raja si muraq

salam.

it has been ages since i last wrote. the last time was 1st march, and the last posting was 16th march. Peh! u might be wondering what has happened to me. well, nothing extraordinary took place, except that maybe the venom of this dunia fana has got the better of me, that i just could not sit and write my thoughts. yeah, i was sure busy with the usual chores: teachers' job which is endless, just like house work and responsibilities at home. but thinking back, i would have surely like to come up with a few postings now and then, though i do keep up my reading of the usual blogs such as wak jono and harimau menaip and tukar tiub, to name a few.. tapi tu la dia, keracunan dunia meresap segala rasa.

do you know why i'm using the image of a bird for this posting? sebenonya, i was thinking of 'raja si muraq'. do you know this bird or the story behind it? ala, this bird was mentioned in one of m.nasir's songs, 'tanya sama itu hud-hud', kalau tak silap la. now, do you recall? in the 'tanya sama itu hud-hud' song, it was said that thousands of birds were searching for sirmurgh, but only 30 birds managed to get to the mountain top where the supposedly sirmurgh was living. these 30 birds had to overcome a number of tribulations in order to get to the summit, but when they finally reached the destination, the so-called sirmurgh was nowhere to be found. so what actually was sirmurgh, and why only 30 birds, and what were the obstacles that they had to get over? hmm, care to share your side of the story?

it's getting late, guess this should be ample for now. u guys out there, b good, insyaAllah. ttfn