I was giving some words of motivation to one of my tutees just now, at the home. I was telling the girl that she can achieve whatever she sets her mind to, if she puts in her best effort. At the same time, I reminded her that if she did not get what she wanted, Allah has a reason for it :)

A while later, we had this conversation.

Tutee: Kak sekarang tengah belajar ke kerja?
Me: Belajar
Tutee: Kak tengah belajar amik masters eh?
Me: Tak ah, degree :)
Tutee: Nanti akak nak amik masters eh?
Me: Haha tak ah..
Tutee: Kenapa tak pulak?
Me: Tak bolehnyer.. Haha
Tutee: Tapi tadi akak baru cakap we can achieve anything kalau try our best...
Me: *speechless*

Seems like Allah's giving me a lesson through the girls there, masyaAllah...Hmmm

People come and go. Yet for you, my friend, I wish for you to stay :)

Thank you Safa <3

Busier weeks ahead! Ya Allah, please continue to guide me and remind me of my main purpose in life, ameen...

Tuk tuk man: tuk tuk ma'am?
Me: no it's okay :)
tuk tuk man: u from where?
Me: singapore.
Tuk tuk man: u muslim *referring to my hijab* u from malaysia?
Me: no singapore..
Tuk tuk man *surprised tone*: singapore got muslims?
me: yep...

Haha interesting conversation for the night.. Goodnight greetings from Cambodia :)

Mango shakes in Cambodia are the best!!! :)

HELLO GUYS. I'M FEELING THE LOVE FOR MY SISTER! ESPECIALLY MY YOUNGER SISTER. SHE'S GROWN ALL PRETTY NOW THAT SHE'S TURNING 17. NOT THAT SHE WASNT BEFORE, BUT SHE IS EXTRA BEAUTIFUL NOW. SUNGGUH MENAWAN. HEHEHEHEH. :) LOVE HER GUYS! :) ZALIFA ITHNIN IF YOURE SEEING THIS I LOVE YOU!

Making students go through a 3-hour electronics lecture is just inhumane... I wish I had my mum's passion for it.

On a more positive note, I met Safa just now! YAYYYYYYY, so happy.. :DDDDDDDD

And I talked to this nice old lady on the bus. She asked about my school, my family and whether I was related to a Chinese. Haha.. Cute ah.. :)

Ya Allah, I put my trust in You...

Yesterday was Pink Day! To celebrate the last teaching day of our BN2201 professor who usually wears pink to class. Bioengin FTW! :)

I don't celebrate Valentine's Day but very big thank you to those who gave me chocolates! :D

from tumblr:

From safa's blog. Thanks for the reminder dear :)

For the first time in my life, I saw my dad cry. My heart broke.

Thank you Allah :)

Today, one of the girls asked me, "Kak, why is life full of challenges?"

Frankly speaking, I was stunned for a moment. I thought for a while and then I said this to her. "Well, it's a test for you to see how you react to it. If your reaction is good, you get pahala and if it's not, you get dosa. You know like your test in school right, it's for you to see if you pass or fail. The good thing about this test however, is that you can get help for it. Allah will help you."

I don't know how I managed to get those words out of my mouth. All I know was that I was answering my own question.

Alhamdulillah for His guidance :)

I need to stop feeling sad each time things doesn't go the way I want it to. It's really a weakness I'm struggling with almost every day. I feel like I need those quick self-fix toolkit. The problem is, I already have it but I don't know why I'm not able to utilize it. Sometimes it gets frustrating when you keep talking to yourself and making your mind believe something but it just refuses to believe it. And when you can't even control the mind, how then will you control the heart?

I need to figure this out.

MasyaAllah! My two GPac! committee members are really efficient and awesome! Thank you so much Sister Faatinah and Sister Inshirah :) Alhamdulillah...

From my cousin-in-law(Dr Elies)'s blog: http://www.serikandiku.com/2012/01/11/isteri/

Perjanjian pernikahan (مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا) adalah satu perjanjian yg teguh. Di dalam al-Quran ada 3 tempat sahaja yg perkataan mithaqan ghaliza (janji setia yg teguh) di gunakan oleh Allah. Satu bila Allah meminta perjanjian daripada para rasul (Al Ahzab 73:7), kedua apabila Allah meminta perjanjian setia oleh bani Israel dgn mengangkat bukit Thur di atas kepala mereka (An Nissa 4:154), yg ketiganya digunakan oleh Allah dalam perjanjian oleh para suami dalam menjaga/mengambil isteri mereka (An Nissa 4:21), i.e. kontrak oleh para suami untuk menjaga isteri adalah sama kuatnya dgn kontrak para rasul membawa agamaNya. Ianya adalah satu perjanjian yg teguh dan berat.

Looking at the APEX certificate I received today, only one thought came to my mind. I miss APEX.

Being an engineer-in-training isnt easy. These days, my outside activities consists of mainly school and studying. Sometimes I wish I can have more time to myself. Then again, I shouldnt complain. As the prof said, society is entrusting their lives to us..

I gotta keep the motivation coming. Sorry body for neglecting you at times. Please bear with my hectic schedule okay? :)

Bismillah.

So, the other day, we were all taught to make a 3D drawing of the trephine using SolidWorks 2011 (engineering software). It was pretty fun although I had trouble completing it. Oh, guess what colour I chose for my drawing?

TADAAAAAA! I'm sure you didnt guess it correctly! :P hahahaha

A quote from my coursemate knocked some sense into me. He told me, "Whatever you do, life will never perfect. So just live with it." I spent some time thinking about what he said and he was totally right. No matter how many correct choices I try to make, life has never gotten easier. Somehow it makes me feel that the important thing is not in making the correct choices but making a choice such that you know you can depend on Allah to guide you through it. So of course, you don't make choices that will make Allah angry because then it defeats the mindset that I just came up with. Also, with this mindset, you shouldnt regret any choices you have made because Allah will be there to help you through it..

Does it make sense? Hehh.. Just me and my random thoughts. Wallahu alam bissawab.. :)

Thank you Allah for bringing kind souls into my life...

Has/Lina/Nina
Bioengineering, NUS

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.

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