Anthem - Hlovate

Assalamualaikum :D

If you are searching for yourself, why dont you try to read Anthem by Hlovate as a good kick start? :)

I just finished my reading, which took about 2 weeks.
Anthem is not a love story sewit muwit book, but it is mere about finding your own inner self.

Eh apahai dok speaking ni.haha

Ok buku ni menceritakan tentang Nur Dania Dashrin or Dash for short. Dash ni memang brutal tahap gaban, a third-culture kid. Dia ni hidup nomad sbb follow ayah dia yang kerja merata corok dunia. Dan sekarang duduk di Delhi.

Nak dipendekkan cerita, Dash kena hantar pulang ke Malaysia utk sambung Form 4 & 5. Bila balik negara sendiri, Dash rasa pelik yang teramat. Susah nak adapt dgn environment sini sbb lain culture, lain dr segala benda. Dan paling dia benci bila people are being too judgmental.

Dari situ Dash mencari2 diri sendiri, apa yg tak kena padanya, dan bila dia sukarela join muslim youth camp, kenal Kak Jiji, dia dah mula kenal perlahan2 the purpose of life.

Too many conflict dlm buku ni. Dash tak pernah btau family dia yg dia dah pakai tudung, sampailah kantoi dengan Haikal, adik lelaki Dash. Dash sambung uni kat Abardeen,  masa ni jumpe Lee. Create a good memory with Lee, tp sampai satu saat Dash rasa apa yg dia buat tak betul. Not in the right way. Jadi dia tinggalkan Lee.  Masa kat Abardeen, dia ada Kak Trisy. Akak ni yg selalu bagi good advise bila Dash masih lagi rasa terumbang ambing, mencari2 diri.




'Akan tiba satu masa, Dash, apabila masa tu you akan rasa sgt lost and alone. Tp ingat dengan syahadah yg kita dh pegang dan dh faham. Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. And right is right even if you are the only one doing it. Ingat tu.' -pg 390

'Being a Muslim is not just a title that entitled you to celebrate Hari Raya, Haikal. Its more than that. Its beyond that'- pg 293

'The past matters. But only as a reference point untuk tengok sejauh mana kita dah berubah. Yang judge kita Allah. Bukan manusia. Ingat tu je.' - pg 348

'Hati itu Allah yg pegang. Sama ada utk bergilap atau terus jadi hitam legam. Itu semua Allah punya kuasa. Siapa tahu baiknya kita hari ni kekal sampai hari kita mati? Dan siapa juga tahu jahatnya seseorang itu akan kekal sama pada hari dia akan pergi menghadap Tuhan.' -pg 473

'You can't control your emotion, but you can control your action. And somebody once told me, dosa itu ialah apa yang bergetar off-tune di hati' - pg 487

'The past is nothing but as a force to drive you forward. Do not let the past dictates you'-pg 498

'..sbb kita dh buktikan no matter how much broken it was; akan ada sesuatu yg akan mend. Pasti. Dan janji Tuhan itu juga pasti. Things that didn't kill you just make you stronger, ey? Hemimgway pun ckp: life breaks us all, but in the end we're stronger in the broken places' -pg 521

'Kak trisy terima Abg Jade sbb Abg Jade terima dia seadanya. Terima dia yg dulu, kini dan selamanya. Baik yg kelam, suram, juga yg berwarna warni rona pelangi. Tanpa syarat dan terma. Tanpa minta apa-apa. Bahagia betul klu dapat teman sehidup semati mcm tu'.-pg 523

'Dont be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn't do what you do, or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today'- pg 573





Untuk dua bulan hidup sebagai nomad, berperang dgn jiwa, this book had helped me a lot.

May Allah bless you, Hlovate for every single word that you wrote on this book :)


dan untuk kita yg sentiasa ada ada masa naik/turun, ada masa sunyi gilak tahap sedih, ada masa gembira berbunga, mana lg kita nak mengadu kalau bukan pada yg Maha Esa. Dia yg pegang hati kita. Dia tahu yg terbaik utk kita. :)

Berpegang pada syahadah. Kembali kepada fitrah. And everything will goes well, pesan Kak Jiji yg sentiasa Dash ingat. And its applicable to us too:)




Semoga bermanfaat :)