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| Saturday, 5-Apr-2008 15:12 |
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A Day in a Diary
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Jr woke up early and rushing to open the window to see the sunrise. But the sun wasn't up yet so he went to the kitchen and asked for milk. After having a glass of milk, he was pretty happy playing with his toys while watching cartoon on the disney-play house channel.
Tok Ibu was busy with the laundry and Tokki was out to the market early in the morning for his weekly trip. I was folding the clothes that had been piling up since last week.
I spent some time uploading photos into picasa web album, flickr and fotopages. In the meantime, I attended to the delicate laundry that need to be washed by hand that was soaking for 2 days already.
Before noon, Jr was having his nap but not for long.......
We all left the house after solatul 'asr. The first stop was Giant. Then we headed to Dataran Syahbandar and did our solatul maghrib at Masjid Putih. Jr wasn't behaving well at all.
We left the masjid for dinner at Al_hijrah and were home by 10pm. Jr fell asleep in the car and that allow us to enjoy our dinner....
More photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/raemont991/Apr08MasjidPutih
and here too... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ummabdrahmaan/
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| Saturday, 5-Apr-2008 05:55 |
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Bedtime Routine
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1. Read a book or two.
2. Sleepy? Let's go to the kitchen for a glass of warm milk.
3. Recite short surahs
4. Sleep......
Then momma have to get up and tidy things up 
Goodnight! Sweet Dreams!
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| Saturday, 5-Apr-2008 02:58 |
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An Hour On The Beach
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We avoided the crowded batu buruk proper beach. Instead, we went further up. We already have a take away regular pizza from pizza-hut and it was fun watching the cloud. The waves have died down a bit and even the wind wasn't that strong.
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| Monday, 31-Mar-2008 08:27 |
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Tesl Grand Annual Dinner
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When: March 27th, 2008
Day: Thursday
Where: Grand ballroom Primula Hotel, KTRG-TRG.
Who: All Tesl Students and lecturers
Comment:
The event was well planned and organized.
The organizational skills demonstrated by the semester 4 students who were responsible to organize this event is superb! Well done!
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| Sunday, 30-Mar-2008 14:30 |
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Dinner Talk
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A dinner talk that transpire at our dinning table tonight:
Hubby: I was so tense. You know that I'm Arsenal fan!
wifey: What was the score?
Hubby: Bolton was leading 2-0. The game has gone on 60 minute, you know?
Wifey: So, what was the score?
Hubby: 3 to 2! The winning goal score was during injury time!
Wifey: OOOOO.........
Here are some photos from the beach ball earlier at Pantai Batu Burok. The rule of the game was if the other team score first, you team has to play the rest of the game topless!
Jr had fun kicking the ball on the sand too! and managed to to kick some sand into his eyes....... ouch!
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| Sunday, 30-Mar-2008 14:24 |
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Mock Interview Day
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We conducted a mock interview today! I'm so proud and happy to see all my students came to class in their best attire trying to suit the post that they have applied for.
Here is a group picture shot before the mock interview begin.
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| Friday, 28-Mar-2008 14:38 |
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mmm delicioso!
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enjoying keropok........ mmm....... memang best!
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| Thursday, 27-Mar-2008 16:24 |
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Daulat Tuanku!
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DAULAT TUANKU!
DAULAT TUANKU!
DAULAT TUANKU!
MB comes and go but the king is here to stay.
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| Thursday, 27-Mar-2008 05:50 |
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The Revival@Resurgence of the Malay Sultanate
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Another one from KUSZA talk:
Aslkm,
Suasana politik Malaysia semakin 'ceria' dgn kehadiran satu lagi elemen
kuasa iaitu peranan Sultan/Raja2 Melayu yg sebetulnya telah lama wujud
dalam kerangka budaya politik melayu/malaysia tetapi ia seakan tidak
diendahkan kewujudannya. Mungkin istilah - 'The Revival@Resurgence of the
Malay Sultanate in Malay/Malaysian Politics' boleh menjelaskan fenomena
ini. Peristiwa Kebijaksanaan Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin, Ketelitian
Sultan Selangor, Kecekalan Raja Perlis dan Ketegasan Sultan Terengganu
seakan menampakan kehebatan sebenar kuasa tradisi Raja/Sultan Melayu yg
selama ini disangkakan telah kian pudar. Fenomena ini mengingatkan saya
kepada kursus - The Islamic World Order yg saya ambil ketika berada di
tahun 2 ijazah sains politik saya di UIAM pada sekitar awal tahun 90an.
profesor yang mengajar kursus tersebut yg berkelulusan Phd dari MIT dan
Postdoctorate dari Harvard Univ. menegaskan bahawa Institusi Raja amat
penting di Alam Melayu, malah beliau berkeyakinan bahawa Islam boleh
tertegak di Malaysia melalui kuasa Raja/Sultan .bukan melalui piliharaya
Saya amat tertarik dgn teori beliau tersebut, cuma saya tidak mempunyai
rakan yg sehaluan dgn fikrah tersebut. Malah sebelum ini, tiap kali saya
nmengajukan pandangan penting melihat fungsi dan kepentingan Raja dalam
budaya politik Melayu di dalam merangka hala tuju politik islam di
Malaysia, saya dikatakan masih lagi berfikir didalam kerangka budaya
politik lama- Feudalism. dan feudalism sudah tidak mendapat tempat dalam
dunia demokrasi moden hari ini. Raja2 dianggap elemen tradisi yg hanya
menghabiskan pembendaharaan negara kerana elaun dan majlis keraian mereka.
Cuma apabila fenomena 'kebangkitan semula peranan Raja Melayu' baru-baru
ini menyebabkan saya berminat untuk melihat kembali 'teori yg pernah
didokongi sebelum ini. Pada asasnya kuasa Raja melayu wujud melalui 3
sumber. Pertama, dalam Pelembagaan Persekutuan, kedua, melalui
Perlembagaan atau undang2 Tubuh negeri dan yg ketiga - dalam psiki-politik
org melayu. Sumber yg pertama dan kedua boleh fahami melalui skema dan
perbahasan undang2 (rujuk pandangan terkini Prof Aziz Bari dalam kemelut
penglibatan Raja dalam politik tanahair ). walaubagaimanapun sumber yg
ketiga- Raja dan Kuasa Raja dalam Psiki Politik Melayu menjangkaui
perbahasan undang2 kerana ia melibatkan soal sejarah, political sosiologi
dan psikologi. Justeru Peranan raja sebenarnya menyentuh isu budaya
politik (political culture) dan budaya perundangan (legal culture). Soal
'budaya' bukanlah sesuatu yg remeh. Menidakkan peranan 'budaya' seumpama
menidakkan kewujudan bangsa itu sendiri. Begitulah juga soal peranan Raja
dalam budaya politik melayu. Dan Politik islam juga perlu memperhalusi
soal budaya politik ini.
Semua bersetuju, perjuangan menegakan islamic-polity di malaysia mestilah
melalui metode yg berbetulan dgn perlembagaan dan undang2 negara
Perjuangan parti2 politik dan NGOs yg berhasrat utk menegakan islam di
Malaysia sejak dulu lagi masih lagi mengikut lunas2 perlembagaan dan
undang2 negara ini.Justeru penglibatan dlm pilihanraya, berdemontrasi,
petisyen, siaraya, dakwah dll adalah sebahagian daripada gerak kerja yg
harus disisi undang2 walaupun kadangkala disekat. Sudah hampir 50 tahun
kita berada di dalam kancah tersebut. Namun saya melihat kita tidak pernah
melihat 'ruang' Raja dan institusinya sebagai satu 'ruang' yg cukup
efektif utk menegakan islam. Ruang tersebut hanya digunakan dalam bentuk
ad hoc semata2- apabila timbul isu, barulah berlumba2 kita cuba mendekati
raja. Yg terkini apabila, Raja 'menunjukan kuasa' mereka barula kita
berlumba-lumba menyokongnya. .bergema suara melayu -Daulat Tuanku ! Tidak
pernah saya tersua dgn strategi bagaimana dakwah atau politi-silam perlu
sampai ke istana. Sedangkan kalau di lihat sejarah kita, ulama dahulu
berpolitik untuk menegakan islam melalui dakwah mereka ke istana. Dan yg
menariknya juga Inggeris suatu ketika dulu juga 'berpolitik' melalui
institusi ini - bagaimana anak2 raja yg bakal menjadi raja seawal umur 12
tahun telah ditawarkan belajar di England. Anak2 raja ini telah
'ditarbiyah' oleh mereka dahulu dalam jangkamasa yg cuku lama. Dan anak2
raja ini yg menjadi raja2 negeri atau YDPA selepas itu. Kita berhempas
pulas cuba menegakan islam melalaui demokrasi i,e. p/raya, dan mencari2
mad'u untuk diberi kefahaman islam, tetapi terlepas pandang satu elemen
penting yg sudah lama wujud, baik di dalam Pelembagaan, undang2 tubuh
negeri dan psiki rakyat malaysia - Raja dan Institusinya. ..
salam
afandi salleh
Durham
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| Wednesday, 26-Mar-2008 09:06 |
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POEM
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Found this in KUSZA TALK: A CONTEMPORARY PEOM
24 March 2008
Puisi Hari Ahad: Menjunjung Adab
(Menatap wajah Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Wathiqu Billah
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah
Shah)
Tuanku, adalah mizan keadilan
payung hemah kebijaksanaan
titah tuanku penuh pertimbangan
enggan bukan tiada beralasan
Tuanku, adalah mizan keamanan
neraca ilmu kesejahteraan
tindak tuanku menampung keselamatan
bening wajah membendung kebajikan
Beginilah rakyat menjunjung adab
keluar barisan masuk bulatan
tuanku duduk dalam pusaran
tiada kami kenal derhaka
tuanku di tengah kami menjaga
Tuanku, meniti rapi tareqat ulama
leluhur tuanku perintis kesufian
nama tuanku kemuliaan imam
kasih tuanku harapan baharu
sepenuh hati menjunjung tuanku
Sepenuh hati menjunjung tuanku.
Luar Istana Negara
24 mac 2008
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