Steps to Prosperity

Concert in Kipsala hall with the Symphonic orchestra of Liepaja and melo-m (3 cellos). The theme is from the song The Final Countdown. ENJOY!

Alhamdullilah, I am the lucky person in my family. Maybe somethings that they have were taken away from me, but yet I was blessed with something that they do not have. I have the opportunity to meet (and study) people from different parts in the world. Thankfully, I am studying here in an international university. I've met people from places where I've never expected, like my French classmate, my American good friend, my Tanzanian junior, and my German lecturer. Yes, of course, people from different parts of the world behave differently. But there are some similarities... Meeting those people made me re-realize something. In every part of the world, in every county, in every society, there are the good people and the bad people. There is no such thing as the best society or race. Being from a certain part of the world does not makes you better than others. Allah says in the Holy Qurán: "Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is the one who has most Taqwa (piousness

Sometimes my life gets very hard, painful and difficult. Sometimes I feel like I cannot take it anymore. Sometimes I wish that if I can just drop management class, quit karate and requiescat en pace (rest in peace). Sometimes I have doubts in myself whether I can do it or not. But...but...but even if my heart suffers from the agony and my body struggle from the pain, as long as my soul believes in the mercy of my Lord, then I will never quit! This is life, as Sir Auron says: “Life outside the dream world can be harsh, even cruel, but it is life”. Indeed he’s right. Life was not meant to be easy. Life is the place where we struggle, strive and work for the second life. We are all farmers in this life planting seeds, and harvesting the results of what we plant in the next life. So, now I have to struggle to lose some weight. This is my first time in my life exceeding 60kg. New record! But not really happy. I don’t know how I gained this extra 5 kg. Most probably is because the nutritio

I woke up that morning to know that I was late for my 8:00 am class...I rushed to wake up my room mate and getting ready...We ran all the way to the class to find out that nobody was there...and we found the following was written on the board: CCMK 3121: Karate Skill 1 Section 1 No one came to the first class!!! *****@gmail.com I looked at my watch, I was late around 15-20 minutes. But he left the class already! The following week, we did the same mistake...coming late to the class again, but we were improving as we were late only 5-10 minutes this time. Luckily, he didn't left the class... And the week after that, it was my first official karate class in my life, Saturday, 16 January 2010. And guess what? Even that week, we came a little bit late. I'm not sure whether we were late or not, but the sensei was there before we arrived... I really admired his punctuality! Since the the first day I've met him until now, I never caught him late, whether it was a training, a m

The following is the translation of some Ayat in Surat Al-Baqarah. I've read them many many times in life and never notice something which amazed me even until now. Indeed, the excellence of the language use in the Qur'an is a great miracle which no one was able to or will be able to reach it... "And when My slaves ask you concerning Me, then I am indeed near. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me. So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright." verse: 186. "They ask you about the new moons. Say: Theses are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage"..." verse: 189. "They ask you concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: "In them is a great sin, and (some) benefits for men but the sin of them is greater than their benefit"..." verse: 219. "They ask you concerning fighting in the Sacred Months. Say: "Fighting therein is a great (transgre

I don't like to share the bad things that happens in my life, because I don't see the point in shouting out loud and complaining to the world...I believe by doing so, you just show to everyone how weak you are. Therefore, by default, most what I share are the good things and happy moments in my life. And that is only my 'mistake'. Because of this 'mistake', I had enemies where ever I go. Although that I treat everyone around me with respect, I end up to have a lot of enemies. The general equation is, the more you know me, the more you hate me...This equation is applicable for everyone, even my best friends... The thing is like this, if I start to know more someone and he/she starts to know more about me, as a default he/she would not know everything about me. If I tell 10 information about myself then all of them will be positive thoughts, nice events, and good things that happened to me. And when he/she tells me about him/herself, then always I hear like 5 goo

As a local student, I have the advantage. I live here and this is my environment. I was studying in this education system since I was kid. I should be proud of my home and country, therefore I most score the best marks and be the best in my classes. I won't let some foreigner students who knows nothing about my county be better than me! As an international student, I must not disappoint my family who send me here. There are spending a lot on me and as a payback I have to score high and be the best, to make them happy. I came all the way from my country to study here not to play! I need to be the best, if the locals are studying 5 hours a day then I must study 10 hours a day! This was I learned from my lecturer in the last engineering management class. I never expect to hear something like THIS from someone like HIM. So even if you don't like the subject, even if you think that he is crazy, you should never miss the class...you might lose the chance to learn very nice and wond

Last night, I had a date with karate. And of course, it was only me and her, otherwise it won’t be a date right? If you truly love doing something, then you will do it no matter what is the situation. Many use being far away from the dojo as an excuse for not training. Well, it is not a valid excuse! Even if the sensei is not available, you have your senpai. Some really don’t feel like going to training if the sensei is not there... and even if senpai is not there, you can revise and practice what you have already learned! I still remember that night. It was a Tuesday night so by default we have training. Moreover, I got a text that day saying that the coach wanted to see us that night. After Isha’ prayer, I rushed to the dojo, of course because I didn’t want to get scolded by sensei Hardi. As I reached the dojo, I saw only sensei Iman there, jogging and warming up. He told me that sensei Hardi could not come that night... To tell the truth, at that night, I felt so angry at everyon