With Arms Wide Open...

Alhamdulillah...Ramadhan is here and I'm still here for another wonderful month insyaAllah with Ramadhan ^_^

Last night was the first night of Tarawih. Went to ICN with the sisters...*rase besyukur sangat sbb still ade kesempatan untuk beramal lagi dalam bulan mulia nih*...I was so overwhelmed, suke sangat Ramadhan * yeeeeeeeeeee *

Unfortunately for me, first day of breaking fast is at work *=( apelaa naseb* hehe...but I guess I'm much luckier than other people...people who's thinking what to eat? where to get the food? what about tomorrow? what will their children have?....
Oh Allah, bless those people and grant upon them your plenty sustenance and make us among the pious and righteous servants...Amin~

Here is a hadith to ponder on, since our theme is Ramadhan (^_^),

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained."

-Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 31, Number 123:

Ahlan Wasahlan Ya Ramadhan...

Without realizing it, my favorite month of the year is just by the corner. Yup! Ramadhan is just next week insyaAllah.....next Thursday according to the calendar, we'll see how it goes.

(rase cam tulis essay laa plak) Why I love Ramadhan so much? Sadly and shamefully to say, it is the only month that I am able to make myself practice good deeds and ibadah that I set my goals on ... alhamdulillah Allah has given me chance to do so for the past 10 years of my fasting-life. What I wish for this time around is that I can achieve more and do more in this month and here is the important part, I hope I can stay istiqamah forever, not just in the month of Ramadhan...

Although Ramadhan is only a week a way, there is still no absolute promise that I'll be able to meet up with Ramadhan or even live through the month of Ramadhan. So, I don't want to wait for Ramadhan to come and only then start doing good things. Ramadhan is not the reason to our ibadah, our love towards Allah is. And Allah is always here, not only in Ramadhan....

So I say,stop holding up and let all of us collect our might, and start exercising good behaviors and let go of our bad habits ...insyaAllah

Wallahua'lam~

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I'm already in my Junior year in college...yesssnesss!! *jumping jumping*...huhu...meaning I'll be done with college life in 1 year plus plus *grinnnn* but it also means that heavier loads of materials to be learned *BIG sigh*

As I was walking..or rather, hurrying (bangun lewat maaa =p) to class this morning, I was complaining to myself about my first class for today, why doesn't the professor explain to us about the concepts and THEN let us answer the question...but then again when I re-think about it, all the concepts and applications involved was learned in previous classes and semesters before, it is actually repeating the same concepts each and every time, the only thing that changes is the way we apply them and on what type of situation we apply them on...that's it. Sound simple rite?...huhuhu...but to actually be doing it, takes time and a LOT of thinking and discussing....

It turned out that things that I thought I learned before might be useless in the future, is actually what's important for me now...come again? I somewhat regret the way I take things for granted...



So..as a lesson for me and maybe some of you...in learning, everything is IMPORTANT...don't ASSUME that some things are best to be left out of the picture cause when you look at the big picture, you'll see the MISSING pieces ....

wallahua'lam~