Steps to Prosperity

I was reading one of my friends' blog that day, and found a really nice and sweet post. So I decided to do something similar. This is for my future wife, I know she is out there somewhere, she won't probably be reading this now...but one day in the future, I will show her this post... When you walk away from me...I will follow you... When you push me or hit me...I will hold you and not let you go... When you are quite...I will ask you what's wrong... When you ignore me...I will give you all my attention... When you want to be apart from me...I won't agree with you... When you look very messy...I will say you are beautiful... When you cry...I will hug you without saying a word... When you are scared...I will protect you... When you put your head on my shoulders...I will comfort you and kiss your head... When you take something dear from me...I will just let you take it because you are the most dear to me... When you start joking and kidding with me...I will joke with

Hey everyone, I am back. Didn’t update for a while eh? Anyway, I have so much to share but I just come back from Penang and it is already passed midnight. So, please enjoy the latest photos in my album ‘the eye of omega’. Before I went to Penang, I was asked to take care of someone. My reply was “I will take care of her”. And because of these words, I couldn't enjoy that much in Penang and I couldn’t prepare mentally for my tournament. Speaking for which, I lost in my first matches, but at least my coach was satisfied with me performance... This trip was a test for me. Alhamdulillah, I did well. I was up to this responsibility for two days. And insyaAllah, one day in the future, I will do it for the rest of my life... That’s all from me....Good night to you and me :)

Dedicated to my best friend, my dearest friend...you know who you are If one day you feel like crying Call me I don't promise that I will make you laugh But I can cry with you If one day you want to run away Don't be afraid to call me I don't promise to ask you to stop But I can run with you If one day you don't want to listen to anyone Call me I promise to be there for you but also promise to remain quiet But one day if you call, but  there is no answer Come fast to see me,  perhaps I need you

I am a competitive person, someone who tries to be no. 1 all the times. Thanks to my dear mother for raising me up to be like this. She always says when it comes to things that you cannot change, look at people who are worse than you, but when it comes to things that you can change, look at those who are better that you. Therefore, I always tend to ask people how there are doing, how is their performance, and how are their results. If I know that I am the best, I will be satisfied and praise Allah for that. If I know that there is someone who did better than me, I’d say to myself “Why he/she can score like that and I cannot? I must work harder!” And that’s motivates me, to be better than that person. This is the only sole reason that I share my results to my friends, only to motivate them to do better. But I came to know I am one of a few type of people. Competitive people are almost extinct today. That makes me feel special and sad at the same time. Most importantly, I came to know

A nice story, and an excellent typography. I'll try to do like this myself some day. I would like to note that they is an debate whether this story is true of false. However, let's be more open minded and focus on taking the lessons from this wonderful story.

Here I am talking about parents and how they might treat their children. What brought this up, is something happened to me. The other day, I was on my way back with one of my frien...erm, I’d rather say with someone =) . It was already a little bit late. Anyhow, I was surprised of how her parents treat her. If she asks permission to go out from the house from her dad, then it is really hard and a lot of questions will be involved. But if she asks permission to go out from her mom, permission is guaranteed! So coming back to my topic and its weird title, parents might let their kids do a lot of things freely, go out, experience new things, without questioning too much. So I call this kind of parents ‘Believers’. On the other hand, parents might constraint and limit the activities that their child might do, and tell them what to do more frequently. I call them ‘Protectors’. Believers care mostly about the feeling of their children. Therefore, they allow their children to do more things

Very nice song, I like the beat and the lyrics...A little surprised that you have not heard of it before? Well, somehow it is not common. I had to prepare the file and upload to youtube myself!

This is the name of the subject which I took in my previous semester. And to tell the truth, it is the subject that I enjoyed most during my entire time in this university. It carries 3 credit hours, does not have any tests (even no final exam), no assignments. You have to do only one design, one model, and one presentation. The course was really fun, because it does not require you to use much of the left side of your brain. No calculations to do. No formulas to memorise. And not too much information about styling is taught in the class, only the basics. Therefore, the subject is just a matter of creativity in your design, which comes from the right side of your brain. My design got the 2nd best in the class, and it was named “ La Tartaruga ”. The picture of the model can be found in my facebook account. The lecturer taught us to look at the car designs from a different perspective. He said: “Every time you see a car on the street, try to look at it with a stylist eye.” By the way,

In this life, nothing is absolute. Even something really good like friendship, has its negatives. Sometimes, having a friend who has common with you, always there for you, even that can be bad. Friends influence each other; good people spread goodness around them while bad people spread wickedness around them. Differentiate between being colleagues, classmates, and neighbours and between being friends. Of course, the first three can lead to a true friendship, but they by themselves are far away from friendship. Friendship last forever. When you become a friend with someone, you will be friends forever. But on the other hand, you cannot remain classmate, workmate forever with someone. I am already off the topic...I wanted to share about friendship, in particular, how friends influence each other. For an instance, if your friend is practicing robbery, you should forbid him as a good friend. Keep on advising your friend not to steal, never lose hope in your friend. But if it happens and

Last week, I was having a small talk with one of my senpais (seniors)...and we happened to talked about the idea or the concept of final exams. He told us that one of his lecturer’s says: “Final exams produce robots only. I don’t want robots in my class”. I took a couple of moments to think about that what he said. And to some extent, it is true. The lecturers put some weight of the marks on the final exams. It can go up to 60% of the total mark. They think or hope that, this amount of mark is easy to score by the students, because they had enough time to prepare from the beginning of the semester. And that’s why some lecturers bring questions that might give students a heart attack. That’s what they think that the students would do. However, most of the students do not study from the beginning of the semester. And at the end, they have to finish reading several textbooks in a time period of one week which is the last week of the semester or the so called revision period. And as we k

No matter how much I do, I wouldn’t be able to fully pay back my parents for what they did for me...But the greatest thing that I can do to them, that I will be the reason that one day, they will be made to wear a crown, no kings or queens in this world have ever worn such a crown... Interested??! Do you feel like you want to do the same with your parents? This is not an easy task to do, yet it is not impossible. It just needs sincerity, patience and determination. You have to strive for the rest of life, in order to achieve this goal...It consists of two major steps, I finished the first one in approximately two years, and now I have to spend the rest of my life working hard to accomplish the second part... Ok...Enough puzzles and enough manipulating with words...How to do this? Read the following, slowly and carefully...Abu Dawood narrated that the prophet (peace be upon him) said: "He who memorizes the Qur’an and practices upon it, Almighty Allah will permit his parents to we

My mother says the truth? Not always... My dear mother had lied to me, eight times! And every time she did, she broke my heart.  This is my story... I was born in a very poor family, and I was the only son. We didn’t have enough money and food. Once when I was a kid, we were so starved but luckily managed to find some rice. I noticed that she was giving me her portion of the rice. She said: “Dear son, eat the rice, I am not hungry”... And that was her first lie... A couple of years have passed...My family situation got better but still it is not good. My mom, after doing her housework, used to go for fishing, hoping to catch some fish for me to eat and nurture me. Once, she managed to catch two fishes. Immediately, she hurried to the home and quickly made the dinner. She put both of them in front of me. I started to eat one of them slowly...and she was only taking what remains around the bones. My heart was shaken, I gave her the other fish but she returned it to me saying: “Son, eat

On that Wednesday, we were supposed to finished up our project. But somehow the lab was closed...So I was waiting outside for the technician with her...and all of a sudden, the door was open. Not the door to that lab but the door of her heart...She suddenly opened up to me. She told me everything, about her problems, her history, and most importantly, her feelings. She blurted everything out...At the end...I asked her, why? why me? She said:"Because I already scanned you" and she left with a smile... Girls like to let everything out...They like someone to listen to their problems, just listen, and not necessary offering a solution...I failed to notice that before, I just realized it today... So if you have a girlfriend, a fiancée or a wife...learn how to listen to her, don't EVER interrupt, just listen...It will mean a lot for her...

This post is dedicated to someone; however, I don’t think that he will be reading it. And for those who read it, please think over and try to reflect it on yourself... This ‘someone’ was in my batch, I knew him in my first weeks in this university. As time passes, we chose different roads, I pursued in Automotive while he chose Mechatronics. Even the fact that we are not very close friends, and the fact that our courses were different, he always tried to ask my help, in reports, projects, and assignments. And I was trying my best to help him.... But these days, as we approached our final year, he subjects were getting further and further than mine, and I was getting less capable of helping him. But the sad fact is, he as a person, has become further and further than me. Now, he does not even reply when I greet him!!? Is that it? He knows me only when I can help him in his assignments? I didn’t expect that especially from someone like him... However, I am not complaining here about

A nice nasheed eh? Every time I hear it I remember a funny situation happened to me...Someone was joking about one of my friends saying that she is getting married...Naively, I believe that... and I  actually texted her "Baraka Allahu Lakuma wa Baraka alaikuma wa jam'a bainakuma fi khair!!!" and my friend was "Eh? What is all this about?" 

This post is dedicated to a friend who asked me “what is KARATHON?” When she asked me, I didn’t have the time to explain about it in details. So now, I am posting this for her and for everyone else who is wondering about KARATHON. KARATHON is a combination of two words: KARATE and MARATHON. According to dictionary.com, the word KARATE is a Japanese art of self-defence and the word MARATHON means an event or activity that requires prolonged effort or endurance. So, I started this KARATHON of the 17th of September, and it was Friday and finished it on the 10th of October, which was Sunday. So it was a whole-24-days of karate training. And it was a combination of learning new katas, practicing kumite, and revising basics. My KARATHON was mentored by three different masters, Sensei Hardi, Sensei Mizan, and Sensei Iman. So I learned a lot during this KARATHON, had lots of fun as well, and most importantly, endured a lot of severe pain. They say “no pain no gain” right? So, let me share w

Several years ago, two of my best friends passed away right before my eyes. Hopelessly, I tried to save them. Sadly, I couldn’t because at that time I didn’t have any background in first aid. After I recovered from the agony of their demise, the first thing I decided to do is to learn first aid, at least the basics. I don’t want to experience that tragedy again in my life, and I don’t want anyone else to have this miserable experience either. I am not trying to sadden the environment by writing about me miserable past here. What drives me to write about this is something  happened  the other day. One of my friends got injured, but none of my other friends who know first aid helped him. I don’t know why? Maybe they don’t have the guts? Or is it because they didn’t practice enough? Hmmm....If they could not react in such a simple case, what would they do in a life-death situation? I was invited to join the Task Force next semester, so I hope that I can commit to the training there. If

In this post, I will not use the same approach that I usually used in the Extreme Challenges  series. Instead of comparing, I will share two scenarios where Mars and Venus collide. The first one is the common one in most couples and sadly it does not have that good ending. In the other hand, the second scenario is how couple actually should react in similar situations and of course, it has happier ending. First Scenario Maryam and Angel are reading the paper over breakfast of a Saturday morning. Maryam is planning to go into the office to catch up when they have finished. “Look at this new hybrid car design.” Angel says, holding up the paper for her to see. “Are you thinking of buying a new car?” She asks, with a touch of anxiety that Angel notices. “Maybe,” He answers, “This one is a really good deal.” She looks at him blankly for a moment, then challenges him in the nicest of tones, “What’s wrong with your car?” “I’m ready for something new.” He takes a bite of croissant. “I

I always hear from one of my friends things like ‘how can you score in exams?’ ‘I am having a test tomorrow; can I borrow your brain?’ And recently, another friend said about me ‘Dia tak kisah, otak dia lain.’ She meant that there is no need to worry about my academic performance because my brain is ‘different’. People think that I am a genius based on my academic performance. However, that is wrong. Scoring high doesn’t mean necessary that you have a genius brain… I don’t think that I have a genius mind. It was not scientifically proven. I believe that all people have the amount of cells in their brains. So, all of them were given the same level of intelligence. However, from observation, one can notice that some people are cleverer than others, which refute what I’ve said earlier. Well, just think of your brain as your muscles. Everyone have the same number of muscles in their bodies and yet they are not in the same level of strength. They are some who take good care of their bod

So, it’s been more than one year. My first post in this blog site was on 7th of September, last year. So far, I have 80 posts here (including this one), and 6 followers (including myself!) and I am following 10 friends…It had several names, but the current one, I believe is the one that will remain…"Steps to Prosperity"… Previously, it was named “my blog”, “what you don’t know about me”, and other lame names! So, it’s been more than one year, I was writing more than year…Actually, me myself I didn’t feel the time, it went so fast. But I am happy that kept updating my blog…Writing just became one of my habits :) What was my motive when I started my blog? Well, my motive initially was…Ehem, I can’t tell you this. But the main point is that you start whatever your reason is. There is a reason why the static friction factor is higher than the kinetic friction factor. That’s because, taking initiatives and starting up doing something new, it always harder than continuing what we

A group of people decided to make the 9th of September an International burn a Quran day. The leader of this group claims that by doing so, they would demolish Islam, and as a result, demolish terrorism. However, he wanted to achieve something, but the outcome of his unwise decision was something else. He wanted to demolish Islam and burn all the copies of the Qur’an in the world. That is totally impossible, because they don’t possess all the copies of the Qur’an. Even if we assume that they somehow manage to possess them all and burn them all, that would not demolish the Quran because there are a number of centres and institutions that keep publishing copies of the Quran every day. And even if they manage to stop these centres and institutions, the Quran is still there because there are more than one million Muslim who fully memorise it. (See the video) That what the leader of this group wanted, but his actions resulted in something else. Thanks to the media, everyone knows about

This week, there is been a lot of ‘first time’ experiences in my life… First time driving a car in Malaysia Nice experience, although I was a little bit not comfortable that night. I had some problems to adapt using the gearbox with my left hand, and in also driving while I am really cramped…but over all, it was a nice experience…I helped me dear friend, and delivered the car in one peace…Before I forget, that iftar was the best iftar in this Ramadan... First time in Indonesia… We started moving from IIUM afternoon. And we boarded the Airbus at 7 pm. I had the iftar on in the flight. It was my first time breaking the fast on a flight. However, there was no much choices, I had only instant noodles. This experience is still under process, and it will take a long time to talk about. I don’t think my time here in the CC is enough for that… First time being a millionaire… Technically, I am a millionaire now in Indonesia, of course, in term of numbers only. I should not act like a million

If you are following my blog, you would be familiar with a number of series such as The Tragedy of My Life, Rhythm of My Heart, Wandering Wonders, Creating Success, Extreme Challenges and others…Now, there is a new series starting officially from now, and it will be given the title “The Book of My Guidance”… In this day, more than 1430 years ago, one of the greatest miracles of the creator, the holy Qurán was revealed. Therefore, I believe that this is the suitable time to start this new series of posts in my blog. These series of posts will be basically about The Holy Qur’an, my journey with the Holy Qur’an and how it did change my life, and also how it changes the lives of people around me. It discusses as well the miracles of the Holy Qur’an, its status, and even lessons from the holy Qur’an. However, today will be only an introduction :) Some critics might say that this is not the first post regarding this topic. There was a post under the title “My Journey with The Holy Qur’an”

Since my first year in the university, I felt always kinda excluded in my classes. That’s because, I am the only one who always participating in and interact with the lecturer. And it’s sorta not nice feeling when everyone looks at you in a different way. However, I was able to surpass this feeling. There are some funny occasions though, one of them when my friend asked me how did I do in the quiz. And when I was about to answer she blurted “Eh, why I am asking you? Of course, you’ll get full marks.” Another story happened in one of my math classes when I wanted to participate, then the lecturer said “Bro, no need to participate...You exceeded the limit of extra marks!!!”...  Anyway, that was only the introduction, what I want to mention here, as the title suggests, is that I am not the only proactive one in my classes anymore. It started from previous semester. I had a Sudanese classmate in one of my classes and she was at my level. Also, in another class, there were those two brothe

This is something I read the other day, something that I found so critical to the extent that I thought the writer was talking directly to me. Anyway, enough with the formalities, here it goes: How often do you follow up on an urge to do something creative or enjoyable? Do you ever get a creative idea for your home or at work but feel afraid to act on it becuase someone might be critical of you and your idea? If so, it's time to say, "Who cares what they think?" If you feel the urge to do something, do it.  Why restrict yourself to serious thoughts and activities? Let the child in you indulge its whims and moods, Do things that in your viewpoint improve the world or that just give you a moment of joy. What may seem like work to others can be time joyfully spend by you. When a child gets involved in a fun activity that you don't feel educational or meaningful, as long as it's not harmful, let her be. Or better yet, join her and learn what it feels like to just i

Ramadan is here, and my heart is still beating...Alhamdulillah. I was not sure that I would post this. No, I’d rather say I was not sure that I’ll be here to post this. Today is the first day of the holy Month of Ramadan...Yet, today might be the last day in my life... So last night I felt extremely happy when I went to the Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah. I saw so many people there in the Masjid for Tarawih Prayer. I felt relieved and happy to know that there are still some alive hearts in this Ummah. But then again, why this is happening? Why suddenly those people decided to come to pray in the Masjid? Sometimes in normal days, barely the first row is filled by people but last night the whole ground floor was filled. Of course, everyone knows the answer, it is Ramadan. However, I argue back, why then only in Ramadan? Allah is our Lord every day, every month, and every year. Then why only in Ramadan we read the Qur’an for hours, but when Ramadan is gone...We put the Qur’an back in our loc

Pertandingan Akhir & Majlis Penutup - Pesta Pantun MAKUM 2010 malam ini pukul 8:00 PM, Dewan Utama, Pusat Aktiviti Kebudayaan. InsyaAllah, malam ini bakal menampilkan dua pasukan hebat berentap bagi menjulang gelaran juara! UIAM lwn USM! 

Hi, Mommy. I'm your baby. You don't know me yet, I'm only a few weeks old. You're going to find out about me soon, though, I promise. Let me tell you some things about me. My name is John, and I've got beautiful brown eyes and black hair. Well, I don't have it yet, but I will when I'm born. I'm going to be your only child, and you'll call me your one and only. I'm going to grow up without a daddy mostly, but we have each other. We'll help each other, and love each other. I want to be a doctor when I grow up. You found out about me today, Mommy! You were so excited, you couldn't wait to tell everyone. All you could do all day was smile, and life was perfect. You have a beautiful smile, Mommy. It will be the first face I will see in my life, and it will be the best thing I see in my life. I know it already. Today was the day you told Daddy. You were so excited to tell him about me! ...He wasn't happy, Mommy. He kind of got angry. I do

I like the title, because it is a single sentence that combines words from three different languages. Karateka is a Japanese term which means a person who learns karate. In Arabic, the word Ukhwah means brotherhood. And the word day means the interval of light between two successive nights or the time between sunrise and sunset (dictionary.com). I won’t bore you with the details, so I'll share with you the activities that we had briefly. We started in the morning, with breakfast made by sempai-din. After that, we had a community services cleaning the Masjid, however I skipped that because I was setting up the venue with sempai-kay for the next activity…and then had fun watching the movie (VIP MAN). After that, we learned a new kata that we are not supposed to learn yet. And last but not least, we had the BARBEQUE! (wow! I’ve managed to sum up the activities of a whole day in couples of lines only! My summary skills are improving hehe) I had a lot of fun today and met some people

We are still in the third week if this semester, however, I am busy as I’ve never been busy in my life. Classes, tutorials, presentations, quizzes, tests, programs, meetings, training, helping friends and all the other things...I am not blaming the circumstances at all. I am extremely busy because I chose it. I chose for myself to be busy. Even though I don’t have enough time to rest and relax now, but I know for sure that I will be able to rest and enjoy myself to eternity. Even though I don’t have time to sleep enough these days, but I know that the time will come when I will be lying for a very long time alone... It’s been a while since I posted here something regarding my daily activities, so here is my schedule for today: 2:00 AM: Start doing the power point for my presentation for “Mabahith Al-Hukm” 3:30 AM: Finishing up my poster for MECSA 4:15 AM: Copying my friend’s notes and revising for quiz 5:30 AM: Fajr Prayer and Reading Qur’an 7:00 AM: Jogging one lap around the univers

One of my best songs...describes my life, or at least some parts of my life. I love it so much although it is a sad-theme song. Come to think about it for a while, I found out something about myself... I really like the theme 'sad' for some reasons. I like sad theme music, I like 'sad' ending stories such as 'one liter of tears'. Songs, stories and events back more that ten years ago are engraved in my mind simply because they are sad... However, coming to know the secret law of attraction, I need to change this. I need to change from 'sad' theme to 'happy' theme. So that I attract more happiness in my life... That's all from me...enjoy the song!

Richard and Relina, new love birds who celebrated their wedding recently. They spent the most beautiful honeymoon out in the country. After their honeymoon and on the way back to their house, while Richard was driving the car, Relina curiously asked him: "Dear, you know me for a long time and you know me very well. So, why do you love me?" Richard replied: "I am not really sure...But I do really really love you sweetheart!" Relina didn't expect such as answer. She got a little bit annoyed and said: "You can't even tell me why do you love me?? Then how come you say that you really really love me??!" Richard realized that this might start their first fight in their marriage, so he just decided to 'play with her roles'...He said: "Okay okay, if you insist, I will tell you. I love you because you are as beautiful as an angel and your voice is smoother than the sound of a flute. I would give anything in this world to see your charming sm

Just yesterday, he called his friend to check-in his room. Just yesterday he told his friend to register courses for him. Just yesterday he was in Thailand. But now, he is not in this world anymore. It was really surprising news when I heard of his demise. To die in this early age, while you are not expecting death at all and spending your time planning and preparing for the future. This incident reminded me of what Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said once upon a time: “Work for your worldly life, as you live forever. And work for your hereafter as you would die the coming day”. The uninvited guest, Angel of death, will come to you wherever you are to reap your soul. It is just a matter of time. Allah Almighty says in the holy Qur’an “Every soul shall taste death” and only He knows when and where you would breathe your last. Thus, we have always to be prepared for his uninvited guest. We should spend most of our times doing good deeds and avoiding committing evil. If we d

If you haven’t heard about this law, then you missed a lot of good in your life. If you knew it already and you don’t believe that it works or you still doubtful about it, then I will tell you this: The law of attraction does exist and I am a living proof. So what the law of attraction is about? In short, it says that mere thoughts can influence chance. It is a very important law that I don’t want to discuss here because I prefer that you learned it from the experts. You can watch the movie released in 2006 which was titled “The Secret”. Anyway, I got a lot of work to do...so that’s it for now. I just wanted to write something here. See you later!  

Yesterday, I went to Zakat unit of IIUM and paid an amount of RM X00 as my zakat . I felt good and happy. After all, paying zakat is not something that can be done everyday. While I was there waiting for the service there, I remember the old days when we study zakat in middle school. It was like ten years ago and I was still a kid at that time. I had a lot of fun back then, but most of what I remembered yesterday was the lectures on zakat. Zakat is usually translated as "giving alms", and the Arabic root of this word is zaka which means growth, cleanness and blessings. Zakat is the third pillar of Islam which means it is obligatory on every capable Muslim. The hikmah or the objective of zakat is to purify our money as well as purify ourself from  stinginess and parsimony. Also, zakat  is one of the greatest forms of Islamic Social Solidarity because, in simply, the rich is obligated to help the poor. Of course, there are many other benefits on zakat on the individuals a