The Art of Procrastination

Assalamu'alaikum.

Day 1:
I typed in all the tasks I have to do in these two weeks. There are 10 apparently.

Day 4:
None are ticked off.

And it's not like I've been doing any productive stuff in these days. Memanglah orang kata "Ala standard la budak budak asrama, balik rumah je tidur."

Fault 1: This is one of the main problems in our society. Konsep "ala biasalah tu". Kenapa nak ikut kebiasaan yang tak sepatutnya? Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't mean that it's right. Mudah untuk kita rasa less guilty because the wrong is now a norm. Betulkan yang biasa, biasakan yang betul. The thing is, to change a norm isn't easy, and not many of us are willing to do it.

Mediocrity shouldn't be the limits of our ability.    

Buka buku add maths. Confident, jawab guna pen. Then salah buat. Never mind, that's what correction pens are for although dalam exam tak boleh. BAM, tertinggal kat asrama. Okay, nope. Tutup buku. Tak ada mood lah.

Episod sama berulang. Buka buku Chemistry. Baca soalan.
Krik krik.
Never mind.
Buku tertutup seiring dengan pergerakan kelopak mata.

Fault 2:  Mudah putus asa. Weak willpower. Sengaja cari alasan to give up, although alasan langsung tak valid. If we categorize success as a want, we'll easily give it up. But if we categorize it as a need, then we'd actually strive to reach it, no matter what the cost, no matter what obstacles come. Takkan mudah jatuh dengan bisikan nafsu.

Fault 3: Tak adaptable. Kita bukan Tuhan. Kita tak boleh nak susun atur seluruh alam semesta nak ikut kemahuan kita. We have to know how to shape-shift according to the situations. Find solutions to the obstacles in our way. Suka sangat nak tunggu the whole universe nak align with our needs. We're the ones who have to make the first move nak berubah.

Okay, buku dah depan mata. Pen dah siap di tangan. Mata pen dah nak mencecah helaian kertas lalu...  "Eh jap scroll twitter lah."
"Eh jap bukak facebook lah."
"Eh facebook dah lame lupa pulak haha okay bukak twitter balik."
"Hmm pejam mata jap. Kejap je, nak kasi idea datang."
"Eh hahaha kejapnya dua jam mata terpejam. Alang alang kan naik atas katil la tidur terus."

Day 14:
"Homework banyak sangat lagi. Ha ni lah punca para pelajar stress, terlalu banyak homework sampai tak dapat menikmati keindahan kehidupan pom pam pom pan salahkan kerajaan pom pam salah sistem pendidikan tralalala"

Pro-cras-ti-na-tion.
Macam ni lah. This is a self reminder and to those yang sudi.
Firman Allah, "Demi masa."
Allah S.W.T. sendiri bersumpah demi masa. Nampak lah kan kepentingannya tu.
Masa ni satu kurniaan nikmat Allah yang cukup besar. Kalau kita nak rebut cinta Allah, kita mesti nak tunjuk kepada-Nya yang kita dah berusaha bersungguh-sungguh guna nikmat yang Dia beri sebaik-baiknya, kan?  

Okay! Tomorrow, I'm gonna make sure that at least one of those items on my to-do list can be checked off :)

Remedy to Sadness

Assalamu'alaikum.

They say life is like a wheel that's spinning
Sometimes you're at the top, always winning
But what's a person to do when feeling like a weakling?
When all you've got is gone and you're back to square one - the beginning?
Turning to others you look for a remedy
Having the same advice, they tell you patience is key
They say grief can't control you unless you allow it to
They say have sabr jamil- sweet patience- but they don't tell you how to
Because when life hits you hard and you're down on your knees
Patience isn't something that comes easy and free
Though indeed there is a way
For patience to come forward and in your heart it would stay
Gratitude
For when you're at your lowest point, there are people below you
While you have a small house, they sleep on the cold ground
While you have a small meal, it's been three days since food they have found
While you fight with your parents, the orphans in Palestine could never feel safe and sound
Indeed you are among those who are lucky
With gratitude, patience comes easy
Because sadness is when your heart feels empty
With gratitude, the empty space'll be filled with bounty
And you'll have the strength to
move
on.

First Sip.

Assalamu'alaikum and hi :)

Okay, so this blog post was not literally written over a steaming cup of tea at a sun-drenched cafe somewhere in the suburbs. I just thought the name sounded cool :p

First things first, harapnya you don't mind rojak.

Why blog? 
Sejak kecik lagi I've always loved writing. Tak kisahlah article ke, cerpen ke, poems ke, even comics sikit (technically that's drawing but still). The problem is, bila kita tulis these stuff, risk nak hilang tu tinggi. Kalau tulis atas kertas, memang ke laut lah. Kalau dalam buku, buku hilang. Kalau type sekali pun, file tu boleh hilang dimamah virus. So basically this blog is like a scrapbook to keep my memories safe.

Why tea?
Hari tu tengok this JinnyboyTV video called Conversations over Coffee. Lepas tu rasa macam eh coolnya nama ni! So I thought of naming this blog Conversations over Lattes, because I was crazy over lattes masa tu, eventhough pernah minum sekali je. Then my dear friend yang bertanggungjawab making me actually buat blog ni cadangkan guna perkataan 'thoughts'. So the title 'Thoughts over Tea' suddenly popped up in my mind, and I thought why not? I mean, I love tea anyway. Hence, the title.  

This blog would be about my views and opinions, maybe some poems and stories. Bila cakap opinions, they may differ from what you think. But that's alright, because bak kata Matluthfi, "Different opinions don't kill, fanaticism does." Tak bermaksud you have to accept whatever I say, or vice versa. Maybe the faults are in my thoughts, maybe they're in yours. Or maybe there are no faults at all. The only way to find out is by opening conversations and discussions.

Tak bermaksud di sini tempat berdebat tepuk-tepuk meja. Just a place to share my thoughts over tea :)

Welcome and hope you enjoy~