Spontaneous Me

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum, y'all!!

Well, today (Still Sunday in London) was all about my randomosity (<-----Is that even a word?) that I'm so very well-known for.  My family and I went to my dad's former classmate's house in Chelmsford, Essex.  Uncle Norman was in MTD (or RMC) with my dad during the 70's.  So we headed to his house and met his family there.

Uncle Norman has Irish blood by the way and his wife is a Malay.  And they have 2 sons, Zain and Zaki but only Zaki was at home........

We hung around in his house for a while and went to Hyland's House near the town center....

Later we went back to the house and had lunch.  But before all the things that I showed you just now, I asked Uncle Norman's wife if Anglia Ruskin University was near there and she said yes.  I told her that I have a friend there.  And guess what??  She told me to invite her for lunch!!

Haha!!  Yup.  My utter randomness has no bounds.  Baizura a.k.a Bai is an architecture student doing her degree in the university I said earlier.  She came with her mom cos her mom was visiting her and also coming back to Malaysia with her on the 4th of June.

We talked and chat.  She's a friend of a friend of mine.  So I guess I can classify her as my friend.  We had some laughs, lunch together and even talked about our experiences in Europe.  We talked about our schools and the good old days when things were much easier.  Well...Easier than now.  Alhamdulillah, everything went well.  And by the way, I got less than a week in London.  I've yet to go to a few more places.  And leaving Ariq will be a pain in the !@#$%(*&^...  But hey, all good things have an ending right?

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S : Gonna try to sleep early tonight.  Going to the Wimbledon Tennis Arena in less than 12 hours ;-D

Oh Well, Oh Well

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum, everybody!!

You know, I've been listening to this song lately.  It's a Mayday Parade song and it's taken from their latest album which is self-titled.....

It's been a while since I heard their songs.  They're a great band with awesome music.  Reading the amazing lyrics is one thing but when they put it in a song it's just bliss.  To me, they can really blend meaningful lyrics with rock.

Here's one of their songs and one of my favourites so far, "Oh Well, Oh Well"

~*~ ~*~ ~*~

When you're alone, do you think of me?

And my diamond ring's thrown out to sea.

And when you love, do you love for me?

Like harmony, a never ending dream.

Oh well, oh well.  I still hope for the best.

Say goodbye and send me off with a kiss farewell.

And i promise I'll be just as strong as I can be.

Maybe you could get some sleep tonight.

So here's your song.  It's twisting me.

I'd give anything to make you scream.

And I'll juts smile and make believe I don't feel a thing.

That doesn't work for me.

Oh well, oh well.  Guess I'll see you in hell.

There's a pretty little picture that's in my head.

And I'm starting to dream, changing colours while I sleep.

Maybe I'm just wasting time.

Sit still and listen to our soundtrack (Our soundtrack)

I'll tell you how I took one straight to the heart,

And it's not easy to talk about (Don't talk about)

So we all scream loud.

And that was it.

I had made it clean just across the street in my new wings.

So I'll just fly and hope that I remember the good times (The good times)

When it's done.

Oh well, oh well.  I can't live with myself

As I'm climbing through your window to get to your bed.

And I'll be what you need,

You can call me anything.

Just as long as we're still friends.

Sit still and listen to the soundtrack (Our soundtrack)

I'll tell you how I took one straight to the heart,

And it's not easy to talk about (Don't talk about)

So we all sing

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh ohh-oh.

When she smiles, well it's got nothing to do with me.

I'm not the one who sings her to sleep.

And I've been talking to God asking for just a little help with you but it's hopeless.

It's not the first time but this one really carved it in.

Tell your new friends that they don't know you like I do.

It's over.  I wanna see you again.  I wanna feel it again.

Ohh, it's not the first time.  But this one really carved it in.

Tell your new friends that no one knows you like I do.

It's over.  I wanna see you again.  I wanna feel it again.

I'll keep you warm, safe in my arms.  'Till heaven calls, keep holding on.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Well that's the song.  Awesome tunes.  Click on the link up there to see the video (director's cut) and here for the acoustic version.  By the way, this song is by Mayday Parade and I do not own the lyrics

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S : The term 'talking to God' means praying while the term 'hopeless' means that the girl doesn't wish to compromise with the guy.  No religious conflicts whatsoever in the song.

You got Hammered By The Hammer

In the name of Allah, Most gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum, everyone!!

Ok, I blabbed on Twitter about going to White Hart Lane.  But I overslept and woke up at 10 something.  I wanted to go a bit early cos from Crossharbour it takes about an hour to White Hart Lane.  So I changed it up a bit.  Instead of going to Spurs' homeground, I went to the Hammers'............

F.Y.I. Angah's place is West Ham United's territory.  So seeing people wearing the jerseys, having face-paint and the club's jester-hats on the tube during weekends ain't really a surprise.

There weren't many people though.  Obviously cos the season's over but come on.  I was at Old Trafford and the place was jumping.  Gotta look at the club too I guess.  The place was like a graveyard.  And even graveyards have people during daytime.  Here are some picts.....

I went around to see whether they had any other entrances or something.  But to no avail, I couldn't find any.  So I just decided to walk around......

The stadium is on the right but farther up.  The visitors' place was so far away..HARSH >___<"

Take your time sir :-D

He took his friggin' shirt off!  That's one of the reasons I love Malaysia.  Always prepared for summer! XD

A lot of the blocks had Muslim food, ergo Halal

Maybe it was suppose to be 'Ikan Fish Bar'? T___T"

There was a market near the Upton Park tube station.  Fresh stuff, clothes, accessories and all kinds off things.  It was damn packed.....

Well, I think that's it for now.  I gotta plan the other stuff I wanna visit and do.

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S : I hope the English of our people don't become like this

T______T"

To Infinity....And Beyond!!

In the name of Allah, Most gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum, y'all!!

Well, I'm half recovered from what happened yesterday.  So I thought I wanna go to the places I said 2 posts ago.  So I started with the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum.  Both located near the Imperial college here in London.  I went to the Natural History Museum.  Here are the picts......

I love GOOOOOOLD!!

The coelacanth, thought to be extinct for a long time, it was found in the '30's in Brazil.  But NOW they're extinct.

The dodo bird! XD

The far right is the largest egg ever by the now-extinct elephant bird.

Hmmm..Sounds a bit like me O_o" Pffft

Superman will get a heart attack looking at this -___-"

Snakes!!!

Say cheese!!  @__@"

The whale shark can grow up to 12m in length O.o"

T-Rex!!

The one at the back's lucky they didn't have sexual harassment complaints >__<"

It was 2 something already so I asked this girl in a gift shop who happened to be a Muslim (a pretty one too *winkwink*).  She told that there was a faith room where I can solat.  The faith room is for all faiths.  So I went there but there was no place where I can take my wudhu'.  I went to the baby's changing room since the toilet was too crowded and went back to the faith room to solat.

In another place far from home and in search of knowledge there is always a way for Allah to let His Servants to their duties.  Subhan Allah

:'-)

Later I went to the Science Museum next door.

The 1st man in space, Russian man, Yuri Gagarin

Buzz Aldrin being photographed by Neil Armstrong during their mission in 1969

Buzz and Neil's shuttle than landed on the moon during their mission

A part of the moon some astronauts brought back.  That group brought back 384 kg of the moon's surface.

The 1st missile, the V2.  Hitler ordered his people to build it even though it was expensive.  London was one of the targets

Honestly, I didn't have time to cover the whole science museum.  I had to get back cos Kak Sha's friend invited my family to her house for dinner.

Anywho, I'll be going to the other places I mentioned before, Insya-Allah.  I'll keep you guys posted aite?

;-)

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S : This guy must've had a pretty tough time growing up with a family name like that....

HAHAHA!!!  XD

Well It Bloody Is Now??!!!

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum, peeps!!

You know, today was quite a  suckish day to be honest.  It's been a while since I saw a movie so since my parents were taking care of Ariq, I though I could just entertain myself and go to the movies.  Oh I was looking for entertainment all right.  I wanted to watch this....

They said that this is one of the best action movies so far.  So I went to the cinema.......

*Walks in and goes to the counter.  3 people.  The ticket girl, a guy who was talking to the manager about some ticket bookings*

Ticket girl : Hiya.  How can I help you?

Me  : Hi there.  I wanna buy 1 ticket to see The Raid?  The 1.45 show.

Ticket girl : The 1.45 show..Ok.

Me : I'm sorry but I'm actually here on holiday so if I use my student ID from back home do I still get the student price?

Ticket girl : Well..Does it state your age?

Me : Not really.  I don't think so.

Ticket girl : Yes well the movie is rated 18.  How old are you?

Me : I'm 19.

Ticket girl : Do you have any documents that state so?

Me : Uhmm..Well I have this...

*Gets my I/C out and shows the 1st 6 numbers*

Me : See there?  93 was there year I was born the '10' is October and '18' is well..18.  So I was born October 18th 1993.

*The girl shows my I/C to her manager, also a lady by the way*

Manager : I'm sorry but unless it states there that you're 19, we still can't let you see the film.  If you carry your passport, then we can let you see the show.

Me : Well you don't expect me to carry my passport around now do you? *I was being VERY..sarcastic.My tone for sarcasm is REALLY unmissable*

Manager : I'm sorry.

Me : *In my head I can just say, "Yeah like bloody hell you're sorry.  Piss off."*

So I just walked away, shaking my head.

What the hell?  What? Just cos I'm Asian and a tourist and a Muslim too you think I'm gonna do all those stuff in the movie??!!!  What??  You think I'm a terrorist or something??!!  You westerners are the ones who are butchering all the Muslims around the world and showing people all around the globe that we are a bad religion and a bad group of people!!

Hey, you English people have kids carrying knives around your bloody hell neighbourhood now, innit?  You should think about your community first!!  And just cos I'm short you don't believe I'm 19??!!!  Pathetic tea-drinking psychos.

Even the people of whom you call "3rd world" don't think like that.  Who's the 3rd world people now?

Can't wait  to go back to Malaysia.  Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku.  I just wish I could bring Angah and his family along.

See you guys on the flip side!!

P.S : Sorry for the F-ed up entry.  I'm just so mad and I don't want anybody else to see me like this..EVER