This is my phase 1 evaluation.
1. Foods and nutrition are the most important elements in weight management program. It's your fuel and your maintenance substance. I must eat with the correct proportions. Carbs - complex low glycemic carbs must be always given the priority. I must make a habit to either eat brown rice, sweet potatoes, or a very very small portion of white rice. For protein, it's not a problem personally except I must avoid eating ayam berkuah or ayam goreng, as it will hinder my weight loss progress. As for fats, I'll just have mine with eggs and tunas. Simple.
2. Never sleep late. Only slot the late night staying up for extremely important cases. Macam kejut orang sahur ke. Sleeping late will increase my appetite for the next day, causing me to eat more than I should. It would also hinder my muscle growth.
3. Exercise consistently. Incorporates weight training and swimming. Both for cardio and muscle growth. Stay away from steroids. Just like the gym owner said, we go to gym to get pumped, so we could get more pump on the bed. Doing steroids would be counterproductive. Erectile dysfunction. What kind of men want a solid body but with an ED?
4. Plan your diet and exercise, always track. Set goals. Last phase, I have my goal, swimathon. I need a new goal as for now. Perhaps for the incoming March? :D
Phase 2.
1. Planning to do Herbalife. I want moneeeyyyy!
2. Continue to lift heavier. This phase aiming to completely do pull ups.
3. Next aim is set to compete at any triathlon event. Just preparing myself for now.
4. Following Shortcut-To-Size, then Arnold's Blueprint. Starting next week. Insya Allah.
5. Aim - down to 75-80 kilograms. Not too small. Just enough to have strong muscular physique. L to XL size. 4 packs perhaps? :D Insya Allah.
Only updating. Right now, after raya, my weight is back to 91 kilos. Naik 5 kilos. I don't really eat sugary foods, or any unhealthy foods, just usual Malaysian foods. Nasi lauk semua. Tup tup naik dah. Kuih raya memang tak sentuh pun.
Doakan. Sekian update untuk physical fitness.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Essential basics.
Basics. Fundamentals. Pillars. Foundations. Roots.
It's the source that expands, flourishes, nourishes, and shines.
Physicists believe this universe is made up of universal fundamentals. Fundamentals that hold true everywhere, in the Milky way or the distant super clusters of galaxies.
Chemists believe that the change is inevitable.Change happens everywhere, that changes inspire life.
Islam has its pillars. Strong simple truth, that builds a world view that is Godly, and at the same time, humanely blessed.
The world today lost their way, because we lose our way to the mastery of the basics. We lost our sense of humanity, religion, science, and courtesy, because we don't master the basics.
Simply put, basics is essential.
Academics
My life, always at the expense of mastering the basics. Even I often fail at it. Worth the risk somehow. When it comes to final examination, while everybody will stay and focus on spotting the final exams, I will withdraw to a silence spot, undisturbed, for days working out the basic formula and equations.
Deriving, understanding, applying. I always do that. Even the urge to the short-cut of spotting finals is often seducing, but I manage to refrain myself. Most of the times, the working out of basics in my academics life would leave me sleepless for nights, sweating my forehead, the disorder of my study desk increases, the caffeine in my body system keeps increasing and often left me fatigued. I will read books that are out of my suggested syllabuses, just in order to understand the functions and derivations of principles in my subjects.
However lame it may sound, this regard to the importance of basics, always lend me a very special position in tackling exam questions. Even the question is twisted severely, I rarely lose my cool during final. My memories of taking finals are always relaxed, deep breath each questions, smile and able to do check my answers.
And up until now, it maybe slow, but it has served me well, Alhamdulillah.
Weight loss and fitness
Often, people want short-cuts to achieve great things. In this world, there may be smart ways, but surely aren't short. Greatness is always paved with hardships and challenges. Great quality and result always comes with great efforts.
It took me months to really understand the basics of weight loss. That's only the theory. Right now, after almost one year since I've started going to gym, I still think that there is so much to learn. The form, the weight, range of reps and sets, arsenal of exercises and its variation, and most importantly, nutrition.
Like weight lifting. Often people are into the trends of lifting way heavy beyond their capabilities, when the real purpose is to provide stimulus for muscle growth, therefore become stronger. They compromise form for weight, therefore instead of going healthy they are basically destroying themselves.
Insya Allah, when the aim is set, basics and fundamentals are mastered, you'll only need discipline to execute your way to success. And for me, the aim for the second phase in January 2015.
Life
Will be entering a new phase of life. Remastering basics of life, self-control, and many more.
To be truthful, just before the Swimathon, I'd imagine myself being not anywhere near from now. Decisions have been made after meticulous process. And insya Allah, I pray so that Allah bless and ease us.
Yesterday, I talked with Imam from Gaza, Imam Jihad. I escorted him. During the supper with AJK masjid, he talked about Qassam operations. Being the engineering student, both of us Imam Jihad and I, the discussion sometimes went deep in engineering terms, that pakcik-pakcik couldn't understand and his translator is having problems understanding too. So I decided to help explaining. And he was excited knowing I am from engineering faculty.
He went out later, hugged me, held my hand and my friend's hand closely, talked about the very dire need of Al-Qassam for engineers, especially electronics, electrical and mechanical. We talked long and lastly before we departed, I asked him and said "I want to be one of the martyrs. So, please pray for me, that Allah grant me martyr's death. That I die for Allah.."
He answered, why ask to die for Allah when we could ask Allah to live for Allah? Everyone dies, but not everybody truly lives. (He sounded like Razor somehow). He explained by what he meant. That if you live for Allah, surely by Allah's mercy you will die for Allah. No doubt. So, don't aim to die for Allah. Aim to live for Allah, you'll get both.
He gave me the advice and I felt like, Subhanallah..like something is filling the void in my heart. I felt very calm, thankful and tears almost escape my eyes. I never thought about what he said at all before this. Seeing me emotional, he hugged me, and kissed my forehead deeply. And his age is the same as me. May Allah bless him.
He never told us how he related with al Qassam, but he sure knows a lot. When we asked about it, he said, not all questions can be answered. But seeing how close he was with Mas'ul for HAMAS in Malaysia, hmm.. I think he is deeply involved. 'Ala kulli hal, it was a very good advice.
I also met a lot of people, to ask for tips on cruising the next phase of life. Asking for what is fundamentals, that people often miss and overlook, neglecting, yet it plays the influential factors in life. I got many. I hope to apply them soon ^.^
So....
What's the basic of life then?
ALLAH.
Love Him, and all is well.
Moga Allah permudahkan segala urusan kita.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Cinta di mana?
Sebelum cuti bermula, kami meluangkan masa bersama seorang ustaz yang sangat dihormati di Penang. Seorang lulusan Yaman, dia banyak membuka minda kami mengenai dunia. Aku mengaguminya dengan rapat kerana beliau telah menjelaskan Usul Isyrin kepadaku dengan begitu jelas sekali, bagaimana pada hari ini aku menggunakan prinsip-prinsip tersebut dalam melihat dunia. Beliau juga seorang yang sangat mendalam ilmunya di dalam sirah. Bagaimana beliau menggariskan panduan sirah dan mengaitkannya dengan kehidupan sangat aku kagumi.
Perancangan asalnya ialah untuk kami bersama beliau sehari suntuk untuk belajar dengan beliau (rancangan murabbi kami). Setibanya di rumah beliau, beliau mengajak kami keluar jalan-jalan. Pergi makan sana sini (I was forced to declare that day my cheat day). Sepanjang jaulah kami ke sekeliling Penang, ada beberapa perkongsian yang beliau ceritakan pada kami, untuk pengajaran bersama. Aku merasakan ini sangat perlu untuk aku nukilkan di sini, untuk manfaat bersama dan juga untuk nota pada diriku masa hadapan.
Lafaz yang umum tidaklah dimaksudkan untuk generalization. Frasa umum dikhususkan maksudnya pada yang terlibat.
1. Ukhuwwah
Betapa ukhuwwah itu asas kegemilangan. Seperti sudah menjadi tradisi hari ini untuk yang mengikuti dakwah ini melalui bahan-bahan dengan intense dan padat, sampai lelah dibuatnya. Sekejap program sana, sekejap program sini. Mutabaah yang ketat, rigid, dan bi'ah yang sangat serius. Tiada santainya, tiada relaksnya, tiada rehatnya. Yang ingin berehat, santai dan berhenti sebentar seperti tidak mengambil urusan dakwah dengan serius..
"Mana nta kenal akh ni?", "Oh ana kenal dia dari program".. Ustaz mengungkap seperti sesetengah ukhuwwah yang lahir pada hari ini datangnya dari program-program.
Sedang pakcik makcik dulu-dulu membinanya dengan penuh kehangatan, gelak ketawa, kemesraan, kepercayaan, yang lahir semulajadi tanpa dipaksa dan bukannya plastik. Sebab itu dengan izin Allah kebanyakan mereka masih bersama di dalam gerabak dakwah.
Apa yang ustaz nak sampaikan pada kami ialah supaya kami bersama-sama mad'u kami, untuk ukhuwwah yang sebenarnya. Bukan ukhuwwah program. Ukhuwwah yang kekal, walau selepas mereka memilih untuk tak ikut tarbiyah, kita teruskan. Biar cinta yang lahir itu tidak didasarkan pada apa-apa, kecuali Allah. Walau agamanya sudah kurang, kita hulurkan tangan. Walau tarbiyah tidak terjaga, kita tetap hulurkan tangan. Moga-moga dengan izin Allah dia kembali bersama gerabak dakwah. Kerana jika cinta kerana Allah, walau apa yang terjadi, kita tetap akan ada untuknya.
Kadang-kadang aku tak boleh comprehend siapa yang kata tak boleh nak kawan sebab dia dah berubah, agama tak jaga, hubungan dengan Allah tak jaga, tinggalkan yang memperlahankan dakwah dan sebagainya. Kita berkawan atas dasar kerana Allah atau dia? Maksud aku, kita selalu kata, rupa dan populariti akan pudar, harta akan kurang, tapi agama kekal. Kalau agama dia berubah, kita tinggalkan dia. Aku tak boleh comprehend. Aku tak faham. Agama juga manipulated variable, Allah yang constant. Andai dia hanyut, tugas kita genggam dan pegang. Apa-apa yang terjadi, kita setia. Kita tetap di sisi, berdoa, bertahan. Kalau dia putus asa pada Tuhan, tugas kita sambungkan kembali. Entah. Aku tak subscribe pada idea macam itu.
Ustaz bercerita kisah-kisah bagaiman ikhwah akhawat yang hari ini padu dan laju di dalam dakwah walau telah berkeluarga, kerana masing-masing ada kenangan hangatnya ukhuwwah. Dan yang laju, rigid, keras, dan 'mee segera', kebanyakannya hilang sama ada ditelan zaman atau dilanda konflik. Tiada lagi yang mengikat.
Moga ukhuwwah terus mengikat..
2. Keluarga
Ustaz juga bercerita betapa hari ini banyak masalah rumahtangga terjadi dalam kalangan ikhwah akhawat muda. Bukan dalam jemaah ini sahaja, tapi masalah ini masalah nasional. Macam mana keluarga dakwah, atau al Bait al Muslim yang difahami sangat ideal. Isteri yang mengutamakan program berbanding suami, suami isteri yang hilang nilai romantiknya, yang sanggup pergi program walaupun anak adam. Ayat Al Quran mengutamakan Allah berbanding keluarga, ibu bapa, dan anak-anak telah disalahfahami konteksnya, kerna ayat itu merujuk kepada konteks aqidah.
Sehingga ada yang ingin berhenti usrah kerana terasa hati pada pasangan yang lebih mengutamakan jemaah berbanding pasangan. Terlalu ideal, rigid, dan serius. Mujahadah telah disalahfahami dengan rigidity dan keseriusan. Pasangan menganggap nikah ini hanya untuk dakwah, tiada usaha untuk memurnikan keluarga itu sendiri, hanya platform. Lupa. Mereka lupa. Marhalah kedua selepas individu muslim adalah keluarga muslim.
Kenapa bersusah membina individu muslim kemudian membiarkan keluarga muslim begitu? Keluarga adalah lapangan dakwah. Usaha harus dilakukan. Bukan sekadar bernikah, beranak, tapi membiarkan anak-anak kerana sibuk dengan kerja dakwah. Ustaz mengingatkan andai berlaku seperti itu, tak mustahil anak-anak akan menjadi musuh dakwah pada masa hadapan.
Nasihat ustaz, be romantic. Bawa pasangan pergi dating, jalan-jalan, bagi hadiah. Keep it alive. (Ustaz dah 8 tahun kahwin pun kalau jalan pegang tangan dengan isteri lagi, di rumah ustaz ada couple mug, makan pun suap menyuap lagi..)
Insya Allah, tak plan untuk menjadi anak, abang, suami, dan ayah yang membelakangkan keluarga kerana dakwah. The option is not mutually exclusive. It's not either family or dakwah. It is both and that's life. It's about how you manage.
3. Akhlaq
Di akhir sekali, akhlaq. Akhlaq yang baik, indah, mudah didekati, mesra adalah buah dari tarbiah dan ibadah. Hasil ketaatan pada Allah akan terzahir pada akhlaq yang baik. Perkara-perkara yang dianggap kecil seperti melayan haiwan, melayan warga asing sehingga perkara yang besar - semuanya indah andai disandarkan akhlaq yang baik.
Pengikat jiwa itu adalah akhlaq yang indah. Seorang kawan yang mengambil berat, abang yang penyayang, pelajar yang menghormati, ayah yang menyayangi, suami yang romantik, pekerja yang amanah, da'i yang mencintai dan menyeru kepada kecintaan kepada Allah, ummat nabi yang mencontohi nabi, dan akhir sekali sebaik akhlaq adalah akhlaq yang merendah diri dihadapan Rabbnya. Mengagungkan perintah Tuhannya dan berkasih sayang dengan makhluqnya - dua prinsip pengabdian dan khalifah [Qawaid Dakwah, Qaidah 1 - Hammam Said]
Kalau sudah kasih sayang itu buahnya, mengapa tidak ternampak? Adakah ianya tidak berbuah?
Wallahu a'lam, sekadar catatan dan perkongsian. Moga-moga ada manfaat.
p/s - Sedih sebenarnya course mate ramai pindah kampus ke Pasir Gudang. Gambar di bawah adalah gambar bersama classmates merangkap bekas anak usrah - malam terakhir kami bersama. 90% memori aku di Penang adalah dengan depa ni. Gambar lain unavailable.
p/s 2 - lagi tiga hari saya akan bertanding di International Kapas-Marang Swimathon 2014. Open water competition. Track 6.5 kilometers crossing the sea from Pulau Kapas to Marang. Doakan saya selamat sampai :) Nanti saya post di sini pengalaman sepanjang renang across the sea. Tak sabar nak tengok Nemo berenang-renang di bawah kaki. Harap tak ada ikan jos.
Perancangan asalnya ialah untuk kami bersama beliau sehari suntuk untuk belajar dengan beliau (rancangan murabbi kami). Setibanya di rumah beliau, beliau mengajak kami keluar jalan-jalan. Pergi makan sana sini (I was forced to declare that day my cheat day). Sepanjang jaulah kami ke sekeliling Penang, ada beberapa perkongsian yang beliau ceritakan pada kami, untuk pengajaran bersama. Aku merasakan ini sangat perlu untuk aku nukilkan di sini, untuk manfaat bersama dan juga untuk nota pada diriku masa hadapan.
Lafaz yang umum tidaklah dimaksudkan untuk generalization. Frasa umum dikhususkan maksudnya pada yang terlibat.
1. Ukhuwwah
Betapa ukhuwwah itu asas kegemilangan. Seperti sudah menjadi tradisi hari ini untuk yang mengikuti dakwah ini melalui bahan-bahan dengan intense dan padat, sampai lelah dibuatnya. Sekejap program sana, sekejap program sini. Mutabaah yang ketat, rigid, dan bi'ah yang sangat serius. Tiada santainya, tiada relaksnya, tiada rehatnya. Yang ingin berehat, santai dan berhenti sebentar seperti tidak mengambil urusan dakwah dengan serius..
"Mana nta kenal akh ni?", "Oh ana kenal dia dari program".. Ustaz mengungkap seperti sesetengah ukhuwwah yang lahir pada hari ini datangnya dari program-program.
Sedang pakcik makcik dulu-dulu membinanya dengan penuh kehangatan, gelak ketawa, kemesraan, kepercayaan, yang lahir semulajadi tanpa dipaksa dan bukannya plastik. Sebab itu dengan izin Allah kebanyakan mereka masih bersama di dalam gerabak dakwah.
Apa yang ustaz nak sampaikan pada kami ialah supaya kami bersama-sama mad'u kami, untuk ukhuwwah yang sebenarnya. Bukan ukhuwwah program. Ukhuwwah yang kekal, walau selepas mereka memilih untuk tak ikut tarbiyah, kita teruskan. Biar cinta yang lahir itu tidak didasarkan pada apa-apa, kecuali Allah. Walau agamanya sudah kurang, kita hulurkan tangan. Walau tarbiyah tidak terjaga, kita tetap hulurkan tangan. Moga-moga dengan izin Allah dia kembali bersama gerabak dakwah. Kerana jika cinta kerana Allah, walau apa yang terjadi, kita tetap akan ada untuknya.
Kadang-kadang aku tak boleh comprehend siapa yang kata tak boleh nak kawan sebab dia dah berubah, agama tak jaga, hubungan dengan Allah tak jaga, tinggalkan yang memperlahankan dakwah dan sebagainya. Kita berkawan atas dasar kerana Allah atau dia? Maksud aku, kita selalu kata, rupa dan populariti akan pudar, harta akan kurang, tapi agama kekal. Kalau agama dia berubah, kita tinggalkan dia. Aku tak boleh comprehend. Aku tak faham. Agama juga manipulated variable, Allah yang constant. Andai dia hanyut, tugas kita genggam dan pegang. Apa-apa yang terjadi, kita setia. Kita tetap di sisi, berdoa, bertahan. Kalau dia putus asa pada Tuhan, tugas kita sambungkan kembali. Entah. Aku tak subscribe pada idea macam itu.
Ustaz bercerita kisah-kisah bagaiman ikhwah akhawat yang hari ini padu dan laju di dalam dakwah walau telah berkeluarga, kerana masing-masing ada kenangan hangatnya ukhuwwah. Dan yang laju, rigid, keras, dan 'mee segera', kebanyakannya hilang sama ada ditelan zaman atau dilanda konflik. Tiada lagi yang mengikat.Moga ukhuwwah terus mengikat..
2. Keluarga
Ustaz juga bercerita betapa hari ini banyak masalah rumahtangga terjadi dalam kalangan ikhwah akhawat muda. Bukan dalam jemaah ini sahaja, tapi masalah ini masalah nasional. Macam mana keluarga dakwah, atau al Bait al Muslim yang difahami sangat ideal. Isteri yang mengutamakan program berbanding suami, suami isteri yang hilang nilai romantiknya, yang sanggup pergi program walaupun anak adam. Ayat Al Quran mengutamakan Allah berbanding keluarga, ibu bapa, dan anak-anak telah disalahfahami konteksnya, kerna ayat itu merujuk kepada konteks aqidah.
Sehingga ada yang ingin berhenti usrah kerana terasa hati pada pasangan yang lebih mengutamakan jemaah berbanding pasangan. Terlalu ideal, rigid, dan serius. Mujahadah telah disalahfahami dengan rigidity dan keseriusan. Pasangan menganggap nikah ini hanya untuk dakwah, tiada usaha untuk memurnikan keluarga itu sendiri, hanya platform. Lupa. Mereka lupa. Marhalah kedua selepas individu muslim adalah keluarga muslim.
Kenapa bersusah membina individu muslim kemudian membiarkan keluarga muslim begitu? Keluarga adalah lapangan dakwah. Usaha harus dilakukan. Bukan sekadar bernikah, beranak, tapi membiarkan anak-anak kerana sibuk dengan kerja dakwah. Ustaz mengingatkan andai berlaku seperti itu, tak mustahil anak-anak akan menjadi musuh dakwah pada masa hadapan.
Nasihat ustaz, be romantic. Bawa pasangan pergi dating, jalan-jalan, bagi hadiah. Keep it alive. (Ustaz dah 8 tahun kahwin pun kalau jalan pegang tangan dengan isteri lagi, di rumah ustaz ada couple mug, makan pun suap menyuap lagi..)Insya Allah, tak plan untuk menjadi anak, abang, suami, dan ayah yang membelakangkan keluarga kerana dakwah. The option is not mutually exclusive. It's not either family or dakwah. It is both and that's life. It's about how you manage.
3. Akhlaq
Di akhir sekali, akhlaq. Akhlaq yang baik, indah, mudah didekati, mesra adalah buah dari tarbiah dan ibadah. Hasil ketaatan pada Allah akan terzahir pada akhlaq yang baik. Perkara-perkara yang dianggap kecil seperti melayan haiwan, melayan warga asing sehingga perkara yang besar - semuanya indah andai disandarkan akhlaq yang baik.
Pengikat jiwa itu adalah akhlaq yang indah. Seorang kawan yang mengambil berat, abang yang penyayang, pelajar yang menghormati, ayah yang menyayangi, suami yang romantik, pekerja yang amanah, da'i yang mencintai dan menyeru kepada kecintaan kepada Allah, ummat nabi yang mencontohi nabi, dan akhir sekali sebaik akhlaq adalah akhlaq yang merendah diri dihadapan Rabbnya. Mengagungkan perintah Tuhannya dan berkasih sayang dengan makhluqnya - dua prinsip pengabdian dan khalifah [Qawaid Dakwah, Qaidah 1 - Hammam Said]
Kalau sudah kasih sayang itu buahnya, mengapa tidak ternampak? Adakah ianya tidak berbuah?
Wallahu a'lam, sekadar catatan dan perkongsian. Moga-moga ada manfaat.
p/s - Sedih sebenarnya course mate ramai pindah kampus ke Pasir Gudang. Gambar di bawah adalah gambar bersama classmates merangkap bekas anak usrah - malam terakhir kami bersama. 90% memori aku di Penang adalah dengan depa ni. Gambar lain unavailable.
p/s 2 - lagi tiga hari saya akan bertanding di International Kapas-Marang Swimathon 2014. Open water competition. Track 6.5 kilometers crossing the sea from Pulau Kapas to Marang. Doakan saya selamat sampai :) Nanti saya post di sini pengalaman sepanjang renang across the sea. Tak sabar nak tengok Nemo berenang-renang di bawah kaki. Harap tak ada ikan jos.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Prep phase mark!
For sure, I've never had any gym partner before this with me. I was and am a loner, which means I'd like to get things done by myself. But it's not that I'm ignorant of teamwork dynamics. It's just, I opt to be alone. I know when to ask for help and advice. Somehow, being with him(the stranger) today made me want to push myself harder.
I asked him to load another weight plates to the bar. I really pushed myself today, and during the session, I kept imagining how failed I had become in terms of control and lifestyle, that had led to an unhealthy lifestyle and physical. Although I was doing better than I was, the picture of my failure kept fueling me to push harder, to the extent I was disgusted by my past failures. Adding to it was the severe setback of heavy squat, known as the king of exercise. I felt so disgusted, remorseful, and regret at that time. I don't know why I'd get so emotional, apart from the fact that I fueled myself to push my limit.
And I learned a lot from that stranger, an old timer, who gave me a lot of advice doing proper forms of leg exercises. Thanks.
There we go. Last week of the prep phase. I am now doing a 12 week strength program by B.U.F.F Dudes. It's an online program. Now week three. Just want to see how significant will I improve after finishing the 12 week programs.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Health Testimony #1
Today marks 4 months since I disembarked upon a health initiative. The initiative initially resulted from frustration, because of something. Being a physics enthusiast, I knew that negative energy must be fueled somewhere else. The frustration was insurmountable it needed to be channeled. Of course, redha was at heart, but the frustration took time to dissipate.
After the painful realization, I took two weeks to research and plan what I would do.
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To put simply, here are three things that I have planned in terms of physical health.
1. Eat healthy and natural. Dismiss unnecessary calories. I have friends that use products, but I was the kind of man that wants something fundamental and basic. 'What if one day I don't have the product? Can I stay fit?' kind of thinking. I have nothing against weight loss products. I respect science and its applications. It is just not for me. I try applying close to Paleo Diet, but not perfectly.
For me, our Prophet sunnah was perfect. Makan bila lapar, berhenti sebelum kenyang. That's how bodybuilders eat. When they got hungry, they eat. They regard food as fuel, only. Not to satisfy lust.
2. Exercise, systematically. I got myself a gym membership and swimming membership, very cheap considering the return it would give me. Since then, I have made a few progress that even myself could not believe. I aim for compound exercise. Which will increase my core and overall strength. Examples of compund movement - squats, deadlifts, clean and jerk, power snatch.
* I am able to swim freestyle for 2 kilometers in 45 minutes 27 seconds, non-stop.
* I am able to butterfly stroke for 100 meters.
* Now I teach my fellow friends how to swim.
* I am able to squat 60 kilos, deadlift 50 kilos, leg press 120 kilos. Also I am able to do push ups for 50 times, and feels like I'm just warming up.
* I am able to jog faster. I am able to do half dead hang pull ups.
* My max weight was 120 kilos. Now I am 88 kilos. :)
3. Healthy lifestyle. Sleep early. No stress. Managing my time. Be beneficial to others. Educate others about health.
I want to prove that I can be fit, not only slim, but fit and strong without using any weight products. And I will be. I can be.
Being realistic, I set my next deadline is at June 2004.
I will enter Marang-Pulau Kapas International Swimathon this April. 6.5 kilometers swim across the ocean. Pray for me yah! :)
Moga Allah permudahkan. Moga keadaan menjadi lebih baik.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Thanks, Pakcik!
FYI, leg day is the day where you work out your leg at the gym or anywhere. Leg day may comprise of heavy squat, Romanian dead lift, lounges, leg press, and leg extension. Usually, if you do right and you push yourself, you will be almost unable to walk the day after. Pain everywhere throughout your leg. It is one of the hardest days, and for that reason many people skip leg day.
Today, I went to swim early. After Subuh I made my breakfast, finished up all my chores, and prepared my swimming accessories. Sharp on 9, I went to the pool. Usually, on Sunday, I will swim in the morning and evening. Two sessions. Because swimming is a form of recovery exercise, I need to hit all my muscles before I am ready to work them out the next week.
However, today is my unusual day. After I did my warmup, I went straight into the pool. There was a pakcik beside me. He was overweight, perhaps obese. I guess he just made up his mind to live healthily because I could see the determination on his face. I was just like him 6 months ago. Exactly. He was just beside me. I did not talk or anything, I just smiled to him and started my swim. My routine is I will swim at least one kilometer easy swim before I decided to do sprint swim or practice my backstroke and butterfly.
When I started my breast stroke, I noticed he was beside me doing freestyle. In my mind, I thought "Takpelah, nanti pakcik ni letih lepas dua tiga lap berhenti lah tu..". His swimming actually interrupted my swim a little bit. He was zigzagging between my lane and his lane. I was not sure why, in my mind perhaps because his eyes were not very good although he was wearing a pair of goggles. Or because he could not really balance. So, I just let him be.
To my surprise, after 500(5 laps) meters, he did not stop. He did not pause. I was alternating my breast stroke and freestyle, therefore he would always catch me up because breast stroke is slower than freestyle. We kept catching up to each other. We both did not stop along the way. Up until one kilometer the pakcik was still swimming gracefully. And he was still zigzagging! I needed to do my sight every few strokes and then.
At last, that pakcik stopped at my 1.5 kilometers mark. I did not know how much that pakcik covered. I finished the non-stop swim to 2 kilometers. After the swim, I went to meet the pakcik.
"Kuat pakcik, tak sangka lama betul pakcik tahan.." I said, and laughed. I was really astonished.
"Anak pun kuat juga, pakcik nak cuba lawan, tapi tak boleh..." he replied.
And after that, my guess was right. He was having his health resolution in action. He wanted to live healthily. And I've got great advice about taking care of my body from the pakcik. 'Badan ini amanah Allah!'.
Thank you pakcik! His smile was a remedy for my sore eyes (you know what people wear at public pool).
And Alhamdulillah, new record. 2 kilometers non-stop! :D Alhamdulillah.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Update & Nikah Abu Bakr
Semalam bersama naqib masa sekolah menengah dahulu, Abg Sarep ke walimah junior kami yang berumur 19 tahun, Abu Bakr Abdullah. Anak pakcik Nicholas Sylvester. Kami berdua naik kereta ke Masjid As-Syafi'e di Taman Maluri. Dia bernikah dengan Khadijah 'Atifah, akhawat sebaya dengan Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr belajar di UTM Skudai dan Khadijah belajar di Mesir.
Bahagia tengok junior dah bernikah. Masa kami makan, kawan rapat aku dan abang kepada Abu Bakr, Omar datang berbual bersama kami. Aku tanya pasal mas kahwin, hantaran, dan perancangan selepas nikah pada abang dia. Alhamdulillah, baik. Mudah dan murah.
Masa kami nak pulang, jumpa ramai ikhwah-ikhwah senior. Presiden Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia pun datang, Dr Parid. Bersalam dan berbual sikit sahaja sebab dia pun sibuk. Abang Sarep lah yang seronok nak jumpa salam semua. Pakcik Syed Ibrahim ada, Dr Hatta ada, ramai sungguh. Sebelum nak balik, pakcik Nicholas tepuk belakang aku masa aku ucap tahniah pada dia. Seronok tengok muka dia seorang anak dah kahwin.
Dulu, masa darah pemuda baru nak bergelojak dengan syahwat dan nafsu, aku pernah tanya pada Abang Sarep kenapa walaupun puasa keinginan itu sangat-sangat kuat? Nabi kata puasa dapat 'hold' keinginan itu. Aku terus sambung soalan aku, aku bukan puasa fizikal sahaja, tapi pancaindera sekali. Tapi kenapa masih kuat dan mengganggu?
Jawapan dia sampai sekarang aku ingat. Adakah kita berpuasa dengan sebenar-benar puasa macam yang nabi maksudkan? Kekuatan datang dari dalam katanya. Inisiatif kita untuk menundukkan nafsu. Inisiatif dan kekuatan dalam diri untuk menolak tepi keinginan dunia untuk fokus pada akhirat. Puasa tahap yang ketiga - bukan sekadar menjaga pancaindera dan mengharapkan hasil, tetapi menjaga hati dari berbuat maksiat kepada Allah. Walaupun kecil. Walaupun ianya hanya lintasan hati.
Allahu Akbar.
Masa dalam kereta on the way balik ke rumah (Yes, he picked me up, and he sent me home. I refused, he insisted), banyak dapat mutiara berharga daripada Abang Sarep. Dia jadi driver untuk kedua-dua Naib Mursyid Am IM yang datang ke Malaysia. Allah susun sangat cantik. Masa tengah cuti - ada orang bawa jalan-jalan sambil bagi nasihat. Masya Allah. Oh. Ya. Abang Sarep, walaupun senior kami, masih belum berkahwin. Belum sampai seru mungkin. Dia menceritakan mengenai komen Syeikh Jum'ah Amin pada ikhwah di Malaysia. Syeikh berkata "Aku hairan pada ikhwah-ikhwah di Malaysia. Bagaimana mereka boleh hidup tanpa bernikah?".
Sampai rumah aku pahat azam baru. Tiada masa akan kosong pada waktu cuti ini. Masa kosong membunuh pemuda seperti aku. Meliarkan angan-angan kosong. Melemahkan jiwa. Tiadalah aku nak melemahkan diri masa cuti setelah aku berdisiplin hempas pulas masa di kampus. No way. Kalau di kampus dah jumpa orang untuk tasmi' al Quran setiap minggu, sini pun jangan miss. Selalu juga cemburu dengan ikhwah akhawat UIA, ada kelas tasmi'. Di kampus, aku mencari orang untuk tasmi' aku. Hidup Allah dah stabilkan, jangan kita kucar kacirkan. Emotion and lust are tools. Tools yang patut digenggam dengan kuat di bawah kawalan. Rindu juga pada suasana Darul Quran. Tapi fikir balik, to what ends am I gonna sit and wait for opportunity to come? Teringat dalam kisah "Cinta di rumah Hasan Al Banna", ahli keluarga Imam Hasan bercerita bahawa Imam Hasan akan sentiasa tasmi' Qurannya dengan mana-mana ahli keluarga. Andai tiada yang dewasa, dengan anak kecil pun jadi. Masya Allah.
Alhamdulillah, kerja dah dapat. Itu pun lagi dua minggu baru mula. Bayaran RM 80 sehari. Insya Allah. Cukup. Sekarang ini mengambil tugas sambilan menulis ringkasan dan nota-nota pelajaran. Ok lah kot satu ringkasan RM20. Kalau banyak. First ringkasan buat pasal Hadith pertama, hadith niat. Last sekali rasa bersalah gila nak ambil upah. -.-
I just love teaching. But now, there's no one to teach. SPM dah hampir. Dan anak murid aku sekarang tengah berhempas pulas untuk prepare SPM. Sebelum raya, aku ada berjumpa dengan manager sebuah kedai buku. Nak pohon kerja. Dia tanya, sebelum ini masa cuti buat apa? Aku jawab mengajar. Subjek Add Math, Biology, Physics as tuition dan mengajar Al Quran di dua buah masjid. Dia membalas, "Oh..Cikgu. Tak payah kerjalah. Cikgu sekarang banyak duit. Sangat banyak". Itu fakta yang baru aku tahu. Aku kemudian gelak besar, menafikan. Aku bukan seorang cikgu dalam kerjaya.
Lusa insyaAllah akan ke seminar finance. Di Hotel Boulevard. Baca The Star dengan kawan, jumpa seminar. Terus daftar. Kawan itu juga lah yang minta nak berusrah Alhamdulillah, setelah satu semester study dengan dia. Dulu langsung tak minat bisnes finance etc. Sekarang ini dah ada tanggungjawab. Asyik fikir macam mana nak pacu IkramSiswa UITMPP punya DnT dan kewangan. Nak fikir projek dana. Kalau ada idea roger lah. Kami open untuk cadangan. Projek jual beli emas dan perak dah ada yang mula.
Dah target nak habiskan dua buku tebal. Buku sirah Raheeq Makhtum, yang selama ini hanya jadi rujukan. Dan fiqh dakwah.
Masuk team RnD Robotic UiTM. Will be busy. Busynya sampai masuk keluar lab sampai pukul 2 pagi. Let's give it a try. Dah dijemput masuk, tak moleklah kalau menolak. Jadi, masa cuti ada pembacaan sikit-sikit.
Itulah rancangan setakat masa cuti.
Masa cuti - aku spend untuk keluarga(family first), kerja dan perancangan untuk Ikram Siswa nanti. Membaca diteruskan.
Anekdot masa cuti. Ayaz selalu, kalau kami jadi imam dia akan sebut masa tengah solat surah yang dia nak revise untuk sekolah, contohnya kalau rakaat pertama tengah imam tengah Al Fatihah dia akan sebut "Al 'Alaq". Kami pun baca al 'Alaq. Kemudian dia sebut al Bayyinah. Kami baca al Bayyinah. Kalau kami tak baca, dia akan ulang dan ulang, "al 'Alaq..al 'Alaq..". Geram juga kadang-kadang. Tapi melayan lah. Dia adik kecil yang aku sayang.
Ada elemen comel terbaru - Meelo. Cucu Avatar Aang, dalam Legend of Korra.
:)
Itu lah update sedikit sebanyak.
1. "Tafaqqahu qabla an tusawwadu" -Umar al-Khattab r.a [Kata-kata Umar yang menunjukkan peri pentingnya ilmu sebelum dilanti
2. Oleh itu aku menyeru kamu wahai ikhwah, janganlah kamu berpada hanya sekadar menjadi akh muslim, atau berpuas hati sekadar dirinya telah bersolat, berpuasa dan bermujahadah. Jangan! Menyebarkan dakwah itulah yang dituntut daripada kamu, setiap orang. Maka, awas kamu! Jangan berlengah, jangan bermalas, jangan berasa berat untuk melaksanakan kewajipan ini. Awas! Jangan kamu tanggalkan baju yang telah dipakaikan Allah kepada kamu dengan memilih Muhammad s.a.w. sebagai ikutan dan pemimpin kamu. - zaadut-taqwa
Allahumma solli 'ala Muhammad.
Moga aku dikurniakan cinta pada Allah dan Rasul melebihi segala-galanya.
Roger and out.
Bahagia tengok junior dah bernikah. Masa kami makan, kawan rapat aku dan abang kepada Abu Bakr, Omar datang berbual bersama kami. Aku tanya pasal mas kahwin, hantaran, dan perancangan selepas nikah pada abang dia. Alhamdulillah, baik. Mudah dan murah.
Masa kami nak pulang, jumpa ramai ikhwah-ikhwah senior. Presiden Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia pun datang, Dr Parid. Bersalam dan berbual sikit sahaja sebab dia pun sibuk. Abang Sarep lah yang seronok nak jumpa salam semua. Pakcik Syed Ibrahim ada, Dr Hatta ada, ramai sungguh. Sebelum nak balik, pakcik Nicholas tepuk belakang aku masa aku ucap tahniah pada dia. Seronok tengok muka dia seorang anak dah kahwin.
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| Abu, Khadijah, makcik dan pakcik :) Makcik dan pakcik ni sangat baik orangnya. Dua-dua sepadan. Pakcik Nicholas dan isterinya. |
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| Baju pengantin lelaki memang kena gelak dengan abang Sarep sebab macam uniform Jepun. Still, to me it looks good. |
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| Abu dan Abang Sarep [Kredit to Amir Mohsein atas gambar-gambar] |
Dulu, masa darah pemuda baru nak bergelojak dengan syahwat dan nafsu, aku pernah tanya pada Abang Sarep kenapa walaupun puasa keinginan itu sangat-sangat kuat? Nabi kata puasa dapat 'hold' keinginan itu. Aku terus sambung soalan aku, aku bukan puasa fizikal sahaja, tapi pancaindera sekali. Tapi kenapa masih kuat dan mengganggu?
Jawapan dia sampai sekarang aku ingat. Adakah kita berpuasa dengan sebenar-benar puasa macam yang nabi maksudkan? Kekuatan datang dari dalam katanya. Inisiatif kita untuk menundukkan nafsu. Inisiatif dan kekuatan dalam diri untuk menolak tepi keinginan dunia untuk fokus pada akhirat. Puasa tahap yang ketiga - bukan sekadar menjaga pancaindera dan mengharapkan hasil, tetapi menjaga hati dari berbuat maksiat kepada Allah. Walaupun kecil. Walaupun ianya hanya lintasan hati.
Allahu Akbar.
Masa dalam kereta on the way balik ke rumah (Yes, he picked me up, and he sent me home. I refused, he insisted), banyak dapat mutiara berharga daripada Abang Sarep. Dia jadi driver untuk kedua-dua Naib Mursyid Am IM yang datang ke Malaysia. Allah susun sangat cantik. Masa tengah cuti - ada orang bawa jalan-jalan sambil bagi nasihat. Masya Allah. Oh. Ya. Abang Sarep, walaupun senior kami, masih belum berkahwin. Belum sampai seru mungkin. Dia menceritakan mengenai komen Syeikh Jum'ah Amin pada ikhwah di Malaysia. Syeikh berkata "Aku hairan pada ikhwah-ikhwah di Malaysia. Bagaimana mereka boleh hidup tanpa bernikah?".
Sampai rumah aku pahat azam baru. Tiada masa akan kosong pada waktu cuti ini. Masa kosong membunuh pemuda seperti aku. Meliarkan angan-angan kosong. Melemahkan jiwa. Tiadalah aku nak melemahkan diri masa cuti setelah aku berdisiplin hempas pulas masa di kampus. No way. Kalau di kampus dah jumpa orang untuk tasmi' al Quran setiap minggu, sini pun jangan miss. Selalu juga cemburu dengan ikhwah akhawat UIA, ada kelas tasmi'. Di kampus, aku mencari orang untuk tasmi' aku. Hidup Allah dah stabilkan, jangan kita kucar kacirkan. Emotion and lust are tools. Tools yang patut digenggam dengan kuat di bawah kawalan. Rindu juga pada suasana Darul Quran. Tapi fikir balik, to what ends am I gonna sit and wait for opportunity to come? Teringat dalam kisah "Cinta di rumah Hasan Al Banna", ahli keluarga Imam Hasan bercerita bahawa Imam Hasan akan sentiasa tasmi' Qurannya dengan mana-mana ahli keluarga. Andai tiada yang dewasa, dengan anak kecil pun jadi. Masya Allah.
Alhamdulillah, kerja dah dapat. Itu pun lagi dua minggu baru mula. Bayaran RM 80 sehari. Insya Allah. Cukup. Sekarang ini mengambil tugas sambilan menulis ringkasan dan nota-nota pelajaran. Ok lah kot satu ringkasan RM20. Kalau banyak. First ringkasan buat pasal Hadith pertama, hadith niat. Last sekali rasa bersalah gila nak ambil upah. -.-
I just love teaching. But now, there's no one to teach. SPM dah hampir. Dan anak murid aku sekarang tengah berhempas pulas untuk prepare SPM. Sebelum raya, aku ada berjumpa dengan manager sebuah kedai buku. Nak pohon kerja. Dia tanya, sebelum ini masa cuti buat apa? Aku jawab mengajar. Subjek Add Math, Biology, Physics as tuition dan mengajar Al Quran di dua buah masjid. Dia membalas, "Oh..Cikgu. Tak payah kerjalah. Cikgu sekarang banyak duit. Sangat banyak". Itu fakta yang baru aku tahu. Aku kemudian gelak besar, menafikan. Aku bukan seorang cikgu dalam kerjaya.
Lusa insyaAllah akan ke seminar finance. Di Hotel Boulevard. Baca The Star dengan kawan, jumpa seminar. Terus daftar. Kawan itu juga lah yang minta nak berusrah Alhamdulillah, setelah satu semester study dengan dia. Dulu langsung tak minat bisnes finance etc. Sekarang ini dah ada tanggungjawab. Asyik fikir macam mana nak pacu IkramSiswa UITMPP punya DnT dan kewangan. Nak fikir projek dana. Kalau ada idea roger lah. Kami open untuk cadangan. Projek jual beli emas dan perak dah ada yang mula.
Dah target nak habiskan dua buku tebal. Buku sirah Raheeq Makhtum, yang selama ini hanya jadi rujukan. Dan fiqh dakwah.
Masuk team RnD Robotic UiTM. Will be busy. Busynya sampai masuk keluar lab sampai pukul 2 pagi. Let's give it a try. Dah dijemput masuk, tak moleklah kalau menolak. Jadi, masa cuti ada pembacaan sikit-sikit.
Itulah rancangan setakat masa cuti.
Masa cuti - aku spend untuk keluarga(family first), kerja dan perancangan untuk Ikram Siswa nanti. Membaca diteruskan.
Anekdot masa cuti. Ayaz selalu, kalau kami jadi imam dia akan sebut masa tengah solat surah yang dia nak revise untuk sekolah, contohnya kalau rakaat pertama tengah imam tengah Al Fatihah dia akan sebut "Al 'Alaq". Kami pun baca al 'Alaq. Kemudian dia sebut al Bayyinah. Kami baca al Bayyinah. Kalau kami tak baca, dia akan ulang dan ulang, "al 'Alaq..al 'Alaq..". Geram juga kadang-kadang. Tapi melayan lah. Dia adik kecil yang aku sayang.
Ada elemen comel terbaru - Meelo. Cucu Avatar Aang, dalam Legend of Korra.
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| Dia fartbending, extension of airbending. Mengarut betul budak ni. |
:)
Itu lah update sedikit sebanyak.
1. "Tafaqqahu qabla an tusawwadu" -Umar al-Khattab r.a [Kata-kata Umar yang menunjukkan peri pentingnya ilmu sebelum dilanti
k sebagai pemimpin (at-Tasawwud bermaksud ar--Riasah) sangat jarang diulas sebagai "tuntutlah ilmu sebelum kamu berkahwin" kerana menurut az-Zabidiy dalam Taj ul-'Arul semasa mensharahkan maksud at-Tasawwud, katanya ia juga bermaksud at-Tazawwuj (berkahwin), justeru membawa maksud pelajarilah ilmu sebelum berkahwin kerana orang yang berkahwin akan disibukkan dengan urusan rumahtangganya.] - FB Marwan Bukhari
2. Oleh itu aku menyeru kamu wahai ikhwah, janganlah kamu berpada hanya sekadar menjadi akh muslim, atau berpuas hati sekadar dirinya telah bersolat, berpuasa dan bermujahadah. Jangan! Menyebarkan dakwah itulah yang dituntut daripada kamu, setiap orang. Maka, awas kamu! Jangan berlengah, jangan bermalas, jangan berasa berat untuk melaksanakan kewajipan ini. Awas! Jangan kamu tanggalkan baju yang telah dipakaikan Allah kepada kamu dengan memilih Muhammad s.a.w. sebagai ikutan dan pemimpin kamu. - zaadut-taqwa
Allahumma solli 'ala Muhammad.
Moga aku dikurniakan cinta pada Allah dan Rasul melebihi segala-galanya.
Roger and out.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Picturesque 4 : Of Superbike and Baby Po
Of A Superbike
On road, there are a few types of drivers. Along my years (only 5 years.. heh) of driving, I come to a conclusion that drivers of cool cars aren't the same with drivers of cool bikes. They aren't the same. Still, my conclusion only applies to my living area and its vicinity.
The above picture is one example of great bikes. And drivers of these kind of bikes really have set a very good example on road. Let me tell you a bit about how most of them behave on road.
Of Whys
1. During red light, bikers from 'golongan marhaen', rempit or any kind will ignore the red light, find a space, wait for a clear line and then accelerate. Especially when it is raining or on a very hot day. Most bikers will develop a kind of sharp sense knowing when the lights will turn color, the duration for each color, and few seconds of buffer between colors. If you can see at any time, you can see that they don't actually looking at the light in front of them. They will either look at the traffic light across them, or they will see reflection of colors from either signboards or poles from traffic light they can't see straight. So they can have a good guess when their light will turn green. And then, when the other light turns orange, even when their own light is still red, they will accelerate. Most of them will behave this way. BUT, for superbikers, they are different. Even when all bikes have gone ignoring the red light, you will find them still at their place. Relaxed and cool. I don't know the real reason behind this. Whether if they get a ticket it would be much more expensive than normal bike, wallahu a'lam. But, in term of obeying traffic, yes, they do set a very good example.
2. There was a time, at Youth Leadership Programe URI, I sit beside our van driver for the program. He said to me, the thing he's afraid the most on road was motorcyclists. Because of their unpredictable nature. Well, that's understandable. Often, when a motorcyclist sees a hole to slip in a tight traffic, he/she will try to slip as fast as possible. It is because their size is small, so, any hole will do. We call this 'cilok'. And often too, they forget to give signals. It's like if you draw any graph, their curve will not be very smooth and predictable. Still, a large portion of them gives signals. Same goes to superbikers. They respect the road, and they are respected.
3. Usually, when the light turns green, some motorcyclists will 'press' like heaven sampai yang terpacak-pacak. If not terpacak pun, it's like they are trying to lead and be the first of the horde that's just been released. And you know how cool are superbikers, they don't even get distracted by the other bikers. They just speed up normally, and with their own pace catching up with others. Although initially they are left out from the rest of the speeding bikers, those superbikers will end up un'chase'able by the early speeders. And the way you see how they behave from a spectator's view, so cool.
4. And the best is, they are so polite on road, yet they are so skillful. What does I mean is that they give way to people, they don't just cut people's way, during traffic jam especially, they are so skillful in 'mencelah' to the extend sometimes even when usual bikers are afraid to pass through some narrow slips between cars, they pass through it like nothing. And if they can't pass it, they will stay quiet and wait. On the contrary, some bikers even press in free gear to warn car drivers to make way for them. Some even hit the side mirrors. And most will honk 6 harakat or more.
5. And you know why they can drive so fast? One factor that I know is because of their attire. You know, when you are wearing something loose, and you ride your bike so fast, your shirt and your trousers are flapping so fast, it makes you feel cautious. But, when you wear tight driving jacket, the air doesn't make any of your parts flapping, so you kind of forget how fast you are and you just cruise along the road happily. But, it's a bit dangerous, it can be very deceiving.
Why do I say superbikers are different than expensive car drivers?
From what I've seen and experienced, most BMW and Mercedes drivers in the area of Damansara, PJ, Gombak - they really don't have any sense of giving signals. Most of them. The numbers can go up to 90 percent. Even when I'm driving car, they don't know how to give signals. I don't know why. It happens mostly to people with expensive cars. Proton, Innova, and other normal cars do give signals. But them? Entah. Perhaps I'm committing a fallacy of generalization - but again, this situation only applies in my living area as far as I'm concerned.
If someone wants to compare drivers of great cars and bikes, I can say, they are not the same. One side have less sensitivities, less skillful, and a bit 'noob' on road (Noob in context of respecting road users), another side is more skillful, does a better job in setting example for other drivers.
There are some things worth sharing here, so that new motorcyclists can take note.
1. If it is too windy, stop. I once drove along MRR2, where at that time, rain started to pour. Few of us motorcyclists still continued, so we sped up hoping to get past the raining cloud. So, in that cluster it was like around 100 km/h or more. Then, all of a sudden, a huge blast of wind passed. My cluster, at that time was in the middle lane, somehow was pushed to the right lane where the cars moved so fast. One of us was even almost hit a big lorry. That wind pushed us to the next lane while we were moving. It felt like your bike moved without you realizing. I never thought that wind could be so powerful. Since, I will always bend my body lower when I'm speeding in rain in case of emergency.
2. For motorcyclists, it is dangerous if you are travelling when the road is wet and there are thunders dancing upon you. For cars, it is safe. But not for bikers. Because lightning can struck you while you are on bike. Once, when some bikers and I stopped under a fly over during a heavy downpour, a flash of lightning struck very near to us. At the same time, almost all of us under the fly-over felt the 'shock', the same feeling when you touched a leaked circuit - hot and numb. We talked about it, and we never knew that lightning have that kind of 'area-of-effect' (AOE). But then, I still suspended my conclusion, until after I watched River Monster, where in that episode, Jeremy Wade's cameraman was zapped by lightning, and he felt a little dizzy. The lightning didn't hit him directly, but the spot so near it made the cameraman went dizzy and fell. So, watch out if there any thunder festival up there. You might get stunned.
Baby Po
So, since baby Shrek, I've never found anything cuter. But, when Dragon Warrior Po came into action to search for his long-lost history, I found his 'smaller' version very intriguing and exciting. And seriously, I couldn't stand the cuteness. Let the picture tells the cuteness....So, I rank baby Po as the most cutest thing in history.
p/s 1 : There're so much reasons for people out there to continue living, why give up? :D
p/s 2 : I'm towards a healthier life. Just weeks ago, masa program, jadi Faci, seorang budak perempuan datang, 'abang akan jadi lagi hensem kalau kurus lagi skit'. *blushing* .. For that, I've been swimming 0.5 kilometers every day. So, keep motivating me! Haha.. Siapa-siapa nak ajar Butterfly Stroke boleh datang rumah.
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| Kawasaki Ninja |
The above picture is one example of great bikes. And drivers of these kind of bikes really have set a very good example on road. Let me tell you a bit about how most of them behave on road.
Of Whys
1. During red light, bikers from 'golongan marhaen', rempit or any kind will ignore the red light, find a space, wait for a clear line and then accelerate. Especially when it is raining or on a very hot day. Most bikers will develop a kind of sharp sense knowing when the lights will turn color, the duration for each color, and few seconds of buffer between colors. If you can see at any time, you can see that they don't actually looking at the light in front of them. They will either look at the traffic light across them, or they will see reflection of colors from either signboards or poles from traffic light they can't see straight. So they can have a good guess when their light will turn green. And then, when the other light turns orange, even when their own light is still red, they will accelerate. Most of them will behave this way. BUT, for superbikers, they are different. Even when all bikes have gone ignoring the red light, you will find them still at their place. Relaxed and cool. I don't know the real reason behind this. Whether if they get a ticket it would be much more expensive than normal bike, wallahu a'lam. But, in term of obeying traffic, yes, they do set a very good example.
2. There was a time, at Youth Leadership Programe URI, I sit beside our van driver for the program. He said to me, the thing he's afraid the most on road was motorcyclists. Because of their unpredictable nature. Well, that's understandable. Often, when a motorcyclist sees a hole to slip in a tight traffic, he/she will try to slip as fast as possible. It is because their size is small, so, any hole will do. We call this 'cilok'. And often too, they forget to give signals. It's like if you draw any graph, their curve will not be very smooth and predictable. Still, a large portion of them gives signals. Same goes to superbikers. They respect the road, and they are respected.
3. Usually, when the light turns green, some motorcyclists will 'press' like heaven sampai yang terpacak-pacak. If not terpacak pun, it's like they are trying to lead and be the first of the horde that's just been released. And you know how cool are superbikers, they don't even get distracted by the other bikers. They just speed up normally, and with their own pace catching up with others. Although initially they are left out from the rest of the speeding bikers, those superbikers will end up un'chase'able by the early speeders. And the way you see how they behave from a spectator's view, so cool.
4. And the best is, they are so polite on road, yet they are so skillful. What does I mean is that they give way to people, they don't just cut people's way, during traffic jam especially, they are so skillful in 'mencelah' to the extend sometimes even when usual bikers are afraid to pass through some narrow slips between cars, they pass through it like nothing. And if they can't pass it, they will stay quiet and wait. On the contrary, some bikers even press in free gear to warn car drivers to make way for them. Some even hit the side mirrors. And most will honk 6 harakat or more.
5. And you know why they can drive so fast? One factor that I know is because of their attire. You know, when you are wearing something loose, and you ride your bike so fast, your shirt and your trousers are flapping so fast, it makes you feel cautious. But, when you wear tight driving jacket, the air doesn't make any of your parts flapping, so you kind of forget how fast you are and you just cruise along the road happily. But, it's a bit dangerous, it can be very deceiving.
Why do I say superbikers are different than expensive car drivers?
From what I've seen and experienced, most BMW and Mercedes drivers in the area of Damansara, PJ, Gombak - they really don't have any sense of giving signals. Most of them. The numbers can go up to 90 percent. Even when I'm driving car, they don't know how to give signals. I don't know why. It happens mostly to people with expensive cars. Proton, Innova, and other normal cars do give signals. But them? Entah. Perhaps I'm committing a fallacy of generalization - but again, this situation only applies in my living area as far as I'm concerned.
If someone wants to compare drivers of great cars and bikes, I can say, they are not the same. One side have less sensitivities, less skillful, and a bit 'noob' on road (Noob in context of respecting road users), another side is more skillful, does a better job in setting example for other drivers.
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| Ini pun superb! |
1. If it is too windy, stop. I once drove along MRR2, where at that time, rain started to pour. Few of us motorcyclists still continued, so we sped up hoping to get past the raining cloud. So, in that cluster it was like around 100 km/h or more. Then, all of a sudden, a huge blast of wind passed. My cluster, at that time was in the middle lane, somehow was pushed to the right lane where the cars moved so fast. One of us was even almost hit a big lorry. That wind pushed us to the next lane while we were moving. It felt like your bike moved without you realizing. I never thought that wind could be so powerful. Since, I will always bend my body lower when I'm speeding in rain in case of emergency.
2. For motorcyclists, it is dangerous if you are travelling when the road is wet and there are thunders dancing upon you. For cars, it is safe. But not for bikers. Because lightning can struck you while you are on bike. Once, when some bikers and I stopped under a fly over during a heavy downpour, a flash of lightning struck very near to us. At the same time, almost all of us under the fly-over felt the 'shock', the same feeling when you touched a leaked circuit - hot and numb. We talked about it, and we never knew that lightning have that kind of 'area-of-effect' (AOE). But then, I still suspended my conclusion, until after I watched River Monster, where in that episode, Jeremy Wade's cameraman was zapped by lightning, and he felt a little dizzy. The lightning didn't hit him directly, but the spot so near it made the cameraman went dizzy and fell. So, watch out if there any thunder festival up there. You might get stunned.
Baby Po
So, since baby Shrek, I've never found anything cuter. But, when Dragon Warrior Po came into action to search for his long-lost history, I found his 'smaller' version very intriguing and exciting. And seriously, I couldn't stand the cuteness. Let the picture tells the cuteness....So, I rank baby Po as the most cutest thing in history.
p/s 1 : There're so much reasons for people out there to continue living, why give up? :D
p/s 2 : I'm towards a healthier life. Just weeks ago, masa program, jadi Faci, seorang budak perempuan datang, 'abang akan jadi lagi hensem kalau kurus lagi skit'. *blushing* .. For that, I've been swimming 0.5 kilometers every day. So, keep motivating me! Haha.. Siapa-siapa nak ajar Butterfly Stroke boleh datang rumah.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Tuntutan Fizikal
Di atas beberapa sebab, keperluan menurunkan berat badan sangat dituntut. Iya.. BERAT badan. =.=
Alhamdulillah, badan masih sihat dan tiada penyakit. Except for yang dah lama reside within me - resdung(thanks to my beloved two cats Kitty and Kidtun - status: deceased), vertigo, and long gone diagnosed low blood pressure. Alhamdulillah. Cuma, apparently my size isn't going any smaller. And all my uncles and aunties were like "OMG Asif, kenapa macam bapak orang?"
Sekitar dua minggu lepas, di surau berdekatan rumah saya, ada perkara menarik berlaku. Kali ini ada seorang pakcik Cina yang nak masuk Islam. Back then, pernah ada seorang yang nak masuk Islam kat surau tersebut. Darah muda saya sedikit menggelegak bila melihatkan AJK-AJK surau dan jemaah memandang pakcik tersebut macam orang yang sangat asing. Langung tidak disantuni. Melihat dari jauh dengan muka yang tidak menggambarkan kemesraan. Malah mereka meneruskan ceramah tanpa ada seorang pun wakil surau yang diwakilkan untuk melayani keperluan beliau. Perlu menunggu sehingga habis. Seorang. Perkara sama berlaku sekali lagi pada pakcik Cina ini. Menerima kemungkinan jemaah-jemaah surau mungkin belum biasa. Tapi, cubalah paling kurang senyum atau berjabat tangan. Few only. Saya langsung mendekati pakcik tersebut. Uncle Ong panggil. Bertanya-tanya. Alhamdulillah. Dia seronok. Masa itu kena balik, ada program. Minta nombor HP pakcik tu. Bercadang nak transfer hubungan dengan Hidayah Centre atau MACMA. Masa nak balik, saya bagi tahu pakcik itu bertuah ada anak perempuan baik macam itu(dia bercerita pasal anak perempuan dia). Kemudian tiba-tiba, "Awak dah ada berapa anak?". Saya macam "what the fish!!" dalam hati. Hati puas menahan nak gelak habis-habis. Sebab ingat duduk dalam surau. Kena hormat. "Umur saya baru 20 lah pakcik.. Kahwin pun tak lagi". Tersenyum lebar tahan gelak menampakkan dua gigi taring saya. Kalau boleh gigit pakcik ni dah gigit dah. Geram. Tapi tak apa lah, dia pun bau arak. Dia balas, "Wahh..u nampak memang tak tua, tapi macam sudah matang macam itu bapa orang". Again, kalau dia ni lembu memang dah kena gulai kawah dah. Sabo je la. Sebelum balik, wish all the best pada pakcik itu. Pada yang sama, berazam saiz kena KECILKAN!
It's not that I'm unhealthy. Every week I jog three to four times, every session 30 minutes or about 2.5 kilometers(Taman Metropolitan!). I also do dumbbells workout every day. I still can dive and swim healthily. Makan malam pun dah kurang. Ala kadar. Air manis pun tak minum. Pagi sahaja beli teh ais. Or it is not sufficient? What is wrong?
Sekarang ini pun saya buka kelas private taekwondo ajar adik-adik. Every Sunday. For sure banyak bakar kalori. Oh..Please help me find more ways! :D
Lifestyle. Ada orang dia ubah sikit dah boleh kecilkan saiz. Tapi ada orang dia ambil banyak usaha dan masa untuk ubah, saiz dia berubah sikiiiiiit je. Apa-apa pun, kena jaga pemakanan. Kena teruskan exercise.
Pembaca yang ada tips - boleh berkongsi atau PM atau mesej. Terima kasih. Bercita-cita nak mengecilkan saiz badan menjadi saiz normal plus healthier. Pernah tengok Ironman tak? Bukan cerita Ironman. Ini pertanding Ironman Kona Championship. I follow this every year since they started few years back. This year akan start October. Di Hawai. Mereka berlumba - berenang for 2.6 miles, kemudian bike 112 miles, kemudian running for 26.2 miles straight. Badan manusia sangat mengagumkan. I do not know if it is appropriate for a Muslim to participate, but if it is appropriate, I wish to finish this race one day. Maybe 10 years from now.
Tengok jangan tak tengok. Even yang tempang dua-dua kaki pun boleh habiskan race ini.
*Towards a healthier lifestyle! :)
Alhamdulillah, badan masih sihat dan tiada penyakit. Except for yang dah lama reside within me - resdung(thanks to my beloved two cats Kitty and Kidtun - status: deceased), vertigo, and long gone diagnosed low blood pressure. Alhamdulillah. Cuma, apparently my size isn't going any smaller. And all my uncles and aunties were like "OMG Asif, kenapa macam bapak orang?"
Sekitar dua minggu lepas, di surau berdekatan rumah saya, ada perkara menarik berlaku. Kali ini ada seorang pakcik Cina yang nak masuk Islam. Back then, pernah ada seorang yang nak masuk Islam kat surau tersebut. Darah muda saya sedikit menggelegak bila melihatkan AJK-AJK surau dan jemaah memandang pakcik tersebut macam orang yang sangat asing. Langung tidak disantuni. Melihat dari jauh dengan muka yang tidak menggambarkan kemesraan. Malah mereka meneruskan ceramah tanpa ada seorang pun wakil surau yang diwakilkan untuk melayani keperluan beliau. Perlu menunggu sehingga habis. Seorang. Perkara sama berlaku sekali lagi pada pakcik Cina ini. Menerima kemungkinan jemaah-jemaah surau mungkin belum biasa. Tapi, cubalah paling kurang senyum atau berjabat tangan. Few only. Saya langsung mendekati pakcik tersebut. Uncle Ong panggil. Bertanya-tanya. Alhamdulillah. Dia seronok. Masa itu kena balik, ada program. Minta nombor HP pakcik tu. Bercadang nak transfer hubungan dengan Hidayah Centre atau MACMA. Masa nak balik, saya bagi tahu pakcik itu bertuah ada anak perempuan baik macam itu(dia bercerita pasal anak perempuan dia). Kemudian tiba-tiba, "Awak dah ada berapa anak?". Saya macam "what the fish!!" dalam hati. Hati puas menahan nak gelak habis-habis. Sebab ingat duduk dalam surau. Kena hormat. "Umur saya baru 20 lah pakcik.. Kahwin pun tak lagi". Tersenyum lebar tahan gelak menampakkan dua gigi taring saya. Kalau boleh gigit pakcik ni dah gigit dah. Geram. Tapi tak apa lah, dia pun bau arak. Dia balas, "Wahh..u nampak memang tak tua, tapi macam sudah matang macam itu bapa orang". Again, kalau dia ni lembu memang dah kena gulai kawah dah. Sabo je la. Sebelum balik, wish all the best pada pakcik itu. Pada yang sama, berazam saiz kena KECILKAN!
It's not that I'm unhealthy. Every week I jog three to four times, every session 30 minutes or about 2.5 kilometers(Taman Metropolitan!). I also do dumbbells workout every day. I still can dive and swim healthily. Makan malam pun dah kurang. Ala kadar. Air manis pun tak minum. Pagi sahaja beli teh ais. Or it is not sufficient? What is wrong?
Sekarang ini pun saya buka kelas private taekwondo ajar adik-adik. Every Sunday. For sure banyak bakar kalori. Oh..Please help me find more ways! :D
Lifestyle. Ada orang dia ubah sikit dah boleh kecilkan saiz. Tapi ada orang dia ambil banyak usaha dan masa untuk ubah, saiz dia berubah sikiiiiiit je. Apa-apa pun, kena jaga pemakanan. Kena teruskan exercise.
Pembaca yang ada tips - boleh berkongsi atau PM atau mesej. Terima kasih. Bercita-cita nak mengecilkan saiz badan menjadi saiz normal plus healthier. Pernah tengok Ironman tak? Bukan cerita Ironman. Ini pertanding Ironman Kona Championship. I follow this every year since they started few years back. This year akan start October. Di Hawai. Mereka berlumba - berenang for 2.6 miles, kemudian bike 112 miles, kemudian running for 26.2 miles straight. Badan manusia sangat mengagumkan. I do not know if it is appropriate for a Muslim to participate, but if it is appropriate, I wish to finish this race one day. Maybe 10 years from now.
Tengok jangan tak tengok. Even yang tempang dua-dua kaki pun boleh habiskan race ini.
*Towards a healthier lifestyle! :)
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