ORDINARY SUPERHERO

Received this in an email from a friend. I think it's good to share and serves as a gentle reminder to me and perhaps to you too. InshaAllah. JANGAN MENGELUH ........... Kita selalu Bertanya....................dan Al-Quran sudah menjawabnya................. KITA BERTANYA : KENAPA AKU DIUJI? QURAN MENJAWAB "Apakah manusia itu mengira bahawa mereka dibiarkan saja mengatakan; "Kami telah beriman," ("I am full of faith to Allah") sedangkan mereka tidak diuji? Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menguji orang-orang yg sebelum mereka, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui orang-orang yg benar dan, sesungguhnya Dia mengetahui orang-orang yang dusta." -Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 2-3 KITA BERTANYA : KENAPA AKU TAK DAPAT APA YG AKU IDAM-IDAMKAN? QURAN MENJAWAB "Boleh jadi kamu membenci sesuatu padahal ia amat baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi pula kamu menyukai sesuatu, padahal ia amat buruk bagimu, Allah mengetahui sedang kamu tidak mengetahui." - Surah Al...

These two pictures I took a short while ago. The group of protesters came from Masjid Kampung Baru and decided to stop at the intersection in front of SOGO. Policemen were busy diverting the traffic and the 'famous' red FRU trucks were parked about 200 meters from the intersection in front of the previous Dang Wangi police station. I didn't see any truck that carry water/chemical hose around. The group were chanting "Hidup Rakyat" and holding up placards and some banners. It was not a big crowd as I expected. May be a thousand or less.

Much have been said about the increase in the price of petrol and diesel as announced by the Government last week. So effectively from the midnite of the 5th June 2008 the price of petrol was increased by RM0.78 or 40.6% from RM1.92 per litre to RM2.70 per litre. And for diesel, the increase was RM1.00 or a jump of 63.3% from RM1.58 to RM2.58 per litre. I used to take pride of my decision to use diesel powered vehicle and have been telling my friends that I save 34 cents per litre on diesel compared to petrol. Now no more. The difference is only 12 cents!. I usually fill up my tank for RM50.00 and I only refill once the (empty) fuel indicator started blinking. In normal circumstances RM50.00 of diesel is good enough for a week of driving from home - office - home and the necessary traveling for meetings (which could be 2 -3 meetings per day) within the city. RM50.00 of diesel could safely give me between 280km - 340km of traveling distance depending on my traveling patterns. So imagin...

It's good to be back from a long and well deserved break. I have been away from KL for 7 days, 10 hours and 50 minutes. That was from 7.43AM on Friday 30th May 2008 and back at 6.33PM on Friday 6th June 2008. That was what stated in the KLIA car parking receipt. Yes, I left my car at KLIA. That's what I normally do whenever I travel by air with the whole family. It's too much of a hassle to take taxi (especially from KLIA - home) with all the luggages and stuffs with 5 small kids trailing behind. How much was the parking charges? Emmm....RM326.00. It's still worth it because considering the stuffs that we brought back from kampung, I think I would have to take 2 taxis or at at least a premier N*AZA Ria airport taxi to fit in all of us at one go. And that would probably costs me more that the parking charges. What I hate the most about taking taxi from KLIA is sometimes (most of the times!) you have to wait for quite a long time to get a taxi. Normally if I travel alon...

Wah, how fast time flies. My little girl has turned 5 years old two days ago on 27th May. Happy birthday Kak Chik. Previous entries on Kak Chik. Will She, Will She Not - further update Happy Birthday, Kak Chik

Ada sapa-sapa yang sempat menonton rancangan Ar-Rayyan kendalian Dr. Fatma Az-Zahraa malam tadi (A*stro - Oasis; 10PM @ 26-05-2008)? Terkedu sekejap bila mendengar pengalaman yang dikongsi oleh tetamu jemputan dalam program yang disiarkan malam tadi. Tetamu tersebut (Encik Moha?) selalu mengalami sakit kepala yang teruk sejak berumur 14 tahun tetapi hanya didiagnos dan disahkan oleh pakar menghidapi brain tumor semasa beliau belajar di kolej. Disebabkan oleh penyakit barah otak itu, beliau telah hilang keupayaan untuk melihat - walaupun semasa rancangan itu keudara, anak matanya nampak kehitaman seperti orang lain. Dia juga mengalami strok disebelah kiri badannya. Dr. Fatma memberitahu dia mengenali tetamu ini kerana sering nampak Encik Moha hadir dalam majlis-majlis ilmu yang dia kendalikan. Dan satu sifat En Moha yang membuatkan Dr. Zahra hormat dengan En Moha ialah beliau kelihatan sentiasa tenang dan senyum sepanjang masa walaupun menghadapi ujian yang sangat berat. Bila ditanya ap...

Cuti sekolah dah bermula. Yeay! The best thing about school holidays is that the morning traffic is very very smooth. There is no unnecessary tension while driving to work. The not so good part is that I am always be under undue pressure to take leave and the kids keep asking when are we going back to kampung. During the last school break, their uncle came over to KL and drove everybody back to Melaka and I only went back to fetch them on the last day of the school break. This time around, the kids said they wanted to go back to Kelantan and spend the holidays with their cousins in Pasir Mas and KB. And I'm still trying to finish up all outstanding works on my table. Mmmm, may be there are some truth when people close to me told me that I am a workaholic. I find it hard to take a break from work even though I know taking a break is good for my body and good for my mind and definitely good for my family too. Sigh..... Ok, I'm going to take leave.....yes, I'm going to take le...