I hope you guys did enjoy the laksa nyonya!
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Buaian Arwah Nek Non
No more nasihat from her big heart.
I really miss you, Nek Non. May I place you amongst His believers. Aamin..,
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Eid Mubarak
Pada mulanya ini ke studio tapi tiada yang buka hari ini. Jadi ini saja yang termampu.
Kesempatan ini diambil untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfiri buat kaum keluarga, sanak saudara, sahabat handai, rakan2 sepejabat, para pendidik serta kenalan. Maaf zahir batin.
Ziarah Kuburan
Assalamualaikum ya ahli kubur. Semoga tenang di sana. Aamin.
Dan terima kasih kepada Mak Lang Aini, yang telah menghajikan datuk dan nenek.
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Eid Mubarak
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> Harapan di hati, semoga tak terlalu awal untuk melayangkan ucapan
> Aidilfitri buat semua. Dan bukan juga untuk mengansur keluar ramadhan
> yang penuh berkat dan rahmat.
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> Di kesempatan ini, aku ingin memohon maaf sekiranya sepanjang ukhuwah
> dan silaturrahim kita selama ini, ada silap laku, celupar kata dan
> salah sangka sama ada sengaja ataupun tidak.
>
> Mohon halalkan makan dan minum. Seandainya ada hutang puitang, minta
> ingatkan agar segera dapat aku lunaskan.
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> Semoga ramadhan dan syawal tahun ini adalah yang terbaik buat kita semua.
>
> Andai bertandang ke Melaka, jangan jumpa singgah ke Bachang.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Setem dan Sijangkang
Al-fatihah and may Allah bless his soul and place him amongst His believers.
Thanks, Din for driving Erwan and I there. Sijangkang is a small town, not far from Banting town, which I inhibited during my college days between 95-97.
After more than a decade, the place has progressed rapidly. Thanks to neighbouring airports and federal administration city, Putrajaya.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Monday, 22 August 2011
Mc Sahur
Ada beberapa perkara yang aku pelajari di acara ini.
Pertamanya, meraikan teman. Ada yang membangkitkan kenapa aku bersahur di McD? Bukankah aku anti perlambangan imperialisme moden seperti Mc Donald's dan Coca Cola?
Pendeknya, aku masih berhati-hati dan peka tentang hal ini. Tetapi aku juga telah pelajari peri penting menghormati teman dan 'tetamu'. Kerana ada hadith yang riwayatkan kurang lebih, kalau kita berpuasa, dan kita mendapat undangan kenduri, kita diharuskan berbuka dan menerima undangan itu. Tetapi aku percaya ini tidak terpakai ke atas puasa wajib iaitu puasa di bulan ramadhan.
Dalam hal ini, sekiranya kesemua kawan kita inginkan McD, berbanding kedai makan mamak dan sebagainya, I think it would be a bit self fish for my side to insist NO McD? Don't you think so?
Aku cuba istiqamah dengan memesan bubur dan secawan milo panas dan teh o panas.
Keduanya, aku juga pelajari bahawa apa yang aku syak sebelum ini benar belaka. Ada beberapa individu dalam Geng KY melakukan pelbagai aktiviti, tanpa mempelawa aku dan kadang kala, Mus. Aku syak mungkin salah seorang daripada mereka tak selesa dengan kehadiran aku.
Aku sebenarnya tak sentap pun kerana memang selama ini aku percaya sepenuhnya tentang hak berkumpul dengan selesa dan gembira. Dan kita semua sedar tidak 100% orang menyukai kita, Rasulullah pun tak semua suka dan sayang, inikan aku.
Cuma persoalannya, wajarkah kita bersyak wasangka, wajarkah selindung berselindung?
Hmmm...
Ketiganya, apabila kita berkongsi luahan rasa dan pandangan dengan teman-teman, sedikit sebanyak mengukuhkan sifat toleransi sesama kita. Biar semana kontroversi ataupun dangkal sesuatu pendapat itu, apabila disuarakan dalam kumpulan yang mempunyai silaturrahim, sedikit sebanyak, setiap seorang cuba belajar memahami. Tidak semestinya, bersetuju dengan empunya badan, tetapi lebih memahami. That's the power of sharing.
Terima kasih Geng KY for another meaningful gathering. Alhamdulillah.
Friday, 19 August 2011
Alat Untuk Mewangikan Kentut?
Aku terima e-mel ini daripada Ieda Hassan, yang telah menerimanya daripada Izal Tamrin. Ada berani?
E-melnya adalah seperti berikut:
Macam-macam rekaan orang. Ini adalah contoh kes terlebih kreatif! Kentut pun boleh buat duit sekarang.
Alat ini dinamakan sebagai peredam kentut. Ia dicipta oleh seorang lelaki dari Wuhan, China. Diperbuat daripada plastik lembut dan kenyal, alat yang berbentuk tabung ini perlu dimasukkan ke dalam lubang bontot. Hujung tabung yang satu terbuka dan hujung yang satu lagi memiliki lubang-lubang kecil. Sedikit minyak wangi perlu diletakkan ke dalam alat tersebut supaya kentut yang keluar kemudiannya menjadi wangi dan harum.
E-melnya adalah seperti berikut:
Macam-macam rekaan orang. Ini adalah contoh kes terlebih kreatif! Kentut pun boleh buat duit sekarang.
Alat ini dinamakan sebagai peredam kentut. Ia dicipta oleh seorang lelaki dari Wuhan, China. Diperbuat daripada plastik lembut dan kenyal, alat yang berbentuk tabung ini perlu dimasukkan ke dalam lubang bontot. Hujung tabung yang satu terbuka dan hujung yang satu lagi memiliki lubang-lubang kecil. Sedikit minyak wangi perlu diletakkan ke dalam alat tersebut supaya kentut yang keluar kemudiannya menjadi wangi dan harum.
Sunday, 14 August 2011
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Iftar with Faris and Fayzal at Lanai Kijang. Both of them had lamb shank, while I was having a plate of pasta.
To those who don't know me, I don't eat lamb or mutton due to personal reasons. I also don't eat fresh water fish, all type of laksas, except laksa sarawak, duck and a long list of exotic food.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
Iftar with DFE Staff Club
Terima kasih daun keladi kepada kelab yang telah memberi subsidi sebanyak RM20, maknanya seorang cuma bayar RM48 sahaja. Alhamdulillah, tapi sebelum ada yang teriak pasal subsidi tu nanti, bukannya macam subsidi yang kerajaan selalu canang dan ungkit tu, sebab RM20 itu pun datang dari duit kutipan setiap bulan, sejak aku mula kerja di jabatan ini.
Persekitaran majlis buka puasa di De Palma Ampang adalah cozy, memandangkan ia diadakan di ballroom instead of their coffee house. Jadi, suasananya kurang lebih seperti majlis makan malam. Dekorasinya pun bersesuaian.
Makanan? It served quite a reasonable spread. Ada selera kampung, ada middle eastern, south asian dan juga oriental taste. Aneka juadah. Tapi yang aku ulang makan adalah masak lemak siput sedut. Cuma kuahnya kurang pekat. Gulai daging salainya adalah juadah yang terbaik pada malam itu. Berpadanan dengan masak lemak pucuk ubi. Macam nak makan masak asam ikan terubuk tapi nampak macam cair. Pendek kata, berbaloi juga lah berbuka di sana, ada kambing panggang tapi aku tak makan kambing. So, cannot share with you how it taste.
Ada persembahan nyanyian daripada satu grup ghazal. Ketua kumpulannya sangat expressive and annoyingly entertaining. Reminds me of Fazura dalam Pisau Cukur, annoying yang likeable! Is there such thing as that? He even menjogetkan an english song, a familiar song but I cannot recall its title.
Ada kuiz lagi dan dua orang rakan pejabat aku menang!
Satu lagi yang best berbuka di sana, pihak hotel menyediakan Imam Muda untuk mengetuai solat terawih.
Alhamdulillah, berbaloi berbuka di situ. Thanks Jun and DFE Staff Club for organising it for us. Terima kasih daun keladi.
p/s: Happy birthday Nazrol and Ija Salleh. Moga murah rezeki, berkat usia. Aamin.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Dato' Mohd Razif Abd Kadir - A Class Act
By Rushdi Siddiqui
Published: 2011/08/10 on Business Times
AUGUST 8 2011 was a grim day as the Malaysian central bank deputy governor Datuk Mohd Razif Abdul Kadir passed away after battling an illness. Sura AlFaithah.
What is already known is that he served the central bank in many posts for 35 years of his 58 years on earth, served on many boards of financial entities such as Cagamas and INCEIF, and had numerous professional accomplishments.
I got to know Razif because of his belief, passion and energy that he dedicated to Islamic finance globally, not just Malaysia. To those that did not know the "human side" of Razif and only knew him as deputy governor, I want to share three stories about him.
First one, several years ago, I had the honour and pleasure of being on a MIFC roadshow with Razif in Amman, Jordan. I saw him in the health-club early in the morning on the treadmill as he was finishing up his routine. As he worked up a good sweat, I saw him wipe the treadmill clean of sweat droplets as a courtesy to the next user.
He didn't have to clean it as there was a person on duty in the health-club that typically undertakes such efforts. I thought to myself, a real class act in self cleaning the treadmill. Obviously, considerate of others.
During lunch time the delegation sat together, and I was running late as I was not feeling well. I sat across the table from Razif, and he, in his usual energetic self asked, "How was your workout Brother Siddiq?" I tried to mask the sick feeling, but he figured something was not right with me.
He told me to wait for five minutes and left the table in the middle of his appetiser. I thought to myself, did I miss protocol by being late and was he annoyed? No, Razif came back to his seat with a silvery packet in his hands. It was medicine he got from his room. He said "Take it brother, you should be OK in a few hours."
The gesture of this man had more impact than the actual medicine!
I don't know if this is Malaysian hospitality and/or a class act by humble man of his significant stature.
Second story, about two years, I was moderating the first session at an Islamic finance event in Dubai, and Razif was one of the panelists along with a central bank governor of an African country and a deputy governor from a Levant country. He arrived early at the conference and was sitting alone reviewing his notes. I went over to convey my respect and "salaam" and, as usual, he welcomed me with the same enthusiasm that he was known for, be it a colleague, friend, or moderator.
He did not have an entourage with him at the event, and the conference director asked me: "What was he like" and to formally introduce her to him. I suspect she expected him to be demanding on his speaking time, have large number of power point slides, and so on. Needless to say, she, like many who met Razif for the first time, was taken aback with his charm and humility.
After the panel session, it was question-and-answer time, and one of the questions from the audience was rather technical combined with regulatory and was directed towards the gentleman from Africa. Obviously, as a moderator, you don't want any of your speakers to be embarrassed, but neither he nor I had the look of being able to answer. Razif figured our look of SOS, and he took the question without coming across as "showing up" the other speaker.
Final story, I had a late afternoon meeting with Razif at Bank Negara, and the biggest challenge was getting taxi after the meeting at the bank, especially if you had a meeting afterwards across town. Our meeting ended at 5pm and it was raining. Good luck getting any taxi, no matter how reassuring the look of the security personnel at the desk.
I explained to Razif that I needed to be near the Petronas Twin Towers, and he said he was heading that way for a meeting and I could ride with him in his car. I doubt he had a meeting at the time and he was just being his usual self: kind and considerate. I was dropped off near the towers, and made the meeting.
I last saw Razif at GIFF in October 2010, the medical treatment had exacted a toll on his weight, but you could see the will to live in his eyes. We were all happy to see him witness the historic launch of the International Islamic Liquidity Management (IILM) on that day.
There are three appropriate quotes that I like to dedicate to Razif:
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." - Isaac Asimov
"Every man dies, Not every man really lives." - William Ross Wallace
"The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine." - Mignon McLaughlin.
* The writer is global head of Islamic finance for ThomsonReuters based in New York
Published: 2011/08/10 on Business Times
AUGUST 8 2011 was a grim day as the Malaysian central bank deputy governor Datuk Mohd Razif Abdul Kadir passed away after battling an illness. Sura AlFaithah.
What is already known is that he served the central bank in many posts for 35 years of his 58 years on earth, served on many boards of financial entities such as Cagamas and INCEIF, and had numerous professional accomplishments.
I got to know Razif because of his belief, passion and energy that he dedicated to Islamic finance globally, not just Malaysia. To those that did not know the "human side" of Razif and only knew him as deputy governor, I want to share three stories about him.
First one, several years ago, I had the honour and pleasure of being on a MIFC roadshow with Razif in Amman, Jordan. I saw him in the health-club early in the morning on the treadmill as he was finishing up his routine. As he worked up a good sweat, I saw him wipe the treadmill clean of sweat droplets as a courtesy to the next user.
He didn't have to clean it as there was a person on duty in the health-club that typically undertakes such efforts. I thought to myself, a real class act in self cleaning the treadmill. Obviously, considerate of others.
During lunch time the delegation sat together, and I was running late as I was not feeling well. I sat across the table from Razif, and he, in his usual energetic self asked, "How was your workout Brother Siddiq?" I tried to mask the sick feeling, but he figured something was not right with me.
He told me to wait for five minutes and left the table in the middle of his appetiser. I thought to myself, did I miss protocol by being late and was he annoyed? No, Razif came back to his seat with a silvery packet in his hands. It was medicine he got from his room. He said "Take it brother, you should be OK in a few hours."
The gesture of this man had more impact than the actual medicine!
I don't know if this is Malaysian hospitality and/or a class act by humble man of his significant stature.
Second story, about two years, I was moderating the first session at an Islamic finance event in Dubai, and Razif was one of the panelists along with a central bank governor of an African country and a deputy governor from a Levant country. He arrived early at the conference and was sitting alone reviewing his notes. I went over to convey my respect and "salaam" and, as usual, he welcomed me with the same enthusiasm that he was known for, be it a colleague, friend, or moderator.
He did not have an entourage with him at the event, and the conference director asked me: "What was he like" and to formally introduce her to him. I suspect she expected him to be demanding on his speaking time, have large number of power point slides, and so on. Needless to say, she, like many who met Razif for the first time, was taken aback with his charm and humility.
After the panel session, it was question-and-answer time, and one of the questions from the audience was rather technical combined with regulatory and was directed towards the gentleman from Africa. Obviously, as a moderator, you don't want any of your speakers to be embarrassed, but neither he nor I had the look of being able to answer. Razif figured our look of SOS, and he took the question without coming across as "showing up" the other speaker.
Final story, I had a late afternoon meeting with Razif at Bank Negara, and the biggest challenge was getting taxi after the meeting at the bank, especially if you had a meeting afterwards across town. Our meeting ended at 5pm and it was raining. Good luck getting any taxi, no matter how reassuring the look of the security personnel at the desk.
I explained to Razif that I needed to be near the Petronas Twin Towers, and he said he was heading that way for a meeting and I could ride with him in his car. I doubt he had a meeting at the time and he was just being his usual self: kind and considerate. I was dropped off near the towers, and made the meeting.
I last saw Razif at GIFF in October 2010, the medical treatment had exacted a toll on his weight, but you could see the will to live in his eyes. We were all happy to see him witness the historic launch of the International Islamic Liquidity Management (IILM) on that day.
There are three appropriate quotes that I like to dedicate to Razif:
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." - Isaac Asimov
"Every man dies, Not every man really lives." - William Ross Wallace
"The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine." - Mignon McLaughlin.
* The writer is global head of Islamic finance for ThomsonReuters based in New York
Monday, 8 August 2011
Pengumuman Kembali ke Rahmatullah Timbalan Gabenor Dato' Mohd Razif Abd Kadir
by Jabatan Komunikasi Strategik, Bank Negara Malaysia
08 August 2011 04:00 PM
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera,
Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Timbalan Gabenor, Dato' Mohd Razif Abd Kadir telah kembali ke Rahmatullah pada petang ini.
Warga kerja Bank yang ingin menziarah jenazah dan keluarga Allahyarham boleh ke Masjid Al-Ghufran, Kompleks Balai Islam, No. 6C Jalan 4/71B Pinggiran Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham akan dikebumikan pada petang ini.
Bersama-samalah kita mendoakan semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham dan beliau ditempatkan bersama golongan yang soleh.
Al-Fatihah.
08 August 2011 04:00 PM
Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera,
Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Timbalan Gabenor, Dato' Mohd Razif Abd Kadir telah kembali ke Rahmatullah pada petang ini.
Warga kerja Bank yang ingin menziarah jenazah dan keluarga Allahyarham boleh ke Masjid Al-Ghufran, Kompleks Balai Islam, No. 6C Jalan 4/71B Pinggiran Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham akan dikebumikan pada petang ini.
Bersama-samalah kita mendoakan semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham dan beliau ditempatkan bersama golongan yang soleh.
Al-Fatihah.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Ramadhan Datang Lagi
Tapi sedih juga kerana ramadhan kali ini tidak disertai oleh salah seorang nenek kesayanganku, Nek Non, yang telah menyambut panggilan Ilahi pada 22 Jun 2011. Ketika itu aku sedang berkelana di Agra, India.
Dan tiada lagi usikan dan kata-kata nasihatnya di Aidil Firi seperti sebelum-sebelum ini. Semoga Nek Non sentiasa di bawah lindungan dan rahmat-Nya. Aamin.
Ramadhan di Malaysia mungkin tidak semeriah di negara-negara Arab. Sangat-sangat contradict! Di Malaysia Aidil Fitri seolah-olah teras, tetapi aku diberitahu bahawa di sebelah sana, ramadhan adalah teras, berbanding syawal. In fact, amalan buka puasa bersama keluarga dan sanak saudara lebih utama daripada rumah terbuka di hari lebaran.
Sejajar dengan itu, aku nak ubah juga pendekatan dalam hal ini. Aku berhajat untuk menjamu sanak saudara dan teman-teman berbuka puasa, dan bukannya rumah terbuka hari raya seperti sebelum-sebelum ini. Insya Allah. Tarikhnya akan diuruskan nanti.
Kesempatan ini aku ingin ambil untuk mengucapkan selamat menunaikan ibadat puasa. Semoga kita dapat mendekatkan diri kepada-Nya dan ramadhan kali ini adalah yang terbaik setakat ini.