Visitors

Johor Bahru, Johor. 

On this post, I've decided to include some pictures of people who have visited my house. Each time, a guest/s comes over, they brighten up my house with happiness. So, I'll share a short story behind these three photos. ^^,

(Picture 1)

Triple Double 1

Johor Bahru, Johor. 

[Situation] 

Two men sitting on a bus stops's bench, waiting for the arrival of their bus before going to work. John waits for bus number 5, while Joe waits for number 6. John had an iPad and Joe had a newspaper. Basically, they used them to fill their time waiting. They were really focused on their activity. Then -

(Conversation)

John : "Today is special." 

Joe : "Pardon me?" 

John : "Its a special day today." 

Joe : (Puzzled) "oh, okay, then good for you." 

John : "Don't you know what date it is?" 

Joe : "What about the date?"

John : "Its triple double 1."

Joe : (Feeling a bit irritated) "Huh?"

John : "You really don't know?"

Joe : (Trying to focus on reading) "No. I'm sorry I don't." 

John : (Giggled) "C'mon, everyone knows."

Joe : (Annoyed) "Then tell me."

John : "Its 11th of November 2011 silly!"

Joe : "No it isn't."

John : "What news paper are you reading?"

Joe : "The News Weekly."

John : "You are stingy."

Joe : (Angry) "Say what?! One more word and I'll...."

John : (Immediate interruption with calm) "Your paper is dated yesterday. Look."

Joe : (He looked at the date) "Oh, crap."

John : (Laughing sarcastically) "Ha ha"

Joe : (Slaps John hard with the iPad) "That's 1 slap, I'll double & triple the slap if you annoy me again."

Just a dumb story that I made up, and it ain't that funny at all. I made it up just to fill the space in this post. haha.. So today is 11th of November 2011. A date like this only comes every 100 years. Since the date is special, the occasion today was also special. A friend of mine just got married, and tomorrow they will have their ceremony. I came to her house just to snap some photos so that I could fill up my blog and posted/published it on this date (11/11/11). To me, that date would be something interesting for my blog as it only comes every 100 years. So here are the shots taken. ^^,

Aidiladha 2011 - Qurban

Johor Bahru, Johor.

This is an annual activity where residents of Taman Sri Pulai (Muslim residents, specifically) gather around to celebrate Eidul Adha and perform Qurban. So, for this particular occasion, there were 2 types of animals - 1 lamb and 3 cows, four in total, to be sacrificed for the purpose of Qurban. Everyone that participated in this activity made their contributions in completing the activity. So basically, my responsibility is taking photos of  the people who execute their works. That's the least I can do. haha..

On that day, the Qurban had started very early in the morning and the first animal to be sacrificed was the lamb. I missed that particular moment but I managed to capture some moments of the other 3 cows. I have to remind you, there are some pictures of blood and stuff, so viewers who might felt disturb is advised to immediately skip that photo as it is not censored. After all the activities of Qurban is settled, delicious foods are made from those animals. But there was only one main dish - sup daging - (besides some other dishes) which was made from the cows, the other main dish - the lamb - was not being served. I don't know why, but everyone there didn't have the chance to taste it. So where the heck did it go? Unfortunately, I don't know, and I think no one knows. And most probably no one even cares. So, what the heck? haha..

So, here are the shots I've taken. Enjoy ^^,

Happy Eidul Adha Everyone! 

Aidiladha 2011 - Ibadah Haji 2010

Johor - Jeddah - Madinah - Mekkah - Jeddah - Johor, Earth.

Happy Eidul Adha to all my fellow Muslims all around the world. In conjunction with today's celebration, I've decided to post something special in my life. That special thing is about me and my parents performing our one in a life time holy duty, which is doing The Hajj. Alhamdulillah, after all those years of waiting and preparation, a big thank YOU to ALLAH for blessing me and my family and giving us the opportunity to perform The Hajj. Now, it has been a year since we came back from there and this is one special anniversary for me and my parents. During our stay in Saudi Arabia (approximately 44 days), my family and I have experienced the sweet and the bitter of living and performing ibadah with millions of people. From all those experiences, it thought us great lessons which changes the way we are and the way we live. InsyaALLAH, my family and I would like to be there once again to perform Umrah when the time comes. As for me, I felt really lucky to be one of the youngest adult to perform The Hajj and insyaALLAH, in the future time, I'll perform The Hajj once again. 

Here are some shots taken by me and my father during our stay there. ^^,

Happy Eidul Adha Everyone!

Something Rather Than Nothing

Johor Bahru, Johor.

Well, it has been a while since my last post. I've got nothing to post for the previous month because I didn't have any particular occasions or events to shoot for. So, I thought that I'll just shoot anything or something, for the sake of updating my blog. At least, there is something new right? haha.. So, as this is Nov's first post, I'll just share four photos that I've taken. Have a look. ^^,

One other thing; I've developed a new watermark (Q-Visionary). I feel like it's better to make a new one; the previous looks pretty dull. This new one looks good enough for any photos to put on. It looks much more professional I presume. haha!