Kueh Koci for The Soul

Been doing a lot of research lately to further refine a self discovery and learning product, for my training business. Come across numbers of well known books/materials – such as “New Earth”, “Power of Intention”, “The Secrets”, “Law of Attraction”, “The Power of One” and a few others (plus Oprah Show where they talked about “The Secrets”). At the same time I did search through the Greatest Book of all – the Quran as well as some books of hadiths.
The western gurus books are good books, how ever, to me “the creative energy” or “the energy” that they are talking about is nothing else but power of The Al-Aziz, the Creator of Heavens and Earth and all that in between – ALLAH SWT.
My personal thinking and few cents worth is that the Muslim version of Power of Intention is -Innamal A´amal O Bin Niyyat (Actions are the reflection / result / expression / manifestation of one´s intentions). Whatever we do, is all driven by our Niyyat – Intention. We somehow have this tendency to camouflage our real intention with layers of other intentions, when ever we try to justify our actions.
So, next time, before doing anything, we should ask ourselves - what is your REAL intention??? (SZSR – jawab, jangan tak jawab…)

my intention for posting this is -
a) trying to show off how much spare time i have
b) trying to show off how many books I know (not necessarily read!)
c) trying to share with others something that I've always believed in
d) None of the above
(Only ALLAH knows)

ALHAMDULILLAH...(1)

An ustadz of mine has been reminding us -the students- to not forget to "du'a" at the end of our prayers for our spouse and children to be Soothers to Our Eyes/Heart (Penyejuk Mata / Hati).

And tonight - when UI (Umarul Imran) - my 9 years old, came up to me and asked me what type of prayer that one can perform in the middle/early mornings and whether can he perform the sunat prayers tonight...nothing else I can say except- Praise to Allah (Alhamdulillah).... this is one of my eyes/heart soothers.

Challenges that parents faces in bringing up the kids today is not like what our parents faced. As best as I can - I tried to be a good mother - We encouraged free speech in our house hold. Sometimes to an extent that - I am myself amazed with the topics of conversation that my children, me and hubby are having.

I like to think we have healthy arguments - I know I can't simply set rules, Yes or No, by giving reasons such as "Because I say So" or "Because I Am Your Mother" excuse (of course- when you are up against the wall- those can be handy as your escape clause!!!).

Children being children and adolescents being adolescents-they have their naughtiness and stubborness.....but when your children are the ones who nag and remind you about prayers (mommy..dah solat belum?)...I know that it does'nt matter whether they are apples or durians to my eyes, these are definitely My Qurratu Ayn (Soothers to My Eyes).

Again...Praise To Allah....

SYUKRAN

Sungguh ku terharu....Googled Yours Truly name the other day (signs of having hours to spend...in other words...tak de keje lain!!)....and WhaLa....ada..sungguh tak ku sangka...Anyway...that's where I found terkzack blogspot..and...she had a short write up of Yours Truly (as well a tiny weeny bit mentioning of SiDia Yang Tak boleh Disebut Namanya)

Anyway...God has planned for everything. For our path to crossed...all for reasons that only God knows, and if we search for the reasons and meanings deeply, we would have understand or manage to make sense of it all.

Our path crossed so that we can learn from each other - Learn What To Do as well to Learn What Not To Do.

So to all whom has crossed paths with me, thank you for all the lessons that all of you have knowingly or unknowingly imparted to me. Syukran, Merci, Nandre, To Che, Thank You, Muchos Gracias.........

IQRA

After 3 weeks of being unemployed, I managed to read a few books which I've purchased quite some time but never really had a chance to read due to make "make busy" schedule. I managed to finished one or two books (really finished - front to back cover), plus managed to cover substantial pages of other books (translation- I skipped some pages.....okey-okey..lots of pages)

I managed to finished, "Valleys and Peaks" by Spencer Johnson - great stuff. Somehow God just lead me to items that I need most at this point of my life, to tell me- it's okey...come on you can do it....it is a valley now...but you have the power to change the valleys to peaks, take the opportunity to prepare yourself for the peaks. Insyallah, my peaks will be there...just around the corner. Then I read, a book written on Aishah R.A. - wife of Prophet Muhammad SAW. The book was given by my laughing and crying buddy, my partner in crime - Yuz, as a farewell gift. Subhanallah, no one compares to her ( I mean Aishah.....Yuz..- you r special in your own way-)

Then I exercised my brain with - "Mind Gym"- never found a book like it before. Learn about "Conflict Detox" and how to communicate Bad News...(should come handy, to many of us). Then I finished up "NLP for Dummies" - simple and understandable.

So friends, if u ever wonder...what i have been doing..that's it...other than sleep, eat and picking up my kids from school.

Peace be with you.

FREE AT LAST!!!

Alhamdulillah..after years of attaching myself to one organization after another, I decided to quit my job at a prominent GLC organizations (after 13 years!!!). With the attention of realligning my life purpose.

With many hours to spare, I've been googling old friends from the past...and I did managed to tracked some of them down - there is one from Kerteh, Penang, Kuantan and all the way from Washington DC.

Reconnecting with old friends, bring back many memories of yesteryears and reflecting back on my life, Alhamdulillah....Allah has been kind enough to lead me back to his path. Slowly but surely.....

As I mentioned many times before, I am a firm believer, that anything that happens in this life, no matter how bad it is, it is actually for the better. He is the All Knowing and the Most Compassionate.

By the way, to friends, sisters and all, that I left behind (in that BIG organization), YMY, SZSR, "Terk"@NAZ, Iera, Sheila.....thanks for everything...you guys truthful and daring enough to knock senses to my head, especially when I'm not making any sense at all.... (That drama tangisan during my farewell makan2 - would always be remembered-by me and many others..i'm sure)

To Cha (long lost friend from MGS primary- lost but never forgotten), SilverSarina and Mimi (among the group of 12 JPA scholars - 10 girls + 2 guys- whom turned River Place upside down), Rufina (My first room mate at River Place - sleeping with her Surfs Sleeping Bag), Zue (Selamat Pulang ke Tanah Air...Soon!!)...welcome back to my world.

May Allah Bless Us All.