alhamdulillah, i got the chance to attend to two lectures by two scholars, which was truly inspiring and relives the thirst for knowledge in me which have been rather dormant lately.

and i found my ‘self’ again, listening to all these knowledge and i got a vision of who i want to be. i have that vision and am holding on to it. even if it would take me tens of years to be that vision, i will. even if my journey would be interrupted by certain circumstances, i will still have that vision to pursue. and i will. Insya Allah. please help me Allah in realising this dream.

the two lectures i had the fortunate opportunity to attend was a diocese and muis lecture by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams on thursday night and lecture by Prof Hussam-Eddin Farfour from Syria the whole day today. my mind’s jammed with too much information, it may take awhile to digest them all.

i loved prof farfour’s reminder on ummatan wasatan and the concept of balance in life. and i pretty much understood him mentioning something on respecting other religions, similar to dr rowan’s lecture. dr rowan’s mentioned about plurality. but that’s a christian concept, i find the term very disturbing ah. there’s pros and cons to any human ideology, it’s how we understand it which is important. do you want me to explain on plurality here? now? hmmm… maybe next time. ok. i had a hard time understanding the term during my study, it won’t help putting them down in a blog. i hope i can write on it though. Dr fareed’s advice, “if you want to write, start with a line..”

i really am grateful having the chance attending the lectures. i’m inspired. i’m alive. heh.