Iftar Invitation : Yehia

Adnan, Kamarul, ‘Afi and Muhammad Afiq had ‘beaten’ the other Egyptians friend during the Iftar. Fortunately, we had performed our Maghrib prayer.

Rasullullah saw (peace be upon him) said; ‘Those who serve or prepare food for someone who is fasting for his iftar will get the same tsawab of the person who was fasting’.
May Allah swt give His Blessing to Yehia and his family for preparing the scrumptious dishes – roasted turkey; Masaa’ – eggplant cooked with beef, tomato and other spicy stuff; fateer lahmah or beef puff; dessert – khunafa bi Mangga and other Egyptians cuisine. It was indeed marvelous.

The Real Sense of Merdeka

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!......Literally means freedom or liberty. Malaysia, well actually Malaya got its independence from the British colony on 31 August 1957. About 6 years later, Malaysia was born on when Sabah and Sarawak joined Malaya on 16 September 1963.
This year, Malaysia Independence Day coincides with the holy month of Ramadan. The month that has great significance to Muslim world, where eligible Muslims are obligatory to perform the third tenets of Islam – fasting. Fasting is in a way to purify the faith and a simulation process to fight one of the abstract but tough ‘enemies’ of human kind – the desire. More than 1420 years ago, the great Messenger of Allah swt, Prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him) and his 312 companions had won the battle of Badr during the month of Ramadan, to be specific - Tuesday (based on the Gregorian-Hijri convertor) or Friday (as what most scholars claimed) the 17th of Ramadan 2 Hijjri or 13th March 624 AD. They won the battle with pride albeit their humble ‘artilleries’ of broken swords and few horses. Western historians, who can think only in terms of material causes and affects, are left wondering how a body of three hundred footmen could vanquish one thousand adversaries reinforced with a hundred horse. But Divine help has many a time worked wonders like. However, yet, after the battle when they were on the way back to Mecca, Rasullullah saw (peace be upon him) said to his Companions; ‘..we had just won a small battle, the real bigger battle is to fight against our own desire’.
Philosophically, learning from the hadith, we should look at independent from a broader perspective. Yes, our beloved Malaysia has achieved its independence and gained the sovereignty from the British 52 years ago, but are we as an individual – the citizen of this beautiful country, Malaysia have achieved the absolute freedom from other colonies? The role of each individual is very important for the development of any nations. No nation shall exist without community and community is formed when there are groups of individual working and living together harmoniously. And, in each individual there is a small ‘flesh’ that determined the goodness of each individual. Apart from that, each normal individual has five senses that could be easily influence by the environment, be it good or bad.
Now, let me ask these questions; is our mind free from the colonization of laziness, stubbornness, thinking of doing any uncivilized things, etc.? Have we freed ourselves from the common illness of humankind called jealousy, greed, selfish, egocentrisms, hypocrisies, etc.? Sit back and self reflex what and where we are now. Happy 52nd Independent Day to all Malaysians wherever there are.

After 2 Months and 2 days

Summer has closed its curtain; 2 months had passed us by, today amid the bright morning of the holy month of Ramadan, their sincere smiles, and jovial faces reflexes their enthusiasm and excitement resuming back their school – the British School of Alexandria (BSA). Yes, it is their first day Back to School.
We used to hear this famous two words ‘time flies’, aren’t we? To me and in fact, time is a constant factor; Allah swt has given us a fix 24 hours a day, no less and no more! Like wise, Allah swt has given us life, it is thus, us to manage our life and time in accordance to what He had revealed us through the holy Quran nul Kareem as demonstrated by His Messengers.
Henceforth, in the next more or less 8 months to come, ‘Afi is going to sit in his IGCSE ‘A’ Level examination and Muhammad Afiq with his IGCSE ‘As’ Level examination; Muhammad Asri now, is in Year 10, Muhammad Aiman is in Year 6 and Afiqah is now in Year 4.
All the best, kids. As I always shared and reminded you all, what matters to me, is the efforts and attitudes towards achieving any goal, not the number of ‘A’. And, above, do it sincerely for Allah Rabbul jalil.

The Coolness of the Dates Farm

I see this cool panorama everyday when I go to our Plant at Idku, which is around 50 km away or 45 minutes drive from Alexandria. Located between Abu Qir and Idku, this Balah in local dialect or dates farm is one of the biggest and best farms in Egypt after ElArish and Siwa, which are hundreds kilometer away from Alexandria.
There are many types of dates and one could find at least two main types here. There is short or small yellow colored type and another is long oval red colored date.

One shobata in local dialect or bundle could easily reach 10 – 15 kg but cost you only around 20 – 25 EGP. If you ask for 1 kg, they would give it free of charge.

One tree would produce 5 to 10 shobata of dates or around 150 kg of dates. If one kg of date cost 3 EGP, that will give you around 450 EGP per tree.

Allah is Great! In this, dates farm, planted among the trees are the Guava plant and between the Guavas plants one could find tomato plant or melons. SubhanaAllah, from the same piece of soil or sands, Allah azza wa jalla produces at least three different types of fruits with different colors, shapes and tastes. Amazing! Allah is Great.

The Night View from 6406 JW Marriot Cairo

This photo was taken on 19 August night from room 6406 JW Marriot Mirage City, Cairo, Egypt. The Ring road lights brighten up the summer night sky of the new Cairo.

Iftar Menu

Coincidently this year, Ramadan starts during summer where Guava and Peach are abundantly available and, it is fabulously cheap. It is good during Iftar or breakfasting, we consume more fruits. However, Rasullullah saw (peace be upon him) consumed three dates and plain water during iftar and it is sunnah, his way eating fruits before the main dishes. Unfortunately, many of us Muslims today take his sunnah for granted and shy to promote it. We are so proud of the so-called western way and easily influenced by them.

Ramadan Kareem

Today, is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan 1430 Hijjri. This year, many countries in the world, observe the first day of Ramadan on the 22 August. In Egypt, weeks before the Ramadan, people were busy gearing themselves in the welcoming of the most awaited month. Besides shopping for all the necessary items, they were busy decorating their streets and house with lights, feinouz and other decorative materials. To them, Ramadan is very special religiously and culturally.
For us, this is our third Ramadan in this beautiful land of Egypt. May Allah swt give us His blessing for us to perform this third tenet of Islam smoothly as shown by His Messenger the prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him).
To our families, relatives and friends wherever they are, please accept our apologies for our shortcomings and may this Ramadan shall be the best ever in our life. Kul ‘am wa antum bil Khair. Ramadan Kareem.

Made In Egypt by Afiqah

Her name is 'Sara' - given by Afiqah. Afiqah spent almost a day to 'deliver' this 'baby' so as to celebrate the month of Ramadan. Good work Afiqah!

I like this Man

I like this man, period! He has placed Malaysia to the hearts and minds of many people globally.

Below is the excerpt of his speech during the ninth convocation of PETRONAS University of Technology on 16 August 2009. The inspiring speech of the Chancellor, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed:

"Now you are going to face life as real people. No longer looking towards your parents for sustenance but you have to work for yourselves now. But even if you work for yourselves I am quite sure you will always remember the people that you owe your success to. Your parents firstly, the university and the members of the academic staff, but more generally to the society in general because without a society that is peaceful and progressive, that is fairly well-developed, there wouldn't be this opportunity for you to study at a prestigious university like Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. So while you are glad that you have got through, you must never forget that you owe an obligation, to all these people; society in general, your parents, and of course, the university. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS I think, is well on the way to becoming the best university in Malaysia. But that will depend on a lot of things. Of course the university itself will strive to provide the best education possible for the students coming to this university. But the students themselves have to work in order to make this university better known and highly respected. There are some universities in the UK for example which has become very well-known because of the way they speak. We talk about the Oxford accent. I am not proposing that you have a PETRONAS accent. But I would certainly suggest that when you leave the university and you work, you will show a certain character that will always be associated with the graduates of this university.What are the things that you can do?You must be, not only people with knowledge, but also with upright character. You will be people who always strive for the best and you will always try to contribute as much as possible to whatever organization that you work in. You should show the highest quality in terms of honour and responsibility. If you do all these things; all the graduates from this university put their minds to achieving these things, it will not be reflected only on you but it will be reflected also to the university so that the university will become a university which produces the best graduates not only in terms of their acquiring knowledge but also in terms of their character, their behaviour, their willingness to work hard and above all in whatever endeavour they enter into, they will be successful.Then, people will recognize you and people will go around and say, "Well, he is from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS". That would mean that we have succeeded in contributing towards making this university a first-class university in this country and also it might be ranked as among the top universities of the world. That is not just the ambition of the university. That is not just the ambition of the country. It should also be your ambition as graduates from this university"

"Many people are very gullible in this country also. If somebody comes along to them and say "We can change a ten-dollar note into a-hundred-dollar note, they are quite willing to invest in such a thing." And how many of them, highly educated people who have been cheated because they were greedy, they wanted to make something out of nothing. When you work, always remember that for whatever you earn, you must deliver, in terms of your service, in terms of your ideas, in terms of your management, in terms of contributing towards the success of whatever organization that you are working with. That should be your creed, your character. So that you will never be accused of cheating people. And then people will say, "Well, he is from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. That shouldn't be." So while you have acquired in this university great knowledge which will help you in your life, help you to earn a better living, you should always remember that you have a name to guard. The name of the university must remain clean all the time. Indeed it must remain a great name so that people will look up to this university and people will scramble to get into this university. Because if they get their children into this university, then of course they are going to benefit, and benefit fully."

Eau de Toilette for Ayman and Afiqah

Our First Experience

We raised our hands together supplicating before Allah swt, seeking His Blessings; asking Him for His forgiveness; begging before Him for giving us good health and safe journey. Muhammad Aiman was trying to hold his tears; the feeling of sadness clouded our mind and heart. This was quite tough decision that we had agreed on. Yes, our trip to Malaysia on 15 August 2009 was the first time for us (Nana & I) after 19 years of marriage and as one family, leaving my five kids alone abroad. ‘Afi, Muhammad Afiq and Muhammad Asri though are adults now and reliable enough to look after the household chores, etc. Again, being our first time was actually the challenge to break away from the pampered zone.
The first time leaving our kids alone was on the other hand, the second time that we (Nana and I) travelled together. The first time was our honeymoon trip in 1990.
Sharp at 18:00 hrs, we went out from our apartment to El Nouzha airport, Alexandria, accompanied by Muhammad Afiq and Afiqah. 15 minutes later, we arrived at the airport. The Meet and Assist staff from the Astra Travel was not within our eyes sight, but Alhamdullillah (praise only for Allah), we managed crossing the first screening smoothly. There was not much hustle at the check-in counter mainly for two reasons, that is, we had done our check-in online 36 hours before the departure, and we were among the first few passengers who arrived early. Subsequently, we crossed the immigration counter slickly and had our cappuccino at the lounge.
At around 19:20 hrs, announcement was made on the arrival of the Qatar Airways QR 512 from Doha. Alhamdulillah, scared to be called by the Qatar Airways ground staff for boarding, I joined the Maghrib-‘Isya congregation performed at the open area of the departure hall. This is one of the good things staying in Egypt; Mosques are everywhere and the prayer time comes, most of the people will oblige and perform the prayer together. However, we felt something was not right when the time ticked at 20:10 hours and we were still not invited to board the plane. Hence, the grief started.
Announcement on the delay was made 10 minutes later after the scheduled time – 20:25 hours. There was no information on why the delay and when would be the boarding time. The uncertainties created speculations, thus to some extend frustration and disappointment. The staffs seem to be very busy; I believed trying to solve the matters, but little time was spared to their customers – the frustrated customers. Perhaps what they should have done was distributing drinks to ‘cool’ them off or approach the confused passengers, who had paid significant amount of money, with appropriate information. This is what I called Crisis Management or People Management. I have tried to seek their attention on our connecting flight to KL from Doha, but to not my satisfaction.
Eventually, announcement was made around 22:20 hours for all the passengers to board the plane. Many were excited though with some disappointments. All the Economy Class passengers had went inside the busses, which supposed to transport us to the Airbus 320. We went to another bus for the First Class passengers. Amid the hot ambience and the unpleasant smell of the smoke emitted by busses, we were idled and stranded inside the bus for about 15 minutes! We were unofficially informed that, the aviation crew had solved the initial problem, but another persisted. With courtesy, we were asked to disembark the buses, I think for two reasons: one they were still not certain when the problem would be resolved and two, they need the busses to transport the Egypt Air Passengers to board the plane at 22:40 hours.
The three and half hours delay had taught us the real meaning of patience, tolerance and emotion intelligence. The great Messenger of Allah swt has taught and reminded us many time about self-control, managing of the inner self, understanding of people characters and the sacrifice. He, after successfully won the battle of Badr during the holy month Ramadan, reminded his companions that this was just small battle (despite the tough obstacles that they went through), but the real big battle is to fight against self-desire. We plan Allah disposes. I believed, the Almighty Allah azza wa jala wanted us to learn something out of it – patience. He says in the holy Qur’an; ‘Allah is with those who are patience’. We met many nice friendly people of different characters who were actually reminded us about our own characters that need to be improved. We talked about sweet and sour past stories that we maneuvered together. The characters that we saw reminded me about each single character of our five beautiful great assets – our kids. Each one of them have their own strength and hence, my responsibilities to collate the strength to form a good team. They are great kids!
Finally, we boarded the aircraft at 23:25 hours and took off at around 23:55 hours

12 hours and 30 minutes at Doha

Arrived at Doha pronounce as Dawhah at 3:30 am in the morning. We went to the Premium terminal by the Qatar Airways coach. Subsequently, reported ourselves to the help desk with our predicament and seeking their help to best resolve our case amicably. After about 20 minutes, we were ushered to the Main terminal to clear up the immigration and other administrative matters. It was very fast and efficient service rendered by the ground staff, that we were finally departed the terminal to the Movenpick Tower & Suites three minutes before 4:00 am. At around 4:15 am, we arrived at the reception of the Movenpick. Albeit the feeling of frustration, exhaustion and to certain dehydration due to the oven-like Doha weather bogged our disposition, we were energized by the sincere smile and warmth welcome of the concierge, security, the reception, and the rest of the crew. We were ushered to the junior suite after 5 minutes deal with the registration matter. Superb indeed!
After our Fajr prayer, we slept for about 4 hours before we took our breakfast at the ANOMOTO Restaurant. There we met a group of Moroccan who were on the way to Mecca for Umrah. Mabrouk..!! We took our opportunities to apply our local Egyptian dialect skills with them. Alhamdulillah, not even average though, but we managed to communicate with them fairly. Well, language is an art be itself. One must have courage to practice it. Practice make perfect.

Most of them as we observed are at least in the late 40s and above. Our prayer for them to be blessed by Allah swt with good health, enhanced faith, and fate.
Nana, with her well-known people-friendly attitude approached and invited them for a couple of shots as a remembrance.

Movenpick Tower & Suites standing tall facing the Arabian Gulf also known by the Iranian as a Persian Gulf (some sources simply refer to it as the Gulf).

After breakfast, around 10:50 hours, amid the hot 42 degrees centigrade weather, we took 10 minutes walk to the nearest Shopping Mall. Once a while, the Gulf breeze chilled us a little bit. To the Qataris, the weather was rather normal! What an adventures

We checked-out from our 512 room at 12:55 hours and at 13:00 hours sharp, we were driven to the Doha International airport Premium Terminal. At the lounge, we met Nina again. She was very excited and grateful meeting us. We missed our lunch at the hotel, but we had a good lunch at the lounge served by very efficient staff with varieties of oriental, Middle East, and Indian cuisine.

I must say, we really had a good twelve and half hours experience at Doha. The short experience had killed our frustration and had taught us good lessons. We must be thankful to Allah Rabbul Jalil always for what He had given and blessed us. We plan Allah disposes.

Life at El Agamy Today

ElAgamy is about 20 to 30 minutes normal drive during a normal day from Alexandria located in the intersection of Alexandria-Cairo Desert Road and the North-Coast Road. Relatively small town, but it accommodates few big petrochemical plants and few other oil and gas plants. Agamy literally means in Arabic foreigner or non-Arab. Popular with its turquoise water, Al Agamy in the 50s’ was the ‘compound’ of the elite class which then evolved to what it is you see today.
The city also has a number of Monuments, including a French Fort built during the French Occupation, under Napoleon Bonaparte, and has several watchtowers built in the Ottoman era, to guard Egypt's North Coast. Thus, still make the town is one of the tourist attractions in Alexandria.

Egyptian Way of Eating Mango

Mango is one of the Egyptian local produce abundantly available during summer. One must try ‘aser mangga’ or literally means Mango juice from any fruit juice shops. The rich pure Mango juice is a must-drink juice for anyone who visits the exotic Egypt during summer. And, the price is ridiculously cheap - USD 1 for 3 big glasses. The first time I tried the Egyptian Mango was in August 2006, during the ELNG luncheon with the VP Gas Datuk Wan Dzul and Datuk Rahim. I sat next to the ELNG Security Manager Abd Moneim. After the main course, he offered me a medium size Mango! Not to embarrass him, I took it hesitantly and at the same time, naively, I asked him for a piece of knife to skin-off the Mango. He responded cynically, but sincerely offered me a brief lesson on how to eat the Mango in the Egyptian way.
First, wash the Mango thoroughly or use a piece of tissue paper to wipe-off any sand or debris on the Mango skin.
By using a medium size table knife, cut the middle portion of the Mango to divide it into two portions. It is sunnah to apply the table knife towards you.

Hold tight the top part; turn it to the left and right briefly, then split into two parts, one side with the seed on it and the other part is ready to for your consumption.

Use a teaspoon to scoop the juicy sweetie Mango flesh. One must make sure to look or select a good fresh solid Mango before you pay for it. Too ripe the Mango, wll make it difficult to consume through this method.

After completing the first part, use the empty skin to hold the seed on the second portion and take it out from the flesh. Again, use the teaspoon to enjoy the juicy luscious Mango. Please do not use this method to eat Durian.

Wat La..?!

This sheep skin had been hanging outside our balcony since December 2007?!I think it should be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Record under the category of sheep skin that went through the longest drying process - 1 year 7 months and 23 days.

TwinzBites: The Team Behind the Scene

The Chairman and the Directors of TwinzBites dirtied their hands in the operations room making sure the quality of the products, health, safety, and environment aspects are well managed and up to the set standards at least meeting the customers’ satisfactions. In the light of the Holy month of Ramadhan, they will be very busy fulfilling the demands of ‘Kek Lapis Sarawak’ or Sarawak Layered Cake, varieties of ‘dodol’, cupcakes, and assorted biscuits. All the best TwinzBitians! Well, to balancing up the act, it is also wise to grab the opportunities of what Ramadhan will offer, to lure ‘Baraqah’ and ‘Rahmah’ from Allah azza wa jalla. I hope it is not too early for us to wish you all Ramadhan Kareem.

A one Way Trip

Condolence. I was shocked and stunned when Nana informed me that Mohamed Asri aka Ustaz Asri, the Rabbani (one of the Malaysian popular singing group) mastermind passed away due to heart failure. He was announced death at the Pantai Medical Centre, KL around 11:00 hrs. Rabbani is one of my favorites singing group. Among others, their song entitled Intifada, Apa Yang Kau Tahu (what do you know) and Pergi Tak Kembali (will not return) are my favorites.

Our prayers and thoughts are always with you and may Allah swt place your soul together with the pious people.Ameen.

We Were Here : 1989-2001

I was here since April 1989 until April 2001. Nana joined me a year later, followed by ‘Afi in 1991. We had been in Bintulu for about 12 years, watching not only the people but also the town, its infrastructure, and the socio economy growing dramatically in parallel with the oil & gas industries.

This summer, we spent a day trip to Bintulu visiting our friends and witnessing its latest development phase. It now, has new hotel, apartments, new townships, new airport, new highways, and improved infrastructure.
However, the As-Shakirin Mosque or Masjid As Shakirin literally means Mosque of Gratefulness to Allah swt, is always in my heart. It is one of the Bintulu prominent landmarks, which has contemporary unique architecture, designed by Hijjas Kasturi Associates - www.hijjaskasturi.com.my one of the most prominent Malaysian architect. The Open concept and its intrinsic spiritual values give you calmness and soothing experience.

The As-Shakirin reminded me about Terawih prayer during the holy month of Ramadhan in Bintulu. It was well organized, participated by hundreds of people around Bintulu including Abd Hakeem and I.

Bintulu General Hospital (BGH) – this is where Afiqah born 8 years 7 months ago at around 4:30 am, Tuesday morning. At that particular moment, I was at home looking after the four boys – ‘Afi, Muhammad Afiq, Muhammad Asri, and Muhammad Aiman. After performing the Fajr prayer, and preparing the three boys to school, Nana, who was alone at the hospital called me informing about the safe arrival of Afiqah. Only Allah swt knows how excited I was then. Eight and the half years had past though, but the hospitality of the BGH staff especially at the children ward, will always be in our memory.

Asean Bintulu Fertiliser or in short ABF is where I first entered the PETRONAS world in April 1989, about 5 years after it had been in operation. The first five years was not easy for all of us, especially us in the urea operations. We were considered fortunate if we managed keeping the plant running more than a month. ‘Fighting fires’ everyday during the 8 hours shift was really exhausted, frustrated and demoralized. Providentially fortunate, we had a good team players, supportive management, and lucrative package that had kept us alive and kicking. Sometime, we played MacGyver act to keep the plant kicking as well! Nevertheless, this was the place had taught, groomed, and developed me to what am I today.

Condolences

The sun rise and set obediently in the evening as instructed by its Creator. Then, come the moon, romancing the night without fail. Nobody and nothing in this universe is permanent in nature left alone perfect. One marriage or death has been determined by the Almighty Allah swt. When the time come, Allah the Great will not delay it millionth seconds neither He will extend to another seconds. Allah swt will never His promises.
Condolences to Adnan and family on the recent bereavement of his late beloved father Datuk Zainal Abidin. Our thoughs and prayers are always with you. May Allah swt place his soul together with all the Pious & Wise people, the great Prophets' companions, and all the Prophets.

10 Years Old

Here we are, celebrating Muhammad Aiman’s birthday! As usual, living a simple life though, we did it low profile, small-do among the seven of us in our apartment at Kafr Abdou. It is good to reminisce the day when we first landed our leg in this temporary world called earth, which is the third phase of our journey. Two more phases to go before we eventually depart for our last destination – either in Hell or in Heaven.

He is ten years old now - today. Kullu sana wa ente tayeeb!..mabrouk.! On your birthday, let us put our hands, minds and hearts together supplicating before Allah Rabbul Jalil, seeking His blessing to sustain and enhance our fate ‘Iman’ for our life thereafter. Only with Iman, hardworking, honesty, obedient, and discipline will help you to convert your dream to a true sense of success. Success in the ‘Eyes’ of the almighty Allah azza wajala.

Muhammad Aiman is a jovial obedient kid, has a high sense of humor, like watching TV, playing computer game, love cooking, and off course eating.

The Great Almighty Allah swt

Allah is Great. Allah is the most Gracious and Merciful. He is the Ultimate Creator of the entire universe and its inhabitants. Amid the sunny weather, summer in Egypt is very pleasant with it’s greenly scene decorated by varieties of trees and flowers chill by the Mediterranean breeze. This helps to reduce the ultra-violet penetration to this lovely land, shelter to at least 40% of the friendly people who is working under the sun, sustain food and water supply to their livestocks and farms/plantation especially at the Delta.
Also, during summer, you may found abundant supply of fruits – locally planted peach, grapes, plum, water melons, cantaloupes, banana, ‘tin suQi’, figs, dates, and many types of mango. These fruits, which contain and rich in Vitamins and other nutrients, help the population to stay healthy and energetic.
Last but not least, this summer, I proudly share you Nana’s successful attempt (after series of attempt, trial and error) in the making of ‘pau’ or ‘Alex-dumpling’ (honestly, I am not too sure the English) filled with chicken & potato curry. She succeeded finally. Congrates Luv! I took three yummy ‘pau’…and bet you, it was delicious, really. Next in the queue – Chicken Sate.

The Fine Art of Design & Build by eLANZ Sdn Bhd

Decorative Gypsum : Cement Craftsmanship Services are the core business of the eLANZ Sdn Bhd.

The eLANZ group of companies were established since 1995 and have evolved from just a group of design professionals to an organisation that includes craftsmen, builders and a fabrication factory that offers a single-point service from conceptual design to completion.
It existing clients range from government bodies to private clients with completed projects within and outside Malaysia.

Their services includes: Design Consultancy; Restoration works; Interior & Exterior Decorative Works; last but not least, Maintenance works.

However, in this chapter, one thing that actually I want to share is about one of the eLANZ owner - Zailan. Few things that what Zailan, Bill Gates, Poji, the Prophets, and the Sahabah had in common are obedient, passion, hard working, and integrity. Prophet Ibrahim alaihissalam for instance, love his wife and his son Ismail alaihissalam very much. When Allah swt directed him to sacrifice his beloved son, with his obedient, he did it without hesitant. Bill Gates in his early days was never good with swimming and soccer, but he obediently followed what his parent asked him to do that he himself didn’t know why. At that time, it was a kind of pointless, but ended up really exposing him to leadership opportunities. Zailan, whom I know never want to be an architect. He always wanted to be pilot but his dream was turn-off by his parent. As an obedient and hardworking son, he persevere his architectural journey passionately. Now, Zailan one of the Yaysan Yusuf fraternities is a successful multi millionaire.