It's not a very long way to go ...

... for us ...

so petiklah kurma kurma bekalan yang terbaik untuk bekal ...

please see kisah di sini ...

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saya tersasar ke sini dari blog Prof Dr Hasanah ... yang baru kelmarin kehilangan bonda yang dikasihi ... Al-Fatihah ... Allah SWT ampunkan dan tempatkan bonda dalam kasih sayang dan rahmahNya ... ameen Ya Rabbal 'alameen ... we are on the way too ... mudahan kita semua sentiasa dalam hidayah dan rahmah Allah SWT, dalam perjalanan kita yang tidak berapa jauh ... ameen

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following her link ... i found the narration which is so apt for our journey yang semua menuju kepenghujung yang sama ... 

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 and it's not a very long way to go ...

it's just because we are slow ... as time is relative to how fast we move ...

as in Eistein's formula ... one of the most beautiful formulae in mathematics as shown here

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Allahumma ... ampun kanlah  dosa kami, ampunkan lah dosa ke dua ibu bapa kami ... kasihanilah mereka sebagaimana mereka mengasihi kami sewaktu kami kecil ... sabarkan lah kami terhadap mereka sebagaimana mereka yang tidak pernah gagal sabar terhadap kami ... ameen ya Rabbal 'Alameen ...

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Love and Salam all

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http://www.listen2quran.com/default.aspx

Surah 15/Chapter 15: Al-Hijr (with Malay translation) / The Rock (with English translation)
13min. 51sec.
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road to somewhere

Gems ...

i love it when i found a gem ... 

but a couple of them ... lagilah suka ...

and as usual nak share lah ye ...

tak dan dah nak tunggu esok ... :)

here's the gems ... both the person and her thoughts ...

about life discovery ... http://mkhasha.blogspot.com/

and how to make that discovery possible ... http://mkhasha-finance.blogspot.com/

read the last chapter, first, of her second blog ... to appreciate the gems ... 

this has always been my reading style hehehe ... read the last page ... then ada masa nanti ... tengok balik yang lain lain tu ... my way for fast reading :)

 Gems image from here

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Love and Salam all :)

Yang manis ...

a friend rang up and berceritalah Oghang Besar in his mother tongue ... 

indak ku paham butirnye ... 

seusai berceghita he turned and asked ... what's good for diabetes ye? ... for the friend ... i don't know but i would have thought being in england he would have more access to traditional complementary and herbal remedy for that ...

and also gugle kan ada ... gugle je ...

i'll be thinking about this question and won't be able to sleep if i don't do this ... so here goes ...

10 Best Herbs and Supplements For Diabetes

Herbal and Natural Therapy for Diabetes

Eight Natural Remedies for Diabetes

just need to look out for the common thread ... the ones that are present in all the articles ...

anar is not among them ... but boleh saja search more kalau perlu ... for a start cukup kut ...

... ... ...

oops tetiba jumpa ni pula ... and this sure is useful information

http://www.top10homeremedies.com/superfoods/10-super-foods-for-strong-bones.html

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 ni dia yang pahit pengubat yang terlebih manis

bitter melon a.k.a  ...

bitter gourd 

peria (Bahasa Melayu)

goya (Japanese)

nigauri (Japanese)

karela (Urdu)

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  but again for everything there is method-how to use it ... the side effects ... and interactions ...

for example ...
 this

so examine all the options and their impacts ...

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Merajuk ...

bawa diri kata orang kita ... 

ada merajuk hati saja ... bawa hati saja ... tubuh tidak ke mana, jadi memendam rasa sajalah ...

ada yang merajuk dengan menjauhkan hati dan diri juga ... yang tak mampu, merajuk bawa diri dekat dekat ... yang mampu dan keadaan membantu, bawa diri jauh jauh ... ada yang balik semula ... ada yang balik jenguk jenguk ... dan ada yang hilang terus ...

teringat emak bercerita that one of her older brothers ... merajuk ... merajuk dengan almarhum atuk ... till now the family have no news of him ... emak is the youngest in a family of eight ... orphaned at 4... and was raised by one of her already married sister ... she was too young to understand what had transpired when the brother went away ...

and emak selalu lah bercerita tentang abangnya itu ... and she had a phobia ... and sangat takut if any of her children would merajuk like her brother ...

sangat susah hati emak tu dengan perwatakan and cara one of our brothers ... so she was very careful with him ... 

but alhamduLillah now we are all grown up ... dah  berkeluarga sendiri ... including our brother tu ... alhamduLillah

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 balik kepada kenapa orang merajuk ... what i have known through real experience of yang merajuk sama ada cakap-cakap je nak pergi jauh ... atau memang yang dah menghilangkan diri terus ...

sebab rasa sedih ... sangat sedih ... sangat sangat sangat sedih ... tentang sesuatu hal ...

hal tu pula pelbagai ...

ada yang nampak remeh tetapi berpanjangan ... ada yang memang melalui critical event ... maka merajuk bawa diri ... membuang diri ...

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my adopted sister Kak Syarifah, orang Sega, Raub, a retired teacher, selalu ingatkan bila kadang kadang terasa nak lari ke bulan ... hehehe ...manusiakan ada je yang menyentuh dan tersentuh ...

M------- katanya ... ke mana pun kita pergi ... hati itulah yang kita bawa ...

benarlah itu KakPah ...

kita tak boleh kawal hati orang ... but kita boleh kawal hati kita sendiri insyaAllah ...

hati yang masih bersih yang masih belum dihambat lemak ...

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salam and love all :)

Yang sedap dan sihat ...

 just had delima juice ... sour but somehow it clears my head ...

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delima ... pomegranates ... anar

benefits and image from here

The health benefits of this odd fruit have long been recognized in Middle Eastern culture, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that Western science acknowledged its value. Studies have shown it to hold a variety of significant dietary values, including cardiovascular health, a combatant of cancer and arthritis, an insulin stabilizer for those suffering from diabetes, and has even shown promise as an inhibitor of the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

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alright ... we don't produce this but we can still get the juice ... various brands are in the market now ... mostly from Iran and Turkey 

from where oghang besar is coming (not Iran nor Turkey :)  ... anar is plentiful during end of fall ... and there are various varieties of anar just as there are varieties of rambutan and durian :)

more merah delima here

mmmmm nyaman silakan ... :)

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no wonder it makes one feel better ... anar is also a mood enhancer ... more benefits here

Features of the Pomegranate

• Most powerful anti-oxidant of all fruits
• Potent anti-cancer and immune supporting effects
• Inhibits abnormal platelet aggregation that could cause heart attacks, strokes and embolic disease
• Lowers cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors
• Lowers blood pressure
• Shown to promote reversal of atherosclerotic plaque in human studies
• May have benefits to relieve or protect against depression and osteoporosis

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Berpada pada ...

Image Source: Someone who was mesmerised by dates

I love dates ... too much :) breakfast dates with toast and cheese and tea and sometimes like yesterday for dinner ... with briyani brought over by a friend who has just opened a new eating place in seremban ... mmmm

but this is about something else ... i like this particular type of kurma ... the tunisian because it is just nicely firm yet soft to the bite ... and not too sweet  ...

a few days ago i bought a pack similar to this one below from an Arab shop in the hypermarket.  ... how much i asked picking a packet of tunisian dates ... rm15 the sales assistant - an Arab said ... this one rm14 he offered a second brand cheaper because it was less by 100gm ... okay i'll take the first one i said ... it looked so yummy tak banyak cakaplah saya ... i was still there tengok tengok barang lain nampak pula Arab cheese ... rm6 he said ... two for rm10 he further offered ... okay please give me two i said ... mereka tak berapa pandai bahasa melayu so cakap BI je lah.

then a couple came ... tengok tengok kurma juga ... the man tanya berapa ni ... rm15 ... man pegang pack tu and tanya lagi rm10? ... and i like terlopong ... dalam hati that much less he wanted??? ... man tu tak main main - dia serious minta ... nampak sales assistant tu macam serba salah ... no he said ... saya pula yang naik sedih ... and seperti biasanya i pula yang menyibuk -  tolong explained to the man ... yang ini rm15 - yang ini pula rm14  sebab kurang100gm ... kurang rm1 okay kot ... dalam hati harap dia faham maksud saya janganlah minta discount macam tu sekali ... berpada padalah ... kan

(by the way ... i am pretty sure he could afford it ... if otherwise tak de lah bercerita saya ni ... lagi pula saya minta salesperson tu kesian kat customer kalau nampak tak mampu ... kalau real fakir tolong belikan untuknya pun insyaAllah ... mesti ada perlunya fakir tu nak beli kan ...)

 

Kurma Tunisia

i cerita pada oghang besar dighumah ... and dia kata betul lah that man bargaining tu sunnah ... and i said ye lah but biarlah berpada pada jangan sampai buat orang sampai rasa serba salah ...

kalau unpleasant salesperson dia akan buat selamba and ignore you suruh blah je ... but nice people yang hatinya lembut memang rasa serba salah ... percayalah ...

kalau kita makan dekat hot plate entah apa apa tak sunnah pun ... empat beranak sekeluarga for example ... four plates about rm20++ ... ada kita minta discount? 10 sen pun tidak kan! ...

ni sunnah food ... benda baik ... from a developing muslim nation ... tak usahlah berkira sangat ... kan

and oghang besar kata lagi dah banyak untung retailer tu ... still i am not convinced ... ni makanan bukan kain tudung ke atau non-essential items ...

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pergi body shop atau kedai perancis yang nama pun tak reti nak pronounce tu (dah sampai ke sini pula hehe ... macam ni lah when something in principle bothers me) ... most of the raw material is from africa community trade tu (macam argan oil tu) ... fikir how much they buy from the community and how much the products are sold to us ... but in this case the customers are mostly perempuan ... tak banyak kisah kan ...boleh beli ambil - kalau tidak -tinggalkan je ... simple je perempuan ni kan ... itu sebab elok sangat perempuan jadi menteri ... aman ... lurus ulu bendul je macam saya lah ye ... kalau tak setuju angkat tangan ... hehehe :)

This image belongs here a travel site

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tina ... nyibuk je mak 'mbong ni ... hehehe

Rayu pelayar ...

semalam mendengar anak berbicara ... he said budaya hedonisma ... budaya suka berhibur ... tu yang membuat kan kita tak mahu fikir jauh ... beyond now ...

saya terdiam dan terpegun dengan rasa hatinya ...  tentang masyarakatnya ...

masih berfikir tentang perkara itu walaupun itu bukanlah pokok fokus kajian saya masa ini ...

dan seperti biasanya bila hati bertanya tanya bergugel lah saya  ...

and masyaAllah look where this small rivulet of thought has led me ... to this oceans of experience ...  ... i am more than pleased to share ...

rayu pelayar here  dan pelayaran terakhir

illustration source here

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