Sunday, 19 April 2009

Zawjaty (My wife)

Album: Da’ani
- by Ahmed Bukhatir

English Translation

I love you the way you are,
I love you the way you were,
No matter what did or will happen,
You are and will be my darling.

You're my rightful wife, I care not about
Those who like to reproach and irritate me.
It is our destiny to be
Together eternally.

In my heart you instilled love
With grace and good deeds.
Happiness vanishes when you disappear,
Life brightens when you're there.

Hard is my day
Until you return home.
Sadness disappears
When you smile.

Life turns black
When you're upset,
So I work hard
To make your wish come true.

You're my happiness.
May you be happy forever.
Our souls are united
Like soil and plants.

You're my hope, my peace
My good company and inspiration.
Life is good, no matter how hard it is,
When you're fine.




Jokes 05

Customer: Waiter, do you serve donkeys?
Waiter: Please sit down Sir, we serve everyone.


Lady: Is this my train?
Station Master: No, it belongs to the Railway Company.
Lady: Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if I can take this train to New Delhi.
Station Master: No Mam, I'm afraid it's too heavy.


Mr A: Did you hear that a baby was fed on elephant's milk and gained twenty pounds in a week.
Mr B: That's impossible. Whose baby?
Mr A: An elephant's.

Sunday, 5 April 2009

The Shepherd

Once upon a time, there lived in Basra an old man whose only occupation was caring for and loving his only
son who was a handsome young man. The old man invested all his money on his son's education. The young
man went away for a few years and acquired an education at a well known university under the great scholars
of that age.

The day had arrived for the son to return from his studies and the old man waited at the door for his son.
When the son came and met his father, the old man looked into his eyes and felt great disappointment.
"What have you learnt my son?" he asked, "I have learnt everything there was to be learnt, father", he said.
"But have you learnt what cannot be taught?" asked the father. "Go, my son and learn what cannot be taught",
said the old man.

The young man went back to his master and asked him to teach him what cannot be taught.
"Go away to the mountains with these four hundred sheep and come back when they are one thousand",
said the master.

The young man went to the mountains and became a shepherd. There for the first time he encountered a
silence. He had no one to talk to. The sheep did not understand his language. In his desperation, he would
talk to them but they would look back at him as if to say he was stupid. Slowly but surely he began to forget
all his worldly knowledge, his ego, his pride and he became quiet like the sheep and great wisdom and
humility came to him.

At the end of two years when the number of sheep had grown to one thousand, he returned to his master and
fell on his feet. "Now you have learnt what cannot be taught," said the master.

p/s: It is interesting to note that almost all the Prophets of Allah S.A.W. at some time in their lives, generally
before Prophethood, tended to sheep, and other such animals.

Saturday, 4 April 2009

Ask Microsoft

This is something pretty cool and neat...and unbelievable. ..

MAGIC #1

Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as
"CON". This is something pretty Cool...and unbelievable. ..

TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON" FOLDER


MAGIC #2

Do the following:

1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.

Is it just a really weird bug?


MAGIC #3

Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER to see the magic......


Saturday, 14 March 2009

Pearl Island


Thursday December 6, 2007, The Star; By CAROLYN OOI

Penang is ‘Island in the Sun’ for Many European Tourists

PENANG: Escaping from their freezing homelands, many tourists from Europe have found Penang the
perfect place in the sun at this time of the year.

While some are making the trip – and enjoying it – for the first time, others are making repeat visits here
for the love of the warm weather and the warmer hospitality.

Dutch couple Jan van der Veen and Riena Jacoba , both 77, have been coming here to escape the winter
cold in the Netherlands over the past four years. On vacation here since last month, they are glad to be
away from home for a while to bathe in the sun and surf. Jan, a retired pilot, said the temperature in the
Netherlands at present is 7°C. For them, it is blissful to just stay at the balcony of the Hydro Majestic
hotel in Batu Feringghi.
“We spend most of our time at the balcony, which we cannot do back home because it is too cold,”
said Jan. Riena added that she enjoys watching birds flying and the boats on the sea from her balcony.
“Penang is our ‘island in the sun’, an affordable, safe and beautiful vacation spot.
“On each trip, we stay longer than before and at the same hotel,” she said.
The van der Veens will return home in February.

A German guest at the Golden Sands Hotel in Batu Feringghi, Wilma Budke, 79, said she spends six
months in a year here to escape the winter and had always stayed at the hotel since she first came here
with her husband in 1978. The retired office manager, whose husband died in 1997, said: “I don’t like winter.
I continued coming here on my own after my husband passed away.

Staying at the same hotel are Swiss couple Dr Raphael Mueller, 32, and his wife Dr Michelle Mueller, 29,
who are here for the first time.
“The temperature in Switzerland now is 0°C.
“Here, it is sunny and we enjoy swimming and indulging in water sports.
“It is interesting to see the various cultures and taste different foods,” Dr Raphael said.
Dr Michelle added: “This is our first trip here and it may not be the last.”

Also glowing in the warmth of the Penang sun is Romanian model Anna Maria Rosca, who is visiting for
the first time and also staying at the Golden Sands.
“I love the summer – which falls in July and August – but dislike the biting winter,” said the 22-year-old lass,
who has been here since Monday and would returning home in 10 days.
“It is warm and sunny here. In Romania, the temperature now is about 5°C,” she said.
Rosca’s Australian friend, product manager Damian Murphy, 36, said the weather here was similar to
Brisbane, Australia, where he lives.

He finds the island a safe place to be and, furthermore, the locals here understand English.


Friday, 13 March 2009

I Asked Allah

I asked for Strength.........
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours.........
And Allah gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!