Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Monday, 11 March 2013
letting go & letting God guide tis lil heart
Something I read today that was so resounding to me right now.
Left me weak with helplessness but fortified with love & blessed feelings.
"Allah gives us gifts, but then we come to love them as we should only love Him. We take those gifts and inject them into our hearts, until they take over. Soon we cannot live without them. Every waking moment is spent in contemplation of them, in submission and worship to them. The mind and the heart that was created by Allah, for Allah, becomes the property of someone or something else. And then the fear comes. The fear of loss begins to cripple us. The gift—that should have remained in our hands—takes over our heart, so the fear of losing it consumes us. Soon, what was once a gift becomes a weapon of torture and a prison of our own making. How can we be freed of this? At times, in His infinite mercy, Allah frees us…by taking it away.
As a result of it being taken, we turn to Allah wholeheartedly. In that desperation and need, we ask, we beg, we pray. Through the loss, we reach a level of Sincerity and Humility and Dependence on Him which we would otherwise not reach—had it not been taken from us. Through the loss, our hearts turn entirely to face Him."
Bless Yasmin Mogahed dear Lord, for her da'wah puts stillness in my restless heart.
www.yasminmogahed.com/2011/11/13/people-leave-each-other-but-do-they-return/
Left me weak with helplessness but fortified with love & blessed feelings.
"Allah gives us gifts, but then we come to love them as we should only love Him. We take those gifts and inject them into our hearts, until they take over. Soon we cannot live without them. Every waking moment is spent in contemplation of them, in submission and worship to them. The mind and the heart that was created by Allah, for Allah, becomes the property of someone or something else. And then the fear comes. The fear of loss begins to cripple us. The gift—that should have remained in our hands—takes over our heart, so the fear of losing it consumes us. Soon, what was once a gift becomes a weapon of torture and a prison of our own making. How can we be freed of this? At times, in His infinite mercy, Allah frees us…by taking it away.
As a result of it being taken, we turn to Allah wholeheartedly. In that desperation and need, we ask, we beg, we pray. Through the loss, we reach a level of Sincerity and Humility and Dependence on Him which we would otherwise not reach—had it not been taken from us. Through the loss, our hearts turn entirely to face Him."
Bless Yasmin Mogahed dear Lord, for her da'wah puts stillness in my restless heart.
www.yasminmogahed.com/2011/11/13/people-leave-each-other-but-do-they-return/
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Goodbye Multiply...
HELLO!
It's a fresh start here in the blogsphere as I have finally exported all what I needed from Multiply as it changes its direction to cater for e-commerce in the Sout East Asia. Albeit the lil hiccups here & there, well I guess a change might be refreshingly good! So here's a lil homage to my ol homepage...no longer lost in that Wonderland....
For a start, I do love my new customised blog look! Haha! It's customising frenzy again after years of getting things all nice and cosy there in Multiply. For such a person who indulges herself in photography, now I have to find some place else to stash & share my photos!
I'm not gonna get all stressed out over tis, honestly i'm much more crazy busy jugglin all the great stuff goin in my life, somethin I couldn't quite proclaim earlier tis year...I thought 2012 was about to just erode my life wastefully but somehow with a twist of fate, the year seems not likely to end on a pathetic note! I have been creatively active & social & it makes me feel Alive!
Alhamdulillah! Wheeehoo!
It's a fresh start here in the blogsphere as I have finally exported all what I needed from Multiply as it changes its direction to cater for e-commerce in the Sout East Asia. Albeit the lil hiccups here & there, well I guess a change might be refreshingly good! So here's a lil homage to my ol homepage...no longer lost in that Wonderland....
For a start, I do love my new customised blog look! Haha! It's customising frenzy again after years of getting things all nice and cosy there in Multiply. For such a person who indulges herself in photography, now I have to find some place else to stash & share my photos!
I'm not gonna get all stressed out over tis, honestly i'm much more crazy busy jugglin all the great stuff goin in my life, somethin I couldn't quite proclaim earlier tis year...I thought 2012 was about to just erode my life wastefully but somehow with a twist of fate, the year seems not likely to end on a pathetic note! I have been creatively active & social & it makes me feel Alive!
Alhamdulillah! Wheeehoo!
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Vienna
Some memories of our time in Vienna!
*brekkie at Hotel Daniel
*visit to the Belvedere
*passing by Karlskirsche & Karlsplatz
*people watchin & strollin at Stephansplatz
*our First experience of Orchestra Concert at the Musikverein!
Thursday, 31 May 2012
From Prague to Vienna
After the few lovely days in Prague, we set off for Vienna, the capital & the largest city of Austria. It was a Sunday, and findin food was hell....as alot of shops are closed on Sunday in Europe. The streets were pretty dead & it was rather cold. Just ventured ard the area we stayed, which is in the Neubau District. Lotsa hip shops ard the area, somewhat reminds me of SG's Haji Lane & Ann Siang Hill but way cooler! We found the Leica shop Iyuan was looking for but of course it was close. Poor him just could look longingly into the display window at the cameras on display.
On the next day, we decided to explore further! I After brekkie, we went to the Leica shop again & the hipster mister got himself the coveted M7. Then headed to the Hundertwasser Haus. I made it a point to go there when in Vienna, not the churches & fancy places but that particular apartment. There i felt great joy celebratin the art of Mr Friedensreich Hundertwasser's, the man who said that straight lines are considered GODLESS! Woooh! Love it!
Then we went to Prater, an amusement park with a really old observation wheel, which i call "the prototype to the fancy London Eye or Singapore Flyer". Really nice, the cabins are made of wood! From there we headed to Stephenplatz, the more well known area of Vienna & where there are way many tourists & shopping maniacs. And I have to agree, in Vienna, people are all well-dressed and embrace colours! Locals or tourists, I can't quite tell but people do put some thoughts into what they wear here, casually yet stylishly!
We ended our second day in Vienna plonkin ourselves in comfy couches of hurhurhur...Starkbucks, for the love of wifi & it was one of the latest shop to close at the plaza. So yeah tt's how our first 2 days in Vienna went.
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Friday, 11 May 2012
A lil bit of Český Krumlov & preview of Prague
Was suppose to spend a day in Český Krumlov but due to our shuttle van breakdown, we reached there pretty late in the day. The sceneries in Salzburg & Český Krumlov were kinda poles apart. It is like Singapore & Terengganu! Such a pity we didn't have much time to explore the area, it must be quaint & lovely, although at night, we were pretty spooked at how quiet the town is that we didn't wander that far.
After spendin the night there, we made our way to Prague by bus in the mornin. Upon reaching Prague, it felt like we entered a bygone era...it felt like how Paris has always been perceived, in the grand times of Belle Epoque! The buildings looked old & grand & graffitied. I cannot understand it yet, even the language. It was foreign, it was dark, it was intriguing. But unlike Paris, I had a few days to revel in what it offers....well for a start, every bit of its street, corner, space....it is art art art!
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