A day before the 2012 countdown, Brother-in-law Hj Ismail; niece - Suria and family visited and had a pit stop at our SS2/28 rented house (after their 10 hours drive/journey from Kuching). They left Kuching around 11:00 am and the delay was mainly because they were diverted due to the damage of Pan Borneo highway between Serian and Sri Aman.In-Laws & Nieces' visit::THANK you
A day before the 2012 countdown, Brother-in-law Hj Ismail; niece - Suria and family visited and had a pit stop at our SS2/28 rented house (after their 10 hours drive/journey from Kuching). They left Kuching around 11:00 am and the delay was mainly because they were diverted due to the damage of Pan Borneo highway between Serian and Sri Aman.
21st anniversary or 36th?
Today is our 21st anniversary. Alhamdullillah – praise only for Allah swt. But, my kid says it is instead our 36th’s? Anyway, whatever the numbers are, as far as I am concerned, it does not matter. What matters are on how to enhance or at least enhance the blessing –Rahmah and Baraqah – health, wealth and love that Allah swt had granted to us thus far?..and, to manage the remaining time/life that we have in this world. What really matter is on how we are going to finish our journey in this temporary small world. The fact is that, I’m 47 now and she is 42! May Allah always be with us.Afi's creativity
Keelaaasss! For a Second Year 1st Semester student with no basic in architecture, this piece is indeed superb...!! Keep it up Afi! We are always behind and pray for you. Bravo..!! Alhamdullillah - praise only for Allah swt, don't sit on your laurels...push harder to your limit...and do it for Allah swt.
A great product! But remember to design and build one for your life thereafter - our ultimate destiny and goal. It has all been told by Allah swt; shown by His Messenger - Muhammad saw (peace be upon him) and practiced by his Companions...thaught by thousands wise men.
He's a MAN now....alhamdullillah
Khitān (Arabic: ختان) is the term for male circumcision carried out as an Islamic rite, to introduce males into Islam and as a sign of belonging to the wider Islamic community. It is also referred to by the term Taharah, 'purity'.
On 19.12.2011, my forth son was smoothly and safely circumcised by Dr Mark Jeevan of Columbia Asia Bintulu. Alhamdullillah. After been ‘rejected’ by one of the famous doctors in Miri, I’d decided to put him under full anesthesia and after all it is all borne by my beloved company. We went to the hospital around 10:00 am and after about 5 minutes of consultation with Dr Mark plus few administrative matters, he was brought to the operation theatre around 11:30 am (after about 35 minutes at his first class single bedded room). 3 hours after that, he came out (with his weak smile) from the operation room. Few minutes later, a nurse put him under oxygen analyzer to monitor his oxygen level in his body. I went to my office after the staff nurse confirmed that he is ‘ok’! And that was around 13:52 hours.
Above photo::Lovely Mom and cute Sis. Afiqah rendered their moral support and motivation. Muslims are currently the largest single religious group to practice widespread circumcision. However, it is not a condition for converting to Islam or carrying out religious duties.[The Qur'an itself does not mention circumcision. In the time of Prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him), circumcision was carried out by many Arabian tribes, among them Jews and Christians for religious reasons. The ritual dates back to the time of the Prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him). According to tradition Prophet Muhammad saw (peace be upon him) was born without a foreskin (aposthetic). Many of his early disciples were circumcised to symbolise their inclusion within the emerging Islamic community. These facts are mentioned several times in the hadith. Some hadith group circumcision with the ‘fitra’ (acts considered to be of a refined person). Other such acts include: clipping or shaving pubic hair, cutting nails, cleaning teeth, plucking or shaving the hair under the armpits and clipping (or trimming) the moustache. (Reported in the hadiths of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.) Innovation Starts@HOME......
Panelists at the 2nd Merdeka Award Roundtable television talk show held recently in Kuala Lumpur, say that innovation must begin at home and it must start with the individual.
“Innovation must start with you. Let’s start with doing one innovative thing a day (and from there it will grow),” says Professor Dato’ Dr Zaini Ujang, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the 2009 Merdeka Award Recipient in the category of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement.
The 2nd Merdeka Award Roundtable featured the topic “Cultivating a Culture of Innovation in Challenging Times”. The lively discussion, aptly held at the historical Carcosa Seri Negara on 24 November, featured three outstanding personalities known for their spirit of innovation and entreprenuership – Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of Air Asia Berhad, Founder of the Tune Group and Chairman of football club QPR Holdings Ltd; Tan Sri Datuk Augustine Ong Soon Hock, President of the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) and former Merdeka Award Nomination Committee Member; and Prof Dato’ Zaini.
Prof Dato’ Zaini says that when it comes to broadening the horizons of innovation in Malaysia students should be encouraged to be more adventurous and mobile. “If you want to change people, let them go outside their normal routine. We must allow them to experiment; innovation occurs when you allow people to deviate. And you must let them fail (we can learn from failure).”
“Education,” says Tan Sri Tony is the one idea that will help instill the culture of innovation among the post-Merdeka generation. “The language of innovation is English. We have to be brave because language is key. We also need to bring back art, culture and sport; it will change the way our kids think,” he says.
Tan Sri Ong concurred, saying: “We also need to think about where we have a niche we can own. One of the possible areas is (indigenous) flora and fauna – we have such diversity in this country but we haven’t even done a proper inventory (of it). We should identify an area like this where we can bring results. And we should focus on areas where we’re good at.”
“We need disruptive thinkers,” says Tan Sri Tony. “And that stems from two things – family and the education system. We must allow people to dream, we must allow people to have ideas, and we mustn’t be afraid to fail. We have to create the environment, and it starts with us. We must allow our kids to experiment, we must expose them to as many things as possible and then let them go where they want. If you have a successful education system, we will find the best for each child.”
He adds that Malaysia also needs to address what he calls the “brain exodus”. “It’s a globlised world, we have to fight to keep our thinkers. And it starts at home and it starts with education,” he says.
Cultivating a culture of innovation is to create eco-systems, Tan Sri Tony adds. “I think (innovation) is so critical for the development of the country. It is not something you can teach; it is not something you can programme.
“You have to create an environment for innovation, you have to create the family, the education system. I have lots of issues with the system now – it’s very focused on books. There’s not enough playing, interacting. Education for me is about bringing out the mind, creating the thought,” he adds.
Tan Sri Ong adds that just about anyone can be innovative. “At MINDS, we have chefs and salesmen coming up with ideas. When we started in 1989, we had 50 inventions brought to us; this year the number is 720. I believe that if you throw the challenge to people, they will respond.”
The discussion then moved on to the importance of implementation, with Tan Sri Tony saying, “There is no point in innovating if you’re not implementing.”
“What is important is the intrinsic value that you put into the system, and how you value ideas,” says Prof Dato Zaini.
The academician, who has written several books on innovation, argued that the global education system must evolve to remain relevant to the needs of a rapidly changing world. “The problem with the academic structure, not just in Malaysia but all over the world, is over-specialisation. The walls we’ve created in academia don’t help us innovate,” he says.
He espouses the concept of new academia – where learning environments are not just limited to academic environments, but at businesses and workplaces, and where education is not just taught by lecturers, but also by businessmen, inventors, policy makers, entrepreneurs and practitioners.
In citing personal experiences, Prof Dato’ Zaini says his approach to innovation stems from looking at the negative components of an issue, and seeing the positive from it. He says his work on waste water, which earned him the Merdeka Award in 2009, came from first looking at waste water as a resource, and then looking for the opportunities that resource presents.
While discoveries and breakthroughs are crucial, recognition is just as important in motivating the young. Tan Sri Tony says: “I fully sympathise with young kids in the country. It’s important we praise their ideas, their successes. We don’t hear enough about these great ideas. And we need to show that the commercialization of these ideas have come to fruition.”
“Innovation must start with you. Let’s start with doing one innovative thing a day (and from there it will grow),” says Professor Dato’ Dr Zaini Ujang, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the 2009 Merdeka Award Recipient in the category of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement.
The 2nd Merdeka Award Roundtable featured the topic “Cultivating a Culture of Innovation in Challenging Times”. The lively discussion, aptly held at the historical Carcosa Seri Negara on 24 November, featured three outstanding personalities known for their spirit of innovation and entreprenuership – Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of Air Asia Berhad, Founder of the Tune Group and Chairman of football club QPR Holdings Ltd; Tan Sri Datuk Augustine Ong Soon Hock, President of the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) and former Merdeka Award Nomination Committee Member; and Prof Dato’ Zaini.
Prof Dato’ Zaini says that when it comes to broadening the horizons of innovation in Malaysia students should be encouraged to be more adventurous and mobile. “If you want to change people, let them go outside their normal routine. We must allow them to experiment; innovation occurs when you allow people to deviate. And you must let them fail (we can learn from failure).”
“Education,” says Tan Sri Tony is the one idea that will help instill the culture of innovation among the post-Merdeka generation. “The language of innovation is English. We have to be brave because language is key. We also need to bring back art, culture and sport; it will change the way our kids think,” he says.
Tan Sri Ong concurred, saying: “We also need to think about where we have a niche we can own. One of the possible areas is (indigenous) flora and fauna – we have such diversity in this country but we haven’t even done a proper inventory (of it). We should identify an area like this where we can bring results. And we should focus on areas where we’re good at.”
“We need disruptive thinkers,” says Tan Sri Tony. “And that stems from two things – family and the education system. We must allow people to dream, we must allow people to have ideas, and we mustn’t be afraid to fail. We have to create the environment, and it starts with us. We must allow our kids to experiment, we must expose them to as many things as possible and then let them go where they want. If you have a successful education system, we will find the best for each child.”
He adds that Malaysia also needs to address what he calls the “brain exodus”. “It’s a globlised world, we have to fight to keep our thinkers. And it starts at home and it starts with education,” he says.
Cultivating a culture of innovation is to create eco-systems, Tan Sri Tony adds. “I think (innovation) is so critical for the development of the country. It is not something you can teach; it is not something you can programme.
“You have to create an environment for innovation, you have to create the family, the education system. I have lots of issues with the system now – it’s very focused on books. There’s not enough playing, interacting. Education for me is about bringing out the mind, creating the thought,” he adds.
Tan Sri Ong adds that just about anyone can be innovative. “At MINDS, we have chefs and salesmen coming up with ideas. When we started in 1989, we had 50 inventions brought to us; this year the number is 720. I believe that if you throw the challenge to people, they will respond.”
The discussion then moved on to the importance of implementation, with Tan Sri Tony saying, “There is no point in innovating if you’re not implementing.”
“What is important is the intrinsic value that you put into the system, and how you value ideas,” says Prof Dato Zaini.
The academician, who has written several books on innovation, argued that the global education system must evolve to remain relevant to the needs of a rapidly changing world. “The problem with the academic structure, not just in Malaysia but all over the world, is over-specialisation. The walls we’ve created in academia don’t help us innovate,” he says.
He espouses the concept of new academia – where learning environments are not just limited to academic environments, but at businesses and workplaces, and where education is not just taught by lecturers, but also by businessmen, inventors, policy makers, entrepreneurs and practitioners.
In citing personal experiences, Prof Dato’ Zaini says his approach to innovation stems from looking at the negative components of an issue, and seeing the positive from it. He says his work on waste water, which earned him the Merdeka Award in 2009, came from first looking at waste water as a resource, and then looking for the opportunities that resource presents.
While discoveries and breakthroughs are crucial, recognition is just as important in motivating the young. Tan Sri Tony says: “I fully sympathise with young kids in the country. It’s important we praise their ideas, their successes. We don’t hear enough about these great ideas. And we need to show that the commercialization of these ideas have come to fruition.”
Source::Merdeka Award Secretariat
Ta'alim : Part XXXVI
Hazrat Aa'isha Radhiyallah hu anhu (ra) says: 'I very much wanted to enter the Ka'ba to perform salaat inside it. Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) then took me by the hand and said: 'Perform the salaat you desire in this hateem for verily your people, the Quraish left this section of the Ka'ba outside it when they rebuilt the Ka'ba.'
It is Mustahab to enter the Ka'ba. This is one of the places where duaa is accepted and answered. However, it is never permissible for anyone to enter through the giving of bribes. When the Quraish rebuilt the Ka'ba they lifted the roof quite high and raised the door so high that one cannot enter the Ka'ba without a staircase. Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) wanted to rebuild the Ka'ba according to the same plan as it had been before. Hence he said to Hazrat Aa'isha ra.: 'These Arabs have only recently entered Islam; It is possible that their feelings may become roused and sentiments excited, as a result of the demolition of the Ka'ba; if it was not for this I would rebuilt the Ka'ba, and I would have included the hateem in the Ka'ba: and I would have made two doors. One from which people could enter and leave from the other; and I would have lowered the door of the Ka'ba to the ground: 'Your people raised the door of the Ka'ba so that they admit only these whom they prefer.' According to another hadith Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) said to Saidatina Aa'isha ra.: 'Your people did not do the roper thing when erecting the Ka'ba, if we were not so near to the times of disbelief, I would again include this section into the Ka'ba; the section they have left outside; rebuilt, this should be included. Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) then measured off a further seven feet'. This was the cause of Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair ra. increasing the size of the Ka'ba when he rebuilt it. So actually Ibn Hazrat Zubair ra accomplished what Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) himself had desired. Later under Abdul Malik bin Marwaan , Hjjaaj had the Ka'ba restored to its pre-Islamic structure. No matter what niyyat prompted Hajjaj, one can to day still feel thankful that it is made so easy for anyone who wishes to be inside the Ka'ba. No bribe to be given to enter into the hateem. Here one may enter at any time to his heart delight, pray there and make his special supplication to Allah. Being in the hateem, means being inside the Ka'ba. For this reason Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) told Saidatina Aa'isha ra to say her prayers here. Further, it becomes exceedingly difficult for females to enter the Ka'ba. This hateem simplifies matters for them. Be very careful of your conduct inside the Ka'ba. The ulama have stated that on entering the Ka'ba, one's conduct should be one of utmost respect, upholding the great dignity of the place. It is best to go bare feet without socks, and to bath before entry. It is best to enter with great humility and to enter crying, with tears streaming down
It is Mustahab to enter the Ka'ba. This is one of the places where duaa is accepted and answered. However, it is never permissible for anyone to enter through the giving of bribes. When the Quraish rebuilt the Ka'ba they lifted the roof quite high and raised the door so high that one cannot enter the Ka'ba without a staircase. Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) wanted to rebuild the Ka'ba according to the same plan as it had been before. Hence he said to Hazrat Aa'isha ra.: 'These Arabs have only recently entered Islam; It is possible that their feelings may become roused and sentiments excited, as a result of the demolition of the Ka'ba; if it was not for this I would rebuilt the Ka'ba, and I would have included the hateem in the Ka'ba: and I would have made two doors. One from which people could enter and leave from the other; and I would have lowered the door of the Ka'ba to the ground: 'Your people raised the door of the Ka'ba so that they admit only these whom they prefer.' According to another hadith Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) said to Saidatina Aa'isha ra.: 'Your people did not do the roper thing when erecting the Ka'ba, if we were not so near to the times of disbelief, I would again include this section into the Ka'ba; the section they have left outside; rebuilt, this should be included. Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) then measured off a further seven feet'. This was the cause of Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair ra. increasing the size of the Ka'ba when he rebuilt it. So actually Ibn Hazrat Zubair ra accomplished what Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) himself had desired. Later under Abdul Malik bin Marwaan , Hjjaaj had the Ka'ba restored to its pre-Islamic structure. No matter what niyyat prompted Hajjaj, one can to day still feel thankful that it is made so easy for anyone who wishes to be inside the Ka'ba. No bribe to be given to enter into the hateem. Here one may enter at any time to his heart delight, pray there and make his special supplication to Allah. Being in the hateem, means being inside the Ka'ba. For this reason Rasulullah saw (peace be upon him) told Saidatina Aa'isha ra to say her prayers here. Further, it becomes exceedingly difficult for females to enter the Ka'ba. This hateem simplifies matters for them. Be very careful of your conduct inside the Ka'ba. The ulama have stated that on entering the Ka'ba, one's conduct should be one of utmost respect, upholding the great dignity of the place. It is best to go bare feet without socks, and to bath before entry. It is best to enter with great humility and to enter crying, with tears streaming down
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