Post kali ini untuk tatapan. Sekadar ingin berkongsi keindahan pada musim spring di Vandy.
Sisters Social Shindig was one of the activities that was held in conjunction of the Islamic Awareness week which was held last week. I apologize for the late update.
" Better to look at the defects hidden within you,
than to look for the unseen worlds that are veiled from you.
Better to keep the company of an ignorant man,
who is not satisfied with himself,
than a man of knowledge who is satisfied with himself.
What knowledge does the self-satisifed scholar have?
What ignorance does the ignorant man who is not self-satisfied have? "
For the full Hikam, click here
We were learning about Kepler's Law during Physics yesterday. Professor Albridge was talking about Tycho Brahe who was the mentor and J. Kepler, the mentee. Kepler made some Laws without knowing what they actually mean, untill the time of Sir Isaac Newton, the laws were derived to be right which are accordance to Newton's Law and law of gravitation. Well, I really am interested in astronomy and these guys contributed great things in the astronomy field.
I was quite surprise when Din messaged me through Y! messenger some weeks ago saying that he's not playing games anymore, and I'll be astonished if I knew why. It's a favourite topic: Games and consoles. To talk with him, if he calls or messages. But now, I wonder, what would we talk about?
I haven't held the PS2 controller for quite some time. Missing it? Yup and my schedule's been pretty tight. And I seem to have lost the passion to play games or maybe there wasn't a chance?
Gaming is a broad topic and the implication depends on the individual themselves. One can't say for the other, because one is not the other. So, I am not going to write an entry about the issue of gaming, I'd love to but I'm not in the mood right now.
I was influenced with games from my brother since I was a child, since Standard 4, I guess. Before, I thought that games were only for boys and why would girls want to play games, it's a boy thing! Oh, it's because of FF8, which he played in 1998 on the PC. I always sat beside Din, watching him play and sometimes playing for him, (well, just leveling up Squall, or Zell, or Rinoa). Maybe because of the great storyline I stayed watching beside him through night and through day. Well, we do take breaks to sleep. Since FF8 is an rpg game, it took 30 hrs + to game it. So, he only plays it during the night and weekends, but I usually ask him to call me when there is cg-movie after the end of a battle or so. Then it was FF7, and so on.
Playing the game is better than watching the game itself. I started playing Golden Sun II which was a gameboy game on Din's GBA during PMR. And I managed to game it before the exam itself. Gaming a game before your brother is like a very high accomplishment for me. So, that was my motivation to play games. And trying to game it before Din. Sibling rivalry?
Absolutely! Well, not in gaming only but also in academics, unfortunately I haven't managed to beat him YET. We're even for all the exams though and for achievements too. Him in his field and me in mine. People knowing you because of your brother is a normal thing for me. But I guess that's because he's older than me and that's why people know him before me. Being under his shadow for quite some time is not a nice experience but it is an experience nonetheless, and thinking back. It's quite funny for me to think about my brother the way I did then.
upsr, pmr, spm : same results. He even was offered the same scholarship by Mara to study at Vanderbilt !
All in all, I do think Din is better than me, cause he's older and knows things that I don't know myself. And he speaks English fluently (well, he was an English debater) that's for sure.
So, I guess Din did influenced my life after all, with his passion for games back then.
Err..this post was suppose to be about games. But, it seems like I've written more about my brother after all.
So, back to the topic. Here's some of the games that I've gamed @ played so far :
Spring's here and it's gardening time! Oh, and it's spring break too. Remember in KH where we have to learn about 'sains pertanian' in the sp section in the KH textbook (well,I took ERT for sure) but these basic things need to be known too and because it comes out in the PMR examination (not forgetting plumbing, engine, electric circuits, pertukangan etc).
Well, this is Bella Luna which I bought in my early days here :
Having high expectations are not good. You should always be prepare for everything. Well, I guess they could have done better. It was informative but, I expected more. Nevertheless, everything went well, alhamdulillah.
Many people showed up and it was quite a full house. I was supposed to take care of the booth, but since I had a test the same day and fell asleep practically right after the test ended, which I didn't do too well; I came there late. Which was okay they say because no one did but any of the calendars yet. Well, only two calendars were sold that night to tell you the truth. The calendar was sold at $USD 15. Quite high don't you think?
I was one of the person in-charge of selling the calendars, and I also attended the meeting when they were discussing abuout the price that should be put on. They actually bought those calendars for $USD 10 each, but they wanted to sell it for $USD 15. And the reason was that it's gonna be a financial gain for the association. I pity myself, I should have said something, but I didn't. Why? Because I said to myself, cause I'm still new, I'm just gonna listen and learn. But sometimes maybe one should speak out when one needs to. Guess I learned a lesson that day.
Here's a clip I'd like to share. It's quite interesting actually, spending 7 mins 41 secs for a clip isn't that long right?
It's funny how Muslims would sell things to other muslims at a higher price just for the sake of 'fisabilllah'- as they call it?
Coming back to the original topic, I listen to the talk that Dr. Octar Babuna gave, he is a neurosurgeon by the way, originally from Turkey(Mohsinah, Amearah and I accompanied he and his companion to his black Lexus as [said by Mohsinah], so all of us had a little chat with them on the way there) if I'm not mistaken and managed to sneak out to check on the booth ( which Sumayyah and Amearah were taking care of). I met a friend there too, he didn't come there for the talk though but because he was suppose to have a meeting at the lecture hall where the talk was held. I promoted the calendars, but I guess he didn't bought some cash, so he had to decline buying them. Well, that's just my assumption. We talked for quite sometime, untill the question and answer session was finished and everyone else came out. He asked, what did I do outside of class. I hesitated for a moment cause I don't know myself, what do I do besides studying and homework. Blogging? Well, not as often as some others. Reading? I haven't even finished reading Rebecca du Maurier which I borrowed since last winter break. And the only thing that crossed my mind was playing games. Rpg games. I told him that I was a gamer, which he took it suprisingly. I know, I don't look like the gamer-type person. Unfortunately that was only half true, I was a gamer, because I haven't played for quite sometime, am I still called a gamer? And I don't even own ps2 here, have to borrow it from someone if I want to play.
But, the question lingered till this day. I mean, what do I do besides homework and studying? Nothing in a particular, I guess. A little of this and a little of that, but not finishing either. (which is not a good thing). Okay, so that habit should be changed immediately for me to a better person and I also think that is one of the factor why I can't focus while studying, I seem to want to know every single detail, but in the end, haven't even read the topic that will be covered which had to be read in last minute.
That was only a friend asking, but what if my life was taken away by Sakaratul Maut, what would my answers be when I am asked by the angels in my grave?
(do correct me if either of these 6 questions are wrong)
