Positif #2: School

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The other day, I was on my way back to the faculty after having my lunch. When I was passing the stationery store, I've suddenly stumbled upon a familiar figure. A familiar face. A lady. She was just coming out of the store. I stopped and turned around few times before I realised that she was my teacher who'd taught me chemistry back in high school! I was in disbelief. I quickly became so excited and still in surprise when I first greeted her with "Cikgu??!". I was even happier when she mentioned my name! That means she still remembered me. Honestly, we both got very excited. We had a little chat before saying goodbye and I was already eager to bumped with her again in the future. 

You see how little things can immediately cheer you up for the whole day. 

Back in high school year, I was quite a passive student. I did get involved with some curricular activities, but I was not expressive or loud or creative like others. I didn't have specific groups of friends to be clingy with or hangout with when the recess time comes. I was not good in sports. And considering myself in an elite school, placed in one of the top classes, my English proficiency was quite weak and my academic performance was just average compared to others. Due to that, I always felt timid and lack of confident although people around me were super nice and friendly and nonjudgmental. It was a very different version of me compared to myself in hostel.

Till today, I never really keen to reminisce or cherish my time in high school, but I am always proud to be a part of it. 

However, the accidental 'meet up' with my former high school teacher that day was enough to make me realised that I had actually manage to create some fond memories in high school life. Not much, but enough for me to feel glad and grateful. I may not have the best high school life like other people, but at least I know that I have some good old memories and some good people to be remembered whenever people asked me about my high school year next time.  

Positif #1: Doa

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Sepanjang hidup, sudah tentu kita akan berjumpa dengan orang yang bermacam-macam perangainya juga kerenahnya, yang kadang kala buat kita berkata "Ehhh orang macam ni pun ada ke?". Biasa kita dengar cerita orang lain dan anggap itu perkara biasa, tapi bila kita sendiri yang merasa, kita akan sampai ke tahap 'tak percaya' bahawa di dalam dunia ni, ada orang yang pentingkan diri dan menyusahkan orang lain. 

Dalam zaman belajar ni, kau akan biasa dengan cerita-cerita tak puas hati orang ini terhadap orang itu bila tiba bab nak siapkan 'Assignment'. Sebenarnya, bukan takat 'assignment', bahkan tugasan lain contohnya dalam organisasi kepemimpinan, program-program, dan macam-macam. Dan, benda ni, akan berterusan sampailah bila kau kerja sekalipun. Percayalah.

Tapi kalini aku tak nak fokus pada yang negatif. Aku akan cuba bawa kepada sesuatu yang positif.
#twist

Doa.

Semua orang tahu, terutamanya Muslim, betapa pentingnya dan berkuasanya sebuah doa. Betapa sebuah doa mampu mengubah sebuah situasi, mengubah sekeping hati, merealisasi sebuah mimpi. Semua orang juga pasti pernah dengar riwayat yang mengatakan doa seorang saudara kepada saudaranya yang lain itu, secara senyap, adalah antara doa yang paling dimakbulkan.

Persoalannya, sejauh mana keyakinan kita pada hakikat itu? Dan sekuat mana kita bersungguh untuk mengamalkannya?

Sedar atau tidak, kita ini hidup dengan penuh kritikan dan rungutan, tanpa tindakan. Mulut sahaja bising, tapi tiada usaha untuk mengubah keadaan. Walau bagaimanapun, kita juga tak boleh menafikan bahawa setiap orang ada kekuatan dan kelemahan masing-masing. Ada orang dia ada kekuatan untuk 'stand out', berterus terang, lantang bersuara dan menolak ketidak adilan atau perkara yang tidak digemarinya. Tapi kita kena akui juga bahawa ada insan-insan yang memang tiada keupayaan tersebut. Lalu adakah orang yang tiada kekuatan itu tidak ada 'kuasa' untuk mengubah?

Maka, waktu inilah doa memainkan peranan penting. 

Seandainya, kita tiada kekuatan untuk menolak atau menentang perkara yang kita tidak gemar, maka berdoalah kepada Allah agar kita ada kekuatan itu atau setidak-tidaknya, kita berdoa semoga Allah jauhkan kita daripada perkara begitu. Begitulah bila kita mendapati ada perkara yang tidak kita gemari pada seseorang, doalah juga antara penyelesaiannya. Kenapa? Sebab doa daripada seorang saudara kepada saudaranya yang lain itu adalah antara doa yang sangat dimakbulkan.     

Daripada kita terus merungut tentang sikapnya, membicarakan aibnya, adalah lebih baik untuk kita berdoa supaya orang itu dikurniakan kelembutan hati untuk berubah, berakhlak, dan sebagainya. 

Kenapa aku berani tulis ni? Sebab itulah yang aku cuba buat pada seseorang ini, dan alhamdulillah, dengan izinNya, dia sudah perlahan-lahan berubah menjadi lebih baik. 

Apa kuncinya? Positif, bersangka baik dengan Allah, dan yakin dengan kuasaNya juga aturanNya.
Sesungguhnya Allah jualah pemegang hati insan-insan yang lemah ini. PadaNya sahajalah kita berharap. Dan kita juga berdoa semoga Allah lindungi kita daripada sikap-sikap buruk dan negatif yang memudaratkan orang lain. 

Jom doa!

Sesat

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Hatinya hitam penuh kelam
Zikirnya semakin hilang
Taatnya makin kurang

Dia yang sentiasa penuh dengan angan
Mahu bahagia sahaja, tak mahu derita
Mahu gembira sahaja, tak mahu sedih
Mahu suka sahaja, tak mahu duka

Cita-cita menggunung tinggi
Namun berawangan sahaja seperti awan

Angannya mahu ke langit ketujuh
Tapi bumi yang dipijak pun tidak utuh

Di yang semkain menjauh
Hilang arah, hilang teguh
Goyah iman, panjang angan
Entah masih mampu atau tidak
Hidup ini dia tempuh

Potential

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This semester, we have a class with a lecturer that highlights so much about the importance of being a good presenter. One day, she asked us to present and all of us were evaluated. It was very nerve-wrecking as if we had not done it before just because she mentioned 'EVALUATION'. At the end of each presentation, she commented on each and everyone of us. Surprisingly, comments made were very beautiful and conveyed in a positive way. It was commented in a away that could motivate us to improve for the better. Some even make me felt " Woah, hebatnya dia!". 

But what I wanna highlight is the fact that, at the end of the study, some of us have been known and recognized with our own talent/strength/personality. We have designers, bakers, joke-maker, entrepreneur, good speaker, good leader and so on. We have also people that can present professionally, with high confidence, with well spoken accent, with the ability to interact with audience, and with high creativity.  

I guess, after some time, all of us have been developing something. All of us have a niche and strength that can potentially be developed for the benefit of other people.  

#countingdays 

Hijab: The Purpose

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#mediaskillsworkshop #designedonpiktochart

Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2016 with 'Kids'

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Maya came to UPM last Friday, with her friends for the sake of this event. So we rented a car, picked them up at TBS, and head to Putrajaya. We read the details in facebook page, and found out that the balloons will be up in the early morning and after 6pm. Hence, as soon we arrived, we went to grab something to eat and waited until 6.30pm.

Nope. No balloons are up yet. Only this helium balloon was up.

 

We then decided to come back at night, hoping that there are some floating in the air already. So off we go to Masjid Putra for Maghrib prayer, and came back afterwards. Okaylah, got hot air balloons that were set up by the crew. They floated few meters from the ground, for a while. But, two balloons only. Barely floating.

After hassling to reach there, plus the hot weather, it was quite a disappointment to not be able to see the EXPECTED varieties of floating hot air balloons. Hahaha. But I may not be as disappointed as Maya and the others, because I was not anticipating it very much. But it was still great.

The event host has already stated the condition and whatnots in their website even before the event started:

"Due to Malaysia’s unique tropical climate, the weather does not permit the balloons to fly in the afternoon as the temperature rises. In order for the balloon to fly, the balloonist will have to burn more hot air in the balloon envelope, and this could be taxing to the balloon, as the ‘hot air’ will be too hot, deeming very dangerous flying conditions. Also in the afternoon, the windy atmosphere poses a threat and can be dangerous for passengers.

When it is raining, it is definite that the balloons will get wet and be waterlogged, again deeming dangerous flying conditions."

Oh well, Malaysia tengah super panas sekarang. No shirts can be worn for more than once now because the body is constantly sweating phewww. My bed is not my lover now. The cement floor is. 

From Woman, To Women

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It's International Women's Day and everywhere in the social media, lots of posts have been made with woman as the theme.

As I am writing this down, I am feeling so much grateful and blessed to have been born as a Muslim with a decent family background, enough for me to understand that a woman's creation by God is such a wonder, a symbolic of His Greatness and the fact that Islam came to lift up the level of woman and save them from being degraded. 

Being raised in a family where all of the members are female except my father, we deal with so much emotional rages, so much sensitivity and fight over ridiculous matters, which lead to a question "Why don't I have brothers instead?". However, as I grow up, and as each one of us walking towards maturity, I realised that having them in my life are comforting, and I started to see the strength and positive value in them, and while I go through some hardships as they do, I tend to value them even more. Fights reduced as we all grow, perhaps because we are women, so we tend to understand each other even more (emotionally), and try to give support (even in silence) instead of bashing or neglecting. Most of the times. 

So many strong woman figures around us, an inspiration to their family, children, colleagues, students and everyone! Today, we celebrate the women in our life as an honor for their sacrifices, intelligence, strengths, success and many more good qualities. From Khadijah r.a, to the Queen of our heart ----- our beloved Mother, there are just so many incredible women for us to look up to. Today, they are celebrated, not to fight for equality, but to seek for equity, fairness. At the same time, we must not deny the fact that men and women are created for each other and in need to complete each other as well.

We all have a strong quality that can be benefited for other people. 

We all have that one ADVANTAGE that may not have in others. So utilised it. 

To all the women out there, to all the unsung heroines, 

Happy International Women's Day!

So much love from me. 

  

Friends

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Friends come and go 
As the currents ebb and flow 
The swells and ripples that they make 
Leave mixed emotions in their wake 
For some friends drift with changing tide 
Come on strong and then subside 
Only to be cast Upon the shore 
Disappear and be seen no more 
But Some friendships are strong enough to stand 
the changing tides and shifting sand 
What is strong enough to set these friendships apart 
Affinity of mind and heart 
Love much more than mere token 
thoughts understood 
Yet unspoken 
A common bond, a mutual goal 
An understanding heart and soul 
It's these little things that mean so much 
Are strokes of friendship's velvet touch 
[Karina, sfraves, 2002]

You're Beautiful

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Being the kind,

that aspire to be a professional career woman, with great attitude, great work ethics, great family, great supporters and many other greatness, 

will probably be seen as too much for a person.

  It is not impossible, but man, it is undoubtedly not going to be easy either. 

Being a lady, 

the talk on insecurity is so common. It will go on and on without knowing when to stop.

But one thing for sure,

that this insecurity can always be 'solved' when confidence came along.

Insecurity cannot be diminished, nor can it be given too much focus. 

It is needed to complete a lady.

Like a pill.

Too much can kill,

But not taking it would harm even more.

Being a lady,

she wants to appreciate each and everyone that comes into life. 

She wants to cherish and be grateful with all of the things she has.

Tangible or intangible.

But she cannot stand alone.

One cannot go to everyone and tell them beautiful without feeling the same on her own.

It is subjective. 

It is.

But for whatever definition of beauty that all of us are holding to,

Let's take a moment and tell the wonderful people in our life,

of how beautiful they are.

Their face. Their calmness. Their patience. Their intelligence.

All of these,

are a symbol of beauty.

Tell them.

We Made It!

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I'm not in there. Haha. But we made it into the magazine, yeay!