kita ibarat pelayar yang singgah di sebuah pulau..

Cepat sungguh masa berlalu. Pejam celik pejam celik, sudah hampir sampai ke penghujung semester 1 tahun 2009. Semester kali ini terasa begitu cepat berlalu. Syukur pada Allah kerana byk ruang kosong dalam semester kali ini diisi dengan perkara berfaedah. Jatuh bangun dan turun naik dalam mengharungi semester kali ini di ambil sebagai tarbiyah dari Allah untuk membaiki diri dari semasa ke semasa. Bila diuji, ‘penyakit hati’ mudah menyinggah. Moga Allah ampunkan segala salah dan silap samada yang sedar atau tak sedar, yang sengaja atau tidak.

Hari ni, tiba2 terigin nak tgk balik video arwah ibu yg abg pernah burn dalam cd dulu. Rindu sangat pada ibu. Rindu kata-kata perangsang seorang ibu. Rindu pujukan ibu bila diri ini lemah dan sedih. Rindu semuanya. Tapi diri ini perlu ingat, setiap yang Allah aturkan adalah yang terbaik buat hambaNya. Banyak perubahan dalam diri dan keluarga yg dapat diri ini rasakan sejak pemergian ibu. Kasih sayang yg ada di hadapan mata lebih dihargai. Dan diri ini harus bertungkus lumus mencari ‘bekal’ di ‘pulau persinggahan’ ini sekiranya ingin berkumpul kembali di syurgaNya. Moga Allah pertemukan kembali kita di SyurgaNya kelak, insyaAllah.

Peperiksaan makin hampir. Diri ini ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk memohon maaf pada semua sekiranya ada salah dan silap. Semoga Berjaya mengharungi peperiksaan kali ini dengan cemerlang. Ingatlah, apa yang penting ialah USAHA kita. Allah pandang pada USAHA dan bukan pada keputusan. Seorang itu tidak patut rasa sedih sekiranya sudah belajar dengan bersugguh tapi tidak mendapat keputusan cemerlang dan seorang itu patut rasa sedih sekiranya belajar ala kadar tapi dapat keputusan yang cemerlang. Belajar itu satu ibadah sekiranya diniatkan kerana Allah. Lagi banyak kita belajar, lagi banyak pahala yang diperoleh, insyaAllah.

ALL THE BEST IN EXAM!

think big, think wide

salam... hope everyone out there is in the best of health..

easter break just started. so i guess i would like to grab this chance to update this blog =)
when i was busy with things going on at uni, i always felt like updating this blog, but when i finally have some free time, i am always out of words and out of idea.

one of the reason i blog in the first place is to share knowledge which can actually benefit the readers. not just plain writing. or at least, i would love to write things that can make people motivated. but sometimes, ideas dont just come easily. it may come easily if you read a lot of books, but the thing is, i'm not really into reading story books. huhu. blogging is actually one of the easiest way to make yourself useful to others. just share any knowledge you get even it's a tiny one =).

today, in this entry i would like to share my friend's experience having conversations about islam with the non-muslim students at uni. one of the challenge studying overseas for me is having to answer people's question regarding islam. even though we are grown up in an islamic environment ever since we were born, we practice islam values in each day of our lives, but sometimes we still cant answer very simple questions about islam.why islam this? why islam that? well, an obvious reason for not being able to answer those simple questions is that we do things that Allah asked us to do because we TRUST in Allah and we BELIEVE in Allah's promises as outlined in the Quran. we just do what Allah says and we dont question a lot.

as a muslim, we want people to be impressed about islam. how beautiful and wonderful islam is. how unique islam is. so, when a non muslim student for example, approach you and asked you why do you pray 5 times a day? why do you have to cover your head? why do muslims are not allowed to drink beer etc... we should come up with a rational answer. it should be the kind of answer that 'human being' in general can accept.

my friend who i prefer to address as D, was approached by her friend at uni. asking question like 'D, why do you have to pray 5 times a day?' she then answered,

"well, human sometimes are just not thankful. don't they realise that for each breathe they took, occur under the control and permission of God. 5 times of prayer a day is not a big deal to compare with every single breathe that God gave us. imagine not being able to breath for few seconds, how much pain would you feel? so 5 times of prayer a day is actually not enough to express our appreciation to God. our conversation with God in our prayers is to show the close relation between God and his creation. and, it's not all about breathing you know. it covers everything and the list will go on and on. one more thing about having 5 times of prayer at different times a day is that it reminds you of time. it will remind you of how much have you done in a day. for example, in the late evening, asar prayer time will arrive, and muslim will stop doing their work to perform prayers. at that moment, it sort of reminds you how much have you done for the day. people will go like "wow, it's asar time already, but i still have so many things to do". in a way, it makes you more alert of how are you spending your time and help you to be on track. "

so this kind of response to the non muslim student will insyaAllah open their eyes about how beautiful and beneficial islam is to people. this is just one of the many conversations my friend, D had with her uni friends. will share more of them when i have the time insyaAllah.

during kak sumayyah's sister's and brother's wedding

hello 2009! haha, i know i'm too late to say that?

Assalamualaikum…

Suddenly I decided to update my so called blog. Haha. that is only after reading a friend’s blog. he actually had a ‘conversation’ with his blog and made me realize abandoned blogs do have feelings eh? Hahah! Such a funny entry.

Okey, lets see where do I stop in my last entry? Oh boy, the last entry was during the month of Ramadhan in 2008. and now its January 2009 and tomorrow is already February! Fiuh~ how fast time passes..

so my 2^nd year at Auckland university went well alhamdulillah. At times I thought it was impossible to pass certain subjects, but with God’s willing, everything was ok up till the final exams.

I’m currently doing my practical at tnb subang jaya. And I’m happy to say that I have another week left to get over with this year’s internship. Yayy! Working life is completely different than studying. Honestly, I would prefer to study than to work. At work, you have to be really really independent. No one’s going to show or tell you what to do or what to learn if you don’t make the first move. Looking at the positive side of working life, it actually teaches us to get out of the comfort zone! Yes, out and out of the comfort zone! No more depending on friends and try to mix with everybody, the young ones, the old ones, the makciks and the pakciks.. or else, you’ll find it really hard to learn and gain experience.. those who are performing their practical with companies that has a really proper schedule and work activities for their interns should be really thankful and grab all the opportunity you have.

Well, about my internship at tnb, I should be thankful to have such opportunity to perform my practical there. Even though I do not get any monthly allowance, but the experience is worth it I guess. Almost everyday I’ll follow the team to the site and do stuff about electricity distribution system. I learned about the system and how they handle electricity breakdown and stuff. I appreciate electricity more nowadays and I realize that people should not blame or complain to tnb if the restoration time might take a little while after any breakdown of electricity. There’s a whole lot of switching procedures you know. Huhu.

Working on weekdays made me appreciate weekends even more. And it’s really hard for me to get out of the bed on Monday mornings. Heehee. But this working thingy really teaches you to be discipline. Huhu.

Today I played futsal at HTO de futsal with the tnb staff. It’s nice to have the chance to mix around with the staff outside office hours. It was my first time; yes my first time playing futsal and I had a lot of fun seriously! Hehe. All of them are really supportive. I want to play more! Huhu. =)

What else can I share? Hmm.. I’ll be going back to Auckland soon. My flight is on the 24^th of feb. and believe it or not, I still have not met close friends of mine from subang. Will be meeting them for breakfast tomorrow. so I think I should stop now. Btw, reading some entries from my previous blog like 3 years ago made me realize that I am less descriptive now in my entries. Hmm.. will try to improve on that. ok bye.. salam!

take your time, look into the mirror

Ingin saya kongsi serba sedikit dr apa yg saya peroleh dalam 3 tazkirah yang lepas:

1. Sabar
   

Sekiranya Allah ingin megambil kembali nikmat yang telah diberikan kepada hambaNya, Allah akan menggantikannya dengan sifat sabar pada hambaNya itu. Dan sesungguhnya sabar itu lebih baik dari nikmat yang ditarik.

Oleh itu, usahlah kita terlalu bersedih, kecewa atau berputus asa sekiranya suatu nikmat dari Allah itu ditarik. Sebaliknya kita harus bersyukur kerana Allah menjanjikan yang lebih baik untuk kita.

Dalam surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 153 yang bermaksud: “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Mohonlah pertolongan (kepada Alah) dengan sabar dan solat. Sungguh Allah berserta orang-orang yang sabar”

2. Husnuzon (Bersangka baik)

Hukum bersangka buruk adalah haram. Mungkin ramai yang mengetahui hakikat itu cuma tidak menyedari. Bersangka buruk juga sedikit sebanyak dikaitkan dengan sikap manusia yang suka mencari kesalahan orang lain. Berusahalah untuk menjauhkan diri dari penyakit-penyakit hati seperti ini .

Dalam surah Al-Hujurat, ayat 12 yang bermaksud: “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Jaduhilah banyak dari prasangka, sesungguhnya sebagian prasangka itu berdosa dan janganlah kamu mencari-cari kesalahan orang lain dan janganlah ada diantara kamu yang mengunjing sebagian yang lain. Apakah ada diantara kamu yang suka memakan daging saudaranya yang sudah mati? Tentu kamu merasa jijik, Dan bertakwalah kepada Allah, sunggu Allah Maha Penerima taubat, Maha Penyayang”

3. Yakin dan tawakal pada Allah

Sesudah berusaha untuk mendapatkan sesuatu, berdoalah dan bertawakal lah pada Allah dengan sepenuh hati. Setiap apa yang berlaku di atas muka bumi ini adalah dengan izin dan kehendak Allah.

Dalam surah At-Talaq, ayat 3 yang bermaksud: “dan Dia (Allah) memberinya rezeki dari arah yang tidak disangka-sangkanya. Dan barang siapa bertawakal pada Allah nescaya Allah akan mencukupkan keperluannya. Sesungguhnya Allah melaksanakan urusannya. Sungguh Allah telah mengadakan ketentuan bagi setiap sesuatu.”

Semoga apa yang disampaikan menjadi manfaat kepada pembaca. Ambillah peluang pada bulan Ramadhan ini untuk memperbaiki kelemahan diri. Seperti yang semua ketahui, syaitan diikat pada bulan Ramadhan. Sekiranya kita ingin melakukan kejahatan pada bulan Ramadhan ini, bisikan syaitan bukan puncanya, tapi bisikan nafsu diri sendirilah yang merupakan puncanya. Lihat ke dalam cermin dan tanyalah diri “Adakah ini sebenar-benarnya diri aku? Adakah ini akhlak ku?” Ambillah peluang. Nilailah diri. Perbaikilah diri.

Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa!