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Accident happened 1320 HRS

2008-11-06T02:35:00.000-08:00

Rubrik's Revenge

2008-10-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

i remembered my childhood memory, i feel the world could end anytime soon because the feeling of stressed incompetency to solve the puzzle. The puzzle name is Rubrik's cube and sure everybody knows it. Until now i could not solve the puzzle, because when i see the Rubrik's cube, i got stressed out.

The reason why i brought up this topic was because the trend are coming back amongst school children, they brought the puzzle everywhere they go, and i as a teacher are on alert right now monitoring whether they are paying attention during my teaching, or else i will have to confiscate it. I would not mind though if the play it during free time at school. i would like to have my hand on those puzzle toy, and i want to solve it for good this time.

The people who invented Rubrik's cube is very intelegent, putting it back together is not an easy task and imagine designing it. There are steps in how to solve the puzzle. Some say person who has a high IQ could solve it without following any steps. I wish i was in that group but the problem is i'm not.

My student Nursaidah, Mikki and Dayangku tried to solve the cube, but none of them were capable of solving it including me. Playing with the Rubrik puzzle is not a waste of time, it's more like a mind bogling, mind tinggling, mind teasing which stimulates your brain.

Eid Mubarak

2008-10-09T20:46:00.000-07:00

The Islamic month of Shawal or known as Eid Mubarak or ‘Hari Raya’ is a celebration for Muslims after fasting for one whole month during Ramadan. The sparkling show of fireworks and the deafening sound of fire crackers can be annoying at times but mostly it was fun, Eid Mubarak feels lively and without the sound of the fire works and fire crackers it would be the other way around.

The main purpose of Eid Mubarak is to celebrate the victory among Muslims who were able to face the challenge of fasting for one month, despite other things like avoiding to commit sinful acts. Muslims especially among Malays take Eid Mubarak as a chance to forgive and have forgiveness from family and friends. In Brunei Eid Mubarak will not be complete without varieties of Malay cuisine such as lemang, rendang, ketupat and many other flavorsome foods.

I managed to take some pictures from one of the event that happened in my village. The people in my village organize a ‘Takbir Raya’ activity. Takbir means praising Allah by saying Allah-hu-akbar Allah-hu-akbar Allah-hu-akbar. The activity which started from the Head of village to other houses who invites to recite the ‘Takbir’ in their house, but with one condition, the house representative must join all the ‘Takbir Raya’ activity till the end and the activity could take at least three hours depending on how many houses that are going to be visited.

But before enjoying the foods and drinks, first of all we must recite the Takbir, some of the youth in my village will lead the Takbir to praise Allah, and then all the villagers will follow it. The activity was fun, and I enjoy it, with different kind of food and drinks are served, seeing friends and relatives, with happy faces and not forgetting the crackling sound of fire crackers. I joined the Takbir Raya and it ended minutes before midnight and ended at my neighbor house. It was tiring but fun.