Sadaqah & us.

It was a sunny fine day when I was in MMA (Manawatu Muslim Association)'s stall helped them selling Arabic Coffee comes with 3 seeds of dates for $1. An Esplanade Day which as usual, had heaps of stalls selling things and also companies making kind of fun-fairs specially for kids. Many parents brought their children to play over and they themselves wanna have a look at the stalls and be relax after a long weekdays while at the same time, tighten the parents-children bond.

Me and Fatimah, an Egypt girl were advertising about Arabic Coffee which is great to have it with dates. Even though I do not like the taste because it contains spices and herbs which is very unacceptable for me. Special thing about it is it's lack of sugar, ones should bite date first before take a sip. Many English people came over our small, round table and we received lots of comments about the coffee. Most of them love it and one of them even asked Fatimah where to buy it. And two funny Kiwi mothers asked where to get the silver water pot that we'd on the table!

Fuhhh.. It was very tiring yet another happy and fun experience I'd gain.

Here the real story I really wanna tell you, there was a non-Muslim woman who gave me $2 and then, I wanna give her change back, which what I supposed to do. But then, she said, " That's okay. You can save it for your donation.". Masya-Allah! Can you see what I wanna tell you here?

If you can't, please let me explain.

Question: Although we are Muslims, do we have that kind of akhlaq (something you do without thinking/ spontaneous acts)?

There as many verses from Holy Quran that say about sadaqah. Too many. It's like Allah S.W.T speaks directly to us to be generous and giving properties He lends us to either needy or not.

One verse that's give a strong hit at my face is :

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower. (Al-Baqarah ;2:261)

Allah-Akhbar!

1000gooddeeds.com

The more we donate, the wealthier we'll become! It's like a plot which Allah sets for us. Quoting from Sis Zabrina's Life is An Open Secret 2nd book:

Work --> Gain --> Donate --> Wealth --> Work --> Gain --> Donate --> Wealth --> Work .. ..

Sorry if it's wrong or something..

Things I want to stress here is; don't be stingy. Give people everything you have like what Ansars did to Muhajirins. Because whatever we have right here, right now are not ours. Its just something Allah lends to us so that we can give to others. Its like we are the medium to give anyone that need our helps and test us whether we are willing or not, without them asking us to give our money from our salary or properties to our own family like what is says in verse below:

And give to the kindred his due and to the Miskin (poor) and to the wayfarer. But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift. (Al-Isra'; 17:26)

So, guys, let be generous. Stop wasting on stuffs that are unnecessary. And, please, please, please stop being stingy. Plus, people will respect us even more. After all, there is nothing, absolutely nothing we have to lost for right?

And because (read the bold words) ..

Hakim ibn Hizam narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: “The upper hand is better than the lower hand, (i.e., he who gives charity is better than him who takes it). One should start giving first to his dependents. And the best object of charity is that which is given by a wealthy person (from the money which is left after his expenses.) And whoever abstains from asking others for some financial help, Allah will give him and save him from asking others, Allah will make him self-sufficient.” (Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith 508)


Take this as a challenge, if non-Muslims can do it so do us :)

New life has come :)

Fuhh. It has been a long week since I came back from Malaysia.

From Malaysia to Auckland wasn't very nice. Ain and Hafezz were complaining about the foods in the flight. They think the foods when we went back to Malaysia were much better. Hmm.. I have a long story to be told about the journey back to Palmy but really, here's not the place. Maybe I'm not in a mood to post a long entry.

Here in a new house with 6 other new housemates and friends. Taiwanese, Chinese (from China), Malawian, Korean and Hafza, Pakistanian and also my previous housemate, which make me feel much more better. I was a bit bored before since they were very new to me and I didn't have anyone to talk to. Many challenges living here since they have different religion, customs and culture but insyaALlah like what my dad said to me last night, I have to be confident that Allah will always help me and be with me. And, to mix around is one of the reasons why Mara spends a lot sending me here, right? So, I took the challenge and pray that Allah guides me to be on a right path.

Since my rent is much cheaper, I hope I can continuously save money then I can travel to Melbourne and Fiji. Ameen :)

Busy, busy, and get busy!

It's 1.46 a.m already and I can't believe that I am sitting in front of my laptop typing this. Just came back from usrah program that was really fun! I usually sleep around 8 p.m due to the practical work that is surely very tiring.

Time running too fast till I left behind and couldn't catch it up. Lots of thing happened during my summer holidays. Half of it I spend for my work - wake up early, catch 2 trains and one bus ( if mom can't fetch me) and it costs me 6.40RM per day. Can you imagine how much it is! In my place in NZ, we just have to touch our student card and can get into buses for free! Haish.. So, I have to make a baby face, asked touch 'n go top up from dad. Fortunately, I got a food swipe card contained 100RM per month which I don't have to pay for my breakfast and lunch except on Friday.

Here comes a story of a very 'hardworking' and 'mature' worker.. In office, after finished my data entry work (or.. if I feel very sleepy), I'll sleep under the table covering my little body with kain batik, lucky me my table is at the corner so (I think) my boss can't see what I am doing. Wahaha.

Start working in office for the first time is really a challenge for me but I know one day I have to face all these again and again. So, it's good for me to practice it from now, ey? Like what people always say : Practice makes perfect. (And somehow, the naughty youngster will reply: Nobody's perfect, then why we have to practice? Question mark! ;)

To relieve my tense and stress, I have planned my weekends with wonderful activities (and cheap! Correct your niat Fairuz! Okay.. okay.. :)

23-24: Jalinan Ukhwah Musim Panas.

30-31: FlyHigh OZ/NZ.

Hopefully, I can update stories with my beloved sahabat in these programs, insyaAllah!

Sad to say, I'm still searching for some dates to sleep at Umi's, meet my friends in UITM Shah Alam and visit my teachers in SAB. Looked like I don't have a suitable ones before I'm going back on 10th Feb!

But, but, but (Na'udhubillah.. May Allah make this easier for me) if I can't meet you guys, InsyaAllah, quoting someone : Jauh di mata, dekat di hati kan? :)

By the way, while waiting for the trains and standing in it before I reach my destination, I try to be a bookworm like I used to be. Proud to say (haha), I'm currently reading: Life is an open secret you, me and we by Sis Zabrina. Really enjoy it. Must read ey! 24.50RM only :D

Buat yang kurindu.

Yang kurindu,
Akhlak mereka aku cemburui.
Kata-kata mereka menenangkan.
Sungguh rindu ini aman dan nyaman.
Oh, aku rindu. Kamu juga kah?

Mari berjumpa lagi tidak di sini,
di sana, insyaAllah.

Selamat berjuang sahabat-sahabatku.

Bersatulah.

Mama, Mak, Eyush, Umi and Akak.
Buckingham Palace.

Eyush, Mak & Arah.
Central Park Hotel.

Tumi and I.
Thames River, Eye of London.

Permintaan hati.

Hai Si Winter Break, cepatlah kemari. Aku sudah tak sabar melarikan diri kerana kawan sendiri mengkhianati diri.

Hai Winter Break, cepatlah kesini supaya hati ini dapat dipulihkan kerana ia mula berdarah kembali.

Hai Winter Break, cepatlah kepadaku, agar hati-hati kami dapat bersatu seperti dulu.

Sungguh, aku tak sabar lagi. Untuk pergi jauh dari kamu.

P/s: Setuju enggak dengan quote dibawah?

“A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.”

They've made my weekend :)

Datang menziarahi bilik aku sambil makan stok coklat kesemuanya!

Batrisyia, Farah and Najlaa.

P/s: Yang tengah tu sangat gangster kan? sebenarnya nak buat peace tp tak jadi :))

Takkan pernah puas bila bersama si dia berbaju merah itu. Takkan pernah, uh-oh :)


Kak Hana, Kak Sharina and Hafezz (cameraman), thanks for the freezing cold trip :)

Alhamdulillah ya Allah. Dari-Mu datang segala kegembiraan ini, Alhamdulillah :D

Mulalah hari esok dengan satu semangat baru. Yosh!!

Culture shock.

Hari Selesa dan Khamis mungkin adalah hari yang paling sibuk di sepanjang satu sem aku di sini. Tiga kali lab dalam seminggu membuatkan aku akan terlena keletihan. Ada dua lab malam. 6ptg sampai 9malam. Lab Bio jatuh pada Khamis malam Jumaat. So, bila kami berjalan pulang ke court akan ternampak kelibat-kelibat manusia menuju ke town untuk berparty. Mula-mula rasa pelik tapi lama-kelamaan macam ternanti-nanti pula suasana macam tu. Yalah kat NZ pada malam-malam lain akan senyap sunyi.

Cerita pasal lab. Aku mengalami bukan saja culture shock tetapi juga bole dikatakan mendekati heart attack. Mula-mula masuk Lab Chem dah ternganga macam mana nak buat refluks. Hari selepas hari itu pula ada Lab Phys. Masuk lab tu aku ternganga bukan kerana apa. Kerana semua computer kat dalam lab tu adalah Apple Dekstop yang sangat banyak! Beratur atas meja satu-persatu. Aku dengan jakunnya menyentuh keyboard Apple yang sangat nipis dan membeliakkan mata melihat monitor Apple yang sangat cun sedangkan orang lain sibuk mendengar penjelasan lab instructor kat depan.

Minggu ni pula aku dapat lab partner untuk Lab Phys dan Bio. Oh, mereka adalah New Zealander. Slang yang sangat-sangat pekat menyebabkan aku hanya akan menjawab 'Yeah', 'OK' ataupun 'Alright' ketika mereka bertanya apa-apa. Masalah komunikasi ini mungkin akan selesai setelah aku aku duduk sini selama 1-2 tahun lagi. Haih. Lab partner Phys aku buat kerja laju sangat-sangat. Macam ada anjing kejar dia kat belakang. So, aku pun macam rushing gila. Sampai tak sempat nak semak pun lab workbook sebelum hantar kepada instructor.

Tapi kat sini aku rasa macam dapat layanan yang istimewa sangat. Mungkin kerana aku international student. Itu yang seronok. Sorang-sorang instructor datang tanya aku ok ke tak dalam ketiga-tiga eksperimen. Macam tau-tau je yang aku memang sangat tak ok, okay! Oh! Ni baru lab 1st sem kot. Nanti labs sem-sem yang akan datang lagi lah aku akan pening menggila. Dengan instruments yang sangat canggih untuk dihandle oleh rakyat negara ke-3 macam aku ni. Haih. Ya. Massey Uni adalah most equip lab in NZ. Sangat senang hati dengan award itu yet sangat penat sebab semuanya nak canggih-canggih jadi tak tau macam mana nak handle dengan pantas:(

Randomness on today.

Harini bangun awal pagi dengan dikejutkan oleh-Nya. Alhamdulillah. Plan untuk ke pasar mesti dilaksanakan meskipun hujan turun tak henti-henti. Pasar kat sini amatlah membosankan yet Alhamdulillah sebab masih boleh berjumpa dengan si Kailan tercinta. Buah plam kegemaran Ibu pon ada kat sini. Beli banyak gila tapi sangatlah murah. 1NZD boleh dapat 6-7biji. Ni yang teringat kat Mak ni. Miss U.. Sob sob:(

Tak banyak pon barang-barang basah kat sini.

Lepas tu ke Pak' n Save pula. Memborong itu-ini. Murah jugak barang-barang harini. Tapi tak dapat jugak beli daging sebab mahal lah sangat-sangat. Beef slices sekotak hampir 8NZD. Kata je NZ banyak lembu tapi mahaii nya lah. Bersyukur juga sebab dapat beli dua ekor ikan besar. Lepas tu ke kedai Asean beli ikan masin dan sangat sedih tengok keadaan Raja Buah-buahan Tempatan itu. Terkurung dalam freezer.

20dollar lebih tu. Mahaii!

Harini tolong si Ain buat creme puff. Teringat sangat-sangat kat Ayu dan Ija yang hantu creme puff waktu kat KMS dulu. Miss u friends :(

Sedap. Pandaii Ain :P

Ke MUMSA (Massey Uni Malaysia Students Association) pot luck. Makan-makan. Main-main dengan anak-anak postgrad then pulang dengan perut yang kekeyangan. Alhamdulillah.. :D

Muka-muka perantau.

Ni nama Ain gak. Baru 6 bulan tapi dah tough ;P

Gambar-gambar.

Alhamdulillah hampir seminggu aku dah duduk kat NZ ni. Selama itulah aku selalu terfikir, kenapa aku tak further study in Malaysia je sebab selesa, tak sejuk sangat and tak payah nak adaptkan diri dengan budaya kat sini, tak payah berbelit-belit lidah nak cakap English. Tapi tadi aku dah jatuh hati dengan NZ. Sebabnya??

Cantik!

Cendawan. Natures' beauty. Subhanallah.

Kat sini ada banyak gila padang rugbi. Melata.

30 minit sebelum gambar-gambar di atas disnap, aku petik apple.

Belakang tu adalah pokok epal.

Start memanjat.

Petik sikit je. Tangan kecik katakan ;P

Lepas tu aku ke sungai belakang hall.

Mula-mula snap dari jauh je.

Lepas tu, datang lepak dekat-dekat.

Makin dekat, sentuh-sentuh air.

Masuk dalam. Sejukk!

Lepas tu aku tgk orang main rugbi. Dari jauh lah.

Perempuan pun ada yang main! Wow!

Lastly, pulang ke bilik.

Buku Bio kat atas tu. Jangan pelik. Course aku memang kena ambil Bio:(

Dah pakai heater walaupun tengah summer. Sejukk woo.

Pemandangan dari tingkap.

Itik NZ yang suka ketuk tingkap aku, mintak makanan.

Hari ini, hari yang sangat seronok okayyy! Walaupun assignments dah berlambak:D

P/s: Fall dah nak dekat. Daun-daun semua pon nak tukar ke warna keperang-perangan. Welcome autumn! It'll be a spring in my heart:D

Sedih.

Asmak, Naima, Teha, Mus, Izyan dah berpijak di atas bumi Aussie. Selepas ini, Lost, Nazir dan Naim pula menyambung perjuangan ke sana. Mereka semua dah tau tarikh.

Tapi AKU?? Aku, Nadly dan Ain??

MARA kata hari Selasa baru tau bila tarikh keramat itu. Hari Selasa? Hari Ahad berikutnya perlu mendaftar. Aku tension dan tak paham.

Kondusi: DOWN. Berfikir, perlukah packing barang-barang sekarang?

Ada tiada kerja.

Semalam aku beli Berita Harian gara-gara semangat tengok gambar dan berita di muka hadapan akhbar itu. Padan muka kau Peres. Terkejut kena marah dengan Erdogan di hadapan khalayak ramai. Tapi lagi-lagi padan muka aku bila terkejut beruk tengok tajuk ini '1Juta bakal hilang pekerjaan.' Lagi, yang aku tak lah terkejut sangat - '50ribu terlibat Skim Cepat Kaya'. Pulak, 6000 kedai dan 2000 orang baru saja terkesan akibat penutupan Syarikat Intel di Pulau Pinang, Malaysia termasuk Filipina Rabu lalu.

Malaysia memang amat-amat merasai kegawatan ekonomi. Semalam kakak aku yang bekerja dengan Petronas cerita yang kawan-kawan dia yang baru lepas grad kat UTP tak dilayan oleh pihak Petronas sendiri. Ditinggalkan terkapai-kapai. Call tak diangkat, yang dah di interview tidak dapat apa-apa respon lagi. Freeze. Itu mungkin tindakan yang mereka ambil gara-gara recession kali ini.

Chat dengan kakak aku semalam yang berada nun di Scotland. InsyaAllah akan grad Jun nnt. Aku cakap kat sini (Malaysia) dah susah nak cari kerja, kenapa tak kerja kat sana je? Dia kata susah. Persaingan sangat-sangat tinggi. Tambah-tambah kita foreigners. Cita-cita aku kononnya nak bekerja di perantauan nampaknya semakin tipis:(

Jumpa pulak Cikgu Azmi hari tu.

"Cikgu, saya ambil course Nanotechnology tau."

"Oh ye? Tapi ada ke kerja? Tak silap saya, kat Malaysia ni takde lagi pekerjaan nanotechnologist."

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:((

Tapi tapi, kita jangan lupa ini:

"Dan tidak ada suatu binatang melata pun di bumi melainkan Allah yang memberi rezekinya dan Dia mengetahui tempat berdiam binatang itu dan tempat penyimpanannya. Semuanya tertulis dalam kitab yang nyata." ( Hud : 6 )

Rajin-rajinlah kita berdoa. Usaha itu mesti diiringi/disertakan dengan doa. Sesungguhnya Allah itu kan Maha Pemberi Rezeki, Maha Kaya. Dan Maha Sweet sangat di mana Dia hanya akan dan telah mesti memberi yang terbaik pada hamba-hambaNya. Kannn?

"Apa saja di antara rahmat Allah yang dianugerahkan kepada manusia, maka tidak ada yang dapat menahannya; dan apa saja yang ditahan-Nya maka tidak ada yang sanggup untuk melepaskannya setelah itu. Dan Dialah yang Maha Perkasa, Maha Bijaksana." (Fatir : 2)

Mahu lebih? Sini ya.

Most wanted.

Aku rasa kagum sangat-sangat dengan orang yang buat website ni. Walaupun mungkin unaffected sangatlah untuk dunia tapi itu lah yang kita patut buat. Jihad patut diteruskan. Jangan hanya mengikut musim. Bila Palestin kena bedal, baru kita nak bersuara, baru kita terhegeh-hegeh nak boikot. This must be a continuous effort.

Dan, aku sangat berbangga dengan Malaysia yang mana bila pemimpin negara-negara Arab baru nak bersidang, kita dah beberapa langkah ke hadapan. Sekarang pun masih banyak ceramah-ceramah kat media massa yang nak bagi kesedaran kat kita semua, yang nak ajak kita beristiqamah untuk boikot produk-produk Israel Laknatullah dan sekutunya itu. Sebab, ada lagi yang tak sedar-sedar. Beberapa hari kebelakangan ni, masa jalan-jalan kat KL Central, aku intai-intai gak McD, sedih gila bila ada je Muslims yang makan kat situ. Ish. Kalau mengidam pun, trylah untuk mengidam benda lain. Boleh je kan?

Sekarang kalau korang singgah LRT Masjid Jamek, KLCC dan KL Central, ada orang yang akan pegang tabung derma untuk bantu Muslims di seluruh dunia (Sudan, Gaza, Iraq, etc, etc). Organisasi tu nama Islamic Relief. Jadi, sama-samalah kita menderma serba sedikit. Percaya kan pepatah: Sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit. Celcom Blue jugak ada bagi aku 1 hadis (dapat setiap hari, Alhamdulillah:) yang berbunyi:

"Berinfaqlah iaitu berbelanjalah atau bersedekahlah dan jangan mengukit-ungkitnya kerana Allah akan menghitung nikmatnya ke atas kamu." - Muslim.

By the way, comel je Rosmah (TPM's wife) ajak kita sama-sama menderma kat tv. Kan bagus macam tu Datin Sri. I'm proud of you:D

Teruskan jihad ya kawan-kawan. Jangan ada genjatan boikot pulak;P

Bersedih. Layakkah?

Belum rasa layak:

Bila tarikh aku nak blah pon aku tak tau lagi. Waaaa.. Sangat-sangat confiusing okay akak2
Mara!! Kenapakah budak-budak OZ and TESL je yang dah ada expected date?? Dianak-tirikan itu sangat sakit. Oh!

Tapi, aku rasa sangat layak kerana ini:

1. Mak mula ikut segala keinginan aku walaupun tiba-tiba aku ajak makan roti pisang kat
maple maghrib2. Dan pasembor? Mak kata, "tunggu Aishah balik k..".

2. Malam tadi mak cakap pada adek aku, "Mulai malam ni, kita tidur ngan Kak Yush je okay..". Walaupun aku tak tau benda tu akan jadi kenyataan ke tak (yelah, takkan nak tidur dengan aku sepanjang kurang dari sebulan ni kan?) tapi ungkapan itu dah buat aku mula rasa nak sedihhhh:(

3. Aku akan tinggalkan usrah kanak-kanak IIC yang cool. Naqibah-naqibah yang sangat penyabar dan memahami.

4.Aku dapat lagu ini dari dia:

It's Not Goodbye
Laura Pausini

And what if I never kiss your lips again
Or feel the touch of your sweet embrace
How would I ever go on
Without you there's no place to belong
Well, someday love is gonna lead you back to me
But till it does I'll have an empty heart
So I'll just have to believe
Somewhere out there you're thinking of me
Till the day I let you go
Till we say our next hello
It's not good-bye
Till I see you again
I'll be right here remembering when
And if time is on our side
There'll be no tears to cry
On down the road
There is one thing I can't deny
It's not good-bye
You'd think I'd be strong enough to make it through
And rise above when the rain falls down
But it's so hard to be strong
When you've been missing somebody so long
It's just a matter of time I'm sure
But time takes time and I can't hold on
So won't you try as hard as you can
To put my broken heart together again.

P/S: Sila abaikan ayat yang pertama-tama itu okay. Hayati lagu tu dan sila bersedih. Dan jangan tanya lagi kenapa status YM aku ' It's not goodbye' ye Sol;)

Jadi, layakkah aku untuk bersedih? Kamu bagaimana?

Tapi ingatlah:

" La Tahzan, Innallaha Ma'ana"
:)

Perbualan yang dibenci (buat masa ini).

"Kau fly bila Fai?"

"Tak tau lagi."

"Eh, kenapa?"

"Budak NZ Mara uruskan lambat sket. Mara dahulukan students yang nak gi OZ dulu."

"Contract camne?"

"Baru dapat tadi. Ambik kat bangunan Mara."

" Pre-departure kiteorg kau join tak?"

"Kiteorg takde pre-departure. Kakak Mara tu kata kiteorg Mara bagi nasihat semua kat KLIA before depart nnt."

Sadis!
Perbualan yang aku memang tak dapat nak elakkan sebab buat masa ini, soalan-soalan di atas adalah antara soalan yang paling famous dikalangan kawan-kawan aku.

Lagi sadis dan tragis: Pembelian laptop ditangguhkan lagi. Bagi laluan pada adik aku yang juga memerlukan sebijik laptop. Guna resit dia pon alright je kan, akak Mara?

P/S: Kawan-kawan yang akan ke OZ, sila rasa diri anda sangat bertuah ye:D

Claiming Letter for my Visa.

Currently, I don't have anything to do and have plenty of free time. Just received 18 episodes of Gossip Girl Season 1 from Kak Ti, but don't have any mood to watch and finished them up quickly.

So, what should I do? Sitting in front of laptop day after day counting the special date to be arrived or should I do something else? Something for my departure to the Kiwi Country. Thinking. Thinking. The contract isn't deliver to me yet, the budget for my shopping list is not approved yet, dreamy laptop is to be bought in January so, I don't think I couldn't arrange anything. Err. Pop-up: Visa claiming letter!! Yes!

Special thanks to my IB friends. Mimi and 'Iffah for always guiding me. You guys helped me a lot. And, I realized that we need each other since the day we met. This is really what I feel, Ukhwah Fillah, Alhamdulillah:)

By the way, I just received an email from Selset. Guess what?? My Financial Statement is ready! Love you, Mara!

Hence, I am excitedly to inform, my visa application is now at Singapore to be proceeded for the next stage. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah! Hope everything will be alright. Keep praying that INZ Singapore won't be too strict and approve our visa easily, insyaAllah:)

Last but not least, if you guys are damn boring now , sitting and don't have any idea what you want to do, let us work out together on the claiming letter. It's a good idea, right? Want an example, do contact me.

Credit to Mimi for her letter:)