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Assalamualaikum and Hi The first thing came to my head just now was ...." ha..dah lama tak update blog" So, lets not talk about that ;) Referring to the topic, yup I went to Vietnam last 2 weeks with my college friends. We were there for 3 days and 2 nights celebrating our 9th year of friendship (who would have thought we could last that longgg??) Alhamdulillah. It was so much fun!! We wanted to fly back to Vietnam just as we landed in KL! Lets see some of the pictures ;) Our coasters. Rase macam artis jemputan.huhu shell painting factory something in the city (we didnt get to walk around the city) by the road Mei mei (Our Mekong tourist guide.We gave her that name) Boat house Our luxury boat! Local fruits ( Mcm Malaysia jgak. buat2 kagum je nii) Mekong river  Owh.. and one  of the most important event was... Shopping! Dah all girls, wajib la pegi tempat ni and borong Baju Kurung. This was Danny's Place.Spe...

      One of the good things that happen in Ramadhan every year is that those who teaches the afternoon session get to go back early ;) (who's not happy about it?)Though the classes ended early, yet I still have to travel an hour before reaching home. 1 hour = 60 minutes = 3600 secs Now, that's a lot of seconds. As to utilize all the time that I have ,while driving, I would usually turn to ikim or hotFM for entertainment. Ikim would most of the time be intellectually engaging, I love that. It keeps my mind busy. Whereas hotFM, is just for the ears, just for some noise. I guess the talk on ikim today incited me to update my blog today ;) It was Brother Shah Kirit talking. I've always adore those who reverted to Islam. Among them: Yusuf Islam, Brother Ridhwan Tee, Yusof Estee, Suhaib Web, Brother Shakour and Matin (my lecturers in IIUM). They have an understanding of Islam that is super much better than myself-one who's a Muslim through heredity. I do f...

Salam and Hi Alhamdulillah, Malaysia is still a safe country where everyone can easily commute from one place to another. Not only that we travel because of work (like myself), but we're also able to see our loved ones, who could be residing hundreds of kilometers away. "Kampung" is a Malay word which means the area out of town and its very commonly heard during the festive seasons where little children would say "nanti saya nak balik kampung.." (i'll be gong back to kampung). Other than literally be out of town, it also brings the meaning of meeting the grandparents and relatives because kampung in social context means a place where families gather at the house of the grandparents, which usually IS at the outskirt of town. Below are two pictures which I've taken from my last visit to my kampung in Teluk Intan, Perak. Early 1960's: My Great Grandmother with Mama Atok's first house after the Independence of Malaya 2012: Teluk In...

Salam and Hi This would be my first entry for 2012. Alhamdulillah, manage to find a topic which intrigue me to write a post :P When Islam was revealed to the Prophet pbuh, many rejected the message brought by him. Islam came as a religion which guides everyone in all aspects of life, from worshiping God to the ways we sleep (the adab of sleeping). What makes it more interesting is that it teaches us about the relationship between men and women too. In Islam, there are boundaries between the men and women and as to set the line, the relationship falls into two categories which are: 1. Mahrams 2. Ghayr Mahrams There are various books and sites that could help us to understand further on this topic but here is a link that, InshaAllah, could enlighten us too.   CLICK HERE Other than that, below is a diagram in Malay language which is very helpful in making us to understand the relationship between men and women. Source :  Pahrol Muhammad Juoi. "Solehah Pilihan." S...

Salam       Alhamdulillah, we (family and I) were given the opportunity to visit Beijing for 8 days from 5 to 12 Dec this year. Boy I was so excited since I've been wanting to visit China. I heard a hadith which sounds like this, "Belajarlah kamu sehingga ke negara China" when I was young and that made me add China in my bucket list. Though most have agreed that its dhaif and  fabricated because the source of hadith is doubt-able, I have to agree that there are many things that we can learn from the Chinese. Its an 8-day full of new experience =)       Beijing is a big city. The population in Beijing itself is as the whole Malaysia. Unlike our country- a melting pot of races, Beijing is resided by Chinese from all over China *yes, China is big*. Approximately, there are 56 Chinese ethnics and Han is the majority. One of the unique buildings       Since we went in Dec, so we were welcomed by the snow. It was far too cold to compa...

Salam and Hi Malaysia is very well known for its multiracial country and this time Deepavali came and my school took a break from 6- 9th October 2011. As not to waste the given holy days, we decided to have a quick. short. family. vacation. (QSFV) The vacation started on Friday, 23rd Oct 2011, where we traveled to Perak after I got back from work and drop by Teluk Intan to visit the Grandparents (Atok and Nenek). Then the journey continued on the next day where we made our way to Kedah, Sg Petani to be exact, since Abah had some work in UiTM. While Abah did his job, we went on tour to meet some of our relatives- Mak Ngah's and Mak Andak's family. Nice gathering and good food =) The vacation did not end there as we pursued to cross the border of Malaysia on Monday and land our feet in Thailand. See the man wearing the grey shirt? He's standing right in front of the marking stone which separates Malaysia and Thailand (see below). Marking stone: Kedah We had to wa...