Earth Hour Facts.

Salam,

If you want to support the Earth Hour campaign tonight, you should switch off the unnecessary power source. We've heard about this thing since we were in NZ in 2007 when we celebrated Earth Hour during the last night of Waikato Balloon Festival. We were at Waikato University's field to watch the fireworks and also the Night Glow from the orchestrated music with the synchronization of the fire from the hot air balloons.

Here are some facts about Earth Hour:

The following are some facts on Earth Hour that would be interesting for everyone to know about.

• Earth Hour is celebrated on last Saturday of March every year for one hour in the evening starting from 8:30pm to 9:30 pm as per the local time zone
• The event is organized by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It is also renowned as World Wildlife Fund
• Participants are asked to turn off their unessential lights during the event
• In 2007, WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald first conceptualized the Earth Hour. About 2.2 million people took part in the event
• Earth Hour 2011 will be held on 26 March 2011
• Earth Hour 2010 has been the biggest Earth Hour till date
• Total 128 countries took part in the event in 2010
• The energy demand minimized to 500,000 kilowatt per hour in Vietnam while the country took part in Earth Hour Event in 2010. The amount was three times more than the demand in 2009 when it joined the event for first time
• Around 4000 cities took part in the event.

Earth Hour 2012 dates is 31st March

Earth hour is a very important global event which is conducted by World Wildlife Fund. The organization World Wildlife fund is also called as World Wide Fund for Nature which is abbreviated as WWF. Earth hour is celebrated on the last Saturday of March every year.
The main concern of earth hour is to take larger level of awareness for the change of climate. In earth hour, the foremost action is taken as to turn off non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour in all households and businesses. This is like offering an hour for further protection of the earth to reduce energy consumption as a whole. It is a unity towards the earth for less consumption of energy level.

TAKEN FROM: HERE

 Let's do our part in reducing the energy consumption for the sake of our future and also the next generations' future.

"Charlie Horse" is painful.

Salam,

What kind of horse was I referring to when I mentioned "Charlie Horse"? Is it really a horse? Why did I say it's painful?

Haha. It's not really a horse but it refers to leg cramping during pregnancy. We normally get it mostly at night. When it happens, we'll experience spasm especially on our calf.

Last night, I couldn't sleep well because of "Charlie Horse". Luckily my hubby helped me by massaging my calf to ease the pain. Then, he asked me to drink more water and also take a magnesium/calcium tablet. Yup...sometimes I forget to take the tablet as I reckon drinking 2 glasses of milk is already enough. Apparently, I also have to take the supplement as the baby is growing in my tummy.

Here are some tips from a website on how to ease "Charlie Horse":

• Avoid standing or sitting with your legs crossed for long periods of time.
• Stretch your calf muscles regularly during the day and several times before you go to bed.
• Rotate your ankles and wiggle your toes when you sit, eat dinner, or watch TV.
• Take a walk every day, unless your midwife or doctor has advised you not to exercise.
• Avoid getting too tired. Lie down on your left side to improve circulation to and from your legs.
• Stay hydrated during the day by drinking water regularly.
• Try a warm bath before bed to relax your muscles.

source: HERE

Does anybody else have any other tips for this?

WW: Malu

The wrong concept of relying to Allah.

Salam,

This morning, I gave my students a grammar test. Some of them couldn't really answer some questions because they were absent for few days last week. I told and reminded them many times about the test. So, when I gave the test, I said that they had to try to choose the answers on their own.

One of them kept complaining about the questions. He was absent on last Friday and missed one of the important structure part that I taught the whole class. When he handed in his paper, he said "Tawakalla tu ala allah". It means "he surrenders the result to Allah and put the trust in HIM". I couldn't help myself at that thereime. So, I told him, "We should only put the trust in Allah's hand only after we've done everything we could". "If you missed classes and didn't study last night, there's no use".  Then, he smiled weakly and left the class. Other students were also smiling as they understood about my comment.

I guess most of us always misuse the concept of "tawakkal" (relying/ put the trust in Allah). We forget that we should put so much effort first before we pray and hope that Allah will help us. As  "The definition of trusts in accordance with the eyes of world-renowned scholar, Prof Dr Yusuf Al-Qardawi is is, when a human sort and organize the preparation, preparation, strategy and initiatives. Then he handed the results to God.

Have you ever come across some people who misuse this concept of "tawakkal"?

Menonton filem Hindi atau drama bersiri itu cara untuk lari dari kenyataan? (BM entry)

Salam,

Ramai tak yang suka tengok filem-filem Hindi? Drama bersiri? Telenovela? Kenapa agaknya kita suka sangat tengok cerita-cerita tu? Ada yang boleh bagi lebih dari sepuluh sebab?

Ni kenapa banyak sangat soalan ni? hehe. Takde la. Ini adalah andaian yang boleh saya buat kerana saya pun pernah terjebak dengan gejala menonton filem2 Hindi, drama bersiri dan telenovela. Bukan nak mengata kat orang-orang lain pun.

Sebenarnya bila kita suka menonton cerita-cerita tu semua, kita sebenrnya tanpa sedar cuba menggunakan cerita2 itu sebagai "escapism" atau kalau nak diterjemahkan ialah pelarian dari kenyataan. Tak faham? Nak faham rasa lagi elok baca dlm BI ni: Escapism is mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant or banal aspects of daily life.

Jangan melenting pulak bila baca kenyataan tu. Ini memang apa yang telah dikaji oleh ahli-ahli yang pakar dalam sosiologi dan psikologi. Ini semua berkaitan dengan kesihatan mental kita. Kebanyakan "escapism" tu tak memudaratkan pun. Kita perlukan saluran untuk kita berehat seketika dan menghiburkan diri. Tak salah nak berangan-angan macam "Kalaulah aku dapat suami macam Aaron Aziz dalam cerita ni, mesti seronok", atau "Kalaulah suami aku pun romantik macam Shah Rukh Khan". 


Yang bahayanya kalau "escapism" tu sampai membuatkan kita tak boleh membezakan yang mana realiti dan fantasi. Kalau di India, mereka begitu taksub dengan filem2 yang mereka tonton. Pernah satu ketika, panggung dibakar sebab penonton tak berpuas hati dengan penyudahan filem yang mereka tengok. HA.....itu dah bahaya tu. 


Saya sekarang dah kurang sikit nak tengok filem2 Hindi atau drama bersiri sebab:

1) suami bising2 kalau asyik dok layan cerita.
2) malas nak ikut dah dari episod pertama sampailah episod terakhir. (kes kurang sabar)
3) masa drama bersiri ada yang tak sesuai. (masa maghrib terutamanya sbb dah biasa kena tutup tv masa tu)
4) skrg masa banyak habis depan laptop. (yelah dok menulis kat blog ni. :P )
5) dah ada "escapism" yang lain iaitu "blogging". hehehehehe

Ada sesiapa yang ada "escapism" yang sama?

HIjabi Muslimah VS The Queen.

Salam,

Let's read about this and tell me what do you reckon.

Here Are Some Common Points Between A Hijabi Muslimah And A Queen :-

Both Are Dressed Modestly:-

A Queen Dresses Modestly Because It’s Obligation For Her To Do So.
A Hijabi Muslimah Dresses Modestly Because She Is Obeying Her Lord.

Both Have High Status :-

A Queen’s Status Is Raised The Moment She Inherits Her Title And Crown.
A Hijabi Muslimah’s Status Is Raised The Moment She Puts Her True Crown (Hijab) To Please Her Lord.

Both Should Not Shake Hands With Everyone :-

There Are Only Certain People Who Can Shake Hands With Queen.
A Hijabi Muslimah Don’t Shake Hands With Strange Men (Non Mahram).

Both Are Respected :-

They Bow Down In The Presence Of A Queen.
True Muslim Men Lower Their Gaze On The Presence Of Muslimah.

Both Are Proud :-

A Queen Is Proud With Her Bloodline.
A Hijabi Is Proud To Be A Muslimah.

Both Are Important :-

A Queen Is Important In Creatures Eyes.
A Hijabi Muslimah, As An Obedient Servant Of ALLAH, Is Important In Her.

Now, tell me why should we still question the need to wear hijab (headscarf/ Msian call it tudung)  when there are so many advantages.

Teach for the needs.

Salam,

I found this interesting website for those who love to volunteer. This is for a good course and they need teachers or anybody who can help out the poor students. So, what is it about?

Read this:
Teach For The Needs is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that is enlisting Malaysia’s most promising future teachers in our mission to end education inequity. The Teach For The Needs is a whole-year, full-time and paid-less development programme modelled towards giving the right and chances to the student in need initiative. Teach For The Needs will be officially announced after one month trial of the first batch starting this 19 March 2012.

If you are interested to know more, please go HERE


p/s: I would love to help out too when it's possible for me. Right now I just don't have the energy to teach more than 4 hours per day. Thus, at least I can share about this here as my first contribution.