.Allah is Great.

I was always jealous when I see some of my friends got a chance to go to Japan. Mostly because they join a certain program like Japan-Malaysia HALAL prog, etc. The thing that always strike my mind is "Kenapa aku tak dapat apa-apa sedangkan aku ni buat Japanese as minor?" And I thought that I would not have chances like that anymore because I'm already a third year student (final year to be exact) and we don't get these kind of opportunity usually, anymore. 

As I mentioned before, I got things well planned for 2014. To focus on my major paper and try my best to score the semester, well basically to try and get my life improved in one perspective. But all of a sudden I got this offer from my Japanese sensei and my whole plan had to change. 

Allah is Great. In 2013, I didn't go anywhere, I thought that I will not be able to do anything that I would be proud of and I was deeply sad actually. I felt hopeless, unhappy and all sorts of negativity surrounded me. I believe that mostly all my prayers were answered in 2014 because I could not imagine I would get this chance and you know after I got it, it was still so surreal. 

Let me tell you why it is so surreal. First, you are fully sponsored by the Japanese government on  flight ticket, accommodation and food. All you need to worry about is what you feel like buying for yourself, family members and friends. That's all! You just need to learn the culture, understand it, present it on the last day and the rest is basically a holiday. 

Second, I've once thought of this kind of program. Like you don't have to pay anything, go there, have fun and meet people. Hoping that I would get to join it, dreaming that Japanese people would actually want to organize such thing for free. It is so surreal because I didn't know that it actually existed, and when I knew about its existence I'm part of it. OMG. Allah is Great. Alhamdulillah. Dreams really do come true.

My point here is, I'm not trying to boss around the fact that I got to go to Japan. But just as a reminder that Allah is Great. He may put you down in a certain moment in your life that made you feel super horrible, but believe me dear earthlings... do not loose hope. Because once he give you something you wanted, you would not be able to imagine just how awesome it is and at that point only would you know the meaning to be thankful. So it's okay if you don't get what you want now, because He knows the right time to give it to you.

Salam Ramadhan to all :)