To-Do List...

Good morning!~ Subhanallah, what a beautiful day it is, the sun's beaming a smile. I've got a few things to do before picking up Robbie from the airport today.

• Post something overseas
• Find my brother a nice unexpensive suit, shirt & cufflinks
• Do some grocery shopping
• And pick up Robbie @ the airport.

I must say that I didn't mind not having my husband around a little while. But after time passes you start to miss your other half, you married folks know what I mean ;)

Off to have a shower with Abdurrahman.

~Peace.

Hey there~!

Alhamdulillah i've finally finished my exams, yay!! And for both of the written ones, I was smiling like a Ceshire cat when I saw it was 120 Mulitple choice questions. I was going to jump up & down right then and there, 'cuz I wasn't prepared for short-answer questions kinda format. We also had a clinical exam, which was shocking!! We're only given 25 minutes. It sucked.

Well, anyway, one thing I forgot to mention is that my hubby's in Perth for work since the 13/11/07; or did I mention it already? It gets quiet without him...yehh I miss him. The upside to it is I don't have to cook AT ALL, and that's awesome! But I still cook a little bit for my son & I. Inshallah he'll be back this Friday arriving @ 10pm, because he wants attend Jum'ah prayers first.

Inshallah today's the day that i'll get my plane ticket......woohooo!~ I'm going over to my brother's house and we're gonna go together.......'cuz I don't have the cash on me right now, without Robbie.

My son's woken up.

~Peace.

Exams Are Just Beginning

I've got my first written exam today, @ 2.45pm; i've to be there 15 minutes early.

Today is the funeral for the pious Pak Haris I mentioned in the above post. Inshallah he'll be buried @ Rookwood Cemetery. I can't go because of my stupid exam but I told my MIL to go instead, then she must be back @ 2pm so I can go spill my brains onto paper and hopefully, at least, get a Pass for it.

I AM SO NERVOUS!! After today's exam there's a practical exam for the same subject tomorrow.

My heart is racing just thinking about it. I mean, i'll be damned if I fail anything this semester; I just want to get this B Nursing over and done with so I could, inshallah, become a Registered Nurse and do Midwifery and then have more kids.......inshaAllah. I don't want to keep deferring everytime I fall pregnant; I ask Allah that it won't happen that way, if it is His Will. My last one is on the 26/11/07. Alhamdulillah I have 4 days to revise on the last exam.

Ok, i'm going to continue studying until 2pm. Muslim readers, PLEASE INCLUDE ME IN YOUR SUPPLICATIONS, PLEASE.

~Peace.

Death Comes Unannounced

This is the inevitable event that has occurred to a pious man who is quite well-known around the Indonesian community, especially around Tempe Mosque. How did I come to know of this tragic news?

Well, I was skimming down my msn list and there were a couple of people who had typed "innalillaahi wainna ilaihi roji'un" next to their names. The aforementioned phrase is used or said when a muslim person has died. The phrase means: "everything comes from Allah and everything will go back to Allah".

And so I clicked on this sister's nickname and asked her "who died?", she replies "Pa' Haris". I was ABSOLUTELY stunned, because I knew this man since I was a child and his wife is the most loveliest, most humble person i've ever met; we're all quite close. I couldn't believe my eyes! I had her confirm it for me, still I was in disbelief and in shock. She said that he died last night, at home, when he was leaving for the mosque. She also said that he supposedly died of a asthma attack, he's had it for a while. The police were at his house last night, apparently they want an autopsy done. I'm not sure what Islamic law is on autopsy.

Nevertheless, I can't even begin to imagine what his wife is going through at the moment. I know for sure that i'd be equally devastated, maybe even more, if I lost my husband that way.

Death is not a bad thing. It is a reminder for all of us who are still alive and healthy. The sort of reminder that forces us to reflect that there are more important things than this world; for us Muslims, there is the Hereafter to think about. Once the Angel of Death comes for our soul, that's it, there's no more second chance.

I ask Allah Almighty to forgive Pak Haris and to give his wife ease after this hardship, let all his good deeds be his bodyguards in the grave, forgive us for our sins and let this be a lesson for us all....Aamiin.

~Peace.

Catch-Up

I have been SO lazy with updating this blog. Now, i've decided to change the whole look. What do you think? I think it's time for a change! yay! Alot of stuff have happened since my last post; I think there are 3 main things:

1. My hubby's in Perth for a business trip for 2 weeks; that's the longest time he's been apart from Abdurrahman & I.
2. With all thanks to Allah, my brother's finally engaged! Allah-willing he'll be married by end of December 2007, in Indonesia.
3. Also, Allah-willing, Abdurrahman & I will be able to attend my brother's wedding. But my hubby won't be going though, he wants to sort out our plan to purchase a house.

Those are the 3 top things that i've been thinking about for the past week.

Alhamdulillah, the good news is i've already booked plane tickets for Robbie, Abs & I. But I was surprised when Robbie told me to cancel his ticket because he wont' be going with me & abs. I was a little sad & excited at the same time because i've NEVER gone overseas by myself; but I won't be anyway as i've booked the same flight as my parents & brothers...........but still, I'M EXCITED, WOOHOO!! Alhamdulillah.

Words are not enough to describe how happy I am for my dearest brother. He deserves this happiness after all he's been through. I hope to Allah that I won't miss his wedding, this is the special one because he's the last one to get married out of 3 of us. First was me, then my eldest brother, and now inshallah, will be his turn.

There WAS one girl he wanted to marry over here, but her dad didn't approve of him; which is unusual because to be honest, he's an all-rounder guy and I can't imagine anyone disapproving him to marry their daughters, of course he has flaws. Mind you, this girl was my close friend, friends since high school. I need to make it clear that my brother and this girl WERE NOT "going out" or "dating" or anything. They had feelings for each other and knew it, gradually they had the intention of marriage. And this went on for about 3 or 4 years; basically I got sick and tired of it and so did our family around us, because it was going nowhere. That's when I started to TOTALLY disapprove of the "relationship", if you wanna call it that. Soon afterwards our friendship started to disappear, but we're still friends to this day but not as close as before. I didn't care. I'd rather lose ties with her than with my brother.

Try to imagine your brother intending to marry your friend, and that intention is still there 4 years down the track, and nothing is happening! It's a -'i like you, you like me, let's get married, oh no your dad disapproves, but we'll wait and see what happens'- kind of thing.

Here's another thing to understand. In Islam, it's utterly important that both parents of both parties are happy with the intending marriage. If not, your marriage is guranteed to go wrong. Your parents' blessings is NEEDED for a happy marriage, because whether you like it or not your parents are involved too.

And so to make it short, after SOOOOO much contemplation and consideration my brother ended it with her. Of course it left her heart-broken but it was the right thing to do. And now that my brother's back from Indonesia, engaged, she found out and had the guts to call him, on Monday night, asking him to reconsider marrying his fiance!! When I was told about this I was PISSED OFF!! She knew no boundaries, no limits, NO NOTHING!! I've never disliked her more. I ask to Allah to make it easy for my brother and for him to marry the other girl, for him to be finally happy.

Whoa, I had no idea that I bottled up so much.

~Peace.