#1Day1Kuliah

What's this #1Day1Kuliah about? Well you bet. Inspired by my parents, I think it's a chance for me, as well, to sit and listen to kuliah agama because I don't feel good letting this opportunity go– this precious time right now. My parents never miss the live kuliah by their favorite tok guru from the kuliah they attended before MCO. Therefore I think, why can't I do the same? So here's my first attempt to write what I have listened to! (I don't intend to write this everyday btw)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

#1Day1Kuliah - Mufti Menk (Stories of the Prophets, Prophet Sulayman A.S.)

Today, I listened to a podcast from our respectful Mufti Menk, and I was again, astonished and humbled. It’s been so long since I last listened to his podcast, and May Allah forgive me for the times I had taken for granted. 

First and foremost, I was attracted to listen to Prophet Sulayman’s story as I was reminded that the only thing I remember about him was that- he could talk to animals, or at least that’s what I remember telling my non-Muslim friend about. Coincidentally today, I was on Surah An-Naml (The Ant) which had further guided me to listen to the podcast!

In conclusion of the podcast I have listened to about Sulayman A.S., he, Sulayman A.S. had everything a mankind could ever ask for, aside from the famous “talking with animals” narration which was already great by itself. Other than that, you name it- he had a perfect attitude of a man and a king, he was given prophet-hood, he was presented with a mighty kingdom with huuuuge armies which include all different kind of creatures from human-kinds, animals, the jin-kinds, whom he had a full control over- whether to jail them, punish them or order them, and on top of all those amazing attributes, he was also given the power to control the wind that it was said he could send  someone to a place which journey would have taken a month, in just a single day by using a plank-- by controlling the wind.

(We probably can't relate to all of those mukjizat right? but remember, He is a Prophet!)

and he was also a JUST man, his armies highly respected him but were also frightened of him and his wisdom was beyond one could ever imagine! and Allah has described that even after ALL of those attributes,

"He, Sulayman A.S. is an excellent worshiper of ours."

Often we are given blessings, after some times of being grateful, Shaytan would trick us and take our Iman away so that we turn away from Him and become arrogant, condescending and haughty. BUT LOOK AT SULAYMAN A.S. MashaAllah, how could we not be humbled? I learned a lot about myself from this single podcast as I reflected my doings.

Honestly, sometimes, I feel great about myself which is not wrong though... 

(It's okay to feel great about yourself, not to the point of riak lah tapi)

but for me, bc it sometimes leads me to think that I have done enough, in a riak kind of way (syaitan lah ni!), this podcast made me realise that... it's really, really wrong of me to feel like that.....

Oh pls, nothing I do would ever be sufficient to what He gives me everyday, so idk what do I feel so great for, for the little amalan I did that I assumed was enough? I should have done moreeee! Therefore, this story humbles me to the core. obviously I am nothing compared to Nabi Sulayman but even so I would love to learn to be humble like him- who was given so many things and never forget to due them to Allah and an excellent worshipper on top of that! whom Allah loves soo much... I wanna be humble in a way that I want to avoid myself from getting complacent with my deeds.. InsyaAllah.

That’s only the gist of what I have listened to. The podcast actually described more of Surah An-Naml, ayah 15-44, from what Sulayman was blessed for, to how smart and wise his du’as are that made Him so loved by Allah, for he has everything yet never forget to due it to Him, down to how he worked with his armies to make Balqis worships Allah.

and by the end of the podcast, it reminds me that there is really NOTHING Allah cannot do, in fact, everything that happens, He knows, and by Him it happens. Kun! Fayakun. Therefore, always, always remember to turn to Him, be dependent on Him for He listens, He plans.

Links: Spotify, Youtube

Surah An-Naml

The Pandemic and the Chaos

a total pandemonium. a complete mayhem. an uncalled chaos. I can go on to describe what we are going through right now, which I believe no one had seen it coming. but these few days it's at least bearable as I am FINALLY with my family now, after all the headaches. because days ago...

was a mess. Allahuakbar.

when Alyn told me that her semester is postponed because of the pandemic, I had an instinct that it was gonna be bad, but it wasn't that bad to the point of what actually happened, especially a day after our prime minister announced the restricted movement order for the whole country. I was only expecting leaves, and thought everyone would be asked to stay in the hostel. but uh.... I don't know what went wrong..

because as of 12pm the following day, we were suddenly asked to immediately evacuate the hostel along with all of our things. I was so furious that I cried right away... I don't think they have an idea how much I hate packing my stuff, and how tiring it is. but I realized that the frontliners are probably facing much greater difficulties than everyone in the campus had that time, which had actually managed to make me hold my horses.

I think I was more aggrieved at the fact that there was little to no communication between the college admins and the students. Everyone just went around and about with rumors, and imagine the chaos in that? I don't know. I was cool at first, but reading too many versions of orders from different people was getting so annoying and by the time I finished filling in evacuation-related docs with my three other classmates, I got even more furious. It's just too toooooo chaotic. and being an average people, ofc, I had to search for someone to blame. and I finally got to pinpoint it to somebody- our own... gomen. Ugh don't get me started.

Banning mass-gathering yet asking people to line up at the police station to get a permission letter for cross-state travelling? woah. brilliant I must say. and the students who had no choice then started to swamp over the police station, bc guess what? we. were. asked. to evacuate. the hostel. where else did they think we would go to other than home? I thought we were working towards flattening the curve? Gosh, if I go further, I swear one of my keyboard keys would fly out because of my aggressiveness in typing all those words.

Luckily, they took it back the same night. I hoped it was not too late.

Honestly, I am still wondering why they had asked us to leave our hostel. ngl, I was a bit happy, but I must say that it was not a smart move, at all. I just pray that all students aren't contaminated with the virus, and each one of us get to be with our family, safe and sound.

It is a long write, a boring one as well. I think the best part of this post would be how I would tell my children later when all of this is over.

I, your mother, survived a freaking zombie apocalypse.

I pray for everyone who's reading this a great health too!
be safe and just! stay! at home!

How I Lost My IC

there's really no cure for carelessness. it's either you aren't born with it or it just sticks to you like an undying habit for the rest of your life. I am speaking for the people who tried to change this but failed, not once BUT MANY TIMES. like me. (prayer circle for us all)

last Saturday, I had a grocery day out with Kama in Mid Valley, and ugh of course, of course my confidence was high that I actually used my IC for lrt, knowing perfectly I could have lost it like how I lost all of his 4 step-brothers. I was thinking, ah... there's no way I would be That careless to let my own IC goes missing. the others are just what? two student rapid cards? two touch'n'go cards? no big deal. my IC would neverrrrrr

or so I thought.

until I was in front of the scanner heading back to IPBA when I stopped mid track and phew.... there it goes. I SUCCESSFULLY DID IT AGAIN. I think I am too immune with this kind of incident that I calmly said to Kama,

"Weh. IC aku hilang."

and there was Kama, standing at the other side of the scanner, panicking. I was like,

"Yes Kama, it happens every time"

She was so confused on how I could let my own IC goes missing and blergh.. again, I went telling her my history, the die-hard habit of mine- that if I hold something, and put it somewhere, 90% of the times I would forget to take it back from who-knows wherever I put it. but kama was still in disbelief,

"....tapi ni IC kot?"

gosh. how do I explain to her that someday even if it's a laptop that I lost, I won't be surprised...? (but Oh Allah please protect me. I can't afford another laptop..)

However, Kama was so keen on asking me to go back to check, when all I had in mind was to go home and, you know, maybe start planning on which day I would be free to create a new IC... but I couldn't bear seeing her holding hope that I could get my IC back, so I just ran my way to AEON alone and asked around, mouth reciting du'a, bc you know, you can never go wrong with du'a anyway, aaaaand nope. my IC was not in sight. at all.

not even by the next day when the aeon customer service told me the same thing.

the same day, I settled everything with the police bc I need their statement to create a new IC, right? and it was done very quickly! Berkat doa.

Told my parents, my parents weren't surprised. Told my friends, they sighed for me, with a note, "Again?", I cackled haha. Told Alyn, she wrote back,

"Akhirnya. Bukan phone yang hilang dulu tapi IC. that's better." -__-

is there a bet on me that I am not aware of?

Btw, here's one of the du'a we can recite if we ever lose something!

Sorry for the hassle that day Kama, love you.