I shudder, I truly do, at the notion of death but who would have thought MJ would pass away so suddenly? Who would have thought he'd die a Muslim?
His passing made me ruminate on how Qada' and Qadar is truly in Allah's hands. I only pray that his niat to convert was sincere, then he'd be like a newborn andthat would make his sins much less than most of us born Muslims. Still, only Allah knows.
Truth be told, as a young girl, I remembered attempting the moonwalk when I saw his concerts on TV despite my father going on to say, "Dia ni lah dajjal ni...dajjal nii, orang sumer puja2 dia" I don't know why it was such a vivid recollection, but I know he had in a way influenced a part of my life. After all these years, the one who claimed MJ was a dajjal would be praying the Solat Ghaib for him. :)
Okay, I may have been lagging with this vid but it moved mountains in me, and NIE mates, please bear with me. -.- It's about a professor who only had months to live and used the very precious times left to make meaning of life. Yes, he had months to live and had since passed away July 25th last year. His speech was an amalgam of his childhood dreams and how he tried to achieve them.
"i don't like this. I have three little kids. Let's be clear, this stinks..." this line was when my vision started to blur...but I should let you all watch it yourself.
I'm, or rather, we (me and hassan) are currently reading his bestseller, "The Last Lecture" and it's been a motivational read thus far; every single short story of the his life holds a meaning of great magnitude.
Today also, Mother Theresa came to give a speech in the form of an environmentalist...heh. By this I mean, she was Dr Jane Goodall who came to share her experiences on living with the chimpanzees in the wild and how we can help to contribute to the green movement. I thought Fidza should have been at the LT listening to her love for animals. I was dozing off honestly, cuz she had such a pleasant voice! like a granny telling a story... *excuses* but hello, she is 80+!
Well, today was fruitful, a hundred times better than the past three days! Tomorrow is SAF visit day...and finally, sadly, no mid-year cash outs for civil servants. Boo!
Foremost, let me just reply Far's comment, that I wish I had had distinction babe! That's a GPA of 4.5, but I was 0.35 point short, so credit was excellent in my case. yes, Alhamdulillah. :))
This will be a short entry, I hope to promise. I saw this video today and it truly moved me. I hope it does you too...simple, innocent and rich in camaraderie, obviously not easy to see in the local context. So, go ahead, take a look and don't cry like me.
