lovely FRIDAY...
today is 15th Ramadhan 1425H...there will be another 15 more days to go...alhamdulillah at this point, i still managed to perform my fasting without missing one day...yesterday, just finish my second exam...the third one is one week away...hopefully i know how to appreciate the time given...tired is the conclusion and to be able to finish my exams like how i want it to finish is going to be great...today is going to be my rest day...by the way, until now the comment letter that i submit to "The Mercury" haven't been published and they didn't reply to me about it...it's "normal" i think...ta.
p/s:i wonder how jitra look like at the moment?wish i can go there and meet my friends and visit Kuala Perlis and eat "sotong Goreng Tepung"...ermmm...delicious..
to say or not to say...
hi people...how was weekend? any crazy stuff that you did untill you feel embarrass about it...nah, just for the sake of fun, let it go...anyway, me in hobart doesn't change a lot...just the weather...warm and nice...today i went to the city...looking for stuff for my mom and my sibling...gosh, it was so hard to find the right stuff...i've been walking up and down inside Target, just to find the right stuff for my bro, sis, mom and for my girl...wish i can bring them here and let them do the decision...duh, it is tiring...anyway, i end up my journey around the city by visiting my friend art exhibition in the art school...impressive eventhough its not a big one.
i'm intrested more in painting and visual art such as photography, oil and canvas painting, pastel drawing and anything that similar to it...later after that, catch a bus and went back home, clean myself and went out again to my friend house for dinner...sighh...it's a long day for me today...after hibernating myself like a polar bear for the past 48 hours...anyway, i enjoy the walk around the city today...
by the way, early this morning, after i finish my sahur and my subuh prayer...i did something that i've never done before...sent a comment to newspaper company, commenting about their article where i feel it doesn't relevant to the topic...wow, what a great experience for me...i'm not sure whether, are they going to publish it or not but i feel that i have done something right...
you can check out the article at :
"Malays tackle steep learning curve"
By SIMON BEVILACQUA, Sunday Tasmanian, Sunday 24 October '04
i respond to this article because i feel responsible for it...the way the report is being brought up is not relevant to the title given and they also make a "silly" mistake by (in the printed version of newspaper where you can't find it in the e-newspaper) stating the current King for Malaysia is HRH Yang di-Pertuan Agung Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Al-Marhum Hisamuddin Alam Shah and not HRH Yang di-Pertuan Agung Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail.
to me, it's a shamed for them for not doing their "homework" regarding this matter before they do the publishing and how come they can missed this during the editing session.
here are the copy of the letter or comment that i've send to them early this morning :
Referred to the article "Malays tackle steep learning curve" dated 24 October 2004 in the Sunday Tasmanian. As a Malaysian Malay, the word "Malay" in the headline actually caught my attention in the first place. According to the Microsoft Encarta 2004, Malay is defined as "people of Malays; relating to the Malay people, or their language or culture. Here, I would like to share some information of my country with you.
In the article, the object (refers to CHING Ling Yee) had described herself as Chinese Malaysian. Therefore, the word 'Malays' in the headline is deemed not appropriate. In fact, it should be written as 'Malaysians'. Malaysia is a melting pot of various culture and different races such as Malay, Chinese, Indians and etc living harmoniously in one country. Thus, the object's thoughts do not represent the Malays society in terms of culture, values and beliefs.
Also, our national language is known as Bahasa Malaysia throughout the world and not Bhasa Melayu as per stipulated in the article.
By the way, our present King is HRH Yang di-Pertuan Agung Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail. For your information, HRH Yang di-Pertuan Agung Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Al-Marhum Hisamuddin Alam Shah (as per mentioned in the article "Nation's power players") had passed away about 3 years ago on 22 November 2001.
Truly Malaysian,
Hirman SALIM
3rd year Electrical Engineering Student
University of Tasmania
anyway, don't get me wrong about this thing...i'm doing this because, i feel disagree with what the article says about this matter...and anybody is free to comment my action or my respond...because you got the right to say something about it...anyway, need to go and get some sleep...got a group discussion tomorrow...don't want to be late...to everyone, have a nice day...ta.
p/s:to comment doesn't mean that i'm good enough...i'm a human equip with weaknesses...to make an eror, is something i can't avoid...but i can't hide my concern...sorry is what i can say as i don't want to hurt anybody...
leader of the "future"...
anyway, it's not my word...just quote it from the e-newspaper, words by former Prime Minister of Malaysia,Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed...read it, digest it and think about it...
"In our country, in the past people actually tried to avoid becoming a leader because of the responsibilities but now everybody wants to be a leader to the point of using money. So we are going to have weaker and weaker leaders. A good leader is one who stands up for his principles even if it results in his being thrown out of the party. But today we find everybody is scared of losing his opportunity and that is bad. Somebody who is willing, at all costs, to become a leader is a bad leader. You should not choose him at all. "
"Retired or not, Mahathir is still in his element", The Star, Tuesday October 19, 2004
...ta.
p/s:leaders, to steer a country is not easy as it see...responsibility is a great gift...use it wisely...
oil...oil...oil...should we be scared with it?
hi people...me here good i think...not much happening...today i just hand in my last assignment for this semester...glad that i finished early this time...no more rushing or have to run like crazy just to submit my assignment...
anyway, i'm just browsing the internet after finishing formating my "lovely" computer...something happen to my computer where it prevent me from viewing some web page...even i can't view my gmail acount eventhough i'm inside it...funny though...
anyway, something intresting caught me while i'm browsing the internet...it's about the effect of the increase global oil price...not into it that much but i would like to know something about it...so end up with this website which provide you some report done by this agency...you can check it out if you are intrested to know about this oil price stuff at
www.iea.org/Textbase/Papers/2004/High_Oil_Prices.pdf
at the moment i haven't finish reading it...but hope that it will be intresting...yeah...scary to know about it...hope that thing will turn better slowly...anyway, not much for this time...ta.
p/s:the oil "tank" is emptying...is there any solution to it???
When it comes to Ramadhan...
hi people...how are you guys out there? enjoying the weekend to the max?...i hope so...me last night went to a halloween party organise by a friend...it was good though...
thanks mate!!!...anyway, today is my first day of fasting...as for other muslim around the globe, they already started yesterday...but for Tassie, we start today...this is according to the decision made by the Muslim Council in Tasmania...but it is good to be in Ramadhan again...to be able to "fast" for the whole 1 months of Ramadhan is a great thing...so for us in Tassie, today is our 1st of Ramadhan for the year 1425 for Hijri calendar...
Here are some brife explanation about Ramadhan and what is fasting is all about taken from ABC News on the internet dated on October 15, 2004:
What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from the break of dawn to sunset. It is a 29-day period culminating with the festival, Eid ul-Fitr, or Feast of the Fast-breaking.
When does Ramadan begin and end?
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, so the beginning and the end of the period is based on the sightings of the moon. Given the diversity of the Islamic faith, which comprises a number of sects spread around the globe, the sightings have been a cause for much deliberation and some confusion.
Some Muslim communities, especially in Scandinavian countries, where the winter weather can make a sighting difficult, simply follow the dates set by Saudi Arabia or the ones put forth by scholars at Egypt's Al-Azhar University, the Islamic world's oldest and most prestigious university.
But for most Muslims, the sighting of the crescent-shaped new moon in the evening sky marks the start and end of Ramadan.
ABC News on Ramadan: A Time for Fasting and Prayer - Muslims Mark Holy Month With Prayer, Fasting — and Sometimes Nocturnal Overeating
Anyway, this is part of the article by ABC News and you should read the whole article before you made any assumption about what is Ramadhan is all about and there is more if you check the website at
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90195&page=1
i'm not saying that this article is right or wrong but i hoped that people who are reading it should not try to understand about Ramadhan and the practice of fasting just base on this article...i suggest that, go and search about it from other sites too as i dont want to create any misunderstanding to anyone...
By the way, anyone who are intrested to know more about Ramadhan and the thing behind it, you visit this address at :
http://www.islamweb.net/eramadan/index.htm
anyway i miss the feeling of performing my fasting in my country...realy miss it...this is my first time having to perform my fast away from where i belong and away from my family...sad but this going to be a great experience, i reckon...by the way, i want to wish all muslim
Happy Fasting and appreciate this month as you will discover the great thing about this month while going through it...
ok then, thats all for now...in few hours time, i'll be breaking my fast...need to finish my assignmment and then prepare for the break-fasting dinner...ta.
p/s:at the moment, i miss my family, friends and my girl and i wish i can be at home and perform my fast with them...to all of them...i miss and i loved you all so much...
out you go...
i've been kicked out from a computer lab due to tutorial class...not sure whether the lab will be full or not but that guy who kicked us out is really sh**...most of us who are inside that lab was trying to finish our assignment that due today before 5 p.m...and we are in a hurry...that guy really make me and the rest pissed off...ta.
p/s:sorry for this but sometimes when you are in my "shoe", you will understand how hard it is to find out that you are sharing the same thing with 100 people...nah...but anyway, it's always my fault who wait till last minute...
;)....;>....
the weather is damn beutiful....and the word damn is not supposed to be there...let me re-phrase that...the weather is SO beutiful...after living for seven months in Hobart, this is the first time i'm wearing a t-shirt to school...just only t-shirt...with pants as well...hahahaha...it is warm enough...around 21 to 23 degree i think...hope that the following days, thing will be the same, i mean the weather...not the things happening around...today,i feel like at home...waaaa...dont think like want to talk about HOME at the moment.
by the way, i'm already sick with my assignment...can't wait for the holiday to come...summer...warm...relax...find a part time job...get some cash and travel at the end of the holiday...but where???
anyway, hobart people....enjoy the weather...ta.
p/s:home is where i belong but funny to find out that i spend more time outside....
think...not stink...part 2
Penat hamba menanam ubi
Ramai berladang nenas di seberang
Penat hamba menabur budi
Emas jua dipandang orang
think...not stink...part 1
hey ya...happy weekend...???...anyway just want to wish everyone happy weekend...hahaha.
currently, me hearing to "stairways to heaven" by Led Zeppelin...sigh...sigh...the days gone so fast...cant even blink my eye...all i know, the time keep on changing like nobody business...and it is even worst for tasmania...we are already in "daylight saving time"...a month faster than the mainland...feel like want to cry....waaaa.
anyway, how was your weekend people? satisfied with what have you done for the past 48 hours? nah, sunday is not end yet....ok, for the past 36 hours then...me, still struggling with assignment and preparation for my up coming exam.
yesterday i phone home...talk to my mom...long conversation...during the conversation, i was almost cried...it happen so sudden...the felling is mix up...sad, happy and many more...i dont know why i want to cry...hearing to my mom voice really make me feel comfortable...and i cant think what will happen to me if she is not here anymore...sad is the best description...i dont know...we quarelled sometime...but still, mom is the best person you will ever had...like what i said before
"appreciate what we have,once we lost it...the replacement wont be the same"...
anyway, i must go now...need to continue my assignment...will scrath again later...ta.
p/s:without wing, we cant fly...without leg, we cant walk...but without heart....we are useless...
four : thirty six
hi people...me here fine...nothing much happening...try to work out some thing...like, completing my assignment...currently i'm hearing music from The Vines...they are great specially the bassist...he play a great bass tune...hope that they will come down to Hobart...i thought they come from UK but not...they are from Sydney...check their web at http://www.thevines.com/ ...at the moment i like TV Pro song...i like how the bass sound...very nice...wish i can play it just like that...anyway, wont scratch long...got something to do after this...its cloudy and the wind is strong in Hobart...but it is nice...not that warm and not that cold...anyway...thats all for now...ta.
p/s:instead of becoming an engineer, i'm considering on other option...any suggestion...
the sun shine on us...
hi people...how are you today?sounds a bit weird....but anyway, i'm feeling good...nice to see the weather...its not frequent for us in Hobart to experince this kind of weather...thank to GOD for all this...by the way, the same thing is going to happen in 19 days from now...oppss...17 days actually...i will experience it 2 times a year for the next coming two years...hopefully for this one, i will get through it well...at this moment, some progress had been done...next week i got an assignment need to submit...a big one...still unfinished and have no clue when it will finish...anyway, just want to greet everyone "have a nice and pleasent day"...enjoy it while we are allowed to...i miss my family at the moment and i miss my girl too...hoped that i can meet them soon...anyway, thats all for now...will scratch again if i got time to sit down and open my computer and fill the empty spaces in my blog...see ya and chill everybody...ta.
p/s:want to be able to fly and go around the world...at the moment i've been questioning myself what i want to be and i'm afraid that the answer is not what i look for...wish i can rewind everything and make it a better one this time...
finger that point...
it remind me of the song by THE CRANBERRIES - No need to argue...people...listen, digest, think and speak...any action that we made, there is always a pros and cons behind it...ta.
p/s:to be able to correct a mistake is easy, to be able to find a mistake is much more easier but to able to handle and accept it properly is another part of it...pointing finger is always bad when it point out to some else and not to you yourself...
chocolate biscuit and a cup of coffee...
stuck....thats all i can describe my situation at the moment...want to cry lar...people, sometime when we stuck in the middle of the road and we know what kind of obstacle we are facing with, is much more easier rather than get stuck in the middle of a question and doesn't know what is the obstacle....brain lock!!!
hahahahahahaha...........
p/s:isk...isk...isk....crying with no tears....
sad but fact is always there...
i dont know how this thing happen...suddenly it come across in my mind...i find out that sometimes people can be so selfish...no matter how hard we try to pleased them...they still didn't realise...i dont know...how to deal with people who only thinks about them self...logic and commonsense should work together...but sometimes people tend to ignore commonsense but hold only on logics...due to personal needs, we ignore other people feeling and responsibilities...its not that easy to carry responsibilities, but people will not accept it and judge us by saying "dont follow the book to much"...but when it comes to take the blame or face the consequence...then only the finger will be pointing at you...thats it...had enough of it before...one thing...because of misunderstanding...you can loose your friend, your country, your family or your people...
p/s:to be able to take blame and face the consequence....sigh..sigh..
when there is nothing to do...
hi people...the title tell the truth...eventhough at the moment i'm counting my day to final exam...and yet, still lazy to open my book and start reading...currently, tv is playing Toy Story 2...while updating this blog, i'm watching it but didn't pay much attention...
life goes on as usual...nothing happen if you didn't create anything...later this afternoon...went out to city and took some shot...just got my new camera...not a new one actually...bought it from eBay...it's a SLR camera...manufacture by RICOH...model XR-1s...very old one...can't afford to buy a digital camera at the moment...i lost my digital camera last month...it's a gift...from all my friends in Tasmania...and due to my careless, i lost it...a bit sad...wrong...so sad to know i lost it...
anyway, this camera is still new to me...going to developt the negative and see the result...hopefully the outcome is good...anyway, i wont say much about the camera or else i'll be start thinking about the camera i lost...
just change the look of my blog...and after this i'm going to cook dinner and start reading after that...will post something again soon...happy weekend and take care people...ta.
p/s:appreciate what we have,once we lost it...the replacement wont be the same.
