Wednesday, October 26, 2005

الاسلام هو الحل

Dua malam lepas.

Tenang. Tiba-tiba hingar. Fight barangkali. Tiba-tiba member panggil. Jenguk luar tingkap. Ramai orang. Belas-belas. Bawak kain rentang. Al-Islam huwa al-7il - Islam itu penyelesaian. Seorang melaung. Yang lain mengikut. Tak dapat tangkap. Cuma. Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar, Walillahilhamd. I7na Ikhwanul Muslimin. Perlahan-lahan melalui jalan. Seorang di belakang bersuit hitam berambut uban. Bersalam-salam dengan semua tokey kedai di tepi jalan. Semua buat-buat tak kenal. Takut-takut. Macam takde benda berlaku. Lepas tu polis datang. Tapi takde benda berlaku. Ada permit gamaknya...

Jumaat sebelumnya.

Keluar masjid. Masuk Syarie3 Najar. Ada orang kasi kertas tepi jalan. Kurang lebih maksudnya. Islam itu Penyelesaian. Marilah saudara semua kita tegakkan Islam. Ikhwanul Muslimin menyeru anda. Pilihlah calon kami. Dr. Abd al-Salam Muhammad. Pilihanraya parlimen 2005. Kawasan Kasr El-Nil. Cantik kertas kempen tu...

Ikhwanul Muslimin semakin berani.

Stories from Mohiyuddin

The Volkswagen Drivers

There was a volkswagen sriver who does not know much about his car. One day, while he was driving on a highway, his car broke dowm. He pulled over and went out to open the front bonet to check the engine. He was shocked to find out that the engine has gone. So he thought that it might fall down on the road somewhere.
He tried to stop other drivers to ask them but he afraid that they won't know much about Volkswagen. So, he decided to stop a Volkswagen driver too. A Volkswagen passed by and he stopped him.

Driver A: I think I dropped my engine somewhere, did you see it on the way?
Driver B: Don't worry, I have a SPARE in by back bonet.

...

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Kari Pari Ammonia

Kamis lepas

Kawan pergi Mansoura. Mesti ambil van di 3abut. Tapi silap dengar. Terus pergi pengkalan ikan 3abur. Beli ikan pari.

Semalam

Semalam aku tak balik. Menumpang lagi. Malam aku balik. Tgk periuk ada kari. Hidu-hidu busuk. Ambil kertas tulis besar-besar RUGI BESAR. Baru nak tempek kawan dah balik. Tanya. Dia pun cerita. Semalam kawan bangun tengah malam masak. Kari buih-buih. Pagi bangun sahur. Masing-masing makan. Bau pelik. Kawan kata bau ammonia. Baru aku teringat. Memang bau ammonia. Macam dalam makmal kimia. Terus cepat-cepat masak Koki. Makan cepat-cepat. Ada yang tak sempat. Aku? Senang-senang makan rendang daging hancur rumah orang.




Sepuluh hari terakhir ni, i3tikaflah byk2. I3tikaflah lepas subuh sampai terbit matahari. Solat dua raka3at. Ganjaran sama macam pergi umrah dan haji. 3ala fikrah, hari ni ma'idah lauk baru. Makarunah sama kibdah goreng.

Makarunah=macaroni
Kibdah=hati
3ala fikrah=by the way

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Jabal Musa bersalju lagi...

19 Nov

Sepulau awan membumbung kuliah. Kuliah Tibb Ain Shams sahaja. Lari balik cepat-cepat. Ada mau3id. Angin tiup kuat. Sejuk. Jalan lagi cepat. Takut hujan. Hujan turun. Setitik dua. Literally. Jabal musa nak bersalju lagi...

20 Nov

Suspek dpt S.A.D. Turun bawah jalan-jalan. Tgk masyarakat tempatan. Ramai tak pakai baju sejuk lagi. Indicator nyata. Polis. Masih seragam putih lagi. Seragam musim panas. Jalan-jalan bukan ambil angin. Ambil matahari. Buat apa ambil angin. Dah byk. Sekarang. Angin buat aku sakit. Matahari buat aku sihat. Nanti. Matahari buat aku gatal. Angin buat aku segar. Jalan-jalan lagi...




S.A.D. atau Seasonal Affective Disorder ialah sejenis penyakit atau sindrom yg berlaku biasanya pada musim sejuk akibat kurang terdedah cahaya matahari. Musim sejuk memang kurang cahaya matahari atau asik berkurung dlm rumah. Sejuk. Akibatnya, badan byk merembeskan melatonin(hormon utk tidur) yg biasanya dirembeskan apabila keadaan menjadi gelap. Akibatnya ialah kemurungan dan berlaku ketagihan terhadap makanan manis atau berkanji.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Stories from Mohiyuddin


A scientist was doing a research on flies. He caught a fly and put it in front of him. He clapped his hand, the fly flew away. Then he caught another fly, broke its wings and put it in front of him. He clapped his hand, the fly did not fly away. Then he made a conclusion:

IF YOU BREAK THE WINGS OF A FLY, IT CANNOT HEAR.



Bro. Mohd Mohiyuddin Mohd Sulaiman was a lecturer of mine back in MCIIUM. He taught us FKM(Fundamental Knowledge for Muslim). He is a Burmese, graduated in the same university in political sciences. Currently doing his PhD. He is a vegetarian, loves his books very much and can speak English, Indonesian, Urdhu, Arabic, Tamil, Burmese and a few local dialect esp Kelantan. He never misses to donate blood and remembers all of his male student's name(he said that girls names is hard to remember coz they're weird). Very very punctual and caring towards his students i.e willing to support any of his students' financial if needed. He even compulsarise all of his male students to pray fajr prayer at masjid every friday. If they do not come, he will wake every each of them in their college. A friend of Egypt origin Islamic writter Imran Naser Hossein. Against smokers. Every class with him is a wonder.