Apakah yang kita peroleh dari berqurban? Rasulullah menjawab, “Sesungguhnya pada setiap bulu yang menempel dikulitnya terdapat kebaikan”.(H.R. Ahmad & Ibnu Majah)

Tahun ini Alhamdulillah saya mendapat kesempatan untuk kembali ber-qurban. Pilihan saya kali ini jatuh ke SuperQurban dari RumahZakat.

SuperQurban adalah daging qurban yang dikemas menjadi kornet yang tahan hingga 3 tahun dan dapat disalurkan sepanjang tahun pada yang membutuhkan di seluruh Indonesia. Menurut pengurus Qurban yang tadi dateng ke kantor, 1 ekor kambing senilai Rp 795.000,- akan berwujud 40 kaleng kornet. Sedangkan untuk 1 ekor sapi senilai Rp 7.500.000,- akan berwujud 400 kaleng kornet. Konon, paket SuperQurban ini telah tersebar mulai pengungsi konflik Ambon, Maluku Utara, korban tsunami Aceh, longsor Banjarnegara, gempa Yogya, tsunami Pangandaran, dan program bina desa lainnya. Subhanallah…

Proses Program SuperQurban

1. Pendanaan Hingga H+2
2. Penyembelihan 10-13 Dzulhijjah
3. Kornetisasi 3 pekan
4. Pengiriman ke kantor cabang 1 pekan
5. Pendistribusian ke mustahik Mulai awal bulan ke-2 sampai 1 tahun ke depan

Bagi yang udah nggak sabar untuk ber-Qurban, silahkan akses situs ini untuk berbagai pilihan pembayaran. Kalo saya sendiri kebetulan mendaftar dan membayar pada pengurus Mesjid Sucofindo yang biasa mengurusi anak asuh saya. Contact him (Pak Agus) pada hari kerja di nomer 021-7983666 ext. 1209

Selamat  ber-SuperQurban!

Being an English Teacher is something that I always wanted. It began when I saw my best friends teaching at local English Course in Bengkulu. They looked so confident, accomplished and content. Their eyes sparkled when they teach. I want to have that sparkle too in my eyes.

To get further flashback, back when I was 11 years old staying in Kupang, NTT, my English was bad. I was sitting in front of my school when suddenly a teacher from Australia (It’s common to have them in my school because we have this exchange students program with Australia and many of Australian teachers and students were wandering around school) approach and say hi to me. It’s a woman with a very tall figure and wearing Australian Map T-shirt.

“Hi… how are you?” She said. I was stunned. I didn’t know how to handle the situation.
“Hi… I’m fine thank you. And you?” I guess I remember something from my English class.
She smiled gently and said, “I’m good, thanks! Well… do you grow here?” She continued the conversation.
My hands were instantly cold. GROW?? What is grow?? I don’t know grow! I haven’t heard the word ‘grow’ in my entire life!
“Yesss… I’m studying English here!” I responded with blank face expression, knowing that I was wrong.
She giggled. Then she started making some gestures.
“Do you GROW here?” She stretched her hand from below to above my head.
Haa… I suddenly get it.
“Nooo…,” and that’s it. End of conversation. I can’t speak any more words.

It’s not the turning point, by the way. The turning point was when I told my smart best friend Merry about it. She was laughing so hard and said, “You fool! How come you didn’t know such easy word?”. What she said actually becoming a huge turning point that I declare that someday my English would be better than her and I would be an English Teacher! (I didn’t hate her, she’s my dear best friend who happened to motivate me with her own way hehe… and I didn’t get better than her… just equal :D)

And 13 years later, here I am. An English Teacher for the non-profit Aqila Foundation with my name on the marker and sparkle not only in my eyes, but also in my students eyes.

Get to Aqila Foundation website to learn how you can be part of it and help spread the sparkle.

Gara-gara nulis soal Frugal Lifestyle di blog gue beberapa waktu yang lalu, Mas Arif dari Majalah Prodo malah nelepon gue untuk wawancara. Katanya pengen nulis artikel tentang gimana biar tahun depan (2008 bentar lagi!!) kita hidup happier dan bebas bokek.

Dan tadi gue lihat wajah gue udah nampang di Majalah Prodo terbaru (edisi Desember 2007). Waw, senangnya! Nara sumber selain gue untuk artikel ini adalah Safir Senduk (Iya, perencana keuangan kondang itu) dan Head of Promotion & PR PT Proton Edar Indonesia.

Gaya banget ya gue hahahaha Ya maap!

Naik haji bagi yang mampu, artinya mampu secara mental, spiritual, materi dan non-materi. Jika akhirnya setelah 40 tahunan lebih hidup di dunia ini dan menyatakan, Insya Allah mampu, maka hal ini perlu dirayakan.

Congratulations mom and dad, semoga lancar pelaksanaan ibadah di Tanah Suci, kembali ke tanah air dengan selamat, dan menjadi Haji Mabrur. Amin.

Ps: Jangan lupa kertas daftar doaku dibacakan disana (doa include: cepat kawin)

Sesuai saran Angel, gue pengen bikin reading section di kamar gue. Tinggal nambahin kursi nyaman ini bersama lemari buku plus sedikit cat warna pastel (gak pake anjing ya hehe). Di tempat ini, gue supposed to be bisa baca buku-buku baru berkualitas, mengambil intisarinya dan langsung bikin review or working whatever about it in my laptop. Kalau ngelihat sofa nyaman kayak gini tolong kasih tau gue ya.