New member December 2, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi all

The last thing I’d imagined myself at the age of 21 was getting married.

The last thing I’d imagined myself at the age of 22 was being a father-to-be.

Alhamdulillah, all praise are only due to Allah. I remember calling mak quite a few times listening her saying the same words

“dah nak jadi bapak kitak jib…”

“you’re about to become a father jib (najib)”

Deep inside, I know mak still couldn’t believe her baby child is about to have a baby himself and in the first place, her son married?

Alhamdulillah, mak, abah, mama and abah have always been supportive, it might have not been easy for us surviving without their encouragement and help.

He or She is not ‘here’ with us yet, still hiding in her mummy’s tummy,

but I would like to introduce the new member soon gonna join us here,

He/She has been doing great so far. Recently, Naili had spotted movements from her tummy, and I for once, saw it!

I pray to Allah SWT to give excellent health, strength and blessings for my wife and my child. I thank Allah for the great gift and opportunity which I will cherish to the end of my life.

Ok later alligator.

Love Story November 20, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi all!

I’ve got friends who are now married, friends who are ‘progressing well’, friends who are in ‘ana-anti relationship’ and quite a number in undefined unknown relationships.

Whichever relationship you are in, hope you find this word doc useful.

Kisah Cinta Nabi SAW

Save or open it first, then read it straight away cause if you don’t, you’ll never find the time to actually read it.

I hope you find it useful. If you don’t feel like reading it now, keep it for youreference in the future.

Indeed, Rasulullah is the best role model of all time.

Sunnah hari Jumaat November 6, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT

Alhamdulillah dah pun hari Jumaat. Dalam manusia2 sekeliling kita sibuk nak clubbing malam ni, Rasulullah anjurkan kepada kita beberapa perkara untuk kita lakukan, yang tak perlu modal pun,  tapi ganjarannya maha besar di akhirat kelak.

Jangan kat akhirat nanti, bila dah nak diazab Allah, (kita berlindung kepada Allah daripada azabNya) baru kita nak muhasabah. pandai pulak nak muhasabah.

“kalaulah aku rajin siket pada setiap hari jumaat….”

1. MANDI

Sabda baginda yang bermaksud,
“Apabila datang kepada kamu hari Jumaat, maka mandilah.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari dan Muslim).

2. Menghias dan Pakai Wangi-wangian

Menghias diri, memakai pakaian yang baik dan memakai wangi-wangian Hari Jumaat umpama hari raya untuk minggu tersebut. Justeru, kita disunatkan menghias diri dengan kadar yang dibenarkan oleh syarak dengan memakai pakaian yang baik dan berwangi-wangian.

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud:
“Sesiapa yang mandi pada hari Jumaat, memakai pakaiannya yang paling baik, memakai bauan yang ada di rumahnya, kemudian dia pergi untuk menunaikan solat Jumaat tanpa melangkah tengkuk orang lain, solat seperti mana yang telah ditetapkan untuknya, diam ketika imam keluar sehingga dia selesai menunaikan solatnya, maka semuanya itu akan menghapuskan segala dosa yang dilakukannya dalam tempoh di antara Jumaat tersebut dan Jumaat selepas itu.” (Riwayat Ibnu Hibban dan Al-Hakim)

Sekiranya kita mampu pakailah baju berwarna putih pada hari Jumaat.

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud,
“Pakailah pakaian kamu yang berwarna putih. Sesungguhnya ia adalah pakaian kamu yang paling baik dan kafankanlah orang-orang yang telah meninggal dunia di kalangan kamu dengannya.”

3. Memotong Kuku

Islam amat mementingkan kebersihan dan kekemasan.

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud,
“Lima perkara daripada fitrah iaitu berkhatan, mencukur bulu ari-ari, mencabut bulu ketiak, memotong kuku dan menggunting misai.”
(Riwayat Al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

Persoalan kebersihan hendaklah diberi perhatian pada sepanjang masa terutama pada hari Jumaat kerana pada hari tersebut kita akan pergi beramai-ramai ke masjid dan berjumpa dengan saudara seagama. Sudah tentu kita tidak mahu dipandang hina oleh orang lain hanya kerana kita tidak mahu menjaga kebersihan dan kekemasan diri.

4. Membaca Surah al-Kahfi

Sunat membaca Surah al-Kahfi pada malam dan hari Jumaat.

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud,
“Sesiapa yang membaca Surah al-Kahfi pada hari Jumaat, nescaya dia akan dikurniakan cahaya di antara kedua-dua Jumaat berkenaan.”
(Riwayat Al-Hakim dan Al-Baihaqi)

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w lain yang bermaksud,
“Sesiapa yang membaca Surah al-Kahfi pada malam Jumaat, nescaya dia akan dikurniakan cahaya di antaranya dan Baitul `Atiq.”
(Riwayat Al-Baihaqi)

5. Memperbanyak Doa

Doa adalah senjata bagi orang-orang yang beriman. Kita mempunyai ramai musuh sama ada di dalam atau luar diri kita, di samping berhadapan dengan banyak cabaran sepanjang hidup kita. Sehubungan itu, kita amat mengharapkan pertolongan dan rahmat daripada Allah s.w.t untuk menghadapi segala ujian ini. Antaranya dengan cara berdoa.

Kita digalakkan untuk banyak berdoa, apatah lagi pada malam dan hari Jumaat terutama sekali semasa waktu-waktu mustajab berdoa. Di antara hadis Rasulullah s.a.w mengenai perkara ini ialah

Sabda baginda yang bermaksud,
“Waktu mustajab berdoa itu ialah masa di antara imam duduk sehingga selesai solat.”
(Riwayat Muslim).

6. Berselawat

Berselawat ke atas Nabi Muhammad s.a.w
Pada hari Jumaat, kita juga disunatkan supaya banyak berselawat ke atas junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Sabda baginda yang bermaksud,
“Sesungguhnya hari kamu yang paling utama ialah hari Jumaat. Maka perbanyakkanlah selawat ke atasku pada hari itu. Sesungguhnya selawat kamu akan dibentangkan di hadapanku.”

Sumber: Tak berapa pasti dari mana, maaf2.

Moga bermanfaat insyaAllah.

Walimah Kami di Ampang August 18, 2009

Assalamualaikum wbt sahabat-sahabat yang dikasihi…

Dah terbengkalai lama juga blog kami ni..

And this entry will be full of thanks and credits.

It has been almost a month, and still, we haven’t written anything on our reception which took place in Ampang on the 18^th of July, 2009.

Najib and I would love to thank all our dearest friends, pakcik , makcik, an teachers for making it to our event. Special thanks to my husband’s family who came all the way from Indonesia. About 20 of them.To those who couldn’t make it, we thank you for the dua’.

Felt excited to see my good old friends. Kind of a reunion, except that I couldn’t attend to them all the time, and for that, I apologize. Sorry sangat tak sempat nak borak lama-lama.

Ulfah, my close friend, came with her family. It has been a while since I last saw them as they now live in Brunei. Muna, her youngest sister, for me was one of the cutest kids alive. As far as I can remember, I have never met her since she was born.I felt delighted, just to see, and listen to her. Comel! Thank you Uncle Zainudin and family for coming that far from Brunei. We’ll meet each other again, Insyaallah, during ulfah’s wedding, soon.Kan ulfah?hihi.

Loads of thanks to my precious, beloved friends -Ika,Ecah, Dina,Eizzah, Karm, Wani, Amar Amirah,Lily, Pico, Adilah, Hanani,Ibtisam, Dina (Hamidians), Kauthar, Aqilah, Amni, Suliana, Nazirah,Ida (Kisasians), Mar, Didi(KYUEMians), and rakan kembar empatku – Faziela and Asilah.It would be greater if Huda could be with us that day, but something came up.

Not to forget, my sister and teacher – Kak Nurin and family for willing to come far from Johor just to attend our walimah. Seronok jumpe Fida’ and Hanzalah, although they can no longer recognized me. Fida’ dah tinggi,kurus, dan jual mahal. Hanzalah masih terserlah gaya-gaya ultraman nya.

Last but not least, to my relatives and family, thank you so much for helping us out during and before the event. Especially to mama and abah, who put in so much effort, planning and managing everything for us. Mama said that she couldn’t sleep the night before. I heard such thing would happen to the bride’s mum, but didn’t know it was true until it happened to my own mama. Mama herself didn’t exactly know why. Not that she was that worried as everything was prearranged, she claimed. But that was the only reason I think. Thanks again mama.

To elin and yaya – Angah thank you for giving us big big assistance

To along – Thank you, and sorry that we didn’t manage to take a family photo like u wished. People kept coming,making mama and abah so busy,and the photographer was everywhere but not nearby,making it hard for us to gather for a pic together.Plus I was rushing for Zuhr. Nanti along kawin , kite amik gambar eh.

Ucapan selamat buat rakan-rakan yang akan mendirikan rumahtangga pula selepas ini..Samada yang sedang menghitung hari, sedang merancang atau masih belum terfikir. =) Comel je kawan2ku ni usik mengusik pasal kawin2 ni..Apa-apa pun, all the best ye sayang-sayangku sekalian. Aku doakan yang terbaik buat kalian. Moga Allah permudahkan segala urusan.Jangan lupa doakan kami ..

That Girl July 14, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT and Hi all

We set foot back again in Malaysia on the 25^th of June 2009 ( though I made mama and abah waited for us, for hours at the airport on the 24^th..Hihi..My bad).

Had jetlag for two days and got myself ready for YTN Reorientation Programme For Overseas Students on the 28^th .

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from the programme. Gone through it the first time,two years ago before we left for the UK, and I had to say that it wasn’t fun at all, especially the outdoor part. Fyi, it was a week long programme,where 3 days were spent at Residence Hotel with mostly talks from TNB representatives as the main activities, and the remaining were spent at a campsite. This year’s was different from the one I had two years ago by huge!! Didn’t expect it all..Have to thank beloved YTN’s staff for getting better at organizing this. Time at the campsite was a great joy with the company of sweet Lilian, Hanim and Farah.

The one week I spent with them has become one of the most memorable moments in my life,and will forever be imprinted in my head, Insyaallah . I met beautiful people with beautiful soul, and I would like to share about one of them with you guys.

To her, whom I’m sure will be reading this, hope you don’t mind me sharing my once of a lifetime experience, meeting a person like you. Ala, I bet people will know pun who she is coz I have mentioned all the girls’ names above.Hihi

She looked like a quiet, nice, sweet Chinese girl when I first saw her. Bile dah kenal, ya Allah, banyak cakap betul budak ni.But I love listening to her. She’s funny and at times she used Indonesian slang in conversation, like      “ Ya ampun! ”. and she’s also used to common phrases for Muslims like MasyaAllah, and Alhamdulillah. I wasn’t that surprised at first coz I had Phoebe last time who’s not much different. I think we became closer after I shared my love story, with her, and that was after she met my kekasih hati when he joined us for dinner with the YTN staffs and students .Makan sate kajang lagi.Terima kasih YTN!

Back to the story. I asked her why was she interested with my story, and her answer was that she wanted to learn. Katanya, kalau dia ada sayang seseorang,biarlah yang seorang itu sahaja yang akan jadi suami dia nanti. And she does know that perempuan yang baik adalah untuk lelaki yang baik.Lelaki yang beriman adalah untuk perempuan yang beriman, and that was when we started reading the Quran together, searching for something related to our conversation. It touched my heart so much looking at how she knew certain phrases and verses in the Quran. She said that she read the translations sometimes coz her roomie in college is an Indonesian Muslim.

One thing I like about the campsite we went to was that almost every after prayer was filled with tazkirah session, and she would join us, asking questions whenever she heard unusual terms, like munafiq, ibadah,etc…

And there was this one time when she asked me to teach her to say “walhamdulillahirabbila’lamin..”. Comel betul!! Maybe she heard it from the du’a recited. Saat yang paling menyentuh hatiku ini, bila si dia mengikut kami mengalunkan zikir memuji kebesarannya..Subhanallah..Allahuakbar..Alhamdulillah..Ya Allah, tersentuh sangat hati ni,tak dapat nak bendung air mata.

She also asked about the jemaah prayer ,saying she likes it..Macam tenang je , katanya. She even has her own favourite phrase in the Quran which is Surah An Nur: 56

Dan laksanakanlah solat, tunaikanlah zakat, dan taatilah Rasul (Muhammad ), agar kamu diberi rahmat.

Pelik tapi benar. She said she loved it and that’s for me another wonder of the world.

Only Allah knows what’s in her heart.

Sungguh, aku sangat kagum dengan dia.

“ Kenapa orang pakai tudung tapi tak tutup dada?Kena tutup kan?”

“Kenapa diorang campurkan saja lelaki perempuan?Tak sesuailah” .

She said this upon looking at a group of adults, having activities which for me was not suitable for people yang dah berpangkat suami-suami dan isteri-isteri orang.Lebih kurang menjatuhkan maruah masing-masing.Sehingga merisaukan aku, adakah aku juga akan melalui kursus sebegitu bila bekerja nanti.

It struck me at how a non Muslim can be more sensitive than us, Muslims.

At times, I was scared and ashamed of myself for not being able to answer her well. Risau juga dengan peribadi sendiri yang tak berapa nak betul ni..

Currently,she’s exploring the Quran, everyday, reading Al Imran as of now.

The one week with her, for me, is a precious gift from Allah..Ku ceritakan ini untuk mengingatkan diriku dan semua akan tanggungjawab kita sebagai Khalifah Allah. Nikmat Allah paling besar adalah iman dan Islamnya kita ini, sejak lahir lagi..Tak adil kan bagi kita untuk simpan nikmat tu sendiri-sendiri je. Moga Allah beri kekuatan pada kita semua untuk menyebarkan kata-kata Nya walau sepotong ayat.

To YOU, I pray for you,His guidance and love. Cant wait for you to join us.

Moga Dia permudahkan urusanmu ya ukhti..

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Of New Born Babies, Fida and Hanzalah July 14, 2009

Assalamualaikum..

Hope everyone is in good health and iman.

It has been a long while since I posted something. I thought I would be actively writing stuff here after my second year exam, but ..well, it was just hard for me to start..Aduh,kenapalah tu ye..Learn one thing, never procrastinate!

I have been wanting to say this for so long..About a month ago, while I was blog hopping, I came across few of my seniors’ blogs . Praises be to Allah, they are all now happy mothers. Thanks to Atiqah, Arifin’s wife, and a momma to be, through the blogs she linked , I somehow found Kak Mursyida’s and Kak Marhamah’s. Seniorku di KISAS dulu. Both of them ni contoh muslimah sejati I would say. =)

It’s a bit late now, but still, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate them both for the birth of their gorgeous babies, Balqis and Ilham..

May them both grow to become beautiful and solehah princesses .

Alhamdulillah,my beloved Kak Nurin, pon has safely given birth to a beautiful baby, named Ikrimah . Hanzalah and Fida’ dah dapat adik!

He’s such an eye candy, baru lahir lagi, dah senyum when his pic was taken..I really want to see more of him but abi nya kata, camera dah pecah angkara si comel Hanzalah..

Maybe some of you knew Hanzalah and Fida’. My biggest obsession since my early days in Southampton. I used to put up loads of their pics in my friendster profile.

Rindunya kat diorang ni…I went to Kelas Tafsir conducted by their mum, Kak Nurin, everyweek in my first year, and they would be there too of course..A reason for me not to miss the class..Bukan wrong intention, but just another source of motivation.

Rindunya fida’ si mulut muncung dan Hanzalah si abang hensem..Hihi.

I really want to visit the cute siblings, but it’s quite hard.They are in Johor now.These 3 weeks since our arrival, were quite hectic for me, since I’m doing my industrial training now. And yes, I’m writing this at my workstation.Bukan cari tulang!! It’s just that our working hour is flexible ,said some. The truth is, we spent most of our time reading manuals,magazines, newspapers, and reports, rather then visiting the site where all the gas turbines are. The turbines here are only running should there is excess demand to be met, hence, not much things to do if we don’t persistently bug the technician and tag along whenever they want to do mantainance work. Enough on the working experience. I might will write more about it later, hope that this 1 month of practical wont be too boring of an experience. Later,peeps!

Job Hunting June 29, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT

Naili will be busy through out this month and I’m currently looking a way to get busy myself. Honestly, it is just not right to remain idle or UNbusy at your in-law’s house.

So I went to 2 schools in BB Bangi today, asking for a guru sandaran job, just in case they have one.

When I first got into the school office I went like… am I serious?

I know deep inside, I’m a lousy teacher, well talking through experience, yes I’m reasonably BAD at teaching. I hardly remember any friend who understand anything I taught them. You know, I just don’t want to spoil others’ kids. But yea, talent is a mysterious thing, it will somehow appear, I want to believe that.

So I applied for the jobs, and hopefully they’ll ring me back in few days time. Not happy with just 2 tries, I went to Midvalley and KLCC for the same purpose.

Surprisingly, there are LOADS of job vacancies. Unfortunately, most of them require a female sales assistant (why???), chinese and expecting employee to work at least more than a month.

Of all the stores, I managed to get one application form from a carpet store. So, we’ll see how it goes.

Dear friends, if you know any temporary job vacancy somewhere in KL for this one month, do let me know. I’m not that desperate, but please help me find a way to a more meaningful life…

p/s: Naili is now at her YTN camp. She’ll be back in a couple of days. Pray for her safety =)

2 Nikmat May 17, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT and hi peeps,

A good friend of mine, Hisyam gave a short tazkirah this morning during the Fajr prayer regarding 2 important nikmats that we, at times or often neglect and forget.

They are our Eyesight and Hearing.

Everyone likes free stuff. I like free stuff. You like free stuff. The tastiest food in the world is the free one. The nicest place to visit is the one without entrance fee. That’s fact.

How generous Allah is. The two large nikmats come FREE. Not a single pence charged.

But so much that we love free stuff, we often FAIL to appreciate them as much as the ones we paid or worked for. Without doubt, most of us fail to appreciate our eyesight and hearing. Not only that, we MISUSE it.

You have no idea what exactly this misuse word refers to?

Two good examples most of us actually do DAILY.

1. Dengar orang mengumpat/mengeji orang lain.

2. Melihat aurat orang lain yang tidak selayaknya dilihat.

Reminding myself and everyone else, That’s not right mate.

Mentioned in the Quran, Surah Ibrahim:7

Dan (ingatlah) ketika Tuhanmu memaklumkan, ‘Sesungguhnya jika kamu bersyukur, niscaya Aku akan menambah (nikmat) kepadamu, tetapi jika kamu mengingkari (nikmat Allah) maka pasti azabku amat berat’

To imagine how painful ‘azab berat’ Allah is, is just too painful. Everyone should have realized that the misuse of nikmat Allah resort you to ‘mengingkari (nikmat Allah)’ and ‘mengingkari (nikmat Allah)’ brings you to azab Allah yang berat. waliyyazubillah.

We don’t want to result to that.

The Malays say it,

Tak kenal maka tak cinta

In order for us to appreciate or love more of our god given eyesight, we thus need to know more about it.Have we loved and appreciated our eyesight, let’s then use it correctly and see what our eyes deserve to see.

Some cool and true facts you might not know about our Eyes.

1. Are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.
2. Are composed of more than two million working parts.
3. Can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.
4. Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.
5. Utilize 65% of all the pathways to the brain.
6. Can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles and organs in your body.
7. In a normal life-span, will bring you almost 24 million images of the world around you.
8. The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.
9. The adult eyeball measures about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Of its total surface area only one-sixth is exposed — the front portion.
10. The eye is the only part of the human body that can function at 100% ability at any moment, day or night, without rest. Your eyelids need rest, the external muscles of your eyes need rest, the lubrication of your eyes requires replenishment, but your eyes themselves “never” need rest.
11. Contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge!!

Now you know eh?

Give justice to your eyes.

Allah knows best.

Rover is over May 16, 2009

Alhamdulillah..Alhamdulillah..Alhamdulillah..Rover is over…

We had our rover trial this morning, and I’m happy with the outcome. Although our rover did not manage to complete the U turn, I’m grateful enough that the rover at least moved, following the reflective tape on the track ..

I was so nervous this morning, scared that it wont be functioning properly, as it was kind of fickle, most of the time, for unknown reasons..kadang-kadang melompat la, ada buat flip siap..ish2..Sometimes, the problem could be the front tyre, or sometimes, nasty and messy wire connections..

Sebelum ni selalu tensen sebab rover, spending weeks in the lab, just to get the sensors working, when actually the circuit board used, yang faulty..Things like that ..and sometimes stressed out sebab rasa banyak sangat kerja kena buat, and of course abang lah yang menjadi mangsa, tempat aku mencurah air mata..Why is it such a big thing? Cause this particular module is counted as 2 units for the course,taking nearly a year to complete, hence is so vital for my survival! Now that rover is no more, I’m just so glad..

To my team members ( although I know they wont be reading this), thanks and sorry for everything sepanjang buat projek ni .

To all my seniors yang sangat banyak tolong kami, siap turun lab lagi nak tgkkan circuit yang taknak hidup..thanx so much : Kak Mai, Ili, Kak Nadia, Kak Izi, and Ahas..Hanya Allah jua lah yang dapat membalas jasa baik kalian.Moga Allah permudahkan kalian dengan deadlines yang sangat banyak tu, dan Kak Izi dengan urusan Phd nya…

To kawan2 yang support and messaged me last night just to wish me, thanx so much!

Last but not least, for the most special person in my life, thanx so much abang for your support, advices, patience, and LOVE.

Doakan kami yang akan exam seminggu lagi..uh, takut! abang tgh tekun belajar skarang ni,aku tekun upload gambar..nak buat macammana..kalau tak upload skarang, memang tiadalah untuk selama-lamanya..

This entry would probably be the last before exam..Until then, take care semua!

Ujian Dunia May 14, 2009

Assalamualaikum WBT

The exam is just around the corner and everyone is working very hard. The library, the workstations and anywhere you can find chairs and tables are fully occupied.

This is definitely a great chance for those who had done badly in the first semester to cover their marks in order to achieve a better overall percentage.

That of course includes me. I have no choice, I must do well this time.

My wife had several bad days around this week especially yesterday. With a lot of studies to do, she was burdened with some other less important issues with her friends that bugged her a little too much.

and it bugged me too. But I pity sayang who had been very sad for the whole day.

Being the man at home, I have to always tell myself to remain calm in whatever situation, no matter how bad it is. I always believe getting heated will not solve anything.

and it makes you look … different?

Being angry only make things even worse. So whatever the situation is, jangan marah. Sayang, la taghdab wa la tahzan. Nak jadi muka yang cam kat atas tu ke? No No…

Narrated by Bukhari, from Abu Hurairah,

Seorang lelaki telah berkata kepada Nabi SAW, ‘berilah wasiat kepada ku’. Sahut Nabi, ‘ Janganlah engkah MARAH. Kemudian ia mengulangi beberapa kali. Sabdanya, ‘Janganlah engkau MARAH.

Well, I’m currently now in the workstation, finishing my final assignment and I know Naili is at the lab working with her Rover thing.

As i feel like being nice, I dedicate this song to my lovely wife, hoping that she’d be happier after listening to it. I’m always yours sayang =)

Im Yours – Jason Mraz

I’ll talk to you guys later after the exam! Pray for us!