MFN Sketchbook

Takziah

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:04 +0800

Yesterday morning I was shocked to hear that my ex-roomate's mother passed away. It is not long before all of us are returning to Malaysia. He decided not to go back. Takziah is different from 'tahniah'. We often have the misconception that by sa...

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Musolla

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:24:47 +0800

It wasn't until I entered college that I learned to use this word. We used to call it 'surau' -a typical name for a place of worship which is smaller than a mosque. The name of the building may be different, but its function remains the same. Rec...

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What's on your mind?

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:40:51 +0800

When I first heard this song, there were a lot of fuss about it -people saying that it was a demon song. Not long after that it wasn't aired on television for quite some time until it suddenly popped out again in NTV7. The song was in fact a pro...

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Why going for Noble Prize?

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:52:17 +0800

Alfred Noble was famous for his inventions. He also founded the Noble Prize through his will, which is now one of the most popular award for science and technology. I think it was a noble thing to do, trying to lift up the status of science to a n...

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Ottoman

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:48:38 +0800

We always talk about the dissolution of an Empire and the removal of the Caliphate system but we rarely talk about how one of the longest serving Islamic Empire came to exist. Daulah Uthmaniyyah, or the Ottoman Empire, as the West calls it, was on...

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Morning

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:19:10 +0800

After a tough day yesterday, my friend made us a breakfast. We don't usually have breakfast in the morning (in fact it would seem awkward if we do that). Today the weather is rather good, and quite warm. We had my friend's version of bubur with t...

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Light will still shine even on a devastating day

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:33:19 +0800

Today is a very challenging day for me. Thought to be a big day, with all the smiley faces, but it all turned out to be a very hectic voyage of self-discovery. I was going for an interview today, and had a dissertation tutorial as well. With happy...

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Viva Forever

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:23:44 +0800

When I was a kid, I always found this video clip disturbing. A child being lost in the woods, never to be found. And the child was relatively happy when he followed the fairies. I would imagine how his parents would have thought of him, thus shi...

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If I don't use English I can't go to toilet..

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:57 +0800

This phrase was too familiar when I was back in my school days. The teacher would set a ground rule for the class, by saying, "If you want to go to toilet please ask for my permission. Don't simply go out." And when somebody approach the teacher a...

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Cymru

nobody@vox.com(mfn) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:06:05 +0800

The journey from London to Wales was about a couple of hours. Upon arrival, I walked about Cardiff in a relatively silent night. That early morning, I had lemang as my sahur (breakfast), as I brought them from London when I was celebrating Eid. It...

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