Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know the friends around you
Are all you'll always have
Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone
Careless and young, free as the birds that fly
With weightless souls now.

- Ben Howard, Old Pine

Are you truly incapable of shame? Is there literally nothing that can shame you? Is there no act of barbarism against civilians, no execution of a child that gets under your skin?

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Shame on you Syria, Russia, & Iran. The lives of civilians are at stake due to your idiotic political war. And the worst is, it seems to be never ending.

I cried myself watching the videos shared on Facebook. I cried because I feel weak on my knees knowing there's nothing I could do to help the Syrians. I could only pray in tears, I prayed really hard with a tremendous hope that one day I could go to the ground and help them, even just to hold their hands and comfort them and tell them I care.

Watching the bodies lying on the street makes my body trembles in terror. I have these thoughts in my mind, the what ifs, one day I'm fast asleep and a bomb landed on the roof? One day I went home and found my mother and brothers...gone? What I could possible do at moments like these? Helplessly realising I'm weak, one day I could be in the same battle as those civilians too. I'll be shouting for help but nobody hears me. The rest of the world doesn't hear me.

The world continues to smile with their celebrations, their vacations, gifts wishlists, food galore. They turned their eyes blind on people who had lost their home, scraping for food, no clothes to cover their back on, living on the run everyday with no music to hear except explosions.

WHY. WHY AREN'T WE DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THEM? WHAT'S WRONG WITH US? ALL OF US?

Just some random photos I shoot today. This year's heat wave is fierce and alhamdulillah, it rained.





Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur

Narrated by Aishah that the Prophet said: Looking at the three things is worship. Seeing the faces of parents, seeing the Quran and seeing the ocean." - (Reported by Abu Nuaim) and added to the "Looking at Ka'abah". (Reported by Abu Dawud)

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