All praise to Him, the Supreme Ruler of the World, and Salawah upon the Last Messenger Muhammad PBUH.
I went to Portsmouth, south of England, to visit a company which involved in navy army, BAE system. Despite gained a lot of useful knowledge and experiences, I got new friends as well. Yeay. The Portsmouth harbour was beautiful and the outlet sells a lot of clothing. I'm sure will come here again. Hehe.
The next day, I decided to go to Brighton. The plan was last minute and I went alone. As soon as I got to the beach I lay down myself, admiring the scenery that unfolds before me. It's been a while since I last saw beach and I've been hoping to see one, thank Allah for giving me this rare opportunity a success. Alhamdulillah. I prayed on the pebble beach, and feeling gratitude to Allah for this splendid moment. The beach was very cold but the sun was very bright as well, mixing the air with warm winter blowing through my face. I laid myself on my back, staring to the sea, beach and sky, hardly imagine my last minute plan was awesome. Despite the chill winter weather, I spent about 2 hours for the beautiful view. Alhamdulillah.
On the 2 hours journey back to London, I met this old woman, Jane. She is 70 years old and still studying. She's doing her pHd on Shakespeare, wrote an introduction of 15000 words and this gave me a lot of insight. Study never has age limit! She told me that she can't spend her time without doing anything. She always need to do something or else she'll get bored. She went swimming, attending lectures and loves keeping her house tidy. She went to Brighton to visit her daughter. She rarely cooked but she used to know how to make Nasi Goreng. Yeah, she even said nasi goreng in Malay. We exchanged recipe on how to make nasi goreng and I share to her the locations of several Malaysian restaurant in Paddington and Chinatown. For 2 hours, I felt the conversation was inspiring and I never got bored. She sparked something inside me, motivate me to become better, filling my time wisely. She offered me a slice of cake which I finished it as I was very hungry (I only fill my tummy with oreos for lunch). I hope to see her again. Insya-Allah. May Allah bless her and guide her towards the Truth.
'Life is never too old to learn something new eh?'
Later that night, I went to Faizal Tahir's performance, a charitable event for Syria, as a persuasion from syafiq, my awesome flatmate. It was good and met few of my friends. Also alhamdulillah for this opportunity.
I think that was all my weekend was well spent. Awesome friends, great moments and irreplacable blessing from Allah. Syukur. How was yours?
Illaliqa'. Wassalam. :)
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