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Thursday, January 06, 2005
Untuk Apalagi?
Cinta adalah rangkaian pesona hidup
Cinta adalah getaran senada dari gelombang rasa jiwa
Cinta terpahat unik di hati setiap insan
Cinta, selain cinta padaNya, tidak ada yang abadi
Dan ketika sebuah cinta dihadapkan pada sebuah pilihan
Dan ketika sebuah pilihan terlalu sulit untuk dibuat
Padahal bila sebuah cinta memang tulus
Maka jawabnya bahkan tak perlu dipikirkan
Karena hati sudah menjawab
Lantas...
Buat apalagi sebuah kisah dilanjutkan
Buat apalagi sebuah cinta terus dipertahankan
Buat apalagi sebuah kesetiaan diagungkan
Sudahlah...
Sudah waktunya untuk bangkit
Sudah waktunya menyalakan kembali cinta yang tersudut di ruang tanpa cahaya ini
Sudah waktunya untuk menegakkan sebuah monumen cinta
-untukku yang akan bangkit kembali-
"Miracle" Mosques Defy Tsunami Onslaught
Thursday 6 January 2005
"Miracle" Mosques Defy Tsunami Onslaught
Source: Channelnewsasia.comhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/125438/1/.html
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia : In Indonesia's tsunami wastelands on thenorthern tip of Sumatra island, little remains of whole towns lost to the colossal forces that came thundering in from the ocean.
But across these battered shores, dozens of mosques still stand, their minarets glinting defiantly in the sun - a phenomenon survivors in the deeply Islamic region credit as much to divine intervention as robust architecture.
"God's invisible hands prevents the mosque's destruction," saidMukhlis Khaeran, who saw the sea sweep away his home village of Baet outside the north Sumatran city of Banda Aceh, but leave the neighbourhood mosque relatively intact.
"He punishes us for our greed and arrogance but He will protect hishouse," Khaeran told AFP, his arms covered with injuries sustained in the disaster that killed at least 100,000 people around the north Sumatran province of Aceh.
Mosques are an everyday sight in most of Indonesia, but especially inAceh, credited with the being one of Islam's main gateways into the archipelago of islands which now forms the world's largest Muslim-populated country.
Despite a long-lasting independence struggle, Aceh, parts of which are under traditional Islamic sharia law, has remained a Muslim heartland for Indonesia, which mostly practices a very relaxed interpretation ofthe faith.
Spiritual beliefs in Aceh and around the Indian Ocean were tested to the limit on December 26 when an epic earthquake sent towers of watercrashing ashore, obliterating virtually everything in their path.
But while some spoke of "God's wrath", hundreds turned to their mosques, in panic for shelter from the advancing tides and later forspiritual comfort in a time of desperate need.
In the village of Kaju, also outside Banda Aceh, hundreds of homeswere annihilated while the local mosque suffered only a few cracks inthe walls.
"There is a saying among Acehnese that a mosque is God's house and no one can destroy it but God Himself," said Ismail Ishak, 42, who wasdigging rubble from his crumbled house while searching for seven ofhis relatives.
In Pasi Lhok, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the north Acehtown of Sigli, 100 frightened people sheltering inside their mosquewere spared while almost every house in the surrounding five villages was pulverised, according to chief cleric Teungku Kaoy Ali.
In Meubolah, a town on Aceh's western coast less than 150 kilometres(95 miles) from the quake epicentre which bore the full force of thetsunami, leaving at least 10,000 dead, mosques stand sentinel over avanished town centre.
Banda Aceh resident Achyar said when he saw the waves pounding in from the sea, his first instinct was to turn and run for the nearest mosque.
"I climbed the mosque tower and hung on to an electric wire untilwater receded," he said. "Many of my friends, many of them ethnic Chinese, died because they climbed to the second floor of their shops and were trapped there," he said.
Another, less divine, explanation for the survival of the mosques isthat many are built much more sturdily than most of the other structures in the towns and cities of Aceh.
However one mosque in Sigli was made only of wood but still survived unscathed despite all the other buildings around it being destroyed.
Banda Aceh's grand Baiturrahman mosque suffered partial damage from the quake and tsunami, but proved invaluable to the city's survivorsin the minutes, hours and days that followed the cataclysm.
For many it became a rallying place to search for missing friends orrelatives, a makeshift hospital to treat the injured and a morgue tocollect the dead.
With much of Banda Aceh likely to remain in ruins for months, residents were quick to repay their debt to their cherished religious buildings, working swiftly to ensure the Baiturrahman mosque was one of the first places restored.
On Sunday, some 300 survivors gathered for their first prayers since their five-times daily ritual was halted - a major step on the longroad back to normality in Aceh.
"Miracle" Mosques Defy Tsunami Onslaught
Source: Channelnewsasia.comhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/125438/1/.html
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia : In Indonesia's tsunami wastelands on thenorthern tip of Sumatra island, little remains of whole towns lost to the colossal forces that came thundering in from the ocean.
But across these battered shores, dozens of mosques still stand, their minarets glinting defiantly in the sun - a phenomenon survivors in the deeply Islamic region credit as much to divine intervention as robust architecture.
"God's invisible hands prevents the mosque's destruction," saidMukhlis Khaeran, who saw the sea sweep away his home village of Baet outside the north Sumatran city of Banda Aceh, but leave the neighbourhood mosque relatively intact.
"He punishes us for our greed and arrogance but He will protect hishouse," Khaeran told AFP, his arms covered with injuries sustained in the disaster that killed at least 100,000 people around the north Sumatran province of Aceh.
Mosques are an everyday sight in most of Indonesia, but especially inAceh, credited with the being one of Islam's main gateways into the archipelago of islands which now forms the world's largest Muslim-populated country.
Despite a long-lasting independence struggle, Aceh, parts of which are under traditional Islamic sharia law, has remained a Muslim heartland for Indonesia, which mostly practices a very relaxed interpretation ofthe faith.
Spiritual beliefs in Aceh and around the Indian Ocean were tested to the limit on December 26 when an epic earthquake sent towers of watercrashing ashore, obliterating virtually everything in their path.
But while some spoke of "God's wrath", hundreds turned to their mosques, in panic for shelter from the advancing tides and later forspiritual comfort in a time of desperate need.
In the village of Kaju, also outside Banda Aceh, hundreds of homeswere annihilated while the local mosque suffered only a few cracks inthe walls.
"There is a saying among Acehnese that a mosque is God's house and no one can destroy it but God Himself," said Ismail Ishak, 42, who wasdigging rubble from his crumbled house while searching for seven ofhis relatives.
In Pasi Lhok, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the north Acehtown of Sigli, 100 frightened people sheltering inside their mosquewere spared while almost every house in the surrounding five villages was pulverised, according to chief cleric Teungku Kaoy Ali.
In Meubolah, a town on Aceh's western coast less than 150 kilometres(95 miles) from the quake epicentre which bore the full force of thetsunami, leaving at least 10,000 dead, mosques stand sentinel over avanished town centre.
Banda Aceh resident Achyar said when he saw the waves pounding in from the sea, his first instinct was to turn and run for the nearest mosque.
"I climbed the mosque tower and hung on to an electric wire untilwater receded," he said. "Many of my friends, many of them ethnic Chinese, died because they climbed to the second floor of their shops and were trapped there," he said.
Another, less divine, explanation for the survival of the mosques isthat many are built much more sturdily than most of the other structures in the towns and cities of Aceh.
However one mosque in Sigli was made only of wood but still survived unscathed despite all the other buildings around it being destroyed.
Banda Aceh's grand Baiturrahman mosque suffered partial damage from the quake and tsunami, but proved invaluable to the city's survivorsin the minutes, hours and days that followed the cataclysm.
For many it became a rallying place to search for missing friends orrelatives, a makeshift hospital to treat the injured and a morgue tocollect the dead.
With much of Banda Aceh likely to remain in ruins for months, residents were quick to repay their debt to their cherished religious buildings, working swiftly to ensure the Baiturrahman mosque was one of the first places restored.
On Sunday, some 300 survivors gathered for their first prayers since their five-times daily ritual was halted - a major step on the longroad back to normality in Aceh.
Friday, December 24, 2004
Betrayal
I feel betrayed
By someone that I used to love the most
Everything will changed
Every memory will lost
Everyday will just ordinary like it used to
I guess this is it
The end of everything that we used to build
The trust, the love, the things to remember
I know that I am not always there for him
Nor he for me
The time is illusion
The four years is just nothing
I try hard every moment
Try hard for nothing to be something
One day
Like the destiny is not with me
Then I ...
Give up
He hide something from me
He lied
He lied once
He lied twice or maybe more
And he will lie to me forever
-someonewhohateliar-
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
The End of the Semester
Subhanallah... gak terasa deh semester 2, 2004 udah berakhir. Kemarin Cica baru menyelesaikan exam terakhir dan... dua sekaligus bow!!! Rasanya capek berat sama happy! Doain yah biar bagus nilainya dan lulus semua. Amin.
And here I am today, sitting in front of my lovely Toshi at 11:45 am. Woke up at 9 am and then don't know what to do. I can't sleep any longer even though I think I just sleep for couple hours. Indeed, I am willingly read "Shopaholic Abroad", a book wrote by Sophie Kinsella. It's cute, funny, entertaining and yet romantic in the end. Ughh... that's bright up my day at least. Knowing that LOVE still there for Becky and Luke. This is the second sequel of shopaholic series. I think I am going to read the third one soon. Cos Becky and Luke are getting MARRIED. Ughh... so wonderful!!!
I don't think I am going home for my summer holiday this time. Not because I don't miss home. I MISS HOME A LOT, instead. I miss my mum, my dad, my lil bro and especially my lil sister. She was so CUTE yesterday when she answered the phone. I think she is growing up. Oh well... insyaAllah I can meet her again sometime.
Again, I don't have any plan yet for my short holiday. I think I am just gonna read heaps and heaps of books or novel. I want to write some short stories too and I usually get some inspirations after get involve with how the novelists deal with their masterpieces. It's been a long time since I wrote my last articles and I missed it.
Writing, in some stage, make me feel good since I can express myself in a way that I like. Okay then... I should start write again.
And here I am today, sitting in front of my lovely Toshi at 11:45 am. Woke up at 9 am and then don't know what to do. I can't sleep any longer even though I think I just sleep for couple hours. Indeed, I am willingly read "Shopaholic Abroad", a book wrote by Sophie Kinsella. It's cute, funny, entertaining and yet romantic in the end. Ughh... that's bright up my day at least. Knowing that LOVE still there for Becky and Luke. This is the second sequel of shopaholic series. I think I am going to read the third one soon. Cos Becky and Luke are getting MARRIED. Ughh... so wonderful!!!
I don't think I am going home for my summer holiday this time. Not because I don't miss home. I MISS HOME A LOT, instead. I miss my mum, my dad, my lil bro and especially my lil sister. She was so CUTE yesterday when she answered the phone. I think she is growing up. Oh well... insyaAllah I can meet her again sometime.
Again, I don't have any plan yet for my short holiday. I think I am just gonna read heaps and heaps of books or novel. I want to write some short stories too and I usually get some inspirations after get involve with how the novelists deal with their masterpieces. It's been a long time since I wrote my last articles and I missed it.
Writing, in some stage, make me feel good since I can express myself in a way that I like. Okay then... I should start write again.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Pernikahan
Buat teman-teman gue yang akan dan baru saja menikah:
(Anton & Putri) (Teguh & Dahlia) (Aristya & Fifie) ... yang lain kapan nyusul niy??? Hehehe... :P
“Barokallahu laka wa baaroka ‘alaika wa jama’a bainakumaafii khoir”
Artinya:
Semoga Allah memberkahimu, semoga Allah memberkahi atasmu, dan mengumpulkan kamu berdua dalam kebaikan.
(Riwayat Abu Darda dan Tirmidzi, Shahih)
Dan mudah-mudahan Allah SWT mengkaruniai keluarga sakinah ma waddah wa rohmah.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
DO YOU REALIZE THAT .............
We are born with two eyes in front,because we must not always look behind.
But see what lies ahead, beyond us.
We are born to have two ears one left - one rightso we can hear both sides.
Collect both the compliments and criticisms, to see which are right.
We are born with a brain concealed in a skull.
Then no matter how poor we are, we are still rich.
For no one can steal what our brains contains.
Packing in more jewels and rings than you can think.
We are born with two eyes, two ears, but one mouth.
For the mouth is a sharp weapon, it can hurt, flirt, kill.
Remember to talk less, listen and see more.
We are born with only one heart, deep in our ribs.
It reminds us to appreciate and give love from deep within.
Learn to love and enjoy being loved but do not expect peopleto love you the way or as much as you had loved them.
Give love without expecting love in return and you will findlove more beautiful.
author: anonymous
Monday, May 17, 2004
Cinta Yang Sebenarnya
Cinta. Cinta selalu saja menjadi topik yang tetap hangat dan tak pernah lekang di telan jaman. Cinta bisa terjadi dimana saja, kapan saja, dan kepada siapa saja. Cinta bukan hanya tentang sepasang kekasih tetapi juga tentang kasih sayang orang tua pada anaknya, cinta sahabat pada sahabatnya dan cinta yang tertinggi tentunya, cinta Allah SWT pada manusia.
Ada banyak cinta yang bertebaran di dunia ini. Dalam film Hugh Grant yang paling gres, cinta digambarkan dapat menimpa siapa saja, bahkan pada seorang Prime Minister sekalipun. Sayangnya film cinta ala Hollywood bukan cinta yang sebenarnya, meskipun judul filmnya Love Actually. Cinta-cinta diantara manusia kadang cuma picisan. Manusia tidak pernah bisa diharapkan. Aa Gym dalam salah satu ceramahnya berkata agar kita jangan pernah berharap pada manusia karena kebanyakan harapan itu akan berakhir dengan kekecewaan. Begitu juga dengan harapan cinta pada segala sesuatu yang berbau duniawi, ada baiknya kita membatasi cinta itu karena ada 50% kemungkinan cinta itu akan lenyap di tengah jalan.
Cinta kadang bisa membuat kita terbang ke awang-awang tapi adakalanya membuat kita menangis tersedu-sedu. Semuanya bukan salah, semua itu adalah bagian dari kelemahan kita sebagai manusia sedangkan manusia itu tempatnya salah dan alpa.
Dalam bukunya yang berjudul "Ketika Aku Mencintaimu", Ekasari dan Shafiyyah memaparkan tentang indahnya cinta bilamana cinta itu berada pada tempatnya dan juga dalam proporsi yang benar. Di dalam buku itu juga dipaparkan salah satu cinta yang paling abadi baik di bumi ini maupun di akhirat nanti. Suatu kisah yang paling menarik untuk dijadikan teladan dan dijadikan arah menjalani hidup yang singkat ini.
Di suatu ketika di kota Madinah, Rasulullah SAW sedang terbaring lemah. Putri tercinta beliau, Fatimah r.a. menemani. Tiba-tiba dari luar seseorang berucap, "Bolehkah saya masuk?". Fatimah r.a. tidak mengijinkan,"Maaf, ayahku sedang sakit,"lalu di tutupnya pintu.
Ketika kembali menemani sang ayah, ternyata beliau mengetahui dan bertanya, "Siapakah itu wahai putriku?"
"Aku tak tahu ayah, sepertinya baru kali ini aku melihatnya," tutur Fatimah.
Mendengar jawaban putrinya, Rasulullah SAW menatapnya dengan pandangan penuh kasih dan menggetarkan hati, seraya berkata, " Ketahuilah wahai putriku, dialah yang menghapus kenikmatan sementara, dialah yang memisahkan pertemuan di dunia. Dialah Izarail, malaikat maut." Fatimah menangkupkan kedua telapak tangan seraya menutup wajahnya dan menahan luapan tangis.
Dalam detik-detik itu, Rasulullah masih memikirkan kita, umatnya ini. Beliau bertanya pada Jibril tentang bagaimana nasib kita kelak sepeninggal beliau. Dan ketika merasakan sakitnya saat nyawa akan dipisah dari raga, beliau berkata, "Ya Allah, dahsyat nian maut ini, timpakan saja semua siksa maut ini kepadaku, jangan kepada umatku." (Ekasari dan Shafiyyah, 2003, pp. 29-31)
Ya Allah, Penyeru sekalian alam, betapa tulus cinta Rasul pada kita, umatnya ini. Semoga kisah cinta Rasul pada kita akan menjadikan pemacu kita dalam beribadah kepada Allah, untuk kita menjumpai kekasih Allah di hari kemudian. Amin.
Ada banyak cinta yang bertebaran di dunia ini. Dalam film Hugh Grant yang paling gres, cinta digambarkan dapat menimpa siapa saja, bahkan pada seorang Prime Minister sekalipun. Sayangnya film cinta ala Hollywood bukan cinta yang sebenarnya, meskipun judul filmnya Love Actually. Cinta-cinta diantara manusia kadang cuma picisan. Manusia tidak pernah bisa diharapkan. Aa Gym dalam salah satu ceramahnya berkata agar kita jangan pernah berharap pada manusia karena kebanyakan harapan itu akan berakhir dengan kekecewaan. Begitu juga dengan harapan cinta pada segala sesuatu yang berbau duniawi, ada baiknya kita membatasi cinta itu karena ada 50% kemungkinan cinta itu akan lenyap di tengah jalan.
Cinta kadang bisa membuat kita terbang ke awang-awang tapi adakalanya membuat kita menangis tersedu-sedu. Semuanya bukan salah, semua itu adalah bagian dari kelemahan kita sebagai manusia sedangkan manusia itu tempatnya salah dan alpa.
Dalam bukunya yang berjudul "Ketika Aku Mencintaimu", Ekasari dan Shafiyyah memaparkan tentang indahnya cinta bilamana cinta itu berada pada tempatnya dan juga dalam proporsi yang benar. Di dalam buku itu juga dipaparkan salah satu cinta yang paling abadi baik di bumi ini maupun di akhirat nanti. Suatu kisah yang paling menarik untuk dijadikan teladan dan dijadikan arah menjalani hidup yang singkat ini.
Di suatu ketika di kota Madinah, Rasulullah SAW sedang terbaring lemah. Putri tercinta beliau, Fatimah r.a. menemani. Tiba-tiba dari luar seseorang berucap, "Bolehkah saya masuk?". Fatimah r.a. tidak mengijinkan,"Maaf, ayahku sedang sakit,"lalu di tutupnya pintu.
Ketika kembali menemani sang ayah, ternyata beliau mengetahui dan bertanya, "Siapakah itu wahai putriku?"
"Aku tak tahu ayah, sepertinya baru kali ini aku melihatnya," tutur Fatimah.
Mendengar jawaban putrinya, Rasulullah SAW menatapnya dengan pandangan penuh kasih dan menggetarkan hati, seraya berkata, " Ketahuilah wahai putriku, dialah yang menghapus kenikmatan sementara, dialah yang memisahkan pertemuan di dunia. Dialah Izarail, malaikat maut." Fatimah menangkupkan kedua telapak tangan seraya menutup wajahnya dan menahan luapan tangis.
Dalam detik-detik itu, Rasulullah masih memikirkan kita, umatnya ini. Beliau bertanya pada Jibril tentang bagaimana nasib kita kelak sepeninggal beliau. Dan ketika merasakan sakitnya saat nyawa akan dipisah dari raga, beliau berkata, "Ya Allah, dahsyat nian maut ini, timpakan saja semua siksa maut ini kepadaku, jangan kepada umatku." (Ekasari dan Shafiyyah, 2003, pp. 29-31)
Ya Allah, Penyeru sekalian alam, betapa tulus cinta Rasul pada kita, umatnya ini. Semoga kisah cinta Rasul pada kita akan menjadikan pemacu kita dalam beribadah kepada Allah, untuk kita menjumpai kekasih Allah di hari kemudian. Amin.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Ingin Nyata
Aku jauh
Aku cuma laksana angin
Yang bersuara namun tak berupa
Aku ingin hidup
Berpadu menjelajah samudra biru
Aku ingin nyata
Berbagi kesejukan bersama
Aku lara
Mencoba menepis himpitan rindu dan sengatan duka
Ku rasa aku tak akan mampu
-di suatu malam yang tanpa bintang-
Saturday, May 08, 2004
Di Suatu Malam Bersama YIMSA
Udah lama banget deh rasanya, ketika terakhir bersantai sejak untuk melepaskan penat berkutat dengan tutorial, lecture, mid-test atau assignment. Tadi sekitar ba'da Ashar, selepas rapat koordinasi YIMSA di bawah kepemimpinan yang baru saudara JAKA FEBRIAN, kita mampir di NORSIAH, salah satu resto Malay HALAL di Melbourne, dipinggiran PRAHRAN. Enggak semua yang rapat ikutan join di dinner kali ini, mungkin masing-masing mempunyai kesibukannya sendiri. Sedangkan saya, memang men-sengajakan diri hari ini untuk bercengkrama dengan kawan-kawan di YIMSA setelah beberapa minggu berkutat dengan diktat-diktat kuliah dan buku-buku accounting yang super tebal seperti bantal.
Ada sedikit hidup rasanya hari ini, dimulai dengan pagi hari membersihkan kamar dan kemudian berangkat untuk menghadiri rapat dan pengajian putri yang batal. Melewati banyak tempat di kota Melbourne ini, melihat bagaimana setiap makhluk Allah menjalankan kehidupannya di akhir minggu cukup menggelitik saya untuk menuliskannya di diary online saya ini.
Kalau ada yang bilang masa muda itu seru dan menyenangkan memang betul. Rasanya kita masih belum ada beban. Serunya bercanda dengan kawan-kawan muslim Indonesia di Melbourne apalagi ada acara foto-fotoan yang pastinya gak pernah ketinggalan, setidaknya sedikit menghapus kerinduan saya terhadap suasana kekeluargaan di Indonesia. Suatu negeri di mana, kebersamaan adalah segalanya, sampai-sampai ada gurauan yang berkata "Makan gak makan asal kumpul". Ah... negeriku, meskipun banyak juga keburukan disana, hanya saja seburuk apapun itu, disanalah tempatku selalu berharap untuk kembali menjalani kehidupan yang fana.
Di Melbourne, teman adalah saudara kita yang terdekat disini. Temanlah yang akan membantu kita di kala susah dan tempat berbagi di kala senang. Bersama teman juga kita menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari sebagai pelajar di sini. Tanpa teman, mungkin kehidupan disini akan lebih sepi. Hari ini, sesudah rapat, YIMSA memberikan selamat ultah untuk dua orang pengurus kita yang baru berulang tahun beberapa hari yang lalu. Selamat ulang tahun untuk INDRI RAZAK dan MARIO LAKSMANA. Semoga Allah selalu memberikan yang terbaik untuk keduanya. Semoga pertemanan kita ini akan berlaku selamanya, baik selama hidup maupun sesudah kehidupan harus berakhir. Semoga pertemanan kita selama ini adalah pertemanan yang insyaAllah akan selalu membimbing kita di jalan Allah, mengingatkan satu sama lain akan nikmat Islam.
Ada banyak sudah pengalaman yang saya lalui disini, ada yang menyenangkan, kadang ada juga yang mengharuskan bening-bening mengalir. Tapi insyaAllah, semuanya ada hikmahnya dan saya akan mencoba mempelajari setiap hikmah yang ada. Sekarang, mungkin ada baiknya saya mulai menyiapkan diri untuk mengerjakan assignment. Hehehe.... Waktunya kembali ke kehidupan sebenarnya.
Hmmm... WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY, TODAY!!!
YIMSAers!!! How's your assignments guys??? Hehehe....
Friday, March 26, 2004
Dunia itu Lucu
Lucu kadang bagaimana dunia itu berjalan. Adakalanya hari-hari itu semua berisikan suatu kesenangan. Namun ada waktunya juga minggu-minggu itu berisi kesusahan. Terlebih kalau kita berada jauh di negeri orang. Tanpa orang tua dan sanak saudara. Teman memang ada dan siap membantu, tapi rasanya sungkan kalau minta bantuan terlalu banyak. Alih-alih malah merepotkan orang lain saja.
Hampir lebih dari tiga bulan kemaren hidup gue serasa nyaman dan tentram. Bener-bener pure refereshing. Libur kuliah dan tinggal bersama orang tua. Mau makan tinggal makan, mau segala macem tinggal sebut. Dan pas gue nyampe di Australia lagi. Uhhh... keadaan berubah 180 derajat lagi. Yuppp! Kembali ke kehidupan mahasiswa lagi. Mau makan cuma ada mie, mau segala macem eitsss... tunggu dulu. Kaga ada mobil dan supir. Agak-agak susah dan terbatas. Maklum disini kan pake dollar, segala sesuatu harus dipikir benar-benar. Abis gak enak kalo terus-terusan merengek ke ortu gara-gara lago-lagi kehabisan duit.
Tapi alhamdulillah, segala pengalaman yang gue dapet disini baik menyenangkan maupun tidak, gue senang sekali bisa mendapatkannya disini. Gue bersyukur gue dulu ngotot-ngotot buat di sekolahin di Australia kalo enggak kan gue gak bakal pernah mandiri. Dan insyaAllah gue yakin, semua yang gue alamin disini baik susah maupun senang, Allah pasti memberikannya buat gue agar gue jadi Muslimah yang lebih baik, agar gue jadi penyabar dan lebih mengetahui hakikat hidup.
Dunia memang berjalan lucu, kadang indah dan kadang tetap indah. Subhanllah. Maha Suci Engkau, ya Allah.
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