So many things around

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

Seems like Jiha tak sabar2 nak update, here's one from my library. Heh, lepas ni kena rajin tambah dalam simpanan la nampaknya~

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I went to McSA iftar this evening. It was the usual Shawwal iftar, but maybe a special one since NU President Schapiro was there to have dinner with us.

Maghrib prayer time. I saw a brother who was running trying to catch up with the jama'ah. And he did, alhamdulillah.

He couldn't miss the jama'ah.

There's different between praying fard or jama'ah.

Are we doing the same thing? Or we just wait for the jama'ah to finish since we are late already?

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I got a chance to have a chat with one of President's relative. She was amazed with Malaysia sponsoring students to US. Not 10, or 100, but hundreds.

And she asked, "Do you like politics?"

I was feeling weird, but "Yeah, a little bit though I'm not interested to get involve for now."

"Do women get to be involved in politics in your country?"

I've never been asked this kind of questions. Well, I answered more or less from what I know.

I should learn more about Islam and Malaysia. Study about yourself!

Ps: Watching video of "Cat Steven's transition to Yusuf Islam" again. It's so inspiring. =)

October 12, 2009

Kami di Fresno, California.

-Tarikh ditulis: 27 Ogos 2009

-Tarikh kejadian: Summer Trip, May 2009

Masjid Fresno

"I'm sorry we didn't inform you earlier. We just don't want to bother you" Ayah cuba menjawab persoalan Bro Amin.

Rancangan asal kami cuma mahu melawat kedai Brother Amin Attia, teman Ayah semasa belajar di Fresno dulu. Cuba dicari phone number kedainya, Harris Ranch. Kata seorang pekerja di situ, minta kami menelefon nombor satu lagi... Tiba-tiba, jumpa nombor cellphone Bro. Amin dalam telefon Mak...

Dan dia mengajak kami ke rumah.

Buat beberapa ketika, kami berehat di ruang tamu rumahnya sementara dia menghubungi isterinya.

"You should have called us earlier, we can prepare some lunch for you. You should have stayed here. My wife is pretty mad, she could not be at home right now."

Nadanya serius. Saya yang cuak - Alamak, macam mana ni. Tak call pun kena marah. Huhu...

"No, no... It's okay. Really." Ayah membalas.

"No, it's not okay!" Bro. Amin tidak berpuas hati.

"I'll bring you to a restaurant for lunch."

And he did. MashaAllah, dia tegur lagi, kenapa order 4 dishes saja sedangkan kami 5 orang. Terpaksalah kami order 5 dishes, dan berusaha menghabiskan semuanya.

Dan dia bayar semua sekali. Jumlahnya lebih dari USD30. Kalau kami yang makan sendiri, tak mungkin akan habis 30 dollar untuk sekali makan. Belanja di US harus berjimat.

Kalau kita di Malaysia, beginikah cara kita melayan tetamu? Sangat menghormati tetamu yang datang.

Kalau di Malaysia, teman datang menziarah. Biasasnya jarang diambil serius preparation kita meraikan kedatangan mereka. Buat last minute, last-last cuma hidang ala kadar je. Betul tak?

Terasa sendiri makan cili.

- Di sebelah rumahnya, sebuah rumah kecil sedang dalam pembinaan. Kata Bro. Amin, tempat tersebut akan dijadikan seperti musolla untuk Muslim berdekatan solat berjemaah jika ada halangan ke Masjid (dalam 15 minit dari situ). Juga tempat untuk berhalaqah. Juga kalau ada tetamu seperti kami datang melawat Fresno lagi, dia dah ingatkan kami untuk tinggal situ saja, jangan duduk hotel! Haa... Sudah!

Aku masih di sini...

"Maka yang mana satu di antara nikmat-nikmat Tuhan kamu, yang kamu hendak dustakan?"
[Ar-Rahman]


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~Moga aku jadi hamba yang bersyukur~