Miscellaneous

First Post

1. Salam. Aku ada muat-turun gambar-gambar pilihan sendiri di Facebook aku yang telah aku aktifkan kembali.

Ocean of Clouds

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US Air Force Thunderbirds Airshow, TUDM Subang Airbase (3 Oct 2009) ~ Part 4

Seventh Post

All photos for these series were captured using a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, with a Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro Telephoto zoom lens. Bullehlah... Right click on picture and 'Open Link in New Window' for larger view. Have fun!

1. Above acrobatic maneuver could be the most dangerous action that I have captured, as you could see that the Blue USAF's Lockheed Martin F-16 Thunderbirds smoke trail vapour was affected by the very close cross-off movement of the fighter jets.

2. The RMAF's Sukhoi Su-30MKM air superiority fighters also participated in the air show and one of the pilot is my senior from the RMC (Royal Military College) while I was studying there (1986-1990).

3. For fine justification, my eyesight problem was the only reason why I didn't join up the air force (or army) and being one of the fighter pilot these days.

4. The dream still goes on. Allah bless the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).

US Air Force Thunderbirds Airshow, TUDM Subang Airbase (3 Oct 2009) ~ Part 3

Sixth Post

US Air Force Thunderbirds Airshow, TUDM Subang Airbase (3 Oct 2009) ~ Part 2

Fifth Post

US Air Force Thunderbirds Airshow, TUDM Subang Airbase (3 Oct 2009) ~ Part 1

Fourth Post

Hari Keluarga Atok dan Nenek Kampung, 3 Syawal 1430 Hijrah, 22 September 2009

Pos Ketiga

More photos will be uploaded soon!

..abah dalam hati tidak habis-habis ucapkan terima kasih kepada saudara-mara sebelah nenek. Mereka 'sporting' habis. Semua acara yang kami sediakan, semuanya mendapat sambutan yang memeriahkan suasana..

Cerita Abah

1. Sehari sebelum raya, hari Sabtu, kami adik-beradik sibuk pasang balai.

2. Hari Raya kedua, hari Isnin, kami sambung lagi. Pasang dua (2) balai atap zink, campur satu (1) balai atap kanvas.

3. Daripada tahun lepas lagi Nenek Kampung dan Atok Kampung (gelaran anak-anak abah kepada atok dan nenek sebelah abah) sudah bercakap-cakap hendak buat Hari Keluarga. Kini tibalah masanya.

..terima kasih banyak-banyak abah ucapkan kepada Din, menantu Acik Leman Komando depan rumah, sebab berjaya menyediakan kami set karaoke pada saat-saat akhir..

4. Perancangan kami pada mulanya sederhana sahaja. Tapi, bila Atok Busu sampai dan beri cadangan, segala-galanya berubah. Malam tu, macam-macam idea Atok Busu curahkan. Daripada set Karaoke, sehinggalah kepada aktiviti-aktiviti yang tidak pernah abah jangkakan.


5. Macam-macam program kami sediakan malam sebelumnya. Kami buat brainstorming habis. Banyak acara-acara menarik kami sediakan. Malam itu juga kami bincang pasal hadiah, sumbangan ikhlas dan sebagainya.


6. Terima kasih banyak-banyak abah ucapkan kepada Din menantu Acik Leman Komando depan rumah, sebab berjaya menyediakan kami set karaoke pada saat-saat akhir.

..jika ada sebarang kekurangan atau kesilapan, abah mewakili atok dan nenek, menyusun sepuluh jari memohon maaf sekiranya ada..

7. Alhamdulillah. Hari Keluarga Atok dan Nenek Kampung memang meriah. Penuh dengan suasana gembira dan hilai ketawa.


8. Saudara-saudara sebelah nenek, ramai yang datang. Kebanyakkanya daripada Johor. Subhanallah, abah dalam hati tidak habis-habis ucapkan terima kasih kepada saudara-mara sebelah nenek.


9. Mereka 'sporting' habis. Semua acara yang kami sediakan, semuanya mendapat sambutan yang memeriahkan suasana.

..macam-macam idea Atok Busu curahkan. Daripada set Karaoke, sehinggalah kepada aktiviti-aktiviti yang tidak pernah abah jangkakan..

10. Saudara-saudara sebelah atok pun ramai juga yang hadir. Kebanyakkannya daripada Melaka, Pahang dan Selangor. Ada yang dapat datang awal, dan ada pula yang datang selepas saudara-saudara abah sebelah nenek balik.


11. Kesimpulannya, abah merumuskan, Hari Keluarga Atok dan Nenek memang meriah. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

12. Abah juga mengambil kesempatan ini, untuk mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih kepada semua saudara-saudara abah yang datang. Jika ada sebarang kekurangan atau kesilapan, abah mewakili atok dan nenek, menyusun sepuluh jari memohon maaf sekiranya ada.

..jadi, InsyaAllah, lepas ini, ikatan persaudaraan kita diharapkan akan terus erat terjalin..

13. Abah berjaya mendapatkan alamat-alamat saudara-saudara sebelah nenek, jadi, InsyaAllah, lepas ini, ikatan persaudaraan kita diharapkan akan terus erat terjalin.

14. Terima kasih daun keladi, nanti kita jumpa lagi.

1 Syawal 1430 Hijrah (20 September 2009)

Pos Kedua

..Pak Ngah, Pak Andak, Pak Itam, Pak Usu, dan semua Pak Cik-Pak Cik menitiskan air mata bila memohon keampunan daripada Atok dan Nenek. Begitulah hebatnya bila setiap pagi Hari Raya Aidilfitri tiba..

Berkumpul di Rumah Pak Itam

Cerita Abah

1. Allahhuakhbar, Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar Walillah Ilham. Hari Lebaran menjelma lagi setelah sebulan umat Islam menjalankan ibadat puasa.

2. Di hari yang mulia, satu (1) Syawal 1430 Hijrah, kami sekeluarga menyambut Aidilfitri seperti biasa, penuh kesederhanaan tetapi meriah.

3. Bila kesemua sembilan (9) adik-beradik lelaki abah berkumpul bersama keluarga masing-masing (bagi yang sudah berkahwin), suasana pasti menyeronokkan. Paling seronok bila cucu-cucu atok dan nenek berkumpul sekali. Maklumlah, umur lebih kurang sebaya.

4. Ya, giliran kami berkumpul memang sepakat. Tahun 2009 merupakan giliran beraya semua adik-beradik abah di kampung, di Melaka.

5. Lemang, ketupat, nasi himpit, rendang, dodol seakan-akan juadah wajib yang mesti nenek dan atok sediakan bila Hari Raya menjelma.

6. Sebelum Sembahyang Raya, abah kumpul adik-beradik pakai Baju Melayu. Bila semua sudah siap sedia, kami semua pun memohon keampunan daripada kedua ibu bapa kami. Pak Ngah, Pak Andak, Pak Itam, Pak Usu, dan semua Pak Cik-Pak Cik menitiskan air mata bila memohon keampunan daripada Atok dan Nenek. Begitulah hebatnya bila setiap pagi Hari Raya Aidilfitri tiba.

7. Lepas Sembahyang Raya, dipendekkan cerita tok, nenek dan abah adik-beradik pergi melawat ke pusara kedua-dua moyang anak-anak abah.

Cerita Aku

..pemergian Mak Tok aku ratapi tidak sehebat ketika arwah Oyah pergi..

Pusara Arwah Tok Ayah

1. 07hb April 1998, hari Selasa, bersamaan dengan 10 Zulhijjah 1418 bersamaan dengan satu (1) Hari Raya Korban, Aidiladha. Arwah Tok Ayah pergi meninggalkan kami menuju ke Rahmatullah.

2. Sudah sebelas (11)tahun Tok Ayah pergi meninggalkan aku, bersama-sama dosa-dosa silam aku kepada beliau. Aku masih lagi mengharapkan keampunan arwah Tok Ayah kepada aku walaupun dia sudah lama pergi. Aku sedekahkan Yaasin, aku sedekahkan Al-Fatihah.

3. Oyah, aku ingat lagi setiap perkara yang berlaku waktu Oyah jaga aku kecik-kecik dulu. Hari ini dan seterusnya, aku memang berniat untuk mengubah hidup keluarga kita Yah. Jasa Oyah, aku akan balas dengan apa cara sekalipun.

4. Kalau tidak kepada Oyah, kepada anak-anak Oyah, atau cucu-cucu Oyah atau cicit-cicit Oyah, atau hempas-hempas daun Oyah atau semua keturunan dan waris Oyah selepas ini. InsyaAllah Yah. Aku balas jasa kau Yah.

..tiada lain yang telah engkau buktikan, melainkan kasih-sayang arwah Oyah dan Mak Tok mendidik aku itu sebenarnya adalah segala-galanya..

Pusara Arwah Mak Tok

5. 20hb Februari 2004, bersamaan dengan 10 Zulhijjah 1424 bersamaan dengan hari Jumaat, enam (6) tahun selepas Oyah pergi, giliran Mak Tok pula pulang ke Rahmatullah. Kini sudah lima (5) tahun arwah Mak Tok pergi.

6. Pemergian Mak Tok aku ratapi tidak sehebat ketika arwah Oyah pergi.

7. Kini, walaupun tanpa Mak Tok, kasih sayang arwah ketika menjaga aku kecik-kecik masih subur lagi sehingga sekarang dan sampai bila-bila. Aku turunkan kepada keluarga aku, anak-anak aku, adik-adik aku dan anak-anak buah aku.

8. Tiada lain yang telah engkau buktikan, melainkan kasih-sayang arwah Oyah dan Mak Tok mendidik aku itu sebenarnya adalah segala-galanya.

9. Al-Fatihah.

MICCOS 2009, Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), Selangor, Malaysia (13-16 August 2009)

Pos Pertama

Deputy Prime Minister

Another Rim Lighting

Audience

First Impressions Last Forever (Abah Story, Part 2)

Second Post

..anak-anak abah must be able to give the BEST performance that will eventually impress the audience especially if it is your FIRST time.

First Impressions Last Forever

1. ‘First Impressions Last Forever’, is a quote that abah got during one of abah lecture while pursuing the Master program. Being specific, it was abruptly touched and suggested by ‘lecturer abah’ , En. Lukman (soon Dr. Lukman) during one of his OSH Management System lecture.

2. The quote is another case that really gives abah another guidance in abah life. Abah have a lot of quotes that abah could remember, but as time goes by, perhaps abah will pass on some good quotes for which that has came across into abah mind.

3. Abah remember when abah first attend the first lecture, and it was back in the month of October, 2008. The lecturer, Dr. Anuar Suun, an associate professor and also a physician had asked the students to write types of occupational diseases and present it in front of the class. Abah was so impressed by abah new colleagues as they were so knowledgable and had aggressively giving their opinions and thoughts.

4. Abah was also impressed by the title of abah new colleagues that time, as most of them are professionals such as medical doctor, magistrate, army officers, police officers, engineers, safety practitioners, oil and gas professional, certified trainers, medical assistant, businessman, lecturers and few other fields mostly that abah has mentioned.

5. As usual, when abah were in this kind of situation, certainly abah had practiced the other quote that abah remember which is; it's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Abah has read this somewhere, and it is true for some good reasons.

..it's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Abah has read this somewhere..

6. So fortunate, the short assignment was given into groups and abah managed to escape. Hehehe.. " )

7. Nevertheless, abah is not saying that anak-anak abah must play the role of escapism all the time, but what abah wants to convey is, anak-anak abah must be able to get prepared at all the time.

..anak-anak abah must be able to get prepared at all the time.

8. Hence, when anak-anak abah were given the opportunity to present something, anak-anak abah must be able to give the BEST performance that will eventually impress the audience especially if it is your FIRST time.

9. On that FIRST time, you must give your audience something which is beyond the expectation of others, and InsyaAllah, in no doubt, a successful person is the one that manage to uphold the VERY BEST of that first impressions.

10. Please remember, that 'First Impressions Last Forever'.

Cerita Abah (Bahagian 1)

Pos Pertama
Cerita 1

(An Attempt to Capture)
Rim Lighting

1. Masa abah kerja luar pejabat, abah suka lepak dengan kawan-kawan baru.

2. Abah tidak kira pun status mereka, tua, muda, besar, kecil, kaya, miskin, semua abah boleh berkawan. Dalam hati abah kata, yang penting abah kena berhati-hati, khuatir kalau kena tipu. Maklumlah, banyak barang-barang berharga abah bawa bersama.

3. Tapi abah selalu bertawakal, sebab abah ada satu keyakinan diri yang tinggi dengan kejujuran dan keikhlasan yang abah ada. Lagi satu, abah selalu ada satu niat dalam hati iaitu, "abah suka belajar".

4. Ada sahabat abah kata, kalau kita buat apa-apa pun, dengan niat hendak belajar, InsyaAllah, alasan itu boleh diterima kalau kita terrrrrbuat silap. Apa yang penting, kena sentiasa berhati-hati dan buat pembetulan kalau terrrrrrbuat salah.

5. Macam-macam jenis orang abah sudah jumpa.

6. Ada suatu masa ni, masa abah keluar, abah ada jumpa seorang kawan baru, dia kata dia baru jatuh pokok kelapa.

7. Masa kami lepak-lepak, puas dia cerita pada dua orang awek Minah Saleh, al-kisah pengalaman yang dia baru jatuh pokok kelapa.

8. Cerita dia lebih kurang macam inilah. "When I was at the peak of the coconut tree to pluck the young coconuts, suddenly, a king cobra appeared in front of me. The snake made the sound.....Psssssssstttttttt!"

9. Minah Saleh tu punyalah terpegun, "wow! really? that's sound horrible! what happened then?"

10. Kawan baru abah tu jawab, "what happened? I was so surprised until I released both of my hands from holding the frond! To my surprise, I was falling off the tree. No hands, no hands!" cerita kawan abah gembira siap dengan gaya-gaya sekali. Abah tumpang sekaki ketawa. Abah diam saja.

11. Kawan abah sambung, "while falling down, I was looking down to the earth, still too far, looking back above, I could see the snake 'bye-bye' to me. I felt like the time was moving so slow. No hands, no hands." Dua-dua Minah Saleh tu pun ketawa, tapi taksub.

12. Minah Saleh tu pun kata, "oh dear, that was sooooooo terrible, but I am so glad you are still alive!"

13. Kawan abah jawab lagi, "yeah, few people died here because they had fallen off the coconut trees."

14. Minah saleh tu jawab balik, "wow, you must be such an amazing person then!" kemudian kami terus lepak panjang.

15. Sampai hari ini abah masih musykil, ilmu apalah agaknya kawan abah tu pakai, sampai jatuh pokok kelapa pun macam seronok saja. " )

Cerita 2

Abah
(Looking at The Sea Thru The Window of Hotel Primula,
Pantai Batu Buruk, Trengganu)

1. Nanti, kalau abah ada masa, abah cerita kisah masa abah lepak dengan orang banyak duit pula. Phuhhhh, masa tu abah rasa macam abah ni miskin gila!

2. Tapi, nasib baik abah ada kawan lain yang kongsi cerita dia.

3. Dia kata, kita kena sentiasa bersyukur kepada Allah SWT. Bagaimana cara kita bersyukur bukan hanya dengan berkata "syukur Alhamdulillah!" Itu tidak cukup.

4. Sebaliknya, syukur yang benar-benar bersyukur ialah dengan meninggalkan apa yang dilarang olehNya, dan melakukan apa yang disuruh olehNya.

5. Salah satu cara bagaimana kita menyampaikan kesyukuran kita kepada Allah SWT ialah dengan tidak meninggalkan solat lima waktu.

6. Sampai hari ni abah ingat lagi pesan kawan abah yang seorang ni.

7. Dia kata, "kalau kita sekadar cakap 'syukur Alhamdulillah', itu masih belum dikira bersyukur, kita kena sembahyang."

8. Masa sembahyang, kita kena tahu rukun-rukun sembahyang dan menghayati maksud bacaan-bacaan dalam sembahyang." kata kawan abah tu lagi. Dia orang Jawa.

9. Anak-anak abah nanti kenalah rajin sembahyang sebagai tanda kesyukuran kita kepada Allah SWT.

10. Allah SWT ada kata (berfirman), lagi kita bersyukur, lagi Allah tambah nikmat kepada diri kita.

11. ....Ommmmmelll anak-anak abah nie! syukur Alhamdulillah.. a'ah, tak cukup tu! " )

Himpunan Ayat-ayat Al-Quran dan Al-Hadis Mengenai Solat Subuh

Aku menasihati diri sendiri dan berkongsi dengan pembaca budiman sekelian (sekiranya ada), semoga kita tetap menjaga dan memelihara solat Subuh agar kita sentiasa berada di dalam jaminan Allah SWT, sepertimana yang dijanjikan Allah SWT dan hadis-hadis Rasullullah SAW, seperti di bawah:

1. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
“Dan bersabarlah kamu bersama-sama dengan orang-orang yang menyeru Tuhannya di pagi dan senja hari dengan mengharap keredaanNya, dan janganlah kedua matamu berpaling daripada mereka kerana mengharapkan perhiasan duniawi, dan janganlah kamu mengikuti orang yang hatinya sudah Kami lalaikan daripada mengingati Kami, serta menuruti hawa nafsunya dan adalah keadaannya itu melampaui batas.”
(Surah al-Kahfi, ayat 28)

2. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Dirikanlah solat dari sesudah matahari tergelincir sampai gelap malam dan (dirikanlah pula solat) subuh. Sesungguhnya solat Subuh itu disaksikan (oleh malaikat).
(Al-Israa, ayat 78)

3. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Para utusan (malaikat) berkata: "Hai Luth, sesungguhnya kami adalah utusan-utusan Tuhanmu, sekali-kali mereka tidak akan dapat mengganggu kamu, sebab itu pergilah dengan membawa keluarga dan pengikut-pengikut kamu di akhir malam dan janganlah ada seorangpun di antara kamu yang tertinggal, kecuali isterimu. Sesungguhnya dia akan ditimpa azab yang menimpa mereka kerana sesungguhnya saat jatuhnya azab kepada mereka ialah di waktu Subuh; bukankah Subuh itu sudah dekat?."
(Al-Huud, ayat 81)

4. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Katakanlah, aku berlindung kepada Tuhan Yang Menguasai Subuh, "
(Al Falaq, ayat 1)

5. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Iaitu orang-orang yang sabar, yang benar, yang tetap taat, yang menafkahkan hartanya (di jalan Allah), dan yang memohon ampun di waktu sahur*.
(Ali 'Imran, ayat 17 )
*Sahur: waktu sebelum fajar menyingsing mendekati subuh.

6. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Dan telah Kami wahyukan kepadanya (Luth) perkara itu, yaitu bahwa mereka akan ditumpas habis di waktu Subuh. "
(Al Hijr, ayat 66)

7. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, hendaklah budak-budak (lelaki dan wanita) yang kamu miliki, dan orang-orang yang belum baligh di antara kamu, meminta izin kepada kamu tiga kali (dalam satu hari) iaitu: sebelum sembahyang Subuh, ketika kamu menanggalkan pakaian (luar)mu di tengah hari dan sesudah sembahyang Isya'. (Itulah) tiga 'aurat bagi kamu. Tidak ada dosa atasmu dan tidak (pula) atas mereka selain dari (tiga waktu) itu. Mereka melayani kamu, sebahagian kamu (ada keperluan) kepada sebahagian (yang lain). Demikianlah Allah menjelaskan ayat-ayat bagi kamu. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Bijaksana."
(An Nuur, ayat 58)

8. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Maka bertasbihlah kepada Allah di waktu kamu berada di petang hari dan waktu kamu berada di waktu Subuh, "
(Ar Ruum , ayat 17)

9. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Maka apabila siksaan itu turun di halaman mereka, maka amat buruklah pagi hari yang dialami oleh orang-orang yang diperingatkan itu*. "
(Ash Shaaffaat , ayat 177)
*Yang dimaksud dengan pagi hari ialah bukan waktu pagi tetapi sebarang waktu di mana orang-orang yang menyerang itu melakukan serangannya sebelum waktu subuh; maka orang-orang yang kalah menderita kekalahannya pada waktu pagi.

10. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"dan Subuh apabila mulai terang. "
(Al Muddatstsir , ayat 34)

11. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"dan demi Subuh apabila fajarnya mulai menyingsing, "
(At Takwiir , ayat 18)

12. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Maka sabarlah kamu atas apa yang mereka katakan, dan bertasbihlah dengan memuji Tuhanmu, sebelum terbit matahari dan sebelum terbenamnya dan bertasbih pulalah pada waktu-waktu di malam hari dan pada waktu-waktu di siang hari, supaya kamu merasa senang, "
( Thaahaa , ayat 30)

13. Allah SWT berfirman maksudnya:
"Maka bersabarlah kamu terhadap apa yang mereka katakan dan bertasbihlah sambil memuji Tuhanmu sebelum terbit matahari dan sebelum terbenam(nya). "
(Qaaf , ayat 39)

14. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah ra, Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang maksudnya:
“Sesungguhnya solat yang paling berat bagi orang munafik adalah solat Isya’ dan solat Subuh. Sekiranya mereka mengetahui apa yang terkandung di dalamnya, nescaya mereka akan mendatangi keduanya meskipun dalam keadaan merangkak. Sungguh, aku ingin menyuruh melaksanakan solat, lalu solat itu ditegakkan, kemudian aku perintahkan seseorang untuk mengimami solat bersama orang-orang. Kemudian beberapa laki-laki berangkat bersamaku dengan membawa kayu yang terikat, mendatangi satu kaum yang tidak menghadiri solat berjemaah, sehingga aku bakar rumah mereka."
(HR Bukhairi dan Muslim).

15. Rasullullah SAW bersabda:
"Malaikat turun naik dalam kalangan kamu silih berganti: malam dan siang, kedua-dua puak itu berhimpun pada waktu sembahyang Subuh dan pada waktu sembahyang Asar; setelah itu puak yang bermalam dalam kalangan kamu: naik, lalu ditanya oleh Allah Taala, sedang Ia mengetahui hal mereka: "Bagaimana keadaan hamba-hambaKu semasa kamu tinggalkan?" Malaikat menjawab: "Kami tinggalkan mereka sedang mereka mengerjakan sembahyang, dan kami datang kepada mereka sedang mereka mengerjakan sembahyang.
(Hadis riwayat Abu Hurairah r.a )

16. Daripada Abu Barzah al-Islami r.a. katanya:
“Rasulullah s.a.w telah bersembahyang Asar. Kemudian salah seorang daripada kami telah kembali ketempat kediamannya dipinggir bandar ketika matahari masih cerah. Baginda Rasulullah suka mentakhirkan sembahyang isyak, dan Baginda tidak suka tidur sebelumnya serta bercakap-cakap selepasnya, Baginda selesai menunaikan sembahyang Subuh ketika seorang itu boleh mengenali orang yang duduk disebelahnya dan Baginda membaca 60 ayat sehingga 100 ayat al-Quran”. *
(Al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

*Setelah selesai sembahyang subuh Rasulullah s.a.w membaca 60 ayat sehingga 100 ayat al-Quran.

17. Rasulullah SAW bersabda maksudnya:
“Sesiapa yang menunaikan solat Subuh, maka ia berada dalam jaminan Allah SWT. Kerana itu, janganlah kamu mencari jaminan Allah SWT dengan sesuatu (selain daripada solat), yang pada waktu kamu mendapatkannya, lebih-lebih lagi ditakuti kamu tergelincir ke dalam api neraka.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

18. Rasulullah SAW mendoakan umatnya yang bergegas dalam melaksanakan solat Subuh:
“Ya Allah, berkatilah umatku selama mereka suka bangun subuh (iaitu mengerjakannya).”
(Hadis riwayat Termizi, Abu Daud, Ahmad dan Ibnu Majah)

19. Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda, maksudnya:
”Segerakanlah solat Subuh sebelum matahari terbit. Sebab ketika itulah para pengikut syaitan sedang keluar dari sarangnya. Ketika itu pula orang-orang kafir tengah bersujud kepada matahari.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

20. Rasulullah SAW bersabda sebagaimana disebutkan:
“Dari Aisyah telah bersabda Rasulullah SAW, dua rakaat solat Fajar pahalanya lebih indah daripada dunia dan seisinya.”
(Hadis riwayat Imam At-Termizi)

21. Diriwayatkan Muslim daripada Usman bin Affan berkata, Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang maksudnya:
“Barang siapa yang solat Isyak berjemaah maka seolah-olah dia telah solat setengah malam, barang siapa solat Subuh berjemaah, maka seolah-olah dia telah melaksanakan solat malam satu malam penuh.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim).

22. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Musa al-Asyaari, dia berkata Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang maksudnya:
“Barang siapa yang solat dua waktu yang dingin, maka akan masuk syurga.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari).

23. Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang bermaksud dari riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim :
“Kami sedang duduk bersama Rasulullah SAW, ketika melihat bulan purnama. Baginda berkata, “Sungguh kamu akan melihat Rabb (Allah), sebagaimana kamu melihat bulan yang tidak terhalang dalam memandangnya. Apabila kamu mampu, janganlah kamu menyerah dalam melakukan solat sebelum terbit matahari dan solat sebelum terbenam matahari. Maka lakukanlah.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

24. Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang maksudnya:
“Barang siapa yang menunaikan solat Subuh, maka ia berada dalam jaminan Allah. Maka janganlah cuba-cuba membuat Allah membuktikan janji-Nya. Barang siapa yang membunuh orang yang menunaikan solat Subuh, Allah SWT akan menuntutnya, sehingga Allah SWT akan membenamkan mukanya ke dalam neraka.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim, at-Termizi dan Ibn Majah)

Sebuah nasihat untuk diri sendiri dan mungkin juga untuk pembaca budiman. Marilah kita bergegas bangun tidur apabila terdengar laungan azan berkumandang untuk segera mengerjakan solat Subuh. InsyaAllah.

Happy Birthday Mama & Muadzam!

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Another Year

To : Mama & Muadzam

As your birthdays come and go,
how very much you mean to me,
more than you can know.

Happy birthday to both of you!

From : Mahreen & Abah

Perhentian Island Photo Series 6 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 6)

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(A View From)
Sunset Boulevard

Realize

..but, it's not all the same, no, it's never the same
if you don't feel it too, if you meet me half way
if you would meet me half way

it could be the same for you..

Perhentian Island Photo Series 5 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 5)

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Alive

Missing You

Tilted

Separated

Perhentian Island Photo Series 4 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 4) (04/08/09 - 05/08/09)

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Lovely Morning

De'javu
(Tiada Gambar Secantik Lukisan)

Morning Thirst

Just Fine

Doa Menghindarkan Jangkitan Selesema Babi

Pos Ketujuh (Kemaskini 17/08/2009)

Doa ihsan dari blog http://oshthejourney.blogspot.com/

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Tahassanaatu bizil izzati wal jabaruti, waq’ tasamtu birabbil malakuti, watawakkal tu alal hayallazi la yamutu isrip annalbala'a wal waba’a innaka ala kullishai'in qadir.

Amin

Maksudnya;

Dengan Nama Allah Yang Maha Pengasih Lagi Maha Penyayang

Aku membenteng diri dengan nama Tuhan yang mempunyai kemuliaan dan kekuatan, aku berpegang teguh pada Tuhan yang menguasai alam nyata dan alam ghaib, aku bertawakkal kepada Tuhan yang hidup dan yang tidak mati selama-lamanya. Semoga kiranya Engkau hindarkan kami ya Allah dari bala dan wabak. Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Berkuasa atas tiap-tiap sesuatu.

Perkenankanlah.

1. Singgah melawat ke blog pensyarah aku sebentar tadi dan Alhamdulillah, ada satu pos berkenaan doa ketika terjadi penyakit menular. Kebetulan aku baru saja lepas baca surat khabar Utusan Malaysia berkenaan dengan beberapa kes kematian semenjak akhir-akhir ini.

2. Wa'ilalkhairi qaribna, wa'anisysharri' ab'idna (dan kepada kebaikan dekatkanlah kami, dan daripada keburukan jauhkanlah kami). Amin, Ya Allah.

Kalimah Allah di Langit Pantai Beserah, Kuantan, Malaysia. Bagaimana ia Terbentuk? (How Allah Kalimah Clouds were Formed?)

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Allah berfirman maksudnya: “Hanya milik Allah Al-Asma Al-Husna, maka bermohon kepada-Nya dengan menyebut nama itu.”
(Surah al-A’raf: 180)

1. Assalammualaikum, sahabat-sahabat sekelian. Semoga semua sihat. Masih ingat lagi dengan penyebaran di internet gambar-gambar pembentukkan kalimah Allah di langit Putrajaya beberapa tahun dulu? Kalau kita sudah lupa, atau mungkin yang tidak sempat melihat pos tersebut, mungkin sahabat-sahabat sekelian boleh pergi ke sini. untuk mengimbau kembali pos di dalam blog saya ini.

1. Assalammualaikum, my dear friends. May all are in the pink of health. Do you still remember the spread of photos over the internet about clouds formation that spells Allah in the sky of Putrajaya (Malaysia), back a few years ago? If we already forgotten, or perhaps, didn’t get the opportunity to see the photos, please click here to refresh.

2. Alhamdulillah, saya bersyukur kehadrat Allah SWT, kerana pada tahun lepas, iaitu tahun 2008, sekali lagi saya telah mendapat peluang untuk mengambil gambar pembentukkan kalimah Allah di langit. Dan pada kali kedua tersebut, ia berlaku pada siang hari, dan bukan pada malam hari seperti pada kali pertama. Pada hari tersebut, saya bersama keluarga saya sedang berada di sebuah resort yang terletak disekitar Pantai Beserah, di bandar Kuantan.

2. Alhamdulillah, my thankfulness to Allah, last year, 2008 once again I managed to get the opportunity to shoot the formation of cloud that spells Allah in the sky. And on that second time, it happened in a broad daylight, instead of in a nocturnal during the first time. My family and I were at a resort at Beserah beach, Kuantan (Malaysia).

3. Berikut adalah turutan kumpulan awan yang saya yakin telah membentuk awan kalimah Allah di langit kerana pada pengamatan saya, pembentukan tersebut adalah sangat jelas ejaannya di dalam tulisan Arab.

3. Please find the below sequence, as I am convinced that the formation has obviously spell Allah.

Turutan (Sequence) 1 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:38:04 AM –

a. Saya sedar akan kewujudan pembentukan sekumpulan awan yang agak unik. Dalam hati saya berkata, alahai, tidak dapat hendak ambik gambar matahari naik hari ini. Ada awan halang matahari.

Turutan (Sequence) 2 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:38:20 AM

b. Saya teruskan juga niat untuk ambik gambar matahari naik tersebut, walaupun awan tersebut begitu jelas menghalang dan melindungi matahari.

Turutan (Sequence) 3 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:39:52 AM

c. Hampir seminit lebih berlalu, cahaya matahari mula memancar dengan jelas dari celahan awan. Saya masih lagi berharap untuk mendapatkan gambar yang terbaik.

Turutan (Sequence) 4 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:40:32 AM

d. Pembentukan yang terbaik. Perhatikan pembentukan awan nipis sebelah atas kanan, yang membentuk tanda 'sabdu', sekaligus mengesahkan dan menguatkan lagi kenyataan bahawa, awan ini sebenarnya sedang 'mengeja' dan 'membentuk' kalimah Allah. Perhatikan kembali, tiada pembentukan tanda 'sabdu' pada turutan pertama (1) dan ke-2. Ia mula terbentuk pada turutan ke-3 dan mula jelas kelihatan pada turutan ke-4, iaitu gambar pada komposisi ini. Perhatikan juga, pembentukan huruf ‘ha’ pada hujung sebelah kiri, dari turutan pertama (1) hingga ke-4 ini. Perhatikan juga penyambungan huruf ‘lam’ yang kedua dengan huruf ‘ha’. Hebat kan?

d. This is the best composition. Look carefully at the slight cloud on the right corner above, that clearly formed the mark of 'sabdu', hence confirmed and strenghten the description that the cloud is in the intention on 'making the spelling' of Allah. Please check that there are no mark of 'sabdu' on the first two sequences. It only started to appear on the third (3) sequence and has clearly formed on the fourth (4), which is in this composition. Also note on the formation of arabic alphabet of 'ha' on the left edge corner from sequence 1 to 4. So did the formation of combining the second arabic alphabet of 'lam' and 'ha'. Amazing, isn't it?

Technical details: Please click here

Turutan (Sequence) 5 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:41:14 AM

e. Cahaya matahari semakin menyerlah dan semakin menyilaukan mata saya yang memandang.

Turutan (Sequence) 6 - Thursday, ‎17 ‎April, ‎2008, ‏‎7:41:28 AM

f. Cahaya matahari semakin terus menyinar.

4. Alhamdulillah. Semoga kita semua akan terus mendapat petunjuk dan hidayahNya.

5. InsyaAllah. Amin. " )

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT AWAL RAMADAN 1430 HIJRAH!

Details of Photo; Shoots in the morning at Duta Sands Beach Resort,
Pantai Beserah, Kuantan, Pahang (Malaysia).
Time: ‏‎From 7:38:04 AM to ‏‎7:41:28 AM (Approximately within 4 minutes).
Date: 17th April 2008.
Location: Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Camera: Canon 400D.
Photographed by: Saharudin Bin Mohd Dan (din9911@yahoo.com)
http://saharudinmohddan.blogspot.com/

The Package of a Miraculous Moment

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1. Just to heist a little of my time writing a short note here, before I proceed to keep on maneuvering my highly obligatory thesis.

2. A few days ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about being in ‘the package of a miraculous moment’, the moment where I am standing

a) at the right place,
b) at the right time and
c) doing the absolute right thing.

3. Yes, at least once in a year, I wish I could delight myself by dreaming, being in this situation. This ‘magical moment’ apparently will inspire me to keep on doing what I am doing right now. Because the moment that I have just mentioned requires a high self conscious in order to enjoy the particular ‘package’, pre-arranged by the nature.

4. The package moment that I mentioned so far, would refresh back everything in my life, and somehow, it will eventually make me feel like being at the peak of a hill, or perhaps at peak of a high mountain, while breathing the fresh air; The time where I am able to highly rejuvenate myself to the limit.

5. By the time when anybody out there who are reading this, they will not understand my point at this juncture, but wait until I elaborate it more.

6. It all started back in the year 2007. When I managed to shoot these photos. My excitement was above all. I drove my car and met the local press, trying to make it publish. My thought was to let it be shared with all the Malaysians on what I have captured. But, it was ended up in despairs when the next day, the newspapers just telling the same new stories instead of what I have intended to share at the first place. I kept on waiting for another day after, perhaps they would publish it one day delay, I recalled, before nothing about it was even published and written.

7. Nevertheless, when I post the above thread in this blog, and also share it with my uum_with_hons@yahoogroups.com members, the photos and the story was eventually had been widely spread out over the internet. Some even wrote to my e-mail, sharing the assorted feelings about the experience and, as far as I could remembered, I replied all e-mails that had entered my mail box; except one e-mail that argued over what I have accidently captured.

8. The argument was over the technical behind every photo, where it must be clearly defined and shared. Otherwise, it was all nothing more than just a normal photo incident.

9. Hence, in the year 2008, when I managed to capture another sequel of the so called being in ‘the package of a miraculous moment’, my reaction was totally different. I just pretend like nothing had happened, despite putting a lyric from one of my favorite song, which CD I have frequently played it inside my car.

10. But, until today, I just couldn’t deny myself, that these sequel had gave myself the highest impact of an extraordinary moment in my life.

11. Yesterday, Monday, 20th July 2009, about 10.30am, I was about experiencing the same ‘package of a miraculous moment’ again.

12. Hence, today I decide to refresh back everything that I have captured because, that moment has really, really last forever.

13. Oh, I need to stop now, but I promise to myself, that I will elaborate and post more of the sequel in my next post. In the meantime, I remember my old friend quote. He said, “the main recite of a Muslim is all praise is only to the Almighty Allah”, but for myself, my main recite is, "Oh Allah, my God, I am asking for your forgiveness all the time, because I am a sinful man."

14. Subhanallah, wal hamdulillah, wa lailah haillallah, allah hu akhbar . Allah is the Almighty, and all praise is only to Allah, and there’s no God except Allah. Allah is the Greatest.

15. I need to write on further on my thesis. See you soon.. " )

Extra Careful

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1. No doubt, I have to be extra careful this semester, which is final semester of my postgraduate study.

2. I have to remind myself that, at the edge of every phase of my study, from primary, college, until varsity, I normally would face a kind of obstacle, kind of a curse I think, that would always happen and apparently make my life miserable.

3. I recall during my primary school, after I got the result of 'Penilaian Darjah Lima' exam. At standard six, something depressed happened, until I was caught lying to my 'teaching Al-Quran' teacher about my classroom exam position.

4. So did during my college time, when I need to sit for my SPM trial, and still I could remember it clearly. Code name G-15, something terrible happened. The college management sent a telegram to my parents, until they had to come rushing to the college on the same day they received the telegram. You don't want to know how shameful standing infront of the juniors, until I couldn't feel the Zras! Zras! Zras! pain anymore.

5. It keep on continue even during on my study at the varsity, also something horrifying happened, and it was also during the end of my final year. I was jumping out of my skin, when I saw at the previous semester result, before I had to borrow my brothers' money, to pay fee, for one extra semester I had to extend.

6. I was very insensible to my environment during that time!

7. No! How could I blame any one else for the mistakes that happened, except had endurably experienced the burden while having learnt few hard knock lessons on my head.

8. No! I won't let the same mistake to crop up again this time. I am telling the whole world that I am a wise man now, instead of a gentleman I used to be. A gentleman learns from his own mistake, while a wise man learns from someone else's.

9. Oh, I am still the same person though. Sir above, it is Saturday, 4.00 o'clock in the morning and please don't let the same thing happen again to me this time. I am fully aware about those lessons now.

10. For now, I have shrewd results to remain sturdy and would like to take this opportunity to pay my honourable gratitude to my second semester lecturers.

11. Thank you very much to Professor Madya Dr. Mohamad Khan Bin Jamal Khan, Professor Madya Abdul Aziz Yusof and En. Lukman Bin Wan Daud (OSH The Journey) for the knowledge sharing and your appreciation towards our endless effort while being your students.

12. Aku berikrar, segala ilmu yang aku pelajari adalah untuk aku gunakan pada masa hadapan, dan sijil yang aku kejar hanyalah sebagai kenderaan untuk aku menuju ke destinasi yang ditujui.
(I swear, the knowledge that I am learning is meant for my future undertaking, and the certification that I am racing for is only used as my vehicle that drives me to the future.)

13. InsyaAllah. Amin.

A True Story Movie About Reinhold Messner - The World's Greatest Mountaineer

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Reinhold Messner
(Photograph by Vincent J. Musi)

1. Last weekend we went out to bring our kids to watch the Transformers - Revenge of The Fallen movie at Alamanda GSC, Putrajaya. I highly appreciate on the special effects created by the CGI experts, and such compliments must be given to the director, Micheal Bay for the outstanding effects.

2. There were uproars in the facebook when it was released on 24 June 2009 in the cinema. Many friends of mine in the UUM With Hons Portal have changed their ID into the robot characters name alike. Well, after all in a day work, it was indeed fun to let the kid behavior in us to take place, I guessed.

3. Two-and-half-hour movie length, which was from 5.45pm to 8.15pm had gave us full blast of astonishing special effects satisfaction, which are truly mesmerizing and I just couldn’t imagine what’s next after 'transformers', considering its amazing effects created. Perhaps next, we would be amazed by the 3D movies instead of the currently presented on the pale, flat white screen which is a little bit dreary, IMO.

4. There are grumbles about Transformers II confusing storyline, but it doesn’t bother me much, because we just want to enjoy the CGI effects at the first place.

5. Yet, I still fancy for movies which strength are based on the storyline, if it were not because of the special effects.

6. Most of the time, I favor movie which is based on a true story, as sometimes it is truly inspiring and am always impressed by how the director blends the story plot, together with the existence of loves while playing around with the audiences’ emotion.

7. Heavy drama such as ‘A Beautiful Mind’ for instance, is an amazing movie that could be watched over and over again.

The Only Obstacle

(Photograph by Reinhold Messner )

8. Count on me and how much I wish that one day, somebody, a capable best director out there, would eventually make an arrangement and direct an award winning movie which is based on the real life of Reinhold Messner- The World's Greatest Mountaineer.

Dream Camping Is Around The Corner!

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1. My MOSH colleagues, the one that usually went out for outdoors’ activities have had an ultimate target to where we should go camping one day. Perhaps it would be achieved after we had finished up the program.

Photo courtesy from flickr zanthia

Auckland Skyline

2. Our aim is high. We want to go camping oversea, really.

3. Blissful Chaplie called me yesterday, telling that he already had his Nikon D60 DSLR, complete with a tripod and few lenses. So, our godfather now has also joint up the team being one of the photography enthusiast that am sure are calmly eager to shoot lots of subject.

4. Being a godfather, he must have wanted to shoot special place that offers lot of sceneries for instance. Hence, we are confident that our aim is indeed close to happen.

Photo courtesy from flickr zanthia

Mount Doom from "Lord of the Rings"

5. A friend of mine, he had just came back from visiting New Zealand last few months. His wife is a stewardess, and he has got the opportunity to do some travelling there. According to him, New Zealand is a very beautiful country that is geographically stunning with its snowy mountains, lovely animals, breathtaking landscapes, friendly people, fine weathers and most importantly, the country also offer very cheap budget accommodations to bag-packers who wants to explore the nature all over the country.

6. He also added that, it would be an honored for him to make a come back and explore more off that All Black’s country. In short, it has been known that, for international-bag-packers-to-be like us, we would be in a very comfort journey if we have around RM5,000.00 per pax, to be spent on for 7 days and 6 nights trip there, inclusive of the flight tickets, back and fourth.

7. So, now, we are in the midst of ‘kumpui duit’ to make our dream to come true. The response among us is immensely encouraging, and as long as we have our godfather, Mr. Chaplie, as our ‘guidance angel’, I believe a few photos of us, posing with bluish and snowy mountain background, would be published here in future posting one day. Not to mention of few photos of us talking, with our breath vapouring out of our mouth. No I don't think so, unless it is during winter season right? " )

Photo courtesy from flickr zanthia

West Coast Near Haast

8. For records, according to Global Peace Index Ranking, New Zealand has been named as top ranking for the most peaceful country on earth for 2009. For the last 3 years, it’s been maintaining its position among the top 4 ranking.

9. Cayalah. Peeeewwwwiiittt.

10. Matlamat utama yang penting ialah 'kumpui duit' dulu!
(The main important point is to do some saving first!)

Time On My Own

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Time On My Own
(Mobile Phone Photo)

Some update..

1. I still haven’t got my second semester results, and I am roiled by the delay with unintelligent reasons. FYI, results in hand can create such ‘momentum’ for a fresh start of new semester. At this junture, it is disgraceful knowing that it's been spoilt up. (Speak of the devil, my friend called me this morning telling that the result is ready for collection). Oh, what would it be?

2. My wife’s officemates say the photos I have shot during family days at Cherating were ‘okay’. But, being frankly, I could have done it better with more effects of ‘motion’ and ‘rim lighting’. These could be great experiments for my next photography session.

3. My x-ray result says my lung fields are clear apart from scattered fibrosis. Scattered fibrosis? Ishhh.. that sounds terrible man. Syukur Alhamdulillah, I am still in a good shape. The pain that stays was a consequence of a minor tissue torn when I had tumbled down during family days' volleyball game.

4. I read ‘ocean poems' and tried to write down one poem on my own. My words’ power sucks, but I still keep on reading. I wish I am a poet, (instead of I could be invisible!). " )

5. I recently temporary deactivated my facebook account. Suddenly I thought, I need to spend some time on my own. I need privacy.

6. I am unfit and have gained weight. I need to exercise moderately.

7. I have done and submitted my three months’ monthly claim. Yesss...

8. I am close to end of the semester. I need to highly focus, highly focus on few things which are;

a) Assignments
b) Thesis
c) Jobs
d) Family
e) Few close contacts (for friends update)

9. Photography is still my stress therapy.

10. Masa yang berlalu terlalu pantas, atau aku manusia yang terleka?
(Is time running out fast or am I such an oblivious man?)

Family Days ~ Suria Cherating Beach Resort (26-28 Jun 2009)

Banner

Perhentian Island Photo Series 3 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 3)

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Thougthful

Cool

Relief

Courteous

Sorry " )

Perhentian Island Photo Series 2 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 2)

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Spell It Right

Unlimited

Nothing

Goldilock.. Where's the Mama Bear?

One, Two, T..ree

Endless Fidelity

Perhentian Island Photo Series 1 (Gambar Pulau Perhentian Siri 1)

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Iqra'

So Close

Blown

Obey Your Master

I Have Told You

Kembali ke Pulau Perhentian (Perhentian Island) ~ (27/05/09 - 28/05/09)

Pos Kesebelas (Kemaskini 02/06/2009)

1. Kali kedua jejakkan kaki ke Pulau Perhentian. Masih lagi teruja macam kali pertama. Kalau sudah jatuh hati, datang banyak kali pun tidak apa. Masih banyak lagi cerita-cerita yang boleh aku dengar berkenaan pulau pelancongan ini. Memang aku tidak nafikan, kehebatan pulau ini sebenarnya terletak pada nama 'Perhentian' itu sendiri. Unik dan berkesan.

2. Sebagai rekod, aku banyak dengar cerita, kisah-kisah seram di Pulau Perhentian untuk persinggahan aku kali ini. Hihihihihihi! " ). Seram macam mana pun, secara individu, aku memang lebih berhati-hati dengan manusia sendiri daripada makhluk-makhluk lain ciptaan Allah.

3. Pergi seorang diri, setakat singgah petang kemudian balik pagi, jangan ingat tidak menyeronokkan. Macam biasa, aku tidak tahu apa yang akan berlaku, siapa yang akan aku jumpa. Cuma, segala perkara berkaitan kerja semua sudah tinggal di Kuala Besut. Jadi bila sudah sampai, apa lagi? Niat dihati hanya mahu rilek, tapi dengan suasana yang berbeza.

4. Pergi seorang diri, kalau tidak kena gaya, memang bosan. Tapi, aku sudah tahu apa yang perlu aku buat untuk mengelakkan perkara ini daripada berlaku.

5. Selain ambil gambar, Pulau Perhentian dapat liputan penuh talian telefon bimbit. Jadi, dengan adanya layar lebar dan komputer riba, seorang diri pun ada juga perkara boleh buat. Cari gerai, cari meja , layan fresh oren satu gelas (RM 4.00), layan internet, buka e-mel, baca surat khabar on-line, buka facebook, sambil lepak, sudah kira bagus.


6. Penduduk pulau ada yang mesra. Dua kali aku pergi seorang diri, dua kali mereka yang tegur dan berbual-bual dengan aku dulu. Bila sudah kenal dengan mereka, InsyaAllah, boleh dapat ramai lagi kawan-kawan kemudian. Kebanyakannya pelancong asing. Bila sudah dapat kawan, boleh tukar-tukar cerita, daripada pengetahuan am, sukan, demografi, budaya, agama, ekonomi, politik dunia, sehinggalah kepada macam-macam perkara.

7. Dulu menginap di Long Beach. Kali ini, menginap di Coral Bay. Waktu petang, aku rasa, Coral Bay lebih menarik daripada Long Beach. Tapi, bila malam, Long Beach pula jadi lebih menarik. Ramai pelancong berkumpul dengan gaya hidup dan budaya masing-masing. Seronok tengok gelagat manusia ciptaan Allah di bumi ciptaanNya yang bertuah ini. ''..dan janganlah kamu melampaui batas. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang melampaui batas." Surah 5, Al-Maa'idah, Ayat 87.

8. Kebetulan, malam tadi Final Liga Juara-Juara 2009. Barcelona lawan Mancester United. Lepas melepak di Panorama, lebih kurang pukul 2.30 pagi, balik ke Coral Bay menyeberang hutan ramai-ramai. Nasib baik aku pakai sandal. Mereka yang tidak pakai kasut, menjerit-jerit kena gigit semut api. Memang lawak.

9. Tengok bola depan televisyen di Coral Bay, rasa macam di Stadium Olimpico dekat Rome. Banyak juga perkataan-perkataan pelbagai baur yang aku dapat dengar. Tapi, lepas Barcelona sumbat gol pertama, aku balik bilik, tidur.

10. Pagi, bangun awal. Pukul 8.00, naik bot, balik tanah besar.

11. Tanya orang masa sarapan, pasukan mana yang menang? Mereka jawab, ‘’Barcelona meney, dua kosong, Man. U. maie bola hok macey kejar ayam”. Lebih kurang macam itulah.

12. Aku ketawa saja. Dalam hati, habis sudah cuti semester untuk kali ini bersama 1) keluarga, 2) kawan-kawan dan 3) seorang diri.

13.Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Camping at Lata Meraung Waterfall, Jerantut, Pahang ~ (Saturday - Sunday, 23/05/09 - 24/05/09)

Tenth Post

1. Alhamdulillah. We had a great camping trip this weekend, despite a little rain. We went out with several other old and new friends, so there were a total of twelve of us, with the youngest at nineteen, and the oldest being thirty seven. We went out to Lata Meraung (Screaming Waterfall), which is about fifteen minutes drive from Jerantut, Pahang.


2. Two days one night camping was not a bad experience at all. Four students from Consist College, Wangsa Melawati, two new friends from Jasni’s workplace and us; the favourite five, Chaplie, Gadik, Jasni, Faizal and myself, plus a specially invited friend of mine, the honourable En. Kamaruddin Khari a.k.a Blek, which was so kind that had allowing some of us to lodge into his wide, Toyota Innova MPV. Thank you Blek, may Allah will continue cheapen your good fortune.


3. This time, our camping theme was a little bit different. We just need 1) to camp aside at a waterfall, 2) having our good barbeque and 3) bathing under the rushing down waterfall. Last time our objective was 1) to do jungle trekking, 2) terjun tiruk (diving) and 3) go fishing.

4. Hence, after all, we did achieve our objective this time just like the first one, in fact we had done it better, because at first, we thought we were going to jungle trekking about thirty minutes before we reached the waterfall, but thank you to blissful Chaplie, the one who recommended us the place; when we realized that it only took us less then ten minutes to reach the waterfall.


5. With our complete, hard-core, otai (old-timer), 50 to 60 liters fully occupied with camping equipments; everything had turned-up into a big laughter when things were not just like as what we expected. The weird part was, even the one who recommended the place, Mr. Chaplie, was looking so impressive with his new, Deuter, 60 littres bagpack, which was so convincing to us at the first place.


6. Hahaha. Buddy, we just want to enjoy ourselves, and you managed to break the ice just immediately when we reached the waterfall.


7. Nevertheless, the Lata Meraung is absolutely a fantastic waterfall. It heights about 40 meters, with branches of falling waterfalls crushing down into around a 35 meters wide, not so deep waterpond area. Marvellous!


8. If you stay under the major waterfall, you can feel the impact of 30 to 40 kilograms of continuously rushing waterfall that hits your head and body, which apparently turns your body colour into reddish before you give up, and let yourself being push forward by the rushing water. While the water falls onto your body, you can scream out the hell as loudest as you could just to realize that your screaming is 'nothing special' in contrast with the sounds of the waterfalls.


9. That is where I thought why she gets it name of ‘Meraung’ (Screaming) Waterfall.


10. During this camping, we managed to roast marinated fresh Patin and Tilapia fishes, coated with wild banana leaf in the inner and aluminium foil at the outer. As a result, it had turned out into a finely roasted, juicy, tasty, fresh barbequed fishes meal, and when dipped into the hot, spicy mixed ingredients of special ketchup prepared by our brilliant chef cook, Mr. Gadik, the meals were just tremendously unforgettable. Slurp slurp!


11. Last but not least, personally, no matter how enjoyful our camping this time, half of my heart is still at home, supposedly playing with my kids.

12. So, the excitement does not just stop here, I just have another plan to go out camping with my family.


13. Time to start calling up my ex-Royal Military College (ex-RMC) friends for family outing.

14. Wanna join me folks? You have my handpone number right? Give me a call.

Bukit Fraser ~ (Sabtu - Ahad, 16/05/09 - 17/05/09)

Pos Kesembilan


1. Masa bawa keluarga pergi ke Kuala Kubu Bahru dulu, kami naik separuh jalan saja ke Bukit Fraser. Jalan tutup sebab tanah runtuh. Jadi, kali ini, kami ikut Lebuhraya Pantai Timur (LPT), keluar Bentong, ikut jalan ke Raub sebelum menuju ke Bukit Fraser.

2. Cuti hujung minggu, dua hari satu malam agak menarik di sini. Kami memang suka tempat-tempat tinggi sebab cuaca tidak panas, malam pasti sejuk. Bilik hotel memang tiada penghawa dingin.


3. Makan di Bukit Fraser tidak mahal, macam biasa saja. Kami pusing habis, Air Terjun Jeriau pun kami pergi, tapi tidak masuk ke dalam sebab pengunjung pun tidak ramai. Lagipun kami lebih pentingkan keselesaan si comel kami.

4. Tiada petrol pam di atas bukit ini. Paling dekat di Raub atau Kuala Kubu Bahru, masing-amasing antara 29km dan 30km, tidak termasuk memandu di jalan bengkang-bengkuk. Jadi, sebelum naik, isi minyak kereta penuh-penuh.


5. Di atas sini, cuaca sejuk dan lembab. Masa kami pergi, selalu hujan tapi sekejap-sekejap. Kadang-kadang ada juga cahaya matahari, tapi tidak panas. Bawa kereta pun buka tingkap saja. Udara segar.

6. Sebelum ini, kami pernah ke Genting Highland dan Cameron Highland. Pergerakan di tempat-tempat begini memang perlahan, jadi, masa yang singkat pun terasa agak lama. Memang kami pilih tempat yang tidak banyak aktiviti. Budak-budak pun seronok.


7. Bergerak pun semua ambil masa sendiri. Tidak perlu kejar sana kejar sini. Hotel kami sudah tempah awal-awal. Sampai saja, mandi-mandi, terus tidur dulu. Cutilah katakan. Petang, perut lapar, baru cari makanan. Kalau baca blog ini pun macam dapat rasa perasaan kami. Hendak rilek.

8. Lepas ini, kami hendak pergi bercuti di tepi pantai pula.

10. Minggu depan, giliran bercuti dengan kawan-kawan pula.

Psychological Stress

Eighth Post

1. Psychological stress is continually related to emotional and psychological disorders. Stressful situations, whether long term or short term, can set forward a series of emotional symptoms such as a feeling of personality breakdown, fear, worry attacks, unfocussed attention or diversion, overstated emotional responses and psychological upset such as depression, confusion and burnout.

2. Psychological stress refers to the emotional and physiological reactions experienced when an individual confronts a situation in which the demands go beyond their coping resources[1].

3. Under continual psychological stress, an individual suffers from spiritual riots within himself. These disturbances in emotional and psychological health may cause or make worse disorders, which can stop life on its track. Studies shows as much as 50 to 80 per cent of all the complaints treated by physicians (medical doctors) are psychosomatic ailments resulting from psychological stress[2].

4. The body responds to stress by releasing stress hormones, such as epinephrine, also called adrenaline and cortisol, also called hydrocortisone. Adrenaline is used by the body as a turbo boost of energy which can change the biochemistry within the body, notably the blood. This condition is known as the 'fight or flight' response which has helped man gone to fight or run away from dangerous animals or enemies[3].

5. The body produces these stress hormones to help a person react to a situation with more speed and strength. Excessive produced of stress hormones however, will increase blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar levels. Small amounts of stress are believed to be beneficial, but chronic, persisting or progressing over a long period of time, high levels of stress are thought to be harmful[4].

6. Early signs of psychological stress include sleep disturbances, stomach problems, trouble in concentration, irritability, headache, low morale, and poor affairs with family members and friends. These signs are simple to distinguish, but without proper management, they can develop into severe health risks like cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal conditions and psychological disorders[5].

6. The biggest problem with psychological stress however is that the average person cannot identify psychological stress let alone trace it back to a source. This is why some form of counselling or group sessions can help but many people are reluctant to do this because they feel uncomfortable admitting something is wrong[6].

7. Other than spiritual techniques such as meditation and prayer, psychological stress can also be overcome by exercise, relaxation, time management, consultation, social support network and living a healthy lifestyles.

Reference;
[1] Venes D, Thomas C, editors. Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 19th ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis Company, 2001
[2] Spiritual and psychological stress, http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/psychology/stress/psychological-stress.asp
[3] Stress Management – how do you deal with your daily stress levels ?, http://stressmanagementreview.com/
[4] Segerstrom S, Miller G. Psychological stress and the human immune system: A meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry. Psychological Bulletin 2004; 130(4): 601–630.
[5] Stress-related and psychological disorders, http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/stress/scale.htm
[6] What is Psychological Stress?, http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Is-Psychological-Stress?&id=512856

Sunrise at Perhentian Island (Pulau Perhentian) ~ (17/02/2009 - 18/02/2009)

Sixth Post

1. Above is the photo of a sunrise at Perhentian Island.

2. I know I had a very limited time on Perhentian Island, but am sure, I would return here someday. I packed all my stuff during the night, nothing much; my notebook, my camera, three lenses, a tripod and miscellaneous.

3. By the time I write this, I just completed reading a journal. ‘The Vanishing Breed' by Gretel Ehrlich, a journalist from National Geographic. A story about the lives of Komi people, that shifting nomadically with the seasons in the remote and forbidding northern coast of Russia. The story shortly reveals how the Komi people thoughts about living that way and a slight touch of loves by the writer.

4. Well, who am I to contrast with Gordon Wiltsie, photographer behind the journal cum my favourite, that travels the world, climbs up mountains and explores the wilderness of Himalaya, Arctic and Antarctica. But, the way how they travel the earth really inspires me.

5. Sincerely, I haven’t had it enough. My gears depreciation suggested me to upgrade. The noise, chromatic aberration, necessitate for faster apertures, longer focal length super-zoom, prerequisite for wider angle, plus gears’ miscellaneous, so forth, occasionally upsetting me. Nevertheless, I declare these as parts of my many drivers along this journey.

6. I wouldn’t know what I am looking for until I have a few wish list of mine. A personal remembrance though, really, my guided list and drawing mind map helps me.

7. Well, I just haven’t had it enough. I am addicted to the sun. so, I woke up early in the morning, walked out the ‘Matahari’ chalet before 7am, heading to ‘Long Beach’. Fortunately, I met azhar, the chalet keeper during my way, so managed to pass the key to him. ‘Bilo nak date lagi?’, he asked in a local, Kelantan dialect, ‘InsyaAllah, tinjau dah tinjau dah ni’, I replied.

8. I was at the beach, about 7am. there got few foreigners around, jogging, meditating. I saw a young local parents, sending their kid to school, lifting his son onto the boat before riding and disappeared.

9. A very polite italian man approached me, asking for a stick of cigarette since the grocery is not yet opened. "Oh, I wish I am still smoking, but recently I quit. I don’t have any sticks with me." I replied being polite too.

10. After a while, the sun started to rise.

11. I remember my Mahreen Alisha, my daughter. A name by the meaning of ‘bright and beautiful as the sun’ and ‘protected by Allah’.

12. InsyaAllah.

Sunset at Perhentian Island (Pulau Perhentian) ~ (17/02/09 - 18/02/09)

Fifth Post

1. Above is the photo of a sunset at Perhentian Island.

2. Perhentian Island is a famous island that is widely known among bag packers throughout the Europe. Some of them even continually come and visit the island, up to frequent as many as four trips within a year.

3. They have fallen in love with this piece of land which is beautifully decorated by its stunning nature. My self is not excluded.

4. A fourty-minute ride on a boat has cost me RM 70 back and forth, and the chalet rental during off season is only RM 35. The RM 5 per day car parking with roof top and ‘pak guard’ has set my mind free.

5. I’ve been told that the island was only opened back to public about two days ago, since the monsoon season. Hence, not so many tourist were around. I am feeling lucky though, because the timing apparently has suited my outstation works.

6. I never been to the island, so serenely, I am a bit excited. The best part is, my trip to the island was absolutely out of plan. as usual, I keep thinking that l will never know where my camera will bring me, and am glad that this time it happened to be a famous, local island.

7. It’s been late in the evening. All works for the day have been settled. like I mentioned earlier in my blog, it is impossible to shoot sunset in the east coast unless if you’re standing on an island.

http://saharudinmohddan.blogspot.com/2008/05/kuantan-16-17th-april-2008-2-photos.html

8. I reached the perhentian kecil ‘Long Beach’ around 5.40pm and immediately crossed the other side of the island, about 15 minutes walked to ‘Coral Bay’ beach. A French man was accompanying me. He’s not even renting a chalet, but keep bringing along a hammock with him. He sleeps at the jetty. “sounds very quiet" he said.

9. I knew my steps were already on a beautiful island. A special feelings developed in me. The foreigners, mostly europeans were hanging around, some of them waiting patiently for the sun to go down.

10. When I first saw the beach of the sinking sun, the view was just tremendously mesmerizing. I dream of this view long ago since I posted a thread, an excerpt in my blog above.

11. I was feeling so relieved.

12. Deep inside my soul, I am saying, 'the Almighty is answering to all our prayers.'

13. Dear, I am conveying all my good prayers to my loving one.

Pig Jokes

Pos Keempat

1. Sekarang aku rasa lega bukan kepalang. Paling seronok bila geng-geng berkhemah semua sedang kecoh-kecoh untuk projek perkhemahan kami pada minggu 23 & 24 Mei nanti. Muktamad. Bukan apa, keluarga adalah keutamaan kami. Jadi, minggu depan bawa keluarga pergi bercuti dulu. Minggu seterusnya baru seronok pergi berkhemah.

2. Tapi risau tetap ada, selagi keputusan periksa belum keluar. Itu sudah kira tawwakkal dan letak tepi.

3. Banyak kelemahan masa perkhemahan pertama dulu. Kali ini, kena pastikan layan betul-betul. Pakai sandal, bukan pakai kasut untuk treking hutan. Pakai seluar treking, bukan pakai seluar jeans. Parang, lampu suluh, setiap orang kena bawak. Semua orang tidak boleh lupa, baru senang hendak potong kayu dan ranting kering untuk unggun api dimalam hari.

4. Aku memang tidak boleh bayangkan bunyi air menderu, unggas, cengkerik dan gelak ketawa dengan lawak babi (pig jokes) kawan-kawan aku nanti. Lawak babi boleh kira macam lawak yang sebenarnya tidak kelakar, tapi akhirnya boleh buat orang ketawa berdekah-dekah. Ini terma masa aku di Maktab Tentera DiRaja dulu. Memang kasar bunyinya.

5. Apa-apa hal pun, aku kena layan perasaan lega tiga minggu terakhir Mei ini. Penuhkan dengan segala aktiviti yang mungkin. Duduk di rumah saja masa hujung minggu? Ruginya.

6. Saksikan kembali gambar-gambar perkhemahan pertama kami di SINI.

Bahasa Inggeris

Third Post

1. In my entire lives, I think among the most enjoyable things that I continually do and progress to success is my maneuver (manoeuvre) in conquering the English language.

2. From time to time, I will always create the opportunity to be a proficient in this universal language. Until now, if I were to ask myself whether if I am good at it or besides? My best answer would be; I am still in the process of learning. Apparently, the more I think about being a master in this language, the more I figure out that it is not a difficult language to understand and learn, only that, in more time to come, I need to enrich myself with more vocabularies couple with beautiful English idioms to continually stimulate the interest in me.

3. Some says that in order to be a proficient in this language, one must be frequently using it, in his or her daily life. Meaning to say that, every day, we must talk, read and write in English, then only we can progress timely. I agree with this statement, but somehow, I need to put a little argument over it. For instance, how about those people who do not have the opportunity to do all as mentioned above? For example, pupils at remote areas? Hence, by raising this argument, I will give the best example possible to bestow the best solutions, at least among my family back at my village. I still have my siblings at primary and secondary schools, or even some at the higher institute of learning. Nevertheless, their ability in using the English language was still not encouraging.

4. I still remember when I was at the college, when the study board decides that they would segregate the English classes accordingly to the pupils’ knack. We had been placed accordingly to the class segments by set, from A to E, hence, being a terrible performer; I was placed at the end of perimeter for quite a few years.

5. Nevertheless, we are very fortunate. I have a very good English teacher that teaches me, as far as practicable, to the best of her efforts and abilities. Her name is Miss Amar Shoba. I don't want to describe much about how she had taught us a very good English, but enough if I say, in a very honoured way, that until today, I am still singing the songs 'Fernando' by ABBA, 'La Is La Bonita' by Madonna, 'Leave a Light On' by Belinda Carlisle and another song that I can't remember it right now, but absolutely I can sing it whenever I can remember it. The lyrics are still in my head. How 'beautiful' this teacher is, only Allah will bless her someday.

6. So, coming back to my solutions, I have the same opinion with Malaysian Royal Professor Ungku Aziz; it is the mother language that will let you determine as the key factor to be successful in any other languages you speak, write and read. We must get back to the basic fundamentals of learning our mother tongue on how to arrange the words, in restructuring our sentences, and eventually developed into very good essays to read. Then only we can success in whatever languages we learn. Obviously, one of the word that has been emphasized by Professor Ungku Aziz is to understand the 'nahu' of the mother tongue. In my case, it is in no doubt; the language would be Bahasa Melayu.

7. That's why, here in my blog, I will emphasize on how can I write better in both languages, because I believe that if I am good at Bahasa Melayu, sooner or later, I will be a mastery too in any other languages I learn.

8. At home in my village, whenever I got the opportunity to review my younger brothers' book, I will absolutely emphasize on their ability to conquer the Bahasa Melayu first, even though I know that their English is not so good.

9. I believe they can still be like me one day. They will progress timely in their second language if they are willing to learn.

Percutian Indah

Pos Kedua

1. Sebenarnya, bulan Mei (sekarang) adalah bulan yang betul-betul mengujakan pada tahun ini, setakat hari ini. Apa tidaknya, walaupun diawal bulan, aku terpaksa bertungkus-lumus dengan tugasan-tugasan dan peperiksaan akhir, tetapi pada minggu ketiga, 16 ~ 17/05/2009 aku akan pastikan semuanya akan kembali tenang.

2. Ada dua perkara yang aku akan buat iaitu, 1) pergi bawa keluarga bercuti 2) pergi berkhemah dengan kawan-kawan dan 3) pergi sekali lagi ke Pulau Perhentian, Terengganu. Ini semua memang program yang aku tunggu-tunggu semenjak beberapa bulan yang lepas. Maklumlah, kelas Sabtu, Ahad, lagipun, ada markah untuk kedatangan. Memang aku kira semua itu, sebab aku guna duit aku untuk dapatkan segala ilmu. Maksudnya, kalau 1 markah aku hilang, dari segi duit yang aku bayar, aku sudah rugi. Oh ya, duit bukan segala-galanya. Keselamatan dan kesihatan juga penting.

3. Kedua-dua program percutian aku ini agak pasti akan berlaku kerana, semuanya dalam proses perancangan yang rapi. Lagipun, kerja aku memang memerlukan aku pergi ke Pantai Timur. Besar kemungkinan pada minggu ketiga atau keempat, sebelum aku terpaksa menganjurkan satu perlawanan golf antara bos-bos aku dan pelanggan-pelanggan aku. Aku masih lagi belum bermain golf. Sebenarnya aku tidak minat. Tapi, aku akan pastikan mereka akan seronok juga dengan aku, sebab aku merancang untuk mengambil gambar mereka sedang bermain.

4. Apa-apa hal pun, minggu kedua, aku masih lagi di ambang peperiksaan akhir. Jadi, itu adalah keutamaan aku sekarang. Tugasan masih tidak habis-habis lagi, sebab ada yang kena hantar sewaktu peperiksaan.

5. Berikut adalah sedutan dari salah satu daripada tugasan aku:-

4.0 WHAT IS CHANGE MANAGEMENT?

According to Webster’s dictionary, change management is a structured process that will cause proposed changes to be reviewed for technical and business readiness in a consistent manner that can be relaxed or tightened to adjust to business needs and experiences.

In an article from the University of New South Wales, Australia about the effective change management and behaviour change strategies (2008), change management is a structured approach adopted to move individuals, teams or organisations from a current state to a different state in the future. Effective change management strategies are founded in a variety of learning theories and approaches.

While a definition from whatis.com (what is dot com), a website for IT encyclopaedia and learning centre, change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change, both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level. A somewhat ambiguous term, change management has at least three different aspects, including adapting to change, controlling change, and effecting change. For an organization, change management means defining and implementing procedures and technologies to deal with changes in the business environment and to profit from changing opportunities.

Hence, change management can be defined as an organized, systematic application of the knowledge, tools, and resources of change that provides organizations with a key process to achieve their business strategy. All the elements involve must be proficient to manage the people in the changing organization to achieve the required business outcome and to realize that the change management and organization performance are parallel and effectively within the business environment of the workplace.

6. Satu lagi perkara, berikut adalah statistik kemalangan di tempat kerja di Malaysia, daripada tahun 1993 sehingga 2006:-

1993 - 134,546.00
1994 - 125,535.00
1995 - 117,418.00
1996 - 108,098.00
1997 - 95,098.00
1998 - 94,148.00
1999 - 92,074.00
2000 - 95,006.00
2001 - 85,926.00
2002 - 81,810.00
2003 - 73,858.00
2004 - 69,132.00
2005 - 61,182.00
2006 - 58,321.00

(Sumber : 1. UMCCed, Safety and Health in Plantation Management note, 2007. 2. http://www.perkeso.gov.my/)

7. InsyaAllah, jika tiada aral melintang dan segala perancangan aku untuk masa depan berjalan lancar, aku pasti ada banyak perkara lagi yang boleh aku lakukan.

8. Menulis buku.

9. Mungkin.

'Titanic' dan Sistem Pernafasan

Pos Pertama

1. Semalam, (Isnin, 04/05/2009), aku dan isteri ambil cuti tahunan, tapi tidak pergi mana-mana pun melainkan melepak di rumah tengok televisyen. Cuti 3 hari yang lepas, bermula dari Jumaat, 01/05/2009, aku lebih tumpukan kepada peperiksaan yang sedang berlangsung, hari Sabtu dan Ahad, 02~03/05/2009.

2. Jadi, lepas periksa, aku duduk di rumah sahaja. Lagipun, kedudukan matahari yang berada tepat dalam kawasan tropika dan peralihan tiupan angin monsun dari timur ke barat, membuatkan cuaca di luar amat panas pada ketika ini. Tidak sesuai untuk kanak-kanak terutamanya si comel kami.

3. Kami sekeluarga layan DVD, cerita Titanic (1997), lakonan Leornardo De Caprio dan Kate Winslet sebagai pelakon-pelakon utama.

4. Secara peribadi, sebenarnya dalam banyak-banyak babak tersebut, terdapat satu babak yang betul-betul aku suka, iaitu, bila Dawson berbual-bual dengan segolongan elit yang dihuraikan sebagai 'mindless' oleh Rose, iaitu ketika Dawson di jemput untuk hadir makan malam bersama golongan tersebut, sebagai tanda terima kasih setelah Dawson menyelamatkan Rose.

5. Setelah diajukan beberapa soalan yang sinis, berikut ialah skrip dari babak yang aku maksudkan tersebut;-

Well, yes, ma'am, I do... I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

6. Dalam masa yang sama, pada masa ini, Muadzam (3 tahun 9 bulan) sibuk menjerit, mengatakan bahawa, cerita abah dengan mama lambat sangat habis. Muadzam sebenarnya telah terlalu lama menjajah televisyen di rumah kami, jadi, kini adalah giliran kami pula. Mahreen, seperti biasa, masih merangkak.

7. Selain daripada apa yang Dawson katakan dan suasana lakonan yang hidup pada masa itu, bagi aku, ada kesan lain daripada perkataan '..I got air in my lungs' kerana ini adalah sebahagian daripada perkara yang perlu aku ingat dan mampu aku jelaskan pada bila-bila masa dengan terperinci iaitu;-

i. The respiratory system is the network of air tubes spreading out just like the branches and twigs of a tree, form the structure of the lungs. The trachea, or windpipe, divides into two bronchi and these on entering the lungs, divide into bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs and individual alveoli.

ii. The right ventricle of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. At the alveoli, gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place between air in the lungs and blood in surrounding capillaries.

iii. Described here is the microanatomy of the lungs and its components. Alveolar sacs are the terminal portions of the breathing tube system. Composed of up to thirty tiny air pouches, or alveoli, they provide a lung a total surface area of about 850 square feet (about the square feet of a cafeteria) for the exchange of gases. There are about 30,000 alveoli sachs, making the counts of individual alveoli of 30,000,000 units in the lungs.

iv. Alveolar walls, composed of a single layer of cells, and the thin boundaries of capillaries; a barrier only one twenty-five thousandth of an inch (1 : 25,000) thick; are all that separate blood and air.

vi. Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen across this barrier is completed in only a fraction of a second. Terminal bronchioles carry air to and from alveolar sacs.

vii. Cells lining bronchiole walls bear cilia, tiny, minute hairs whose beating action prevents large dust particles from entering the alveolar sacs.

viii. Macrophages on the inner alveolar surface ingest and destroy dust, soot and other foreign particles. These cells are the body's main (and last) line of defence against airborne bacteria drawn into the lungs.

ix. Connective tissue fibres form a frame around the alveoli and support their delicate walls.

x. Lymph vessels carry excess tissue fluid away from alveoli.

xi. Pulmonary venules take oxygen-rich blood back to the heart.

xii. Pulmonary arterioles conduct carbon dioxide rich, oxygen depleted blood to the alveoli.

xiii. Blood capillaries form a meshwork around the alveoli.

xiv. As blood flows through the capillaries it loses carbon dioxide and takes up oxygen and changes from dark to bright red in colour.

(source: Youtube, respiratory system and Metacafe, how the body works; microanatomy of the lungs)



8. Memang telah diperkatakan di kalangan kawan-kawan dan sahabat-sahabat aku, mereka kata aku suka menulis. Semester lepas, masa periksa Chemical Management pun aku terjawab lebih 2 soalan daripada 4 soalan yang sepatutnya aku jawab. Kawan-kawan sekelas aku kata, mereka tengok aku macam orang gila, tunduk menulis tidak habis-habis, sebelum ditertawakan selepas habis periksa.

9. Terima kasih kepada Tuan Haji Anuar Mohd Mokhtar, Profesor Madya Dr. Anuar Suun, Encik Fadzil Othman dan Ir. Nimi binti Ahmad di atas segala ilmu yang telah dicurahkan semester lepas.

10. Kadang-kadang, aku fikir, aku perlu menulis dan kemudiannya, membaca tulisan sendiri untuk tidak menjadi seorang yang pelupa.

OUTDOORS JOM!

I recently launched up a new blog with the purpose of compiling all photos of my outdoors' activities with friends. Visit it at HERE!
http://outdoorsjom.blogspot.com/

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [7 Photos] Part 6

..some of the crazy stuff performed at Bangkok's Safari World. So unfortunate Muadzam was not around. He must be very excited to watch all these scenes..

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [6 Photos] Part 5

..I've been told that this temple, namely Wat Arun or 'Temple of The Dawn' is older than Bangkok itself..

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [6 Photos] Part 4

..cruising the sights along the famous Menam Chaophraya..

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [5 Photos] Part 3

..beauty is in the eyes of the viewfinder..

..when this traditional dancer looked straight into my camera, if not me,
I think my whole functions in the gear have fallen in love with her..

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [7 Photos] Part 2

Toy Pistols

..the toy pistols look so real. Feels like buying it. Afraid cannot pass the Malaysian Immigration later.. still thinking of having it one though.. " )

Bangkok Tour 2008, Thursday to Sunday (17th - 20th July 2008) ~ [6 Photos] Part 1

..at Bangkok, I am testing my new lense, the newly launched Canon EFS 55mm-250mm f4-5.6 with IS (Image Stabilizer) function.

Here, in my blog, I published my best through what my viewfinder understands about what photography is. I thank Lord for giving me this opportunity and of course am looking forward more in future.

..Macau 2009 perhaps. Aim high! " )

..my friends, more parts to come with some anecdotes later.!

Ground Forest of Nuang Mountain, Hulu Langat, Sunday (13th July 2008) ~ [3 Photos]

I Can Hear You... Sweetheart


Still.... Got The Blues For You

..the only way to solve this chromatic aberration problem is to upgrade to Canon's L-series lenses. The L-series lenses are distinguished by a bold red ring around the outer barrel and highly regarded by professional photographers for its remarkable optical performance.


Creep... Me Not

Frozen In Time, Project 1, Central Market, KL, Saturday (5th July 2008) ~ [ Photos]

..do you think..


..we do all these..


..without any purposes.?

..nah, do I sound too serious? ..indeed yes.
..we are on our test of the new gear here, while at the same time trying to get some effects that can be created from the DSLR camera setting. I hope our photography interest will bring us somewhere someday..

Fifth Ex-UUM 1993-1997 Futsal League Tournament, Sunday (29th June 2008) ~ [1 Photo]

Alhamdulillah, the tourney goes as usual every year.. our fifth this year.

..one thing for sure, we are getting older and older as time passed by..

More photos of it? Click HERE (part 1) and HERE (part 2)

Two Inches From The Ground

RMC OP-PP Games 2008, Rugby, (Sunday, 22/06/2008) ~ [7 Photos]

Ready


Heyyy..


Ergghh..


Arghh..


Uppfffhh..


What the..


Royal Military College

..the number of five and four.. in Chinese, it means 'never die'

Note: Photographer is an OP which means Old Putera, a former student of RMC, within the year of 1986 to 1990.

A Weekend At KL Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur (15th June 2008, Sunday) ~ [12 Photos]

Lucky Kburleigh


Never Thought

..eventhough, I am fully aware about the 'macro' function at my 70-300mm tammy,
I never thought the result would be something healthier than this.



Simple Thought


Heavy Thought


Suddenly

..suddenly, I am thinking of something.. or somebody..
..or anything, which I remember it as 'so beautiful'..


On Second Thought

..on second thought, when this bird started to bite me few times on my neck,
I am thinking that this bird is probably a male. He just don't like me to mingle with other female birds and shoots them around.. " )


Alvin and Ruby


Something Special

Clean As You Are


Nothing Goes Wrong

A Colourful Suggestion


In Disguise As No One Knows

An Evening at Masjid Kristal (Crystal Mosque), Kuala Terengganu, (20th May 2008, Tuesday) ~ [11 photos]

Through a Dramatic Moment
(..the moment to place the moving boat at the right spot of composition)


Reflections

One


The Fourth


A Very Warm Welcome Soon


Stands Firm


The Empty Space


Sunset at The River


Another Reflections


Rememberance

You Knew Better

Kuching and Sibu, Sarawak (21-24th April 2008) ~ [4 Photos]

First time in Sarawak, 4 working days with 2 nights in Kuching and 1 night in Sibu. Feels nothing better except like feeling to reach one's place for the first time. Couldn't managed to meet OP Kanang because our free time won't matched each others' time.

Sibu View From The Hotel


Guard On Duty
(..without my 300mm, I swear I wouldn't know what spells on the boat except for a tiny miny vehicle moving forward in the river..)


Vessel Parking


Ships Building