Spring is in the air

Winter sudah melabuhkan tirai dan musim bunga kini menunggu giliran. Bunga-bunga comel kini mula berkembang mekar, warna-warni di setiap sudut. Jadi apa lagi, kami mengambil peluang ke Albert Park (the nearest park to my house) Bergambar lagi, menambahkan koleksi memberatkan komputer huhu..But it is not for nothing tau! Mengingatkan diri akan indahnya ciptaan Ilahi dan remember Allah tidak menciptakan Alam ini dengan sia-sia. Segalanya untuk manusia berfikir, Insya Allah.
“ Maka apakah kamu mengira , bahawa sesungguhnya Kami menciptakan kamu secara main main( sesaja) dan bahwa kamu tidak akan dikembalikan kepada kami? Maka Maha Tinggi Allah, Raja Yang Sebenarnya , tidak ada Tuhan selain Dia , Tuhan ( yang mempunyai ) ‘Arasy yang mulia” ( Surah Al-Mukminun ayat 115~116)

Colorful Albert Park

Sunnatullahnya setiap yang hidup akan mati dan akan dihidupkan semula seperti bebunga yang dulunya mekar di kala matahari bersinar gemilang. Namun yang indah itu tidak kekal lama, tiba ketikanya, ia akan berakhir dan musim gugur akan tiba melenyapkan segala warna dan bila tiba waktunya kedinginan akan mengetuk segenap ruang dan tika itulah segala yang hidup akan mati.

UsratiKu in Albert Park

Bunga kini tiada lagi dan yang tinggal hanyalah dahan-dahan kering tak berdaun. Meskipun begitu, selepas waktu yang ditetapkan, bunga-bunga akan berputik kembali seolah-olah diberi peluang kedua. Dan itu tidak susah bagi Allah. Menghidupkan makhluk yang mati sebelumnya dimusim dingin lalu. Sebegitulah halnya manusia, hidup yang seketika ini hanyalah pinjaman, dan MATI itu pasti. Di alam barzakh bagaikan musim dingin, waktu penantian dihidupkan kembali ditemani soalan Mungkar dan Nankir. Moga dijaukan dari azab kubur ya Allah dan hanya amalan kita ketika itu. Al-Quran menjadi peneman, Ilmu yang ditinggalkan dinanti membuahkan hasil dan doa anak-anak yang soleh ditunggu penuh harap. Ya Allah selamatkanlah kami. Dan bila tiba waktu yang telah ditetapkan kita akan menemui Ilahi dan tika itulah segala nasib kita ditentukan. Nilai pinjamanNya ditentukan, "Berbaloikan aku meminjamkan kehidupan itu kepadamu?"Dan bagi yang menerima kitab amalannya dari arah kanan akan berbahagia, Amin. Sama-sama kita beristighfar regardless apa yang telah kita lakukan di masa lampau. Kerna Allah itu MAHA PENGAMPUN.
“ Dan orang-orang yang apabila melakukan perbuatan kejinya atau menzalimi diri mereka sendiri, tiba-tiba mereka teringatkan Allah, mereka terus memohon ampunterhadap dosa mereka dan siapakah lagi yang dapat mengampunkan dosa-dosa mereka selain Allah? Dan mereka tidak meneruskan perbuatan keji itu sedang mereka mengetahui . Balasannya ialah kemapunan Allah dari tuhan mereka .”(surah Al-Imran Ayat 135)
Semoga Musim ini akan menghasilkan bunga-bunga indah dalam diri kita semua.

Panjat2 Time

Teringat zaman dulu-dulu. Saat balik kampung adalah saat yang dinanti-nantikan. Tiap hari tiap saat kami adik beradik akan mengitung waktu. Senyuman sepupu-sepupu bersama keleteh masing-masing mula menerpa memori. Satu demi satu mula menjengah minda, mengetuk-ngetuk hati menerbitkan senyuman dibibir. Agh Rindunya. Apabala tiba saatnya kami tiba di kampung, tangan tok ayah, mek dan sesiapa yang berada di rumah di salam mesra. Melepaskan rindu di dada. Di masa lalu, kami terus 'cabut' menuju ke rumah pakcik yang berdekatan, mencari 'gang' lama. Wagh seronoknya! Kemudian pelbagai aktiviti dirancang. Dari memanjat pokok, masuk sawah, ronda keliling kampung, main jual-jual, and the list goes on. Indahnya masa lalu kan. Seandainya ia datang kembali, mahukah anda? Hehehe jika dulu saya akan mengatakan YA! Siapa mahu menolak jika dapat kembali ke zaman riang-ria seperti itu?

Panjat-panjat=D

Tapi kini, mungkin sudah berubah sikit. Kenapa kita ingin kembali kerana tanpa masa lalu mungkin kita tidak boleh menjadi seperti sekarang? Bak kata movie Yaadein, "Kata-kata mungkin hilang, But memory will remain" And betulkan=D Kenangan masa lalu lah yang akan menentukan siapa diri kita. Jika dulu kita rapat dengan sepupu sekeliling, mungkin ia membetuk diri kita menjadi orang yang pandai bergaul, jika dulu kita suka try everything jika ada peluang, mungkin anda adalah orang yang adventurous kini, jika dulu anda sering jadi main doktor-doktor, mungkin anda akan menjadi seorang bertitle sedemikian selepas ini dan that quality telah tertanam dalam diri. Mungkin, Insya Allah.
Kerana masa lalu penentu masa kini, namun masa kini tidak akan menentukan siapa anda pada masa depan.

Being Yourself

"Kita mungkin tak boleh jadi orang lain
tapi kita boleh jadi lebih baik
"

Siapa Setuju? Angkat tangan? hehhe Ramai orang yang ingin berubah tapi risau dilabel hipokrit bukan. Hal yang sering berlaku dan alasan yang sering digunapakai. Mungkin ada benarnya. Namun sejauh mana 'validity' of that alasan? Bagi saya, alasan itu kalau kalau boleh digunakan pn hanya 5%. Alasan yang terlalu lemah untuk digunakan. Kenapa risau untuk berubah? kadangkala kita terlalu concern dengan pandangan orang lain. Risau dengan imej kita dikaca mata orang lain. Saranan saya, perasaan itu perlu ditolak ketepi. (Nasihat untuk diri sendiri juga) Perubahan bukanlah perlu berlaku sekali gus, dari 0 ke kesempurnaan, 1. Namun ia ada nilai perpuluhan diantaranya 0.1, 0.2, 0.3. Jadi berubahlah mengikut skala. Dari titik ke titik. Malah diantara nilai tersebut, ada nilai yang lebih kecil lagi diantaranya seperti 0.105, 0.157. jadi kita yang menentukan sejauh mana kita ingin berubah. Mungkin sedikit demi sedikit dengan skala 0.1 atau mungkin 0.05. Kita yang menentukan ukurannya kerana kita yang ingin berubah. Dan tiada siapa yang lebih mengetahui diri kita melainkan Yang Esa dan empunya diri. Be yourself, Dont be others. We might not be able to be a completely diferent person, but we can always improve ourself, so plot your own graph=>

Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah and Abu Abdul Rahman Mu’adh bin Jabal, radiyallahu anhuma, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

“Fear Allah wherever you may be; follow up an evil deed with a good one which will wipe (the former) out, and behave good-naturedly towards people.”

[Al-Tirmidhi relates it, saying: It is a good (hasan) Tradition. In some copies he says: It is a good and genuine (hasan and sahih) Hadith.]

Hebatnya Ramadhan

Abu Hurairah ra. meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda: "Umatku telah dikurniakan dengan lima perkara yang istimewa yang belum pernah diberikan kepada sesiapa pun sebelum mereka. Bau mulut daripada seorang Islam yang berpuasa adalah terlebih harum di sisi Allah daripada bau haruman kasturi. Ikan-ikan di lautan memohon istighfar (keampunan) ke atas mereka sehinggalah mereka berbuka puasa".

Allah mempersiapkan serta menghiasi jannah yang khas setiap hari dan kemudian berfirman kepadanya: "Masanya telah hampir tiba bilamana hamba-hambaKu yang taat akan meninggalkan segala halangan-halangan yang besar (di dunia) dan akan mendatangimu."

Pada bulan ini syaitan-syaitan yang durjana dirantaikan supaya tidak menggoda mereka ke arah maksiat-maksiat yang biasa mereka lakukan pada bulan-bulan selain Ramadhan. Pada malam terakhir Ramadhan (orang-orang yang berpuasa ini) akan diampunkan." Maka sahabat-sahabat Rasulullah SAW pun bertanya: "Wahai Pesuruh Allah, adakah itu malam lailatul Qadar?" Dijawab oleh Rasulullah SAW: "Tidak, tetapi selayaknya seorang yang beramal itu diberi balasan setelah menyempurnakan tugasnya."

A perfect 1 ramadhan

A Perfect Scenery for our first Ramadhan. This picture was taken after we have our Sahur. Subhanallah, hebatnya.

عن انس رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تسحروا فان فى سحور بركة

Dari Anas r.a katanya Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: “Bersahurlah kamu, kerana bersahur itu mengandungi berkat.” (Sahih Bukhari: 952)

A non muslim always wonder how can we survive a day without food and water. One of the secret is SAHUR. Muslim would wake up early in the morning and have some food for 'alas perut' just to prepare your stomach and provide you energy to go trough mainly 13hours. MasyaAllah, Islam is designed in a perfect way, cause the only the DESIGNER know what is best for HIS creation. But what is the perfect time for Sahur? And to answer that, we have a perfect real life example, Rasulallah S.A.W.

عن زيد بن ثابت رضى الله عنه قال تسحرنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم قمنا الى اصلاة قلت كم كان قدرما بينهما قال خمسين آية

Dari Anas r.a dari Zaid bin Tsabit r.a katanya: “Kami pernah makan sahur bersama-sama Rasulullah s.a.w. Tidak berapa lama kemudian kami pergi solat.” Tanya Anas, “Kira-kira berapa lama jaraknya antara waktu makan sahur dengan solat?” Jawab Zaid, “Kira-kira selama membaca 50 ayat”.(Sahih Bukhari: 950)

And what is the best food to have? Again, for this question, Rasulallah had answere it for us,

Dari Rasulullah s.a.w : “ Sebaik-baik makanan sahur bagi orang mukmin adalah tamar”. [HR Ibnu Hibban dan Baihaqi]

May this year would be the best for us cause we never knew whether we could meet Ramadhan again next year. Chaiyyok Chaiyyok!!

A nearly perfect lecturer of mine

This semester I am engaged with a new lecturer that I admire so much. She has 24 hours smile on her face. MasyaAllah, how can someone be so generous with smile. I always admire this type of person since I definetely not in this group. I always entitled with sour face, or 'kedekut senyum' type. Hehehe I do realize long time ago, since ages I believe heheh yet I still didnt do the Hijrah. Kind of hard, believe me. Oooppss I am out of the topic now. OK, this teacher of mine teach me STATS210; dealing with probability stuff=D
I remember during our first tutorial, maybe about a month ago. She tried to remember our name. You can imagine how she struggle to spell out our name and pronounce it in a right way, but she manage to do it. So she try to memorize it and promise she'l get it right next week. Hence seven days afterwards, on the next tutorial session she again approach us. At that moment I sat beside a friend of mine name ain, just like last week. Then, while closing her eyes and pointing her finger on us she really tried to recall our name. Without the paper. Can you imagine how enthusiastic she was. It is so much FUN when people try to remember you, dont you think? But instead of calling ain Nurul, she mentioned fatihah. we just scream (slowly of course) NO! and within second now she already sitting on the floor with her reddish face. Blushing! Ya Allah, I never find a teacher like her. She definetely frustrated for not being able to recall our name. SHe balame herself and promise to get it right next week. And as promised, She could say it like it is already in her fingertips=D Wonderful isnt she?

I wonder hehhe Thats people. You have so may ways to attract them and one of them is REMEMBERING their name. You will feel appreciated when being call with your name. And I believe everyone feel the same cause we are created from the same GOD, from the same soil and thus we definetely have the same fitrah.

A teacher who are close to their student would definetely make the student enjoy their learning and the student would have no hesitate at all when any problem arises. So lets change our culture of teacher should be fierce or whatsoeva to gain respect. It doesnt work ou that way, isnt it?

Lunch with Iraqi

We had a GREAT lunch last saturday. Ay you know, Arabs are well known with their hospitality. So the situation are exactly similar to what we experience when we visited a Fiji house last year. The lady standing at the most left name Khabba if I'm not mistaken, she cooked everything tyou see in the picture below. The BBQ chicken, lamb, lasgnia, salad with humus served with the rice cooked with prawns and mushroom. It was INCREDIBLE. I was mesmerized by just looking at the dishes prepare. WOW! Subhanallah. They really adapt what Rasulallah say:-
Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

"Let whosoever believes in Allah and in the Last Day either speak good or be silent. Let whosoever believes in Allah and in the Last Day honour his neighbour. Let whosoever believes in Allah and in the Last Day honour his guest."

[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

After the big lunch we had, then she had another surprise. A birthday cake for Kak Mas who celebrated her birthdays 2 days before. So after singing the cliche birthday song, then I enjoy the cake that I has longing to eat for a long time, (I suppose) hehhe A choclate cake with cream on top make by someone at the bakery shop. It is fantastic! I especially like the cream hehhe
Few information collected from the chatting we had (afraid I might forget if I didnt write it down)

• for a pregnant women, you might want to try to drink milk and eat some nuts if you intended to breast feed your baby
• They have a better life after Saddam Hussein died in the sense that they can visit their parents home more or in short MUCH HAPPY (i dont really understand this matter of politics)
• The lamb in Iraq has no or less fat compared to NZ lamb. Maybe because of the shape of the lamb. There in Iraq and Kazakhstan as well, they have a sheep that have bigger size at the back which said that all the fat collected there=D
• The lamb are marinated with some soy sauce, garlic, lime and keep overnight, then just let the oven finish the job
• Humus is made with the 'kacang kuda', they love pickel (jeruk) but neither of us have it in our plate
• All the big plates are used in theur serving
• the house property in NZ is seriously high! A house with 3 bedrooms cost about 300K and she stil think that it is small
• what else?

But it is a really great time. I cant forget kak Aisyah's expression when having the lamb. She looks tremendously happy with the dish. She mentioned it just like what she have at her home, home style cook. I wish to imitate their great hospitality cause that is what Islam had taught us. or a nearby example, MY UMI=> need to learn from her hehhe

Terkedu saya

pesan Imam Ghazali: “Carilah hatimu di tiga tempat… Temui hatimu sewaktu bangun membaca Al Quran. Tetapi jika tidak kau temui, carilah hatimu ketika mengerjakan solat. Jika tidak kau temui juga, kau carilah hatimu ketika duduk tafakkur mengingati mati. Jika kau tidak temui juga, maka berdoalah kepada Allah, pinta hati yang baru kerana hakikatnya pada ketika itu kau tidak mempunyai hati!”

Meet the Abo

With the Local

I miss every single moment when I was in Aussie. This was taken at the Darling Harbour where the centre of tourist attraction, close to both Harbour Bridge and The Sydney Opera House. And here I am with one of Australia's local abroginal. How do you feel looking at it? Put yourself in their shoes. My judgement here maybe purely on my observation, without any background knowledge. So I might be wrong. Looking at them I feel sad. I dont know. But I feel like they have been used by some people to gain profit for their own sake. Standing there, in a group of four; they paint themself with white and wear nothing as in they are in Malaysia. It is windy and on top of that, it is in the middle of winter. Aren't they feel cold? Maybe they're used to it, maybe. Then they sit and play some local instrument. I forgot what it is called, maybe Didgeridoo. It is a very long instrument made by wod and produce a unique sound when people blow it up. Then if anyone are interested for photos, they are more than welcome to do so. Just like us. BUT playing only is OK, so I think; but I dont know why there are a white man standing there, keep starring while selling their(abroginal) album. And he is the one who is holding the money. Feel like the so called manager is taking adavantage upon his abroginal 'friend'. Maybe I am wrong, but that is how I see it. Being use by other, for their own sake. For MONEY. Or maybe I am making a wrong judgement. Maybe they need someone to manage them in order to get some attraction from the foreigner. Maybe he is the one who are able to make them confident to bring them forward and be proud of the culture thy heritage from their ancestors. But still, MAYBE. The answer I have still not dominant enough to erase my perception of being exploited.

Swine Flue

Demam Khinzir yang telah melanda Malaysia baru-baru ini telah mendapat perhatian pelbagai pihak. Dalam masa beberapa hari, jumlah kematioan meningkat mendadak tanpa sebarang logical answer. Sedangkan saya di New Zealand, alhamdulillah masih diperingkat selamat. Tidak sangka Malaysia yang pada mulanya tenang kini dilanda masalah runcing ini. Ekoran itu, rata-rata Institut Pengajian Tinggi ditutup dan pelajar-pelajar dibenarkan pulang. Namun adakah ini penyelesaiannya?
sedikit perkongsian dari saya. New Zealand juga pada mulanaya hangat dengan isu ini beberapa bulan lepas. Namun alhamdulillah dapat ditangani dengan bijak.

• Selepas berita ini, kebanyakan atau mungkin boleh saya katakan semua farmasi/doktor membekalkan vitamin C atau beberapa jenis vitamin yang dapat digunakan untuk meningkat sistem imunisasi badan.
• Farmasi juga menyediakan set penjagaan diri khusus untuk H1N1 yang terdiri daripada sanitizer, mask, sarung tangan plastik, dan tisu.
• Sanitizer digunakan sepanjang masa untuk membunuh kuman. Ia adalah sejenis jel yang boleh dipakai pada bila-bila masa seperti menggantikan air untuk membasuh tangan. Namu pastikan tangan anda benar-benar kering sebelum makan.
• Penggunaan mask kurang ditekankan disini. Apa yang penting adalah menutup mulut anda dengan sebarang material. Mungkin menggunakan tudung atau sapu tangan sendiri.
• Elakkan dari menghampiri 'crowded places' kerana anda tidak mengetahui kondusi kesihatan orang disebelah anda. Dan beradalah pada jarak selamat iaitu 1 meter jauh; kerana ini adalah jarak kuman sukar merebak dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Kerana penyakit ini hanya akan berjangkit apabila berlakunya 'fluid transfer', jadi berhati-hati
• sehelai tisu hanya digunakan sekali!

Semoga sedikit sebanyak dapat membantu.

Do I really learn

Do I I really learn? I wonder.
Do I really understand?
Do I really know how to solve it?
;without being told what I am suppose to do?

If I am NOT,
does it mean that I LEARN nothing?
Doest it mean I am wasting my time learning for nothing
If I am NOT
Does it mean that everything being told is just like a wind?
come and go,
without leaving any trace behind
If anyone ask, have you LEARN this?
Yup, I once heard about it
But what is it all about?
I wonder myself

I believe this not the way how it should be
I knew I am not suppose to be this way,

Still wondering,
Trying to wraping everything in my memory,
Immersing myself in this,
Cause this is the path I chose
I'll face the new generation
(Insya ALLAH)
with the new atmosphere I am trying to bring
For them to know more What we are here for,
What we are suppose to be
This is the 'alat' that Allah fated me to
And I am trying
To really LEARN all these
SO that I will be a valuable asset for the Ummah
(INSYA ALLAH)
Insya Allah

Sebelum Mata terlena

From Anas, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say:

"Allah the Almighty has said: 'O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me, and hope in Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds in the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I shall forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with an earthful of sins and were you then to face Me, without having associated anything with Me, I shall grant you an earthful of pardon.'"

[Recorded by Al-Tirmidhi, who said that it is a good and sound hadith]

Nur Kasih

Currently addicted to Nur Kasih. Sangat-sangat menarik jalan penceritaannya dan apa yang paling menambat hati adalah penghayatan watak pelakon-pelakon muda ini. Jalan ceritanya juga banyak menerapkan unsur-unsur islam disamping memberi pengajaran kepada para penonton. Saya tertarik dengat dialog Adam, "Kita memang tak boleh jadi orang lain (hipokrit), tapi kita boleh jadi yang lebih baik" manakala abangnya pula pernah berkata, "abang tahu, perbuatan tak menghalalkan cara"

Nur Kasih=D

Drama hebat ini dijangka tamat siarannya selepas Syawal nanti dengan jumplah 24 episod. Pada minggu ini, dengan tersiarnya episod 11 bermakna cerita ini sudah diperingkat klimaks. Tidak sabar menantikan episod akan datang.

Heart in the Quran

Do you think that we had use the heart given correctly? Have we fully capitalize the nikmat given? Rasulallah mention:

On the authority of Abu 'Abdullah al-Nu'man bin Bashir, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say:

Love

"Truly, what is lawful is evident, and what is unlawful is evident, and in between the two are matters which are doubtful which many people do not know. He who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and honour blameless, and he who indulges in doubtful things indulges in fact in unlawful things, just as a shepherd who pastures his flock round a preserve will soon pasture them in it. Beware, every king has a preserve, and the things Allah has declared unlawful are His preserves. Beware, in the body there is a flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt, and behold, it is the heart."[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

Jika baik hati itu maka baiklah seluruh jasadnya=D
Some says, our behaviour would portray our heart condition. A good person, have a good heart. That is the basic idea. A normal scenario in our community,

"Alaahh, diorang yang pakai tudung pun perangai lagi buruk"

What do you think? I am still thinking a perfect answer to give myself. But I believe, it is not that tudung that will determine whether you are a good person or not. But when you have your hijab on, meaning that you have obey Allah's word, Allah's rule. And I believe that is the most important.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.[2:208]

So we cant choose. Ok in this part(let say solah) I would like to follow Islam's rule, while in this (let say hijab) I dont want to. It totally against the ayat. And to be highlighted, Allah stress in the ayah, "O ye who believe (Wahai orang2 yang beriman)" and who is it? Isnt it us?
And about behaviour, it is actually the reflection of your heart. With a good hear, secara fitrahnya you would have a good manner.

"And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men; they have hearts with which they do not understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear; they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the heedless ones."[7:179]

Allah regard heart is to be use to understand His words(quran), ears to listen to His command(ayat2 quran)

Heart Checkup

and eyes to see His greatness from His creatures. And have we full fill the 'hak of our pancaindera'? It is a great organ gifted to us but what have we use it for? A tazkirah for the person who write as well, Me Myself. There are so much more dalil in quran bout heart. maybe you could browse here for more information.Check our heart=D
Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal.