Just because...

konnichiwa...urgh...its 2pm now. it's sunny now after going thru a heavy rainy morning today...why im writing this n3? just because...haha. i was a bit sleepy but it immediately recovered as soon i open my must-open-every-day blog; cuteyamapi. it fulls of vids that i can watch...haha. i wish that my eyes can open as huge as that when im writing or reading my article.. thats all. erm...tomorrow i'll be going to MASO's conference for two days. i hope i dont forget to bring my face mask tomorrow. kinda scary cause the participants will be international and i dont want to risk my life by just attending a conference. my colleague told me that USM health campus was infected by H1N1 from a conference that he/her attended..ohoho...neva forget to pray for our health....read ma'thurat everyday...n take care of ur health too...

Getting Writing Done: How to Stop Thinking About It and Write

argh...im stuck again. it's not that i dont have idea to write, but apparently im so low motivated and have this no-mood-of-writing mode on...bad ne... and kinda sleepy too...so, what i did is to google some info on how to GET that idiot mood back... then, i stumbled upon this article...and find it kinda interesting and as im writing this n3, my mood has finally return...welcome my mood...dont go away kay at least for 30 minutes kay... i had promised myself that i need to write at least 500 words a day!! its a promise kay... so, enjoy the article written by Jane Nortcote

by Jane Northcote

If you’ve researched your topic, you understand your audience and you know what you want to say, then moving to action and starting to write should be utterly straightforward and require no particular effort. Right?

Not so. All writers, whether scribing for books, blogs or whitepapers, know only too well that sometimes this just isn’t the case. Getting down to the physical act of writing can take a herculean force of will.

Distractions crowd in. Secondary objectives suddenly become appealing. Shall I place that grocery order? Read my email? Clear out my desk drawer? All of these suddenly seem more attractive than just logging on and starting to write. (that's me!! haha...im always like that...i thought it was just me...feel kinda relief that those things do happens to others too :p)

How can we get ourselves to stop procrastinating and move straight to action? (yes...i wanna know the answer!! how??)

I’ve just started a blog and recently finished writing my first book. Here are a few ideas that have worked for me:

1. Remember why you’re writing, and write this down first.

Remind yourself what this chapter/article/paper will do for you and your business when completed. This action is taking you in a direction you want to go. Remember this objective and write it down at the top of your To Do list. (always done it, but still....hmm)

2. Stop using energy thinking about it and just do it.

Just do it. Walk into your office, open your computer and start.

3. Remember that actions are finite.

Anticipate the end. Once you’ve done it, it’s done, and it won’t have to be done again. So get on with it! (erk..??)

4. Ask someone to manage you.

Tell a peer, a friend or your boss that it will be done by 3 pm. If they are a real friend, they’ll drop by a while before the deadline to check that you have started. (haha... i always did this... i did my deadline with my supervisor eventho she didnt ask...therefore, i have myself feeling the commitment in the work...but still...)

5. Tell a large number of people you’ll do it.

Trap yourself. If you’ve made a commitment to a lot of people then the shame of saying you didn’t try will outweigh the effort of doing it.

6. Find something you enjoy and treat yourself.

Write in a pleasant place – a favorite coffee shop or library or a room overlooking the sea (as I’m writing from now). What ever it takes: wear favorite clothes or special socks – just like athletes do! (sometimes ive done this..like reward myself a movie to watch...or a game to play...but it end up with im addicting badly with the game...haha)

7. Do nothing else.

Allow yourself to do nothing else until you’ve completed your chapter/paper/article. Here’s the thoughts of Raymond Chandler, creator of Philip Marlowe and author of novels and screenplays, writing about how he gets himself to do things:

The important thing is that there should be a space of time, say four hours a day at least, when a professional writer doesn’t do anything else but write. He doesn’t have to write, and if he doesn’t feel like it he shouldn’t try. He can look out of the window or stand on his head or writhe on the floor, but he is not to do any other positive thing, not read, not write letters, glance at magazines, or write checks. Either write or nothing.

Different things work for different people and in different circumstances. What works for you?

p/s: i might have an additional point...i blog...it's one way for me to get my nerves back for the writing mood...well..jan ne...see u later cause im gonna finish my at-least-500-words-a-day promise...

have a nice day guys :)

Monday blues...

owh im so sleepy rite now... its not tht ive taken lunch or not... but my eyes...they're like Garfield now...and the office is so damn quite rite now... there's no one at all... just 1, 2 foreigners...im going back home soon after searching all the related journals needed. even miley cyrus song's (the climb) didnt work on me...it made me more sleepy... why is this happening?? yesterday i was so energetic which i thought i will be the same for today.... but im not energized at all...i need to charged myself... i have a lot of worries actually... but make it silent...heheh.



while i googling some images, i stumbled upon this article on how to beat the monday blues.... em...lets check it together

Instructions


Step 1
If you can, sleep in an extra hour on Monday mornings. Going to bed early on Sunday night doesn't always help because most people will remain awake until their usual bedtime.
(wish i could...)

Step 2
If you can't sleep in by a full hour (and most of us can't), take action Sunday night to shorten your morning preparation time so that you can set the alarm for 15 minutes later than usual. Wash your hair, pack lunches, lay out your outfit or pack your briefcase on Sunday night
(this one is good but rarely i had done it....im the last-minute kinda person...my bad)

Step 3
Hop out of bed the moment you wake up on Monday morning. Lingering in that downy comforter will only draw out the agony.
(had practiced it since little and 'istiqamah' until now...heheh)

Step 4
End your shower with a jolt of cold water to tear yourself out of your grogginess. Or exercise in the morning to get your blood pumping and to release those feel-good endorphins.
(wish i could...eiii..cold water in morning? naa..not me..)

Step 5
Get out in the sunlight. Bright light tells your body that it is indeed the morning and helps reset your internal clock.
(like this one)

Step 6
Drink coffee or another caffeine beverage. Although it's not healthy to drink caffeine to the point of addiction, caffeine, when used in moderation, can give your Monday mornings that much-needed oomph and alertness.
(ermm....)

Step 7
Anticipate your Monday morning on Friday afternoon. Fight the temptation to race away from a messy desk. Clean up your desk and leave yourself a to-do list to make Monday morning a little more tolerable.
(will try it)

that's quite good ne... credit goes to here;
http://www.ehow.com/how_117079_beat-monday-morning.html

UPM close?

huhu... yesterday the VC made a press conference announcing that UPM will be closed from 29th July until 4th August due to prevention from H1N1...however, it is just for the students only not the staff...hoho...so, am i a student too?? ehehe...but my sprvisor called yesterday...she said graduete stdent do not included and must go as usual...neway, i ended not coming to UPM today...heheh.

yesterday, i managed to complete my poster for MASO and had showed it to my sprvisor. i hope it'll be okay but im not satisfied with the results gained. it was unexpected....no eager to tell :(
i hope i'll be good in explaining in details of the unexpected results

tadaa...my poster

Highly recommended

yup...aishiteru really makes me cry a lot...i cried for almost each episode...but still i'm not finish watching it yet cause i have tons of works to be done...but this japanese drama, i do highly recommend it. its no a love puppy story or fiction or ghost story or bla2x...its a reality of life in this world...

let me put the drama synopsis here;

"...After a young boy takes away another boy’s life, the series draws the stories of their families as they cope with the tragedy. Both families are typical households that can be found anywhere, and the two mothers are just like any other, devoting their lives to raising their kids with love. The show touches on many similar events that have occurred in recent years in Japan, but unlike other dramas that have done so, “Aishiteru” truly focuses on the lives of the families involved, as they each struggle to find their way to continue living..."



but better finish ur work first or u might get erm..addicted i might say...huhu

if u wanna watch it, u can vist here;
http://www.dramacrazy.net/v/japanese-drama/aishiteru/

My mom is amazing

every mom is amazing ne... but this one song really touched my heart...

She wakes up early in the morning with a smile
And she holds my head up high
Don't you ever let anybody put you down
Cos you are my little angel


Then she makes something warm for me to drink
Cos it's cold out there, she thinks
Then she walks me to school, Yes I aint no fool
I just think my Mom is amazing


BRIDGE/CHORUS
She makes me feel
Like I can do anything
and when she's with me
there's no where else, I'd rather be…


After School, she's waiting by the gate
I'm so happy that I just can't wait
To get home to tell her how my day went
And eat the yummy food, only my Mom makes


Then I wind her up cos I don't wanna bath
And we run around the house with a laugh
No matter what I say, she gets her way
I think my Mom is amazing


BRIDGE/CHORUS


Then I wake up in the morning, she's not there
And I realize she never was
And I'm still here in this lonely orphanage
With so many just like me


And as my dreams begin to fade
I try hard to look forward to my day
But there's a pain in my heart that's a craving
How I wish I had a Mom that's amazing
Would be amazing

the 2 last para were good enuf to make my tears drop...huhu.. this is a song by zain bikha...
and he's one of the nasyeed singer that i love to hear besides dawud warnsby...

never regret when u still have u mom kay...



p/s: zain bhikha on the left 'n dawud wharnsby on the right

Guess what...

haha..guess what...finally, i had the chance to watch the film...confessions of a shopaholics...its a reward i made by myself if i could completed my paper by today... yeah..the story...hmm...i prefer the novel rather than the film...the film was not that hilarious as it was in the novel and the plot were even changed..so, just 2 stars for the film..

Kematian MJ, Pembunuhan Marwa & Muslim China

Oleh: Zaharuddin Ab Rahman

"Sibuk benar pihak media satu dunia meraih keuntungan di atas kematian Micheal Jackson (MJ). Manakan tidak, majlis peringatan MJ di Los Angeles baru-baru sahaja telah menarik minat dan tontonan oleh lebih 2 billion manusia. Rancangan tersebut turut mendapat pehratian jutaan umat Islam yang masih lagi mencari-cari tanda keislaman MJ di majlis tersebut, namun rasanya mereka hampa, tiada sebarang ciri Islam di majlis tersebut walau satu peratus.



Berita kematian MJ berterusan mendapat liputan media, amat meluas dan masih mempunyai magnet untuk menarik pembaca dan peminatnya di serata dunia. Media seperti biasa, berlumba-lumba mencari keuntungan dari kematian dan kehidupan seseorang. Kini, wujud berita baru hasil pendedahan kakaknya yang menyatakan MJ dibunuh melalui satu konspirasi individu di sekelilingnya.

KISAH MUSLIMAH MARWA SHERBINI DIBUNUH DI GERMANY

Gambar : Al-Marhumah Marwa, suami dan anaknya

Pada masa yang sama, saya lebih amat tersentak lagi marah dengan pembunuhan Dr Marwa el-Sherbini. Si pembunuh manusia celaka bernama Alex W, penganggur dan penyokong parti pro Nazi German, dia yang berasal dari Russia sebelum itu didapati bersalah mengucapkan kata-kata kurang sopan serta maki hamun kepada Dr Marwa di khalayak ramai pada bulan November yang lalu. Si celaka menjerit melolong kepada Marwa, melaungkan kata "terrorist" dan "Islamist whore" sewaktu berada di Dresden park. Ketika itu, Marwa meminta izin untuk meletakkan anaknya di buaian di taman berkenaan, tetapi si celaka tersebut tidak membenarkan, lalu pertengkaran terjadi.

Si celaka itu diheret oleh Marwa ke mahkamah dan dijatuhkan hukuman Euro 780. Namun si celaka ini membuat rayuan yang menyebabkan ia bertemu wajah sekali lagi dengan Marwa di mahkamah. Dengan pisau di tangannya si celaka ini menyerbu Marwa yang sedang mengandung tiga bulan lalu menikamnya sebanyak 18 kali di dalam mahkamah di hadapan hakim!.Peristiwa ini berlaku pada 1 Julai 2009 yang lalu.

Satu susana yang tidak masuk dek aqal, bagaimana boleh si celaka ini membawa pisau di dalam sebuah mahkamah? Dan bagaimana ia boleh menikam sebanyak 18 kali tanpa gangguan segera dari pengawal dan orang sekelilingnya. Suami Marwa tangkas menerpa untuk membantu namun rupanya mereka terlupa sedang berada di `medan perang'. Suaminya ditembak oleh pihak polis semasa ingin membantu isterinya, sedangkan si celaka pembunuh dibiar hidup. Polis menggunakan alas an murahan apabila berkata `tersilap sangka', mereka sangkakan suaminya adalah pembunuh. Syeikh al-Azhar Syeikh Muhammad Tantawy mendesak pihak Germany untuk mengenakan tindakan berat kepada si pembunuh. Namun sejauh manakah seriusnya mahkamah akan bertindak terhadap si pembunuh, tidak dapat dipastikan?

Adalah wajar jika dapat pelajar Islam di Germany bergabung tenaga dengan umat Islam di tempat masing-masing menghantar memorandum mendesak tindakan keras ke atas si pembunuh.!

Malangnya, berita ini langusng tidak dihebahkan dan disepikan dari media barat khususnya. BBC senyap sunyi, sedangkan berita mahkamah Dubai yang menjatuhakn hukuman kepada dua warga British yang mengadakan hubungan seks terbuka di pantai Dubai, dihebohkan, mahkamah dubai dikritik seolah melakukan satu tindakan jahat.

Namun, kisah wanita Islam yang mengandung di tikam di dalam sebuah mahkamah di hadapan hakim di sebuah Negara yang membangun kononnya tidak langsung diambil endah. Teringat saya kepada pengalaman bertemu di beberapa daerah di Germany, tidak disangka begitu hodoh wajah sebenar negara tersebut, lebih khusus sebenarnya kepada bangsa Rusia, yang mana warga Rusia sememangnya terkenal sebagai amat bersifat perkauman lagi berjiwa ganas dengan selainnya. Kepada para pelajar Malaysia di Germany dan Russia, jagalah diri anda sebaik-baiknya.


THAILAND & URUMQHI CHINA

Selain berita itu, kita juga mengeluh panjang membaca berita pembunuhan umat Islam beramai-ramai di Selatan Thailand dan juga kezaliman serta penindasan di Bandar Urumqhi, China. Semua maklumat ini amat patut mendapat perhatian kita dan pemimpin negara-negara umat Islam. Berkenaan peristiwa berdarah di China, Kerajaan Turki telah berusaha melaksanakan tanggungjawab mereka Presiden mereka, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, [1] mengutuk tindakan China secara terbuka, malah menyeru pemboikotan barangan dari Negara China, selain itu menawarkan visa bagi pemimpin masyarakat Islam Urumqhi yang berada di dalam buangan di Washington, Rebiya Kadeer. Kita masih menunggu sebarang kenyataan dan tindakan pimpinan Negara kita.

Dalam kejadian terbaru di Urumqi dalam wilayah Xinjiang, dianggarkan 1,000 hingga 3,000 penunjuk perasaan berhimpun di Dataran Rakyat. Mereka membantah kematian beberapa pekerja kilang alat permainan akibat perkelahian antara kaum Uighur dengan kaum Han China pada 25 Jun lalu.

Angka kematian akibat pergaduhan antara penduduk Han Cina dan Islam Uighur meningkat kepada 184 orang. Menurut laporan BBC yang berat sebelah melaporkan bahawa jumlah kaum Han yang terbunuh adalah lebih besar dari penduduk Muslim, malah diprovok dengan laporan sebahagian yang terbunuh adalah wanita. Sedangkan sumber-sumber lain mengatakan jumlah sebenar kematian penduduk Muslim tidak didedahkan dengan sebenar.

Situasi buruk itu kelihatan berubah sedikit demi sedikit sehingga kelihatan berubah menjadi tindakan penghapusan etnik, keadaan ini memaksa majoriti umat Islam meninggalkan kawasan tersebut agar tidak disakiti dan dibunuh.

Puak Etnik Han pula berarak di jalan di sini awal minggu ini sambil memegang pisau, kapak, pisau pemotong daging dan senjata buatan lain berazam untuk membalas dendam ke atas etnik Uighur.

Dilaporkan bahawa pemberita menyaksikan samseng Han menyerang dua penduduk Uighur dalam serangan berasingan tetapi warga Uighur mendakwa banyak lagi serangan berlaku walaupun kehadiran anggota keselamatan. Polis rusuhan dan tentera terus memenuhi bandar ini.

DITINDAS PUNCA TIDAK PUAS HATI MUSLIM

Kebanyakan mereka kecewa dengan layanan kerajaan yang lebih mengutamakan penduduk majoriti daripada kaum Han. Kaum Han bukan sahaja menguasai ekonomi, tetapi juga budaya dan tradisional China. Selain itu, masjid-majsid juga telah diarahkan untuk ditutup.

Umat Islam di Xinjiang adalah penduduk asal dan menguasai wilayah Xinjiang namun kini mereka dipandang sebagai penduduk kelas kedua. Mereka ini bukan sahaja ditindas kerana agama tetapi lebih terarah kepada cubaan asimilasi dan dominasi oleh China.

Kebanyakan perniagaan dikuasai oleh penduduk Han dan rumah-rumah penduduk Uighur telah dimusnahkan untuk memberi laluan kepada kemasukan kaum Han. Kebanyakan peluang pekerjaan turut dikuasai oleh puak Han. Lebih menyedihkan budaya kaum Uighur telah diketepikan dan mereka kini umpama golongan minoriti yang terpaksa menumpang di wilayah sendiri walaupun hakikatnya adalah sebaliknya.

Kaum Uighur mengatakan kebanyakan dasar-dasar kerajaan tidak berlaku adil kepada mereka demi memberi tempat kepada penghijrahan kaum Han Cina ke wilayah Xinjiang dan ini telah menimbulkan ketegangan etnik dan menaburkan benih-benih keganasan.

Dari segi kemanusiaan penindasan sebegini tidak seharusnya berlaku. Kaum Uighur hanya mahukan keadilan dan hak mereka dikembalikan. Namun laungan mereka ini tidak mendapat sebarang pembelaan dari kerajaan China. Sesungguhnya pihak berkuasa China tidak harus menyalahkan kaum Islam Uighur sahaja dalam setiap rusuhan yang berlaku. Sebaliknya mereka perlu kembali memberikan keadilan dan kebebasan kepada penduduk asal Xinjiang ini.

Kaum Uighur ini ditindas dari menikmati hasil dari kawasan mereka seperti gas, minyak dan 121 jenis mineral dan 148 jenis yang dikeluarkan oleh China. Regim komunis di sana turut membakar buku-buku berkaitan ilmu Islam, mengganggu masjid dan berusaha menghapuskan Islam dari kawasan kaya terbabit.[2]

KESIMPULAN

Semoga kita lebih celik dengan beberapa peritiswa hitam dan pembunuhan zalim terhadap umat Islam. Penindasan umat Islam kini berada di mana-mana. Kami yang berada di UK sebenarnya turut merasai sikap perkauman yang diamalkan oleh warga Britain ini. Sebuah akhbar Islam di UK, pernah melaporkan lebih 50% pelajar Islam di sekolah-sekolah seluruh UK mengalami pengalaman dicerca dan diejek dengan bahasa perkauman dan kebencian kepada Islam.

Anak saya sendiri pernah mengalaminya ketika berada Wales dan juga di Leicester. Tudung yang dipakai oleh anak perempuan saya pernah diejek budak lelaki tahun 5 sebagai `ayam'.! Cermin tingkap rumah seorang rakan saya pernah dibaling batu oleh beberapa orang budak sekolah, demikian juga cermin belakang kereta MPV Honda saya yang pecah akibat sifat perkauman ini.

Ini adalah web yang sangat baik untuk memberikan informasi berkenaan kezaliman yang berlaku kepada Muslim di seluruh dunia, di barat khususnya. Info anti Islam di Barat .

Kalau sifat perkauman ini dikira logik di negara barat, tetapi amat malang sebenarnya ia juga wujud di Negara-negara Arab yang merasakan diri mereka lebih mulia daripada bukan arab. Pelajar Malaysia kerap diperleceh di Jordan, Mesir dan lain-lain Negara. Malah sebahagian ulama berbangsa Arab juga tidak kurang kuat sikap perkaumannya. JIka itulah di Negara umat Islam sendiri, tidak hairanlah ia berlaku di Negara bukan Islam.

Buanglah sikap perkauman yang merugikan ini, Islam tidak menghalang cinta kepada Negara dan kaum, namun mestilah ia berada di belakang cinta Allah, Rasul dan jihad di jalanNya. Firman Allah swt :-

Ertinya : Jika bapa-bapa, anak-anak, saudara-saudara, isteri-isteri, kaum keluargamu, harta kekayaan yang kamu usahakan, perniagaan yang kamu khawatiri kerugiannya, dan rumah-rumah tempat tinggal yang kamu sukai, adalah lebih kamu cintai daripada Allah dan Rasul-Nya dan (dari) berjihad di jalan-Nya, maka tunggulah sampai Allah mendatangkan keputusan-Nya. "" Dan Allah tidak memberi petunjuk kepada orang-orang fasik ( At-Taubat : 24 )

Akhirnya, sama-sama kita berdoa agar mereka yang terkorban di Xinjiang, Thailand dan Dr Marwa di beri keampunan dan diberi ganjaran yang sebaiknya oleh Allah swt. Juga buat seluruh umat Islam yang berjuang dan dizalimi sejak zaman baginda Nabi s.a.w sehinggalah kini.

Sekian
Zaharuddin Ab Rahman
www.zaharuddin. net
13 Julai 2009

Alhamdulillah...

Finally, i managed to complete my first article on dietary quality. i had submit it to my supervisor. now, just wait for the feedback. i hope it will be some good positive feedback ne...

6th sense

no..no..its not my 6th sense. im just using my nose here... its cold. n suddenly i smell some nice hot tea... somebody is making it. i think its that iranian student...

Cure for my japanaholic..

a book that is really good. thanks ein :)

Addicted

somehow, and i really dunno how and when did i got myself involved in this japan's idol and music and also their shows...which i end up getting so addicted to it. i do love to watch their shows...i love VS arashi, hey3x show, Arashi no Shukudai-kun, mago2 arashi and lots more. not to forget, their dramas too...my fav, one liter of tears and nobuta wo produce. i really love nobuta coz of it beautiful scenery...especially the scene when kame rides his bicycle...

well, am i japanaholic?? haha...

Cold

its cold here. im in my office. and seriously, its cold. no more food left on my table. ive ate it all. its cold and driving me hungry. so, no more food left. haha... i dont have any points at all for this n3. just releasing my tension here. i really wish i have an extra time so that i could enjoy myself watching confessions of a shopaholic. i had just finish reading the novel. you bet..it's really hilarious.

No title

urm no specific title actually.. i just feel like writing. so this entry is absolutely all craps...we were shocked by the death of M.J...he just passed away..the day he 'went', all the station radio were playing his songs...i dont think IKIM played it too..hehe. so there's exceptional. i also had booked ticket to bangkok for ICN conference. i didnt expect that i might go there. but Allah's will, things that u wouldnt expect, can happen ne...urm...urm...

Hiatus mode ne...

i really wish that mode was for my so-facebookgames-addiction-plus-youtube-viewing but it turns out to be hiatus for my writing...huhhh..im very good in procrastinating my jobs...thumbs up for u asma'. I had attended a full day workshop on devinfo last thurs and friday. the next day, i followed my parents sending my brother to uitm perak. he's the first from my siblings to go to uni outside Selangor..heheh..the next day, i went to surau annur for some spiritual refreshment (ustaz farid ravi was the penceramah) with kak syidah. then, accompanied her to Malacca until late evening. i dunno what im babbling here, but its just my way to get my nerves back to the writing mode. gosh, my writing mode has finally came. bye...gotta write now :)