always wanted to do this
couldnt help it wanted to share it today instead of waiting its turn in the photoblog
nice huh?comments please!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Watch this!
no mountain too high-i'm stepping on a mountain!!hehe 
always wanted to do this
couldnt help it wanted to share it today instead of waiting its turn in the photoblog
nice huh?comments please!
always wanted to do this
couldnt help it wanted to share it today instead of waiting its turn in the photoblog
nice huh?comments please!
Sunday, February 26, 2006
a new photo blog! and more links to halal foodstuffs
hi! again i'm going online for a few hours today,and this time i've created a photoblog!at 1st i wanted to create one here,but then i remembered how a few of my friends' were, compared them and decided to make it at fotopages.com . Right now im uploading some pics.if u want to see them please go to zyryx84.fotopages.com
watch 'em and leave a comment if possible.not that i'm pressuring u to or anything.
here are a few more sites i'd like fellow muslims abroad and anywhere needed to see about foods
http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/index.php
http://www.eathalal.org/
http://www.eathalal.org/haram_shortlist.htm
http://www.eat-halal.com/updates/2005.shtml
WWW.FOODGUIDE.ORG.UK
if u want to find out more..i suggest u try searching yourself..type halal and any company name..insyaAllah it'll get u where u want.
here's an interesting article i hope u'll enjoy it
BE ANGRY BECAUSE OF LOVE,NOT BECAUSE OF HATE
I can still remember the unique attitude of the elders back in the 'kampung'(village) long ago. Back then,the wooden houses were on stilts,and the empty area underneath the house was almost always used to keep old stuffs that had never been used.
Usually bottles, tin cans, or rotten old planks.
I dont know why they were never thrown away. They just were put there.
Never used, but never thrown away either.
Interestingly, whenever these 'antiques' were noticed and others want to take them, the elders would quickly prohibit them.
"You cant use them","It's too precious for us to give", and many other reasons would come up.
That was the analogy that came up in my mind as I was asked about the anger of the Muslim Community towards the publishing of the caricatures insulting Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.(peace be upon him) by the journals in Europe, specifically in Denmark.
"Aren't you angry?" asked a student just after the discussion forum about the aforementioned subject.
"Yes I am" I answered slowly.
"That's not enough. Tomorrow let's march and burn the Denmark flag!"I smiled a little.
"We have a better way. There's a more powerful weapon. Doa(our prayer)" I answered.
"We must show our anger to those who insult our Rasul."
"Showing our love to Rasulullah is more important."
"Our anger is the symbol of our love"
"Quite true. But proving our love by following his Sunnah(teachings/example) is by far more important."
"Are you afraid?"I looked in to his eyes.
"Following his Sunnah needs more bravery. The obstacles are greater. In fact, the challenges even come from Muslim people themselves." I prodded him softly.
"Let's burn their flag!"
"Let's 'burn' their way of life. That's more relevent."This time it was his turn to be quiet.
Maybe this student whose 'on fire' has started to digest the meaning of my words.So i re-told my earlier analogy.Alhamdulillah (All praise to God), he listened tentatively.
"We and the Sunnah, are like the people of old and the stuff under the house, they were never used, let alone upheld/glorified, but when someone wants to take it away, then we start making a fuss of it,about wanting to use them."
"Then how should we show our anger?"
"Demonstrations are in front of people. In front of Allah, we pray. Let's muhasabah(relfect [on our own doings]), how much is our love towards His Prophet. Maybe the Western provocation had brought a hidden lesson."
"A hidden lesson?"
"Yes, a hidden lesson from Allah to us so that we could re-evaluate ourselves, have we really loved the sunnah of His Prophet all this time."
"The anger of the ummah is the proof," he said with enthusiasm.
"Anger is only seasonal. Only a sentimental burst with a scale. But diligence, intelligence, planning and endurance needs a long time."
"Your meaning?"It was obvious he was influenced by the twists and turns of words.
"In the long term, have we taught our young generation to love the Rasul(Prophet) and his family? I am worried that our young generation, drunk with hedonism now would not have the anger that you are having now."
"I have peers whose lives are a mess, but they are still angered when the Rasulullah was mocked. They will join the marching crowds tomorrow!"
"Lives in a mess? How is that so?" I asked. I wanted to be sure.
"They live like rockers. they never pray. An immoral,"free" life is normal for them but their love for the Prophet never faltered."
"Invite them to perform their prayers first. Even not marching is ok. Love first,anger later. When there is love, of course there will be anger when Love is disgraced. But if there is only anger, it doesnt always mean that love is there."He was silent again. This time the silence was even longer.
"Do you think that the elders would be angry if we take the valuable stuff in the house?" he asked suddenly.
"which elders?" I asked again. Surprised.
"The old people in your analogy before!"
"That question has less 'uumph'(*not quite interesting)," I joked.
"Then what question would have had more 'uumph'?"
"Would there have been anyone who dared to ask about the stuff in the house? Compared to the stuff under the house?" i replied.He contemplated again. It's fun 'helping' the student to 'think'. I was reminded of my own enthusiastic spirits during my years in campus. Mymind wandered on..
watch 'em and leave a comment if possible.not that i'm pressuring u to or anything.
here are a few more sites i'd like fellow muslims abroad and anywhere needed to see about foods
http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/index.php
http://www.eathalal.org/
http://www.eathalal.org/haram_shortlist.htm
http://www.eat-halal.com/updates/2005.shtml
WWW.FOODGUIDE.ORG.UK
if u want to find out more..i suggest u try searching yourself..type halal and any company name..insyaAllah it'll get u where u want.
here's an interesting article i hope u'll enjoy it
BE ANGRY BECAUSE OF LOVE,NOT BECAUSE OF HATE
I can still remember the unique attitude of the elders back in the 'kampung'(village) long ago. Back then,the wooden houses were on stilts,and the empty area underneath the house was almost always used to keep old stuffs that had never been used.
Usually bottles, tin cans, or rotten old planks.
I dont know why they were never thrown away. They just were put there.
Never used, but never thrown away either.
Interestingly, whenever these 'antiques' were noticed and others want to take them, the elders would quickly prohibit them.
"You cant use them","It's too precious for us to give", and many other reasons would come up.
That was the analogy that came up in my mind as I was asked about the anger of the Muslim Community towards the publishing of the caricatures insulting Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.(peace be upon him) by the journals in Europe, specifically in Denmark.
"Aren't you angry?" asked a student just after the discussion forum about the aforementioned subject.
"Yes I am" I answered slowly.
"That's not enough. Tomorrow let's march and burn the Denmark flag!"I smiled a little.
"We have a better way. There's a more powerful weapon. Doa(our prayer)" I answered.
"We must show our anger to those who insult our Rasul."
"Showing our love to Rasulullah is more important."
"Our anger is the symbol of our love"
"Quite true. But proving our love by following his Sunnah(teachings/example) is by far more important."
"Are you afraid?"I looked in to his eyes.
"Following his Sunnah needs more bravery. The obstacles are greater. In fact, the challenges even come from Muslim people themselves." I prodded him softly.
"Let's burn their flag!"
"Let's 'burn' their way of life. That's more relevent."This time it was his turn to be quiet.
Maybe this student whose 'on fire' has started to digest the meaning of my words.So i re-told my earlier analogy.Alhamdulillah (All praise to God), he listened tentatively.
"We and the Sunnah, are like the people of old and the stuff under the house, they were never used, let alone upheld/glorified, but when someone wants to take it away, then we start making a fuss of it,about wanting to use them."
"Then how should we show our anger?"
"Demonstrations are in front of people. In front of Allah, we pray. Let's muhasabah(relfect [on our own doings]), how much is our love towards His Prophet. Maybe the Western provocation had brought a hidden lesson."
"A hidden lesson?"
"Yes, a hidden lesson from Allah to us so that we could re-evaluate ourselves, have we really loved the sunnah of His Prophet all this time."
"The anger of the ummah is the proof," he said with enthusiasm.
"Anger is only seasonal. Only a sentimental burst with a scale. But diligence, intelligence, planning and endurance needs a long time."
"Your meaning?"It was obvious he was influenced by the twists and turns of words.
"In the long term, have we taught our young generation to love the Rasul(Prophet) and his family? I am worried that our young generation, drunk with hedonism now would not have the anger that you are having now."
"I have peers whose lives are a mess, but they are still angered when the Rasulullah was mocked. They will join the marching crowds tomorrow!"
"Lives in a mess? How is that so?" I asked. I wanted to be sure.
"They live like rockers. they never pray. An immoral,"free" life is normal for them but their love for the Prophet never faltered."
"Invite them to perform their prayers first. Even not marching is ok. Love first,anger later. When there is love, of course there will be anger when Love is disgraced. But if there is only anger, it doesnt always mean that love is there."He was silent again. This time the silence was even longer.
"Do you think that the elders would be angry if we take the valuable stuff in the house?" he asked suddenly.
"which elders?" I asked again. Surprised.
"The old people in your analogy before!"
"That question has less 'uumph'(*not quite interesting)," I joked.
"Then what question would have had more 'uumph'?"
"Would there have been anyone who dared to ask about the stuff in the house? Compared to the stuff under the house?" i replied.He contemplated again. It's fun 'helping' the student to 'think'. I was reminded of my own enthusiastic spirits during my years in campus. Mymind wandered on..
I'm back!
hey,even trees can smile
danke danke
hello there
it's been nearly a month since i last made any entry,but so long as i do,it doesnt matter how long it takes,rite?hehe
my days are quite full..i've been keeping myself busy with classes,lectures,friends, even sports, and some other hobbies like reading,for instance, and being generally the good kid doing what i was supposed to do.but every night i kept wanting to come here and do something about that last entry,or at least make a new one like this, and every time something would come up,or the computer/line would be busy.well,now i got my very own external modem,and i can use my own notebook to go online again.yeay!!
right now i'm trying to upload some pics,but it's taking some time,and i've already failed once..we'll see.The last holiday was great!i took many pics,maybe a little too many- a bit more than 500..hehe and i have trouble picking the ones i want to upload,and finding the time for uploading.i'll continue my entries with a few more about halal foods insyaAllah..i found a few more websites/companies with more halal certified products.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
freedom!holidays!Austria!
privet!i've been busy being free i couldnt find time to write,hehe..here's a bit of what happened recently:
FrEeDoMM!i finished my exam on tuesday at 1.30pm,kinda late i finished with the last 8
guys,man it felt good..after that i went to beatrice n li fans' house(made a wrong
turn,and so walked from the University-vokzal-ploshad lenina(Lenin Square) and back
in the cold weather,hehe)..and then to vokzal( the train station),bought the bus
tickets,went home..played video games(dynasty warriors-based on the legend of the
three kingdoms-a historical novel during the fall of the Han dynasty..maybe i'll
tell u later)..went online a bit that night,read a little(zam got a new book from
ahmad.it's indonesian,but the concept was interesting).
Usen,g-mie,samfai,ete,suraya,kham,farah,lin already went to moscow that evening by
airplane..i couldnt get to the house in time so didnt meet them,but bon voyage!,i
myself am going on a little trip to austria(vienna n insbruck[goin' skiin'!])...so
the next day i overslept,went to get my visa (main bulding-kozlovskii-alfa
bank-main), went to parkhouse( buying supplies)
the weather:-drop-dead freezing..it's happening all around.we saw news concerning too much snow
& cold in europe,about last month a skating rink building collapsed because of the
snow,in japan lots of aeroplanes were delayed, S.petersburg is even in
'darurat',causing Dmitry,our Dean to forbid a few 2nd yr msian students to go
there( he didnt sign their papers)..in volgograd the temperature is still as chilly
as the first day i wrote about it..only today was a little warmer..around -15 i
think.temperatures below -20 happened a bit too many times- believe me every time i
go out i see the digital clock and temperature announcer in front of volgograd
hotel,and when i dont,i see the thermeter on the window,or found out from russian
neighbours,russian&msian friends..i said it was like in my 1st year,but i stand
corrected..it's worse..we had only about 2 days of temperatures nearly -30.it's
very bad, as the last time this kind of temperature stayed that long was a long
time ago.i dont know how long..but i can safely say that in world war two,the
german tanks passed straight through the Volga River(insyaAllah i'll take a picture
of this soon)...imagine how cold that was..but then there was no tramvai(the
electric trains) or electric stations,or any of the technology we use now..at park house just now,the upper floors were closed.we(me,zam,falah,bear,shafiq)
met with kak syasya n mawaddah who were asking the same question as we were-why are
the upper floors closed?..after asking some tired but still friendly& helpful
workers,we found out that it was bcos of the cold..there was an electrivity
shortage..so they closed early(at 6pm),prioritizing heat for the surrounding homes.the weather makes me hungry,but i finished my food supply,today,and the kitchen is
soo cold nowadays(in fact the coldest..it's balcony door is not sealed..)ps:still, i think the weather's beautiful..see my winter pics on friendster(If i have
managed to upload it now).the cold is an adventure,an experience maybe once in a
lifetime..and i'm thankful for it.
the emulsifier issue:-will be discussed later...safe to say we should be careful what we eat,especially
in other non-muslim countries..and nestle products do not used animal by-products
unless stated..got this from a few internet sites[a theory is that it's a big
company,so it uses quality products[e.g. industrially processed mono- and
di-glycerides (E471) from soya & other common plants for this emulsifier are used
instead the by-products of any animal fat(meaning used stuff,since they are
slaughtered not for the fat,so it's actually harder,lesser but more cheaper this
way]i'm saving this topic for a later issue(i wanna write it nicely,with all the
links,and maybe add some more info)..but i'll do it soon insyaAllah..
the bat cave:-that's our house...the hallway had already been dark for some time due to wiringproblems,then the kitchen lamp grew weaker until we can barely see anything rite
now..and finally our(me,zam,usens')room's light bulb blew off..right when we were
happy and getting ready for holidays..hehe.plus our rooms turned out to be the
coldest..the relatively warmest room being the living room..
and we now close all doors,tryingto prevent heat from escaping or cold winds to enter..
the spyder:-got it free when i bought some extra batteries for my cam in parkhouse..it's cool!it's from lego,and it was fun building it,and it moves and the legs are strongenough to grip suitable surfaces..i'm thinking of taking pics of every little toys/figurines/plushies in my house and
put it in an album/entry..if the pics dont come out now, maybe i'll put my spyder
there..maybe i should make another blogger photoblog..i've taken lots n lots n lots of
photos(200 photos on the 1st 2 days,then a pause when the batteries were charging,n
i'm still trying not to take pics,so that the batteries will be fully charged
during my departure)..it's like my lightsaber..but i still dont have a modem..
austria:
to moscow by bus-9pm 27/1 reach moscow around 1pm,9pm take flight to vienna, vienna-insbruck 1 night,insbruck 4 days ,then vienna, 4th feb to moscow...
the best pics of these frost are in the early morning as they catch the different rays of the rising sun- a beautiful day starts in a beautiful way..
Friday, January 20, 2006
beautiful frost pattern on thankfully sealed but still cold window- u get a lot of these on the windows, but it's most annoying in the mashrudka,when u wont be able to see where you are,and dont know when to stop..
my family on hari raya in labuan.....
my current table/workplace/corner/mini studio
the car hijrah/roman/chinese calendar
peak winter!parcel!!
3 days ago started another phase of winter i'd like to call the peak of winter..i dont know any common english/russian words for it but it was mentioned as peak winter by my seniors during my first year here,so i think we should call it that.it's the time characterized by one of them as 'so chilly you'll feel cold no matter what you wear'.anyway this is the time russia shows us what a 'harsh winter' really means..when the temperature gets below -20degrees(sometimes below -30 and even -40),the winds blow so much u'll regret not wearing warmer clothing,or not sealing the window with cellotape like the russians told us to in the 1st year,and if u're unlucky you'll fall on the ice(well,that's common throughout winter)...
maybe later i'll get back to that as time is against me now(exams!!and i'm still writing this,besides doing other things,hehe),the temperature was like -27,-29,-23 and i think it got to -30 in the nights..one of our rooms,recently nicknamed the 'peti ais', was virtually vacant for a night or 2...yep..it's like living in a giant deep freezer..
my exams continued today with ENT..and after that i went straight to the hostel to get the form/slip for my parcel from malaysia!..haha i spent nearly the whole day going through the things(the camera mostly,hehe..everything's in perfect condition!thanks mom!),alhamdulillah..
after the exams,i was actually quite tired,and had a headache, but that parcel certainly lightened up my spirits,i wasnt sure was it the coffee or the camera, but i couldnt sleep and was probably in a state of euphoria playing with the camera(i think i took nearly a hundred photos,maybe more..hehe)
other than that i mostly watched scrubs(actually i was trying to sleep with the tv on..we finished season 3!),leaving me with another wasted day..well, i was tired anyway..
here's my parcel,thanks!
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