Last day of 2012

I can't believe that today is the last day of 2012. Soon it will all be over and we will be entering 2013. I'm glad that I can blog comfortably now. It was difficult before when my computer broke down and ended it's life so suddenly huhuhuhu.....

I'm still struggling with my health.....not sure when all this suffering will be over but still I'm always grateful that even though I'm like this, Allah still bless me with a lot of good things.....certain things that happened to me this year seems like a dream that came true.....to be honest, a lot of my dreams came true this year and I'm still pinching myself coz I still can't believe so many good things happened to me......I can't wait to start anew and really look forward to a brand new beginning in the new year. I got a lot of motivation from watching how others have carried on with their lives no matter how hard life  is and how bad their health is....they still achieved a lot and still make it happen.....there is no such thing as giving up.....never give up....and I'll never give up!! As long as I'm still alive, I'll keep on doing what I love.....don't care what people say....all I care about is getting blessings from Allah.

Hmmmm......my 366 days project was abandoned.....guess that today will be the last time I'll label my post here with that 366 days project tag.....and I'm pretty sure that I won't be doing it again for 2013 or the year after that.....because I just don't have the time for it anymore. But at least I did try my best..... ;)

Just like all the years before.....each year, I've gained so much of new knowledge, lots of new experience and done so many new things in my life.....it's pretty life changing....and I love it. No regrets! Alhamdulillah.....I love 2012.....thank you for all the wonderful things that came my way....unforgettable indeed!!. <3 <3 <3

12/12/12

I'm pretty sure a lot of people will be blogging about today's date! Yup, a special date indeed......doesn't come that often so why not just take the opportunity to write something on this unique day. Although not a lot of unique things happened today.....just a lot of working I must say ahahaha.

I haven't been writing here that much....not as often as I should or would have sometime ago. I guess, I have come to a point where I like to keep things to myself and be quiet nowadays. Strange but true. I just prefer to keep things to myself and just enjoy what I do without having to advertise about it every now and then like I used to. 

I guess I have changed. And I think I have changed a lot lately. I guess it started about a few months ago when I suddenly felt that I didn't need to share my thoughts online anymore. Not that I wouldn't share at all, it's just that I have slowed down a bit.....well, a lot actually...hehe. No more tweets on Twitter.....rarely share any status updates.....or post anything at my blog.....maybe it has something to do with age??? Ahahaha....I kept wondering why.....and time and time again.....I can't seem to find an answer. The mind just refuse to do certain things......and there's no explanation to it. It just decided to stop those actions and created a new type of activity. Ahhhh yesss.....perhaps I got bored of the old activity and needed something new in my life....hmmmmm....perhaps that's it!!! :D

Feeling kinda sad that it's already December. What the heck happened???? Time....yes, time flew faster than the speeding bullet.....it's so hard to keep up. Before I know it....the day is gone...and here comes a new day....a new week... a new month.....and soon enough....a new YEAR!! I'm happy because this year has been one of the most challenging year for me...a lot has happened and achieved....I had set out to achieve a few things for this year and I managed to get it all to come true....alhamdulillah.......

A change of lifestyle....a change of attitude....a change in habits.....a change in a lot of things in my life and I'm happy that I changed something and not live in the same type of setting all year. A change is good....good for the mind, body and spirit. Who knows.....I might just change again next year.....a brand new and improved Lin ;).

Hello again dear blog....

Not sure why but suddenly I had the urge to write even though I know darn well  how much of work that needs to be done and the last thing I should be doing right now is write a post here.

I guess I kinda miss writing down my thoughts here. The last time I wrote anything here was on my birthday...which was in September. THAT means......I totally missed writing anything in October!!! Oh gosh....I can't believe I did that. That shows how sick I've been that I just couldn't care less about missing a post or whatever else that's happening in this world. All I cared about was how was I going to get well.

The fact that I'm writing something here right now is good sign that things are getting better.....slowly but surely I have high hopes that it will get better and better in days to come. I just need to be strong to face this tough challenge in life and have great patience.

I might have seemed a bit mean because I've been so quiet to almost everyone who are close to me ....it's all because I just don't feel like talking much....didn't have the appetite to eat much....or go out much.....I just concentrated on working at home and healing the body.......I work as slow as a tortoise....or a snail perhaps....but I made sure I get it done....

I think I've come to appreciate my body more and be nice to it.....give special attention to it and not neglect it......alhamdulillah....I've done so much of research on how to heal myself naturally and found some natural remedies that actually work on me....it's really amazing.....I almost lost hope....but I am glad persevered.

I'm almost a vegetarian nowadays......that was the only way for me to get my health back.....I'm glad it worked....it took great patience to do so....but it worked....tough....but it was for my own good. Luckily I can still take fish....at least that's something to look forward to each week hehe....

Perhaps one day I'll be able to write often again like I used to..... :)

It's my day!

I have not been regularly updating my personal blog due to work commitments and health issues but today, I just had to take some time off from whatever I was doing to jot down what is on my mind on this special occasion. It's that time of the year again.....and alhamdulillah this year, I get to celebrate my birthday again....there was a few surprises that I received from loved ones....that has made my birthday celebration very special indeed....a very memorable one I must say! I got a lot to be thankful for....for all that I received to date.

I can't forget what happened today. My "little sis" gave me a surprise party at her house. It was a very lovely surprise indeed. Knowing and considering her who just recently had a new baby, I felt really blessed indeed when she took the trouble to organize the party for me. I truly appreciate it very much for all that she did for me. It's the thought that really mattered the most. Big or small the celebration, it doesn't matter much....for me it's always the thought that touches the heart. I'll forever remember this moment for as long as I live. 

Sometimes when we're feeling a bit under the weather or when we are not in our usual self.....and suddenly we get these little surprises.....it sure does lifts up our spirit and keeps us going. Alhamdulillah for all the little surprises that I received from all my loved ones for my birthday this year.....you all really made my life more beautiful.... <3

Do or do not

I don't know what has gotten into me lately. I guess I have other more important priorities to focus on rather than blogging here. The worse thing is, I don't feel the least bit guilty at all for not writing here. That's not good. Not good at all. Because the blog needs to be updated every now and then. I guess I have released myself from feeling any guilt for not writing. I'm free! LOL! No more stressing about it.

I'm still in the fasting mode. Still got a few more days left to fast before I can celebrate. I think perhaps I should make it a point to fast at least once a week from now onwards. It would be good to do so, for health sake. Hopefully I can make it a habit. :) Just do it!!

Will be starting class soon.....gosh, I'm so not prepared for it. I thought I was. But I guess, whether I like it or not, I have to prepare. No choice. Do or do not, there is no room for thinking about it. Life is too short. 3 more months of the course and hopefully I'll be able to move on to the other level of the course and finish the whole thing by early next year....insyaAllah.

Been reading a lot too lately. I guess, when the urge to seek knowledge has arrived, it seems easy to do it. I sure got a lot of reading to do....lots of questions unanswered.....but will be answered by the books insyaAllah. Never too late to start something good. :)

Grateful

Eidul Fitri is finally over for me....now is time to start working again. I guess the 2 weeks of holiday that I gave myself just went by faster than the speeding bullet. I can't believe it's all over. So darn fast.

All in all I think my Eidul Fitri this year went really well. Lots of fond memories about it. Something I will definitely cherish and be grateful for. Ramadhan was really a month full of enlightenment indeed. I'm seeing a lot of things in a different perspective now. I'm at that place where I'm feeling really blessed and am really really clear of what I really want in life and where I'm heading. It used to be a little blur.....but not anymore now, alhamdulillah.

Looks like it's really official now. I can't be blogging here as much as I hope to. In fact, I've missed so many posts, I've lost count already. Looks like the 366 days project is a disaster. And no, I'm not going to try doing it all over again next year. Because I don't think it's something I'm interested in anymore. I can probably write a diary everyday....a real diary book that is, but not write here everyday. It's not possible anymore. 

Next week will definitely be a busy busy week for me. There's just so much to do. Need to list down my plans.....need to make a new time table as well. Need to make sure this time around I will have more rest and more time for exercise and studies. Got lots to study this year....hopefully all will be running smoothly till I finish the course. New class will start probably early September......still haven't gotten my new class schedule from my teacher. Still waiting.....can't wait for the new lessons. :)

Detox mode

I'm thinking and thinking. Perhaps it would be a good idea to stop the 366 days project. I just don't see any way for me to keep writing here everyday. It's just too much stress for me. Hahahahahah! Yeah right! Stress konon! :P

I've done good so far with the project up until May and then when June came, it all fell apart. I still have not managed to catch up with all the days that I've missed posting... even now that August is here, I'm still slacking with the posts. 

I'm not feeling too good either. Been sick for a few weeks now. Allergies that has gotten the best of me. I think that this is probably the worst I've ever experienced. Thanks to yours truly for not taking good care of what she's been eating and now suffering....all thanks to herself. :D Pat on my back! Great job Lin, you've done a great job in poisoning yourself slowly with all the yummy delicious food that you are supposed to stay away from! :P

Now I'm on detox mode. I'm hoping that I'll be ok again before the fasting month ends. Still.....even though I'm sick, the work must go on....life goes on....it doesn't stop......nothing can stop me from doing what is important. If I don't do it, no one can do it for me anyways. Life goes on the way it does.......I just keep on moving....even if it means I'll be moving at snail speed....at least I'm moving :).

The morning chat

I gotta shock this morning as I was busy working in my room, suddenly I heard such loud sounds of the Black Naped Oriole outside the house. I quickly ran towards the window and saw about 4-5 of them on the banana trees having their morning chat....ahahaha.....I was just guessing about what they were doing. Only God knows what on earth were they saying to each other. First time for me to see so many of them at one time. Usually it's only 1 or two.

I managed to grab my camera and took a video of them. Pretty difficult to do it because I had to do it while I'm inside the house. I can't go out and take videos of them because that would scare them and chase them away. So I had to be quick! Luckily I managed to get a shot of them before they flew off to another location. :)

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan

It is that time of the year again. Ramadhan is here. Marhaban Ya Ramadhan. Once again I am blessed to be given the opportunity to meet Ramadhan, alhamdulillah. I do believe that this will be one of the most memorable and sweetest Ramadhan I'll ever experience in a long long time. Why? Because this time I get to do something that I have been longing to do in Ramadhan. Something I've been dreaming about doing for years. It's like a dream come true now. But I can't tell you what it is....it's a secret hehehe.....:) But if you can guess what it is....then do let me know! LOL! :D (but I don't think you'll be able to guess it! haha!:D).

Ramadhan this year is special because it started on a Friday. So everyone started going to the mosque to do their Terawih prayers.....some who are not well enough to go, will just do the prayers at home. Ramadhan has always been special to me. Especially since I was born in this blessed month. Ramadhan is not just about fasting. It's more than that. Much much more. It's the time to give and give, the time to do good deeds to those who are less fortunate, the time for us to change for the better, the time to read the Quran as much as we can...and many more. The more good deeds we do, the more Allah will bless us... insyaAllah.

I hope I won't have any problems fasting this time around. Hope everything will be smooth, insyaAllah. Praying for good health throughout the month.

I would like to wish all Muslims around the world a very happy Ramadhan....may the blessings of Allah shower upon you....amin. <3

Teeny weeny corn

Hehe! I never thought that the small corn tree would actually bear any corn! But as you can see, it did! LOL! It's so so so small! This corn tree is the smallest one we have out of the 5 corn tree my Mom planted in her garden. All of them are bearing corn now but not sure yet if the corns are any good to eat....will have to wait and see the results soon. It will take some more time to grow, not really sure how long that will take. Wait patiently I shall... :D