January 20, 2007

catat catat

right now my wrist smells of bvlgari, prada, gucci, dkny, paco rabanne and all the other scents mixed up, thanks to a tiring search for the perfect perfume for mom back at the zurich airport. anyway, i got lots of lots of chocolates from sprungli - jom share sblm abes! :D really, when they melt in your mouth, it feels like, i don't know, chocolates. damn good swiss chocs, that is. and at last, i got my dream hijau-striped adidas sneakers. suka doh. style gila!

by the way, i think there's this one guy on the plane just now is, well, a dj of some sort. not a radio dj but those velvet underground zouk kind of dj. yeah, right - club djs. judging from his appearance lah. another thing, he listens to ministry of sound and other club songs quite awhile (his inflight entertainment screen is kind of visible from my seat). logical, because (refer post below) zurich claimed to have one of the best club scenes in europe, so, supposedly there're many good dj's lah kan. though, from what i saw, the city looked decent from the outside (we never know what's inside, anyway). unlike, well, kl. oh, well.

too many francs spent, really. kind of horrible, come to think of it. haha. but really it was all worth it (kind of, well, for me it is). zurich was nice lah. but kuala lumpur, shah alam in particular, is nicer. blue skies, high humidity, excessive heat - what more do you want? always, and always always, kl will always be my favourite world class city, malaysia my favourite land, the twin towers my favourite world landmark, and of course shah alam my favourite home. aww. and yes, malaysian english rocks. our 'lah' will always forever be distinctive. toss for that one!

and yes, for my brothers and sisters, if you didn't get the very chance to start the year right for 2007, you'll always have the chance to set everything right for 1428! in a related matter, there is a high level of curiosity regarding islam nowadays in europe actually. turn on cnn, bbc, etc (the frustrating channels that i just have to watch at the hotel) and you'll hear islam, islam and islam. then come extremism, terrorism and radicalism. the word 'peace' is struggling to fit in, really. cnn is having some documentary about muslims in britain - the youths, the so-called radicals and the religion itself - which i see as largely mind-intriguing.

however in canada, a lighter approach is done - a sitcom called 'little mosque in the prairie' is aired, with the story highlighting the daily lives of muslims in a good and humorous way, directed by a female muslim director. so far it's been a hit between muslims and non-muslims alike. and there're a lot of mosques in zurich and switzerland at large. ayah made friend with a south african guy during our conducted tour around zurich - who in the end turned out to be a muslim. his name is hassan and he gave us his name card. right now, probably, he's in morocco, travelling.

anyway, anyhow, islam is seeing its light in europe. in bahnofstrasse, the haupbahnof or at niedehorf it's kind of easy to see some people with hijab walking around amongst the crowd of people. at the front page of tages anzeiger, there are titles of articles concerning islam, but of what topic, i'm not sure lah, because it's in german. but the so-called islamophobia still exists and roam freely, with the western media worsening the situation. sad, i know.

but hey, hope on God never fades. so as a new year is folding, i wish for the best for our brothers and sisters everywhere all around the globe. may peace reign on earth, and the ukhuwah bond strengthened. Happy New Year 1428 AH and let's hope that this year will be better than the last one. salam, bro :)

p/s: love the new watch too. *grins*
love the german detective conan & naruto too. haha. pelik pelik :p

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

it ends with no snow after all.
oh wells. i can do experiment on you having hyperthemia due to your uber cool new stuff! ^_______^

Syukri Shairi said...

HAHAHA dah laaa u ni. ske je nk tgk i hyperthemia! jom la gi bukit cerakah then :p!~