Random Messages for Randoms

Mari Buat Lampu Guna Botol Soda

2011-10-10T10:07:00.002+08:00

Ada penduduk di Brazil yang memang penyedia perkhidmatan elekrik yang hampeh. So mereka mengambil inisiatif untuk membuat lampu mereka sendiri. Tetapi lampu ini memang tidak menggunakan elektrik langsung. :P Sangat menarik dan creative. :) Sepatutnya kita semua dah lama guna sahaja cahaya matahari ini. Bagus. Kita perlukan orang yang kreative-kreative macam ni dalam dunia supaya benda yang kita buang tiap-tiap hari boleh dijadikan benda yang bermanfaat kepada kehidupan harian kita. :)

Caiyok... tengok ni.. dan cuba buat kat rumah.Lampu ini menyamai 50w metol. :)

Bersedekahlah

2011-02-21T19:35:00.001+08:00

Hadis dari Abu Dzar r.a. bahawa Rasulallah SAW yang bermaksud,

“Tidak ada lain dari anak Adam itu sedekah pada tiap-tiap hari yang naik matahari padanya.” Bertanya para sahabat, “

"Dari mana datangnya harta untuk kami bersedekah wahai Rasulallah?”

Sabda Nabi, “Bahawa pintu-pintu kebajikan itu banyak; Tasbih, Takbir, Tahlil, Amar makruf dan nahi (mencegah) mungkar, membuang duri di jalan, mendengar orang pekak, menunjuk jalan kepada orang buta, menunjuk arah perjalanan kepada yang meminta ditunjuk, memberi air minuman kepada yang dahaga, menolong meringankan beban orang yang tidak berdaya. Semua itu sedekah bagi diri kamu.”

Malah dalam riwayat yang lain menambah, “Senyum anda terhadap saudara anda adalah sedekah.” (Hadis riwayat Ibn Hiban dan Al Baihaqi)

continuation to "Really Traditional Masssage (Mystical)"

2011-01-20T19:52:00.003+08:00

Well, I went to the place again yesterday (19th January 2011) to further check up and I was told beforehand to bring a small bottle by Agus as an additional stuff to the stuffs that the Pakcik wanted me to bring to complete the 'ritual'. Here I call it a ritual for I have no idea what the real thing is.

Then, Irmaz and I went to fetch Agustina at her residency and then we went straight to the Jalan Bukit Kamiri where the humble Pakcik and his beloved family reside. We arrived there at about 7 pm (+8 Malaysian Time) ;P, and luckily I remember to bring torch light from Syahmi to tread the bush in a small truck-way heading to the Pakcik's house. The old rusty gate was chained and padlocked so that no vehicles can pass so we had to brave on foot by passing in a small hole beside the gate. It took about 5 minutes to get there like I said before.

Well, when we were almost there, as usual (as if I come there often) the dogs came after us and barked at us while surrounding us. We didn't run as suggested by the housekeepers so we stand still and walking slowly towards the slippery wooden steps to get onto the house, however, Agus was in a shock so she fell for she slipped off the slippery wooden steps. I forgot to tell you that the day was gloomy and muggy for it rained for the whole day. Then we got into the house.

The pakcik was asking about the bottle that I brought. I showed him a small but bulky 'budu' bottle for him to fill in some oil. However, he said, "You don't want to put the oil in the bottle for it's too bulky for you to carry it everywhere." I was snapped into reality, I was thinking, "What? Do I have to carry the bottle everywhere I go? No way I'll carry such stuff in this modern world and it would be suspicious to see bulky pocket. And I'm carrying oil? No way?" Well, the Pakcik further his speech,

"You need to carry the Minyak Jelek (Pronounce as MEYucK Gellick) every where you go, and you must take a very good care of it as this ointment is really powerful. Once you wear it you are no longer your old self for you'll become one with my ancestors and you'll be as powerful as them. By the power of the ointment, you'll be able to relieve from any pain that you endure in your lifetime. You will also be able to ask for anything that you want, you may soon become a principal of the school if you wish to be one. However, if you want to hit someone, please make sure that you try a soft one first for you won't be yourself anymore. You'll be stronger and I won't be liable to anything that happen to the person. One more thing that you must remember, you should come here once in a while to pay a visit to the ancestors for they are the ones that help you with all that and don't forget to bring some Surya (a brand of cigarrets) as offerings."

During the talk, I felt weird and goosebumps and it sent chill to my spine. I was so unrest and beats of sweats were sliding down my flawless skin. (haha) I was wet. I kept thinking of what the hell is going on and I became rational and I asked the Pakcik, "Pakcik, can I cancel all this for I don't think I'll be able to endure such burden and I'm not really a responsible person." "Well son, it is entirely up to you. I can't force you to take it." After an while of awkward silence, I said "Pakcik I'm sorry but I refused to have the Minyak Jelek". And the Pakcik continued, "If you refuse to have it now, it's okay. I'm not going to force to have it. It's entirely up to you. You should leave all the stuffs here and if you change your mind and you want the ointment please come back and have it resume."

After a while, we didn't really talk about taking it or not I changed the subject by asking Pakcik, how long has he been a traditional medicine practitioner and some other stuffs. Later at about 9 ish, we left the house and I resume my life like a normal. End of the story.

PS: Some parts are altered. Thank You. The story is not exactly as told.

Really Traditional Massage (Mystical)

2011-01-17T21:51:00.003+08:00

After I have been feeling painful shoulder and joins especially around ankles and soars almost everyday, I decided to ask my friend, an ustazah to find me a person who can help with the massage. She found a person who is a 'bidan', a person who usually massage a pregnant women if anything happens to their carriage. However, the bidan wasn't available and couldn't be reached via phone so she cancelled it and ask Agustina Oskar to find a person for me. Well, here the story starts.

I went to see Agustina today (17 january 2011) to take me to see the Pakcik. I don't know the pakcik's name for I forgot to ask him. Haha...Along the way, we stopped by to get two boxes of cigarrets for the pakcik cause he asked for it. After we arrived at the place we had to brave through a palm oil plantation in the pitch black night. We had to go through the dark palm oil plantation with a cellphone torchlight, it was not very bright for us to see what was coming. I couldn't use my phone for a torchlight for it doesn't have that kind of function. I never walked in the dark night in a palm oil plantation before and it was scary for you couldn't see anything and you didn't know where you were heading to. Thanks to Agus, she was the one who knew the place and we just followed from behind.

After 5 to 10 minutes, we arrived at a brightly lit wooden house. It is elevated about 5 feet above the ground and surrounded by dogs. We were taken aback for the dogs were barking at us and gave me a jump and ran behind Agus. It was kind of funny for Irmaz was doing the same as well. Irmaz and I were afraid of the dogs because it looked really fierce and sort of aggressive. The dogs tried to bit us but we made it into the house without being bitten by the dogs. After we got into the house, there were three people there two men and a woman. The pakcik is there sipping his black coffee and I shook his cold brown hand. We talked for awhile about how I got the pain and how often it occurred. Then after than he asked for a 'kemenyan' a kind of incence or benzoin as well as some candles. I didn't know why he asked for such things, he also wanted Agus to write down my name on a piece of paper. Well, we didn't have candles and benzoin and the ritual couldn't proceed. However, he did put some coconut oil on some parts of my body like my palms, head, my back, heels and he recited something very softly till no one could actually hear what he was mumbling about. Then this was the best part, he said that was going through three phrases. The first and second stages are complete and now I am in my third stage. He said if all the stages completed, I could become paralyzed. Well, he says, I just have to get some help with anyone that can help me resolve the issue in my body. I don't know what else to do but to continue the process of healing me from getting any paralysis. I don't want that to happen to me. So "apo den nk buek nih?"... huhu... I have to come again tomorrow night for the next process. I'll let you know later. - To be continued.

Gambaran Kiamat

2010-11-04T17:07:00.001+08:00

Gambaran Hari Qiamat

✐ Selepas Malaikat Israfil meniup sangkakala (bentuknya seperti tanduk besar) yang memekakkan telinga, seluruh makhluk mati kecuali Izrail & beberapa malaikat yang lain. Selepas itu, Izrail pun mencabut nyawa malaikat yang tinggal dan akhirnya nyawanya sendiri.

✐ Selepas semua makhluk mati, Tuhan pun berfirman mafhumnya "Kepunyaan siapakah kerajaan hari ini?" Tiada siapa yang menjawab. Lalu Dia sendiri menjawab dengan keagunganNya "Kepunyaan Allah Yang Maha Esa lagi Maha Perkasa." Ini menunjukkan kebesaran & keagunganNya sebagai Tuhan yg Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Kekal Hidup, tidak mati.

✐ Selepas 40 tahun, Malaikat Israfil a.s. dihidupkan, seterusnya meniup sangkakala untuk kali ke-2, lantas seluruh makhluk hidup semula di atas bumi putih, berupa padang Mahsyar (umpama padang Arafah) yang rata tidak berbukit atau bulat seperti bumi.

✐ Sekelian manusia hidup melalui benih anak Adam yg disebut "Ajbuz Zanbi" yang berada di hujung tulang belakang mereka. Hiduplah manusia umpama anak pokok yang kembang membesar dari biji benih.

✐ Semua manusia dan jin dibangkitkan dalam keadaan telanjang dan hina. Mereka tidak rasa malu kerana pada ketika itu hati mereka sangat takut dan bimbang tentang nasib & masa depan yang akan mereka hadapi kelak.

✐ Lalu datanglah api yang berterbangan dengan bunyi seperti guruh yang menghalau manusia, jin dan binatang ke tempat perhimpunan besar. Bergeraklah mereka menggunakan tunggangan (bagi yang banyak amal), berjalan kaki (bagi yang kurang amalan) dan berjalan dengan muka (bagi yang banyak dosa). Ketika itu, ibu akan lupakan anak, suami akan lupakan isteri, setiap manusia sibuk memikirkan nasib mereka.

✐ Setelah semua makhluk dikumpulkan, matahari dan bulan dihapuskan cahayanya, lalu mereka tinggal dalam kegelapan tanpa cahaya. Berlakulah huru-hara yang amat dahsyat.

✐ Tiba-tiba langit yang tebal pecah dengan bunyi yang dahsyat, lalu turunlah malaikat sambil bertasbih kepada Allah SWT. Seluruh makhluk terkejut melihat saiz malaikat yang besar dan suaranya yang menakutkan.

✐ Kemudian matahari muncul semula dengan kepanasan yang berganda. Hingga dirasakan seakan-akan matahari berada sejengkal dari atas kepala mereka. Ulama berkata jika matahari naik di bumi seperti keadaannya naik dihari Kiamat nescaya seluruh bumi terbakar, bukit-bukau hancur dan sungai menjadi kering. Lalu mereka rasai kepanasan dan bermandikan peluh sehingga peluh mereka menjadi lautan. Timbul atau tenggelam mereka bergantung pada amalan masing-masing. Keadaan mereka berlanjutan sehingga 1000 tahun.

✐ Terdapat satu telaga kepunyaan Nabi Muhammad SAW bernama Al-Kausar yang mengandungi air yang hanya dapat diminum oleh orang mukmin sahaja. Orang bukan mukmin akan dihalau oleh malaikat yang menjaganya. Jika diminum airnya tidak akan haus selama-lamanya. Kolam ini berbentuk segi empat tepat sebesar satu bulan perjalanan. Bau air kolam ini lebih harum dari kasturi, warnanya lebih putih dari susu dan rasanya lebih sejuk dari embun. Ia mempunyai saluran yang mengalir dari syurga.

✐ Semua makhluk berada bawah cahaya matahari yang terik kecuali 7 golongan yang mendapat teduhan dari Arasy. Mereka ialah:

ⅰ- Pemimpin yang adil.

ⅱ- Orang muda yang taat kepada perintah Allah.

ⅲ- Lelaki yang terikat hatinya dengan masjid.

ⅳ- Dua orang yang bertemu kerana Allah dan berpisah kerana Allah.

ⅴ- Lelaki yang diajak oleh wanita berzina, tetapi dia menolak dengan berkata "Aku takut pada Allah".

ⅵ- Lelaki yg bersedekah dengan bersembunyi (tidak diketahui orang ramai).

ⅶ- Lelaki yang suka bersendirian mengingati Allah lalu mengalir air matanya kerana takutkan Allah.

✐ Oleh kerana tersangat lama menunggu di padang mahsyar, semua manusia tidak tahu berbuat apa melainkan mereka yang beriman, kemudian mereka terdengar suara "pergilah berjumpa dengan para Nabi". Maka mereka pun pergi mencari para Nabi. Pertama sekali kumpulan manusia ini berjumpa dengan Nabi Adam tetapi usaha mereka gagal kerana Nabi Adam a.s menyatakan beliau juga ada melakukan kesalahan dengan Allah SWT. Maka kumpulan besar itu kemudiannya berjumpa Nabi Nuh a.s., Nabi Ibrahim a.s., Nabi Musa a.s., Nabi Isa a.s. (semuanya memberikan sebab seperti Nabi Adam a.s.) dan akhirnya mereka berjumpa Rasullullah SAW. Jarak masa antara satu nabi dengan yang lain adalah 1000 tahun perjalanan.

✐ Lalu berdoalah baginda Nabi Muhammad SAW ke hadrat Allah SWT. Lalu diperkenankan doa baginda.

✐ Selepas itu, terdengar bunyi pukulan gendang yang kuat hingga menakutkan hati semua makhluk kerana mereka sangka azab akan turun. Lalu terbelah langit, turunlah arasy Tuhan yang dipikul oleh 8 orang malaikat yang sangat besar (besarnya sejarak perjalanan 20 ribu tahun) sambil bertasbih dengan suara yang amat kuat sehingga 'Arasy itu tiba dibumi.

✐ 'Arasy ialah jisim nurani yang amat besar berbentuk kubah (bumbung bulat) yang mempunyai 4 batang tiang yang sentiasa dipikul oleh 4 orang malaikat yang besar dan gagah. Dalam bahasa mudah ia seumpama istana yang mempunyai seribu bilik yang menempatkan jutaan malaikat di dalamnya. Ia dilingkungi embun yang menghijab cahayanya yang sangat kuat.

✐ Kursi iaitu jisim nurani yang terletak di hadapan Arasy yang dipikul oleh 4 orang malaikat yang sangat besar. Saiz kursi lebih kecil dari 'Arasy umpama cincin ditengah padang . Dalam bahasa mudah ia umpama singgahsana yang terletak dihadapan istana.

✐ Seluruh makhluk pun menundukkan kepala kerana takut. Lalu dimulakan timbangan amal. Ketika itu berterbanganlah kitab amalan masing-masing turun dari bawah Arasy menuju ke leher pemiliknya tanpa silap dan tergantunglah ia sehingga mereka dipanggil untuk dihisab. Kitab amalan ini telah ditulis oleh malaikat Hafazhah / Raqib & 'Atid / Kiraman Katibin.

✐ Manusia beratur dalam saf mengikut Nabi dan pemimpin masing- masing. Orang kafir & munafik beratur bersama pemimpin mereka yang zalim. Setiap pengikut ada tanda mereka tersendiri untuk dibezakan.

✐ Umat yang pertama kali dihisab adalah umat Nabi Muhammad SAW, dan amalan yang pertama kali dihisab adalah solat. Sedangkan hukum yang pertama kali diputuskan adalah perkara pertumpahan darah.

✐ Apabila tiba giliran seseorang hendak dihisab amalannya, malaikat akan mencabut kitab mereka lalu diserahkan, lalu pemiliknya mengambil dengan tangan kanan bagi orang mukmin dan dengan tangan kiri jika orang bukan mukmin.

✐ Semua makhluk akan dihisab amalan mereka menggunakan satu Neraca Timbangan. Saiznya amat besar, mempunyai satu tiang yang mempunyai lidah dan 2 daun. Daun yang bercahaya untuk menimbang pahala dan yang gelap untuk menimbang dosa.

✐ Acara ini disaksikan oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW dan para imam 4 mazhab untuk menyaksikan pengikut masing-masing dihisab.

✐ Perkara pertama yang diminta ialah Islam. Jika dia bukan Islam, maka seluruh amalan baiknya tidak ditimbang bahkan amalan buruk tetap akan ditimbang.

✐ Ketika dihisab, mulut manusia akan dipateri, tangan akan berkata- kata, kaki akan menjadi saksi. Tiada dolak-dalih dan hujah tipuan. Semua akan di adili oleh Allah Ta'ala dengan Maha Bijaksana.

✐ Setelah amalan ditimbang, mahkamah Mahsyar dibuka kepada orang ramai untuk menuntut hak masing-masing dari makhluk yang sedang dibicara sehinggalah seluruh makhluk berpuas hati dan dibenarkannya menyeberangi titian sirat.

✐ Syafaat Nabi Muhammad SAW di akhirat :

ⅰ- Meringankan penderitaan makhluk di Padang Mahsyar dengan mempercepatkan hisab.

ⅱ- Memasukkan manusia ke dalam syurga tanpa hisab.

ⅲ- Mengeluarkan manusia yang mempunyai iman sebesar zarah dari neraka.

(Semua syafaat ini tertakluk kepada keizinan Allah SWT.)

✐ Para nabi dan rasul serta golongan khawas juga diberikan izin oleh Tuhan untuk memberi syafaat kepada para pengikut mereka. Mereka ini berjumlah 70 000. Setiap seorang dari mereka akan mensyafaatkan 70 000 orang yang lain.

✐ Setelah berjaya dihisab, manusia akan mula berjalan menuju syurga melintasi jambatan sirat. Siratul Mustaqim ialah jambatan (titian) yang terbentang dibawahnya neraka. Lebar jambatan ini adalah seperti sehelai rambut yang dibelah tujuh dan ia lebih tajam dari mata pedang. Bagi orang mukmin ia akan dilebarkan dan dimudahkan menyeberanginya.

✐ Fudhail bin Iyadh berkata perjalanan di Sirat memakan masa 15000 tahun. 5000 tahun menaik, 5000 tahun mendatar dan 5000 tahun menurun. Ada makhluk yang melintasinya seperti kilat, seperti angin, menunggang binatang korban dan berjalan kaki. Ada yang tidak dapat melepasinya disebabkan api neraka sentiasa menarik kaki mereka, lalu mereka jatuh ke dalamnya.

✐ Para malaikat berdiri di kanan dan kiri sirat mengawasi setiap makhluk yang lalu. Setiap 1000 orang yang meniti sirat, hanya seorang sahaja yang Berjaya melepasinya. 999 orang akan terjatuh ke dalam neraka.

Rujukan: Kitab Aqidatun Najin karangan Syeikh Zainal Abidin Muhammad Al- Fathani. Pustaka Nasional Singapura 2004.

☞ Jika sekiranya kalian ingin mengumpul saham akhirat, sampaikanlah ilmu ini kepada sahabat² yang lain. Sepertimana sabda Rasulullah SAW: ❝ Sampaikanlah pesananku walaupun satu ayat. ❞ Sesungguhnya apabila matinya seseorang anak Adam itu, hanya 3 perkara yang akan dibawanya bersama :
Sedekah/amal jariahnya.
② Doa anak²nya yang soleh.
③ Ilmu yang bermanfaat yang disampaikannya kepada orang lain.

sumber: Amar Sufi

What's love?

2010-10-31T18:25:00.002+08:00

When I am in love

I live.
I sleep.
I do what I want.
I care.
I love.
I hate.
Just don't, don't dig in too deep.
Just leave. Just leave the past behind.
Look.
Look into the future.
Cherish the present.
Fight.
Argument.
They are salt and pepper in life.
Love is not what we say.
I love you. It's simple.
Everyone can say this.
Love is what we do. We wait.
We care. We wait. We care.
We can wait as long as it take.
I love you. I love you so much.
But sometimes, a person don't show.
Don't show their love. They hide it. Ego.
Thanks to Ego. Ego makes it so.
But deep down in their heart is love. They love but they don't show.
It's just difficult. I love. I love. Those three words are just a mere words.
Actions do the rest. However, action can only take place when two are together. Not necessarily.
Just that from me. I love.

Kereta : Penjimatan Petrol

2010-06-15T18:56:00.006+08:00

Seringkali kita perkatakan tentang penggunaan minyak kenderaan kita yang semakin mahal. Bukan sahaja didebabkan oleh kenaikan harga bahan api di Malaysia bahkan di dunia ini sendiri. Secara umumnya, bahan api memang sangat banyak tetapi propaganda yang dibuat-buat oleh orang barat terutamanya syarikat pencarigali minyak seperti BP, Shell, Petronas dan lain-lain.

Jadi, ikutilah tip-tip dari saya ini untuk membantu anda sendiri menjimatkan minyak kereta anda selain dapat menambah duit dalam akaun bank anda. :)

1. Kurangkan tekan minyak

Jika anda jenis suka tekan minyak, cuba kurangkan tekan minyak anda. Sekiranya anda menggunakan kereta jenis automatik, jangan terus tekan minyak secara melulu untuk mendapatkan kelajuan dengan pantas. Tekan perlahan-lahan dan anda akan dapat rasakan yang kereta anda menukar gear secara perlahan-lahan. Ini dapat membantu menjimatkan petrol anda. Selain dari itu, tahukah anda bahawa penggunaan minyak anda boleh diturunkan sebanyak 15 peratus (%) sekiranya anda memandu kurang dari 100KM/J. Semua orang sukakan kelajuan dan nak cepat ke tempat yang dituju. Tetapi anda fikirkanlah yang mana anda mahukan, samada mahu menjimatkan petrol atau cepat ke destinasi?

Lagi laju anda memandu, lebih banyak rintangan angin yang harus kereta anda lalui. Ini menyebabkan kereta anda harus membakar lebih banyak bahan bakar untuk menghasilkan tenaga yang lebih banyak bagi membolehkan ia melalui rintangan tersebut.

Lagi satu cuba kurangkan menekan minyak bila nampak lampu insyarat dah bertukar ke merah. Jangan nak melulu sahaja dan tekan brek pada saat saat akhir. Tahu tak untuk menggerakkan kereta yang berhenti memerlukan lebih tenaga daripada kereta yang menggelongsor? Lagi satu cuber jarakkan kenderaan anda dengan kederaan lain. Kalau kenderaan depan brek anda mesti akan brek jugak so kurangkan breklah.. jauhkan kenderaan.. tekan break slow slow kalau boleh. Jangan pulak kecemasan pun nk tekan brek slow2 bengong namernyer. Haha.. (sorry cam malas nk tulis formal).

2. Tukar jenis minyak anda. (taraf plumbum dier)

Ramai yang guner kereta biasa biasa jer kat Malaysia nih so guner jer minyak regular yg 95 tuh jer.. dah ok.. tak perlu guner 97 sebab mahal sgt.. at least jimat dwet. Lainlah kalau kereta anda jenih yang berprestasi tinggi.. yang ada high compression engine yang membuatkan enjin keter berfungsi pada tahap yang maksima.. tapi bagi aku keter aku jenis proton jer so aku guner mnyk biasa jer.. memadai.

3. Tayar Kereta

- No satu jgn luper periksa tekanan angin setiap sekali seminggu.. kalau busy sgt pun kena isi angin.. gak keter.. biar balance ikut spesifikasi dari pembuat kereta.. selalunya ada kat tepi pintu pemandu.. ada satu sticker kecik.. tgk kat stuh..

- Kalau boleh bli tayar yang guner low rolling resistance atau kurang geseran bergolek (tak tahu dalam bm per). Kalau guner nih, kurang kuasa yang digunakan untuk menggerakkan kereta. Jadi jimat la minyak anda. Tak byk sikit pun jadi a.. haha

4. Penapis Udara (air filter)

Air filter nih jgn lupe tukar sebab kalau lama sangat ddier dah tersumbat.. cuber kalau idung anda tersumbat... uadara tak masuk so kurang efisyen sket.. sama cam keter kalau udara tak masuk kurang efisyen la pembakaran minyak ... so lebih byk minyak digunakan..

5. Tukar Minyak enjin dengan Penapis minyak (oil filter)

tukar jer la.. seolah olah kereta dapat darah baru.. darah lama tak lancarkan geseran..

6. Tukar Spark Plug.. (tah la org plaing api? aku tak sure)

Kalau dah lebih 30000 tuh tukar jer la.. sebab kalau ada komposit karbon kat spug plug susah nk start enjin so byk minyak guner.. haha.. :D

7. Berat

Berat memainkan peranan penting dalam menggerakkan kenderaan. Jadi, buang jer per yang tak patut berada dalam kereta anda tak pun letak kat umah dulu. Kalau ada orang yang tumpang, mintak la sket dwet atau anda jgn kedekut bagi duit kat pemandu.. sebab anda penambah berat dan menyebabkan pemandu byr lebih masa memandu. Jgn kumpul ssampah sarap dalam kereta yer.

7. Penukaran Gear.

Bagi yang memandu manual mmg dah terasa kan penjimatan berbanding pemandu yang guner keter yang sama. Ini memerlukan sedikit "experimenting" / cuba-cuba. Selalunya anda akan tukar dari gear 1, ke 2 ke 3 ke 4 dan seterusnya.. kali nih cuber skip gear.. mula dengan 1.. terus ke 3... dan terus ke 5.. kalau tak reti tak payah... Kuncinya adalah untuk memastikan bahawa anda tidak pergi terlalu tinggi di rev di gear rendah, atau terlalu rendah di dalam gear tinggi. Pergi ke tinggi dari gear rendah dan anda membakar petrol tanpa alasan. Pergi terlalu rendah dari lebih tinggi dan enjin akan menambah tenaga kerja dan menghisap petrol dgn byk.

Itulah tips tips dari saya kot kot korang/anda ada tips lain atau cadangan silalah komen.. :) Selamat menjimatkan petrol !

A new teacher experience a new life!

2010-04-12T17:55:00.003+08:00

Salamm and Hello,

We meet again after so long that I haven't write anything here. I went to school today and I got a comment telling me that some people are backbiting me. I don't know who the persons are however, I don't give a damn about them. I really hate to say this but it must be said and people should know that If you have a problem with someone please tell that someone so that the problem is clarified.
I have no idea what I said that offended some people here in Perfect ( a very small town, far far away from civilization, ironically it's not perfect at all). I just can't bear it when got to know about it from other person, thank god I have some one who is kind to me. She told me about it and I am now cautious with whom am I going to talk to and how. I don't think I'll make friends with anyone from here anymore. I'll just keep everything to myself. It's better that way. Be with yourself. Play with yourself. Have no word with the others. I just don't understand. I know I am new. Why don't you guys tell me what is wrong and what is not? If you don't like people from the Peninsular of Malaysia, why not tell the Government of Malaysia so that the Peninsular people can just serve the Peninsular people and not in Borneo.
If i could I don't want to be sent here in this secluded place. But I got to be here to serve your children and the community here. I'm trying my best to help your children to be a human not animal. I'm trying to educate them. I'm trying my best now. MY BEST. Even though I sometimes feel down because of the remarks that the people are giving me (not to me, to other people, backbiting me).

I don't know. Now I've come to a conclusion that Never Ever be Friend with Other People that You Feel Would Threaten Your Well Being (even though you never thought that they'll do it).How sad. How sad. The people's mentality here is really backwards. Really saddened me. But don't worry. I'll try my best to EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN!!!!

Damn you backbiters!!

Semporna

2010-02-06T12:38:00.002+08:00

Salam and Hello,

Welcome to my blog, once again I salute you. I'm currently in teaching in Semporna, Sabah and how I love this place very much. It is one of the beautiful places that you can find in Malaysia or probably the world. However, because the people who live here in Semporna who do not know (ignorant) about conserving the environment, the place has becoming polluted with rubbish and oil spills. Don't blame me for all these. I don't know and I just came here.

Here is a little bit information about Semporna. Semporna is a very small town located in Tawau Division, in the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 133,000 in 2006. They have quite a number of people here but the living standard is very high compared to the wages that they earn everyday (most of them). However, I can see that there are many rich people around the town as well. So, I can say that the wealth distribution of the place is not even. Therefore, it can be concluded that the lack of education amongst the people in the area is the reason why the place isn't as developed as any other places in Malaysia. The majority of my students come from poor family background and their parents work as fishermen and only a small number of them work in office buildings (probably government servants). The small town is really like a 'pekan koboi' in Malay which means that the place only have a very basic amenities.

I don't really know what else to say about Semporna, well there's one more thing to say about it. It's really hot so I suggest to people who want to come here, bring a lot of SPF45, shades, headgear, and drink lots of water. :)

That's it for now. Thanks for reading.

The Day You Went Away

2009-10-04T01:08:00.004+08:00

This is a song for the girls that I am going to miss and I am missing at the moment. I really enjoyed teaching the girls and they were really nice to me. I was touched by the gifts and things that they said in their cards and some of them even made it themselves and they were being really creative.

I saw the video that form 2E made for me. It was really sad. I wish I had never have to leave them and wanting to teach them better and try to educate them better as well. However, life is like that. In life there are meetings and people should never say good bye instead people would always say SEE YOU AGAIN for there is still hope that we can meet again. I never thought that I’d love the school. I received so many gifts from you girls.

Thank you so much for giving me great gifts and your words on your cards really touched my heart. I was almost broke into tears when I was about to leave you girls but I didn’t want to do such thing. It was really hard for me to start the engine and to drive away from the memorable place. When I was first stepped into the school I was really scared because everyone of you were girls and it would be weird to be in all girl school. But, after a while the students had shown a good respect over me and they greeted me whenever they saw me and I was happy to be there.

I know that one and every girl are very respectful to me and to other teachers as well in the school. I know and I hear that the school is very good and serene as well. Though there were glitches when I was there during my practicum such as changing of class from 2M to 2E and 2T. However, it didn’t stop me for being an ardent teacher and I believed that everyone has help me achieved good results in my observations. I was glad. Besides, I am sorry for not being a really good teacher in the school. I have tried my best to accommodate each and every one of you in the school. I am a human being and I am sure there are imperfections from my teachings, the good comes from the God and the bad comes from a humble servant of God, me. I really want to see you all to be successful in life later. I know that every one of you has the potential to shine and glint in your life. One thing that I want you to know, try to be the best of the people in the world and don’t really be yourself for yourself could be ugly. Be a better person. Oh well, I love you girls. Thanks for being great during my occupation in the school. :) I’m glad that I met you girls. :)

To Fast or Not to Fast?

2009-09-01T16:24:00.003+08:00

Like I have a choice by being Muslim and I surely have to fast during Ramadhan. Oh wait, not every muslim in this world who fast during Ramadhan. I just know because I see it myself and I know it myself, not just this Ramadhan but also past Ramadhans as well. I sincerely say it here that I may not be as pious as some other people to write about religious stuff but hey lets just read it and then we know okay. I just want to spread the knowledge to you guys who read my blog and thanks for that.

This is the sentence taken from the Qur'an, it says

“O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)”

[al-Baqarah 2:183]

Okay, now we have the evidence saying that now only now but people before us had fasting during Ramadhan. I have no idea since when though but they had. So we should follow this beautiful tradition of ours and besides it's not simply a tradition but a symbol of faith and submission to Allah S. W. T. Anyway, I still remember the 5 pillars of Islam and one of them is fasting during Ramadhan. So, what makes us Islam? all those 5 pillars but here I just want to talk about fasting k.

According to this evidence taken from the Qur'an, fasting is not a burden at all to us. It's a blessings to add on to our deeds. See, how gracious Allah is to us by giving us Ramadhan.

“The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allaah [i.e. to say Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar: Allaah is the Most Great)] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him”

[al-Baqarah 2:185

It is not burdening at all for it allows us not to fast if we meet some conditions which are sickness or if we're really unable to fast for medical reasons. Oh well, thank you Allah and Alhamdulillah for giving us 'kemudahan' in order for us to fast.

So, what is going to happen to people who fail to follow this simple task by not fasting because of nothing? I don't know for sure but here is something that I surely know.

A saheeh report which warns against not fasting was narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah (1986) and Ibn Hibbaan (7491) from Abu Umaamah al-Baahili who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Whilst I was sleeping two men came to me and took my by the arm and brought me to a cragged mountain. They said, ‘Climb up.’ I said, ‘I cannot.’ They said, ‘We will make it easy for you.’ So I climbed up until I was at the top of the mountain. Then I heard loud voices. I said, ‘What are these voices?’ They said, ‘This is the howling of the people of Hell.” Then I was taken until I saw people hanging by their hamstrings, with the sides of their mouths torn and blood pouring from their mouths.’ I said, ‘Who are these?’ He said, ‘These are people who broke their fast before it was time.’” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Mawaarid al-Zam’aan, no. 1509. Taken from Islam Question & Answer.

Ahh well, Allah knows best. Allah knows what to do to them. Oh by the way, that's for people who fast but break their fast before the time. Imagine what will happen to the people who do not want to fast at all. I just do not want to imagine about it.

However, if you have done this which is not fasting in Ramadhan and you did something else. For sure there is a door or repentance for you. Read the following,

“Know they not that Allaah accepts repentance from His slaves and takes the Sadaqaat (alms, charity), and that Allaah Alone is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?”

[al-Tawbah 9:104]

If you try fasting and find out how easy it is and what comfort it brings and how close it brings you to Allaah, you will never give it up.

Think about what Allaah says at the end of the verses on fasting (interpretation of the meaning):

“Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you”

[al-Baqarah 2:185]

Allah Knows Best. I love Islam.
Before I end this, I'm Sure that You Know what the Answer For the Question, Surely To Fast. :)

I want to wish you Happy Fasting 2009! May Allah gives us His Blessings. Amin. :)

Reminiscence

2009-08-29T16:12:00.001+08:00

I felt like crying just now after my computer showed my photos of the past 2 years when I was In New Zealand. I really am missing those days that I cannot get back now. Life is very unlike living in New Zealand here in Malaysia. I do know why. In Malaysia I don’t have much freedom as I had back then in New Zealand. Studying is the best time of my life I guess besides falling in love. I never said that i hate New Zealand or Malaysia because both countries have their own characteristics because of the different spices that they used to marinate their country. If only I had more time and money, I’d go back to New Zealand and visit all the places that I had been. If I could I would like to stay in the country forever. Of course there are something that I hate in Malaysia and New Zealand but I prefer to stay in New Zealand even though I couldn’t taste Malaysian food of all year summer, I just prefer to stay in New Zealand. I really hope that I can get lots of money and travel around the world. That is my premier plan so far. I just want to get lots of money for myself and go as far as I could. I plan to stay in all the countries in the world. In each country I’ll spend 6 months or more if I like it. I’d just want to travel and live nomad and of course I’d buy some property on some country as my summer or winter house. My friends are right about it, everyone of them wants to leave the country whenever they have a chance. I’ll watch out for the chance too actually. I just want to travel away from my comfort zone. I want to see the worlds that I just hear or see thru papers or tv. I want to see it for real. :) Whatever people say, I will love New Zealand and even though I am just a migrant there to study but I really felt like home. I just love it so much. I want to be a New Zealander and I want to be a Wellingtonian or Welly as we called it. I love NZ/ I love Malaysian too. Anyone who’d like to donate for my return please contact me thru my comments. Leave a message about how to get big money.

Testing Windows Live Writer

2009-08-29T06:00:00.001+08:00

This is my first test after I have downloaded Windows Live Writer and I find it interesting as I can just write my blog here even when I am offline. Before this I can’t write my blog if I don’t have any internet connection. I need to use the compose a new post on the website itself instead of write first and post later like this one. I also included interesting plug-ins that I need not to worry about finding it on the internet to put up my photos, place a map here, or video or tags. It’s as easy as 1 2 3 4. haha..

The page also looks similar like the one in your blog’s page as it downloaded the template of your blog beforehand. So, you can actually see how your post is going to be like as you’re typing. Like I can see how it’s going to look like in the page after I have posted it. Therefore, I can edit here and there to make it look interesting and also to make it match the colour of my blog. :P Besides, at the bottom left corner of the software, there is “Edit, Preview, and Source”. You can preview how your post going to be like with your other posts and for Source, you can add stuff if you know html codes. I’d rather not to use that sources cause I don’t know anything about html code. lol. I prefer using the basic one. It’s easier for people like me. That’s it for the day. Chiow. Selamat!

Thanks for reading my blog. I love you guys. Suggest to me what I should write okay by giving comments. By doing that I know what to write about or else I just wait till i get some ideas. :) Bubbye

To cane or not to cane Kartika?

2009-08-29T04:23:00.002+08:00

Here is another controversial story that has been covered by so many major newspaper in this word. I read the that news from Time.com, Australian News (news.com.au) and BBC.

Why do they really care about this Malaysian women that is about to be caned for consuming beer? I really think that they need to say no word for it because a law is a law and you should know better about a law. Every country’s law is different and so as Malaysian law.

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In a nut shell, I don’t really care about Kartika because she was the one who started it anyway. She shouldn’t be drinking beer for she is a Muslim woman. She should know better and I think that is why she didn’t want to plead against the court decision. Any how drinkers will get a severe punishment in the hereafter. It is really something that Muslim frown upon when something likes this occurs. I think it’s better that she is caned now instead of a later punishment by God. It’s more severe.

Read this article to know some other Muslims who drink :About!. Even though they try to hide it from their parents or whoever, they just have to remember their religion is not made by people. It’s made by God. So surely, there are punishments in during the judgement day.

I don’t want to say anything more lest I’d be attacked. WohOoo… :P

May God Bless Us!

Malaysia - Pulau Redang / Redang Island

2009-08-28T15:59:00.001+08:00

After months now I have some time to review about the island that I went to in June, 2009. I went there with colleagues of the same University. It was not arranged my me though. It was arranged by the team members and I just followed where ever they went.

Pulau Redang is well known for its beautiful coral reefs and its marine park. It is well known because of its untouched beauty (may be overrated) and amazing coral reefs not too deep under the crystal clear blue sea. It was amazing when I first got there because the water was so clear and I could see schools of fish swimming near the jetties and gathering around human whenever they see any. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first got there. New Zealand is nothing compared to its marine beauty. The lush green palm trees were swaying as if they were dancing hawaiian welcom dance to welcome us there. The cooling breeze made the place even warmer and better.

The island is separated into a few parts that I know off. There are three parts that I know; the first is the Pantai Panjang aka “Long Beach” where there are so many people and there are many well known resorts there. The night can be really busy and noisy too with club music and people getting drunk. It’s more or less like a disco at a beach at night. So, if you like to be there for the sake of disco then you might as well go to better night clubs in the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur or Pulau Pinang. The second part is perkampungan nelayan or fishing villages where the native of the island live and having their daily “slow” live. It’s amazing how the life on the other side of the hills is. The last part that I know is the part where I stayed before. It’s a resort on a private beach that is so peaceful and far from noise like the main resorts. I didn’t stay at a resort though. It was more like a backpackers. Stayed there for 3 days 2 nights. Oh well, how I wished I had more days and nights there but I had to leave the place.

There are so many places for diving and snorkelling there in Pulau Redang. It was so beautiful on a good weather but when it’s not better not go diving or snorkelling. It’s pretty dangerous and the water isn’t so clear too. I went to Pulau Kerengga Kecil and Pulau Kerengga Besar there. When I was there I saw a brother that actually trying to harass me something, which I didn’t really know what was his real intention though. He was some sort of a clown in a water but hey he was funny at that time. I was laughing. Back to the underwater creatures and fish and stones and weird stuffs. At first, it was really scary for me to see those stuff and it gave a creep and chill to my spine. That was the first snorkelling but after and I didn’t wear my contact lenses and it was quite blurry I must say. However, I enjoyed watching the fish swimming and chasing each other. So many beautiful fish there were when I was there. Haha.. How I wished I could catch it and grill it by the beach. Must be yummy. Out of all the places I went for snorkelling, I think the best place to dive (and of course everyone should go there) is The Marine Park of Redang. That place is awesome. Very beautiful and stunning I must say.

I think that’s it. I don’t really want to say too much about it. It should be really interesting for you to go if you like it. I personally love the place. Don’t forget to bring you waterproof camera case. It’s very beneficial while you snorkel or dive. Happy Holiday!!

For more photos go to Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, and the rest you can see it from my Flickr. :)

Bad Communist!

2009-06-11T02:32:00.003+08:00

Wanita hilang 25 ahli keluarga angkara kekejaman komunis

KANGAR: "Berderau darah makcik apabila mendengar usaha membawa Chin Peng pulang selepas mengenang 25 ahli keluarga, termasuk abang kandung sendiri terbunuh dan hilang disebabkan kekejaman komunis," kata pesara guru, Izon Kamaluddin, 72, semalam. Katanya, beliau sudah berjanji dengan arwah ibu, Che Pah Md Bidin dan kakak mahu melupakan peristiwa 63 tahun lalu di Kampung Layang-Layang Kiri, Parit, Perak serta reda dengan kehilangan dan kematian ramai anggota keluarga.
"Saya tidak pernah bercerita mengenai kekejaman komunis atau dikenali Bintang Tiga kepada sesiapa pun, termasuk kepada suami, Ahmad Ismail, selepas berpindah dari Parit kerana sayu mengenangkannya. "Tetapi apabila mendengar berita Chin Peng, pemimpin kanan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) ingin dibawa pulang ke Malaysia.. ingatan makcik kembali segar mengenang peristiwa di Kampung Layang-Layang Kiri," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Padang Pauh, dekat sini, semalam. Izon berkata, seramai 14 orang anggota keluarganya, termasuk dua sepupu, Mohd Sharif dan Mohd Sidik serta dua bapa saudara dibunuh pasukan Bintang Tiga yang ketika itu sedang giat merekrut penduduk kampung.
Katanya, seramai 11 lagi hilang, termasuk abangnya, Abdul Rahman yang ketika itu berusia 21 tahun dan baru bertunang. Abdul Rahman sehingga sekarang tidak diketahui hidup atau mati. Mayat kesemua 14 anggota keluarganya yang diculik itu ditemui di dalam sungai Perak berhampiran Kampung Layang-Layang Kiri dan mereka dibunuh kerana tidak mahu bekerjasama dengan komunis. "Ingatan makcik masih jelas peristiwa petang Jumaat pada 1946 ketika berusia sembilan tahun, sekumpulan ahli Bintang Tiga datang ke rumah menculik Abdul Rahman dan arwah bapa, Kamaluddin Noh, bagaimanapun bapa melepaskan diri," katanya. Beliau yang masih bergiat aktif dalam Perkim Perlis berkata, setiap hari ada mayat penduduk kampung ditemui hanyut di Sungai Perak berikutan kekejaman komunis.

This is a very sad news that I read from the paper. I know that the communist were really devilish in Malaya at that time. It made my tears dropped of my bony cheeks. It was a disaster to loose 25 family members just like that in the hand of those communist murderers. I despised them all. Cursed be on them.

Politik Wang / Money and Politics / Rasuah / Bribes / Corruptions / Transparency

2009-06-10T16:39:00.003+08:00

Bisamillah ar rahman ar rahim - Alhamdulillah rabbilamin
Thank you Allah for giving me strength and power and mind to think and inspiration for this post.

Bribery as we all know is very detrimental to the nation we live in. When I was in New Zealand last year, I was halted my a policeman because I was caught for speeding. Yes, I know I broke the rule but I didn't realise that I was speeding until the police was behind me. I was speeding at 100 Km/H and the speed limit was 100 k. In New Zealand the speed limit is never beyond 100K. Because I'm too used to driving in Malaysia with speed limit 110 KM/j.

Then I pulled over at the roadside. The police was strict. Didn't really initiate much conversation and he just asked for my passport and driving licence. He told me that I was speeding and going to give me ticket. He just explained to me how to make the payment and I can appeal to the court of justice if I refused to do it. That was in New Zealand and no wonder their transparency index was really low (refer to transparency survey)

That was in New Zealand, back in Malaysia I have another quite similar story to tell which is another encounter with the police here. When I was with a friend and it wasn't me who drove the car anyway, I just saw everything that happened. There were these policemen stopped us for the same reason as above. We were caught for speeding again it wasn't me who drove the car it was my friend. He was speeding for 140km/h from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban. This happened long time ago and it just happened that I want to write about this rasuah story. These two policemen stopped us and asked for ic and driving licence. Okay, this is weird you know. They didn't just ask the ic and driving licence from the driver but me as well. Then something very weird happened. They started writing something on a piece of paper (maybe details of our ic and driving licence, or buat-buat write something down IDK). Then after that they started initiating conversation telling us that both of us have made mistakes (ok we were young 19 at that time)anak-anak lagi) and they started telling us that it might tarnish our future because we might not able to further our studies if we're black listed in crime. I was freaking out cause I was meant to go overseas. Then, they told us that we might need to pay at least 300 to 400 ringgit at the counter. Then, my friend asked him" What are going to do then?" The officer said" it's simple, just give us some money and we can make things right again." Okay that's it for them.

I am just wondering why are we having too many officers who receive and accept all the kind bribery. I also witnessed bribery that happened at LC CT recently. Customs being bribed by a person. So many bribery here. I can't believe it. The people who do it are Muslims. yes. Muslims.

I really hope that this might not happen if they know what are the consequences in giving and receiving corruption.

Allah has made corruption haram in the Qur'an by saying;
وِلاَ تَأْكُلُواْ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ بَينَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُواْ بِهَا إِلىَ الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُواْ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِاْلإِثْمِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
meaning "And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property (Al Baqarah, 188)

also mentioned in Hadith
لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ الرَاشِيَ وَالْمُرْتَشِيَ فِي الْحُكْمِ
meaning:“Rasulluah s.a.w telah melaknat pemberi rasuah dan penerima rasuah dalam penetapan keputusan (pemerintahan, pentadbiran, kehakiman dll)” [Riwayat at-Tirmudzi, 3 / 622 : Imam at-Tirmudzi berkata : Hadith Hasan Sohih] (tak jumper english pnyer lol).

Didn't they realise that bribery is very detrimental indeed and lead to chastisement in the hereafter. huhu... I don't dare giving and receiving any.

Ok just food for your thoughts. Malaysia the 47th country that have quite a number of bribery. lol.. we need more transparency.

Photos that tell its own stories

2009-06-08T00:55:00.004+08:00

Burung Belatuk! Cantik sebenarnyer. :)
Ini Buah Durian.
Sky at my house
Bunga Kertas
Bunga Kertas yang cantik.
So, these photos are taken around my house and my durian orchard of course. :P I have nothing in mind at the moment and I just want to show my 'interesting' photos.

Is it real?

2009-06-04T00:33:00.004+08:00

Hello all,

Another post during this school break. Here I am literally doing nothing at home so I decided to write another blog about Qur'an. I came across these new islamic websites which is www.alwahy.com and I found an interesting article that says Qur'an is real and you cannot challenge it. Oh I found that it is true. I believe in what Qur'an says and that makes me a Muslim. :) Here are the thing:-

How can Muslims be assured that the Qur'an is the Word of God?

Muslims are assured for several reasons that the Qur’an is indeed the Word of God. Here are eight reasons :

1. Physical incapacity.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was physically incapable to write the Qur’an. History has him as an unlettered man who could not write anything more than his own name. How could he write a book?

2. Sincerity.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was morally constrained to tell the truth about the origin of the Qur’an. He was noted to be so honest and trustworthy that even his enemies called him al-Amin (the trustworthy). Moreover, he suffered persecution, refused offers to compromise, and maintained his message for a period of twenty-three years. Historians of religion have to conclude that he was sincere.

3. Psychology.
The Qur’an speaks to the Prophet, commands him, and even criticizes him. Such contents do not point to the Prophet (peace be upon him) as the self-conscious author. On the other hand, the author declares himself to be the creator of the heavens and the earth.

4. History.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was incapable of writing the Qur’an. The Qur’an details items of history which were not known to the Prophet (peace be upon him) or his contemporaries. And independent studies confirm that the Qur’an was true in what it said.

5. Prophecy.
The Qur’an speaks prophetically, detailing what the future holds. Then the future unfolds exactly as foretold. Who could author such a book?

6. Science.
The Qur’an draws attention to a wide range of physical phenomena in order to teach moral lessons. The statements were not meant to teach science. Yet modern scientists are amazed at the accuracy of these statements. For example, the Qur’an said things about the growth and development of the human embryo which could not be studied without the use of a microscope. Dr. Keith Moore was professor and chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto. After reviewing the Qur’anic statements he said: "I am amazed at the accuracy of these statements which were already made in the 7th century AD." Such knowledge in the Qur’an points to God as its source.

7. Consistency.
The Qur’an challenges skeptics to find errors in it, which, if found, would disprove its divine claim. But no one has yet been able to point to a real error in it.

8. Inimitability.
A unique feature of the Qur’an is that no one is able to produce a book that would match its beauty, eloquence and wisdom. The Qur’an itself challenges humankind to produce even a chapter like it. But no one has been able to do it.

These eight reasons together form a strong cumulative case in favor of the Qur’an’s divine origin. Hence Muslims can be confident that the belief of Islam, which is based on the Qur’an, is true.

Author : Shabir Ally
Source : Islam Answers Back

Taken from: http://www.alwahy.com/article/quran/history/how_can_muslim_b_sure_about_the_quran.html

GLAD it's ALMOST OVER!

2009-05-09T20:33:00.003+08:00

First of all.. this is a story... this has nothing to do with anything... I made it up. For fun sake. So if you'd like to read just read it... or maybe send the add to someone else to read it.. should be noise.. Huwawahaha... >:) evil laughing ..

Wow what a drag... I couldn't believe it that I survive the whole semester in IPBA. Yes. IPBA. The organisation that doesn't know how to organise themselves. Yes they don't. I'm not a kind of person who likes to blaber about something that doesn't actually exist (okay okay... u got me... I know I talk about aliens) but this time lets make a story of IPBA. Oh by the way, I think you don't know what IPBA is.. it's an acronym for International Pressurisation of Boys (also Girls) Academy.

So where shall I start? Ok ok.. lets start with the first day I came to the place after years being in overseas. Ok.. I know that Malaysia is a third world country but this place called IPBA doesn't look like any third world country at all..yeah.. worst than that. What.. so what even though it is built in KL. Whoah... Glamorous eh to be in the city. When I first got there in the apartment that I live in It was so 'crazy' ok messy.. hurm what shall I describe it? cluttered? oh worst than that. I'm not thesaurus or anything but I can't describe it in words.. wait.. I just did. extra information about the place. When I left the place like 3 years ago it was still 'beautiful'..the doors still had lock and knob. no holes. and clean too. Toilets were clean and no moles.. carpet were soft and can sleep on it. an everything was clean. I thought after I came back to further my studies there, the place would be nice because the head is still the same.. (Dr. Saw D. Piss).. he should have known how the living conditions are like for the students there and he should have acted. In order to make the place liveable. I don't think anyone will let their child live in the place if they knew how it was like.. or they had to cause they had to.. yeah most of the students there only got 600 to 700 something per month and that's not enuff if they want to rent outside.
OKay.. the living conditions at the academy is horrible. I can say that the place is nice but no maintenance and no supervision at all by this Saw Piss made it a horrible place to live. I had to live there anyway. here are why the place is horrible:-

The buildings are being eaten by termites. Yes termites and you can see lots of termites holes in every floors of any buildings. I don't think the buildings are safe but still have to live in it. I don't think they get any Certificate of Fitness for it.. unless some bribery is done.
There is a big construction site near the buildings. Oh they are building a 5 Stars living spaces for famous and rich. OK whoever they are the place seems posh and expensive to own.. whatever.. so u can imagine how noisy the place an be... the piling.. the fucking drilling.. the bulldozer the crane etc... fuck it's noisy.. how to study if like that?
Let me tell you there are three toilets in an apartment and 2 shower rooms. and how many that works? ehemm... one toilet and 2 shower rooms.. Ok that's my apartment anyway.. idk about other apartments.
This is a minor case.. during a heavy downpoor studnets couldn't get to the academic blocks cause they have no umbrella. I sugggest they put roofs olong the sidewalk.. oh wait..there is no side walk.. fuck.. ok ok..contruct a sidewalk and put roof on top.. would be nice..
FOOD? ok lemme tell u that foods sold at the canteen or nearby restaurants are boring... ok remove the curfew and life will be better..
I think they need to buy new pillows.. whatever..pillows there are stink and use ur own guys or else you'll die..
seriously not many trees. plant more. students are roasted to death in their rooms. or install ac in every apartment. doesn't cost u much. why u can do it for the MTCP (My Teaching Career is Puny) and can't do it for the IPBA studnets? THEIR PARENTS PAY TAXES.. these MTCP? they are eating our TAXES. . HElL

Ok that's it... I'm too lazy to continue with the academic block.. lecturers.. etc.. laters..

PS: WHAtever!!!

After A LOOOOONG SEMESTER - Here IS another Post!

2009-05-09T20:26:00.001+08:00

Kampung Baru Kuala Lumpur
Kampung Baru Kuala Lumpur

Again, I do not know much to talk about so I want to talk about the experience that I had when I was at Kampung Baru, KL. I wanted to eat somewhere far a way from where I live because it's boring to eat at Mamak and they are not so hygienic. Haha.. It’s funny that I said that Mamak stalls are not hygienic at all.

Oh well, number one thing that I really hate is that it’s really difficult to find car parking space there because the place is not built to accommodate any transport years ago. I have no idea when Kg. Baru is established though. I went around and around the same place just to find a parking space and I could believe it that. Then I found a parking space but it was parallel and I was freaking out. :P I was not good in parking parallely. So I kina causing this small traffic congestion at the road. Another major problem was the road is too narrow and it can exactly fit 2 cars.

After a terrible and exhausting parking experience, I went to find warung makanan. Huhu.. It's food outlet haha.. I couldn't find and interesting place to eat because all of the place seemed so not appetising. Then after we strolled around and people are watching. (Ah.. well, these Malaysians really like staring and looking at people as if the people are just landed aliens). adn we couldn't find a good spot to eat, suddenly I remembered about one famous place to eat - Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa. Oh, sounds so great yeah and it would be great to fill up your stomach there eh. But NOoOOOooooooooOOOOOoOOOoo!!!! Don't ever eat at that place!!!

That place is so dirty and it's smelly too. I couldn't believe it that the place doesn't have a proper sewage treatment plant. When I say proper I mean that they don't have any!!! At least I think so... they just channel the sewage to the main drain in front of their property and it's smelly and above them (the drain) you sit there and eat... a la alfresco. yeah alfresco. And you started to smell the shit and whatever funking smells that your nose can smell.. I wished that my nose was blocked on that night. It was so terrible and I was about to puke my it didn't happen.

So, I will not going to eat at the place anymore. Ever and ever. It's just a stupid place to eat. If you want to die of diarrhoea. Thank god nothing happened to me though. :~

Mari memboikot McDonald's

2009-02-08T14:08:00.003+08:00

McDonals ialah rangkaian restaurant makanan segera yang popular bukan sahaja di Malaysia bahkan di merata dunia. Ini termasuklah di negera-negara islam sendiri. Makanan yang disajikan oleh rangkaian restauran makanan segera ini memang sudah diketahui ramai yang ia tidak elok untuk kesihatan. Ini terbukti dengan hanya melihat/membaca menu makanan yang dipaparkan di restauran-restauran tersebut. Sila baca http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/19/business/burger.php untuk mengetahu lebih lanjut. Tetapi laman web itu tidak memberikan maklumat yang terperinci mengenai kandungan kalori yang terdapat pada makanan yang disaji mereka.

Jadi, marilah kita beramai-ramai mencuba sedaya upada kita untuk memulaukan rangkaian McD. Sekiranya kita beramai-ramai memulaukan ia kita pasti akan berjaya. Ini seperti reaksi berantai yang akan berjaya. (chain reaction)
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Lama juga untuk memikirkan cara-cara yang boleh kita ambil untuk membantu mengalahkan atau sekurangnya melemahkan Israel . Ada yang mencadangkan agar kita boikot barangan Amerika dan barangan Israel kesemuanya tetapi terbukti bahawa senarai barangan tersebut terlampau banyak! Akhirnya, masing-masing berasa susah nak boikot dan rancangan boikot akhirnya gagal dan sekadar hangat-hangat tahi ayam.

Selepas berfikir agak lama, satu kaedah yang menarik dalam melumpuhkan dan merugikan Israel . Mari kita lihat Formula ini dan amalkan bersama!

Kita tolak ke tepi dulu fahaman politik dalam isu ini. Mari kita semua bersama-sama sepakat dalam isu ini agar Israel terasa tempias dan kesannya. Boikot gagal kerana terlalu banyak barangan yang ingin di boikot SECARA SERENTAK.

Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, mari kita semua MEMBOIKOT SATU PRODUK dahulu iaitu McDonald. Kita semua maklum bahawa McDonald ialah syarikat Amerika yang dimiliki oleh tokoh-tokoh Yahudi.

Kesan dari tindakan ini ada 5:

1. McDonald akan mengalami kerugian besar kerana pelanggan - pelanggan Islam akan lari. Kekuatan dan kuasa pelanggan Islam akan terserlah apabila Mc Donald mencatatkan kerugian besar dari tindakan boikot yang dibuat oleh umat Islam.

2. Umat Islam tidak akan begitu tertekan kerana masih ada banyak pilihan lain . Justeru, formula ini tidak begitu membebankan..

3. Sampai ke satu tahap, McDonald terpaksa gulung tikar atau sekurang-kurangnya mengambil tindakan untuk memulihkan imej. Mungkin McDonald terpaksa membuat sumbangan wang besar-besaran kepada keluarga mangsa-mangsa di Palestin.

4. Kesempatan ini boleh kita gunakan untuk diet. Makanan segera seperti di McDonald memang tak baik untuk kesihatan dan tidak seimbang..

5. Sekiranya dibuat secara terancang, satu demi satu syarikat Amerika dan Yahudi akan dikerjakan oleh umat Islam.

Justeru, saya lancarkan tahun 2009 sebagai tahun memboikot McDonald dan Yahudi...
Jangan di putuskan artikel/e-mail ini. War warkan kepada semua orang walau dengan apa cara sekalipun samada melalui email,blog,forum dan dari mulut ke mulut.

dimulakan oleh
NUR SAKINAH HASSAN (USM)

PS: Ini bukanlah karangan penulis blog ini. Karangan ini disalin dari blog www.isuhangat.blogspot.com

Happy New Year!! Welcome 2009

2009-01-01T01:59:00.001+08:00

Hello and welcome to this Blog. I'm the Blogger wishing you a very HappY New Year 2009. May this Year bring prosperity and good Luck to Me!

Should You Give Them a Second Chance?

2009-01-01T01:57:00.001+08:00

What in this world that doesn't change? At first I thought there should be something that does not change at all. But on a second thought, I think there is nothing in this world that doesn't change at all. Living and non living things do change whenever there is a need to change in order to adapt to their environment could it be the internal or external forces that made it change. In this note, I'd like to talk about relationship between you and your partner. It doesn't matter whether you have broken up the relationship or in the process of breaking it.

I've seen so many people changed through out the years that I've been friends with them. Changes that they show sometimes surprised me and sometimes it is predicted that they'll behave so here and there. This includes friends who have changed from good to not really good and vice versa. It depends on what your culture or religion is actually to think about good or bad because it is subjective. So it is a matter of opinion anyway. That is another important thing to keep in mind. After going through a lot of things in overseas, I can say that I myself changed in many aspects - knowledge, maturity, physical and many others.

However, it is sad to see your friends have gone over the boundaries and turned into something that you might think it's bad. It is also sad to see some people who were so called pious before diverted from the straight lines. This note is intended to speak about second chance. The question is "would you give another chance to the person who cheated you before or have been bad to you before? The answer lies in the person itself whether or not to give the second chance and lead a normal and happy life with the partner.

But here are some things to ponder about before you make your decision. How do you know s/he has changed? This question is hard to answer even for pros who had been in and out of relationships for so many times. Everything happens for some reasons. So look for signs of changes. If s/he looks different than before, maybe you could consider giving him/her a second chance. For instance, before this the person doesn't like to go to Surau or Masjid but now they often go to surau and masjid to pray together with other muslims then it is a good sign that the person have change. Oh well, maybe you'd think that the changes in the person only for a while. I warn you! Do not think like that! This may interfere with their efforts t change. Oh please, I know you Malays. Always being suspicious to anyone who are trying to be good for example. Please support them! Just don't be too suspicious to people for it's not good and it may be sinful (I guess).

Oh well, now you've seen that they have changed! What else are you waiting for? Go a head and forgive and forget! Another reason why they'd change maybe because of you. S/he might loves you so much and wants to change because of you. S/he also wants to change because s/he now realises that what s/he had been doing was wrong and forbidden. If you are the season why the person changed, then you should consider mending the relationship. If you don't you might as well make the person divert their own bad self like before. But does it really worth it to help him/her if you don't like them? I don't believe in love at the first sight so I'd say this. If you don't even like him, try to like him. You'll sooner or later find the inner beauty in him/her that you might get interested too and fall in love with it later. Give him/her a second chance and if you don't like him/her then you can ditch him if and only if he reverted! Oh well, you can always try! S/he might be more motivated when you're around him and that may speed up the changing process. :P

Okay, lets talk about cheating. I read it somewhere that there are two type of cheating that your partner could make. One time cheat or serial cheats! One time cheat makes a genuine mistake. They regret it. They hate themselves for the fact that they have cheated. They are frightened by what they have lost or nearly lost – The Person They Truly LOVE. Caught or not, they won't do it again. This is a good one actually, they've cheated before and sooner or later they found out they are about to loose someone they really love so they stop and regret doing it. So, if this is the situation in your relationship then I think you should put the past behind and look straight into the future.

I just want you to be aware of the serial cheats because it's not a good to cheat for so many times. Sooner or later they'll be caught and everything will be over before they even know it. So what do you say? Somehow I want you to know that by giving someone a second chance is like giving them a new hope for them to live their shattered life. It is like mending something that you may like for the rest of your life. However, please do not forget about God above. Seek help from him and I believe that giving a second chance to a person who really wants to change is pure in Islam or any religion. So, before I end up this note. Think about it thoroughly before any decision made and don't forget to ask for Allah's help.

The End.

Note: This is a revised version of change and second chance posted on the 22^nd of December 2008.

Polluted Rivers

2008-12-25T20:30:00.000+08:00

I don't know what to do today and as I was browsing and reading the internet contents. I came across pictures of polluted rivers. I couldn't believe it that the river is so polluted until you cannot see any water on the surface of the river. As if the river is a landfill and you can only see rubbish on the surface of the river and people are looking for useful items or any recycleable junks using boats. If you don't believe me you can see it here.

http://www.anvari.org/cols/The_Most_Polluted_River_in_the_World.html

and here is another blog that probably using the same pictures from the website to show their disappointment.

http://www.vincentchow.net/1298/the-worlds-most-polluted-river

oh well.. see it for yourself and decide whether you should throw rubbish everywhere or not. If you do litter I think you should be shot dead. We don't need people like you!

change and second chance

2008-12-22T18:12:00.000+08:00

What in this world that doesn't change? At first I thought there should be something that do not change at all. But on a second thought, I think there is nothing in this world that doesn't change at all. living and non living things do change whenever there is a need to change or because of external or internal forces (could be anything).

I just want to talk about human in particular here not something else. I've seen so many people change through out the years that I've been friends with them. There are people who changed from good to not really good as well as vice versa. It depends on what your culture or religion is actually to think about good or bad because it is subjective. That is another important thing to keep in mind. After going through a lot of things in overseas, I can say that I myself changed in many aspects - knowledge, maturity, physical and many others.

But it is sad to some to see some have gone over the line and becoming something that think it is not appropriate to be. I don't know how to elaborate it. But it is also sad to some to see some have gone back behind the line that they crossed before. haha.. this is weird. right. but let it be...

Here I want to talk about second chance. Did you know that they have changed? If you do why not give them a second chance? For maybe they are changing because of you. Some people change because they are motivated as well as they are given some kind of enlightenment for the One they truly believe in. I read an article before I wrote this and referring to it now. It says that there are two types of cheats. One time cheat and serial cheats.

I just want to talk about one time cheat,

"One-time cheats make a genuine mistake. They regret it. They hate themselves for the fact that they have cheated. They are frightened by what they have lost or nearly lost – the person they truly love. Caught or not, they won’t do it again."

Actually I don't even know what message I'm trying to tell you readers out there. But somehow I want you to know that by giving someone a second chance is like mending something that you may like for the rest of your life. Who knows? Provided they are changing or even trying hard to change or have changed. :D

Development On Hill Sides

2008-12-12T21:08:00.000+08:00

Meet again after a very long time. I didn't write anything in November because I was busy with moving. I have moved now from New Zealand to the Truly Asia country - Malaysia. Since there was a land slide at Bukit Antarabangsa that took few lives. So I want to say something about it.

The most important thing that I want you to take note is why the hell did they built up banglows and condominiums up on the hill tops? Didn't learn the lesson of Highland Towers? Haha... This is all because of the ~~corruptions in Malaysia~~ .lol.. I cannot say much about it because I myself do not know. But In my opinion I believe it is happening. I've seen it myself almost everywhere.

Then we'll surely ask this question. How the hell did the hillside/top projects approve by the government? Though it is deemed not safe for habitation. haha.. I think you can think about the answers yourself. What do you reckon? ~~CORRUPTION?~~ . I have seen ~~corruptions~~ myself for a few times. Once when I was a a custom checkpoint. Haha... and the second one by the road side. ~~Saw police was handed over money.~~ haha.. If there is not such thing called ~~corruption~~ in Malaysia I belive the hillsides or hilltops would become a lush green place or could even be a water reservoir or catchments areas. The places could be a park forest reserve or recreational areas for the city folks.

I don't understand why people don't really care about environment nowadays. Instead, they go for money! MONEY! Money is their priority. I know money is important, I myself love money like Mr. Crab in Spongebob, but to a certain extent. People should really be thought how to evaluate. What's right and what's wrong?

Note: Information here is not reliable.

Teachers Stop Caning!

2008-11-01T06:14:00.000+08:00

Just thought.

What is caning?
Caning is an act of hitting students with rattan stick or any other object such as a metre long ruler that could make them feel the pain by misbehaving in schools' compound.

Actually, I don't know what to write in my newest post and suddenly the other day a friend told me to write something on school caning. Oh well here it goes.

In my opinion it is important that school children need to learn lessons in their life that every single wrong doings has consequences. This is important because when they realise that misbehaviour lead to caning, they'll probably won't commit any law breaking. If you realised that in the real world, people get caned whenever they did something terrible like rape, molesting etc and it is not a light punishment to compare it with caning in school. In schools children are hit lightly and not too hard that could leave any mark. This is important so that it won't be interpreted as violence against kids. This put a huge burden to discipline teachers (maybe other teachers as well) so that they won't get carried away with emotion and act professionally. I really like to see this to be reimplemented in schools throughout Malaysia because through my personal experience I knew that when was in school students were afraid to behave badly just because they were afraid of being hit with rattan. Isn't this something that needs to be retained in schools these days.

Oh well, years ago Datuk Aziz Shamsuddin told us that these days kids aren't the same as the previous ones just because of the type of media that they consume these days. But I can say that kids will always be kids and they need to be taught lessons. These kids are our future generations and they need to be corrected whenever they did something wrong. I really believe in behaviourism theory. Through punishment and rewards, students are able to distinguish between good and bad. They will soon realise that bad behaviour will only cause them trouble rather than good. This realisation stops them from doing it. Don't you think so? I do!

I don't know what else teachers can do to guide students to behave. Give them lecture? Does it ever work to you? Counselling?

maybe. Oh well.. I think this only adds burden to teachers when they can't do anything to punish students. This could also give teachers stress. STRESS! This is severe and may make teachers become crazy! CRAZY! WohOooo.. OK that's it. I think this is it. I'm not really sure what else to write. LoL... it seems like I'm already deviating from that I suppose to write.. haha... comments and tell me what do you think?

Links that you might be interested to : Canings in schools, Aduan murid dirotan, Rotan sesuka hati,

Save Energy Too (2)

2008-10-05T05:34:00.001+08:00

Recently I posted an article about how to save energy by buying energy efficient computers (which are laptop or desktop?). Now, I am going to talk about saving energy again and how you could do that by using energy efficient appliances. Before, we go into using these appliances we need to know a little about energy saving and we do it. We save energy in our house so that we can pay less for our electricity bills and not just that, we can reduce our carbon footprint.

It is easy to make changes that can reduce energy costs in the home. Through a mix of careful use and smart appliance purchases, it is usually possible to save substantially on electric, gas and air conditioning bills.

Often, small changes can substantially reduce energy costs in the home. Some take little effort, such as turning off unneeded lights or letting dishes air-dry in the dishwasher without the heat setting. Others require simple fixes, like using energy efficient light bulbs. Fixing leaks around windows will save on air conditioning costs during the day. It is important to reduce the air conditioning at night because it supposed to be cooler at night. The natural air is also important, so open some windows for ventilation. Remember, good ventilation is important to keep your home cool
Making smart choices when purchasing new appliances can go a long way to reducing energy costs at home. For example, some refrigerators, washers and dryers use substantially less energy than others. Over the years the appliance will be used, the savings can be substantial. Checking labels on appliances and asking sales staff for energy-efficient recommendations are two easy ways to find models that will help reduce energy costs. Apart from that, in some appliances there are energy star ratings. The more stars the more energy it saves which is good. Try asking sale representatives before buying new appliances.
Utility companies can be a helpful resource in reducing energy costs. Utility bills often list a phone number to contact or website you can visit for further information. In some company like Tenaga National Berhad also provides on how to save energy. Though, it's not much but its useful.

These are some tips to save energy!

Power outlet vs. Power Extension: Plugging your TV and VCR/DVD into a power extension rather than an outlet will save you about 2 percent on your annual electricity bill. Even when you turn these appliances off, they continuously leak up to 15 watts of electricity if they're plugged into an outlet. When plugged into a power strip, however, these appliances leak only about one to three watts. Isn't that helpful? But remember not to overuse power extension at your house because it is a fire hazard.

Incandescent bulbs (we call it mentol yang tak putih) vs. Compact fluorescent bulbs (lampu yang putih tapi kecil macam mentol, yang besar dan panjang bukan compact): Fluorescent bulbs will save you between 50 and 75 percent in annual lighting costs over incandescent bulbs. Even though these bulbs are initially more expensive, they give off less heat and last up to ten times longer than incandescent ones. If you do have incandescent bulbs, think about installing a dimmer switch and reducing your bulbs' brightness by half. This will make them last longer.

Top-load washer (masukkan muatan dari atas) vs. Front-load washer (masukkan muatan dari hadapan): A front-load washer will cut your water and washer-related energy use by more than half over a top-load washer. You only need about 10 to 20 gallons (40 to 80 litres) of water to do a full load, while a top-load washer would have required about 40 gallons (150 litres). If you want to increase your savings even more, wash only with cold water the next time you empty your hamper.

Overall, reducing energy costs in the home can be quite simple and take surprisingly little effort. With some quick fixes and smart energy use decisions, the monthly savings on energy bills can add up quickly. Last but not least, Selamat Hari Raya!

PS: I always thought that telling others about reducing carbon footprint is important to keep out relationship with the environment. Islam wants us to take care of our relationship with GOD, HUMAN, and as well as ENVIRONMENT. Please give comments if you'd like it to be translated in Bahasa Melayu.

Save Energy? Save it!

2008-09-28T11:08:00.000+08:00

OK here is the deal. I recently heard someone said to me (not directly, covertly I may say) that laptop consumes more energy than a desktop. So, that really made me feels sick of the deceit. Hence, I made a little research about which saves more energy? Here there are some facts about desktop vs. laptops.

1. Comparing the 30W for a powerful notebook (including LCD screen) with the 120W desktop PC plus the 80 W CRT screen, savings could really be up to 80%. And even in the notebooks intended as 'desktop replacement', with a larger screen (up to 16-17") and less aggressive power management settings, the savings are still well over 50%. (http://www.eu-energystar.org/en/en_022p.shtml)

2. If you are considering buying a new computer, you may want to keep in mind that a laptop consumes significantly less power than a desktop, with 50% to 80% energy savings over a desktop (depending on model).

3. In areas with blackouts and power-surges the notebook (batteries included) could save even more. In these area's desktop PCs would typically require the backup of a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to keep you from losing data. And a UPS is not only a significant extra cost, it is also a significant energy-eater. (http://www.eu-energystar.org/en/en_022p.shtml)

4. A laptop will give you annual computer-related energy savings of as much as 50 percent over a desktop. For additional savings, enable the sleep mode on your laptop after five minutes of inactivity. If you have a desktop computer with an old-cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor, consider replacing it with a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen. A 14-inch (35-centimeter) LCD monitor uses up to 75 percent less energy than a 14-inch CRT monitor. (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/everyday/greenhouse/tips.html)

This is just information for you to stay on the right track to reduce energy usage at your house. And don't be fooled by fools out there who know nothing about energy savings and make false claims about this and that.

Rudeness of Nandos Wellington City Staffs

2008-09-27T19:30:00.000+08:00

This is my real experience there at this particular Nando's. When I was eating there with my mates. When I have ordered my food

I couldn't believe my experience there at this Nando's. Their service is totally rude and very embarrassing to me. Can you imagine, while you are eating at a table and all of a sudden come a waiter asking you to leave the table because they want to reserve it for someone else.
This exactly happened to me when I was eating there with my mates. We ordered as usual and went to a table and waited there with my other friends. We got our food as usual at that table and started eating.
Then came from out of nowhere, a waiter, asked us to leave the table saying that the table was reserved. Since when the table was reserved? If it was, they should have placed a sign saying that it was. But as far as I knew and I know that my eyes can still see clearly without any vague impression that there was No Sign saying that the table was reserved!

The waiter said something like this, "I'm sorry, this table is reserve at 7.30, please move to other place". He said that to us while we were there as early as 7.10 without even getting us another table. We came there first, and sat at that table because there was no sign of reservation on it. We were just trying to enjoy our decent meal. How rude could that be? tell me?

This was totally a rude manner to deal with customers. Are we less important than the one they were going to give the table to? or Do they pay more money than we do? or Are they racist towards us, Malaysians? To make matter worse, we ate at other place and we finished it around 8.10pm and I see no single entity having the table that they had reserved at 7.30pm. What went wrong?

OK! I'll leave it all up to you to judge on their attitude towards their own customers. I will never ever go to that place again. Never! I might as well send this to Dominon Post so that others can read it. We were embarrassed by it because other customers were looking at us.

How to Teach a Language?

2008-09-26T03:58:00.001+08:00

How to teach language?

I have no idea why I want to post this up on the internet, especially on my blog. Actually, I have not updated my blog for quite some times already and here it is "How to teach language?"

According to what I have learnt in the lectures from this year and last year, there are 4 strands in order for someone to be competent in language that they're learning. There're 4 strands which are;

Meaning Focus Input,
- Meaning focus input in teaching students on some things that they're already familiar with so that it'll be meaningful to them. This does not have to involve heavy demand in language.
- It should be easy for students to understand the task that requires reading and listening.
Meaning Focus Output
- Output focuses on the productive skills that students have to do in the language learning classroom. This involves speaking and writing.
- The task that teacher give to students should be meaningful as it should be known by the students or students should already have the prior knowledge of the task. This to make it easy for the students write and speak of something that they already know.
Language Focus Learning
- This involves deliberate learning of language. This focuses on vocabulary and grammar of the target language.
- It may also be a teaching to learn vocabulary of the target language.
Fluency Development
- This focusing on fluency and it involves in suing simple and easy material with familiar content. In another word, students already know about the topic/material so that they can produce it easily.
- There should be emphasis on fluency development on each of the 4 skills which are reading, writing, listening and speaking.

So, to teach the target language, use these 4 strands to teach language in a more balance ways.

When I was

2008-08-01T16:50:00.001+08:00

Haha. . Here another post. Wait the last two post were posted from my phone. Lol. It's really interesting to try out this new application blogger apps on my phone. Oh about the picture. I took that photo when i was at lorex's. She was painting her nails so i helped with it but it didn't turn out right. It was really messy. I just did it for fun sake. Oh well, i always hang aroung her house cause it's cool to be here. I can eat. I can play game. I can talk to them. I just like it. It's just cool to be here. Oh well, i always play world of war craft here. I've got few characters in there. One mage is already level 70, one hunter almost 70 and warlock just 20. That's just it. Oh well, can't type in too much words using phone cause it'll use too much bytes. Hat means more money. Haha; k bye.

Muhammad S. A. W. In The Bible

2008-07-27T12:29:00.000+08:00

Bible prophecies about the advent of Muhammad S.A.W

Abraham is widely regarded as the Patriarch of monotheism and the common father of the Jews, Christians and Muslims. Though His second son, Isaac, came all the Israelite prophets including such towering figures as Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon and Jesus. May peace and blessings be upon them all. The advent of these great prophets was in partial fulfilment of God's promises to bless the nations of earth through the descendants of Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3). Such fulfilment is wholeheartedly accepted by Muslims whose faith considers the belief in and respect of all Prophets and article of faith.

Blessings of Ishmael and Isaac

Was the first born son of Abraham (Ishmael) and his descendants included in God's covenant and promise? A few verses from Bible may help shed some light on this question;

Genesis 12:2-3 speaks of Gods promise to Abraham and his descendants before child was born to him.
Genesis 17:4 reiterates Gods promise after the birth of Ishmael and before the birth of Isaac.
In genesis, ch 21. Isaac is specifically blessed but Ishmael was also specifically blesses and promises by God to become "a great nation" especially in Genesis 21:13, 18
According to Deuteronomy 21:15-17 the traditional rights and privileges of the first born son are not affected by the social status of his mother (being a "free" woman such as Sarah, Isaac's mother, or a "Bondwomen" such as Hagar, Ishmael's mother). This is only consistent with the moral and humanitarian principles of the revealed faiths.
The full legitimacy of Ishmael as Abraham's son and "seed" and the full legitimacy of his mother, Hagar, as Abraham's wife and clearly sated in Genesis 21:13 and 16:3

After Jesus, the last Israelite messenger and prophet, it as time that God promise to bless Ishmael and his descendants be fulfilled. Less than 600 years after Jesus, came the last messenger of God Muhammad from the progeny of Abraham through Ishmael. God's blessing of both of the main branches of Abraham's family tree was now fulfilled. But are there additional corroborating evidence that the Bible did in fact foretell the advent of prophet Muhammad?

Muhammad: The Prophet Like Unto Moses

Long time after Abraham, God's promise to send the long awaited Messenger was repeated this time in Moses' words. In Deuteronomy 18:18, Moses spoke of the prophet to be sent by God who is:
1) From among the Israelite's "brethren", a reference to their Ishmaelite cousins as Ishmael was the other son of Abraham who was explicitly promised to become a "great nation".
2) A prophet like unto Moses. There were hardly any two prophets who were so much alike as Moses and Muhammad. Both were given comprehensive law code of life, both encountered their enemies and were victors in miraculous ways, both were accepted as prophets/statesmen and both migrated following conspiracies to assassinate them. Analogies between Moses and Jesus overlooks not only the above similarities but other crucial ones as well (e.g. the natural birth, family life and death of Moses and Muhammad but not Jesus, who was regarded by His followers as Son of God and not exclusively a messenger of God, as Moses and Muhammad were and as Muslim belief Jesus was)

The Awaited Prophecies was to Come From Arabia

Deuteronomy 33:1-2 combines references to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. It speaks of God (i.e. God's revelation) coming from Sinai, rising from Seir (probably the village of Sa'ir near Jerusalem) and shining forth from Paran. Accrording to Genesis 21:21, the wilderness of Paran was the place where Ishmael settled (i.e. Arabia, specifically Mecca).
Indeed the King James version of the Bible mentions the pilgrims passing through the valley of Ba'ca (another name of Mecca) in Psalms 84:4-6.
Isaiah 42:1-13 speaks of beloved of God. His elect and messenger who will bring sown a law to be awaited in the isles and who "shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgement on earth". Verse 11, connects the awaited one with the descendants of Ke'dar. Who is Ke'dar? According to Genesis 25:13, Ke'dar was the son of Ishmael, the ancestor of prophet Muhammad.

From Mecca to Medina: Prophesied in the Bible?

Habakkuk 3:3 speaks of God (God's help) coming from Te'man (an Oasis North of Medina according to J. Hasting's Dictionary of Bible), and the holy one (coming) from Paran. That holy one under persecution migrated from Paran (Mecca) to be received enthusiastically in Medina was none but prophet Muhammad.
Indeed the incident of migration of the prophet and his persecuted followers is vividly described in Isaiah 21:13-17. That section foretold as well about the battle of Badr in which the few ill-armed faithful miraculously defeated the " mighty" men of Ke'dar, who sought to destroy Islam and intimidate their own folks who turned to Islam.

The Qur'an (Koran) Foretold in the Bible?

For twenty-three years, God's words (the Quran) were truly put into Muhammad's mouth. He was not the "author" of the Quran. The Quran was dictated to him by Angel Gabriel who asked Muhammad to simply repeat the words of the Quran as he heard them. These words were then committed to memory and to writing by those who hear them during Muhammad's life time and under his supervision.
Was it a coincidence that the prophet "like unto Moses" from the "brethren" of the Israelites (i.e. from the Ishmaelites) was also described as one in whose mouth of God will put his words and that he will speak in the name of God., (Deuteronomy 18:18-20). Was it also a coincidence in the "Paraclete" that Jesus foretold to come after Him was described as one who "shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak..." (John 15:13).
Was it another coincidence that Isaiah ties between the messenger connected with Ke'dar and new song ( a scripture in a new language) to be sang unto lord (Isaiah 42:10-11). More explicitly, prophesies Isaiah "For with stammering lips, and another tongue will he speak to this people" (Isaiah 28:11). This latter verse correctly describes the "stammering lips" of Prophet Muhammad reflecting the state of tension and concentration he went through at the time of revelation. Another related in piece-meals over a span of twenty-three years. It is interesting to compare this with Isaian 28:10 which speaks of the same thing.

I hate it

2008-07-15T12:03:00.000+08:00

Here is what I want to tell you people. It's weird to see other people who don't appreciate what others have given them, helped them or did anything good to them. It's just weird. I have no idea why these people are like this. I never want to ask for anything. Anything at all. But this happened recently. I just hate to mentioned or elaborate about it too much but here is what I feel sick about. I was promised (I always take other people's word as promise) to be given some food after work. Arghh...I really hate to write about it. . okay. . I stop here. Lets not talk about it anymore. Lets just talk about the moral of the story. The moral of the story is, it's in Bahasa Melayu hati nyamuk sama dicicah, hati gajah sama dilapah which means we have to share everything. If the amount of the food is too little, then the wise men should know how to divide it so that everyone would get it.

Ok ok ok. . .I was mengarut-ing up there. But I really hate it hate it hate it. . hehe. ..

Winter Break @ South Island

2008-07-10T19:34:00.000+08:00

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June 24, 2008 Tuesday

This is the second journey I made this winter holiday after studies stopped few weeks ago. I am really happy now as I just saw sleet rain fell from the sky and hit my wind screen of the black Toyota Previa that I was driving. It was really exciting as it was my first time to see such an amazing thing.

Okay, this was roughly what happened today. I slept really late at about 3 a.m. after I finished packing for stuff to bring to South Island. Then I was awakened by the tone of my Sony Ericson PDA phone calling like “where did you get your body from? I got it from my mama” at about 5.00 a.m. in the morning. I was really sleepy at that time and I replied to Syafiq telling him that to call me at 0550. He did but I ignored it because I was in the shower. Then I walked to Syafiq’s house but the shuttle took me before I could get to his place. Arrived at the airport at 7 and checked in. We waited for about an hour before flying with Pacific Blue to Christchurch. Arrived at Christchurch at about 1000 and wondered around the airport looking for Ace rentals but unfortunately it was not there. We supposed to catch a shuttle to get to their office which is about 15 minutes from the airport. Oh well, when we were waiting for the shuttle, I criticised the girls that they brought enormous baggage as if the rental car would be damn big for these people to fit their stuff in. After a while I thought that, “Oh well it’s them who’ll be suffering for no leg room because most of the space used for big luggage”. In other word I don’t care.

Okay back to the timeline, after we’ve got the car we went to Temasek House which is a Singaporean owned restaurant. I ate sambal prawn, it was nothing unusual about it cause I think Joe (a flatmate) would cook better than them. I couldn’t understand why these girls said it tastes good to eat there. Probably it is the ambiance. The change of environment. Could be. After that, they wanted to go to Dress Smart. A very tiny winy shopping mall (can I call it a mall?) that have nothing but bargain items. I didn’t buy anything there as nothing attracted my interest.

Oh after that we had fun at a park taking pictures. It was really cold and I could still see some ice on ground. I was really freezing until my hand started to become numb the moment I went out of the MPV. Oh well, it was interesting. After a while, we went to search for our backpackers. We went around the town for few times because I missed turns. It was funny and hilarious. When we finally found it, another problem arose. Haha… this time it was parking. Went few blocks away from the backpackers and hang in the MPV for an hour before went back to public car park opposite the lodge. I was really tired after that and fell asleep right after I checked into my room. It was a disaster because I could feel it that I lacked of sleep. Slept for 2 hours and went to Nando’s to eat dinner at about 2000. Then, went to Countdown to get some groceries. After that, went to Cathedral Squares to take some pictures. It was fun. Went back to backpackers at 2300 ish. I started typing this entry till now. Oh I fell sleepy now. I want to sleep because I need to drive tomorrow at dawn after subuh. :P Adios.

June 25^th, 2008 Wednesday

Meet again today, Okay this is what was roughly what happen today. It was really early when left the backpackers. I think it was at 7 something but the funny part was we got out of Christchurch at 9ish because we didn’t take the right turn. Thanks to the map reader. Haha…Don’t blame it on me.

First sighted of snow, it was white and realy soft and kewl. Made them into ball and threw them to friends. Seems funny. Lol

Everything else was just driving to Franz Josef.

June 26^th, 2008 Thursday

Today is cool too as I went to the glacier and walk on it. It was really something. At first I thought it was a big black rock, but it was not. It is ice. An enormous block of ice. We went near to the glacier then we were asked to wear crampons on so that we could walk on ice easily as it gives us grip. OH well did do much thing today cause we were too tired to do something else.

June 27^th, 28^th, 29^th, and 30^th 2008

All of a sudden I felt really lazy to type everything in this blog. Oh well you can think about it later, right? Basically everything is great!!! We went home on the 1^st of July 2008. Haha…we went home with a great memory. Oh well, most of I in there refers to everybody.

People who went are Me, Syarafina, Lorex, Syafiq, Taq, Rini, Zura, and Riza.

Bungy Jumping is Hazardous

2008-06-28T18:55:00.000+08:00

This is not just a saying okay. It's true and feel free to try it. It does not bring any benefit any all. It just make you scared of height. Ok ok enough about what I think about bungy but it is true that it does not give you anything but bad side effects. Most of doctors believe that they bungy jumping affected your brain or your organ because your body could not handle different pressure in a matter of seconds.

It is unlike taking of or touching down from a plane because you gradually increase or decrease your height from the sky. Therefore, your body can handle the pressure slowly as the altitude increase or decrease. In contrast, when you do bungy jumping your body could not handle the pressure because it happens so quick, in a flash.

Furthermore, eye trauma is another very serious health risk from bungy jumping. One of the most dangerous types of eye trauma associated with this sport is retinal hemorrhage; this presents a very real possibility of losing one’s eyesight. Bungy jumping also presents the possibility of orbital emphysema, which can also result in permanent loss of vision. On a slightly-lesser scale, but still noteworthy, are basic injuries to the eyes and their surrounding tissues.

Other health risks vary in their severity. While such injuries as bruises and rope burn may be thought to be rather minor, dislocations and back injuries can range from moderate to disabling. One must decide if all of these potential risks are worth engaging in the sport of bungy jumping, especially since there is no sure way of calculating the individual’s chance of these results occurring. Even being in good general health beforehand is not a guarantee that the act of bungy jumping will not lead to any or all of these results.

For more infor just visit this website, [http://allsportlive.com/2007/11/02/the-risks-of-bungy-jumping/] it tells you that bungy is just stupid and it's expensive especially in New Zealand.

2008-06-02T10:23:00.000+08:00

I can't believe it!!!

I didn't know that life here is so damn frustrating. Oh well, what do you expect? If you're studying then, you should expect loads of work from your respective course. It's just crazy. This semester was the craziest ever since I started school in 1993 when I was 7 year old. I have been bombarded with assignments from back to back. This is the hardest episodes of my life so far. Anyway, this semester hasn't finish yet. I still have another two missions to accomplish. One is my ALIN assignment and another one is examination for my media. Both of them fall on the same date. Is this what we call mission impossible? Haha....obviously I can. With help of the God. The date is no longer around the corner, I can see it now. It's on the 6th of June. Well...better be off now. Got to study and do the assignment at once.

Thanks for taking your time reading this post.

Hari Dunia Tanpa Tembakau

2008-05-26T15:47:00.000+08:00

Sumbangan rokok kepada dunia (Dipetik Dari Utusan Online)

Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) menganggarkan penggunaan tembakau mungkin menyebabkan lebih satu bilion kematian sepanjang abad ini, dengan China dan India masing-masing menganggarkan hampir satu juta rakyat mereka maut akibat tembakau setiap tahun. Abad ke-20 telah mencatatkan 100 juta kematian akibat tembakau dan dijangka meningkat 10 kali ganda abad ini jika tindakan berkesan tidak diambil dengan segera.

Mengikut jangkaan WHO, kematian berkaitan tembakau mungkin meningkat kepada lapan juta orang setiap tahun menjelang 2030, 80 peratus daripadanya di negara membangun. Satu laporan WHO juga mengenalpasti peningkatan bilangan perokok kini paling banyak berlaku di negara berpendapatan rendah yang dikaitkan dengan peningkatan bilangan penduduk.

Di India, hasil penyelidikan yang menunjukkan satu daripada 10 kematian di negara itu akan berpunca daripada penggunaan tembakau menjelang 2010. Kumpulan penyelidikan berkenaan menjelaskan perokok bukan sahaja akan maut akibat kanser dan masalah paru-paru malahan juga akibat tuberkulosis (tibi) dan penyakit jantung.

Antara kaedah yang telah disarankan untuk mengawal tabiat merokok termasuk polisi mencegah (daripada mula merokok), melindungi orang ramai daripada asap rokok (perokok pasif), menawarkan bantuan untuk perokok berhenti merokok dan penguatkuasaan terhadap larangan iklan rokok serta meningkatkan cukai terhadap rokok. Kos penggunaan tembakau di seluruh dunia pula dikatakan mencecah beratus bilion dollar setiap tahun dengan AS sahaja mencatatkan anggaran kerugian ekonomi AS$92 bilion (RM295.14 bilion) setiap tahun.

WHO baru-baru ini turut mengumumkan rancangan untuk satu perjanjian antarabangsa baru dalam menentang perdagangan tembakau secara haram menjelang 2010. Perdagangan tembakau secara haram dianggarkan merangkumi 10 peratus jualan tahunan tembakau dunia yang menyebabkan kerugian antara AS$40 hingga AS$50 bilion (RM128.33 hingga RM160.40 bilion) setiap tahun. Tindakan terhadap perdagangan haram tembakau dilihat amat penting bagi melindungi generasi muda daripada mula dan ketagih merokok berikutan harga rokok seludup yang jauh lebih murah.

News From Utusan

2008-05-17T20:14:00.000+08:00

Pemberian biasiswa kepada pelajar Melayu termaktub dalam perlembagaan

17/05/2008 6:17pm

KUALA LUMPUR 17 Mei — Pelajar Melayu yang berjaya melanjutkan pelajaran ke universiti yang diiktiraf, berhak mendapat biasiswa seperti yang diperuntukkan di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan, kata Pengerusi Institut Profesional Baitulmal (IPB) Tan Sri Hanafiah Ahmad.

Beliau berkata pemberian biasiswa pelajaran adalah antara hak keistimewaan bagi orang Melayu.

Pemberian pinjaman di bawah Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) tidak boleh dianggap sebagai pengganti kepada pemberian biasiswa, katanya semasa berucap pada majlis konvokesyen ke-6 IPB di sini hari ini.

“Pinjaman PTPTN adalah untuk kemudahan semua rakyat Malaysia. Jika pinjaman ini menggantikan pemberian biasiswa untuk pelajar Melayu Bumiputera, maka hak keistimewaan orang Melayu telah diketepikan.

“Sekiranya ada pelajar Melayu bumiputera yang berjaya ke universiti tetapi tidak memperolehi biasiswa, bermakna perkara ini bertentangan dengan semangat dan hasrat yang termaktub dalam Artikel 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan (linked to Article 153 Constitution of Malaysia) mengenai Hak Keistimewaan Orang Melayu,” katanya.

Pada sidang akhbar kemudiannya, Hanafiah berkata pandangan tersebut merupakan pandangan peribadi beliau semata-mata.

Menurutnya, hanya 30 peratus orang Melayu terlibat di dalam bidang profesional seperti perubatan, kejuruteraan dan perakaunan.

Pemberian biasiswa kepada mereka adalah bertujuan untuk menyeimbangkan bilangan orang Melayu di bidang tersebut, katanya.

“Oleh itu berilah kepada seberapa ramai pelajar Melayu terutama dalam kursus profesional,” katanya.

Pada konvokesyen itu yang dirasmikan oleh Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Senator Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim, seramai 534 graduan menerima diploma melalui program usahasama dengan Universiti Teknologi Mara, Certified Accounting Technician dan London Chamber of Commerce and Industry International Qualifications.

— BERNAMA

Bernama. (2008). Pemberian biasiswa kepada pelajar Melayu termaktub dalam perlembagaan. Retrieved on June 17th, 2008 from http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0517&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_11.htm

Sociolinguistics at VUW

2008-04-26T21:45:00.000+08:00

Sociolinguistics

I'm just soo busy and stressed out lately. I have no idea that being a student is so frustrating. I just completed my Socioinguistics assignment and handed it in yesterday. It was a relief after a hard work that I put on it. Not sure what I'll get though, hopefully colourful result. Ah well, let's not talk about sociolinguistics. It's boring as hell. I have no idea why it is a compulsory subject for me. It has nothing to do with teaching English. I just have to bear with it until then end of this semester and done. No more sociolinguistics. Do not get me wrong. I love linguistics, just that this sociolinguistics is too narrow in contexts. Not really what I was expected from it before I enrolled. However, I love other linguistics courses that I took last trimester (Early Words and Interpersonal Communication). The end of it Till I write again (hard for me to write something) ps: I'm also frustrated cause I don't get to go out often now. Well, it's almost the end of trimester (just like semester, only this Uni want to be freaking weird or shall I say unique).

Experience as a checkout operator

2008-04-26T21:41:00.000+08:00

Working as a checkout operator is always overrated by most people. I have no idea why but at first as a customer before I work as a checkout operator I thought that the work is easy, just scan the items and chuck them into bags. Oh well, it was before. After I started working as a cashier about a month ago i started to realise that the work is actually harder than I thought. Why is it difficult? At first you have to be fast, this is boring because you're not going to get better payment even if you're so fast like a superman or the flash anyway. If you work too slow you'll most probably be fired. Oh well, I'm not slow just moderate cause I want to be moderate. Second, you need to be really patient because there are many type of people do their shopping at that place where I a working right now. There was one time, I was working at night and there was a guy who was wanted to buy his groceries and placed it on my counter. After I scanned the items and put them in the bags, it was time to pay for them. All of a sudden he said, "Oh sorry, I don't have enough cash at the moment. I forgot to bring my EFTPOS card" (something like BANKCARD or MEPS in Malaysia) He wanted me to void some items from the list ( I scanned before). I did and then after a while he asked me "where are all the items that i'm buying?" The idiot customer was looking for groceries that he was buying. Oh well, I said there in front of your eyes. Actually everything that he wanted before he asked me to remove them from the list (isn't that stupid?). And then he didn't want some of the unvoided items (which are still in the list and he still want some of them) . What I did was cancel the transaction (void transaction). Intending to do it again and just rescan the items that he wanted.

Oh well, some people here are just stupid and cranky. I hate them so much.

South Island New Zealand

2008-04-24T16:30:00.000+08:00

I had a road trip to cover my tour in New Zealand. I travelled in the North Island last year and this year, I thought why not I travel in the South. Oh well I did cover the South Island, from Picton to Picton. I travelled to all the cities in the East Coast and All the Cities in the West Coast. Here is the stories and what I did. Actually before you read, I was in a budget so I didn't do many expensive activities that could kill you (literally kill you) like bungy, sky diving or rafting. lol. I didn't feel like doing all the things because I prefer to see the sceneries and enjoy the ambiance.

The Starting Point

Everything started at Wellington when I took the ferry to Picton. The ferry fee was NZD52 from Wellington to Picton. It was an awesome journey because the weather was fine. I was lucky about it or else I would easily get sick in a voyage.In the ferry,I went to the top deck to see the view from it. There are many islands because the ferry went through a sound to get to Picton. It was very cold because of the chilly wind from south that get into my bone marrow. In Picton I disembarked from the big Interislander ferry and checkout through the gangway. It was awesome when I moved out from it because I could see the I felt eager to set my foot on the south island land. Oh, i felt great at first. After I claimed my luggage and all that, I moved to the Ace Rental Car company to claim my booking. I told you the story before if you read about it before this post. It was really pain in ass because they slowed my trip down and they made me angry. I couldn't believed it they spoiled my mood there. However, I am a very patient person.

The Driving

The driving started from Picton to Christchurch (chch). I was a long way and the view a long the road are the same things, the beaches, hills, farmland, cows, sheeps, etc. We stopped at Chch for sometimes and intended to sleep overnight there in a car. However, it turned out to be that the car is no a suitable place to sleep in especially if you didn't have a duvet etc. I slept for only a few hours in the car at the driver's seat. After that, I decided to drive to Timaru because I couldn't sleep that night. I drove to Timaru and arrived there about midnight and found a place to park the car and sleep. I slept there until the next morning. I woke up quite early about 8 am and started the engine to heat it up before resume driving to Dunedin.
After that I arrive at Dunedin. I went to all the places in the city. Steepest street. Cadbury factory. Nice place.This picture is taken when I was spending the night at Dunedin. It was a busy night because it's weekend. Everybody was busy drinking and having fun. Oh by the way, lots of people drink in NZ cause it's their culture.

After that in the early morning, I drove down to Invercargill and went straight to Sterling Point which is the furthest. It was beautiful like other parts of NZ.

I'm just too lazy to write about this trip any more because there are so many places that I went to. I'll just show you pictures of the place that I went to. After this okay.

This is Milford Sound. It was beautifully stunning. I was mesmerised by it when I first came there. It is really a good place to escape from technology. (Not really) but you don't have to worry about people calling you cause there is no network coverage at all. They provide you with public phone so don't worry about it.
This is Queenstown.
This is also Queenstown.

Okay, I've finally arrive to the end of this post. I'll edit this post later to add more story in it. I just want to up date my blog as soon as possible. Tata!!

Bitter Experience in NZ

2008-04-22T20:16:00.000+08:00

I have something to say about a car rental company that really bad in handling customers and racist as I called it.

It happened on my trip in New Zealand South Island at Picton. As I disembarked from Interislander ferry I head out to the place where I had made a booking through the internet. The place is called Ace Rental Cars. I went to the place and I was the only customer at that time. I went to the very senior lady who happened to be a clerk there. Oh, don't ask me about the lady. She doesn't even have a computer skill I can say cause she can't even use a mouse. She just type in and asked me why that doesn't come out? "Oh well, of course it didn't come out, You didn't click on the BOX"

I don't want to talk about her but I want to talk about her service there. When she was serving me, she asked me to pay the rest of the balance when I booked online. I tried to pay using my credit card but it was declined. I didn't know what had happened at that time and I paid using debit card instead. It worked. This is the part where I call racist. She had not finished serving me and give the car that I suppose to get, she call the person oh he's white in particular to serve. She finished him first and let me waited for almost half and hour. Plus his car (the one that the white person wanted to hire) was driven to the store. After that she came to me and gave a key.

Did you know what she said to me? Please take your car at the parking lot. What the fuck? The white man got his car right in front of the shop and why the hell that I had to take it by myself? Hey, that's not it. The parking lot is damn far from the shop. It is about 500 meters from the shop. I had to get the car and drive it to the shop and get it checked before I could depart to enjoy my holiday. That is suck!!! Don't you think so?

I don't think that I want to suggest you guys to get rental car from Ace Rental Cars. It is really suck. I don't know about other places. But if you want to hire a car I suggest you to go to Able rental. It's the best so far. I rented cars from it ever since.

I hate Ace Rental Cars cause

it's not customers friendly.
It's racist (serve white first then Asian like me)
I had to take the car (i don't mind if the car is parked near but it's 500 meters)
prejudice towards Asian as if I don't have money to pay any damage to their cars.

2007-10-06T00:55:00.000+08:00

Warisan

Anak kecil main api,
Terbakar hatinya yang sepi,
Air mata darah bercampur keringat,
Bumi dipijak milik orang.

Nenek moyang kaya raya,
Tergadai seluruh harta benda,
Akibat sengketa sesamalah kita,
Cinta lenyap di arus zaman.

Indahnya bumi kita ini,
Warisan berkurun lamanya,
Hasil mengalir ke tangan yang lain,
Peribumi merintih sendiri.

Kita rumpun bangsa Melayu,
Menganut agama yang suci,
Semangat bangsa berlandaskan Islam,
Teras capai kemerdekaan.

Masa depan sungguh kelam,
Kan lenyap peristiwa semalam,
Tertutuplah hati terkunci mati,
Maruah peribadi dah hilang.

Kini kita cuma tinggal kuasa,
Yang akan menentukan bangsa,
Bersatulah hati, bersama berbakti,
Pulih kembali harga diri.

Kita sudah tiada masa,
Bangunlah dengan gagah perkasa,
Janganlah terlalai teruskan usaha,
Melayu kan gagah di nusantara.

Misery in you

2007-05-03T21:06:00.000+08:00

Life is something that you want to forget about

It is like the mountain that has been long stand

Awaits till the day of chastisement,

To be flown and crushed by falling sky

Why am I being like this?

Why are you being like that?

Human heart diseases is like wildfire spreading in inane

Black in the deep where only red can be seen

Red covered the black that we can’t see

Killing the other pure hearts that are trying

Trying very hard to improve,

Trying very hard to change,

This day you had shown me,

You are nothing compared to other people

We are swimming in the same ocean,

You are not the same as I am,

Shark you maybe and tuna I maybe,

You may be a shark but still you can’t make me gone

Alive and surviving the vast ocean

Ocean that is deep till there is part we can’t see

I now realised, I now myself, I need not to be you.

Ahmad Fauzi bin Mohamad Ali

4th May 2007

Autumn 2007 in New Zealand