ini Anwar Hadi

May the 4th

inianwarhadi — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:58:00 +0000

“Don’t think I can breathe now,” When Catching Butterflies by Delude.

Alhamdulillah.

So I let myself (and probably a few, very few readers) down again. Neglected the blog for only the thousandth time. Failed to keep to my Alahaiku schedule. It’s not that I don’t write them anymore. I do. It’s just that I find it hard to rewrite them on other more mobile pieces of paper and snap a semi-good picture with it. I find that hard. But here I have a whole page of random (emphasis on the random) haikus that I have written since the last post.

Most of them were in fact written in a single session, but I probably shouldn’t have told you that.

I have also been disappointing in the video-making front. Failed my 2-week-per-video-this-whole-semester quite miserably, as I have not uploaded a video iiiiinnnn (goes to Youtube to check) almost a month now. Astaghfirullahal’aziim. I have a script under construction and an episode of NTAH to record. Maybe I’ll record and upload them both at the same time.

Of course, that would be easy peasy lemon squeezy stuff to do if it were not for all the uni work I still have to do. I have three essays ranging from 1500 to 3000 words to submit by early next month, not to mention school visits and other stuff that I have to keep up with (sleep being a good example).

But all of this wouldn’t be on my plate if The Provider didn’t think, nay, know that I would be able to lap it all up with swog.

Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. “Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.” – Al-Baqarah [2:286]

I will do the best I can. Please Anwar, do the best you can.

Alhamdulillah.

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

AlaHaiku 3

inianwarhadi — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:55:00 +0000

“Mata dalam kaca, topi berceloreng,” Bawaku Pergi by Zizan and Kaka.

Ada satu yang bukan haiku, tapi saya sertakan kerana ia merupakan sesuatu yang, bagi saya, sangat mendalam untuk sesuatu yang hanya ditulis di atas dinding tandas awam.

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

AlaHaiku 2

inianwarhadi — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:40:03 +0000

“Let’s just call it what it is,” Oil and Water by Incubus.

I know it’s a day late, but here we go.

Comments please?

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

(Butchered) Di Vino – Marta Sui Tubi [feat. Anwar Hadi]

Admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:47:04 +0000

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AlaHaiku 1

inianwarhadi — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:13:00 +0000

“It seems to be the way that everyone else gets around,” Drive by Incubus.

Tomorrow I’ll be conducting a mini-lesson on “How to Write Haiku” in my TEP387/EDUC393 class.

Haiku are basically a form of Japanese poetry that are short and meter/syllable-specific. Having said this, English-users have adapted it and a form of English haiku has been established. In the English form, haiku consist of 3 lines, each having 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. Convention dictates that haiku are poems about nature, but we’re not too rigid about that, are we?

Since researching English haiku, I have to say that I have grown fond of it. It’s a simple form of creative expression, and i’m all for simplicity.

So, in the interest of this makin-lama-makin-neglected-blog, i will write one haiku daily, and i will post those haiku here weekly (I’ll try to post every Monday).. I may choose to publish less than seven a week, but not less than 4.

They may be in the form of pictures (like the one below) or actual typed posts.

So let’s see how this goes, shall we?

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

#23 Kisah

Admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:13:33 +0000

Noob memang tak kisah apa yang ditulis dalam ruang description.

So before you start commenting that KONY 2012 is a fake campaign and invisible children are fake, try listening to what I’m actually saying. Go ahead, just try it. And while you’re at it, check out the links that I have provided.

If you reached this part, you’re obviously not a noob.

Don’t know what happened to the audio here.. -_-”

Kony 2012 video:

Invisible Children answers critiques:

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html

Islamic Relief Worldwide:

http://www.islamic-relief.com/Emergencies-And-Appeals/1-99-syria-crisis.aspx

Live Feed Africa (download Sami Yusuf’s song to donate):

http://livefeedafrica.org/

Three Sugars?

inianwarhadi — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:01:00 +0000

“I hear you on the radio,” Megalomaniac by Incubus.

So i’m at the library cafe, with no que in sight, i fancy myself a cup of mocha, so I go up to the counter to order myself a cup.

“Hey, how ya goin’?” greeted the girl behind the till cheerfully.

“Good, thanks,” the normal response. “Regular mocha please. With three sugars please.”

“Three sugars?” the girl said while making a face that might have suggested that she was actually saying “are ya crazy mate!?” while never actually making eye contact with me.

I only stood there, making a poker face on the outside while going “DON’T JUDGE MEEEE!!!!” on the inside.

The end.

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

Melbourne-ing Around (Days 3 & 4)

inianwarhadi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:20:03 +0000

“Don’t ever let life pass you by,” Warning by Incubus.

21 Feb

So the next morning, we got up early, had breakfast and proceeded to the DFO again because someone left her wrist watch at the wall-climbing site. Alhamdulillah, it was still there when we went there, so we quickly made our way to the Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road. Even the name of the road had us excited about what we would encounter along the journey to the said disciples of whatnot.

It would be a 280+ kilometre drive, with plenty of pitstops along the way with me being the lone driver, so it was going to be fun.

First up, we branched out near Geelong and visited the Victoria State Rose Garden. There was also a mansion there. Boring stuff, to be honest, but having cameras meant we were able to have some fun.

The mansion weren’t THAT big, really.

Then we continued our drive along the road and stopped over at a place called Torquay to get some lunch in the form of fish & chips as well as snap a few pictures of ourselves. Ha.

The sky is pretty awesome, doncha think?

Then we proceeded along the road and spotted a lookout point that had a lighthouse, so we checked it out, and, surprise, surprise, wondered how it would be like to be models.

Buy Canon, because everything else sucks.

Oh hey, there’s a big rock over there. I’m just gonna pretend there’s something way more interesting out of frame.

2 milliseconds later, I tasted sand. Urf.

We continued our drive along the road. What road, you ask?

That road.

Honestly speaking, the Great Ocean Road (GOR) has provided me with the best driving experience in my life to date. The sceneries along the way were nothing less than breathtaking. There were even certain stops on the road by the cliffs along the way for people to take in the scenery a little longer.

At one of these stops, we were fortunate enough to run into some other Malaysians who were driving all the way to Adelaide (that’s like a whole different state. Google map it to find out just how far that is) so we chatted with them for a bit and they were kind enough to take a picture of us three.

Rare picture of the troubled-trio.

After a few more pictures, we moved on, since there was still a long way to go, and the road was really winding, so the drive was slow (not that I was complaining).

Then after a few more hours of driving very carefully (since the road was not for the weak of heart), we finally made it to our intended destination, the Twelve Apostles. It. Was. Magnificent. Made the whole trip worth it.

Cameras never do justice to God’s creations.

But then we were only stuck at the lookout area. We (me especially) wanted to go down to the beach, since I’ve seen a few pictures of people being on the beach there, but no stairs were in sight.

I really wanted to go down there.

But then upon closer inspection, we spotted some people who were already on the beach. They were a long way away from us, but they were definitely noticeable. We searched the vicinity if there were any stairs around the area to take us down, but couldn’t find any.

We inferred that they must have driven down the road (away from the lookout point) to get down there. We weren’t definitely sure, but we jumped into the car anyway in search of a way down.

Turns out, the steps that would take us down to the beach was only 500 metres away called the Gibson Steps (no relation to the guitar-brand, I presume). I was overjoyed. I mean, joy couldn’t even begin to describe the feeling that I was experiencing when i was going down those steps. To be able to be there to watch the sunset. Just. Pure. Awesomesauce.

I was really happy, if you couldn’t tell.

Got lost in my thoughts, being at a loss for words.

After being there for a while, and proclaiming that that was my favourite location in the whole wide world, even taking a dip in the water, we packed up our things and bid farewell to the beach that stands as proof of the sheer majesty and power of Allah The Almighty. The drive to the Apollo Bay YHA was a dark one, but alhamdulillah, we made it safely there.

22 Feb

Woke up the next day after a good night’s sleep and had breakfast as well as play some checkers with my friend before embarking on the journey back.

As expected, I lost.

The YHA was a very good one. Comfortable rooms, homy ambience, big big windows.

We drove back to the city and explored the city before our flight back to Sydney later that day.

Visited a few lanes that were covered with graffiti.

One last picture of ye ol’ tram.

Then we drove back to the airport just in time to drop off our rented car and hop on the plane back to Sydney.

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This Melbourne trip was one of the more awesome trips I’ve been on. Plus, it was my first experience planning and executing an “overseas” trip (meaning that we had to get a plane to get there) and I’m glad that it turned out to be a good one. I had great help in the form of my two friends TQ and Qya, and I really can’t deny that without their help, the trip wouldn’t have been as well-organized, so big thanks to them. A big thank you also goes out to Dayang for taking us around the city on the first day.

Next up, Gold Coast baby.

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!

#22 New Semester Resolutions

Admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:43:52 +0000

Ya Allah, bukakanlah ke atas kami hikmat-hikmat-Mu dan
limpahilah ke atas kami khazanah rahmat-Mu, wahai yang Maha
Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.

Melbourne-ing Around (Day 2)

inianwarhadi — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:31:00 +0000

“I’m feeling out of bounds, out of bounds,” Adolescents by Incubus.

20 Feb

So we woke up early the next day and set off to the local DFO for the girls to indulge in a little shoppage. As for me, well..

I went surfing.

Spent about 3 hours there, since the lure of wall-climbing was too enticing for them to pass up. Unfortunately, I wasn’t wearing shoes, so I couldn’t join the climb. I had to settle with just surfing.

Then we took off to our real destination for the day, Phillip Island. After a little less than two hours of driving, alhamdulillah, we got there in one piece.

Yep, I was there.

So after a quick stop at the information centre (both to acquire information and to excrete excrements), we proceeded to Churchill Island (a smaller island near the island) to catch some farming action at the heritage farm.

Sheep shearing.

Water extraction was hard in the old days. Making faces was necessary.

The views are good too.

Then we proceeded to the Koala Conservation Centre. We were fortunate enough to arrive forty minutes before the centre closed.

Koala conversation centre.

Where koalas, well, sleep.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a wallaby.

It’s pretty rare that you meet koalas that are so down to earth.

Shooting koalas.

Then we proceeded to see the penguin parade (this is what Phillip Island was primarily famous for). Cameras weren’t allowed inside, so we settled with pictures outside the parade centre.

Penguinikins.

(Get it? Manikins? Penguin.. Oh nevermind)

The price chart outside the centre.

Then we drove back to the Metro YHA, rested up for the adventures that still lay ahead.

That will be updated next time. I don’t like reading long-posts, especially if they’re of the low-quality-that-is-me kind. 2 more days to blog about. Just bear with me for two more posts. Please?

May peace be upon you.

Cheers!