it's true that we don't appreciate something till we lose it. this is often correlated with all sorts of grieves, especially death. yet, do you think due to death, we actually will never meet the deceased ever again?
we all believe that one day, we're all gonna die. it's just time that matters. yesterday, i got a call from my family that my uncle just died of severe heart condition. i was really sorry to hear that, since he was one of the uncles who i'm closest with since my father passed away. well, the sad news made me to ponder a while; though i feel very sad at that time, i started to think. is it death that separates us from people we love most?
here comes the logic, we believe that our lives in this world as temporary, and on the day of judgment, we will then know where we're gonna go after that (this is a muslim's belief). we also know that we're gonna be rewarded/punished with is totally dependent on what we've done and will do with the rest of our lives.
thus, in this specific case, if those who do good in their lives will (insyaallah) end up in heaven while who don't end up otherwise (na'uzubillah). hence, the only way we can meet those who passed away before us is to make good deeds and consequently end up at good place in here after.
this really explains that death isn't the cause of people to be separated, because our lives are ephemeral, yet the existence of our souls is eternal. GOD has reasons to have everything according his qada' and qadar (trust me, my father's death really made me stronger) and it's totally our job to follow the rules of the Almighty and pray for the best not only for us, but also for everyone.
though my late uncle isn't rich or famous (the common reasons people are liked), and just a village dweller, yet he had my highest respect for his sincerity to look after me since my father passed away. what an enormous deed had he done; no wonder prophet muhammad pbuh said in a hadith that who deserve good treatment from the society are single mothers and orphans.
MAY ALLAH BLESS HIS SOUL AND THOSE WHO DIED DEFENDING HIS WAY
al fatihah
Friday, October 24, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
alternating evil and good
Equality of every man has always been an issue since long time ago that philosophers of the past did discuss about it throughout their lives. some people believe that all men are created equal and hence denying the acceptability of any kind of apartheid or caste system.
what about things that have been going on around us? a lot of times when people try to classify anything that happen around them, they call them good or bad. there's something called balance of good and evil from what i learned from my class. and amazingly, there's no such thing as good and evil in our lives, just when both two are not in balance, we're then called in bad situation. this sounds so intuitively correct but is it always the case? if we don't know how evil is like, then can we tell how good is like then?
one more thing, are we always sure that the so-called bad is really bad? take an example, imagine a girl who has a boyfriend. one day a new girl who's more attractive come around (imagine they all taking the same class). one thing for sure, the first girl (one with bf) would feel challenged by the presence of the second girl. this is so natural and nothing's wrong with such feeling that the girl experiences. the issue here is; if you were the first girl and having this challenge facing you, how could u feel about this situation?
frankly speaking, i believe that most probably u might say this could be the most-hated ever kind of situation. well, this is one thing worth noticing. did u ever think of the situation as giving an advantage for u? the point i'm trying to make here is if u could regard the presence of the second girl as a test for ur bf and say if he ended up dumping you, believe me, it isn't as bad as u could imagine. wonder why? the fact that ur bf resorted to leave u is merely a good thing to u. it actually gets u out of a future problem early, as early as u couldn't imagine how early it actually is.
guess what? did u ever think that in fact one day, ur bf will have to, by no choice, be tested in such situation? this is what i believe what life is. it can be good, bad or even both.and they seem to keep alternating too. this cycle confuses me so much that i could no longer think which is which.
the same things happen in every other aspect of our lives. i think we're actually so confined with our very own lives that since birth, some other people can even tell how one's life is gonna be. if u were born to a very poor family with all sorts of conflicts, or in a country where it's instability is endless, someone can already tell how ur life is gonna be.
here comes the predetermined goal of life. different walk of lives has its own goal. if u have had education since early age, u might end up graduating from college, and if u didn't, u might end up anywhere else. somehow, we can never ever tell that since we have a scroll from college, we actually did better in our lives than those who don't. this is what happens to most people, and this is also why we always regard those who change this predetermined goal as unusual and unique. every man just has different journey of his life but they still end up at the same place.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE AS REALITY OF LIFE
what about things that have been going on around us? a lot of times when people try to classify anything that happen around them, they call them good or bad. there's something called balance of good and evil from what i learned from my class. and amazingly, there's no such thing as good and evil in our lives, just when both two are not in balance, we're then called in bad situation. this sounds so intuitively correct but is it always the case? if we don't know how evil is like, then can we tell how good is like then?
one more thing, are we always sure that the so-called bad is really bad? take an example, imagine a girl who has a boyfriend. one day a new girl who's more attractive come around (imagine they all taking the same class). one thing for sure, the first girl (one with bf) would feel challenged by the presence of the second girl. this is so natural and nothing's wrong with such feeling that the girl experiences. the issue here is; if you were the first girl and having this challenge facing you, how could u feel about this situation?
frankly speaking, i believe that most probably u might say this could be the most-hated ever kind of situation. well, this is one thing worth noticing. did u ever think of the situation as giving an advantage for u? the point i'm trying to make here is if u could regard the presence of the second girl as a test for ur bf and say if he ended up dumping you, believe me, it isn't as bad as u could imagine. wonder why? the fact that ur bf resorted to leave u is merely a good thing to u. it actually gets u out of a future problem early, as early as u couldn't imagine how early it actually is.
guess what? did u ever think that in fact one day, ur bf will have to, by no choice, be tested in such situation? this is what i believe what life is. it can be good, bad or even both.and they seem to keep alternating too. this cycle confuses me so much that i could no longer think which is which.
the same things happen in every other aspect of our lives. i think we're actually so confined with our very own lives that since birth, some other people can even tell how one's life is gonna be. if u were born to a very poor family with all sorts of conflicts, or in a country where it's instability is endless, someone can already tell how ur life is gonna be.
here comes the predetermined goal of life. different walk of lives has its own goal. if u have had education since early age, u might end up graduating from college, and if u didn't, u might end up anywhere else. somehow, we can never ever tell that since we have a scroll from college, we actually did better in our lives than those who don't. this is what happens to most people, and this is also why we always regard those who change this predetermined goal as unusual and unique. every man just has different journey of his life but they still end up at the same place.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE AS REALITY OF LIFE
Friday, October 10, 2008
will paklah get the 'tun'ship?
as what's been expected, paklah eventually decided to resign next march. somehow, do u think he's gonna be awarded the "tun"ship like his predecessors? unlike dr m for example, paklah resorted to quit amid of worsening racial relations, economic turmoil and during the political comeback by the opposition leader.
regardless whether he's forced to quit office or anything else that happened, the fact now is that we're gonna get new pm next march, if there's no change of government. it's quite funny to go over what actually happened in past years. but one thing that seems to be funniest is the statement by dr m saying there had been a gentleman agreement between him and paklah that paklah would have been the pm just for one term.
yet, paklah denied any existence of such agreement, which exactly means that we now gotta choose: "who's the cheater?" paklah or dr m?
this is a reflection on the political atmosphere of our beloved country. people don't care what it takes as long as their agenda is conveyed, though it would cost them dishonesty. I AM NOT TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO SUPPORT ANY POLITICAL PARTY HERE, JUST TO INFORM THE ACTUAL SCENARIO THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. otherwise, my scholarship would be revoked.
i don't care who wins or who lose in this political game, since there are always winners and losers in all games. but, what is disappointing is how much people value the dignity of their nation that they can afford to defame other people just to gain power.
another funny thing that i found out today was shah rukh khan is gonna be awarded datukship. i can't imagine how much goods has he done to malaysians that he's gonna be awarded such a title. even a government servant who's been serving for 30years doesn't get such a honor. maybe his best deed is giving aspirations to many malaysians who are hindustan movie-goers to live up their lives and hence other parts of societies no longer have to do their duty because those people have been aspired. (this sounds like a surplus, doesn't it?)
no matter how funny that can be, we must remember one thing. all those crapy little things happened in our country. whether we like it or not, we really have to embrace ourselves so that we're not gonna be laughing stock of the world.
ONE MORE TIME, i'm declaring that i'm not residing in any political side, because i'm not eligible and not supposed to do so, yet expressing our own view towards what's going on around us is definitely our freedom. we don't live under communist rule, neither in whatever autocratic or whatever kind of dictatorship.
GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO DOES GOOD
cheers
regardless whether he's forced to quit office or anything else that happened, the fact now is that we're gonna get new pm next march, if there's no change of government. it's quite funny to go over what actually happened in past years. but one thing that seems to be funniest is the statement by dr m saying there had been a gentleman agreement between him and paklah that paklah would have been the pm just for one term.
yet, paklah denied any existence of such agreement, which exactly means that we now gotta choose: "who's the cheater?" paklah or dr m?
this is a reflection on the political atmosphere of our beloved country. people don't care what it takes as long as their agenda is conveyed, though it would cost them dishonesty. I AM NOT TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO SUPPORT ANY POLITICAL PARTY HERE, JUST TO INFORM THE ACTUAL SCENARIO THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. otherwise, my scholarship would be revoked.
i don't care who wins or who lose in this political game, since there are always winners and losers in all games. but, what is disappointing is how much people value the dignity of their nation that they can afford to defame other people just to gain power.
another funny thing that i found out today was shah rukh khan is gonna be awarded datukship. i can't imagine how much goods has he done to malaysians that he's gonna be awarded such a title. even a government servant who's been serving for 30years doesn't get such a honor. maybe his best deed is giving aspirations to many malaysians who are hindustan movie-goers to live up their lives and hence other parts of societies no longer have to do their duty because those people have been aspired. (this sounds like a surplus, doesn't it?)
no matter how funny that can be, we must remember one thing. all those crapy little things happened in our country. whether we like it or not, we really have to embrace ourselves so that we're not gonna be laughing stock of the world.
ONE MORE TIME, i'm declaring that i'm not residing in any political side, because i'm not eligible and not supposed to do so, yet expressing our own view towards what's going on around us is definitely our freedom. we don't live under communist rule, neither in whatever autocratic or whatever kind of dictatorship.
GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO DOES GOOD
cheers
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
stellar perspective
there're many things we shouldn't do, as we know it. Yet, we don't know everything we should do. time passes very fast, as fast that we don't even know what has been going on in our minds, which consequently cost us numerous internal conflicts.
take an example, what is taught by prophet is often misinterpreted or taken for granted just according to our convenience. when i was kid back in primary school (as how stepanov usually put it), i always think of being as best as i can. yet, everything that has been happening around us always put on barrier after a barrier just so that we can't be what we wish to be.
this kind of situation merely reminds me of what's taught in asian mythology class, the karma concept. though this concept is poorly depicted in the taught epics (i think), yet it seems applicable to all walk of lives, regardless what our backgrounds are.
this karma concepts is about what we get is caused by what we've done. this is so logical, it's just us whether to accept it or not. now, i'm trying to make a point.
what do you think that makes a robber a robber? there's a repitition there. But, the issue is, is it the robbery that occured makes a person to be described as robber? or is it something else that is actually a lot more complicated than that single event of robbery?
here comes the complexity: what if i say that a robbery is actually caused by not only by the convicted 'robber' , but also everyone in the community as a whole even the one who's robbed?
why is it so? let's see how the chain effect starts here: say it starts when a leader doesn't do his or her duty by not providing enough attention to development of manners to the youth generation of the nation.
this generation then grows up being professionals and as many would regard it, to be independent people. Yet, the reality is that there's no way we can say that humans are independent because they can't possibly live without each other.
stemming from the lack of manners in the first place, dishonesty comes out from the professionals and this is what's called corruption. corruption then becomes widespread and paralyzes a country's economy. due to this phenomenon, people can't afford to have proper education and they just can't better their lives up. here comes all sorts of crimes which have been making the world always-can-be-better place to live, instead of just be the best to live.
the reality is that all phenomenons are just a lot more complex as they seem to be. somehow, the best we can do is always be on track and never get cheated by those who have been cheating themselves for theit entire lives.
take an example, what is taught by prophet is often misinterpreted or taken for granted just according to our convenience. when i was kid back in primary school (as how stepanov usually put it), i always think of being as best as i can. yet, everything that has been happening around us always put on barrier after a barrier just so that we can't be what we wish to be.
this kind of situation merely reminds me of what's taught in asian mythology class, the karma concept. though this concept is poorly depicted in the taught epics (i think), yet it seems applicable to all walk of lives, regardless what our backgrounds are.
this karma concepts is about what we get is caused by what we've done. this is so logical, it's just us whether to accept it or not. now, i'm trying to make a point.
what do you think that makes a robber a robber? there's a repitition there. But, the issue is, is it the robbery that occured makes a person to be described as robber? or is it something else that is actually a lot more complicated than that single event of robbery?
here comes the complexity: what if i say that a robbery is actually caused by not only by the convicted 'robber' , but also everyone in the community as a whole even the one who's robbed?
why is it so? let's see how the chain effect starts here: say it starts when a leader doesn't do his or her duty by not providing enough attention to development of manners to the youth generation of the nation.
this generation then grows up being professionals and as many would regard it, to be independent people. Yet, the reality is that there's no way we can say that humans are independent because they can't possibly live without each other.
stemming from the lack of manners in the first place, dishonesty comes out from the professionals and this is what's called corruption. corruption then becomes widespread and paralyzes a country's economy. due to this phenomenon, people can't afford to have proper education and they just can't better their lives up. here comes all sorts of crimes which have been making the world always-can-be-better place to live, instead of just be the best to live.
the reality is that all phenomenons are just a lot more complex as they seem to be. somehow, the best we can do is always be on track and never get cheated by those who have been cheating themselves for theit entire lives.
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