Ahaa... This is what I wrote somewhere around the same time of the year, last year...
Saje muhasabah balek eek...
"A new beginning" - sounds like the name of The Moffats first album. Hirk? What a "poyo" introduction.Well, it's been a looooooooonngggg time since I didn't post my entries in this blog... busy with the exams, then 'balik kampung', 'raya', bla..bla...walau rasa cam tak de orang baca, tapi.. insya-Allah, moga ada hati yang tersentuh utk mempelajari sesuatu.... Pena (ke keyboard?) itu lebih tajam daripada pedang :)
ON THE OTHER SIDE ... translation : "Di sebelah sana" .. (Cam tak sedap je..) Ok, tak pe, abaikan.. I'm going to share with all the readers about "ON THE OTHER SIDE"..What is "on THIS side" and what is "on THE OTHER side" ??
Imagine ... A river, flowing calmly and oftenly as well flowing "ganas"ly.... There are 2 river banks... We can choose to walk on either side of the banks...on THIS side, nampak cantik laa... ade banyak shopping complex ade Mega Sale, ade Bintang Walk.. best la kalu nak lepak2... unknowingly, behind the buildings, the land is actually striked with draught... Scorching sun cracks the soil, not a single plant able to grow.. No single drop of water to break the thirst...on THE OTHER side, there is a high voltage electrical fence, where to overcome this fence, you have to wear safety gears such as rubber boots, rubber glove with thickness more than 5cm, helmet (Argh..stop exaggerating..huk huk!!) Behind the fence.... the land is green, with fresh air where "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" (did I sound like Voltaire?..hehe..)Which one will you choose?Many will choose THIS SIDE....Less will take, the OTHER SIDE....atau lain kata, ramai yang nak bersenang-senang dahulu, bersusah-susah kemudian....
I would like to share one of my favourite poem....
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler,
long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I—I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-ROBERT LEE FROST
And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler,
long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I—I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-ROBERT LEE FROST
I learnt this in my literature subject during form 4.. And when I read it again and again, each time when I read it, I would have different perspectives ...Until at one time, this poem seems to really make sense to me and I never changed my interpretation on it anymore...ON THE OTHER SIDE ..... Bak kata Robert Frost"the one less traveled by", hehe.. where Islam lies.... Islam, ghuraba'.. Sapelah nak pilih jalan yang pelik... Islam itu dagang, datang dalam keadaan dagang... Dan kembali dalam keadaan dagang... Dan beruntunglah orang yang dagang...Saya bercita2 nak menulis kupasan tentang THE OTHER SIDE ... dan THIS SIDE... Penting nak kenal jahiliyah, bak kata2 Umar, "ikatan islam akan terungkai satu2, kalau tak kenal jahiliyah"..Rasulallah pun cakap, "angkatan yang terbaik masa jahiliyah, adalah angkatan yang terbaik masa Islamnya"...ON THE OTHER SIDE : A new beginning ... Insha-Allah, during this holiday... Nak buat penulisan bersiri lah konon insha-Allah...Dalam proses gak, nak buat kartun bersiri kisah Yusuf.... Tapi, baru buat trailer dia aje.. Hehe...OK lah, keep on tuning to me ..Muahaha... Rindu kengkawan, huhu...Wassalam
