Sadid's Blog

Is there such thing as those who don't like writing essays? Hahaha, of course there is. Anyways, we all have something that we wanna share right? One of the ways is by writing (seriously!).

Actually today was my English exam, as usual, one might expect essay questions to be there. Well you are right my friend! To my astonishment, there was nothing that I could do with most of the questions given, in short, the idea just wasn't there or insufficient at that time.

Luckily, the last question asked about a cultural thing or just about anything that I celebrate in my home country. What do you guys think I wrote about?

a) Independence Day
b) Eidul Fitr
c) Halloween

Hahaha, seems obvious right? Nah.. I didn't write anything about those 3. But what I did write is on Ramadhan. I don't know why it came to me to write about it. Seriously, I did WRITE almost anything that I could think about the month. from tarawikh to lailatul-qadr. I'm pretty sure my lecturer have no clue about it, but who cares, I've done my part given him da'wah. Haha.

Anyways, I can't wait for Ramadhan. Let us all prepare for the month!! YEAY!!

p/s: Today is also the day of Math 209 exam. Target --> 50%... sigh~

Aaaaaahhhhhhh...... Spring... With the nice weather, not so many homeworks, it makes you feel...... DARN LAZY!

I'm not so sure about others, but for me, I haven't been in my best form (in studying). I guess maybe it's because of the time here. Well you know, when you are in the shortest night period in the year, it's just not as rewarding to sleep anymore. Sigh~ Mainly because the Isha prayer is at 11pm and Fajr at 4am, just doesn't feel right to sleep at that time, worried that you might miss Fajr prayer. I think it is safe for me to say that since early May, about 90% of the time I slept after Fajr. That is after the sun starts to come out. Seriously, you'll feel the difference.

Did I say it was spring just now? Since this is my first year here in Edmonton, I'm not quite sure how spring should be as last Saturday it was snowing here, even now the temperature is around 10 degrees or something (not the kind of spring I'm expected, but nevermind). Anyways the spring term here almost finished. We have only around 2 more weeks for our finals, then it is summer I guess.

But the most obvious thing that I can see now is that I'm becoming lazy. I think I tried around 3-4 times to write this post, but I was just lazy to write. Even for my essay that I need to submit, I will have it done on the final day. Sigh~

I guess maybe its because of the entertainment in this house. There are just too many of 'em.

(Muhammad), tell them, " if your fathers, children, brothers, spouses, relatives, the property that you possess, the trade you fear may have no profit and the homely life are more beloved to you than God, His Messenger, and fighting for His cause, wait until God fulfills His decree (of making the right distinct from the wrong). God does not guide the evil doers."

Last Friday I heard a talk on eeman, this is one of the part that he talks about that I hit me hard. Just wanna share.

The brother also talks about some parts of surah Al- Haqqah, he gives some tafsir of the surah which is about the flow of the Day of Judgement. Even though we (me especially) already have an idea how will it be, like the ones who do bad things will go where plus what will happen to them and vice versa. But the ways that brother explained was really (seriously) good. Here is a video (of the exact ayat he talked about) to share.

Sometimes, we just don't realize that we are lying coz sometimes the ones we are lying to is ourselves.

The Prophet once said,
Mankind will not perish till they make excuses for their conduct to themselves,

They said that being good is one thing, but doing good is everything.

The Prophet once said,
A believer never gets satisfied doing good until he reaches Jannah,

The Prophet P.B.U.H. once said:

The example of a good companion and a bad one is the bearer of musk and the worker on the fires. A bearer of musk would give you some, you might buy some from him, or you might enjoy the fragrance of his musk. The worker on the fires, on the other hand, might spoil your clothes with sparks from his bellows, or you get a bad smell from him

Ever listed your top friends? See their qualities and for sure you'll see yourself as a product of them. Do they have the qualities you seek?

I always find its funny seeing people (including myself) doing mistakes knowing that they (or we) can prevent it from happening.

Its a common thing to forget about stuff.

Last 2 weeks, our landlord came to collect the rent, as usual he was really happy as soon as he gets the money. Then I asked him "you said you wanna have the bathroom door fixed, so when can you have it done?" . He replied "owh, yes I forgot, tomorrow I'll come to fix it".

Judging by the topic I'm writing, I guessed you guys already know what happened the day after. In case you can't figured out what happened, let me tell you this, he forgot. What makes it even better is that this is the third time he said what he said. The first time was in January after he collects the rent, the second was in February also after he collects the rent.

We don't mind if he keeps on forgetting stuff, but we just find its funny that he also forgot the things he said before we move into the house, "I'm not like any other landlord, I won't be the type of landlord that comes to collect the rent only, but I'll also check on you guys regularly, see the house condition etc. etc. etc." It's funny because since January, we've seen him around 3 times only and that is for paying the rent.

Anyways, that's not my point, that was only a story about forgetting stuff that I find funny.

Actually, when I think about people forgetting stuff, I kinda wanna recall my earlier post where I said :

"Do you guys still remember what you guys ate last weekend? I bet there most of us forget about it already and you know what, we can actually see the food that we ate. But what about heaven, hell, angels, devils, sins and the list just goes on and on. Surely there is a tendency for us to forget about it right?"

Well, recently a brother remind me even though we thought we are not forgetting important things in life, like prayers and everything, we still need to give time to have some thought on our deeds. Coz, sometimes when we did deeds as norms in life, we tend to forget the main reason we did the deeds. For example every morning you pray subuh, but what happened if a person came to you and asked "why did you pray or any of those kinda question" and I bet it will hit you in the head and seriously you will not know what to answer if you pray because of norms. These are the little things that we need to remember.

I just thought this is a good thing to share~

Everyone has their own dreams they wish to achieve. Achieving it will be a great success.

But, what do success actually mean?

Is it by having a big house at A? Is it by having car B? Or having job C? Is it by having grade D in exam (or maybe A, hehe)?

The Prophet once said:
"He is successful who has accepted Islam, who has been provided with sufficient for his wants and been made contented by Allah with what he has given him"

Last week have been rough for me. From the normal 20 mins walk to the campus becomes almost an hour walk, with every step taken the sore becomes worse and worse, can't really sit down as it feels like burning inside. It was not easy I tell you. I think I almost cried after pray thinking of the things that I've done to deserve what I got, with exams to write, with labs, quizzes, it is just too much to take.

It took me awhile before realizing that there are people out there that are in even worse condition. It struck me when I see this video posted on facebook:



Quite frankly, I cried after seeing the video, thinking how ungrateful I am, thinking that I just posted about looking above and below but haven't fully applied it in my life. That's about it.

I just thought maybe I can share the video with everyone.

A dream is a succession of images, thoughts, sounds, or emotions passing through the mind during sleeping.

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are."

A senior once told, "They started reading week as the surveys and statistics show that people especially students killed themselves during this week".

So indirectly, this week is for us to loosen ourselves a bit from the stress and tension of exams or midterms.

Yesterday, I started my reading week with a trip to Rabbit Hill playing snowboard. I was so excited, it has been 2 weeks (which feels like a year [just wanna show how badly I wanna go for snowboarding]) that I haven't go out for snowboarding. It started of okay, I did a couple of run before I hit the ramp for jumping. My jump was okay, fell down twice. But then, I don't know, I was going for a small ramp with the normal speed which I used to go for a ramp, I was flying high, the thrill was awesome, but I landed badly, so much so that I landed on my chest and my face. My nose was bleeding, I was spitting out blood, my head feels really dizzy at that time, I couldn't breathe well. It was the first time ever that I had to lay for awhile after falling from a jump.

It was a terrible moment for me, but just wanna have a check on myself, I tried moving my nose to the right and left, just to make sure it doesn't broke, alhamdulillah it was okay. Then I tried feeling my teeth using my tounge, alhamdulillah no tooth fell out. I tried to get up and carve my way down the hill, and I feel okay. Then I took a rest for awhile, washed my face and my mouth and sit for a while with some friends. What makes it even better is that I lost my phone while snowboarding.

All that kinda reminded me on what my parents used to say "mula-mula gelak, nanti nangis", I think I was over-excited. That what makes it like what just happened I guess.

Now, I'm feeling a lot better after a goodnight sleep, and by the way, I got back my phone from a young Canadian boy, alhamdulillah. So its quite okay now.

Have a great reading week, go out and loosen yourself, but not too much, too much of anything is not good.

People like to compare things, stuff and sometimes themselves. What for?

I've been comparing myself and my friends, even talked to myself like " why haven't I studied 24/7 during my times in Taylor's, if I have, I'm sure to get more awards", something like that. I thought it was okay for me just to have that thought and nothing more, maybe just for inspiration to do even better here in U Of Alberta.

Just recently, I've read a hadith that goes,

"When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in regard to these things."

Its hard to remain thankful to Allah if you keep on comparing ourselves to those who are given better wealth, nicer possessions, higher status, etc. All this is a common cause for us showing ingratitude towards Allah. We will then automatically disregards the blessings that Allah has bestow upon us. We fell like things are lacking in our lives.

Do remember that, Allah is the Originator of All that is Good / Khair. Nothing comes from him is not good. Maybe we tend to see something as bad, but little that we know, maybe its a blessing in disguise. So as a muslim, we should always say alhamdulillah for the things that we have and maybe the things we don't have.

Everyday we make decisions after decisions. Sometimes it is relatively straight forward, but sometimes you need to think a little bit more.

There are also times when you just can't decide.

What makes it even more exciting is when you've got to choose either family/friends or your interest plus with a very short time frame.

Too much too handle? Naahhh...

Recently, I was asked to be at a place that I really wanna go. But by doing so, I'll have to leave my friends behind (I think), I don't wanna have to do that. What makes it even more interesting is that, when I was asked the question, my friend was right behind me. It's really hard to be true to yourself I guess, but that's about it. I ended up not answering the question and doing something else as I really hate to be in that kinda situation. Well, life goes on.

We are just humans, this is what we do. Sometimes we are just not certain about things, it does make us feel weak which we are suppose to feel as a human. We are not God. We can't stand alone. We need protection and we need guidance. Pray to your God, and hope for the best. InsyaAllah, you'll find the way.

Feeling tired? Ever wondered why? Is it because of Monday?

Today is Monday, and now it's about 11.34pm Mountain time.

I felt really tired. Maybe it's because of Monday, but why put all the blame on Monday? Was the two days before it not enough for rest? I don't know.

Actually, I was not that tired this morning, in fact, I'm quite energetic. But then during the first class, about 10 mins or so, I think my mind was somewhere else. I was thinking of playing, relaxing and maybe sleeeeeeping. This is just not good.

So I tell my family, they said I should put something interesting to do on Mondays, so that there will be something to look forward to on Mondays. They suggested that I buy myself lunch or something like that, but then after thinking about it, I feel like its better for me to save and go for snowboarding on Saturday. Haaa!! Maybe that's why I'm not that in to Mondays, coz I'm in to Saturdays.

Arghhh...

Got to find something interesting on Mondays quick.

What do you guys do for beating Monday blues?? Or do you guys just don't care??

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

"Too much of anything is never good"

Last week was not so great for me, having regraded for Chemistry which raised me to a B from a B+ (don't understand? yeap, me too, but that's what my lecturer told me), being so confuse + blur in math lab which caused me handing in "very clean" paper to the T.A (teacher's assistant).

All that led me to deactivate my facebook account (FYI : I'm VERY addicted to facebook - sometimes I'll wait and kept on refreshing until there's a new post [crazy] )

After deactivating the account, life was quite great, I managed to complete quite a number of homework. But after these few days, I just felt like there's something missing. And I started to do something else like bugging my friends and so on (like I'm trying to fill up the time facebook-ing with something else).

Actually, I really don't know what to do about it. Maybe my action was too drastic. Maybe I do need it?

~still evaluating.......

Just wanna share with everyone. Enjoy~