Masha-Allah!
This phrase alone actually can save my time from writing a
600-word of description on how amazingly Allah had taught me through my hobbies
(photography & hiking) but as usual, we, humans would die arguing about
stuff that do not come along with explanation. #metaphor
So, here we go!
Masha-Allah is an Arabic phrase that expresses appreciation,
joy, praise, or thankfulness for an event or person that was just mentioned.
However, I am using this phrase not only for an event or a person but to every
single of them that has walk into my life picture for almost 5 months I have
resided in Malaysia after roughly a year stayed in another man’s country.
Truthfully, I just wanted to share my experience for hiking
at Bukit Saga, Ampang along with the idea of the above phrase can channel
throughout this page because it is plain interesting in my head.
I went for hiking to this hill twice and enjoyed every second
during both days. For the first time, I went with Azira and Wahidah because
they’re the only ones whom have free time at that moment. Undoubtedly, we
gasped for air after 10 minutes of walking from starting point because for
those who haven’t been here yet, the whole 2-hour trail is innocently steep. Your
spine, your shoulders, your thighs and your lungs basically will suffer for a
good outcome. I repeat, for a good outcome, a very good outcome; as Rasulullah
had taught us to repeat an advice/motivation thrice (first, to inform the
listener. Second is to stress the point. Third is for the speaker to remember
what he had advised the listener)
We had to spare a chocolate bar for instant sugar intake or
else either one of us, beginners, can collapse and instead of walking down the
hill will roll down the hill. That is a fact. Nevertheless, we made it through
all the way to the summit and felt happier and relieved more than after
receiving a gold medal for 100m sprint (if we won one). A few hikers were spending their time on the
summit too though it was noon already.
One thing that made me love my hobby more is it taught me how
to love and defend your stand proactively. Bukit Saga now is a part of targeted
site to be excavated for a new highway route in Kuala Lumpur. The downside of
this is obviously the possibility of losing a place that one has put a heart
into it but on the bright side, as I have mentioned above is how those people
defend it like it meant their souls.
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Source: Internet
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‘Those people’ are a community; Persatuan
Pendaki-Pendaki Bukit Ampang, if I am not mistaken. They even built a mini
recreational park on the hilltop which is supposed to be an encouragement for
youngsters to exercise more. I truly support this idea! Again, if this hill
will be excavated in some years from today, the whole aim would be gone. Less
green means less oxygen. As simple as that but a new highway is crucial too in
order to reduce traffic in the city. Did we use our power wisely to have both
situations under control? Bukit Saga stands the ground and less traffic can be
obtained?
I do not mean to be emotional on this matter but it is for
awareness purpose generally. I am not backing up any side. Just pointing out
facts and questions that we have kept under our beds.
We thought of continuing our journey that day to a waterfall
but were strictly forbidden by local volunteers. It was noon so no human beings
can help us girls if anything happens also it was about to rain. Abided not to
the advice but to our lust, we achieved a consensus to just have a go. Half way
to the virtually picturesque waterfall, we could not proceed due to darker view
in the forest and we couldn’t afford a chance to gamble around with the danger
of slippery trail and may break our body parts. We turned back and ran
downhill. I fell and as a result, my ankle swelled. It did not make anyone of
us to slow down in any way somehow because it was getting much darker like it
was actually almost night time. So, we laughed and continue to run downhill
again. As we almost reached our car, it rained cats and dogs. We were very
grateful for that and for letting us to be safe from any danger. Alhamdulillah.
Moving on to the second part of this entry.
I went with Kak Najwa. I seduced her with exaggerated version
of my story about how lovely the waterfall is though I did not encounter it the
first time. She was hooked and again our physiques were challenged for a good
outcome.
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This time, we determined to fasten our pace and to go to the wondrous
waterfall. At noon, we were a bit ahead from my first hiking trip so we moved
forward and to our naïve minds, the path to go there is barely touched by
humans at least recently. Why? Because there lived a huge group of wild Chikah
( I still don’t know how to spell this Orang Utan relative correctly) and they
were stalking us from tree tops. We finally saw them soon after they started to
make horrible sounds indicating as we learned afterwards not to go inside the
territory. We headed back to the hilltop as fast as we could, feeling like
throwing up that instant but we managed to keep it together with wooden sticks
in our hands as our only weapons.
We then took an hour break at a spot just to talk about how
lucky we were to escape from wild animals’ attack. For my lesson, never trust a
website fully and always ask an acquaintance for guidance for any challenging physical
activities.
As for my reflection, it is indeed worth knowing that being
determined to get something is totally fine as long as we can handle the consequences;
negative or positive because everyone in this world is born to be neither a
winner nor a loser, each of us is born to be a chooser. We choose an option and
pray to Allah that we can embrace the path; risky or easy. As parallel with what Islam has taught us, always choose
something for the benefit of everyone and give in for exact Qada’ & Qadar.
That’s it for now. Assalamualayk.
