the day i saw a motorcyclist fly...

warning: this story is not for the faint-hearted...

went to JB on Sunday. as usual, as the driver of the house, i can't say no to the parents' request. wait they merajok and then they sumpah me become tanggang how? hehehe... ok joking. actually, i love driving them around too... kalau kita tak bahagiakan mak bapak kita, sapa lagik kan?

everything was hunky dory till the drive to Angsana. I don't remember where we were but the road was slightly slow moving at that point of time. Abba was already busy becoming noisy in the car, "Kenapa road ni jam?" "Asal kerete sumer tak bergerak?" Those kind of grumblings...

AND THEN...

me and Abba saw something flying and then there was a loud thud sound. we were like, "Huh, what's that?" I thought I was seeing a garbage bag being thrown into a garbage truck scenario. But then, I saw no truck. there were only 3 cars in front of us.

i managed to inch forward a bit and i saw an mpv car on the opposite direction, stopped in the middle of the right lane. and the driver was scrambling out from his car. inched forward a bit and i saw a motorcycle on the road divider, mangled. and then i saw it. a pair of legs jutting out from the front wheels of a purple car which was two ahead of us. and the car's bonnet was dented till the headlights broke. then it dawned on me. i just saw a motorcyclist fly and heard him land on the purple's car bonnet.

i managed to move left. and waited for the light to turn green. and i turned again to look. he was still there, pinned. and then i froze. really froze. i wanted to cry. and then i heard Abba said, "Da ijau, jalan." I was so frozen, I didn't realise the light had turned green.

Along the way, Ammi passed a bottle of water to Abba to read me some verses just to settle my nerves a bit. Drank a bit of water, and I felt a little better. And then, we started to discuss what might have happened. I think the story is that - I was on a three lane road, driving on the right. On the 1st left lane, there was another two cars involved in an accident. So maybe the driver of the mpv car who was on the right lane on the opposite direction, kepo-kepo look at the accident that he didn't realise a motorcyclist was in front of him. he knocked the motorcyclist real hard. Motorbike hit divider, in fact jumped the divider. Motorcyclist flew and hit the bonnet of the purple car which was on the same lane as mine. Fell on the road and got run over and pinned under the purple car.

the whole time yesterday, the image of the flying motorcyclist was doing a repeat telecast in my mind. we reached home safely, Alhamdulillah, about Maghrib. And after doing my Maghrib prayers, i did a sujud syukur, thanking Allah for keeping us safe and protecting us from any mishaps. with tears of course.

till now, i am still thinking, what if i was faster and the motorcyclist landed on my car instead of the purple car? because the incident happened only two cars away. that close a shave. Alhamdulillah, Ya Allah.

I pray that the motorcyclist is well. Really hope his injuries are minor. So peeps, drive safe. Be alert. May Allah protect you and me from any mishaps, InshaAllah...

Ilal Liqaa'...

The 1st Week of Ramadhan...

Asssalam Peeps...

How have you been? How has Ramadhan been for you for these 7 days? I hope all goes well, InshaAllah...

My 1 week of Ramadhan has been amazing, Alhamdulillah. Well, not perfect, but lovely. Just a little downside of it, I was a little sick for the 1st three days or so. Down with lower back pain. I mean, I know I have lower back pain, and it comes on and off, as and when. But it was very bad a few days ago. I can't sit for long, can't stand for long, even lying in bed triggers pain. So to the doctor I went, got an analgesic rub and muscle relaxant pills and was advised to sleep with the legs propped up. Doc said if it doesn't get any better in a week or two, off to the physiotherapist I go. It's getting better now. And this explains this blogging opportunity. If not, I don't even want to see the laptop. Hahaha...!!

And oh yes, my first time fasting in the new workplace. Alhamdulillah, it has been good. Only thing is the timing. I can't relax kueh go here or there after finishing work. Finish work, straight I zoom home. Tak toleh kiri kanan pun. Yang penting, I wanna reach home on time for futhoor. My hobby for this Ramadhan is running after trains and buses, heh.

Lunch time is spent with Zuhur prayers and Alhamdulillah, the colleagues whom never had a chance to do their solat before I came there, now solat in my room. I don't care a damn if people nak mata merah ke hapa ke. It's our lunch time, we are allowed to do things we wanna do. And we are spending time facing the Almighty. I usually let the colleagues, 3 of them, do their solat 1st, as they have supervisors looking for them straight after their lunch time. My lunch time is a bit relaxed, so I can do my solat when they are done. Im happy the colleagues and I have our chance to do their solat and what more in this month of Ramadhan. Sayang kalau kita tak solat in Ramadhan. Sesia puasa kita. And I hope it continues after Ramadhan too, InshaAllah...

Preparations for Eid are quite done actually. We did our preparations early this time round. Got our kueh raya in Simpang Renggam Johor. Baju raya pun dah belik. So no need for the headache of thinking what to buy and where. I'd prefer spending time making the most out of Ramadhan then thinking of Eid.

1st week has gone so fast and do we wonder what have we done to make the most out of it? I only managed to open the Al-Quran for a day to read the first few pages of Surah Al-Baqarah, then I couldn't find time to read again. Must discipline myself to start reading again. The eyes seem to be very awake doing other things, but to read Al-Quran, they prefer to go into shutdown mode. Cannot cannot. Must lawan.

Come friends, let's motivate ourselves to wake up at night, do solat sunat, read up the Al-Quran, do Dzikir more this Ramadhan. Let's treat this Ramadhan as if it's our last. We won't know whether we'll meet Ramadhan again next year. So let's make the best out of it. This, I speak to myself before I speak to you. Let's do this together.

May Allah guide us to have a more amazing 2nd week of Ramadhan, InshaAllah. Barakallahu fee kum...

Ilal Liqaa'...!!

the weekend that was...

hello peeps!

long time no write. just didnt have the mood to write. office pc was so 'dinosaur-age' that i found no mojo to do anything on the pc other than work-stuff. and today, i arrive at work and VOILA, i had a new pc on my table. so now i'm pretty charged up working with a new pc.

anyway, how are things? i have quite a lot to update actually. and don't know where to start. ok i'll try, with stories over the weekend.

friday night - went out for the 1st time for dinner with colleagues. in my 13 nearly 14 years in the previous job, i didnt have colleagues, so going out with colleagues was way out of the question. i had fun though. went for Seoul Garden dinner and the 7 of us were quite a noisy bunch. Alhamdulillah for the great bonding.

saturday - woke up with the plan of going to Science Centre for the Sultan of Science Exhibition. but was a little taken aback with a phone call at 10. Nani (my maternal grandma) was admitted to the hospital for bedsores. She's a Parkinson patient and I think she lies too much on bed with no movement so that explains the bedsores.

still we went to Science Centre. watched Arabia on Omni-Max and it was an eye-pleasing show. And when the Kaaba, Makkah and Madinah were shown, tears formed in the eyes. even my male cousin admitted he had tears in his eyes. ni baru tengok kat Omni-Max screen ni, kalau tengok real depan mata? MashaAllah.

And the Sultan of Science exhibition was an eye opening experience. Many a times we were told what the 'world' wants us to know. But before Wright Brothers learnt to fly in the 20th century, Abbas ibn Firnas flew in the 9th century. Before Beethoven and Mozart came to the scene, there was Al-Farabi, the person who invented the rebec, the ancestor of the violin. Ibn Sina was the pioneer who discovered that diseases spread through water and that tubercolosis was contagious. The world knew him by the name Avicenna and thats how the word "Medicine" came about. Ibn Nafis discovered the pulmonary-heart blood circulation system. And a lot more pioneers, and they were all Muslims. MashaAllah.

we lunched at IMM and went back home. then went out again to visit Nani in NUH. on the way to NUH, came a phone call, the Nenek wants to be sent to TTSH for severe vomitting. Ya Allah. One after another. Visited Nani a while, then off to Tampines to pick Nenek up to send her to TTSH. upon reaching there, we were told Nenek has been sent in a taxi with my cousin sister. Since it was late night, and she hasn't been warded yet, we decided to head home but not before detouring to Jurong West to have our dinner at 10pm. Rats were running in the stomach already.

SUNDAY - went out early to Geylang to get stuff. We even got our Eid clothes already. Since the design and colour was readily available, I decided that we should buy it now then wait till Ramadhan, when the prices will be steeper. I'd rather be at home jihading with tarawih then be at the crowded bazaars jihading with the crowd in Ramadhan.

went to TTSH to visit Nenek after that. had lunch and went home.

by the time i reached home, the only thing i could think off was to plonk myself on the sofa and zzz... Hahaha!!

the weekend that was. Busy and exciting.

Ilal Liqaa'...!!

Elaika (Upon You) - Imam Syafi'i's last words...

Got to know of this poem recently, as told to me by my Ustazah. And I fell in love with it.


Imam Shafi`i on his death-bed was asked by Al Muzni "What is your condition?"

Then Imam Shafi' (رحمه الله) replied,

"I am journeying from this world, and departing from my brothers, drinking from the cup of death, and upon Allah, Exalted is His remembrance, arriving. And no! By Allah, I do not know if my soul is travelling towards Paradise or the Fire!"

Imam Shafi' (رحمه الله) then began to cry profusely and recited the following;

12kgs down. and not proud about it.

ola people. how are you? i think it's been ages since i last posted something here. i miss blogging.

since starting on the new job, i've got absolutely no time to do other things. because of the long hours at work, once i reach home, the only thing i wanna do is to plonk myself on the sofa and rest.

and the health hasnt been good too. for a few weeks now, i've been waking up every morning with the urge to vomit. and sometimes, yes, i do vomit. it's not a nice feeling waking up and then doing a merlion. especially when i have to run to the toilet just to do that. all the rush in the mornings are not good for me.

and then everytime i wanna eat, there's this urge to puke. so i started to detest eating. even the smell of food makes me heave a huge breath. i will still force feed myself, then as expected, everything will be expelled out. so i vomit more than i eat.

went to the doctor twice, doc says it's gastritis. got medicine, didnt help much. coz the medicine will be out before it's fully digested. it was that harrowing.

1st month, i lost 7kgs. scary right? then 2 weeks later, im down another 5kgs. i got scared of the weighing machine. i mean, i know im overweight. i still am. but it's the rate that im losing weight that was making me worried. and i miss eating.

and one fine night, i couldn't sleep. i had a toothache. terrible one. imagine, the nausea and stomach upset. and then the toothache. boleh giler dibuatnya. went to work still, and lucky for me, the workplace has dentists. asked one of the dentists to help, and he pulled one tooth for me and said that one more tooth needs a root canal treatment.

VOILA. suddenly i remembered. i read somewhere. a tooth requiring root canal treatment will cause stomach upset and nausea because of the abscess fluid. goodness me. Alhamdulillah, i found my answer. i am very sure that my nausea and stomach upset were caused by the abscess tooth.

the tooth seems a little better now, i think the extraction helped to ease the uneasiness a bit. and alhamdulillah, the appetite is back. although there are mornings that i wake up with a slight tinge of nausea, but alhamdulillah, things are looking a little better. the tooth still requires root canal treatment, but it's too costly, i think i will have to just pull it. bogeh pun bogeh lah, yang penting aku sihat, inshaAllah.

looking back, i make du'a that i will not go through that phase again. it's harrowing, wanting to eat, but wasn't able to. i will make sure i will not utter the word 'diet' again. hahaha!!

anyway, im now down 12kgs from my previous weight. nice to see the weighing scale showing me my weight now, but i wish i had done it the healthier way.

may Allah grant me and you good health always, inshaAllah, Ameen.

ilal liqaa'...!!

My Prince of Contemporary Dance.

And I must add, he looks awesome.

And the whole performance, wow, flawless!

ENJOY!!

new adventure... new journey...

finally, we are in the final 12 hours into the new journey. well, the farewell wasn't as emotional as I thought it would be. I didn't cry. There weren't tears shed. No, I didn't feel unloved. In fact, I feel so happy it went very smoothly. It was a difficult farewell, but a nice one.

Had some presents from some colleagues. Had the 1st and last lunch date with the Boss. And then I didn't get to click a picture with him. Very upsetting. But I think I will just pop by one of these days to say Hi, and click a picture. I have to. He was the one who operated on me. Saw me when I was still red out of my mum's stomach. And gave me the job. Thought me a lot of things. I appreciate a lot of what he has done for me. Personally and professionaly. That, I will NEVER forget.

and the colleagues. i can never say enough of them. well, work and professional relationships have their ups and downs, no doubt about that, but the way we've handled the communications all these while have been amazing.

this new adventure im going to embark on, it will be so much similar but at the same time, different. it will be challenging, it will be different, it will be a whole new experience. and i hope it's going to be a positive blast. i hope to be able to achieve what i've been dreaming of all these while.

may Allah guide me along the way. and may this be a good decision, InshaAllah.

ilal liqaa'...!