What Can Sincere Hearts Do to Us?
...In the Name of ALLAH SWT...

I forgot to share these anecdotes I heard from the Forum Intelek: Simfoni Alam Kekuasaan Allah. Each from Prof. Dr. Muhaya and Dr. Zulkifli.


Anecdote 1:
There's a man in his early 50's went for an eye surgery to remove cataract in his eyes. At first glance, Dr. Muhaya predicted that he might have diabetes mellitus and does not take great care of his food intake to cause the cataract. Nonetheless, the surgery went well, in fact, very well. No problem occurred. After the surgery, she found out that the man is actually a fishmonger in a small market. Despite his small income, he always make sure to do sedekah to Tahfiz centers. He donates constantly without fail.


Anecdote 2:
From a story happened in Morocco (if I'm not mistaken), there's a very fat guy registering for a medical checkup at a hospital. He is sharp-tongued, with an almost arrogant personality. His rash words got on the nerves of a certain doctor in the hospital, so the doctor asked his assistant to particularly reject the fat guy's registration to be checked up by him. The doctor hoped that the fat guy would be treated by other doctor or in other hospitals. So the fat guy registered at a different hospital.


One day, the doctor was supposed to receive a patient, but it turned out that the patient coming in an ambulance was the fat guy! Actually, the fat guy was assigned to be sent to different hospital, but he was placed into the wrong ambulance. In the end, the doctor still treated the fat guy without problem. The doctor found out that the fat guy was a perfume seller; every time he puts perfume into bottles, he will say selawat to Rasulullah saw for each drop. Because The Prophet Muhammad loves perfume. 




These stories are true stuff. We shouldn't judge people rashly, they might appear poor, have bad characters, but they might do other things better than us. Small things like donation to people in need and selawat, if done continuously with sincere heart, can help us in overcoming hard things in our life. We should always reflect on ourselves. Try to improve our own characters first, build a deep, strong foundation of sincerity. InshaaAllah, we can become a better person when we stop, see and reflect on what is happening around us. 


May ALLAH guide us through until the end, ameen.

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Sharing is Caring =)
...In the Name of ALLAH S.W.T...

Let me share what I learnt from Forum Intelek: Simfoni Alam Kekuasaan Tuhan at UKM on April 24. I cannot recall everything since my memory often fails me. Overall, panelists Prof. Dr. Muhaya and Brother Shah Kirit gave excellent explanations that night. Sorry the topics are jumping around. 

Wonders of Eyes
- ability to see is innate, as babies are born, they can see as soon as they open their eyes
- eyes have 126 million photoreceptor cells and 1.2 million optic nerve fibres - things as small as eyes can let us see the wonderment of His creations
- use eyes to see, mind to interpret, heart/emotion to evaluate
- eyes are a creative design by Allah, Darwin couldn't explain how eyes can work using his Evolution theory (everything comes by chance)

Darwinian Evolution Theory
- based on natural selection, where the fittest will survive
- if human being is evolved from some race, should be some makhluk perantara in between - but no strong evidence from fossils is found (there was an instance of discovery of fossils representing human predecessor, such as Lucy, but such are controversial)

Where did the 1st molecule come from?
- Einstein proposed that universe is static
- but Edwin Hubble discovered that universe is actually expanding
- this means, looking back in time, universe was developed from a point of singularity, where there is no time, no space and no matter occur
- in Quran, some surahs mention about heaven and earth come from nothing
- the sun wouldn't rotate forever, it's also a creation, someday it will die off - Quran mentioned this, "matahari dan bulan akan beredar pada paksinya untuk suatu masa yang telah ditetapkan untuknya"

Advice to students:
- Food is divided to 3: for physical (food drinks), for emotion (compliments from other people), for spiritual (remember Him, search for redha Tuhan as our objective)
- muhasabah diri - do reflection on what's happening to us, redha pada qada' dan qadar
- 2 important emotions: kesyukuran & kasih sayang
- konsep keikhlasan dalam belajar: belajar untuk tahu, bukan untuk lulus pelajaran.

Ok, that's all for now.



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who makes the first move?
...In the Name of ALLAH...

In creating a relationship, who should make the first move? Guys...or girls? It's a norm to see guys to initiate, but quite uncommon to see girls. Orang Melayu kata, eish perigi mencari timba...malu! But, it shouldn't be an embarrassment for a woman to take the first step for a good future with a promising partner. 


I stumbled upon an article in facebook discussing this topic few days ago. Unfortunately I forgot the link :-( But I'm sure the story of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the beloved wife of Prophet Rasulullah s.a.w., is known by most. She proposed to Muhammad s.a.w. regardless their age difference by 15 years. From the information from her maid, she was mesmerized to learn his good nature and values in doing business and how well he carried himself. He is indeed the most perfect human being ever created. Not for long, she didn't let the chance slip away and quickly made the proposal be known to Muhammad s.a.w. And we know the rest of the story, right? ;-)


If one of the greatest women in the history of Islam had proved that a woman could make the first move, why should now we hesitate? It's not shameful, nor it's something against the religion. Adat pun adat lah, as long as we can grab the opportunity of having the best life partner, gather the courage and tell him/her quick! 


I hope I won't hesitate anymore, and my first step would lead to a deeper, meaningful and blessed relationship, Ameen...

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a new chapter in life
...In the name of Allah...

Alhamdulillah, I'm no longer rotting at home, doing nothing. I'm now working as a temporary RA at UKM, Bangi, but my desk is in Msia Genome Institute (MGI), a few miles away from UKM main campus. My job requires me dealing with Master and Ph.D theses and manuscripts, and re-writing them into journal format for publication. I have to translate some works written in Malay into English too, since it is a UKM policy for citizen students to write in Malay. So far I have translated 1 Master thesis, and more is coming in my way. Gulp (o__O)


Thanks for this job, now I got my best buddies closer with me. There are Tira, Pao, Zyha, Asmaa. Also, Mior and Joe are around as well. I miss my good moments with RIT buddies so much! I wish the others can show up and meet together soon (Calling for Muni, Dila, Jiji, Manche, Ecah kentang, Ecahmo, Erin, Hawa, etc!). These guys/girls are my escapade into a totally new world (^___^) Tira, my ex-housemate-in-RIT-but-is-now-my-roommate has helped me a lot in adapting to MGI environment and colleagues. I owe you girl :)


Today, I went to Shah Alam's new library in Section 9, just opened in December 2011, with Pao and Zyha. The interior design is something worth of a compliment, but still lacking of lotsa interesting books. But it's nice to realize, people were buzzing coming in and out. Library is once again a place for everyone at all ages to gather together, for the sake of knowledge and fun. Then we met Joe, Erin, and Nanith at Plaza Sh.Alam for a short talk while eating takoyaki and okonimiyaki (Yum!). Erin has gotten thinner! I'm proud of your achievement girl! Keep it up ;)


After Asar, three of us met KN and drove to UIUC alumni's regular volleyball games at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. We got lost twice - don't blame us, the GPS was probably not in her good mood - but we did arrive. Yeah, 10min later than KN. It's a good thing that I agreed to come, a lot of ATU friends I've been missing for years were there. Including some unexpected people - such a pleasant surprise (wink!) Honestly, I was really glad to meet them all again. 


Now, I demand for a gathering of RIT buddies! Come on, let's plan and play!

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