An encounter with a psychotherapist

Last few days, I came across a pre-presentation by a doctor, she's actually a psychotherapist and hypnotist by profession. Just knowing her position made me shivered and wondered, will she hypnotize me and the rest of us who attend the presentation into engaging her for our project? Haha, just a silly thought ( tapi logik, kan?).

Her main focus was to manage stress among professionals, and I was quite interested in her few theories which mainly obtained by research and also by experience.

Sexy photo

Some interesting scene during the presentation was when she showed a super sexy photo of an American woman (not sure American ke British, but orang putih la for sure), and of course, we, the attendees, mainly Malays and Muslims, were disturbed by the photo. My boss proposed her to change to other pictures as obviously, the picture was inappropriate indeed. Guess what was her reaction?

"This picture serves its own purpose. When you are actually disturbed by the sexy woman photo, then you're actually under stress and could not control yourself to get distracted".

Ah, pulak dah. All of us exchanged smirks and rolled eyes, some even burst into giggles. Rupanya camni therapist berfikir. I don't want to judge her but let me just light you with some details. She's at her early 50's but still looks radiant and `modern', with fashionable clothes and what nots. You get what I mean.

My boss counter proposed by suggesting the doctor to change the picture, at least to the more decent one. And what was her response?

" Oh I see, this organization seems to be very protective of its employees. Don't you know they've seen worse picture than this in their daily life?"

Ahh sudah..memang la some of the audience had seen worse pictures tapi itu bukan persoalannye...aih.Finally after some justifications, we reasoned by saying at least we're not going to highlight this kind of picture in a formal session, hence the proposal of changing the picture. And at last, the doctor agreed to change the picture for her real presentation later. This argument about a single picture merely took twenty minutes! Wait until our big boss hear about this. Haha.

Therapy of gratefulness

One interesting concept highlighted by her is the way we recite our doa after prayers. She bluntly pointed out that most of us are not sincere in our prayers, and some even don't know what to say/ask to Allah during doa. Most of us just follow the way our ustaz/imam recites the doa in segregation prayers, while actually there are various ways to convey doa so that it is meaningful and impacted us as well.

Instead of the conventional way to recite prayers, i.e

"Ya Allah ya Tuhanku, aku berdoa agar aku dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik, kurniakanlah aku kemudahan dalam urusan, kurniakanlah ketabahan dan kekuatan, jauhkanlah aku dari kemungkaran dan kesengsaraan.."

She actually suggested a new approach in doa recitation, called therapy of gratefulness. By modifying a little bit the above example of doa, the new version is as below :

"Ya Allah ya Tuhanku, aku bersyukur kerana aku dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik, aku bersyukur kerana aku dikurniakan kemudahan dalam urusan, aku bersyukur kerana aku dikurniakan ketabahan dan kekuatan, aku bersyukur kerana dijauhkan dari kemungkaran dan kesengsaraan.."

It worked fantastically for her patients as it also influenced our sub-concious mind into believing that Allah had actually granted our prayers, and we will be more optimistic in our upcoming life. Our Ultimate Creator will eventually grant our prayers, but just the matter of time. Just imagine if we did this every day, won't it change our perception and the way our mind perceive the world? I guess it would :) The Westerners also starting to highlight the concept of `gratitude' every time before they start their day, much similar to Islamic concept of berdoa lepas bangun tidur that shows our gratitude to Allah. They actually adopt our practice!

I guess there are other interesting points in her presentation, but let me just stop here. I don't want to kill the limelight :)

Cheers, salam Ramadhan dan salam Aidilfitri :)

P/S : Interesting tak my profession? I'm actually doing this as part of my formal task, and will be evaluated in my KPI..err hehe :)

Tag akhirnya

Akhirnya terbuka jua hati nak buat tag setelah meng ignore beberapa tag sebelum ini. Nie Kakak Bijoux punya la nie.. since dia dok jauh dan kemungkinan tak balik raya I pun buat la kan for the sake of her. Haha (bajet kan saye, kak??) ok here goes :

1) First airplane ride
When I was 16, KL - Langkawi via MAS.
Masih ingat sebab masa tu beristighfar sepanjang 45 minutes ride tu dan kecut perut masa take off dan landing.. muka pucat sampai tak berani nak minum air oren yang stewardess bagi. Ni pengaruh tv banyak sangat laa nie.. asyik tengok cerita kapal terbang terhempas huhu

2) First time I gave birth
Not married yet :P

3) First time overseas
Masa umur 11 tahun to Singapore. Adalah sangat excited and rasa best gila sebab dapat round Sentosa Island and naik MRT dia tu round city (eh betul kan MRT? ke apa entah abbreviation dia). Masa tu kan KL takde LRT lagi :)

4) First time living away from your family
Away tapi taklah jauh sangat, setakat masuk sekolah asrama penuh dalam sejam setengah dari rumah. And was there for five good years, love every moment of it. I'm such a hostel type.

5) First time I had a real job
Intern tak kira kan? Never had part time job..
Real job must be in the hectic electronics manufacturing company for four months,early this year..good experience though.

6) First time I felt I was fat
Tak pernah kot? Eh pernah, when I was in Form 1. I ate too much chocolate masa tuh, since my parents always provide me Dairy milk chocolate supply without fail every two weeks. Memang gemok la masa tu.

7) First time in love
Erm, skip lah soklan ni (hehe)

8) First time I felt I was beautiful
When I was in kindergarten, when I got to wear this gaun kembang hijau (my kindergarten takde uniform, so boleh pakai sesuka hati). Sebab my mum selalu tak bagi pakai gaun kerana anaknya ini sangatlah `baik' tapi kekadang I memberontak so kena la bagi pakai. Btw I ada sebijik je gaun kembang pun.. (haha kelakar la good old days. .:)

9) First time at the cinemas
Tak tau kenapa tapi sangat la ingat. Tengok cerita Fenomena (yang Ramona Rahman berlakon tu, tak silap lagu tema dia Isabella) masa umur 7 tahun. Actually my maid masa tu nak tengok so my parents suruh I temankan kakak tu pi wayang la.. tak silap first time for her too :) Tapi ni dulu2 la, sekarang I tak layan wayang2 nie huhu

10) First time admitted in hospital
Don't think I've ever been admitted. Thank God for my good health, alhamdulillah. <- same je jawapan ngn kakak Bijoux, malas nak tulis so copy paste jer. Hehe~

Ok tu je, sapa ada kelapangan and nak buat sila laa, kalo taknak pun takpe..

This year's e-card

This is the design of my e card for this year (design lah sangat...~haha)

Inspired by own workstation + kuih popia goreng yang ditempah dari officemate

Salam Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin!

Typo Terhebat Alaf ini

Business card ni saya dapat dari sebuah kedai menjual peralatan pengantin di ibu kota (nama dirahsiakan)..


Kedai pengantin jual seladang?? Hahahaa (first time baca bisnes kad ni, gelak guling2)

Moral of the story : Check dulu sebelum print business card

Kenapa kita kena bangun sahur?

Tu la.. org suruh bangun sahur takmo bangun.. kan dah

Laila itu

10 malam terakhir, pemburuan pun bermula.......




Dapatkah kita menjumpai laila (malam) itu ?

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Dear fellow bloggers,

Have you ever felt to have hundreds of things to share in your blog, but the minute you're online everything in your head vanished into the thin air?

And what would you do, then?

Usually, I do this.

.....

but tonight I even had no mood to paste random pictures~!!

To proof that I'm totally blank tonight, I even registered in fb.Honestly, I do think I'm too old for this. OK lah Shahira, get a grip. You need a good sleep to go to work tomorrow, very very early in the morning...

Bye guys. Jangan lupa bangun sahur. Sunnah tu.. :)

Paths walked through..

Assalamualaykum and good day.

Ada yang meminta saya menulis tentang pekerjaan saya sekarang..

OK, begini. Most of my respective readers knew that I came initially from a technical background, yes, I graduated as an Electrical & Electronics engineer, majoring in Control System and Instrumentation. But currently I'm doing management work , with only minor technical exposure involved for my daily job. However, we are encouraged to undergo plant familiarization attachments and we can still go for technical skills training eventhough we're not particularly doing hands-on work. And I'll be staying in my current job insya Allah, only for one or two blessful years before I actually pursue my career as a real engineer. That's how the position is designed, just for brief management exposure for the newbies.

Well, how I got stuck in this position is a very interesting question. I'm not really agree with the word `stuck' because its not that I hate the job.. I am not particularly madly in love with my current job either. Besides it is destined by Allah for me being here, I think the way I managed my answers in my interview session landed me to where I am right now.

Well back then, during the interview, I was so screwed up with my FYP, I can't even think straight. I considered myself as a miserable engineer-to-be, and was just not meant for engineering job. Ok, don't let me start on how I end up in my university, taking a course that I dreaded for long. I knew this is my destiny, and surprisingly I enjoyed my stuff after a while.

So you know, back in the interview room, I had a mixed feeling, whether to state that I prefer technical or non-technical field.I always enjoyed my side-work in campus i.e organizing events, joining societies, meeting people etc. so I guess I'll be more suitable doing management work...and stress as a final year student adalah tidak membantu langsung.Hence, I told the interviewer that I want to experience both, technical and non-technical field.I love management work but I was too reluctant to let go my technical knowledge just like that. So, ta-da! Here I am. Ni lah apa orang kampung cakap.. be careful on what you wish for, because you might as well get it.

Before my current job, I had a temporary job that really made me appreciate my technical skills and knowledge. I was forced to learn things fast, back-to-back training sessions and worked in hectic, buzzing engineering labs really kept me energetic, especially as I was involved in my most favourite field, electronics. So after a few months and finally managed to keep up with the pace, and kind of liking it, well then, the offer for my current job came. I had no choice but to accept as it is, I consider it as a bless in disguise.

OK enough on the background story, I didn't intend it to be too long. Sorry, but if I did not include it nanti you guys tak paham pulak.Huhu.

My first impression of doing management work was come on, of course it won't be as hard as technical work. The work must be less, and I can go back at 5pm every day. Setakat management work kan, there's no technical papers to crunch, or engineering conferences to attend, or technical reports to be submitted. Totally heavenly features.

But after a month, I knew I was totally wrong. Yes, it is not mind-boggling in technical sense, but management work means you have to manage your tasks, do multiple tasks at once and make sure everything is smooth flowing. And you are responsible for each part of it. And mine is even crucial as it is related to people's assessments, appraisals and career progression. Any tiny details missed might cost a fortune to someone. Another challenging part is you have to deal with people! Yes, people with different attitudes, different demands. Interesting yet tiring.

I've to work around the clock, sometimes I do need to stay back for a few hours to get the job done. Maybe it is also because I need to cover other person's job, as currently there are a vacant position in my team.

So people, whoever preferred management work just because it looks easier in the surface, think again. All work either technical or not, is equally busy. But it also depends on your nature of work and position too, ada je my colleagues who go back at 5 pm every day, ada jugak yang go back at 10 pm. It's all depends.

On a positive side, my current job is quite exciting,as we managed to meet the high ranked people in the company, the MD/CEOs, the specialists in their respective engineering fields, the advisors and team leaders, resource persons as well as other important people. They aspired people and their wisdom is something that is treasured for life. Also, I still need to organize events, one after another and travel a few times in a year every now and then. So takde la I bosan stuck in office je every day, doing the same job :)

OK so much about my work experience, just an ordinary one. I know other people had their own exciting stories to tell on their current job. But mengambil kata-kata kakak Bijoux ; "Everybody thinks that everybody else has got a life story that is great, more perfect and way more exciting".

No truer words spoken :)

Have a nice, blessful Ramadhan everyone!

Down with fever -_-

First and second day of Ramadhan, I was down with fever. A whole complete package with bad flu/cough/sore throat. Tapi puasa tetap puasa ok. Never thought having fever during Ramadhan was quite a challenge, since you could not take the medicine during the day hence you're expected to recover much later than usual. And was quite irritated with the medicine package that said `makan empat kali sehari'.How can I actually do that?? Well, the nurses were just doing their job anyway.

So besides lied down covered with warm blanket and slept until my head spinning (well, you could not do much activities anyway), I surfed and bloghopped everywhere, looking for delicious pieces of news that I've missed every now and then (due to piling work and lack of internet connection after office hours).

So do click on the followings to read my favourites:

1. Another shocking reason why Iskandar Development Region (IDR) is so wanted by our neighbour!

2. Oon's observation during final laps in the Mother of all by Elections

(if you can't access MalaysiaKini, do click here and read the excerpt on the August 27 post)

3. Umat Islam perlu ubah sikap untuk maju

(this one is very good, an eye-opener)

If you find other interesting blogs, don't forget to share with me :)

Salam Ramadhan~

Hidayah?

Salam and good day.

One fine day, someone very close to me asked me this question out of the sudden:

"Macam mana nak dapat hidayah?"

(In Islamic context, hidayah means guidance and leadership as given by Allah as referred here)

Ermm.Simple but yet a very hard question.I've asked this question so many times, I always had the answer in my mind, but when I was asked by another person, I still felt awkward. On a spontaneous act to ease the seriousness, I felt like asking the person back "Erm, hidayah yang mana ni? Yang cousin tu ke.." but I hold that back. I know I had to answer the question.

My mind raced fast, thinking for the best way to answer this question.

"I think the best way is to regularly mingle with pious people, attend ceramah, tazkirah, usrah - all sorts of religious and knowledge ceremonies, read good books and articles, always ask reliable people questions that wandered in our mind. And do all these continuously."

My heart prayed for Allah to forgive me, to give me strength, for me not only just talk, but walk the talk.

Why I emphasized on the word, CONTINUOUSLY?

As our iman is not always constant, sometimes it is high and sometimes its low, like tides. Have you ever experienced the followings:

1. One day you can finish up to twenty pages of Al Quran, and some other day you felt too lazy to just recite only a half page of the holy book?

2. One day you can fulfill all the common solat sunat - Taubat, Hajat, Tahajud, Witr along with lengthy wirid and doa, while some other day you were so reluctant for just a short doa after your prayer?

3. One day you can donate hundreds of ringgit to help the needy, but some other day you were so hesitant to just drop a RM 2 note in a mosque' donation box?

Honestly, I had experienced all the above, and perhaps many other similar occurences in my daily life.

Let asked ourselves another big question : Why is this happening? Why is our iman acts like tide? I've asked Mr Google.com and found these reasons :

1. Ibadat tidak berkualiti

Sesiapa yang berasa dirinya jauh daripada Tuhannya, terseleweng daripada jalan-Nya ataupun berhenti terlalu lama dalam permainan nafsu syahwatnya, kembalilah semula ke jalan Allah supaya dia dicintai Allah.Bawalah dua bekalan asas iaitu ibadat wajib dan sunnah. Mungkin ketika iman lemah dia tidak sama sekali meninggalkan kewajipan tetapi ibadatnya itu kurang berkualiti dan sedikit jumlahnya. Padahal, iman diukur menurut amalan wajib dan sunat yang boleh melahirkan jiwa hamba dekat kepada Allah.

2. Hati yang tidak khusyuk

Awal kerosakan amal ialah hati yang tidak dapat menghadirkan khusyuk. Penyakit itu akan bertambah teruk apabila ia meninggalkan karat kemalasan ketika beribadat. Berjumpa dan berhubungan dengan Allah tanpa wujud perasaan seolah-olah kosong dan hampa. Dia melakukannya sekadar mendirikan kewajipan saja, tetapi tiada kemanisan ibadat.Khusyuk hanya diperoleh dengan jalan mujahadah. Punca hilangnya khusyuk ialah hati terlalu keras. Cara melembutkan hati ialah dengan melemahkan nafsu. Sahabat membiasakan diri dengan sujud yang panjang pada akhir malam seperti mana sunnah yang diajarkan Rasulullah SAW.Baginda memanjangkan sujud dalam solat malamnya selama kurang lebih membaca lima puluh ayat al-Quran, begitu juga ketika rukuknya. Saat paling dekat seorang hamba kepada Allah ialah ketika dia sujud. Ia mampu melembutkan hati dan mengubat jiwa yang tenat tanpa iman.

3. Berlebihan dengan perkara yang mubah

Bercuti boleh meredakan ketegangan, menjamu selera dan membeli-belah baik untuk mengubat kebosanan, memakai pakaian yang indah dan mahal tidak dilarang, membeli perhiasan dan apa yang menyukakan hati boleh melahirkan kesyukuran kepada nikmat Allah Taala.Akan tetapi, perkara sebegini kadang-kadang membuat kita leka. Jika berlebihan segala aktiviti untuk memanjakan diri, dibimbangi akan melemahkan semangat perjuangan. Mengaburkan mata dan hati yang celik dan akhirnya larut dalam kesibukan dunia hingga melupakan akhirat.

4. Tidak menghadiri majlis ilmu

Manusia mudah lupa dan hilang pedoman hidupnya, tidak jelas matlamat, arah dan tujuannya. Siapa dirinya, berasal dari manakah dia, mahu ke mana dan apa yang mahu dicapainya?Semua itu memerlukan jawapan yang pasti tetapi manusia yang lemah iman sudah kehilangan matlamat hidupnya. Untuk mendapatkan kembali pedoman hidupnya supaya tidak tersalah jalan, dia perlukan hidayah iaitu ilmu Allah.

5. Mengalami gejala kesedihan dan kerisauan berlebihan

Apabila iman menipis, lupa kepada Allah, akan lahirlah perasaan sedih, susah hati dan murung. Benarlah firman Allah Taala yang bermaksud: “Hanya dengan mengingati Allah hati menjadi tenang.”Mengingati Allah maksudnya ingatan yang membawa kepada kegembiraan. Gembira dengan takdir-Nya, reda dengan jalan hidup yang dipilih untuknya, untung rugi harta, susah senang kehidupan kerana manusia lahir ke dunia dengan senario yang termaktub di Lauh Mahfuz.Setiap mukmin memiliki hati yang mampu berbisik mengenai keadaan imannya, siapakah yang paling mengetahui diri kita melainkan Allah Taala dan diri kita sendiri.

reference here

I purposely retain the article in Bahasa Melayu as I'm having difficulties in translating it entirely, and for fear it might change the real meaning. Will try harder to improve and find good, understandable article in English, perhaps in the future.

I guess the question why, we have to do all good deeds continuously to retain our iman and get guidance from Allah (hidayah) are well explained in the article. May we maximize this blessed month of Ramadhan with good deeds continuously, insya Allah.

Salam Ramadhan :)

Convo Tributes

Assalamualaikum wbt and good day.

Its been a week after my convocation day last weekend. Of course, this day would be the happiest day for all whom successfully graduating, but for me this day was best to feel blessed, that Allah gave us the opportunity to celebrate the day with our love ones, say family and friends.

At first I was quite reluctant to share this in the blog, because hey, all people are graduating, some of them uploaded the details immediately after they received the scroll.So my details would be eventually almost the same as them, right? But then, I kept having images of a few people that deserved the appreciations, hence the entry although a week late.

This day marked as the most memorable day, not only because most of my family were there. My bro could not make it as he's having a major test on the next day, but his short SMS : `Oit, sorry takpat dtg. Sok ade test.Congrats.I'm proud of you' really made my day.

Also, meeting long lost friends whom now pursuing their career with own different way; some even came as a wife/husband, or a fiancee. Well that marked another milestone in their life too, and I'm happy for them. (ok, don't start..).And also a surprise from my two best friends, who came all the way from KL to celebrate my day. Thanks guys, million appreciations! I definitely (insya Allah) will come to yours.

Hrm, what else? Special appreciation for my lovely sisters who sponsored my acommodation during the event, as I knew that its best to hit their places and shared million of stories than renting some hotel in town. Also, for those who became my means of transportation durign the three days, many thanks.

Heartiest gratitudes also go to my parents for their support and encouragements, also for my sponsor for helping to ease the burden and creating young pool of talents for the future.Yes friends, eventhough how much hassle we experienced and how much hatred we had for many reasons and problems, they still deserved the most for helping us to gain what we have right now.

Not to forget to the receipients of the three Chancellor Awards, congratulations as I believe you guys most deserved the highest appreciation as you outshine the rest. Also to the Rector Award winners, may all of you become the role model for the juniors and may they achieve if not better, equal with your success.

Although the convocation was held after eight months of my working life, despite having only a few photos due to myself unintentionally (cubaan untuk tidak mengaku salah) not bringing extra battery pack for my camera, I still think this event was a memory that would be treasured for all my life.

Thanks Allah, thanks Ma and Abah, thanks all.

Hujung minggu ni

Selalu banyak sangat benda nak tulis, tapi bila dah bukak blog ni, tertulis benda lain pulak.. tu yang cerita kura-kura jadinya tu (refer previous post). Harap ada peluang untuk post entri yang bernas, insya Allah.

Dan saya juga pernah kurang menyukai orang yang tulis setiap entri beberapa patah perkataan atau ayat sahaja, tapi sekarang saya yang buat. Maaf ok.. :)

Majlis Konvokesyen hujung minggu ni.

Kawan-kawan, Selamat bergraduasi !

Jumpa di sana!

Dilema

Telah terjumpa kura-kura bersaiz 50 sen di sebuah pasar malam sekitar rumah.
Harga RM 6 seekor. Sangatlah suka. (rasa cam nak beli lima!)

Tapi, ada beberapa masalah seperti berikut :

1. Akuarium telah disedekah kepada kawan (erm, bolehkah buruk siku dan mintak balik?)
2. Siapa nak jaga kura-kura tersebut? Kalo kat rumah, keluar rumah pagi, balik malam.. (bolehkah bela pet kat ofis? Yet to ask respective personnel). Risau kura-kura kekurangan kasih sayang.
3. Risau kejadian tiga tahun lalu berulang kembali (kematian kura-kura yang baru dibela 2 minggu. Susah nak bela kura-kura kecik ni, sangat sensitif)

Jadi sesiapa ada penyelesaian terhadap dilema saya, silap hubungi saya dengan kadar segera.

Sekian.

Syukur

Subhanallah

Ya Allah, jadikanlah ku hambaMu yang bersyukur..

Feast your eyes

Baby Muhammad Al-Fatih

Orang cakap seronok tengok baby tidur sebab diorang ni takde dosa lagi, sejuk je mata memandang..

P/S : Sorry Kak Aliaa.. pinjam baby sat wat jadi model hehe~

HUJAH

Salam and good day.

Semalam sempat tengok HUJAH di tv9, antara Nik Nazmi (PKR, ADUN Seri Setia) dengan Datuk Ahmad Fuad Zarkashi (BN, ADUN Batu Pahat).

Impresi pertama

My first impression adalah eh, kenapa ADUN paling muda lawan hujah dengan pembesar BN yang berpengalaman. Tengok je dah rasa macam tak adillah kan, habislah budak muda ni kena dengan orang yang dah dekat nak baya ayah dia. Tapi haritu pernah juga tengok forum terbuka yang salah seorang panelnya Nik Nazmi, boleh tahan jugak dia ni. Di samping tu berharap la jugak nak dengar hujah-hujah yang ada fakta, facts and figures (macam tajuk blog ni la jugak kan) dari wakil kerajaan BN ni sebab sebelum ni Shabery Cheek dah fail dah. Asyik tengok pemimpin PR je fully equipped dengan research dan fakta sebelum berhujah, takkan la pemimpin BN ni lekeh sangat kot.. (saya ni memang dah mindset untuk sentiasa mengambil positive and negative side at once, jadi tak salah saya berharapan macam tu kan?).

Seterusnya

Then throughout the session, alamak apakah ini.. tengok yang muda relax, tenang dan keluar macam-macam fakta. Yang berumur ni pulak emosi, gelabah dan asyik ulang benda yang sama. Ok mungkin ada yang tak tengok kan slot HUJAH tu, tajuk dia lebih kurang menjurus untuk pilihan raya Permatang Pauh 29 Ogos ni, antara Prestasi dan Simpati lebih kurang macam tu la.

Nik Nazmi supply info pasal kerja-kerja kerajaan PR di Selangor, yang Datuk Fuad pulak asyik hentam.. kata kerajaan Selangor supply air untuk 3 bulan pertama je, caruman untuk warga emas, manifesto tak dapat laksanakan semua, dsb. Yang hairannya dia dok hentam kerajaan Selangor, kerajaan Johor bagi apa kat rakyat? Dari dulu sampai sekarang Johor tu kan kubu kuat BN, jadi dia bagi apa kat rakyat? Soalan ni kerajaan Johor la yang boleh jawab. Dah la tu, tak perlulah beriya nak hentam kerajaan Selangor padahal rumah sendiri tak berjaga. Dah la topik hujah ni untuk bincangkan overall senario politik negara, antara Prestasi dan Simpati, yang dia dok hentam kerajaan PR Selangor tu terus dua-dua lari topik dan debat pasal manifesto Selangor pulak.

Dan dalam slot tu jugak, Datuk banyak kali tekankan yang PR menang sebab faktor emosi, mengambil contoh Parlimen Permatang Pauh. Rentetan Anwar dipenjara jadi PKR menang tahun 1999 sebab emosi, orang bersimpati kat Wan Azizah. Tahun 2004, sebab emosi jugak PKR menang. Juga tahun 2008, rakyat beremosi maka jadilah tsunami politik. PR menang bukan stakat di Permatang Pauh, tapi siap ambil alih beberapa kerajaan negeri. Bila dengar statement dia ni la rasa nak marah ni, ingat rakyat ni bodoh sangat ke undi hanya sebab emosi. Banyak lagi faktor lain yang menyebabkan rakyat bertindak macam tu (dah tak tahan dengan kerajaan sekarang, kebebasan media disekat, kemudahan infrastruktur kurang, rasuah dan korup) di samping faktor undi simpati yang memanglah ada impak sikit sebanyak. Come on la, kami rakyat ni taklah bodoh sangat kan.. pilih kerajaan hanya sebab simpati dan beremosi.

Kesimpulan

Apa-apa pun baguslah dah banyak program macam ni, debat perdana, hujah, forum.. at least kita (rakyat) boleh tengok macam mana pemimpin ni berhujah. Pandai ke tidak ke.. bersedia ke tidak ke. So jangan lupa la bukak tv dan tengok dan nilai sendiri dengan mata kita, macam mana pemimpin kita sebenarnya.

p/s: chis.. dah lama tak tulis pasal politik ni.. tunggang terbalik dah bahasa.. isi dan ayat pun berterabur.Minta maaf ye semua.

Younger Future Leader?

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera,

Akhbar The Sun dua hari lalu memaparkan temubual pengarangnya dengan Faisal Tehrani, seorang penulis berbakat yang kritis dan tajam pandangannya dalam ruangan Extra. Saya suka satu pandangan beliau apabila diajukan tentang soalan berkaitan kepimpinan Anwar Ibrahim yang dikatakan akan menerajui tampuk pemerintahan negara. Saudara FT lebih berminat melihat golongan muda yang dipilih (walau bagaimanapun beliau taklah mengatakan dirinya anti-Anwar), dengan mengambil contoh presiden Rusia dan Barack Obama (umur kedua-duanya belum pun mencapai 50 tahun). Katanya dunia dah mula menerima pemimpin baru dengan idea baru, kenapa tidak negara kita?

I kind of agree with his point of view.
Do you?

(note : saya juga bukanlah golongan anti-Anwar, neither vice-versa. Just seeing the world in different perspective :)

Ar Rahman

Translation of surah Ar Rahman

The Most Affectionate

Taught the Quran to His beloved.

He created Mohammad, the soul of humanity.

He taught him speech regarding whatever had already happened and whatever will happen.

The sun and the moon are according to a reckoning.

And the green plants and trees prostrate.

And the sky, Allah has elevated it and set the balance.

That you may not transgress in the balance.

And keep up the weight with justice, and shorten not the weight.

And the earth, He has laid for the creatures.

There in are fruits and palm trees with sheaths.

And grain with husk and fray. rant flowers.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord wills O Jinn and men you twain will deny?

He made man from ringing clay, it is like a potsherd.

And the Jinn He created from the flame of the fire.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny?

He is the Lord of the two easts and the two wests'.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny?

He made flow two seas that look to be joined.

And there is Carriers in between them that one can not excel the other.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny?

There comes out from them pearl and the Corel.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny.

His are the Carriers that they are raised up in the sea like mountains.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord, will you deny?

All that is on earth is to perish.

And there is abiding for ever is the Entity of your Lord Majestic and Venerable.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

To Him beg all that are in the heavens and in the earth Every day, He has a work.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Soon after finishing all works We proceed to your reckoning, O you two heavy groups.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

'O Company of Jinn and men, if you can that you may go out of the boundaries of the heavens and the earth then do go. Wherever you will go, His is the Kingdom.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

On you shall be loosed the flame of the fire without smoke and black smoke without flame, then you could not be able to take revenge.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

And when the sky will split it will become rose like red hide.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Then on that day the sinner shall not be asked about his sin, neither man nor Jinn

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

The culprits shall be recognized by their faces and after being seized by the forelocks and feet will be cast in the hell.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

This is the Hell, which the culprits belie.

They will go round between it and fierce boiling water.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

But for him who fears to stand before his Lord there are two Paradises.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Having many branches.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

In them two fountains run.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

In them are two kinds of each fruit.

Which then, of the favours Of your Lord will you deny?

Reclining on beds whose linings are of brocades and the fruits of both so low that you may pick up with your hands.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

On the beds there are the maidens that they glance towards none save their husbands untouched before them by any man or Jinn

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

As if they are rubies and corals.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

What is the recompense of goodness, but goodness?

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

And besides them, there are two other gardens.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

From deep green, giving black reflection.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

In them there are two springs gushing forth.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

In them, there are fruits dates and pomegranates.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

In them there are maidens good natured, beautiful.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

There are houris, ( virgins of paradise ) confined in tents,

which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Neither man nor jinn have touched them before.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Reclining on green beds and painted lovely carpets.

Which then, of the favours of your Lord will you deny?

Greatly Blessed is the name of your Lord, Majestic and Venerable.

* These verses portray exactly what I feel right now....

(I miss the good old days when I can blog frequently...)

Odd Habit

You Are 51% Impulsive

You're quite impulsive, but you never are reckless. You qualify as a very spontaneous person, but you still know how to honor your commitments. And while responsibility doesn't come easy to you, having fun does!

http://www.blogthings.com/areyouimpulsivequiz/">Are You Impulsive?

You Are 70% Left Brained, 30% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

http://www.blogthings.com/areyourightorleftbrainedquiz/">Are You Right or Left Brained?

You Are an Okay Listener

You try to be a good listener, and usually you are. But some people are just so boring and difficult to listen to! Your mind tends to wander during some conversations. You are likely to space out a little or try to change the subject to something more interesting.

http://www.blogthings.com/areyouagoodlistnerquiz/">Are You a Good Listener?

I want to keep on playing, can I?

I have this odd habit to play personality test whenever my mind is occupied with something. Erm, currently, A LOT of things. I need to hold back and pick pieces of my life, let it be my social life, work life or personal life. I missed a few important occasions last few days (and also today :( ) and I was devastated to bits, but then hey, deep down I hope people would understand. Also a mailbox full of office emails are waiting for me next day...argh.... how I wish I could extend my leave.

I hope you manage your life well. Until then, cheers.

Currently

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih : Habiburrahman El Shirazy: Fiction

Dr Mahathir's selected Letters to World Leaders : Abdullah Ahmad : Non-Fiction

Fast Food Nation : Eric Schlosser : Non-Fiction

Tuhan Manusia : Faisal Tehrani : Fiction ke Non-fiction ek? Both kot.

Assalamualaikum and salam sejahtera,

Just to share buku-buku yang sedang saya baca. Banyak? Erm, memang habit saya baca beberapa buku dalam satu masa.. kalau bosan satu buku, baca buku lain pulak. Biasanya I mixed fiction and non-fiction sekali.. sebab bukan semua masa kita boleh digest buku-buku `berat'. Contoh lepas balik kerja atau sebelum tidur, rasanya tak mampu kot baca buku `berat'. Alamat lepas lima minit mesti dah tertidur.. :) Ada sesetengah buku tu yang sempat baca separuh je, yang separuh lagi tunggu bila ada mood untuk digest.Yup, and my preference is buku non-fiction yang sederhana, tak ringan dan taklah sangat berat.

Dan ya, saya masih belum mampu habis baca Tuhan Manusia. Saya perlukan the best state of mind bila baca buku ni supaya tak tersalah tafsir.

Dan saya juga ingat saya masih berhutang second part sinopsis untuk Dari Beirut Ke Jerusalem..harap bersabar ye.Just don't loose faith on me. Hehe.

Cheers :)