgtau, perancangan kita baik, tapi perancangan Allah adalah lebih baik. Thanks to that kiddo aku still igt kata2 dia :) Haha. Apa2 pun aku sangat bersyukur sebab dapat letak pencapaian2 ni dalam Invisible Bucket List. Daaan for a sucker on prequel sequel stuff, I just had to break it up to a lot of parts didn't I. BOOO.

    Here goes. In no particular order. 
    No. 1: I GOT INTO UKM.  yay! (link)

    I posted bout 30 compulsory questions freshies would ask their seniors when they embark on a new journey dkt UKM kampus Bangi, thus answering the question to my previous entry Square One of where did I got to further my degree. Ini adalah salah satu titik tolak perubahan hidup aku jgak, sebab untuk pengetahuan korang, this was my 4th attempt applying and this time around, my application was hooked. Alhamdulillah. :) 

    Here are some pictures of me during my orientation week. hashtag budak hingusan masuk Uni.
    No. 2: The Dean List Award

    I gotta admit that the admission to UKM thing was surely something not 100% invisible as I was the one who applied for it. Maksudnya benda tu bukanlah tak dirancang langsung. I know I applied for it, tapi dapat ke tak tu belakang citer, but this one right here antara hadiah manis untuk diri sendiri for my first semester. Bila dapat tahu I was listed to receive the award, rasa mcm atas awan pun ada. Congratulations to everyone yg scored Dean List on that semester dan dapat kekalkan to the semester after. (unfortunately aku tak kekalkan for the next sem. aduh) :'(

    The Dean List Award Ceremony
    No. 3: Try-out Acting in Short Film and Won Anugerah Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik (MENTION Short Film 2015)

    Haaa, yang ni lagi terbaik. Kawan aku, budak Komunikasi Media kat sini senang panggil bdak MENTION (Department of Media and Mass Communication) kena produce their very own short film dan dia minx tolong aku jadi talent dalam film dia. Without further ado aku pun setuju sebab I was kinda free at dat time dan apa salahnya tolong member kan. 

    The script was a bit cheesy tapi jalan cerita dia original. (inspired by Fixi's novel Sanctuaria). So aku pun ikut la crew shooting for five to six days straight aku pun lupa. Tapi dalam seminggu camtula. Various places and it was superb fun tapi sebagai first timer, it was tiring *af. Bila mana kau kena hafal skrip lagi, lakonkan kena ikut kehendak pengarah dan crew, tu belum masuk solekan lagi. Haa kenapa aku kata solekan aku susah? :)
    (Shooting)
    Here is the original poster for the film.
    And here is my remake version of the poster :)
    And here's the trailer of the short film. Unfortunately the production didn't release the full version of the film. 
    Since it was an assignment and apparently it's a movie, a screening is a must. So aku dijemput ke screening tersebut. Which include judges and award giving ceremony. And lucky for us (walaupun tercalon dua je dari sepuluh anugerah) we won both of the categories. Lokasi penggambaran terbaik dengan yours truly. Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik :) 

    Enjoy the pics.
    No. 4: Guilty as Charge for a Grand College Dinner (link)

    Aku ada update pasal dinner kolej ni link dekat atas. So wrap up, aku dilantik jadi Timbalan Ketua Pengarah untuk makan malam kolej dan I did my best utk delegate works, even my own, siapkan on time, walaupun ada jugak shenanigans *ofkos akan ada lagi2 event besar macam ni. But it turned out well. Alhamdulillah. Couldn't ask for a better team sepanjang gerak kerja :)

    My work scopes include designing the invitation card, slides for College Awards and supervising three posts with me, Decoration team, Registration team, and Programme team. That would mean secara tak langsung aku terlibat dalam dekorasi dewan, susun atur meja makan dan the whole program itself sbb team program bawah seliaan aku. But they have been nothing but great teams to me. Semua komited dan hasilnya boleh dibanggakan for a first timer :)

    No. 5: Valentine's Luck

    Last year, in conjunction of Valentine's Day, syarikat BeeTalk application ada buat contest Which Artist Would You Like To Date As Your Valentine (panjangnya tajuk contest) haha. So I picked Jennifer Lawrence and I typed a 500-worth of essay on her. And guess what, I won the contest. Hadiahnya?
    Alhamdulillah :) First ever aku menang hadiah besar camni. Thanks Ali for the heads up pasal contest tu. :)

    No. 6: Gold Class Theater Experience at GSC Signature Gold Class

    Nothing fancy, ini salah satu treat utk aku (at least I think of it that way) sebab dah byk berusaha untuk perbaiki diri. *eceyh. As previously, yang aku menang handphone Samsung Galaxy S5 dengan dua movie ticket to GSC Signature, aku ajak adik aku, Rashid untuk teman aku pergi tengok citer Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation. Yknow wad, the service was d best.

    You got a blanket by urself, a seat big enough for urself, boleh baring, kau nak tidur pun boleh, popcorns and drinks dia hantar to u personally, and u just have to seat back and enjoy the movie, better yet, lie down and enjoy the movie. Thanks GSC SIgnature! 
    Eh, ni baru 6 achievements unlocked. Aku berhenti takat ni dulu k. Nanti sambung dua lagi part. Bertahanlah. Haha. Thanks sudi baca sampai habis. :) Hope these will inspire u to strive a lil bit better than the yesterday u :) Lemme end this part with one quote I made a second ago. Hee

    "Nothing of your achievement is too little and nothing is too big. Everything was a change for the better you."
  • Assalamualaikum. Hamik kau, Muncul2 bagi 50 lagu terus. Aku diam sebab tengah kumpul lagu. (*boleh pakai ke alasan ni? haha peduli apa aku). Ok2, tak adil kan tinggal blog camtu je, masuk2 bagi lagu je. So far hidup aku ok je. Juggling stuff between study n programs. 

    So untuk sem ni je aku ada berlemon2 program serentak kena dilaksanakan. Aku plak AJK Pelaksana nya. -tak haru abang dik? Rasa cam nak terjun sungai je. Dengan program Fasilitator untuk subjek Citra, video shooting untuk another subjek Citra, Field Trip dekat KLCC this December, ada 2 FSP (Final Semester Project) untuk satu subjek Pronunciation, and then kena produce short film utk Literature and Media, lepas tu ada Creative Presentation Play, last but not least my very own debut theater this coming Wednesday bawah kelab teater kolej. ~Allahu.

    Doakan jelah aku survive this hectic semester. Study dah tunggang langgang ni, *don't lemme start on blogging la kan. Kalau ada masa aku blogwalk gak kat blog korang, itupun kalau aku pergi library, sebab citernya kat bilik aku takde internet dik. Sedeyh. Olrite tu je nak citer. 

    So here goes FIFTY SONGS for u guys. (ajet2 nak cover balik dari bulan April tak update lagu)

    APRIL RELEASE

    1. Charlie Puth ft Meghan Trainor - Marvin Gaye
    Published on April 1, 2015

    2. Jessi J - Flashlight 
    Published on April 23, 2015
    Hailee Steinfeld Version

    3. Sia - Fire Meet Gasoline
    Published on April 23, 2015

    MAY RELEASE

    4. Becky G - Lovin' So Hard
    Published on May 6, 2015

     5. Ed Sheeran - Photograph
    Published on May 9, 2015

    6. Rachel Platten - Congratulations
    Published on May 12, 2015

    7. Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
    Published on May 17, 2015

    8. Rachel Platten - Fight Song 
    Published on May 19, 2015
    LIVE at SiriusXM studio

    9. Alessia Cara - Here
    Published on May 26, 2015

    10. Hillary Duff - Sparks (Fan Demanded Version)
    Published on May 28, 2015

    11. Little Mix - Black Magic
    Published on May 29, 2015
    Acoustic Version

    JUNE RELEASE

    12.  Rita Ora - Poison
    Published on June 3, 2015

    13. Prince Royce - Back It Up ft Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull
    Published on Jun 9, 2015

    14. Shawn Mendes - Stitches
    Published on June 24, 2015
    Featuring Hailee Steinfeld in Acoustic Version

    15. Avicii - Waiting For Love
    Published on June 26, 2015

    JULY RELEASE

    16. Zara Larsson - Lush Life
    Published on July 1, 2015

    17. Meghan Trainor ft John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You

    18. Bunkface - Darah Muda
    Published on July 17, 2015 

    19. Austin Mahone - Dirty Work
    Published on July 27, 2015

    AUGUST RELEASE

    20. Lana Del Ray - High By The Beach
    Published on Aug 13, 2015

    21. Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself
    Published on Aug 14, 2015

    22. Jojo - Save My Soul
    Published on 20 August, 2015

    23. One Direction - Drag Me Down
    Published on Aug 20, 2015

    24. Taylor Swift - Wildest Dream
    Published on August 30, 2015

    25. Nick Jonas - Level
    Published on August 30, 2015

    SEPTEMBER RELEASE

    26. Lady Gaga - Til It Happens To You
    Published on Sept 17, 2015

    27. Aziz Harun - Beautiful (Lyric Video)
    Published on Sept 21, 2015

    28. Sia - Alive
    Published on 24 September, 2015

    29. Jojo - When Love Hurts
    Published on Sept 28, 2015
    When Love Hurts (Acoustic Vers.)

    30. Ailee - Mind Your Own Business
    Published on Sept 29, 2015

    31. Disclosure ft Lorde - Magnets 
    Published on Sept 29, 2015

    32. Fynn Jamal, Zizi Kirana dan Kaka Azraff - Levitasi
    Published on Sept 30, 2015

    33.  Hanie Soraya - Pantas (Lyric Video)
    Published on Sept 30, 2015

    OCTOBER RELEASE

    34. Rachel Platten - Stand By You
    Published on Oct 1, 2015

    35. Little Mix - Love Me Like You
    Published on Oct 2, 2015

    36. Miley Cyrus - Hands Of Love
    Published on Oct 2, 2015

    37. Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall (OST Spectre)
    Published on Oct 4, 2015

    38. The Vamps - Wake Up
    Published on Oct 4, 2015

    39. Selena Gomez - Same Old Love
    Published on Oct 7, 2015
    LIVE on Ellen

    40. Demi Lovato - Stone Cold (Demi Empirical Prove Of A Powerful Vocal)
    Published on Oct 7, 2015

    41. Demi Lovato - Confident
    Published on Oct 9, 2015

    42. Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move
    Published on 0ct 9, 2015

    43. Elizabeth Tan ft Faizal Tahir - Setia
    Published on Oct 9, 2015
    Lyric Video

    44. MO - Kamikaze
    Published on Oct 14, 2015

    45. Meghan Trainor - Better When I'm Dancin
    Published on Oct 16, 2015

    46. Sara Bareilles - She Used To Be Mine
    Published on Oct 24, 2015 

    47. Demi Lovato - Waitin For You (Explicit) ft Sirah
    Published on Oct 22, 2015

    48. The Corrs - Bring On The Night
    Published on Oct 20, 2015

    49. Demi Lovato - Yes
    Published on Oct 23, 2015

    50. Jojo - Say Love (Official Music Video)
    Published on Oct 28, 2015

    Puas? Haha, makanlah korang penuh list untuk bulan ni semua 50 lagu ni memang favorite aku. (Lagi2 lagu terakhir tu) Enjoy :) 
  • It wasn't until this evening, during my trip home, after a month and a week away without going back, and travelling with train and bus makes me nauseous. The story begins..

    U see, people take Milo and Cereals and biscuits and waffle // for breakfast, but I was feeling kinda western-ish, I took an apple. An apple and a glass of water, cause people said it'll kick start ur organs and stuff liddat. So I got busy, with my phone, checking my never-ending whatsapp thread, the shit chats happening between people that I don't even save their phone numbers, and the back and forth to Instagram and Facebook and back to Whatsapp and Instagram and Facebook and Whatsapp, and again and repeat and again. Since I don't have Wechat, I don't go there anymore.

    The routine went about two to three hours then I remembered I need to cut both fingernails and toenails, then I got it all cut, then I remembered I need to do the laundry since all my pants are overflowing out of the laundry basket, so I did. I picked it all up, and went to the washing machine.

    Settled.

    Then I remembered, I need to go home cause tomorrow is Hari Raya Aidil Adha.

    SHOOT.

    So I packed my bag, brought my laptop with me and my favorite comb. That's all I packed with. Since a friend of mine invited me to have lunch with him, I said yes and he also offered a ride to the train station.

    FIREWORK!

    So he brought me to this one restaurant in Seksyen 7, Bangi. It was famous for its Murtabak, and I tell ya, he aint kidding. I had Murtabak Ayam Cheese Selapis, and it was as big as the moon. *sorry no picture. I believe that a superb food would be dissapointed if it got itself documented.

    Yen, kenapa sirap bandung aku rasa macam Sirap Bandung + Air Soda? Blergh.

    So afterwards, he dropped me at the train station and the line for the ticket was as far as ur eyes can see. Since the station was up on a hill, the queue goes up on the hill too. Tiring. The first train left while I'm still queuing, so I got to the second one. It was an hour and fifteen minutes journey. I doze off. (aku rasa aku mengigau along the way, pfft)

    So done with train, I have to take the bus now. It's another torturing 35-40 minutes ride. So yet again, the first bus left with a pack of homosapiens inside. I just couldn't bare being in there and a part of the holy stench! So I got into the second bus.

    Here's when the story got interesting.

    Chugais know bout the third class mentality and the lower class attitude of most Malaysian? The first being...

    LITTERING!?

    So there's this one malay girl, with her uniform on. She tears a piece of paper (do not ask me wad d heck the paper was) into twelve or more smaller pieces of the same paper, and throw it on the ground like it was nobody else business and as if the earth around is her big litter bin.

    It doesn't stop there. There's another Indian girl, and an old woman. Both littering publicly in front of me. It was disgusting and shameful. Wanna know what happened next? I don't follow the fate of the Indian girl but the macik, she didn't get into the second bus cause it was still packed mcm sardin Marina and that she went off grumpy and about, fortunately the first girl got in. It wasn't until 20 minutes later that I got a seat and it was right behind the girl, and that I noticed she had fall asleep. After she woke up, then she realized she had missed her stop. She went panic mode and her attempts on pressing the bell for the driver to know that there someone's stop were to no avail. So she went down at the next stop. (which is quite far from her actual stop)

    You know what I did?

    I laughed at it a bit. (gelak dalam hati je) I said, that's the power of what goes around comes around. She just got checked on the spot. That when u did something wrong + publicly, there's always Allah's way of returning the favor. But then I remembered one last thing before I got off at my stop.

    Shoot! I threw away the remains of the apple in a drain.

    p/s 1: Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha. Salam Kosong-kosong. Salam ampun tak post2 entry since bulan lepas. Dan segala jenis salam yg ada kat Malaysia ni.

    p/s 2: ni cerita betul, bukan buat2. Apa jadi kat aku plak? Sila PM. Eh! Jgn tetiba datang ngan Pak Jib, no no. Sila private message saya for details. Aha. Ok dah tu je. Nak tido, bye. Wawawawa.
  • Assalamualaikum w.b.t semua :)

    KTC *blogger ketat aku, ada request entry hari raya, tapi maaflah Elina, belum ada mood nak share cerita raya. (boleh tak alasan ni diterima Jemaah Menteri2 Blogger?) Ok hambar. Foremost, thanks to u guys sbb sudi baca my fifth mini blovel, pergh, ingatkan masa publish Home (first miniblovel) dah takde plan nak tullis apa2 lagi. Haha, sangkaanku meleset.

    So? Mengikut komen2 korang, yup cerita ni mmg simple basic story pasal seorang lelaki yang belum dikurniakan cahaya mata, last2 dapat anak sendiri. Hah, citer dia macam tu je pun, takde complicated mana. BUT!

    Setiap karakter yg aku perkenalkan tu sebenarnya simbolik atau wakil kepada bulan mulia umat Islam iaitu bulan Ramadhan yang dah pergi meninggalkan kita beberapa minggu yang lalu. Lets start the review.

    1. Adhan : He's actually the very representative of Ramadhan itself. Tenang dan ditemani oleh sahabat baiknya iaitu keberkatan atau dalam ni aku letakkan sebagai isteri dia.

    2. Rizkia : pengertian dari segi bahasa ialah Rezeki :) simple kan? Dan Rizkia bersama Adhan ada tiga orang anak angkat.

    3. Rahima yang paling sulung, simbol kepada fasa pertama bulan Ramadhan iaitu fasa diberi rahmat dan kasih sayang Allah.

    4.Firash ialah simbol fasa kedua bulan Ramadhan iaitu Maghfirah atau fasa keampunan dosa.

    5.Manakala Mina iaitu yang bongsu ialah simbol fasa ketiga bulan Ramadhan iaitu fasa dibebaskan dari azab api neraka.

    Following me so far? :)

    6. Haji Tarwi ialah simbol solat sunat Terawih, manakala isterinya,

    7. Hajah Qu Laila pula ialah amalan sunat Qiyamulail yang digalakkan pada 10 malam terakhir Ramadhan,

    8. Mereka dikurniakan tiga orang anak. Iaitu Ifti : Guess yguys dah boleh agak dah Ifti symbolizes Ifthar.

    9. Dan Sri simbol kepada Sahur.

    10. Anak lelaki mereka yg ditanya oleh Adhan iaitu Adril ialah malam istimewa yang sengaja dirahsiakan oleh Allah iaitu Malam Lailatul Qadr. :) (sebab tu Adril takde kat rumah)

    11. And last but not least, the newborn baby, Syawal. Lambang kemenangan umat Islam selepas sebulan berpuasa.

    Simple je kan? Idea ni muncul time aku tengah solat terawih malam ke...ala aku dah lupa dah. Haha, balik tu cepat2 aku taip dan simpan dalam draft. Dan strategi nak publish all three entries ialah 3 hari sebelum Syawal, and I did that. :)

    *Siapa yg dapat teka semua betul mmg terror habis. Pm aku, nanti aku blanja kopi.

    Kalau korang ada feedback/critics/comments boleh bgtau direct kat komen section kat bawah k. Terima kasih sudi baca. Oh, belum terlambat kan? Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin kepada semua pembaca blog Anasyg. Harapnya Aidilfitri kali ni memberi seribu satu makna dan keberkatan kepada kita semua. Amin~

    p/s: entry raya nanti la k. Ke dah takde mood nak raya? Haha.


  • “ABANG!” suara Rizkia memecah lamunan Adhan. Dia bingkas berlari ke bilik. Rizki yang terbaring di atas katil menjerit sekuat hati, kakinya dah terbuka luas, dia mengurut perut sendiri, menahan nafas, berpeluh satu badan. 

    “Allahuakbar” Adhan ingin memapah isterinya berjalan ke kereta, tapi ditegah keras.

    “Abang, Kia tak rasa Kia boleh berjalan selangkah pun, sakit sangat ni bang, Allahu”

    “Mengucap Kia, mengucap.” Adhan panik, kalau tidak ke hospital, di mana pulak Rizkia nak bersalin? Adhan garu kepala yang tidak gatal. Rizkia menjerit lagi. “Istighfar Kia, istighfar.” Bagaikan jodoh masa, ada laungan salam dari luar. Adhan tidak dapat berbuat apa2, dia hanya menjawab salam tersebut dengan kuat, diiringi jeritan Rizkia mengerang. Haji Tarwi, Hajah Qu Laila dan dua anak remaja perempuannya Ifti dan Sri muncul di depan pintu biliknya.

    “Allahuakbar, dah nak bersalin sekarang ke Rizkia?” soal Hajah Qu Laila. Rizkia menjawab dengan satu lagi jeritan menahan kesakitan. Hajah Qu Laila memberi arahan kepada dua orang anak remaja perempuannya, dan laju mereka bertindak. Rahima, Firash dan Mina baru sampai rumah, balik dari mengaji Al-Quran, mereka terlongo melihat keadaan ibu Rizkia, lantas ditarik oleh Haji Tarwi untuk duduk di ruang tamu. Adhan setia disisi Rizkia. Ini ialah ujian yang paling berat untuk isterinya, dan dia tak akan benarkan isterinya yang tercinta harungi seorang diri. Ifti dan Sri menutup pintu serentak.

    Sayup2 suara mereka bertiga mengaji Al-Quran dibawah bimbingan Haji Tarwi. Adakala mereka ditegur tajwidnya, panjang pendeknya, sebutan hurufnya, car bacanya, baris dan sebagainya. Hampi setengah jam, Haji Tarwi berpesan kepada mereka bertiga, setiap kali terdengar jeritan ibu Rizkia, setiap itu juga mereka harus berdoa agar Allah mengurangkan kesakitan dan keperitan ibu Rizkia dan permudahkan ibu Rizkia melahirkan.

    Keadaan menjadi senyap. Haji Tarwi memandang mereka bertiga yang dah spontan berhenti membaca.

    “Sadakallahula’zim” Haji Tarwi arahkan mereka menyimpan Al-Quran masing2. Mereka berdiri, dan pintu bilik dikuak lebar dari dalam. Ifti dan Sri keluar beriringan dengan kain pelikat basah, besen air dan beberapa peralatan lain, terus ke bilik air di belakang. Haji Tarwi dan ketiga anak kecil tadi masuk mendapatkan Adhan dan Rizkia. Haji Tarwi memandang isterinya yang duduk di tepi katil. Dia tersenyum.

    “Alhamdulillah, semuanya dah selesai.” Hajah Qu Laila meraup wajah, diikuti dengan Haji Tarwi dan Rahima. Firash dan Mina terlalu teruja, mereka terus berlari dan memeluk Rizkia.

    “Alhamdulillah ibu selamat.” Hajah Qu Laila berpesan, jangan buat bising, ibu penat dan berikan ibu ruang untuk berehat. Mereka angguk faham dan kembali berdiri di sebelah kakak mereka, Rahima.

    Adhan yang sedang membelakangi mereka, sedang khusyuk melaungkan bait2 indah azan di telinga bayi kecil yang baru dikurniakan oleh Allah kepada dia dan keluarga.

    “Laillahailallah…” Adhan berpaling. Melihat lapan pasang mata di hadapannya dengan senyuman terukir indah, tanda mensyukuri kebesaran Allah. Dia duduk di sebelah Rizkia, meletakkan bayi kecil tadi yang sudah nyenyak tidur di pangkuannya, dan sekarang berada dalam pelukan ibunya. Adhan tidak sedar bila dia menitiskan air mata, disekanya laju dengan belakang tapak tangan.

    "Abi, adik ni lelaki ke perempuan?" soal Mina teruja. Rizkia tidak putus senyum.

    “Kamu dapat adik lelaki Mina” Adhan membalas senyum.

    “Yes, Firash ada geng!” pecah ketawa besar Haji Tarwi. Yang lain turut tersenyum.

    “Kamu dah ada nama untuk anak ni?” soal Hajah Qu Laila. Adhan senyap. Yang lain turut menunggu dengan tenang. Dia menarik nafas lega, dan mengukir senyum. Kali pertama dia melihat pertarungan ajal dan nyawa isterinya sendiri sebentar tadi, sembilan bulan membawa anak ini di dalam kandungan, dua nyawa dalam satu jasad, ditambah dengan sebulan yang menguji kedua mereka ini, anak itu menjengah keluar menemui dunia. Rizkia senyum terharu. 

    “In Sha Allah, kami dah bersetuju nak namakan dia” Adhan mengusap ubun Rizkia.

    “Syawal”

    -Selesai.
  • Adhan bersalaman dengan orang tua di hadapannya. Kemudian dia duduk mengadap mereka berdua.

    “Apa khabar kamu Adhan?”

    “Baik Alhamdulillah. Tn Haji? Hajah? Apa khabar?”

    “Kami sihat Adhan. Tak pernah rasa sihat macam ni, maklumlah, esok dah mula hari pertama kita di bulan paling mulia dalam kalendar Islam.” Hajah Qu Laila tersenyum, menyepet kedua matanya yang dah sedia kecil. Suaminya di sebelah menggenggam tangannya.

    “Apa khabar Rizkia, Adhan?” soal Haji Tarwi

    “Alhamdulillah sihat”

    “Bila doktor kata dia bersalin?” soal Haji Tarwi lagi.

    “Dalam bulan ni jugak In Sha Allah,” Adhan tersenyum.

    “Alhamdulillah. Berkat kamu jaga anak yatim Adhan, Allah bagi kamu cahaya mata sendiri” Hajah Qu Laila mencelah. Dia turut tersenyum lebar.

    “Alhamdulillah, In Sha Allah kalau tak keberatan, lepas isteri saya bersalin, saya nak buat kenduri doa selamat, khatam Quran, malam tu buat kenduri tahlil sekali. In Sha Allah.”

    “In Sha Allah. Nanti kami bantu apa yang patut.” Hajah Qu Laila memandang suaminya, tangan mereka masih tidak terlerai dari genggaman masing2. Adhan memandang terharu. Hatinya tertendang gembira. 

    “Niat kami nak berpuasa di tanah suci, tapi…”

    “Tapi kenapa Tn Haji?”

    “Orang rumah ni ha, mata dah tak berapa nampak, badan dah tak berapa larat, takut menyusahkan orang di sana je.” Haji Tarwi mengusap tangan isterinya.

    “Kan setiap pakej Haji sekarang ada disediakan orang yang boleh tolong kita sepanjang mengerjakan ibadah Haji? Lagipun selalu Adhan dengar, orang yang sakit2 ni, jejak kaki ke sana je, badan terus sihat. In Sha Allah, kena doa banyak2.”

    “Ada tu memang ada, doa tu memang doa, tapi itu kan semua ketentuan Allahu Subhanuwata’ala. Kita ni, rancanglah macam mana teliti pun, macam mana baik sekalipun, perancangan Allah juga yang terbaik.” Adhan mengangguk. Dia bersandar. Dua orang remaja perempuan mendatangi mereka. Dengan dulang berisi air dan sepinggan kek potong.

    “Yang mana satu Ifti, yang mana Sri ya Tuan Haji?” Adhan berkira2 sendiri. Dua anak remaja tadi tersipu malu duduk bersimpuh di sebelah ayah mereka.

    “Ini Ifti adiknya, ini Sri kakaknya.” Haji Tarwi mengunjuk dengan tangan. Mereka tersenyum dan hampir serentak menjemput Adhan minum, lalu bingkas meninggalkan ruang tamu.

    “Adril mana?”

    “Jangan ditanyakan budak bertuah tu Adhan, munculnya sekali sebulan.” Haji Tarwi tergelak besar. Hajah Qu Laila turut tersenyum lebar. “Dia tu memang tak nampak batang hidung, nanti kalau nak balik ke rumah, adalah dalam rumah ni nanti.” Haji Tarwi mengurut dada kerana berdekah terlampau kuat. Adhan hanya menggeleng melihat gelagat dua orang tua itu, dia kemudiannya beransur selepas teh dalam cawannya habis diminum.

    *****

    Hari ini ialah hari ke 28 mereka mengerjakan ibadah tuntutan agama Islam yang melarang keras untuk makan dan minum dan melakukan perkara2 yang boleh membatalkan ibadah tersebut dari terbit fajar sehingga tenggelam matahari. Adhan berehat di ruang tamu, Rizkia dah sediakan secawan air sejuk. Dia tahu suaminya pasti lelah selepas menunaikan ibadah solat sunat 20 rakaat di masjid. Adhan memasang peti televisyen, namun matanya sahaja yang memandang tepat, dia tidak bersungguh untuk menonton pun sebenarnya. Dia masih berkira2 tentang keadaan isterinya. Sudah hampir sebulan, mengikut kata doktor, sepatutnya Rizkia akan bersalin dalam bulan ni. Sudah tak tertahan melihat Rizkia adakalanya mengerang sendirian, terduduk, tidak tahan berdiri lama, berjalan perlahan, kakinya sampai bengkak2. Adhan sudah berkali2 berpesan pada isterinya agar membataskan aktiviti fizikal. Namun Rizkia berdegil, alasannya, dia mahu pastikan segala keperluan untuk menyambut kelahiran anak sulungnya ini serba lengkap. Baik dari luar sampai dalam rumah.

    Adhan juga ada meminta pertolongan Hajah Qu Laila untuk tolong tengok2kan Rizkia. Dihantarnya dua orang anak remaja perempuannya, Ifti dan Sri. Mereka selalu dilihat datang menolong di rumah. Pada siangnya mereka datang berdua, adakala Sri datang seorang dan ada juga Ifti datang sendirian. Mereka setia menjaga Rizkia yang dahulunya pernah menjaga mereka ketika kecil, ketika Hajah Qu Laila dalam pantang. Tiga orang anak jagaannya turut ringan tangan membantu. Rahima, Firash dan Mina.

    Walaupun nakal dan masih belum matang, namun mereka bertiga amat membantu kerja2 seharian Rizkia. Adhan tidak dapat berada di rumah sepanjang masa atas urusan kerja. Dia berterima kasih pada mereka berlima kerana menolong isterinya.

    “ABANG!” suara Rizkia memecah lamunan Adhan.

    -bersambung.