Kid Kiddy Kiddo

Bismillah,

These are some cute little creatures that I met here so far and I want you to meet .. (^_^)

First:

This is Hikmet, a Turkish+Malay girl. She can speak 4 languages; English, Malay, Bosanski and Turkish.
Way to go, Hikmet =) I'm gonna miss you. By the way, her parent is expecting triplets (kembar tiga). MasyaAllah!



Let's take one more time ok, Hikmet. Just you and me..

 Say Siiiiiirrrrr ("Sir" means cheese in Bosanski)  =P



Okay. Aku pulak yang beriya smile ye?



Second:

Meet Mohammed Arif. A Bosnia + Malaysia mixed blood. =)

This intelligent-looking boy reminds me of Macaulay Culkin, the one who acted in the movie "Home Alone"

Finally, Mohammad Arif meets Mohammed Arif. =)

The third:

This picture above was at Musolla in BBI Centar.

The sister

The brother, who is very shy. He ran away everytime I wanted to take his picture. Lucky you, boy, this was at musolla, if not, I'm so gonna chase you and hug you! hehe

With their mother. =) I totally forgot their names. .Eeei, I really want to squeeze their cheeks. Excluding the mother okay. =P 

The fourth:

...innocently cute and adorable...

This is Tarik's daughter and her name is Sumeja  (as in Sumayah) =) For your information, Bosanski don't have the letter "Y" but they use the letter "J" instead. Tarik is one of the employee for a Malaysian construction company here.



Sibuk membilang ye, si kecik berbaju merah =)



Haaaa, pandai pun senyum! She smiled perfectly =D

It would be a lie if I didn't have the intention to bring one of them to Malaysia with me, right. =P

Corn in Cup in Bosnia?

Bismillah,

Yurp. You heard me right. *nodding quickly*

Corn in cup is here after all!

They claimed that this is the FIRST and THE ONLY corn in cup in Bosnia.

Wondering where I got that information huh? hehe

Hello! The two persons who told me are the owner of that stall! ^-^

And ex-IIUM (International Islamic University Malaysia) or well-known as UIA! =))))

Proud of them. Thank you for bringing one of Malaysian favourite food to your country. =')

Hope you guys  attain success in whatever you do, ameen ya robbal alamin.

Go Rusmir and Djenan! =D

p/s: If you are in Bosnia and looking for this corn, go to foodcourt at the level 4 in BBI Centar, Sarajevo. =)

No more teeth chattering.

Bismillah,

There is something that I would love to share with my readers, no matter visible or invisible readers, all of you are dear to me. Probably some of you have heard about what I’m going to tell here, some may not. And for those who are not, this entry could be a precious knowledge especially if you are going to travel or live in a four-season country.

…

I went out to the city to have lunch and sightseeing. Then, I was looking for a mosque and found one but without a proper place for the women to make wudu’ since there is only a small place which is outside the mosque, without walls and ceiling. Two things popped out of my mind:

1)   How am I going to make my wudu’ out here? It’s freaking cold and I'm shivering. I’m not sure if I could stand the cold of minus temperature (-0°C) without my coat, gloves and sock during wudu’.

An example of an open wudu' place

2)   How can I take off my hijab to make wudu’ in this very open and public area with cars passing around me, and with a man who were making his wudu’ at the same time?

This is crazy, I told you. The question marks are all around me. I went blank. Ya Allah, I’m asking you to make this easier for me. Give me some guidance. Please… Please… Please! (-_-‘)

Then, there was two young ladies with hijab walk passed me. Alhamdulillah! I hurriedly walk towards them to ask them for help. I mean they probably can help answering the doubt in my mind. Alhamdulillah again, they showed me the way to other place where they have a proper place for women to make wudu’ and pray. =)

…

Living in a foreign land is not that easy when you are not familiar with the city and you don’t know where to head when you need to get something done especially regarding fulfilling the obligation as a Muslim. I knew that I need to do something. There is got to be other way or a better way to this. I need to ask someone who knows or maybe read articles from the internet, anything that could give me answer. I had to and I wanted to know if there is.

Islam, the religion of ease.

"Allah intends for you ease, and does not want to make things difficult for you" [2:185]; and "Allah does not want to place you in difficulty" [5:6].

Allah is the creator of mankind and therefore knows his nature more intricately than mankind itself. Therefore Allah has chosen for us a religion best suited to the nature of mankind. That’s what I always tell myself.

All praises to Allah. I found this articles regarding rukhsah (relief regarding dispension). Basically it is a way in which one is considered to get the relief in difficulties. This relief can be in many ways in performing ibadah (obligation) and there are conditions that you need to fulfil in order to qualify for doing rukhsah. For my case, this is a relief in performing wudu’ during winter.

Wiping over khuf/socks

Khuf
 (http://bungadaffodil.blogspot.com/)

Have you heard of it? Honestly, I never heard of the word ‘khuf’. But I do know that there is a relief for not having to take off your shoes or boots for wudu’ during winter. Okay, khuf it is actually socks made out of leather as you can see from the picture above. However, it is permissible to replace khuf with socks, since they are not many people wear khuf nowadays as long as it fulfil certain conditions such as the socks must be strong enough to enable walking in them without tearing and etc.

So, now when I need to make wudu’, instead of washing my foot, i wipe my socks. It is very helpful since I don’t have to take off my socks when it’s really cold. Furthermore, I don’t have to twist my back trying to wash my feet in the sink at the washroom with everyone staring anymore. Cool huh? =) 

“The easiness of Islam is felt in all of its commandments. Some people find this or that commandment hard to follow but this does not mean that the command is in itself hard; often it is the person who is the cause.”

  www.saaid.net/islam/3.htm

Everything seems so much easier now. Alhamdulillah. Islam is a deen of practicality. It is really a way of life. Sometimes it is us who makes it hard when it is actually easy. Maybe it’s because we don’t really have the intention to learn more of Islam. And we feel hardship in following those obligation, some of us started to choose the easiest way which is to abandon solat/pray. Na’uzubillah.  

Now that we know, I’m pretty sure that either travelling or living in a four season country will be easier and above all, our travelling is blessed by Allah, InsyaALLAH. =)

Good day, everyone.

p/s: What to write next? You tell me.

Let's get Loud

Bismillah,

There was one time when I was sitting there at my table, staring at my laptop, while my two colleagues were talking. Suddenly, both of them raise their voice as if they were quarrelling or arguing on something. And believe me when I said I was scared at that moment, praying and hoping they won’t pull each other’s hair or wrestling on the floor. After about 5 minutes, one of them stopped and turned to me and asked,

Haris: “Hey, what’s up?”

I was surprised to see that he was okay in a blink of an eye. So, I asked him carefully,

Me: “Are you okay now? I hope you are not mad anymore”

Now, he looked surprised with his jaw hung open, he asked me back,

Haris: “Huh? Why would I be mad?” 

Me: “I thought you had a fight with Mirnes that’s why I’m asking you that question.”

Haris: “No, we were not. We just had a conversation. I was asking him opinion on something and what I think about it. That is it”

Me: “But you were very loud back there. Both of you. I was afraid you guys might punch each other’s face” 0_o

You know what, he laughed (=_=’)

Haris: “HAHAHA! We were not fighting. We were trying to get our idea across. When we want to be heard, we would say it loudly. Not like shouting but louder. That’s how we talk here.”

Me: “Ah-ha. So, you weren’t fighting. Thank god. Okaay. I will have to get used to it next time.” (^_^')

It’s really different here. I mean comparing Malaysia and Bosnia. We don’t usually say things loudly unless you need to shout when someone couldn’t listen to you. But here, it’s normal. Sometimes when people talk like that, and at the same time someone is talking on the phone, it could be really loud in here. Since I don’t understand them, all I could do is just sit and listen to them talking, pick up some words that I'm familiar with or if not probably I would jot it down and ask for the meaning later. Otherwise, I could just pretend that I’m deaf and let those words vanish into thin air. hehe.

p/s: I wish I could understand Bosanski immediately. I’m going to need a wand and not to forget Miss Hermione Granger to cast the spell for me. Who knows what language it would turn out to be if I did the spell. =)

Owh Tram!

Bismillah,

Some rules are meant to be broken. Well, for my case I did not mean to break the rules.

They said that half of the passengers don’t pay for the tram ticket. That is what Shasha told me. In fact, she kept telling me that. She has been living here in Bosnia for a year and a half. She didn’t understand why do I always buy ticket when even half from everyone don’t. And I did not answer her since I think that depends on individual. If he or she has the guts to do that, then he or she will. But for me, I don’t have the guts to break the rules. I will tell you why later.

So, that same day, I hopped on the tram again that night. I already had the coins of 1.60KM in my hand, ready to buy the tram ticket. But, one of my friends whispered to me saying this:

“Let’s not buy ticket for this time. The station that we intended to go is just two stations away, it’s near and is not worth it to pay for the ticket.”

As for her and my other friends, they don’t have to buy ticket since they already have the pass for public transport. So, it’s fine for them but not me. While hesitating whether to buy or not, the tram moved and reached the next station. Unfortunately, I realized that there were like five men wearing black coat climbed into the tram and started checking passenger’s ticket. Oh my god! That's the BUS OFFICERS/ CONDUCTORS!!



This is just picture okay.



And I knew I’m doomed!  My heart was pounding hard. And I just stood up there, panicking in the inside, didn’t know what to do, until those men came to me and asked for my ticket. Oh Maaak! =S

What am I supposed to do now? Feeling uncomfortable with the awkward situation, I dragged my friend to accompany me to buy ticket at the tram driver immediately. But it was too late. Those five men were following us to the driver and they talked with the tram driver in which I could not understand. Then one of them showed me something written on a paper, which tells me that,

“One must pay for the tram ticket. If one failed to do so, one will be fined 26KM.”

I knew the penalty and started to dig for my purse to pay the fine. Suddenly, the tram doors opened since that is the next station and from what I understood, the bus officers wanted me and my friend to come down from the tram. So, we did. And the tram and my other friends left us at that station in the middle of nowhere. Then, I paid the fine, and bought a new tram ticket. There goes my 27.60KM. T_T

Now, I will tell you. I’m that kind of girl who always plays by the rules. ‘Skema’ as they say. But who cares what they say. I know myself better than they do. I know that I won’t be able to break the law or rules or whatever they call it. Looking back at my experience, everytime I wanted to go against the law, I would be caught. Check this out:

1.   I skipped Investment class for the first time during diploma and it happened that the lecturer was looking for me. “Mana Tasneem ni? Kenapa dia tak datang??” (Where is Tasneem? Why is she absent?)  =_=’  Bad reputation.

2.   I skipped Research class for the first time and out of the blue, the lecturer suddenly did pop-quiz. As a result, I got ZERO for that quiz

3.   I went to the university library (PTAR2) wanted to carry my bags with me into the library. Since my friends always do that, so they told me to act cool as if I did nothing wrong. So, with that piece of advice, I walked calmly into the building with my bags. Just exactly four steps I made, I heard this, “Beg tak boleh bawak masuk ye”. (Bags are not allowed inside)

Thanks to the tram incident! This list of mine goes up to number 4 now.

So, if you think you can handle the risk of breaking rules, go ahead. But for those who are in the same category with me, I’m telling you don’t ever try. Your first time might be your last time. Maybe other people do it like so many times and they still managed to get away with that. Just think that maybe Allah loves us more. That’s why He gave difficulties or obstacles when we want to commit wrongdoings. So we won't dare to repeat it again. Even if you are in a foreign land. For that, I thank you, Allah! =)))

Allow me to add something to this common saying…

“Some rules are meant to be broken. But some people are just not meant to break the rules.” Heee~

Have a nice day, friends =)