Monday, August 31, 2009
10th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Sunday, August 30, 2009
9th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Saturday, August 29, 2009
8th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Friday, August 28, 2009
7th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Thursday, August 27, 2009
6th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
5th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
(Saheeh Muslim #2487)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
LESSON ... AN EARLY MORNING JOKES
Pelajaran bahasa Inggris hari ini adalah JOKES!
Have a hearty laugh and feel free to distribute it to anywhere you like.
Haste Is Waste
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a meeting.
On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp. They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.
So the eager senior manager shouted, I want the first wish. I want to be in the Bahamas,
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted, "I want to be in
Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails.
"Pfufffff, and he was also gone.
The boss calmly said,"I want these two idiots back in the office after lunch at 12.35 pm."
Moral of the story is:
Lesson I - Always allow the bosses to speak first.
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Boss Knows Everything??
Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive.
He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the shredder machine.
"I just need one copy."
Lesson II - Never, never assume that your BOSS knows everything.
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'Ese' & 'Key'
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?"
Again, the Japanese was confused over the question. The American, now irritated, then yelled,
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked: What kind of 'key' was he.
The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what kind of '-key' am I?!"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Y--key, d--key, or m--key?"
Lesson III - Never insult anyone.
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Americans Love To Say .... Every Now And Then
Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle.
He said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish.
When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of water to become, then your wish will come true."
The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted "WINE."
The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool.
Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka.
The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER." He was so contented with his beer pool.
The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, S--T!!!!!!!.
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Lesson IV - Think twice before you say something, because sometimes accidents do happen.
4th Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
Monday, August 24, 2009
3rd Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
The Prophet [sal-Allâhu 'alayhi wa sallam] said,
"Whoever believes in Allâh and His Messenger, performs Salât (prayers) and observes sawm (fasts) during the month of Ramadan, then it will be a promise binding upon Allâh to admit him to Paradise, no matter whether he fights in Allâh's Cause or remains in the land where he is born."
*Saheeh Bukhari
Sunday, August 23, 2009
2nd Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
MU. Berilah aku kemampuan untuk membaca ayat-ayat-MU dengan rahmat-MU, Wahai Maha
Pengasih dari semua Pengasih.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
1st Day of RAMADHAN 1430H
TO MY BELOVED DAUGHTER
a gentle, sweet, beautiful daughter
who is always a pleasure to be with.
You glow with sensitivity and compassion
generated from the depths
of your warm heart and and kind soul.
A loving girl, a peacemaker,
a woman full of the joy of life,
that's you.
Anyone who spends time with you
is privileged to know
such an extraordinary person.
You are a great joy in my lives.
I love you and cherish you and treasure you
and wish that every one of your birthdays
will be the happiest yet.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
MEMILIH VENUE YANG TEPAT
Bagi Event Organizer/Event Planner, memilih venue (lokasi acara) bukanlah hal yang asing dan sulit. Kecuali kalau EO tersebut harus memilih berdasarkan kemauan klien nya. Nah ini baru tantangan. Klien kadangkala tidak sepenuhnya faham, apa saja syarat utama pemilihan sebuah venue yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan acaranya. Mereka seringkali hanya "terbuai" oleh nama harum venue tersebut, atau latah ikut-ikutan dengan orang lain yang menggunakan tempat tersebut, atau bahkan ada klien yang memilih sebuah tempat hanya untuk keperluan gengsinya saja.
Berbagai faktor harus memperoleh perhatian yang seksama dan cermat. Berikut ini adalah beberapa tips yang selalu harus dicermati oleh setiap calon pemakai terhadap venue yang akan dipilihnya.
LOKASI - perhatikan lokasi venue tersebut. Apakah berada di kawasan/gedung perbelanjaan/pertokoan (di Jakarta contohnya adalah Balai Sarbini di Pusat Perbelanjaan Plaza Semanggi), berdekatan/menyatu dengan hotel (di Jakarta contohnya Balai Sidang Jakarta/Jakarta Convention Center dengan hotel The Sultan, di Bali contohnya Bali International Convention Center dengan The Westin Resort), atau bahkan di dalam hotel tersebut, berdekatan/menyatu dengan gedung/bangunan/kompleks perkantoran (di Jakarta contohnya Bidakara, dulu ada Semanggi Expo di kawasan Sudirman), atau berada di lokasi tersendiri (di Jakarta misalnya JI EXpo dahulu JITC, Balai Sudirman), dan lain sebagainya. Faktor lokasi langsung terkait dengan beberapa aspek lainnya, termasuk kemudahan transportasi, jarak, batasan kendaraan (mis. 3-in-1), akses, kesibukan/keramaian/kepadatan lokasi pada waktu tertentu (business hour crowd), perparkiran, dan lain-lain. Beberapa event memerlukan venue yang terbuka (mis. Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno Senayan, Danau Sunter, Bumi Perkemahan Cibubur), eksklusif (mis. hotel berbintang 5 + diamond), dan bahkan beberapa corporate event hanya memerlukan venue di dalam area perusahaan.
AKSES – kemudahan mencapai venue tersebut pun menjadi faktor pertimbangan. Sebuah seminar bisnis yang diselenggarakan di sebuah hotel di Jakarta pada hari kerja, akan menghadapi beberapa masalah eksternal. Apakah hotel tersebut termasuk di dalam kawasan 3-in-1? Apakah perparkiran hotel tersebut cukup luas? Sebuah seminar yang akan dihadiri oleh 200-300 peserta tingkat manager ke atas/pengambil keputusan perusahaan, besar sekali kemungkinan memerlukan area parkir yang luas. Kebanyakan di antara mereka akan datang menggunakan kendaraan pribadi beroda empat. Apakah akses menuju hotel tersebut harus melalui jalan-jalan yang padat lalu lintas pada jam-jam tertentu? Atau harus berputar cukup jauh sebelum mencapainya? Banyakkah kendaraan umum sebagai pilihan menuju hotel tersebut?
FASILITAS – memilih sebuah venue pun harus selalu disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan event itu sendiri. Setiap jenis event memiliki daftar kebutuhan fasilitas yang berbeda dengan event yang lain. Meskipun sama-sama berada di dalam kelompok convention, tetapi sebuah business seminar (biasanya sekitar 1-2 hari) sangat berbeda kebutuhan fasilitasnya dengan sebuah kongres tahunan organisasi maupun international conference. Sebuah pameran dagang (B2B exhibition/trade exhibition) memerlukan fasilitas tidak sama dengan sebuah bazaar/pasar murah. Sebuah ruangan (function room) yang akan dipergunakan untuk sebuah pertemuan dengan jumlah peserta lebih dari 100 orang, memerlukan beberapa prasyarat yang menentukan – ketinggian atap (ceiling height), prakiraan dan kemampuan dipakai untuk berbagai ragam seating arrangement (U-shape, class, theatre, board-shape, fishbone shape, round table meeting, etc.), ada atau tidak adanya tiang penyangga bangunan di dalam ruangan (poles), electricity power outlets (stop kontak ada dimana saja, untuk keperluan peserta yang membawa laptop dan membutuhkan aliran listrik), entrance/exit/emergency/service doors, dan lain sebagainya. Atap yang rendah (low ceiling height) akan menyulitkan peletakan projection screen apabila jumlah peserta banyak dan seating arrangement nya membujur vertical (audience yang duduk di bagian belakang tidak bisa melihat dengan jelas). Dan ini kadang kala terpaksa diatasi dengan penyediaan beberapa wide screen plasma TV di beberapa tempat untuk memudahkan audience – tetapi akibatnya, budget membengkak untuk sewa plasma TV tsb.
JENIS VENUE & TARGET AUDIENCE – sama dengan jargon “Customer is the King”, maka audience pun harus selalu memperoleh perlakuan istimewa. Audience setingkat managers-and-above (termasuk para decision makers/directors) pada umumnya enggan menghadiri seminar di hotel berbintang tiga. Entah mengapa, mungkin ‘gengsi’ atau apapun itu. Sementara pertemuan untuk supervisors level, staf pelaksana dan setingkat dengannya, sulit diselenggarakan di hotel berbintang lima. Di samping biayanya yang tidak kecil, maka masalah ‘keengganan’ juga cukup berperan. Ini hanya salah satu contoh dari begitu banyak alasan yang bisa kita kemukakan ketika membicarakan kaitan antara jenis event dengan jenis target audience.
ANGGARAN – ini barangkali salah satu faktor pertimbangan penting dalam memilih venue yang tepat untuk event yang akan diselenggarakan. Pepatah “tidak ada barang bagus tapi murah” berlaku. Penyelenggara (siapapun itu, EO, perusahaan, kepanitiaan dll.) perlu seksama dan teliti dalam menyusunnya. Sebuah international event yang mampu menghadirkan lebih dari 1.000 peserta manca negara ke sebuah venue, bisa memperoleh kesempatan untuk bernegosiasi dalam masalah anggaran dengan pihak venue management. Karena apa? Venue management tidak menilai hanya dari jumlah uang yang akan diterimanya, tetapi juga berbagai masalah lain, termasuk quantity of audience yang besar, room night stay (kalau di hotel) yang banyak, portfolio, image (kalau event nya memang mengangkat hot topic), reputasi (kalau event ini melibatkan banyak petinggi VVIP/VIP, quality of audience) dlsb. Bahkan mereka tidak segan untuk menyiapkan customized budget (berdasarkan ketersediaan anggaran).
Monday, August 17, 2009
PAIN and SORROW
PAIN AND FEAR AND HUNGER ARE EFFECTS OF CAUSES WHICH CAN BE FORESEEN AND KNOWN, BUT SORROW IS A DEBT WHICH SOMEONE ELSE MAKES FOR US. PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW.
IS IT A MISTAKE?
MERDEKA ... !
64 tahun ... bayangkan, bukan main.
Allah SWT yang mengaruniakannya. Para pejuang dan pahlawan yang melaksanakannya dengan darah, nyawa, pengorbanan yang tidak ternilai.
Pertanyaannya kemudian ... apakah kita mampu menjaganya dengan baik? Menjaga dan memeliharanya dengan baik. Merawatnya dengan cermat. Membuatnya tetap terpelihara dan selalu penuh kedamaian, keceriaan, kenyamanan, ketenteraman dan kebahagiaan, bagi generasi mendatang.
Semoga. Insya Allah semua cita-cita pendahulu kita menjadi kenyataan suatu hari.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
LEGENDARY ALBUM
It's incredible. I've forgot how Saturday night is (once) special to me. For years, I forgot how does it feel to spend Saturday nights. But tonight, MetroTV, show an interesting programme, namely LEGENDARY ALBUM. It started a week ago, but I just saw it tonight.
What makes me carried away with a touched feeling? All the songs ... from Glory of Love, I Just Call To Say I Love You, Footloose, Take A Look At Me Now ... and others ... it brings back all the memories years ago.
Thanks to Helmy Yahya and MetroTV. Thank you for having this kind of programme. It recalls the old sweet days. Now I start to remember again how Saturday nights means to me (in the past).
Friday, August 14, 2009
WELCOMING RAMADHAN
This is a time to stop and contemplate, to look inwards and out, it is a time to set our goals. We should ask ourselves what we want to achieve this month, - something we will carry into our futures...
Verses of Qur'an
2:183
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint
2:184 (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it (with hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent. But he that will give more, of his own free will, it is better for him. And it is better for you that ye fast, if ye only knew.
YA ALLAH ...
Monday, August 10, 2009
SIX YEARS AGO ...
August 8, 2003 morning - brought to RS MH Thamrin by ambulance. No response or reaction at all. Totally dropped.
August 8, 2003 evening - visited by some friends, incl my students from IS-SRN&SHD. Able to smile and answer, even she is still weak.
August 9, 2003 - sleeping, sometime wake up and called me.
August 10, 2003 early morning - coma, asphyxiation, doctor advised me to sign a document to move her from Intermediate Care Unit to Intensive Care Unit. All doctors and paramedics are trying to help her.
August 10, 2003 late afternoon - she cannot make it anymore. She passed away.
August 10, 2003 evening - she came back home but differently. She is gone.
"Ya Allah, ampunilah dosanya, limpahkan rakhmat kepadanya, hapuskanlah kesalahannya, muliakanlah tempatnya, lapangkanlah pintu surga baginya, maafkan segala kekeliruan dan kekhilafannya. Amin, Ya Robbal Alamin."
R. Metta Israyanti Nawan 16 October 1968 - 10 August 2003
AUGUST 7, 2009 ...
00:05 "Surprise, happy birthday dad." A piece of cake and a small candle. Naiwan ako sa kanya ... gusto ko na siya ay dito sa akin.
For My Hero, My Dad - Today is your day! Everybody's got heroes, people they look up to and want to be like. I've got a hero, too ... My hero is strong but gentle, fair but compassionate, and willing to stand up for what he believes in. I love and respect him very much ... Dad, my hero is you. Happy Birthday.
10:15 Kuta - everybody is here, except her ... who passed away six years ago. Naiwan ako ng kanyang hawakan at yakapin. Ako nananabik sa iyo.