The new house is ready for occupation .

We were at our new house in Klang almost the whole day. This time Aizad and his family gave a helping hand .Unfortunately , Azman prefered to sleep - his bad habits of getting up late ,don't seem to improve .We managed to paint the interior of the house which were dirtied by the workers while fixing the wiring and the ceiling .Now , it looks once again new .I plan to paint the exterior part of the house in the next couple of days .Only the front part look a little bit worn out . I can easly paint it within a couple of hours only .In the mean time work done on the toilets were done this evening - the last item of the house which were contracted out off the main contractor .I am almost an expert in the fixing of the toilets because I personally oversaw the work . The rubbish too were also taken out in 3 lorries to be thrown away . Infact the house is ready for occupation .Our big problem now is moving our big items like bed , referigerator ,tables and chairs and so forth from Shah Alam to the new house .The small items can be brought in bit by bit in our cars .Infact we are not in a hurry to move in if it had not been for Alisya's ( our grand daughter ) new school session .( I managed to get her admitted to Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Tinggi ,Klang after going through tremendous hassle ). The wardrobe is still not ready and in the mean time I reckon we have to make do with whatever is available . I am confident that we would be able to move in either at the end of the month or the latest before the 4th of January 2006.

Oh God,please fulfill my wishes .

My wife has gone to JB to accompany Farin who was going back to her college .They left by bus this evening together with my wife's sister and her daughter Cicit and a nephew who lives in JB .I am now left alone in my room feeling very lonely .

Inspite of the fact that Cicit was staying in our house for a few days , Farin still did not talk to her .It seems that both of them were shy with each other .I tried to advise Farin but it only end up in her crying for no acceptable reason . She is now a university student but still behaves like a kid. I purposely sent her to a boarding school for her upper secondary school so that she could mix and socialise well with friends . Education is not only about passing exams but it should also mould a student to become to become ladies and gentlemen so that they would be able to fit and assimilate themselves into society .Of course ,we should have some element of shyness but not to the extent of impeding our social life . I do not know when she would change .She don't seem to accept any advice .I could only pray to God so that she would change .

My ungrateful contractor abandon his work to complete our new house in KLang .He was obviously not happy with me for pushing him to complete the work early .Luckily ,it is almost completed except for the final touches . I have to make an alternative arrangement to do the final touches .God willing it would be ready by the end of the month for us to move in .I am very much looking forward to settle early so that I could plan for my next course of action.Since my retirement I had to put on hold all my plans because of the new house .I plan to travel once everything is settled .I have always wanted to go the exotic places of the world. I must do this when I am still healthy . Soon my age would reach sixty .I only hope that I would still enjoy good health .Oh God ,please fulfill my wishes .

In Penang for Azman's engagement .

It has been a busy week for me . Prior to our move to Klang , I have to do the final touches to the house so that it would be as presentable as possible when we move in at the end of the month . At the same time I have to go to the schools in Shah Alam and Klang for the transfer of my grand daughter's school - the National school and the agama school to Klang . During the week end we drove up north to Penang for the engagement of my son, Azman .On the 17th.December 2005 we left Shah Alam in 4 cars - Aizad and family in his car , my brother Muttakin and family in his car , Razali , Roha , Khairil's wife and Fuzi in his car while me and wife, Farin and Mahadi in Azman's car . We checked in 3 different hotels - me and wife , Farin,Azman , Mahadi and wife and Razali and Roha at Sri Intan ( a Telecom's apartment lodge ) at Tg.Bunga, Aizad and family at Bayview Beach Hotel ,Batu Feringgi , while Muttakin and family at City Bayview Hotel . Sri Intan was a nice and cosy place by the sea with a nice sea view .Each apartment with 2 rooms . We stayed in 2 apartments . At night we had dinner at a renown nasi kandar shop .

The next day around 12.00 noon we checked out from our rooms and proceeded to Kg.Sungai Gelugor, Penang . We could not find the house and had to get assistance of a man from the house to guide us to the place .On reaching the house we had a shock because we were surrounded by mamaks ( dark skin people ) .The village too was dominated by the mamaks because practically all the people there were mamaks . I told myself , wow because of Azman's marriage , we now have mamak relatives .A little bit strange , Azman's fiancee was the only few fare skin people in the house .Any way , this is fate and we have to accept this as God's decision . What matters most is Azman's happiness .

I began by introducing our members of the entourage before I handed over to Mahadi as my spoke person during the the ' peminangan ' .The dowry would be RM.8,000 serba satu and the engaement would be for a year .We were then treated to a decent nasi kandar lunch , cooked by their family as a ' gotong royong ' . Almost every body in our entourage have nice words for the cooking . I do not know why they like it very much .After the ' doa ' we excused ourselves . Before we left Penang we came to Muttakin's hotel to have a taste of the food and cakes given by Azman's fiancee's family in the ' hantaran balas ' . Muttakin extended his stay in Penang for another day while Aizad put up another night at Bukit Merah .

We left Penang around 5.00 pm. and reached home at about 10.00 pm .

Exam is a way for me to assess myself .

My Pengajian Al Quran exams is on 21-22 January 2006. It is just about a month to go . I am used to exams . It is almost part of my life .I have been taking exams almost through out my life ever since I left college . It started with with my Lower Law Exams , in 1970 ,Higher Law Exams in 1976 , Higher School Certificate Exams in 1977 which I took as a private student , Diploma Public Admin UITM 1980 - 1984 as an off campus student , Bachelor in Jurisprudence UM 1995 -2001 as an off campus student , Syariah Law 2002 -2003 UM and currently I am pursuing Pengajian Al Quran at the University of Malaya where I am one of the oldest student . I treat exams as a challenge . I feel proud for passing any exam especially when I can beat the young people . Exam makes me always on my toe and it is a way by which I can assess myself and how I perform from time to time . It also keeps me busy especially now that I am retired .It is also a sense of direction for me as a target for me to achieve . Otherwise my life would be like a ship lost in the ocean , sailing aimlessly .

I have alot to remember especially in the Tajweed Paper . To make things easy ,I design charts and formulars ,so that I can remember easily and enable me a longer power of retention .On the walls of my room there are numerous charts and formulars .I also make sure that I do my revision daily . I do not study at the last minute . I always keep myself ready to face an exam at any time I always keep in mind that my purpose in studying is not the exams but because I am interested in the subject . I always keep a small note book in my pocket where I can refresh memory whenever I wish so .

The trouble with young students today ,they do not have self discipline .They do not study and revise daily .They study at the last minute .As university students they are not only expected to do well in exams but should be ready to be tested at any time .They should not expect to be treated like school boys and girls .They enjoy too much and they do not plan .In everything we do , we must plan.Without planning we will not achieve total success . So , is in life . My years in the Police have taught me about planning and discipline for which I am very grateful .

I keep on studying till today is not only that I am just hungry for knowledge , but I also wish this would inspire my children to study hard and achieve success in their lives .Moreover , there is a ' hadith '( sayings ) of the Prophet Muhammad Rasulullah ( pbh.) that says ,whoever dies whilst in the pursuit of knowledge , he or she dies as a syaheed ( worldly syaheed ) .The call by the government of a life long learning is very relevant to our religion Islam .I am just doing that .