Assalammualaikum, dear beautiful souls

If you ever wondered what type of a person I am, I would put it this way...

I am supposed to settle this individual statistic assignment by using the method of Independent sample T-Test which means I need to compare the means of two entirely separate groups of people whose scores are independent of each other.Then I am intrigued by the name of the authors of Statistics for Psychology (3rd edition) who are Arthur Aron and Elaine N.Aron.Most of the times in the Stats 1998 class when my mind is no longer focusing on the formulas and deviated from the main topic,I was wondering whether they are, husband and wife.If so, they are POWER COUPLE!Come on, they both, together,  write statistics!

So tonight, when I should be thinking how to process those data in IBM SPSS, here I am searching about Arthur and Elaine.Hahaha.Fortunately, I found this Love in the Lab . (this is a link)

"Around the time of the Summer of Love in 1967, Arthur Aron, then a UC Berkeley graduate student in psychology, kissed fellow student Elaine Spaulding in front of Dwinelle Hall. What they felt at that moment was so profound that they soon married and teamed up to investigate the mysteries of attraction and intimacy."

Go and read the rest there, an interesting love story ;)

Hey, I might be astray from my main purpose of doing this assignment but who knows I might fall in love with statistics because of them!Let's look at the bright side, should we? 

I am a no math person, so maybe this is one of the ways for me to build an attraction to statistics.Who knows right? Jokes aside, I really respect those people in a relationship who keep pushing each other to reach their highest potential.

Dr. Alizaman D Gamon ( I took three classes consecutively in three semesters with him) One of my inspirations to keep learning.Thank you.

My one favourite lecturer, Dr. Alizaman D Gamon always mentioned in class how he and his wife keep competing with each other to publish journal and reports.Now, that is a healthy competition.Imagine how beautiful it is to connect emotionally,physically and intellectually to another person.To keep improving and supporting each other, that is the gist of a relationship.

Grow together, shine together!I would say that is the vital part of a romantic relationship, to keep striving for the best,for each other.To gleam in happiness when your partner achieves their dreams, that is the greatest achievement of all.

So I guess, I should go back to my work by now.

I hope you enjoy reading this, now can I be another Alain de Botton, explaining love not only in a philosophical way but statistically.Oh my, I really admire all the great thinkers and intellectuals.May we are able to use the greatest gift from Him, the mind (aql') to keep spreading knowledge to the humankind, insyaAllah.

One of my fav lines from Alain de Botton (Essays in Love)

Love always,

Farrah Wahida.

Love transcends all. I first read this line in the introductory section of Love for Imperfect Things by Haemin Sunim. He shared that even without complete understanding, we can completely love. 

I have this feeling of love that is indescribable, love to the family. Often they are the one who knows us all, our flaws, anguish and ugly moments when we are having a temper (you know at times, at least for me). They are the first one to witness our honest reactions, how we behave in difficulties, how we manage our anger and just how we are. And still, after all, they are the one that we love the most right? The one that we would give our all even at times you just can't stand how annoying your siblings may be. Haemin Sunim perfectly describes how love transcends human understanding. I definitely love my parents, but do I understand them at times? No, of course not. I believe that they feel the same about me too, maybe. 

Sometimes only when our loved ones are gone, then only we realized the depth of their love. Sometimes we only realized how much we love someone, when they are gone. 

The intersection? Both are gone, but love stays. Always. 

Someone I dearly love departed recently.Al-Fatihah. 

Only then, I know how much I loved him. Sometimes, people cross our paths in life for some reasons and they leave a mark in our heart.It is true that we surely remember how one treated us.I had not spent much time with him, but each moment was valuable.Time and distance,may set people apart,but the connection and bond that have been shared,it will always be there. Pictures may ignite our memory of how things look like, but special moments live forever in our heart.Thank you for being so kind and nice to me.

I wonder sometimes, where do all the love come from.Love flows like a river, it knows no end.Love and compassion are all from Him, Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim.I am just a humble human being, blessed with the taste of love.

I hope you will keep being strong there. You were always there to comfort me at times of despair. I hope I could do the same. Please, keep being strong.I only hope the best for you.Will be here if you need me.

Always,

Farrah.

p/s : I never tell you this,my favourite version of Stand by Me is by Endless Summer.

May you find peace too.

Reading HONY (Human of New York) make me realises that I should be grateful for the life I am living now.Yes,some of us have to go through with hardships and challenges in life.Struggle,conflicts,problems all mashed up and to some point we feel as if we want to give up.

But,do you know,in Syria,refugees are packing their belongings,boarding the boats in the pitch black nights,waving to the loved ones,leaving the place they were raised,the place they were given birth to,the school that they were gaining knowledge but the memories is keep with their high hopes to strive in order to keep LIVING.

Bombings and wars,make they feel threatened.They have no choice.Hence,they have to choose.

If you read about Aya you will know how persevere she is in believing that someday,things will get better.I hope and I pray that she and her family will lead a new life,where there are no more tears shed from her eyes - unless tears of happiness streaming down her cheeks.

If you read about 'The Scientist' that never lost hopes to contribute positively to the world despite the loss of his loved ones.He still want to make changes and serve the humankind with his creative inventions.People who care for people.

But,there is always light at the end of the tunnel. 😃 We have to believe in Allah,in ourselves and be strong!

Do you know that a volunteer from Malaysia flew to Greece and cook for the refugees there.He believe that food is hope.Imagine their faces lit up when served with hot soup and tea upon enduring the waves and hurdles along their journey accross the sea.Hoping that they will survive in the middle of the wide sea.His name is Rayyan Haries,so go and follow him on facebook to know his updates there.

We should have faith in humanity and cultivate the culture af caring and love in our soul.No matter what race,religion or colours we must love each other.Install the humanity in us!

I'd like to share one of the ayat in surah An-Nisaa


وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبُوا ۖ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا  ﴿٣٢

32. Dan janganlah kamu terlalu mengharapkan (ingin mendapat) limpah kurnia yang Allah telah berikan kepada sebahagian dari kamu (untuk menjadikan mereka) melebihi sebahagian yang lain (tentang harta benda, ilmu pengetahuan atau pangkat kebesaran). (Kerana telah tetap) orang-orang lelaki ada bahagian dari apa yang mereka usahakan, dan orang-orang perempuan pula ada bahagian dari apa yang mereka usahakan; (maka berusahalah kamu) dan pohonkanlah kepada Allah akan limpah kurnianya. Sesungguhnya Allah sentiasa Mengetahui akan tiap-tiap sesuatu.

32. And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.

Usaha yang disulami doa,insyaAllah akan Allah makbulkan.
Assalammualaikum. 😊😃