BERNAS: An epilog.....

Many have read news about BERNAS acquisition by Hong Kong based company few weeks back. I really cannot understand who actually orchestrated the acquisition. Rice, is our main source of food. Many paddy fields already being sacrificed in the name of development. Yet it seems that concerned party didn't look this matter seriously. It ended where Tradewinds has been reported to buy back the share.....

24 August.....498 years ago....

24 August is very memorable date for me. It is the year, 1511, when Portuguese army attacked Malacca. 498 years ago, the prosperity of Malacca was invaded fiercely by Portuguese. The Portuguese started the invasion on July 25 and managed to occupy parts of Malacca on August 10. Surprisingly, the Portuguese was offered an assistance by Chinese merchants to use some of their junks as a bridgehead to enable more effective bombardment of Malacca port. Finally, Malacca was fully occupied on 24 August....many casualties.....and more importantly, the era of Muslim Sultanate and Islam in the region was brutally abused.....

History tells more things to ponder......read more here

Man U: 5-Star show

Finally, Man U showed to their challengers, the winning way of playing football. It's really a good game though I couldn't watch the live game due to bad weather.....I was waiting ambitiously for a text message from my friend (Chelsea die hard fan) about the result. Rooney scored twice, Berbatov, Owen and Nani scored one each. The tactical aspect used by SAF was great. He knows best all his players capabilities. Hope to see more victories ahead. Glory, glory Man U!

Ustaz Asri- Rabbani

Rabbani, a popular nasyid group. It has contributed significantly to the nation music industry together with Raihan few years back. When the news announced that Ustaz Asri has passed away, I really shocked. For me, he's very good singer, Al-Quran reciter, husband, citizen etc. I enjoy to listen to his voice. Al-fatihah.

Ramadhan al-mubarak

Ramdhan is coming...just around the corner. Only few are making preparations for this holy month. Some are preparing for the by-election, some are concerning more about H1N1, some just cannot afford to miss EPL live telecasts, some may treat Ramadhan as ordinary month....I should have done something though. I'll try my best to ensure all the things done in this special month will be judged and rewarded by Allah The Almighty accordingly. Fasting is not just to feel the hunger, it's beyond that.....

Selamat berpuasa! Semoga semua amalan kita akan dilimpahi rahmat Allah swt.

**boi & cik dah, selamat berpuasa......

Usain Bolt: The fast & furious

Who is Usain Bolt? 100m star, a gold medalist in Beijing 2008 Olympic with 9.69s, and yesterday, another world record was broken. A stunning 9.58s and that's it, the show goes to him after all. Bravo Usain!. Just wondering, who'll challenge him next? Tyson Gay? Asafa Powell? Watson Nyambek?

FUTSAL....14/8/09

I managed to form a futsal team for 14/8 game. Actually, the team consisted of 7 players that most of us never played together. For instance, I met Shahrul, an assistant officer at Statistics department, A. Star when I aligned my car wheels about two months ago. Hamdi, a syariah lawyer, who stays in Jitra also been invited to join my team. Kamarul and Wadi, lecturers at COB used to play in my team for 2 times (of course, we've beaten badly last time). An Indonesian student, also invited to join my team....and unfortunately, he couldn't show his talent as he needed to rush to Penang for another football match. Fazli and Wan, who were the last minute arrangements to make sure my team fulfill the rules of the game as a team must have at least 1 substitute. 42x 25 metres futsal pitch is a very big pitch for me. I used to played in a smaller pitch....I think that's the main reason my team lost to the opponents as we've never played in this size pitch before. Frankly, it's too big for amateurs like us..

Basically, I enjoyed the games although we've lost both of the preliminary matches. It's been very significant results. First game we lost 6-0 and in the second game, we led by 1 goal for 2 minutes! More importantly, I've scored the second goal........although we've lost 6-2.....scoring goal in the highly competitive futsal match certainly very satisfying....