Of disaster and the helping hands

The earthquake that devastated Padang and its surrounding in western Sumatra make us becomes more phobias to the natural disaster. Besides, it has reminded us for the sins and mistakes that we have done.

Of Hari Raya and ‘Sembang-sembang’

Assalamualaikum.
I just came back to KL to further my study since our class start on Monday. Bundle of assignment and course work stagnant in my working desk. But I feel much better because just met lovable family members and friends in hometown.
We also had a massive gathering among Kedah students who were studying in Malaysia [...]

Kerja-kerja kita

Assalamualaikum.
Ramadhan tinggal beberapa hari saja lagi. Ramai kawan-kawan universiti Malaya memilih untuk bertahajud di Masjid Ar-Rahman dalam malam-malam terakhir ini.
Disamping beribadah dan sebagainya, tak lupa juga masyarakat marhaen Kuala Lumpur mula rancak keluar bershopping. Ke Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman ajaknya. Tak pun ke Mydin atau Chow Kit. Saya hanya senyum dan tidak berminat tajuk-tajuk biasa [...]

Op-ed: The debatable ‘dimension’.

FEW friends said to me that starting our speeches and talks with Basmallah are a demonstration of ‘one-dimensional’ society; seeing the world through the shortsighted lenses. But, from my point of view, sometimes I thought that was true. Yes, in one hand, there is an element of ’sufi’ and ‘takwa’. Remembering our God; Allah. But, [...]

Bersama Dr Afifi Al-Akiti*

Gambar selebihnya di sini, Video di sini.
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*The last night Public Lecture with our distinguished speaker; Dr Afifi Al-Akiti ~ briefly bout our great Imam Syafie’s advice on knowledge gaining, n the short preview about his (Dr.Afifi) fatwa; Defending the Transgressed (against the killing of civilians and against suicide bombings). The fatwa currently available in the [...]

Forum on ‘Muslim world’s preparedness in facing the challenges of 21st Century

Forum on ‘Muslim world’s preparedness in facing the challenges of 21st Century
Speaker: Dr Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti BA (Queen’s), MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), MSIEPM
Host:     PMIUM
Date:     Monday, August 17, 2009
Time:     9:30pm – 11:30pm
Location:Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About the speaker:
Dr Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti BA (Queen’s), MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), MSIEPM – also known as [...]

Mereka-mereka yg telah kha-wen*

Past couple of days, I went to our friend’s wedding~Bro. Shahir in Sepang. (From right: Me, Syafie , “The-Couple’, those friends from UIA, UPM) – *(The paparazzi : Shahriul)

p/s – Adding another ’scoop’ of ‘Bubur-kacang-durian’ . Kick-in!
p/s/s – Cgrat to Bro Shahir for the ’settlement’ a part of ur life.

Tak perlu ada ‘gag order’

I’m not a law student until I found the word ‘gag order’ from the Dr Dzul’s explanation about UG and the other side concept that have been murmuring (read: bickering in a proper way) among the Malaysian.
The article could be reached here.

Op-ed.

Semalam saya di Kuliah RV. Syabas abg-abg RV rancak anjurkan perbincangan bagaimana membina Malaysia baru. Mari kita kumpul semua blogger-blogger lalu minum petang sambil laungkan ‘The World is Flat‘!~kerana kini si kambing juga boleh bebas mengkritik si Ahmadinejad dan tetuan Rafsanjani.
Esok demonstrasi bantahan di Kedutaan Thailand.
Tapi malamnya pengisian lebih nyaman ~ Forum Pergaulan Bahasa: Dasar PPSMI [...]

Negosiasi bahasa Jalan

Seluruh kampus bertungkus lumus menyediakan bala mahasiswa bagi menyertai bantahan dasar Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris. GAMIS yang mengetuai suara mahasiswa nanti .
Tokoh-tokoh cendekiawan dan budayawan Melayu semakin ramai memberi sokongan dan tampil ke depan.
Biasanya negosiasi (baca: negotiate) menggunakan pelbagai bahasa manusia. Mungkin untuk memujuk atau ingin menyelesaikan sesuatu masalah yang [...]