Salamz / Greetings
Alhamdulillah… [Thank GOD!]
Life is Short but Beautiful…
On last Wednesday dated 19th Aug 09, I laid one of my closed friend whom I considered as a father figure to rest in peace…
Innalillahi Wa Innalillahi Rajiuun
We knew each other when I did my Hajj in 2007.
It was Enlightening & Beautiful…
I hope to be there again Insya’ALLAH [With GOD’s Will]
He passed away peacefully on Tuesday night.
Alhamdulillah [Thank GOD], he was so friendly to me & we became close friends…
I lost my beloved dad in 1989 suddenly due to heart attack at the age of 53 & forced to be the Breadwinner in the family since then…
Life was tough as I was still an undergrad in NUS..
Trying to balance between attending lectures, tutorials + laboratories & working to support the family…
Being in Chemical Engineering faculty was no joke with 36 hrs per week / 5.5 days a week
But having my friends as my mentors truly helped me in the journey of my life…
Sadly, he left me earlier to meet the Almighty…
Life is Short but Beautiful…
To those who still have Dad & Mum, please appreciate them…
Visit them regularly as we never know that the short moments you have with them will be the last ones….
As I can recollect some Wise Sayings…
If I were to leave my job suddenly, they can find a replacement easily,
But if I were to leave this world suddenly, my mum & family will never find a replacement in me…
Lastly, I truly LoVe & Appreciate my Beloved Mum…
To ALL My Muslim Friends..
Ramadan Mubarak
To the rest,
Have a Blessed 2009 & great weekend…
May ALL Our Wishes come true
Take care & GOD Bless…
Life is Beautiful…
Just me,
aLi
http://www.adventurerali.com
A Strong Believer in a World Without Strangers…
Below is a beautifully written letter from a Dad to his son…
Tears did role my cheeks when I read it with my heart…
Hope it does too on you…
Dear son…
The day that you see me old and I am already not,
have patience and try to understand me …
If I get dirty when eating…
if I can not dress…
have patience.
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you,
I repeat the same things thousand and one times…
do not interrupt me…
listen to me.
When you were small,
I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you gets to sleep…
When I do not want to have a shower,
neither shame me nor scold me…
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented,
in order that you wanted to bath…
When you see my ignorance on new technologies…
give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
I taught you how to do so many things…
to eat well,
to dress well…
to confront life…
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…
let me have the necessary time to remember…
and if I cannot do it,
do not become nervous…
as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
If ever I do not want to eat,
do not force me.
I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired legs do not allow me walk……
give me your hand…
the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…
that I want to die…
do not get angry…
some day you will understand…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
Some day you will discover that,
despite my mistakes,
I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you…
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.
You must be next to me,
try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.
Help me to walk…
help me to end my way with love and patience.
I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you son…
Your father
