Friday, February 15, 2013

New spirit arises!

14/02/2013
Alhamdulillah, I finally had my own rented house. As soon as I signed the agreement with the landlord, I felt like being an adult (finally,lol). I am thankful to Allah that I had Mehala with me facing the difficulties of finding a proper place to stay while doing our Masters degree.
I am also thankful to Allah for giving me a chance to find such nice and polite landlords, who turns out to be the parents of my junior/student in SKTM as well! Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah!!
And also to my dad who had support us as well.

I am looking forward to be staying in this house, but as for now.. I'll have to bid good night as it's getting late and I am testing to blog using iPad at the wrong timing. LOL. I got so excited to blog again after teaching Mehala about blogging. All the best to her that will be teaching blogging skills tomorrow in AMC :D

Alright now.. Time to sleep. Oyasumi nasai.

Assalamuaikum :)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Amount of Drafts is too ---- high!

Salam and greetings. 

I just finished a sharing post about a YouTube video. Then, I checked my blog posts list in which I finally saw this:




o.O Oh,my.. There's so many drafts ~o~ 


*speechless moment* 


*silently walking out of blog* ... Be back soon, I guess.



Understanding to focus

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barokahtu,everyone~ Greetings :)

*Pop out* As usually, I wasn't really able to update my blog as frequent as I used to be. Especially since I'm busy with my tutoring work in uni. But whenever I had the inspirations and something to share, I will use all my might and willpower to post it and share it here. (^_^)

So, I have an interesting video that I really would love to share with everyone especially Muslim brothers and sisters. It is in Bahasa Malaysia though, and what makes it interesting is that it is about what we recite every 5 times a day in our shalat. 

As it shown in the video; Yes,indeed. We recite and perform our shalat every 5 times a day. But be honest, we do lose our focus once in a while ey? Why is that so? 
1) As usual, the satan/djin is doing his/their daily basis work of disturbing us every time we wanted to do any good deed(s).
2) We barely understand what we recite thus making us simply reciting it without knowing and understanding the proper meaning of what we've recited of. Thus, we lose focus easily.

That is where this video came in handy (I hope I said it right. ^^|| ). In this video, the meanings of our recitation will be shared and shown in a quite interesting as well as interactive way. It doesn't just use words but as well as drawings and colors. I am sure most of us likes to simplify our notes (during our studies) and whenever possible, make a mind-mapping or simple point-form notes. The simple form of notes made us understand and memorize easier,isn't it? Even with colors! I remembered a colorful inked pen's advertisement in television years ago that said colors made it easier for our brain to memorize things. So, what I wanna say here is that; these are what presented in the video and I am sure it can helps us to understand more and memorize more of what we recite in our daily prayer. Maybe if we always watch it like watching the same advertisement every time we watched television (until to the point, we know and memorize the whole scene of that advertisement), we could really memorize thus understanding our recitation in shalat. Well, that's just my suggestion ^_^v

So, here it is.. enjoy watching this video. Do share with your friends :)



P.s: Thank you, Kyo9 for your reminder previously. It made me remember to embed the video. :P Arigatou~

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Quranic website

Bismillahirrahman nir rahim~

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarokahtu :) and greetings to everyone! ^_^ I am very sorry for not updating for a very long2 time. Been busy with convocation last month and stuffs.. yeah, stuffs. He he he. Sometimes, to be honest, I just forgotten about the blog and sometimes I got the so-called 'author's block' (err.. is that the right word? Let me know if I'm wrong.).

Anyways, today I would love to share a website called surah.my in which we can read and even listen to the Quran! There are also Malay and English tafseer of the Quranic verses. Alhamdulillah. Now, don't even say that we can't get to read or listen to the Quran when going anyway when at the very same time, we can carry our laptops and broadbands (or some places just have free wi-fi, isn't it?). Here are some of the screencaps that I would like to share (partly so that you'll be more convinced, maybe. He he)


You can select any surah of your choice :) this one is in Malay language. But of course, if you prefer English, you can simply click the 'English' tab (as shown below).


In English :)

Last but not least, there's a player where you can listen to the Quran at the lower left side of the page. :)

Guess what.. another 2 features I forgot to show is that the recitation is by Sheikh Mishary Rashed Alafasy and you can download the recitation as well! :D

Oh, I started to love this site~ Besides, not only our body has to eat ya.. our soul can also be hungry. And the food for our soul? The best choice would be the beautiful words from Allah, that could refresh and reminded us of our raison d'etre in this world. :)

Wasalam~

Thursday, November 03, 2011

Halloween & Us (Muslims)

Bismillahirrahman nir rahim~

Assalamualaikum w.b.t to all fellow friends & readers.

It's the beginning of November, yeah..obviously. He-he. I'm quite sure most of us know about the Halloween on the 31st October every year eh? Well, I played IMVU and the Shops are mostly Halloween-related and even the IMVU client is decorated with Halloween-theme. LOL. Yeah, even Facebook games like The Sims Social & Simply Hospital are relating Halloween to the game. LOL again.

So what is this 'festive holiday' is about? Where is it coming from? The thing is that.. I am never really bothered about it even though some of my online friends did mentioned about it, talking about it etc etc. Let alone celebrating it. Alhamdulillah.

But one thing we have to remind ourselves is that.. we,as a Muslim must always be aware of things around us. Being aware, not paranoid paid, you know. He-he. Think about this; yeah, you don't care about Halloween or whatever it is and you never celebrate it as well, since it is not in our religion. But how about your younger siblings? Your children? This kind of things (i.e Halloween, Valentine's Day) have becoming a global phenomenon on "their respective date". Phenomenon as in being a global festive/holidays. The youngsters might think that these festive/holidays are just a holiday, without realizing the real meaning or history of it. Thus, they themselves blindly celebrating it, unaware of how it may affect their aqidah and iman. Mind you that believing too much of such celebration might lead us away from believing there is only one God. Why am I saying that? Cause for me, I rather believe that loving day is everyday and that Allah SWT is the Al-Might and Most Loving as well as the one that give love the most to His creatures. Hence, I would give my loved ones gift, flowers, surprises or anything I want to give any day, any time - not only on Valentine's Day, you know. :)
So, what I'm saying is that.. being aware means that not only us being aware but as well as being aware for our loved ones who might not know. Good thing if we know, we can tell and share with those who don't know. Right?

Back to the Halloween topic.. (sorry, I guess I was babbling too much there. LOL), here's an interesting video I would love so much to share with everyone especially fellow Muslim youngsters~ Watch the video below or at the link (here)


Get to know what is the story or history behind that celebration, what is about and then think about us, being a Muslim.. of our belief and iman.

Do let me know in the comment if the link doesn't work. It's been a long time since I last blog so, I kinda lost in the editor. (Alhamdulillah, the one I know how to do the most is typing my entry. LOL)

Kindly share your thought(s) with me too! :D

P.S: Everyone got their own opinion,aight? This is not me mocking the celebration of anything. It is still up to you if you wanted to celebrate it. This is just me sharing my thoughts as a Muslim to a fellow Muslim and everyone out there :) Enjoy your day,everyone!

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

InshaAllah~


Salam and greetings!

It's been such a looooooooooooooooong time since I last written nor posted anything in this blog.
I've always wanted to but never really get the chance to do so. ;(
Alhamdulillah, tonight.. I've gotten lil strength to have my fingers dancing on the keyboard to type something for this blog. He-he.

I am still in my Final Exam weeks..so I still won't be able to write/post as fancy as I liked it before~ And I've been busy with thesis a.k.a Final Year Project (FYP) as well (>_<)||



the 3 copies of my thesis final draft (not binded yet)

Anyways, I will try my very best to update soon. So, if you're my friends (who some had already complaint why I didn't update.Hehe) or just reader(s) of my blog..I'm going to update. Yes,I will. Insya-Allah :D

Friday, July 02, 2010

Tudung Labuh - Pengalaman menarik Fatimah Syarha menerusi kolum Remaja Majalah Solusi isu no 21.

Semoga bacaan ini dapat "put things into perspective" buat kita dalam menilai dan memahami kewajipan menutup aurat sebagaimana yang dituntut agama, insyaAllah.

Corat-Coret Kisah Tudung Labuh…

“Akak, kenapa akak pakai tudung labuh?” Soalan ini sudah banyak kali dilontarkan oleh remaja kepadaku. Adik bongsuku, Asiah Yusra yang sedang mekar meniti usia remaja, turut bertanya. Melihat wajahnya yang saling tidak tumpah dengan iras wajahku, aku terasa bagaikan sedang melihat diriku sendiri. Aku pernah remaja dan terpesona melihat kakak sulung bertudung labuh. Kufahami, remaja bertanya kerana mereka sedang tercari-cari identiti diri.

Kali pertama aku memilihnya sebagai imej diri ketika usiaku remaja. Saat itu, aku bertudung labuh kerana keindahannya menghiasi wanita-wanita berakhlak mulia yang kukenali. Ibuku, kakakku, kakak-kakak naqibahku, ustazah-ustazahku semuanya bertudung labuh. Hingga aku mensinonimkan tudung labuh itu dengan keindahan, keperibadian dan kebaikan. Walaupun aku turut mengenali teman-teman bertudung labuh yang akhlaknya bermasalah namun aku masih menemui keindahan jiwanya, ingin menjadi lebih baik. Hari ini, aku memilih tudung labuh kerana aku yakin ia lebih istimewa pada pandangan-Nya.

Ketika remaja, aku hampir tidak sedar banyak pertanyaan yang terpendam. Mungkin saat itu aku tidak tahu apa yang aku perlu tahu. Hinggalah persoalanku terjawab satu demi satu. Hikmah bicara kakak-kakak naqibahku menerangkan pelbagai soalan yang kutagihkan pengertian. Yang paling kuingati, Kak Siti Aisyah Mohd Nor (kini merupakan bidadari kepada seorang tokoh agama terkenal). Jasa kalian selamanya harum dalam ingatan.

Yang Tertutup Itu Indah

Ketika kubertanya tentang tudung labuh, mudah jawapan yang pernah kuterima, “Yang tertutup itu indah!” Jawapan yang membawaku mengkaji surah al-Ahzab ayat 59, maksud dan tafsirannya.

Firman Allah s.w.t. yang bermaksud: “Wahai Nabi, katakan kepada isteri-isterimu, anak-anak perempuanmu, dan isteri-isteri orang mukmin, ‘hendaklah mereka melabuhkan jilbab ke seluruh tubuh mereka. Yang demikian itu supaya mereka mudah dikenali sebagai wanita baik agar mereka tidak diganggu.’”

Ya, sedangkan buku yang kita sayangi, kita sampulkan seindahnya. Inikan pula bentuk tubuh wanita, takkan tiada sampulnya? Kuperhatikan kulit bukuku yang bersampul lebih terjaga berbanding kulit bukuku yang tidak bersampul. Kuperhatikan langsir yang cantik menghias pintu dan tingkap. Kuperhatikan kain yang mengalas meja dan perabot. Benar, yang tertutup itu indah! Begitu juga cara Allah menghargai keindahan wanita dengan menggariskan perbatasan aurat. Agar keindahan itu hanya dinikmati oleh insan yang berhak. Bukannya diratah-ratah oleh pandangan yang sakit.

Istimewa Bertudung Labuh

Di sini, aku tidak mahu berbicara panjang tentang kewajipan menutup aurat. Apa yang ingin kukongsi di sini adalah tentang beberapa peristiwa dalam hidupku yang membuatkan aku berasa tudung labuh itu benar-benar istimewa. Allah banyak kali menyelamatkan dan memudahkan urusanku dengan asbab tudung labuh.

Dikejar Tebuan Tanah

Dalam satu program motivasi remaja, aku menyertainya sebagai salah seorang fasilitator. Antara aktiviti yang dilakukan ialah jungle trekking. Aku mengetuai barisan remaja puteri yang siap sedia memasuki hutan. Taklimat dan doa dimulakan.

Menderap ke tengah belantara, tiba-tiba peserta puteri paling depan terlanggar sarang tebuan tanah. Tebuan tanah berterbangan garang. Sedia menyerang. Peserta itu menjerit kesakitan kerana disengat. Peserta di belakangnya turut menjerit ketakutan. Aku yang turut berada di barisan depan ketika itu melaungkan takbir. Lantas mengarahkan peserta yang lain berundur. Mereka bertempiaran lari.

Sementara aku tetap bertahan di situ. Kututup sebahagian wajahku dengan tudung labuhku. Tangan turut kusembunyikan di bawah tudung labuh. Kulindungi beberapa peserta yang terkepung dengan tudung labuhku agar tidak disengat lagi. Segera kubawa mereka berundur. Ajaibnya, seekor tebuan pun tidak berjaya menyengatku. Subhanallah! Maha Suci Engkau yang menyelamatkan aku dengan secebis kain buruk ini.

Terlindung daripada Mata Mat Rempit

Suatu hari, aku ingin pulang ke kampusku di UIA setelah bercuti pertengahan semester di kampung halaman. Seperti biasa, aku membeli tiket bas dan berusaha mencari bas yang mempunyai tempat duduk seorang. Request. Ini penting bagi mengelakkan aku terpaksa bermalam di dalam bas dengan bertemankan seorang lelaki asing di sebelah.

Akhirnya kumembeli tiket dengan sebuah syarikat bas yang belum pernah kunaiki . Sebelum menaiki bas, aku berpesan kepada pemandu kedua agar menurunkan aku di Greenwood. Semua mata terlena melepaskan kelelahan hidup dengan mengembara ke alam mimpi yang seketika. Kedengaran sayup-sayup suara pemandu bas mengejutkan aku dari tidurku. Lantas aku terjaga separuh sedar. Ketika itu, aku duduk di kerusi seorang paling depan, tidak jauh dari pemandu.

Jam baru menunjukkan pukul 4.30 pagi. Badanku amat penat dan urat kepala terasa merenyuk. Aku bangkit dari kerusiku dalam keadaan mamai menuruni bas. Ketika berada di luar bas, aku masih sangat mengantuk. Terasa secepat kilat bas meninggalkanku.

Ya Allah! Aku terkejut kerana hanya aku seorang yang menuruni bas. Lagipun, tempat bas itu memberhentikan aku bukannya tempat perhentian bas di Greenwood seperti kebiasaan. Aku langsung tidak mengenali tempat itu. Tiada peluang untukku bertanya atau membatalkan saja tempat perhentian itu. Nyata aku sudah terlewat. Asap bas pun sudah tidak kelihatan.

Aku berada di sebuah perhentian bas. Jalan raya di hadapannya lurus. Lengang. Sunyi. Kawasan sekitarnya adalah kawasan perumahan yang sedang bergelap. Jalur-jalur cahaya hanya sedikit. Kupandang ke belakang dan mendapati tidak jauh dari situ terdapat sebuah masjid. Namun, ia kelihatan gelap. Sunyi. Kelihatan seekor anjing berwarna hitam, besar dan garang sedang berlegar-legar di luar pagar masjid. Ya Allah, pada-Mu aku bertawakal.

Aku segera menelefon kenalan rapatku, Puan Norliza Mohd Nordin untuk mengambilku. Pada masa yang sama, mataku melilau mencari kayu atau besi yang akan kugunakan sebagai senjata seandainya anjing itu mendekatiku.

“Di mana?” Tanya Puan Norliza. Susah-payah aku cuba menerangkan lokasi yang asing itu. Tambahan pula, aku tidak dapat melihat papan tanda yang menunjukkan nama masjid. Kehadiran anjing itu membuatkan aku tidak berani menghampiri masjid. Sukar Puan Norliza mentafsirkan lokasi aku berada.

Tiba-tiba, sekumpulan samseng jalanan dengan pelbagai aksi motosikal yang berbahaya berhenti beramai-ramai di seberang jalan tempatku berada. Bagaikan ada mesyuarat penting di situ. Aku tiada tempat bersembunyi. Apa yang mampu kulakukan adalah tetap berdiri di tempatku dan membaca segala ayat al-Quran yang pernah kuhafal. Tawakalku memanjat langit dunia. Kebetulan, aku berjubah hitam dan bertudung labuh warna hitam. Aku menggunakan kesempatan itu untuk menyembunyikan diriku di balik warna malam. Cebisan kain turut kututup pada wajahku yang berkulit cerah.

Saat yang amat mendebarkan dalam hidupku, kelihatan anjing yang garang sedang berlari ke arahku. Kupujuk hati, anjing itu akan baik padaku kerana ia tidak menyalak. Samseng jalanan pula seakan sedang memandang-mandang ke arah lokasiku. Ketika itu, aku mengucapkan dua kalimah syahadah berkali-kali. Aku siapkan emosi untuk berjihad mempertahankan diri. Biar nyawa jadi taruhan, menyerah tidak sekali!

Allah menjadi saksi. Aku bagaikan tidak percaya apabila melihat anjing itu sekadar melintasiku seolah-olah langsung tidak melihatku di balik kegelapan. Walau bagaimanapun, aku masih resah melihat samseng jalanan asyik memandang ke arahku. Aku bertambah risau membayangkan Puan Norliza mungkin tidak dapat mengagak lokasiku itu kerana dia asyik menelefonku. Tiba-tiba samseng jalanan itu beredar. Bunyi ekzos mengaum pergi, pelbagai aksi. Mereka seakan-akan memandang dengan pandangan yang kosong sahaja ke arahku sebentar tadi. Puan Norliza pula sampai, menambahkan syukurku. Hatiku yakin, Allah telah menyelamatkanku di balik tudung labuh berwarna gelap itu. Alhamdulillah!

Menyelamatkan Beg Tanganku daripada Ragut

Seorang temanku dari Brunei sudah beberapa hari tidak datang ke kelas sarjana. Aku risaukan keadaannya. Apabila dia datang kembali, aku segera bertanya. Dia menunjukkan pipinya yang calar sambil bercerita dengan juraian air mata.

Dua orang pemuda yang menunggang laju meragut beg tangannya. Dia ikut terseret. Ketika itu pula dia sedang mengandung dua bulan. Hampir-hampir keguguran. Kedua-dua lututnya terluka. Pipi dan tangannya tercalar. Berdarah.

Aku sedih mendengar ceritanya. Dia memegang hujung tudungku sambil menyimpulkan, “Jika akak pakai tudung labuh macam ni, tentu diorang tak nampak beg tangan akak.” Kata-kata itu membuatkanku benar-benar berfikir jauh. Aku bersyukur kepada Allah s.w.t. kerana tidak pernah menjadi mangsa ragut. Baru aku sedar, rupa-rupanya antara faktor yang menyelamatkanku adalah kerana beg tanganku sentiasa tersembunyi di bawah tudung labuh. Cuba anda bertanya kawan-kawan anda yang menggalas beg tangan di bawah tudung labuh, pernahkah mereka menjadi mangsa ragut?

Mendekatkan Jodoh dengan Lelaki Soleh

Aku hairan melihat beberapa orang temanku yang mulanya bertudung labuh tapi akhirnya menukar penampilan kerana takut tidak dipinang. Aku hormati penampilannya selagi masih menutup aurat namun jika itu alasannya, dia mungkin tersilap. Aku yang tetap bertudung labuh ini juga akhirnya yang agak cepat menerima pinangan.

Suamiku mengakui antara faktor yang meyakinkannya pada agamaku saat memilih bunga untuk disunting adalah kerana nilai tudung labuhku. Wanita bertudung labuh lumrahnya hanya berani dirisik oleh lelaki yang mempunyai persiapan agama. Jika malas hidup beragama, mereka akan berfikir beribu kali untuk memiliki seorang suri yang bertudung labuh. Rasa tidak layak. Rasa perlu membaiki diri terlebih dahulu.

Pernah juga aku dan suami cuba memadankan beberapa orang temanku dengan lelaki-lelaki soleh yang kami kenali. Apabila biodata bertukar tangan, gadis bertudung labuh rupa-rupanya menjadi kriteria penting seorang lelaki soleh. Malang bagi temanku yang sebenarnya baik dan berbudi bahasa, namun kerana penampilannya itu melambatkan jodohnya.

Benar, kita tidak boleh menilai seseorang hanya melihat luarannya. Namun, realitinya, kadang kala masa terlalu singkat dan peluang tidak ada untuk kita mengkaji dalaman seseorang sehingga terpaksa menilainya hanya melalui luarannya. Contoh realiti, jika kita ingin membeli nasi lemak di gerai. Kelihatan penjual di gerai yang pertama ialah seorang makcik bertudung labuh. Penjual di gerai kedua pula seorang wanita tidak bertudung dan rambutnya menggerbang lepas. Mana yang kita pilih? Kenapa cepat membuat pilihan sebelum mengkaji dalaman kedua-duanya dahulu? Apa nilaian kita ketika itu? Fikir-fikirkan.

Hormatilah Selagi Masih Menutup Aurat

Ya! Ya! Ya! Kudengari suara-suara hatimu yang sedang berbisik, “Ramai saja yang bertudung labuh tapi tak baik.” “Tudung tak labuh pun masih tutup aurat.” “Don’t judge people by its cover.” Kuhormati semua kata-kata ini sepertimana kuhormati dirimu yang masih bertudung. Alhamdulillah. Aku cuma berkongsi secebis pengalaman dalam hidupku yang menyebabkan kurasakan tudung labuh terlalu istimewa. Buat adik-adik remaja yang pernah bertanya, akak harap adik menemui jawapannya.

sumber: Ini aku dapat dari Facebook Ustaz Zahazan :)

Friday, June 25, 2010

My days in Johor

Bismillahirrahman nir rahim~

Alhamdulillahirrabbil al'amin. All the thanks to Allah, for such opportunity He had given to me to stay in Johor for 10 weeks~ Peace be upon Rasulullah, the greatest love among us (human) of all.

Close eyes,open eyes (direct translation for: pejam celik pejam celik. haha!), it is already week 7 for me in Johor. I've been to places in Johor and even in Kuala Lumpur (KL).

There was once when I went to Pantai Penyabong in Mersing with my adopted sister, Kak Intan (she's the one I'm living with now). She had been telling me few times how the scenery and calm environment at the beach of Penyabong always calmed her. Indeed, by the time I got there.. the skies and the beaches caught my heart. There were many times as I floated myself on the water, my face facing the wide blue sky, I kept praising Allah for all that He had created to us,human. SubhanAllah! MashAllah! Alhamdulillah! Allahu Akhbar!! My heart was so full of LOVE, as if Allah was pouring all the love into my hearts, filling it as I hear the sound of the waves, I looked at the clouds and light in the sky.

I was thrilled for the second time as I was brought to Tanjung Piai in Pontian. This time, I was able to stay overnight in the chalet. Alhamdulillah. It wasn't money-wasting at all since it was all paid off at night. The scenery was such an eye-catching, breath-taking. As I stood in front of my room watching the sea at night, I could see the lights from Singapore port. It was spectacular especially by midnight. I even saw the silhouette of ships moving in the sea. Nice~~~~~~ :)
The food in Tanjung Piai was great as well. Not so great as in very very great but just okay. So, here's some photos I would like to share this time. I would add some next time when I fully get my free time. (I wonder when would that be!)

My first weeks in Johor..
Soto in Gerai Anuar in Taman Sri Skudai. Pretty much different than the Soto I had back in Sabah! hehe.

Stopping by at Simpang Renggam Stop (for highway). This picture was taken when we went to Benut.

My Industrial Training in Haikal Jurutera Perunding Sdn Bhd (HJPSB)
In the office.. it's quite a mess last time when I was given the task to do manual design for a cantilever beam. The client is JKR, huh~

Went to the site in Taman Anggerik and Sg. Rinting with Mr. Zulhaimi (who is the Resident Engineer for this project) :)

Vacations in Johor
The scenery of Pantai Penyabong. Imagine floating on the surface of the sea, while listening to the sound of waves and observing the sky.
Tanjung Piai.
My breakfast in Tanjung Piai. Mee Hong Kong.

Alhamdulillah. Thank You, Allah. If it wasn't Him giving me this chances, I would not be able to even feel or think what I've been through here in few days ago. THANK YOU,ALLAH!



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