In My Chambers

The Young Lawyer

2012-01-13T16:22:00.000+08:00

I think I've written about this topic before. See here.

Anyhow, this post is written in a slightly different context.

Yesterday, as I was leaving office, I bumped into a partner and her nice lady client in the lift.

As usual, I'd start some small chat to warm the awkward silence of the elevator.

"All done for the day?"

They nodded and smiled back at me.

Then the lady client asked, "Are you a lawyer as well?" I nodded in reply.

She apologised, "I'm sorry I asked but I had too, you look so young! You must've just graduated".

I smiled.

"Actually, I've been in practice for a few years. In fact, I'm heading home to play with my two year old daughter".

Then the lift door opened and we stepped out. As she was leaving out of the building, I wished her a pleasant night. The client smiled.

"Your answer described your age perfectly. I would've expected an answer like that from a lawyer".

Man! Did she made my day yesterday!

*Ni baru "Young Lawyer"!*

Blog adjourned.

The Hadd On Zina

2012-01-09T18:43:00.000+08:00

I think people are always confusing between zina (adultery) and rape.

Know that rape is not adultery. In a rape case, one party does not consent to the sexual intercourse. Hence some ulama categorise rape as a form of robbery to one’s dignity. Under Hudud Laws, in a case of robbery, the ultimate punishment is death or crucifying the convict and to leave the body in a public place as a show to others how the Shariah detest robbery.

Now, this is my understanding on the Hadd for Zina. (Hadd is the singular term for Hudud. When we say Hudud, it includes all of the Hudud offences. When we say Hadd, we are referring to only one of Hudud offence).

Please correct me if you think I am wrong as I stand to be corrected.

My analysis on Hadd for Zina is based on my formal tertiary education as well as my reading and understanding of the Shariah.

Mainly, Zina is a crime because it tarnishes one's honour and lineage, two of the factors which the Mawasid Shariah (Objectives of the Shariah) protects.

The Hadd punishment for Zina is divided into two. The flogging of 100 times at the back is for an adulterer who is not married and the stoning to death for an adulterer who is already married.

“Sula” or the act of shoving a sharp pole from the anus until it comes out through the mouth was a customary punishment given to adulterer in the olden days in Malaya. Sula is not a Shariah punishment and definitely not a Hadd punishment.

Hadd for Zina is only for Muslims. Although adultery is heinous crime and detested in all religion, only some religion actually imposes heavy punishment for adultery. Islam is one of the religion.

In other words, under the Shariah, sexual intercourse out of wedlock for a married Muslim is a death penalty. If only this was stressed during pre-marriage courses, we might get fewer affairs in marriages.

Okay, that’s the Hadd punishment for Zina.

But before we can punish somebody, we need to convict / prove that he is guilty of the offence.

There are only two ways to convict an adulterer under zina and punishing them with Hudud. The first is via sincere confession(s) and the second is if the fornicating act is witnessed by four male witnesses.

As for the first category i.e. via sincere confession (s), I included the (s) to indicate a plural form of confession because some jurist have even required the confession be made four times and done at different times - to make it equivalent to 4 witnesses. The retraction of one admission out of the four times will annul the Hadd for Zina as it is like only having 3 witnesses instead of 4.

As for the second category, the fornicating act MUST be witnessed by 4 male witnesses. Jurist have explained that these four male witnesses must SEE the penis entering and exiting the vagina a few times and are super damn sure that the sexual intercourse really did happened. The level is beyond reasonable doubt as any traces of doubt would destroy the certainty in imposing Hadd punishment. The moral behaviour of each of the four male witnesses must also be of tip top character and can be challenged. Some jurists have debated the acceptance of female witnesses. That could be another point of law as well.

In my mind, the only way for the second category to happen is if the couple were fornicating in PUBLIC. Some may say that if an unmarried Muslim couple living together and have kids, this could be a good case for Hadd punishment. I beg to differ.

I have some reservations here. DNA test may be accurate do determine paternity of the child but that should not be the benchmark to prove Hadd punishment as there are no 4 male witnesses who saw the intercourse. Using DNA is to establish an evidence after the act of intercourse when Hadd punishment is for the act of intercourse. Hadd punishment is not to eliminate all traces of adultery. Ta’zir punishment could be used as an alternative punishment but not Hadd.

The four male witnesses would never be able to SEE the sexual act if it was done in private because SPYING or CCTV footage is not a valid method of enforcement or evidence for Hadd in Zina. It may be a admissible for Ta’zir punishment but I don’t agree it to be extended for Hadd. Another mind boggling factor is this. If these 4 male witnesses are of good moral behaviour, isn’t it their duty to stop an evil act when they see it (amar ma’ruf wa nahi mungkar) and not wait and look at the couple to make sure that they see the penis entering and exiting the vagina?

*OOoohhh... Mat Skodeng*

In fact, I would go further to suggest that the 4 witnesses must have tried to stop the couple but the couple couldn’t be bothered and continued romping each other in the clear view of the 4 male witnesses.hmm.. To my mind, this means that the Hadd for Zina is and will only be applicable when the moral value of the society is at its worst level and people start to fornicate in public without any shame or embarrassment. Even after attempts to stop the couple, they still continued fornicating in public.

I was told and I read as well that there has not been a single case of Hadd punishment for Zina on the basis of conviction. All of the previous convictions are based on confessions. I stand to be corrected as I do not have the any statistics to back this finding.

At the end of the day, Hadd is a punishment to free the sinner from punishment in the Hereafter which is way greater than in this world. One may be committing Zina in private and not be caught but that does not mean that Allah does not know what you are doing. If you think you can commit a sin in a place in this world where Allah would not know and cannot see you, by all means, go ahead and do it. And please tell me of this place as well because as far as I am concerned, nothing escapes Him. He knows what is apparent, hidden, before and after.

I think that this should prove that Hadd for Zina more of a preventive measure for others not to do it rather than deterrent punishment for those convicted. Well, it is a deterent factor if you are not married but if you are married, there is nothing to deter you from comitting the crime because dead people cannot commit crimes...

But we still need to have it as Hadd for Zina available to Muslims who fall under the first category where the adulterer wants to confess of his sin and get rid of the sin's burden from his shoulders by facing the punishment provided by Allah.

Be that as it may, if the burden of proving the couple does not reach the level of Hadd for Zina, the adulterer may still be punished under Ta’zir which is the discretionary powers of the Court. They can still be fined or imprisoned or any other punishment as the authority deems fit.

In conclusion, I don’t think any civic minded person should disagree with Hadd for Zina.

What do you think?

Blog adjourned.

The Role Of Ethics In Business - (Legal Insight 4/2011)

2012-01-05T11:03:00.000+08:00

Yay!

My first article for my Firm’s newsletter, Skrine’s Legal Insights 04/2011 (December) is published at page 16.

I told the Editor that I would like to contribute a piece on Shariah: Principles and Practice for EACH publication. Haha. Kena letak pressure skit baru boleh perform!

So I began my quest to draft something light and easy for people to read. Not too heavy as I don’t want the readers to get bored and not too light until people think it is useless.

I thought corporate governance would be a good subject plus it was still fresh as it was one of my CIFP subjects. In the end, Alhamdulillah, “The Role of Ethics in Business” was drafted and submitted to the Editor and approved J Yay!

You can click here or here to read the Skrine’s Legal Insight 04/2011. Again, my article is at page 16.

Hope you enjoy the read.

You should also check out page 12, Of BIMBOS, Black Swans, Ex-Dates Etc. Very enjoyable read J.

I am already in the midst of my next article. It’s going to be about the Objectives of the Shariah (Maqasid Shariah)... So stay tuned.

Blog adjourned.

2012- To Be A Successful Believer!

2012-01-03T12:49:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year Everybody!

When it comes to New Year Celebration, we would be surrounded by warm wishes and prayers for better future and greater success not forgetting making new year resolutions.

You don’t have any resolutions yet? Let me assist you to create one. J

First, flip out your Quran and refer to the 23^rd Chapter i.e.: Surah Al-Mu’minun (The Believers). Too lazy? Then just read on first. I will explain my understanding of these 11 verses below.

In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. Successful indeed are the believers;

2. Those who humble themselves in their prayers;

3. Who avoid vain talk or shun vain conversation;

4. Who are active in deeds of charity or payers of the poor-due;
5. Who guard their modesty or abstain from sex,

6. Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are free from blame,

7. But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors;-
8. Those who faithfully observe their trusts (keepers of their pledge) and their covenants;
9. And who (strictly) guard their prayers;-
10. These will be the heirs,

11. Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (for ever).

[Note: I got the Arabic text from here and the translation are a mixed between there and here. Well, I didn’t actually mix it but I added on for better understanding. That’s why you see the “or” in the translation.]

Now, let’s get into business shall we?

In the first 11 verses of Surah Al-Mu’minun, Allah SWT tells us that the Believers are indeed successful. (If you are a Believer, say Alhamdulillah and Yay. You can also let out a sigh of relieve here...Fuh!).

Allah SWT then went on to explain the characteristics of a successful believer in the following 8 verses. He began by the categorization of a successful Believer by mentioning FIRST, those who are khusyu’ in their prayers and ENDS with those who guard or take cares of their prayers.

See how important prayers is?

In between, He states that a successful believer will avoid vain talks, do charity, abstain from illegal sex and only do so legally and observe trust and covenants.

Now if a Believer do all of the above properly, Insha Allah, he will inherit Paradise. Not ENTER but INHERIT.

Inherit means it is your right to get it. But only if you fulfil the obligations mentioned in verse 2-9.

That’s pretty literal right? If you had happened to read the translation of Surah Al-Mu’minun, common sense would dictate that you would be able to decipher the above meaning.

Now, let me share with you this.

In life, when we explain about someone’s background or credentials, we would always be interested with his most successful achievement right? When we want to introduce a Medical Doctor for example, we don’t tell about his primary education first but we say “Dr. Abdullah obtained his PhD in Islamic Finance from INCEIF”. Then we go on to say that he got his Masters from Azhar University after completing his degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia. We might even go on to share his secondary school and primary school thereafter.

This is the norm when we introduce someone. We start from the most successful achievement and move downwards. It would be bizarre if we share one’s kindergarten, primary, secondary education first before moving up to illustrate that he is a Medical Doctor or a PhD Candidate in the end. This sort of dilutes the effect of one’s achievement. Probably because it is only expected that he would have passed all the lower levels before he could achieve his most current successful accomplishment.

Khusyu’ in prayers is the ultimate level of achievement for a Believer. That’s like the most awesome character of a Believer. That’s why Allah SWT mentions Khusyu’ as the best illustration of a successful Believer. Because it is the ultimate character, you cannot just suddenly get it. Just like a PhD holder, one cannot just wake up one day and say, “I think I want to be a PhD holder”. It doesn’t work that way. You need to make sure that you have the necessary qualifications and background before you can even be considered to be a PhD candidate. This is the same when we want to be Khusyu’ in our prayers. It takes a lot of effort, perseverance, preservation, discipline etc.

So if we want to be a successful Believer, we must have Khusyu’ in our prayers. Ok. How do we go about doing that?

Well, as I have mentioned above, the illustration to one’s achievement is normally done by mentioning the best and down to the most primary level. If we want to start achieving the ultimate goal, the idea is to start at the starting steps of being a successful Believer.

This, my dear readers, is your cue to go straight to verse 9 and read the characteristics backwards all the way to verse 2.

Verse 9 only asks you to guard your prayers.

You can read my previous post on Random Facts About Prayers Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI and Part VII for some basic reading. Also click on the “Islam” Category in In My Chambers.

Then you make sure to observe your trust and covenants. Have Amanah and never ever lie.

Then you abstain from illegal sex and only do so legally. Get married if you are single. Only go to bed with your wives if you are married. And most importantly, for husbands and wives, please each other for the sake of Allah.

Then you do charity.

Then you avoid vain talks.

Perfect all these characters and then Insha Allah you will be able to get Khusyu’ in your prayers.

Then you will not only be a Believer, but a successful Believer who will inherit Paradise.

I think this would be a great new year resolution and let’s see if we can be a successful Believer.

Don't worry if your just about to start. Islam is not only about scoring in your exams but Islam acknowledges the journey towards acing your exams. If you are just about to start, then let's start together. if you have already started, then please do share with us your experiance. Hopefully, at the end of the day, we get to complete it successfully together.

Get your friends and family to do so with you. Wouldn't it be nice to have your friends and family in Paradise together?

So 2012, may you bring us all a greater success!

Blog adjourned.

(Alhamdulillah. I finally got to share this knowledge. I first heard it in the show "Parables in the Quran" hosted by Moez Massoud. Then I continued with some research and got better understanding from my Spiritual Teacher. May Allah continue to guide them and grant them His blessings and make them Successful Believers too!)

Two Thousand And Eleven = AWESOME!!!

2012-01-01T00:01:00.009+08:00

*Yup! So I'm gonna blog the good times of 2011*

Alhamdulillah...

2011 was indeed a good one.

In January, I started working again as a Senior Assistant Registrar at the Muamalat High Court in Kuala Lumpur after completing my 12 months CIFP course. It was actually killing two birds with one stone as INCEIF agreed to allow me (and my dearest Deputy Registrar) to complete our 6 months articleship at the Courts. I was so rusty and the new Court Management System was so strange but my dearest colleagues were always ever so helpful to help me get on my way. Thank you so much you all!!! *wave*wave*

4^th of April marked my third anniversary with the Bride. I couldn’t be more than happy to celebrate it with the Bride and little Chempedak (Click here.)

Throughout January to September I was always keeping myself busy with all the Judicial work etc. There was a Judicial Officers Conference somewhere in the year and Kuala Lumpur managed to win the best show for that night. It was a pantomime of the olden days at the Courts and the future. The best thing about it was that it was participated by about 30 officers ranging from Senior Assistant Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Magistrate and Session’s Court Judges. AND most importantly, people enjoyed it. Little did I know it was going to be my last conference in the Judicial and Legal Service.

Sometime in June I got an offer which I duly accepted. An offer to change my career from the public sector to the private sector. Alhamdulillah, the transition was smooth and I didn’t burn any bridges. I guess I can safely say that my colleagues and bosses in the Service ARE still my buddies now J

In July I was busy completing my report for my Articleship because I needed to submit it before I leave to the You Kay!!! The report was completed in due time, and my mini family and my in-laws were off to some super awesome holiday in Europe together with my sis-in-law. Alhamdulillah, I managed to fulfil the Bride’s childhood desire to go to Disneyland and the Chempedak couldn;t get enough of her Mickey Mouse and friends. Yay! Be sure to read it at the Bride’s blog here. She is currently updating the trip so pandai-pandailah click the continuation. J

Ramadhan passed by so swiftly and I have yet to learn how to manage my ibadah and family timing properly. Having a two year old is no joke!

Mid September observed me to be a new Associate in SKRINE in the Islamic Banking Unit. A place where I am able to apply the theories and education in Islamic Finance into practice.

As usual, I had to take my gastric pills to control the stress of changing jobs, just like how I had to take those pills during exams the previous year.

October saw the Governor of Bank Negara conferring me my CIFP certificate and witnessed by the super tall INCEIF CEO, Daud Vicary, (click here). Man! That guy is super tall! Oh, and I also managed to salam my dad on stage. Dream come true from the day I enrolled as an INCEIF student. J

Hong Kong trip with the Bani Othman was part of December’s activity. The Bride got to go to her second Disneyland! Yay! The Bride would be updating about this trip soon. J

MLJ also published my article Takaful: Background, Branding and Concept [2011] 6 MLJ lxxvi as a Christmas gift to me.

There are many more interesting things that has happened throughout 2011.

Alhamdulillah.

Glory be to Him who gives without limit to whomever He wills.

There were down moments as well but why bother lamenting on the downs when there are so many happy stories to share right?

Hope you all had a good 2011 and may 2012 be even better Insha Allah!

Blog adjourned.

Takaful: Background, Branding and Concept [2011] 6 MLJ lxxvi

2011-12-27T11:26:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah :)

All praises be to Allah and to Him alone.

When I was a law student back in Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), Malayan Law Journal (MLJ) was the most famous law journal that publishes local cases. In the older journals, they even had pictures of the judges published and they also report some of the funniest stuff (read this!)

This year, MLJ gave me a Christmas present!

Weeeee!!!!

I got a letter from them last week telling me that they have published my article Takaful: Background, Branding and Concept [2011] 6 MLJ lxxvi in one of its journal. They also gave me one complimentary copy for my safekeeping.

(one single copy? Bagila one or two extra copies!)

You can drop me an email and I would be more than happy to email you a copy for your reading pleasure.

Or if you have an account with lexisnexis, you can log on to MLJ online via lexisnexis, type “takaful” at the article segment and you should be able find it there.

It’s kinda long so I won’t be posting it here.

After you have read it, I would very much appreciate your feedbacks, comments or suggestions.

Many thanks in advance!

Blog adjourned.

Working On A Saturday

2011-12-24T10:47:00.000+08:00

Can you believe it?

I’m in the office today. On a Saturday, 24^th December 2011, when most people are busy doing their last minute Christmas shopping.

Here I am sitting comfortably in front of my trustworthy laptop, not doing anything.

Haha.

No, I was not thrown out of the house by the Bride. I’m on my Saturday office duty. It’s where the Firm gets one of its associates to come and sit at the office and wait if there are any urgent matters that come on a Saturday morning. I guess it would be more relevant back when the Government office operates half day on a Saturday. Thankfully, it’s only for half day (although I would probably miss the Bride’s bestfriend’s sister’s baby’s Aqiqah which would certainly be accompanied with some delicious meal) but it’s ok.

I had wanted to bring along my Nirvana- Come As You Are book but as I was rushing, I sort of left in my room. Deng! Would have been nice to finish that book today.

So yeah...

Here I am, in my chambers, thinking what the hell am I gonna do for the next few hours.

I guess I’ll have to go and finish up the article I’m drafting for my firm’s newsletter.

I have heroically declared to the Editor of SKRINE Legal Insights that I would be providing one Shariah article for its every publication. It is published on a quarterly basis. The next one would be this December 2011. I have already contributed one article there on Islamic Corporate Governance. Right now, I’m drafting something on Maqasid Shariah (The Objectives of the Shariah) and Islamic Wealth Management. It’s drafted in a simple way and it’s not technical or super philosophical so that readers would be able to read and relate instead of flipping the pages. Or so I hope so...

I’ll post it up when it’s published.

OK then, I have to get back to work.

*Work is worship. Sleep is worship. Work is to sleep. Genius!*

Yeah right!

Blog adjourned.

The Sweet Advice

2011-12-22T09:21:00.001+08:00

Before we give advice, it is necessary that we put ourselves in check first.

This reminds me of a story that y father once told me.

There was a little boy who loved sweets. He would eat sweets, drink sweet drinks and never fails to add sugar in his meal. His mother was concerned of this unhealthy lifestyle so she asked her husband to take the boy to meet the Sheikh in their town to advice the boy to stop taking too much sweet.

The father took his son to meet the Sheikh and told him of the story. Instead of advising the boy, the Sheikh told the father to return back after about a week.

The father had to oblige and went back. As he told the story to his wife, she got confused. But they decided to wait to the next week to see what the Sheikh had in mind.

After a week, the father brought his son to meet the Sheikh.

This time, the Sheikh had the boy sat in front of him and slowly advised the boy not to consume too much sweet and to be moderate in sugar consumption.

It was a very simple advice.

The father couldn’t understand why the Sheikh needed a whole week to render such common sense advice to his son.

The Sheikh replied:

Last week when you came, I myself like to take sweet stuff. So I had to give myself a week to discipline myself to reduce my sugar intake before I can render to your son a sincere advice.

I’d like to pick two points here.

1. See how relevant the Sheikh is to this family? Even for a dietary advice, they go back to the Sheikh and not to dieticians. This approach goes two ways. One is that Sheikhs must be relevant to the society that they live in and two is that the society must understand the importance of the Sheikh.

2. See the adab or the attitude of the Sheikh? Before he gave an advice to which he knows he himself practices contrary to that advice, he took time to correct himself so as not to make him a hypocrite. This to him will allow him to render a more sincere advice. Sometimes, what catches someone is not the content of the advice (as he may have already known about it but chooses to ignore it) but the sincerity of the advisor.

There are many more morals that we can derive from this story such as the manner in which the Sheikh chooses to advice the boy, how he allowed the boy’s father to be together when he advises, how the father feels it free and open to question the Sheikh why he needed a week to advice such simple advice and many more. You can start thinking about it yourself.

Blog adjourned.

The Handshake

2011-12-20T11:08:00.000+08:00

Dreams.

Some say it is our brain playing back what happened during the day but through some artistic way that our mind perceives it to be. Considering that we are not saints thus I am sure most of our dreams are not divinely inspired as how the Prophets had them.

I dream a lot. In fact, I dream every night. Sometimes, I remember and most of the other time I forget. And even if I remember a dream so very clearly, as much as I want to remember it for life, it often fades away from my memory after about 3-4 hours after waking up.

Anyhow, last night, I had this dream. I dreamt that I was somewhere and I saw a partner at my firm.

He held out his hand.And I held out mine to grab his hand to give him a handshake.

I remember seeing his hand.

And I also remember grabbing it and giving it a good shake.

The manly macho handshake.

But although he had a normal hand with five fingers and all, our handshake didn’t feel right. It actually felt really awkward.

Then I opened my eyes.

I saw my hand grabbing the Bride’s face.

I was like, “Eh?”

Then I realised I was dreaming.

I giggled to myself, rolled over to the other side and went back to sleep.

The Bride told me she felt me grabbing her face and heard me laugh. When I told her about my dream, she laughed too.

“At least”, I said, “I wasn’t dreaming of having another akad nikah right?” LoL!

*I don't think I was this gentle when i 'handshaked' the Bride's face hehe*

But this got me thinking. I guess when I say that a dream may be a form of way your mind replays the day’s incident? It also includes the stuff around you. To think that I knew where the Bride’s face to grab it in acting out my dream, it’s like knowing where to walk when you are sleep walking.

But the thing is, our eyes are closed!

Could this mean we could see without our eyes?

Hmmm...scary... but interesting...

I knew my cousin sleepwalked all the way from his room upstairs to the living room downstairs. This meant that he even went down the stairs while he was sleeping. And when everyone else woke up, they thought he ran away from the house but later found him sleeping in the living room. Haha. He’s a doctor now. I hope he doesn’t treat his patient while sleeping. Haha.

God knows best.

Blog adjourned.

A Gem In Petition Writing (1948) 14 MLJ xix

2011-12-19T12:07:00.000+08:00

I have to share this with all of you. I just read this last week.

Sometime in July 1948, two thirsty grass cutter in Teluk Ansun, Perak went for a drink after a day’s work of grass cutting. Regrettably for them, they went for a drink with their grass cutting knives.

On the way home (being drunk) the fell to belabouring (attack / assault) one another with their knives.

They woke up in a hospital and the most unfortunate thing happened... they were charged in court. It is not mentioned what were they charged for but presuming that they had knives and injured each other to the extent of being admitted to the Hospital, causing grievous hurt would’ve been an apt charge against them.

Ask any lawyer or Judicial Officers and generally, they would say that one would not be freed easily for a grievous hurt charge. A short jail sentence would usually be the common sentence.

But these two men were lucky.

If you were in practice long before the new Jalan Duta Court was open, you might remember the uncles with the portable typewriters outside the Court typing court stuff for anyone who needed their services. I think these two men got a fine uncle who managed to type for them their petition to the Magistrate in charge of their case.

They were just cautioned and discharged.

Yes you read it. Cautioned and discharged. Not even convicted. Hehehe.

Want to know why?

Click the image below and read what they “wrote” to the Magistrate.

I have attached the scanned copy from the original 1948 MLJ as I am sure not many of you have that copy. It’s not even on the Lexis and Nexis MLJ online! I had to go to the library and search for this “gem” the old school way. But it’s really worth it. Read it.

It’s sooooo funny!!!

So any defence lawyer or Magistrate who needs some authority from the law journal can use this as a nice precedent when to ask / grant caution and discharge.

Blog adjourned.

Doodles Of My Mind Is Back Online!!!

2011-11-29T16:36:00.000+08:00

The Bride is back online!!!
Yay!
And she has her own .com domain too! Advance betullah the Bride ni. Hehehe
You can check out her post at www.liyanaznil.com
So to Twiggy / The Bride, welcome back to the virtual world :)
We really missed u and hope you could quench our thirst with the many interesting doodles of your interesting mind.
P/s: susah jugak blogging pakai ipad pinjam ni... Tak reti aku nak format my post elok-elok. Pakai blackbaby alagi senang. Hehe
I should get back to bed and rest. Im on my first MC with the new firm today.
Blog adjourned.

The Wierd Dream

2011-11-26T19:26:00.000+08:00

I had a wierd dream last night.

I was in an old Malay village. I was looking around and trying to figure out where I was. So I started walking.

As I was walking around, suddenly my head and face banged into an invicible force field. The kind of invicible magic force shield like in the Star Wars movie.

*Invincible Force Shield*

It was like Bang! Bang! And I stepped back a few steps.

I looked around and saw nothing. Waved my hands in front of me to see if I could feel the magic force shield but felt nothing.

Then Bang! Bang!!

I shooked my head.

This time, I heard a voice booming over me.

Ehh Deee... Nuck nok...

I was confused. I couldn't understand what that voice was telling me.

Then Bang! Bang!!

And the voice became clearer. So clear that I understood it.

Daddy! Nak Milk!

I opened my eyes and saw the lil Chempedak swinging her tiny hand slapping my face.

Spank! Spank! Spank!

DADDYYY!!! ICHA NAK MILK

Then I heard the Bride's voice.

Sayang, can you help make her milk?

I was like, "Uh Huh! Okay".

I sat down and rub my face. 3.28am...

It's too early in the morning to teach the little girl on manners like waking people gently, please and thank you. I guess as a father to a two year old, I've learned to choose my battles with her. And I know that this is a battle I'd most definitely lose coz we're both to sleepy to argue.

I guess I would never know more about that village and what was stored for me in that dream.

Blog adjourned.

Polis Trafik ke Samseng Jalanan???

2011-11-22T23:48:00.000+08:00

Lain kali berhenti la bagi VIP lalu!!!

Aku lempang kang!

Bodoh!!

Stupid!!

And not only that, he went on to bang my side mirror a few times.

???

Some of you might have heard but for those who are still clueless, those rude remarks were uttered to me and the Bride and the aggressive as well as hooligan act which followed were from one lance corporal who was an outrider for a vip entourage in Kuala Lumpur.

The Bride wrote her piece of mind of what happened here. I recommend you to read it first before you continue this post.

Go on.

Click it and read her post first.

Good.

Now that you know the incident, let me continue.

The next day, I managed to draft a two page police report in BM. I went to one police station (yes, now you can make a police report in any station) and I was told that the report is now pending on that lance corporal head.

I was so shocked at what he said, threatened and did to me and the Bride.

You know, what really hurt me was because I have a soft spot for the Kuala Lumpur Who the hell does he think he is to threaten to slap me, calling me stupid and bodoh, and hit my car?

It was 11.15pm, it was drizzling, I was not obstructing traffic neither did I commit any traffic offence.

Assuming that I did commit a traffic offence, the least he could have done was to give me a summon. He had no right whatsoever to yell at me, to raise his hand as though he wanted to slap me and then banged my side mirror not did he had the right to call me stupid and bodoh.

Dia ingat dia siapa nak buat perangai samseng and road bully?

Dia ingat dengan bawa motosikal polis, baju dan lencana polis, dia boleh buat suka hati dia. Dia tak sedar yang sebenarnya dia memalukan pakaian seragam yang dia pakai dan merosakkan nama Polis DiRaja Malaysia.

Selamber hati dia nak maki orang and ugut nak lempang. Dia lupa ke dia Lans Koperal? Dia bukannya anggota kongsi gelap!!!

Yang buat sakit hati sangat-sangat was because I was a Traffic Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur back in 2008 for almost half a year. During that short stint, day in and day out, I heard traffic cases and I acknowledge that the majority of them are good police officers (though their image is most often tarnished by the accusation of bribery but that’s a totally different story for this post). In fact, I actually have high respect for KL traffic police but this lance corporal is most certainly a shame and a disgrace to the entire traffic police force.

Right now, I was told that an internal inquiry has been initiated to investigate this matter. He also has a police report hovering on his head.

This Lance Corporal needs to be taught some police ethics and learn how to be a professional police officer instead of a gangster and a road bully.

I am waiting for the result of the police inquiry and my police report before I decide if I need to write a complaint letter to the Ketua Trafik Kuala Lumpur and to copy the letter to the Lembaga Disiplin Polis.

As for now, the Bride and I are expecting an apology from him.

If you have any ideas / suggestions / history, feel free to share it here.

Bloody hell, spoil habis mood kitorang for a few days.

Blog adjourned.

Jack Of All Trades, "Masters In Islamic Finance".

2011-10-30T14:21:00.000+08:00

*My strength and support... couldn't have done it without her :)*

It feels like it was just last week that I was going all out to encourage one of my best buddy (who is also known as "The Professional Student" amidst our group) to pursue the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) at the International Centre For Education In Islamic Finance (INCEIF). In fact, this happened about two years ago at Rasta TTDI. Suffice to say that it didn't take much effort to encourage a Professional Student to continue studying even after he has in is CV a degree from Southampton University and a Masters from London School of Economics. (See the reason why we all call him "the Professional Student"? He never seems to stop...)

Coincidentally, my lovely cousin, who was influenced by my father, also enrolled for CIFP together with the Professional Student.

In their first semester, they then tagged team, threatened me with my life at gun point, and forced me to enrol for CIFP as well.

My father also wanted me to do the CIFP.

I was attached to the Big Boss’ office at that time. Naturally, I consulted the Big Boss, a number of judges as well as the then Chief Registrar for their advice. All of them thought it was a great idea particularly when Bank Negara was giving a no-bond-scholarship with monthly allowance for 12 months.

Considering that CIFP is an equivalent of a Masters Degree (hence the title of this post hehehe), I decided to take up the challenge. Made some calls and arranged for some scheme for the Judicial Service. Alhamdulillah, I managed to secure 2 spots for Judicial Officers to get the BNM Scholarship. The info was emailed to all officers. Only 1 accepted the challenge and at the last minute since no one else wanted to do so, I took the second spot. Actually, I knew that if there was another candidate, I'd be able to secure a third place for me. But since there were no other takers, I just took the second spot.

Come January 2010, I got my sabbatical leave and became an INCEIF's student. 14 subjects in total within 1 year. INCEIF cramped our little brain, soul and body with so many Islamic Finance infor that even my sweat smelled like Islamic Finance.

The environment was like in UIA where you get to feel as though you are in a blessed environment amongst pursuers of knowledge. I super respect the teachers and staff here. These guys know what their teaching and doing man. They are a bunch of super funny people but no joke about their academic standards. Memang terbaik!

Alhamdulillah, I managed to finish all 14 subjects within the prescribed period. As for the practical aspect of CIFP, my senior and I were posted as the Deputy Registrar and Senior Assistant Registrar of the Muamalat Court. This colleague and senior of mine is one kind of a super hardworking lady. Not only has she been one of the most hardworking, helpful and intelligent classmates, she was also the most efficient and marvellous colleague to work with. May Allah bless her.

We managed to prepare our Articleship report just 2 weeks upon completion of our 6 months practical. This enabled us to graduate together with our seniors (which includes the Professional Student and my cousin).

*A happy graduate :)*

Alhamdulillah, on 15th October 2011, we had our convocation as CIFP graduates (together with Masters and PhD in Islamic Finance) at the INCEIF’s 3^rd Convocation. It was held the oh so beautiful Sasana Kijang. Lawa sangat. Bank Negara's Governor, who is also INCEIF's Chancellor gave out the scroll to us with Mr. Daud Vicary, the CEO of INCEIF, witnessing the ceremony.

*The Professional Student*

*My Cousin :)*

Since my father is also an academician at INCEIF, he was also in his robe and funny hat. He sat on the stage together with other lecturers and invited guests. After receiving the scroll, I stopped in front of him and knelt to shake his hand. Thank God my hat didn’t drop on the stage. Hehehe.

After the ceremony, I persuaded him to wear his robe and hat again for some photos. Barula best nak amik gambar :)

So now, I am officially a CIFP graduate.

Yay!

I hope within the next few years the door to take up a PhD would open and the circumstances would permit me to upgrade my knowledge.

For now, I'm just glad that I'm a CIFP graduate :)

Alhamdulillah.

Blog adjourned.

The New And Sexy Bold 4 9900 :)

2011-10-15T13:56:00.001+08:00

I have succumbed to the temptation of the seductive Bold 9900.. Huhu.. Literally sleepless nights thinking how and why I should get it. Even dreamt of buying it hehe.

This post is typed from my sexy bold. Considering that this is my first Blackberry, naturally, I am slowly adjusting my preferences.

I have always been a dummy with BBs.

I remember once when I was the Special Officer to the Big Boss, he passed me his BB for me to copy his notes for some work purposes. Thereafter, he had a Federal Court sitting. This required me to be in the open court as well. The funny thing is that, I didn't know how to turn his BB into silent mode!!!

There I was, in open court, with the Big Boss, BB in my pocket in its normal profile.

I was praying that no one called his phone when court was in session.

I would say that I was lucky that no one called but unfortunately, he received a number of messages.

So off and on one could hear Tett Tett... Tett Tett.. And then nothing. After a while then another Tett Tett... Tett Tett...

The Big Boss was beginning to feel annoyed. He reminded everyone to switch their phone into silent mode.

I checked my hp and confirmed that I had already switched it to silent mode. I was like:

Hishh! Siapelah yang tak reti nak silentkan phone dia ni...

Then everyone heard the Tett Tett... Tett Tett.. Again.

Boy was the Big Boss angry. He gave a stern warning that if he heard that sound again, he is going to confiscate that phone.

By this time, I realised that it was actually his phone but I didn't know how to turn it to silent mode.

Tett Tett... Tett Tett..

Damn... Of all the time anyone could be sending him a message, that was certainly not the right time.

I was fumbling with his phone looking for the silent button.

Tett Tett... Tett Tett..

Ahh... I flipped the phone and opened the back cover and pulled the battery out.

Fuh! Not quite in time but good enough.

The Big Boss almost blew his top when he realised that the Tett Tett... Tett Tett.. Came from around my place. I just shook my shoulders as though saying:

I don't know whose phone that is but it certainly ain't mine...

Then the Tett Tett... Tett Tett.. stopped (as I didn't put his battery back in) and the Big Boss continued with his hearing.

Imagine this, what if the phone started to ring and the Big Boss decided to confiscate that phone. Or in other words, he will be confiscating his own phone!!!

Mampos Aku!!! LoL!!

Blog adjourned.

Hantar Boss...

2011-10-13T16:21:00.000+08:00

Previously, at the KL Courts, I had to clock in at 8am. So I had to be at the office by 7.30am so that I could enjoy 30 minutes of breakfast before I start work at 8am sharp.

Now, Alhamdulillah, at my new place, the Firm is not too strict about clock in and clock out. As long as you are in early and complete your work, there is no clock in or out system. It is based on Trust and outcome.

This means I get to send the little Chempedak to school when the Bride has to leave early for her out-of-office programmes.

A few days ago, I had to send her to school. At the guard, I said:

Nak hantar Boss.

The guard nodded and looked behind my car. Then he had a shocked face as he could not see anyone behind. You see, the Chempedak was sitting obediently (which only happens in the morning when her engine is not up and running). The guard looked at me and I repeated again:

Nak hantar Boss.

(This time pointing my fingers to the little Chempedak).

The guard looked down and then he saw a two year old Chempedak sitting down and smiling at him with a huge smile.

Oh Boss yang tu... okay jalan.

After that I asked her:

Cha, cha boss ke??

Cha Boss!!!

She said giggling to herself.

She repeated Cha Boss!!! until I parked my car.

Then I carried my boss to her school.

*Cha Boss dengan beg boss*

*Cha Boss depan ~~opis~~ school*

*Boss bukak kasut*

After filling up her attendance sheet, she was already so busy helping her teacher tear up some boxes. I quickly ran out.

It wasn’t that bad this time.

Last two weeks, she was wailing Dadddyyyy Daaaddddyyyyyy when I left.

Sebak jiwa...

Last week, she was happily running to her friends and I was the one almost in tears because I have to go to office and not play at that super fun school.

It’s much more fun picking her up from school than sending her.

But I’m just glad that I can do both now. J

Blog adjourned.

Looking For Tahi Lalat

2011-10-10T15:33:00.001+08:00

Last night, I dreamt that my colleague gave me a simple but disorganised matter. All of the papers were everywhere and made the simple thing looked so complex. As I was reading through the file, I woke up.

Then I thought to myself, “Now, was that just a dream or did my colleague pass me that file?” I tried digging through my clouded and sleepy memory and concluded that yes, he must’ve given me the matter. But I just can’t seem to remember anything about that matter except that it’s disorganized. I went to sleep again.

Again, I dreamt about the matter again. But in that dream, as much as I wanted to get to my laptop to check my previous emails about that matter, I did not get the chance to check my laptop.

Then I woke up again. I thought even harder and I still can’t determine whether its real or just some mind games. I went back to sleep.

When I woke up this morning, then I realised that it was all just a dream.

Adoi.

Baru 4^th week dah start mimpi kerja ke?

Last time, I use to dream hearing cases or arguing with my big boss about some petty stuff. The Bride would make fun of me mengiggau in the morning. Nakal.

This is probably the case of laughing-too-much-before-sleep.

You see, last night, as the Bride and I were chilling on the bed with little Chempedak, she was so busy and preoccupied in pulling up her pants to look for her Tahi Lalat (mole). So busy was she checking her legs for her Tahi Lalat. When she found it, she’d be jumping all over the bed so happy yelling “Tahi Lalat!! Tahi Lalat!!”

Mind you, her voice is super loud. It’s like she has a built-in haler in her throat.

Then I asked her to show me her tahi lalat.

So she sat down again to look for it.

And she forgot which side her tahi lalat was. She couldn’t find it. I was already giggling to myself. I asked her to look at her other knee. As she was turning, she nearly fell from our bed. She managed to regain balance and still could not find her tahi lalat. I was covering my face with a pillow trying not to laugh too hard by now.

Then the Bride pointed at her tahi lalat.

She suddenly got all excited again and screamed:

THERE DADDY LALAT! DADDY LALAT!!!

AHAHAHAHA!

Hoi!

TAHI LALATLAH BUKAN DADDY LALAT!

Somehow, she felt that Daddy Lalat was more amusing and decided to stick to that instead.

Adoi... I was laughing non-stop for a few minutes last night.

Maybe that was why I had such a weird dream. Or maybe not.

But Daddy Lalat was just classic.

*Chempedak in her dinasour egg shell*

Blog adjourned.

The New Place

2011-09-22T11:12:00.001+08:00

2^nd week at my new office. Works seems to trickle in but not up to the speed I had earlier imagined it to be. The Bride told me to chillex, but being in a new environment surrounded by new friends, it’s not that easy. But Alhamdulillah... so far so good.

I don’t have to be in the office as early as in the previous office. This allows me to take a short nap after Fajr and then wake up again with the little Chempedak. It’s nice to be able to kiss two smiling smelly faces every morning. I now would have an alert Bride to help me pick a matching tie for the day. The Chempedak seems to have noticed this. One morning, as I was picking a tie whilst the Bride was in the bathroom, Chempedak, standing on a chair said:

Daddy, no... tak tek (tak cantek)...

My jaws dropped.

I picked another tie, she smiled and said:

Daddy, tek...

Hahaha. She seems to have acquired the Bride’s specialty in fashion. Upon checking with the Bride, she confirmed the tie that Chempedak picked was good to go.

The day before that, as I was picking her up to send her to school (oh yes, now when the Bride needs to do work out of her office, I can easily send Chempedak to school) she hugged me and said, enchem...(handsome)...

Cair wei!!! Kena puji dengan anak sendiri!!!

Although the Bride and I are not entirely sure as to her standard of tek, enchem and pretty but who cares right???

Anyhow, the working hours here are about the same time when I was with the Retired Biggest Boss back in 2008-2009. So I’m quite used to that as well.

So far, the new place seems to be pretty relaxed. I’m learning the policies as I go by hoping that I would be aware of it before I make a blunder. This makes me calculate all the risk that could come to mind before I do something. Most of the time I miss out the important ones only to realise it after making the action. I hate it when that happens.

Not too much stuff on my table just yet. So far so good. My new colleagues have been very warm to welcome me. Everyone is polite and friendly. Unlike at one meeting place sometime ago when this man suddenly showed up in front of me and asked the lady beside me, “Ni sapa ni?”. Selamber je mamat rockers ni tanya camtu. The lady smiled and replied: Don’t be so rude. He is from such and such a place. The man replied: Oh, I thought he was someone new in our company.

Wow. Is this the way you welcome someone new to your company? Damn scary wei....

On another matter, I was talking to an ‘old’ friend a few days ago. He claims he is one of those who were sidelined in his career development at his office. He congratulated me on my so called ‘daring’ move (I sincerely hope it will never be a bald one!). He said:

I have yet to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel for me.

That’s good. Sometimes, the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train.

I’m glad that that reply really cheered him up.

Blog adjourned.

Leaving The Service...

2011-09-11T23:59:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah… I managed to post about 11 Random Facts on Prayers in Ramadhan :) I hope it has benefitted you as much (or even more!) than it has benefitted me. If you have any other interesting facts, please share it with me.

I have been “jobless” the past 2 weeks. I have resigned from the Service to start a new career path in the corporate side. So far, two individuals have been extremely kind enough to me and gave me duit raya. Hehe. Yup! After pestering almost everyone that I met, I managed to squeeze two individuals to give me ang pow for this raya. May God grant them more wealth Insha Allah :)

I wanted to write something about the Service but the words don’t seem to want to flow just yet… So many things have happened the last four years. I have enjoyed all of the ups and downs, all the suspense and thrilling experience… Near death incidences (chewah… dramatic habis la kononnye tu) … and much more… Banyak benda to tulis that my mind gets bogged down just thinking about it.

So I’ll just spare my head the trouble and write on the present stuff.

One Court of Appeal Judge reminded me last week that:

“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”

I will be starting my new job tomorrow!

Yay!

New job, new career, and being from the Public Sector, I seriously have no clue what to expect tomorrow. Just as the judge said, tomorrow is a mystery.

Gabra, Nervous, Excited, Happy, waaa… when you have too many emotions, your heart gets soo confused and the result:

Sleep deprivation.

Seriously tak boleh tido… huhu…

Bukan macam Chempedak ni…

*Si Chempedak sometime early 2010*

Anyhow, I better go and try to get some rest less I’d be going to work looking shaggy with eye bags.

Kerja Baru wooorrr…

Hmm… I still remember what my former boss advised me when I informed him that I’d be joining the Service to further develop my career. He told me that the Service will open various routes to knowledge. If I have the proper attitude, I would be able to identify the routes and tap on the necessary knowledge. I think this is also applicable here at my new place.

The key is to have the right attitude.

I sincerely hope that I bring the right key tomorrow…

Blog adjourned.

(Wow! I can’t believe that this is finally happening!!! Waaaa Takutnyeeeeeee!!!!!)

Random Facts About Prayers (Part VI)

2011-08-26T15:56:00.000+08:00

Fact 9: The Three Recitation in Ruku’ and Sujud

I learned in my sprirtual class that there is a hadith reported by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet mentioned if you read Subhana Rabbial Azimi (in ruku’) and Subhana Rabbial A’la (in sujud) once, one-third of your body is forbidden to enter Jahannam.

Therefore, reciting it three times would free your whole body from entering Jahannam.

So do not rush in "employing" these magnificent bodyguards the next time you pray.

Read it slowly and take your time to do so. Discover its meaning and also pray and hope that it will be our shield from entering Jahannam.

In this era, we will certainly need all the firewall and anti Jahannam software / hardware we can get!

Fact 10: Wiping The Face After Prayer

Technically, our prayer ends when we give the final salam in our prayer after reading the Tahiyyat recitation. That Salam is meant to symbolize that we have ended our Ihram and are now allowed to do the things that are forbidden in prayers when we take our Takbiiratul Ihram.

Most of the Malaysian would then wipe their face. I thought about this and I asked a learned man about it.

He told me that it is the Sunnah that the Prophet used to wipe his face after giving salam to wipe away the dust and sand on his forehead.

Although we now would pray on a prayer mat and not on the floor where not much dust would be on our forehead after our prayers, it is still good to adopt the Sunnah to wipe our face just as how the Prophet did.

Blog adjourned.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part VII)

2011-08-26T08:19:00.001+08:00

Fact 11: The Five Levels Of Prayers

I got this piece of information from the MPF Summer Camp I attended which was facilitated by Moez Massoud back in 2003.

These levels are actually arranged by scholars to gauge where they ranked in their prayers in terms of Khusyu’.

Before I begin, I need to explain about the exterior and interior part of a prayer which is relevant to this post.

The Exterior Part indicates the preparation taken before one is about to make his prayer such as the taking of proper wudhu’, the wearing of proper clothes that covers the aurat (which includes the sister in ensuring that all of their hair is covered and not have strands of hair out beside her face with a disoriented head scarf), the place of prayer (a place which is clean and not obstructing people) etc.

The Interior Part indicates the taking care of the recitation that we make in our prayer, the proper structure of our body when we stand, ruku’, sujud, make our tahiyyat etc. These two hadith would be good to understand how the Prophet’s body was when he prayed.

1. Narrated Rifa`a bin Rafi` Az-Zuraqi: Prophet rose (from bowing) and stood straight till all the vertebrae of his spinal column came to a natural position. [Bukhari].

2. Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr bin `Ata': I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah's Apostle and we were discussing about the way of praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said, "I remember the prayer of Allah's Apostle better than any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands up to the level of the shoulders on saying the Takbir; and on bowing he placed his hands on both knees and bent his back straight, then he stood up straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took their normal positions. In prostrations, he placed both his hands on the ground with the forearms away from the ground and away from his body, and his toes were facing the Qibla. On sitting In the second rak`a he sat on his left foot and propped up the right one; and in the last rak`a he pushed his left foot forward and kept the other foot propped up and sat over the buttocks." [Bukhari].

THE FIRST LEVEL:

The first level of prayer is when someone does not take care of his exterior and interior part of his prayer.

This person will be punished for his prayer.

Na’uzubillah - We seek Allah’s Protection from being in this level.

THE SECOND LEVEL:

The second level is when someone takes care just a little bit of his exterior and interior prayers. Jaga sikit-sikit.

This person’s prayer is accepted but he will still be punished.

Na’uzubillah - We seek Allah’s Protection from being in this level.

THE THIRD LEVEL:

The third level is when someone takes proper care of his exterior part and the moment he starts to pray, every single thought other than Allah comes to his mind. He starts to think if he had locked his door, where he left his keys, how he should make a decision for this or for that etc.

The interior part is just not there.

However, he knows that he must be khusyu’ so he tries to focus his attention to his prayer. He lower his gaze and tries to focus at his prayer mat.

This last for a good 30 seconds, and BAM! he realizes that the Kaabah on his prayer mat looks a bit funny and not proportionate, the prayer mat’s colour seems faded, he forgot to cut his toe nails etc.

This cycle goes on and on and on until he completes his prayers.

In other words, he takes care of his exterior part and does his best to care for his interior part but fails miserably.

Most of us are in this level. I know I am for sure!

But fear not. The scholars have concluded that for this type of prayers, WE GET DOUBLE THE REWARD!

The first reward is because we pray for Allah and take proper care of our exterior part and (tries to take proper care of) our interior part as well.

The second reward is for the jihad (the strive to succeed) against Shaitan who comes and whisper all sorts of nonsense to distract us.

Not bad eh?

But remember the key word here. Me must do our best to stay focus and not just let our mind wonder away in prayer. We don’t want to fall back into the second level now do we?

THE FOURTH LEVEL:

The fourth level is when someone cares for his exterior and interior part of his prayer. This person obtains khusyu’ in his prayer. This person is regarded as Habibur Rahman (One who is loved by Allah)!!!

The companions of the Prophet were in this level.

Once a companion had an arrow stuck in his calve and it was too painfull to pull it out. So he asked his friends to wait for him to start praying and then to pull the arrow out. While he was praying, his friends pulled the arrow out. After prayer, he said he didn't even feel the arrow being pulled out. Masha Allah.
Another companion asked his grandchildren to start making noise when he prayed because then he would not even hear them then...
Look at how these companions attain khusyu' when they pray. :)

If we are already in the third level, we should strive to be better and climb into the fourth level.

Let us set it as our own personal mission when we pray that we get to be in this level Insha Allah.

THE FIFTH LEVEL:

The fifth level is when that person starts to pray, it is as though he takes his heart out and just give it to Allah.

No more worldly matters for this man. It’s a highway to heaven for him.

This is the Prophet’s level of prayer.

THE BEST OF THE BEST.

If you by any chance or sheer hardwork manage to reach this level, please contact me for I have a lot to learn from you!
So all the best in achieving the highest level of prayer!

Blog adjourned.

Bazir dan Israf

2011-08-22T09:17:00.000+08:00

Perkataan bazir dalam bahasa Malaysia ini sebenarnya merangkumi makna yang lebih luas daripada perkataan itu sendiri. Tapi sebenarnya, kekayaan perkataan Bazir dalam Bahasa Malaysia ni adalah kerana kekurangan Bahasa Malaysia itu sendiri. Wah, boleh pulak kata Bahasa Malaysia itu kaya dalam kemiskinan. *tepuk dahi*

Explanation:

Bila kita tengok orang tak tutup pili air, beli makanan buka puasa secara berlebih-lebihan atau apa-apa yang dibuat secara berlebihan, kita selalu kata orang tu membazir atau seorang pembazir.

Tapi, dalam bahasa Arab, bazir ni sebenarnya satu perkataan yang sangat berat maksudnya. Saya ni pun bukanlah pakar bahasa Arab tapi secara laymen, bazir dalam bahasa Arab ni lebih tepat kalau di apply bila kita beli benda yang dah sememangnya haram.

Contohnya, kalau kita beli arak, bayar pelacur untuk sex atau kalau kita beli berhala untuk diberikan kepada orang bukan Islam untuk disembah.

Sebab tu bila berkaitan dengan perlakuan bazir, Allah samakan pembazir (Mubazirin) sebagai saudara Syaitan (Surah Al-Isra’ 17: 27). Kalau ikut terjemahan Quran di JAKIM, Mubazzirin ni diterjemahkan sebagai boros. (tak caye tengok sini).

Berat ni beb.

Kalau maksud bazir tu berat sekali, adakah kita semua ini saudara Syaitan?

Mungkin… kalau kita pakai duit kita untuk benda yang memang dah clear haram…

Tapi kalau kita ni selalu beli benda-benda yang kita tak pakai atau perlu macam beli lauk buka puasa macam nak bagi 20 orang makan tapi sebenarnya ada 3 orang aje, atau kita suka biar lampu dengan kipas terbuka bila kita keluar dari bilik dengan sengaja dan selamber (sebab bukan kita bayar bil pun, so lantaklah) etc, kita ni jatuh bawah kategori Israf (dan orang yang Israf ialah Musrifin). Musrifin ni maksudnya ialah orang yang lalai atau mengabaikan. (Cuma yang peliknya, sometimes, Israf diterjemahkan sebagai boros juga.. hmmm…)

Dalam Quran, Allah tak suka orang yang Musrifin (surah Al-A’raf 7:31). So that does not make Israf sebagai benda yang patut di amalkan.

Well…

Dua-dua pun sama tak elok cuma satu Mubazzirin ni status dia lagi dasyatlah. Kalau boleh, baik kita elakkan daripada dua-dua pun.

Balik pada Bahasa Malaysia, memandangkan kekayaan bahasa kita adalah agak terhad berbanding dengan bahasa Arab, perbezaan ini mungkin lebih relevan dalam isu fiqh daripada kes penggunaan seharian. So kalau kita panggil someone yang sebenarnya Mufassirin tu sebagai Pembazir, I don’t think Allah akan humbankan kita dalam Api Neraka pun.

Tapi eloklah kalau kita tahu yang sebenarnya, dua-dua ni ada perbezaan.

Akhir kata, kita kena selalu waspada pada persekitaran kita dan kita mesti tau mana pi semua duit kita. Sebab bila Allah audit kita kat Akhirat, Dia akan check setiap satu sen dan setiap saat dalam hidup kita. Lebih baik kita audit diri kita dulu sebelum kita di audit.

Dan seperti biasa, dah kata lumrah hidup, mesti ada nye benda salah yang kita buat setiap hari. So kita kerapkanlah mintak map kat Tuhan. Especially masa tengah solat.

Masa ruku’, lepas baca Subhana Rabbial A’la, tambahla Allahummaghfirli (Ya Allah, ampunkanlah aku). Pastu tambahla Waliwalidaiya (dan juga ibu bapaku).

Masa Sujud, lepas baca Subhana Rabbial ‘Azimi, tambahlah Rabbighfirli Waliwalidaiya (Ya Tuhanku, ampunkanlah aku dan ibu bapa aku). Masa duduk antara dua sujud pun kita dah minta maaf 2 kali, first masa kata Rabbighfirli, and last masa kita kata Wa’fu ‘anni (and pardon me)…

Lain pada tu, sentiasalah istighfar dan mudahkan memaafkan kesalahan orang lain. Nabi pernah prophesize satu sahabah masuk Jannah sebab tiap-tiap malam, sahabat ni akan ampunkan semua kesalahan orang lain kat dia.

May Allah forgive us and grant us pardon.

Blog Ditangguhkan.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part V)

2011-08-19T09:52:00.000+08:00

Fact 8: Tahiyyat / Tashahud

This is the recitation of Tahiyyat / Tashahud that is common to Malaysians as we are taught this in school.

“All compliments, blessed words, prayers, pure words are due to Allah. Peace be on you, O Prophet, and also the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be on us and on the righteous slaves of Allah. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (in another narration: ... is His slave and messenger).”

I was once told that the Tahiyyat that we read in our prayers is actually the beginning of a three party conversation.

This conversation took place during the Isra’ and Mi’raj of the Prophet.

When the Prophet was brought to the Highest Heaven to meet Allah, he greeted Allah SWT by saying:

“All compliments, blessed words, prayers, pure words are due to Allah.”

To which, Allah SWT replied:

“Peace be on you, O Prophet, and also the mercy of Allah and His blessings.”

To which, Jibril A.S. commented:

“Peace be on us and on the righteous slaves of Allah.”

Some narrations suggest that the Prophet SAW himself said the third statement.

We should always be aware that this is the introduction conversation between our Prophet SAW and our Lord. It is also repeated by us in each prayer to remind us that the order for prayer was given to the Prophet during Isra’ Mi’raj

This also teaches us the adab of the Prophet SAW when he greeted Allah SWT by praising him with the best of praises. It was a greeting of unity between a servant and his Master.

So, remember that this isn’t just another Tahiyyat when you pray but is a historic and blessed conversation between the Prophet SAW and Allah SWT.

It is the beginning of the authority for us to pray 5 times daily.

Shouldn't we at least recite it with some intimate feeling???

God knows best.

Blog adjourned.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part IV)

2011-08-18T13:17:00.000+08:00

Fact 8: Seeking Forgiveness For Your Parents

I have mentioned in Fact 7 that there are many recitations that we can memorize to add more spice to our prayer. There’s a lot to pick from. I would suggest that you take those which are the shortest and most familiar to you. Practice it before thinking of adding any other. Better to be steadfast than to just do things in one go and forget about it later on.

One of the shortest extra recitation for Ruku’ is Allahumaghfirli (O Allah, please forgive me) and for Sujud is Rabbighfirli (My Lord, please forgive me). Maybe I could suggest you to start with these two first. It adds an extra objective to our prayers i.e. to seek Allah’s forgiveness.

As a scholar once mentioned, always seek for Allah’s forgiveness because we will never be perfect and will always have shortcomings. If you think that you don’t have any reason to seek for His forgiveness, then you have to seek forgiveness from Allah for actually having such arrogant thought.

As we seek for Allah’s forgiveness, my teacher further added that the Prophet SAW encouraged us to include our parents whenever we seek Allah’s forgiveness for ourselves. This means, after Allahumaghfirli in your Ruku’ and Rabbighfirli in your Sujud, say Wali walidaiya (and also my two parents).

Start this practice now.

Even if your parents are still alive and MORESO if they have passed away.

Never ever ever ever forget to seek forgiveness for them.

Practicing this little addition in your prayer will ensure that in one day, you would have asked for their forgiveness numerous times. Don’t wait to seek forgiveness for your parents when you are making your du’a after prayers or whenever you remember to do so. Chances are, you’d forget about it. Furthermore, the number of times you do so in a du’a would still be less than if you do it for every ruku’ and sujud that you make in your prayer.

Start doing it now and remind your siblings to do so too. Then, when you have children, remind your children to do so for you as well. And the cycle will continue on and on and on.

*Alisha jangan lupa du'a untuk Mommy and Daddy nanti bila besar...*

This simple extra recitation could be the reason we barely miss being placed in the Hell Fire…

God knows best.

Blog adjourned.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part III)

2011-08-17T09:55:00.001+08:00

Fact 5: Synchronization

There are numerous hadith in Muslim which states that the Prophet mentioned that when we utter Amin after surah Alfatihah in a Jama’ah prayers and when the Imam says:" Allah listens to him who praises Him." you should say:" O Allah, our Lord for Thee is the praise” [Rabbana Walakal Hamd], for if what we say synchronizes with the angels in the heaven, our past sins will be forgiven.

How cool is that?

Fact 6: I’tidal

Narrated Rifa`a bin Rafi` Az-Zuraqi: One day we were praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his head from bowing, he said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah." A man behind him said, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamdu, hamdan kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi" (O our Lord! All the praises are for You, many good and blessed praises) or (Our Lord, and to You be all Praise, so much pure praise, inherently blessed). When the Prophet completed the prayer, he asked, "Who has said these words?" The man replied, "I." The Prophet said, "I saw over thirty angels competing to write it first." [Bukhari].

There is also this story which is weak in its authenticity but it’s good to know.

A learned man once told me that in the beginning, every action of the prayer, we say Allahu Akbar. We say Allahu Akbar when we start our prayer, when we make ruku’, I’tidal, sujud, etc.

However, one incident happened that changed the call for I’tidal (to stand after ruku’).

One morning, S. Abu Bakr was late for Subuh prayers at the Masjid. As he was rushing, he was stalled by an old lady walking in front of him. Not wanting to disrespect her, he did not overtake her. Just as they reached the junction to the Masjid, the lady continued walking. Apparently she was Jew and was only walking along the way.

As S. Abu Bakr rushed towards the saf, he realized that the Prophet was doing his ruku’. This means that if he joins, he would be able to get the raka’at. He was so happy that he could get the raka’at with the Prophet that he sincerely said, “Alhamdulillah”.

Little did he know that his Alhamdulillah was so sincere that Allah sent Jibril AS to inform the Prophet that when he gets up, he should not say Allahu Akbar but to say Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah (Allah listens to the one who praises Him).

Fact 7: The Many Recitations From Many Different Hadith

In school, we are taught the basic recitations of zikirs during Ruku’, I’tidal, to sit between the two Sujuds and the Sujud. If we are to remain with our Subhanallah Wa bihamdih x 3 for ruku’, we’d be done in less than a minute.But we should know that The Prophet SAW actually recites many different recitations for these actions. Lenthy ones as well. That is why, he can make EACH Ruku’, I’tidal, to sit between the two Sujuds and the Sujud for more than half an hour when he prays alone at night.

So take time to read more about the different recitations of the Prophet so that we can enjoy our prayer even more. I found this website which gives a pretty good choice of recitations. See http://www.qss.org/articles/salah/toc.html.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part II)

2011-08-15T14:55:00.000+08:00

Fact 3: Qasar Prayers

In general, Subuh is 2 raka’at, Zuhur, As’r and Isya’ is 4 and Maghrib is 3.

When we are travelers, the Prophet SAW taught us that the number of all the 4 prayers can be shortened to only 2 raka’ats and we can combine the prayers as well. This is called, Jama’ wa Qasar (to combine and to shorten).

This is what I learned early this year from my spiritual teacher.

Initially, before Isra’ Mi’raj (the Night which the Prophet was went to Masjidil Aqsa and then raised to the heavens to meet Allah riding a Buraq and accompanied by Jibril AS), prayers were only for 2 raka’ats. Any single prayers were for only 2 raka’ats and if one wanted to add, it’ll be for another 2 and so on.

Prayer is also the ONLY revelation that the Prophet received DIRECTLY from Allah and not via any angelic intermediary.

This fact raises the importance of the 5 daily prayers. The Prophet also mentioned that Between man and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of salat [From Muslim- Book 1, Number 0147].

See how heavy the weight of prayers is? Missing it is akin to be called a disbeliever…

Anyway, my teacher told me that Isra’ Mi’raj increased the initial 2 raka’ats prayers to 3 and 4 whilst Subuh remained at 2 raka’ats. Since it is not possible to do 1.5 raka’at, so Maghrib cannot be shortened. As for Zuhur, Asr and Isya’, travelers are allowed and encouraged to shortened it to two prayers.

Here’s an interesting lingual fact: Apparently, the word Qasr also means original. So when we say to Qasr a prayer i.e. to shorten a prayer, it also means we are shortening it to its original state before Isra’ Mi’raj…

Fact 4: Ruku’ and Raka’at

Raka’at is a single act of Ruku’.

A Ruku’ (according to Islamic-Dictionary.com) is a form of prostration done in prayer. It is like a half prostration. It is initiated from a standing upright position and it precedes the sujood (complete prostration). The ruku’ is complete when the person rises back to stand in the upright position.

The way to calculate how many raka’at in a prayer is to count how many ruku’ we make in that prayer.

In a Jama’ah prayer, if we manage to catch doing ruku’ with the Imam, then that raka’at is counted for and we do not need to add another raka’at after the prayer.

For example, the Imam has already started praying and after completing his recitation of surah, he says Allahu Akbar and does his ruku’. You just arrived at the saf. You say your Takbiratul Ihram and then say Allahu Akbar to join the ruku’. After that, the Imam says Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah. That means you have managed to capture that raka’at with the Imam and do not need to add another raka’at.

In other words, the ruku’ is the cut-off point to get the raka’at with the Imam.

So if you see your Imam doing ruku’, do not hesitate to join him and you would get that raka’at with him. If you join him when he is in his I’tidal, than you have to add another raka’at after the Imam gives his salam in order to complete your raka’at.

For your further information, the terminology used to describe this is Masbuq, which means latecomer. This has no importance as it is just a terminology to call a latecomer.

Blog adjourned.

Random Facts About Prayers (Part I)

2011-08-12T17:24:00.001+08:00

Muslims are obligated to pray 5 times a day. Most of us know the necessary information related to prayers as we are taught in school. We are also taught that we must have khusyu’ or focused in our prayers. Unfortunately, the little knowledge that we have about prayers will never be sufficient for us to truly understand prayers and enjoy it as how the Prophet SAW and his companions did.

There are numerous websites which explains in great details about prayers. I have mentioned one excellent website which explains about the sweetness of prayers (see http://www.suhaibwebb.com/personaldvlpt/how-to-taste-the-sweetness-of-prayer/; www.suhaibwebb.com and also this post.) Read the articles at www.suhaibwebb.com, seriously best.

For today, I thought I’d pick 2 random facts about prayers which I had learned from various teachers and learned people. These 2 random facts gave me different perspectives to prayers. Let’s begin.

Fact 1: The Niat

Have you seen people in the masjid who are unable to start praying and keep on repeating the Takbiratul Ihram so many times till it annoys you? The Imam would probably have made ruku’ and the guy beside you is still struggling to start his prayers.

Some strict teachers say that you have to first say the Arabic phrase of “Usalli Fardhal Maghribi, Thalatha raka’ataini, ma’muman, lillahi ta’ala”. Then you have to make the niah from the beginning of Takbiratul Ihram that is to say ALLLAAAAAAAHHHHHUUUU out loud and in your heart say the scripted “Sahaja aku solat fardhu Maghrib, tiga rakaat, mengikut imam, kerana Allah Ta’ala”. They say you have to mention the whole script before you finish HUUUAAAKKBAAAARRRR. Or you have to make your niah complete in between your Takbiratul Ihram.

I tell you, IT’S SO BLARDY HARD TO DO THAT!!!

It’s not easy to have your tongue say something else whilst your heart say something else in a different language. This leads to many Muslims unable to start a prayer because he is unable to complete the scripted niah within is Takbiratul Ihram.

If this is so, than the Arabs would have it easy as they need to only say the Arabic part and need not do the script-script-in-the-heart-in-Malay.

So upon further studying this, I found out that this is not right.

One thing for sure is that Allah is the Controller of the Hearts. He knows what is hidden inside and what is apparent. Nothing escapes His attention. With this in mind, if you go and make wudhu’ for a Maghrib, Allah already knows that you are going to pray Maghrib for Him. So before you make your Takbiratul Ihram, just say your niah (either out loud or whisper it in your heart) and then maker your Takbiratul Ihram to start your prayer. No need to say the scripted Malay niat in your heart in between your Takbiratul Ihram.

My personal view is that you don’t even have to make a formalized niah. To my mind, it is sufficient to say “I want to pray Maghrib as a ma’mum for Allah”. We all know Maghrib is 3 rakaat so if you are short of time (as the imam has already made ruku’ and you need to rush to catch that rakaat with him) I think it is enough for you to just say, “I want to pray Maghrib with this Imam for Allah”.

Fact 2: The Takbiratul Ihram

In school, I was taught that the Takbiratul Ihram means the Takbir that we do to begin our solah after we have made the niah or intention. My school teacher stopped there. None explained why it is called Takbiratul Ihram. Then I found out a different meaning to Takbiratul Ihram. Let’s start from the beginning.

Literally, Takbir means to say Allahu Akbar or God is the Greatest / God is Greater than anything else.

Next, we have to also understand, what is the meaning of Ihram. Ihram literally means to enter into a state of which certain actions are not permissible. Just like when we go for Umrah or Hajj, when we are in our Ihram, we cannot do a lot of things like to cover our head, to have intercourse etc.

As for Takbiratul Ihram, it means that we are saying Allahu Akbar to indicate the start of a period where all permissible things are no longer permissible to us except those which are allowed in a prayer. In other words, the moment we say Allahu Akbar and we raise our hands to our ears and then cross our hands on our tummy, we forbid ourselves from all the general permissible things. We cannot eat, sleep, drink, laugh, talk, jump, move about unnecessarily, thoughts, cook, blog, play football, etc. all these permissible acts are forbidden from the moment we make our Takbiratul Ihram and will continue to bind us until the prayer is over (we give salam) or annulled (eg we farted / break our wudhu’).

Because we make all the permissible things haram for us from the time we say Allahu Akbar, that is why it is called Takbiratul Ihram or in my own understanding: The Takbir that harams all acts otherwise permissible.

So the next time before you do Takbiratul Ihram, keep in mind that you have are about to forbid yourselves everything except that which is permissible in a prayer. That should keep set your mind to be more focused in your solah and insha Allah be more khusyu’.

More random facts on prayers to come Insha Allah.

Blog adjourned.

Leaking Your Eyes...

2011-08-11T17:25:00.000+08:00

Ramadhan Mubarak to all…

We are no entering the second part of Ramadhan which offers the forgiveness of Allah to those who asks for it. The first part offers the Rahmat (blessings) of Allah and the part offers the Salvation and in it lies the Night of Power. Each part is divided into 10 nights but the last part may differ to 9 or 10 nights.

The Prophet SAW taught Aishah RA this dua to be recited in the Night of Power:

اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ

O Allah, You are Pardoning,

تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ

And You love to Pardon,

فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

So, pardon me…

I guess because this dua is very common in Malaysia as it is recited at the break of every 4 raka’ah of Terawih prayers, most of us seem to have memorized it. So Insha Allah, most of us can recite it not only for the last 10 nights when we are searching for the Night of Power, but we can also recite it throughout the second part of Ramadhan, which, as I have mentioned, offers the forgiveness of Allah.

Here is my advise on how you read this dua. It works for me and I hope that it will for you.

When you recite the above dua, break it up with a pause of 5 seconds. The dua consist of 3 parts. When you read the first part, pause for 5 seconds. Then the second part, and pause for another 2 seconds. If you have time, like when you are reciting it alone at night when everyone is asleep and it is just between you and Allah, then break it up for as long as your heart desire.

My trick is this. When I break up the first part and pause, I start to think in my head that Allah is most Great. Let your mind wonder along the Greatness of Allah in every single idea that pops into your head.

In the second part, think about how He loves to forgive His servants. There’s so many verses in the Quran reaffirming this fact. Ponder upon it…

And lastly in the last part, think about all of the sins that you have committed (either in the open or hidden). Touch upon all of the bad and negative acts that we committed. Feel in your heart how ungrateful you have really been to Him.

You should try to make a date with Allah in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep… wake up and pray tahajjud, sit down, read this dua and try the above. Sometimes, if the feeling is just right, you would cry like a baby. I’m serius… your eyes would leak as though your head is like a full water tank.

Another personal advice.

Never stop these tears from coming. You’d feel so much better afterwards. Seriously better. J

But don't go sitting and wailing like a banshee.

Have style. Menangislah dengan bergaya.

That's why I suggest you to do it when everyone is asleep. Although it is not something wrong to cry in asking for your Creator's forgiveness, but naturally, you'd get embarrased if you mother or father or spouse or friend were to stumbbled upon you crying like a baby. Huhu.

I would also invite you all to watch Reflection on Astro channel 114, every night with Imam Suhaib Webb. It’s a show where Imam Suhaib Webb explains about some surahs of the Quran and invite us to reflect these verses in a way which is relevant to our lives in this present times. I enjoy it so much because it not only touches on of the Asbabul Nuzul (the reason why that chapter was revealed) but it also explains how we can apply it in our lives. It’s not only about the past but it touches on the present times. He makes the Quran become relevant to our lives.

Unfortunately, it is only for 30 minutes. Rest assured it will be a jam packed 20 minutes (with 10 minutes of commercial break) filled with information that would take you years to acquire from mere reading. And most of us don’t even make the time to read the Quran what more the reason for its revelation, to ponder on its meaning, make it relevant in our lives etc. At the end of the show, he will leave you hungry for more information but that is up to you to go and dig up books or google for further knowledge.

The only sad thing about the show is that it is at 11.30pm and you’d be dead tired to google for more information after the show and the hunger for more knowledge would have subdued if you wait till the next day to do your research. Gaah!

But at least, you still get about 20 minutes of knowledge right?

Another thing, I think the end song of the Reflection show sounds like the game Contra on Micro Genius…

So... try my advice, read the dua, feel it... and also watch Reflection... and tell me if you think the end song is like the Contra GameJ

Blog adjourned.

Changing Of Real Chambers

2011-07-17T03:55:00.000+08:00

I’m back!

I am so sorry I blocked you all from accessing my blog the last couple of weeks without any notice.

You see, I was in the midst of looking for a new employer. I know that some HR would even go to the extent of investigating one’s Facebook / Tweeter / Blog in order to gain more information on their prospective employee. That got me to block my blog so that my blog would not have any bearing on whether I am successful in the interview or not. It would be horrifying if I didn’t get the job because of a particular post on my blog and I just didn’t want to take any chances.

What to do... Paranoid mode was on...

Now that all is well Alhamdulillah, I will resume blogging again.

Hehehe. Yes… “All is well” means that I have found a new employer. hence the reason why the title of this post is as it is...

It also means that my days at the Judiciary are coming to an ultimate end.

Nope, there was never any misunderstanding or anything negative as to the reason why I am leaving. All is well at the Judiciary… I just thought that it is about time for me to have a different air and expand my experience and exposure as an Advocate and Solicitor…

Insha Allah I will be joining SKRINE sometime mid September this year. J

I plan to ‘bertaubat’ during the last 10 days of Ramadhan and about 1 week of Raya holiday before I start climbing the corporate ladder.

Alhamdulillah, I considered all offers on my plate (and this includes staying at the Judicial And Legal Service) but I felt that SKRINE is able to offer me a wholesome and lucrative offer. I made Istikharah prayers for a while and even when other offers came in, it looks as though the path towards SKRINE was easy and comforting.

The Bride also gave her nod.

Yay! I love you baby!

Actually, she was very okay with SKRINE when she found out that SKRINE’s office is close to her office and not in the heart of KL which she initially thought it was, and this means I can easily go for lunch with her, hehe. Once she indicated that she was comfortable with SKRINE, I felt like a huge relief and that sort of confirmed my decision.

A friend of mine said that since I am leaving the Service, people would no longer call me Two_One… I replied saying that “Kesantunan Bahasa Melayu mengatakan bahawa dalam Sapaan lisan kepada orang yang disapa seperti Syed ialah Tuan Syed manakala bagi Raja disapa dengan gelaran Yang Mulia. This means I can still use Two_One in my blog hehehe.”

Oh... on another note, I would be away for two weeks as I would be attending my dearest Sister-In-Law’s graduation in the UK. Will be taking some time to take the Bride and Lil Chempedak to go to Disneyland Paris.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

So please make dua for my family’s safety and for a blessed career shift.

Thank you so much for being patient and returning to my blog. :)

You all are awesome!

Blog adjourned.

Obedient Wives Club: Who Wants To Register???

2011-06-10T10:48:00.001+08:00

Every time I want to write something about this, my mind goes everywhere until I lose track of the points and just simply give up.

The Obedient Wive’s Club.

Well, I have to be honest that I have not read their whole objective and mission but what has been portrayed in the newspaper is to my mind very… erm… insulting…

It’s not that I take whatever is in the print media seriously. I think the Editors are not as responsible as they were before. One simple example. The fact that newspapers publish blogpost as part of their news (and sometimes even as headlines!!!) shows that some journalist are super useless. How can you take a blogpost and treat it as a basis of a news piece? Do you think every blogger in this world are so ethical and trustworthy that they only post 100% factual posts? Oh I can go on and on about this but I’ll keep it for some other time.

Anyway…

Apparently there is this Obedient Wives’ Club that has just been established last week or so. One of its purposes is to teach wives how to be like a 1^st Class Prostitute. This is what its President, Dr. Rohaya Mohamad said in its press statement:

"A man married to a woman who is as good or better than a prostitute in bed has no reason to stray. Rather than allowing him to sin, a woman must do all she can to ensure his desires are met.”

There was also something about wives should be better than a 1^st Class Prostitute…

Wow…

Seriously… Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooow…

And this is coming from a woman…

Wo Wo Wo…

(At this point, my fingers cannot cope with what my brain is thinking… Wow is the only word my fingers could type…)

RIDICULOUS LAH WEI!!!!

Ok! Ok!

There’s soo many things to write about that statement above but you can probably get typical “we cannot degrade wives to be akin to prostitute”; “marriage is a two way thing”; “Islam is not only about sex”; yada yada yada elsewhere. The points I have to raise are slightly different. My points are:

1. How would a husband know that his wife is underperforming / performing at par / is better than a 1^st Class Prostitute, if he has not slept with a 1^st Class Prostitute? Jeng Jeng Jeng!!!

2. Who in the OWC would be the judge that a woman has passed the test of being at par or better than a 1^st Class Prostitute? Would they be engaging prostitutes as sex coaches? Hmm… could be a good way to reduce prostitution… get them to work for OWC… LoL!

3. What about the husbands? Can they perform better than a 1^st Class Male Prostitute? Mana cukup sekadar tuck in perut boroi tu masa nak bergambar aje… perut mesti berketul macam David Beckham laa baru boleh cerita nak bini sama sexy macam Posh Spice…

*Posh and Becks memang sexy...*

*Mamat antara Posh and Becks tu macam tengah pikir "Aku ni sehendsem Beckham tak??" & kebanyakan husbands punye perut adalah macam mamat sebelah Beckham dengan pouch merah... No offence guys... huhu...*

4. Are there any old 1^st Class Prostitute ?

*Jomla abang... I 1st Class tau!*

My oh my…

The list of questions can go on and on…

I think I’ll stop with just another point which I think is very important when a husband wants to demand of something. It’s the classical “trade off” concept where there is an exchange of one thing in return for another. A simple Economics concept we are all familiar with.

When a wife is asked to join this club by their dearly beloved husband, I think she should ask him back the following question...

“Are you willing to pay me... or “Can you actually afford to pay me the price of a 1^st Class Prostitute every time we have sex?”

No No No…better yet… Don’t ask… Give this statement instead…

“Nak 1^st Class Prostitute service… BAYARLAA!!”

*Banyak ni cukup???*

LoL!

Please do tell me his facial expression and reply when you ask him this…

Blog adjourned.

Some Things You Just Can't Explain...

2011-06-08T09:13:00.000+08:00

I got this from an email... kesian... kesian...

A farmer is sitting in the neighbourhood bar slowly getting drunk. A man comes in and asks the farmer "Hey, why are you sitting here on this beautiful day getting drunk?"

The farmer says "Some things you just can't explain".

"So what happened that is so horrible?" the man asked.

The farmer then decides to try an answer "Well if you must know, today I was sitting by my cow milking her. Just as I got the bucket about full, she took her left leg and kicked it over".

"That's not so bad, what's the big deal?"

The farmer says, "Some things you just can't explain".

"So what happened?" the man asked again.

The farmer relenting continued, "I took her left leg and tied it to the post on the left with some rope. Then I sat down and continued to milk her. Just as I got the bucket about full she took her right leg and kicked it over".

*Disclaimer: Picture above is just a random guy milking an udder... nothing to do with the story... :)*

"Again?"

The farmer says, "Some things you just can't explain".

"So, what did you do then?" the man asked, intrigued. "I took her right leg and tied it to the post on the right. I sat back down and continued to milk her, and just as I got the bucket just about full, the stupid cow knocked over the bucket with her tail".

"Wow, you must have been pretty upset! But that's no reason to just sit here getting all depressed".

The farmer says, "Some things you just can't explain".

"So then what else did you do?" the man asked again.

"Well I didn't have any more rope, so I took off my belt and tied her tail to the rafter. That's when my pants fell down and my wife walked in. Some things you just can't explain!!"

Blog adjourned...

Facts About Poop

2011-06-06T10:11:00.005+08:00

Tee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee

or more like Tahii hii hii hii

Right... I was surfing the net and I found some facts about Poop.

Since everyone poops, so I guess you might be interested to know about those smelly stuff you have to face with once a day / twice a day / once in two days or whenever you feel you need to...

LoL!

*26 feet!!! Shit! Power giler!!!!*

However, it still makes me wonder how a cute lil baby girl like Alisha can produce a small seketul turd that can stink our whole room and bathroom for a few hours...

Powerla chempedak poop ni...

Poop adjourned...

[Source: http://www.onlineschools.org/blog/facts-about-poop/ and http://blogserius.blogspot.com/2011/05/serius-fakta-fakta-mengenai-tahi-2.html#more]

What Is Greater Than God?

2011-06-02T09:59:00.006+08:00

What is greater than God?

More evil than the Devil?

The Rich need it…

The Poor have it…

If you eat it, you die….

LoL!

Blog adjourned.

Perfect Timing

2011-06-01T09:52:00.000+08:00

Back when I was 14, I remembered eying one Esprit watch at a watch shop that my family always goes to. We all call it our family watch shop. No, we don't have any share in the business but they give really good price to us. :) Somehow, I managed to persuade my parents to get that watch for me. If I’m not mistaken it was about RM250 or something. A really expensive watch for my standard. I had to mortgage my life to my parents and risk of not getting any other watch for the rest of my life as part of the bargain.

Well, that bargain was actually worth it I guess as the only time I was looking for another watch was when I was about to get married to the Bride. I was 25. This means I was using that Esprit watch for about 11 years! It’s still functioning well though probably the battery is dead… hmm, Now that I have mentioned it, I better go back and check that watch.

I’m not a fan of having too many watches. I get serabut to choose which one to wear if I had one too many.

So, as part of the hantaran, the Bride thought that it was about time to get me a new watch. I wanted something simple, stylish and with not too many functions. Time and date is good enough for me. After looking around, going from one shop to another, I could not find any watch that could make me want to leave my Esprit watch. Thank God the Bride was patient enough with my cerewetness. After looking high and low, I finally set my eyes on a blue Tag Heuer Aquaracer. It was love at first sight and I’m still loving it. So after going back to my trusted family watch shop, I managed to get a good bargain on that watch. I have been using it since 4.4.2008. (If you look at the picture at the heading of this blog, you could see my Aquaracer on my right hand.)

*THANK YOU SAYANG! I LOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEE MY PWEESENT!!!!!!!!*

A few nights ago as I was chilling with my friends, a friend of mine who was about to get married was also looking for a Tag watch for his bride. I told him that I can help him get a good price at my family watch shop. I also told him that Tag is definitely a good brand and looks damn elegant.

Orang muda punya jam laa bro… hehehe

I shared with him that I have been using mine for 3 years and surprisingly, the battery is still good. I remembered the salesgirl telling me that if my battery is weak, the second indicator would not be ticking every second but would move every five seconds. So far, my Tag has been ticking at every second diligently.

My friend wanted to know how much my family watch shop could offer. So yesterday after work, we went to that shop. The last time I checked my watch was at 5.10pm as I left office. As we arrived at the shop and started the usual chit chat, we enquired about the Tag that my friend wanted. Actually, that shop do not sell any Tag watches and she has to get from her dealer (for me back in 2008) and now for my friend… and at the same time, still give a bloody good discount J). My friend said he’s gonna look around and see other watches first. After all that has been settled, I asked the salesgirl:

Eh, how come my battery is still good after three years?

She told me about the 5 seconds indicator. Then we both looked at my watch.

Lo and behold!

The second indicator started to show that the battery is weak! It was still for 5 seconds before it moved. Then it remained still for another 5 seconds and so on…

I was super shocked!

Either this watch has a perfect timing for everything, or your shop has the ability to suck my watch’s battery’s life!

We both laughed and I got her to change the battery.

Then I said:

You remember always asking me to get an Oris and not Tag?

This is the reason why I chose Tag Heuer.

Perfect timing for everything.

Battery weak pun perfect timing.

LoL.

Blog adjourned.

Early Birds...

2011-05-27T11:16:00.000+08:00

Early this week, as I sat to hear case management, I noticed that both counsel in one case came about 30 minutes before 9am (which is the time Court starts to sit). As they entered and sat before me, I said:

Wow! 8.30am! You guys are really early…

They replied that it’s good to be early with hopes that more things can be settled that day.

So I said:

Yup… Early bird catches the worm

They nodded in agreement...

Just for the heck of it, I continued:

But you do know it is suicidal for worms to come out early right?

That last bit caught them by surprise. It took them about 5 seconds to digest and then they started laughing…

Maybe they were silently hoping they’d be the birds instead of the worms for that day…

Blog adjourned.

The Happy Bubble

2011-05-25T11:58:00.001+08:00

Ever since morning, my heart feels so very… lapang. I can’t find the right word for it in English. Expanded? Wide? Broad? Spacious? I don’t know…

It’s like having sunshine all over me.

The feeling is like you have just received very good news.

Marvelous.

It reminded me of the surah Al-Inshirah (surah 94) or what we know as Alam Nashrah Surah. Let me share with you the meaning:

Al-Inshirah – Solace, Consolation, Relief

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

1. Have We not expanded thee (Prophet Muhammad) thy breast?-

2. And removed from thee thy burden

3. The which did gall thy back?-

4. And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?

5. So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

6. Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

7. Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,

8. And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.

This is really a happy feeling. Considering that no specific event has taken place, I think God is just giving me a reminder of all the things He has already given me bestowed upon me: excellent life, great family, good health etc.

As I write this post, I realize how I have not showed my gratefulness to His Mercy…

Hmmm…

I’m taking this happy feeling as a reminder. I must now be more consistent with the Sunnah prayers in the middle of the night.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: “Allah descends every night to the lowest heaven when one-third of the first part of the night is over and says: I am the Lord; I am the Lord: who is there to supplicate Me so that I answer him? Who is there to beg of Me so that I grant him? Who is there to beg forgiveness from Me so that I forgive him? He continues like this till the day breaks.”[From Muslim] @ Book 4, Number 1657.

I like to think of that 25-30 minutes of the night as a date that I have with Him. Before I sleep, I’d pray that He wakes me up for our private date. Sometimes I wake up and thought it’s too early and sleep back again. Thereafter, I’d miss the date altogether.
*sigh*

Routinely doing something will lead to boredome. Particularly so when we do not know the real meaning to the things that we do. So I implore you to read the prayer series at www.suhaibwebb.com (see http://www.suhaibwebb.com/personaldvlpt/how-to-taste-the-sweetness-of-prayer/ )

I assure you that these posts on prayers will change your perception towards prayers.

SERIOUSLY!!!

It will make you want to pray and not because you just have to pray to fulfill your obligations.

Now… since I’m still in my happy bubble mode, I think I’m going to go take my passport picture this lunch time J

Blog adjourned.

The Chempedak Protege

2011-05-19T14:24:00.000+08:00

*Aiman And Alisha*

I don’t think I have shared the Tunjuk Ajarku Sifu moment between Alisha and her uncle Aiman.

Aiman is my youngest brother and he believes that he is an artist... in his own dream world. He sings, compose music and lyrics, directs and acts movies and dramas, have his own concerts and shows every day at our living room. It’s his way of occupying time. Akademi Fantasia is his top most favourite show. He knows each and every participant that has been on that show while silently wishing that he was one of them.

*Aiman 'self declaring' that he is the fourth member of KRU*

Alisha on the other hand adores her uncle Aiman. She would watch her uncle’s antics and if she thinks that what he is doing is fun, she imitates.

So every day, Alisha would see her uncle Aiman perform at our living room. Most of the time, she would be joining her uncle dancing, singing, acting etc.

One day, whilst Aiman was singing in a concert...

Alisha was paying close attention to him...

Looking at her guardian for approval... She walked to towards her uncle Aiman...

Slowly making her way pass all the fanatic fans at the concert...

Alisha manages to secure a front seat to catch her uncle Aiman live in action...

When her uncle Aiman was taking a short break, Alisha decided to take over the show...

Yeaaaah Yeaaaaah Yeaaaaah Yeaaaaaaah!!!!

*Look at the proud face of her uncle seeing such a talented niece*

After the show, Aiman was so amazed at Alisha's talent that he gave a a gentle pat on the head to indicate that he approves her to be his protege...

Cartoon la korang berdua!

Blog adjourned.

Hukum Isteri Meleteri Suami ......You're Kidding Me Right??

2011-05-03T12:25:00.002+08:00

*Diamlah!*

I have read the FB post on Hukum Isteri Meleteri Suami and honestly, I humbly think that it could have been written without being so bias towards men. (The article is attached below this post).

Even the first example is ridiculous.

“Abang ni balik je kerja, tak nak langsung tolong saya siapkan kerjarumah. Baca suratkhabar, menghadap TV, itu jelah yang awak tahu. Kitakansama-sama bekerja bang. Saya pun penat macam abang juga.Sekurang- kurangnyabuatlah air kopi sendiri, bukannya susah pun. Tukarkan lampin anak ke,ringan sikit kerja saya ni. Nak masak lagi. Abang juga yang nak makannanti... pot.. pet.. pot.. pet..... " leter Ina kepada suaminya sejuruskembali dari pejabat masing-masing.”

Seriously??? That woman had every right to scream at such a lazy bum she has to call “her husband”. What kind of a leader of the house would get back home and expect that his wife takes care of everything when his wife is also working?

Pleaselah!

Taking care of the house is also the husband’s responsibility. A husband should be grateful to his wife for wanting to help him with all these chores.

I think the problem dwells down towards picking the right spouse. A wife should never ever ever ever ever ever expect that your future husband would change when he gets married to you. The same goes for the man.

This is why Islam puts Kufu’ or compatibility as a very important criteria in choosing one’s spouse. If I am not mistaken (please correct me of I mention the wring scholar) and if my memory serves me right, Imam Ghazali concludes that it is a crime for a father who does not put kufu’ as a criteria in choosing a husband for his daughter.

Read the hadith and how the Prophet treated his wives. You would be amazed at how loving and caring (and romantic) he was to his wives. He helped to cook, clean up, sew his own clothes, accompany his wives and all other romantic stuff.

Once when he woke up, he asked his wife if there was any food to eat and she said no. He didn’t yell at her for not informing him earlier that there would be no food that day. He didn’t say nasty stuff to her to belittle her or even warn her with the burning fire of Hell because she did not cook anything for him. What did he do? He decided to fast that day. [Sahih Muslim].

There is a story of Umar Alkhattab ra that should be a good reminder to us as well. However, I could not find any sahih evidence about this narration but the message is clear and beneficial to us. Umar Alkhattab ra was known before Islam by being a harsh person. Nobody dared to mess with him. He was like the gangsta of Mekah. When he was a caliph a man went to him as his wife had a fight with him and he wanted to complain his wife to Umar, but when the man approached Umar’s house, he heard the wife of Umar screaming at him more than his wife did. This guy was stunned. He thought it was just useless to complain to Umar if Umar’s wife was worse than his wife. So he decided to return back silently to his house. Umar saw him and called him to ask why he came. The man told him that he came to complain his wife to him but he found the Umar’s wife was screaming at him more than his wife did. What did Umar reply? Umar said: “She bore me, washed my clothes, raised up my children and cleaned my house, she did all this and she bore all this, then wouldn’t I bear her if she raised up her voice?”

A few observations that I would like to make here is this. And Yes! I can imagine the Bride fidgeting in her seat as read this. This is DEFINITELY A REMINDER TO ME, MYSELF AND I AS WELL. :) (Disclaimer: These observations are to be read in general. No reference should be made to any couple except to the example in the article below)

To some of my dear brothers who are not able to provide wholesomely to their spouse(s) [This includes yours truly, so no personal feelings yah...],

Before you want to demand, you must first provide. Lets face it. Most of us can’t afford to provide for our family wholesomely. Our paycheque is not as impressive as others who are given more rizk from Allah. We need our spouse to also work to make ends meet. This means that women are working not because of leisure but because of the need to support their family. They are working to help us fulfill our responsibility to provide for our family. Read it back again. THEY ARE WORKING TO HELP US FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY. Considering that it is us who are lacking in gaining material wealth which could make our women become a tai tai and just be a fulltime housewife and fulfill our desire as and when we want, how can we expect them to be a Wonder Woman and be oh so full of energy to clean up the house, cook, care for the children and husband and other stuff everyday when they come home from work? You think working is easy and not tiring meh? Think again lorr!!

I’m not trying to belittle our capability. I am sure that we work hard and earn a decent salary. But living in a world filled with inflation, we may not be making enough because the value of our salary is not enough for us to have a luxurious lifestyle. Thus we need our spouse to help us. Since she is now helping us, we must know that she is not like those who are not working, stay home wife with a maid. Even if she is a housewife, men must be considerate and understand that house work is no joke man. Give it a shot for a week and I am sure you would agree with me.

So please stop using religion in wanting to slam your wife for nagging at you for reasons that you brought to your own self.

In Sahih Bukhari, the Prophet commanded that we should not ask a slave or servant to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all we need to ask him to do a hard task, we should help him in doing it. Now aren’t our bride at a level which is higher than a slave? If we must respect a slave that way, don’t you think the respect to our bride is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay greater???

Now,

My dear sisters,

There are other ways than to nag to your husband to give a helping hand. As I have mentioned above, if your husband is the type of guy who never helped his mom to clean up the house, don’t expect him to change just for you. Expecting men to change when they get married is like expecting to find an oasis in the middle of the desert. Most of the time it’s just a mirage and if you do find one, you are one damn lucky girl. Cherish him then :)

Nagging may not be the best way to get him to help you.

If you are always tired, you may want to read this advice by the Prophet to S. Fatimah and S. Ali when they were contemplating in taking a maid.

It would also help if you know the financial capability of your family and to spend (and ask) within your family’s budget. I don’t know about others but I’m sure I’d feel like a complete loser if I can’t make the Bride happy and contented by providing for all that she wants. I think most men who love their bride are like this. And I am sure, all brides who love their groom would not want to make their husbands feel like losers right?? :)

Sheesh… what a long post. Sounds like I’m a nagging husband now.

The article that sparked me to write this is reproduced below.

The beginning is ridiculously bias. Its conclusion is more or less the same with my post here. But the title is sooo chauvinist.

Blog adjourned.

Hukum Isteri Meleteri Suami ......

"Abang ni balik je kerja, tak nak langsung tolong saya siapkan kerjarumah. Baca suratkhabar, menghadap TV, itu jelah yang awak tahu. Kitakansama-sama bekerja bang. Saya pun penat macam abang juga.Sekurang- kurangnyabuatlah air kopi sendiri, bukannya susah pun. Tukarkan lampin anak ke,ringan sikit kerja saya ni. Nak masak lagi. Abang juga yang nak makannanti... pot.. pet.. pot.. pet..... " leter Ina kepada suaminya sejuruskembali dari pejabat masing-masing.

Kalaulah Ina tahu, betapa besar hukuman serta dosanya meleteri suamisendiri,sudah tentu dia tidak akan mengulangi perbuatannya itu. Lebih-lebihlagi, sekiranya Intan menghayati ganjaran pahala yang tidak ternilai keranaberbakti kepada suaminya. Dia tidak akan merasa susah mahupunpenat dalammelaksanakan tanggungjawabnya sebagai isteri dan ibu.

Dewasa ini boleh dikatakan fenomena isteri meleteri suami atau dalam katalain tidak menghormati suami. Bagaikan sudah menjadi satu perkara lumrahbagi kebanyakkan pasangan, tanpa sedikitpun merasa bersalah melayani merekaseperti adik lelaki sahaja lagaknya.

Apa yang lebih mendukacitakan, apabila ada di kalangan isteri yangmenyifatkan menjaga peribadinya dengan bersikap sopan terhadap suamisebagai ketinggalan zaman.

Keadaan ini juga akan menjadi model yang tidak baik kepada anak-anak yangmungkin diwarisi dari satu generasi ke satu generasi lain sehingga akhirnyamenjadi satu budaya yang negatif.

Banyak nas al-Quran, terutamanya hadis Nabi yang membincangkan tentangkewajipan isteri mentaati suami, selagi tidak diminta melakukan perbuatanmaksiat.

Sabda Rasulullah s. a. w. yang bermaksud: " Jika sekiranya aku berhakmenyuruh seseorang supaya sujud kepada seseorang yang lain, nescaya akumenyuruh para isteri sujud kepada suaminya. " Hadis tersebut menerangkanbetapa kepatuhan isteri terhadap suami amat diutamakan demi kebaikansesebuah institusi keluarga, sesuai kedudukannya sebagai pemimpin rumahtangga.

Demikian juga halnya ketika junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad s. a. w. mikrajkelangit. Baginda telah dipersaksikan dengan neraka dan penghuninya yangkebanyakkannya terdiri daripada kaum wanita.

Ali Karramallahu Wajhah berkata: " Aku masuk ke rumah Nabi besertaFatimah,aku mendapati baginda sedang menangis tersedu-sedan ." Akubertanya, " Ya Rasulullah, apa yang! membuat anda menangis? "

Baginda menjawab, " Ya Ali, pada malam aku diangkat ke langit, aku melihatkaum perempuan daripada umat ku disiksa di neraka dengan bermacam-macamseksaan. Lalu aku menangis kerana begitu berat seksaan mereka yang akulihat. "

MENGHERDIK

Baginda antara lain melihat perempuan yang digantungkan dengan lidahnya,sedangkan air panas dituangkan ke dalam tenggoroknya kerana ia telahmenyakiti dan menyumpah-nyumpah suaminya.

Ada isteri yang tergamak bercakap kasar malah mengherdik suaminya keranatidak mendapat apa yang diminta seperti barang kemas, perabot rumah berupaset sofa dan TV rata 29 inci yang menjadi trend semasa.

Lebih buruk lagi perangai si isteri apabila membanding-bandingkan suamidengan jiran tetangga yang mampu menyediakan barangan terbabit, sekali gusdilabelkan sebagai suami mithali. Bukan tidak boleh sama sekali memintasesuatu daripada suami tetapi janganlah menggesa mereka menuruti kemahuananda sehingga membebankan dirinya.

Sebaliknya, isteri patut bersyukur kerana berpeluang meraih keredhaanAllah.

Nabi Muhammad s. a. w. bersabda, " Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memandangkepada seorang isteri yang tidak bersyukur kepada suaminya. "

Hal ini biasa terjadi kepada suami yang miskin, manakala isterinya pulatergolong dalam orang-orang berada, yang suka mengungkit-ungkit mengenaihartanya, apatah lagi yang telah dinafkahkan kepada suaminya.

Mungkin ia agak sukar untuk dipenuhi apatah lagi bagi isteri yangbekerja,namun percayalah, ia bukan sahaja akan menjadi perkara biasa tetapijuga ringan dan lancar, jika kita menganggapnya sebagai ibadah dan juga satujihad.

Marilah kita sama-sama merenungi kisah anakanda kesayangan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. iaitu Fatimah Az-Zahra yang melaksanakan rutin hariannya sebagaiseorang suri rumah tangga secara sendirian tanpa pembantu. Fatimah padasuatu hari telah meminta suaminya, Ali pergi menemui Rasulullah s. a. w.dan meminta jasa baik baginda untuk menyerahkan seorang wanita tawananperang sebagai pembantu rumah.

Rasulullah bagaimanapun tidak dapat memperkenankan permintaan puterinyakerana semua harta rampasan perang termasuk wanita-wanita itu bukan menjadimilik baginda, tetapi milik negara Islam dan kaum Muslimin seluruhnya.

Baginda tidak dapat memberikan sesuatu yang bukan menjadi miliknya.

Permintaan Fatimah itu membimbangkan baginda, bukan kerana tugas berat yangsedang dipikul oleh puterinya itu tetapi disebabkan oleh bayangan keluhkesah seorang isteri yang tertekan akibat tugas-tugas yang perludibereskannya.

Pada sebelah malamnya, baginda telah mengunjungi rumah Fatimah danmenyatakan kepadanya: " Apakah kamu berdua (Fatimah dan Ali) suka kepadasatu pemberian yang akan ku berikan ini, sedangkan ia lebih baik daripadaapa yang kamu minta siang hari tadi? "

Fatimah amat sukacita mendengarkan tawaran tersebut sekalipun dia tidakmengetahui apa bentuknya. Rasulullah menyatakan kepada Fatimah bahawahendaklah dia membaca Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah dan Allahu Akbar,masing-masing sebanyak 33 kali setiap kali sebelum tidurnya.

Semenjak itu, wirid yang diajarkan oleh Rasulullah telah menjadi amalananak dan menantunya. Hasilnya, Fatimah mendapati dia tidak lagi menjadikeluh kesah dalam menghadapi apa jua kerja-kerja sehariannya yang berat,malah merasa cukup bahagia melakukannya.

Baginya, segala tugasan yang disempurnakannya sebagai seorang suri rumahmerupakan satu amalan yang solehah. Dengan taufik Allah, sesungguhnyawalau seberat mana sekalipun tugasan yang menanti di rumah, tidak akanmemenatkan selagi steri tidak meletakkan dirinya seolah-olah sama tarafdengan suami, walau setinggi mana sekalipun darjatnya.

Kepada para suami, kita sama-sama maklum, dalam zaman moden yang serbamencabar ini terutamanya di bandar-bandar besar, kita tidak dapat mengelakkos sara hidup yang tinggi sekaligus memerlukan kedua-dua suami isterikeluar bekerja.

Si isteri telah melakukan pengorbanan mencari rezeki tambahan untuk menyarakeluarga yang sepatutnya menjadi tanggungjawab suami. Jadi sudi apalahkiranya sang suami bersama-sama meringankan tugas si isteri seadanya.Bukankah Rasulullah s. a. w. telah berpesan supaya para suami berbuat baikkepada isteri mereka.Jikalau isteri taat kepada kalian, janganlah pulamenyusahkan mereka.

Nabi Muhammad s. a. w. bersabda yang ertinya: " Orang-orang yangterbaik daripada kamu sekalian adalah yang lebih baik dalam mempergaulikeluarganya dan saya adalah yang terbaik dalam mempergauli keluargaku. "

Bagi kaum wanita & lelaki yg sudah berumah-tangga, marilah kita sama-samabelajar saling tolong-menolong meringankan beban pasangan kita.

Semoga kisah tadi membawa menfaat bagi kita semua... insya'Allah. .

SIKAP ISTERI tidak menghormati SUAMI adalah GEJALA SOSIAL MUSLIM sekarang.Ia dilakukan kerana berfikir bahawa SUAMI mesti buat seperti ISTERI dalamRUMAHTANGGA.

TABIAT-ISTERI suka meleteri suami dan TABIAT-SUAMI yang suka meletakkansemua tanggungjawab rumahtangga ke atas bahu isteri semata-mata; mestilahdihentikan, demi mendidik MENTAL ZURIAT kita ke suatu BUDAYA IBADAT.

WASSALAM..

Family Familiarity

2011-04-29T10:55:00.002+08:00

Something funny happened to me a few months ago.

I was at a function with my family. Someone who works at the same office with my dad (who is also my 2^nd uncle by marriage) was also present and coincidentally, we were seated at the same table together with another gentleman.

As I was chit chatting with the other gentleman, he asked me what I was doing. I replied that I was a student and I pouted my mouth towards my 2^nd uncle informing the gentleman that my 2^nd Uncle was also there.

During this time, my dad was taking food at the buffet spread.

My 2^nd uncle overheard the conversation and he asked me what I was doing. I told him what I was doing. Then he gave the best comment ever… Classic… here’s what he said:

“OH, you are there… Your face is not familiarlah. Why don’t you go and ask him (pointing towards my dad). I am sure he would recognize your face.”

…

*blink*blink*blink*

I replied:

I am sure he would sir…. I am most certainly sure…

(In fact, something is very wrong if he did not recognise me. Hahaha!)

That was the end of the conversation I had with my 2^nd Uncle for that night. Thereafter, I was too busy trying to control myself not to laugh in front of him. I also dropped the subject and left him clueless as to who I was. I'm sure he does not even know who I am still...

Kelakar gila…

Blog adjourned.

Peng Peng Part 4 (Ni Last Part)

2011-04-27T10:01:00.000+08:00

*Sila jangan cari pasal dengan Kumpulan Ramas, kalau tidak kami peng peng anda*

Kumpulan Ramas had to duel with abang-abang polis again... Pressure... Amateurs (us) lawan professional shooters (them)!

My sharp shooter teammate shot first. Guess what? She hit her plate but it didn’t drop! It turned slightly to the left.

*Look at the plate on the far left, can u see that it's senget?*

I thought to myself, “Shot! That looks like a bloody tough target! I really hope she manages to hit it again with her remaining bullets...Susah gila kalau aku kena amik shot tu!”

While those thoughts were in my head, I still hadn’t fired any shot. I wanted to start slow and let my teammates shoot whatever they could first. I wanted to take my time. That was the risk that I was willing to take to ensure that I got all of my targets.

Confidence level was damn high. I was also damned confident with my teammates. All three of them were awesome shooters.
I started off slowly and saved my bullets. I fired my first shot after aiming (and thinking the above thought) for about 20 seconds.

My second shot also kena the target.

By this time, there were only two plates left. My teammates had shot down all the other plates. I had 3 bullets left and my teammate beside me had one left. As I brought my gun from the top of my head till the three dots were in line in front of my left eye to aim one of the two plates, I realised that my teammate and I were aiming the same plate. I quickly turned to the other remaining plate.

Guess what?

It is the same senget plate that my friend had earlier shot but it didn’t fell. I call it the *plate degil*

The opponent’s team also had 1 plate left.

*Getting ready to aim*

Shit! The same scenario again. Being last to shoot for the team and its a race against time.

It was either me or them now. I didn't know how many bullets they had left but i know I had 3 bullets left. This boosted my confidence to the max!

As I turned to aim the senget plate, I could feel the heat of being the last shooter for my Kumpulan Ramas. I didn’t waste much time and just slowly ‘ramas’ed my trigger.

KENA!!! THE PLATE SENGET FELL!!! WE WON THE SECOND STANDOFF!!! WE WERE CHAMPIONS!!!

*Aiming the last senget plate*

Fulamak! The feeling punyelah best, sampai I kenot explain and am now writing campur English BM! Best gila babeng!!!

I could see that my teammates were already celebrating but I couldn’t as I was too excited to unload my gun from the two remaining bullets.

*Teammate yang sama over confident, belum tembak dia dah angkat tangan! LOL!*

I was frantically calling the “Pengasuh” and once I saw him securing my gun, that is when the Winning Dance began...

Although my friend calls it the “Ape Dance”...

*Abang Polis, pistol saya masih ada peluru tapi saya dah terlalu eksaited sampai tak reti nak kuarkan peluru tu dah*

*Well... it wasn't that difficult was it?? HAHA*

*Umpire... kali ni betul ke kami menang?*

*Yahoooo!!!!*

*Ape Dance*

*Winning Dance*

*Winning Pose*

*With all of my hadiah*

*Some of the Competition's Winners*

It was the best experience ever!

Layan gila babeng!

Phewwhh...

Blog adjourned.

Peng Peng Part 3

2011-04-25T10:38:00.000+08:00

Kumpulan Ramas is now in the finals of the 15m Falling Plate event.

*A different pose from the Kumpulan Ramas members*

This time, we are facing a team which comprises of (if I’m not mistaken) 2 professional police shooters and another 2 JALSOA senior members. I think the 2 JALSOA senior members have their own gun! That’s how experienced they were.

Kumpulan Ramas didn’t care. We knew we could not win so we were just happy that we get to be in the finals. Being in the finals means we get to shoot more bullets. :)

As the umpire gave the green light, I took two shots. Both hit my target. Then my other two shots missed my target. By now, I am left with only one bullet. Again. At first I thought of relaxing and take a short 10 seconds breather.

But guess what? There was only one plate left. ON BOTH SIDES!!!

Ini lagi pressure giler pada semi finals! And I didn’t know how many bullets they had left.

It was seriously a race against time. As I was aiming, I heard the other side firing two shots but there was no “kepiiuuunggg” sound of a bullet hitting a metal plate just like the sound effect in Gerak Khas (although in Gerak Khas, even if the polis shot a tree pun it will still sound like the bullet kena a metal plate! LoL!)

I zoned out from the cheers of my friends behind me. I was really aiming and ensuring that the rear dot and the front dot were in a straight line and that line is aiming towards the bottom of the plate. That was my target. Aiiimmmmmmm and slowly ramas my trigger.

BAAAAANGGGG.... KEPIIUUUNGGG!!!

*Posture seorang penembak*

*Berjaya kena sasaran*

*This is waht you call "Falling Plate" hahaha*

*Still falling*

I DID IT! I GOT THE TARGET!!! WE WON!!!

This seriously got me jumping around and screaming peng peng and shooting my supporters with my fingers!

*Peng Peng*

Suddenly, the umpire came and told us to go to the other side. Apparently, for the finals, its the best out of three.

*Hah?? Ape?? Ada lagi satu round???*

*Umpire kena explain rules pada Kumpulan Ramas*

SHIT MAN!!!

I was shocked! I told him I was too tired to shoot because I drained my energy cheering. He just smiled at me.

So off we went to the other side.

Nervous gila. Polis team opponent mesti tension sebab kalah ngan amateurs and they would be trying extra harder.

Camane ni??

Jeng Jeng Jeng!

Blog adjourned.

Peng Peng Part 2

2011-04-23T10:25:00.001+08:00

So here's more about the competition. JALSOA did a few categories and further separated the men and the women into different categories.

*Just arrived*

*Walther 9mm*

As for the competition, we were given Walther 9mm. Coincidentally, James Bond also uses a Walther PPK. Ngeh Ngeh Ngeh... Another step closer. Hehehe.

All Bonds posing with their Walther gun *__*

As for the Centre-Fire (15m) I was number 4. This is where you are given 10 bullets and unlimited time to shoot the target. The Rapid-Fire (10m) I managed to get 2^nd place.... Not bad eh?

*My Rapid-Fire Result*

As for the Team Falling Plate (15m) my seniors named our group “Kumpulan Ramas”! LoL! Memang kerja nak meramas je la aku kat sana! Hahaha.

*Ahli Kumpulan Ramas*

For this event, you get to pick and form a team of 4 shooters and there is a standoff with the other team. Kalah mati. The game is for the team to shoot down metal plates. Four shooters on the right and four shooters on the left. The group who finishes all plates first wins, or the shortest time or if the plates and time are the same, the remaining bullets will be the determining factor. For each standoff, there are 10 plates. This means there are 20 plates, 10 on the right and 10 on the left. Each shooter is given 5 bullets. Only 5 bullets. That’s 20 bullets for 10 plates.

For the first round, I shot 5 bullets and didn’t even hit a single plate. Had it not been because of my two female Deputy Registrars shooting 3 and 2 plates each, we would have been eliminated in the first round. The other team only managed to shoot 3 / 4 plates.

It was straight to the Semi-Finals. This time I focused and aimed harder. The moment the umpire said go, I was all focused to shoot my plates. My first two shots saw me hitting two plates. It was about 20 seconds’ gap between my first two shots. I missed my third shot. My fourth shot saw me hitting another plate. By now, all of my team mates have and the other team are already out of bullets. Two plates left on both side. I had one single bullet left.

Serious pressure nak mampus.

Hit the plate and we are through to the finals... miss it and we are out...

Aim... aim... aim...

Then I “ramas”ed my trigger... Pang!!!

I got the plate!

YAY!!! We are through to the finals!!!

Phewh!!! Pressure gile jadi last shooter. But puas hati gila jadi hero. LoL

Blog adjourned.

Peng Peng Part 1

2011-04-21T10:41:00.000+08:00

Last two weeks was JALSOA’s Shooting Competition 2011. I registered my name the moment I was informed about it. I have always wanted to shoot a real gun but somehow that dream never did come through. Joining this competition would make me feel a little closer to be like James Bond.

*Boleh menang ke Two_One James Bond ni?*

(On a side note..., I made a new black suit with maroon lining. James Bond perasan mode back on. A friend asked where’s my bond girl? I told him I married her. Haha)

Back to Peng Peng, lucky for the KL Court officers, my Deputy Registrar (who is a shooter herself) managed to secure a three day shooting training sessions for us. It was the most awesome experience ever. Shooting a 9mm Glock gun can really release all of your stress and anger away. The sound of the gun as you pull the trigger is just... OWWWWSSSSEEEEEEMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!

First you stand comfortably, look at the target, aim...

*James Bond with two boobs on his forehead*

*First time holding a Glock 9mm... Fuh... Feeeeeel giler...*

In order to aim... you must see that the two dots at the back of the gun is in the same line as the single dot at the tip of the gun.

and then (as what the police’s instructions) we have to “ramas” the trigger... “ramas slow-slow” ...

BAAAAM...

BAAAAAM...

Rasa power gila! Especially when you manage to shoot the target!

Exhilarating sampai boleh pengsan!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Just one or two bulls eye but in general, all my bullets were grouped in the same place. The funny thing about me is that I shoot with my right hand but I aim with my left eye (which means I close my right eye). I think it is because the power on my right eye is more so i feel very strained when aiming with my right eye. The proper technique is to aim with your right eye if you shoot with your right hand. Then in putting bullets in the bullet magazine, you are supposed to hold the magazine with your left hand and push in the bullets in with your right hand. I do it the other way round. Pelik... tapi benar... Our instructors thought it was weird but since I managed to get the most consistent results in training, they didn’t think that the left eye and terbalik tangan was of any issue.

*Three of my best practice shots*

The ‘Pengasuh’ (Nanny in English LoL! They are the police in charge for each shooter) said that I have the right technique and should bring back some medals.

We’ll see.

Thank you so much Allah for letting me get the feel of firing a fire arm...

Ok, dah eksaited sangat dah sampai dah tak tau ape nak cerita.... hahaha.

Sambung kemudian :)

Blog adjourned.

Muamalat Monitoring System

2011-04-16T01:35:00.001+08:00

*Monitoring In Progress*

I had always wondered why monitor lizards are called… monitor lizards.

That’s what I would call my class monitor when I was in high school when he starts to ‘monitor’ the class. Hehehe. Kesian Akmal. Huhu…

(Akmal was my coolest Class Monitor... Dia rock!)

Monitoring seems to be the main word at the division I am currently attached to. It was agreed by my previous predecessors that the files at the Muamalat Court must be monitored closely to avoid any sleeping files.

Yes. Files do fall asleep too. Just like babies and pandas. The only problem is that a file would not wake up on its own. It needs to be nudged by someone else, someone who has interest in the said file. Unfortunately, those interested with that file are also asleep sometimes so after a loooooong slumber, when the Court decides to wake that file, we realize that it is actually not sleeping anymore. Its dead.

So that’s why we monitor the files closely. We would give dates after dates until the file is finally closed. Even if it is only to file an affidavit, we would fix a mention date for the counsel to come and tell us that they have already done as per instructed at the previous date.

Tedious and time consuming. But it works. When parties are closely monitored, they would comply with all of the instructions given. Most of them do. There are some yang memang tak makan saman. These are the cases where we pay ‘extra’ attention.

I try to assist those who appeared before me as much as I can. Say if the instruction requires 12 days minimum for it to be matured. The next date before me should be the next 12 days. I would give the counsel about 3-5 days extra so that they could file in whatever is necessary and then email me the proof that they had already complied with the Court’s instructions. Thereafter, I would reply to them and vacate the next date. Senang la sikit tak payah nak appear for every single instructions. The reason why there is the tight monitoring system is to control the number of sleeping files. If the file is wide awake, then common sense dictates that the monitoring system should be more relax. Using technology, I even try to make it as simple as possible. And sometimes, it takes 10 minutes to explain to the counsels this process. It seems too easy for the Court to vacate a date and they are not too comfy with the idea of emailing stuff and vacating dates virtually. I guess changes takes time... kan?

Two inter-related incidents happened last week. All because of the Muamalat monitoring system.

Incident One

One counsel appeared and requested a long date because there are talks on settlement. After informing her that Muamalat Court would not allow for long adjournments, I asked her if the settlement proposal is really genuine or is simply to delay the matter. She was quite sure that the settlement would materialize.

I then stroked my computer monitor (note: even a computer screen is called a monitor… LoL) and asked my monitor whether I should grant her a long mention date.

“Komputer oooH Komputer… boleh ke bagi peguam ni tarikh panjang???”

She laughed as I tried to ‘pujuk’ my monitor for a long date. Luckily my monitor was feeling rather chirpy and it allowed for a long date.

Incident Two

The same lawyer appeared but this time her opponent was also present. Again she asked for a long date because of a settlement proposal. (From her statistics, it appears that she is quite good in getting an out of court settlement. 2 out of 2!)

To be honest, I had already forgotten about the “pujuk” monitor incident.

Suddenly I heard her say softly to her opponent:

“Wait… two_one has to pujuk his computer first for the long date”.

I laughed and remembered the “pujuk” incident and started to pujuk my monitor for a long date.

She laughed.

But not her opponent though.

Her opponent thought that the discretion to give the next date is the computer’s decision.

“You mean you cannot decide on the date and the computer will decide???” she asked sincerely…

LoL.

I’m very happy with technology. But that is too advance for me!

For now, it’s back to the monitoring of cases via our monitors just like a monitor lizard.

Blog adjourned.

Where Is God?

2011-04-09T10:01:00.003+08:00

I got this from an email and I couldn't help but to share it with you all. :)

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous.

They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.

The mother sent the 8 year old in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly:

"Do you know where God is, son?"

The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.

So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God?!" Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE is GOD?!"

The boy screamed & bolted from the room, ran directly home & dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened?"

The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time!"

"GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!"

Blog adjourned.

Dagu Savvy Tercalar...

2011-04-08T10:19:00.000+08:00

I was running late this morning and I was somehow stuck in a stupid traffic caused by this young traffic police. He seems to be stopping my lane for way too long. I’m not sure if he knows that what he is doing is causing a massive hold up from where I am coming from. I was stuck there for 20 minutes.

Sitting there in my car, I thought that if I were to drive beside the policeman, I wanted to informhim that what he is doing is causing a terrible jam for the whole road. I didn’t want to scream at him as he might be following instructions from his superior and the decision to hold the traffic could have been from someone else. I thought of saying, “Tuan, jangan la lama sangat tahan jalan ni, jam sampai ke hujung jalan tau”. Okay kan? Not too harsh and direct to the point.

As I was driving towards the policeman, some crazy girl thought that she might overtake me in such a narrow road. Unfortunately, she misjudged the size of the road. She grazed my car’s chin and then she just drove away. I looked at the policeman and he looked back at me.

Hilang nafsu aku nak cakap kat polis tu ape-ape…

I thought of chasing that crazy girl’s car. I manage to high beam her and then she went to the left towards the heart of KL. As I was really late because of the inconsiderate policeman, I just lowered my window and waved my hand frantically (nope, I didn’t give her the finger) to the crazy girl to indicate that I was pissed off at her.

She didn’t even dare to look at me and just drove off. I could see that she was frightened.

But still, she could’ve had some adab and apologized. Angkat tangan pun jadilaa…

Haish… bikin spoil ana punya mood ini hari…

*The Arabic word "Sabar" is a word that is derived from the action of holding your horses from running astray... Sabar is also used to indicate how we feel when we have to control our Nafs and anger*

Luckily I have shooting training today. So hopefully I could shoot all my anger and frustration away this afternoon…

*Peng Peng*

Blog adjourned.

The Islamic Back Street Boy...Maher Zain

2011-04-07T10:47:00.001+08:00

*Maher Zain**

That guy is simply phenomenal.

When he first came around, I personally thought, “Hey, this guy can really sell”.

True enough, only a couple of months after that thought, he was like the most celebrated Muslim artist in Malaysia. All of my nephews and niece knew his songs and couldn’t get enough of him.

But the Bride was not so into his songs.

Again I thought, “Hmm… I have the strangest feeling that his music will slowly creep into our car soon”. True enough, I got his CD and played it in the car when Alisha was screaming at the top of her voice. The Bride was not in at that time. Guess what happened? Alisha was star struck! She went completely quiet and I could see that she was enjoying the music. Maher Zain music!

Since Maher Zain (along with Michael Jackson) can make Alisha quiet, his CD had to go on and on and on. This led me to a few other observations. Firstly (and the Bride agrees on this one) is that his music is very much similar to BackStreet Boys. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE BSB! And I also feel that the Maher Zain’s tunes are rather on the same tunes with BSB.

*Maher Zain at one of his concerts*

*Maher Zain at a BSB concert... eh? Wait a minute!!! LoL*

Secondly, I think his musics have got a lot of Blessings from the All Mighty. Did you know that the song Barakallah is actually a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In the book Bulughul Maram, that hadith was discussed and the phrase:

“Barakallahu lakuma Wa Baraka ‘Alaikuma Wa Jama’a Bainakuma Fi Khair”

was the dua that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) recited when S. Ali and S.Fatima (RA) got married.

Barakallahu lakuma means “May the blessings of Allah be upon you”.

Wa Baraka ‘Alaikuma means “May the blessings of Allah be above you”. It seems like the same meaning to the first one but ulama’ have explained that the first phrase is for Allah to bless the goodness in the couple and the second is for Allah to bless the short comings of the couple and turn it into something good… comprehensive eh? Yang baik pun diberkati, yang kurang pun diberkati jugak.

Wa Jama’a Bainakuma Fi Khair means “May He unite the both of you in goodness.”

Now, I say Maher Zain has got a lot of barakah for his music because of this.

The Prophet taught us to teach about what he preaches even if it is a single verse. Remember what I said about my nephews and niece? Two of them are five years old, one is 8 and another is 10. All of them memorizes that dua that the Prophet (SAW) had recited for his daughter and son-in-law/cousin. I was told that when Maher Zain did a concert here in Kuala Lumpur last month, almost the whole stadium sang with him for all of his songs including this one.

OMG!

Can you imagine the reward he gets when people recite the hadith because of him and his music? See how his da’wah reaches even children???

I wonder if those who feel strongly against music would reconsider their opinion…

Anyhow, I pray that Maher Zain continue to develop this wonderful Islamic and Shariah compliant buzz, be blessed by the All Mighty, be protected from evil and takabbur, be successful in this world and the Here After.

I also heard that he had just gotten his first child. May his child be a hafiz, soleh, outstanding in his performance dunia and akhirah…

God Bless Maher Zain. No matter what people say about you, you will always remain to be my Islamic BSB.
Check out the Bride's post on Alisha singing along Maher Zain's music here. :) (Thanks for reminding me bebeh).

Blog adjourned.

The USANA Challenge

2011-04-06T10:41:00.002+08:00

A couple of months ago, my lovely friends Munirah and Syauqi "challenged" me to try USANA for my left knee. After considering that the pain is pretty unbearable and that I couldn't enjoy my futsal, I accepted the challenge and below are my testimonies...

USANA Challenge Week 1 (1-7 February 2011)

I had severe pain in my left knee probably caused by vigorous bowling and it was aggravated by my weekly futsal activity. I was introduced to USANA from a friend and decided to give it a try. I started taking USANA on 1^st February 2011. Unfortunately for me, it did not give me an immediate effect as it did to some other users.

The first three nights, I would take the three pills at night before I went to bed. I realized that it did reduce the pain but it was very minimal. On 4^th February 2011, I decided to take it twice a day, once after lunch and once after dinner.

Up until 7^th February 2011, the effect of USANA was pretty mild. I did not have severe pain in my left knee every time I climb up stairs but I can still feel pain when I put pressure on my left knee. I did not have any discomfort as I press my clutch to shift gears when driving in my car.

After 1 week, USANA has managed to remove the mild pain and discomfort from the normal usage of my left knee such as when walking, climbing steps and driving. However, the pain when I put pressure on my knee is still there. Considering that USANA is not a kind of drug or a painkiller but is a health supplement to facilitate the healing process of my knee injury, judging it after just 1 week is certainly unfair.

I will consistently consume USANA for the next one month with much hope for even better results.

USANA Challenge Week 2 (8-14 February 2011)

This is the second week of me taking USANA. I had reduced the intake to only once a day after I stopped feeling discomfort in my knee. Although I knew that I should be consistent and persevere in my quest for eating USANA, I did miss one day but I don’t think one day has much effect.

My God, the manufacturers should make the tablets curvy at the edges to make it easy for people like me who have trouble swallowing tablets. I’d choke every other day with one of the capsules.

I have not played futsal for two weeks to allow the healing process to be proper. Last night, I went to play futsal and Alhamdulillah, there was no pain when I run, jump and kick the ball. But there is still a sharp pain when I stop running with my left leg. However, the pain is nothing compared to the pain I had before taking USANA. Today, my knee feels slightly sore at certain odd angle.

I can really feel the positive effect of USANA and I am very much happy with the results thus far. I hope it could make my knee as good as new.

USANA Challenge Week 3-6 (15 February – 14 March 2011)

It has been more than a month that I started taking USANA. Up till today, my left knee shows only the tiniest form of discomfort. I think USANA has done its job well. I can walk, run, jump, crawl (when you have a toddler, crawling is a necessary skill!) drive without any soreness or discomfort.

This is amidst the fact that I have been playing futsal every Saturday night for about 2.5 hours non-stop. What seems very strange to me is that I do not feel much pain when I put pressure on my left knee as I start to sprint or make a quick turn when playing futsal. Last Saturday, I felt like I was given a new lease to my left knee.

I must admit that during week 4-6, I was not that consistent in gulping the three pills and occasionally I would substitute it with some other (smaller) supplements but I know that the effect that I am feeling now was certainly because of USANA. It may not have given me an immediate impact like how everyone would have hoped when they try USANA but through time, one can really feel the difference.

I am grateful to Munirah Hanim and Ahmad Syauqi for their convincing effort and kindness in getting me to take on this USANA challenge. May Allah reward them, their children and family with greater successes in this world and Hereafter. I love you guys! J

Two_One

(Disclaimer: As much as I believe that the healing process is because of God, The All Mighty, the taking of USANA is clearly the effort and reason for such satisfying result.)

Blog adjourned.