Seed of Barakah

Salaams,

And we got 6 left to go…

Well, I have 6 exams left to go.

Alhamdulillah x 3, The paper was good. A pleasant paper that was, yes, indeed, rather.

I love pleasant papers like that. I can go to the loo and take a break from all that sitting down.

Let it be known; sitting down is hard work

Nah, I went to the loo like 4 times during the paper!!

Drank lots of water the night before as well as earlier today, you see

Yeah…I have this mouth ulcer…that really really really hurts

AND it’s a big one…yeah, almost as big as the size of my pinkie nail!

Now that’s big!

You know what sucks?

Seeing/Reading about a full grown man complain about a wound smaller than a nostril.

Yeah.

So I’ll stop now

BUT

I asked my mum what I could put on it to make it better (Mums always know these kind of things don’t they?) and she said habbat assaudah oil. Habbat assaudah (or also known as habbat albarakah – which literally means the seed of barakah or blessings) is the black seed that is widely sold in Saudi. Looks like this,

*Image from Wikipedia.com*

It’s also known as Black Cumen but if you want to be really fancy about it, it’s scientific name is Nigella sativa.

In Islamic medicine, this seed is held in very high regard (hence the name ’seed of blessing’) and it has been used for hundreds of years.

And I conveniently forgot all about it.

So anyway my mum told me to use the black seed oil…and I asked, “Are you sure it’ll help?”

And she turned to me and said, “The Prophet P.B.U.H. once said that this seed can cure all diseases but death – I’m sure it can handle an ulcer”.

In the words of the Wacky Met…”~nyeah”.

I completely forgot about how we used to apply this oil to Umar’s lips when they crack (thanks to a cold night) and they healed by the end of the day!!

And look at his lips…

*You can’t touch this!*

There it is, Umar’s Infamous Pout.

Look at his good looks lah!

Umar! What are doing with such stunning good looks aye?! Huh? What are you doing with it huh?

Helmi got all the height and you got all the good looks and nice skin and everything!

I just got stuck with all the HAIR.

Hehehe,

Yeah, but if your good looks were to be any indication of the beauty within you…I’d say it’s doing a pretty good job, little guy

Yup, you are our seed of barakah

I’ve already applied the oil.

Now I’m gonna try and see if my pout looks as good as his

Good luck for the rest of your exams my friends!

Stay safe,

And [the seed] is BLACK!!!

Aman

What The World Needs Now…

Salaams,

This is helping me study – I hope it does some good for you too

I love this man’s piano playing, it’s pure elegance.

Anyway, download the MP3 of his playing here.

Then put it on repeat.

And you’ll know what my room sounds like

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Stay safe yeah?

And good luck on everyone’s paper tomorrow!!

Aman

WOW & Spammish Wisdom

Salaams!

I sincerely hope everyone is doing alright…and that revision has been on track

I wish I could say the same for myself…but yeah.

Don’t worry, I’m getting there

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We had a doa selamat for my driver & maid, who will be departing for their ‘Umrah on the 12th Insha Allah. It’s gonna be a rough 10 days for us without them, but we’ll pull through Insha Allah.

And…CHECK OUT THE CAKE one of our guests brought…

*WOW!*

Go ahead…say it.

“OH WOW!”

Yeah, pretty much everyone who saw it said it

It’s a marbled butter cake (on the inside) with generous chocolate sauce dripped all over the top…

I had a big slice

It was good

At the end of the function, this was all that was left…

I ate one more after taking this pic

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CHECK OUT the new David Blaine deck coming out!!!

*AND IT’S BLACK!!!*

They also have red backed ones too

Just in case you haven’t noticed, the ‘Spade’ symbol on the deck’s back design and card box are David Blaine’s initials back to back; ‘db’.

Pretty neat huh?

Gosh, I reckon that could be done with my initials…’aa’…right?

Right?

Kinda pricey at about $12 a deck (3x the price of my regular Bicycle cards!)…but I’m getting them Insha Allah

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I’ve come to a realization.

Wisdom can be found anywhere.

For example, by studying the caterpillar’s transformation into a beautiful butterfly…we can see that change is possible and is part of nature.

Or, by studying how the ants work together…we can see that yes, indeed, we can accomplish anything when we work together.

Wisdom can be found anywhere.

Even…

in your Spam folder

.

.

Ever since I got the odd Spam e-mail below:

I figured, my Spam box was trying to tell me something…

So every now and then I’d check it to see if there was any wisdom for me.

Sometimes there was…

But most of the time it just highlights my ‘apparent’ nakedness…

And judging from the number of mails I keep getting about that, I’m now starting to doubt my ability to properly put on clothes.

Wondering what this all meant…I was kept awake for many nights…constantly checking the presence of my shirt and pants (just in case!)…looking for a sign.

What did this all mean?

Was I special in some way?

Then…

One day…

The answer came…and it was so clear…

*I AM A MORON!!*

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Alright, it’s back to studying fer me

Good luck everyone!

And please, let’s all pray for each other ok?

Awesome

Stay safe,

And remember…I am a moron – it’s official

Aman

Cousins

Salaams

Right, so out of the 24 hours of today…I only studied…what…4?

:s

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On a brighter note, it was Hamza’s birthday on Monday!

And me, being a moron, forgot!

Shows just how fantastic I am with dates. Told you I have a time management problem

Anyway,

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY OH HAMZA!!!

Sorry your cousin was MIA yeah?

These are pics from his birthday outing with friends:

*He lafs it*

*Lafs it very much*

Hahahahaa, the guy showing Hamza’s head much love is my other cousin, Kadir – a self-proclaimed gorgeous person! Haha! See, I’m not the only one yang perasan!

But nah, these cousins are my generation, I grew up, fought and had sleep overs with them and they’re both very dear to me

And yes…I’m the youngest-looking (and acting!) and the shortest amongst them…but I laf it

I’m sure many of you still find it hard to believe Hamza and me are the same age…well, not anymore lah, his birthday just passed – mine’s in December.

That’s December 13th.

You know…

That’s a Saturday…you know…just…

Yeah

Just note it down somewhere

Since we’re on the topic of my cousins…allow me to share with you my gorgeous family members in S’pore

*Iskandar – He isn’t exactly family, but I love him like a brother – if only you all knew how much he’s helped me*

*Husin – He’s Hamza’s younger brother*

*Hassan – Well…what can I say? The ladies love him *

It has to be said that despite my age…I actually spend more time with Hassan & Husin. They’re slightly younger than me by about 2-3 years, but I feel more comfortable with them – don’t ask why! We just get along better

Plus Hamza would always take the most chicken when we ate

Together, us three, me, Hassan & Husin, we’d be THE THREE AMIGOS, hehe, I miss that. We’d have sleep overs and do completely useless things – and yet it is these useless things that we remember the most

With Husin I have very deep and philosophical talks with – he can go deeper than you can ever attempt, philosophically and religiously. I grew up with Husin as well, pretty much

With Hassan I have super-nonsense kind of talks. He can jive with me and my random nonsense and is more tolerating of my drawbacks.

Well, both of them are I suppose.

I guess that’s why I prefer being with them

It’s always nice to be with people who tolerate your drawbacks and prefer to focus on your good sides, isn’t it?

*THE THREE AMIGOS!!!*

Miss you guys…see you in S’pore during my holidays guys, Insha Allah.

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Alright, enough with the mini-documentary of my cousins in S’pore!

I gotta get back to studying!!!

Stay safe everyone,

And no, ladies, they’re all unavailable

Aman

P.S. People always think Hassan & I are brothers – twins even! I can never understand how that works!!

Honoured

YAY!

Double posting today!

Anyway, just had to post this out!

iTricks.TV (a website that features news and videos and stuff for magicians) has picked my latest video, ‘Amati’s Aces‘ as their pick of the day!

YAY!

*Thank you!*

How cool is that?

Ok, I know it’s not like some prestigious award…but still!

I’m happy

Alhamdulillah, nice to see years of work pay off

Azman & Met, thanks guys

Couldn’t have done it without you guys!

This is my second time receiving this honour actually…iTricks also picked my other video, ‘Simplicity‘ as a pick of their day once as well, some time back.

*Hehe*

Just FYI, ‘Gypsy Thread’ is the name of the trick I performed in my ‘Simplicity‘ video…well, my version of it anyway

Alrighty then, just wanted to let that out

Wow…what a time for me to be concerned with such matters aye?

Yay, revision week

Stay safe you guys,

And watch my videos if you’re on your study break…you’re on one now right?

Aman

P.S. Happy Birthday Jauzi!!!