71 percent ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... and SubhanaLLah for the wonder of the land and the vast sea ...

" And His are the ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains." 

<Qur'an-Rahman 55:24>

" We have honoured the sons of Adam, provided them with transport on land and sea..."
<Qur'an-Al 'Isrâ 17:70>

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i am remembering the ocean too much these days ... SubhanaLLAH i am reminded of how much in water we really are ... 71% ...

and i am remembering an anak ...

 from the Orang Asli community who is presently pursuing her Master in what is broadly referred to as Oceanography in Plymouth ... our last meet here ...

so let me share more on this study ... 

for those students who have recently completed their SPM and STPM and other foundation studies ... 

it may just prod one into a lifetime of amazing study ...

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a basic understanding of what one does in Oceanography Studies ...

http://www.whoi.edu/

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Malaysian Universities offering related programs at both basic degree and post-graduate ... many more overseas of course

malaysia-oceanography-courses

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and a few amazing beauties and work horses (sea horses actually) that ply the oceans ...

just google ... boat wooden norway

boat - wooden - norway

boat - wooden - malaysia

boat - wooden - malaysia

boat - wooden - indonesia

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and the amazing building process and builders ...

 

a boat builder - pulau duyong -  terengganu

a boat builder - pulau mabul - sabah

boat in the making - malaysia

details - norway

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and for those among us who wish to learn more about boat building ...

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-building/wooden-boat-construction-malaysia-10778-2.html

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and in case anyone is considering moving ...

here's one for sale ...

remember ... 

it's much much cheaper to live on a boat ... despite its initial investment (:)
more details here

and 

another for sale ...

Portugal registered ... 

built by the world renowned our own Pulau Duyong Boat Master Builder  ... Tn Haji Abdullah ... click for more of  his amazing story ...

just in case anyone thinks it's "crazy" idea ... just look at a "simple" one here ...

raja laut is the name ...

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it's been a long time ... 

but this was my favourite past time in Brunei Darussalam ... the exhilarating boat ride (water taxi they said) ... in, around and beyond Kg Ayer ...

observing jelama and their activities ...

google image ... brunei boat kg ayer

 ~

to all ... 

have a productive weekend ... 

i have to ... InsyaAllah ...

after meeting Cikgu at the University yesterday :)

riding the crest ... and suhaili

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... Allahuakbar ... He the Most High gives cabaran ... but setiap satu ada cara selusur nya ... buat kita yang mahu belajar ... the wonder will never end ...

" And His are the ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains." 
<Qur'an-Rahman 55:24>

" We have honoured the sons of Adam, provided them with transport on land and sea..."
<Qur'an-Al 'Isrâ 17:70>

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finding MH370 ... leads  me to the mysterious world of sailing ... and many lessons learned on human's capability to survive a challenge ...

here are some samples of ...

riding the crest of tough and turbulent times ... over and over ...

in company ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG6FhK96dBg

and alone ...

at 29 ... a bearded young man - the winner of the Sunday Times Golden Globe round-the-world race of 1968-1969, in which he had sailed alone in his 32-foot ketch some 30,123 nautical miles at an average speed of 4.02 knots, without putting into a port, without anchoring, and without any outside assistance ... 312 days - 10 months of alone-ness ... and the ability to not sleep ...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObpjZ-s9pg

"... i've no right to let me down after taking me this far ... "

Occasionally you'd get feeling a bit down, and you'd say, well, if this was easy, someone would have done it. I've got the chance to do it, because it isn't easy. So I'd better stop whinging because it's difficult and just get on with it. So I sort of talked myself around it ...

in Suhaili ...

the painting ... the painter's story here

the object ... started as a log ... the builder's story here

hand built from local teak in Bombay and named "Suhaili" - "Companion" in arabic ... is also the arabic name for the local south-east wind ... sailors' companion at sea ... 

for what is a sailboat without wind ...

and the route ... more here  

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and Suhaili is the name ... 

a companion ... 

tough, strong and trustworthy ... MasyaAllah 

more here on Oceanography and Muslims Navigators

 so let go of our children ... 

to the oceans ... the air ... mountains and forests ... and the wild deserts both cold and hot ...

roaring forties and white capped foam ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for cuaca yang sederhana ... heat wave such as the one that we are having now is rare ... kata sahabat untuk ingatkan kita panas yang lebih dahsyat ...

 InsyaAllah kita ingat Ya Allah ...

 

 ~

 

detailed updates on the SAR operation in the Southern sea tell us the great risk to those involved ...

we can only pray for their safety ...

the Malaysian and all others who are going through tough weather and conditions for the job that must be done ...

 a cauldron of white capped foam and crashing waves ...

 more here

 

 

 the southern end of the world ... more here ...

 

  and why the mariners called the Southern Ocean as ...

 the Roaring Forties ...

The area below 40 degrees of south latitude was named the “Roaring 40s” by mariners who, centuries ago, discovered it as a southern ocean superhighway to India. Here, winds were virtually guaranteed to move ships eastward from the southern tip of Africa. Nineteenth-century maps show a thick band of shipping in a straight line near the 40th parallel. 

 (Modern-day ships, with no need for the wind, barely go there.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/flight-370-why-the-search-area-is-one-of-the-most-difficult-on-earth/article17653857/

and here ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Forties

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... but ...

contrary to what the mariners said ... who lost God at the "Screaming Sixties"

 the Creator has created this ... 

for those who want to understand ...

Allahu Akbar الله أكبر

ambiguous no more ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for each moment shared with loved ones ... dalam senang dan susah ... dalam tangis dan ketawa ... dari kecil sehingga dewasa ... mendoakan redha Allah SWT buat yang telah mendahului kita ... pastinya kita akan ke sana juga ... Inna Lillahi wainna ilaihi rajiu'un ...

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yes ... ambiguous no more ... grieving begins ... May Allah SWT have mercy on the grieving families ...

Prof Pauline Boss discusses the pain and tribulations and learning to live with unresolved grief in Ambiguous Loss ... Here

... however for the believers ... 

i am remembering the words of the former CEO of Celcom whose wife, two daughters and his wife's sister were among those on board MH370 ... on that first day of loss he said ...

"Allah SWT put them there" 

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yes ... 

daun yang gugur itu pun tidak akan jatuh ke tanah tanpa izinNya ... May Allah SWT guide our every thought and step ... Ameen Ya Rabb ...

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on board ... more here ...

 http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/24/MH370-families-wail-najib-announcement/

gyres ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... banyak yang dipelajari dari satu kehilangan ... tentang nikmat masa ... tentang sahabat dan bukan sahabat ... tentang ketidaktentuan kehidupan ...

tentang dunia di luar jangkauan minda ... tentang tidak putus asa berusaha dan sabar most of all ... AlhamduLillah ...

~

MH370 has also opened up the world of ... aviation ... navigation ... and communication to all of us ... the young and the old ...

Everyday we are surprised by new concepts and words ...
 that can be aptly applied across life ...

Some may dismiss these words and phrases as jargons of the field ... but when the jist of a jargon cut across many fields it becomes a concept ...

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many have caught my attention ... here are some that are common in our real life ... with examples ...

aviate ... some drivers aviate on the highways ... they are particularly prone to start aviating on the first drop of rain ...

navigate ... okay let us navigate through this jam ... left, right, middle but NEVER the emergency lane okay ...

turn-back ... you promised this, this and that ... now why this turn-back ... tak suka lah ...

waypoints  ... this is so vague please identify your waypoints ...

most welcome to add ...

a garbage patch turtle ... details below ...

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and today i learned about ... the gyres (g as in giant) and the garbage patch ... of the world oceans ...

more here ...

http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/exclusive-debris-could-have-drifted-242km-1.525779

World Ocean Gyres

 
and its Giant Garbage Patch ...

A giant mass of old tires, Styrofoam,
plastic bottle caps, old toys,
sneakers, tiny plastic bits and other
flotsam, known as the Eastern
Garbage Patch, stretches as wide as
Texas on the Pacific Ocean between
Oregon and Hawaii.

The floating landfill has pooled from
decades of washout from land, illegal
dumping at sea or from cargo
accidentally tipping from container
ships. The bulk of the floating junk is
made of plastic since the material
doesn't biodegrade.

http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/contest_295_results.html

and

the garbage patch turtle ...

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on this 15th day of missing MH370 ... the word seems so very apt ...

a gyre ... of thoughts and emotions ...

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 May Allah SWT keep us safe from the gyres of  this life and hereafter ... ameen

a small matter ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for iman ... may Allah SWT keep us strong ... ameen.

Surah At-Taubah

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here's a history of small matter ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4200066/Britain-shamed-as-exiles-of-the-Chagos-Islands-win-the-right-to-go-home.html

more ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians

and ... here ...

another jewel in real life ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... syukur and sabar ... for life is a gift ... our life and that of our loved ones ... syukur arises from iman ... sabar from understanding ... may Allah SWT keep us strong ... ameen.

~

but sometimes it takes an extraordinary incident for us to realize the extraordinary gift of Allah SWT ... and invariably each of us has a story to tell ... but i am grateful that this daughter of a blessed father has shared hers ... a reminder for all ... AlhamduLillah ...

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-missing-mh370-font-touching-letter-from-a-mas-pilot-s-daughter-1.518063

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and ... the other side of hajjah ... 

 among loved ones at queen alia international airport ... amman ... 

dear friends ...
hajjah ... if she is a man ... she would not be staying put ... her love for words start with "vagabond" ... she likes to move about incognito ... in strange lands ... she talks way too much to strangers ... young and old ... that's how this blog writing started in fact ... she wanted to share her amazing interactions with those elders sitting outside a bank ...

she likes to observe and study people and their micro worlds ...while having breaks in cafeterias, while driving, shopping, exploring ... such that the word "bored" - she doesn't understand ... she makes scenarios out of scenes ... to enable her to understand better ... she believes thoroughly that understanding leads to sabar ... which is one most difficult attribute to sustain ... but surely sustaining it is jihad ...

 and she writes  on different templates ... her other templates ... one here ... started as a requirement for a forum where anonymous was not allowed ...

 about other templates ... hmmm ... not yet :)

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May Allah SWT guide our every step and bless us all ...

yang nyata ... dan yang tersembunyi

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... hujan lama pagi ni ... selepas a brief lintas lalu semalam ...

AlhamduLillah sabar berpanasan dalam lebihkurang 2 bulan ini ... syukur banyak AlhamduLillah Ya Allah kami tidak keluh kesah menunggu belasMu ...

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thank you for coming by ... this past week ... i have been following closely the sad incident of MH370 ... more of my thoughts ... here

http://xeroninemsia.blogspot.com/

May Allah SWT ease.

kepada Mu kami kembali ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... for Iman dan ingatan yang berterusan dari mereka-mereka yang tidak jemu memberi peringatan ... dengan penuh kasih sesama insan ... AlhamduLillah

~

Dalam hati tersimpul rasa ... tanpa kata ... mungkin saja Allah SWT yang menghendaki sesuatu dari kita hambaNYA ... dalam doa semoga Allah SWT memberi kita jawapannya ...

saya titipkan nasihat ini ... untuk diri saya terutamanya ...

~

Janji Allah SWT dengan Istighfar ...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFX5OorN_kI

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Allahumma Ya Allah ... kami memohon ampunkan kesalahan dan kesilapan dan tutuplah aib kami ... ameen Ya Allah ...

Temukanlah Ya Allah jawapan buat yang mencari dan menunggu jawapan ... kasihan kan kami yang banyak silap dalam pertimbangan ... sabar dan tabah kan hati-hati yang berduka ... sesungguhnya hanya kepada Mu Ya Allah kami kembali ... ameen Allahumma ameen.

 

اَسْتَغْفِرُ اَللّهَ الْعَظِیْمَ

 

Friday of fear ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... for Friday of bless and barakah ... selawat dan salam ke atas Junjungan Rasul ... اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

~

but for some ... Friday is feared ... because on this day every  week ... without fail they see the ummah gathering ... giving their souls to the Almighty ... and this is too much for some ...

and that is the reason why every Friday there is issue about Palestinians entering Masjid Al Aqsa for Juma'at Prayer ... so for today let us pray that peace prevails in the Haram Al Sharif ... Ameen.

~

if we could not perceive the difficulties faced by our Palestinian brethren in the Occupied Territory ... please read this piece ... just a piece of many such pieces written by many who have seen and felt the need to make it known to others ...

http://www.foa.org.uk/news/omar-and-the-checkpoint

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Under the 1940 agreement Jordan is the administrator of the Haram Al Sharif ... but now Israel wants full control ...  more details here ...

Saving the Haram Al Sharif Masjid Al Aqsa

Masjid Qubbat As Sakhrah (Dome of The Rock)

Masjid Al Aqsa (with the black dome south of Dome of the Rock)

... inside Masjid Al Aqsa (also referred to as Jami' Qibli) and the Dome of the Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NmkvCKMmOE

inside Masjid Al Aqsa ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfTzwX_mpgI

Haram Al Sharif is the entire walled compound or courtyard of Masjid Al Aqsa and The Dome of the Rock ... 

at 8:08 of the second video is the underground Masjid Marwan. It is just next to Masjid Al Aqsa. It used to be a stable after the Muslims were defeated by Christians hundreds of years ago ...

at 10:54 is the Buraq Wall - the western wall of Masjid Al Aqsa which the Jews refer to as the wailing wall ... 

it is referred to as the Buraq Wall by Muslims because it was narrated that the Buraq that transported RasuluLLAh SAW was tied at the site on The Night Journey Isra' dan Mikraj ... on the night when the Prophet SAW was lifted to Heaven, the Buraq stayed back ...  you may ask why the need to tie the Buraq ... it was not about securing ... rather it is just an indication that it needed to stay put while waiting for the Prophet SAW return.

Allahu'alam ... Allah SWT is Most Knowing ...

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an anxious incident at the Buraq Wall during our ziarah resulted with us having a new nickname for a Sister ... Kakak Buraq ... The sister was on her own exploring the Buraq Wall from the Masjid side, when she was separated from our group ... when we were ready seated for lunch within the Old City ... we realised she was missing ... after a long while ... and anxious search by our Brother Palestine Guide ... Allah SWT brought her back to us ... AlhamduLiLLAH ... but it was a truly anxious longgg minutes for all of us ... because the walled city along with its narrow streets and structures is like a huge maze ...

so please always stay alert of your jema'ah (group) where ever we are ...

~

by the way we had that lunch ... at Buraq Restraurant ... a very uniquely built underground restaurant.

 

google image - not from the restaurant - but my favourite bread and spread.

AlhamduLILLAH ... for masyaAllah fresh and nutritious food served  while we were there ...

 but never forget the less fortunates who were also there ... especially when we were in Amman where Syrian Refugee Children were out in the shivering cold ... hungry ...

may Allah SWT ease the burden of those affected ... by war ... and occupation.

Aameen

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aina Umar ...

 Di manakah Umar ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHXmG7-_THw

AstaghfiruLLAH ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOIuy6-wS0

You're dangerous ... if you are under fifty ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

 

Alhamdulillah syukur ... for rain ... it's been quite awhile and we had a late evening rain yesterday ... sabar insyaAllah ... and doa that this hot spell will pass soon insyaAllah ... 

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this late night post is just to share this ... you're feared if you are under fifty ...

http://www.foa.org.uk/news/thousands-pray-at-police-checkpoints-after-aqsa-restrictions

http://www.foa.org.uk/news/israel-to-limit-access-to-al-aqsa-mosque

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while searching for an illustration i was led to this site ...  http://30masjids.ca/day-1-jami-mosque/

 

do visit ...