The Beach

Assalamualaikum

I have suddenly come into a stage of very high traffic for my blog. Well higher than it usually is. So I am probably going to have to censor some of the stuff I say now to be more careful about annoying someone. I appreciate the people who come to read what I have to say though. Hopefully by reading it will bring your life joy. And hopefully I can serve as a good reminder to not only all of you, but to myself as well.

Ok so today I went to Margate. There is a pantai there so we all thought it was a good place to go and spend the afternoon as the sun was shining and it was quite warm. Its the first of June and there is only 30 more days to spend time with all my seniors. You gotta make it all count because time flies. Well anyway, at one point while we were all fooling around on the beach, I had to sit down and relax sekajap because ngalih berabis. This gave me time to reflect. There is nothing better than being with nature and just trying to relax and calm yourself. And I thought to myself, why dont I do this kind of thing more instead of wasting time in the house and playing games. Its a shame how much of this year I have spent sitting in the living room not really doing much. Sayang.

I guess its easy to realise now how my laziness has made me lose out on alot tapi esok esok, bebalik jua ni main game sampai 8-10 hours. Its Syaitans way of making me waste time is what I have just realised. I finished watching the documentary of 'the arrivals' and am amazed at the amount of work they have put in just to make people realize what we are actually put on earth for. Even though controversial, its message is simple. Allah has blessed us with life and has asked of little in return. There is 24 hours in the day. Kiranya tidur 8. 16 hours in a day for us to use as we please and all we need to do is pray 5 times a day. Inda sampai 40 minute from the 16 hours we have been granted. Even this is hard for us to do.

I read that Nabi Muhammad SAW used to pray until his feet were swollen and he used to ask Allah for forgiveness 70 times a day. This is the prophet, the man who had the qualities we can only dream of achieving. If my badan sakit, instead of praying dulu I lay down, sometimes tetidur and then sembahyang akhir sikit lagi miss waktu. Aku kan bebuat macam atu. Mun Nabi Muhammad SAW minta forgiveness 70 times a day, just imagine what we should be trying to achieve in our everyday lives. Main game dapat. Liat TV dapat. Main bola dapat. Even 5 minutes during these activities, duduk, tutup mata and beg for forgiveness. Ani syaitan punya skill kan buat kami lupakan kepada Allah. Making us enjoy dunia. No matter how young we are and how much time we THINK we have left on earth, it is nothing compared to akhirat.

We have been given the Al-Quran and sunnah nabi as guidelines. We are suppose to take Prophet Muhammad SAW as an example on how to structure our lives. No matter how invincible we feel at this moment, it could all end in an instant.

So to use an old bruneian saying, 'sembahyang sebelum kana sembahyangkan'

Hopefully we can all change our lives for the better. There is never a point where we cant improve ourselves as muslims and human beings. Insyallah.

Forgive me if I have offended or maybe sound hypocritical.

Bah

Assalamualaikum