Strengthening Ukhuwah

is one of the best ibadat I practice.

It soothes my qalb and keep me in peace.

Sometime in life, we are so busy in taking care of habbluminallah (which is not wrong at all)

but left habbluminannas with no attention.

I feel appreciated when a friend or family make effort on seeing me, I feel loved and these two ladies really did well on it.

May Allah bless us and our friendship, amin.

I was 14

when I first met these lovely ladies.

I just migrated from Singapore then immediately transfer to a place was once a rural _ Rawang. Need a lot of adjustments, then these friends offered me their hands and care to help me mingling around :)

I was so touch with their visit, catching up yesterday evening was not enough, hope to have more of this dates soon.

Amylia Ishak

Salam dear.

Syukran for your visit last night. It means a lot.

( I should have taken your pic)

Your hijrah is truly mesmerizing. I honestly envy you.

Emi, you are an inspiring figure in my life. Thinking of you - just remind me of Allah.

Subhanallah.

Emi,

Thai Moments (Day 1)

Thai Moments (Day 2)

Thai Moments (Day 3)

^ Sawadikap ^

I visited Southern Thai last week. It was definitely an eye-opening experience. I'm still excited about the ziarah, I'm simply trembling while typing this post. Priceless experiences I had. Thankful to Allah for that 3 days. I was never hesitate to join the ziarah but was nervous before and during the trip! Again, alhamdulillah everything went well. I am still in one piece.

;)

At least.

First thing first, the language - they don't speak Thai there as majority of the locals declare themselves : Malay.

They speak - bahasa Melayu ; in Kelantanese dialect. So the language wasn't a barrier for us to understand each other, though I had to listen very hard in order to comprehend every little words.

:)

I visited Songkhla and Yala. Districts 'belong' to Muslims. I went there to ziarah the rural people who experiences trauma after lots of incident occurred to them. The truth is, I was nervous all the way during the journey. I was covered with endless fears. I was so scared, I could die. Naturally die. No one has to shoot me. I'd simply die out of scared.

Call me paranoid, but there wasn't a moment I wasn't anticipating any bomb dropped on my head or at least the sound of guns shooting. Miracle happened, there wasn't! Every second I had there was a preparation for me to face death.

Visit the rural, was truly a touching moment. Laughter and tears. Pleasure and pain. The range of emotions trough out the changing of experiences was so great that at times I thought I just couldn't stand it. I took deep breath to regain my composure, thinking shouldn't I be the strong one? For the innocent people to 'throw up' their emotions at? Lucky I didn't have to force myself a smile. All thanks to my niqab.

There were moments, when we just sat and silents cries took over. I don't know about the others but it was definitely a heartbreaking moment for me. The pain they had in them are so powerful, we all fell into tears.

The locals there, masyaAllah - they were so warm and friendly. I felt as if I was one of them. I wasn't a stranger to them. I felt so attached that I hardly wanted to let them go. These living characters are simply just inspiring, putting me into shame of being ungrateful to tonnes of ni'mah Allah has given me.

And the food? MasyaAllah - it was heaven! The cuisines are the best in the world! I always have the intention to bungkus some to bring back home. Ngeeee... They are all delicious, I could marry them!! Serious. The food put my mind that I was in a safe and secure country while I'm actually not. See? They make you high and addicted. I'm going to ask My Imam to take me to a Thai Restaurant on our next date. Ngeee...

Will I be visiting them again?

Oh, can't wait.

(*.*')

Finally! Finally!

Cha & Mawin were here at my home yesterday!

Yes, we had Iftar together : oh! Such a blessed Ramadhan.

I wish Fiza, Ila and Linda were with us as well.

If only they were, if only.

Lovely nights - we had, yesterday. Alhamdulillah for that. Both of u come and visit me soon again, ok?

The laughing was as usual - it was so hard, I experience stomach pain. ;/ Both of them just keep on cracking jokes intentionally (+ unintentionally).

Blessed, blessed Ramadhan - strengthening ukhuwah is one way to spend our Ramadhan.

p/s: I should have taken pictures of Fiza & Anis when they were here. Apologies lovelies, I totally forgot.

{Spore Pics}

I'm posting the pictures randomly.

These are the places we managed to visit : the madrasah, the shops, the kindergarten, MUIS, the daycare, masjid(s), NGO(s).

See how CLEAN, CREATIVE and ORGANIZED they are.

About Singapore :)

Warning : Long Entry :)

I meant to upload loads more of the photos I took but the pictures are all over. So I just post what I can. But this post is meant to have myself sharing about Singapore that I really didn't know about. Yes, I used to live here when I was younger but when I had this visit recently, I got to see the other side of Singapore that I am really thankful of.

We visited MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura), PPIS (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura), Masjid Muhajirin, Madrasah Al-Irsyad, Masjid Assyakirin and Simply Islam. Yes, these are the Muslim community we got to meet there. And yes, we also visited the Bird Park and Science Center etc.

But I just want to share about the Muslim jemaah they are having there in Singapore. They may be the minority but the system and administration they are having are much better than the ones we have. The Muslims there are very generous. Proof? All the Masjid(s) in Singapore are fund by them through the charity they give while praying at Masjid etc. They have 69 Masjid(s) so far and in planning to build another 2 insyaAllah. Let's pray for them.

:)

Their warm welcome were very comforting, Alhamdulillah :) The exchange of ideas insyaAllah are very beneficial for our school especially and for our Islam definitely! We found out one of the madrasah we visited is implementing Khalifah Method with their students. The earlier we instill about the awareness we

are khalifah, the better Muslims insyaAllah they will become.

:)

I'm extremely proud and relief to find the da'wah in Singapore are done actively by the Muslims there. I'm praying the ukhuwah we have will lasts, amin.

'Happily' stuck

in a traffic jam - on Bersih's eve.

The road block caused all this. We went to Seremban last Friday to ziarah a friend at the Seremban Hospital. So we departed from there around 9.30pm and reached home at almost 2.00am!!

My back was beyond cramp. Yes I know it's kafarah (well, at least that thought put me at ease) but still!

It was so terrible.

I mean what do these people intend on 'searching for' behind this road block thingy???

Thanks to our government, I am now certain on who to vote during our next election!

*grins*

We spent 4-5 hours in the car, discussing things we normally don't discuss : politics.

;)

Let's get ourselves Bersih people, before it's all too late.

p/s : please don't be deceived with our, I mean their sweet smiles (we were really suffering from the bad traffic) we, I mean : they - are born this way.

:p

My favorite men :)

Abah & My Imam.

Abah is not well - he's admitted at SJMC. Somehow, I'm sort of 'glad' he's sick. First, I get to visit him and 2nd he can use this time to have a very good rest. Reaching 60 but he's still working as if he just started his 1st job - committed as ever. May Allah bless you, Abah :)

Again, alhamdulillah - I also got a chance to meet my baby : Aida! It's been ages since we last met. I miss her so much. Hope to have more dates with her soon, amin.

May Allah reward both of you handsomely duniawi wa ukhrawi for all your love, care, attention and sacrifices.

Ya Allah.. :)

Visiting Kak Hani ;)

Dear Kak Hani (& family), congratulations on the newborn.

;)

MasyaAllah!