I found this song "Jalan Lurus" sang by Gita Gutawa, an Indonesian artist. It's a song about love primarily but love according to the way of Islam. And the song partially sums up what is Islam is all about.
Nice tune.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Burn Out
Enrolling in a postgraduate programme is putting a toll on me. The obvious thing is that I am tired and need some refreshment.
So as a non-car-owner like any other naive undergraduate in UM, I took a taxi yesterday and went to the most exciting, gargantuan and hippy shopping complex in the whole Lembah Klang, that is the MidValley.
I've been there countless of times and that's the nearest thing you could get for a good shopping mall. But the sad thing is, it was jam-packed with humans (as well as human-animals by the way that they dressed!). You have to go through these sea of human beings and you'll never see the same face ever again (except that if you came to the shopping mall for cuci mata, you will see the same person again and again, it's called The Law of Attractions...)
So what I did was, I met a friend or two of mine at the Coffeebean (Mak if you are reading this, I've tried frugality but rarely being successful!) and we chit-chatted until 8pm. It's like a gossiping table with some picture taking and then we're off.
The point I'm trying to is that, if you guys want to further your studies you really need to consider one thing: BURN-OUT.
Thank God I went to the MidValley yesterday. :)
So as a non-car-owner like any other naive undergraduate in UM, I took a taxi yesterday and went to the most exciting, gargantuan and hippy shopping complex in the whole Lembah Klang, that is the MidValley.
I've been there countless of times and that's the nearest thing you could get for a good shopping mall. But the sad thing is, it was jam-packed with humans (as well as human-animals by the way that they dressed!). You have to go through these sea of human beings and you'll never see the same face ever again (except that if you came to the shopping mall for cuci mata, you will see the same person again and again, it's called The Law of Attractions...)
So what I did was, I met a friend or two of mine at the Coffeebean (Mak if you are reading this, I've tried frugality but rarely being successful!) and we chit-chatted until 8pm. It's like a gossiping table with some picture taking and then we're off.
The point I'm trying to is that, if you guys want to further your studies you really need to consider one thing: BURN-OUT.
Thank God I went to the MidValley yesterday. :)
Friday, January 1, 2010
Dua Ribu Sepuluh (2010)
Again it's another new year in the Julian calendar. We are entering another time "frame" called 2010 after going through 365 days of our life revolving around the sun in 2009. For a perspective, it has been like this for two thousand and nine times since the creation of the calendar.
Somehow the "newness" of a new year reminds us of how far we have been in our short life. How life has changed or not changed.
For my self, the year 2009 is a year both of joy and sorrow. On this year I changed course of life my continuing my Master's Degree in Virology. On this year I knew that parents are really never to be taken for granted. On this year I learn more about family love than ever before. On this year, I learn how time is really gold. On this year too, I learn that human will get old and eventually die.
My grandfather died last November 2009 after a long illness. He valued education very much and respected people with one. He left us happily as he already tasted and got what all he wants: family, money, prestige et cetera. I observed that he did not "die" literally. He is still in us, through his genes, his words, his works, his wisdom. That's why Muhammad is still here. And all great people still here not because he is rich or powerful but because these great people are being humble and they help others without expecting anything in return.
And that made them almost being eternal.
And that made me thinking of how could I become them for this year of 2010...
Somehow the "newness" of a new year reminds us of how far we have been in our short life. How life has changed or not changed.
For my self, the year 2009 is a year both of joy and sorrow. On this year I changed course of life my continuing my Master's Degree in Virology. On this year I knew that parents are really never to be taken for granted. On this year I learn more about family love than ever before. On this year, I learn how time is really gold. On this year too, I learn that human will get old and eventually die.
My grandfather died last November 2009 after a long illness. He valued education very much and respected people with one. He left us happily as he already tasted and got what all he wants: family, money, prestige et cetera. I observed that he did not "die" literally. He is still in us, through his genes, his words, his works, his wisdom. That's why Muhammad is still here. And all great people still here not because he is rich or powerful but because these great people are being humble and they help others without expecting anything in return.
And that made them almost being eternal.
And that made me thinking of how could I become them for this year of 2010...