Of Heart and Mind

The greatest challenge in life is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less often...  To be humble, we need to be around humble people more often.... but more often than not, we can't help but to talk about ourselves... what we have, what  we do, where we go.  I keep reminding myself of that but sometimes it happened without you realizing it.  As much as we hate to admint... I guess being humble doesn't come naturally, it needs to be learned... and I bet this is one of the hardest lessons to be learned. As a Muslim, when we pray.. do you notice the beauty of our postures as we pray?  We stand up looking down.. or when we sujud and ruku' .. everything reminds us to be humble as we are facing Him. The standing posture is as if to say that we are ready to obey Him and his teachings.  Sujud and ruku' are as if to express our feelings that we will bow to his commands in our daily lives and submit to Him completely, with humility.  We, who are imperf

hahaha.... since mid July, my life has been goin' upside down... and sometimes... sideways too.. Work is catching up and piling up on my desk... and I am so upset with myself for not updating this blog of mine.  I mean, this is where I'd turn to when I'm happy.. or down... or bored... but lately, I hardly have time for myself. Anyway, enuff whining.... 31 July was Nik's bday and it fell on weekend... means... time for a short getaway peeps! :D The night before his birthday, we met up with Kak Maz and her husband @ Naili's... just to hang out.  We planned a lil' surprise for Nik.  Kak Maz was kind enough to help me buy a cake.  And when the waiter brought our drinks out, he brought the cake too... and Nik's jaw dropped.  Hahahha.... gotcha!  He was damn surprise...  just look at the pics....   Then the next day we went to Kuantan... we decided to take the bike, since it's been quite a while.  It was a simple celebration... Nik got his b'day pres