Being healthy is a choice...

Peace be upon all,

Whenever I fell sick, I will try my very best to be positive and to keep thinking of all the good things that I should always be in gratitude for;

• being able to breath (even with slight difficulty... or else I will not be able to appreciate the ease of breathing without mucus stuck in my nose & throat or having a congested chest.
• food to eat even tho I might not feel like eating (which is a double plus - so that I will not overeat and only eat to provide me the energy to do my daily chores)
• walk even if it is slower than usual - and appreciating the strength that Allah gives me whenever I m healthier
• and many, many more...

sometimes, many times actually I wanted to advice my frens about living a healthier lifestyle but am afraid to intrude cos they had chosen the lifestyles that they are proud of; the ones that allow them to show what they can eat and not be afraid of the harm they do to their health...

So I stop myself from doing it bcos I had chosen the path I wanted too and not what others wanted me to do. And that is trying to live a healthier life. I will be lying if I said I never strayed. The very reason why I am sick now is because I had strayed from looking after my health.

I don't blame others but I know - I had not been exercising and looking after my food intake for the last 2 weeks. As a result, my immunity system went down and I got easily infected with the cough and cold that my colleague was having.

As usual there is a blessing in disguise - I lost the weigh I gain from eating junks the past 2 weeks and have time to plan for my next round of fitness routine. I also get to reflect the price and consequences I have to pay for neglecting my health.

Alhamdulillah - I m so glad I can reflect on it and continue pursuing my journey to lead a healthy lifestyle. In-shaa-Allah I hope all of us will - there is no harm enjoying the goodness of the food that Allah has showered on us - but do remember to come back to reality and observe Rasulullah s.a.w. sunnah to be moderate and do take care of our health so that we can continue be a service to others for the sake of Allah, in-shaa-Allah. 

Our Gifts From Allah

Written on: 13 July 2011

In less than 2 weeks my eldest daughter will be 17. Alhamdulillah, we had never thought she will do so very well at this stage of her life. Her achievements was way beyond our expectation. She is our biologist and chemist who can rattle of and explain in details the things that she had learnt or the experiment that she had done. its reactions and what not. One of the things she loves to do is to create her own words...and so her siblings suggested that she writes her own dictionary. And they were thinking of all the words that she had created and they are still using since she was 10 or 8. It was fun listening to them - after all she was able to talk in sentences before she was one year old which I tot was normal.

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And so when one of my children was selected to attend the gifted education program years back - I was thinking it was no big deal because I felt all my children were gifted in their own ways . And still it is no big deal to us - what we worry most is what she will be when she grows up her choice of career and her attitude towards life and the hereafter. She was never treated differently from her siblings and to say that she is different - definitely all my children are unique in their own way.

But there is one advantage of having her around - she is our human calculator. Whenever we are lazy to calculate stuff we will just give her the numbers and she will do it faster than the calculator. she just recently introduced to her siblings a game she played whenever she is in a bus - look at the number plate of the cars and make a number sentence to turn them to 13. When asked why 13 - she said its a prime number so can only be divisible by it self - she has yet to find a solution for one of the set of numbers and told them to try and solve it. They roll their eyes and ignored her.

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The other 2 are still finding their niche, Alia is very good in Art and anything to do with her hands, insya'Allah hope she'll be able to explore it when she goes to secondary school. At the moment her main target is to get PSLE over with. Insya'Allah she is a courages little girl (tho she is not little now) and will be able to bloom and make others happy through her sensitive nature.

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Amsyar is still playful by nature even tho we try to limit it  ... he still spends more time playing games than pouring over books - but no qualms he is doing excellent in school and has aspirations that he is not able to put in words yet or we are probably too impatient to wait for him to arrange the rush of words and action that came to his head all at once. Insya'Allah he too will be able to find his niche and please Allah with whatever he chooses.

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Insya'Allah we are not sure of the future but we are forever in gratitude to Allah for all the belessings he has showered upon us. Alhamdulillah we are and forever will be under His watchful eyes and insya'Allah will continue to be filled with His blessings always...Ameen

Huh! I m working?

Peace be to all ... understatement of the year... I guess everyone is working full time one way or the other. The moment u wake up you have to "work" the difference is u need not get out and go to a specific place every weekday as a routine. Or you can choose what you want to do and set your own datelines and not get stressed out by a supervisor or anyone above you. But you'll still get stressed out by others - haiz... what is life without stress :) Hmmm... that does not make any difference to me ... hahaha the only difference is I don't have to do my work at a specific place and show my face there or force myself sitting in a corner to complete my task and get paid on a regular basis.

I m never someone who can get used to a routine for long...the last time i gotten used or try to get used to a routine ... I almost turned bonkers, it must have been hard for my system ... and so I had decided to take a break and became very undisciplined and random in what I m doing. It's been more than a year now and I m starting to contemplate as to whether i should go back and jump into the bandwagon again??? Be discipline and consistent in my so that I will be more productive and able to contribute more to the society and blah, blah and blah...

So now I have to go tru another round of contemplation to assess the pros and cons of going back to "work" ... I got a feeling it will take quiet some time bcos I have some projects that i m doing that may stretch all the way to next year...haha... let be discipline and get those projects completed before i surrendering myself to a routine schedule :)

I supposed when the time is right Allah will provide for me the urge and the need to be employed (regardless as an independent or an employee) - what is important is I will be doing it because Allah will be pleased with me, insyaallah.

Shoo! Keep away arrogance!

سُوۡرَةُ بنیٓ اسرآئیل / الإسرَاء

وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًا‌ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخۡرِقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَن تَبۡلُغَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ طُولاً۬ (٣٧)

Al-Isra And walk not on the earth with conceit and arrogance. Verily, you can neither rend nor penetrate the earth, nor can you attain a stature like the mountains in height. (37)

i was taught and conditioned by my respected teachers and elders that there is nothing so great about me other that i am one of Allah's creations. just like a spec of dust in the Universe - i must however remain thankful and in constant gratitude for being that spec of dust.

hehe somehow it reminds me of Dr Suess story of "Horton hears a who" even tho u r a spec of dust. U still belong to a universe of your own and u deserve all the respect bcos u r still created for a purpose.

سُوۡرَةُ المؤمنون

أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَبَثً۬ا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ (١١٥)

Al-Mumenoon

"Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?" (115)

And so I must always remind myself not to be arrogant for what ever you have done well or otherwise it is because The Creator allows it to happen. Nobody can stop it from happening. So when u see someone doing stupid stuff - imagine yourself doing it too, this will help you from being judgemental towards that person.

The same goes when u see someone successful and you wish for the same, imagine yourself being one and work towards that purpose, insyaallah you will achieve it too.

I once laughed or commented on how could a person made such a stupid mistake and unknowingly I had made the same mistake at another time. When I realised it was too late to turn back. It was a painful yet very valuable lesson which taught me never to laughed at others because it could happen to me too. 

It also made me realised that at that point of time if Allah had wanted me not to make those mistakes earlier He would have allowed it but it was meant for me to make those mistakes so that I will learnt from it and become stronger in faith, be humble and never be arrogant. Insyaallah, Allah will keep me away from making the same mistakes again.

Everything that happened is already written, the difference is how we will handle the consequences. If we redha and accepted it as it is, we will be able to move on - if we don't than we r being too arrogant to accept what Allah had given us.

May all of us see the path that is meant for us clearly and move towards it calmly with Allah's blessings, insyaAllah. Amin