Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
25 checklist questions..
Ramadan, as usual, has flown by. Despite planning beforehand, many of us may have gotten caught up in a routine after accustoming ourselves to the change in schedule the blessed month brings.
This may have affected our initial plans to increase our worship, contemplation and to seek Allah's Forgiveness and Mercy with greater fervor. But the last ten days and nights of Ramadan are still ahead for us to benefit from. Ask yourself these questions and see what you can do to make the most of what's left of Ramadan this year, Insha Allah.
1. Have I kept pace with the amount of Quran I wanted to read, or have I fallen behind?
2. If so, how much do I have to read on a daily basis the rest of Ramadan to catch up?
3. Have I tried to attend Tarawih regularly, or did I use weak excuses to get out of it?
4. Did I ever pray the night prayer?
5. Did I try praying my five daily prayers with more sincerity, concentration, and focus than usual?
6. Did I invite anyone over for Iftar (breaking the fast)?
7. Did I help any needy person, even a panhandler or beggar, when I was fasting?
8. Did I regularly seek Allah's Forgiveness and Mercy with sincerity, fear and hope?
9. Did I encourage my family to fast or participate in regular opportunities for more rewards that come with Ramadan (i.e. good deeds in general, but also Tarawih, more reading of the Quran, etc.).
10. Did I memorize any more Quran than what I knew before Ramadan started?
11. Did I try to be more patient in Ramadan than I normally am?
12. Did I try to control my anger, especially while fasting?
13. Did I try harder to avoid backbiting and slander?
14. Did I constantly check my intentions, to make sure that my good deeds were for the sake of Allah alone, not to impress others, gain their favor, or to show off?
15. Was there even an atom of pride in my heart?
16. Was I quieter and more contemplative?
17. Did I cry in my prayers?
18. Did I read more Islamic literature apart from the Quran?
19. Did I make sincere repentance to Allah, really feeling sorry for my sins?
20. Did I forgive those who hurt me?
21. Did I avoid hurting anyone with my attitude, words, intentions or actions?
22. Did I give any more Sadaqah (charity) than I normally give?
23. Did I share the message of Ramadan and Islam with a non-Muslim?
24. Did I share the message of Ramadan and Islam with a non-practicing Muslim family member or friend?
25. Did I feel annoyed at being hungry while fasting or did I rejoice?
Poem: I ask myself tonight
"Oh how swiftly, it's mid-Ramadan now
I sit here, wondering and thinking how,
Have I spent my first days of Ramadan fruitfully?
Or have I wasted the time unknowingly?"
[...]
Ramadhan comes, for a short month it's here
Will I ever meet the Ramadan next year?
Allah Oh Allah, help me guide my heart through
For only You know, if I've devoted enough to You."
May Allah strengthen our heart in the remaining days of Ramadhan to be able to answer yes to all the questions. Thank you. Assalamualaikum.
source: soundvision.com
This may have affected our initial plans to increase our worship, contemplation and to seek Allah's Forgiveness and Mercy with greater fervor. But the last ten days and nights of Ramadan are still ahead for us to benefit from. Ask yourself these questions and see what you can do to make the most of what's left of Ramadan this year, Insha Allah.
1. Have I kept pace with the amount of Quran I wanted to read, or have I fallen behind?
2. If so, how much do I have to read on a daily basis the rest of Ramadan to catch up?
3. Have I tried to attend Tarawih regularly, or did I use weak excuses to get out of it?
4. Did I ever pray the night prayer?
5. Did I try praying my five daily prayers with more sincerity, concentration, and focus than usual?
6. Did I invite anyone over for Iftar (breaking the fast)?
7. Did I help any needy person, even a panhandler or beggar, when I was fasting?
8. Did I regularly seek Allah's Forgiveness and Mercy with sincerity, fear and hope?
9. Did I encourage my family to fast or participate in regular opportunities for more rewards that come with Ramadan (i.e. good deeds in general, but also Tarawih, more reading of the Quran, etc.).
10. Did I memorize any more Quran than what I knew before Ramadan started?
11. Did I try to be more patient in Ramadan than I normally am?
12. Did I try to control my anger, especially while fasting?
13. Did I try harder to avoid backbiting and slander?
14. Did I constantly check my intentions, to make sure that my good deeds were for the sake of Allah alone, not to impress others, gain their favor, or to show off?
15. Was there even an atom of pride in my heart?
16. Was I quieter and more contemplative?
17. Did I cry in my prayers?
18. Did I read more Islamic literature apart from the Quran?
19. Did I make sincere repentance to Allah, really feeling sorry for my sins?
20. Did I forgive those who hurt me?
21. Did I avoid hurting anyone with my attitude, words, intentions or actions?
22. Did I give any more Sadaqah (charity) than I normally give?
23. Did I share the message of Ramadan and Islam with a non-Muslim?
24. Did I share the message of Ramadan and Islam with a non-practicing Muslim family member or friend?
25. Did I feel annoyed at being hungry while fasting or did I rejoice?
Poem: I ask myself tonight
"Oh how swiftly, it's mid-Ramadan now
I sit here, wondering and thinking how,
Have I spent my first days of Ramadan fruitfully?
Or have I wasted the time unknowingly?"
[...]
Ramadhan comes, for a short month it's here
Will I ever meet the Ramadan next year?
Allah Oh Allah, help me guide my heart through
For only You know, if I've devoted enough to You."
May Allah strengthen our heart in the remaining days of Ramadhan to be able to answer yes to all the questions. Thank you. Assalamualaikum.
source: soundvision.com
Doa Penerang Hati
“Ya Allah, keluarkan aku dari kegelapan yang ragu-ragu, kurniai aku dengan sinaran kefahaman, bukakanlah bagiku pintu ilmu dan hiasilah aku dengan akhlak yang baik dan kasih sayang.
Ya Allah, sinarilah hatiku dengan cahaya hidayahMu seperti Engkau menyinari bumi dan langit dengan rahmatMu ya Allah yang Maha Pengasih dan Penyayang.
“Ya Allah, keluarkan aku dari kegelapan yang ragu-ragu, kurniai aku dengan sinaran kefahaman, bukakanlah bagiku pintu ilmu dan hiasilah aku dengan akhlak yang baik dan kasih sayang.
Ya Allah, sinarilah hatiku dengan cahaya hidayahMu seperti Engkau menyinari bumi dan langit dengan rahmatMu ya Allah yang Maha Pengasih dan Penyayang.
Friday, July 24, 2009
BioNik - Something About Protein
Aku tengah sediakan nota utk my students.. after 4 months, at last, aku dapat start mengajar and have my own students. So aku kene baca balik semua nota2 yang berkenaan since aku dah tinggalkan teks book for the last 4 month. Hm. Dpat gak la aku bayangkan betapa dasyatnya student aku berperang dgn kebosanan melampau utk hafal all the facts dalam text book tu. Semoga Allah mudahkan ilmu untuk mereka. Aku yang dah bacateks book tu berpuluh-puluh kali pun still rasa agak tertekan. But then, knp aku suka bio?
Masa kat skolah dulu, aku kenal bio as a subject full of facts, similar to subjek sejarah. Just hafal everything to score. Tak dapat dinafikan, mmg sekarang pn aku still give that advice to my students, HAFAL. Hafalan mmg penting dalam mana2 subjek pun. Tp yg bezanya, if ure memorizing sth you love rather than sth u have no idea of… that’s a big different. Biology is full of wonders.. full of things that will make you amazed, awed.. in some way, biology can be sth that makes u close to Allah, makes u realize Allah’s great blessings for us. U re only gonna think that way, when u really pay attention in what u learn. I mean, u cant simply appreciate sth if u don’t really know them. Rite? In a nutshell, PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS! DON’T SLEEP! L.O.L!!
Just kidding.
Here one simple bio story.
Proteins = biological machine; benda yg buat semua kerja dalam badan kita. Protein terlibat dalam semua proses dalam badan… membesar, melihat, bercakap, bergerak.. EVERYTHING! Salah satu cth ringkas, ialah utk bergerak
UTK bergerak, kita semua kene makan untuk dapat tenaga. dan our essential bahan asas utk tenaga ialah glucose (sth u find in nasi, ubi, roti…). This glucose (atau nama kampungnya, gula ringkas) contain lots of energy, ready to be converted and transferred to ATP (the molecule that carry and distribute energy to other parts of our body). ATP hantar energy ni ke merata-rata, ke otot, otak, tulang, jantung… supaya organ2 ni sume bleh berfungsi dgh baik. Too much eating nasi, all the excessive glucose will be converted into glycogen, sth that can be kept and used again when needed. The conversion is made by a biological machine called protein insulin.
Glycogen are kept in liver. When too much glycogen is kept in liver, sampai la tak muat nk simpan dah.. glycogen ni akan kena tukar jadi fat…(by another protein). Fat ni disimpan kat sejenis tisu namanya adipose tissue. Adipose tisu ni terletak kat byk tempat dalam badan.. kat perut, bwh kulit.. parts that makes u look fat (L.O.L).
So the thing is, insulin must convert excessive glucose into glycogen… if not, glucose terlalu banyak dalam badan, maka terjadilah suatu masalah yg kita panggil sbg PENYAKIT KENCING MANIS. (pening dah ke?)
How our body build this important INSULIN?
Protein is made by another bio-machine called ribosome. Ribosome will get information (mcm manual mesin la..) how to build specific protein. this information is taken from the headquater of cell, the NUCLEUS. NUclues keep all the codes (information) to build all types protein needed by the whole body.
This is the code yg perlu utk hasilkan 1 biji INSULIN.. badan kita hasilkan berjuta2 insulin. (the 2 double rows of alphabets)
Dalam badan kita ada more than 20 000 different types protein (salah satunya insulin). Some of them are bigger and some are smaller… imagine how long the code would be needed to build all these proteins?
You’ll need thousands of books to write those codes and put them on shelves mcm kat library… but Allah build all of the codes and compact them into our every tiny cell (which we can’t even see with our naked eyes?)
THE END of my lecture...
Goodluck everybody. Mina Gambatte!
“We have indeed created man in the best of molds. Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low. Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: for they shall have a reward unfailing” (AT-Tin:4-6)
Masa kat skolah dulu, aku kenal bio as a subject full of facts, similar to subjek sejarah. Just hafal everything to score. Tak dapat dinafikan, mmg sekarang pn aku still give that advice to my students, HAFAL. Hafalan mmg penting dalam mana2 subjek pun. Tp yg bezanya, if ure memorizing sth you love rather than sth u have no idea of… that’s a big different. Biology is full of wonders.. full of things that will make you amazed, awed.. in some way, biology can be sth that makes u close to Allah, makes u realize Allah’s great blessings for us. U re only gonna think that way, when u really pay attention in what u learn. I mean, u cant simply appreciate sth if u don’t really know them. Rite? In a nutshell, PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS! DON’T SLEEP! L.O.L!!
Just kidding.
Here one simple bio story.
Proteins = biological machine; benda yg buat semua kerja dalam badan kita. Protein terlibat dalam semua proses dalam badan… membesar, melihat, bercakap, bergerak.. EVERYTHING! Salah satu cth ringkas, ialah utk bergerak
UTK bergerak, kita semua kene makan untuk dapat tenaga. dan our essential bahan asas utk tenaga ialah glucose (sth u find in nasi, ubi, roti…). This glucose (atau nama kampungnya, gula ringkas) contain lots of energy, ready to be converted and transferred to ATP (the molecule that carry and distribute energy to other parts of our body). ATP hantar energy ni ke merata-rata, ke otot, otak, tulang, jantung… supaya organ2 ni sume bleh berfungsi dgh baik. Too much eating nasi, all the excessive glucose will be converted into glycogen, sth that can be kept and used again when needed. The conversion is made by a biological machine called protein insulin.
Glycogen are kept in liver. When too much glycogen is kept in liver, sampai la tak muat nk simpan dah.. glycogen ni akan kena tukar jadi fat…(by another protein). Fat ni disimpan kat sejenis tisu namanya adipose tissue. Adipose tisu ni terletak kat byk tempat dalam badan.. kat perut, bwh kulit.. parts that makes u look fat (L.O.L).
So the thing is, insulin must convert excessive glucose into glycogen… if not, glucose terlalu banyak dalam badan, maka terjadilah suatu masalah yg kita panggil sbg PENYAKIT KENCING MANIS. (pening dah ke?)
How our body build this important INSULIN?
Protein is made by another bio-machine called ribosome. Ribosome will get information (mcm manual mesin la..) how to build specific protein. this information is taken from the headquater of cell, the NUCLEUS. NUclues keep all the codes (information) to build all types protein needed by the whole body.
This is the code yg perlu utk hasilkan 1 biji INSULIN.. badan kita hasilkan berjuta2 insulin. (the 2 double rows of alphabets)
Dalam badan kita ada more than 20 000 different types protein (salah satunya insulin). Some of them are bigger and some are smaller… imagine how long the code would be needed to build all these proteins?
You’ll need thousands of books to write those codes and put them on shelves mcm kat library… but Allah build all of the codes and compact them into our every tiny cell (which we can’t even see with our naked eyes?)
THE END of my lecture...
Goodluck everybody. Mina Gambatte!
“We have indeed created man in the best of molds. Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low. Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: for they shall have a reward unfailing” (AT-Tin:4-6)
Friday, June 5, 2009
Crying is Healthy !!
As far as we know, human beings are the only creatures that shed tears. Although crying is a universal human experience that appears in every culture throughout history, we understand very little about this mysterious phenomenon. Traumatic events, prolonged stress, loneliness, loss, pain, and simple daily hassles often trigger crying.
Yet, most people have also cried tears of happiness, joy, and relief. How often and for what reasons people weep are influenced by many factors including gender, age, perceptions of events, societal attitudes, health, personality characteristics, and so on. Curiously, we have learned more about weeping from poetry, fiction, and movies than from medical and psychological studies. However,these scientific studies provide strong and consistent evidence that crying is linked to significant health benefits.
Biomedical researchers have identified four biological mechanisms that function as catalysts influencing the amount of tears we will shed at a given time: genetic influences,dietary factors, hormone levels and circadian rhythms (we are more likely to cry if we are sleep deprived and at certain times of day). Once the tear switch is flipped a complex interplay of psychological and neurobiological processes allow tears to flow. We really know very little about the precise psychological and biological processes that initiate an episode of crying or when it will stop. However, recent biological studies offer strong clues to how and why crying is related to health benefits.
Commonly, people report they feel some sense of relief after a bout of crying. There is general agreement that there is a significant increase in the number, type and amount of stress hormones released in our bodies prior to crying. Consistently, researchers find that tears contain stress hormones. This is a critical finding since we know stress hormones cause damage to virtually all bodily systems. During the last decade, stress hormones have been shown to cause serious damage to brain cells. Stress hormones have seem to target specific parts of the brain including the hippocampus, hypothalamus, and pre-frontal cortex. Unfortunately, stress hormones attack the very brain sites implicated in the perpetuation of mood disorders. As a result, stress hormones damage the exact sites capable of reducing or eliminating the release of the toxic stress hormones.
Finally, extensive biomedical studies demonstrate that stress hormones negatively affect virtually every system in the body including the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, musculoskeletal, and immune systems. It is clear that crying is a primary way for the body to eliminate harmful stress hormones. Thus, crying is a natural and essential biological function that results in the elimination of stress hormones connected to every imaginable stress related health problem. The 21st century has started by removing any doubt about the positive health effects of crying.
Is it any wonder that people so often report feeling relieved after a good cry ? From a public health perspective, it is obvious that the general public would benefit from a campaign to eliminate all stigma associated with crying awareness so everyone can benefit from the innumerable positive health effects of crying.
Practitioner's of folk wisdom have routinely encouraged people to allow themselves to cry comforting the suffering soul that ' a good cry will help you feel better'.
(Dr.Kevin Keough)
Yet, most people have also cried tears of happiness, joy, and relief. How often and for what reasons people weep are influenced by many factors including gender, age, perceptions of events, societal attitudes, health, personality characteristics, and so on. Curiously, we have learned more about weeping from poetry, fiction, and movies than from medical and psychological studies. However,these scientific studies provide strong and consistent evidence that crying is linked to significant health benefits.
Biomedical researchers have identified four biological mechanisms that function as catalysts influencing the amount of tears we will shed at a given time: genetic influences,dietary factors, hormone levels and circadian rhythms (we are more likely to cry if we are sleep deprived and at certain times of day). Once the tear switch is flipped a complex interplay of psychological and neurobiological processes allow tears to flow. We really know very little about the precise psychological and biological processes that initiate an episode of crying or when it will stop. However, recent biological studies offer strong clues to how and why crying is related to health benefits.
Commonly, people report they feel some sense of relief after a bout of crying. There is general agreement that there is a significant increase in the number, type and amount of stress hormones released in our bodies prior to crying. Consistently, researchers find that tears contain stress hormones. This is a critical finding since we know stress hormones cause damage to virtually all bodily systems. During the last decade, stress hormones have been shown to cause serious damage to brain cells. Stress hormones have seem to target specific parts of the brain including the hippocampus, hypothalamus, and pre-frontal cortex. Unfortunately, stress hormones attack the very brain sites implicated in the perpetuation of mood disorders. As a result, stress hormones damage the exact sites capable of reducing or eliminating the release of the toxic stress hormones.
Finally, extensive biomedical studies demonstrate that stress hormones negatively affect virtually every system in the body including the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, musculoskeletal, and immune systems. It is clear that crying is a primary way for the body to eliminate harmful stress hormones. Thus, crying is a natural and essential biological function that results in the elimination of stress hormones connected to every imaginable stress related health problem. The 21st century has started by removing any doubt about the positive health effects of crying.
Is it any wonder that people so often report feeling relieved after a good cry ? From a public health perspective, it is obvious that the general public would benefit from a campaign to eliminate all stigma associated with crying awareness so everyone can benefit from the innumerable positive health effects of crying.
Practitioner's of folk wisdom have routinely encouraged people to allow themselves to cry comforting the suffering soul that ' a good cry will help you feel better'.
(Dr.Kevin Keough)
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Resipi Piza :P
Bismillah
Assalamualaikum..
bahan2 roti:
500g tepung gandum
11g yis
1 gelas air (dibancuh dgn 1 sudu teh gula dan 1 sudu teh garam)
bahan topping:
1/2kilo daging (potong halus2)
5biji tomato (direbus dan dilenyek)
3 bawang putih (potong kecik2)
1 bawang besar (potong kecik2)
1 sudu lada hitam (tumbuk)
1 sudu madu
1 sudu teh garam
1 sudu teh gula
1 tin cendawan butang (potong 4)
1 tin nenas (potong kecik2)
1 mangkuk mix vege
oregano
sos tomato
sos cili
cheese 1 peket (sagat bagi hancur)
air
cara buat inti (buat inti dulu):
1.perap daging dgn 1 sudu teh garan, 1 sudu teh gula, madu dan lada hitam 1jam
2.panaskan kuali, buh minyak masak (lbh kurg 4sudu besar)
3.tumis bawang putih dan bawang besar smpai wangi
4. masuk daging.. goreng kejap..
5. masuk tomato.. gaul
6.masuk sos tomato, sos cili.. ikut sedap rasa
7. tambah cendawan..tambah air sikit.. biar 10 minit
8.rasa, tambah la garam atau gula sesedap rasa masing2..:p
9.tutup api bila daging dah empuk
10.bubuh atas doh yang dah siap
11. tabur nenas, mix vege oregano.. then lastly cheese..
cara buat doh:
1.campur tepung dgn yis dalam mangkuk besar
2.tambah air yang dibancuh, then uli la.. smpai jd doh
3.biar dia kembang
4.dah kembang, bahagi dua, uli bagi leper
5. letak atasbekas pembakar yang dah di gris
bila da siap, panaskan oven 180darjah. bakar 30 minit
baca bismillah sebelum makan...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Bookfair
Going to bookfair has been my annual hobby.. last week i manage to be there as part of my offcial job to do listing for collage libary.. it was fun!!! just take any books.. and the supplier will do the billing. im enjoying the excitement so much.. if only i could grab one for myself...huhu.. off the budget...
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