ENGF 102...

I can say that today’s English paper was not so difficult to answer, but I’m still in doubt of what I had written. Always be like that…The questions are divided into 3 sections which are section 1, 2 and 3. Section 1 consists of 10 multiple choice questions, grammatical errors questions for section 2 and section 3 composes of essay questions. For the third section, we need to choose a topic out of 4 topics given and write an essay about the chosen topic. I had choosen the third topic, which was about tsunami(cause and effect essay)…just wait for the result…aha.

Holder of Power Over The Forces of Nature, Jinns, and Devils...other living creatures

Prophet Suleiman in response to his special prayer to Allah was granted Kingdom and was given power over the forces of nature, over the Jinns and men and devils and other living creatures. He was also endowed with knowledge of their language and could easily communicate with them.

Prophet Suleiman once was sitting on the bank of a lake deeply engrossed in the beauties of nature around and appreciating the various forms of Allah's creation on earth.
Suddenly Prophet Suleiman's attention was drawn towards an ant creeping forward with a grain of wheat in its mouth. As it reached near the water, a tortoise came out, opened its mouth and the ant crept into it. The tortoise closing its mouth disappeared under the water. After a while, the tortoise again sprung out of the water and standing on the bank opened its mouth and the ant came out. But this time it had no grain of wheat in its mouth.

Prophet Suleiman became anxious to know what had been happening under water. On inquiring, the ant explained that at the bottom of the lake, was a stone and underneath it lived a blind ant. Allah had created it there and because of blindness, it could not move about. The ant further said that I have been appointed by Allah to provide its daily sustenance with the assistance of the tortoise and hence, I do perform this duty everyday.

Let us ponder over one thing. If a tiny creature like an ant living under a stone at the bottom of a sea is not denied its sustenance, why should man the noblest of all creatures ever suspect loss of his sustenance from Almighty Allah? Isn't it foolishness to dirty one's hand in prohibited transactions for earning one's livelihood? Such persons do not get more, than what is destined and earn Allah's Wrath and Punishment in the Hereafter world.

cOmiNg SoOn...physics paper.

15 chapters!!!!! How am I going to cover all these physics topics since the physics paper will be 2 days from now on???

nAtUrE mAkEs CaLmNesS...

Viewing or give a glimpse towards forests and green land of the Earth makes one’s life even calmer. For me, I admit that the fact is definitely true. Having wandering around the campus, walking up the 5-feet's hills every evening is actually part of my way of life. Sometimes, it may burn one’s spirit and in the case of a student, it creates the feeling of eager to revise books or lecturers’ notes. Anyway, different people have different taste. All this while, that’s my way of life that I love nature…Enjoy yours!!!

aSsF pApEr toDaY..

Huh…ASSF paper is all over. As usual, I try to escape from my friends, walking away to upten to have my quick lunch. I don’t like discussion just after every exam. So, I think the best way I can do is to get away from those people who like to discuss and argue. It does not mean that a discussion method is bad. What I’m trying to say here is that the time is not appropriate, right? Emm..The questions are not difficult enough to answer. It only needs us to read, understand, and memorize the contents in each subtopics. But I think I did not do well in the recent paper. Other people might say ‘OK’ as they memorize and remember well each key word and supporting details consisting in the ASSF textbook regarding on the recent topics. Anyway, I’ll try my best to better improve my memory as others did…

mY LEsSoN tOdAy...

There is one important thing that I had learnt today. What I get today might not be a very precious thing for certain people but as to me, it realizes me a lot. ‘Always distribute a smile’ is the thing. Actually, Miss Eliza is the great exemplar of being a person with a thousand calmness heart. She often looks very happy all the times even though she is being in her PhD progress. Did you all realize that??? That’s why I think she should be awarded a Nobel Prize for being such that. Everyone knows how difficult the PhD is…but she still remains the same, always gives her great smile towards her students in which sometimes depresses me a lot as her smile always give me a great meaning. Once she throws advice towards her students as well as me, I could feel how concerned she is towards our spare of life…Only Allah knows how the real fact is…Wallahualam..

wHere ARe you??...

I am still thinking about what I want to jot down today. Just now, I had an online talk with my best friend via YM(yahoo messenger). She is now in university of Qairo, having her studies on medical course which takes about 6 years to finish. Isn’t that a very long time? Wish you best of luck in whatever you do in spare of your life. Will Miss you…

mY lOvEd FiSh....

The guppy (Poecilia reticulata), also known as the millionsfish, is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. It is a small member of the Poecilidae family (females 4-6 centimetres long, males 2½–3½ centimetres long) and like all other members of the family, is live-bearing.

Guppies are highly prolific livebearers. The gestation period of a guppy is 22-30 days, with an average of 28 days. After the female guppy is inseminated, a dark area near the anus, known as the gravid spot, will enlarge and darken. Guppies prefer water temperatures of about 28 °C (82 °F) for reproduction. The female guppy has drops of between 2-200 fry, typically ranging between 30 and 60. After giving birth, the female is ready for conception again within only a few hours.

The guppy has been successfully hybridised with the molly (poecilia latipinna/velifera), eg male guppy and female molly. However, the hybrids are always males and appear to be infertile.
The guppy has also been hybridised with the Endler's livebearer.
The guppy prefers a hard water aquarium and can withstand levels of salinity up to 150% that of normal sea water.[7], which has led to them being occasionally included in marine tropical community tanks, as well as in freshwater tropical tanks. Guppies are generally peaceful, though nipping behaviour is sometimes BLUB.

Experienced aquarists breeding their own guppies are aware that the adults will eat their young and, therefore, provide safe zones for the fry. Specially designed livebearer birthing tanks, which can be suspended inside the aquarium, are available from aquatic retailers. These serve the dual purpose of shielding the pregnant female from further attention from the males, and of providing a separate area for the newborn young as protection from being eaten by their mother. Although if a female is put in the breeder box too early or late it will cause her to have a miscarriage.

tHe BeAuTiFuL...

Today, all PPOU students had been invited to join a feast in conjunction with ‘Hari Raya Aidilfitri’ celebration, the last ten days. The utmost point to note is that we did not have to spend much money for lunch. Many lecturers, Tenaga Nasional Berhad staffs, workers attended themselves in the event, enjoy eating the ‘satay’, ‘laksa Penang’, and so forth with a great cheer expression shown from their faces…By the way, I wish you all ‘Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri’.

The old path...

The path in the past that lead to sum kind of achievements. I've been looking for answers since becoming an adult Not looking for dogma to live like a cult I've been looking to live, I've been living to find Freedom from cages that limit my mind...

now it starts again....

Now, it starts again. I have to go back on my studies that I'll never forget that...haha!! Since an hour ago, i had meeting with Pak Ariff, the dean of Institut Kajian Liberal, IKAL on topic of some arragements that will gradually be done about the PPOU programme. I like the way Pak Ariff present his talk. I wonder when could I be like him?

good bye Mom..friends..

Yesterday, I had to leave my house, my Mom and my brothers and sisters and my best friends. Many things crossed in my mind since the short break. When shall we meet again??? Miss you all…Mom…Irshaduddin…Adri…Safwan…my guppy fish… Once again it happens. I'll never forget that...

My Rigorous Efforts In Improving English Listening, Writing, Reading And Speaking Skills...

In order to improve my reading skills, I have tried to get used of New Straits Times online newspaper daily since my speed reading is quite low. Till know I still try to enhance my understanding on reading comprehension in order to get the whole picture of any text I read. Anyway, I do not forget to underline or highlight difficult words or new vocabularies and gather them in my “Vocabulary Book”.

While in listening skills, I have tried to do a lot of exercises within the website given by Miss Eliza (http://www.esl-lab.com/). Many mistakes I do during the exercises that I cannot pick up some words that I listen to. Beside, I also have downloaded several articles like “the aeroplane and global warming”, “birth”, “royalty”, “bilingualism”, “the sea monsters”, “life-of-trees”, “rain forest rule” and many more for me to listen and digest things the talkers do try to say and save it in my MP4, so that I can hear it whenever I go. I also do not forget to download a lot of funny and adventurous stories such as “the Eden Project”, “river”, “where home is”, “tree thieves” and so on. I think it is very important for me to listen to those articles and stories as only this way I may know how to pronounce each word like the native speakers do besides listening to my lecturers’ pronunciations. Last but not least, I start myself, listening to English songs that before this, it is not my lifestyles like my friends do. With the help of one of my classmate, Joseph, that I have been motivated by him a month ago, I realize that listening to English songs is not as bad as I think. And in this opportunity, I would like to thank him for many things he had done to me and I will never forget that.

Sincerely I would like to say that till now I just do speak English to myself. Sometimes I recall anything I hear in English spontaneously especially after I listen to the articles or news. But I try to practise speaking with my friends in order to get used of that language. However, I have to speak Malay in things that I cannot understand especially during our lectures and in the situation when I am going to understand people as well as my friends during discussion session.

While in writing, I attempt to update my blog everyday although there is a gap between the days which it is not on my purpose to make those gaps. I will try to make my blog as a journal. Apart from that, I practise writing through short message system (SMS). Actually, it is not such handwriting but it helps me a lot especially when I am in contact with Lee Chee Wei and Joseph through the method.

Whatever methods we use, I think the most crucial part is that if we have great desire to do something that benefits us and then we start to do it, the success is ours. Never forget that!!!

My Eid Experience.......

‘Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa, literally “Fasting Day of Celebration” is the Malay term for the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitri. That is the time when we meet each other we would say “Selamat Hari Raya” which is the main greeting used by Muslims in Malaysia even in Singapore. Another greeting is “maaf zahir dan batin” which means “I seek for forgiveness from you physically and spiritually”, for “Hari Raya” is a time to reconcile and renew relationships with others.

Hearing the ‘takbir’ recitation from each mosque nearby, I prepared myself, ready to drive to there. That was the first day of “Hari Raya”,1 Syawal. That’s the time when my heart felt very sad, extremely sad due to the soft recitation of “takbir”, ‘tasbih” and “tahmid” at that particular time. Everyone seems to be with their fathers. Everyone seems to celebrate the “Eid” without any difficulties and happily. After the events in the mosque came to the end, everyone started to walk, away from the mosque. I could see some people heading to the grave of their loved ones, performing the recital of "Yasin"(a chapter or surah from the Quran) and also the "tahlil" or prayers for the deceased. All these are done in hope that their loved ones are blessed by Allah and they are spared from the punishment in the grave. Most people however, made their way to their home, getting ready to start visiting their relatives respectively.

My family and I together made our steps to our home. The first day of the”Eid” was the toughest day for me but the joyous day for my little brothers and sisters as the adults were extra generous for the day. Children will be given token sums of money, also known as “duit raya” from their parents and elders. On the first day of “Hari Raya”, at about 10 a.m, my journey was about to start. Our first destination is that my grandfather’s house since it is compulsory or “wajib” to seek for forgiveness from the oldest or elders of ours by kissing their hands as a sign of respect. And then we continued visiting our siblings of our grandparent nearby. I feel very lucky as we did not have to travel many miles as most of our relatives stayed in the same place even in the same village as well. We had made or steps to our “Mak long” house, our “Pak De” and others that I could not recognise as well as my mother did. Everyone seemed to dress in “Baju Melayu” for the males and “Baju Kurung”, the quintessential Malay attire, for females. Asking for pardon could be seen almost everywhere which was done in order of seniority. And that was the beauty in Islam.

And the same thing happened on the next day. And now was the third day of ‘eid’, the most valuable and precious day in spare of my life. My former high school, Sheikh Abdul Malek School had held an ‘eid’ celebration in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri. That was the time that my ‘miss’ was seemed like to be treated as I could finally meet my former best friends including Irshaduddin, Safwan, Alim, and so forth. To my pleasure, they were all had been considered as my brothers as well especially Irshaduddin and Adri. Nothing I could say about them as they were too precious to me since we were in high school till this moment although we were not in the same university. And one thing which makes sense that is ‘ukhwah fillah’. Thank you Allah!!!

SeLAmaT hArI rAya AiDiLfItRi..

This year, Aidilfitri falls on 13 october. But unluckily, this year my father will not celebrate Aidilfitri together with us. A lot of unexpected problems had happened throughout this life. I am quite worried about my father's life there..only Allah know..

However, Aidilfitri is just around the corner. I am afraid I could not make revisions when I reach my home. I am afraid I could not study for the final exam. Well, I think you know how it is going to happen when Aidilfitri is about to appear. Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri for you, Miss Eliza and your family over there. Have a pleasant Raya.

aPpEaRaNcE, gEnE, and PhOtOgRaPhY...

It is ordinary to see certain people with the same face and appearance like the same skin complexion while the others have various differences in term of their physical appearances. What makes the differences? How is the process being held? Let us talk about that in this particular moment. It begins with the existence of cells. Cells in our bodies are continuously dividing, growing and dying. Dead cells need to be replaced by new cells. The fact is that all organisms grow and change by cell division.

From what I have learnt in form 4 and form 5, the variation of each individual occurs due to a process that involves cell division in which DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) replicates only once called meiosis process. Meoisis increases the genetic variation of the population that people we see around us.

Test's over!!!!The questions were quite tricky that I never solve even see it before.

ExAm'S cOmINg.!!!

Tomorrow,5 october,2007 I take calculus paper(test 2)...wish me all the best..