Menafsir Kisah Nabi Nuh

Sawah depan tempat tinggal saya dan beberapa rumah di sekitarnya sedang terendam banjir dua minggu ini. Hujan yang mengguyur kota Pati  dan sekitarnya meninggalkan genangan air. Sejak musim hujan datang disusul dengan kabar banjir di beberapa daerah mulai Manado, Jakarta, Jalur Pantura termasuk daerah tempat saya tinggal saat ini, pikiran saya mengenang kisah Nabi Nuh. Juga mengingat pesan Sang Mursyid kepada murid-murid Shiddiqiyyah yang berkaitan dengan program 2000 Jaamiatul Mudzakkirin (2000JM) yaitu agar murid-murid Shiddiqiyyah cepat-cepat masuk ke dalam kapal Nabi Nuh agar selamat.

Longing for Greatness

Yesterday I was moving some of my file folders from my laptop to external hard drive. I don't want to lose my data when another crush happen to my laptop. It's getting old anyway. And it doesn't seem to work as it used to be after my act of stupidity took his life temporarily :) anyway....

Retaining the Good

Yesterday, my colleague came to my office while I was in the middle of noon prayer. She asked ome of the staff about the text message she received from the boss. It was an answer to her question sent to her mobile whether the company was going to have new year holiday or not. And the answer was "Go ahead, just have your holiday." in bahasa Indonesia of course. In receiving the message, she found it pretty confusing. So she tried to get second opinion (actually not just a second, but third, forth and fifth opinion of others since she showed the message to some other as well) whether it was a genuine 'yes' or a sham of 'no' answer.

I found this situation quite intriguing. Because for me it is quite simple. It is a yes answer, but to her it could have double meanings. A yes as it was genuinely written or a no with some scheming planned behind the yes answer, like some action of fatale femme in ensnaring her victim I watched the other night.