Day 12 (25/2/12)- New friends~ (^^,)

     Today's journey was kinda different. I woke up for Subuh first and went back to sleep.. After a few nightmares or should I say 'morning'mares, I finally woke up at 10.20 or so~
   
     I took my shower and waited..and waited.. waited for my sister to come back. she said she went out for a while but I don't know for what purpose.. While waiting, I read Hlovate's book.Again.(still hadn't finished) and I don't know why I'm being so helpful; I helped my sister with the laundry. After a while, she came back and told me that she'd helped a few of her friends to go to the usrah place first.. Oops! Forgot to mention bout that. I'll be joining a programme for two days; starting from today.

     So, we went straight to Kak Diha's house and prayed Zuhur there while she was busy preparing her things.Then, we dropped by Kak Ayu's house..seems like there's a little feast though I don't know for what occasion..but at least I got to eat my breakfast + lunch there.. I managed to meet her friends there.. Kak Fahmey, Kak Ayu, Kak Syu, Kak Mek, Kak Akmal and I can't seem to remember the other one. Kak Ayu  lives in Japan (she's not a student). She has 2 kids, one to-be-born baby, and a Chinese/Japanese-looking husband.

At Kak Ayu's house

     The food was DELICIOUS! I ate roti canai (homemade) and the fried chicken..yummy.. There was also nasi kerabu (blue rice) but I don't have the courage to eat that one. It looks weird~

     After all the eating, we went straight to the usrah's place. They called the programme 'Daurah at Toyama'.
My first impression about the place: WOAH~ The place was covered with snow.. I mean, literally white, just like in the movies.

Walking towards the entrance

All covered in snow

The entrance

Excited!!

     Kak Saff was the first person that I met. She led us to the room. I was really nervous because I'm the youngest there and I felt like an intruder barging in cause all of them are students studying in Japan, and I'm just a visitor.

     But when I saw these people's faces, I felt relieved The atmosphere didn't feel too intense. The first slot was about the meaning of Surah Al-Adiyat.. It was really interesting because Kak Atiqah Zailan explained it clearly.. Then we had a game. We had self-intro's first and we had to mention our favourite colour.. Then, we were divided into two teams. I was in team 1. The game went like this: A curtain was placed, dividing the 2 teams. Each team must submit one person in front of the curtain. Then, when the curtain falls, the quickest person to guess the other representative's favourite colour wins. It was really frustrating for me at first because I can't possibly remember all of their favourite colour at once! So, in the end, our team lost..

     After the game, we prayed first and had a short 'tazkirah' by Kak Z. Though it was short, it left great meanings. She reminded us about this heart disease that most human have. EGO.. yup.. I had that.. A BIG one actually.. When I was in MOZAC, I got easily frustrated when my friends won't even listen to my advice when it comes to " jangan couple.. couple tu kan HARAM.." What Kak Z. said really kept me thinking.. We can't expect people to change when we told them to..the 'hidayah' comes from Allah.. Why should I be sad? Was I any better than these people? When I get frustrated, it shows that I really THOUGHT that I was better than them because I don't do those 'couple' thingy.. Now THAT is ego.. The feeling when you're thinking that you're better than someone is NOT GOOD.. It can ruin your 'iman'..

     After the session, we had dinner. Although it was pretty delicious, my stomach felt like it will burst anytime. The food quantity was a bit too much for me but I can't waste it.. Not in front of these good people here.. So, like it or not, I cramped in all the food.

The menu for today..

Delicious..

      Then, we were divided into smaller groups. I had a session with Kak Sarah about "Interaction with Al-Quran".. Because we finished early, we camped around the 'Dumbo' (heater) and watched YouTube on Kak Sarah's phone.

While waiting for the others to finish,
 I took a photo of this mountain goat..
Scary + cute~

    When all the groups had finished, we recited Al-Mulk and had a sharing session on what we had experienced today or what we wanted to share. It was a very heartwarming moment as everyone had their own stories to share and the others listened. I like that feeling.. It felt like umm.. a big family.. At about 11, we started making our own beds and slept. It was a long day but I was satisfied.

Preparing my bed~

I thank Allah for giving me such great opportunities to experience things like these~