Steps to Prosperity

What's this puzzling topic? That's one of my records...Once upon a time in my life, I was awake for 72 hours i.e. three consecutive days! Why was that? It's not because I had a lot of stuff and no time. It is because I had nothing to do and plenty of time! So I decided to practice myself, and build up my endurance! So, for staying awake, my record was three days so far. Of course I trained myself in different ways also such as longest time with no food and longest time without toilet! Why I am mentioning this all a sudden. The reason is because, till this moment, I didn't sleep for 36 hours and I am doing fine! Actually, I even decided to make an extra tutorial class tonight! Now I am harvesting the fruits of those old days so called training. Why don't I cancel the class and go sleep? The reason is, if I sleep, I'll be satisfying my need only. But if I make the tutorial class, I'll be helping a quite number of people. So the need of majority overrules the n

Hi world! It's me again! I am back! So, in this post, I am going to practice my summarizing skills and try to tell you what happened in the last seven days in one post! It sounds maybe easy for you but for me, it is a difficult task! Marvelous Monday! As usual, I go to my SD class at 10 am...The lecturer was fine, energetic and funny as usual...he decided that date of the "boost up" midterm to be on the 29th of October...so I should start studying from now! After that class, I went to GPCL lab to print some papers...and but I "ter-facebooking"!!! I spend some time there until the lecturer for the lab class came...After that I went to MD class late as usual and was surprised that there was a quiz! Math class, as usual, a lot of writing...before that, I had to go to see Dr. Talib because of the midterm...but so many people there...and I had to wait for so long... Terrific Tuesday! Didn't sleep much last night, because I was study

The final exams are coming! I should start studying! This semester, I become really afraid and anxious when I think of the finals...unlike the usual. The reason is that I know that I didn't do good in the whole semester so I really need to score high in the finals... I don't know what is happening this semester in this university...everyone (including me) has become lazy! The hard working people became less hardworking and the lazy people became even more lazier! What is the reason of this laziness in everyone! It is more likely that a virus called "laziness" has spread in the campus...Some of us were really infected by this virus...while others have better immunity against it... Every time the final exams are mentioned I remember something funny though...One of my old friends, after seeing everyone exhausted because of the preparations for the finals, he said "This is our situation in the tests of this worldly life so how do you think we would be like in the tes

It was a normal Saturday morning, until my roommate woke me up saying “you are not coming to the workshop or something? It is late already!” I wasn’t fully awake and didn’t know what he was talking about…so I said “Never mind, you go first. I’ll catch up with you later” and went to continue sleeping. However, I couldn’t enjoy it for so long because one of my friends called saying “Hey, sleepo! Wake up! The workshop has started about half an hour! I’ll come and fetch you by bike…” I realized what they were talking about and said in myself “what the heck?! How come I forget something that I was really looking forward to, it is the public speaking workshop!” Anyhow, I got ready and my friend came and picked me up. When I reached there, SLEU, the trainer was there already, and she was calling the participants out to introduce themselves according to their birth-dates. Although I came late, my turn did not come yet. However, I didn’t know what was going on at the time since I came late so

I am proud to say that my tutorial class is one of the rare trilingual classes in IIUM! How come? My students ask me in Malay or Arabic and I answer them in English! Of course, I could answer in Arabic or in Malay but first I want everyone in my class to understand what I am saying and second I have to use English in accordance with the rules and regulations of the faculty. Unfortunately, no one in my class can speak Japanese otherwise my class will be the one and only quad-lingual class in this university! So why do I like tutoring so much? There are several reasons. First, I like helping people. That's something runs in my blood as they say. Second, I love teaching! And tutoring brings back the nice memories when I was a teacher. Third, for some reason, tutoring makes me happy. Even if only two students come to my class. I just feel happy and that's it! It's not convincing, right? Fourth, as Qasim-sensi said, when you teach, you learn as well! And that's happening to

"Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart To weave by picking up the pieces that remain Melodies of life--love's lost refrain Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told? Let them ring out loud till they unfold In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name A voice from the past, joining yours and mine Adding up the layers of harmony And so it goes, on and on Melodies of life, To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond So far and away, see the bird as it flies by Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me? Was

What I am talking about? Guess...Nope, sorry wrong answer. Guess again...Nah, I think you are not good at guessing... Of course, what I am talking about, it's fasting six days of Shawwal. So, yesterday, I completed fasting one day...and five more to go... The prophet peace be upon him said what can be translated as "Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan, and then follows it up by fasting six days of Shawwal, it is as though he has fasted the whole year"... How come? You fast only 36 days and it is like you fast the whole year! Of course you know...what? you don't know even this! It's simple. As we know, in Islamic calendar, a year is consist only of 360 days. We know also that Allah (SWT) multiplies the reward of a good deed by 10 (that's the minimum, it can goes up to 700 times). So, you get it now right? 36 x 10 = 360... Life is a test! Why I am saying this all of a sudden? Because of what happened to me yesterday. These things could've happened to me anyti

This was my first time travelling alone. I was feeling a strange feeling, a mixture of anxiety and excitement, you can say. My father was hell worried about me and kept reminding me about this and that until I memorized everything he said. He was like that until my mom told him their son is already an adult and a responsible person. Anyway, I hugged them so strong for that I don’t know maybe it’s my last chance to do so. I went to the waiting hall and, because the flight was delayed, had to wait for three hours! I thought it’d be boring. But then again, I decided to have fun in my “adventure”! So I decided to act like the videogames characters such as those in final fantasy games. I went here and there, talking with this guy and that! Wandering in the shops as asking about the items! Although it might look weird, nevertheless, I am having fun! And those people I might not be able to see them again! Well, it was like that until they finally called for departure… In the airplane, almos