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Last Friday we did what we thought we would never do. We had a picnic on a road divider, just like the locals do. The saving grace is, the road divider is by the Red Sea, next to the Mesjid Terapong, a popular must visit land mark for Malaysian pilgrims. Di tebing Laut Merah Ombak menggulung mengucup tiang-tiang Mesjid Terapung seperti aku sujud di sejadah setiap kali aku singgah sebagai

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malam berjela-jela panjangnya tidak dapat ku ukur lagi dengan zikir dan ratib lalu aku pun terlena membisikkan namamu terasa kucupan bibir paling manis hangat nafasmu, membarakan nafsuku lidah menerjah menaikkan ghairah lalu aku merangkul tubuhmu yang tiada di sisiku dan malam tidak terus mengulit kerana aku terjaga dan mencari di mana kamu sebenarnya sudikah hadir menemani tidurku supaya

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Friday is an off day in Saudi, and other Gulf Nations. Friday mornings are the best time to explore places, try out new roads, and do grocery shopping. Most of the Arabs sleep until late (read 12 noon) , and places are empty and quiet. I prefer to take it easy too on a Friday morning. It is time to lean back on my recliner, catch up with my day dreaming, and think about possibilities life can

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Class of 2011, British International School, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Amirul turned nineteen on 24th January. He was born in 1993, in a year of the Rooster by the Chinese horoscope. I too am a Rooster. And they say, Roosters are egotistical people, and there are not enough rooms for two Rooster egos. Wow.  They also say, Roosters are loyal, honest, ambitious, creative, direct, and work hard to

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After I wrote the '27 Must Do things'...I became tired mentally. On hind sight, I don't want to DO things anymore.  I often start my daily work routine by writing down a 'Must Do' List. As a matter of habit, I also start a new year with a Must Do list for the year. At the beginning of this January for example, I have drawn up enough things I must do in 2012 which would make  a head of state's

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It was 2001. Andrew, the Big Boss of HR for the Asia Pacific Region looked at us, then casted his eyes as far as he (and we) can see. We were on top of the Victoria Peak in Hong Kong for a team building and visioning session. His calm assertiveness drew us to listen to every word he said, or didn't say. Even in silent, he was communicating something. Such was his leadership aura. I was one of

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"Have you re activated your Facebook?"  My wife saw me on my laptop having an occasional grunt and grin.  My eyes met hers. I saw a look of sympathy on her face, probably thinking that I have been suffering from some kind of withdrawal symptoms.  "No, I am doing fine actually without FB. But right now, I am just looking at the FB walls of our children using Luqman's FB account." She smiled. Then

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Seperti biasa, dia membawa secawan kopiHitam pekat, sedikit gulaPahit dan manisnya secukup rasaKerana dia sudah tahuApa kesukaanku. Hari ini, aku bertanyaapa namanya, dan bagaimana keluarganyaDari mana dia berasal, dan siapa yang dia rindukanHatinya gembira atau berduka?Kerana baru hari ini, setelah sekian lamaaku memikirkanAku belum mengenalinya, sebagaimana dia mengenaliku. Dia

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The distance from my house in Jeddah to the farm is about 190km. On any day, at any time of the day, the driving is dangerous due to drivers of Lorries, 4x4s, Sedans of various sizes and conditions, and pick-up trucks making the highway as their thrill-arena. They zoom, they overtake, they cross lanes, they stop and they even cross from one side of the high-way to the other, as they like. The

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Ø  My time spent on FB is out of proportion compared to how much or little I spend on more important things in my life.Ø  I am compulsively compelled to log on and peek to see what is happening on my wall and on the wall of others. Ø  FB has become the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do at night. Ø  FB has edged in and controlled my life.Ø  People are making assumptions about

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Jom kita berpuisi Puisi, pintalan kata bidalan rasa tenunan perasaan, luahan dendam titisan airmata di hujung kalam puisi, berbunga-bunga di dalam hati ada taman. Jom kita berpuisi kita gerakkan lapisan generasi lebih manafaatnya dari merempit lebih sihat dari mengungkit-ungkit biar budaya berpuisi segar mekar bunga-bunga melambai senusantara akar jauh ke pusat bumi pusaka pohon budaya rendang

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(Belum ada tajuk) 1. Enon panik! "Shiera ada bersama saya. Ibu usah mencari. Saya akan hubungi nanti!" Begitu kata-kata sms yang di terima dari pembantu rumah yang mesra dengan panggilan bibik. Bila Enon pulang dari tugas mengajar di sekolah tadi, bibik dan Shiera tiada di rumah. Shiera anak Enon berusia empat tahun. Di sangkanya bibik membawa Shiera ke taman permainan, seperti kebiasaan. Tanpa

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Under a canopy of stars…Mr. Z is probably the most social of all the Malaysians who work at the farm. Two days ago, he invited me to join him and a few others to go on an adventure into the desert for dinner at one of the camel and goat farms belonging to one of his Saudi friends. Since I don’t know the Saudis well enough, I was hesitant. When he told me that we will all contribute to pay for the

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Mencari Nasuha Tersentuh dahi ke sejadah airmata mambasahi ... rohani dan jasmani menjadi abdi menyesali merintih kepada yang kasih memohon dan mencari nasuha dari sudut hati. Fajr. Jeddah. 15.01.2012 ...   I touched you sleeping aloneI touched againyou were gone. Jeddah. 13.01.2012 ---- Berdiri keranaMu Ku berdiri menghadapNya di dini hari tiada lagi tulisan lama di dalam diari yang hingga

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Dua minggu aku di Malaysia di ahir bulan Disember 2011 - dan banyak juga hal-hal penting dapat diselesaikan. Di dalam kesibukan dan kepadatan jadual, sempat juga aku pulang ke Kelantan untuk satu hari - di hari Jumaat terahir 2011. Aku masih ingat perbualan aku dengan Nyonya kedai perabut di Kuala Krai Kelantan. "Ni rego mughoh terlajok doh nie (This price is already too low)" Kata Nyonya itu,

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The original article was written onFriday, 09 December 2011 07:14by Pengurus Web from http://www.one-ummah.netSuami sebagai pemimpin rumahtangga semestinya sentiasa kreatif dalam mendidik isteri. Allah SWT bekalkan kepada kaum lelaki kekuatan akal yang rasional, tidak terlalu emosional atau mudah didorong oleh perasaan. Lelaki tidak mudah tersinggung berbanding dengan wanita. Jika kekuatan akal

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Bercerai mati lain. Bercerai hidup lain. Bercerai mati tidak ada yang terluka di hati. Sedih ada. Terkilan pun mungkin ada. Namun kedamaian datang di dalam doa untuk roh suami atau isteri yang mendahului pergi. Pusara di ziarahi. Tiada cemburu, tiada ragu-ragu bahawa bekas suami atau bekas isteri berkasih sayang dengan kekasih baru. Sememangnya mereka bersama kekasih abadi, bertemu Illahi.

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I work at a prawn farm. Not just about any prawn farm, but the biggest of its kind in the world.The farm is located about 200 km to the south of Jeddah along the coastal road of the Red Sea. I fell in love with the place before I even found out about the job or the salary which I was being offered. I was enchanted, and dropped any rehearsed plan to negotiate for a competitive package.  I accepted

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Haziq is multi-talented, Mashaallah. He captures the most beautiful pictures, creates amazing videos, and I now discover, to my amazement, he writes poems too. This one and five other poems which he has written are included in my recently launched book of poetry adn sajak, "Echo of Silence - Masih di Sini" He is now in his final year of an IB course.  The Old Man, The Worried Wifeby Haziq

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I have been watching the 'speedometer' of my blog - and it has been moving at snail-pace. Between 27th December 2011 to 9th Jan 2012, the number of page views fell below 200 on 2 days! The highest on 27th December was only 345. Those are low numbers. I am determined to improve the readership of my blog, and to entice more readers and surfers to arrive and stay for a while.  So I reflect...

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The verdict was written all over. Guilty! They screamed. Prison! The echo from many blogs was loud and clear.  And, there are silent judges too, passing their own judgement one way or another. I am included! Last night before going to bed, I updated my FB status Pak Pin‎901 di Jeddah...inshaallah akan timbul matahari di ufuk Timur...memberi harapan akan damailah hati yang memberontak...akan

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In trying to impress your superior, don’t go too far in displaying your talents or you may accomplish the opposite. Bosses like to think they are smarter than you are. Make your boss appear to be more brilliant than they actually are, and you will be his favorite staff for ever.The same goes when you are in the presence of a VIP. By nature, a VIP likes attention and the spot like. The Very

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“The Buck stops here!” is probably the best way for anyone to say that he is holding himself accountable.Responsibility can be shared, but accountability must be absolute. You are either accountable for something or you are not!A salesman is accountable for getting sales order; but his responsibility in doing so can be shared with his peers from Marketing, Production, Logistics etc. If the sales

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Signing a copy of "Echo of Silence" for Amri Known as MBC, the Malaysian Business Council in Jeddah has been at the forefront of promoting business opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Malaysian entrepreneurs who have what it takes to venture out into this challenging playing field.MBC has successfully hosted many Malaysian VVIP visits to Jeddah , official and personal, organizing

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Kesemuanya, 2800 orang bermastautin di ladang udang tempat Mat Din bekerja. Bilangan terbesar  ialah dari Bangladesh, diikuti olih pekerja dari Nepal, Indonesia. Filipina, India, Sri Lanka dan lain-lain. Pekerja tempatan dari Saudi ada lebih kurang 400 orang tetapi mereka ramai yang menginap di rumah keluarga masing2 di kampung-kampung berdekatan.Hanya dua orang dari Malaysia, Mat Din dan Pak

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Kemelut Mendung di langit Berpusar awan hitam Di dalam hati ku berdetik Gusar mengintai Kamu berlalu bersama malam. Kemelut perasaan Mewarnai erti persahabatan Kami pun mengharapkan Turunlah hujan Hanyutkan ke muara satu keresahan Dan kemelut perasaan Kerana di tebing nilai dan budi Persahabatan masih teguh berdiri.

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http://www.mmail.com.my/content/88177-ariffin-man-many-talents?quicktabs_2=0 Setelah bercuti selama dua minggu, saya pulang ke pejabat semalam. Ramai juga kawan2 datang bertemu, bertanya khabar dan mengucapkan tahniah kerana saya baru saja menerima menantu. Kawan-kawan berbangsa Arab, cara mereka sedikit berlainan dari bangsa-bangsa lain. Mereka datang terus memeluk dan melagakan pipi. Soalan

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Kita hidup dalam masyarakat! Mahu tak mahu, ada kala nya kita terikut2 dengan adat resam dan budaya. Ada kalanya, kita terdesak untuk mengikut arus, lantas kita juga mungkin sama hanyut ke laut walaupun kita tahu sekiranya kita berkuatkan nekad dan istiqamah dan sanggup melawan arus, kita boleh selamat. "Happy new year, wak!" saya sapa kawan lama. Janggutnya yang dulu hitam sudah mula putih. Dia

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 Bismillah Hirrahman Nirrahim.Assalamualaikum warrahmatullah hi wabarakatuh, salam sejahtera,  Yang saya muliakan, Pengerusi Majlis.Tetamu kehormat, Yang Berbahagia, Datuk Johan Jaaffar. Saya amat menghargai kesudian Datuk Johan untuk hadir dan merasmikan upacara pelancaran buku pertama saya.Yang saya hormati, Yang berbahagia Dato Zuraidah Atan.Wakil-wakil Media, ahli keluarga saya, dan rakan2

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I spent a good part of my day today visiting, enquiring & negotiating with two book store chains to list my book in their stores. I spent the second good part of my day today trying to make sense out of some shocking revelation of the trade. For starter, if your use the services of the book store subsidiary company to distribute your book, be prepared to pay 60% (Sixty Percent) of the retail

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"You have created something very interesting..." - A VIP when shown the manuscript. "I showed the book to a few professors, they like it and want to attend the launch..."- Dato' Zuraidah Atan. "A friend of mine shed tears while reading one of your poems. And she doesn't even know you!"- A friend. "When I read your sajak, "Malam ini, aku rindu", I reflected on my personal experience of missing my

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Pelancaran buku "Masih Di Sini & Echo of Silence" will be held on 28th December 2011. Yang Berbahagia Datuk Johan Jaaffar, the chairman of Media Prima will be officiating the launch. "Masih Di Sini", buku koleksi sajak dan "Echo of Silence" is a book of poetry, and both are combined into ONE book of 245 pages. Dato' Zuraidah Atan who has written the foreword for "Echo of Silence" will also be

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I was moved and swallowed my emotion hard.There in front of me were eleven new converts to Islam, their faces glowing and their eyes clear. They looked peaceful and pious in white Jubah. Two of them even sporting goatie. I was there to honor them, and was asked by the organizer, the Dakwah department of the company to  say a few words. I took the microphone, gazed into the faces of the eleven,

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"Who is designing you book cover?" Fudzail asked me this afternoon when we were on GTalk.Fudzail's first book, "Waikato" was published in 1999. Since then he has written a few more books and they are available in most bookstores."Ermm, being designed by my editor together with the printer!" I replied. Then I quickly added, "...and I am happy with what they have done!"Haziq and Fariz!"Your son

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Pendahuluan“Masih Di Sini,” itulah jodol buku pertama saya, sebuah koleksi sajak-sajak peribadi. Bagaikan pungguk yang rindukan bulan, sekeping hati insan yang merindui sering merintih untuk bertemu yang di cintai walaupun hanya di dalam mimpi. Begitulah sajak-sajak di dalam buku ini, walaupun bahasa mungkin berkias, yang tersurat dan tersirat semuanya ikhlas dari hati. Tidak hairan lah jika ada.

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Sungguh gembira pagi ini apabila menerima 'Kata-kata Aluan' untuk buku saya yang akan di terbitkan dan di lancarkan Bulan Disember nanti.Penulis kata-kata aluan tu bukan calang-calang orang. Beliau sendiri sudah menulis lima buah buku dan kesemua nya berada di pasaran.Jadi menerima pujian dari beliau memberi satu suntikan motivasi kepada diri saya....Buat masa ini saya rahsia kan dulu

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"Lillah hita'ala" Setiap kali kita pasang niat di dalam hati untuk setiap rukun dan wajib Haji, kita akan membisikkan, "Lillah hita'ala" di dalam niat itu. "Kerana Allah Ta'ala!" Jika kita sebenar2nya membuat ibadah 'Kerana Allah', kita harus lah mengerti dan memahami apa yang di kehendaki Allah dari ibadah kita. Adakah Allah ingin melihat gambar2 kita sewaktu kita tawaf? atau melontar? Perlu

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13 hb November 1983 - sudah 28 tahun berlalu. Banyak dugaan dan cabaran telah kita lalui bersama. Ada kala nya kita hampir saja mengaku kalah. Ada ketikanya kita tidak mampu lagi melangkah. Namun, kita gagahi juga. Masih banyak saat-saat manis yang telah kita ciptakan bersama. Senyum dan tawa, bersama anak-anak dan juga ketika kita hanya berdua...bagaikan satu ikatan kasih sayang di simpul mati.

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At 2 am tomorrow morning my wife and I will be joining other Malaysian Jemaah boarding a bus which will take us to Mekah. This will be my second time doing Haj, and I am doing this Haj for my late father who died when I was ten. My late mother, alhamdullillah, had the opportunity and did perform her Haj many years before she died in 2002.I performed my own Haj together with my wife in 2003. It

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Ustaz Hassan. Kain Ihram dan Sejadah di beri kepada jemaah.  Petang tadi kami mengikuti kuliah Haji yang di kendalikan oleh ustaz Hassan yang datang khas dari Riyadh. InshaAllah tahun ini, pada malam 2 hb November, aku bersama isteri akan bertolak dari kediaman kami di Jeddah menuju ke Mekah untuk tawaf selamat datang, dan seterusnya ke Mina di mana kami akan berkemah sehingga hari Wukuf di

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How long must a piece of string bebefore it can be tied into knots?how long before one can seethat life's best lessons are from hard knocks!Below are TEN of lessons from my own school of hard knocks: 1. It is better to be heard than to be taken for granted! >  If you have a point of view, say it! If you have a question, ask! If you have feelings, express them! 2. Don't fear a fall, instead learn

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Today I went to Ara Damansara - motivated by a little adventure of looking at properties there, a location unknown to me. The Oasis condominium to be specific. Today was my first time, and I drove there based on verbal instruction from the real estate agent, Mr. Deon. Except for a little confusion at the criss cross road somewhere near the Subang Parade, I got there without much difficulty. Well.

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Initially I wanted to keep my short whirlwind trip to Malaysia a secret.I wanted to spend the one week in ways I want to without any obligation or commitment to anyone. But...i am a social person at heart! After only 3 days of living a solitary life amongst the crowd, especially with good friends only a phone call away I can't take it anymore! I must say hello to my friends...I need to share some

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Professional Malays, due to our self-censorship which we develop from being told to 'diam dan dengar' when we were young and growing up, tend to do more passive listening and not speaking up enough when and where it matters. Observations tell you that Malays who rise to senior positions are those who not only listen actively, but also speak their mind, and assertive in pushing through with their

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I have met a few friends from the past who had expressed their surprise at how I have changed. An  old friend from STAR told me that he remembered me as a quiet boy from Kelantan, a bit 'comot' and a bit 'beringus!' That was his perception and that was the picture he carried with him, until he stumbled into my blog and until we met.Of course, I am delighted that he now knows me as the person I

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Berpura-pura tidak tahupantang mengaku tidak berilmuresmi sotong di lautan birumengeluarkan dakwat menutup malu!Fantasi menjadi seorang puterimelihat cermin menilai diribergincu bibir, berbedak pipibergaya menyandang beg Gucciberkasut Jimmy Choo bertumit tinggitersenyum memuji diri sendiri!Cerdik biarlah berguru'blur' tanyalah arahcantik namun palsubotox mewarnai wajah.di dalam terang lagi

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"Absence makes the heart grows fonder....", I quoted an old adage."Absence makes my mind wonders....." Said my neighbour Uteh.We both laughed. I spent long hours by the pool side accompanying her who was accompanying her only son swimming. That was during the time we lived in Singapore.And she knew exactly why I laughed.....and at that too, she laughed out loud.Uteh learned the hard way. When her

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When a person tells another person he or she is courting, let us go with the flow, that spells bad news. Put it another way, she or he isn't that much into the relationship. One of the reasons for doing so is to be polite instead of saying, 'You are not my type'. Ten out ten couples who go on a 'follow the flow' arrangement does not end up down stream at the estuary of love. Many in fact flowed

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Imagine if ...The REAL news vs the twists...:-Situasi sebenar : Seorang nenek pegi kedai beli ubi, tiba-tiba dilanggar beca lalu mati di tempat kejadian.Buletin Utama - "Nenek meninggal dunia, pemandu beca dicari."Harian Metro - "Hangat! Nenek mati dengan ubi di tangan."Utusan Malaysia - "Nenek mati dilanggar beca. Satu propaganda pembangkang?"Harakah - "Kami tiada beca."Malaysiakini - "Beca

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Malaysian leaders do visit and meet Malaysian Professionals overseas, including those in the Middle East!Pre-amble:1. According to a World Bank report, Malaysians residing and working overseas touched 1,000,000 in 2009.2. The Middle East is a gold-mine which is attracting Malaysians expats, especially the Muslims!3. There are more than 10,000 Malaysians in UAE, Qatar, and Saudi combined!4. In the

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At 3.10pm today I boarded flight MH150 to Jeddah with a mixed feeling. Leaving behind four of our children and others whom we love was hard. At the same time, there was peace in my heart about returning to Jeddah.  Work and deadlines awaited me. Not only that, a 35+ degree heat and sandstrom as well. But it was not what awaited me which made me felt good. It was, ironically, what I were also

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 Adlil Hafiz. Rosliza.  Adlil Hafiz dan RoslizaAdi n IzaSelamat bertunang dan selamat di ijabkabulkan sebagai suami isteri, besok 3 September 2011.Semoga Allah permudahkan segala urusan, dan memberi Hidayah dan Rahmat sebagai pasangan beriman, hidup di dalam kerukunan dan kebahagiaan.Penantian berahir,Namun, kehidupan baru bermula.Jodoh itu takdir,Namun, kasih sayang itu usaha.

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On the First day of Hari Raya, after the sunnah Prayer and the salam-salam bermaaf-maafan, we posed for our annual Raya family photo! The official Raya Theme for this year is Gold / Yellow. Somehow, like all things we do, we break our own rule! But believe me, all of us has bought a yellow or a gold colored outfit!MIL and wife managed to keep their composure throughout the hilarious photo session

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For Sale or to Let! 500metre from Tesco, in Cheng Baru Melaka!Suitable for car show room, workshop, restaurant, or office!Rental: RM 2500 per month! Sale : RM 499,000.Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from STC

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Having been home for three days, I can share a few things I have and have not done. 1. I have not yet been to any Bazaar Ramadan. I just don't have the urge for it. I started to question the hygiene of some of the food on offer, knowing that some of them were prepared from early morning to be eaten after dusk. 2. I have not been to any Buffet Breakfasting! I have heard of too many cases of huge

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My wife and two sons came to meet me at the KLIA. By 1145am we were on our way, to Bandar Sri Putra because I wanted to view a house we purchased there and we wish to sell. It was a good diversion since my next appointment was at 2pm in Shah Alam. When we arrived in Bandar Sri Putra, I asked my son to drive first into Bukit Mahkota, to take a look at the bungalow lot we have purchased some

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When I received an invitation from UiTM to give a talk on the topic of 'Global Opportunities to Local Graduates' I happily and promptly accepted. I am truly excited with the opportunity to share some of my own professional and personal experience in a way which can motivate our young generation of leaders to leave their comfort zones and challenge themselves to places beyond their own

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Yesterday morning I was locked out!Okey, my mind was pre-occupied with things. My hands were also full - with thrash bags, my lap top bag on my shoulder, cat's food and what I thought were house and gate keys. Bang...I slammed the door closed with my foot. I put the cat's food down under the shade where the cats normally feed, and walked to the rubbish bin outside on the street.  I then thought I

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I have been told many times and by different people that I am lucky! A few of them would go on to elaborate why they think I am lucky. I listen. Not because I don't know about my life any better than they do, but because I too can become naively curious about what others see in me. Call it vanity if you like! If the person talking is a male, they normally say things related to my family. How

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"Abang tu memang baik hati tidak bertempat, dan marah pun tidak bertempat!" Suara Lina masih terngiang-ngiang di telinga Idham. Bukan sekali, bukan dua kali, dan tidak juga tiga kali. Bah kan sudah beberapa kali Idham tersungkur, tertiarap, jatuh bagai kan nangka berulat di tangkai.  Dan setiap kali itu juga Lina telah mengulangi kata-kata yang di anggap Idham sebagai berpuaka.Berbedzanya, kali

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Begitu lah ramainya mengelilingi Kaabah ketika selesai solat Maghrib tadi.Sedang menunggu Azan. Bayangkan, ratusan ribu manusia berkumpul d Mesjidil Haram sewaktu Iftar tadi. Bayangkan kebanyakan daripada mereka tidak membawa sebarang bekal untuk berbuka kecuali doa dan tawakal dengan rezki Allah. Kemudian bayangkan ketika azan bergema...dan ratusan ribu manusia tadi, kesemuanya, memakan tamar

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Fuad Abdullah was the best student in STAR for the MCE exams in 1971.It has been the tradition of the school to engrave the names of Best Students on a plaque hanged on the wall of fame in the school hall.However you can't find Fuad Abdullah's name. The name you can see taking that space is Yeoh Keat Hean!There is an enlightening explaination to that. In 1978, one year after his graduation with

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Expats account for  as high as 70 percent of the employment market. In the labor category, it is 100 percent! This unique feature opens up opportunities for other nationals to flock to the Middle East. Malaysians included.When I left the UAE in 2009, there were about  4000 Malaysians working there. In Dubai alone, there were around 3000. Now, in Jeddah, there are around 1000 Malaysians registered

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I am taking a bold move to place my name as the title of my blog. I am owning up to every thing I will be writing here. This will be my forum, to express or digress, as I wish.  Owing up! A definition I found on the web says, own up confess, admit, tell the truth, come clean, come out of the closet (informal), example use in a sentence Last year my friend owned up to having an affair. Although I

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didI rented an Oldsmobile! My first experience of driving an American car, on American roadwhich was obviously on the 'wrong' side!I was a young engineer with Texas Instruments when I was chosen to work on a project at the HQ, in Dallas Texas for three months.It was my first business trip ever! The Americans had problems pronouncing my name as A-R-I-F-F-I-N, and most of them would say,

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Sudah lima hari Rosman terlantar di atas katil di dalam kamar SJ08, hospital swasta lima bintang itu. SJ08, ialah bilik ke-lapan untuk Sakit Jantung. Kesemuanya ada sepuloh bilik. Lagi dua kosong. Ke dua penghuni sudah pulang, tetapi bukan ke rumah masing2. Mereka pulang ke Rahmatullah. Seorang malam tadi selepas maghrib, dan se orang lagi awal pagi tadi. Tidak sempat mereka menyambut Ramadan

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Saya hairan! Sewaktu di Malaysia baru2 ini, banyaknya kain rentang mengiklankan 'Juadah berbuka puasa' dengan berbagai pakej dan promosi di hotel2 ~! Waktu itu, umat Islam sepatutnya di ingatkan dengan rukun2 dan hikmah2 berpuasa. Minda anak-anak seharusnya di dedahkan dengan sunah2 Rasul ketika berpuasa, ketika berbuka puasa, dan juga ibadah sebelah malam! Bukan nya di celarukan minda anak2

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Mengenai kartun.Kesian kat anak!Belum pun faham apa erti divorce sudah di ganggu emosi dengan keruntuhan rumah tangga ibu bapa!Mengenai tajuk berita d bawah kartun.Membuat saya teringat kepada tanah air tercinta!

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An orange is just an orange, until you see a Sunkist~! That is the power of branding. Seeing a Sunkist little blue sticker gives us the confidence to pick up that particular orange, and not just any oranges. Before we pay for it at the check out counter, we already can smell it, and taste it in our mouth, simply by seeing that blue sticker.The brand promises us a certain type of taste, and a

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When we were leaving for our vacation on June 28, we instructed to water our lemon grass and banana plants. I came home last night to a very green patch of wild grass surrounding our lemon grass and providing company to our two banana seedlings.Wow! Now I anxiously await my next water bill. I wonder how much water he had used to turn my little dry patch into an oasis.I also wonder, if this is

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Hidangan penuh meja...mujur pinggan nasi tak terjatuh~! Alhamdullillah, rezki kami menjamu selera d rumah Pak Zawi~!Menerima hadiah sebuah lukisan - Terima Kasih Pak Zawi~! Semoga Allah jua yang membalas dengan bertambah rezki dan sihat bahagia di samping isteri ~!Dengan izin Allah, tiba saya dan keluarga ke rumah Pak Zawi, a friend whom I met in the blogsphere.This is our second meeting, after

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August 2002.Aku pulang dari Singapore dengan serta merta setelah mendapat berita ibu sakit tenat. Hari itu hari Isnin. Baru semalam aku meninggalkan ibu, dan berbual2 dengannya.D antara kata ibu yang sentiasa menjadi kenangan hingga kini, "Pin pergi lah ke Mekah, buat haji. Dah macam2 Allah bagi rezki dan rahmat"Petang Ahad itu aku berjanji dengan ibu, "Ya mak saya berjanji akan ke Mekah,

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Dr Ishak Mas'ud, the founder and principle of the Hospital Al Islam specialist center in Kg Baru, is an old friend from school. I met him today, in his office at the hospital, firstly as his patient, but more fondly as a reunion of two old friends.  He is as humble today as he was more than 30 years ago in school, despite his successes and being the founder of the hospital which now employs 200

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Alfredo Aquilino, se orang berbangsa Filipina, berwatak ceria namun pendiam. Senyuman tidak pernah lekang dari wajahnya. Sudah lima tahun beliau bekerja di Ladang Udang kami, bertugas sebagai pemandu untuk pengurusan. Alfredo berugama Kristian Katholik, seperti juga keseluruhan keluarga nya yang di tinggalkan di Filipina. Ada waktu nya dia memandu aku dari Jeddah ke ladang, dan ketika aku

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Reading - is a good way of stretching the imagination! Ideas are the best natural resources which have made the most significant impact on humans. It was an idea by Edison which lighted up the world. Bell made it possible for voices to be transmitted. A certain Steve at Apple created various fun gadgets which can fill a whole i-zone!. The same goes to the makcik or pakcik who created Budu and

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Setelah membaca lapuran ahbar di SINI, aku terpanggil untuk menulis reaksi aku sendiri. Di bawah nukilan rasa....Obedient Wives Club international vice-president Dr Rohaya Mohamad (right) says women need to fulfill their husbands’ sexual needs to prevent them from straying. With her is the club’s Malaysian chapter representative Fauziah Ariffin. — Picture by Clara ChooiKerana aku se orang Islam..

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Winning a prize for a look-alike photo contest~! (2006) Amirul receiving his certificate~! A proud moment... Read more »

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Gambar di ambil di Dubai - 2009~! Saya suka style 'hug and kiss' yang di amalkan oleh orang2 Arab. Apabila bertemu, lelaki akan hug dan kiss kawan2 lelaki mereka. Jika sudah rapat ada tali persaudaraan, mereka gesel2 hidung. Jika orang muda bertemu ayah, datuk atau pak saudara yang berusia mereka cium dahi. I like ~! Saya juga sudah terikut2 budaya ini - dengan kawan Arab dan juga dengan

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 2007: Di Tok Bali ~! Perjalanan pulang dari Kuala Lumpur ke Kuala Krai, singgah di tepi pantai untuk berehat!  Only two days ago I wrote about 'Pongoh' and 'Gedebe!'- or 'Temper with a don't give a damn attitude' and how I have changed for the better. Oh well...What a premonition! This morning, while I din't lose my temper, I displayed my 'Gedebe' in the face of one 'Kurang Ajar' - or 'ill

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 Cili, jika di makan mesti lah terasa pedaasnya~! Baik lah makan tomato dan nenas tu jika tak tahan pedas~!  'Pongoh' is Kelantan speak for  'Panas Baran' or 'Hot tempered'. Orang Kelantan dulu2 ramai yang 'Pongoh'. Di sertai pula dengan sikap  'Gedebe', or 'Berani, Come what may', lalu timbullah satu reputation orang Kelantan sebagai 'Pongoh dan Suka bergaduh!' Read more »

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Haziq is in the final semester of IB year 1.Tonight I was asked by Haziq (16, and our fifth child),  to fill up an assessment form - with a few pointed questions about my perspective of Haziq's interests, achievements outside of school environment, and his areas of strengths. Fortunately he didn't give me a time limit, like most tests do. Otherwise I might have failed!  :-)I have taken 'knowing'

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Ok, nak story satu kesah yang sedang saya alami sekarang! I mean now as I am writing this via my BlackBerry!I'm at an iz0n service center, kiranya specialist center for all the Apple Gadgets lah! I'm here to repair our MacBook Pro yang kerosakan. When I arrived ada 2 orang wanita berjubah hitam dan berkaca mata hitam dan memakai bling bling di jari dan di lengan di depan di dalam queue. Kedai

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Sonata Model 2012. We received one of these in dark grey color tonight, finally~!...The first promise was for last Wednesday.So I rushed back from the farm. The children were excited. We were planning to take a joy ride in the new car over the weekend.Alas...Read more »

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This picture was taken at the Hyundai show room parking lot~!When we were living in the security compound, we managed with one car. If anyone from the family wished to go anywhere while I was at work, there was a limousine service available from the compound itself. One phone call to the reception office - khalash, everything arranged! Now, not only we need a private driver, we also need a second

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Not too big, and not too small...just nice ~!Front view, with the mosque a short walk away~!Main living room~!Finally, we are settled and nestled well and good in our new home. Paintings are up adorning the walls. Furnitures are in placed at their rightful spots. ACs are working. Water supply has been restored. And perhaps, most importantly of all, our aching back and sore limbs have also

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Out of the blue today, I felt like putting on a Ghutra ( Saudi head cover for men, melayu calls Serban) before driving out with my wife. In full gear~! A Malaysian and an Italian! While stuck in a massive traffic jam (the local schools have started their one week holiday), I realized that other drivers were giving me way like I have never experienced before. Cars actually slowed down to let

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I have asked one of my friends who is going back to Malaysia for a vacation to buy and help bring for me a copy of Tun M's memoir, the 'Doctor in the house' ! I would not have been aware of this book if not for the noises made by supporters and detractors in the blog-sphere. There are enough reviews in various blogs that I feel like I have read the whole book before I can hold one in my hand.

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Night scene of Jeddah on the Red Sea.  Jeddah city is the gateway to the Holy City of Mecca and Medinah for most Muslims coming for pilgrimage or umrah and ziarah. The name Jeddah meaning the "Ancestor of Women" is attributable to the tomb in the city which is believed to belong to Eve. Today, it is not however possible to see that interesting place since the Saudi Arabian government had the

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On February 17th, a group of Malaysians, many of whom we had not met before, got together for an overnight stay at Le Riverview Resort, one of the sea-side resorts in Jeddah. We got ourselves a two bedroom villa - conveniently located next to the pool and only about 50 meters from the beach. Pictures below are worth a thousand words... One of the rare occassions when Amirul and Haziq appeared

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My neighbor in Saudi, Steve,  broke up with his wife of twenty years. He fell hard - shattering not only his heart but his dreams.His wife had gone for a vacation to their home country, and called in to say she was not coming back. Not only she was not coming back, she wanted out of his life.True to their culture, she was honest. "I have found another man, and he is accepting me for who I am!"He

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Men, or Muslim men to be specific, when they hit 40+ face their mid-life crisis. Some feel the need to validate their 'manhood', and for this group they somehow think that such validation has higher value if done by a 20 something, gullible and bunny eyed dolly~! Others simply has the urge to answer the call of nature to pollinate as many ovaries as he possibly could - including those belonging

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Will all married men or women who have never had a fight with your spouse, please raise your hands!Okay, I only see one hand in the audience."Tell me ma'am, how do you manage not to have a fight?" Silence and lots of blinking."Oh, okay. How many years have you been married ma'am?"A smile across her face. Then rather shyly she answers, "Two months!"The rest of the audience applause! That, in

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I received a call from Dato Wan Asmadi, the President of Malaysian Business Council (MBC) di Jeddah early morning today to tell me that my son Amirul was in the Saudi National News paper - the Arab News.There was a whole page article about what he and his colleagues have achieved. There were a few things about the accomplishment which made me proud...the entrepeneur spirit he showed in getting

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Written by Ariffin Mamat for STAR dot My. Tiba-tiba teringatkan anak2 kita, the young STARIANS di Tingkatan Lima yang sedang menghadapi peperiksaan SPM sekarang ini. Apa agaknya perasaan mereka? Adakah mereka juga berdebar2 setiap kalimemasuki dewan, seperti berdebarnya aku pada penghujung tahun 1975 dulu? Bagaimanakah persediaan mereka? Semoga mereka lebih bersedia dari aku dan kawan2 yang

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Through out my career I have seen, again and again, people who go the extra mile find it easier to move up their career ladder. They are happier and more confident with themselves too! Going the extra mile may sound trivial and simple. However only a few actually go the extra mile as a matter of habit. For this group of people, it is part of their DNA. Let us discuss what does it take to make '

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Menjadi rendah diri hati. Ketika kita berada di mercu kejayaan, kita biasanya tidak berfikir tentang situasi sekiranya kita jatuh ke bawah. Kita sering terlupa kepada mereka yang menyumbang ke arah kejayaan kita, terutamanya jika mereka lebih cenderung menyembunyi diri dari 'spotlight'. Ironisnya tak kala berada di puncak lah kita harus lebih memandang ke bawah, memerhati dan mengambil

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"Happy Anniversary !"This is a special month for my wife and I. Tomorrow, 13th November, we will be celebrating our 27th Anniversary, as husband and wife, a life-long partnership. And if we add to that the three years of our friendship prior to our marriage, it means we have known each other for 30 years. I have not spent as much of my life time with anyone else - than with my wife. We are as

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At the top of my list is the above painting adorning a special corner in our house. It was her very first painting. Since then she has painted a couple more...as farewell gifts for her friends in Dubai.This special painting was created by Lil's fingers, following the flow of her heart! :-)Painting: Taman Syifa'Artist: Abu Bakar IdrisStudio: Galeri Chandan www.360kl.com Purchased at an arts

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Above: In conversation with our Malaysian leaders! Above: posing with Dato Sri JJ - Duta Besar Malaysia ke USA.Below: Group photo with invitees to the Iftar at the residence of Dato' Hidayat ( in green baju melayu standing in between myself and Dato JJ) - Consul General Malaysia in Jeddah. Again and again, I have this unique opportunity to meet with Malaysian politicians, Senior Government

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The car park was full. I managed to get the last one right at the end. That didn't bother us. That morning was not like any other morning. I was happy and brimming with pride. My wife Aishah was seemingly just as happy, if not more. And she deserves to be, for while I was chasing my career it was her who had given the necessary attention to our children's education. That morning both of us were

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