|| J a d i ||

Buat sampai jadi.
Buat sepenuh hati.
...
Bertimbun hutang masa dan janji..
Memulut berkata dn terus memerhati.

Ayuh bangkit henti ungkit!
Cari sakti buat bukti!
Jangan alpa asal niat yakni berbakti..
...
Allah peneman disisi,
Dia maha mengetahui,
...
Buat sampai jadi.
Buat sampai jadi.

-RDA

|| G a j a j a h - Part 2 ||


Typoplay - 'The Elefans of Yusof Gajah'


The Gading - material: recycle paper 

The Kulit Tebal - material: recycle paper & liquid paper 

|| G a j a j a h ||

Nama sah di JPN : Gajajah

Aku tahu aku nih ada masalah pemilihan warna.
Aku color blind.
Nak warna main taram ikut sedap mata.
Natang nih tengok aku pun menyirap je. 
Gajajah ni aku sketch semasa aku nak completekan salah satu research on local artist. That time aku byk fokus on Naive art.
So salah seorang malaysian artist yang menerapkan naive art dalam karya lukisan adalah Encik Yusof Gajah.
Serius gajajah dia lagi power. Maksud aku karya dia banyak represent hidupan semulajadi, terutamanya gajah.
Tgk nama dia pun mmg dah goreng kan.
Yusof Gajah bukan calang-calang local artist k. Famous k.
k.

k.
Ada masa visit lah blog dia - http://yusofgajah.blogspot.com/

|| High2 Nih!! ||


Aku kini sedang berjinak-jinak dalam industri perniagaan berbentuk franchising.

Aku dapati berniaga melalui konsep/sistem franchise adalah lebih mudah, konsisten dan selamat berbanding dengan beberapa siri perniagaan lain yang juga, sedang aku usahakan yang mana lebih berkonsepkan konvensional/persendirian.


DC Dinner & Dance 2011
Bangkok Impact Convention Center


|| Pelaburan untuk R&R ||

Kini aku benar-benar sedar.

Sabar & Doa adalah sebenar-benar 'pelaburan' yang sungguh berharga dan amat berbaloi pulangannya.

Setiap hari kita berdoa dan bermohon padaNya. Dan kita tidak pasti adakah doa itu akan dimakbulkan? Jika ya, bila? Bagaimana? Dimana? Jika tidak, mengapa? Setiap persoalan dan jawapan adalah ketentuan dan hakNya, dan Dia maha mengetahui berbanding kita. Namun di situlah bermulanya 'pelaburan' antara kita dgn Allah SWT. Topup bagi pelaburan tersebut adalah sifat sabar, serta diiringi bersama keyakinan yang berpanjangan - yakni tidak putus asa, tidak was-was dan bersangka buruk terhadapNya.

Allah Maha Adil - setiap pelaburan denganNya pasti ada 'dividen' atau pulangan!

Dan 'pulangan pelaburan' itu bukan terhad dalam konteks pencarian dan pendapatan Rezeki semata-mata. (Jika rezeki adalah perkara yang sentiasa dimohon dan diharapkan). Namun secara tidak langsung membantu dalam pembentukan Rohani - hati, sikap serta iman yang lebih sihat dan berkualiti - sebagai bekalan dalam meniti kehidupan yang lebih bermakna dan diredhaiNya.

Dan benarlah. Jika difikir-fikirkan tuntutan terhadap sifat sabar itu sahaja meliputi hampir separuh dari iman setiap manusia. Oleh sebab itu kita diujiNya dengan pelbagai bentuk dugaan. Kita diberi kesenangan dan kemewahan harta pangkat - untuk menguji kesabaran dan nafsu kita terhadap perkara kejahilan, sifat riak bongkak dan maksiat. Dan lagi kita diujiNya dengan kesempitan kesusahan dan kemiskinan segala benda - untuk menguji kesabaran kita agar sentiasa redha, berusaha, tawakkal dan bergantung berharap (sentiasa ingat berserah dan yakin padaNya) dalam setiap perkara/pekerjaan yang dilakukan.

Berdoalah. Bersabar. Dan yakin terhadapNya tanpa sebarang was-was!

Pulangannya pasti ada.





|| Setiap hari adalah hari mereka.. ||

Terima kasih kepada bapa-bapa yang tidak jemu-jemu 'menjadi bapa' setiap hari tidak kira siang atau malam, memerah keringat untuk anak-anak yang kadang-kala ala kadar atau langsung alpa untuk 'menjadi sebenar-benar anak' kepada bapa masing-masing yang makin lanjut ditelan usia oleh hari-hari yang sentiasa berlalu.

Setiap hari adalah hari mereka. Marilah manfaatkan hari-hari yang masih ada untuk 'menjadi sebenar-benar anak' kepada bapa sebelum tibanya nanti tiada lagi hari untuk kita rai bersama-sama mereka.

Selamat Hari Bapa.

Ikhlas, Anak.


|| Te voglio bene assai ||


'Te voglio bene assai'

.....

'Aku sangat mencintaimu'.

.....

dalam 'Caruso', 

versi alunan suara - Lucio Dalla.

......

Seriously. he's wow








Here where the sea sparkles, and a strong wind blows,

on an old terrace overlooking the gulf of Sorrento,

a man holds a little girl in his arms
after he's been crying.
He clears his throat and sings the song again.

I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It's a bond, now,
you know, that thaws the blood in the veins.

He looked at the lights, out at sea,
and thought about the nights in America.
But they were only the lamps of fishing boats
and the white of wake.
He felt the pain of the music.
He got up from the piano,
but when he saw the moon come out from behind the clouds
death seemed sweeter to him.
He looked into the little girl's eyes -
those eyes as green as the sea,
then suddenly a tear fell
and he thought he was drowning.

I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It's a bond, now,
you know, and it thaws the blood in the veins.

The power of opera!
where every drama is a sham;
where, with a little bit of make-up and mimicry,
you can become someone else.
But two eyes that look at you,
so close and so real,
make you forget the script,
confounding your thoughts.
And so everything became insignificant,
including the nights in America.
You look back and see your life
like the wake [of the boats].
Ah yes! Life is ending,
but he wasn't worried about it any more.
Instead he felt happy
and began to sing the song again.

I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It's a bond, now,
you know, that thaws the blood in the veins.

|| Ceritarama - The wise old man ||

A man of 92 years, short, very well-presented, who takes great care in his appearance, is moving into an old people’s home today. His wife of 70 has recently died, and he is obliged to leave his home. After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiles as he is told
that his room is ready.

As he slowly walks to the elevator, using his cane, I describe his small room to him, including the sheet hung at the window which serves as a curtain. "I like it very much", he says, with the enthusiasm of an 8 year old boy who has just been given a new puppy. "Sir, you haven’t even seen the room yet, hang on a moment, we are almost there."


"That has nothing to do with it", he replies.


"Happiness is something I choose in advance. Whether or not I like the room does not depend on the furniture, or the decor – rather it depends on how I decide to see it. It is already decided in my mind that I like my room. It is a decision I take every morning when I wake up."


"I can choose. I can spend my day in bed enumerating all the difficulties that I have with the parts of my body that no longer work very well, or I can get up and give thanks to heaven for those parts that are still in working order."


"Every day is a gift, and as long as I can open my eyes, I will focus on the new day, and all the happy memories that I have built up during my life. "


"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw in later life what you have deposited along the way."


"So, my advice to you is to deposit all the happiness you can in your bank account of memories."


"Free your heart from hate"
"Free your mind from worry"
"Live simple"
"Give more"
"Expect less"

:')