Think Tank

Assalamualaikum, May peace be upon you..

Lately, everyone around me seemed to be very busy with their own life. Studying, playing, going out, etc. Same goes to me. So, I thought it’d be good if we spent some of our time to appreciate the small things that God had given us. Things that we always take for granted and only felt its importance when it’s not there anymore..

1. To be able to eat,drink and taste. Imagine eating ice-cream during a hot day. Refreshing isn’t it? Even swallowing is a very big gift from God. But, when do we appreciate this? When we’ve got that little ulcer in our buccal mucosa and started having trouble eating. Then only we realise, how nice it was, to be able to eat comfortably at any time of the day.

2. To be able to move, walk and run. Learning MSK and CNS had taught me that every single movement that we do requires a complex integration between different parts of our body ie muscles, nerves, brain. Subhanallah. A single problem to any of these will lead to inefficieny in any action that we take. And if you see patients suffering from ‘fits’ where they’ll suddenly loss control of their body, you’ll really be thankful for this gift from God.

3. To be able to feel pain. Yup, feeling pain is an invaluable gift from God. It’s a way for us to sense danger or damage to our body. We shouldn’t hope that we do not have pain sensation. If you see patients with diabetes mellitus, you will realise how important it is to feel pain. Some of them develop symptoms such as loss of sensation especially at distal parts of body ie toes and finger. They do not know if their feet are injured simply because they dont feel it. And this can bring to worse complications such as amputation of toes/feet.

There are soo many gifts from Allah that most of us, including me, simply forget. We tend to complain about things that we don’t have rather than appreciating those we possessed. Our eyesight, hearing, sense of smell.. Each of them is irreplaceable. Yet,when they are taken away from us; not all, even a small part of it, only then we realise its role in our life.

So,instead of complaining about what we don’t have, lets start to be thankful to ALLAH for everything He had and will give us.

Alhamdulillah..

Assalamualaikum,

Hujung minggu ni telah sy habiskan di Muar, meraikan majlis perkahwinan sepupu sy di Sg Abong. Terasa seronok terutamanya sbb bila dpt berkumpul dgn sedara-mara lain yg tinggal berjauhan. Walaupun tak dpt gunakan hujung minggu ni utk study, tp sekurang2 nya dpt berbual dan membantu dlm majlis tu.

Kalau di Johor, kenduri kahwin ni sama ada diuruskan katering atau secara sendiri. Kat kg sy, ada pakatan2 antara rumah2 yg mana mereka akan bergotong royong utk ‘rewang’, menyediakan mknn,khemah pinggan mangkuk serba serbi. Utk kenduri sepupu sy, keluarga dia menggunakan khidmat katering, tp sy tetap ringan2kan tulang utk tlg2 angkat2 pinggan dan cwn kotor. Seronok! Terasa smgt kerjasama tu hidup. Kelakar jugak bila masing2 tertunggu2 org habis mkn sbb nak kemas meja. Haha..

Satu lg tradisi kenduri di kebanyakan tempat di Johor ialah mereka akan bungkuskan makanan utk sedara-mara atau jiran terdekat. Ini kita panggil ‘berkat’ dan diberi sbg tanda penghargaan utk mereka terutamanya yg byk tlg sebelum dan semasa majlis berlangsung. Biasanya akan dibungkuskan lauk2 yg dihidangkan hari tu. Tak byk sgt la, cukup utk makan 2-3 org. Biasa yg bungkus2 ni kerja2 makcik2 atau anak2 dara la kat dapur. Huhu..

Ada satu lg benda yg ada di Johor tp susah nak jumpa tempat lain. ‘Nasi AMBANG’ atau Jawanye disebut Nasi Ambeng.. Haha. Em, nasi ambang ni ialah campuran nasi putih dan pelbagai jenis lauk spt ayam msk kicap, ikan masin, sambal goreng.. Kdg2 ada yg bubuh mee goreng skali dlm tu. Selalu nasi ambang ni akan diberi kalau ada kenduri tahlil atau kenduri kahwin.

Macam-macam ada

Pernah sekali kat kg sy ade kenduri tahlil. Selesai kenduri, dihidangkan nasi dalam talam besar, siap dgn lauk pauk dlm mangkuk2. Pastu, setiap orang diberi suratkhabar dgn plastik alas dan masing2 bungkus sendiri nasi ambang masing2. Memang tak dpt la nak tgk acara ni kalau di KL. Mmg satu pengalaman menarik yg susah nak lupa..:)

Sebab tu sy suka pulang ke kampung. Ada byk tradisi2 yg masih kekal di sana yg tak dpt kita tgk di bandar2 besar. dan ada byk nilai2 di kg yg boleh kita ambil buat pengajaran.. Jgn ingat hidup di kota semuanya ada, di desa pun byk hartanya..

Hati,
tolong buangkan hasad dengki
dan perasaan iri hati
dari dirimu
kerana ianya bisa merosakkan iman ku
bak api yang membakar ranting-ranting kering
Gantikan ia dengan syukur
yang pasti dapat membantu
membahagiakan diriku

Hati,
Kau perlu tahu
Semuanya milik Tuhan,
Bukan milikku,
Janganlah kau riak dgn pencapaianku,
Kerna itu akan membuatku,
lebih jauh daripada Tuhanku.

Hati,
Ketika aku berbuat baik,
Isikan dirimu dengan keikhlasan,
Agar tenang diriku menerima ujian,
Tatkala aku berbuat kejahatan,
Isikan pula dirimu dgn keresahan,
Agar ku terhindar dari membuat kesalahan

Hati,
Ku tahu kau sentiasa lapar,
dan perlukan makanan,
akan kusuapkan dengan juadah keimanan,
agar kau cergas sentiasa,
dan dapat membantuku menghadapi ujian seharian

Hati,
akan kucuba mengelak
dari mencontengkan dirimu dgn titik hitam,
hasil dari dosa dan kesilapanku,
ku berharap doa dan taubatku,
dapat menyucikan semula dirimu,
agar sentiasa bersih dan kekal putih.

Hati,
sukar bagiku menjagamu,
banyak dugaan cuba merosakkanmu,
namun akan kucuba sebaik mungkin,
menatangmu dengan penuh kasih syg,
kerana aku tahu,
eloknya hati, eloklah tuannya itu.

Wahai orang yang mempunyai jiwa yang sentiasa tenang tetap dengan kepercayaan dan bawaan baiknya! Kembalilah kepada Tuhanmu dengan keadaan engkau berpuas hati (dengan segala nikmat yang diberikan) lagi diredhai (di sisi Tuhanmu)! Serta masuklah engkau dalam kumpulan hamba-hambaku yang berbahagia. Dan masuklah ke dalam SyurgaKu! (Al-Fajr : 27-30)

Assalamualaikum,

I felt really sad just now when performing the last few rakaats of Tarawih and Witr prayers.. as I realised that the dearie Ramadhan is finally coming to an end. And again, when I reflected upon myself, I’m seriously unsure of the outcome of this Ramadhan. Have I gained taqwa, or has it been just the same old me? I can’t answer that..

I was like most of us, hoping the best for Ramadhan. Although I knew that many things will be happening at the same time. IMU Cup started in Ramadhan, Comm Med report to be completed, study to be taken care of. But, still I was hoping to find some time for me to commit myself to do ibadah and improve the spiritual aspect of my life.

However, things were not as easy as I thought. The loads of work did eventually took over me. No, I would say my inability to say NO to certain things and restrain my nafsu also contributed to the time constraint. Sometimes I put my responsibility as a Muslim lower than my other responsibilities and that is definitely wrong.

Action cant be undone, words can never be replaced and time will not come back. Who asked me not to utilise this month to its best??! Huhu.. “Come on la, next year the whole cycle’ll be repeated.. Excited initially, but losing interest towards the end” That’s what been playing in my mind. But, I dont want that to happen. I want to be a better Muslim..

Though it sounds like I’ve wasted this Ramadhan, that might not be true at all. There are moments that I knew I’d appreciate and everything that happened shall be an experience and a lesson for me. To those who had improved themselves, Alhamdulillah. I’m happy for you guys and jealous!! Haha. Yet, what’s more important is post-Ramadhan. Will we stay istiqamah with the changes we’d gone through during Ramadhan, or we’ll succumb to the challenges far greater in Syawal and months following?

‘O Allah, I know I’m no one compared to those who obediently serve you. But please guide us to stay on the right path, please do not take the Hidayah that You’d given us, because without you, we’re no one. Please allow us to meet Ramadhan again in the future..’

‘And please, O Allah, let us stay istiqamah in facing the tougher challenges in the future. Ease our life in this world and hereafter. From You we seek forgiveness, and from You we seek Guidance.’

Amin

Assalamualaikum..Ya Allah, lama rasanye tak kemaskini blog ni. 3 minggu yg lepas mmg minggu yg menguji mental dan fizikal. Dgn IMU Cupnye,Comm Med Reportnya, sampai rasa menyesal sgt sbb tak dapat gunakan bulan Ramadhan ni dgn terbaik. Dan minggu lepas, akhirnya perkara yg ditunggu-tunggu pelajar JPA sampai jua.

Grouping utk PMS. Hmm, sy masih tak faham kenapa diorang tak hantar awal2 lg. Tp,takpe la, janji da dapat. Pd mulanya, sy dimasukkan ke group2 -Ireland,Australia,New Zealand,Canada, UK. Pelik jugak rasanya sebab Ireland cuma ada 1 uni je, Galway dan cuma ada 4 tempat je. Maknanya ramai la yg akan ke Australia.Tiba2 ari semalam keluar grouping baru dan terkejut sungguh bila sy dapat ke UK. Alhamdulillah Tak terkata perasaan masa tu. Huhu. Syukur byk kepada ALLAH dan lepas ni kenalah fokus utk luluskan EOS 5. Doakan sy ye kwn2!!

Bila fikir balik, terasa cepat sgt masa berlalu.. Dah 2 tahun lebih rupanya kat IMU dan dah byk kenangan yg dicipta di sini.Sementara ada lg 2 bulan sebelum tamat sem 5, sy terasa perlu utk sy catatkan sesuatu khas buat rakan2 yg begitu penting dalam hidup sy :). Nak cakap, tak pandai sgt. Jadi baik dicoretkan isi hati di sini dgn harapan ada yg membaca :P.

Kepada rakan INTEC ALM6 di IMU,

Pejam celik2, dah 4 tahun lebih kita kenal.. Ingat lagi masa mula2 masuk kelas dulu, sorang pun tak kenal. Huhu. Tp sekejap je da kenal ngan korang. Korang sume mmg best, mmg terbaik!! Sy bangga dan bersyukur dpt rakan-rakan macam korang. Setiap satu dr kita ada kelebihan masing2.

Sy nak ambik kesempatan kat sini utk minta maaf la kalo penah dlm tempoh kita kenal ade sakitkan hati atau ade yg tak puas hati. Sy tau yg sy tak sempurna, mesti ade buat silap yg sy sedar atau tak. Yg korang tak puas hati tp tak nak cakap :P. Minta maaf ye.

Byk kenangan dgn korang sume.. Kat INTEC mahupun IMU.. Terima kasih byk2 sebab bg sokongan kat sy selama ni. Terutamanye kat IMU. Kalau korang takde, mmg terumbang-ambing la hidup kat sini. Pasni kita sume akan pegi ikut hala tuju masing ikut matching dan tak lg blaja satu uni. Mmg tak puas hati mula2 dulu ngan dak2 PMC Ye ah, diorang pegi sana Uni dekat2, balik sini kumpul skali.

Tp bila fikir balik, kdg2 perpisahan tu akan jadikan satu2 hubungan lg kuat, selagi bersandarkan alasan yg kukuh. Dan bole la jln2 Uni2 kat negara lain pasni. Huhu.. Syaratnya sume kene pas EOS5!! dan OSCE. Usaha ye rakan2! Kita gunakan 2 bulan yg tinggal sebaik mungkin dan ada byk lg misi sy nak capai ngan korang sume InsyaALLAH.

Kepada rakan2 IMU,

Alhamdulillah.. Sy bersyukur byk2 dpt masuk IMU dan dapat kenal korg sume. Baik senior, baik junior, anda semua mmg..termantap ah! Sy seronok berkawan ngan korg, buat aktiviti sama2. Semua tu pengalaman menarik yg akan sy simpan sampai bila. Dikir barat, futsal, MSOC, Speech Club dan sebagainya.

Siapa kat IMU tak best?! Syg sgt kalau bila kelua IMU, member kita org yg sama je. Anda sume telah membuka mata sy ttg pelbagai ragam kehidupan. Dan sebgai minoriti, muslim di IMU byk sgt membantu sy menyesuaikan diri dgn keadaan. Kpd junior2 sume, jgn kecewa kalau IMU tak seseronok tempat2 lain yg rakan2 anda pergi.. Yg menjadikan tempat ni seronok korg, bukan org lain :)

Bila da dekat habis sem5 ni, hati mmg slalu terasa berat nak tinggalkan IMU. Tp nak buat camne, setiap pertemuan ade perpisahan, dan sy hrp sgt ukhuwah/ tali persaudaraan yg kita bina adalah kerana ALLAH. Jadi bertemu dan berpisah kita juga kerana DIA. Minta maaf sekali lg sekiranya ada sesiapa yg pernah tersinggung dgn diri ni. InsyaALLAH, masa 2 bulan ni, akan sy gunakan sebaik mungkin utk mencipta kenangan2 baru utk dinikmati pd masa akan dtg..

Kepada rakan2 yg tak tersebut di sini, bukan bermakna anda semua tak penting. Penting.. Cuma kalo nak tulis semua, mau sehari semalam tulis. Hahaha

Akhir kata..

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI!! MAAF ZAHIR BATIN!!

Promoting a big event

Promo Video

Hello Guys!! I’m Karim from M207 Malaysian Studies Class. I want to inform you all that we’re having a major event for our project entitled ‘MALAYSIA: ROAD TO 2009′

Details of events are as follows

Date  : 20th August 2009

Afternoon : Time   : 11.30am – 3.00pm

(Officiating Ceremony): Venue : Atrium

Night: Time   : 7.45pm – 10.45pm

(Malaysian Night): Venue : Lecture Theatre 2

Come n Join Us!

In the afternoon, we’re having a carnival with lots of FOODS, GAMES, AND EXHIBITION. Besides that, there’ll also be a variety of cultural performances including traditional dances, chinese flute and singing performance. To cap it off, there’ll be A FASHION SHOW, with IMU students as the models. They’ll be showcasing sponsored clothings, hair-style and make-up.

In addition, we’ll also celebrate the MERDEKA DAY and we’d like to request that everyone wears their traditional clothes to make the event livelier and more colourful

And for the VERY FIRST TIME, IMU will have a MALAYSIAN NIGHT~ You can have the opportunities to watch and enjoy multi-cultural performances by our students. We’ll have dikir barat, sketches, silat, Bhangra dance and many other performances. Make sure you’ll come and be entertained!!

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT US!! YOU’LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING OUR NATION! THANK YOU!

Salam,

Hari ini sy ke masjid utk solat Isyak berjemaah. Selesai solat sunat selepas Isyak sy duduk sebentar, sekadar merehatkan minda. Sebelah sy ade sorang pakcik ni yg mmg ada sedikit masalah mental, tp dia tidak pernah buat masalah dan setiap kali masuk waktu solat, dia pasti akan ke surau utk solat berjemaah dgn cara dia yg tersendiri

Sdg berehat, sy tersentak mendengar dia berzikir begitu kuat, mcm menjerit, mengikuti imam berzikir. Rasa tak selesa juga dibuatnya apatah lg bila org ramai memandang sinis pakcik ni. Kemudian, terlintas di fikiran sy.. Kenapa semua orang memandang pakcik ni sebegitu rupa.. Sbb dia terjerit2 masa zikir?

Pastu, terfikir lg.. Apa bezanya pakcik ni dgn org lain yg zikirnya mungkin lebih bersopan(tak kisahlah sir/jahar)? Yg akan membezakannya hanyalah pada hati. Adakah masa kita menyebut nama Allah berulang kali selepas solat dan pd ketika lain, kita hanya sekadar sebut di bibir shj? Tp tidak diskalikan dgn hati yg menghayati setiap bait zikir? Sekiranya ya, pd sy takde bezanya lah kita dgn pakcik tu. Entah2 dia pun lebih menghayati..

Zikrullah itu sgt penting dan baik utk diamalkan. Ia akan jd lebih baik sekiranya ia membawa kpd fikir dan bukan sekadar mengikut. Tp, mengikut lebih baik dr tak buat langsung :). Haha.. Ringkasnya, mulakan dgn hafal, tambahbaikkan dgn faham, insyaALLAH membawa kpd yakin.

And now,reporting from Klang Gates. . . .Saturday,25th July 09

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!! It was really more than what I’d expected. Thanks to Ray Mun for being such a great guide. And thanks to those who joined this trip : Kamal,Jo,Rahimi,Pije,Am,Faiz,Aiman,Mel,Ray Mun,Farhan,Syafiq and Syazwan. You guys made this trip livelier.

The trip was planned in just a week. Once I got permissions from my parents(thanks mom and dad) after promising them to be very careful, I called up as many friends as possible to invite them for this trip. It was meant for us to just have fun, enjoy the beauty of nature, and get to know each other better.

All 13 of us gathered in Bukit Jalil at 5.30am in the morning. After listening to Ray Mun’s briefing on the expected journey that day, we made our move to Klang Gates. We stopped by a mosque at Melawati for our Subuh prayer and then reach the destination at 6.40am. After warming up and some stretching exercise, we started our climb that day at exactly 6.51am that day hoping that we’ll still be able to catch the sunrise.

After 15min, I was already trying to catch my breath and my legs were hurting. I wasnt fit at all!! Along the way to the first peak, we rested and took photos few times. The track was intially a normal forest terrain, but as it gets higher, we were basically rock climbing. Klang Gates was unique as it is not like a normal hill, it is more of a ‘banjaran’ with 5 to 7 peaks. It is one of the longest quartz range in Asia or world.

Along the climb, there were few scary moments. As we’re going up and down the peaks, there are places where we’d need to use rope to go down a cliff. And at one point I wasnt able to reach for the lower place to put my foot. Luckily Ray Mun was there to help me n I prayed hard to God that I wont fall. That’s when I realise how tiny n helpless I was in comparison with God’s creation. Yet, we’re so proud of ourselves that we ALWAYS forgot about him.

All the hardwork was worth it. Everytime we reache a peak, we felt a surge of satisfaction. The view from above was astonishing. We could see clearly the water area, UIA n the whole area of Melawati, Gombak. Subhanallah~ And the best was when we coul see the sun-rise. Although we’re a bit late, we could still see the sun came out of the hazy area. It was one of the most memorable  experience. I was just stunned there,enjoying every single moment.

After the fifth peak, we made our way down the hill. Thankfully, the route down was less treacherous than going up. We went through an orchard area where there were many fruit trees such as durian, rambutan, jackfruit n mangosteen. Oh my, if only we could take an eat some of them, the fiery red rambutan n nice-smelling jackfruit.. Huhu, but they’re not ours :P, so cannot take

We reached our car at exactly 10.55, 4 hours after we started the expedition. Each n everyone of us was tired (except Ray Mun :)) an we decided to go to a river near Zoo Negara just to cap off the day and refresh ourselves. The place was called ISI RIMBA and we spent almost an hour in the cool water,trying to rejuvenate ourselves as much as possible. And after taking the last group photo, we headed back to IMU an went for lunch in Ajimal Razim

The whole trip was an extraordinary experience especially for some of us who’d never went for a hike b4. We managed to build a stronger relationship in the end. And the climb itself taught us things u wont learn in lecture. The spirit of teamwork, staying positive and never give up were practised through out the journey. And to be able to witness Almighty God’s creation made us bow down to Him. Alhamdulillah, with His permission, everything went well and we came back in one piece, maybe tired physically but mentally and spiritually, we’d grown stronger

Waiting for the next trip..