Little Angel

As long as we live, everyday we have to face trials. So, just take it easy, trying to loosen up, relax. Yeah, stay cool. It's easier to write it here, to advice others but it's damn hard to take on the advice for ourselves. Wuu~~~ That's human. Haha... Although we are working on something we love but for sure there are still gonna be unwanted circumstances falling down. Sometimes we don't know where & how do the problem came from. It just simply slap on our faces.

However, the thing that I wanna share with you today is about little angel. Who's the Little Angel? There was a day I felt so down, suddenly big problem arise. It slap my face, kick my knee, smack me down to earth. It's a very painful and tiring day. So, I made a decision to get out from campus and went to hypermarket for window shopping. My mom always advice, if you felt stress and you can't focus on your work, go get some fresh air. Go get some walk in the garden or window shopping. She's right. It's kinda waste if you strive to focus while you are not mentally and emotionally stable. 

After getting some goods to pay, ehmmm...did I said window shopping before but now I got something to buy? Hahaha... Not totally window shopping la like this. Ok back to the topic, while I was line up at the counter, there was a boy at the age of 1 1/2 years if I'm not mistaken sitting in a trolley infront of me. He keep on looking at me so I just look at him back and smile. Then, he looks very shy but still he's smiling back. You know that time the situation make me feel like am I being flirted by a baby? Even his parents was wondering why he's acting like that. Deep inside my heart, I thanked God. You know why? Because I think that He sent that baby to cheer me up. He sent someone who had no sins to make me smile on one of my worst day here. 

So, the moral of this story is whenever you faced a hard situation, keep believe that we have Him. He always look at us, He always know the meaning for each tears. Sometimes to cheer us He sent His servant in variety of ways and conditions. Most of the time with something that we never wonder. However, there are terms to be complied. First, be patience and second, don't complain about our problems to others. Especially to those who can't or won't help us. It's more painful to know that they will never care. 

Good day, I need to continue my labworks. Bubye =)

Pelik tapi terbaik

Life is a choice. Ada banyak perkara dalam hidup ni yang memerlukan kita membuat pilihan. Bila pergi restoran, nah diberinya senarai menu. Nak makan yang mana pun pening kepala. Mula fikir yang mana kita rasa paling teringin nak makan pastu fikir pasal harga pulak. Dapat keputusan bagus pun dok pening fikir nak sambung belajar dalam bidang apa, di mana? Pokoknya, daripada sekecil-kecil perkara sampai la sebesar-besar hal yang melibatkan perubahan hidup memerlukan kita membuat pilihan dengan bijak. Pilihan yang diharapkan dapat memberi kebaikan dan membahagiakan. 

Salah satu cara yang diajar dalam Islam ketika kita ingin membuat pilihan ialah dengan melakukan solat sunat istikharah. Solat sunat ini boleh dilakukan dengan ringkas iaitu ditunaikan dengan 2 rakaat. Lepas tu, berdoa la pada Allah supaya diberi petunjuk tentang pilihan manakah yang terbaik untuk kita. If we don't know about something, we'll ask the one who have knowledge about it. Contohnya, kalau nak tanya tentang penyakit, jumpa la dengan doktor. Kalau kereta rosak, tanya dengan mekanik. So, when we want to decide something in our life, who knows about it better than The One who create us?

Berikut adalah langkah-langkah yang boleh dijadikan sebagai panduan dalam membuat pilihan:

1. Selidik dan buat senarai tentang kebaikan/keburukan pada setiap pilihan yang kita ada. Contohnya kalau kita dapat tawaran berkerja atau sambung belajar. Kita perlu selidik dengan teliti dari segi jarak perjalanan dari rumah, senarai tugas, minat kita sendiri, jumlah gaji setimpal ke tidak.

2. Cuba minta pendapat daripada orang yang dipercayai dan orang yang ada pengalaman dalam berdepan dengan situasi yang lebih kurang sama. Kalau anda seorang pelajar, boleh minta pendapat daripada penyelia/pensyarah kerana mereka tahu dan lihat potensi yang ada pada diri kita. Besides, they had gone through this kind of phase in their life so they can share their experience with us. Indeed, experience is the best teacher. They may know the consequences regarding each choice which we may had overlook.

3. Solat sunat istikharah. Lepas kita dah usaha sungguh-sungguh selidik dan bertanya pendapat orang lain, sekarang adalah masa untuk kita membuat pilihan. Minta la petunjuk daripada-Nya supaya pilihan kita membawa lebih banyak kebaikan berbanding kemudaratan. Antara hikmah melakukan solat sunat ialah apabila kita melibatkan Allah dalam keputusan yang dibuat, percayalah walau apa pun yang terjadi selepas itu, kita takkan jadi orang yang menyalahkan takdir. InsyaAllah. Worry ends where faith begins. If He bring you to it, He will bring you through it.

Kadang-kadang apa yang kita harapkan daripada pilihan yang dibuat mungkin berbeza. Waktu ni mula la nak kata, "Kalau aku tak pilih yang ni, takda la aku jadi susah macam ni." Ahaa...kata-kata ni dilarang sama sekali untuk diucapkan. Setiap perkara yang jadi pasti ada sebabnya. Perintah Allah, pilihan Allah walaupun kita nampak pelik tapi itu yang terbaik. It's just like walk down through a tunnel to reach your destination. Although the tunnel is dark and scary, just keep on walking either with a torch or not. At the time you are able to see light at the end, the darkness of the tunnel is not scary anymore. 

Heartbroken

Ever felt heartbroken? I did. Haha.. yeahh I guess most of us had the experience. Falling in love is not a choice, it's a gift. But how you manage your feeling and make decision either to stick with that person or not are all up to you. I had talked with friends who finally succeeded in going through it. I asked about their feeling, how do they react & how far does it influenced their daily routines. Well, you just have to take it like a bounce in life. It's just like driving a car in full speed then suddenly struck a hole or maybe like cutting your finger accidentally while cooking. Hurt, doesn't it? 

Whenever you meet up with this kind of thing, again, just remember that it's just a bad moment in your life which sooner or later, it will gone. Nothing everlasting in this world. No matter how happy your teen's life, you can't turn back to that time. Either you like it or not, you need to move on. As long as you still breath, you will growing up and growing old. If we are really a true believer, we will always look at everything in positive way. Right now, we are thinking that person was the best person we had ever met. But who knows maybe He had someone better for us in the future. A better person who we didn't ever have a thought about. Indeed, life is full of mystery and surprise. 

Who knows one day we will feel glad for having a heartbroken. Because of it, we found someone better. Because of it, we will appreciate everyone around. Because of it, we will never take for granted on people who sincerely love us. Everything has boundaries including love. Whatever excessive is not good. Indeed, in diet we also had been taught to have all sort kind of food in sufficient amount to keep us healthy.Too much sugars in diet will increase the risk for diabetes mellitus. Too much salt will increase the risk for hypertension. In fact, people can change so never put high expectation on anybody. 

I end up this entry today with some questions for us to think about. We get a lot of benefits from the sun but do we should bow on sun rather than bow on The One who create it? Then, why should we love someone more than The One who created him and us? 

Waallahua'lam.

Brotherhood

Teringat pada satu petang, gerabak monorel yang saya naik agak sesak. Tak ada satu pun tempat pemegang yang bebas dari tangan-tangan sasa. Terdetik, "Mana aku nak pegang nih? Satgi monorel gerak mesti aku langgaq habih semua." Tiba-tiba, ada bro gaya gangster Chow Kit bangun & suruh saya duduk di tempat dia. Gaya dia suruh pun brutal. Mungkin terlalu jelas riak muka saya yang dalam keadaan risau. Risau kalau ada yang ambil kesempatan, risau kalau tak mampu nak 'guard' diri ni daripada berlanggar dengan yang lain.

Brother tu berdiri sambil pegang tiang kat depan saya. Sepanjang monorel bergerak, walaupun keadaan sesak & padat, dia sangat berjaga-jaga supaya kaki dia tak langgar kaki saya. He also make sure that nobody touch me. Saya agak tergamam juga waktu tu sebab di sebalik mukanya yang serius, tindakannya jelas menunjukkan keprihatinannya terhadap seorang muslimah. Well, on that day I learned what's the meaning of a phrase, "don't judge a book by its cover".

Monorel yang sesak pada setiap petang adalah situasi biasa di KL tapi tindakannya merupakan sesuatu yang luar biasa. Tak semua orang sensitif dengan keadaan macam tu. We don't know each other, we never met before. But along the way to my destination in that monorail, he protect me like a brother. I know in Islam, we need to look after the other muslims like they are our family members. But many people had overlook about this or maybe we just don't know how to do it right.

The brotherhood in Islam should be very strong. Just look at muslims when they pray. We need to stand closely to one another. White next to black, rich next to poor, older next to younger. In the moment of heartbroken by looking & hearing at some muslims cursed & slammed each other in this country, I'm glad Allah lead me to met him. He gave me the experienced to taste the brotherhood in Islam. May Allah guide him to be a better muslim as he's doing good. May Allah always guide us to the right path and edify us too. Amin. 

MH370: Pray for the best

Since Day 1 when I heard about the missing plane MH370, I've become one over millions of people around the world who stuck with the press conference everyday. Whenever I'm working in front of pc, I'll turn on the online media. Alhamdulillah, no one from my family members were in that plane. However, I do feel uneasy because I was once had the experienced travelling on that path. I had travel to Beijing about 2 years ago, visiting the Peking's University. 

I'm tired to read lots of speculation running on the social media & also news by the other countries. If you don't have something good to say then just shut up. I'm touched to look at the unity of our citizens. Despite the difference in races, religions & political views, everybody pray for the best outcome. We pray to find the MH370 and all passengers on board in safe. We try our best and leave it to Allah. Insya Allah, everything gonna be okay. Somehow, I get frustrated with people around the world who only focus on the 'false ritual' in KLIA. Hello, we are deadly worried here about the missing plane and they, especially those who doesn't even give a hand in the rescue mission are busy laughing at Malaysians.You only look at the one ritual & judge us. In fact, there are many more muslims here doing solat hajat everyday. For non muslims, either Christians, Buddhist, Hindus or whatever religions they are, everybody pray according to their ways and why they didn't have a look at this? 

Instead of helping, they are only put a lot of pressure on Malaysians. Plus, I'm sick to look at those who are writing the negative statement in the social media. The situation is getting tensed day by day and those words, although it's true doesn't help to ease worry among family members involved. Instead of thinking that all things happen now are the punishment from Allah, why don't you think that this is the sign from Him to lead us back to the right path. Allah is Merciful. Allah's mercy precedes His anger. Allah will accept the repentance from those who are sincerely repent, Insya Allah. Enough with bad mouth, enough with the searching for other faults', enough with the negative statements and enough with speculations. Again, I stress here if we don't have something good to say, shut up. If we are not sure about a news then don't spread it. For muslims, we believe in the Hereafter we will be asked for each words that we say or write. So before we say/ write something or spread news, think that we will be responsible for it.

While I feel frustrated and sad with what people accuse, I found verses which soothe my heart:

"And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was devoted friend. But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good]."

The verses are the translations from Surah Fussilat verses 34-35. Waallahua'lam.