Saturday, April 28, 2007

Malaysia holds installation ceremony for 13th king

Everyone might be aware, last thursday is public holiday here in Malaysia for the installation ceremony of 13th king of Malaysia..

Just got surprised to know the usage of the term "being installed as 13th Agong".. i know machinery needs to be installed, software needs to be installed, and now kings also needed to be installed... in fact, kings were being installed long before there's computer... just we didn't aware..

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Never Alone

Never Alone

When the world is not on your side
You don’t know where to run
You don’t know where to hide
You gaze at the stars in the sky
At the mountain so high
Through the tears in your eyes

Looking for a reason
To replace what is gone
Just remember, remember
That you are never alone

You are never alone
Just reach into your heart and
ALLAH is always there
You are never alone
Through sorrow and through grief
Through happiness and peace
You are never alone

So now as you long for your past
Prepare for your future
But knowing nothing is gonna last
You see this life is but a road
A straight and a narrow path
To our final abode
So, travel well O Muslim
And paradise will be your home
And always remember
That you are never alone

You are never alone
Just reach into your heart and
ALLAH is Always There!

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Smart Businessman.........

Enjoy this joke and HAVE A NICE DAY, EVERYBODY!

Jack, a smart businessman, talks to his son.
Jack: "I want you to marry a girl of my choice "
Son : "I will choose my own bride!"
Jack: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."
Son : "Well, in that case...ok"

Next Jack approaches Bill Gates.
Jack: "I have a husband for your daughter."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!"
Jack: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok"

Finally Jack goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Jack: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Jack: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok"

This is how business is done!!

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Friday, April 20, 2007

DUA for studies

Assalrmualikum W.R.T W.B.K

Dear sisters & brothers,

I got these dua from my brother. These are very useful and effective for me. I hope these also effect to all of you.

Dua before studying

Oh ALLAH! Make useful for me what YOU taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me.
Oh ALLAH! I ask YOU for the understanding of the prophets and the memory of the messengers, and those nearest to YOU.
Oh ALLAH! Make my tongue full of YOUR remembrance, and my heart with consciousness of YOU.
Oh ALLAH! YOU do whatever YOU wish, and YOU are my Availer and Protector and the best of aid.

Dua while studying something difficult

Oh ALLAH! Nothing is easy except what YOU have made easy. If YOU wish, YOU can make the difficult easy.

Dua after studying

Oh ALLAH! I entrust YOU with what I have read and I have studied.
Oh ALLAH! Bring it back to me when I am in need of it.
Oh ALLAH! YOU do whatever YOU wish, and YOU are my Availer and Protector and the best of aid.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

HELLO!!! DO U WANNA CHANGE THE COMMUNITY?

here most important tip to change the community for batterment...
i do believe if everyone follow it, definately everything will be changed...

CHANGE YOURSELVES FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>
CHANGE YOURSELVES FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>
CHANGE YOURSELVES FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Quotes of the day

  • “Perhaps you may dislike something which is really good for you and you like something bad for you. But Allah knows (what is best for you) and you do not.”
  • “Man’s way leads to a hopeless end… Allah’s way leads to an endless hope…”
  • “The shortest distance between a problem and its solution is the distance between your knee and the ground… The one who kneels to Allah can stand up to anything!!”

Just to share my favorite quotes with you all. The quotes have given me encouragement in times I felt really down.

I have jotted them down in my notebook, hence, sorry for not being able to state the reference (either Quran or hadith or website or ..) But for sure, they’re not written by me :D

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Let's start

Referring to “Wakeup call for freedom” posted by Usman dated 1st April 2007. Very good reminder, I agreed with this. We need to start something for mm community in back home by any means. Recently, one thing came across in my mind is about Danish cartoon. It insults Prophet, Islam and muslim too. Then, what European muslim people are doing is launching of knowing prophet campaign and knowing Islam campaign. It is really efficient move toward non-muslim specially European. Again, we are looking back to our community at back home, we have been upset for many decades. Many people really don’t know about what is Islam all about and who is prophet, and we have been keep calling as “Kelar”. So, we should start something for it. Why not we start to brain storming for launching of knowing Muhammed campaing…in MM..? InshAllah, it will help a lot.

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Friday, April 6, 2007

Company Names Etymology

Etymology is the study of words. I've summarized origin of some companies names that interest me, from an article in wikepedia. You could see the full list here.

  • Electronics
- Sony : from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound
- Siemens : founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens
- Samsung: meaning three stars in Korean.
- Philips : named after the founders in 1891 by brothers Gerard and Anton Philips.
- LG : from two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
- Epson : named from "Son of Electronic Printer"
- BenQ : Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life
  • Food
- Pepsi :named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
- Nestlé : named after its founder, Henri Nestlé
- McDonald's : from the name of the brothers Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald
- KFC : short for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
- Coca-Cola :derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola creator - John S. Pemberton changed the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.
  • Miscellaneous
- 7-Eleven : Formerly known as U-Tote’m. In 1946, U-Tote'm became 7-Eleven to reflect the stores' new, extended hours — 7am until 11pm, seven days a week. (But now most 7-Eleven operate 24 hours a day.)
- Wal-Mart : named after founder Sam Walton
- Johnson & Johnson : a partnership between brothers James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson, and Robert Wood Johnson.
- IKEA : A composite of the first letters in the Swedish founder Ingvar Kamprad's name in addition to the first letters of the names of the property and the village in which he grew up: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
- HSBC : from Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
- FCUK : French Connection United Kingdom.
- ESPN : Entertainment and Sports Programmming Network
- DHL : named after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn.

  • Computer
- Yahoo! : a backronym for 'Y'et Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
- Sun Microsystems : firstly designed at Stanford University, and chose the name Stanford University Network
- SAP : "Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing", formerly "SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung" (German for "System analysis and program development")
- Red Hat : while at college, company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) by his grandfather. People would turn to him to solve their problems and he was referred to as that guy in the red hat.
- Microsoft : coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to microcomputer software.
- Intel : InTegrated Electronics
- IBM : short for International Business Machine
- HP : Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
- Google : a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.
- Apple - favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard.
- Apache - A PAtCHy server."

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Slow Down Culture

An Interesting Reflection from A Friend.

It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a rule.

Globalized processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results.

Said in another words:
1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.
2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
3. Stockholm, has 500,000 people.
4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn't say anything, either the second or third.

One morning I asked, "Do you have a fixed parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot."

To which he replied, "Since we're here early we'll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a place closer to the door. Don't you think?" Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there's a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness" generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of "having in quantity" (life status) versus "having with quality", "life quality" or the" quality of being".

French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has brought forth the US's attention, pupils of the fast and the "do it now!".

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the "now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and anonymous. It means taking humans' essential values, the simplicity of living. It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do.

It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there's a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl to dance and she replies, "I can't, my boyfriend will be here any minute now". To which Al responds, "A life is lived in an instant". Then theydance to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said,

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".

Congratulations for reading till the end of this message. There are many who will have stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this globalized world.

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Sunday, April 1, 2007

Wake up call for Freedom

Allah Is Great


Slam, borthers and sisters in .........

Have a look around you as being a muslim in burma. What are they doing even not being citizens in burma ?
http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/freedomstore/forthelady.html
You might think that they are stupid or they don't have future plan for their lives but for Community. But unlike us, they are not muslim. Even not muslim, they concern about their brothers and serving for community.

Unfortunately, we are now looking only for our own life and how to settle in better position. Is there anyone thinks about our environment just for one second? If you have never thought about this kind of topic, when you get free time perhaps in toilet, close your eyes for a moment and think that firstly " Where am I and what I am doing for myself" and then complete your mission for yourself first. Yet don't forget to continue of thinking that start from first your closet community which is your own family till the end of world and ask youself what you have done for them.

You can stay as you were and I am not forcing all of my brothers and sisters who reads this, to be politicians or to terrorize and to against the world. There are plenty of ways to serve our community, I don't think that I need to say this way and that way because most of us are mature already and educated.

Why I am reminding this to all of my brothers and sisters in Islam, Because If we compare our commitmet for community with our brothers who are unbelievers, shame to be muslim. If someone has feeling of serving community, but don't have time or fear of facing problems, let me ask you " What's your fear". Even those who don't have Iman which is believing in about Human beings and creatures are created by Allah (SWT) and Miracle of Allah (SWT) ( Sorry for showing the meaning of Iman ), they dare to ask their right for themselves and for community becaues they believe World is theirs. What happen to us, world and creatures are created for every human being, not only for single community. Ok let's forget about concept of Islam and think as a human this is our world, so this is our land, our place, and this is our environment.

One concept, I believe is that if environment is good, our lives will be good, so try to settle in good environment but the problem is how to be there. There are two ways, first, shift your life to good environment and second is change your environment to be good. For me, I would like to choose second because this is only for exclusive people, I mean qualified people who can do the things right. Thus, you decide what kind of person you are and your life is for what.

" Talking is useless" do the things to be right and find out your hidden power, but don't do right things at worng place, this is only stupid people do. Muhammad (S.A.W) is exceptional leader for us " do u have doubt for this ! " . And don't let know about you to others, they might put you into trouble. Nowadays not only women gossip, but men also do it, so keep away from them as well, I think this is effect of technology era.


Thanks for your attention!
All the best.

By calling of freedom
( this is a huge word for our heart, and only for those who has ability to accept it )

I think in this blog we can explore our mind, so let's do it. I am waiting for your suggestions and opnions for this letter from my brothers and sisters in Islam.

Pray Allah to give ideas in our mind, and brave in our heart to face the world.

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