Is it Halal enough?

I can’t help but to blog about the issue on “Halal-ness” of an eatery after what I’ve read.
I am sorry for those who think that I am being a busybody but since the so called private debate was public, I believe I am entitled to my own personal view. As you guys mentioned at the end of the debate,

“To each his own”.

The argument is about how Halal is an eatery and if is wrong, or should I say forbidden, for a Muslim to eat and drink at a place he or she feels “Was-Was” or doubtful about the “Halal-ness” of the eatery.

There were 2 Singaporean Muslim friends that went on a trip to Bangkok, Thailand and ran into a couple of “Was-Was” circumstances when it comes to having their daily meals. Both obviously have different ideas on what is Halal for consumption on their trip.

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Being hopeful…

What happens to a man when he loses everything? Everything he has worked for… everything he believed in…

I had always been hopeful… Hopeful for the good things in life… Hopeful for the betterment in the quality of my life…but being hopeful is just not enough…

Don’t you wish sometimes that you have no feelings? So that you will not be caught up with emotions at all. The very person that lifts you up sky high… could crush you down to the ground. I am going through those emotions right now.

Yeah I could fight it but I can’t stop myself from thinking about it. Until I am preoccupied by something else that could take my mind off all the fucked up things that has happened, I’ll feel like shit.

I am just tired…tired of trying to make the people I care about happy…tired of the performance that is put up for me to make me believe that everything is alright…Maybe I should just give up and not care bout others anymore…but I guess I just can’t stoop that low…since I had always been a believer…

When God gives you something good, he’ll also take something back in return. It is to balance life. Else, you’ll forget him. Hardly does he ever give you without taking anything back in return. So…I guess I have to just live with this fact of life…

Crushed