During the sem break of my second year, i was having an internship in Pusat Penyelidikan Dadah almost in 3 months. Eventhough my home is not far away to get there, but i was choosing too stay in hostel since easy to get there early (since i also have no transportation to commute from home to workplace). It is hard life i guessed because the most of the cafe were closed, just a few were open, and it only open during the day just because it was semester break during the time.
It was getting harder when Ramadhan was coming. With NO cafe open, and need transportation make me with no decision. At last one of my friend and i got iftar at Masjid Khalid al-Walid (masjid USM) since they served free food for iftar and welcoming for anybody to get the food.
Everyday, after finished my work, i need to walk from Pusat Penyelidikan Dadah, back to my hostel (unfortunately there is also NO buses during Ramadhan) and then walked back to masjid for iftar, continue with maghrib, and directly with isya' and tarawikh. Only about 10.15 pm my friend and i managed to get back to hostel and usually we arrived about 10.45 or even more.
Since most of my friends have their own cars and motorcycles, this make me felt depressed, upset because i need to walk EVERYDAY and this make me physically and mentally tired. During middle of Ramadhan, unexpected, i got a call from a friend. Having a "borak-borak kosong":
"So hang tengah praktikal dekat pusat dadah tu la?"
"Haah. Aku penat weh. "
"Kenapa?"
"Setiap hari kena jalan. Dah la jauh, dari sini kena jalan .... bla.... bla.. sampai blik lambat...bla...bla...buka puasa dkt masjid, dengan jauhnya. tarawikh lagi.. bla bla.."
And i don't know why, i spitted everything what i had keep inside and felt during the intern. Tiredness, upset down, discourages, loneliness. Everything. Maybe because i've keep them for so long, and yet nobody ever listen about these. And the caller keep on listening. At last, he remarked:
"Jangan sedih-sedih. Hang jalan jauh tu, pergi balik masjid dapat pahala tu. Sebab hang tengah galaih pahala banyak sangat, sebab tu penat. "
All of sudden my eyes got teary and i was trying hardly just to hold the tears of overwhelm from flow, and controlling my voice (so you don't know that actually i was crying!). I didn't expected those answer was coming out and that was really comforting me. So to cover up everything, i just replied with a laugh eventhough it is actually too deep. Only with those words, i got inspired and motivated during Ramadhan, and finished the internship.
Alhamdulillah the Ramadhan is coming back again. I always remember these reminiscence in every Ramadhan, and the caller too. May you get a blissful life, and the best for Ramadhan. I miss to get motivated again.
Moga-moga hang bahagia. Jaga diri. It's never get same as before.








