Happy Times

Tuesday November 27, 2007
My beloved wife, Azizah, patted my arm to signal the dawn of a new day, Tuesday, Nov,27th was here at around 0615. I grabbed my towel and headed for the bathroom brushed my teeth and had my shower.

Hindraf Hagemony

Malaysian were shocked when Indian Malaysian planned to submit a memorandum to the British government claiming compensation fo the mistakes of the latter to bring their forefathers to Malaya back in the 19th century. The front claimed that the British government had caused hardship and misery to the Indians from the day they landed in Malya till the present day. They also claimed that were illy treated by the British as well as the present National Front.
What has  become to Hindaf? Well, history  wi;; tell.

Two Days before Victory

The Very Last Day of Ramadan

Tuesday Sept. 30, 2008

Ramadan, the Holy Month in the Islamic Calendar, will be over in less than twelve hours from now, 0640 hrs.

Looking back for the past 29 days, let us ponder on what have we achieved physically and spiritually.Physically some of us may have shed about 8 to 10 kg of our fats and we may feel a bit thinner whereby we could clothe ourselves with the once tight shirts, jeans and trousers. Well, that's good for our health isn't it? To a diabetic like me, my blood sugar level has been maintained beautifully because I managed to consume less sugar for the past 29 days. The only negative point in performing my fast was that I spent longer hours on the bed in order to recoup my strengths and stamina.

What then have we acheived spritually? To some extent, quite a number of Muslims who have always been shying away from the suraus have visited them frequently to perform Terawih prayers. That's well and good and this good deeds must be prolonged beyond the month of Ramadan. Fasting is not a culture but it is a religious ritual and which is also the Third Commandment in the Islamic Faith. We are supposed to stage the food and beverage embargo for slighty more than 13 hours daily apart from sustaining our daily obligatory resposibilities as a servant of Allah i.e to do our daily routine and and to enrich our submission to Him. On top of that, Fasting is also to encroach us to the harships of the deprived and poor souls on the planet earth. Hence, after completing and performing the art of fasting, we are expected to be more concerned to the needies by contributing some alms to them.

Thirty days has gone by and it's now for us to recoup our strength and our spiritual obligations. By tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, we should be a new individual who is healthy and pious, aren't we not. Hopefully we do and hope the cycle would be practised again next year.

To my beloved wife, children, grandchildren, siblings, relatives, neighbours and students - Happy Idilfitri and hope to celebrate it again in 2009.

Dr Bano

Last Day of Eid

Thursday 30 October 2008

Today being last day of Eid leaves sweet an dbitter memories of the long month of Syawal.
On this great month many expected and unexpected things happened amongst families and friends.

A long lost member of a family  has reappeared to rejuvenate the family ties on one of the days in Syawal. Sometimes a  family member left us through sickness or accidental deaths. Sometines a member of a family ends his bachelorhood or spinsterhood in this month.On the other hand a family may get an addition of a new member of the family through the birth of a child.

Unfortunately not all good things last forever. Some family may become smaller throuh the demise of their loved ones and some fathers may leave thier families to start new lives with other women. Sometimes families lost their properties through thefts or fire or business failures.

Bye bye Syawal and may I live to see the Syawal of 2009.

Dr Bano

P.S.: To my students, Md Khairi, Aqira, Nur Hadi, Aina, Ben Yusof, Rahimah, Md Muzrofee, Siti Khatijah, Nor Jamilah, Md Ka,aruddin, Azizah, Asraf, Lizawati, Md Khairil .......Good Luck in you Final Examination