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The first time in my life that I missed my flight due to illness. This is what I learnt.
- I took a night flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur and arrived at 3am.
- Spent the next 7 hrs walking, getting to the city centre, catching up with friends and completing side quests.
- Already had mild flu so the term “running nose” really comes alive. Snot comes out uncontrollably especially while bowing down during prayer time.
- I then spent the next 4 consecutive days with a beautiful concoction of late night sleep, traveling (car, train, plane) and non stop eating.
- Tuesday night before I left, I went crazy with durian. I dont think I have ever ate so much durian in my life.
6. Warning – disgusting human excretion description coming ahead.
7. 3 hrs later and there I was, vomiting out all my insides which included (but not limited to) 2 plates of rice, ikan bakar, udang masak lemak…. and the durians.
8. Completed packing and all, but it was too late. The vomit might have trigger all the underlying sickness.
9. Morning of departure, I was so sore all over the body that I decided its just not worth the hassle of passing out at the airport.
10. Lesson learnt – no matter how much mentally prepared I was, when it comes to the temptation while back home ie food, family and friends, sometimes the only place our logic goes is … out the window.
Until then, stay hungry, but binging is not the answer.
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Eid Mubarak – one week after
- We arrived in Perth at 1am last night, after 10 days in Malaysia – mostly in Kuala Lumpur & Melaka.
- Due to the different day of Eid (Friday for Australia, Saturday for Malaysia) we were blessed with an extra day of fasting in KL.
- The past 10 days has been filled with love, laughter, blessings, and most definitely – calories!
- What we really lack of was
- sleep
- food restrictions:)
- Lucky I dont have my smartwatch on. Else it would have “screamed” NOT ENOUGH SLEEP for the last 10 days.
- I dropped my son at work 30 minutes ago and headed randomly to a nearby coffee shop.
- Ordered soy latte (like it would lower my cholesterol level from my binge eating days).
- I sat in the car while watching the clouds and sipping the coffee. Driver car ajar as I let the cool breeze brushes past my body. Its 22C.
- Time to scroll through the hundreds of photos I mindlessly snap throughout my last trip. Its going to be a blast updating my social media.
- I’m happy, I’m content. And I only have Allah to thank.
Until then, stay hungry, stay grateful.
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Voice vs data : my preferred communication
- Launched Facebook this morning on my PC and saw a notification of a friend’s birthday.
- I messaged him ‘Happy Birthday’ and got a quick response.
- Quite surprised by it; he usually takes a while to reply. Turns out he is in a new job, most ly working from home and has more time in his hands I assume.
- After a few lines back and forth, I asked him if he has 60 seconds to spare. He said yes. It turned into 20 minutes – yikes!
- It is still 60 seconds, just a multiplication of 20, innit? 😀
- With the advent of free instant messaging apps like Whatsapp and Telegram, its very easy to get in contact with your loved ones.
- Personally I prefer the “human touch” whenever possible.
- There’s much more you can learn when you listen to an actual human’s voice.
- Smile while you are on the phone, and the other party could actually “see you smiling”.
- I’ve tried it a few times while talking to an irate client – I think it does help to lower the tension.
Until then, stay hungry, keep listening.
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How I view my sleep nowadays
- Browsing through Facebook this morning and saw a post from this “successful” influencer in Malaysia.
- Someone asked for an advice and in the spur of the moment, his short sentence was “Work hard. Work really hard. Don’t sleep”. I think it is a bit misleading.
- I’m assuming he was joking, or half joking. Or maybe he was serious. I don’t know.
- What I do know that he has material wealth to prove his point. I have no issue with it, I wish him the best in his life.
- The older I get, the more I appreciate a good, quality night sleep. It is something I strive to obtain every day.
Still saving up to spend a night here. - My main challenge is the same as with millions of other modern man – the temptation of gadgets and/or binge watching streaming services.
- Occasionally I do skip a good night sleep due to work (airport pickups at midnight).
- This would usually result in me getting groggy all day, the next day.
- I try to lessen the effect by doing short exercise in the morning. I heard once.A 15 min bicycle ride would do the trick.
- “He is the One Who has made the night for you as a cover, and ˹made˺ sleep for resting, and the day for rising.”
Until then, stay hungry, stay refreshed.
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Food craving – my hits and misses with fasting
- I tried fasting twice a week last December 2025.Each day between 16-21hrs, no food, no water.
- In continuation, we are currently at the 17th day of Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims.
- I noticed there were some changes to my body in terms of food cravings.
- I don’t crave that much of junk food like chips and fizzy drinks anymore.
- Even if I do eat them, I can’t devour them like before. Either I’ll have them in a few sittings (compared to one sitting before) or I will share with others.
Toasted bread with butter, choc spread, kaya spread, banana and teh tarik for supper last night. - There were days that all I wanted to eat is just rice, plain soup, protein (fish/chicken/meat/tofu) and sambal. Nothing fancy.
- Can’t afford to do this – my wife and kids will go mad.😅
- Any changes to my weight? I’m glad I asked that question myself.
- Checked today at my local gym – I reduced 5kg these past 2 months. That explains why my pants feels loose nowadays. I was worried that the summer sun has somehow expanded them.
- Might need to check my wardrobe, in case some clothes gets a bit too loose for me as well.
Until then, stay hungry, stay consistent.
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Chaos in the world and the transgressors who benefits of it
- After years of propaganda and hate mongering by the media and the (un)respective leaders, the US & Israel illegally attacked Iran on 28 February 2026.
- My favourite term would be “Iran are only weeks away from having a nuclear capability weapon” – which has been mentioned repetitively by Israel/US warmongering leaders for the last 20 years.
- I don’t know what time machine witchery is being used here – its pretty much a long game of media manipulation to justify their invasion of another country’s sovereignty.
- The supreme leader, Ali Khamenei was assassinated, along with his close family members who were around him (Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, grandchild, and daughter-in-law were also killed in the strikes on his compound.)
- More than 100 school kids and teachers were killed when a strike hit their school. A school!!!
- This just adds to the long list of blatant injustice and total disregard for human rights & international laws the the Western countries (primarily US & Israel) is committing.
- I shudder to think how many more atrocities will be done while these crazy people are in power. A month before (3rd Jan 2026) it was Venezuela that was attacked by the US.
- I pray that this is not a pattern (attacking a country every month). Even in the holy month of Ramadan.
- I cannot wait until the end of Trump’s term – you can see it here.
- Justice will come, sooner or later. Until then, we strive to do whatever is in our power.
- “Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart—and that is the weakest level of faith“
Until then, stay hungry, stay human.
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The best online gaming experience I ever had – Diablo IV
- I haven’t played much video games in the recent years – too time consuming.
- On the other hand, I don’t mind binge watching some good tv series. Timing isn’t an issue here; its just priority innit?
- The video games my kids play nowadays are online, where you get to pit or cooperate with other players globally. Fortnite, Minecraft and recently Marvel Rivals.
- Being an introvert, I prefer to just play standalone video games – no interaction with other humans necessary.
- But a few summers ago, I had one of the most memorable experience in playing Diablo IV.
“Stay awhile and listen” - I hopped on to the server and partnered with this chap which if I recalled correctly, is from Darwin, Australia.
- We started chatting online and I saw that his level was way above me.
- Instead of leaving me to my own devices (I had that experience before), it turned out to be a mentoring session. He guided me on things to do – how to level up, what weapons to choose, how to combine special gems to build a special item etc. Pretty much a living, walking cheat code.
- I recalled it was in summer because I after I decided it was enough (like 4 hours), we said goodbye, I logged out and realised that my lower body was sweating like I just ran a 10km. AC wasn’t working properly or I was just cheap and not turning it on, cannot remember which.
- To the kind stranger, I wish your ice cream never melts, you never stepped on a Lego piece and you never run out of Life/Manna in your future Diablo quests.
Until then, stay hungry, stay slaying monsters.
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Revisiting my past music – Lounge Act
- A couple of nights ago, out of the blue, this phrase kept ringing in my head.
- It says :
- “I can’t let you smother me”
- Pretty sure its a Nirvana song but not sure which one it was.
- A few seconds on Google search and found the song.
- Lounge Act is the song title.
- Downloaded it this morning and was taken aback by the simple but catchy opening bass rhythm.
- I don’t recall enjoying the song like this before.
- Googled for the lyrics and feels like a 14 year old again – trying to memorise it.
- Only difference is back then, the lyrics we ‘conjured’ up to would have made no sense on certain parts as English is not my first language 😀
- Ahhh the joy of being young – inquisitive and adventurous.
Until then, stay hungry, stay listening.
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7th day of Ramadan
- We are on the 7th day of Ramadan 1447 Hijr and a few days of summer left in Perth (summer officially ends on 28 Feb).
- For summer, those are just dates. It will still be warm for the next few days, if not weeks as we transition to autumn.
- I have been inundated with evening works, so I’ve been missing taraweeh for a few nights.
- So far we have been blessed to perform iftar/break of fast at different venues.
- Need to get back on track with my eating and sleeping pattern, I have been pretty “undisciplined” as well.
First night of taraweeh at Iqro Centre Perth, WA. - It reminds me that as humans, that’s how it is – there are ups and downs.
- What’s more important is how we continue to strive, to get back up after a fall,
- A good article I read recently reminded me that our act of worship in the month of Ramadan is a marathon, not a sprint.
- We want to build the consistency up to the last days/nights of Ramadan. Especially the last 10 nights.
- I pray that Allah grant us strength, health and time to make our worship Ramadan way better than past years.
Until then, stay hungry, stay consistent.
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My approach to budgeting
- I’ve been privileged to read and learn from a few so called financial gurus.
- In my case, they are Mike Wachowski, Ramit Sethi & The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape).
- I own their books and at time, gifted them to my kids,
- If there’s one lesson all 3 shares the similarity, is that you need to automate your expenses/savings.
- Setup one transaction, say $50 every 25th of the month from your main account to your savings account.
- Boom you are done. Just watch the money grow.
- This can also be done to several “buckets” – holiday, emergency, education.
- Just make sure you have enough cash in the main account.
- Be disciplined in “not touching” other accounts for reasons not related eg taking Emergency fund for your 5 days Bali trip. Come one man! (In the voice of Charles Barkley the basketball commentator).
- Over time, you’ll start building more confidence. Then you can increase your bucket savings or the number/type of buckets you need.
Until then – start saving, start living.
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