Appreciate Life

Salam Maal Hijrah 1433 H

Salam Maal Hijrah kepada semua umat Islam di seluruh dunia.

Muda sebelum tua, kaya sebelum miskin, lapang sebelum sempit, sihat sebelum sakit, hidup sebelum mati.
Sedih rasenya bila kadang2 kita terlupa pasal semua nikmat tersebut. Peringatan untuk diri saya sendiri sebagai insan yang tidak lepas dr melakukan kesilapan.

1. Sihat sebelum sakit

Contohnya I had a fever before and sore throat now.. Keje x boleh buat, mood swing, hati sedih and badan x selesa..masa tu barulah kita menghargai betapa pentingnya kesihatan tu..Kdg2 kita terlupe semua tu semasa kita sihat..kita abaikan kesihatan and terlalu fikirkan keje. Once dh sakit barulah kita mula sedar.
 

    2.  Lapang sebelum sempit

Masa kita banyak terbuang dan lalai dengan kehidupan dunia. Bila ade masa terluang, we used that time to watch movie, chatting, and ape2 je yg x berfaedah. Bila tiba due date, barulah terhegeh2 nk siapkan assignments sampai x tdo berjaga all night. Kesannya, badan jd x sihat sbb tdo x cukup. From this point we already wasted two very valuable gifts from Allah which are Good Health and Free Time. Kitalah manusia paling rugi di muka bumi ini.

    3.  Kaya sebelum miskin

Bila kita ade duit yg mencukupi, kita bazirkan dengan beli barang2 yang diperlukan. I'm not trying to deny that shopping is a therapy for girls..but somehow we need to control our desires. Kalau kita dah ade or kita x perlukan, don't need to buy. Beli ape yang kita perlu je. Dlu, I seorang yang agak boros. Whatever I want, no matter how much it costs, I will definitely buy just for the sake of myself. I admit it was kinda fun to get whatever we wanted..But after my mum gave me some advice, I sedar yg I sangat rugi. If I save my money, I can use it for emergency time when I really need the money. We never know that.

   4.  Muda sebelum tua

Semasa kita muda, kita x menhargai life.. Slalunye sedih, low self-esteem, rase malas, rase x bersemangat, cepat putus asa. But sedar x kita masa muda ni la kita perlu gunakan sebaiknya to create better life. Life is just like a book. Enjoy life and feel those pages with beautiful memories. I simply love this quote =)

   5.  Hidup sebelum mati

As in Gandhi saying, live as you were to die tomorrow, and learn as you were to live forever. Another favorite quote. Sementara kita hidup, gunalah kesempatan ni untuk menikmati kehidupan. Achive our ambition, plan what we want to be for the future, and don't forget Allah. Allah helped us a lot and bestowed us with an uncountable things in life. When we are in sorrow, He make us feel happy back again. Sometimes He tests us with challenges to make us become stronger and learn from mistakes. When we want something, pray to Him and insyaAllah He will fulfill the wish. Kadang2 rase malu untuk meminta lebih dari-Nya, sebab kita bukanlah hamba-Nya yang baik, tapi Dia tetap terus kurniakan ape yang kita minta dari-Nya. Betapa pemurah and penyayang-Nya Allah pada kita semua.

I hope Maal Hijrah ni dapat menjadikan kita manusia yang lebih baik dari sebelumnya. Perbaiki segala kesilapan yang pernah kita lakukan, improve ourselves and be a better person. Semoga kita semua dirahmati dan dilindungi, serta semoga semua matlamat dan cita2 kita tercapai insyaAllah.

They hurt you? Nahhh they're not in my book anyways!

Just make a Garfield face like this will make you look even cuter! 

In life, people have several main needs that must be fulfilled in order to have a happy joyful life. I would say that the 3 main necessities would be:

1. Family 
2. Career
3. Relationship

So, if other people who won't give you any effects to all these three main needs, tend to hurt you, or make you annoyed , or make you feel like wanna give them a slap on their faces, so just IGNORE them! They won't give you any benefits, so thinking and worrying about them just a waste of time. Why you gonna sacrifice your happiness because of them? Do you like to see that they are happy but you're the one who are sad? That's just not worth it! So, focus on your life. Life is not about finding an identity, but life is about creating your life. Your life is your book, don't jump to the end to see if it's worth it. Just enjoy life and fill those pages with beautiful memories. 

Have a wonderful day everyone! :)

Alone But Not Lonely

I'm the kind of person who does not used to go out alone especially for shopping. But today I decided to buy a heater since my room gonna be so cold as the winter approaching. I wonder how I could survive for 2 years staying in the same house during winter without a heater. Really torturing! Couldn't sleep well and my body was shaking trying to fight the cold temperature. Since my class was cancelled today, I decided to go to the Walmart to buy a heater for my room. I've never been there before so I asked my friend and also tried to Google which bus I was supposed to take. It was raining and so freezing. The journey took about 30 mins roughly. Unfortunately, I was lost because I got off the bus one stop earlier since I saw a lot of shops over there. So I ended up buying heater at Canadian Tire, a department store selling lot of house stuff. Actually i think it was an advantage of being lost or else I won't find my heater because it turned out that the heater was not available in Walmart. Everything happened on a reason :)

Some advantages of going out alone:

1. Calm my mind
2. Make me think carefully before buying, nobody influence me, so less things I end up buying
3. Learn how to survive alone
4. Don't have to wait for people buying their stuffs, sometimes waiting so long really make me tired
5. Don't have to rush and have more time to decide
6. Walking alone make me think more about life, how grateful I am
7. Could observe various characters of people and make me think why  they behave in different ways
8. Appreciate life more
9. Realize how important smiling was. Seeing people smiling at me make me respect them more and by smiling can make people happy to treat us more (senyuman itu satu sedekah)
10. More alert to surrounding

Thus, I think sometimes we need to go out alone if we wanna find out who we are and that will make us appreciate life more and more! Yeah I mean sometimes, not all the time because I admit sometimes we need friends to treasure life more :)

Jangan Mencari Terlalu Sempurna

BUAT PEDOMAN BERSAMA.  

Jika kamu memancing ikan.... Setelah ikan itu terlekat di mata kail, hendaklah kamu mengambil ikan itu.... Janganlah sesekali kamu LEPASKAN ia semula ke dalam air begitu saja.... Karena ia akan SAKIT oleh kerana bisanya ketajaman mata kailmu dan mungkin ia akan MENDERITA selagi ia masih hidup.

 Begitulah juga .........  Setelah kamu memberi banyak PENGHARAPAN kepada seseorang... Setelah ia mulai MENYAYANGIMU hendaklah kamu MENJAGA hatinya.... Janganlah sesekali kamu meninggalkannya begitu saja.... Kerana dia akan TERLUKA oleh kenangan bersamamu dan mungkin TIDAK dapat MELUPAKAN segalanya selagi dia mengingatmu....  

Jika kamu menadah air biarlah berpada, jangan terlalu mengharap pada takungannya dan janganlah menganggap ia begitu teguh.... cukuplah sekadar keperluanmu.... Apabila sekali ia retak.... tentu sukar untuk kamu menambalnya semula.... Akhirnya ia dibuang....  Sedangkan jika kamu cuba memperbaikinya mungkin ia masih dapat dipergunakan lagi....

 Begitu juga jika kamu memiliki seseorang, TERIMALAH seadanya.... Janganlah kamu terlalu mengaguminya dan janganlah kamu menganggapnya begitu istimewa.... Anggaplah dia manusia biasa. Apabila sekali dia melakukan KESILAPAN bukan mudah bagi kamu untuk menerimanya.... akhirnya kamu KECEWA dan meninggalkannya.  Sedangkan jika kamu MEMAAFKANNYA boleh jadi hubungan kamu akan TERUS hingga ke akhirnya....  

Jika kamu telah memiliki sepinggan nasi... yang kamu pasti baik untuk dirimu. Mengenyangkan. Berkhasiat. Mengapa kamu berlengah, cuba mencari makanan yang lain.. Terlalu ingin mengejar kelezatan. Kelak, nasi itu akan basi dan kamu tidak boleh memakannya. Kamu akan menyesal.  

Begitu juga jika kamu telah bertemu dengan seorang insan..... yang pasti membawa KEBAIKAN kepada dirimu. MENYAYANGIMU... MENGASIHIMU... Mengapa kamu berlengah, cuba MEMBANDINGKANNYA dengan yang lain. Terlalu mengejar kesempurnaan. Kelak, kamu akan KEHILANGANNYA apabila dia menjadi milik orang ain Kamu juga yang akan MENYESAL....

By : Dr. Fadilah Kamsah

p/s: It is indeed very true. Once you meet the Mr or Mrs Right, appreciate them. Don't let them go or else you might regret for not having him or her back to your life :)