The reason

Assalamualaikum.

Pernah tak dengar yang everything happen dalam hidup kita ni ada sebab? Sesuatu tak akan berlaku tanpa sebab. Orang-orang yang kita kenal dalam hidup kita pun ada purpose kenapa Allah hantar untuk kita. Aku sangat yakin, orang yang kita kenal tu akan mengubah certain perception kita dan buat kita realise silap kita, mengajar kita tentang kehidupan dan muhasabah diri. 

Aku ada seorang kawan. Aku akan gunakan 'kambing' untuk refer kepada dia dalam cerita ni so that, korang tak akan tahu dia ni lelaki ke perempuan. So that, there's no bias towards gender dalam describtion pasal kambing. Knowing kambing, kambing is kind in the sense that kambing looks at people as they are. Kambing does not judge people at all. There was one time, we were eating, I saw a group of people doing sometimg not quite right and I said, " hey, look at them". Kambing had a slight glance at them and continued eating. Kambing didn't say anything and rolled its eyes signaling me to stop talking. I was raised up to believe that what's wrong is wrong no matter how and where it's done. But kambing was so optimistic. Kambing believe people shouldn'd be jugde despite everything they've done. Actually banyak lagi yang aku nampak kambing ni not a judgy person. With kambing, I realise that I shouldn't think about someone that way. Let them do whatever they want, be nice to them anyway. Kambing is socially nice, helpful and hardly say NO to me and anyone else. Kambing ni aku boleh kategorikan pious juga la. Tapi dia ni takde la baik sangat. Couple juga. Nakal je. Main redah juga untuk certain thing. But kambing is a good friend la. Apa yang membuatkan aku rasa dia ni macam ok ialah dia seorang yang sangat positif, baik tapi tak baik sangat dan flexsible dalam banyak benda. 

Kambing is psycologically stable. Kambing could handle stress quite well. Kambing always says I am a stressful person. Kambing advice me not to live up to others' expectation. That's what I'm doing all this while. My intention is never to the best among others, it's just my task the best that I could. But I did it the wrong way. I did it because I don't wanna get scolded or I don't want people to run after me because I didn't do my task properly. After all, kambing said do not do something because of others. Do it because it's your responsibility and don't be stressout because of that. Job is dhunia. Ok kambing, I will follow you. Lol!

**********

Brisbane international airport, Australia. 

I was waiting for my next flight to Singapore. I ate alone at the waiting area while waiting for Emma who went to toilet for only God knows how many times. Hahahaha.  A woman walked towards me. She was wearing jubah and tudung. She asked which flight I would be boarding. She asked where I came from. She was from South Africa. Then I asked her why in Australia and New Zealand boarding form they asked " have you been to Africa/ South Africa in last 6 month". They only thing in my mind was, South Africa is not safe, people are fighting and apartied is still an issue over there. For god sake, I'm so lame. She said, the reason was, Africa is a tropical place. There are mosquitoes that might be dangerous. As for Australia and New Zealand who are very strict about bug and all stuff like that as to protect their diary product, they take this issues seriously. Kalau kat Malaysia tak kisah langsung pun pasal nyamuk ke, serangga ke, issu yang paling diambil berat ialah pasal drug. Sebab Malaysia jadi tempat transit untuk drug trafficking. 

Tetiba dia ceritalah yang South Africa ni satu negara yang aman dan dia bebas untuk mengamalkan Islam biarpun South Africa ni sebuat negara Kristian dan dipimpin oleh Kristisn. Dia cakap dia selalu pergi madrasah untuk belajar agama. Dia cakap dengan tenangnya yang dia tenang dengan kehidupan dia. Dia kerja Petronas Malaysia kat South Africa. Dia cakap, dia kerja dapat duit travel. Belajar agama. Bersyukur dengan kehidupan sederhana. Dia tanya aku pandai tak cakap arab, aku cakap aku tak pandai. Aku cakap selalunya sape yang pergi sekolah agama je yang selalu pandai cakap arab. Dia tanya aku kenapa tak pergi sekolah agama dan belajar agama sebab aku cakap aku pergi public school. Dia dah salah faham kononnya aku terlalu liberal dan pluralisme sampai pergi sekolah yang tak belajar agama. Dia ingatkan aku tak pandai mengaji tu semua. Padahal aku selagi tak pandai mengaji, asyik kena cepuk je kerjanya. Siap jari kena titik ngn mak aku. Kena sepak mulut sebab tak betul sebut tu tak payah cakap la berapa kali. 

Aku cakap kat dia public school still belajar agama. Cuma penekanan kepada bahasa Arab tu kurang la kan. Kitaorang cakap pasal Syria, Mesir dan banyak kali issue agama. Sebelum mengakhiri perbualan, dia suruh aku pergi belajar agama. Don't stop learning about your own religion. Kita perlu mencari redha tuhan. Dia pun berjalan ke boarding gate untuk ke London katanya. 

How can someone so randomly approach you and talk about your own religion? Peringatan itu datang dalam perbagai bentuk.