Saharudin Bin Mohd Dan

Sanya Business Trip (by Saharudin)

2011-12-06T22:19:00.017+08:00

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1. A business trip oversea is nothing much leisure and excitement than flying abroad on a family vacation.

2. However, if one does not used to travel abroad and have never stepped into the country to be visited, feelings of pleasure cannot be denied to exist, albeit slightly. Perhaps this opportunity only happens once in a long time parameter, taking into account that overseas business trips are often handled by a higher level of senior management.

3. My recent visit to Sanya, Hainan, is my first trip to the asian country outside South East Asia. I have been to several countries, but that are all merely within the province. Therefore China has carved one more experience on my trip abroad.

4. Before the event occurs, the urge of curiosity has raised many questions about the nature of places to be visited. With the prevalent access of the internet at my fingertips, I managed to figure out information such as, there locates The Guanyin Statue of Hainan, also known as Guan Yin of the South Sea of Sanya, a 108 metre tall statue that is currently gazzetted as the fourth tallest statue in the world.

5. It took us 13 accumulate hours, commence from my home in Shah Alam early in the morning (7.15am) to arrive the hotel at Sanya early in the night (8.15pm).

6. Public communication is an obvious failure because most people there are illiterate in english. They are mono-lingual society and speak only their own language, even if they communicate with tourists or foreigners. Only few spoke a little english and they are the people who are employed by hotels. Even worst, they have different terms for some of the most basic tittle. For example, Hotel Crowne Plaza is called "Hua Yu Huang Quan" in Chinese.

7. In conclusion, it was a fruitful business trip because we have met up with our international business partners and share many information ahead our business endavours.

Heavenly Kundasang (by Monlia Nair)

2011-12-05T23:59:00.009+08:00

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"1. I must thank my family for deciding to spend our holiday in Sabah, particularly in Kundasang, at the foothills of Mount
Kinabalu.

2. The two-hour flight to Kota Kinabalu and the equally long, winding drive from the capital is nothing compared to what Kundasang has to offer, not only in terms of money but also the soul.

3. The excitement started the moment we saw the majestic mountain with a pool of clouds above it, looking like a crown.

4. Ranau welcomed us with the friendly smiles of the locals, mountain plains, windy roads, tall trees, blooming wild flowers and fresh vegetables and fruit.

5. Our rooms at the Kinabalu Resort & Spa is at the top of the hill, with a view of Mt Kinabalu.

6. She seemed near yet far away, with clouds caressing and blanketing her, even in mid-day.

7. Thanks to the cold wind, we did not need a fan or air-conditioner.

8. Mt Kinabalu Park was very exciting. It welcomed us with the fragrance of wild lemongrass.

9. Mountaineers and adventure lovers were enjoying the scenery, terrain and the breeze.

10. The waterfall at the foot of the mountain was an awesome sight.

11. The breathtaking view and kaleidoscopic colours made me wonder why we hadn’t been doing more to make this place a landmark tourism spot.

12. Throughout my three-night stay, I did not see many tourists, except for a handful of Japanese and Koreans.

13. I think Kundasang is a gold mine that can be used as the brand identity for Malaysia.

14. The people, landscape, weather, wonderful seafood, and the mountain make for a wonderful holiday experience.

15. But the place needs a face lift, although I see some work going on at Ranau. It needs more hotels, public amenities and more organised displays of its fresh produce.

16. To avoid littering, bring along small plastic bags for rubbish. More litter bins also need to be placed at tourist spots."

The author for 'Heavenly Kundasang' is Monlia Nair, the winner for NST short essay weekly contest, published in NST on 20 July 2011.

Government Corruption

2011-12-04T20:07:00.008+08:00

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"1. In many countries, few politicians have enough integrity to resist corruption and bribery.

2. Because such practices are so prevalent, officials often evade any personal sense of guilt by pretending that everyone is just as corrupt as they are.

3. Even in cases of really grotesque corruption, the kind that right cause a scandal in a less-corrupt government, the general population may not be shocked.

4. Instead, they may cynically conclude that government corruption is natural and unavoidable.

5. In this environment, the efforts of an honest politician to unmask corruption may be eroded by the public’s lack of interest, causing any efforts at reform to fail."

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Government Corruption, (pp142-145). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Ancient Life

2011-12-04T17:06:00.014+08:00

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"1. Organic products from ancient life are an integral part of the Earth’s resources, offering scientists a more accurate picture of ancient life-forms.

2. One key to ancient life comes in the form of petrified matter.

3. Petrifaction is a process that slowly turns the remains of a living object into stone.

4. In this process, minerals seep into a mass of organic matter.

5. After the organic matter has been replaced, a mineral version of the living object is left.

6. Petrifaction often occurs in trees that are found adjacent to rivers, floodable areas, and volcanoes, which provide the mud or ash that initially covers the organic matter.

7. Some pieces of petrified wood retain the original cellular structure of the wood and the grain can be easily seen.

8. Today, it is feasible to petrify wood in a simple laboratory process.

9. Fossils are another way that ancient life is preserved.

10. Most fossils include an animal’s hard parts, such as teeth and bones.

11. One type of fossil, called a trace fossil, may also include eggs, tooth marks, contents of the guts, and fossil excrement.

12. Some products from ancient life offer us more than scientific knowledge.

13. One such product is coal, a solid fuel of plant origin.

14. It develops over millions of years, during which swamp vegetation is submerged in water, depleted of oxygen, and covered by layers and layers of sand and mud.

15. These overlapping layers settle with the Earth’s movements and are compressed over time."

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Ancient Life, (pp27-30). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Memory

2011-12-03T09:23:00.021+08:00

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"1. Like other functions of the human mind, perception and memory are imperfect.

2. When we tell a story about something that we witnessed, we may intuitively believe that our recollection is accurate.

3. However, several factors bias our memories of events.

4. To study this anomaly, let us look at the three steps of memory creation: acquisition of memory, storing of memory, and retrieval.

5. At every stage of memory formation, distortion can occur.

6. At the first stage, acquisition of memory, events are perceived and bits of information are prepared for storage in the brain.

7. However, it is impossible for us to remember every single thing we observe.

8. Through processes that are both conscious and unconscious, people determine which details they will focus on.

9. In its second stage, storage, memories can become further distorted.

10. Over time, our memories degrade, as we forget portions of events.

11. To compensate, we may even creatively fill in the gap created by the recession of long-term memory.

12. Additionally, an individual’s memory can be altered during the storage stage by intervening occurrences,which can be subconsciously combined with previously stored memories.

13. Last but not least,we search our memory to locate information.

14. During recall, emotion also seems to play a part in memory distortion.

15. In sum, our memories may not be the indisputable source of information that we would like them to be."

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Memory, (pp43-46). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Passion

2011-12-01T15:43:00.017+08:00

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"1. Perhaps no emotion is more complex than passion.

2. Passion can show itself in a negative way as a burst of anger, or in a more pleasant way, as love.

3. Passion can engender blind devotion for a lover or plunge a person into despondent misery if he or she feels a lack of reciprocity in the relationship.

4. Passion and love cause innumerable dilemmas, and people constantly seek out ways to understand these emotions, as evidenced by the proliferation of articles, books, talk shows, and Web pages devoted to relationships.

5. Many of these forums have loyal followings and have become cultural fixtures.

6. The endless flow of information and opinions about the complex situations aroused by passion will probably not vanish anytime soon."

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Passion, (pp166-169). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Social Rebels

2011-12-01T11:16:00.034+08:00

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"1. Many adolescents and young adults go through a period when they rebel against what they perceive as an insincere world.

2. Teens may take up causes such as radical environmentalism, protesting against the status quo.

3. They may choose clothes that annoy their parents and associate with people from the fringes of society.

4. This is a delicate period in a person’s life, full of chances to make bad decisions that could lead to juvenile delinquency and even jail.

5. Conversely, it can be a time of personal discovery that strengthens teens in a moral rejection of hedonistic lifestyles.

6. At this age they may fearlessly speak up against hypocritically self-righteous authorities and against manipulation by the news media.

7. These adolescent protests can lead to conflicts within families and communities, but stirring things up can also lead to serious reflection and positive change."

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Social Rebels, (pp175-180). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Freed tigers, lions and bears cause panic in Ohio

2011-10-20T12:50:00.004+08:00

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Dozens of exotic animals including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 49 of the wild beasts, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, were killed.

As the huge animals roamed inside and outside the 73-acre (30-hectare) farm near Zanesville in eastern Ohio, schools were shut and panicked residents were told to stay inside on Wednesday.

Authorities killed 49 of the 56 animals, some at close range, including the tigers, six black bears, two grizzlies, two wolves and 17 lions, said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz.

A macaque monkey, possibly carrying the Herpes B virus, remained at large. A wolf Lutz said was on the loose actually had been killed on Monday night, the sheriff's office said.

One of the escaped big cats reached an interstate highway and was hit by a car. Authorities posted electronic warning signs, "Caution Exotic Animals" for motorists.

"We are not talking about your normal everyday house cat or dog. These are 300-pound Bengal tigers that we had to put down," Lutz said. "I gave the order ... that if animals looked like they were on their way out, they were put down."

The dead animals have been buried on the farm, he said. Survivors were taken to the Columbus Zoo, including three leopards, a grizzly and two macaque monkeys.

Owner Terry Thompson, 62, who had been charged with animal cruelty 11 times since 2004, was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted wound when authorities went to the farm on Tuesday after reports of animals running free, Lutz said. They found gates and animal pens open, but no suicide note.

"There were animals running loose outside the fenced area," he said. Some, including primates, were captured at the farm.

Lutz said animals kept at the farm included many types of big cats such as cheetahs, mountain lions and leopards, in addition to lions and tigers.

Authorities said they had received about 35 calls about the menagerie over the years, ranging from animals running loose to animals not being treated properly, Lutz said.

"We've handled numerous complaints here, we've done numerous inspections here," he said. "So this has been a huge problem for us for a number of years."

There were complaints that Thompson left horses undernourished, then fed them to lions when they died, said Larry Hostetler, executive director of the Muskingum County Animal Shelter.

However, he met the bare minimum requirements for keeping the animals, he said.

Thompson was released last month from federal prison on a firearms conviction. Lutz said Thompson's wife, Marian, was no longer living at the farm. She will return to care for some remaining horses, he said.

DANGEROUS ANIMALS

Lutz described the freed animals found as "mature, very big and aggressive."

The sheriff said they tried to shoot some of the animals with tranquilizer guns but encountered problems.

"We just had a huge tiger, an adult tiger that must've weighed 300 pounds that was very aggressive," Lutz said. "We got a tranquilizer in it and this thing just went crazy."

Barbara Wolfe, a veterinarian, said she shot a tranquilizer dart into the tiger, but it got up and charged her from 15 feet (4.5 metres) away. A deputy shot the tiger dead.

"I've never been in fear of my life more than then," Wolfe said. She works at The Wilds, a refuge not far away from Zanesville that keeps exotic animals like rhinos and giraffes.

Lutz said he issued a shoot-to-kill order on Tuesday evening and stationed officers on Interstate 70 about a mile (1.5 km) west of the Zanesville city limits to prevent animals from crossing.

He said he also ordered the schools closed on Wednesday. "We didn't want kids standing at the bus stop" while wild animals were loose, Lutz said.

Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, told the news conference Lutz and his deputies did the right thing.

"These are dangerous animals," Hanna said. "If you had 18 Bengal tigers running around these neighborhoods, you wouldn't have wanted to see what would have happened."

(Additional reporting by Andrew Stern, Doina Chiacu and Lauren Keiper; writing by Doina Chiacu; editing by Bill Trott and Mohammad Zargham)

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Fernandes rules out MAS-AirAsia merger

2011-09-20T09:07:00.002+08:00

"I don't believe in a merger. It will be like what we did with AirAsia and AirAsia X, we separated them and allowed them to focus on their businesses. The key is to remain focused on the respective strengths and the similar formula should apply to MAS."

Those with energy bills of between RM3 and RM285 can claim RM200 rebate

2011-09-20T09:03:00.006+08:00

PUTRAJAYA: From today, more people can qualify for the RM200 government rebate when they buy energy-efficient refrigerators.

The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry has decided to allow those with energy bills of between RM3 and RM285 per month to claim the RM200 rebate for refrigerators it rates as effi-cient.

Previously, only households in peninsular Malaysia with energy bills of between RM43.60 and RM117 per month could claim the rebate when buying new refrigerators.

Consumers can also look forward to more choices for refrigerators under the rebate programme as the ministry is including more brands. Currently, it only covers 12 brands.

The ministry’s Sustainability Achieved via Energy Efficiency (SAVE) programme head Zaini Abdul Wahab said it was important to extend the eligibility for the rebates as Malaysia was now becoming a “dumping ground” for non-energy saving appliances.

“In the future, only products with a certain efficiency level will be able to enter our market. Many other countries are already doing this,” he said, adding that the Government wanted to regulate the market in terms of energy performance.

He said allowing more people to enjoy the rebates would also increase awareness among Malaysians on the importance of saving energy.

Zaini said the original power usage range under the programme – between 200 and 400kWh per month – had been introduced to encourage middle-class households to buy energy-efficient appliances.

He said since the programme was launched on July 7, more than 17,000 customers had downloaded and printed the SAVE rebate coupons from its website at www.saveenergy.gov.my.

“The response has been positive. Of those who printed coupons, 77% bough a five-star rated electrical appliance.

“The ministry will now open the offer to more households by expanding the qualifying range to 0-800kwh power usage per month, which means an energy bill of between RM3 to RM285,” said Zaini.

Under the programme, consumers can download the rebates of RM200 for refrigerators and RM100 for air-conditioners from the website.

However, although the qualification for the RM100 rebate for air-conditioners is automatic, not every household in the peninsula can be eligible for the refrigerator rebate, unlike households in Sabah and Sarawak.

He said one reason that all households were automatically eligible for air-conditioner rebates was because the market in Malaysia was growing very quickly.

“We feel that the rebates for refrigerators and air-conditioners are sufficient for now because these two are our biggest markets. We cannot afford to offer rebates for every appliance,” he said.

The rebate is one-off and the downloaded voucher is valid for only a certain period. Once it expires, consumers cannot download the voucher again.

Consumers need only enter their Tenaga Nasional account number at the website to see if they qualify before they can download and print the voucher.

Currently, 4,000 retail outlets are registered for the programmes.

SAVE has set aside RM41mil for the rebate programme for consumers including RM14.4mil for energy-efficient chillers for commercial users like shopping malls and hotels.

(Steve) Jobs at Apple: Master inventor, master marketer

2011-08-29T17:56:00.001+08:00

SAN FRANCISCO: Steve Jobs started Apple Computer with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, was forced out a decade later, then returned to rescue the company. During his second stint, Apple grew into the most valuable technology company in the world.

Jobs invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone. Cultivating Apple’s countercultural sensibility and a minimalist design ethic, he rolled out one sensational product after another, even in the face of the late-2000s recession and his own failing health.

Jobs helped change computers from a geeky hobbyist’s obsession to a necessity of modern life at work and home, and in the process he upended not just personal technology but the cellphone and music industries.

Perhaps most influentially, he launched the iPod in 2001, which offered “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Over the next 10 years, its white earphones and thumb-dial control seemed to become as ubiquitous as the wristwatch.

In 2007 came the touch-screen iPhone, and later its miniature “apps,” which made the phone a device not just for making calls but for managing money, storing photos, playing games and browsing the Web.

And in 2010, Jobs introduced the iPad, a tablet-sized, all-touch computer that took off even though market analysts said no one really needed one.

Earlier this month, Apple briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in America, with Apple stock on the open market worth more than other company’s.

Under Jobs, the company cloaked itself in secrecy to build frenzied anticipation for each of its new products. Jobs himself had a wizardly sense of what his customers wanted, and where demand didn’t exist, he leveraged a cult-like following to create it.

When he spoke at Apple presentations, almost always in faded blue jeans, sneakers and a black mock turtleneck, legions of Apple acolytes listened to every word. He often boasted about Apple successes, then coyly added a coda — “One more thing” — before introducing its latest ambitious idea.

In recent years, Apple investors also watched these appearances for clues to his health.

In 2004, Jobs revealed that he had been diagnosed with — and “cured” of — a rare form of operable pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. In early 2009, it became clear he was again ill.

Jobs took a half-year medical leave of absence starting in January 2009, during which he had a liver transplant. Last January, he announced another medical leave, his third, with no set duration. He returned to the spotlight briefly in March to personally unveil a second-generation iPad.

Jobs grew up in California and after finishing high school enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after a semester.

“All of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it,” he said at a Stanford University commencement address in 2005. “I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.”

When he returned to California in 1974, Jobs worked for video game maker Atari and attended meetings of a local computer club with Steve Wozniak, a high school friend who was a few years older.

Wozniak’s homemade computer drew attention from other enthusiasts, but Jobs saw its potential far beyond the geeky hobbyists of the time. The pair started Apple in Jobs’ parents’ garage two years later. Their first creation was the Apple I — essentially, the guts of a computer without a case, keyboard or monitor.

The Apple II, which hit the market in 1977, was their first machine for the masses. It became so popular that Jobs was worth 100 million by age 25. Time magazine put him on its cover for the first time in 1982.

Three years earlier, during a visit to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Jobs again spotted mass potential in a niche invention: a computer that allowed people to access files and control programs with the click of a mouse, not typed commands. He returned to Apple and ordered the team to copy what he had seen.

It foreshadowed a propensity to take other people’s concepts, improve on them and spin them into wildly successful products. Under Jobs, Apple didn’t invent computers, digital music players or smartphones — it reinvented them for people who didn’t want to learn computer programming or negotiate the technical hassles of keeping their gadgets working.

“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas,” Jobs said in an interview for the PBS series “Triumph of the Nerds.”

The engineers responded with two computers. The pricier one, called Lisa, launched to a cool reception in 1983. A less-expensive model called the Macintosh exploded onto the scene in 1984.

The Mac was heralded by an epic Super Bowl commercial that referenced George Orwell’s “1984” and captured Apple’s iconoclastic style. In the ad, expressionless drones marched through dark halls to an auditorium where a Big Brother-like figure lectures on a big screen. A woman in a bright track uniform burst into the hall and launched a hammer into the screen, which exploded, stunning the drones, as a narrator announced the arrival of the Mac.

There were early stumbles at Apple. Jobs clashed with colleagues and even the CEO he had hired away from Pepsi, John Sculley. And after an initial spike, Mac sales slowed, in part because few programs had been written for the new graphical user interface.

Meanwhile, Microsoft copied the Mac approach and introduced Windows, outmaneuvering Apple by licensing its software to slews of computer makers.

With Apple’s stock price sinking, conflicts between Jobs and Sculley mounted. Sculley won over the board in 1985 and pushed Jobs out of his day-to-day role leading the Macintosh team. Jobs resigned his post as chairman of the board and left Apple within months.

“What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating,” Jobs said in his Stanford speech. “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

He got into two other companies: Next, a computer maker, and Pixar, a computer-animation studio that he bought from George Lucas for 10 million.

Pixar, ultimately the more successful venture, seemed at first a bottomless money pit. Then came “Toy Story,” the first computer-animated full-length feature. Jobs used its success to negotiate a sweeter deal with Disney for Pixar’s next two films. In 2006, Jobs sold Pixar to The Walt Disney Co. for 7.4 billion in stock, making him Disney’s largest individual shareholder and securing a seat on the board.

With Next, Jobs was said to be obsessive about the tiniest details of the cube-shaped computer, insisting on design perfection even for the machine’s guts. He never managed to spark much demand for the machine, which cost a pricey 6,500 to 10,000.

Ultimately, he shifted the focus to software — a move that paid off later when Apple bought Next for its operating system technology, the basis for the software still used in Mac computers.

By 1996, when Apple bought Next, Apple was in dire financial straits. It had lost more than 800 million in a year, dragged its heels in licensing Mac software for other computers and surrendered most of its market share to PCs that ran Windows.

Larry Ellison, Jobs’ close friend and fellow Silicon Valley billionaire and the leader of Oracle Corp., publicly contemplated buying Apple in early 1997 and ousting its leadership. The idea fizzled, but Jobs stepped in as interim chief later that year.

He slashed unprofitable projects, narrowed the company’s focus and presided over a new marketing push to set the Mac apart from Windows, starting with a campaign encouraging computer users to “Think different.”

Apple’s first new product under his direction, the brightly colored, plastic iMac, launched in 1998 and sold about 2 million in its first year.

Jobs later dropped the “interim” from his title. He changed his style, too, said Tim Bajarin, who met Jobs several times while covering the company for Creative Strategies.

“In the early days, he was in charge of every detail. The only way you could say it is, he was kind of a control freak,” he said. In his second stint, “he clearly was much more mellow and more mature.”

In the decade that followed, Jobs returned Apple to profitability while pushing out an impressive roster of new products.

Apple’s popularity exploded in the 2000s. The iPod, smaller and sleeker with each generation, introduced many lifelong Windows users to their first Apple gadget.

ITunes gave people a convenient way to buy music legally online, song by song. For the music industry, it was a mixed blessing. The industry got a way to reach Internet-savvy people who, in the age of Napster, were growing accustomed to downloading music free. But online sales also hastened the demise of CDs and established Apple as a gatekeeper, resulting in battles between Jobs and music executives over pricing and other issues.

Jobs’ command over gadget lovers and pop culture swelled to the point that, on the eve of the iPhone’s launch in 2007, faithful followers slept on sidewalks outside posh Apple stores for the chance to buy one. Three years later, at the iPad’s debut, the lines snaked around blocks and out through parking lots, even though people had the option to order one in advance.

Jobs’ personal ethos — he is a natural food lover who embraced Buddhism and New Age philosophy — was closely linked to the public persona he shaped for Apple.

Apple itself became a statement against the commoditization of technology — a cynical view, to be sure, from a company whose computers can cost three or more times as much as those of its rivals. -- AP

May the perpetrator will be caught and get punished

2011-08-25T13:02:00.006+08:00

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“We suddenly realised a man in his 30s, wearing a snow cap and jacket, had approached our table. In a menacing voice, he demanded I hand over my belongings,”

“I didn’t know he had a knife and I wasn’t facing him directly. As I was bent over my bag, I felt a blinding pain in my back and I just knew I had been stabbed.”

Fabregas signs 5-year deal in (euro) 29 million transfer

2011-08-16T09:09:00.010+08:00

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"It took a lot of years, months, days to get here ... it's nice to be home after eight years,"

"I gave everything with Arsenal. But it didn't show in the club because I really only won an FA Cup,"

"One of my biggest regrets is not leaving Arsenal with a championship."

Put your shirt on it: Cesc Fabregas is forced to wear the Barcelona top (dailymail.uk.com)

"It wasn't really the losing, it was the routine. Year after year, it was always the same story,"

"Fighting until the end only to see we didn't have the energy, in the semifinals, the finals, to arrive in the final sprint."

"My goal is to triumph in Barca, to add my part to make this team stronger."

"This is the most difficult challenge of my life,"

"When you play with great players you learn a lot. I'll work hard for the team, with humility, to earn my spot in the team and I won't stop until I do so."

"There have been some long weeks, months, of suffering. Not the worst suffering of my life, but yes these have been difficult days not knowing what my future would be,"

"It appeared it would never end."

"The number is not the most important thing, but the club knew it was special for me,"

"I'm very happy to wear it."

"Wenger is a special person to me. He'll always be a second father to me,"

"I'll never be able to find the words to express my thanks for what he did for me. I think he has a been given a bad image here and that shouldn't be the case. If I'm here, a big part of that is thanks to him."

"I am physically ready,"

"but it is the coach's decision."

Bionic boy

2011-08-16T08:54:00.005+08:00

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A teenager has a new £35,000 bionic hand - thanks to an F1 team.

Motor-racing fan Matthew James, 14, wrote to Ross Brawn, boss of Mercedes GP Petronas, asking him to pay for the hi-tech artificial limb. He offered to let the team put the Merc logo on the hand for publicity.

Matthew James can do many things with his bionic hand.

Brawn was so impressed that he asked specialist firm Touch Bionics to fit Matthew with an i-LIMB Pulse, the world's most advanced prosthetic limb.

Matthew, of Wokingham, Berks, was born without a left hand, and controls the fingers through electrodes that sense arm muscle signals. He can hold a pen, draw pictures and catch a ball. The hand will have a tiny Merc badge on it.

Matthew said: "It's so cool." Brawn, who persuaded fans and sponsors to contribute, said: "It was a pleasure." - www.thesun.co.uk

'Action against Bersih rally justified'

2011-08-15T11:34:00.008+08:00

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"Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the government's actions then was to avoid serious untoward incidences such as attacks on people and burning of shops. He said in a street protest, there was always a possibility that the situation could spiral out of control as some parties with bad intentions might take advantage of the situation. Speaking after chairing the Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting here yesterday, he also regretted that the government's offer to hold the rally in the Shah Alam stadium was not taken up by the Bersih rally organisers.

"That offer of a stadium was never withdrawn. We took that decision to avoid any bad incidents."

Thanking the police, he said their actions during the rally ensured no property was damaged."

A Famous Speech

2011-08-10T10:02:00.001+08:00

Saturday, 20 September 1997, The Annual Seminar of The World Bank in Hong Kong. Speech by The Prime Minister Of Malaysia, The Honourable Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad

"27. We are told that the trade in currency is actually 20 times bigger than real trade in goods and services. Other than profits and losses to the traders involved, there really is no tangible benefits for the world from this huge trade. No substantial jobs are created nor products or services enjoyed by the average people. The whole trading is secretive and a bit shady as huge sums are apparently moved about from banks to banks. No real money are involved, only figures. One billion Malaysian ringgits would need a big truck to move from place to place. Obviously this is physically impossible if the Great Train Robbery is not to be repeated hundreds of times over.

28. The traders apparently make billions with each transaction. But when the funds at their disposal is huge and they are in a position to influence the values of the currencies with their investments and divestments then the currency market become cash cows to them. They cannot fail to make a profit whichever way the index goes.

29. Unfortunately their profits come from impoverishing others, including very poor countries and poor people. South East Asian countries have now become their target simply because, we have the money but not enough to defend ourselves.

30. In the case of Malaysia, the ringgit is devalued by 20 percent. What this means is that we, everyone of us including the Government, have lost 20 percent of the purchasing power of whatever money we have. The poor have become poorer and there are now more poor people in Malaysia. The rich have become poorer too but we will not waste any sympathy on them of course.

31. But the currency traders have become rich, very very rich through making other people poorer. These are billionaires who do not really need any more money. Even the people who invest in the funds they operate are rich; we are told that the average return is about 35 percent per annum.

32. And we are told that we are not worldly if we do not appreciate the workings of the international financial market. Great countries tell us that we must accept being impoverished because that is what international finance is all about. Obviously we are not sophisticated enough to accept losing money so that the manipulators become richer.

33. We are also warned that these are powerful people. If we make a noise or we act in any way to frustrate them they would be annoyed. And when they are annoyed they can destroy us altogether, they can reduce us to basket cases. We have to accept that they are around, that they will always be around and that there really is nothing we can do about it. They will determine whether we prosper or we don't."

Some Insight about Gold Dinar

2011-08-10T09:32:00.003+08:00

October 23rd, 2002, The Gold Dinar In Multi-Lateral Trade Seminar at IKIM Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Speech by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

"26. If we want to avoid being short-changed we must have a currency that has intrinsic value. Gold does fluctuate in price but the fluctuation is minimal. It is not possible to devalue gold by one hundred percent or one thousand percent. Nor is it possible to revalue gold by the same percentage. The fluctuation in the value of gold can only be by a few percentages, up or down.

27. When the Allied nations met in Bretton Woods to determine the principle for the rate of exchange of international currencies in order to facilitate trade, they decided to use gold as a standard. The value of the U.S. Dollar was fixed at one dollar for 1/35 ounce of gold or 35 U.S. Dollars per ounce. All other currencies were valued in gold through the rates of exchange with the U.S. Dollar.

28. This worked quite well until some countries wanted to devalue their currencies in order to become competitive in the international market. Then other countries also decided to devalue in order to remain competitive. Finally the U.S. Dollar was devalued against the Gold.

29. At this stage the gold standard could not be sustained. The market claimed that it could determine the exchange rate through the demand and supply of
currencies freely traded in the market. But profiteers moved in and they manipulated the value of the currencies so that there was chaos in terms of exchange rates of currencies. Business became very difficult. Indeed many good businesses went bankrupt when the domestic currency gets devalued. The hedge Funds which claim to insure the value of the currencies made huge sums of money speculating and manipulating the values of the currencies.

30. This anarchy in the international financial regime will remain because it benefits the rich and the powerful. If we want to protect ourselves we must evolve our own payment system, our own trading currency.

31. The Gold dinar can provide the currency for trade between nations. If we value all trade items against gold, then we will have no problem with the exchange rate. We know that in the last resort we can melt the gold and sell it in the market. You obviously cannot do that with paper currency, worst still with figures on a computer. They have no intrinsic market value as gold has.

32. But gold is bulky. We cannot be carrying gold all over the world in order to pay for goods we want to import. But we need not do that.

33. It is not intended to use the gold dinar as currency for everyday transactions in the domestic market. For this we can use national currencies. If there is inflation then the currency can buy less gold and other goods. And vice versa. So there is no necessity to carry bags of gold coins for transaction within the countries.

34. But even for international trade the transport of gold bullions or gold coins would be very minimal. Through bilateral payments arrangements the imports can be balanced by the exports and the differences settled in gold dinars. The Central Bank can provide a guarantee for the gold required for the payments of the balance. In the following weeks or months the deficits may be reduced or a surplus achieved. In that case the payments of the balance can be made through accounting arrangements between the Central Banks. It is only occasionally that a necessity might arise for the actual gold dinar to be used to pay for the purchase of imports.

35. We cannot really verify the amount of money a country has. A country's own currency cannot be regarded as its reserve. But gold dinars or gold bullion or gold ingots can serve as a country's reserve. Still in the end we have to trust each other. If we are good Muslims then the cases of fraud by Central Banks would be minimal.

36. Assuming that Malaysia exports to a Dinar Area country a hundred million Dinars worth of motor vehicles and then imports 110 million dinars worth of oil, then the payment required by Malaysia would be just 10 million dinars. The ten million dinars is credited to Malaysia's trading partner. If in the following month the trading partner buys 110 million dinars worth of Malaysian cars and Malaysia buys 100 million dinars worth of oil, then no payment need to be made by either party. The 10 million dinars that has to be paid by Malaysia's trading partner for the motor vehicle can be offset by the credit of 10 million dinars from the previous month's transactions.

37. Today with computers we can close account and pay more frequently. Through this method it is not necessary to purchase or earn hard currency.

38. Of course there may be some countries which are so poor that they cannot have gold dinars. We can buy some raw materials to be paid in gold dinars. They can be helped to build up the reserves of gold dinars.

39. There will be problems. But if we begin with just a pair of countries we would be able to minimise problems and demonstrate whether it works or not. We will be able to identify the weaknesses and the faults and correct them."

Bersih 2.0, Her Majesty Queen and London Riots August 2011

2011-08-09T15:59:00.004+08:00

“However, after considering the public's safety, I had decided not to allow the rally to take place in Merdeka Stadium. The rejection letter was served to the applicant about 2pm. However, they still have 24 hours to make an appeal to the state police chief,” said Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman yesterday."

NST Online, 2011/07/08, Police declines Bersih2.0 permit application to hold rally at Merdeka Stadium. By Hariz Mohd

"Royal wardrobe and fashion is strictly regulated, and the Queen and members of the Royal Family are always careful not to make any fashion faux pas or distress their guests. Her advisers would have advised her to stay away from wearing yellow, and explained the significance of the colour in present circumstances. As Sarawak Report suggests, “She must have been informed of the sensitivity of the colour yellow”."

Malaysia Today, Let me tell you why the Queen wearing yellow when granting an audience to Najib was not a coincidence or a faux pas, Monday, 18 July 2011. By Being Vernon

"In a street thick with smoke, looters smashed their way into a local shop, stealing whisky and beer. One man grabbed a packet of cereal, another ran off laughing with four bottles of whisky."

"Mobile phone, sports goods and clothing boutiques were the looters' favoured targets, followed by jewellers and pawnshops. Several young men strolled by, balancing flat-screen televisions and computer consoles on their heads. The thinly stretched police were unable to prevent the looting."

NST Online, Tuesday August 9, 2011, Riots spread beyond London on third night of violence. By Stefano Ambrogi and Mohammad Abbas

Bersih 2.0 rally is still politics all the same

2011-08-09T15:17:00.007+08:00

"If Malaysian elections had not been credible, the Pakatan Rakyat would not have won its several unprecedented victories in 2008. And if there had been no need for such demonstrations before, why does anyone need them now other than to score political points?

Both pro- and anti-rally groups are in need of coming clean themselves."

The Star Online, Wednesday June 22, 2011, Bersih 2.0 rally is still politics all the same. By The Star Says

When great nations go broke.

2011-08-09T14:18:00.011+08:00

"Our national debt stood at RM233.92bil last year (2010) or 34.3% to the Growth Domestic Product. It used to be worse but some of the debts were repaid in the last decade when the ringgit gained in strength. Yes, surprisingly our country’s debt is not a huge mountain as some people would like us to believe, but what is worrying is the lack of support for efforts to reduce it further. A sure way of doing it is by reducing subsidies.

In 2009, it was reported that the Government spent RM74bil in subsidies ranging from social projects to energy and food. This translates to an annual subsidy of about RM12,900 per household. Cutting back on subsidies would be unpopular with the people. The negative reaction to the floating of the premium petrol prices and the allowing of energy prices to rise are examples of the backlash the Government has gotten from its efforts to reduce its subsidy spending."

The Star Online, Friday July 22, 2011, When great nations go broke. By Wong Sai Wan

Singapura-pura

2011-08-09T14:15:00.005+08:00

"At every opportunity, its players would try to slow the game down. Whenever one got a slight push in the back, he would collapse in a heap on the grass, and then would try to delay the game as many minutes as possible writhing around in mock agony.

This was the worst performance of the whole night. As bad as the crowd was in jeering the players, it was the players themselves on centre stage who needed to lead by example. Instead of standing up and playing the game as men, the Singaporeans played the fool, making a mockery of not just themselves, but the entire concept of competitive spirit.

That’s what really disgusted me."

The star Online, Sunday August 7, 2011, Singapura-pura. By Dzof Azmi

Doing It With Determination and Conscience

2011-08-09T11:24:00.013+08:00

1. It’s been a while I did not write anything in my blog except posting few photos of numbers of activity that I have run throughout the year with my peers, and some other photos when I was outstation alone.

2. Now, in the month of Ramadhan (1432 Hijrah), the work phase seems more relaxing, with a lot of time spent inside the office instead of going outside, meeting up with my customers.

3. Last year, during this time, I recalled I was busy compiling my grandiloquences project from my facebook’s status, where in that side project, many books that relate to the development of words power have been read through, many words have been memorized, many sentences have been constructed, with some anecdotal, created with most ideas are based on current issues that occur at a time.

4. However, the project did not last long, as the momentum had slowing down, especially after my convocation in March 2010, and until June 2010, it was stopped due to work commitments and multiple excuses (not reasons) for what I could give. The project however, is only for responses to pass the time and I am free to decide whether or not to continue, having a long break before I start again at any time.

5. I keep going on admiring those who can write well, throwing ideas in their writings, moreover if coupled with some facts and figures about certain issues and situations, then finally make a short essay that is interesting to read. Believe that myself also capable on putting down my ideas too, but this time literally determination must be in line with my 'conscience'.

6. There are many definitions of ‘conscience’, and preferably, this is a little that accompany my prescription;

Definition of 'conscience'; noun

i. The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.

ii. The complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.

(source; http://dictionary.reference.com/)

7. Hopefully the next will continue to flow.

Panorama photo from Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Lumut, Kuala Selangor and back to Kuala Lumpur journey (06/07/2011 - 07/07/2011)

2011-07-08T00:35:00.020+08:00

Among the Subjects at Lumut Waterfront

Sunset at Lumut Waterfront

Sunset at Lumut Waterfront

Lumut Waterfront At Night

Camera Test During Dinner

Misteri Sebuah Rumah Usang di Lumut

Permandangan Sekitar Menara Condol Teluk Intan

Bukit Malawati Revisited

Rumah Api Bukit Malawati

Breathtaking Gunung Stong Experience ~ 04/11/2010 to 07/11/2010

2010-11-10T11:20:00.007+08:00

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NEW! Unveiling The Hidden (Al-Masikh Ad-Dajjal) Codes

2010-10-13T15:16:00.005+08:00

Mnemonics About The Stories of Al-Masikh Ad-Dajjal (AntiChrist).. Click Here (Klik Di Sini)

My Grandiloquences Project 2010 (May ~ June)

2010-05-21T16:55:00.003+08:00

42 ..between laconic and harangue political notes, literally i prefer substances such as ideas to alleviate or actions to improve the situations.. complaining and putting the blame onto others with hatred, based on presumption without justifiable reasons to support the bleak facts, only suggest me that one is expressing tantrum over one’s personal problems..

41 ..if complacency is almost as equal as a long ‘rest on one’s laurels’, would there be a ‘perfect storm’ after a ‘plain sailing’? So long before all these lines is invented, people often migrated due to tales and promises of better living conditions, prosperity, or irresistible lures opportunity ..for the sake of betterment, these what keep the wise men moving..

40 ..the difference between a true leader and a demagogue in democracy is determined by how the myriad supporters inveigling their own selves.. not their leader..

39 ..solved one imperturbable philosophical puzzle; if brain functions are equally or wider than the universe, then the mind and space makes no indivisible peripheral. the only significant to explain both of these existences is, no one can hear mankind scream in both of the frontiers.. hmm.. no one can hear me when i scream in my mind, it’s like screaming in space.. rest assured.. " )

38 ..police.. do your constitution antagonizes the people, those who conformed the law? your answers ascertained and my stand’s justified.. death victim parents, i am standing in your shoes with predicament, thus justice must be prevailed.. police.. strikes not!

37 ..went to malaysian npk fertilizer, gurun, yesterday for a courtesy drop-by and met up my senior (opa) being the plant manager there.. 'it’s tantalizing to observe edifices of plant that once, all structures only designed on pieces of paper', i thought.. kudos to my senior.. " )

..more below..

http://saharudinmohddan.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-grandiloquences-project-2010-mar-apr.html

http://saharudinmohddan.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-grandiloquences-project-2010-jan-feb.html

Photos Update (2009 & 2010)

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1) Pulau Perhentian, Kuala Besut, Trengganu, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Pulau Perhentian (Photos of Perhentian Island)

2) Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Pulau Langkawi (Photos of Langkawi Island) ~ Part 1
Gambar-gambar Pulau Langkawi (Photos of Langkawi Island) ~ Part 2

3) Kuala Kubu Bharu, Hulu Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Kuala Kubu Bharu, Hulu Selangor

4) Lata Meraung, Jerantut, Pahang, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Lata Meraung, Jerantut (Photos of Lata Meraung, Jerantut)

5) Putrajaya Biodiversiti, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Apresiasi Biodiversiti Tasik & Wetland, Putrajaya

6) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Gambar-gambar Sunset di Kota Kinabalu (Photos of Sunset at Kota Kinabalu)

Dissertation (Thesis) Acknowledgement

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Firstly, all praise be upon Allah, the Almighty on whom ultimately we depend for sustenance and guidance.

Secondly, from the inception until the completion of this research, my sincere appreciation and innumerable thank you goes to my advisor, Puan Nor Azimah Chew Abdullah, whose guidance, careful reading, constructive comments, support and advise has enabled me to gain a profound understanding throughout the whole process of this thesis.

Thirdly, my countless thanks to Professor Dr. Mohamad Khan Jamal Khan, for his fullest effort as the coordinator for MOSH program. I express my sincerest appreciation for his assistance and cooperation in my pursuit of this matter. My heartfelt thanks is also dedicated to all the lecturers, Tn Haji Ir. Anuar Mokhtar (DOSH), En. Fadzil Osman (NIOSH), Associate Professor Dr. Anuar Suun (NIOSH), Ir. Daud Sulaiman (NIOSH), Ir Nimi Ahmad (NIOSH), Associate Professor Abdul Aziz Yusof (UUM), En. Lukman Wan Mat Daud (UUM) and En. Zahrim bin Osman (DOSH) for their endless courage and determination in sharing and submitting their plethora of knowledge on the various subjects.

I am also deeply thankful to all my friends and MOSH colleagues for their understanding and guidance, as well as irrediscene of cheerfulness and enjoyment. Thank you for the great moments we have shared together and your co-operation in answering my thesis questionnaires.

Next, a special thank to my family, my wife, Nadilla Mohd Kamil, my eldest son, Muadzam Akhtar and my daughter, Mahreen Alisha, a newborn one week after my registration for MOSH program, for their continuous support and encouragement. I am forever indebted to my parents, especially to both of my parents-in-law, for their sacrifice from the beginning until the accomplishment of this program generally, which included the completion of this thesis.

Lastly, I offer my best regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect throughout the completion of this thesis (and the study as a whole).

We stop living, we stop learning.

Sincerely

Saharudin Mohd Dan
MOSH, Cohort 5
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My Grandiloquences Project 2010 (Mar ~ Apr)

2010-03-12T10:16:00.006+08:00

Updated: 16/04/2010

GRANDILOQUENT; adj. attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures

..additional target jargons used; altercations, augment, cameo, conscientiously, cynical, depicted, despicable acts, dromedary, edification, fancy, fuss, idolators, implausibly, malice, mnemonic, monosyllable, offspring, profanity, proliferate, pun, punning, punster, ramification, relinquish & whim..

36..'hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT, i don't care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees, please.. don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got till it's gone'.. yeah, we obliviously do not know what we have, until we know what we have were obviously gone..

35..why must ones apologize with the presumption of guilt while none of their arisen ideas offended others, except the truth that they should unveil? ..hmm, to apologize for nothing just shows one's conscience of emotions vulnerability..

34..there’s always an inconsequential hero, during the storm in a tea cup..

33..back into office after days of panoramic and scenic lush of fascinating greenery, bluish mountains, delectable seas, islands and beaches landscapes, as well as duty free global brands chocolates and goodies vacation with family at Langkawi Island.. Alhamdulillah, the kids were enjoying themselves to the fullest.. some moments captured thru the eyes behind the viewfinder.. " )

32..'nothing is impossible' or 'impossible is nothing'? let's get real. both is implausible! it is the determination that counts.. " )

31..some people are much too smart, they know everything before it starts, eating wisdom with the pail, no wonder when it sticks.. in your darkest hour i will sing this song for you.. cry and tell, and slander yell and grumble well, so loud for heaven's sake.. pink bubbles go ape! ~ Helloween, 1991, pink bubbles go ape lyrics..

30..out of 193 living species of monkeys and apes, 99% (192) of them are covered with extensive hair. the exception is a naked type, to whom they called themselves ‘Homo sapiens’. in malaysia, some abused and killed their offsprings in the hypothesis of adaptations into masculine domination.. my tantrum findings indicated that they are even worst than animal!

29..see! i’ve told you. often they were idolators, egocentrics suffer their only point of views... upon the unnecessarily altercations, in the end they implausibly quit! Later, they will tell the next milieu, “those guys are so ignorant, they know nothing about my bullshit”. ..sympathetically, egocentrics carried along vulgarisms and sarcasms every where they go..

28..His life was gentle, and the elements.. So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up.. And say to all the world.., this was a MAN! ~ W. Shakespeare

27..memories. memories evoke the reminiscence of the past..from childhood to heightened puberty, from friendship that had turned into love.. memories degrade over the passage of time.. they may not indisputable as we would like them to be..

26..limbo bimbo mimbo see no rainbow..

25..the hot weather milieu is withering and waning my lassitude, languish thoughts. Too much sun and too little rain endure my wishes for a fortuitous ideas to drop from the sky very soon.. its ramification has now put me into a little wonder.. ‘how long can I sustain not to desiccate this grandiloquences inspiration from evaporated’..

My Grandiloquences Project 2010 (Jan ~ Feb)

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GRANDILOQUENT; adj. attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures

..additional target jargons used; adversely, aftermath, ambiguous, ambiance, ancestral, arbitrary, assimilate, astute, austere, cache, catastrophic, claimant, contemplate, convey, defame, denounce, depict, diminish, dissolution, dormant, eruption, evoke, exaggerate, facilitate, fathom, histrionic, illiterate, inherent, intervene, invoke, melancholy, notion, permeate, precipitation, proficient, quixotic, ramification, scrutinize, spur, spurn, subtly, trigger, unleash, verbatim & vertigo..

24..if beauty magazine noxiously cause an average woman feel less pretty, fitness magazine has never failed to let the protuberant arbitrarily looks at his belly. when a country’s technological innovations are undeniably lagged behind, does buying ‘hi-tech’ equipments contribute to nation’s innovativeness expeditiously?..

23..macro and micro economy is not an austere rudimentary math in distributing a state’s affluence. the better-off certainly bids lower because they are very competent. ..when awarded, they accumulate more prestige and luxury. Thus, when any leaders euphoniously promotes an egalitarian political philosophy onto a nation, who actually being privileged? ..Think..

22..nelson mandela was sentenced to life after encouraging civil disobedience as insurgencies against oppression of Blacks. ..after 28 years in prison, in 1994, he was elected as the president of south africa. ..technical comparison facilitates that if you are only 27, you are not even born yet to be the next prime minister of malaysia. ..See, reverse thinking makes james cameron’s avatar more alluring.. " )...

21..death happens everywhere, anytime, albeit different methods. in ready mode are we? disability is even worst because it oblige difficulties to family members.. Give precedence to The Almighty’s protections before we do almost anything good. Because living the world is only temporary.. have wonders to immortality, in ‘where’ our lives after death would be.. insya’Allah..

20..when it comes into political rambling, even the rudimentary turns clever.. in the right to freedom of speech, different idiosyncrasy of views is coherent to be heard, which is good for the observant.. pathetically, most political temptation is based on hatred to others.. the inarticulate persuaded..

19..some of the selected iridescence elements that I have managed to capture during the recent 'apresiasi biodiversiti tasik & wetland putrajaya', 6 - 7 feb 2010 (sat-sun). the event was a photography workshop that also included segments of photography contest. my colleague won first price for the open category. I won my own bounty of spectrum for how my photography should be. as a conclusion, we have had fun! and would continue to enjoy it for our next photography session. come, join us!

18..shame on you, those who act in proliferating shame of the others.. regardless how sinful they are.. be careful what you wish for them..

17..atheists belief is too dogmatic, agnostics puzzle in between the line. optimists foresee the silver lining, pessimists cry over the dark clouds. egocentrics suffer their only points of view, Believers prostrate with a peace of mind.. Alhamdulillah..

16..apes and humans share a remarkable 98 to 99 percent genetic similarity. if apes is almost as the same as humans, anatomically, why do they not suffer from odontalgia? albeit, apes never brush their teeth, while humans do.. " )

15..truth, truth to unveil the truth, skullduggery, shenanigan that obsessed the most. Evil de facto is laughing behind, would the minority be sent to heaven? deception arises in front of your eyes, the knowledge that you have, don’t keep it to yourselves..

14..as the hypocritically windows open ajar, the adolescents often see the world as insincere to what they perceived. funny how lies propagate and disperse hatred, little are able to decipher the truth and truculent lies. the voice of applauses appear from the crowd, paying respect for what they recently believed as right.. if the truth does not insurgent, would the rest remains deceived?

13..some people live their entire lives never realizing that they have a misanthropic attitude toward others, because first and foremost, they have never liked themselves.. thankful figures often are the people that stand undisturbed..

12..procrastinating is a common combination of human delinquencies. since 'the only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once' (albert einstein), albeit cliché, 'it’s better late than never'.. procrastination must be avoided..

11..shares a 'petua'. upon the end of 7th-month pregnancy, let the mother-to-be commence to consume goat milk, a few tea spoon a week until she gave birth. it will alleviate, if not eliminate jaundice to the later newborn.. insyaAllah.. " )

10..drama, drama, drama.. I despise idiocy dramas.. idiocy dramas cause abomination amongst the lacks.. abomination leads into resurgent conflicts.. resurgent conflicts propagate oxymoronic actions. Police, please stop these immature adolescents acts. I demand respect, peace and tranquility in my neighborhood status quo per se.. bad leaders will be plunged into hell..

9..if a radio talk show host is a master of obnoxious insults, how about perceptions towards the man that cries?.. " )

8..passion and love cause innumerable dillemmas, and people constantly seek out ways to comprehend these emotions.. passion will probably not vanish anytime soon.. reciprocity is endless..

7..'a shooting star is really NOT a star at all, but meteoroid that enters earth's atmosphere'.. sorry, confusion denied!

6..physiological, safety, 'social, belongingness & love’, 'self-esteem, status & recognition,' and finally 'self-actualization' is all the needs under Maslow's hierachy theory of personality.. at peak, it is not always clear what a person wants..

5..notwithstanding of its excellent quality, ‘brand’ makes the divergence of identical product..

4..political temptation pronounces ‘people power’, alas Divine politicalization presume it does not exist..

3..'as warriors never relinquish, it was the weakest among the thirteen, that killed their strongest arrogant enemy’.. mmm, too much movies after dissertation makes me a philosophist wannabe..

2..elitists emit their intricate religious heterodoxy, while the simplest matters are to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’..

1..another new year had just ended.. another irreversible future to come.. another elusive journey to conquest the past..

Grandiloquences Project 2010 (Categorical Target Words)

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8. NATURE
Food Crops
..abandon, adversely, aggregate, cultivation, fertilize, intensify, irrigation, obtain, photosynthesis, precipitation..
Disaster
..anticipate, catastrophic, collide, eruption, famine, flood, impact, persevere, plunge, unleash..
Evolution and Migration
..adapt, diverse, evolve, feature, generation, inherent, migration, physical, process, survive..
Petroluem Alternatives
..constraint, contamination, deplete, dispose of, elementary, emission, extinction, reservoir, shrink, stable..

7. SCIENCE
Time Efficiency
..adjust, arbitrary, denominator, exponentially, infinitesimal, maximize, parallel, proportion, rate, sequence..
Ancient Life
..accuracy, adjacent, compress, feasibility, gut, integrally, overlap, retain, seep, structure..
Computers
..circulate, corrode, derive, detection, expeditiously, implement, innovative, installation, maintenance, simulation..
Energy
..combustion, component, convey, discretely, nucleus, permeate, rotate, solar, source, trigger..

6. MIND AND BODY
Memory
..acquisition, anomaly, consciously, degrade, gap, indisputable, intervene, intuitively, recede, retreive..
Spirituality
..agnostic, animism, atheist, be inclined to, contemplate, deify, ecclesiastical, exalt, pious, sacrifice..
Illness
..aggravate, decrepit, disease, fatality, forensics, persist, prognosis, terminal, vein, wound..
Surgery
..anesthesia, augment, certifiably, complication, cure, implant, inject, obese, procedure..
Ghosts
..astrological, divination, haunt, horror, intermediary, invoke, mediate, phantom, psychic, self-perpetuating..

5. SOCIETY
Anthropology
..assimilate, cremation, domesticate, folklore, fossilize, relic, rite, ritually, saga, vestige.. Social Inequality
..amend, biased, burden, counter, de facto, discriminate, notion, oppress, paradigm, prejudiced..
Expertise
..curriculum, distinctly, erudite, fortify, implicitly, parochial, rigor, roster, secular, suspend..
Military Operations
..allegiance, artillery, battle, cease, hierarchy, in the trenches, mobilize, rank, ratio, strategic..
War and Conquest
..annex, apex, collapse, conquest, devise, invasive, prevailing, resist, severely, violation..
History
..chronologically, coincide, consequence, core, deny, diminish, longitude, milieu, Orwellian, reconciliation..

4. MONEY
Financial Systems
..allocate, commodity, decline, equity, inflation, net, per capita, regulate, subsidy, tangible..
Wealth and Social Class
..accumulate, affluence, elite, improverish, luxury, nobility, prestige, privileged, prosper, working class..
Personal Property
..acquire, assess, asset, hazardous, jointly, lease, lialibility, proprietor, safeguard, sole..
Employment
..compensate, dynamic, enterprising, exploit, incentive, industrious, marginal, merit, promote, resign..
International Trade
..distill, entrepreneurial, extract, haggle, intrepid, merchant, proportionately, prototype, reward, shuttle..

3. GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE
Politics
..advocate, authority, bitterly, candidate, coalition, contest, election, inaugurate, policy, poll..
A Reasonable Doubt
..accuse, allegedly, civil, convict, guilty, offense, peer, suspect, verdict, witness..
The Police
..apprehend, ascertain, bureaucratic, condemn, evidence, implicate, inquiry, intrusively, seize, surveillance..
Investigating Crimes
..analyze, assail, contrary, hypothesize, impair, inference, objectively, suspicious, tolerate, versus..
Goverment Corruption
..bribery, cycnically, erode, evade, grotesque, integrity, prevalent, reform, scandal, unmask..
Crimes at Sea
..abduction, coerce, detain, deviant, distort, intentionally, piracy, predicament, smuggle, villainy..

The War on Drugs
..addictive, cartel, concentrated, interdict, juxtapose, misconception, modify, potent, residual, subtly..

2. RELATIONSHIPS
Family Relationships
..ancestral, cohesion, descendant, inheritance, kin, legitimate, paternal, proximity, sentiment, sibling..
Frienship
..affection, associate, bond, clique, confide, exclusive, in common, solidarity, willing..
Passion
..complex, despondent, devotion, dilemma, engender, loyal, passion, proliferation, reciprocity, vanish..
Negative Emotions
..antipathy, arrogant, berate, contemptous, despise, humiliation, obnoxious, shame, stigmatize, vitriolic..

1. CULTURE
Social Rebels
..adolescent, cause, conflict, delinquency, fringe, hedonistic, hypocritically, manipulation, rebel, status quo..
Painting and Sculpture
..abstract, context, depict, dimension, esthetically, intrinsic, perspective, portrayal, realism, spectrum..
The Written Word
..advent, ambiguous, connotation, decipher, denote, illiterate, ingenious, inscription, phonetic, symbolic..
Entertainment
..amateurish, cast, charismatic, gala, hilarious, improvisation, incompetent, medium, skit, zeal..
Risky Fashions
..bulk, capricious, cumbersome, exotic, inhibit, minimum, striking, trend, vanity, vulnerable..

Asma Al-Husna Nasyid ~ Full Lyrics in Arabic Written Version (Nasyid Asma Al-Husna, Versi Lirik Penuh Tulisan Arab)

2009-12-21T14:38:00.007+08:00

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1. In the RMC, or most probably at all boarding schools, we would sing the Asma Al-Husna (99 Beautiful Names of Allah) almost every time after we had finished our Maghrib prayer.

2. Those days, I remember singing it by memorizing what I heard from the seniors without any intention to do some revision in order to mention it correctly and understand what is the meaning of every Names that I mentioned.

3. Today, the sing of this song is still fresh in my head, and with the help of internet and many other resources, the Asma Al-Husna is indeed a very good 'zikrullah' for those who intend to praise 'The Almighty' every time when he or she feels like doing so.

4. I am sharing attached, which is the fully written version of Asma Al-Husna.

5. Perhaps, now we could refresh back every single words, continously trying to understand and gets all the Names mentioned correctly.. while frequently singing it inside our heart just to convey a litlle of our praise to The Almighty Allah.. InsyaAllah

Miscellaneous

2009-11-02T10:40:00.008+08:00

First Post

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

Ocean of Clouds

2. Nak tengok? Sila klik di SINI!

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

2009-10-08T00:54:00.015+08:00

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

2009-10-08T00:40:00.005+08:00

Sixth Post

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

2009-10-08T00:34:00.006+08:00

Fifth Post

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

2009-10-07T23:13:00.007+08:00

Fourth Post

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

2009-10-06T22:43:00.017+08:00

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)

2009-10-06T21:15:00.009+08:00

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..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)

2009-10-06T20:43:00.004+08:00

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Deputy Prime Minister

Another Rim Lighting

Audience

First Impressions Last Forever (Abah Story, Part 2)

2009-09-09T22:45:00.008+08:00

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)

2009-09-03T00:15:00.015+08:00

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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

2009-08-25T12:23:00.008+08:00

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!

2009-08-19T02:14:00.007+08:00

Fourth Post

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)

2009-08-15T03:10:00.014+08:00

Third Post

(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)

2009-08-15T02:55:00.006+08:00

Second Post

Alive

Missing You

Tilted

Separated

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

2009-08-15T02:12:00.009+08:00

First Post

Lovely Morning

De'javu
(Tiada Gambar Secantik Lukisan)

Morning Thirst

Just Fine

Doa Menghindarkan Jangkitan Selesema Babi

2009-07-30T17:39:00.010+08:00

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?)

2009-07-23T02:01:00.022+08:00

Sixth Post

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

2009-07-21T22:44:00.009+08:00

Fifth Post

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

2009-07-18T04:02:00.019+08:00

Fourth Post

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

2009-07-14T21:41:00.018+08:00

Third Post

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!

2009-07-09T14:55:00.023+08:00

Second Post

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

2009-07-09T02:36:00.021+08:00

First Post

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)

2009-07-09T00:47:00.004+08:00

Banner

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

2009-06-18T22:25:00.008+08:00

Third Post

Thougthful

Cool

Relief

Courteous

Sorry " )

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

2009-06-18T21:49:00.006+08:00

Second Post

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)

2009-06-07T02:49:00.016+08:00

First Post

Iqra'

So Close

Blown

Obey Your Master

I Have Told You

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

2009-05-28T23:14:00.013+08:00

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)

2009-05-26T23:36:00.022+08:00

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 trip organized, 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 campsite.

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 outrageous part was, even the one who recommended us the place, Mr. Chaplie, was looking so impressived with his new, Deuter, 60 littres bagpack, which was so convincing to us in 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 nature's bounty.

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

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

9. There it goes where I thought why she gets its 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 in 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! It was mouthwatering still!

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-RMC / UUM colleagues for a family outing perhaps.

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

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

2009-05-18T14:17:00.015+08:00

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

2009-05-14T20:14:00.010+08:00

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

Senarai Semak Perkhemahan (Camping Checklist) ~ Malaysian Edition (Updated 13-05-2009)

2009-05-13T10:49:00.010+08:00

All Rights Reserved © Saharudin Bin Mohd Dan 2006-2009. Please contact the blog owner for information on obtaining permission to buy or reprint the photos for formal publication purposes.

Pos Ketujuh

A. Peralatan Perkhemahan (Individu)

1. Khemah
2. Hammock
3. Fly Sheet
4. Beg Tidur
5. Bantal Angin
6. Lampu Karbaid
7. Lilin
8. Tarpulin
9. Tikar Getah
10. Tali

B. Pakaian Sewaktu Treking (Individu)

1. Bandana
2. Topi
3. Penutup Kepala
4. Cermin Mata Hitam
5. T-Shirt
6. Seluar Trek Pendek
7. Sandal Treking
8. Seluar Dalam
9. Jam Tangan Outdoor
10. Tali Pemegang Cermin Mata
11. Sarung Tangan
12. Bagpack

C. Barang Wajip (Individu)

1. Pinggan
2. Mangkuk
3. Cawan
4. Sudu
5. Garpu
6. Parang
7. Lampu Suluh
8. Mess Tin
9. Botol Air
10. Baju Hujan Pakai Buang
11. Pisau Pelbagai Guna
12. Sulfur
13. Wisel
14. Kompas
15. Pengemudi GPS
16. Radio
17. Telefon Bimbit
18. Earphone
19. Duct Tape
20. Tempat Duduk Mudah Alih
21. Deoderan Pencegah Serangga
22. Wallet
23. Duit

D. Barang Mandi (Individu)

1. Berus Gigi
2. Ubat Gigi
3. Sabun Mandi
4. Tuala Mandi
5. Pisau Cukur
6. Sikat
7. Cermin Muka Mudah Alih

E. Barang Berenang (Individu)

1. Seluar Katok
2. Seluar Mandi
3. Gogle
4. Pelampung Mini

F. Peralatan Memasak (Kumpulan)

1. Dapur Gas Mudah Alih
2. Tong Gas Mudah Alih
3. Solid Fuel Cooker
4. Solid Fuel Tablet
5. Pemetik Api
6. Mancis
7. Pemula Api
8. Kuali
9. Periuk
10. Mangkuk
11. Bekas Air
12. Bekas Air Minuman
13. Cerek Air
14. Pisau Memasak
15. Pembuka Tin
16. Plastik Sampah
17. Kerajang Aluminium
18. Geril Pemanggang BBQ
19. Senduk
20. Sudip
21. Sabun Buku
22. Penyental Dawai
23. Penyental Sepan

G. Barang Makanan (Kumpulan)

1. Beras
2. Minyak Masak
3. Rempah Ratus
4. Gula
5. Garam
6. Ayam
7. Daging
8. Sosej
9. Daging Burger
10. Perencah Nasi Goreng
11. Ajinomoto
12. Roti
13. Kaya
14. Marjerin
15. Teh
16. Kopi
17. Telur
18. Koka-Kola
19. Tomato
20. Sos Tiram
21. Sos Cili
22. Sos BBQ

H. Peti Pertolongan Cemas (First Aid Box)

1. 5 Triangular Bandages 130cm X 90cm X 90cm
2. Sterile Eye Pads
3. Non-Sterile 4x4” Gauze Pads
4. Sterile 4x4” Gauze Pads
5. Sterile 10x10” Gauze Pads
6. Elastic Bandage
7. 4 Roller Bandages 7.5 Cm
8. 4 Roller Bandages 3 Cm.
9. 4 Roller Bandages 2.5 Cm
10. Cold Pack Compress Gel
11. Burn Sheet/Dressing
12. Pairs Of Gloves (Disposable/ Non Sterile)
13. Stainless Steel Bandage Scissors
14. Adhesive Tape
15. Sterile Multi-Trauma Dressing/Gauze
16. Alcohol Prep Pads
17. Cetavlon
18. Cotton Buds
19. Barrier Device For CPR (Pocket Mask, Face Shield)
20. Elastoplasts/Sterile Adhesive Dressing
21. Safety Pin For Triangular Bandages
22. Thermometer
23. First Aid Manual
24. Waterproof Waste Bag
25. Inventory Of Box Contents (Checklist)

I. Persediaan Lain

1. Cas Penuh Bateri Handphone
2. Cas Penuh Bateri Ganti
3. Cas Penuh Bateri Kamera Digital
4. Cas Penuh Beteri Ganti
5. Servis Kenderaan

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

2009-05-11T17:32:00.007+08:00

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)

2009-05-11T17:13:00.015+08:00

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

2009-05-11T13:32:00.006+08:00

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

2009-05-07T22:42:00.013+08:00

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

2009-05-07T16:32:00.007+08:00

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

2009-05-05T16:51:00.025+08:00

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!

2009-02-11T14:44:00.009+08:00

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

2008-07-28T14:47:00.013+08:00

..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

2008-07-28T14:05:00.008+08:00

..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

2008-07-25T15:08:00.007+08:00

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

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

2008-07-25T14:33:00.008+08:00

..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

2008-07-25T12:04:00.006+08:00

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

2008-07-24T23:02:00.016+08:00

..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]

2008-07-24T22:41:00.009+08:00

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]

2008-07-09T16:34:00.009+08:00

..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]

2008-07-09T15:52:00.009+08:00

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]

2008-07-03T12:04:00.010+08:00

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]

2008-06-20T13:15:00.026+08:00

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]

2008-05-26T08:58:00.023+08:00

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]

2008-05-12T18:09:00.008+08:00

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

Kuantan, Pahang (16-17th April 2008) ~ [2 Photos]

2008-05-12T13:12:00.012+08:00

You can hardly watch the sunset in the east coast and as a matter of fact, actually you can’t, unless you stand in the west side of an island there, such as Pulau Tioman or Pulau Perhentian. In the east coast, the sun rises from the east and falls in the west. So, to take a good photo of ‘sunset’ (of course in this case it will be a sunrise) at the beaches there, you have to wake up early in the morning and get your right timing to what level of degree you want your sun to be floating off the beach. Here goes some trial of mine. “ )

Cloud That Wants To Spell The Almighty's Name
Thursday, ‎17 ‎April ‎2008, ‏‎7:40:30 AM, Duta Sands Beach Resort, Kuantan
(Also tag 'Kalimah Allah di Langit', 'Allah Kalimah on The Sky')

Beautiful Dawn

...how about if we go thru some 'beautiful dawn' lyrics
from James Blunt's song entitled 'High'.. " )

Beautiful dawn - lights up the shore for me.
There is nothing else in the world,
I'd rather wake up and see (with you).
Beautiful dawn - I'm just chasing time again.
Thought I would die a lonely man, in endless night.
But now I'm high; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

Beautiful dawn - melt with the stars again.
Do you remember the day when my journey began?
Will you remember the end (of time)?
Beautiful dawn - You're just blowing my mind again.
Thought I was born to endless night, until you shine.
High; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

Will you be my shoulder when I'm grey and older?
Promise me tomorrow starts with you,
Getting high; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me..

..nice lyrics isn't it..? " )

Old Boys Rugby Tourney, SAS Rugby Field, Kuala Lumpur (Sunday, 24th February) ~ (1 Photo)

2008-04-08T14:52:00.012+08:00

Glare Me Not

First time shooting sports its not as easy as shooting still life photography. My recent shoots had allowed me to approve ONLY one single above from out of 210 frames. Nimen kan wo feng le ma? No, because I'd rather delete all my frames then posting photos which are farther than my contentment. My comeback later.

Fascinating Terengganu Coastline, Terengganu (Wednesday,27th February 2008) ~ (1 Photo)

2008-04-08T13:15:00.014+08:00

Boats Parking
(..one of the scenes, along the strecth of Terengganu coastline)

"..Terengganu. Endowed with a wealth of charming and refreshing natural landscapes. She has beaches, exotic islands, lush virgin tropical jungles, quaint fishing villages, dazzling waterfalls and many many more. Her miles throughout its 225km coastline, her islands are among the most pictureque and fascinating in the country. From its myriad of colourful pastimes which include batik printing and songket weaving to the rapturous celebration of its many generations of cultural and traditional heritage, Terengganu is indeed a very blessed state.." ~ Mapbook of Malaysia.

Pantai Cahaya Bulan (Formerly known as Beach of Passionate Love), Kota Bahru, Kelantan (Tuesday, 26th February 2008) ~ (5 Photos)

2008-04-08T12:18:00.012+08:00

Selling Home Made Crackers

Kids Thinking of Something

So Much Deeply In Love
(..remember the former name of the beach? " )

Remembering The Good Times

Appreciating The Glory of Yours

One Day At The National Zoo, Kuala Lumpur (Saturday, 16th February 2008) ~ Part 3 [3 Photos]

2008-03-06T11:37:00.006+08:00

Wonder-Full Years

Mummy’s Love Is Forever

On Assignment

One Day At The National Zoo, Kuala Lumpur (Saturday, 16th February 2008) ~ Part 2 [5 Photos]

2008-03-06T10:33:00.003+08:00

Simba’s Nephew

There's Something Out There

Delightful

Gentle Partner Still

Cool Buddy

One Day At The National Zoo, Kuala Lumpur (Saturday, 16th February 2008) ~ Part 1 [4 Photos]

2008-03-05T17:15:00.014+08:00

..as explained to Muadzam, these are some refreshments from new 'abah toy', a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, with Tamron AF 70-300MM F/4-5.6 LD Macro telephoto zoom lens.. have fun!

Ready To Ambush

Highly Alert

New Year End Yesterday

(..for those who didn't get it,

what do we call it today if yesterday was the last day of a new year?..

nahh, just talking nonsense " )

Gentle Partner

Alvin and Ruby's Wedding, Palace of The Golden Horses (Saturday, 3rd November 2007) [3 Photos]

2008-01-09T18:21:00.000+08:00

Oh dear! It’s not that I've forgotten the event, but, my confession that I am quite an oblivious for this ‘light and easy’ updates on my blog. After I post the thread of ‘Ain’s Third Birthday’, my instinct has been so strong telling me that I should have had uploaded this meaningful event as well, especially when it involved the wedding of my close friend from my former college. Congratulation to Ruby and Alvin Parakesh Fernandez, OP, (later Mr. and Mrs. Alvin) for their grand wedding which has been held at the Palace of The Golden Horses on the night of 3rd November 2007.

As far as I could remember, Alvin’s wedding probably one of the grandest weddings I have ever attended. The guests are not just local, but when Alvin greets his relatives who came for his wedding, they are actually coming from all around the world! US, UK, New Zealand, Korea.. to name a few countries that I’ve heard, if I am not mistaken.

And, I remember during the bride's speech, Alvin does mention that Ruby is his best friend that eventually end-up being as his long awaited wife. According to Alvin, while being his best friend, he also loves his wife very much. I see.. really ka Alvin? hehehe.. [evil laugh..!]. By the time you said that, OP Jenoi (the one who's wearing the serban) already have six soldiers back in a row in his house. Hahahaha! " )

Whatever you want to say Alvin, my wife and I pray that only death could tear both of you apart.. " )

*OPs not in photos; Arian, Chot Delta, Azzudin Alpha (Sr) and Jayaganesh (Jr).

UUM (HONS) CLASS OF 1993-1997 REUNION, KLGCC (Saturday, 29th December 2007) [1 Photo]

2008-01-02T12:50:00.001+08:00

The Signe

[..an instrumental that originally performed by Eric Clapton from his unplugged album.. the album that really influence me to perform on stage.. and here goes the moment that so called 'The Opportunity']

UUM (HONS) CLASS OF 1993-1997 REUNION, KLGCC (Saturday, 29th December 2007) [1 Photo]

2008-01-02T12:48:00.001+08:00

The Appreciation

UUM (HONS) CLASS OF 1993-1997 REUNION, KLGCC (Saturday, 29th December 2007) [8 Photos]

2008-01-02T12:43:00.000+08:00

The Anchorman

The Rest

UUM (HONS) CLASS OF 1993-1997 REUNION, KLGCC (Saturday, 29th December 2007) [2 Photos]

2007-12-30T10:43:00.000+08:00

Syukur Alhamdulillah! 2007, The reunion year of mine. From my former College to my former Varsity! Convincing myself more that friendship should remain sturdy and last forever. [www.uum-with-hons.com, Our Portal, Our Port!]

[Please find my full event photos HERE!]

The Determination

The Mature Comeback

The Superhero! [1 Photo]

2007-12-13T15:28:00.000+08:00

The Day When I Became A Superhero (04/12/2007)
Location: Pantai Batu Hitam, Kuantan, Pahang

The curtain for year end 2007 is nearly closed. The waves in East Coast of Malaysia are increasingly rough shoved by the powerful monsoon winds from South China Sea. Rainy season will be approaching very soon probably tomorrow or the next day after. It is the season that usually bring great flood throughout six countries in Malaysia. Apparently, an Ultraman has come to save the situation. He thinks there might be a monster that intent to damage and disturb the peace of human being here. The monster that will eventually be finished by him.. " )

Ain's Third Birthday [2 Photos]

2007-08-20T15:05:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday To Ain (04/11/2007)

It is Ain’s third birthday and she is one year older than Muadzam. Ain is the second child from three children of Taban and Zilla's family, my second cousin. This year, Ain’s birthday party is arranged along with his grandparents' Aidilfitri (Eid) open house.

Smile Me Not (04/11/2007)

There are lots of balloon in the house and Muadzam has also attracted to play with those balloons. Ain are not so happy with that, because she thinks that all the balloons belongs to her. When I shoot this photo, Ain gives her shallow smile while Muadzam not. Perhaps Muadzam is in control of his emotion while learning his lessons of how to be such a perfect gentlekid.

The Mindful Putrajaya [1 Panorama Photo]

2007-08-20T12:49:00.000+08:00

The Mindful Putrajaya

[A Reminiscene of An Extraordinary Wonderful Night]

Click HERE to view or download the larger version of above

Kalimah 'Allah' In The Sky of Putrajaya [3 Photos]

2007-08-20T10:57:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

Hari tu, malam 18hb Ogos 2007, sempena Pertandingan Bunga Api Antarabangsa Putrajaya, aku ada shoots dalam 26 frame gambar.

Masa shoots yang ke 13, aku perasan akan pembentukan awan2 kumulus nipis sedang berarak di langit.. kemungkinan dihembus oleh angin sepoi2 bahasa di atas langit tu. Tapi, bila aku perhatikan betul2 ke dalam skrin LCD digital kamera aku, aku terperasan bahawa, awan2 yang berarak tersebut seolah-olah sedang membentuk satu corak yang sangat 'familiar'.. bila aku amat-amati, aku suspek.. awan2 tersebut sedang membentuk sebuah kalimah..

Tanpa berlengah, aku terus membetulkan keadaan kamera dan tripod aku. Seterusnya, aku ambik satu lagi shoot (frame ke 14). Kemudian setelah aku check balik gambar tu, aku decide utk ambik satu lagi shoot iaitu shoot yang ketiga (frame ke 15).. dan kali ni, bila aku tengok ke skrin LCD digital kamera aku.. gambar tu memang yang terbaik dari segi komposisinya... sequal bagi ketiga2 frame tersebut ialah selang seminit, maksudnya gambar2 di ambil pada pukul 8.57 pm, 8.58 pm dan 8.59 pm...

Aku dah cuba utk share perkara ni dengan Utusan dan Berita Harian, masa on the way ke lecture aku semalam.. tapi hari nie (20hb August 2007) nampaknya tak keluar pun.. tak kisahlah tu.. cuma aku rasa elok juga kalau aku boleh share gambar2 ni dengan korang... kerana pada pendapat aku, awan yang berarak itu telah membentuk kalimah 'Allah' dalam tulisan Arab..

Sesuai dgn pertunjukan bunga api tersebut, mungkin Allah hendakkan kita semua bersyukur ke atas nikmat-nikmat-Nya..

Kepada sesiapa yang tak nampak tu, anggaplah perkara ni sebagai satu kebetulan sahaja..

Perhatikanlah gambar2 yang aku attachkan ni.. " )

13th-Frame. 8.57 pm.

I noticed a familiar shape of an Arabic wording, the word 'Allah' came across my mind. I was already prepared for the fireworks show. My compact digital camera was attached to a tripod and the camera mode was set into 'fireworks' mode. So, it was not difficult to instantly shoot this extraordinary clouds form.

14th-Frame. 8.58 pm.

After looking into the photo result, I was dissatisfied with the composition. I thought it could be better if I adjust a bit of my camera position. As you could see above, the composition still need minor adjustment. So again, I made another minor move to get the 'very' best of composition result.

15th-Frame. 8.59pm.

Here it goes. This was the best composition that I had captured. The forming of this Kalimah happened within less than five minutes. It was then dissappeared as the clouds had freely, slowly move on and shifted by the blowing winds in the sky.

Details of Photo;

Shoots during the night of Putrajaya International Fireworks Competition 2007.

Time: 8.59 pm. Date: 18th August 2007. Location: Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Camera: Olympus FE-190. Shooting Mode: Fireworks with tripod.

Photographed by: Saharudin Bin Mohd Dan (din9911@yahoo.com)

[PS: Well, somehow I think I am a bit lucky and I feel even more close to Allah SWT know. I am thinking that, all these happened probably due to, first, maybe because of my hobbies to shoot photos and like it shared with my friends " ).. Second, maybe because of the Asma-Alhusna, the song of 99 Beautiful Names of Allah, that I've fully memorized and frequently sing it inside my heart and my head.

Nevertheless, it could also be meant the other way around.. Wallahualam.]

[Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku, Ampunkanlah kami..]

"..Untuk tambahan, malam tu aku ada sekali kat sana dgn Atok… tetiba dapat call (hp Atok) dari Tobak, tapi aku yang jawab. So bila Tobak mentioned pasal shoot yg dia dapat, aku terus dongak ke langit. Memang aku nampak awan tersebut. Tapi yg aku nampak hanya awan yang bercorak garis-garis. Bermakna aku terlambat beberapa ketika sahaja. In juga bermakna, rezeki untuk Allah tunjukkan kebesaranNya hanya diberikan kepada Tobak pada malam itu. Bila Tobak tunjuk gambar tu, memang sahih apa yg dia shoot disebabkan aku pun masih dapat lihat bayangan garisan Cuma aku tak dapat lihat kalimah itu sendiri. Allahuakbar… sesungguhnya Allah yang Maha Mengetahui setiap sesuatu yang Dia mahu tunjukkan.

Cuma, apa yang aku boleh katakana, kejadian ini berlaku beberapa minit selepas azan Isyak…. Aku pada masa tu, aku berada di perkarangan Masjid Putrajaya. Tapi bila azan, aku tidak pun menyahut seruannya. Takut tertinggal bunga api.... tapi itulah yang Allah tunjukkan esp untuk org yang macam aku. Suka lengahkan seruannya…. Maka perkara seperti inilah yang harus kita nilai semula… Kekuasaan Allah… rezeki Allah… rahmat Allah… segalanya… yg diberikan kepada kita. Cuma kita sendiri yang dapat menilai samada kita ingat atau lupa. Maha Suci Allah... Allah Yang Maha Besar... terima kasih untuk Tobak yang sudi berkongsi keajaiban & kekuasaan Allah ini…

p/s: Andaikata kita dipanggil pulang sekarang ini, adakah kita telah bersedia… " ~ Achmat.

Malam Graduasi Matrik UUM Sessi 1991/1992

2007-08-09T14:14:00.000+08:00

Holla Gudfellas..!

Click HERE to see some actions from the dinner of Malam Graduasi Matrik UUM Sessi 1991/1992!

[URL is published by courtesy, from Hj. Soboque’s flickr]