Of Deception.

Assalamu'alaikum.

Okay, so I am no poet but here's a little something I made.

Of Deception. 

Intelligent we claim to be
Oblivious that we are tricked to believe and see
All this dunya as the ultimate goal to achieve
Striving for fame and so-called popularity
In the eyes of the public we want to be deemed the symbol of nobility
Despite neglecting our role as a servant of the Almighty
Blinded by the raging yearn for wealth and beauty
In our tiny minds success is determined by where we stand in the social hierarchy
So as the digits in our bank accounts increase in number
Smugly we assume our lives has begun to prosper
Abandoning the fact our arrogance has started growing stronger
Instead meekly feeding our nafs with worldly praise to cure their hunger
Unaware that submission to Him is what the soul truly longs for
You see, to drown in ignorance is a likely situation
Unless we choose to snap out of this state of delusion
Turning to no other but Him to obtain the perfect solution
And escape from falling victim to shaitaan's deception.

Of Beauty Standards

Assalamu'alaikum.

It's like 2 am, 17 days left to PT3, flunking KH yet I'm here.
Mereput depan skrin, bela eyebags and tambahkan power spec.
Memandangkan blog ni dah berkurun tak ada entry baru, so why not?

Of Beauty Standards.

Probably ada yang dah pernah tengok a quite old Matluthfi video yang bertajuk 'bukan semua cantik subjektif'. If you haven't, you may tengok cuz I dah baik hati tampal kat sini.

 

Anyway. 

Apa Malaysian punya beauty standards? 

Secara general, kau lawa kalau: 

Kulit putih. 

Especially muka. Lagi putih lagi lawa. Ketika mat salleh sibuk dedahkan kulit under sinaran UV coz kejar tan, Malaysians kejar skin tone Edward Cullen. If guys yang sawo matang macam acceptable lagi, konon selalu jog tengah panas cause omigosh so athletic macho sado whatsoever. However, girls kalau gelap sikit terus chop kau budak hitam berdaki tak cantik.  

Hidung mancung. 

Don't have a clue why. Mancung seludang tak mau, nak mancung tirus. Macam mat salleh. 

Mata besar. 

Mata besar terkelip-kelip like Syasya Solero. Eyelashes kena 30 degrees pakai Revlon. Lagi lawa kalau pakai contacts biru. Naturally lawa, nak mata brown. 

Kurus. 

Haters gonna hate tapi you can't deny orang slim nampak lawa. Not keding, but appropriate weight. Underweight sikit pun orang suka. Even if ideal tapi on the heavier side, orang akan cakap "Ohh yang comel-comel tu eh? Kalau kecik sikit lagi lawa kan?" 

Kalau perhatikan, the first three attributes tu menjadi idaman.
Tapi secara general, orang Melayu ni memang kulit sawo matang, hidung pesek sikit, mata agak sepet. 

Not all, but kalau sebut Melayu, biasa tu la descriptionnya. 

Kenapa nak kejar beauty standards yang tak bertepatan dengan norma masyarakat kita? 

Kenapa agungkan mat salleh? 

Even budak-budak pun dan sebati dengan these standards. 

Masa tu I asked my 7-year-old sister, saje-saje je tanya, "Are you cute?" 

Dia jawab apa? 

"No, because when I looked into the mirror, my skin is not white." 

Then dia cakap ada kawan dia, very cute. 

"Muka dia putih. And her eyelashes were very long."  

I'm guilty as well. 

Semua orang pun dah diterapkan dengan mentaliti ni. 

Yang penting, we appreciate ourselves. 

Tapi kena la jadi the best version of ourselves. 

Jaga penampilan, berpakaian kemas dan menutup aurat, jaga akhlak. 

Mungkin suara saya yang kerdil ini tak kan mampu mengubah pemikiran seluruh bangsa. 

Never mind then. 

Kita ubah diri kita sendiri, jangan mudah judge orang. 

Don't be too hard on ourselves. 

Rasa insecure tu bukannya tak normal. 

As long as it's not what dominates your mind. 

Smile, kan naik seri tu :) 

Hey you. 

You're beautiful ;) 

Of Couples

Assalamu'alaikum!

Dah lama perasan sebenarnya, dan agak curious. Ternampak masa scroll Facebook, satu group yang dinamakan Jom Couple. Klik. Tiada niat nak join, sekadar nak find out tahap mana dah anak dara anak teruna Melayu ni.

Terkedu.

So I dug around a bit more and found out that:

1. Group macam ni bukan sikit. 
2. Peculiarly, a lot of these groups are closed groups. 
3. Most of the teens in these groups go under alien names, contohnya yang ada Lahhh, Evan's dan Ucux kat nama diorang.  
4. Among the group names are: Jom Couple, :: Couple Biarr Satu, Scanndall Biarr Ramaii <3 :3, Couple is Trouble but Fun, Single Jom Couple, Jom Couple Nak? dan lain-lain.   
5. Salah satu daripada group tu melarang ahlinya post gambar tidak menutup aurat/seksi/free hair/ berbaju lengan pendek, siap ada notis SEGALA DOSA YANG BERLAKU ADALAH TANGGUNGJAWAB SENDIRI.  
6. Kebanyakan group meletakkan syarat ahlinya mesti sporting dan happening, whatever that means.   
7. ID WeChat bersepah-sepah.

Antara the posts: 

  

•  nak cari bf hok setia ada? 
• Sp taken Say Hi
  Sp single Say Hello
  Me Hello :)  
• Sapa sini single? Mama sy nk buat menantu.   

Firman Allah s.w.t.  

"Dan janganlah kamu mendekati zina; (zina) itu sungguh suatu perbuatan keji, dan suatu jalan yang buruk." (Al Isra', 17:32)   

Kenapa nak couple at such a you age? 

Apa untungnya? 

I'm not talking about suka seseorang. Itu lumrah. 

Tapi yang nak menggatal ni apa manfaatnya? 

Terlebih tengok drama. 

Teringin nak ada hubungan macam dalam novel. 

Comel katanya. 

Sweet katanya. 

Malam-malam bergayut. 

Siang-siang berdating.  

Belanja belikan hadiah mahal-mahal. 

Kenapa nak couple? 

Suka, ada lelaki cakap dia cantik. 

Puji dia lawa.  

Rasa disayangi, rasa appreciated. 

Don't. 

Just don't. 

Views

Assalamu'alaikum dahlings.

A famous saying:

Yet in life, we don't disagree on the different ways of solving simple equations.
It's way complicated than that. It's like.. like..
Yes. Quadratic equations.

x² -5x + 6                                  2x² -10x + 12 
x = 2                                                x = 2 
x = 3                                         x = 3

Sama jawapannya, tapi cara berbeza. But let's say orang first kata jawapannya 2, and orang second kata jawapannya 3. Dua-dua betul, tapi in the real world, tak ada siapa-siapa kata oh hi people this is a quadratic equation so there are two answers no. Kalau ada pun, kita ego.

"Mana boleh. Jawapan mesti ada satu je. And the answer's 2."
"Mana ada. Jawapannya 3 la. Cara kau salah!"

And the fight goes on and on.

Nampak macam bodoh, tapi that's reality.
Kejahilan itu api, dan ego itu minyaknya.

Rasa macam diri dah betul, dan tak nak terima idea orang lain.
Idea orang lain salah.
Kalau betul pun, idea aku lagi bagus.

Most of the answers in life aren't like Maths.
Most of the time, the answers are subjective.
Lagi banyak jawapan.
Lagi banyak pergaduhan.  

But still, there's wrong answers.
Ada jalan kerja yang silap.
Not everything's right.

Macam mana? Kena open minded terima jawapan dan jalan kerja orang, tapi ada yang betul,
ada yang salah. Complicated.

Tapi kita kan ada manual book?
Qur'an :)