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Yokoso Japan! (14.4.14)

Salamálaykum and Konnichiwa! :)

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah!

There's no other words than praising God for everything that I have been thru in these past few days. Thanks to my lecturer too, Dr Shaikh for spreading about this program. What an adorable and memorable experiences I ever had in my life!

130 students have been selected from thousand applicants from all around Malaysia including 24 students from UM. Every students were assigned in different groups, Group A and B will spend their time in Gifu, Group C in Nagoya, Group D in Osaka and Group E in Tokushima. I am assigned in Group D and I thank God for that since I am going to Osaka! :)

On 14.4.14 we departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Narita Airport, Japan at 10.45 pm by Japan Airline. From my observation, Japan Airline indeed is the best airline compared to others that I used before, MAS and China Airline. Maybe there are others like Emirates but among these three airline, Japan airline is the best! It is equipped with current movies [Frozen, The Hunger Games etc], songs, tasty foods and comfort seating. Like China Airline, the seating is not that comfort since it is a bit small, got really bad smell and the steward and stewardess can't speak English at all!

Anyways, my friend, Kak Nad and Amal sent me to KLIA. Thanks to them I am able to go there by car since I have one big luggage which is hard to handle if I went there alone.huhu.. On 6.30 pm every students were asked to line up for body temperature check-up and if one of us not feeling well, he/she can't join this program. My temperature on that day is 36.5, luckily! We checked in the luggage and I straight away went to pray (buat jama' dan qasar terus). We bought some foods at Burger King to refrain us from hunger.hihi..

Exactly at 10.30 pm we have to enter the waiting room for departure. Well, I still busy taking pictures with my friends Shalini and Yen. At 10.45 pm we safely departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Narita Airport. I sat beside Nana, my junior and we took some pictures together with my best friend Atie. Since JAL provide movies to watch, I chose Frozen till doze off.

We've woken up by sweet voice of a stewardess. She gave us a bean bread an apple juice for supper. Then I doze off again till Fajr prayer around 4.30 am. Here are some pictures during our first day of program before reaching Japan.

At first, I really want to leave everything; da'wah, charity, usrah, attending talks, community services etc. I wanna leave everything! I want to sit back at my room, watching movies, dramas, films and of course sleeping.

However, I never ever had a time for that. Even I have before but not now. I kept on watching movies before but later Allah give me "amanah" when I became head of one of the charity club, I have to handle usrah which means I have to study and read before conducting usrah. Allahurabbi! Where is my time?

But you know, we live only once and of course God will ask us, what have we done with our time especially during youth? God will ask every single minutes. And I feel so regret with my time which I did not spend wisely before.

Thanks to Him, he dragged me again to better path now. May we gained pleasure of God with everything that we did.

Spend your time and health wisely!

Remembering The Prophet

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏ "‏ومن سلك طريقًا يلتمس فيه علما سهل الله له به طريقًا إلى الجنة‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah makes the way to Jannah easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge."

[Muslim]

Sunnah.com reference : Book 13, Hadith 6Arabic/English book reference : Book 13, Hadith 1381

Her Happy Day!

We came late! And I think it is my fault since I bought bus ticket to Penang at very last minute. But then all praise to God since we managed to lend our hands on the night before the wedding day! Well, we helped less compared to the mothers. Hee…~

It was very busy night. Everyone is busy; cooking, washing, eating, cleaning, wrapping goodies etc. My sisters and I making our hands busy wrapping the goodies. We put three items in every single packet of goodies; Bahulu, Kuih Kapit and Kuih Karas. We also packed some special goodies to the brides’ friend in different colour of boxes. Inside there contain two small polka dots cakes plus salted duck egg. The interesting part is that we were able to sleep at 3am and have to wake up at 6am! We were so sleepy, eyes were barely open, hands occupied with cookies and mini bags. My granny almost reaches 70’s but she still strong like a young person. I wonder if I am being old later, am I still can stay up till that time? All and all, it was great being together with them. Thank God for choosing me to be part of this happy family! :D

Anyways, it was delightful traditional wedding day. I called it ‘traditional’ since there’s no catering food, 100% DIY dishes. I got the chance to decorate bride’s dishes as well, together with my aunts and sisters.

I think pictures speak more. Luckily I managed to snap some pictures to be kept as memories.

Beautifully decorated of Bunga Telur. Bunga Telur comes Malay traditional customs which symbolizes fertility towards the couples. It is not compulsory to have Bunga Telur in every wedding ceremony but would great if have. The eggs in Bunga Telur can be either chicken egg or duck egg, depends on the creativity.

Bunga Telur

I love the flowers!

Hantaran for the groom. We will exchange this hantaran or presents with the bride as they enter the house. Most of the hantaran including perfumes, Quran, shoes, cakes and fruits.

Flowers a re everywhere! :D

I really like this flowery light.

Beautifully decorated pelamin or wedding dais for the bride and groom. They need to sit together on this couch and people will come and wish them happiness. Actually they are more Malay customs like sprinkling yellow rice and scented water by the family members, relatives and guests as a sign of blessings. For us, is enough with this bridal couch so that the guests can take picture with them.

Soon.. :D

My sister, Natasha.

Errr!

My hyper-active cousin, Alif Hakimi.

Finally, just married! :D

May Allah bless my cousin, Halimah and her husband, Kabir. May your love keep on blossom regardless of anything happen. Barakallahufikum!

#wedding #malaycustom

The Beetles

I got a phone call on one fine day. It is from my friend, Asiah Kamal. She said “Iqa, I need to discuss something. Something that I believe it is our responsibility to do it.” And I became speechless for a while and that is how "The Beetles" was created.

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Thanks to Him for giving me such a good friend. We did share a lot of ideas about da’wah and also about getting to know other religion also races. To tell the truth I’ve been longing to join street da’wah and other programs involving with the Non-Malays since been busy working; only The Legacy, the last one. Anyways, it started very nicely by meeting with people from Darul Fitrah including Xifu Naser, Alex, Mr Hua, Bro Firdaus Wong etc. They are people who God chose to be part of us, to be part in this beautiful religion, Islam.

After brainstorming and sharing ideas, Asiah, Izyan, Fasihah, Amalina and me decided to give our best to create a program. Darul Fitrah team proposed us to go to Jinjang Utara and mingle with these people which we came out with an idea to do free medical check-up, traditional games and also stationery giveaways. Well, there were several besides lots of obstacles before and during the event. But deep down, sure God would like to test our patience and perseverance because we once said “we will never turn back and runaway from this path”.

Well, we started to recruit volunteers to help us out. We divided the task; Asiah recruited PMUM team, and I myself recruited the internationals students and Non-Malays while Izyan recruited PASUM brothers so do Amalina recruited the nurse team~~ :D When the day has come it was a WOW! I did not expect the event went well. Even though they were not too many people came but that is not the main point! Every single person intentions were the major point He looked at. All and all we had so much fun. Alhamdulillah. I do hope God will take our intentions, hopefully pure intentions to help the people, reaching their hearts and soul so do getting new experiences.

While Malaysian now muddled with the racial issues here and there, I never thought these people were so nice and treat us as we are part of them. The children hugging and laughing with us as we were siblings! I am so happy to witness all these and my mind keep on saying I do hope Malaysian, especially the politicians please stop talking about racial issues but instead create programs that encourage the unity.

Thank you so much to all volunteers and Persatuan Darul Fitrah team for your help and efforts. It was a blast day for everyone, for all of us.

#thebeetles #charity #community

As you move on trying so hard to be good, struggle to follow Al-quran and Sunnah, strive hard to gain His pleasure, He will ease your journey towards it. One of them is getting good companions

Those days that we've spent, we share, remain as memories. And I miss Korea so much~ :D

Biar mujahadah menjadi baik itu pahit, Jika syurga yang Allah janjikan itu manis. Biar dunia memberi seribu satu duri, Yakinlah Allah kekal di sisi. Dunia hanya permainan, Penuh sandiwara dan lakonan, Yang pasti hati takkan tertawan, Oleh cinta dunia yang tiada berkekalan.

NSAH

More and more. Thx a lot! <3

With someone that I love.

My best friend.

Will miss our time together dear.

I pray for you safety, for your good health and happiness inshaAllah.

#zaynabsuhailah #mauritius

This life is not worth of being sad. So you should always smile!

anonymous

"Ilmu itu Senjata" -Dr Qais M Mubarak

Bismillah, Innal hamda lillah.

Perwatakkannya zuhud. Wajah penuh cahaya, cahaya yang lahir dari hati yang dipenuhi nur iman dan islam. Sukar untuk aku gambarkan perasaan berimamkan oleh sheikh besar dari Mesir, dari tanah kelahiran para anbiya'. Aku sudah membayangkan kehadiranku di tanah itu, bersama dengan saudara-saudaraku di sana. Alangkah bertuahnya aku jika jasad ini betul-betul berada di sana. Allah!

Ucapannya ringkas tetapi padat. Aku cuba untuk memberikan tumpuan yang penuh kepada bait-bait ucapan yang diungkap. Namun, mata ini tidak mengizinkanku untuk berbuat sedemikian. Mungkin penat bekerja di siang hari agaknya. Akan tetapi apa yang memukau aku kembali untuk mendengar ucapannya adalah, "umat Islam perlu berilmu".

Sungguh aku setuju dengan kata-katanya. Sungguh perkataan "ilmu" itu menusuk kalbuku. Sunggu ilmu itu adalah senjata kita. Aku teringat apa yang dikatakan oleh salah seorang sahabatku daripada Iraq sehingga meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam kepada hatiku. Sehingga kini, kesannya semakin dalam.

"As for this time, I really don't want to involve in girls-boys love. I don't need it yet. The time has not come yet. What I am focusing on is to achieve as much as possible the knowledge because with this knowledge I can fight back. I can stand up for my country. You are so lucky you live in Malaysia. You did not feel how important the knowledge is."

Aku terpaku. Air mataku kesat kuat disebabkan aku terfikir akan masa dan kesihatanku yang pernah aku buang tanpa harga. Sungguh, kata-katanya membuatkan aku sedar akan lamunanku. Mindaku makin penuh disi persoalan. Persoalan yang mungkin takkan terjawab.

"Untuk apa aku hidup jika tiada sumbangan untuk Islam?"

"Mampukah aku tersenyum jika saudaraku ditindas negara yang sepatutnya melindungi bukan menyakiti?"

Soalan makin banyak, makin kusut makin serabut. Aku mula mencari jawapan, juga mencari ketenangan dengan menghadap Tuhan.

Sebelum ini aku bertekad untuk tidak mahu meneruskan pengajianku (Baca=master). Padaku cukuplah! Aku penat belajar. Aku penat menghadap buku. Aku penat hidup berjimat. Aku ingin berbakti kepada ibu ayah, aku ingin memberi mereka wang.

Sahabatku ini membuatkan aku terfikir. Membuatkan aku rasa aku mahu bersama "pakar" daripada orang Islam yang lain. Maksudku golongan yang apabila berkata, suara mereka didengari. Golongan yang mahu ke luar negara untuk bantuan kemanusiaan, mereka diberi tajaan sepenuhnya. Ya, mereka. Golongan phD dan Master. Juga prof. Mungkin ada yang mengatakan, tidak perlu belajar tinggi-tinggi. Cukuplah dengan degree, kita sudah mampu untuk membantu. Atau. Tiada apa-apa pelajaran pun jika Allah izinkan, kita sudah mampu. Ya. Aku tidak nafikan semua omongan itu. Namun kita harus fikir akan kehendak dunia sekarang. Sungguh lelah.

Walau siapa pun kita, hidup biar bermatlamat. Jadilah insan yang luar biasa, insan yang dipandang tinggi oleh Allah. Untung dunia, untung akhirat.

"Rugi jika kaya,

Rugi jika terkenal,

Rugi jika pandai,

Rugi jika kuat,

Jika bukan untuk Islam"

Wallahua'lam.

Rhythm1011

As I browsed Quran Weekly, Mufti Menk stopped me with this video. Health and Time, use or abuse?

The time and health given which leads me to think deeply. Maybe I should check my health-bin and time-bin now.

Indeed I will miss,

Holding hands together,

Seeing the blue sky,

Laugh and play together,

As there is no end.

Counting the days..

#convocation_ceremony_2013

Wait! Not to the right, aha not him!

I'm talking about the green thing. =D

The green thing with the water splashes here and there is one of the famous and best product in Korea. You guess what? The price is only RM 13 (converted from KRW). It contains 92% of pure aloe vera gel with amazing healing effects towards pimples and scars. I am not being paid for this advertisement. I really want to tell the girls out there, this product is way too amazing! I've done some experiments towards my own face. The results are as followed :

-Moisturizes the skin

-Diminished the pimples

-Work very well on scars!

-Heal the sun-burns

-Turn the skin colour to the original state (maybe contain SPF or UV shield)

-Remove the eye luggage (mine is not bag. it is luggage)

You can wear this products as :

-night cream

-foundation for make-ups

-as a body lotion

-towards your hair

-nails