...:::Coffee......for adversity:::...

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, how things were so hard for her. She didn't know how she was going to make it, and she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one of her problems was solved, a new one popped up.

Her mother took her into her kitchen, where she filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed some carrots, in the second one, she placed some eggs, and in the third pot, she placed some ground coffee beans.She let them sit and boil without saying a word, then in about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished out the carrots and placed them into a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them into another bowl,then she ladled the coffee into yet another bowl. Turning to her complaining daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," her daughter replied.

She brought her daughter closer, and asked her to feel the carrots. She did,and noticed that they were now soft. She told her daughter to break an egg,which she did, and after removing the shell, she saw that the egg was now hard-boiled. Finally, she told her daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted the rich flavor, then asked, "What's the point,mother?"

Her mother explained that each of the three objects had faced the very same adversity, -- boiling water, -- but each had reacted differently: The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened, and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its its insides became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water,they had changed the water! "Now, which are you?" she asked her daughter, "when adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Think of it like this.......

Which am I? Am I a carrot that appears to be strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt, and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I an egg, that starts out with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship, or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter, and tough, with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart ?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually CHANGES THE WATER!! The very circumstance that brings the pain!! When the water gets hot, it releases its fragrance and flavour. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst and trials are their greatest, you get better......and change the situation around you !

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..:::Kenangan di Batang Kali:::..

Assalamualaikum.....hmmm...macam tak dek org lain jek dlm nih ye amat...nasib la...sape yg suh aku jadi admin dlm ni...hehehe..So..Al-kisahnya di Sekolah Rendah Bandar Baru Batang Kali...hari Ahad, 25/05/03, 9.00 a.m...bermulalah satu majlis penyerahan sandang-sandang. Sebelum tu biasalah..ucapan paaaaannnnnnnnjanggggggg dari Cikgu Majid, dan ADUN Btg Kali sampai terkulat-kulat bebudak yang tengok...hehehe. .termasuklah aku dan rakan-rakan seperjuangan yg ade kat atas pentas tu. Sandang-sandang yg dianugerahkan ialah, Imam Khalifah (En. Harumaini-ADUN Btg Kali), Ketua Beradat (Cikgu Azrul & Cikgu Wan Mahadir), Khalifah Muda (Cikgu Saufi, Abg Husni, Amat, Raja Hazairi, Sobri) dan Srikandi Muda (Zuraidah, Kemi, Aku-kenape tak percaye??).

Selepas tu ade demo dr budak-budak kecik yg kiut-miut kat sekolah tu..., dan demo dr team Gurun (bestnyerrr)..Lepas Zohor, sambung balik..majlis sebelah petang ni untuk bebudak mandi tapak, mandi seni, dan mandi minyak...penat aku nengok Pak Andak..(bukan aku penat tengok dia...aku tengok dia yg penat tau..hehe)..dr pagi..sampai petang. Pulak tu ramaiiiii anak2 murid dia...gigih sungguh.

Frankly speaking...ramai yg rasa amanah yg baru diberi ni berat, termasuklah aku sendiri...tapi pelik ye...amanah yg sedia tertanggung di bahu kita ni...tak ramai yg persoalkan..ye lah..amanah untuk jadik khalifah di muka bumi Allah ni...Sebetulnya amanah yg kedua ni lebih berat...tapi yang dirasakan lebih berat amanah yg baru diterima ni...agaknya mungkin sebab nampak dek mata kasar (selempang tu le). Peringatan buat diri sendiri juga....masih banyak yg perlu dilakukan..sedangkan hidup entah sampai bila..Aku harap semua yg dah dapat anugerah ni...cuba seboleh mungkin untuk menaikkan balik nama agama dan pertubuhan kita ni...berat tugas ni...tapi kalau sama2 tolong...InsyaAllah jadik ringan....tapi yg penting sekali...kenalah pelihara niat...okey...Wallhu'alam.

p/s- Amat..kalau ape yg aku publish kat sini tak kena dengan apa yg ko nak...ko delete je ye...aku tak kisah..

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Lagu Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Afraid to read memang betul-betul membawa ingatan yang mungkin tak pernah difikirkan sebelum ini.


We use so many words but have so little to relate,
As angels scribble down every letter that we say.
All the viral attachments sent, the passionate insults we vent,
It's easy to be arrogant behind user passwords we invent.
But on the day the scrolls are laid,
With every word and deed displayed,
When we read our account, I know for one I'll be afraid.

Password yang disangkakan mampu menyembunyikan apa yang ditype, rupanya hanyalah sia-sia. Walaupun setiap kali menghantar email, jarang sekali option save draft dipilih, walaupun tiap kali bersembang di MIRC, jarang sekali option save log dipilih, walaupun tiap kali bersembang di messenger, jarang sekali ianya di copy dan disimpan dalam hard drive. Dalam fikiran, ianya hanya berakhir disitu. Ya, selepas salam dan -n-.


Tak perlu...memang tak perlu simpan semua itu. Tapi bukan kerana semuanya berakhir disitu. Kerana Allah sudahpun menugaskan malaikat yang khusus untuk mencatatkan semua itu. Ha'a..for future reference. Tak perlu nak susahkan diri pilih option save draft, tak perlu juga nak bazirkan space di computer. Semudah itu?


Tapi kenapa malaikat itu simpankan semua yang aku rasa tak perlu lagi bagi aku? Apa!!! Untuk dibentangkan di Masyar!!! Malunya...mana nak sorokkan muka ni nanti. Sedangkan bila ada kawan-kawan cuba intai apa yang aku sembangkan pun dah rasa malu...


Ya Allah..ampunkanlah segala dosa yang telah aku lakukan di sebalik nama basikalus ini


That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds. And whose doeth good an atom's weight will see it then, and whose deoth ill an atom's weight will see it then.


Pada hari itu manusia akan keluar berselerak (dari kubur masing-masing) untuk diperlihatkan kepada mereka (balasan) amal-amal mereka. Maka sesiapa berbuat kebajikan seberat zarah, nescaya akan dilihatnya (dalam surat amalnya)! Dan sesiapa berbuat kejahatan seberat zarah, nescaya akan dilihatnya (dalam surat amalnya)!
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