guests and ramadhan

salam,


hi peeps!


seven days has passed. tell me why it has to be like this. tell me why time runs faster than me. =) last week has been a super duper busy week for me. Juggling to kejar tarawih as well as the assignments and tutorials due dates. lucky me, i have friends who are always with me and never give up to remind me not to loose my primary focus esp during this holy month. The assignments appear like the rain drops. I don't no why it must come when i'm in the mood of preparing myself to give hundred percent attention to Ramadhan. huhu. but, it somehow, reminds me to always be grateful and appreciate every single nikma' such as leisure time and night for rest and the most important thing is use time wisely and effectively. alhamdulillah, up until now, things are still under control without me having to sacrifice my tarawih, tadarus and etc. that's is the biggest and powerful improvements from me abad ini. =) doakan. i want to be strong macam sumayyah and asiyah. bring me closer to you, Al-Khaliq i wanna use every minutes and every seconds during this Holy month just for my only purpose in life 'mardhatillah'. some people refer this month as madrasah/school. it really is a madrasah where almost every single thing that is going to happen in the next 11 months starts from here. the teacher is you and the student is alos you. your responsibility is to guide/teach/ educate yourself to be istiqamah in your practices, to perform the amar makruf nahi munkar and almost everything. we have three phases in this month and those who successfully grab the promises in the first two phases will (iA) get a priceless opportunity to grab the final promise. i want it. dare not to miss it. it comes only once in a year. once!once! Janji pembebasan dari azab api neraka. 


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last thursday, a day before the first day of ramadhan, we (me n my roomate) received a visit from our secondary school friend, Aqmar. It was the most awaiting day since we had been planning it since a week before aqmar n the gang really decided to sleep over at our place.   i was the one who was in charged in penang tour since my roomate was not able to join us. nervous and excited mixed as it had been nearly 3 years since we last met. like always, it felt like dreaming when you had your friends in front of you after nearly three years you never met and you never expected you would see him/her growing appearance/look. that's my first impression. we chit chatted like there's no tomorrow until i had say "Jom tidur" yet you still couldn't stop sharing the three years stories. My friend was my dorm mate back in SBPIKP and she is currently doing degree in Engineering in France. Amazing lady! Almost all her dreams turn into reality. 


to make the story short, the tourist guide in charged was rather not so confidence at giving instruction. Two days before their visit, I had prepared a plan of places to go yet everything turned upside down as I completely ignored my initial plan. I brought them to 6 places, from Lebuh Quay to Padang Kota to Little India to Gurnet Plaza to Batu Feringghi and Komtar.  Almost none of the places successfully caught their attention as they already used to such places. But, it's okay bc that's not only  the purpose. my purpose is to show the reality life in Penang. the mystical jam. the rude drivers were everywhere. I wished I could drive them anyway yet I was not confident enough or easy to say is,  frightened. That was my first experience as a tour guide,  so, i'm so sorry for the ambiguity instructions. They stayed for less than one day actually. They were just hopped by and had some rest at our place before heading home. Aqmar!! do come again next time!let's try Penang foods next time. 


yours truly,
syahira