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Back in Malaysia

2011-07-04T09:41:00.001+08:00

Salams everyone!!! =)

Back, back in Malaysia . . . I got back to Malaysia with my family about 3 weeks ago because the problem in Sana'a, Yemen escalated. I do not know how is the condition in Yemen now but it surely has worsen... I really hope this crisis of theirs ends soon though

These 3 weeks have been quite busy, helping my mum to arrange for my sisters' studies as 2 of them will be taking IGCSE (O Levels) this October/November insha Allah.

As for me, if you're wondering about my progress than it's a no, I haven't completed surah Baqarah yet and about learning Tafseer and Hadith I don't think I might get the chance for now but there is still a possibility of learning it through my fiancee ;)

I have just resumed my memorizations and is currently bored half through the day and has nothing to do, except for doing my tahfiz in the mornings and looking for scholarships. Insha Allah if all goes well I will start my pilot studies at Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT) which is located in Kelantan's airport by the end of this year.

Oh yeah, I got engaged just before returning to Malaysia. hehehe =D Alhamdulillah

Marriage? Unknown yet as we haven't had the time to discuss anything in particular actually. I don't think I will be blogging about how it all happened =P

I'm back . . .

2011-05-27T19:53:00.003+08:00

Salam.

I am back, the last time I posted was in August 2010, quite a long time. Well I was quite busy and still am busy. Only now I have the "time" and the blogging spirit. hehe

In November 2010 I went back to Malaysia with my family for my Aunt's wedding. I was the ?????. It was just a short stay, my mum and sisters went back after 1 month and me after 2 months. However I did not come back alone, I came back with my GRANDMOTHER!!! It's her first time travelling to Yemen and it has been about 30 years since she last traveled overseas! It wasn't easy to convince her to come with me, it was all very very last minute confirmation, last minute tickets, last minute shopping (since it is winter at that time so we had to go buy some winter wear for her). Of course we were very happy that she's coming to visit us and all. She stayed with us for 1 month, 1 month is quite a long period for my grandmother. We wanted to keep her longer but had to give in to her request in the end.

Alhamdulillah I have finished 21 juz of the Qur'an. Now memorizing Surah Al-Baqarah, Insha Allah will finish by end of June and then Insha Allah I will start Tafseer and Hadeeth classes if the Sheikhs is available.

That's all my update is for this time. I shall post another one soon Insha Allah.

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t.

Ramadhan 2009 in Yemen

2010-08-19T19:55:00.003+08:00

Ramadhan 2009 in Yemen
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How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States?

2010-08-19T18:02:00.004+08:00

How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States?

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How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States? Part 2

2010-08-06T23:17:00.004+08:00

A continuation of the previous post, How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States? Part 1.

Step 6:

Capture and torture people from all over the world in a prison such as Guantanamo Bay. Deny them rights: no charge; no trial; no representation; no right to a lawyer; no right to visit from friends, relatives or the Red Cross; and do so for an indefinite period. Select people whose religion is the same as those in the terrorist state you are looking to create (in this case Islam). This will make the enemies seem more closely knit, yet from varying countries, giving your country the excuse to invade country after country.

Step 7:

Destroy the stabilizing government of the neighbouring country. In 2006, Britain and America supported Somali warlords, such as Abdullah Yusuf, who invaded Somalia in order to overthrow the emerging government (the Union of Islamic Courts) and replace them with a facist government nobody wanted (the Transitional Federal Government, or TFG)

Step 8:

Murder people without charge or trial in both countries with new, super-weaponry, such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones). This will terrorize and radicalize the population of the country you are trying to turn into a terrorist state. Hopefully, your media will attempt to vindicate the drone attacks by either not reporting them or else uncritically quoting officials who claim that the drones target terrorists.
Without journalist challenging these official statements, the public may assume that they are correct. (This is happening in more and more countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine, Yemen, Somalia, and possibly even Haiti).

Step 9:

Omit as much of the previous steps as you can from public knowledge via the media and education system of your own country. This will make any action from the country you are trying to turn into a terrorist state seem unprovoked, giving you the chance to invade as an act of self-defence. It will also allow you to carry on without your public overthrowing you (as mentioned in Step 1). Also, get your media to make meaningless statements about the country you are trying to turn into a terrorist state, sucha as "Osama Bin Laden's grandfather was born there" or, or "the failed Christmas underpants bomber (Umar Farouk Abdulmuttallab) was radicalized there by the cleric Anwar Al-Awlaqi" - even though Abdulmuttallab's father informed the FBI of his son's radicalization months before, which the FBI ignored - or, "Nidal Malik Hasan, the major who killed several of his colleagues at a US base, was radicalized there" - even though this was not terrorism because they were military targets.

Step 10:

Wait for a terrorist attack to occur, in the country itself, against a British national stationed there, such as an ambassador who has previously worked in another country you helped to destroy.
When the British ambassador to Yemen, Tim Torlot, (who had worked for the British government in Iraq) was attacked in April 2010, the "left" and "right" media leapt at the chance to emphasize how dangerous Yemen is to Britain (for which we planned in Step 1)

Step 11:

Now sit back and wait for the country to boil over into extremeviolence, making sure you poke the bear with sticks, such as increased drone attacks and security raids by the puppet government being armed and trained by your own.
After a few years, you will have yourself a nice terrorist state. Later, academics can refer to the country as a "failed state". While your domestic population assumes that you are either incompetent or out there to combat terrorism, you can secure energy routes or raw resources.

How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States? Part 1

2010-08-06T20:36:00.004+08:00

Today's post is extracted from the Yemen Post, an article written by Tim Cole, a very interesting article indeed.

How US-UK Create 'Terrorist' States: Yemen as a Case Study

How to create your very own terrorist state:

Using Yemen as a case study, Tim Coles argues that these steps precisely match US and British policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran as well as Yemen to grow "very poisonous seeds", some which have ripened while others are ripening.

So, you want to create your own terrorist state, do you? Follow these simple instructions and you will be able to grow "very poisonous seeds. These seeds are growing now. Some have ripened while others are ripening."
Here is how to create your own terrorist state, using Yemen as an example.

Step 1:

Make sure you have a media and an education system sophisticated enough to omit what your country does to others, but emphasize what other countries do to you.

This will enable your domestic population to hate the people of the other country, allowing you to pursue your agenda without the risk of being overthrown by your own population.

Step 2:

Select a country that has suffered under your colonial rule in the past. Aden, now Yemen, was occupied by the British in 1839. In 1947, the Amir of Dhala's son, Haidan, led an uprising which was crushed with overwhelming firepower from Britain's Royal Air Force. In a study for the RAND Corporation, Briuce Hoffman explained:

Step 3:

Make sure that your selected country has a neighbour across the sea, or on its border, which has also suffered under your colonial rule. You will need to do this for Step 7 later on. In 1925, the colonial administrator, Douglas Jardine, no to be confused with the cricketeer, explained the geographic importance of Aden and British Somaliland, now Somalia:

Step 4:

Now that you have chosen a country, in close proximity to its exploited neighbour, you'll want to ensure that the suffering inflicted upon it had contined throughout the course of, say, one hundred years.

Step 5:

Now that you have fostered enough resentment and ruined a country's chance of socio-economic recovery, you might want to try betraying even the mercenary elements of that country attempting to side with you. In 1979, Amreica and Britain began funding, arming and training the Afghanistan mujahideen in order "to draw the Russians into the Afghan trap", to quote US President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. This worked. Russia and the mujahideen ruined Afghanistan - and out of the ashes rose the Taliban, whom Britain and America supported almost up to 9/11. Britain's leading independent terror specialist, Jason Burke, documented how many of the more fascistic elements of the mujahideen were Yemenis who "had distinguished themselves at the battle of Jalalabad in 1989.

Update . . .

2010-08-02T17:30:00.004+08:00

Hi there!! It sure has been a long time since I posted anything. I hate leaving this blog for so long but I just don't know what to write about . . . I'll just write an update of since I last blogged.

UNIVERSITY:

As of now, the holidays have started, until the Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Calendar. However, I won't be continuing Iman University next Muharram as I do not have the leisure of doing 4 years in Iman University. Instead, I will be finishing 2 years of study in 1 year, Insha Allah. I have gone to meet with the Principal of Iman University to get a lists of Sheikh to teach me the subjects that is currently teached at Iman University. After I get the list, I will be calling them and arranging on matters such as; payment, time, and place. And then, the studies shall begin! I want the classes to start as soon as possible as there are a lot to cover but classes might start only after Syawal as the Ramadhan, the fasting month is just a few days away and they usually go back to their village during this period.

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JOB:
Our latest maid was fired a few days ago due to some circumstances and we were supposed to have a new maid but it seems that she backed out. So, my mum has decided to hire my sisters and I, salary will be split into 5. Maybe it will be like this for a month or two since 2 of my sisters will start school in September/October.

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TEETH:
Since a few weeks ago I have been feeling intense pain especially when I eat using the right side of my mouth, that now I am chewing food using the left side only and chewing slowly.
A week later I had to bring my sisters to dentist for polishing and had my teeth checked out as well. It turnes out that my wisdom tooth is coming out and the pain is normal, said the doctor. The doctor also said, I should take good care to avoid inflammation etc.

Fever

2010-06-14T21:37:00.001+08:00

I am down with a fever until 11th of July 2010 . . . There will be no posts until then . . .

Thank you.

Back On-Line!!

2010-05-26T20:10:00.005+08:00

Salam.

It has been about 3 weeks since I last blogged. Actually, I have nothing much, perhaps nothing at all to write about. During the past few weeks I have finally been consistent in my Tahfiz memorizations and revisions. Currently I am at 16 juz mark, Insha Allah will be at 17th by the end od the week.

So, right now since I am studying at Iman University I can no longer do 2 pages per day. Instead, I have now reduced it to 1 page per day - until the holidays that is.. And also my target is that I finish 20 by September and do not have any "holes"!!
My mum is currently in Malaysia for business purposes which leaves me babysitting my sisters. hahaha . . . She was supposed to return sometime next week but had to postpone to next next week.

Also, I am "worrying" about how I am going to watch the World Cup??!!! We don't have a satellite yet, a TV yes, we do. My only option right now is to go out and watch it. I've checked the time difference between Yemen and South Africa which is -1 hour difference. The match times are at 1.30pm, 4pm, 8.30pm South Africa time which means it'll be 2.30pm, 5pm, 9.30pm here. Actually the time of the matches is better here than if I am in Malaysia!!

The problem is, I hate going out to watch the World Cup, I'd rather watch it at home, lying down comfortably at my cozy sofa infront of the Television, if I need anything I can just go and grab it from the kitchen/fridge + the system to watch football here is different. Once, I went to watch UEFA Champions League Final match, the entry alone costs Yemeni Riyal (YR) 300!! And the TV was SMAL!!! And it was CROWDED!!! And the chairs does NOT look comfortable! Of course, in the end I just went home, did not even watch the match . . . I might check out some of the cafe's nearby though.

Don't judge a book by it's cover . . .

2010-05-01T19:33:00.010+08:00

Often do we hear that proverb. Well . . .In this case, don't judge a person by it's appearances!

I am sure you get the morale of the video right? (Just incase if you don't, just comment)
So, I'll just leave the explanations. There is also one story similar to this. A story related from one of Wali-wali Allah, Hasan Basri.

The story goes like this:

One day, Hasan Basri was sitting on a river bed and saw a man holding an alcohol glass bottle and sitting with a young lady. He said to himself, "What a bad person he is! I wish he is as good as me."
At the same time there was a boat travelling in the river and slowly the boat started to sink. There were 7 people on that boat. That man immediately jumped into the river to save them from drowning and was able to save 6 of them. Then he turned around and said to Hasan Basri, "If you are more noblr than me, in the name of Allah, go and save that one person that is still in drowning in the river. You save only one person but I saved 6."
However, Hasan Basri was not able to save that one person. That man said to him, "Sir, the lady with me is my mother, and the bottle contains only water. This event was a test for you."
Upon hearing this, Hasan fell to a sitting position and said, "Like how you had saved 6 persons from drowning, save me from drowning in pride and arrogance." That man replied, "May Allah fulfill your prayer."
Ever since this event happened, Hasan became a very humble person.


Until next time . . =D

Bus Fares Reverted

2010-04-29T19:25:00.002+08:00

. . . As of 24th April 2010, bus fares was raised to YR30. Why? Because they said that the price for petrol, gas, and benzene was raised..

Unfortunately, a few days ago the bus fares has been reverted back to it's normal pric, YR20. It seems that the rise in bus fares was not official, not approved by the government. The weird thing was that the Traffic Police Officers were in it as well!!! They were stationed at every bus points and telling the passengers that the bus fares will be YR30 from then on.

I guess the bus drivers and Traffic Police Officers had made a pact in ensuring the bus fares is raised to YR30. Not only was the bus fares raised but the number of buses had decreased dramatically as well so that pedestrians will have no choice but to take the bus and pay YR30 because of shortage in buses.

Anyway, I am still on holiday and it is still unclear wether classes will be starting next week or not. Even if it does, perhaps only 3-4 months of classes and then holidays again until the 10th of Muharram next year.

Price hikes

2010-04-26T19:49:00.002+08:00

Salam.

I am still on holiday (this is the 4th week) eventhough it was supposed to be only for 2 weeks and it is still unsure whether there will be classes or not next week.

Recently, there was price hikes for almost everything and two days ago even the bus fares increased (by YR10=RM0.60). Eventhough the increase is little but it will greatly burden the people here, especially those of low class, and students from foreign countries.

The Yemenis have a large family so taking a bus will prove have a great effect on them and it's not like we need to take only 1 bus to go somewhere. And when you have to take multiple buses everyday it can be quite costly. E.g. for me to go to Iman University I have to take 3 buses, each bus costs YR30 = YR90 for one way. If two way then it would be YR180 = RM3.60 per day and this is if it's only just ME!!

This does not only effect the passengers but also the bus drivers. Yemenis are quite rebellious so they do not wish to pay YR30. Some do but most of them do not. Because of this the bus drivers are not in a good mood nowadays and results in SHORTAGE OF BUSES!

As a result of bus shortage, Traffic police was stationed at almost every bus points. Their job is to halt any empty taxi or lorries or trucks and order them to function as a bus. Since, people had no other choices they had to take these transportations. If u take a taxi, you'll have to pay YR50 per person and they will "clog" each taxi with 6 passengers. If a lorry or truck you'll have to pay YR20 and you'll have to stand!! haha.. What a scene..

Today, I wanted to go home from Diary Street, took a bus. The bus drivers had told the passengers before hand that he will charge YR30 but there were some who did not wish to comply. So, this group of people of five gave the bus driver YR100. Of course the bus driver refused and insisted on charging YR30 per person and this people insisted on YR20 per person.

In the end, the bus drivers turned around and went back to where we came from and did not stop at all eventhough the passengers told him to stop. When we were near to the street where we took the bus he took another turn, going to another place resulting in an almost quarrel scene.. (I think that bus driver was going home) Finally, he stopped and we all got down from the bus and took another bus.

A Lesson . .

2010-04-25T19:49:00.000+08:00

A nice story you must read it.

Since last night my young son has been unwell. When I got back from Work this evening I decided to take him to hospital despite my exhaustion.

There were many waiting; perhaps we will be delayed by more than an hour. I took my number and sat down in the waiting room. There were many faces, young and old, but all silent. Some brothers made use of the many booklets available in the waiting room. Some of those waiting had their eyes closed, while others were looking around. Most were bored. Once in a while the long silence was broken by a nurse calling out a number. Happiness appears on the one whose turn it is, and he gets up quickly; then silence returns.

A young man grabbed my attention. He was reading a pocket-sized Qur`an continuously; not raising his head even once. At first I did not think much about him. However, after one hour of waiting my casual glances turned into a deep reflection about his lifestyle and how he utilizes his time. One hour of life wasted! Instead of making benefit of that hour, it was just a boring wait. Then the call for prayer was made. We went to prayer in the hospital's Masjid. I tried to pray close to the man who was reading the Qur'an earlier in the waiting room.

After the prayer I walked with him. I informed him of how impressed I was of him and how he tries to benefit from his time. He told me that most of our time is wasted without any benefit. These are days that go from our lives without being conscious of them or regretting their waste. He said that he started carrying the pocket-sized Qur`an around when a friend encouraged him to make full use of his time. He told me that in the time other people waste he gets to read much more of the Qur`an than he gets to read either at home or in the masjid. Moreover, besides the reward of reading the Qur`an, this habit saves him from boredom and stress.

He added that he has now been waiting for one and a half hours. Then he asked, when will you find one and a half hours to read the Qur`an? I reflected; How much time do we waste? How many moments of our lives pass by, and yet we do not account for how they passed by? Indeed, how many months pass by and we do not read the Qur`an? I came to respect my companion, and I discovered that I am to stand for account and that time is not in my hand; so what am I waiting for?

My thoughts were interrupted by the nurse calling out my number; I went to the doctor. But I want to achieve something now. After I left the hospital I quickly went to the bookshop and bought a pocket-sized Qur`an. I decided to be mindful of how I spend the time.
If this information is beneficial to you, then please do forward it to your friends and relatives. Our Prophet (Sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said; "Whoever guides or directs to good, then he gets the same amount of blessing (reward) as the one who does it"

The Prophet (Sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) also said "Pass on knowledge from me even if it is only one verse"

MYF 2010

2010-04-04T20:59:00.005+08:00

Salam. Wanted to post this a few weeks ago but was busy with my exams..

What is MYF 2010? MYF stands for Malaysia Yemen Festival. It is the first ever Trade exhibition in Yemen, in collaboration with Malaysia (if I'm not mistaken). It was held at SANA'A EXPO CENTER (APOLLO) from the 17th March - 20th March 2010.

The purpose of this event was to persent new opportunities for Yemenis to invest in Malaysia and vice versa, also, to increase trade between Malaysia and Yemen.

There were about 40 companies that came to exhibit in Yemen. Among them were, Lim Kok Wing University, IIUM, Proton. By the way, Proton cars are now available in Yemen, they opened a branch here a few months ago.

In the picture below you will be able to see who are the organizers, event managers, etc.

However, the attendance was quite disappointing. There were not many Yemenis and once the Prime Minister left, most people left as well..

Among those with boothes are: IIUM, Lim Kok Wing University, TwinTech University, PROTON, Tourism Malaysia, DPMM, and a few Malay Cafeteria set up by the Malaysians students here. (there are a few more which I don't remember now)

Also, the Trade Delegates who came gave disappointing impressions on Malaysians. Some considered coming here as going on a holiday and did not open their booths, going for sight-seeing instead of doing their job. And the businessmen that came here did not bring a lot of things and not many companies participated in this event. We were even criticised by the Yemenis who attended the Exhibition, it was such a disgrace, especially since it were Yemenis who were criticising the Trade Delegates.

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Finally, I have finished my exams and waiting for the results. Currently, having holidays for a week or two.

The exam here is very very different than in Malaysia. It is only a one-page questions!! Believe it or not and it's only short answer questions. So, usually students finish answering the paper in half an hour, fifty minutes the most. And since we only have 1 paper per day, it feels quite not worth it going. I would go out from my house by 7.20am, reach at the University at around 8am, the exam starts at 8.30am and I'd finish by 9am-9.15am and reach home by 10am..

The only hard part is that there are no clues to what will be coming out in the exams. For some subjects we have finished the whole book, some three-quarter, some half and we have to memorize or know what we have learned.. The hardest was hadith and fiqh and Tauhid as we had to memorize Hadiths and some verses of the Qura'an. Among all papers Adab was the hardest paper for me, I couldn't understand the class and most of what is in the book. And on the day of exam, I could not answer much, racked my brains as hard as I could but in the end gave up and passed up the paper (I did answer some of the questions) but one thing I am sure of is that, I definitely failed that subject..

Right now just waiting for my results and will be applying to enter First Year at the start of the Second Semester, Insha Allah. Pray that I do get into First Year.. Plans for the hols? Nothing particular. Just concentrating on my Tahfiz as I have stopped my memorizations for a long time now.

That is all for today. Until next time.

Yemen Net

2010-03-19T20:53:00.004+08:00

I really hate Yemen Net . . . Why?? Take a look at the picture below.

click on the picture to enlarge

Sometimes I am able to open some websites and then the next minute/day/week I can't open it. Especially torrent websites, and sometimes I can open the website but I can't download some of the torrents.. It really is a . . . . a . . . . an . . . . annoying!! . . .>_<'' . . . . =.=

Exams and Guests

2010-03-16T04:25:00.004+08:00

Exams... I will be having exams next week and this week we are on holiday. It seems that the system in Yemen is that they will give holidays 1 week prior to the examination date to give time to the students to study. Eventhough I have this one whole week to study but I haven't been spending much time with my books, have been busy helping out my mum most of the day as she will be having guests on the day after tomorrow and we need the place all done, and as the night dawns upon us I feel quite exhausted and unable to concentrate to study... Hoping that everything will be done tomorrow, or at least the major works done by tomorrow, then I can study properly for the next few days. Working in Yemen is really a pain in the mind!! hahaha
In Iman University there are 4 levels in Arabic Section, currently, I am in level 3. So, if I pass the exams I will be able to go up to level 4 but that is not what I have in mind.. hehe. I would request to enter into 1st year directly, without having to go through level 4 - depending on my results that is. Well, even if it my results are not that good I will still request to enter 1st year directly as I no longer wish to stay in Arabic Section
My arabic have improved greatly in this 5 months span as I have been talking more and more Arabic, almost all the time except with my family and Malaysian co-workers in my mum's company X). Even my step-dad is conversing with me in Arabic full-time, before it was a mix of English Arabic.

After settling down my mum opened up a company, specializing in consultancy works and attracting investors into Yemen. The company name is Malaysia Yemen Co. Ltd. (INVESTMY in short). It is in partnership with Orphans Development Foundation (ODF), we are currently helping ODF in building an Orphan's Industrial City. But first, we have to develop in certain areas in Yemen before we are able to continue the project plans. The company also acts as a "middle man" for those who would like to establish any type of business in Yemen, we will be able to smooth up the legal processes and reduce the cost for those who are interested in opening up a business in Yemen.

Guests... On the 17th March 2010, there will be a Malaysia Yemen Festival held in Yemen, at Sana'a Expo Center (APOLLO). The events' purpose is to attract investors into Yemen, and the mission of my mum's company is just that. We wanted to organize the event but were too late. However, we are given the task of matching the businessmen in Yemen with the Malaysians businessmen who will be coming, if he/she (malaysian businessman/woman) would be interested in investing or opening a factory or any of that sort here, in Yemen.

Level 3

2010-03-07T00:05:00.002+08:00

As for me, I have moved up to Level 3 of Arabic Section in Iman University. Previously I was in level 2 but since it was too boring for me, I decided to pester the Head of Arabic Section until he puts me in level 3 or first year. haha

After a few weeks of continuous pestering he finally gave in and put me in level 3. Level 3 is much better than level 2. The grammar, the vocabs are quite new to me, particularly the vocabs.
Level 3, there are around 13 subjects but in actual we only study about 10. Nahu, Sarf, Kitaabah, Qiraa ah, Tawheed, Adaab, Ta'beer, Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh and Tazkiah. Khat, Imla' we rarely have classes.

After being in Level 3 for about a month (I think) I was just about to ask to enter First year. Then today, the Head of Arabic Aection came and told us that we will be having exams on the 6th of Rabiul Akhir, which is in two weeks time. Since the exam is already near so I'll just wait after the exams as if I go and ask to enter First year now he will surely say: "Lets see your results."

I am currently staying with my family in Haddah. Haddah and Iman University is quite far but the University provides bus service for the students. They will pick up students usually 10 minutes before Fajr and will send students after classes finish, at around 11.40am. The picking up part is quite the challenge, Fajr is now 4.55am and is getting earlier by the week.

Usually during summer Fajr is at around 4am-4.15am, so I really have to get up early and get ready and be on time so that I don't miss the bus. The bus does not send us directly to our house nor they pick us up from our house, it is a 5 minute walk to the place where I have to wait the bus. It's not that hard to wake up early and all that but my only problem is BREAKFAST!!!

If I don't have breakfast before going out I will be shivering at around 5am as the mornings in Yemen is cold. Even if I do have breakfast before going out, I will get hungry again at around 6am, depends on what I had for breakfast. hahaha

That's all for now. Bye.

Haddah - Faj Attan

2010-03-06T23:57:00.002+08:00

Haddah - Faj Attan, that is the name of our new residencial area. It is situated near to Haddah post office.

It is a 2-storey house (I guess you can say it's a bungalow, 3-storeys including the basement). Why did we move here? Well, our previous residencial area was in Al-Mataar (Airport). It was a dirty area and there were Qat markets just beside our apartment building and men staring at my mum and sisters like they have not seen a women before in their life (as they do not wear niqaab and are foreigners). Also because the Al-Mataar area is quite far from the city centre, my mum wants her office and the house to be in the same building, and most importantly, there is no INTERNET service in that area!!!

So, a few months ago Muassasah Al-Yateem finally found a "villa" (as they call it) that was available for rent in Haddah area - known to be as an exclusive area in Sana'a Yemen - and we immediately started re-packing and moved to this new house. It is a nice house with a quite clean neighbourhood with less blackouts.

The first floor will be my mother's company office, so will the basement too. Our house is on the second floor, 5 rooms altogether, 3 toilets, a kitchen and a living area. And now we have INTERNET at home too..hahaha. And with the internet at my disposal 24/7, downloading movies is what I do. hehe
Oh, we also have a guard who will be living with his family here, not in the house with us. His house will be in the house compund, beside the gate.

Finally, after this few months my mum's company has been set up here, just that the office is still not fully equipped, my mum and sisters have settled in this new environment for them and I . . .

Weekend at Alhaddah with Family!!

2010-02-01T00:36:00.008+08:00

Salam. As you all know (to those who have been reading my blog since before) my step-father would go back to his village during the weekends, bringing one of his wife along, if he is in Yemen that is. Two weeks ago was my mum's turn to go there with him. So, went we did on Thursday night at around 11pm I guess. The journey, as usual, took 2 hours. Upon reaching we had supper, watched some tv (we don't have TV in our current and previous house) and went to bed at around 2.30am!! Thankfully, we managed to wake up for Fajr prayers but went back to sleep after praying.

As it was the first time for my sisters to be there, they were quite excited. Exploring the whole house the next morning and the house compound too with much curiosity to the new environment. hahaha.. After having breakfast they went to explore the swimming pool and of course, we couldn't resist the temptation of going for a swim and so we did went for a swim after having breakfast and cleaning up the house.

We swam for about 1 hour and it was such a lot of fun!! Even they haven't swam for a long time as they were preparing to move to Yemen, and a very long time since we all swam together. Up next on the agenda, was to visit the farm. Disappointedly, the farm had nothing as the winter season had just ended and the summer is just beginning. Once June/July comes, there will be tons of fruits "waiting" to be devoured by us!!

Here's some pictures for this post. Enjoy!!

the pool building

sauna (the small door)

the pool.

Yemen Winter 2009

2010-01-31T00:08:00.004+08:00

Salam dear readers. Now that I have internet access at home I'll be able to post all of my drafts, starting with this one.

As october/november came it was time for summer to move on and for winter to arrive. However, this year the winter has been quite warm for the first few months. Everyone was like, "this year's winter is not as cold as the previous years..." As the months went by the end of winter was getting nearer.. .. .. And suddenly, the weather became very very cold during the last few weeks of winter season (mid-december - 1st week of January), so cold that even in provinces such as Hadramaut etc that are not usually cold during the winter season are cold, water in the wells frozen and reports of snowing in Sana'a.

It was quite unbearable, especially for my mum and sisters who had just moved here 3 months ago, sudden change in the weather and eventually, they fell ill. Not only the weather but also the prayer times which even I was not able to "adapt" for the first month... - During the winter, fajr at around 4.40am-5.05am, zuhr at around 11.50am-12.10pm, ‘asr at around 2.50pm-3.05pm, maghrib at around 5.35pm-5.45pm, isya’ at around 6.35pm-6.45pm.

Another post by tomorrow..

Iman University

2010-01-05T16:45:00.004+08:00

Salam.
As you have been told, I will be entering Iman University for a few years and then return back to Malaysia for my pilots studies. . . .

On the 23rd December, my step-father took me to enroll me at Iman University. I had to go with him as it will be very hard if I were to go on myown especially since my secondary certificate is at Malaysia and I still don't have a visa here, having him everything went smoothly, or so I thought, thought too soon I had. They asked me to come again tomorrow morning for the registration etc.

So, the next morning I went with the thought - all is done, just the exam - but was proven wrong!! I was dragged here and there, and finally they asked me to get 4 copies of passport sized pictures, bloof test result and guarantee letter of when I will be able to give them my visa and secondary certificate.

On Saturday, 26th December I got my acceptance letter, next up is the exam to determine whether I can enter first year directly or not. Since the office was closed I had to go on Sunday.
Finally, on Wednesday I had an interview only (since I missed the exam) and was told to enter Level 2 of Arabic Section.

Classes have been on for almost two weeks now, timetable is out and classes are starting to get serious. I have two months to prepare for another exam, an exam which will allow me to move up to level 3 or level 4, depending on my results though. No worries, "kacang jer nih" . . . hehe. Classes are quite boring as I have learned most of it.. Well, might be requesting to move to level 3, may not. huh.

Got to go.. Till next time =)

Family ...

2009-12-19T17:11:00.004+08:00

Salam dear readers. Another long absence, sorry. I have been quite busy lately as my family has just moved here recently, about a month and a half ago.

At 9am, 3^rd November 2009, my mum and sisters arrived safely in Sana’a International Airport, Yemen. After 2 hours of being questioned in the airport they were finally able to exit and go to our new house – it was even the first time for me. Our house is located just a few minutes away from the airport.

For the first few weeks we were busy unpacking, arranging, shopping and re-arranging the house. Now, they have finally settled in, my mum is starting to work, two of my sisters schooling at Turkish International School and the younger ones are doing Tahfiz.

Currently, I am staying with them. But it won’t be for long as I might be staying at a hostel once I start in Iman University as our house is very very far and I have to be at the University before Fajr prayers!! And there will be no bus available at 4am in the morning.

Eid-ul-Adha:

This was their first ‘Eid here and also my first Eid with them here, in Yemen. We went to the house of Mr. Hardi, secretary of malaysian embassy. There were Eid prayers, breakfast then the slaughtering, and lunch. Also met the Adni students that came here for the arabic program, none of them I know, except for Harith Kamarul and his younger brother. We also went for "beraya" at some Malaysian houses.

More Change of plans for me:

Looks like I won't be going back to Malaysia next year. I am currently applying to enter Iman University this year and get in first year directly, without having to go through the 3 years of arabic language course. If I do succeed, then the plan is to study there for 4 years (4 years to get a degree, 7 years for Master) then only return back to Malaysia for my pilot studies

Malaysian Family Day:

It was held at University of Science Technology (UST), girls section on the 3rd of December. We had breakfast then there were some games which my sisters really enjoyed. After all the games there was lunch and we head back home later.

Later, on the 10^th December, was the prize-giving ceremony and dinner at University of Science and Technology Hospital Big Hall, which we also attended. First up was the dinner of course, which was Nasi Ayam. After dinner was the prize-giving ceremony, which my sisters won lots of prizes!! And we went back early.. hahah

Change of Season

Ever since last month we have entered the winter season. However, the winter this year is said to be not as cold as previous years.

One more thing to note during winter is that the prayer times have changed quite drastically!

During the summer, fajr at around 4.15am-4.30am, zuhr at around 12pm-12.15pm, ‘asr, at around 3.20pm-3.30pm, maghrib at around 6.25pm-6.40pm, isya’ at around 7.25pm-7.40pm.

During the winter, fajr at around 4.40am-5.05am, zuhr at around 11.50am-12.10pm, ‘asr at around 2.50pm-3.05pm, maghrib at around 5.35pm-5.45pm, isya’ at around 6.35pm-6.45pm.

Sometimes it feels like you have just prayed and the next prayer time has been called upon. Especially for zuhr and asr, and MOST ESCPECIALLY for maghrib and isya’.

last of all, HAPPY MAAL HIJRAH 1431! ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE UNDERTAKINGS.

Book Fair

2009-11-02T15:42:00.003+08:00

Salam. This will be just a short post.

I have finally found a new way in dealing with my bored and free time!! Usually I would just go to the cybercafe and play some games but now I can spend it in a better way!. A few days ago there was a book fair at the Apollo International Exhibition, Sana'a. I went in hope of being able to buy some novels and a Tafsir Ibn Kathir but in English or some books regarding pilot.

The place was really huge but I wasn't interested in having a stroll, I just wanted to find the books that I want and leave and that was just what I did. I found some novels and some books regarding pilot and bought it. Unfortunately, I could not find a Tafsir Ibn Kathir translated in English.

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my mum and sisters will arrive in 2 days, Insha Allah!!

of Random of Babblings..

2009-10-22T23:48:00.002+08:00

Hello there!! Sorry for the long absence. It was just that I had nothing to write about, nothing worth to be written here. Anyways, I am back for today and will write about what I've been through since my last post.

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Eid-ul-Adha

This year was my first time having Eid overseas, in Yemen. The Eid prayers starts quite early in the morning, at around 6.30am, some at 6am.

1st day of Eid was spent mostly with me staying in my hostel almost the whole day. Malaysians here was invited to have Eid prayers at the Embassy's house and had "bihun sup, nasi impit and kuah kacang" for breakfast.

The rest of Eid was .. .. ..

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Roommates

In August my previous roomates (Faez and Zikry) returned to Malaysia leaving me the only Malaysian in the hostel and the only one in the room. However, a few weeks later a group of new Tajikistani students came to study in Yemen and 2 of them came to stay with me in my room. At first things were bad between us but was soon sorted out. And in the end, they CHANGED ROOM!! HAHAHAHA.. Why?? Let's just say that they just can't stand our lifestyle (or you can say MY lifestyle!)

During Ramadhan another Malaysian, Shakor, came to stay in the same hostel as me but was staying in a different room, now he might be moving to come and stay with me in my room.
After Eid another Malaysian, Ismail, also came to stay in the hostel I am staying at and is currently staying with me.

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Tahfiz Al-Quran

Alhamdulillah, I have now finished 15juz, half of the Quran. Now I am targetting to finish 20juz by the end of November and is looking to start having Tafsir class once I finish 20juz.

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Family

I am anxiously waiting for 3rd November. Why?? Because that is when my mum and sisters flight to Yemen will be! huhuhuhuh. My mum and sisters will be arriving at Yemen in 13days!!!! huhuhuhuhuhu ... They will be coming to stay here.

~ I will only have a few months with them before I go back to Malaysia for my studies though =( ~

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That is all for today. Insha Allah I shall be writing a new post next week!

I tought I had lost it

2009-09-19T01:31:00.002+08:00

... no, not my mind but my thumbdrive! At around 2.55pm today, I went to the cybercafe to chat with my sisters and mum and left around 4.55pm and had LEFT my thumb drive at the computer. (I didn't even realize as I was in a hurry to get ready and go to my step-dad's house for Iftar.

Then I came back and was looking for my thumb drive as it was not on the table (where I usually put it) and started looking for it, frantically, but to no avail. As I was trying to remember where I placed it last, it came to me that I left it at the cybercafe!! *panicking..thinking: "damn!! its lost" but still hoping that it will still be there**

I straight away got changed and went down to the cybercafe. I tought I had lost it.. Then I saw it!! hahaha... *I forgot that I changed PC**

huhuh... Alhamdulillah nobody took it, perhaps no one saw it, if someone did they would have took it OR perhaps because it is in Ramadhan so, they don't feel like taking it..haha.. Anyways, I am really glad that it is not lost!!.. (I left it for around 3-4hours)

Ramdhan 2009 in Yemen - Part 3 (Lifestyle)

2009-09-09T20:26:00.011+08:00

Salam.

In my previous posts I had posted about I had shared about my experience of having Iftar and Terawih prayers here in Yemen. Today I will share with you about the lifestyle in Yemen during the fasting month, Ramadhan.

In Malaysia, our lifestyle doesn't change except for some:

We would rush home in order to be able to have Iftar with our family or have iftar together at a diner.
There would be tons of food bazaar that has an "infinite" amount of food, desserts and drinks which we will usually stop by on the way home and most of the time over-buy.
After having our dinner, we would go to the mosque for Isya' and Terawih prayers, have Moreh and return home. That would be around 10.00pm the earliest if you prayer only 8 rakaats of Terawih then go and enjoy whatever that is served for moreh.

But in Yemen, it's a totally different story!

Even if you go out at around at 12pm (which is almost time for Zuhr prayers), you can hardly see anyone or any vehicle on the street - really troubling especially if you need to get a bus to go somewhere. And Fridays certainly doesn't feel like a Friday. Waking up late and then you still see everyone sleeping, no one on the road walking to the mosque, making me doubt myself whether "Is this the right day? Is it really almost time for prayers??", wondering about it until I reach the mosque.
Night turns into day and day turns into night, example:

Shops will be closed from after Subh prayers until Zuhr prayers and then again about 10 minutes from time of Iftar till Isya' prayers.

Roads are empty in the morning. You can hardly find a bus or cab if you want to go anywhere in the mornings.

Working hours are changed - starting at around 11am or after Zuhr and ends at around 5pm and will continue at 9.30pm until 1.30am. *depends on the companies though*

I guess that's it.. Bye bye.

Lastly, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF YOU:
HAVE A NICE AND JOYFUL EID MUBARAK.

Ramadhan 2009 in Yemen - Part 2 (Terawih)

2009-09-05T22:44:00.012+08:00

Salam.

Previously, in part 1 I have shared with you about having iftar here. Today, for part 2 I shall write about the differences of Terawih prayers between Yemen and Malaysia.

In Malaysia:

We would be at the mosque for Terawih on time.
We don't usually leave until we have prayed at least 8 rakaat of Terawih.
There is moreh (supper) after Terawih. - the most important part .. lol

In Yemen:

Most of the mosques do only 8 rakaats of Terawih, not many mosques that does it up to 20 rakaat because there is not many who are willing to do it until 20 at that time as they are all too eager to get their Qat into their mouth. =.=''
There is NO MOREH (supper) - THE MOST IMPORTANT "PART" OF TERAWIH!!! (for me..lol).
After every 4 rakaat there will be a short tazkirah or quiz session.
We finish Terawih prayers at around 8.40pm

Qat, also known as khat. Since they can't chew Qat during the day so they are in a hurry to chew it right after Terawih. Some even chew it till it's time for Sahoor.

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That is all for today. Next up will be Ramdhan in Yemen - Part 3 (lifestyle during Ramadhan).

Ramadhan 2009 in Yemen - Part 1 (Iftar)

2009-09-03T03:07:00.007+08:00

Salam. In part 1 I shall write about the Iftar here.

Having Iftar at home.

The time for Iftar here is at 6.24pm Yemen time. So, for Iftar I would go to my step-dad's house, at around 5pm I would get ready to go to his house and by 6.10pm I would be able to reach his house if the traffic is not heavy, there was once when I arrived just on time for Iftar as the traffic were quite heavy as everyone is rushing home for Iftar - his house is quite far from my hostel.

In Yemen, the Iftar "style" is different from Malaysia. Here, we would have light foods such as samossa, dates, juices. Then we would go to the mosque and pray Maghrib. After our prayers we would immediately head home to have dinner.

Of course, dinner during Ramadhan is different from having dinner on other days.
For appetizers we have shufuud (in the pic below - in the bowl) and soup.

1st dishl: rice/macaroni

Main dish: aseed/hareesh, cheese macaroni, macaroni baked with milk and egg, and any kind of gravy to be eaten with bread.

last of all:

fruits - grapes/pomegrenate
pudding/jelly/cakes/custards
bint-sahn with honey

During Ramadhan the mosque is always full during Maghrib and Fajr prayers!!!

Iftar in mosques.

In Malaysia, mosques would serve Iftar so anyone can just come and have Iftar at the mosque. But in Yemen it's different. Instead of people having Iftar together at mosques, they have this "Project Iftar Jama'ee (jama'ee technically means congregational)", it is mainly concentrated on giving Iftar for the poor.

So, people would donate some money to the mosque and from that money, the mosque willuse it to cook food and send it directly to the houses of those who are faqeer (poor) in that particular area! Amazing isn't it?? In my opinion it IS a very good project. (Don't ask me how they know where the houses of those poor people are and how they know that they are really poor people or not - I DON'T KNOW the answer .. hehe.. They must have set some system though)

This is all written based on the info I was able to collect from some people.
re-edited on Wednesday, 2nd September 2009.

Next post : Ramadhan in Yemen part 2 - Terawih prayers/Lifestyle(still indecisive)

Thank you. That is all for now.

3 new POSTS!!

2009-08-25T07:02:00.001+08:00

3 NEW POSTS POSTED TODAY!!

Ramadhan Mubarak

2009-08-25T05:56:00.003+08:00

Salam. Ramadhan Mubarak to all Muslim brothers and sister out there.

We were supposed to start one day earlier than Malaysia but since the crescent moon was not sighted it was moved to Saturday, it was the same for Saudi as well if I'm not mistaken. Only some Arab countries like Kuwait started fasting on Friday.

And ever since the first night of Ramadhan it has been pouring (raining) like crazy, almost like in Malaysia!

That's all for now. Once Ramadhan is finish (or once I get some facts clear) I'll post up the differences of Ramadhan between Yemen and Malaysia, will divide into a few parts.

p/s: i somehow did not post this the other day .. @.@

Picnic

2009-08-13T21:58:00.004+08:00

My step-dad is also working at an orphan center in yemen. Last year they orgainzed the first universal orphan forum, also known as muntada in Arabic. This year is the second time they are holding it.

The programs are quite much the same as last year but there were more guests this year, so much more than last year!! But this time I’m not going to tell about the whole program, just some. Only the things that are different this year.

This year the number of bride and groom is 2000! Last year was js around 1000 and this time there was a wedding party. It was held at 22 May Hall, at around 10am we went to the hall. From 10.30am till 12.30pm was just songs and there was also a stage play. After that we had lunch (I’d never miss the lunch with them for anything!!! lol) and went back to the hotel immediately. After Asr we went again because in Yemen, wedding is one WHOLE NIGHT!! Of course we did not stay the whole night. At around 9pm we went back to the hotel.

Ok, now I am getting to the topic.

My dad usually goes to his village during the weekends, so on Friday at 11am all of us (including the guests) went to his village. Upon arrival we prayed then had lunch and went to his farm. Sat on the ground and enjoyed the pomegrenates, grapes and peaches to our hearts content.

Then the next agenda was SHOOTING (without muffler – u can go deaf! Once u fire a shot u can only hear NNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG for about 10-15minutes!!) I once read in an article that there are approximately 50 MILLIONS GUNS IN YEMEN! I’m not surprised, every person would have at least an ak-47/ handgun/any other gun. And just the other day I read that the police captured a group of 104 people (they kidnap foreifners,etc) and they had 6200 guns!!

Ok,back to the topic – so, the guests took turn taking shots (the target was a can of paint – empty). {Oh, did i mention?? We had police escort when we went.} To no avail, we rarely hit the target (I shot once – my second time then). After a while (i think that the police who escorted us was getting annoyed at how we rarely hit the target, so, he took out HIS AK-47, got in position and BOOM, he fired a shot and he DID hit the target! Well, it would be quite embarrassing if he didn’t.. haha

smugglers ... =)

2009-08-13T19:54:00.004+08:00

During our stay at Movenpick Hotel we would always smuggle up food from breakfast to our room. And since the hotel does not allow outside food we would also smuggle outside food through any means.. And have lunch in our room. hahaha

just some more food pictures ... hehe

shawarma (shawurma)

broast

Funeral in Yemen

2009-07-19T16:52:00.003+08:00

(of course Yemeni Graveyards does not look like this)

Salam. It was the first time for me attending a funeral in Yemen. The procedures are quite different than in Malaysia.

In yemen, the funeral process is quite different than in malasia. When u arrive at the graveyard u go past his grave and while at it you put sand on his grave (they do not cover the grave totally – the visitors will play a part in it by their scooping sands onto the grave by their hands), then u will go under a gazebo and shake hands with the family members of the dead. And also, there is the giving money session – it was really crazy ok! The kids who were waiting to get the money were FIGHTING!! AT THE GRAVEYARD!!

Besides the funeral process, even their grave yards are different - unorganized, some graves are not like graves and are on the same level with the earth. And tombstones are not taken care of - I don't think they even visit their dead family members!!

That was all..

Summer Camp

2009-07-19T14:24:00.003+08:00

Salam.

OK. So at around 5pm U.O came to pick me up to take me to the camp. The camp was held at An-Nahdah School.

The First Night:

There was nothing much. After Maghrib there was a lecture, then after Isya' we had dinner. And then there was a wedding party, the school's cook got married. After that was just sleeping time.

The next day:

We woke up at 3.30am for Tahajjud prayers. After Fajr prayers there was a bit of sleeping time then we had morning assembly (It's been years since I had one!haha *reminiscing). And then there was sports activities, competition between groups.

In the morning was our football match - we lost, the team S@#$%D!! It was a DISASTER!! After football we had breakfast. Then MO and some of his friends wanted to attend a funeral (which will be in a new post) of his teacher's father. We were supposed to be out for one and a half hour but were out for 5hours!! haha

After 'Asr was competitions again - Volleyball (it's been two years since I last played) which we lost also.. Then maghrib and tazkirah, Isya', dinner.

~~Ok. That's all. Now are my opinions about the camp~~

It wasn't as I had expected. It is held in a SCHOOL! ??? i thought it's allright, maybe they don't have a place that has camping facilities.. then
The programs are not good. What kind of camp has classes in it??! And it's not just one hour, it's from around 10am-12pm!
The participants don't choose whether they want to join the program or not! The camp managements should properly arrange activities and MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T TAKE EXTRA MONEY! e.g: they asked the students who wants to go swimming and if you want you have to pay for it.
The students should be pre-occupied with the activities at all times! I don't remember having any free time during camps. e.g: during the competition, only some teams play. when the teams have finished their game/teams that are not having games for the day they HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
Eventhough they have no forest and such but they have mountains! I had expected that they would have activities like rock climbinh, hiking.

Lastly, I would like to have your comments on how usually summer camps (for those who have been to one before). Wherever you are from, please drop by a comment. Thank You

Football in Yemen

2009-07-17T19:03:00.003+08:00

Salam. ( Football as in Soccer.)

As usual, on Friday mornings I go to play football with the Malaysians here. Playing football in Yemen is very different from playing in Malaysia. Here are a few points:

Firstly, you play on sand. It is quite tough to play on sand. Sometimes it's slippery, whether you are dribbling the ball or tackling an opponent. But the time that I hate the most for it to happen is when I am "accelerating" (suddenly moving to another side) while tackling an opponent.
Secondly, Yemen's altitude level is a few thousand feet above sea level. So, the oxygen level is lower than in Malaysia - which I have gotten used to by now.
Thirdly, at some parts of the field the sand quantity and level are different which makes it hard to do anything. Most people end up falling down, whether they are dribbling the ball or tackling an opponent.

Today's football wasn't like the normal Friday Football, because it was like The Pro VS The Amateur (I mean the pro team are consisted of mostly the best players here and the amateur only have a few, of which I am one of them). Being the great defender I always am I decided to join The Amateurs (mostly because I wanted to go against The Pro, to be specific against one player - Hamid, I'd say the best striker here. Possesses extremely good skills and is not selfish)

The outcome of the game wasn't as expected for most people - The Amateurs WON!! 6 by 3. (OF COURSE I EXPECTED TO WIN - I WANTED TO..Of course I had to "work hard"). huhu. No, I did not score or assist. If it was Futsal then yes, I might have.
Unfortunately, the game ended in a ugly way. There was a fight between us, 1 guy from The Amateur team and the other 1 from The Pro team.

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*different story...

U.O's son is having summer camp. Out of curiosity, I asked him things like:
1. How is the camp here?
2. What are the activities?
3. Where do they sleep?

After a while, he called. He said that he will be going to visit his son later and would like me to come along. . . . .

*after 30 minutes or so*

He called again. This time he said that he took permission for me to join the camp. And since my mum agreed to it I have decided to join it.
Insha Allah after Asr he will come to pick me up and bring me to the camp site. hehe.. It's been a long time since I've went camping but I'm not really expecting the kind of camps I am used to. Besides, they don't have a forest here.

Once I get back from the camp I will post about the camp. It will be until Tuesday. And my mum will arrive on Tuesday, I guess. So, I don't know when is the next time I'll be posting.

Well then. That is all for today. Until next time.
Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed my post. Feel free to comment on anything, be it my grammar or spelling or about my post.. =)

*abbs:
U.O- my guardian.

Desperado . . .

2009-07-14T14:56:00.003+08:00

Hahaha.. Wondering about the title?? As to you all and some who don't know:
1. I am currently studying in Yemen & There are NO cinemas here!! And I want to watch Transformers 2!!! I really want to watch it at the cinemas - with its big screen and superb sound system.. lol

So, last night I had a few dreams . . .

1. I was out with my friends. going to watch Transformers 2. hahaha..
2. I was swimming.. huh.. I sure do miss swimming. It's been 7months since I last swam.

That's all for now.. Nothing much to write.. Till next time

Not again!! ='(

2009-07-06T21:37:00.003+08:00

Just about two days ago I went to Sana'a Trade Center to fix my watch, the chain was "disconnected" (what's the correct word??). That was the first time I went to fix my watch, before it was at a different place and it did not even LAST A NIGHT and I had to pay. This time even though it was free but the place was very far. Taxi alone costs us around YR750.. huh..

Should have send it with my mum so that it could get fix at Malaysia.. I really hate not wearing watch because I would loose the sense of time. Anyway, I will try to go fix it again at the same place and see how it goes. If it still gets "disconnected" again then I will send it to be fixed at Malaysia.

mo pic cos I'm afraid if my hp get virus..virus in Yemen is just too much...

A visit to the Dentist..

2009-06-30T02:52:00.005+08:00

Salam.

I did not have time to write what happened and have forgotten >_<'' most of it. Just a summary. Basically I was to accompany here wherever she goes and she has meetings from 7am until around 1pm, then we go back to the hotel. From 1pm until Asr is mainly resting.. After that it's either meeting again or going to visit my guardian's house or more rest.

Finally bought a new shoe. We went to CityMax.

Also, while my mum were having the meetings I went to the dentist at my dad's hospital. First we did scaling, then filling and polishing. I cannot use my front teeth to chew hard type of foods like apple, etc because it might fall, I have to use the sides. At first, the feeling of having this "new teeth" was very, the extremely weird and it was a really a pain during eating time as I had to be careful with my "new teeth" and just using the sides made my gums (or whatever it is) sore I guess.
Now I have gotten quite used to it.

Before

After - now I can really smile.. lol ;)

~just to make this short post a bit longer, I shall tell the story of how tooth broke~
One day while my friends and I were playing at the playground it started to rain. Instead of going home we all decided to hangout at the "dewan". There, we decided to play "floor skating" - there were leakage so the floor was wet and slippery . . . As we were "floor skating" I somehow "slipped", lost balance and fell - head first!
At first I was just feeling numb especially at my mouth. When I went home and looked into the mirror, I discovered that my tooth had broken. I immediately went to the "dewan" to look for my broken tooth - which I found it.
This happened about 7-9 years ago, not sure..

Going to send my mum to the airport in a few minutes. . .
That is all for today. Till next time.

Mum's "visit" - Day 4 & 5

2009-06-24T01:07:00.003+08:00

Salam. My story of my mum's visit shall be continued.

Day 4, 22nd of June 2009:

It was only today that my mum started to do some serious work. So, at 7am she went to CPLAS Hospital (I did not go with her), she was there for quite a long time. For lunch I went to my dad's house as usual, only when I came back from lunch my mum was already at the hotel.

Later in the evening at around 5pm we planned to cook. So, I went to buy some groceries and ingredients that were needed at Jandool Super Market and cooked together. I just did more of the chopping and cleaning up. By maghrib we finished cooking, had dinner. It was quite nice, not bad since it was my mum's first time trying to cook using Yemeni recipes.

Then my dad came around 9pm or so and he brought with him Balas, it is from his farm back at his village at Alhaddah. Then I showed it to my mum this fruit, when she saw it she said it is Tin - I did not know it is Tin, I only knew it as Balas. After that I asked my dad, " Is this Tin?? Not Balas??" he said, " Yes. It is Tin but here we also call it Balas."

Doesn't it look like a mini pomegrenate?? lol ;)

Balas a.k.a TIN (FIG)

~That was all for that day~

Day 5, 23rd of June 2009:

Today I went to CPLAS Hospital with my mum. When we reached she asked for me to have an appointment with the dentist to "patch"/filling (or whatever u call it) my tooth that was broken in half ( was playing "floor skiing" with some friends, somehow I slipped, fell head first - quite a long time ago...) but the dentist did not do it, she only had time to do scaling. Insha Allah tomorrow or soon will do the filling.

Since my mum was invited for lunch at someone's house (and it was an all-girl event) so, I went with my dad. Unfortunately, he did not go home, he went to his friends house, we had lunch there and he went to another friend's house. After waiting for quite a while he told his driver to send me back.

At 6pm I went for a hair cut at a salon - 1st time go salon . . . it cost 1000riyal = rm20. But it was surely WORTH IT!!! A month ago I went for a hair cut at a normal barber - I truly regret it, they really DON'T KNOW HOW TO CUT HAIR!! My hair was kind of ruined, really messy, some hair was cut too much, some not,etc33..(last year I did not cut my hair at all, only when my mum was going to come {which was alrdy after 4months} I went for a hair cut, not at a barber but with a friend - he used to work as a barber before). Now my hair is how it is supposed to be/how it was before I had that hair cut 1 month ago.

Now it is already 9.25pm, doing some work for my mum, then going to play game for a while and watch some tv and then go to sleep.

Good Night.

~That is all for today~

Below are some pictures of what I usually eat at my dad's house:

not sure what this is called - it's chicken - XTREMELY DELICIOUS!!

This is the rice. Sometimes the color is different, even the taste. Sometimes the chicken/meat is cooked TOGETHER with the rice. Sometimes we get A WHOLE CHICKEN!
The one in the bowl behind it is Shufuud (don't know the spelling). Basically, its just bread + yoghurt + some salad, cucumber, carrots.

Now.. This is Hareesh. It is corn flour (blend it then boil it with water and mix it with sup when u are going to eat it)
There is also a another type of this food, it is called Aseed. The difference is that they use "tepung gandum" instead of corn flour.
Whatever it is, BOTH ARE DELICIOUS!! Especially when u eat with that thing in the small bowl beside it!!
Of course when I ate Aseed/Hareesh for the first few times I totally DID NOT like it..but now I am used to it so, it is really nice.

There are also other food like sup, Hilba, Saltah, ETC99..

Ma'assalaamah. Bye bye. That is all for now. Hope u enjoy it.

Mum's "visit" - Day 1-3.

2009-06-19T23:52:00.012+08:00

I did not know that my mum was coming until the day she was going to come. From KLIA, she sms me to buy for her niqab. And told me to remind my dad that she will arrive on Friday morning at 9am.

Day 1, Friday 19/06:

At around 9am AZ came to pick me up to go the airport. After waiting for about 1 hour we finally my mum finally came out with the bags and went to the hotel. We are staying at L'azurde Suites Hotel which is located at Haddah Funduq area. Our room is like an apartment, there are 2 rooms, a kitchen (equipped with cooking wares, fridge, stove and oven), toilet, living room and a dining hall.

When we arrived at the hotel I immediately took the laptop..then we unpacked some things. This time my mum could only bring 4 bottles of 100PLUS and an electric kettle. She also brought some things like tomato past, spaghetti to cook for me.

Guess what??

There's tomat paste inside it! lolx =D

After Friday prayers we went to U.O's house. After having lunch we played ping-pong and a bit of snooker together and headed back to the hotel at 6pm.
The rest of the day was nothing much.

Day 2, Saturday 20/06:

We did not do much, my mum was still in jet-lag mode. Besides, she was unable to sleep in the plane and the flight was really long + 9 hours of transit at Dubai.

Day 3, Sunday 21/06:

At 11am we went to one of my dad's hospital, CPLAS Hospital because my mum has some work there, just a short meeting with one of the staff. After that we went to my dad's house for lunch.

The rest of the day was only spent in the hotel.

* 2 out of the 4 bottles of 100 plus that my mum brought for me is finished... @.@

abbreviations:
U.O - uncle Othman, my guardian.
U.H - uncle Hameed, my dad.
A.Z - Asem Ziyad, my step-brother.
keep up with it..will be using it more and more in the future =p

Malaysian Wedding in Yemen!

2009-06-05T21:47:00.016+08:00

that's a new way to use it...hahaha

Friday, 5th June 2009:

I went to play football in the mornings as usual. Today not many Malaysians came to play football because there were to be a wedding (which I did not know) so, we played football against the Yemenis which we trashed 5-1!! They play so rough.. When we finished playing one of my friends asked me: "One of the Malaysian lecturers invite all Malaysians to his house for lunch, do you know?" I said: "No, what time? when?" My friend said: "Pergi tau.. Lepas solat jumaat."

So, after solat jumaat. My friend and I immediately went to the lecturer's house. It turned out that one of the Malaysian students here married the lecturers' daughter. Like a normal Malay wedding it is, there was "pantun", nasyid and silat presentations. Here are some pictures from the day:

Silat

Spectators...lolx

The nasyid group.

And below is a part of the silat presentation (enjoy it):

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Of course, we attacked the food the moment we arrived. The food (nasi minyak, ayam masak merah, daging kurma, *forgot the name of the rest of the food**) was quite nice that I ate a lot and I am having stomachache now because I haven't ate that much in a long time..hahaha

I forgot to take pictures of the tent and the inside - this is not like in Malaysia, the tent is semi-sphere and we sit on the earth (there is no cemented floor), but of course there are carpets and on the carpets are sofas - not sofas like in Malaysia either...hmmm... (I don't know how to say it and I can't find pictures of it).. Found it...

More or less like this..

Drinking water on empty stomach

2009-06-04T22:36:00.002+08:00

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value.. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases: Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water

2.. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may

commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.
This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ..not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks:

· Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
· Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
· You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
· Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
· 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
· Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.. Let's be careful and be aware.. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

Happenings

2009-05-31T23:34:00.003+08:00

On the night of UEFA Champions League Final my roomate, Zikry and I went to Jawlah Rowaishan, Haddah to watch it. We were to meet other Malaysians amd go in together. Unfortunately, they arrived late and there were no seats left. Besides, the television was SMALL AND WE HAD TO PAY 300RIYAL PER PERSON!!! And I did not have enough money at that time (I bought knee and thigh support just before)..
In the end we did not watch and went back to our hostel =(

Alhamdulillah FINALLY I GET TO PLAY FOOTBALL, it's been 5 months and it's not futsal but football (big field - which I haven't played in years!!). It's only on every Friday mornings though but satisfying =D

Tonight

2009-05-02T02:27:00.002+08:00

I was playing ping-pong at the sports hall until almost maghrib and received a sms from one of my roomates asking me to help pick up his clothes from the verandah.. Then I went to my room to have my dinner only to find that it "disappeared" !! I searched frantically for it, but to no avail - Starving..

Since I only have to cook dinner and it its quite costly since I am eating alone + I have to cook alone + the fact that I go for lunch at my dad's house and return to my hostel by 4.30pm, which by that time I am tired/no mood to cook/no time to cook..hehe
I have decided to have dinner with other groups.. So, first I tried asking the students from China:

C: "You might not like our food, even some of the Chinese don't eat with us because they are from different parts of China + we put in 8k per month."
M: "ok..."

Then I asked a student from Ghana:

G: "We only cook once a day. We cook for lunch only and we have dinner outside."
M: "ok.. That's fine. How about if you keep some for me??"
G: " That's sounds good, no problem."
M: " How much do you pay per month??"
G: "4k."
M: ~shocked~
G: " Expensive?? You can talk with Umar, he's the chief for this month in this department"

Then I was left with two choices - Tajikistan and Sri Lanka.. I decided to go ask the Tajikistanis first:

~The discussion was quite long so I'm lazy to write..hahaha..It all went well. It's up to me whether I want to help with the cooking,etc + if I don't really like the food they cook then I can just cook whatever I want + best of all is that I only need to pay 2500!!! hahaha!! cheapest!! So, this will save me some money.~

Happenings..

2009-04-27T18:06:00.003+08:00

Long time no post.. So, this is what happened during all this time:

1. My Tafsir Quran was stolen - I left it at the hostel's musolla, the next morning it was gone.. My name is on it and it's almost 3 weeks now.. Getting a new 1 soon (from Malaysia)

2. My sandal was stolen soon after that - I was watching TV at the Sports Hall..when I finished, it wasn't there anymore..

3. I forgot that I was cooking rice in the kitchen and then I went out for a while... When I came back the the facilitators was mad at me because the rice burned and there was smoke...some even overr-reacted to it.. And my ex-student find this another excuse to annoy me..huh..

4. My memorization hasn't been going too well..since I lost my Tafsir Quran.. And I have been a bit sick these few weeks.. I want 100PLUS!!!!

GOOD NEWS:

1. Getting supplies like maggi, 100plus, asam, mentos & Tafsir Quran from Malaysia..YEAAAAYYYY!!!

2. I get to play DOTA with atiq, fafan, and fifie.. =D

3. My mom is coming soon..in abt 2wks-1mth... =D

4. I have just borrowed a book " Get Organized" from my guardian.. It looks like a nice book.. =D

5. I still have lunch at my step-dad's house.. So, I get Yemeni home cooked food for lunches! =D
Nothing beats home cooked foods... yummy

Weekend

2009-04-05T18:11:00.009+08:00

Ever since I got here I didn't meet my father much or go to his house or go to his farm during the wekends. It was more of going to his hospital to do some works. Finally, last week I had lunch at his house and from now on I'll be having lunch on some days at his house. Also, I went to the farm with him last weekend.

When I went down to the farm, the gardeners were building a wall. However, this wall isn't build using cement and normal bricks. Check out the picture below:

using mud as cement.

the rocks!!

And finally done.

Some were big and some were small stones. Imagine heaving a big stone (it sure is heavy) and then piling the small stones and using mud as cements and having to balance it and for the wall to be in "equilibrium".. They even did it on A SLOPE!! Imagine how hard it is.. 1 thing for sure; SAVE MONEY - NO NEED TO BUY CEMENT AND BRICKS, JUST USE WHATEVER AROUND YOU. haha

And, when we were at the farm I could only see this at all the trees:

Well, he did say that he was going to plant some flowers and vegetables. So, I thought this is the flower! Isn't this "flower" nice?? heh
When I saw this at almost all the trees there I was like "it couldn't be that he took out all of the pomegrenate trees".
Unfortunately, that picture above IS NOT A FLOWER! GUESS WHAT?? It's actually POMEGRENATE!! It really fooled me. LOL! How am I suppose that a pomegrenate looks like this in the "process".. It surely look like its a flower isn't it?? I only realized that it's POMEGRENATE when I saw this:

It sure is amazing isn't it? How from flower-like it will become such a delicious fruit! Well, I certainly can't wait for it to ripe. When it does, it's time for a pomegrenate "feast". haha

Oh. Look at this:
This is a grape. It's size is really2 small! I did not know that grapes look like this in it's early stage too.
~سبحان الله~

~i really hate doing titles..i always seem to can't think of good titles. LOL~

Food Supplies

2009-03-20T19:25:00.003+08:00

My guardian came back from Malaysia last night and got the things today, after Friday prayers. Wow!! It was a really big and heavy bag! I quickly walked back to my room and "ransacked the contents inside the beg! haha..
My supplies:

4kg of Dutch Lady powder milk (milk is v v v expensive here!!!)
4box of Campbell's Instant Mushroom Soup (they don't have Campbell's here, only Knorr/Maggi and it's expensive too)
10 choki-choki (hehe..)
4 packs of Hi Sour
5 POLO (sweet)
A big pack of Muruku
A big pack of Roasted Groundnuts
Nestum
Geometrical Gummies
Cloud 9
Chupa-chups (lollipop)
And not to mention the Spices!!! there are around 20 type of spices! and there's Belacan!! Hehehe..now I can make Sambal Belacan!!

Then, I immediately arranged the things (all of it is kept under my table and inside my table's drawer).. Sweets and chocolates go inside my drawer and the rest is arranged nicely under my table. Now I can save a bit when it comes to buying groceries, I don't need to buy any chocolates, biscuits, milk anymore!! All of this can sure last me quite a while, 3 months perhaps. =D

After arranging the things I just couldn't wwait to open and eat the sweetes/chocolates. So, firstly, I ate Cloud 9 then Hi Sour and since I couldn't wait to my "beloved" sweet with a hole, POLO I chewed the Hi Sour and swallowed it ASAP and ate my POLO..

Thank You v v v v Much MUM.. And don't need to buy or send anything else, afraid that I won't be able to finish it..

After the fight...

2009-03-19T21:04:00.006+08:00

Ever since the fight he's been sleeping outside everyday and rarely comes back. I've been sleeping and cokking and eating alone almost all the time. Well, I guess I much prefer this way. LOL..
I'll be getting food/spices supplies n a recipe book from Malaysia by Saturday or Sunday. My guardian went to Malaysia (for work) on Saturday and he's coming back tomorrow. Since he's there my mum send the things through him. Insha Allah will get it by Saturday or Sunday!! hehe
That's because things like milk, fruits are quite expensive here!! And since the supermarket that I go to is a small one, they don't have much things/choices of brands. And they certainly don't have all those perencah tomyam, etc.. hahaha

Just a short post this time.

Wassalam.

What the......???

2009-03-07T19:53:00.007+08:00

What is wrong with going shopping for groceries alone?? Usually every Friday we go out to buy groceries, but yesterday I had lunch at my guardian's house and I stayed there till around 8pm. So, my 2 roommates were left to do the shopping but only one went (I don't know why..). And I don't know where he went to do the shopping because he bought only a few groceries needed (so he has to go the market (AGAIN)).. And then he asked me to follow to do the groceries today @ 8.30am, which I couldn't because that's the only time I do my memorization.

He said he's going to go this supermarket called Al-Huda, its bigger and the veges are fresher. Why didn't he go yesterday?? And before he went he asked me to go the mini market near the mosque and buy potato, onions, and sugar. This is another no sense (is it correct nunu? or is it unsenseable?) thought, he's already going to a bigger and better supermarket than the 1 we usually go to and he asks me to go but some other things at a mini market which will definitely be expensive!
When I asked him (by sms), "Why don't you just buy all the things?" he replied, "Why didn't you come with me? I'm not a maid that can carry many stuffs! I'm a child of a rich person too! Why don't you want to co-operate?" I'm a child of a rich person too!???? I dont' really get that (especially that "too")..

Its not like there are many things needed, only potato, carrot, chilli, cabbage, onion, garlic, eggs, tomato, chicken/ 1kg of meat / fishes, mmm..dats all i guess and he had bought tomato, chilli, cabbage last night. All that's left are potato, onion, eggs, carrot. Can't you carry just these few things all alone?? Plus, when you do things you'd definitely want to do it in 1 go but not for him. Last night he went to do the groceries, this morning he went again and now someone has to go to the supermarket AGAIN just because the things that he asked me to buy at the mini market wasn't available and he did not buy eggs!!

Its not like I'm being sarcastic or whatever but I've been doing groceries ALONE since I was what? 7/8, perhaps younger. I'd go by cycling or walking and after buying the groceries I cycle/walk back home with all the things! I've even gone up to Carrefour & Giant by cycling and walking (mm..I don't think I've ever walked to Giant when it comes to buying the groceries though) and doing the shopping alone and carrying it home alone! I've carried 10kg of rice and a set of eggs on one hand and all the other groceries on the other hand - which of course at times I get backaches or whatsoever! And when I go by cycling that makes it even harder because I have to balance my bicycle (10kg of rice on one side and all the other groceries on the other side, not to mention 2/3kg of laundry detergent!) while going down the hill and its especially tough while going up the hill (have to go up a hill to my house).
But its not like he has to carry it up to the room alone + he goes to the supermarket by bus! You just go and buy the things, get in the bus and put the things on the floor, enjoy the ride and get down when you reach the hostel. As simple as ABC...

Even if you know that at the supermarket you can't get all the things needed but you CAN GET MOST OF IT then its better rather than going to this place thinking you can get everything but it turns out that you only get 2 or 3 things!

(correct me if I'm wrong anywhere or bad. Thank You)

I have some questions.. We all put in YR1000 per week for the groceries. When its like this no matter who bought it and who didn't we all get the same share right? And if you just happen not to be there during eating time and the food finishes you can't blame the rest right?
And each person buys 1kg of rice and a packet of mee every week with their own money.

Example:
1) Once we cooked fried mee. And we finished it (well, he didn't come home the whole day). And then he was like I bought that mee and you guys finished it. Why did he buy it in the 1st place?? Because it's for all of us and on that day we just happened to cook fried mee and it just so happened that it was the one he bought & we used it & we finished it - he didn't get to eat the mee he bought at all. Is it our fault that he didn't get to eat it??!
2) We usually buy 6 packets of Indo Mee also just incase if we finished our dishes during lunch time. When the (same) guy said, "I'm not home at night nowadays, so if you want it then buy using your own $." Is it right for him to say that? Just because he doesn't eat dinner at home does that mean we can't too? The Indo Mee IS in the groceries list, if you won't be able to eat it but the rest needs it, and it's food, so, it should be bought using the "food money". RIGHT?

My friend who got hit by a car is able to walk now and the taxi company found the driver who hit him. He came to visit a week ago, it turned out to be that he wasn't the one who hit my friend, it was that taxi driver's friend. That taxi driver lend his car to his friend because he went to Aden.

Huh.. I'll be retreating for now.. Looking foward for your comments.

Wasslam.

Tagged - facebook

2009-03-02T19:20:00.001+08:00

Do you think you don't know enough about yourself that you have to take a quiz created by God-knows-who to determine who you really are ? Doesn't matter the answer is yes or no, coz you're it ! =P And don't forget to tag it afterwards !

1. Open this website : http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

2. Take the Personality Quiz

3. Copy Paste the result to Facebook/Blog

4. Tag your friends including me :)

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

hahaha..
Any comments??

Did anyone else get this??

2009-03-01T19:09:00.001+08:00

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Sejarah orang Yahudi di Palestin.

2009-02-28T00:20:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum,

Satu persoalan ditanyakan tentang orang-orang Yahudi di Mesir. Mereka
ini menjadi mangsa kezaliman Fir'aun tetapi tidak mahu keluar dari
Mesir sehingalah dalam keadaan terpaksa. Kemudian mereka tersesat dan
akhirnya bertaburan ke seluruh dunia..

Apakah cerita sebenarnya?

Nabi Ya'akub as ketika berusia 130 tahun berhijrah ke Mesir bersama 70
orang anak dan cucu beliau. Ketika itu anaknya Yusuf As telah dilantik
menjadi menteri di Mesir. Bani Israel (keturunan Yaakub as) berada di
Mesi selama 430 tahun. Bani Israel kemudiannya menjadi golongan hamba
kepada Firaun. Mereka keluar meninggalkan Mesir di bawah pimpinan Musa
dan Harun as. Terbahagi dalam 12 suku. Mereka engkar lalu Allah SWT
menjadikan mereka berlegar-legar selama 40 tahun. Apabila Nabi Musa AS
wafat mereka masih belum memasuki Palestin. Nabi Musa as wafat di
timur Jordan. Pemimpin Bani Israel yang membawa mereka masuk ialah
Yusha'. Pada zaman Nabi Yusha mereka diperintah oleh para hakim selama
200 tahun. Ini diikuti dengan zaman Saul, Daud as dan Sulaiman as.
Selepas Nabi Sulaiman as, bani Israel pecah dua dan berperang. Ini
diikuti dengan serangan Babylon dan Assyria yang disebut oleh al Quran
sebagai kemusnahan pertama. Kemusnahan Baitul Maqdis berlaku pada 587
SM. Baitul Maqdis dibina semula pada zaman Nabi zakaria dan Yahya as.
Ini diikuti oleh penguasaan Rum. Nabi Yahya as dibunuh dan akhirnya
rabbi Yahudi bersekongkol dengan penguasa Rum cuba membunuh Nabi Isa
as. Ini diikuti dengan pemberontakan orang Yahudi yang membawa kepada
kumusnahan B.Maqdis kedua oleh Rum, Sejak dari zaman itu mereka
dihalau dan tidak dibenarkan memasuki Baitul Maqdis sehinggalah
B.Maqdis diistiharkan open city oleh Sy Umar al Khattab pada tahun 636
M.

Demikian secara rengkas sejarah orang Yahudi di Palestin.

An accident...

2009-02-22T19:49:00.007+08:00

Firstly, Is "yeah" a proper english word?

Last Wednesday one of my roommates had an accident. He was on the road, walking to his University when suddenly a car hit him from the back. He wasn't aware of aware of the car behind him. It's a one way road (60th Street) so you only look at the direction where the cars are coming from but this particular driver did not follow the rule! He decided to take a "shortcut" and was too busy looking out for the police that he did not notice my friend and BAM!! No serious injuries though, only some bruises here and there, a few stitches and a swollen right foot.

The worst thing is that after the accident the driver took my friend into his car and went to his OFFICE!!! Later, my friend took another taxi to the hospital and received treatment. The driver who hit my friend "disappeared" along with his car. Still looking for him..

The past few days I've been the one taking care of him too (since I'm at the hostel most of the time). Yesterday we went to the hospital to change his bandages and going again on Thursday.

I guess that's all for now.. Till next time..

يوم الاربعاء الماضي واحدة من بلدي الحجرة وكان مجرد حادث. كان على الطريق ، والمشي لجامعة فجأة سيارة عندما ضربه من الخلف. انه ليس على علم علم السيارة خلفه. انه طريق واحد لذلك إلا أن ننظر إلى اتجاه فيه السيارات القادمة من السائق ولكن هذا لم يتبع القاعدة! قرر اتخاذ "اختصار" مشغول جدا ويبحث عن الشرطة انه لم يلاحظ صديقي والسوق! وإن أي إصابات خطيرة ، سوى بعض الكدمات هنا وهناك ، بعض الغرز وتورم في القدم اليمنى.

أسوأ شيء هو أن بعد الحادث السائق أخذ صديقي سيارته وتوجه الى مكتبه! في وقت لاحق ، صديقي أخرى سيارة أجرة إلى المستشفى وتلقى العلاج. السائق الذي ضرب صديقي "اختفى" مع سيارته. ولا تزال تبحث عنه..

الأيام القليلة الماضية ، كنت واحدة ، مع إيلاء عناية خاصة جدا له (انا منذ نزل في معظم الأحيان). أمس ذهبنا الى المستشفى لتغيير الضمادات والذهاب مرة أخرى يوم الخميس.
-used translate.google.com.. it'll take too long to type.. hehe

Pada hari Rabu yang lepas salah satu dari rakan bilik saya dari asrama kena langgar kereta.. Nasib baik lah tak ada apa2 sangat.. Camnih crita dia:

Seperti biasa dia pagi2 lagi sudah keluar menuju ke Universiti Iman. Tetapi pada pagi ini malang tidak berbau - Seorang pemandu teksi (yang entah nak pergi mana) melanggar peraturan jalan demi menjimat minyak (maklumlah "mahal" sangat minyak kat sni, sebenarnye murah sangat). Sebab dia melanggar peraturan pada waktu itu dia pun sibuk memandang ke arah2 yang berlainan kalau2 ada Polis (polis sini tak main saman, tapi "rasuah"..kalau kena tangkap dia minta memang banyak ah) dan tak nampak kawan saya didepan (nama dia Ziqry), dan dia pun terlanggarlah kawan saya nih..

Lepas langgar dia pun terus bawa Ziqry pergi ke PEJABAT DIA!!! Cermin depan kereta pecah, pergi la buat insurans cepat2... Ziqry pun ambik teksi lain ke hospital.. Alhamdulillah tak ada apa2 sangat, cuma luka sikit2 sini sana & kaki yang bengkak (petang nih kena urut ngn budak Indon). Yang menjaga dia ialah saya..

Hari Sabtu lepas kita pergi tukar balutan, nti lusa kena pergi lagi...
Itu je ah..

(camne?? ok x? hahah.. klakar kan?)

"Summary"

2009-02-14T01:03:00.007+08:00

Salam.. Long time no post.. I don't really know what to write, that's why..
(this is a post dedicated to my friend Zikry El-Yemeni)

I've been here for about a month I guess.

Aside from doing my Tahfiz I am also helping my mum with her work here. My step-dad has his own hospital called CPLAS for I.V.F, plastic surgery (and anything related to make yourself beautiful). Right now, he's building a new 10-storey building next to the current hospital building. And on the toppest floor will be OUR apartment (There'll be a pool, jacuzzi, sauna at LG level!! HEHEHE!!). Insha Allah my mum and sisters will be moving here as soon as possible :) (but I will be going back to Malaysia to continue my studies once I finished my Tahfiz here =s)

However, the old engineer build the new building in a messy way and the new engineer designs are not that nice and are not suitable for a hospitals (he changed the enginner in the middle of the process I guess). So, my mum is working with an engineer in Malaysia to improvise the new building. My job is to take pictures of some parts of the building which the engineer in Malaysia need, get the building plan, plumbing and electric plan and send it to my mum through email.

It is kinda frustrating working with them.. Things not ready eventhough I gave a few days of notice.

And once again I am teaching english here, but this time to a Yemeni and it's more to correcting his pronounciation. His name is Amin. And he has a problem with my extra finger! He always talk of cutting it! Saying that it would be better if I had only 5.. huh.. If I wanted to then I would have done it a long time ago.. BUT I DON'T WANT TO!! and he keeps repeating it every time our class ends and every time we meet.. huh.>_<. He says people usually cut it and I'd say it's up to them but I don't want + I know some people who has extra finger/fingers but keeps it.. We have the same argument everyday, everytime..

And he talks of cutting it as though it's so easy.. He'll buy a knife, tranquilizer, bandage, (rope - to tie me up so that I can't run away), oil (????), (the thing that doctors use to do injections..what is it called??)..
1st - inject me, put oil around the place that he's going to cut..
2nd - cut it (he makes it sound as though he's gonna cut/slice vegetables/meat..it's not like there's no bone in my extra finger!)
3- bandage the part that was cut..
4- bury it..

Whatever it is, I'm not going to cut it!!!

wOw..quite a long one..
Will try to post more in the near future..

2009-01-27T22:05:00.002+08:00

First of all...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!! =D

And today I have "officially" finished 1 juz ever since I came here & got a bed and cupboard!!. Insya Allah I'll finish till juz 21 byu the time you come..

And then to finish by juz 14 by mid-May.

(fattah, cepat la buat facebook...and y is ur new email address so weird?? hahahaha.. and check ur email..hehe)

2009-01-24T21:59:00.000+08:00

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2009-01-23T22:13:00.004+08:00

So, I did went to my dad's hospital but I did not get to do anything as the things that I needed were not prepared..huh.. It was really frustrating and I don't think I have the mood to write about it. They really have no sense of urgency and undisciplined!! So, I had to go again yesterday, Alhamdulillah everything that I needed was ready and I got the job done..

I've been staying alone for the past few days as my roommates went to Hudaidah, coming back today. Here, we do the cooking but since my roommates are not here I had to do the cooking alone and so, I cooked Chicken Curry. It was quite ok, since its my first time cooking curry. hahaha..

I just finished skyping with my mum and sisters.. And its already almost maghrib so I've got to go now..

Wassalam=)

...

2009-01-21T18:51:00.003+08:00

Salam.. I have been in Yemen for about two weeks now, now my classes is 3 times a week. On Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday.

I'm staying at the same hostel when I came the 1st time, but this time I'm in the same room with 2 malaysians on the first floor. The first floor used to be for students who are married but I guess they were moved to another building or so. So, now the first floor is basically like a Chinese village. All the apartment units are Chinese (except for the one infront of ours) , in each unit there are two rooms. There are about 10 units on each floor. So, the second floor is from Bosnia, etc.. 4rd floor frm albania, etc, 4th floor frm africa, etc..

Today I'm going to my dad's hospital again, my mum asked me to help with some of her work since the people here did not get it done yet. So, I'll be goingnow and I hope they have prepared all that I need so that I can finish it all quickly.

Safe arrival..

2009-01-12T22:26:00.004+08:00

I arrived safely last night at 11pm Yemen time. I was picked up by my step-brother, Muhammad. Some of my malaysian friends here also came to see me at the airport. Then there were nothing else to do except for SLEEP!!! I can't sleep in an aeroplane, I don't know why...

So today, I went to the police station first to register, then went to buy some stuffs at a supermarket, and went to cc for a while. a t the cc I met Amirul (jawa), Musa (basma's bro), Aiman batch 06 and some other adnians who are here for the arabic language programme.

And now, I have just finished skyping with my sisters and mother =)
I have to go now.. It's maghrib..
Wassalam..

Bye Bye..

2009-01-11T00:03:00.004+08:00

As most of you know, I'll be going back to Yemen again on Sunday. The flight is in the afternoon but I have to be at the airport by 9am =(
This time I will be going for about a year. It depends on me, how fast I can finish up 30juz (24 more to go). I hope to finish by nov/dec 2010.. I have to, so that I can join the pilot entry in Jan 2010. =)

Saturday, 10/01/09...

I went out with Atiq. We met at KLCC then had lunch at pelita, after that we decided to go watch a movie. There were not much choice, we end up watching Bedtime Stories. It was quite good though, funny. Then after all this he decided to follow me to buy some stuff which I wanna bring to Yemen.

So, we had to queue for about half an hour at the KLCC LRT Station just to get the tickets. Once we reached Wangsa Maju LRT Station we went to a clinic near Jusco because I need to get a medicine to bring to Yemen too. Later we went a restaurant and Atiq ate lunch while I bought some food to take home (my granny and aunt coming).
After all this we went to Carrefour to get the things I need to bring. While we were buying the things my mum and my sisters said that they are going to Carrefour too to get some things so, Atiq and I decided to go to the arcade.

We played 2 racing car games, 2 shooting games and mini hockey. The 1st game of mini hockey was just so funny that my stomach could have burst, I couldn't even stand still, and of course I WON!! The racing car game I lost some rounds though..

Then I sent Atiq to the bus stop and told him which bus to take (later when I was on the way home he called whether is he on the right bus!! HAHAHAHA). Then we went home immediately as my ganny and aunt was waiting for me, to see me before I go then my aunt decided to stay to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith and now are sleeping here..
My mum bought a cake, and my sis bought me a gift before I went this time.. Luckily they did that!! hahahah.. They gave me a green heart-shaped pillow (quite girlish..huh..but.. =) ).

THANK YOU SIS!

go to...

2008-12-21T15:12:00.001+08:00

go to http://www.myspace.com/ahmadmusa90 to see of the pictures at my mum's wedding! :D

A nice story must read!

2008-12-13T22:00:00.000+08:00

The Prophet (Sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) also said "Pass on knowledge from me even if it is only one verse"

Eid-ul-Adha 1429 Hijrah (2008)

2008-12-08T21:25:00.008+08:00

First of all I'd like to say EID MUBARAK! And I hope all of you had a nice day :)
I thought my Eid this year would be the same as the years before. But this Eid-ul-Adha was the best I've ever had.

While we were preparing to go to our granny's house one of my aunt (the youngest among my mum's siblings) called, saying that my granny fell and hit her head on the wall and blood came gushing out.. She immediately took my granny to the Damansara Specialist Hospital, had minor operation, stitch the wound. Aside from that she is alright.

On Monday morning which is the day of Eid, we woke up early and started to get ready to go for the Eid prayers. This year my granny made Qurban. 1 part of the cow and I'm her representative (my uncle and I actually). So, after the Eid prayers I got ready to help with the Qurban. The masjid made 12 qurban, my granny's is the 3rd one.

I didn't really do much in the slaughtering part. But I sure did a lot during the skinning and cutting part.. At first our group did not know what to do or where to start and not to mention our very blunt knives!! hahahaha..
Firstly, we sharpened our knives. While some of us were sharpening the knives, the rest were learning/finding out how or where to start.. And one of my aunt went to buy knives for my uncle and I. In the end we managed just fine. But we had no place to hang the cow so that made the skinning harder.
When we were almost done we had some help from an expert. Our cows stomach "pecah", it fell down when he was struggling.. Then it was just the chopping and packaging the meat, 1kg for 1 plastic bag. And also I was the one who chopped the head off.

Perhaps this isn't a "big thing" for some of you, but it was to me. I have been looking forward to "today".

Here are some videos.. I had already told my sisters to take pictures and some videos but Unfortunately they somehow did not really understand what I said.. They did took some photos but not when I was doing the work..just some pictures of the cows only.. And my sisters went back early so there wasn't much pictures or videos except for this 1. =(

OK.. Wassalam.

An Alll-Out day

2008-12-01T22:59:00.003+08:00

Salam.. This is about yesterday.

So, at 8am my dad came to pick us up (FINALLY after tons of emails, he said he'd take us out..he "disappeared" for a few months, no way to contact him).. We went for breakfast then immediately went to Sunway Pyramid to go Ice Skating (yes..again XD).. Huhuhu, I've gotten better XP.

At around 2pm we went for lunch and Zuhr prayer. Later at 3.20 we went to watch Madagascar 2. It was kinda good but not so good. The movie finished at around 5pm and we went to pray Asr.
Then we went for a walk at Kiara Park, Taman Tun Doc Ismail (TTDI). And then dinner..

On the way home Saddiq sent me an sms asking me to go watch Arsenal vs Chelsea @ 11.30pm!
My mum ALLOWED me to go.. At 11.50pm Saddiq and Afiq came to pick me up from my house, go pick up beck and Halim and went to a restaurant near Afiq's house to watch the match, Faris came with some of his friends to join us too.

The match ended at 2am. (Chelsea lost...huh...)
Then we went for a stroll at uptown.. And I reached home at around 3am.. hehe..

Basically that's all..

Tagged 2..

2008-11-30T20:49:00.002+08:00

Rules and regulations:
Each player of this game must start off with 10 weird things, habits and little known facts about themselves. People who get tagged need to write a post on their own 10 weird things, habits and little known facts as stated in this rule clearly. At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

10. I leave my room messy most of the time.. I just dump my clothes that needs to be folded on the bed (and my books & notes lying around in the room but not anymore =p).

9. I'm kind of an extremely shy person.. I don't really know if you can call it "shy".. hahaha. I just don't know how to talk/dread it..

8. I think millions of times before deciding on going out with my friends.

7. I prefer to be on my own..

6. I rarely listen to music. I just don't.

5. Even though all of you see me as a good and patient person but I used to be a very short-tempered person. hahaha.. Really.

4. Am I a crayon stealer??? I don't remember at all.. hahaha.. I don't remember much of my past. Whatever it is SORRY, to the one whom I stole the crayon from. Want me to buy you a new one for you?? XD

3. I am the eldest and the only son among five siblings, and the only grandson among 9 grandchildren from my mum's side.

2. I hate my sisters ??? hahaha..no..but sometimes I just wished they were boys.

1. I just don't really understand tags..but it seems fun..so i do it =). Thanks for tagging me XD.

Hmmm... I don't know who to tag.. All who I know blogging have been tagged..

erm.. I tag:

faez
ziqry
zahirah
(whoever wants to do this, tell me if u do)

Wassalams.

mmmm...???

2008-11-28T16:22:00.004+08:00

I've been wondering...

Trees provide oxygen right??? So, less = trees = more polution & less fresh air/oxygen...

BUT!!..

What about in the deserts?? Or places that doesn't have lots of trees (like Yemen).. What's their source of oxygen??! And their air is quite nice..

hmmm... Anyone?? . . . .

The Bitter Harvest.. :)

2008-11-18T15:45:00.002+08:00

The Bitter Harvest

by Muhammad Al-Shareef

I was a teacher in the Qur’anic study circle at our neighborhood Masjid at the time. I would see this young boy after Maghrib prayers, you might say he was about fifteen years old. He held a pocket Qur’an and sat alone reading from it - no, he wasn’t actually reading from it, he was just trying to make it seem as if he was.
Now and again, he would shyly steal a few glances at us, curious to know what we were doing. Once in awhile, you might see him straining to make out what we were talking about.
Every time I caught his eye, he would avert his head and continue with his recitation, as if he had not intended to look this way.
Day after day, he sat in the same reserved manner, revealing the same timid glance. Finally after Isha Salah one day, I resolved to confront him.

“As Salamu ‘Alaykum, my name is Salman, I teach the Qur’anic study circle in this Masjid.”
‘And my name is Khalid.’
Strange, he replied so fast, as if he had been waiting to share this piece of information for such a long time and expected to be asked.
“Where do you study Khalid?”
‘In the Eighth grade … and I … I love the Qur’an a lot.’
Strange indeed, why did he add that last sentence?
Confidently, I asked him, “Listen Khalid, have you got any free time after Maghrib? We would be honored to have you join us in the class.”
‘What? The Qur’an? The Halaqah? Yes … why, yes of course (happiness overcame him). I’ll be there, Insha’Allah.’

That night, I couldn’t think of anything other than this young boy and the haze that surrounded his behavior. Sleep would just not come.
I attempted to interpret an answer for what I saw and heard, but there was none. A verse of poetry came to mind: ‘the coming days shall unravel the mystery / and the news may appear from where you could never see.’ I turned on my right side and slipped my right hand under my cheek. O Allah, I have surrendered myself to You and to You I turn over my affairs.

*** Subhan Allah, how the calendar was jogging by. Khalid was now a regular in our Qur’anic circle, energetic and successful in memorization. He was friends with everyone and everyone was friends with him. You could never catch him without a Qur’an in his hand, or find him in any other line in Salah other than the first. There was nothing wrong with him except for his occasional long lapses of attention. There were times when his stoned eyes would reflect the fathomless thought going on in his mind. Sometimes we knew his body was with us, but his soul was somewhere else, suffocating in another world.
Occasionally, I would startle him. All he had was a mumble to reply with, he would have been the first to admit its fabrication.

One night, I walked with him after class to the beach shore. Maybe his big secret might meet something equally large, relax somewhat, and release its distress and pain.
We arrived at the beach and traced the waves. The full moon was out.
A strange sight. The darkness of the night found the darkness of the sea, with a lit moon in-between them.
It sat somewhat embarrassed at its intrusion, similar to my shyness towards Khalid right then.
The rays of the silent moon rested on the silent waves of the sea. I stood behind the silent boy. The scene was silence.

Just then!
It all shattered and crushed to the ground as the young boy fell to the bottom, bleeding his heart with tears. I chose not to interrupt Khalid’s emotional release, perhaps the saltiness of his tears might help him relax and cleanse his distress.
After a few moments he said from behind his tears, ‘I love you all … I love the Qur’an … and those who love it. I love pious brothers, moral, pure brothers.
‘But … my father … it’s my father.’
“Your father? What is wrong with your father Khalid?”
‘My father always warned me not to hang around with you people. He’s afraid. He hates you all. And he always tries to convince me that I should hate you too. At any chance he gets, he’ll try to prove his point with stories and tales.
‘But … when I saw you people in the Halaqah reciting Qur’an, I saw something entirely different. I saw the light in your faces, the light in your clothes, the light in your words, even when you were silent I could see the light even then.
‘I doubted my father’s tales and that’s why I would sit after Maghrib, watching you, pretending that I was part of the circle, trying to share in the light.
'I … I remember Ustadh Salman … I remember the time you approached me after ‘Isha prayer. I’d been waiting for that moment for such a long time. When I began the classes, my soul locked itself into a world of purity with your souls. I began the circle and was persistent. I wouldn’t sleep, my days and nights became Qur’an. My father noticed the change in my routine. He found out, one way or another, that I had joined the circle and that I was now hanging out with “terrorists.”

‘Then, on a dark night…
‘We were waiting for father to come home from the coffee shop, his daily ritual, so that we could all have dinner together.
‘He entered the house with his hardened face and slaps of anger.
We all sat together at the dinner mat. Silence settled on the gathering as usual, all of us were afraid to speak in his presence.
‘He knifed the silence with his roaring and immediate voice. “I heard you’ re hanging out with the fundamentalists.”
‘I was caught red. My tongue looped and failed. All the words in my mouth attempted to come out at the same time. But, he didn’t wait for the answer…
‘He snatched the teakettle and threw it maliciously at my face.
‘The room spun and the colors united before my eyes. I stopped distinguishing the ceiling from the walls from the floor, and fell.
‘My mother held me.
‘A damp cloth on my forehead reminded me of where I was. The vicious voice turned on my mother, “Leave him alone, or you’ll be in the same lot.”
‘I crawled out of my mother’s lap and whimpered away to my room. He followed me down the corridor with the cruelest curses.
‘There was not a day that he didn’t beat me in some way. Curses, kicks, throwing whatever was nearest to his hand. My body had finally become a shiver of fear, grotesque colors formed all over. I hated him.
‘One day while we were sitting at the dinner mat, he said, “Get up, don’t eat with us.”
‘Before I could get up though, he pounced immediately and kicked me in the back, making me slam into the pots. ‘At that moment, lying there on there on the ground, I pretended to stand taller than him and shout back in his face…
‘One day, I’ll pay you back. I’ll beat you just like you beat me, and curse you just like you cursed me. ‘I’ll grow up and become strong. And you’ll get old and become feeble. ‘And then … I’ll treat you just like you treated me. I’ll pay you back.
‘After that, I left home and ran away. I just ran, anywhere, it didn’t matter anymore.
‘I found my way to this beach. It helped me wash away some of the sadness. I held my pocket Qur’an and began reciting until I could continue no longer because of my excessive crying.’

And here, a few of those innocent tears descended again, tears that sparkled under the moon like pearls under a lamp. I couldn’t say anything, the surprise had arrested my tongue. Should I be aghast at this beast of a father, whose heart knew nothing about mercy? Or, should I be amazed at this patient young lad, whom Allah had wished guidance for and inspired with faith.
Or, should I be shocked at them both, at the father-son bond that had broken, causing their relationship to transform into that of a lion and a tiger, or a wolf and a fox. I held his warm hand and wiped away a tear from his cheek. I reassured him, prayed for him, and advised him to remain obedient to his father. I told him to remain patient and that he was not alone. I promised that I would meet his father, speak to him, and try to evoke his mercy.

*** That incident slipped further away with each passing day. I tried thinking of ways to open Khalid’s case with his father. How should I speak to him? How was I going to be convincing? To be frank, how was I even going to knock on his door? Then finally, I collected my courage, rehearsed my plan, and resolved that the confrontation … uh, meeting … would be that day at five o’clock. When the time arrived, I left for Khalid’s house with all my ideas and questions for his father dangling from my pockets.
I rang the doorbell. My fingers trembled and my knees were melting. The door opened. There it was, standing in the shadow with it’s frowned lips and veins beating with anger. I tried beginning with a candid smile. Maybe it might smooth out some of the wrinkles before we even started. He snatched my collar and jerked me towards him. ‘You’re that fundamentalist that teaches Khalid at the Masjid, aren’t you?’
“Well … uh … yes.”
'God help me, if I ever see you walking with him again, I’ll break your legs. Khalid won’t be coming to your class anymore.’ And then, he mustered all the saliva in his mouth and spit on my face. The door slammed behind it. Slowly, I unfolded a tissue that was in my pocket, wiped what he had honored me with, and retreated down the stairs consoling myself. Allah’s Messenger – sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - suffered more than this. They called him a liar, cursed him, stoned him with rocks and caused his feet to bleed. They broke his teeth and placed dung on his back and expelled him from his house.

*** Day after day. Month after month. No sign of Khalid. His father forbade him from leaving the house, even for the congregational prayer. He even forbade us from seeing or meeting him. We prayed for Khalid … Until we forgot about him. Years passed away. One night, after the ‘Ishâ’ prayer, a shadow walked behind me in the Masjid and rested a familiar harsh hand on my shoulder. The same hand that held me years ago. The same face, the same wrinkles and the same mouth that honored me with what I was not deserving of.
But ... something had changed. The savage face had shattered. The angry veins had subsided, belittled and still. The body looked tired of all the pain and conflict, weakened by sadness and grief.
“How are you?” I kissed his forehead and welcomed him. We took a corner of the Masjid. He collapsed on my lap sobbing. Subhan Allah, I never thought that that lion would one day become a kitten.
Speak up. What’s wrong? How is Khalid?
‘Khalid!’ The name was like a dagger piercing his heart, twisting inside, and breaking off. His head slumped. ‘Khalid is no longer the same boy that you used to know. Khalid is no longer the generous, calm and humble young lad. ‘After he left your circle he befriended a pack of evil boys, ever since he was little he loved to socialize. They caught him at that time of life when a youth wants to leave the house. Vanity, jokes. ‘He began with cigarettes. I cursed him, beat him. But there was no use, his body had grown accustomed to the beatings, his ears were used to the curses. ‘He grew quickly. He started staying up with them all night, not coming home until dawn. His school expelled him. ‘Some nights he would come home to us speaking abnormally, his face loose, his tongue confused, his hands shivering.

‘That body, which used to be strong, full, and tender, passed away. What remained was a feeble worn frame. That pure frosty face of his transformed. It became dark and filthy. The scum of misguidance and sin clung to it. ‘Those shy and simple eyes of his changed. They shot red like fire as if everything he drank or took showed immediately in his eyes like some sort of punishment, in this life before the next. ‘Hostility and disrespect replaced that shyness and cowardice he once knew. Gone was that soft, respectful young heart. In it’s place grew a hardened center, like a rock, if not harder. ‘Seldom a day would pass without incident. He would either curse, kick, or hit me. Imagine it, my own son. I’m his father, yet he still hits me.’

After releasing all that, his eyes returned wet and bitter. But, he added quickly, ‘I beg you Salman, visit Khalid. Take him with you, you have my blessing, the door is open. ‘Pass by him sometime. He loves you. Register him in the Qur’anic study circle. He could go with you on field trips. I have no objection. In fact, I am even willing to allow him to live in your homes and sleep over. ‘The important thing, Salman … the important thing is that Khalid returns to the way he was. ‘I beg you lad, I’ll kiss your hands, warm your feet, I beg you and beg you…’

He collapsed, crying and wheezing, into the memories of the grief and pain. I allowed him to complete everything he had to say.
Then I addressed him…

“Despite what has passed, let me try. Brother, you planted this seed. And this is your harvest.”

Grrr... (Be patient..calm down..)

2008-11-13T23:12:00.008+08:00

Salam..

Last night I almost had a fight with my brother, twice!! He does not bathe regularly, perhaps that's how when he was in Yemen. So..my (our) room is getting smellier.. This now he came into the room, switched on the fan and "baring" on the bed.. Then I switched off the fan and called asked him to follow me out of the room to do something. (H=him, M=me)

H: "OK, but switch on the fan."

M:"No need, we're going out of the room."

H:"Why?"

M:"Because no one will be in the room (and the electric bill crap)." This went on a few times..

Then he came and switched on the fan and I wanted to switch it off again when he suddenly blocked my path and pushed me.. At that time I was already about to punch him!!
(I dont' really remember me in
He said to let the fan on, he don't like the smell of the room. It was HIS smell!! He's fault for not bathing.. Even so, he should let the door and window open, no use switching on the fan.. And he does not like to let the window open and always closes it when he see that its open..
That was the first time..

And my sisters saw the "fight" and they said they'll close it when he gets out from the room.. Which he saw my sisters went in and switched it off.
Then the argument started again.. And suddenly (couldn't really remember) he was like twisting one of my fingers.. This time I was about to give him a "double punch"!! huh.. I didn't do it of course. huh.. that's all...

And he's really a persistent and strong-headed person.. Gr..

This morning after jogging (bringing him jogging in the mornings, he has to do some sports in the mornings.. But he's jogging is sooo not jogging, I'd say its more to walking..)
OK, so after he went for his jogging (he went off alone today and I don't think he walked much) he came home, had a Bath and wore back his pajamas and slept.
Of course, when my mum found out she immediately went into my room and told him to wake up which he REFUSED!!! And said my mum is crazy after she went out of the room, my mum went out for meetings..
And he continued sleeping.. Because of the "great" smell (it was really smelly, I slept in the living room last night, also because of the incident that occurred) in the room my mum asked me to clean up the room, send his blanket and bed sheet to wash and just do it as though he isn't there.. So, even though he was sleeping I just did all that, vacuum the room, take out his bed sheet and all..hahaha.. He was really shocked..

Well...that's all... (he has a bit of psychological prob..yeah..that's it)

Wassalam..

huh

2008-10-08T21:42:00.002+08:00

It looks like I maybe going back to yemen soon..but looking to see about my NS and my pilot "things"..
Also the plan of moving to Yemen maybe sooner than later. The original plan is to go in 2 years, but now maybe by mid/end of next year - see how things goes. So if I'm going back to Yemen this month or so then maybe I won't come back too.. No2, I will come back to do my pilot studies here..

My mum's wedding pics still not ready yet.. Still doing some adjustments with the pictures. When it is ready then maybe I'll put up some or just make a slideshow of it because its too many..

Ice Skating

2008-10-03T21:50:00.002+08:00

I know I haven't updated for quite a long time.. Well I'll just tell of what happened for this year's raya..

Every raya has been quite the same excet for the past 2 years..but today, we went for Ice Skating at Sunway Pyramid. Only my sisters and I skate, my mum went to watch a movie.

So, we arrived at Sunway Pyramid at 10am as my sisters wanted to skate the whole day, they have gone skating for quite a number of times already but this was only my SEcond time. So by the time we started to skate and all was 10.30am.

At first we were all holding the sides but not for long for three of my sisters as they are kind of used to it..but it took me and my youngest sister to get used to it and not holding the sides. And once I started to really skate I fell down quite a number of times. LOL. Well, what do you expect? It was only my second time and my first time was like long ago and just a short one. And next time Ishall remember to bring an etra pair of clothes!! As the rink was quite wet! and you wil be soaked even by having a "great" fall once.

Eventually after an hour or so I became used to it and was getting better. But the rink was just sooo full!!! That made it even harder to skate too. Then at around 12.30pm they had to resurface the ice and we had our lunch (bungkus food from home..hehe) and then I went for Friday prayers and came back to skate again.

And we skated till 6pm - there was half an hour break after every one hour and a half for them to resurface the rink.. We had a lot of fun.. "Racing" with my sisters, making them fall (which sometimes I end up falling down too/only me falling down), falling down yourself and watching other people fall.. hahahaha

I just don't get on how to break so there are a number of times where I almost crash into someone..And I did crash into some pople but it was quite their fault for coming out of nowhere, 2 person only actually. The first one had a bad fall (at first he was already stable but he suddenly fell=s) and the second one managed to not fall.

That is all from having a day of skating. =)

EID MUBARAK

2008-09-30T18:01:00.000+08:00

2008-09-18T16:45:00.002+08:00

Salam. It's been a long time since I've updated, I don't have internet at home so I have to go to the cc to use internet.

Here's on of the pics at my mum's wedding (this is the only I have for now).
That's him and my mum..and then there's my sisters and I.

2008-09-01T15:38:00.002+08:00

Salams.. It's been a while.. I'm now back at home with my mum and sisters:)

I arrived on Thursday night,21st of August with my dad, the flight was 16hours long!! So, on Friday we were busy getting ready for the preparations for the wedding.

The wedding went well and I'd like to thank those who came=)

So the rest of the days was spent with my mum going out for meetings with my dad. And I followed also but twice only..

But on Friday we took him to Genting Highlands, spent the night there and returned on Saturday morning. And he just left yesterday morning.

and RAMADHAN MUBARAK to all..

U R INVITED!

2008-08-14T20:39:00.003+08:00

ALL ADNI GEN05 are invited to my mum's wedding on the 23rd of August @ KELAB GOLF PERKHIDMATAN AWAM (KGPA), PETALING JAYA @ 8PM.

Other details will be emailed. Those who does not receive any email from me please ask the others / give me your email.

Make sure to call the number given in the email to confirm ur attendance.
tHANK yOU.

Tagged

2008-08-11T17:00:00.018+08:00

a) Answer the questions below, do a Google Image Search with your answer, take a picture from the 1st page of results, do it with minimal words of explanation
b) Tag 5 people to do the same once you've finish answering every question

1. The age you'll be on your next birthday
2. Place you want to travel to: mecca & medinah - hajj

3. Your favourite place: Home Sweet Home

4. Your favorite food: most foods

5. Your favorite pet: cats and also other animals

6. Favorite color combination: Green and blue i guess

7. Favorite piece of clothing:

8. Your all time favorite song:

9. Favorite TV show: Supernatural & Grey's Anatomy (those were the "last")

10. First name of your significant other/crush:

11. Which town do you live in:

12. Your screen name/nickname:

13. Your first job: Administrator (at the age of 12)

14. Your dream job: pilot

15. One bad habit that you have: Laziness

16. Worst fear:

17: Things you'd like to do before you die:

18. The 1st thing you'll buy if you get $1,000,000: A condo, laptop, private aeroplane

19. Your husband/wife:

ermm...who should I tag???
1. Fatimah
2. Elf
3. Nana
4. Zyra
5. any volunteers??

What a week..

2008-08-10T17:45:00.005+08:00

I'm back!

Last week my mum came to attend an orphanage conference held by my step-father.

03/08 Friday;
- At 8pm his driver came to pick me up from the hostel and take me to the orphanage center, then at 10pm we went to the airport using the PRESIDENT'S CAR!! So we easily got into the VIP waiting lounge (it was WOW and I din't even they had one) and waited for my mum there. Then when my mum arrived I went into the VIP bus to go the plane to pick up my mum. After collecting her bags and all then we headed to the hotel.

- Movenpick is the name. It has 2 swimming pools, sauna, jacuzzi, spa, etc3..

04/08 Saturday;
- Had breakfast at 8am then go to the Grand Ballroom for the conference which ended at 11am. There were "graduates" from the orphan. The orphan center not only provide shelter but also education in the center. So, those who finished their studies were given certificates and prize money for those with good results.

- At around 1pm all of the guest (including me) went to Al-Baek Al-Shaibani Restaurant with a bus. And there was also police escort!! We had ice breaking and some sang nasyid. The guests were from Lebanon, Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait, Sudan, Japan (but he's a Buddhist), Syria and many more.

- We went back to the hotel after finishing our lunch.

- There was a program at around 6pm but I did not join.

05/08 Sunday;
- There was another conference and ended at 1.30pm. And then we had lunch and went back to the hotel after lunch and another program at 6pm which I did not join again. (I forgot why)

(I forgot what happened in monday and tuesday)

Monday/Tuesday

06/08 Wednesday;
- Go to the orphan center for another conference. The conference is not like just talking2 and then Q&A sessions. There is drama, nasyid, etc. And the President of Yemen came for today's conference and he donated USD1 MILLION (of course he's EXTREMELY rich, he takes the country's money for himself).

- After the conference we went ot the PRESIDENT'S MOSQUE!! It's strictly for him, his family (and the ministers too I think). The mosque is really WOOOOWWW!! It's huge! And the inside was really beautifully decorated, it's quite like Masjid Nabawi I'd say. Inside the pillars is the air-cond like Masjid Nabawi.

- After praying Zuhr we went for lunch and back to the hotel. And finally, after 5MONTHS!! I went for a swim and jacuzzi :D

- At night we went to Hadda Hotel for another conference. But this time it was mainly to collect funds for the orphanage center from the guests. And they were all donating like they have a money printer at home. The amount of collected funds was really a lot.

07/08 Thursday;
- Again we went to the orphan center but his time it's because 1000 ppl from the orphanage were getting married. 1000 BRIDE & GROOM. Here they like to have multiple wedding at one time.

- And we had lunch at Allahyarham Sheikh Abdullah bin Husein Al-Ahmar and back to the hotel.

- At 6pm we went to someone's house and then there was another conference but this time it's for the Al-Quran Organization. Again the guests was donating their money like water..

08/08 Friday;
- At 6am we went to Alhaddah (my step father's village). It was a 2 hour journey, then had breakfast and went down to the farm and had a feast of grapes and pomegrenates!! Then the guests went to Ibb (I did not go).

- They came back from Ibb at 8pm. Then had dinner and the guests went back to the hotel in Sana'a. My mum and I stayed with him in Alhaddah.

09/08 Saturday;
- Sheikh Abdul Majeed Zindaini (one of those who is on the US wanted list) came to have breakfast (he had a car full of soldiers as his escort). And I just realized I'm somehow quite famous here, during breakfast I was sitting beside one of the soldiers. Then suddenly he said to me (S -soldier, A-me)
S: Ahmad Malizee?
A: Yes.(how did he know me, i don't even know him).
S: You know Mujeeb (an ex-teacher at my mum's school, now in Amran, Yemen) right?.
A: "Yes".
S: I am his friend, ?I saw you in Amran with him.
The last time I went there was like about 3months ago!!
Also there were some ppl who knows me but I don't even know them. And my mum said so too. whenever she say that she's MY mum then ppl would go like "ooo..Ahmad Malizee? yes2, I know him..."

- At 9.30pm I went back to Sana'a with my mum.

- At 5pm we went I went to the airport with my mum and we got into the VIP lonunge again. Then I finally get to sit down with her and chit chat. At 6.30pm we got into the VIP bus and sent her to the plane and then I went back to the hotel...

I'll be back in a week or ten days!

FUH..

2008-07-31T21:52:00.004+08:00

fuh!! what a big relief! Last week was not so good. (now i'm no longer in darul quran, i'm staying and studying in hostel sinan. The sheikh would come thrice a week, sunday,tuesday and thursday after 'asr). However, last tuesday i did not read to my sheikh as my memorization was not so good (couldn't really concentrate - thinking of august hehe) and the Surah was quite long. It was a 7 page surah (Surah Al-Zukhruf), up till now the longest surah i've memorized is only about 4.5 pages.. But, Alhamdulillah i finished the surah on thursday "successfully"!! It sure was a big relief..
Next is As-Shura which is 6 pages and then Al-Fussilat also 6 pages then the worst is Surah Al-Ghafir, almost 10pages!! and then Az-Zumar - around 9pages..huh.. a 10 pages surah then a 9 page... bt if i finish Az-Zumar then i'l have 3juz left..which i hope to finish before i go back to malaysia somewhere in august..

Btw, I somehow just realized that they use motorcycles as taxi too in yemen. I din't know it "exists".

My mum is arriving tonight :D so i might be away for a week..hihi..

Change of Plans...

2008-07-20T17:43:00.007+08:00

Salam. As you can read the title there will be some of change of plans.

1) There is a possibility that I will be going back to Malaysia somewhere in August (maybe mid-august) for a few days and then I'll return back to Yemen and really come back to Malaysia when I finish 10juz!. Why? Because my new father is going to Malaysia to meet the rest of the family and since we did not have any "kenduri"/photo taking here so my mum wants to have it when he comes and for that my mum wants me to be present as well.

2)Because of the above I might go back to Malaysia after raya..but if I still get to finish 10juz by raya then perhaps I'll come back for raya.. Besides, my mum said: "Why don't I try the raya here?" I thought about it when I first came but I still wanted to go back for raya..

Hmm... I don't know.. Stay/go back for raya??? :s suggestions ny1??

and my mum is coming AGAIN IN TWO WEEEKKKSSSSS!!!! :D and hopefully this time we'll be able to go to ma'rib!

oh..and I finally finished 5juz..and will the finish the 6th by the end of the month ..and finish 10juz before raya..Insha Allah

Stolen..

2008-07-14T16:45:00.006+08:00

Yesterday was just all my other days..except for one!

Last night my hostel area blackout for a while about after maghrib. But usually the mosque has electric since it has a generator everytime that happens but I guess the generator broke down or something so the mosque did not have electricity.. So, the mosque was kinda dark.

As usual, I go to the mosque to pray isya'.. After isya' prayer I went to take my sandal (in yemen ppl keep their shoes/sandals inside the mosque, there will be like small2 boxes inside the mosque for ppl to keep their shoes) but I couldn't find it, well not only me but there were some others who found their shoes/sandals was stolen too.. Then since I couldn't find my sandal someone offered me to borrow his selipar and return it to him when I get a new sandal..

Well..anyways I was about to buy a new sandal as my sandal was kinda worn out and just a matter of time for it to be unusable..

Oh yes, btw I went to alhaddah during the weekend with my step-father and it seems that the grapes was ripe and ready to be plucked and eaten.. So after friday prayers we went to his farm plucked 1 grape (it was rly big and delicious!!).. Then when we reached the house he told the gardener to bring me to the farm and pluck some grapes for me, so I went down to the farm again and got two more grapes just for myself hihi and I thought of keeping it till saturday but I finished it by maghrib cos I couldn't resist it..haha.. It was relly2 delicious.

YEMEN WITH MUM - Alhaddah

2008-07-08T19:09:00.011+08:00

Haddah is one of the name of a strreet in Sana'a. But Alhaddah is a name of a village, about 2hr journey by car from Sana'a. It's my step-father's village. We went a few days after they got married.

His villa.

Guess who... My mum!

His farm - there's grape, apple, pomegrenate, almonds, zaitun, balas, manggo, firsik/farsik (nt rly sure of the name actly)

Do u knw we can actually eat this?? What is this "thing" called?

Cut off the sides.

Cut thru the middle.

Ready to be eaten. Quite nice except if its seeds is big..

YEMEN WITH MUM - Darul Hajar

2008-07-08T18:06:00.017+08:00

Darul Hajar is a house built on a rock and their water source is from a well which is dug THROUGH THE ROCK!

Darul (House) Hajar (Stone)

And this is "room" for the servants...the entrance is like a closet as the above..actually it does look more like a closet than a room...

That's the restaurant on the left.

Restaurant.

One of the building inside the Darul Hajar compund.

Qat chewing room.

Right - Fridge (meat,water). It's already cold enough that they don't need a fridge like us.

An example for the above.

Left - closet.

The oven.

Right - place to mix flour with water.

Left - sink!

The small door on the bottom-right is another wheat store - in the kitchen.

The well which is dug thru the rock! Its abt 280m if i'm nt mistaken...

how and who dug the well?? I xknw..bt I wonder how and who??

Wheat grinder.

Wheat storage starts from here - for the winter..

And its a few metres high also - forgot..

and ends here - its supposed to be closed then they jjs open the door and the wheat will come gushing down.. (smthg like this)

The king's sitting room (1) - thats his pic.

The king's sitting room (2).

The king's meditation room.

This are holes....FOR GUNS!

Shelter for his pigeons.

This is the place where the king sits to write letters.

My guardian and I.

My mum and I.

My guardian w his daughter&granddaughter and I. And the building behind us is the High Court.

Darul Hajar

It also has winter rooms for men and women - its for them to sit in during winter as the position of the room is opposite to the winter wind so the room is much warmer than other rooms.

The king has 4 wives and each wife has their own room, even the king has his own private room, just for himself. There was also room for the king's mother.

Well...I guess that's all for now..Till next time.

Turkey vs Czech Republich

2008-06-16T19:22:00.002+08:00

Recently I moved into a new hostel, Sinan House... At the highest floor there's a hall where there are snooker table, ping-pong table, and some gym equipments and a tv.. And since UEFA UERO 2008 is going on so almost all students go up to watch football at night..

But among all matches they've watched yesterday' match was like the most anticipated,most viewers (even I went to see it this time)..

After 60minutes the Czech's were leading by 2-0.. Most of us want Turkey to win, so we were like "oh no.."
Then in the 75th minute the Turks finally scored, eventhough they need two more goals to win or at least an equaliser everyone was really happy with that goal!.. After that Turkey was constantly in the attack..
As we were enjoying the heart-beating match suddenly BLACKOUT!! Every one was like "what's going on? did the sheikh turned off the electricity? and one of them called the sheikh and asked..a few minutes later electricity came back on..=)"
Then in the 87th minute came the equaliser, more shouts of joy came and they were also jumping out of joy and no one seem to be able to sit down and watch the match, some were standing and the Caech supporters were of course feeling down now adn being "mocked" by the Turkey supporters... And two minutes later Turkey managed to score their winning goal and this time the noise and all was v v v loud...
4minutes was the indicated extra-time and the Turkey goalkeeper got a red card and they were down to 10men..Everyone was feeling nervous again,afraid that Czech would score the equaliser..
At the 96th minute the referee blew his whistle!! Hence, the match ended with Turkey as the winner and are through to the Quarter-Finals of UEFA UERO 2008, facing Croatia.

that's all...

YEMEN WITH MUM

2008-06-09T18:57:00.002+08:00

salam

22nd May - My mum came and I picked her up from the airport.

We didn't actually go to many places that I wanted to go with her because of the bombings and fightings. And these people like to pick tourist spots because if they hide behind any building then the government will just bomb the building! So if the government won't bomb the tourist site. hahaha

But Alhamdulillah we did get to go to some places.

The first week she was here I was just following her to her meetings and bringing her to her meetings since I know the place and all. But we did get to go do a bit of "shopping" in one of the days in the first week.

and the rest is all in the video below..

the picture of me with another man is my guardian..

hope you enjoyed the video but I'm really sorry as it's so fast..couldn't make it go slower.. just play and pause the whole time,ok?..

Happy Marriage Mum

2008-06-08T19:42:00.001+08:00

Salam!

As you all know my mum came on the 22nd May.

24th May, Saturday:
We went to my guardian's office for meeting but there was someone there call him H for now. So, we waited..Then H passed us as he was going out of the office and asked my mum: " Are you student here?" My mum replied: "No." Then my guardian introduced him to us.. that was that..
Then he enquired about my mum through my guardian and proposed to my mum...=0
6th June, Monday:
H came to my guardian's house and we met him. From meeting it turned into marriage discussion. Finally, everything has been agreed.
Immediately after that we went to the Qadi's house for the akad nikah! I was my mum's wali. I thought the Qadi and the groom only do the "shaking hands"..So, i "hold hands" with the groom and recited the akad as my mum's wali and it was in arabic of course.

There was no kenduri or like this as it was a sudden event and he had to go Saudi on Thursday. But he brought us to see his village at Haddah.
Yes, H is Yemeni.

owh..right..you all didn't know, my parents are divorced...since sept06..so now you know..

yemen..

2008-04-28T22:10:00.000+08:00

slms!=)

i've been here for almost two months now.. so far so good=)..Alhamdulilah

- yknw, when i 1st arivd at the darul quran gate i wanted to say to u.o (u.othman,my guardian) lets go back, i don't want to study here, i don't mind if study at iman university..but since he was busy and took time to take me i went on with it - dis was my 1st tought wen i reached dq (darul quran, the place m studying nw)! we went to see the director, Sheikh Sa'ad, and then when we went back he said that they'll accept me because he is good friend with the director.. aftr some thinking...i decided i'l enter dq and i just have to accept whatever condition it is in because this is what i came here for

- i've known yemeni food to be quite delicious but...THE FOOD IN DQ WAS REALLY NOT EXPECTED!!! its always the same for breakfast and dinner (its not that i'm not used to eat the same thing twice a day, BT EVRYDAY??? and the fusuliya makes me kinda sick( fusuliya is peas..) Its cooked with cornflour if i'm not mistaken and we GET ONLY 1 or 2 BREAD!!!!! there is rice for lunch but rice only, sometimes with salad and they give another dish to eat with bread...aftr a wk, i got sick because of the fusuliya, went to hospital..nw i js buy things like cheese,honey,nutella,helwa or wtvr 2 eat w bread..wtvr it is m rly STARVING!!js xpct gt good food on wkends...bt also prob when go to people's house and get good food i can't eat a lot because my stomach will get shock if suddenly lots of food coming in, but 10min later i'll regret for not eating more..hahahaha..

there's a msian club here and they just opened a restaurant recently, so i go eat lunch there twice a week..since i'm friends (he's in the same school with me) with d restaurant owner i get to eat free bt its nt like i can order wat i wan n of kors i help out too smtimes..

- the yemeni ppl..those are nice are really nice but those who aren't u won't wana cross path with them..

here its wkend on thu&fri. bt drz class on thu till zuhr evntho its a weekend here..

also i xknw if want to take license here or not!! d drvg here is quite crazy, dey js drive as tho its deir road, if they see gt space to pass thru no matter hw small it is thye'l js do it..!!n if cn dey wan to drive fast cnt slow down!! dey evn drive on the opposite of d road..
however...i guess i'l take my license here if there's time, its so muc cheaper to take it here plus i may get an international license..hihi

d holidays have started, it ends at july..
i really don't know what to do during the holidays, except for just memorizing..and to go visit places in yemen when my mum comes on the 22nd of may=D and maybe take my license here also..

for them khatam quran means u have memorized the whole quran..

the khatam quran ceremony, 14.04.08 ,mon:
- dey all wear white jubah n jambiya. - abt 22 stdnts khatam on 14.04dey all jus read sm ayat n dn fin..
d wedding:
- frm zuhr till maghrib they sit together n eat kat.
- then maghrib till late nite they'l have singing and dancing (nt rly dancing..they dance with their jambiya,yemeni "keris").
- in amran, d 1st wedding i atended the groom carry guns bt in sana'a the groom carry sword (nt real sword)...dats all...i guess
oh yes..
- do you know the story of queen balqis and nabi sulaiman? - queen balqis palace is actually situated here in ma'rib,yemen!!
surah al-qalam ayat 17-32:
- it tells abt the ppl of the garden..
- the place is called "ardul jannah"
- d place is smwhere btwn sana'a and amran, hvn't been there yet tho, 1day i'l go i.A.
surah al-saba', ayat 15-19:
- tells abt the ppl of Sheba..
- the place is in ma'rib as well, near to queen balqis's palace..
- the place is called "ardul jannatain"..

i'l b bak in ramadhan I.A i guess, i hope nt later than Ramadhan.. N hope can memorize 10juz min by then..huh..

at baabul yemen

this is what happens when it rains here..flood