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INTERNSHIP (industrial training)

2011-04-06T21:26:00.000+08:00

Salam. Now I am undertaking my industrial training at Technip Geoproduction Sdn Bhd!
heheh. This place ment will be for at least 3 months and I am really considering to extend till 5 months!! XD
Looking really for an awesome experience!

Started on the 4th of April 2011. If all goes well, will be till end of June, if better, till the end of August!

Taking it further!!!! XD

<< Dragon Age 2 >>

2011-03-30T14:37:00.000+08:00

Eheh, I played and actually finished this game. Pretty awesome game, in my opinion. XP In terms of gameplay, its really fun, having a mix of RPG games and action games. Battles are quite fast-paced but still needs a lot of tactical decision making.

In terms of tactics, you will be controlling 4 characters in a group. Although you can just control 1 character and let the AI control the rest of your team-mates, you can reach full effectiveness for personally micromanaging every one of your characters. What consists of a group is also important and DA2 incorporates roles that are familliar for MMORPG players like in World of Warcraft. There are tankers, damage dealers, supporter and healer roles. Theres also the 'threat' system which is important when engaging dangerous encounters.

One gripe however is the lack of classes and ability customisation in the game. The mechanics do seem a little simplified compared to its predecessor. However, taking away the mechanics do make the game simpler and more fun to pick up and play. Lack of online interaction and user customisation is also a deterrent.

Story wise, although quite cliche, there are twists that make it fresh and engaging. Long story short, the game centres itself in the town of Kirkwall, where there are conflicts between the Templars and the Mages. In the game, players will be making decisions on how the story progresses. They get to pick which side they support, who to kill and to the point of influencing the ending of the game. Having different plots for different decisions makes the game replayable.

Would like to touch a little about the story though. Its basically politics, where the stronger majority (templars) clamps down on the smaller majority (mages) out of fear. Mages are generally feared because of their potential for destruction and their ability to use blood magic, a very destructive and demonic form of magic. The templars take it upon themselves to oppose the mages without compromise.

Then came the breaking point when war broke out between the templars and the mages, causing destruction and carnage. This story tells us alot of what fanaticism can do, in the form of government control (templars) and terrorism (mages who turn into bloodmages).

Awesome game, however not suitable for under-aged. Certain themes in the game are quite mature rated XD

Time Lane Street (new idea?)

2011-02-19T08:11:00.000+08:00

Had an idea on this...
Well, wanted to do something that has something to do with morals and ethics, that has gone through the times. I will have to start on this project soon. Really want to write something and be more productive XD

Lagi Tentang 111111

2011-02-18T23:51:00.001+08:00

Salam 'alaik....

Tahun ini mempunyai 4 tanggal istimewa 1.1.11, 11.1.11, 1.11.11, 11.11.11

Hehe... boleh rancang majlis istimewa.... yang masih bujang tu bolehla pilih ada dua tarikh lagi yang mendatang. hehehe...

Sekarang cuba ini ambil dua digit terakhir tahun kelahiran anda dan campur dengan umur anda pada tahun ini. Jawapannya pasti = 111

SubhanalAllah hebatnya kuasa Allah swt! Cubalah kalau tak percaya.

Selamat ketemu lagi.

Wassalam

Meeting with Brother Lim Jooi Soon

2011-02-13T11:56:00.002+08:00

Salam.

On the 12th of February 2011, Umi and I went to Ampang on a very explicit mission, to go to Ampang Point! Heheh. Actually, I was going there to meet a friend of mine, Afiq with his dad, Mr. Tahir. From Ampang point, they took me to meet Brother Lim Jooi Soon, a Chinese Muslim. Thank you so much umi for accompanying me to Ampang! Gave me the strength to actually face the challenge of going somewhere I am not really familliar with.

We went to Masjid Bukit Tinggi. The mosque there is quite a sight. Apart from the main mosque hall, it comprises of a clinic, kitchen as well as rooms that can serve as offices and classrooms. There was even a mini library. Mr Tahir did comment that the mosques in Malaysia were not fully ultilised to its full potential. Here I would have to agree that it was the case. The empty hallways do give a feeling of emptiness to the mosque. It was the general mind set that mosques be only used explicitly for religious activities. However, there was a program already in motion, about ‘comparative religion’ but we were there for another purpose.

Meeting with Mr Lim Jooi Soon there was one of the most enlightening moments of my life. Rarely do you get to meet these individuals that have a very profound knowledge about their own religion, as well as knowledge about other religions. Malacca born, he started to lear about Islam in his mid twenties.

What I explicitly asked him was about how he handled himself when he was with his family when they knew he became a Muslim. He advised that we should keep silent if our family members were to get angry with us and scold us. However, he loves his family very much and until now continues to keep in contact and support his family members. At the beginning it was also difficult for him as many of his family members scorned him but over time, they have come to respect him and even love him more than they had before he became a Muslim.

During our discussions, he made it absolutely clear about the importance of knowledge. Taking religion from a very practical and logical standpoint, it is very important to know the reasons why we do the things we do. We would also need to know the meaning of verses from different angles and opinions. Brother Lim did comment that we have to be more critical in our thinking and not be too narrow minded when people were to ask ‘strange’ questions. From his experience, people scorn those that will forward strange questions that are seemingly hard or impossible to answer.

‘Not to provoke or pose questions that would shake a person’s faith’, he said, but he was starving for knowledge, and he was searching for the truth. For example, he posed a question; “Allah is the Almighty and the Most Powerful. If He was so, then why did He create Angels? Aren’t the creation of Angels to help Him a sign of weakness?’ However, I was not able to hear his answer as there was not enough time. Although, I would like to enquire him in some time in the future about this question.

It was a very enlightening experience for me. Thanks again to Umi, Afiq, Mr Tahir and Mr Lim Jooi Soon for your time. I will always be grateful for all you have done for me.

Wasalam.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

2011-02-02T11:03:00.001+08:00

SALAM..

Selamat Tahun Baru Cina untuk anakanda Lam dan famili. Maaf tahun ni umi tak sempat nak hantar kad ucapan. Memadai ya dengan kad maya ni... Semoga anakanda Lam dan famili akan memperoleh kejayaan yang berganda.

Wassalam

seisi keluarga

Holidays are Coming

2011-01-27T10:33:00.001+08:00

Yipee! The holidays are coming! Going to do a check list of what to do.
Going to do some write ups about short stories, memorise the qunut prayer, learn sewing, play the bass guitar and do some assignments etc. etc.
Oh, of course going for the CNY holidays. booyah~!
Take care all~~

11.1.11

2011-01-11T21:50:00.005+08:00

Salam 'alaik..

Suatu tarikh yang sangat menarik untuk dicatatkan sebagai suatu sejarah dalam kehidupan! Namun pada tarikh ini hari telahpun tercatat suatu sejarah yang penting untukmu.... jua untuk umi.

Semoga anakanda Lam tidak akan berhenti membina diri menjadi umat Muhammad yang lebih baik dan Hamba Allah yang solleh. Umi sentiasa mendoakan itu.. Amin, amin ya Rabbul 'alamin.

Wassalam,

Harga sebuah Kehilangan

2011-01-01T12:48:00.001+08:00

Pemergiannya, tidak dapat kuduga,
Sekilas ikan,
Bagai direntap dari jiwa,
Parah terluka di hati,
Seorang insaniah istimewa.

Ya Allah,
Dari kejauhan,
Kupahatkan doa untuk dia
Lingkungi dia dalam Cinta dan Rahmat-Mu,
Peliharalah dia sebagaimana Engkau pelihara mereka yang beriman,
Maafkanlah kesalahanku kepadanya,
Bila dia di sisi, diriku tidak mengerti,
Perih jiwanya, tidak kupeduli,
Sentuhan rohaninya, kurang kufahami.

Kehilangan ini,
Pengajaran pahit, pembuka mata,
Kekesalan menghimpit dari segala rasa,
Kelekaanku dalam tidak menghargainya.

Ya Allah,
Berilahku kekuatan,
Tenangkanlah hatiku yang pasrah ini,
Hentikanlah resah kesalku,
DugaanMu akan kulalui dalam pengajaran.

Tekad tertanam di jiwa
Kugenggam kukuh,
Aku harus tegas melunaskan...
Harga Sebuah Kehilangan.

-Sebuah dedikasi kepada semua insan yang aku cintai dan hargai-

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !

2011-01-01T01:56:00.005+08:00

Salam 'alaik

wassalam

I weep for You

2010-12-30T06:22:00.001+08:00

I weep, a night too many,
Lamenting thy fate, the trespasses You endured,
The atrocities and injustice, a worldly soul cannot bear,
O Thou whose Face we can never behold.

The crows of the world are powerless to harm Thee,
Yet they seek to obscure Thee, seek to challenge Thee,
they claim limitless knowledge and power,
yet contstrained and imprisoned, in their own desires and imaginings,
they know it not.

O thou in whose Name whose beauty we can never comprehend,
they seek Thy Name and by it, they desecrate the world,
in Thy Name they spread inhumane disease,
in Thy Name they spread hate and enmity,
in Thy Name they proclaim their right for domination,
and like carrion swarms, they rip apart those that are far from Thee.

I weep for You.

My Paradox

2010-12-28T00:46:00.000+08:00

The paradox,
Good and evil,
Light and darkness,
Salvation and damnation,
Justice and corruption,
Life and death.

Such is nature, existing together, ever bonded together,
Without its complement, it brings no meaning,
Together, it sheds its purpose of balance.

But it is paradox,
For justice is stamped by corruption,
Peace overshadowed by war,
Darkness prevails over light,
Although yearned, it is never fulfilled,
Although earned, it never endures,
Do you not perceice the plight of humanity?

My life, is a paradox.
Within it contains conflict, unstability,
Decisions made, but results unwanted,
Regrets of past crusades, fearlessly fought without future reckoning.
Such is paradox.

Impian dan Kenyataan..

2010-12-19T15:50:00.001+08:00

Salam 'alaik

Semoga mendapat sedikit pedoman...
Dah lama tak di update so umi letaklah sesuatu..
Wassalam.

Pementasan Natrah di Istana Budaya

2010-12-05T21:02:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Hey all~~ Yesterday I had the pleasure of viewing a play about 'Natrah' with Umi's family. Sadly though, umi could not come due to meetings. :-(

The play is really fabulous. Really well directed and prop settings were exquisite! Something really worth watching. The play itself is based on the real story of Natrah. It is a really sad and touching story, that provokes many emotions, questions and feelings.

Natrah, or Maria Huberdina Hertogh was born in Indonesia on the 24th March 1937, and is of Holland parentage. During December 1942, Natrah was given to Che Aminah Mohamad by her mother to be taken care of because it was the time of the Japanese occupation.

Natrah was brought up in a Malay/Muslim community in Kemaman, Terengganu and professed Islam as her faith and religion when she reached maturity. However, after World War 2 ended, Natrah's parents made efforts to find their daughter. After luring Aminah and Natrah to Singapore, they managaed to get the court to force Natrah to return to Holland with her real parents. Natrah lived a rather tragic life after, with much sadness and disappointment. She died at the age of 72, on 9th of July 2009.

From the play, we could really see the conflict inflicted upon Natrah, in which the divided decisions of Islam or Christianity being portrayed as the key conflict.

There are many other facts in between that can be researched through the Internet. This play has roused several key questions about the world and its society. For one, all the while when people were continually struggling about deciding whether Natrah could stay in Malaya or forced to go back to Holland, nobody paid heed to the cries of desperation from Natrah herself. It would seem that everybody was concerned with their own egos, honour, religion and political standing rather than focus on the issue at hand, what Natrah really wanted.

It is really frightening to know that the laws of the world, crafted by us humans ourselves, may have the power of justice, but also has the power to totally destroy the lives of others. Sometimes it would seem the law lacks morality and most of all, compassion. Without the law, there would be no order in the world. But is the law now truly the best?

I am still awe-struck and amazed at this awakening play. :-)
Wasalam.

Liney!

2010-11-28T22:35:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Hey all! Now there is a new addition in the house. None other than Liney, the bass guitar. :-)
Bought this guitar together with umi. Although it is a simple guitar, I really love it. Got to practice a lot to be able to play it well. Almost zero experience playing the bass guitar.
Right now just focusing on the main scales and a little bit of simple songs. :-)

Liney

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha 2010

2010-11-19T22:55:00.000+08:00

Salam. And a very warm greetings to all Muslims celebrating Aidil Adha. I'm sure the greetings are a bit late, but better late then never. :-)
Well, for this year, I went to Umi's house to celebrate. Though I did not go to the mosque to witness the sacrifice of the cows or bulls, I did get to see how they slaughter chickens! (At SMKSI a week ago) Though, normally the sacrifices would involve bulls that are around 2 years of age and free of disease.

Food is awesome, as always. With mi sup, begedil, lemang, rendang, cake, agar-agar, nothing could ever be more fulfilling. :-) Thanks umi.

And we talk about the little part about the significance of the festival itself. It is a time for pilgrimage and sacrifice, where both go hand in hand to complete a person's spiritual journey. There is no meaning in life without sacrifice and a pilgrimage would not be complete with this element.

But what really is sacrifice, with all its spirit and sincerity? It is always very hard for us to value the worth of our self-sacrifice, much less the sacrifice of others. In a world that has seen a very profound shift to materialism, it is rare to see enormous sacrifices from the general public. Sometimes it comes with the tinge of it is a duty that you must do or you will looked down upon, or it is done to portray ones standing in society. If I could, I would always want the feeling that I have done it in good faith. :-)

As always, a little rant from me. Take care and happy holidays!

Selamat Bercuti

2010-11-08T17:25:00.000+08:00

Manfaatkan Masa Dengan berfaedah!...

Wassalam.

Salam Cuti

2010-11-06T00:07:00.000+08:00

Salam. dan skang adalah cuti untuk tempoh dalam 3 minggu. Smoga cuti ini membawa manfaat :-)
Perlu buat sesuuatu dengan rutin harian agar diri lebih aktif dan produktif.
Moga2 blog ini juga akan diupdate selalu :)

Selamat...

2010-10-25T23:42:00.000+08:00

Salam 'alaik,
Semoga anakanda Lam beroleh kejayaan yang cemerlang. Amin

Wassalam.

Laziness go AWAY

2010-10-11T23:09:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Well... I did hear a radio tazkirah from IKIM radio recently and they talked a bit about laziness.
I do not need to elaborate a lot about this, I think... But regardless, it seems that laziness could be the cause of a LOT of evil. It was even mentioned that laziness is the first weapon to bring our ibadah to a standstill...

So... GO AWAY LAZINESS! :-)
Wasalam.

What to wait for in the afterlife?

2010-10-07T08:18:00.000+08:00

Salam and good morning!
Well... I was just wondering today in the morning...what would happen after we die? Its an interesting question that maybe most of us do not really give thought until... maybe when we are 'going' to die...

I believe in an afterlife, I believe in God. But what really happens? From what I believe, we would be judged with the fairest of judgements based on our past deeds, and that would practically decide where we are going to land in the afterlife. Got me thinking, did I do enough in this world? What if I died now?

Just my thoughts in the morning. Take care and have a nice day :-)
Wasalam.

RM1 burger + RM3 '100 plus'....

2010-10-06T21:17:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Yes. and it actually happened. I went to Alamanda with Raziq today to go try the burger king offer just for today. It was pretty awesome. And this is actually the 2nd time in my life that I ate at burger king.When we got there, there were not many people too (yet):-)

Anyhow, we studied there for the modelling test in the evening and actually managed to get a lot of preparation done. I think I may actually have a bit more concentration during the time there. Maybe a change of pace is good once in a while.

I heard that the burgers finished already... so no need to go there. During lunch hour.... the queue was amazing anyway =.=" All for a burger....

Hope you all are well and enjoying life :-) may Allah always be with us.

Morning Star and Moon Gazing

2010-09-28T06:40:00.000+08:00

MORNINK!
Well, today, for some reason or other, I woke up pretty early, and not knowing what to really do, went out for a walk at the part at around 5.30am.
Its really amazing, though, because when you gaze at the sky at this time, you can really see the stars and the moon. It was a very clear 5.30am and they were just shining so bright. :-) Maybe I should do this more often.

Go Go FIGHT!

2010-09-27T08:04:00.000+08:00

Today, well... Lets just say that I am just going to make this day a productive one.
YAY :-)

26/09/2010 ranting

2010-09-26T22:59:00.000+08:00

Hye all.
I will try to make today's post as insignificant as possible, just because this is a rant that for some particular reason, I'll be writing about.
So... It was pretty depressing today. I have no idea but i feel that the whole week I have bludgeoned to near-death psychologically. Yeah, I actually feel lethargic.
Anyway, today was awesome. Went to have some dimsum lunch *in which you don't really find people eating dim sum for lunch but for bfast* and nandos for dinner to celebrate papa's birthday. His birthday is on the 22nd of sept. Happy birthday!!!

I figured, I need a hobby. But trying to actually execute one in the midst of the exam and project month is kind of hillarious.
Another personal project is actually trying to save up for a PC. I have been really wanting to try out Starcraft2 properly but have not had the chance to do so. Maybe it will actually be a bit refreshing. So, I am actually content to watch cast replays of the game from my favourite commentator, Husky! XD

A little rant from me, and I actually have to improve myself spiritually and religiously. I just want to chase away the negativity that has been haunting me a little bit too much lately. :-)

Oh, and tomorrow going to help decorate the library auditorium for Tuesday night's charity program. There will be like some art performances from the Chinese society and an invited band. And some other performances. It is for charity's sake however, so do come and support if you have the time :)

Take care all, and have a wonderful time. May Allah be with us.
Peace.

Baca & Hayatilah Al-Quran

2010-09-23T01:35:00.002+08:00

Salam 'alaik..

Wassalam

Pada hari pertama kuliah, selepas hari raya...

2010-09-15T22:26:00.001+08:00

Salam, maka terceritalah satu cereka pada hari tersebut, bersamaan, 14 september 2010.

Bermulalah pagi dengan bangun pagi, dan bersiap sedia ke rumah....UMI!
hehe. pergi berkunjung ke rumah umi (first umah beraya, sebak dada jap).

umi masak mi kari pada hari ini! YAY! sedap2. suka2. hehe. sedap tau.

Tapi yang penting, terpinjamlah buku ihya ulumuddin nih, buku bab 1.

So, selepas berkunjung ke rumah umi, kita berhijrah pula ke UNITEN, dengan harapan ada kuliah pada pukul 12pm, 2pm, dan 4pm.

12pm>> tiada tutorial. tutor tidak bagitau.
2pm>> tiada kuliah. pensyarah dengan semangatnya memberitahu ada kuliah tetapi tidak muncul selepas 20 minit....
4pm>> kuliah pertama selepas cuti raya. dan diajak ke rumah lecturer untuk beraya. :-)

Oleh, itu, ada banyak masa terluang, dan terbaca juga buku yang baru dipinjam.

Mari kita berkongsi sedikit.
Allah, swt berfirman:
"Allah swt tidak mahu menjadikan kamu menanggung sesuatu kesusahan (kepayahan), tetapi ia berkehendak membersihkan (menyucikan) kamu." (al-Ma'idah:6)

Oleh itu, sememangnya kite dituntut bersuci, dan kita tahu bahawa bersuci itu adalah separuh daripada iman.
Ada 4 peringkat dalam thaharah atau bersuci:

1: Membersihkan anggota-anggota zahir daripada hadas, najis-najis atau kotoran serta benda-benda lebihan yang tidak diperlukan.

2: Membersihkan anggota-anggota badan daripada perbuatan dosa.

3: Membersihkan hati daripada akhlak-akhlak yang tercela dan sifat-sifat yang terkutuk.

4: Membersihkan batin daripada sesuatu selain daripada Allah SWT dan ini adalah cara para nabi SAW menyucikan diri, dan juga para Sidiqin.

hehe. semoga bermanfaat. Salam sejahtera. :)

rujukan::ihya ulumuddin imam al-ghazali, cetakan illusion network

Ketenagan Jiwa. . .

2010-08-24T00:57:00.003+08:00

Salam 'alaik

Wassalam.

Pada hari ini

2010-08-16T18:45:00.001+08:00

Salam. Dan dalam segala ketenangan pagi tadi, sempat la bersahur untuk hari ini. :-)

Sempat nak makan simple2 di samping nak wat kerja-kerja yang patut.

Sekejap lagi nak berbuka! nak tengok ada apa kat dalam peti. hehe. Slamat berbuka semua!
Wasalam.

RAMADHAN!

2010-08-15T12:00:00.002+08:00

Salam. Dah sampai jua ramadhan... Dan bermulalah berpuasa.
Ni dah 2 hari tinggal atas sebab-sebab tertentu T.T
Xpe2. Nak teruskan perjuangan melangkah ke depan. Lepas bulan nih, ganti masa puasa 6.

Slamat berpuasa semua! :)

Do and Don't Forum

2010-07-31T13:29:00.001+08:00

Salam. Baru2 ini ada la forum yang berlangsung di uniten. Tajuknya Do and Dont, dan ahli-ahli panel terdiri daripada Ust Aiman dan Dr. Tarlochan.
Pada masa ini, terjadilah pengacara majlis atas sebab-sebab si pengerusi majlis tidak ketahui =.=
Papepun, forum ini merupakan antara forum-forum pertama yang ana sertai seumur hidup. Bukannya apa, cuma slalu ada je program lain yang berlangsung semasa ada forum-forum lain. Skang, dengan perombakan hari-hari sibuk, boleh la sertai lebih banyak program lagi kot.

Tentang forum ini sendiri, amatlah menarik. Walaupun tajuknya, bagi pandangan ana, tentang perkara-perkara yang sentiasa bincangkan dan pertikaikan, forum-forum sebegini merupakan antara platform di mana kita dapat sekali lagi teguran dan nasihat agar tidak lalai. Kan perkara yang slalu kita lakukan akan slalu kita buat silap kan?

Topik-topik yang dibincangkan, antara fokusnya ialah hubungan antara lelaki dan wanita dan juga bagaimana menguruskan kewangan sebagai seorang pelajar. Di sebalik semuanya, kembali kepada kita juga. Untuk muhasabah diri kita balik.

Namun, ada satu topik yang ana agak tertarik, semasa sesi soal jawab. Soalnya, tentang adakah wajar rumah membuang bayi diadakan oleh kerajaan. Utz memberi pendapat, bahawa negara Malaysia merupakan negara majmuk, walaupun secara rasminya, negara Islam. Oleh itu, untuk menangani sesuatu masalah, kerajaan ingin mencari satu jalan penyelesaian yang sesuai untuk semua. Gejala anak-anak semakin berleluasa dan rumah membuang bayi ini bagaikan memberi dorongan kepada mereka untuk lebih terjebak tetapi, tepuk dada tanya iman. Ustz menyarankan golongan Muslim untuk sedar bahawa, perkara ini terjadi juga kerana kelemahan umat zaman sekarang. Terutamanya dari segi sikap tidak kisah, dan hanya pentingkan diri sendiri.

Ini sahaja kot, yang ingin dicoretkan pada kali ini. Terima kasih ye kepada ajk program. Agak berjaya program ini. :) Terus maju jaya.

Wasalam.

Liberation of Women

2010-07-26T00:41:00.000+08:00

Salam, well, today I have some thoughts. Just some thoughts, about the standing of women today in this time and age.

Well, put simply, if we simply just have a simple comparison between the transformation of lifestyles that women had and maybe a few hundred years ago, or maybe in the past few decades, we can observe that women now are much more liberated than the women then. From job opportunities, education, freedom and rights. Even today, people are also starting to understand that women are not really different from men, and that we are, in God's view, the same. There are even cases that is found in religious texts that favours the well being of women. Thus,with the modern world now, people have a better understanding about life.

However, simply put, how much this so called 'liberation' that is called for? Sometimes, it could just make you wonder and think that things have somethings gone a bit too far. And this is no joke. With the liberisation of women, also comes along with it a lot of mis-conceptions that misunderstandings about what freedom truly is. It comes from how the women think now and what we also think about them. A very simple example now is the amount of teen pregnancies that is happening, which is normally followed by abortion. How could such ills become quite rampant in the world now, compared to the yesteryears is truly a mystery. Another example would be a women who somehow neglects family life and chooses to pursue her career. Not to say its wrong, but for women to be able to surpress, in my opinion, their natural motherly and familial feelings signals a truly abrupt change in their thinking.

Women have changed a lot. From the way they speak, dress, present themselves, and think. However, I still feel a little edgy when there are those that feel (men or women) that they somehow can do anything they want as long as it is 'somehow' accepted by the community.

I also wonder what the men feel about women today. When I read about the topic on the Internet, I cannot believe that it is not a joke. I do not need to list examples here.

However, not to say that liberisation is wrong. However, it must still come with a balance. And as everything that is to do with this world, balance is the key. Above all, it should always be in line with religion.

Just my 5 cents for today. My thoughts :D

Senyummmm....

2010-07-22T23:25:00.011+08:00

Salam alaik...

Jika dengan senyuman anda boleh mendapat kebahagian,

mengapa tidak melakukannya sekarang.

Tersenyumlah sekarang supaya anda menjadi orang yang bahagia

Berharaplah akan bahagia, jangan berharap ditimpa bencana!.

Nilai Seniku

2010-07-18T11:45:00.001+08:00

Salam, ni la sajak yang ana persembahkan pada MKI.

Nilainya seni,

Buat segelintir kalian,

Pada pandangan rupa kanvas,

Komposisi kata, gubahan warna,

Lirik menawan, Rupa mengancam,

Penambat hati naluri.

Nilainya seni,

Buat secubis insan-insannya,

Berkisah kemewahan harta pusaka,

Berpentingan populariti yang nyata,

Berpusar pada setia peminat,

Hilangnya nilai diri,

Tergadai maruah seni.

Nilai seniku,

Bukanlah kerasukan harta dan dunia,

Haloba nafsu hati dan mata,

Mahupun perhatian di mata dunia,

Tapi,

Perjuangan pada integriti peribadiku,

Memperkuatkan mempertahankan menyebarkan kibaran agama,

Pembuka pintu keimanan mata hati,

Seni yang memikat jiwa suci.

Malam Kesenian Islam 16/07/2010

2010-07-17T00:13:00.002+08:00

Salam. Dan ni baru2 balik dari Malam Kesenian Islam yang baru diadakan di UNITEN. And from the very bottom of my heart, the night was totally awesome! X terkata sebernanya.

Antara performers, ASTENA, Nasyid UNITEN, Dr. Lim Swee Tin, Akbar Azmi, Halim Yazi, Idat, Algebra, Yasin Sulaiman, dan Nazrey Johani. Oh, ana ada juga mendeklamasikan sajak pendek.

Tapi, InsyaAllah akan dikembangkan skit esok. Tengah pada keadaan penat badan dan minda.

Wasalam dari ana dan selamat malam.

Butterfly..

2010-07-14T00:59:00.002+08:00

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress.

It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Allah's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never "fly"!

I asked for Strength.........
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours.........
And Allah gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!

Demi Masa

2010-07-13T00:39:00.006+08:00

Salam alaik...

"Manfaatkan masa sebaiknya... masa akan terus berlalu dan tidak akan menunggu tiap insan yang lalai dan leka."

Wassalam

kucing oh kucing

2010-07-03T00:46:00.000+08:00

Salam. skang, bertambah warga kekucingan (sekali lagi) di rumah ini. ada la 3 kucing baru. Silalah bertatap di gambar di atas. Sekalian akan nampak dengan sejelas-jelasnya 4 ekor kucing. 1 ekor ibu kucing dengan anak-anaknya. Silalah jangan silap :-)

Pasnih, nak tulis serba skit tentang spagetti carbonara yang dibuat. wuahahaha. agak jadi la.

2 tin sos carbonara (untuk spageti)
2paket serbuk mushroom sup

ni lah base utama sup carbonara tuh. Agak terkejut juga kerana memang sedap. Tapi kene pandai2 la tambah seperti bawang, keju, sosej, dan sebagainya. XD

Kalau nak cuba, silalah. Teramatlah senang nak prepare dan makan.

Wasalam.

Erti CINTA

2010-06-25T20:19:00.010+08:00

Salam alaik...

Kita bebas mentafsirkannya

dan tidak ada siapa yang boleh menafikannya...

berikan tafsiran cinta ANDA!

namun... cinta sejati

cinta terarah yang tunduk kepada PENCIPTA CINTA

wassalam..

SOLAT

2010-06-24T16:08:00.005+08:00

salam Alaik...

Untuk tatapan dan renungan semua pembaca blog....

Semoga segera bertemu.. InsyaAllah

A day with KOREAN dramas.....

2010-06-22T18:25:00.000+08:00

Salam.
So, I would have to say.... KOREAN DRAMAS ARE THE BEZ. =.="
But, really. The dramas actually have some quality to it. You get to see people, normally with relationship crisis (which are blown to incredible proportions), super humorous families. drama, drama, and more drama.
And, normally, you will be served with some catchy soundtrack as well. TOTALLY AWESOME.

OK, dramas aside, and really, DRAMAS, I do feel that dramas have been too streamlined with predictable plots and pointless issues. Actaully, there isn't even an issue. XD Its just a drama that we can all relax with, critisise the 'evil characters' and wait for the next episode to come up. LONG LIVE DRAMAS.

p/s, 'for once i cannot fathom why reality humans actually 'attempt' to dramatise their life as well'

Hidden Words, Persian, 64

2010-06-16T07:09:00.002+08:00

O OPRESSORS ON EARTH!
Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have pledged Myself not to forgive any man's injustice. This is My covenent which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet and sealed with My seal of glody.

LIFE

2010-06-14T21:52:00.000+08:00

Salam. Hehheh. While getting on with life, I've at least decided I want to do 2 things again. DRAW and write more a bit :D a bit of stories, poems, the occasional junk.

MAHER ZAIN

2010-06-05T21:24:00.000+08:00

Salam. Well, I did stumble upon this singer, Maher Zain (the song of course, not the person).
Seriusly, I like his music. We don't get this type of music often anymore.
The songs are nasyeed (Islamic Theme) and I personally love 'Thank You Allah (acoustic version).
"Always be There" also is nice.
His lyrics are nicely composed too. :-D
Give it a try.

Wasalam.

Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010 Showcase

2010-06-02T20:04:00.001+08:00

Salam.
And oh yes... it finally is here... the showcase of the few Malaysian cars that will be competing in the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010 *apart from the Shell car, of course*

A little peek at the cars.

The Shell Car

UTM car

UTP car

UTM car. Notice that this car is also Solar Powered

A semi-finished car. From UITM

The Showcased cars.

Well, we at the UNITEN team still have a long way to go before we're even close to completing our cars. The problem now is the shaping of the body shell. With fibre glass, shaping the body shell is a current pain.

In any case I managed to eat a karipap with CHICKEN inside. WOOHOO! Long time since a karipap had chicken filling. :-P

K all. Don forget to follow the Shell Eco-Marathon. It will be at the Seprang Circuit, if I'm not mistaken, 10-12 July.

Wasalam.

The Palestine-Israel Conflict, an Observer's Viewpoint

2010-06-01T19:38:00.000+08:00

Salam. Recently we heard the 'not so' shocking news that Israeli military forces have seized control of aid relief ships bound for the Gaza strip. The Israeli military forces not only seized the aid that the civilians in Palestine so desperately needed but also has murdered civilians when undertaking their cruel operation.

This has produced 'world-wide' unrest.
Many goverments and leaders have condemned this Israeli Act.
There are protests and more call for more boycotts. (to the point that I saw a 'say f*** to israel' poster)
But,
Is there really anything that is done that the Israeli government would not do this again?

From my stand point of view, I was not so surprised that Israel actually dared to attack the aid convoy. Why would I say that? The simple truth. NOBODY would do anything about it.
When did I reach this conclusion? THE MOMENT Israel forces attacked UN civilian structures *hospitals, schools* in Palestine and nobody stepped up to stop it.

Is there any way to stop this conflict from escalating even more with the murder of more human lives? Non-govenmental organisations have stepped up to create aid and awareness in all parts of the world about this conflict and how we can help. However, this is rather mute now that Israel has even blatantly attacked aid from coming in. Even the UN is not functioning as it has utterly failed to stop this conflict. What would we need?
A coordinated, united group of nations that utterly boycott the government of Israel. This, mainly, concerning the need of government influence and effort. Going to happen?

And a soft nudge at the direction of world-wide protesters. With all the mega-wide anti-Israel programs and posters. Is it really appropriate to put up a poster with the phrase 'say F*** to ISRAEL'? Please ponder on this. I have seen many other acceptable boycott posters, but this? With a boy showing the 'F***' hand-sign? And what makes things worse, is that I saw it on a Muslim page.

I may not be a Muslim, but I know and understand the writings. I cannot compare to ulamas and ustazs and even the simple you but from my simple point of view. This disemmination of world-wide hatred against a country totally contradicts your core main beliefs as well as mine.
It is important for the world to realise what is actually going on in the Israel and Palestine conflict.
It is crucial that there is world-wide effort to stop the conflict.
It is also of utmost importance the way it is done.

Also know that no follow-up and proper collective action means that your slogans, condemnations, posters, speeches, seminars, etc. has little or no value to stop this conflict.

A little bit from me. :-D wuahahaha. We need to step up to stop this ridiculous Israeli-Palestine conflict that has ridiculously overstayed its presence in the dark pages of history books. Lets us all ever ardently pray that Allah will grant His protection and blessings to the victims of this conflict.
Wasalam.

Kepuasan.

2010-05-31T19:17:00.002+08:00

Salam alaik...

Wassalam

umi

Pengetahuan dan Ilmu

2010-05-15T23:02:00.002+08:00

Salam alaik.....

Selamat berhujung minggu....

Education

2010-05-13T20:53:00.000+08:00

Salam. And yes! Today's another day, another day when we again have a 1 word essay! yay :D
Today's topic, a little about education.

Basically, in general, we have 2 forms of education, the material (worldly) education, and the spiritual education. We can easily differentiate the 2 different forms. In its essence, the material would be about money, assets, our family friends among many other things. How about spiritual? Would you have any idea? Spiritual education is very subjective, but it basically encompasses the questions about God, the soul, the afterlife and religion.

In this current state of the world, we can find these two forms of education manifested itself everywhere and it is even more so in Malaysia, where the Islamic Religion is its National Religion. So, lets take Malaysia as our sample example in this little examination. In Malaysia we see 2 forms of emphasis in its eduacation, intelectually and spiritually. This is manifested in its current education syllabus that encompasses all fields of study such as enginnering, business, literature, art, design and also spiritual and moral studies.

Now the question is, is these 2 forms of education really important? Why is it important to incorporate these 2 forms? Why not speciallise ourselves? Let the businessmen handle our economics while our spiritually leaders tuck themseleves away in secluded temples with not a care in the world.

How would we want to attempt this question? The question arises why is it even important to have a balance of material and spiritual knowledge? Lets try and paint a picture of the two extremes.

The material extreme. In this case, lots of money, lots of power and lots of assets seems to be everything. Ok, now lets check this with character, if this somebody is 100% materialistic with no spiritual thread in his/her heart. Being spiritually and morally ignorant, nothing can get in his way to the path of victory. Does not care about the feelings of others and only portrays a certain level etiquette to get by life with people. But that is just a simple picture. In a world of materialism, a certain book from a certain writer did write that what if, family had no more significance in humanity? What if human reproduction becomes a business and people no longer need families? We do know that test-tube babies is real and is a way to help couples with child bearing problems, but what if this way is also used to avoid familial ties, such as a woman wanting to have a child but does not want a husband?

The spiritual extreme. Now this is pretty hard to really imagine, due to the fact that day by day, the world really sees a declining majority in this section. :-D. However, we now think, a fully spiritual person, would not have a care in the world. Everything would be to God's will. Even if the world is at genocide, political conflict, disaster and what not, it is all God's will and we have no power to stop it. He would be the person full of apathy of the world and read out his mantras day and night in some secluded cave.

So what is the balance? Do we need this balance? Do we really need it? It is a question that we must ask ourselves. Is it just enough for us to be earning money in this life? Or is it equally important for us to have a spiritual side to ourselves?

Seorang Ibu..

2010-05-11T01:22:00.003+08:00

Cahaya dan Iman

2010-05-11T00:55:00.005+08:00

Salam...
Bingkisan daripada umi untuk kali ini...

Wassalam...

For Mothers all Around

2010-05-09T00:15:00.000+08:00

umi, mommy, mak,
Nadi hatiku, pintu syurgaku,
Dimanakahku tanpamu?
Menyuluh hatiku, penerang jalanku,
Penenang jiwaku, penyembuh sakitku.

Bagaiamanakah diriku untuk membalas,
Budi yang teramat mencurah-curah,
Tanpa balasan mahupun pujian,
Tidak terkata isi hati,
Bagaimana kerdilnya diri.

Iniginku pohon maaf,
Atas segala salah dan silap,
Berkatilah hidupku, dan terus menjadi suluhan jalanku
Selamat hari ibu!

The ten 'EVIL' doors....

2010-04-29T23:54:00.000+08:00

Salam, setelah sekian lama, tergerak hati nak update skit blog. :P ni adalah serba sedikit yang dibaca baru2 nih. banyak yang perlu dihayati :)

smthing interesting;
ada la baca antara 10 pintu di mana syaitan boleh memasuki hati manusia;

1: tamak dan jahat sangka
2. cintakan hidup dan panjang angan-angan
3. cintakan kerehatan dan nikmat
4. kagum pada diri sendiri
5. pandang rendah terhadap orang lain dan tidak menghormati mereka
6. hasad (dengki)
7. riyak dan suka pujian manusia
8. bakhil
9. takabbur
10. tamak (xtau nape diulangi)

marilah kita sama2 berusaha nak menutupi pintu2 ini. :-) perkara ini bukannya senang dan memerlukan usaha yang amatlah banyak! (ni yang pernah rasa sendiri nih). kekadang, walaupun secara x sedar, ada gak yang menyelinip masuk dalam hati.

wasalam :):)

Ana dah SERIK T.T

2010-04-22T18:12:00.000+08:00

Salam. Hm... kadang-kadang, terfikir gak, nape la diri ni kekadang melakukan sesuatu berulang-ulang kali walaupun perkara tersebut tidak wajar dilakukan. Adeh, banyak berbalik pada diri.
Dah serik banyak kali dah pun, dan kali ini, dengan ketetapan yang akan dikukuhkan bagaikan akar pokok yang teguh dalam tanah, insyaAllah akan terus mara ke hadapan sebagai seorang hamba Allah yang mencintai-Nya dan juga taat kepada-Nya.

wasalam. :P

Majlis Yassin dan Tahlil

2010-04-20T22:55:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Ha... di sini nak bercerita sedikit :D
sabtu lepas, umi ada la wat kenduri. Di samping tu, ada la majlis yassin dan tahlil sekali. Ni la first time join majlis sebegini. Mula-mula ok la kot. Dapat la follow bacaan yassin (tapi xdapat la baca sekali), sampai la bacaan 3 'qul' (3 surah terakhir) al-Quran. Pastuh trus lost T.T Tapi ni first time experience. Lain kali lebih mengetahui apa yang perlu dibuat.

MAkanan, awesome, as usual. :) ahaha. ada ayam goreng berempah, kari kambing, sambal sotong, mixed veggie, karipap, buah tembikai, kuih koci, dan kuih lagi satu yang terlupa namanya (ia berwarna perang disalut dengan kelapa sarut).

ini la serba sedikit aktiviti dis cuti :D:D
wasalam.

The Holidays

2010-04-09T22:02:00.000+08:00

Ah... its been a week since the exams were over. Ah.... I missed the days. So much has happened since then.
Anyway, got a few stuff I wanna do (again) during the holidays. Get some work done, clean up my room, join sife, get some more work done, and get to being a better person.
I made a promise! :P

GUD LUCK!

2010-03-23T18:26:00.004+08:00

Salam,
Lam stat exam ari ni.......... Do the best, let Allah do the rest!

Iklas Daripada

pENGAKHIR pUASA

2010-03-20T00:09:00.000+08:00

Salam,

Dah lama jugak umi tak tulis sesuatu di dada blog Lam ini...

Wah!... pejam, celik, pejam celik dah nak berakhir puasa Lam... esok dah 19 hari berlalu... Dalam pada itu sempat juga beberapa kali Lam berbuka di rumah umi.. Hemmmm... Tidak ada apa yang hendak umi lampirkan di sini... cuma selamat mengakhiri puasa. hehe.... final exam menanti... Gud Luck 4 every thing!

Wassalam. Jumpa lagi di isian selanjutnya

Serikandi

2010-03-17T08:05:00.000+08:00

Di manakah dia serikandi
Si mawar merah yang berduri
Pembawa haruman berseri
Teguh dan lembut di hati.

Berbangkitlah serikandi
Bukannya dirimu untuk hanya menanti
Di sebalik takbir kamar sendiri
Kembangkanlah sayap dan potensi

What is Important?

2010-03-14T23:00:00.000+08:00

And all things in the world,

Of all its riches and plays

It spews its trinkets and toys

Ideologies and fables retold

When war and peace have come and gone

And when the world has settled

With its establishments and societies

Enforcing its laws and ordinances

A system here, a procedure there

When the world is constructed and organised

And now lives crumble

Broken families untold

Crime unsolved, innocents oppressed

Sin soars, conspiracies beware

When freedom is unrestrained

And now what is missing

In the century of the civilised

Of modernisation and globalisation

What has been lost

The key of hearts, solace of souls

What is important that has been taken?

-lam-

14/03/2010

Robovoski Pirates--->>>>>Project Video

2010-03-09T17:46:00.001+08:00

tonton sendiri

Mawar untuk Lam

2010-03-09T00:09:00.010+08:00

Salam,
Suatu ketika dulu Lam pernah kirimkan umi mawar yang pelbagai warna dan bentuk, cantik sekali, umi masih simpan mawar-mawar tersebut dalam labtop umi. Sebagai balasan baru sekarang umi berkesempatan membalas pemberian Lam tersebut. Mawar-mawar ini memanglah tak secantik mawar yang Lam berikan pada umi, kerana mawar-mawar ini umi petik sendiri semasa di pameran Landskape di Tasik Cempaka yang sempat umi singgah semasa hari terakhir pameran iaitu pada 7 Mac 2010 yang lalu. Mohon jaga mawar ini baik-baik tau seperti mana umi jaga mawar-mawar yang Lam beri pada umi.

Mawar berduri indah berseri,

Mari simpan dalam jambangan;

Nilai insan tingginya budi,

Luhur budi sanjungan berzaman.

Melawat Safuan...

2010-03-07T23:28:00.001+08:00

Salam. Dan pada hari ini, sempat la juga untuk melawat seorang sahabat ana ni, Safuan.
Dalam 13 Mac nih, genap setahun dia accident di depan petronas selepas tol UPM.

Teramat sayu dan sebak semasa melawat Safuan. MAsih terbaring di atas katil, semua keperluan dari makan dan bergerak perlu diuruskan oleh keluarganya. Walaupun ada la perkembangan positif skit, ana rasa keadaannya masih teruk lagi. Kali ini, Safuan dapat la buka mata. Mungkin juga dia boleh bercakap tapi tak berapa jelas kerana masih ada lubang pernafasan di lehernya. (kahak masih banyak di bahagian hidung, tu la kena ada ludang pernafasan). Mungkin dalam bulan 6/7 (jun/julai) ni dah boleh tutup lubang tu. Tapi tu juga bergantung pada keadaannya.

Kali ini pergi dengan Chew. Dia yang ajak sebenarnya. Banyak juga la kerungsingan dia dalam hal ini. Ana hanya boleh memberi semangat kepadanya.

Tapi, masih dalam doa ana, agar Safuan dapat sembuh seperti sediakala, insyaAllah. Marilah kita ramai-ramai doakannya.

WAsalam.

I am a human.

2010-03-05T21:20:00.001+08:00

I am a human,
             Blood of Adam, son of eve,
Roaming the land they once lived,
        Many I have seen, many I will not,
But where will I be laid to rot?

Do I remember, or hear my soul's whisper,
          My time is near, my old bones shiver,
The lights shut out, heartbeats stutter,
   I feel myself soar, fly out the shutter.

In a distanced dream, I saw a crusade,
        Of a man alone, enclosed in blockades,
Surrounded he stood tall, with a wave they fall,
        Then he marched to victory, and a pinnacle of glory.

Dear old bones, I am tired with thought,
             Why such a man, many would sought,
I imprint the dreams, and visions so clear,
              And now I know, why I hold Him so dear.

In the Morning of Thought

2010-03-02T08:37:00.000+08:00

Salam, a little small tazkirah today:

"Katakanlah, kebenaran itu datangnya daripada Tuhanmu, barang siapa yang ingin (beriman) biarlah dia beriman dan barang siapa yang ingin (kafir), biarkanlah dia kafir."
(Al-Kahfi:28)

Its a pretty straight forward excerpt from the holy Quran. Here, there are a few questions can be arised, that is:

1. Truth (kebenaran) from Allah. How would Allah show us His eternal truth? When and also why.
2. What is the true meaning of being a believer (orang yang beriman).
3. What is the true meaning of being a disbeliever (orang yang kafir).
4. The meaning of the whole sentence.

I would just go on with a few thoughts about this excerpt. Although I would really love to have a deep discussion about this, it would take some more ground research. However, from what I do understand, truth comes from Allah alone. He shows His truth in many ways, from creation, the spiritual insight of human beings, the balance of nature, the male and the female. Now, even though the truth is out there, ready to be revealed in its entirety and majesty, there will still be 2 groups of people, the believers and disbelievers.

In the spirit of teaching the cause (da'wah), in which we are continuously exhorted to apply in our daily lives, there will be people who will be touched spiritually with what we teach. Others will not. In the stated passage, if the person wants to believe, let him and he wants to disbelieve, let him. For the person has made his decision.

This applies also to a time when we can now research for the truth ourselves. When now we have many countless books, so many sources of information, it takes actually little effort to access these materials. We could also just open our mouth and ask people who are well versed with these subjects to gain an insight about what all this is all about.

Now, the truth comes easily to some, to others it is a lifetime endeavour. (I digress abit here). But one of the most important factors is this: the concept of "Independent investigation of truth". In independence it means that we must free ourselves from all former knowledge that we have known and conduct our search with an open mind. Well, I am not saying that you just blindly accept whatever is thrown towards you, but you do have the capacity to think, to know what is right and what is wrong. Freeing yourself just basically means breaking down the prejudices that stops you from moving forward and growing as a spiritual being.

Well, this is the thought of the day :P/ Take care all.
*this is just my thoughts so... open for discussion*

Wasalam.

Chendol!!!

2010-03-01T22:50:00.000+08:00

Salam. Dan ye! Akhirnya setelah banyak kali berusaha tetapi tertewas, akhirnya, dapatla satu gambar makanan kegemaran ana ni.

CENDOL

ye...dan itu dia! Cendol. Lokasi: SERDANG (berdekatan Balai Polis Serdang opposite SMK sri serdang). Kedainya satu lori putih. hohoho. ok la. yang nih cendol pulut. Gi kedai nih ari nih dengan umi. hehe. sempat lagi nak ajak umi gi jalan-jalan. TQ umi blanja. hehe.

Oh, rindunya pada si matahari. Gambar nih diambil last year. Exactly tu xtau la. Tapi ni la scenery kat uniten masa sunset. Ni kat kawasan apartment cendikiawan. I like dis. hohoho.

Hm, setakat camni je kot dari ana ari nih. Hm... lepas nih kene la dapatkan pengisian yang lebih berunsurkan ilmiah (insyaAllah) :D:D
Take care
Wasalam.

A new WEEK

2010-03-01T08:26:00.000+08:00

Salam. Mini-short post :D
Finally managed to finish the numerical methods yesterday. Thankfully, no bugs in the system. Tho there was a very confusing question about the Simplex method. The units used are really.... well, can you have a unit of time like kg/kg?? sighz. It was actually like week/kg or smthing like that.

So, this new week marks the start of the fasting month for the Baha'is. Due to start tomorrow (2nd March 2010). This is the time to save money!!! :D:D

ok all. Take care and have a blessed week ahead. May Allah always show us the true path.

Wasalam.

The Sky....

2010-02-28T20:38:00.000+08:00

Salam. And here I was, driving home, and I actually saw the sky =.=".

Hm, the pic of the sky and the rays of the sun coming through. theres a lamp post!!! :D:D I juz like the effect. The rays of the sun coming through the clouds. Gives it a nice little effect. :P:P
But... wanted a better angle but I was on the highway!!! So, I juz took the pic of watever that I could get.
sighz. abit tired right now :D wanna finish the numec homework by tonight (hopefully).

wasalam.

Pada hari yang lagi satu ini...

2010-02-27T23:51:00.000+08:00

Salam. Dan pada hari ini... agak hectic rasanya. mula2 ke kenaria, umah kawan2 untuk wat projek yang smpai skang kegagalan wat seketika. pastuh, gi sunway untuk hal2 yang berkaitan maxis, no. ana nih, yang nak tukar postpaid ke prepaid. Entah la kenapa untuk maxis nih, nak wat bende yang simple pun, kene gi sampai sunway. Wat la satu centre dekat2 cini. Senang skit kehidupan customer2nya. :D

Pastuh, ada la gi satu tempat kat petaling jaya tu. Ada la makan2 skit. Tapi malang tidak berbau. Dah xde dah makanan kat situ masa sampai. Papepun, ia tentang satu bende ni la. dipanggil fusion pendant. Ia buatan dari 'lava' gunung berapi di jepun. Pendang ni special skit la, coz dari kajian saintifik, ia dapat menyusun semula struktur air yang berkocak2 kepada yang lebih seragam secara molekul. So, ia dapat membantu dalam kesihatan. Kita pun tahu la kan, badan kita lebih kurang 70% air. So, klu molekul air tu seragam, insyaAllah kesihatan lebih terpelihara.

PASTUH, GI LA SERDANG UNTUK MAKAN CHENDOL BERPULUT!!!!
hehe. suka sangat makan chendol skang. entah nape :D:D

k la, sampai sini sahaja, coretan bersahaja ana nih. enjoy :D:D

wasalam

A dinner with grandma =.="

2010-02-26T21:28:00.000+08:00

hm... went out for dinner (again) with family. well, coz its grandma's bday. Went to some thai restaurant. Food was ok, and through bouts of tea that the waitress was constantly refilling, i am really full. Ate some claypot tauhu, mango thai fried chicken, kailan and fish! Then went home for some cake.

Minda...oh Minda!..

2010-02-26T16:37:00.003+08:00

ingatlah orang dihargai bukan kerana mempunyai minda, tetapi kerana menggunakan mindanya.
Kekayaan mindalah yang membuatkan orang kaya dan berbahagia.
minda wanita selalu terpengaruh oleh hatinya, hati lelaki terpengaruh oleh otaknya... ( hemm.. betul ke?...)

Umi kutip dalam mutiara kata..

I and a Baju Melayu =.="

2010-02-25T23:48:00.001+08:00

Once again, i did it. wheeeeeeeee. emcee once again. sighz... altho did a few bumps here and there, well, we always go through it :P For this event, there were not many attendees but it was a real surprise that there were the clubs that showed up and gave their support! :-)

This is the last night of a series of roadshows that the Student Representative council has been organising. I'm kinda tired right now. So, I'll just post a few pics here. :-)

Well, after the event, we'll always have a time to take pics

the organiser of the event in the middle

hurm... cant find another pic of me with samping. here me with my parter mc and the 2 usherers

Wasalam and have a nice maulidur rasul ahead!

THE LOOP?!

2010-02-25T08:43:00.000+08:00

Good morning to all. Ok... today is gonna be hectic. First, after the first 2 classes that I will be subjugated to, Me and ma frenz are going to start off the project for numec. Sterling engine. After that, I'll be mc'ing an officiating ceremony at the loop. So, its gud luk to the organisers there.

Sighz, still wondering about the text. Just got the tentative yesterday which i accidentally deleted too :D:D lols. ARGH. I'll manage somehow. :P

Take care all. WHEEEEEEEEEEEE.

The Ribena Takeover

2010-02-24T15:26:00.001+08:00

Salam. And for today's food, it'd be a RIBENA!!!

And... its a ribena. AND A RIBENA SUAM! seriously. Who ever drinks a ribena suam =.="

In any case, this is the drink to go. WhY? IT reminds me of the sweet-sweet innocent memories of childhood. hohoho. Its actually a drink that can be sold out daily around 5pm in UNITEN. Well, that may be bcoz of the fact that only 1 stall sells it. So grab the ribena today :D:D:D:D

location: COE food court. Fajar Cafe ( or watever its name is)

Wasalam.

Interesting Today

2010-02-24T08:48:00.000+08:00

Salam. And today's gonna be a full day.
Having lab at 6 in the evening till 9 is really gonna make my day :D woot! must...reserve....energy.... :D:D:D:D
Granted, our labs behind schedule anyway. Too many frieday holidays. :P after this, full blast on sterling engine project, the exercise machine, and social psychology. Then, its the finals to consider. Life's a blast and never boring.

hm... well, maybe not boring but... Im off to thermo2 tutorials. sighz =.=" now the tutorials are.... wat u wanna say... quite challenging! =.=""" (for those who know....)

chowz!
wasalam.

SERI MUKA

2010-02-23T23:36:00.000+08:00

Marilah kita berseri-seri. Hehe. Seri Muka buatan umi :D:D

Seri Muka dalam bekasnya :D:D

MPP ROADSHOW 2010

2010-02-23T23:33:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Dan seperti yang dijanjikan.... JEJENG. Dapat la ana gi Malam Mesra MPP malam nih... Dan... akan memberikan sedikit coverage apa la yang berlaku pada malam yang tersangat aman ni.......

hem...baiklah. secara ringkasnya lah, program pada malam ini agak tidak mendapat sambutan dalam kalangan pelajar. Mungkin beberapa faktor perlu dikenal pasti dalam hal ini. Sudah pastinya si penulis amat terkilan dengan sikap pelajar UNITEN yang sudah tidak mengambil endah dengan hal ehwal masing-masing. Di sini, diperhatikan hanya seorang sahaja yang sudi untuk ke depan untuk menyuarakan pendapat. Pihak MPP pula terpaksa mempelawa dan mempelawa pelajar untuk memberi input.

Di sini, rasanya ana xperlu la banyak komen. Tetapi sebagai observer untuk malam mesra mpp sesi lepas dan sesi ini, agak terkejut dengan perubahan sikap yang mendadak oleh pelajar. Walaupun begitu, ini juga mungkin merupakan satu wake-up call untuk golongan MPP untuk berusaha dengan lebih gigih terutamanya dari segi publisiti.

Pada 25 Feb ini juga, akan ada satu lagi program MPP di The LOOP pada pukul 8malam. Pada masa ini, dengar kata akan ada TNC skali untuk merasmikan pembukaan The LOOP.

Sekian sahaja. Wasalam :-)

Student Representative Council (UNITEN) Roadshow

2010-02-23T16:45:00.000+08:00

Salam...

Baiklah, maka dengan ini, akanlah ana hadiri satu malam mesra MPP (majlis perwakilan pelajar) di UNITEN pada malam ini. Kali ini, agak menarik kerana tidak pasti berapa banyak sambutan untuk MPP untuk sesi kali ini.

Berbanding dengan sesi yang lepas dengan sesi ini, ahli-ahli MPP pada sesi ini tiada pengundian kerana pelajar yang apply untuk menjadi MPP tidak mencukupi kuota. walaupun pada sesi lepas, pelajar yang apply hanyalah satu lebih daripada jumlah kerusi, masih ada pengundian. At least, dapat la jugak sambutan oleh pelajar sesi tersebut. Oleh itu, malam ini merupakan antara penentuan adakah pelajar-pelajar di UNITEN masih mengambil berat terhadap hal ehwal mereka ataupun sekarang sudah menyerah segala-galanya kepada pengurusan semata-mata. Adakah perjuangan dalam kalangan pelajar IPTS ini masih berada di sanubari mereka ataupun kian lama kian malap dan terpadam?

Apakah yang akan didebatkan? soalan hangat manakah akan disajikan? Malam ini, insyaAllah akan ana pergi dan membuat sedikit coverage keadaan.

PICTURES!!!!!!

2010-02-22T23:13:00.000+08:00

Yee Sang =.=" (seriously, I don't really fancy this)

The Fungus With Mushroom Thingy

Mixed Veggie!!!!!!!!!!!

Jejeng! Its a Kitten!!! New kitten in da house

The World Ends With You

2010-02-22T13:07:00.000+08:00

Salam.
Heh, recently, I've been hooked with an NDS game. 'The World Ends With You'. This game has an unusual playstyle, in which you use the stylus to move your characters most of the time. Now, what is it with this game? For one, it was produced by square-enix, one of the top companies for rpg games.

Well, this game has a really indepth and well thought story line. Awesome art, good gameplay, thought provoking. Amazaing concept too. But what I want to touch is one of the messages of this game. Simply put, its in the title. So, what does it means that the world ends with you? Well, I actually went through and got a few screen shots :-)

Well, so what is it about? Practically its like we have tah think out the box. Be creative, experience more, expand what we know. Think that you already have everything that there is to know? Think again! When you stagnate, its like your world has ended and now it only revolves around the few things in your life that you are comfortable with.

For this particular game, however, there is the main character, Neku (the guy with the headphones). He is somwhat of an introvert, not mixing with people and does not trust anybody. In this game, Neku is forced to partner up with people and is forced to recognise that you would be able to achieve more in a team rather than going solo. Neku is also forced to recognise new absurd ideas about life and how the world in the game works. :-P

Well, that's from the little babbling from me :-). I'll get to the CNY pics soon. They're at home in my lil camera. Until then. Take care!!!

wasalam.

and so ends CNY 2010

2010-02-22T11:34:00.000+08:00

Salam and a good afternoon. Its been like, what? Weeks that I actually paid attention to this blog. ~sighz~
And so... here goes. A little bit about the recent CNY that I went through. Practically, it was quite a simple celebration for my family. Went back on the first day of CNY (not on the eve) to avoid the massive jam of pple heading over to penang. However, we were caught anyway in the jam on the way back. ~great~

in any case, though. its all about the food! :P well, CNY this time is all about that as I did not really get to visit any relatives coz everybody was sooooooooo busy.

First day: we went back. stopped by at IPOH for some rest. got a sizzling hot noodles and uber-awesome chendol. YEAH! I actually missed the awesomeness of chendol and this really gave a kick. awesome gula melaka and lots of chendol. ice was properly shaved too.:P the sizzling noodles wasn't much but it did fill up the tummy.

Dinner, well, it was kind of the reunion dinner. Awesome, really, grandma cooked up some curry chicken (thick broth and somewhat with a kapitan'eesh flavour), mixed veggies, some fungus mushroom thingy somebody gave, another vegetable dish with squid and turnips, and steamed chick. oh, forgot to mention yee sang.

2nd day: 2 restaurants in a day!!! LOL! first it was at EDEN for some western food, then it was 'nyonya breeze' for some....well....nyonya food. EDEN was awesome if that chicken was a bit fresher and well....didn't really got to enjoy nyonya coz I was not eating pork anymore :P

3rd day: the compulsary hawker food in penang. Fried kuey teow and apam manis. All right based on KL standards, if not, its just normal fare in penang. But the apam manis was light and quite interesting, actually.

Hm.... not much pics actually, but I'll upload some stuff next update.
Take care all!!!!!

wasalam.

Untuk Semua.............

2010-02-15T09:43:00.002+08:00

Salam Satu Malaysia!

Ada empat jenis manusia:

Orang yang tidak tahu dan tidak tahu yang dia tidak tahu, dia adalah orang yang tolol, jauhi dia.
Orang yang tidak tahu, dan dia tahu dia tidak tahu, dia ialah orang yang bersahaja, ajarilah dia.
Orang yang tahu dan dia mengerti dia tahu, orang itu tidur, bangunkanlah dia.
Orang yang tahu dan dia tidak tahu yang dia tahu, orang itu adalah bijaksana, itulah dia.

Koreksi diri kita, dalam golongan manakah kita!

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU CINA

I have recovered?

2010-02-08T00:19:00.000+08:00

Salam.
And we get a LOL! (laughing out loud).
Finally managed to get my feet back up, for whatever reason, the emotional distress within the brain ha made things a little tough as of late. BUT WHATEVER. What passed is passes. NOW i'm gonna move forward with more stuff to do, as always. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. :):)

Hm...recently I just got myself into MTG (magic the gathering), again, after, what? 7-8 years? Been such a long time playing any TCG (trading card games), with the last one, Yu-Gi-Oh, which I only partially enjoyed. MTG has a higher class of strategy and tactics compared to YGO. Ahaha. Warning, though, MTG, or any card games for that matter, sap your money like water unless you know what you are doing. :)

So...recovering from the total wreck of last week, I'm up and running again. YES! :D

and everybody, take care. WHEEEEEEEEEEEE

Berlalunya Masa....

2010-01-31T23:05:00.000+08:00

Salam... sudah lama sangat x update blog... dalam satu jangka MASA yang panjang, banyak perkara yang telah berlaku dalam hidup ana.
Ada yang positif, ada yang negatif, ada yang neutral? Pabila terkenang kembali, terasa nak mengejar2 masa. Terasa diri terlalu membuang masa dengan perkara yang tidak berfaedah. Apakah ini? Kite biarkan masa menitik, dan ia tetap menitik. Jantung kite berdegup, nafas kite diambil, tahukah sumernya bilangannya di dunia ini semakin berkurang...

Terasa kesal. Teramat kesal. Dimanakah diri ini? Masa yang pergi xakan kembali disia-siakan.

Perlulakan azam baru. Azam yang kuat. Azam yang konsisten. Di samping doa dan amal. Mahu mulakan kehidupan yang baru. Kehidupan yang menuju akhirat. InsyaAllah.

-luahan hati- :):)

TIP MEMBERI PANDANGAN

2010-01-30T11:48:00.003+08:00

Salam, anakanda Lam yang disayangi..

Terima kasih kerana mengizinkan umi menulis sesuatu di laman blog Lam ini.. puas umi memikirkan apakah yang hendak umi utarakan sebagai bahan perbincangan. Tetiba umi teringat satu perkara. Semalam semasa Lam berkunjung ke rumah umi, rutinnya sambil menunggu umi memasak, Lam akan berceloteh entah apa-ape.. kekadang umipun tak berapa dengar... nak consentrate apa yang dimasak!... hehe... umi dengar la!..

Tetiba Lam mengutarakn satu isu yang umi kira sangat tak sedap didengar. Isu tersebut tentang perangai anak-anak muda terutama wanita, hendak meraikan hari Velentine.Cara mereka meraikan hari tersebut sangat tidak menyenangkan Lam.. umipun! Lam berhasrat ingan mengulas isu itu di blog Lam...

Eeeeee....... please la lam jangan!.... umi malu nak baca... umipun tak tahu kenapa umi tak rasional ketika itu. So di sini umi cuba cari sesuatu untuk panduan lam dan umi juga bagaimana sebaiknya nak memberi pandangan. Harap bahan boleh dijadikan panduan... umipun redha je.. kalau lam masih nak sentuh isu yang Lam perkatakan pada umi tu tapi..... pandai-pandailah menyusun kata jangan sampai menyinggung perasaan mana-mana pihak.

Semoga tip-tip ini berguna untuk Lam dan semua. Selamat membaca.

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Hakikat kejadian manusia mempunyai akal. Akallah yang membezakan antara manusia dan haiwan. Terdapat juga definisi lain pada manusia iaitu, haiwan anna-thik, haiwan yang mampu berkata-kata. Kita begitu unik dan istimewa dengan kelebihan akal kita, namun akal bukanlah satu-satunya unik yang benda yang kita perlu hargai dalam menentukan arah tuju hidup kita.

Dalam proses membuat pilihan, biasanya kita akan dibantu oleh tiga jenis penasihat. Akal, nafsu dan hati. Kepada penasihat manakah kita perlu cenderung mendengarnya? Contoh paling mudah, budaya menghisap rokok. Akal kesihatan memberitahu bahawa rokok itu membahayakan tubuh badan kita. Akal agama mengatakan bahawa ia pernah mendengar merokok itu haram. Akal ekonomi menasihatkan rokok sekarang makin mahal. Nafsu bergaya berkata, merokoklah, kerana merokok itu ada kelas yang tersendiri. Nafsu ekonomi pula berbisik, merokoklah, untuk memaksimumkan kepuasan diri.

Jika hanya bergantung kepada dua penasihat ini, maka ranaplah kita. Akhirnya, setelah ditimbangi oleh hati, hatilah yang membuat keputusan. Keputusan hati itu pula bergantung dengan sebanyak mana titik-titik hitam yang ternoda di tubuhnya. Jika elok hatinya, eloklah keputusannya, jika rosak hatinya rosaklah jua keputusan yang diterima. Begitulah, walaupun akal itu hebat, tapi akal hanya membuat kita TAHU. Jika kita mengekang nafsu, maka lahirlah MAMPU. Kita hanya mampu mengekang nafsu sekiranya hati kita berupaya melahirkan MAHU. Maka, jika diperhatikan dengan teliti, rupa-rupanya akal ini tidak mampu membuat semua perkara.

Persamaan antara Bush dan ahmadineejad ialah mereka berdua mempunyai akal yang tinggi. Perbezaannya, hati yang baik atau sebaliknya. Kadang-kadang, dalam dunia blog ini, kita dapati ramai manusia yang mencetuskan pelbagai luahan idea. Ada yang bersifat menulis diari, ada yang meletakkkatan kata-kata puitis, ada yang menulis tazkirah dan ada pula yang menulis sebagai wadah luahan emosi. Kepelbagaian itulah yang membuatkan kita terus hidup. Dan semua yang menulis pula, mempunyai akal yang hebat-hebat belaka.

Namun, seperti penerangan di atas, akal bukanlah segala-galanya. Sebagai umat Islam, kita perlu merujuk kepada Al-Quran dan Sunnah. Kadang-kadang kita menggunakan lesen pendapat untuk menyuarakan apa yang kita rasa benar. Kalau dalam hal keduniaan bolehlah, tapi jangan pula sehingga yang melibatkan isu-isu agama. Ingin jadi golongan muktazilahkah kita? Jangan terlampau ikutkan nafsu marah ketika menulis dan jangan dilayan sangat emosi ketika menulis, bukankah hilang separuh dari akal ketika marah?

Kita kurang berpuas hati dengan apa yang berlaku di sekeliling kita. Lalu, kita menulis di dalam blog atau kita bincangkan di forum. Isu itu pula berkaitan dengan keagamaan. Namun, pada kebiasaanya kita lebih mengutamakan emosi dan pandangan berbanding hujah-hujah dan dalil naqli. Kenapa kita selalu mendahulukan hujah-hujah akliah (logik) berbanding hujah-hujah naqliah (dari quran dan hadis). Kadang-kadang, walaupun kita kita kurang arif dalam sesuatu perkara, lalu kita ingin menegur. Akal mengatakan, perkara itu kurang betul. Hati kita yang tercalit titik-titik hitam pula meragui niat hati orang lain. Lantas apa yang berlaku, perbincangan kosong yang berdasarkan pandangan semata-mata. Bukannya salah untuk menulis dengan penuh logik dan beremosi, tapi tetap jadikan quran dan hadis sebagai prioriti.

Kita bertanggungjawab terhadap apa yang kita tulis. Menggunakan logik akal semata-mata dan mengaitkan ayat al-quran yang tidak berkaitan dengan isu bukanlah etika seorang penulis muslim/muslimah yang sebenar. Jangan jadikan ayat ‘saya hanya berpandangan’ sebagai lesen untuk menulis. Memberi pandangan tidak salah, tapi biarlah berlandaskan quran dan sunnah. Memberi pandangan juga tidak salah, tapi jangan marah jika pandangan kita itu salah. Kita selalu marahkan puak liberalisme jika mereka berfikir sesuatu menurut akal mereka, tapi kalau beginilah keadaannya, maka apa kurangnya kita?

Contoh mudah dalam memberi pandangan:

Saya rasa kita perlu kuatkan industri rokok ini, kerana cukai yang kita kutip darinya amat tinggi.
Saya berpendapat, wajar untuk kita terlibat dalam aktiviti (tidak perlu dinyatakan) tersebut.
Aku rasa kita bolehlah tangkap gambar laki dan perempuan, ala, sekali sekala. Walaupun aku rasa apa yang aku lakukan itu salah, namun hati aku mengatakan ia tindakan yang wajar.
Tak perlulah solat zohor jamaah kat surau, nanti siapa nak kejut room mate aku? Baik aku solat kat bilik.
Jumpa abang angkat pun salah ke? Alahai, abang angkat je. Nak rapatkan ukhuwwah.

Cuba

bayangkan, suatu hari, seorang hakim berkata, saya berpendapat, pencuri ini walaupun ternyata bersalah, tapi ia tidak boleh dihukum. Kerana dia terpaksa menanggung orang tuanya yang dhaif dan anak-anaknya yang ramai. Tergamamkah kita? Bukankah pendapatnya amat logik? Disebabkan terlampau menggunakan akal, hukum yang telah Allah nyatakan dalam Al-Quran sudah tidak menjadi relevan, pada pandangan mereka. Naúzubillah min zalik.

Bukankah Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. pernah bersabda, Aku tinggalkan kepada kamu dua perkara, kamu tidak akan sesat jika kami berpegang teguh kepadanya, kitab allah dan sunnah rasulnya. Allah taala juga telah berfirman, Jika kamu tidak mencapai kata sepakat dalam sesuatu perkara, maka kembalilah kepada Allah dan rasulnya, jika kamu benar-benar beriman terhadap allah dan hari akhirat.

Acapkali, kita terasa diri kita hebat setelah membari pandangan. Lalu bila ada pandangan lain yang bercanggah, kita membantah, meskipun pandangan itu berpandukan Quran dan Sunnah. Lalu, tanpa mengakui kesalahan diri, kita menggunakan ayat, Saya hanya berpandangan. Itu pandangan aku. Tidak salah untuk memberi pendapat, tapi biarlah pendapat itu berasaskan quran dan sunnah, bukan berdasarkan akal semata-mata. Janganlah pula kita menimbulkan sikap kurang rasa bersalah, menyedapkan hati sendiri dengan menggunakan akal.

Dahulukan apa yang perlu dahulukan, kemudiankan apa yang perlu dikemudiankan. Kita punya akal, lalu kita memberi pandangan. Kita punya hati, lalu kita menulis mengikut hati. Kita punya agama, tapi kenapa kita tak mahu mengikut agama?

Wassalam, Moga bermanfaat.
.... umi.....

Karate Shito-Ryu interdojo Championship 2009

2009-12-08T18:56:00.000+08:00

And so we have it.... the karate championships! :D
on the 6th December 2009, the UNITEN contigent went with hopes of medals! AND WE GOT DEM!

2 Gold (1 kata, 1 kumite)
1 Silver (Kumite)
4 Bronze (1 Kata, 3 kumite)

Well, i did not get any medals dat day. sob2. but the experience was totally awesome!!! im gonna train real hard to get better and better! WUahahahahaa.

will add more later. wuahaha. kinda bz at home :D:D

NEW SEMESTER NEW POSSIBILITIES

2009-11-30T21:28:00.000+08:00

salam.
and so the new semester officially starts. This is going to be one nasty semester. 4 hard core subjects (or so our seniors say...)
numerical method
theory of machines
mechanics of fluids
thermodynamics 2

other subjects,
2 labs
and one more IKAL subject. still pondering on wat to take.

nevertheless.... this is going to be one great sem. with a lot of activities planned ( YES. i actually plan to do activities on semester 4)
so....good lucks everybody. Mal God's blessings always be with us.
wasalam.

Posto Posto

2009-11-26T13:27:00.000+08:00

serba sedikit la.... golongan ex-SMKSI. masa kat aktiviti alumni baru2 nih.

THe Chocolate Cake

2009-11-19T19:31:00.001+08:00

Peace! :D
NO, its not another random topic that I feel to write about. Rather, its a chocolate cake. :D
I actually took myself to bake a chocolate cake 2 days ago. Why the late update, well...its coz i'm a little lazy these days :D If I remember...the chocolate cake had something like this:

Self-raising flour
Cocoa powder
Castor Sugar
Eggs
Butter
Water
Coffee powder

Well, thats about the ingredients. I actually forgot the amounts. I'll get to it in a few hours :D In any case, it actually turned out all right, except it was a little dry. I guess not enough water. I actually overdosed the eggs and butter, with an extra egg and an extra 80gm of butter. Sighz~~~ I'll have to do better next time. GANBATE!

Happiness

2009-11-16T11:35:00.001+08:00

Salam and a good morning to all~~~ Referring to the topic above, its our random topic for the day! YAY! Once again, due to the lack of ideas, going through past SPM papers is an exhilirating experience trying to find some ideas to write. =.=" Most of the time we get these stuff, 1 word on the question paper and we're supposed to write something. That's just great. Just great....

Happiness

Happiness, derived from the root word happy, comes with one very subjective definition, "a state of well-being characterised by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy". This, is still a very vague definition and still gives us the confusion of what really is contentment or even joy? How then would you explain these assumed simpler words that gives the word happiness meaning? However, there is always Internet surfing and the results came out that this is a very elaborate subject, ranging from various definitions to differrent online groups discussing the topic in great detail. In wikipedia, the definition gets even better "Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources."

The question comes. however, what is it that makes a person happy? Or in definition, a feeling of contentment and joy? Would it be financial security? Academic excellence? Doing what you have always dreamed of? Really, these are really positive motivations if a person would want to be happy. Even I would want financial security, academic excellence and everything that would make my life a blissful joy. Defining the word happiness to these narrowed concepts of materialism, however would be very wrong. How then, can we explain the unhappiness of many a human that has achieved every aspect stated above but come to regard himself as unhappy? How then can we explain the many suicides of successful people over the years? Clearly, there is something missing in that happiness.

Furthermore, a darker aspect of happiness, there are people in this world that are driven by a twisted view of happiness. The screams of torture, the feeling of physical pain, the satisfaction of destroying another's life, murder, terrorism, are also motivations of certain people achieving their state of happiness. Even in a recent movie of "Batman, The Dark Knight", we are served with the character of 'The Joker' whose motivation in life is to make people suffer, physically and mentally. Is it absurd that we take a comic figure and put it into reality? But consider this, whese psychos really do exist in real life, thus the many prison cells and there are even prisons for the mentally disrupted. It is the question now, how do we view happiness and how do we achieve it, when happiness is no longer constrained to a single path and definition?

With your own sanity at stake, how would you now achieve happiness. However, complicating this feeling would just plunge oneself into the uttermost confusion. So, how about making happiness simple? Let it just be that you would be happy with the simple pleasures in life. That kind of happiness would be fulfilling to most, but how abour you would want to generate your happiness because of a bigger reason and purpose. This is where spirituality and your religious insight comes in.

Religiously speaking, there are a certain set of guide-lines to be happy in this world. Strangely enough, if followed diligently, it would also generate a certain value of happiness which many cannot describe. So, to be happy, you can also look out for those religious zealots out there. Getting to the meaning, though is that deferring yourself to a power beyond you, and doing a set of spiritual rites and conducting good deeds is the way to go for them. It is the fulfillment of a purpose in life that many could not grasp in their short earthly life.

Putting aside the crap, the final question would be how you would want to define happiness? And your pursuit of this heavenly gift.

References:
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=happiness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness

The Day I Regretted MOST

2009-11-13T00:43:00.000+08:00

Actually, this is one of the topics of a school SPM (TRIAL) english paper. in continuoous writing. So, be warned. WhatEVER that is written here is ~~PURELY~~ fiction.

The Day I Regretted Most

Where to begin, this tale that still wonders my mind. Who could ever imagine, that a day would actually go so bad that you would actually regret it. And even to the end of your life? A day of such intense memory that you would want to renounce it from that little spiralling brain?

Life, as it is, brings many emotions, everyday. Everyday brings itself new challenges, new feelings, new thoughts and substantial change. But, that I would actually regret a day, a day that I have lived is a mystery. I am not the type to dwell much on the past much less have an attachment to it. Why do I regret it, you ask? It came to me, as sudden and swift as the samurai's slash, that came with only one purpose, to strike me down and that I can never get back up. The point after where there was no return. No words can particularly describe its despair, nor its genuine merciless nature. It all begins, with, a ringing tone.

I reached out for the phone, now, where is it? With half-lidded eyes I grabbed my phone beside my bed, almost dropping it down in the process and flipped it. This had better be good. Its 6am in the morning. Well, I know that its waking time, but i beg to differ. Its a Saturday!

"Er...hello? Butter?"

I sat up, straight. Its a girl's voice, or some freak doing a really good impersonation of it.

"Yup, who's there?" I actually forgot to check who called before i flipped my phone.

"Good morning! Its Cherry."
Cherry, one of my university-mates. In truth, the last time I saw her was when I graduated. Tough girl. Steely resolve and all. In fact, I was actually infatuated with her. But, I do not get confused with infatuation and love so the feelings for her passed by real quick, truth be told.

"Cherry, oh, you. Its been what, months? How're you doing?"

"Fine, by the way, you free 9am? Lets meet at Chicken's. Be there"

*Click* Beep...beep.

I was stunned. A while. Now what was that about? She did not even wait for an answer. Why does she always do this to me? Whatever, this is a dream, I guess. Now, time for some more sleep.

A yawn and a stretch. My normal signals of wakefulness. I check the time. Its 8.30pm! This is real bad. My phone beeped. An "SMS" came through.

"Dont be late. 9am. Chickens!
-Cherry-"

It was not a dream! I am going to get myself skewered! I rushed out of bed and jumped into the bathroom. Took a quick shower and not forgetting my trusty manly perfume, every man's best friend during times of uncleanliness, I rushed out of the house. Car keys in my hand, I started the engine of my trusty Proton Saga and speeded to Chicken's, some new cafe that serves organically grown chicken. Everything is organic there, or so I have heard and it tastes better too. Now I wonder why Cherry would want to meet me. A mystery to be answered later.

"You're late"
Cherry stared me down, with those piercing brown eyes. I could not but still admire her as I took to my chair. She was simply dressed. A long sleeved white collared shirt with small vertical stripes, loosely ironed to give that rougish feel and a flashy long red skirt to the heels.

Before I could say anthing, a waiter came up to us and served us 2 plates of baked chicken sandwiches and 2 cups of iced cappucinno.

"Well, not late enough for the food to get cold."
"Hey, at least have the prudence to wait until I came to order food!" I locked gazes with her. Today is my holiday and I'll have to spend it with some girl trying to irritate me.
Cherry simply broke the gaze and started eating her breakfast. "This is what you would have ordered anyway, right?"

I glanced at my food, well, she's right and with a sigh, I took a sip from my cappucinno and started eating with gusto. I realised I was hungry.

After a while, we started to catch up on one another's lives accompanied by coffee and some food. I can say that Cherry has not changed one bit. Still with that air of authority around her, her uncanny ability to aggravate your emotions, she is one tough girl with a little bit of sweetness that she leaks out from time to time.

"I want to marry you."

Stunned silence. I slowly put down my cup of cappucinno that I suddenly felt no more urge to sip. I glanced at her. Was this her way of confession? But I thought that guy's were the ones that were supposed to confess and make the first move and stuff like that.

"What?"
I croaked.

Cherry smiled at me and gracefully stood up.
"It is decided then. Tomorrow, we pay your parents and my parents a visit."
She then simply walked to her car, and drove off. I was still reeling from the shock when an SMS came through to my phone.

"Breakfast is on you"

I swore! Now I have to pay!

After that fateful day, my life was a full roller coaster. Somehow I get the feeling that everything has been planned out without me knowing. The next day, I saw my parent's sneering satisfaction at my utter discomfort of bringing Cherry to meet them. I was never the one to get a companion for life and was never intending to get one. I simply sneered back at them. Eventually, we got married, followed all the religious procedures in proper order and lived together. But through it all, I did not even get to raise my voice or opinion.

After that day, my whole life was transformed to something which I do not even want to describe. Living with a wife is utterly full of responsibilities and with her 6 months pregnant, my responsibilities just doubled! With her frequent flying playful tantrums and commandments, my life is on the edge of sanity. Why do I regret that day? It was because it brought my old comfortable life to utter ruin, embarassment to the extreme and one of the points in life when I felt utterly helpless against the current that swept me away. But through it all, I have to admit that I am actually happy that I lived through the day I regretted most.'

*note: actually i am bored and do not know what to write about. Guess this is a warm-up :D*

Holiday Projects

2009-11-12T21:34:00.000+08:00

Booyah!
So now enters the holiday season. Actually, it entered almost a week ago, but the reality of this stiffling sensation takes time to sink in. ARRGH! What to do with the time! What to do! Apart from over-slumber and doing something mini-useful, this is going to be another dumb holiday.

Well, if i'd ever get a good pic, i'd never get it :P. So, this project is actually not really new. It just needs PRACTICE! Im currently trying out CANON IN D *pachebel* and its coming out a bit..... slow. Its actually for 4 players, 3 guitars and a bass. Well, i'll be guitar 2, Raziq guitar 1, and Afiq guitar 3. Skip the bass, we dont really need it. Well, i dunno, but we're actually planning for a video when the sem starts =.=".

Well thats ~~PROJECT 1~~. But, but, we need more projects!

I am actually ~~CLUELESS~~ about what i am actually supposed to do this holidays but lets start with a little bit of spirit refresh. YES! I wish I had that kind of refresh button. I am going to styudy some religious stuff. Whatever that suits my little troubled mind. A quran recitation here, a prayer there, some meditation... :D

And I actually want to start writing again! IT FUN! REALLY! Except its not called writing anymore. Coz its now all about tech! TYPING!

So, have a happy holidays to my many2 friends. And to those taking exams, have a very good luck and do your best! SPM also there for FORM 5. *My sis SPM next week. Stressed out =.=*

Wasalam.

Go go EXAMS

2009-10-26T21:14:00.001+08:00

Slamat menghadapi exams :P Semoga berjaya semua~~.

Let Me Show You

2009-10-18T00:22:00.000+08:00

While you rest,

Upon your couch of heedlessness,

Content with the scheming of your country,

Fishing for influence and power,

Plumetting yourself in bribery and shame,

Priding yourself on status and titles,

Let me show you,

How oppressed the poor of your nation are,

How divided your nation really is,

How the multitudes suffer at the lack of spirituality.

While you live in the lights of glamour,

You live in those places full of fame,

Of supposed glory and majesty,

Where you are adored by your countless fans,

A world of naiveness that you never escaped,

Let me show you,

At a dark and gloomy place,

Where they shiver and fear,

To face a people prejudiced against them,

Ready to start cruel massacre,

Just for their colour, faith and creed.

While you sit around in your pretty mosques and churches,

Of your elaborate temples and deities,

You throng to those places of worship,

A portrayment of your faith, nothing more,

But behind yourself, what are you really are?

Let me show you,

How the real people of your faith,

Plough the land in the blood of sacrifice,

Truly showing the beauty of their faith,

Without those hate and cruel suicides,

With full trust in their Lord,

Enduring all the shame and pain,

Achieving the station of martyrdom.

Let me show you,

How a world that is so tainted now,

Where people hate one another,

They are content to follow the crowd,

And revel themselves in sin and gore,

Would you provide a solution,

Strive for the world or yourselves,

Would you show a better world.

The 3 anak Kucing

2009-10-17T21:11:00.002+08:00

Salam.

Cayalah. Skang, bertambahla warga kekucingan di rumah ana. So, sekarang, secara statistiknya...

2 kucing ala2 teenager

1 ibu kucing

3 kittens

Skang, nak concentrate 3 kittens yang baru tuh. Yang lain xyah. Dah kira warga tua kat umah ni. :P Ni cerita mereka hampir ke "alam lain" akibat tertinggal di bilik.....ANA! Entah camane, pada suatu hari tuh, si ibu kucing dapat 'smuggle' anak2nya masuk bilik ana. Sempat lagi nak cari tempat yang tersorok! Pastu, mommy ana, klu terjumpa ibu kucing, mesti la nak halau keluar, coz xnak jadi kebiasaan kucing masuk umah.

Tetapi, anak2nya tertinggal coz x sedar mereka kat bilik ana. So, baliklah ana dari uniten. Pastu, tido la. TAPI, x sedar si anak2 kucing kat dalam bilik. Punyalah baik, xwat pape bunyi pun. Esoknya, baru sedar masa time tengah gosok baju, terdengar bunyi kittens nangis. JEJENG! terjumpa la kittens tu. Adeh, pening2. Trus la cari kotak, letak kat perkarangan belakang umah. Si ibu lak, terpinga2 datang masa nampak anak2nya. Papepun, nasib baik kittens tu comel. :D hehe.

Open Rumah

2009-10-11T21:27:00.002+08:00

Salam. Hurm... setelah sekian lama xupdate.... nak buka balik dengan sisipan ceritaku di umah terbuka ummi. hehe. And, ni la testing ground pertama camera S220 nikon. Erm...ada la yang gagal, ada yang berjaya.

Menu utama:
Spageti kuah ayam bertomato
Lemang
Rendang
Nasi bergoreng.

dis time, berlapik baju melayu kehijauan. :D

Tuan rumah bersama2 rakan2 sebilik (umi paling kiri)

Mak dan anak2 yang kiut2. (perhatian, oredi taken)

CAMERA

2009-10-10T00:09:00.000+08:00

Yeah, juz bought dis lil camera. WHEEEE. hehe.
A Nikon coolpix S220. 10 MegaPix, 3X zoom. agak bez la :D
right now charging the battery, so no pics yet. sighz.

But now my tabung kering la :D

Dalam usaha menghafal Ayat...

2009-09-12T13:31:00.002+08:00

Salam. Setakat nih, banyak la yang perlu dibuat... coz nak hafal ayat2 yang perlu.

So far, strategi yang dipergunakan ialah menulis dalam bahasa arab atas kertas dahulu, then tulis sekali penterjemahan. Tgh berjinak2 nak hafal ayat. Rasanya susah skit coz x betul2 tahu makna perkataan dalam arab. Bagi ana, nak menghafal, klu tahu maksud, lagi laju. So, tgh try nak tgk mana2 taktik yang boleh.

Istiqamahku! :D

Something Cool

2009-09-09T07:15:00.002+08:00

Salam.
Go to youtube and search for kabukibear.
He's a great guitar player. And who said guitars are only for rock music? hehheh.
I personally like 'radical dreamers' played by him. :D

Surah Al-Kahf: 107-110

2009-09-08T21:37:00.002+08:00

107: "Verily those who believe (In the Oneness of Allah) and do righteous deeds, shall have the Gardens of Al-Firdadus (Paradis) for their entertainment

108: Wherein they shall dwell (forever). No desire will they have for removal therefrom.

109: Say (O Muhammad s.a.w.): If the sea were ink for (writing) the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted before the Words of my Lord would be finished, even if We brought (another sea) like it for its aid.

110: Say (O Muhammad s.a.w.): I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me that your llah (God) is one llah (God). so whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work Righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord.

Surah Al-Kahf: 107-110.

My new memorisation project. :D