gulali giggles and such.

Assalamu'alaikum everyone,

Masya Allah, it has been a hectic week. When I say 'hectic', it's truly a blessing for feeling as if 24 hours is just ain't enough to do what we do. lol. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Now let me gather all my thoughts to update you with what's been happening, insya Allah.

Alhamdulillah, the sisters and I were able to attend Ustaz Zaharuddin's Kursus Sehari Kesempurnaan Solat last week. I was able to sleepover at her house so that we could wake up together, solat together, and drive the long journey together, I was prohibited from sleeping along the way though. lol. It was indeed an interesting journey and morning. Having to arrive at the supposed venue, only to find that we were the only ones there. Alhamdulillah for tech-y phones that can go online to check the email again to confirm date and venue. Lurus all the details, but why no one at sight? Haiyah. So after making calls, we were told the venue has changed at the very last minute and we were among the few who weren't informed. As we had to drive to the changed venue, along the way, I supposed we kept on reminding each other to not lose it. Kept telling each other that Allah knows best. Kept telling each other that maybe our niat wasn't right. Wallahu'alam. That helped a lot from being all angry and cursing. I guess ada hikmahnya that we went there together. Masya Allah!

Upon arrival, Alhamdulillah, we were among the first ones to arrive. Waa-hey! Despite the rain, it didn't stop us at all.

Alhamdulillah, the one-day intensive course really helped us to memperbaiki our solat, just like what she posted and she posted. Personally, I like the last part the most. Because that was when Ustaz pointed out issues about aurat wanita and it was enough to say that I kept on cringing and asking myself "sempurna kah sudah cara ku menutup aurat?" sigh. Padas yaw! But effective. lol. And and and, when Ustaz showed the clip, the ones who laughed the most actually were the ones who cried the most (and loudest too). An experience I shall always remember to remind me of that particular feeling.

Wahai Tuhan, ku tak layak ke syurgaMu
Namun tak pula aku sanggup ke nerakaMu
Ampunkan dosaku terimalah taubatku
Sesungguhnya Engkau lah Pengampun dosa-dosa besar...

It was truly an eye opening experience. I'd recommend everyone to attend it if there's an opportunity and chance for it to be provided again. It is truly a worthy investment, insya Allah. Having a crappy beginning/ morning (or so we thought), at the end of the day, we realized that Allah is truly the best planner because we thought, "we wouldn't mind going through the same incident again if THIS is what it feels at the end of the day".

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Then, came the beginning of the week. We had the senior halaqah to attend cause she was presenting. But had to cut it short cause we were sending her dad off. This day, to me, everything that I planned to do felt as if I was fighting the tide. Have you ever had that feeling where everything just seemed and felt so wrong? And every time you wanna do something, there's always a problem that rises up that disrupt the plan? Well, that was what I felt on this day. I don't know why but I know Allah knows best. But yeah.

The next day, I had a presentation going on. I didn't quite prepare it as if I were about to be examined by it because I spent the whole day out (even though on the contrary it was more like being judged at our presentation skills). I only started writing the notes and points and preparing the slides the night before and practiced on the speech twice before sleeping. I told myself, I'd try my very best, and if this is my rezeki then it'd be mine, insya Allah, so no need to lose sleep or be all stressed out about it". The key word is moderate. I did try my best, Alhamdulillah, and the presentation went smoothly. Alhamdulillah. I couldn't stop smiling right after. Especially knowing the fact that I was doing the presentation but she was the one feeling nervous. lol. She was the first one I called when I finished though. Just to calm her nerves. I wubs yew!!

Then, I slept over at her place again (Awu, addicted). This time because we had halaqah at her place the next day. I gotta say, we were stuffed at the end of the day. Her mother spent all day preparing food for us. We were PAMPERED. The girls loved the food. Hey, why do you think I sleepover a lot?? :P Alhamdulillah for the rezeki :) Jazakillah!
(girls: I forgot to minta maaf during the end of the majlis since I was chairing it and I gave the 7-minutes kulthum, that kalau ada terkasar bahasa, tersilap kata yang menyinggung perasaan secara tak sengaja, I want to apologize for that...)

Having to say goodbye was hard, parting was hard. Like lovers we are! Love love pun but this girl gotta go home.

Rememer koton kandi hugs and gulali giggles!!

Yesterday, mum's birthday. We had family lunch at Nyonya's. Only my eldest brother and his family couldn't make it because he had to work the night shift. Oh and my younger brother who's currently not here. But it's ho-kay. It was a nice family reunion. Aiman: mum mentioned that she misses you, you haven't called in a loooooooooong time.

Happy Birthday Mum!

Hanya iringan doa yang dapat anakanda hadiahkan untuk kesejahteraan dan kebahagiaan mama di dunia dan di akhirat, Amin... You are truly the best mum!

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Can you say RED!!

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Happy Independence Day, Brunei!!