France, Summer 1918.

Sergeant Collins was monitoring the war zone, looking out for any signs of the German army. Until he saw something moved, struggling. Nothing was supposed to move on that field. There wasn't even supposed to be anything alive on it.

He grabbed his binoculars and tried to identify this mysterious beast. He thought it was a cow but how did it even end up on this No-man's Land?

He suddenly realised it wasn't a cow. It was actually in fact a horse.

A War Horse. 

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I don't normally do movie reviews but this movie is definitely worth mentioning. Yes, I know. This is a pretty old movie (December 2011) but I didn't have the chance to watch it until yesterday because Sayanora exams!

 

First's first; this is by far the best love story that I've ever watched.  It's a story about Joey and Albert, a horse and his boy. They were separated by force due to World War I. As cliché as every other movies, this one is worth watching. What made this movie interesting is because of the different stories of different people that were told throughout Joey's journey during the war.

Don't worry if you're not a movie-goer, War Horse is adapted from a novel by Michael Morpurgo. I haven't read it but it's going to be on my Books-To-Buy List.

 

Heads up for any animals' and horses' lovers out there, make sure you have a box of tissue right next to you because I can assure you that you're gonna cry your eyeballs out. Never have I remembered crying so hard from watching a movie, though I have to make an exception to Hachiko: A Dog's Story. Whoever made that movie, damn, ya tryna dry up all of our tears, man?

It's sad and funny and encouraging. It was one hella of a roller coaster ride of emotion.

Steven Spielberg was really smart with it as he has always been with his other war movies. If you decide to watch this, do watch out for the scene that I mentioned above. From wiping my tears off my cheeks, I ended up laughing like a hyena.

Love, courage, friendship, trust, honour and belief are beautifully molded into this movie. It's not 100% about the horse because it's more about the war, so don't worry if you don't dig into the girly horsey movies because it's not. *Two thumbs up*

PS: Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch are in it. *Winks*

It's been gazillion years since I've last updated my blog (that's for 'a few months' in internet language). Before I start, I'd just like you to know that this is pure analogy. Please put aside the fact that Channing is married to the out most beautiful Ms Jenna Dewan-Tatum and have just had a gorgeous blue-eyed baby girl. Thought I'd use Channing as the example since he's 'the hot buzz' right now. I mean, I'm writing this from a girl's point of view. So, if you're a guy reading this, just change Channing with, I don't know, Jennifer Lawrence maybe? LOL.

Let your imagination run wild.

Out of all other prettier and smarter fan-girls, he chose you. There he was, on his knees, with his beautiful green eyes staring back at you, waiting patiently for an answer to slip away from your lips. And there you were, standing in front of him, frozen. (PS: You're trying really hard to not to faint. XP)

Yeah, you've seen his movies. Maybe not all of them but sure. Yeah, you've sometimes stalked him on Instagram, if it pops up in your feed. Yeah, you can't deny he's super gorgeous. Yeah, you might even have had him in your dreams but never in a thousand years that you'd expect to actually meet him in this unexpected situation.

Even if you're not a fan, you just can't afford to say "No".

Imagine this, out of millions of his fans, out of the blue, he chose you. And only you for him to share his life with.

How would you feel?

Have you sunk in this feeling yet? Can you imagine how special you are? How much you stand out from every other human beings in this world?

Out of many other cooler websites, what are the chances of you reading this? What are the chances of you clicking this link?  What are the chances of even doing anything by luck?

"He selects for His mercy whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty."

- Al Imran (3:74)

Out of everyone in the world, Allah chose you to understand Islam. Allah chose you to be wherever you are right now. Allah chose you to not go astray even though the many, many mistakes that you've made in life. Allah opened your hearts to allow you to have faith in this beautiful religion. Never once that he turns away from us, the weak flawed human beings. 

So, what are the chances of you embracing Islam?

I'm not sure about you but I'm feeling dem special feels right now.

Embrace it. <3

Okaaayyy, this is a really random post. I know I've posted this on Twitter but what the heck =)

Thank you, you random awesome person. You just made my day awesomer <- that's not even a word but owh well. I don't know who you are but I think you're cute.

Again, won't give you a potato but here's a purple smiley =D

So, I was watching this sports show on Astro the other day and they showed this one Malaysian futsal championship 2011 for both boys and girls. And I gotta admit that were pretty good but the problem that I faced while watching the highlights was that I can’t differentiate them.

I could not differentiate which teams were the girls’. =.=’

I really don’t get it. Why do you have to look like a guy to play like one? It doesn’t make sense at all! Plus, you don't need to look like Messi to also get FIFA Player of the Year 2011. =)

FIFA Player of the Year 2011, Homare Sawa and Lionel Messi.

Of course there is nothing wrong with having short hair. And you can totally still look like a girl.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a long hair looking like a normal girl. Or if you’re a Muslimah, there’s no harm on playing futsal while wearing hijab. My friends and I have been doing that and is still doing it.

Exhibit A, world champions for  FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011, Japan. Well, most of them look still very much like a girl. Hmm.

Exhibit B, since they’re world champions, it’s so obvious that they’re amazing at playing football.

Plus, in the religion of Islam, isn’t there this one hadith which states that it’s haram to wear any types of clothing which would cause other people to confuse you as the opposite sex? Please correct me if I’m wrong.

And another thing, when it comes to football and girls, the typical Malaysians would always say to me:

“Ish, buat apa dok main bola, macam laki-laki.”

“Hang tu perempuan, sedaq sikit, nanti orang ingat hang laki.”

“Tak takut ka nanti orang laki tak suka kat hang?”

What the TOOOOOOOT? Like C’MON! Playing or being a fan of the game would not transform you into becoming a boy kayy. *Slaps head*

You tell me, while it’s okay to play hockey, netball and handball, why is it not okay for girls to play football? You still run around the field, chasing the one same ball but rather than using your hands or hitting it with a stick, you use your legs. *Squints*

So, Malaysians (the stereotype ones), please stop being such a stereotype! There’s nothing wrong with girls playing or even watching the game, okay?

And let’s not even go to girls playing rugby. That’s way off for many Malaysians to accept that still. Since I’m the little rebel, I’m still gonna play both football and touch rugby regardless of what people are going to say and have said to me.

Feminist much? Nahh, just being an outspoken athlete and a football/rugby fan. =)

Haha. Bak kata Wani Nizam, I nih gedik macam superstar. Tak maw announce kata dah balik Penang. Haha, SURPRISE!! LOL. To those I yang I tak call or bagitaw lagi, bukan tak maw call, but tak sempat. So, no terasa hati yeah? =B

So, I dah ada kat Penang for more than a week. Haha, agak2 ahh, since we all sampai malam Selasa lepaih, esok tuh, terus pi makan KFC! Wee~ coz dekat sana KFC mana lah halal. Dah la kat belakang rumah ada KFC. Boleh lalu, tengok and drool jaa. Heh. 

Heavy Malaysian food macam tak rindu sangat sebab kat rumah ibu ngan abah selalu masak. Plus, kalu other Malaysians panggey pi makan rumah, makan makanan Melayu lagi. So, macam orang Penang kata, tak kebuluq la. =B

These are the food yang dah pekena since sampai sini. Hehe.

Cendoi pulut
Ais Kacang
KFC
McD
Nasi Kandaq
Roti Canai
Roti Tisu
Teh Tarik
Maggi Goreng
Sambai belacan
Pasemboq
Ikan belah belakang
Ayam masak merah

Haha, the list could go on, so, I’ll just stop here. Hehe.

Met up with my honey bees Eel ngan Wani. Jalan2, makan2, shopping2. Plus, orang macam kena buat appointment plak bila nak jumpa. Next week, nak pi merepek ngan minah Ashley Leow ngan Adilla Munir plak. Wah wah wah, nak mengada lah kan bak kata orang. Haha. Well, to those yang I tak jumpa lagi, we would definitely meet. Wee~

And I definitely like it when other Malaysians tell me, WELCOME HOME. =)) 

Though I <3 New Zealand a lot. =B

5 hours and over 400 km. Hmmm, sempat kah nihhh?? Okayy, I’ll just sleep now and hope that when I wake up, we’ll reach there in time.

15 minutes later...

Me: Are we there yet?? *pouts*

Ibu: *Chuckles* Kakak dah worry we’re gonna miss world cup finals. Chill, we’ll reach there in time.

Me: *Stares* Nanti ramai orang kat fanzone, tak boleh masuk tengok kat bigscreen. *pouts* I’ll just sleep again then. *sigh*

Our road trip to Rotorua, north part of North Island. That was how far we drove last weekend. We went there coz a very close family friend came to New Zealand and we decided to go to Rotorua on the same day as the World Cup finals. Went around the beautiful sulphur-odoured place, visited an awesome Maori Marae named Whakarewarewa AND got to the fanzone* on time and watch the glorious victory that All Blacks manage to hold on to after 24 years! It was definitely one nervous-wrecking game coz the Abs only won 8-7 against the French. Phew! I bet Piri Weepu felt all the pressure on him but heyy, that’s why they’re called games I guess. =S But then, Stephen Donald saved the day and managed to get a conversion out of it. And they only put Sonny Bill in like 5 minutes before the game ends. *pouts* And I just adore Richie McCaw’s cheeky grin when he looked at the time which was over 80 minutes, indicating that they’ve won the title. =D

You gotta read it in Malay so that it will sound the same:

 Tey-fakarewa-rewa-tanga-o-tey-o-pey-ta-uwa-awa-hi-yau

The view of sulfur blast from my hotel room.

The cool Maori traditional dance performance.

The Marae.

Singing Aotearoa National Anthem: God Defend New Zealand

When The All Blacks won the Championship at Rotorua Fanzone.

*fanzone - a place where they build at almost every town in NZ so that everyone can watch rugby on bigscreen, play all sorts of rugby games and cool events, and if you’re lucky like me, you’ll be able to meet the All Blacks. Depends where and when though. =D

From left: Cory Jane, Ma'a Nonu, some cute kid =p, Piri Weepu, Dan Carter, Sonny Bill Williams, Conrad Smith and Richard Kahui

Fanzone at Waitangi Park, Wellington.

Okay, to tell you the truth, it wasn’t such a good game. I know that they could do a lot better than that but Abs have done their best and owned the World Cup title for the second time. However, here is my Top 5 must-watch RWC matches list:

1)     Ireland vs Wales (Quarters)

2)     Australia vs All Blacks (Semis)

3)     Australia vs South Africa (Quarters)

4)     Tonga vs France (Pool)

5)     Japan vs All Blacks (Pool)

I know, you guys must be thinking JAPAN? You kidding me? LOL, it was definitely an easy game for the Abs (no offence to any Japanese =B) but you gotta agree with me that Japan didn’t give up even till the last minute. You just gotta love their spirit. =)

The All Blacks had a victory parade in Auckland on Monday, Christchurch on Tuesday and in Wellington itself on Wednesday but tragically I couldn’t go coz it was during school. They did the haka at the parliament staircase!! Huaarrgghh!! *Geram* One horrible day but you just gotta do what cha gotta do =S. But, all hail the All Blacks, the world champion. =D

PS: Now I don’t have anything else to look forward to every weekend anymore. =S