On knowledge sharing and dissemination

... when circulating a working paper for comments, never put on "citations only permitted with the permission of author"

or "no parts of this paper can be used without permission of author". Rather, say "when using parts of this paper please give proper citation and help yourself". Be delighted if someone wants to quote you ... (p.7)

Source: Glaser, B. G. (2006) The roots of grounded theory. The Grounded Theory Review, 5(2/3), 1-10.

Thursday 5 May 2011

InnaLillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun

Dear Sisters:

First, yesterday's front pages were all about Obama watching Osama being killed. Murdered would have been more appropriate I think, because the news said that he was unarmed ... Of course no video, no body. Throwing his body in the water indeed ... Kadirjasin.blogspot.com has some thoughts about this. Do visit him. It's in Bahasa Melayu though. I had my own thought .... pseudonym of course... InnaLillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun ... do you think this will make any difference to those who understand ...

Then, in the taxi to the business place (still using the taxi despite what has happened), I heard on the news that three young sisters had drowned at a familiar waterfall resort. Two bodies have been recovered so far ...

The small resort is on the way to our parents home. The news said that a father, his three daughters, and a female friend of the father were swept away by a sudden rush of water from upstream. The adults were saved by other people in the vicinity, but the children vanished downstream ...

I thought that's the end of the news ...


I reached the shop. Immediately, my shop assistant said that three girls, daughters of so and so had died of drowning in U.B. (the name of the resort). Shocked I said AstaghfiruLLAH, InnaLillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun and asked what had happened? The details were part of the front page news today ...

The father worked in a shop less than 10 meters away from ours. The children, like many children of staff and business owners in this area, had this entire complex as their playground. Their life and  their parents life are sometimes played out in this very public area. So they are very familiar faces. A very, very sad ending to some unfortunate life events ...

Allah SWT loves them more ...


* The girls were 5, 4 and 2 years old. The eldest sister is still missing ... Mother has one more son with him ... May Allah SWT keep her warm with infinite sabr ...
* As the river seeks the sea, so my soul seeks thee ... will the soul of the girls meet that of Osama's in the sea? Allahuaklam ...

Love and salam ...
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  1. Real Life in Malaysia31 May 2011 at 02:41

    Correction and update:

    As at today, the youngest girl is still missing. May Allah SWT give her the best beyond this life. Ameen.

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