For The Most Wonderful Man

When you love someone, you don't look for their flaws; you complete them.

But can they really accept ALL your flaws and live with them? 

Everyone wants to write a letter to their future husband/wife nowadays. I'm gonna write one too. One short simple note, not even a letter. 

So here's to you, a man of big patience, pure heart and great love, for accepting me of who I am and willing to look past the imperfections that I have. I hope I have been honest to you and kind to you for you deserve it. The moment you accepted me as the person that I was, am, and will be, the moment when I am rightfully yours, I owe you my whole life and my loyalty. I promise I will treat you right from that day on.

Please come when the time is right. Sincerely, Nurul Atiqah.

Beauty and The Beast 3D

...will be out on 14th of February 2012!!!

Yes, it says January 13 on the poster but that was for their country. You know what I mean.

I am geekily excited about this *fans self with hands* ! Purposely putting it on a Valentines day, niiiceee strategy uh'uh. But Valentines or no Valentines, I'm gonna go watch it anyway! I don't know who's willing to go with me, because I know no one who has the same passion for this movie like me. Most probably I might be going alone. But I don't mind at all, and please don't make other plans for me on that particular date pretty pleasee!

Siapa nak pergi dengan itteww? Siapa suka tengok kartun walaupun umor dah puluh-puluhan macam itteww? Siapa ada duit lebih dan tak tahu nak buat apa? Siapa duduk sekitar lembah Klang dan senang dihubungi? Bagitaulah itteww cecepat, kita boleh tengok sesama ekeke. 

I can't wait!! *cries with happiness*

I Dare Myself...

It's 27 January 2012 today. I promised myself that I won't be appearing on any social networking websites today. Well I just made up that promise earlier this morning, and I've already went and posted a photo and a link on Facebook before that, but that's alright. It's never too late to start. 

Blogger is not a social networking site. So this does not count. 

I need some time away from people for awhile. And distractions. I noticed that all the things that I wanna do have always been interrupted by the presence of Facebook and Twitter. Each time I'm on a loss for ideas, I scroll down through my Twitter timeline. Every time I run out of things to do, I go through my Facebook wall. These don't even help me find useful things to do! I'm frustrated with myself, really. 

So be prepared for multiple blog posts after this. He-he.

Beauty and The Beast Fan Art

I am quite surprised with my obsession towards Beauty and The Beast.

Lagu-lagu soundtrack dari cerita Beauty and The Beast berkumandang dalam earphone, jam menunjukkan pukul 12 ke atas, tangan aku ligat bergerak atas touch-pad laptop ni. Aku sengaja buka Paint atas sebab tak tahu apa lagi nak dilakukan waktu-waktu begini. Minda aku ego dengan badan, mengantuk tapi enggan tidur. Akhirnya, voila! 

Paint + touch-pad laptop sepenuhnya sbb malas keluarkan mouse + Photoshop utk tambah tulisan + hati yg gembira + mata yg mengantuk

Beast tu tak jadi sangat kot sebab aku lupa nak cari gambar untuk refer and masatu internet connection dah takde sobsob.

FT Island Fan Art

I made this fan-art of FT Island just to cheer myself up. I so happy now I have an FT Island card weheheii :D

Wake Up [part 2]

*Read the first part here [LINK]

I slowly opened my eyes as the morning light entering through the blinded windows started to fill my entire view. The room smelled different from yesterday and the other days. Instead of the usual odor of drugs and sanitizer, it was filled with the smell of fresh flowers. I pushed myself up and saw, all around my bed and on the end table beside me, baskets and bunches of live flowers of all sorts laying around. My jaws shot open with surprise.

"Good morning Audrey." Said a voice from one corner of the room, which I recognized so well. I turned and saw him smiling towards me, a sweet and honest smile. He approached my bed, pushing off the curtains covering my bed on the way. I sat there staring blankly towards him, not really knowing how to react, though my heart really said that I was supposed to be happy.

The guy picked up a bouquet of flowers laying on the pale green visitor chair and sat in its place. 

"How are you today?" he asked. I sat there still as a pole, staring towards the bouquet of flowers that I noticed were actually roses in his hands. Who sent me these flowers? Was it he? Why? I thought I already made it clear to him that I did not want to see him again. I wanted to ask him these questions, but my head told me otherwise. I obeyed my head and sat there staring towards him silently. His smile faded a little, but it was still there. 

"Audrey, I don't know what I did wrong to you..." He started finally when I refused to respond to anything that he said. His eyes fell and his face looked sorry. "I tried hard to understand that you're trying very hard for yourself. But I can't stand this distance any longer. It's as if  I'm watching you from outside a glass window, I can see you but I can't reach for you."

There was a slight break in his voice, and I noticed tears streaming down his cheeks. I felt my heart stop for awhile, and a choking sensation in my chest. 

"Audrey, you left me clueless for a month! I was helpless, frantically searching for you, but suddenly everyone didn't want to help me. Suddenly everyone decided that it was better to leave me be without you, that I could go on perfectly fine without you. You know I can't, don't you? You know how wrong they were don't you?!"

I sat there still, tears leaking out from my own eyes now. He looked straight into me, hoping I would say anything, but I didn't. I simply stared back, letting the tears free-fall without doubt. 

"I know you're suffering. I know it's not easy to go through all this, but you should have told me, Audrey! You should have told me! I thought you trusted me of all people, but you didn't! You don't know how painful it was for me, one month losing hope, thinking you would have found a better person. Why, Audrey? Say something!"

There was desperation in his voice. I put my palm close to my mouth, trying to stop myself from sobbing. The tears ran down heavily across my cheeks now. Despite his own, he reached across from the seat and wiped my tears. I sobbed harder. The strong wall around me actually crumbled seeing the tears he shed. I never believed I would see him that way. He used to be so hard-rock, so strong.

"Audrey...." 

"Mark, I'm sorry.... I'm so, so sorry..."

To Be Continued...

Kewajaran Logo Halal

Let me state my opinion in this Halal/Non-halal issue.

So yesterday JAKIM got into serious business by ambushing some restaurants and food-booths that use non-JAKIM halal trademark. A few of them were kinda popular, like Subway and Aunt Anne's Pretzels. Of course they censored it on TV, but come on lah, ingat tak kenal ke? 

Okay, then people, as usual, start to talk about this matter. Some question the need of a halal trademark when it's not really stated in the Quran or hadis or sunnah that any food needs halal trademark to be qualified as halal. To make it simple, some people agree with this halal trademark thingy while some don't. Probably because they love eating at those places so people tend to get into denial. Kan? Jangan nak tipulah, aku tau lah sebab aku pun rasa macam tu haha.

So this is what my father said to me once about looking for halal food.

"Kita ni sebagai orang Islam, kita bertanggungjawab untuk cari makanan halal sebab apa yang kita makan tu yang akan jadi darah daging kita. 

Kedai yang pemilik dia orang bukan Islam ni, memanglah dia cakap kedai dia halal, takde daging babi dan sebagainya, tapi masa dia beli barang-barang dia tu dia bukan tau dan peduli tentang cara sembelih dan kandungan yang ada dalam sos yang dia guna. Diorang bukan tau gelatin tu tak semua halal sebab sesetengah gelatin guna lemak babi."

And then I asked.

"Habis tu kalau kedai orang Islam pun tapi guna barangan tak halal macam mana? Kita bukan tau."

"Bila kita dah cuba elak dari benda yang haram, sekurang-kurangnya dosa dah bukan dekat kita. Walaupun kita dengan yakin makan kat kedai Cina yang tulis halal, tapi kita tau pemilik dia Cina, bila kita termakan benda haram tanpa sengaja pun kalau dosa tetap dekat kita, bukan Cina tu. Kalau kita makan dekat kedai orang Islam, dia tipu kita dengan hidang benda haram, dosa dah tentu dekat dia."

Got that?

To me, JAKIM's halal trademark is something made easy for us. Diorang dah tolong make sure untuk kita sama ada makanan yang akan kita makan tu halal atau tidak by checking everything thoroughly beforehand, without us having to do the hard work. Yelah, bila kita beli ayam dekat pasaraya or bila kita makan dekat kedai, how do we make sure ayam dia tu dia sembelih properly dulu ikut cara Islam? Bila kita tanya orang kedai tu pun bukan dia tau, sebab bukan dia sembelih. The only way is to go to the place where they slaughter all the chicken, and check for yourself. Mana pulak nak carik tempat sembelihannya tu? Dah satu kerja nak carik. Macam mana nak tau pulak isi kandungan makanan dalam tin tu halal ke tak, guna gelatin yang dibenarkan ke tidak? Takkan nak cari kilang pemprosesan dia tanya bahan apa dia guna?

So JAKIM did all this hard work for us. And of course, to make sure everything is completely halal, they need a long duration of time. To go to the factories and what not, banyak kerja kan? And because of this long duration of time, the food production company or the restaurants do it the easy way, they buy the halal trademark. Tau tak yang sebenarnya ada certain companies yang jual je halal trademark ni without doing thorough check-ups? Sebab  tu lah it's a big deal to have other halal trademarks plastered on your wall. Ragu-ragu tau dok? Pehe dok mu?

Tapi tu lah, manusia ni dah bagi kemudahan, tak reti nak bersyukur. Have it your way.

Just saying.