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I should learn to update on a more regular basis. I am losing touch of the things and thoughts I have running through my mind during my blooming years. I finished reading an extremely good book. I am getting back on track on my read-a-thon. We used to have those every quarter in elementary school. A sticker for a book read.

I plan to read all the famous books. I mean, there must be a reason why they are famous. And I do have a fetish for buying new/old books. Reading them makes me feel so rich. Like encapsulated in an air tight fantasy world of our own. Its a feeling I learned to appreciate since I was 8, an avid reader.

I would highly recommend to kill a mockingbird to those who have yet to read it. Next in line : waiting for my 'inferno' by dante (I asked naz to get it for me) and maybe the silk house factory by tash aw (I think I spelt the title right) oh and you can get me that book for my upcoming 26th.

Dusun Kendong

Life is a bit boring without my diana F. We used to share the same heightened excitement whenever we went out.
Now its just me and my second-hand converse wallet, and keys. And lipbalm.
Last weekend I went to visit my granfathers, both whom are not doing so well. Its a sad circumstance to have to justify.
'Exhibit A is suffering because..so and so..' and then we'd have to compare it with 'Exhibit B shows signs of ageing and has loss the ability to..etc etc..'
It was a purely sad moment for me. But to dwell so deep into it would only drain me of my mental strength.
I had a long way back to travel. And then to deal with the fact that f's mom will be going for Hajj this year has also put a MAJOR dent on my planning.

Kendong is beautiful. The trees are wild and grew out of every nook and cranny. The grass high and tall, hiding secrets between the dense layers.
I took atok's bike for a spin. The tyres are flat. The house is on a hill that is impossible to cycle up with a set of flat tyres.

The kids in the football field were cheering us up the hill. I had sweat trickling down my neck and back. My face plastered with a permanent smile. I felt like a kid again.

Mama is back

With her presence, the house is obviously more well kept.
Dust mites at bay.
Everything in the house has returned to its safe-to-eat state.
Water jugs kept brim full ready to pour. Tea, for breakfast perhaps?

The house is alive again, because the heart is put back right where it belongs.
This time around, there is something noticeably different.

'Mama sakit-sakit badan la kemas rumah..' she has aged. Beautifully so.

Makkah al-Mukarramah

It is said in the traditions, “ Circumambulate this House frequently before it is removed, for it has been destroyed on two occasions and on the third occasion will be removed.” And it is related with the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, that the Prophet (s.a.w) said, “ God most High said, ‘If I intend to destroy the world I would begin with My House; first I would destroy it and then I would destroy the world after it’.”

Source : Al-Ghazali, The Secrets of Pilgrimage.