dah tak belasan jang oi

Having dinner with family at home, with umi’s special recipe of nasi arab gulai kambing, and abah cracking some jokes, and my siblings jadi tukang gelak. Then, having a walk together to the mosque as maghrib adhan is making a call and filling some heart’s contentment by listening to pengajian kitab hikam. Whoa now seriously, what else can be better than this…? Subhanallah wa bihamdih, subhanallahil azim...

So here I am, in Subang Jaya, far away from ‘that’ college, updating yet again another blogpost for reasons uncertain. 3 minggu tak balik rumah rasa macam lama gilaaaaaa... (dan ini pun belum lagi uni life.. =.=). First week pergi KTJ sebab ada festival nasyid, second week ada Arabic fellowship trip ke muzium, third week ada friendly basketball di notts uni semenyih (which happens pagi tadi) and next week taktau la ada event apa pulak… @.@

I was like, betul ke aku nak amik CIE Alevel bulan 5 nanti? Haiz~

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“entering 20 in accord to Gregorian years...
to those who wished (esp family members), Allah yujzikumul kher katheer kaman.
'twas a double-degree day for me indeed; of getting wiser and of vp post freedom. thanks a bunch vp-mate Khadijah AJ, dear boss Mohammad Hijaz, and the one who let me borrowed his laptop r8 now Safuan Sabri... =D”

Oh well, the aforementioned fb status of mine did summed up of what’s happening Khamis lepas, except for the part ‘of getting wiser’ I guess.. wihihi~

Entah kenapa tahun ni aku macam banyak tersakitkan hati orang. Apabila ujian datang bertimpa-timpa dan akal aku pun dah macam bidan baru first time nak sambut baby, hati orang lain pula yang aku sakiti. Kalian, maafkan aku… TT_TT

That Allah is the most Merciful, family is the greatest strength that I have. and even though umi & abah macam susah nak comprehend my stories-of-aduan-sort, nasihat dan bebelan itu tak pernah lekang dari bibir mereka. Baso dio doh oghe tuo2 Klate dop…? =’)

Secondly, my guiding companions. =)

Nak dijadikan cerita, masa muslimin dan muslimat Muscom (baru dan lama) sedang bermesyuarat di surau, tiba-tiba berlaku kejutan budaya (culture shock). Pada ketika itu, aku tidak pernah menyangka bahawa surau al-saad akan bergema dengan nyanyian ‘selamat hari jadi’.  Kek dibawa keluar. Semua mata memandang aku, Aslam dan Anip. Berderau darah ke muka dan secara tidak langsung aku mengalami moderate tachycardia... haha. Bila masa entah diorang keluar beli kek secret recipe? Cehhh. And kepada tukang nyanyi, thanks aa.

Hari itu aku menginjak 20. Dan hari itu juga aku join kelab SiR (Seniors in Retirement). Sudah setahun kupikul bebanan ini, also with the fact that the ‘bebanan’ was only an official title. Secara tidak rasminya, sudah tentulah pangkat da’ie itu dibawa mati. Suatu peringatan kepada seniors yang membaca blog ini, harap maklum.

Sekian saja.

#ankle recovery: 80%. InsyaAllah minggu depan aku boleh kembali mengganas di atas court. Tak sangka shooting accuracy pun is badly affected…hmmm =|

Of PasirMas' random shots

and there's a lot more about Pasir Mas that inspired me

boleh lah check di link page ini

goodbye flickr, welcome facebook. haha!!!

assalamualaikum

Einstein: The Life of A Genius

those documents look real...

          Written by Walter Isaacson and was published first in 2009, the biography book of ‘Einstein: The Life of A Genius’ caught my eyes glued to its contents, with rare documents and facsimile brought to public attention, although there’s a few grammatical mistakes and typing errors that makes me flabbergasted quite a while. And not to forget, all thanks to Imran Rasid who let me borrow his book.

          Most people recognized Einstein as the person who proposed the idea of E=mc^2 and its related science of universe, also, to my continued amazement, with the fact that he experienced dyslexia in his early childhood years. But, I shall not tell dear readers in what’s his personal life was like, because it’s aplenty on the net !

Of religious views

“God whose existence could be determined in the harmonious beauty of the natural laws He had established, but who did not intervene in the day-to-day affairs of mankind.”

          This is one of Einstein’s famous quotes. ‘Twas quite obvious that his principle regarding religion has some similarities in what has been described by Spinoza – a Dutch philosopher – and the founders of United States like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. He sometimes also quoted:

“All serious scientists eventually realize that there is a guiding hand in the laws of the Universe, one whose power is manifestly awesome as to leave us feeling humbled.”

Of unifying classical physics and quantum theory

          Bohr and Heisenberg believed that the sub-atomic particles’ activities are indeterminable, while Einstein and Schrödinger frequently rebutted this view and proposed that ‘there should be a rhythmic law of predicting subatomic activities’.

It is also quite interesting to note that Bohr maintained the notion that the abandonment of strict causality was so much supported by the evidence ‘that there really was no other option’. Einstein, on the other side, thinks that Bohr’s view is baseless. Thus he spent a lot of time in his golden age to unify classical and quantum physics, and we all knew that he failed in doing so.

Lord Kelvin (a British physicist) must be certainly wrong when he said that “there is nothing new to be discovered in physics now”, as we know now that more and more complex theory and supersymmetry is discovered after Einstein’s years. And perhaps, CERN is doing their job currently, kan?

Of Music

          Einstein played violin very well, and he’s been always inspired by Mozart’s music that he thought as a reflection of Universe’s inner beauty itself.

Of Nobel Prize

          The Swedish Academy had internal conflicts in giving the Nobel Prize to Einstein. Even though Einstein’s theory is proven true after the total eclipse experiment in 28-29 May 1919 (in rebutting German’s accusations), Einstein’s opponents argued that the relativity theory is purely philosophical and not a scientific discovery. Gullstrand’s report claimed that the results of the experiment (eclipse) is not valid.

          Ironically, and at last, Einstein received Nobel Prize only on his work for photoelectric effect (light quanta). takpe, yang ni pon bolehhh~

Of Quantum Physics

          The argument: whether the Universe’s course (eg-the start of the universe and its developments) is predetermined, or subjected to total randomness and chance. Einstein believed in the former notion, which he struggled to find the unifying formula to the end of his life. What about our PoV as Muslims, then?

‘And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic." (11:7)

Of Life Principles

          Einstein was once a Pacifist (not participating in countries’ dispute) because he regularly questioned authorities and provoking assumptions that scientists always made. However, to a certain extent, he moved along with the current situations, and eventually declared that radical pacifism is a dead end when Adolf Hitler took power (German rearmation).

          Continuously manifesting himself as a Democratic Socialist, Einstein adhered solidly to the freedom of speech and the freedom of thinking. Between the lines (of pure democracy and pure socialist) he devoted himself into, and resisted nationalism throughout his life.

Of Jewish State Israel

          In the later years of his life, he actively assisted the Jews’ migration into America (especially Jewish scientists in Europe) and Palestine, in terms of financial guarantee or getting visas.

          His support in migrating Jewish to Palestine did not make him in favour of building a Jewish nation state, nevertheless. Clearly, the creation of Israel countered his philosophy as a federalist.

Of ‘Red Scare’

          I don’t know much about history, so my statements gained from little readings might not be correct as well. Wikipedia had an article regarding this, and I believe that Einstein involved in the second red scare. Senator Joseph McCarthy assaulted Einstein pertaining loyalty investigation.

As expected, Einstein maintained his coolness and stubbornness and urged fellow people affected by the red scare to follow Mahatma Gandhi’s footsteps. I wondered a thing, does ‘red’ implies Jews, or of the Communist sorts? What is McCarthy’s then? The white group of KuKluxClan I might accuse? Haha!

Oh btw, I loved reading his letters. Those old German words and the beauty of the language made me in awe. 7 tahun belajar dan cakap bahasa Jerman, tak pernah2 aku baca text yang seindah ini. Sumpah.

New Year Award

Tahun lepas, aku menyambut tahun baru di Masjid Al-Falah USJ 9 dalam majlis ilmu yang disertai para habib. Tahun yang sebelumnya, aku menyambut tahun baru di Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur dalam program lunar eclipse. Tahun yang sebelumnya lagi, sama macam tahun ni; aku sambut tahun baru di rumah di depan tv LED 50 inci. Tengok game Arsenal. Pergh lagi best.

          Sejujurnya, aku tak faham kenapa ramai orang beria sakan menyambut tahun baru. Wasn’t it just a mere fact that another Gregorian year left us and digit(s) changed..? Kalau tahun Hijri kira ok lah sikit sebab ada beberapa signifikan yang dapat diambil ibrahnya daripada peristiwa hijrah Rasulullah SAW. Tapi aku tak kata laa hukum sambut tahun baru tu salah… =.= (cuak jugak takut ada insan yang menghentam aku mengkhinzir tuli)

          The fact that astronomers hate light pollution does not influence me to deny that the fireworks are awesome, though. Oh they really are awesome, specifically the fireworks’ finishing part at KLCC (did you guys saw on tv how it ends..? awesome gila kot), also with the fact on how the rhythm was coordinated and engineered to certain heights. Well, I pondered a lot on technical thingy I guess.

          Tapi tetapi tapi, lagi awesome bila dapat tahu ada banyak aktiviti-yang-dipayungi-malaikat turut dianjurkan untuk memeriahkan tahun 2012. To name a few, Santai bersama Gems di Dataran Shah Alam, Himpunan 1000 jiwa 1 hati di Masjid Negara, dan Karnival Mahabbah IKIM di Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan dan banyak lagi..!!! woahh… fursah mencurah-curah ke ladang-ladang..!! errr…

          Pun begitu, amar makruf dan nahi munkar perlu seiring sejalan semerangkak. Tak guna jugak kalau air sedap taraf zamzam tapi bekas minumnya berkeladak dengan hardened-coffee-remnants atau berselut lumpur (eh korang paham ke analogi ni..?). Eeeewww… sapa yg nak minum dalam bejana sedemikian rupa…? Sangat tidak kena lah kannn…

siapa tergamak minum guna cawan kotor macam ni?

Mungkin jugak ada sesetengah daripada kita rasa macam, ‘alhamdulillah at least ada jugak program2 yg mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan time2 new year eve… takut jugak kalau2 bala Allah tertimpa kat negeri aku nih homaigod~’ without realising the fact that masih ramaaaaiii belia remaja berlagha-laghaan di luar sana. Ya Tuhan, sucikan hatiku.

Dalam sesi majlis fikir (sebuah majlis ilmu selepas asar di kolej saya) terakhir dalam semester yang lalu, aku ada cakap bahawa tahun 2011 merupakan a year of friendship. Oh well, apparently, semua orang yang menghadiri majlis fikir ketika itu berpeluang berkongsi pengalaman peribadi (salah satu sebab majlis fikir ni tersangat best nian) sepanjang tahun 2011. A sort of sorotan tahunan la kott.

Buttttt (<-- bukan jama’ kepada buntut, tapi sebab aku nak stress perkataan ‘but’), I reconsidered to sum up the best award that suits 2011. And here it goes…. *bunyi deram drum

2011 – Year of ‘Me’

Aku tahu bunyinya agak selfish and self-appraisal, but heck who cares this is my blog uolzz to be frank, it got a lot to do with my surrounding, peers, and academic life. ‘Twas those stimuli that I’ve aforementioned that makes me an ‘orang’, in which I think was a good end for my teenage years (Gawd, aku dah tak belasannn dah tahun ni..!!!).

So, what’s in store for me in 2012? (mcm pelik je ayat. Ahh lantakk). Provided that I’ve done moderately acceptable so-so in my 2011’s academic achievement (walhal agak teruk ahh…), hence I think its best for me to channel the force of ‘pushing-oneself-to-the-limits’ in my studies ahead. Bring it on 2012..!!! macam bangang kan cakap dengan tahun…? =.=

2-3: aku dah kata Manchester United loser korang tak nak percaya... heh

Twins of Faith Malaysia 2011

A world where EVERY MUSLIM is able to live FAITHFULLY to their BELIEF, building AN EXEMPLARY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY that BENEFITS humanity

Awesome. Sehr cool.

And alhamdulillah for He had gave me the opportunity to be part of the twinsoffaith family event last weekend. For me, this event is one of a kind, a unique one, in a way that participants were warned at the very beginning of the event on what they should be expecting. As in textbooks, learning outcomes were outlined, and the same theme of ‘ilm & amal’ was highlighted throughout the 2-day conference.

Inputs flooded my brain gates that I felt there’s so much to share. And so much to ponder upon. Oh well, the same goes to my Facebook and Twitter feeds. =)

So I guess posting what’s available in those social networks would be more than enough, ey? Haha. so here's the list.

ISLAM stands for I Shall Love All Mankind :D
ONE FAITH
ONE FAMILY
Kalau I Shall Love All Malays? :) Well - that's fine also because Malays are part of Mankind but Mankind is the truest from Islam :) 

- Sheikh Hussein Yee

1) We are being taught about sincerity. On how to work it on, and why we need it. The extreme necessity of it.
2) We are being taught that money is just a commodity for us to go into jannah. Let your money be the oxygen which will fuel up the Islamic society.
3) We are being taught that we are muslims who happen to be students, and not students who happen to be muslims.

'education is for life, not for living'

Circumcision during near puberty is extremely cruel... =.=

Invest 100k on yourself first, before investing 100k on other.
Syeikh Warren Buffet

now i know why brides in india give dowry to groom. =?

Optimus prime pernah berkata : "Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."

Apabila seorang pemuda Islam ingin menentukan cita2nya, pilihlah pekerjaaan yg kamu minat dan suka melakukannya . Senang saja nak tahu, kamu sanggup melakukan kerja itu dgn ikhlas tanpa bayaran. Jgn biarkan pilihan kamu dipengaruhi oleh org lain. 
Insya'Allah :) Allah merahmati pekerjaan kamu yg halal itu. Dan bglah manfaat kepada org lain melalui kerja kamu itu. Wallahualam :D
- Syeikh Navaid Aziz

The best friend is the one that with him, you fell ashamed to do evil :)

Imam al-Ghazali states: “…O beloved disciple, knowledge without action is madness and action without knowledge can’t be!”[3]

Your marriage begins with what you begin when you are single :)

"women of purity are for men of purity and men of purity are for women of purity" (Qur'an 24:26).

Ibrah surah Yusuf: 1st being thrown down to a well, then being sold as a slave, then being tricked by the minister's wife and spent several years in prison.
But later on was raised up by Allah to a high level.
Surah Yusuf was revealed in the most difficult year of The Prophet's life: 'aam al-huzn; when his beloved wife Khadijah & his uncle Abu Thalib." - Sh Tawfique

"Married muslimah, ask yourself. Does your husband run to you, or run from you?" - sheikh Alaa ElSayed

"Beware with syirik. Syaitan has never committed syirik. If we do it, we're more syaitan than syaitan." - Sheikh Hussein Yee

Akhirat calculation must be given serious consideration over the monetary calculation.
For example, halal stuffs must be given priority over haram stuffs even though the halal is wayyyy more expensive than the haram.
A RM20 mineral water VS a RM2 liquor. Which one would u choose?
-UZAR

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian."
Listening to poem by Boonnaa Mohammed - soo cool! 

Conferenced ma'a syeikh bilal phillips, alaa elsayed, yahya ibrahim, hussein yee, taufiq chowdori n met shinji moriwaki, boonaa mohd, muadz dzulkefly.

has witnessed world's craziest donation bid. Awesome

bak kata kawan aku, ramai sangat bidadari (sisters laa) di ToF. Cuak jugak ahh sebenarnya, rasa pening2 sebab asyik pandang lantai tu pun ada jugak wahaha~ tapi rasa bertuah jugak sebab dikelilingi orang yang hebat. Seniors yang bercuti dari Aussie, UK grads yg masih berhubung, local philosophers, semuanya buat aku rasa kerdil gilaa lah.

Looking forward to next year's ToF. kali ni mesti daftar weksyop marriage awal2...!! Chehhh

Nak buat apa di Langkawi?

Belajar. Belajar. Dan belajar. *sila senyum sambil buat isyarat aman.

Alkisah, dalam tiga empat hari yang lepas, sambil menguis-nguis pasir Pantai Cenang, adik aku tanya, “Abe, bakpo Pulau Langkawi namo dio ‘Langkawi’?”

Khali sejenak. “Mungkin sebab kawasae ni dulu bowoh pengaruh kerajae Langkasuka kot…”. Khali lagi. Bukannya aku tak mahu melanjutkan perbahasan asal-usul Langkawi, tapi aku mesti memberikan jawapan yang bersesuaian dengan kapasiti orang yang bertanya. Si adik tu baru sudah dapat keputusan UPSR kot. Tapi sebenarnya terkejut jugaklah aku bila dia ada terfikir nak tanya macam tu… curious sungguh walawehh.

In short, ada banyak teori asal-usul Langkawi. Jikalau kalian merujuk sini dan sini dan bertanya orang tua-tua, Langkawi boleh dikaji daripada tiga aspek; legenda, sejarah, dan epistemologi perkataan. Sudah tentu aspek sejarah dan epistemologi perkataan yang menggamit perhatian aku. =D (Oh well, you’re reading Nazrinafifi’s blog here as a matter of fact, haha).

Lang = burung helang. Kawi = warna merah hati (bulu burung helang); batu Kawi (sejenis batu yang banyak terdapat di pulau ini); tulisan Kawi (tulisan Jawa kuno yang pupus sejak 1400 M).

Ada juga teori Sanskrit yang seperti ini. Langkha (which might give birth to word ‘alangkah’) = keindahan. Wi (which might also derived from Arabic word ‘awi’, oh well there goes my imagination) = tidak terkira.

Ok enough with language thingy, shall we? Maka ayuh kita berbalik kepada tajuk entri ini; ‘nak buat apa di Langkawi?’. Gamaknya, soalan ini lebih elok diajukan kepada penduduk Langkawi itu sendiri. Dan jangan terkejut lah bila rata-rata orang Langkawi itu sendiri, termasuk Pait Lang, akan cakap, “Langkawi ni takde mende sangat kot… barang2 je la yg murah…”. =.=’

Aktiviti-aktiviti di Langkawi, kalau menurut laman-laman web pelancongan, memang banyak dan menarik. Walau bagaimanapun, menurut pandangan peribadi, sesetengah tarikan di Langkawi hanya indah khabar dari rupa. Promosinya hebat, tapi bila dah sampai kat sana, ‘hek elehh benda ni je keee yang ada…?’. Contoh paling provoke yang aku boleh bagi; Beras Terbakar. Ok baiklah Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (LADA) sila jangan saman aku, sebab aku ada rasional yang kukuh untuk tuduhan melulu ini huhu~

Nak buat apa di Langkawi? Mungkin ada beberapa hot tips yang aku rasa kalian akan berminat, yang mana tips2 ni takde kot dlm website2 tourism wahaha~

the wind anemometer of the cable car caught my eyes in the first place.

1. Naik Cable Car Langkawi? Dapatkan harga tiket yang lebih murah daripada ejen-ejen pelancongan yang mungkin ada berkeliaran di luar jeti sedang menunggu mangsa mahupun daripada ejen-ejen yang direkemenkan kepada anda melalui khabar berita. Eh?
2. Sampai-sampai je kat jeti pastu terus beli cokelat2 yang ada kat situ might be an unwise move. Cuba survey dulu harga di tempat2 lain, especially dekat kedai duty-free sebelah Underwater World… wahaha terlepas cakap pulak.
3. Sewa kereta. Takpun motosikal. Nak lebih adventure dan menyihatkan, bawa basikal boleh-lipat dari rumah dan pusing satu Langkawi. And and and, galas basikal boleh-lipat naik cable car pastu have a ride atas jambatan gantung Matcincang memang sumpah ohsemm dan sebuah pengalaman tidak seperti yang lain (baca: an experience like no other).
4. Park kereta anda di tempat yang selamat (sama ada di Kuala Kedah @ Kuala Perlis), terutamanya di tempat2 yang mudah orang tengok.
5. Tapi aku rasa lebih baik pergi Langkawi naik flight. Sumpah penat gilaa kot nak mengangkut bagasi2 yang luar biasa besar nak naik feri masa nak balik. Lebih parah lagi kalau kalian banyak beli barang2 dapur yg fragile, huh…
6. Tempat makan seafood yang sedap? Orang kata kena try di restoran Orkid Ria, Cenang. Tapi penemuan ‘jalan-jalan cari makan’ kitorang di restoran Haji Jailani pun sedapp kottt… lokasi: simpang tiga berhampiran Laman Padi, Cenang. Oh and remember, have an early dinner…sebab dlm pukul 7 restoran tu dah penuh dgn tourists. Heee~
7. Underwater World Langkawi ada daily events yang tidak boleh anda miss, seperti animal show dan feeding session. Have their full tentative in hand before visiting the place. =)
8. Pastikan terpacak depan pintu masuk Cable Car sebelum ia dibuka pada waktu pagi. Lambat sejam, korang kena beratur selama sejam setengah (ya, ini pengalaman pahit…).
9. Langkawi National Observatory is worth a visit. Sumpah.

lawatan benchmark parking ke sk haji ismail... kehkeh

itu diaa.. bercuti sambil menjaga budak2 kiutmiut pehhh

"eh awat laa peta langkawi ni tak concise, cisss..."

"abe...!!! tolonggg!!!!!!" huhu takde sape dengar suara aku kat atas ni... XD

So which favors of your Lord would you deny?

be observant, reduce ignorance. it's the little things in life that matters, no?

                    

                          a fat-tailed gecko                                  iguanas.

jellyfish got no brains, no blood and no neurons...So which favors of your Lord would you deny?

Ada satu benda yang aku tak sempat belajar di Langkawi. Dan aku rasa agak sedih dan down. Iaitu prosedur membeli kenderaan di sana dan proses membawanya masuk ke tanah besar tanpa imposed tax serta syarat-syaratnya. Mungkin ada antara kalian yang boleh berkongsi? =D. Thanks a bunch in advance.

Ha, I think it would be best if I shared this. On our way back to KL, since realising that Pendang is a stone’s throw away from PLUS exit (if you go to Langkawi via Kuala Kedah jetty), we tried Pak Mat Sup Gearbox which was rumoured to be very famous amongst locals in Pendang and relatively less known to the people of Kota Sarang Semut. The exact location of this little ‘warung’ is at Pengkalan Batu Hampar Kiri, I think, by the roadside beside a surau with a niche smell of Mihun Sup. Wehh sedaapp kott… kena cuba..!! =DD

p/s= susahhh nyaaa jaga budak-budak waaaaaa…!!!!!!