First Snow Experince

Salam...

     The winter is coming to its end. Means no more trembling and shivering after this. ~finger crossed. But I will be missing the snow!! Talking about the snow, the first timer like me was so anticipated waiting for the snow to fall. *ye saya jakun. It's kinda irritating when people from other places started to post their pictures with the snow in FB yet in Bradford it's still sunny, sometimes cloudy. The first snow was disappointing. It only covered the pavement but still, I took a snap and sent it to my mom. Teruja lah katakan..

snow manja manja

Redha ajelah.. They said the first time is never going to be the best, so yeah.. keep waiting. It was the last two weeks when the 'real' snow started to fall. That time we went for sledging along with the postgraduates. Punyalah semangat beli papan sledge even it costed double than it is during any other seasons.

Despite of her broken knee..=

Ready, get set, go!!

The miserable Snowman

It was ultimately cold that I couldn't barely move my fingers even with the gloves on. Need to buy a proper one for the next winter. While in the UK, extra care is needed for a better skin condition due to the cold weather. Dry skin is a major problem and I need to keep my skin extremely hydrated at all time. Thus, moisturizer is a compulsory for everyday use unless if you wanna see yourself looking like a scary granny. Heehe.. Well, that really happened. Can feel myself becoming more feminine because I never pay attention to wear moisturizer on all parts of the body before. :p

Psssttt...

Just now in the morning, someone made a surprise. As usual, I went to the kitchen to have some cereals for breakfast, then I saw this

Mine was finished before they were being captured..wee

Oh..how I wish this would happen everyday. *wink. Till then, Assalamualaikum..

Ireland

Ireland

Salam..

        Well, this is a continuation of the previous post. It was on a winter break when we departed from Bradford to Ireland. I was so excited to be there for the very first time. Yelaa..dulu kan duk dengar je orang sebut  pasal Ireland. And now I was given the opportunity to step on this Irish country. Alhamdulillah.. But the main purpose of us being there was to attend PUISI. 

PUISI?? What's that?

PUISI stands for Perhimpunan Ukhuwwah Insaniyah Seluruh Ireland..and Ustz. Hasrizal was invited to give a talk. Lagi la excited kan..This year, PUISI came out with a theme of 'The Road Not Taken'. Remember one of the topics we covered in the literature during Form 2? *not sure if it's the same in all states. PUISI kali ni juga berpandukan Surah Al-Kahfi.

To be frank, I can't really find the relation between the theme and the Surah but regardless of that, I did obtain a lot of inputs. As a typical muslim, we are exactly familiar with Surah Yasin which is encouraged to be recited on every Thursday night. We are even exposed to this Surah since in the primary school. Little that we realize Surah Al-Kahfi is a vital to be practiced as well. Antara fadhilat bagi mereka yang mengamalkan surah ni adalah untuk mengelakkan fitnah Dajjal.

Mungkin pada pemahaman semua Dajjal itu adalah sejenis makhluk yang akan datang pada hari kiamat untuk menyesatkan manusia. Ye..betul. Tak dinafikan. Tapi..percaya tak sekarang pun sudah ade Dajjal kecil? Dajjal ni berdiri di antara manusia dan Allah. Bila kita x dapat menghubungkan kehidupan kita, harta kita dengan Allah, itulah yang dipanggil Dajjal.

Macam mana boleh terputusnya kehidupan kita dengan Allah? Baiklah, sebagai contoh, apabila kita membeli ubat dengan melihat testimoni daripada orang lain dan bukannya kepada isi kandungan ubat tersebut. Kita seolah-olah bergantung kepada ubat tersebut untuk menyembuhkan penyakit sedangkan kebergantungan kita haruslah diletakkan 100% kepada Allah. Ubat itu hanyalah sebagai alat dan usaha kita untuk menyembuhkan. Inilah yang dinamakan fitnah Dajjal.

Cuba kita bayangkan sekiranya dengan fitnah Dajjal yang kecil ini pun kita sudah tertipu, bagaimana pula pada hari kiamat nanti di mana Dajjal akan keluar dengan membawa semangkuk air dalam keadaan kemarau yang teruk dan sesiapa yang lemah imannya akan terpengaruh dengan Dajjal. Maybe sekarang boleh la kita cakap, 'Oh nanti aku tak akan ikut la si Dajjal tu sebab aku dah tau muslihatnya'. Tapi kita tak tahu bagaimana desperatenya kita nanti dalam keadaan kemarau tu dan kalau kita tak berusaha untuk menjauhkan diri dari fitnah Dajjal dari sekarang, kemungkinan besar kita akan gagal di hari kiamat nanti. Jadi marilah sama-sama kita mengamalkan bacaan Surah Al-Kahfi. Semoga kita semua termasuk dalam kalangan hamba-hambaNya yang beriman. In syaa Allah..

So now lets take a look on some of the pictures we had snapped while in Ireland. Luckily, we managed to stroll around before the program started.

Queen's University Belfast

Thanks to Kak Lida (in the black coat). Don't know how would we survive without her.

Halal restaurant in Belfast

A night in Belfast

All the way to Upper Lake. This was taken during the program

Here it is.. the Upper Lake

Got mesmerized by the scenery. Wish to revisit here with the future husband. *ehem.. -,-

That's all about Ireland. Till then, Assalamualaikum..

UK Part 1

Bradford~York~Manchester~Newcastle

     All of sudden I came out with an idea to blog. Why? Don't you have any other things to do? Absolutely no..This is like an attempt of being more productive during the weekends (hope so) since I would have just killed my time lying on the bed absolutely doing nothing. Pathetic.. Anyway, it has been almost 4 months I'm in Bradford. So lets start from the beginning. Yeay!!

After 16 hours journey from Malaysia

It took about a week for us to settle things down like 

1. Completing the registration

2. Opening a bank account

3. Buying things for moving into a new house and etc.

Thanks to the seniors that were really helpful during that moment, and they even brought us to explore some of the places nearby.*even dapat makan free lagi kot.tehee.. So the first was a visit to York.

In front of..erk, lupa pulak ape nama castle nih..ok,,abaikan

with inche hanun

the five of us ~not including the two boys

Followed by Manchester

See on how excited she was =.=

from the outside of the museum

Not to forget, one of the great things here is our university will arrange a trip on every weekend for the international students but with payment, for sure. And so we did grab a chance to join, making the next trip to Newcastle.

the sushi we made a night before..kononnya takut susah jumpa kedai makanan halal

walking to china town

gambar sendiri haruslah ade kan? :p

love this!!

So those are basically a few parts I've been. Will be continued in the next post since I got Clinical Optometry slide to go through before tomorrow's lecture. Wait..where did you spent your 3 days break anyway?? Only the night before the lecture you intend to make a preparation. Oh well, it's complicated.

Till the, Assalamualaikum..