Madame Blossom's Book of Poems

Monday, February 12, 2007

enjet-enjet semut

Found this clip and find that it's soooooooo cute, I just have to share it with all of you. Watch it!

My children played it over and over again, and da hafal pun part of the song. (I wish I can hafal Al-Baqarah that fast.)

enjoy.



p.s. don't take the stereotyping to heart.
in everything we do, we do our best, and lillah. :)

have a good week!

Sunday, February 11, 2007

dog's saliva considered najis

In class we are now studying Fiqh Muqaaranah (Fiqh Perbandingan) where one of the differentiating opinions that we need to research on, is on dogs.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The purification of the utensil belonging to any one of you, after it is licked by a dog, lies in washing it seven times, using sand for the first time.
Sahih Muslim, Book 002, Number 0549


It is jumhur ulama (collectively agreed by ulama) that dog's saliva is najis. But we need to determine, the other parts and find the different opinions.

So, while I was trying to find the materials, on the internet, I ended up blogging instead learned something new about dogs. The thing is, although since young, I've accepted that dogs are considered najis berat, I've never really understood why. But kita terima aje hukum ini.

The thing is, I didn't know dogs normally eat faeces (their own and others). I didn't really think it's true, until I looked it up and I found this article>>.

So.. it's no wonder that dog's saliva is najis.

And now I really wonder how some people can allow their dogs to lick their faces or even their babies. Eeuw.




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p.s.1 = The new tag is 'advance our knowledge' as in the ayat from Al Quran, Ta ha 20:114

High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."

فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَى إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

So insyaAllah, we share and learn - when I find it appropriate to do so. :)

p.s. 2 = I'm not going to post any pics here.. although I have a few many. As I don't want to you all to think that the people in the pics, reminds me of dogs or dogs remind me of them. =D

Nanti.. next post, coming soon, insyaAllah.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

tangkap mood

hmm? asal tak blog?

errr..


masih tengah nak tangkap mood..

you know, kalau takde mood, walaupun ada topic, tapi like... it's not from the heart. So, it wouldn't sound sincere. yeah.



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Sunday, February 04, 2007

jump

Alhamdulillah, my brother came back safely on friday night, despite doing the bungee jump.

Yes he jumped!

And dia kata, the scariest part was while on the platform. walaupun dalam video dia nampak cool aje..dalam hati, Allah aje yang tahu. And after jumping down for a while, and not bouncing up yet, he said his mind, kind of switched off, and only came back, when he bounced. Eisssh.. cari pasal.

And wa salute sama Dadha for having done it before too!
Me? No thanks.

And, last Friday night, we went camping kat East Coast. Last minute kind of thing.

1st time for me, to camp out by the beach, overnight.

The best part for me was, waking up very early morning for Subuh by the beach, and having breakfast at McDonalds there, very early, before the crowd comes. I like. I think we may do it again.

This weekend, in colourful pics:



oh yes, blossmobile ex-door. :p


And, in black & white (with new hp :p - i like!)




Y'know, if I start my weekend by going out on Friday night, then I feel the weekend is a bit longer. Cause I'll return home after that, sleep, and wake up the next morning to find that it's only Saturday.

However, this time, I didn't feel that, in fact I feel it's shorter. Cause although I went out Friday night - yes, but I didn't return home till after class Saturday. Then I woke up this morning to find that it's already Sunday.

Anyway, fret I shall not, cause tomorrow- working, I am not. =D

Friday, February 02, 2007

crazy or normal?

Sometimes, our section looks like we have the fun group of ppl. Perhaps that's why, there is this one particular guy in the office, who, when he comes to our department, he would 'announce' his arrival by actually SINGING 1-2 lines from an oldie. Like today, he came, and sang 'I left my heart in San Franciscoooo'..

The first time he did that last time, we all were like hmm.. shocked/amazed. By now, we all just ignore him, until he calls out the person he actually wants to talk to.
Yeap, sometimes this office is crazy like that.

Cakap pasal 'crazy', I remember an old colleague of mine from a company i used to work in.

It was the end of the day, and we were both waiting for the lift. We were debating on the issue of, what is a 'normal' person. I said, a normal person, has some degree of 'craziness' and 'seriousness' The degree between the two varies. But when a person has too much of one of them, or none at all of the other, then the person may be deemed as 'not normal'.

She rebutted. She said, a normal person is a normal person - no craziness at all. If a person has any degree of craziness then, that person is crazy. As simple as that.
I asked her, "'Do you consider yourself a normal person?"
She said, "Of course!".
"Then, WHAT in the world are you doing?", I said. Cause while she answered me that, she was actually marching up and down the lift corridor, like in a parade.

She said, oh, I was just recalling how we did the march, when I was in the school police cadets.

If that is not 'craziness', then what is?

Of course, by my definition, she is still a normal person to me. :)

Yeah! Alhamdulillah, it's Friday! - ALIF!

AND I got my blossmobile back!
AND I also got a new hp!
AND after being away for a month, today my brother is coming back! (just in time to return his car. heh)
AND tomorrow we start a new lecture!
AND I'm not working on Monday!
AND I hope you have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious weekend too!

And, may Allah SWT guide us all. :)