adakah aku termasuk ..?

salam,

Persoalan tabarruj perlu dikaji dengan lebih teliti. Sila tinggalkan pendapat anda di bahagian komen. Sambil2 itu, marilah kita sama2 renungkan catatan di bawah:

http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1357



Me

lima sebelum lima

Syukur tidak terhingga

Salam,

Semalam sahabat berkata padaku sambung-sambunglah menulis blog. Wahai rakan seperjuangan, aku kan cuba meskipun kurang kudrat memperindah blog ini dengan kata-kata hikmat dan kata-kata meluah rasa. Apapun aku terlalu bersyukur kerana dengan izinNya kau kembali ke bumi asing dan dapat kita bertemu kembali. Cukup terharu dengan setiap pertolonganmu menerusi talian YM. Terima kasih sahabat.Moga Allah mempermudah Phd mu, amiin. Dan sahabat, jika maksudmu aku cantik pada paras rupa, maka usahlah memuji,kerana akhlakku banyak cacat celanya. Jika maksudmu akhlakku cantik, sesungguhnya itu penambah alasan untuk aku menolak pujianmu; akhlakku tidak sempurna, darjat muslimah sejati masih harus dikejar dan jauh jaraknya dengan diriku yang serba kekurangan. Doakan aku menjadi insan yang lebih baik dari hari, ke hari.

Adik menitip anugerah kala aku membantunya menjawab kemusykilan islami. Adikku, kakak cuma mengharap balasan Ilahi. Jazakillah atas anugerah pada entri mu yang lalu, jangan lupa menitip kata untuk kakak dalam doamu. Kakak juga mendoakan yang sama buatmu. Kakak mengerti perasaan menjadi wanita berhijab di bumi asing yang penuh ranjau berduri, dugaan dan godaan. Bersabarlah, sesungguhnya Allah pasti membuka jalan bagi mereka yang celik hati sepertimu.Insya-Allah.

Anak didik yang celik hatinya mampu menasihatku dengan doa dan kata2 hikmat. Syukran di atas peringatan hikmat ayat seribu dinar, dan bacaan kata-kata Hasan al-Basri itu juga menyumbang ketenangan dalam sanubari.Sesungguhnya aku berbangga dan bersyukur dikurnia Allah akan anak didik sepertimu. Moga Allah mengurnia ketetapan hati dan keikhlasan kala aku menabur ilmu di bumi hujan batu itu suatu hari nanti. Doakan perjuanganku kala ini. Dan sebagai pendidik, doaku sentiasa utuh buat setiap anak bangsa.

Kakak, terima kasih, jadi kejutan pabila dirimu mengimbas keenakan masakanku dua tahun lalu di pertemuan kita semalam! Nikmat makanan membentuk penyebab kita bertemu, namun ia tidak bisa menanding harga sebuah ukhuwwah fillah yang kita miliki. Aku berdoa akan kesihatanmu senantiasa. Moga Allah mempermudah Phd mu yang bakal disempurna itu. Aku bersyukur pada Allah kerana kau butuh menongkah arus dugaan dalam apa jua keadaan. Kau sumber inspirasiku di sini dan di mana jua diriku berada kelak, insyaAllah.

Syukran ya rabbi atas kasih sayang ini, meski aku perantau durja.


Me

Tahun Baru

Salam Ma'al Hijrah buat pembaca sekalian. Semoga Allah sentiasa merahmati kita dalam apa jua keadaan. Tahun baru, visi baru, moga kita menjadi insan yang lebih baik dari semalam, dan moga esok lebih baik berbanding hari ini.

Baru pulang dari Malaysia. Hati kembali tenang, alhamdulillah.

mee kari-ying all the way

Salam,

I'll be having mee kari again today! Thanks to Kak Zarina (she was the one who baked my birthday cake back in 2008) who took the initiative to cater the food on a weekly basis. Which means that every Sunday I could gantung periuk and feast on the meals prepared by her! Only cost me 2 pounds for a single pack. I think there are some students who buy from her every now and then and this is definitely something new done within the Malaysian society in Durham. Kudos to Kak Zarina for such an effort, alongside her other duties as wife, mom and Phd engineering student in the Uni!

As of last night I have finished eating the mee and its condiments such as spring onion and telur rebus, but since the kari ayam is still in abundance I am now going to 'topup' these portions; boil some spaghetti and an egg and then garnish it with some green veg sprinkler(such as spring onion, or maybe corriander leaves too)!

Happy eating everyone!

Love from
Me

Lady in Blue

In reflection of yesterday
I was enlightened by a silent Hey
While running some errands of Saturday
I met a lady in blue
A nearby neighbor who shared something so valuable and true

Lady in blue did not ask my name
Neither did I ask her name
She then commenced her beautiful story
Saying old days are not easy
It is indeed an irony
how things might actually turn out to be
While some elderly die in health
Others survive the sickness with serenity of mind tho' near death
It is the latter that we should follow
Never should we view life as the world of hollow
Just take one day at a time and go with the flow

Lady in blue tells her story
Her mama is eighty-seven and surviving gracefully
In spite the sickness to the bone
Never was she so sad or alone
Just be kind to others
For others will be kind to you in your later years
For that is what she sees in her mother
Who forgets the bad, and forgives the errs
Ever from her life of early years

Our bus then came around
Together we hopped in and rode along
Later the lady in blue bid farewell and got off at the Lane
and says till we meet again
What a blessing to have spoken to her at The Chains

The Shimmering Sheffield

Salam and Hello,

I hope you are well.

I am going to tell you about the most fun weekend getaway I have ever had. And by that I mean serious fun.

:)

I abbreviated my friend Syafiqah as S, and Kamilah as K. So, here we go:

To begin with, well, S and I had to take the train on the gloomy Friday evening to Sheffield! The connecting train in Doncaster before arriving Sheffield was a complete confusion as there were fleets of trains there, way too many. See, Doncaster is one of the hot spots for train interconnection to many destinations around the UK . So there we were, sorting out which platform and what time our mini train to Sheffield would be! Alhamdulillah the journey was smooth-sailing, and K waited for us at Sheffield train station. As we got off the train, we took few snapshots on the platform before meeting K with shimmering joy and excitement. It was the best reunion ever.

I was cheerful to see K again. I remembered all the good times we had in house #60 back in her undergraduate days in Durham. It was a pure joy hanging out with this sister of mine, and once we chat, we chat endlessly. Girly talks that guys could never understand, womanly giggles and 'pouring-out sessions' that men struggle finding the rationale of so doing. Well well.


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S and I were mesmerised by the size of the metropolitan. By the time we arrived Velocity apartment, we stepped inside with an utter amazement! Fully-furnished, and warm! The apartment glows and this is no exaggeration!

:P

Then S and I helped K with some food preparation; apparently we were not the only guests for the night there was a weekly Qur'anic Circle session to be held and K was the hostess for the week. We took care of the chicken tettrazinni in the oven and K had her nasi goreng and bubur kacang ready on table. We did meet five friendly Bruneian sisters that attended the session.The Quranic circle was spiritually fulfilling and most of all, it was a great joy berukhuwwah dengan ahli2 circle ni.

Saturday was the Meadowhall day, where we had fun in the shopping mall, and ate some halal Nando's and got a Subway takeout before we headed home. Sheffield impressed us with its Eye and lively night look. We rushed home for X Factor though. Aha.

And Sunday was fun as we strolled around Sheffield Uni campus and had a local burger lunch! I have started feeling feverish, perhaps I was bit tired and have had so much fun. No regrets though.
The photos are self-explanatory. I'll put them under a separate entry and you may view them later.

To K, thanks so much for being such an amazing hostess,but most of all, thank you for always being there for me, as a friend, and definitely,as a sister! Wished you were still here in Durham :'(

Love from
Me
(One of the first two guests that has arrived in Velocity)