Tattoo

Dear A,

To answer your question that day, the answer is: 'No, I didn't regret meeting you.'

Thank you for all the memories, both the good and the bad.

Take care.

:)

Little Bird

- by Elly Yusof

Little bird, little bird
With one broken wing;
She can't really fly
But she still can sing.

As she sang in pain
She pleaded to the wind:
"O' Wind, O' Wind,
lift me up to your chin!"

"O' Bird, O' Bird,
With one broken wing;
Come, let me carry you,"
said the kind, old Wind.

Little bird, little bird
With one broken wing;
Though she can't really fly
But she still can sing.

- 14 January 2010

This, I Know For Sure

Over the past 35 years that I have lived, so many things have been learned, so many mistakes have been done, that whenever a calamity happens, I could actually calm down and say to myself:
'This is nothing. I've gone through worse.'

These are among my tried and tested life lessons:

1) Don't be greedy.
2) Don't take more than what you can handle.
3) Don't commit if you can't deliver.
4) Learn from the past, but don't dwell on it.
5) Cherish the present.
6) Cherish all the people who cherish you. After all, you never know if they'll still be around tomorrow.
7) Always say 'thank you', 'please' and 'sorry.'
8) You can't love others properly if you don't love yourself first.
9) Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
10) Once you've identified your key strengths and weaknesses, the world is your oyster, baby!
11) Light kills darkness. Love kills hate.
12) Time heals.

Lakum Dinukum Waliyadin

I am not perfect, and I would never ever be.

All I can do is try to be the best Muslima that I could be, according to my own capacity.

That being said, I really find it annoying when people (read: Malaysian Malay Muslims) suddenly become all touchy about a petty issue (the Court allowing a Christian weekly to use the name 'Allah' in their publication) when there's an even bigger issue that we are currently facing:

A LOT OF MUSLIMS NOW ARE LOSING THEIR FAITH.

In fact, I used to be one of them too. I was angry with God and blamed Him for all the bad things that had happened to me. Luckily, Allah showed me His light before it was too late.

Orang Islam sekarang ramai yang menggunakan arak, dadah, seks, shopping, clubbing, golfing, gambling dan sebagainya untuk mengisi KEKOSONGAN jiwa mereka.

They turn to all these to pacify their chaotic yet empty soul, instead of turning to their God.

Mereka tak nampak keindahan Islam kerana sang Ustaz dan Ustazah hanya rajin berkata: 'Ini tak boleh, itu tak boleh.'

Mereka tak lihat keindahan Islam kerana sang pendakwah gagal menerangkan bahawa Islam is the most comprehensive, yet simple religion in the world.

In fact, Islam is not merely a religion; it's a way of life.

Mereka tak mengerti bahawa Islam adalah agama yang menggalakkan umatnya berkasih-sayang sesama mereka dan juga dengan mereka yang bukan Islam, bukannya agama yang menggalakkan penganutnya menghentam sesama sendiri dan menghentam orang lain.

So my dear friends, must we blame the Christians for this, when we are supposed to blame ourselves?