Pakaian yang koyak tu aib. Biarpun pakaian ada tampal sana, tampal sini, ia bukan aib. Rasulullah jahit kasutnya sendiri, tampal bajunya sendiri.

Kasut kite koyak, beg laptop koyak.. nak jahit, tapi tak terbuat2. Cepat, Liyana, aib nih!

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SMS

I've to make full use of my free SMS.

Always remember the hadith abt é 3 things, ok?

Qudwah qobla da'wah pun penting. Try, k, Liyana?

'Laa tai'asuu min rauhillah'~

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relocating

So we are moving.. guess where? Hint: im gonna be the happiest person among the staff ;D

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Sajak di dalam suratkhabar Berita Minggu bertarikh 4 Mac 2012.

Walaupun kite bukan anak didik Madrasah Wak Tanjong, apatah lagi diajar oleh Ustaz (berpapasan lalu menyapa atau disapa pun tidak), kite rasa sebak jugak.

Allahummaghfirlahu warhamhu wa 'aafihi wa'fu anhu..

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dark skin and swimming

Bila tgh belajar berenang ni, baru kite perasan muka kite semakin gelap. Yikesness!! Im in need of a sunblock! Aqila kata dia gunakan aloe vera gel (yang Fruits of the Earth punya brand); dia tunjukkan brand Banana Boat jugak. But picky me, im hoping for something that has a Halal logo on it. Haiz.. i think im gonna pay a visit to the jamu shops at Joo Chiat Complex this Thursday.

Mind you, i don't usually care about my complexion. But im only halfway thru my lessons which means the exposed skin is going to get even darker, so i better take precaution.

On a lighter note, im feeling much much comfortable in the water, now that i can float on my back and swim at the same time, and dive (although i need more practice on this). Swirling and turning my body inside the water, i feel.. relaxed.. just losing myself. Somewhat like a foetus inside a mother's womb. Have to stay alert still, coz i've not suddenly become a fish now, have i? If im not careful with my breathing, i may drown.

All is well, inshaAllah. I do want to learn some techniques on how to hold my breath longer underwater. One step at a time :)

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reciting in the MRT

I think the man sitting in the opposite row is reciting verses of Quran from his smartphone. I can hear the humming. Alhmdulillah..

*smiling in my heart*

(well, i cant actually smile to myself right now, can i? What will people think? Suffice that i feel warmth inside ^_^)

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Saya bercakap seperti budak2 dan kadang2 berkelakuan seperti budak2 tidak bermakna saya berfikiran seperti budak2.

Saya bersyukur di atas kematangan dan kekuatan jiwa yang Allah kurniakan pada saya. Allah tak nampakkan kat semua orang :)

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Tadi tidur dari pukul 10 lebih malam hingga hampir pukul 1 pagi. Skrg rasa tak boleh tidur pulak.

Hmmm....

Kite teringat,

"Awsiinii.."

Tapi.. kite dah tak ingat seluruh wasiyyah ust. :'( dahsyat, kan, memori kite? Mungkin sebab kite emosi masa tu. Yang kite ingat, perkara utama: jadi anak yang solehah.. doakan untuk ayah.

Ya Allah, i want to remember fully. What more did ust say? I do not want to miss a thing.

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makeshift bed

It's 48 minutes past midnight. Going to get some sleep. The sofa's pretty comfortable, actually. And the fan is right above my head.

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PDL

So now, in my dictionary, PDL doesn't just mean Poly-D-Lysine anymore. :) taking baby steps. But surely, inshaAllah.

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These cards were from Marliyana. There was a stack of them. 3 caught my attention; they resonated most, given the low level of spirituality I am at and the emotional turmoil I am in.

From left,

Remember Me and I will remember you. 
- A part of a verse from the Qur'an


Sleep with the remembrance of death and rise with the awareness that you will not live long. 
- Uwais el-Qarni


The best deed of a great person is to forgive and forget.
- Sayyidina Ali bin Abi Talib 

Wished I could keep all 3, but alas, I chose one that I think I need right now.

And those wise words were spoken by someone whose name I adore. =)

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Almost 3 years on

Now I am the one appraising. Feels kinda weird.

me and teaching

One day, i'm going to have to teach. As much as i say that i don't fancy teaching nor tutoring, i know that only thru imparting knowledge will i be able to revise and increase my own knowledge, expand my capacity and enrich my own self.

Right now i'm reluctant. But i've to keep myself open to possibilities. What i dislike may be that which is good for me. Who knows, when an opportunity arises or circumstances persistently nudge, or suddenly puts, me in that path, I may have a change of heart.

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Sampai juga akhirnya..~

Darul Quran, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor
28 Januari 2012, pukul 4.40 petang

Cik Bakar dah lain.

Bila dengar ayah cakap begitu, rasa seram sejuk sedikit. Next to leave? Allah je yang tahu. Boleh jadi orang yang sihat pergi dulu.

Tahun lepas, Januari, nenek Hasnah.

Dua tahun lepas, Januari juga, nenek Fatimah.

Boleh jadi, mak, ayah, abang, kakak, atau Aqila. Boleh jadi, kau Liyana! kau masih belum siap2!

Mati tu benar, Liyana. Kau tahu, kan?

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I am looking at the pictures from Azizah's wedding album at FB. *sigh* I am still feeling sad that I could not attend her wedding.

I would like to hug her. I wonder when she will be Singapore.

And seeing teacher Fatimah in the pictures...... Allah..! I would like to kiss her hand and hug her too. I am forever grateful that she was my English teacher.

Ya Allah, please let me see them again~

Saw this at Hidayah Ismile's FB status..

Malay translation

Al-Hasan pernah ditanya: “Apakah itu Tawakkal?”
Lalu beliau menjawab: “Tidak ada sesuatupun dalam hati seorang hamba itu yang lebih dia percayai (berserah) melainkan kepada Tuhannya.”

Ibn Ataillah As-sakandari berkata:

ﺍﻟﻤﻨﻊ ﻫﻮ ﺍﻟﻌﻂﺎﺀ

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Kallang (part 2)

On a happier note,

I went ice-skating yesterday! Better still, I fell! Woohoo~ *genuinely happy*

After my first-time experience ice-skating on the last day of camp, which was a few weeks back, I told myself that I will do it again once I got my pay. And I would love love love to bring abang and Aqila (kak Maya tak boleh uh.. cuba teka kenapa? *wink*). I was excited that day, coz in 2 hours, I went from holding the parapet for support to holding my partner's arm and skating slowwly+hesitantly to skating by myself (!). That's a speedy progress to me. And the bonus - I didn't fall!

I think my being able to pick up ice-skating rather quickly can be attributed to the first rollerblading 'lesson' with abang and mak. I mean, I fell a lot that time and couldn't balance at all. So since I've sort of passed that stage, the struggle was shorter in the ice-skating rink. Alhamdulillah~ Alhamdulillah~

When I reached home, I even surfed Youtube to watch ice-skating videos, despite the post-camp fatigue that was creeping in! Haha! Semangat nah!

So yesterday was my second-time, and Aqila's first. She was more scared than me. hehehe.. I reminded myself throughout the session that I needed to be patient, that now was the time for me to teach, like how my partner was there to teach me. And, alhamdulillah, at the end of it, she gained a little confidence to skate without holding anything (but with me beside her holding out my hand, just in case). =)

Sidetrack a bit - I forgot my partner's name.. =( She was a faci for another group. I actually thought she was older. But! She just graduated from pre-U2 at Aljunied. haha.. And we didn't really talk with one another before.. so I am grateful that she let me hold her hand during those crucial first moments. Skating together gave us an opportunity to chat.

You know, I wished I could stop and take pictures during both times I was there. Coz I saw things - small things - that touched my heart, or made me laugh. A big sister helping her younger sibling, two secondary-school-looking guys holding each other's shoulder so that the more experienced one could help balance the first-timer, a mother skating with her little boy and girl, a little boy skating in a cute silly manner with the skating aid.. made me smile.. ahh.. wanted to keep those instances in my head.

Anyway, I kind of thought that my 'initiation' would not be complete til I had my first fall. Even though I secretly wished I would not. And I finally did fall on my back, at 2.27pm - when I tried to skate faster.. as a result, I could not maintain my balance. I was smiling like an idiot, alright! Heh. I fell again at 2.57pm, on my front this time. Yes, I checked my watch, coz I wanted to record these down. ^_______^

This activity is expensive, so I know I won't be able to do it often. Yet I imagine myself going there on a weekday night after work, just to relieve myself. Hmmm.. that would be nice, innit?

A warning to my fellow Singaporeans - don't go there on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. They charge $20 for 2-hour session, not including gloves and socks. On normal days the fee is $14. I must admit that I was upset.. my $12 gone just like that, but I immediately reminded myself to just enjoy the day.. enjoy the session with my sister. Tak selalu Allah kasi ni'mat keluar jalan2 dengan adik =) InshaAllah.. that $12 is not a waste.

Ice-skating for the first time, on 5 Dec 2011

Kallang

Seeing this building and its surrounding reminds me of RR'07. I remember that we went here for recce. Kak Nisa' Samat was driving. I remember losing the camera and returning home very late at night. I remember the point at which I realised SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT about my parents and their support. I wrote an email to my team members a few days after that.. And I think, that recce day was when I started to feel uncomfortable about something. Hmm..

Anyway, I also remember that somewhere around here, the pax gathered on the first morning for registration and briefing, and at a carpark somewhere, the bicycles were carried off the lorry and arranged nicely by the logistics team.

You know what? Suddenly, I miss RR'07. *sigh*