Today, Sunday-Sep. 20-2009 is Eid ul Fitr. The Muslims have already started preparing for its festivities. Muslims all over the Malaysia are going to celebrate Eid ul Fitr 2009 today. Eid ul Fitr is a religious festival of Muslims.Muslims keep fast during the holy month Ramadan and when the month of fasting ends they celebrate Eid. Eid ul Fitr is an important religious event and Muslims all over the world wait anxiously for the festival to come. The festivities begin with a morning prayer. Men, women, and children say the Eid prayer in the morning. After the Eid prayers, they meet their friends and family relatives. Family get-togethers are arranged and scrumptious dinners and meals are served. Deserts are an essential part of the Eid celebrations and the elderly family members make special efforts to prepare desserts. It has become a tradition in almost every Muslim country.Best regards
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Today is special day for me. I just come from my VIVA. Today, Friday, Sep.11/2009, in GSO-UPM I did the VIVA and finished my job.It was present and defence of my thesis in front of some examiners for the award of PhD. The VIVA was successful. I'm so happy.Thanks God
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A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.'She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on, was saving it for a special o occasion.Well, I guess this is it.He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:'Never save something for a special occasion.Every day in your life is a special occasion'.I still think those words changed my life and Now:I read more and clean less.I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.I spend more time with my family, and less at work.I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.I no longer keep anything.I use crystal glasses every dayI'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to.The words 'Someday....' and ' One Day....' are fading away from my dictionary.If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now....Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.Live for today,For tomorrow is promised to no-one...Read more…
When I came home in the rain ,Brother asked why you didn't take an umbrella.Sister advised why you didn't wait till rain stopped.Father angrily warned, only after getting cold, you will realize.But Mother, while drying my hair, said: stupid rain!Couldn't it wait till my child came home?That's MOMRead more…
When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day. An angel came by and said: “Why spend so much time on that one?”And the Lord answered:“Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?" She must be washable, but not made of plastic, have more than 200 moving parts which all must be replaceable and she must function on all kinds of food, she must be able to embrace several kids at the same time, give a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart and she must do all this with only two hands”The angel was impressed, “Just two hands....impossible!“The Lord said: “I am so close to complete this creation, which will be the favourite of my heart”. “She cures herself when sick and she can work 18 hours a day”.“Can she think?" the angel asked.The Lord answered: “Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate.”The angel touched the womans cheek.... “Lord, it seems this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her.”The Lord corrected the angel :“She is not leaking....it’s a tear”“What’s it for?" asked the angel.And the Lord said: “Tears are her way of expressing grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.”This made a big impression on the angel; “Lord, you are genius. You thought of everything. The woman is indeed marvellous!”Indeed she is!Woman has strengths that amazes man. She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens. She holds happiness, love and opinions. She smiles when feeling like screaming. She sings when she feels like crying, crys when she is happy and laughs when she is afraid. She fights for what she belives in. Stand up against injustice. She doesn’t take “no” for an answer, when she can see a better solution. She gives herself so her family can thrive. She takes her friend to the doctor if she is afraid. Her love is unconditional. She cries when her kids are victorious. She is happy when her friends do well. She is glad when she hears of a birth or a wedding. Her heart is broken when a next of kin or friend dies. But she finds the strength to get on with life. She knows that a kiss and a hug can heal a broken heart.There is only one thing wrong with her. She forgets what she is worth...
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karma means, performing positive actions results in a good condition, whereas a negative action results in a bad effect. The effects may be seen immediately or delayed. Delay can be until later in the present life or in the next. Thus, meritorious acts may mean rebirth into a higher station, such as a superior human or a godlike being, while evil acts result in rebirth as a human living in less desirable circumstances, or as a lower animal.Every mainstream religion teaches us about the consequences of our actions. The explanations may differ, but does it really matter in the end whether the law of karma causes us trouble or God himself in his final judgement?Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.Also the 'Golden Rule' of Confucianism makes a similar statement:Tzu-kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?"Confucius answered, "Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."'
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By Professor Richard Wiseman, University of HertfordshireWhy do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve?A psychologist says he has discovered the answer.Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me.Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research and over the years, I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in experiments.The results reveal that although these people have almost no insight into the causes of their luck, their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their good and bad fortune. Take the case of seemingly chance opportunities. Lucky people consistently encounter such opportunities, whereas unlucky people do not.I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether this was due to differences in their ability to spot such opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying: "Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $50."This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected.As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties' intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs. The lucky ones make the best of what they have and find ways to make it better. Unlucky ones tend to find an easy way out and fail in life.Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transformsbad luck into good.Towards the end of the work, I wondered whether these principles could be used to create good luck. I asked a group of volunteers to spend a month carrying out exercises designed to help them think and behave like a lucky person.Dramatic results! These exercises helped them spot chance opportunities, listen to their intuition, expect to be lucky, and be more resilient to bad luck. One month later, the volunteers returned and described what had happened. The results were dramatic: 80% of people were now happier, more satisfied with their lives and, perhaps most important of all, luckier. The lucky people had become even luckier and the unlucky had becomelucky.Finally, I had found the elusive "luck factor". Here are Professor Wiseman's four top tips for becoming lucky:1) Listen to your gut instincts - they are normally right2) Be open to new experiences and find ways to make things work better. Family and loved ones for a start.3) Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well.4) Visualize yourself being lucky before an important meeting or telephone call.Have a Lucky day and work for it.The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.Read more…
In 1943 Abraham Maslow, wrote an influential paper that set out five fundamental human needs and their hierarchical nature. A key aspect of the model is the hierarchical nature of the needs.Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most often displayed as a pyramid, with lowest levels of the pyramid made up of the most basic needs and more complex needs are at the top of the pyramid. Needs at the bottom of the pyramid are basic physical requirements including the need for food, water, sleep and warmth. Once these lower-level needs have been met, people can move on to the next level of needs, which are for safety and security.As people progress up the pyramid, needs become increasingly psychological and social. Soon, the need for love, friendship and intimacy become important. Further up the pyramid, the need for personal esteem and feelings of accomplishment become important.Maslow believed that these needs are similar to instincts and play a major role in motivating behavior. There are five different levels in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:1.Physiological NeedsThese include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, including the need for water, air, food, and sleep. Maslow believed that these needs are the most basic and instinctive needs in the hierarchy because all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met.2.Security NeedsThese include needs for safety and security. Security needs are important for survival, but they are not as demanding as the physiological needs. Examples of security needs include a desire for steady employment, health insurance, safe neighborhoods, and shelter from the environment.3.Social (Belonging) NeedsThese include needs for belonging, love, and affection. Maslow considered these needs to be less basic than physiological and security needs. Relationships such as friendships, romantic attachments and families help fulfill this need for companionship and acceptance, as does involvement in social, community or religious groups.4.Esteem NeedsAfter the first three needs have been satisfied, esteem needs becomes increasingly important. These include the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition, and accomplishment.5.Self-actualizing NeedsThis is the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others, and interested fulfilling their potential.Seek only needs at your current level. Neither retreat too rapidly to lower needs nor reach too quickly for higher needs. When you are ready, only then reach in your own time for higher needs. If other people seek to help you, you may accept their help but are not obliged to repay in any way they demand.Read more…
Some of the most calming moments in the day are when the sun rises and sets over the landscape. The photographers have a special knack for immortalizing these magical occasions. Take a look at these eye-catching photographs and you too might be inspired to start capturing your own special dawn or dusk moments.
Ramadan is the holiest month on the lunar Islamic calendar. Throughout the Muslim world, traditional daily fasting begins at sunrise or Fajr, and ends at sundown or Maghrib, when foods prepared especially for the month of Ramadan are eagerly devoured!This year (2009), Ramadan starts on Saturday, August 22st and continues for 30 days.Because of the Ramadan I'd like to invite you to this link. You can find the Holy Quran in Arabic as well as English words. You can also listen. I hope you like it. Have a great time.http://www.quran.com/Read more…
Let me start a funny game. Pick and Choose the names of these animals one by one and write up on a paper. Be honest with yourself.TigerPigHorseSheepCowEvery animal show you a trait of personality. Based on what you have chosen, you find out what is the most important for you in your life.Tiger: Your PridePig: Your interest to MoneyHorse: Your concern about familySheep: Your tie to love and livingCow: Your job and businessSo, how was it? Is it close to what you thought about yourself?
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Determining your color personality can be extremely useful for managing your life. However, color personality is not stable. At different points in life, a number of factors including influence and experience will change your color personality. So yes, if you are a blue lover and your partner is looking for more spice, it is possible for you to become fiery red. Below are connections psychologists have found between color and sexual behavior:*People with white personalities do not view sex as fun. They believe sex is filthy. It is highly unlikely that they will enjoy sex during the day or want to be seen naked.*People with black personalities like extreme and oftentimes perverted sex. They are likely to be sadistic or masochistic. They tend to become more vigorous when they are experiencing problems or inner turmoil.*Red people are ravaging lovers. They thoroughly enjoy a full range of sexual activities and are easily aroused.Red people are aggressive and erotic. They sexually dominate many other colors.*Orange people are into sexual fantasies. These people love foreplay and oftentimes talk during sex. They perform as if they are stars in a play. However, they may not regularly experience orgasms.*Yellow people are sexually complex individuals. They are usually passive, allowing their partners to dominate them. Although they usually agree to sex, they do not experience maximum pleasure.*Blue people are good sex partners. They are affectionate and sensitive. They are exciting without being aggressive. They enjoy foreplay and time after sex. Furthermore, they tend to be faithful.*Pink people are sexually misleading. They are flirtatious and are likely to talk a different game than they will play.*Brown lovers are warm. They indulge the needs and desires of their partners. They thoroughly enjoy sex but with emotional strings. These people tend to connect romantic activities to their arousal.*Green people maintain sexual innocence. Green people rarely cheat. They are sensitive and gentle, but those are their dominant sexual traits.*Purple lovers are preoccupied with themselves. Women are likely to have trivial concerns such as their hair. These people rarely concern themselves with others’ fulfillment.*Grey people are not sexually exciting or excitable. They view sex as intercourse, not an emotionally engaging or bonding experience. For them, sex has no bearing on a relationship.
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