Kembara Jalanan…

Lalalala. Lalalalala. Pasif agresif.

Fuiyoooooo!!! Lama dah tak update. Ni nak test update blog guna my brand new iPod. Selamat. Going to Medan tomorrow for 4 days. Nak sign MOU.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada semua yg mengenali saya. Satu buku yg saya order sampai sehari sebelum raya: “The Belief of the People of Truth” by Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam. Yang lain masih dalam perjalanan dari US . Rasanya ada lebih kurang 10-15 buku lagi yg belum sampai.

Persediaan untuk belajar dekat SunniPath.com berjalan dengan lancar. Tak sabar nak sambung belajar balik. Wootz!

I bought more books in preparation for my online course at SunniPath.com. 2 translated books by Hamza Yusof, 3 books by Gibril Fouad Haddad (collection of translated texts by scholars of classical Islam doctrines and beliefs) and 5 books written by Syaikh Hisham Kabbani which is actually a collection of 7 volumes Islamic Encyclopedia (can’t find the first and last volume).

Also bought one book for my sister from www.betterworldbooks.com. Tried to order at Kinokuniya but no luck… They said the book was out of print. Searched at www.bookdepository.com

Yahoo! I received the books I ordered from Kinokuniya. 6 books total .

1. The Message of The Qur’an (Muhammad Asad)
2. Reliance of the Traveler (Tr by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
3. Islamic Doctrines & Beliefs Volume 1 (Al-Sayyid Muhammad Ibn ‘Alawi al-Maliki)
4. The Book of Certainty (Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din)
5. Al-Maqasid (Tr by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
6. Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources (Martin Lings)

The Book of Certainty is tiny but costs RM84.90 but worth every penny! So much knowledge in such a little book. Most of this book is for me to study since I’m currently taking an online course at SunniPath.com (Miftah Diploma).

I’m awaiting another 5 books which will arrive in about 3-4 weeks time. I’m also going to order another 2 books for my sister for her PhD thesis next semester.

Adik ipar telah melahirkan seorang anak lelaki di Hospital Serdang malam Khamis lepas. Adik lelaki saya baru je fly to Sabah hari tu so saya telah menjadi ‘bilal’ terjun untuk meng’azan’kan baby baru tu.

Citer lain pulak, saya telah order 4 buku di Kinokuniya Malaysia, they have problem finding the books so its been delayed for a few days now. The four books are:

1. Al-Maqasid: Nawawi’s Manual of Islam
2. Reliance of the Traveler
3. The Message of the Qur’an
4. Al-Ghazali Deliverance From Error & The Beginning

Lama dah teringin nak beli The Message of the Qur’an. First Kinokuniya called cakap buku ni dah takde tapi ada published baru punya and harga tambah kurang RM10 so kira OK la. At last, dapat gak buat collection hahaha.

Oh ya korang mungkin tertanya kenapa Kinokuniya dan bukan MPH? Well, I prefer Kinokuniya coz service dia lagi best. Ini adalah berdasarkan pengalaman saya beberapa tahun dulu masa try beli dari MPH, buku yg sampai buku lama, cover pun dan agak rosak sikit. Kalau Kinokuniya, derang akan call dulu kalau buku yg nak dihantar tu ada flaw. Sebagai contoh, ada satu buku tu cover dia comot sikit macam tompok hitam. So derang call bagitau still nak buku tu ke pasal tinggal satu jek. Saya kata OK and bile dapat buku tu, tak nampak sangat pun stain tuh.

Second experience is masa beli buku lain several years ago, cover buku yg nak beli tu agak terkoyak sikit and that was the last stock yg derang ada. So derang offer untuk balut ngan plastic cover for free,  and saya accept. Bila dapat, tak nampak pon tempat yg koyak tu. Oleh sebab tu, pada saya service Kinokuniya memang superior dari MPH. To be fair, experience beli kat MPH tu dah lama dah jadi tak tau sekarang service dia camne…

When I visit Medan last April, I watched a Hindi movie ‘Jodhaa Akbar’. I was impressed and fell in love with one of the songs in the movie titled ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja”. A song written by the famous A.R. Rahman. The translation (ie subtitle) of the song in the movie was pretty bad.

I recently found a very nice translation of the song thanks to kaissiom. Below is the translation:

Khwaja ji.. Khwaja
-[Khwaja, O Khwaja]
Khwaja ji.. Khwajaji
-[Khwaja, O Khwaja]

Ya Ghareeb-un-Nawaaz
-[O supporter of the poor]
Ya Ghareeb-un-Nawaaz
-[O supporter of the poor]
Ya Ghareeb-un-Nawaaz
-[O supporter of the poor]

Ya Moin-ud-deen
-[O helper/assistant of the Faith]
Ya Moin-ud-deen
-[O helper/assistant of the Faith]

Ya Khwajaji, ya Khwajaji
-[O Khwaja, O Khwaja]
Ya Khwajaji, ya Khwajaji
-[O Khwaja, O Khwaja]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, you are the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samajaa
-[Khawaja, 0 Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, your are the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samajaa
-[Khawaja, O Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samajaa
-[Khawaja, O Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]

Bekassoun ki taqhdeer, Tune hai sawaari
-[The fate of helpless/needy/poor, you have changed]
Bekassoun ki taqhdeer, Tune hai sawaari
-[The fate of helpless/needy/poor, you have changed]

Khwaja, mere Khwaja
-[Kwaja O my Kwhaja]

Tere darbaar mein Khawaja, Noor to hai dekha
-[In your court Khwaja, we have seen the spiritual light(aura)]
Tere darbaar mein Khawaja, Sarr jhukate hain auliyaa
-[In your court Kwaja, you are held high by all other
Valiees(Saitns/Mystics)]

Tu hai Mutawwalli Khawaja, rutbaa hai pyaara
-[You are the Caretaker Khwaja, you have a beautiful title]

Chahane se tujhko Khwajaji, Mustafa(PBUH) ko paaya
-[If we love you(also), we may get the love of Mustafa(prophet Muhammed
PBUH)]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samajaa
-[Khawaja, 0 Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Mere peer ka sadkha, Mere peer ka sadkha
-[Thanks to my Peer(saint/priest), Thanks to my Peer(saint)]

Hai mere peer ka sadhka, Tera daaman hai thaama
-[Thanks to my Peer(saint/priest), through whom, I have come to know
about you]

Kwajaji..
-[O Khwaja]

Talli har balaa hamari, chaaya hai qhumaar tera
-[All our worries/bad omens are gone, we are under your euphoria]

Jitna bhi rashque karein beshaq, to kamm hai aye mere Khwaja
-[No matter how much we envy you, it will be little]

Tere khadmoun ko mere rahnumaa, nahin choddna gawaara
-[It doesn't feel right to leave your side, you are our guide]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O my Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O my Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O my Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O my Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]

Bekassoun ki taqhdeer, Tune hai sawaari
-[The fate of helpless/needy/poor, you have changed]
Bekassoun ki taqhdeer, Tune hai sawaari
-[The fate of helpless/needy/poor, you have changed]

Khawaja mere Khawaja, Dil me samaja
-[Khawaja, O my Khawaja, come reside in my heart.]
Shahoun ka shah tu, Ali ka dulaara
-[You are the king of the kings, the beloved of Ali(R.A).]

Check out this interesting post by Dave Ramsey. Shows how you can buy a car without having to apply for a loan from bank and still retire rich!

Though I finished my car payments early this year, it is a very interesting concept which can be implemented in a lot of ways. Not only on cars.

Welcome Ramadhan! Just finished sahur and am waiting for Subuh prayer. Peace and blessings to our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw).

I stumble upon Google reader and starts to use it. I’ve managed to reduce my bookmarks and even remove Firefox’s bookmark toolbar to save Firefox’s real estate.

I find that Chromium Browser by Google for Linux saves a lot of real estate so I try to follow it in Firefox by installing dmlite to hide Firefox’s main menu. I also like to browse in full screen mode hehe. Why not use Chrome instead you might ask? Well, I hate ads and useless javascripts and Chrome does not have addons such as Adblock Plus and Noscript to block them .

Below is screenshot of my Firefox:

Screenshot of my Firefox.

Anyways, I will be going to Jakarta tomorrow after Friday prayer. I’ll be back on Sunday. Till then… Peace.