solat is perfume for the soul.its a sweet aroma that pleases Allah SWT.may its fragrance always linger with us.salam maal hijrah and have a nice year full of ibadah.1st Muharram 1427.

lama betul meeting mentomentee hari ni.tepu dah rasanya.tapi cuma ingin share sesuatu yang buat saya tersenyum sepanjang meeting tadi.kami terima seorang lagi pensyarah baru.jadi dean perkenalkan semua member pada pensyarah baru tu.dean perkenalkan saya sebagai DR. NOR KHAIZURA :) dean tersalah sebut.saya aminkan. Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin

ayah cakap semua binatang yang mati akan hilang terus.tak masuk syurga atau neraka.ayah cakap macam tu setelah letih dia mendengar saya hendak berjumpa dengan semua kucing2 dan ikan saya yang dah mati dekat syurga nanti.comeli,lamat,meowommot,meowabbit,blackie,ciyakee,songjoo dan ikan saya horlick.hari tu saya tengok al-hidayah ustaz wan sohor kata,masa hari perhitungan di padang mahsyar,semua binatang akan diadili dahulu.selepas itu,mereka akan menjadi debu dan tanah. tak masuk syurga atau neraka.sama macam yang ayah pernah beritahu.hari ini saya kehilangan horlick sekali lagi.ini horlick2.dari semalam masa bawa pulang ke rumah,dia agak pasif.tak seperti ovaltine.saya sangka mungkin masih tidak serasi dengan tempat baru.tapi tak sangka hari ni dia dah tiada.seorang sahabat tanya satu teka-teki pada saya,"kenapa semut jatuh dari tingkat 5 mati tapi semut jatuh dari tingkat 17 tak mati?"..hmm dia tanya masa saya baru lepas sebut "dah ajal dia".jadi saya cuma beritahu benda yang sama sebagai jawapan.dan itulah jawapannya.dah ajal dia.dia takut saya sedih.sedih memang sedih tapi saya terima.ciyakee cikona dan tuan muda warlock tak faham apa2.diorang tgh membuat onar di bawah meja study tanpa rasa bersalah pun...

A truly Malaysian musical spectacular comes to life in vivid sound and technicolour this February 2006 at

Istana Budaya
A heart-rending tale of unrequited lovePuteri Gunung Ledang the Musical is a veritable feast for the senses. A moving tale of two hearts that cannot become one; adding depth and drama that will surely become a classic of the 21st century.
It presents a musical extravaganza that can only be experienced live. Fusing the old with the new, the result is a contemporary, enthralling show with a distinctly Southeast Asian flavour. Contemporary ethnic beats and cool choreography combine to provide a spectacular experience that will keep audiences glued to their seats.
Tickets available at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Dates:
February 7 & 8 – Previews @ 8.30pm RM30 (EXCLUSIVELY for Student, Senior Citizen, Disabled)February 9 to 26 – Shows @ 8.30pm (normal price)

February 12, 19 & 26 – Shows @ Matinees 3.00pm and 8.30 pm ( both normal price)
Ticket Prices:
RM 150, RM 100, RM 70, RM 50 & RM 30
Venue:
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur

p/s: Iedereen zou moaten gaan. Dit keer,hang tuah was allen brengen over aan Maleisie vanuit het UK, means; Everyone should go. This time, the hang tuah was solely bring over to Malaysia from UK.

semalam pada ketika ini saya sedang menonton memoirs of a geisha.seperti menonton national geographic + movie.secara personal,movie ini sangat cantik dan indah.ini pandangan dari aspek seni.ia juga beri perspektif sebenar tentang geisha.mata saya rasa sayuri itu cantik tapi hatsumomo lebih cantik

Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden published in 1997. The novel tells the story of a geisha working in Kyoto prior to World War II. A film adaptation of the novel directed by Rob Marshall and starring Zhang Ziyi was released in 2005.

Contents
Before her mother dies, the main character Chiyo and her older sister Satsu are taken to Gion by one Mr Tanaka. Her sister is sold to a brothel and Chiyo is sold to an okiya, a house for geisha.
With her unusual blue-grey eyes, Chiyo is to train to become a geisha, but is constantly antagonized by Hatsumomo, the top geisha of the Nitta okiya. The arrogant Hatsumomo recognises Chiyo's potential and is upset at any hint of competition. Due to Hatsumomo's machinations, Chiyo is reduced to becoming a maid in the okiya, ostensibly with no future of becoming a geisha.
An encounter with the wealthy and benevolent Chairman changes her luck. Chiyo wins the eye of the most successful geisha in Gion, Mameha, who is despised by Hatsumomo because she outshines her in every aspect and cannot be toppled because, unlike Hatsumomo, Mameha has earned her independence as a geisha. She adopts Chiyo as her apprentice and trains Chiyo to rival Hatsumomo. Chiyo's entrance into apprenticeship is marked by being given a new name: Sayuri.
With her success and her virginity sold, Sayuri not only becomes a highly successful geisha, she manages to pay off all the debts that bound her to the Nitta okiya when she was a maid and also is adopted by the mistress of the okiya. The outbreak of World War Two, a theme foreshadowed by growing reference to the Japanese military, represents, structurally, another major challenge for the heroine. Her successes are quickly made irrelevant, and her physical beauty is tarnished by manual labour and a lack of food. The life of luxury is replaced by a new reality; her personal dark valley.
During her time as a geisha before the war, she encounters the Chairman again, but finds it impossible to get close to him as she desires. Instead, she finds herself constantly being pushed to be with Nobu, the Chairman's most trusted friend. It is Nobu that saves Sayuri from the harsh labour of the war until Gion is able to open again on the condition that she will allow him to become her patron, despite the fact that it is the Chairman she desires. Sayuri and Mameha destroy Hatsumomo's reputation entirely thereafter and Hatsumomo is thrown out of the okiya.
However, it is not until she puts herself in an undesirable position that Sayuri's desire to be with the Chairman truly frees her to pursue her own destiny. When the Chairman frees her from the okiya to become his mistress, she sets up a posh teahouse for Japanese businessmen in New York so that he may save face in Japan when his daughter is about to marry a man set to be the Chairman's heir.

Controversy
After the novel was published, Arthur Golden was sued by the geisha (Mineko Iwasaki) with whom he worked, for defamation and breach of contract. According to the plantiff, the agreement was supposed to be total anonymity for the main character of his story. This was because there is a code of silence among the geisha community and breaking that code is a serious offense. Additionally, Iwasaki claims that Golden's fictional novel portrayed geisha as high class prostitutes. For example, in the novel Sayuri's virginity is auctioned off to the highest bidder, a concept that particularly offended Iwasaki. She stated that not only did this never happen to her, but that no such custom existed at all in Gion. By basing his character, Sayuri, on Iwasaki and implying that she herself was a prostitute, Iwasaki claims that Golden broke his agreement and caused great dishonor and shame to herself and the geisha world. After Iwasaki's name was printed in the book, she received numerous death threats and requests of censure for dishonoring her profession. In 2003, Iwasaki and Golden settled out of court for an undisclosed sum of money.

Film adaptation
A movie adaptation of the novel, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and directed by Rob Marshall, was released in the United States on December 9, 2005. It stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh and Suzuka Ohgo (In reality, Watanabe and Kudoh are Japanese, while Zhang, Gong are Chinese and Yeoh Malaysian of Chinese descent.) Ohgo plays the younger Sayuri in the film. The movie was filmed in southern California and in several locations in Kyoto, Japan, including the Kiyomizu-dera temple and the Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine.
The Japanese release of the film is titled "Sayuri" (Latin alphabetic)

Casting controversy
Some people were upset that central characters in the movie were not played by native Japanese actresses, notably that the lead role is played by a Chinese actress. It was called "a movie about Japanese played by Chinese, written by whites". The production crew paid little attention to the casting, a move that some consider ignorant pan-Asianism and a refusal to recognize the diversity of cultures in Asia.
While many people are offended by the casting, Korean-Canadian actress Sandra Oh advocates inter-Asian acting. In a recent magazine article (Bust Magazine June/July 2005), she defends her roles as characters of Japanese (e.g. Rick) and Chinese descent by pointing out similar behavior from white actors who play European characters interchangeably:
"Ralph Fiennes can play an English person, a German person, a Polish person, a Jewish person. He can play anything, and no one questions him. He is a handsome, Caucasian-looking-ish man. So, to American audiences, Europe looks like that. Europe does not look like that. But that is the image we have been fed for 60 years, so we accept that. But what I have big problems with is when people put those limits on me. I just think, "Give me a fucking break. You have no idea what I am." Because when you meet someone, you never say, "I met Joe Schmoe, and he's Irish-French." But there always has to be a quantifier or qualifier when it comes to me." (Sandra Oh, Bust Magazine)
In China, the casting caused a stir in the Chinese Internet community where some users were unhappy due to rising nationalist sentiment, especially because some mistook geisha for prostitutes. A profession similar to that of a Geisha existed in imperial China. These women were refined in art, literature, history and social manners. They lived in brothels but did not make a living by selling their bodies. Their job was to entertain male guests with their talents in music, go, calligraphy, painting and other arts, a practice known in Chinese as "selling one's talents instead of one's body". Though highly refined and famous (involved in innumerable Chinese poems, literature, legends and folklore), they did not enjoy the status accorded to geisha in Japan. Some people unfamiliar with this cultural difference misunderstood geisha in a negative way.
Some argue that part of the negative reaction was due to the relative rarity of a famous actress playing a prostitute in native Chinese films, due to government pressure and the generally conservative values of Chinese society. Even in Hong Kong, Michelle Yeoh was surrounded by reporters asking her why she accepted the part. Others argue that this is a red herring. Cecilia Cheung, for example, played a prostitute in One Night in Mongkok in 2004. In time, the controversy died down and the majority of Chinese were not affected. Many people, including the media, are waiting to see how these three Chinese actors perform in a film adapted from a novel set in traditional Japan.

Banned in China?
Memoirs of a Geisha was scheduled to debut in Chinese cinemas on the 19th of February but, as of the 17th of January, its release has been put on hold. Some Chinese newspapers, including the Shanghai based Oriental Morning Post and the Shanghai Youth Daily have claimed that Chinese censors are considering banning it outright. See AP Hollywood's 'Geisha' a delicate issue for China's censors
Newspaper sources have quoted the fears that the film may be banned due to concerns it could rouse anti-Japan sentiment. There have been claims that Chinese nationalists may want to restrict the film because of the fear that it could evoke memories of Japanese wartime aggression towards mainland women.

Gift from a geisha
On a recent visit to Tokyo to promote the film, Zhang Ziyi received a mysterious parcel and letter, revealed to have been sent by an elderly Japanese woman who had once worked as a geisha. In her letter, the woman stated that she had been touched by the trailer of the film and expected the movie to bring back fond memories for her and her friends. Inside the parcel were several exquisitely worked antique kimono. Zhang Ziyi was moved to tears by the gesture and sent the woman an invitation to the film's Japanese premiere. (The Star Online).

The Book
Golden, Arthur, Memoirs of a Geisha, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 ISBN 0375400117 (Hardcover)
Golden, Arthur, Memoirs of a Geisha, London & New York, Vintage, 2005 ISBN 0099498189 (Paperback)

saya suka sangat2 grey's anatomy.nak dvd ni!!
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alhamdulillah.thankful to Allah for give me the way to solve my probs in doin hplc.i just got three separated peak (cad and put still shoulder but better than before).but this time i used isocratic, not gradient.maybe shud change laa.alhamdulillah.thanks gurls-ju,sal,choilee n intan (my dedicated student ;)

Food 4 Soul 8

Makna bacaan dalam solat.bila kita faham,moga solat kita lebih khusyuk.InsyaAllah.

Takbiratul-Ihram & Takbir
Allah Maha Besar.

Doa Iftitah
Allah Maha Besar dan segala puji bagi Allah dengan banyaknya. Maha suciAllah sepanjang pagi dan petang. Aku hadapkan wajahku bagi Tuhan yangmencipta langit dan bumi, dengan suasana lurus dan berserah diri dan akubukan dari golongan orang musyrik. Sesungguhnya solatku, ibadatku, hidupku,matiku adalah untuk Allah Tuhan sekelian alam. Tidak ada sekutu bagiNya dankepadaku diperintahkan untuk tidak menyekutukan bagiNya dan aku darigolongan orang Islam.

Al-Fatihah
Dengan nama Allah yang maha Pemurah lagi maha Mengasihani. Segala puji bagiAllah, Tuhan semesta alam. Yang maha pemurah lagi maha mengasihani. Yangmenguasai hari pembalasan. Hanya Engkaulah yang kami sembah dan hanya kepadaEngkau kami mohon pertolongan. Tunjukilah kami jalan yang lurus. Iaitu jalanorang-orang yang Engkau kurniakan nikmat kepada mereka, bukan jalan merekayang Engkau murkai dan bukan jalan mereka yang sesat.

Bacaan ketika rukuk
Maha Suci TuhanKu Yang Maha Besar dan dengan segala puji-pujiannya.

Bacaan ketika bangun dari rukuk
Allah mendengar pujian orang yang memujinya.

Bacaan ketika iktidal
Wahai Tuhan kami, bagi Engkaulah segala pujian.

Bacaan ketika sujud
Maha suci TuhanKu yang Maha Tinggi dan dengan segala puji-pujiannya.

Bacaan ketika duduk di antara dua sujud
Ya Allah, ampunilah dosaku dan rahmatilah daku, lindungilah daku, angkatlahdarjatku, rezekikan daku, berilah aku petunjuk, selamatkanlah daku danmaafkanlah akan daku.

Bacaan ketika Tahiyat Awal
Segala penghormatan yang berkat solat yang baik adalah untuk Allah.Sejahtera atas engkau wahai Nabi dan rahmat Allah serta keberkatannya.Sejahtera ke atas kami dan atas hamba-hamba Allah yang soleh. Aku naik saksibahawa tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan aku naik saksi bahawasanya Muhammaditu adalah pesuruh Allah. Ya Tuhan kami, selawatkanlah ke atas NabiMuhammad.

Bacaan ketika Tahiyat Akhir
Segala penghormatan yang berkat solat yang baik adalah untuk Allah.Sejahtera atas engkau wahai Nabi dan rahmat Allah serta keberkatannya.Sejahtera ke atas kami dan atas hamba-hamba Allah yang soleh. Aku naik saksibahawa tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan aku naik saksi bahawasanya Muhammaditu adalah pesuruh Allah. Ya Tuhan kami, selawatkanlah ke atas Nabi Muhammaddan ke atas keluarganya. Sebagaimana Engkau selawatkan ke atas Ibrahim danatas keluarga Ibrahim. Berkatilah ke atas Muhammad dan atas keluarganyasebagaimana Engkau berkati ke atas Ibrahim dan atas keluarga Ibrahim didalam alam ini. Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Terpuji lagi Maha Agung.

Doa Qunut
Ya Allah, berilah aku petunjuk sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkautunjuki. Sejahterakanlah aku sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkausejahterakan. Pimpinlah aku sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkaupimpin. Berkatilah hendaknya untukku apa-pa yang telah Engkau berikanpadaku. Jauhkanlah aku daripada segala kejahatan yang telah Engkau tetapkan.Sesungguhnya hanya Engkau sahajalah yang menetapkan, dan tidak sesiapapunyang berkuasa menetapkan sesuatu selain daripada Engkau. Sesungguhnya tidakterhina orang yang memperolehi pimpinanaMu. Dan tidak mulia orang-orang yangEngkau musuhi. Telah memberi berkat Engkau, ya Tuhan kami dan maha tinggiEngkau. Hanya untuk Engkau sahajalah segala macam puji terhadap apa-apa yangtelah Engkau tetapkan. Dan aku minta ampun dan bertaubat kepada Engkau. DanAllah rahmatilah Muhammad, Nabi yang ummi dan sejahtera keatas keluarganyadan sahabat-sahabatnya

haiku

indahnya malam
cahaya kelip-kelip
jambu didahan

hari ini saya berkeinginan mencipta haiku..
akan post lagi di entry akan datang.

i really wanna watch this french luv story...
sumthin in de box

so,i'm lookin for this dvd 'love me if you dare'
(kalau pernah terjumpa dvd ini,silalah belikan untuk saya..i'll pay later)
sumthin in de box

Eid ul-Adha
Eid ul-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى) occurs on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Zulhijjah. It is one of two eid festivals that muslims celebrate. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son for Allah.
The story behind Eid ul-Adha
Muslims believe that God revealed in a dream to Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail. Ibrahim and Ismail set off to Mina for the sacrifice. As they went, the devil attempted to persuade Ibrahim to disobey Allah and not to sacrifice his beloved son. But Ibrahim stayed true to Allah, and drove the devil away. As Ibrahim prepared to sacrifice his son, God stopped him and gave him a sheep to sacrifice instead.

Salam Eidul Adha to all muslims celebrating..

telekung

lately,i always thinkin bout the significant of wearing telekung during solat.kenapa perlu?tentu punya reason.jadi itu yang saya mahu tahu.bila saya berjemaah di masjid ahmad shah,kebanyakan mereka solat dengan apa yang mereka pakai.ya rambutnya ditutup,tudungnya labuh menutup dada dan bajunya tidak menampakkan curve femininnya.auratnya ditutup lengkap bukan?jadi sama sekali bukan persoalan lagi untuk terus menunaikan solat.tapi ada juga yang menutupi secara luarannya.means the shape still can be seen and the hijab not totally covered the chest.hmm..apakah punya mazhab yang berbeda membenarkan untuk bersolat dengan busana demikian.saya memang kurang pasti.jadi jika selama ini kita yakin yang kita bertudung dan menutup aurat,mengapa kita tidak sahaja terus bersolat dengan pakaian itu.kan lebih mudah.di sini saya punya dua reason;1) sebenarnya baju yang dipakai boleh dikira menutup semua bahagian badan tapi masih belum boleh dikira menutup aurat.selalunya akan kelihatan curve kewanitaannya.2) didikan sejak kecil.saya dari berumur 6 thn.mungkin ada yang lebih kecil dari itu.kita telah dididik untuk bertelekung untuk solat.oleh sebab itu,kita mesti juga mencari telekung untuk tujuan solat.saya tidak katakan didikan itu salah.tidak sama sekali.cuma mungkin setiap itu punya penjelasannya yang tersendiri.begitu juga dengan telekung untuk solat.antara pandangan teman2tentang ini;1) telekung itu mampu menutup aurat dengan sempurna,tiada rasa ragu ketika solat.bimbang akan terselak bahagian tertentu.2) telekung itu putih,warnanya satu.jadi sifat perempuan yang dikatakan suka berbanding2 akan hilang di dalam telekung.saya masih mahu perincian tentang ini.dengan izin Allah, saya akan update lagi nanti.

100th entry

apa beza tahun 2005 dan 2006?bila saya fikir2 ia sama.tiada beza.masih ada 12 bulan.52 minggu.365 hari.8760 jam.525600 minit.dan 31536000 saat.ia hanya waktu yang datang dan pergi.itu andai dilihat secara kasar.jika lihat lebih halus.ia masih punya beza.bukan secara total pada tahun itu sendiri.tapi lebih pada nilai waktu.walau kiraan hari, minggu dan lainnya tetap sama tapi hari itu adalah hari yang baru.jadi resolusi perlu setiap detik.tidak hanya berkobar2 di malam satu januari pada setiap tahun.yang mana kemudiannya resolusi semakin kabur.dan akan teringat kembali hanya bila tiba di penghujung disember.musim dingin.mungkin di bumi malaysia tidak dingin dengan salji tapi kita dingin dgn deraian hujan tika bulan itu.untuk kali ini, saya tiada resolusi yang dipacakkan pada 1 jan 06.tapi saya punya resolusi untuk setiap bulan. bukan apa2 pun.sebab saya ni mudah lupa.jadi mungkin lebih sesuai punya resolusi bulanan walau ia mungkin bring over last month resolution.yang penting mesti achieve (of coz hardly trying to fulfill within the time frame).tak mau dah punya resolusi kosong.mungkin resolusinya yang tak tercapai tapi saya percaya saya melalui masa2 itu dengan sebijak mungkin tapi ada jugak waktu yang tidak bijak langsung.saya buat silap dalam perjalanan itu.i take it as a lesson. saya yakin itu satu kehidupan.yang tidak enak saya tidak mahu ingat.sudah dilontar jauh bersama deru angin yang kuat.biar hilang dari pandangan.hilang dari ingatan.hilang selamanya. yang indah sudah dimanuskrip dalam jurnal kehidupan saya.hanya untuk entry yang ke-100.

tulip
sumthin in de box

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

All praises and thanks are Allah's, the Lord(Rabb) of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

The Most Graciuos, the Most Merciful.

The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e the Day of Resurrection).

You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).

Guide us to the Straight Way.

The way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray.

al-Fatihah 1-7

a journey to be continued..and shall i start the entry for 2006 with al-Fatihah, The Opening..

a sort of preface