Thursday, 4 October 2007

Sebuah Cerita...

KHAS BUATMU...
Pernah seketika dulu saya rasa saya tak berguna. Masa dalam kelas kawan-kawan semua tak suka. Saya nak 'join', kawan kata saya menyibuk. Ada pula yang kate saya kuat emo.Sikit-sikit nak marah. Padahal sebenarnye saya nak tegur mereka buat bising masa belajar. Lepas tu saya cuba buat lawak
kononnya nak tarik perhatian orang lain saya paling gembira bila ada orang gelak bila dengar lawak saya terutamanya pelajar-pelajar perempuan. Budak-budak lelaki semua kata saya 'mat capub'(cari publisiti) tapi saya tak kesah asalkan ada yang terhibur.

Tapi saya tetap merasakan kekosongan. Memang lumrah manusia. Seoarang lelaki akan tertarik kepada wanita Macam itulah yang saya rasa. Saya tengok kawan-kawan dah ada yang 'couple'. Di dorm sms awek sampai pagi. Ada yang call awek sampai satu malam boleh habis 10 ringgit. Saya mula berfikir. "Adakah aku perlu BERCINTA?". Dengan menggunakan akal seorang pelajar tingkatan 4 itu. saya pun mula menanam tekad untuk ber'couple'. Dan masa itulah saya kenal awak. saya rase saya dah jumpa orang yang paling penting dalam hidup saya..

Mula-mula awak jual mahal. Tapi saya tak kisah..nak beli gak.akhirnya, dipendekkan cerita..saya pun mulalah BERCINTA. Masa bercinta,memang saya sangat-sangat bersemangat. Apa orang kata..'ALL OUT'lah..haha..Saya selalu call awak,awak pun selalu call saya.. 'gayut' malam-malam..kadang-kadang saya pun habis RM10 satu malam.. Tetapi segala PENGORBANAN yg dilakukan masa ber'couple' tu..Tidak terasa pun kehilangannya. Mase bercinta memang indah. Semuanya indah. Sikit-sikit gurau-gurau. Sikit-sikit gelak-gelak. kalau merajuk men pujuk2. kalau 'birthday' kita sambut sama-sama. Untuk diri ini,terasa amat bahagia. Sebab masa itulah terasa diri ini dihargai. Saya pernah terikir. Biarlah kawan-kawan saya tu pandang saya semacam, kata saya macam-macam. Asalkan awak memahami saya. Satu hari saya dengar ceramah. Alhamdulillah. Dalam ceramah tu saya sedar,saya banyak buat dosa dan saya kena brubah. Hidup saya mesti selari dengan Islam. Saya kena jadi baik. Sebab memang itu fitrah manusia..menginginakan kebaikan. semua orang nak masuk syurga kan?Sejak dari saat itu saya mula rapatkan diri dengan masjid. Rapatkan diri dengan Al-Quran. Selalu solat jemaah awal waktu. Selalu dengar tazkirah. Saya beli terjemahan Quran, sebab nak tadabbur Quran. Saya beli dua, satu untuk saya, satu untuk awak, Saya taknak jadi baik seorang diri.jadi saya ajak awak sekali. Saya ajak awak baca Al-Quran. saya kejut awk bangun subuh..(calling). saya ajak awak saling beri tazkirah. Mula-mula awak terkejut dengan perubahan saya. Awak ingat saya dah nak jadi alim, nak brenti couple. Saya kata,kita bukan buat benda yang salah,bercinta kerana Allah. Kita couple tak macam orang lain. Orang lain couple 'jiwang-jiwang' je,ade yang siap wat mksiat lg,pegang-pegang tangan dan macam-macam lagi. Tapi kita couple baik-baik. Jaga batas-batas syara'. Tak guna ayat jiwang-jiwang, janji taknak jumpa, takut berlaku maksiatm,cuma sms dan call je. Dan awk terima perubahan saya itu.Saya pun banyak nasihat awak.Awk pun terima. Walaupun kadang-kadang awak merajuk sebab teguran saya tu. Tapi saya faham, perubahan memerlukan masa. Dan akhirnya saya rasa. Hubungan kita semakin diredahai. Saya salu doa supaya kita akan kekal sampai ke gerbang perkahwinan. Dalam proses perubahan saya, Saya mula menyedari bahawa berdakwah itu wajib. Kita kena menyampaikan kepada orang tentang kebenaran. Kalau kita tidak berdakwah. kita akan dipertanggungjawabkan oleh Allah di akhirat kelak. sesuai dgn firmanNya dlm surah Al-A'raf, surah ke 7,ayat ke 164: "Dan (ingatlah) ketika suatu umat di antara mereka berkata: "Mengapa kamu menasihati kaum yang Allah akan membinasakan mereka atau mengazab mereka dengan azab yang amat keras?" Mereka menjawab: "Agar kami mempunyai alasan (pelepas tanggung jawab) kepada Tuhanmu, dan supaya mereka bertakwa". Lepas tu saya mulalah beri tazkirah pada kawan-kawan dan adik-adik. Tegur mereka apa sahaja yang silap. Saya tak boleh tahan bila tengok orang buat salah/dose. Saya mesti nak tegur. Selemah2 iman tegur dengan hati, oleh sebab saya nak jadi orang kuat iman. Ape lagi..tegur je la depan-depan..huhu~ Lepas tu, satu masa. saya terbaca pasal couple. "COUPLE HARAM" Saya tak percaya. tapi bila baca detail-detail yang dia bagi. macam betul pulak. huhu~~ tapi biasala. kalau kita suka satu benda tu. kita tetap akan cari alasan untuk 'membenarkan' pendapat kita. Saya pun buat tak tahu pasal benda tu dan teruskan saja hubungan kita. kita tak buat maksiat. Kita jalan-jalan tak pegang tangan, tak jiwang-jiwang. Cuma saling ambil berat. Tanya khabar. Borak-borak. Siap bagi tzkirah lagi. Apa yang haramnya dengan benda ni. Tak kisahlah. Masa terus berlalu. Masa ni dah nak dekat Trial SPM.lagi tiga minggu sebelum trial.dalam masa tu,saya memang rajin study dengan kawan. buat study group.Pada masa yang sama, bagi tazkirah.Ada yang terima,ada juga yang buat tak tahu. Kadang-kadang bila tegur. Saya kena marah pula. macam-macamlah alasannya,ada kata saya tegur tak berhikmah. ada yang kata saya menunjuk-nunjuk je. Tapi tak kisah. saya ada tempat mengadu.huhu~~Suatu masa. ketika sedang mentadabbur Al-Quran seorang diri. saya terjumpa ayat ini. "Mengapa kamu suruh orang lain (mengerjakan) kebajikan, sedang kamu melupakan diri (kewajiban) mu sendiri, padahal kamu membaca Al Kitab (Taurat)? Maka tidakkah kamu berfikir?" (Al-Baqarah, ayat 44) Saya pun terfikir. "Selama ini aku asyik tegur orang je. Tapi aku sendiri masih banyak kekurangan, Cepat marah, suka buang masa, ade gak dosa-dosa yang masih dilakukan. Macam mana ya?" Lepas tu terjumpa pula ayat ini. "Dan janganlah kamu campur adukkan yang hak dengan yang batil dan janganlah kamu sembunyikan yang hak itu, sedang kamu mengetahui." (Al-Baqarah ayat 42) Tiba-tiba saya terfikir satu keritikan kawan. "Alah kau tu..cakap je berapi..gaya alim,tapi couple gak..sama aje kau dengan kami..tegur orang konon.." Berfikir sejenak. Sebenarnye ber'couple' ni boleh ke tidak? Adakah selama ini saya hanya menganggap ia boleh? Habis tu, kenapa saya rasa malu bila mak dan ayah tahu saya selalu berhubung dengan perempuan? Dan terkadang saya rasa serba salah? Macam-macam yang saya fikir. Dipendekkan cerita lagi sekali. saya ke Pulau Pinang untuk mengikuti satu seminar dkwh. Saya harap dengan seminar ni kefahaman saya mengenai dakwah akan lebih mantap. Dalam perjalanan ke seminar tu. saya masih sms lagi dengan awak dalam bas. sempat lagi pesan-pesan supaya jangan lupa baca Al-Quran hari ini, solat awal waktu. Dalam fikiran saya. "Ni kira dakwah juga..saling ingat-mengingati.."

Majlis malam itu berakhir dengan sesi ta'aruf, pukul 10 semua orang dah bebas untuk aktiviti sendiri Lagipun kami semua penat. takkan nak panjang-panjangkan program sampai tengah malam. pihak penganjur pun faham. Tiba-tiba saya tergerak hati untuk bertanya dengan fasilitator yang ada di situ. Saya rasa inilah masa terbaik untuk tanya pendapat dia tentang couple. Tapi saya tragak-agak. "Kalaulah betul couple tu salah..habis tu,nak buat macam mana? Aku kena clash ke? Alah,buat apa fikir macam tu..tanya je la. Kalau tak buat salah, apa nak ditakutkan?" Lalu saya menghampiri 'Brother' fasilitator tu. Masa tu dia tengah membelek-belek terjemahan Al-Qurannya seorang diri. "Assalamualaikum, bang, saya nak tanya sikit boleh?" "Em,boleh..duduklah. Nta nak tanya apa?" "Er..macam ni,sebelum saya terlibat dengan dakwah ni, saya ada kenal seorang kawan ni, perempuan la. Tapi bukanla setakat kawan biasa..rapat gak la. Bukan rapat biasa,tapi rapatla.." "Bercinta ke?" Saya malu nak cakap yang saya couple. Nanti apa pula brother tu kate..mesti dia marah nnt. Saya pun angguk. Lepas tu saya tanya. "Sebenarnya..couple ni boleh ke tak bang?" "Akhi, memang fitrah manusia, lelaki akan tertarik kepada perempuan, begitu juga perempuan akan tertarik kepada lelaki. Tapi dalam Islam, perasaan itu perlu dikawal dan ada batasnya. Pergaulan perlu dijaga. Allah firman dalam surah Al-Isra', surah ke 17, dalam ayat yg ke 32: "Dan janganlah kamu mendekati zina; sesungguhnya zina itu adalah suatu perbuatan yang keji dan suatu jalan yang buruk." "Tapi bang,saya tak nampak pun yang kami ni menghampiri zina. Niat kami baik. Saya dah cuba sedaya upaya mengawal perhubungan kami. Sms pun takdelah jiwang-jiwang, selalu bagi tazkirah lagi. Kami selang-selang bagi, hari ni saya, esok dia." Saya tak mahu mengalah. "Memang betul niat nta baik. Tapi ingat, niat tak pernah menghalalkan cara. Yang batil tetap sahaja batil, yang haq tetap haq. Cuba tengok ayat ni." Sambil brother tu bukak Al-Quran dia, dan tunjuk pada saya ayat ini: "Dan (juga) kaum Ad dan Tsamud, dan sungguh telah nyata bagi kamu (kehancuran mereka) dari (puing-puing) tempat tinggal mereka. Dan setan menjadikan mereka memandang baik perbuatan-perbuatan mereka, lalu ia menghalangi mereka dari jalan (Allah), sedangkan mereka adalah orang-orang yang berpandangan tajam." (Surah Al-Anakabut,Surah 29, ayat 38) "Akhi, kalau nta paham ayat ni, sebenarnya apa yang berlaku pada nta ialah, setan telah buat nta pandang indah benda buruk yang nta lakukan. Walaupun nta berpandangan tajam, maksudnya nta berilmu tinggi. Memang pada mulanya niat nta baik, tapi ingat, syaitan itu sangat licik. Dia akan sedaya upaya buat nta terjerumus ke dalam kemaksiatan. Lagipun,takkanlah sepanjang masa nta sms dengan dia, nta ingat Allah. Mesti ada masanya nta hanya melayan perasaan dengan dia, kan?" Betul juga katanya. Lepas tu saya kata, "Tapi bang,saya dah janji dengan dia taknak jumpa lg. Sebab saya tahu kalau berjumpa nanti banyak bahayanya. Dan dia pun setuju. Kami sama-sama menjaga diri. Takkanlah ia boleh membawa kepada zina juga bang?" "Em, betul, nta dah janji taknak jumpa dengan dia lagi. Nta dah dapat elakkan zina mata, zina tangan, zina kaki. kalau nta janji taknak call die pula, nta dapat elak zina telinga dan zina lidah. Tapi akh..masih ada zina yang tetap nta tak dapat elak apabila bercouple.." "Zina hati?" Saya menduga. "Betul, zina hati. Semua inilah yang Rasulullah jelaskan dalam hadithnya tentang bagaimana menghampiri zina tu. Nta boleh 'check' dalam Riyadahus Solihin, bawah bab larangan melihat wanita. Rasulullah bersabda, mata boleh berzina dgn melihat, lidah boleh berzina dengan bercakap, tangan boleh berzina dengan berpegangan. Kaki boleh berzina dengan berjalan ke arah tempat maksiat. Hati pula boleh berzina dgn merindui, mengingati dan membayangi si dia. Hakikatnye, macam mana pun nta buat, nta tetap tak dapat lari daripada zina hati." Saya terdiam..kelu. Tak tahu apa nak dikata. Semua yang brother tu kata tiada yang salahnya. Kemudian dia sambung. Ana dulu pun couple gak. Lagi lama daripada nta. Sejak sekolah sampai dah masuk U, dekat nak gred. Tapi bila ana sedar apa yang ana buat ni salah, ana trus tinggalkan. Ana siap dah fikir, dialah bakal isteri ana, yang akan jadi ibu kepada anak-anak ana. Kalau nak diikutkan lagi besar masalah ana daripada nta." "Saya risau la bang. Nanti apa kawan-kawan dia kata. Dulu saya selalu minta tolong mereka untuk rapat dengan dia. Mesti nanti mereka semua tak puas hati dengan saya. Dan dia sendiri pula, saya takut apa-apa akan jadi pada dia kalau dia tak dapat terima keputusan ni. Sebab kami dah rapat sgt." Masa tu saya dah mula sebak. Malu betul. Menangis depan brother tu cerita pasal benda ni. Nasib baik tak ada org lain masa tu. Brother tu jwb.. "Kalau kawan-kawan dia tak puas hati pun, mereka boleh buat apa? Paling teruk pun, mereka akan mengata di belakang nta. Nta tak kurang sikit pun. Lagipun, dalam berdakwah ni, kita nak cari redha Allah, biarlah orang nak kata apa-apa sekali pun, yang penting redha Allah. Kalau Allah tak redha, semuanya dah tak bermakna lagi." Saya trdiam lagi. "Pasal die pula, cube nta fikir dari sudut positif, mungkin dia akan terima keputusan nta scara matang. ungkin dia juga akan buat keputusan untuk tidak lagi bercouple. Ana yakin, die takkan buat apa-apa perkara bodoh. Kalau die buat sekalipun, itu bukan tagguungjawab nta, apa yang nta nak buat tu betul, meninggalkan maksiat. Semua orang akan tanggung balasan atas perbuatannya sndiri." Saya dah tak dapat tahan lagi. Masa itu saya menangis, saya dah sdar yang saya kena berhenti couple. Dah jelas sekarang, couple tu haram. "Jadi apa saya nak buat bang?" "Ana dulu, hantar satu sms je kat dia. Ana terangkan pada dia hubungan yang dibina itu salah. Minta maaf, kita berakhir di sini. Tolong jangan cari saya lagi. Lepas itu ana terus tukar ombor. Ana tak hubungi dia langsung lepas tu." "Maksudnya, saya tak boleh hubungi dia lagi ke? Tapi bang, saya ade juga kawan perempuan lain, boleh pula saya hubungi mereka?" "Dengan dia ni lain. Nta dah pernah ada 'sejarah' dengan dia. Tapi, kalau nanti ditaqdirkan nta satu universiti dengan dia, satu kuliah, lepas tu kena pula buat group discussion, masa tu nta hanya layan dia hanya sebagai group discussion partner." Tiba-tiba saya terfikir.. "Dia ni nak suruh aku clash malam ni gak ke? Sekarang gak? Takkanlah awal sangat?" Saya cakap. "Saya rasa saya belum ade kekuatan la bang. Boleh tak saya tunggu sampai saya ada kekuatan, baru saya tiggalkan benda ni?" Saya ingat nak lari la. Lalu dia jawab. "Akh, nta kena ingat. Kekuatan itu tidak boleh ditunggu, tapi ia perlu dibina. Allah tidak akan mengubah keadaan sesuatu kaum sehingga kaum itu mengubah keadaannya sendiri. Nta boleh rujuk surah Ar-Ra'du, surah ke-13,ayat 11. Lagipun, nta nak tuggu sampai bila baru nak tinggalkan couple ni..abang-abang fasilitator ni pun ramai yang pernah couple, bila masuk dakwah, mereka tiggalkan." Alamak...tak boleh lari lagilah nampaknye..saya rasa macam brother ni paksa saya clash masa tu juga. "Semuanya dah jelas rasanya..Nampaknya saya kena tiggalkanla benda ni gak ye. Macam tak larat rasanya nak tekan button handphone ni. Rasa tak sanggup." "Kalau tak sanggup mari ana tolong tekankan." "Eh, tak apalah bang. Biar saya taip sendiri." Teragak-agak saya nak taip masa tu. Tapi saya gagahkn juga diri.. "Semuanya dah jelas..buat apa aku tangguh-tangguh lagi. Takut nanti hidayah ni Allah tarik, susah pula nak tinggalkan. Kan aku selalu doa supaya dijauhkan dari maksiat..jadi rasanya, inilah masanya.." Lalu perlahan-lahan saya taip sms tu. "Assalamualaikum..Sebenarnya selama ini hubungan kita salah di sisi Islam. Saya ingat dengan mengubah cara pergaulan kita, ia dah dibolehkan, tapi sebenarnya ia tetap berdosa. Saya harap awak akan istiqamah meneruskan perubahan yang awak dah buat, kerana Allah. Saya minta maaf atas segala yang dah berlaku. Kalau ada jodoh insya-Allah, akan bertemu juga. Assalamualaikum.." Berat betul nak hantar sms tu kat awk. Saya masih tak mampu nak ucap selamat tiggal. Sebab tu dalam sms tu saya hanya akhirkan dengan ucapan salam. Lepas beberapa ketika..saya tekan juga button [send]. Lepas tu tertera di skrin..

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Masa tu saya rasa macam separuh hidup saya dah hilang. Macam tak percaya..saya dah hantar 1 sms, dan clash dengan awak. "Terima kasih bang.."
"Takpe, dah tanggungjawab. Malam tu saya saya tidur dengan linangan air mata..tak sangka..mmg tak disangka..Saya memang tak pernah terfikir untuk clash, tapi itulah yang terbaik untuk kita sbenarnya. Tiba-tiba saya teringat ayat Allah..surah Al-Baqarah,ayat 216. Diwajibkan atas kamu berperang, padahal berperang itu adalah sesuatu yang kamu benci. 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.

Masa terus berlalu.. Saya terus sibukkan diri dengan kerja-kerja lain. Dalam usaha nak lupekan awk, bukan senang,tapi saya terus cuba. Saya selalu bagi tazkirah, ingatkan orang. Saya bagi ta'lim di msjid, terangkan pada orang, couple haram, tunjuk segala dalil.. Macam macam yang berlaku..ada kritikan..ade gk yg stuju..tapi tak kisahlah semua tu. Tiba-tiba satu pagi ni, dapat sms daripada awak..awak bagi gambar bunga..bawah tu ada ayat. "Seindah gubahan pertama.." Saya rasa awak masih tak dapat lupakan saya. Saya pun fikir.."Kena tegaskan rasanya". Lepas tu saya hantarlah sms ni. Dan rasanya itulah yg terakhir. "Tiada yang lebih indah daripada mendapat keredahaan ilahi..seindah manapun gubahan pertama tu, selagi tak mendapat keredahaanNya, tetap tiada gunanya. Assalamualaikum..saya tahu, dulu saya cakap, kalau ada jodoh, insya-Allah akan bertemu juga. Tapi saya taknak awak tunggu. Lupakan saya. Biar Allah yang enentukan..Lagi satu, Jangan cari cinta manusia, ia penuh dengan penipuan, kekecewaan, dan tak kekal. Tapi carilah cinta Allah.. tiada penipuan, tidakkan pernah mengecewakan, itulah cinta abadi. Cinta yang diredahai.. -Yang Terakhir- "

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Saya dah buat keputusan. Saya pasti apa yang saya buat ni betul. Saya yakin, Allah akan sediakan yang terbaik untuk saya. Saya takkan berpatah balik.. Takkan..buat selama-lamanya......


Teruskan membaca...

Friday, 14 September 2007

My little sister...

Assalamu'alaikum,
this is my sister...as you can see,in this picture, she's receiving a present in participating an English esei competition from Tuan HajiMusa and looking on is Cik Mageswary from the BPS..(dunno what it means)

Rather than my sister, a form two student from hidayah too received her third prize for participating in the Bahasa Melayu Esei competition. (sori, got no picture of her..huhu)

Well, now...isn't this just great...our school students just getting better and better as time goes on...its just a remarkable achievement and a big step for us to still strive on til the end...

I really hope that this achievement could motivate other students to strive harder and keep the good work on...so until one day, Hidayah will be in the eyes of the world..Insya Allah...May Allah bless us and give us strength in going through the hardship of life...also remain our hearts bonded together so we can become a great ummah in this dark world...ameen...and for those who will be sitting for PMR and SPM especially my beloved sisters, may Allah give you great success and strength so you can go through the exams without doubts and worrieness...insya Allah... ameen...

Listening to Standing in the Eyes of the world :

Pahit getir hidup dan pengorbanan,
terpaksa dihadapi demi kejayaan,
terdidik sejak mula tabah berusaha,
tanpa cuba melangkah tak kemana,
dimana kau berada pencapaian tak tiba dengan mudah.

kini standing in the eyes of the world,
hanyalah selangkah dari nyata,
keazaman membara dijiwa,
menanti saat bebas merdeka,
tiba masa kau melangkah gagah,
bersemangat kearah matlamat sedaya upaya,
engkau terunggul wajar standing in the eyes of the world.

harapan yang pernah terkulai layu,
kembali segar mekar bawah bayanganmu,
setiap manusia ingin berjaya,
namun tak semua miliki tuah,
engkau menghampirinya,
kesempatan telah pun tiba....

kini standing in the eyes of the world,
hanyalah selangkah dari nyata,
keazaman membara dijiwa,
menanti saat bebas merdeka,
tiba masa kau melangkah gagah,
bersemangat kearah matlamat sedaya upaya,
engkau terunggul wajar standing in the eyes of the world...

standing in the eyes...standing in the eyes...

Teruskan membaca...

Saturday, 1 September 2007

Hidayah..oh..Hidayah

Assalamu'alaikum,
So, today I went to my old and beloved school with my friends...as you can see, the school looks quite different from before to after "our" (batch 8 Hidayah) period....man, the school really does brings back a lot of memoirs to us....there are so many remnance of the school that we planted in our hearts which makes us grow more fonder every time we come back to hidayah...oh man...its those wonderful moments that god sets in our hearts so our bond will stay together until we all meet again in Jannah tul Firdaus.

* listening to nasyid : "Sebuah Pertemuan by UNIC"

Ketika diri mencari sinar,
secebis cahaya menerangi laluan,
ada kalanya langkahku tersasar,
tersungkur dilembah kegelapan.

Bagaikan terdengar bisikan rindu,
mengalun kalimah menyapa keinsafan,
kehadiranmu menyentuh kalbu,
menyalakan obor pengharapan.

Tika ku kealpaan kau bisikkan,
bicara keinsafan kau beri kekuatan,
tika aku diuji dengan dugaan,
saatku kehilangan keyakinan,
kau nyalakan harapan,
saatku meragukan keampunan tuhan,
kau katakan rahmatnya mengatasi segala.

menitis air mataku keharuan,
kepada sebuah pertemuan,
kehadiranmu mendamaikan,
hati yang dahulu keresahan.

cinta yang semakin kesamaran,
kau gilang cahaya kebahgiaan,
tulus keikhlasan menjadi ikatan,
dengan restu kasihmu oh..tuhan.

titisan air mata,
menyubur cinta,
dan rindu pun berbunga,
mekar tidak pernah layu,
damainya hati....
yang dulu resah keliru,
cintaku takkan pudar,
diuji dugaan,
mengharung dalam harapan,
mogakan kesampaian kepada tuhan,
lantaran diri hamba kerdil dan hina...

menitis air mataku keharuan,
kepada sebyah pertemuan,
kehadiranmu mendamaikan,
hati yang dahulu keresahan.

syukur sungguh dihati ini,
dikurniakan teman sejati,
menuju jalan dekatinya,
tika diri dalam kebuntuan,
betapa aku menghargai,
kejujuran yang kau beri,
mengajarku mengenal erti,
cinta hakiki yang abadi,
tiada yang menjadi impian,
selain rahmat kasihmu tuhan,
yang terbias pada ketulusan,
sekeping hati seorang insan,
bernama teman.....

** 'Asim berlalu pergi daripada Hidayah dengan sebuah perasaan yang sayu kerana mengenangkan detik² indah di sana namun pemergiannya penuh dengan seribu harapan....

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Wednesday, 22 August 2007

I have a dream...


Since I entered Johor Matriculation College (JMC/KMJ), many things have changed from myself and to my environment that I used to live in Hidayah. During those times, I may be one of those students who would rebel on the school "government" on some policies with my own "party" and thus effects me not being tarbiyyah completedly with Islamic education. Sometimes, when there is students discussion sessions, I would just sit there and "cover my eyes and ears" to show my protest. As time goes on until the final year of my period, I saw that I was just being ridiclous in my own ways. This made me think forever...I saw that I'm a person that would not survive the "outside world of hidayah" because I was lacking a lot of tarbiyyah in myself. So, the last thing that I thought of before stepping outside, was just to uphold my bonds with my dear friends whom I've been together through thick and thin. I had to do this at the last minunte schedule because it was already to late for me to learn from the begining of the tarbiyyah. So, with that bond that I uphold, I created a thin wall around me just to protect me from any harm. Alhamdulillah, in KMJ, I participated in liqa' and started again but in my own ways where I still sociallise with people around me and try to do da'wah fardhiyyah little by little. Though I may not be as good as my friends in their colleges or universities or my brothers themselves, but through the process that I've gone through, it made me see myself and let me know that if I don't follow the train of Da'wah I would just be wasting my life in this world. Stepping in the outside world introduced me to the masyarakat which has Islam just in their names and made me zealous to fill myself with taarbiyyah and introduce the proper Islam to them. But of course, going through the perfect road is not always easy. Though I seemed calm in my face but my heart ponder furiously with every moment of time that I pasted in my KMJ. A lot of things happened to me which sometimes made me feel like giving up but with Allah's help, I managed to go through it. I understand that this may be His way to test me. Being a Da'ie is not easy as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be uopn him) himself had a lot more difficulties in his life and with him as an example, Allah helped my out everytime. Thank you god. May be this is my first step of becoming the long-time waited by all the muslimin in the world to become a Khalifah and I just have to be patient and consitently go through the tarbiyah til the end of my life and develope myself in character building. All because I have dream and my dream is to become a khalifah.....

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Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Tarian Sumayau

Now, below is the lyric of Tarian Sumayau that I got from a Labuan friend at the PRD Matriculation College Jamboree. The is really intresting. I first heard it at KAKOM where the Labuan contingent used to sing every early in the morning as a motivation for their contingent to keep on fighting for the competition. So,guys, try and have a look.

Tinggi-tinggi gunung kinabalu,
tinggi lagi sayang sama kamu,
biru-biru gunung kinabalu,
tengok dari jauh hati saya rindu.

Kinabalu letak di Kundasang,
banyak sayur boleh pilih-pilih,
apa guna pergi luar negeri,
naik kinabalu hati saya rindu.

Sumandak-sumandak pun ramai menunggu,
menari-nari lenggang sumayau,
sekali melihat melepak kulitnya,
sayang jatuh cinta...

sayang-sayang sayang kinabalu,
keamatan pesta bulan lima,
sayang-sayang kita pergi tamu,
jalan tamparuli hati saya rindu....

so, thats how the song goes. Kalau bley dengar depa suma nyanyi lagi molek. Irama dia cool n tenang huhuhu...ok, c ya guys again sometime...bye...Wassalam :-)

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Gambar JAMBORI PRD 2007

Assalamu'alaikum and Salam Sejahtera ladies and gentlemen,
so, below are my pictures when I participated JAMBORI PRD Kolej-kolej Matrikulasi Peringkat kebangsaan at Tanjung Piai from 18th of August to the 21st of August 2007. Best. Take a look. And, one more thing, I found an old school mate there too. Seems like Ulfah too is a PRD member in here Matriculation College.huhuh...




Me with Pahang Matriculation College President PRD,
Wan Mohammad Hazman.



3 guys getting ready to style the Night!!



Team LDK 5
Sitting behind from left: Chika, Linda, Shark, Pak Ngah, Tyra, Teeny, Nas, Padma.
front from left: A-pie, Ajid, Faizal, Asim.



Layan blues sekali!! Asim sedang menikmati keadaan di Hujung Benua Asia...



Asim in his 'Death pose'!!! Hahaha...still at the most southern tip of the Asian Mainland.



Johor Matriculation College's Contingent at the most southern tip of the Asian Mainland.
Doing a free style pose. And thats me 2nd from right.hehee..



LDK 5 at Tanjung Piai's Jeti. A very calm place to release stress.

So, guys, I think thats just about it. Theres more, but I don't wanna my post to be crowded with too many photos. These 7 photos represent all. Don't worry.hahaha...
Thats all folks. Have a great time there and enjoy yourself.
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Thursday, 16 August 2007

My Public Speaking text for KAKOM Kedah 2007

So guys, from 11th to 15th of August 2007, I went to Kedah to participate in Karnival Kokurikulum antara Matrikulasi (KAKOM) which my event was public speaking...wow, first time ma representing a college for public speaking...I had no experience but still I wanted to try out...huhuhu...so, below is my text for the prepared speech...its about financial independence...the theme was about defining independence...and me and my friends wanted to come up with a more focused interpretation of independence not like the independence that everyone talked about (merdeka)... read la and give comments... enjoy it..

WHAT IS FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE?

A very good morning I would like to bid to the chairperson, honorable judges, timekeepers and all the members of the audience.
Today, I would like to talk about something that is getting more and more neglected nowadays. Time and time again we have heard on how we have been independent for a great 50 years.
You may have seen advertisement on the TV and newspaper on how far we have been since our first step on our own. How Tunku went up to the merdeka stadium and shouted MERDEKA! MERDEKA! But I think that independence is too broad a definition and please allow me to come up with a more focused interpretation of independence.
Ladies and Gentlemen, have you ever heard of the other side of independence? The side which does not get our attention during our good times, but during our bad times, we are the first to complain about it. You see, I’m talking about independence from a financial point of view, and why is it important because it affects our economy in various aspect, namely our own personal economy, the uses of credit cards, from businesses, the stock market and the national currency.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to bring up my first point, have you ever heard of Alongs and their victims? Well, I’m sure you have. Alongs or loan sharks are illegal moneylenders, and their victims are those who borrow money from them and fail to pay them back resulting in their property being vandalized. This is an example of a person being financially dependent. Financial independence is important for a person to choose their own course of life and what to do with their money. The ideal way to do this is to have a stable job, control your spending, stay away from taking loans and resist temptations.
The easiest way to do this is by being a more responsible spenders by controlling our expenditure and stick to our budget. Also we must start saving as they say “save it for a rainy day.”
Speaking of rainy days let me come up with the next point about the uses of credit cards. A lot of people say that credit cards are a lifesaver during a rainy day. Have you ever been to a restaurant and when you get the bill to pay, you noticed that your cash wasn’t enough? And then….TADA, you whip out your credit card and sigh a breath of relief. Now this is the very reason why people say that credit cards have so much dominance over our daily lives. This also means that we are dominated by the little plastic card and we are no longer financially independent.
Credit cards company usually charge ridiculous interest rates for those who fail to pay the bill on time. The interest then compounds and increases exponentially and the creditor could end up in a vicious cycle that increases in damages with every turn and eventually the creditor could end up in bankruptcy.
Credit card companies have also gone far by penetrating the younger generation by introducing them the prepaid credit card which has no strings attached and anyone can apply for one. This may sound great as there is no chance anyone would overspend with a prepaid card, but what would happen to the teenagers when they grow up? Will they be owned by their cards? Well, I’m sure you know the answer just as well as I do. I believe that they will not be financially independent.
Ladies and gentlemen, financial independence is also important for businesses just as it is for all of us. Financial independence from a businessman’s point of view is the ability for his company to make profit with any fear his company collapsing or going bankrupt.
Financial independence is important for businesses because what a financial crisis can do to our business entities in our country. Financial independence for a company would mean that the company needs not fear for his company going bankrupt and being bought by another person. This also means that the company doesn’t need to fear any economic crisis. Those that work under the company also not need to fear for their jobs because the company can still keep them employed and consequently less social problem occurs for our country. Now ladies and gentlemen, I hope you understand how important financial independence is for our businesses. In fact, most of us depend on private businesses one way or another. Financial independence is also necessary for businesses to absorb changes in the global market such as the stock market crashes and rapid inflations.
To illustrate my point on rising inflation, I want you to imagine what happens when the local Apek stops selling his soy bean milk because he went bankrupt. Well, the answer is simple; we don’t get to drink soy bean milk anymore, right? Ok then, what if the nearby hypermarket is still in business because they have the means to buffer any economic crisis. Hmm…we can still get soy bean milk in a box but then it would cost more than it originally was, maybe from rm2 to rm4, who knows?
Moving on, let me come up with my next point about the stock market. From a layman’s point of view, the stock market is where the rich people just dump their money because they want to get a lot of money in a short period of time. Ladies and gentlemen, the stock market is actually a mechanism which enables the trading of a company, collective shares, other securities and derivatives. In layman’s term again, it means that by trading on the stock market you can a share of a company. The money that you invest will then be used as a capital for the company to expand their businesses.
But now, I’m sure that most of you are guessing, what on earth does the stock market have to do with independence? Now lets see what would happen if foreigners starts pouring in their money? Well, some of you would say that this is good because more money means better economy, right? Well, the real answer is YES and NO. yes because our local companies could easily expand their business to the entire world but no because the company would then belong to the foreigners and the problem with that is they can pull out their money anytime they want because technically it still belongs to them. Let illustrate my point by giving you an example from the Asian Financial Crisis. During that time our nation was an Ideal investment region mainly from the stable political situation and the growth of the countries population. This attracted more money from the overseas especially the west. The money caused our economy to grow even more rapidly but then speculations set in and some claimed that our stock market was like a bubble that grows and grows and finally goes pop! Then in the 3rd quarter of 1997, the investors sold their Malaysian shares and quickly fled with the money. At first it was just a few people, but then a domino effect kicked in and the stock market collapsed. The KLSE crashed from above 1200 to below 400 and caused many companies go bankrupt.
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sure that you all don’t want to see more and more companies go bankrupt, right? So that is why we as Malaysian’s must maintain our monetary independence by not letting the foreigners take over our stock market.
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to bring up my next point. A stable currency is the backbone of a stable economy. And it is very important for is to appreciate how our former leaders have done a fantastic job on holding our currency pegged to the US dollar for so many years. During the Asian financial crisis, our stock market was attacked by speculators who tried to devalue our ringgit and caused our ringgit to fall from 2.5 per dollar to 4.5 a dollar. At this time to the IMF stepped in and tried to solve our problem by offering loan to the Malaysian Government but also demanded massive changes in our economic policies. This made may people especially the former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad claimed that the IMF was threatening our independence in making our own decisions and decide our own policies. Because of this too made many people say that our government was undemocratic to against the IMF but in the end, it was them too who complemented Malaysia for the capital control policies. Doesn’t this show our independence from the west?
Ladies and gentlemen, before I step back and leave this stage to the next speaker, let me remind you that financial independence may not be as glamorous as shouting merdeka and waving flags but I’m sure you know that it is extremely important for us that even if the price of soy bean goes up to rm4, we can still afford to cover the increase in cost, all because we are financially Independence…
Thank you for listening and have a great day. Good bye.

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