‘Tis the season !! ( Part 1 )

‘Tis the season…… to be exact, the MONSOON SEASON !!  ( the best season of the year)

Up to now, the sun could not be seen for the past 3 days,and the rain been there, non stop ! … and today is the worst of ‘em all !   Recorded temperature was 22 degrees Celcius today !

My backyard waterfall has also turned into a “Ganazz” one…. Scary !

Before…

and  After …. !!   ( i.e. currently )

  

Hmm….my front compound has also turned into a small pond… ( Habis rumput karpet aku..)

But, despite all this, this is my best time of the year !   you can laze in bed till noon – tapi tak pernah buat pun !!   

(…itupun kalau tak banjir le, hehe )

(...now freezing to death whilst entering this blog ! )

A case of a stained RM 1 note..

Last week  I went to a grocery shop nearby home.. bought a pack of Maggi mee…

Went to the cashier to pay but instead it was rejected…out of the basis of a ‘dirty’ RM 1 note !!

( as shown in the photo above !)

 ….For me it’s ridiculous just because of a slight stain, without any tear, the shop rejected my RM1 note !

….sometimes it makes me wonder,  just because of a piece of paper (a.k.a. ‘money’)… people are willing to go against the odds  just to get it…

…. most people become slaves to money … working day and night , ignoring their families and loved ones…

How do I fare ?

hmmm.......it’s good if we can react to the Hereafter just the same as we’ve reacted to get MONEY !

Changes ..

Sometimes, at the end of the day, it’s very hard to change your daily routine…

Changing things that you do EVERYDAY for the past few months.

Even though your current routine or work is damn busy or relaxing, ‘the change’ seems to be uninviting to a lot of us...

And despite going through a lot of previous change in routines before  in life, another one more seems to be soo awkward, AND still uninviting  J

ALAS ,  I’m going through one now, and hoping that the changes and adaptations will be a quick one, AND  for the better.... !!

Abilities...

ALHAMDULILLAH, praise to Allah,  after toiling night and day for my thesis, managed to complete it 

…and passed my VIVA as well…

…going to undertake a new position soon…as a ‘Lecturer’ in Internal Medicine in one of the local universities in Malaysia..

…..a lot of things going thru my mind now… will I be able to carry out the duty well ??   or…

..But still HOPING that the ideals of  “nak tolong orang” AND  "Kerana Allah"  will still be there till the end…

…hmmm… maybe they’re right….. With Every Ability Comes Great Responsibility !

SOMETHING TO PONDER..." I'M TOO BUSY "

Let's ponder upon this....

"People throw away what they could have,
By insisting on perfection--which they cannot have,
And looking for it where they will never find it.

"In the Name of Allah Most Gracious, Mosst Merciful


Everyday as I wake up at dawn
My mind start working the moment I yawn
There were many things to do, o dear!
That's why I hastily did my Subuh prayer
I didn't have the time to sit longer to praise the Lord
To me rushing out after prayer is nothing odd...

Since school, I had been busy every minute
Completing my tutorials and handing it in
My ECAs took up most of my time always
No time did I have to Allah to pray
Too many things to do and zikir is rare
For Allah, I really had no time to spare..

When I grew up and started my career
Working all day to secure my future
When I reached home, I prefered to have fun
I chatted on the phone but I didn't read the Quran

I spent too much time surfing the Internet
Sad to say, my faith was falling flat...

The only time I have left is weekends
During which I prefer window shopping with friends
I couldn't spare time to go to the mosque
I'm too busy, that's the BIG EXCUSE...

I did my five prayers but did so quickly
After prayer, I didn't sit longer to reflect quietly
I didn't have time to help the needy ones
I was loaded with work as my precious time runs

No time at all to visit a sick Muslim friend
To orphans and elderly, I hardly lent a hand
I'm too busy to do community service
When there were gatherings, I helped the least

My life was already full of stress
So I didn't counsel a Muslim in distress
I didn't spend much time with my family
B'coz I thought, doing so is a waste of time...

No time to share with non-Muslim about Islam
Even though I know, inviting causes no harm
No time to do Sunnah prayers at all
All these contribute to my imaan's fall..

I'm busy here and busy there
I've no time at all, that's all I care
I went for religious lessons, just once in awhile
Coz I'm too busy making a pile...

I worked all day and I slept all night
Too tired for Tahajjud and it seemed not right
To me, earning a living was already tough
so I only did basic deeds but that's not enough..

No time at all, to admire God's creation
No time to praise Allah and seek His Compassion
Although I know how short is my life
For Islam, I really didn't strive..

Finally the day comes, when the Lord calls for me
And I stood before Him with my Life's History
I feel so guilty b'coz I should have prayed more
Isn't that what a Muslim lives for?

To thank Allah and do more good deeds
And the Quran is for us all to read..

Now at Judgement Day, I'm starting to fret
I've wasted my life but it's too late to regret
My entry to Paradise depend on my good behavior
But I've not done enough nor did proper prayer

My "good deed book" is given from my right
An angel opened my "book" and read out my plight.

Then the angle chided me....

"O You Muslim servant, you are the one,
Who is given enough time, yet not much is done
Do you know that your faith is loose?
saying "no time" is only an excuse.
Your "good deed book" should be filled up more
with all the good work you stood up for..

Hence, I only recorded those little good deeds
As I say this, I know your eyes will mist..
I was about to write some more, you see
But I did not have, THE TIME to list".......

Merendahkan Takabbur..

Imam al-Ghazali ada mencatatkan lima cara untuk mengikis sikap takbur dalam diri seseorang iaitu dengan cara:

1) Apabila kita bersuara dengan anak-anak kecil, maka kita anggaplah yang sebenarnya dia lebih bersih dan mulia daripada kita kerana mereka masih belum mempunyai dosa-dosa berbanding dari kita yang telah dewasa.

2) Apabila kita bersuara dengan orang tua pula, maka kita anggaplah yang sebenarnya doanya lebih mulia daripada kita kerana dia lebih lama beramal ibadah kepada Allah dari kita.

3) Apabila kita bersuara dengan orang alim pula, maka kita anggaplah yang sebenarnya beliau lebih mulia daripada kita kerana insan sebegini memiliki lebih banyak ilmu yang beliau ketahui tetapi kita belum mengetahuinya.

4) Apabila kita bersuara dengan orang jahil pula, maka kita anggaplah yang sebenarnya dia lebih mulia dari kita kerana dia melakukan dosa disebabkan kejahilannya, sedangkan kita berdosa akan tetapi memiliki ilmu pula dengan sengaja kita melakukannya walaupun hakikatnya kita tahu yang mana satu perkara buruk dan baik.

5) Apabila kita bersuara dengan orang kafir pula, katakanlah dalam hati bahawa suatu hari nanti mungkin dia akan insaf dan akan memeluk islam. Maka semua dosa yang dilakukan sebelum dia masuk Islam akan diampunkan oleh Allah s.w.t. Sedangkan kita pula sebagai umat islam sejak lahir terus -menerus melakukan dosa tanpa mengenal balasan Allah yang bakal tiba kelak.

..Dan yang sebenarnya telah banyak manakah dosa dan pahala yang tidak mampu kita pastikan..?

Wallahua'lam..

Idealism..

In the doorway, there stood a very young medical student… perhaps just finished his preclinical years, now in the 3rd year...still full of enthusiasm.

Then came along a wheelchair bound patient asking for directions.. He politely showed the direction, and said ‘I wouldn’t be here if im not helping out other people’……

Hmm….just wondered… will the same medical student say the same thing in the next 5-8 years after graduation  ?!    ...will the enthusiasm persevere till the end ?!

     

Well, by experience not many of us still have the same idealism as before…"nak tolong orang" ,  especially after working for a couple of years… myself ? now trying hard to keep the same idealism as before..

…wonder why…

Maybe people DO change…. But for the better or for worse ??!

In A Moment Like This...

At ( Stressful ) moments like these....

( with less-than-1-week-to-go  before thesis submission)...

Started to ponder...

....There will be no Rich if there's no Poor,
....There will be no Joy if there's no Sorrow,
....There will be no Victory  if there's no Defeat,
....There will be no Serenity if there's no Stress...

Hmmm...

Busi-ness !!

ARRRGGGHHH !!

busy lately with the thesis dateline.... at this particular moment still finishing my result...still got 2+weeks from submission...

SPSS and computer all day long.....  *sigh*

whatever it is, can't wait to finish the thesis + the VIVA..... bcoz will be ending my weekend husband-ship status soon...
Can't Wait !!

...InsyaAllah !

Old and Fondest Memories...

It has been 10 years since we've constructed this pond from scratch - in the year 2000 to be exact..


Well.....!! How our batch toiled and worked, albeit in the midst of our Pro II exam...( atau dah abis ProII ??! already difficult to remember *blush*


...but at that time I still can clearly remember that it's the first thing ever built by students in USMKK.... (maybe the 1st and the last kot?!)


it took us nearly 1.5 months to complete it, taking every bit of our evening playtime.


The first phase involves carrying solid rocks from Lata Tembakah..


and later got the chance to kacau simen every evening.


The BEST part was the last part, whereby all of us got a dip in the finished pond !!




got the chance to revisit back the erected pond during the last Raya holidays in Kubg Kerian.... managed to capture a few important momentos, before it's torn by nature :)


BUT a bit sad to see it unkempt..






....for those of you guys who're in USMKK, surely bosan tgk pond ni, but for me here in KL, it's really been such a wonderful walk down memory lane.. :)

My New Babes !

FIRSTLY, it's been a long time since ive updated this blog.. to be exact, NEARLY 2 months!!

well, a bit busy with my daily schedule, almaklumlah now im in Nephrology Unit...

Well, all in all, ive managed to do some shopping last month... tangkap my new babes!!

to the left handside is my relatively new Touch Diamond 2, and to the right is my 640GB Hard disk drive - portable. Bought it both on a same day!!

Up to now, still satisfied with both of the gadgets, albeit the Diamond 2 have a Short battery life, which is very2 disappointing !!

Hehe it's been a month since my last shopping spree... wonder when's the next one !! cuma leni poket already not as full as before, since ive gotta start paying for my new house....so will not be so ambitious as before, HeHe

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS !

Well, tak tahu kenapa lately ive started to LOST things, esp. the last few weeks !!




avbove : my previous PDA box... which is now EMPTY.. sob..sob..


To date, these are the chronology of events that happened to me… :
( ERR... the keyword is 'LOST' a.k.a. HILANG )

28 / 2 / 2010 – LOST my cheap 2 year old handphone in a taxi on my way home to KL- nasib baik cheap HP je - bought @ RM 150.


5 / 3 / 2010 - LOST my cheap handphone ( 5 DAYS OLD ) - again dropped in a taxi on my way back to kuantan !! - NASIB BAIK tak beli BlackBerry, kalau tidak…


13 / 3 / 2010 - LOST MY WALLET, PDA TYTN2 AND HPHONE AGAIN !! letak only for 5 minutes in the oncall room , then pegi toilet and amik Wudhuk - later VOILA ! My wallet, cheapo HP and PDA ( TyTN II ) is stolen !!!

HP tu tak sayang sgt ( but still it’s a 5-day old HP !!), but yg paling sayang are my PDA and things like IC, driving licence, kredit kad, ATM card etc…. took me the whole day to block and renew all these things !!





above : My beloved ex - HTC TyTN2 PDA....tinggal kotak je.. sedih betul, tp dah takde rezeki.





above : the 3 boxes of HPs... 2 of them already lost in action ..
WITHIN 2 WEEKS !!!
lucky harga hanya RM 100 + sahaja each. pun SAYANG gak sbb hanya guna less than 1 week for each phone


TO DATE : Baru SEKEJAP TD L.K. 1/2 HR BEFORE WRITING THIS ENTRY, MY HP AGAIN TERJATUH TANPA DISEDARI di stesen LRT Titiwangsa.... LUCKY ada Good Samaritans and Passer-by yg. menjerit nak bgtahu yg HP aku terjatuh , PHEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IS THIS A SIGN THAT I OUGHT TO TANGKAP A BLACKBERRY OR AN iPHONE INSTEAD ???????!!!

A Very Close ( And UNWANTED ) Incident ! Nauzubillah !

Happened to us last Saturday…… Irfan got LOST in a shopping complex…. !
He followed his mum to a textile shop, and after just only 15 seconds, he was nowhere to be seen !!
We did a thorough check in the nearby shop but he’s still not there…. Memang Dah Panik Habis, sampai terpikir utk buat report polis, masuk s/khabar , defer M.Med dll. !!

....memang dia selalu ligat kat shopping complexes, dan dah tak takut to his surroundings lg...itu yg tak bagus tu !!


Cuma we were lucky that time,ALHAMDULILLAH, after about nearly 15mins of searching, terdengar budak menangis dari jauh, and tnampak Irfan standing there, nearly the opposite side of The mall - jauh gile dia berjalan !!
At that time, SYUKUR yang tak terhingga…. Nasib baik takde org tangkap n masuk ke kereta, kalau tidak.. Nauzubillah !!!



Anyway, moral of the story is…. We always take lightly for what has been given to us by Allah, Until one fine day when we lost it, we will treasure and feel the loss of it…

And moral number 2 - Irfan is GROUNDED, no more shopping complex trips without me around, or maybe kena tambat tangan kalau nak pergi jugak !!

...hopefully it'll not happen again, NAUZUBILLAH !!


ni kalau Ma n Pa tahu ni..... hehe

Tabiat Baru Aqilah !

Aqilah dah ada tabiat baru dah - iaitu MENIARAP dan HISAP TANGAN orang !

p/s ; the meniarap photo tu was a bit angulated, so nampak LEBIH kebotakannya, haha !

1st pic - tongue protruded - bcoz couldnt get enuff of it !

KUL- KTN-JB-KTN-KTR-KTN-KUL

WELL, ive had a very LONG holiday last month for CNY – total of straight 11 days .   Got the chance to travel to JB and visit Cik’s house in Pasir Gudang, and later went back to KTrg.

MOST OF THE PHOTOS already been uploaded by Cik in his blog...sbbtu tak upload katsini :)

This is the 2^nd time we ever brought Aqilah with us  ( sebelum ni baby duduk kat rumah je! )… no wonder dia terus je mengamuk after entering Cik’s house !!  mungkin tak biasa dgn the different colours in the family room and the dining kot, or maybe letih with the near 6-hour journey !   ~iyelah, a lot of things happen during the travel – aqilah terkencing dlm kereta , irfan muntah, sesat jalan dll. !!

…so that’s why the supposed-ly 4 hour journey turned into a 6 hour one ! 

SESAT in Pasir Gudang Hiway... LOST  RM 4.70  AND 30+kms of mileage !!

but met with this signboard - Never knew that in Malaysia there’s a tempat called Kong Kong !!

below  :  the kids BEFORE the ice-breaking session

Below :  Irfan and Aiman AFTER the ice breaking session 

Dua Sepupu sebaya .... Aqilah belum kering lg airmata menangis tu !!

A Night In Danga Bay

Nice dinner in Kg. Senibong, across the Tebrau Straits and Singapore !

Below :  SINGAPORE !!

Overall it's a VERY VERY NICE and worthy holiday... cuma tak berpeluang ke Zoo Johor je,and Singapore,    hehe

My Third Movie Trip… Ever !

This is frankly my THIRD movie-watching trip…. My 1^st one is during my sekolah days, whereby went with my parents to watch  ‘Dia Ibuku’  years ago !   My second movie was with my sis, when I sort of WON 2 free passes to see Spiderman 3 debut about 2 yrs back….

…so this is the third time…  :blush:

Went to watch AVATAR 3D recently with my wife, after hearing a lot of its reputations … ( itupun setelah diajak berkali2 oleh my wife , hehe)… and frankly it’s worth it  J

Hehe maybe im not much of a happening person, or a movie-goer before… or a type of family man perhaps??!    :P

So now my wife is ‘addicted’ to movies, and we planned to go for our next movie trip soon, maybe next weekend, HaHaHa

The True Meaning Of Life..

This story really touched me, read till the end:

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated,
to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'

MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.

SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he really didn't ask for money very often . The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RM 25 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.

*
It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

What is the true meaning of life?
The true meaning of life is LIVING A GOOD LIFE
by Jim Rohn           

            

Mainan Budak Lelaki Besar ( Big Boys Toys ! )

Well, this is another exam wishlist yg tak ter-fulfill sebelum ini…hehe bcoz of the cost involved !

But finally got some rezeki, a.k.a. year end bank dividends, yg membolehkan aku grab one of these, haha

This is my 2^nd video game console, after I bought  Playstation 1… err.. that was 9 years back, during my housemanship training in Hosp Alor Setar. ..but still playable until now.

Initially I was tempted to grab either PS 3 or PS 2, but because of the more family-friendly reputations of Nintendo Wii, and the exercise ability when playing the games,  then ive grabbed it last weekend. The price is also  between the price of PS 2 and PS 3… and together with it ive added the Wii motion plus, 1 extra controller ( + the Nunchuk ), and 1 rechargeable port !

The slightly panjang controller on the right is the add-on motion plus sensor...lets you able to enjoy 360 degrees of control !

Indeed the experience was a good one !  we enjoyed it  nearly the whole day last Saturday, dari pagi sampai malam,  sampai sakit lengan, bahu dan kaki ! –hehe wondered also how many calories ive burnt, haha ! 

… and with an upgrade of Wii Motion Plus, the enjoyment was even more real !  

Loved the Wii Sports Resort games !  Memang BEST !  The best part is to see Husna and Irfan able to enjoy the games, in which they’ve been having a very hard time to enjoy  before when playing with our old  PS 1 ! sbb budak2 ni nampak mcm  susah nak guna the small buttons to control the character’s movements ! but with Wii, it’s definitely different ! 

the only thing is that i think that the games are not for hardcore gamers...bcoz of the graphics and gameplay that cannot beat PS 3, but the images still looks good on my 37 inch LCD TV. 

…Cuma sekarang ni sedih sikit…sebab ive left the Wii unit at home in Kuantan, uwaa !!! 

..and now tengah berangan untuk next upgrade – the Wii Fit with its balance board , HaHa ! 

further reports about the games akan menyusul, hehe

Shaolin kids !

Hehe this is the time to shave ! ....so dah ada mangsa ke-2 dah ni, i.e. Aqilah pulak this time, but all because of her mom pulak !

...so ni kira jadi adik beradik shaolin le...

sbnrnya nak bagi bersih kepala sket,hehe