money money money must be funny in a rich man's world

"if I have some extra money, what would I do with them?"

ever asked yourself this one, simple question?

as rhetoric as it may sound, you guys know better of the answer.

"Oooo.. should I get this Canon T2i or should I go with Nikon d3100?"
"Ooo.. now that I finished my 3 midterms, I can treat myself with a couple of new dresses."
"Ooo.. I wanna eat some sushi today!!"

but when you see some homeless people on State St.
"Sorry, I don't have any cash right now."
" I smiled to him. That's a gift too~"
"No, thank you" with a slight head shake (geleng kepala)

*sigh*

how lucky we are for having enough money and food to survive, compared to these people. but as humans as we all are, we tend to never appreciate what we have. we want more. and more. and more. our instincts, our lusts told us
"why should I help these people? I'm just a student myself."
"that amount of money ain't enough for trips. I should get myself a job."

I realized how I myself was looking for jobs like crazy for the past years. I've tried so many ways, applied for so many (only Allah knows), but still I'm jobless. Maybe I was stressing myself out about getting a job that He decided not to give me one. Now, I'm still trying, but with less enthusiasm of getting one. If there's a chance for me to work before I graduate, alhamdulillah. If there's none, He knows what's best for me.

Plus, both you and I know
that the money we possess ain't gonna help us on the judgment day. In fact, they will become our burden if we didn't spend them in the right way. Being surrounded with the world's wealth is not easy, really. A lot of responsibilities need to be fulfilled. And fortunately, there's a lot of ways to spend our money rightfully. So, a reminder for you, and for me, let's spend our money wisely, in ways that can help us in the other world, insyaAllah.

UPDATE: go here if you wanna help http://www.islamicreliefusa.org . Though the name is relief USA, check out this page then you'll know what it's capable of :))

MESSAGE RECEIVED

This shoutout goes not only to all students out there, but to every single people in the world

... and remember, WE CAN NEVER CONTROL THE RESULTS, BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR EFFORT :))

self reflection

what goes right today:
1. My jewish music TA gave the lecture today instead of the professor. He's funny and it was a good start of the day
2. Finally called American Red Cross Madison for the request of paramedics for the Midwest Games

what seems off:
1. I realized how I never really did my accounting homework, solely by myself. That paid off, I did not do well on my 2nd midterm.
2. The line wasn't clear when I called the American Red Cross lady in charged, so she gave me her email.
3. I sent the email using the wrong domain (.com when it should be .org) and sounded extremely stupid asking her email, again, through her voicemail. That was before I realized I sent it to .com.

that no.3 really made me feel down. I couldn't believe how stupid I was to call her right before I checked my mistake. I definitely lose my professionalism.


p/s: adding up to my off- list: I couldn't really understand why this one friend wouldn't feel bad for lying right in front of his friends' eyes. that totally brought his image down. I felt really sorry for him crushing his own image in front of us.

me and my 'heavy' life

I have in my bag:

i. Managerial Accounting textbook which probably weighs around 3lb~
ii. 5- unit notebook
iii. my macbook
iv. 3 hard- covered Jewish books with 300 pages each
v. a thin introduction writing on Jewish liturgical music



I probably become shorter by the time I graduate~~

the mind needs some rests

feel like dying~~
finished 2, 1 more battle left
I need supplement of all kinds
hope the end result will not make me go ga gaa~ (mcm bunyi agogo pulak)

mesti!

I must NOT check my facebook again!! I got 3 freakish exams this week and still got time to go over my facebook homepage? That's insanely crazy, chabie. Gotta close that tab with the blue icon with the word "f" and start doing Risk Management Technique, NOW!!



this is how I look like when studying, btw
oh, and that's not me. really.


@back to nerdy mode

:))

i feel happy when i see someone i know is happy :))

La Tas'aluni

update:
I stumbled upon this video listening to some malaysian nasyid songs on youtube. It made me think.

Our lives are REALLY full of mysteries. Things that no one knows, not us for sure. Things that only Allah knows. Allah, as the lender, He lent us this life, and to Him it will be returned to. Just like when we're borrowing some stuff from our friend, he/ she'll expect us to return them back in the same condition as they were at the first place. It is our responsibility to keep the 'things' safe. Same as our lives. We have to keep our hearts safe, clean and clear until the time we're supposed to return it back to Him.

So, a reminder to you, and to me, protect the heart for they are not ours. They are his.

"psst.psst. what perfume are you using?"

people wanna look good, so they dressed up.
people wanna sound good, so they speak clearly.
people wanna be good, so they behave.
and people wanna smell good, so they spray.

HOWEVER

to smell good doesn't mean you must finish the whole bottle of your perfume everytime you're going out. it actually annoys people around you that they have to deal with the 'sting' of your perfume all day. i have a couple of male friends that maybe, spray a little bit too much of their perfume whenever they go out. i don't have any problem with that personally, it's just that it disrupts my ability to smell other stuffs. hehe

plus, smelling fresh is better. in other words, have a shower before you go out. that way, you will save your perfume. people will like you better, too. hopefully.

so, stop spraying when you think you smell nice, not when you think you smell good. and remember simplicity is beautiful, minimality is perfect.

THE youtube

You-what??

I bet everyone knows what a YouTube is, right? it's where people WITH talents were discovered (like Justin Bieber- not a fan, but gotta admit that he got talents), where people WITHOUT talents were also found (sorry Rebecca Black, but I have to put you under this category), and apparently, where people posted videos about themselves.

It seems like YouTube has become the new blogging mean. People now prefer to vlogging (video blogging) rather than the traditional, lame, blogging, which I'm still doing it. now. yeah. I'm lame. I know. haha (well, I hate being in front of the camera. my voice sounds weird in recordings).

Anyways. People do a variety of things on YouTube. They talk about how their days went, share opinions about some music videos, make parodies of them, tell some funny, silly jokes, and the list goes on and on and on. Some people even use YouTube for good cause (charity, promoting green, etc.). And that's what I like about YouTube- the variety of the videos posted.

I used to only watch some Korean variety shows on YouTube cause it's where most videos were. Now, due to all those copyright issues that I can no longer watch them, I changed my flavor to some funny videos by some random people. Some of the YouTube-ers that I currently subscribed to:

- KevJumba. he's the asian guy in Amazing Race, which season I'm not sure, who entered the competition with his dad, as a YouTube-er. he's funny. his dad is even funnier.

-nigahiga. he looks like he's from Hawaii but I think he's a japanese-american. his videos are mostly about him acting, excessively. but I love his "off the pill" segment where he silly-ly comments on various stuff, from movies to weird people.

- matluthfi90 and inianwarhadi. these 2 guys are malaysians. they talked about true stuffs about malaysians in interesting ways. and i like them.

- WongFu Productions. i LOVE them! Their videos are mostly about true stuffs about people in general. They have their own company in which they produce short films, music videos, good-caused videos and much more stuff. They even have their own tour in which they give speeches to universities about film- making (cool, huh?). If you wanna start watching some good, funny vlogs, you should try them. They are themselves in the videos.

okay. I didn't know really the reason why I was writing about this. but yeah, go watch some of those people and I'm sure you're gonna love them. cause they're funny :DD

I don't know how to end this post. I guess a simple bye is enough?

bye then.

and who says asians are not funny? :))

oohh.. so this is how it feels

yeah.i got 100 for my jewish music class.

it was unexpected. really. i thought i did bad. like, seriously bad. during the exam, i saw people writing their essays up to 2 pages. and mine? not even close to 1 page. that basically what worried me. plus, it is a comm b class. yeap, COMM B CLASS!! meaning, our writing matters the most. and i am a baaaaad writer. who would thought that me getting a full mark on the first exam, right? whatever it is, alhamdulillah, praise to Allah, for the 'present' and for giving me the motivation to excel in my research paper for this class. He knows the how-to's best :))

i'm not boasting, insyaAllah. surprised is much more like it. so, go chabie, go! you can do it even better, next time!!

oh yeah. i received a 'great' too. despite the bad handwriting. lol

*this post is what i call "self-motivation"