Can You Speak English?

Moral of the story:

1. Learn english.

2. If you already know it, don't pretend you don't understand! Don't take it for granted~ it's a knowledge and skill to be used wisely!

3. Smile. You need it :)


-IMAN NAILAh 2011-

Maher Zain Live in Concert 2011

Alhamdulillah, I've been waiting for this for quite some time and last night it become true. The first and the best concert I've ever attend, yet!

The rainy night of February 25th, 2011 witnessed Melawati Stadium filled with more than 7000 people for Maher Zain Live in Concert. My seat was actually very far left which will let me see nothing but the stage. Thanks to Adib's friend, Azfar who offered to take my ticket and giving his guest tickets to us. The seats happens to be at the centre of the third floor. Even though it's quite far, we can see everything! :D

Adib, my date :)

The MCs, Farahdiba and 'the guy' I'm not sure what's his name (sorry!) opened the night reminding all the audience that we are doing this for Allah's redha. The concert was started by energetic performance by Inteam which also the people responsible on bringing Maher Zain and friends for this event. Then Irfan Makki who originates from Pakistan but now lives in Canada performs three songs: Mother, Waiting for The Call and a wedding song (I forgot the title). Despite the great performances, everybody can't hide their eagerness for the man of the show. Not long after he appears singing Allahuakbar. It was a nice choice for an opener.

Inteam

Songs from were then sung for the next 1 hour, and everybody seems to be enjoying their selves. I realized everytime he is about to sing a song, he'll say bismillah. And a lot of mashaAllah and alhamdulillah along the concert. What a good example.

Fadly, the vocalis of Padi band (Indonesia) made an appearance featuring in InshaAllah song (Malaysia/Indonesia? version). Then the stage was joined by Mesut Kurtis and five children to sing Never Forget. They were very cute :)

Maher Zain rest for a while to give a chance for Mesut Kurtis to perform three songs. I realized this Turkish singer was bless with a very manly voice, and many of his songs are traditional zikir and solawat which I think suits him really well. One worth a mention is Burdah.

Maher Zain - The closest shot of him from my seat

Maher Zain came back to stage singing Allahi Allah Kiya Karo with Irfan Makki. He then surprises us with his new song which he just wrote exactly a week and a half ago. Freedom, inspired by the struggle of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and neighboring countries which started in the past few months succeed in bringing the message to the audiences.

Announcing his last song InshaAllah in the Malay Version, everybody cheered but at the same time feeling very sad to know it's ending.
After the song ends, he said "Unfortunately that was really my last song." Everybody seems dissappointed.
Then he said indifferently, "Okay, everybody is tired, lets go home." That made us laugh.
"One more song?"
We said, "Yesssssss...!" More than anything!
"InsyaAllah... next year!" he laughs.

He looked at us and with a big smile on his face he said, "Okay two more songs! What do you want me to sing?"
We were so happy, some screamed out their favorite songs. For The Rest of My Life was the most screamed by the crowd.
"What about I sing Freedom first, and then The Rest of My Life, okay?", he offered.
We were euphoric. He then asked us to open our cellphone's light and wave it in the air. Everyone did it and the scene was like the night sky filled with dancing stars. It lits up the atmosphere.
As Maher Zain sings The Rest of My Life, the stadium echoed with the voices of the fans singing along.

Seeing the great respond from the crowd, he offers to sing InshaAllah once again, this time the English version. We sang along, feeling very satisfied and amused by this amazing night. MashaAllah.

Before excusing himself, Maher Zain thanks everybody who had contributed to realize the concert, giving credits to the percussions group and back-up singers, and to all the audiences for great support.

It ends at 12am and I went home with a big smile. Alhamdulillah :D


-IMAN NAILAH 2011-

My First Ice Skating Experience!

When you fall, get up.

Don't be afraid to take another step further. Don't think about falling again, but the progress you are making.


That's what I learnt from my first ice skating experience.

Without any expectation, I put on the skate shoes and feeling all excited. I think I can do it.

The first time I step on the ice, a feeling showered all over me. Without thinking I just do what other people there are doing, but they are all experts, or at least novice. I am a beginner.

Without no thoretical knowledge at all. Yes, I never got interested on anything that's using balance or even played with rollerblade. I suck at this.

I recall the first and only time I put on a rollerblade. I end up holding on fences along the time. I was about 13.

Looking back at my "practices", I guess this one is gonna take time. Mostly courage.

At about the third step on the ice range, I taste the coldness of the ice. Ooh, this is why they made us wear gloves. It's not protecting us when we are skating, it's protecting us when we fall. The ice can really hurt your palm, especially when you fall like me.


Not long after that I taste all positions of falling while skating. Well, I'm not even skating. I'm like a child learning how to walk.

Because of too many times falling, some nice people came to me and offered help. A very sincere looking guy suddenly appear out of no where and ask, "Do you need help?" and with mixed feelings of embarrassment and overwhelm, I refused so immediately that not long after I'm afraid I was being rude. But I guess some ego was playing part in it.

Then a girl said hi and offered to skate together. She was aware that besides her I was the only adult girl there. She asked if I came here alone, seeing me skating alone most of the time. And obviously this is my first. In my thought she must been doing this for a long time but impressively this was only her second! We skated and talked for a while and then I realize I can't focus on balance while chatting (after I almost fall a few times and made her my holding pole) so I said she better go first so I won't held her back. She said it's her pleasure and left me to my brother Adib.


After a dozen times of "The Great Fall", I eventually learnt how to prevent myself from falling. I can stand by my own! Alhamdulillah! Hurray!! Then it progress with steps, then I saw myself gliding a little bit. So happy :)


My legs hurt so much that I know it's enough for now. Getting out of the range, I wave goodbye to the girl name Nurul. She waved back and smile. It was brief but sweet.

Dozens of falls, couple of bruises, three rounds, and a new friend. Perfect :)

I'm definitely gonna get down to that skating range again wearing the skating shoes and gloves. Soon!


-IMAN NAILAH 2011-

Samy Vellu Best Jokes

I got this from my sis (Iffah) who got it from my mum who get it from my dad who got it from his friend. I hope you enjoy it as I did:

Dato Seri Samy Vellu finally and officially resigned from his post as the longest MIC President ever, after leading the party for almost 31 years. The Malaysian Insider has its story, here . Frankly, I will miss him very much especially for all the funny quotes he made all these years. Like what our Prime Minister said in the 2010 Barisan Nasional Conference, “We will miss DS Samy Vellu because he add a lot of color … sometimes a bit too much color”. Therefore, as a token of appreciation, I just wanna share so me of the more famous quotes ever made by the one and only, Samy Vellu.

1. Samy Velu quoted on Pos Laju:
"Besoh kirim, hari ini juga sampai"

2. On one TV news when he tried to say he felt very ashamed:
"Ini prekara sangat memalukan saya dan kemaluan saya sangat-sangat la besar"

3. Samy said in one of his “ceramah”:
"Kita akan bina satu jambatan wuntuk worang2 kampong di sini." Then one pakcik asked, "Datuk, sini takde sungai, buat apa bina jambatan?" And Samy gloriously replied, "Kalao takde sungai, kita bina sungai"

4. Samy's most favourite quote on the news for the decade is this:
"Toll naik sikit, banyak marah saya. You worang ingat semua ini toll saya punyer bapah punya kah!”

5. During water crisis:
"Semua worang diminta jangan membuang aiyerr!"

6. On social society's problem:
"Worang2 muda sekarang banyak suka hisap dade"

7. During blood donation's program at Sungai Siput:
"Marilah kita semua menderma dare"

8. His welcome speech in most of his functions:
"Selamat datang saudara-mara semua" (It should have been “saudara-saudari”)

9. During the height of the Al-Arqam's saga, he said in a press conference:
"Saya gumbira bahawa didapati tiada pemuda MIC terlibat dalam kes
Arqam"

10. At an opening ceremony for a new building:
"Mempersilakan Datin Paduka Rafidah Aziz naik dari pentas wuntuk membuka kain"

And of course the world's greatest joke of all times:

"Kita akan bina roket pigi matahari." One of the reporter responded,
"Tapi Datuk, matahari terlalu panas untuk didekati." Samy replied,
"Itu tade masalah. Kita hantar waktu malam"

There you are folks. For DS Samy Vellu, we wish you all the best!

10 Sebab Kenapa Koas Tak Sabar Nak Jadi BCL

Kenapa semua koas tidak sabar jadi BCL(Bukan Coass Lagi)?

1. Sebab koas tempatnya paling bawah dalam hierarki petugas kesihatan.

2. Sebab koas kerja dia TNPS (vital signs) trusss... Emang kami monitoring machine??

3. Sebab kalau ade something wrong, or somebody messed up, coass is there to take the blame.

4. Sebab kalau doktor penat atau badmood, die boleh marah koas, kalau nurse/midwife stress die boleh marah koas, kalau koas depressed nak marah sape? Makan hati jela.

5. Sebab kalau org lain tidur itu namanya rehat, kalau koas tidur tu namanya malas.

6. Sebab koas kalau pegang patient, itu dinamakan malpraktek. ???!

7. Sebab kalau doktor atau nurse taknak buat keje tu, sila serahkan kepada koas. Jadi koas dapat tindakan paling tidak best di dunia.

8. Sebab selain pelajar medik, koas juga boleh dijadikan sebagai delivery boy/girl. Tolong fotokopi, tolong belikan nasi kuning, tolong hantarkan sample urin ke lab. Tinggal order saja 24-7...

9. Sebab koas itu secara umumnya dianggap serba tidak tahu. Kalau terlalu tahu (dapat jawab soalan yang doktor tak dapat jawab) kata nak tunjuk pandai. Kalau dah memang tak tau, nama pun koas, apela die tau...

10. Sebab ya, emang kami masuk kedokteran mau jadi koas? Mau jadi dokterlah! :p

Ditujukan buat semua koas ;) Semua doktor pun pernah jadi koas, jadi faham sangatlah life as a coass. Of course we learn a lot too, despite all the ridiculous things that we have to do. This does not apply to everyone, as every coass has different journey to go through. Enjoy ur moments.. The time will come when u look back and laughing at the unforgettable memories.

*Coass/koas = Co-assistant : Istilah untuk pelajar perubatan yang sudah masuk ke fasa klinikal di Indonesia


-IMAN NAILAH 2010-

Dear UNCLE~

Warning:

This letter might contain overwritten praises & have side effect of nausea & vomiting. In rare cases, there might be delirium.

Dear Uncle,

I’m writing you this letter as a way of saying how thankful I am to have you around every time, mostly at times you are most needed. I’m really glad I know you, because without you my life would not be complete. I still remember the first time I was introduced to you by my mother. She said you can be a great help in times of rush and difficulties. Weil, at first it was my ego that cause me to do everything by my own, but with lack of experience and knowledge, what better can I accomplish? So I turn to you and it turns out to be not just great, but superbly amazing! I can’t believe that I can make such a masterpiece! – but of course, with your very advice and help!

Now I’m in Makassar Indonesia, furthering my studies in medicine. It’s been almost four years and I’ve never said goodbye to you. Why? Because you’re always with me…even in this far-far place from home. As you understand, a medical student wouldn’t have much time to do other things than study, so it’s a relief to know that there’s you to make my life better. And you never hesitate to help! I know it might sound like I’m burdening you, like you have no other things to do, but you sure love it when I come to ask for your help.

There’s no word or sentence to describe what you’ve done to make everything seems so simple and easy for me. Now even my friends like you and want you to be with them always. Nice job you are doing there, never once disappointed me. Thanks again Uncle Brahim. Before you came, my life has never been easier and my stomach has never been so pleased as it was, when it was filled with my grandma’s cooking. You’re our saviour!!!

Love,

-emann-

p/s: it’s been a long time my roomates and I have been planning on writing this letter…just for fun! Specially dedicated for those who also doesn’t have much time but still need to prepare dishes everyday.

To future future doctor’s husbands, plz be prepared to have Uncle Brahim’s dishes as you dinner…

IMAN NAILAH 2009

Mati Lampu lagi...

Black-out a.k.a mati lampu lagi!

10 SEBAB kenapa walikota Makassar MENGGALAKKAN proses mati lampu tiga kali sehari, 2-3 jam setiap sesi :



10 - Supaya orang main facebook gune handphone instead of computer. Semakin kayalah operator telekomunikasi Indonesia!!!



9 - Supaya kita dapat merasakan kegembiraan saat berbuka puasa listrik dan air... (dengan kata lain supaya kita lebih bersyukur).



8 - Dari survey yang tak boleh dipercayai, dipercayai orang Makassar tak cukup tidur. Jadi dengan mati lampu, mereka takleh buat keje lain selain tidur.

7 - Dari survey lain lagi, didapati orang Makassar terlalu keras bekerja. Produktivitas dan hasil ekonomi Makassar dah melimpah ruah sampai pemerintah Makassar semua buncit-buncit belaka, jadi mereka rasa cukup-cukupla tu... Jadi mati lampu tu supaya semua yang kuat bekerja boleh berehat~

6 - Fakta: Alat listrik yang sering terpapar dengan mati lampu akan lebih cepat ajalnya. Akhir-akhir ini kedai barang2 listrik banyak yang mengalami kerugian dan perniagaan mereka hampir-hampir bankrupt. Jadi para pemerintah Makassar yang prihatin cuba meningkatkan pendapatan mereka dengan merosakkan alat-alat listrik penduduk Makassar.

5 - Supaya kita dapat mengimbau kembali kehidupan orang dolu-dolu yang hanya bersinarkan lampu minyak tanah dan lilin.

4 - Supaya lorong-lorong gelap bertambah gelap. (khas untuk PSK, perampok, pencuri, dan yang seangkatan dengannya).

3 - Supaya generasi masa depan Makassar semua kelihatan educated sebab muda2 dah kena membaca dan buat keje dalam gelap, jadi sume end-up pakai spek (selain nak memajukan industri ophtalmology dan optical di Makassar).

2 - Supaya pemerintah Makassar boleh kutip bil listrik dan bil air yang sama mahal walaupun PLN jimat 6 jam++ dan air hanya ada waktu Subuh dan Maghrib!

1 - Supaya Trans Studio menjadi lebih terang benderang dan lebih ramai orang nak datang. Lagipun orang Makassar tak boleh hidup tanpa Trans Studio. Biarlah takde listrik dan air, asalkan ada Trans Studio, kami sanggup berkorban!

Cynical never gets better than this...

-IMAN NAILAH 2009-

My Latest Remedy

Assalamualaikum everybody!

Lame tak post something...I'm sorry, I do wrote a few articles, poems and some extraordinary experiences remarks, but I haven't manage to finish them yet. (~.~)

I see now I have higher expectation towards myself as a writer, at least much more than I was in the last few months. There are a lot more requirements I demand from my writings to be published as a post in my blog. I am my own editor. Well, that's how a writer usually works when it didn't involve money in the process.

Actually I want to share a nice radio channel I found out from my roomate, Kak Kawtsar which is called Radio Nasyid. Click here to listen to it.

Untuk yang tinggal kat Malaysia, korang mesti tengah gelakkan aku kan. Sangatlah ketinggalan zaman. Well, better late than never. It's best now, but just better later.

Ape yang aku suka kat radio ni adalah:

1. Seperti IKIM.fm, it contains nasyid only! Takde lagu-lagu lagha yang melalaikan and the nasyids range from the most classic until the latest one!

2. Takde bicara-bicara DJ, takde omelan-omelan yang tak perlu (no offence to all the DJs out there!). Di sela-sela lagu nasyid diisi dengan ceramah, tazkirah, mutiara kata dan sajak2 kerohanian!

3. It's 24 hours! Suitable for students who cannot or forced not to sleep! Good news for Makassarian yang radio die sume tido kul 12/1am! At last we have a fren to accompany our lonely and long nite... \(^_^)/

4. It's made in Malaysia! Oh, you don't know how pleasant it is to listen to something 'close' to your ear and heart! It's a very effective remedy for a homesick people like me!

Ok then, take a listen to it while I finish my Dermatology assignmentSSSSS! ~then I'll continue on my unfinished blog posts, okay?

See you later my friends!

IMAN NAILAH 2009

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TV dan Saya

Nak tau tak? Saya peminat filem dan drama no.1! Walaupun saya seorang exco IPEM (Ikatan Penulis Mahasiswa Malaysia di Indonesia) tapi saya lebih banyak menonton dari menulis. Tentulah lebih banyak juga dari membaca. Pokoknya saya lebih suka lihat benda bergerak dari yang statik. Saya lebih suka benda yang bergerak dari mata saya yang kena gerak kiri ke kanan. Tak tahulah kenapa, tapi memang diciptakan dari azali oleh Allah yang Maha Kuasa, segar je kalau tengok TV, dan sekejap je boleh terlelap kalau tengok beribu-ribu huruf yang disusun berbaris-baris. Agaknya kena buat Ikatan Penonton pulak ni.

Saya menonton bila-bila ada masa lapang. Macam hobilah. Tapi tak boleh sebut hobi jugak sebab kadang-kadang takde masa pun saya adakan jugak sebab terlalu senangnya menonton. Saya pun tak ingat sejak bila saya mula menonton, tapi sejak saya boleh ingat, saya dah menonton. Tanpa sedar, saya dah jadikan TV sebagai kawan baik saya. Cakaplah cerita apa, kebanyakan saya dah pernah tengok walaupun jarang-jarang beli videotape (kalo sekarang CD), apalagi ke panggung wayang. Orang pun aneh, cakap je cerita apa, semua saya tau. Bila tanya tengok kat mane, saya cakap kat TV lah! Seperti makanan, filem atau drama ni pun saya tak memilih. Bagilah apa jenis bahasa dan genre, saya tengok je. Mungkin sebab tulah saya terer jugak bahasa cina, korea, hindustan and of course English! Hehe

Saya tak sedar sejauh mana ‘kawan baik’ saya ni dah mempengaruhi hidup saya selama ni. Saya masih attach dengan dia dan walaupun pernah berjauhan seketika (di asrama atau di universiti) lepas tu senang-senang je kami jadi ‘dekat’ semula. Hebat betul TV ni kan? Saya rasa bukan saya sorang je yang ada TV sebagai kawan rapat, mungkin berjuta-juta orang di dunia. Mungkin awak juga.

Tiba-tiba hari ni saya mempersoalkan semula, apa ‘kawan rapat’ saya dah bagi kat saya? Adakah apa yang ‘kawan baik’ saya bagi tu baik?
Jadi saya pun mula ’melihat’ apa yang ‘dia’ paparkan hari ni.

Hiburan.

Mak dan ayah saya selalu membebel, TV ni kotak bodoh, tak habis-habis benda yang sama, nyanyi sana-sini, tayang benda tak senonoh dan macam-macam lagi. Saya pun mengiyakan dalam hati, tapi tak taulah kenapa tak pernah berganjak dari kaca TV. Paling-paling pun ganti siaran. Mereka pun tak pernah buang TV tu. Malahan beli yang lagi besar dan besar. Supaya lebih jelas, terang dan nyata. Kenapa yer?

Sebenarnya TV ni takdelah 100 peratus teruk dan tak berfaedah. Kalau takde TV camne nak tau ade tsunami kat Acheh, Obama jadi presiden kulit hitam pertama dan US, dan Israel bom lagi kubu Hamas di Palestin? Ok, memang ada surat khabar dan radio, tapi tak terkesan laaa... Aiman pun jadi tak kisah... 


Satu lagi yang terkesan, time saya darjah 2-3 dulu, ade satu channel: TV2, memang khas channel pendidikan dari pagi sampai petang. Nak kata best takdela best pun. Bosan pun ada. Skema la paling tepat. Tapi sebab sikit sangat pilihan saluran yang ada time tu, terpaksalah tengok jugak. Yelah, kate kawan baik, best tak best mesti kena bersama, tak gitu? Channel ni ajar sume la, dari Bahasa Melayu sampai Kemahiran Hidup. Fuuh, macam buku teks ditukar jadi movie laa...boleh bayang?(rasenye korang pun mesti dah penah tengok, jadi tak perlu bayang-membayang ni). Dalam bosan-bosan tu, adalah yang best jugak macam satu slot Bahasa Inggeris, pasal sorang mat saleh, berangan jadi spy. Ada juga slot Kemahiran Hidup ajar pasal kemahiran di dapur. Die tunjukkan sorang anak perempuan tengah bantu emaknya memasak di dapur. Masak ape? Masak nasi. Sebelum masak buat ape? Cuci beras. Ingat lagi mak die pesan jangan cuci banyak kali sangat, nanti hilang zat karbohidrat dia. Tu jelah yang teringat dan terkesannya. Maybe daya ingatan pun tak berapa kuat.

Berapa tahun lepas tu, TV pendidikan tu dimansuhkan. Lama-lama saluran tu bermutasi jadi yang sekarang ni: TV hiburan. Korang pun boleh tengok sendiri kan. Tak faham jugak apa objektif dan matlamat kerajaan dengan saluran TV yang dipegang oleh mereka ni. RTM (Radio Televisyen Malaysia) yang dimaklumi dengan gaya skema dan old-fashion ni mula terikut-ikut gaya saluran TV swasta yang memang dah established dengan pembawakan yang fresh and moden. Akhirnya matlamat dan identiti hilang. Akhirnya semuanya mencanang dan mengagungkan hiburan. Saya agak bahagia dengan kehadiran saluran baru dari syarikat Media Prima, TV9. Walaupun kadang-kadang agak sekuler, tapi itu adalah percubaan terbaik (setakat ini) untuk sebuah saluran umum di Malaysia untuk menyampaikan bahan-bahan berfaedah kepada masyarakat. Kalau yang berbayar, banyak je lagi yang lebih fokus dan berfaedah, contohnya Discovery Channel dan Astro Oasis. Ada juga satu saluran yang pernah saya tonton waktu di Madinah, kalau tak silap nama salurannya Peace Channel, cukup indah dan damai dengan tayangan ceramah dan diskusi Islam. Hiburannya bercorak lagu-lagu pujian kepada Allah. Rasa nikmat sangat waktu di sana. Subhanallah...!

Semenjak bermastautin di Indonesia, TV agak jauh dari kehidupan seharian saya. Pertama sebab memang takde TV kat bilik. Yang kedua sebab dah ada laptop yang lebih dari cukup menggantikan peranan TV. Dan yang ketiga sebab bile try tengok, rase meluat dan menyampah. Menjengkelkan kalau bahasa Indonesia. Kenapa? Sebab akhirnya saya sedar ada lagi negara lain yang lebih mengagungkan hiburan daripada tanah air saya. Maafkan saya Indonesia, tapi anda sendiri mengakui fakta ni kan? Buktinya, pagi-pagi, instead of airing programs like Malaysia Hari Ini atau Selamat Pagi Malaysia, dia buat program yang jemput artis dan band2 terkenal, buat request lagu, bincangkan gosip dan tangga lagu. Setiap hari akan ada program informasi gosip dan selebriti, hampir setiap jam. Mungkin sebab Indonesia ni sangat banyak orang, jadi dia boleh buat rancangan gosip setiap hari, dan setiap satu program dengan durasi satu jam boleh korek sedalam-dalamnya hanya pasal satu isu gosip. Bayangkan tentang satu selebriti potong rambut baru saja pun dia boleh buat cerita! Kalau sinetron dan drama-drama tak payah cakaplah, segala jenis benda mengarut keluar. Ular gergasi, naga, katak ajaib, pari-pari, macam-macam ada mengalahkan Astro. Sinetron cinta yang klise berlambak-lambak sampai nak termuntah rasenye menonton. Ceritanya mesti bertajukkan nama heroinnya yang sangat baik hati dan naif, selalu ditindas, miskin, takde parent atau anak tiri, banyak orang yang nak kat dia, ramai juga yang jeles dan dengki, akhirnya dia end-up dengan lelaki kacak yang kaya dan bertemu dengan orang tuanya yang sebenar yang juga orang kaya. Caaapek deh!

Jadi TV secara tak langsung adalah media penyebar doktrin hedonisme (mengagungkan hiburan) dan hidup serba hedonisme ni dah terlalu lama kita anut tanpa kita sedari. Sekarang dah sedar, cuba nak lari? Susah. Saya jamin memang susah. Sebab tu Allah bagi kemudahan kat kita umat Nabi Muhammad untuk dapatkan pahala. Sebab senang sangat nak dapat dosa. Tepat sangatlah Allah tu Maha Adil dan Maha Tahu. So bila dah tahu ni nak buat apa? Buat masa sekarang kita boleh:

1. Make the right choice:

“Dan tidaklah patut bagi laki-laki yang mukmin dan tidak (pula) bagi perempuan yang mukmin, apabila Allah dan Rasul-Nya telah menetapkan suatu ketetapan, akan ada bagi mereka pilihan (yang lain) tentang urusan mereka. Dan barangsiapa mendurhakai Allah dan Rasul-Nya maka sungguhlah dia telah sesat, sesat yang nyata.”
- Al-Ahzab : 36

2. Know the limit:

“Maka tetaplah kamu pada jalan yang benar, sebagaimana diperintahkan kepadamu dan (juga) orang yang telah taubat beserta kamu dan janganlah kamu melampaui batas.” Sesungguhnya Dia Maha Melihat apa yang kamu kerjakan.”
- Huud : 112

3. Ask for His guidance:

“Tidak ada doa mereka selain ucapan: "Ya Tuhan kami, ampunilah dosa-dosa kami dan tindakan-tindakan kami yang berlebih-lebihan dalam urusan kami dan tetapkanlah pendirian kami, dan tolonglah kami terhadap kaum yang kafir."
- ‘Ali-Imran : 147

4. Find other alternatives

Come on…there’s no excuses in this. You know you have many other things you can do other than sitting in front of that television!

TV dan kawan-kawannya seperti radio, telefon bimbit, komputer, internet dan banyak lagi betul-betul menguasai dunia kita.

Jangan biarkan ia menguasai kita.
Kuasai mereka.

Sebab tu saya cadangkan, mereka yang berbakat dalam bidang multimedia, gunakan bakat anda untuk memanipulasi media-media ini. Betul tak? “Betul betul betul!” kata Upin dan Ipin yang merupakan satu contoh terbaik proses penguasaan media ni. Sekarang, cara dakwah dah sangat versatile, so kalau kreatif buat movie, buat movie bermanfaat dan bermesej baik. Kalau terer bercakap, jadi DJ yang pandai menarik minat orang mendengar. Simple and applicable.

Pernah tengok tak iklan terbaru kementerian kesihatan yang promosikan gaya hidup sihat? Iklan dia ada lukisan kartun yang sangat biasa, ada callouts ”Saya tak merokok”, “Saya tak minum arak”,“Saya makan makanan seimbang” dan sebagainya kat tepi kartun tu. Bawah sekali tulis “Tirulah cara hidup saya!”. Memanglah simple and applicable, tapi jujurnya – tak menarik langsung! Tolonglah, janganlah bazirkan duit rakyat yang banyak pada iklan lima saat yang tak berkesan langsung. Jadi saya menyeru kepada yang kreatif, salurkanlah bakat anda pada tempat yang ketandusan idea tapi ada mesej yang baik. Ingatlah, ilmu dan bakat tu Allah yang bagi, kat mane kita salurkan akan dipersoalkan balik.

Baru-baru ni berlangsung Minggu Penghayatan Islam untuk komuniti mahasiswa Malaysia di Makassar anjuran persatuan berwajib di situ. Walaupun tak terlibat secara langsung dan takde pun kat situ waktu ia berjalan, dari apa yang saya dengar, minggu tu memang best dan mengesankan. Banyak program dijalankan dengan matlamat memupuk penghayatan Islam dalam diri ahli komuniti. Banyak pertandingan dianjurkan dan lebih menjurus ke arah seni Islam. Kemuncak die, Malam Kesenian Islam berjaya menarik minat majoriti mahasiswa Islam Malaysia di Makassar. (Untuk maklumat terperinci lawati www.pkpmimakassar.blogspot.com). Jelas Islam ni penuh seni dan seni Islam tu sangat indah. Kesenian Islam diterima dengan baik di situ, kenapa di pentas yang lebih besar, tidak?

Saya mengimpikan ’teman baik’ yang jauh lebih baik dari sekarang. Kalau ade peluang “Golden and Hedges – Realize Your Dream”, tulah yang saya minta. Tapi tak semudah tu. Kita semua mesti berjuang untuk itu bermula sekarang. Itupun angan-angan korang jugak kan? Saya impikan ’teman baik’ ni bukan untuk saya, tapi untuk anak-anak dan generasi seterusnya. Saya tak sanggup berikan mereka ’kawan baik’ macam apa yang saya dapat sejak dulu.



IMAN NAILAH 2009
noradrenaline2001@yahoo.com

Susahnyer Tag Kali ni...

I've been tagged by Muhammad Shafiq Mansor!

Here are the rules:

1.List these rules on your blog.

2.Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.

3.Tell 7 unspectacular quirks on yours.

4.Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to
their blogs.

5.Link the person who tagged you.

6.Leave a comment for each blogger.

Allrite...

7 facts about me:

1. My name is Nurul Iman binti Abdul Rahim. It's a common name in Malaysia, but seemed odd in the place I'm studying now. Everytime I pronounce my name, they'll repeat it as 'Imen' = 'E-men' and it ends up as 'Imeng'. They kept on saying it's a guy's name! So what? I like it!

2. I live in Shah Alam Selangor. I never live outside Selangor all my life except while I'm in Londang Matriculation and here in Makassar. So basically I'm a true Selangorian! Nyanyi sket..."Duli yang makan durian..selamat di atas pokok..." oops...that is THE OTHER version...sorry...my bad...

3. I'm a year younger than my academic level(at least for Msian level) just because I passed the PTS exam. So I got to 'lompat' from standard 3 straight to standard 5! No strings attached! hehe So people would say I seem more mature from my age...but what do u expect? I'm living a year older from my real age! But the great thing about it is I got to finish earlier than the people around me, and I'm still young when I marries! (what so great about that???)

4. I have a really nice family and I'm so thankful for it! It's just perfect as the way it is...I mean for us...for me at least...it's just beautiful how Allah had created everything so detailed and so harmony together...the goods and the faults, all created to be completed. :)

5. I love art...any kinds of art. I can judge what's nice, what's not, at least through my arty-eyes.(arty - is there such a word? whatever...)

6. I'm living with two beloved seniors. They're the best! Can't say more...it's just a great fate to end-up with them in this small home of ours.

7. I was born on January 25th, 1987 in Louisiana, USA, but lived there for only 1 year so i don't have the tiniest memory while I'm there.

7 unspectacular quirks on me:

1. I hate Medic! Is it too obvious? Hehe maybe I did hate it, but now after entering clinical life, it's a turning point in my life...i come to attach to it! I'm loving it!

2. I'm a very very forgetful person. So forgive me for forgetting ur birthday, or where u'r studying rite now, or even ur name! So sorry...didn't mean it...I'm trying my best to remember every detail...huhuhu

3. I'm a hopeless romantic. I hate to be one, but admit it...I am. huhu

4. I eat everything! (except for the harams of course!) U name it, I can insert it into my body, but of course I have some kind of appetite. I do choose, I do reject, but I can b DBKL(as my father name me) when I wanna be. (DBKL with all this bones? Are u kidding me???)

5. Some survey said I'm a judgemental person. Am I? Mybe I am. My best friend agrees with this. huhu

6. I've a lot of traumatic events in my life. I've my eyebrow stitched, I knock my forehead until it form a concave on my frontal bone, my face once swollen until I can hardly open my eyes, I let my feets get poked by hundreds of sea-porcupines spikes, and many more unfortunate events...

7. Ape lagi ek? Hmmmmmm....well, actually I'm a heart-breaker. I don't wanna be, but it's just written in my fate. I hope I don't have to do it again...

7 people I'm tagging:
Kak Najwa, Maimanah, Muh. Idris, Kak Halaa, Nurul Izzah, Addin, Maisarah.

:)

Relax Your Mind with Your Ear

I HOPE YOU DANCE
(played in the first tract of this blog sidebar mp3 player)

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your feel to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door close as I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance…
I hope you dance…

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean taking chances but they worth takin’
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth makin’

Don’t let some helping heart lead you bitter
When you come close to selling out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance

This is a song introduced and recommended by a lovely sister (thx Ukht Khadijah!) not long ago. It was sung by Lee Ann Womack, an American country song singer. The song’s title would made you think this is just another typical love song, but spending sometime listening to the lyric made you realize it bring some thoughtful meanings. The title itself means hoping you would get up and put your best effort in life. By using the word ‘dance’, the song is referring to an act that needs courage, confidence, knowledge and also skill to be accomplished. Now just from the title you can see how deep the song’s approach is. The lyrics itself is full with words of motivation, encouragement, and advice that is so nicely written and arranged, making it grows easily in your mind and heart. But then what are lyrics without the music right? Combining country-music and ballads as its genre, it fits beautifully with the lyrics. The singer’s uniqueness in both voice and singing-style made it a memorable and extraordinary song. Enough with all the appraisal, why don’t you check it out yourself and see how it effects you.

An advice, you may felt overwhelmed by this review, but take a few minutes and listen to it for a few times because a song’s music is like the first impression, the appearance of a person while the lyrics are the person’s personality, the persona when you get to know them. So get to know both of them when you listen to this song!

~IMAN NAILAH 2008~
noradrenaline2001@yahoo.com

The Artistic Me

A 'perasan' pic of me

Medical course is something far from what I’ve dreamed I will be taking these days. I never like medic, the nearest is biology, but if I have a choice, I wouldn’t take it as my study field. From childhood, I can see how I really keen on artistic stuff such as songs, literatures, theatres, films, paintings, designs, crafts and much more. It’s in my blood! My dad is an landscape architecture n my mom studied engineering eventhough she’s a teacher now. And…I love LOVE. Like Shakespear? You know people said artistic people tend to have much softer soul, sensitive heart. Jiwanglaa, the simple translation.

I remember in the primary school, with three other classmates, we planned on having our own album. Not picture album, but nasyid album! Seriously, we even create our own songs, share money to buy a recording cassette, and use some old toys that make noise as our music background. Sounds foolish, but that’s what we did. But sadly, the cassette disappeared and my friends keep asking on it until the end of school. In the secondary school, I wrote short stories, novels (love-stories, to be exact) and lots of poems. I can say they are not really good, but I’m proud of them and showed them to my friends for comments and critics. I’m known to my roomates as the one who’ll read her poems before sleep. Haha…did I? Can’t really remember actually, but that’s what they said.
Also, I took Pendidikan Seni in SPM because I thought it would be necessary if I want to take a design course. Funny, how I even took extra classes for Pendidikan Seni, but no extra exercise for other more crucial and vital subjects. So, suitable with my effort, I got A1 for Pendidikan Seni, but for science subjects, its dissapointing. See, nobody look at my Pendidikan Seni or Bahasa Melayu or English result because the reality is so obvious. The reality I have to swallow is that you cannot have a great future with art. Wait, cannot is a harsh word, hardly – that’s the word. You can hardly have a great future with art. But NOT impossible.

Photography & graphic design ~ I like!

I always believe we will do great if we do what we like, what we love. Until before I enter matriculation program in Melaka, I still have the dreams to do what I really like. I wanna wait for an offer from UIA on my chosen course, architecture and design, rejecting the matriculation offer. But with that kind of result, my parents don’t have faith that I will get the UIA offer. So I took biology course in KMM, based on the sense that I hate physics. I didn’t realize that I’m leaving my dream once I step on the plane that will bring me to Hasanuddin University in Makassar. I just thought I made a new dream. So there I went, in a new path, new field, and new world.

The 'fonts' I made on the back of my Geriatric textbook.

I don’t blame anybody for the lost dream. Because deep inside, I believe it’s not lost, it’s a part of me that I can’t discard. I’m still writing, still singing, I still design some advertisement for my club, I still made cards for my friend birthday with some poetic words on it, and I will keep doing it until…I don’t know…until death? Allahu’alam. =)


~IMAN NAILAH 2008~
noradrenaline2001@yahoo.com