Archive for November, 2006

summer-autumn-winter

Monday, November 13th, 2006

one of the thing that learnt in life is that u’ve got to know when to just slow down and look around.i learnt that sometimes,the best thing to do is to stop and smell the flowers,smile at the fullmoon,watch the raindrops(or snow).it’s one of things that help me to hold myself together in life.knowing that i’m not the center of the world(not even my own private world) and how miniscule i am among all of Allah’s creations.if He wants,i’ll fall like a drop of rain,or shine like the full moon.

anyway,last sunday was a kind of a busy day for us here in volgograd(ironically it’s the only day off for us)
in the morning,zul n me went to the weekly ceramah at hiroshima.like always..we’re late but couldn’t stop oursleves taking some shot on our way there,earlier it was snowing and the mixture of snow,green grass and fallen leaves made quite a nice few.

to those who asked”best tak dok russia”..examples like that day was the answer.i dunno whether there’s a view like this in front of any apartment anywhere in the world,but down here is some of the pictures zul n me snapped along the way(the main reason we were late to the ceramah was that we overslept though,the pic-snapping part took only a few minutes.hehe)

after the cramah,there’s a meeting bout the weekly usrah(we’re just going to start all over again).i dun think i gave anything beneficial by being there except when i reminded that we should call the “naqibs” “rangers” intead and rename the “usrah” to “ring of wisdom”, so that it’d be a cool thing instead of having a heavy ring to it.if u live here long enough,u’d know that going to watch a soccer game in a windy day will attract a bigger crowd than a cramah inside a cozy building.

meeting over,i brought some of the tutors for the AL(arabic language) gang to my house(gang sounds cooler than class).there were 15 of us and we continued our lesson with hamid at the lead.alhamdulillah that we can meet a good arab here willing to teach us.

after the lesson and maghrib,me and some of the tutors went to the open house in ploshad sovestkaya.most of the food are gone,but kitorang bantai jerk mana ada.sorry and kudos to all the tutors who prioritized the class over their stomach.a volunteer’s will is always stronger than any paid worker’s ,heh.

thanks to the open house hosts’ kindness we ate to our fill(at least i did) and went home with satisfied grins.
looking forward to another sunday…insyaallah

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages), Verily Man is in loss, Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy. ( 103:1-3 )

“Bergeraklah, kerana diam bisa mematikan. Sebesar-besar keuntungan di dunia adalah menyibukkan dirimu setiap saat pada aktiviti yang memberikan manfaat paling banyak di Akhirat. Menyia-nyiakan waktu, lebih bahaya daripada kematian. Kerana ia memutuskan mu daripada ALLAH dan Akhirat. Sedangkan kematian hanya memutuskan mu dari dunia dan penghuninya.” - Ibnu Qayyim al-Jauziyah -

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there’s grass of summer,yellow leaves of fall and white snow of winter

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kompem takle tengok kat blakang umah aku kat KB ni.

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the enneagram test…

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

i got so bored that day,that i took the enneagram test…well anyway..this was the result…

the Romantic

your Enneagram type is FOUR.

“I am unique”

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me
Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
Though I don’t always want to be cheered up when I’m feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
Don’t tell me I’m too sensitive or that I’m overreacting!

What I Like About Being a Four
my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
my ability to establish warm connections with people
admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
being unique and being seen as unique by others
having aesthetic sensibilities
being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What’s Hard About Being a Four
experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don’t deserve to be loved
feeling guilty when I disappoint people
feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
expecting too much from myself and life
fearing being abandoned
obsessing over resentments
longing for what I don’t have

Fours as Children Often
have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original game s
are very sensitive
feel that they don’t fit in
believe they are missing something that other people have
attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents’ divorce)

Fours as Parents
help their children become who they really are
support their children’s creativity and originality
are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

ok,it’s no that accurate,but anyway it’d be around 75-80% correct..i’m not that senstiive(at least i don’t think so la…)…to use the term that the test’s creators used(owh yeah..i googled the test’s)i have other “wings”…maybe a littele of no 1 and no 5.
if u don’t know what in the world i’m talking about..google Enneagram of Personality

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