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Salam all, "A hallucination , in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus . In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space." Wow! How about it? Sound sooo academic??? Not really as I took the definition from Wikipedia. As an academician, I do not accord the Wiki as a reliable source of information. The authentication of the authors are unknown. However, I would turn to Wiki for a fast and simple definition of terms. Why the talk about hallucination all of sudden?? The story goes .... Yesterday, Monday, first day of the week. I have lined up task to be completed for the day. There were about six tasks to be completed. I reached the office, and, as usual will check the emails especially the .salam.uitm.emails as I do not have thi

Salam all, Listen to this if you have the time. It's beautiful. I will try to find its meaning so that we can appreciate it more. We had the opportunity to watch this at the Masjid last night. UPDATE ======= Found the lyric and translation on the internet. A cut-n-paste from: http://www.rawatanislam2u.com/2012/01/qasidah-yahanana-dan-maksudnya.html BETAPA BERUNTUNGNYA KAMI.... YA HANANA.. Teks Qasidah Yahanana. YaHanana Zhoharoddinul mu’ayyad bizuhurin Nabi Ahmad… 2x Yahanana bi Muhammad.. Dzalikal fadhlu minallah… Yahanana… 8x Khusso bissab’il ma tsaani Wahawaa luthfal ma’aani maa lahu fil kholqi tsaani wa ‘alaihi anzalallah Yahanana.. Min makkatin lamma zhohar Liajlihin syaqqol qomar Waftakhorot aalu mudhor Bihi ‘alaa kullil anam Yahanana… Athyabunna sikholqon Wa ajallunnasi kholqon Dzikruhu ghorban wa syarqon Sa ‘iru walhamdulillah Yahanana… Shollu ‘ala khoiril anam Almushthofaa badrittamam Shollu ‘alaihi wasallimmu Yasy fa’ lana yaumaz

Salam all, Various program has been lined up to attract muslimin and muslimat to masjid. The program "Cinta Masjid" was organized by TV alHijrah at various masjid and currently is going on at Masjid Shah Alam. We had the opportunity to be there last night. We went after Isya' solat. Our intention was just to see how things are and what is going on. And last night was a live telecast of the program 'Selangor Berselawat' aired on TV alHijrah. It was a new experience to my kids. The performer was was reciting Qasidah - a beuatiful narration song in a special rhythm to praise the Prophet Muhammad as a show of love to the prophet. It was beautifully composed. We can feel the love for Rasulallah SAW filled the room. As well as his love to his follower. To love is to do whatever the loved ones told us to do. To love is to do whatever the loved ones do. Therefore, lets live according to the hadis (Rasulallah's words) and sunnah (hiis doings). Wallahua'lam.

Salam all, June 12, there was a talk given by no other, the 1998 Nobel Prize winner in Medicineμ Prof Dr Ferid Murad. I had always wanted to go even if it was not made compulsory. It is an opportunity not to be missed, to listen to the Nobel prize winner himself, in person. Maybe there is something that I could learn from him. The talk was scheduled to begin at 9am till 11am. I have a class at 10.30am. A delayed class will not ruin anything as that is going to be my last class. I reached the DATC compound at about 9am and thought that I was late. As I approach the hall, I can see many people were still outside the hall. Some are enjoying the packed breakfast provided while some are chatting among themselves. Whats going on? I registered myself and later was informed that the program will begin at about 9.30am as the audient are still pouring in and this might disrupt the talk. I find myself a seat and start browsing the internet. It was already 10.30am and the program hasn'

Salam all. Saturday, 9/6. Its a wonderful breezy morning. Peaceful. The sound of the waves is really soothing. Comforting the mind and soul. Alhamdulillah. Allah has created a wonderful a peaceful place for us to live. The endless sea lays ahead. The wave never tires to come to the shore. Everything created with purpose. For us to think. If we find this wonderful, wait for the jannah that is created for the obedient servant. Lets strive to place ourselves in His jannah. School holiday is coming to the end. Here we are at a stopover before proceeding to Dungun to send Atikah to school to continue her quest on becoming the achiever. It is surely a full of happenings for the kids during this school holiday with their first week of school holiday spent as 'kampung chaps' in the kampung, followed by another lazy-stay-home days and concluded with a short vacation at the seaside (as promised). Thank you Allah. This wonderful life was bestowed upon us for us to continue to show o

Salam all. 'Where's my water' is a game that my kids enjoy playing. But, I am not going to discuss about the game today. Have you ever encountered this situation. "Woke up in the morning, turn on the tap just to find that there's no running water."?. It happened to us this morning. A call to the helpdesk and were informed that one of the major pipe burst and water disruption occurs in several parts of the town. Oh!!! What should we do? Alhamdulillah we survived the wudhuk with 2 bottles of mineral water provided by the hotel management. The rest of toilet acitivites will have to wait. Whenever one of His nikmat (gift) is temporarily on hold, everything shattered. "Maka yang mana satukah nikmat Tuhan kamu yang kamu dustakan": ar-Rahman. Wassalam.

Salam all, As usual before leaving the office, I will peep (too many peeping for a day) into my pigeon hole for any letter hoping for something interesting (like what???). Yes, there was a letter sit steadily in the hole. I grabbed it, it looks formal, opened it, and. .. I SMILE. I was earlier counting days for 2013 to come and now here comes another appointment letter for another post which lasted till 2014. As one senior colleague, a Professor,  said to me,"take it as an appreciation of your capability". And I said. .....  ?#/*%@&±°+「」"! .... I am speechless. Wassalam.

Salam all, I read this update. I was so touched. It was referring to an FB post about Bapak. Halim Nasir is an ustaz whom lecture Bapak regularly attended to. May Allah blessesd Bapak with Maghfirah. And again, unstoppable tears flow down the cheek .... Wassalam.

Salam all, I received many SMSes from my many caring friends, asking how I am doing now. I am smiling, laughing, joking with students, but honestly, when I was left alone, the memories keep coming, flashing into me, and unnoticingly, unavoided, my tears dropped down, rolling on my cheek. I know that THIS time will come and I thought I was ready for THIS, but I am not. I missed Bapak so much. Before this, I will frequently call Mak asking for Bapak's condition, and listened to his voice in the background, but now, I could only hear Mak's somber voice. Gone are the cheerful voice to accept our greetings. "Mak, please be strong, we need you. We want you to be healthy and cheerful as ever." Bapak's last word that I heard, "Pi pi lah ..." (pergi lah as an answer to Mak's question whether he wants to go to the hospital or not on that final day) is now like a music to me. I do not wish to erase it from my memory, I want to hold tight to it because I

Salam all, It's Wednesday. The third day after a week long break from the office. Two classes completed, two meetings attended. And many more tasks are lined-up to be completed. I did not intend to update the blog as yet. Especially not in the office even though during lunch time. But when asked to peeped into a blog of a colleague, to read the issue that is quite 'hot' being mentioned, I cannot resist updating my own blog. Not many of my colleagues know that I am a blogger myself. I really like to write, however, time does not permits me to regularly update the blog. At times, I have tonnes (tons) of things to share, but I keep that in my mind, composed it in my mind hoping to share it, unfortunately my fingers never reach the keyboard to type it out. Re-reading my own blog is somehow very interesting. At times, I will smile while reading and there are times when I could not stop my tears from falling. Re-reading my own blog refreshes things occurred past days, through

Salam all, It has been a week my kids and me in 'kampung'. And it has been 13 days Bapak left us for another stage of the journey, its the 'alam barzah'. Its a transit prior to the final day 'alam akhirat', the hereafter. These are the stages that everybody will have to go through in order to reach their two fold destination, 'Menuju Destinasi'. Whether its a 'jannah' or its 'a hell'. Everybody wants the jannah as Allah has promised us the most beautiful and nice place to be forever. And hell was designed as a torturerst place to be for those who disobeyed Allah and Rasul. And Allah the Greatest, the most Merciful is so forgiving that whoever has done wrongdoing and repent, they will be forgiven. Therefore, let us consistently seek His forgiveness and repent for all our wrongdoings abd always strive to be better each day. Coming back to the title, while at the kampung, I come across this flyer that brings a message that is very releva