Japan, 4th Day

20th Nov

Today,me and my buddy took off from kyoto to tokyo..here some of the pics..

Japan, 3rd Day

19th Nov

It was hell of a morning.. its been raining for nearly all nite long.. although it was not like the one we used to have in Malaysia, a heavy downpour like that.. it was more like its gonna snow, and by the way we just came here two weeks earlier.. if not, we can feel the first snowing day in Japan.

After we had our breakfast, we head out to the bus station which is situated near our hostel.. which is actually nearly 1km from us.. hahaha, lucky us we already knew the way around GION area coz we been digging around here for 3 days.. we dount have to refer to the maps to find our way over here.. we actually need to rendevous with our newly met fren, bakpackers also from singapore over there..

We waited for bus no 100, which will bring us to Ginkakuji-Jinja (Ginkakuji Temple).. It was so damn cold, our hands felt numb already, plus it was raining.. we took the bus and it made the first stop.. it was awesome, coz everytime they stop to pickup people, the will switch off the engine, and the bus will automatically unbalanced to the left.. i was amazed with that, it seem these japanese people really think about safety and pleasureness of a ride.. it also made it easy for people to ride on or hop out.. and more importantly, its easy for the elderly to use the public transport..

After two stops, we took a look at our bus map, then we realized we hop on the wrong bus.. it wasn't wrong actually, but wrong direction of the bus.. the bus we took will make 23 stops before we can reached Ginkakuji.. and suddenly the bus is filled with high school students.. and kawaii~~~~~~ when u see the real life of girl high school students..

After a while, around 45 mins, we reached the destination.. we saw the elders to their home chores.. it was a nice view and they don't even shy to greet us, foreigners.. "konichiwa, ohaeyo-gozaimas..", its like been to our kampung, which it is in that area..

We climbed up the slope and reached the Ginkakuji-Jinja.. we pay go-hyaku (500 yen) to enter the temple.. and one thing about this..most of the temple in japan, u need to pay to enter.. it range about san-hyaku (300 yen)- sen yen (1000 yen), basically range from RM9 - RM30.. it depends on the temples also, and the size of it.. it was really beautiful temple as you can see in the pic above..

After a moment there, appreciating the peacefullness, we took down the path named The Philosophy Path.. which made us more brilliant (yeah right :p).. it was nearly 1.8km long and it was a good path to take.. it go through most of the small river, autumn leaves on the water, plus it was cold.. we keep down the lane/path for nearly 45min before we reach Nanzen-Jinja.. it was really an awesome temple.. we paid sen yen (1000 yen) to enter, and it was never a waste.. it was much better than Ginkakuji, with the red leaves, big pond and there were a lot of tourist.. I think this is the best temple i've been into.. it also served green tea for tourist, which i don't know how much, don't bother at all to ask since i'm amazed with the scenery..

After that, we walked thru the Ginza area, passed thru all the temples, baseball field which there were people training.. The Kyoto Muzeum.. We also walked thru a road which all the trees were bald, not even a leave left.. its a nice scenery since we walk, a lot to see and a lot to learn.. we walked nearly 20km before we reached our hostel, near Shijo station..

Lokman made a delicious maggi me, curry flavour, 3 packets and 4 eggs.. it was good enough for us since we haven't had any proper meal for 3 days..

Later on, around 1.30 pm local time, we took densha (train) to Kyoto Station, where we should take another train to Arashiyama.. We suddenly bumped into our newly met Singaporean friends who actually going there too.. and we decided to take the trip there together.. all of them already nee-chan (sister) which is 30+ years old..

The train took about 1/2 hours before we reached Saga-Arashiyama station.. It was quite cold also.. we walked to the bridge, forgot its name (will add on later), and the scenery is really really really nice... it was colder since its beside and over the river, we all shivered to warm up ourself..

Erk, battery is running low since em writing this in Shinkansen (Bullet train).. will story more later on.. jya ne!

Japan,2nd Day

18th Nov

We went to 2 temples today.. so far.. look at the pics.. will story mory a bit after this..

First..we went to Tofukuji Temple, situated near the Tofukuji Station.. we walked nearly ni-ju pung befor we reached there (20 minutes)..

Then we go to Fushimi-Inari Temple, also located near the train station.. what amazed me is that people going and out of the temple like ants, gather around to see what's going on..

I cant describe with words how beautiful it is...

My Journey

16th Nov 2007

It has been months since we planned this trip to Japan. And it's finally here. Today, me and loki going there. But before that, both of us still working today. Our mind is somewhere else, a place that we wanted to be for several years ago.

I was late to go to KL Sentral since I got home nearly 7.30 pm. Darn, it was hectic since I need to finalized the things that I want to bring over there. It was nearly 8 p.m and I asked my cousin to send me to Tmn Bahagia LRT station. It was 8.20 when I arrived there, and I was able to meet my sweetheart before I board. Then Kai arrived to meet me up and pickup some things for his work. Loki also there already. After we checked in, we had some light dinner before we board to KLIA.

My sweetheart is sad since I'm leaving for a few days, a week. And it sads for me too to leave her behind. But it's for the greater good, my satisfaction since I wasn't able to continue my study over there.

At 10.35 pm, we arrived at KLIA and met some Loki's friends. It was my juniors in UTP. We have a little chat before we checked in to international departure hall. There, I was hoping to ride the aerobus, but sadly my plane at gate G10. Maa ikkah.. Before boarding, I was able to have last chat with my sweetheart and she seems really sad. It's like she was crying inside although she didn't show it.

12.10 am
My plane was ready to take off after delayed for about 15 minutes. And it was nice take off. After 45 mins, it was the last view of Malaysia, Kuantan. The flight took about 6 hours and 10 mins to reach Kansai International Airport, Osaka.

There was some light snack on board after that. I took a sip of movie Transformers while eating and soon after that, I fell asleep since I was too tired, the whole day.

4.30 a.m
We were woke up by the flight attendent, Haniza, asking what we would like to have for breakfast. Both of us asked for omelette, a sip of tea and plain water. And I asked for an extra Pepsi. I need kafein.. By the way, we were having our breakfast on the air, over Taiwan.

7.20 a.m (Japan Time) 6.20 a.m (local time)
We touched down at Kansai International Airport with a big grin on our face, happy, sad and grateful to Allah since our flight is so smooth and we finally here, in Japan..

Sedikit peringatan bagi kita~~

Suatu hari, Imam Al-Ghazali berkumpul dengan murid-muridnya lalu beliau bertanya (Teka Teki ) :

Imam Ghazali = ' Apakah yang paling dekat dengan diri kita di dunia ini ?
Murid 1 = ' Orang tua '
Murid 2 = ' Guru '
Murid 3 = ' Teman '
Murid 4 = ' Kaum kerabat '
Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawapan itu benar. Tetapi yang paling dekat dengan kita ialah MATI. Sebab itu janji Allah bahawa setiap yang bernyawa pasti akan mati ( Surah Ali-Imran :185).

Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling jauh dari kita di dunia ini ?'
Murid 1 = ' Negeri Cina '
Murid 2 = ' Bulan '
Murid 3 = ' Matahari '
Murid 4 = ' Bintang-bintang '
Iman Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban itu benar. Tetapi yang paling benar adalah MASA LALU. Bagaimanapun kita, apapun kenderaan kita, tetap kita tidak akan dapat kembali ke masa yang lalu. Oleh sebab itu kita harus menjaga hari ini, hari esok dan hari-hari yang akan datang dengan perbuatan yang sesuai dengan ajaran Agama'.

Iman Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling besar didunia ini ?'
Murid 1 = ' Gunung '
Murid 2 = ' Matahari '
Murid 3 = ' Bumi '
Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban itu benar, tapi yang besar sekali adalah HAWA NAFSU (Surah Al A'raf: 179). Maka kita harus hati-hati dengan nafsu kita, jangan sampai nafsu kita membawa ke neraka.'

IMAM GHAZALI' Apa yang paling berat didunia? '
Murid 1 = ' Baja '
Murid 2 = ' Besi '
Murid 3 = ' Gajah '
Imam Ghazali = ' Semua itu benar, tapi yang paling berat adalah MEMEGANG AMANAH (Surah Al-Azab : 72 ). Tumbuh-tumbuhan, binatang, gunung, dan malaikat semua tidak mampu ketika Allah SWT meminta mereka menjadi khalifah pemimpin) di dunia ini. Tetapi manusia dengan sombongnya berebut-rebut menyanggupi permintaan Allah SWT sehingga banyak manusia masuk ke neraka kerana gagal memegang amanah.'

Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling ringan di dunia ini ?'
Murid 1 = ' Kapas'
Murid 2 = ' Angin '
Murid 3 = ' Debu '
Murid 4 = ' Daun-daun'
Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban kamu itu benar, tapi yang paling ringan sekali didunia ini adalah MENINGGALKAN SOLAT. Gara-gara pekerjaan kita atau urusan dunia, kita tinggalkan solat '

Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling tajam sekali di dunia ini? '
Murid- Murid dengan serentak menjawab = ' Pedang '
Imam Ghazali = ' Itu benar, tapi yang paling tajam sekali didunia ini adalah LIDAH MANUSIA. Kerana melalui lidah, manusia dengan mudahnya menyakiti hati dan melukai perasaan saudaranya sendiri '

'sampaikanlah walau satu ayat'..

wallahualamm..........

Aduh..masak~~

I was looking for an empty space to park my car at Bangsar when suddenly there's a knock on the glass

"Encik ah..tanya sikit ah..itu Chimpeng mana ah..?"

"Apa?"

"Chimpeng, Chimpeng...saya sudah tanya itu guard ah.. dia cakap sini ada satu Chimpeng..."

"Sorrylah Apek. Saya tak tau woh...Apa tempat itu Chimpeng?"

"Aiyah...itu Chimpeng balu punya..Saya mau pigi angkat wang la..."

"Tarak tau la boss. Itu kedai ka apa?Along ka?"

"Chimpeng bukan kedai ma..lu itu pun tak tau ah..? itu Chimpeng macam itu Maypeng, Public Peng, RHetB Peng...itu balu punya Peng.."

Adoi...bengap punya apek..buat aku pening je..dia actually cari CIMB Bank ..

WAKAKAKA!!!

Seorang suami sedang mencari-cari helah untuk membolehkan dia berkahwin lagi.

Antara alasan yang diberikannya:



Suami : Lelaki kawin 3 baru lah sah

Isteri : Kenapa pula?

Suami : Cuba terjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Inggeris, "satu" is one, "dua" is two, "tiga"

isteri (is three). Baru betul dan sah!.

Isteri : Tapi abang kena faham Bahasa Inggeris, terutama tentang "singular" dan "plural"

Suami : Berkenaan apa tu?

Isteri : Satu tu "Singular"; dua atau lebih "Plural"

Suami : Contohnya?

Isteri : One car sebagai singular, two cars sebagai plural. Apa bezanya?

Suami : Ohhh... tambah huruf "s" untuk yang plural

Isteri : Betul tu. Sama juga la untuk abang

Suami : Macam mana pula boleh sama?

Isteri : Satu isteri abang MAMPU, jika dua isteri dah jadi plural, maka abang MAMPUS

tambah "s" je, kan?



Lepas daripada tu, si-suami tidak pernah lagi berceritakan hasratnya untuk berkahwin lagi...

Truly Interesting

INTERESTING CONVERSATION

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand and.....

Professor : You are a Muslim, aren't you?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So you believe in God?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is God good?

Student : Sure.

Professor : Is God all-powerful?

Student : Yes.

Professor : My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)

Professor : You can't answer, can you? Let's start a gain, young fella. Is God good?

Student :Yes.

Professor : Is Satan good?

Student : No.

Professor : Where does Satan come from?

Student : From...God.. .

Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor : So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)

Professor : Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student :Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Professor : Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the
world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student : No, sir.

Professor : Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student : No , sir.

Professor : Have you ever felt y our God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor : Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor : Yes. Fait h. And that is the problem science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor : Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor : Yes.

Student : No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor : Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Professor : So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor : Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite,
something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and
magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor : If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, st able, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir.. The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

Pak Lah Oh! Pak Lah

Pak Lah pelopor Islam Hadhari
Tak lama lagi dapat seorang isteri
Tukang penyedap tiang seri
Combi-combi frust gigit jari
Terlepas jadi isteri Perdana Menteri
Pak Lah pilih adik-ipar bekas isteri
Semua dah berkenan kata Khairi
Spokesperson untuk Kamal dan Nori
Auntie Jeanne tidak asing bagi kami

Majlis akad nikah is for family only
If you are not invited very sorry
Just a simple akadnikah ceremony
Pak Lah don wan any dowry
If you are sending gift send them to me
I will donate to all charity body
But expensive gift can close one eye only Expensive gift is like Porsche
or Ferrari Rolex, Patek Phillipe, Omega or Bvlgari Small gift like
Selangor Pewter or Crabtree Ucapan tahniah boleh taruh Utusan and NST
Since UMNO owned both company

Kenapa I pilih nak kahwin lagi
Itu satu soalan peribadi
Anyway masih banyak ruang di hati
Tapi I tak kahwin lebih dua isteri
Itu you all dont worry
I bukan miang keladi
I just need a company
Since I am very lonely
And you know I am old already
Who want to take care of me
Anyway lama dah ni
You know lah mana tahan lagi
Don't offer me any Tongkat Ali
I will go slow and steady
Honeymoon of course luar negeri
Tak main lah Pangkor or Langkawi
Naik I punya jet peribadi
Nak main aci lot with my new isteri
Itu Menteri Budaya dia sudah perli
Dia kata I akan lebih bertenaga lagi
Nanti I pecat dia jadi Hantu punya menteri Okay lah joke only Nothing to
do yang hidup atau yang mati.

This one is..

fcuk it.. i dunno what to say.. hahahahaha