#4 Looking at others

While waiting for the upload in my Dropbox, I thought of updating a little bit of my blog.

Easily, we can be jealous of others. Though we might say it out loud, there is that tiny little puny feeling of jealousy towards other. I'm not talking about in relationship type of jealousy where the boyfriend/girlfriend is jealous when there's a third party. I'm talking about jealous towards what the others have, and wishing we are in their place.

Often in life, especially when we are not contented enough with what we had, we wished we had what other people have.

"I want to look pretty like her".
"I wish to have big house/car like him!"
"If only I have ... like him/her" 
"She's lucky that her project is easier unlike me"

Above dialogue or those that are similar to it, does show that the person saying it is not content with what he/she had and is indeed 'jealous' of what the other party have, right? :P

Honestly, I myself have thoughts (tons of it, in fact!) like that everyday. But then, I stopped. I asked myself..

"Am I not contented with what I had? Am I not thankful to God of what He had given me?"

I remembered Sis Hazlin ever told me a story of Saidina Umar al-Khattab radhiallahu anhu (may Allah be pleased with him). Saidina Umar said that if sabr (patience) and thankful (syukur) are two vehicles; he wouldn't mind taking both as both are important.

Being thankful has been mentioned quite a number of times in the Al-Quran itself. So, are we thankful enough in our life?

Who knows, if what you have now is the BEST for you? :)

Look of what you have positively before looking at others. (source)

#3 The ideas within the angst

Due to the stress and tension surrounding me, sometimes I can easily feel frustrated, angry sad et cetera. But I know better from my own experiences that being actively reactive to those emotions is not the best option most of the time. Therefore, I must endure and be patience though it felt quite painful sometimes. 

At times,  I've felt  like exploding because of certain things. But then. I 'talked' to myself in my thoughts..Will it be worth it in the future?What will the consequences be then?What are the changes it'll bring; good or bad?Finally, I realized that though the 'explosion' is too powerful within, I have to be strong. That is why; a strong person is the one who can held his/her anger.

Above is my Facebook status that I honestly *just* had to make. Most probably because of the emotional tensions cracking inside of me? Hurmm. Anyway, as soon as I posted that status, I felt slightly better. Maybe because I wasn't holding it in too much or maybe because it's as if I'm letting it out (Wait, isn't both the same? o.O) 

Feeling slightly better suddenly gave me an idea; why not just post it in the blog? So, then I thought.. well, blog post is not necessarily long, right? At least, my blog reader may or may not be the person who know me. If he/she doesn't know me well, then they'll be less speculation of what I'm posting about.. I guess? 

Ah, enough ranting. I'll just update whatever I could XD 

Coming up next..God's willing, using Blogger App in SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 smartphone to update new post. :)

#2 One Ok Rock - Karasu

For today's post, I wanna share one of my favorite song currently. Hehe. Sometimes, we do need music while doing our work right? 
I love listening to many kinds of music; as long as my ears are okay with it. Ho~ho. Mikael told me that he found a band that he come to love so much after listening to their songs. He shared some of their songs to me as well. At first, I'm like "meh, I'll listen to them later". But after giving chances to their songs, I come to love this band too! ONE OK ROCK is the band's name. If I'm not mistaken, they're an alternative rock band. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I like this image. Credit to KARAKO for the awesome drawing! 

One Ok Rock with 5 members. Alex is no longer with the band though :/

So, the song I'm sharing today is KARASU. Karasu means crow. The black bird. The lyrics kinda like have deep meaning, but for me.. I kind of interpreting it as something like below:

It's like, no matter what people may judge or talk about you.. as long as you're in the right path (not something bad ya~), just go forward. Keep carry on and move forward~

This is my favorite version of the song. Taka's voice really rocks! XD

If you feel like singing along to this song, you can check out the lyrics with English translation in mousapelli's livejournal here. 

Some other songs I might recommend for you;
- Wherever you are
- The Beginning (Rurouni Kenshin Live Action Movie OST)
- Re:make
- 欠落オートメーション [Ketsuraku Automation]
- Notes 'n' Words
- Yes, I am
- Answer is near
- C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h
- more..!!

Oh, last but not least.. the reason why I like this band is the fact that they're a Japanese rock band but their English is quite good! And of course, Taka's (the vocalist) voice is awesome~ what a gift from God. :) 

#1 First post

This post has been entirely changed due to personal matter. Anyhow.. may you guys (the reader!) enjoyed this blog and give comments on what I should share on more. If I can, yes.. I will surely share it with you guys.

Thanks for stopping by this blog!