:: Look! ::

who are you looking at?
who is looking back at you?
who are you looking for?

Who we are looking for is Who is Looking!

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:: benar ::

bismillah.

benar.
kalau belajar agama, mesti berguru.

benar.
kalau berguru, ilmu lagi terkesan di hati.

benar.
kalau terkesan di hati, impaknya lagi besar.

benar.
kalau impaknya lagi besar, semoga kita terus berusaha dan istiqomah.

terima kaseh guru :)

noor salina mohd baharuddin

:: sharks in your life ::

bismillah.

"Apakah kamu menyangka bahawa kamu akan masuk syurga,
padahal belum datang kepadamu ujian sebagaimana halnya
orang-orang terdahulu sebelummu?"
(Al-Baqarah: 214)

Sharks in your life

by an unknown author:

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So the fishermen had to go further out to sea to catch their supply of fish, the fishing boats got bigger and bigger. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh and they lost their fresh taste.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.

Also, the frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference; because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies added a small shark to the tanks that the fish were kept in. The shark of course eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state due to the fact that the fish are challenged.

Moral of the story:
Some of us are also living like fish that have been caught, we give in too easily, and we are not challenged. Some of us could use a Shark in our life. Consider new challenges and problems in your life as a shark – the challenges and problems can keep us motivated and moving forward. Without challenges we can become complacent, find life boring, and become inactive.

Challenges in our lives can keep us moving forward. There are many challenge quotes but one of my favourites is, “When we long for life without difficulties, be reminded that – oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure."

via inspirationalmovies.org

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:: ba alif cha alif ::

bismillah.

"suddenly, life has a new meaning.."
heheh, takdelah! ;p
[teringat waktu kat Taylor's, notis ni selalu pop up kat computer the Web, ngeh3]

okeh, serius.
nothing much, just want to share some ideas on 'reading'.

..satu cerita..
i've been studying molecular biology at the library sooo hard yesterday,
till at one point, i ordered a 'DNA-glazed donut' at the Tim Horton!
malu tak terkata of course, since there were few fellow classmates
lining up behind me, well, yeah, they giggled incessantly, and...
i joined them. [to avoid malu] ;(

ohh, giggling yeh? huh, but somehow i was delighted.
when i think about it again today, that reflects how hhaarrdd i studied yesterday. hik3 ;p

back to the topic: reading

lately, it feels like reading is in again.
yeah, i enjoy reading so much.
if i have nothing better to do, i know i can always get a book,
and get INto the book, and... live in a new world. hua3

well, honestly, like i said, just the feelings though.
somehow, i don't have enough time to spend on both studies and 'reading-for-the-joy-of-it'.
maybe because of my poor time management. i admit that.
lab reports, assignments, problem sets, and tests are every week. dizzy.
[haippp! jangan mengeluh, okay2..]

but, for the sake of 'reading', i do some blog hopping whenever i'm free.
blog hopping is not the same as blog walking though.
i bookmarked the blogs that i always 'hop into'. ;p
plus, they are the blogs that are cool, i admire the bloggers
and their writings are just awesome!

but, there are some people who.. just don't like reading.
not that they hate it, just that reading is not in their routines or..
reading is not the first thing to do during the free time.
who am i to judge them? no, i'm not judging them, i'm just saying..

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well, let me quote some words from kak hanim's blog,

"Suatu ketika dahulu Moshe Dayan (bekas Menteri Luar Israel), menyatakan secara terbuka
cita-cita dan keinginan negaranya.(membina Israel Raya dari Nil ke Furat).

Dia mendapat serangan dan kecaman dari bangsanya, kerana mereka khuatir pernyataannya
itu dibaca oleh bangsa Arab (umat Islam) dan rencana jahatnya diketahui.
Namun dengan tenang ia menjawab serangan kaumnya, katanya:

“Tenanglah, percayalah padaku, bangsa Arab (dan juga Melayu – penterjemah) tidak akan
membacanya, kerana mereka tidak suka dan malas membaca”.

Inilah kenyataan pahit yang dimiliki suatu umat yang ayat pertama dalam kitab yang
diturunkan kepadanya memerintahkan; “Iqra” (bacalah).

"Ternyata mereka malas dan tidak suka membaca. Kalaupun membaca, mereka tidak pandai
memahami, kalaupun memahami, mereka tidak bersungguh-sungguh dalam melaksanakannya."

(Dr. Yusof Qaradawi). "

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is this true?
hmm. just like what kak hanim said,
'jangan cuma mengutuk kegelapan tanpa cuba menyalakan lilin.'

jom membaca!
sempena raya korban ni, jom kita korbankan video2 kat youtube [sedikit pun ok!]
dan gantikan dengan aktiviti membaca.
ye, salina faham, dah selalu sangat membaca kan?
chemistry, calculus, biology, physics, etc.
semua kena baca. tapi, apa salina maksudkan adalah buku-buku selain buku-buku akademik.

boleyhhh punyer!
nak start dengan apa jenis buku pun boleh!
'winning habits'? 'salju sakinah'? 'the 7 habits of highly effective people'? 'sahih al-bukhari'?
boleh boleh boleh. apa saje untuk starter. ;D

inshaAllah, bacalah apapun, asalkan bermanfaat.
selamat membaca! ;))

p/s: saw some great books at a friend's house in Toronto, tapi sebab owner [senior punyer kot?] takde, takleh pinjam ;((
sampai sekarang kempunan.

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:: love 'you' later ::

bismillah.

"Kecuali orang-orang yang bertaubat sesudah (ingkar) itu,
serta memperbaiki keburukan mereka,
maka sesungguhnya Allah Maha Pengampun,
lagi Maha Mengasihani."
(Ali-'Imran:89)

okeh.
nekad.
firm.

love 'you' later. [if "later" is possible, inshaAllah]
no time for this.
this love, nafsu semata.

" Cara untuk melupakan cinta bukanlah dengan memikirkan cara melupakannya. Itu bukan lupa, tapi mengingati cinta secara melupakannya!

Sesungguhnya kaedah terbaik untuk melupakan cinta, ialah dengan menyibukkan diri dengan hal-hal lain yang lebih sesuai dengan masanya.

Sibukkan diri dengan pelajaran dan pengajian seoptima mungkin.

Sibukkan diri dengan kerja-kerja persatuan, aktiviti kemasyarakatan dan lain-lain kegiatan yang bersifat "memberi". "

-ustaz hazrizal-

sorry, really need to post this.
made a promise, mahu lebih ramai saksi, supaya promise tertunai [from my perspective, only]

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