Senin, 28 April 2014

Example of Islamic Speech

Allah is Watching You
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb
        Alhamdulillahirabbil a’lamin, wa bihi nastain, a’la umuriddunya waddin. Wassalatuwassalamu ‘ala asyrafil anbiyai wal mursalin, wa ‘ala alihi wasahbihhi ajma’in.        
            First of all I would like to thank Allah SWT for giving us mercy and blessing until we can attend this class. Secondly, My salawat and salam be with our prophet Muhammad SAW peace be upon him, who has guided us from the darkness to lightness in this world. Thirdly, I will never forget to thank lectures who has given me opportunity to deliver my speech in front of you. I would like to present my speech under title  God Never Sleep.
            Ok, start my speech, I want to ask you: Have you ever gone to the supermarket that has a CCTV? Did you realize there are many cameras that will monitor what you do? It will record everything of your activities. If you realize it, maybe you will not do something bad, such steal some goods. But, if you do not realize it, you will do anything that you want to do, no matter it is good thing or bad thing.
            Today I will tell two aspects of my speech. Those two aspects are: (1) Allah SWT always sees our activities, (2) Allah SWT controls our activities by the angels.
            Like CCTV in a supermarket, there are many monitors in our life, and it will record everything of our activities. As human being created by Allah SWT, we should realize that Allah SWT  is All-seer about everything of us.
            First, based on QS. Al Baqarah 233:
وَاتَّقُوْا اللهَ وَاعْلَمُوْا أَنَّ اللهَ بِماَ تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ                            
and fear Allah and know that Allah is All-seer of what you do”.
From that surah, we know that Allah SWT  always sees everything of our activities, He is never sleeping. Allah SWT will knows wherever, whenever, and whatever of what you do. Actually, there is no place to hide, cause every places in this earth is always seen by Allah SWT. Sometimes, you though that there is no one who sees what you do, you just keep do sins. After you do the sins, you just realize that you have done a sin. You know that you have done a bad thing, but some of you will do it again. But, Allah SWT controls you every second 24 hours a day.

            Secondly, based on QS. Qaaf 17:

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَا نِ عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ وَ عَنِ الْشِّمَا لِ قَعِيْدٌ
“Remember that the two angels make a note of human deeds, one sitting on the right and one on the left”.
From that surah, we know that Allah SWT is not alone in control us, He accompanied by the two angels, they are Raqib and Atit. Raqib is makes a note of human good deeds and Atit makes a note of human bad deeds. They make a note of human deed without exception. Wherever you go, whatever you do, they will follow you, they will beside you to make a note of your deeds.
            In conclusion, I realize that Allah SWT always sees everything that we do although there is no one who sees and knows it. But, sometime we do not realize that Allah SWT sees what we do, we keep do sins. So, in closing, I encourage you if you want to do anything, you should remember that Allah SWT is not sleeping. Have you remembered it? 

Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.


Jumat, 25 April 2014

Example of Short Story

The Dolls of Love

I have a boyfriend who grew up with me. His name is Jin. I always thought of him as a friend until last year, when we went to a trip from a club. I found that I fell in love with him.  
Before that trip was over, I took a step and confessed my love for him. And soon, we became a pair of lovers, but we loved each other in different ways. I always concentrated on him only, but by his side, there were so many other girls. To me, he was the only one, but to him, maybe I was just another girl…
“Jin, do you want to go watch a movie?” I asked.
“I can’t”
“Why? You need to study at home?” I felt disappointment grabbing me. “No… I am going to meet a friend…”
He was always like that. He met girls in front of me, like it was nothing. To him, I was just a girlfriend. The word ‘love’ only came out from my mouth. Since I knew him, I had never heard him say ‘I love you’ before. To us, there weren’t any anniversaries at all.
He didn’t say anything from the first day and it continued till  days…200days… Everyday, before we say goodbye, he would just hand me a doll, everyday, without fail. I don’t know why…
Then one day…
Me: Um, Jin, I …
Jin: What…don’t drag,  just say..
Me: I love you.
Jin: ……you….um,  just take this doll and go home.
That was how he ignored my ‘three words’ and handed me the doll. Then he disappeared, like he was running away. The dolls I received from him every day, filled my room, one by one. There were many…
Then one day came, my 15th year old birthday. When I got up in the morning,  I pictured a party with him, and stranded myself in my room, waiting for his call. But… lunch passed, dinner passed… and soon the sky was dark… he still didn’t call. It was already tiring to look at the phone anymore. Then around 2am in the morning, he suddenly called me and woke me from my sleep. He told me to come out of the house. Still, I felt joy and I ran out happily.
Me: Jin…
Jin: Here…take this…
Again, he handed me a little doll.
Me: What’s this?
Jin: I didn’t give it to you yesterday, so I am giving it to you now. I’m going home now, bye.
Me: Wait, wait! Do you know what today is?
Jin: Today? Huh?
I felt so sad, I thought he would remember my birthday. He turned around and walked away like nothing had happen. Then I shouted… “ Wait…”
Jin: You have something to say?
Me: Tell me, tell me you love me…
Jin: What ?
Me: Tell me !
I put my pathetic self behind and clung on to him. But he just said simple cold words and left. “I don’t want to say…that  I love someone so easily, if you are desperate to hear it, then find someone else.”
That was what he said. Then he ran off. My legs felt numb… and I collapsed to the ground. He didn’t want to say it easily… How could he…. I felt that… Maybe he is not the right guy for me…
After that day, I stranded myself at home crying, just crying. He didn’t call me, although I was waiting. He just continued handing me a little doll every morning outside my house. That’s how those dolls piled up in my room… everyday.
After a month, I got myself together and went to school. But what made the pain resurface was that… I saw him on a street… with another girl… He had a smile on his face, one that he never showed me…as he touched the doll… I ran straight back home and looked at the dolls in my room, and tears fell… Why did he gave these to me… Those dolls are probably picked out by some other girls…In a fit of anger, I threw the dolls around. Then suddenly, the phone rang.  It was him.
He told me to come out to the bus stop outside my house. I tried to calm myself down and walked to the bus stop. I kept reminding myself that I am going to forget him, that… it’s going to end. Then he came into my sight, holding a big doll.
Jin: Jo, I thought you were pissed, you really came?
I couldn’t help hating him, acting like nothing had happen and joking around. Soon, he held out the doll as usual…
Me: I don’t need it.
Jin: What….why…?
I grabbed the doll from his hands and threw it on the road.
Me: I don’t need this doll, I don’t  need  it  anymore!!  I don’t want to see a person like you again!
I spitted out all the words that were inside me. But unlike other days, his eyes very shaking. “I’m sorry”
He apologized in a tiny voice. He then walked over to the road to pick up the doll…
Me: You stupid! Why are you picking up the doll?? Just throw it away!!! But he ignored me and just went to pick the doll. Then…
Honk~  Honk~
With a loud honk, a big truck was heading towards him.
“Jin! Move! Move away!” I shouted…
But he didn’t hear me, he squatted down and picked up the doll.
“Jin, move!”
HONK~!!
“Boom!” That sound, so terrifying. That’s how he went away from me.
That’s how he went away without even opening his eyes to say one word to me.
After that day, I had to go through everyday with guiltiness and the sadness of losing him… And after spending two months like a crazy person… I took out the dolls.
Those were the only gifts he left me since the day we started going out. I remembered the days I spent with him and started to count the days… when we were in love…
“One…two… three…”. That was how… I started to count the dolls…
“Four hundred and eighty four… four hundred and eighty five…”
It all ended with 485 dolls. I then started to cry again, with a doll in my arms. I hugged it tightly, then suddenly…
“I love you~, I love you~”. I dropped the dolls, shocked.
“I….lo..ve…you??”. I picked up the dolls and pressed its stomach.
“I love you~”
It can’t be! I pressed all the dolls’ stomach as it piled on the side.
“I love you~”
“I love you~”

Those words came out non-stop. I…love you… Why didn’t I realize that….That his heart was always by my side, protecting me. Why didn’t I realize that he love me this much… I took out the doll under the bed and pressed it’s stomach, that was the last doll, the one that fell on the road. It had his blood stain on it. The voice came out, the one that I was missing so much…
“Jo…Do you know what today is? We’ve been loving each other for 486 days. Do you know what 486 is? I couldn’t say I love you…. Um… since I was too shy… If you forgive me and take this doll, I will say that I love you… everyday… till I die… Jo… I love you…”
The tears came flowing out of me. Why? Why? I asked god, why do I only know about all this now? He can’t be by my side, but he loved me until his last minute…
For that… and for that reason… to me… it became courage… to live a beautiful life….


Goresan untuk Ayah dan Bunda

Surat Cinta Buat  Bunda - Ayah

Bunda
Begitu lama rasa ini kupendam. Setiap kelembutan yang menghidupiku dari tiada menjadi ada sekarang ini. Penuh cinta, kasih, sayang dan kesabaran…
Dalam segala keterbatasanmu, engkau telah habiskan hari-hari kerasmu untuk menjaga, dan membimbingku sampai sejauh ini. Engkau malaikat pelindungku.  
Dalam diam mu, engkau lakukan satu persatu kewajibanmu. Hingga tuntas semua tanggung jawabmu. Tak ada yang tertinggal satupun, kau telah lunaskan semua.
Sekarang, waktumu menikmati masa lelahmu. Nikmatilah hidup ini malaikatku. Kini adalah giliranku menjalankan kewajibanku sebagai anakmu.

Buat ayah
Segudang kesalahan masih tersimpan bahkan pernah ku sadarai sebelumnya. Pada engkau sang jagoan keluarga. Pada engkau sang pengayun cangkul.
Kini nikamatilah ketenangan masa tuamu, ini giliran aku, anakmu. Mengabdi dan mencurahkan waktu buatmu. Sebagai penebus sekian banyak waktu dan tenaga yang hilang dan terabaikan selama ini.
Caramu agar kami mampu menjalani kehidupan pada kami sangat luar bisa. Caramu memberi contoh tentang rasa kasih dan cinta pada sesama mahluk tak dapat ku tiru. Kau memang luar biasa dalam hal ini. 
Trima kasih ayah... bunda…