Monday, February 01, 2010

my weekend was a bliss, it will be in the few weeks to come because i am so over and done with the final project for year 2.time flies, and in few more months i will be in year 3, something i am anticipating for. i wanna get out as soon as i can but then again, i just might miss schooling.

anyway, i just had an interview. it wasnt as formal i would like it to be. the most embarassing part was when i try to get up from the chair, i almost lose my balance.hahah, how great.somehow i wished i wouldnt get that company, location wise but i need it.

my critique will be tomorrow. the first one, twice already.i had my speech ready and at the speed that i'm going, i can last for less than 10 minutes. i wonder how people can just go on and on and on about their work. come one, cut the chase. i wished everything will be alright tomorrow. a few criticisms wont hurt but oh well, we see how it goes tomorrow.

by the way, i will miss csw because of stella. she even knows i'll fit very well in CASS. oh well, i'm here now right?


here i leave you with an excerpt from this book, Dont be Sad written by

Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni


Leave the future alone until it comes

The Event [the Hour or the punishment of disbelievers and polytheists or the Islamic laws or commandments], ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it. (Qur'an 16: 1)

Be not hasty and rushed for things that have yet to come to pass. Do you think it is wise to pick fruits before they become ripe? Tomorrow is non-existent, having no reality today, so why should you busy yourself with it? Why should you have apprehensions about future disasters? Why should you be engrossed by their thoughts, especially since you do not know whether you will even see tomorrow?

The important thing to know is that tomorrow is from the world of the unseen, a bridge that we do not cross until it comes. Who knows, perhaps we might never reach the bridge, or the bridge might collapse before we reach it, or we may actually reach it and cross safely.

For us to be engrossed in expectations about the future is looked down upon in our religion since it leads to our having a long-term attachment to this world, an attachment that the good believer shuns. Many people of this world are unduly fearful of future poverty, hunger, disease, and disaster: such thinking is inspired by the Devil.

Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahsha [evil deeds, illegal sexual intercourse, sins etc.], whereas Allah promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty... (Qur'an 2: 268)

Many are those who cry because they see themselves starving tomorrow, falling sick after a month, or because they fear that the world will come to an end after a year. Someone who has no clue as to when he wil die (which is all of us) should not busy himself with such thoughts.

Since you ire absorbed in the toils of today, leave tomorrow until it comes. Beware of becoming unduly attached to future prospects in this world.

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