Thursday, January 31, 2008

Fuyu yasumi no hanashi..

Assalamu'alaikum,

I spent most of my fuyu yasumi away from Akita. Uh, when was that? Fuyu yasumi is 22nd Dec until 8th Jan. Almost a month have passed, but I want to share something about it.


Peta perjalanan


IPIJ Winter Gathering held in Gifu ken

My journey to Gifu starts on 24th December, I took a bus from akita to sendai, then I join my friends there before continuing my journey to Tokyo. We arrived at Tokyo the next morning, and we join with another group of friends before moving towards Gifu. Tiring but its worth it. There were about 63 participants in the programme.

The theme is "Back to Islam". Yes, back to Islam. But what does it mean?

During the programme, we disscussed about "Min aina ila aina" which means "from where, to where". What is our purpose of life..

Ingatlah ketika Tuhanmu berfirman pada para malaikat:"Sesungguhnya Aku hendak menjadikan seorang khalifah di muka bumi". Mereka berkata: "Mengapa Engkau hendak menjadikan (khalifah) di bumi itu orang yang membuat kerosakan padanya dan menumpahkan darah, padahal kami senantiasa bertasbih dengan memuji Engkau dan mensucikan Engkau?"Tuhan berfirman:"Sesungguhnya Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui"(Surah Al-Baqarah:30)

Dan Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan manusia melainkan supaya mereka menyembah-Ku.(Surah Adz Dzaariyaat:56)

Cuma nak ajak diri aku dan semua kawan-kawan muhasabah balik diri. Adakah kita dah laksanakan, atau sedang berusaha melaksanakan apa yang disebut dalam Al-Quran? Hidup kita dalam seminggu, apa yang kita isi? Bila bercakap tentang ni, rasa macam kena kat batang hidung sendiri. Memang kita kena bijak bahagi masa, tapi apa yg aku sedar, terlalu banyak masa dibagikan untuk berhibur dan keseronokan dunia, jika dibandingkan dengan dua perkara yang disebut diatas.

Kemudian dalam program tu ada dibincangkan tentang kesyumulan Islam. Macam mana Islam menyempurnakan kehidupan dari segala segi. "Islam itu syumul", kita memang selalu dengar, tapi aku rasa kita kurang MENGKAJI secara mendalam. Dari segi ekonomi, pemerintahan, masyarakat dan semua aspek lain. Aku pun kena blajaq byk lagi sebenarnya.

Selepsa tamat winter gathering, aku ke nagoya atas urusan tertentu. Tak sempat nak jalan jauh, tapi Alhamdulillah, dpat makan kat restoran turki & pakistan. Dapat jugak solat kat masjid nagoya. Kemudian ke myoukou kougen di niigata ken untuk reunion batch sambil main snowboard. Dpat jumpa rakan seperjuangan di utm kl dulu. Macam2 cerita aku dapat tahu.

Selepas tamat reunion batch kembalilah aku ke akita. Tapi tak lama lepas tu ada program lagi. Kali ni program rasmi di Ichinoseki, dianjurkan oleh Ichinoseki kosen, yang mengumpulkan pelajar-pelajar asing di kawasan Tohoku, untuk aktiviti lawatan sambil belajar dan kouryuukai. Kebanyakan foreign student yang datang asal dari Asia tenggara. Tapi ada jugak dari Maghribi, Iran, Sri Lanka dan benua Afrika(lupa negara mana). 1st time aku solat berjemaah dengan orang Iran. Aku tak berbual banyak sangat pun dengan dia, tapi rasa best sebab dapat jemaah sekali. Sekembalinya aku dari ichinoseki fuyu yasumi aku pun tamat.
Shinkansen di Ichinoseki?

Sekarang dah nak masuk bulan 2. Fuyu insyaAllah lagi sebulan lebih, kemudian haru pulak. Yuki masih tappuri. Ni gambar kat sekitar kolej...


Yuki lagi


Jemput la masuk...

Exam lagi dua minggu. Tsutzuku...


Nota sisi:
1) Fuyu=winter
2) Yasumi= holiday
3) Haru=spring(musim bunga)
4) Tohoku=kawasan utara kepulauan honshu
5) Honshu= kepulauan paling besar dalam jepun(rujuk peta kat atas)
6)yuki=snow
7)shinkansen= bullet train jepun

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Kesibukan...

Assalamu'alaikum,

Agak sibuk kebelakangan ni. Banyak perkara yang lebih aula yang perlu diselesaikan. InsyaAllah, ada kesempatan aku tulis lagi

Waa'alaikumussalam wbt...

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Koujou Kengaku

Assalamu'alaikum,

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

Assalamu'alaikum

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...

Assalamu'alaikum,

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..

Assalamu'alaikum,

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

Assalamu'alaikum,

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