For You Big Brother... with love (Sadiq)

Dear brother, today marks the day you were born to this world due to the grace of Almighty Allah. Only now u are grown into a man masha Allah! I remember when we were all younger. we used to play in the sand together, play pretend and play hide and seek together. Those days our young minds had nothing to worry about. Being the only girl then, I played all the possible guy games with u all, ranging from climbing trees and beyond. I know these might not be memories you would like to remember but to me, they are fond memories I would love to hold on to for as long as I live. memories of pure innocence. You guys were always full of jokes and you always made the times we spent together magical. Today, we are all grown up and our journeys may be different, but always remember that you are 1 of my best big brothers as I love you all equally. Our journeys may be different but we are all threading a path to our eternal abode. May Allah Re-unite us in Al-jannatul firdaus where we all would be happy to meet each other. But before then, may Allah continue to bless you and reward you abundantly for your good and forgive you for your bad. And may Allah have mercy on us all, ameen!
Your little sister :)

My life's update :)

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem
It has been approximately two months now since I left home for school to study medicine and approximately two months since I updated my blog. I always knew that medicine wasn't an easy thing to do but I never expected to feel stressed right from the beginning of my studies. I suddenly feel as if time is just sooo fast. before you know it, a week is gone, then two weeks, then it's test week. It's lyk soo surprising (but expected tho). Alhamdulillah tho, the city is peaceful most of the time. really conducive for reading and it's also a very beautiful place. It's the ideal city for medical students.

I keep reminding myself that this is just the beginning so I don't feel i'm stressed yet. But I don't know if that really helps..loq. The tests i'm having now is the second set of tests iv'e had since I came to this place, and still have to prepare for two other sets of tests before the end of semester exams. Hopefully if I get an average of 75% in three of my tests and a minimum pass i would be exempted from the final exams (which no person in his right senses would wish to experience 'cos it's sooo hard). I pray to Allah that I and every other person studying should pass through this studies successfully. For now, i'm trying to discard my high school attitude of being lazy to study and trying to become a more serious student. it's really very important at this point in time. Alhamdulillah, i'm adapting real well to the new environment. The best part of it is that the islamic community in the school is fast growing so that makes me feel at home. I love the way we muslims act as one big united family every where we meet. It is just so heart warming. Alhamdulillah Ya Allah for making me a muslim. Being away from home has made me realize a lot of things that I have ignored times without number. I have no regrets only a million reasons to thank Allah! Alhamdulillah :)