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Writing is a need?

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Originally uploaded by Adibi

Yes,it is to me.I write everyday in my notebook journal and nowadays,with Facebook and blogs and emails and sms,I type almost daily.Writing is just like reading and eating-what is more important is what we read,what we eat and what we write..

Here is a note I cut and past from Havana Notebook website to share some nice words with my friends and readers..

"Writing is a need. We write to leave our mark, the memory of our life.

We write to express our thoughts, passions, and feelings... everything we experienced. We put together our story and pass it down.

As the activities increase in our fast-paced lives, we are always looking for more time for ourselves. Time to take a real break, focus on our well-being, and experience a unique moment.

Express yourself, your more intimate thoughts, your wildest dreams in a Habana Notebook."

Note on photo: My friends who share my passion in using moleskine notebook.

Will Ops Sikap 23 be better or worse?

Below is bad news!!!

As the nation struggled over the last 22 Ops Sikap,and the deadly figures kept increasing.Is there a hope that this year Ops Sikap 23 will reduce the accidents?Looking at the way some Malaysians drivers driving their cars and the motor cyclists rode their bikes,I am still pessimistic.I would be glad and grateful if I am wrong.

Two questions as usual when things are not right.

1.Are we doing the right thing in Ops Sikap?

2.Are we doing them right?

May I suggest that the experts go back to the drawing board and redesign the new game plan to combat this human menace on the roads.

News from Utusan>

ARKIB : 27/01/2011

6,872 kematian sepanjang 2010

 

Oleh ILAH HAFIZ AZIZ
[email protected]

KUALA LUMPUR 26 Jan. - Angka kematian akibat kemalangan jalan raya di seluruh negara semakin membimbangkan apabila ia mencatatkan peningkatan 127 kematian iaitu 6,745 kematian pada 2009 kepada 6,872 kematian sepanjang tahun lalu.

Pengarah Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam, Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar (gambar) berkata, peningkatan jumlah kemalangan maut juga membimbangkan.

Menurutnya, jumlah kemalangan maut meningkat kepada 6,260 kes sepanjang tahun lalu berbanding 6,218 kes pada tahun sebelumnya.

Sepanjang tahun lalu, katanya, sejumlah 414,421 kes kemalangan jalan raya dicatatkan, yang mana angka tersebut mengalami peningkatan sebanyak 4.3 peratus berbanding 397,330 kes pada 2009.

"Untuk itu, dalam Ops Sikap kali ini, polis mensasarkan penurunan lima peratus kemalangan daripada 14,183 kemalangan yang berlaku semasa operasi perayaan Tahun Baru Cina tahun lepas, yang mencatatkan 201 kematian," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas melancarkan Ops Sikap Ke-23 sempena sambutan Tahun Baru Cina di Ibu Pejabat Persada Plus Expressways Berhad (PLUS) dekat sini hari ini.

Turut hadir, Pengerusi PLUS, Tan Sri Mohd. Sheriff Mohd. Kassim dan Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan, Datuk Solah Mat Hassan.

Sepanjang Ops Sikap Ke-23 yang bermula esok sehingga 10 Februari depan, polis akan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap pemanduan yang melebihi had laju dan tidak mematuhi isyarat lampu merah, selain kesalahan memotong garisan berkembar, memotong barisan serta menggunakan lorong kecemasan.

Dalam perkembangan itu, Khalid memberitahu, pihak polis dan badan-badan lain yang terlibat akan menjalankan penguatkuasaan secara tegas sepanjang kempen Ops Sikap kali ini.

"Rondaan trafik dan sekatan jalan raya juga akan dipertingkatkan selain memberikan nasihat kepada pesalah trafik supaya mereka sentiasa berhemah dan berhati-hati," katanya.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya akan menggunakan 19 menara pemerhati untuk membuat pemantauan di jalan-jalan persekutuan dan lebuh raya.

"Orang ramai juga boleh melayari Facebook atau ke laman web PDRM (Polis Diraja Malaysia) untuk mengetahui lokasi yang berbahaya di seluruh negara supaya mereka lebih berhati-hati ketika memandu," katanya.

 

My first ride alone..

My son Munir promised to ride with me this morning but he was not feeling well when I woke him up at 6:30am.So I decided to try my luck,hoping that a few of my close friends will join me.When I arrived at Taman Warisan Pertanian(TWP),I did not see any body except two roadies getting their bike ready.Anyway,I sent my sms to my friends only just 1.5 hrs before the event.In fact,I planned to ride at PCM last night but I was tired,so I changed my mind to ride today-to live the good old days where my MTB riding buddies meet at TWP led by Kol Azudin and we roamed Putrajaya like kids running loose with their new bicycles..

This morning,I rode alone for 17km in 1 hr 21min.Along the Promenade,I met six cyclists-two adults and two boys and a couple.As I rode I heard the whiz of winds passing by my ears and the birds chirping on the trees.At the bird sanctuary next to P16,I stopped and watched the orthonological specimen of the same plumage congregate on the trees located on an island.A weird thought came over me....it must be great fun to be one those birds;-)

As I approched P18,I saw an elderly gentleman(older than me) was sitting on the bench facing the lake and he was reading newspapers.Next to the bench,I saw a bicycle parked nearby.It was really cool...Next time,I will come here with my wife and sit there reading morning papers like him and sipping my kopi kaw with some karipap;-)

As I was about to finish my cycling,I told myself to be ready of my old age when many a time I will be alone..C'est la vie.Have a good weekend everyone.

Below is the route I took:

Erosion of faith(iman)

Erosion along Pantai Irama ,Bachok
Originally uploaded by Adibi

During his kuliyyah magrib at Masjid Al-Hasanah  last Monday night,Prof Dr Hashim Mihat mentioned that many of our rising social illnesses and moral decadence were the subsequent outcomes of our society's lack or diminishing faith in Allah swt.The behaviours reflect the iman.

Just look at the photo of a tree located near the sea.Everyday,the raging waves of sea water attack the base of the tree and and the roots get exposed.It is a matter of time the tree will collapse into the sea...Likewise,the enemies of Islam are just like those waves;everyday our faith are being attacked and slowly we get drifted away...

The enemies of Islam will not come to convert us,but slowly and continuously they will create 'entertainments' to seduce us away from our faith and without converting to their religions,we will be thinking and behaving like them.

Let us protect our faith and those under our care.

A sketch on Flight AK5293

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Originally uploaded by Adibi

I was on flight AK 5293 from Kota Bharu to KLIA LCCT last Saturday evening.The flight took off at at about 7:15pm and I had the opportunity to see the glowing fading light of the sun as the sun starting to go down the horizon.It was a beautiful sight until about 7:45pm when the glow of the light began to diminish away...

As usual,I took out my moleskine notebook and started to write and do some sketch.I added the colours later.

Below is a shot taken by my son  of one evening in front of my house.. 

A gift from my kampung folk..

21012011-A gift from my kampung folk..
Originally uploaded by Adibi

During my recent 'balik kampung',my mother showed me this 'kelewan'.The handle is made of copper and I told my mother I like it .She said it is mine.What a lovely suprise!!!

According to my mother,it was given as a gift from a friend of my late father as a form of his gratitude to my father.It is his way of saying thank you by giving away what he treasured.

I was born in a kampung called Pondok Beris in ealry 50's and grew up as a kid there until the end of 1964.After that I grew up at boarding schools for the next 8 years.The life in the kampung during those years were not that safe.Most men carry personal weapons with them.This is one of those...

After more than 50 years since we achieved our Merdeka (Independence) from Britain,we are now no better than 50 years ago as far as public safety is concerned-may be worse.By the way nowadays,I also carry a small knife-something like this one;-)

Kasih ibu..

Setelah tiga hari bersama ibu saya di kampung hujung minggu lepas,tibalah masa saya bersiap-siap untuk memasukkan pakaian saya kedalam beg untuk pulang.Ibu saya memberi dua bungkus makanan untuk dibawa pulang.Apabila saya bertanya,"Makanan apa ni Mek?",beliau menjawab makanan kegemaran saya sejak kecil"[ketupat yang dibungkus dalam daun palas dan bubur 'asyura]."Dah hampir sebulan Mek simpan tunggu Dib balik!".Begitulah ingatan dan kasih ibu kepada kita...

Persoalan untuk diri kita yang masih ada ibu dan bapa.Adakah kita juga begitu terhadap ibu dan bapa kita?

Akhir tahun lepas,saya ziarah kawan saya di Johor.Beliau pulang dari London berbulan-bulan untuk menjaga ibunya yang sudah tua dan uzur.Tabik spring,Pak Unggal.

Lest we forget..

 

 

Insanely great..

Sound familiar? If you are a macuser or a iPad owner,you know straight away who uses this phrase in his presentation.Yes,it is Mr Steve Jobs.Now he is on leave and some stakeholders especially shareholders are worried where Apple is going because the driver is not on the driver's seat!

Let us come back to what I am going to blog about.It is nothing new.It is about giving a good presentation-whoever you are,wherever you and whenever you are.I have both the experience of being the presenter and the listener in the audience.When it comes insanely great presention,Mr Jobs leads the way.There is only one Mr Jobs ,just like there was only one P Ramlee,but ordinary folks like you and me who give talks or briefings should learn something from great performers.The best is to learn from the best.If we can't learn from the man himself,at least we can read how he did it,again and again.

Personally,I have a lot of experience listening to boring talks and presentations.How I wish they could do this and this to improve themselves.On hindsight,may be others also have got bored listening to my talks or presentations.So yesterday,I bought myself a book entitled The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs.InsyaAllah I will try harder to do better at my next talk.Of course,not insanely great like Mr Jobs,but it has to be better than the previous one.

With family and friends..

All praises to my Lord,Allahu Rabbul 'Alamin for giving me another chance to have a great day with my mother,son and classmate at Pantai Irama,Bachok Kelantan.Every time,I 'balik kampung',I will go and jog at the beach either with relatives,friends or alone.Last Friday,I was blessed-my mother wanted to come along and when I was there I met my classmate when we were in Std 6 in 1964!

First,my son and me attended to my mother who wished to be 'buried' up to her waist on the beach.My son stayed with her to enjoy the morning sun and I ran(actually walking 80%) with my friends.Three of us in are our 50's.As we walked,we talked about the old days when we were kids roaming the kampung and the beach..

Later, we had our nasi belauk and nasi dagang at Kubang Golok.

The next day,at 7am I got a call from my friend and he invited me to run again with him.We did 4.5km and have great fun-again!It was a full-filling weekend for me with joys and food.Again,thank you my Lord!

To my friends and readers,have a great Sunday.

Red cactus flower

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Originally uploaded by Adibi

This flower caught my attention this morning.So,I snapped it and posted here to share with my fellow readers..

One of my favourite subjects to take photos is flower.They come in all shapes,textures and colours.The beauty of the flowers always make me wonder how such beauties could come from the plants and the earth???

As I grow older,I am more aware of the Creator than the creations.Subbhanallah.