Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Koujou Kengaku
First of all, I would like to wish Salam Aidiladha to everyone... let's celebrate it with modesty. May it bring goodnes to all of us.
Last month I had a trip with my classmates to Tokyo. "Koujou kengaku". Literally, it means "factory visit". But that doesn't mean you can only visit factories.... =). We visited;
-JAL(Japan Airline) maitainance department.
- IHI(some sort of heavy industry factory)
- fujikura(fiber optic manufacturer)
-ALSOK(a security firm. ALways Security OKay)
-NHK(Nippon Housou Kyoukai. In English it means Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
Tokyo and Akita
We were permitted to take pictures only at JAL and ALSOK. Can't complain about that. Information management and security is very strict when we come to companies that deal with technology and manufacturing.
robot ALSOK. Boleh meronda, tapi tak boleh tangkap penjenayah..
Inside JAL maintainence hangar
Airplane cockpit model
It's quite hard for me to describe about each visit in detail, but there is one thing I noticed during the visit. Japanese are extreme hardworkers. Wish I could be like them. But of course, I can be like them. Work as you will live forever, and pray as you will die tomorrow. Ha, betul ke aku translate ni? Ilmu yang dah ada perlu diamal. Kalau belajar tinggi, ilmu banyak, tapi tak kerja, rugilah.
Exam dah habis. Alhamdulillah, result setakat ni masih boleh buat aku senyum. Tapi belum dapat menjamin "keselesaan" untuk tahun hadapan.
Bermula minggu depan, fuyu yasumi akan bermula, tapi kadai dah bersepah. Cuti dua minggu je, tapi jadual aku agak padat. Winter gathering IPIJ di Gifu, kemudian gathering rakan sebatch di Niigata, dan akhir sekali lawatan bersama foreign students lain ke ichinoseki. InsyaAllah aku cerita lagi nanti dengan lebih lanjut. Doakan aku sihat dan selamat... (",)
Nota sisi;
koujou-kilang
kengaku-lawatan sambil belajar
kadai-tugasan, assignment
Saturday, December 8, 2007
End of first half
Its weekend and I am in exam mode, but I think its ok to take some time to update. Finished six papers, and there are still six more to go. Alhamdulillah, so far I managed to answer the papers quite well, not perfect though. Last paper is on Wednesday. Its cold outside, but "yuki"less hehe.
Exam..
Yuki tappuri. I took this pic last Wednesday
Masshiro. Tapi sekarang semua dah cair kembali..
A friend introduced to me a new cookery website. Can check it out at my favourite links. Love to try all those recipe, but I am a lazy guy la. Plus, there are ingreadients I can't get in Japan.
By the way, found this story on my friend's blog. Not sure if it is a fiction, but there is something we can learn from it, regardless whether we are the minority or majority in our place.
"Price Of Imaan"
Several years ago an Imaam moved to London. He often took the bus from his home to the downtown area. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the same bus. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him twenty pence too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, you better give the twenty pence back. It would be wrong to keep it. Then he thought, oh forget it, it's only twenty pence. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company already gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a gift from Almighty Allah and keep quite.
When his stop came, the Imaam paused momentarily at the door, then he handed the twenty pence back to the driver and said ' Here, you gave me too much change.' The driver with a smile replied ' Aren't you the new Imaam in this area? I have been thinking lately about going to worship at your mosque. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change.'
When the Imaam stepped off the bus, his knees became weak and soft. He had to grab the nearest light pole and held for support, and looked up to the heavens and cried 'Oh Allah, I almost sold Islam for twenty pence!'
Remember, we may never see the impact our actions have on people. Sometimes we are the only knowledge of Quran someone will read, or the only Islam a non-Muslim will see. What we need to provide, Insha Allah is an example for others to see. Be careful and be honest everyday, because you never know who is watching your actions and judging you as a Muslim.
I stop here. Doakan saya untuk exam...
nota sisi;yuki-snow
tappuri-a lot, penuh, banyak, "belungguk"
masshiro-sangat putih
Sunday, November 25, 2007
musim sejuk dah mula...
Safely returned from koujou kengaku at Tokyo last friday morning, but things has changed alot. Everything seems whittish and cold. At nighttime tempereture was below freezing point. Ice layers formed on the road, making it slippery. My ears became numb, due to the cold air. Piles of yuki fill the space nearly everywhere. From one point, the scenery was beatiful... subhanAllah, but it was challenging. For the people here, yuki means trouble. In worse cases, transportation comes to a halt, houseroofs collapse.
Akita Eki east entrance... moments after arrival by bus from Tokyo
Frozen road... I should have learned ice skating at sunway pyramid....
The next day... on the way for snowboarding trip..
Wheater forecast said that next week is expected to be warm. Yuki will rapildy melt, except in the mountainous areas. But this is just the beginning of fuyu. Its hard to guess nature. oops.. dah nak exam.. kena pulon.. nanti ada peluang aku cerita sikit tentang koujou kengaku... menarik jugak la... tsutzuku...
nota sisi;
yuki=snow
fuyu=winter
eki=station
koujou kengaku= lawatan sambil belajar ke kilang-kilang
tsutzuku=to be continued
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
shibarakudeshitane..
I ve been busy since last week, with assignments and preparation for kougyou eiken this Sunday. So much to do that I dont even have time for a walk(of course its a joke). But then, I realise that the mid sem exam is just three weeks from now. Talking about exam, I believe my friends in Malaysia are struggling for the best. Good luck. Mannajah fi kulli imtihan.I m going to Tokyo next Tuesday with my classmates for three days.
Thats all for now. Tu la naim, kan sekarang dah sibuk, tapi belum terlambat. Ganbaranakya naranai...
Nota sisi;
shibarakudeshitane- its been a while
kougyou eiken- technical English Examination
ganbaranakya naranai-must work hard
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Hitotsumori Kouen
This morning, I ve done some of my assignment, and then played soccer at Hitotsumori Kouen. Public park and field is a common thing in Japan, especially in the "not so big" areas like Tokyo. In Akita city, there are few, and Hitotsumori Kouen is one of it. But it is not the biggest.
Hitotsumori Kouen
I wish there will be more public amenities like this in Malaysia, so that people can benefits their weekends and free time in a good and healthy way. Just that, its quite hard to maintain public amenities in Malaysia with vandalism, garbage throwing etc. Apepun, kene fikir positif. Tak suka kutuk negara sendiri, walaupun kekurangan dan kelemahan itu memang jelas dan nyata. "Hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, baik lagi di negeri sendiri"
Approaching nature is a good thing. And I love watching nihonjin playing with their young kids. Need to stop now. Ada keje lagi skit. Minggu depan ada hari terbuka kolej. Adoi~
nota sisi;
kouen-taman, park, field
nihonjin-orang jepun, japanese
Saturday, October 20, 2007
sukkari akini nattekita ne...
Today is Saturday, the 8th of Syawal. The new semester enters the 3rd week and I am starting to tune myself to become the old "me". The seven weeks summer holiday somehow has weaken me a little bit. Not because of the fasting. Perhaps I have been playing too much. A week before raya, my school 's "supo-tsu taikai" was held, and my class end up at 3rd. I played soccer as reserve, though we were badly beaten at the 2nd round.
Kad raya...
aki desu...
Ayam bakar mayonis... yang tak berapa jadi
Resipi ayam kat atas ni, aku ambik kat mesra.net. Kepada encik Amir di perancis (kalau anda baca la), kalau dah bosan tak tau nak masak ape, boleh la cuba resipi kat website tu. Ada banyak.
Sejak datang sini, masak bergilir-gilir. Dan masak untuk student lain jugak. Dan bila masak untuk orang lain, baru la terasa nak cuba benda baru. Sebab timbul perasaan, nak menggembirakan orang lain. Berbeza kalau masak untuk diri seorang, tak sedap pun tak apa, hangus pun... tak boleh kata apa, sebab diri sendiri yang rasa. Tapi macam mana kalau nak di jamu untuk orang lain? Mesti terfikirkan perasaan mereka, dan seolah-olah menjadi tanggungjawab untuk masak sedap-sedap. I am sure that our mother or father feel the same when they cook or do something for us. And they ask nothing in return... [|_|] oh... emosional la pulak..
Even now, the leaves are still changing colour... and soon InsyaAllah, winter will give a visit. Suhu sekarang ni, paling sejuk dalam 7 C di waktu malam. Siang paling panas kira-kira 20 C. But its getting colder here...
Sampai di sini dulu. Di mana pun kita berada, gerakkan diri dan isilah masa. Terlalu banyak berseronok dan membiarkan masa lapang berlalu tanpa diisi akan menyebabkan hidup kosong. Dan jangan lupa tujuan kita dijadikan di muka bumi ni...
nota sisi;
supo-tsu taikai= kejohanan sukan
aki=autumn, musim luruh
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The end of summer holiday...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
I'm back home
Alhamdulillah aku selamat kembali. Internship selama 2 minggu dah habis. Kalau dibanding dengan LI di Malaysia, tempoh 2 minggu tu sangatlah pendek. Nak kata sangat seronok tak juga tapi pengalaman berharga. Tapi kecewa skit sebab tak dapat ambil banyak gambar. Tak dibenarkan amik gambar dalam kawasan kilang tu atas sebab-sebab keselamatan dan penjagaan rahsia syarikat. Ingat nak cuba jugak amik tapi kalau kantoi habih la aku.
Internship,
Selama dua minggu di kilang hitachi oomika, ibaraki ken, aku belajar pasal resolver. Resolver ialah sejenis alat untuk ukur sudut putaran. Tak reti nak cerita panjang. Boleh rujuk wikipedia untuk penerangan ringkas. Tapi kebanyakan masa digunakan di hadapan laptop untuk debug program yang akan digunakan untuk resolver tu. Walaupun aku tak cekap sangat C language, alhamdulillah, boleh jugak buat kerja dan bagi sumbangan.
Ibaraki ken
Hitachi City
Bertolak ke Ibaraki ken bersama rakan kelas
Densha waktu pulang
Dan dari internship di sini aku dapat faham budaya kerja nihonjin. Bila aku tanya tutor aku di kilang pukul berapa dia balik rumah, dia kata selalunya pukul 10 atau 11 malam. Semangat kerja melampau. Dan bila ditanya kenapa kerja lama sangat, dia jawab kalau balik awal pun takde benda nak buat kat rumah, jadi baik buat kerja. Tapi kebanyakan staf yang kerja hingga malam ni orang muda dan bujang. Kalau yang dah berkeluarga dan berusia mereka selalunya balik lebih awal, sekitar pukul 7 malam. Kisah internship berakhir di sini.
Membuat gyoza
Dan untuk rakan-rakan di Jepun, di sini ada peluang untuk bersedekah.
http://www.ipij.info/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26
Selamat berpuasa dan beribadah(",). Pastikan puasa dihiasi dengan amal dan tidak dicemari perkara mungkar. Tsutzuku..
Assalamu'alaikum
Nota sisi;
nihonjin-orang jepun
gyoza-dumpling jepun(bentuk nak macam karipap)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Hakodate Hokkaido
Alhamdulillah. Aku dah selamat pulang ke Akita setelah empat hari merantau ke kolej kawan aku di Hakodate, Hokkaido. Aku bergerak ke Hokkaido bersama rakan-rakan pada pagi Ahad. Perjalanan dimulakan dengan menaiki densha. Sepatutnya naik densha pukul 5.47 pagi, tapi terlepas. Jadi kami naik densha pukul 7.57 pagi. Naik densha sampai ke sebuah bandar bernama Aomori. Dari Aomori kami naik feri untuk ke Hakodate.
Gambar sikit,
Peta perjalanan
Keretapi ke Aomori
Feri dari Aomori ke Hakodate
Meninggalkan Aomori
Taiyou... cantik la pulak... subhanAllah
Hakodate eki
shiden
gohan+unagi
Keretapi dari Hakodate ke Aomori (Perjalanan pulang)
Walaupun di penghujung musim panas, suhu di Hokkaido sedikit dingin. Memang patut pun, kerana Hokkaido terletak di belah utara. First impression bila aku sampai Hakodate, memang lawa tempat ni. Bandar pelabuhan. Encik Arif (tuan rumah) bawak kami pusing-pusing bandar hakodate, dan dapat jugak belajar sikit sejarah bandar ni.
Dalam tengah duk jalan-jalan tu kami terserempak dengan missionary dari Amerika. Dia cuba berbual dan memperkenalkan kami dengan agama krtistian. Tapi bila dia tahu kami Islam, perbualan bertukar menjadi perbualan biasa. Dah tak bincang tentang agama lagi. Cuma bila aku tengok dia aku terfikir, betapa kita tak berusaha untuk agama kita. Kalau tak mahir berkata-kata pun, sekurang-kurangnya kita kena berusaha tunjukkan akhlak yang baik dalam hidup ni. Dakwah melalui teladan. Contoh mudah, kita tahu Islam mementingkan kebersihan, tapi kita sendiri selalu buang sampah merata-rata. Hanashi ni naranai. Kena berusaha untuk perbaiki diri. InsyAllah(",).
Pengembaraan aku ke Hakodate berakhir pada hari Rabu. Aku naik densha pukul 1.54 petang dan tiba di Akita pukul 6.45 petang. Untuk perjalanan pulang aku tak transit menaiki feri. Naik densha je. Jadi terpaksa ikut laluan terowong bawah dasar laut. Macam risau jugak tapi Alhamdulillah, selamat.
Penat tapi pengalaman berharga. Jauh perjalanan luas pemandangan. Harap dapat pengajaran berguna dari pengembaraan ini. Tak boleh fikir nak seronok je. Hari Ahad ni kena merantau lagi. Tapi bukan untuk makan angin. Kene pegi internship di Ibaraki ken. Doakan aku selamat. Risau jugak aku pegi tempat asing. Sampai sini dulu. InsyAllah, aku update bila aku kembali nanti. Tsutzuku...
Nota sisi:
taiyou=matahari
eki=stesyen
hanashi ni naranai= tak jadi ape, no point of discussing
gohan=nasi
unagi=belut sungai
Friday, August 17, 2007
Summer Camp...
Hari ahad lepas aku pegi summercamp IPIJ di miyagi ken(http://www.ipij.info/). Penat jugak naik densha dan ressha. Lebih kurang 8 jam. First time pegi. Berkhemah dalam hutan, tapi rasanya tak la terpencil sangat sebab dekat dengan kawasan kampung. Alhamdulillah, dapat juga sedikit ilmu. Sejak datang ke Jepun, memang susah nak sertai majlis agama. Tapi peluang sentiasa ada, kena cari sendiri. Aku suka belajar, tapi tak berapa mahir untuk menyampaikan kepada orang lain. Tak mahir ke malas? Hurm... kena belajar untuk diri sendiri dan belajar untuk menyampaikan. InsyAllah.
Kebanyakan kuliah yang diadakan, hampir semua aku penah belajar, tapi memang banyak yang dah lupa. Cuma kuliah isu semasa, banyak sentuh tentang isu murtad dan keruntuhan akhlak. Sebelum-sebelum ni pun selalu dengar. Tapi bila dengar balik, memang sedih dan risau. Nak ambil kesempatan berpesan kat semua termasuk diri aku supaya sentiasa jaga iman dan dekatkan diri dengan agama.
Sedikit gambar,
Tsutzuku...
Nota sisi :
Tsuribashi= jambatan gantung
Densha= keretapi (maksud sebenar ialah keretapi kuasa elektrik. tetapi di dalam percakapan. keretapi bukan kuasa elektrik juga lazimnya disebut densha)
Sunday, August 5, 2007
musim panas yang memang panas...
Sekarang ni kemuncak musim panas. Fuuuh... nasib baik aku dah training kat malaysia sebelum datang sini. Dan Alhamdulillah dah habih exam. Susah jugak kalau duduki peperiksaan tapi diri macam cacing kepanasan. Hari terakhir peperiksaan, disebabkan panas sangat... pegi mandi sungai. Air bersih dan jernih, tapi sejuk jugak... sedikit gambar.
"taki"
tak dalam sangat ni...
subhanAllah... suteki
Dan pada waktu malam buat bbq. Aku tolong sikit je. Dalam seronok membakar ayam ada la jugak beberapa ketul yang jadi "carbon overload". Leka sampai terlebih bakar. Bukan rezeki la tu. Kurangkan karbon kerana ia boleh tingkatkan risiko kanser.
terima kasih warga akita kerana selalu buat bbq... I love you all (",)
Ada jugyou lagi seminggu. Lepas tu cuti musim panas 7 minggu. Dah ada rancangan cuti ni, tapi InsyAllah nanti aku cerita. Tapi hujung bulan ni aku pegi internship di HITACHI manufacturing. Tak lama, dua minggu je.
Exam aku InsyAllah rasanya takde masalah. Semester baru akan bermula 1 Oktober. Lagi 2 bulan. Dan musim panas ni rasanya akan berterusan lagi sebulan lebih . Sampai sini dulu. Ja~....
Nota sisi:
taki = air terjun
suteki= cantik, indah
jugyou=kuliah
Sunday, July 22, 2007
exam...
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Seiunryou
Sedikit gambar,
dapur... tempat mengasah "skill"
ni la bilik aku
blok barat satu
blok barat satu
tingkat satu blok barat satu
jalan menuju asrama
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Akita Kosen
main building
Student2 Jepun kat sini baik . Tak kacau orang. Tapi takdela mesra sangat. ok ok je. aku tak kacau ko, ko tak kacau aku. Bagi aku, orang malaysia lagi mesra dan senang nak masuk. Cepat ramah. Jepun ni, susah sikit kalau nak masuk macam tu je.. kena cari peluang kalau nak berbaik2. dan most of them adalah manusia yg sukakan privacy. Lecturer2 kat sini pun ok. Tak bias.