My relationship with a video

There were times when my friends ask me about this video of Dr. Asri being put on my blog. Why have I never deleted the video from this blog and put it in the sidebar like the video is yours?

I watched the video for the first time when I was in a very difficult and sad position. I was having one of the hardest days in my academic journey. It was the time when you felt that life was shrinking and collapsing. Okay, I maybe have gone too far to describe it. But the point is, watching the video makes me feel how ungrateful and forgetful I am towards the 'rezeki' given by Allah SWT. He never stopped loving me but I was constantly putting my own cause before anything else. I was very focused. I laid plans without realising that there was a greater power that controls your life. I acknowledged the principle but never fully applied the concept in my life. And I think most of us still do.

From the day I watched this video, it made me a much stronger person. It changed the way I think. Of course, it was in Allah's will that it happened. In sad moments, we think of Allah SWT but what about when we are at the pinnacle of success living life happily? Do we remember our God? Most of the time we forget.

I put the video in my blog as a constant reminder, whether in times of happiness or sad, that I should always remember Allah SWT and be super-grateful with what He has planned for me.-The Chukai Insider

I Should be Thankful: A Reflection

I seems like it was two months ago (I don't want to use the ordinary 'it seems like yesterday') that I put my right leg on the land of Sarawak. And yes, I still remember that it was my right leg since I have been doing the 'right-hand-leg-first' for many years to start doing anything-closing doors, going outside, switching the light on. This 'do-right' habit which sometimes turned into an obsession was first realised by my dear friend of mine, Afedizal when he saw me walking into his car. I always start touching everything with the right hand. If I accidentally use my left hand upon touching something, I would 'rub' it with the right hand with the thought of 'cleaning' the place that I touched. Yes, sometimes I think it is a sickness.

Back to the story (and reflection), I am waiting for my first year result now. Since I entered Curtin, my Geology seniors have been telling me to get as much marks as possible for 'deposits' for second year as the units will be getting tougher and hence there will be drops in your marks. Thus, the first year marks can cover the drop. But my friends and I managed to get scores which are only in good range and they are not very excellent. I know we all should have been grateful since there were many others who could not get as much as us and even failed but the feelings were there. There is always this feeling of ungratefulness among us and we would only realise it after quite some times.

And now, these feelings come almost like last semester. The waiting. The dup-daps in your hearts. Doa, usaha, tawakal (Pray, effort and tawakal) become something that I should remember and most importantly to be practised. I always forgot to thank Allah SWT for what has He given to me. These feelings of insecurity and 'what ifs' keep coming to us all the time that can shatter our faith and trust towards Allah SWT.

Maybe we expect too much in our academic life while we are not up to it. No? While it is okay to set the bar high, it is not good to set the bar that you must reach. With the five units that I took this last semester, I did not really be thankful to Allah SWT with the strengths that he has given to me to work on my marks. And I feel sorry for myself for not showing my gratefulness towards Him when I scored good marks. Why?

We live in an environment where excellence is celebrated  and failure is always being seen as a bad event that you can cry for nights or even months. But when you achieve the excellence that you always strive for, you always feel and think what others might say too, especially your friends and forget Allah. Honestly, most of us and me, myself do not really like it when your friends say that you are smart, and so that surely will make you score high while in fact you  worked hard for it. The praises sometimes delude you from working harder. Don't you think so? And you always forget that the success come from Allah SWT. 

For certain subjects which are like my baby subjects (and my favourites), there are some sort of indescribable feelings about expecting the marks.  I did score high for my internal assessments in some subjects. These are the things I should be thankful for but sometimes I lost in the sea of insecurity towards myself. Why would I? I think it is partly because you and your people around you have always associated and verified you with academic excellence. Well, why not if that is your strength? But it comes to yourself to see it as something that you need to prove to them, isn't it? For this, I blame myself for putting my intentions of acquiring knowledge not in the name of Allah SWT. Worse, if you put your intention of doing things other than in Allah's sake, some ulama consider it as small syirik. And, I believe firmly on that seems that it is a serious matter to my faith. We sometimes lost in pursuit of excellence.

The expectations that we have for the future sometimes make ourselves doubt about our abilities. While Allah SWT has told us to pray only to Him, and our wishes will be granted, why would we worry about these things that we are not sure of? There is always a hole inside your heart that is longing for something of a greater power.

When you study and perform very well, you give validations to yourself that you are able to do it. While in the process that will determine between you are either 'success' or not, the hole inside your heart will be longing to be filled . Allah SWT knows best.

Fill the hole in your heart by loving Him. Loving Him means I put my trust in Him and that for me, is what tawakal all about. Alhamdulillah.-The Chukai Insider

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Ikhlas

It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu Hafs 'Umar bin al-Khattab, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say: "Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated." [Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

Ikhlas? In between the Terawih prayers just now, there was a very short yet very significant tazkirah that I heard today. It was all about Ikhlas. 

Emergency Appeal

Emergency Appeal: East African Famine

AMATULLAH | AUGUST 13, 2011 12:26 AM

While watching the news with my mom the other day, a segment came on about the famine in East Africa. As we listened to the anchor share the stories of families coming to the refugee camps for aid, he highlighted one specific story of a father who walked for 30 days and 30 nights to save his three young sons. At one point in his journey, the children were too weak to walk so their father would carry them one by one – dropping one off at one point then going back for the other across the barren desert.

Then they shared another story of a mother. She was sitting quietly by the bedside of her child who just passed away. Her two other children passed away a few days before this baby. She sat there for hours, quietly, because she could not afford to bury her own child.

In the past 3 months, it is reported that nearly 30,000 children have died.

30,000.

Isn't it too much to eat?

While Muslims in Malaysia would have been eating two courses of meal for breaking of fasting today, Somalians are probably have nothing to eat. I read a story in Huffington before about a Somalian mother losing her breast milk to feed her child while on her way to food distribution centre. Can you imagine the devastating effect it has on the baby. How unbearable the situation for a mother to watch it happen to her child is beyond imagination. I admit that I bought extra food everyday. Well, I finished all of them but I think I would have been okay if I did not have another nasi goreng, soto ayam or mee jawa after my nasi with ayam for breaking of fasting. Come to think of it, the Somalians are not even close to a drop of water and I drink like a gallon of it every night. 

So how is it that the world has not noticed? And why is it so difficult for us to give?

The politicians argue about it here and there. They keep bullshitting us about the 'plans' while people are dying. If you can bail out a rich country for trillion dollars, why can't you at least set a portion of million dollars to give food right now? Yes, don't show your moronic I-know-the-economics-of-this-situation-but-you-don't-so-shut-up attitude. Oh please, if your large percentage of your Gross National Income (GNI) can go to military activities that killed millions of people in Iraq, Afghanistans and any other countries, why not show your mercy in times of hardship like this. Argh, who cares? The stock is plunging and it is far more important than saving those kids who have nothing for you, isn't it?

Take Back Your Heart

I slept at 3 last night and it felt like I've been leaving more important things to do. It's Ramadhan and I seem to read my Geology stuffs almost everyday now. It's getting harder. Don't even talk about Palaeontology because with the names, I seem to get more confused each time they are mentioned. Well, now not so much. Burning the midnight's candle seemed to work. All the time. Memorising names or Phylum, Genus and Species to be exact. Yeah, who would have thought some biology-like subject would come to me again since I've been avoiding it since SPM. 

I slept so late last night. At least I did something good. Yes, it is for my studies. But come to think about it again, would I have stayed up late night for something more meaningful than reading rocks and fossils? Would I have stayed late up in the night to find myself closer to Allah SWT?  Then, I found this article this morning. Bang! It hit me right! Let me share this with you. Yes, there are lots of words. But it worth your time. Yeah, I'm a blogger who likes to share other people's article (with citation of course). What a world it would be without us sharing knowledge and lessons?

I found the article [HERE].

TAKE BACK YOUR HEART

No one likes to fall. And few people would ever choose to drown. But in struggling through the ocean of this life, sometimes it’s so hard not to let the world in. Sometimes the ocean does enter us. The dunya does seep into our hearts.

And like the water that breaks the boat, when dunya enters, it shatters our heart.  It shatters the boat. Recently, I was reminded of what a broken boat looks like, of what happens when you let everything in. I was reminded because I saw someone, just like me, fall in love too much with this life and seek to be filled by the creation. So the ocean of dunya shattered her boat, as it had shattered mine, and she fell out into the water.  But she stayed down too long, and didn’t know how to come back up or what to hold on to.

So she drowned.

If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor. And you will feel as though you were at your lowest point. Entrapped by your sins and the love of this life, you will feel broken. Surrounded by darkness. That’s the amazing thing about the floor of the ocean. No light reaches it.

But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here. Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back up—stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels.

If you seek Him, God can raise you up, and replace the darkness of the ocean, with the light of His sun. He can transform what was once your greatest weakness into your greatest strength, and a means of growth, purification and redemption. Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall. The ground is where humility lives. Take it. Learn it. Breathe it in. And then come back stronger, humbler and more aware of your need for Him. Come back having seen your own nothingness and His greatness. Know that if you have seen that Reality, you have seen much. For the one who is truly deceived is the one who sees his own self—but not Him.  Deprived is the one who has never witnessed his own desperate need for God.  Reliant on his own means, he forgets that the means, his own soul, and everything else in existence are His creation.

Seek God to bring you back up, for when He does, He will rebuild your ship. The heart that you thought was forever damaged will be mended. What was shattered will be whole again. Know that only He can do this. Seek Him.

And when He saves you, beg forgiveness for the fall, feel remorse over it—but not despair.  As Ibn ul Qayyim (ra) has said: “Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.”

There is a powerful and amazing thing about tawbah (repentance) and turning back to Allah (swt). We are told that it is apolish for the heart. What’s amazing about a polish is that it doesn’t just clean. It makes the object that is polished even shinier than it was before it got dirty. If you come back to God, seek His forgiveness, and refocus your life and heart on Him, you have the potential to be even richer than if you’d never fallen at all. Sometimes falling and coming back up gives you wisdom and humility that you may never otherwise have had. Ibn ul Qayyim (ra) writes:

“One of the Salaf (Pious Predecessors) said: “Indeed a servant commits a sin by which he enters Paradise; and another does a good deed by which he enters the Fire.” It was asked: How is that? So he replied: “The one who committed the sin, constantly thinks about it; which causes him to fear it, regret it, weep over it and feel ashamed in front of his Lord—the Most High—due to it. He stands before Allah, broken-hearted and with his head lowered in humility. So this sin is more beneficial to him than doing many acts of obedience, since it caused him to have humility and humbleness—which leads to the servant’s happiness and success—to the extent that this sin becomes the cause for him entering Paradise. As for the doer of good, then he does not consider this good a favor from his Lord upon him. Rather, he becomes arrogant and amazed with himself, saying: I have achieved such and such, and such and such. So this further increases him in self-adulation, pride and arrogance—such that this becomes the cause for his destruction.”

Allah (swt) reminds us in the Qur’an to never lose hope. He says: “Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against their souls [by sinning], despair not of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful,’” (39:53).

And so, this is a call to all those who have become enslaved by the tyranny of the self, imprisoned in the dungeon of thenafs (self) and desires.  It is a call to all those who have entered the ocean of dunya, who have sunk into its depths, and become trapped by its crushing waves. Rise up. Rise up to the air, to the Real world above the prison of the ocean. Rise up to your freedom. Rise up and come back to life. Leave the death of your soul behind you. Your heart can still live and be stronger and purer than it ever was. Does not the polish of tawbah remake the heart even more beautiful than it was? Remove the veil you have sewn with your sins. Remove the veil between you and Life, between you and Freedom, between you and Light—between you and God.  Remove the veil and rise up. Come back to yourself. Come back to where you began. Come back Home. Know that when all the other doors have shut in your face, there is One that is always open. Always. Seek it. Seek Him and He will guide you through the waves of the cruel ocean, into the mercy of the sun.

This world cannot break you—unless you give it permission. And it cannot own you unless you hand it the keys – unless you give it your heart.  And so, if you have handed those keys to dunya for a while—take them back. This isn’t the End. You don’t have to die here. Reclaim your heart and place it with its rightful owner:

God.

Source: Suhaibwebb.com

Ramadhan State of Mind

It seems very hard to get the feeling of excitement during Ramadhan. Most of us take the Ramadhan as a routine. While we all know how important, how significant it is, there is always this business-as-usual mentality. Ramdhan is coming, and yes the daily bazaar visits and terawih came to mind. Yes, I'm talking about myself. One simple question a penceramah asked the audience yesterday was "How many of us get excited when Ramadhan is coming? What did we do on the last day of Sya'aban to welcome the first day of Ramadhan?"

It's very hard to be in the Ramadhan State of Mind. Today, every single click can make you go to Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. From there, you decide to go to which channel, which page and which tweets to be replied. 

What I meant by Ramadhan State of Mind is being in control of what we do that is aligned with what Allah asked/recommended and Nabi Muhammad asked/recommended us to do. And get the meanings out of the deeds. Not just doing good deeds, but to get revelations and meanings out of it. 

Self-control is my challenge. Reducing what comes out of my mouth is the primary goal. For a person who stops talking just before going to bed, it is a challenge to reduce talking. Why I wanted to be more quiet? Talking and keep talking reduces my consciousness, since things I've talked about are mainly nothing related to anything good. Nothing that will lead to me some kind of consciousness or revelations. Hence, less talking.

Something I know for sure is that if you keep yourself busy doing things that make you feel closer to Allah SWT will bring the Ramadhan State of Mind to you. Hopefully, once we have it, the state of mind will be permanently there throughout our lives. Maybe this Ramadhan is the turning point.-The Chukai Insider

Ramadhan

What is Ramadhan to you? If it is Merdeka season, we would have been asked 'what's the definition of Merdeka to you?' but never in my life that I heard someone asking me- 'what is Ramadhan to you?' -to me seriously. Maybe I forgot someone did that but that's only because we do not do it very often.

I am frightened by the fact that this Ramadhan would be just another routine for us. A month of annual fasting and celebration of going to the bazaars to buy as much food we can. 

I came around this quote by a Muslim scholar:

 "There are as many forms of fasting as there are organs of perception and sensation, and each of these has many different levels. So we ask to fast from all that Allah does not love for us, and to feast on what the Beloved loves for us. Let us certainly fast from the limited mind, and all that it conjures up. Let us fast from fear, apart from fear and awe of Allah's majesty. Let us fast from thinking that we know, when Allah alone is the Knower. Let us fast from thinking negatively of anyone. Let us fast from our manipulations and strategies. Let us fast from all complaint about the life experiences that Allah gives us. Let us fast from our bad habits and our reactions. Let us fast from desiring what we do not have. Let us fast from obsession. Let us fast from despair. Let us fast from not loving our self, and from denying our heart. Let us fast from selfishness and self-centered behavior. Let us fast from thinking that only what serves us is important. Let us fast from seeing reality only from our own point of view. Let us fast from seeing any reality other than Allah, and from relying on anything other than Allah. Let us fast from desiring anything other than Allah and Allah's Prophets and friends, and our own true self. Essentially, let us fast from thinking that we have any existence separate from Allah."

My dear friend of mine, and also my naqib in usrah, and my senior-who-I-always-give-hard-time said what's important is the QUALITY of your good deeds that matter. It could not be further from the truth. I think generally all of us know about this but it has come and gone through our ears. I give you an example how routines have made us lose focus about deeds that we do; reciting Al-Quran without understanding. If you have no Arabic basics to recite Al-Quran, you probably have difficulties in understanding the meaning. Well, for me reciting the verses without understanding it is a waste of time. It is true. I have realised this before but never try to really understand. Ask me when did I khatam? Ask me again when do I fully understand all of the verses? 

Our religion teaches us to comprehend and understand about what we do. Why do we recite Al-Asr after the end of any majlis? Why tasbih kifarah is chanted before that? What is surah Yasin all about? 

 The month of Ramadan to me represents such an opportunity to stop, reflect, and deepen one's consciousness. One is able to more concretely understand the beauty of this world and the blessings one has been given as one strives to deepen their relationship with the Divine by cultivating a better understanding of themselves and those that are around them. Or it can be an opportunity missed where one just gets hungry and thirsty and doesn't really ask themselves why they are fasting. 

Let's raise our consciousness and be aware of our purposes in doing things. Without true intentions, our deeds are not accepted and they waste your time and energy.-The Chukai Insider

Of Trengganu-speak, Berat Nanang and Soalan Bodo

These videos are of Trengganu-speak and kuliah agama. If you want to listen to these or just want to polish your Trengganu slang, then these videos are for you. Haha, learning Islam while polishing your Trengganu-speak! Thank you Apek.

These videos are highly recommended. The ustaz answers simple questions that we keep asking in daily lives.

Why you should read For One More Day

I know that most probably people already know the powers of Mitch Albom's books. Well, I've been reading his books for the past two weeks. In Have a Little Faith, I don't really find the book interesting. It was enlightening but that is it. Unlike For One More Day, I really find it has an umph!

It is about a man who was so miserable in his life. He tried to kill himself but did not make it. He was caught in an accident. Out of nowhere, he was inside the house where he grew up after the accident. His mother came to see him. She was dead eight years before the accident and now the man spoke to her mother without fully believing what he just saw. Ghost?

It was about mother to son conversation and about life. The book tells the story of a troubled man and his mother, and explores how people might use the opportunity to spend a day with a lost relative.

Cut and Paste

Pros

• For One More Day is short and easy to read.
• The story is engaging.
• This is a moral tale, full of life lessons that book clubs or classes might enjoy discussing.
• It is very short. You can finish this within a day. 

Cons

• Like some of Albom's other work, For One More Day feels overly sentimental at points.
• This is very similar to Albom's Five People You Meet in Heaven--not much new ground covered here.

Description

Chick takes his mother for granted his whole life, then spirals into depression when she dies.

Chick tries to commit suicide.

Chick gets to spend one more day with his mother in a between life and death world.

For One More Day is similar short, easy, inspirational.

By the way, this book is very cheap in Popular now. Grab yours today if you want to start reading!

Chemistry Teaches Us Bonding

Dear Chemistry,

You have taught me and my friends so many things this week. We did not expect you to be so hard when we first came to the first lecture. We were wrong, obviously. Yesterday was the climax. Chemistry has always taught us types of bonding and how do the reactions go differently depending on the type of bonds and number of valence electrons. What I have discovered yesterday was another type of bonding.

Its name is still unthinkable for me now. It is like a mysterious power gluing your friends together. But, I do know its effects. It bonds me and my friends. Some people call the bond as love but I don't want to call it love. 

It was really like going to a war just before the exam yesterday; friends calming each other, wishing good luck and faces full of hopes and fears. 

If you look from far, maybe you would see us like a bunch of crazy people wishing each other with good words. We were not. 

Friends and Chemistry- thank you for teaching me Bonding. All is well. 

Yours sincerely,
The-One-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Missing Home

There was a boy who missed his home badly today. He had a very bad flu this morning and could not answer his Maths paper the way he wanted to. He was not expecting the very bad flu to come. Headaches, phlegm and watery eyes accompanied him during the exam. Poor him, he kept going to the toilet for the 2 hour exam. At the moment, there was no other time that he felt like going home more than ever. He had planned so many things to do when his holiday begin soon. Oh, pity him that he cannot do much work today since all of the sinus  had robbed his energy and motivations. 

He always had his books to make him run away from any misery or sadness. However, today his books brought memories of his house. Oh, he missed his family and Chukai so badly. He was in dire need of his Kemaman friends. He could not wait to indulge himself with books that he already bought for this holiday and going for daily ritual at Sonstar. 

When he felt sick like this morning, he wanted his mother. Argh, the painful feeling of wanting to be taken care of by mother he but could not get it. Friends were there for him, but none could replace his mother. Lucky for him, he was not in Seattle- the magnitude of sadness would be catastrophic for him. He wanted his mok's chicken curry and constant nagging. He needed that. 

He did not care people calling him anak mak because he knew that he always will be his mok's son and he cherished every single moment to be with her. 

Something to ponder upon

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and Earth. He gives life and causes to die. You have no protector or helper besides Allah. (Surat at-Tawba, 116)

While preparing for exams, don't forget that we have greater responsibilities to Allah SWT. Good luck to my friends and never forget to ask for Allah's help. 

According to the Qur'an, praying is the simplest way to reach Allah. Now let's remind ourselves of some of the attributes of Allah. He is the One Who is closer to people than their jugular vein, the One Who knows and hears everything… Not even a single inner thought of human beings remains hidden to Allah. This being the case, only thinking suffices to ask for something from Him. This shows how easy it is to get in contact with Allah.

All people, without exception, are in need of prayer. It is only flawed thinking to assume that a poor person trying to survive under harsh living conditions needs prayer more than a well-off person. It is erroneous to think that someone who has attained everything he or she desired does not need prayer, for such a conviction limits the meaning of prayer to satisfaction of worldly desires. Believers pray both for their life in this world and the next. Prayer is accompanied by putting one's trust in Allah, for which reason a person who prays acquires the consciousness that the Creator and Judge of the universe is in charge of the events they encounter, whether minor or significant. Awareness that all the methods to cope with or prevent a problem rests with Allah, the All-Mighty, and thus putting one's trust in Him and praying to Him alone, instills a sense of relief and security in a believer.

Any blessing you have is from Allah. Then when harm touches you, you cry to Him for help. (Surat an-Nahl, 53)

Source [HERE]

Friday

A reminder to myself and  my friends. 

We face challenges and overcome it. Today's Friday khutbah or sermon was about inner peace and challenges. If you stick to your faith, Allah will help and guide you. 

Exams are just around the corner to most of my friends and me. Let us do  our best and let Allah decides what is the best for us. Don't worry about the future when we have more important things to do now; preparing for the exams. Worrying too much will bring us nowhere. Let us keep reminding ourselves and others. What friends are for if not to keep reminding us to the right path? 

Alhamdulillah, I am surrounded with good friends. -The Chukai Insider

This is a post after Boys Talk session with Miqdad, Hafiz, Mamat and the 5721s

I found this video somewhere on Facebook yesterday, I guess. If I'm not mistaken it was on Hafiz's page, so thank you Hafiz. By the way, this song sounds very familiar but I have not heard it for a quite long time. 

To my Kemaman friends, I have made this (click on the posters below) for you since you are not studying geology but since I'm preparing for exam, I would be happy if I can share these with you all. I suggest you guys put medical stuffs in interesting videos or English literature animations  which are interesting on your blog too. These links are the compilation of 'interesting' videos. Make sure you watch the first video on the Geology Muggles [HERE] Series and read the descriptions. You may see how great Allah SWT is. 

Tengok cerita ni. Semoga kita semua dapat pengajaran daripada kartun ni dan amalkan. Tak guna kalau dapat pengajaran tapi tak pernah amalkan. 

My Goals This Week

Source: [HERE]

Tomorrow is Monday if you haven't noticed. I decided to make a list of goals for me to accomplish this week. Little goals make big goals possible, if you have read that somewhere in self-help books. With Allah's permissions, may I accomplish each of this goal and make my life better. Improving ourselves is a hard thing to do, but nothing is impossible. Here are my goals for each day start from tomorrow. 

Monday: Today, I have Chemistry 142 tutorial which means early class in the morning. I have Geology in the          evening as well and a Geo Lab session as well. My goal for Monday is finish answering 2 sets of Geology past year questions and finish revising Chemistry 142. Monday also falls on 23rd April which means a day before Chemistry exam. Hence, my goal is to finish redoing all of the tutorials.

Tuesday: First goal is to score the highest mark possible in Chemistry exam. The second goal is to finish Maths quiz and score a hundred. Haha.

Wednesday: Goal: Read all of the Geoscience materials and get ready for pre-test. Another goal is to memorise all of the metamorphic and sedimentary rocks which I have tried memorising for so many times before. 

Thursday: Finish  all of my Maths and Physics assignment. 

Friday: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock Test. Goal: Score as high as possible. 

Source: [HERE]

This is just a plan. I just want to see how well it goes. It all depends on Allah's will but we as His slave must plan. 

Source: [HERE]

Sahih International

And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise].

Alhamdulillah because we are still given chances to improve ourselves. Appreciate them.- The Chukai Insider

I have RM1,000,000.

Since Chemistry 142 has successfully ruined my early Sunday morning, I need to have a break and write something. The subject does shake my butt to sit and study, but something suddenly popped out of my head. My  mind is wondering what would I do if someone gives me RM 1,000,000 now. That's RM 1 million for those who are lazy to figure out how many zeros are there. So, RM 1 million...that is _____.

Some quarter might have said that it's only RM 1 million. It's a very small amount if you want to do something big. While another quarter might have dropped their jaws receiving the money. People, let's get real; people won't give you money more than that for no reason. I'm trying to be realistic here, so I stick to RM 1 million. Realistic la sangat.

If I have RM1 million and it has to be spent in one day, that would even be better or worse? I think it should be better. Okay, I choose to spend it in one day only. To simplify things, I will divide the money into 3 separate portions. The first 20% should go to charity. Well, that is the kind of thing we all should do isn't it? I saw lots of money-loaded people do that in newspapers, blogs etc putting their big smiles in front of cameras giving big cheques to foundations. It's not easy to show how kind you are to the public. I'm going along with the current, so 20% out of RM 1 million should be enough. That's the typical thing everyone would say if they are asked what to do with a RM 1 million. Ugh. 

The next 40% should go to my parents. Let them do what they want to do. Am I a good son or what?

The next 40% should go to me. This is the most interesting part. The first thing that pop inside my head is a Canon DSLR. Since I have lots of money, I would say goodbye to the series that you are all familiar with. iPad or a car? I would say both. Books? Oh yeah, I forgot that. Motorcycle. And so much more. 

The truth is everyone has been asking what would they do with this large amount of money of they have it. If not, someone should have asked them once. However, believe me when I say that most of the time you don't do it according to the plan that you laid out before. If Allah has granted you with this amount of rezeki, be grateful with that. RM 1 million does not mean it's the time to do charity. In fact, I might as well take all of the 20% portion to the charity for me. This is a generalisation but it is something to ponder upon: people say all the nice things before they have lots of money, when the get it, all the kind-hearted plans will wash away out of their minds. It is a generalisation, not necessarily for everyone. So, let's pray that if someday if we are to be super-rich, we don't fall into this category of people. 

Again, it is another reason for us to bersyukur with our current conditions. We are already being blessed all the time by Allah. If you have RM 1 million now, I'm sure you will find something to fill your soul. By the time you finished spending your RM 1 million, your heart is empty and in need of something greater than that. You need something greater and greater to make yourself happy. Until the time you find there is a Greater Power, that is Allah SWT, you will find emptiness. 

You don't need RM 1 million to do good deeds and charity. You don't need iPad or gears to make yourself happy. Your parents would love you too if you don't give them money. 

That's why I love this video so much. Watch it till you cry. If a someone who has been called a heartless dropped his tears watching this, I don't know how many box of tissues you need. Kalah cerita Hindustan.

I ask you this question again: What would you do if you have RM 1 million? -The Chukai Insider

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