tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171201762011-12-14T11:56:56.953+08:00Looking around me I see the bigger pictures. And I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.myliasnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17120176.post-50268325554021337732008-02-26T14:59:00.002+08:002008-02-26T15:04:59.835+08:00

Relocation is for those who are moving either because of job needs or because of family needs or for any other reason which calls one to move out of present living location. Or even for those who decides to have no permanent abode.http://www.nationalrelocation.com/We have all the information on real estates, homes for sale by real estates, on mortgages and loans, mortgage rates and even for

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Mention Singer anywhere in the world from the desert of Sahara or Gobi, the jungle of the Amazon or Borneo or the holy city of Mekah or Jeresulam, or the civilization of the western Europe or the Americas, everyone would know what the brand Singer is. Its always have been associated with the sewing machine. Though now it has diversified into furniture.Established in 1852, by Isaac M Singer in the

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The name Santorini which is in Greece is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islandslocated in the southern Aegean Sea about 200 km southeast of Greece mainland. Area of approximately 28 sq. miles, with a population of about 14,000 people. The attached map showing its location, (in red), in relation to Greece as a whole.And a larger map shown thus, from Google maps. (Scroll down and right

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It is the intention of skyauction to maximize the holiday dollars for holiday makers by auctioning the prices for trips, especially on cruise liners. http://www.skyauction.com/vacation/cruises These are cheap cruises where the cruise auction may open as low as $1 with no reserve, the buyer having a choice of either buying their cruise at the auction or alternatively buying at the best deal for

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October 2007 is almost gone and November is just around the corner. Get on board to New Zealand, where there will be the Waitakere World Junior Badminton from 25th October to 4 November 07, the Adidas Auckland Marathon on 28 October, the Netball World Championship on 10 – 17 November 2007, and we have just missed the Coastal Yatch Race of 19 -21 October 2007.NZ is more than a sports heaven, it is

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Traveling for vacation purposes is something to look forward to as vacation is a time of peace, a time of forgetting the hustle and bustle of life, of home, of office, of work; in fact of the world at large. Vacation is a time when one just wants to be alone or with loved ones. Its ideal if such travel for vacation has no rushing about for checking in or for checking out of hotels, no hassle from

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Visiting the UK, one may like to visit some of the places of interest to immerse in the local culture and participate in the events of the locals. And bearing in mind getting accommodation at the most competitive price without digging deep into ones pocket. Visiting Edinburgh, one may not be excused if one does not look forward to witnessing Edinburgh Festival in August each year, and a must

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Cellular phones come in many brands with many capabilities; customers tending to select combinations and permutation of such capabilities depending on their needs. These cellular phones physical sizes and their inherent memories also vary. It was originally just a voice communication device, advancing to picture communication capabilities and now even to computer type of capabilities.From so many

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Think of beer, then one thinks of Germany. Think of music, art and culture, then one thinks of Austria. And there are no better place to visit in these two countries than Berlin in Germany and Vienna in Austria. Each is the Capital city of the country.In Germany there is the Oktoberfest (held in Munich), and the Beer Festival in Stuttgart which are held for about 2 weeks for as early as late

myliasnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17120176.post-76339070022496082302007-09-28T09:03:00.000+08:002007-09-30T08:10:37.789+08:00

GPS Insight is a Scottsdale, AZ based company which provides GPS tracking hardware and services for companies operating fleet vehicles. The GPS electronic instrumentations not only tracks the vehicle fleet movement but also the vehicles and the drivers performance on the road, throughout the USA and Canada, giving an every 2 minute report. The data are collected by the GPS hardware and analysed

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Its great fun shopping when one uses coupons; and these coupons are now available on line. And the range of merchants that accept these coupons are unbelievable, for example at http://www.couponchief.com/dell In Dell for example, one only needs to browse through their list of items, and one is virtually in a Dell department store, shopping and saving, and having fun. Browse in other merchants

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Think of home décor, one think of, among others, Farrey’s, an online store. Farreys has lighting fittings, ceiling fans, doorware, bath products, kitchen products and ventilation products. These décor products are not only for beauty but also for comfort in living. They are functional.Farrey’s was founded in 1924, http://www.farreys.com/info/about_us.html first started off as a hardware store and

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Create your own visitor map!

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Australia is a large island continent but one can look forward to getting reasonable cheap accommodation if one decides to visit some of the big Cities over there. On the western part of that country, Perth is a City that once one steps down on its soil, one is immediately is attracted to it. And over short stay there are hotels that will fit one modest budget. On an average of about AUD 100.00

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When one drives through a residential street with rows of well made and well designed, carefully installed mailboxes attached to the houses or in front of the houses , it is safe for one to give a high opinion of the community living in that area. http://www.mailboxixchange.com/residential-mailbox-packages.htmlThose carefully tended gardens and the care taken by the resident to blend the

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One sees the real events and real life in real travel. There is no border to such traveling, and many seek experience and be on the ground with real people and real happenings. Varied activities, various style and interesting (and maybe exotic) places. http://realtravel.com/southeast_asia-reviews-hotels-d368.htmlThere is no limit for choice destination. One can travel to the tropical jungle of

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Spending a day on a business trip or leisure in London is everyone’s dream, whatever the cost. And now many hotels in London are offering a one night accommodation, with breakfast and hotel facilities, for as cheap as GBP 65 and some hotels may even offer lower tariffs, and its worth every penny when one considers the challenges of transport in London. And these hotels are star-rated, 3 and 2

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Visit Kauai, the northernmost of the Hawaiian Islands. A package trip willease all your worries about the flight to the island and local transportarrangement on the island. Coach class by air and you will be met at theisland Airport by our trained representative who will take you to your hotel by the beach. The packagewill take care of all your accommodation and meals arrangement, you justrelax

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I have moved to http://when-i-m-65.blogspot.com/.This blog will be kept open, to be used as reference. Its getting too big and cumbersome.

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Anytime you are in Temerloh (Pahang, Malaysia) on any Sunday, just take a walk along with the local folks in their Sunday Market (Pekan Sari they say in the local language) and ask for Pak Ngah, the Ubat Kuat (sexually strong medicine) seller and you will be shown him. You won’t miss him. A senior, selling his wares by the road side, his youngish wife bedside him always, and he will most often

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At the weekend, my wife and I and some friends made a trip to Kuala Trengganu. It was a change from the familiar sites of Kuantan Town (where I spend about two weeks in a month, when duty calls) and of busy and humid Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Trengganu is different, in many ways. It has a slight eastern architecture in its buildings, it has got beautiful beach scenery, the sea is bluer and the sand on

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This article very localized. Its basically for Malaysian, and for those living in the State of Pahang (and bringing it down one level further, i.e those living in the District of Temerloh). The place names are also very localised, and very micro. The legends are also very localized and very micro. If anyone were to read this article, I wish to appologise if its irrelevant to be included in a blog

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http://www.lulu.com/content/757943Please visit book above site. Its mine, I published it. Maybe you may like to purchase a copy for yourself or your children.

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A few months ago I would have never thought that the old building at Jalan (Road) Telok Sisek, Kuantan, Malaysia would be revived. But about 1 month ago I saw some people working on it, and very recently I saw it revived, as a business premises.That is what it looks like now.The front porch.The back with a gazebo, but it seems to be neglected.The main hall. Observe that staircase to the upstairs

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Ismail Hussin, I must say that he is one of the better artist in Kuantan (Malaysia) today. I am not in that profession neither do I meet any other artist around Kuantan town but my experience with Ismail Hussin has been very satisfactory, since I met him more than 5 years ago. And I have used his talent to paint some paintings of my family members, using pencil, or pastel or even water colours

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I have just published a book, to be found at,http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=754559Anyone like to buy my book?

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Kuantan (Malaysia) has a beautiful beach called Telok Cempedak, which is on the coast about 5 km from Kuantan Town, and where the local Hyatt Hotel is located.The beach is a popular family recreation spot, nothing much really, just sand (the beach front has been extended by the Town Council, putting more sand on the beach thus now the beach is about 100 meters further seaward from where it was

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RatI must admit that in Malaysia rats are found in almost all the large towns, municipalities and in the City. I have often observed them in the daytime sometime, and at dusk but mostly in the early morning. Especially in areas where there is a high density of eating places such as food stalls and not too expensive restaurants. In such places food are mostly thrown

myliasnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17120176.post-69389852838785120612007-03-14T23:02:00.000+08:002007-03-16T22:01:16.619+08:00

There are so many tales and folklore (and books) about traditional medicine, especially the Malay traditional medicine, it may take a whole library to do research on them, and a lifetime to understand them.I grew up in Malaya in the atmosphere where the traditional Malay medicine was the order of the day, in my growing up years we had little access to western medicine. Even if there were western

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Who is lying? Judge for yourself.http://elizabethwong.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/iwd-tengku-adnan-whacks-women-bloggers/

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I cannot remember exactly when a few years ago I was driven to a remote Malay kampung quite close to my kampung in Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia where I was shown an abandoned mansion, overgrown with climbers and creepers. I remembered that the building was situated at the bank of a padi field. A beautiful location I thought, and what a waste. I was told that the building was built by a European who

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Sunday 18th Feb. 2007, I drove to Temerloh from Kuala Lumpur thinking that the 'pekan sari' (Sunday morning people's market) at Temerloh would be there; what a disappointment, it wasn't there; it seemed that because 18th Feb. 2007 was the Chinese New Year Day, they have brought forward the 'pekan sari' to Saturday, that is the day before. Anyway, I went to the spot where the 'pekan sari' is

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When talking about Sungei Pahang or Pahang River, one can find all that one needs to know in the sites as shown.Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahang_RiverHttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TemerlohHttp://www.answers.com/topic/pahang-riverHowever I wish to relate my own experience with THAT River, an experience which is valueless to me. Though such experience will no longer materialise in the future, and

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You know when Chinese New Year (CNY) is coming. This year it’s the golden pig year.The lantern.The sales of Chinese oranges.The small gold lemon trees.And the sticks.And the raid by our Malaysian Police on distributors/sellers for fire crackers. These are banned items in Malaysia for one reason or another.Fireworks ban still onPUTRAJAYA: Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow has

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Modern Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, KLCC etc etc.In Kuantan, Mahkota Square etc etc ,But in reality there are still people in Malaysia living squeezed and left behind the waves of modern development, either because of circumstances or because they themselves make themselves left behind, or they do not want to go forward or they cannot afford to go forward. Just take your pick. Mix with them and you

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I booked a seat on a coach to Kuantan (from KL) Tuesday last (Transnasional) for 11.30 am schedule, but somehow there was no 11.30 coach. I was told that that particular coach was not available to make it for one reason or another, so the scheduled time shifted to 12.30 pm. Come to think of it was either for technical reason or for commercial reason that the 11.30 scheduled coach could not make

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We held a wedding reception on the Sunday night of 4th Feb. 2007 at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of my son's marriage. Over 400 guest attended. It was a grand occasion to my mind, the evening started off well, went smoothly and did not end untill about 11.00 pm.

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This is AGLOCO™ 's proposition.Whenever you are online, either surfing, blogging, clicking on an ad, making a purchase, all the money generated by your activities is pocketed by a small number of players. At AGLOCO™ they say not anymore!AGLOCO™ is a global community, whose owners are its Members (you and potentially the millions of internet users out there). Their goal is to capture a significant

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In the late 50s, early 60s and perhaps up to late 70s, when one flew in an aeroplane low over London one could see TV aerials on every roof, together with smoking chimneys, though the number of smoking chimneys have been reduced drastically by early 70s. But the number of TV aerials were never reduced.In a less developed countries like Malaysia, TV aerials were not common untill the early 70s.

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I believe that in Malaysia bloggers are the minority of the silent majority. The silent majority just suffer, and nowhere to redress their sufferings (but many of the silent majority are the ones that benefit most from the present regime so they remain very silent). Many others though are just living dead, no opinion, no thoughts and nobody. Bloggers have access to a media to express their

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I often wonder why is it that in Thailand they produce sugar coated tamarind and export those to Malaysia. And tamarind trees can be grown very well in Malaysia. And they fruit as well.Near where I live, in Kuala Lumpur, there are about 30-40 matured tamarind trees planted by the roadside and they bear fruit often, so I observe. And those tamarind fruits are left to rot on the trees and nobody

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Its a strange feeling walking alone in the brightly lit street towards the masjid in the early morning hours to perform the Subuh (Fajar) prayers. Maybe one or two people walking, passing you in their quick pace manner, not saying a word of greeting but just walking, ready dressed for the occasion, and probably a car humming driving fast (seemed so when you are walking) towards the masjid, and

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http://kickdefella.wordpress.com/We are expecting a big fight. So watch this space!

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I thought that it’s interesting to note about the coach ride I had on a number of occasions these couple of weeks,. I have not been doing such ride for a long time, mainly because I usually travel by car. However on recent occasions when my car was not available, my wife using it to go about the City preparing for my son’s wedding, I traveled by coach to go outstation to work. I traveled the

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Bird nest soup is very popular among the Chinese. With the right concoction its supposed to balanced up the yang the ying (whatever they are). And in the market they are sold in ‘tahil', a fraction of ounces. Don’t know what the values are but they are expensive and one can hardly buy it just for fun. When one think about birds nest one always think about dark caves in some remote regions of Asia

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The are the heshe of my town. I see them only at dark hours on street corners, dressed well and looking innocent, waiting for something ............ don't know what. They appear very late at night and by the early morning hours, by first light, they just melt into nothingess, they just disappear. not to be seen at all. These photoes were taken at wee morning hours, when activities seemed to be

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Eid ul-Adha day, 31 Dec. 2006, 10 Zulhijah 1427, it was celebrated in our small masjid in Wangsa Maju, KL.The cows were ready for the 'qurban', men and women came to pray, the prayers, and after the prayers. After the prayers, my family went to a friends house at Janda Baik, a cool hill Malay village about half-hour drive east of KL. He had 8 cows 'qurban' and the meat distributed to the poor (

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I am runnng out of ideas on what to blog on. So I keep coming back to food. Some people also run out of ideas and they go for girls or even plain sex.This was a fried egg noddle in thick gravy, topped up with egg white, vege and seafood which I had at a hotel in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia on the Boxing Day 06 night. And it costed RM 21.00 (USD 1 = RM 3.70). Expensive? Not if you are in hotel

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Today I was alone in the house, my wife gone shopping with her cousion. So I decided to have a cheap meal outside, at a rice stall. I had 1/2 a plateful of rice, a small bit of fish, some curried squids, some fried meat pieces, hot sambal (chilli paste), and some cucumber. And for drink I asked for a hot sugarless and milkless tea in a small mug. I looked forward to that meal, especially today is

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This morning before entering the Kuantan Masjid for my Subuh Prayers, at about 5.30 in the morning, I saw this beautiful scene of a full moon. Probably the last full moon for the year 2006, the next full moon will be in early 2007 (am I right?). But when I went for my morning walk in the garden near the beach I saw debris right up to the tiled walking track, and some of the sandy walking path

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Reflections: A Soul For Searching

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Alchemy Anyone?

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Some may stand the pressure of City life while others just go potty. A scene taken 2 days ago at Ampang Park LRT Station Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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These do not mix but I found them all in one day today at Wangsa Maju.While taking my morning walk this morning I saw this. For some people life is so easy, just throw away any of their unwanted item anywhere. Don't they have any conscion/concern?At noon I saw this. Art in a very crude form, art on the sidewalk wall. Still its art. Well I thought, its not bad.And that evening, on going to the

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This I must record. Today I went to the wedding of one of my nieces who I hardly know. Look at the photo, a beautiful couple indeed!.The sense of pride springs from knowing that her mother who is my half sister, my mothers only daughter by another husband after she got divorced from my father, had lead such a miserable life (in my way of thinking) from the challenges she faced trying to be

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My neighbour did all these by himself. Such skills!

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For RM 5.00 (USD 1.00 = RM 3.80) you get a half plate of boiled white rice, a few pieces of fried meat, a fish, some hot 'sambal' paste, and a glass of unsweetened tea, for an afternoon meal in Kuantan Town. What more can you ask for?

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Once upon a time the founding fathers of Kuantan Town (Pahang, Malaysia) buried their deceased by the Kuantan River, like these graves. As time progresses, the people of Kuantan wanted to use the river bank for recreational and commercial purposes. So they moved the dead to somewhere else, except these. This car park now stands on where they were a lot of the graves of the founding fathers and

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This old building in Kuantan Town was built in 1925. It was built near the old Kuantan Port, in Town then. Its now abandonned, neglected and looks most likely very soon it will be torn down. Soon it will just be a memory.......... in some old man's mind. A new building will rise, the old and the 'has been', forgotten forever. They call that progress.But life must go on.

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To a Muslim sitting in a masjid before, during and after every prayer is a solace. Or even sitting in a masjid doing nothing is a solace. But in Malaysia there is a challenge to overcome wanting to sit in a masjid doing nothing or just ‘iktikaf’, most masjid are locked to prevent theft of masjid’s properties by bad elements in that area or passing that area, and in certain big masjid one cannot

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Hari Raya (Eid al-Fitr) 2006.Hari Raya 2006 fell on Tuesday 24th Oct. 2006.What does one do at Hari Raya?. Routine, that is what I can say. But the Malays make this season a very sentimental season, a season of balik kampung. (http://kiss-met.blogspot.com/2005/05/trappings-of-ruralkampong-life-balek.html). For me, as usual I got up early, preparing myself to go the the masjid, in my case for my

myliasnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17120176.post-1161597753796295972006-10-23T17:47:00.000+08:002006-10-28T07:28:28.326+08:00

http://www.islamqa.com/index.php?pg=article&ln=eng&article_id=56http://www.iisna.com/articles/?sid=pillars&id=1http://www.iisna.com/articles/?sid=pillars&id=2The fasting month for 2006 is over. It was a case of it came and it went. And many of us are not sure whether we will still be here when it comes again.I had a very pleasant and simple fasting month this year, first week spent in Kuala

myliasnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17120176.post-1159168070247735812006-09-25T14:53:00.000+08:002006-09-25T15:07:50.263+08:00

I was wrong! In my last posting I said that the Tarawih prayers are led by two young Imams from South Thailand. These young Imams are Hafiz, that is they can remember all the verses in the Koraan by heart. They recite these during the night prayers.And I found out,This young guy is our very own Malaysian, from Kuala Selangor, about 50 km from Kuala Lumpur.Yes, this guy is from South Thailand,

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Its the first day of Ramadan 2006, (Hijrah 1427). Muslim starts obligatory fasting from today, for 1 month.This morning, after the Subuh prayers, we had an Ustaz (a Muslim religious teacher) talking to us, reminding us of our obligations, as a Muslim, in this fasting month. In our Surau (small masjid but no Friday prayers done here, in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur at Section 5 Wangsa Maju

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Thank you Ustaz Arief Salleh Rosman for imparting your Islamic Religious knowledge to us at Surau An-Naim in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur.Your once a month visit to us, talking to us, teaching us, reminding us had been very useful; and your patient and deep knowledge on matters pertaining to Islamic beliefs and everyday life situation had us transfixed to your teachings. You have been with us for

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Jalan Wong Ah Jang in Kuantan (Malaysia) has undergone a drastic change of scenery. For better or for worse, in health or in sickness.........there were murmurs (http://aplikasi.kpkt.gov.my/akhbar.nsf/521fb206a8dbd0a34825697400224def/020e13dbe237f7b0482570a6000a21e4?OpenDocument), and that was all.... life has to go on.The scene in Oct. 2005, looking East from one of the side roads.The same

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http://notime.motime.com/tag/treesMy original blog above.The tree stood majestically then.That was in Jun 2005But in September 2006, what remains.............. Itsoon will disappear forever.

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I HATE THE WEDDING!. Is that too strong? THE WEDDING HAD NO VALUE CREATION NOR VALUE ADDING! How about that? Reality?THE ACTOR/ACTRESS IN THE WEDDING HAS NO CHARITABLE FALLBACK! Correct?And I pray that when its over, no other such WEDDING will be so publicised.For heaven sake, don't go further into when pregnant, what baby, blah blah blah .........I cannot stand it anymore!

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On the way back from Taiping (Malaysia) on Friday, my wife persuaded me to stop over at Kuala Kangsar town for lunch. Its really off the way by the North South Highway but its a place worth while stopping. I spent about 10 years of my life going to a elite residential school over there, the Malay College. Its also is the Royal Town of the State of Perak (Malaysia). Anthony Burgess (of the A

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What you mostly see at Taman Gelora, Kuantan (Malaysia)in the early morning.Every morning these edicated ladies (mostly) and some men will gather at this spot and have about 1 hour of 'senamrobik'. Used to be led by a shrilled voice petit tough looking Chinese lady, playng the excercise music on a portable cassette player. Now I don't see her anymore, somebody else is leading the session. Its a

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When I look at the photo of an Orang Asli thatched roof house with tree bark walls in the blog I sent yesterday, I remember about one of their ceremony called 'bersiwai'. 'Bersiwai' is an Orang Asli gathering and merry making at night time, I have never been to. Probably then we the Malays never took part, it was not a part of our culture. But since it happened in Pahang (a Sultanate State in

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Deep in the green lush tropical jungle of Pahang, Malaysia, but only about less than 2 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur, at Kuala Gandah, Lanchang, Temerloh, driving on the Kuala Lumpur -Kuantan Highway, exit at Lanchang Exit, there is an elephant sanctuary managed by the Malaysian Government. And a few km away is 'Deerland' where some Malaysia deer (and a few other animals) are reared. Its worth a

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It was my grandson's birthday last week. Happy Birtday Qadeem.

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The Malay College Kuala Kangsar in Perak was "the Eaton of The East" then. This is a fully residential school for boys, a premier school at that time. I was one of the privileged few to go to the school then and the first from my kampong. Many went since then and including one of my nephews in 1986 and my son in 1993. When I was successful at the entrance examination held in late 1952, I was sent

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My son officially got engaged to his fiancee' on Saturday 1st July 2006.

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Its has been about 39 years ago that my father passed away. Just a memory, for this year's Fathers Day.

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Almost in every masjid or surau (small masjid) in towns in Malaysia have these Chubb safes in them, where people attending prayers in these masjids can give donations, the amount depending on their wish. The money is usually used to improve the facilities in the masjid, and there are also masjids which use the money for charity.These Chubb safes usually have slots/slits on top to facilitate

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When you are 'high' you are oblivious to the world, you are a 'walking dead'. Picture taken in a small town just outside the City of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) this week.

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Prejudice at its zenith.

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When I visited the Malaysian National Park (Taman Negara)recently and on going boating up and down the Tahan River I was very fascinated by the old trees by the river bank. I imagine that these trees must be thousands of years old. If not cut down by men (which may even result in the erosion of the river bank) they will still be there another thousands of years.These trees are probably eyed by

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A pencilled potrait of my mother done by an artist in Kuantan.For Mothers Day over this weekend.To honour the memory of my mother who passed away about 30 years ago. One cannot replace one's mother. And its only when she is not around anymore you begin to miss her. Aku beshukur mendapat mu sebagai ibu ku dan aku berdoa kepada Tuhanku mudah-mudahan supaya mengampuni segala dosa mu.

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Anyone visiting Sungei Lembing in Malaysia will not fail to see such man made entrance to the hills sorrounding the 'cowboy' town.The man-made entrance is big enough for a man to go in.And there are many such manmade entrances along the brim of the hillsides. These are the old entrances to the tin lode mines which flourished before WW2 and just after.Unfortunately most of these entrances are now

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There he sits like a hermit, reading the Koraan, at one corner just outside the Muslim Prayer House (Surau) at the Tapah (Malaysia) Rest & Recreation (R&R) area, on the North South Highway. He collects donations to build a School for Al-Hafiz (Koraan Readers who can memorise the whole Koraan) for orphans.He must have been permited to do so, he has actually a letter with a Seal from the Muslim

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A very interesting weekend I thought. Spent it in Melaka (Malaysia), as a guest at a friend’s house. Not really a house, more of an apartment, a sort of self owned service apartment really. Abandoned for a long time but now given a new lease of life. The main objective of being in Melaka (Malaysia) was as a guest at a newly found friend’s daughter’s wedding, a special wedding between a foreign

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For about 8 years, Ustaz Mustaffa Umar had been patiently teaching Tafseer Al-Quraan to the flock at a Surau in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur. He is there almost every Tuesday night. His dedication is beyond reproach and his knowledge is beyond question. And now he has to say good-bye, he is going back to his country of origin. We will miss him. As the Malays say, "Di mana kan ku cari ganti?". He

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Chiggong in session. And at far background, some folks having open air public exercises, a sort of aerobic session usually using Chinese music and lead by a Chinese lady.Public aerobic sessions. This one is organised by the Kuantan Municipal Council, and usually lead by a person employed by the Kuantan Municipal Council; and music mostly of Malay, English and Hindustani recordings. Old folks

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Lady doing the hula with large wooden beads on a string. She was just exercising to keep her hip trimmed.

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Others may be watching the floating stage show by the Kuantan River, while many Muslims were at the Kuantan Masjid listening to a religious presentation on Prophet Muhammad PBUH by royal (Malaysian Agong - King -) religious adviser Abu Hassan Din Al-Hafiz, (from Kuala Lumpur).

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An old Malay man sitting by the Kuantan River in the morning reminisance of old time, and watching the floating stage for the Malaysian Water Festival show, the opening will be tonight, and famous Malaysian Malay singers will be singing there tonight, and over the weekend to be followed by a display of firework late in the night at the weekend.And the Malaysian Agong will be present for the

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wanting to go on night safari at Malaysian National Park. That was a good fun. Our weekend (11th - 12 March 2006)visit to the Malaysian National Park (Taman Negara) was worth it; good company, good accomodation, good food aand best of all the night safari ride. 12 of us in an old pick-up truck, going on a moonlight night in darkness of an oil palm estate. And we saw some wild cats in the bushes,

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Fishing on a fishing platform (kelong) off the east coast of Johore over the weekend. Did not catch much. But we had fried small fries, and enjoying it on the deck. And our sleeping hut on the platform. And the caretaker was a genious, he fished from the floor hole while watching TV - he must have seen too much TV programmes and learning from then Eskimos. We came on Saturday noon and left the

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The wives at the 'old boys' monthly breakfast gathering.

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All aboard at Setiawangsa LRT Station.

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They never miss, can we afford to miss?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Occupation/image0021.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Occupation/image0032.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Occupation/image0043.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Occupation/image0054.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Occupation/image0065.jpghttp://

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It was today, in Malaysia.Hindu devotees carries kavadi offering cage climb 272 steps to the Batu Caves temple near the giant statue of Lord Murugan during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in

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He sells satay at night in an open stall.

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Its Sunday morning market day in town, near the Town Stadium. Lazying walking about, at leisure you may buys flowers, young fruit trees or anything that you fancy and you may choose from - fresh meat from the butcher, fish from the fishmongers (fresh seafish or fresh river fish), vegetable especially those grown locally, cooked food, or even some clothings. There may even be quacks selling

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It morning and people walking about in the public park. But why carry umbrellas? In case it rains of course, and its no fun walking about when it rains; especially if its your fast walking/ jogging time. Well, it it rains you just open the umbrella and continue walking, or return to you car in your own time. Unless it pours.

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http://www.alnakba.org/villages/villages.htmCouldn't anybody help?

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Don't care 2 hoots on safety. Stupid or just earning a living?

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