Taman Universiti, Skudai, Johor.
Basically, it was a planned occasion at first, but then we ran into a problem. So basically, it didn't work out. Since we've all gathered, our plan B was to hangout. The gathering was unplanned, but the activity was planned. You know what I mean right? haha, okay. So, you're probably asking what was the original plan, yes? Well, our first intention was to visit Ishaq and celebrate his belated birthday after jumaat prayer. So, we all gathered at this Indonesian restaurant in Taman U before going to Ishaq's house. To confirm Ishaq was at home, I called his younger brother and he told me that they were about to bring him to a hospital for physiotherapy. Yeah, it was a bad timing.
I brought my camera along with me; the main reason was to shoot some pictures of Ishaq. Since it didn't turned out as planned, so I took some pictures of my friends, hanging out, eating ABC and Cendol. So, here are the pictures I took. ^^,
P/s: Happy 23rd Birthday To Ishaq (29/12) and Fahim (31/12). May Allah bless the two of you always. InsyaALLAH.
Last year - if not mistaken, G7 (my school batch - SMIH) had organized a 'ziarah-menziarahi' program during the month of Syawal. That was when all our school friends are at Johor. We've visited most of our teacher's home during the time. Lots of our friends joined and we traveled with many cars. But this year, I think, our batch was unable to have the opportunity to organized such program as because, a week after the first week of Syawal, university students had to return back and register for the new semester. 
Habib and Ayu came to 'beraya' at our house that evening. It was quite a surprise though as we were not ready for any guests to visit our house. Since they were coming, my mother and I prepared some simple meals to serve them. My dad didn't come home yet at the time, but eventually he will by 6.30pm. I've made them some mushroom soup for them to eat and my mom served them some of the 'Kuih Raya' that we had.
On that Thursday, we were on our way back to JB. The way I travel, Jejantas Ayer Keroh is a compulsory pit stop for me, from anywhere I travel to. If I travel to KL or anywhere in Selangor, my first stop would be that Jejantas. And If I travel to KL, I only make one quick stop, that is if I travel alone, and most probably would reached there within 3 hours. But with my parents, most probably the travel period would take about 4-5 hours. haha.. 
As told on the previous post, my family celebrated Eid at our hometown. And since we don't have any kampung anymore, we went to pay some visits to our relative's house around Selangor (on my father's side). Well, atleast, we went somewhere, not like, just stay at home, which certainly would be very boring. 
On the first day of Raya, my family and I celebrated (I think, for the second time) Eid at our beloved hometown, which is Johor Bahru. We performed our Eid prayers at UTM's mosque early in the morning. After we've completed them, we headed back to our home. Like everyone else, they all went back to their kampung (well, most off them, yeah), but not for my family as our kampung is Johor Bahru, officially. And that was not a problem for us as we were still happy with what we already have. ^^,
25/08/2011 - That date was my birthday and it fell on the month of Ramadhan. This was the second time that my birthday fell on the same month, the holy month of Islam. And I feel pretty lucky, you know. Last time, Afif told me that within the years of our lifetime, our birthday will and has fall onto the same day as we were born on for several times. Like me, 25/08/1988 was Thursday and my previous birthday, this year, was also on Thursday. I've tried to calculate the margin of years for the day of our birth date that fell on the same day. It's not the same or accurate actually. For example, 6 years after 1988 (which was 1994) my birth date was on the same day, but then 6 years after 1994, it wasn't the same day until another 5 years; a total of 11 years later after 1994. But what the heck, it's my birthday! Yeah! ^^,
Well, based on the title of this post, the story basically goes like this; 2 days ago, as usual, breaking the fast with my family right outside the UTM's mosque. Then I met three of my degree friends; they too are furthering their masters; which has not been seen for a very long time. They were Anis, Nore and Wani. So we set the time to have a little 'moreh' together at Restoran Jalal after the tarawih. Basically, I too had made a promise to Ghazi that I would buy him steamboat for tonight's 'moreh'. After spending an hour with my x-degree friends, I immediately went to pick him up at his house. By that time it was already 11.15pm. My tank was about to empty, so I filled it up first at a gas station. Then off we went to the Dataran.
20/8/2011 - My old school was organizing a program called Malam Badar. For this typical program, it includes a huge iftar, performing prayers in large 'jemaah' and a talk from a representative which was regarding with Malam Badar. Basically, the programs starts as soon as we all break the fast.
Usually, people go to the 'bazar' and by foods there before they get ready to break their fast. Or some people go to the mosque as it's committee provide foods for people to break their fast. But for my family, we did not follow the same way as anyone else. My mom cooks non-heavy foods as it is vital for us not get too full which could jeopardize the khusyu'-ness when performing our prayers.
Currently, it is the holy month of Ramadhan. Muslims all around the world are fasting for a month. It is the only holy month in a year. All the devils (syaitan) are cuffed and locked up in hell; in return, all the heaven's gates are open. In this holy month, Allah promised us to give multiple 'rewards' (pahala) for each and every 'ibadah' and also good deeds that we do. 
Currently, my friend Ishaq, is still lying on a bed in the hospital. Its already been more than two weeks now. He checked in since the 25th of July. Basically at that time, I didn't know anything about him getting severely ill. Remember the previous post about going to Times Square? He was already at the hospital for three days, and I was in KL hanging out with friends. It really shocked me. He was well and healthy the last time I met him. I was told that he was into his second day of industrial training, then he got ill.
Kuala Lumpur. 
It was a boring day, had nothing to do. Then Taufik called me, he wanted me to accompany him eating somewhere. Then he suggested that we should go outing together, shoot anything outdoor. So I thought it would be nice if we go to a recreational park in the evenings, but was not sure where. Then I figured, we should try Taman Mutiara Rini's recreational park. But then, I was unsure if the place have completed it's renovation. The last time I passed by that place, it was under construction. But that was a long time ago, so I had to confirm it with a friend. I called Afif, asked him if he had been there recently. He confidently affirms that the recreational park is already open for public use.
These are some of the photos taken during a Family Event at Pekan Rengit, Johor. It was my friend's event, she invited me to come and be her family's photographer. It was my first solo "mission", so basically, I was kinda shy and all. She told me, "you're a photographer, you shouldn't be shy.." haha.. Guess she's right. ^^,
Last time I arranged a reunion at Melaka, there were supposed to be 7 or 6 people attending, unfortunately it end up to be only four people (which includes me) who attended the reunion, all costings were to be bared by these four people. Heck, barbecued foods had to be finished by these four people too, which was a lot at that time. Those other 2 - 3 people canceled their attendance at the last minute, which was a big bummer for us. Definitely, we felt very frustrated. But, its not worth it if we spent the reunion with frustration, so we just go on, enjoying, and get along with what we have that time.
It has been a while since the last time I ate Secret Recipe's cake, so I had this kind of crave for delicious cakes. haha.. At first, I invited Taufik to come along with me, but he had to babysit his little sister at home. So, I asked Rasyid and Hafidz to join me instead. I thought I was gonna pick them up after zohor but then Afif sent me a message, asking me a favor. Afif had to meet Zuhaili and Zuhaili's friend to discuss about an interior decorative pre-design for a particular event at 2.30pm. In order to meet them, I had to send him to BBU. So, logically, I can bring Afif along too. 
Early last month, my friend Radzi asked me if I would like to be his assistant photographer for a wedding reception. I figured, it would be best for me to gain new experience in wedding photography since he is my friend in the industry and a professional photographer & editor. So I've made a promise to him that I'll help him. This was a priceless opportunity for me. Basically, the wedding reception was associated with Radzi's family, relatives of Radzi's, something like that. So the job that we were doing, was kinda of a noble help for his relatives. Asyraf also tagged along with us, so Asyraf and I helped Radzi for this wedding photography.
