Blog is the right place to blab.

As mentioned above, I think kan memang betul la what I realised that by blogging I can blab more than tweeting. Haha. Bukan apa, I tweet panjang berjela macam tak puas nak bercakap. Tapi kekadang tu sekali tengok macam menyampah pun ada. Same goes when I do snap-chatting. What u can write down just a few words.

Snapchat: asyikinzakaria (promoting. not)

If I opted to my eloquence to talk, one line's not enough. lol

Anyhow, you'll find that talking is tiring. You'd rather be silent than talking to others. That's sometimes, a very good self-mental-relaxing. Better jari jemari kau je yang membebel dekat keyboard. Mulut dan otak tak penat. Chill and lek lek je. Gittew.

XOXO

Allah knows best

If we hold grudges, our spirits get stuck like trapped birds. We can’t fly the way we’re supposed to, because our own resentments bind us and hold us down. When you hate someone, they don’t feel it. Only you do. It affects only your own heart, until your heart hardens and your vision narrows, and life loses its joy and zest.

We must forgive each other and forgive ourselves. Let go of resentments from the past. Do it for your own sake, because letting go and forgiving is the only way to be happy.

Whatever others have done against you, let it go. Consign it to Allah, then forgive. Whatever you have done against others, apologize and ask forgiveness, and ask Allah’s forgiveness as well.

Good night everyone. 

Chef Acikin 3.0

Mama must be so proud of me. I have made kuih buah melaka @ gula melaka @ ondeh-ondeh by myself! Actually, not only mama, i proud of myself as well. Lol. This is the third traditional kuih (cakes) that i made myself using my mama's recipe. Before this, i made roti jala and roti bawang.  Hebat. *clap clap* 

So here, what you need are: 

1) tepung pulut (glutinous rice flour)

2) pandan juice - chip the pandan leaves and blend them to get the juice and the colour. Very fragrant.

3) gula melaka - finely chopped

4) grated coconut

5) a pinch of sea salt - table salt sudeh

Both thumbs up! Sumpah sedap. Delicious to die. Tak tipu. 

La ni, bila duduk overseas baru terhegeh-hegeh nak belajar buat itu ini, mintak mama resipi segala benda. You crave, you make your own. Haa tu la, dulu kau tau pergi dapur and makanan dah siap je kan. Order je nak makan apa. Buruk nau perangai. Eh, tapi tolong jugak okay mama masak. Congrats acikin, good job. 

Till then, XOXO ! 

Monday blues is here again?

I wish i could precisely say how i feel right now but none of those words i bind together carry the precise meaning. Not even closed.

Not. 

AUSTRIA

Yeayyy! Finally our europe trip plan became true. Today is our 12th day of travelling. 14 destinations thru 9 countries in 14 days with 11 awesome crack-headeds. Good enough for bonding time huh? Hihi. Now we are all at our 2nd last destination which is Krakow, Poland! Its now 2 in the morning, diorang semua tidur dah. Ai je tak tidur lagi.

Our journey started from Bristol Airport. We flew away from bristol to our first destination, Bratislava Airport in Slovakia. We stayed one night before continuing our journey to Vienna, Austria. We then travelled soooo far. Soooo far. Thousands kilometres. Our tiredness was obscured by the excitement that we enjoyed together. *wink*

Bristol, uk ➡ bratislava, slovakia ➡ vienna, austria ➡ prague, czech republic ➡ salzburg, austria ➡ filzmoos, austria ➡ hallstatt, austria ➡ bled, slovenia ➡ park skocjanske jame, slovenia ➡ ljubljana, slovenia ➡ zagreb, croatia ➡ zadar, croatia ➡ split, croatia ➡ mostar, bosnia ➡ kravice, bosnia ➡ sarajevo, bosnia ➡ budapest, hungary ➡ tatra, poland ➡ krakow, poland ➡ bratislava, slovakia ➡ bristol, uk.

Huhhh 😅

Vienna, Austria

Favourite picture in everywhere i go; signboards :)

Kunsthistoriches Museum

The Parliament

Faxi katanya. Stylo baiii 

Vienna's Imperial Palace

Rathaus (City Hall)

Hallstatt, Austria.

Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstatter See (a lake). A very breathtaking views!! 

Till we meet again, Austria.

Xoxo,

Acikoin

Ramadhan Kareem

The holy month of Ramadhan is here again. The month where the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of mirth and love. And yeah, my first tarawikh and fasting without lovely family around. From dawn to dusk; 19 hours long where our fajr here starts at 230 in the morning and maghrib time at 930pm. What a long day huh? May Allah grant me sabr, strength and success in every trial you test me with.

May This Ramadan be as bright as ever. May this Ramadan bring me joy, health and wealth. May the festival of lights brighten me up and my near and dear ones lives. May this Ramadan bring me in the most brightest and choicest happiness and love i have ever wished for. May this Ramadan bring me the utmost in peace and prosperity. May lights triumph over darkness. May peace transcend the earth. May the spirit of light illuminate the world. May the light that we celebrate at Ramadan show us the way and lead us together on the path of peace and social harmony. InshaAllah..

Love, 

Acikoin

Killer weather.

What a day. I dont like summer. I really miss autumn. Autumn is such very lovely weather. Spring is quite okay though but it isnt in a card of me since during spring, all the pollens will freely fly away, here and there. And for an individual who got a very strong sinus as mine, you'll know. Get tired of getting sick day by day. Its now summer, with a very sensitive skin i owned, migraine that i have fought for years, i'm dead. Yesterday, i went to Bicester Village. Omg it was 27 degree celcius. As usual, i gone raged with the hotness. Yeah, as hot as today and as usual i got migraine and puked at the end. 

                 Yesterdays #ootd.

Love, 

Acikoin.