Anime : Charlotte
Genre : Supernatural, Comedy, Romance
Status : Complete with 13 episodes
PG13 (because of some brutal scenes but dont worry its only PG13 you can handle it)
The anime aired in Japan between July 4 and September 26, 2015. So yes, this is kinda new anime. The summary the plot, u can just googled it by yourself but I suggest you to NOT google anything to avoid the spoiler. Naah, I wont reveal the characters either hahahaha. Surprise then !
ROUGH REVIEW:
The plot is perfect. Unexpected. Fill with moral values in every single episodes. U'll find the reson why the anime is titled as Charlotte along the story dont worry.
Your feeling will go up and down while watching this anime. I was like eating popcorn while watching the anime but then I cant eat it anymore cz I was like wow. The. Feels. Are. Just. Too. Much. The story will absolutely make u cry infront of the laptop wondering what have you done with your life and cant move on for 2 to 3 minutes and then laugh and roll on the floor and need an oxygen tank to catch your breath. No this is a serious talk. SERIOUS i repeat.
The animation is wow. 11/10! U cant expect less from a japan production they improved a lot. Arigatou /cry/
SELFTHOUGHTS /may contain spoiler/
The story is brilliant! I love the plot how they construct it in just 13 episodes. It feels like a puzzle. And make me puzzled gahahahaha. And how they revealed the stories nehind every scenes is beautiful! Feel blessed after finished it. A VERY good anime. Why they chose Charlotte as the title make sense! God At first I thought it was just an ordinary story with hansome and beautiful kids that have super power but it surprised me that the power is actually a temporary illness and will disappear once they reach adulthood. And it is a SERIOUS illness with terrorist all over the world and scientists greedy act capturing them for experiments.
The romance in the stories make me touched /cry/. No. No kiss scene like ordinary romance anime. Pure love that make me touch oh I love the idea how Yu and Tomori helped each other oh myy their chemistry is perff. Yes it end with Yu lost all his precious memories of everything he loves about Tomori but then they do end up together. They were just 16, theyve plenty of time to make new memories. /tearss/ I need a tissue.
The comedy is just so GODDDD I CANT STOP LAUGHINGG they are ridiculous. No, not gonna spoil it /smile/
Overall i feel blessed after finishing the story. Worth it. Seriously. U should give it a try !
Chasin for whats fallin, always yearning. Dont know why but the beauty, may seems to be awkward to someones' eye - ZHEIND fallin (Charlotte)
Arigatou.
Labels: #ANIME #REVIEW, opinion, randomthought
Final lagi 27 hari . Lecture tinggal 2 minggu . Assignment tak settle lagi .
Oral test arab next week . Ahad ni ada test biology 1 .
Lab report ada 2 nak kena submit hari jumaat ni .
Tutorial ? Huhu .
Dan aku masih disini masih hadap laptop .
Ehhhh copp ! Aku duk buat assignment ok . Tak baik buruk sangka . Haha alasan .
Fufu . Aku nak lari dari dunia ni . Tidur lagi bagus . Taknak tengok buku . Serabut otak .
Aip .Cop !
Tanggungjawab letak mana ? Erk .
Dah tu buat apa lagi dekat sini. Pi main jauh-jauh . Buat kerja tu !
The first semester is the starter . Start with rainbow and flowery result if u want to graduate with flying colours and butterflies.
Labels: opinion, randomthought
"Kenapa ? Kenapa orang macam mereka tak diberi peluang seperti orang lain ? Bukankah mereka sama ? Human with feelings . Mereka juga pencinta . Tapi kenapa ?"
"Woi kau dah kenapa ? Drama ." Selamba Kei menjawab . Buat dah drama dia . Silverberg Chemistry yang boleh tahan tebal diselak .
"Nope just reading that one article . Aku terfikir kenapa tak boleh ?"
"Kau demam ke ? Straight tak ni ?"
Lee angkat kening . Muka tak puas hati . Kau nampak aku bengkang-bengkok ke apa .
"Aku cakap sebab islam kan promote sama-rata . Hmm . Bukan aku cuba mempersoalkan perbuatan kaum nabi Lut yang terang-terangan dilaknat Tuhan . Bukan tu maksud aku . Aku cuma terfikir ."
Kei sengih . "Kau tau tak cerita pasal pelangi ?"
Muka Lee berkerut cuba mengingat . Pelangi mana pulak ni . Yang pasal legend budak-budak dekat hujung pelangi ada banyak emas tu aku tau lah .
"Rainbow ."
Lahh Cakap lah pasal rainbow, that symbol of LGBT . Cerita pasal tu aku tau lah .
"Lee, ingat kenapa rainbow symbol of LGBT? Symbol of self-identification which demonstrate unity and pride ."
Lee mengangguk . Masih tak faham apa yang cuba disampaikan .
"Yes . Islam promote kesama-rataan . Kan ? And everything yang Islam bawa suit fitrah manusia . Al-Quran turun zaman nabi Muhammad . But still kitab suci yang satu ni flexible sampai sekarang . Tak kira masa . Macam rainbow . Ada banyak colour . Flexible ."
"But then . Perkara basic tak boleh ditukar . Contoh solat, kau tak boleh suka hati nak solat subuh 3 rakaat sebab kau rasa 2 rakaat tu sikit sangat . Hahah . But yes, ada variation dalam cara solat mengikut mazhab masing-masing . Pokoknya perkara asal tak boleh ditukar ."
Kei tergelak menampakkan giginya yang tersusun rapi .
"Sama macam kes pelangi. Yes ada variation . But still asal pelangi daripada cahaya matahari yang colourful but dah composed and become white light . Dispersion of light yang buat dia nampak colourful. Angle reflection yang berbeza membuatkan colours tu berbeza . But then yang visible without dispersion, colour dia satu . Putih . Pokoknya satu . Masih satu . Tak boleh tukar ."
Lee hanya mengangguk . Mukanya sedikit berubah . "Yes, honest aku sebenarnya kesian with those yang melanggar fitrah . Macam sebenarnya bukan tu yang dia nak erm . Aku nak tolong spesies diorang tapi aku tak tahu macam mana . Sumpah aku keliru ."
"Teringat dia ?"
Kei mengangguk perlahan .
"Doakan dia sahabat . Semoga dia berubah . "
Lee mengoyak senyuman namun masih hambar .
Doakan dia . Perlahan Kei mengulang .
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Yes finally . I've waiting for such a long time nak tulis ni . Tapi assignment revision and some personal problem halang aku daripada tulis pasal ni . Yes . Same-sex marriage legalisation in USA . Basically Us bukan negara first yang legalise same-sex marriage, 21st to be exact, But yes, US, a big country . Mana lah tak satu dunia kecoh .
Nak cakap pasal side effect dia, wow berjela . Just google it, semua keluar . Geleng kepala .
But yes perkara ni buat kita reflect balik diri kita . Muhasabah diri . Yang benda macam ni occur dalam society, maybe our own friend ? Siapa tahu kan ?
It'snt that late selagi kau masih bernafas . Help them . Lend your hand . C'mon. Be brave and take the risk . Mana tau tiba-tiba mereka sambut tangan kau bukan tangan aku .
Reflect .
PS//cerita ni aku kutip daripada inche gabbana but in my own understanding . So kalau salah aku mohon tegur .
Labels: cerpen, LeeandKei, lovestory, opinion
"Huh ."
Kei tersenyum . "Aih baru masuk seminggu dah mengeluh ?"
"Culture shock ."
Lee angkat bahu . Katil dikibas . Duduk .
"Better organised ourselves before the classes start for sure ." Kei membebel sendiri .
Lee senyum malas . "Kan.."
Lirih dia menjawab . Headphones on . Folder 'my precious' played .
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Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters . So yeah basically im officially a cfs iium pj student after the baiah ceremony . Alhamdulillah . Everything is just fine . Just culture shock sikit maybe sebab dulu dekat hostel ada rules semua tiba-tiba kat sini macam okay, suka hati awak la nak bangun pukul berapa . Nak tidur sehari suntuk pon boleh . Sengih .
So for what happened during taaruf week (ta'we) you can just read it at twitter with hashtag tawe .
I've done hearing my subject briefing by the chemistry department . Honest excited . Can't wait for the lectures for sure . *ni betul serius tak perli *
So theres some advices i want to share . (honest baru dapat tadi from the lecturer for sure )
Habit .
Ok the lecturer talked about habit act .
Personal victory . Society victory .
For personal victory, it's about how we behave . How we organise ourselves . How we contribute to the society . How . How . and How .
Ok so basically what he explained macam cliche . Semua program motivasi ada cakap pasal time management, pasal hablu mina annas (hubungan dengan manusia) and paling penting hablu mina Allah (hubungan dengan Allah)
Tapi ada satu dia sebut, macam eye opener for me .
Proscastinate .
I'm a proscastinator . Mengaku . Tunduk .
I've tried to change it . Setiap kali ada homework terus siapkan . Okay alhamdulillah .
Tapi sebenarnya bila buat macam tu aku rasa maca robot . Tapi aku teruskan sebab "aku taknak jadi proscastinator ."
Tadi lecturer sebut 'knowing priorities' dan phrase tu buat aku sedar apa yang aku salah dalam memahami istilah 'proscastinating'
Sounds cliche much . Huh .
Tapi betul tu apa aku rasa . Sebab mungkin terlalu fokus nak jadi orang yang productive sampai lupa nak asingkan mana satu priority mana satu boleh buat kemudian .
Jadi take note okay anak-anak . Sila label mana satu priority mana satu bukan letak tepi kejap .
((Al-Asr :1-3))
Surah pendek tapi mantap pergh . Complete . Allah tekankan pasal masa, makhluk yang penting, kena jaga, organised . So that you'll live a proactive life with perfect results in everything .
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"Oi buat ape tu ?"
Lee sengih . "Kau rasa ?"
Planner ditutup .
Labels: cerpen, LeeandKei, opinion
Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters . So ye aku tau lama sangat aku tak update blog hadoi . Entah mood tu kadang lari and lately banyak sangat kerja yang perlu disiapkan . Student-to-be eheh sila faham . Okay ini semua dusta belaka sila maafan kekhilafan saya .
I have that syndrome called proscastinate . Dia datang masa aku malas . Aku ni rajin orangnya . Rajin sangat serius . Okay tak ini dusta . Haha hambar .
Entah yang pasti aku nak mintak maaf sangat pasal cerita Kei dengan Lee yang terbengkalai (kalau ada yang berminat follow lah) in syaa Allah soon I'll update . Sungguh angin ribut taufan mana entah datang langgar aku sekarang . Aku mohon maaf .
A little bit about myself . Result UPU keluar dah . Jadi aku yang umur dia 18 tahun ni sangat excited . Alhamdulillah aku dapat sambung belajar dekat tempat yang aku nak . Sungguh .
Aku ingat lagi saat ambil result SPM, berjurai air mata . Sedih dia Allah je yang tahu . Sungguh . Normal lah bagi manusia sedih akan sesuatu hajat yang tak tercapai . Sungguh 3 Mac tu rasa macam mayat hidup .
Tapi entah perancangan Allah tu sempurna . Sebab bila result UPU keluar, I've got what I want .
Moral : Jangan risau kalau tak dapat sesuatu yang kita nak sebab Allah mesti dah simpan something yang lebih baik untuk kita .
And they (the unbelievers) plotted and planned and Allah planned to . And He is The Best Planner indeed . ((3:54))
Mereka kata kita typical kalau buat semua perkara macam orang biasa buat . Aku nak jadi luar biasa . Identiti aku, cara aku .
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"Kei ."
"Hmm ?"
Kei gigih memberus baju menjawab tanpa menoleh .
"Proscastinate tu ape ?"
"Proscastinate tu bertangguh . Macam kau . Bakul baju kotor tu dah bertimbun bila nak basuh ?"
Belakang Kei dilibas dengan buku kulit keras Black Beauty, J.K Rowling .
"Kejap lagi aku basuh la ."
Kei tersengih sambil memerhati gerak Lee yang dah bergerak ke biliknya .
"Hmm pergi ambil baju kotor lah tu."
Labels: LeeandKei, opinion
Siap pun . Jemarinya dipatah-patahkan . Daripada tadi tak henti menulis siapkan report Kimia . Lenguh . Cikgu pesan nak esok jugak by hook or by crook . Haih .
"Kei ?"
"Erm ?" Matanya tak berganjak daripada pengiraan addmath . Gaya dia tekan kalkulator macam gaya The Hulk hentam dinding time nak buat grand entrance .
"Apa impian kau ?"
Dia tersengih . Namun mata masih tak lari daripada penyelesaian addmath di atas kertas kajang .
"Random sangat lah kau ni . "
"Entah ." Lee tersengih .
*****
Nak cakap pasal cita-cita, impian dan harapan memang berkajang la weyh aku tulis . Nanti penat nak baca (bajet ada orang baca) .
Straight to the point .
Sukacita dimaklumkan saya ingin menulis sebuah cerita pendek . Pendek lah erm . Yang bersambung-sambung ? Macam Chad and Qiden's story by Budak Tomato (kenapa Qiden ? Why you leave Chad ?)
Aku dah lama berangan nak create novel . Serius . Tapi malangnya, aku ni tak konsisten . Kalau aku rasa nak tulis, aku tulis . My so-called-novel baru ada 10 pages then terbengkalai . Ahah . So serius aku fail bab novel ni sebab kena ada plot, character, yada yada yadaa .
So this cerita pendek lebih kurang macam novel yang randomly written, plot character semua aci redah je (lebih kurang la sebab aku masih memikirkan segala effect kalau aku buat kerja ikut suka hati) .
Nama ? Aku plan nak pakai je terus Kei dengan Lee sebab nama ialah part paling susah nak fikir (jadi aku malas nak fikir ok got it?)
Ahah . Sebenarnya ni plan sebelum start a new life as a foundation student lagi 2 bulan (amin) . Aku nak jugak impian kanak-kanak aku ni tercapai walaupun short story je . Aku tak kata aku stop writing lepas dah jadi student college, cuma masa tu mungkin limited sebab ye lah tanggungjawab dah bertambah . Aku taknak episod sedih aku meraung masa ambil slip result SPM berulang (walaupun orang kata result aku takde lah teruk sangat erm aku ada impian jugak taw ) . Ok takde lah sampai meraung, cuma bergenang air mata uhuk .
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"Impian aku, aku nak kahwin dengan orang yang sanggup benarkan aku join Aman Palestin ."
Kei terkedu . Perlahan dia memandang muka Lee yang bercahaya penuh semangat .
"Kalau aku, aku nak kahwin dengan kau, kalau kau perempuan lah ."
Lee menggenggan buku limanya menahan geram . Buku rujukan Kimia sudah diangkat, bersedia melibas belakang Kei .
Kei mengangkat kening double jerk "Apa ?"
"Aku serius kau buat main pulak ."
"Kau tu kacau aku buat addmath ."
Kei menjawab selamba dan meneruskan pengiraannya yang terbengkalai .
Labels: cerpen, opinion
Le owner - Cz the dunya is a world-class teacher
"Hoi !"
"Apebenda weyh tak ada angin apa ."
"Aku jumpa orang macam kau . Sebijik ."
"Erm ?"
"Annoying macam kau . Excited terlebih ."
"Mana ada aku excited terlebih ."
"But i love you and kinda dislike her ."
"Haha yang original always win then ."
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Maaf aku tulis dekat sini .Sungguh aku tak niat nak share alkisah hidup aku yang penuh gula, blackpepper and yogurt mixberry yum . Aku tulis sebab aku rindu . Rindu kau weyh . Fillah .
Aku terbaca ni tadi . Just few min ago . Baru je lagi. Kalau nak bersahabat, cari mereka yang buat kau ingat Allah . Nampak je muka dia terus ingat Dia . Hah gitu la lebih kurang . Tapi sahabat macam ni susah nak cari . Kalau tak jumpa, you be the one .
Nice . Menusuk ke jantung hati limpa ok dah terbabas mengarut . Dan buat aku teringat dia . Dan dia . Dan dia . Lots of 'dia's actually yang bawak aku kepada Dia . Entah rindu .
Aku ni jenis manusia yang suka something yang ada ending 'happily ever after' macam dalam cerita disney tu . And the idea of 'friends till jannah' sounds 'happly ever after' enough for me .
*****
"Kau nanti jangan sound senior direct lagi tau ."
Tersedak air teh yang baru ditelan .
"Kau ingat lagi ?"
Dia menggeleng sambil mengurut perlahan pelipisnya .
"Ye aku tau . Kau ni risau sangat ."
Sebab dakwah ni step by step bukan aci redah je . Different person, different way then .
May Allah bless .
Labels: cerpen, lovestory, opinion
"Will it reach you ?" -Shigatsu wa kimi no uso
Beberapa tahun sebelum..
Dia memerhati setiap ruang kafe . Pandangannya kosong . Kei meraup muka dengan tapak tangan . Bosan menunggu dia yang pergi memesan minuman mereka di kaunter .
Kafe berkonsepkan santai dengan menyediakan kopi sebagai tarikan utama itu masih dipenuhi anak-anak muda walaupun jam hampir menunjukkan pukul 7 petang . Termasuklah dia .
"Hoi ! Berangan ."
Kei tersentap daripada lamunannya . Aroma latte kegemarannya membuatkan dia mengoyak senyuman . Lee dah buat muka .
"Kau ni dua tiga hari ni aku nampak macam lain macam je . Time jamming pon macam tak de mood ."
Tangan menolak drumstick yang diletakkan di atas meja ke tepi . Segera dihirup perlahan latte yang masih berasap . Soalan tadi dibiarkan tidak berjawab .
"Entah . Mungkin aku bosan ." Bosan dengan jamming . Bosan dengan konsert . Bosan dengan apa yang aku buat selama ni.
Bosan dengan hidup aku yang kosong . Bosan dengan hidup aku yang tak bermatlamat .
Beberapa tahun selepas..
Dia memerhati setiap ruang kafe . Cuma kali ini pandangannya tidak lagi kosong . Dia tersenyum .
Kafe tempat mereka melepak masih sama seperti dulu .
"Weyh Lee . Kau ingat kafe ni ?"
Dia yang berada di skrin tab hanya tersenyum .
"Kau rindu aku eh ?"
"Haha . Tak . Kau dah baca dah ?"
Senyuman dia sedikit pudar .
"Yeah . Turning point kita stop writing . Erm ."
Air liur yang ditelan terasa kesat . Beberapa tahun lepas, terbaca retweet dari budak tomato . Dia skater . And he is my eye opener .
Penulisan dia buat aku rasa benda baik tu mudah sangat nak buat .
Dulu betul aku alergik tengok orang pakai kopiah, pakai serban . Menyampah kot . Sebab aku pernah kena herdik menggunakan dalil-dalil yang aku ingat pernah baca dalam buku teks Pendidikan Islam dengan senior serumah dengan aku sebab aku pergi jamming . Sebab tu memang aku trauma dengan 'dakwah tarbiyah' .
Tapi dengan penulisan budak tomato, aku rasa seronok . Aku rasa nak cuba buat benda baik . Perlahan-lahan hati aku yang rasa kosong terisi . Lepas tu, aku ajak Lee sekali .
"Hmm . Tapi kan sampai bila hidup nak bergantung dengan orang kan ?"
Lee tersenyum .
"Haha . Erm nanti malam kita continue sesi mengeratkan silaturahim ok ! Aku nak kena pegi Malaysian Hall ni ."
Skrin tab bertukar gelap . Lee is logged out .
Kei menarik nafas . Kaki melangkah keluar daripada kafe . Petang ni ada usrah di taman . Dia tersenyum .
"Ye lah . Sampai bila nak bergantung dengan orang ."
Done . So ada dua perkara yang nak disampaikan dalam cerpen saya . Erm erm .
Tersurat :
My feelings dedicated to a one of the legends dalam penulisan yang santai awesome (my cup of tea la habis cerita) who is budak tomato yang currently stop writing (i hope just for a while) . Erm erm . I pray dia tak stop berdakwah, menyampaikan in his/her own unique way in real life . Sebab jalan dakwah ni kan panjang .
And not always rainbow and butterflies la la la .
Tersirat :
How your sincere act reach people . Sometimes random people . Kadang rasa down jugak bila you do something with all your heart then people around you macam buat tak tau tapi kadang kita tak perasan benda tu sampai dekat orang yang kita tak sangka
(haha . sebenarnya ni berlaku banyak kali pada aku sebab aku ignorant tahap ape entah . I've tried my best to care about my surrounding but eheh failed ? It is just so me .)
So yeah just do what you love selagi benda tu baik and Allah suka sebab dakwah is in lots of forms you know ? Bukan setakat giving talks and writing je ok !
May Allah bless then !
Labels: cerpen, opinion
Assalamualaikum (peace be upon to you)
01012015 . Today . So yeah its mean all the 97liners turned 18 today . Sweet 18 !
Hmm . Wait ! Seriously I have turned 18 ? What have I have done these 18 years of life hurm . /flashingbackallthosethingsivedone/ . Okay . Err . Lots of beautiful things surely had happened .
2014 is an upside down year for me . Sure . And I'm working on a novel, writing those pages from 2013 and 2014, hoping that i will never forget every seconds I've been through in the boarding school . It's just seriously lots of things happened on those years . Things that turned me to who I am right now .
Okay enough for my flashbacks . Back to our topic . The REAL topic . New year resolutions ?
1 . Make a list of it .
Hmm . You need to do a list for your resolutions . Write what you have inyour mind so that you will not forget . You have to go through 365 days in 2015 for sure . Do you really think that you will remember your resolutions throughout those days ? Be realistic brothers and sisters . Take a paper and jot them down !
2. Make a timeline
It means you should also write a specific way on how you want to make your dreams come true . Make a timeline, step by step . Make sure it is realistic . Remember, this is your resolution, your plan . Be creative with it ! Use your own way :D
3. Discipline
Now you already have a complete list and timeline . So yeah this is the HARDEST part . Try your best to defeat your own laziness . Remember that the time is always running up . It does not wait for lazy people . Wake up and be productive !
So hmm . This is just my opinion base on my view . Just sharing ! :)
May Allah bless .
Labels: opinion
Assalamualaikum (peace be upon to you)
So hey ! Today I've read an article at
langitilahi.com about.. err marriage actually, written by Hilal Asyraf .
So yeah . People said that being a teen (especially sweet 18) is the best part of life as we can go yay ! playing around, doing things without parent's permission and etc . If you ask me, I cant wait to turn 18 seriously . Today is 30th December by the way .
Hmm . Marriage is a BIG thing . Seriously because it is a door to a whole new world . I'm not gonna explain much because yeah I have no experience in this thing just making conclusions base on reading books and articles but yeah I do understand marriage is about a commitment . A big one for sure .
So yeah . Teens nowadays including me myself is seriously excited for a feeling called love . Excited to have someone to love, to be loved by someone, wearing couple clothes and etc . Why teens become like this ? Because it is a natural feeling God gave us . Simple . But the way we handle it make us different .
1 . Take a deep breath and think .
Okay . Look . What is our goal ? What is our ULTIMATE life goal ? Be in a good university, be a successful person, marrying your love one, having children, grandkids then lie in peace in the ground ? That's it ? Is that the REAL purpose of our life ? Dont you feel that kind of 'lifegoal' is common like seriously anyone can live their lives like that .
2 . We are born to be different .
We have our own mission . Our own purpose . Generally talking, God make us to be a winner . Think back, why among those million of sperms, we survived and entered the ovum, growing into a foetus and finally born as a complete human with perfect body and brilliant brain . We are the khalifah, the ruler of the earth . The ruler who bring peace to the world . I dont know about you, but seriously I dont want to be ordinary, because we are born as a winner . That medal is ours .
3. Let's reflect .
So back to our topic . For those who have gone through or still in a relationship right now, you must have asked yourself at least once, "Will this kind of realtionship last forever?" , "Is it gonna end with a marriage?" . See ? You yourself do not really sure where this kind of relationship lead to . So hmm . Dont you think it is a waste of time waiting for something you cant really sure where will it lead to ?
You have lots of free time . Your body is full of energy . So please, organise yourself . Be a good youngster . You dont have to be pious or something . Just be a productive teenager . Do something each days so that you will not feel regret when you are old enough to do good things . Go read lots of books to open up your mind . Go to the society and make good friends . Go backpacking and search for more experience . The world is a world class teacher right ? Make a good use of it .
It is okay to do all those stupid thing sometimes . I do read mangas, watch anime and kdrama, try on some of those simple dance steps from some of those kpop dance practise videos but like I told you earlier, try your best to organise your time . Know which is the pririoty, do that first . Then when you have free time, a REAL free time, do whatever you like .
Actually, organising yourself wisely is a good way to train yourself to be a better person . It is for your own sake . When you know how to use yourslef, you will become a better slave and yeah maybe a better husband/wife/dad/mom to your children seriously .
Just my opinion . Sorry if it hurts you .
May Allah bless .
Labels: opinion
