Inilah Perpustakaan Mereka!

Rumah Anak Yatim Maahad Darus Salam,Tambun,Perak terletak di tepi Lebuhraya PLUS berhampiran Tol Ipoh Utara.

Namun,untuk masuk ke situ,jalannya tidak berturap,berlopak air dan berlubang besar.

Anggaran 30 orang orang anak yatim lelaki dan perempuan berteduh di situ.


Papan tanda rumah anak yatim berkenaan.


Asrama anak yatim lelaki.


Asrama anak yatim perempuan di bahagian atas bangunan.


Bangunan asrama yang separuh siap dan terbengkalai .Katanya, ia dibina oleh pekerja Indonesia yang terlibat dengan Projek Lebuhraya PLUS berhampiran.


Aduhai, inilah aktiviti mengisi masa lapang mereka!


Anak yatim lelaki bermain di semak samun berpaya.....Aduh!


Dan inilah perpustakaan mereka!

Untuk menderma sila ke sini.
(Silakan isi jumlah derma dalam kategori "Orphans Library Project")

Jumpa!

Hari ini saya terjumpa sesuatu yang saya cari selama ini.

Alhamdulillah.

Projek Perpustakaan Kembali lagi!

Ramai rakan-rakan yang sudah bertanya tentang hal ini.

Saya tentu sahaja tidak mahu menghampakan hasrat mereka untuk membantu dan terus membantu.

Maka eloklah saya umumkan di sini, untuk projek perpustakaan yang seterusnya,

"Mari kita cuba tubuhkan lebih daripada satu!"

Calon-calon rumah kebajikan sudah ada namanya dan sudah pun dilawati baru-baru ini.

Berikut adalah cadangan rumah-rumah kebajikan/anak yatim untuk projek perpustakaan kali ini:

1. Rumah Anak Yatim & Miskin Dar'us Salam, Tambun,Perak

2.Rumah Anak Yatim & Miskin Bait Al-Amin,Parit,Perak

3. Rumah Kebajikan pelbagai kaum (di negeri Perak kalau boleh).

Mengapa Perak?Rasionalnya, eloklah kita fokus untuk satu-satu negeri dahulu sebelum beralih ke negeri lain. Untuk tujuan pemantauan, cara ini akan memudahkan lawatan susulan, sekali 'harung' sahaja untuk menjimatkan kos dan masa.

Maahad Dar'us Salam dilawati pada bulan Ramadan yang lepas. Memang daif. (Saya akan masukkan foto yang diambil semasa lawatan berkenaan kemudian).

Ada sebaris buku terpakai hasil derma orang ramai di atas meja pejabat rumah berkenaan. Itulah 'perpustakaan'nya. Malah, saya tidak terkejut kalau melihat anak-anak penghuni rumah berkenaan meluangkan masa bermain di kawasan paya berair (dalam!) di belakang asrama mereka.

Saya bayangkan di dalam kepala waktu itu,

"Alangkah baiknya, kalau mereka mempunyai satu tempat dimana mereka
boleh duduk berjam-jam dikelilingi buku!"

Saya menjangkakan dana sekitar RM5000 diperlukan untuk Rumah Dar'us Salam. Jangkaan ini berdasarkan kekangan dari segi ruang yang terhad untuk tujuan perpustakaan.

Bait Al-Amin pula bukan asing bagi saya.Itulah projek pertama yang berjaya mengumpulkan sekotak buku baru bernilai lebihRM2000 sekitar Ramadan 2007 .Catatan mengenai projek berkenaan boleh dilawati di sini.

Saya merasa teruja ketika pertama kali melawat rumah ini awal bulan ini. Dahulu saya hanya mampu mengirimkan buku tersebut melalui Islamic Relief yang melawat rumah berkenaan pada bulan September 2007 dalam rangka lawatan program bantuan Ramadan mereka.Kali ini,saya datang sebagai pegawai Islamic Relief melihat sendiri rumah berkenaan dan mencari jalan untuk terus membantu.

Alhamdulillah,saya gembira melihat perkembangan terkini rumah berkenaan.Tidak dapat tidak, ini adalah hasil berkat usaha gigih pengurusnya,Encik Roslan.Jika dahulu hanya ada rumah kayu yang daif tempat mereka berlindung.Kini sudah ada 3 blok bangunan baru yang sudah hampir siap dibina yang akan menempatkan asrama bagi anak-anak yatim berkenaan.

Malah, apabila diajukan tentang perpustakaan,beliau berkata,

"Sudah ada bilik yang kami sediakan untuk tujuan itu".

"Buku-buku yang tuan berikan dahulu masih diminati oleh anak-anak berkenaan",tambahnya.

Mengapa kembali semula ke sini? Tujuannya ialah untuk menambahbaik projek-projek perpustakaan yang sebelum ini hanya dapat dijalankan dengan dana yang kecil.Dana yang kecil maksudnya bukunya yang sedikit sahaja dapat dibeli.

Kerana itu, setelah berbincang dengan rakan-rakan, maka eloklah perpustakaan di rumah-rumah kebajikan yang ditubuhkan sebelum ini dapat ditambahkan lagi buku-buku yang baru dan juga dihadiahkan dengan satu set ensiklopedia sekurang-kurangnya. Supaya semua rumah-rumah berkenaan mendapat jumlah buku yang setara. Saya menjangkakan dana sekitar RM6000 diperlukan untuk penambahbaikan perpustakaan Bait Al Amin.

Selain itu, saya juga masih mencari-cari rumah anak yatim pelbagai kaum di negeri Perak untuk tujuan yang sama. Semasa melawat Bait Al Amin tempoh hari, puas kami mencari di kawasan Menglembu dan Lahat berpandukan maklumat daripada rakan-rakan, namun tidak berjumpa.

Insya Allah, buku-buku untuk anak-anak yatim pelbagai kaum akan disaring sesuai dengan umur dan pegangan agama mereka. Yang pasti, usaha ini selaras dengan prinsip kerja Islamic Relief yang tiada prejudis terhadap perbezaan agama,warna kulit dan bangsa.Saya jangka,kita memerlukan sekitar RM6000 untuk tujuan ini.

Jumlah dana kesemuanya yang diperlukan ialah sebanyak RM17000.

Untuk rakan-rakan yang ingin terus membantu, bolehlah menghulurkan sumbangan anda melalui laman web Islamic Relief Malaysia atau terus ke sini. Setakat ini sudah ada dana terkumpul sebanyak lebih kurang RM4000. Jumlah ini adalah baki daripada projek perpustakaan sebelum ini, iaitu di Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah,Chemor,Perak yang dilaksanakan pada bulan Ramadan yang lepas.

Sekali lagi saya merayu kepada rakan-rakan bahawa projek ini ialah untuk bertujuan untuk menghadiahkan buku-buku yang baru kepada rumah-rumah anak yatim dan tidak menerima buku-buku terpakai.

Sekira ada kemusykilan, saya boleh dihubungi melalui emel: adabi99-at-yahoo- dot-com.

Mengemop Lantai

Mengemop lantai ialah satu aktiviti yang paling menenangkan pada hari Ahad!

Bidal Melayu II

Pelabor habis Palembang tak alah.

Palembang* unbeaten and rations run low.-
When means are exhausted with little to show.

* In reference to an unsuccessful siege by the Dutch.

Hujan mas perak di negeri orang,hujan kerus lembing
di negeri sendiri, baik juga di negeri sendiri.

Tho' gold may pour from foreign skies,
Whilst spears and daggers rain at home;
Yet better off is he who lies
On his own soil,than far to roam.



Malay Proverbs (Bidal Melayu)
A.W. Hamilton
Donald Moore, Singapore.
Reprinted 1957.

Korban Hari Raya II

Utusan Kosmo, 12 Disember 2008

We thought it was a wild boar when we drove past the accident scene on Wednesday night. The Fire and Rescue team were still busy extricating the body and deep inside we knew, whoever life, inside couldn't be saved.

Such an irony. Two men and a cow became the 'Korban Hari Raya' that night.

Drive carefully. Anda mampu mengubahnya!

Al-Fatihah.

Korban Hari Raya

We were in Kok Lanas, Kelantan during AidilAdha to carry out Qurbani Meat Distribution to the poor beneficiaries.Trying to avoid Gua Musang route, the 17 hours drive along the coastal Terengganu was really tiring and indeed,torturing due to massive 'bottleneck' traffic in Paka and Kuala Terengganu.Anyway, all that ceased when we saw the happy faces receiving the aid the day after.

I too, had a wonderful and smelly experience cleaning up the 'perut kitab'.I volunteered for that,anyway.

I shall let the images talk. All these excellent photos were taken by this lady.


It's quite easy to 'tackle' the cow if you know the technique.

Mosaics of images during 'qurban'.

'Lapah' session.You really need sharp knife for this.

Cleaning up 'perut kitab'. 'Kapur' will make the 'kitab' clean and white.

Young chaps 'dissecting' the qurbani meats.

Mix of young and old cutting the meats into smaller portions.

Head of Timbang - flown from Baghdad!Hahaha!

2kg of meats for each beneficiary.

Volunteers packing the meats.

The food pack consisted of rice,sugar,condensed milk and flour plus Raya cookies.

My boss handed over the qurbani meat and the food pack to the beneficiary.

In total 100 beneficiaries received the aid in Kok Lanas.Simultaneously on the same day, 200 beneficiaries received IRM's Qurbani aid in Sik, Kedah.

Thank you very much for your contributions.

Bidal Melayu

Hidup di dunia biar beradat,
Bahasa tidak berjual beli.

Let's live in this world by the rules of old,
For manners are not to be bought or sold.


Bagai pinggan dengan mangkuk,
Salah sedikit hendak terantuk.

Like plates and dishes clashing at the slightest lack of care.-
The continual bickerings of an ill-assorted pair.


A.W Hamilton, Malay Proverbs (Bidal Melayu)
Donald Moore,1957 (Reprinted)

Problem Solving: Peanut Butter Sandwich routine

A tribute to a great teacher

I received a reply in my earlier posting on Qurbani:

Salam.

Err..hello sir.

Ya may not know me..cuz i've just been reading through your entire posts in ur blowing bubbles blog.Cheers bro, it's a really nice name btw.

And one of ur posts REALLY caught my attention, which actually mentioned my mum's name. LOL. I'm Puan Siti Sarah's daughter. Sounds a little odd aye?

Psstt. Was my mum REALLY REALLY STRICT last time? Haha. "I'm totally touched with that post.HE MEMORIZED MY FULL NAME!", were her exact words. Lol. It's a lovely effort you got over there sir to make the world a better place for all of us. We wish ya all the best in everything that you do in ur life and may Allah bless ya.

Cheers.~Fatin Hazirah aka hazzakaulitz~

I could only replied her with a fitting tribute to this very great teacher, her mom,Cikgu Siti Sarah Daimun.Something that I have been wanting to say after all these years.

Wsalam Fatin,

What a lovely surprise! You read the entire posts in this blog?Ayo!

You are her daughter?Are you the one who is now pursuing medicine in Ireland?If so,she spoke proudly of you, you know.Really really proud!What a small world indeed to meet you,her daughter, in this blogging world.

Alhamdulillah, I managed to track her down few months back after searching for her for so many years.I could imagine how surprised she was to receive my call that day.And we, I believe,talked for hours reminiscing the good old days.

Yes, your mum was very strict during her Maths class but she never beat us,don't worry.Haha! But we all so loved her for that.

The fact that she was from TunkuKurshiah College (TKCian) made us ever determined to heckle her yet she knew so well how to'sidestep' incessant pranks and remarks from us and sometimes rebutted us with her 'sarcastic' remarks (and of course leaving us dumbfounded!). And yet we still loved her!

Pssst...One of the thing we used to make fun behind her back during her class was her big big retro style spectacles!Hahahaha! Syyyyy! Please don't tell this to her.We are still scared of her, you know!Hahaha...

Anyway jokes aside, do you know that when she was about to leave STAR Ipoh for St.Anthony, Teluk Intan, we held a farewell party for her. Came to the part where she gave her farewell speech yet halfway through,she couldn't finished it as tears rolling down her face.And some 30 odd number of boys joined the chorus and cried too!

I don't think I would ever cry for a great teacher since then.

I believe that if it wasn't because of the great educators like her (plus others) who tirelessly giving their best in imparting the knowledge and wisdoms to us, personally, I don't think I will become the person that I am now.

For that, I am forever grateful.

Jom Berqurban!

Check IRM's website for details.You can also register directly HERE.

Would you help?

Consider these facts:

A man, Zakaria,38, who had a massive heart attack and now need an angiogram procedure & stenting in a hospital to open up his blocked heart vessels. He has lost his passport and has been working illegal in this country as a construction worker for the past two years and who got family back home. He is a man with no country.

The cost for angiogram is at least RM600 and stenting is about RM5000.Without the operation he will very likely to die. At this point of time the cardiologist and 2 colleagues ( one of them is my friend who texted me the info for help) who are trying their best to save Zakaria's life are willing to chip in themselves but it's still it is too much for them to bear.

Do not ask me such questions:

Why can't the hospital cover all the cost?

Who is this man?

Is he for real?

Why should we help him?

Why can't UNHCR helps,etc?

I have no answers for that.

Simply, all I know, there is a man is going to die without the operation-without the necessary funds.If you want to donate to cover the operation cost - please email me personally to adabi99@yahoo.com.

After considering all these facts, would you help?

Birokrasi

Birokrasi.Karenah yang menyakitkan hati.Kapal terbang sudah 'ready'. Lori nak hantar ke KLIA pun sudah 'standby'. Sudah ikut saluran yang betul. Tapi masih lagi 'pushing papers' ke sana-sini. Malah khabarnya diminta kita pula menyelesaikan masalah 'custom clearance' dan sebagainya. Malu kita dibuatnya dengan wakil negara yang hendak dibantu dengan karenah orang kita sendiri.

Senang sahaja 'ubatnya'.Saya karang surat kepada Pak Menteri - minta tolong bantu dan selesaikan.Dulu saya pernah tulis kepada beliau tentang hal yang lain, dan saya kagum kerana dia baca surat-surat orang marhain dan beri perhatian sewajarnya.Alhamdulillah.Saya terhutang budi benar dengan Pak Menteri yang ini.Harap kali ini beliau dapat membantu.

Marilah kita sama-sama berdoa agar bantuan yang amat kecil ini dapat dihantar secepat mungkin ke sana.

Berjumaat di Bangkok

Saya berada di Bangkok 2 minggu lepas menghadiri Asian Muslim Network Consultation Meeting on Climate Change di Alexander Hotel, Ramkhamkheng Road, Bangkapi, Bangkok.

"It was an 'academic' meeting". Advocacy and policy-making bukan bidang saya tetapi banyak ilmu yang saya kutip daripada perbincangan berkenaan. Saya benar-benar teruja kerana bukan sahaja cendiakawan,saintis dan aktivis muslim terlibat di dalam mesyuarat berkenaan, tetapi juga seorang paderi, Holy Father John Brinkman dari Mary Knoll Foundation turut sama berkongsi ilmu dan berbincang tentang isu sejagat.

Malah beliau turut mengekori kami ke masjid di seberang terusan (khlong) di belakang hotel ketika Solat Jumaat.

Pix1:Masjid Ridwanool Islam (Khlong Yan),Bangkapi

Pix2: Masjid dari seberang khlong.

Pix3: Beratur untuk menaiki 'feri'.

Pix4: "Feri' digerakkan oleh seorang 'mesin' dan tiket berharga 2 bhat.

Pix5: Murtabak. Makanan halal senang didapati di sepanjang Jalan Ramkhamheng ini.

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Anon's Advice On Dealing With Others

Our superfluities should be given up for the convenience of others,
Our conveniences should give place to the necessities of others,
And even our necessities give way to the extremities of the poor.

-Schott's Almanac-

Miss Lillian Sees Leprosy For The First Time

I love this poem.

When I nursed in a clinic
near Bombay,
a small girl, shielding
all her leprous sores,
crept inside the door.
I moved away,
But then the doctor called,
“You take this case!”
First I found a mask,
and put it on,
quickly gave the child
a shot and then, not well,
and scrubbed my entire body red and raw.

I faced her treatment every week with dread and loathing
—of the chore, not the child.
As time passed, I was less afraid and managed not to
turn my face away.
Her spirit bloomed as sores began to fade.
She’d raise her anxious
searching eyes to mine
to show she trusted me.
We’d smile and say
a few Marathi words,
and then reach and
hold each other’s hands.
And then love grew between
us, so that, later
when I kissed her lips
I didn’t feel unclean.

Jimmy Carter

President Carter’s mother, Lillian, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in India from 1967-1969. Copied from Peace Corps The Great Adventure, Washington, D.C., 5.

Tahniah!

Tahniah Pak Ishak Ismail si pemandu teksi.

Anda sumber inspirasi saya! (Dan mungkin juga kepada seorang rakan yang masih belum membuat keputusan untuk melanjutkan pelajarannya).

Tahniah juga kepada Cik Subashini Rajandra,wartawan KOSMO yang berhemah tinggi,yang turut mendapat ijazah sarjana dan dianugerahkan sebagai pelajar terbaik di dalam bidang pengajiannya.

Soalan seterusnya - Bila lah pula giliran saya?

Malas

Saya akan ke Bangkok pada hari Khamis ini. Malas hendak pergi.

Malas benar hendak menghabiskan masa 2 hari yang pasti membosankan di dalam bilik persidangan.

Nasib baik ia hanya berlangsung daripada pukul 9 pagi sehingga 5 petang. Yang pasti selepas pukul 5,merayau-rayaulah saya ke HuaLamphong mencari tomyam tersedap di dunia atau duduk bersantai berjam-jam di Asia Books.

'Kanom buang' di Nang Leong juga terbayang-bayang di mata.Hehehe...

Datukship: Between A and SRK?

Let us compare between Shah Rukh Khan and the thousands of our soldiers who gave their lives for our nation since World War 2.

What do they get for their "Taat Setia" motto etched deep in their hearts and minds?Nothing.Some may argue,hey, we gave PGB and SP to some of the brave ones.But then, how about the rest?Don't they deserve a proper recognition as well?

After all, PGB and SP only awarded for those who served the nations after the independence.Not everybody can get it. For those who gave their lives even before that, they were simply names engraved on the wall of Pasir Panjang Memorial in Singapore.Not in Malaysia,even.(I can't even go and visit their graves).

Why don't we award "datukship" to all of them.No need for us to go beyond that - 'Tan Sri'ship or even 'Tun'ship. Just a simple Dato'ship will do.Not one to be left behind and to be given regardless of their ranks.I don't think it will cost the state or even federal government much except for the cost of producing medals and printing the official credentials.

For a start, I copied down some of the heroes (that begin with alphabet A) of Royal Malay Regiments who served and killed during World War 2 from Syed Othman Syed Omar's "Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja 1933 - 1968".

A

1. Lt.Muda Ahmad Noordin (1 Melayu)

2.Lt. Ariffin Hj Sulaiman ( 2 Melayu)

3.Lt. Abdul Wahid Mat Kidam (2 Melayu)

4.Lt.Abdullah Saad (2 Melayu)

5.Lt.Muda Adnan Saidi (1 Melayu)

6.Koperal Abas Awang (1 Melayu)

7.Sarjan Abdul Rahman (2 Melayu)

8.Prebet Ahmad Ismail (1 Melayu)

9. Prebet Ahmad Hj.Ithnin (1 Melayu)

10.Prebet Abdul Latiff Kidam (1 Melayu)

Don't you think that 10 names starting from alphabet 'A' from the thousands names, is too much to ask for datukship, before we even put SRK on the list?

The dreaded questions during Raya (and how to answer it)

The usual dreaded question from all those Makcik Bedahs during Raya visits:

Usual Question no. 1

Makcik Bedah "Eh,kau bila lagi?"
Your Answer : "Eh,makcik tu yang bila laginya?"
Makcik Bedah: "Bila apa pulak kamu ni?"
Your Answer : "Bila nak 'gol'..makcik"

(Naahh.. I don't think so it will ever come out from my mouth)

Usual Question no. 2

Makcik Bedah : "Ish, bila lah aku nak rasa nasi minyak kau ni?"
Your answer : "Insya Allah, nanti saya buatkan masa tahlil makcik nanti!"

(Naaah...again don't you ever....)

Usual Question no.3

Makcik Bedah: "Bila kau nak kahwin ni?"
Your answer : " Saya ni gay makcik!"


(Tried this year and it worked! No more questions or even conversations followed after that....)

Lesson learnt: Don't want or like to do it but have to do it (sometimes) and dont' worry, those answers are only reserved for the really annoying ones.

Note: some of the 'expletives' has been edited.Hehe...ramai potential 'ibu mertua' baca blog ini.

Salam Aidilfitri 2008

(Ucapan Selamat Hari Raya ini ditaja oleh Persatuan Lembu-Lembu Malaysia)




Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir & Batin

Ikhlas dari kami,

DR Bubbles & Emma de Caunes sekeluarga.

Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah Library Project: Photos

Ah, as promised here are some of the hundreds of photos of library project snapped by talented photographers who volunteered their time last weekend in Chemor. Thanks Ryzah & Nadya for capturing the images.


The night before the trip to Chemor, we (staff and volunteers) had iftar at Islamic Relief's office before we started to 'chop-chop' the books!It was fun!




Boxes of books ready to be loaded into the van.


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

Before.....


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

When we arrived despite the heavy rain, we began our job almost immediately.Ah,even young Vera,quite a 'veteran' team members of this library project, was helping out to 'choose' the books!


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

Volunteers and staff was busy sorting out the books according to its sections.


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)


(Photo by Ryzah)

Last minute touch-up by volunteer, Kak Nett


(Photo by Ryzah)

Wallah!The library is ready to be used by the orphans.


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

Children's section is next to encyclopedias. We got 3 sets of encyclopedias this time for the boys.

English's section.

Some of the novels on the shelf. Harry Potter's set is included as promised!


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

The magic tricks books (55 Silap Mata Mudah by Amar) are quite popular among the boys.


(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

(Photo by Nadya Shahabudin)

Ah, this image is really really priceless!

You can also check ryzah's fotopages for the rest of the photos.

Completed

The library project at Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah was completed last Saturday.

Thank you all very much for the support and doa.I will upload the photos shortly.

Indeed, it began with books.Thank you John for inspiring us all.

Terkini: Projek Perpustakaan Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah Chemor

Alhamdulillah, kutipan dana perpustakaan sudah melebihi RM13,000.Sudah cukup untuk membeli buku-buku yang diperlukan.

Lebihan dana yang terkumpul akan disalurkan untuk projek perpustakaan di rumah anak yatim yang lain pula.

Buat masa ini saya masih tunggu (dalam 1-2 hari) kalau-kalau saya boleh dapat diskaun 'last minute' untuk pembelian 1-2 set ensiklopedia.Kalau dapat, maka beruntung lah anak-anak itu!

Saya kira projek seterusnya akan dapat dilaksanakan selepas Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. Sekurang-kurangnya, ada masa sedikit untuk mengamati 'learning curve' yang boleh dipelajari daripada projek perpustakaan di Chemor ini. Apa yang kurang dipertingkatkan dan yang baik pula dikekalkan.

Priceless!

Sabtu, 30 Ogos 2008: Beli buku di DBP-Ribuan ringgit.

Sabtu,30 Ogos 2008: Beli buku di MPH Great Eastern Mall -Ratusan ringgit.

Sabtu, 30 Ogos 2008:Beli buku di Popular Ampang Point -Puluhan ringgit.

Ahad,31 Ogos 208: Terima sumbangan 8 naskhah antologi puisi yang bertanda tangan penulisnya sendiri dari Sasterawan Negara, Pak A.Samad Said - Tiada Ternilai Harganya!

Selamat Hari Merdeka Malaysiaku!

Padamu negri
kami berjanji
Padamu negri
kami berbakti
Padamu negri
kami mengabdi
Bagimu negri
jiwa raga kami

(Song written by: Kusbini)

Seronok beli buku!

Hendak tahu bab mana yang paling menyeronokkan dalam mengusahakan projek-projek perpustakaan selama ini?

Bab membeli buku.

Hari ini saya seronok kerana dua penerbit buku iaitu, PTS dan Utusan Publications Sdn Bhd sudi beramal jariah memberikan diskaun paling baik dan sungguh bererti sekali kepada projek ini.Dan urusan pembelian dengan kedua-dua penerbitan itu amat mudah dan profesional sekali.

Terima kasih PTS!Terima kasih Utusan Publications!

Terkini, jumlah dana perpustakaan di Chemor begitu hampir untuk mencecah RM13,000.

Insya Allah pada 6 September ini, hajat anak-anak di Chemor itu membelek dan membaca buku-buku yang baik mutunya akan tercapai juga akhirnya!

Projek Perpustakaan Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah Chemor: Terkini

Kutipan dana untuk projek perpustakaan Rumah Anak Yatim Yayasan An-Nur Maisarah,Chemor sudah mencecahi RM11950.00. Hanya tinggal lagi RM1050 untuk mencapai dana sasaran sebanyak RM13,000. Jumlah ini mencukupi untuk membeli purata 1000 buku dan satu set ensiklopedia edisi pelajar.

Syukur Alhamdulillah!Anak-anak di rumah itu pasti akan tersenyum lebar apabila satu set buku Harry Porter terjemahan Bahasa Melayu dikeluarkan daripada kotak dan disusun di rak buku nanti.

Orphanage Library Project: Online Donations

You can contribute to the orphanage library project online by clicking here.

This is an option for people who has Maybank account.We have yet to have Maybank2u.com facilities as of today and we are still waiting for its approval (last stage it seems).

The link provided is our payment gateway and you can still contribute maybank2u,credit card payment there. I hope the arrangement is not too troublesome for some of you who wants to contribute.

Oh!And if you have CIMB account, you can use CIMB Clicks.

If you have any problem, please email me.Be glad to help you.

Orphanage Library Project: Update 1

Raised RM4300 in donation and pledges by today.Another RM8700 to go.

Most likely the installation of library will take place on the 6th September 2008, (Saturday) during Ramadhan.I shall confirm it as soon as possible.

Orphanage Library Project: Yayasan Ain Maisarah, Chemor

Come, let us build another orphanage library!

This time let us do it for Rumah Anak Yatim Yayasan Ain Maisarah, Chemor, Perak.

Let us aim to give them 1000 books by mid-Ramadhan!

Having said that, let me brief you a little bit on the orphanage. 3 weeks ago, Bro Faizal Pot and me visited the orphanage after our oldboys weekend in STAR Ipoh. Thanks to Pak Manap, the Nurul Hidayah Orphanage in Bukit Gantang (we did the library at Nurul Hidayah few months back) who directed us to the home and told us to meet the orphanage manager, Ustaz Yuzrim.

Based on the directions given by Pak Manap and some phone calls to Ustaz Yuzrim, we had no problem to reach the home; located along the main road towards Ipoh right after Pekan Chemor.

The home housed some 40 plus boys ranging from age of 7 up to 17 years old and governed by board of trustees. Ustaz Yuzrim, a young chap (in his 30s) is the secretary of the yayasan cum manager of the home.

Ustaz Yuzrim told us that the old wooden house cum hostel is also known as "Rumah Ilmu" because the children's of the late owner of the house all went to universities and become respected figures in their career. That was long time ago as I was told that the youngest son who is a doctor and already 70 years of age.

What struck me most was the peaceful environment of the home.Come on, boys home supposed to be opposite - "war zones". Not the case of this home though.It is in great order. The lawn is clean. The boys are behaving well. We saw a group of boys studied for UPSR exams quietly in one corner of the surau.

As we talked, I saw bags of laundry lined up in the office and presumably it belongs to the boys and I asked Ustaz Yuzrim what's is the rationale of sending the boys clothings for 'dobi'?

And this is his answer,

" You see, we have calculated the cost of having washing machines together with electricity and water bills for the home and if you compare it to the cost of sending it to the laundry, it is almost the same", he explained.

"Plus, the home looks nice to the visitors with no 'ampaian' around; the boys will have nice clean shirts everyday and of course look nice and handsome and they will have more time to focus on their study"

Man, Bro Faizal and me agreed silently that this young ustaz was talking about something 'deep' here.

And he pointed out to the "mini-zoo" they have in the courtyard. The boys keep a squirrel, chicken and birds and he revealed it to us why.

"You see, by having this animals around we want to instill love for god's creatures in their heart".

"And, the animals will make this place calmer to the boys and visitors alike".

And he brought us to one section of the home where we see a fish pond 'under construction'.

"It is all done by the boys lead by an elder boy who is in Form 4".

"It was all their idea to have fish pond and they did it themselves".

I thought the pond was done by professional,seriously.

As we go along that afternoon over cup of tea and a plate of cempedak goreng, your conversation went back to what we supposed to do; to create a library for the home. Happened to be, they were also looking into having a library for the boys.

And they just bought a stack of books costing some RM400 and Ustaz Yuzrim related to us on their recent courtesy visit to Pak Manap's Nurul Hidayah orphanage (right after we built the library at Nurul Hidayah) and one of the boys asked to borrow Harry Potter's books from Nurul Hidayah's library to read at home. And he told us that they really devoured it when they returned to Chemor!

The story really touched my heart! Imagine how a book can change their life.

So we decided immediately, the next library will be at this very home.

Our target is 1000 books plus a set of encyclopedia. We are going to raise RM13,000 at least by the end of this month.

And I have a good news for this.

For greater transparency, the funds to be raised this time will be channeled through Islamic Relief Malaysia's Orphanage Library Project. So no more funds going through my personal account as per previous library project we have done.

Here is the account number:

• Maybank: 5621 4270 8704
• CIMB : 1259 0000 804 058

All you have to do is to mail of fax the bank-in slip to us:

Islamic Relief Malaysia

31-7 Jalan SP2/1, Taman Serdang Perdana,

43300 Seri Kembangan,

Selangor.

Tel: 03-8948 6334

Fax:03-89487339

(If you fax or mail the slip appreciate your help to attention it for: "Islamic Relief's Orphanage Library Project")

For further info on this project : you can email me at : iskandar@irm.org.my or Tel: 03- 8948 6334

As I mentioned many times before and will mention it again and again, we are going to buy new and good books for the orphans. No secondhand books,please. Despite good intentions, it won't do justice for the orphans. Let us give something 'valuable' as a gifts to the orphans. I am not against utilising secondhand books but for this project, it is going to be like that. (I am still OK if you want to buy good and new books and channeled it to this project, though)

As for the books, out of 1000 books, 90% would be in Bahasa Melayu Tinggi and 10% would be in English. That's our pledge to support Bahasa Melayu. (Ah, you must be wondering why I write this entry in English then).

We also hope we can deliver the books by Ramadhan. Perhaps we can set up the library in the afternoon and have breaking fast together with the boys in the evening. For now let us work together to raise RM13,000 for the library at Yayasan Ain Maisarah's home.