Three Choices, One Decision

The picture above shows Bu Usu's new house at Rimba. About five minutes of driving from Universiti Brunei Darussalam. *winks* ;)

Today, 27th June 2009, I helped my aunt, Bu Usu, with my bros, my aunts and my cousins sorting things, angkat-angkat barang and so on out at her new house. Dari pagi sampai kan azan Maghrib.

And after that, I rushed to Masjid Jame' to solat Maghrib. And then, I went to Kiarong to teach a tuition class there from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. And alhamdulillaah... :) One of my students offered herself to treat or belanja us (the class n the teacher!) at Kiulap at her uncle's restaurant. Well, I have to admit, she's a wealthy girl. Thanks for the treat, yeah. And also, because of that, the class was finished one hour earlier. :P I was tired, really tired (and still, even now, masa ku menaip ani). And your belanja to all of us at least made me happy. :)

Well... I have three choices today:
1) To help my aunt at her new house
2) To do urgent RESCO works with the RESCO members
3) To attend Perkhemahan Belia Dinamik 2009 (anjuran Dynamic Youth Club,Institut Teknologi Brunei) as a facilitator or a participant

And I chose the first one. Why? Because I had already agreed to help Bu Usu before I was called to do work under RESCO. I did not chose the third choice since I know I would be busy this week and next week because of the Sukan Staf Seborneo at UBD. And again, RESCO would be involved. And hmmm... It is about more than one week now that I did not meet my ikhwah. Because of the clash with my family activities. Huhu. Uhibbuka fillaah yaa akhii...

And ohh, by the way, as of now, there are 25 confirmed cases of AH1N1 in Brunei. Innaalillaah, that is indeed really fast for such a small country. Mari kita sama-sama membaca, menghayati dan memahami hadis Bukhori di bawah ini:

“Apabila kamu mendengar penyakit berjangkit terjadi di suatu negeri. Maka, janganlah kamu datang ke tempat itu. Dan, kalau kamu sedang berada dalam negeri yang tengah berjangkit penyakit menular itu. Maka, janganlah kamu keluar dari negeri itu. Kerana hendak melarikan diri.” - Hadis Bukhori

Tapinya kan..... Hmmm...

That is all for today, salaam all. :)

Sunday, 28th June 2009, I:16 AM

Tunas Taqwa 2009: Inspirasiku

These two-days event took place from Sunday, 14th June 2009 (one day after I finished my teaching assistanship at SMSO), until Monday, 15th June 2009. I became one of the facilitators in this event. And 'thanks so much' to akhi Kyar, I became the group facilitator for the Hikmah group. :P And wow, I really gained a lot from this event. :D Well, do enjoy some of the pictures below. ^_^


These are one of the two beautiful banners. The other banner (which was also similar like this one) was at the entrance of the Berakas Forest Recreational Park.


These are the cute children from the Hikmah group. From the left: Amar, Mu'az, Miqdad, Rahman, Khairul (the group's leader), Irham, Khairuddin, and Ammar. And errr... me, Abang Arina, the group's facilitor. :P


These are some of the cute participants. They were briefed about the two-days event.


These are some of the facilitators. They were introducing themselves to the cute participants.


Well, as you see from this picture, sharing is indeed caring. The cute participants (and even us, the facilitators) are encouraged to eat like this during breakfast, lunch and dinner during the two-days event. Wow, you should try this sometimes. :)


I forgot the name of this game. And I had fun watching the cute children played this game. And it was even more fun, when the facilitators, were involved in this game. I really loved it!


The 'Ikhtiar Hidup' game. The cute participants were asked to role play of a fire incident. I also learned, for the first time, how to make a stretcher from the sisters. *shy*


Good acting by Danial (or Daniel, do correct me when I'm wrong ya) as the victim of a fire incident during the 'Ikhtiar Hidup' game. *two thumbs up*


It was indeed fun and enjoyable to see how the children learn how to cook during the cooking competition. I even learned something about cooking from them and from the sisters. ;)

Tuesday, 23rd June 2009, 6:16 PM

My Semester Six: The Conclusion

Alhamdulillaah... Thanks to Allaah that I got an overall C+ in my semester 6’s exam (ABBCCCD). And yeah, this is my first time getting an overall C+ since the first semester. Alhamdulillaah~ Wasyukuurillaah~ Bersyukuur~ Padamu ya Allaah~~~ :D

And, before that, I need to say many thanks or syukron to my friend, Muhammad Qawiem Qiwamuddin. I learn a lot from you bro. I learn how you revived the Kelab Fotografi PMUBD which was in extinction as the new chairman of the club. I learn how to be a great and a potential people like you. And so on... Without you also, I would not get a B in our course, A Multidisciplinary Approach for a Sustainable Environment. Words can’t express how much I need to thank you bro. Jazaakallaahu khoiron yaa sohaabii... :’)

Returning to the topic, my semester six, was, my busiest semester so far. I had many assignments to do in this semester. The highest number of assignments that I had to do so far since the first semester. And yeah, most of it, errr... I did it at the last minute. *gulp*

Not just that, I also involved myself in UBD’s extra curricular activities (ECA). In UBD, I am the Deputy Chairman 3 for Kelab Teater UBD. I am a member since semester 3. And I am also the Secretary for El Legua de Retratista Fotografia (the new name for Kelab Fotografi PMUBD). I am also a member since semester 3. And I am also the Biro Kerohanian for the UBD Residential College Organization (RESCO) since semester 5. And I am also a member for the Kelab Al-Qur’an since this semester also. And overall, my participation in ECA for this semester, my semester 6, was the highest since the first semester. There were other activities that I participated also.


My second performance as one of the Kelab Teater UBD members. At the Songket Ballroom, Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong. During the MBPAM 2009. On Friday, 13th March 2009.


My first time experiencing as the Pengerusi Majlis Bersama. During the Pertandingan Dikir Syarafil Anam anjuran Biro Kerohanian, RESCO. On Friday, 27th March 2009.


El Legua de Retratista Fotografia (The new name for the Kelab Fotografi PMUBD) with Qawiem as its new chairman.

Outside UBD, I work part-time at night as a tuition teacher teaching economics and history at Thumbsup Tuition School since March. Thanks to Abu Zar for offering me the job for the second time. I rejected the offer when he offered me the job before that, ooopppsss...I also learn Arabic language at Masjid Universiti, UBD, every Tuesday, after solat Maghrib. I also involve in halaqoh. For those who don’t know, halaqoh is a term which means a meeting of a group of people learning, teaching, discussing and so on about Islam.

And hmmm... I realized... I realized that, the busier I am, the better the overall result that I got, hehe... Alhamdulillaah... And hmmm... I think I’m going to end my post now. I have to prepare for tonight. I’m going to sleep at Masjid Beribi for the second time tonight for qiaamullail. And yes, innsyaaAllaah, I would meet the brothers tonight. It has been about two days I did not see and meet them since Monday. And I feel like I’m missing them already. Alhamdulillaah.... :D

And lastly, I do hope you would learn something from this post, my previous posts, and my upcoming posts. And, whether you learn something from me, or not, I request you all to do at least one thing. At least one thing, hehe... And that is, to pray and pray for me to be consistent and consistent and consistent in the road that would lead me to jannah in the hereafter. Aamiiin... May Allah blesses you all. Aamiiin... ^_^

Wednesday, 17th June 2009, 5:24 PM

Our Purposes of Life

Bismillaah, below is what AA Gym said about our purposes of life:

“Saudara-saudaraku, andaikata tujuan sudah ditetapkan sepelan apapun kita bergerak insyaallah merupakan suatu kemajuan. Tapi bagi orang yang tujuannya tidak tetap, segigih apapun bergerak bisa jadi menuju kehancuran.

Oleh karena itu kalau kita berbicara bisnis itu tergantung tujuannya apa. Ada yang tujuannya hanya uang, ada yang tujuannya kepuasan. Tapi sebagai seorang muslim paling tidak ada tiga tujuan yang harus kita pahami sebagai manusia yang diciptakan Allah.

Pertama, kita diciptakan oleh Allah untuk menjadikan segala aktifitas kita sebagai ibadah, bukan semata-mata mencari uang.

Kedua, tugas hidup kita menjadi khalifah. Kita diberi kesempatan hidup di dunia satu kali oleh karena itu kita harus berkarya seoptimal mungkin, sehingga saat kematian kita kelak adalah puncak kita berkarya dalam hidup ini yang bermanfaat bagi peradaban manusia, mensejahterakan diri dan mensejahterakan orang lain.

Ketiga, tugas kita dalam bahasa agama disebut dakwah. Artinya, apapun aktifitas yang kita lakukan harus menjadi pencerminan pribadi-pribadi yang menjadi teladan dalam kebenaran.

Ini penting, ibadah, khalifah dan dakwah. Saudaraku, ada orang yang sibuk dengan membanting tulang demi mencari sesuap nasi. Ini rugi, sudah tulang yang dibanting hanya sesuap yang dicari.

Imam Ali pernah mengatakan, barang siapa yang memang kesibukannya hanya untuk mencari isi perut, maaf, derajatnya tidak jauh beda dengan apa yang keluar dari perut.

Kalau hanya mencari makan, apa bedanya dengan kambing?
Kalau hanya sekadar mencari uang, garong juga mencari uang.
Maka kita harus tahu bahwa kita tidak disuruh mencari uang.
Tetapi kita disuruh untuk menjemput rezeki, karena setiap makhluk sudah disiapkan rezekinya masing-masing.”

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 15-18.

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Dear readers, it was from this book that I bought at Gramedia Bookstore, Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 2004 that I got the name for my beloved blog, Khadakiba. The word Khadakiba is the formation for the first three alphabets of khalifah, dakwah dan ibadah. Which are, our purposes of life in this temporary world.

Masatu, i was ‘alone’. I mean, I was interested in learning more about Islam. Macam ku suka baca pasal ugama, dangar ceramah-ceramah especially from AA Gym and so on. And, dilajukan cerita. Last year, on Thursday, 17th September 2008, di bulan Ramadhan yang penuh dengan keberkatan. I started to meet great people such as Atif, Lukman and so on. Masatu ada Qiamullail di Masjid Universiti, UBD. And masatu, terus terang saja ahh, niat utamaku kan datang qiam masatu kan dapatkan SIJIL, A CERTIFICATE!! *kan ngumpul sijil* *ohok-ohok* I came late masatu because I was from the airport. My bro continues his study to UK. Sikit lagi ku kan cancel datang sal janji melayu (akhir datang bah) haha...

And now, alhamdulillaah, I’m slowly and slowly associating myself with them and learning more from them. Biar lambat, asal selamat, insyaAllaah, hehe... ;) Hmmm bah bah, adang, memanjang tia cerita ku ani, haha... banyakkan diceritakan actually. xD

And mari kita terbang dari September 2008 ke hari ini. *tukar topic* Alhamdulillaah, as of today, I’m not feeling well today. *sangal bahu* *selesma* *banyak berasin* *sakit kepala* Pray for me ya semoga saya cepat sembuhhh, insyaAllaah... *sniff* ^_^

Sunday, 7th June 2009, 5:34 PM

Wajibat Da’ie Dalam Kehidupan

Below is what I took note from someone's Powerpoint presentation about weeks ago, Wajibat Da’ie Dalam Kehidupan. I hope you all dapat manfa’at from this, innsyaAllaah... ^_^


Tanya Diri Anda

1 - Apa yang anda bisik setiap hari?
2 - Jika negatif -> natijahnya negatif
3 - Latih diri anda supaya bisikan sentiasa positif
4 - Fokus diri anda, jangan fikir apa orang cakap
5 - Setiap hari katakan pada diri anda (affirmative words), “Saya mendekati kejayaan dan kehebatan mukmin.”
6 - Allah tahu anda mampu sebab itu anda menjadi pilihannya
7 - Ulanginya setiap hari (repetition)


Da’ie Cemerlang

1 - Menjaga Batasan Syarak
- Suruhan & larangan
- Agama neraca kehidupan

2 - Menjaga Keikhlasan
- Ruh kepada ‘amal
- Penentu ‘amal ditolak atau diterima

3 - Tidak Jemu Mencari Ilham
- Tidak semua berilmu dan jahil
- Mendapat darjat & kedudukan di sisi Allah
- Cahaya Kehidupan

4 - Sentiasa Menimba Pengalaman Orang Yang Berjaya
- Mencapai kejayaan itu bukan kerja mudah
- Mempercepatkan jalan dan matlamat dakwah

5 - Menjaga & Menyegarkan Ukhuwwah Islamiyyah
- Asas kekuatan selepas ‘aqidah
- Perpecahan menuju kehancuran
- Sentiasa berbaik sangka

6 - Merasai Tanggungjawab Dakwah di Hadapan Allah
- Tidak ada 'izzah di sisi Allah melainkan hidup bersama dakwah
- Menghayati tanggungjawab ber'amal untuk agama Allah
- Tadhiah (pengorbanan) menjadi amalan.
- Berkongsi dakwah dengan orang lain

7 - Alat Untuk Mencapai Redha Allah
- Semua kekuatan yang dimiliki adalah untuk masa depan agama dan dakwah
- Tebus kembali maruah Islam dan ummah

8 - Menjaga Hubungan Dengan Allah
- Al-Qur’aan
- Al-Ma’thurat
- Qiam
- Puasa
- Istighfar

9 - Berterusan Berdu’aa Dengan Penuh Ikhtiar
- Jadi mukmin hebat
- Tidak malas
- Konsisten
- Tidak dihinggapi penyakit-penyakit hati
- Sehat tubuh badan

10 - Sentiasa Muhasabah Diri & Merasa Kerdil di Hadapan Allah


To be continued... stay tuned... ;)

Semoga we all hebat di dunia... Dan hebat di aakhiroh, innsyaAllaah!!

Friday, 5th June 2009, 7:56 PM

AA Gym’s Five Concepts of Business (Part II)

“Yang keempat, keuntungan adalah ketika dengan bisnis, menambah silaturahmi, menambah saudara, karena persaudaraan itu mahal. Buat apa mempunyai uang banyak kalau musuh juga bertambah. Sekali digarong, atau dibui, harta akan habis dan percuma.

Jadi orentasi dalam bisnis itu adalah bagaimana semakin menambah saudara. Tidak begitu beruntung barangkali tidak ada apa-apa, tetapi saudara bertambah. Kalau orang sudah sayang ke kita, dia akan menjadi tim marketing kita.

Dan yang kelima, yang disebut keuntungan bagi bisnis yang bernuansa religi adalah bagaimana dengan bisnis makin banyak orang yang mendapatkan keuntungan, yang menjadi bagian dari bisnis kita, itu akan menjadikan kebagian diri kita pula.

Konsep-konsep tersebut di atas tidak hanya ideal, tapi realistis karena kita sudah menjalani dan terbukti untung besar. Kami tidak tertarik pada uang haram, untuk apa? Logikanya sederhana, Allah yang menyuruh jujur, Allah yang memberi rezeki, untuk apa harus tidak jujur?

Kami membangun perusahaan dengan konsep ini. Beberapa waktu yang lalu kami mencoba untuk membangun perumahan, hanya dalam tempo satu bulan sudah laku 495 rumah. Bahkan belum diumumkan sudah habis. Ya mudah-mudahan Allah menerima.”

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 33-36.

Monday, 1/6/2009, 6:37 PM

I Need...

Hmm... after I performed my solat Maghrib berjamaa’ah yesterday at Masjid Jame’, I met bro Faisal when I was on my way to my mom’s car. With his wife, of course, hehe... I was in a rush since I have to teach at Thumbsup Tuition School at Kiarong at about 7:00 PM. And I thought, wow, they are so sweet. And at that time, when I saw them, my eyes... my eyes, dear readers, were watery or berair. In my heart, masatu, I really need to have a wife like that in the future, insyaAllaah. Where both husband and wife went to masjid and solat there. Slalunyakan, urang-urang kitani, bila ke masjid, lakinya solat. bininya inda tia. Dipahami plang tu sal bini-bini ada masanya uzurkan. Well, slalunyaaa, inda semuaaa. That is what I see slalunya. And furthermore, bini kawanku ani, insyaAllaah, bakal doctor and masih belajar di Canada, or abis kali sudah (nanti ku tanya kawanku hehe). And cara bininya berpakaian atu tudungnya basar, menutup aurat, bajunya lunggar, inda ketat and so on. Macam ustazah yo, wow... I have to admit, kawanku ani urangnya bagus. Walaupun ya bukan ustaz secara officialnya, bagiku, ya ani ustaz sal ya banyak tau pasal ugama. And also, ya mengamalkan cara hidup Islam. And banyak lagi lah, hehe...

By the way, patang kelmarin ada Teambuilding Programme (Nature’s Walk) for guru-guru SMSO di Sungai Liang Forest Reserve (check my photos on Facebook, hehe). And alhamdulillaah, ku manang cabutan bertuah, Aifa MP4 Digital Player (plus Flat Speaker). My name was the first one to be called. Macam popular rasaku kelmarin namaku kana panggil awal-awal ahh, hehe... Gembira sangat-sangat rasaku. Well, overall, it was fun. It was an opportunity for me to get to know more about the teachers and so on. And lagipun, batah dah ku inda bersukan, hehe...

Hmm... minta du’aakan ahh semoga ku mendapat wife yang solehah nanti, insyaAllaah... Apanya urang, when there is a will, there is a way... ;) kerna sesungguhnya, “Wanita-wanita yang keji adalah untuk laki-laki yang keji dan laki-laki yang keji adalah untuk wanita-wanita yang keji. Dan wanita-wanita yang baik adalah untuk laki-laki yang baik, dan laki-laki yang baik adalah untuk wanita-wanita yang baik (pula)” (An-Nur (24): 26). Which means, I have to improve and improve myself bila ku mau wifeku cematu nanti. Isteri yang solehah, insyaAllaah, akan menulung hamba yang sangat banyak dosa dan slalu buat dosa ini. Untuk mendapat kemenangan yang sebenar-benarnya di akhiroh yang selama-lamanyaaa, aamiiin... ^_^

Sunday, 31/5/2009, 1:30 PM

AA Gym’s Five Concepts of Business (Could be Applied to Other Areas as Well)

"Bagi kami dalam bisnis, uang itu nomor sekian:

Pertama, yang namanya untung itu kalau bisnis ini menjadi amal. Karena kita semua pasti mati dan yang dibawa ke akhirat itu bukan uangnya, tapi amalnya. Oleh karena itu sejak mulai dari niat harus benar. Kalau niat sudah salah, cara juga salah, tindakan kita tidak akan menjadi amal walaupun mungkin menghasilkan uang. Namun, untuk apa itu semua, karena uang tidak bisa kita bawa mati.

Kedua, yang disebut untung adalah, kalau dalam bisnis, nama kita menjadi semakin lebih baik. Nabi Muhammad itu benar-benar menjadi orang yang sangat credible, Al Amien, seorang yang sangat-sangat terpercaya. Orang tidak ragu saja kepada perkataannya. Makanya bagi kami bisnis itu kecil, tapi nama baik itu yang sangat penting.

Ketiga, yang namanya untung itu ketika dalam bisnis, kita berasa menambah ilmu, menambah pengalaman, menambah wawasan. Karena tanpa penambahan ilmu, pengalaman dan wawasan, keuntungan yang didapat bisa menjadi bumerang. Segalahnya berubah dalam hidup ini, bagaimana mungkin menyikapinya tanpa kemampuan yang berubah. Saat ini untung, tapi besok lusa bisa kadi keuntungan ini akan menjadi sumber kerugian. Makanya keuntungan berupa uang yang tidak meng-upgrade diri kita, itu sebetulnya tidak untung.”

To be continued in my next post...

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 32-33.

How To Get People To Like You

1 - Learn to remember names. Inefficiency at this point may indicate that your interest is not sufficiently outgoing. A man’s name is very important to him.
2 - Be a comfortable person so there is no strain in being with you---be an old-shoe, old-hat kind of individual.
3 - Acquire the quality of relaxed easy-goingness so that things do not ruffle you.
4 - Don’t be egotistical. Guard against giving the impression that you know it all. Be natural and naturally humble.
5 - Cultivate the quality of being interesting so that people will want to be with you and get something of stimulating value from their association with you.
6 - Study to get the ‘scratchy’ elements out of your personality, even those of which you may be unconscious.
7 - Sincerely attempt to heal, on an honest Christian basis (note: as a Muslim, we should instead practice ‘on an honest Islamic basis’), every misunderstanding you have had or now have. Drain off your grievances.
8 - Practise liking people until you learn to do so genuinely. Remember what Will Rogers said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Try to be that way.
9 - Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement, or express sympathy in sorrow or disappointment.
10 - Go get a deep spiritual experience so that you have something to give people that will help them to be stronger and meet life more effectively. Give strength to people and they will give affection to you.

Taken from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking, pages 267-268.

Palestinian Humanitarian Fund Raising Event (Mini Concert)

Assalaamu'alaikum and a very good afternoon to all. ^_^

Venue: MSPSBS Auditorium, Maktab Sains
Day and Date: Sunday, 1st March 2009
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Entrance Fee: FREE!
Activities: Drama, Nasyid, Video Slideshow and Many More!

All proceeds from the event will go to the Humanitarian Fund for Palestine under the Community Development Section, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Community Development. And this event is organized by Persatuan Kemajuan Insan (KESAN).

See you guys there, InsyaAllaah! ^_^

And lastly, to UBDians, i want to wish you all a happy mid-semester break! Let's us use this time of holiday effectively and efficiently, insyaAllaah! ^_^