18 Jun 2011 - Paris, France (1 day 1 night)

1 day 1 night in Paris, believe it or not?P/S: It was a rush trip. Business trip cum super speed sightseeing. No time for reading/get-to-know the places before flying. You know what, I simply stopped by and enjoy, sometimes (or most of the time) without knowing what-the-hell I'm staring at / visiting to! So, this post is a way for me put pieces together.Friday, 17 Jun 2011, 6PM. Rushed out from Quintiq office, took taxi to train station and boarded train to Amstel to catch 10PM Eurolines bus to Paris!Gallienie, ParisSaturday, 18 Jun 2011, 6AM. Reached the bus stop at Gallienie. From there, we took metro to Trocadero, then walk to Eiffel Tower....

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Papa, what is my name?

Congrates to Pak Lah & Intan for their cute newly born baby boy! He's automatically the KL Gamblerz junior member!Baby: Papa, what's my name? Say my name, say my name. If no one is around you, say "baby I love you". Uncle Erik: Hey baby, it's okay. If papa doesn't give u name, I will give u one :-) 'Ahmad Aaron Ahmad Abdullah'. Baby with his Tummy Time Gym!Baby: Thank you, Uncle Erik & Aunty Wanie. You guys are very advanced. I've got to work-out hard and I'll show you my 6-pax real so...

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Deen Tight: Bridging faith, music & tradition

Islamic music has long been rigidly related to just nasyeed, an Islamic vocal music that is either sung a capella or accompanied by percussion instruments such as the daff. In general, true Islamic nasyeed does not contains lamellaphone instruments, string instruments or wind and brass instruments as Muslim scholars interpret Islam as prohibiting the use of musical instruments except for some basic percussion.Nowadays, a new refreshing Islamic music has became phenomenal through the evolution of songs with Islamic values lyrics in variety of genre such as R&B, Soul, pop, hip-hop, rock, metal and you-name-it. Just look at the popularity of...

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