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Raya mood...

My neighbour confided in me yesterday that he is still in the Raya mood- still reluctant to go back to work. May be ,it is due to the momentum of what we are engaged in.The First Newton's Law of Motion still applies here. Similarly ,as the last Ramadan was about to end,our working mood diminished as we looked forward to Hari Raya. Mood means a characteristic of state of feeling. And when it is related to feeling, everyone of us has our own. So,it varies from person to person...

A week of Syawal has passed by.In the coming weekends, many of us will be invited or organising Open House for our friends,relatives and business associates. As we try to get back to 'working mood',we may have forgotten Puasa Sunat.Let me remind myself first and others to allocate six dates(if you have not done so) for Puasa Sunat Syawal. Otherwise, we may get carried away with celebration of hari raya until the end of Syawal.By the way,I am talking from my experience.

Fadilatnya sabit dengan hadis Nabi s.a.w. yang bermaksud, Sesiapa yang berpuasa Ramadan kemudian mengikutinya dengan enam hari pada bulan Syawal, maka (ganjarannya) seolah-olah dia berpuasa sepanjang tahun. (Riwayat Tirmizi).

VOX

Vox is another blogging platform created by the Six Apart ,the owner of the typepad.com. It was launched on 26th Oct.,2006 and it is free. Personally,I have created one account there to give it a try.So far I like it and it is easy to set up and post text,book,photos,video etc. If you plan to start a new blog or unhappy with what you are using now,I suggest you give it a try. You can take a peek at what I did there for my hobbies.Here is the link.

Two features that I like are the direct link to my flickr.com for photos and  to amazon.com for books to be inserted while I am doing my posting.

New artificial leg

  artificial leg 
  Originally uploaded by Adibi.

The photo of the legs shown belong to my cousin who has just retired. A few months ago his left leg had to be amputated  because of his diabetic disease. I think all of us know the danger of being diabetic persons and yet we are heedless when it comes to our eating/drinking habits. Personally,I have seen how my late father almost become blind due to that disease.

Looking at my own legs which keep me moving around for more than half a century,even though not in mint condition and had "mechanical"  and "hydraulic" deficiencies ,I offered my thanks and gratitude to Allah swt.

At least, I still have my two legs and not one like my cousin.

Hacker at work?

Terrorist Attack!!!!!
Originally uploaded by mahertac.

Actually I know this guy.He lives in my house. He is just playing computer games.

Breakfast with Adipod

I am down with flu and cough.Just managed to sleep about two hours last night.Now ,I am having breakfast and grounded at home.To my friends who invited me for Open House,my apologies....now I am having a great time my new gadget-a video iPod which I called Adipod.

Video iPod

I bought my first iPod around Febuary,2003.One of the main reasons was that I could listen to Qur'an recitation on the go and it used about half GB of memory. Mine is 40GB-enough to store a few thousands songs, speaking of which, I only like to hear not more than 50 songs which I could recall the titles. Now, half of the storage is still empty. In fact, it was not only me using it, but I shared with my youngest son who was then 14 years old.

As the years went by, my son was using more and more of it, and  technically speaking if I wanted to use it, I have to borrow from him. If I could remember correctly, later Apple came out with  iPod that stores photos as well.I wanted to get the new one, but some how,I could not afford to part with a big sum of money for such a gadget. So, I just let it go...

Recently, I have been reading about video iPod and was shown how easy to use with iTunes when it comes to photos,videos,podcast and of course songs. And the price for 30GB video iPod is half the amount of what I paid for a normal iPod I bought more than three years ago.So today, I closed one eye and shut the other and bought a set of 30GB video iPod. I called it Adipod as a Hari Raya present.(The reason I have to create to justify the purchase;-)To tell you honestly,I think it is worth paying RM 1249.

To my sons, please be kindly informed that this new toy is only for the older kid (reading:me only)who must be more than 50 years to qualify using it. In case anyone interested how I used and misused my iPod previously, kindly click here .The blog was last  updated some time around September,2005 excluding today posting.

Purification of the Heart

  Purification of the Heart 
  Originally uploaded by Adibi.

A few days ago I read the book review of this book by Yasmin Ahmad in the NST. On checking the contents, I immediately bought a copy.After reading the first chapter, I classified this book as  a MUST buy for anyone who wishes to know more about the many diseases that had inflicted our hearts and looking for remedies so that we will finally have a sound heart when we return to Allah swt.

Today is the first Friday after Ramadan. As muslims/muslimahs ,we have undergone a month of training(tarbiyyah) of heart(qalbu). Let's continue to clean our hearts of all the diseases. The cleansing process is not one time affair but a continous process until we die...

Let us ponder on these two ayats:

Surah Asy-syu'arraa'

[88] The Day(of Judgement)  whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, [89] "But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;

Ladies in the mirror

And the sound of kids are deafening.It is time to leave..

Tetamu Hari Raya

 

At my sister's house

Arrived at KB