Semalam yang hangat

Semalam memang hangat haha. Entah datang dari mana, tiba-tiba boleh termimpi belajar matematik. Memang tak teruja kalau mimpi belajar matematik, tapi kalau cikgunya Joe Wings harus la hangat muahahaha... Entah formula apa tah yang Joe Wings ajar, yang pastinya satu hape pun tak boleh faham sebab mata tumpu pada cikgu, bukan pada matapelajaran. Yang hairannya, daripada semua-semua orang yang menghantui fikiran, kenapa Joe Wings???

Dire Straits and Procol Harum - Newly acquired old favourites

There was a 2 for £10 sale going on at HMV yesterday and I went ga-ga over the choices in front of me. Was thinking of having my 'music for driving' selection updated - enough of unrequited-love-themed Indonesian songs for now. Was thinking of buying someone something as well.
After much contemplation and debate (Slash vs Iron Maiden? Bee Gees vs Metallica? Pet Shop Boys vs Black  Sabbath?), I settled on 4 CDs and a box set of Queen. Got myself:

•  Procol Harum: Now and Then, The Best of - I've always loved 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' by Annie Lennox, and equally loved the original Procol Harum version. Time to get myself familiar with their other works
• Guns and Roses: Greatest Hits - I remember wanting this CD when it first came out possibly 8 years ago, but never get around buying it
• Led Zeppelin: Mothership - another compilation, and the album comes with 2 CDs. I've heard so much about this famous band but I'm not familiar with their songs except for 'Stairway for Heaven'. Bought this album for that someone, but am having second thoughts of keeping it for myself heheh...
• Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - another greatest hits compilation, another band I've heard so much about but works I'm not familiar with. Also intended for someone else, but surprisingly this is my favourite among the four! (Queen not included). Definitely keeping this one for myself :)

What next? Black Sabbath (for the Iron Man track) and UB40, perhaps?

I'm going slightly mad...

Went to a concert for the first time in the UK Friday night. One Night of Queen at the De Montfort Hall, featuring Gary Mullen and The Works. Gary Mullen is a Freddie Mercury impersonator, and with his band The Works, they play songs by Queen. Had a great time even though I went by myself. Would have been better had the person who had been occupying my mind all week were there.

So there I was, still Queen-feverish, in HMV in town. Found out that they're having a 2 for £10 sale for hundreds of CD titles. I went rock-crazy and bought 5 - 4 CDs on offer and a box set of Queen I've been eyeing since last year. Was very happy walking home when I realised that my proper laptop had been kaput for 2 weeks, and the current one has no CD player on it! Good news, though; my dear tv-cum-DVD player is able to play the CDs :D

Happy thoughts, after all I've gone through for the last three weeks....Alhamdulillah :)

All I need now is Somebody to Love...

Life goes on

Had a good chat with a former flatmate last weekend. After all these while, she never asked me about my personal life, but that day she did. She asked me whether or not I am married, and I said no. When it was my turn to ask her, I was in for quite some shocking story.

Of course I am not going to tell it here, but after she finished with her story, I told her mine. What she told me afterwards was comforting. In summary, she advised me to leave it to God, for He is has the full knowledge of all things. There is no use worrying; rather, I should keep on praying. Life has to go on.

Which brings me to the question - am I doing injustice to myself? Am I doing injustice to other people?

My heart has been broken...

...twice. I have a feeling that it is going to be broken for the third time soon. With every break, comes hurt and pain. It eventually heals, and yet it leaves a scar. There's also a bitter aftertaste, and the taste lingers for quite some time, taking away a bit of the sweetness life then throws at you.

Current read – Man and Wife, Tony Parsons

I am currently reading a book by Tony Parsons called Man and Wife. The title (as well as the author) has caught my eye many, many times before, but only recently did I get to pick up enough courage to read it.

There’s another reason of choosing the book as well. Someone I love is probably going through some of the situations the main character of the book was going through. I will not be able to understand that someone fully just by reading this, but hopefully I can gain some insights from the book. It may sound too optimistic to put such a responsibility on a small novel, but to me there’s no harm in trying.

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Saya seorang yang lemah. Semua kekuatan yang saya tunjukkan selalunya bukanlah kekuatan sebenar tetapi kekuatan yang saya ambil dari sumber lain, orang lain, selain yang dianugerahkan oleh Allah pada masa itu.

Saya tidak tahan diuji, apatah lagi jika ujian itu melibatkan orang-orang yang saya sayangi. Mungkin saya tunjukkan wajah dan mengeluarkan kata-kata berani, tetapi di dalam hati saya tetap calar balar. Dan jika hati itu terus terusan cedera, saya risau lama kelamaan ianya menjadi keras, sama seperti kulit yang pernah ditoreh dan kemudian berbekas. Saya risau lama kelamaan saya kehilangan jiwa.

Oleh itu, sebelum hati saya berbekas dengan luka-luka, saya cuba elakkan ianya cedera. Mungkin itu bunyinya seperti orang pengecut, orang yang lari dari masalah, tapi kekuatan saya ada batasnya. Saya tahu saya seorang yang lemah.

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