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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Why do people spend so much time on social networks like Facebook?

The obvious answer is "to communicate". However, I'm looking for some very specific points as to why people spend so much time communicating on social networks.

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1. Socialize
Social networks are great way to meet new people and make new friends. I have made a bunch of good friends through social networking sites.

2. Finding & being in touch with old friends & family
Social networking sites are really helpful in finding old friends. I personally use facebook to find childhood friends, old classmates and old friends whom I have lost contact with. I also use it to keep in touch with the old as well as current friends.

3. To Follow the trend
Many people join these sites because their friends or some famous people are doing it and they just want to follow the trend. The biggest examples I can give are celebrities. Okay, there are many fakes, but there are actual celebrities too who are tweeting or using facebook and stuff. You can read about it every day in the newspaper.

4. For time pass
When a person is bored and has nothing to do, he/she can pass the time by chatting or meeting new people on social networking sites

5. Promotion/Advertising
From singers to bloggers, you can find all kind of professionals and business owners advertising their music, bands, brands, products, blogs, websites, or whatever they do or sell. Most of these people are spending so much time on social networks for promoting of whatever they do or sell only. They don’t have any interest in communicating. They send friend requests to unknown people and try to get some free publicity, that’s it.

6. Getting visitors to blogs/sites
Many webmasters and bloggers spend time on social networking sites to get some visitors to their blogs/sites.

7. Get referrals/customers
Affiliate marketers spend time on social networks to get some potential referrals/customers by place their affiliate links in their profiles or tweets.

8. For fun
Whether it be teenagers looking to have some fun or perverts looking to have some fun, social networks are great places to have some fun.

9. Live as a different person (/personality)
I have observed many people who are very silent or extremely introvert in real life to be totally opposite online. They come out from their protective hood and freely live online as a total different personality. On social networks, they become whatever they want and can’t be in real life. They interact a lot and make lots of friends online.

10. Learn English and communication skills
This might be the odd one. But I have read somewhere that many Asians join social networks to participate in forums or communities to improve their English and communication skills (written).

Facebook Statistics

Statistics

People on Facebook
  • More than 500 million active users
  • 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
  • Average user has 130 friends
  • People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
Activity on Facebook
  • There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
  • Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
  • Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month
  • More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
Global Reach
  • More than 70 translations available on the site
  • About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
  • Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
Platform
  • More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 190 countries build with Facebook Platform
  • People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day
  • Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
  • Since social plugins launched in April 2010, an average of 10,000 new websites integrate with Facebook every day
  • More than two million websites have integrated with Facebook, including over 80 of comScore's U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of comScore's Global Top 100 websites

Mobile
  • There are more than 200 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.
  • People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
  • There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Hello

it has been awhile i did not update my blog,, too buzy i guess... :D

will be updating more stuff soon,,

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Secangkir Kopi Malam Ini

By: Zalina Osman Basha

Sudah cukup lama kita tak saling bicara. Sepertinya begitu. Bahkan tak cukup waktu sepertinya untuk kita saling menyapa atau sekedar bertanya kabar. Kau menghilang dan akupun pergi. Langkah kita terpisah, entah ke mana. Kupikir, barangkali kita tak lagi searah.

Dari secangkir kopi yang kita nikmati beberapa waktu sebelum hari ini, tercipta ruang bagi kita untuk saling melepas tawa. Entah, barangkali memang layak kita menertawakan perjalanan kita yang lampau. Seperti ada bayang keindahan yang sedang kita nikmati yang tersembunyi dari balik kepekatannya yang kita sesap. Kita mulai berbicara mantab soal hari esok, sebelum petang menjelang.

Dari secangkir kopi yang kita nikmati beberapa waktu sebelum hari ini, pernah menyibak jarak di antara kita. Aroma tajam yang kita hirup sepertinya justru meleburkan ke-aku-an kita, tak ada lagi ingatan kita tentang pertengkaran kecil yang pernah terjadi, seperti menguap bersama udara. Kita saling melempar senyum dan memulai cerita tentang kita kembali. Kekakuan kita mengendap bersama ampas yang tersisa dari tiap sesap dan aroma yang telah kita seduh bersama. Sengaja kita biarkan ia mengalir, meresap di tiap labirin dan mengendurkan lelah dari rindu di antara kita. Mengembalikan langkah kita yang terpisah.

Sejenak, dari secangkir kopi yang kunikmati sendiri malam ini bersama sunyi, menumpahkan semua ingatan tentang kita. Menyulut rindu yang terpisah arah. Kemudian menguap. Tapi manis dan pahit yang telah kita sesap bersama, masih melekat dan keharumannya pun masih tersisa.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning “festivity”, while Fitr means “to break the fast”; and so the holiday symbolises the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated starting on the first day of the Islamic month of Syawal.
Muslims are to complete their fast on the last day of Ramadan and then recite the Takbir all throughout the period of Eid.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri
is the Malay term for Eid ul-Fitr. Hari Raya is also known as Lebaran. Muslims in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore celebrate Eid like other Muslims throughout the world. The term “Hari Raya” literally means “Day of Celebration”. The main greeting used by Muslims in Malaysia and Singapore is “Selamat Hari Raya” which means “Happy Eid”. Another greeting is “maaf zahir dan batin” which translates loosely to “I seek forgiveness (from you) physically and spiritually”, for Hari Raya is a time to ask for forgiveness, reconcile and renew relationships with others.

Fasting


During the month of Ramadan leading up to Hari Raya, it is mandatory for Muslims to fast. All Muslims except the young, old or infirm must fast. They do not eat or drink anything from dawn until dusk. Fasting is meant to teach the person patience, sacrifice and humility. Ramadan is a time to fast for the sake of their God, Allah, and to offer more prayer than usual. During Ramadan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds.

In Malaysia, ‘Ramadan bazaars‘ are held in many areas around the country, where all sorts of food and kuih — traditional Malay delicacies — are sold for breaking fast or buka puasa. Many hotels and restaurants offer exorbitant Ramadan buffets during this time.
Preparation

'Kuih raya' are cookies and delicacies prepared for guests.On the eve of Hari Raya, Muslims will recite the takbir, which is held in mosques and surau (smaller place of worship). In some communities, there will be congregations reciting the takbir from house to house.

In big cities and towns, shopping malls and commercial centres will hold big promotions and sales for festive shoppers to purchase clothes and raya goodies. Decorations are hung in public areas and Hari Raya songs will be played in the radios and shopping complexes. The media, such as the television will host various programs in conjunction with the celebrations.

Many people also traditionally return to their home town generally from big metropolitan cities to rural areas. This is known as balik kampung — literally going back to one’s home town to celebrate Hari Raya with family and friends.

Celebrating


Usually on the eve of the celebrations, family members, especially mothers and housewives, will be busy preparing food, cakes, sweets, biscuits and various delicacies to be served on the day of Hari Raya. Delicacies such as ketupat, lemang and rendang are among the most famous cuisines that are served during this day. Other family members will help in other chores such as decorating and cleaning up the house.

Days before Hari Raya, house compounds, particularly those in the countryside will be lit up with oil lamps known as pelita or panjut. This display of oil lamps will reach its height on the 27th night of Ramadan, called the Tujuh Likur night. ‘Likur‘ literally meaning a figure between 20 and 30, hence ‘tujuh likur‘ means twenty seven. Originally during the early days of the arrival of Islam among the Malays, the purpose of lighting the oil lamps was to attract spirit of passed relatives and angels to descend to people’s homes during the night of Lailatulqadar. However, such misconception is regarded counterfactual as much understanding of Islam have been obtained since then. Nowadays, the oil lamps are lit solely for decorative purposes.

It is customary for Malays to wear traditional Malay costumes. The dress for men is called baju Melayu while the women’s are known as baju kurung and baju kebaya. Traditional textiles such as songket and batik are worn favourably during this day.

Muslims will attend Eid prayer in the morning and consecrate together harmoniously while taking the chance to meet and greet each other. Once the prayer is done, it is also common for Muslims in Malaysia to visit the grave of their loved ones. During this visit, they will clean the grave, perform the recital of the Yasin — a chapter (surah) from the Qur’an and also the tahlil or prayers for the deceased. All these are done in hope that their loved ones are blessed by Allah and they are spared from the punishment in the grave.

The rest of the day is spent visiting relatives or serving visitors. Hari Raya is a very joyous day for children for this is the day where adults tend to be extra-generous. Children will be given token sums of money, also known as duit raya from their parents and elders.

During the night, there are celebrations with sparklers and firecrackers, with emphasis on precautions and restrictions on playing certain firecrackers as enforced by the authorities. Usually the lighting of firecrackers begins a few days before the end of Ramadan, and continues for about a week afterwards.

source: Wikipidea.org
            Justenglish.com

Friday, July 9, 2010

::Hasad::

Ketahuilah begitu besar bahaya HASAD- Oleh: Syaikh Muhammad bin Sholih al ‘Utsaimin

Hasad itu akan melahap kebaikan seseorang sebagaimana api melahap kayu bakar yang kering karena biasanya orang yang hasad itu akan melanggar hak-hak orang yang tidak dia sukai dengan menyebutkan kejelekan-kejelekannya, berupaya agar orang lain membencinya, merendahkan martabatnya dll. Ini semua adalah dosa besar yang bisa melahap habis berbagai kebaikan yang ada.

Pernah mungkin kita mendengar kisah dua orang tetangga dekat bisa saling bunuh. Penyebabnya karena yang satu buka toko dan lainnya pun ikut-ikutan. Akibat yang satu merasa tersaingi, akhirnya ada rasa iri dengan kemajuan saudaranya. Tetangga pun tidak dipandang. Awalnya rasa iri dipendam di hati. Namun karena semakin hangat dan memanas, akhirnya berujung pada pertikaian yang berakibat hilangnya nyawa.

Sikap seperti ini pun mungkin pernah terjadi pada kita. Namun belum sampai parah sampai gontok-gontokan. Rasa iri tersebut muncul kadangkala karena persaingan. Sikap iri semacam ini jarang terjadi pada orang yang usahanya berbeda. Jarang tukang bakso iri pada tukang becak. Orang yang saling iri biasanya usahanya sama. Itulah yang biasa terjadi. Tukang bakso, yah iri pada tukang bakso sebelah. Si empunya toko sembako iri pada orang yang punya toko yang semisal, dan seterusnya.

Perlu diketahui bahwa iri, dengki atau hasad –istilah yang hampir sama- adalah menginginkan hilangnya nikmat dari orang lain. Asal sekedar benci orang lain mendapatkan nikmat, itu sudah dinamakan hasad, itulah iri. Hasad seperti inilah yang tercela. Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah rahimahullah mengatakan,

ان الحسد هو البغض والكراهة لما يراه من حسن حال المحسود
“Hasad adalah sekedar benci dan tidak suka terhadap kebaikan yang ada pada orang lain yang ia lihat.”[1]

Adapun ingin agar semisal dengan orang lain, namun tidak menginginkan nikmat pada orang lain itu hilang, maka ini tidak mengapa. Hasad model kedua ini disebut ghibthoh. Yang tercela adalah hasad model pertama tadi. Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا ، وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا ، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا ، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا
“Janganlah kalian saling hasad (iri), janganlah kalian saling membenci, janganlah kalian saling membelakangi (saling mendiamkan/ menghajr). Jadilah kalian bersaudara, wahai hamba Allah.” (HR. Bukhari dan Muslim)

Hasad Bisa Terjadi Pada Orang Beriman

Hasad bisa saja terjadi pada orang-orang beriman. Hal ini dapat kita lihat dalam kisah Nabi Yusuf dengan suadara-saudaranya. Sampai-sampai ayah Yusuf (Ya’qub) memerintahkan pada Nabi Yusuf agar jangan menceritakan mimpinya kepada saudara-saudaranya agar tidak membuat mereka iri. Allah Ta’ala berfirman,

قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
“Ayahnya berkata: “Hai anakku, janganlah kamu ceritakan mimpimu itu kepada saudara-saudaramu, maka mereka membuat makar (untuk membinasakan) mu. Sesungguhnya syaitan itu adalah musuh yang nyata bagi manusia.” (QS. Yusuf: 5)

Lalu lihatlah bagaimana perkataan saudara-saudara Yusuf.

إِذْ قَالُوا لَيُوسُفُ وَأَخُوهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَبِينَا مِنَّا وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ إِنَّ أَبَانَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

“(Yaitu) ketika mereka berkata: “Sesungguhnya Yusuf dan saudara kandungnya (Bunyamin) lebih dicintai oleh ayah kita dari pada kita sendiri, padahal kita (ini) adalah satu golongan (yang kuat). Sesungguhnya ayah kita adalah dalam kekeliruan yang nyata.”(QS. Yusuf: 8). Lihatlah bagaimana hasad pun bisa terjadi di antara orang beriman, bahkan di antara sesama saudara kandung.

Hasad (Iri) Tidak Ada Untungnya

Patut kita renungkan bersama bahwa rasa iri sebenarnya tidak pernah ada untungnya sama sekali. Yang ada hanya derita di dalam hati. Orang yang hasad pada saudaranya sama saja tidak suka pada ketentuan atau takdir Allah. Karena orang yang hasad tidak suka atas ketentuan Allah pada saudaranya. Padahal Allah yang menakdirkan saudaranya jadi kaya, saudaranya punya kedudukan, saudaranya sukses dalam bisnis, dan lainnya. Orang yang hasad sama saja menentang ketentuan ini. Allah Ta’ala berfirman,

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّكَ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَعِيشَتَهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا وَرَحْمَةُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
“Apakah mereka yang membagi-bagi rahmat Tuhanmu? Kami telah menentukan antara mereka penghidupan mereka dalam kehidupan dunia, dan kami telah meninggikan sebahagian mereka atas sebagian yang lain beberapa derajat, agar sebagian mereka dapat mempergunakan sebagian yang lain. Dan rahmat Tuhanmu lebih baik dari apa yang mereka kumpulkan.” (QS. Az Zukhruf: 32). Padahal Allah yang lebih mengetahui manakah yang terbaik untuk hamba-Nya.

Orang yang hasad sama saja dengan orang yang menzholimi saudaranya. Oleh karena itu, orang yang didengki (dihasad) akan mendapatkan manfaat dari orang yang hasad di akhirat kelak. Kebaikan orang yang hasad akan diberikan pada orang yang didengki (dihasad) dan kejelekan orang yang didengki (dihasad) akan beralih pada orang yang hasad. Bisa terjadi seperti ini karena orang yang hasad layaknya orang yang menzholimi orang lain. Sehingga penyelesaiannya dengan jalan seperti itu. Lebih-lebih lagi jika hasad tadi diteruskan dengan perkataan, perbuatan dan ghibah (menggunjing), tentu akibatnya lebih parah.[2]

Itu tadi adalah akibat di akhirat. Sedangkan di dunia, orang yang hasad pun menderitakan berbagai kerugian. Jika orang yang ia hasad terus mendapatkan nikmat, hatinya akan semakin sedih dan terus seperti itu. Bulan pertama, ia hasad karena omset saudaranya meningkat 50 %, ini kesedihan pertama. Jika bulan kedua meningkat lagi, ia pun akan semakin sedih. Begitu seterusnya, orang yang hasad tidak pernah mendapatkan untung, malah kesedihan yang terpendam dalam hati yang ia peroleh waktu demi waktu.

Cara Mengatasi Penyakit Hasad

Agar kita tidak terjerumus dalam penyakit hati yang satu ini, maka ada beberapa kiat yang bisa kita lakukan, di antaranya:

Pertama: Pertebal iman dan rasa yakin pada takdir Allah, tentu saja dengan terus menambah ilmu.

Kedua: Mengingat akibat hasad yang berdampak di dunia maupun di akhirat.

Ketiga: Selalu bersyukur dengan yang sedikit. Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ الْقَلِيلَ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ الْكَثِيرَ
“Barang siapa yang tidak mensyukuri yang sedikit, maka ia tidak akan mampu mensyukuri sesuatu yang banyak.” (HR. Ahmad, 4/278. Syaikh Al Albani mengatakan bahwa hadits ini hasan sebagaimana dalam As Silsilah Ash Shohihah no. 667)

Keempat: Selalu memandang orang yang di bawahnya dalam masalah dunia. Dari Abu Hurairah, Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِى الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ
“Jika salah seorang di antara kalian melihat orang lain diberi kelebihan harta dan fisik [atau kenikmatan dunia lainnya], maka lihatlah kepada orang yang berada di bawahnya.” (HR. Bukhari no. 6490 dan Muslim no. 2963)

Dalam hadits lain disebutkan,

انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَنْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكُمْ فَهُوَ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ لاَ تَزْدَرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ
“Pandanglah orang yang berada di bawahmu (dalam masalah harta dan dunia) dan janganlah engkau pandang orang yang berada di atasmu. Dengan demikian, hal itu akan membuatmu tidak meremehkan nikmat Allah padamu.” (HR. Muslim no. 2963)

Kelima: Banyak mendoakan orang lain yang mendapatkan nikmat dalam kebaikan karena jika kita mendoakannya, kita akan dapat yang semisalnya. Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

دَعْوَةُ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ كُلَّمَا دَعَا لأَخِيهِ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ الْمُوَكَّلُ بِهِ آمِينَ وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ
“Do’a seorang muslim kepada saudaranya ketika saudaranya tidak mengetahuinya adalah do’a yang mustajab (terkabulkan). Di sisinya ada malaikat (yang bertugas mengaminkan do’anya kepada saudarany). Ketika dia berdo’a kebaikan kepada saudaranya, malaikat tersebut berkata : Amin, engkau akan mendapatkan yang semisal dengannya.” (HR. Muslim no. 2733)

Setelah mengetahui hal ini, masihkah ada iri pada saudara kita? Semoga Allah memberi taufik untuk terhindar dari penyakit yang satu ini. Amin, Yaa Mujibas Saailin.

Panggang-GK, 29 Jumadil Awwal 1431 H (13/05/2010)

Hasad adalah merasa tidak suka dengan nikmat yang telah Allah berikan kepada orang lain. Bukanlah definisi yang tepat untuk hasad adalah mengharapkan hilangnya nikmat Allah dari orang lain, bahkan semata-mata merasa tidak suka dengan nikmat yang Allah berikan kepada orang lain itu sudah terhitung hasad baik diiringi harapan agar nikmat tersebut hilang ataupun sekedar merasa tidak suka. Demikianlah hasil pengkajian yang dilakukan oleh Syaikul Islam Ibnu Taimiyyah. Beliau menegaskan bahwa definisi hasad adalah merasa tidak suka dengan nikmat yang Allah berikan kepada orang lain.

Hasad memiliki banyak bahaya di antaranya:

1.Tidak menyukai apa yang Allah takdirkan. Merasa tidak suka dengan nikmat yang telah Allah berikan kepada orang lain pada hakikatnya adalah tidak suka dengan apa yang telah Allah takdirkan dan menentang takdir Allah.

2.Hasad itu akan melahap kebaikan seseorang sebagaimana api melahap kayu bakar yang kering karena biasanya orang yang hasad itu akan melanggar hak-hak orang yang tidak dia sukai dengan menyebutkan kejelekan-kejelekannya, berupaya agar orang lain membencinya, merendahkan martabatnya dll. Ini semua adalah dosa besar yang bisa melahap habis berbagai kebaikan yang ada.

3.Kesengsaraan yang ada di dalam hati orang yang hasad. Setiap kali dia saksikan tambahan nikmat
yang didapatkan oleh orang lain maka dadanya terasa sesak dan bersusah hati. Akan selalu dia awasi orang yang tidak dia sukai dan setiap kali Allah memberi limpahan nikmat kepada orang lain maka dia berduka dan susah hati.

4.Memiliki sifat hasad adalah menyerupai karakter orang-orang Yahudi. Karena siapa saja yang memiliki ciri khas orang kafir maka dia menjadi bagian dari mereka dalam ciri khas tersebut. Nabi bersabda, “Barang siapa menyerupai sekelompok orang maka dia bagian dari mereka.” (HR Ahmad dan Abu Daud, shahih)

5.Seberapa pun besar kadar hasad seseorang, tidak mungkin baginya untuk menghilangkan nikmat yang telah Allah karuniakan. Jika telah disadari bahwa itu adalah suatu yang mustahil mengapa masih ada hasad di dalam hati.

6.Hasad bertolak belakang dengan iman yang sempurna. Nabi bersabda, “Kalian tidak akan beriman hingga menginginkan untuk saudaranya hal-hal yang dia inginkan untuk dirinya sendiri.” (HR Bukhari dan Muslim). Tuntutan hadits di atas adalah merasa tidak suka dengan hilangnya nikmat Allah yang ada pada saudara sesama muslim. Jika engkau tidak merasa susah dengan hilangnya nikmat Allah dari seseorang maka engkau belum menginginkan untuk saudaramu sebagaimana yang kau inginkan untuk dirimu sendiri dan ini bertolak belakang dengan iman yang sempurna.

7.Hasad adalah penyebab meninggalkan berdoa meminta karunia Allah. Orang yang hasad selalu memikirkan nikmat yang ada pada orang lain sehingga tidak pernah berdoa meminta karunia Allah padahal Allah ta’ala berfirman,

وَلا تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبُوا وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا

“Dan janganlah kamu iri hati terhadap apa yang dikaruniakan Allah kepada sebahagian kamu lebih banyak dari sebahagian yang lain. (karena) bagi orang laki-laki ada bahagian dari pada apa yang mereka usahakan, dan bagi Para wanita (pun) ada bahagian dari apa yang mereka usahakan, dan mohonlah kepada Allah sebagian dari karunia-Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha mengetahui segala sesuatu.” (QS. an Nisa’: 32)

8.Hasad penyebab sikap meremehkan nikmat yang ada. Maksudnya orang yang hasad berpandangan bahwa dirinya tidak diberi nikmat. Orang yang dia dengki-lah yang mendapatkan nikmat yang lebih besar dari pada nikmat yang Allah berikan kepadanya. Pada saat demikian orang tersebut akan meremehkan nikmat yang ada pada dirinya sehingga dia tidak mau menyukuri nikmat tersebut.

9.Hasad adalah akhlak tercela. Orang yang hasad mengawasi nikmat yang Allah berikan kepada orang-orang di sekelilingnya dan berusaha menjauhkan orang lain dari orang yang tidak sukai tersebut dengan cara merendahkan martabatnya, meremehkan kebaikan yang telah dia lakukan dll.

10.Ketika hasad timbul umumnya orang yang di dengki itu akan dizalimi sehingga orang yang di dengki itu punya hak di akhirat nanti untuk mengambil kebaikan orang yang dengki kepadanya. Jika kebaikannya sudah habis maka dosa orang yang di dengki akan dikurangi lalu diberikan kepada orang yang dengki. Setelah itu orang yang dengki tersebut akan dicampakkan ke dalam neraka.

Ringkasnya, dengki adalah akhlak yang tercela, meskipun demikian sangat disayangkan hasad ini banyak ditemukan di antara para ulama dan dai serta di antara para pedagang. Orang yang punya profesi yang sama itu umumnya saling dengki. Namun sangat disayangkan di antara para ulama dan para dai itu lebih besar. Padahal sepantasnya dan seharusnya mereka adalah orang-orang yang sangat menjauhi sifat hasad dan manusia yang paling mendekati kesempurnaan dalam masalah akhlak.

The Secret Garden

Summary by: The Reading Workshop



Mary Lennox lives with her rich parents in India. No one has ever really cared for her; hardly anyone knows she is even there. One day a cholera epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies. Mary hides in the nursery and when she wakes up the next morning, there is no one left. She is sent to England where her uncle, Archibald Craven, lives. A woman called Medlock is sent to take her to the manor. Normally the 500 year old Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors isn’t a place for a child to grow up. There are about a thousand rooms, hundreds locked, so no one can go in. There is a big mystery about a secret garden that had been locked up ten years ago. A young housemaid called Martha has to look after Mary. First Mary doesn’t like her much, but because Martha is so nice and funny she soon starts liking her. Martha gives her a skipping rope, so Mary can play in the many gardens of Misslethwaite Manor. In the gardens she meets Ben Weatherstaff, an old gardener, and his robin. The robin becomes Mary’s first friend. He shows her the key to the secret garden and also the door hidden under thick ivy. As soon as she enters the garden, it becomes her own little mystic world. One day she hears cries and looks for the person (It isn’t the first time she has heard it, but every time she wanted to look somebody stopped her and gave her some explanation). In a room behind a tapestry she finds a boy, Colin Craven, her cousin. He can’t walk nor stand up, and everybody thinks that he’s going to die. His father has never wanted to see him because he’s so different from his dead mother. With Dickon, Martha’s brother, and Mary he goes into the secret garden in a kind of a wheel chair, and learns to walk. They all say it’s “Magic” that made all these wonders possible: Colin’s walking, Mary’s change into a nice girl and her joy in the secret garden.

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is a children's novel, by Judith Kerr, first published in 1971. It is a semi-autobiographical story of a young Jewish girl who is forced to flee her home in Germany in 1933 with her family to escape the Nazis, who her father, a writer, had campaigned against. The family escaped through Switzerland, spent some time in Paris, before finally arriving in England in 1936.

My review on this book:

One of the favourite books of my childhood. I used to reread this obsessively, though it's been a long time since I last read it. But I found it a very touching and captivating story of how a child experienced having to flee from country to country after Hitler rose to power in Germany and then also began to overpower other countries. It didn't encumber the storytelling with the sort of historical detail that would have been tiresome to a child, but still gave me a vivid image of what it was like to live in such a time period

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

< The Joy Luck Club > Author: Amy Tan

Synopsis/ Summary:
After her mother Suyuan's death, thirty-six year old Jing-mei (June) Woo joins The Joy Luck Club. The club, which Suyuan founded in China during the war, consists of four women playing mah jong, eating good dinners, and gambling. Suyuan created the club as a way to improve the spirits of her friends during wartime. Her first husband died in the war and she was forced to abandon their twin baby daughters on the side of a road. Soon after, she met and married Canning Woo and moved to America. There, she restarted the club with three other women her age: An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair. The four women and their daughters, who are about the same age, grow older together, and each mother/daughter relationship is full of sadness, anger and joy. June, for example, isn't sure she can replace a dead mother she hardly knew. Then she learns that her mother's other daughters have been found: they live in China, and the other women of the Joy Luck Club are sending June to meet them.
The mothers remember their childhood in China. An-mei lived with her grandmother and was forbidden to even speak her mother's name. When her mother tried to rescue her, she was sent away. Everyone tells An-mei that her mother dishonored their family by marrying again after her husband died. Still, her mother returned to nurse her own mother after she grew very sick. Lindo's marriage was arranged when she was very young. She hated the spoiled young man she was required to live with. When he wouldn't sleep with her and her mother-in-law demanded a baby, Lindo made up a story about an angry ancestor who would kill her husband if they stayed married. She was given enough money to go to America and told to keep her mouth shut about their curse. Ying-ying remembers going to a moon festival as a young girl and finding out that the magic and ceremony is often just an act.
The daughters remember growing up with Chinese mothers in California. Sometimes they felt like they weren't Chinese at all, and didn't know how to deal with the Chinese culture in their homes. Waverly was a chess champion, but she quit when she and Lindo fought and Lindo told her it was not as easy to play or not play as she believed. Now she worries that her mother will not accept her second husband. Lindo was always able to make Waverly change her mind, seeing flaws where she once saw perfection, and she doesn't want this to happen with Rich. Lena remembers her mother as a meek woman who always wondered what bad thing would happen next. She made Lena just as meek and afraid-but Lena learned from a neighbor that not every problem is the end of the world. She knows her mother can see things before they happen, so she wonders what her mother will think of her relationship with her husband: he bullies her and takes her for granted. Sure enough, Ying-ying doesn't understand Lena's life with Harold. Rose Jordan has some of the same problems with lack of confidence. Her husband asked her for a divorce recently because she could never make any decisions. Rose still feels guilty because her youngest brother died by accident when she was fourteen. She can't decide what to do about her husband. Then she realizes that her mother supports her. She sleeps for three days and then contacts her husband, telling him that she will not leave their house like he wants her to. She will fight for it. June Woo remembers that her mother was never satisfied with her: she always wanted June to be a genius, so June was determined to waste any talent she had, just to spite her mother. As an adult, June has always felt inferior to Waverly, and believed her mother thought she was as well. During new year's dinner, she got into a fight with Waverly, and afterward her mother told her that she understood her and implied that she loved her.
The mothers think about their pasts. An-mei remembers that her mother killed herself to make a better life for her children, because in a marriage with four other wives, that was the only way for her children to have any of the benefits from her rich husband (who she was forced to marry, contrary to what her family believed). Ying-ying remembers how she gave up her strength, her will, so that she would no longer be hurt when bad things happened to her. She now realizes that in doing this she has made her daughter weak as well, and resolves to teach her daughter to be strong. Lindo remembers how she came to America, and, looking at her adult daughter Waverly, she sees how similar they are-both inside and out. The book ends with June going to China to meet her half-sisters. Her father is happily reunited with his family. June is at first nervous, but when she meets first her father's family and then her sisters, she sees that part of her is Chinese after all: her blood.

Monday, July 5, 2010

"Bila Hati Berkata.............."

By: Zalina Osman Basha

Setelah sekian lama mindaku dan jemariku tidak diasak untuk mengeluarkan persepsi. Mungkin sahaja persepsi ini adalah persepsi picisan namun aku masih percaya setiap yang dititipkan Allah takkan pernah ada yang sia-sia, pasti ada manfaatnya untuk diriku dan ummah.

Hari meniti hari, setiap dari kita akan berubah. PASTI . Namun, perubahan itu dipandu oleh makhluk istimewa bernama KITA. Perubahan itu pasti, namun kebaikan dengan perubahan itu dari doa dan usaha manusia. Hanya kita & pemilik sebenar kita yang mengetahui aras ukur perubahan diri kita, manusia lain bisa menilai dari luaran, adakalanya benar namun kadang-kala tidak sama-sekali. Jika manusia yang menjadi ukuran, percayalah itulah kesiksaan dan penderitaan yang teramat sangat sakit. BiarLah Allah dan dan Rasulnya menjadi neraca, cukuplah manusia menjadi cerminan check & balance, pelengkap timbang-tara bukan yang utama. Adakalanya perubahan perlu dirancang dan distrategikan adakala perubahan berlaku secara tidak dijangka kerana Allah itu paling hebat.Begitu bijaknya manusia jika mereka mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan keduanya.Yang pasti perubahan perlu dinilai. Merenung perubahan diri, saat sehingga ke tahun, Allah itu sungguh hebat. Menilik setiap inci perubahan dan ta'aruf mendalam tentang diri sendiri, kerdil sungguh seorang manusia bernama aku, aku sendiri tidak mampu mengetahui siapakah aku sebenarnya bahkan adakalanya aku menjadi manusia yang terkejut dan pelik dengan diriku sendiri, hari demi hari. Hebat sungguh Allah menciptakan aku sebagai aku dan bukan sebagai orang lain. Pernah disuatu saat dulu, ketika aku di toodler sebuah kehidupan, aku dititipkan dengan bait ini 'KalianLah mencetus arus perubahan, bukan dibawa arus'. Tapi disaat itu aku penerima yang baik tanpa banyak bicara, aku sisipkan kuat didalam jiwa. Namun, setelah aku mula berjalan meniti langkah-langkah hidup, persoalan tentang bait itu semakin bertambah hari demi hari.Semoga Allah titipkan hikmah dan furqan dalam setiap bab dan episod kehidupan aku dan kalian.

Puitiskah aku?Inilah hatiku.Namun aku pasti Allah akan menyentuh hati manusia dengan sedikit usaha dariku kerana mengembalikan kemenangan perlu daripada tangan manusia ia bukan magik

RUN LOLA RUN TRAILER

::Run Lola Run::

The film begins with Lola (Franka Potente) receiving a phone call from her distraught boyfriend Manni. He is a small-time criminal and has lost 100,000 DM belonging to his boss by accidentally leaving it on a train. After the doors of the train closed, he saw a homeless man pick up the bag of money but he was unable to get back onto the train before it left the station. Upon not seeing any trace of his money or the homeless man at the next station, Manni assumes the money is long gone.
Manni has to get the money within 20 minutes before his boss finds out, and plans to rob nearby supermarket. Lola urges him to wait and tells him she will organize the money. She decides to ask her father, who is a bank manager.
Meanwhile, Manni sees the homeless man who took his money in the beginning of the film. Manni chases him down and retrieves his money but, feeling sorry for him, gives him his gun in return. Lola arrives to find Manni stepping out of a car and shaking his boss's hand. The movie ends with Manni asking Lola what is in the bag she is carrying.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

What Is Love?

What is love? It is one of the most difficult questions for the mankind. Centuries have passed by, relationships have bloomed and so has love. But no one can give the proper definition of love. To some Love is friendship set on fire for others Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it. No matter how you define it or feel it, love is the eternal truth in the history of mankind.

Love is patient, love is kind. It has no envy, nor it boasts itself and it is never proud. It rejoices over the evil and is the truth seeker. Love protects; preserves and hopes for the positive aspect of life. Always stand steadfast in love, not fall into it. It is like the dream of your matter of affection coming true. heart: what is loveLove can occur between two or more individuals. It bonds them and connects them in a unified link of trust, intimacy and interdependence. It enhances the relationship and comforts the soul. Love should be experienced and not just felt. The depth of love can not be measured. Look at the relationship between a mother and a child. The mother loves the child unconditionally and it can not be measured at all. A different dimension can be attained between any relationships with the magic of love. Love can be created. You just need to focus on the goodness of the other person. If this can be done easily, then you can also love easily. And remember we all have some positive aspect in us, no matter how bad our deeds maybe. And as God said �Love all�

Depending on context, love can be of different varieties. Romantic love is a deep, intense and unending. It shared on a very intimate and interpersonal and sexual relationship. The term Platonic love, familial love and religious love are also matter of great affection. It is more of desire, preference and feelings. The meaning of love will change with each different relationship and depends more on its concept of depth, versatility, and complexity. But at times the very existence of love is questioned. Some say it is false and meaningless. It says that it never exist, because there has been many instances of hatred and brutality in relationships. The history of our world has witnessed many such events. There has been hatred between brothers, parents and children, sibling rivalry and spouses have failed each other. Friends have betrayed each other; the son has killed his parents for the throne, the count is endless. Even the modern generation is also facing with such dilemmas everyday. But �love� is not responsible for that. It is us, the people, who have forgotten the meaning of love and have undertaken such gruesome apathy.

In the past the study of philosophy and religion has done many speculations on the phenomenon of love. But love has always ruled, in music, poetry, paintings, sculptor and literature. Psychology has also done lot of dissection to the essence of love, just like what biology, anthropology and neuroscience has also done to it.

Psychology portrays love as a cognitive phenomenon with a social cause. It is said to have three components in the book of psychology: Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion. Also, in an ancient proverb love is defined as a high form of tolerance. And this view has been accepted and advocated by both philosophers and scholars. Love also includes compatibility. But it is more of journey to the unknown when the concept of compatibility comes into picture. Maybe the person whom we see in front of us, may be least compatible than the person who is miles away. We might talk to each other and portray that we love each other, but practically we do not end up into any relationship. Also in compatibility, the key is to think about the long term successful relationship, not a short journey. We need to understand each other and must always remember that no body is perfect.

Be together, share your joy and sorrow, understand each other, provide space to each other, but always be there for each others need. And surely love will blossom to strengthen your relationship with your matter of affection.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Rahida's Wedding Reception



Me and my Cuckoo mind about our favorite animals!

By: Ash Anazry :))
In so many reasons, we wish we were something else than what we are now... true?


Honestly, i'd give up everything to be a REAL dragon... BUT, knowing the fact that the dragon is only a myth... and usually ends up a loner... Do i really want it? I don't have to work. Dragons are famous with kidnapping girls from any village he fly upon to. I don't have to worry about bills and routines.
A long-distanced friend wanted to be a frog... people eat frog eh.... hahaha! i find it cute only to certain frogs and i know it's not the toad she mentioned! Frogs are cute in a very weird way: big eyes, long sticky tongue, able to hop with cute little slim slander feet. I find it quite amazing.
A college-mate of mine wanted to be a rabbit! For all the wrong resons she thinks it's cute! She imagine herself getting a dental surgery having her front tooth out like rabbit tooth (which isn't exactly true though). I think she got the whole thing wrong. Rabbit's teeth are just fine, nothing extended, it's just their "w" shaped upper lips made the teeth looks slightly "out" of designated area. don't you think she should do Cosmetic surgery instead of Dental surgery? Imagine us human with a "W" shaped upper lips! scary...... I knew a performer for Ripley's does it and call himself the Lizard man!
A girl-friend really wanted to be a beautiful butterfly... yes indeed i've seen all her collections and it's superb! Knowing the lifeline for a butterfly couldn't last long, i hate to say beauty will never last. It is also said that we can never keep anything beautiful for long as it's only temporary. So does butterflies. They come, they go. Can you keep them? Maybe i should keep them when they are still a caterpillar and when they transformed into a butterfly, i'll just preserve them and turn it into beautiful key-chain! that way, i'd be able to keep them forever!!
A colleague told me once he can't decide whether to be a tiger or a lion coz both can be considered The King of The Jungle! Seems to me he might want to change his mind better off being a Tarzan-Gorilla type than the Cats family. He's a soft spoken person and, well, not that i know he can roar or yell louder than the lorries! Won't even hurt a fly!
A boy-friend said a scorpion once rule the desert and never can any creature defeat him, of course, unless the Chinese or the Vietnamese conquers the desert he might want to think twice of becoming a Scorpio!
A friend of a girl-friend accidentally got her nickname "Monkeh" which resembles a monkey out from an accidental incident, of course for being and acting like a monkey during a dinner meeting! Surprisingly this monkey eats seafood and anything else but rice!
An ex of a girl-friend recently got her pet-title the "Baboon" of course not of a choice being a lovable pet we desire but well, will be the cutest baboon on earth ever lived, i might say... you may recognize her from her "Pink-Stunning-Ass" dancing flamboyantly along the beach!
An ex-colleague once told me she wish her future boyfriend is a wolf, like the one's in Twilight. Handsome, tall, charming and sweet! I wonder if anything goes wrong someday, will she have scars of 1 slightest small mistake made?
A play-mate of mine wanted to be a bat or spider! He adores Batman and Spiderman! Don't you just wish we can easily transform into any animal we wish we want to be at certain time? in this case, he's a mutant, no?!
As for me, what i desire since i was little is only to be a Dragon! Yes sometimes i wondered if i were the Manimal (80's TV series), i wanted to be the panther, cougar, tiger, lion, swampthing(is this an animal?),the bat, the wolverine, wolf and anything that looks strong, sharp and wild! Don't you think it's funny how sometimes people can be pets just by being cute themselves? Which pet are you?


Mind the context. I'm writing this just to cheer myself up! Do share, which pet are you?

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

No Playpan?? takpe. bakul boleh membantu.. :D

just place a comfy blanket in the base of a laundry basket...but make sure the basket is clean enough..chuck in a few of your baby's favourite toy- and presto...you've got a secured and compact playpen for ur baby who is learning to sit up on his own....

p/s: this is just a crazy idea.....but no harm if u wanna try with ur baby.....!!!!

Monday, April 19, 2010

"The Actors"


Benefit Of Cycling..

Why I Cycle..

  • Regular cyclists enjoy a fitness level equal to that of a person ten years younger.
  • Cycling at least twenty miles a week reduces the risk of heart disease to less than half that for non-cyclists who take no other exercise 
  • If one third of all short car journeys were made by bike, national heart disease rates would fall by between 5 and 10 percent  
  • During rush-hour, a bicycle is about twice as fast as a car - good if you hate traffic jams!

Good For Your Wallet...

  • Bicycles require no road tax, no MOT, no insurance, no licensing, no breakdown recovery services, and above all no fuel bills.
  • A good bicycle needs at most about RM500-worth of maintenance a year - less if you do a bit yourself. How much does your car need?
  • A good bicycle will last for years, if not decades. How long did your previous car last?
  • A bicycle can be parked just about anywhere, so no more expensive car park bills.

Good For Your World...

  • Twenty bicycles can be parked in the same space taken up by one car.
  • To make a bicycle requires only a fraction of the materials and energy needed to make a car.
  • Bicycles produce absolutely no pollution - they are a lot quieter too. When was the last time you saw a rusting, burnt-out bicycle?
  • Cars kill and maim thousands of people every year - bicycles don't.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

2006-Year End Holiday Sabah

this picture was taken at The Tip Of Borneo..Located at Tanjung Simpang Menggayau-its pertemuan Laut Sulu and Laut China Selatan.....







from left; Our maid, Intan, abang and myself..
thought of going down to the water, but we were advised not to do so as the seawater was not 'people friendly'.hehehe...thats what the tour guide told us..





 Rungus Longhouse; this lady uses her nose to play the flute!!







                                                                                      

Performance by people of Rungus Longhouse












At Pondok Timpohon, Kinabalu National Park





                                             View of Gunung Kinabalu. This picture was taken from Kundasang.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

About Me

Hey, this is my blog, so I have to say something about myself and my family. Sometimes it is hard to introduce yourself because you know yourself so well that you do not know where to start with. Let me give a try to see what kind of image you have about me through my self-description. I hope that my impression about myself and your impression about me are not so different. Here it goes:
I am a person who is positive about every aspect of life. There are many things I like to do, to see, and to experience. I like to read,  I like to think, I like to dream; I like to talk, I like to listen. I like to feel the music flowing on my face, I like to smell the wind coming from the ocean (which i haven't have any chance of doing it, yet..!!).  I like to do thought experiment when I cannot sleep in the middle of the night.  I like to sleep late, I like to get up early I like to be alone, I like to ask questions; I like to be surrounded by people. I like country’s peace, I like metropolis’ noise;  I like delicious food and comfortable shoes; I like good books and epic movies. I like the land and the nature, I like people. And most of all I like to laugh.
I always wanted to be a great achiever( someone who is rich and famous) Of course, I am nowhere close to these people, yet. I am just someone who does some teaching, some research, and some writing. But my dream is still alive.
This is a brief introduction of myself. Do not expect too much, and keep your sense of humor.
My beloved family;

from left; my baby Ben, myself, Hannah and of course My witty hubby.., Hasqil.



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