Eid Mubarak

Ramadhan fly so fast and now Syawal is already coming. It feels awkward to leave the blessful month after a full pack priod with ibadah insya Allah.
Eid Mubaarak!

Takaballah mina wa minkum

I pray that Allah accepts all our fasting, and sujuud, and dua, and other ibaadaah, and forgives all our previous sins, and admits us to the Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen..

My fist day of Syawal isnt that bad compared to Malaysia, but the worst thing happen, I miss my Eid prayer at the mosque, Ya Allah! I was frustrated, really. But the past had past and my friends and I perform the once in a year solat at my house with few jemaah.
Then I proceed to the Forte Common Room for the Mount Street open house. We prepared maybe about 10 different dishes that normally served during this special day. Name it, and Insya Allah it is there. We expected about 200 guest from different races. Alhamdulillah, the celebration is a joyful event where everybody came to greet each other and ask for forgiveness. Pictures are taken continously, non stop, just to capture this memorable day. But that isnt me to take too much photos, hehhe kind of not my personality, it would be enough to have one or two just for memory sake.
Then realizing that I havent attend Kak Husna's open house, I 'memohon diri'. Kak Husna prepared a special dish from Terengganu, Nasi Dagang. Sounds delicious right. But I could put anymore food in ar else it will get explode. So I just take some biscuits, my favourite biscuit, biskut Suji=D Some kids there love it as well. Ogh I mean some postgraduates sons and daughters there.

Me and Headlines

Me and headlines, that is what I learn for my 2nd day of Syawal. Human works best with headlines and that is what thought by Ramadhan that just left us yesterday. Working with deadline make you an effective person and always on right track in carrying your task either in your assignment, prayer, bill payment blah..blah..blah. It makes you afraid that you haven't finish your work on time which could lead to the marks reduction or being compensate or maybe...
That is what Sahur thought me. It always hard to wake up early in the morning. Rather than having my face wash with the icy water, I would rather choose to be in my warm blanket. but when I know that I HAVE to take my sahur before 5.00am for example I would definitely wake up to fill my stomach with something even it is hard to chew something that early. but now, i know even the azan already sound from my laptop, even the alarm of high beat sound ringing, i still n my bed. Knowing that i still have a couple of minutes before subuh come to an end. BAD BAD BAD.
If I can do it then, why cant I do it now, right? Human can do anything, especially when they have the target in their head, in their mind. So have your aim, and work for it.

Between races

I am currently enrolling STATS 370, a financial mathematics course. This course is mainly taken byvChinese where I could only spot few heads with blond hair. Maybe in terms of percentage 80% Chinese, 8% Malay, 5% Indians and the rest are Whites. That is what I assume. Maybe because this is a a curse where most of the students have financial background; a famous course among Chinese. These percentage has actually bring a difference atmosphere in the class. This is from what I observe. A class where hugely populated by Asians (including us) would make the atmosphere kind of blur or passive maybe. Asians hardly ask questions in class or maybe 'bersikap lebih menerima'. Just listen to what the lecturer said and put everything in my mind. Where whites in general would normally raise up their hand and ask question on the spot. That is what I see in MATHS 361 last semester. Student wo normally corrected the lecturer are whites and I could see from the question they brought up in class actually show that their brain is working and they are thinking from many point of view; apart from what we discussed in class. But maybe this is just an observation only

The night of POWER

The term Lailatul Qadar is made of two words. In Arabic, Lailat means night and Qadr means honour and dignity. Therefore, the term Lailatul Qadr refers to the night of honour and dignity. It is this night in which the first Divine Revelation came to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, when he was in meditation and prayer in the Cave of Hira’. Since this night enjoys the honour of having the first revelation brought to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, it has been named Lailatul Qadr.
The Qur’an is peace in itself. It distinguishes between the good and evil and shows to the way of peace and the eternal joy for all humanity. Being this thus, the night in which this Divine Book was sent down is worthy of great esteem. The Qur’an says:

“Surely We revealed it [the Holy Quran] on the grandest night. And what will make you comprehend what the grandest night. The grandest night is better than a thousand months. The angels and Gabriel descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair. Peace onto it until the break of the morning.” (97:1-5)

In the Hadith, we have been asked to seek it in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadhaan. A’ishah radhiyallahu anhaa narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wasallam has said:

“Seek the night of Dignity in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan.” (reported by Bukhari)

By odd nights, the reference is made to the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th night of the month of Ramadhaan, some said most likely to be the 27th. No one night has been fixed so that the yearning to find it may increase and people may spend more nights in worshiping Allah. From this aspect, the importance of `Itikaaf (seclusion) during the last ten days of Ramadhaan is clear.

As the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam was reported to have said:

“The person who offered prayers to Allah in the night of Dignity with faith and with hope of reward from Allah, all his past sins have been forgiven.” (reported by Bukhari)

This is one of the holiest and most blessed nights. The reward of worship on this night is better than the worship of a thousand months of worship, equivalent to a person’s lifetime. So, on this night one should perform the night prayers, recite the Qura’n, do tasbih, zikr and du’as as much as possible.