Break Time

Alhamdulillah.. All praises are for Allah...

Things have improved significantly these past two days. The earlier confrontation actually did a lot of good, and now, things are getting back to normal. Allah.. Thank you...

Anyway, Ramadhan is coming to an end.. I just cannot believe how fast time flies. In a few days, all Muslims brothers and sisters will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitri. I have taken a long break this time, and altogether, I will be with my family for 11 days. Cool.. (although I did take home with me a significant amount of office work to be completed over these 11 days!)

The last day at work yesterday wasn't very productive at all for me. I spent half of the day clearing my mailbox, and the rest of the day packing up things. I guess everyone was in the mood for a holiday anyway.. We had a meeting early in the morning but the boss was in a terrible mood, so he was rather annoying. I just had to brush aside all that he said, and just agreed with whatever he said. After the meeting, I realized that I really deserve this long break from work!

I will not be updating this blog for sometime I guess.. no.. I will be updating this blog when I find the time over this holiday season..

Till then... enjoy.

Allah........... Help me....

I have never felt this sad before. Not even when my beloved grandmother passed away. This is worse than worse. I cannot even begin to describe how down I'm feeling at the moment. I felt so betrayed, so unappreciated, so lousy despite the fact that I was the one who wanted to have the confrontation. But then, I never expected it to turn out this way. Although I knew that I have won the battle, but I still feel bad. I cannot believe that I have made the decision to end everything.

How can I ever face this alone? Allah.. please give me strength especially in this holy month of Ramadhan......

Please.....................

Surah Al Hadid Verse 20

I was browsing through an old Quran of mine which I bought in 1996. During my stay in Melbourne, I used to refer to that Quran a lot because it had the translations. I used it heavily, especially when I attended Islamic classes which were held every weekend. The pages are so full of my handwritings! And I can still remember the sister who used to lead these classes, her name is Aminah Vanderdrift. Masha Allah.. a very pious and committed sister.

Anyway, I was struck by this verse in the Holy Quran..

"Know that the life of this world is only play and diversion and pageantry and boasting among you, and rivalry in wealth and children. It is as a rain, which brings forth growth pleasing th etillers, then it withers and you see it turning yellow, and it becomes straw. And in the Hereafter there is a painful chastisement, and forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, and the life of this world is only the enjoyment of illusion..... (57:20)"

And I have been thinking a lot for the past few days... How much time do I spend in remembrance of Allah??

Beautiful..

I captured this at Sungkai. Beautiful.

Al Fatihah to Datin Seri Endon Mahmood

Today, Malaysians mourn the passing of Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Al Fatihah.

Unable to post photos

Why am I not able to post photos on my blog? I have been trying for so many days, but I have not been very successful. Is there something wrong?

A Short Note

I have been back since Thursday, but I just did not have the time to post something on this blog. All I can is that it was an unforgettable experience. I would love to get a chance to return to that place again. Serious.

Meanwhile, work is piling up at the office.. so I'd be busy for the next few days.

My other half has a job interview today, so all the best sweetheart. May Allah help our family in this blessed month of Ramadhan.

First Day of Ramadhan

Today is the first day of Ramadhan. So, to all Muslims and Muslimahs, Ramadhan Kareem. May this blessed month brings us closer to Allah.

We went out for dinner yesterday, and my colleague wanted to meet his old friend, a professor of economics who is originally from Iraq. Me and my other friend felt that it wasn’t proper for us to tag along this ‘visit’ so we decided to shop around while waiting for him. When we went to pick my friend up from the professor’s place, I finally get to meet this person that my colleague speaks so fondly of. And the first impression I had was that this is one extraordinary person. He is old. But his face shines. You can actually see that he has a very strong relationship with Allah. And the way he spoke.. it just felt so right.

On the way back to the hotel, I tried to find out more about this person. So, my colleague reiterated a story about this man. Once he was giving tazkeerah to a few brothers, and was quoting a hadith from Rasulullah s.a.w. Another brother tried to argue with him on what another sahabah (i.e. Abu Hanifah) said about the subject matter. And that brother was really trying to get him annoyed. So he simply said, “I said Rasulullah s.a.w. said this and you are telling me that Abu Hanifah said that… Please brother… have some respect for Rasulullah s.a.w.”

Of course when I actually read what I have just written, it may have no impact on anyone, but when this professor actually said it, these words had such an impact on my colleague that he still remembers it until now, 30 years later.

I learnt my greatest lesson yesterday… watch your words! What you say may have an impact on others – and it may be good or bad, so watchout!