Saturday, October 31, 2009
Adab Timur
Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, memang kita selalu diingatkan dengan adab sopan dan tata-susila ketimuran. Malah kita sangat berbangga dengan adat sehinggakan tercipta kata "biar mati anak, jangan mati adat". Namun hakikatnya di mana letaknya peradaban dan kesopanan kita. Adakah kita yang 'syok sendiri sahaja'?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Bus Stop

It is pretty impressive considering that unlike trains, buses travel on public roads and are not free of usual challenges like traffic jams, accidents etc.

Somehow, they have done it. In fact I remember seeing the trials being done for the electronic boards more than 10 years ago. Seeing this always reminds me of my 2+ hours wait for a bus in front of Kotaraya in KL.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
25 jam sehari...

Jadi pagi ini, kami sekeluarga bangun lebih awal dari biasa kerana waktu solat subuh tetap sama. Malah semua waktu-waktu solat yang mengikut peredaran matahari kini awal satu jam. Kalau semalam subuh jam 5.51 pagi, hari ini 4.51 pagi; begitu juga waktu matahari terbit kini 6.41 pagi bukan lagi 7.41 pagi. Kesannya lebih terasa pada waktu-waktu solat yang lain dengan zuhr kini sebelum jam 12 tengahari dan maghrib pula sebelum jam 5 petang.
Satu lagi kesan yang terasa ada perbezaan waktu di antara UK dan Malaysia kini tidak lagi 7 jam, sebaliknya 8 jam.
Selain dari itu, tidak ada perbezaan lain. Waktu persekolahan dan waktu pejabat tetap mengikut waktu jam. Begitu juga jadual perjalanan perkhidmatan awam seperti bas, keretapi dan kapalterbang. Secara teorinya, cuma 'betulkan' jam anda dan perkara-perkara lain tidak berubah.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Colours of our lives
Berbalik kepada musim luruh, lebih menarik dan indah adalah perubahan warna daun-daun sebelum jatuh berguguran. Bergantung kepada jenis pokok, kebanyakan daun-daun hijau akan berubah menjadi kuning, merah, jingga dan sebagainya sebelum akhirnya kering keperangan sedia untuk luruh. Cantik....Subhanallah.....
Halaman belakang rumah kami juga tidak terkecuali dengan perubahan warna ini. Selain dari daun-daun yang berselerakan di atas rumput, kesemua pokok juga mula berubah warna. Dari warna hijau yang pelbagai, pokok-pokok di belakang rumah sudah berwarna kuning, ungu kemerahan...malah ada yang hampir habis kesemua daun-daunnya berguguran.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
It's getting colder here.....
Last week, when I got into the car heading for Fajr, the temperature indicator was showing a single digit for the 1st time since we've been here. It was 7 degrees Celcius and it was very cold.
However, a couple of hours later when we left together for the school and work, it was already around 12 degrees C. Bearable.....but not comfortable.
Our home central heating has also started to function since last week (it automatically starts when the temperature inside the house gets lower than 18 degree C). However, lately we've been force-starting it when it falls below 20 degrees to get a more conducive temperature inside.
BTW, one of the best feeling in the world is leaning back on the heating radiator when you starts to feel numb of cold....and the second best feeling in the world is wrapping your cold body with a towel picked up from one of the radiator heater - the best towel dryer during winter.
Daylight is starting to get shorter and shorter...and very fast as well. Today sunrise is at 0721 hrs and sunset is at 1812 hrs. Less than 12 hours and both are moving closer to one another by tens of minutes per day. It won't be long before Maghrib will be before 1700 hrs and I will soon be leaving home when it's dark and arriving home after dark as well. THAT can be depressing.........
However, a couple of hours later when we left together for the school and work, it was already around 12 degrees C. Bearable.....but not comfortable.
Our home central heating has also started to function since last week (it automatically starts when the temperature inside the house gets lower than 18 degree C). However, lately we've been force-starting it when it falls below 20 degrees to get a more conducive temperature inside.
BTW, one of the best feeling in the world is leaning back on the heating radiator when you starts to feel numb of cold....and the second best feeling in the world is wrapping your cold body with a towel picked up from one of the radiator heater - the best towel dryer during winter.
Daylight is starting to get shorter and shorter...and very fast as well. Today sunrise is at 0721 hrs and sunset is at 1812 hrs. Less than 12 hours and both are moving closer to one another by tens of minutes per day. It won't be long before Maghrib will be before 1700 hrs and I will soon be leaving home when it's dark and arriving home after dark as well. THAT can be depressing.........
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