It's OK...

'It's okay to adore you from far'

Photo Courtesy: U.Lee

It's okay
to stumble and lost your balance
So that you can find a good grip
and be more focus
with where you are heading to

It's okay
To fall as you walk or run
So that you learn to find ways
to get up and start all over again

It's okay to cry
and you release the worry
with every drop of tears

It's okay
to experience ache and pains
So that the body can heal itself
And soul is purified
That every pain is a cleansing
For the accumulated sins
His Mercy is bountiful
Seek for his forgiveness, always!

It's okay
to have all shortcomings in life
For every difficulty lies a treasure of life
That we call wisdom
For every test comes with His Greatest Love
That strengthens the faith
For every tears takes away sorrow
And brings hope with determination

It's okay
If you are not rich
For God doesn't see
the worldly wealth matters

It's okay
If you are seen as hopeless
For you know how far you can go
It's to God that you need to prove
So it's okay
When people 'hush-hush' about you!

RG-26 May 2008

I've been sick with viral fever and flu. The body aches and joint pains have gone. The stuffy nose and watery eyes haven't. But it's okay, I'm fine. This is just nothing compared to the worse pains I've experienced.

Indeed, this is a small reminder to me. This is needed once a while to make sure I don't digress.

Praise to Allah the Most Merciful.

Sendaloka Sejenak...

This joke I received quite sometimes and after several times re-reading it, it still crack a smile on my face... and today when I felt nothing I could do right (errr..have you felt like you woke up at the other side of the bed?)- this is something like that or call it bad hair day lah!

This was believed to be part of the history of Malacca that was secretively taken out from the history books by the Portugese during the invasion period.

1908: Alfonso de la boorg menyampaikan hasratnya kepada Raja Portugis untuk meluaskan pegaruhnya ke Asia Tenggara (Melaka pusat perdagangan Asia Tenggara ketika itu) dan juga laluan penting perdagangan Timur Barat. Raja Portugis bersetuju untuk menyediakan kemudahan bala tentera (158 biji kapal, 15300 (anggaran) bala tentera

1909: Portugis menghantar perisik ke Melaka untuk mengetahui keadaan kekuatan pertahanan di sana

Oct 1910: Alfonso berjaya menawan melaka setelah berhempas pulas melawan 5 pahlawan Melayu terhandal (Hang Tuah, Hang Lekir, Hang Lekiu, Hang Jebat dan Hang Kasturi). Ini adalah mimpi ngeri bagi pihak Alfonso, untuk menawan Melaka serta berlawan dengan 5 Hang bersaudara, mereka perlu mendapat askar tambahan setelah 15000 askarnya terkorban dalam pertempuran selama 6 hari itu dengan 5 Hang bersaudara..akhirnya dapat juga menawan Melaka setelah hampir kecewa dan putus asa...

1912: Setahun 12 bulan kemudian Alfonso ingin meluaskan kekuasaannya ke Kedah dan P.Pinang, yang ketika itu adalah pusat pegeluaran tebu untuk gula rantau ini,...

Feb 1912: Alfonso menghantar perisik ke Kedah dan Pulau Pinang untuk mengetahui kekuatan bala tentera di sana (Kedah dan P.Pinang) mengikut sejarah, perisiknya telah ke kedai kopi sekitar Kedah dan Pulau Pinang untuk mendapat segala maklumat yang diperlukan...

Seminggu selepas FEB 1912: Perisik balik ke Melaka untuk memberitakan hasil risikan kepada Alfonso.

Dibawah adalah perbualan percakapan antara perisik-perisik dengan Alfonso yang selama ini cuba disembunyikan dalam buku sejarah:

Perisik No 1, 2 dan 3: Selamat pagi tuan (sambil bertabik, serentak)

Alfonso: selamat pagi

Perisik 1: Begini lah tuan, lupakan saja niat tuan untuk menawan Kedah dan Pulau Pinang

Alfonso: Kenapa kuat sangat kah mereka itu..? ( dengan nada marah dan bongkak)

Perisik 2: Untuk menawan Melaka yang mempunyai 5 pahlawan terhandal Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekir dan Hang Lekiu pun kita kehilangan hampir 15000 bala tentera, inikan pula kita nak menawan kedah dan P.Pinang yang mempunyai beribu-ribu hang..

Perisik 3: Betul tu tuan...antaranya hang sihat, hang gila, hang buat apa, awat hang , bapak hang, mak hang, tok hang, adik hang, hang apa habag, hang pi mana, hang nak p mana, hang singgah dulu dan banyak lagi hang ada kat sana...macammana ni tuan habihlaa kita..

Mendengar hasil risikan itu Alfonso pun takjadi la nak pi serang Kedah dan Pulau Pinang disebabkan pengalamannya sebelum ini bersama 5 pahlawan Melayu Melaka amat ngeri......ini kan pula nak berhadapan beribu ribu hang kat Kedah dan Pulau Pinang maka terselamatlah negeri Kedah dan Pulau Pinang....

Hahahahaha....

Feeding The Mind

'Vibrant'

I received an email from a friend that I haven't met but have been in constant communication like we have known for ages asking about my health condition. Maybe she can't visit my blog, otherwise she would have noted that from my tone here, I'm pretty okay. So far God has given me the 'pink of health' as many would quote. Alhamdulillah.

Now I face this heaty body temperature as MH noted. First I noted this condition was last week during the gathering at Bapak's house when my aunty noted my hand felt hot like I'm having a fever. Then MH noted a few days later. It's not troublesome for me though. I still can bear all, insya'Allah. One thing good, I now drink more plain water than before and sweat even in my sleep. Maybe the tamoxifen pills have given some effect to my menstruation cycle and I'm currently facing the symptoms of menopause... like hot flushes and heatiness

Actually today I'm supposed to have the follow up check with the surgeon for the latest mammogram that I did some weeks ago. The nurse had called me late last Friday to tell me that the follow up check needs to be rescheduled to 17th June since the doctor will be away.

The nurse also informed me that she believed nothing worrisome was noted from the film otherwise the mammo nurse would have alerted the surgeon about it. From the nurse's word I gathered that the size of the detected lump doesn't increase so there is no need for any surgery, yet. And it may not look edgy or sharp like this (see the photo below - photo source from National Cancer Institute.Org)

So, I'm 'on' for this waiting game. For today's food for thought I include some phrases that I personally think worth pondering... maybe it's one of the ways for us to enrich our mind and hopefully some phrases will make us change our habit and thus enrich our soul.

PHRASES FOR THOUGHT

Anger is a condition in which

the tongue works faster than the mind.

You can't change the past,

but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

All people smile in the same language.

A hug is a great gift... one size fits all.

It can be given for any occasion and it's easy to exchange.

Everyone needs to be loved...

especially when they do not deserve it.

The real measure of a man's wealth

is what he has invested in eternity.

Everyone has beauty

but not everyone sees it.

It's important for parents to live

the same things they teach.

Thank God for what you have,

TRUST GOD for what you need.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,

you have no today to be thankful for.

Man looks at outward appearance

but God looks within.

The choice you make today

will usually affect tomorrow.

Take time to laugh, for it is

the music of the soul.

If anyone speaks badly of you,

live so none will believe it.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor

when you feel like stripping your gears.

Love is strengthened by working

through conflicts together.

The best thing parents can do

for their children is to love each other.

Harsh words break no bones

but they do break hearts.

To get out of a difficulty,

one usually must go through it.

We take for granted the things

that we should be giving thanks for.

Love is the only thing that can be

divided without being diminished.

Happiness is enhanced by others

but does not depend upon others.

For every minute you are angry with someone,

you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.

Have a GREAT DAY folks!