I'm Feeling Lucky

Type Ibnu Ariff at Google Search and click I'm Feeling Lucky. You will jump straight to this page. Looks like this page have enough hits to keep it on top of the list. Thanks to all visitors!

The same thing also happened to my friend, Azra Ain. You'll also will jump straight to her blog if you search for Azra Ain and click I'm Feeling Lucky. Before this there are no relevant results if you search for it.

Finally, Covertec had replied my email enquiring to advertise for them at my site - My Palm Guide. They asked me to pick a PDA case and they'll FedEx it for free in return for a link to them at my site and a review (a good one perhaps).


I picked this one - It worths RM130-RM160

So I picked a black leather case for my Dad's Zire71 as when he bought it there's no free casing in stock and exchange it with a memory card instead. That will be his birthday present on 4th November. I'm using an old PDA so I doubt Covertec had any in stock. By the way, they must want me to review their latest product don't they?

- Sound of Syukur by Raihan -

The First and the Last

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The First

First time I wear my School Cadet uniform during the month of Ramadhan.

First time attending an Assembly during the month of Ramadhan in SMART.

First time I send Birthday Cards to my teacher and the principal.

First time I attend an assembly in school that lasted until 1 hour and a half.

My Principal, Pn. Hjh. Rubiah bt. Hj. Sidin giving her speech

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The Last

Last time I wear my School Cadet uniform.

Last time I wear my School Cadet uniform during the month of Ramadhan.

Last time attending an Assembly during the month of Ramadhan in SMART.

Last time attending an Assembly in SMART.

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Well, looks like my schooling days is almost over. SMART had been a memorable place, with so many stories of triumph and disaster along the way. I hope I will succeed in SPM and in the future so I can return to my school and say proudly that this is the school that had made me a successful person.


My Desk for SPM (O Level) Starting 4th November

Insya-Allah, I'll return to SMART during it Golden Jubilee celebration - 11 years from now and make a grand reunion of all SMARTians.

By the way, today is Mr. Ramly's birthday. Principal's is on 7th November. Mine is tomorrow, Happy Birthday to me! I found out one smiliarity between Dr. Mahathir and me, we both are born before Friday prayer. ;-)

- Sound of Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park -

Updates to Friends List

If you looked at my friends blog list you will noticed that I had added two more, Shahril & Sang Kelate. Sang Kelate is a Malaysian (Kelantanese) residing in UK, he enjoyed my writing but somehow mixed up and got the impression I've been staying in Oxford before this while I've never been out of my country except to Singapore which in fact formerly a part of Malaysia.

Shahril is my classmate, looks like he's jumping to Blogging too. I'm suprised that his English is quite good too. But then he followed my layout too much, and have the same disclaimer too! Shahril, please change that!

By the way, both of them put a link to my blog at my site so I'm obliged to do the same. Happy Blogging! :-)

Don't forget Happy Deepavali, and Happy Birthday to the Sultan of Pahang and welcome the month of Ramadhan!

- Sound of Harapan Ramadhan by Raihan & Man Bai -

Malaysian Superbike



First Malaysian Superbike, developed by PETRONAS. Really cool, especially the black one like in the picture. But then only 100 units is available - ever. The price? RM171000! Wow, better get a 2.4 Litre Toyota Camry. I prefer cars to bikes anyway. As a Malaysian I'm proud of this latest developement and if you wanted to know more about this cool bike go to http://www.fp-1.com.

- Sound of Numb by Linkin Park -

Looking Back

School holiday tomorrow until Monday because of Deepavali and Ramadhan. Now I only have 4 days of schooling before SPM. Time no more flies, it just rocketed through your life these days. It is like it was only yesterday I was a newcomer at my school, asking for Principal's signature for Orientation Program. Now I'm asking her signature for Matriculation and End of School Certificate. Looking back, my school - Abdul Rahman Talib Secondary School had been one of the institution that had influenced me. Being a Pioneer Smart School I was exposed to IT and then fell in love with it. I'm used to be the 'unofficial' Technician and IT Consultant for the school. I also had my first taste of digital photography and videography here. What else? Graphic design and publishing, the cover for this year School Magazine is designed by me. ;-) Last year's design is mine too. Not forgetting Website building knowledge I acquire along the way.

Thanks for all teachers, the management especially the Principal, and my friends (especially 3G 2001 and part of 5SJ 2003). Thanks Pn. Siti Aini who gave me the School Cadet uniform I wear in the picture at the sidebar and choosing me to go to The First National Reading Camp at Kuala Lumpur last May. Thanks to the Principal, Pn. Hjh. Rubiah Hj. Sidin for all her efforts and support (I still owe her a brand new school website). Thanks to all my class teachers, Ustazah Umbi Kalthum (Form 1), Pn. Suharti Ishak (Form 2), Pn. Anita Ibrahim (Form 3) & Pn. Zalilah (Form 4 & 5). Love you all, thanks for everything!

Abdul Rahman Talib Secondary School
(S.M.K Abdul Rahman Talib)
Knowledge, Compassion, Smart
(Ilmu, Ihsan, Bestari)
Knowledge Lights the Soul
(Pengetahuan Sinaran Jiwa)

IIUM Islamic Orientation Program

Just came back from Awana Kijal, Terengganu for the above mentioned program. Not an orientation program but more like a family day, but with Islamic input. Totally unique IIUM style. This time it involves three Kulliyahs (Faculties) - Kulliyah of Medicine, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. It started yesterday afternoon with registration and lunch. Then at 3pm the Oficiating Ceremony by Prof. Dato' Dr. Md. Tahir Azhar, Dean of Kulliyyah of Medicine followed by Tazkirah by Ustaz Hamidon, Director of Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque, IIUM Gombak. Only then they have their group picture.


One Big Happy IIUM Kuantan Family


Ustaz Hamidon giving his tazkirah

The hotel was nice, unique styling with one huge atrium. The roof styling actually resembles the traditional Malay house, and I think it is awfuly similiar with the one found at Kulliyah of Architecture and Enviromental Design (KAED) Building in Gombak campus. The program was great, in fact IIUM Family Day had never disappointed me. No nonsense stuffs, no karaoke, just pure fun and educating family day and getting to know each other better. For me, that's the way family day should be. We also had Qiamullail early this morning but I didn't go - not feeling very well.



Shortly after coming back home from Awana Kijal at 10am I went to the neighbourhood surau to help them to do some spring cleaning to prepare for Ramadhan. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I came a little bit late so there's little work to do.


Resting after cleaning up

- Sound of Keluarga Bahagia by Saujana -

What The Heck Is This?



This picture is taken at my neighbour's house yesterday. The house is empty, they have moved I assume. Don't know who did it but really, it caught my attention.

If you have read Malaysian papers this week, it seems that gangsterisme among students is on the rise. We are shocked by the death of two students in two weeks time - both incidents happened in the East Coast. OK, about the latest case which happened at my neighbour state - a Form 4 student was stabbed to death by a Form 5 Student. The weapon is not mentioned but apparently the attacker didn't run away and stay in the school compound until the police pick him up. Maybe only then he realized he had killed someone and regret it.

Then, the earlier case which happened in my very own state - my auntie also teaches at the school. This time a Form 4 student caused the death of a Form 5 student after a fight. The Form 5 student didn't die at once. He was admitted to Mentakab Hospital before transferred to Kuantan Hospital.

OK, here's some insider's information from Kuantan Hospital. That student at first said to his parents that his injury is not because of fighting, he said that he had tumbled down a stair. When he is admitted to Kuantan Hospital, he went through an ultrasound examination and CT Scan. Those scans revealed internal bleeding of his liver. He was operated later, only before he is pushed into the operation theatre he admitted to his parents that the injury is because of fighting.

Sadly, he died after the operation. There are no apparent bruises but the injury is serious. I'm told that the attacker learned "Silat Gayung" (Malay Martial Art) and maybe that had made his punches lethal. Silat was used by Malay warriors and soldiers during the olden times and it can be lethal. Well, does this means that Silat has to be banned for students? This a serious case of misuse of a treasured Malay heritage. I hope such cases wouldn't happen anymore, Al-Fatihah to those students.
I wonder how the school management and Education Department would handle this?

PS: Utusan

Alhamdulillah, I've completed my IT paper for SPM. No need to read IT stuffs anymore! But I can't stop reading IT stuffs anyway, I'm a tech freak remember? The paper supposed to take only 3 hours to complete but we are confined to the computer lab for a whole stretch of 6 hours from 8am to 2pm! This is because of so many special procedures for this particular paper, especiallly regarding data verification. Each answers in digital form is made into three copies and will be send to the Examination Board by several ways. The primary method is by FTP upload, then we have CDs and lastly diskettes. The files are also saved in the PC we used just in case all the copies corrupted. One school in Jerantut, Pahang had all their student's files corrupted due to virus. So you pretty had to depend on the reliability of the PC in order to excel. Despite all the measures taken to ensure the files intergrity, Raimy had his Visual Basic coding corrupted and Khairil also lose some of his files.

After completed the paper I drop-by at the post office to pay the water bill and send a mail to my uncle in Labuan. Bought a new Rabbani CD at Speedy Video Kuantan Parade titled Kenangan Lalu (Past Memories). It's a 2 CD compilation album which compiles all their hit songs from all album except Qiblat. Noticed that Qiblat and Kenangan Lalu had different labels. Qiblat is under Intifada Studios while Kenangan Lalu is still under EMI. Guess that EMI made this album to remembers Rabbani that had left them and set up their own Intifada Studios. It's a good move, following what Hijjaz had done.

- Sound of Intifada by Rabbani -

Haiku by Uncle MBA-san

bunga berulam
bunga makanan raja
pokok bertimpa

A Question of Heart

What would you feel, if your best friend changed his behaviour drastically from a saint to a no-good student? I feel sad, angry, and at the same time I pity him too. I knew him in Form 1 and we are classmates in Form 3. At that time he's not talkative, always obey the school rules, achieve well in academic and don't even dare to speak to girls. I shall not reveal his name, but his name means "Perfection" in Arabic. He fared better in PMR, scored 8A while I only managed to get 7A.

When he entered Form 4, he started to change The first thing that I notice that he no longer wear his 'songkok', which is his identity before. He no longer flush when talking with girls, but he went too far in this particular aspect. Got himself a girlfriend and become the hot gossip of the school. According to a reliable source, their relationship broke up and that was a turning point that changed his personality. To relieve the pain in heart he started to befriend those no-good guys and started smoking. His results started to fall, he only managed to get half the number of A that I scored in the Mid-Year Examination. By right he should score better, he is a brighter student than me, in fact I learned a lot from him.

His personality change make our relationship cold and bitter, my no-nonsense policy translated into my actions. I growled at him in the public regarding his smoking habit, distancing myself from him so I shall not get 'infected'. I actually have planned with a good friend of mine to confront him today and have a slow talk with him, to try bring him back to his goodself. But the plan can't be carried out because of some unforseen obstacles. What I could do now is just pray to Allah that he will realize his mistake and change, hopefully in this few weeks before SPM starts.

Come to think of it, thank God that I had nothing to break up. This is the very reason why I choose to wall my heart from a girl - until I'm ready to break it one day. The loss of my grandfather had already affected me so much. Yes, it do brings poitive impacts to me, made me strive harder for excellence and to be a better Muslim . But at times it bring sorrow to me, especially when I'm alone. Only God knows what would happen to me if my heart is not walled off and then dumped just like that.

This reminds me the last song the late Zairie of Raihan had wrote:

Bonds of Love

Why are you so sad
And why is it so bad
When someone leaves you behind
Won't you ever know
Don't you realise
It's just a part of life
When you fall in love
With someone sometime
It's smile with a broken heart

Only falling in love
With Allah
The bonds of love survive

No mountain too high when there's a will
No river too wide believe there's a way
Come to Allah you'll never fail
The truth's so close it shall prevail

Allah we belong to you
And everything we do
We do it all for you
Allah always by our side
Guiding us to the light
Everything shines bright
No matter day or night

Ya Hafeez, I can't never thank You enough for all Your protection.

- Sound of Bonds of Love by Raihan -

PRO-MAWAR tonight, kind of cultural night. Decided not to go, I don't think going to a cultural night would ease my tension, better stay at home and listen to music.

- Sound of Gema Alam by Raihan -

PMR starting today. Good luck to all who sit for it especially my younger sister in Muadzam.

By the way, Hafizah's birthday is today also.

Utusan Malaysia Online - Dalam Negeri

Hate to hear this, another incident of gangsterisme in Perak - again. Lately, there's so many such cases in Perak, like MCKK and what not. Is it the students in Perak too violent or Perak Education Department decided not to cover it up at all. What would happen to this students? Having police records surely doesn't help them to pursue higher learning.