Eid 2011

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, maaf zahir dan batin. Tulus ikhlas daripada kami di Sheffield

Rahman & Huda

Jualan kurma medjoul Palestin sempena Ramadhan

"Sepanjang 32 tahun saya hidup, inilah kali pertama saya rasa kurma paling sedap. Memang kurma 5 bintang" Naim, Sheffield

"Saya tak berapa suka makan kurma, tapi lepas rasa kurma MKP, terus suka makan kurma" Naz, Sheffield

Sempena Ramadhan yang bakal menjelang, Misi Kasih Palestin (MKP) akan membuat jualan kurma medjoul daripada Palestin.

Harga (1 kotak = 1 kg):
Size Large: £ 9.90
Size Jumbo: £ 11.90

Dengan membeli kurma ini;
1- anda menderma untuk Palestin. 100% profit akan disumbangkan kepada Palestin
2- anda membantu pekebun2 Palestin
3- anda dapat menikmati kurma berkualiti yang ditanam di tanah yg diberkati Allah

Untuk pembelian, boleh hubungi saya di 07830854562. Kurma ini juga boleh didapati di Yafai grocery shop di Broomhall. 

Kurma daripada supplier kami juga specifically recommended by Friends of Al Aqsa (http://www.foa.org.uk/campaigns/check-the-label)

Selamat membeli sambil menderma. Salam Ramadhan untuk semua.

Kurma MKP juga boleh didapati di Yafai grocery shop, Broomhall Sheffield. Terima kasih diucapkan kepada Yafai atas kerjasama dan sokongan mereka. Pihak Yafai juga bersetuju untuk menjual kurma MKP tanpa mengambil sebarang untung.

Kesemua kurma kami mempunyai label MKP

 Ini adalah size kurma 'large'. Size untuk 'jumbo' jauh lebih besar

Teaser SeSi

Donation for MAB New Centre

New center at Brunswicks Road, Burngreave Sheffield

شراء مرآز إسلامي بفرع شيفيلد

نعلن للإخوة والأخوات عن خبر
شراء فرع شيفيلد لمرآز إسلامي يتسع لحوالي 1000 مصلى وبه قاعة آبيرة للاجتماع ومكاتب
هذا وإن المرآز في حاجة ماسة لدعمكم المالي.

For donations please write

cheques to:
MAB Sheffield and send it to:
12a Severn Rd, Broomhill,
Sheffield S10 2SU

Or for transfer
Sort Code: 77 74 01
Account no: 64566560

Pengumuman

Atas sebab2 yang tidak dapat dielakkan, saya akan kurang mengupdate blog ini untuk beberapa ketika. Ini disebabkan ketiadaan internet di rumah (untuk sebulan/dua bulan). Nanti saya ceritakan serba sedikit mengenai conference pertama yang saya hadiri, meeting dgn Surrey Uni untuk projek material baru iaitu material III-V yang mengandungi bismuth, projek PhD saya, view saya mengenai PhD dan banyak lagi.

Bulan Ogos pula saya akan ke Tampere, Finland untuk menghadiri summer school. Supervisor saya yang suruh pergi dan kos semua ditanggung mereka. Kemudian, akan jalan2 ke Helsinki pula sebelum balik ke Sheffield. Kepada sesiapa yang tahu tempat menarik di Finland, bolehla beritahu saya supaya saya boleh ke sana.

Dulu-dulu...........

Dulu-dulu,
Tiket day rider tram cuma 2.40 je
Sekarang,
Tiket day rider dah naik 3 pounds

Dulu-dulu,
Bank beria-ia nk suruh kita bukak akaun dgn diorg. Boleh apply switch ataupun kad kredit.
Sekarang,
Nak bukak account punyalah payah. Ada monthly charge lagi. kredit kad jangan haraplah.

Dulu-dulu,
Ada skim 60:40
Sekarang,
Bayarlah sendiri accomodation

Dulu-dulu,
Elaun sebulan GBP 399 je. Atas sikit je dari paras kemiskinan kt UK.
Sekarang,
Elaun dah GBP 650. Itu pun ade lagi yang komplen duit tak cukup

Dulu-dulu,
restoran makanan halal tak banyak
Sekarang,
Nandos halal, subway halal, estikutum byk dh ade.

Dulu-dulu,
Kita boleh dapat beef burger and chips dgn harga 99p je kt area Broomhill. (walaupun diorg selalu x pulangkan baki 1 sen)
Sekarang,
Dh 2 pound rasanya (Dh lama tak ke sana beli burger)

Dulu-dulu,
Lps semayang Jumaat, selalu pegi Northen Sole makan chicken meat and chips
Sekarang,
Northen Sole dh dijual kepada mat salleh. dh tak halal

Dulu-dulu,
Universiti takde bagi duit pun untuk student baru.
Sekarang,
Student baru automatik dapat GBP 2000. Kalau exam dapat first dan 2.1, dpt lagi GBP 2000 setiap tahun. Itupun, ade lagi yang merungut duit tak cukup.

Dulu-dulu............

*Dulu-dulu refer seawal 2004

Jokes to Unwind Yourself

This was what a mother wrote to her son:

My dear Jagjit,

I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there. I'm writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from home, so we moved 20 miles.
I won't be able to send the address as the last Sardar who stayed here took the house numbers with them for their new house so they would not have to change their address. Hopefully by next week we will be able to take our earlier address plate here, and that our address will remain same too.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, situated right above the toilet I'm not sure it works too well. Last week I put in 3 shirts, pulled the chain and haven't seen them since.
The weather here isn't too bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for 3 days and second time for 4 days. The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with all the metal buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket.

Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass at the cemetery.
Your sister had a baby this morning. I haven't found out whether it is a girl or a boy, so I don't know whether you are an Aunt or Uncle. Your uncle, Jetinder fell in the nearby well. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off bravely and drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days.

There isn't much more news this time. Nothing much has happened.

Love - Mom.

P.S. Jagjit, I was going to send you some money but by the time I realized, I had already sealed off this letter.

Source: http://pgoh13.free.fr/justforlaughs.php

How to Make Mango Lassi?

Mango Lassi? Minuman ini merupakan favourite saya dan tidak pernah jumpa semasa di Msia. Pada pandangan saya, lassi Kebabish bandar merupakan lassi paling sedap berbanding restoran2 lain seperti Estikutum. Resepi dan sukatan untuk membuat lassi ini pasti berbeza2 mengikut individu. Resepi yang bakal saya kongsi hari ini diambil daripada housemate saya, wakpai. Beliau memang terer bab2 buat lassi ni. Bahan2 yang diperlukan boleh didapati di Yafai.

1- mango pulp (lupa, 1 tin ke 2. pandai2 la ye). menurut wakpai, jgn beli brand yang saya tunjuk dibawah. mango dia tak berapa sedap. beli brand lagi satu.

2- 2 botol Ayran lassi. Ni yogurt yang khas untuk lassi.

3- 1 kotak besar mango juice.

Campur semua sekali bahan2 tersebut. Guna hand blender untuk memastikan tekstur lassi tersebut halus. Sekiranya manis sangat, tambah susu.

Selamat mencuba =)

Nak Tepon Mesia Murah?

Pilihan paling mudah dan murah ialah dengan menggunakan international calling card yang boleh didapati di mana2 grocery. Tapi, kebiasaannya, kualiti panggilan adalah rendah. Panggilan selalu tidak jelas dan kadang2 kita terpaksa call balik sampai 2/3 kali.

Orange juga ada menyediakan plan untuk mereka yang banyak call abroad iaitu plan Camel. Sebelum ini saya menggunakan plan ini untuk pay as you go saya. Kos untuk call ke mobile phone di msia ialah 8p per min. Kualiti panggilan sangat jelas dan tak perlu bersusah payah nak masukkan PIN number seperti calling card. Boleh call direct.

Baru2 ini, saya menggunakan 'Skype to Go' untuk call msia. Kosnya 4p per min untuk call mobile phone msia (kena beli credit Skype) + local call charge. Kalau kita menggunakan pay monthly, boleh tolak free minutes. Dengan kata lain, tiada kos untuk local call charge. Bila kita beli credit Skype, dia akan bagi local number dan kita call nombor tu untuk call msia.

Tapi, kalau penerima panggilan di msia (atau di mana2 di dunia) itu mempunyai software Skype di telefon mereka dan wireless internet, kita boleh buat panggilan Skype-to-Skype dan cara ini adalah percuma. Kosnya ialah kosong. Tapi, kebiasaanya, mak ayah kita tak ade Skype dalam handphone, jadi, 'Skype to Go' adalah pilihan terbaik. 'Skype to Go' tak memerlukan penerima dan pemanggil mempunyai software Skype dalam hp. Hanya beli credit dan boleh call dari mana2 telefon (mobile ataupun landline). Kualiti panggilan juga jelas.

Saya sangat recommend 'Skype to Go' kerana ianya murah, jelas dan boleh tolak free minutes.

Pasal telefon pula, sekarang ni network 3 ada buat offer untuk Nokia N71 pay monthly. Saya pun baru angkat satu. Itu pun sebab hp ni ada GPS, boleh browse internet, check email, bukak pdf files (walaupun lembap bila nk loading), power point, file excel dan word. Kira, kalau kita berjalan boleh buat kerja sekali. Saya ambil plan 500 mins, unlimited texts, unlimited internet dan kosnya GBP 25 sebulan (kontrak 18 bulan). Kalau nak murah sikit, ambil plan GBP 20 tapi dapat 200 mins, unlimited texts dan unlimited internet.

Untuk maklumat lanjut, boleh layari Skype to Go atau tinggalkan soalan kat ruang komen.

Sekian, terima kasih

Let's learn mathematics

itu ini sana sini

1- Semalam, saya masuk ke dalam lab dan belajar cara2 untuk growth material menggunakan molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Buat masa sekarang, MBE tersebut di kawal selia oleh seorang penyelidik TMRnD iaitu Idris. MBE di UKM merupakan MBE pertama di universiti Malaysia dan dibeli oleh TMRnD dari sebuah syarikat Perancis iaitu Riber dengan harga RM 4 juta. USM baru sahaja setup MBE mereka pada tahun lepas.

Kepakaran dan ketelitian yang tinggi diperlukan untuk mengendalikan MBE. Pressure dan temperature sangat penting untuk memastikan kita dapat grow layer yang diingini. Layer yang kami hasilkan semalam ialah GaAs buffer dengan menggunakan GaAs substrate. Ga dan As ditembak ke arah substrate dan sekiranya suhu substrate adalah sesuai, atom2 akan melekat dan tersusun di atas substrate berkenaan. Proses penyusunan atom2 ini dapat diperhatikan dengan menggunakan RHEED screen.

2. Saya baru sahaja sedar bahawa kereta Perodua Kelisa menggunakan minyak pada kadar yang sedikit sekiranya dipandu perlahan (<100 km/j). Untuk perjalanan sehala dari Kajang ke Batu Pahat, minyak yang diperlukan ialah kira2 RM40. Kelajuan pemanduan adalah kira2 110 km/j. Tempoh hari, saya pergi ke Johor Bahru dari Batu Pahat dan kos minyak ialah RM40 juga. Kelajuan pemanduan pula ialah 120 km/j. Ini membuatkan saya mula berasa hairan kerana jarak pergi balik BP-JB adalah lebih rendah berbanding Kajang-BP. Namun, kos minyak adalah sama.

Beberapa hari lepas, saya pulang ke Kajang dari Batu Pahat. Namun, saya masuk ke lebuhraya di Ayer Keroh, Melaka. Kebiasaannya, saya masuk ke lebuhraya di Tangkak. Saya terkejut kerana kos minyak ke Kajang hanyalah kira2 RM25-RM30. Apa yang saya dapat simpulkan ialah, kereta Kelisa menggunakan minyak pada kadar jauh lebih rendah sekiranya memandu <100 km/j. Disebabkan saya melalui jalan biasa dari BP ke Ayeh Keroh, pemanduan adalah sekitar 80 km/j. Di lebuh raya pula, saya memandu kira2 90-100km/j disebabkan jalan agak sesak.

Kos tol Bangi - BP ialah RM17.50 manakala Bangi - Ayer Keroh ialah RM 13.90 (seingat saya). Kesimpulannya, untuk jimat duit (tidak jimat masa), pandu sedikit perlahan dan guna laluan biasa. Boleh jimat hingga RM 36 untuk perjalanan pergi balik Kajang-BP.

Annoucement!!!

1 - For those who are looking for first job or currently working but looking for a better job. For more information, www.ukm.my/ncc2008

2 - For those who are looking for laptops and computer gadgets, this is the best time for you to buy them. Alternative for PC Fair.

RAYA! RAYA! RAYA!

Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada rakan-rakan dan pembaca blog ini. Andai ada silap dan salah, maaf dipinta. Saya akhiri dedikasi raya ini dengan serangkap pantun ciptaan saya,

Patuhilah peraturan jalan raya

Memandu dengan hemah amalan kita

Aidilfitri di sambut riang gembira

Syukur kehadrat yang Maha Esa

WANTED!!!!

I found a very interesting advert inside the male prayer room in Union Building. It's about a single sister looking for a husband. I never found this kind of advert before. Guys out there, if you meet all the requirements and interested, please contact bro Abu Bakr as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if you are a single man or have 3 wives and 5 kids. Marital status is not an issue for her. Today might be your lucky day =)

To my female friends, are you dare to do the same thing?

My Ummah

I would like to share a song from Sami Yusuf called My Ummah. I feel that this song is really inspiring for myself. Whenever you feel lazy, unmotivated or fed up with your studies, listen to this song. Just click the 'play' button at the imeem media player at the right hand column of my blog if you want to listen to the song.

Don't waste our time, let's struggle, work and pray and bring back the our glory.

My ummah, my ummah
He will say
Rasulullah on that day
Even though we’ve strayed from him and his way

My brothers, my sisters, in Islam
Let’s struggle, work, and pray
If we are to
Bring back the glory of his way

Ya Allah ya rabbal ‘alamin
Ya rahmanu ya rahim
Ya rabbi

Let the Ummah rise again
Let us see daylight again
Once again

Let’s become whole again
Proud again
’Cause I swear with firm belief in our hearts
We can bring back the glory of our past

My ummah, my ummah
He will say
Rasulullah on that day
Even though we strayed from him and his way

Look at where we were
And look at where we are
And tell me
Is this how he’d want it to be?
Oh no! Let us bring back our glory

Take a Break

Funny conversations. Enjoy!

Caller :Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?(anyone)

Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.

Caller : No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!

Operator : You are talking to someone! Who is this?

Caller : I'm Sam Wan (someone) and I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.

Operator : I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?

Caller : Well. .. just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noel Wan ( no one) was involved in an accident. Noel Wan got injured and now Noel Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.

Operator : Look, if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!

Caller : You are so rude! Who are you?

Operator : I'm Saw Lee. (sorry)

Caller :Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!

.......this conversation won't end. hehe

Risk Taking Level

Your Risk Taking Level: Medium

What's life without a few risks? You're willing to be daring when the time is right. You know that there's no reward in life without risk. You just always make sure that you look before you leap.

Are You a Risk Taker?

Which of the X-Men Are You?

You Are Cyclops

Dedicated and responsible, you will always remain loyal to your cause. You are a commanding leader - after all, you can kill someone just by looking at them. Power: force beams from your eyes

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Because you are special

Never doubt your abilities.
Never let anyone or anything
make you feel less than
what you believe you are.

Never feel you can't walk
another step further.
Even if you stumbling,
keep your head straight on.
Knowing in your heart that
nobody can hurt you,
unless you let them do so.

Never lose faith in yourself...
Because who you are
is someone special.

My superpower. hehehe

Your Superpower Should Be Super Speed

You're quick witted and fast to act. You're mind works at warp speed. From your perspective, everyone else is living in slow motion. You get so much done, people have accused you of not sleeping. Definitely not a couch potato, you feel a bit crazy if you're not busy doing something. Why you would be a good superhero: You're be the first on the scene... and likely to finish the job before anyone else shows up Your biggest problem as a superhero: Being bored by everyone else. Including other superheroes!

What Should Your Superpower Be?