In debt

Assalamualaikum,

There will come a time when you are up to your nose in hardships, that you find it almost impossible to work your way through. There will come a time when you have no one to turn to and you become desperate.

This was one of those times.

To those who helped me in finding a house, paying for the house, moving into the new house, lending a car, letting me stay at their house because I was kicked out early, giving me their energy and time, buying me food, and not a single complaint and the sorts was heard, from the bottom of my heart,

Thank you. Thank you for not asking a repayment. Thank you for helping me at one of the moments when I felt so choked up. Thank you for everything. Thank you to Allah who sent these people to help me.

I hate feeling in debt, as if I have to pay everyone who has helped me because it helps me feel less guilty for asking for so much help, but even if I wanted to treat everyone who has helped me, that is quite far fetched. All that I can really repay you is my sincere prayers. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Alhamdulillah, I'm surrounded by people who are truly kind at heart, selfless and know the true meaning of togetherness.

Studying overseas has it's perks, and the cons that come with it are enough to make you want to go back crying to your mother, but I figured, that the greatest perk in studying overseas is the sense of togetherness. No one is going to help you more than your fellow Malaysians.

Thank you. Jazakumullahu khairan kathira (may Allah reward you with goodness) to everyone who has helped so far, directly or indirectly.

:')

Things I realized I took for granted after coming to Korea

Assalamualaikum and good day :D

I haven't written for such a long time! I tried to, the ideas are there, but materializing it into words is getting so hard. I was given an assignment in English class, but unfortunately, we were only allowed to write 1 page, with times new roman font 12 and double spaced, and because I love writing, 1 page is obviously not enough. The title I picked for my essay was 'Things I realized I took for granted after coming to Korea."

New year and resolutions?

Assalamualaikum and a happy new year to my dear readers,

As 2013 dwindles down to a close, and precious minutes ticks away till 2014, we busy ourselves with statuses and posts about new years, and the inevitable almost ritualistic exercise of writing out our resolutions. Some of them are so far fetched, so fantasized that even we know, it is almost impossible to reach them.

Let's review 2013. How many of us can say that we have actually achieved our resolutions for 2013? Can you honestly recall things that you have done, that you are proud to mention in 2013? Have you lost a lot of weight? Have you gone on a backpacking trip? Have you made your life more than just study, work, sleep, eat, watch TV, facebook, twitter? If you have, then congratulations to you!

Perubahan.

Assalamualaikum ya pembaca-pembaca yang disayangi sekalian keranaNya.

Apa khabar anda dan iman? saya? umm, gitulah kan. :D

Okay, kali ini, post akan diterbit dalam Bahasa Melayu yakni bahasa ibunda. Tapi kalau ayat cam pelik sikit tu mintak maaf la kan, hari-hari kena improve dah berzaman dah tak tulis artikel bahasa melayu.

Pada suatu hari yang tidak panas, tapi tidak pula sejuk, sejurus aku balik dari Penang, aku mendapat sebuah mesej dari kawan yang aku sayangi kerana Allah.

Syaza aku ada problem.

Apa dia?

Aku malu nak mengaku tapi aku rasa macam aku jadi aku yang sebelum ni. macam mana ek?

If I was a character in the television..

If I was a character in the television,

I would be Anastasia

jealous of Cinderella

Some lessons I learnt in AGM 2013 (Annual Grand Meeting)

Assalamualaikum and a very good day.

November has been the most hectic month for me, as well as it is for almost everybody. It feels like November just passed us by only five minutes and we're already in the last month of 2013.

We had our annual grand meeting, on the 30th November 2013. Compared to last year, it was pretty fascinating since I also actively took part in campaigning. After a long and tiring day inside the hall, I reflected back some of the things I've learnt on that day.

"Why do you wear that thing on your head? Isn't it hot?"

Assalamualaikum and warm greetings on a cold autumn's day. :D

During summer, there is always one question that is frequently asked to me. "Isn't it hot wearing that thing on your head?" or even worse, "Don't you feel suffocated?"

There was once when I was traveling to go back to my house in Konkuk, and one of the ahjumma (read: makciks) didn't even greet me with a proper greeting, and started scolding me because I was wearing the hijab.

She started yelling at me and said that if you are in someone else's country, don't try to impose your culture! You should wear like Koreans when you are in Korea! After nagging me at least 5 minutes, and since all I could do was smile and try not to look affected by her harsh words, she said "Hot! It looks hot! Take it off!" and she started pulling on my hijab inside the train, with everyone else looking at me, all silenced because they don't dare talk back to their elderly. Despite being rather old, I guessed that if we were to have a wrestling match, she would win. That's how scary the makciks are in Korea.