A Stranger

Today was a busy day.
I woke up very early today, around 5 o'clock or something.
Took a bath, prayed, bought some food.
Then I went to UPM, in Serdang, to take the JLPT.
Man, it was really tiring, taking both the Level 1 and 2.

When I arrived in the test site, I was greeted by a large crowd of test takers.
I got to meet and spoke to my dearest kouhai (actually somewhere between crush and unrequited love.....but that ain't the point here) before taking the exam.
Man, it was so hard.

In the morning, Level 1.
In the evening, Level 2.
No rest at all.
Man, it was really a bad day.

After the exams, I went to my friends' house. Dinner and stuff.
We watched the tv. Such terrible news they had on the tv.
Man, it was so bad, so unlucky to have such news.

Then, we watched some kind of stupid reality shows.
I just watched, and laughed at the stupidity of the contestants.
Man, how bad can it be.

Heading back to the hostel, I thought.
I am here, a stranger in a foreign land, where they speak a different tongue.
How much longer must I hold on before the happiness come?
Oh Lord, my sweet Lord,
Help me.

My sweet love, lovely kouhai,
Can't you see?

宿題

今日は大変だった。いつもと同じように、授業で忙しかった。だけど、今日は普通と違って、非常な事があった。
先生が宿題を提出させようと思って、オレ達に宿題を出せと言っていた。
何かが大変なの?
まあ、正直に言えば、実は、オレ、未だ宿題をやっていないのだ。
〃宿題なんかする積もり無いんだもん。〃
そう言っても、実はちょっと怖くなって、やりはじめた。
でも、やりかけたが、 途中で止めちゃった。
それは現実と言うものだ。
いつまでこんな事が続くの?
後一か月。だから。。。。。。宿題をしようかなと思っていても。。。。。。
。。。やっぱりやりつづけないんだ。
ひどいな、この世界。Why?

Dear Lord In Heaven

Dear Lord, Dear Lord In Heaven
The Most Glorious, The Soft, The Unknown
Hear Me O Lord.

Hear Me O Lord
In My Plight You'll Be
Hearing Me, Seeing Me
As I Walk To My Goal.

To You Is The Final Goal
To You, The Eternal.
To You Is The Final Point
To You, The Eternal.

Dear Lord Thy Providence
Thou Hast Provided Me
The Provisions,
Yet Dear Lord
I Ask For More.

More And More Each Day
As The Road Turns Ugly.

O Lord The Mighty Lord
The Creator Of Desires
Let Not Lust Befall Me.
Let Not Sorrow Befall Me.

Keep Me In Thy Hands.
O You The Judge.

Keep Me In Thy Eyes.
O You The Overseer.

Protect Me From The Pain
Of Being Unloved And Being Forsaken.
Dear Lord, The Only One.

I Am No Noah
I Am No Abram
I Am No Moshe
I Am No Yeheshua
I Am No Muhammad.

But I Wish To Be The Best Of Myself.
Help Me, Mine Lord.

Only In Thou I Confide
Only In Thou I Beseech.

Kelilahan

-Kadang-kadang, bei kawak ako naseng bak merasa naseng bergerek.
Ako ih ngak 19 tahun. Ako ngak selalu angai pilak sakai-sakai ko bergerek.
Berdating, mapun shopping mall, keman-keman, pelik mesej, didak ageilah im menak.
Kelilahan ako kepilak gejiyen.

-Tapi mun ako bak bergerek, meikan ako bak bergerek ngan merou sebareng-bareng.
Ako bak serius, bak mencurah sepenuk ati wang hubungan ako aluk. Mei luk la ako pilak hubungan ako majih alah im mak mei labik penikah. Cukup la sabei ati ako hancur sekali.

-Pasal ati ko ngak hancur sekali, ako mei kenah agei senuka merou alah sabei. Sabei nang optimis sekali, ajau ih dah berati-ati. Ako ngak senuka a merou jakin ih, naseng ko mei luk la hal sabei berulang udik.

-Lagipun a merou jakin ih mei alah merou yang ako senuka sabei. Merou a sabei jiyen, mei luk lalu bak kepilak jawai ko. Merou jakin ih, agei layan ako diak angai, nuan jumik naseng alah ako istimewa bagi im. Kali ako sekader perasan, tapi ako nang suka angai yen diak ngan ako alah ih.

-Pasal im lah ako medut bak pubak tang yen ako suka yen. Ako medut yen murau keman ako, peres ako japah-japah alah merou a sabei. Ako mei yakin ako cukup diak, cukup dao gaya, dao niman bak jadin gerek im.

-Tapi ako ngan im mei didak masa agei. Ako mei paut agei majih tijou tang IBT. Dah majih tijou aluk, mei kenah la bak ako bertemu im agei. Susah angai bak bertemu udik. Mun ako mei pubak, ako medut nyesel.

-Nou bak ko menak? Kubah gaya kediak ji? Mei taola. Kelilahan ji.

When I See You

-Well, I'm too young
Too naive to see
That the world is just so cruel

-Heaven is real
And Hell is real
But I really long for my home.

-When I see you
You smile
And make me feel
Alive
What can I do to make you smile?

-When I see you
You smile
And make me real
Realize
That the world's more than just a big lie.

-And it's a fact
That to be stronger
You have to forsake your own past.

-And I am here
Among the strangers
Who speak a different language.

-When I see you
You smile
And make me feel
Alive
Don't you know you make me young again?

-When I see you
You smile
And make me real
Realize
To be happy is to be brave.

-When I see you
You smile
And make me feel
Alive
I'm so glad to be able to meet you.

-When I see you
You smile
And make me real
Realize
That God's love is the strangest after all.


~for dearest kouhai....

Cynical Mind part 1

-The week of panic has come.

I can not sleep.

Mixed feelings overwhelm me.

Some may say:

"Lord won't burden you with something you can't bear."

That ain't the point.

It's not whether I can bear it or not.

But the question is:

"Why must he test us?"

To make sure that Hell got it's share of people?

Yes, I suppose.

Glory be God.

Hope I won't end up in Hell.

P:S-We don't realize it, but sometimes we hope that someone will go to hell for their sins.
Human's nature is to hate. We just can not love everyone.

The Uncertainty

In Quran, there's a verse.

-Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor is he displeased.

Regarding my situation now......
Maybe Lord God has not forsaken me, but is he pleased?

Last Friday, I was so scared.

I found out that visa and passport photos were different in size. So after the class, I went to Mid Valley hurriedly to take visa-sized photos.

But misfortunes befallen me.

I got lost on my way to the parking space.
Then I lost the parking ticket.
Next, I got lost on my way back to IBT.
Worse, the bike I borrowed from my friend suddenly had a problem.
The engine shut off in the middle of the traffic jam.

I was terrified.

"Lord, what the fuck?"
"At this time when I'm in a big hurry?"

I could not turn the engine on again, even after trying many times.
It was very much like hell.

"Why at this time...."

I thought if I don't send in the photos, I will not be able to go to Japan.
I remembered my promise to myself.
I remembered my friends who have been dismissed from IBT.
I remembered my parents, my family.
I remembered my friends.
I remembered my dear kouhai.
I remembered my past.
I was scared.

"Lord, help me, what should I do?"

I panicked, didn't know what to do.

Then I remembered the phone.
I ignored the phone because I was on the road, riding the bike.

I called my friend.
He said he'll fetch me up.

Lucky Mid Valley and IBT are nearby.

My classmate saw me and I said to her about the bike.
I was panicked, so I ain't sure what I said.

Then my friend, who owned the bike turned up.
Seeing him, I hurried to the IBT.

Guess I was lucky, Bonda gave me time until Monday to finish the forms.

But I am still shaken.

Help me Lord.

No matter how much I despise being your servant, I am helpless without you.
Please Lord.

-"And say: "Work (righteousness), soon Allah will observe your work, and His Messenger, and the Believers, soon you will be brought back to the Knower of what is hidden and what is open, then will He show you the truth of what you did."-Quran, 9:105