Putting thoughts into words

This is the year when I hit a new record. I published over five hundred times this year. That's almost two a day. I have never hit that figure before in my over four years of blogging. Short articles, pictures, comments  or whatever, they all add up to make it a bountiful year. Don't know if I can beat it next year. Perhaps writing a book would be the answer. I have been toying with the idea for quite sometime already. The coming and spreading of Islam in the country would be a nice topic. Some say Islam came to this country by way of the Melaka Sultanate. Others say it was Trengganu because of the discovery of the Trengganu stone. Or was it Kedah in the Bujang Valley?   

Last day of the year

Today is the last day of the year. In less than twenty four hours, a new year will dawn. The most significant thing that happened to me this year was the birth of my fifth child. After almost twenty years, I now have to go through it all over again, bringing up a child I mean. So far I have been coping well, Alhamdulillah. Akid has given me tremendous joy. He has livened up my life, kept me busy with his antics. There's never a dull moment when he is around. As for the new year, I do not know what will bring forth. I pray to Allah that I will continue to be his loyal servant, do what He wants and don't do what He don't want. As for Akid, who knows, a little brother or sister might be in the offing!  

In solitary mood

Get together

Once in while its nice to have a get together with family members. It don't happened very often, only occasionally such as at weddings, religious gatherings or celebrations and the like. We are all busy making a living such that gatherings like these are a rare occurrence.   

Away from the maddening crowd

Sometime I wish I could live in a small village. I catch fish, plant vegetables and grow my own padi. I go to the mosque five times a day. I have my coffee break at the restaurant nearby. Everything is simple and quiet. Far far away from the maddening crowd. 

The silence is deafening

Some serious accusations have been made. At the very least, a denial would be in the offing. Or the better way would be to sue the person who has made that accusation. How can you let a person accused you of doing something when you have not? He is injuring your reputation. Keeping silent is not the answer cause the silence is deafening!

In Kuala Selangor

Drove up to Kuala Selangor yesterday to buy fish. At the fish market just outside the town, the fishes are as fresh as you can get. That's why I sometime go there just to get fresh fish. Took the opportunity to drive up Bukit Melawati, the historic hill. Saw many old cannons there but only one with the distinctive VOC sign, meaning it was owned by the Dutch. This hill was the scene of many battles in the past. Today, it is full of monkeys and a tourist attractions.

A handful

 Akid is proving to be a handful now. I get tired trying to keep up with him. Like all babies, he is so energetic. He don't understand the words keep quiet or sit still. All the time, he is always up to something. He will find something to do, no matter where. I have to be aware all the time cause at his age, he doesn't understand danger. He just do what he wants to do.

Health is priority

The year is drawing to a close soon. Normally this would be the time when I would be on long leave. One of the reason was to finish off the leave while the other was to recharge the batteries so that I will come back to the office in the new year fresh and roaring to go. Now, I don't need to do that anymore cause I'm forever on leave. I enjoy my laid back life now, a far cry from the days when I was working. Its not exactly what I had in mind but I take it nonetheless. As long as I'm healthy, that's a bonus by itself.

What a struggle

Thought I wanted to go jogging this morning but my body don't feel like in the best of shape. Its aching all over. Perhaps my almost three hours of struggle with Akid last night has taken its toll on me. As early as ten o'clock he was already sleepy yet he still didn't want to go to sleep. It went on till almost two in the morning. Many times during that period, his eyes closed showing that he was already asleep but a few minutes later, the eyes opened again. It was so tiring cause as long as he is not sleeping, I can't sleep! 

Going cave exploring

The walk was too short for me. If I had the time, would have taken the three and a half hours package. That would be more interesting.

Going down the drain

Thugs who threatened, throw stones and knived other people get away scott free. On the other hand, a person who didn't do all of the above is jailed for a month plus find rm1000. What a farce! That is the sad truth. That's why things got to change. Otherwise, the country is going to go down the drain, faster than think.

Hai.....

Messi the greatest

Messi just keeps on going and going. He is unstoppable. Scoring at will and from all angles. He is a phenomenal. Pele was good. Marodona was good. Messi, he is the best! Although many pundits say he need to cement it with a world cup title, I think he has already proven himself. World cup or no, to me he is the best!  

Can you believe it?

What?

Islam a hindrance towards being a success in business? Why? Because we can't get involve in the gambling, prostitution and all those nonsense? Because we can't give bribes? Because we can't cheat? It beats me how can a Muslim even have thoughts about it!   

Another phase has ended

In life you go through many phases. Some of the phases are long while some others are short. No matter what, they give you memories to last a lifetime. I have just ended another phase in my life. Hopefully this will be the baby steps towards the beginning of another.

Finally, exam's over

Akid at seven months

Hi.....I'm standing

A Minangkabau house

Why is the roof of the Minangkabau house pointed like the horn of a bull? This picture was taken near Padang Indonesia. In Malaysia, houses like this can be found in Negeri Sembilan. With rapid development, houses like this is becoming a rarity. Very soon, it will become part of history. Our children will not get to see them except in history books.

Kuala Lumur, the shopping heaven

Yesterday I went to Scott's Garden in Jalan Klang Lama. Its another shopping complex to add to the many that Kuala Lumpur already have. At the last count, the number was sixty six shopping complexes. So this latest one must be number sixty seven. The place is not fully ready but already some of the shops are already functioning and the shoppers, they are already there in big numbers. It looks small from the outside but from inside, I can see that its one of the bigger ones. Perhaps two hundred to three hundred shops!

I don't know

My internet was giving me problem throughout the whole morning. Somehow I cannot get access to my Unifi. Thought something was wrong with my computer. Went to the nearby computer shop. He checked and found nothing wrong. I went back to the house to try. Again, the same problem occurred. Just as I was getting real frustrated with the problem, suddenly the internet was okay! Just like that. What was the problem? I don't know!

History of Kuala Lumur

Been reading a lot on the history of Kuala Lumpur lately. Found them to be quite interesting. Until today, the real founder of Kuala Lumpur cannot be established. Most history books will say Yap Ah Loy. That's what I learned in school as well but he was only the third Kapitan Cina. What about the first and the second Kapitan? It cannot be denied however that Yap Ah Loy played a prominent role in the development and growth of Kuala Lumpur. He built up the city after it was destroyed by flood and fire in 1881. Meantime there are other notable names associated with the founding of Kuala Lumpur. Raja Abdullah for one. Sutan Puasa is another. Who among the three have the most legitimate claim as the founder of Kuala Lumpur? 

Pay up!

Yet again that famous newspaper has loss a court battle. This time having to pay a prominent opposition leader rm50,000 plus another rm20,000 in costs. When will they ever learn? Making up stories and telling the public blatant lies is not only causing them to loose money but the bigger thing is, it is a sin. It is worse than killing, the Quran says. Are they not afraid? I have lost count the number of times they have to fork out money because of what they wrote.

In crisis

Arsenal is in crisis. They don't know how to win anymore. Their play is beautiful. Plenty of possession, great movements, intelligent running of the ball and beautiful short passes but at the end of it all, if you can't score, you can't win. That's what Arsenal is facing. They cannot seem to find the net often enough. Seven years without a trophy. That's a very long time for a top club!  

My mosque

This is the mosque where I go for my daily prayers. All it takes is a two minutes drive from the house. Very convenient. Walking is possible but the mosque is on top of a hill thus making it quite an effort. However, sometimes I choose to walk for the Friday prayers because of the crowd and the increase number of vehicles. This mosque is well attended. During the morning prayer, the number way well be about a hundred or more.  

Rotten to the core

Forty million ringgit and they say its peanuts. That just goes to show how rotten it has become. Its so rotten that nothing can be done anymore to change it. Only a resounding no in the coming elections will do the trick. Otherwise it will carry on and on. They just don't know how to solve it anymore. The rot has set in so deep that it seems like normal to them. Forty million, two hundred and fifty million, five hundred million......so what? Its nothing!

I'm ready to tell

The past three months I learned more about the country than I ever did before. For example now I know why certain places are called as such for example Bukit Nanas, Bangsar, Brickfield.and many more. I know about the history of the Padang (Dataran Merdeka) and the buildings surrounding it. I know a little bit more about KL Sentral, the Storm Tunnel, Petronas Twin Towers. I read about how  Kuala Lumpur started. I learned about the culture of the various ethnic groups in the country. About the interesting places to visit. Wah! So much! Now I'm ready to tell my stories.

What is happening?

Don't know what is wrong but former senior cops of the country are accusing each other of not being honest when carrying out their work. They have all retired off course but seeing them like these sure put a dent in our trust on the people who are supposed to safeguard our well being. Who can say that the senior cops still in service are not facing the same problem? They are suppose to ensure our safety, not quarrel among themselves!

One week gone in a flash

Can't believe its been a week since I last wrote my piece. Wow! What did I do the past one week that made me not write anything at all. Had I been busy? No I don't think so. I did a lot of reading on Kuala Lumpur, that's for sure but that didn't take up all of my time. I was at home most of the time. I went out a few times to attend classes. There was the JPK exam on Wednesday. Then I was on the bus on Saturday for the trial exam. Other than that, I was quite free. Its a mystery how I could let one week passed by without writing anything!

A walked around town

Yesterday I took a walked around KL. I started with the KL gallery. Quite interesting to learn about the history of the city, the historical buildings plus pictures of old Kuala Lumpur. There were photos of the big flood as well when the whole Dataran Merdeka was covered with water. Then I visited the Textile museum before taking a walked at the Central Market, covering the old KL area where Yap Ah Loy used to reign. I ended my walked at Masjid Negara, a place I have been to many times but never really know it. Now I'm looking at it from a different light. The architecture, the history, the facilities, the built up etc. 

Addiction at three

Living in a country that's all wired up can also be a problem. That's what South Koreans' are finding out. Kids as young as three years old are becoming addicted! That's not to talk about the teenagers. They just can't get their hands off their gadgets, whatever it may be. ICT addiction is becoming a real social problem in that country. South Korea has the world's fastest internet but they are discovering that at times, it can have its negative effect as well.

Expensive

A hair cut cost rm13. Then its rm15 for a car wash. A cup of coffee will set you back rm12. That's Bangsar for you. So expensive. Yet I see people keep on coming to these places. Must be damn rich or plain stupid. Why? Because a car wash is only rm8 at other places. A cup of coffee about rm3. A hair cut rm10. That's a lot of saving for me.

Its scary

Its already the first of December. Very soon the year will end. And then it will be a new year. Before I knew it, the new year will end. Then it will be another new year. When the Beatles sang the song 'when I'm sixty four', I was only in my teens. Sixty four seems like a long time away. Too far away to be concerned about. But today, I'm almost there. In less than ten years and ten years is not a long time I can tell you that! I'II be sixty four soon Insha Allah. Wow! Its scary just to think about it.