Fasting day 1

Assalamualaikum,


I was fasting this morning. A word of reminder to myself: ALWAYS sleep early on the night before you fast and alway always alwayssssss eat sahoor.

I slept at 1 am last night as I had to finish off some work. Since I wasn't hungry I thought I would just sleep first and wake up at 4am for sahoor.

Na-ah!

I woke up at 6 am just in time for me to dizzily dash of to the bathroom for my wudhu and then pray exactly 5 mins before syuruk. Hiyahh!

I guess Allah was testing me this morning as some colleagues offered me kueh linggangs. Blehh nyaman banar usulnya kueh linggang ahhhhhh. haha.

Teaching was almost impossible too. It was difficult to project my voice loud enough for the whole class to hear. Then everytime I sat, my eyes started drooping off. Seriously. It is not cool to fall asleep in front of your students.

Then at 11-ish one of my babehs texted me : Dang u free? Lunch?

Alahai.

I was tempted to reply : BAH LAKAS TAH! Aku mo Thai food.

Cheh.

I bet the devils were swarming around me, putting in the images of manggo fish and tom yam soup in my head at that time.

In my sleepy and tired mental state, it took a superhuman effort to reply the text and say no. (Babe if u are reading this: raincheck ahhh! We need to catch up soon. hehe)

This is just a short post actually. I need to sleep now or the same thing that happened today will happen again tomorrow.

But before I go I suggest everyone to read this site:Fadhilat Rejab, Antara realiti dan fantasi

I must say after reading the article, I am a bit concerned of the emails that are going around right now concerning the fadhilats of Rejab. Which is which?

...Hayatilah....Fahamilah....Renungilah...

Cinta Duniawi

Caution: Long read ahead.

I found the article below and thought I should share it as a reminder for us especially for those who are in the cinta-cinta world or about to be in the cinta-cinta world or thinking of becinta-cinta. lol! I edited some of the spellings and the layout of the article cause I'm very anal. Other than that, it is a good read :D

BAB-BAB CINTA

Duduk berdiskusi pelajaran tak boleh ke? Bincang pelajaran sahaja!

Berdiskusi pelajaran, betul ke? Jangan tipu. Allah tahu apa yang terselit di dalam hati hamba-hambaNya. Kita nak belajar nak keberkatan. Kalau cemerlang sekalipun, kalau tidak diberkati oleh Allah, kejayaan tidak akan mambawa kebahagiaan. Hidup tidak bahagia, akhirat lebih lagi lah. Jangan berselindung disebalik pelajaran yang mulia. Allah suka kpd org yg berilmu. Jadi belajar hendaklah ikut batas dan ketentuan Allah. Belajar akan jadi ibadat. Adakah berdiskusi macam ni akan ditulis ibadah oleh malaikat Raqib dan Atid?

Sungguh! Bincang pelajaran sahaja. Ni study group.

Study group? Nampak lain macam saja, manja, senyum memanjang, tak macam gaya berdiskusi. Takkan study group berdua sahaja? Kemana-manapun berdua. Kalau ye pun, carilah study group ramai sikit. Kalau duduk berdua-duaan macam ni....betul ke bincang pelajaran? Jangan-jangan sekejap saja bincang pelajaran, yg lain tu? Banyak masa dihabiskan dengan fantasi cinta!

Tidaklah. Sungguh berbincang pelajaran. Tak de lebih-lebih.

Baik sungguh awak berdua. Takkanlah awak berdua tak ada perasaan apa-apa? Awak kurang sihat ke? Ingat, kita bukan malaikat, tak ada nafsu. Kita manusia. Jgn menafikan fitrah manusia. Kita ada nafsu, ada keinginan. Itulah manusia.

Kami sama-sama belajar, study group, saling memberi semangat dan motivasi.

Tak adakah kaum sejenis yang boleh dijadikan rakan belajar? Habis sudahkan kaum sejenis yang boleh memberikan motivasi? Jangan hina kaum sejenis kita. Ingat, bayak orang cemerlang yang belajar hanya dengan kaum sejenis. Lebih tenang perasaan, tidak terganggu, dapat berkat dan rahmat pula.

Takkanlah tak ada langsung ruang yg dibenarkan dlm Islam utk bercinta? Adakah Islam membunuh terus naluri cinta?

Naluri adalah sebahagian daripada kesempurnaan kejadian manusia. Naluri ingin memiliki dan suka kalau dimiliki (sense of belonging) adalah fitrah. Kalau naluri itu tidak wujud pada diri seseorang, tak normal namanya. Islam bukan datang membunuh naluri dan keinginan itu, tidak! Islam tidak suruh membunuh naluri seperti yg dilakukan oleh para paderi atau sami. Jangan nafikan naluri ini. Jangan berbohong pada diri sendiri. Bukan salah dan berdosa kalau perasaan itu datang tanpa diundang. Itu adalah fitrah. Cuma tundukkan naluri itu untuk patuh pada perintah Allah. Jadilah manusia yang sihat nalurinya. Jangan jadi malaikat! Kerana Allah ciptakan kita sebagai manusia. Dunia dan segala isinya akan hambar tanpa naluri atau nafsu.

Tentu ada cinta secara Islam.

Cinta secara Islam hanya satu, iaitu perkahwinan. Cinta berlaku setelah ijab qabul: cinta selepas berkahwin. Itulah cinta sakral dan qudus. Cinta yang bermaruah. Bukan cinta murahan. Inilah kemuliaan agama kita, Islam. Apabila Islam melarang sesuatu perkara, tentu ia gantikan dengan sesuatu yg lebih baik. Kalau ia melarang cinta antara lelaki dan perempuan sebelum kahwin, ia membawa sesuatu sebagai ganti yg lebih baik iaitu perkahwinan.

Sabda Rasulullah: Tidak ada yg lebih patut bagi dua org yg saling mencintai kecuali nikah. (Ibni Majah).

Cinta adalah maruah manusia. Ia terlalu mulia.

Kalau begitu, cinta remaja semua menghampiri kepada perzinaan?

Ya. Kalau lelaki dan perempuan bertemu tentu perasaan turut terusik. Kemudian perasaan dilayan. Kemudian teringat, rindu. Kemudian diatur pertemuan. Kemudian duduk berdua-dua. Kemudian mencari tempat sunyi sedikit. Kemudian berbual panjang sehingga malam gelap. Hubungan makin akrab, dah berani pegang tangan, duduk makin dekat. Kalau tadi macam kawan, sekarang macam pengantin baru semalam?Bukankah mereka semakin hampir dan dekat dengan perzinaan? Penghujung jalan cinta adalah perzinaan dan kesengsaraan. Berapa ramai org yg bercinta telah sampai kepada daerah perzinaan dan kesengsaraan. Kasihanilah diri dan ibubapa yg melahirkan kita dalam keadaan bersih tanpa noda daripada seekor nyamuk sekalipun!

Masih ramai orang yang bercinta tetapi tetap selamat, tidak sampai berzina. Kami tahan diuji.

Allah yang mencipta manusia, Dia tahu kekuatan dan kelemahan manusia. Manusia tidak tahan ujian. Oleh itu Allah memerintahkan supaya jauhi perkara yang ditegah takut manusia akan kecundang.

Jadi manusia itu tak tahan diuji?

Kita manusia dari keturunan Adam dan Hawa, sejak dari awal penciptaan manusia, Allah telah mengingatkan manusia walaupun bahaawa mereka tidak akan tahan dengan ujian walaupun kecil. Allah takdirkan satu peristiwa untuk iktibar manusia. Allah tegah Adam dan Hawa supaya jangan makan buah khuldi dlm syurga. Buah yang lain boleh dimakan. Allah tahu kelemahan pada ciptaan manusia. Tak tahan diuji. Oleh itu Allah berpesan kepada Adam dan Hawa, jangan hampiri pokok Khuldi itu.

Firman Allah: Wahai Adam! Tinggallah engkau dan isterimu didalam syurga serta makanlah dari makanannya sepuas-puasnya apa sahaja kamu berdua sukai, dan janganlah kamu hampiri pokok ini, (jika kamu menghampirinya) maka akan menjadilah kamu dari orang-orang yang zalim. (al-A'araf:19)

Tegahan yang sebenarnya adalah memakan buah khuldi. Tetapi Allah tahu sifat dan kelemahan Adam dan Hawa. Jika menghampiri perkara tegahan, takut nanti mereka akan memakannya. Kerana mereka tidak dapat mengawal diri. Demikianlah dengan zina. Ditegah berzina. Maka jln kearah perzinaan juga dilarang. Takut apabila berhadapan dengan godaan perzinaan kedua-duanya akan kecundang. Cukuplah kita belajar daripada pengalaman nenek moyang kita Adam dan Hawa.

Tapi bercinta sebelum kahwin adalah untuk mengenali hati budi pasangan sebelum buat keputusan berkahwin. Cinta lepas kahwin banyak masalah. Kita tak kenal pasangan kita secara dekat.

Bolehkah percaya dengan perwatakan masa sedang bercinta? Bercinta penuh dengan lakonan yang dibuat-buat dan kepura-puraan. Masing-masing akan berlakon dengan watak yang terbaik. Penyayang, penyabar, pemurah dan berbagai-bagai lagi. Masa bercinta adalah alam lakonan semata-mata. Masa bercinta, merajuk ada yang akan pujuk. Jangan harap lepas kahwin, bila merajuk akan ada yang memujuk. Banyak orang yang kecewa dan tertipu dengan keperibadian pasangan semasa bercinta. Perangai pasangan jauh berbeza. Macam langit dengan bumi. Masa bercinta, dia seorang yang amat penyayang, penyabar, sabar tunggu pasangan terlambat sampai berjam-jam. Tapi bila dah kahwin, lewat lima mini, dah kena tengking. Jadi, perwatakan dalam masa bercinta tidak boleh dipercayai. Percintaan adalah suatu kepuran atau hipokrit.

Percayalah, kami bercinta demi merancang kebahagian hidup nanti.

Bagaimana diharap kebahagiaan jika tidak mendapat redha Allah? Kebahagian adalah anugerah Allah kepada hamba-hambaNya yang terpilih. Kebahagian bukan ciptaan manusia. Manusia hanya merancang kebahagiaan. Allah yang akan menganugerahnya. Bagaiman mendapat anugerah kebahagian itu, jika jalan mencapai kebahagian itu tidak diredhai Allah. Kebahagian hidup berumah tangga mestilah melalui proses yang betul. Sudah tentu prosesnya bukan bercinta begini. Allah tidak akan meredhai percintaan ini. Cinta yg diredhai Allah adalah cinta selepas kahwin. Bagaimana untuk mendapat keluarga yang bahagia jika langkah mula sudah pun canggung, bagaimana kesudahannya?

Tanya sikit? Adik angkat, kakak angkat, abang angkat boleh ke? Ganti bercinta?

Semua itu adalah perangkap syaitan dan iblis. Hakikatnya adalah sama. Cinta yang diberi nafas baru. Kulitnya nampak berlainan, tetapi isinya adalah sama. Adik angkat, kakak angkat, abang angkat dalah suatu bentuk tipu daya iblis dan syaitan. Manusia yang terlibat dengan budaya angkat ini sebenarnya telah masuk ke dalam perangkap syaitan. Cuma menunggu masa untuk dikorbankan. Namakan apa nama sekalipun, semuanya adalah sama. Jalan akhirnya akan bertemu dengan zina. Nauzubillah!

Jadi, seolah-olah orang yang bercinta telah hilang maruah diri?

Mengukur maruah diri bukan ditentukan oleh manusia tetapi oleh pencipta manusia. Sebab ukuran manusia sering berbeza-beza. Orang yang sedang mabuk bercinta akan mengatakan orang yang bercinta tidak menjejaskan apa-apa maruah dirinya. Manakala, bagi orang yang menjaga diri, tidak mahu terlibat dengan cinta sebelum kahwin, akan mengatakan orang yang bercinta sudah tidak bermaruah lagi. Cintanya ditumpahkan kepada orang yang belum layak menerima cinta suci. Kalau begitu ukuran bermaruah atau tidak adalah ditentukan oleh Allah.

Adakah orang yang bercinta hilang maruah?

Antara kemuliaan manusia ialah maruah dirinya. Orang yang bercinta seolah-olah cuba menggadai maruahnya kerana mereka menghampiri perzinaan. Manakala orang yang bercinta dan pernah berzina tidak layak berkahwin kecuali dgn orang yang pernah berzina juga. Mereka tidak layak untuk berkahwin dengan orang yang beriman.

Allah berfirman: Lelaki yg berzina (lazimnya) tidak ingin berkawin melainkan dengan perempuan yang berzina atau perempuan musyrik; dan perempuan yg berzina itu pula (lazimnya) tidak ingin berkahwin dengannya melainkan oleh lelaki yg sedang berzina atau lelaki musyrik. Dan perkahwinan yang demikian itu terlarang kepada orang-orang yang beriman. (Surah al-Nur:3)

Jadi orang yang pernah bercinta juga tidak sesuai untuk berkahwin dengan orang yang tidak pernah bercinta. Tidakkah itu suatu penghinaan dari Tuhan.

Jadi orang yang bercinta hanya layak berkahwin dengan orang yang pernah bercinta juga? Itulah pasangan yang layak untuk dirinya. Kerana wanita yang baik adalah untuk lelaki yg baik. Lelaki yg baik untuk wanita yang baik.

Kami telah berjanji sehidup semati!

Apa ada pada janji cinta? Lebih-lebih lagi janji cinta manusia. Berapa banyak sudah janji cinta yang musnah? Lelaki, jangan diharap pada janji lelaki. Mereka hanya menunggu peluang keemasan sahaja. Habis madu, sepah dibuang. Pepatah itu diungkap kerana ia sering berulang sehingga menjadi pepatah.

Si dia ini lain dari yg lain. Dia lelaki yg penyayang dan bertanggungjawab.

Tahukah hati budi lelaki? Sejahat mana lelaki, apabila ingin mengambil seseorang wanita sebagai isteri dan seterusnya menjadi ibu yang baik untuk anak-anaknya, dia akan memilih wanita yang baik.

Tetapi untuk berseronok suka dan berfoya-foya, lelaki biasanya akan memilih perempuan murahan kerana ia suatu pelaburan yang menguntungkan. Itulah rahsia lelaki.

Jadi, perempuan yang bercinta, jatuh maruahnya pada pandangan lelaki?

Tentu. Mana ada orang lelaki normal suka pada barang yang 'second hand'? Sedangkan barang yang baru masih ada. Sesetengah mereka menggambarkan perempuan seperti kereta yang diletakkan di show room sahaja; display only. Tapi ada yang boleh test drive. Ada pula yang kata; sekadar sepinggan mee goreng dan segelas sirap bandung, bawalah kehulu, kehilir. Sedihkan. Itulah hakikatnya.

Masih adakah orang yang tidak bercinta di zaman ini?

Ya, masih ada orang yang suci dalam debu. Golongan ini akan sentiasa ada walaupun jumlah mereka kecil. Mereka akan bertemu suatu hari nanti. Mereka ada pasangannya.

Firman Alllah: Dan orang-orang lelaki yang memelihara kehormatannya serta orang-orang perempuan yg memelihara kehormatannya (yang memelihara dirinya daripada melakukan zina), Allah telah menyediakan bagi mereka semuanya keampunan dan pahala yg besar. (al-Ahzaab:35)

Bagaimana kami?

Kamu masih ada peluang. Bertaubatlah dengan taubat nasuha. Berdoalah serta mohon keampunan dariNya. Mohonlah petunjuk dan kekuatan untuk mendapat redhaNya.

Kami ingin mendapat redha Tuhan. Tunjukkanlah bagaimana taubat nasuha. Taubat yg murni. Taubat yang sebenar-benarnya. Taubat yg memuhi 3 syarat:
1. Tinggalkan perbuatan maksiat. Putuskan hubungan cinta yang tidak diredhai Allah ini.

2. Menyesal. Menginsafi diri diatas tindak tanduk hidup yang menjurus diri dalam percintaan.

3. Berazam. Bertekad didalam hati tidak akan bercinta lagi dengan sesiapa kecuali dengan seorang yang bernama isteri atau suami. Saatnya adalah selepas Ijab Kabul.

Ya Allah. Hambamu telah tersesat jalan. Ampunilah dosa-dosa hambamu ini. Sesungguhnya engkau maha pengampun dan penerima taubat. Berilah kekuatan kpdku utk menghadapi godaan keremajaan ini. Anugerahkan kepadaku perasaan benci kepada maksiat. Hiasilah diriku dengan akhlak yang mulia. Ibu dan ayah, anakmu berdosa. Engkau jaga diriku sedari kecil dengan kasih sayang. Mengapa ku curahkan kasih itu kepada orang lain.

Amin, Ya Rabb.

Moga Allah terima taubatmu.

Source

...Hayatilah....Fahamilah....Renungilah...

White crow

Assalamualaikum


MasyaAllah it is Rejab already! Then come Sya'ban, then Ramadhan! I'm soooo excited! Time flies soooo fast, it feels like it was only last month that we celebrated Eid Fitr. And now Ramadhan is almost here! :D :D :D May Allah let us live long enough to see Ramadhan. Amin.

I'm suddenly reminded of what Dr Fadzilah Kamsah said the other day when I was watching one of those morning religious programmes on TV3:

“Orang perempuan, oiiiii orang perempuan, hutang PUASA SUDAH BAYAR? Jangan lah tunggu Sya’ban.” (Women, oiiiiii women, have you QADA your previous fast? Don't you wait till Sya'ban to do it.)


Uhuk!

It felt like as if he was talking directly to me. Okkkkk I have two more days to qada. Will do it asap.

Ahhh Rejab is one of the four sacred months of the year. I was going to write a post on the benefits of Rejab but I came across many many blogs which have done that. So I'm just going to cut-and-paste the links here. I'm sure the authors wouldn't mind. May Allah bless them always. Now, don't you just scroll down without clicking them okeh?

http://soulsearch.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/learning-as-i-go/#comments
http://anneesa.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/blessed-months-of-the-islamic-calendar/
http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/07.asp

So lets move on to my post. Now this post below was meant for last week! I didnt get around to finish it till tonight. Sorry. Just read on people and pretend that tonight is actually 7 days ago. hehe.

I was watching Laman Nurani on TV3 this morning while getting ready for work (people you should watch this programme every morning. It's very good!). Ustazah Nor Bahiyah was on and she talked about 'Mendidik Anak' (Raising your children). Although I'm not a mom, but being an aunt and a teacher, I could totally relate to what she was saying and was nodding the whole way through the 30 mins programme.

One of the things that she mentioned was how parents tend to forget to remind their children on their duties as muslims (e.g. praying, covering their aurah) when they reach 14 and above. Even those who are 21 and above needs some guidance every now and then.

I still remember a conversation that I had with my students last year. They had just finished their exams and I thought I should give them a break and decided to have a class discussion on err well...'relationships'. teehee. My students are 16-18 year olds so most of them tend to see me as their elder sister.

They told me sooo many stories. From their first puppy love to breakups, then the girls accused the boys of being cheaters while the boys accused the girls of being flirty. I just sat back and listened to their stories. It was amusing really.

After listening for quite some time, I asked them, " Is it really that important to be in a relationship? At your age I mean."

They all went quiet, deep in thoughts. Then one of them went, " Not really lah cher. But you know lah, biasalah orang muda." (Not really, but it is something that all youngsters do).

"Let me guess, you guys hold hands when you go out," I prodded.

"Of course lah cher! Inda kan inda." (Of course! Whyever not?)

I smiled and continued, " This is just a random question. Who is more important to you? Your girlfriend or boyfriend, Allah or your parents?"

They immediately answered " Well of course Allah is the most important followed by our parents then our gf/bf."

They all looked at me as if I was a silly goose for asking such an absurd question.

I went on, " Ok, next random question, why can't we eat pork?"

The students raised their eyebrows and said " Because it is haram!"

" Oh ok. So you don't eat pork because it is haram but you still hold your bf's or gf's hands eventhough you know that it is haram."

" But atu lainnnnn." (But thats different!)

" Really? And I thought you guys said Allah is more important than you gfs or bfs."

"Teacher ani ehhhhhh!!" the girls squealed.


Hehe.


I then purposely kept quiet and made it clear that I was waiting for them to say something. The class was silent for a few moment and some of the students looked at me sheepishly.

Suddenly one of the boys went, " Antah lah cher. Kadangnya lupa bah. Kami pun inda tau cana bulih." ( I dont know Miss. Sometimes we just forget. We also dont know how it happened.)

One of the girls then immediately said " But Miss, we were just holding hands, bukannya apa-apa."

I replied, " What's haram must stay haram. We cant simply change the rules just because we feel like it."

I cant remember what else we talked about after that, but I have the feeling that could be one of the 'lessons' that my students will always remember. Well at least I hope so.

I am proud of the boy who admitted that 'sometimes we just forget'. He was mature enough to admit that.

Yes we all forget. But the thing is we dont forget at the same time. At that time I remembered, so I reminded my students. Who knows one day I will be the one who forgets, and my students would be the one who will be reminding me of the dangers of sins.

I find it very interesting that the person who said " But we were just holding hands" was a girl. Sigh. We females are truly 'perhiasan dunia' (world's temporary conveniences) that sway the iman of the men. Which reminds me of this particular hadith:

“Takutlah pada dunia dan takutlah pada wanita karena fitnah pertama pada Bani Israel adalah pada wanita.” (Muslim).

"So fear the world and fear women, for the first trial of the Bani Israel had to do with women" (Muslim)

Sisters, we are our own enemy. We pout, we whine, we glare, we give the silent treatment, we use our sweet voices, we give our sweet smiles, and we do many many more to get what we want. Men, though at first seemed so tough and ruthless, after sometime gave in to our feminine wails.

Come on girls, admit it, I'm sure there were numerous times in the past when you used your feminine ways to get what you want. Imagine this scenario:

You were in a kadai kain (textile shop) and you were eyeing a particular kain which costs waayy beyond your budget.

You: Bleh kurang kah kain ahhh? *Pout and bat eye lashes a few times*

Male Indian shop owner: Tak boleh. Ini kain dari Dubai bah. Mahal.

You: Alaahhhh. Kurang sikit saja bahhh. *Pout, frown, bat eye lashes more rapidly*

Male Indian shop owner: Alahhh susah bahhh.

You: ehhhh sikit saja bahhh. Inda ku kemari lagi karang. *Pout, frown, bat eye lashes, sweet high pitch voice*

Male, Indian shop owner: Bah bah. 20% saja.

You: Flash your most sweetest smile that positively can light up the whole shop.

See?? We have our own feminine ways that makes it hard for men to say 'no' to us. Allah created us in such a way that makes it difficult for them to completely ignore us. And sometimes we misuse that 'specialty' that we have. And we make it more difficult for them by wearing ill-fitting clothings.

No I'm not saying men are weak. But what I'm saying is that we girls are constantly dangling ourselves infront of men, tempting them with our feminine errm values yet we become angry when they whistle as we walk in front of them. Say you were on a diet but your friends keep on telling you to try the new KFC black pepper chicken. They even bought it for you. You put it on the dining table, hoping your family members would eat it. You switch on the TV and there's the KFC advert. After watching the same advert for about 10 times, what do you do? You go to the table and eat the chicken! Well, the same analogy applies here.

Which makes me wonder, why in the world do we wear those snug clothings in the first place? Is it to attract men? To make sure we fit in with our friends? Because, to be frank, those ill-fitting clothings are not comfortable anyway. We need to constantly hold our breaths or risk looking like a female Garfield from the side. We also need to constantly pull the hem of our shirts or risk showing our belly or backside or even worse our undies! ERK.

So Whyyyyy??

Sigh.

Can you imagine during the judgement day, if we were asked this: " So why did you not cover your aurah and wear baby Ts?"

"Erm because I want to look cool and I want to show off my figure."

OOkkkkk.

Now I feel shallow.

Dont mind me people. This is one of my self-evaluation days. I went out with some friends just now and had a hard time choosing my attire. In the end I resorted to a black T shirt with long sleeves and a long denim skirt. I put on my hijab and off I went to qlap, thinking that I had fully covered my aurah but Allah gave me a sign that I hadn't.

As I entered the Qlap Mall area, I saw a lady wearing a black Abaya- long and loose, with her black hijjab covering the top half of her body. She was also wearing a pair of black socks and arm gloves. I looked down at my black T shirt. Actually, my sleeves weren't really that long, they were three quarters! Then my T shirt, though it wasnt really that snug, one can still see my err figure. Not to mention my hijjab, I pinned its end onto my shoulders for style's sake and it was kind of short!

You have no idea how awful I felt at that time. So I immediately unpinned the end of my hijjab and let it fell across my chest and secure my pin at its end.

Sigh.

My iman is soo weak. I still need to work on sooo many things.

Ya Allah, please make this journey easier for me.

Please help me from being swayed by dunya.

Please Guide me and keep me on the right path.

Always.

Let me leave you with this hadith: "To find a good woman among women is similar to finding a white crow among a hundred crows."

I want to be that white crow.

...Hayatilah....Fahamilah....Renungilah...

Girls in heels

Assalamualaikum


It was early in the morning and I was having my breakfast with the family when suddenly we heard a familiar pik-pok-pik-pok sound.

Sure enough a few seconds later,emerged two of my pyjama-clad nieces, both in heels (mine!) with serukups (inner head scarfs) on their heads (also mine!). Obviously they had been merrily exploring my room. The girls then started running around in my heels! haha. It makes me wonder if we girls are born to balance ourselves on a pair of sticks.

Presenting my infamous.......

Lil D and Bubbly N

Both wearing my serukups. hehe. Too bad they had taken off my shoes when I went in to get my camera.

Anyway, I apologise for my lack of proper post. InsyaAllah one is coming soon. :D

But errmmm...'soon' here means my standard of 'soon' okeh? hehe. Gotta sleep now, I'm bringing my students for the flag-waving at the padang in 7 hrs time. Sigh.

...Hayatilah....Fahamilah....Renungilah...

Happy Birthday daddy

Assalamualaikum,

It’s my father’s birthday today. We had a family doa selamat around 5pm before my brother went off for his night shift. I think my nieces and nephew were more excited than my dad. You should have seen them lining up, each with a present in their hands. Kiiuttttttt. We bought two presents for daddykins, but at the last minute, my mom decided to buy two pairs of socks, two handkerchiefs and something else in which I forgot what it was. She wrapped each item individually and wrote the names of my nieces and nephew on them. Hehe. The kids were sooo excited when they were ‘hiding’ in the kitchen hallway, waiting for their nini laki to sit in the living room. Once their nini laki was in the living room, they immediately marched up to him, in one line from the eldest to the youngest, each with a present in their hands, singing a song which sounded pretty much like the classic ‘Happy birthday song’ (lol!) and gave their nini laki the presents. Then out came the cake followed by the two presents carried by me and my brother. The doa was read by the birthday boy himself. It was a joyous occasion. Alhamdulillah. Allah has been very kind to my father. May HE continue to bless my father with good health and life. Amin.

...Hayatilah....Fahamilah....Renungilah...