Rainbow

and there she goes again. flying here and there.
jumping from 1 plane to another.

today i reminded myself again.
there are some facts and situation in life that we have to accept. we plan and Allah also plans, but He is the best planner. some things are beyond our control, too vague to see, too complex to understand. it's true that Allah works in miraculous ways.

this life is indeed a test. sometimes it's painted with bright colours, sometimes it's dull and dark. but as the saying goes, life is like a rainbow, it takes sunshine and rain for its colours to appear.

it hurts to think about the past. the hardships, the things we expected and deserved, the happiness that seems not belonging to us, the hunger, the fear, the hesitations, the stress and breakdowns. but those were in old days, we should not let it haunt our lives forever. we live for today, and thankful for what we have. if we really count Allah's blessings that He showers upon us, we are actually in a good state. it's just that in some aspects we are less fortunate. but deep inside we know that this worldly life is just temporary, what we want is to be happy in the hereafter.

so lets be happy and redha with whatever we have.

My first words

Assalamualaikum. In the name of Allah the most merciful and beneficient. My highest praise to Him the Almighty who has bestowed upon me the ability to cope with my life and the deepest gratitute for giving me many beautiful and wonderful gifts which are; First and foremost, the gift of iman, to help me get a grip. Second, my larger than life parents. Then comes my sweet daughters who are my azharul hayati, an arabic term I invented long time ago for them, and my siblings . Also for the few dear friends who have shared their friendship with me. And for my relatives, their houses to stop over whenever I go back to my 'village'. Though all of them are not big in number, they are certainly big in their personalities. I have always wondered why are they so few, now I realised that these few are the harder ones to come by. And maybe, the dosage is more than I can handle .

Before I even start to write, I would like to apologise, if my words will offend anyone.Mainly this blog is for my daughters to read. Not enough I am always nagging them, now I have a blog too to nag them. Hmmm....I wonder how long it can be kept. Could their children read it too one day? Hmm...from their nenek who speaks english and writes a blog.....

My plan is to show some sides of our lives, who is doing what, what is happening where, how to do what and share with you whatever knowledge that I have. I have always been facinated by words and pictures. Unfortunately, I do not have a life that people want to read about. Unless you are into miseries. But please read on because I will always try to, well, keep it positive.