Sunday, May 27, 2007

Musim kawin datang lagi

Assalamulaikum.
Haa dah dah, jangan nak buat-buat tanye saya nak upload pasal apa.
Siap ada special request lagi suruh upload pasal ni(perli)
(yelah, saya kan unofficial photographer kenduri kahwin sejak last sem lagi..)
OK admit, saya memang suka pergi kenduri kahwin.
Nak-nak senior/kawan-kawan sendiri.
P/S: Kalo kamu kahwin, ajak la saya ya.Nanti saya letak gambar kamu dalam blog ni.
Enjoy the pics.

oh saya sangat suka gambar candid

mereka dan keluarga mereka

kami dan mereka

hantaran mereka

mereka

junior-junior mereka (yg datang dari jauh walau belum habis paper.. cewah)

kawan-kawan mereka
Oh ye, tahniah sekali lagi buat pengantin baru kak shasha (nur shazlina aznar) dan abg odex (fairuz azwardi). Semoga berbahagia!
(orange-tema pengantin hehe)
Lepas ni jangan kaco tau.Orang ada satu paper lagi hari Rabu.Yeay struggle!!
P/S lagi : Oh best, saya jumpa junior dan senior sekolah yg lama tak jumpa. Dan jugak jiran yg balik bercuti dari oversea (kat rumah tak jumpa plak!).Dan juga kak sumay, saya tahu akak minat blog saya.Hahhahaa sekian.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Halal and Healthy

Several ways to promote Halal and Healthy Lifestyle (recommended by me=P):

HALAL

1- Check all ingredients stated at the outside cover of all processed and canned food (although you cauld not even understand half of them. when you find something curious, such as weird codes, animal-based gelatin, renet or anything, find second opinion or just go for something else.


2- Of course, look for halal logo certified by JAKIM. But for imported products, of course you won't find JAKIM's logo. Instead, look for the manufacturer country's halal logo or if you are curious or waswas, just go for alternative products.

3- Try to find local brands and products, even better if you can assure they are made by Muslim company especially for basic needs and food stuff. For example, find toothpaste with brands of Mukmin, Safi and etcetera, curry powder or cooking stuff by Adabi or Mak Siti and etcetera. Besides to ensure you consume halal and good stuff, you can also help to boost up Muslim's companies by supporting their products. In this case, I think everybody should have a new perspective in choosing their preferred products. The common belief of `imported and famous products are better in quality than local products' must be demolished in your mind. Local Muslim products are equally good as well, and they need our support to expand to get inline with other giant brands in the market.


4- Please be aware of boycotted products, whether they directly support Israel to destroy Muslim populations and ideology throughout the world, they are using non-halal stuff in their products or they are insensitive with Muslims needs and beliefs.Want some examples? These are too common. Coke, Starbucks, Mc Donald's, KFC, Procter & Gamble (Palmolive and Rejoice Shampoo), Sara Lee, Intel and lots more - they support Israel directly. Cadbury and several cheese brands use curious animal emulsifier/gelatin in their products (just several examples, there's lots more) and Colgate and High 5 bread are insensitive towards Muslims. (these kind of info won't be published widely though, you have to browse the internet to find more).


HEALTHY
1- Avoid eating the most famous breakfast in Malaysia -Nasi Lemak and Roti Canai. Very bad for health. Reduce greasy and high cholestrol food in your daily meal. The best breakfast is cereal, the best cereal is OAT as it contains beta glucan that can reduce cholesterol in your blood.

2- Eat lost of veggie.Or if you're UN-veggie lover like me, fruits can create the same impact too (come on, belajar-belajar la suka makan sayur okay-nasihat diri sendiri).



3- Start to consume supplement food, such as vitamin C, E, garlic pills (hehe promote) or anything. Consult your doctor to get the best impact. And if you used to buy direct from the pharmacy, please ask if the pills are halal or not. My doctor said that the garlic pills that I consumed is certifed halal by only two manufacturers, UPHA and HOVID. The rest are uncertain since they are packed outside Malaysia.

4- Spend some time to jog or play once a while. It won't harm you, trust me, and way better than playing tennis or football in the computer games (haha, sorry sapa2 yang terasa;P)

Until then, eat wisely, consume HALAL things and boycott Israel-related and products manufactured by insensitive companies!!

percayalah, kita mampu mengubahnya!

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Let's recap..

Assalamualaikum and good day to all,

Alhamdulillah, I've finished four papers within six days..quite challenging for warga tua yang dah setahun lebih tak exam like me. There are two more to go, which will be one paper per week for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully everything will be fine, Insya Allah.

Today I will let the pictures do most of the talking..recap of SOME of the things that happen before the exams start. Well, updates for exams will be posted later, if ever I had the mood to do so. Hehe

Yay! I've started to take my first supplement ever.. GARLIC PILLS. Not many knew the benefits of garlics including me, until I met the doctor and she advised me to take this. Nah, actually I'm the one who asked what supplement she would recommend. Since youth nowadays generally consumes lots of fat and oil and cholesterol in their daily meals, garlic can actually lower the cholesterol in your blood. And to buy it in campus clinic is much cheaper, since they offer student's price. Nice!

Lots and lots of tests before the study week, even the study week was filled with presentations. AND my first paper? The first day of exam week! So much of being a final year, I guess.

A surprise cake by my adik-adik Smartgroup.. I'm soo overwhelmed!=P

These are good luck cards that we received..thanks girlss! You all are soo cute!

Erk, tu je?
Hehe the rest will be update later, whether there's no pics or I'm too lazy to upload the pics from my phone. Sorry there's not much issues to tell since I'm still struggling for final exams.
Last but not least,
I think I ought to say this since it suddenly popped into my mind. Yeah, during exam, sometimes we think we did a great job, or we did just moderately, or we just regretted for not studying this notes and that past years questions for it actually appeared in our final exams. Or worse, we just did not have any clue to write on the piece of paper, but then we just scribbled anything and hoped for the examiners will give markah kesian. Well, what ever conditions fit you during the exams,please be in control and at ease okay. I think most older people had experienced all that including me, and it just a matter of perceiving it and interpreting everything in a positive sort of way.
My point is let bygone be bygone, we had strive hard for it and now we just have to tawakkal and doa to Allah. As I quote my friend said, tawakkal selepas exam, sebelum exam kita kena berusaha habis habisan!! There's no point of being devastated or feeling down or cried after a horrible paper. That's not our power to change what we've written, but there is always Allah, the Most Merciful. He can do anything, even to change our fate if we'd done our best and we pray hard to Him. Why most people always forget that? Well, talking about spiritual strength.

Ok then, I think I've made my point here. All the best for the remaining papers. Also special for my juniors who will go for student exchange programs and internship in aussie and german, may the force will always be with you. You had the chance that everyone else is always dreamed for, and take the opportunity to outshine the best in you. Oh ye, don't forget my souvenirs okay??;P (heheh sempat je).
And the rest who will go locals, still my best wishes for all of you.For the time being, marilah kita ke IRC dan berkampung di sana sempena musim exam untuk masa depan yang lebih gemilang..=)
Until then.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Ladies Day Out, Semoga Berjaya

Alhamdulillah, harini selesai my FYP presentation. Lega sebab dah habis walaupun teruk gak kena dengan Dr Rama tadi. Adakah patut saya terperangkap dengan soalan seperti `What's the definition of Jacobian matrix?' `How do you assure that the convergence is guaranteed?' OK, fine. Teringin gak nak belasah tapi teringat pesan SV, `kalo tak tau tu jawab je taktau, and I will figure it out later'.Huhu..overall presentation OK je la kot.Tapi tak kisah la, asalkan dah selesai:)

The best part is after presentation, joined Ladies Day Out with the rest of housemates dan beberapa orang lagi. Mereka dah pergi awal pagi lagi, sebab saya dan kawan present hari ni, kami datang lambat sikit. This is the most outreagous picnic ever.Sebab waktu tu dari kampus dah pukul 1 lebih..bila sampai sana bukak pintu kereta je hujan mencurah-curah. Dan cuba bayangkan kawasan picnic camne..penuh selut sana sini sebelum sampai tempat kejadian. Huhu tapi dalam setengah jam hujan berhenti jugak la. Hujan rahmat..dah lama sangat tak hujan:)

Ni la tempatnya:) Cuba teka kat mana?


Sebenarnya datang jugak walaupun dah lambat sebab asyik terbayang ayam barbecue dan makanan-makanan lain..hehe best. Another best part is acara solat berjemaah tepi air terjun..pergh syahdu betul. Yang lebih best lagi semua orang menggunakan kreativiti masing-masing sebab tak bawak proper telekung. Tapi tak kisah asalkan tutup aurat kan.. bukan wajib pun solat kena pakai telekung. Islam ni kan tak pernah bebankan umatnya..(still saya masih pelik, dah mudah camni pun,kenapa ramai orang masih malas solat?? Ntah laa..)


Last not least, selamat berjuang kepada semua warga kampus untuk final exam yang akan start minggu depan. As for me and my coursemates, struggle hard jugak la sebab ada 4 paper minggu depan..mantap betul. OK selamat berjaya kepada diri sendiri dan semua.. jangan lupa serikan usaha dengan doa, ikhtiar dan tawakkal OK? Sungguh senjata orang Islam adalah taqwa yang tinggi kepada Allah....:)

Seems familiar?? Hehe ni custom-version hehe

BERUSAHALAH!! (jerit dengan penuh bersemangat!)

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Menarik juga..


Quite interesting, don't you think ?

(Btw post seperti ini hanya akan berlaku dalam 2 keadaan: 1-bila saya takde kerja 2-bila saya byk gila kerja and taktau nak buat yang mana. Suka sangat personaliti test camni walaupun tak confirm betul pun)

Eh, ada sedikit nak berkongsi dengan kamu semua harini.

Semalam saya ala-ala stressed dan tak tau nak mula kerja macam mana. Sebab banyak sangat test esok dan lusa, dan projek pun tak siap-siap lagi. Kemudian saya pujuk hati dengan ayat favourite saya (surah Ar Ra'd : 28..taktau?sila ambil terjemahan Al Quran dan baca sendiri okay). Kemudian tergerak hati mencapai Al Quran, dan sewaktu baca terus terjumpa ayat ini :

Ataukah kamu mengira bahawa kamu akan masuk syurga, padahal belum datang krpadamu (cubaan) seperti (yang dialami) orang-orang terdahulu sebelum kamu. Mereka ditimpa kemelaratan, penderitaan dan digoncang (dengan berbagai ujian), sehingga Rasul dan orang-orang beriman bersamanya berkata, "Bilakah datang pertolongan Allah?" Ingatlah, sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu dekat. (Al Baqarah : 214)

Hati saya sangat gembira dan terharu. Sesungguhnya Allah memang nak tunjuk dan motivasi diri ini. Bila fikir balik, kita ni stressed dengan projects, tests, assignments, presentation, exams je pun. TU JE PUN.. bukannya kita ni diancam bunuh ke, dalam peperangan ke, di ambang maut ke. Kalau kita rasa kita la paling unfortunate dalam dunia ni sebab kena berhadapan dengan setakat ujian-ujian akademik macam ni, senang cerita kita tengok sirah Rasul dan sahabat. Tak pun tengok balik perjuangan pejuang Islam contohnya Hassan Al Banna atau Zainab Al Ghazali. Ujian yang kita hadapi ni seperti mereka ke?? Saya rasa, sikit pun tak menghampiri seperti mereka. Cuma kita yang selalu membesar-besarkan perkara kecil. Dan yang paling penting, Allah dah janji : sesungguhnya pertolongan Nya adalah dekat...wah! what's more relieving than that??!! Maka saya termotivate semula..:)

Okay, tu je perkongsian hari ni. Sama-sama la kita renung kembali..harap boleh memberi impak sedikit sebanyak dalam kehidupan kita.

By the way, All the best utk kawan-kawan yg sedang final exam dan akan exam (seperti saya!)!! All the best and we CAN DO IT!! (with Allah's blessings..)

* wah wah syamott n ci..kamu dah nak grad ye? Jealousnyaaa!!=P

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Most Hectic Week


Datelines for the most hectic week before study week:

Monday
Submit Interim Report
Submit EIS Report
Submit PE Assignment 5
MCE Project Presentation
MCE Test 2

Tuesday
Holiday(..and EEE replacement class at night)

Wednesday
Holiday

Thursday
DCN Test 2
EEE Test 2

Friday
Submit PE Project
PE Test 2
EEE Project Presentation

More to come during study week
FYP1 Presentation and EIS Presentation

So hang on guys, will be right back:D

Monday, April 23, 2007

Victimized?

This is Peter, a pet frog I had on my 20th birthday,thanks to the everdearest Vigilance.Btw, he's staying at home to guard my room while I'm away
(gambar hiasan)

Salam.

Sometimes we do feel depressed, as if the whole world is against us.

Our parents didn't call, our SMSes were ignored, our lecturers gave tonnes of assignments, projects and works, our marks in tests were not so promising..even our friends were not supporting us all this while.Why these things happened in one time, in a `package?'

The most inappropriate reaction that we always felt is, to feel victimized by the situation. We think we're the only one faced tough times in life, while the others are enjoying our hardship. We tend to be too defensive, as if all people's reactions to us are meant to hurt us. Even a helping hand offered by a colleugue may be interpreted as threat to us. We may feel humiliated by this, as if this indicates that we are not capable to handle our own problems. Then we start to make harsh comments or unsuitable remarks to others, normally without any intention. At this stage, we often lose our rationale and empathy, we automatically blame others for all this thinfs that happened to us.And without knowing that we might, often unintentionally, hurt the others whom were very close to us.

Well, it is normal for people to behave like this when they feel depressed.But unfortunately, people always forget to learn the art of coping with tense and depression. By making ourself as a victim in everything, it won't solve any problem.Infact, it will create more. We must agree with a fact of life that everything happened for some reasons.Always remember that there's always a rainbow after a heavy rainstorm.If we're less motivated by these fancy words and sentences, just do whatever that can reduce your stress.If you feels better to scream on top of your long in open air, then DO IT.If you feels better to share your thoughts and problems with you bestfriend, then DO IT.And also, if your burden can be decreased by bursting into tears until you fall asleep, then hey, JUST DO IT.

For me personally, I always believe ALLAH made all these hardship to strengthen our beliefs and faith to Him. The Almighty grants us with this challenging life to educate us, and for us to be nearer to Him. The good thing of being depressed or stressed out is, we will always get back to basic, as a powerless, humble believer, whom life is fully controlled by a super power(The Almighty), and not by ourselves. He can always give us beautiful, perfect life if He wants to.Yet, He make us learn the hard way so we will appreciate more.

So let's learn to appreciate the hard life...

Friday, April 20, 2007

My new pet

Recently I've adopted a new pet.
(Kepada kawan-kawan seangkatan, tak payah bagitau binatang apa hangpa leh teka dah;P)

Perkenalkan...



(by the way, nama binatang ni di ilhamkan oleh Kak Aisyah dan di enhancedkan lagi oleh Amie.Ambik dah bagi kredit kat dua-dua.Huhu)

Bukan apa, saja teringat segala jenis binatang peliharaan yang saya pernah bela.Bukan banyak pun, seingat saya, saya pernah bela tiga ekor anak tupai dari kecik sampai la dah liar dan takleh contain dalam picnic basket.Kemudian seekor kucing yang melahirkan dua generasi kucing(dalam 3-4 ekor).Yang generasi terakhir,nama dia Comel.Dia merajuk sebab saya sekeluarga pindah rumah sementara dan tak bawak dia (sebab dia sibuk mengorat kucing-kucng betina sebelah rumah la).Yang paling baru pun tahun lepas, 2 ekor kura-kura yang dibela atas meja, akhirnya meninggal dunia selepas 2 minggu dibela kerana penyakit kulit (at least inilah conclusion saya selepas post mortem kematian mereka.Walaupun potensi lebih besar adalah kerana terlebih klorin di dalam air).

I always had this strange passion to binatang, sampai pernah dulu saya bercita-cita nak jadi vet sebab nanti boleh jumpa banyak binatang.Atau kerja kat zoo.Best!

Yang sebenarnya, binatang ni pun makhluk Allah juga.Kita kena sayangi.OK la kalau tak suka pun, at least kalau jumpa kucing tepi jalan tu jangan laa saja-saja sepak atau pijak ekor dia. Kalau kita bagi makan kat kucing atau hatta anjing tepi jalan sekalipun, dapat pahala juga sebab berbuat baik sesama makhluk.

Pernah dengar tak kisah ni?

Rasulullah s.a.w. pernah menceritakan kepada para sahabatnya tentang seorang laki-laki yang menjumpai seekor anjing melolong kerana kehausan, kemudian dia membuka kasutnya dan mengisikan dengan air untuk memberi minum anjing tersebut sehingga merasa puas.

Kemudian Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: "Maka Allah berterima kasih kepada orang itu (kerana pertolongannya) serta mengampuninya. Lantas para sahabat bertanya: Apakah ada pahalanya kerana binatang ya Rasulullah? Jawab Nabi: Dalam tiap hati yang masih basah ada pahalanya." (Riwayat Bukhari)

Hebatkan? Oleh itu, sayangilah binatang di sekeliling anda..

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Sweet..

Saya sukaaaaaaaaaaa sangat artikel ni!!!
(kalau ada anugerah untuk artikel terbaik minggu ini guna sistem undi SMS macam kat A.F tu, dah lama saya vote untuk artikel ni)



BERKAT doa dan keinginan yang kuat serta dorongan daripada keluarga akhirnya Tengku Puan Pahang, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Iskandar memilih untuk memakai tudung kepala.

Beliau berkata, hasrat untuk memakai tudung menjadi impiannya sejak zaman remaja, tetapi ia hanya menjadi kenyataan selepas pulang daripada menunaikan ibadat haji di Makkah awal tahun ini.


"Sebagai wanita Islam saya mempunyai hasrat untuk memakai tudung kepala, tetapi hasrat saya itu belum menjadi kenyataan daripada zaman remaja hinggalah saya berkahwin dan mempunyai anak. Bagaimanapun saya tidak berhenti berdoa kepada Allah untuk memakai tudung kerana bertudung dan menutup aurat adalah suatu yang wajib bagi seseorang wanita beragama Islam."Selain berdoa selepas menunaikan solat, saya juga berdoa ketika menunaikan ibadat haji yang pertama ketika saya belum berkahwin dan doa itu diteruskan ketika saya menunaikan ibadat haji pada kali kedua ketika berusia 32 tahun," katanya kepada Berita Harian ketika ditemui di Kuantan.Tengku Puan Pahang berkata, setiap kali menunaikan ibadat haji di Makkah, beliau akan berdoa untuk memakai tudung seperti mana dilakukan wanita Islam lain.Suaminya, Tengku Mahkota Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah pernah menasihatkannya supaya memakai tudung, tetapi hatinya masih belum terbuka untuk memakainya.


Selain itu, beliau berkata, hatinya turut merasa malu apabila mengadakan lawatan ke kampung di seluruh Pahang apabila mendapati wanita yang menyambut kedatangannya semuanya memakai tudung."Saya rasa malu kerana wanita berkenaan nampak kemas memakai tudung, sedangkan saya masih tidak bertudung. Bagaimanapun ketika itu, hati saya masih belum terbuka untuk bertudung, sehinggalah saya pergi menunaikan ibadat haji bersama suami pada awal tahun ini, Allah membuka pintu hati saya untuk memakai tudung."Saya gembira kerana berjaya memakai tudung kepala sejak pulang dari tanah suci itu hingga ke hari ini dan akan terus memakainya hingga ke akhir hayat," katanya.


Tengku Puan mengakui semua ahli keluarganya, terutama suami dan putera puterinya melahirkan rasa senang hati melihat beliau memakai tudung."Anak saya sendiri, Tengku Hasanal Ibrahim Alam Shah juga sentiasa memuji saya dengan mengatakan ‘mama nampak cun dan kemaslah sejak pakai tudung’,” katanya.Beliau berkata, pujian dan dorongan daripada keluarga menjadikannya sentiasa gembira apabila mengenakan tudung, terutama apabila menghadiri pelbagai program yang diadakan di seluruh negeri ini.


Sumber : Berita Harian, 18 April 2007
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Nice kan? Kalau permaisuri diraja yang hidup dalam kemewahan pun boleh dikurniakan hidayah dan keinginan untuk mengenakan tudung kepala, mengapa tidak rakyat jelata Malaysia yang beragama Islam ni? Percayalah, anda akan kelihatan lebih anggun dan menarik jika bertudung..(",)


Sesungguhnya menutup aurat itu satu kewajipan, bukan satu pilihan.....

Monday, April 16, 2007

Bantuan Kemanusiaan :Nurfazrina

Updated. This is Norfazrina@ Oyin, all bubbly and smiley but is destined to face hard times in life

Still remember my friend in need?

Alhamdulillah, one of my friend had volunteered to collect donations on behalf of Nurfazrina (Oyin), a good friend back in high school.Monetary aid should be channeled to the following account:

Name : Nurul Aimi Ahmad Suandi
BCB Account Number : 05060142023528

Please contact me personally, via SMS/YM/gtalk/email to get Nurul Aimi's (Gmoy) phone number (if you don't have one) to inform the amount you've donated for documenting purpose, or for further inquiries (if any). And yes, to those who not even know Oyin in person, it does not hurt to help lessen her burden, right? Do contact me for further information and updates, whenever you please.

The latest update is a group of friend will visit her at her house this Thursday.So do contact the necessary figures to join the crowd (antaranya yang pergi adalah Ben a.k.a Amiza, so gi contact dia cepat tau). It will really make Oyin's day, I can assure that.

For the other everdearest readers, can you do me some favour?
Please pray, doa and perform solat hajat for me friend, for her safety, mentally and physically in overcoming obstacles in life.
*sesungguhnya hanya dengan usaha, doa dan tawakal yang tinggi kepada Allah, kita mampu mengubah takdir yang Allah dan tuliskan untuk hamba-Nya.

Thanks so much and may Allah bless us all.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Bila rindu..

Kadang-kadang rindu ini datang.
Kehadirannya membawa sejuta memori indah, walaupun pengalaman ini dah tiga tahun berlalu.Seperti sekarang, rindu kepada bumi suci Madinah al Munawwarah ini bertandang lagi. Akhirnya saya berjaya menemui kembali beberapa koleksi gambar untuk diabadikan di sini..

Masjid Nabawi sangat indah.Gambar ini saya ambil selepas selesai solat Subuh dan ibadah sunat yang lain, dalam jam 8.30 pagi. Orang pun tak berapa ramai sangat.Masjid ni dah beberapa kali dibesarkan untuk menampung jumlah jemaah haji/umrah yang meningkat saban tahun.
Hadis Nabi s.a.w : `Solat di Masjid Nabawi 1000 kali lebih baik dari solat di tempat lain kecuali di Masjidilharam'.Sungguh, aura beribadah di masjid ini sangat lain dari yang lain.Yang istimewanya kita boleh menziarah ke makam Nabi di dalam Masjid ini, juga bersolat di Raudhah- satu kawasan kecil masjid bersebelahan dengan tapak rumah Nabi, diriwayatkan kawasan ini adalah satu taman dari taman-taman syurga.Subhanallah~

Inilah Jabal Uhud.Rasulullah pernah bersabda `Jabal Uhud cintakan kita, dan kita cintakan Jabal Uhud'.Juga diriwayatkan bukit ini pernah bergegar apabila Rasulullah, Saidina Abu Bakar, Saidina Umar dan Saidina Uthman radiallahu anhu berdiri di atasnya.Di kaki bukit suci ini bersemadinya bapa saudara Nabi, Hamzah- Singa Allah dan para shuhada yang terkorban dalam perang Uhud. Memang ramai orang, dan saya tak sempat nak naik ke puncak bukit sebab sangat panas dan penat..=P

Gerai kurma berdekatan Jabal Uhud.Saya, Ma dan Abah tak ketinggalan untuk sesi merasa-rasa kurma.Tapi kami tak beli pun..hehe

Majid Qiblatain.Di masjid inilah semasa Rasulullah sedang solat 2 rakaat, turunnya wahyu dari Allah untuk menukar kiblat daripada menghadap ke Masjid Al-Aqsa, BaitulMuqaddis ke Ka'abah, Makkah Al Mukarramah.Jadinya masjid ini turut dikenali sebagai masjid 2 kiblat.

Masjid Quba, 2 km dari Masjid Nabawi. Masjid pertama yang Rasulullah dirikan apabila tiba di Madinah semasa peristiwa hijrah.Cantikkan?Pure white. Yang bagusnya kerajaan Arab Saudi memang memelihara masjid-masjid sekitar Madinah dan Mekah sebab kawasan-kawasan ini sentiasa dikunjungi oleh jemaah haji dan umrah.

Pasar kurma di Madinah..banyak sangat spesis kurma kat sini! tapi yang paling best mestilah kurma fresh dari ladang..biasanya diletakkan dalam peti ais pastu terus makan.bestt!

Ya Rasulullah, sungguh rindu nak menjejak kaki semula ke bumi suci tempat dirimu bersemadi.Semoga diri ini dikurniakan kesempatan lagi untuk berkunjung ke kota yang bercahaya ini di masa akan datang..
(ini juga seruan kepada diri sendiri untuk kumpul duit dari sekarang, semoga berkesempatan datang lagi untuk ibadah haji pula...Ameen~ hehe=)
Nanti bila rindu lagi saya postkan gambar lagi okay!!=)

Friday, April 13, 2007

Need HELP

Salam and good day to all,

I just found out my high school friend needs help for her cancer treatment (thanks to another friend, Machit who forwarded the newspaper link).Yes, she's 22 and she's suffering from bone cancer which infected her left leg. Whether a RM32,000 treatment, or she will lost her leg.

Meanwhile, I am trying to contact her and get her account number, so that any interested personnel can help her in terms of monetary as soon as possible. Also some friends had promise to pay her a visit soon to check on her current condition.

So, to whoever read this message, please help and spread to the others, especially for the Eightyfivers of SMS Tuanku Jaafar, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.Your keen concern and help will make a major impact in someone's life.

The rest, please help to pray for her health and may Allah grants her patience and solid strength to face the hard times of life.

Details can be read in the following links:
Pelajar perlu Rm32,000 untuk rawat barah tulang
Bedah atau hilang kaki

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Tribute to a friend

Assalamualaikum,
I've longed to write about this but only now I could find a perfect time to do it.

Have you been to an ICU ward before? I had, just recently, about a month ago.I never been there before, so the thought and sound of it creates eerie feelings inside me. The word ICU reminds me of the scenes in House MD or even CSI, where injured and VERY very sick people are cured and taken care of in the highest alertness of the staffs.

I went there on Sunday with two of my colleugues, to visit a friend known during our internship in the northern region. The next day we were going to have a test, but nevertheless, this thing is far beyond important.It was URGENT.

The news that we received is that this poor girl was admitted to the hospital when she fell unconscious at home, after a long, unusual fever. In one week's time, her condition turned from bad to worse, due to heavily infected lungs (well, that was what the doctor said). At first, I could not quite believe it, since the girl that I know is very bubbly, always smile and very healthy. And now she was in ICU for a week, straight? That was quite beyond my imagination.

But then as I enter the ward, OK let me describe the ward first.This is a government's hospital so please don't expect a first class service and everything.The ICU ward placed about 10 to 12 people. Relatives and friends who wish to enter the room should wear a smock and of course, shoe-less. If the visitors wish to touch the patient, they must wash their hands before and after they touch to avoid germs and unexpected infection.

As we finally successfully located our dear friend in the ward, well I was in a state of shocked. Real shocked, eventhough I've prepared myself for the situation.She was lying there, helpless, crippled with tubes and wires all attached to her body from the machine that produced some weird sounds. Nurses were busy taking readings and jotting informations on their cards, while we stood there, observing our dear friend. She seemed to be unconscious, and I still stared at her, unable to do anything.

Friend : Nurse, keadaan dia macam mana ye?
Nurse : Teruk dik, dia tenat.
Friend : Takde perubahan langsung ke?
Nurse : Takde, masih sama, tenat.Bersabar la banyak-banyak ye.

Fortunately my colleugue stayed in control, and immediately took out theYassin.We began reciting surah Yassin, eventhough initially I found it very difficult to stabilize my voice so that I could recite it right. Trembling and all, we managed to do it for the sake of our friend.It felt awkward at the beginning since usually visitors were not allowed to stay for long in the ward, since only limited people should be in the ward for one time.

In the mid of the recitation, one of my friend begin to cry. Luckily a nurse gave us a chair, so she could sit and settled down for a while.Emotions washed out all of us, and almost to the end of our recitation, we noticed our crippled friend moved a bit and opened her eyes. This time, all of us failed to contained our tears, eventhough we knew that it was unwise to cry in front of a patient. The reverse- psychology should be applied, yes we have to smile, talk and laugh for her to gain her survival spirit back. As we smiled and talked to her, still tears streamed down our face.The atmosphere at that time was so..EMOTIONAL.She was unable to reply what we said, due to many tubes attached to her mouth and face.She just nodded and tried to speak to us, but she failed eventually.Our heart broke, but deep down we resist to accept the truth that she was in her worst condition.

Later it was time to leave the ward. Still I could not speak much to her, cause when I tried to utter a word, I just could not control my emotion. Lastly we gave her some last words and promise that we will always pray for her, no matter what.After that, we had a long chat with her mom and sister whom equipped us with detail information about her condition, before we head back to our campus.

Well, the reason I told this story in great detail, is just to share with you the feelings I had when I went to the ICU ward, to visit my friend. I felt so vulnerable, fragile, insaf sangat and at this time, I started to wonder; what if this happen to me? How will I react? How I can deal with this tough situation? How it affected not only me, but the family, friends and the love ones? Senang cerita, pengalaman ni sangat menginsafkan and affected me personally, for now I realize how small and powerless we are, compared to the ultimate power of the Almighty.

Jadi, kita yang sihat sekarang ni kena sedar, tak selamanya kita akan sihat.Tak selamanya kita akan hidup senang, kaya-raya, muda remaja dan sebagainya. Tiba masanya apabila Allah nak menguji, berdoalah kita sentiasa tabah untuk menghadapi segala ujian dan cabaran-Nya.Bak kata seorang senior saya, kita jangan berdoa Allah permudahkan atau ringankan ujianNya, tapi kita doalah Allah perkuatkan diri kita untuk menghadapi segala cabaran dan dugaan yang mendatang.
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That was a month ago.Now, with Allah's wills and blesses, she recovered from her disease successfully and now she'd discharged from the hospital.Dah boleh makan ayam KFC dah.Sounds miracle, but that was Allah's gift to His believer...also, we heard that her upcoming wedding will still be held as usual, perhaps around May. So congratulations, friend. And always be tough and patient throughout the life. We are always here to support you...

Monday, April 09, 2007

Self-motivation

Sample of 5 buses test system
Simple diagram of fossil plant

buck discontinuous waveform

Assalamualaikum,
menuntut ilmu akademik adalah fardhu kifayah bagi semua Muslim. Sehinggakan ada seorang ustaz pernah memberitahu, kita ni contohnya yang sedang belajar kejuruteraan (dalam kes saya, elektrik dan elektronik) , adalah WAJIB mempelajari kursus ini. Sebabnya, cuba kita bayangkan kalau satu masa nanti tiada langsung jurutera muslim untuk mengembangkan tamadun dan teknologi manusia ni. Siapa yang akan jadi jurutera?Takkan kita perlu harapkan non-muslim sahaja untuk mendominasi kemajuan dunia ini? Habis tu orang-orang Islam akan jadi apa?

Satu lagi, Rasulullah pernah berpesan,`ilmu itu umpama barang yang hilang bagi orang mukmin.Sekiranya kamu berjumpa di mana- mana, maka ambillah ia'. Maksudnya di sini, kita perlulah mengembalikan kembali kegemilangan ilmuan Islam yang telah lenyap sejak beratus ribu dahulu. Ilmuan Islam dahulu yang menciptakan basic ilmu2 moden yang kita belajar sekarang ni, tapi kita sekarang macam mana? Apa ye teknologi yang kita dah ciptakan untuk zaman sekarang ni? (Eheh macam takde je..banyak saintis-saintis barat je kan?)

Oleh yang demikian, janganlah kita merungut atau membebel sebab kita busy dengan kerja akademik.Assignment, reports, research, projects- semua tu kena la dibuat dengan ikhlas.Kalau ikhlas, insya Allah susah payah kita takkan sia-sia.Allah akan balas nanti kan kan?
Maka marilah kita membuat assignment, reports, projects semua dengan hati yang gembira..

(Haha pos untuk motivasi diri sebab rasa nak menjerit je banyak sgt kerja.Dan untuk menjelaskan juga kenapa saya lama sangat tak update blog.Anda semua termotivasi tak??Hehe)









Monday, April 02, 2007

Salam Keputeraan buat Rasul Junjungan

Sabtu lalu merupakan hari Maulidurrasul yang disambut oleh kebanyakan penduduk Islam di seluruh dunia.Sejak akhir-akhir ini, saya perasan memang sambutan Maulidurrasul peringkat kebangsaan dan sambutan-sambutan lain macam Maal Hijrah pun hanya dibuat dalam dewan.Dah tiada perarakan macam dulu-dulu.Dalam satu segi eloklah tu, tak perlu membazir buat kostum atau pakaian seragam untuk perbarisan, kena praktis lagi.Sambutan sebegini bukan diukur dengan tahap kemeriahan, tapi sejauh mana penghayatan seseorang itu terhadap hari kelahiran junjungan besar kita Nabi Muhammad sallallahu ‘alaihi wasalam.

Saya pula, kebetulan baru menghabiskan biografi Nabi Muhammad bin Abdullah versi bahasa Melayu.Jadi saya mengambil peluang berkongsi ilmu dengan sahabat-sahabat selepas Subuh di pagi Sabtu itu, juga berkongsi kisah serba sedikit dengan adik-adik junior. Hajat di hati ingin membangkitkan kembali perasaan cinta dan kasih kepada Rasulullah dan menghayati perjuangan baginda yang bersusah payah hingga tertegaknya Islam di muka bumi.

Sangat seronok apabila dapat recap kembali sorotan sirah baginda Rasulullah, sebab kisah perjuangan baginda itu cukup lengkap dan sempurna untuk kita sebagai umat mengambil iktibar dan pengajaran. Kita ni apabila diduga dengan sedikit ujian, dah mula melenting, marah-marah rebel, protes dan sebagainya.Sedangkan Nabi yang dibaling batu di bumi Taif sehingga berdarah kaki baginda dalam usaha baginda untuk berdakwah, pun baginda sanggup menolak tawaran malaikat untuk menterbalikkan bukit untuk menghukum penduduk Taif atas kebiadapan mereka. Sebaliknya baginda mendoakan agar jika tidak penduduk Taif sekarang, mungkin anak cucu mereka pula yang akan beriman kepada Allah.Demikian mulianya akhlak Rasulullah..

Satu lagi yang sangat signifikan dalam pengajian sirah adalah kita boleh mengetahui tahap kecintaan sahabat-sahabat kepada Rasulullah, dan ukur pula dengan diri kita sendiri. Antara peristiwa yang amat terkesan dalam jiwa saya adalah apabila Rasulullah wafat, Umar Al Khattab tidak dapat menerima kewafatan baginda. Beliau terus mengatakan yang pesuruh Nabi akan kembali,dan beliau akan memancung sesiapa yang mengatakan Pesuruh Allah telah wafat. Sedangkan Abu Bakar yang sifatnya tenang, menenteramkan keadaan dan terus naik ke atas mimbar.Beliau terus menyampaikan kata:

“Barang siapa yang menyembah Muhammad, Muhammad sudah mati.Barang siapa menyembah Allah, sesungguhnya Allah itu hidup dan tidak mati.”
Seterusnya beliau sambung dengan membaca ayat 144 dari surah Al Imran yang bermaksud,

“Dan Muhammad itu tidak lain hanyalah seorang Rasul yang sudah pun didahului oleh beberapa orang Rasul yang mati atau terbunuh.Jika demikian, kalau ia pula mati atau terbunuh, patutkan kamu berbalik berpaling tadah dan menjadi orang kafir? Dan ingatlah, sesiapa yang berbalik menjadi kafir maka ia tidak akan mendatangkan mudarat kepada Allah sedikitpun.Dan sebaliknya Allah akan memberi balasan pahala kepada orang-orang yang bersyukur akan nikmat Islam yang tiada tolok bandingannya itu.”

Umar yang mendengar kata-kata ini terus jatuh terduduk dan berkata, “Apakah ayat ini ada dalam Al Quran”. Walaupun beliau hafal Al-Quran,tetapi kerana ujian yang terlalu besar dan kejutan ini, Umar yang gagah hilang pertimbangan seketika.

Lihatlah betapa kasihnya sahabat-sahabat kepada Rasulullah.Sedangkan kita bagaimana? Apa yang kita lakukan untuk menunjukkan kecintaan kita terhadap manusia paling mulia, kekasih Allah ini?

Teringat kata-kata seorang junior saya sebagai respon setelah saya kongsi kan kisah ini.Dia berkata, kita ni memang ramai yang bila ditanya, semua mengaku idola maisng-masing adalah Rasulullah, tapi apa yang kita tahu tentang kekasih Allah ni sebenarnya? Ke hanya sembang kosong semata-mata?

Jadi marilah kita mula mendalami sirah Nabi, kalau yang tak berapa biasa tu cubalah sikit-sikit.Kalau buku Harry Potter ke, Sophie Kinsella ke, Stephen Covey ke boleh habis dengan cepat, kenapa tak buku sirah Rasulullah? Tak perlu la terus mengkhatamkan sirah Nabi dari kelahiran hingga kewafatan baginda sekaligus, buat la sekadar mampu.Semoga baginda nanti turut looking forward untuk bertemu kita sebagaimana kita ingin sangat bertemu baginda di akhirat kelak..

Wallahua’lam.

Antara CINTA dan KAWAN

Satu hari CINTA & KAWAN berjalan dalam kampung... Tiba-tiba CINTA terjatuh dalam telaga... Kenapa?? Kerana CINTA itu buta.. Lalu KAWAN pun ikut terjun dalam telaga... Kenapa?? Kerana... KAWAN akan buat apa sahaja demi CINTA !! Di dalam telaga CINTA hilang... Kenapa?? Kerana... CINTA itu halus, mudah hilang kalau tak dijaga, sukar dicari apatah lagi dalam telaga yang gelap...Sedangkan KAWAN masih lagi tercari-cari dimana CINTA & terus menunggu.. Kenapa?? Kerana... KAWAN itu sejati & akan kekal sebagai KAWAN yang setia...kan ?? so, hargai lah KAWAN kita selagi kita terasa dia BERERTI..

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Your 5 Factor Personality Profile

Salam and hye everyone,

I found this test very intriguing=P Try it!

Even if it's not so true in your point of view, take it as a challenge and motivation to improve yourself and become a better person..=)

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:

You have medium extroversion.
You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.
Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.
But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."

Conscientiousness:

You have high conscientiousness.
Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life.
Most things in your life are organized and planned well.
But you borderline on being a total perfectionist.

Agreeableness:

You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.

Neuroticism:

You have high neuroticism.
It's easy for you to feel shaken, worried, or depressed.
You often worry, and your worries prevent you from living life fully.
You tend to be emotionally reactive and moody. Your either flying very high or feeling very low.

Openness to experience:

Your openness to new experiences is low.
You're a pretty conservative person, and you favor what's socially acceptable.
You think that change for novelty's sake is a very bad idea.
While some may see this as boring, many see you as dependable and wise.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Lesson of the Day

Ye adik-adik, hari ini kita belajar bahasa pulak ye.
Loghat Kedah : kelip-pok
Loghat Klate : kelip-pah
Loghat KL : pejam-celik
Loghat orang putih : blinks of eyes
Siapa nak tambah boleh tambah ok...(hehe.Pos takde keje)

Thursday, March 22, 2007

The FAKE World

These are the butterflies that were used on my bro's hantaran for his engagement day a few months ago.

Beautiful, aren't they?
But they were FAKE.
Yes, FAKE.

Yet they looked so real and almost every bit as similar to the real one.
So where's the tricky part in the above statement, anyway?

I see the picture above as a metaphor for our world, our recent life today.
Yup, this world seems to be so beautiful, nice, captivative, tempting and all, thus people tend to put world or their life as their golden goal in everything they do.

For example, people work everyday, and surely they aim to get money.Perhaps if they perfom well in their job, they will get promoted, and of course, more money will come pouring to them.
Even the benchmark of successful people these days are based on how much money or assets they have.So money is the point here, and it is for the (so-called) benefit of our life, no doubt of that. With the money we buy designer clothes, spacious house in elite housing area, luxurious cars, million worth of jewelleries and etcera. Later, when we leave this world for good, all the money will stay in this world and perhaps will be inherited by our next of kin.In other word, we will leave everything we own in this world, and die alone anyway. So what are the use of the wealth and assets we own in our life? And tell me, how does the money can assure us to be safe in the here after?

Come on, please realise that the world that we living now is nothing but a FAKE illusion.It won't last for long.The eternal, and the ever REAL condition for us is in the HEREAFTER, and just a matter of HEAVEN or HELL.

So guys (and myself), please, make our life worthy for the sake of the REAL world that we are going to face, sooner or later.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Slow Down Culture


It’s been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It’s a rule.
Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results.

Said in another words:1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.3. Stockholm, has 500,000 people.4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn’t say anything, either the second or third. One morning I asked, “Do you have a fixed parking space? I’ve noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot.” To which he replied, “Since we’re here early we’ll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a place closer to the door. Don’t you think?” Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there’s a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of “hurry” and “craziness” generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of “having in quantity” (life status) versus “having with quality”, “life quality” or the “quality of being”. French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has brought forth the US’s attention, pupils of the fast and the “do it now!”.

This no-rush attitude doesn’t represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the “now”, present and concrete, versus the “global”, undefined and anonymous. It means taking humans’ essential values, the simplicity of living.

It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do. It’s time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there’s a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl to dance and she replies, “I can’t, my boyfriend will be here any minute now”. To which Al responds, “A life is lived in an instant”. Then they dance to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”.

Congratulations for reading till the end of this message. There are many who will have stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this globalized world.
(this article originated from a forwarded message of a friend, and it's very inspiring.worth sharing (and practicing) it !)