Today is the third week since I have been arrived in Malaysia. There's a lot of experiences that happened in my life. Well, for studying in Universiti Putra Malaysia as an exchange student is never flashed through my mind. In fact, it has been happening in my life. This all is free for me. I do not need to pay all these costs by my self or burden my parents. But, the consequences are I must leave my lovely peoples, I can not find some foods that have suitable taste in my tongue, and it takes 6 months to meet my lovely peoples again. These things are in proportion to what I gain in here. I call my self as a lucky girl. In an event's named New International Welcoming Program, I met a beautiful Iranian Lady.She talked to me first and asked me where did I came from. My answer was Indonesia then she was interested to listen to me. She said that she had visited Padang in Indonesia.
It never overcome from my mind that the short conversation became a lifelong relationship between us. Her name is Elnaz Yaz. I call her Elli. She is the first year student in Department of Architecture in the UPM. She is a pretty lady, modest, reliable, and sociable person. Even though we had different religion and culture, it doesn't block our connection and relation. I like her personality and I love to help her for finishing her sketches. She is a tolerant person. She can accept other people's differences. But she is also a sensitive person. She is easily to get worried about everything that she had done to people's around her. She is afraid to hurt some body's feeling.
We don't have any blood relation but we are like sisters. If she has free times, she will messages me and asks where I am. We share all of our stories and what happens everyday.One day she gave me two pieces of letters and put them on my table. I read the letters for many times. She wrote:
For my sist,
You don't know how much I love you, you don't know how happy and grateful I am for having you and meeting you and knowing you. If you know, then pick a white rose everyday and leave it beside the window, I will receive your kasih, I will appreciate it and I will keep it right in my heart. There are so many things in this world that we-as humans-don't know, That's only God who arranges and crates and makes changes. I learn it from you that God's want is the best thing for us to follow in our life.
Dear, some times I wonder how miracles happen. They happen really!! Miracles are hard to understand and believe sometimes, but when our earthly wisdom can not work they appear. They are like embrace of God, when you feel something is coming into your way that you never imagined. I want to believe them, I want to understand and feel them in my life.
Well now it's 4:30 am and the only thing I want to do is writing. I am attached to writing, that's the only way I can express my self. I love you and it's an honor for me to know your religion, your culture, and you-yourself. I truly feel we are like sisters now! We were in the same room for tonight and you gave me your space and you kindly treated me like a real sister, I am so grateful for that and I hope I can do something for you someday too. I read your Bible last night, there was a beautiful sentence which touched my heart. It really did touch my heart. That's why I say to you that miracles happen. When God selects prophets to be His messenger then He inspires them, He inspires His words to mankind's heart and it's really unbelievable when God starts to talk to the humans.
Dear, let's believe that sometimes our mind is limited and can't go up, but we may fly by our soul. This is possible, when we pray, when we bless, when we love or help people or when we do something nice toward God, It's like take off of an air plane when we want to fly.There's a desire for me since long time ago. It's to be able to fly. I want to open my wings toward sky and go up directly, safely, and certainly to the embrace of God.
That's my talk and I wanted to write last night. I am now going dear, take so much care and stay lovely and happy be my sister Forever! Thanks for Everything..
Elli
22 July 2010
Elli, you will always be my sister from now till forever. :) it's nice to be your sister too