My cute niece, Humayraa

Salam

Humayraa Imani. Such a beautiful name. Eventhough I'm a bit sad to not be able to see her from day 1, but I'm so happy for the joy that Humayraa brings to my family. My parents literally light up when she's with them. And her cuteness & smiles also bring happiness to me eventhough its via skype. :)

I truly pray to Allah may Humayraa be solehah & bring joy to her parents & family.

Wait for Pak Ngah to balik. :)

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Ramblings...

Assalamualaikum.

Interesting few weeks i had. Preparing for mid term etc. Over the past few weeks, ive also encountered new malaysians. The hottest topic that popped out is definitely politics. Well, if they start talking about it, then what do you expect me to do? keep quiet? haha..

From my observation, nearly 100% of all Malaysian students i met, are anti-government. The irony of it is most of them receive scholarships from the government. I'm fine about being critical of the government, for the betterment of the nation as a whole. But the problem is, people tend to over do it.

Lets give some examples. There was this chap who is obviously pro-opposition, started to talk to me about the negatives of the present government. bashing here bashing there (the normal stuff). Then, i started telling him, my assessment of how i see things. First, both the gov or opposition are not angels. Both play around with character assassination, which to me is sick politics. This fella is swindling money, this fella has moral issues, this fella this that. Obviously what i said had silenced the chap. He admitted that he agreed to what i said. Fair enough.
While some may say this is part and parcel of politics, does our beloved Prophet ever asked us to do this? Obviously not. Whilst i acknowledge the weaknesses in the gov, i don't go around bashing them if whatever they do is right (e.g. subsidy rationalisation) and trying to cook up some political mileage saying that you can bring down the pump prices to RM0.90/litre.

There are also some who come and say to me about the racial issues in malaysia. Im all for equal opportunities etc. But, if you really want equal opportunities etc, why not start with a 'simple' issue by the name of education. Why do we still have SJKs and such ? why cant we just have a one school system? Whenever this is brought up, gov or opposition tries to distance from the issue. Then many groups will say its their right for vernacular schools. Why suddenly you want to fight for your right? So we want racial integration and such but still hesitant when it comes to education? Dont get me wrong, im not trying to fan any racial hatred or such. Its just im frustrated at people labelling some quarters of the society racists, denying their rights or saying that they are treated as second class citizens when the fact is, everyone is racist whether they realise it or not. Has the so called treatment prevented any malaysian irregardless of race to be successful in their careers? Has it prevented them from doing business and get filthy rich? Heck, if you look at our neighbour, can the minority race hold the highest position in the army? can he/ she be the PM of the country? racism is everywhere. full stop.

Dont get me wrong. Ive never supported any political parties, let it be the gov or opposition and maybe never will (lets hope i dont eat my words!). But there are times when i just sit and think what the hell is happening to the blessed country by the name of malaysia. Cant we just respect our differences and live in harmony?
Oh well. *drinking coffee and biscuits...**
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Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w: Maksudnya: “Sesiapa yang membenci akan perbuatan pemimpinnya (yang maksiat) maka bersabarlah kerana sesungguhnya sesiapa yang keluar menentang pemerintah sejengkal lalu mati, maka dia mati sebagai orang jahiliah”. (al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

On a lighter note....

Lets put it straight, im not a fanatic fan of Malaysian football (probably the last I had interest was the days of scott ollerenshaw, merzagua abd razak, radhi che din, azman adnan etc.). From the current national squad, i only recognise safee sali and khairul che fahmi. This is my honest assessment on the friendly match between Australia and Malaysia. While I wasn’t really hopeful of Malaysia winning or scoring, I would still have hoped that Malaysia put on a real fight. To be honest, I was fairly disappointed with the spirit shown by the Malaysian players. Why? Even though it was just a friendly game, our players should’ve played far better than what we witnessed on Friday. To disappoint the Malaysian fans (mostly students), some travelled as far as from Melbourne (~8 hour journey) and Sydney (~3 hours) is an utter shame. With the exception of a handful of players, most of the Malaysian players who were on the field lack enthusiasm. Sloppy passing, body language as if they were not keen to play etc. If you guys were at the stadium, the Malaysian supporters were cheering the loudest in the stadium supporting our team. Even a couple of Aussie blokes were giving credit to our supporters despite us being hammered by the Socceroos. To be honest, the team should’ve apologise to the supporters. I’m saying all this not to ‘kutuk’ the team, but all of you should’ve played better than that. To fly >8 hours from KL to Canberra via Sydney and play like that, you guys are just wasting FAM’s money or whoever’s money that is sponsoring you guys.

Observation

Assalamualaikum......been awhile since i last posted something ....when i recall my postings during the early days, it was filled with econs, politics etc......lets be clear here, ive never affiliated myself with any political party...and i hope to remain so...bukannya apa, i just think that malaysian politics just plain stinks....baik the opposition or the government...

just to divert, ever since i moved to canberra, i love to observe & compare..dont get me wrong, i still love my country...malaysia is all blessed with all the opportunities to be closer to Allah, the facilities, mosque, surau, etc but at times we take it for granted....but when its tough to find those facilities (i.e. in a foreign country), there seems to be a sense of unity among the ummah, a sense of inner strength to find a way to perform our duties to Allah..the other day, when my friends and me went to sydney to pray at York Street (behind this convenience store) i was greeted so cordially by the muslim brother who looked happy that we were performing our prayers... :-)

the other thing is halal food..there seems to be differences in how muslims eat in a foreign country where halal food is not freely available..three categories here, category: 1. some muslims here just eat anything as long as its not pork (which means ayam, itik, daging yang tidak disembelih pun dibantainya)...2. some other muslims would strictly eat only halal meat or avoid a joint which serves pork...3. some muslims pulak just dont care and belasah aje apa2, nak hidup la katakan....interesting that muslims have a different understanding walhal, i think category no.2 can still live eventhough he/she cant eat a Big Mac or a Whopper...hehe..

the worse is when i hear this statement from a muslim (who so happens to drink wine / beer) a week before ramadhan: "darn, im not suppose to drink when its close to ramadhan, Allah prohibits drinking alcohol." pening kepala mendengar statement macamni.. i did advise, tegur these people, but its up to them to decide.,,i guess the alcohol must have clogged their judgement...oh well, these are the different people we would bump into in our journeys...im never perfect anyway...just hope these people would change and be a better muslim.

**this is just an observation with no specific reference to anyone...

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Ibnu Abbas r.a meriwayatkan katanya: Sesungguhnya syaitan itu membisikkan kepada kawan-kawan mereka supaya membantah kamu. Sabda Nabi SAW : Mereka berkata: Binatang yang disebutkan nama Allah, janganlah kamu memakannya dan binatang yang tidak disebutkan nama Allah, maka hendaklah kamu memakannya. Maka Allah berfirman : Maka janganlah kamu makan binatang yang tidak disebutkan nama Allah. (Riwayat al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibnu Majah dan Abu Daud)

وحده

Assalamualaikum....first time posting from canberra dan memilih untuk menulis di bulan Ramadhan....

masa first time tiba di canberra ni, tertanya juga bagaimana nak menyesuaikan diri dengan persekitaran baru? bagaimana keadaan abah & ma, tok opah, makcik2 pakcik2, abg, sarah, usaid dll? honestly, memang extreme homesick at first...if you come to canberra alone & tak kenal sapa2, it really gets to you...i felt it during the first month i arrived... masa berlalu dengan pantas..tup tap tup tap dah nak masuk bulan ketiga di canberra...Alhamdulillah, puasa & target untuk diri ini dicapai sebaik mungkin....

i recalled one experience or feeling that i faced dulu...umur rasanya darjah 4 @ 10 tahun...masa tu abah sorang2 gigih usaha belajar overseas....memang diri ini boleh bayangkan betapa sukarnya abah berjauhan dengan family ditambah dengan kesukaran yang dilalunya..dan juga kesukaran dilalui the whole family & bila ibu kena urus abg, sarah & me sorg2....emm....hanya dapat komunikasi dengan abah melalui telephone...tu pun beberapa kali aje seminggu..zaman tu skype or video call was unheard of..it was really sad not to have someone really important to you around for a year....pengalaman yang dilalui abah will always remind myself to be even more tabah...Insya Allah..

Selalu berpesan pada diri ini agar terus menghormati ibu bapa dan agar menjaga mereka sebaik mungkin. Love my parents so much...

moga kita terus istiqomah dalam beribadah kepada Allah di bulan yang mulia ini dan selepasnya..

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Sabda Rasulullah saw. yang maksudnya: "Redha Allah bergantung kepada redha dua ibu bapa, dan murka Allah bergantung kepada murka kedua-dua ibu bapa." (Riwayat al-Hakim)