Passion.

now, a week ago, i was still struggling.
trying to find the passion, the pace to study.

am really grateful that everything are falling into pieces;
in a good way of course, but sadly, still got issues with the pace.

though sometimes taking matters in a baby steps is a good thing,
study on the hand, doesn't work that way especially when your paper
is approximately in 36 hours time and there's lots of topics to cover up.

maybe this time around, my photographic memory can help me out;
though i really doubt it because my dysfunctional brain kept thinking about
other things. or maybe people to be precise.

hahahaha. now i feel lame. trying to prove a point - still.

p/s. anybody's up sushi?

how hard can it be?

Sorry for the very ever-late post.
been a while,been busy doing..nothing.

Just when i started to realize that I am human
after all, that i do have feelings and that the feelings started to grow
and am very fond of the other person,

reality kicks in. hard. now am a bit devastated. or a bit
frustrated. i don't know actually. mixed feelings along the way.
This is what happened when you've been so indecisive.


Sorry alex hakim khalip, you just missed the freaking boat.
too bad eh?

p/s finals coming up, and i need someone to teach me on MLS II. God damn-it.

Lost.

I feel a bit lost lately.
not a bit, maybe more.

Neither do i have the appetite
to study nor the hunger for success.

I do not feel the spark,
the adrenelines' rush that i used
to have, and
i hate when it happens because
i know that all these things are important.

Things used to be easy, like a knife cutting thru a butter.
but now, only God knows how shitty
my life is.

I LOST my inspiration,
and I LOST my soul.

What more can i ask?

Emphasise positive personal change

Malaysian Syariah authorities should reconsider the law on consuming alcohol, which is described in the Quran in the mildest language of prohibition.

ON July 20, the Pahang Syariah High Court sentenced part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, 32, to a RM5,000 fine and six lashes of the rotan for drinking beer.

No doubt the court has the jurisdiction to impose such a sentence as provided by the law.

Some have questioned the appropriateness of the sentence of whipping given that the court has discretion to impose a mixture of fine, imprisonment and binding Kartika over for good behaviour for a certain period, or just admonish her.

Others have questioned the appropriateness based on the legitimate argument that the Syariah holds Muslims responsible for their actions that result in negative opinions of Islam.

A news item like this certainly presents Islam and Malaysia negatively on the international stage.

But I would urge the Malaysian Syariah authorities to seriously reconsider the Syariah basis of this law on the following Syariah grounds:

Neither the Quran nor the Hadith invokes a penalty for alcohol consumption. The sin of consuming alcohol is described in the Quran in the mildest language of prohibition.

When it comes to dietary laws, the Quran commands the believers in Sura 5:3: “forbidden (hurrimat) to you is the dead animal, loose blood, and the flesh of the pig”.

The 90th verse of the same Sura cautions the believers that “wine, gambling, etc, are an impurity so avoid them (fa-jtanibuh)”.

Some legal scholars suggest that the divine command ijtinab, to avoid something, is milder language than tahrim, prohibition.

A Muslim consuming a glass of wine with a pork chop commits a more serious offence in eating pork; yet as there is no Quran or Hadith penalty for consuming pork, there is also none for alcohol consumption.

The question then is how did the penalty for alcohol consumption come about?

It occurred during the time of the second Caliph Umar b. al-Khattab. There was a companion of the Prophet (sahabi) who had fought on the Prophet’s side in his battles.

A heavy drinker, he would walk the streets of Madina drunk at night and loudly shout scandalous things about people. The inhabitants of Madina complained, and Umar formed a committee to decide what to do.

Imam Ali, based on the man having committed slander, suggested the penalty for slander, whose maximum penalty is 80 lashes.

Since that time, this has been considered the maximum penalty for alcohol consumption, based on utilising the Syariah concept of ta`zir (deterrence).

I disagree with this being the mandatory sentence for the offence of wine consumption, because it is the maximum sentence for another, separate offence – slander – albeit committed under the influence of alcohol.

Had the man just fallen on the street in a stupor and suffered a terrible hangover without having hurt anyone, no punishment would have been established.

Had cars existed then and had he run his car over some pedestrians and killed them, should we invoke ta`zir now and have a penalty for alcohol consumption equal to that of accidental manslaughter?

There are additional arguments we can marshal from the Quran and Hadith. The Quran repeatedly urges Muslims to forgive those who wrong them, even for slander and manslaughter!

When the Prophet Mohamed’s wife Aisha was wrongly accused of having committed adultery, her father Abu Bakr sought to have the penalty of libel meted against one of his employees who had slandered her.

God then revealed verse 24:22, urging the believers to pardon and forgive those who have wronged them, so that God would forgive them their own sins.

But I see no evidence that Kartika wronged anybody after drinking beer.

Verse 4:92 gives the penalty for a Muslim accidentally killing another as freeing a slave and paying compensation to the victim’s family – unless the family forgoes compensation and forgives the offender.

And if the defendant can’t afford to pay, then he should fast for two consecutive months. Accidental homicide is a much greater sin than alcohol consumption; yet the Quran suggests that the victim’s family would do well to forgive the offender, and the penalty here is not jail time or corporal punishment, but a two-month fast.

The Quranic and Prophetic teachings are about forgiveness, compassion and positive personal transformation. Sura 48:29 describes Prophet Mohamed’s companions as “firm against unbelievers and compassionate to themselves”, and this is what I urge the Malaysian authorities to exemplify: show compassion to Kartika and forgive her.

But if the Pahang Syariah court insists on establishing a penalty for the mere consumption of alcohol, why not replace the current law – a maximum penalty of a RM5,000 fine and six lashes of the rotan – with spending RM5,000 on feeding the poor and fasting for six days?

Wouldn’t that be more in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah?

Were this the case, I have a hunch that many Malaysians who imbibe may voluntarily mete such a “penalty” on themselves – to the benefit of the poor, to the benefit of their own spiritual progress and standing before God on Judgment Day, and to the benefit of the Malaysian Syariah Court’s, Islam’s and Malaysia’s image on the international stage.

> Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, an international organisation devoted to improving West-Muslim world relations, and author of “Islam, A Sacred Law, What Every Muslim Should know about the Shariah”.

p/s this is a reminder to all.

salam ramadhan dari alexhakim.

tribute to someone.

There's this girl i knew once,
she's beautiful; mind and soul.
I was hoping to get to know her,
but i guess God have planned for something better.

Nonetheless; if i could turn back time,
i would be happy to know her more; in and out.
Cause' i saw potential,
and i saw all the good things in her,
that i would love to hear.

dedicated to : 2007-217-572

p/s; moving forward, one step at a time.

Random

*If a guy tells you that he’s not ready for a relationship, take his word for it.

Believe it or not, men really hate to disappoint women. So if he’s “gotten up the guts to actually cross the threshold and tell you that he’s not ready for a relationship, he means business,” says Oikle. There could be a variety of explanations for his antirelationship position (he has commitment issues, he wants to hook up with other people, he doesn’t see you as girlfriend material), but in the end, the result is the same: He’s doesn’t desire to be your boyfriend. End of story.

And no, he won’t change his mind when he gets to know you a little better. “Once a guy decides how he sees a girl in his life, it’s hard to break out of that thinking,” says Coleman. Warning: If you stick around after he’s told you this, he will likely take it as a sign that you’re cool with the casual, nonexclusive nature of your relationship. So make sure you are.

soure ; cosmopolitan mag.

down.

"when you're down, when you need someone, I'll be there."

this is effing sweet.
especially when you promise it to someone special.

but i wonder,

If I'm down,or lost, or in need of someone,
who will be there for me?

p/s this is not fun.
*minus friends n family, without you guys, I'll die weyh.