Thursday, February 3, 2011

Kisah Air Mata

Dingin subuh seakan-akan  menggigit hingga  ke tulang rusukku, namun kugagahi kakiku untuk melangkah ke surau. Surau An-Nur destinasi wajibku di setiap pagi. Aku gemar ke sana. Aku tenang di sana.
Sebelum azan subuh mula berkumandang, telingaku seakan-akan dibisik oleh suara halus yang menyeru aku untuk bangkit meninggalkan selimut tebal dan bangkit untuk mandi dan bergerak ke surau. Sampai di sana, kulihat hanya beberapa kerat sahaja pelajar yang ada. Biasanya tidak lebih dari 10 orang.
Tanpa berlengah, sejadah dihampar di suatu sudut, kaki didekatkan, lalu tangan diangkat ke telinga dan dengan penuh kehambaan aku menyeru, "Allahuakbar."  Selesai dua rakaat solat tahajjud diikuti dua rakaat solat taubat. Tangannku menyapu raut wajahku dari dahi hingga ke dagu. Hatiku berasa tenang dan nyaman. Kurasakan wajahku segar dan bercahaya. "Alhamdullilah," bisikku.
Dengan penuh kehambaan aku mengangkat tangan memohon doa dan keampunan dari Yang Maha Esa.

"Alhamdulillahirabbilalamin. Segala puji  bagi Allah tuhan sekalian alam. Ya Allah ,ya tuhanku, aku hambamu yang banyak berdosa ya Allah. Dosa-dosaku bagaikan buih-buih di lautan. Dosa-dosaku ibarat debu  yang bergelimpangan di padang pasir. Ya Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Pengasih. Aku bersujud padaMu. Aku memohon keampunan dariMu atas segala dosa-dosa yang telah aku lakukan. Yang nyata mahupun tersembunyi. Yang aku sedar mahupun aku tidak sedar. Aku sedar aku tidak layak ke syurgaMu Ya Allah. Namun, tidak pula aku sanggup ke nerakaMu. Ampunkah hambaMu yang hina ini, terimalah taubat ku ini. Amin Ya Rabbalalamin".

Tanpa aku sedari, air mata bercucuran jatuh ke pipiku. Usai berdoa, kurasakan hatiku sangat bersih. Sangat tenang.
Tapi itu kisah lama. Kisah zaman sekolah. Kisah zaman hingusan. Di sana aku ada kawan di Maahad. Di sana aku ada naqib. Di sana aku ada ustaz. Di sana aku ada ibu bapa! Kini aku di universiti. Di universiti  yang jauh dari tempat asalku. Dengan rezeki  Allah aku di tawarkan belajar di luar negara. Negara idaman aku. Kini aku di United Kingdom. University of Manchester.Alhamdulillah cita-cita dan doaku dimakbulkan Tuhan Yang Esa.
Aku manusia biasa. Aku bukan malaikat. Manusia itu sering lupa dan  lalai kan? Kini sudah 4 tahun aku di sini. Pengajianku biasa saja walaupun tidak cemerlang. Aku bahagia di sini. Aku ada ramai teman. Aku ada ramai sahabat. Tapi adakah aku tenang di sini? Hari-hariku bukan lagi di isi dengan bacaan Al-quran. Solatku kini bukan lagi diimamkan. Hatiku tidak lagi dijamu dengan tazkirah dan ceramah.Aku lalai di sini.
Tapi  aku bukan manusia jahat. Tidak pernah sesekali kuteguk minuman syaitan sepanjang di sini. Tidak pernah ku menjejakkan kakiku ke tempat maksiat. Tidak pernah ku menyentuh yang bukan muhrim untukku. Aku hanya manusia biasa. Aku  menunaikan sembahyang. Aku berpuasa di bulan Ramadan. Aku manusia biasa!
Pada suatu subuh,seperti biasa aku bangkit untuk solat subuh. Kali ini kurasakan angin luar tidak terlalu sejuk dan  tidak juga panas. Suasana sangat tenang dan segar. Lain dari kebiasaan subuh yang aku lalui. Setelah selesai solat subuh, aku mengangkat tangan untuk berdoa. Aku berdoa mohon keampunan. Doa yang sama aku ulang semenjak di asrama dulu lagi. Tapi kali ini aku tidak merasai kemanisan doa itu. Tidak ku rasa penghayatan doa itu. Dan paling ku takut, aku tidak menangis. Penat ku cuba untuk mengalirkan air mata di hadapan Yang Maha Besar tapi aku gagal.  Aku gagal. Aku gagal menangis!
Ini bukan kali pertama. Semenjak beberapa bulan ini doaku tidak lagi di selangi air mata. Hatiku tidak dapat merasai kenikmatan doa. Aku jadi takut. Pelbagai perkara bermain di fikiranku. "Ya Allah gelapnya hati hambaMu ini". Terus ku teringat kata-kata ustazku ketika di sekolah dulu. "Hati manusia ibarat besi. Setiap dosa yang dilakukan akan melekatlah karat padanya. Tapi karat itu boleh di cuci dengan solat dan doa. Namun lama kelamaan jika karat itu tidak dibersihkan, akan semakin besarlah ia, dan semakin sukarlah untuk dibersihkan . Maka semakin hitam dan gelaplah hati kita. Ketika ini setiap dosa yang dilakukan tiada lagi dirasakan dosa bagi dirinya".
Aku tersedar. Aku tersentap.  Kenapa aku mahu jadi orang biasa? Kenapa tidak ingin menjadi yang lebih baik? Tidak berbuat dosa tidak bermakna aku sempurna. Tidak minum arak tidak bermakna aku terlepas dari melakukan dosa-dosa kecil. Sembahyang 5 waktu tidak bermakna aku sempurna.Bagaimana dengan dosa-dosa kecil? Aku lalai. Aku lalai! Terima kasih  ya Allah kerana menyedarkan aku.  Terima kasih atas hidayah-Mu.Aku terus bersujud dan memohon doa.
Ya Allah,
Bimbinglah aku ke arah agamaMu,
Dekatkah hatiku padaMu,
Berilah aku cahaya hidayah dan cahaya makrifatMu,
Berilah aku kasih sayangMu,
Dan jangan sekali-kali Kau lalaikan aku,
Sesungguhnya aku hambaMu yang lemah,
Amin.
Semoga kita sentiasa mendapat hidayah dariNya.
Mari kita  jadikan hari ini lebih baik dari semalam , esok lebih baik dari hari ini. Hargailah setiap detik dan manfaatkan masa sebaiknya sebelum malaikat maut datang menjemput.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

1 Litre Of Tears


It's a Japanese Drama . I know a lot of people love it :) Yeah , I'm a JDrama Lover :) This drama is a about a teenage girl suffering from a rare disease . The name of the disease is too long , I can't remember it HAHA :D The drama changed my point of view about life and love . Literally ! If you watch this drama and you don't cry , YOU HAVE NO FEELINGS ! Got that ? I always looking forward to cry when I'm watching it . It's just so meaningful . Oh , I forgot to tell you that it is a TRUE STORY <3

The Most Expensive Paintings In The World

Here is a list of most expensive paintings in the world . Most of the famous paintings in the world owned by famous museum, and it is very rare that they sell back. In the event of sale by the museum, normally the price will be very high.
For example if Monalisa would be sold, it will be priced far above the price of the paintings on the following list. The Guinness Book of Records put the Mona Lisa with the highest insurance value for a painting throughout history.Insurance value is set at about
U.S. $ 100 million 
on December 14, 1962, before exhibiting the picture was taken around the USA for several months.
If inflation taken into account, this price will rise above U.S. $ 670 million
most expensive painting in the world ever monalisa
monalisa
Louvre Museum in Paris, where the Monalisa is now placed, prefer to spend a lot of money for for extraordinary storage security for that paintings rather than sell it.
So Let’s take a look at the top 10 world’s most expensive paintings ever sold:
10. Irises by Vincent Van Gogh : $53,900,000
Vincent van Gogh painted this at Saint Paul de Mausole, Saint-Remy-de-Povence, France, in 1889, 1 year before his death. In 1987, this painting is the most expensive painting at the time, when sold for $ 53.9 million to Alan Bond. Finally then sold again to the Getty Museum in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Irises
Irises by Vincent Van Gogh
9. Femme aux Bras Croises by Pablo Picasso: $55,006,000
This painting was painted in 1901 by Pablo Picasso, the days of “Blue Period” (1901-1904), during which Picasso had “darkness” and the sadness in his life. The beauty and blue in his paintings at that time is dominant. This painting sold for 55 million US dollars at auction at Christie’s Rockefeller, New York in December 8th 2000.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Femme aux Bras Croises
Femme aux Bras Croises by Pablo Picasso
8. Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cezanne: $60,502,500
This painting was painted by Paul Cezanne in 1893-1894 period. Sold atauction in Sotheby’s, New York, at a price of $ 60.5 million on May 10, 1999. The buyer is Whitneys family. Whitney, who was born from a wealthy family, is a project financier, publisher, Hollywood film producer, and a philanthropist.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Rideau Cruchon et Compotier
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cezanne
7. Portrait de l’Artiste Sans Barbe By Vincent Van Gogh: $71,502,496
This painting is one of the many self-portrait of Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh. He painted it in September 1889 in Saint Remy Provence, France. This oil painting measures 40 cm x 31 cm. This self-portrait was painted without beard, not like the paintings of other self portrait that always there’s no beard. This self-portrait became one of the world’s most expensive painting when it sold in 1998 in New York with the price of U.S. $ 71.5 million.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Portrait de l'Artiste Sans Barbe
Portrait de l'Artiste Sans Barbe by Vincent Van Gogh
6. Massacre of the Innocents By Peter Paul Rubens: $ 76,700,000
Painted by Peter Paul Rubens, in the year 1611. This painting sold for $76.7 million at Sotheby’s auction in 2002 with the buyer named Kenneth Thomson, one of the richest businessman in Canada also British royal anchestor and a collector of paintings.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Massacre of the Innocents
Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
5. Bal Au Moulin de la Gallet By Pierre-Auguste Renoir: $ 78,000,000
Painted by French painter, Pierre Auguste Renoir in 1876. On May 17, 1990, the painting was sold for $ 78 million in Sotheby’s auction, purchased by Ryoei Saito who bought Vincent van Gogh “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” painting as well.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Bal Au Moulin de la Gallet
Bal Au Moulin de la Gallet
4. Portrait of Dr Gachet by Vincent van Gogh: $82,500,000
The painting that painted by this impressionis Dutch painter suddenly became famous in the world when a Japanese businessman named Ryoei Saito bought it for $ 82.5 million in Christie’s auction place, New York. Saito was so loved with this painting, so he wanted to be cremated with this picture when he later died. Saito died in 1996 but the picture remains safe, did not cremated with him.
Vincent van Gogh self portrait of Dr. Gachet’s have 2 versions, other versions are in the museums of Paris and very different color paintings owned by Saito.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Portrait of Dr Gachet
Portrait of Dr Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh
3. Dora with Cat By Pablo Picasso: $95,200.000
Painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941. This self-portrait painting caused controversy, because one thinks that this picture describes her lover, Dora Maar, a photographer artist who became Picasso’s girlfriend for 10 years (1930 -1940). This painting sold for $ 95.2 million  in the auction at Sotheby’s, dated May 3rd, 2006.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Dora with Cat
Dora with Cat by Pablo Picasso
2. Garcon a la Pipe By Pablo Picasso: $ 104,100,000
This 100 x 81.3 cm dimension oil painting, is the work of Pablo Picasso (Spanish nationality). It depicts a boy of the city of Paris holding the pipe in his right hand. Painted in the “Rose Period” (1904-1906), during which Picasso paintings and brightly patterned predominantly orange and pink color. This painting is not fashionable “cubist” like others paintings of Picasso. Sold for $ 104.1 millions at Sotheby’s auction in New York, May 4th, 2004.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Garcon a la Pipe
Garcon a la Pipe by Pablo Picasso
1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Baeur By Gustav Klimt: $135,000,000
Painted in 1907 by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. This painting had confiscated by the Nazi Germany when the Nazis occupied Austria. In 2006, a cosmetics entrepreneur named Ronard S. Lauder, bought the painting for $ 135 millions. The painting was later exhibited in his gallery, the Neue Galerie, New York.
most expensive paintings in the world ever sold Portrait of Adele Bloch Baeur
Portrait of Adele Bloch Baeur
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The Old Seven Wonders of the World Pictures


The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. The Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid in about 2560 B.C. to serve as his tomb. The pyramid is the oldest structure on the original list of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which was compiled by Greek scholars about 2,200 years ago. It is also the only remaining survivor from the original list.

The Colossus of Rhodes, Greece. In contrast to the pyramids, the colossus was the shortest lived of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Completed in 282 B.C. after taking 12 years to build, the Colossus of Rhodes was felled by an earthquake that snapped the statue off at the knees a mere 56 years later.

The Lighthouse of Alexandra, Egypt. The lighthouse was the only ancient wonder that had a practical use, serving as a beacon for ships in the dangerous waters off the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, now called El Iskandarîya. Constructed on the small island of Pharos between 285 and 247 B.C., the building was the world's tallest for many centuries. Its estimated height was 384 feet (117 meters)—equivalent to a modern 40-story building—though some people believe it was significantly taller.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece. The massive gold statue of the king of the Greek gods was built in honor of the original Olympic games, which began in the ancient city of Olympia. The statue, completed by the classical sculptor Phidias around 432 B.C., sat on a jewel-encrusted wooden throne inside a temple overlooking the city. The 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) figure held a scepter in one hand and a small statue of the goddess of victory, Nike, in the other—both made from ivory and precious metals.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Iraq. The hanging gardens are said to have stood on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq, although there's some doubt as to whether they ever really existed. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II supposedly created the terraced gardens around 600 B.C. at his royal palace in the Mesopotamian desert. It is said the gardens were made to please the king's wife, who missed the lush greenery of her homeland in the Medes, in what is now northern Iran.
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey. The famous tomb at Halicarnassus—now the city of Bodrum—was built between 370 and 350 B.C. for King Mausolus of Caria, a region in the southwest of modern Turkey. Legend says that the king's grieving wife Artemisia II had the tomb constructed as a memorial to their love.
The Temple of Artemis, Turkey. The great marble temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis was completed around 550 B.C. at Ephesus, near the modern-day town of Selçuk in Turkey. In addition to its 120 columns, each standing 60 feet (20 meters) high, the temple was said to have held many exquisite artworks, including bronze statues of the Amazons, a mythical race of female warriors



The Temple of Artemis, Turkey. The great marble temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis was completed around 550 B.C. at Ephesus, near the modern-day town of Selçuk in Turkey. In addition to its 120 columns, each standing 60 feet (20 meters) high, the temple was said to have held many exquisite artworks, including bronze statues of the Amazons, a mythical race of female warriors.