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Ayat for Today

2009-04-02T16:29:54Z

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللَّهَ يَدُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَمَن نَّكَثَ فَإِنَّمَا يَنكُثُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَوْفَى بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللَّهَ فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا - al Fath 48: 10 Translation: " Behold! All who pledge their allegiance to you (Muhammad) pledge their allegiance to God: the hand of God is over their hands. Hence, he who breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own hurt; whereas he who remains true to what he has pledged unto God, on him will He bestow a reward supreme" - al Fath 48: 10

Cycling in New Forest (Part III)

2009-03-24T15:00:14Z

3rd batch of pics in New Forest

Cycling in New Forest (Part II)

2009-03-24T14:53:19Z

2nd batch of pics in New Forest

Cycling in New Forest (Part I)

2009-03-24T14:43:39Z

The 14 of us went to New Forest to do some cycling for this Easter break. The journey to Brockenhurst took about 15 minutes from Southampton Central. Started cycling around 10.30am and managed to finish the cycling track by 4.15pm. Luckily for us, this time the route didn't have any hilly terrains such in Isle of Wight last year (phew..). Had loads of fun along the journey except for the part that there were no usable toilets along the route as all of them were under construction. So convenient. We ended up making the ablution (wudhu) behind bushes to pray. What an experience for us all =). Then we prayed in the park, feeling the izzah of performing the duty to Allah while locals passing by watched us. There were tons of ponies along the route. They were like everywhere and we were acting like children that have not seen a pony in our entire lives..hehe..subhanallah (all glory to Allah), the sceneries along the journey was magnificent..! Would love to come and do this again next time =) p/s: Only 5 pics can be uploaded in one entry (since I didn't upgrade my account. So, I'm putting up more pics in later entries.

YTN Lunch with Encik Amir and Encik Azman

2009-03-24T13:37:33Z

Encik Amir (pengarah YTN) dan Encik Azman (Senior Manager YTN) datang melawat kami di UK. Last time depa dtg melawat was in Sept 2006 tp rasenye mase tu Ahas sorang je ade kat UK sedang kami yg lain sedang bersoronok menghabiskan cuti summer di Malaysia. Sejak buat A-Level di Lembah Beringin lagi, YTN tak pernah mengabaikan kami dan selalu je dtg melawat kami terutamanya En. Azman (yg semestinya dtg dgn berkotak-kotak piza yg sodap-sodap belaka..that's why we always waited for your visit, En. Azman =P). Perjumpaan kali ni diadakan di Holiday Villa Hotel di London. Memula kami lunch bersama-sama dgn kedua pegawai YTN. Habis semua yg diorder dibedal sebaik mungkin oleh kami - nasi goreng, lobster, ayam masak lemon, daging, sayur, dessert, teh tarik..order je, pastu bedal ramai-ramai..fuh.. Oh, perjumpaan dgn YTN memang jarang-jarang formal dan mesti ada sesi makan-makan..hehe.. Selesai makan (lama gak la makan..huhu), En. Amir memberitakan sebarang perkembangan terkini YTN dan TNB secara general diikuti pesanan-pesana dari beliau dan sesi soal jawab. Since duit biasiswa baru je dinaikkan kpd paras yg boleh dikatakan lebih dr mencukupi, maka takde sorang pon la yg komplen pasal duit kali ni (for the first time.!). Hehe.. Perjumpaan diakhiri dgn sesi pemberian hadiah dr YTN kpd kami. Then, sesi borak-borak bersama En. Azman. Memang byk tips yg En. Azman kasik especially kpd kami bebudak final year utk menghadapi temuduga kerja balik nanti (cuakk...!). p/s: Kalo setiap perjumpaan YTN camni, kami sanggup berjumpa tetiap minggu =)

White Day Again

2009-02-04T18:05:26Z

Hari kedua snow turun. Kali ni tak selebat semalam. Saje singgah uni skejap utk bergambar. Sedikit hampa sebab rata-rata salji dah banyak yg cair. Padang-padang dah mula bertompok-tompok dan penuh lecak. Menyesal tak bawak kamera ke uni semalam..huhu.. Pemandangan menarik hari ini..? Pegi mane-mane pon nampak Snowman merata-rata - depan Hartley Library ada sketul, padang tepi Nuffield Theatre ade sketul yg besar (tgk Flickr Kizzi), padang tepi Shackleton ade satu family of snowman..huhu..

White Day

2009-02-02T22:34:09Z

Hari ni seluruh UK dilanda salji sepanjang hari. Untuk sesetengah tempat, fenomena salji turun ni mungkin bukan suatu benda yg menakjubkan tapi bagi kami di Southampton misalnya, fenomena salji turun adalah sesuatu yg perlu dijakunkan. Biasanya salji tak turun sangat kat Soton ni..kalo turun pon macam segan-segan je..turun sejam dua lepas tu cair. Tapi harini, salji turun dgn lebatnye sepanjang hari. Mana-mana pergi pon putiihhhhh jer..tebal pulak tuh (kalau compare dgn snow kat Soton sebelum-sebelum ni la)..Macam mane tak jakun.. Aku personally ingatkan Malaysian je jakun dgn fenomena salji turun kat Soton ni. But when I went to class, I saw mat-mat saleh sendiri pon jakun semacam - main snow war, main slide turun bukit depan surau turun ke pond (saiko betul mamat tu..series), tangkap-tangkap gambar, buat snowman dan macam-macam lagi. Anyway, here are some photos that we took early in the morning. Since aku boleh letak 5 ketul gambar je, ni je la dulu for now. Kalo ade gambar best lagi, akan diletak lain kali. p/s: Today is the first day of my final semester..Got great supervisor for IRR, loving the subjects that I'm currently taking (though they come with tons of courseworks)...plus a whole white day of snow..!

My Beloved Ones

2009-01-16T11:09:44Z

Saw these pics in my sister's blog..and suddenly I miss my family so much (bile tgk gambar baru nak rindu? haha..hampeh..). I guess the fact that aku tak balik Mesia for almost 2 years has got to me now..hayyoo.. Banyaknye aktiviti family aku di kala aku takde kat Mesia..haha.. Abah, Mama..doakan Along ye..penat jugak final year nih.. Thanks to Angah for these pics (although technically I downloaded them withour her knowing) - hey Ngah, please la stop using those so-called cool 'short-forms' in your blog..seriously, penin kepala aku (dan generasi-generasi sebelum tahun 88 i guess) nak membacanya..hadoi.. p/s: photoblog kedekut..skang kasi upload 5 keping gambar jer per entry? Sumernye nak duit..hish..

Demo against Israeli Attacks on Gaza

2009-01-05T11:41:48Z

(More pictures will be uploaded later) 3 Januari 2009 telah menyaksikan demo/rally besar-besaran di seluruh UK utk memprotes serangan Israel laknatullah ke atas Gaza. Beberapa bandar terlibat - London, Manchester, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Bradford, Bristol, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield and York to name a few.. Demo kat UK ni lain tau dr Mesia. Kat Mesia kalo sebut je demo semua kecut perut, takut kene tangkap masuk ISA, kene sembur air kimia, takut kene tarik biasiswa, takut takut dan macam-macam jenis ketakutan lagi. Melihat kpd demo kat UK, sangat berbeza dan sangatlah aman (bagi yg mematuhi peraturan demo lah). Aku dipahamkan, setiap demo/rally kat UK ni, organizer akan bitau pihak berkuasa/polis utk sampaikan hasrat nak berdemo, hari apa, pukul berapa etc dan kene set nak berdemo dari mane ke mane supaya polis dpt 'supervise' demo tu dan tutup mane-mane jalan yg akan digunakan utk demo/rally supaya demo boleh dijalankan. Jangan terkejut, kat UK polis escort org yg berdemo supaya keselamatan demonstrators terjaga, bukannya pergi pukul-pukul org yg berdemo dgn alasan menyebabkan kesesakan lalu lintas..! Ironikan, kat Mesia polis kasi alasan camtu sedangkan kat UK, polislah yg tutupkan jalan utk kasi demonstrator berdemo...oh, peliknya dunia..! Alhamdulillah, diri ni dan sahabat-sahabat di Southampton berpeluang utk turun berDEMO (for some of us, this was our 2nd time after Enough! Occupation Demo in 2007). Sengaja kami pilih utk turun berDEMO di Portsmouth instead of going to London yg diketahui akan disertai puluhan ribu manusia. Di Portsmouth, boleh tahan juga bilangan yg hadir (considering it's not a big city pon as compared to London or Manchester for example). BBC reported ~400 people joined the rally in Portsmouth tp from my observation, rasenye tak sampai 400 kot. Anyhow, ~15 orang dari Southampton turut serta. To be honest, 15 is not a great figure considering di Southampton ade at least 200 Malaysians Muslims and even more Muslims from other countries but I guess warga Southampton yg lain join demo kat London kuttt... Rally dimulakan dgn ucapan dari speaker-speaker yg nak bercakap..huhu..seriously! Depa panggil je sape-sape nak berucap utk tampil ke depan to address the issue. Dua drp speaker adalah Palestinian yg obviously bila bercakap memang syahdu mendengarnya. Maklumlah, depa ade 'direct relationship' dgn warga Palestin di Gaza (family members ke, relatives etc). Habes sesi berucap, kami berarak dr Guildhall Square ke Tesco, cadangan asalnya utk edar leaflet boikot barangan Israel tapi polis tak kasi masuk sampai dlm Tesco utk buat camtu. Polis benarkan duduk luar Tesco utk protes. Mungkin depa bimbang huru-hara dlm Tesco kot..ntah tp alhamdulillah, semua protestors setuju je. Nevertheless, sampai je depan Tesco..keadaan jadi 'drama' sket. John, sorang pakcik yg lead demo tu ntah mcm mane (mungkin semangat sgt agaknye) pergi gak ke seberang jalan menuju ke Tesco dan berlakulah kesesakan sket kat Tesco. Akibat dr melanggar 'perjanjian' tadi, John kene tangkap polis (like I said before, nak demo pon kene ade rules). Kecoh la kejap kat depan Tesco tuh: ade yg baring depan van polis sbg tanda protes penangkapan John, ade yg jerit-jerit ‘Shame on you!’ in the polices’ faces..memang berani dan yg aku kagumnya, polis tak bertindak balas pon. Die buat derk je, takde la plak balas balik ‘Kurang ajor ko, menghina polis! Atau ‘Nak mampos ko hina aku macam tu? Nak masuk penjara ke?’ apetah lagi memukul-mukul protestors. Kagum dgn polis yg betol-betol buat kerja dia ie dia hanya menjalankan tugas dan bertindak bila rules dilanggar (don’t get me wrong, I think they were quite harsh jugak on John). Bila kene ‘ejek’/’marah’ oleh demonstrator, depa tak marah balik/tangkap masuk penjara sebab ape..?? Sebab kebebasan bersuaralah! Freedom of speech mmg btol-btol dipraktikkan kat sini. Kalau kat Mesia, ade possibility tinggi yg mamat yg jerit ‘Shame on you!’ tadi dah pon meringkuk dalam ISA skang, disimbah air panas ke dan sbgnya. Ala kulli hal, demo yg pada asalnya kedengaran sorakan ‘Free Palestine..!!’ bertukar kpd ‘Free John..!!’ selepas penagkapan tersebut..huhu..dan depa kemudiannya beramai-ramai pergi utk bail John out. Begitulah alkisahnya di Portsmouth. It was some experience gak la for me, sebab mase John kene tangkap tu ter-meremang jugaklah bulu roma, ter-cuak sket w/pun John lepak je kene usung masuk van polis. Then it made me wonder, aku ni pengecut gak rupenye. Baru kene tangkap polis (itu pon bkn diri sendiri) dah dtg perasaan cuak/kecut..tak dapat bayangkan keberanian warga Palestin yg hari-hari berdepan dgn kematian hanya berbekalkan batu-batu! It was a good muhasabah for me, inshaAllah. Teringat kpd pakcik Osama dan sorang lecturer (both were Palestinians) yg berucap sblm rally tu. Emotional sungguh depa berucap. Lecturer tu siap call mak dia kat Gaza sblm dtg rally tu utk bitau yg die nak join rally kat Portsmouth dan tanye mak die if mak die ade apa-apa pesanan kpd demonstrators. Panjang jugaklah pesanan makcik tu. Allah, syahdu sungguh..!! It makes me wonder..agaknya tak ramai (Muslims) yg peduli psl Palestin sebab meraka tak rasa yg warga Palestin tu ada 'direct relationship' dgn kita. Yelah, orang kata kalo tak kene batang idung sendiri, selagi tu kite rase mcm takde kaitan je dgn diri kita. Kalo bkn ahli keluarga sndri yg murtad, mesti kite malas nak perjuangkan isu murtad di negara kite. Kalo bukan ahli keluarga kita yg kene rogol/berzina, takdelah kita rase keperluan utk menghapuskan gejala sosial dalam masyarakat kita. Selagi kita blom kene serang dgn Israel, selagi tulah kite rase Palestin takde kaitan dgn kita, kita doa jelah dari jauh. Biasalah tu, kita ni manusia biasa...self centered..!! Padahal kita tak perasan yg kita ada relationship dgn warga Palestin yg patutnya melebihi relationship yg lain - ikatan akidah..! Entahlah, sedih..sedih dgn umat Islam yg tak peduli utk at least luangkan sket masa utk turun protes. Faham je, masing-masing mesti sbnarnya nak turun protest tp masing-masing ada kekangan sendiri yg tak dapat dielakkan. Tapi yg btol-btol ignorant tuh, mmg tak dpt dimaafkanlah. “Sesiapa yang berpagi-pagian tidak mengambil berat hal ehwal orang Islam yang lain maka ia bukanlah dari golongan mereka (Islam).” - hadis Jgn ingat demo ni takde gunenya (w/pun Israel tu mmg degil tahap cipan)..sekurang-kurangnya kita dapat give pressure to government kita yg kita tak setuju dgn apa yg Israel buat, tak suke depa kerjasama dgn Israel ke atau apa-apa jelah sebab government tahu, rakyat ni aset penting depa. Kalo depa tak tunaikan kehendak rakyat, sampai penggal depan nnt sah-sah kene guling..! - Oopps, kat UK mungkin lah..kat Mesia, rakyat mmg 'bisu' dan jadi pak turut je. Anyhow, selain turun demo utk menyatakan ke-menyampah-an kita dgn (kekejaman) Israel laknatullah, ada satu lagi cara yg 'mudah' utk kita buat - BOIKOT BARANGAN ISRAEL..!! Haaa...sbnarnye mudah je nak buat tp susah nak lawan nafsu kita yg dah lama menggunakan barangan Israel nih. Fikirkanlah, setiap duit yg kita keluarkan membeli barangan NESTLE, MC DDONALD, CK, INTEL, MAGGI, NOKIA, MARKS AND SPENCER, LOREAL, COCA-COLA, DANONE, SATRBUCKS, JOHNSON-JOHNSON etc semuanya menyumbang kpd peluru-peluru yg membunuh warga Gaza dan rakyat Palestin secara keseluruhannya. In other words, kita ada 'saham' dlm pembunuhan mereka di Gaza..! Aku cuma bimbang nnt warga Gaza ni 'tuntut' semula darah kita depan Allah kat akhirat kelak..aduh, jenuhlah nak menjawab depan Allah nnt..! Jom, jom boikot barangan Israel! Kalau berkelapangan, rajen-rajenkanlah diri menonton PressTV utk updet terkini krisis di Gaza. Akhir skali, jgn sekali-sekali lupa doa utk warga Gaza. Jangan lupa! Jangan pentingkan diri sgt: doa nak lulus exam, nak suami/isteri soleh, nak kaya-raya tp doa utk kesejahteraan umat Islam yg lain langsung tak pedulik..tolonglah, tak susah pon nak doa. Nak lagi best, baca qunut nazilah : doa yg Rasulullah amalkan bila umat Islam dizalimi or ditimpa musibah. Tapi kalau anda rasa diri anda lebih penting drp nyawa warga Gaza tuh, sile lah abaikan entry ni dan balik umah dok goyang kaki je..buat-buat tak tahu jer psl krisis di Gaza ni mahupun apa-apa krisis yg melanda umat Islam skrang..teroskan usaha anda menjadi seorang ignorant yg berjaya dan tunggulah satu hari nnt bila anda pulak yg ditimpa musibah, you wish someone is at least praying for you - amek ayat K.Adi

Aidilfitri 2008 - 1 Syawal 1429

2008-10-03T18:05:03Z

1 Syawal jatuh pada 30 Sept 2008 kat seluruh UK ie kitorang raye sehari awal =) Pictures taken on 1st Syawal of my last Aidilfitri here in Soton. Photos edited by Kak Izi and Anis Gambar last tuh gambar family ku yang beraya di Perlis.