LIfe is full of imperfect things

LIFE IS FULL OF IMPERFECT THINGS and imperfect people. I am not the best your friend either. BUT I have learnt over d years that accepting each other's faults and valuing each other's differences is d one of d most important keys to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

LIBURAN

Ada kecerahan di wajah sang anak ketika itu. Sang Ibu menjawab pertanyaan ku ( di hati); rupanya sang anak beserta adik kecilnya dan sang Ibu tercinta akan menikmati kolam renang Situ Gintung.

Saya melihat tas plastik putihnya sudah terisi penuh dengan camilan beserta air mineral. Sang Ibupun berkata kembali: “ lebih baik saya bawa dari rumah, kalo beli didalam harganya mahal”. “Ohh itu lebih baik Bu, krn bisa bawa lebih banyak “ saya menimpali obrolan sang Ibu.

Saya kagum dengan sang Ibu; sang anak meminta Ibundanya menemani pergi berenang karena kebetulan pergantian tahun. Kalau dilihat sekilas, sang Ibu yang sangat sederhana ini sangat mensupport anak lelakinya dalam menikmati hari liburnya. Bisa jadi sang Ibu hanya membawa bekal (uang) seadanya, tapi dengan niat untuk berbagi kebahagian dengan 2 putra tercintanya … hari2 yg panas itu dapat dinikmati bersama. Liburan dikatakan nikmat apabila terjadi pembelajaran ( ketika itu) dan bagaimana kita mensyukuri hidup dengan apa adanya dan berterima kasih dengan apa yang sudah dititipkan.

Ya Allah, terima kasih atas semuanya.dan nikmatMu memang sungguh luar biasa.

Aku ingin ..

Pengen banget ke Solo yg kaya dgn batiknya ato ke Bromo liat keindahan alam Indonesia. Pengen juga deh ke Ujung Pandang yg punya alam bagus nan cantik plus wisata kulinernya yg menggoda selera itu. Keinginan yg laen adalah kangen pengen makan ice cream potong yg dijual di Orchard itu, pergi Umrah (lagi) sama nyokap, piknik ke Beijing, and mo juga bisa hapal Surat Yasin lengkap dgn tajwid dan artinya. Pengen jadi photographer yg ok at least untuk diri sendiri dulu.

Pengen juga jadi penulis yg tulisannya enak dibaca seperti yg ada diluar sana. Emmm terus pengen pinter bikin kue dan punya toko kue kecil, nanti klo dah mahir baru diperlebar usahanya. Pengen berenang (lagi), abis klo jogging or weight training terus2an bosan juga euy. Pengeeennnnnnnnnnn banget kaya lahir batin, semua energi positifnya bisa nyebar ke yang laen kan?? Pengen jalan2 (lagi) hanya ama ponakan seperti ke Yogya kemaren- it was a hilarious time.

Gila PANTUN

Lagi belajar berpantun di siang hari.
Ambil inspirasi dari Negara tetangga.
Belajar dari Kak Rabiah yang baik hati
Menggali ilmu gembirakan suasana

Kopi hitam dikasih gula
Sebagai minuman dibuka puasa
Apa kabar kawan semua
Nikmati hidangan yang ada dimeja ….

Sirop manis baru dibeli
Dari warung sebelah tetangga
Manisan mangga berwarna warni
Untuk kita nikmati bersama

Penjaja kue berdagang keliling
Menawarkan kesetiap orang
Siapa saja silahkan beli
Membuat senang hati sang Pedagang

To ALL YoU " Women of Strength"

A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape
BUT a woman of strength kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape.

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything
BUT a woman of strength shows courage in d midst of her fear ...

A strong woman won't let anyone get d best of her
BUT a woman of strength gives her best of her to everyone

A strong woman walks sure footedly
BUT a woman of strength knows Allah Swt will catch her when she fails.

A strong woman wears d look of confidence on her face
BUT a woman of strength wears grace

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enogh for d journey
BUT a woman of strength has faith in d journey that she will become strong.

PleAsed

Category: Glad
Purpose: Remind you of what you like
Sensations: Eyebrows raised, upturned mouth, shoulders back.


My condition is just like above now. BUT it might be difference as d situation n d challenges will happen for d next days.

Nikmat Sehat

Selama tiga minggu lamanya hampir separuh hari di lalui di rumah sakit. Banyak dilihat betapa saya harus bersyukur akan nikmat sehat Alhamdulillah yang masih diberikan.

Penyakit tidak pernah kenal usia dan apakah orang tersebut dalam kelapangan atau dalam masa kesempitan. Keluarga dekat dan kerabat sekitar bergantian memberi support untuk kesembuhan si pasien. Semua makanan yang lezat terhidangkan ….tapi sayang tidak ada satupun yang dirasakannya nikmat. Kalau sudah begini apa mau dikata …hanya satu doa yang selalu diminta oleh yang sehat yaitu diberikan kemudahan untuk dapat menjaga jiwa dan raga yg dititipkan oleh sang Khalik.

Sholat

Mencari tempat sholat di negeri orang yg berpenduduk muslimnya jarang itu susah2 gampang. Ada satu ruang namanya QUIET ROOM dan rupanya disana menjadi satu tempat ibadah utk semua agama.

Alhamdulillah saya tdk punya masalah dengan tempat sholat dimanapun saya pergi. Sholat di salah satu ruangan bersih di Gereja misalnya (Dryden, CA) pernah saya dan beberapa teman muslim lakukan. Di Jepang pun demikian, memang bukan mushola seperti yg sering dijumpai di wilayah Indonesia, tapi setidaknya satu ruang bersih dipilih kami utk beribadah sholat bersama rekan muslim lainnya. Repotnya kalau sudah bertemu waktu sholat tapi masih dalam perjalanan ---> yg dilakukan adalah tetap sholat dgn tayamum terlebih dahulu atau ada beberapa yg melakukannya dengan di Jama' Taqdim atau Jama' Takhir.

Tanda gambar diatas diambil di National University Hospital, Singapore. Sebelumnya saya harus bertanya dimanakah mushola disekitar RS tsb, dan rupanyanya yg dimaksud dgn Mushola adalah QUIET ROOM tsb.

The Power of KETENANGAN

Memang benar kata orang, apabila sedang mendapatkan sesuatu yg harus dikerjakan tapi (agak) diluar kemampuan harus tetap tenang. Jadi begini ceritanya ya. Tiba2 saja saya mendapat amanah untuk pergi ke Singapore krn harus menemani salah satu ibu yg putranya sedang di rawat di NUH. Dapat berita hari Kamis n diminta utk berangkat hari Sabtu. So jadilah saya nervous bgt dong; bagaimana tidak - persiapan description ttg siapa ikeluarga tsb dan segala dokumen belom ada di tangan saya secara jelas n nyata.

Sambil mempersiapkan yg bisa disiapkan, saya tetap berdialog sama sang Rabb, yg punya segala dan pemberi kemudahan pada Umatnya. Dari situ barulah satu persatu terkuak semua pertanyaan yg ada di kepala saya dan semua terjawab dengan jelas dan subhanallah itu diluar dugaan saya. So berangkatlah saya di hari H tsb dengan tujuan Singapore (dgn hati tetap tenang walaupun saya tidak tau dimana itu National University Hospital).

Begitu sampai di Changi, SMS tertuju pada saya yg isinya ditunggu di Lobi Rumah Sakit ….alamakkkkk … Dannnnnnnn yaaa itu tadi …tetep tenang harus bisa mengkontol diri (dan tetap berdialog sama sang Rabb) agar semua panca indira membantu saya bisa lebih fokus dan sampai dengan selamat. Soooooooo sampailah daku Alhamdulillah di Lobi NUH n nggak lupa bayar farenya $ Sing 20 dari Changi. Nyampe dehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Alhamdulillah selamat n happy nggak nemuin kendala.

LIFE is like a Cup of Coffee

I put this video to teach n tell to myself that too many things around are fake, sometimes are good only in appearance. D main thing is d content of life itself n how I enjoy n appreciate n further more can share to others d happiness / knowledge even only a simple help.

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. LIVE SIMPLY. LOVE GENEROUSLY. CARE DEEPLY. SPEAK KINDLY.

Ketika KeCeWA

Soalnya “Beliau” ngomongnya manis plus dgn pernak perniknya yg plus minus itu; klo saya kecewa ya wajar aja dong. Coba laen kali tolong yaa hati2 klo ngundang.

Tawaran utk gabung dgn “Organisasi” yg mengklaim professional, punya leadership yg tinggi tapi sepertinya tdk terlihat setelah saya memasuki beberapa pintu setelahnya. Boleh jadi memang pada akhirnya saya bukan merupakan pilihan yg tepat utk mereka, tapi mbok yaa cara2 mereka mengundang itu yg awalnya baik kok akhirnya tdk ditutup dgn santun yaa.

Jadi malu sendiri klo inget deh. Sesama muslim idealnya saling menghargai satu sama laen. Jadi (sekali lagi) saya bener2 jengkel ama kelakuan si “Beliau: itu.

"GiFt"

Walking in d beach near fancy hotel across Bali, there r many foreigners like this month. Palm trees were swinging in a fine climate. Never forgot taking hundred photos of these moments. Flying, eating out, and strolling in d beach, doing window shopping - my feeling has been spoiled by this blessed of gift.

RaMadan Preparation

Sahabat, Bulan Ramadan Insya Allah akan tiba di bulan kemudian dengan penuh rahmat & barakah dari Allah swt. Bulan dimana Allah swt memberikan curahan & limpahan yg sangat indah kepada setiap umatNya yg menjalankan dgn baik & penuh ikhlas.

Beberapa catatan kecil patut dipersiapkan agar ibadah puasa bulan Ramadan kita lebih khusu, diantaranya adalah:

a) Sebaiknya mempersiapkan semua keperluan yang berkaitan dengan Ibadah puasa bulan Ramadan jauh2 hari, sehingga kita dapat lebih fokus pada kegiatan peribadahan.

b) Dimulai dari sekarang untuk membiasakan diri mengatur jam tidur lebih baik. Karena tidak mau kan kita menjalankan ibadah puasa bulan Ramadan tapi prosentasi tidur lebih banyak daripada mengerjakan amal2 sholeh itu sendiri.

c) Harus lebih dapat memanfaatkan waktu dengan sebaik2 ibadah: kurangi nonton TV dan hal2 yg tdk membawa manfaat. Persiapkan diri untuk mengisi waktu dengan hal2 yg kreatif dan lebih bermakna, mulailah dengan menghapal surat2 pendek Al Quran Nur Karim.

d) Laksanakan shadaqoh jangan putus – sesuaikan dengan kemampuan (Innamal`amalu binniyat)

Berdoalah agar kita semua dapat bertemu dan menikmati bulan terbaik diantara duabelas bulan. Have a blessed month of Ramadan.

The Road to Success is not straight

There is a curve called FAILURE, a loop called CONFUSION, speed bumps called FRIENDS, caution lights called FAMILY, and you will have flats called JOBS.

But, if you have a spare called DETERMINATION, an engine called PERSEVERANCE, insurance called FAITH, and a driver called ALLAH SWT, you will make it to a place called SUCCESS!

Celebrating SoUL

Each day we have met or dealt with numbers of problems around. Calamity or even Adversity is in soul for once in a while. Some could be handled while others are still hanging in d air.

When pathetic time comes we should think of wonderful ages we have achieved in lives. Allah swt loves His Ummah and that’s why He always gives us strength in facing those things and it's a good idea if we still can take a moment to celebrate our good seasons in quality leisure.

Share d experience with positive friends, reward urself with a long walk for example or a nice lunch or just give urself doing a window shopping.

The Don't Quit Poem

When things go wrong
As they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must - but don't you quit.

Life is strange with its twists and turns,
As every one of us often learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When she might have won if she'd stuck it out.
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with just one more blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things go wrong
That you must not quit.

- Author Unknown -

LOvE 2 LauGH

Imagine living with so many tension – a frowned face - will be look unfriendly indeed. It’s not harm to have a smile ..as smile is Ibadah, worship in Islam. A Smile is a kind of medicine and it does true.

Never be too serious to urself, love urself n have a big laugh. Invite ur close friends to have fun and don’t get too busy with this universe. After that we can back again to our tracks and things will b much better after Insya Allah.

EXCELLENT Quotation

"I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment."

This quote was written by Malcom X, born May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist.

It's only a highlite for me personally that I should know well with whom i am dealing with.

INSIDE Talk

I found my thoughts were unhelpful n direction of my life was nowhere. I began to talk to myself and that’s a bad sign. Shouting out was not a best solution. Praying is a best technique to minimize that negative talks n assisting me in altering d way of my thought process.

By observing my internal talking I must modify d way I identify issues – inner thought also has to accept n realize d matter itself. A lesson I obtained from journey of life is stay calm, get focused or create visualization n with d help of Allah swt all possibilities will come ahead Insya Allah. Keep Faith.

My FriEnDS

One may have friends all over the world, but very few will truly know your heart