janji

janji

ia adalah berat

berat untuk ditunaikan

diri ini masih lemah

berat utk dilepaskan

diri ini masih butuhkannya

berat untuk ditunaikan

diri ini masih kurang lengkap

berat untuk dilepaskan

diri ini masih mahu percaya

berat untuk ditunaikan

diri ini takut tidak mampu menanggung

Ya Tuhan, demi masa yang telah Kau bersumpah,

tuntunilah hati ini 

agar kami tidak tergolong diantara orang orang yang lalai

Ya Tuhan, demi matahari

demi bulan dan peredarannya

demi siang dan malam

yang telah Kau bersumpah

jagalah hati ini 

agar kami tidak tergolong diantara orang orang yang rugi

Ya Tuhan, yang kami telah bersumpah

sebelumnya adanya kami di dunia ini

dan selepasnya adanya kami di dunia ini

kuatkanlah kami

agar janji kami disana dan disini

mampu terlaksana

lesson 32 - lonely, i no longer am. and i believe you too, my good friend

Assalamualaikum wbt

among the main culprit of one behaviours though can be arguably be said due to syaitan, but for me it was raised by feeling of loneliness. 

being alone, one would then tried to fill up his/her time to what it being 'set' to, either be in accordance to their 'favourite activities'. anything that could be planned to cover up the loneliness are not quantifiable and can be ranging to the simplest idea to even complicated ones. 

and how it could possibly be despite Allah in Surah Qaaf (50) verses 16 said "It was We who created man and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him; for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein"

is it us who tried to be far from Him despite He is near to us?

is it us who choose to ignore despite Him being with us?

i left these to you and to me to find it out.

insyaAllah we will find the answer if we verily seek Him.

may Allah bless!

^^

lesson 31 - a life at high altitude

assalamualaikum wbt dan selamat pagi!

i have been to one of the tallest mountain in the world or 20th in the world and tallest in south east asia. ouh let me rephrase that, i have conquered, but totally not owned it. 

the trip itself, if i were to briefly summarize it, would make a short sentence like "Gosh, tell me again why am I here?", "natang, penat nok mapuh", "haihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", "ok complete 50 steps, lets take 5 minutes break" and few sentences that i'm not proud of which shows how unfit i am trying to conquer this mountain. yep, i'm totally unfit. i haven't had my training for kinabalu where people should at least have some stamina (running or walking the stairs or hitch hiking or hill climbing) to prepare themselves for this. what i did is solely writing a post at this blog (haktuih?), editing pictures, and etc that doesn't involve any sweats (except that i spend 2 months before this event at offshore :P)

hamim, bro and me at the peak

despite everything, the scenery was awesome! worth of every please-refer-to-the-above-statement-that-shows-how-tired-and-frustrated-it-can-be and i just show you one of that. the mount had just had its rain and the waters starts to pour and form a river. later that, a high sky sunset, orange and blue which is outstandingly awesome.

but, that trip teach me alot, exactly two things that i can use. 

the first lesson was taught by my tour guide or porter (we did used porter for our trip)

"move, even at smallest steps that you can make, at your own convenience and pace. do not stop as necessary stops would only turn your momentum down. 

you could think that by stopping, you would gain strength, but dealing with mind, stops can only make you stop and not reaching your goal. 

hence, move, take your action, and surely you would be able to find and reach your goal."

the second lesson was only understood after I went down from the peak with all those-please-refer-to-the-above-statement-that-shows-how-tired-and-frustrated-it-can-be. 

"never expect things to go smooth especially if you do not prepare for it. preparation is a must or you would see hellish situation despite everything can be solved or completed"

i'll prepare myself, for my second trip to kinabalu. this is a revenge!

wish me luck and hope you can learnt something from this lesson. 

insyaAllah.

photojournalism - project x: pipeline installation

assalamualaikum wbt.

it has been a while since i have put a post here. as promised, this is a portion of pipeline installation works that i have involved this year. all the descriptions are at my fb, having some sleepy head to rewrite all the captions.

but i will work on this post later, but just to share fews. feel free to comments on the pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

by end of the day, i would like to say thank you to all the workers for your great help, great spirit, teamwork and most importantly being safe throughout the campaign. insyaAllah, i will see you around.

farhan iqbal mohd yusof
aocs