Take benefit of five before five:
Your youth before your old age, 
Your health before your sickness, 
Your wealth before your poverty,
Your free-time before your preoccupation and
Your life before your death.

"Orchids make magical arrangements and bouquets. These exotic and stunning flowers can convey a silent message, symbolising a special moment between you and your recipient – whether strength, beauty or love."
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So they say... well, I feel it. Don't you?

On 28 July 1960, it was declared by the government of Malaysia that the hibiscus would be the national flower. The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is literally known as the "celebratory flower"... 
and celebrate we shall.

“When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up.”

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." - Jim Rohn

An exotic plant that never fails to attract my attention.

Compassion, Femininity, Motherly Love.. so it says for pink Anthurium..

Beautiful and prickly...

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, 

and unallied with definite form,

can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. ” 

― Oscar Wilde

Set your goal and plan your journey...

hashtag handphonegraphy... again! LOL!

waista'iinuu bialshshabri waalshshalaati wa-innahaa lakabiiratun illaa 'alaa alkhaasyi'iina

PATIENCE and As Salah.

And again it was repeated (Al Baqarah 153);
 
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

yaa ayyuhaa alladziina aamanuu ista’iinuu bialshshabri waalshshalaati inna allaaha ma’aalshshaabiriina

"O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."

Duranta Erecta - Geisha Girl

pretty purple flowers

Patience do not only help us through hardships but will also cure. Quran Al Baqarah 2:155 - "and We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient"

Have sabr... and Du'aa... Allah says, "Call upon me; I will respond to you. Indeed, those who are proud to worship Me will enter Hell in humiliation" - Quran Al Ghafir 40:60

Therefore, repent, supplicate and du'aa..
"Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron" - Quran Ar Ra'd 13:11 

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got. 

It's just all about adjustments.

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment.

Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

Keep us on the right path.

The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. 

Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things, they are stepping stones to greater experience.
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testing meself at handphonegraphy.. LOL! 
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Combretum indicum, also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon creeper, one of mom's favourite. No more there now. 
Found this growing wildly in her garden, but had to clean them up... neighbour not happy about the unkept garden.

Allah has a plan for you...
you are exactly where HE wants you right now.

What is, is.
What isn't, isn't.
You become so obsessed with what isn't that you miss what is.

my challenge was... white against white, candid, natural light.

At times, 
you may not like her,
you may get irritated by her,
you may even abandon her... 
But a mom will always be a mom.
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A mother, thinks about her children day and night, even if they are not with her and will love them in a way they will never understand.
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"And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination." - Luqman(31):14

Fascinated by these plants... see how the leaves/petals would arrange itself as it grows and the beautiful colour contrast of red and green. Wonders of Our Creator, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Orchids are the symbol of mature charm. The white means innocence and sweetness.