Belajar dari Muara Rapak, Balikpapan

Jalan-jalan virtual ke Balikpapan bareng Tim OSP Kotaku Kalimantan Timur dan teman-teman relawan Kelurahan Muara Rapak, Kecamatan Balikpapan Utara, Kota Balikpapan. Mendengar penuturan Ketua Badan Keswadayaan Masyarakat (BKM) Adi Suwito. Tujuan pertemuan virtual ini sebenarnya menggali soal sosialisasi dan pelatihan masyarakat.Serunya, Pak Adi Suwito mengungkapkan, antara lain, cerita-cerita di balik kegiatan Cash For Work (CFW)…

Meminta kepada Allah lewat tahajud dan istikharah

Video call pagi tadi sama mertua, beliau kembali nanya, “Kenapa Nina ngga menikah?” Saya bingung njawabnya. 😅 Kalau pun saya jawab, besok pasti beliau akan bertanya lagi hal yang sama.. 😁 Anyway, hari ini ekspresi wajah beliau lebih serius, bahkan terlihat sedih. Lalu beliau bilang, “Nin, mamah berpesan nih ya, kita sebagai perempuan harus menikah,…

my mother-in-law is my mother for life

❤️ My mother-in-law (woman with glasses sitting next to me) survived Covid. The virus cost her 3 weeks being hospitalized, and also claimed the life of 1 of his 4 sons. The burden so great, even I can’t bear to fit my feet in her shoes. Her husband passed away 2 years ago, so she’s…

the most important person in my life: Papa

I will share you a little glimpse of Allah’s blessings in my life: Family! 🏡🏡🏡 This is my father. You may find his Instagram @syahrazadjazir ❤️you are welcome to follow him. He loves to share his past and present pictures. He loves the idea to digitalize photos. He is a flight attendant retiree. He flew…

When Allah Speaks

❤️ Lately Allah often speaks to me when I am in my most vulnerable moment. I just lost someone very important for me. No, not lost to the hands of death, but rather to the hands of ego—which is worse, tbh. And yesterday was our last conversation, by text. It went good and I’m glad…

When my Rabb said: Sabr

My cat, Pippi, she’s impatient sometimes. Every 5 hours she will meow, asking for food. When I opened up the fridge, she started to get noisier, impatient. I took a spoonful of canned fish onto her feeding bowl, she immediately munch herself in. Eh? I was about to give her two spoons, but well, I…

Kala Rabb-ku berkata: Sabar

Kucing saya, Pippi, kadang ngga sabaran. Setiap 5 jam dia mengeong minta makan. Saya buka kulkas, dia ribut, ngga sabar. Saya kasih ikan kalengan sesendok, dia buru-buru melahap piring makannya. Padahal tadinya mau saya kasih dua sendok ke piring makannya, ngga jadi karena terhalang kepalanya. Nanti deh nunggu kepala dia menyingkir dari piring makannya. Di…

It’s okay to move on

Life taught me, it’s easier to forgive others than forgiving yourself. 💐 But you have to. So that, you can move on. You see, it’s alright to move on and leave everything behind. Really, it’s alright.. 🤗 I know it’s very difficult to forgive someone you loved who had let you down, failed you, hurt…

the right choice vs the easy choice

I’ve heard this line, a lot. Especially from books and movies—The Core, Harry Potter (and The Goblet of Fire), are two of the movies. The first time I heard of the line was in 2004, or so, and think about it a lot ever since. I think hard and slow. My entire life—before stumbled onto…

if only you knew

If only you knew, how much Allah loves you,through me. Even though I am loving you one-sidedly,Even though every day I try my best to ignore this feeling,Even though every night I determined to make more space between you and I, As if our physical distance of two continents apart is not enough. I let…