tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56054862011-04-21T19:12:25.502+01:00Sang Kelate is a Kelantanese citizen who is currently residing in UK but leaves his heart in Kota Bharu. He loves to share his humble thoughts & exchange idea with the readers.fokdnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605486.post-1146974868833351142006-05-07T04:59:00.000+01:002006-05-07T05:29:21.956+01:00

BERSENDIRIANBersendirian ituadakalanya ketenangan jiwaboleh melahirkan ilham pulasajak, puisi, madah pun jugabertafakur tentang Yang Kuasajuga mengenang segala dosabisa mengalir airmatatetapiterkadang sendiri itumenyiksa jiwatanpa teman utuk bicarabergurau penuh mesraapalagijika yang dikasihi jauh dimatamula hati merindukannyaapa dibuat semua tak kenapatutlah rupanyaNabi Adam minta temanwalaupun

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25 IS MY LUCKY NUMBER.Born on 25th July, married on 25th May (25 Zulhijjah 1425) at the age of 25, 25 is indeed my lucky number.I wish to celebrate my 25th birthday every single year. This year I still regard it as the 25th birthday as it has been for the last 10 years. Time flies very fast. Thank Allah who still give me chance to breath and experience the 'nikmat' of this life. I pray to Allah

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The Meaning of 'Tawakkal'... Maka makna Tawakkal itu bahawa engkau memantapkan i'tiqadmu dengan janji-janji Allah iaitu engkau mengi'tiqadkan bahawasanya segala apa yang telah ditakdirkan bagimu itu pasti akan sampai kepadamu, tidak boleh tidak walaupun seluruh makhluk yang ada di alam ini berusaha menghalangkan daripadamu dan sebaliknya apa-apa yang telah ditakdirkan bahawa ia bukan untuk engkau

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Finally, I found a way to post pictures here. The picture was taken in Dec 2003 somewhere in Scotland. Have a good weekend... will be back with more pictures.

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I Am Back Arrived home around 10.30 pm last nite. Alhamdullilah, we had a great vacation. I am very occupied with so many things after being away for 4 days. I feel quite fresh and hopefully can be more productive in the coming weeks. Will write later about the snowdonia and have to fifure out how to upload photos here. Till then, I have a pleasure to share to you a nicely written article below.

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SNOWDONIA.. HERE I COMEAfter a very long overdue family vacation, we will spend an extended weekend in Snowdonia, Wales. I am looking forward to have a quality time with my beloved family while enjoying the natural beauty and having fun. Hopefully, we will be lucky this time to have a nice weather and I am still praying that we will have lots of sunshine and less windy/stormy weather even though

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IN THE SHADE OF MERCYby Imam Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Bakri (d.952)translated from Arabic by: Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Sayyid Ibrahim al-Ya'qubiFrom: al-Anwar wa-Misbah al-Surur wal-Afkar wa-Dhikir Nur Muhammad al-Mustafa al-Mukhtar.("The Lights and Beacon of Happiness and Thoughts andCommemoration of the Light of the Elect Muhammad s.a.w")No Mercy that Allah has sent or will send,None

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THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY **The article below is an excerpt of a well-written piece on Family Relationships in Islam. Hope it may enrich our knowledge and understanding of the importance of family values. It is indeed crucial for us to remember that family upbringing is the key factor for the success of the future generation. Whether we like it or not, parents play an important role in giving

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Salam Aidilfitri Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir Batin Semoga silaturahim sesama kita berpanjangan. SK sekeluarga menyambut Hari Lebaran dgn penuh kesederhanaan. Rumah terbuka kami bersama 2 lagi keluarga Kelantan di sini Alhamdulllilah berjalan lancar dgn kunjungan tetamu pelbagai bangsa & 'nationality'. One whole lamb and some chickens plus curry mee & raya cookies were on the

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Al-fatihah: Dr. Alijah Gordon(1929-2003)- A true Fighter of Palestinians Right Malaysiakini today (10:49am Wed Nov 19th), 2003 reported that: Palestinian rights activist dies Palestinian rights activist Dr Alijah Gordon, who died at 11.40pm yesterday at the Gleneagles hospital in Kuala Lumpur, was laid to rest this afternoon. She was 74. Her remains were taken to the AU 5 Muslim cemetary

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Selamat Menyempurnakan Ramadhan.. Selalunya, ketika menetap di M'sia, SK & keluarga sudahpun berada di Kelantan utk tempoh waktu minggu terakhir sebelum Ramadhan.. SK teringat semasa bekerja di Penang dulu, 'boss'mulanya hairan kenapa SK mesti memohon utk bercuti mulai seminggu sebelum Syawal. Kemudiannya, mereka faham benar dengan permintaan SK itu... awal2 puasa lagi SK akan beritahu... 'I

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Berakhirnya Satu Penantian... Hari ini, berakhirlah satu penantian buat Sang Kelate (SK) di pulau imperialis ini. SK terpaksa menunggu lebih lima bulan utk bertemu pakar orthopedik utk pemeriksaan sakit belakang & lenguh2 tubuh yang berpunca dari scoliosis. Sebenarnya scoliosis ini telah menjadi sebahagian drp hidup ini mulai dari pertengahan umur remaja lagi. Bagimanapun SK mula mendapat

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Buat sahabatku D, Kehidupan ini penuh dengan pelbagai cabaran dan pancaroba. Aku pasti engkau telah begitu mengerti tentang kepahitan dan aku tahu engkau telah menempuhi seribu satu macam dugaan sepanjang engkau hidup di bumi Tuhan ini. Percayalah, segala kepahitan itu adalah kerikil-kerikil tajam, sekadar untuk menduga kita, sang musafir yang cuba mencari jalan pulang. Tidak siapa pun yang

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WHAT IS LIFE? by Abdullah Quilliam What is our Life? A breath, a moan, a sigh, A laugh, a smile, a cry, A storm, a sob, a calm, Tumult, some joy, some harm. An earthly moment brief, That longs for some relief And freedom from stern strife, Such, ever such, our life. (21st July, 1907).) Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam (1851-1932) wrote books, plays, and novels, as well as translating texts from Arabic

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RAHMAN? Opss.. it is RAHMAT... AFP reported that Pak Lah broke into tears at the end of his his maiden speech to parliament as he called on Allah for guidance and inspiration. I am so touched by his humbleness..When I met him last June, he was as humble as before and treated us like a father giving advice to his kids. I do pray that Allah will give HIS guidance so that Pak Lah will strive his

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Thank You Sir... Dear Dr M, As a Malaysian living abroad,I would like to thank you for all your service to the beloved nation for the past 22 years that you have served as the Prime Minister. I salute you as a leader of Muslim country who always played important roles at the international level & voiced out the Muslim ummah's dissatisfaction towards superpower countries like US and European

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Positive News From Home (Moga2 bangsaku Bersatu atas Jln Allah) Malaysia Kini, 29 Oct 2003.. published without comment. PAS positif pengisytiharan M'sia negara Islam Kerajaan PAS Terengganu menegaskan hari ini bahawa pihaknya mengambil sikap positif terhadap kenyataan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang mengisytiharkan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara Islam. "Dengan

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Ramadhan, Kenangan lama menggamit kembali Assalamualaikum.... Seperti biasa, kedatanganmu Ramadhan daku sambut dengan penuh keinsafan. Inilah kali ke tiga Sang Kelate (SK) menyambut kedatangan bulan penuh barakah ini di pulau yang sebenarnya asing bagi naluri ini. Hati SK tetap ditinggalkan di Tanah Serendah Sekebun Bunga. Namun perjalanan hidup membawa Sang Kelate ke daerah asing.

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My Beloved Teacher Tonite (M'sian time), just after midnite it is exactly 13 Hijrah years my beloved teacher move to the different world. He passed away on the last Friday nite before the Ramadhan months on that year. I have known him since my early teenage years. However, since I was away in a boarding school & college I do miss lots of his teachings. A couple of months before he passed away, I

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Who Wanna Be An 'Angkasanaut'? I read this from someone's blog while bloghopping: America - Astronaut Russia - Cosmonaut China - Taikonaut Malaysia - Bolehnaut (short for boleh-or-not) :) It is really a funny joke which actually make me laughed out. I bet most of us used to hear 'Bolehwood' (as per Hollywood & Bollywood). Sadly, 'melayuboleh' has also been used as name of a porno website (

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Am I prepared? Yesterday evening, while I was chatting in the living room with someone, J appeared from the kitchen passing handphone saying that there was an SMS from ZH all the way from Kelate. I suddenly sensed that something was wrong since it was almost 2 o'clock in the morning Malaysian time. TZ started the message by telling me that a respected person in my life send the regards to me &

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Malaysian Cyborg? Do you want to have an ability to know exactly how your partner think or feel like knowing ahead that yr partner is getting moody or can sense that your other half is into 'manja' mood & would like to be pampered (thanks for the implant chip) In 2000, while I was attending a conference in Nottingham, I had a chance to listen to the keynote address by Prof Kevin Warwick title 'I

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Do we all have good 'adab'? "...the peak of good adab is that you do not burden people according to your own pleasure, but burden yourselves according to their pleasures so long as they do not violate the Shari'a." -Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti While I was travelling to London over the weekend meeting the eldest son of my late 'tok guru' who came from M'sia

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Darul Kasino vs Darul Munafikin ...of 'Belanjawan' & 'New Police Recruits' Today's Berita Harian reported that one politician has called two east-coast states as Darul Munafikin after his own state is called as Darul Kasino. I don't wanna touch the political issue of this but for someone who is born and bred in Kota Bharu, Kelantan; I guess I have a right to make some comments. Darul Munafikin

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Quality Time... & "The Smart Thing is...." Assalamualaikum... This week is really an interesting week for me starting on Sunday 31st August; we celebrated Malaysian National Day in Liverpool with 'pakcik-pakcik'. The function was attended by almost 80-100 persons where the kids singing the patriotic songs and someone share their experience about 'Merdeka'. Pakcik Mat Noor who suppose to give a

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Selamat Hari Merdeka. This coming sunday, all malaysians will be celebrating the 46th Independence Day. I do wonder how many of us really understand the history behind the event. I have to admit that I myself do feel that am lacked of something when thinking abt merdeka. Born 14 yrs after the event, I never experience life before independence. I really wish that I do know more details abt the

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NASI LEMAK SMS Assalamualaikum... I am back. Thousands of apologies to my fellow bloggers & readers who regularly visit the site & found out that it has not be updated. Due to some reason, I had chosen to postpone from writing in the past three weeks eventhough I am tempted to do so. Last 2 days, I got an email from my chilhood friend, MA who is currently attached to Shell Brunei. I was

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IBUKU SIPENOREH GETAH Ibuku sipenoreh getah buta hurufnya sedari lahir buta angkanya sedari kecil, tapi cerah matanya bagai bulan purnama terang hatinya bagaikan suria pagi. Sibuta itulah yang kupanggil ibu orang pertama mengajarku: Setajam-tajam mata pisau torehnya, tajam lagi simata pena. (Dato Prof Dr. Hashim Yaacob) The poem above is from a book title 'Aku

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Semalam (Kelmarin kata orang Kelantan), saya menyambut ulangtahun kelahiran ke 33. Menoleh kembali ke belakang, terasa begitu cepat sekali masa berlalu. Tepatlah sekali maksud hadith bahawa antara tanda akhir zaman adalah cepatnya terasa masa yg beredar. Kesempatan berhubung dengan teman-teman sekolah yang sudah dikenali lebih 20 tahun menggamit kembali kenangan silam. Dulu, kami adalah

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"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter. " * W. Somerset Maugham Recently, an old friend of mine, J who was visiting me here shared with me an interesting story. He is a pilot with MAS. He told me how humble

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Salam Perkenalan Untuk Semua. This blog will be in both english & malay entries. This blog is meant to share my humble thoughts with other people and exchange ideas with the readers. All comments and input are welcome. Many Thanks. Sang Kelate UK

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