Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
rEAliti daN FAntaSi
Terngiang lagi mengimbau waktu 1990 masih segar dalam ingatan, suasana asrama dan rakan-rakan, sekolah dan peristiwa pahit manis. Atudisma , SM Jalan Cochrane , Kelas 1D , Cikgu Mohsin, Sukan Freashie, Bilik 72-D (Nizam Tajul Arus, Hairul Azlee Mansor, Izarul, Fahmi, Fendi Syarif, Zaki Kassim, Fariz Yaakop, Fitri, Azhari)
Diwaktu kegilaan jamming, lagu ini turut tersenarai dalam lagu wajib. Rasanya masih tersimpan rakaman amatur audio vokal Saidi. The pelita's.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
PIALA MALAYSIA
Dalam pertemuan kedua Selangor vs Terengganu, perlawanan berkesudahan 1-1 dan kekal sehingga lanjutan masa tambahan. Namun penentuan sepakan penalti menyaksikan pemain pertahanan tengah Selangor Nasriq Baharum gagal menyempurnakan sepakannya dimana berjaya dihalang oleh penjaga gol Terengganu. Yang menariknya pasukan Terengganu dibimbing oleh bekas jurulatih yang tidak asing lagi bagi peminat pasukan Selangor iaitu Ken Worden.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
M.A.T.I
http://idhamlim.blogspot.com/2009/10/dahsyatnya-proses-sakaratul-maut.html
Datangnya Kematian Menurut Al Qur'an :
1. Kematian bersifat memaksa dan siap menghampiri manusia walaupun kita berusaha menghindarkan resiko-resiko kematian. Katakanlah: "Sekiranya kamu berada di rumahmu, niscaya orang-orang yang telah ditakdirkan akan mati terbunuh itu ke luar (juga) ke tempat mereka terbunuh". Dan Allah (berbuat demikian) untuk menguji apa yang ada dalam dadamu dan untuk membersihkan apa yang ada dalam hatimu. Allah Maha Mengetahui isi hati. (QS Ali Imran, 3:154)
2. Kematian akan mengejar siapapun meskipun ia berlindung di balik benteng yang kokoh atau berlindung di balik teknologi kedokteran yang canggih serta ratusan dokter terbaik yang ada di muka bumi ini. Di mana saja kamu berada, kematian akan mendapatkan kamu, kendati pun kamu di dalam benteng yang tinggi lagi kokoh, dan jika mereka memperoleh kebaikan, mereka mengatakan: "Ini adalah dari sisi Allah",dan kalau mereka ditimpa sesuatu bencana mereka mengatakan: "Ini(datangnya) dari sisi kamu (Muhammad)". Katakanlah: "Semuanya (datang) dari sisi Allah". Maka mengapa orang-orang itu (orang munafik) hampir-hampir tidak memahami pembicaraan sedikit pun? (QS An-Nisa 4:78)
3. Kematian akan mengejar siapapun walaupun ia lari menghindar.
Katakanlah: "Sesungguhnya kematian yang kamu lari daripadanya, maka sesungguhnya kematian itu akan menemui kamu, kemudian kamu akan dikembalikan kepada (Allah), yang mengetahui yang gaib dan yang nyata, lalu Dia beritakan kepadamu apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". (QS al-Jumu'ah, 62:8)
4. Kematian datang secara tiba-tiba.
Sesungguhnya Allah, hanya pada sisi-Nya sajalah pengetahuan tentang Hari Kiamat; dan Dia-lah Yang menurunkan hujan, dan mengetahui apa yang ada dalam rahim. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui(dengan pasti) apa yang akan diusahakannya besok. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui di bumi mana dia akan mati. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal. (QS, Luqman 31:34)
5. Kematian telah ditentukan waktunya, tidak dapat ditunda atau dipercepat
Dan Allah sekali-kali tidak akan menangguhkan (kematian) seseorang apabila datang waktu kematiannya. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang kamu kerjakan. (QS, Al-Munafiqun, 63:11)
Dahsyatnya Rasa Sakit Saat Sakaratul Maut
Sabda Rasulullah SAW : "Sakaratul maut itu sakitnya sama dengan tusukan tiga ratus pedang" (HR Tirmidzi)
Sabda Rasulullah SAW : "Kematian yang paling ringan ibarat sebatang pohon penuh duri yang menancap di selembar kain sutera. Apakah batang pohon duri itu dapat diambil tanpa membawa serta bagian kain sutera yang tersobek ?" (HR Bukhari)
Atsar (pendapat) para sahabat Rasulullah SAW . Ka'b al-Ahbar berpendapat : "Sakaratul maut ibarat sebatang pohon berduri yang dimasukkan kedalam perut seseorang. Lalu, seorang lelaki menariknya dengan sekuat-kuatnya sehingga ranting itupun membawa semua bagian tubuh yang menyangkut padanya dan meninggalkan yang tersisa".
Imam Ghozali berpendapat : "Rasa sakit yang dirasakan selama sakaratul maut menghujam jiwa dan menyebar ke seluruh anggota tubuh sehingga bagian orang yang sedang sekarat merasakan dirinya ditarik-tarik dan dicerabut dari setiap urat nadi, urat syaraf, persendian,dari setiap akar rambut dan kulit kepala hingga kaki".
Imam Ghozali juga mengutip suatu riwayat ketika sekelompok Bani Israil yang sedang melewati sebuah pekuburan berdoa pada Allah SWT agar Ia menghidupkan satu mayat dari pekuburan itu sehingga mereka bisa mengetahui gambaran sakaratul maut. Dengan izin Allah melalui suatu cara tiba-tiba mereka dihadapkan pada seorang pria yang muncul dari salah satu kuburan. "Wahai manusia !", kata pria tersebut. "Apa yang kalian kehendaki dariku? Limapuluh tahun yang lalu aku mengalami kematian, namun hingga kini rasa perih bekas sakaratul maut itu belum juga hilang dariku."
Proses sakaratul maut bisa memakan waktu yang berbeda untuk setiap orang, dan tidak dapat dihitung dalam ukuran detik seperti hitungan waktu dunia ketika kita menyaksikan detik-detik terakhir kematian seseorang. Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, bapak modernisasi (sekularisasi) Turki, yang mengganti Turki dari negara bersyariat Islam menjadi negara sekular, dikabarkan mengalami proses sakaratul maut selama 6 bulan (walau tampak dunianya hanya beberapa detik), seperti dilaporkan oleh salah satu keturunannya melalui sebuah mimpi.
Rasa sakit sakaratul maut dialami setiap manusia, dengan berbagai macam tingkat rasa sakit, ini tidak terkait dengan tingkat keimanan atau kezhaliman seseorang selama ia hidup. Sebuah riwayat bahkan mengatakan bahwa rasa sakit sakaratul maut merupakan suatu proses pengurangan kadar siksaan akhirat kita kelak. Demikianlah rencana Allah. Wallahu a'lam bis shawab.
Sakaratul Maut Orang-orang Zhalim
Imam Ghozali mengutip sebuah riwayat yang menceritakan tentang keinginan Ibrahim as untuk melihat wajah Malaikatul Maut ketika mencabut nyawa orang zhalim.. Allah SWT pun memperlihatkan gambaran perupaan Malaikatul Maut sebagai seorang pria besar berkulit legam, rambut berdiri, berbau busuk, memiliki dua mata, satu didepan satu dibelakang, mengenakan pakaian serba hitam, sangat menakutkan, dari mulutnya keluar jilatan api, ketika melihatnya Ibrahim as pun pingsan tak sadarkan diri. Setelah sadar Ibrahim as pun berkata bahwa dengan memandang wajah Malaikatul Maut rasanya sudah cukup bagi seorang pelaku kejahatan untuk menerima ganjaran hukuman kejahatannya, padahal hukuman akhirat Allah jauh lebih dahsyat dari itu.
Kisah ini menggambarkan bahwa melihat wajah Malakatul Maut saja sudah menakutkan apalagi ketika sang Malaikat mulai menyentuh tubuh kita, menarik paksa roh dari tubuh kita, kemudian mulai menghentak-hentak tubuh kita agar roh (yang masih cinta dunia dan enggan meninggalkan dunia) lepas dari tubuh kita ibarat melepas akar serabut-serabut baja yang tertanam sangat dalam di tanah yang terbuat dari timah keras.
Itulah wajah Malaikatul Maut yang akan mendatangi kita kelak dan memisahkan roh dari tubuh kita. Itulah wajah yang seandainya kita melihatnya dalam mimpi sekalipun maka kita tidak akan pernah lagi bisa tertawa dan merasakan kegembiraan sepanjang sisa hidup kita.
Alangkah dahsyatnya sekiranya kamu melihat di waktu orang-orang yang zalim (berada) dalam tekanan-tekanan sakratulmaut, sedang para malaikat memukul dengan tangannya, (sambil berkata): "Keluarkanlah nyawamu". Di hari ini kamu dibalas dengan siksaan yang sangat menghinakan, karena kamu selalu mengatakan terhadap Allah (perkataan)yang tidak benar dan (karena) kamu selalu menyombongkan diri terhadap ayat-ayat-Nya. (QS Al-An'am 6:93)
(Yaitu) orang-orang yang dimatikan oleh para malaikat dalam keadaan berbuat lalim kepada diri mereka sendiri, lalu mereka menyerah diri(sambil berkata); "Kami sekali-kali tidak mengerjakan sesuatu kejahatan pun". (Malaikat menjawab): "Ada, sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". Maka masukilah pintu-pintu neraka Jahanam, kamu kekal di dalamnya. Maka amat buruklah tempat orang-orang yang menyombongkan diri itu.. (QS, An-Nahl, 16 : 28-29)
Di akhir sakaratul maut, seorang manusia akan diperlihatkan padanya wajah dua Malaikat Pencatat Amal. Kepada orang zhalim, si malaikat akan berkata, "Semoga Allah tidak memberimu balasan yang baik, engkaulah yang membuat kami terpaksa hadir kami ke tengah-tengah perbuatan kejimu, dan membuat kami hadir menyaksikan perbuatan burukmu, memaksa kami mendengar ucapan-ucapan burukmu. Semoga Allah tidak memberimu balasan yang baik ! " Ketika itulah orang yang sekarat itu menatap lesu ke arah kedua malaikat itu.
Ketika sakaratul maut hampir selesai, dimana tenaga mereka telah hilang dan roh mulai merayap keluar dari jasad mereka, maka tibalah saatnya Malaikatul Maut mengabarkan padanya rumahnya kelak di akhirat. Rasulullah SAW pernah bersabda, "Tak seorangpun diantara kalian yang akan meninggalkan dunia ini kecuali telah diberikan tempat kembalinya dan diperlihatkan padanya tempatnya di surga atau di neraka".
Dan inilah ucapan malaikat ketika menunjukkan rumah akhirat seorang zhalim di neraka, "Wahai musuh Allah, itulah rumahmu kelak, bersiaplah engkau merasakan siksa neraka". Naudzu bila min dzalik!
Sakaratul Maut Orang-orang Yang Bertaqwa
Sebaliknya Imam Ghozali mengatakan bahwa orang beriman akan melihat rupa Malaikatul Maut sebagai pemuda tampan, berpakaian indah dan menyebarkan wangi yang sangat harum..
Dan dikatakan kepada orang-orang yang bertakwa: "Apakah yang telah diturunkan oleh Tuhanmu?" Mereka menjawab: "(Allah telah menurunkan) kebaikan".. Orang-orang yang berbuat baik di dunia ini mendapat(pembalasan) yang baik. Dan sesungguhnya kampung akhirat adalah lebih baik dan itulah sebaik-baik tempat bagi orang yang bertakwa, (yaitu) surga Adn yang mereka masuk ke dalamnya, mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai, di dalam surga itu mereka mendapat segala apa yang mereka kehendaki.. Demikianlah Allah memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bertakwa. (yaitu) orang-orang yang diwafatkan dalam keadaan baik oleh para malaikat dengan mengatakan (kepada mereka): "Assalamu alaikum, masuklah kamu ke dalam surga itu disebabkan apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". (QS, An-Nahl, 16 : 30-31-32)
Dan saat terakhir sakaratul mautnya, malaikatpun akan menunjukkan surga yang akan menjadi rumahnya kelak di akhirat, dan berkata padanya, "Bergembiaralah, wahai sahabat Allah, itulah rumahmu kelak,bergembiralah dalam masa-masa menunggumu".
Wallahu a'lam bish-shawab.
Datangnya Kematian Menurut Al Qur'an :
1. Kematian bersifat memaksa dan siap menghampiri manusia walaupun kita berusaha menghindarkan resiko-resiko kematian. Katakanlah: "Sekiranya kamu berada di rumahmu, niscaya orang-orang yang telah ditakdirkan akan mati terbunuh itu ke luar (juga) ke tempat mereka terbunuh". Dan Allah (berbuat demikian) untuk menguji apa yang ada dalam dadamu dan untuk membersihkan apa yang ada dalam hatimu. Allah Maha Mengetahui isi hati. (QS Ali Imran, 3:154)
2. Kematian akan mengejar siapapun meskipun ia berlindung di balik benteng yang kokoh atau berlindung di balik teknologi kedokteran yang canggih serta ratusan dokter terbaik yang ada di muka bumi ini. Di mana saja kamu berada, kematian akan mendapatkan kamu, kendati pun kamu di dalam benteng yang tinggi lagi kokoh, dan jika mereka memperoleh kebaikan, mereka mengatakan: "Ini adalah dari sisi Allah",dan kalau mereka ditimpa sesuatu bencana mereka mengatakan: "Ini(datangnya) dari sisi kamu (Muhammad)". Katakanlah: "Semuanya (datang) dari sisi Allah". Maka mengapa orang-orang itu (orang munafik) hampir-hampir tidak memahami pembicaraan sedikit pun? (QS An-Nisa 4:78)
3. Kematian akan mengejar siapapun walaupun ia lari menghindar.
Katakanlah: "Sesungguhnya kematian yang kamu lari daripadanya, maka sesungguhnya kematian itu akan menemui kamu, kemudian kamu akan dikembalikan kepada (Allah), yang mengetahui yang gaib dan yang nyata, lalu Dia beritakan kepadamu apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". (QS al-Jumu'ah, 62:8)
4. Kematian datang secara tiba-tiba.
Sesungguhnya Allah, hanya pada sisi-Nya sajalah pengetahuan tentang Hari Kiamat; dan Dia-lah Yang menurunkan hujan, dan mengetahui apa yang ada dalam rahim. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui(dengan pasti) apa yang akan diusahakannya besok. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui di bumi mana dia akan mati. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal. (QS, Luqman 31:34)
5. Kematian telah ditentukan waktunya, tidak dapat ditunda atau dipercepat
Dan Allah sekali-kali tidak akan menangguhkan (kematian) seseorang apabila datang waktu kematiannya. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang kamu kerjakan. (QS, Al-Munafiqun, 63:11)
Dahsyatnya Rasa Sakit Saat Sakaratul Maut
Sabda Rasulullah SAW : "Sakaratul maut itu sakitnya sama dengan tusukan tiga ratus pedang" (HR Tirmidzi)
Sabda Rasulullah SAW : "Kematian yang paling ringan ibarat sebatang pohon penuh duri yang menancap di selembar kain sutera. Apakah batang pohon duri itu dapat diambil tanpa membawa serta bagian kain sutera yang tersobek ?" (HR Bukhari)
Atsar (pendapat) para sahabat Rasulullah SAW . Ka'b al-Ahbar berpendapat : "Sakaratul maut ibarat sebatang pohon berduri yang dimasukkan kedalam perut seseorang. Lalu, seorang lelaki menariknya dengan sekuat-kuatnya sehingga ranting itupun membawa semua bagian tubuh yang menyangkut padanya dan meninggalkan yang tersisa".
Imam Ghozali berpendapat : "Rasa sakit yang dirasakan selama sakaratul maut menghujam jiwa dan menyebar ke seluruh anggota tubuh sehingga bagian orang yang sedang sekarat merasakan dirinya ditarik-tarik dan dicerabut dari setiap urat nadi, urat syaraf, persendian,dari setiap akar rambut dan kulit kepala hingga kaki".
Imam Ghozali juga mengutip suatu riwayat ketika sekelompok Bani Israil yang sedang melewati sebuah pekuburan berdoa pada Allah SWT agar Ia menghidupkan satu mayat dari pekuburan itu sehingga mereka bisa mengetahui gambaran sakaratul maut. Dengan izin Allah melalui suatu cara tiba-tiba mereka dihadapkan pada seorang pria yang muncul dari salah satu kuburan. "Wahai manusia !", kata pria tersebut. "Apa yang kalian kehendaki dariku? Limapuluh tahun yang lalu aku mengalami kematian, namun hingga kini rasa perih bekas sakaratul maut itu belum juga hilang dariku."
Proses sakaratul maut bisa memakan waktu yang berbeda untuk setiap orang, dan tidak dapat dihitung dalam ukuran detik seperti hitungan waktu dunia ketika kita menyaksikan detik-detik terakhir kematian seseorang. Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, bapak modernisasi (sekularisasi) Turki, yang mengganti Turki dari negara bersyariat Islam menjadi negara sekular, dikabarkan mengalami proses sakaratul maut selama 6 bulan (walau tampak dunianya hanya beberapa detik), seperti dilaporkan oleh salah satu keturunannya melalui sebuah mimpi.
Rasa sakit sakaratul maut dialami setiap manusia, dengan berbagai macam tingkat rasa sakit, ini tidak terkait dengan tingkat keimanan atau kezhaliman seseorang selama ia hidup. Sebuah riwayat bahkan mengatakan bahwa rasa sakit sakaratul maut merupakan suatu proses pengurangan kadar siksaan akhirat kita kelak. Demikianlah rencana Allah. Wallahu a'lam bis shawab.
Sakaratul Maut Orang-orang Zhalim
Imam Ghozali mengutip sebuah riwayat yang menceritakan tentang keinginan Ibrahim as untuk melihat wajah Malaikatul Maut ketika mencabut nyawa orang zhalim.. Allah SWT pun memperlihatkan gambaran perupaan Malaikatul Maut sebagai seorang pria besar berkulit legam, rambut berdiri, berbau busuk, memiliki dua mata, satu didepan satu dibelakang, mengenakan pakaian serba hitam, sangat menakutkan, dari mulutnya keluar jilatan api, ketika melihatnya Ibrahim as pun pingsan tak sadarkan diri. Setelah sadar Ibrahim as pun berkata bahwa dengan memandang wajah Malaikatul Maut rasanya sudah cukup bagi seorang pelaku kejahatan untuk menerima ganjaran hukuman kejahatannya, padahal hukuman akhirat Allah jauh lebih dahsyat dari itu.
Kisah ini menggambarkan bahwa melihat wajah Malakatul Maut saja sudah menakutkan apalagi ketika sang Malaikat mulai menyentuh tubuh kita, menarik paksa roh dari tubuh kita, kemudian mulai menghentak-hentak tubuh kita agar roh (yang masih cinta dunia dan enggan meninggalkan dunia) lepas dari tubuh kita ibarat melepas akar serabut-serabut baja yang tertanam sangat dalam di tanah yang terbuat dari timah keras.
Itulah wajah Malaikatul Maut yang akan mendatangi kita kelak dan memisahkan roh dari tubuh kita. Itulah wajah yang seandainya kita melihatnya dalam mimpi sekalipun maka kita tidak akan pernah lagi bisa tertawa dan merasakan kegembiraan sepanjang sisa hidup kita.
Alangkah dahsyatnya sekiranya kamu melihat di waktu orang-orang yang zalim (berada) dalam tekanan-tekanan sakratulmaut, sedang para malaikat memukul dengan tangannya, (sambil berkata): "Keluarkanlah nyawamu". Di hari ini kamu dibalas dengan siksaan yang sangat menghinakan, karena kamu selalu mengatakan terhadap Allah (perkataan)yang tidak benar dan (karena) kamu selalu menyombongkan diri terhadap ayat-ayat-Nya. (QS Al-An'am 6:93)
(Yaitu) orang-orang yang dimatikan oleh para malaikat dalam keadaan berbuat lalim kepada diri mereka sendiri, lalu mereka menyerah diri(sambil berkata); "Kami sekali-kali tidak mengerjakan sesuatu kejahatan pun". (Malaikat menjawab): "Ada, sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". Maka masukilah pintu-pintu neraka Jahanam, kamu kekal di dalamnya. Maka amat buruklah tempat orang-orang yang menyombongkan diri itu.. (QS, An-Nahl, 16 : 28-29)
Di akhir sakaratul maut, seorang manusia akan diperlihatkan padanya wajah dua Malaikat Pencatat Amal. Kepada orang zhalim, si malaikat akan berkata, "Semoga Allah tidak memberimu balasan yang baik, engkaulah yang membuat kami terpaksa hadir kami ke tengah-tengah perbuatan kejimu, dan membuat kami hadir menyaksikan perbuatan burukmu, memaksa kami mendengar ucapan-ucapan burukmu. Semoga Allah tidak memberimu balasan yang baik ! " Ketika itulah orang yang sekarat itu menatap lesu ke arah kedua malaikat itu.
Ketika sakaratul maut hampir selesai, dimana tenaga mereka telah hilang dan roh mulai merayap keluar dari jasad mereka, maka tibalah saatnya Malaikatul Maut mengabarkan padanya rumahnya kelak di akhirat. Rasulullah SAW pernah bersabda, "Tak seorangpun diantara kalian yang akan meninggalkan dunia ini kecuali telah diberikan tempat kembalinya dan diperlihatkan padanya tempatnya di surga atau di neraka".
Dan inilah ucapan malaikat ketika menunjukkan rumah akhirat seorang zhalim di neraka, "Wahai musuh Allah, itulah rumahmu kelak, bersiaplah engkau merasakan siksa neraka". Naudzu bila min dzalik!
Sakaratul Maut Orang-orang Yang Bertaqwa
Sebaliknya Imam Ghozali mengatakan bahwa orang beriman akan melihat rupa Malaikatul Maut sebagai pemuda tampan, berpakaian indah dan menyebarkan wangi yang sangat harum..
Dan dikatakan kepada orang-orang yang bertakwa: "Apakah yang telah diturunkan oleh Tuhanmu?" Mereka menjawab: "(Allah telah menurunkan) kebaikan".. Orang-orang yang berbuat baik di dunia ini mendapat(pembalasan) yang baik. Dan sesungguhnya kampung akhirat adalah lebih baik dan itulah sebaik-baik tempat bagi orang yang bertakwa, (yaitu) surga Adn yang mereka masuk ke dalamnya, mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai, di dalam surga itu mereka mendapat segala apa yang mereka kehendaki.. Demikianlah Allah memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bertakwa. (yaitu) orang-orang yang diwafatkan dalam keadaan baik oleh para malaikat dengan mengatakan (kepada mereka): "Assalamu alaikum, masuklah kamu ke dalam surga itu disebabkan apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". (QS, An-Nahl, 16 : 30-31-32)
Dan saat terakhir sakaratul mautnya, malaikatpun akan menunjukkan surga yang akan menjadi rumahnya kelak di akhirat, dan berkata padanya, "Bergembiaralah, wahai sahabat Allah, itulah rumahmu kelak,bergembiralah dalam masa-masa menunggumu".
Wallahu a'lam bish-shawab.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Jamuan Aidilfitri SD
Seawal pagi penyediaan 30 batang lemang yang diketuai geng2 Pro-Lemang SD, dalam masa yang sama ada sesuatu yang istimewa juga disediakan, Pulut Periuk Kera dimana pulut yang direndam bersama santan dibungkus menggunakan Periuk Kera. Menurut sumber Periuk Kera ini banyak terdapat di dalam hutan dan merupakan salah satu makanan istimewa orang asli.
Monday, October 12, 2009
info: Sotong Kering
GEORGE TOWN - Ramai mengetahui keenakan sotong kering ditambah lagi jika dimasak sebagai sambal.
Namun Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) mendedahkan, tidak mungkin ramai pengguna sedar bahawa sotong kering kaya dengan logam toksik jenis kadmium, bahan yang sama digunakan dalam membuat bateri, plastik dan baja fosfat.
"Kesan pengambilan kadmium mendedahkan seseorang terhadap kanser payu dara, kanser prostat serta penyakit buah pinggang,'' kata Presidennya, S. M. Mohamed Idris pada sidang media di pejabatnya di sini semalam.
Menurutnya, selain sotong kering, makanan laut kering lain seperti tiram, ikan bilis dan udang juga mengandungi kadmium tetapi pada kadar yang lebih rendah.
"Hasil ujian yang dilakukan mendapati kandungan kadmium dalam sotong kering melebihi empat kali ganda had yang dibenarkan,' ' ujarnya.
CAP membuktikan perkara itu melalui ujian rawak melibatkan enam sampel sotong kering dan hasilnya mendapati lima sampel mengandungi kadmium serta tiga daripadanya mempunyai kandungan logam itu secara berlebihan.
Namun Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) mendedahkan, tidak mungkin ramai pengguna sedar bahawa sotong kering kaya dengan logam toksik jenis kadmium, bahan yang sama digunakan dalam membuat bateri, plastik dan baja fosfat.
"Kesan pengambilan kadmium mendedahkan seseorang terhadap kanser payu dara, kanser prostat serta penyakit buah pinggang,'' kata Presidennya, S. M. Mohamed Idris pada sidang media di pejabatnya di sini semalam.
Menurutnya, selain sotong kering, makanan laut kering lain seperti tiram, ikan bilis dan udang juga mengandungi kadmium tetapi pada kadar yang lebih rendah.
"Hasil ujian yang dilakukan mendapati kandungan kadmium dalam sotong kering melebihi empat kali ganda had yang dibenarkan,' ' ujarnya.
CAP membuktikan perkara itu melalui ujian rawak melibatkan enam sampel sotong kering dan hasilnya mendapati lima sampel mengandungi kadmium serta tiga daripadanya mempunyai kandungan logam itu secara berlebihan.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
ENGINEER VS CLIENT
from http://www.civilstructural.com.my/082007/DilemmaCivilStructuralEngineer.aspx
Our country is toward to developing country. In order to develop our country, we need a number of engineers to contribute to their efforts. Civil and structural engineers are one of the main contributions. Somehow, throughout their contributions, it has generated certain unhealthy scenarios to civil and structural engineers. Fresh graduate engineers may not observe these scenarios; but senior engineers who have gone to hard time on their services to country feel the scenarios.If you have change of talking with them, most of them will discourage you from persuading civil engineering study. Even some of them may not encourage their children to take over their business. Below are some cases that are happening in our country.
* More responsibilities
.
Throughout 12 years of engineer life, the responsibilities of engineers are getting more and more. As for example, with the introduction of MSMAM (Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia), there is increase in scope of work in storm water. And current introduction of Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC), it also increase the scope of work for civil and structural engineer. With such new implementation, civil and structural engineer has more responsibilities and works in engineering field. They may based on previous professional fees or even less to serve private section. No doubt, government has recommended that engineers can increase their professional fees accordingly. As a result, civil and structural engineers have to spend more time in performing a common task as what had been done previously. Engineer has unlimited timeframe of professional liabilities on his service.
* Clients are getting more demanding.
Remember 10 years ago. If an engineer has ready one of his design; and he has issue drawings to client, there will not has any comments from client regarding to the drawings. Client will proceed with construction work. What mean that are the comments on “over design” issue. Now days, if similar case happened, engineer may be faced problem on the complaining about “over design”. Client may come back with a number of comments stated that the design are costly, client wants engineer to review his design to cut cost. If engineer is refused to change, he may face problem of losing current or coming business from current client. As an engineer, he has to always be prepared to answer these kinds of queries. This scenario wasn’t happened in early time and now is getting common. Client may take this engineer’s design to other engineer for comment. No doubt, it is against professional practice. It is really happening in our country. Furthermore, client is think that the engineer just only rendering his service to him only. The engineer has to always standby to serve this client. Most of clients are free all the time, they mainly handling on one or two projects. Somehow, the situation is difference for engineer. Most civil and structural engineers are handling multiple projects in their daily working environmental. Except those are working on large consultancy firm, the situation may slightly difference. When client think of something, he will call engineer to meet up with him. Engineer has to perform his duty of rendering his service by meeting up him. Sometime, the issue discussed is a minor issue and engineer has to spend his time for half a day of discussion. Even engineer has to joint client for lunch or dinner. This may even “waste” more time to this client. If engineer has few clients like this, then most of his time is on dealing with client and he may not has enough time on performing his engineering practice. How to engineer to perform his professional practice on this scenario? It is a very challenging work. If engineer not serving these clients, clients may think that this engineer service is worst. Finally, clients will look up for another engineer. Normally there will not have any appreciation or acknowledgement from client. Client will not say that you are good and thank you for your service.
* Unsecure of projects.
Most of engineer has to provide “FREE” service on a new or “virtual” project. It has become a common practice in our country. Whenever a client has an ideal on a project, he will look for engineer for advice. The engineer may help client to propose some initial proposal, engineer may use his own transport to have site visits. He may go to authorities to gain necessary information for client. These kinds of service are free because most of client will not pay any cents to engineer. Even though client has agreed to award this project to engineer, the letter of award will not get on time of awarding. Letter of award will be given during project is under construction. Sometime, even project has been completed, the award still not received yet. This situation may make engineer unsecure on his professional fees. Certain time, a project has been followed by engineer for few years; but it ended up the project was awarded to another engineer.
* Unstable on professional fees
Since our country is open market, and professional services are getting competitive and business opportunity is getting lesser. In order to secure a project, engineer will lower down his professional fees. It is going toward pure business. Some time it will go to stage of surviving. When in stage of surviving, do you think engineer still can uphold his professional practice? Event though, engineer has secured on project, he still has problem on the fees collection. Certain client will say that client will start payment when project is start selling. Some may say that if client obtain collection, client will start pay engineer fees. Where should engineer to get money to cover his overhead before first collection. It is a difficult task for engineer to overcome this matter. It can consider as a common practice. Assume client successfully has sales; there will be another problem on engineer about the amount of fees collection. It common that engineer will not get full amount of his fees proposal. He may only get less than 100%, sometime 50% or less. It wills more problems in contra basic; he may end up with a unit of properties which will not be saleable. Even some unreputable developer will pay engineer in term of food vouchers. It will end up with nothing for engineer. What engineer will gain after a long period of professional service? Engineer has to humble whenever he requesting on payment. There also has pro and cons on getting small and large scale of project. For small project, engineer will able to collect fees faster but is a waste of servicing; because he has to do one unit and gain one unit fees. Where else, large project he will able to earn better income; because he can gain income based on multiple units with same effort on one unit work. However, he may face problem on maintain office overhead when fees is not able to collect.
* Not follow professional practice.
Certain engineer may face problem on unethical properties developers or contractors who do not want to follow engineer advice. They keep on cut corner of material and construct property based on their own knowledge. End up with a number of defects. Engineer may not aware of construction work because engineer himself is handling a number of projects. Or when engineer adware, the work has been constructed. When issue is published, engineer has to stand forward to answer to public. He becomes a victim. Certain case of engineer is advised on something for not doing so, developer or contractor does not follow. When problem happened, they will come toward engineer and seek for engineer help. Engineer has become a problem solver.
* Many deadlines to meet.
Engineer is always facing on deadlines. Client wills always asking when a project can be ready. If there is amendment, client may expect the revision will be ready by tomorrow. Client is not known that an amendment to engineering work is so tedious and time consuming. Engineer is always handling many projects. Whenever engineer gives a due date, it always that client will ask for shorter time frame. Works priority is always changing even in every hour. Therefore, the work team for the engineer must always alert about the change. If deadlines of client cannot meet, slow and sooner engineer may lose current client. In this competitive market, client can anytime get replacement.
* Difficult to get experience workers
Experience engineers and draft persons are difficult to obtain. Either these engineers become a boss of consulting firm or they have gone to other country to work because of higher wages. Even though engineer has successfully recruited experience workers. He may face problem on retaining good workers. These good workers can easily move to another firm because they in high demand. Especially they have certain special scale such as can operate engineering software. Somehow, our country is full of fresh graduate engineers. If engineer is engaging them, engineer will face problem in servicing demanding client. Fresh graduate engineers are not in position of ‘Fight’. They are in ‘Traning’ position. Due to lacking of experience worker, a lot of work must handle personally by engineer himself. Come to end, the engineer will be very busy all the time.
* Long working hours.
Due to difficult to obtain trained staff and more guild lines introduce by government. Engineer is busy all the time. In day time, he has to entertain clients, authorities, other professionals such as architects, M&E engineers, surveyors, quantities surveyors. He only has time to work in the nighttime. For one-person firm, the engineer has to work long hours. Even he has to sacrifice Sunday where he can stay with his family.
* Lots of pressure
Due to above listed issues, as an engineer, he is always with many pressures. In order to survive in engineering business, he has to always be strong, passion, pride, proactiveness, proficiency, independent and positivity. Engineer has become a kind of supernature person. He has to always know how to balance with income and expenditure. Externally he has to face how to retain existing business or explorer new business. Internally he has to face how to manage office operation.
Our country is toward to developing country. In order to develop our country, we need a number of engineers to contribute to their efforts. Civil and structural engineers are one of the main contributions. Somehow, throughout their contributions, it has generated certain unhealthy scenarios to civil and structural engineers. Fresh graduate engineers may not observe these scenarios; but senior engineers who have gone to hard time on their services to country feel the scenarios.If you have change of talking with them, most of them will discourage you from persuading civil engineering study. Even some of them may not encourage their children to take over their business. Below are some cases that are happening in our country.
* More responsibilities
.
Throughout 12 years of engineer life, the responsibilities of engineers are getting more and more. As for example, with the introduction of MSMAM (Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia), there is increase in scope of work in storm water. And current introduction of Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC), it also increase the scope of work for civil and structural engineer. With such new implementation, civil and structural engineer has more responsibilities and works in engineering field. They may based on previous professional fees or even less to serve private section. No doubt, government has recommended that engineers can increase their professional fees accordingly. As a result, civil and structural engineers have to spend more time in performing a common task as what had been done previously. Engineer has unlimited timeframe of professional liabilities on his service.
* Clients are getting more demanding.
Remember 10 years ago. If an engineer has ready one of his design; and he has issue drawings to client, there will not has any comments from client regarding to the drawings. Client will proceed with construction work. What mean that are the comments on “over design” issue. Now days, if similar case happened, engineer may be faced problem on the complaining about “over design”. Client may come back with a number of comments stated that the design are costly, client wants engineer to review his design to cut cost. If engineer is refused to change, he may face problem of losing current or coming business from current client. As an engineer, he has to always be prepared to answer these kinds of queries. This scenario wasn’t happened in early time and now is getting common. Client may take this engineer’s design to other engineer for comment. No doubt, it is against professional practice. It is really happening in our country. Furthermore, client is think that the engineer just only rendering his service to him only. The engineer has to always standby to serve this client. Most of clients are free all the time, they mainly handling on one or two projects. Somehow, the situation is difference for engineer. Most civil and structural engineers are handling multiple projects in their daily working environmental. Except those are working on large consultancy firm, the situation may slightly difference. When client think of something, he will call engineer to meet up with him. Engineer has to perform his duty of rendering his service by meeting up him. Sometime, the issue discussed is a minor issue and engineer has to spend his time for half a day of discussion. Even engineer has to joint client for lunch or dinner. This may even “waste” more time to this client. If engineer has few clients like this, then most of his time is on dealing with client and he may not has enough time on performing his engineering practice. How to engineer to perform his professional practice on this scenario? It is a very challenging work. If engineer not serving these clients, clients may think that this engineer service is worst. Finally, clients will look up for another engineer. Normally there will not have any appreciation or acknowledgement from client. Client will not say that you are good and thank you for your service.
* Unsecure of projects.
Most of engineer has to provide “FREE” service on a new or “virtual” project. It has become a common practice in our country. Whenever a client has an ideal on a project, he will look for engineer for advice. The engineer may help client to propose some initial proposal, engineer may use his own transport to have site visits. He may go to authorities to gain necessary information for client. These kinds of service are free because most of client will not pay any cents to engineer. Even though client has agreed to award this project to engineer, the letter of award will not get on time of awarding. Letter of award will be given during project is under construction. Sometime, even project has been completed, the award still not received yet. This situation may make engineer unsecure on his professional fees. Certain time, a project has been followed by engineer for few years; but it ended up the project was awarded to another engineer.
* Unstable on professional fees
Since our country is open market, and professional services are getting competitive and business opportunity is getting lesser. In order to secure a project, engineer will lower down his professional fees. It is going toward pure business. Some time it will go to stage of surviving. When in stage of surviving, do you think engineer still can uphold his professional practice? Event though, engineer has secured on project, he still has problem on the fees collection. Certain client will say that client will start payment when project is start selling. Some may say that if client obtain collection, client will start pay engineer fees. Where should engineer to get money to cover his overhead before first collection. It is a difficult task for engineer to overcome this matter. It can consider as a common practice. Assume client successfully has sales; there will be another problem on engineer about the amount of fees collection. It common that engineer will not get full amount of his fees proposal. He may only get less than 100%, sometime 50% or less. It wills more problems in contra basic; he may end up with a unit of properties which will not be saleable. Even some unreputable developer will pay engineer in term of food vouchers. It will end up with nothing for engineer. What engineer will gain after a long period of professional service? Engineer has to humble whenever he requesting on payment. There also has pro and cons on getting small and large scale of project. For small project, engineer will able to collect fees faster but is a waste of servicing; because he has to do one unit and gain one unit fees. Where else, large project he will able to earn better income; because he can gain income based on multiple units with same effort on one unit work. However, he may face problem on maintain office overhead when fees is not able to collect.
* Not follow professional practice.
Certain engineer may face problem on unethical properties developers or contractors who do not want to follow engineer advice. They keep on cut corner of material and construct property based on their own knowledge. End up with a number of defects. Engineer may not aware of construction work because engineer himself is handling a number of projects. Or when engineer adware, the work has been constructed. When issue is published, engineer has to stand forward to answer to public. He becomes a victim. Certain case of engineer is advised on something for not doing so, developer or contractor does not follow. When problem happened, they will come toward engineer and seek for engineer help. Engineer has become a problem solver.
* Many deadlines to meet.
Engineer is always facing on deadlines. Client wills always asking when a project can be ready. If there is amendment, client may expect the revision will be ready by tomorrow. Client is not known that an amendment to engineering work is so tedious and time consuming. Engineer is always handling many projects. Whenever engineer gives a due date, it always that client will ask for shorter time frame. Works priority is always changing even in every hour. Therefore, the work team for the engineer must always alert about the change. If deadlines of client cannot meet, slow and sooner engineer may lose current client. In this competitive market, client can anytime get replacement.
* Difficult to get experience workers
Experience engineers and draft persons are difficult to obtain. Either these engineers become a boss of consulting firm or they have gone to other country to work because of higher wages. Even though engineer has successfully recruited experience workers. He may face problem on retaining good workers. These good workers can easily move to another firm because they in high demand. Especially they have certain special scale such as can operate engineering software. Somehow, our country is full of fresh graduate engineers. If engineer is engaging them, engineer will face problem in servicing demanding client. Fresh graduate engineers are not in position of ‘Fight’. They are in ‘Traning’ position. Due to lacking of experience worker, a lot of work must handle personally by engineer himself. Come to end, the engineer will be very busy all the time.
* Long working hours.
Due to difficult to obtain trained staff and more guild lines introduce by government. Engineer is busy all the time. In day time, he has to entertain clients, authorities, other professionals such as architects, M&E engineers, surveyors, quantities surveyors. He only has time to work in the nighttime. For one-person firm, the engineer has to work long hours. Even he has to sacrifice Sunday where he can stay with his family.
* Lots of pressure
Due to above listed issues, as an engineer, he is always with many pressures. In order to survive in engineering business, he has to always be strong, passion, pride, proactiveness, proficiency, independent and positivity. Engineer has become a kind of supernature person. He has to always know how to balance with income and expenditure. Externally he has to face how to retain existing business or explorer new business. Internally he has to face how to manage office operation.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Super Sunday
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool: Fabulous Frenchmen Send Chelsea Top Of The Table
Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda scored as Chelsea defeated Liverpool this afternoon at Stamford Bridge.
Sevilla 2-1 Real Madrid: Navas & Renato Score As Hosts Down Merengues
Goals from Jesus Navas and Renato, sandwiched by Pepe's header, gave Sevilla a home win against Real Madrid, who have been inflicted their first loss of the season.
Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda scored as Chelsea defeated Liverpool this afternoon at Stamford Bridge.
Sevilla 2-1 Real Madrid: Navas & Renato Score As Hosts Down Merengues
Goals from Jesus Navas and Renato, sandwiched by Pepe's header, gave Sevilla a home win against Real Madrid, who have been inflicted their first loss of the season.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
bagan pinang dan penang
Pemandangan melalui balkoni hotel ternyata menarik dan menenangkan suasana. Diketika ini nun jauh di Negeri Sembilan, bermulanya perang saraf kempen pilihanraya kecil bagan pinang. Calonnya sudah diketahui dan dijangka. Sesekali berada dinegeri orang ternyata membuka sedikit minda. Tadi sedang makan malam direstoran Subaidah kelihatan seorang buta berbangsa cina dipimpin masuk oleh seorang berbangsa india. Rasanya pemandangan yang jarang2 dilihat dan berlaku di Kuala Lumpur.
Ada sesuatu yang mengusik jiwa dan mengganggu sedikit ketenangan disebalik alunan ombak dan desiran angin laut yang tidak henti2 membangkitkan suasana yang aman dan tenteram.
Bagaikan perang saraf dan pilhanraya kecil disana juga berlaku memberontak dalam jiwa. Semoga sahabat2 sekalian memaafkan hamba Allah ini yang mengguris perasaan kalian. Yang pastinya sesuatu yang indah bukan hanya cantik dipandang tetapi lahir drpd keikhlasan hati. Aku tahu kalian memang sahabat yang boleh disandarkan.
Ada sesuatu yang mengusik jiwa dan mengganggu sedikit ketenangan disebalik alunan ombak dan desiran angin laut yang tidak henti2 membangkitkan suasana yang aman dan tenteram.
Bagaikan perang saraf dan pilhanraya kecil disana juga berlaku memberontak dalam jiwa. Semoga sahabat2 sekalian memaafkan hamba Allah ini yang mengguris perasaan kalian. Yang pastinya sesuatu yang indah bukan hanya cantik dipandang tetapi lahir drpd keikhlasan hati. Aku tahu kalian memang sahabat yang boleh disandarkan.
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