I was sitting alone, waiting for my turn
to change my bank card and update my information for that bank. As I waited
patiently, I opened my zipper of my handbag and I took my new book which I’ve
bought during the book fest that was held in DK Foyer, month ago. I flipped
through few pages and began to read. I need to wait for another hour as the
process took a long time and unlucky me, that day was quite chaotic as
everybody wants to change their card. I started to read, I am lost in my own
world. After 15 minutes of reading, someone slowly approached me and said that
he needs to sit next to me. I smiled and made ways for him. I continued reading
and after 5 minutes, he started to start the conversation with me.
“
Baca buku apa tu nak?”
Of course, I have some judgement inside
of me. He is a stranger and of course I freaked out as I didn’t know him. What
if, he is a bad man?
“Ni.
Diagnosis”, I replied
it with the smiles even though I was scared at that time; while showing him the
cover of the book I read.
I continued reading and again, he asked.
“Dah
lama ka rabun?”
I nodded my head and said “Ya, pak cik. Kenapa?”
“
Balik amalkan surah …. rendam daun cabai…. pastu minum ayaq tu. Kena berterusan
dan yakin. In Syaa Allah, Allah pulihkan.”
I cannot actually remember what the
surah (s) are, but I think he said stuff like {surah lazim, Al-Fatihah and
selawat and niat mintak Allah get rid of this penyakit} because I was still in
shock at that time. I just smiled and he said,
“Balik
lah buat. Bagitau mak.”
I replied him with “In Syaa Allah.”
I closed my book as it is quite inappropriate
for me to read and that uncle was giving me the words of advice. We were in
silence for a while until he asked.
“Selalu
sakit kepala? Pak cik tengok muka anak ni macam cepat sangat susah hati kat
perkara yang tak penting.”
I went speechless all the way to answer
him. I put a smile on that question. My heart was beating; how can he possibly
knows that I am having a problem now. My facial expression changed and that
uncle started to give me the words of advice. He’s been touching about a lot of
things. He gave me a lot of advises and I couldn’t explain it by words, on how
lucky am I. Indeed, you cross path with someone for a reason.
As for me, this is not a first time. For
this year, it’s actually my third time experiencing this. The first time
happened in Tesco. I was waiting for a good friend of mine. I was messed up at
that time. I did not get Medsi interview. It is an examination that one needs
to take before going for an interview for any educational related studies. Of
course, I was frustrated at that time. It’s happening on Ramadhan this year and
few of my close friends know how messed up am I at that time. Back to the story, as I waited for my dear
friend to come, I seated at the food court. There’s this one old man, sat next
to me at a different table. At that kind of age, he reminded me a lot to my
late grandfather.
I seated alone, scrolling through my
phone with the mixture of feelings and emotions. He witnessed that facial
expression of mine…. It is frequently changed and then I can feel that this tokwan was looking at me. I smiled at
him and he asked “Orang mana?” and
the rest is history. That conversation was not that long but somehow the impact
given is still sticking with me.
My second time of experiencing this
happened during Ramadhan as well. I would glad to say that this Ramadhan was a
turning point for me. I met a lot of characters in the mosque, mingling around
with the ‘qariah’ around my home and
it brings a lot of memorable experiences for me. I have my personal favourite
place in the mosque where I came and performed my solat sunat first. There’s
this one day, came this one nenek, she
sat next to me and smiled at me. She reminded me a lot of my late grandmother.
After I have finished performing my solat, I shook her hand. She smiled and
replied it with a forehead kiss. For someone whom been longing a forehead kiss
from both of my late grandparents’, I felt bless at that time. We began to talk
and after that night, she has been my partner while in the saf. She told me a lot of things and I learnt a lot from her. The
sad thing is, I don’t know what had happened to her now. I wish to see her
again next year, if Allah permits that.
It was a lie if I said that I didn’t
miss both of my grandparents’ from the both sides of my family. This Ramadhan
felt so weird but bless. I lost one of my atuk
saudara a week before the Ramadhan ended. It was one of the tragic loss in
my family. But, I believe in a power of ‘Kun
Fa Ya Kun’.
I went to my aunt’s home a few days
before I left home for USM. She knows how I’ve been longing for that unis. When
I was about to leave, she hugged me and she said stuff like ‘belajar elok elok’ and etc.
‘Tiap
tiap hari dalam sujud, kat tempat aunt mengaji, lepas habeh semayang, aunt
doakan kamu sebab kamu selalu cakap kamu nak masuk situ sebab dekat dengan
parents, kamu dah tak mau dok jauh macam dulu so that jadi apa senang nak
balik. Hari hari aunt mintak Allah permudahkan untuk kamu. Niat kamu baik, aunt
tau Allah akan bagi.’
One
thing that touch my entire heart and I was about to burst at that time but my
mom was there so I’m holding that. At that time, I started to realize that it’s
not always about my prayers. When you do good things and express what you want
with your sincere heart, Allah will surely help you.
I took a long day thinking why these
kind of things happening to me. At the end of the day, I started to realize
that I always ask Him to guide me and He is sending these kind of people as a
guidance for me. I know whomever that might cross path with me is actually
teaching me something, even though they are just strangers.
I have never imagined that I would be
this kind of thinker during my age. Experiences do a lot of changes in me. I am
now in a process of searching for myself. Every experience that Allah has let
you in, there must be lie something beneath that. I feel like giving up in
here, but I know He’s planning something good for me. I know he must have been
putting me, close to that person for
a reason.
“You
are exactly where Allah wants you to be right now. Every experience is part of
his divine plan.”
