1 November 2008 0725 hours
Today is the maiden day for the new month of November 2008 of the Gregorian Year which is equivalent to the first day of Zulhijjah of the Islamic Calendar 1429.
It's quite rare both calendars share the same platform. In this month of Zulhijjah, about two million Muslims all over the world would make their journeys - on foot, horses, bicyles, motorcycles, cars, lorries, buses, boats, ferries and aeroplanes, to Mekah in order to perform their holy matrimony, i.e. to make their haj which is the fifth Islamic Commandment.
Being a Muslim means one has to carry out the five basic tenets of Islam, i.e.:
1. To pledge that There is no God except Allah
2. To perform Five obligatory prayers daily
3. To fast in the Month of Ramadan
4. To give alms to the poor and the needies
5. To make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Mekah, (To those who are financially and physically healthy in the month of Zulkaedah
The first batch of about 350 Malaysian Muslims left for Mekah yesterday, Thursday, 3th October 2008. The pilgrims were being sent off by the HRH the King of Malaysia at Kelana Jaya. They will be away for about 40 day, during which they have to perform some religious rituals in Mekah, Arafat and Medina. The act of performing Haj needs physical and spiritual commitments and dedication.
To all pilgrims we pray for their safety and submissioon to Allah.
Whilst the Muslims are heading for Mekah, the Christians will be experiencing the cold temperatures of winter; the Hindus have just celebrated their Deepavali; the Buddists have no religious activties this month.
Whatever your belief is, we are all the children of one God, Allah.
Dr Bano
Good Morning Malaysians
1 November 2008 0340 hrs
Good Morning All.
In the new hours of this Saturday morning, I am still awake. My wife is away in Saujana Impian, Kajang, to be with our lovable and intelligent grand kiddos. TV is currently showing the normal police story, Gerak Khas.
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In one and a half hour's time, it would be the time for Fajr prayer where I plan to perform it at Al Sabirin Chapel. Then I am planning to to go golfing at Tanjung Emas Golf Club and I'd be home at around 11. By noon I'd expect to attend a wedding reception at the Muar Fire Brigade Quarters.
Once the noon is over, I'd be expecting to hug and kiss my grand kiddos who would be coming to visit me this evening.
Well it's time to bid adios for now.
Dr Banoo
0415 hours
Good Morning All.
In the new hours of this Saturday morning, I am still awake. My wife is away in Saujana Impian, Kajang, to be with our lovable and intelligent grand kiddos. TV is currently showing the normal police story, Gerak Khas.
I
In one and a half hour's time, it would be the time for Fajr prayer where I plan to perform it at Al Sabirin Chapel. Then I am planning to to go golfing at Tanjung Emas Golf Club and I'd be home at around 11. By noon I'd expect to attend a wedding reception at the Muar Fire Brigade Quarters.
Once the noon is over, I'd be expecting to hug and kiss my grand kiddos who would be coming to visit me this evening.
Well it's time to bid adios for now.
Dr Banoo
0415 hours
The Day the Sky Cries
Friday 31 October 2008
We, Rahim and I, were just going to sip our favourite driks, Teh O, in Peringgit, when the sky turned murky. While sipping our favourite beverage, we chatted on many topics when suddenly the gloomy sky started to sprinked the planet earth with carbon dioxide.
Sprinkles of water later turned to rain. We moved our seating to a drier place. Rahim had Mee Kari and I had Nasi Goreng Kampong. Rahim revealed his new found interest of raring crab. He was dead serious in this new commercial paradigm. Surprising, an IT trained professional for decades, had shown keen zest in biology. He emphasised that the new found industry would generane hansome income in future, and his potential customers would be his colleagues in the university he is teaching.
Albeit, polio striken, Rahim is a dedicated, ambitious, and a businessman. He dedicates his life to God, family, career and the society. He is a good philantropist though. On numerous occasions he had donated, in the form of money and service, to his siblings, as well as, the members of the Handicapped.
I am proud to be a part of his socialites. We will always be driving together to our brunch grottos. The whole town would know the normal and the handicapped partnership. This partnership will share the common platform on education, politics and education.
Hopefully this partnership would last.
Dr Bano
We, Rahim and I, were just going to sip our favourite driks, Teh O, in Peringgit, when the sky turned murky. While sipping our favourite beverage, we chatted on many topics when suddenly the gloomy sky started to sprinked the planet earth with carbon dioxide.
Sprinkles of water later turned to rain. We moved our seating to a drier place. Rahim had Mee Kari and I had Nasi Goreng Kampong. Rahim revealed his new found interest of raring crab. He was dead serious in this new commercial paradigm. Surprising, an IT trained professional for decades, had shown keen zest in biology. He emphasised that the new found industry would generane hansome income in future, and his potential customers would be his colleagues in the university he is teaching.
Albeit, polio striken, Rahim is a dedicated, ambitious, and a businessman. He dedicates his life to God, family, career and the society. He is a good philantropist though. On numerous occasions he had donated, in the form of money and service, to his siblings, as well as, the members of the Handicapped.
I am proud to be a part of his socialites. We will always be driving together to our brunch grottos. The whole town would know the normal and the handicapped partnership. This partnership will share the common platform on education, politics and education.
Hopefully this partnership would last.
Dr Bano
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