Ramadhan SALES, up to 200% of more Pahala with every good deeds:)

Bismi ALLAH, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim

Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang

In the name of ALLAH Most Gracious Most Merciful

Alhamdulillah buat para sahabat yang membaca entri ini, sedar atau tidak sekali lagi bulan mulia Ramadhan Kareem kembali menemui kita. Masih ada 5hari lagi sebelum Ramadhan menemui kita tapi insyaALLAH, kita sama-sama doakan kita dapat menemuinya walaupun sehari. Justeru, perkara yang perlu ditanya pada diri, adalah sudahkah kita bersedia menemui bulan mulia Ramadhan ini? Jikalau kita sentiasa boleh menyambut 'New Year' dengan konsert, arak dan mercun, sambut Merdeka dengan pesta maksiat, sudahkah pula kita kuatkan iman kita untuk Ramadhan ini?

Sudah setahun hidup kita dikotori dan dihitamkan dengan pelbagai dosa. Ibarat Hajarul Aswad, yang asalnya putih kini hitam kerana dicemari dengan dosa-dosa manusia. Hati seperti organ-organ lain dalam diri perlu rehat dan dibersihkan. Bila lagi kita mahu melakukannya kalau bukan pada bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini? Sesungguhnya ALLAH sayangkan kita dan memudahkan beban kita dengan menggari Syaitan buat sebulan pada setiap Ramadhan, melipatgandakan BONUS pahala, serta tidak lupa mengadakan Malam Lailatul Qadar di bulan ini. Musuh kita hanya tinggal nafsu diri sendiri.Tidak mahukah kita dengan pahala MUDAH dan PERCUMA ini?

Selain itu, pasti tidak lupa juga melihat telatah anak-anak kecil yang dilatih berpuasa pada Ramadhan ini. Bangun pagi pada waktu sahur dan kepenatan sepanjang hari kerana tidak makan. Telatah dan gelagat lucu mereka pasti akan membuat kita tersnyum riang dan ketawa keriangan. Akan membawa kita tentang kita sepertimana kita berpuasa tatkala kita kecil satu ketika dahulu:)

Buat keluarga tersayang dan sahabat sekalian, marilah kita lapangkan dada dan sambut dengan tangan yang terbuka kedatangan Ramadhan ini. Kejarlah segala BONUS di bulan ini dengan melipatgandakan amalan kita. Perbanyakkan solat sunat, membaca Quran dan teruskanlah ia sehingga ke Ramadhan seterusnya. Selamat Beribadah dan semoga semua amalakn kita diterima olehNYA:)

Salam Ramadhan:)

The Aging Root: A nation with a lost culture

Assalamualaikum wbt..

It had been a while since i wrote anything here, especially in english. Yet, it does not mean I had forgotten this blog. If we do not use something or say something frequently, it does not mean we had forgotten something. But least do we know, it is the first step in leaving it behind and making it a history put in a glass box in a dull museum.

Recently, I had came across a chinese written cheque and had asked a chincese friend to read it for me. Yet, a surprised answer came to me as she cannot read chinese. That same time I remembered an Indian friend who cannot write nor read Tamil. It also triggered to me on how many of my friends can actually write and understand JAWI, a Malay arabic writing that was used since the 15th century until the early 19th centuries before the arrival of the British.

It comes to my mind how pathetic we are today. We had forgotten our roots and

legacy passed by generations. The roots are aging and getting rotten and forgotten. Today, we are busy going for the future and we are tend to forgotten the past. Indeed, so

we might argue that we are still using the culture in ceremonies such as wedding ceremonies but my question is, how long? It used to be a daily life activity, then it became as functions and ceremonies and in the future, in the history museum.

Once, our former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir had tried to implement an idea called "pandang ke timur" (look at the East). He was trying to copy Japan. Japan is a country that is very advance in technology. From the fastest train to the latest gaming software, they have it all. Yet, they had never forgotten their culture and heritage that until today, it is a part of their daily life. Lets ask ourselves Malaysians, is our culture a part of our life? I doubted it.

Asia is a continent very famous with culture. Almost every country in the continent has their own culture and it is unique from one to another. It is a continent full of heritage and culture and not to mention fill with uniqueness. Yet, today, the Western is getting into our head and tend to make it cool with their Western culture which is being followed by teenagers all around the world. If one day, our culture is lost, we tend to point fingers at the West but inside, it is us that needs to be blame.

Our culture is our symbol and that is what make us unique. Make it a part of our life as our culture, represents who we are and we are Malaysians. Prove to the world we are a country proud of our culture and heritage and prove that

Malaysia is truly Asia.....