Sabar Itu Ketika Pertama Kali Dugaan Menimpa

Assalamualaikum.

Adelaide is scorching hot. The air is so dry that it makes my lips bleed. I am not writing this post to complain about the weather but as an intro to a story, instead. In movies (or tv series), when two strangers met sometimes they talk about the weather just to break the ice. The weather topic will lead to other topics and finally help the conversation go along and push away the awkwardness. This paragraph on how hot Adelaide has been is just a jump start for the whining about to be written.

Ok here we go. Todays exam is the worst exam I have ever encountered. Despite all the tutorials and past exams I went through, my mind just went "poofff"; blank. All the equations stored vanished into thin air. The 3 hours of exam felt like forever. The questions were not too hard but my mind was so empty. Now, don't point your finger to me saying "you did not get enough sleep". Alhamdulillah, I had a decent one last night. Benda dah nak jadi, nak buat macam mana kan?

When I said worst, it doesn't just describe the exam alone. We were hold off by the undercover policemen on our way to exam when the traffic jam was doing what it does best. My friends car was labeled "not road-worthy" and we ended up with a $510 fine. Sweet. One of the officers were kind enough to wish us "good luck with your exams". Thank you sir. I really appreciate that. Despite the delay, we managed to reach the exam hall on time. Alhamdulillah.

Ok back to the exam. I went out from the hall sulking. My mind wandered into the future and I saw me repeating the subject next year. Hello negative thought! Benda dah nak jadi, nak buat macam mana kan?

Pengajaran.

1. Sabar itu ialah ketika pertama kali dugaan datang menimpa. In practice, it is easier to be patient and redha after all the cursings.
2. Ikut logik akal kalau dah kertas jawapan tu kosong maksudnya markah pun kosong lah. Tapi dalam dunia ni tak semestinya 1 campur 1 jadi dua. Semoga Allah memberikan apa yang selayaknya diterima dengan usaha yang dikerjakan. Sesungguhnya seluruh alam ini berada dalam kawalan-Nya!

Until then, wassalam.

1,2,3,4

Assalamualaikum,

1.  Embah lanang meninggal dunia Rabu lepas. Innalillahi wainna ilaihi roji'un. Selasa malam Rabu, saya cepat-cepat telefon rumah apabila dapat text ibu yang mengatakan embah lanang sakit kuat. Waktu itu saya di CATS bermati-matian menyiapkan kerja sekolah. Embah lanang hanya respon "yea..." beberapa kali semasa saya cuba bercakap dengannya. He was very very sick. I only came back from uni at 5.00 am. I was asleep when Alif Sufyan called me to inform the sad news. Alhamdulillah, Ibu is coping well with the loss and I hope the others are the same. 
   
2. Setiap kali nak exam ramai orang jadi psycho. Sekarang ni swot vac tapi masih ada assignment kena buat. Kadang-kadang cemburu dengan orang yang boleh relax-relax buat degree. Whine less, work more. Mu'min ada senjata; doa. Tadi terbaca entri blog kawan; doa banyak-banyak, doa banyak-banyak. InsyaAllah dipermudahkan. The strength is never ours. So, asked from Allah for it.
3. Tadi-tadi jalan-jalan online lalu terklik pada link yang menyebabkan kisah-kisah lama bermain difikiran. Jelas dan sharp, macam BluRay rip. Rasa macam baru semalam je berlaku. Benda yang lepas jangan dikenang-kenang. Makin dikenang merana badan. Redha dengan ketentuan Allah dan belajar daripada kesilapan. Mudah-mudahan hari esok lebih baik daripada hari ini dan yang lepas-lepas. Macam Adam Hassan kata, "you must understand your pain and let it go".
4. Hajat nak buat industrial training kat sini tak kesampaian; semua nak PR dan result yang sememangnya diluar jangkauan. Tapi insyaAllah, ada kebaikan disebalik hajat yang tak kesampaian ni. Walaupun tak dapat industrial training kat sini, Allah mudahkan urusan untuk secure industrial training di Malaysia. Tiket balik pun alhamdulillah dalam kemampuan. Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.

Good luck for those who are having exams. Semoga semuanya dalam peliharaan Allah.

*Embah lanang= datuk.
*Embah wedok= nenek.
*Basically panggilan "embah" itu untuk orang-orang yang berpangkat datuk, nenek atau yang lebih tua daripada itu. "Lanang" maksudnya "lelaki" dan "wedok" maksudnya perempuan.

Arshad

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This is my housemate, Arshad. This semester is his BSc (BioMedic). Rumah Maple would be very very dull without him around. I wish he would still be around next year. Semoga dapat membuat Honors!

Did I tell you that he's a fun subject for my camera?

Sempit & Lapang

Assalamualaikum.

Kerja yang datang menimpa tak sudah kadang-kala membuatkan kita rasa sesak. Nak bernafas pun rasa sesak! Di waktu sibuk dan serabut seperti inilah kita akan teringat seronoknya hidup kita sebelum disesakkan dengan bermacam-macam urusan. Walaupun sebelumnya kita mungkin selalu mengeluh akan kehidupan yang ada. Berlian, kalau tak diuji ketulenannya, macam mana nak tahu nilai dan harganya? Sama macam kehidupan, kalau tidak diuji, macam mana nak tahu betapa bernilainya apa yang telah ditetapkan untuk kita?

Kan ke kesusahan dan kesempitan itu ada hikmahnya?

Jalan-jalan Glenelg

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Second update for the night. Kami berjalan-jalan di Glenelg Ahad lepas. Dah lama tak jalan-jalan dengan housemate (dan ex-housemates). Ramai yang akan graduate hujung tahun ni. Semoga kita diberi kesempatan untuk berjalan-jalan lagi sebelum berpisah mencari haluan masing-masing.

For full report on the jalan-jalan, please read it here.

Moonta Bay

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An update from the Moonta Bay trip we had on Saturday. Not really in the mood of uploading pictures. My camera died 10 minutes before the sunset. Spoilsport betul.

 

Hari Raya in Adelaide

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As an addition to the previous entry, here's a video of pictures taken during hari raya in Adelaide. Pictures are courtesy of Alif Anwar and Syafiq Sirajuddin.