not an epic

there's hope

2012-02-02T18:32:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

" One morning, I went to my clinic as usual.it was 8.00 am in the morning.my clinic starts at 8.30am.as I arrived, there was an elderly couple already waiting for their turn to be seen by me.

and so I asked, "how can i help you"?

of which the husband replied, "i want to stop drinking alcohol.could you help me?"

the thing is that they havent book for an appointment yet.but then a patient who is supposed to come in at 9.00am cancelled his appointment and so i got to attend the couple.

apparently, the husband has been drinking for 52 years.the reason that he wanted to stop drinking now is that his wife thinks she is too old already to cope with his alcohol problem and decided to leave him if he does not stop drinking.

and so i tried to book him a bed in the medical ward for an alcohol withdrawal treatment.but the medical ward was full.it was Monday.there's never a free bed on a Monday.

thus, i called a friend of mine in the ED (emergency department) to get this 70 year old bloke an ultra short stay there.at least until a bed is available in the medical ward.

that 70 year old man ended up in the ED for 5 days.the maximum length of stay anyone can get,even in the medical ward, for an alcohol detox program.

and that old man has been sober since then.

this story took place 10 years ago. "

The true story was told by one of the doctor to us this morning.a man with a 52 years history of chronic alcohol intake.of which statistic would show that it is almost impossible to get him stop drinking.at least without any unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.

but it took only 5 days to make him sober and stay sober for 10 years afterward.

so the lessons here: never lose hope on anyone.or anything.and we can always make changes if we are really determined for it.

Ikhlas - Lesson 2

2012-01-11T12:10:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

Lesson 2

A well known ustaz was giving a talk about ikhlas.and this is what he said:

"Allah only give Ikhlas to those whom He really love.

If Allah give you wealth and fortune, it doesnt mean that it's because Allah loves you.Allah gave wealth to prophet Sulaiman.Allah also gave wealth to Qarun.

and if Allah gives you power or high position in society it still doesnt mean that Allah loves you.because Allah also gives such power to the Firaun.

But, Ikhlas, only those whom He truly love can obtain such quality.

Therefore, let us pray so that we all will become among those whom Allah loves."

wallahualam

...end of lesson 2...

Ikhlas - Lesson 1

2012-01-11T11:55:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His Messenger.

The last few weeks alone, I have learnt a lot about Ikhlas.Many people,great people i mean, have provided me with many lessons about that much sought-after quality.

Lesson 1:

The sheikh who was giving the talk that I attended once asked the Imam of Masjidil Nabawi :

"How could you,stand at the exact spot where Muhammad S.A.W. once stood?how could you give speeches on the exact mimbar where Rasulullah S.A.W. had reveal the word of the Quran to the sahabah? How could you do all this with such sincerity and avoid yourself from having a sense of takabbur or greatness?how do you get such ikhlas?"

of which the imam responded :

"The Ikhlas come from Allah...you must first have desire for Alah and do all you can to get to Him.and while you do that,constantly ask for Ikhlas from Him"

wallahualam

...end of lesson 1...

this is who i am!

2011-12-21T08:56:00.006+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah. and peace be upon His Messenger.

"This is who i really am.why should i change?It's better to be myself than to become a hypocrite."

Sounds familiar huh?

I've heard that sentence countless of times before.

It is usually a statement used when someone else try to advise them into becoming a better person.

But then again, when you said "this is who i really am" as an excuse for not accepting others' advices, who do you actually think you really are?do you think you were born with that undesirable attitudes?that you are destined to become a bad person?

of course not.

you're just putting such a low standard on yourself.accepting that you just cant be better than that.that god created you with undesirable attitudes somehow got embedded in your genetic.

just think about it for a second.you can put such a high standard on everything else in your life.you want a handsome/beautiful partner.you want a big house.you dream of owning a super expensive supercar.you yearn for a respectable status in society.you work yourself to death to get that 6 figure salary.

and yet you are telling the world that you're just gonna accept that 'you' who currently have that undesirable attitude towards Allah and others.

i remember seeing a friend of mine's facebook status.seems more like a doa actually.which sounds pretty much like this:

"God, give me the strength to accept the things that I can't change,the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference"

I am sure many of us can relate to that facebook status.i know i can.

subhanallahi wabihamdihi subhanallahil 'azim
(Glory be to Allah and His is the praise, (and) Allah, the Greatest is free from imperfection

by the way, i did not direct this post to anyone and am certainly does not intend to offend anyone.just a reminder to myself and anyone who found this to be useful.cheers.

bloody ego

2011-11-01T18:41:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum

all praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

"Saya mahu membawa perubahan!"

"hek eleh.bajet hebat la tu.ko ingat benda-benda ni semudah tu ke.ko apa tau.budak mentah lagi.jangan nak buat pala tau sangat la."

typical.

seringkali ego orang-orang yang hendak dibawakan perubahan itu yang dipersalahkan.yang mereka sukar mahu menerima perubahan.tak mahu dengar kata2 sang hero yang membawa a change for the betterment.

tapi bagaimana pula dengan agents of change itu sendiri?sesetengah daripada mereka juga ada ego mereka sendiri.kononnya perubahan yang mereka nak bawa itu lah yang terbaik.dan orang lain semuanya bodoh belaka kerana tak mampu membawa, malah terpikir pun akan perubahan itu;mereka menyampaikan idea mereka itu in a very condescending tone.

maka agak tidak adil jika hanya pihak yang hendak diubahkan itu sahaja yang diburuk-burukkan dengan sikap ego mereka itu.

masakan orang yang ego mahu menerima kata-kata orang yang sama ego dengannya.

akibatnya, instead of terjadinya perubahan yang akan membawa kepada kebaikan itu, kedua-dua pihak melepaskan ketidak puas hatian mereka dengan memburuk-burukkan pihak yang lagi satu itu di khalayak ramai.berusaha untuk mencari penyokong seramai mungkin kepada ideologi mereka.cuba mencari self esteem mungkin.

maka disini perlu nya muhasabah diri.mereka yang ingin membawa perubahan dan yang dibawakan kepada mereka perubahan itu.

put aside the ego please.remember our goals.

be more understanding of each other.

sesungguhnya 'cara yang berhikmah' bukan sekadar throw away catchphrase.

nota kaki: pala tau(dibaca dengan loghat kedah) = smart ass

cheers.
(muhasabah diri sebentar di musim exam yang sungguh mencabar ini.heh)

what do you see?

2011-10-24T13:51:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

You get what you see.Imagine being stuck in a traffic jam.some people would see it as a very stressful situation to be in.they'll curse, yell, and would be restless for the whole time they're in that traffic jam.

while some others would consider such situation to be a bliss instead.for such is a moment when they can spend more time listening to their favourite songs on the radio.for they can spend more time with their loved ones by just being together in the same car.for they can just take a breath, a brief break from such a hectic world they are living in.

so all in all, it comes to the fact that it depends on how we look at things.we actually get to choose how to look at a situation and ultimately decide what we want to feel about it.or what do we want to get from it.

hm.couldnt agree more.

(I got this from a talk on IKIM.fm the other day.an interesting talk indeed)

us and them

2011-10-03T18:26:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

"If it is important enough to define “us” as sane, it requires a “them” to be defined as insane in order to feel secure about identity"

context: 3rd year MBBS mental health module.though I believe this is also true in various other contexts.

reach for the stars

2011-09-22T18:11:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

We've been told countless of times: "Reach for the stars" (read: aim high/set a high goal in life)

Yup, I do want to reach for the star.real bad.But which star should I aim for?can I just choose any one of them?or should I only choose the one that other people would have expected me to go for?because my preferred star could be different from theirs.hm.

but that should not be too much of a concern i think.for a star is still a star no matter which one you are referring to.

of dementia

2011-07-20T18:46:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

Today there was a guy who came in to the clinic (of which I am doing my GP placement at the moment)for a review of his medications. He was around 80 years old and he came in with his wife who seems to be around his age as well.He has quite a number of medical problems and is taking heaps of medications just to keep going.

While he was there, the doctor did a mini mental examination (a series of test to check for any impairment in brain function) too as it appears that the guy might have had started developing symptoms of dementia (or dalam bahasa melayu nye ialah 'nyanyuk'). The test had shown that he does actually have a bit of dementia signs and symptoms.

What had really got my interest on this particular patient was that when he was asked to write a sentence, as part of the mini mental examination, he wrote this:

"I have a really nice wife"

And that was such an 'awwwww~' moment in that consulting room.eventhough he has started to become demented (he didnt even know what year is it now), at least he can still remember his kind-hearted wife who has been very patient with him.good on ya mate.

adolescence

2011-06-27T19:41:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

54 years old..that sounds fairly old indeed.for a human being at least..but for a nation,that is like adolescence or teenage year.or maybe even younger than that..

Adolescence is well known to be a period of turbulence for most of us.a period full with uncertainties.filled with confusion.an emotionally unstable period of time.

It is the time when we started having the urge to find an identity for ourselves.that's the reason why some of us become 'emo' kids.some become punk rockers.wear skinny tight jeans.baggy jeans.bell bottom pants.some become video game freaks.some build Gundam robots.some went skateboarding.some prefer motorbikes.some read tonnes of comics.some cannot get enough of porns.some smoke cigarettes.some inject drugs into their veins.

Despite this rather seemingly miserable years,most of us turned out to be alright afterall.we become doctors.become lawyers.engineers.we flew airplanes.sail ships.become someone important and beneficial to society.we got married.have kids.become a good father.good mother.good husband.good wife.

For those among us who had gone through the adolescence years, you would surely agree to the fact that you have learnt so many things during that chaotic and unstable phase of your life.you didnt quit nor give up halfway through.you made it through and become a much wiser and enlightened adult.

If you didnt give up during your adolescence years.why must you give up during your own nation's teenage-hood?

Teenagers need support and guidance to sail through this chaotic time.they shouldnt be left alone.afterall,their future is our future too.

Cheers.

(pergh.post yg berbunyi agak patriotik.mungkin kerana sdikit kecewa mndengar kritikan yg tidak membina trhadap situasi di negara sndiri.mahu jd lebih optimis mungkin)

Mr. R's Story

2011-04-29T17:16:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

Mr. R used to be overweight.He also smoked 30 cigarettes a day and drank lots of alcohol.But 20 years ago he decided to change his lifestyle.He stops smoking, exercises more regularly, eat healthily, and cut down his alcohol consumption.

20 years since his life-changing decision, early in the year 2011, Mr. R was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.Part of his oesophagus was resected and he had to undergo a series of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

About 4 months after the surgery where part of his oesophagus was removed, Mr. R was diagnosed with pneumomediastinum, believed to be a complication of the oesophagectomy.

He was then treated for the pneumomediastinum.

Now, Mr. R is a perfectly healthy man.

This story may sounds tragic.but it is actually the opposite.

Had Mr. R did not stop smoking and started exercising regularly 20 years ago, he would not have been a suitable candidate for the treatment of the oesophageal cancer (this is because the treatments for both the cancer and the succeeding pneumomediastinum can only be done successfully if the patient is in a good shape).The cancer then would have probably killed him. Even if he survived the cancer treatment, he surely would not survive the treatment for the pneumomediastinum.However, it is because he has lived a healthy life and has had a perfectly healthy and fit body, he is able to survive both unfortunate events.

Mr. R's story just further proved the 'butterfly effect'.small changes that we make in our life could bring a huge impact later on without us realising.

cheers.

(p/s: Mr. R is a patient whom I met at the surgical ward.He was very eager to share his story and believes i should learn some lessons from this...well, I surely did Mr. R)

why?

2011-04-19T16:31:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

A few weeks back, a friend of mine asked me : "why do you seem to be very religious?what makes you to have so much faith in your religion?"

Mind you,I am certainly not the best of muslim.seriously..the reason why he asked that question was only because everytime i had lunch with him and the others, i (and my other muslim friends) would have to excuse ourselves to go for prayer.this is since the lunch break usually coincides with zuhur prayer time.

and this friend of mine had certainly asked a very good question.a question that made me think.not that i have never thought about it before,but now i need to explain it verbally as well, which certainly is not as easy as just having a monologue inside your own thoughts.

and so i answered pretty much like this: "I am not that religious you know.but since I have chosed to be a Muslim,then I should try my best to practice Islam as it is.It's just like us getting into med school.since we are already here,we better do our best to become a good doctor."

that friend of mine nodded in agreement.
(I know I could have elaborate more on my answer,but we were in a hurry at that time so our conversation ended just like that.too bad)

but then this thought came into my mind: am I really practicing whatever I have said just now?have I tried my best to become a good muslim? have we all do our best,dear my muslim brothers and sisters out there? I dont think I have.

so I really wanna thank this friend of mine for asking me this really important question.and I pray for you to get hidayah from Allah s.w.t. (that friend of mine is an atheist/freethinker)

cheers.

phobia

2011-03-23T21:25:00.007+08:00

Assalamualaikum

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

Islamophobia : Muslims can have it too.

(read: some muslims are actually afraid/scared/horrified of their own religion.this could be due to lack of knowledge, mere misunderstanding or misleading perceptions which resulted from a bad past experience related to the religion.it is certainly due to a certain muslims/persons own fault, rather than a portrayal of the incompetency of Islam itself.........just a reminder to those who may concern)

cheers.

slavery

2011-03-15T15:22:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

A few days ago me and a couple of friends had a rather impromptu discussion about slavery in Islam (during a gathering which was initially meant to discuss a totally different issue).as most of you would probably agree, slavery nowadays sounded like something disgusting and is certainly unacceptable in this modern world.however,this has not always been the case.slavery in the past is so common and it is deeply embedded in the culture of human in most part of the world..for Muslim, we can see that even al-Quran has heaps of information about the laws and ruling surrounding the issue of slavery.but not a single ayat has mentioned about it being forbidden.then came the question-why is it that Islam seems to approve slavery?

The answer to that question can be found by reading the explanation below, quoted from the Tafsir fi Zilalil Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an) volume 1, Surahs 1-2, by Sayyid Qutb.

Lengthy it might seem but it's certainly worth the reading :)

Dealing with Slavery

At the advent of Islam, slavery was an established social and economic practice known all over the world. Any movement towards the abolition of slavery would require radical social change and far- reaching economic reforms and adjustments, as well as international treaties and conventions to govern the treatment of war prisoners. Islam never condoned slavery. There is not a single statement in the Qur’ān that recommends or approves of slavery or the enslavement of war prisoners. Slavery was a widespread practice with considerable bearing on the world economy. Moreover, it was an international tradition that prisoners of war were made slaves. Hence, there was no alternative but to phase it out gradually and progressively. Apart from war captives and slave children, Islam opted for eliminating the root causes and drying up the sources of slavery, with an overriding objective to avoid social upheaval, and it strove to provide the basic guarantees of a decent living and dignity for freed slaves. As for war captives, Islam could not unilaterally forgo imposing slavery on war prisoners since non-Muslim states continued to do so with Muslim prisoners in times of war. Were it to do so, it would have immediately put the Muslims at a disadvantage vis-a-vis their enemies. If any Muslim soldiers were taken prisoners, they would be certain to be made slaves, while prisoners taken by Muslims would remain free.

On the other hand, were Islam to require that children born in slavery be immediately freed before creating the right social and economic environment that would absorb them as free citizens, they would have been left stranded, thrown into society with no means of living or welfare. They would have had no families to protect them against descending into poverty or moral delinquency. For these, and other, reasons it would have been premature for Islam to immediately and unilaterally abolish slavery. However, taking the well-entrenched social conditions into account and while not banning the enslavement of war captives, the Qur’ān did not specifically order that they should be held in bondage. Instead, the Qur’ān advises the Muslims: “when you meet the unbelievers [in war] smite their necks until you overcome them fully, then bind [the captives] firmly. Thereafter, [set them free,] either by an act of grace or against ransom, so that war lays down its burdens.” (47: 4)

This gave the Muslim authorities the choice to deal with war captives according to the prevailing circumstances and the nature of the conflict and the enemy they were facing. War captives could be released, exchanged or, if necessary, held in bondage. Other ways of enslavement, and they were many, were totally banned. That was sure to minimize the number of slaves in society. Islam began by integrating those slaves as soon as they joined the Muslim community. It gave them the full right to buy their freedom through an agreement a slave would make with his master, who may not refuse him such a deal. Once an agreement of this sort is made, a slave has the right to work, own property, earn an independent income, and seek employment with other employers, in order to be able to raise the money to secure his freedom. That made it possible for slaves to gradually acquire an independent status in society and enjoy all the basic citizenship rights of the community, and they would become eligible for state welfare aid, which consists mainly of zakāt revenue.

Furthermore, Islam urged its followers to help slaves financially to secure their freedom and incorporated the freeing of slaves into the legal code as a form of atonement for certain offences including manslaughter, reneging on an oath, and the ancient Arabian practice of a husband banishing his wife and saying that he considers her, for marital purposes, like his mother. With time, slavery was bound to be phased out, whereas a drastic or draconian approach to abolish it would have resulted in unnecessary social turmoil and disintegration. The subsequent proliferation of slavery in Muslim societies had come about as a result of a gradual decline of the authority of Islam. This is a historical fact for which Islam may not be blamed. Islam cannot be held responsible for its incorrect implementation in certain periods or societies. Islam was, and remains, unchanged, but what had changed was people’s understanding of it an the way they translated its principles into social reality, which was often an aberration and a travesty of Islam for which it cannot be held accountable.

cheers.

2:13

2011-02-14T17:42:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

وَاِذَا قِيۡلَ لَهُمۡ اٰمِنُوۡا كَمَاۤ اٰمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوۡاۤ اَنُؤۡمِنُ كَمَاۤ اٰمَنَ السُّفَهَآءُ‌ ؕ
اَلَاۤ اِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ السُّفَهَآءُ وَلٰـكِنۡ لَّا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏

[ Dan apabila dikatakan kepada mereka: "Berimanlah kamu sebagaimana orang lain telah beriman". Mereka menjawab: "Patutkah kami ini beriman sebagaimana berimannya orang-orang bodoh itu?" Ketahuilah! Sesungguhnya merekalah orang-orang yang bodoh, tetapi mereka tidak mengetahui (hakikat yang sebenarnya).]

(al-baqarah: ayat 13)

this is indeed a very interesting ayat to ponder upon.however, please do consult a more knowledgeable person (your ustaz/ustazah, etc) for further clarification.

cheers.

seek first to understand.then to be understood.

2011-01-21T14:58:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

"seek first to understand.then to be understood"

This is one of my all time favourite quote.simple it may sound,but I reckon it is one of the most important lesson in life that we frequently neglect.we have too much prejudice against things that we do not understand about.

We often complaint and harshly criticise those from different races,those who practice a religion not familiar to us,those who are from a different economic status,and even those who drive a vehicle different than us.

We tend to curse and have revengeful thought against those people.even for the smallest mistake that they have made..sometimes,we just hate them without any apparent reason at all! we hate them just because they are different..when you put a thought on it,such behaviour seems to be very ridiculous indeed.sadly though, that is how most of us live our life,without realising it.

If only, car drivers would understand the needs of motorcyclists.and motorcyclists would understand how difficult it is for car drivers to always be alert with their presence,and hence avoid riding their motorbike recklessly.

If only, the non Muslims would understand how important it is for Muslims to have their prayers being performed five times a day.

If only, the Muslims would understand that pork is a common delicacy for their non Muslims counterparts, and thus that attribute should be respected.

There are of course heaps of other examples that you and me can relate to in our daily life.so let's us ponder on our deeds so far.try not to always see things as we are, but instead as they are.

Just a reminder to a very forgetful me.

cheers.

saka.jin.orang bunian.

2010-12-20T10:39:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

"Merana kerana saka"

"Dakwa perbuatan Jin"

"Hilang ingatan kerana orang bunian"

Ini berita-berita yang sungguh cliche kt malaysia ni.

Bukan nak menidakkan kewujudan benda2 supernatural ni.tapi sedangkan Ibnu Sina, al-khawarizmi dan ilmuwan Islam lain dulu pun akan mengutamakan pemerhatian saintifik sebelum merujuk kepada supernatural forces tu.

"Pemerhatian saintifik tak Islamik?"

Ibnu Sina lah antara pelopor kaedah pemerhatian saintifik yang satu dunia guna sekarang ni.

Lagipun, sejak bila budaya terlalu takutkan dan mengagung-agungkan Jin serta konco-konconya adalah Islamik?

p/s: ini hanya pendapat seorang yang sungguh nerd dan tidak cool.maaf jika menyinggung mana-mana pihak.anda bebas untuk mempunyai pendapat sendiri.cheers.

Different but similar

2010-10-23T09:08:00.007+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

The stuff shown below all have one thing in common:

(proton vios?)

yup.they are fakes.

greed

2010-10-08T19:48:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

During the war of Uhud, Muslims lose the battle because of greed towards the booty (read: Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war...not that other definition of booty you pervert).

And today, Muslims still are losing because of the same greed.towards worldly possessions.

Sad thing indeed.

The secrets for success

2010-09-24T08:57:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

I saw this on a friend's facebook status:

"When I woke up this morning I asked myself:“What are the secrets for success in life?” I found the answer right there in my very room:
The Fan said - Be cool.The Roof said - Aim high.The Window said - See the world.The Clock said - Every minute is precious.The Mirror said - Reflect before you act.The Door said - Push hard for your goals.And... last but not least, the Carpet said - Kneel down & pray to Allah"

That is one awesome quote.

Qasidah Istighfar

2010-09-05T12:12:00.004+08:00

Assalamualaikum.

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

Watch this..please.I promise that you wont regret spending 3 minutes of your time watching it.

culture

2010-09-03T08:03:00.002+08:00

Assalamualaikum

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

There was this one night where me and a couple of friends were on our way back from a dinner.While we were cruising along the dark, empty street in the Toyota hatchback, we had a bit of conversation about religions.

A friend of mine, who is an atheist said : "You know what, I think the Christian religion is too 'white-ish'.thats why i cant really accept it"

Another friend of mine, who is well-known as the 'church girl' because she is part of a church's choir team and also a constant church goers replied : "I couldnt agree more. I think that the religion is also too 'organized'. In my opinion, 'spirituality' things shouldnt be too organized you know"

I was quite surprised with the 'church girl's' statement and asked her : "then why are you still going to the church frequently?"

she replied: "because it is a family thingy.everyone in the family goes to the church every Sunday and they encouraged me to participate in the choir"

What I see from the statements of those two is that they have perceived the religion as being just a culture.

And I think Islam (in my country at least) also is heading that way, with more and more Muslims regard Islam as nothing more but a lame cultural practice that is inherited from their ancestors.

Islam is certainly more than that.

That is if you put a thought on it.not just 'monkey see,monkey do'.

Islamisation

2010-08-26T19:02:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum...

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

I just want to share a link to one interesting article.It is about the implementation of Dinar system and a tad of explanation on Islamic economy system.

http://www.dinarkel.com/pdf/The%20Architecture%20of%20the%20Gold%20Economy.pdf

The article dated back in 2002.That was quite a while ago,but it is made popular now after the implementation of Dinar system in Kelantan recently.

It is indeed a very interesting article. I strongly recommend you guys to read it through. I know that it is quite a pain in the arse to read the whole 9 pages.but believe me, it is really worth it.

I just want to quote one of the many interesting statements in the article:

"For the last 50 years, we have been engaged in the most incredible intellectual exercise of
Islamising the entire usurious system of the west. We went: Bank – Islamic Bank; Insurance –
Islamic Insurance, Stock exchange – Islamic Stock exchange; debit cards, - Islamic Debit cards; I used to say, one day they will Islamise the credit card, and this has already happened.
So it seemed that there was no end to this Islamisation, but it fell very short, intellectually, of
reaching what Islam has to offer. We felt that this exercise was not only an intellectual mistake falling short as both a valid economic discourse, and also as a valid Islamic discourse."

That is quite a thought-provoking issue. Why are we trying so hard to Islamise the non-Islamic system? Islam has its own system that is known to be functional and effective hasn't it? and when I said system, I did not just mean the aforementioned economic system. I was actually referring to every system that exist in the world today.from clothing to law.from medicine to arts.

The saddest part is that our act of trying to Islamise the secular system has result in us getting confused of what Islam is.See such example in the latest post by Ustaz Hasrizal.

Let us ponder upon it.and think of ways to play our part as a Muslim.

food for thought

2010-08-19T22:15:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah, and peace be upon His messenger.

Quote of the day:

"We, Muslims, do not worship Ramadhan. We worship Allah."

hmm...

His words.

2010-08-01T12:55:00.014+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

All praise to Allah.And peace be upon His messenger.

This particular ayat of this particular Surah really caught my attention.It occurs to me that this ayat has pretty much summed up what it means to be a Muslim.

وَالَّذِيۡنَ صَبَرُوا ابۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنۡفَقُوۡا مِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰهُمۡ سِرًّا وَّعَلَانِيَةً وَّيَدۡرَءُوۡنَ بِالۡحَسَنَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ اُولٰۤٮِٕكَ لَهُمۡ عُقۡبَى الدَّارِۙ‏

And those who persevere seeking the countenance of their Lord and establish prayer, and expend out of that wherewith We have provided them, secretly and openly, and combat evil with good. These! for them is the happy end in the Abode
(Ar-Ra'd:22)

source: http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx

And for its relation to our current situation, I would like to emphasize on the 'combat evil with good' statement. Certainly,Islam do not recommend fighting fire with fire.(of course, I didnt mean literally)

Just put a thought on it for a moment.and reflect it on our life.

Cheers.

The Black Stone

2010-07-30T16:10:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum...

All praise to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

A Christian friend once asked:

"I see that Muslims are kissing those black stone(i.e. the Hajarul Aswad) at the Kaabah.I also understood that such deed is depicted in the Hadith and that the Prophet companions did that because they saw Rasulullah has done the same.Now I wonder why there exist such deed in Islam?That act of kissing the black stone seems like an act of worship to me,that Muslim do it to get blessings from Allah.However, Isn't Islam strongly prohibit the worship of idols other than Allah, and that Muslim should worship and make total submission to Allah and Allah only?"

Maybe we can use an analogy to answer your question there.

Lets imagine Islam is like a supercar.say, a Lamborghini Murcielago (picture).It is a very fast car and very macho-looking.with fierce exhaust sound that would certainly draw attention from people in the surrounding.Basically, every men (and boys) would drool to have it.

And the blackstone issue that you've raised would be a small "Hello Kitty" or "Pokemon" sticker that has been put on the lower right corner of the car's windscreen. And that sticker was put there by the car owner's daughter.

Certainly, for those who saw such sticker on the car, not knowing the owner, or the reason why the sticker is there,would come out with a statement saying "what a poofter" or sort.this is since the sticker clearly doesnt fit the macho and fierce look of the car.

However, they certainly are wrong.It's just that the car owner loves his daughter so much that he wouldnt mind having that sticker on his million dollar super car.Anyways, that sticker wouldnt affect the car's performance at all.he can just tear it down anytime he likes and that also wouldnt affect his car's performance.The Murcielago can still go from 0km/h to 100km/h in about 3 seconds.with top speed of about 300km/h.It is still a respectable super car even with that small Hello Kitty sticker on it.Furthermore, that Hello Kitty sticker is there because of the sacred love of a father towards his children.

So is it fair for you to condemn such a good car for that bloody sticker?

p/s:Do correct me if this analogy sounds dead wrong.cheers.

God of the Old Testament : Jesus or Allah?

2010-07-29T16:04:00.005+08:00

Assalamualaikum...

All praise to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.

"God of the Old Testament: Jesus or Allah?"

That was the title of a Christian-Muslim debate that was held in University of Tasmania last night.Indeed, it was a pretty weird topic to be discussed.well, at least it was strange to me. But it turns out to be a very exciting debate.very enlightening and there's heaps of knowledge that I've learned from it.

Though, I am not gonna discuss about the whole topic in general.I am certainly extremely underqualified for that (both representatives understand al-Quran, Hadith Colections, Bible(both Old and New Testament) by heart.and I do mean both of them).I just want to express a refutation against what was said by the Christian representative.

In the Old Testament, there was interchanging use of singular and plural grammar to depict God and His actions.However, the Muslim representative, who is an expert in Hebrew language stated that the plural verbs was used to indicate majesty.to indicate the 'hugeness' in terms of power and status.not plural by means of numbers or counts.So why does the Christian nowadays believe in the concept of Trinity,that is there are 3 (a number which comes after 2 and before 4) Gods? why there exist this sort of inconsistency?

The Christian representative refuted by saying that wasnt the case(by the way, he is not an expert in Hebrew.though his Arabic is excellent).He told us to look at the bigger picture here.Dont just pay attention on the nitty gritty grammar.the concept of god is complex.we cant just assume that he is a singular entity because of your statement there, said him.

And I say WTFish?

How can we get a bigger picture if we dont even comprehend the words correctly?

Lets have an example here.

There's this particular newspaper, of which I'll named Newspaper A, have this statement in the frontpage:
"The Arab is a terrrorist"

and theres another Newspaper, namely Newspaper B, have this statement instead:
"Arabs are terrorist"

Well, both newspaper were saying about the same key elements here."Arab" and Terrorist".the only difference is that one was using singular nouns while the other was using plural nouns.Cant you see just how big the difference of meaning that each sentence conveys?

So if we were to see those 2 newspapers' statements in a "bigger picture", we can see that Newspaper A was saying that this particular Arab, at that particular time, and at that particular place is a terrorist.

Meanwhile, Newspaper B was implying that all Arabs in this freaking world is a freaking terrorist.

And you are using such kind of ignorance to interpret your understanding of God and religion?
So yeah.that was one rubbish argument by him.

p/s: I know that this is a bit too late, and that I wont get anything from this (the debate ended last night! why dont you say it at that time Aiman?).but it's just so that I can get a peace of mind.i didnt get to think of this refutation last night.only well afterward that I've finally got a hang of it.damn.I am really slow a.k.a lampi = lambat pickup......you know there's time when you were thinking a lot about something that you cant even go to sleep at night.and suddenly you have a surge of idea comes flowing through.but sadly, that idea will go to waste since it was already too late for you to express it.that is what I am feeling right now and yeah,thanks to this blog for helping me easing this burden a bit.heh

kisah Jumaat

2010-07-15T16:36:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum...

Januari 2002, SMK Cheras Perdana (sebelum dpt tawaran pegi sekolah asrama)..aku form 1 sekolah sesi petang.Tiap2 hari Jumaat kelas sesi petang mula pukul 2,agak lewat berbanding hari2 lain.Masa yg lebih tu sepatutnya digunakan untuk solat Jumaat.Tapi selalunya yg jd 'port' ialah CC dan juga pusat2 hiburan lain.Banyak tu masa untuk lepak beb, tak kan nk sia-sia kan kot.seminggu sekali je boleh dapat peluang mcm ni.kalau masa hujung minggu nanti susah nak gather ramai2.

Itu kisah aku kt Malaysia.

Pada lingkungan waktu yang sama, kat sbuah high school di Australia ni(lebih tepat lagi,kat Hobart), seorang sahabat muslim yg sebaya dgn aku bersama rakan-rakan semuslim lain tengah berhempas pulas nk kerjakan solat Jumaat.Disebabkan sekolah tak peruntukkan masa dan kebenaran untuk solat Jumaat berjemaah di masjid, diorang tekad buat jemaah sendiri.Pinjam satu bilik kt sekolah dan uruskan sendiri khutbah dan lain-lain sesama diorang.

pergh.terus aku tak jadi cerita kisah aku kat sahabat tu.

love.not hatred.

2010-06-10T09:28:00.006+08:00

Assalamualaikum...

"ala.diorg ni semangat bermusim je.karang dh lupa balik la tu"

"korang dok demonstrasi2 ni bukannya ada effect sangat pn.kecoh je lebih"

"wey,kitorg punye demonstrasi ada lagi ramai peserta la.korang berapa kerat je sangat"

"c****a punya yahudi..an***g sungguh...b**i Israel"

These kind of sentences might be very familiar to you guys ay? I wonder why these sort of reactions arise in our community.

If I am happened to be someone who doesnt know anything about the zionism issue, I would be totally confused on who would be the bad guy here.and who are actually involved in the war.sigh.

I truely believe that the fight against the cruelty of zionist and their cronies should be mainly propelled by the feeling of love.

The love towards our oppressed muslim brothers and sisters in palestine.the love towards justice.the love towards human rights.and the love for peace and harmony.

Yes, love.not mere hatred.

As Don Corleone said in The Godfather, "Never hates your enemy.It affects your judgement".......and I couldnt agree more with him.

Though,we surely cannot avoid having the feeling of hatred and disgust by such inhumane act by the zionists.I myself almost gone crazy due to anger everytime I remind myself of the situation there...but let us correct our intention.let us not be overcome by such hatred and anger.

Even the muslims in Rasulullah time did not went to war because of hatred.they fight because of the love towards their religion, their Deen, as well as their nation(to protect their city from being sieged by other empires).

And I believe such feeling of love has been the one that motivates the Palestinian to keep fighting and have never once succumbed to the oppressors even after this long 60-ish years of Israeli's occupation on their land.That land was indeed filled with strong-hearted men and women.

Owh.and below is the song in my head at the moment.a song about 'perjuangan', titled "Waving Flag"..and it is the official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (or so I've heard).It is quite nice I reckon =)

Sebelum...

2010-05-31T12:59:00.004+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

It was the year 2002, my first year in SMSAH.during one of the compulsary-for-juniors usrah session, a 5th formers introduced us this song, saying that this is his favourite nasyid :

p/s:the video is not the actual video clip of the song.

That was the first time that I've ever heard this song.I still remember that senior of mine having teary eyes while singing it.To be honest, I didnt really get it.I mean, it seems to be like a typical nasyid for me.why need to cry lah..man and crying just do not add to each other..especially when you have your juniors looking at you.

And it took me several years before I can really understand why.

go and read something, you lazy arse!

2010-05-07T20:39:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

Islam began with the revelation of the word "read"....which then followed by words related to science....(I am referring to the first 5 ayat of surah al-alaq)

'Read' and 'Science'..the first two things revealed to prophet Muhammad s.a.w. about Islam...

and yet I have taken those two things for granted.......I favor my laziness instead..

shame on me.

rural week

2010-04-24T20:36:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

Three sort of atheist guys, sincerely woke me up to do Subuh prayer.

Well, thats quite a confusing situation to be in.

(of course I am very thankful for them to do that)

of time

2010-04-18T13:04:00.009+08:00

Assalamualaikum...peace to all...

Do you know just how important time is?how important it is to use our time wisely and be punctual to it?

It is extremely important to the extent that even the Almighty, Allah s.w.t., the creator of all things, swore by it.Look at these two ayat from the Quran :

وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ( Al-'asr:1)

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ (Ad-Dhuha:1)

And yet,most of us human, the humble creations, have not put much appreciation to the value of time.

ini sudah lawan tauke!

law of the heart

2010-03-19T19:38:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum..peace to all...

The 'Frank-Starling law of the heart' states that the greater the volume of blood entering the heart during diastole(heart relaxing), the greater the volume of blood ejected during systolic contraction.

This has caught my attention as this principle can actually be applied in our life. that is, "the more we get, the more we should give"

Most of us have got so many good things in this life like good health, wealth, free time, etc..so we should be able to contribute to more goodness in this world.

And when giving becomes something difficult, we should adapt ourself to it.not just giving up whenever we want..this also was showed by the heart,as it will grow bigger(hypertrophy) when it needs to pump more blood or pump them at higher pressure.

Imagine if the heart is just as lazy as most human being, that it doesnt want to push itself harder when the needs arise.we'll be dead in no time!luckily our heart doesnt behave like that.it is a loyal worker indeed.even it means to hurt itself just to achieve the demand of the body which it sits in.such an amazing organ.

of slang

2010-02-27T15:57:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

Have u ever met a Malaysian who'd just returned from overseas, who then spoke english with accent of the country which they've been too?I bet u did.or maybe u've seen such people on tv or somewhere.and I am pretty sure most of us would response like "urgh, gila jijik" or "br pegi negara omputih kejap dh nk action ckp guna accent diorg"....pretty familiar ay?

Well, the thing is that they actually are not the one to blame.they do need to have that accent.seriously.most people from the english speaking nation could hardly understand asian slang of english.by 'asian', I meant "international student" asian, those who came from other countries.for instance, when my singaporean friends speak in class, other Australian-originated student would have trouble understanding them.eventhough the singaporean student speaks very fluent english. (I am not putting myself as example here because u can argue that my english is just mere crap....and it really is....sometimes..shit.)

Though, I myself still couldnt get the hang of australian slang.its quite tricky I reckon.mainly because of the diversity of accent present here;theres a lecturer who speak in thick British slang, another who speak in German-ish+Brazil-ish+Aussie-ish english, peers with new zealander slang, korean and japanese dude, and peers who speak(or more like mumbling) in thick aussie accent.and when I went 'lepak-ing' with malaysian friends, I would use '-lah' every now and then......I guess thats why my english turned out to be a weird accent.damn it.

right or wrong?

2010-02-19T09:02:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

One could always ask, what is right,and what is wrong.It will make a person sounded very philosophically wise.But, it seems the answer for that question is rarely an easy one.Being a Muslim of course, I have certain guidelines to be followed as provided by Islam's way of life.Unfortunately,Islam is not the only way of life among the earthlings.There are other religions,other different pact of thinking, etc.Even among the Muslims theres constant arguments in finding the best way to practice their religion.

Getting a mutual agreement on the definition of right and wrong is troublesome indeed.A deed considered right/good in one side of the world could turn out to be something very disgusting and humiliating at the other end of the earth.

An example which has gotten my attention is regarding the homosexuality issue.theres a country in Africa that despised the homosexuals real much that they even considered issuing death penalty to those group of people.Meanwhile, in most western countries, even just by questioning the sexual orientation of an individual would put you in lots of troubles..'discriminating'.thats what you'll be charged of.

Quoting from a renowned Malaysian Sasterawan, of which I couldnt agree more: "Maybe thats why God created the Hereafter, so that the right and wrong,the good and bad, could be distinguished clearly.For that there are only Heaven and Hell.One can only choose either of those.No other escape route"

sick world

2010-02-05T07:34:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

a friend of mine once asked, "how could you guys, medical students, deal with having to face ill people almost everyday?"

thinking about his question, i couldnt agree more that it sounded quite depressing.that being in medical field is like being exposed to the negative side of life; the constantly melancholic atmosphere.the endless scenes of agony n suffering, the feeling of being helpless..simply speaking, it is a proof of a cruel and unfair world.

however, i believe there's actually more than that.

i'd say it teaches us to be more grateful of what we have.it shows us how fragile n powerless human being are.it depicts that hope is something worthwhile to be hold on.and that miracle actually does exist..

it makes us feel humble.that we are actually just mere flesh and blood.no matter how superior you think you are.

open-minded

2010-01-23T07:12:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

there's an issue which really disturbs me. well, it's not really an issue to be honest.it's more like a trend i reckon.

a trend where people frequently misquoted the word 'open-minded'.

the problem is, very often that people tend to associate open-minded with being secular.

and being secular, actually is far from being open-minded.it is a very rigid thinking indeed.Even Plato and a lot of other legendary philosophical figures agreed that there must be some kind of 'goodness' that lies beyond this world for this world we are living in to be something worthwhile.

One famous metaphor from Aristotle:

A man was walking into a cave that has a fireplace lit in the center of it. And light from the fire illuminated the man's shadow onto the cave's wall.

That shadow of the man represents the world as we see it. It is obvious that there exist much more beyond that shadow. There's fireplace which shone the light.There's other side of the cave wall.and there's even a whole new world outside the cave.It would be a genuine stupidity to focus our whole life looking onto and amazed ourself with the shadow alone.

(I am using statements from Greek philosophers here because those so called open-minded people usually wont listen to the religious figures.as they considered them as narrow-minded,conservative,traditional people....of which I strongly disagree)

of the hats

2010-01-15T12:51:00.013+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

I just finished reading a book with the title "the 6 thinking hats" written by edward de bono..It is only the second voluntarily-read, written-in-complete-english-sentence book that I have ever finish reading in my life..believe me, I am not exaggerating here.A novel titled "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hossainie is my first.of which took me about a year to finish it (eventhough it is a very awesome novel and i would recommend book lovers to read it).....apparently, me being a head librarian back in high school and my current status as a medical student do not make me much of a reader...

Anyway, I actually want to write a tad about this latest book that I just read.It might be quite a boring and long post, but this is just to refresh myself of what I have just read so that I wont forget the lessons that I got from the book easily.The author put forward a very appealing concept of thinking and ways of looking into certain issues.

It is described in the book that 'argument', which has been the main source of progression for Western countries until it reaches today's level, actually was never designed to be constructive. We can always argue to find a better solution for a problem. However, in an argument, theres always going to be one who wins and one who loses. And for those who lose, their ideas and opinion usually would be crushed completely, never to be heard or seen again.

People argue for many things.But in almost every argument, the main purpose is to satisfy one's ego.To satisfy the need of showing to others that we know more than them.To satisfy ones desire to win. We might not notice this as it is a very subtle feeling.As a result, even if we might come across of points that would support the opposition's stance, we would just keep silence and try really hard to think of other points or facts that would support ours instead.Indeed, the author himself acknowledged that there might actually exist a real need to satisfy our own ego.

That, and lots of other destructive nature of argument described by the author shows that theres a need for alternative ways of thinking.As such, he invented the 6 thinking hats method.In this method, we can use our capacity to think in a team to the fullest.The method is all about using parallel thinking.Parallel thinking can be explained by using this metaphor:

Four men are sent to four different sides of a building.one to the front, one to the back, and the other two at either sides. each of them would give a different description on how does the building looks like.and yes, each of their description is correct.different, but completely right.

In parallel thinking method, all the four men would be sent to each side of the building together at the same time.thus, in a particular time, all of them will be looking at the same part of the building, before all of them moving on to the other part.in the end, all of them would have seen all the four sides of the building and will come with an agreement with even better details.

As in the 6 thinking hats method, the 'hats' are:

Using the method, each people in a discussion group could only think according to the type of hat used in a particular moment.for instance, one can only think about the risk and drawbacks of a proposed suggestion when the black hat is in used. Nobody is allowed to tell their emotion, or propose possible benefits yet at that time. They can do that only when the associated hat is used.

As a consequence, people can use their thinking ability to the fullest.even if it is just to satisfy their ego or to show off.for at least they are doing it in a way that would benefit others as well.by giving as much points as they could in each 'hat' used. Also, this method would help people to focus in doing their thinking as it is suggested that human mind work better if it is focused on one thing only. for example to look for just pros.instead of both pros and cons simultaneously.

This method has been used by various big companies when they are doing their general meetings and has been proven to be very brilliant.

However, I personally think that it is also possible for the method to be used in other field, such as politics-Politics people have been using argument as their main way to achieve an agreement since mankind's first existence.

I wonder how the parliament would look like if they are to use this parallel thinking method to formulate policies for the betterment of the citizens...maybe then there would not be much of drama in the parliament.Even the lively Malaysian parliament will become very lame instead...........oh damn it.

Julia

2009-12-18T19:18:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum...peace to all..

Tajuk post ini bukanlah merujuk pada mana2 perempuan.tp ianya merujuk kpd novel KOMSAS tingkatan 5 yg aku blaja masa kat skolah mnengah dulu (gambar).

watak utama novel ni, Julia, dikisahkan pergi blajar agama di sebuah madrasah kat Australia.

masa tu aku fikir perkara ini sgt ironi.kenapa perlu dia pergi mnuntut ilmu2 Islam di sbuah negara yg mana rakyatnya diklasifikasikn antara peminum alkohol paling tegar di dunia?bukan ke byk lg institusi yg mngajar ilmu2 mcm tu kt Malaysia?kalau nk blajar di luar negara pn, masih byk lg tmpat2 pengajian yg jauh lebih bagus dan lebih terkenal di timur tengah tu.

tp skarang aku dpt paham sikit ape faedah nya watak novel ini dceritakan sebegitu rupa.

mungkin dgn berada luar dr tmpat yg majoritinya Islam adalah cara yg baik untuk lebih mnghayati Islam itu sendiri..

mungkin dengan berada di luar kotak, barulah kita dpt melihat bagaimana rupa sebenar kotak itu..

apabila semua rakan2 kita minum arak sedangkn kita hanya meneguk coke atau jus buah.

apabila hanya kita yg masih teruna/dara dalam kelas kita,

apabila kita mnghabiskn masa berjam-jam mmeriksa kandungan makanan semasa membeli barang di pasar raya hanya utk memastikan ianya halal.

apabila kita terpaksa bersusah payah menjelaskn erti halal kepada rakan2 kita.

apabila tiada JAIS dan sbgainya utk mnangkap kita jika membuat perkara2 onar.

apabila kita cuba sedaya upaya utk mengamalkn ajaran Islam sedangkan rakan2 kita yg namanya 'Muhammad' tanpa segan silu minum dan makan bnda2 haram bersama2 rakan2 bkn Islam.

maka kita pasti akan mula terfikir, "kenapa aku buat apa yg aku sedang buat ni?"."betul ke ini adalah ape yg aku nak?".dan kesedaran seperti itu adalah sukar didapati melalui ajaran Islam di kebanyakan negara majoriti muslim yg mana prinsipnya ialah 'orang buat, kita ikut'.yg pnuntut hanya didedahkn kepada satu jenis pandangan sahaja tanpa diberi pluang menjenguk arus lain sekaligus tidak diberi pluang mmbuat justifikasi sndiri.

tetapi, justifikasi juga perlu didahului dengan ilmu.

dunia yg Julia lalui tu ibarat ombak besar yg mnuju ke pntai.kita boleh pilih sama ada nk merempuh ombak itu dgn badan kita lantas badan kita akan merasa sakit, atau cuba meluncur ombak itu dengan papan luncur dengan risiko jatuh dan ditelan ombak, ataupn hanya biarkn diri kita dibuai ombak itu dngan selesa....

who the bloody hell am i?

2009-11-17T19:48:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

"you are what people think you are."

I heard those quote from somewhere.It is very intriguing i reckon.as a response to the quote, I tried listing some of the words which other people have used to describe my character:

fat, tall, thin, muscular, genius, clever, stupid, moron, patient, impatient, has bad temper, mature, childish, handsome, hideous, cute,neat, selekeh, botak, buncit, shy, cheerful, introvert, talkative, quiet, funny, boring, strict, laid back, rude, polite, fucking asian, skema, cool, hot, nerd, geek, lazy, hardworking, disorganized, mindful, gopoh, ignorant, annoying, concerned, cheapskate, big spender, pervert, sinner, pious, naughty, macho, hypocrite, honest,......and the list goes on and on...

now i am getting more confused. what kind of person am I again?

misunderstanding

2009-11-03T18:30:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

"effort,doa, and tawakkal"

most of us would probably have heard these words millions of time.

"I've worked real hard.yet, i failed"

"how could he/she failed?he's/she's a genius"

"i've prayed to God a lot.how could He not approved my prayer?"

ever heard or used these sentences too?i bet you did.

So what's going on here?what we've done wrong?well, i personally think that we have got that tawakkal idea completely wrong.

Tawakkal does not belong to how much effort we did.it does not belong to how much capable we are.it also does not belong to just how qualified we think we are for that particular thing which we long for.

Tawakkal actually belongs to Allah.and it is only His.

Efforts and capabilities are just like tools for us to achieve something.but whether we achieved that particular thing or not, it is under His power.and only He owns the final outcomes of our efforts.

Then why do the efforts you asked? It's because that's the only thing that belong to us.even that, we only partially own it.

See just how weak we are?even if we have all the wealth,all the knowledge, all the 'otai'ness, or all the handsomeness in this world, we can only wish for that things will happen to our willing. you are indeed a powerless creature, human! even a loaded M16 in your hand would not make you look any stronger in this issue.

This post is just to remind myself. as i am a forgetful man. i mean,hardcore forgetful. an article by a senior reminded me again about this issue. and i hope it's also useful to whoever reading this post.

But, if you are an atheist, or a big fan of Darwin's theory of evolution,where everything happened due to mere coincidences, this post would be meaningless to you then.

kahwin

2009-10-18T12:27:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

"jangan mimpi la nak kahwin kalau subuh pun x boleh nak buat on time lg" (anonymous,n.d.)

uh.oh.

lambat lg la baru boleh kawen kalau cmtu.

WATCH THIS!!!

2009-10-07T18:29:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

this.is.cool......

....wait a sec.this is more than cool.this is real.

answer

2009-09-30T15:37:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

couple of days ago, a friend of mine asked me a question:

"what are the differences between malaysia's education system and aussie's?"

and by that question he meant at school level.so this post is intended to answer his question.

well, from what i know, both system are indeed quite different.One of the significant differences is that here they pay great attention to assignments and course works too apart from exams and tests.and from what i have been gone through, the Australian Year 12, the assessment was made up as 50-50.that is 50% are from exams mark and another 50% from assignmnts.

the assignments include extended essays, issue analysis and presentations.not sure whether this system of theirs is better from ours.but from my opinion, it is quite good.it helps students to obtained skills other than memorizing notes.information searching skill, presentation skill and critical thinking are some examples of them.also, we get to be quite independent in our learning.as in to complete all those assignments.so this kinda prepare us for university environment.

also, each state in australia have their own education assessment board.meaning their education system too are quite different for different state.for instance, in south australia, the secondary school certificate is called SACE.whilst for western australia it is called WACE.this is quite intriguing for me though.but perhaps it is due to the size of australia itself and the size of each states.they are just huge.

hm.i guess thats all that i know.
cheers.

raya

2009-09-20T19:50:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

34 ethnicities

one mosque

one eid

now that's awesome....

truth

2009-09-08T17:44:00.006+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَٲجً۬ا مِّنۡہُمۡ زَهۡرَةَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لِنَفۡتِنَہُمۡ فِيهِ‌ۚ وَرِزۡقُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٌ۬ وَأَبۡقَىٰ

And strain not your eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to various groups of them (polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), the splendour of the life of this world that We may test them thereby. But the provision (good reward in the Hereafter) of your Lord is better and more lasting.

(Toha: 131)

cliche

2009-08-31T09:09:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all....

Martina McBride-Independence Day

Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light
though she looked a little worried and weak.
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
but daddy'd left the proof on her cheek.
And i was only eight years old that summer
and i always seemed to be in the way
so i took myself down to the fair in town
on Independence Day.

Well,word gets around in a small,small town
they said he was a dangerous man
but mama was proud and she stood her ground
but she knew she was on the losin' end.
Some folks whispered and some folks talked
but everybody looked the other way
and when time ran out there was no one about
on Independence Day.

(CHORUS)
Let freedom ring,let the white dove sing
let the whole world know that today
is a day of reckoning.
Let the weak be strong,let the right be wrong
roll the stone away,let the guilty pay
it's Independence Day.

Well,she lit up the sky that fourth of july
by the time that the firemen come
they just put out the flames
and took down some names
and send me to the county home.
Now i ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
but maybe it's the only way.
Talk about your revolution
it's Independence Day.

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Roll the stone away
it's Independence Day.

this is not really a song for independence day though.it's actually about a husband violently abuse his wife.where eventually the wife stands up for herself against the violence.

but what the heck.i love metaphor.

make that wife as our nation.her husband as the freaking colonist.and their daughter representing us,the new generations.

Happy 52nd Independence Day!!

p/s: credit to our ESL lecturer for introducing this song to us.

-"kenapa suka lagu inggeris.lagu penjajah.nampak sangat x merdeka sepenuhnya"

-"lagu yg bermakna baik apa salahnya.lebih baik dr layan sesetengah lagu tempatan yg bertema picisan"

-"lagu tempatan pn ade je yg setanding"

-"variasi la saudara/i.x bosan ke dgr lagu same je"

common good.

2009-08-26T18:59:00.004+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

it's that time again.the time for lecture on ethics.somehow i am kinda interested in listening to the lecture.as we are not just taught about medical ethics, but also the fundamental understanding of what ethic is.its like being in a philosophy lecture.as there will be at least one philosopher giving speech in the 2 hours lecture.

and when it comes to philosophy,it will be mostly being an atheist point of view(or at least i believe so).we discussed a lot about the principle of 'goodness' itself,the concept of death and dying, and etc. of which i dont feel like elaborating them here.most of the concepts are quite mind-boggling.but again, Islam seems has provide the answer for most of them.am really grateful for being a muslim.

but recently, we discussed about 'common good' and how to achieve it.this i found quite interesting when one of my colleague said that the reason she took medicine degree is to bring that common good to society.Then another colleague of mine speak up,telling that other profession actually are more effective in bringing that common good.take civil engineers for example.they can build sewage system which is clearly will bring good to society.and the politicians too,whom can amend laws and policies for the benefits of a nation.and etc.

in contrast, doctors will mostly attend to individual needs and thus only bringing the goodness for that particular individual.therefore, this is far away from achieving that 'common good' concept.

this statement brings silence to the lecture theatre.

i cant remember what was the lecturer response to this.but for me, i believe that the value of life itself must be paid great attention.one life saved could be comparable to thousands of 'common good' achieved.as life doesnt belong to human.its a gift that we must preserve to our capabilities.

so to all my dear friends who are on your way of becoming a doctor.keep reminding yourself on why you are doing this.be clear of what is your intention.may we all be a good one.both in people's eye, and God's.

old stuff

2009-08-12T20:01:00.004+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

it's been a while since i last went for white water rafting.because it's getting too cold to raft for a tropical guy like me.but i suddenly felt like writing about this exhilirating experience even it's already months ago.

*one of the rapid*

when u hear the sounds of water rushing,your heart will start beating faster as if your body is preparing you for what is ahead.then when u see the rapids and the falls, and the raft u were on starts to flow faster, you'll know that it is the time.U have to paddle as hard as u can, as your life depends on your paddling effort.and life of others on the raft too.

moreover, u have to synchronize your paddling with your mates on the raft or else your paddling will be pointless.then u need to guide your raft carefully avoiding sharp rocks at the rapids and other obstacles such as logs that might be in the way.

one small mistake, u'll end up falling over from the raft into the freezing cold river and even injured yourself hitting the rocks.and trust me, plunging into 8-degree-ish celsius water is no fun.shrinkage is the word.i did have my raft rolled over at a fall (a 2 metres-high fall).and we all end up plunged into the water,hitting our head onto the rock in the riverbed.luckily mankind has created a thing called safety helmet.at least we all can still have intact skull and brain afterward.

well, now, arent all these sound just like how life is?

no effort, u die-lah!

and effort too sometimes shouldnt be done alone.

also,there were a bunch of ex-alcoholic and ex-drug abuser in the rafting club.apparently, rafting helps them avoiding those 'poisons' and make them appreciate life even more.

and i should be doing the same too.

appreciate the god-given life.spend it wisely.

so you think you're clever huh?

2009-07-26T19:00:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

below is a sentence from the holy Quran:

إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ

"It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Almighty, Oft-Forgiving."
(Fatir: 28)

now.let us all be among those with knowledge.

the statesman

2009-07-24T18:45:00.006+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

today while my CBL group were discussing and preparing for our presentation next week(yea right, so much of a "discussion"), one of my group mate came up with an article from one of Tasmania newspaper.

it's about a research done on aussie's guy;the streotypes of aussie males according to which state they are from.remind you that the aussies really have strong state-based 'patriotism'.this was pretty much what the article mentioned:

guys of Victoria = fashionable
guys of New South Wales = rich and arrogant
guys of Queensland = muscular (yea2,go on,boast urself)
guys of Northern Territory= kinky (???)
guys of Tasmania = higher tendency to marry and cheat after that.
guys of Western Australia=(none mentioned about them.perhaps there aint much guys there.lol)

and i cant remember what they say about guys from SA and ACT.also not sure wether this article were true or not.they say it's a result from a nationwide research.but it certainly is interesting to know.

i wonder if we malaysian have such state-based stereotypes too.hm.

not my game

2009-07-23T14:20:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

imagine someone telling roger federer not to touch the tennis ball with his hand, because it's not possible to do so in soccer.

or tell lionel messi that he cant do any steps once he got the ball,as it's forbidden in netball game.

how do you think they will react to such order? i reckon they'll say one of these words:

"are you insane?"

"f**k you!"

"wipe me ass, m*****f****r!"!"

apparently,theyll be pissed off and wont even bother listening to that guy.

product

2009-07-19T15:35:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

"i dont want to be the product of my environment, i want my environment to be the product of me"

that is a quote i heard from a movie.

an interesting quote i reckon.

it reminds us about self esteem.

but it could also be seen as a selfish quote, couldnt it?

as one would never be too good to learn from the environment.

hmm..

2009-07-12T19:56:00.007+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

when a man has a plan to benefit himself...what do u call that?..that he is a genius?..a strategist?..i think it's just an instinct for survival..nothing to be amazed or praised for..

but when a man has a plan to benefit other men and women....that is amazing....for that not many are willing to do so...

this is now...

2009-06-21T18:12:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

in the 15th century or so...thousands of people living in the malay archipelago embraced Islam....it was the muslims traders behaviours which captivated the attention of this people to learn more about Islam....and eventually became a muslim...

in the 21st century, a recently-converted-to-islam brother (a muallaf) said : "i am grateful that God shows me Islam before He shows me muslims".

now, what does it means to be a muslim?

wth?

2009-06-06T14:27:00.004+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

as i was skimming through the facebook(darn, fb is addictive man!), i saw a group named 'Ganyang Malaysia!'...and as u would expected, my reaction was 'wth?'....what years am i living in now?...i thought those issue has long ended....

and this facebook group really is not some lame joke made by facebook users...the group already has like thousands of members!!...wth?

i read through the description on the main page of the group.and they list several reasons why they(the Indonesian) hate Malaysia.and they really made my day.so hillarious.i mean, they could be really mad with malaysian.u can see from the comments posted by the members.but the reasons that made them so really do not make sense at all.

they said malaysian people got no culture of their own.that we just steal the indonesian culture and mix it with the western value.oh man, dont they read history, parameswara who founded malacca was a man from indonesia land.so dont blame us,the current generation of malaysia, blame parameswara instead.why must he be an indonesian prior his arrival to malacca??why cant he be a caucasian guy??or some Latino??then we dont have to live with 'your' Indonesian culture.

the group also mentioned about the kain batik that we were proud of.and the rendang, soto, which they claim theirs are better.also, the laziness of our people which in turn result in indonesian people have a lot of job opportunities in Malaysia.Also, they even exaggerate on the hundreds of beautiful islands that they possessed with which the sipadan that we 'took' from them is of little value.and there are tons more ridiculous issue which i dont feel like mentioning them here.

what's up with all these man??why make such a hassle on these silly issues??dont we have other much important things to attend to??cant you see how media have pollute your way of thinking???this country-based extremism....Islam never teach you that.If so, the Arabs should have introduce 'Ganyang Asia Tenggara'.since we have been practising Islam which was first embraced by the Arabs.

and what's with the excessive pride on culture?you dont need to work hard to have a culture.i mean, we just inherit them from our ancestor.one doesnt have to get a PhD or walk on the moon to obtain a culture to live with...except for those silly sub culture such as gothic, or black metal, etc.because u need some money,and stupid friends to get involved in that.

so i believe we should stop hating each other for these silly reasons.go hate the heavily armed child killers instead.and the land robbers.and the corrupt politicians.and those drug dealers.and......oh, that's a very long list to go....nevermind, u can think for yourself who actually deserve to be hated.cant you?

Disclaimer- i dont hate those people in that 'ganyang malaysia' group...people do mistakes....

way back home..

2009-05-31T21:21:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

this is actually a theme song of a computer game.i havent played the game though.just came across this song from a link provided by a friend.i found it quite hilarious for such violence-laden game to have this darn oldies as a theme song.

it is a classic song indeed.but man, this song really reminds me of my hometown.it is kinda weird how we consider our hometown have the best of things in this world although we already know that they arent.

but again, as what was told by an academic scholar(cant remember who):

"we dont see things as they are, we see things as we are"

there you go. another sentence for us to give a thought on.and reflect ourself.

just the way it is

2009-05-24T13:09:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

it takes a cry to know a smile

and hardship to define ease

and enemies for friends to exist

and stupidity for cleverness to be understood

and laziness to explain diligence

and the poor for the rich to be regarded as one

and hatred for love to be comprehend

and hideousness for beauty to be possible

and rudeness for politeness to be appreciated

and lie for truth to be acknowledged

and weakness for strength to be worshipped

and men for women to be valued

and tyranny for freedom to be craved

and hell for heaven to be found

and revisions for exams to be passed.....

aint trying to be a 'sasterawan' here.just satisfying my craving for time wasting activities during this exam-mode season.

the two things...

2009-05-08T18:43:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

two things that we must REMEMBER:

other's good deeds to us.
our bad deeds to others.

two things that we must FORGET:

other's bad deeds to us.
our good deeds to others.

these came from a hadith if not mistaken(can someone help me find its source?).and i got it from a talk not long ago.

juz thought of sharing it with others and hope that we can practice it in our life.

cheers.

basis of diseases

2009-04-29T20:52:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

being a medical student, i cant avoid from facing the pile of wordy books with terribly difficult-to-understand sentences.

the bulkiest book of all is the pathology's.it's so enormous that i've never moved it away from my desk once i put it there.

still, the book is the most interesting i reckon. not because of its excessive academic contents though(hell no), but it's due to some funny yet deeply meaningful things mentioned in the book.and one that captured my attention is this sentence:

'it begins to appear that almost everything that one does to gain a livelihood or for pleasure is fattening, immoral, illegal, or, even worse, oncogenic."

....such a depressing thing to say.......

but thinking about it, what the author wrote is pretty much true isnt it?

troubled..

2009-04-08T18:19:00.007+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

as i was in the hobart mosque last weekend, i met a group of 'tabligh' (yea, they seemed to be everywhere man!!).they came from melbourne, coming to tassie to talk about islam with the muslim here and invite us to the ijtima' which will be held in melbourne during the easter break.

one thing that makes me like tabligh group,based on my experience in malaysia, is the free food that they always provide.hehe..and yes, the tabligh at the hobart mosque too offered us some 'light lunch'.as i havent had my lunch yet at that time, i accepted their offer with pleasure.

however, it's not the food that really matters.one of the tabligh, atiqurrahman, gave us some sort of tazkirah.of the many things and stories that he was telling, one had captured my attention and keep going on in my mind since then.he told us a story about his friend who was a jew and has embraced islam just a few years ago.

after embracing islam, the guy has become a really good muslim for which us who have long become one should be ashamed. the guy also tried to persuade his family members to embrace islam.however, when he tried doing that to his father, his father replied:

'you muslim is the most troubled group of people in the world now.before you come preaching to me about the goodness of islam, go fix your so called ummah first.only then i'll listen to you'

troubled?

yeah, we are troubled indeed.

most of us has forgot what are the things that important and what are not.

now let us spend a moment,trying really hard to think and remember....which is which in our life?

~damn it.....i should never forget that the piles of books is more worth it to look at.

not an important thing..

2009-03-22T09:25:00.004+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

to all grammar nazi out there, u guys can have a break now because this post will be in bahasa melayu for some reasons..

sudah beberapa pihak bertanyakn kepada saya: adakah malaysia sebuah negara islam?selalunya saya akan menjawab ya.bila ditanya pula 'kenapa?'berbagai2 alasan yg saya berikn.tetapi jawapn 'ya' itu bukanlah menggambarkan prinsip sebenar saya.cuma saya malas membahasknnya dgn org.jika diperhatikan kerajaan islam madinah yg ditubuhkan oleh rasulullah s.a.w, sudah tentu terdapat perbezaan yg ketara dengan negara saya.antaranya ialah kita tidak mengamalkan undang2 islam sepenuhnya.

maka apa maksudnya?adakah kita merupakan negara yg 'kurang islam' berbanding kerajaan madinah pada masa itu?wujudkah perbandingan 'lebih islam' dan 'kurang islam'?

saya rasa perkara ini lebih mudah jika diterangkan menggunakan analogi.apa kata kita ibaratkn negara islam ini sebagai kereta 'sport'.maka kerajaan islam madinah yg ditubuhkn rasulullah adalah seperti sebuah kereta formula 1.ataupun sebuah ferrari enzo.atau lamborghini murcielago.malaysia pula hanyalah seperti proton satria.ia masih kelihatan 'sporty', tapi ia tidak berupaya memecut dari 0-100 km/j dalam masa kurang dari 3 saat.ia juga tidak mampu mencapai kelajuan melebihi 200km/j.power window nya juga akan bermasalah sebelum anda sempat membayar habis payment kereta itu.

maka apa pula OIC?bagi saya, ia hanyalah seperti sebuah persatuan pemilik2 kereta satria.yg ahlinya mempunyai pelbagai variasi kereta satria; ada satria neo, satria gt, satria old skool, satria pinjam, satria 2nd hand, satria curi, satria yg logo protonnya diganti dgn logo mitsubishi atau daihatsu, dan bermacam2 lg.

tetapi walau sebanyak mana pn ahlinya.satria tetap satria. ia x kn mampu menanding ferrari enzo.meskipun dipasang dgn spoiler yg bermeter2 tingginya.atau rim chrome yg berharga ribuan ringgit.ini memang sudah pasti kerana penghasilan sebuah kereta sport seperti kereta formula 1 atau ferrari memerlukan teknologi kejuruteraan yg tinggi dan penyelidikan yg mendalam yg mengambil masa bertahun-tahun.ia juga memerlukan kerjasama dari pelbagai pihak.

namun, saya yakin bahawa setiap pemilik kereta satria itu pasti mengimpikan sebuah kereta seperti ferrari enzo.tetapi mustahil utk impian itu menjadi kenyataan jika tidak ada usaha yg dilakukan.

p/s: ini hanyalah pendapat saya yg mentah.saya yakin anda semua lebih mengetahui.jika anda rasa apa yg saya tulis ini salah, maka abaikan saja.

inferior

2009-02-27T08:25:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

as the title goes, i am feeling kinda inferior rite now..not in terms of my capabilities though.but in terms of will and determination.it's all due to my experience here in tassie.in my batch of first year medical students, there is quite a number of 'old' students.they are like 30 plus and 40 plus years old.pretty weird huh?after being here for 2 weeks, i got to know that most of them actually had acquired a different degree before(awesome one such as medical engineering,etc)..some even had a profession with big salaries,and have teenage children.and i was thinking what are they doing here?putting themselve in an agonizing degree program.not to mention the time that it takes to complete it.when asked about the reason they are here.one of them said that it's because they are really interested in pursuing a medicine degree and crazy about working as a doctor.there's also a guy(from this 'old' group) who said that he had waste his youth and wasnt able to pursue this degree after high school.as such, he wanna sort of compensate for such deed.age doesnt really matter for them.it's their determination and sheer effort that talks...

sigh.looks like i have no more reasons to be lazy and whining about my assignments.....salute you mate!!

me in tassie...

2009-02-17T20:29:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

i am in hobart,tasmania rite now.bdw,tassie is the australian way to mention tasmania.heh.it's quite unbelievable realising the fact that i am sponsored to study here.syukur,alhamdulilah.

a walk to remember

2009-02-05T12:24:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

actually i got nothing much to write here..juz wanna post my school anthem lyrics so that i will never forget it..also to satisfy those who waited for updates in my blog..hehe..and thanx mat yie aka ibnu norrozaman for this lyrics was copied from his blog..heh..

Bangun dan bersedia
Menjunjung hasrat pertiwi
Tekun biar jaya
Tercapai cita mulia

Sanjung lambang suci
Supaya aman abadi
Pandu rukun murni
Belajar dan berbakti

Mari curahkan jasa
Membentuk sekolah kita
Mari satukan kuasa
Menjaga nilai bangsa

Sanjung lambang suci
Supaya aman abadi
Pandu rukun murni
Belajar dan berbakti

...singing this song really is nostalgic.it reminds me the beloved high school.yea..those 5 consecutive years spent in the same contained environment, meeting with the same people...not to mention the silly rules and the ridiculous seniors(yes,that includes me too).sometimes i even wonder how did we survive.hoh..but yet that era really means a lot to me.and to those who were once called a student there.

perception

2009-01-14T09:43:00.003+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

recently,a friend of mine told me a quote that was once said by a great leader-

'perception is more important than fact'

maybe it sounds a bit 'wrong'.but then, believe it or not, the world we live in really put perception above fact.if it aint true, CNN would definitely publish the same report as TV3 does on palestine issue,and no body will be smoking the poisonous cigarettes,and there will be no army parade in the North Korea.

there are also tonnes of other similar examples which you guys know better.
i'll say that the leader is truely a wise man.he has simplified the complicated rule of civilisation in just a sentence.much to regret though, the quote is only applicable in this temporary world.poor thing.

stupid

2009-01-06T10:47:00.005+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...(except for the zionis and their supporter)

once upon a time,there was a soldier who went into a fight against a 10 year old children.the soldier used a M-16 equipped with grenade launcher.meanwhile, the child only has a wooden slingshot and his tears as his weapon.

how should we describe this soldier?

a chicken?
a moron?
a pig?
an asshole?
a child molester?
a f***er?
a pimp?
a drug addict?
a corrupt politician?

personally, i think none of the above can describe the soldier well.the best word to describe this guy would be a zionis.dont you think so?

sick

2008-11-15T10:58:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

i am sick.sick with my own sickness..and with sicknesses that surround me...but i dont want to discuss my own sickness here.it's up to me to work on the cure.it's the sicknesses in the surrounding that matter.

believe it or not, malaysian now are queueing to board the KTM commuter.although it's just at the KL sentral station, i believe this really is a major improvement in malaysian attitude.at least the situation at the constantly congested station has become more organized now.

okay then, we, the passenger have done our part in improving the public transportation system.i wonder when will the company do their part.after the prime minister took a ride in the commuter and gave bad comment on it, it took several months for KTM Berhad to response and take action.though, the action is more onto 'improving' the passenger.they draw lines at the train platforms and hired several policemen to make the passengers queue at the colourful lines.but the trains are still incredibly not punctual and not enough to cater for the numerous passengers, especially during peak hours.this situation depicts a mindset that has infected most malaysian nowadays: the tendency to blame others and put own weaknesses aside.

such mindset can be seen almost anywhere in this country.sadly, the political arena nowadays too has been infected.it's quite a shame for me when i saw that politician in the hated United State seems to have more dignity than some politician in my 'Islamic' malaysia.when Mc Cain lose the presidential election, he still gave compliment to Obama and hope for the best in his career as the president of the 'terror-buster' nation.this might be just a politic drama with hidden intention.but, this at least show that he lose with dignity and that he knows he and his men got some weaknesses which they must find a way to eliminate.however, this situation is very unlikely to happen in malaysia.

the presence of both government and opposition sides in a country was meant to improved the situation in the country.but it seems that in malaysia, they keep destroying each other, leaving the people to live in agony.people vote for them not to see some low class political drama-we have seen enough of that in the lousy public television-we want a leadership.a good leadership begin with knowing own weaknesses.however, it seems that most of those in the high position nowadays do not held to this principle.

i remember there was this one 'datuk' giving a speech to us, college students during a talk organized by the government.the 'datuk' really condemned those who admit their own weaknesses.in contrast,he praised those who announce that they do not have any weaknesses and will choose this type of person in the job interview.most of us rebelled against that statement.suprisingly, he kept defending his nonsense stand with his elites colleagues supporting.we leave the one-day programme with..what the hell?..is it the generation gap?..are we too naive?..or are they really moron?..i hope that i won't be one of them in the future...and neither my friends...

of grateful

2008-10-29T22:54:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

last saturday night i helped to carry some tables and chairs to the surau at my home.actually the tables and chairs were used in a 'majlis' held at my neighbourhood.it was quite late at night, around 12.30 am.

at the surau, i had some chat with the 'siak',an indonesian man who we called wak.at that time also there was wak's friend sleeping in the open field of the surau compund.this was the dialogue between me and wak:

me: wak, apsal member wak tu tido kt luar?kenape tak tido dalam surau je?
wak: kami dah biasa macam itu.ini pun kira bagus lagi tu,siap ada lampu.kalau kamu nk tau, saya di indon dulu lg teruk.
me:teruk macam mane tu wak?
wak:saya dulu lebih setengah tahun menetap di kubur.tido pn kt kubur saja la sebab tak ada
tempat tinggal.

then i remembered how i complaint so much on the fan that cannot spin any much faster.and the mattress that is not soft enough.and the aircond that has a very loud noise.damn it,how selfish and ungrateful i am.

this conversation also remind me of another similar situation that happened about 3 years before.back then,our family's newly-appointed maid was crying when having her first dinner at our house.when my mom asked her the reason that she cried, the maid said that she never had such delicious and luxurious foods before.actually it wasnt really much though,only 'ayam masak merah' and some veggies.she told my mom that throughout her life she only can afford 'ulam'.

so, guys, be grateful of what we have now.we may think our life is miserable enough.but there are people out there struggling very hard just to live.

no title...

2008-10-22T18:07:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

the final exam is in less than 2 weeks time!!(and why in the world am i spending so much time with my computer?)

at this point of time where adrenaline is at peak,i suddenly recall an advice given by mr.Yong, our physics lecturer.

"exam results doesnt tell anything about who you are"

haha..i really like those words..usually a typical advice from a lecturer would be like "it's achievable", or "you have the potential for a better grade",and sometimes "what were you doing all this time?you should work harder"..it's really rare for me to hear such sentence like the one told by the physics guy..it may sounds kinda rebellious but it really is motivating..for me at least..

what the..

2008-10-13T20:47:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

'berjudi adalah haram di sisi Islam.'

before u guys come into conclusion,those words actually were not from any ustaz,nor from al kuliyyah,and neither from islamic studies lecturer.Those words came from a chinese woman whom i know quite well.she was telling us that the phrase was displayed in the sports toto premise which she went to buy the 'lucky' number(its not wrong for her to buy it anyway).and yes..we were quite shocked with that..such reminder does exist in that premise?perhaps later on there also will be reminders such as 'wala takrabuzzina' at porno website..or 'meminum arak adalah haram disisi Islam' at night clubs...huh..aren't muslims should know better about such restrictions and not being at those locations in the first place?

..and she also was telling us that there were a lot of malays in the sports toto premise(this is not a shock for us)...we felt quite ashamed and speechless...but that's the reality.we,the muslims especially malay are constantly asking for respect towards our holy religion and our race.but do we really deserve it?

nice quote

2008-10-10T21:36:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum..peace to all...

i have just got an email which has a very interesting quote.it sounds like this:

'pride is about concern on who is right,
humility is about concern on what is right'

after reading the email,i went to watch the news in the television...
then i think to myself, wow..we malaysian surely have a lot of pride..

Kuala Lumpur...

2008-10-10T19:50:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all..

i have been living in selangor for more than 10 years and the so well-known Kuala Lumpur has been like my playground...however, the metropolis always got something that can suprise me...i just wanna share one of my experience during last Ramadhan..

i went to the suffocating streets of tunku abdul rahman with some of my classmates in Taylors to buy some baju raya...though, i didnt buy anything..but that's not the main point here..there we perform our prayers at masjid jamek and have our light break fast..it's my first time being at the mosque during breaking fast...i also saw a long queue of people.looks like they are waiting for someting...actually the mosque were giving goodies which are foods and drinks..what amazed me was that most of the people queuing were not muslims..and some even not malaysians...this view really touch my heart...this is what Islam is..Islam gives shelter to others...provides comfort for others regardless of races...islam is peace...but then, are we muslims really hold to that principles?...i truly believe that the name 'jamek'(or jamaah) given to the humble mosque in the heart of 'wonderful' KL is worth it....

is this for real?

2008-10-10T19:46:00.000+08:00

assalamualaikum...peace to all...

i am writing a blog?? what was i thinking?? i think it'll be fun i guess...hope that this deed of mine will be worth it...