Assalamu'alaikum WBT everyone,
It felt good to be home.
Alhamdulillah, dengan izin Allah s.w.t. yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang, after three years of spending raya without my parents and family in Brunei, this year, Allah s.w.t. gave me and A, my brother, the chance to finally be home for raya. Alhamdulillah. Although, we're missing A, who's celebrating raya in London, but we are thankful still for Allah's abundant blessings.
Alhamdulillah, insya Allah, Allah knows best.
I hope everyone's raya mood is switched on, nevertheless, lets make duaa for our brothers and sisters in Palestine, and all over the world, pray that Allah is with them always.
.........
I have a story.
Ever since I got back, I've been wanting to make those little popia? The ones I make are usually filled with 'inti' so much that once you eat it, you can't stop. heehee. Yeah, THAT one. hee. Anyhoo, I've started making them since last week. Bit by bit, I managed to make around 500 on my own (with the help of my niece, of course). Then one day, mum was 'jamur-ing' the popias outside. While I was rolling the popias inside, suddenly mum shouted my name and said, "habis popia atu lai". I asked. Apparently, our neighbour's cat was feasting on the popias being 'jamur-ed' and when my mum say it, it jumped and dropped the 'bekas' to the ground, luckily half of it can be saved without touching the ground. Asked me not how it happened - but it did. Then mum was almost on the verge to let out her anger, but she didn't. Alhamdulillah.
Strangely, my reaction was.... different.
When I found out, my mind immediately went to a story I've read somewhere, about 'rezeki hamba dan makhluk yang sudah ditetapkan oleh Allah', even for animals. Somewhere along the lines where it involves a man, and a rooster (if I'm not mistaken), that the man has something, then the rooster eat it because it was decreed that it's the rooster's rezeki, but halfway, the man stopped the rooster and took it away, until something happened to the man, and then he was told that the food was not meant for him, instead it was meant for the rooster, or something like that.
So, in trying to remember where I've read that particular story, instead of sighing for thinking the tiredness of making the popias and the amount of hours I spent making them, or regretting for choosing that day to 'jamur' the popias, or finding any way possible to hunt that cat down and scold it, or letting out an angry statement cursing, I breathed in, and out and thank Allah.
It was its rezeki, after all, I thought. "It" being the cat, of course.
Lucky cat. heehee.
So what did I do?
I smiled. I reminded myself that I am fasting. So I went back to my table, and continued making more popias.
Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah for Allah's abundant blessings.
Anyways, nothing much to update though. First day was a blessing. With a heavy heart I said goodbye to Ramadhan, a month of blessings, praying that Allah panjangkan umur tani semua so that we can meet Ramadhan again next year, insya Allah.
First day of eid was a blessing.
It felt good to be home.
Alhamdulillah.
ps: Insya Allah today, we're having a Doa selamat dan doa kesyukuran at home. Whoever can make it, please do come. (Although, you don't really know where we live - heehee)
