0 Update blog dan update facebook. Yang mana lebih penting?

 Makan masa dalam berminggu juga, barulah saya berkesudian untuk update blog ni. Mungkin sangat bersawang dah 'blog' nie, kesian dia... (Jika ada labah-labah, mungkin sudah nampak sawangnya). Kesudian saya membaca dan meneliti tulisan bloggers yang lain lebih sekarang, berbanding menulis di blog sendiri.

Ini kerana, banyak blog dan penulis blog yang berkredibiliti dan lebih layak untuk mencoret barang sepatah-dua-kata buat tatapan pembaca yang budiman sekalian. ngee~

Saya? Segan pula saya nak turut-serta mencoret dengan pengalaman hidup dan pengetahuan yang masih cetek nie.. Sebenarnya, kriteria yang biasa ada pada seorang blogger kan, extrovert (a personality that usually gregarious and unreserved person)

Tambahan pula, saya tengah menyusun balik apa jua bahan yang ada dalam simpanan untuk penulisan tesis. Timbul persoalan untuk mencari apakah ciri-ciri penulis yang baik? Samada penulis blog, tesis, mahupun penulis buku?

Mula-mula, kita kena faham, Apakah itu penulisan.

Penulisan ialah satu proses yang melibatkan penyusunan dan pembentangan idea-idea oleh penulis tentang sesuatu isu untuk dipersembahkan kepada pembaca. Setiap idea yang disampaikan itu hendaklah jelas maksudnya, iaitu berkemampuan menyalurkan idea kepada pembaca, menerusi penggunaan bahasa yang tepat dan berkeupayaan menggunakan teknik penulisan yang sesuai.

Ciri-ciri Penulisan yang Berkesan

1. Isu yang dikupas merupakan isu besar pada waktu tersebut.

2. Dapat menyentuh jiwa, pemikiran dan perasaan pembaca seterusnya membuka minda mereka.

3. Menyentuh falsafah/nilai moral kehidupan dan mencabar hukum/peraturan yang sedia ada.

4. Ada unsur hiburan dan pengajaran/pendidikan yang berkesan.

5. Dapat menyelesaikan masalah atau menjadi ikutan ramai/masyarakat dan rujukan kepada cendekiawan.

6. Bersifat 'avant-garde' (baru dan progresif).

Ciri-Ciri Penulisan yang Mudah Dibaca

Berikut adalah ciri-ciri penulisan yang baik sebagai panduan penulis dan editor:

1. Panjang ayat antara 12 hingga 16 perkataan.

2. Banyak menggunakan ayat aktif.

3. Ayat yang mematuhi tertib waktu.

4. Kurangkan imbuhan pe-an, ke-an, sebaliknya gunakan imbuhan me- dan ber-.

5. Indeks kabusnya rendah.

6. Tidak menggunakan nota kaki.

7. Pinjam perkataan daripada bahasa asing.

Sumber: 

1. Akademi Latihan Penerbitan PTS

2. Blog Cikgu Taufiq

p/s: Sudah jelas dengan keterangan di atas? Cukup dahulu untuk penulisan ringkas dalam 10-15 minit yang saya mampu nie ... Doakan tesis saya juga yea..~ ^_^

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0 Handset canggih wooooo~

1 .. Nokia 888 Communicator
Nokia definitely has the most interesting concept phones. Nokia 888 Communicator is a striking futuristic concept phone. The phone, which uses liquid batteries, speech recognition, flexible touchscreen and touch-sensitive body cover,is designed by Tamer Nakisci and won the Nokia Design Award.




 2 .. Nokia Aeon
Nokia Aeon was presented by Nokia on their Website in the Research & Development section. What is so great about this phone is that it looks like it will actually go into production next February. Of course, its just a rumor, but still, makes us hope to actually see it someday in the GSM shop. All we know about it for now is that its a touchscreen phone and it looks fantastic.

 

 3 .. Sky "Sleak n Slim"
"Sleek & Slim" from SKY is another concept based on touchscreen technology. The phone has a discretely glowing touchpad, hideaway keys and generally utterly-fashionable minimalist design.
 

4 .. Benq-Siemes "Snaked" 
Benq designers thought of women too and presented Snaked. This is a "reptile" looking phone, creepy somehow, but still is very cool. The Snaked is a fashion phone for sport loving women, because it also has body monitoring sensors to help the ladies keep those fine shapes.


5 .. What You See is What You Get Concept
One thing is for sure about this concept phone¡Kthey could’ve named it shorter. Designed by Pei-Hua Hang, the phone’s name comes from the fact that this concept no longer uses an LCD as viewfinder for the digital camera, instead it uses a transparent frame. And of course, interaction is made through a touchscreen


6 .. Retroxis By Dark Label
If most phones presented here will never be sold in store for sure, the Retroxis concept phone from Dark Label looks kinda human, and makes us hope we’ll be able to get one of these one day. Designed by Lim Sze Tat the phone is encased in high polished polycarbonate renowned for its lightweight and toughness and has an invisible OLED display that silently hides away when inactive.

7 .. Benq-Siemens "The Blackbox"
Black Box designed by Benq-Siemens uses a touch screen as its keypad and, depending on the functions you are using, the touch screen changes the control layout immediately.


8 .. NEC Tag
Somehow similar to the Snaked concept, the NEC Tag is a flexible phone concept that can be , for example, hung from a belt or wrapped around the user’s arm. Interesting is that the phone has shape-memorizing material and sensors that allows the phone to change its shape according to the mode.



9 .. TripleWatch
Though the idea of a cellphone watch is not so new, the TripleWatch designed by Manon Maneenawa has an interesting triple flip technique that allows the user to transform the watch into a normal cellphone. When used as a wrist watch, the phone has a speaker button that allows the user to answer the phone and hang up while driving.



10 .. Asus Aura

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2 Are you ready?

Tahap kematangan dan kesedaran seorang manusia dengan manusia yang lainnya adalah berbeza. Ada masa kita rasa diri kita dah matang dan cukup memahami selok-belok liku-kehidupan ini. Namun, sejauh mana kebenaran itu sebenarnya? Nilai matang dan tidak matang (dalam aspek pemikiran) manusia itu di nilai melalui apa? bagaimana? dan apa piawaiannya?

Memang tak habis jika nak kaji dan mencari kepuasan dalam aspek personaliti dan hukum alam hidupan yang bernama manusia. Tapi, bolehkah sekadar kita berpuas-hati dan menyatakan bahawa tahap kematangan dan kebijaksanaan itu diukur oleh individu itu sendiri.. Dia lebih tahu tentang diri-sendiri. Kita yang memilih untuk menjadi matang, bijak atau sebaliknya. Kita yang mengatur dan mencorakkan peribadi dan kriteria hidup yang bagaimana ingin dilalui. 

Orang sekeliling bagaimana?

Belajar menjadi bijak. Bijak menilai bahawa hidup ini adalah satu pentas latihan. Sampai masa yang ditentukan oleh-Nya, kita akan menghadapi peperiksaan besar yang sebenarnya. Ujian yang menguji tahap kematangankah? Bukan..

Habis tu, tahap kebijaksanaan? Mungkin..

atau tahap usaha dan keberhasilan yea? (produk akhir dari tuaian semasa hidup).

Bersediakah saya sekarang?

Rujuk juga, 1. Berfikir matang -Hikmah

2. Detik yang berlalu adalah masa depan 

3. Bagaimana rasanya menjadi matang? 

4. Lelaki lebih suka wanita bijak?

5. Minda bawah sedar - definasi

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0 A conversation for Muslim sisters

"I'm so tired."  "Tired of what?"

"Of all these people judging me." "Who judged you?"

"Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear hijab." "Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"

"Yeah! I listen to music without hijab…haha!" "Maybe she was just giving you advice."

"I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Can`t she mind her own business?""Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."

"Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..." "But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."

"Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean `good` ?""Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."

"Says who?" "It's in the Qur'an, isn't it?"

"Yes. She did quote me something." "She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Qur'an."

"Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. Helping people and praying is more important." "True. But big things start with small things."

"That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important is to have a good healthy heart." "What you wear is not important?"

"That's what I said." "Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"

"What do you mean?" "You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you spend on fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."

"So?" "So, your appearance IS important."

"No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion." "If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Holy Qur'an?"

"You know I can't follow all that's in Qur'an." "You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"

"Yes. God is forgiving." "God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their mistakes."

"Says who?" "Says the same book that tells you to cover."

"But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom." "But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?! What`s your definition of freedom anyway?"

"Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do." "No. Freedom is in doing the right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."

"Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people, and so many who wear hijab and are bad people." "So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."

"I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without hijab." "Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."

"You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!" "So all these people with hijab never get married?!"

"Okay! What if I get married and my husband doesn't like it? And wants me to remove it?" "What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"

"That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime." "Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"

"But then who would hire me?" "A company that respects people for who they are."

"Not after 9-11" "Yes. After 9-11. Don't you know about Cty Wabbit who just got into med school? And the other one, what was her name, the girl who always wore a white hijab…ummm…"

"Wan Siti?" "Yes. Wan Siti. She just finished her MSc and is now interning for her PhD."

"Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?" "Why do you reduce womanhood to high heals and lipstick colors?"

"You didn't answer my question." "In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and true womanhood. But your short sleeves, tight pants…"

"That's called `fashion`, you live in a cave or something? First of all, hijab was founded by men who wanted to control women." "Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."

"Yes. That's what it is." "What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab? And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you say about that?"

"Well, that's different." "What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab…she was a woman, right?"

"Right, but…" "But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations, set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a commodity?! Give me a break!"

"Wait, let me finish, I was saying…" "Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"

"Yes." "Specifically how?"

"By telling women how and what to wear, dummy!" "Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what to wear, and how to be `attractive'?"

"Of course, it's fashion." "Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"

[Silence]

"Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."

"What do you mean?" "I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those products."

"I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products." "It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by standards of fashion designed by men…and then here is Islam, saying trash all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not worry what men think of your looks."

"Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?" "Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated consumerism."

"Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! It is awkward, outdated, and totally not suitable for this society ... Moreover, I am only 20 and too young to wear hijab!" "Fine. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."

"Fine." "Fine."

[Silence]

"Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab niqab schmijab Punjab!"

[Silence] She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time.

Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision accepted by the society - but rejected by the Faith:

"Yes!" - to curls on the hair - "No!" - to hijab!

"And he (/she) is indeed a failure who corrupts it [the soul]!"

[Holy Quran 91:10]

Subhana'Allah!!!

"Nay! You prefer the life of this world; While the hereafter is better and more lasting."

[Holy Quran: 87:16-17]

"You are the best community (Ummah) raised up for (the benefit of) humanity; enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong and believing in Allah."
[Holy Quran: 3:110]

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0 Achieving a Strong Marriage Bond

Reprinted from Mukmin.com, contributed by Juraifa

Marriage is considered an 'ibaadah, an act that is pleasing to Allah SWT. It is in accordance with His commandments that husbands and wives love each other and help one another to rear their children as true servants of Allah SWT.

Most spouses start out with hopes and rosy dreams; truly committed to making their marriage work. However, as the reality of living with a less than perfect spouse lurks in, and as the pressures of life builds, many individuals do not find as much satisfaction in their relationships. All marriages change over time. However, with hard work and dedication, people can keep their marriages strong and enjoyable. How is it done? What does it take to create a long-lasting, satisfying marriage?

Researches indicate that the most successful marriages share some key characteristics. These are some of the characteristics that researchers have found to be common in successful marriages. Let's look at each of these factors.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HAPPY AND SATISFYING MARRIAGES

1. POSITIVITY

Successful spouses have far more positive than negative interactions. If there is too much negativity — criticizing, demanding, name-calling, holding grudges, etc. — the relationship will suffer. However, if there is never any negativity, it probably means that frustrations and grievances are not getting air time and unresolved tension is accumulating inside one or both partners.

The key is balance between the two extremes. There are many ways to foster positivity in a marriage. Being affectionate, truly listening to each other, taking joy in each other's achievements and being playful are just a few examples of positive interactions that help make marriages successful.

2. EMPATHY

Another characteristic of happy marriages is empathy. Empathy means understanding a person's perspective by putting oneself in his or her shoes. Many researchers have shown that empathy is important for relationship satisfaction.

People are more likely to feel good about their marriage and spouse if their partner expresses empathy towards them. Husbands and wives are more content in their relationships when they perceive that their spouses truly understand their thoughts and feelings.

3. COMMITMENT

Successful marriages involve both spouses' commitment to the relationship. When two people are truly dedicated to making their marriage work, despite the unavoidable challenges and obstacles that come, they are much more likely to have a relationship that lasts.

Husbands and wives who only focus on themselves and their own desires are not as likely to find joy and satisfaction in their relationships. However, when spouses are committed to investing in their marriage and are willing to sacrifice some of their own preferences for the good of the relationship, they usually have high-quality marriages.

4. ACCEPTANCE

One of the most basic needs in a relationship is acceptance. Everyone wants to feel valued and respected. When people feel that their spouses truly accept them for who they are, they are usually more secure and confident in their relationships.

Often, there is conflict in marriage because partners cannot accept the individual preferences of their spouses and try to demand change from one another. When one person tries to force change from another, he or she is usually met with resistance. However, research has shown that change is much more likely to occur when spouses respect differences and accept each other unconditionally. Basic acceptance is vital to a happy marriage.

5. MUTUAL LOVE AND RESPECT

Perhaps the most important component of successful marriages are love and respect for each other. This may seem very obvious — why would two people get married to someone whom they did not love and respect? The fact is, as time passes and life becomes increasingly complicated, the marriage often suffers as a result.

It is all too easy for spouses to lose touch with each other and neglect the love and romance that once came so easily. It is vital that husbands and wives continue to cultivate love and respect for each other throughout their lives. If they do, it is highly likely that their relationships will remain happy and satisfying.

Paramount of all, marriage must be based on the teachings of the Noble Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet SAW. InshaaAllah, married couples will not only gain blessing and harmony from their marriages but also benefits and rewards in the Hereafter. Ameen.

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