The much needed holiday (Day 3,4 & 5)

Day 3

My day was filled with reading, doing house-chores, preparing for travel...

Day 4

It's cleaning-the-house-before-traveling-day...and everybody has a part...for me..its cooking!

We left the house at around 6.00 pm... stopped at Ayer Keroh for prayer and meal at around 9.30 pm...arrived in Nilai(it was nearly midnight)- check in at Hotel Seri Nilai

Day 5

Our flight is at 3.00 pm today...

SABAH here we come!

Please pray for our safe journey...^_^

The much needed holiday (Day 2)

Day 2

Baca buku, tambah ilmu. Hidup bererti, Syurga menunggu.

This is written on the whiteboard in my house..hence became the very inspiration to my holiday plan...read...read...and more reading.

Reading has always been my passion...as I have written in my previous post...in fact we have been programed to love books... and find reading therapeutic.

Browsing through the many books I have... and since seeking inspiration is the main aim of my holiday... I decided to re-read the book written by one and only amazing mother. She is my first mentor... and will always be the first person I would go to for advice. She is the mentor that whenever I have a problem.... would point out what's missing in me and what I need to do..even if it involves..or seems like the fault of othe people. She never allows me to give excuses or blame other people. If other people find benefit in her work...then I should be the one who gets the most benefit. Thank you Allah for giving me such a wonderful mother.

Anak-anakku Bangunlah is a compilation of her writing that she wrote while we were growin up... we were her inspiration...the advices are for us first and fore most.... I grew up with it...I was the one who typed it up for her when she used to find using a computer a nuisance (of course she's much better than me now!). Re-reading it is like re-living my childhood.

 

Then I will finish up her second book (which I have been putting aside for a while) Anak-anakku Berjuanglah which contains her hopes and dreams for us....

Thank you ALLAH and I love U MUM!

The much needed holiday (Day 1)

This two weeks holiday is not something I initially planned. The plan was to take a weeks holiday to Sabah with my family. However, being drowned in work, I'm starting to realize that I'm beginning to loose myself (my passion, my enthusiasm)...I was no longer concerned for other people (I feel really disconnected...and a lot of my actions were pretentious), I easily get emotional, I allow myself to feel unnecessary sadness, stress and I constantly beat myself up...and it's starting to affect me physically.

This two weeks holiday is not just a holiday for me to rest and laze around...or run away from the tons of work in KTD...but it is more of a process I need to go through...to refresh myself...so that I will be stronger and able to face the challenges ahead..InsyaAllah..and in Allah I seek guidance.

The journey started last night as soon as I got on the 8 PM bus to Johor Bharu. The lights was off so there was not much I could do...I started to put together my holiday plan...till I feel asleep.

The bus arrived at Machap..around 6 am...the passengers got of for Subuh prayer then the bus set of again at around 6.30 am. I was fully awake and decided to fill the rest of my journey...reading. It so happens that I have the book 'My Beloved Son - Imam al-Ghazali' in my bag (this was actually a translating project my mum gave to me).

By the time the bus arrived at 'Sri Putri stop' I nearly finished the book..got of...continued reading while waiting for my dad....finished the book and my dad pulled over. Alhamdulillah..I did not feel dizzy (like what we usually feel when we attempt to read in a moving vehicle) maybe because I was so lost in reading..... What I did feel was the weight of the advices contained in the book.... wow..what a way to start the day! Reading the words of a man like Imam al-Ghazali was like giving myself an injection of energy...I didn't feel tired nor sleepy.

The rest of my day is filled with BEING WITH and BEING OF SERVICE to my family...and moving on to the next book in my reading list....

more updates tomorrow....insyaAllah (^_^)