Showing posts with label Overseas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Overseas. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

The day, the result was out

This was the story of how nervous I was waiting for the A-level results.
Waktu check result: 1 pm
Tarikh: 13 Ogos 2013

Pada malam hari sebelum result:
Tak boleh tidur. Seawal pukul 12 am aku dah masuk ke dalam bilik. Tutup lampu dan baring. Berkelip-kelip dalam kesamaran cahaya lampu rumah sebelah. Akhirnya tertidur jua, tapi pukul 1.23am aku tersedar. Cuak. Istighfar panjang. Dan beberapa kali jugalah aku terjaga kemudian tidur balik, terjaga, tidur. Sehinggalah aku terdengar laungan azan Subuh dari masjid di hadapan rumah. Okey, udah-udah lah tidur. Bangun.

Seawal pukul 6.30 am, aku sudah turun ke ruang tamu bawah. Memasang tv, lalu menonton Tazkirah Pagi di tv3. Kebetulan Ustaz di tv sedang membicarakan perihal 'berserah dan redha di atas takdir Allah'. Huh. Alhamdulillah, seperti mahu membuatkan hati ini lebih tenang. Entah pukul berapa aku kembali tertidur sehingga pukul 8 pagi di mana Umi mengejutkan aku bangun.

Aku kemudiannya bangun lalu bersiap-siap untuk menemani Umi ke sekolah. Berada di sekolah umi ibarat satu penantian yang sangat sakit. Dada aku terasa seperti sesak. Walaupun aku pakai baju kurung tapi aku terasa sangat panas sekali padahal dalam bilik Umi ada aircond. Jam menunjukkan pukul 12.15 pm dan Umi mengajak ku pulang.

Tiba di rumah pukul 12.45pm. Dada semakin sesak. Perut terasa seperti ingin memuntahkan segala isi. Serius aku tak pernah cuak macam ni. This cuak is the worst in my history of cuak. Aku terus ke bilik air, mengambil wudhu lalu menunaikan solat sunat taubat dan hajat. Aku takut dengan apa yang bakal aku dapat. Bukan takut gagal tapi takut aku tak melaksanakan maksud tawakkal. Aku sentiasa menzahirkan di bibir bahawa sesungguhnya aku sudah tawakkal dan apa-apa pun keputusan A-level, aku redha. Tapi aku takut jika aku tidak bertindak seperti orang yang bertawakkal apabila mendapat sesuatu yang aku tidak harapkan. Jadi aku mohon dilembutkan hati dan diberi kekuatan iman daripada Allah swt sebelum aku membuka laman web CIE.

Seusai solat dan dengan masih bertelekung, aku ke laptop. Aku memanggil Umi supaya menjadi saksi apa sahaja keputusan yang terpapar di skrin. Umi sudah berada di sebelahku. Aku memasukkan Id dan password di laman tersebut. Dengan lafaz bismillah, aku menekan 'enter'

AAB

B for Maths. High B. Very close

Kecewa, sebak, sedih, pening.
Aku menahan tangisan sebab Umi berada di sebelah. Aku menarik nafas panjang dan beristighfar.
Umi kelihatan tenang dan menyuruh aku bersabar.
Aku menahan diri aku daripada panik. Lantas aku mendail nombor Ms Barbara untuk memaklumkan keputusan yang aku terima. Dan beliau menyuruh aku menghantarkan print-screen results tersebut kepada beliau agar proses rayuan ke UCC dapat dibuat.

Aku redha. Serius. Dalam hati aku, nampaknya aku bakal ke Sheffield. Kemudian aku masuk dalam bilik. Aku menunaikan solat Zohor dalam tangisan. Basah kuyup telekung aku. Seusai solat Zohor, aku menunaikan solat sunat hajat 12 rakaat. Bukan untuk memohon supaya results aku bertukar kepada semua A ke apa, tapi memohon agar Allah tetapkan iman aku dan membantu aku untuk redha.

Susah tahu tak nak berlapang dada dan mengatakan, "Aku redha" like you really mean it. Aku tersangatlah lemah, jadi, aku sangat memerlukan pertolongan Nya. Tolong Ya Allah, bantu aku gembira dengan keputusan ini. And for once in my life, I experienced betul-betul tenang. Aku dah macam 'Tak pa lah, ni yang Allah nak kasi kat aku'

Dan Alhamdulillah, aku kembali tenang. Umi dan Abah masih memujuk dengan gigih. Oleh kerana penat menangis teresak-esak, aku akhirnya tertidur. Aku tersedar sewaktu azan Asar berkumandang. Seusai solat Asar dan membaca Al-Quran, aku dapat panggilan daripada seorang rakan. Keputusan beliau lebih kurang sama sahaja denganku. Jadi kami sama-sama sebak. Aku mendoakan yang terbaik untuk beliau.

Pukul 6.30 pm, aku mendapat text daripada pihak IUMC,

"Syifa: pack your things now, you're going to UCC Med School! Cheers, Ms Barbara"

Air mata mengalir weh. Alhamdulillah.. Alhamdulillah.. Alhamdulillah..
Sujud syukur padaMu Ya Allah.
And the rest was happiness. Umi mengalirkan air mata gembira. Abah pun nampak happy. Seluruh family mula bising dan congratulations dilaungkan..

This story is perkongsian semata-mata. Sometimes we learn valuable things from other person experience. So disini aku cuma kongsikan cerita pasal if you put your dependence on Allah, He never fails you. Kita ni yang kenar sabar. Aku sering ingatkan diri aku dengan "Hadapi ujian dengan sabar dan solat" which one of the verse in Al-Baqarah.. Dan "Setiap kesusahan ada kesenangan" in surah Al-Insyirah. Everything that you want, just anything, there are prices that you have to pay. It is the matter of how willing are you to pay for the prices. And that includes usaha, doa dan tawakkal.

Akhir kata,

Have faith in Allah.
Whatever He gave you is the best.

A reminder for myself too.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

From Vietnam

Status: I am watching cerita Hindustan at tv2 right now. Pagi tadi baru balik daripada rumah Kak Fiqah. Alhamdulillah, best dapat study+stay up dengan Amni studying Chemistry. ^^
Music: One More Night by Maroon 5

Malam ni aktiviti bebas telah berlansung as my dad, siblings and I went window-shopping at the mall. and we had our delicious dinner which were seafood takoyaki. I bought new casing for my samsung S2. Yess!And not to mention, I also bought cute-spider-earrings. Adakah semangat Sapphire mula menular?

Recently, to be exact, last week, I went to Vietnam together with Abah, Umi, Abangman and Kakyong family. It was kind of random pon sebenarnya, because one day, my abah asked, "Fa, nak gi Vietnam?" and my answer was, "Bulih jah." And we went there for 4 days, we departed from Malaysia on 29th Nov. The journey on the flight was quite kejap jer. After 2 hours journey, we arrived at Saigon International Airport. Now they called Saigon as Ho Chi Minh city. There was a tourist guide who is a local Vietnam guy already waiting for us outside the airport. We went there under the management from Al-Qudd travel agent, together with my family, there were 42 people from Malaysia altogether. So, it was kinda fun and chaotic!


I naik Air France uollsss! Mewah giler! (lawak mintak pelempang)
Baru nak landed.

Perjalanan ke hotel was quite fun. I do not missed to watch the scenery of Vietnam throughout the bus window. If you haven't been yet to Vietnam, this is one of the info that I would like to share. The majority of the people there chose  motorcycles as their main transportation. You will hardly see any car on the road whilst the number of motorcycles were enormous!

So, we checked-in at Hoang Gia Huy Hotel. The hotel was rated 3 stars but I think it was splendid and beautiful! On the first day, we went to a historical place named Chu Chii Tunnel. I didn't quite remember the sequence of the history but it was built during the war between Vietnam and US. The tunnel was the shelter and hiding spot for the vietnamese. We were having lunch at Restaurant Sri Penang which prepared halal-Malaysian cuisines. Our tourist guide name is Alex. He said, the restaurant before was chose as the one of the halal restaurant in Rasa Halal Vietnam hosted by Farah Anuar. The meals were delicious like seriously sodapp! At night, we walked to the night market which was not far from our hotel. Surveying items and prices as there were lots of the same things sold at different places. Therefore, we have to be smart. My brother and I learnt quickly about the rate and currency, because most of the time we probably will use the local money and US dollar. 
Jln masuk ke Chu chii Tunnel. Kecik giler lubang tuu.
Askar tu bajet cute. Huh.
Rasa halal Vietnam! Yum!
On the second day, we went to Muslim Village. The Village was quite isolated and small. There was a small mosque in the middle of the village for the muslims to solat berjemaah and the children to belajar mengaji. Alang-alang dah pergi Muslim Village, we dropped by at a house selling loads of handmade-telekung and baju kurung. The telekung was very pretty, I bought one for myself and 2 pasang baju kurung. Hehehe... For  the telekung to be only RM 50 each, it considered as very cheap.
Masjid dekat Muslim Village

The fun was added to the trip as we were taken taken to Mekong River to enjoy a speed-boat ride and sampan ride. I enjoyed watching scenic view along the river. Weolls kemudiannya singgah di pulau across the main land. There, we were able to watch the local people processing coconut candy. My eyes caught a glimpse of a beautiful shoulder bag! Only 10 USD, I quickly grabbed two bags for my sister and I. Sooo baik of me. =P Then we singgah dekat kedai-kampung-style-looked, to enjoy our honey-tea and they even have performance. It was very lucuuu to hear they sang traditional malay songs for us, they sounded like melayu-siam. But nice effort weh! The joy was felt again when I had a chance to enjoy sampan ride by local people. They were so poor that most of the villagers earned money by mendayung sampan for the tourist saban hari. Some of them were pretty ladies and strong men. If they want, they can become actors or actresses. We tipped them by 30000 Viet Dong.
View from the boat
Ntah pape laa dorang jual ni. Snap jer.
We olls beratur dengan gigihnya sbb nak naek sampan
Sampan telah didayung. Dalam perjalanan nak gi restoran
halal.

Then again, the night market and the pasar-liked market that I forgot the name. They were sorgaa for tourists who adore shopping. My mom was included. Basically, we bought souvenirs for our family and friends back in Malaysia. My mom bought kain-sutera Vietnam, hand-made shoes and t-shirts. What I bought? Hehehe,,, I bought for myself a pair of converse shoes after bargaining, sold by only 12 USD! Other than that, keychains, girly-hat (mengada gila) and hard-rock cafe t-shirt. Sumpah klu pandai bargaining, memang dapat lowest price lahh! Weolls balik on 2nd Dec. 
Hah, ni dia tempat I shopping.

There lots of pretty clothes there. Winter-wear pon murah, there was a place called Russian Mall. My brother bought leather wallet there. So, sesapa nak shopping bagai nak rak, pegi laa Vietnam! Korang mesti lebih baggage nyer weight kat airport. Haha~ 

Conclusion, pegi Vietnam best! Lagi best sebab pegi dengan family. I was blessed. I am a happy kid. Alhamdulillah. Kuddos