Adakah anda dipilih?

Hari ini agak memenatkan. Banyak sungguh berjalan. Keluar rumah awal pagi. Balik dah dekat senja. Besok nak keluar lagi.

Tapi hari ini menarik. Jumpa kawan-kawan seperjuangan. Banyak pengisian rohani. Alhamdulillah. Terima kasih rakan-rakan di atas usaha kalian.

Rasa bertuah kerana diri ini dipilih dan berpeluang menyertai majlis ilmu ini. Dipilih oleh siapa?

Sudah sekian lama sentiasa menerima. Bila pula nak memberi?

"Sampaikanlah walaupun dengan hanya satu ayat"

Apa yang saya belajar hari ini?
>belajar tentang diri
>realiti dan ilusi
>teruskan usaha mencari dan mantapkan pemahaman diri
>bicara dengan-Nya
>say thank you and be grateful
>Just do it!
>Impossible is nothing

Kulsem's Day Out
KLCC Park
30th July 2009

Adik-adik

Mereka main-main.


main cikgu-cikgu




Just for fun...

Ringkas 2

And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind. so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!

(Qur'an 30:21)

Kenduri Kahwin dan Kenny Rogers

Gambar sekadar hiasan.

Makan Kenny Rogers kat kenduri kahwin ke? Kaya giler... Taklah. Begini ceritanya.

Hari ini sepatutnya ada undangan ke kenduri kahwin. Lokasi majlis terletak di Dewan Tun Hamdan Syeikh Tahir, Anjung Wisma Sejarah, Jalan Tun Razak. Wow! Tempat macam ekslusif je kan. Tempat ni sebenarnya terletak di antara Hospital Pusrawi dan Perpustakaan Negara. Betul-betul kat tengah tu.

So, tengah hari tadi, kami sekeluarga pun bertolaklah ke lokasi majlis. (Abang yg drive. Abah tak ikut) Semasa di dalam kereta, saya pun membelek-belek la kad jemputan kahwin tersebut.

Hardi dan Irsyida (nama pasangan mempelai yang tertera di muka hadapan kad)

Setibanya di lokasi majlis, kami pun pergi ke aras 2 iaitu tempat majlis berlangsung. Dewan itu memang nampak ekslusif la dengan pintu gerbang dan meja bulat yang nampak grand. Tetamu tidaklah begitu ramai ketika itu kerana masih ada meja-meja yang kosong. Mak berjalan di hadapan, mendahului rombongan.

Timbul tanda tanya.

Mak kata, "Haih, ini ke tempatnya. Muka semua tak kenal pun. Betul ke ni?"

"Betul la ni. Dah memang in tempatnya." Di situ memang tiada dewan lain dan membuatkan kami yakin bahawa ini lah tempatnya.

Penyambut tetamu yang menyambut kami juga tertanya-tanya tentang gerangan kami dan dia hanya membenarkan kami masuk.(Tapi muka dia can pelik aa..) Kami pun masuklah ke dalam dewan dan menjadi tumpuan seketika. Kami terus berjalan hingga ke tempat mengambil makanan. Majlis menggunakan konsep buffet.

Namun, mak tak sedap hati. Masih ragu-ragu. Saya juga mula mempersoalkan. Abang juga. Kami bermesyuarat kecil seketika di dalam dewan itu. Nasib baik lagu-lagu pengantin yang berkumandang menenggelamkan perbulan kami daripada didengar oleh khalayak.

"Ya, betulke ni Ya?", tanya Mak pada abang.

"Tadi tak tengok ke? Dalam kad kata apa? Kad dalam kereta plak.."

"Betul la ni. Tadi orang dah tengok kad tu."

Kemudian, mata ini sempat mengerling pada goodie bag yang diagihkan kepada pengunjung.

Tertera nama "Rina dan Iqbal". OK. You know what.

"Eh, mak. Ni pengantin lain ni. Orang ingat nama kat kad tu tadi Hardi dan Irsyida. Ni dah lain dah ni"

Fuh.. nasib baik tak makan lagi tadi. Kami pun keluar semula daripada dewan. Masa tu pulak ramai la tetamu yang baru nak masuk. (Malu jugak la, tapi buat muka tak malu je)

Bila diteliti semula kad tu, bukan kad yang silap. Tapi kami yang salah baca. Selalu kenduri kahwin kan tengah hari. So, tak pernah pulak nak belek kad tu masanya pukul berapa.

Di sudut kiri kad, tertulis:
Aturcara Majlis: 8.00-10.30 malam.

Hmm.. di situlah silapnya. So, moral of the story is, sebelum kita melakukan apa-apa perkerjaan, pastikan segala butiran diketahui dengan terperinci supaya tak silap macam ni.



Kenny Rogers? Ha.. lepas tu, masing-masing dah lapar sebab tak dapat makan nasi minyak. Nasib baik ada orang tu baru dapat gaji dan bermurah hati nak belanja Kenny Rogers. Alhamdulilah.. Syukran.

Ok,that's all.

Jk.

Short Notes

Many things happened this past few days. I wish I have the time to jot something here. But it all stuck in my mind. Whenever I go somewhere, I always have something to share here. But now everything seems miserable in my brain. Need some times to sort things out. But I do not have that much time. Got 'things to do' list awaits me.

Huh, do not know when I'll have the time to mumbling here. (Do not sigh)

Ok, I'' try to get back here when I have some free time. Hopefully. ::-_-::

In short, a reminder to myself, appreciate the things around you while you still have them and be grateful for what has been given by The Lord.

Ringkas

'Hanya orang yang berani GAGAL DENGAN TERUK
mempunyai harapan untuk BERJAYA DENGAN HEBAT'.

Got nothing to do?

What do you do when you have nothing to do? Everyone must has their own way on how to use the time wisely (I wish). Well, I just want to suggest about this website which I think might be useful if you can spend about a couple of minutes every day.

Yahoo answer homepage.

Yahoo! Answer (YA) Yes. Some people may dislike this website since the answer to every question may not be reliable as anyone can simply answer it. Ya, no doubt in that. But, the thing is, you still get an overview from people around the world about the question you asked. Its up to you on how to sort out the answer within your knowledge.

I have joined YA since October 2008. Initially, the reason I join YA is to ask for opinion. I need opinions regarding my oral topic and decide to ask on YA.

The question sounds like this:

Some might say traveling around the world for 10 years is better than reading ten thousand books. Is it?

Within a few minutes, my question was answered and I never expect it to be so soon. Overall, I am glad with all the answers given and it did help me in the oral. After that, I involved actively in YA until I manage to reach Level 3. At that time, some how i think I'm addicted to it.

I can't stop answering question and actively throw my opinion in the Religion and Spirituality section. Through this section, I discovered that they are many Atheist in other parts of the world who seek answers about the existence of God and the evidence. Apart from that, they are also people who questioned about Islam, Christians and stuff. Some how, I manage to give my view on certain things and this encourage me to learn more deeply about Islam. So, that I didn't give false knowledge.

Some questions that I've answered from this section are such as:

Muslims: why a women cant have more than one husband in the same time but a men can have more than one wife ?

Why Did Mohammed Get So Many Wives?

Muslims, Honestly speaking - would you want shariah law in the country you live in?

Muslims: Does it ever worry you?

To all Muslims, Jews, Christians and Hindu's - why does God want you to pray in a specific way?

Those are some of the questions that I have tried to answer. Maybe you might think that what's the point of answering those questions. Well, the point is, at least you can help them with the knowledge you have. At least you can routed your knowledge to somewhere that can benefited some one. May be through your answer, someone get inspired or realised about the truth. The possibilities are there. In other words, you are doin da'wa. InsyaAllah.. I guess, that's all for now.

p/s:Me myself is not so active in YA anymore but I'll try to view some questions sometimes. I hope that by posting this, I kind of reminding myself too. Last time when I was busy with Sem 3 and Sem 4, I always find time for YA. Now that IB is over and I got nothing to do, I rarely open YA.. Mm.. why ya?.. Maybe, when we are busy, we use our time more wisely...

Top Up

Salam semua. Hari ini nak bercerita tentang "topap". Bukan topap hanset tu. Tapi topap PAHALA. Macam mana?

Saya nak cakap pasal solat sunat rawatib, iaitu solat sunat yang dilakukan sebelum dan selepas solat fardu. Kalau time SPM dulu, selalu keluar soalan:

"Apakah kelebihan menunaikan solat sunat rawatib?"

dan jawapan saya selalunya ialah:

"Menampung kekurangan pahala solat fardu yang dilakukan"

Tapi, kita selalu mengabaikan solat sunat ini sungguhpun mengetahui banyak fadilatnya. Mungkin kita fikir,buat yang fardu je dah la.
Mengapa ye?

Mungkin kerana memikirkan kekangan masa yang singkat dan banyak lagi kerja yang lebih penting untuk dibereskan. Urusan dunia belaka.



Namun tidak sanggupkah kita berkorban masa hanya untuk 2 atau 4 rakaat solat extra?

Sempurna sangatkah solat fardu kita tu?

Kalau kredit phone tinggal sikit, kita mesti dah stand by topap awal-awal, tapi kalau dah tahu solat fardu tu tak sempurna, kenapa tak topap dengan solat sunat?

Saya juga pernah mendengar bahawa, sesuatu amalan yang dilakukan selama 40 hari berturut-turut, nescaya ia akan menjadi darah daging kita. Mudah-mudahan kita dapat istiqamah dalam melakukan amalan-amalan sunat ni.

Untuk lebih info tentang solat sunat rawatib (dan solat-solat sunat yang lain) boleh klik sini.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda,
Sesiapa yang sembahyang sebelum Fajar dua rakaat, dan sebelum Zohor empat rakaat dan selepasnya empat rakaat pula, serta rakaat sebelum Asar, masuklah dia ke dalam syurga." (Muttafaq 'alaih)

Wallahu'alam.

Hitam

Hitam

Hitam is the name of my cat. Usually I just call her TAM. My house now is like 'Cat Keeping Centre' (Direct translation from Pusat Pengumpulan Kucing)

Tam love to pregnant again and again. My mom have to look after them all. Last time Tam made a record for giving birth to seven live and healthy kittens. Those kittens are then sent to Ampang (Pet Centre) since my mom herself is pregnant at that time. So, tak larat nak jaga kucing.

Last two months, Tam gave birth again. This time 5 black kittens. Take a look at the pictures below.

The kitten's house

One day, there is a box of 3 kittens in front of my house. Don't know who put it there. (orang buang kucing la tu). So, my mom just put them inside the sangkar. Tam give milk to all the kittens. Although the other three are not hers. The kittens are all siblings now... =D

This white kitten is the biggest among all. Its not Tam's child. I do not know where Tam got it from.

Yesterday, 3 other kittens were added by someone. Again, unknown.
So, in total, 5+3+1+3=12
Quite a lot huh..

Its not easy to look after the kittens. Have to settle their litters, food, ..
The smell also.. fuh.. (when there are too many cats, you know how the smell was like)

Rat caught by Tam

Rat.. ya. Tam is really good at this. Every morning (time Subuh) they will be 2 or 3 rats in front of my house. I don't know why Tam doesn't eat them but just lay them in front of my house instead. Tam.. Tam..

Sleeping Tam. Look at her when sleep.

She is like dancing.

One more nice pose.

Being with these cats, I learnt that we should always care about others, god creatures.

R.E.M.I.N.D.E.R

Don't do this again
Just listen to her
For her words come from HIM.

She is always correct
Don't deny it
Though you hate it
Or you dislike it
Her words is the best
For it comes from HIM.

How many times should this happen,
until you want to listen to her.

Listen to her, listen to Mak!

NOTE: Something bad happened today. I wrote this just after the incident occurred. Sorry Mak.

6th July 2009

Pelajar-pelajar IB seluruh dunia cuak menantikan tarikh di atas. Hari di mana keputusan IB akan diumukan secara rasmi. Saya juga turut merasakan debaran. Alhamdulillah. Keputusan saya cukup untuk melayakkan saya menyambung pelajaran di bumi asing. InsyaAllah.

Laman web untuk mengakses keputusan IB.

Syukur. Keputusan tidaklah tinggi mana, tapi saya tahu itu yang terbaik untuk saya. Ada juga beberapa kenalan yang tidak berjaya melepasi 'requirement' yang diperlukan. Tidak kurang juga yang berjaya dengan cemerlang. Rezeki masing-masing. Saya mendoakan yang terbaik untuk semua. Walaupun ada yang tak lepas, bagi saya, kita semua dah berjaya dari segi usaha. Contohnya, mungkin ada orang dapat 31 je. Tapi, sebelum ni dia tak pernah dapat points banyak tu. So, itu satu kejayaan juga. Mungkin orang lain tak nampak kejayaan tu. Tapi, kita tahu pencapaian kita.

Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat 35 and above.
Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat semua 6 in HL.
Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat pergi oversea.

Kejayaan ialah apabila kita menerima segala ketentuan-Nya dengan hati yang redha dan meletakkan sepenuh keyakinan kepada-Nya.

Sesungguhnya Dialah perancang terbaik.

"Tetapi boleh jadi kamu tidak menyenangi sesuatu padahal itu baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi kamu menyukai sesuatu padahal itu tidak baik bagimu. Allah mengetahui sedangakan kamu tidak mengetahui." [Al Baqarah:216]

Pernah juga mempersoalkan,

"Kenapa tak leh dapat 7?"

"Ni kalau dapat 7 kan best..."

"Ala.. 5 je?"

"1 je bonus point"

"Malay 6 je... "

Tapi bila difikirkan semula, kita memang selalu tidak pernah puas. Sentiasa mengharapkan yang lebih baik. Ini memang lumrah manusia. Tapi, sesungguhnya, apa yang Dia bagi tu, pasti ada hikmahnya. Kita cuma perlu fikirkan dan lunasi.

Kebetulan, semalam terjumpa artikel ini.

Mungkin ada yang pernah membacanya di mana-mana. Saya tertarik dengan kata-kata di bawah.

KELAYAKAN:

Anda tidak perlu bawa siji-sijil,termasuk sijil saham termasuk saham Internet. Anda tidak perlu bawa pingat , Mercedes mata belalang atau kad kredit. Anda tidak perlu bawa wang atau harta serta emas yang anda kumpul. Anda tidak perlu berparas rupa yg cantik, hensem atau berbadan tegap atau seksi.

Sila bawa dokumen asal iaitu : Iman dan Amal serta sedekah jariah sebagai sokongan.

Segala apa yang kita perolehi di dunia ini hanyalah sementara. Keputusan peperiksaan kita tidak penting pun. Hanya Iman dan Amal yang akan dibawa mati.

Jadi mengapa begitu mengejar dunia? Inilah silap kita. Kita tahu dunia ini sementara namun tidak pula kita berusaha untuk akhirat yang kekal abadi. Tidak salah mengejar dunia, tapi janganlah pula meninggalkan akhirat begitu sahaja. Kedua-duanya perlu seimbang. Jika kita tahu matlamat hidup di dunia ini adalah sebagai khalifah-Nya, InsyaAllah, segala ujian dunia dapat kita hadapi secara tenang dengan izin-Nya.

Apa yang saya nak sampaikan ialah, keputuasan IB (atau apa-apa peperiksaan pun) ini hanyalah kelayakan untuk perjalanan hidup di dunia. Hasilnya adalah untuk dunia. Sama-samalah pula kita mencari kelayakan untuk akhirat pula.

Jadikan kejayaan di dunia sebagai landasan untuk mendekatkan diri dengan-Nya.

Dunia ini tempat mencari bekalan. Bekalan untuk ke akhirat.

Ayuh, bangkit semua!

Arabic Series 2

4. "If the Qur'an is meant for all of humanity, why should we only learn it in Arabic? Why shouldn't it be in all languages?"

People ask if Allah made me to be an arab, if He wanted me to know Arabic. I will be born in Arabs. So, its not my problem to learn Arabic because its not my native tongue. The answer to this is historical, you know Muslim, we have learnt the Quran and study it in the original language for a millennium and a half. And as I mention before, the vast majority of people on the face of this earth they call them selves a Muslim but they are not Arab. And even in the non-Arab parts of the Muslim world, Arabic has always be part of our tradition, our base education and our learning. It is only in the last couple of hundred years Arabic has been taken away from the curriculum and become secondary for a certain groups of people.

Otherwise in Muslim civilization, this is a standard component of education. Just like when you study even non-human things in sciences. When you study science, you study physics, you chemistry, you study biology, it's the standard in education. By the time you get to high school. The study of Arabic was the standard second language thought in all over the Muslim world. And that is the historical phenomenon.

So, there is nothing to do with being Arab or non-Arab. It just the language of this religion, the language of this Ummah.

Video #4

5. "There are Arabs who understand the Qur'an but aren't very righteous, so why do you emphasize the learning of Arabic so much?"

This is actually a blinging. You could say, while this person knows about the religion, they know what's right and wrong. But they still don't change the way they behave. So, the issue isn't about being Arab or non-Arab, the issue is practicing what you know and that's not the problem for the people of the language but its the problem for anyone who know something to be true and doesn't follow it.

As far as Arabs knowing the language or not knowing the language, what we were presenting here, isn't that Arabic is the only thing you need to understand or appreciate the Quran or to become a better Muslim. What we are suggesting if you on this role to become a better Muslim, certainly the learning of Arabic is going to facilitate that journey. And its gonna be a key component in your relationship with the Quran. So, you should take it into consideration.

Its not the only requirement, but it certainly one of the biggest one.

Video #5

6. "If the Quran were revealed today, would it have been revealed in English?"

This is actually not a good way of thinking about this problem. You know, we know that Allah speaks and Allah has complete wisdom. An absolute wisdom. He knew the people of this world, what languages they are going to speak and how society is going to change. And He knows with his ultimate wisdom that this is the final revelation.

So, just to even a route to the idea that if He sends something it will be more relevent or more appropriate for this time is to suggest that the Quran isn't relevant and isn't the solution for all. This cut the very base about what we believe in the Quran.

It is a universal guidance that transcend race, that transcend gender, that transcend nation. It's a universal human guidance. So, when we say Allah Azza Wajalla reveal the Quran in Arabic, we dont reduce its to just the Arabs. That He didn't reveal it to doesn't Arabs and they were the one who benefited from it and nobody else is benefited from it

History itself is a testimony against that. And it is only in our time that we find scepticism and even among Muslims of the relevance of the Quran. A question that hasn't occur for more over than a Millennium in regards to this book and this religion is now popping up which speaks up of the less and the lack of integrity and the credential of the question itself.

Video #6

Genting dan Niqab

Sudah ada aura kemalasan untuk meneruskan blog ini. Baru beberapa post dah malas. Haih.. apa ni.NO!..Singkirkan sikap malas itu.

Baik. Saya teruskan. Semalam saya berkesempatan pergi ke Taman Tema Genting. Pegi dengan kawan-kawan. Best la jugak mencuba permainan-permainan yang ada. Before this, saya tak tahu saya ni gayat ke tak. Alhamdulillah. Takde la gayat sangat rupanya.

Barangan yang dijual kat situ semuanya mahal-mahal belaka terutamanya makanan. Maklumlah, tempat tinggi, kos nak angkut barang pun meningkatla. Masa mula-mula datang tu, terpaksa korbankan RM 4.60 untuk membeli 8 pieces of Kaya Ball sebab nak tukar duit. The 60 cents is for tax. Air mineral yang biasa jual RM1 jadi RM2.50. Kalau botol besar RM5. Semuanya mahal-mahal belaka. Sesiapa yang nak ke sini nanti, belilah bekalan siap-siap. (Saje je gi taw benda ni)

Sebenarnya nak sampaikan benda ni.

Niqab

Dalam kesibukan pelbagai ragam manusia di taman tema tu, saya dapat menyaksikan beberapa kaum muslimah memakai burqa atau niqab. Agak janggal bagi saya melihat situasi yang sedemikian. Lebih-lebih lagi di kawasan seperti itu. Mungkin kerana saya jarang melihat wanita-wanita memakai burqa atau niqab. Menutup keseluruhan anggota badan mereka. Hanya dua pasang mata yang kelihatan. Kadang-kala, mata juga ditutup oleh kain nipis.

Mata yang hampir tidak kelihatan.

Tetapi, melihatkan wanita-wanita ini bertudung litup di kawasan yang majoritinya berpakaian bebas, timbul rasa kagum pada mereka. Mereka mampu menjaga aset wanita kurnian-Nya namun, masih tetap bebas bergerak. Sungguh, Islam itu universal.

Wanita-wanita ini, ada yang datang dengan suami mereka serta membawa anak-anak. Ada juga yang datang bersama kumpulan kawan-kawan. Mereka kadang kala mejadi pusat tumpuan dek kerana penampilan yang unik dan lain daripada yang lain.

Saya tertarik dangan cara berpakaian yang sedemikian. Pernah juga terlintas untuk memakai niqab, tapi... Ada seorang sahabat yang saya kenal di ym mengesyorkan saya mencuba untuk berniqab. Dia beriya-iya mengajak saya memakai niqab. Sahabat saya tu, memang memakai niqab jika dia keluar rumah atau bekerja. Saya tak pernah pula berjumpa dangan dia. Hanya view melalui web cam sahaja. And pernah la tengok gambar dia pakai niqab. Pada mulanya, pelik sebab tengok dia tutup satu kepala. (Mata pun tak nampak, scarry gak la). Rupanya, memang ada orang pakai macam tu, saya je yang tak tahu.

Gambar hiasan

So, kepada semua muslimah , sama-samalah kita sematkan niat untuk membuat satu anjakan satu hari nanti. Bukannya saya menyuruh memaki burqa atau niqab. Saya juga tidak lah sesempurna itu. Jika dulu pakai tudung pendek, sekarang pakai lah yang labuh sedikit. Jika dulu pakai tudung dengan baju lengan pendek, pakailah dengan lengan panjang. Sentiasalah berubah kepada yang lebih baik. There is always Home of Improvement. Ikutlah kemampuan diri. InsyaAllah, diberi petunjuk oleh-Nya.