“I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.”


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There are 3 apples that changed the world

1. The apple that Snow White ate.
2. The apple that fell on Isaac Newton's head.
3. The apple Steve Jobs invented

Steve Jobs' death was the first thing I heard that morning (okay, technically read). After Subuh I was lying on the bed, checking the news (I consider Pulse a news source) and literally, every source on Pulse was flooded with articles about Steve Jobs. I opened facebook and people were updating their status about apple and stuff, I opened the tv, his death was making headlines.....everywhere: Berita terkini, Buletin Utama, Bernama, you name it, everyone's talking about.

Well I initially didn't want to blog about him, I've never actually paid attention to him in the first place. He's on tumblr once a while, but that's just because people were captioning him talking with Bill Gates with this very funny looking smile of them, saying about them being too rich. "Let's flip a coin." ,"flip what?"  you know what I'm saying? And Macintosh has this very stylish and elegant graphic interface that I just thought Steve Jobs has very classy and high taste to come up with that design, so when I read an article about him saying that he was very very poor, I'm so shocked that I need to blog about it.

The article was entitled, 9 things you didn't know about Steve Jobs, and really, I wouldn't have guessed any of them. The most shocking fact was that he was adopted, he reunited with his biological mother when he was old enough, but his father was left estranged, and get this, his father is a Muslim, well I'm jumping into conclusions but the name 'Abdulfatah' sounds very Muslim to me, or maybe he's just Arabic, I don't know, he works in a casino to top things off, so...yeah, that's a shocking fact.

And I never knew he was poor. I knew he was a drop out, I never knew he was so poor that he slept on the floor, and walked miles to have free food in a Buddhist temple, which reminds me, I think he's a Buddhist. I haven't read a statement saying his exact religion, but he was married through a monk and judging by the fact that a temple saved him from hunger, he might as well embrace that religion.

And I just realized, most of his speeches and conferences involve him wearing his favorite turtle neck and jeans. (Fashion terrorist much)

I know everybody loves Apple, it's so expensive and so pretty and so different, but that's the thing, it's.... all that. Personally, I'm not too fond of the brand. I mean, people have been using windows for ages, I even remember the days I used Windows 95. Do you remember? Back then the logo looked like this


Lol, classic. Well, the thing is about Windows, is that people are accustomed with it. Nobody takes Computer classes nowadays, and they don't even know what a operating system is, so to a lot of people, using a computer means using windows. What they don't know is that there are other operating systems in the world until Macintosh was created, what people don't realize is how different they are. Isn't that Steve Jobs' motto? 'Think different' and really, using Macintosh is a headache- it's fun, I don't deny it, but you have to learn everything anew, and sometimes file transfer between Mac and Windows is not doable, there will be technical difficulties between these two operating systems, and you don't run things like windows, everything's a bit....foreign.

Let's do a bit of a showdown.

Desktop. I'm gonna vote Mac for this. iMac is amazing, the system unit is small, the utilities are well organized, I've been using Macintosh for a while, so I'm a bit used to the operating system by now, and Windows however, although not bad itself, iMac just crushes it. Mac 1, Windows 0

Notebook. I'm rooting Windows for this. I don't know why desktop and laptop makes any difference when it comes to operating system, but for some odd reason, I don't like my macbook, I've faced a few complications with work because of it, and ironically I want the macbook for work, so it's not actually helping. It's just that Windows is very universal and most of my work involve Windows based applications. When I want to print something, it's not in the right format, when I want to unzip Winrar files, suddenly the unzip utility wouldn't work. When I install a foreign specialized application, it won't auto open as Windows usually do. And Parallels is just not working, I installed Bootcamp for like so many freaking times that I just gave up on it, and to be honest I'm pretty glad my sister took it to Egypt, so now I have space for a new laptop (I'm eyeing Vaio, that neon green C series looks so tempting) Mac 1, Windows 1

Netbook. Macbook Air isn't actually a netbook, but it's smaller than a notebook, and it doesn't have a CD player, I'm just going to categorize it as a netbook. Truth has to be told, Macbook Air is the coolest netbook there is. Although I'm not too fond of it (especially that auto scrolling ability, pergh ai, geram nak campak) but for the sake that it has a higher performing processor, I'm voting Mac. Mac 2, Windows 1

Tablet. Windows haven't exactly released a tablet (yet), so I'm gonna combine Windows with Samsung, since they're the one competing. Well, it's hard to compete the ipad with a galaxy tab, because they both are very different. And I haven't tried using galaxy tab 10.1 (which is the same level as an ipad) but I've gotta say, ipad's boring, like seriously, what do you do? you have to pay for all the cool apps, and wifi is the only internet connection option there is. Everytime you want to play, you'll need to sign up, and the only button you have is the big Home button. Galaxy tab is a far better option. You can put a simcard, make calls, messages, Android apps are way better and a lot of them are free, there are 4 button at the bottom which makes life easier. Everytime I use the ipad, I keep hovering my fingers at the bottom when I want to go 'back', when the virtual button is on top (loser),  Samsung it is. Mac 2, Windows/Samsung 2.

Phone. I know everyone loves the iphone (even those who doesn't own it), but personally, all the Samsung Galaxy series are better.I know some of my classmates are gushing over Zaim's iphone, but I play my dad's iphone all the time and the only app I am fond of is Harakah daily (which you can aslo get in the Android market) Seriously, I love Android. Apple is just hard to work with. Mac 2, Windows/Samsung 3.

There you go, Mac loses. This is based on my personal preferences, I admire Steve Jobs as an iconic figure, I'm just not into his work that much.

Labels: pendapat, umum

Hari ini Hari Malaysia, bukan Merdeka, tapi Malaysia. 31 Ogos tanggal Malaysia merdeka dari dominasi barat, or in the words of Ustaz Afi, Sekular! Sekular! . Hari Malaysia on the other hand, merupakan hari penubuhan Malaysia, in other words: Tanah Malaya tukar nama jadi Malaysia.

For some odd reason hari ini cuti, macam negara ini tak cukup lagi cuti umum (but hey, I'm not complaining), just made me think, kenapa kita sambut all these historic events? It's not as if we participated in it. Ok fine, it's the pride of being a Malaysian, to show our gratitude for the things Malaysians had done in the past, and the ideal way of doing so is by dancing around singing Kita sa~tu Ma~ laysia~~ ? Really?

Entahlah, suka hatilah orang nak cakap aku tak cukup patriotik untuk mengaku Melayu, but for me, the most idealistic way of reminiscing fallen heroes is appreciating the things they've done, visualize how the country would've been like without their heroic sacrifices and sincerely give al-fatihah or anything that can benefit them in some way.

I mean, people has lost the meaning of these celebrations. Macam kita kerja kuat sangat, hidup sibuk sangat, tiba-tiba ada orang cakap "Cop! Rilek jap, tahu tak hari ini hari apa?" and the realization of that contribution would slowly crawl. But no, that's a bit too surreal for people like Malaysians(or just people in general), it doesn't matter what happened multiple 365 days ago, as long as Hard Rock Cafe doesn't change their rate and there's a 40% discount on shopping sprees and promotions here and there. Are we really that shallow?

In the words of Fuzzy Logic,

Instead of being so fixated about where we came from, to the point of national insanity every year, let’s try a little to focus on where we want to be in the future ey? Who knows, it could be the key to solving a lot of shit in this country.

Labels: pendapat, sejarah, umum

Dalam CFS IIUM PJ ini, adanya jurusan ICT. Dalam jurusan ICT ini, ada satu persatuan yang berlandaskan akademik ICT (in other words, all the geeks united) yang dinamakan INTECH_SS (ahlinya dinamakan ICTzens) , dan dalam INTECH_SS ini ada Committee line-up. Selain dari committee line-up pulak, ada satu pasukan aktif yang menjadi tunjang kukuhnya INTECH_SS (seniors' words, not mine) So nak dipendekkan ceritanya, tadi ada meeting. Meetinglah sangat, 16/47 yang hadir (itu pun jadi 15, Amirul Haziq left an hour later). Topik hari ini, 'Islam sebagai Ad-Din' Ada jemputan dua orang brothers untuk menyampaikan some words of wisdom; Seorang dari Medcy, seorang dari FRCC.

The Medcy dude was really simple and straightforward. Apakah Islam? Dan sememangnya, apabila seorang ditanya definisi Dopler's Effect, secara detailnya boleh jawab, tapi sesuatu yang general dan praktikal seperti ini, hendak didefinisikan secara teorinya yang terperinci....susah. But he enlightened us, so bless you dear Medcy dude, may you excell in your finals!

Islam menjaga empat perkara.

Nyawa, bila tak jaga, Qisas. (Membunuh)
Akal, bila tak jaga, sebat (Arak)
Agama, bila tak jaga, bunuh  (Murtad)
Keturunan, bila tak jaga, rejam/sebat (zina)
Harta, bila tak jaga, potong tangan (mencuri)

Ciri-ciri Islam ada 10

Rabbaniyah - ketuhanan
Syumul - lengkap
Adil - sama rata
Alamiyah - universal
Waqi'yah - sesuai untuk semua zaman
Ajaran tak susah
Tak ada paksaan
Inqilabiyah - Bangun selepas kejatuhan jahiliyah
Thabat - tetap (Akidah)
Murunah - Anjal (Syariah)

Lepas itu divided into group. Sepatutnya group yang minggu lepas. Tapi memang ketua pun datangkan? *sarkastik . So masuk group sementara, debatkan satu persoalan yang berpaling dari konsep agama. Group aku dapat, "Islam tu susah, mengongkong, apa yang senang?" Brother Ruslan jadi fascilitator, dan dia bagi example anak bongsu adik beradik 8, tetiba semua mati termasuk parents, nak minum arak to ease that pain.

Once I heard that, I started attacking. I've been watching Oprah for years, she talks about addiction all the time, and I've been doing a research on Patience as one of the virtues for Basic Themes of Alquran, and English Debate training taught me how to manipulate people by rephrasing a negative statement into a not-so-bad statement, of course I had things to say, what relevance does drinking have anything to do with solving any problems? It doesn't, in fact it makes things work for most cases and to justify why Islam forbids us from drinking alcohol is because it doesn't solve anything, and it shouldn't even be an option at times when we're feeling down. Everything happens for a reason, and when something bad happens, drinking your sorrows away in an attempt to escape from the problem is such a cowardly action. We should confront those problems and actually solve them, with a rational state of mind!

Lepas tu cakap pasal perang, aku tak suka perang, aku tak tahu menahu pasal perang. Minta maaf Husni, Huzaifah, aku tak ada idea berkaitan perang, attention aku beralih kepada Amirul Asyraf yang bersemangat gaduh dengan president, tahan gelak je aku dengar.

Bila dah habis meeting tu, aku tolong-tolong susun balik kerusi. Brother Ruslan tanya dulu aku sekolah mana. See, I don't see the relevance. Aku tak tahu kenapa orang selalu tanya soalan itu, especially bila somehow you leave an impression towards someone, soalan itu akan timbul. Apa significantnya?

"Sekolah kerajaan biasa."
"Kat mana?"
"Shah Alam"
"SMK...A?"
"SMK!"

Labels: kampus, musykil, pendapat, sejarah

Sebelum Alexander Graham Bell mencipta telefon, semua orang telah hidup dengan aman dan tenteram. Tak ada sebab aku perlu memperkecilkan skop pemikiran aku tentang alat komunikasi yang wujud di dunia ini sejak bertahun-tahun dahulu.

• Asap - mana aku nak cari arang?
• Telegram - tak reti morse code
• Biduk - azan pun boleh dengar
• Merpati - .....not a bad idea.

Azwa dah mula ejek aku dengan hal-hal berkaitan merpati. "Ko bisik kat merpati tu 'pergi SMAWP~~ cari Raihana~' haha"

Untunglah~ ,Azwa ada phone.

Labels: emosi, kawan, pendapat

Praktikal: untuk bertindak dan beroperasi secara betul

Teori: Untuk memahami operasi tersebut secara mendalam

dan menguasai sesebuah ilmu adalah dengan menguasai kedua-dua kemahiran tersebut. Satu cabaran, semestinya, apabila semua orang mampu melakukan salah satu kemahiran tersebut, tapi hanya sedikit yang mampu menggabungkan kedua-dua kemahiran tersebut dan melakukannya sekaligus.

Mungkin ini tampil sebagai satu alasan, but I beg to differ. Fine, aku mengaku, subjek-subjek teori aku tidaklah tinggi, tapi aku tahu aku salah. Dan walau aku mengaku kesalahan sendiri, aku masih berpegang kepada falsafah aku mengenai penguasaan ilmu, iaitu, semua orang mampu mempelajari sebahagian daripada ilmu dalam satu bidang, tapi hanya orang-orang yang tertentu mampu menguasainya; in theory and practical.

Sesuatu yang sudah sememangnya secara fitrahnya belajar secara praktikal tiba-tiba nak memahami teori disebalik operasi tersebut agak...culture shock? Dan vice versa with theory. Faham satu teori, tahu aplikasinya, tapi dua-dua pemahaman tersebut bukan di muka surat yang sama.

It's hard to put two and two together (or otak aku je yang one track minded?)

Done with this, nak pergi belajar Torque dengan Khan Academy.
Playing Malam bulan dipagar bintang on repeat (I'm feeling a bit classic tonight, layan Ramlee ngorat Cik Rose XD)

Labels: konflik, pendapat