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The Uncle, The Atuk, The Greatest Teacher

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The Uncle, The Atuk, The Greatest Teacher He who made me believe in myself, and helped me reclaim my self-confidence. He who made me stand up for what I want, and encouraged me to dream big. He who introduced me the word 'Wisdom', and taught me how to acquire it. He acknowledged my strengths more than I do. He reminded me to be a good person, not just rich and intelligent. He spotted my weaknesses when I was clueless about it. He patiently and endlessly corrected my repeated mistakes, and that was the best gift in my self-betterment journey.  You were always there, guided my overthinking mind,  answered my philosophical questions. You s hared about life and love, while eating Mee Rebus , like an Atuk giving precious advice to his cucu. Your warm 'Hello!' and 'Bye!' on the phone, will sincerely be missed. Your words of great wisdom, will forever be remembered. Your final word to me  will be my strength to...

My Quest For Meaning

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Assalamualaikum WBT... Alhamdulillah, syukur nikmat Allah SWT, masih diberi kesempatan waktu dan kesihatan untuk jari-jari ini kembali menulis setelah sekian lama kaku. 'Alhamdulillah' sebuah kalimah yang dahulu sering kali lalu cuma di lidah seperti angin lalu kadang hanya sebagai syarat. Kini kalimah ini hadir di hati memberi makna yang cukup dalam: melahirkan rasa terima kasih pada Pencipta, meskipun tidak akan pernah cukup kita berterima kasih pada Tuhan kerana x terhitung nikmatNya pada kita. Dan hari ini, alhamdulillah dapat juga satu hari di hujung minggu untuk aku duduk beberapa jam refleksi diri. Bulan-bulan lepas sungguh mencabar, melalui sesuatu yang belum pernah aku alami. Aku pun x pasti adakah respon dan pilihan yang aku buat saat itu baik, tepat? Tapi yang pastinya aku telah cuba sebaik dan semampu ku, itu yang lebih penting. Agak lama aku mencari, cuba memahami makna pada setiap yang berlaku. Kerana tidak ada sesuatu pun yang berlaku melainkan ada hikmah ...

Stop . Breathe . Start Again

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Assalamulaikum WBT... I am taking my few minutes break from writing my thesis. I thought I want to write something about the importance to "Stop - Breathe - Start Again" from time to time. I have been procrastinating a lot before I am able to focus properly on my thesis writing. A lot of things happened and I feel like thousands of disruptions keep coming in my way. Well, that's what I thought. If I see the things that happened or things that come in your way as 'distruptions', it surely will disturb you, you will make it as an excuse to stop doing your work. The disruptions are not the problem here. The problem is myself, I am trying to use this bunch of disruptions as an excuse and procrastinate.  When I realize that, I stop, I breathe and I try to look at my whole situation again from a different angle, amazingly, I see something else! Life will always give you thousands of reasons to stop you and drag you away from your dream. But, in life too, there ar...