G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Another very late entry... Continuation on my Travel log to Kuantan, Pahang....

We went to the Megamall Bowling Lanes just to looking around. It's a big place and has more lanes than we we have at the Utama Bowling Centre.






Later on, we went to the movies at the Megamall GSC - Golden Screen Cineplex.. We selected the movie G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra. It was a very action packed and we liked it. I copied the synopsis from http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gi_joe/








G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Aug 7, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $120,235,874


Synopsis:

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I.... Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” is directed by Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns”). --© Paramount



Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Park, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Pryce, Arnold Vosloo, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee

Director: Stephen Sommers

Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie
Story: Stephen Sommers
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Bob Ducsay, Brian Goldner
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Happy Teacher's Day 2009

On this Teacher's Day, I would like to share a very touching story from a forwarded email sent by my friend gnab sometime ago.

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Saya sangat mengkagumi kerjaya sebagai guru sekolah. Sebuah kisah yang saya paparkan ini saya ulangi dari kisah benar seorang guru beberapa tahun yang lalu.

Ceritanya:

Saya mengajar di sekolah rendah di tengah2 bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. Saya mengajar sesi petang. Salah seorang murid saya setiap hari datang lambat ke sekolah. Kasut dan bajunya selalu kotor. Setiap kali saya bertanya tentang baju dan kasutnya dia hanya berdiam diri.

Saya masih bersabar dengan keadaan pakainnya, tetapi kesabaran saya tercabar dengan sikapnya yang setiap hari datang lambat. Pada mulanya saya hanya memberi nasihat. Dia hanya menundukkan kepala tanpa berkata2 kecuali anggukkan yang seolah2 dipaksa. Kali kedua saya memberi amaran, dia masih juga mengangguk tetapi masih juga datang lambat keesokannya. Kali ketiga saya terpaksa menjalankan janji saya untuk memukulnya kalau masih lambat. Anehnya dia hanya menyerahkan punggungnya untukdirotan . Airmata saja yang jatuh tanpa sepatah kata dari mulutnya.
Keesokan harinya dia masih juga lambat, dan saya memukulnya lagi. Namun ia masih tetap datang kesekolah dan masih tetap lambat.

Suatu hari saya bercadang untuk mengintipnya ke rumahnya. Setelah mendapatkan alamatnya, saya meneruskan niat saya. Dia tinggal di sebuah kawasan setinggan tidak berapa jauh dari sekolah. Keadaan rumahnya sangat daif. Saya nampak murid saya itu sedang berdiri di depan rumahnya dalam keadaan gelisah. Seorang wanita yang mungkin ibunya juga kelihatan gelisah.
Lebih kurang pukul 1.30 seorang anak lelaki sedang berlari2 sekuat hati menuju ke rumah itu. Sambil berlari dia membuka baju sekolahnya. Sampai di depan rumah baju dan kasutnya diserahkan pula kepada murid saya yang terus bergegas memakainya. Sebelum pakaian sekolah sempurna dipakai, dia sudah berlari ke arah sekolah.

Saya kembali ke sekolah dengan penuh penyesalan. Saya memanggil anak itu sambil menahan airmata yang mula tergenang.
"Maafkan cikgu. Tadi cikgu pergi ke rumah kamu dan memerhatikan kamu dari jauh. Siapa yang berlari memberikan kamu baju tadi?"
Dia terkejut dan wajahnya berubah.
"Itu abang saya. Kami kongsi baju dan kasut sebab tak ada baju lain. Itu saja baju dan kasut yang ada. Maafkan saya, cikgu." Jawabnya
"Kenapa kamu tak beritahu cikgu dan kenapa kamu biarkan saja cikgu pukul kamu?"
" Mak pesan, jangan meminta2 pada orang, jangan ceritakan kemiskinan kita pada orang. Kalau cikgu nak pukul serahkan saja punggung kamu."

Sambil menahan airmata yang mula berguguran saya memeluk anak itu, "Maafkan cikgu, ........"
Kejadian itu cukup menginsafkan saya. Selepas itu saya cuba membantunya setakat yang mampu.
Cerita2 begini membantu melembutkan hati yang keras. Kata seorang guru, sekiranya hati kita mula keras lembutkanlah dengan perkara2 berikut:

1) Solat sunat
2) puasa sunat
3) berzikir
4) bersedekah
5) mengusap rambut anak yatim
6) mendengar cerita2 kesusahan orang lain
7) membantu orang susah


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I would like to wish all the teachers in Brunei Darussalam "Happy Teacher's Day".
Especially to my sis Rakiah, my niece Aqilah and my cousins Hjh Djah and Maryana who are all teachers.

"Quality Teacher is the Core of Education Excellence"

Selamat Hari Lahir Babu..

Hjh Fatimah Hj Chuchu

2hb Nov 2009, merupakan hari lahir babu yang ke-70 tahun. Syukur Alhamdulillah....
Semoga Allah swt memanjangkan usia, sentiasa sihat walafiat, dimurahkan rezeki dan berbahagia bersama keluarga, anak2 dan cucu2 yang menyayangimu...Aminn..Aminn...Aminnn Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Beberapa ucapan Hari Lahir dari anak2 buah dan cucu2 yang ada dlm facebook...setakat ini..

Yumi Johari
happy birthday 2 my nini syg,semoga sihat2 selalu n d pnjangkn umur amin2..hugs..

Amir Ahmad
Happy Bday Tgh Girl... Semoga d panjangkan umur, sehat selalu dan dmurahkan rezeki..

Fatin Rahman
Happy birthday, Nenek~ semoga panjang umur & murah rezeki. Amin.. :)

Noor Roshayati
Slamat hari jadi buat mu babu trsayang.smoga pnjang umur n murah rezki.amin...

Noraziemah Ali Kahan
Hepi busday... semoga pnjg umur, murah rezeki... semoga bahagia bersama keluarga tersayang. :)

Hjh Khadijah Hj Salleh
selamat hari jadi buat babu... semoga Allah memanjangkan umur memurahkan rezeki dan sehat selalu.... amin......

Hjh Zu

Selamat Hari Jadi to Babu Lambak,semoga babu dipanjangkan umur dan dimurahkan rezeki ....Amin!!!

Nadiah Rahman

Happy birthday Nenek :) semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki, sehat and happy always! Amin~

di bawah ini, merupakan hand-made Birthday card dari si kembar, Diyah dan Syahmi...

Staff Cascade & Hari Raya Celebration

Late entry again....
Some random pics of our recent Staff Cascade & Hari Raya Celebration at the Cenderawasih Ballroom, BSRC on 16th Oct 2009.

Organising committee at the reception desk

the Dewan Cenderawasih decorated to suit the function

staff attending the function

the IM Idol performing the Hari Raya song

makan time

i like the lontong

the Organising committee

more pics click HERE

What can you do in one minute?

We are always busy with our routine life... but what can we do in one minute of our life? Let me share this with you all and many thanks to my friend gnab for forwarding me the email. It is indeed a reminder for you and myself..


What can you do in one minute of your life?
1.. In one minute you can say Surat Al Fatiha 7 times,silently and repetitively. The reward for each reading of the Surah: 1420 gooddeeds! This is on the basis that there are 142 letters in the Surah, with each letter getting you 10 good deeds. So after doing a simple calculation,7 readings will get you 9940 deeds. subhaanallah!

2.. In one minute you can say Surat Al-Ikhlaas (Kul Huwa Allahu Ahad) approximately 20 times, silently and repetitively. Remember that one reading of this beautiful Surah equals a third of the Quran. Thus 20 readings means that you have read the Quran a whopping 6.7 times! If you devote one minute of each day to this Surah you'd have read the Quran. 201 times in a month, 2412 times in one year! All this in just one minute.

3.. In one minute you can say: "Laa Ilaaha Illa Allah, Wahdahu Laa Shareeka Lah, Lahu Al Mulk Wal Hamd, Wa Huwa 'Ala Kulli Shay'in Qadeer" 20 times. (There is no god worthy of worship but Allah, alone, without any partners. For Him is all Dominion and Praise, and He is Capable of doing anything) Each saying is equal to the deed of freeing 8 slaves from the Children of Ismail (peace be upon him), and what noble slaves to set free!

4.. In one minute you can say "Subhaanallahu wa bi Hamdihi" 100 times. (All praise and glory is due to Allah) Whoever says this everyday will have his/her sins forgiven, even if the sins were as much as the froth of the ocean.

5.. In one minute you can say "Subhaanallahu wa bi Hamdihi, Subhaanallahu Al 'Atheem" 50 times. (All Praise and Glory is due to Allah, All Praise is due to Allah the Almighty). These are "a couple of phrases, light on the tongue, heavy on the scales (on the Day of Judgement), beloved to the All Merciful (Allah)". (Agreed upon).

6.. In one minute you can say "Subhaanallah, wa Al Hamdu Lil'lah, wa Laa Ilaaha Illallah, wa Allahu Akbar" 18 times (All Praise is due to Allah, and All Glory is due to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). These are the most beloved words to Allah(swt) and his Prophet saw) that the sun has ever risen upon.

7.. In one minute you can say "Laa Ilaaha Illallah" approximately 50 times (There is no true god worthy of worship, except Allah). These are the greatest words, as they are the words of true Islamic Monotheism.

8.. In one minute you can say "Laa Hawla wa Laa Kuwata Illa bi'Laah" over 40 times. (There is no Power and Might except by Allah) This sentence is one of the treasures of Paradise.

9.. In one minute you can say "Salla-Allahu 'Alayhe wa Sallam" 50 times.(sending peace and blessings upon the Prophet) In return you get 500 prayers from Allah, as each prayer you make to his Prophet, 10 are returned to you!

10.. In one minute you can raise your hands to Allah (s.w.t) and supplicate with any words you wish.

11.. In one minute you can advise your brother/sister in Islam if they are doing anything incorrect.

12.. In one minute you can remove anything harmful that may be lying on the street.

13.. In one minute you can give a few words of comfort to a brother/sister who is concerned for any reason.

These actions are easy but in order to gain their rewards it is much harder indeed. Know also that the best of deeds are those that are maintained on a regular basis.
So do you have a minute during the whole day (1440 minutes)?