Colour, Character & Birth Date

A long time friend asked me what is my favourite colour as she wanted to buy something for me. (Thanks Is!) I never have any exact favourite colour. It just depending on my mood. So, I searched in the internet based on my birth date and this is what I found;

The colour that suits me is Pink (pink???)

PINK

You are always trying your best in everything, and like to help and care for other people. But you are not easily satisfied. You have negative thoughts, and you look for romantic like in a fairytale.

and then I found this;

The character based on birth date

• Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying.

This is the version of Dr Fadzillah Kamsah , more or less like the above character but the interesting part is the line I've bold.

• Sangat suka didamping. * Banyak berahsia dan sukar dimengerti. * Agak pendiam kecuali dirangsang. * Ada harga dan maruah diri. * Tak suka menyusahkan orang lain tapi tidak marah apabila disusahkan. * Mudah dipujuk dan bercakap lurus. * Sangat menjaga hati orang lain. * Sangat peramah. * Emosi sangat mendalam tapi mudah terluka hatinya. * Berjiwa sentimental. * Jarang berdendam. * Mudah memaafkan tapi sukar melupakan. * Tidak suka benda remeh-temeh. * Membimbing cara fizikal dan mental. * Sangat peka, mengambil berat dan mengasihi serta penyayang. * Layanan yang serupa terhadap semua orang. * Tinggi daya simpati. * Pemerhatian yang tajam. * Suka menilai orang lain melalui pemerhatian. * Mudah dan rajin belajar. * Suka muhasabah diri. * Suka mengenangkan peristiwa atau kawan lama. * Suka mendiamkan diri. * Suka duduk di rumah. * Suka tunggu kawan tapi tak cari kawan. * Tidak agresif kecuali terpaksa. * Lemah dari segi kesihatan perut. * Mudah gemuk kalau tak kawal diet. * Minta disayangi. * Mudah terluka hati tapi lambat pulih. * Terlalu mengambil berat. * Rajin dalam membuat kerja.

Anyway this is just for fun, half of it doesn't sound like me. Ha3x

P/S : Is next time buy me anything with pink colour. Ha3x. Anyway thanks a lot for the green thingy!

The Link Between Man & God is FAITH

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe
and enough shadows to blind those who don't” - Blaise Pascal

Got this from my email. Thanks to the sender, K. Lina

AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION .

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....

Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't.

How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.



Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat.

But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.

Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.

You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....

But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it?

In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God.

You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor,

are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The
class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? (The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir? (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

Small, Sleek, Stylish But Sorry Too Fragile!

I bought a new handphone last month. My old handphone that served me for three years had some problems with its ribbon(??) (I’m not sure whether it is right but this is according to the salesperson in handphone’s shop). The display cannot show any information and the colour faded. There is sms ring tone but sometimes it cannot view the messages. But I still can receive any calls.

I love this phone very much and this is the most expensive handphone I ever bought. It is a fold handphone and I got the influence to buy after watching it in the Korean dramas where most of the actors were using the fold handphones. That time, I thought it was so cool and stylish of having a fold handphone. Then, I saw this type of handphone in Madinah with a cheaper price than here. Well... no surprise for cheaper price on handphones since there is no tariff in Saudi Arabia on electronic devices and electrical appliances. But at that time, I was thinking about the warranty and other things so I bought that handphone in Pertama Complex after coming back from S.A. The handphone came with a lot of features which I thought it would be useful to me but I was wrong because I didn't t even use it and never know how to use it until now. I’m using my handphone just for messaging and calling. Other functions?? Ha3x. Never been touched except for the camera that I used once in a blue moon (I have my own small Nikon digital camera that I always carry in my bag that works far better than my handphone’s camera, so why need the handphone’s camera).

Lesson learnt. So, I bought a new handphone with not much features in it because I know I’m not going to use it like my previous handphone. No more fold handphone since my brother said it is outdated. I looked for a slide handphone like my sister's. No more influence from the korean drama. The new handphone I chosed is small, sleek and stylish with 110 gm in weight. If I put it in my palm I can say “now you see and now you don’t” to describe the minimalist design of the phone. It is a really lady like phone and I think it isn’t perfectly for a man (my brother mengutuk habis2an for this handphone)

Less than 24 hours, after I was using it had a problem of signaling and couldn’t receive or make any calls. I sent back to the shop to fix the problem. After two week I took it back than again it has the same problem and for the second time, I sent it back to the shop. The problem maybe due its small design and leads to fragility. I realized it after I really have to handle it with care everytime I wanted I want to put it not like the old phone which I can campak everywhere.

Now, I’m still using my old beloved handphone even without the display screen since my new handphone is still under fixing. I know some of my friends already merajuk since I didn’t reply their messages. Don’t blame me if you didn’t get any replies. How do I know you sent a message my handphone cannot view it and definitely I cannot read it. So, next time, if it is really important, don’t be so stingy to call if you don’t receive my sms reply. Ha3x.

Want vs Need

Recently, I watched a documentary in ntv7 about the post tsunami victims in Thailand and their survival after the disaster. One of the victims is a Muslim man who said something that had touched my heart. He said “we might not get everything we want in life but be grateful if we got everything we need”.

There are differences between needs and wants. Needs can be limited as we can say “this is enough for our life”. However, want is unlimited. A classic example, if we can pick the moon and the stars of course sooner or later we want to pick the sun too. As normal human beings will we always think what we want and not what we need.

But would we be sorry if all our wants were satisfied? Yes, we would often be sorry if all our wants were gratified, for tomorrow these current wants will change. Everybody who has ever rubbed the magic lamp realizes the three wishes given to them by Genie Abdul only satisfied their current wants.

Why I’m writing about this? I’m studying the differences between demand curves in conventional and Islamic Economics that relate between needs and wants.

Study, Study & Study

For the last two months what I have been doing is just study and study. No more classes or assignment. A really independent study. I have 2 more comprehensive exams to sit on this coming fasting month. One paper will consists of different questions from 3 different lecturers who specialize on their parts. The 3 different lecturers are usually using 3 different books. For both papers, it means that I need to read about 18 books before sitting for the exam. My brother said I have ample time to study but believe me for one topic I’ve covered it took more than a month. May be I’m a slow learner that I just realize when I started to pursue for my Phd. Assumptions, modeling, numerics and equations are really torture for me to finish. There are many times I fall into this;

and there are many times I tried reading, feel so saturated or when I tried doing questions, and I just can't seem to recall any information nor think.

But I guess that is the life of a student. So, I don’t need to complaint. This is the path I’ve chosen, so I just follow the path and do what I’m suppose to do. Besides that, I was paid to study and I know a lot of my friends out there will say this ‘bestnya kalau kerja mcm u tak payah buat apa-apa, study je”. Ha3x. Only God knows.