on Relief Missions

Just an email I was writing to my mates in a Yahoogroup..

Salams,

Since we're on this topic on relief missions,I was suddenly feeling a bit emotional bila terkenangkan the last mission in cambodia. who could have easily forgotten that poor little boy in the yellow pants near our favourite halal stall, or the other kids who would wait for us to finish our meals so that they can collect our sisa-sisa mknn for themselves to eat?


Or the warm welcome as the whole villagers came down to greet us.
or the kids who were so excited with our candy treats (sampai diriku telah ter-cakar accidentally..wuwuwu)


& I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling when we were all kena serbu from every direction by the villagers, who were soooo excited about our mobile clinic that they just tolak2 je each other (masa nak naik weighing scale and measure the height tu hehe), tak kire makcik ke pakcik ke adek ke baby pun!! wah rindunye..

ok,, i could go on and on with this but i don't think i will because that's not the real reason i'm writing here by the way.

ANyways, I was browsing the internet, and came upon the Islamic relief Website,(www.islamic-relief.com) a great website that offers information on relief works done by Muslims in poor countries eg Bangladesh, Palestine, Iraq etc.also on appeal and donations, .. etc..
They have inspiring live stories on the people in these poor countries,
galleries of the places they visited and others.

They even have this really cute game online on relief missions : Helping poor people to a better life, where you kinda drop aid to hospitals /villages etc... comel tak??! http://www.islamic-relief.com/hilal/


And finally, the famous quote from Quran :)
"Whoever saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind" Qur'an 5:32

Of course,be reminded that we're doing all this with no other reason except with the intention to please Allah and seek His redha, as also the rest of our deeds :) [if not rugi la kite tak dpt pahala nnt!]

not an average doctor

I don't want to be just another average doctor. In fact, I want to be an extraordinary doctor, one who is driven not just by passion to serve in the medicine field, but more than that, is driven by the intention to do things for the sake of pleasing Allah swt. I want my ambition-to seek His redha, as my ultimate goal in becoming a doctor, 'it' as the reason I'm doing what I'm doing or will be doing. I want to do everything for the sake of Him.

So, pray for me, don't let me be led astray by the worldly life, and all its wealth and the possessions . Don't let fame drive me to do things, don't let materials be my target and objective. Keep me reminded of things that matter, keep me reminded of doing things for the ummah, for their benefit, and not merely for my own. Keep me on my firm ground. You will help me there, won't you friends, and sisters?

monologue

at the end of the day,
it is what Allah thinks that matters the most.

Yearning for Allah...

Gempa Bumi

Minggu lepas, satu peristiwa sejarah telah berlaku dalam hidup saya. Saya telah mengalami peristiwa gegaran gempa bumi pertama seumur hidup! Bukannya nak memperbesarkan benda yang mungkin ada yang anggap tiada apa-apa ini, tapi sebagai ingatan untuk diri sendiri.
Mula-mula bila terasa gegaran tu, rasa mcm, 'eh, ni apa tiba-tiba bergoyang ni?' Seolah-olah ada benda kuat mcm jentera menolak dari luar rumah.

Idea lain yang timbul adalah ada sesuatu dalam almari yang bergoyang kuat dan menolak satu rumah [huuu ada apa dlm closet?].. Perasaan takde la cuak sgt memula, tapi bila in a split second tersedar segala kemungkinan yang ada, tiba-tiba perasaan jadi panik amat. Terbayang tsunami di Indonesia, orang2 di sana, tak perasan apa pun yang sedang berlaku, before they have realized what actually happened, mereka telah dibawa arus deras laut ombak. Semuanya berlaku dalam sekelip mata. Pada masa yang sama, teringat beberapa ayat dalam Al-Quran yang baru dibaca petang sebelum kejadian, yang menceritakan tentang keadaan di hari akhirat; bila gunung-gunung saling bergerak, suasana huru-hara... eikk takut tiba-tiba, dan seram sejuk.

Namun demikian, kawan-kawan yang turut berada di tempat kejadian nampak relaks je, siap gelak2 lagi hehe, nak join gelak pun ade tengok die tak berhenti gelak, tapi cepat2 mengucap dan Astaghfirullah... saat-saat genting ni. Gempa tu sekejap je, 5 saat kot, 5.3 skala ritcher, dan memang jarang berlaku di UK.

Bila reflect balik, bertanya pada diri, jika ditakdirkan sesuatu yang lebih buruk berlaku malam tu, dengan segala kemungkinan2 yang ada, bersediakah diri ini? Bersediakah untuk menghadapi mati sebenarnya? Dengan amalan yang sedikit ni, bolehkah meninggalkan dunia dengan puas hati? Pada masa itu, memang sedar segala sesuatu hanya terletak di tangan Allah, sebab dia yang Maha Kuasa. Kalau Dia nak sesuatu itu berlaku, dengan sekelip mata boleh berlaku. Manusia ni dah tak boleh nak buat apa dah time tu, walaupun sebelum tu ada yang mengaku dan perasan hebat sebab bijak mencipta teknologi itu dan ini. Sebesar-besar dan seangkuh mana kita, sebenarnya siapa lah diri kita ni? Takde kudrat sgt pun.. Bak kata Syeikh Khalid Yasin ,"Human are just 'sophisticated sperm drops'!", we are subject and subordinate to the Designer, Sustainers, Controller, a Supreme Power, i.e. Allah the Almighty.

Alhamdulillah masih diberi peluang bernafas lagi. :)

1st part: My Life-Then and Now

Terasa kelakar bile mengenang cerita zaman kecik-kecik dulu di bangku sekolah rendah. Tadi baru habis bercerita dengan housemate kisah-kisah lama tu.. Saje je tetiba teringat.

Masa sekolah rendah dulu, setiap kali ada persembahan pentas mesti ada muka saya. Tarian (tarian melayu, english, sume dah pernah rasa), nyanyian (lagu A Whole New World masa darjah 1 dan lagu Little Mermaid darjah 3), lakonan (becoming a mad scientist, and nenek tua dalam play komedi darjah 5), even newsreading competition..


Ha, tak percaya? Macam mana orang pemalu (kononnya) mcm saya boleh beraksi di hadapan peminat?? *perasan*. For one, it was an all-girls school, so macam takde perasaaan malu-malu pun di situ.. Hehehe..and cikgu2 memang suka ajak ktorg yg kiut2 ni buat persembahan,,, diorg yg ajar pun...hehehehe.

Tapi tu semua di suatu masa yang lampau. Zaman mentah, zaman tak tahu apa-apa. Even though I know I wouldn't ever do those dancing and singing ever again in front of the public (with male audience..no wayyy), but those are part of my childhood that I really do treasure. Those are the things that would carve a smile upon my lips, everytime I think about it. The times of great happiness with friends. Worrying about nothing, taking nothing really seriously. I was happy in that great 9 years, from Standard 1 to Form 3, surrounded with lovely peers, maintaining academic records, and having fun all at the same time.

But I'm glad with how things worked out now for me. True, it came as a unbelievable shock to me, when I first stepped into a mixed boarding school (boys and girls) - form 4. And the students were all Malays!! 100% ! It was all so new and so different to me. All this while, my best friends were Chinese and Indians, and also a few Malays from the previous school. Back then, we girls totally ruled the school (duh, of course... since we were the only gender there!).

And it felt so weird when during the assemblies, we had to sing the national anthem or something, the sound and tone of voice were so different from when I was in a girls school. (You know how girls voices are- high pitched and all). And I felt so *urghh* when the guys were the ones in control, leading this and that. They had so much more authority than the girls. (and now I sound like a feminist! ;p). So, all in all, the first few weeks of boarding school came as a culture shock to me, I even had thoughts of leaving the school . Not because of being homesick really, but more of 'schoolsickness' (missing my old school and the friends that I left more than ever!).


to be continued... ;p

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