.:soft reminder:.

"And if My servants ask thee about Me - behold, I am NEAR; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me; let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so they might follow the right way" (2:186)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

1Malaysia Varsity in a Malaysia Bolehland.

It’s a dilemma. Or an issue. Maybe a conflict dalaman thingy. Perhaps, it’s just a glimpse of reality of our ummah which really bites.



Situation 1


Lecturer X: You know what, Muna (bukan nama sebenar), you should change your personality.

Me: Change my personality?

Lecturer X: Yes. You cannot be too nice, too sweet. Get vibrant a bit, but don’t clone me. I’m one of a kind.

Me: - smiling- (monolog dalaman: me? cloning you? will that benefited me in a way or another?)

Lecturer X: Many Malays think that if we don’t dress up like you, we’re not Malay

Me: - pretending like paying attention to every details of the story – (thinking: dress codes? what? Wearing hijab, hand socks, jeans and flat shoes?)

Lecturer X: There are many ways of showing our personality. It’s not only through our dressing, and many people do not know that. Like you, one day you’ll be an English lecturer, and you cannot be like this.

Me: - just can’t be bothered -






Situation 2


Adik S: Kak Muna (bukan nama sebenar) tengah sambung master dalam course apa?

Me: English.

Adik S: English? (muka terkejut tak percaya)

Me: Kenapa?

Adik S: Tak adalah, selalunya orang yang ambil course English yang nak jadi lecturer macam akak, tak pakai macam ni (baju kurung, hand sock and tudung yang labuh a bit).

Me: hehh... (tenat~)



My question, are English lecturers or maybe people who study English are not muslims?



Oh Emmm Geeeee


=_=’



I’m not sure if you noticed such phenomenon. I mean, in this Malaysia Bolehland, people who study in science streamed schools and agama boarding schools are different. The way they behave, their dress codes and apparently the way of how islam is put into picture for these so-called different groups of students.



My question, again, are people who study science are not muslims? What about people who study literature and social science?



In the 1Malaysia varsity I’m in right now, where only Bumis are here, and islam should be practiced MORE freely, the situation could never been better.



English people are different breed. The lecturers and students are kinda noticeable in a way – from the way they socialized and dressed up. And people like me, being placed in the picture is just like an awkward event. They’ll look at you as if they’re human and you’re not. Okay, that’s emotional and quite digressed a bit.





Truth hurts.



And yet, if we are questioned why we’re being so secular in a way or another, we’ll gone mad. Hehh, how irony things could be.



Of course, this is 1Malaysia varsity in a Malaysia Bolehland -_-’



Banyak nya ‘KERJA’ kita!





Note 1: “(We sent them) with clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies; and We have sent down unto thee (also) Message; that thou mayest explain clearly to men what is sent for them, and that they may give thought” (An Nahl, 16:44)



Note 2: Mari berbuat kerana Allah. Bukan untuk sedapkan mata dan hati manusia. We can never pleased everyone on earth, but we can always please one God, inshaAllah.



Note 3: Change the world within you, then the world around you would change, inshaAllah.




8 comments:

  1. entah lah muna, susahkan nak cakap. cabaran dunia dan dalam diri kita. kalau kita tak kuat, mesti akan rasa kita tak memenuhi apa yang orang pandang and terasa nak outstanding macam orang lain juga. but then masa itu kena kuatkan diri. lagi2 perempuan.

    apa pun, fesyen pun ok asalkan ikut dresscode islam la kan. =)

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  2. salam yna syg,

    huuu tu la kn?
    anyaway, things n human mg complex tpi x brmkna kte x leh nk stive atau apa2. kalau btul utk improvement dan islam iA, x kn ada halangan slagi brbuat ikut khendak Dia.

    innallaha jamiil, yuhibbu jamaal :)
    fesyenista la pasni, krana DnT iA :)

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  3. moon2 mcm taw je lecturer X itu.

    btw i pon ada org tnya macam tu.
    banyak kali. siap ada tanya

    "nini jqaf eh?"

    mE: xah bi.

    BI? sambil tgk atas bwh.

    (me baju kurung, sarung lengan, stokin dan oh wedges)

    even cikgu jqaf sendri terkejut bila mlm i balik quarters, am wearing socks and hand-socks. ustazah tu ckp teacher skolah ni lain. mcm ustazah. slalunya teacher baju ketat2 T_T"

    yg best pupils mula-mula called me ustazah instead of teacher. ;)

    btw perasaan sgt lain bila kita cover aurat dgn betul. seriously lain. i rasa itu since 1.1.2012. syukur :)

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  4. salam,kak arissa, "maka beruntunglah orang yang asing itu.." different with me here, quite selesa dgn bi'ah/environment islamic smpi tak tau keadaan masyarakat sekeliling sangat dahsyat! wahai....

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  5. nini kay:

    hey,love! alhamdulillah. humnn iA, mmg smtg yg best tu hnya org yg pnah buat je dpt rasa. smoga Allah jaga hati kita dn terima amal juga jiwa kita dlm keadaan yg Dia pling redha.

    humn, wedges eyh? so i've to mend my toes nxt time ;D hehee

    Allah huAkbar, sgt harap yg kita x put islam in a wrong way that ppl who hve no idea about it won't get a wrong picture bout it...

    smoga Allah mudahkan!
    selamat bemujahadah! see u at the top! (tibe2 ;) haha)

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  6. imah:

    alhamdulillah2, inshaAllah, Dia x kn pernah silap tempatkn kita. inshaAllah ada peran kita di situ dn ad yg kita pelu belajar :D


    smoga Allah kuatkn kita ;)

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  7. :) pertandingan goal n gincu vs syorga n sock? mmg selalu dpt soalan camni,

    "dulu belajar kat mesir?"

    "x. uk.."

    "owh, sekolah agama?"

    "x.sek seri puteri...choir team...'

    seronok kan jadi asing+pelik+guraba'+unique... perhaps mangsa fesyen islamik...

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  8. kakak syg:

    wahhh the term 'islamic fashion victim' tu mmg menarik thehehee anyway, looking things from diff angle kan?

    tringat ur story bila nk adjust baju pendek dgn mini skirt hehee ^^, sgt comel :D

    smoga Allah trus bantu dn pimpin kita, sampai syurgaNya :)

    p/s: read ur article in JOM! knew it was you from the 1st sentence read :) hehe

    mish u!

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