I've moved to a new blog. Finally! :-)

To kinkyryna, PO2 and Mahadir (and perhaps, those silent readers I might not know), do message me if you want to have access to my new blog.

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I came across the following today. I don't think there's much to elaborate on - just have faith in His Guarantee.

“Do not let the delay of what you are fervently praying for discourage you,

or dishearten you - for He has Guaranteed you the answer in what He chooses for you

(not in what you choose for yourself) and when He wills,

not when you do.”

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I really wish that I'm currently lounging on a beach at the moment. Feeling the heat of the hot sun beating down my face. The waves lapping up my feet.

Yes, the waves. I really miss that feeling of having the waves rush in, envelope my feet and then its gentle tug on them as it retracts to the sea.

Then there's that waking up to pray at dawn only to ( Read more... )

Gosh. I have the urge to laugh like anything at the moment. In fact, I'm already laughing and I'm sitting alone in the living room at 1:36am! This is absolutely crazy. Anyway, the reason for my amusement?

I've now achieved new heights in the no-lifer category: I'm now surfing sites on how to organize the bedrooms and re-design the bathroom! And by ( Read more... )

I was reading the latest issue of The Muslim Reader which I received in the mail this week when I came across the following verse penned by one of the contributors to the magazine.

In time appearances change,
yet don't be hasty,
Look to their hearts,
therein lies true beauty,
And say to your partner -
I treasure your company,
In this world I will strive
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I came back from work today and was greeted with a new addition to the dining table - a vase of flowers that my mom bought when she went to Black Water (alah, aka Ayer Hitam!) last week. Since she was on leave today, she had finally managed to arrange the flowers neatly in the vase.

So, what has her daughter been entertaining herself with ever since ( Read more... )

Me: Is there a limit to giving before you finally exhaust yourself?

I sure do know how to bruise a guy's ego. But hey, I really, really didn't mean to do that! Moments ago, I was looking through some samples of baju kurung in a magazine. When I got to the guys' section, I began scrutinizing it for possible colours and designs that my brothers could get. I chanced upon one super nice olive green baju kurung and the ( Read more... )

God speaks to each of us as he makes us,

then walks with us silently out of the night.

These are words we dimly hear:

You, sent out beyond your recall,

go to the limits of your longing.

Embody me.

Flare up like flame

and make big shadows I can move in.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.

Just keep going. No feeling is final.

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Do you know that out of all the surah or chapters you see in the Quran, Chapter 9 (The Repentance) is the only one that does not begin with a "Bismillah"?

This fact had actually left me curious for a while. I told myself to ask my uztaz about this the next time I see him. Then last Saturday, I finally had the chance to do so.

According to him, the ( Read more... )