happy new year

welcome to the new year of 2009....2008 just left us. many happy and sad memories that we just added to our life diary from last year. hopefully we use all that in our effort to be a better person. for every new year there will be a new wish or resolution.... for some people it will be the same old wish and resolution though...

nevertheless, for 2009, i wish we will live in a peaceful world, wish that we would be more productive and work harder then last year, wish that we Malaysian will live in harmony and above all wish that Allah the Almighty will bless us always and show us the rightful and truthful way.

HAPPY NEW YEAR...

LAILATUL QADAR

hmm...diam tak diam, kita telah melepasi separuh Ramadhan. Dalam kita sibuk dengan isu2 pengambilan kerajaan baru yang dijadualkan pada 16 Sept lalu dan selepas itu isu hangat pelan peralihan kuasa Pak Lah disusuli pula dengan isu2 Lehman bersaudara, AIG dan lain2 lagi. Kita kini berada didalam sepuluh Ramadhan terakhir. Maka Lailatul Qadar menjadi buruan dan impian kita semua.

Lailatul Qadar atau Lailat Al-Qadar (bahasa Arab: لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ) (malam ketetapan) adalah satu malam penting yang terjadi pada bulan Ramadhan, yang dalam Al Qur'an digambarkan sebagai malam yang lebih baik dari seribu bulan. Dan ianya juga diperingati sebagai malam turunnya Al Qur'an. keistimewaan malam ini dijelaskan pada Surat Al Qadar, surat ke-97 dalam Al Qur'an.

" Rasulullah ShallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam beri'tikaf di sepuluh hari terkahir bulan Ramadhan dan beliau bersabda, yang artinya: "Carilah malam Lailatul Qadar di (malam ganjil) pada 10 hari terakhir bulan Romadhon" " (HR: Bukhari 4/225 dan Muslim 1169)

Semoga kita semua adalah dikalagan yang terpilih untuk bertemu malam Lailatul Qadar. InsyAllah.

justin tv

salam sejahtera semua,

semalam lepas solat tarawikh(19ramadhan) aku duduk borak2 dengan beberapa org jiran. so one of topic tersebut adalah alternative news and pak din informed that dia dapat sumber news dari internet tv. url yang dia beri ialah www.justin tv.com. aku browse lah selepas balik tu. mula ingatkan justin timberlake punya tv site. but rupanya it's a network of diverse channels providing a platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online. it's good, ada banyak features yang similar macam you tube cumanya dalam justin tv, they have more. have a visit and check out yourselves..

the url : http://www.justin.tv

KEK LAPIS

Kek Lapis or layered cake...telah menjadi sumber penambahan rezeki bagi aku dan isteri setiap kali Ramadhan dan Syawal. Tahun ini adalah tahun ketiga kami menjual kek lapis. Jutaan terima kasih aku ucapkan kepada rakan2 penjual kami seperti Salwa(putrajaya), Zaidi(kota Damansara), Suriani(Sime Darby), Sham(Sirim), Athirah(Shah Alam), Ayu dan Kak Zana(Bukit Jelutong). Alhamdulillah, dengan bantuan mereka semua, jualan kek lapis tahun lepas telah mencecah hampir 200 biji. Satu jumlah yang boleh dikatakan besar bagi
bisnes kecil2an dari rumah.

Untuk tahun ni, pesanan telah pun bermula seawal hari pertama puasa. Kek2 lapis yang dijual tahun ni adalah :

1. kek lapis cheese Rm55
2. kek lapis prune Rm50(pic top right)
3. Kek lapis ombak Rm55(pic middle right)
4. Kek lapis choc oren Rm55
5. Kek lapis masam manis Rm65(pic below right)

Semua kek adalah bersaiz 8" x 8". Bagi yang berminat, bolehlah menghubungi Aida di 013-2395965 or email ke n_aidaar@yahoo.com.

Buat masa ini penghantaran hanya di lembah kelang sahaja dan caj penghantaran adalah tertakluk pada jarak. Tarikh tutup pesanan ialah pada 17/09/09.


note: please also read my ealier post on kek lapis sarawak

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IWAN

On this day 8 years ago around 6.30 a.m, I welcomed my third son into the world. Amir Safwan Mohd Dzulkifli. I must say, he is a bit different than his other 3 brothers. He looked different and act different. He's unique.

Amir Safwan, ayah, umi, your brothers and little sister wish you a very happy 8th birthday, May Allah bless you always.

Ramadhan and Merdeka

Ramadhan datang lagi. Syukur Alhamdulillah, aku masih bernafas untuk menikmatinya buat ke 38 kali. Semoga Ramadhan kali ini lebih baik dari yang lepas. Kepada semua kawan-kawan, sepuluh jari disusun memohon maaf diatas ketelanjuran kata-kata atau laku.

Kemerdekaan negara yang ke 51 juga akan disambut beberapa hari lagi. kalau tahun lepas, sambutannya gemilang sekali sejajar dengan setengah abad kemerdekaan negara. Mungkin tahun ini agak kurang kerana langkah berjimat cermat kerajaan(kononnya la). Kemerdekaan kali ni menarik kerana cuaca politik negara begitu hangat sekali. DSAI ynag sedang meneruskan perjuangannya untuk perubahan yang lebih baik begitu ditakuti oleh puak2 BN.

Bajet 2009 pula dilihat sebagai langkah terdesak pak lah untuk memenangi wakil2 dari sabah dan sarawak.

Apa pun, semoga kita semua sejahtera dan sentiasa mendapat petunjuk dan perlindungan Allah S.W.T

Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa, selamat menyambut kemerdekaan ke 51..

GLORY...GLORY MAN UTD!!!

YEAHHHHH.....Man Utd was again crowned the best football team in Europe. Chelsea were beaten fair and square. I watched the game live at a mamak restaurant with a few friends and neighbours. I was suprised to see the crowd at the restaurant. It was full house as if it was at 8.30 - 10.00p.m. They even ran out of tables, chairs and even glasses!!!!

Here's how I summed up the game :

first half - It was tensed, man utd was controlling the game with their pin point accuracy passing while chelsea look a little bit nervy but who can blame them, it's their first ever UCL final. 75% of ball possession was with Man Utd. Then on the 24th minute, Brown crossed to the far post and of all the players, Ronaldo met the cross and headed the ball into Cech's goal post.

The fan went ecstatic!!. every Man Utd fan at the restaurant was jumping and congragulating each other even if they don't know each other!!!...(that's the power of football). While the blues fan was looking a bit jaded, they are still positive of a come back and come back they did with a scarrpy goal at the very last minute of the first half. It was a lucky goal not more than that(the way i look at it la...)but it was Ronaldo's failure to close down Esien shot that spark the goal. then followed by carrick who was ball watching and not marking Lampard who went for the rebound.

Second half - Chelsea started the half more confidently. For a good 10 minutes Man Utd failed to get the ball past the half. Chelsea's players were all over and closing down own Schloes, Ronaldo, Carrick and Hargreaves faster. They hit the post twice through Drogba and Lampard which had my heart pumping like a bullet train!!!..they dominated the half with some good ball distribution and solid midfield. The Man Utd fan were at the edge of their sit most of the time during the second half watching their team defending solidly through the half.

Extra time - Nothing much can be said for the first half. Both team share the fair amount of ball posession, both trying hard to create an opening that could decide the game but it was not meant to be. In the second half, both players started to show their tiredness. Cramps and muscle pull was clearly shown in their faces. Towards the end of the second half of extra time, Drogba was sent off for slapping Vidic on the face after an incident which involved all the players except Van Der Sar. However, it was to little of a time for Man Utd to capitalised on the game and it ended still 1-1 and went to penalty kicks..

Penalty kicks - phewww...I must say, as much as the players of both team were tired, we were tired ourselves that night or morning shall I say cause it"s already nearly 5 in the morning. All I can say here was that Ronaldo of all people missed the spot kick(I had a feeling that would happen). John Terry(JT) missed the glorious chance of winning UCL after he also missed the spot kick. He did a Beckham slip and the shot went wide to the right. Many thanks to JT. Anelka, what more can I say...I never like him actually. His kick was brilliantly palm away by Van Der Sar and the celebration begins!!!!!

We retreat ourselves at about 6 a.m after cooling ourselves out and get our heart pumping normally again. Everyone faces were brimming with smiles and sense of satisfaction, that is apart from the Chelsea fan though.

GLORY...GLORY...GLORY MAN UTD!!!!!