Need a friend

~Bismillah~

by looking from the perspective of a human being, an ordinary human being,

we need someone...

whom we can spend almost all of our free time with,

whom we can share a lot of things about us; what we like and what we dislike in our lives,

whom we can expect to keep our secrets from anyone who cannot be trusted,

whom we can create as many memories as possible; be it sweet memories or sour ones.

as an ordinary human being,

we need someone who...

can be with with us every time we feel like we need them to be by our side,
but especially during the time we need them the most, 
either online or even offline; 
we still can sense their presence even if they're not standing right in front of our eyes, 
we still can feel their breath exhaling right behind our neck.

We need someone who...

can hundred percently accept all the 'beauty' and the 'beast' sides of us,
never look for perfections whenever they are with us,
with them, we feel comfortable; 
with them we feel secure; 
and with them we hardly to feel lonely. 
it's like the word itself seems to be unexist whenever they are still in our circle.

Someone called friend, is the one who...

will hold our arms laughing with us and feeling the joy we're experiencing,
although the thing that made us laugh is the most stupidest thing to laugh about.

will mourn with us wiping our tears if it hardly to stop running down by itself, 
although we are most probably not in same boat.

they can easily feel the grieves we've been through deep down inside,

they can easily detect the sorrowness and disappointment that our heart is facing

they can easily bring us back to the light

just to make us shine again and never look back to the past grieves.

this someone called true friend, is rarely to be found nowadays.

when they are sad, they never want to share with us their sadness 
with an excuse that they don't want us to feel distracted by their problem.

when they're happy, we'll be the last person to receive the news regarding their happiness.

if they're feeling lonely, they're keep themselves hundreds of miles away from us,
even though we motion a single steps towards them.

A TRUE FRIEND

this type of friend...

I wish I could have one in the past...

I wish I'm having one in the present...

and I wish I would have one in the future...

but I'm not very sure...

is this type of friend really exist in this world?

if it truly does, I would not have been facing the 'thing' that I'm dealing with right now.

I feel so lonely... only God knows how lonely I am now...

to be one who's called 'true friend,' to me, is easy peasy...

but to find one, you have to walk or even run another hundreds of miles forward more.

In my case, only He knows everything.

Even if now, deep down inside I've been crying since quite some times ago for what has been happening around me lately, and keep calling out for help, but still not even a single person heard my 'silent voice,' come to me and offer their helps. So now, I'm left... helpless.

if this is truly what friend means, I'd rather have a kitty to be my companion.
although it can't talk, but at least it'll always be by my side to fill up 'the emptiness' that have been left for so long.'

Pain

~Bismillah~

No wonder my heart beats so hardly in my chest. I can feel the pain deep down inside. I feel like tears are almost falling down on its way making my cheeks wet.

For the time being, just leave me alone. Never look for me until the pain goes away.

Right now, I just need my God. Only Him.

*sambil tangan mengusap-usap dan mengurut-urut dada, menahan kesakitan yang terpendam.

Sakitnya!! Ya Allah, adakah ini kesan daripada perasaan marah, sedih, kecewa, terlalu letih atau tertekan???

Hanya Kau Maha Mengetahui.

S.a.k.i.t  aka  P.a.i.n

Mine is 43! What about yours?

~Bismillah~

I just did a personality test made by Dr. Phil from the Human Relations Department.

I scored 43 for the test!

As the result of the test, Dr. Phil says,

"Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out."

Question: For those who know me, do you agree with him? Am I really as what had been described in the test?





*Do I actually need to bold the words? Lol.

^__^V

Complicated

~Bismillah~

Nothing in this world is uncomplicated, especially when it comes to things that deal with human's heart and feeling. The complicatedness shall be only resolved if there is solution for it-patience and redha. These are the keys for uncomplicatedness.

p.s. Complicated-something that I learned today.

Prepare for the worst

~Bismillah~

Sometimes things don't go as we plan.

Things like this happens to me every time. I plan something but something else happens.

No matter how much careful we are in planning things, none of our plans can defeat God's plans.

Indeed, God's plans are far much better and beautiful than ours til we cannot even imagine it coz it's beyond our knowledge.

Speaking about plans, it's closely related to the concept of 'redha' or accepting things with an open heart or accepting things as it is.

This is what I learn as long as I'm a Muslim.

This is what I've learned from my past experiences.

This is what He teaches me from all the grieves that I have been through.

REDHA.

It's a very beautiful word I've ever acquired.

It teaches us so many things about this life. 

It helps us realize the power of God in planning things for His servants aka crumbs (I learned this word from my friend. Credit to him)

Once, my naqibah told us.

"Nothing in this world belongs to us. Everything exists in this world belongs to Allah alone. So, if He wants to take it back from us, He may do so anytime and He's the right on everything He had created. Hence, we must let it go because it goes for good. That's why we cannot put our heart too much on anything we have now, here, because when Allah decides to take it back from us, we'll feel like dying. We'll feel like this life is so meaningless and hopeless. We'll feel like He's so cruel to us (naudhubillah). We must take everything given by Him in this world as barang amanah which is something that we need to take care of due to the reason that they came from Allah and Allah had put His trust on us to care for these barang amanah. In a way, it's a symbol of our obedience to His commands. It's a sign to show that we are willingly to do anything just to please Allah."

To add...

Other than taking care of things as our barang amanah, at the same time we must also prepare for their lost. We'll never know when they are returning to their Creator. Only He knows and of course, He'd never tell us about it. 

One of the things we hardly to let go is... love aka cinta.

This is what I had experienced before. 

All I can say here is that, the more we're feeling afraid of losing our loved ones, the faster Allah will take them back from us. With this, Allah is actually trying to tell us that He loves the person even more and nothing can defeat His love to us. 

No matter how much we love someone, we must remember that His love is even greater.

This is just the right or I could say the best way for Allah to test our faith in Him.

This is how Allah evaluates the concept of redha that we had planted in our heart.

And most importantly, this is how Allah sort of wants us to prove whose love is greater and more powerful.

Is it our love or His love.

Don't you think?

In whatever we do, we must always prepare for the worst. 

We can't be too confident that everything will happen as we wish. 

We can't expect that Allah would give us many things to our liking.

Trust me, such thing will never happen!

Didn't Allah remind us about this?

[Al-Baqarah:216]

We knew yet we forgot.

In what ever things we do, we must first think of the bad consequences that we might face later.

So, that we can be more prepared.

Prepare to lose, prepare to cry and prepare to feel hurt.

But again, the pain will go away as time passes by because there's redha buried in our heart from the very beginning. 

With redha, we can easily accept whatever Allah had planned for us with an open heart.

Sentiasa berlapang dada.

That's how happiness is defined.

p.s. If we love too much on things in which we're not sure how long it will last, sooner or later they will leave us or Allah will take them back. So, always prepare for the worst. That's how we can proceed to the next level of life.

Wallahua'lam.

"I don't want you but I need you"

~Bismillah~

"I don't want you but I need you."

It's a saying in which to most people is quite unusual.

Its'a saying which most people always tend to misinterpret.

It's a saying which is only uttered by a heart which has put too much faith in God's will.

It's a saying uttered by myself to someone.

Between "want" and "need," there's a slight difference.

Only those who truly appreciate the meaning of a "relationship" will comprehend its hidden message.

When I say, "I don't want you but I need you,"

what is the first thing that comes across your mind?

"Don't you love me?"

And I would say, "Of course I don't! I love only Allah. My God."

And you'll be sad. But I'm not finished yet.

"I may not want you because I have no love to offer but I need you to complete my other half and to make my love to my God even more complete."

You got it?

It's hard to understand and it's too hard to accept, isn't it?

Yup, because it's too abstract to be absorbed into a human's heart. 

But that's the truth.

If I say, "I want you aka I love you, you may leave. Sooner or later.
And that will hurt me and you yourself. Both of us will be in great pain."

But if I say, "I need you," both of us will make a lot of difference to our lives. We will work hard, we will struggle together to be the best servants of God, sincerely. Just for His sake. Plus, we will do our best in mostly everything, not to fulfill each other's requirements or desire but only to fulfill His.

If I say "I want you," you must be by my side for 24 hours. Never leaves me even a minute.
If I say "I want you," we must contact each other in every single day until our credits finish.
Is I say "I want you," you'll have to fulfill all my wishes without any excuses.

But,

If I say "I need you," all I get from you is your trust, in me and in God.
If I say "I need you," all we have to do is less contact but there're still communications.
If I say "I need you," you don't have to do anything just to satisfy me but do many things that can satisfy Him.
If I say "I need you" rather than "I want you," that means I need you as you. Not as anybody else.
No pretense, no acting. No disguise. Just you. A good servant of God.

This is all I can explain about the meaning of "I don't want you but I need you."

And to be exact, I don't need a man, but I need a khalifah and to be honest I can see that in you.

To add, this is my answer to your question.
This is my reason.
And this is all I can offer.

Wallahua'lam.

Cookies story

~Bismillah~

It all started with a saying from a student to his teacher. 

"Wow! Famous Amos! I love Famous Amos cookies, teacher?" he said.

"Oh, really?" The teacher tried to confirm.

"Aha. The one that I like the most is the Famous Amos cookie which size is bigger than this one. That's my favorite!"

"Oh, okay. Next time, I'll get one for you," said she.

"Yeay!" 

And he was so excited about it, even though he might not know when he would get it. But the teacher actually kept that within herself. 'I'll surely buy one for him because I know, by giving something which is to the liking of a kid will definitely make him/her happy and he/she will surely appreciate and remember it forever in his/her life,' monologued she.

Many days passed, until one day before the student's birthday, he said to his teacher.

"Teacher, tomorrow is my birthday!" He sounded so excited while telling his teacher this.

"Oh, really? Hmm... so, what do you want me to do?" winking her eye at him.

The student just smiled. At first, the teacher thought that he might not be expecting anything. But deep down inside, he actually did. So, she just ignored it.

In the afternoon, the teacher went to AEON Wangsa Maju, to get something for her student as his birthday gift. Since she had no enough money to buy expensive gift, so she went to the Famous Amos stall and just purchased one big cookie and a small pack of Tobleronce chocolate.

She said to her friend, who accompanied her there.

"He once told me that he loves this cookie so much. Maybe I could buy this one as his birthday gift, since I haven't enough money to buy him expensive one."

The friend just grinned. The teacher prayed may her student love the gift. It might seem to be too cheap for him, but all she knew is that she had filled the gift with all her love to her student. May Allah bless the gift together with the one who would be receiving it.

So, the next day, she went to school as usual but this time with a smile on her face. She brought the gifts that she bought the day before to school to her heart content. In the hope that,'May he like it.'

On the student's birthday, right after the Art and Craft class finished, it was time for the teacher's lesson. English lesson. After she had given her salam, all the students were seated and got ready with their English lesson, except one person. The boy.

"Teacher, I lost my red colour pencils. Just now, somebody borrowed it from me but he didn't returned them."

The teacher asked the class, "Okay, class. Who could have taken his red colour pencils? Please return them to him now."

 "No one took it, teacher!" One of the boys said.

The teacher looked back to the student who had lost the colour pencils and said, "I think maybe you had left them at home and you had forgotten all about them."

"No, just now they were here!" And he started crying.

30 minutes passed. While the students were busy doing the exercise given by the teacher, the crying boy hid himself behind the pillar at the back of the class. He continued to cry.

The teacher walked to him and tried to calm himself down.

"Don't worry. You'll find the colour pencils again. Sometimes, if we lost something, we don't have to look for it, but it will come to us. Trust me."

The boy just couldn't stop crying. 

The teacher immediately grabbed his head and leaned it on her chest. 

She put her arms around his body and touched his head so gently.

She was still trying her best to calm the boy down. Suddenly, she could feel his tears falling down on her arm. 

"You know what boy, I got something for you. As your birthday gift. Ha... if you want it, you must stop crying. It's not good for you. Plus, you're a boy. You're supposed to be strong. Now, up. Go and wash your face now."

So, the boy just followed his teacher's instruction.

Then, later, he came back to the class and started learning again. Whereas the teacher said to the class,"Okay class. Listen to me. This is a very important lesson for you. When we lost something which is precious to us, sometimes we do not have to find it whereas it will come to us again."

Then a girl said, "But it will take longer time for us to wait, teacher!"

"Of course! That's how Allah teaches us about patience and that's how Allah tests our patience actually, don't you think so?"

All together said, "Yes!"

"Very good," the teacher replied.

A few minutes later, the boy came to his teacher and asked, "Teacher, where is my present?"

The teacher just smiled.

In the evening, when a half of the class had gone back home and some stayed, the teacher suddenly said.

"Okay. The rest of you who are still here, can we sing a song together to one of our friends here whose birthday is today? One, two three."

So they sang the birthday song out loud. The birthday boy just grinned while erasing the whiteboard.

They took some pictures together. 

The teacher could see his face was shining and gleaming out of happiness.

She then took out the birthday present to be given to the boy and said,

"Hmm... this is not much. I just got a simple present for you but trust me, you're gonna love it. So, happy birthday to you, dear."

The boy just smiled so sweetly at his teacher and said, "Thank you."

'Alhamdulillah...' the teacher felt so relieved to see her student smiled again.

After came back from school, the teacher grabbed her phone and check her inbox. There was a message from the boy's mother, saying,

Jazakillah, teacher. He said, "She's right. It does make me happy."

The teacher was surprised reading the message. Then, she replied, 

What else did he say to you, puan?

The mother replied back,

Around 5 pm, he called me at the office to tell me, "Mommy, I got Famous Amos cookies from teacher." When I fetched him at school, he told me again and when I asked why, "It's for my birthday" and said, "Teacher told me I will be happy with it" and further said, "She's right! I am happy with it!"

The teacher was so glad to know that her student was happy with the present although it was cheap.

She then apologised for the cheap present to the mother and told her the truth.

Actually puan, I had no enough money to buy an expensive gift for your son. I'm so sorry for that. But before this, he used to tell me that he really loves that cookie. So, with all the money I had left in my purse, I bought one cookie and a small pack of chocolate for him, hoping that he's gonna like it. This teacher of him is not from a wealthy family. All she could afford is to buy something that could make her students happy and smile. 

Then, the mother replied humbly.

Your are very thoughtful and sensitive towards children's characters. Appreciate a good teacher like you. May Allah shower you with barakah and protect you always.

The teacher almost cried to her heart content. She felt touched by the incident as well as the message from the mother. 

To her, what's more important is not just her students' achievements in academics but their happiness.

She hopes as long as she is there, she could draw smiles on as many faces of her students as possible

and she prays may Allah guide her. 

:')

Happy Birthday, sayang!

~Bismillah~

on your birthday

may you be happy always

but if you can't, at least

may your life will be cherished by all the 

happy and sweet moments you had, have or going to have

with your loved ones

on your birthday

may you be blessed by Allah

may your life be filled with only smiles and laughters

may you be strong always facing all the

challenges and hindrances in life

on this special day

may you be strong as you are now

may you appreciate your life and your being

in this world

on your birthday

i wish you

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, sayang!

and may Allah bless our friendship

and may we be gathered again in Jannah

:')

Shine your way

shine your way

that's all you should do now

no matter how long it takes

no matter how hard it makes

no matter how much tears it pays

you need to shine your way

"all of your tears will dry faster in the sun. starting today"

"there's a reason why to shine your way"

so Zmah, shine your way!

*smile*

Puisi: Kita lemah, kita goyah, Allahlah jawapannya

                                            kita lemah
                                            kita cari manusia.
                                            kita goyah
                                            kita cari manusia.
                                            kita kecundang
                                            kita cari manusia lagi.
                                            kita marah,
                                            sekali lagi kita cari manusia.

apa saja emosi kita
manusia tetap akan jadi pilihan hati yang utama.

                    di manakah Allah di hati kita?
                    di kiri, kanan, atas atau bawah hati?
                    di mana?
                    tiada ruang untuk-Nya
                    di hati yang Dia ciptakan untuk kita.

sombongnya kita!

pengajaran buatmu yang lupa
dan buat diriku yang leka

                                    kita lemah, kita goyah,
                                    maka Allahlah jawapannya!
                                    kita berdoa memohon ditunjukkan jalan,
                                    maka jalan keluarlah yang akan Dia beri.

                                                                                                                        Itulah Allah.
                                                                                                                        Tuhan kita.
                                                                                                                        Tuhan kamu dan Tuhan aku.

Isolation

~Bismillah~

People isolate themselves from the public, not because they want to hide from them nor they want to run away from things they are dealing with at that moment. They are just looking for some peace. People can't expect that other people would spend their 24 hours with them everyday. Sometimes, they need time to be alone. Sometimes, they need space to breathe some 'fresh air.' Sometimes, they want to be alone because they need to do some reflections upon all the things they have gone through throughout their lives. Sometimes, they take this as an opportunity for them to correct all their mistakes and discover new things which can make them closer to their God and to the society. Others can never expect what's inside the heart of these people. They just can judge from what they see from the outside. Even if a doctor decides to do a surgery to discover what's inside someone's heart, he will never be able to find a clue. Because what's inside a person's heart is just between him and his God. No one knows. However, these people tend to feel very much lonely in their isolation. They cannot deny that they somehow miss certain figures who used to make them smile and laugh. Figures who used to fill up their emptiness. Figures who used to be their loyal companies. No doubt they will feel longing to see those people again. But they cannot come out from their isolation yet until they find the real solution to their problems. So, all they hope for is that those people who they love the most will be patient just a little while and stand wherever they are, waiting for them until they decide to set themselves free from the isolation place.

p/s: To her, "May you be blessed."

:')

Be open to advise, be open to accept

~Bismillah~

Not everything we do, we can please people.

Not everything we do, can be considered as the right thing to do.

Sometimes we cannot even see our actions. That's why we need some reflections and our reflections are our friends. Our close friends. Good friends sometimes can be our mirrors. They somehow can be our reflections. 

From them, we tend to see our flaws. 

From them, we are able to see our shortcomings. 

Good friends are when you do mistakes, they will correct you.

Good friends are when you do something wrong, they will immediately stop you and say, 

"No! This is wrong! You're not supposed to do this!"

Good friends are when you commit a certain sinful act, they will never leave you with it, instead they will take your hand quickly and pull you back up instantly so that you won't fall into the trap of syaitan.

Good friends are those who never ever forget to remind you about Allah, Islam and the Hereafter.

Good friends are meant to be people who are never bored and give up to give you their advice about this life and the 'treasures' in it.

Good friends can be those whom when you look at their face, you will feel nothing but peace and calmness and it will straight away bring you towards the remembrance of Allah in your heart. 

That's what good friends mean!

But seriously, nowadays, who would want to view the meaning of true friendship as this? 

None!

To most people today, good friends are those who always agree with you although what you say or do actually go against the shariah. Or maybe... to some people, they view true friends as those who always follow you wherever you go and accept everything you do even you are actually committing sins! Naudhubillah min dhalik. 

We don't want such friends to occupy our lifetime, do we? Nor we want to be such friend to our friends.

So, the solution is simple. It's even simpler than what we thought.

In order to have a good friend and in order to be one, all we need to do is just to,

"Be open to advise and be open to accept."

What do I mean by this?

I'm saying this because this is what I've been experienced in my life.

I have some friends who tend to do a lot of mistakes in their lives. Meaning to say, they somehow commit certain mistakes that we never or maybe rarely do in our lives. So, to face them, and due to my love to them and to our friendship, I'll be open to advise them. All my knowledge about things they are dealing with will be taken out from my memory box, to be shared with them. That's how I prove myself that I'm a worth person to be friend with. One way to show your true love to your friend is that by challenging yourself of how many of their mistakes that you can correct and how brave you are to correct them. Let me add up one more thing! How strong you are to pull their hand from falling into syaitan's trap.

I also have some friends who always remind me about good things and at the same time, who'd love to correct my mistakes. And in this case, I'll be the one who will be open to accept. I accept all sorts of advice and even criticisms about my wrongdoings. I have a friend who love to advise me about things regarding love and feeling and I also have a friend who love to criticise me on many things. But I never complain about them. If it's not because of their advice and criticisms, I will never get to improve myself to become a better person and most probably, I'll never get the chance to be myself! Truth to be told, their presence somehow has given a huge impact in my life and I feel that my existence is actually being noticed by other people for all this while! They never ignore me. They never let me drown with all the sins that I'm committing and most importantly, they never leave me facing all the problems I have in my life all by myself.

And this is what true friendship is all about!

True friendship is not about materials but it's rather about love and trust!

If we truly love our friends, we never hesitate to bring them closer to God.

If we truly believe in our friends, we never doubt to support them whenever they say, "I wanna change for good."  

To have and to maintain a true friendship, we should always "be open to advise and be open to accept."

Wallahua'lam.

Shine Your Way

When I'm down, when I'm sad, when I cry, when I'm stressed,

when I sing this song, it somehow gives me a new spirit.

The spirit of being strong again.

Join me. Just like me shining my way, I will help you shine your way too.

"SHINE YOUR WAY"

I love this song!

 ;)

Shine Your Way-Lyrics

Let's sing the song together~!

Just before the dawn,
When the light's still gone,
Shine, shine your way,
And you may not know, where to go,
Shine, shine your way

Open road but it's still dark,
Build a fire from a spark,
And shine, shine your way,
Feed the feeling in your heart,
Don't conceal it then you'll start,
To find, find your way

No one can stop, what has begun,
You must believe when I say

All of your tears will dry faster in the sun,
Starting today,
Shine, shine, shine,
Shine your way

There's an open sky,
And a reason why,
You shine, shine your way,
There's so much to learn,
And now it's your turn,
To shine, shine your way

There's a feeling deep inside,
You can let it be your guide,
To find, find your way,
And there's no time for us to waste,
Got to take a leap of faith,
And fly, fly away

Don't have to walk,
Now you can run,
Nothing can get in your way

All of your tears will dry faster in the sun,
Starting today,
Shine, shine, shine,
Shine your way

Morning is breaking,
Darkness is fading,
We found a way to the light,
It's such a beautiful sight

Any time, anywhere,
Turn around and I'll be there,
To shine, shine your way

Like a star burning bright,
Lighting up the darkest night,
I'll shine, shine your way

Now I can see,
You are the one,
Sent here to show me the way

All of your tears will dry faster in the sun,
Starting today,
Shine, shine, shine,
We're on our way,
Shine, shine, shine,
That's what we say,
Shine, shine, shine,
Shine your way

There's a reason why
You shine, shine your way

All of our tears will dry faster in the sun
Shine your way

Artists: Yuna and Owl City

Lalala... jalan-jalan ronda Putrajaya!

~Bismillah~

Alhamdulillah... yesterday had passed...

And today, I mean tonight is the right time for me to summarize everything about yesterday event. 

Where we had went to and what we did there, during our trip vacation.

So allow me... ehemm... ehemm...

Hmm...

I was in charge for Primary 2 trip to the three different attractions.

The places that we went for a visit were including Beryl's Cookies Factory, Putrajaya and the Museum of King Palace. Just before we departed, the children got so excited and overwhelmed to visit all these places. They just couldn't wait for the visits. 

Beryl's Cookies Factory is located far away from our school. It's in Seri Kembangan. I don't know to explain on how we can get there because I totally forgot the direction to go there. So, in case I want to go there again, I might be needing mak's Waze or maybe GPS or something. Lol. As we reached there, we got the chance to take some photos and looked around. We got to look at how the cookies and chocolates were being made, including the designing until the packaging. Everything! It was very awesome! Later, all of us spent some time to shop some cookies and chocolates at the souvenir shop outside of the factory. The children were so happy when it comes to shopping things! Many of them bought some to be taken home and to be given to their parents. However, there was only one boy who came to me and said, "Teacher, I didn't bring any money. I want to buy this cookies but my mother forgot to give me money." He looked so sad and he was about to cry when he was telling me that. So, I said, "It's alright. Which want would you like to buy? Let me just pay it for you. Consider it as my treat, okay?" Then, he could calm himself down.

Here's our picture at Beryl's Cookies Factory. Take a look.

Our next destination was Putrajaya Cruise! Seriously, this was the first time I had the chance to ride on a cruise. Before this, never! And to tell you, it was a very unforgettable moment I had ever had in my entire life! It was totally amazing! The best part is when we were allowed to go out side of the deck. Menikmati angin sepoi-sepoi bahasalah sangatkan! It was really great! On the cruise, the captain brought us to some bridges in Putrajaya. Not bad at all! We got to see the bridges. Ada yang siap ada yang tak siap2. Tak paham apa fungsi jambatan yang tak siap2 tu dibuat. Hmm... but no big deal! As long as we could ride on the cruise, it's fine for me! Lol.

Here are some pictures for you to see.

Our last destination, was the Museum of King Palace! I really don't know how to describe our visit to this place but all I can say when the time we arrived there and entered the building was that, "I wish I would be the princess or even the queen of the nation! I wish I could taste all the luxuries inside this huge mansion!" The palace was super duper big and it got many rooms. But what stunted me the most was the king's and queen's bedroom. It was very wide. Complete with a set of furniture, including the home TV theater. Plus, they have their own cinema which is incredibly awesome! I want my own cinema too!! This is not fair! Lol. An my favorite compartment in the palace is the bathroom. Subhanallah.... it was very beautiful! Like Bonda said, "Aku ni kalau dah masuk, tak keluar dah ni. Terus tido dalam bathtub tu." Hehe. I might say the same thing. And another things is, the queen's own bilik solekan. I'm not sure what we call this in English. Is it make up room? Hmm... maybelah kot. Oh, the room just suits a make up lover like me. Why can't I have my own make up room at home? Hmmm.... boleh suggest dekat Nanny Zai ni. Hehe. 

To conclude, I love the palace! I hope one day I can visit the palce again with my future husband. Nak sama-sama berangan jadi raja dan permaisuri diraja bila jalan-jalan dalam istana dengan suami nanti. Pun boleh! 

That's all for now! Hope to visit such wonderful places again next time!

Oyasumi!

Wassalam.

I am a Muslim. I'm proud to be a Muslim! Islam is so practical.

~Bismillah~

"After all, Islam is a way of life! Though I would be the ninth Muslim to go to space, it was important for me to show to the world that Islam lies in your soul. Whether on earth or in space, it's important for a Muslim to perform his or her responsibilities. This was what I had been stressing on right from the very beginning, as I had hoped to open up the eyes of the Muslim world. It was the least that I could do, being a Muslim."

~Datuk Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian Angkasawan

Aren't we feel the same?

Aren't we feel proud of being a Muslim?

If you ask me, I personally think that Islam is the most practical religion. As it had been stated by Dr. Sheikh in his journal, no matter how hard the situation we are in, we can never miss our obligations to Allah.

Why? Because we are Muslims; the true believers of Allah.

And that's a unique thing about being a Muslim!

Even we still can fulfill our responsibilities to our Lord in space,

so we have no excuse to miss our five time daily solah on earth.

It's true that "There's no compulsion in religion..." however, we will find out how tough our lives will turn out to be if we have a weak bondage with our Lord.

The further we go from Allah, the furthest Allah will leave us.

Sure we don't want that to happen, do we?

So, we eat, we pray and we also love.

These three elements, if they are combined together, we can immediately see the beauty and miracle of being born as a Muslim and the blessing of growing up as a Mu'min.

Alhamdulillah.