Sesat lagi

Tadi nak g office PPKK...dari pejabat hubby kat C16. Predictably, sesat lagi. Dann...ini bukan fes taim. Sesat dulu, call kak nani. Kali nih sesat lagi, malu arr nak call lg.
Pusing pusing, jumpa masjid, library, beberapa buah kantin, ATM, bank muamalat... pendekata, saya dah jumpa semua fascilities yang ada kt UTHM nih...ofis PPKK jer belum. Beberapa minit kemudian, setelah melalui taman terbiar yang ada tongkol kayu dan baju2 tukang kebun dan dipenuhi cendawan (mesti staf uthm sendiri tatau kewujudan tempat nih), sampai gak saya ke ofis kecil tuh.
Tapi rasanya kali nih dah boleh ingat jalan.
Pas C16 tuh masuk terus C17, jalan straight, dont belok2. Pastu sampai ujung jalan... you turn left, straight and dun belok belok lagi...
ok!
ingat kut.

My English Teachers

Being born in a small and quite an isolated kampong, kesedaran untuk berbahasa Inggeris di kalangan penduduk kampung di situ sangat2 tiada. Hmm.. boleh dikatakan kesedaran utk menyekolahkan anak pun masih tidak begitu jelas. The nearest school was 9,10 kms away. Well, we're talking about a kampong with no electricity supply or tarred road here, and that was back in the early 80s. Orang kampung waktu tu lebih gemar anak lelakinya tolong mengangkut baja di sawah atau anak perempuannya belajar memasak di dapur. So, my father have made a brilliant decision by moving to another place where education and school can be accessed properly.

Kehidupan bertambah baik selepas itu. Bagaimanapun, untuk membeli sebuah buku cerita bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah bagi orang seperti kami. It was considered a luxury to be able to buy a story book back then. Tetapi ayah akan tetap membelikan saya sebuah buku bahasa Inggeris dan setiap kali pulang dari bekerja, he would read the book for me. But then, he didnt feed me with the fish though. He had always asked me to look for the meaning of few words in the dictionary (not all) and would kept the story hanging by reading one page for one day. Only one page! Dahla satu page tu separuhnya adalah gambar semata-mata. Being a curious cat, lama-kelamaan saya sudah cekap membuka kamus sendiri. Kebiasaannya, ayah akan menggariskan beberapa patah perkataan pada setiap muka surat, yang bermaksud, setiap kali sebelum dia mula membacakan saya cerita pada muka surat tersebut, saya harus terlebih dahulu mendapatkan maksud perkataan-perkataan tersebut terlebih dahulu.
So, the next few days, saya dah cari siap2 maksud perkataan dan sebagai bonusnya, ayah akan menambahkan bilangan muka surat yang dibacakan setiap hari.
Later, he bought me more and more books with a better dictionary. He had to put up with my speed but since he was getting busier, saya mula beralih arah dengan menconteng buku2 rujukan bahasa Inggeris sepupu2 dan mak sedara. At 8 yrs old..I was 'helping' my cousins and aunts with their 1322 already! How do I know...hehe..

When I was in Standard 3, our English teacher,Mr AHK, was the well known scout teacher. Dia telah menerapkan unsur2 'tentera' dalam pengajarannya. Kalau ada maksud bahasa Inggeris yg ditanyakan, kami harus menjawab dengan cepat or else, semua orang akan bangun berdiri dan dia akan menyoal one by one, on the meaning of certain words. Tak boleh jawab? Guys- tarik sideburn. Girls- 'pulas' tengah belakang...Most of the time, since I got all the answers correct, saya akan ditauliahkan utk tarik sideburn atau pinch bebudak kat belakang. Waktu tu habisla sapa yang wat musuh dengan saya! hahaha...*evil* As for my friends, esp the boys, kadang tak sempat denda lagi dah pretend sakit..Huhu, tak real langsung. Pastu sekali saya tak dapat jawab soalan Mr AHK...hahaha, i thought he'd show some mercy kat his 'fav student' (*uweek, sila muntah) nih...takdernyerrrr... he pinched me at the back sampai terangkat kaki...menitis tau air mata....rasa cam tanak kawan dah..

Pastu darjah 6, cikgu Suhaily, our English teacher, was the one who encouraged me to actually read the dictionary. And that was one brilliant idea.

Form 1 to 3...disaster disaster. This English teacher, Mr Ong, got me and my friend 'ketuk-ketampi' for 200 times! No kidding! Malu dowh...Maluu satu hal, habis jer ketuk ketampi, we werent able to walk! Sewiously. Since it was the last period of the day, kedua2 kami tak dapat nak pegi makan..camner nak pegi, berdiri pun tak mampu!
And that punishment was for 'not buying' newspaper...Well, we had to buy newspaper everyday! That costed fortune for us as students, dan dahla kami stay asrama, kat mana nak g beli paper? Crazy! Selalunya my friend borrowed from the teacher's room, tapi hari tu the vendor was a bit late...
Personally, I think Mr Ong just loved to punish people. And me myself, I could never find how the ideas of reading newspaper can help yor English! The newspapers are full of unrelated jargons and nonsense slanga...Books are much better! Huhu... if I can turn back the time, I would've cheated the squatting...My English didnt improve much during that period. We're more into exam oriented studies. What a waste!

Then came Mrs Rahanim. Graduated from the Uk, she's got the pronunciation and the personality. She tried to get us to go for the 1119 for the SPM but we were so afraid to be the pioneer. I guessed she was a bit frustated...but then she persuaded us to sit for the exam, not for SPM...bolehla... huhu, credit jer.
We could've done better if she came earlier...gantikan that Mr Ong...oh no, other than the fact that he made me do the 200 ketuk-ketampi, he was good to me. Ungrateful me...

Argghhh...

English kat uni?
Huhu..tak membantu langsung! I was the only one in my class, dapat A, score 96 or 98%! The gap was like...over 20 marks? Biar betul.. Exam English kat uni, paling susah pun, setakat buat ayat "I go to school everyday..." dan translate ayat... Yang bestnya waktu translate ayat tu, it wasnt an English translation for me, but rather a Japanese examination, since I had to answer all in Japanese! Kahaha...Btw,rasanya takder budak Malaysia yang tak dapat A utk subjek English (di Jepun)..

Balik Mesia semula, I lost half of my English vocab and one third of my Malay vocab.
Waktu kat tempat kija, tersekat2 and tersasul2 nak sebut satu2 perkataan...lupa arr.. Kengkadang tu kawan2 kt office gelak2 jer tengok kepelikan my language...Pernah during my lunch time, I've tried to order something in the cafe..

Me: Pakcik, nak ais kosong satu.
Pakcik: Ok
Me: Tapi tanak ais!
Pakcik: Bolehh..
Me: Pastu saya nak suam sikit...sikiiiiittt jer
Pakcik:....
Me: Kiranya macam tak panas langsung
Kawan2 dah start gelak dah...
Kengkawan: Tu air kosong la tuh..
Me: Owh..

Kt UIA, I've met few friends yang English diorang memang superb. Flawless! Ada yang macam kamus bergerak lagi. And my roommate, was a world debater! They were my teachers. Special thanks to R, the only human at that time yang faham my Malay without having them retranslated...Kadang2 tak perlu habiskan ayat pun dia dah faham... (We kinda concluded that Japanese grammar was a bit similar to Sarawak's...hehe, suka2 hati jerr)

This entry is meant as a tribute to my English teachers, directly or indirectly. Though my English is far from perfect, I am not giving up. And I would not. Learning English is neither easy nor difficult. All you need is a good teacher and some good books. I am blessed, my father was my best teacher!

"Windows"shopping

I have restrained myself from my casual theraphy, shopping, since i havent need one lately...
Duk kat umah and sesekali kuar kija, ngajar bahasa jer...memang tak stress. Overdoing either one, memang stressful.

However, I am giving a second thought on getting a bit more serious on getting involved with fashion blogging alias business. Alas... Killing my time, it's 3 months sem break. Ala...bukan cam fashion blogging yg trendy and up-to-date gilerr cam orang punya, just a bit muslimah-style. Well, this is what we call "Windows"shopping, shopping thru your pc.

I am always a big fan of one-piece dress, short or long, flirty or modesty,
Look what I've found on the net :->



Heart-melting dresses, dun u think so? Well, they need some nice cardigan to go with...Btw, talking about Muslimah style, the next one require only a head scarf to fully cover aurah.



Err... how about this one. Hihi... ->


I guess the runway fashion has now, reverting more and more into Muslimah style. Arent they feel any oppression wearing them? :P

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Hehe... just to show how much Ive wasted my time:

Sukidesu!

Spelling: Sukidesu
Pronunciation: Skides! Pronunced lightly and quickly(Ski- there's)
How to use: ~ ga sukidesu (pronunciation: gak ski-there's), ga is a particle
Meaning: Like, love (verb) (BM: Sayang/suka)



Antonym: Kiraidesu Pronunced as "key-rai-des"
How to use: ~ ga kiraidesu (Same as if you use "sukidesu")

These were the few words I've taught my students during my last class. The first word is quite well known, and widely used in tv japanese dorama or animes. There is actually another word for love- Aishiteru or Aishiteimasu. Compared to 'sukides', the word Aishiteimasu itself contains a very heavy and deep meaning, and is an affectionate word. This might be the reason why 'sukidesu' is used more frequently compared to the latter, somehow comparable to the the word 'suka/sayang' while the latter might refers to 'cinta'. We are more likely to say "Saya suka/sayang dia" in many occasions compared to "Saya cinta dia."

For example:


Gohan ga sukidesu. (Go-hunk gak ski-there's)
Translation: (Saya) suka nasi.


Sakana ga sukidesu. (Sar-car-naa gak ski-there's)


Ringo ga sukidesu. (Ring-go gak ski-there's)


Japanese tends to drop the word "Watashi", or I, in the sentences. Japanese language is very easy to say, you dont have to say "I like to eat nasi/rice." Instead, saying "Like/love nasi" or "gohan ga sukidesu" is adequate and grammartically correct.

By the way, to say that you love someone, you can simply say:
"Anata ga sukidesu" --> I like/love you (Saya sayang awak)...
where, "anata" refers to "you"
or
"haha ga sukidesu" or --> I like/love mother (Saya sayang mak)

However, bear in mind that the more proper way to say that you love someone is by adding the word "no koto" after that person's names/referral names.
For example:
"Anatano koto ga sukidesu." (I like/love you)



"Anatano koto ga dai sukidesu." (I really like/love you)

Selected!

Persembahan kami tempoh hari rupa-rupanya menarik minat beberapa VIP malam tu. Last Monday, Halil sensei told me to get the 'tankou bushi', the traditional dance group to prepare for the next big event. Well, ingatkan tu persembahan biasa-biasa kat UTHM PBMA(Pesta Minggu Bahasa Asing) saja...rupa-rupanya, kumpulan Tankou Bushi kami telah terpilih untuk mewakili UTHM ke peringkat kebangsaan. Detailnya seperti berikut:

"International Cultural Evening 2008."
Date: 1 November 2008
Venue: Impiana Banquet Hall, Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa, KL

Butir-butir lanjut tatau lagi...
Mmm...but this is really something.

Khalas!

Khalas!
Finish!
Today was the last day for me teaching Japanese. I think Ive carried out my amanah the best that I could. Every class, there would be fukushuu(revision) and renshuu (latihan). So, Ive done my best to make them understand the Japanese lesson. Now, it's up to them, boleh jawab ker tak.

After class, there was this student datang minta maaf, cam biasala, klu buat salah ker sebagainya. Tak kisahla, being a teacher, Ive tried my best not to dislike particular students or fond the others. Just like any other teacher. Tapi yang kelakarnya bila dia cakap, "Saya minta maafla kalau saya menyampah tengok sensei ker"
There, I was taken aback, but half laughing. During my student's days, I know how we would b*tch about some teachers, or make fun of the others, behind them. Now, it's my turn...hihi.
I wasnt angry coz I'd never been emotionally attached to any students...ihihi, but I was thinking... "Budak nih pernah cakap something ker about me, behind my back." Kelakarnya, if I was him, I wouldnt say that. If I b*tch something about my teacher, most of the time, it was for fun :P (Jahat kan?) Seumur hidup saya, there were only one teacher (lecturer) that I hated. Itupun sebab bagi saya dia tak amanah, tak datang kelas, 4 kali jer satu semester. Zalim pula tu. Bila bagi test, dia bagi bab yang tak belajar lagi, dia failkan 9orang satu semester tu (out of tak sampai 25 orang). Yang lulus midterm pun sebab meniru! Seminar presentation tak attend. Pastu he lectured me for half an hour about the importance of not to "copy and paste" anything for my assignment, because it's not good if I continue that habit after I graduate/work later, without even ask why did I came to see him, properly. When I told him I was a master student, baru dia tanya, "Eh, which assignment? What course did you say?"

Thus, yang penting for me, saya tanak jadi tak amanah cam lecturer tu. I cursed him all my life, he was being untrusted, dhalim, and biased.
While some of the students send me cards and nice, sweet messages etc, the other might not like me. So I simply told him "Well, saya pun student juga dulu, ada mood. Tak kisahla, awak takder salah apapun, tak ada sesiapa pun yang ada salah dengan saya."
Khalas!

I wanna get some rest. Minggu nih tiap malam cuma tido beberapa jam. Malam kelmarin dulu, tilam basah. Aisyah tuang susu, so terpaksa tido atas toto kt bilik my house assistant. Dahla kena stayed up check format thesis yg tetiba 'lari'. Malam kedua pun tido bilik assistant, pastu Aisyah nangis2, tak sihat. Kena ampu sebab dia tak boleh bernafas (selsema) infected dari assistant :D. My hubby was very2 helpful. Dipangkunya Aisyah more than one hour! Memang I can rely on him kalau waktu2 camtu. Malam seterusnya Aisyah nangis tak boleh tido, n demam. Pastu I was preparing slide, to make sure I've covered semua yang berkenaan. Semalam... Preparing some stuff n masak2. Esok ada jamuan PA, diorg datang nnti kut, marinate and siang2 barang. Malamnya PA nyer bbq. Minggu depan, silap2 kena g UIA amik sign.

Almost forgot, pagi sok kul 10, ada kelas for seksyen7. Ingat nak email latihan jer suh diorang buat sendiri, but instead, they requested for class. Which is very good and lagi senang nak pantau.

Huhu....
I wasnt that busy but the schedule is quite 'packed' these few days.
Rasa macam nak rehat...nak pegi...



Sabah bah!

Ermergency note:
My supervisor called me just few seconds ago.
SV: Z, do you want your master degree or not?!
Z: Yes, sure...
SV: Then why didnt you send me the thesis yet
Z: Im waiting for the formatting, is being checked by a sister now. Insya'Allah by next week
SV: Hurry up then. And what about the article?
Z: Err...
SV: Just copy from your thesis, the simulations, results, discussions..
Z: Err...
SV: Okay, I want you to bring me the article next week. Along with the thesis. ok?
Z: Ok.

Huhuhuh...Kena wat journal paper lagi....vunci vunciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Eyes on Me

Eyes On Me Lyrics

Japanese Teacher

Bila dapat kija jadik cikgu bahasa Jepun nih, I cant help but feeling strangely happy.. Since dapat melepaskan diri dari kebuhsanan + being 'nearer' to Japanese Language again... So I told everybody about that job offer...

Me: Kak* dah dapat keja... jadi cikgu Jepun.
Adik no 3: Hahaha... Sapa nak dengar?

Me: Cik dah dapat keja cikgu Jepun tuh..
Ayah: Ooo..

Me: La ni saya jadi cikgu bahasa Jepun.
Sepupus/ mak sedaras: Awat tak mintak pensyarah?

Me: Kak* jadi cikgu Jepun kat UTHM..
Adik no 2: Gaji berapa?

Me: Currently, I am teaching Japanese to UTHM students.
Supervisor: What? So you gonna leave all this engineering behind? No, no! You should continue to PhD...


Waktu viva...
Dean: What are you doing now?
Me: Well, Im teaching.... (tengok muka internal, external, dean, supervisor masing2, tak sampai hati nak teruskan cakap 'Japanese')... Im teachin in UTHM now...
Dean: Good, I have friends in UTHM. That's not a bad university.
Supervisor: You should continue to PhD
External: Are you?
Me: Well... err..I'Allah...
External/dean/internal: Where and when? Do you have anything ...blabla
Me: I'Allah, my husband would continue his phd in Canada, so I would find if there is an opportunity for me to further my studies as well..
(Dalam hati rasa nak nangis, tuh kira tipu ker tuh)
External: So, are you going to continue doing research in this area?
Me: I'Allah, I would continue in this area, and specifically, Digital Speech Processing.
Them: Angguk puas hati
(Dalam hati... rasa cam nak menjerit...saya tanak kija! tanak kija! saya cuma nak jadi cikgu bahasa! Itu saja)

Huhu...

Pick of the day

Para-para vs Tankou Bushi

Getting prepared.


Priceless... 'Obi' buat sendiri nih :)


Modern dance--> The determined Para-para group :)


Modern dance--> Me with the girls


Modern dance--> Me with the boys (See how they towered over me)


Traditional dance--> The ganbatta Tankou Bushi group :)


Our emcees... thumbs up for the Japanese-like voices/pronunciations



-------------------AFTERMATH :D--------------------------

Selepas persembahan...





Our kimono girls memang ramai peminat..berkelip2 flash since b4 persembahan


Dengan traditional dance and fashion show groups



Their show (Sorry for the low video quality)



Dalam video ni tak dapat lak nak capture endingnya waktu ramai2 kuar nari and ucap "arigatoui gozaimasu".
Hopefully, diorang akan tunjuk video yg full nnti..

Pas habis persembahan, para-para group boys cakap
"Sensei, tak boleh concentrate wo.."
"Diorang panggil nama saya, jerit-jerit"
"Bersiul-siul...Maluu ooo"

Kehehe...Okeyla tu :P

How do I rate their performance?
Given that we have only one week to practice, I would say that they did very, very, very well. The show wasnt something that will shake the stage, but I would rather say, their performance was simple and sweet, and a very unique way to introduce Japanese culture (now and then), through dances and fashion show.

The not-so-intelligent Gates

Windows can be really annoying from times to times. While we can have a transparent and total control over our PC/system through Linux platform, Windows ni memang selalu pandai2 sendiri. Latest, it performed sort of disk scan on my memory stick. Worst, I could only find one bootex file inside.I lost almost 1GB of important files and pictures!
Though I've been really careful with netsurfing and downloading anything from the net and that my lappy has been virus-worm-adware-malware-free for more than a year (wow!), thumbdrives are another 'powerfool' resources of transversing those malicous contents. Tensennerr...
Thus,Ive been trying to find out whether this was caused by some sort of viruses or just caused by the not-so-intelligent Gates' windows' unnecessary actions. Did some research on the net...

1. Problem: Unable to read memory stick memory + only bootex file available
2. Solution: Bootex file is a log file, which means Windows has performed some scan on the memory stick. Go to:
http://www.sonydigital-link.com/memstick/downloads/downloads_ms.aspx?l=en&f=MS_Rescue
and login to access and recover data in memory stick again
3. File retrieved, but then all file extensions(MPEG, JPG, MOV) are 'suka-suka hati' converted to .CHK
4. Solution: Downloaded UnCHK (by Eric Phelps), Run and performed reconversion into the correct extensions/ type file
...

Done!
I'll upload the photos later, my students' pics ma..on 'that' night

Moral of the story:
1.Backup file cepat2,
2.Jangan sesekali benarkan Gates scan our computer again

***satu lagi cara, paling cepat dan pantas, ialah dengan menukarkan semula .chk itu kepada extension yg sebetulnya. Contohnya, jika fail asal itu adalah gambar (jpeg) tapi telah ditukar kepada "gambar1.chk".... so, tukar shj kepada "gambar1.jpeg"

klu fail asal adalah word document (.doc), tukarkan .chk tu kepada .doc...
contoh: dokumen1.chk ---> tukar kepada dokumen1.doc

terus boleh guna seperti sediakala, senang kan?

Sneak Preview

Still practicing...
though we were facing few problems here and there, they were sporting enough to give all out.
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Tankou bushi:
Tsuki ga deta deta
Tsuki ga deta, a yoi yoi
Miike Tankō no ue ni deta
Anmari entotsu ga takai no de
Sazoya otsukisan kemutakaro
Sa no yoi yoi

Rough Translation:

The moon, has come out,
Oh, the moon is out, heave ho (kakegoe)
Over Miike Coal Mine hath the moon come out.
The chimney is so high,
I wonder if the moon chokes on the smoke...
Heave ho!

Malam bahasa: The Selected?

Sebenarnya at the end, ada 8 kumpulan semuanya utk dipilih.

Nama kumpulan:
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Melewar Clan (Mohamad Asyraf)
Kump. Gaban (Shahril Effendi)
All for One (Nurul Farehah)
Kiseki (Lee Te Hsiang)
Tokyo Boyz (Mohd Afiq Aizudin)
Kawaii Group (Wan Nur Zawahir)
Mare-shia Jin (Mohammad Ramzui)
Fantasy (Teo Ting Fang)


Kumpulan melewar --> Lakonan mengenai pelancong Jepun yang datang ke Malaysia dan ditunjukkan tempat2 menarik

Kump. Gaban --> Lakonan lucu mengenai pelancong Malaysia yang ke Jepun, mereka kurang fasih berbahasa Jepun dan tersesat masuk ke disko haram. Sangat impressive especially the guys yg jadi wife sanggup pakai rambut palsu tuh

All for One --> Mempersembahkan lakonan yang cukup comel, budak cute yang nakkan hadiah birthday 'remote control car' tapi tak diizinkan. So make a wish upon a bamboo tree. Wish granted and the girl was happy before the car turned out of control

Kiseki --> Adapted the 'Para-para sakura' the HK movie. Ada lakonan n pertandingan tarian antara groups girls and boys..

Tokyo boyz --> Yakuza stories...mmm, lakonan ok la tapi dialognya tak fahamla... And later was informed that, waktu diorg wat translation tu, kanji banyak sgt dan diorg skip all the parts yg ada kanji.. ptutla... huhu~

Kawaii group --> Came full prepared with yukata dan baju2 4 musim. Memang kawaii.

Mareshia Jin --> Lakonan tentang kesombongan askar2 Jepun di Tanah Melayu. Sebenarnya idea cukup bagus utk diketengahkan dan sangat creative, but then preparation and time is obviously lacking...

Fantasy --> I like! Well prepared dengan sakura chiru, water sprinkler jadi hujan etc etc... The best preformance, I think...


So whom am I gonna select? Pening jugak sebenarnya, which is a good sign. Since this refers to the fact that I have a lot of choices.
There were 3 groups I were going to select, but then there were limitation of number of student allowed on stages.
OK!
I think I would leave out the acting part, since acting requires a whole bunch of good actors in play, kalau setakat sorang dua jer yang can act well,memang performance tu akan turn out to be 'syok sendiri'...
Minnasan yang tak terpilih tu bukan tak bagus though, but ... since Im the one who would be watching them in the malam bahasa, thus I am the only one, among us, whom still possess the so called 'the-outsider-eyes'.

Rumah Terbuka

Macam biasa, jamuan rumah terbuka di sana-sini selepas Aidilfitri. setelah been busy 2years in a row, dengan rumah tertutup, we held our first rumah terbuka last Tuesday...simple2,since I ran out of excuses untuk tak wat tahun nih :P That was for the close friends of him, which also implies that their wives are most likely my frenz...the UTHM circle (kecuali orang tu yang NZ, hihi, miss u la)

Kakzie orang first, yeay! Cute betul Alia ngan maknya pakai abaya.Tapi ada juga beberapa orang yang tak dapat hadir, kakNani ada kematian tok saudara sebelah hsband (Alfatihah) dan ada yang anak2nya demam. Yang lost contact (naper yer? tukor phone ke?) pun ada gak... Bila habis majlis jer, suamiku tiba-tiba bersuara separuh serius separuh mengusik..

"Sorry.Nampaknya abang tak berjaya menyatukan semua blogger-blogger UTHM"

Hehehe...
Tak terfikir lak...

Their First and Our Fourth

While we were still coping with the grief of losing our happy-alwiz-happy Cik Ad (Alfatihah) and still trying to overcome the sensations of his unanticipated loss on 2nd Syawal, we had this great news that I cant wait to announce to the world-- the birth of the fourth grandchild in the family. And the first baby girl to Saiful Amin (my brother) and his wife, Nor Azian.
So let's meet the newborn sweetheart -->







Isnt she lovely? Baby nih dalam perut ibunya sekejap melintang sebelah kiri sekejap sebelah kanan. Finally, selepas puas dia akrobatik dalam perut ibunya dan tanak jugak turun bawah, terpaksa di'caeser'kan juga.

Aneesa Safia binti Saiful Amin.
6 Syawal 1429 @ 6 Oktober 2008.

Welcome to the world :D

Tanda-tanda kematian

Saya telah menerima janji Allah,bahawa Allah akan menghadiahkan sesuatu kepada saya...
iaitu 'mati'...

Berkata guru saya, 'apa sebab kita hidup? kita hidup semata-mata untuk mati'

Suatu hari, Imam Al-Ghazali berkumpul dengan murid-muridnya lalu beliau bertanya :
Imam Al-Ghazali : "Apakah yang paling dekat dengan diri kita di dunia ini ?"
Murid 1 : "Orang tua"
Murid 2 : "Guru"
Murid 3 : "Teman"
Murid 4 : "Kaum Kerabat"
Imam Ghazali : "Semua jawaban itu benar, tetapi yang paling dekat dengan kita ialah KEMATIAN. Sebab itu janji Allah bahwa setiap yang bernyawa pasti akan mati(Surah Ali-Imran:185).

Kematian adalah termasuk didalam perkara-perkara yang dirahsiakan Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
Dari Ibnu Umar r.a, dari Nabi SAW baginda bersabda:”Lima kunci perkara ghaib, tidak mengetahuinya melainkan Allah iaitu: 1) Tiada mengetahui apa yang tersimpan di dalam rahim (kandungan perempuan) melainkan Allah. 2) Tiada yang mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi esok hari melainkan Allah. 3) Tiada seorangpun yang mengetahui bila waktunya hujan akan turun melainkan Allah. 4) Tiada seorangpun mengetahui di bumi mana dia akan mati melainkan Allah 5) Tiada yang mengetahui bila kiamat akan terjadi melainkan Allah. [ Hadis dari Abdullah Ibn Umar r.a. Dikeluarkan Imam Bukhari dalam sahihnya hadis no:4627]

Terdapat beberapa hikmah yang tersirat mengenai dirahsiakan tarikh dan saat kematian, diantaranya yang boleh kami sebut ialah :-


1. Umat Islam diseru sentiasa melakukan taubat kepada Allah swt dari segala dosa yang mereka lakukan, baik kecil ataupun besar.


2. Adalah menjadi satu sunnah Nabi saw menyeru Umatnya agar sentiasa mengingati mati.


3. Umat Islam perlu ingat bahawa mati itu akan datang bila-bila masa sahaja, dan mereka sentiasa bersedia menghadapinya. Mereka sentiasa mempertingkatkan amalan masing-masing.


4. Ingat akan mati boleh memecahkan benteng nafsu yang rakus dan juga sikap ego seseorang.


5. Hati yang sentiasa mengingati mati akan sentiasa takut kepada Allah swt, dan akan menimbulkan kekhusyukkan didalam amal ibadatnya, lantas meningkatkan quailiti ibadat seseorang.


6. Dengan dirahsiakan tarikh kematian, manusia akan sentiasa melakukan amalan soleh dan mengingati Allah swt selalu.


7. Umat Islam disunnatkan menziarahi orang yang mati, lantaran ia menimbulkan keinsafan didalam hati manusia, terutamanya bila Imam menghadapi zaman menurunnya.


Kita boleh bayangkan kalau setiap orang diberi alamat dan tanda kematian, sudah pasti mereka akan hanya melakukan taubat dan amal soleh bila sudah kelihatan alamat-alamat kematian sahaja. Berlakulah keadaan yang kucar kacir kerana orang-orang yang melakukan maksiat boleh meneruskan kefasadan (kejahatan) mereka kerana mereka mengandaikan suatu masa nanti mereka akan bertaubat apabila timbul alamat-alamat kematian tersebut. Disana ada perkara-perkara lain yang boleh diketahui berkenaan dengan kematian yang terdapat didalam hadis-hadis sahih, contohnya tanda-tanda kematian yang baik! [ Disunting daripada jawapan Ustaz Kamin dari al-ahkam.net, disiarkan di http://demipena.com/2006/04/sebaran-mengenai-alamat-kematian.html]


Wallahua’lam.

Raya: Untitled

We headed back to Kampung on Monday, Sept 29th..
Kali ni, for me, ada 3 major events, selain nak jumpa ibubapa dan sanak sedara:
1. Nak jumpa atilia yang comel dan kabarnya dah boleh cakap
2. Nak jumpa arissa yang chubby tu, last met her waktu umurnya 3bulan kut
3. Nak jumpa Cik Ad and wife...

Yang ketiga tu very2 spesel, sbb cik Ad yang mengisytiharkan tanak kawen dan sanggup membujang sampai umur 40thn, tetiba bertemu jodoh. Surely semua orang nk jumpa siapakah gadis yang istimewa tu sbb kenduri bulan April dulu wat di Langkawi dan tak cuti, so cuma ayah and 2,3 sedara lain jer yang boleh pegi. Another thing is nak tau camner perangai cik Ad yg gila2 tu dah berubah atau belum pas kawen.

Cik Ad ni adik mak, memang tiap2 kali raya dia akan bermastautin di umah kami dan menggamatkan raya kami. Seriously, kalau tak tengok gambar dia kawen tuh, sampai bebila pun kami takkan percaya yg he's actually married. Hehe... Mana taknya, waktu arwah Tok sakit dulu, dia sanggup lari sembunyi bawah tangga tanak dijodohkan.
Pastu bila bapa sedara kami yang lain kawen baru (selepas arwah mak sedara kami meninggal) bunga2 rampai tu kami taburkan secara mengejut kat Cik Ad. Habis dia kami 'mandi bungakan'... dan amik gambar dia candid...Haha...

So inilah dia gambar pengantin baru tuh... Supposednya dah lama jadi pengantin baru, tapi Alhamdulillah, mungkin Allah simpan untuk jodohnya yang ni. Cik Mas baik dan beragama orangnya. Walaupun seusia kami, tingkah Cik Mas membuatkan kami hormat dan tak janggal nak panggil dia 'Cik' yang membawa pangkat makcik.


So,
1. keluarga kami sampai dulu dari Johor (mama, papa, Aisyah)... 29hb Sept
2. Malam tu lebih kurang kul 12, kak Umi dan keluarga (Abg Zakuan, Atilia) dan Men (UIA, Nilai) & Kamal (UIA, Gombak) sampai dari Kajang.
3. Cik Ad sampai keesokannya pagi, 30hb Oktober
4. pastu keluarga Cu (Perlis) datang ziarah gak,
5. petang sket baru isteri cik Ad sampai dari Langkawi.
6. Keluarga Pun and soon-to-be-mommy, Yan(Penang) yang bising2 suh orang balik awal tuh sampai paling lewat :P, dekat2 berbuka pada hari wat ketupat tuh.

So mlm before raya,
biasala, me and my sister tulon2 mak kemas umah n wat apa yg patut. Abg Z, my hubby, Pun, Men and Cik Ad, geng lima serangkai tu cam biasa, g late night outing...Kitorg sempat usik2 cik Ad...hehe, baru kawen pun g 'window shopping ker'...'mencurigakan'...hehe Tapi tu la, malam raya bebudak n bapak budak 5 orang tu memang dh jadi aktiviti tahunan shopping baju raya dsb pada malam raya, pastu balik tgh2 mlm, pastu borak2 sambil ngumpat isteri masing2 la tuh, agaknya... seronok sangat bunyinya...
Tiap2 tahun, diorg akan borak2 sampai kul 3,4 pagi, baru budak2 nih g tido... Huhu...kengkadang tuh sambil minum2 kopi n makan2 kuih lagi. Ayah dulu penah geleng2 kepala tgk Cik Ad yang sepatutnya sama mature ngan ayah n mak boleh join kepala otak menantu n anaknya. Ikut2kan, beza umur tuh almost 20thn.

Gambar bebudak lima serangkai tu, on Pun's wedding


Raya pertama:
Hidangan bihun sup mak yang marvellous itu WAJIB! The best in the world. Tradisi kami, raya pertama kami tuggu tetamu datang. Memang rumah mak jadi tempat himpunan keluarga sebelah mak, menggantikan arwah tok yg memang 'pengikat tali keluarga'. Hampir semua yang ada dekat2 datang.Cuma cik Ad and wife bersolat raya di Manggol Bongor, kampung kelahiran Cik Ad. Dah memang jadi tradisi dia akan solat di masjid sana, kemudian ziarah kubur arwah tok dan wan. Pastu smpai petang dia tak balik, rushing ke sana-sini untuk kenalkan isteri kepada saudara-mara kami.Haa...tau pun sayang isteri. Dulu siap usik2 orang... sekarang... :D

Petang pulak:
kami g rumah Tok sebelah ayah and Ngah, yang cuma selang beberapa buah sahaja dari umah kami. Itu jer sempat kami ziarah, sebab macam biasa rumah ramai orang.

Malam tu:
Cik Ad balik agak lewat. Men sempat usik lagi tuh, "Cik Ad ni nampak 'seghoh' (cengkung), cik Mas tak bagi makan kut..."
Kul 11 lebih, tengah angkat takbir untuk solat Isya, Cik Ad terduduk perlahan-lahan selepas mengadu pening kepala. Cik Mas mintak jarum untuk cucuk tangan cik Ad sebab nak kurangkan darah tinggi. Ikut petua doktor, cucuk klu boleh kesemua jari tangan dan kaki untuk keluarkan darah, bagi mengurangkan tekanan darah tinggi. Tak lama kemudian, cik Mas minta saya panggilkan ayah sebab cik Ad cramp. Beberapa saat kemudian, mak panggil kami semua naik tengok Cik Ad. Cik Ad stroke. Sebelah kanan. Almost lost conciusness tapi dia sangat kuat, sbb dengan tangan yang sebelah lagi dia pusingkan badannya beberapa kali, utk ke kedudukan yang lebih selesa agaknya. Masing2 taktau apa nak buat. Mata kami dah merah2 dan berair.
Kemudian ramai2, the boys in the family papah ke hospital besar.

2 Oktober 2008, 8.57 am,
Cik Ad tinggalkan kami dengan kenangan terakhir yang sukar kami lupakan.

Sesungguhnya apa yang terjadi terlalu cepat dan menginsafkan.
Air mata tak henti2 mengalir.
Yasin dibaca. Talkin dibaca. Tahlil dibaca.
Sesungguhnya mati itu sangat dekat... sangat pasti.
Selamat tinggal. Tenanglah wahai hati. Alfatihah...



Bismillah
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ