Subtle_Fortitude

Car flew down 3 stories!

subtlefortitude — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:26:33 +0000

innaliLLAH….

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It was almost 7 o’clock yesterday. I was on my way to my Nenek’s house, when I received an SMS asking if I had heard about the front part of KB Mall ‘runtuh’ (collapsing) that afternoon. I was like, what??? How could it collapse???

..comes to show how important words are in giving out statements…

KB Mall is just about a mile or so from home. Thought I’d turn back to see if KB Mall did actually collapse or not. But figured there’d be like a huge jam and lots of people, so I decided to get later news on it.

It was until around 9 that night when my uncle, who’s a doctor at Perdana Hospital, got back from an errand and told the real story, as he got news on the girls reaching HUSM and other details via e-mail (a bulletin e-mail went through his ‘doctor clique’ e-mail group or something).

What actually happened was that a car from the external parking lot on the roof of KB Mall smashed through a wall where the car was initially parked, plunged 3 stories, and landed between two escalators on the ground floor.

subhanALLAH…

…First time hearing about it, it sounded unbelievable..like one of those Jackie Chan movies. Looking at the pictures confirmed it was for real.

Hope ALLAH gives patience to the families involved, and may HE bless the souls of the girls sacrificed… phew~ talk about trauma.

READ: News headline on it

Compare this!

subtlefortitude — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:54:02 +0000

On Tuesday, I was leisurely surfing the internet in my dad’s home office when I heard some commotion coming from the TV set in the living room. I didn’t hesitate to see what was going on. My Mum and Dad were watching the bulletin news.

It so happens that they were watching footage of a gathering that occurred about a mile away from our home. At Kota Darul Naim. Near the Menteri Besar’s office. Could hardly believe it.

COMPARE THIS:

Gathering in front of Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu, Kelantan demanding Tuan Guru Nik Aziz to resign as Menteri Besar, 1st Dec.

(The main papers reported 1000 people involved.

errr…doesn’t look anything close to 1000…)

TO THIS:

Gathering showing undivided support for Tuan Guru Nik Aziz, 4th Dec.

hrm, I accidentally joined this crowd going to town yesterday…

…couldn’t help myself

Gathering showing undivided support for Tuan Guru Nik Aziz.

Look at the women…

Gathering in front of Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu, Kelantan demanding Tuan Guru Nik Aziz to resign as Menteri Besar, 1st Dec.

can’t beat this (and there’s more at the back)…

Gathering showing undivided support for Tuan Guru Nik Aziz. Women, ladies, girls spirited with "I LOVE TOK GURU" displayed on their hijabs. And this was only when the crowd was still calm, before they ALL stood up.

ALLAH stays with he who is true and just…fullstop. period.noktah.

The first 10 days of Zulhijjah

subtlefortitude — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:49:24 +0000

Today, the 24th of november 2009, we have entered the 6th day of Zul Hijjah…Even for those not performing the Hajj, the first ten days of this month are considered very sacred and an opened opportunity for us muslims, seeking Allah’s forgiveness, doing good and other various forms of worship.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has said about the first ten days of Zul Hijjah:

“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to ALLAH than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even Jihad for the sake of ALLAH?” He said, “Not even Jihad for the sake of ALLAH, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with

nothing” (Bukhari).

Praise be to ALLAH SWT, Who has created time and has made some times better than others, some months and days and nights better than others, when rewards are multiplied many times, as a mercy towards HIS servants. This encourages them to do more righteous deeds and makes them more eager to worship HIM, so that the Muslim renews his efforts to gain a greater share of rewards, preparing himself for death and supply himself in readiness for the Day of Judgement.

This season of worship brings many benefits, such as the opportunity to correct ones faults and make up for any shortcomings or anything that one might have missed. Every one of these special occasions involves some kind of worship through which we may draw closer to ALLAH SWT, and some kind of blessing though which ALLAH SWT bestows HIS favour and mercy upon whomsoever HE chooses. The happy person is the one who makes the most of these special months, days and hours and draws nearer to his Lord during these times through acts of worship; he will most likely be touched by the blessings of ALLAH SWT and will feel the joy of knowing that he is safe from the flames of Hell. [Ibn Rajab, al-Lataaif, p.8]

Generally, all good deeds are rewarded highly at this blessed time. These actions include praying, fasting, reading the Holy Quran, making Dua (supplication), giving in charity and being good to our families. In addition, seeking ALLAH’s forgiveness at this time is also encouraged. This means more than just a verbal expression of sorrow for past misdeeds. It also requires a firm resolution to avoid making the same mistakes in the future by giving up bad habits and behaviour while sincerely turning to ALLAH.

So here my brothers and sisters…the path to ALLAH’s forgiveness and blessings are always there for us to follow..not only that, HE has created so many shortcuts as an easier path for the weaker and also as an opportunity to greatly increase our deeds and acts of worship only for HIM, which in turn will greatly be of use in the hereafter…wALLAHu’alam..those who are wise shall never pass up these kinds of opportunities especially when concerning his happiness, not in this world but in the hereafter..have we become that wise??..we are always given chances but are we always gonna be there to take them??..

adapted from: http://withinana.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-10-days-of-zul-hijjah.html

Dedicated to G1…

subtlefortitude — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:36:19 +0000

G1…

You lifted me from my fears,

Said go! when I said no!

Lent a shoulder through my tears,

You wouldn’t let my spirit go low,

I miss those days oh so.

My mentors, my companions, my guide,

Words not fit enough for all of you

For my troubles no use to hide,

Visible to you without giving any clue.

I miss you all by my side.

2 years together a memory…

Of tears and laughter,

Our dictionary, we knew no ‘weary’

In building our fine ‘tower’.

Obstacles didn’t stop us,

For fiLLAH was all we carried.

Grasping that our ‘tower’ is a must,

The maintenance of it we worried,

For amar makruf nahi mungkar is only just,

In our arena would we have rallied.

For two years had we built the base,

In hope the forthcomings provide the excess.

Mentors, companions, guides…

My heart releases you to progress to the next phase,

With du’as that you all will achieve success.

In this arena, I stay as G1, to carry on to the next pace,

Without you all, I feel brittle, I confess.

Yet,

Bringing the spirit you all taught me,

That fiLLAH is all I need,

To bring Islam in this arena I be,

My fret will gradually fade indeed.

I know things will never be the same,

Yet your support is not afar.

Remembering ALLAH is by side, I claim,

Wherever I am, wherever you all are.

Mentors, companions, guides…

What I request is nothing much,

But your du’as as persistent support.

Whatever happens, hope we’ll stay in touch,

My memory of you all will never cut short.

…G1 in memory…

TAKBIR!

No one hears the cries…

subtlefortitude — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:38:31 +0000

The pictures speak for themselves.

May patience be with you always, Palestine….

..Found the pics here: http://fuaizgeneration.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

~*`*~ Subtle_Fortitude~*`*~

Ehem: No long entries till my exam and bundle of assigments are settled! can’t wait!!

Ehemx2: ish… dah la paper esok..study2! :-p

JOIN THE NETWORK!

subtlefortitude — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:05:28 +0000

Friendster?…

Facebook..?

Myspace..?

Tagged..?

ala, tak maen la network2 tu..!

It’s much too common…

A good friend of mine – being the IT savvy person he is – created this cool lagi awesome network. Really neat discussions, features and stuff…

It’s new, but not all that new. (erk? :-p)…there are a lot of members already.

So what are you waiting for??? Come on down and join..!

click here people–> DK PROJECT

My life spared…

subtlefortitude — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:50:24 +0000

Imagine being awaken at 3.30 am with the most queerest feeling that something’s wrong. You find things missing in your home. then you think to yourself, ah, I probably just misplaced it. You look all over the place for them. Unfortunately you can’t find them. Then your housemate says that she saw the front sliding door and grill ajar just before you woke up. And the lock is gone.

Your body gets a great chill when you notice that the window next to your study desk that you never opened is slightly opened! You run back outside to the living room and you realize that all the windows are slightly opened..!

….

Yup, some guy (or gal) got their way in my home Monday morning. AlhamduliLLAH, the only things that were gone were my two cell phones, and one of housemate’s purse and cell phone (yeah, just those two things..the intro sounded dramatic huh, but it was only those items stolen. hehe…).

The ironic thing is that my housemate which was awake, working on her assignment at the time, didn’t hear anyone come in. My room was the only room with the lights off so I guess that was why my room was targeted. Another ironic thing is that there was a laptop opened in the room, car keys, and a bunch of other things…YET, that person chose my two worn out, out-dated cell phones to grab..! a big wonder…hm there goes all my contact numbers…

SO ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME OUT THERE, PLEASE TEXT MESSAGE ME AND HELP GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU BY GIVING YOUR CELL PHONE NO….would appreciate it.

…ok, the cell phone thing is not the point I’d like to make out here.

after all my housemates were awaken by the event of the morning, we all sat together. It was like 4.30 am at the time. We countered back who was the last one who came in the house…and pointing out the dog next door was barking really loud like at 3.00..all these signals of what was going to happen.

We all thought… subhanALLAH… our lives and wellness were spared… It was lucky for us that whoever came in just wanted “stuff”. He (or she) could have done anything to us when he entered the house without being heard. But ALLAH didn’t allow it.

cell phone or no cell phone… my life was spared…

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Keep your house keys in the right spot. People can be observing you and just waiting for the right moment to enter your home. I learned my BIG LESSON. uwa.

Celebration…!

subtlefortitude — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:21:31 +0000

TIME FLIES FAAAST…!

…This makes it my 10th Hari Raya in Malaysia…

(a decade already ma)

Grateful that I’m here… that ALLAH has decided my being in Malaysia with my lovely relatives…

I’d like to catch this chance to ask forgiveness from:

- my family and all relatives

- close companions (sahabat2) and friends…

What’s all the Commotion about 09/09/09??

subtlefortitude — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:23:08 +0000

Today, 19 Ramadhan 1430 is the 9 September 2009…ala, it’s not fun writing it that way…change!… 09/09/09

The last time there as a gigantic commotion was the Y2K deal. Then there was the 09/09/99 day (I remember my teacher in my 6th grade class telling us the possibilities that could have happened that day) where there was going to be a like a major problem with the world’s computer system and all. Tough luck, didn’t get to witness anything. hm.

09/09/09 represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we’ll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it.

Dr. Marwa El Sherbiny in our Hearts…

subtlefortitude — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:10:23 +0000

“Terrorist! Terrorist!”

…you called her a terrorist just because of her modesty in wearing the hijab?

Stabbed 18 times in court!!!!!

…you stabbed her just because she wanted to defend her hijab in court?

3 months pregnant with one little child watching

… what happened to your humanist values??? What if someone stabbed your wife, for heaven’s sake??!!!

… WHO’S THE REAL TERRORIST????!!

This occurred about a month and a half ago… But I figured I wouldn’t be able to stay calm till I get this up on this page.

To give a gist of the climax of this occurrence, an Anti-Islam individual (Alex) had harrassed and insulted Dr. Marwa El Sherbiny, an Egyptian women in German, in public. She sued Alex for the uncalled-for insult. Yes! That was not only an insult for Marwa, but an insult for ISLAM. Who would stay still??? Alex appealed in court. During the process of trial in court, Alex ran and stabbed Marwa 18 TIMES to death… reminder: IN COURT. A policeman then shot Marwa’s husband, who went to defend her, with the excuse saying that he was aiming for Alex but missed his shot.

My goodness, has this world like flopped over all of a sudden??

How on earth was Alex allowed to bring in a knife into court? Then there’s the stabbing. It was mentioned, 18 TIMES. couldn’t anyone have stopped Alex at the 2nd or 3rd stab at least? Did the judge like just sit there and watch or what?

This event, ladies and gentlemen, is pure proof of PREJUDICE OPPRESSION OF ISLAM!!

Moral of the story:

- Don’t visit Germany. Their courts aren’t secured.

- German policemen suck at shooting. They might, on another day, aim for someone else, but unintentionally shoot another Muslim.