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“The distance between the trenches is eight meters, which means that death is inevitable. Those in the first trenches, they all fall without any survivors, but they are rapidly replaced by those in the second. Can you imagine what a distinguished determination and faith this is? He sees the fallen, he knows that he will die within three minutes, but he does not hesitate at all. There is no trembling whatsoever. Those who are literate have the Koran in their hands, preparing to get into the paradise; those who are not are saying prayers. This is an example showing the spiritual power of the Turkish soldier. You can be sure that this spirit is what brought the victory in Çanakkale.” - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

On 10th May 2017, I joined a day-trip to Çanakkale with the chairman of MyCARE, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hafidzi Mohd Noor, co-organized by Jejak Uthmaniyyah and Jom Venture. The objective of this trip was to visit the site of the battles in World War I, Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Peninsula. Here are my notes on the historical event.

Reference:

http://www.turkeyswar.com/campaigns/gallipoli.html

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/battle-of-gallipoli

http://canakkale2015.gov.tr/en/battles-of-gallipoli/land-wars

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/gelibolu.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.tki.org.nz/en/resources/y11-13-fc-canakkale-sava/

http://www.anzac.com/battle_of_gallipoli.html

When I first arrived in Turkey. I thought coffee would be the favourite drink here, instead of tea. Turkey being the neighbour of Middle Eastern countries would definitely give you the wrong idea about that. I also initially thought that both tea and coffee were drunk heavily due to weather and climate since I arrived at the end of winter. The second time I was wrong. In fact, as someone coming from Malaysia, a country having some history with Britain, it never occurred to me that Turkish actually out-drinks the Irish and Britons in per capita tea consumption. Turkey is also the fifth highest tea producers behind India, China, Kenya, and Sri Lanka.

History of tea-drinking culture among the Turkish is still relatively new, beginning at the end of 19th century when the then governor of Adana, Mehmet Izzet in 1878, produced Çay Risalesi, Tea Pamphlet, to inform people the benefits of drinking tea. Çay Evi or tea house began to be opened in Sultanahmet area in Istanbul, thus the spreading of tea-drinking started. It was also helped by the fact that tea was four times cheaper than coffee. Rize, the “Turkish tea capital”, is a province located in the eastern part of Black Sea. Its soil fertility, rainfall volume, and climate are ideal for the cultivation and production of tea.

Serious attempt in cultivating tea began as early as 1917, however came to a halt due to Turkish War of Independence. The first large scale cultivation began in 1937 while the first tea factory there was built in 1947. Turkey started to export its tea in 1965, having satisfied local tea market. Çay-Kur (General Directorate of Tea Operations) was founded in 1971 in order to coordinate the cultivation and tea processing. The state-owned body enjoyed monopoly over tea market until 1984 when the industry was opened to private enterprise. Today, Çay-Kur still controls nearly 60% of domestic tea market. Even the football club playing in Turkish Super Lig, Rizespor are sponsored by Çay-Kur since 1991 and renamed Çaykur Rizespor. They have been using tea leaves on their badge since the establishement of the club in 1953.

There is a special way in preparing the tea. A çaydanlik, a special double-tiered pots would be required to brew the tea. The bottom pot is filed with water and set on fire until the water boiled. The top pot is filed with dry tea leaves. The boiled water then is poured into the top pot, allowing the tea leaves to steep for 15-20 minutes. The tea then is poured into tulip-shaped glasses with hot water added to dilute the tea according to one’s preference. There are two ways of drinking tea. The first one is by adding sugar cubes into the tea while the second way is called kitlama where you put sugar cubes between your tounge and cheek and then drink the tea. Sometimes, tea is also drunk with lemon, but not milk.

Turkish tea is supposed to be enjoyed while still hot. The usage of clear tulip-shaped glass is for admiring the colour of the tea. Serving tea has become the Turkish tradition in showing hospitality and friendliness. There is no specific time for tea, nor there is any bad time for tea. A saying in Turkey goes, “conversations without tea are like a night sky without the moon”. The sight of men enjoying tea in Turkey could be compared with seing Malaysians enjoying themselves at mamak stalls or street warongs although not exactly the same.

References:

http://atdaa.com/all-you-want-to-know-about-turkish-tea-culture

http://www.turkishculture.org/culinary-arts/turkish-tea-53.htm

http://www.turkeytravelcentre.com/blog/turkish-tea-culture-tradition/

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/tea.htm

http://www.caykur.gov.tr/Pages/Kurumsal/KurumHakkinda.aspx?ItemId=6

https://www.statista.com/statistics/507950/global-per-capita-tea-consumption-by-country/

http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-worlds-top-10-tea-producing-nations.html

http://www.rizesporlular.com/rizespor-tarihi/

PERDANA MENTERI:

Pilih mudharat yang lebih ringan di antara 2 mudharat. 

Ini hujah yang sering digunapakai oleh pelobi-pelobi undi UMNO/BN. Hujah mereka, risiko kehilangan hak-hak istimewa orang Melayu, kuasa Raja-raja Melayu dan Islam sebagai agama rasmi Persekutuan jika Pakatan Rakyat memenangi PRU13 lebih besar dari risiko rasuah, kronisme, ketirisan pengurusan kewangan negara yang dilakukan oleh Barisan Nasional semenjak puluhan tahun dahulu; yang akan berterusan jika mereka kekal mendapat mandat.

Dari mana mereka dapat ramalan risiko yang dibawa oleh PR? Tidak lain tidak bukan dari media-media arus perdana yang dikuasai BN. Adakah mereka membawa bukti yang kukuh dihadapkan kepada rakyat jelata? Tidak. Lalu bagaimana mungkin sesuatu yang tidak pasti berlaku, ditolak mentah-mentah sedangkan perkara yang sudah berlanjutan berlaku pula dikatakan sebagai mudharat yang lebih ringan?

Gunakan akal yang cerdas untuk membuat pilihan bijak. Lakukan timbang-tara untuk masa hadapan generasi akan datang. Sekian, ini kalilah. Pakatan Harapan Rakyat

Hai anak muda, jangan disangka perjuanganmu belum masanya lagi,
kelak menyesal diri.
Hai orang tua, jangan ingat masa berjuangmu sampai di sini,
sedangkan nyawamu belum dicabut Ilahi.

Sebarkan kebenaran yang hakiki,
walau diugut dicaci dimaki.
Bukan duniawi yang kita cari,
sebaliknya ganjaran dari Rabbul 'Izzati.

Di kejauhan kulihat awan,
Langit dunia diselubung kegelapan,
Halilintar hadir memecah kesunyian,

Sang mentari pula hilang sinaran,
Hujan mencurah menghapus lamunan,
Ribut menghembus bayu perubahan,

Bangkitlah kawan sedarlah rakan,
Usah peduli segala tohmahan,
Cekalkan semangat pasakkan keazaman,


Mara bersama ke puncak kejayaan,
Moga Putrajaya kelak tertawan.

Assalamualaikum.

Thanks to Allah for giving me this opportunity to write again, even in English this time.

Last Friday marked the last day of me involving in two of the biggest IIUM events for this semester. the events are SRC Carnival '13 and ENGITEX '13. Both events happened one after another.

For SRC Carnival, I am in the subprogramme Doughnut of Hope and The Grand Bazaar, in charge of the Preparation & Technical bureau. The Grand Bazaar went for 6 days and Doughnut of Hope was the closing event for this year's SRC Carnival.

In simple words, I'm really glad I joined this event as I got to know and made new friends. We got to gel and mingle for a week and I can say we were able to be very close throughout and after the event. Unfortunately, there were some individuals/parties who dont like our act of charity in Doughnut of Hope. Some say that we were organizing the event just for the sake of breaking the Malaysian Book of Records. The so-called intelectuals call us - the committees - as low IQ students as they assume this event also can be done by kindergartens. Some even went to the extent claiming that we were sponsored by this governing political party as a project to fool the university students.

None of them actually know the real story behind our project. And none of them care to ask what our project was about. What I can really say is these stories of theirs are just merely jealousy of them towards us. Fullstop!

The doughnuts, arranged as IIUM logo

My 2nd programme was ENGINFAIR '13, a subprogramme of ENGITEX '13. I'm one of the Publication & Promotion team. Although the event just lasted for 4 days, we spent most of the time together. We got so close that we even can tease each other without thinking twice. Was that a good thing or not? You decide it. hahah. We didnt get bashing from others for this event because this event didnt get covered by newspapers. lol.

ENGINFAIR Pub'n'Pro team

All in all, these two events are among the best from various programmes that I've joined. I'm not talking about the content of the event, but the relationships I've formed, friendships I've made with others. So guys, please participate more in campus activities and get a life, will you?

Wassalam.

p/s: will try getting some rest before participating in another event

Di pandangan mata pencinta buana,
Islam itu kanun purba cuma,
Kadang-kala dibuang dan kadang-kala diguna.

Pancaindera dikaburi dan dibuta,
Dek taman dan bunga di alam yang fana,
Yang baik itu neraka yang buruk itu syurga.

Pendamba syurga itu lain lagaknya,
Islam diangkat dijulang dan dijaga,
Dari ancaman anasir cacamerba.

Yang dicari itu rahmat Yang Esa,
Yang dikejar itu syafaat Khatimul Anbia,
Moga-moga ketemu dengan-Nya.

p/s: di mana agaknya aku berada? yang pertama atau kedua?

Assalamualaikum

malas nak mengomel panjang2, kita direct to the point terus. sambung 2 entry terdahulu berkenaan isteri2 Rasulullah SAW, hari ni sambungan part III.

isteri ke-9 Rasulullah SAW ialah Ummu Habibah Ramlah binti Abu Sufyan bin Harb. Ummu Habibah Ramlah ialah janda kepada Ubaydillah bin Jahsyin, sepupu Rasulullah SAW. Ummu Habibah Ramlah dan suaminya pernah berhijrah ke Habsyah. ketika di Habsyah, Ubaydillah telah murtad dan menganut Kristian dan meninggal dalam kekafiran. Rasulullah SAW telah mengirim 'Amru bin Umayyah al-Damiri kepada al-Najasyi. melalui al-Najasyi, Rasulullah SAW telah melamar Ummu Habibah Ramlah untuk dijadikan isteri. sepupu Ummu Habibah Ramlah, Khalid bin Sa'id bin al-'As menjadi wali bagi upacara pernikahan. perkahwinan Rasulullah SAW dengan Ummu Habibah Ramlah berlangsung pada tahun 7H. Ummu Habibah Ramlah meninggal pada tahun 44H.

Safiyyah binti Huyay bin Akhtab merupakan anak perempuan kepada ketua bangsa Yahudi bani Nadhir. suaminya, Kinanah bin Abu al-Haqiq dan ayahnya terkorban dalam Perang Khaybar manakala Safiyyah sendiri ditawan tentera Islam. Safiyyah diberi 2 pilihan; dibebaskan atau memeluk Islam dan menjadi isteri Rasulullah SAW. Safiyyah memilih menjadi isteri Rasulullah SAW. Rasulullah SAW bernikah dengan Safiyyah selepas Perang Khaybar pada tahun 7H. Safiyyah meninggal dunia pada tahun 50H dan dikebumikan di al-Baqi'.

Maymunah binti al-Harith ialah ibu saudara kepada Abdullah bin Abbas dan Khalid bin al-Walid. nama asalnya ialah Barrah. Rasulullah yang menukarnya kepada Maymunah. sebelum menjadi isteri Rasulullah SAW, Maymunah merupakan isteri kepada Abu Rahm bin Abdul Uzza al-'Amiri. Maymunah ialah perempuan terakhir yang dinikahi Rasulullah SAW, iaitu ketika Umrah al-Qadha' di Makkah. Maymunah meninggal pada tahun 51H ketika Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan menjadi khalifah.

Mariyyah al-Qibtiyyah atau Mariyyah binti Syam'un ialah hamba yang dihadiahkan oleh penguasa Mesir, al-Muqawqis kepada Rasulullah SAW. Rasulullah SAW dikurniakan anak dengan Mariyyah bernama Ibrahim namun meninggal ketika berusia 16 bulan. Mariyyah meninggal di Madinah pada tahun 16H.

tamat la sudah siri isteri2 Rasulullah SAW. wassalam

p/s: sumber rujukan ialah buku Mari Kenali Keluarga Muhammad SAW

Assalamualaikum

aku nak skip dulu post pasal isteri Rasulullah SAW tu untuk kali ni dan cerita serba sedikit pasal kursus yang aku paksa rela (yeke?) pergi last weekend.

so, nak dijadikan cerita, minggu lepas Engineering Students Society (ENGINIUS XIX) telah menganjurkan New Generation's Leaders Course 2013 aka NGLC '13 untuk leader2 dan ahli2 ENGINIUS tenureship yang baru. mulanya kata free, tup-tup kena bayar RM20. bengang la jugak masa tau kena bayar tapi last2 rasa berbaloi la.

kursus ni diadakan di El-Ezzhar Camp, Morib bermula Jumaat (8 Feb) sampai Ahad (10 Feb). tujuannya tak lain tak bukan nak mengeratan silaturrahim antara ahli2 ENGINIUS XIX. antara pengisiannya ice breaking, tadarus al-Quran, explorace, leadership course by Ibrah Paradigm Training & Consultancty yang dikepalai oleh ustaz Syaari Abdul Rahman, dan talk2 lain.

overall, memang sangat berguna ilmu dan info yang dapat dari program ni. antaranya cara mengurus event/program, steps & birokrasi menganjurkan program dari buat proposal sampai ke post-mortem, dan mengenalpasti ciri2 leader & manager yang perlu ada dalam diri.

kebanyakan aktiviti dilakukan dalam kumpulan. peserta dibahagikan kepada 8 kumpulan. setiap kumpulan averagenya terdiri daripada 10 ahli, brothers + sisters. tu yang semangat sikit tu. hahah. kalau sama jantina, mandom sikit la kot.

kita fast forward terus la. akhirnya, group aku, Group 1 dapat tempat ke 3 keseluruhan.. kesimpulannya, natijah program ni bagi aku memang berjaya. sebelum ni kenal muka je, tapi sekarang dah tau nama. kira orait la tu kan? hahha

Group 1

 ni la gambar ahli2 group aku. tapi ada sorang MIA. hahah. kalau ada masa nanti aku post pasal inti2 talknya pulak. sekian, wassalam.

p/s: mohon ENGINIUS tiap2 tahun buat induction dekat luar. buat dekat audi A bosan. keh3

Assalamualaikum

Assalamualaikum

hari ni dah masuk 15 Rabi'ulAwwal 1434H. dua hari yang lepas kita telah menyambut maulid ar-Rasul, sambutan kelahiran junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW. perbanyakkan selawat ke atas baginda, moga kita mendapat syafaat daripada baginda di Padang Mahsyar kelak.

tak kenal maka tak cinta. justeru, entry kali ni aku nak tulis mengenai isteri-isteri baginda. aku just bagitau yang basic  je la, nak tau lebih detail kena cari la sendiri. ye dok? hahah

isteri pertama Rasulullah SAW ialah Khadijah binti Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abdul 'Uzza bin Qusay bin Kilab. sebelum bernikah dengan Rasulullah SAW, Khadijah pernah bernikah dengan 'Utayyiq bin 'Abid dan Abu Halah bin Malik. perkahwinan Rasulullah SAW dengan Khadijah dikurniakan 6 orang anak; Qasim, Abdullah, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Ummu Kalthum, Fatimah. Khadijah merupakan satu-satunya isteri Rasulullah SAW yang tidak pernah dimadukan. tempoh perkahwinan mereka ialah 25 tahun. Khadijah meninggal dunia kira-kira 3 tahun sebelum peristiwa Hijrah.

isteri kedua Rasulullah SAW ialah Sawdah binti Zum'ah. Sawdah merupakan janda kepada al-Sakran bin 'Amru sebelum dipinang Rasulullah SAW. al-Sakran meninggal dunia selepas kembali ke Mekah setelah berhijrah ke Habsyah. Rasulullah menikahi Sawdah kira-kira 2 bulan selepas Khadijah meninggal dunia. Sawdah meninggal dunia pada tahun 54H.

isteri ketiga Rasulullah SAW ialah A'isyah binti Abu Bakar al-Siddiq. dia digelar al-Humaira' kerana kulitnya yang putih kemerah-merahan. sewaktu Rasulullah SAW  bernikah dengan A'isyah ketika dia berusia 6 tahun, selepas pernikahan Rasulullah SAW dengan Sawdah binti Zum'ah. selepas berhijrah ke Madinah barulah Rasulullah SAW dan A'isyah tinggal bersama ketika Rasulullah SAW berusia 53 tahun manakala A'syah 9 tahun. A'isyah merupakan satu-satunya isteri Rasulullah SAW yang masih gadis semasa dinikahi. sebanyak 174 hadith yang disepakati oleh Imam Bukhari dan Imam Muslim yang dilaporkan A'isyah. A'isyah meninggal dunia pada tahun 58H sewaktu pemerintahan Muawiyah dan disemadikan di al-Baqi'.

isteri keempat Rasulullah SAW ialah Hafsah binti Umar al-Khattab. dia merupakan isteri kepada Khunays bin Khuzafah al-Sahmi sebelum bernikah dengan Rasulullah SAW. Khunays terkorban syahid dalam Perang Badar. Hafsah berkahwin dengan Rasulullah SAW pada tahun 3H ketika berusia 20 tahun dan meninggal dunia di Madinah pada tahun 45H.

p/s: sumber rujukan ialah buku Mari Kenali Keluarga Muhammad SAW