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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Alhamdulillah, Allah is Great!

After all the problems and hiccups that has been surrounding our relationship, a sudden turn of the tide refreshes us with more strength and faith in the greatness of Allah.

Alhamdulillah, He has moved my friend's heart to give me a call yesterday morning to inform me of a HDB Walk-In Exercise. One has to join a queue to get the application form. In it, the queue number is printed. Hence if you were to submit the form at the last moment at 5pm yesterday, your queue number still depends on the time you collected the application form, hence no rush! My kind friend, Kwang Hwee, got a queue number of about 500+. Alhamdulillah, mine is 822. I saw someone wif a queue no. of 1987 while I was submitting mine. Alhamdulillah, the chances of us getting the flat that we want is high. Moreover, the quota for Malay or Indian or other applicants for the flats that we wanted is favouring us. To add on, I do not see much Malays staying at our area, therefore I think we do stand a very high chance. I pray for my chinese friend who wants to apply for Queenstown area, to get his too, since his quota is very very limited.

For once, I am sooo glad and happy, Alhamdulillah, that both my mom n dad are supportive of getting dis flat. N I'm glad dat my dad supported the idea of getting a 5-room flat. He also doesnt mind dat I would need to fork out cash every month to supplement the CPF contribution. I forsee dat we'll need to do dis for the next 5 yrs max. InsyaAllah by then, both Da and my CPF contribution will suffice the instalment.

So, the wait for the selection of flat begins now.. and hopefully it will end happily on next Tues, 7th June at 2.15pm. Pray for us, may Allah help us to endeavour dis tough journey of life, in building a family full of berkah on the foundations of Islam and Allah's Guidance, Amin.

To Da: thanx for the most wonderful time spent yesterday, Muuacks! N Thank you, Allah, for answering to our prayers!

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Sometimes things turn out not the way you wanted it to be. Sometimes you want to be positive in life so much that you hope to gain acceptance, in the name of the greater good. Sometimes, sometimes...

But Allah is Almighty and He has the power to change any plans one has made. There's definitely a reason for it. But I'm trying to be a better Servant, trying to settle half of my Iman, but like they say, We plan, Allah decides..

May Allah give the strength for both me and Da to go thru dis torturous moments.. Amin.

Saturday, May 21, 2005

All is not lost..

If we were to take a look at a toddler, how he tries to learn to walk, we would expect him to fall more often as he grapple with balance and pace. But the sheer determination in him does not make him give up, instead, the toddler forces his way and learn to walk in no time...

I would use dat as an analogy for my fiancee. She didnt pass the driving test due to some actions dat led to immediate failures. Somehow I was the one feeling sad, more than her, coz I could emphatize for her, the time and money spent as the test date was drawing near... but she took the entire experience a cool as a cucumber. Hmm, a learning point for me from her about life. All is not lost, she gained a unique experience of driving while the tester is sitting next to her, n dat would greatly help her in the near future as she embarks on another test coming insyaAllah somewhere in August dis yr. Dis time, I believe Da and I will be much more prepared.. :)

Thanx for all the prayers for her, folks..

I'll be driving up to Segamat to see my cousin get married there.. he's a Malaysian by the way. N the traffic camera pic dat I've just monitored are not doing a great favour, both entry points at Tuas n Woodlands r jammed up wif cars.. So wish me luck, n pray for a safe journey!

Friday, May 20, 2005

May Allah grant u His blessing, sayangku

My fiancee, Huda, is going through her last revision driving class as we speak, before she takes the practical driving test at 0915 later today. To all readers, please pray for Huda that Allah will help her in any way He can to make her pass dis important test. Then she will not have to worry about rushing to her night class after work coz she could use her father's car.

I really admire her strength in pursuing her academic studies. Not many people would leave work at 6pm, take a public transport, or be ferried by her father or brother to SIM Namly Avenue for class at 7pm, and endure the sometimes boring lectures till 10pm, at which, by this time, she would be mentally and physically drained. If her father or brother is free, then she would be ferried home. Else, she would go through the ordeal of spending the next 1 hour plus in bus 66 on a journey home to Bedok Reservoir. She's been doing that 3 times a week for almost 3 yrs, so I guess u can understand why I admire her determination..

So back to the point, ya.. pray for her, can? thanx folks!

PS: Del, nice of u to intro urself to say dat u've been reading my blogs. Alhamdulillah dat I somehow have become a role model for u, but bear in mind, there r many other ppl who r role models too.. Watever good parts u see in me comes from Allah, and the bad part comes from myself. May we all work hard to be good Allah's Servants, insyaAllah.

By the way, my role model will alwiz be Rasulullah, p.b.u.h. ;)

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

The Technology Irony

Computers are supposed to assist you in your work, not to make you soo dependent on it that you feel that it's the end of the world if it crashes. Well, I almost felt that way. I thought my new hard disk crashed, which I felt was near to impossible, to consider it was brand new and just weeks old.

Later I realised that my 5 year old motherboard is getting weary, and somehow it is not able to handle 2 harddisks of different makes at the same time. Therefore I had a hard time the entire weekend trying to make things run smoothly on my 40Gb Maxtor disk. I have to let my newly replaced 80Gb Western Digital on hold for a while, till I have enuff funds to get my motherboard replaced!

ok that's all the time I have for now..

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Posting's OUT!!

Though there wasn't any classes or enrichment courses for today, we guys met up for a street soccer game at Bedok South. N no one talks anything except posting.. ya, its the "in" thing to talk abt for us graduating teacher trainees. Everyone's concerned where they'll be posted to. "Will I be posted to my Practicum School?" Some loathed thinking of going back. Some were eager to be back. One common thought: What can we expect after we get posted? Will we have to report to the school as early as possible?

I had to wait till I reach home at Asar before I know where I get posted to. I prayed at Masjid Alkaff Kampung Melayu to ask Allah to give me peace of mind, and so dat I'll "redha" or accept what He has given to me, in terms of my posting. So with butterflies in my stomach while on the phone wif Da, I opened the envelope with anticipation...

The first thing I was looking for was to find the name "New Town" in one of the lines. I was concerned if I were to get posted back, coz I didn't kinda like the way the students are. I mean, every school has its strength and weakness. For me, I don't think I'm cut out to be facing those "devils", though I know I'd get the support of my colleagues, and I kinda like the Maths Department people. So when the word "Kent Ridge" was wat i saw, I was feeling relieved, Alhamdulillah. Then later I realised wif Da, dat the school was the one we saw as we were leaving Ginza Plaza after a late lunch at Sakura Thai Restaurant. Da did mentioned to me dat she wondered wat if I were to be posted to such a school dat far.. n indeed now I'm a staff there! Well, still Alhamdulillah I praise Allah, for not posting me as far as Lakeside! coz, my practicum friend, Wai Yun, is posted to Yuan Ching Sec, next to LakeSide MRT station, n she's a Lady!! so u can imagine the distance she has to travel, n she still has yet to pass her driving!

Called the school, talked to the Administration Manager, who talked to the principal to ask if I was needed to report anytime dis week.. so again Alhamdulillah I didnt need to. Some school's principal can be so "on the ball" dat they may want the newly posted teachers to report as early as tomorrow or dis Fri! Phew, at least I only need to be in the school at 0715 on 24th May, the first day we're officially out of NIE!

So there it is, a new beginning, a new start, and insyaAllah a new move to working towards my blissful marriage preparations. Me and Da will start attending our marriage preparation course dis Sunday, and the following Sunday and Monday, since it'll be a public holiday. It's been quite a tough ride, dis month.. like other couples, we had our misunderstanding, and we've been caught in a deadlock a couple of times, but Alhamdulillah, things r going back smoothly but slowly now. Thanks Sayang, for understanding my character, tolerating my nonsense and most importantly, accepting me for the way I am, all the bad things come from me, n I promise I'll try improve myself for the best of both of us, insyaAllah! :D

Latest progress:

During the May Day Monday holiday, Da's mom invited my family to join their family picnic, and I mean an extended family gathering, complete with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins! It went out so well, Alhamdulillah, that mom plans to join their family's monthly religious class end dis month, insyaAllah!

Me n Da brought both our parents for a mothers' day dinner at Sakura Thai at Eastpoint last sunday, and it brought both sides together and closer, being my mom wanting to come over Da's house to have a pleasant chat wif Da's mother anytime soon, mebe dis Sunday!; Mother's Bonding I presume! alhamdulillah, really! besides Da, only Allah knows how i really feel. May He shower all of us wif his Rahmah and blessing, Amin.

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