End of Week Reflection.

Assalamualaikum....

It is 11.42 pm -10 mins after my bedtime -hence i shldn't be here but here i am, wanting to pen down my reflections on my past week as i do not want to lose track of the things that i've done for this 1 week. i rather take into account what i've done before i am accountable for them on the day of judgement.

basically...i've been MIA from my blog because 1stly, i've been sleeping over at my aunt's house most of the days this past wk and it's not so nice if i were to hog on her house computer for long, 2ndly, i couldn't use my own house computer coz it was dismantled due to the repainting of my hs and 3rdly, my sch's laptop is spoiled. Thus, all these 3 points prove that i have no access to internet at all, hence i can't blog. Why am i listing these down? i wonder too... but whatever it is...i just wasted 30s listing them down. :p

this past week was a slack wk at sch coz i didn't have a time-table yet and so, i was just doing relief in my sch for just 1-2 hrs each day. the rest of the periods were spent on either writing the report on students oral exam, preparing answers for my Mendaki students and having breakfast with my colleagues.

the highlight of the week was my breakfast chit-chat session with my Christian colleagues on religion. it is indeed interesting to have colleagues who are strong in their faith eventhough they are not Muslims as at least, we have something common to talk about- God. Alhamdullillh, we shared with each other about our religion and about our views on marriage and parenting.

To be continued....

Syabas!

Syabas habibati on your success! May Allah reward you for your efforts!

!Uhibbuka Fillah!

Why?

Why must she still make such remarks that can really hurt my feelings?

Why can't she just have a wider view on life?

Why can't she just not say things which clearly shows her dissapointment?

WHY?

Visit to the Zoo!!

Assalamualaikum.....

Last Saturday was a memorable day for me and Habibah as we went back to Habibah's 'hometown' to visit Habibah's 'relatives' heheeehehee... It was an awesome day and I thank thee for spending that day with me :)


This is Habibah's hometown.....
















Habibah's home was located somewhere really faarrr... So before we could reach Habibah's place, we first have to pay some visits to Habibah's long-lost neighbours whom Habibah has not met for so long.


1st stop we have......

















As you can see...this neighbour of hers is reaaalllyyy tall...Anyone can compete wi th that kind of height?

Up next we visited a neighbour with spotted skin.















This is her hometown neighbourhood cat. Doesn't it look really fierce? Apparently, it feeds on monkeys.... Now...who dares to caress this cat?















This is another 'neighbourhood' cat... It's called the white tiger. Yap...don't ever get near that cat. That is if you're not tired of living...heh..
















We then passed by a pond and in it...we saw a fish...a reallllyy long fish.

















The pond is located somewhere near the jungle and as we walked through the jungle, we saw a big fat animal resting by a tree trunk.

Up on the tree we saw this......

















and this...















Doesn't she look wicked?
















Now...finally I get to see a friendly neighbour...





















Don worry, we're reaching the destination soon...

I can see them...

















Oppss sorry...they're a bit human-looking...


Aaahhh....I finally see the relatives!! Woah...What a big family!! But why are they showing us their asses? What a 'warm welcome' hhmmpphh!















And they're so engrossed in each other...

At one corner you can see them hugging...
















And at the other corner your see them fighting!
















Oh my...what a chaotic family.

Can't believe I'll be part of the family soon.... Ha ha. Adios Amigos!

Regret

"I regret what I said, I pray that You forgive me."

-Your sinful servant-

Lazy Day.

Assalamualaikum....

Today was a lazy day for me. I woke up close to 10 and the only household chore I did was to fold the clothes and blend the onion. I didn't even help with the cooking and eventhough my mom and grandma kept shouting at me to sweep the floor and clean-up my room, I didn't.

Yes..don't ask me why. Laziness has always been in my genes (unfortunately) but at times, i jus force myself to get up and do some work. However today, I just went along with my genes and simply refused to do any work. (So next time if i'm not doing any work, don't blame me, blame my genes! ;)

I don't know exactly what I did in the morning but somehow the morning just went by and the next thing i knew, i had to get myself ready coz i was meeting syik at 3.30pm at bugis.

I hate it when my time was not filled up doing something useful. Sometimes, I make it a point to plan my day early in the morning and write the things-to-be-done in the form of a checklist and before i go to sleep, i will tick against those activities which i've fulfilled. On some days i felt fruitful but days like today make me feel like i'm the biggest loser on earth. I will always try to remind myself of the importance of time in Islam and how I've to treasure it. There's a hadith in which Rasulullah s.a.w said:

" Grab five things before five others: your youth before your decrepitude, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your leisure before your work, and your life before your death." [al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak]"

and in another hadith, Rasulullah s.a.w also reminded us to do as many good deeds before more obstacles come our way:

"Lose no time to do good deeds before you are caught up by one of seven calamities awaiting you: a starvation which may impair your wisdom; a prosperity which may mislead you; an ailment which may damage your health; an old age which may harm your senses; a sudden death; the Dajjal (Antichrist); or Doomsday, which is indeed the hardest and most bitter." [at-Tirmidhi, al-Baihaqi]

and needless to say, in the Quran Allah has sworn upon time in Al-Asr, in which He said:

"By Al-`Asr. Verily, man is in loss. Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and recommend one another to the truth, and recommend one another to patience."

At-Tabarani recorded from `Abdullah bin Hisn Abi Madinah that he said, "Whenever two men from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah used to meet, they would not part until one of them had recited Surat Al-`Asr in its entirety to the other, and one of them had given the greetings of peace to the other.'' Ash-Shafi`i said, "If the people were to ponder on this Surah, it would be sufficient for them.''

Hence, time is indeed something which we should all treasure and before I tell anyone this, I should constantly remind myself first not to waste time.

Anw, lets move on to the outing with syik. We had a really fun time shopping for fari's soon-to-be-born baby (InshaAllah) at the baby section. Looking at all the baby clothes just makes us feel like getting pregnant fast and have our own babies!! hehe... imagine dolling up our babies with baby clothes that are so small and cute and wearing for them socks and mittens and carresing their soft cheeks.... what a nice feeling that is.... :) i'm sure all women would want to have such experience one day. InshaAllah. Amin.

After buying some baby stuffs, I went to meet H and Alhamdulillah, I'm very glad with the outcome of TM and the news about the job. May Allah and Rasul bless you for your work and your rizq! Amin. I simply can't wait for our outing tomorrow inshaAllah!

Massalama

Shopping Day!

Assalamualaikum....

Today was really a BIG shopping day for me as I went out at about 12 pm and came back home only at 11pm! Yes...my pocket is burnt as I've to spend on certain things for the wedding like bedsheets and some wedding gifts.

Well...shopping with my mom and aunt was crazy as we shopped from Robinsons (since they've the 7% off) to Taka to CK Tang. Can you imagine how much walking we had to do!! And there were so many goods on sale but of course if you're at Orchard, even if they've the sale it's still like not a sale right... haha..to me lah!

so I had to eye for those which were affordable to me and that really narrowed down the number of goods which i could consider buying... nevertheless, it was still a chore for me as i'm very fickle and it was difficult to make the final decision of what to buy. but in the end..i still did it!! yes...i did it!!

anw..enough of shopping, the topic is jus so boring. let's talk abt what we women talked about.. hehe...

well...when i'm with my mom and aunt, i get to hear lots of stuff about other pple. yes, it seems like backbiting, but in a way, i feel that life stories of other pple serve as a lesson for me. and after hearing to what they've said, i conclude that in life...'What goes around, comes around' and pls stop singing that song.

Thanks.

Lunch Time!

Assalamualaikum...

This is something which I've learnt how to cook.

It's called Ayam masak lada hijau. The vege dish is bayam goreng. It's delicious to me..hahahaha...yes..i'm thick-skinned..and Alhamdulillah, somebody else also finds it delicious too. Now that's what matters! :)

Beach Clean-Up!

Assalamualaikum...

Here are some pics which i took with my form class for our beach clean-up. This is part of my students CIP, hence as their form teacher, I had to babysit them at the beach. It was quite fun though to see my lazy students at work. hehe.. After their CIP, they played a mini-game which they wanted me to participate in but I declined... I know I'm not being sporting lah but aiyah....old already lah....


whatever it is...i shall leave you with the pics to see for yourselves how much fun we had!

The Final Hour

This is a summary of a book from Harun Yahya which I read. I hope this serves as a reminder for all of us of the impending doomsday that is definite and hence, inevitable.

The Final Hour.

With the increase in vice and corruption going on around us, it is hard to deny that we are now approaching the Final Hour which had been promised by Allah in the Holy Quran. In certain verses of the Quran, it is related that people had asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about when the end of the world would come:

They will ask you about the Hour: when is it due? …( Surat al-A'raf: 187)
They ask you about the Hour: "When will it come?" (Surat an-Nazi'at: 42)

And in many other verses of the Qur’an, Allah says with certainty that the Final Hour will definitely come, without doubt.

And the Hour is coming without any doubt ... (Surat al-Hajj: 7) We did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them, except with truth. The Hour is certainly coming. (Surat al-Hijr: 85)The Hour is coming-there is no doubt about it …(Surat al-Mu'min: 59)

In addition to informing His creations about the coming of the Last Day, Allah, being the merciful Him, also gave us the signs that will appear before the impending day.

What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its Signs have already come. What good will their Reminder be to them when it does arrive? (Surah Muhammad: 18)

From this verse we learn that the Qur'an describes signs that announce the coming of the Last Day. It is thus, an obligation upon all of us to ponder over the signs of the last day which had been prophesized in the Qur’an and the traditions of our beloved Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). Otherwise, as the verse indicates, our thinking will be of no use when the Last Day is suddenly upon us.

Countless hadiths have been narrated by our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) prophesizing the signs which will appear before the approach of the Last Day.

Listed below are some of the signs which we are and we will be witnessing in this present age and the future.

• According to the Qur’an, on the Last Day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will say that his own people will have abandoned the Qur’an: “My Lord, my people treat this Qur’an as something to be ignored…” (Surat al-Furqan: 30) It is also revealed in the hadiths that, during the End Times, the Qur’an’s guidance will be disregarded and people will stray from it.

Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious) knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread...
(Bukhari)

There will come a time for my people when there will remain nothing of the Qur'an except its outward form and nothing of Islam except its name and they will call themselves by this name even though they are the people furthest from it.
(Agreed upon)

• The Prophet also prophesised that the Holy Qur’an will be read but the wisdom and knowledge of the Qur’an will not reach the hearts of the Muslims which means, will not be pondered upon by them.

There will come a time upon the Ummat when people will recite the Qur’an, but it will not go further than their throats, (into their hearts).
(Bukhari)

Allah's Messenger (saas) spoke of something and said: “It will happen when knowledge will be no more. “ (Ziyad) said: “Allah's Messenger, how will knowledge vanish despite the fact that we will be reciting the Qur'an and teaching its recitation to our children and our children will teach its recitation to their children up to the Day of Resurrection?" Thereupon he (the Prophet (saas)) said: “Ziyad, do these Jews and Christians not recite the Torah and the Bible but not act according to what is contained in them?”
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi)

A comparison is made in Surah Jumuah, verse 5: “The metaphor of those who were charged with the Torah but then have not upheld it, is that of a donkey carrying books…” These verses serve as a warning to Muslims, reminding them that they must not follow the footsteps of the Jews and the Christians who simply read their Holy Books without observing them.

• It is also the sign the Last Day when some muslims start to imitate blindly the ways of the heretical Jews and Christians.

The Prophet (saas) said, “Surely you will follow the ways, of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e. inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a lizard, you too would follow them," We said, “O Allah's Messenger! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, “Whom else?"
(Bukhari)

Whisperings from Shaytan

Just a gentle reminder to myself first before to anyone else.

Saudi Woman

Really cool video! Well...of course this is based on MY defnition of 'cool'. hehe. By the by, yap, you guys should watch this video. It opens us up to the lifestyle of some saudi women and their homes.

Cousin's Wedding

Assalamualaikum,

Last weekend was spent at my direct cousin's wedding and sadly but true, I was totally bored and irritated for that entire weekend. Well..it's not because of the fact that I'm attending a wedding nor is it because of my relatives incessant questions about my end-of-year wedding that irked me. Rather, it's because of the cultural practices which I witnessed before me in silence that made me flabbergasted.

For one, I can never understand why certain hindu cultural practices exist in the Malay race, and yes, I am aware of the fact that in the past, the Malays were very much influenced by the hindu culture and hence, they adopted some practices. My question is, why in the world must Muslims imitate the non-believers' practices in any way?

Didn't Rasulullah s.a.w commanded us to be different from the non-believers in many hadiths?

The Messenger s.a.w said:

"Be different from the disbelievers." (Bukhari & Muslim)

"Whoever imitates a people is one of them." (recorded by Ahmad)

Traditional scholars have concluded that we cannot imitate the practices of the non-believers that contradict the teachings of Islam. Hence, certain rituals like sprinkling water at the newly-wed couple is clearly forbidden cause that is imitating the hindu practice.

In other hadiths, Rasulullah s.a.w said:

"Be different from the Jews and Christians." (Bukhari & Muslim)

"You will surely follow the ways of those nations who were before you, inch by inch,yard by yard, so much so that even if they enter a lizard’s hole, you will follow them.

The Companions then asked: "O Rasulullah! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He said,"Whom else?" (Bukhari & Muslim)

Sadly, in today's context, Muslims in general are following them into the 'lizard hole' by adopting their economy, ideologies, schools of thoughts, potical structure, culture, fashion, mannerism, lifestyle and although we still identify ourselves as Muslims just because we pray 5 times a day and fast in the month of Ramadhan, we are sadly still inside the lizard-hole. Trapped- now that includes me.

Hence, in silence, I swallowed my principle cause me holding on to this principle alone cannot free us from this entrapment. We need

Assalamualaikum

Ahlan wa sahlan....

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Ma'asalama.

aZ-Zahra