The Qana Massacre
55 Lebanese dead including 27 children...all are innocent civilians.
If you're not outraged then you're prolly not paying attention.
The latest massacre in Qana is absolutely vile. In fact, the word 'vile' doesn't cut it, you look at the footage & you realise how feeble language is that there are simply no words to describe it.
So the Israeli's argument is going to be "Oh, we issued warnings". WHERE THE HELL WERE THE CIVILLIANS SUPPOSED TO FLEE WITH ALL THE ROADS/BRIDGES BOMBED... not to mention vehicles with fleeing people have been destroyed also.
Israelis are intentionally killing Civilians, but not making a fuss at all. But when it comes to 3 Israelis, they make it sound like the whole of Israel has been wiped off the face of the earth.
So they said they issued warnings but how do they expect the Lebanese people to take notice of crappy leaflets when their fellow villages & cities are being bombed????
Arrogant selfish toots! They make it sound like its all the civilians fault for getting killed.
I actually cried when i saw the picture in the news of the dad holding up his dead daughter & i haven't cried since i hurt my effing foot.
So much pain. Too much.
May Allah help all those under oppression.
I'd say amin to that.
A wicked conversation about hijab. Simply wicked.
Non-hijabi: "I'm so tired"
Hijabi: "Tired of what?"
Non-hijabi: "Of all these people judging me."
Hijabi: "Who judged you?"
Non-hijabi: "Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear hijab."
Hijabi: "Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"
Non-hijabi: "Yeah! I listen to music without hijab.haha!"
Hijabi: "Maybe she was just giving you advice."
Non-hijabi: "I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Can't she mind her own business?"
Hijabi: "Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."
Non-hijabi: "Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..."
Hijabi: "But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."
Non-hijabi: "Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean 'good' ?"
Hijabi: "Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."
Non-hijabi:"Says who?"
Hijabi: "It's in the Qur'an, isn't it?"
Non-hijabi: "Yes. She did quote me something."
Hijabi: "She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Qur'an."
Non-hijabi: "Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. Helping people and praying is more important."
Hijabi: "True. But big things start with small things."
Non-hijabi: "That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important is to have a good healthy heart."
Hijabi: "What you wear is not important?"
Non-hijabi: "That's what I said."
Hijabi: "Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"
Non-hijabi: "What do you mean?"
Hijabi: "You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you spend on fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."
Non-hijabi: "So?"
Hijabi: "So, your appearance IS important.''
Non-hijabi: "No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion."
Hijabi: "If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Holy Qur'an?"
Non-hijabi: "You know I can't follow all that's in Qur'an."
Hijabi: "You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"
Non-hijabi: "Yes. God is forgiving."
Hijabi: "God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their mistakes.
Non-hijabi: "Says who?"
Hijabi: "Says the same book that tells you to cover."
Non-hijabi: "But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom."
Hijabi: "But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?! What's your definition of freedom anyway?"
Non-hijabi: "Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do."
Hijabi: "No. Freedom is in doing the right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."
Non-hijabi: "Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people, and so many who wear hijab and are bad people."
Hijabi: "So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."
Non-hijabi: "I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without hijab."
Hijabi: "Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."
Non-hijabi: "You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!"
Hijabi: "So all these people with hijab never get married?!"
Non-hijabi: "Okay! What if I get married and my husband doesn't like it? And wants me to remove it?"
Hijabi: "What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"
Non-hijabi: "That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime."
Hijabi: "Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"
Non-hijabi: "Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?"
Hijabi: "Why do you reduce womanhood to high heels and lipstick colors?"
Non-hijabi: "You didn't answer my question."
Hijabi: "In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and true womanhood. But your short sleeves, tight pants."
Non-hijabi: "That's called 'fashion', you live in a cave or something? First of all, hijab was founded by men who wanted to control women."
Hijabi: "Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."
Non-hijabi: "Yes. That's what it is."
Hijabi: "What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab? And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you say about that?"
Non-hijabi: "Well, that's different."
Hijabi: "What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab. She was a woman, right?"
Non-hijabi: "Right, but."
Hijabi: "But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations, set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a commodity?! Give me a break!"
Non-hijabi: "Wait, let me finish, I was saying."
Hijabi: "Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"
Non-hijabi: "Yes."
Hijabi: "Specifically how?"
Non-hijabi: "By telling women how and what to wear, dummy!"
Hijabi: "Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what to wear, and how to be 'attractive'?"
Non-hijabi: "Of course, it's fashion."
Hijabi: "Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"
Non-hijabi: *Silence*.
Hijabi: "Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."
Non-hijabi: "What do you mean?"
Hijabi: "I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those products."
Non-hijabi: "I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products."
Hijabi: "It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by standards of fashion designed by men - and then here is Islam, saying trash all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not worry what men think of your looks."
Non-hijabi: "Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?"
Hijabi: "Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated consumerism ."
Non-hijabi: "Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! It is awkward, outdated, and totally not suitable for this society ... Moreover, I am only 20 and too young to wear hijab!"
Hijabi: "Fine. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."
Non-hijabi: "Fine."
Hijabi: "Fine."
Non-hijabi: *Silence*.
Hijabi: "Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab niqab schmijab Punjab!"
Silence.
She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time. Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision accepted by the society, rejected by the Faith:
Yes to curls or blowed dried hair, no to hijab.
Ok, now for my thoughts on the conversation. I just want to say something...
Sometimes, we all don't realize, everytime we're reading the Qur'an, its actually ALLAH saying that. Not what the "Qur'an" says.
I prefer people to say "Allah says in the Qur'an" instead of "The Qur'an says". Its a totally different meaning.
I noticed some of the dialogue said something similar, like "says the same book...etc."
So, you get the point, we all need to realize what we read in the Qur'an is Allah's words.
Wasalam.
Mom says i sneeze too hard...
Well, if i do sneeze too hard, i can fracture a rib...
If i were ever to try and suppress a sneeze...
I think i could rupture a blood vessel...
In my head or neck & practically die. *gasp*
I'm feeling kinda dumb today...
I was prolly being too friendly with my neighbour's daughter in the lift just now...
And he gives me that ''don't fool around with my daughter'' look at me...
Therefore, toads are cute.
Wow...
Girls...what a headache.
I mean when guys have problems with each other, they throw girly punches at one another.
If girls have problems, they'll prolly insult each other into eating disorders.
Guys get mad at each other & then usually forget. & if they don't forget, some pizza will make them forget.
Girls have problems if another girl forgot to say salam to them in the hallway or accidentally step on each other's toes or diss each other's nail polish. (I'm extremely sorry for the hugeee & vague overgeneralization but hey! I don't have time to delve into subtle semantics & to qualify things)
Girls are the ones who go through child birth so they prolly have it harder in life than guys. Nuff said...
I can't imagine myself giving birth, i'll prolly faint thinking about it...i shudder at the thought of myself giving birth.
But clearly, i think girls have it harder than guys. It's hard work to look pretty you know...geez.
All in all, i like being a guy....cause i can have 4 wives *quipped*
At least its not as bad as Eugene when i ask him, ''Hey balls, tell me one good reason why you want to get married?''
And he answered...''Did anyone mention sex? Yeah. That's all I'm in it for.''
Gosh...
I need to go & do my laundry...one can only go for so long with dirty boxer shorts!
Little kiddos pretty much tend to say silly things when they're younger...
Especially my little cuzzies...so let me literally relate them to you...
Starting with my aunt's son whose barely six...
His mom (that is my aunt) was was boiling eggs for him for his breakfast...
& there he was standing beside his mom watching the eggs as they get boiled in hot water...
That was when i heard his little cutesy lovely voice saying...
''Mom, are the eggs taking a bath?''
I practically just dropped on my knees laughing right there & then.
While at my granddad's place, an uncle of mine jokingly throws the tv remote @ someone so they can catch it...
My little cuzzie Haziq: "Hey, that nearly hit their face!"
My uncle (impressed): "Masya Allah!!! You're trying 2 protect them."
Haziq: "No, you nearly broke the remote!"
At that point of time i could have either constipated on the spot or worse, practically just die from the excessive & hysterical laughter that followed.
So tomorrow the month of Rejab will arrive...insya Allah.
I'm so looking 4ward to Ramadan...are you?
I'll be posting some stuffz about Rejab, Syaaban & Ramadan soon enuff...insya Allah.
But b4 that i just want to speak my mind about a little something...
That is...
ISRAEL SHOULD JUST LAY THEIR HANDS OFF PALESTINE & LEBANON.
Till then good night people.
I'm feeling a pretty mixture of tiredness, exhaustion & mild-hysteria.
Pills are knocking in me FINALLY! I best go to sleep now but before that...
It was so-so hot out there on the tarmac doing the flights today that i just felt like i wanted to sit in a freezer for the rest of the day...yeah it was that hot & it isn't even Ramadan yet.
I'm a goner.
*Start rant*
I live in a country where youths like me drink alcohol like we'd drink water...reality check!
One of the things that I cannot stand: Muslims who drink and don't see anything wrong with it. Why would you want to destroy the body Allah gave you?
The temptation is always there for me as well but i try to surround myself with muslims and non-muslims that look down upon it & see it the way i & Islam does: disgusting, pointless & haram. Period. End of discussion.
I try to surround myself with people who at least share my morality & see the idiocity of things such as drinking.
I will never be able to understand some people's logic. This whole thing makes me pretty sad.
Some people think it makes you a man...how does intoxicating urself, investing in future health problems, and putting others around you make you a man? Alcohol intoxicates & impairs you & when you're under the influence of alcohol you can't do many things, & one of those is praying.
Some people think you have to drink to be accepted...just face it there's a lot of muslims who drink...maybe they feel societal pressure. Well, i think alcohol is for the ignorant who are easily suseptible to societal pressures and don't have the power to even stand up for themselves
Actually it is the case whether you like it or not...alcohol's in your face & society is telling you to take it...some people think you have to drink to feel in.
I don't give a damn what type of "peer pressure" muslims get from their non-muslim peers...DRINKING IS HARAM AND IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY...sorry for those who oppose my opinion but that's how i feel.
I am not at all up for having an "holier than thou" attitude & leaving out those who "you think" are'nt good for you. The point is every one is capable of falling into sins. You, me...every person.
Thus, it's impossible to assume that "I am good and everyone else is bad". Everyone is capable of doing good acts and bad acts.
We should definitely try to help out others with their iman if we are capable of it, by providing them with knowledge and making them aware of the consequences of haram acts.
I'd rather be a loser in this world than be a loser in the Hereafter in front of Allah.
So i'd pretty much rather prefer getting drunk over a glass of Ribena or milk.
*Ends rant*
We all know about the unjust & inhuman atrocities which our fellow muslims nowdays are being forced to face...be it in Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan & recently Lebanon...endless.
How many times do we thank Allah for making us a muslim & granting us so much luxuries, comfort & happiness especially we Muslim youths in Singapore???
How many times do we remember our fellow muslims in our doas???
After seeing my fellow muslims being oppressed & all on the news...i feel so sad, furious, helpless...can't i do anything to ease their suffering?
We are the youths of this present age...its up to us...we CAN do something...but how can we help???
The first step is becoming knowledgeable, strengthen our iman, put it into practice & actually caring & being concerned about what is happening. We are pretty limited in our ability to affect direct change.
As youths, we are not in the position to change policies around the world but I don't know, man. I feel so freaking drained when I think of all of the injustices in this world.
I mean we could donate money & we should. We could protest & we should. We could do so much & we should.
But it seems as if the system is becoming so big to change, the injustices too many. This isn't an excuse to not work for change, but for myself personally I think having control over my personal being & trying to better my iman is the most important thing i can do.
Allah only helps a people when they help themselves, and these world events are a test to the believers, insya Allah pushing us back to practicing Islam properly.
And if i could be honest....i think The Arab League is fcuking useless...disgustingly corrupt, going after wealth, status & dunia.
We shouldn't just be Muslim ''by name''...i don't wanna go b4 my Lord empty handed.
I'd just like to share something I learned in my class...
when you're watching tv and your mom or dad tells you to go pray, and you don't get up right then (you wait a while or just skip it all-together), it's considered syirik...because you've made the tv more important than Allah.
It's that serious. And it's not cool.
And also...i learned that crack is bad for you.
I was watching this show on cable earlier & there was this scene at a funeral where this guy apparently died in an accident...
The people were mourning over his death & getting all emo...
Then one of the teary eyed people who was an old lady started to wail...''Why, why him, of all people? ''
At the back of my head i was thinking...Why? Would it rather have been you, old lady?
Anyways, i was online with zak earlier & had a pretty interesting convo...
Zak says: can animals be gay?
Hardi: yeah i think so dude
Zak says: really?
Hardi says: i've heard of such stories from amir & his little escapades
Zak says: lol
Zak says: cuz....
Zak says: being gay is deviant
Hardi says: oh
Zak says: and its the work of the devil
Zak says: but i don tink the devil influences animals
Zak says: do they?
Hardi says: well maybe the animals were posessed by jins or sumting
Zak says: i heard animals go to animal paradise...
Hardi says: heck i dunno
Hardi says: maybe they weren't being gay at all
Zak says: maybe..
Hardi says: maybe it just looked gay
Zak says: ya thats prolly it
Hardi says: why are we having this conversation?
Zak says: i donno
After this particular convo...i've come to a conclusion that Zak himself is gay & i'm pretty sure about it...
So people...ZAK IS GAY...LOCK UR DOORS...MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS & SIBLINGS ARE INDOORS...HE'S A BIGGER THREAT THAN THE TSUNAMI!!!
Well ok, i was pretty much exaggerating there...in fact Zak is pretty much straight as far as i know coz he has not hit on me or anything so far.
So does anyone know that the average keyboard has more germs on it than the toilet seat?
Geez...lets sing a little lullaby before i turn in.
Birdy, birdy, in the sky, dropped his poopy in my eye. I don't mind, I don't cry, I thank God that cows can't fly...alhamdulillah...whatever that means.
Good night people.
So Froza Italia won the World Cup...
So Zizou got send off & that prolly cost the Les Bleus the cup...
So what on God's big green ball of freakin awesomeness was he thinking when he headbutted that poor Matarazzi dude?
Matarazzi is one poor dude, oh gosh...when headbutted, he fell like a tonne of bricks, it was as if he was hit by a freight train or gunned down by a hail of bullets...someone should present him with an Academy Award for Best Actor...
Zizou was prolly provoked by Matarazzi for him to get so pissed...last news that i heard was that Matarazzi called Zizou a ''dirty terrorist''...what an ignorant scum Matarazzi is if that was true...
So people, how are Muslims supposed to deal with anger? Hit me with some info...before I hit you...ok just kidding there.
For girls, unless specific womanly functions get you in odd moods, but thats once in a blue moon, you can always punch a pillow or scream into a pillow...or sit down and take huge breaths...lol.
Maybe lock yourselves in the bathroom, punch the walls and cry or throw things so they make noise...that could make you feel better.
Have you ever seen someone's face when they are angry? It has to be without a doubt, one of the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life.
Sometimes, when I get angry, I just imagine how I look, and it makes me laugh. Unfortunately, that's because I'm ugly. *quipped*
For me personally...anger clouds my reason; I can't harness it or whatever. Anger is irrational. If you make it rational, I don't consider it anger. When i get ultra-mad, i'll prolly laugh it off...juzt laugh like a maniac.
Anger just takes too much effort... anger sucks big time...so love even those who are so annoying that you want to poke their eye balls out off their sockets.
There's a doa...oh there's two doas : ) I don't wanna mess up the arabic by typing it out so I'll give you the translations.
1. I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaitan. (Auudzubillahi minashaytan nirrajim) This doa is called the Taawudz.
2. Oh Allah, forgive me my sins, and remove the anger of my heart, and keep me sheltered from trials which lead astray.
Allah is merciful to those who show mercy. So perhaps if we remember that, we will lose our anger and be nice for the sake of Allah....
And yeah don't forget to do wudhu with icey cold water...haha!
I don't know what the toot Eugene was thinking when he buzzed me up earlier today...
Me: Hello?
Eugene: Hey balls! So what are you doing?
Me: Nothin'.
Eugene: OK. Bye.
Me: Bye.
I've known Eugene like since our NS days together...everytime he was rather quiet.
Except for the time when we passed out frOm our Basic Section Leaders Course...that's when I saw him dance like a monkey.
Other than that...today i accidentally put my watch in the fridge, then walked away and spent 2 hours looking for it...idiocy at its best.
So Portugal is up against France later at 3 am...i'm rooting for the Les Bleus...
I would so love to see Cristiano Ronaldo bawl like a baby when Portugal gets beat...someone should get him a pacifier or something just in case.
Go Les Bleus...
Jazakallahu khair...good night people.
First & foremost, i owe Hajar an apology for getting her dad's name wrong...it should haf been Abdul Razik...in fact luckily i didn't put her dad's name as Abdul Razan...Only God Knows how she would haf reacted then.
And about the ending...it didn't actually end just like that as i'm still thinking about what would happen next...trying to fit in ryn & razan into the story line as well...see la how it goes.
All this thinking makes my feet hurt and my cerebral in my brain feels like its gonna burst at any time...no kidding.
So i'd post the 2nd part of the story most prolly by this w/end.
Earlier today, i was recalling the silly or dumb things that happen when i was a kid....and slowly it all came back...
When i was like 5 or so when i was still living at Kembangan...we had this Muezzin in a mosque nearby....his voice was Masya Allah...AMAZING...it was loud and BOOMING!!!
Masya Allah...and the Azan he gave was beautiful...u know what...till i was 7 or so...i thought the voice was...Allah SWT!
Then i remember when i was at my religous class...my Ustaz was teaching this kid how to call the Azan but he wasn't loud enough...so my Ustaz tried to set up an example...he said "Say if ur sister was standing all the way in the park..how would u call her?" and the kid replies "..On the telephone"
I used to drink grape juice out of a wine glass and pretend it was wine in an attempt to be cool...failure of my life.
I also had the habit of bumping into lamp posts and then apologising to them later on.
Thinking back...i couldn't help but laugh to myself.
That said...i'm pretty much glad that England was knocked out of the World Cup even thou i'm an England fan...
Only one thought came to my mind when England was knocked out...
Well, i had only one thought...innlillahi wa inna ilahi rajiuun.
Ok salamz
Note: Everything written here is purely fiction and in this following story, Nini is a human being instead of a hamster. This following story is based loosely on the lives of Siti Hajar Binte Abdul Razak & her pet hamster Nini. *suppress laughter*
Hajar and Horny are walking home from school talking about the usual...guys.
*Hajar trips*
Hajar: Nini kush...that was so embarrassing!!!
Nini: Hahahaha...ur so dumb...lol!!!
Hajar: I remember last time...I tripped when I was checking him out...
Nini: Hmmm? Checking him? Who? Whom? When?
Hajar: Some dude crossing the road yesterday. Oh my John!!! His eyes were like Nicholas Saputra's!!! *blush * Seriously nini, do you lower your gaze when you walk?
Nini: OF COURSE I DO!!! Oh my John!!!
Hajar: REALLY, BABE???
Nini: Y-E-S DUUUUUUUUH....how about you then? Do you???
Hajar: Hehehehe!!! Well, I meaN....yeah, of course I do lower my gaze when there are cute guys around...lol!
Nini: Haha oh okie...you liar!
*Hajar & Nini in hysterics grabbing each other in laughter*
Nini: *sigh*
Hajar: *sigh*
*Good looking dude with buff body & smelling nice walks by in same direction as them*
Good looking dude: excuse maaa.....
Nini: *moves out of the way*
Hajar: So do you seriously lower your gaze?
Nini: Why sure.....of course I do.....if not i would get horny like you.....lol!!!
Hajar: *suppresses laughter*
Nini: *nudges elbow at hajar* Oh my John, Hajar kush!!! Budak itu nye jeans are way too tight!!!
Hajar: LOOOOOOOOL!!! Mata kau nampak aje eh.....HAHAHA!!!
Nini: Yeah but they are!!!
Hajar: *takes a glance* OMG UR RIGHTTTTTT!!! HAHAHA!!!
*Hajar & Nini then crossed the road at the traffic light*
Nini: HAHAHAHA yeah.....i so lower my gaze la.....like.....HELL YEAH!!!
Hajar: HAHAHAHAHA!!!
*both gets hit by oncoming car at traffic light*
