To You
by shz
I suddenly got very emotional when I read this entry about closing up my Fotopages. I remembered that day when I unpublished all my old works, all those years of pages and at the end making only one page visible – the goodbye page. I had a time of my life and I’m so glad I let everyone in. I let you watched me play, travelled, studied, created, laughed, smiled, blew my 23rd, 24th and 25th birthday candles, married my man, held his hands, kissed him on the cheek and many, many more of things that I did in that period. Some left, some kept coming back. Some left words I treasure forever in my heart, some were silent viewers and readers. Some emailed, some bumped to me at the mall and said hello.
Wow, it was a real pleasure. I am sorry if I didn’t respond enough. If I didn’t reply or forgot to thank you. But know this – I am truly grateful. Especially to those who kept coming back to this nothingness of myself. To this mundane words and somewhat amateurish photographs. To just another girl in this world trying to live her life to the fullest. To me who tries to pursue every passion I have. For listening to my troubles and joy. For sharing my memories of the faces that matter to me the most, places I had been and everything else that I don’t want to forget. For being around, without being here. For being loyal and faithful. For everything.
I will try to keep having words, hold to my camera and grow up a good long life, insyAllah. Although I do all this only for myself, without nothing to prove, nothing to gain and nothing to lose, your motivation is the most vital. I wouldn’t know I am any good or any bad at anything without you telling me so. In this virtual world where I write and photograph, only you know.
So if you are not here, know that your presence will be truly missed. If you don’t write back, I don’t know who am I writing to. If you choose to leave, I don’t know who to share this to. So thank you for being there, being here and hopefully, being in the future.
Biggest thanks to you TOO for sharing all your journeys of your life to us. Your words and photograph inspired me enough. Still. have a wonderful life ! (i know you do)oh, pictures in Siena, awesome. You made me feels like"I was there too"xoxo
saya mengikuti perkembangan shz dari fotopages sampai skrg..gambar2 dan tulisan shz byk memberi inspirasi kepada sy..teruskan `perjuangan` shz..chaiyok2x!!-paksu-
i don’t know whether it was you who should be thanking us, or us who should be thanking you for sharing your truly inspired life with us.i’m still here, and hopefully you’re going to continue doing whatever that makes you happy (so that we will stay here long :P).thank YOU for inspiring. =)
Yeah..thank you to u too..for sharing all the gud photoghraph n words..n also ur life there..which inspired me a lot when i read every words that u leave here for us to read..I never left u a comment..this is the first..Although u doesn’t noe anything bout me..im still a big fan of u..May Allah bless all of us here..
been following your works since you started posting pictures in fotopages. it was so long ago. the first pictures of the beautiful sceneries of cliffs, beaches and parks you went to (most probably in london). insyallah will be there soon. inserted LONDON in my travel plans next year!you inspired me since i first snap a picture of eggs in my refrigerator and you actually commented on it in my fotopage (fikhareal07.fotopages.com)!what i like most about your photos is that: You bring LIFE to the pictures. it’s honest and unpretentious. I’ve got to agree that you inspire others in one way or another. keep your faith strong and i hope you continue writing and photographing your experiences.Truly your no.1 fan in Singapore! =)
Gdday!. Your rendition of life is definitely worth coming back for. Good work!
kak su suka baca…keep on writing dear
way to go shz.i know people who stop at your page is gonna love your writing.wish you the very best of luck!!
Thanks to u too..for the beautiful and inspiring words..keep on writing ya!Hana
Dear Shz,Again, thank you for sharing something with us. It’s so ‘powerful’ and almost ‘magical’ the way you touch my feeling. Maybe I’m so overly sensitive-type of person kot. You have amazed me and most of other people with your photos. I can’t elaborate that – since most of them already mention on how good you are. And yes, your photos seem to be ‘alive’. To be honest, it’s your photos that inspires me to get my own digital camera gears! But my works are sooo tiny compared to u.Then, with your writing, I feel like flipping a beautiful book that I love to read over and over again. Thank you – YOU.Regards
go girl! (err..aku poyo)
you’re cool beans.
shz…keep on writing!
when u do something with your heart, it glows 🙂 and i can see that from u.
nicely done~~jarang org nk thanX ppl who read their blogs..mostly condemned like "sape xske jgn bace" but like appreciate ppl who read n comments gud or bad~~seriously..made a big impactfrom–silent reader not anymore =]
wah… dah takder dah kat fotopages.. saya silent reader..suka sgt tgk gambar dan citer u… setuju dgn komen2 yang lain… keep posting ok.
Good for you, getting old not to regret you haven’t done something to make people around you happy.This little gift words of yours, approvingly have made thousands of people to smile. And to cherish what a good life you lead right now.
I’v always been one of the silent viewers who greatly appreciate your talents in photography. Your work have inspired us all these years and on behalf of the other silent fans, I would like to wish you all the best and do keep entertaining/inspiring us with your great shots!
Salam Shz…terima kasih kerana berkongsi selama ini. dari situ anda dikenali…
thanks to you too for sharing with us your wonderful thoughts, your wonderful stories and most of all your wonderful photos.
Salam shz.Terima kasih di atas perkongsian itu. Amat menghargainya.Hampir 4 tahun mengikutimu tanpa jejak.Kini tidak lagi…:)Semoga anda sentiasa di dalam lindunganNYA.
strange thing this is. I guess you are the one to be blamed for this never ending burning desire to go to New York. I remembered having stumbled on your fotopages with series of personal photographs of you and fakhrul in some park in early spring. I swear, one of it, I think of your foot with little yellow pansies, almost fly me back to the UK, albeit in my mind. those has so much effect on me, I could vividly smell spring in the UK, just gave me goosebumps all over, even right now while writting this. You have a special gift and to tell you the truth, I am really proud of you, though I hardly knew you. cheers
terima kasih atas fotopages kamu.
thanks shz, your pictures really inspiring and touched people’s heart.. keep sharing it with us all…
:-)suka ;-p
Nice Pic..Shz.,,take care..kirim salam Fakhrul