Resepi Kuah Kacang Turun Temurun

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Heyy alls!!

Haaa ni sebenarnya tiboh terasa nak share resepi turun temurun kuah kacang sebab nak habiskan data yg nak renew satgi LOL. 

Okayss cerita lah dulu, kuah kacang ni ambe belajar dari mummy, mummy belajar dari arwah mek. Setiap kali raya, mummy takkan pernah miss buat kuah kacang ni since dari kecikkk. Even sedara mara pun akan datang rumah cari mende ni sebab katanya sedappp and yes sedappp haha.

Tiap-tiap tahun, aku lah tukang goreng ngan tumbuk kacang. Tapi, pernah satu raya tu, mummy masuk hospital malam raya sebab dehydrated so aku ambik alih masak kuah kacang buat pertama kalinya phewwww and hasilnya alhamdulillah boleh laa dimakan hahaha. Opkos tak sama macam air tangan mummy.

So, tahun ni aku dah kawen (alhamdulillah) then aku rasa aku patut kekalkan resipi turun temurun ni. Plus aku the only daughter in the family. Dannn, experiment aku kali kedua aku test dekat family mertua masa raya haji haritu. Seyeslyy serammm and tak berkeyakinann hahaha sebab baru 2 bulan kawin masa tu so kekok lagi plus sebab stay rumah sendiri tep.

Dannn taraaaaa~~~

Actually, mummy komen kuah kacang aku kureng rasa sket sebab takde macam minyak2 merah keluar hasil dari santan pecah minyak tuu tapi takpe next time kita kasi pecah minyak betul2. Mungkin tumis pun tak betul sebab gelabah masak kat rumah mertua kah3.

So, these are the ingredients untuk saiz 1 periuk sederhana:

1/2 kg kacang tanah

1/2 kg santan pekattt

20 ulas bawang merah

6 ulas bawang putih

1/2 inci halia 

1/2 inci lengkuas

2 sdk serbuk jintan manis

2 sdk serbuk jintan putih

1 senduk kecil cili kisar

3 batang serai

4 keping gula melaka

garam & gula secukup rasa

Let's start cooking!!

1. Kacang digoreng tanpa minyak then tumbuk. Ambe tak suka blender kacang sebab semua jadik hancur sangat. Okey ketepikan dulu kacang tumbuk.

2. Rebus santan sampai keluar minyak. Part ni sangat menduga sebab lamaaaaaaa sangat. Ritu ambe gopoh sangat masukkan kacang sebelum betul2 pecah minyak.

3. Bila dah pecah minyak, masukkan kacang tumbuk tadi.

4. Sementara tunggu pecah minyak tadi, blender dulu semua bawang, halia, lengkuas. Then tumis sekali dengan cili kisar, serbuk jintan manis dan serbuk jintan putih. 

5. Lepas tu, masukkan bahan tumis tadi dalam campuran santan+kacang tadi. Then masukkan gula melaka ngan serai yang dititik. Balancekan dengan gula dan garam.

6. Masak sampai pekat then siappppp!!!! So boleh la makan dengan sate, nasi impit. Cicah roti pun sodappp. Hehe

Phewww so I just pinned this recipe here for future. Senang nak cari bila nak masak lagi nanti. And you guys too can try. Heee.

Selamat mencuba!

Wallahua'lam.

NOTHING GOOD IS FREE

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Hey guys! Actually I’m thinking of writing on this as a reflection. Few things happened these couple of days regarding on this and they kinda made me thinking.

Well, stepping into the adult life, we can’t escape of the fact that we need to make our own decisions on everything. Or maybe most of the things. As for me, although I was trained to make decisions since I was in school or university, yet I think it is more intense the older we get. I’ve been chatting with my friends, my old friends, and my best friends. Coincidently the issues kinda same.

STUCKED IN BETWEEN CHOICES

It’s like “I want this, but I also want that”, “I want to go but I don’t want to leave them”, “I want to do all but the packed commitments do affect other people too”, “I want to work but I want to study”, and the list goes on.

Yeah it’s tough right?

One of my friends told me something that opened my eyes when I told her that I envy of those people yang hidup dah senang dapat kerja duit banyak etc2.

And she said, “Yeah but have u ever think what they’ve lost as a payment for success? What have Allah taken from them in order to give something great? Dia hilang mak dia, ayah dia dah makin tua, dia hilang umur dia belajar lama-lama. Dia hilang keinginan nak berfesyen smart2 sebab fikir tanggungjawab. Sanggup ke family hilang dari kita as a payment for those great success? Kalo I, I tak sanggup. Tengok semua adik2 dah berubah dah makin dewasa pun memang terasa I hilang masa I dengan family I. I paling tak boleh kalo hilang family.”

DANGG!!!

Perghh deep much sehhh. And I can’t agree more. Indeed the sacrifice is real. Indeed the struggle is not a joke. Indeed the pain is to bear. Because I’m experiencing the same. I’ve made my decision to further my Masters studies far away from everyone as I’m blessed with scholarship from the institute, Alhamdulillah. Yet the price is so much to be paid. I will lose my time with my family, I will have to survive by myself there for almost 2 years and the most important thing is I will lose my precious time with my husband, I will have to deny the instincts for having a baby for now.  Kadang terasa kejam juga plus people keep asking my why I’m not going there with my husband bla3 tho we got reasons.

But that is it! That is the price if I’m going to get a step further in my life. If we are not willing of those, then goodbye Masters! Kan?

And then last night my bestie reached me telling me that she’s in dilemma of her job and studies. Wait. It’s 2 jobs and masters study phewww. Katanya her packed commitments already affected other team members so she can’t stay put anymore. So she’s postponing her studies for the sake of her job training. After the life gets stable in the job then she will continue the courses. Ironic right? Well, that’s life! Tak semua yang kita nak grab tu kita dapat. Kadang ada yang masih belum rezeki kita. Our task is to try our best. And for you, may Allah ease your way, dearie.

So that is it. Nothing good in this world is free. We need to sacrifice precious things for them. But once the decisions are made, then no more turning back. Just step ahead. Yes life is just not easy so embrace yourselves. But always remember that Allah will lead the way for you till the end. And that was how you’ve survived all this way. And will also survive by that way, insyaAllah. Chill.

Apa-apa sekalipun, ikhlas dengan segala pengorbanan, sabar dengan segala dugaan yang datang. Kerana syurga itu sedang menanti hambaNya yang beriman.

Wallahua’lam.

First 100 Days of Us

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Hey peeps!

Hope everyone is in the best state yea. So finally I’m here special for this big new stage of my life:

MARRIAGE

Entah laa tapi cam comel je kah3

Well actually I just want to note this here so I can always remember this early stage of our marriage. I don’t have any intention to spread annoying stories and so. Though I actually start this entry as one of my friend suggested me to update on my marriage coz she forgot that I already got married hahahh. So below are my thoughts. Enjoy reading! ;)

It has been 103 days since I got married to a very kind man on 7/7/17. And I learnt so much on living together with our partner. Yes I did live together with my friends during my university days. Changing roommates every session, with different pesen for each. YET, IT IS NOT THE SAME. For marriage, we’ve accepted somebody to go through the journey together, we need to adapt with the habits, which sometimes are good habits and there is no exception to bad habits too. PLUS AND PLUS my husband and I are living with the only two of us. Not like other people living with family or in laws after got married so we can draw our own picture. 

As for me myself, it feels like I’m getting to know to someone new though we’ve known each other since 2011. Yet I didn’t know him so much back then cause we had a long distance relationship before, only few meetings in a year and these went on for 4 years since we declared to wait for each other on Eidul Fitr 2013 and got engaged on 2014. So there were only good attitudes there hahaha. Though that time I was denying that we were only showing our good self. I thought that that was already my real me. Yes it was real, but not all attitudes were revealed LOL. (And yes congratulations to both of us surviving 4 years of LDR Alhamdulillah ^^ Nak tips pm tepi hahaha).

Looking backwards, honestly I feel blessed with this man I married. Of course he is not the perfect man in the world, but he’s too good for me already. A tolerate and nice and lovable man. Yet he do has flaws. Humans kan.. He is not a bad tempered person but I will back off if he is pissed off on his office matter and so. I’ve seen he’s being mad for once on that and I hope I won’t see that again hahahah seram sehhh orang tak pernah marah tetiba meletupp!!! Tatau nak react cemana LOL tho it’s not because of us. He’s lack of sense too (typical man) so I will have to tell him if there’s something going on or you will makan hati sensorang laa kalo tak luahkan hahaha. But every time he did bit wrong, he will apologize and so do I. This is what I like for both of us. Communication and tolerate is the key here. So I hope we can maintain this.

 All my gratitude to Allah swt, Alhamdulillah for blessing me with this marriage. He didn’t mind of my pesen selekeh and ganas (due to living with 5 boys at home LOL), well we did gusti and sumo sampai tergolek2 kah3 teruk betul. He’s also fighting so hard to adapt with his cengeng wife yang sikit2 nak berair mata kalo touching pape maigadd annoying betul bini camni hahahah. And he didn’t mind that I want to further my studies far away from him, yet he is the one who supports the most! He also taught me of what I didn’t know, he let me be the queen of our palace, letting me to decorate and serlahkan bakat as housewife. The most important thing is, he will finish off everything that I cook for us, each time. Like pinggan semua licin sehhh!! Of course I won’t mind cooking for him if that is the way he eat my cooking hahahah. But the negative side is both of us got spare tyres on our both sides omaigaadddddd!!! I myself gained 8 KILOS after 3 month babe duhhh!!! *facepalm* We are soooo going to do something before it’s too late LOL. Padahal dah 23 tahun hidup dengan underweight alahaii.

Of all those things, the biggest thing that I feel glad he’s being tolerate for is on pursuing my dreams. Since before we got married, he is my greatest supporter other than my family. He cleared to me that he won’t mind I’m working or studying after we got married later. He let me decide on my dreams. Whatever my decision will be, he will support. So that is why I dared to further my studies to Ireland soon, insyaAllah (Alhamdulillah I passed an interview with the Irish institute director and got scholarships^^).

Well, people keep asking me “kenapa tak bawa husband sekali?”, “kenapa nak tinggal husband sorang2 kat Malaysia?”, “tak patut betul tinggal suami macam tu” and the list goes on. Even parents pun kinda reluctant to let me go before knowing that my husband supports my decision. Allahu, only He knows how those words break my heart so much. There is no one that willing to leave their spouse for a long time laaa. I’m doing this with his support. He is the one who won’t let me give up on this opportunity. PLUS, SAPE NAK TANGGUNG WEHH DEDUA NAK DUDUK IRELAND PUHLEASEEEE!! He also got his own commitment here lah. You wouldn’t expect he will leave his job as a doctor here, right? Ceiitttt!

He once told me, “You’re going there to study. For jihad fi sabilillah. Why would I hold you back, right? Whatever your decision is, I will support you. You already got this chance. Grab it. You’ve also gone through many things for this.” 

So for the sake of knowledge, we have to go through this.

As for him, he also just passed an interview at IIUM Medical Centre and now waiting for the official letter (well I think it’s already near a month passed aigoo). Cecepatlah sampai surat panggilan tu. Let him start his new life there. It’s too stressful here. I’ve seen it myself. May he get his happiness and satisfaction working in a new place later, insyaAllah.

All in all, these are few things that I learnt from our first 100 days of marriage. May these stay forever, insyaAllah. Aamiin.

1. COMMUNICATE. 

Don’t keep it to yourself. Especially if it is a big thing. This is the key for a good marriage far from bad thoughts.

2. APOLOGIZE. 

Each time you do wrong, lower down your ego and ask for forgiveness. We can avoid hard feelings by doing this.

3. CHEERISH THE TIME BEING TOGETHER. 

Well, most of the hours are in workplace kan. So avoid negative things and negative feelings. It’s a waste of time. Take the chance to nurture the love.

4. UNDERSTANDING. 

Being a wife of a doctor, I should adapt to his priorities. Yet he also did his best for his wife so I won't feel lonely if he got on call or locum at the clinic at night. Should keep this up.

5. TOLERATE. 

We do have our things and hobbies. So do me and him. Let him have his time on his hobbies; gaming and badminton. I just let myself into badminton too so we can have fun together.

6. SUPPORTIVE. 

Seriously this heals a lot. Support each other. It is the best medicine, surely.

7. BE MATURE. 

It doesn’t matter to be a kanak-kanak Ribena till now but be wise on the situation.

8. LAUGHS. 

Well yang ni terlebih doses dah rasanya. He kept on laughing whenever I say and do something that maybe funny to him hahahah kadang pelik plak aku ni kelakar sangat keee asyik nak gelak je LOL. Yet it feels good to see him cheerful ihiks.

9. AIMING FOR HIS BLESSINGS. 

Perform solat and recite al-Quran together, go to mosque together for teachings.

10. SYUKUR. 

Always do reflections and express gratitude to Allah for His blessings. Be thankful with everything you got. It will make us value this bond.

Dear husband, I hope that we can keep on improving our life and live a happy life till jannah. The test is not yet to come but I hope we can prepare our best self to go through anything that will appear in the future. May we always refresh our love and always be the newly-wed couple living a harmonious life. Infinity thank you for coming into my life, waiting years for me, and took this ordinary little girl as your life partner. InsyaAllah we got each other forever. Aamiin.

I think that’s all for now. These are just my thoughts going through early stage of marriage. It’s still new for me to give advices and so. Me too taking positive things from others’ experiences too. So may we get the benefit, insyaAllah. Please pray the best for me, my marriage, my studies and my life. May Allah bless all of you. Thank you.

Wallahua’lam.

Long journey to go.

Whooppsss!! 1 more.

P/s: I haven't write about my wedding yet. Coz I'm still waiting for my pictures. Sobbss. Will do it. I promise. Stay tuned ^^

My Way Surviving in Japan

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Hey peeps! Thanks for coming, ya! 

Actually I’m thinking to write a post on this title as a guide for my bestie who is going to further her studies in Japan. She’s kinda lost it on how to survive there, in MAKAN part. Heee ;P. Which I faced the same thing too back then. Cuak kowtt bayangkan nak hidup sensorang kat tempat asing kan? With Muslims being its minority. Of course lack of halal food. So I hope this post will assist her and you on living in Japan!

The ones who helped me a lot for first 2 months ^^

Okay first lemme brief you, I’ve stayed in Japan for around 3 months ++ while doing my internship in an institute as a visiting researcher. I went there alone. Yep alone. I even lost my way and took different train too goshh hahahah. Lucky I arrived Komatsu safely.

The first 2,3 days I kinda got miserable life in terms of daily life management. As I didn’t have any cooking utensils tho I brought food stock from Malaysia. Well, you’ll need hot water for the instant noodles at least, hellooo~~ haha. Then I’ve met Malaysian students there thru a contact from sensei’s previous student. So they kindly cooked for me until I got to borrow some cooking utensils from one of them who is the permanent student.

Okay taknak cakap panjang2, below are some tips to survive in Japan for a student, specialized in MAKAN! Terutama bagi tekak melayu pekat macam ambe. Luls XD

We’ll start with things-to-bring.

1.            The most important thing to survive is to get a contact of fellow Malaysian, especially a Muslim to assist you on living in Japan. He/she will be the information fella for you. Ask as much as you want, every single curiosity that you have, ask em. It will help you a lot in preparing your mental. For example, ask em on how to find halal chicken and meat, also other ingredients. Of course you nak makan ayam juga kan? Tak mampu nak jadi vegetarian. Uhuk3

2.            You will have a very busy life and may get a little time to cook in some days. So it is advisable to bring a lot of ready-to-eat food. I suggest you to bring serunding daging/ayam banyak2, and also sambal bilis tempe pedas. MasyaAllah tu lah benda paling sayang masa kat sana. Hahhaha. Pack banyak2. Then all left is to cook rice. Ada orang suggest bawa lauk Brahim’s tu. Macam gulai ayam, rendang, sambal bilis. But personally it is not so advisable as for me. Unless you memang suka makan lauk2 dia tu takpe la. Huhuhu. Sikit2 okay la kut. Tapi lauk je tau. Bukan nasi goreng tu. :P

3.            Harta paling berharga when staying in Japan were kicap and sos. Sebab kicap dengan sos jepun tak sesuai dengan tekak ambe. Seriously. Plus ambe ni setiap kali makan nasi memang kicap tu wajib ada. So make sure bawak stok banyak2. Then, bawa juga segala rempah2 perencah2 untuk masak. Perencah nasi goreng, tomyam, gulai, kari, sup, belacan, gula Melaka, santan tu make sure bawak. Pendek cerita rencah2 masakan melayu la. Sebab kat Jepun payah nak cari. Senang nak masak. Reti tak reti masak itu lain cerita. Jangan risau.

4.            Cili api jangan lupa oiiiii seyes nak menangis takde cili api kat Jepunnn! They only got dried chillis. Memang la pedas juga tapi tak kaww macam cili api lah. Kempunan sambal belacan wehhh. Haaa kalo dapat angkut stok sambal belacan best gak tuh. Serius.

5.            Stok megi, mihun instant. Haa bawak lah. Bawak bermacam2 perisa. Kadang mmg tak sempat nak masak langsung sebab occupied dengan labworks. Huhu. But I didn’t eat much instant noodles back then. Penangan thesis MSG curry instant noodles. Bau je dah lari jejauh. Haha. Ada juga instant noodles Jepun yang halal tapi berganda la harga sebab dia import dr Malaysia juga. LOL. Nak selamat bawa la sbb basically ada beef stock kan. Huhu

Okay done with yang perlu dibawa. Now yang tak perlu dibawa plak. Sebab semua boleh beli kat sana. Awal2 sampai sana memang banyak la juga duit habis untuk stok permulaan. Tapi besenya sekali beli tu memang tahan sampai 3,4 minggu. Kena testing la dulu sebulan pertama tu stok banyak mana yg korg ngap. Then dah boleh agak la.

6. No need to bring any drink sachets whatever. Milo ke nescafe ke susu ke takyah bawak. Those can be bought at supermarkets. No need to worry on Halal status coz usually they didn’t put any alcohol in drinks. And those drinks come from plants. Wink3. Buat berat beg je bawa semua tu nanti. Banyak benda lain lebih perlu untuk di bawa. Tapi kalo nak bawa Nestum 3 in 1 tu haaa that one is advisable to bring. For me lah. Sebab dedua makan ngan minum dah tercampur sekali. Haha bijak takk..XD

7. No need to bring beras huhuhu. Sebab nasi Jepun sedap sesangatttttt hahahah. I got 5 kgs up by eating Japanese rice everyday luls. Tapi beras Jepun mahal gak ahh. Dah la dua kali masak nasi sehari. Sebab species suka makan nasi fresh baru masak. Thehehehhe

After 2 weeks pun pipi dah mengepauuu XD

8. Takyah bawak bawang, sayur, ikan bilis sebab semua bawang mentah boleh dapat kat market je. Atau dekat van jual sayur murah2. Murah as in murahhhhh. Memang takleh tahan muka excited masa borong barang masakan dekat pakcik Jepun tu. Cuma ikan bilis Jepun takde la sedap sangat. Haha.

9. Biskut2, keropok, snek segala tu pun tak payah bawak. Kat Jepun berlambak2 biskut. Sedap2 pastu murah2 semua. Ugh dah meleleh ayaq liuq teringat kat snek depa. Hahaha

Okay done part ingredients. Now I’m gonna guide on cooking! Tak reti masak? No worries. Tapi kalo tak reti masak langsung tu, bawak2 la belajar basic things in cooking. At least bab goreng, tumis, rebus, potong2 semua tu. Coz from basic things then you can work with your creativity. Tapi takyah la complicated sangat. Bantai je potong tak sama ke apa. Yang penting bila masak boleh makan and sedap pastu kenyang. Ehehehe

1.  Do list of menu that you can cook before you fly. Anything. So takde la takut sangat fikir nak masak apa nanti.

2. Amalkan tengok video recipe simple macam Tasty tu. It helped me a lot tho!

3. Rajin2 usha recipe kalo terasa nak masak sesuatu. Mr. Google kan adaaaaaa. Follow twitter account Tasty tu, Facebook pun sama. Bear this in mind : Anything can be cooked if you know the recipes. And have the ingredients opkosss. Just anything. So no need to worry.

4. Awal2 kat Jepun masa takde cooking utensils sangat, I cooked with rice cooker jea. Seyes rasa tak reti gilaaa masak pakai rice cooker sebab selalu masak dengan peralatan lengkap kat rumah. Pastu kat universiti tak pernah bawa peralatan terlarang masuk hostel. LOL. Tapi rice cooker ni sangat membantu. Especially untuk masak sup2, tomyam semua tu. Masuk je segala ayam bawang macaroni ke buh garam gula pepper semua pastu tunggu je rebus. Siapppppp!! Memang nak menangis bila makan sebab boleh tahan la juga rasa dia walau masak sekadar dengan kekurangan. Haha. Then bila dah dapat electric cooker tu baru terasa hidup skit boleh goreng2, tumis2, buat breakfast french toast bagai. Huhu

5. Work with your own creativity. Bila kat tempat orang, memang duk teringat macam2 makanan Malaysia. hahaha. Creativity will accomplish em. Well, I pernah buat projek nasi kerabu, nasi lemak dengan member kowttt. Bahan2 takde la cukup pun tp menjadi la jugekkk. haha. Penat experimenting dalam lab, sambung experiment dekat dapur la pulak. Seyes enjoy ngat. Part paling enjoy bila makan tu rasa dia sedap walau mula2 macam tak yakin menjadi.

Awal2 hidup kat tempat orang memang la rasa down juga. Lagi2 nak survive sensorang. Tapi JANGAN LAYAN PERASAAN TU SANGAT. BE TOUGH! Jiwa mau sado banggg. Cuba untuk tak menangis. Bertenang, figure out things. InsyaAllah things will get better day by day.

Yet I’ve got questioned by some people. “Kalo dah kau duduk kat tempat orang, belajar la makan makanan depa. Sampai bila nak bergantung dengan makanan melayu?”

Pehh deep. Tapi tak dalam mana pung. Okay camni, ada ke I cakap tak makan makanan Jepun tu? Makannnnn lahhhhh. Banyak species masakan, snek, kueh, masakan tradisional yg kita boleh makan. Siap jadi fav lagi. Tapi tu lah, nak beli sokmo setiap kali waktu makan, bankrap la cik oiii. Kalo masak sendiri ni tersangatlah jimatnya haa. Terjamin halal lagi.. Kan? ;)

Sensei belanja sushiiiii aummmm!!!

Ahh yes Japan is a heaven of snacksssss!!! Seriously Japanese snacks berhantu sehhh. Banyak pilihan and sedappppp. Tapi AMARAN KERAS! Make sure check the ingredients. Hafal at least perkataan ‘buta niku’ (pork)豚肉, ‘niku’ (meat)肉 dengan alcoholアルコール. At least 3 perkataan ni. Kalo dpt hafal perkataan ‘nyukazai' (emulsifier) tu lagi bagus. Basically perkataan kanji ni memang wajib hafal, then senang nak gi shopping. Jangan risau, bila dah berkali2 tengok tu, sepintas lalu dah boleh detect perkataan tu bila tengok ingredients. Complicated? Tak lah. Sebab dah jadi tanggungjawab kita untuk cari makanan bebas benda tak halal. Wink3 ;)

All in all, living in Japan was just great. Not so much hard effort on surviving, insyaAllah.

Maybe that’s all for now. If there’s any add ons, will give ya later naa. All the best in Japan! Have fun! Ahh missing Japan so much.

Love,

Amoy.

My Life in Japan

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Hey alls! 

Moga semuanya berada di bawah perlindungan Allah. ^^

Okay!

Dengan adanya post ini, maka akan terus menyusullah several posts about my travel in Japan. 

Okay before that, untuk yang belum tahu, aku dah 3 bulan berada di Jepun. Tinggal lagi seminggu tempoh latihan industri di Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology atau nama Jepun dia, Hokuriku Sentang Daigakuin Daigaku sebagai researcher student dalam School of Materials Science.

Mungkin cerita research akan aku kongsikan dalam post yang lain, Untuk post ini, aku ingin kongsikan pandangan mataku tentang masyarakat Jepun, kehidupan dan budaya mereka.

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Sebenarnya ini bukanlah kunjungan pertamaku ke Negara Matahari Terbit ini. Tahun lepas aku berkunjung ke Hiroshima untuk Trial Summer Program bersama 4 orang peserta lagi. Dan sebenarnya bermula dari situlah aku pasang niat untuk kembali ke Jepun.

AND HERE I AM!

Hebat kan? Pabila cita-cita menjadi kenyataan. Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli hal.

:)

Dan kali ini, aku mencabar diri untuk kembali ke Jepun, seorang diri. And it seems I survived! Hehe. Kerana pergantungan diriku yang sepenuhnya adalah kepada Allah. Sepertimana biasa, aku merasakan pertolongan Allah di mana saja aku berada. Alhamdulillah.

amoy ^^

1) Seingat aku, ketika di minggu pertama, aku kagum dengan budaya menyapa, terutamanya golongan pakcik makcik, atuk nenek. Awalnya aku senyum saja tanda menyapa, tiba-tiba mereka yang semangat sebut "ohayo gozaimasu/ konnichiwa" siap dengan gaya tunduk kepala lagi. Segan juga. Sepatutnya aku yang tegur dulu. Hahaha. Sekarang dari jauh bila nampak pakcik makcik atuk nenek ni, aku dah bersedia nak sapa mereka dulu. XD

Maka persoalan pertama yang pernah menyinggah, kan bagus kalau ucapan ohayo gozaimasu dan konnichiwa itu boleh aku gantikan dengan Assalamualaikum? Dapat pahala kowt! Haha silly me.

Turns out budaya ini memang mengeratkan kita. Hari-hari jumpa makcik cleaner sama ramai2, disapa dengan muka ceria, memang a good start everyday la jawabnya. No stress allowed!

2) Walau ini bukan kali pertama aku tiba di negara ini, tapi aku sentiasa kagum dengan ketepatan waktunya. Setiap kali. Ya. Setiap kali. Bus, train, airplane, meeting, party, dan apa saja, waktunya sentiasa on time. Kadang aku tergelak sendiri bila driver bas masuk gear bas bergerak on dot minit bertukar. Sesaat pun tak lambat. Haha.

Dan jadual waktu bas, train memang tersangatlah reliable. So, it's so convenient to make a plan when going out. Seriously. (Haa tips for traveller, boleh rujuk laman web Hyperdia untuk semak waktu perjalanan train, so that you can plan your trip. ^^)

Persoalan yang pernah menyapa, kan bagus kalau setiap tempat dan manusia amalkan ketepatan waktu ni. Dah selalu sangat tunggu orang kalo berjanji, kan bagus kalo kita sama-sama on time? Kalo mungkin terlambat, inform in advance tu lain lah ceritanya. Hmmm. Peringatan untuk diri sendiri juga sebab terkadang culas la juga. Aherherher.

3) Di mana-mana saja tenaga manusia digunakan. Hatta pegang signboard parking. Hatta 'passenger counter' yang kira berapa orang naik bas. Kadang ada yang muda, kadang ada yang tua. Selalunya lelaki, terkadang wanita.

Persoalan yang pernah ku tanya, kenapa kerja-kerja macam tu pun mereka pakai tenaga manusia ya? Tak perlu pakai orang pun takpe rasanya. Mereka ada advanced technology kowt! Kesian pakcik2 ni kerja pegang signboard.

Dan persoalan lain ditanya kepadaku, "Pernah tertanya tak kenapa kat sini susah nak jumpa gelandangan dan homeless walau kos sara hidup tinggi? Itu sebabnya, Jepun menggalakkan rakyatnya bekerja. Apa sahaja kerja yang kau mampu buat, buatlah. Dan kau akan survive. Kerja part time apa saja yang kau mampu buat, kau akan survive. Kat Jepun ni kena rajin je. Kerja mana-mana pun ada. Tanam sayur then jual pun boleh dapat duit. " Oh snapped!

Betullah, lagipun kerja macam tu pun macam diraikan bila setiap pekerja ada uniform smart. Nampak tak lekeh la. Kadang aku tak terfikir pun mereka orang susah sebab pakaian kerja mereka looking smart. Sehinggalah aku disoal sebegitu. Hidup ini tiada yang mudah. Mata terbuka.

4) Aku paling kagum dengan atuk nenek yang tersangatlah sihat dan cergas. Paling buat aku ternganga, semalam terjumpa obaasan (nenek) umur 82 tahun gi shopping. 82 tahun kowt! Tapi obaasan tu relax je pergi shopping sorang2 kat supermarket. Siap mekap lawa-lawa lagi. I bet nenek ni mesti gojes baq hang zaman muda2 ni. Hahaha

Persoalannya, apa mereka makan ya sampai sihat cergas sebegitu? Aku ni naik tangga 5 tingkat setiap hari pun semput. LOL. Nak kata mereka tak makan manis, kuih2, kek, aiskrim dia seriously terasa gula overload kowt rasanya! Tapi sihat cergas bebas penyakit je depa. Aku syak mereka pandai balance, bila dah kuih manis, tehnya pula tiada gula. Masakannya pula tidak berminyak. Dan di mana-mana aku lihat mereka ramai-ramai spend masa beriadah. Naik basikal, jogging, bercucuk tanam. Tiada masa bermalasan.

Kinda amazed looking at them. Banyak keluarga keluar spend time sama-sama. Having fun picnic together, naik basikal, masuk sawah satu family pun ada. Ways to have good bond with family members. ;)

5) Antara komen yang famous, Jepun negara yang bersih. Yeah, setidaknya tempat tinggal aku ni bersih. Air longkang pun jernih tak terasa kotor pun bila tengok. Kadang siap rakam video lagi. Jakun tengok air longkang jernih sangat. Kadang siap ada banyak ikan lagi dalam longkang! Hahaha

Persoalan, bagaimana mereka buat ya? Bersih tersangat lah bersih. Tak sakit mata pergi taman, pantai sebab lapang tanpa seketul sampah pun.

Jawapannya, setiap pengguna bertanggungjawab atas sampah2 yang dibuang. Pengurusan sampah boleh tahan tiptop la. Sampah tak boleh dibuang sembarangan. Kena pakai plastik biru untuk 'burnable garbage', kena pakai plastik lain pula untuk botol kaca dengan tin-tin. Nak buang botol pula, kena basuh dulu sampai bersih baru boleh buang. Sebab nanti mudah untuk pekerja mereka kitar semula.

Rahsia longkang bersih, setiap sinki ada penapis. Sekecil-kecil sampah tak boleh lepas. Minyak tak dibenarkan dibuang dalam longkang/sinki. Kena dispose dengan caranya tersendiri. Complicated kan? Tapi hasilnya tiptop.

Maka, bertanggungjawablah wahai pengguna.

6) Mulut manis. Haha. Terkadang aku keliru juga ini point baik atau tidak. Sebab mulut manis depa ni la aku tak kisah buat je arahan untuk buat eksperimen itu, buat je bila disuruh repeat experiment berkali sebab result macam ada something wrong. Tak terasa offended langsung. Pastu kalo yang abam2 Jepun pula, mak aii gentleman tak habis. Kadang boleh cair juga. LOL. Patutlah ramai senior kat sini kahwin dengan warga Jepun. Opps! Haha

Kenapa? Sebab perkataan 'Please'. Setiap kali dengar "Could you please bla bla bla" pastu cakap lembut2, aku tak teragak balas "Yes, sure no biggie!" And that is the power of word. Ehehh

7) Kawaii kodomo. Setiap kali jumpa budak-budak, mesti pipi mereka chubby pastu warna merah. Jalan pula terkedek-kedek. Hahaha. Semua budak sama aja pipi merah. Kadang lagi merah dari letak blusher. LOL

Yang ni memang tak dapat jawapan kenapa pipi mereka merah. Tapi tertanya juga kenapa aku tak boleh nak pegang ngan cubit pipi mereka eh? Lagi-lagi yang pesen lambai balik bila aku lambai. Siap panggil diriku oneechan (kakak) tu yang paling aahhh cairnyaaa hati! Hahahah okebye.

8) Nature lover. Bila tiba musim spring, makin menjadi-jadi pula rasanya terserlah sisi mereka yang satu ini. Rumah-rumah dikelilingi bunga, dekorasi taman-taman yang bila tiba di situ terasa tak mahu balik. Lepas tu, semua benda nak dibuat festival siap bagi cuti umum. Cuti gerhana matahari, Vernal Equinox Day, pastu hanami ramai2, pesta bunga tulip, bamboo shoot festival pun ada. Especially kawasan tempat tinggal aku ni memang kawasan kampung ada sawah padi. Memang dah jadi hobi setiap hujung minggu, mesti naik basikal pergi jelajah kawasan. Sumpah menenangkan jiwa.

Yang ni takde la persoalan sangat. Tapi tertanya lah juga bagaimana mereka semai jiwa cintakan alam tahap dahsyat macam depa ni. Sugoi!

9) Nihon no tabemono a.k.a makanan Jepun. Haha yang ni banyak musykilah la juga. Setiap kali nak beli makanan mesti kena tengok ingredients. Paling mengerikan bila pernah terpegang sepaket potato chips yang ada 'babi' dalam ingredients. Tergamam tak percaya hahahah. Makanya,tersangat penting hafal perkataan kanji 'buta', 'niku', 'alcohol' tu bila nak beli barang. At least!

Alahai kenapa lah nak diletak alcohol dalam most of the Japanese dishes. Memang sayonara lah jawabnya. Dame desu!

Tapi aku suka cuba makanan Jepun kalau dari natural ingredients. Bermacam pesen makanan. Ada yang boleh makan, ada yang tak sanggup tekak nak telan. Pelik sangat rasanya. LOL. Tapi menarik pengalaman ni. Hahaha. Cabaran paling utama bila keluar. So I just cook. *angkat bahu*

10) Nihon go ( Japanese language). Tahu bahasa Jepun tapi tak praktis, tak boleh juga. Mula-mula macam ternganga merangkak juga nak balas bila borak-borak dengan makcik time jelajah kawasan. Kadang aku sengih je kalo tak paham. Tapi lama-lama bila boleh paham perkara yang dibualkan, terasa power la juga hahaha. Especially bila lab members borak-borak sesama mereka, berangan tengah berlakon drama Jepun pun ada. Sebijik sama. LOL. Makanya, itu buatkan aku lagi mahu belajar bahasa Jepun ni. Plus sebab mereka tak reti sangat cakap English duhhh.

Kenapa mereka tak reti English sangat? Sebab semua benda dalam bahasa Jepun. Cerita omputeh, cerita korea pun terus tukar suara jadi Jepun. Mana nak tahu bahasa lainnyaaaaa~

11) Islamophobia. Warga Jepun dekat kawasan aku ni mungkin tak biasa tengok orang bertudung. Muslim dekat institut ni pun berapa kerat je. Itu yang bila keluar, terasa dipandang lah juga. Pernah aja terasa terancam sampai rasa nak menangis bila ada orang mengamuk2 depan aku. Entah apa yg dibebelkan tapi dapat tangkap ianya berkenaan islamophobia bila orang sekeliling duk tunjuk2 tudung aku pakai ni. Siap ada pakcik tu 'berdakwah' dekat aku lagi. Hmmmm seram. Tapi segelintir aja laa yang ekstrem. Biasanya kalo makcik2 tanya, cakap je datang dari Malaysia, belajar kat Hokuriku Sentang Daigakuin Daigaku (ehekk eksyen! :P) and yes I'm a Muslim.

Persoalan terbesar, kenapa mereka bertindak sebegitu sedangkan mereka amalkan benda-benda yang Islam suruh?

ISLAM DI TIMUR, MUSLIM DI BARAT.

Pandangan mataku makin jelas dari kabur.

Apa-apa pun, tinggal lagi seminggu di sini sebelum pulang ke tempat asalku. Nikmati aja indahnya kampung Nomi-shi, Ishikawa ni. Menyesal habis duit banyak? Tak kut insyaAllah. Pengalaman ni lebih berharga. Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli hal.

#AmoyInJapan

Kimi no Haiku

💞KIMI NO HAIKU💞

Sakura o miru to, 

Kimi o omotte iruyo. 

Nazenara, 

Ureshiku naru no mo setsunaku saseru no mo, 

Itsu demo riyuu wa kimi dake dayo. 

Sono tabi, 

Mata suki ni natte yuku. 

Hana ga kirei na dake de, 

Koko ni kimi ga ite kuretaratte. 

Soba ni irareta nara, 

Watashi wa anata mo tame ni kaika suru, 

Sakura no shite. 🌸

...

💞HAIKU FOR YOU 💞

When I look at sakura, 

I'm thinking of you. 

It's because, 

You're always the reason behind 

Both my happiness and my pain. 

And whenever you do, 

You're making me fall deeper in love. 

Seeing the beautiful flowers, 

I just wish you would be here with me. 

And if I could stay by your side, 

I will bloom for you, 

As sakura. 🌸

-amoy-

JAIST, Japan. 

...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

After almost a year, I'm back! haha.

But now I'm writing this from Japan. Wink2!

Just thinking of writing a blogpost for this special day of mine, or to be specific, special day of ours. ^^

Yeah, we're engaged for two years already. 

TWO YEARS.

That was just TOOOOOOO LONGGGG I told you. 

Seriously!

Ya Allah, only He knows what we've been through along our engagement period.

It was just not easy.

NOT EASY.

Things that you think is impossible to happen, already happened.

Things that you think you won't do, also done.

Which I regret the most, actually.

Because I never thought that I will be the one who makes the stupid thing to our relationship, screwing everything out.

But alhamdulillah, Allah still wants us to be together.

Oh seriously I can shed tears anytime I remember those painful moments.

T.T

I've always heard before, that engagement will have it's own challenge. And that time, I never thought that the challenges aren't just no joke like we've gone through. Maybe if you who's reading this and on engaged, or had engaged before, know what I mean. I just prayed that me and him, also you and your partner, will last forever till jannah. Aamiin insyaAllah.

Just remember to be strong together.

If you're sulking on small matter now, please keep in mind that your good moments with your partner are so beautiful to be ruined by our silly and childish acts.

Tho yeah I know sometimes the heart wants what I want, right? ;)

For these years we've been together, THANK YOU.

And be it 2 years or 6 years passed, I wish we'll last forever.

And I won't forget how your mum held my hand with this ring on, while saying,

"Telah tertulis dua nama dan dua hati,

Yang akan disatukan."

-Mak-

Al-Fatihah.