royal spat

to those of us who have been aware of the shenanigans by our socalled royals, the current spat is not news but something that is true to form. what would one expect from descendants of pirates. there is the cd pirate, man, these are the original pirates. however much they would try to cleanse their piratical instincts by adopting the ways of the colonists, talkng in the old chap way, calling each other pete or bill, gulping wine, devouring reluctant maidens, making appearances in tattlers and others, they would not be able to shed the particular piratical DNA, i view these obscenity as allah reminding us that there is no other way but His, repent guys and gals, that is the only way, for next time, if there is one, it could mean the end. is this the beginning of the end????. my wish is that they could turn into the leaders thast we desperately need, that would be ny doa.

balik kampung

on the 2nd day of eid i went home to my kampung, what an eye-opener!!! the traffic was horrendous, bumper to bumper most of the way. so, this is what balik kampung have been reduced to, further enriching plus and petronas, if this is the norm, i would say no thank you. i don't need it . there will be a need to formulate a diffrent strategy next year , as the balik kampung ritual is great for my spiritual well being. what could beat the sight of my mothers joy in seeing that all her offspring are there together , imagine the beautiful thoughts that crossed her mind, she might have look at me and said to herself, my poor little boy, to my other siblings it would be that hey , they have turned out great by the way, decent human beings, my all those evenings nursing them ,life is great and all the toils and perseverance have been woth it, syukur alhamdulillah, allahuakbar!!. just the sight of my mother would be worth a million kilometres of traffic jams, much better than wading through the jam in k.l., where the only sight are more and more ugly condos,garish buildings and painful reminders of the carpetbeggars plundering our deal beloved land. and visiting my fathers grave brought outwards another wave of emotions that i cannot feel if i had stayed in k.l., bring it on, again and again, alhamdulillah

eid is here

alhamdulillah, on this eve of eid, as a result of the shahur my body is attuned to waking up early and as a result i have been on the pc for the last couple of hours. mind you , thats another benefit of the eid, training your mind and body to wake up in the early hours, get ready for suboh, put in a few hours of early work prior to that. how glorious the fasting is then, how many of us have tried to psyche ourselves to wake up and do the suboh prayers eveyday and how we had to resort to alarm clocks??, well, brothers and sisters, with ramadan fasting, your body and mind will automatically adjust to this schedule and achieved what winston churchill defined as getting 2 working days out of one, which include the necessary afternoon nap to compensate for the sleeping time. alhamdulillah, thats a secret that i just discovered and would definitely pass on to my children, inshaallah,who incidentally have breezed through the fasting month. another classic example of mind over matter.allahuakbar!!!

hariraya soon

the eid should be on this sunday and it would be the most meaningful eid of my adult life as i should by then, inshaallah, would have completed the msndatory 1 month of fasting. then, the next day, on t e second day of eid, we should all be shooting for kluang, my hometown, something i am really looking forward to , as i have not been able to do it ever since my affliction. it would be a glorious day to wakeup in my mother's house, visit my fathers grave and then chatting with my siblings, just like old time ,before the necessity to rush back to kuala lumpur amidst the inevitable highway traffic jam. thats eid here for you. its a wonderful feeling to be part of this great mass of people celebrating this once a year auspicious occasion.

fasting almost over

alhamdulillah, the fasting month is almost over and so far i have managed to observe it every day without fail. every morning i have managed to continue with my walking execise and thanks to god's grace my walking is getting steadier by the day, there is no more feeling of weakness in my affected leg although there has been a few instances of wobbling. i now have to lengthen the duration of the walking exercise and do believe that i shall regain my walking capability to an acceptable level in the not too distant future. then it would be time to do something about my affected hand, slow and steady exercise perhaps over a couple of years until an acceptable level is attained, inshaallah