It's Okay to Say No

For some reason we tend to feel like we must always say “yes” to people when they ask a question or a favor. We all want to say "no" more than we actually do. Will you lend me RM5? Does this shirt...

Love Clichés

I think it is unfair to base ideas of what love should be on one thing or another. Love isn't a solid fact. It's always different, always shows up in different forms, and is always there when you...

World's Best Dad

His smiles can always dissipate your fears; His words can always spark you up with wisdom;His shoulders can always raise you up to reach the stars;He is the hero in your life, and so we call...

Make Gifts for People

John Green is an American author and video-blogger extraordinaire. He has written the best-selling novels including Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns and the recent, my favorite, The Fault in our...

Still Into You - Acapella Cover

What pops into your mind when it comes to acapella? Glee's Warblers? Sam Tsui? Pitch Perfect? Of course, now give me a virtual high 5!There's one more acapella piece you should never missed. It's...

Don't Waste it on Anger

Looking back on my life a year ago, most things are different now.When you’re frustrated, I suggest asking yourself, “will this matter in a year?”. If your answer's yes, well then it must be a...

Stumble on Wondrous Thing

For indeed my life is a perpetual question mark – my thirst for books, my observations of people, all tend to satisfy a great, overwhelming desire to know, to understand, to find an answer to a...

Joblogy: Finding The Job of Your Life

For most of us, choosing or changing a career path is a confusing and anxiety-riddled experience. Today’s college students and their parents are caught in a bind. Research shows that, more than...

Bittersweet Ending

Today marks the end of my 4-year degree study in UMS. It's a bittersweet ending. After this, so much can happen and here's the thing. It's not about whether or not somebody else thinks what I'm...

To Love

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal....

My Unexplainable Sentiment

I wanna give up sometimes. I wanna crumple up all paper I've ever set my worthless thoughts on and shoot them into dustbin. I wanna drain all memories out of their banks and dump them into the...

Hey June

Well, despite the bad start........ Hey June, don't make it badTake a sad song and make it betterRemember to let me into your heartThen you can start to make it better Hey June, don't be afraidYou...

Come Home, Kitties

After 3 weeks, I am finally home and find myself crying really, really hard. It's been a while I didn't cry so hard since the last time when my deary cat, Asmara, died on the road. Now my 3 kitties...

Du'a of The Day

Duʿāʾ (دعاء) Ya Allah SWT, you are As-Salam, the source of peace. From You is all peace and tranquility. Ya Salam, there are those across this Ummah that are living in broken homes, that are in...

I Carry Your Heart with Me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my...

Like Petal, Like Flame

The title above is taken from someone's blog, someone that I met last night. It's Ana!! And today's her birthday, so last night wasn't just a meetup, it's a birthday celebration in advance. ^^...

Don't let Life Kick You

p.s: Well, I'm not really at where I thought I'd be, but I know that I'm still young and it's never too late to catch those dreams. And what Chris Hadfield said is really inspiring.

Fast in My Car to Future

I've been smiling all the time since last Thursday. How couldn't I, when Ifo got me this: Imagine my reaction. Man, it's an awesome feeling! Oh I'm really in love with this guy. So, yeap, I'm...

When is My Time

I still remember the moment my best friend, Fiza, told me that she's been proposed 5 months ago. I was among the 1st people who know about that, and she's really happy. And this is it, today's her...

Thank You, Teacher

Dear all teachers from SK Bandar 1 Tawau, SK Pekan Papar, SMK Takis Papar, Labuan Matriculation College (LMC) and University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) that have taught me all subjects, wherever you are,...

Big, Big World

I thought I'd share part of my list of places I someday hope to visit: Munich, Germany Santorini, Greece Verona, Italy Prague, Czech Republic New York, USA Paris, France I'm not sure what I'll do,...

I Loved You Enough

I loved you enough to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home. I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep. I loved you...

Dear Mommy

Dear mommy, Everyday I watch you so busy running the house. It's fun watching and trying to copy you on your every move. You laughed when I try but I guess that's normal for a baby. I get so...

Here I Lay my Trust

I have some unreasonable fears. One of them is messing up my own fate.Isn't that kind of like an oxymoron? Wouldn't messing up my fate be just another part of my fate? No, my mind doesn't operate...

Our Little Infinity

I can't talk about our love story, so I will talk about math. I am not a mathematician, but I know this: There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite...

No One is Flawless

Criticism: (n.) The expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistake. I think accepting criticism is quite tough to learn. Human nature is based on the desire...

A Shout into a Void

"..I am in the mood of poetry. Do you have anything memorize?" "Let us go then, you and I," I started nervously, "When the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a...

My Best Surprise

Every Little Bit of You

These are my hands small as they may be. But I promise to never let anything harm you, or anyone take your happiness away from you. I promise to always be your person, someone you can run to for...

I am Iron Man

I'm not a lifetime comic book fan. Thanks to Ifo for introducing me to Marvel superheroes, and now I'm an avid fan of them. Iron Man 3 is such a great film. This isn't Shakespearean Thor, or...