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On being a warrior..

Let me share with you a note from a booklet entitled Warrior of Light-A Manual written by Paulo Coelho:

The Warrior of Light sometimes behaves like water,flowing through the obstacle he encounters.Occasionally resistance may means destruction,and so he adapts to the circumtances.He accepts without complaints,that the stones in his path hinders his way through the mountains.

Therein lies the strength of water.It cannot be touched by a hammer or ripped to a shred by a knife.The strongest sword in the world cannot scar its surface.

The river adapts itself to whatever route proves possible, but the river never forget its one objective,the sea.So fragile at its source,it gradually gathers strength of other rivers it encounters.

And after a certain point,its power is absolute.

Floria 2013

First,let me thank Allah for His mercy on me and my family to let us visit and enjoy the flower festival.Second,the organiser Perbadanan Putrajaya and last but not least the sponsors and contributors.

If it is not affected by the haze for a few days,this is almost perfect flower expo for me.Another expo that always linger in my memory was Floria 2010.

This flower festival is full of contents and great ideas.IMHO,we should document these event to enable the public to apply these ideas/creations to create their own gardens in their own homes and neighbourhoods.Personally,I love to live in the garden here and in the Hereafter,insyaAllah.

This show is ON  until 30th June,2013.You have two days more to go.I have been there three times.

Photo Note: The worker is watering the 300-metre long vertical garden.

Description of Heaven in the Quran

Throughout our lives, we strive to believe in and serve Allah, with the ultimate goal of being admitted to heaven (jannah). We hope that our eternal lives will be spent there, so of course people are curious about what it is like. Only Allah knows, but He describes some of it for us in the Quran. What will heaven be like?

Pleasure of AllahOf course, the greatest reward in Heaven is receiving Allah's pleasure and mercy. This honor is saved for those who believe in Allah and strive to live in accordance with His guidance. The Quran says: "Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things Far better than those? For the righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord... and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are (all) His servants" (3:15). "Allah will say: This is a day in which the truthful will profit from their truth. Theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath - their eternal Home. Allah is well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is the great salvation" (5:119).

Greetings of "Peace!"Those who enter Heaven will be greeted by angels with words of peace. In Heaven, one will have only positive emotions and experiences; there will be no hatred, anger, or upset of any kind. "And We shall remove from their breasts any hatred or sense of injury" (Quran 7:43). "Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring. Angels shall enter from every gate (with the salutation): 'Peace be with you, that you persevered in patience! Now how excellent is the final home!" (Quran 13:23-24). “They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin. But only the saying of: 'Peace! Peace!'" (Quran 56:25-26).

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All of us wants to go to Heaven when we die.Herewith I attached an article about the Heaven as related in the Qur'an.The word Jannah means garden and everyone loves to walk in the garden and to have a garden by their house.Personally,I love to live in the house within the garden.
However,do we have what it takes to go to Heaven for muslims?

Just ponder on what it is like to be in The Jannah as mentioned in the Qur'an and let us work for it.By the way,it is the mercy of Allah only that can get us admitted to His Heaven.

Jerebu

Beberapa hari yang lepas kita mengalami suasana jerebu yang amat tidak sihat.Saya ternanti-nanti hujan turun..Suasana pagi ini ternampak lebih baik.InsyaAllah kita berdu'a dan berharap jerebu akan beredar segera..Daripada pengalaman cuaca buruk,kita akan lebih dapat menilai rahmat cuaca baik saperti dalam gambar ini.Apabila kita berpuasa sepanjang hari,kita akan merasa nikmat yang tidak terkata yang amat sangat bila kita berbuka dengan segelas air sejuk biasa.Begitu juga dengan nikmat 'adl.Mereka yang dizalimi akan lebih memberi nilai tinggi kerana mereka lebih mengerti maknanya.Begitu jugalah dengan nikmat ilmu,iman dan ibadah..

Orange sun created by Haze

Baca Ceria in Putrajaya

Every month,we have Langkah Ceria to get more people to walk and Kayuhan Ceria to get more people to ride in Putrajaya.More and more people are taking part and this augurs well for healthy lifestyle.Congratulations to Perbadanan Putrajaya.As one of the  early bike riders in Putrajaya(way back in Aug,2008),I am very happy to see it is happening and progressing well-not only in Putrajaya but all over the country.Alhamdulilah.

 

So far we  have sport and entertainment actvities being promoted and sponsored.Next,if I may be allowed to think aloud is The Festival of Reading in the form of Baca Ceria.From my observation,the National Month of Reading is forgotten in the following eleven months.I have a suggestion where once a month, we have a reading picnic where parents and their children come to The Promenade(located next to The Souq) or any other beautiful places and read books by the lakeside.They also can have their own family picnic potluck-style but the Perbadanan Putrajaya provides free books to read or through sponsors or on lend from public libraries or bookshops.

 

May I have your comments and better suggestions.InsyaAllah,I will be meeting the President of Putrajaya soon.Wish me luck.

 Herewith I attach a few nice places to read books in Putrajaya.

The haze..

Yesterday,the haze  got worse.I could smell the polluted air in my own house! It happened about almost years ago-it was very bad then.But now, we Malaysians had to suffer again the irresponsible actions of our neighbours who keep on burning their forests. We had protested through diplomatic channels and through a demostration before.And yet,has our neighbour Indonesia  learnt their lessons? I am not against the Indonesian people but those culprits who could not care less about the effects on others arising from their actions.

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Now, it is here again...The above note I wrote about seven years about the unhealthy haze from Indonesia..and many of us are suffering..

Pak Adib mahu kesawah ladang..

Let our creative juice flows..

Now,it is coming to one year since I bought Paper 53 ,an apps that enables me to sketch better that I could with my pen or pencil or water colours in my moleskine notebook.To-date,I have posted 408 sketches at conteng2.tumblr.com.From that amount,I have selected about 300 that I think it is nice to share with others what I have learnt,produced and share my joys of sketching.My wild imagination told me to sell my sketches collection as  an eBook;-)

I am not an artist but an old engineer in my early sixties.As I fade away,I like to make the last part of my journey more colourful with my sketching and photography hobbies..

Many of photographs I snapped and sketches I drew are not worth sharing with others online,and yet I did.I am not shy to learn.By posting online via my blogs and Facebook,I got feedback from my friends.From their comments/suggestions  I learn a lot and along the way,I have improved to some extent that I began to love the photos I snapped and the simple sketches I did.Most of us donot know that we are creative in some way.We have to explore our own abilities and see how far could we go..There are frustrations,excitements and joys along the journey but that make our lives more interesting and colourful..La vita e bella.

Once our minds are engaged in creative activities like photography and sketching,to my pleasant suprise I discovered that I began to be more creative in my work and personal lives.

Have a good weekend folks..and ejoy life.

 

Ramadan Lessons: Fear

Posted Posted on 2009-08-31

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In this section, Ibn Rajab mentions some of the sayings of the righteous forebears to illustrate the magnitude of the fear they had concerning the acceptability of their acts. (pp. 375-376) We should not take for granted that our fast will be accepted. Rather, we should search for those areas where we can constantly improve our intention, our actions, and the depth of our devotion.

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Ramadhan al-Mubarak is less than three weeks away..May Allah gives another chance to fast in the coming month of Ramadhan,insyaAllah.Let me share article about the fear of acceptance of our ubudiyyah to Allah so that we endeavour to do our best in performing all the tasks commanded by our Lord-Allahu Rabbul 'Alamin.Many a time,we do obligatory ibadat just to meet the minimum requirements.