Saturday, January 31, 2009

Orang Filem

Allah Ta’ala telah berfirman dalam Surah Al-Bayyinah, ayat 5 yang kira-kira bermaksud:

"Padahal mereka tidaklah diperintahkan kecuali supaya beribadah kepada Allah, dengan memurnikan ketaatan kepada-Nya lagi bersikap lurus, dan supaya mereka mendirikan Shalat serta mengeluarkan Zakat.
Demikian itulah tuntunan agama yang lurus"




Our good KL friend, Hashim has been staying in Brunei for almost a week now, at our house. Other than Andy Flop Poppy, he's our one friend who loves coming to Brunei for holidays. He had just finished his Remp-it V3 movie. Now he'll be heading ahead with his Bunian - Mahkota Seri Helang movie project. He showed us the script, I read a bit part of it, hmmm.. quite a cool story. Something like the Malay version of the Lord of The Ring. I think. Hashim is going back to KL tonight. Hashim is Cahaya's business partner in KL, next to Ambri Kailani. The three of them are all orang filem. My Cahaya used to be a Production Manager for a number of Malay films - Nafas Cinta, Hanya Kawan, Black Maria, etc and a few drama series, Hotel (30 episodes), Senja ke Dini Hari, Kembara Bermusim (30 episodes), Penghujung Jalan (12 episodes), Kelip-kelip di Hujung Galah, Cinta Bunga Sarajevo, etc. Hashim is a professional Cameraman, Conti and Assistant Director. Insya Allah, he will start directing movies this year, that's what he promised. Meanwhile, Ambri is a well known name who had excellent credential working in the past with Datuk Yusof Haslam. I hope my daughter, Ummi will follow suit like these people, once she finished with her study.

Now I am with my beloved Cahaya and his friends Hashim and Jabar, hanging out at one nice, cool restaurant in Gadong. I'm having Penang char kway teow...mmm... not bad. Jabar is also Cahaya's key man in his company. He used to write song lyrics for the famous Lefthanded and now he spent most of his time in sports projects.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Time Between Rajin and Malas

Have you all watched the Korean Drama series called "The Time Between Dog and Wolf"? It's quite an old serial drama, released in 2006 on tv, and was shown on RTB last year. It's one of my favourites, I love the plot of the whole story and the actors - Jung Kyung Ho, Nam Sang Mi and Lee Jun Ki. If you haven't, better watch.




Last weekend was enjoyably a long break for me, with the Chinese new year holidays. I spent that quality time with family and also making kuehs.... That was my most 'rajin' moment. Well, I've always aimed to improve my baking skill and also the skill of making kueh-kueh melayu. Simply because I love eating. So one of the days, I tried making Roti Jala, the recipe I got from one website. It was supposed to be a reliable website because there are few other recipes that I have tried before and were proven successful. But this time, the Roti Jala I made was a failure. I had nice curry that was supposed to be eaten with it, and in the end I made bread instead. Suksesssss..... My hubby and the kids love it!

The result was amazing, I was very happy that I can now make bread for my family! Hehehe... Since then, tak dok kojo lainlah beb, buat roti saja eyyy.... Tangan pun lambut udah, lalai menguli dough, hehehe.... With few practices, now I can also make kueh-kueh talam......my favourite Tepung Talam and Talam Ubi... Mmmm nyaman.....






Alhamdulillah....

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Inda Matching...

Firman Allah Ta’ala dalam Surah Asy-Syu'araa, ayat 217 - 220 yang kira-kira bermaksud:

"Dan bertakwallah kepada (Allah) Yang Maha Perkasa lagi Maha Penyayang. Yang melihatmu ketika kamu berdiri (untuk solat) dan (melihat) perubahan gerak badanmu di antara orang-orang yang sujud. Sesungguhnya Dia-lah Yang Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Mengetahui"




I was supposed to be in the office early today, after my Cahaya and I sent our kidz to school. Then suddenly on the way, Fatima's teacher called up telling us that Fatima vomitted in class. So we rushed back to her school to attend to her. We had to change her baju sekolah and so forth. Kesian... Maybe her tummy sejuk but she's fine. Salah makan saja. No wonderlah because this morning she had mushroom soup with milo for breakfast, so sudah pasti inda ngam dalam perut...

Today start work balik. So, have a nice day and selamat menjalankan tugas .... Enjoysss!


Friday, January 23, 2009

Gugurnya Para Syuhada



Allah SWT berfirman dalam Syrah Yunus, ayat 61 yang kira-kira bermaksud:
"Dalam keadaan apapun kamu berada, dan (ayat) apapun dari Al-Qur’an yang kamu baca, serta pekerjaan apa saja yang kamu kerjakan, tidak lain kami adalah menjadi saksi atasmu diwaktu kamu melakukannya".

Some of you may have read this from my old blog, but this is one of my favourite past collections. Hope you enjoy it.

Kisah Uhud merakamkan gugurnya Sayyidusy Syuhada’ dalam sebuah peperangan termasyhur. Salah seorang daripadanya adalah bapa saudara Nabi Junjungan kita Muhammad s.a.w iaitu Sayyidina Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib r.a. yang digelar ‘Singa Allah’. Peperangan Uhud terjadi pada bulan Syawwal tahun ke-3 Hijrah. Ia berlaku di lembah lereng bukit Uhud yang berhampiran dengan Kota Madinah. Disinilah berlakunya pertumpahan darah 70 orang para Syuhada’. Setiap tahun Rasulullah menziarahi Qubur para Syuhada’ Uhud untuk mendoakan mereka, dan apabila berada disana, akan kedengaranlah suara baginda memberi salam, yang kira-kira bermaksud:

Salam sejahtera keatas kamu, diatas kesabaran kamu (dalam menegakkan Islam), maka sebaik-baik balasanlah yang akan kamu terima.”

Semasa peperangan tersebut, Mush’ab bin Umair adalah pemegang bendera tentera, seorang remaja Quraish yang merupakan salah seorang sahabat Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Dalam peristiwa Uhud, kekalahan adalah dipihak tentera Rasulullah s.a.w. Disini Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala menganugerahkan pahala kesabaran keatas Rasulullah s.a.w dan para Syuhada’ yang lain kerana menghadapi ujian kekalahan. Diantara para sahabat yang gugur syahid adalah Saiyidina Handhzalah bin Abu Amir r.a, Saiyidina Anas bin an-Nadhr r.a, Saiyidina Abu Dujanah r.a, Saiyidina Amr bin al-Jamuh r.a dan seorang serikandi Islam yang berani, Saiyidatina Nusaibah binti Ka’ab r.a. Diriwayatkan Saiyidina Handhzalah r.a baru sahaja berkahwin pada ketika itu. Para malaikat telah turun untuk memandikan jenazahnya yang Syahid. Masya Allah.

Terharu rasanya tatkala menziarahi qubur para Syuhada’ Uhud pada masa itu, dalam mengenangkan peristiwa yang terpahat dalam sejarah Islam. Terdapat do’a tertentu bila kita menziarahi Qubur para Syuhada’ Uhud. Terdapat notice mengenai adab menziarahi Syuhada’ Uhud ini.





Suatu waktu dulu, Rasulullah melarang umatnya menziarahi qubur, dan kemudian membenarkannya kerana ia memperingatkan kita kepada ‘alam barzakh. Kita dilarang memohon pertolongan daripada orang-orang yang telah meninggal dunia, pendek kata kepada roh-roh, untuk menyelesaikan masalah atau membasmi kedukaan. Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala telah berfirman bahawa jika kita mempunyai hajat, mintalah pertolongan dariNya, nescaya akan ditunaikanNya.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Anganku



America’s new President, Barack Obama has his “To-do-list” within 100 days. Whoa, it’s not easy to become a President or a Prime Minister, barangkali lah ya.... I wonder hehe, jom kitani berangan sekejap...(bukannya salah kan, berangan yang baik....) – macamana kah if I am a President? (hihi...) Well, my priority list would include membantu dan memastikan keamanan dunia demi untuk kesejahteraan ummah, membasmi kemiskinan dengan membantu orang-orang miskin dan membawa orang ke jalan Allah. Wossehh...bosar angan-angannya tu...

Talking about peace, seluruh umat Islam di dunia ini meratapi apa yang berlaku di bumi Palestin dan mendoakan agar mereka dilindungi Allah SWT, mendapat rahmat, berjaya memperolehi semula tanah air mereka tercinta dan aman sejahtera. Kepada para mujahidin yang telah pergi dan gugur dalam berjihad mempertahankan bumi Palestin dan memperjuangkan agama, bangsa dan hak mereka, didoakan semoga roh-roh mereka dicucuri rahmat dan diangkat kedudukan syahid mereka disisi Allah SWT, amiin, amiin, amiin.


A view of Palestine before the recent war






Masjid Al-Aqsa and Dome of The Rock



Allah Ta’ala berfirman dalam Surah Al-Haj, ayat 39 : 40, yang kira-kira bermaksud:

Diizinkan berperang bagi orang-orang (Islam) yang diperangi (oleh golongan penceroboh), kerana sesungguhnya Allah amat berkuasa untuk menolong mereka (mencapai kemenangan). Iaitu mereka yang diusir dari kampung halamannya dengan tidak berdasarkan sebarang alasan yang benar, (mereka diusir) semata-mata kerana berkata: Tuhan Kami adalah Allah”.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Demi Masa


Today dah Friday! It was just like 2 - 3 days baru kita celebrated new year 1430 and 2009! Kemana perginya waktu? Bila mengingatkan peredaran waktu kini tidak terasa, takut melanda dijiwa. Umur pun semakin meniti. Bila direnung keadaan sekeliling, hati kadang tertanya, bila berakhirnya semua? Apakah cukup amalan di dunia? I always like to remind myself, sebagai seorang hamba yang banyak dosa.
Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda yang bermaksud -

"Adapun sebaik-baik manusia menurut pandangan Islam ialah mereka yang panjang umur serta baik perbuatan dan amalannya, manakala sejahat-jahat umatku ialah orang yang lanjut usia tetapi kekal dalam amalan mungkar."


Dan firman Allah Ta'ala yang bermaksud:


“Demi masa. Sesungguhnya manusia itu benar-benar berada dalam kerugian. Kecuali orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan amal salih dan berpesan-pesan dengan kebenaran dan berpesan-pesan dengan kesabaran.” - (Surah al-‘Asr, ayat 1-3)


Satu renungan yang amat baik.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sejuk



It’s been raining for few days now.... It’s kinda gloomy but still okay. A bit cold. I hope it will not cause any flooding anywhere.


Fatima is getting steady with her school now. Except that she demands her Ayah to be around during class recess. She needs help with her snacks. And believe it or not, today she asked her aunty (our maid) to bekal her favourite mushroom soup. Oh dear.... kanak-kanak....


At the office, my work is already piling up now. Kenapalah, 2009 still ‘smells’ baru and fresh lagi nie... and today I macam tiada mood! Padahai dah menyeghok pagi tadi, mai pejabat peghut pun kenyang dah... heiii awat lah! Jemuih tak tentu pasai ya dak? Tak taulah kot, had mana yang tak dan masa cuti-cuti bulan lepaih... Or maybe it’s due to the ‘weatheq’.... (hehe, awat hang salahkan cuaca pulak...). Anywayz, kaja ku banyak ne... Whatever so ever whenever pun, I wish everyone all the best for the day, mandi jangan lama-lama waktu sezuk-mezuk ni.... No good! Have a nice day!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Fatima's First Day At School ....

Allah Ta’ala berfirman dalam Surah Al-Mujadallah, ayat 11 yang kira-kira bermaksud:
Allah akan mengangkat orang-orang yang beriman
yang mempunyai ilmu diantara kamu dengan beberapa darjat

My youngest baby Fatima started her school today, at Sekolah Rendah Dato Marsal. She's in Pra-A. The same school as her kaka Maya and Abang Luqman. Maya and Luq also started their new class, Year 4 and Year 6.






I'm still on leave. So I together with Cahaya, spent most of the morning watching out for Fatima at her school. Alhamdulillah, we didn't have any problem. She was quite independent and enjoyed her first day and made friends with her classmates.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Home Sweet Home

We arrived our home sweet home today. It's nice to be back. Tomorrow, the kid's school reopens, and for li'l Fatima, it will be her first day at school. She's excited.






Thursday, January 1, 2009