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Friday, October 17, 2008

how true it is...

If a person doesnt have a sense of achievement in their real life, it's easy to loose themselves in a virtual world where they can get a false sense of accomplishment

Sunday, October 12, 2008

George Town as UNESCO’s World Heritage

Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century. Featuring residential and commercial buildings, George Town represents the British era from the end of the 18th century. The two towns constitute a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

I-liberal???

i would like to add more to my previous entry.
for some would misunderstood it, and maybe think of me as 'a bad guy'.

i dont want to add on the same entry as it would contribute to its length thus making it look more boring than it already is.

first of all,

what i've written, comes from what i see around me.

So to lay out the whole story to you, would means, a very very long entry.

tht's y, that entry, was just a summarize.

infact, it is the same case as for most of my entries,


i thought u would see them positively and understood every word of it,

i hate elaborating, i expect ppl to understand what i write, and if they dont, someday they will.

when i've come to learn something from life experience, sometimes, i put it in my blog
without mentioning how i got it, what happened or anything else. it's much easier.

but... how can u understand the whole thing just by reading the summary right?

through your own life experience i guess.

but my last entry is a particular entry,
as it is about religion.
and this topic is sensitive, (even in my own blog!)
a person already commented it in facebook telling me what he knows of Christianity and how misleed they can be.

i see no connection with what i've wrote and he obviously didnt get what ive written.

i will elaborate on one point here.

which is, "fear, love and reward."

i'll give a simple example;

Your parents went out one night, and told you to stay home. but your friend called and asked you to join him to go to a concert.

Now, you can refuse him, because you're afraid that your parents would find out and scold you, or because u love them, and u dont want to break their heart.

u can choose any of those reason, or both, the result is the same, which is u dont go out that night.

im not saying any reason is better,
its up to u.

u can obey somebody, do his biding,
because u're afraid or love him.

same goes for reward.

u choose what reason u want to do it for.
yes, for me, love is the best, but seriously, it's totally up to u.

i'll give u another example,

this i got from a book, titled lord of light, a good book, it makes u realize how beautiful God is.
Beautiful here does NOT mean physically. (i think i should be more careful on my words now, so tht people wont misunderstood it)


One day, the people of Prophet Musa a.s asked him, "Oh Musa, is there anyone wiser than you?" Musa answered. "I think not for the Lord has sent me to be your prophet in this time and He has given me all the wisdom there is to dispense."

The Lord was displeased with these words and He sent him to His servant whose wisdom is greater.

This servant's name was Khidr, and in the end, it was proven that this person is wiser.

What Khidr did which failed Musa was that he broke a boat which belongs to good people, built a wall without being paid, and killed a boy.

Musa was impatient as to why this person did this things while on their journey together.

Khidr did all this thing, just for the sake of the Lord. He was revealed that the boy would turn out mean and cause great pain to his parents but they would get another child who would be the ancestor of seventy prophets.

the other occasions were also done, solely, for the sake of Allah s.w.t. and have their own greater reason. (im tired to type them all...)

Here we see how a person is doing something that is not for his own sake, and does him no good in this life.

he could ask for money to build the wall, but he didnt.
why is tht? what's wrong with asking some money to get some food? he's doing something beneficial and asking money for a good cause too. (eating...)

It's because it wasn't for his sake that he's building the wall.

is he looking for a reward?
or tht he's afraid tht he would be shot with lightning if he didnt do it?

What God gave him, he accepts it,
but what he's done, was not for these gifts.
God can promise him nothing, but he wouldn't care less.

I hope, things would become clearer now.

u can do your bid, because you are afraid of Him, or wanting his prize, or just for the mere sake of Himself. its up to u.

the are more than one way to get things done.

generally,
u can do anything for any reason.
its up to you and im in no position to say that you are wrong.

the way i see it,

God has given a lot to you, why cant u give him a gift once in awhile?


and u know the rules of giving gift, expect nothing in return!

this has got nothing to do with "I-liberal" or a new way for Christians to attack us...