Shikoku Trip : Kagawa

My last updated writing after a long time hiatus. Same reasons, same excuses, with busy daily life, how can I write a blog by everyday? Off course, my spiritual level for today is high and gave me a strength to sit in front computer and starting my lost writing diary. Without wasting any character left, let's do a story of one of my trip in Japan.

Every year with same date, my school have held a trip especially for us. We need to compete for bas space if the applicant is too many, but this year was awesome. Suitably number without too much or too little. Our destination was Shikoku island, a new first time place favorable to be visited by me. That's what the big reason to participate. Even though the journey only took one day, we had much enough time to sketch our sweat memories for this year trip.

Gathering all participant at 7.50 a.m, even some people were a little bit late and few people cancelled in last minutes. The bus started to move after 8 a.m. and announcement made by tourist guide to tell information about the place we were going. Before entering Shikoku island, our bus went through a long bridge into Awaji. My friend told me to pass the bridge with a car, you must pay 5,000 yen. Wow, high enough to pass that kind of bridge. But, assuming for their maintenance and beautifulness of human design at the bridge and surrounding, it is not possible to demand that price. Sometimes, if accident happen such as earthquake or tsunami, such big money is needed to repair or construct a new one.

Arriving in Awaji highway stop around 10. a.m. Unfortunately, Awaji was not in our trip schedule, besides we just went through this place to enter Kagawa prefecture, Shikoku island. In afternoon we arrived in one of the pretty park in Kagawa. We have only a few minutes to walk through the park before we ate our lunch. We could ate later but the food will not taste good as they were. I astonished for the lunch we ate because It was a very long time enough to eat such luxury cuisines. Eating enough and we could walked more for more minutes. We once started to walk, and we talked with each other.
Long time enough to be in such environment, either with Japanese and other foreigner. The end for park walk.

Heading to Kotohira and what my mistake was to sleep during the journey. I was not ready physically and spiritually to walk up to the shrine in Kotohira. Sleepy mode and forced to walk bit by bit until my brain refreshed once more. It's Ok now, time to listen to tour guide explanation and others. A big like monument was 1000,000 yen. With many block of it, we know that the Japanese have too much money to donate in such big amount. While returning to the bus, I saw a liked hand car, which people stand inside the box and there is 2 people will hold the box and walk for transportation. Our group was given a chance to hold the that kind of car and they said the car was too heavy. That the end of our Journey.

Even though we just only visited 2 places in a day, but we also learned many new Japanese culture such as their bridge, park and shrine. This journey definitely will not be end for today but will continue as we still search something about them, about Japanese.

the park

inside park

park fish

Kotohira, going above

ps: penat berjalan, sambung tido

Repair my iPhone (edisi apple)

Recently, my iPhone power button crashed and not worked anymore. Whenever I pushed that button, the screen couldn't in lock position and this made my control over my phone not smooth anymore. In fact, there is a function in iPhone, called as assistive touch that worked if we had difficulty in all function button. After you turned on the function, a new button appear in the screen and we can use it if  our button is malfunction.

push the button and enter this menu

So, I had used this function until I brought my phone to Apple centre. Before we bring for repairing to Apple centre, we need to do appointment with them. Firstly, enter their website and follow the step as according below:

enter their customer service website. Use computer browser is a good option.

enter customer service website and click your problem as in the box. 

They will ask your email use for phone, so send your email address and you'll get email from apple.

just click iOS check

click send

after they checked your iOS automatically, click done button

your website will be in this condition before you send iOS Diagnostic. But after your are done with step above, this page will link to a new page.

click box on the right side(reserve date and time)

choose your free day

choose your wished time

click sent and you'll get an reservation email from them. Save in your phone or computer or just print it if you need them.

Wait and come to Apple store in your reserved day. I arrived there around 5.30 p.m. and my appointment was on 5.40 p.m. - 5.50 p.m. The place was crowded and many people were sitting and lining up near Genius bar stand (repair section in the shop). My name was called around 5.56 p.m. and I finished around 6.10 p.m. quit fast huh. 

Actually, they didn't repair my phone at all, they just changed it into a free new one if only my button damaged and no screen crack or scratch on my iPhone. Luckily, I got new iPhone but still need to setup 

all the backup before. My old phone was setup to Erase all content and setting. Bye bye my old iPhone, thanks a lot for good service to me in your lifetime. Oh yeah, forgot to write that I only brought my phone to this store without warranty paper with me because our phone warranty is registered online. We can check validity in Apple website.

Finished my appointment? Time to take fresh air outside. Time to walk around. Time to eat some food!!

visited Apple store

advise on repairing iPhone:

1. Check if your warranty is still valid on website.

2. Check if you have Apple store nearby.

3. Check if there are scratch on your iPhone(screen or body)

4. Make appointment.

5. Have a brand new phone :)

ps: syukurlah..servis memang best

Obon Break is coming!!!

This week is called as Obon break. People here celebrated soul of died people coming home. For my alma matter, it would be nice holiday for one week. Plus, the break started just after I already finished my exam, lucky.

One of the biggest things is happening here is firework competition. This event actually is not related with Obon break at all. Just because of summer, school break and easy for people to hanging out outside, so firework look nice. That what I think. My aim to watch one of the biggest firework competition this saturday. Easy to access by bicycle and the competition also is one of the largest in my region. Imagine it would be so fun there. So, this is one of my Obon break activity.

Secondly, after finished exam, there are ton of things I need to do such as continue to write on book, long distance travel planning and research. Yet, the most important things I have now is my own free time. This is only one time chance in my life, is to continue cooking. Off course , save money rather eating outside by cooking because I need more money to spend during summer holiday. Cooking this time is not same in the last 3 years. Nowadays, many product from my country can be easily accessed through internet or shop in this country. For instance, 1 hour 30 minutes cooking can be shortened to 30 minutes by using my secret weapon of spice, bought in internet. Thank you for inventing this things to make my cooking skill become dull and duller, hell yeah.

that kind of legend spice sauce

ps: masa untuk memasak, masa untuk makan banyak-banyak maa

Semangat Ramadan Tahun ini

Ramadan tahun ini sudah melepasi 1/3 dari keseluruhannya. Masa semakin suntuk untuk mengecapi matlamat Ramadan tahun ini. Adakah sempat atau tidak?

Azam pertama ialah bangun sahur di awal pagi. Mungkin disini kami hanya perlu berjaga pagi hingga 3.30 a.m. Sebelum masa tersebut, boleh masak dan sahur. Tetapi, aku lebih suka tidur dahulu baru bangun bersahur. Ini kerana otak terasa amat segar selepas bangun dan juga boleh menangkap ulangkaji dengan pantas setelah bangun dari tidur. contohnya, tidur pada pukul 9 dan berjaga kembali pada pukul 2. Memang susah untuk direalisasikan, namun apabila matlamat telah ditetapkan serta usaha mula dicurahkan, pasti akan berjaya. Syukur hingga kini aku masih sempat bersahur diawal pagi walaupun hanya dengan air kosong. 2/3 yang tertinggal akan terus diusahakan untuk bangun bersahur.

Makanan sahur tahun ini juga lebih mewah dari tahun lepas. Barangkali berkat Ramadan?Selalunya beli bahan yang mentah atau siap di supermarket atau convinient store. Hari ini aku hendak memasak sedikit dan juga memanaskan piza semalam yang tinggal separuh. Air miniman perlu dibeli kerana stok sudah habis. Kerajinan memasak kali ini mengajar aku untuk masak dengan lebih pantas, lebih malas (～o～) . Tapi yang penting, lauk sahur itu ada.

Matlamat kedua ialah mendapatkan kembali nikmat hidup didunia ini. Kalau diperhatikan, manusia pasti akan kehilangan semangat pada waktu-waktunya. Dan ketika itulah mereka menjadi malas dan tidak mengambil endah keadaan sekeliling. Malas keluar rumah bertemu kawan dan juga malas mengerjakan ibadah bersama-sama. Apabila nikmat kehidupan mula dirasai kembali, semestinya orang itu akan mula kembali mengejar semangat yang hilang itu. Meletakkan kembali matlamat dan berusaha untuk mencapai kembali. Detik ini aku sudah mula untuk mendapatkan kembali semangat ini sedikit demi sedikit walaupun hidupku teramat sibuk setakat ini. Masakan aku perlu bersedia untuk peperiksaan, menjalankan research, part time dan juga berpuasa. Namun, semangat Ramadan kali ini pasti akan mengajar erti bersabar serta bersemangat untuk menghadapi hari seterusnya dalam cabaran seperti menahan kelaparan.

Masa berpuasa adalah 30 hari. Pasti pada mulanya sahaja manusia dalam penuh semangat. Selepas 10,20 hari pasti mereka menganggap Ramadan itu adalah hari-hari biasa bagi mereka. Bagi aku, ini sedang berlaku dan perkara ini tidak boleh. Bayangkan hari pertama, kedua berpuasa perutku tidak berbunyi disiang hari walaupun sahur itu makannya tidak banyak. Namun, setelah lebih dari 6 hari berlalu, perutku berbunyi walaupun sahurnya mewah sekali. Adakah ini bermaksud badanku mula mengadaptasi puasa dan menganggap ia adalah perkara biasa? Hilangkah semangat Ramadan dalam diriku? Muhasabah diri.

Zahirnya rakan-rakan yang tidak berpuasa akan memuji semangat kita untuk terus berpuasa dikala panas disiang hari. Ada yang berkata tidak boleh dirinya tidak memasukkan air kedalam badan seharian. Jadi kagumnya mereka kepada kita. Tambahan pula, ada yang heran kita patuh mengikuti agama sampai sanggup tidak makan seharian.Atau kata lain, "alah, sekali sekala makan apa salahnya"

Kita mula berpuasa dari kecil hingga dewasa. Sudah pasti badan kita sudah bisa menahannya. Fikir kembali. Apa perbezaan puasa semasa kecil dan dewasa? adakah untuk mendapat duit raya kerana puasa penuh? atau tujuan sebaliknya? Bagi aku, puasa dewasa adalah puasa bermatlamat. Apakah matlamat yang hendak ditunaikan dalam masa 30 hari ini? apakah perkara yang boleh dipelajari dalam menunaikan matlamat itu? Sudah pastinya tepuk dada tanya selera.

Selamat Berpuasa

dekat masjid kobe

ps: sambung edit video sikit2~