where I long to be;

Have you ever had a place that you just long to be?
A place where you constantly think about?

I have.



& that place is.. Mentari :)
For y'all who don't know what or where Mentari is, it is a low cost flat, in the border of PJ and Subang.
Doesn't sound like an ideal place to long to be?
Well,not until you experience the joy you share with the people living in it.
It isn't anything luxurious, and well, it isn't the cleanest place, and definitely not the best looking, but the warmth that I get whenever I'm there is so so much more than enough.
Never in my life have I wanted to be somewhere more than I want to be serving at Mentari.
I leave Mentari every week feeling so fulfilled, so full of joy, so full of love and unity. A feeling that not many places have.

I teach a Children's Class every Sunday at Desa Mentari with my cousin, Alayna.
We teach the children virtues like Service, Obedience, Truthfulness, Love, Unity, Generosity and the list goes on. Every week, we go prepared with a lesson on how to impart such virtues in them. With a story, games, discussions and most importantly PRACTICING the virtues in their everyday life.
We started off with just 7 children attending, and now, in just less than 3 months serving at Mentari, we've got 35 children attending.
Nothing brings me more joy than seeing these children slowly evolve into better human beings.
It is so nice to see all of them slowly change (for the better, ofcourse) in front of your eyes. It brings me the greatest joy.

My life has completely changed after going to Mentari.
It is my constant reminder to practice virtues, and to be the best that I can be.
For that, I am so thankful :)



VERY few pictures out of the hundreds that I can upload now because blogger is not cooperating haha


THIS is Nick a.k.a kongpotapa HAHAHHAHAH sorry inside joke heeh :)
He drives us to Mentari EVERY Sunday.
and he is a great mentor to us young youth.
We love you HAHAH really lah. you give us something to talk about. well, YOU are the topic.
It never gets boring talking about you hahahah :D
so funny lah you




















This is Nishanth :)
one of the children that attend.
he is one of the children that really stand out hahah in his own special way.
such a sweeeet boy, cheeky, but sweet :)













the whole group that goes to Mentari. well okay, not the whole group.
there are many more, but they just aren't in the picture.
heh :)
please ignore my ugllaaay face, thankyouu













just a fraction of the children.
:)




















Tomorrow is another Ayyam-i-Ha party at Mentari! yaaay :)
I'll update about that tomorrow when I get back!
with more pictures! :D

see yaah loves

the gift of God to man

HAPPY AYYAM-I-HA! :) :)









& in this spirit of this giving, we'll try to understand, Ayyam-i-ha, the gift of God to man



back from an AMAZING Ayyam-i-Ha(it is a special period of the year where Bahai's devote charity,hospitality,social events and the giving of gifts)party. It is a time of thankfulness, love, generosity. Well,it should be a constant reminder to us to practice these virtues everyday.

aaah, time really does fly.
Fasting month is in a few days and I can't wait to jump right in!
YAY then Nawruz! My utmost faaavourite time of the year :)


Allahuabha :)

such a smiling sweetheart

HAHAHAHAH
-_-




I was bored.


I am bored.

such an ugly thing, something so beautiful.

I am sad because..






















Anoop is out :'(
Well he didn't pick a good song laah but I still love you :'(

anywaaaay I love the Kooks I love 'em!
cute songs, catchy tunes, oooh love :)


this one's the original. aaah I love the accent ;)


Lily Allens cover of it. LOVE I T


yeah you're so naive,yes, so!

just a puppet on a lonely string.

I am absolutely OBSESSED with Coldplay right now. more than ever, maaan.
their songs are so amazing, so different, yet so catchy and heart felt.

Viva La Vida won for Song of the Year, Coldplay REALLY deserved that Grammy.
I loooove Coldplay laaa omg!

I've been listening to a few covers of the song.
These are my favourite so far :


I think the guy in this video is really cute laah :) so corky and goofy, just the way I like it HEHE
love him.


I like this lady too. Her cover is soothing, and the piano playing was uhmazin maaaan.


Her voice isn't that good lah but I think her voice is so cute laah okay! :D



PLEASE COME HERE COLDPLAY :'(

:)

this is for my daaarling Aleysha

she is a singer - songwriter who writes AMAZING songs okay.
her songs are always stuck in my head. she is just so very talented laah :)
& her lyrics are one of a kind. i love you lah i love you! :')


these are some of her songs. but this was a loooooong time ago. but still good.
she has improved a WHOLE LOT though. if only i had a r e c e n t video of you.

eeeenjoy :)

when will i see your face again.

Hellooooo :)
hoomg it has been very long, eyh.
Well, I've been.. BUSY :


A M E R IC A N I D O L is baaack and that makes me ooh so happy. I feel like I've got something to look forward to each week.
Some of my favourites have been kicked out :'(
but there are some that never fail to impress. some of my favourites are.. DANNY GOKEY! woaaah everytime he sings, my tummy tinglesss heeee :) , Anoop Desai (he represents we Indians AHAHA yeaaah) , Matt Giraud is utter L O VE maaan, Adam Lambert (though he overdoes it sometimes) & Arianna Afsar.
I don't like Tatiana. She doesn't deserve a spot. Jamal deserves her spot :'(

okaaaaay enough about AI.
I now have a better appreciation for family ♥

bye lovelies