Plans & Decisions
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
We can only plan but ultimately, the decisions are always going to be His.
Alhamdulillah.
What I went through last Saturday was very much different than what I had expected. Before going for the interview, I had prepared the possible answers to the cliche questions that would be asked and I did some minor research on the course that I'll be taking.
Even though I was 10 minutes late on that very morning, I still managed to answer the questions within the 1-hour-time that was provided. Thank God that the comprehension section was quite fathomable and I didn't have to write factual essay, hooray!
The oral test/interview was the best part.
(Eh anyway, I met my friends from the primary school and one of them was the same girl I met during the MARA test. What a coincidence, ey? *Eh tapi kebetulan itu mana ada dalam Islam kan*)
Even though a friend of mine told me that I shouldn't talk or blabber on trivial stuffs about myself (during an official interview), I just talked and talked when I was in the room. That was due to the fact that I was quite nervous seeing two lecturers sitting in front of me, ready to bombard me with questions.Therefore, I just forgot everything that the girl told me. Eheh. But seriously, the lecturers a.k.a interviewers were so nice and they didn't even make me feel stressed out or feel underestimated during the conversation. One more thing, they didn't give me hard questions because yeah like I said, we were only having a casual conversation anyway.
Why do I use the word 'conversation'? The supposedly-interview-session was like a daily conversation that we can simply have with our friends and family as the questions were quite easy and you can just share your thoughts with them without any fear of doing mistakes.
If I were to have an interview like that again, I would love to go for it!
Like what the people already told me, I need not to be too scared or nervous, I just need to be myself, speaking confidently in front of the interviewers. After all, they just want to hear you talking and to see how you present yourself.
But surely, you can't be so sure of yourself that you don't do any research on the course that you're taking. Expect the unexpected. Do everything that you can to prepare yourself for the big day. Allah sees your efforts and He will reward you for that if you're convinced that He will always help you.
You will never have to worry as long as you have faith that Allah is there with you.
So, what I'm trying to say here is, Allah knows what's the best for us. He knows our capabilities and weaknesses because He is The One who creates us. If we ever find fear in ourselves towards anything, just pray to Him. He will always listen and won't be wearied of hearing your whines.
We should teach ourselves on how to depend on Him, and Him only.
This is another story of our plans and His decision.
I've suddenly become a fan of Malay novels and this freaks me out! The first novel that I read was Diari Yayah [Standard 6] (this is the title I guess?) and the second was Adam & Hawa [Form 1] plus Andai Itu Takdirnya [Form 2]. Those were the only Malay novels that I have read.
I read very few Malay novels because I wasn't an avid reader back then and I actually developed the fondness towards reading when I was 15. That was merely because I wanted to improve my English so badly. Thus, I forgot about the existing Malay novels in the market.
But when a sister introduced me to Hlovate, I started borrowing the novels of that mysterious author from Ayu. (because I love how the author conveys the significant messages through the story itself. Thumbs up to her!)
I didn't buy the books myself because I was afraid that I might abandon them. Tapi ada lah juga satu novel yang aku beli sebelum PMR yang tajuknya ialah aA+bB. I actually made a vow to myself that I wasn't supposed to read it before PMR and I succeeded okayyyy?
3 months of prohibiting myself from reading aA+bB and it was funny to know that being the innocent me, I followed my own rule so as to concentrate on the exam. Padahal boleh je belajar walaupun ada novel yang nak dihabiskan, tak gitu?
But at last, I bought the novels myself because they are so irresistible.
Okay, saya sedang merepek.
Suami Aku Ustaz yang aku baru habiskan ni pun sebab tajuk dia innocent.
Oh anyway, I just bought Anthem by Hlovate (again) this morning and I couldn't resist the temptation of reading it. Though I have The Zahir waiting to be touched again (erk?), I chose Anthem because I have the notion that it's going to be more interesting than that English book.
Moreover, I am a fan of Hlovate! That certainly expalins why ey?
Jadinya, mahu beritahu sekali lagi, yang kita sebagai manusia hanya mampu merancang untuk buat itu dan ini. But at the end of every story, He is The One who'll provide the perfect ending of '...and they lived happily-ever-after'.
Same goes to your future. Don't plan excessively. You might just get disappointed if the future doesn't turn out like what you have planned beforehand.
*pardon my grammatical errors or any unsuitable sentence structures*
We can only plan but ultimately, the decisions are always going to be His.
Alhamdulillah.
What I went through last Saturday was very much different than what I had expected. Before going for the interview, I had prepared the possible answers to the cliche questions that would be asked and I did some minor research on the course that I'll be taking.
Even though I was 10 minutes late on that very morning, I still managed to answer the questions within the 1-hour-time that was provided. Thank God that the comprehension section was quite fathomable and I didn't have to write factual essay, hooray!
The oral test/interview was the best part.
(Eh anyway, I met my friends from the primary school and one of them was the same girl I met during the MARA test. What a coincidence, ey? *Eh tapi kebetulan itu mana ada dalam Islam kan*)
Even though a friend of mine told me that I shouldn't talk or blabber on trivial stuffs about myself (during an official interview), I just talked and talked when I was in the room. That was due to the fact that I was quite nervous seeing two lecturers sitting in front of me, ready to bombard me with questions.Therefore, I just forgot everything that the girl told me. Eheh. But seriously, the lecturers a.k.a interviewers were so nice and they didn't even make me feel stressed out or feel underestimated during the conversation. One more thing, they didn't give me hard questions because yeah like I said, we were only having a casual conversation anyway.
Why do I use the word 'conversation'? The supposedly-interview-session was like a daily conversation that we can simply have with our friends and family as the questions were quite easy and you can just share your thoughts with them without any fear of doing mistakes.
If I were to have an interview like that again, I would love to go for it!
Like what the people already told me, I need not to be too scared or nervous, I just need to be myself, speaking confidently in front of the interviewers. After all, they just want to hear you talking and to see how you present yourself.
But surely, you can't be so sure of yourself that you don't do any research on the course that you're taking. Expect the unexpected. Do everything that you can to prepare yourself for the big day. Allah sees your efforts and He will reward you for that if you're convinced that He will always help you.
You will never have to worry as long as you have faith that Allah is there with you.
So, what I'm trying to say here is, Allah knows what's the best for us. He knows our capabilities and weaknesses because He is The One who creates us. If we ever find fear in ourselves towards anything, just pray to Him. He will always listen and won't be wearied of hearing your whines.
We should teach ourselves on how to depend on Him, and Him only.
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Upon finishing The Story of Us written by Marcia Preston, I decided to read The Zahir by Paulo Coelho again (because when I read it the first time, I didn't quite understand what the writer is trying to say). But eventually, after reading approximately 30 pages, I neglected that book...again.
It was because I had to prepare for the TESL interview and a day after that, I went to ASWARA for one whole day; business purpose not leisure eceh. The mood to continue reading the book had disappeared when my friend lent me a Malay novel entitled 'Suami Aku Ustaz'.
Haaaaa memang berchenta sakan lah aku baca buku tu. Dua hari macam tu, dah habis. So pagi ni lah yang aku memang betul-betul habiskan buku tu. Doa Nabi Daud yang di atas, aku dapat daripada buku tersebut.
"Jadi, kalau rasa nak disayangi, kita kejarlah cinta Allah terlebih dahulu kerana Allah yang memegang hati hamba-hambaNya untuk menyayangi kita." -Suami Aku Ustaz; m/s 569
I've suddenly become a fan of Malay novels and this freaks me out! The first novel that I read was Diari Yayah [Standard 6] (this is the title I guess?) and the second was Adam & Hawa [Form 1] plus Andai Itu Takdirnya [Form 2]. Those were the only Malay novels that I have read.
I read very few Malay novels because I wasn't an avid reader back then and I actually developed the fondness towards reading when I was 15. That was merely because I wanted to improve my English so badly. Thus, I forgot about the existing Malay novels in the market.
But when a sister introduced me to Hlovate, I started borrowing the novels of that mysterious author from Ayu. (because I love how the author conveys the significant messages through the story itself. Thumbs up to her!)
I didn't buy the books myself because I was afraid that I might abandon them. Tapi ada lah juga satu novel yang aku beli sebelum PMR yang tajuknya ialah aA+bB. I actually made a vow to myself that I wasn't supposed to read it before PMR and I succeeded okayyyy?
3 months of prohibiting myself from reading aA+bB and it was funny to know that being the innocent me, I followed my own rule so as to concentrate on the exam. Padahal boleh je belajar walaupun ada novel yang nak dihabiskan, tak gitu?
But at last, I bought the novels myself because they are so irresistible.
Okay, saya sedang merepek.
Suami Aku Ustaz yang aku baru habiskan ni pun sebab tajuk dia innocent.
Oh anyway, I just bought Anthem by Hlovate (again) this morning and I couldn't resist the temptation of reading it. Though I have The Zahir waiting to be touched again (erk?), I chose Anthem because I have the notion that it's going to be more interesting than that English book.
Moreover, I am a fan of Hlovate! That certainly expalins why ey?
Jadinya, mahu beritahu sekali lagi, yang kita sebagai manusia hanya mampu merancang untuk buat itu dan ini. But at the end of every story, He is The One who'll provide the perfect ending of '...and they lived happily-ever-after'.
Same goes to your future. Don't plan excessively. You might just get disappointed if the future doesn't turn out like what you have planned beforehand.
*pardon my grammatical errors or any unsuitable sentence structures*
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