4th Overall Best Speaker.

I’ve left this blog for nearly a year. But last night I decided to continue writing. Anyway, who cares?

Before that, this 2^nd block of first year is relatively as tough as the 1^st block, but I don’t see any increment in my frequency of study, yet I leave my room more often and I made my weekends more busy. Err.

Debate.

From left: Sarah, Jannah, Syazwan, Kareem, Hafiz, Hasna. I tell you, they are awesome!

My very first tournament in University level just ended last 29^th January 2012; it’s the 1^st East Coast Debating Cup 2012. And IIUM team did perform very well.

IIUM 1 broke as Semi-finalist

IIUM 2 broke as Quarter-finalist

IIUM overall speakers ranking:

1^st – Sarah

3^rd – Kareem

4^th – Jannah

6^th – Hafiz

10^th – Hasna

11^th – Syazwan

I’m very proud to be in a team with you guys but sadly, most of them are reaching their final years. We have just a very little time more to spend together as debaters.

This is indeed my very first achievement in debate. I’m not very much happy, but I’m grateful that it marked my improvement since I left my debating career for almost 3 years. I’m not sure what I really felt though my heart beat very fast and my hands were cold when I went on the stage to get the prize. I was like, is this for real?

When I first joined the debate club here, I only knew Kareem. Accidentally he was invited to adjudicate in MUSLEH ISDC and we met there when I was one of the runners. Then I knew Sarah who is very much helpful to fetch me at Tabari and go for training together. There is also Raheela and Fatimah, Hafiz and Syazwan, Hannan and Abid. The only debater in my batch is Kamal whom I knew since in CFS but we never talked. I just realized that I am very blessed to get to know these people when we went out for dinner together the night the debate ended to celebrate ourselves. I really am looking forward to more precious time we’ll be spending together as IIUM team.

Coming up next: NOVICE 2012. Go Raheela and Fatimah! J

Debaters, I just hope that when God POI-ed us on The Day when our feet, hands, legs, eyes, ears and hairs are giving speech on our best arguments to defend the case of all the things we did in this world, we could answer it as smooth as we did in any of our best-est debate tournament. Then I’m sure, we’ll be granted the best prize than any of the world-class tournaments have to offer. But yeah, on that day, we couldn’t be a team anymore, and couldn’t help each other L

When I started to wonder why I need to continue debating, then I’ll remember Ustazah Hawanis’s speech in one of SMIH Debate camps: The real urge that man needs to have critical thinking is from Al-Quran itself. Why do other people take the challenge more than we do?

True. Go and see any debating scenes. How many of them are real Muslims who claim to have been taught by the best Way-of-Life Guidance Book and obey the Almighty that controls the Universe?

The numbers are not more than you counting your fingers.

And I never think Ustazah Kamaliah wants us to debate only for the school. So I'm moving on.

Hujan

Hari ini hujan.
Pagi tadi lebat.
Sekarang sudah renyai-renyai.


Kalau hujan ini telah mengalirkan kotoran-kotoran di jalanan,
menyegarkan daun-daun kehijauan,
alangkah indahnya kalau ia mampu menyucikan jiwa yang kotor ini,
alirkan dosa-dosa ke tempat yang takkan kembali,
hidupkan hati biar bernafas dengan maghfirah ilahi.


Ramadhan...dimana kau di hatiku?


Hujan ini seperti awan menangis.
Bersama rintihan hati ini yang baru dipalit najis.

Crying clouds.

Please help.








p/s: Faizah...

"When the children of Gaza collect money for the children of Somalia, the world should be crying in shame."

I want money!

They said:

These are the blacks! They didn't even know how to rule properly, and begging us for money!

They are the one should be blamed! Why do they keep having children and prolong the sufferings?

I'm tired of this! Until when will the African rely on us?

This is a poorly damaging nation! Worthless! Let them die!

No! Its because of the European Invasion. They stole their money and resources and made a misery in Africa. 

Just donate. A small amount of money is enough!

It's not about black or white! These are humans!

I want to help!

I say:

A part of the world is suffering.

Another part of it is rejoicing.

Another part of it is abandoning.

After all, they are still in the same round world.

We are still one nation of human.

Why does God made this part of the world, still existing?

Why does God still give luxury to the other part to continue rejoicing?

Or if you don't believe in any God controlling the world, you think this thing just happen by itself?

Put yourself in their shoe. If you say you didn't ask for what you have right now, neither did they. Put yourself in their shoe.

Then you know what life actually worth for.

After all, you know you'll die soon.

Continue blaming and die. Or keep on saving and die.