When i go for travelling, i sometimes always look for an opportunity to board the high speed train that are available here in Europe. It is known to the mass that only a few company around europe provide this high speed train service such as the ICE by German DB Bahn, TGV in Paris and Thalys by the Dutch. I always look for these trains because i know that they are able to take me to the destination in a short time. Alhamdulillah, i'd been give chances to try all these three. ^-^ (any other high speed train here in Europe guys?)

Once in a while, when i know that all these option sometime unavailable, i have to move on and look for the 'normal' train. The one that isn't too bad for long haul journey. As long as the train can take me there, i'll be thankful enough. It may take twice or sometimes trice the amount of time that i need with those high speed train, but in the end, it doesn't really matter because what is more important is the destination that i was looking for. The journey with normal train may also not be as pleasant as the high speed train because it has to stop at more station, more people in it, no power point on the train (some) etc. but the fact that there are train to ride and bring me there sometimes worth more than having to wait for another hour or two for the high speed train. Not to mention, they are sometimes better in other aspect but the time that they need to take you there. If you dont wish to wait and ride any of the train available, get the Europass. It'll guarantee you the best experience ever. The downside, it is very costly!

A bit of patient can get you anywhere across the Europe and most importantly,to your dream destination. You can even enjoy beautiful scenery much longer than taking the high speed train and met new people along the long journey. The best example is in Norway. There is this one train that will take you to Bergen from Oslo and it will take like 12 hours for a one way journey. They purposely did this in order to let the passengers enjoy the trip along the breathtaking snowy mountain, beautiful clean rivers, fjord and the amazing natural landscape in between eventhough they can actually put some high speed train that can take you in just 3 short hours. ^____^

One thing to remember, once you commit to buy the ticket, bear in mind that usually they won't pay you back unless you have a strong argument. Think before you act. Be wise when making decision and enjoy the trip.

With that, have a pleasant and safe journey. I pray that everything is safe for those planning for their holiday this coming winter. :)

p/s: Rindu travel tapi dah tak banyak cuti. :(

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Pengasihani.

Harini,

Hari cuti 'Bank Holiday' di Ireland ni. Satu hari saja.

Ini adalah cuti pertama dah terakhir sebelum cuti panjang (Hari Natal) di semester ini. Walaupun jadualnya nampak penuh, tapi kelasnya tidaklah begitu padat. Banyak kosong di awal-awal semester ini. Secara peribadi rasanya kelas akan begitu padat di hujung-hujung semester. Seperti tahun-tahun sebelum ini. Kebiasaanya kelas akan mula padat apabila tiba di hujung-hujung semester. Pagi petang, pagi petang setiap hari. Harapnya semester ini lain. Namun berpandukan jumlah kuliah yang masih berbaki, semuanya nampak bagainya angan-angan kosong. Perkara sama bakal berulang lagi rasanya.

Semalam,

Daylight saving ended. Ramai tidak sedar dan ramai juga yang tidak tahu akan kewujudannya. Terumatanya pelajar baru. Malang sekali buat mereka. Ada antaranya sembahyang di luar waktu lantaran masih menyangkakan bahawa waktu solat belum lagi tamat. Sebagai contoh, waktu zohor semalam tamat jam 1439, bukan lagi 1539. Begitu juga dengan subuh yang tamat jam 0705 dan bukan lagi 0805. Paling malang sekali adalah bagi mereka yang sudah berada lama di sini, tapi masih terlepas waktu solat akibat perubahan masa ini. Kenapa tidak solat sahaja di awal waktu? :)

Semalam jugak adalah hari sukan PMCSA (Penang Medical College Student Association) antara RCSI dan UCD.  UCD sebagai tuan rumah menang lagi kali ini. Bagi yang kalah, mungkin tahun depan boleh cuba lagi. Aku dan rakan-rakan bola tampar berjaya memungut pingat emas. Lelaki dan wanita, keduanya dimenangi RCSI. Syabas. Juga buat pasukan bola jaring dan bola sepak serta badminton. Rasanya selagi RCSI belum mempunyai pusat sukan sendiri, UCD akan terus mendominasi hari sukan ini. Sungguh tidak adil! :P

Esok,

Kelas seperti biasa. Alhamdulillah tiada kelas awal pagi. Tapi mungkin aku terpaksa ke kedai barangan sukan terlebih dahulu sebelum ke kelas. Ada tanggungjawab yang belum selesai untuk kelab badminton RCSI.

Kalau tiada aral melintang dan ada pesakit yang meninggal esok, aku dapat observe post mortem. Ini kali ketiga kami dijadualkan. Sebelum ini semuanya dibatalkan akibat tiada mayat untuk dibedah pada sesi tersebut. Kelas pun nampak gayanya habis awal esok. Aku perlu lebih pandai menguruskan masa. Banyak yang belum dibaca. semuanya memanggil-manggil untuk diberi perhatian. Tak mahu lagi aku anak tirikan subjek mikrobiology.  Pengalam lampau terlalu pedih.

Sebentar tadi,
Aku menelefon rumah setelah hampir seminggu lebih tidak bertanyakan khabar. Alhamdulillah semuanya sihat-sihat, Gembira dapat bercakap dengan baba dan mama (serta adikku seorang yang suka buat bising itu). Namun agak kecewa apabila mama seperti tidak menyokong sesuatu. Harapnya aku kelak tidak menjadi anak derhaka. Engkau permudahkanlah urusanku ya Allah. 

Sekarang,

Aku hentikan dahulu catatan untuk beberapa hari ini. Mungkin ada masa, aku tulis lagi. Semoga kalian di luar sana dikurniakan hidayah dan diberikan kekuatan untuk terus menempuh dunia yang penuh cabaran ini.

Wassalam.

Cara Mengelak Maksiat. ^____^

1. Solat 5 waktu di MASJID.

2. Membaca Al-Quran selepas solat 5 kali sehari.

3. Berzikir setiap kali selepas solat.

4. Berpuasa Isnin dan Kamis serta puasa sunat yang lain.

5. 'Busy'kan diri dengan kerja-kerja atau aktiviti riadah.

6. Kurangkan penggunaan komputer sehari.

7. Banyakkan membaca buku-buku agama/pelajaran

Nota diatas adalah hasil tinggalan tampalan di dinding bekas bilik Presiden PPIMI, saudara Afiq Izzudin. Selamat beramal dengan perkara kebaikan...

How are you doing at this moment? i hope you are in the best of health.

I'm writing this to express my greatest regret for not being able to continue walking with you for the time being. It seems impossible now for me to keep the pace and meet you at the crossroad as promised.  There is a big and well built wall halting my journey at the moment.  

Don't worry, I'll keep looking for other way to break through this big wall although all the odds seems to be against me at the moment. However, bear in mind sometimes it can be too long before I can finally walk the path again, or maybe if I were too tired of trying, I may take another route to continue the journey and the later means we may probably never meet at that crossroad as promised. 

Anyhow do not wait for me and keep on walking as I'm sure u'll reach the destination that we once thought we will arrive together. Someone else i'm sure is also walking towards the same direction and both of u might meet one another at any point along the journey. 

I'm deeply sorry as i wasn't able to continue the journey with you and not able to keep my word. Never my intention to hurt you, what else to ruin your peaceful life. I believe i was there for a reason but somehow i only find a dead end for the time being. We shall meet again if i'm able to keep the pace and able to break the wall and also the most important if Allah already planned our meeting there.

Until then, i pray you a safe journey ahead and again, forgive me for everything.

Welcome and good afternoon to everyone,

wish all u guys are in the pink of health.

first of all i would like to apologize for not being able to keep the blog up to date as it is getting busier and busier as the class started.

anyhow, i would like to share stuffs that i learned in Oslo during my trip last month.

Straight to the point, the first one is about.... 

Linda Bournane. Who is she actually? why i wanna mention about her?

I wanna stress that this is not a happy story. It is about a sad tragedy that happened to a girl named Linda whom now i reckon a very good photographer (professional). She was born some 30 years ago as a result of marriage between a Moroccan guy and a beautiful Norwegian women. When she was still a little girl, her parents separated an conflict arises. Her father whose a muslim wanted to raise her as a muslim but somehow her mom whom i reckon is still a christian think otherwise. And the sad story started when she had to be abducted out of Norway back to her father village. Her mom was so sad that her only daughter had been taken away and thus wanted to bring Linda back to Norway. 

I myself didn't really remember clearly if there were any court case brought up in term of the right to keep Linda at that moment. To cut the story short, her mom had failed a few attempt to bring her back to Norway diplomatically and finally decided to abduct her from her grandparent home in Morocco during one hot sunny day as everyone was asleep in the midday. She then had to live in secrecy with her mom. They had to change her address and etc. Sadly, she was brought up as a Christian and i reckon that was the reason why her dad want her to be with him. Finally, a girl whom maybe brought up as a muslim is now a christian. At the age of 28 if im not mistaken, she decided to go back to Morocco and find her dad. She pictured her journey in morocco in one of the exhibition in the noble peace center in Oslo. One of the picture show that she herself wearing a hijab and is wandering what would she look like if she was to be brought up as a muslim. Now things seems to be so far away from her being a muslim, but i pray that one day she will revert to Islam. 

Don't u guys think a similar story happened in Malaysia a few years back? Sound familiar right? luckily they were brought up as a muslim. Bravo to Mr-i forgot your name-from Terengganu. ^____^

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2# The women behind a great man

It is very typical that behind a great man, there will be a women playing her role to boost the man and help him. As known to most people, Rasulullah's wives are the women that play quite an important role behind His success. But here, I would like to share some information that i got during my visit in Oslo regarding Alfred Noble. A great man during his life. Known to be the inventor of dynamite. Most people know that Alfred Noble did not marry any women thus he has no children to pass all his wealth and thus in his last and famous will, he asked the wealth to be given to people that contribute the most to the society in different field. Medicine, Chemistry, Physic, Peace and Literature. Up until now, people around the world still receive his wealth even decades after his death. 

There are a few women behind his success. two prominent figure were his mom and his friend, Bertha Von stunner. If you google the name, you would find that Bertha is not a normal women. She was actually the first women to won the noble peace prize. Apart from that? 

She is actually sort of 'Mr. Noble secret love' according to the lady-tour guide that brought us through the Noble Peace Center. they were never in real love but her short presence as a secretary of Mr. Alfred Noble had left a great impact on him. They met again after that but only for a short period and she already married to someone else. It was said that Mr. Noble love her so much but not wanted her to know, thus deep inside, he suffered. U know what im talking about right? ^__^ It was believed that he didn't marry anyone because of the same thing too. In the end, he ended up being a loner despite the great wealth besides him that even made a King of Sweden at that time also suddenly become greedy and want some of his wealth! 

So, we can learn that apart from being a successful person, a man always wanted someone he wanted to share his life with.  A friend alone isn't enough as human will always be human. The nature of being a human will never be completed unless you find the right one is your life... :) Dont suffer like our great Mr. Alfred Noble okay? :D

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The last one, Malaysia from the noble peace center.

I was stunned and surprised when i read the story about Malaysia at the photograph exhibition in the Noble peace center. It tells the story i never heard of and never imagine would happen in our beloved nation. As known to some of the public, the process of seeking asylum and taking refugee can take a long time to complete. Even in Norway, it may take up to years before it can be completed. The same case happen in malaysia. Nothing out of normal until you observe closely, you'll notice a story about people missing during the resending home process (penghantaran balik). Most of the asylum seeker and the refugee in Malaysia come from Myanmar. Some are Muslim and some are Christian. They fled their country because of the military occupancy which is somehow cruel and threatening their life. So according to the Geneva convention, Malaysia is obliged to protect them and give them shelter. Our authority is very kind hearted and they follow this. One thing that i didn't expect to know is that some of them make an extra money out of their works. SO clever la. :p

They sell some of this refugee to third party for money and it is believed that those who ware not able to be sold will be killed and thrown out into the open sea. The photographer-cum-informer also claim that the issue was never brought up and kept between the officials due to certain reasons. 

I myself was not so sure about this story but since it was there in the prestigious noble peace center, i think it is worth to be investigated and we should clear our name if it was a total lie. the exhibition had been attended by people from all over the world and it will give a bad impression to our country. Malaysia which is known for the prosperity and 'transparency' is now known to be a no longer safe place to find shelter for the needy. Sadly, some of them are even our brother and sister of faith and they also had to endure this (if it is true). The Rohingya. May this story is a brutal lie and Malaysia's name will remain 'clean'.

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So, thats all about the thing that i manage to pick up during my visit to Noble Peace Center in Oslo. For those who want to know more, dont forget to visit the center if you were in Norway. 55Nkr isn't much compared to infos that increase your general knowledge and broaden your view about the war and struggle around the world and how peace sometimes had been achieved.

Now is the time to go back to business. Bye...

ps: Next week, the noble laureate from various category will be announced and the noble peace laureate will be announced on 9th of october. They each will receive 1 million + if i'm not mistaken. o.O

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