muslimah netball

assalamualaikum and hi all
i woke up earlier than usual because i got muslimah netball this morning. it was held at Zayed college, Mangere. it's a private college,only for muslim girls and it's quit far from the city. i never been in this kind of competition before, i mean all players are muslim. somehow, we became the center of attention because we never play in this competition before like other groups because this is an annual competition, they keep comming every year and the organizer keep on approaching us, asking whether we are ok or not. warm welcome really, from the school, the organizer as well as the other groups. we look kinda different for them because they said we are Asian. we look like Chinese ( they mean the skin colour, but actually not) for them. the players comes from every corner of the world; Somalia, iraq, Iran, India, Fiji, Bangladesh, Canada, New Zealand itself and others ( so many to mention) but they live in New Zealand. all of the are immigrants. they kinda suprise when we said we just come here to study. Actually, Afghanistan, Iraq,Iran are Asian too. but they seem not to address themselves as Asian because people typically address Asian when they see Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
really excited playing with them because they were so good. jangan ingat muslim girls ni tak terrer main netball. kitaorang kalah kot. at first they came with Jubah and head cover and some even cover their face, exposing only their eyes. when they were on court, they took off all their hijab and i was like wow. we can take off everything we want because there was no boy/guy at all there, except for very little boy la of course. all the girls with jubah, hijab i saw before the game were gone. they were different person. they look totally different. they wore something i could never imagine. you know what i mean. i never dress up like that even i'm not wearing jubah and hijab in my daily basis. but they did. but that was definitely fine because no guys right. melihat diorng ni, rasa sangat...should i say insaf or something running through my vein. i realised something. there are reasons why we have to cover our body. melihat pada diorng, i'm thinking. oh, they are REALLY beutiful. dan percaya lah, yang tertutup itu sangat indah. Itu janji Allah. sebab itu bukan semua orang boleh tengok apa yang bukan haknya. dan tujuan kita menhijabkan diri kita adalah kerana menjaga maruah kita dan ianya bukan satu exploitasi.
i took off my tudung too, but after the games because today was so hot. even though almost all girls took off their head cover while playing, i just couldnt do it because i feel so weird, akward and uncomfortable. plus, i never play netball with my tudung off. i went to the toilet to take off my tudung and i walked in to the hall. the moment i step in the hall, i felt oh no. i just cant do this. even no guys there, i just felt that i cant do it. yeah, because i used to wear tudung i guess and i feel embarrass for not to.

i cant upload the photo because most of the photo are not approprite to be uploaded since everyone playing without hijab. i can only upload this. this so adorable girl named Sky or her muslim name is Salma. convert to Islam because of her parent. she explained to me everything about converting, what is permissible and what is not and personally i think that is amazing because it's a complicated thing for a very young child.
to all new comers, selamat kembali ke fitrah. Semoga Allah redha.

p/s: Selamat menyambut Ramadhan. semoga amal kita diterima.InsyaAllah.

starving ended with struggling

semalam aku, Husna, Syafiq pergi makan dekat satu Malaysian restaurant around Hobson st. tapi lupa nama dia Seed something kot, sebab diorng tak pernah pergi sana. harga berpatutan dan memang sedap. so bila dah sampai aku rekomend la untuk try coti canai kat situ sebab aku dengan housemates aku pernah makan situ.so kitaorng order set roti yang mengandungi 2 roti canai yang berharga 8 dollar that worth RM20. gilo ke ape roti canai sampai nak 10 hengget satu. kalau kat Malaysia 70 sen je kot. roti telur 1.50 kan? tapi ni kira antara yang SANGAT murah. ada satu lagi kedai Malaysian kat sini jual roti canai 9 dollar ( RM22.5) satu. tapi apakan daya sebab kempunan tahap mengigit kuku jari kaki, order la juga. tapi actually tak boleh la nak convert ke Malaysia sebab taraf hidup kat Auckland ni sangat sangat sangat sangat tinggi berbanding Malaysia dan berbanding bandar-bandar besar di New Zealand ini sendiri. Syafik order Nasi lemak rendang, wah ni memang kempuanan habis la konon nya makanan Malaysia! Husna order nasi goreng dan aku order chicken sweet sour. dan kempunan juga untuk makan mee kari. so oeder juga mee kari tapi share 3 orang.

'five meals for three people?'
'yes. for three'
'you must be hungry or having party'
'erk, kinda'

harus la dia macam pelik ni makan ke kedaroh ni. bapak banyak. dah la portion satu meal besar sebab standard mat salleh. bila makanan dah sampai, makan la dengan penuh rasa nikmat.punya la makan banyak tak sedar diri, yang diri tu boarderline lepas dari obesse. lepas paras normal dari obbesse takat hidung je. abang kt restaurant ni, eh forgot to say this is a Chinese restaurant but provide 100% halal food. ada bang Cina kat kedai ni nak serve mee kari dalam setiap mangkuk which dia tak payah pun buat sebenarnya. tapi dia macam baik la nak serve kan. tetiba maybe dia angkat tinggi sangat mee tu keatas, cluarppp!!!, mee tu terhambur jatuh atas meja terpercik kat muka handsome dan sopan Syafik. sian Syafik , jadi muka kari jap. tapi sikit je pun kena muka dia. terpercik ja. nasib baik Syafik berhati mulia dan sopan, tak marah abang tu. lagi pun kenapa nak marah kan, dia tak sengaja. ok,punya makan sampai dekat berapa jam nak habiskan. sampai diaorang tutup kedai. sampai nak balik tak larat. siap tapau. nasib baik rumah aku dekat je nak balik. Husna kena mendaki tangga. anddd Syafik paling naya, balik the Dock kesayangan yang paling jauh tu. tapi mugkin jalan dengan penuh rasa puas hati sebab makan rendang air tangan Nyoya Penang. wiii!

snow in New Zealand

kalau korang dah baca paper or tengok berita mesti dah tahu sekarang ni New Zeland sedang dilanda salji yang tak dijangka. salji pernah melanda New Zeland dengan teruknya 16 tahun yang lalu dan nampaknya sejarah berulang. memang tak dijangka. pertamanya sebab sekrang ni dah almost end of winter, which means it should be a little hotter than usual. tetiba salji baru nak turun bila end season. second, yang membuatkan tak terjangka ialah ada sesetengah kawasan yang dah berpuluh-puluh tahun tak bersalji tetiba bersalji dengan lebatnya. semalam kecoh budak Dunedin kt fb cakap Dunny snowing dan semua orang keluar main salji. serius tak sangka. dan suhu disana dah sampai takat beku. hari ni dan semalam juga, Christchurch dah mula bersalji. direkodkn suhu kt Christchurch ialah -9 degree. sakan budak Christchurch main salji sebab salji tepi rumah. dah boleh ambik buat ABC. sedap. aku pernah makan salji. lembut sangat. tapi make sure sebelum makan tu pastikan sumber salji tu dari tempat yang bersih jauh dari kumbahan..hahhaha. dan pastikan bukan salji buatan sebab salji buatan ada je kemugkinan diproses dari air kencing.serius tak tipu. dan hari ini Lake Taupo pun bersalji and i was like what? really? well, basically south island tu memang logik la nk snow sebab memang hujung dunia kan. tapi snow sekarang ni dh semakin bergerak ke north island. Wellington pun katanya bersalji. dan direkodkan, Auckland juga akan dilanda salji which is what? yes, again. Auckland ni kira macam warm berbanding kawasan lain di New Zealand. the last time snow fell in Auckland was July 27, 1939. ok, kita tengok adakah Auckland akan snowing this year. here i share a video of a snow battle of my acquaintance from Christchurch. check it out guys! sangat best.
ok, i could say today is the coldest day, for me la kan. mugkin ini adalah hari-hari suram sebab cold day is not cool.rasa nak tidur je setip masa. alhamdulillah, so far dapat merasa extreme temperature of New Zealand. patut bersyukur la kan. bukan senang tu. hari tu masa gi Wanaka dan Milford Sound tu dah rasa eh, aku ni ada tangan ke tak sebab sejuk melampau, kebas smpi tak rasa ada tangan. ha kau.macam tu sekali. kalau putus jari pn x sedar. nasib baik tak kena frostbite je. pernah juga merasa the hottest day of the year, last January. not sure temperature nya. dalam 27 darjah c kalau tak silap. relak ar. Malaysia lagi panas berganda-ganda. tu pun semua orang macam menggelupur. erm, tapi memang panas pon.semua pergi mandi kolam dan sungai. dan kononnya aku termasuk dalam orang yang menggelupur tu.kononnya ok. kitaorang habiskan summer break almost 2 months kt Roxburgh. lama la juga tu. Roxburgh antara tempat yang sangat sejuk dan country habis la kt New Zealand ni. in a way, kitaorng terbiasa dengan sejuk walaupn masa tu summer. suhu jejak smpi 3 or 4 degree even summer kot ni. Kalau kt Auckland standard winter tu jah oi. ditakdirkan, kitaorng keluar g sungai nk gi picni hari tu, tetiba panas nk mati. aku ni y tak prepare pn nk mandi, kononnya bak kata aku tadi panas menggelupur sangat mandi sungai sebab ada org mandi Teviot river tu sebab kan aku ingat sungai nya tak boleh mandi sebab deras macam Huka fall tu la.tapi aku mandi kt kawasan luas dan cetek la. air tak laju sangat

the hottest day ever kt New Zealand ni around 32.4 degree. kalau nk dibandingkan dengan Malaysia is like nothing. Malaysia standard 37 kan? just kalau diorng ni g Malaysia menggelupur habis la.

assalamualaikum
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telinga

i'm not getting any better. i met dr. Cecil again this afternoon, telling him my condition. after taking antibiotic for few days, i didnt feel the pain anymore. yet, my ear is bleeding endlessly and like seriously i'm clueless . to be honest, i'm not not comfortable with it since i couldn't hear what my lecturers were takling about. i felt so left out in the discussion and the worst thing is i couldnt identify the direction of the sound. besides, it really affects my balance because ear does something that helps us to maintain our balance when we are satnding and walking. last 2 days, i went to Lim Chor and i felt like fainting. i could hear the noise, but it was different. disgusting. annoying.irritating. rasa nak terbaring je terus atas lantai sebab tak larat.deh!
dr. Cecil told me that my ear is so red inside, there's something like a ball and i assume it's a 'biji' in my ear canal. it's very unusual because i should be fine after taking antibiotic. he asked me how long i have been suffering before i met him. i was 3 days before. so, i dont have ear problem history and that makes him wonder what the problem is. so i'm referred to ear specialist and somehow it makes me scared to know the truth after this. well, i think everything is just fine.
what say you dr. Hamish?

semoga cepat sembuh. insyaallah, takde pape.

swollen ear

it has been 4 days i'm suffering ear problem. it's not that i dont wanna go to the clinic or hospital, it just that i want wait for the new semester to begin so that i can go to university health centre because we dont have to pay for it. we've paid for the insurance. but still we have to pay for the medicine.
rasa macam pekak sebab tak boleh dengar satu telinga. most importantly sakit gila. tak boleh sentuh pun.telinga jadi capang sebelah tau. malam-malam tu tak boleh tidur la. so tadi pergi jumpa doktor.actually dah pergi semalam tapi kena buat appoinment. harap dapat doktor perempuan tetiba dapat doktor laki. tapi ok je. dia kata ada infection. dalam telinga bengkak sampai tertutup lubang telinga. sebab tu tak boleh dengar. dia tanya telinga ada masuk air ke. aku cakap takde padahal baru 2 hari lepas mandi swimming pool tak hengat dunia. tereejonn lipat siap. tapi tak gaya perenang la. just gaya katak je. memang harus la masuk air dalam telinga. siap minum lagi air klorin tu. so doctor tu bagi ubat titik, antibiotik dan pain killer. harus la kalau makan pagi esok tidur je sepanjang lecture. tapi kena makan juga nampak gayanya. pergi farmasi tadi ambil ubat kena bayar. just rasa sangat menghargai Malaysia. i never pay for medicine unless we go to private clinic. kt sini service doctor tu free sebab kitaorng ada health insurance. tapi utk drug, still kena bayar. nanti ada lagi appoinment dengan dr. Cecil this Friday nak check masih bengkak ke tak.

sesungguhnya sakit itu kifarah dosa. moga tergugurla dosa2 kecilku. semoga cepat sembuh sebab ketidaksihatan akan memngangu prestasi utk belajar.

winter trip

this would be the last entry for my so called travelling diaries.

the hardest part of the trip is to put on the snow chain because it takes ages for us to figure out how it works. so cam loser

actually we wanted to go to Arthur pass but the weather was so bad. the road was slippery plus our now chain didnt work well. so here we were. in the middle of now where again. luckily the place was so nice. the snow was so thick and we were jumping like hell.

this is at Ryan house. his house is so house. you know what i mean right. it supposed to be backpackers but then his is so perfect home. everything was there. he lives there and make friend with stranger. not important, just to let you know that he's a rugby player and a banker who find his work is boring and he find something that would make his life more happening. that's why he makes his house as a place to meet people and seriously his house is amazingly decorated and architecturely miraculous

today is the first day of the new semester. so many people at uni and everyone was like hustling one to another. well, wake up. uni. pies. lectures. assignments. pray. sleep routine officially begins. hi new semester. hope this sem brings more good news and i'm looking foward to go back to Malaysia for good so badly.

sambungan

well, i think i should finish what i've started. continue my entry about my South trip. pretty lazy to write because i'm so lazy to recall what we've done last couple of weeks. photos would be fine right.

random place in the middle of no where. but it's breally beautiful

at Lake Tekapo backpackers and that morning was snowing. we were like Oh Lord!



the condition was so bad because of the snow. so greatful we didnt stuck in the snow like others

Wanaka Puzzling world. all upside down things are here. you'll get upside down too

Roman toilet. jom b****

Illusion room and sowhatever.

to be continued. sikit je lagi. so dont get bored

Australia, again?

Assalamualaikum and hi all
actually i'm thinking of going to Aussie once again before my Australia visa get expired this November. i really want to go to Adelaide and only god knows the reasons. Adelaide is well-known with its beautiful buildings and the place itself is so breathtaking. i wish i have money to travel to Aussie by the end of the year but it seems impossible. Aussie's currentcy is slightly higher than NZ.but i'll find sometime and money to be there at the end of this year and i should consider visiting Japan before my friend going back to Malaysia for good next year. aiyak, banyak nya nak kena fikir.

of travelling and being sick

i'm back in town. erm, in city to be exact because Auckland is so New York. motip sangat kau? yeah, i miss Auckland so terribly much. there's no place as good as Auckland ( for now). cold but warm at the same time. and more importantly alive. this statement tells the fact that i hardly survive in less...how to say this, hurm. ok fine. i cant live in remote area. i want something happening. i like the place where i can see that human actually exist. i like to see people busy doing their own business. overall, my winter trip this year was awesome. but it has the worse part as well. it just the fact that we were travelling to very remote area. no 3G. ok, that's still fine. the worse spoil was no phone line and i was like what? if something happen to us, i'm pretty sure we will definetely clueless. plus, we were travelling without guys. fortunately we survived. although along the way we had some problem like struggling with snow chain and all, i'm finally in Auckland right. hiyak, it takes me 3 days to have a good rest. in the mean time, i did my 2-week-unwash laundry. travelling for 13 days was really tiring i tell you. i never travel this long. sakit lepas games. demam. selesema. kulit kering macam biawak. bibir pecah macam kena parang. kepala terhantuk pintu. lutut lebam. semua bersatu menjadi satu. tapi still masih mampu terkinja-kinja. photos describe all the actions!

truthfully we have loads of jumping photos and they are really crazaayyy.ni contoh terkinja-kinja tarabaik

at Angus burger and it's yummy and 100% halal

so called Dunedincity. really nice place

on cruise at Milford Sound, the most beautiful place i ever went

actually i got so many awesome photos to share here. almost 2ooo++. i select only the approprioate one. so, this post to be continued...

from south

Assalamualaikum
at the moment, i'm waiting my friends at Lake Tekapo ski place cafe and it's 7.02 in the evening. yesterday we went to Milford Sound and i swear it was the most amazing place i ever step on the earth. mugkin datang sini lagi untuk honeymoon. ok, merepek. but seriously it was so incredibly amazing. Subhanallah. it was snowing all the way from Te Anau to Milford Sound. kitaorang naik cruise and as usual mabuk boley. i got severe travel sickness. all included; car, flight and cruise of course. cant upload the photos right now coz the internet is so limited.we are at very remote area and obviously internet is not something you can easily get. till then, see u again and i'm not sure when i'll be writing again. i'll try to update later.

Dunedin day 3, BERSATU day 2

i played table tennis. something i'm not good at. the moment i played, i regretted for not playing with my brothers because both of my brothers are good table tennis players. actually i have to play because there was no other people willing to. anyhow, we got silver. it was played as a group. because Andrea and Ying Xuan were so good, we still managed to get silver even though i lost all my games. what a shame! tapi ok la because we only had practice once. good excuse huh. i didnt bring camera, so no photo. i really wanna take Alex's photo because he is so damn good at table tennis.

at night, we went to pasar malam and debate. ala parlimen lagi. organised by UMNO club all over New Zealand. Fahmi and Hazrul and Nafis were the speaker representing UMNO Auckland. they were funny. tapi bagus, yang penting berani. kau berani nak cakap dengan semua dato' ada depan tu?dengan attache, wakil kementerian dari kedutaan Malaysia New Zealand, dan segala datin jadi judges yang semuanya bekas lecturers BM, dengan komen secara sangat penuh dengan ilmu bahasa. kalau saya, pengsan dulu. bahasa melayu baku pun teraburrrrr...here' s our hero of the night.

good job guys!

Dunedin day 2, BERSATU day 1

BERSATU game started off with badminton, touch and hockey. i played women's double and i won gold medal and it was unbelievable. personally, i'm not good enough but it just that all the players for women's double are new. pape pn best man win right? anyway i should pat my own shoulder.




our team. me and Yi Wen got gold. Eu Jian got silver for man's single. Dominic and Lydia got bronze for mixed double.
p/s: Sizuka, please say you know which one is *a***. hahaaha

Dunedin day 1

we went to Cadbury World Dunedin. some kind of Willy Wonka factory, sort of je ok. no chocolate fountain. no chocolate river. no grass made from candy and all stuff like that like in the movie Charlie and the chocolate factory. it's a real chocolate factory.but it was nice. we got chocolate at every station.

thanks for reading!