Saturday, July 22, 2006

Iman Sofea


I can't get enough of this baby, seriously.

Sofea was adopted by my sister when her biological mom left her at the hospital unwanted. She was so thin and weak when we first had her. Now alhamdulillah she has gained a lot of weights, just like any other Wans, truly. The house is filled with little cries again, Naqib has become the big brother you wished you'd have, everyone's so delighted by her presence.

Indeed, God's plan is the best. You'd be better off here with us. I promise I'd love you with all my mights.

Friday, July 21, 2006

signalling from home

Last time when I said I will see u guys from M'sia not very long from now, I din expect it to be 'this' long, seriously. So what had happened in the past month? Palestine and Lebanon hacked, Tsunami revisited West Java, Datuk K and Siti cleared the fog (as if I care that much), Italy won the World Cup, M'sia voted the 3rd rudest country by Readers Digest, a lot of friends are engaged and married yet I'm still the same old me.

Not quite hopefully.

Up till now the summer holidays've been serving me to the fullest. And I still think I could do better than this. Though I would like to extend my apology to my fellow SSP girls, I haven't been in contact with u girls since I got home. The mouth will utter excuses so I won't attempt to open it. I'll try to make it up to u on the reunion day if that's sufficient. My bad.

So I actually went to Brunei for a week with 4 other IMAM fellas to attend a forum on disaster relief. I learnt a lot from the conference about disaster management and stuff normal people would find uncool, hehe. I must thank the people from the Institute of Medicine, Univ Brunei Darussalam (UBD) for their kind hospitalities, from the students to the lecturers and the dean of medicine. Special thanks to Prof Kasule for the invitation to present the last trip to Acheh, I do hope my very short presentation had initiate the idea of students power amongst all those big shots in this disaster relief work.

Not too forget the friends I met in UBD who brought us around their tax free country of Brunei in their Merc Kompressor and BMW 3 series, I can't imagine a life of full tank of gas with just 10 dollar like theirs. I'll barely make out of Bangi with that much of money to fill in the tank of my small car. You guys are the best!

All in all, the single chance I had when I met our sisters in Brunei was the most rewarding moment I must say. It's good to meet people that tune in the same wavelength as yours, hearing their stories made me realize how little I've done all these while to contribute. The pearl of wisdom I took home with me from a sister was; usrah bagaikan nyawa bagi seorang da'ie. InshaAllah I'll try my best not to miss anymore usrahs.

Family-wise, there's a new baby in the family. Iman Sofea was adopted by my eldest sister when she was just few days old. We welcome you with all of our hearts and souls dear baby. At last, a baby girl in the family after the two heroes. I can't wait for next summer so that I can buy a lot of pink dresses for Sofea.

Next in line? Some people might've heard about this already. InshaAllah I'll be going to Cambodia with other IMAM friends next week. Another humanitarian mission, please make du'as for me and my playmates for our safe journey and return.

Semoga musafirku kali ini mengajarku lebih banyak tentang kehidupan.