(And these parables, We set them forth for men, and none understand them but the learned) (Al-'Ankabut:43) Last week I came across one interesting article in a local newspaper about a guy named Ammon Shea who has memorised the Oxford English Dictionary. He documented his experiences in his recently published book; Reading the OED: One man, One Year 21,730 pages . I wonder why and how he could possibly do that. I wish i could talk to him and ask him what had determined him to do that? Can all these words would last forever in his mind? In facts, I do believe that some people have a gifted skill like a photographic memory which they can easily memorised everything they've seen or read within a split second! But even if you don’t have that kind of super memory, you can still memorised the book if you are determined enough to do so. Take an example, the Huffaz who can memorised all verses of Al-Quran. That’s the uniqueness of human memory. To my curious, I’ve googled about this po

" Tiap tiap roh akan merasai mati, sesudah kami mencuba kamu melalui kesukaran dan kemewahan, dan kepada kami sajalah tempat kembali kamu yang terakhir." (Al-Anbia' : 35) Kematian itu satu kepastian, namun kadang-kadang kita terlupa bahawa sebenarnya kehidupan kita di dunia ini adalah merupakan satu persinggahan sementara untuk menuju ke destinasi yang kekal abadi; destinasi akhirat. Kita juga mudah terlupa bahawa untuk menuju ke destinasi akhirat kita memerlukan bekal amalan yang secukupnya semasa hidup di dunia ini. Tanpa bekalan amalan yang cukup kita mungkin akan terkandas ditengah jalan dan tidak akan sampai ke destinasi yang telah dijanjikan oleh Allah S.W.T kepada hambaNya yang beriman. Lantas mengingati kematian adalah satu perkara yang akan sentiasa menyedarkan kita bahawa kita sebenarnya dalam perjalanan ke sana dan akan dipanggil bila-bila masa sahaja. Pastikan bekalan amalan yang secukupnya kerana kita tidak akan tahu bila ajal akan datang menjengah. Telah ber

critical thinking? I remember when I was in the matriculation centre of IIUM way back in 1994, all new intakes had to sit for E.PT ( English Placement Test) in order for the University to assess the level of English competency among the students. Yes, as an average student from rural school , what do you expect? I started with level one! Hahaha..but that’s not exactly the point I want to highlight here. All level one student surely remember this..that we were taught how to write properly. Frankly speaking, only then I knew what the thesis statement is and how we were taught in the class to exercise a critical thinking as a writing skill. A critical thinker..yes! I always want to be a critical thinker and till today I’m still not sure whether I am a critical thinker..err let me think first..by the way, this is what the psychology textbooks writer had to say about critical thinking… How to be a Critical Thinker (based on Critical and Creative Thinking by Carole Wade and Carol Tavris) &q

Dengan Nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah Lagi Maha Penyayang "Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "Kalaulah semua jenis lautan menjadi tinta untuk menulis Kalimah-kalimah Tuhanku, sudah tentu akan habis kering lautan itu sebelum habis Kalimah-kalimah Tuhanku, walaupun Kami tambahi lagi dengan lautan yang sebanding dengannya, sebagai bantuan". ( Al-Kahfi : 109 ) I start my first posting here by referring to the Quranic Verse above symbolically to the picture appears in my blog title. "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it,for its aid." May Allah give me the strength to share with you guys the thoughts, the feelings, the expression and the wisdom so that this blog may benefit us...hopefully!