13 posts tagged “auckland”

I went to fantastic show last friday night at Ferry Building. Situated in the middle of the city make it as a chosen place by Telecom to held the Night of Light. It was simply incredible since this is my first time ever watching something likethat. How could they think of making a short movie by using the old building as the screen. How could they make the light very sharp and all motion move very smooth. The color also very attractive, might cost them thousand dollars of creating something like that. I simply LIKE it=D

Teringat zaman dulu-dulu. Saat balik kampung adalah saat yang dinanti-nantikan. Tiap hari tiap saat kami adik beradik akan mengitung waktu. Senyuman sepupu-sepupu bersama keleteh masing-masing mula menerpa memori. Satu demi satu mula menjengah minda, mengetuk-ngetuk hati menerbitkan senyuman dibibir. Agh Rindunya. Apabala tiba saatnya kami tiba di kampung, tangan tok ayah, mek dan sesiapa yang berada di rumah di salam mesra. Melepaskan rindu di dada. Di masa lalu, kami terus 'cabut' menuju ke rumah pakcik yang berdekatan, mencari 'gang' lama. Wagh seronoknya! Kemudian pelbagai aktiviti dirancang. Dari memanjat pokok, masuk sawah, ronda keliling kampung, main jual-jual, and the list goes on. Indahnya masa lalu kan. Seandainya ia datang kembali, mahukah anda? Hehehe jika dulu saya akan mengatakan YA! Siapa mahu menolak jika dapat kembali ke zaman riang-ria seperti itu?
Tapi kini, mungkin sudah berubah sikit. Kenapa kita ingin kembali kerana tanpa masa lalu mungkin kita tidak boleh menjadi seperti sekarang? Bak kata movie Yaadein, "Kata-kata mungkin hilang, But memory will remain" And betulkan=D Kenangan masa lalu lah yang akan menentukan siapa diri kita. Jika dulu kita rapat dengan sepupu sekeliling, mungkin ia membetuk diri kita menjadi orang yang pandai bergaul, jika dulu kita suka try everything jika ada peluang, mungkin anda adalah orang yang adventurous kini, jika dulu anda sering jadi main doktor-doktor, mungkin anda akan menjadi seorang bertitle sedemikian selepas ini dan that quality telah tertanam dalam diri. Mungkin, Insya Allah.

From 15th floor, 1st ramadhan

A Perfect Scenery for our first Ramadhan. This picture was taken after we have our Sahur. Subhanallah, hebatnya.

عن انس رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تسحروا فان فى سحور بركة

Dari Anas r.a katanya Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: “Bersahurlah kamu, kerana bersahur itu mengandungi berkat.” (Sahih Bukhari: 952)

A non muslim always wonder how can we survive a day without food and water. One of the secret is SAHUR. Muslim would wake up early in the morning and have some food for 'alas perut' just to prepare your stomach and provide you energy to go trough mainly 13hours. MasyaAllah, Islam is designed in a perfect way, cause the only the DESIGNER know what is best for HIS creation. But what is the perfect time for Sahur? And to answer that, we have a perfect real life example, Rasulallah S.A.W.

عن زيد بن ثابت رضى الله عنه قال تسحرنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم قمنا الى اصلاة قلت كم كان قدرما بينهما قال خمسين آية

Dari Anas r.a dari Zaid bin Tsabit r.a katanya: “Kami pernah makan sahur bersama-sama Rasulullah s.a.w. Tidak berapa lama kemudian kami pergi solat.” Tanya Anas, “Kira-kira berapa lama jaraknya antara waktu makan sahur dengan solat?” Jawab Zaid, “Kira-kira selama membaca 50 ayat”.(Sahih Bukhari: 950)

And what is the best food to have? Again, for this question, Rasulallah had answere it for us,

Dari Rasulullah s.a.w : “ Sebaik-baik makanan sahur bagi orang mukmin adalah tamar”. [HR Ibnu Hibban dan Baihaqi]

May this year would be the best for us cause we never knew whether we could meet Ramadhan again next year. Chaiyyok Chaiyyok!!

Sunlight hardly found these days,

Maybe feeling shy to come out,

So instead He send water from the sky to accompany our day,

Leaving a fresh breeze in the air,

Days are getteing shorter,

Night seem too long for some,

clock seems refuse to keep on ticking,

Make a slight sigh came out,

But still,

It doesnt mean that we can to rest longer,,

Because the the task we have remain the same,

it is only the season change,

To give way for the new live next after winter,

to show His Greatness,

on How a dead thing could survive another season,

maybe it is a rahmah for us,

to give way for us to pray longer, longing for His guide

So be STRONG be BOLD

cause it wont last long

cause it is only the season change

A smile will automatically appear when I think of the wonderful show I watched last night. It wast spectacular. I enjoyed every performance they made. They wear colourful costume which make the movement looks even more elegant and I continously enchanted through out three hours show.

I realised a beautiful culture they have which almost disappear after the comunist era. How unfortunate for the young generation if they dont have the opportunity to discover their own roots. I sincerely praised the person who brought up the idea since It is a good strategy to have it performed around the world. And I am one of the person who are grateful for it=)

Sorry bah. Initially I only manage to download the pictures and now, this is the review=) Yesterday we went to the one and only fish market at the central Auckland. Not that there are no other place we can get fish, but this is a market where we could get seafoods only at an affordable price. But if I compare it with my hometown, these price is actually considered as really expensive. The cheapest fish I could get is around $10/kg. But since the size is big, so that is fine I think. Most of the fishes are big size, not like ikan 'selayang' or 'kembung' I normally see. Dont ask me about the name, I completely dont know. Hehehe but from the reading yesterday. Some that I could remember are Tarakihi, Snapper, Tuna (of course) and Salmon. The best part of yesterday is FISH AND CHIPS. It cost $15 for 2 piece of frest Tarakihi and lots of chips, nyum2. And there is a singer outside singing with her lovely voice, make the food tase even better=>  Thank You K.Mas. It is nice, can even remember the taste when I eat it emmmm.

Fish Market is situated Viaduct Harbour and I would say this is where luxurious people leave. Love looking at the modern design apartment close to the clear blue sea where they park their ship (I suppose those are theirs) What a luxury life they have. I would love to come back here and enjoy the sunset from here. It must be amazing.

I never realized the existence of this park even though we always passed trough this street almost every month. We had a gathering with our new students who came early this year. Wagh just didn’t realize how fast time would fly that now we are on our second year. And now people are calling us by title ‘kak’. Just can’t find myself suitable with that, and to call them ‘adik’ is kind of awkward to me since I always consider everyone around me as my friend. But that is the reality. OK, enough about it.

We have a small BBQ there prepared by the AJK and I am in charged of the sukaneka event. It is even easier for us to have our function there since there are BBQ set already prepared by the Auckland council. It is not cooked over an open fire, instead it used electric supply. Isn’t it easy? So we just need to bring the chicken and it is ready to be grill. Don’t trouble yourself by the black charcoal and taking time heating it up that would turn your face to black. So now, just switch on the electric and it is time to have fun with your friend. Maybe Malaysia should consider this idea as well. This program would bring your family and friends together and having a great time. But the problem with Malaysia is robbery. Even with the ‘besi buruk’ outside the house would make the owner worried, whats more with the electric BBQ stuff. But honestly, it is a great facility that would invite more Malaysian citizen in a great harmony situation.