Happy New Year 2011

Wishing you a very prosperous New Year 2011!My resolutions for Year 2011:Arabic class - I took arabic class in Singapore. So, I wish to continue it here!Swimming class - To learn water threading and conquer my fear of swimming in deep waterTraveling - To unfreeze my traveling plan (after I settle my house)Majlis Ilmu - To make time to attend majlis ilmu - to flourish mind, body and soulContinue finding my other half :-)Gym at home - My gym membership was over last Nov. So, I plan to continue my gym routine at my new houz! Music track is ready (downloaded from internet). Next, I will just have to buy yoga mat, that's a...

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Rock climbing rocks!

For the last company's Rest & Relax (R&R) activity, we went for rock climbing at camp5, OU. Our office is just next door, so we got pretty good corporate discount :-) I was thrilled because I haven't done this before and looking forward to it. It's really cool man! We had 1 hour of climbing trials and then another hour for games. The climbing trials started with the cave set (medium height rock set) with safety mattress on the floor just to get the feel of it. It was followed by the castle wall (8m in height) where we climb up with the belayer at the ground. Finally, it's the game time. We had to compete among the teams. Each team will...

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Achievement vs brain drain

Last Wed night, I attended a talk by Shaykh Afifi Al Akiti on the topic "Pursuing the path of knowledge". Shaykh Afifi Al Akiti is Fellow in Islamic Studies at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Islamic Centre Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford and is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford where he teaches both Islam and Christianity. Born in Malaysia, pursued and received a First Class degree in Scholastic Philosophy and History of Science from the Queen's University Belfast and subsequently completed his DPhil in Medieval Arabic Philosophy from Oxford University as a Clarendon Scholar in 2008....

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Heavenly Day

"Heavenly Day"Oh heavenly day, all the clouds blew awayGot no trouble today with anyoneThe smile on your face I live only to seeIt's enough for me, baby, it's enough for meOh, heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly dayTomorrow may rain with sorrowHere's a little time we can borrowForget all our troubles in these moments so fewAll we've got right now, the only thing thatAll we really have to doIs have ourselves a heavenly dayLay here and watch the trees swayOh, can't see no other way, no way, no wayHeavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly dayNo one at my shoulder bringing me fearsGot no clouds up above me bringing me tearsGot nothing to tell you, I've got nothing much to sayOnly I'm glad to be here with youOn this heavenly, heavenly, heavenly, heavenlyHeavenly day, all the trouble's gone awayOh,...

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Between him and her

He will never remember what he said to herand what he did for herShe will always remember every single thing he said to herand did for herbetween him and her...-s...

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A Learner

i'm neither perfect nor perishi'm the servant of Allaha learnerjust like you..-s...

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Just ASK

All we need to do is juz ASK..Ask, then you shall receiveSeek, then you shall findKnock, then it will be opened to ...

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Hope, Promise & Trust

never give hopeif you are not ready to commitnever make promiseif you can't make ithope promises trusttrust..once tortured, lost forever-s...

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Where is your smile?

Where is your smile?Maybe you dropped it on the way to workstruggling through your hectic lifeWhere is your smile?Maybe you lost it in the concrete jungglefull of skyscrapers aroundWhere is your smile?Maybe you deleted itdumped into the Recycle bin of your laptopWhere is your smile?Maybe you kept it in your pocketForgottenWashed and tumbled-dry your laundryFind your smilePlace it on your reddish lipsWhere it belongs ..Smile always..-s...

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You and I

I listen with my earsYou just hearI see with my eyesYou just lookIt's not that you're too old to rememberIt's just how much you care to remember-s...

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Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest

Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.Al-Quran Surah Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder) 13...

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Reading

Reading is a comfort for lonely,a stimulant for the thinker,and lamp for the travel...

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Pelangi (Rainbow)

Kadang² Allah sembunyikan matahari..Dia datangkan petir dan kilat..kita menangis dan tertanya-tanya,kemana hilangnya sinar..Rupa²nya.. Allah nak hadiahkan kita pelangi.."Sometimes Allah hide from us the sun..Flash us with thunder and storm..We cry and wonderWhere is the light..To our surprise... Allah is blessing us with rainbo...

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Everything happens with a reason

Sometimes Allah breaks our spirit to save our soul.He breaks our heart to make us whole.He sends us pain so we can be stronger.He sends us failure so we can be humble.He sends us illness so we can take care of ourselves.Sometimes Allah takes everything away from us so we can learn the value of everything He gave ...

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Welcome

I created this blog to share my viewpoints and perspective on topics that I find interesting and worth to talk about for the purpose of reflections and learning.Topics like economy, social, education, civic awareness and religion. I will also share my personal life experiences like the people I met, places I went, adventure I experienced, knowledge I learned and books I read.So, you will find the thoughts that lingering in my mind, the emotions I feel in my heart, the experience I see in my own eyes and the journey I embark on.It feels good when I read it again somewhere in the future.Enj...

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