Ramadhan Insights #2

picture taken from a park near Eiffel Tower

 

Assalamualaikum and salam Ramadhan to all,

 

Puasa tak? :p It is 13th Ramadhan today, how time flies so fast!! Here's my second Ramadhan insights for your eyes only ;)

 

1) I spent my weekend attending a camp(well, not literally), and it was a very fruitful one.At least it helps me to optimize one and a half day doing what is required for a Muslim especially in this fasting month, where all good act and ibadah gained double pahala from Allah :) Among the good things I earned is, to utilize `tasbih' , and appreciate it more than a mere decoration or as souvenirs received from Makkah.Thanks abang, your absence is truly a blessing in disguise, and best of all you'll get some reward for it too :)

 

2) Wan (nenek) is still admitted in the hospital, it seems that her fever is not getting better. I went to Seremban yesterday but haven't had the chance to visit her :( Am hoping she will recover gracefully, insya Allah. Can imagine how more worried Mama is... a few nights were already spent at the hospital, and hopefully not more to come.

 

3) Following Wan's condition, hubby tried to persuade his superior to allow him to come home earlier; perhaps by Wednesday. I hope he succeed! (Sambil rasa nak jerit tapi kena behave sebab bulan posa. Dan ramai orang di ofis ni yer). However I'm not so optimistic and still avoiding high hope as always. Because, falling hard out of frustration is the worst feeling so far..-_- And my treshold for him is to be back atleast, before Hari Raya. I can't imagine anything beyond that at the moment, yet.(Huhu manjeee la kau shah padahal my officemate masa dia first year kawin dah takpat beraya ngan husband sebab kena duty offshore)

 

4) Remember my kuih raya project? Haha yesterday telah selongkar stor rumah dan berjumpa oven Ma lantas terus mencubanya (bukan cuba buat kuih,cuba warm up je). Nampaknya masih berfungsi dengan baik walaupun telah bertahun2 bertapa dalam stor(Tapi insulator rubber kelihatan telah ternoda sikit, takpe ke? Wires not exposed, though). However, I am quite sceptical and worried to bring it back to my house, due to various reasons. So maybe, if ever my project come true, it shall be baked fresh from my mum's house instead of mine :) And option kedua adalah mungkin I bleh kecek my lovely hubby for a new electric tabletop oven?? :p

 

5) Have I mentioned that my stove rosak at the high time when I have the mood to cook? And saya adalah takut nak godek stove tersebut sendirian kerana takut kang meletup kang takde sapa nak panggilkan I ambulans or call my parents. Jadi expert from negara Viet telah menyarankan I takyah memandai2 and makan luar je sampai la dia balik. Masalahnya, I tak berapa gemar bazar Ramadhan. But I think I'll survive, for the moment.

 

6) Me and my parents had a (another) conversation pasal zakat yesterday. Yelah bulan puasa ni memang elok bayar zakat, pahala berlipat ganda. Dan berita baik kepada penduduk Negeri Sembilan, pusat zakat negeri akan dibuka pada sabtu dan ahad di bulan Ramadhan! Cool kan. As some of you already know, I prefer to pay my zakat manually/yearly rather than to have the monthly auto-debit by pusat zakat negeri just for a simple reason; I just want to master the theoretical and calculation part of it. Memang senang je konsep kira zakat ni sebenarnya tapi i still think i belum pakar lagi dalam hal ni, masih banyak yang perlu dirujuk. Among the gist of our conversation is that only zakat paid using official receipt by Pusat Zakat Negeri can be 100% waived in Income Tax, while zakat paid for the other organisation (although is recognized by jabatan agama negeri) can only be waived 24% of it-consider as `sumbangan/derma', bukannya `zakat'. And it is a recommended practice to calculate wisely and get your income tax to be waived fully by zakat. Dan.. some Ustaz suggested the method of varietykan penerima zakat dan bukan sepenuhnya kepada pusat zakat. Kalau kita kenal mana2 asnaf lebih baik kita salurkannya sendiri. Tapi kalau kita sendiri ragu2 dan tak yakin so serahlah sahaja kepada yang telah menerima amanah, iaitu Pusat Zakat ye..dah memang tugas diorang nak bahagikan pun.

 

7) Among the things that I loved working for the company, it is full with aktiviti kerohanian, kadang2 seaktif NGO2 agama yang full time. Dalam bulan puasa ni je, setakat ni setiap minggu dianjurkan solat sunat tasbih yang bagi saya payah dan susah sangat kalo nak initiate sendiri. Ceramah agama pun hari2. I still remember working with different companies before, nak dapat ceramah agama sebulan sekali pun payah.

 

8) If we are to divide this holy month into thre phases, we've left the first phase that often been referred to fasa `rahmat' (blessing). Now we are in the midst of fasa `keampunan' (forgiveness), hence lets us optimize this phase to seek forgiveness as much as we can from Allah ya :) And prepare ourself for the most awaited third phase of Ramadhan, insya Allah!

Ramadhan Insights #1

It is 8^th Ramadhan today. How was your Ramadhan going so far?

Mine was not too bad. I mean, there's alot of avenues to improve further. 

1) I was down with a slight fever (typical me) on 2 and 3 Ramadhan, but it's not severe so, Alhamdulillah.

2) I managed to berbuka puasa with husband once, when he came back for a short trip last weekend. I hope he's doing good over there. Since hubby's temporary housemate is away since yesterday, I started my routine of calling him every morning for sahur. The fact that the sunrise time e.g. imsak and prayers time is similar between Malaysia and Vietnam (although the time zone is slightly different, they are late by an hour) makes thing a lot easier. My only wish is for the roaming rate to be cheaper!

3) We had an unplanned family gathering last Saturday at Mama's house because my grandma (hubby's) was admitted to the hospital due to high fever. To date she was still warded, so let's pray for her speedy recovery.

4) I am struggling to get on track for my target of one juzuk one day. I was a bit off track when I was ill over the weekend. Hopefully I can catch up on time.

5) Solat terawih is such an interesting experience, and am looking forward for it as always. I'm glad to see my office surau is now equipped with chairs for the elderly who's unable to stand to perform solat. However, it is quite hard to find the facilities at other mosques/surau and most of the elderly need to bring chairs by themselves. Other than that, well I hope people are more aware to ensure closeness of saf and for those who bring children, kindly ask them to stand at the end of the saf, and not in the middle.

6) Are you fond of Bazar Ramadhan? Well, I am not. I felt that Bazar Ramadhan do not offer the healthiest food variation after all. OK, I'm not criticizing over here, mana ada bazaar Ramadhan yang totally jual makanan sihat. As I always say, makanan sihat selalunya kurang sedap :p My point is, please watch what you buy at bazaar ya..please avoid fried food and air cordial yang dijual di situ ye. And opt for no ice, please J We need to ensure our stomach is not overloaded in preparation for terawih and the other ibadah planned upfront.  

OK that's all.. have a blissful Ramadhan everyone! Sad to note that only 22 days left for Ramadhan to end..

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah hiwabarakatuh!

 

Ramadhan hampir menjelma.. malam ni dah mula terawih~!

 

(kalini buat post gaya-gaya CheDet, ada bullet points. Perasan tak makin banyak bloggers dah buat style ni sejak CheDet mulakan?)

 

1. Banyak masjid dan surau di sekitar rumah, taktahu nak pilih mana untuk terawih. Pilihan utama adalah Masjid UTM baru di Jalan Semarak. Mungkin juga boleh cuba melompat-lompat masjid untuk mencari kelainan. Teringat pada waktu ini, tahun lepas, saya di Bintulu. Sering juga melompat masjid di sana untuk merasai pengalaman berlainan di rumah Allah.

 

2. Ramadhan kali ni tak disambut dengan Encik A ye tuan puan, sambut sorang je. Ataupun kalau bosan berbuka sorang balik rumah mak kejap kat Seremban. At least boleh drive kan Abah balik rumah sebab bas depan ofis dia sampai kul 5. Kitorang boleh balik kul 4 :)

 

3. Encik A akan mula berpuasa di sana, alah takpe situ banyak makanan halal kan?Ada makanan melayu pulak tu. Sabar je lah sebelum ni dok cerita hari2 makan nasik, siap ada roti canai lagi. Masjid pun dekat dengan tempat makan..ok lah tu. Lagi ok dari tahun lepas hampir seluruh Ramadhan dihabiskan kat Sudan kan? :p Alhamdulillah, harapnya hujung minggu dapatla pulang ke tanah air berbuka posa..sekali pun jadilah. I tunggu tau.

 

4. Azam bulan Ramadhan nie.. erm cam biasa nak khatam Quran.. dua tiga tahun kebelakangan nie asyik kantoi je beberapa juzuk takpat nak khatam sebelum akhir Ramadhan. Tahun ni kita cuba ye!! Chayok! Juga berazam taknak skip terawih berjemaah tanpa uzur! Dan mencari laila itu di sepuluh malam terakhir, insya Allah..

 

5. Biasalah dah kawin ni mulalah naluri keisterian (nak kate keibuan, belum ada little extension lagi :p), konon2 nak buat kuih raya. Diulang KONON je.. tapi takmo dijadikan azam sebab takut tak buat. Encik A kata buatlah kuih raya, saje nak bagi meriah sikit. Oh itu ke sebab orang buat kuih raya? haha FYI dah dekat 10 years my Mum tak buat kuih raya, so I memang bukan jaguh la dalam hal ini. Lagipun I ade alasan konkrit kenapa tak nak buat kuih raya mahupun kek. Alasannya, I fobia tengok penggunaan gula, butter dan telur yg banyak sangat dalam pembuatan kuih raya nih.. huhu self-proclaimed health freak lah katakan :p Nak tau jadi ke tak I buat, tengok la sebulan lagi ye.

 

6. Eh tetiba dah masuk cerita raya pulak kat point 5 tu..padahal bulan posa belum start lagi. Typical betul..insaflah ye diriku ini. Ok raya citer masa dekat raya laa. Setakat preparation, takde apa2 pun kena prepare kot. Walaupun tak sempat tempah baju raya, I ada plan B (B-beli).Dan mungkin juga Plan R (R-recycle?). Dan juga belum discuss camne dan dimana nk beraya tahun nie. Later laa, itupun kalau panjang umur kan nak diskas benda2 masa hadapan ni. Baik fokus on ibadah dan cara nak optimizekan bulan Allah ni kan!

 

7. Oklah, petang ni jangan lupa beli benda2 untuk sahur..biasanya susu,cereals,roti dan seangkatan dengannya. Barang dapur lain nanti la beli bila singgah pasar Keramat. Ni lah penyakit I kalau bulan posa, tetiba mood rajin masak sebab I lagi suka masak dari beli kat bazar Ramadhan yang berlambak2 kat area sini ( I cuti masak 2 bulan sebab Encik A takde. Ok masak maggi goreng and french toast tidaklah dikira ye). Singgah bazar pon beli 1-2 jenis kuih je, pastu balik. Hahah tapi sekali lagi cam Encik A cakap, gi bazar bukan nak beli apabenda sangat pun, saja nak rasa meriah je! Meriah betul anda ni Encik A.

 

Oklah akhir kata, selamat berpuasa kepada semua.. maaf atas salah silap sama ada sengaja atau tak. Kalau ada yang takpuas hati tu bleh contact I personally, I janji akan menyelesaikan segala2nya secara profesional. Ahah statement macam ada makna je, no comment :p Jom jom kita optimumkan bulan Ramadhan ni!

 

Baris Metasequire

Tiba-tiba saya teringat tempat itu.

Terbayang barisan lurus pokok metasequire yang sangat menawan. Pada mulanya disangkakan pokok itu tumbuh secara natural, namun sebenarnya ia berasal dari negara lain dan ditanam di situ untuk mencantikkan landskapnya yang sedia indah. Juga pada mulanya pokok ini ditanam kerana fizikalnya yang cantik, lurus tinggi dan dikatakan antara pokok yang paling cepat kadar penumbuhannya (tinggi) di dunia. Setelah lama baru kerajaan Korea mengeksploitasi kegunaan pokok ini di bandaraya Seoul, di mana daun pokok ini yang luruh boleh mengurangkan kelicinan jalan semasa musim salji. Walaupun ketika itu musim panas baru bermula, masih terasa angin nyaman menghembus dan sesetengah pokok turut mengeluarkan daun warna-warna musim luruh – merah, jingga dan coklat. Di hujung deretan metasequire ini kelihatan tasik indah berbalam-balam disinar cahaya matahari. Nyaman dan menenangkan.

Seperti mana saya ingin kembali ke Amsterdam pada musim bunga untuk menikmati tulip kegemaran, saya juga ingin kembali ke Nami Island, Korea Selatan untuk menikmati  musim salji.

Itupun insya Allah, jika Allah memberi laluan dan permudahkan urusan.

Mencari Hang Jebat

My adventure to search for Hang Jebat resulted to a mixed reactions out of curiousity, anxiety, determination and tiredness-all at the same time. At least I successfully found him after the second attempt.

I search in the net, and was sure on the direction to meet him. I know I am quite good at navigation (ehem, you should to realise your own strongest point, I mean who else should?) and am convinced that I will find the way on my own. But during the final research somebody told me the nearest meetpoint was Plaza Rakyat and he will be just few hundred metres away. What it did not say is, no decent road is available to reach him and a huge hill is the one that parted them away!

So on a bright, sunny day during lunch hour, while the Muslim men are getting prepared for prayer, I started my quest. As usual I searched for signboards but nothing lead to Hang Jebat. I asked a lady bus conductor and she generously (and confidently) described the direction.I followed it obediently just to found that I was directed to a wrong place with almost similar name! I looked around and found Tun Perak, but he's not the one that I wanted to see. My eyes shine when I meet Hang Lekiu, as my common sense told me that Hang Jebat's clan will obviously be a few yards away from his friend, no? But unfortunately, again he's no where to be found. Where are you, Jebat??

After a few dialogues with the locals and three times being directed to the wrong way, I realised I've been wandering around for more than an hour already. With an empty stomach,sweat-drenched clothes and realising the lunch hour is about to end, I know I need to call it a day. I hate mission unaccomplished, though. Hence I went out to again, later that day. This time, I am more equipped and did detail research, hoping I won't come back empty handed again.

So eventually, my initial hunch-before any research was made- was right, birds of same feathers flock together. I found Hang Jebat together with his best friend, Hang Tuah.Side by side, enjoying each other's company. All this despite their infamous fight that happened hundred of years ago in Melaka. And most importantly, my mission accomplished, Alhamdulillah.

It is funny to think that this whole effort is just to collect a small token that is worth not more than RM50...I will always remember this experience.

p/s: If you are puzzled with the whole post, I actually referred the pahlawan Melaka to the road names in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, around Pudu area. Note that all traveling was made via public transport and by foot. Well, Kuala Lumpur is such an interesting place to explore, indeed :)

Of IB, married-single and 3S

Finally, I managed to set my foot at the sensational Istana Budaya last Wednesday with couple of friends.The facilities is satisfying and the interior is fabulous, I guess it matched the name perfectly.

 

The play was entertaining and hilarious, thanks to Nabil. I think most of his lawak menjadi dalam cerita ni.. so boleh la you all pergi tengok tanpa skeptical thoughts at the back of our head. Yang lain2 is commendably good as usual, they were good actor/actress by the way. At one time I wish Awie would sing his songs with Wings rather than the songs designed for the play...

 

Again, Hazel was the one initiated this activity. Perhaps due to our disappointment over the previous experience, haha. Just look at the difference of ticket price and venues, dear :p However I still have a dream to watch FT's buah tangan in IB. Masih berharap agar ia menjadi kenyataan :) Pray with me, people.I am always a fan of plays that touches heart and perhaps can change people's lives.

 

So yes, as you can see, despite the ordinary commitments that fills my weekdays, I do keep myself busy. I mean, I really plan for my days to be filled with something beneficial. Among others, I managed to increase the frequency of running at the park- from a few times per month to once per week (yet to achieve 3 times per week! bajet busy woman konon :p) I also sempat ke Spa for a great bubble bath experience with affordable price. I even plan to participate in a running event but got cancelled due to the absence of the other half :( (next time ye, dear!)~ And some volunteerily projects, small fund raising for the community, and other activities as usual, tambahan pula Ramadhan is just around the corner.

 

Hence, being a currently married-single wife is not so devastating after all.Oh ok tipu. Mestila sedihkan at first.Padahal bukan first time kena tinggal pun..tapi masih sedih kerana kali ni kena tinggal lebih lama. Ok whatever :p . Kesimpulannya I nak cakap, memang ramai weekend, monthly and even yearly wives out there kan...Just to share on the tips I get from a magazine - 3S - Syukur, Sibuk, Sihat. So jangan sedih2, keep yourself busy with alot of things. Cuma if you've kids then you don't really have that diversities in doing various activities la..:) But still, enjoy yourself and keep closer to the AlMighty, insya Allah you'll be fine:)

 

 The irony part is, the 3S concept is originally to cope up with `hidup bermadu'. But it is still applicable sebab konsepnya masih sama kan, married-single life, no? Ok no further comment, I rest my case :p

Lalala laionn

Eh, ke rimau?

 

As people always said, `Looks can be deceiving'.

We are not saints

I am not the type who would be deep in hatred and blame everyone else except myself, when I face this kind of situation.

Nor the type who quickly find other people and offer them a defensive speech, so that I'll be having my own army as well.

I am the type that just swallowed, accept it as my weakness and fate, and move on to improve further.

Although sessions of tears and consolation words from the closer ones really helped a lot.

Revenge, however is totally out of question.

But, it is always tempting to ask these people who love to talk behind our back;

What is wrong with individual discussion to clear the murky water?

Why don't you reflect your actions, your words, your treatment to others, too?

You are not saints either, my dear.

xxx

 Why can't everyone embrace the concept of forgive and forget?

Well, the answer is obvious.

We are not saints.

Broadband daily rates

Finally I got rid of the monthly broadband subscription and got the daily ones.

But I am adjusting to the slow speed..they never told me that RM6/day gets the slowest available speed rate. But atleast it is stable, taklah DC manjang.

So eventually I can save more than 70% of my previous monthly cost, provided I stick with the planned daily usage of 5 days/month.

Yes, cost reduction, I like.

Hah 5 days je?Ape susah, I can still online in the office or at my parents' home yang pakai wireless broadband aduih jeles. Or wifi at major outlets around KL.Cybercafe is soo yesterday (gelakkan seseorang tu yg terfikir nak gi CC apabila broadband modem i tertinggal di rumah parents suatu masa dulu)

Any other better deal from other telecomm provider that you know, please share ya. I'm interested in mobile usage only, wimax pimax takmain.

ok bai

Today, another of my friend left the company.
Yep, not the department or the subsidiary,but the company.

But lucky her, she wasn't tied to the bond.

Or atleast I hope she was not.

Nevertheless, other friend just left with or without the bond.

If there were, they just find ways to repay.

While the others can't seem to imagine life without working for the company.

And few other contemplating but still could not make up their mind until now.

My point is, everyone choose their own path with our reasons and own priorities. And obviously, one's priority is different than the other.

While consciously or not, the path was determined by Allah ever since before we were born.

So be grateful, and stop judging.

Cheers and good luck, friend.

Dialog dengan pelancong Indonesia

Tempat dan masa :Semasa berjalan pulang ke tempat letak kereta lepas habis kerja,5.56 petang.
Situasi : Sekeluarga pelancong dari Indonesia berjalan perlahan dan mendekati saya.

Pelancong(Ayah) : Maaf Mbak, bisa tanya enggak?
Saya : Boleh, boleh..
Pelancong(Ayah) : Jalan ke sini boleh ke tempat menunggu teksi enggak?
Saya : Oh..kalau nak ke taxi stand (tetiba I cakap English) di depan sana ada..(sambil tunjuk arah KLCC).Nak pergi mana ya?
Pelancong(Ayah) : Kami nak ke Pasar Seni..jauh enggak?
Saya : Ooh pasar seni..senangnya naik LRT(muka mereka blank)..eh train..boleh terus ke Pasar Seni.Kalau naik teksi takutnya jam.
Pelancong(Ayah) : Jam tu apa?
Pelancong(anak2) : Jam tu macet pak..
Saya : (haah macam penah dengar abah cakap macet tu maksudnye traffic jam,belajar masa di Jakarta) haa iya, macet..Lagi bagusnya naik train (perasan tak I dah ikut slang Indon.Mudah terpengaruh betul)
Pelancong(Ayah) : Ohh..tapi kalau train pun ramai orang sekarang ni
Saya : Iya ramai orang (cam tak tau je time orang balik kerja sekarang ni)..Tapi kalau masih mahu naik teksi boleh tunggu di sana ya (tunjuk lagi arah depan KLCC)
Pelancong(Ayah) : Ok..lagi satu Pasar Seni tutup pukul berapa ya?
Saya : Err emm, tak tahu laa..rasanya dalam pukul 8 tapi tak pasti la..hehe
Pelancong(Ayah dan Emak) : Ok terima kasih ya..
Saya : Ehehe sama2...

Kesimpulan:
1.Seingat saya, saya tak pernah pergi/masuk ke bangunan Central Market.Selalunya turun di stesen itu utk pergi meeting di Dayabumi sahaja
2.Siapa tahu Central Market tutup pukul berapa??
3.Baru perasan,kalau pergi negara orang tu sampai pasar ikan ngan pasar malam diorang pun kita pergi..tapi negara sendiri ada pasar seni tak pernah pergi..adess

Menonton Ghadir Khum

Alhamdulillah, berjaya menonton Kopitiam Ghadir.

Sebelum:

Telah menjumpai jalan ke Muzium Telekom tetapi terlepas simpang untuk meletak kereta di Jalan Gereja.Sebab banyak jalan sehala, telah tersesat sampai Jalan Pudu dan telah marah-marah sebab jem rupanya hanya roadblock malam Sabtu. Terima kasih kepada BB 3G Hazel, Google maps yang bertindak bagai GPS telah menyelamatkan kami.Berjaya tiba di Muzium telekom pada jam 8.40pm, cuak kerana takut tidak dibenarkan masuk padahal persembahan belum dimulakan. Sempat meng`usya' telefon lama dan radio pertama digunakan di Malaya.

Semasa:

Ini pengalaman pertama kami menonton teater, maka sudah pasti set setaraf IB lengkap pentas bergerak atau MPO yang eksklusif menjadi bayangan. Namun sangkaan meleset kerana pentas hanyalah ruang `corner' muzium dengan props sederhana, dengan kerusi plastik 3 baris untuk penonton. Humble set, I suppose. Oh, sudahkah saya mengatakan `tiket' masuk adalah berupa booklet tentang teater ini?Lengkap dengan hadis yang dirujuk dan dialog para pelakon, serta lirik lagu yang mengiringi persembahan.Interesting indeed.

Secara keseluruhannya, persembahan menarik, sederhana namun menghiburkan. Dialog kelakar yang penuh makna, dengan empat karakter berwarna-warni dan hadis dirujuk lengkap dengan kitab dan matannya menyebabkan teater ini penuh makna dan tidak kosong. Menariknya, semua pelakon memakai jersi pada malam itu,mungkin seiring dengan demam Piala Dunia semasa.Teater ini adalah teater muzikal, maka dialog diserikan dengan lagu memuji Rasulullah dan keluarganya kedengaran segar,mungkin kerana lagu-lagu ini semuanya dicipta sendiri dan belum dikomersialkan.Cuma, saya agak berharap irama yang dibawakan lebih kontemporari untuk menarik minat anak-anak muda, kerana kebanyakannya bersifat irama malaysia dan tipikal nasyid.Irama joget pun ada..meriah kan?

Selepas:

Jadi pementasan sejam suku tidak begitu lama dirasakan.Tahniah kepada FT dan team Revolusi Pembudayaan Selawat (RPS) atas inisiatif mendekati masyarakat melalui wadah seni sebegini.Setidaknya, penonton seperti saya akan semakin rajin membuka lembaran sejarah tentang Ghadir Khum yang merupakan antara peristiwa penting dalam sirah Nabi.Untuk tuan puan yang kurang mengetahui, di Ghadir Khum inilah Rasulullah berhenti rehat selepas mengerjakan haji terakhir dalam perjalanan pulang ke Madinah dan telah diriwayatkan satu hadis semasa di tempat kejadian.

Kesimpulan:

Harapan saya agar karya-karya penuh mesej Islamik sebegini akan diangkat oleh penganjur berbajet tinggi dan dipentaskan di tempat berprestij seperti IB,MPO dan seangkatan dengannya.Rasanya lebih berbaloi menaja inisiatif begini daripada menaja team bola sepak yang tidak konsisten persembahannya (hanya contoh, tiada kaitan yang hidup atau mati).

Indah

Saya enggan menjadi tamak dan menyimpan kata-kata indah ini seorang, maka saya berkongsi keindahannya dengan anda. Terutama untuk kesayangan saya.

 

(Dipetik dari blog FT)

 

Anak muda yang dikasihi, pasanganmu adalah seseorang yang telah menghubungkan hati, jasmani dan nasibnya. Dengan sepenuh hati, saya mengucapkan tahniah kepada anak-anak yang saya kasihi sekalian. Saya berpesan, hendaklah kamu mencurahkan kasih sayang kepada pasanganmu. Setialah dengan mereka dan selaraskan dirimu dalam urusan satu sama lain.

Hindarilah kerumitan hidup bersama, dengan mengabaikan kekusutan kecil dan tidak penting. Semoga Tuhan menganugerahkan padamu kesejahteraan, kegembiraan dan ketinggian rohani. Moga dikurniakan kepadamu tumpuan kehidupan; yakni anak-anak tercinta yang sihat, soleh serta menjadi penyinar." - Ayatullah al Uzma Ali Khamenei.

Kebahagiaan yang sedemikian rupa tidak akan wujud kecuali di bawah naungan takwa kepada Allah dan mencintai Allah di waktu terang-terangan dan rahsia di waktu ghaib dan waktu syahadah. Lantaran itu tenteramlah jiwa suami dan ia berpuas hati kepada isterinya dan yakinlah ia bahawa isterinya hanyalah untuk dirinya sendiri sahaja, yang memelihara diri walaupun beberapa lama ia terpisah dari isterinya. Demikian juga sikap isterinya terhadap suami dibaluti dengan sepenuh kepercayaan itu. Di dalam suasana bahagia yang demikian, syaitan dari bangsa jin dan manusia tidak mempunyai jalan untuk mengganggu dan menggoda keduanya. - Al-Marhum Ustaz Mustafa Masyhur, Mursyidul Am kelima Jamaah Ikhwan Muslimin .

 

P/S : Jom lihat Ghadir! Cambahkan ilmu dan minda anda. 1-4 Julai, Muzium Telekom. Terima kasih Hazel atas ajakan.

Sports betting

*gambar hiasan

 

It is funny when some Muslims criticising another Muslim's view to ban sports betting.

All this makes some of the non-Muslims confuse and start to play along.

A Muslim minister is the one who made the first move to legalise sports betting.

One minister made an open remarks (and today a lengthy expelaination in a free newspaper) that makes most of us say, `wah beraninya.tak takut kena panah petir ke?'

Another minister is overly confident that he can regulate the sports betting issue to make sure the Muslims do not take part in it.

Bottomline is, getting the millions worth of bet by legalising the betting is the most important thing to do right now for the sake of developing our country. Or is it?

 

I am just afraid that the Almighty will punish us all for the wrongdoings of some.

 

Summer trip

I just came back after a week off of hectic working life. Seminggu cuti, dah apply sejak 3 bulan lalu tau. Suddenly when the time comes, it coincided with a lot of things but yes, something needs to be chosen right. However I still managed to keep track on the fate of Mavi Marmara and Rachel Corrie, and just in time to get the gist of Muktamar PAS and issues in between. Seems like I didn't actually lost contact of the general news, eventhough my non 3G Blackberry avoids communication for approximately 4 days.

Let me share some facts and do try your luck by guessing the destination right.

1.This is the country with 35,000 Muslims out of 12 million people in the capital city, hence is considered minority. Halal food is so hard to find, let alone Malay food. Most of the people are not aware of Muslims and our obligations.They tried asking questions about Muslims to their pop stars and they don't have a clue about us. Surau is also hard to find, hence once we prayed on a small bench in a park, another time was in an empty theatrette.

2.Similar to my experience in Venice, I went to a small island featured in a popular soap opera where the scenery portrayed in the drama was very spectacular. But when I reached there, it seems very normal.. hmm don't get me wrong, it was quite nice. Maybe I had too high expectation, or maybe we went at the wrong season. We had fun taking pictures, though.

3.Funny to note that in all three hotels that we stayed in ( yes, we moved into different hotels everyday), none of it has proper vanity kit that we used to find in hotel room at home. Luckily I brought my shower gel, toothpaste, shampoo and etc. One of it did not even provide bath towels!! One funnier fact, ALL bathrooms DO NOT have lock at the doors! In contrast to the above, the hotel in Vietnam (where we transit for a night) provides jacuzzi in all their rooms. Heaven.

4.The country has a newly built bridge with length of 21.3 km; that is almost twice the length of Penang bridge. Guess how they officiate it? They had a two-ways-marathon across the bridge. Cool!

5.When we landed at the airport, the familiar ambience of KLIA instantly appeared. Suddenly I remembered reading somewhere that KLIA did have `sisters' – airports with similar state-of-the-art facilities e.g. conveyer belts, walkways, immigration counters..even same fonts at their signboards!

7.Their currency is triple more than ours… so shopping spree is not really the thing to look for here. Let alone kami yang berbudget RM400 seorang sahaja huhu.OK kami kedekut. Eh bukan kedekut cuma takmau membazir..:p

8.I found myself in an intellect (?) argument of the correct ways in menentukan kiblat. Before this, I never bother to learn the right way since I consider my Dad as an expert navigator.Plus mu hubby got a cool watch with compass. But only then I realized not everyone (we travel in a group,alright)have the same understanding of reading the compass and determining the right arah kiblat. Weird right? So people, please learn hard and practice applying it since it is so important.

Still, overall I found this try is just ordinary. No, the destination is not to be blamed. Just that my husband was not well on the first day and also myself for the rest of the days.. I can't even eat proper meals! No, no little extension just yet.. :P It was bad until I skipped shopping sprees (now I convinced you that my health was bad, didn't I?) and found myself slept on my hubby's lap, on a bench when we were at an amusement park, dreaded for the time to move faster so we could proceed to the next destination. Still, I slept most of the time along the way, as I found that was the easiest (temporary) solution to my health problem. So imagine how bad it was. And due to our work commitments, perhaps we won't be able to have similar trips again in the near future…

Nevertheless, it was still a good moment as long as it was away from office. I found the office work is too dry and bored these days.. help! I want to change my work immediately. This is usually happen to people who hate routine and get bored easily like me. I know I need to do something new, daring and challenging to spice up the life. Any suggestion, anyone?

 

Below RM10

Yes, those are rugby theme, everyone.

Customized order, haha (thanks Pn Aishah!)

Since his condition is to give present below the budget of RM10, so one cupcake does worth less than RM10.

Penat gak la nak pikir camne nak fulfill the condition -_-

 

To kakak bijou, does it looks familiar? :P

 

To someone special who turned 26 last week;

 

Sorry I didn't managed to wish you on time  (I was asleep and I could not call you/text you anyway-takde line)

Tapi takpe you told me you went to bed quite early too so we were equal there

Sorry I didn't get you something fancy, just a humble bunch of cupcakes

I am planning to give you something more meaningful

And treat you for a fancy dinner

And hundreds of other thing that I want to do with you

But its just a birthday anyway, a day that we grow older

Lets treat each of our days together as equal meaningful as the special day that we missed.

 

p/s: to readers, kindly ignore the PDA (public dispay of affection).I'm sure it will not come often.Hehe 

 

Abah zaman sekarang

Last few weeks I teach my Abah on how to start blogging.

Dekat 45 minutes gak I bagi customer care service ( he called from his office to my office, on how to manage features in his blog).

Pastu the following week dia beli netbook dia sendiri (cewah) brand Dell tuh.

Lawa comel biru laut tapi i punyer si hitam tu tetap comel di hati(cis taknak kalah)

I gak jadi customer care line dia utk features netbook ape yg best and brand mouse ape best(sampai brand mouse pon dia tanya)

Tapi kawan2, netbook Dell dia tak bagi casing (sleeve) bersamanya padahal kalo brand lain ade je bagi sleeve skali.

So Abah beli netbook punya beg yang comel tak ingat. OK i jeles and rasa nak lobi suruh bagi I terus.  

Minggu lepas I ajar dia main Twitter plak.

I cakap senang nak follow kes anwar kat court and tau perkembangan PRK kat sibu.

And owh recently I just read his blog...hehee comell (bayangkan abah2 berbahasa skema dan menulis blog catatan harian.siyes cute)

Haha but I dont dare to encourage dia main facebook...

Tapi risau gak next week kalo balik rumah dia mintak I ajar bukak akaun fb pula.. aiya..

 

Nih la dia Abah2 zaman sekarang.Canggih betul.

 

-_-

 

p/s: tapi I secretly hope he wont found my blog..eventhough the address is quite obvious.abah if you reading this, peacE! kita kan peminat AKJ, kena la ada blog kan :P)

 

 

Jom tweet

I tweet more often these days.

And I just knew why people lite twitter so much.

It is cooler than just updating your fb status.

So lets follow each other (my link at side bar).

 

Tahajjud Cinta - a review

Tahajjud Cinta is the latest CD I bought recently.People who knew me close enough, would realised that this album must mean something deep. Because at only very few occurence that I bought a CD (or cassette in yesteryears), since usually I would not care much about songs and music. I just listened to whatever being played in the radio or if I love the songs I heard, I just find it in the net and replayed it. I remembered few months back, me and hubby always search for this album everytime we were in malls but failed to be found.We knew that it was released back in end of 2009. Kenapa ya? Does it only available at selected shops?

 

So what is so special with Tahajjud CInta?

If you need my one liner, I would say - the songs are very soothing.

 

So if you need something to unwind your emotions, or as a company in car during traffic jams, or just a plain daily listening - I guess this is a good alternative.It contained one of the nicest Asma' ul Husna recited ever, but my personal favourite is `Pintu RIndu' which is actually a famous marhabban melody being modified it lyric to give more meaning. Also, a few that are already familiar to our ears are `Tahajjud CInta' (soundtrack from the drama Alif Firdaus) and `Ku Percaya Ada Cinta'. Others are nice too. Kesimpulannya I suka!

 

But...if you already has the negative perception of not liking the singer for whatever reason, then I have no right to bash out your initial perceptions. Although Siti has not cover her aurat properly, or is too perfect(beautiful,wealthy with even wealthier husband,luck is always at her side but yet still tak-pakai-tudung-walau-kata-nak-pakai-pas-balik-haji) that made points of disgust to some others, but at least with this album she will have a fair share of pahala that maybe we did not have. Perhaps by listening to these songs will open the heart of someone to repent..even if it is only one person at the other side of the world.Who knows? I see this as an advantage by being a public figure that normal people are not given the opportunity to spread dakwah as they are.

 

As the conclusion, go get the CDs. Or at least search in youtube to get the feel of what I mean. But of course everyone has their own preference, and I have mine. Just pray that the songs will touch hearts of people to change for the better (especially the singer! ameen).

 

Enjoy :)

I support this! Don't you?

Support jangan tak support :)