JOSH'S 3Q CLASSIC AT KUANG SQ BULUH.8TH TO 11TH SEPT 2011

JOSH'S JUMPING STYLE
INA HAPPY WITH JOSH'S WIN
JOSH AND MISS PEARLY
JOSH CHECKING OUT THE COURSE
COACH JOHARI AND JOSH MAPPING STRATEGY
JOSH AND MISS PEARLY GETTING READY WITH FINAL PREPARATION
ROCKET RESTING AT STABLES
MISS PEARLY AT THE STABLES
JOSH ON ROCKET WITH THE COACH JOHARI LEE AFTER WINNING 1ST PRIZE.
JOSH AND ME THE PROUD FATHER
INA GIVING JOSH A DRINK AFTER THE WIN
JOSH WITH ROCKET FOR A WALK AFTER THE WIN

PNTC STAFF OPEN HOUSE FOR HARI RAYA 2011

GM MR LEOW AND ME SERVING THE PNTC STAFF.

Picture paints a thousand words

DEDICATED TO ALL MY KRA FRIENDS.THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR STAY WONDERFUL AND FULL OF FOND MEMORIES.WE WILL AWAIT YOUR VISIT TO MALAYSIA AND RETURN YOUR KIND HOSPITALITY.

OUR RECENT TRIP TO SEOUL SOUTH KOREA IS BEST DESCRIBED IN THIS VIDEO.TO KNOW SOUTH KOREA IS TO LOVE SOUTH KOREA.THIS IS A COUNTRY I LOVE TO VISIT AGAIN.

Do You Know South Korea?

GO FOR A VISIT TO THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS AND ENJOY THE HARMONY, THE CULTURE,THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE,THE SPLENDOUR AND COLORS OF A COUNTRY THAT IS SAFE AND VIBRANT.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA/HARI MERDEKA 2011

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin dari saya sekeluarga kepada semua kenalan serta keluarga. Saya juga ingin mengucapkan selamat menyambut Hari kemerdekaan kepada semua warga Malaysia tanpa kira bangsa dan agama.

Moga kita saling bersatu hati dan menghormati sesama kita rakyat Malaysia.

Sempena hari kemerdekaan, mari kita semua ingati jasa dan pengorbanan pejuang-pejuang kemerdekaan kita dan kita renungi apakah maksud sebenarnya kemerdekaan itu serta juga sumbangan kita untuk memenuhi kemerdekaan yang negara kita capai.

Kepada mereka yang akan memandu pada musim perayaan ini, pandulah dengan berhemah tinggi, cermat dan berhati-hati pada setiap masa. Bawa bersabar di dalam perjalanan; pastikan konsentrasi; utamakan keselamatan dan sampai lah ke destinasi dengan aman dan selesa insyaallah.

Kepada pasukan polis yang bertungkus-lumus, berpanas, berhujan dan tidak bercuti untuk mempastikan keselamatan jalan-raya dan umum serta mengawal lalulintas, saya ucapkan jutaan terima kasih.

Sekali lagi SELAMAT HARI RAYA ,Ampun dan Maaf di pinta kalau terlebih,terlepas,tersasau, termacam2 lah di blog maupun di emails.

Baby i miss you

My favourite song and dedicated to whom it may concern

The story that made me cry my heart out.

This morning i received an email that made me cry but all for a good reason,sent to me by someone i like very much as a friend who never failed to make me laugh out loud.Thank you Sweet Marie for sharing this interesting eye opener for all my family members and good friends, who are priviledged to my blog and n3s.



Renung2kan kisah dibawah sebagai teladan kita bersama....di hari jumaat yang bertuah ini...

Jam 6.30 petang.
Mak berdiri di depan pintu. Wajah Mak kelihatan resah. Mak tunggu adik bungsu balik dari sekolah agama.
Ayah baru balik dari sawah.
Ayah tanya Mak, ?Along mana??
Mak jawab, ?Ada di dapur tolong siapkan makan.?
Ayah tanya Mak lagi,? Angah mana??
Mak jawab, ?Angah mandi, baru balik main bola.?
Ayah tanya Mak, ?Ateh mana??
Mak jawab, ?Ateh, Kak Cik tengok tv dengan Alang di dalam??
Ayah tanya lagi, ?Adik dah balik??
Mak jawab, ?Belum. Patutnya dah balik. Basikal adik rosak kot. Kejap lagi kalau tak balik juga jom kita pergi cari Adik.?
Mak jawab soalan ayah penuh yakin. Tiap-tiap hari ayah tanya soalan yang sama. Mak jawab penuh perhatian. Mak ambil berat di mana anak-anak Mak dan bagaimana keadaan anak-anak Mak setiap masa dan setiap ketika.
Dua puluh tahun kemudian
Jam 6.30 petang
Ayah balik ke rumah. Baju ayah basah. Hujan turun sejak tengahari.
Ayah tanya Along, ?Mana Mak??
Along sedang membelek-belek baju barunya. Along jawab, ?Tak tahu.?
Ayah tanya Angah, ?Mana Mak??
Angah menonton tv. Angah jawab, ?Mana Angah tahu.?
Ayah tanya Ateh, ?Mana Mak??

Ayah menunggu lama jawapan dari Ateh yang asyik membaca majalah.

Ayah tanya Ateh lagi, "Mana Mak?"

Ateh menjawab, ?Entah.?

Ateh terus membaca majalah tanpa menoleh kepada Ayah.
Ayah tanya Alang, ?Mana Mak??
Alang tidak jawab. Alang hanya mengoncang bahu tanda tidak tahu.

Ayah tidak mahu tanya Kak Cik dan Adik yang sedang melayan facebook. Ayah tahu yang Ayah tidak akan dapat jawapan yang ayah mahu.

Tidak ada siapa tahu di mana Mak. Tidak ada siapa merasa ingin tahu di mana Mak. Mata dan hati anak-anak Mak tidak pada Mak. Hanya mata dan hati Ayah yang mencari-cari di mana Mak.
Tidak ada anak-anak Mak yang tahu setiap kali ayah bertanya, "Mana Mak?"
Tiba-tiba adik bungsu bersuara, ?Mak ni dah senja-senja pun merayap lagi. Tak reti nak balik!!?
Tersentap hati Ayah mendengar kata-kata Adik.

Dulu anak-anak Mak akan berlari mendakap Mak apabila balik dari sekolah. Mereka akan tanya "Mana Mak?" apabila Mak tidak menunggu mereka di depan pintu.

Mereka akan tanya, "Mana Mak." Apabila dapat nomor 1 atau kaki melecet main bola di padang sekolah. Mak resah apabila anak-anak Mak lambat balik. Mak mahu tahu di mana semua anak-anaknya berada setiap waktu dan setiap ketika.

Sekarang anak-anak sudah besar. Sudah lama anak-anak Mak tidak bertanya 'Mana Mak?"

Semakin anak-anak Mak besar, soalan "Mana Mak?" semakin hilang dari bibir anak-anak Mak .
Ayah berdiri di depan pintu menunggu Mak. Ayah resah menunggu Mak kerana sudah senja sebegini Mak masih belum balik. Ayah risau kerana sejak akhir-akhir ini Mak selalu mengadu sakit lutut.

Dari jauh kelihatan sosok Mak berjalan memakai payung yang sudah uzur. Besi-besi payung tercacak keluar dari kainnya. Hujan masih belum berhenti. Mak menjinjit dua bungkusan plastik. Sudah kebiasaan bagi Mak, Mak akan bawa sesuatu untuk anak-anak Mak apabila pulang dari berjalan.

Sampai di halaman rumah Mak berhenti di depan deretan kereta anak-anak Mak. Mak buangkan daun-daun yang mengotori kereta anak-anak Mak. Mak usap bahagian depan kereta Ateh perlahan-lahan. Mak rasakan seperti mengusap kepala Ateh waktu Ateh kecil. Mak senyum. Kedua bibir Mak diketap repat. Senyum tertahan, hanya Ayah yang faham. Sekarang Mak tidak dapat lagi merasa mengusap kepala anak-anak seperti masa anak-anak Mak kecil dulu. Mereka sudah besar. Mak takut anak Mak akan menepis tangan Mak kalau Mak lakukannya.

Lima buah kereta milik anak-anak Mak berdiri megah. Kereta Ateh paling gah. Mak tidak tahu pun apa kehebatan kereta Ateh itu. Mak cuma suka warnanya. Kereta warna merah bata, warna kesukaan Mak. Mak belum merasa naik kereta anak Mak yang ini.
Baju mak basah kena hujan. Ayah tutupkan payung mak. Mak bagi salam. Salam Mak tidak berjawab. Terketar-ketar lutut Mak melangkah anak tangga. Ayah pimpin Mak masuk ke rumah. Lutut Mak sakit lagi.

Mak letakkan bungkusan di atas meja. Sebungkus rebung dan sebungkus kueh koci pemberian Mak Uda untuk anak-anak Mak. Mak Uda tahu anak-anak Mak suka makan kueh koci dan Mak malu untuk meminta untuk bawa balik. Namun raut wajah Mak sudah cukup membuat Mak Uda faham.

Semasa menerima bungkusan kueh koci dari Mak Uda tadi, Mak sempat berkata kepada Mak Uda, "Wah berebutlah budak-budak tu nanti nampak kueh koci kamu ni."

Sekurang-kurangnya itulah bayangan Mak. Mak bayangkan anak-anak Mak sedang gembira menikmati kueh koci sebagimana masa anak-anak Mak kecil dulu. Mereka berebut dan Mak jadi hakim pembuat keputusan muktamat. Sering kali Mak akan beri bahagian Mak supaya anak-anak Mak puas makan. Bayangan itu sering singgah di kepala Mak.

Ayah suruh Mak tukar baju yang basah itu. Mak akur.

Selepas Mak tukar baju, Ayah iring Mak ke dapur. Mak ajak anak-anak Mak makan kueh koci. Tidak seorang pun yang menoleh kepada Mak. Mata dan hati anak-anak Mak sudah bukan pada Mak lagi.

Mak hanya tunduk, akur dengan keadaan.

Ayah tahu Mak sudah tidak boleh mengharapkan anak-anak melompat-lompat gembira dan berlari mendakapnya seperti dulu.

Ayah temankan Mak makan. Mak menyuap nasi perlahan-lahan, masih mengharapkan anak-anak Mak akan makan bersama. Setiap hari Mak berharap begitu. Hanya Ayah yang duduk bersama Mak di meja makan setiap malam.
Ayah tahu Mak penat sebab berjalan jauh. Siang tadi Mak pergi ke rumah Mak Uda di kampung seberang untuk mencari rebung. Mak hendak masak rebung masak lemak cili api dengan ikan masin kesukaan anak-anak Mak.
Ayah tanya Mak kenapa Mak tidak telepon suruh anak-anak jemput. Mak jawab, "Saya dah suruh Uda telepon budak-budak ni tadi. Tapi Uda kata semua tak berangkat."

Mak minta Mak Uda telepon anak-anak yang Mak tidak boleh berjalan balik sebab hujan. Lutut Mak akan sakit kalau sejuk. Ada sedikit harapan di hati Mak agar salah seorang anak Mak akan menjemput Mak dengan kereta. Mak teringin kalau Ateh yang datang menjemput Mak dengan kereta barunya. Tidak ada siapa yang datang jemput Mak.

Mak tahu anak-anak mak tidak sedar telepon berbunyi. Mak ingat kata-kata ayah, ?Kita tak usah susahkan anak-anak. Selagi kita mampu kita buat saja sendiri apa-apa pun. Mereka ada kehidupan masing-masing. Tak payah sedih-sedih. Maafkan sajalah anak-anak kita. Tak apalah kalau tak merasa menaiki kereta mereka sekarang. Nanti kalau kita mati kita masih ada peluang merasa anak-anak mengangkat kita kat bahu mereka.?
Mak faham buah hati Mak semua sudah besar. Along dan Angah sudah beristeri. Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik masing-masing sudah punya buah hati sendiri yang sudah mengambil tempat Mak di hati anak-anak Mak.

Pada suapan terakhir, setitik air mata Mak jatuh ke pinggan.

Kueh koci masih belum diusik oleh anak-anak Mak.

Beberapa tahun kemudian
Mak Uda tanya Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik, ?Mana mak??.
Hanya Adik yang jawab, ?Mak dah tak ada.?
Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik tidak sempat melihat Mak waktu Mak sakit.

Kini Mak sudah berada di sisi Tuhannya bukan di sisi anak-anak Mak lagi.

Dalam isakan tangis, Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik menerpa kubur Mak. Hanya batu nisan yang berdiri terpacak. Batu nisan Mak tidak boleh bersuara. Batu nisan tidak ada tangan macam tangan Mak yang selalu memeluk erat anak-anaknya apabila anak-anak datang menerpa Mak semasa anak-anak Mak kecil dulu.
Mak pergi semasa Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik berada jauh di bandar. Kata Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik mereka tidak dengar handphone berbunyi semasa ayah telepon untuk beritahu mak sakit tenat.

Mak faham, mata dan telinga anak-anak Mak adalah untuk orang lain bukan untuk Mak.
Hati anak-anak Mak bukan milik Mak lagi. Hanya hati Mak yang tidak pernah diberikan kepada sesiapa, hanya untuk anak-anak Mak..
Mak tidak sempat merasa diangkat di atas bahu anak-anak Mak. Hanya bahu ayah yang sempat mengangkat jenazah Mak dalam hujan renyai.
Ayah sedih sebab tiada lagi suara Mak yang akan menjawab soalan Ayah,
"Mana Along?" , "Mana Angah?", "Mana Ateh?", "Mana Alang?", "Mana Kak Cik?" atau "Mana Adik?". Hanya Mak saja yang rajin menjawab soalan ayah itu dan jawapan Mak memang tidak pernah silap. Mak sentiasa yakin dengan jawapannya sebab mak ambil tahu di mana anak-anaknya berada pada setiap waktu dan setiap ketika. Anak-anak Mak sentiasa di hati Mak tetapi hati anak-anak Mak ada orang lain yang mengisinya.
Ayah sedih. Di tepi kubur Mak, Ayah bermonolog sendiri, "Mulai hari ini tidak perlu bertanya lagi kepada Along, Angah, Ateh, Alang, Kak Cik dan Adik , "Mana mak?" "

Kereta merah Ateh bergerak perlahan membawa Ayah pulang. Along, Angah, Alang dan Adik mengikut dari belakang. Hati ayah hancur teringat hajat Mak untuk naik kereta merah Ateh tidak kesampaian. Ayah terbayang kata-kata Mak malam itu, "Cantiknya kereta Ateh, kan Bang? Besok-besok Ateh bawalah kita jalan-jalan kat Kuala Lumpur tu. Saya akan buat kueh koci buat bekal."

"Ayah, ayah....bangun." Suara Ateh memanggil ayah. Ayah pengsan sewaktu turun dari kereta Ateh..

Terketar-ketar ayah bersuara, "Mana Mak?"

Ayah tidak mampu berhenti menanya soalan itu. Sudah 10 tahun Mak pergi namun soalan "Mana Mak?" masih sering keluar dari mulut Ayah sehingga ke akhir usia.

Sebuah cerita pendek buat tatapan anak-anak yang kadang-kadang lupa perasaan ibu. Kata orang hidup seorang ibu waktu muda dilambung resah, apabila tua dilambung rasa. Kata Rasulullah saw. ibu 3 kali lebih utama dari ayah. Bayangkanlah berapa kali ibu lebih utama dari isteri, pekerjaan dan anak-anak sebenarnya. Solat sunat pun Allah suruh berhenti apabila ibu memanggil. Berapa kerapkah kita membiarkan deringan telepon panggilan dari ibu tanpa berjawab?

INGAT2 LAH THOSE WHOSE PARENTS ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL,INSYAALLAH THIS STORY WILL BE AN EYE OPENER FOR ALL.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 10TH T0 15TH AUGUST2011

It was an enjoyable 5 nights visit to Seoul during the INTERNATIONAL invitation week for us. There were lots of photos taken during our visit and i really dont know where to start,anyway here is the first of many to come.

Proud father

My eldest son Izuddin receiving his watikah as AYAHANDA PENASIHAT from Dato Seri Helmi at USM Penang last week.


Izuddin with his brother Mashoruddin from KL.






I was happy and proud for my eldest son Izuddin.He was installed as AYAHANDA PENASIHAT for PERTIGA last week.At a young age of 36 years old have been given such a prestigious title.Keep up your good work son and congratulations.You have proven to be a man of substance to your Negara,Bangsa,Agama dan keluarga.Teruskan perjuangan yang belum selesai insyaallah di berkati ALLAHSWT.

PERMULAAN/ A START

My first par after 2 years oh what a feeling.
My son Mohd Joshua putting for a par.
My son Mohd Hafiz and me at the 3rd hole





After a lapse of 2 years,today i started to play golf again.My son Mohd Hafiz came from Batu Gajah Ipoh,and practically drag me to the golf course for a 9 hole game. My youngest son Mohd Joshua joined us reluctantly.By the seventh hole i was a spend force.But alhamdullilah syukur pada ALLAH SWT, i feel good after the sweat out.Thank you boys for the exercise and GOLF have always been and will always be my favourite game.It was a good way to wait for Buka Puasa, insyaallah.

HERE IS A GOLF JOKE FOR ALL TO LOL

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts .A guy receives an ad in the mail for a golf resort where everything costs
one dollar.
He jumps at the offer and heads off for a weekend of fun in the sun.He
arrives and plays a round of golf. It cost him a buck.
When he goes for dinner that evening, it costs him another buck.His room
is only a buck a day!
The day before he's to check out, he heads out to play a last round and
stops by the pro shop and charges a sleeve of three balls to his room.
When he's checking out next morning, he looks at the bill and sees:Golf:
$1.00.Dinner: $1.00.Room: $1.00.Sleeve of golf balls: $3,000.00 Calling over to the manager, he asks, "What is this all about? Everything
is supposed to cost one dollar, and you charged me three thousand for
three golf balls?"
I'm sorry, sir," said the manager, "but you didn't read the fine print in
our promotional brochure.That's what our golf balls cost."
"Well," said the man, "if I wanted to spend that kind of money, I could've
gone to that luxury hotel across the street and paid them a thousand
dollars a day for a room. At least I would've known what I was paying
for!"
"That's right, sir, you could have,"said the manager."Over there they get
you by the room. Over here we get you by the balls!"
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Have a nice day.

GRANDPA & GRANDMA DAN CUCU CUCU

GRANDPA
GRANDMA





DOLU KECIK LA NI DAH JADI ATUK ADA CUCU












CUCU KECIK MOHD AAREEZ ADIB 31/2 YEARS OLD DI BATU GAJAH IPOH.


DANISH 6YRS OLD AWARD PELAJAR CERMELANG DARJAH SATU.DI PENANG





ERYRIZAL 7YEARS OLD AND NUR SYASYALINA 5YEARS OLD DI KL.







DANISH 6YEARS OLD AND DHIYA BATRISYA 31/2 YEARS OLD DI PENANG.

FIRST DAY OF RAMADHAN

photo 31st july 2011

As the blessed month of Ramadhan is here again today, we need to prepare for it in such a way that we can gain the maximum benefit of this month. For many, Ramadhan comes and goes. However, very few people actually benefit from this great month. My Guru advise us to live the whole year as if we are in the month of Ramadhan. This magnanimous achievement can only be attained when the actual month of Ramadhan is spent properly. In order to acquire a droplet of the reality mentioned above, INSYAALLAH, I hope to mention ten points that were given as form of advice to me and many others.

1.Discipline: Most people already know to abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from one’s spouse during the daytime of Ramadhan. However, a level of discipline must be developed to do righteous acts and abstain from those acts which would earn the displeasure of Allah. That was a basic form of discipline that needs to be developed but along with that, one needs to have discipline in following a particular routine or schedule for Ramadhan. This will be the real life changing factor for an individual. They wake up for sahur also pray Tahajjud at that time. Recite some Qur’an. They eat. Make doa’ while waiting for Salah. They pray Fajr. Recite Qur’an and make zikr. Rest if they need to.
The idea is to make a schedule and act accordingly the whole month without sacrificing their schedule. This is the desired discipline that is required.One may ask, “Why did he not just put the first point as a ‘making a schedule’?” Well, the answer is very simple. Anyone can come up with a schedule, but it takes real discipline to abide by it.
2.Devotional life (‘Ibadah): Ramadhan is the month where Allah allows us to really fulfill the purpose of our being, and the purpose of our creation. Allah created us all to worship Him, and Him alone. Here, I will not mention virtues of various acts or worship because those can be found in the many books on the merits of certain deeds. However, since Ramadhan and Qur’an are closely connected, I will say that much of our devotional life should be focused on the Qur’an.
Reciting at least the entire Qur’an once in this month. Understanding it from erudite scholarship of our community or from accepted commentaries and Tafaaseer. I am not asking that a person recites the entire Qur’an and completes one entire commentary of it in one month. Perhaps it may be feasible to recite the entire Qur’an and start off a regimen of a Tafseer and try to finish it on an annual basis.
3.Identifying with the Ummah: It is important that we feel our fast, i.e. feel hunger and thirst. Apart from that, we can use this to our benefit by making other people’s fast count for us as well. This means that if we feed or give to drink something to someone who fasts, we can get the reward of their fast as well.
Another aspect of identifying with the Ummah is to be grateful for whatever Allah has given us and realize that a little of that we need to give to others so that they may have a decent Ramadhan and wonderful ‘Eid. See what the Ummah is going through and see how we can actively participate to help the Ummah in any way possible.
4.Contact with the Qur’an: Ramadhan is the month wherein the Qur’an was revealed. This is the month of the Qur’an. It is extremely essential to establish a relationship with the Qur’an. Without going into much detail, I will just mention something practical with regards to the Qur’an and Ramadhan.
For the average person, i.e. one who is not scholar or is not a Hafiz, they should read at least one juz per day so that they finish at a minimum one entire Qur’an for the month of Ramadhan. If one can do more, than Alhamdulillah, no one is stopping anyone. The next thing is to understand the Qur’an. So take the first volume of Ma’ariful Qur’an (for example) and read one section of the Arabic part (if one can) and then read the translation, then read the commentary. Do this every day without fail. Obviously the whole commentary will not be completed in one month, but at least a schedule to read a portion regularly will be developed and hopefully within a year it could be completed.
Also, one should try to memorize those chapters/surahs which are read often like Mulk, Kahf, Ya Seen, Waqi’ah, and Sajdah. Also memorize Surahs from the last juz at least and more if possible.
5.Mujahadah: Ramadhan is a month of sacrifice and struggle. It is a month where Allah wants our time, our health, our wealth, and our whole being. We literally live the whole year for everything and anything. It is just one month…can we not live one month solely for our Creator?! So what if we have to sacrifice our sleep, and random other luxuries that we can do without anyway. As the saying goes, “No pain, no gain.” The amount of sacrifice and struggle we put into this month, Allah will reward us in this world and the next accordingly.
Give yourself to Allah, and see what Allah has in store for you.
6.Doa’: The essence of worship is supplication to Allah. This whole month, Allah is willing and readily open to accept all that we ask of Him. It is only to our own loss and detriment that we lack in begging Allah for the things we need. Prioritize your supplications. Ask firstly for yourself, then your family, community, then the Ummah at large. Within that, prioritize and ask for things pertaining to the hereafter, then ask for things pertaining to this world. Just remember one thing when it comes to doa’, the point of doa’ is not that we need something or we need protection or refuge from some other thing, the point is that Allah told us to supplicate to Him, and that is why one should make doa’ abundantly. There are certain things Allah loves to do, and one of them is to answer the supplications of His servants who call unto Him.
One final aspect regarding doa’ is crying. Tears are something foreign to Allah and therefore He has immense value for tears. The whole year we become filthy and impure spiritually by sinning, Ramadhan is the month where we purify our spirits by bathing our spirits in our tears.
7.Good Company: Ramadhan is a month to maximize on good deeds and keep bad deeds at zero. Being in the company of the righteous will allow one to attain this goal. I will keep this point short. The minimum benefit one gets by being in good company is that one will not sin which in turn will cause one to become the greatest worshiper based off the hadith of Tirmidhi wherein Nabi (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) took Abu Hurayrah (Radhiyallahu ‘anhu)’s hand and said, “O Abu Hurayrah, abstain from all prohibitions and you will become the best worshiper.”
The maximum benefit is that being with the people of Allah, Insyallah; a person may just Attain Allah. What can be greater?!
8.Gratitude: The secret to an increase in anything is to be thankful for it. To make sure that we see this month the next year, appreciate it this year. Be thankful for all that we have in every aspect, even the basic things we neglect and take for granted. We have Iman, we have Islam. Alhamdulillah, we are the best Ummah. We have been given the best book, i.e. the Qur’an. The best way to appreciate a bounty is to use it for its purpose.
Allah has blessed with infinite blessing and bounties. Ramadhan is one of those bounties, so to fully appreciate Ramadhan, we must spend it the way Allah would like us to spend it and attain out goal which is Taqwa.
9.Following the Sunnah: Anything of the beloved is also beloved. That is a principle of love. Allah has proclaimed the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) as His beloved. If we follow the Sunnah and show a resemblance, then we can also gain the focus of Allah. Particularly follow the Sunnah acts which the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) performed in Ramadhan.
If we have to do something, might as well do it the best way possible. The best way for anything to be done is the way of the Sunnah. If by any chance it was some other way, Allah would have had His Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) do it that way then.
10.Istiqamah: Imam Junayd Al-Baghdadi (RA) said, “Steadfastness is greater than a thousand miracles.” Please do not tire one’s self out in the initial stages of Ramadhan, rather figure out a routine that works and stick to it regularly. The most beloved of actions to Allah are those that are done consistently even though they may seem minor. We all need to be thankful for the good that we have done and also for the evil we are able to abstain from. We also need to be thankful for whatever level of steadfastness that we have. We want to make Ramadhan last beyond Ramadhan as well. I’ll end with a quote from one of our mashaaikh, Shaykh In’aam-ul-Hasan Kandehlawi (RA) said, “Whoever lives their life as they do in Ramadhan, then death will come to that person just as the moon of ‘Eid comes for the fasting person.”
To conclude, we pray to Allah that He accepts all of our efforts and overlooks and forgives all of our shortcomings. Insyaallah, Aameen.

1ST AUG RAMADAN FASTING STARTS (PUASA) 2011

sunset the time to break the fast.


2011 will be the first RAMADAN without my mother.AL FATIHA.

During years where Ramadan was looking forward to Mum's cooking and her advice on health is a mere distant memory, most of the health problems mum says are likely to arise from inappropriate diet, over-eating and insufficient sleep. Firstly, there is no need to consume excess food at Iftar (the food eaten immediately after sunset to break the fast), dinner or Sahur (the light meal generally eaten about half an hour to one hour before dawn).
The reasons for this are two-fold. Firstly and most importantly such a lifestyle contradicts the principal aims and spirit of Ramadan. A learned scholar once said that "There is no receptacle more odious to God, than a belly stuffed full of food after a fast" and therefore "of what use is the Fast as a means of conquering God's enemy and abating appetite, if at the time of breaking it one not only makes up for all one has missed during the daytime, but perhaps also indulges in a variety of extra foods?" Indeed, there is a concern that it is becoming customary for some to "stock up" for Ramadan, so that more is consumed during this time than in the course of several other months combined. It is therefore worth reflecting on the true objective of fasting which is to experience hunger and to check desire in an attempt to reinforce the soul in piety.

Secondly, the body has regulatory mechanisms that reduce the metabolic rate and ensure efficient utilization of the body's fat reserves in times of hunger. Add to this the fact that most people assume a more sedentary lifestyle whilst fasting and the implication is that a balanced diet that is even less in quantity that normal will be sufficient to keep a person healthy and active during the month of Ramadan.

To remain healthy during Ramadan, normal quantities of food from the major food groups: bread and cereal, milk and dairy product, fish, meat and poultry, bean, vegetable and fruit should be consumed. (Vegetarians and Vegans should amend this list as appropriate). Intake of fruits after a meal is strongly suggested. In actual fact, our diet in Ramadan should not differ very much from our normal diet and should be as simple as possible. The diet should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. However, if one is over-weight, Ramadan is an ideal time to shed those extra pounds!

In view of the long hours of fasting, we should consume the so-called 'complex carbohydrates' or slow digesting foods at Sahur so that the food lasts longer (about 8 hours) making you less hungry during the day. These complex carbohydrates are found in foods that contain grains and seeds like barley, wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, wholemeal flour, and unpolished rice.

In contrast, refined carbohydrates or fast-digesting foods last for only 3 to 4 hours and may be better taken at Iftar to rapidly restore blood glucose levels. Fast-burning foods include foods that contain sugar and white flour. Dates are an excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium and magnesium and have been recommended since the days of the Prophet Mohammed SAW as a good way of breaking the fast.

Fried foods, very spicy foods and foods containing too much sugar such as sweets, the delight of many Muslims, can cause health problems and should be limited during Ramadan. They cause indigestion, heartburn, and weight problems. Fasting can often increase gastric acidity levels in the stomach causing a burning feeling, a heaviness in the stomach and a sour mouth. This can be overcome by eating foods rich in fibre such as whole wheat bread, vegetables, humus, beans and fruits. These foods trigger muscular action, churning and mixing of food, breaking it into small particles, and thus help reduce the build up of acid in the stomach.

Drinking of sufficient water and juices between Iftar and sleep to avoid dehydration and for detoxification of the digestive system should be encouraged in fasting individuals. However, the intake of large amounts of caffeine-containing beverages should be avoided especially at Sahur. For example, drinking too much tea will make one pass more urine and inevitably cause the loss of valuable mineral salts that your body would otherwise need during the day. Fruits such as bananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates. However, bananas can cause constipation and their intake has to be balanced with adequate fibre intake.

It is recommended that everyone engage in some kind of light exercise, such as stretching or walking. Exercise, together with a balanced diet, should help everyone watch their weight during Ramadan. Anyone overweight should increase the amount of exercise and reduce the amount of food intake to help reduce weight.

It is also important to follow good time management procedures for Ibada (prayer and other religious activities), sleep, studies, work, and physical activities or exercise. A good balance in the amount of time attributed for each activity will lead to a healthier body and mind in Ramadan INSYAALLAH. AMIN.

INA INTO A NEW HOBBY

INA,hobby no 1 shopping


new hobby
homemade chocolates


Ina's friend Cik Ajas confirms note finger showing2 means hobby no2.




My wife Ina is into a new hobby HOME MADE CHOCOLATE,adoi nampak gaya her new hobby will make me put on weight lah tu,kUT KUT ni strategy to make me fat and stay home tak?

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER HAJJAH SITI MAHERAN IBRAHIM

I always thought I’d have more time. There are still so many things on my list that I want to do with my mother, and I always thought we’d do them “someday”. I always thought my mother would get sick, we’d spend time together and then she'd pass away. I thought mother'd be “old”, would have lived a full life, and I’d be okay with the separation. I didn’t expect to feel like my heart was being ripped out of my body.

MUM WE MISS YOU SO MUCH,

In tears we saw you sinking,
And watched you pass away.
Our hearts were almost broken,
We wanted you to stay.

But when we saw you sleeping,
So peaceful, free from pain,
How could we wish you back with us,
To suffer that again.

It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you did not go alone,
For part of us went with you,
The day God took you home.

If Roses grow in Heaven,
Ya ALLAH please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my Mother's arms
and tell her they're from me.

Tell her I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for awhile.

Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there's an ache within my heart
that will never go away.

Don't think of her as gone away
Her journey's just begun
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one

Just think of her as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years

Think how she must be wishing
That we could know, today
Now nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away

And think of her as living
In the hearts of those she touched
For nothing loved is ever lost
And she is loved so very much

YA ALLAH YA TUHANKU AMPUNKAN LAH SEGALA DOSA IBUKU DAN TEMPATKAN LAH IBU DI TEMPAT YANG MULIA DI SISI MU YA ALLAH. AL FATEHA.AMIN.


I know that love never dies, that our loved ones are with us always, and that the memory of my mother will live in my heart forever. I also know that life is short and we never know when we’ll have our last opportunity to say the things we want to say, until the moment is gone.

So, if you want to say, “I love you”, go say it now. If you need to say, “I’m sorry” or “I forgive you”, go say it now. Go do the things you want to do with those that you love- now. Don’t think that you’re too busy or that you can do it tomorrow, for tomorrow may never come.

TO ALL THAT HAVE KNOWN MY MOTHER PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR HER AMIN.

THE RULES OF BEING A HUMAN

Skiing in Yongpyong South Korea.


The Rules of Being Human

You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for as long as you live. How you take care of it or fail to take care of it can make an enormous difference in the quality of your life.

You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called Life. Each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn what you need to know. The lessons presented are often completely different from those you think you need.

There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. You can learn as much from failure as you can from success. Maybe more.

A lesson is repeated until it is learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it (as evidenced by a change in your attitude and ultimately your behavior) then you can go on to the next lesson.

Learning lessons does not end. There is no stage of life that does not contain some lessons. As long as you live there will be something more to learn.

“There” is no better than “here”. When your “there” has become a “here” you will simply discover another “there” that will again look better than your “here.” Don’t be fooled by believing that the unattainable is better than what you have.

Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. When tempted to criticize others, ask yourself why you feel so strongly.

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you create with those tools and resources is up to you. Remember that through desire, goal setting and unflagging effort you can have anything you want. Persistence is the key to success.

The answers lie inside of you. The solutions to all of life’s problems lie within your grasp. All you need to do is ask, look, listen and trust yourself.

SHARING AS I SEE IT

Life Lessons
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned that no matter how much I care some people just don't care back.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, but whom you have in your life that counts.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And, just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt, and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I've learned that heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.

JOSH AND DENGGI FEVER.20TH JULY 2011

MY SON JOSH BEEN HAVING FEVER FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND WAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR DENGGI ON 20TH JULY 2011.ADMITTED TO GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL PENANG AND IS NOW RECOVERING INSYAALLAH.WILL WRITE DETAILS LATER.

TRIP TO HATYAI CANCELLED

Adib with nobilizer.


Grandson Adib with hand bandaged with IV line.

Mohd joshua being fed medication(cupcakes ahahaha)as incentive to take fever solution.


Man proposes God disposes.kita merancang and ALLAHSWT menentukan
From last month we were planning a one day trip to Hatyaai today and returning tomorrow,but my grandson Mohd Aareez Adib,3 1/2 years old had Pneumonia and was admitted to the child specialist centre in Penang on Saturday 16th July,then on late Sunday evening,My son Mohd Josh 18 year old baby came down with high fever 38.5 and was showing signs of flu coming,later that night another big baby wifey Ina,had fever and was also showing signs of Flu.
These 2 days, I hardly able to focus on my work due to my grandson,son and wife all having fever.
It seems inevitable to prevent my youngest son to pass on the virus to my wife. Everytime, either one will get infected by each other. No matter how I separate them, and distance them, the outcome is the same. Sigh.. I’m tired.
Now, I need to focus my effort to cure them.
Nowadays, I use more herbal solution than using the conventional medicine as herbal is more to curing the root cause and helps to strengthen the body's own immune system..

So, I just hope I can get my son and wifey back on their feet as soon as possible. Tomorrow insyaallah will be a better day as all are showing signs of fast recovery.
For now i am DOCTOR,COOK,DRIVER AND ALL ROUNDER LAH Now where is that nurse Mr Lee promised me.

MY TMJ SPECIALIST

LAST THURSDAY 7/7/11 WAS MY APPOINTMENT WITH MY TMJ DOCTOR AT 230PM,THIS IS HIM BEFORE MY TURN LOL OK




SEE WHAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH MY TMJ DOCTOR AHAHAHAHAHAHA,JUST TO MAKE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS LOL

LOVE YOU ALL.

ITU PASAL TAK JAGA GIGI MASA KECIL DAPAT TMJ

Yesterday I went to the TMJ doctor. My dentist didn’t really care when I told them about my jaw, and my orthodontist thought I was being overly sensitive when I said my gums(not many teeth left infact very few)ahahaha didn’t feel like they met the same way anymore(TAK SAMA MACAM TIME DATING2 DOLU2). So the pain and cracking sound has been bugging me for the past 3months and finally gathered enough courage to go see a specialist. I got a recommendation for one from my doctor friend and I made an appointment.

They’d sent me a a stack of papers to fill out about my history and any past treatment and all the xrays, scans and semua yang ada lah, so I handed those in when I first got to the office. I also had records from my doktor gigi sent there ahead of time. Then the doctor took a few minutes to look over everything before I went into his office to meet with him. We basically went over everything I’d written out, and he kind of restated things in his own notes. He also looked at the x-rays sent by my duktur gigi. (While he was looking, he was like, “Oh, you got your wisdom teeth removed?” and I was like, “Um, no, I don’t have wisdom teeth.” it was removed when i munch on jagung many moons ago hehehehehe

Then we moved into the examining room, where he looked at every tooth did not take long as there were only 6 left hahahaha and made comments on it while his assistant wrote everything down. Then he took some measurements with a very tiny ruler. The jaw is one of the most complex joints of the body, because it can move up and down,(like when you are doing rock and roll) to the tune of Elvis songs heheehehe, left to right, and forward and back. He measured my jaw doing each of these movements, to see how far it went in each direction. He also noted at approximately how many milimeters it would make a popping sound. (Only the left side pops, but it pops loud! Both he and the assistant were commenting on it, like, “Wow, I heard that one!”) He also noticed something that I’ve kind of felt and suspected for a long time, but no one has picked up on – when I open my mouth, my lower jaw kind of swerves to the right after the left joint pops. When he went to measure the forward/backward motion of my jaw, there was no popping noise. That was odd. It turns out, I was unconsiously swerving my jaw to the right while doing that move, too ni semua belajar tango from Lee lah tu. When he held my jaw so it couldn’t move to the right, it made a loud pop as it moved forward.adoi sakit nya,ni nak mula manjah lah ni mana dia INA yang ada cuma nurse nak pegang tangan takut nanti nurse kepak,nah tak sakit jaw sakit lain pulak... hehehehe

He did all the measurements again, to see how far I could close my mouth and everything, while wearing those. He also tried to slip a piece of paper out from between my back teeth. A thicker piece of paper could be held between my teeth, but he was able to slip out the thinner paper. After all the measurements, he felt around different areas of my face, neck, and shoulders to see if there was any pain.rasa macam dia ni er suka aje buat cam ni jangan2 ah tak lah my imagination kut hehehehe. There really wasn’t much sakit(except for the pain of him pressing my face).Ingat nak tombok tadi as my grandson would say,and i nearly laugh out loud when the the thoughts of HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH THE TEACHER ASKED AND THE ANSWER YES TEACHER I HAVE BRUSHED YOUR TEETH,ADOI KENA CONTROL HAHAHAHAHAHA

The doctor left the room, and came back with a chunk of hot wax that had been formed into a vaguely retainer shape. He put the wax into my mouth and had me bite down eeeyak tak sedap langsung, and positioned my jaw in a certain way, to make an impression. Then he ran some cold water over the wax to harden it. He put the wax back into my mouth lagi rasa eeeyak yak yucky, and with my jaw in that position, I opened and closed my mouth. There was almost no click!! In maybe five times of opening and closing, there was a very slight click twice. It was amazing!Wah dah cure lah ni ithought to myself,senang aje i think i can open TMJ kelinik kut,heheheheheh

Because he was able to get that paper stuck between my teeth, he said I was really able to clench my jaw at night. What he wants to do is put an additional piece on my upper gums that will keep my mouth further open. This is something called (TIN)apa it means i tak kuasa tanya by then dah penat. The theory behind this is that the usual mouthpiece people get to treat nighttime tooth/gum grinding (the kind that covers all your upper teeth/gum like a sport guard) may also increase the intensity of jaw clenching. The system is a piece about the diameter of a pencil, which goes between your upper and lower front teeth ER GUMS LAH TU. If you bite on this, your teeth ER GUMS OK OK TERLUPA PLAK don’t have high intensity contact, and your muscles contract only slightly. The doctor used the wax mold to figure out exactly how many milimeters he wanted to add in thicknes.Now the thought of bolih aku makan durian tak jap lagi ahahahaha came into my mind.

Finally, they did two types of therapy on me. I didn’t really enjoy either, couldn’t feel anything while it was happening, and don’t feel any difference now that it’s after 7 hours.. The first was ultrasound therapy. The assistant used an ultrasound thingy to rub cold gel all over both sides of my face for five minutes each. While the assitant was doing this, the doctor left the room to get me this thing called a Terbite my term lah tu hehehehehe. It’s a U-shaped piece of rubber that goes between my upper and lower teeth er gums lah tu. For five minutes at a time (he said definitely before bed, and maybe another time, like driving to or from work), I’m supposed to clench and relax with this in my mouth. The theory is that it will tire out the muscles (so they don’t clench as much on their own), but no real damage will be done because there is this rubber layer between my er gums /teeth sikit sangat. Then the second therapy they did was Diadahmy my term lah tu, which is basically a sound wave therapy. It was only done on the left side of my head eh dia ingat i sakit otak kut ahahahaha. The doctor and I both wore ear plugs, and he held this gun-like thingy to the side of my head. It made a really loud noise, and something about the sound waves was supposed to be good for my jaw. He had me wear the Terbite thingy and clench and release while he was doing this, and the thing was held right next to my ear adoi bising betui kuat lah juga the bunyi macam keretapi nya whistle and clanging. He also gave me my ear plugs back at the end, which I assume means I’m supposed to bring them back next time in case he does Diadahmy again.

When I was all done, the doctor and I went out to the front desk together. He said my next appointment should be for an hour and fiften minutes, and he wants it to be in a week, no more than two weeks. Well, I don’t know if that’s going to happen. Also, this doctor doesn’t do anything with insurance. I have to pay them up front, and then they just give me a form that I can send to my insurance to be reimbursed. I’d been told that the cost of the consultation would be about RM600, which was true, but… then they added the Terbite and Diadahmy and the ultrasound, and it came out to more like rm900. Ugh. (Which I may or may not even be reimbursed for!) They also gave me a form with the costs of everything they plan to do at the next visit. I was looking over it, and it didn’t look so bad, probably about RM600 again… Then I looked again. IN SMALL LETTERS near the edge of the page was an 8cm=.RM1800! If my insurance isn’t going to cover this, I don’t know about going back there for a RM1800 centimeter of plastic, you know?

So, overall, it went really well. The doctor noticed things that others had missed, and didn’t think I was crazy in the least. In fact, I thought I had a pretty minor case, but out of four options for the severity of the patient’s condition – not bad,pertengahan, terover, and banyak susah – he has categorized me as manjah ahahahaha new category included after my visit adoi kata nurse tu lah bukan duktor dia kata banyak susah lah hehehehehe. He was friendly (so were the rest of his staff!) and thorough, and although his office is a pain to get out of at rush hour, it’s relatively easy for me to get to, even from work dekat rumah and opis. So… we’ll see. We’ll see what my insurance company says, we’ll see if anything is covered (or goes towards my deductible, more likely), and we’ll see if I go back. I guess I would like to CUBA2 TRY2 lah kalau ada improvement why not,nah tu dia cerita kat doktor tadi.ALL IN ALL INSYAALLAH SEMUA OK.THANKS ALL FOR THE DOA AND PRAYERS.

moral of the story look after your teeth if ada teeth tak dak TMJ,my friend SWEET MARIE and LEE TORONTO no problem gigi best punya ahahahaha take care all.

NOTE:TMJ IS SHORT FOR temporomandibular joint
My version :TMJ IS Temporomenmandibulatjoint this one for OWC/KJHI/MLC members.

Peggy my cousin from perth visit

(LtoR)Jim Chadwick,Mrs Chadwick,Peggy,Me and Ina.

Peggy and Me.

Photos were taken after my work in Penang at PNTC Sunday 3/7/2011.6pm.Peggy and me share the same grandfather.(Her mother is my dad's sister.)
It was a great day at work when my cousin Peggy, Jimmy Chadwick and wife came for a visit.Jimmy is my good friend for nearly 50 years now and not forgetting my idol and mentor.He played an important role in my career.
The next day Monday 4/7/2011,Peggy and our friend Peter from Sydney,Ina and me took a drive up Cameron Highlands and we spend a whole day there just relaxing and having strawberries and ice cream ,talking about old times before we said goodbye to Peggy and Peter who will be staying for 2 more days in CH,then to KL to attend a royal wedding before going back to Australia next week.Although my TMJ pain was quite bad during the weekend and today, i still managed to overcome with pain killers and being happy with the happenings which was able to take my mind of my pain.I even drove to CH and back.Insyaallah i will win this battle with TMJ.Family and friends dont stop praying for me. My new found friends SWEET MARY AND PETER THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE AND FOR JUST BEING THERE.