Brunei 2120

I may not live to see or we may never reach 2120 but present event gives me an impression of the "probable" future (and don't you deny/forget the sign of the major Qiyamah), when prayers is a "thing" of the past and mosque becomes empty. Besides like we are all saying NOW "kan kiamat tah sudah!"

It's Your Skillz and Creativity that counts

I said it before, I say it again...and it's proven after many exploring of pro photographers website and they were showing off all their big many lens (from sigma to tamron)and flashes and extension battery and what not. Man, I couldn't afford any of it. "tebahanga" ku meliat. But (Yes there is a but) When I saw their shot, it was terrible! no skillz at all (compare their site with other pro photographer). there was a mark vivid noise, poor tonal, underexposure and not to mention the angle on the shot!!! and you shooting with what Top notch Nikon and Canon DSLR. The below pic here is shot not with a DSLR but with my handy Handphone Nokia 1.3MP. Work it up in Raw (Photoshop Bridge) and a Postwork in CS3 and this is the result, and it's only a cactus! I apologize that I degrade you self claim "Pro-shooter", but you are not helping us beginners and those who wants to be. You people as sending poor messages to us wanna-bees. Hope I made my point.

Melayu Islam Beraja - M.I.B - Why our Religion place second in our Nation's Concept?

Some of you would say, "what's the big deal in terms of the arrangement of words in our nation's prinsip/concept?" Bet even our most scholars or most "cultured" person here (in Brunei) would even say "Gee...that sure didn't cross our mind!" Well Of course you didn't! No one did 'cause, nobody would care about how the word of our nation's concept should be arrange. But I did...somehow (thanks to my "occupation of thinking" heh).

I am bold enough to say...that the arrangement of our MIB speaks the truth-that a nation living in Islam do place Islam as second and our "melayu" as a priority. Melayu as in the tradition and culture we care in our life and how even as an Islamic nation, our very own tradition and culture seem to over-rule our religion. A simple example would be our very own melayu wedding ceremony and the melayu female after giving labour. I won't go into detail what our cultured live is during a weeding and after labour...the only thing that we all know is that for the sake of our tradition...we ignore our religion. Our elders talk about "mengikut sunah Nabi"... Heck when it comes to tradition...that phrase is so under-rated! Better no need to say "mengikut sunnah Nabi" lah deh, if you just want to show off you religious prespective, better just shut it!

If we were to Put the Islam first in the word...that'll be "Islam Melayu Beraja - IMB" this I feel more acceptable and proper where we, who claim to live in Islam should prioritize what is our saviour for the days to come. But enough being said...I know from the prediction of Al-Quran that one day something will come to an extinction. And our tradition is slowly fading out off existence, I'm not happy about...I love my tradition I just don't like it when I am "being told by elders" to follow something that is against my live in Islam...simple as that.

But than who cares you elders won't be around forever. I am the future people of our nation it's that plain simple. What I have thought of today will be carried on to my children... *Stand Tall* for what is more infinite for us.

Learning shots of portrait

It's not necessary for one to have a big gun...fancy lens...towering big hotshoe flash, expensive bag carrier and a "sign" that says "I a professional photographer". Nah you don't need all that...it's your own creativity to manipulate your surrounding & environment and moment and use that at your own advantage to create a stunning shot. like the below pic.
The above shot was taken between to decorative wood of the side fence of a hut...and saw this lady in the background of it and make it into a frame within a frame shot. nice idea eh

Then there is this below shot, if you can get a shot of people at a single moment "without" any of them noticing that you are actually taking in many person in the frame that would be a unique opportunity. Actually this three guys below didn't know who I'm shooting at, all they know is...they are being shot but actually I am aiming at my friend there with the white head scarf...it's kinda cool that he was very noticeable and very prominent with his feature that when you look at this shot your eyes lead to him rather than the two guys in front of him.

What I like to take in a portrait picture is that they are all spontaneous, without knowing them being shot. Like the two below pic here...Ah yes the smiling captured moment..again the key is to lead viewer to the person you want them to see and not the rest. Smiling faces or sad will get the viewers attention plus if you can get them in a unique position.

So once again my friend it's not all about he expensive gadget and big guns you have to make you a good photographer...it's your ability to use imagination and creativity to manipulate the moment, surrounding and environment to get that rare and unique shot.

Due to public demand I decide to Post my Shots individually starting with this one...

I wld categorize this as my best sky shot taken at bukit Shahbandar during the basmida walkaton and it was 9am so you can tell how hot it is by the 2 ladies in the photo taking shade. HOwever I wld say this is not y best shot cause overall the landscape looks overexposed, poor contrast and lack sharpness, even the detail is poor. Had to work this shot in raw to bring out the best in the sky and wrap it up abit to give that almost fisheye view like.

Ater the Sun...comes "Da'ba" the stranger from nowhere to MARK all that is Human

I have no picture for this post article because it's the future prediction of the coming of qiyamah the future event that can be told. The next day while the unusual event of the rising of the sun from the West will still be fresh in the minds and upon the tongues of the people, an earthquake will grip Mount Safaa in Makkah, causing a split in the ground. A strange looking animal will emerge from this crack in the ground." And when our judgment overtakes them, we will bring out from the earth a beast that shall speak to them..." (Qur'aan)

"As the strange being emerges from the ground, it will be dusting the sand off its head. It will proceed towards the area between Hajrul Aswad and Maqaamul Ibraheem. The people on seeing it will flee in all directions, except for one group of people. It will approach this group and illuminate their faces like shining stars. Thereafter it will set out and travel throughout the whole world (at a great speed). It will mark the faces of the Kuffar and none will be able to escape it".

It is narrated that this animal will have the staff of Sayyidena Moosa (A.S.) with which it will mark the faces of the Mu’mineen causing it to glitter while it will mark the necks and noses of the Kuffar with the ring of Sayyidena Sulaiman (A.S.) causing their faces to be blackened. Most scholars are of the opinion that this animal will speak the normal and general things to the people. Before the emergence of this animal there will be rumor on two previous occasions about its emergence, once in Yemen and once in Najd. After performing its duty the animal will disappear.

I'm just speechless don't know what to say about it...but it is fascinating, I can't even imagine.

What the Sun Really Signifies To Mankind

We all know that the sun is a big giant star! But what is it actually? If god wanted hot and cold weather, He could do it with something else that emits heat and cold or light in that matter. So why the sun? Every dawn that sets in we see the sun. We go about our business and the sun is ever there shinning down on us, telling us to live and live out our daily life. But then everything must have a time frame to start and finish? When the time’s right the sun’s sets’ in the west and tells everything that is related to it, it’s time to rest. But what does the sun really signifies? I believe the sun tell us the time; not the time we glance at our watch, not the time we go through in the days and not the time of work. It is, as it has been the very purpose that is; “A Door”. As in the signs of major Qiyamah; “Then the sun will no longer rises in the east but rises and sets in the west and at that very moment all your chances to repent and deeds has been close and will no longer be accepted”. The sun signifies a time and chances; when the sun rises from the east, God open the door for us (both alive and dead) to do our deeds and to give the sinners chances to repent as long it rises in the east and sets in the west, the door is ever open, to receive your deeds and repents. Every day I look at the sun and ask myself what great deed have I done today? Have I done enough? If only I could do more…but like always the time and chances given is at a waste. The time will come when “The Door” will be close.

An Investigation Into Civilization's End - Author Lawrence E Joseph

Devastating earthquakes. Record-breaking tsunamis. Category 5 hurricanes. Spiking global temperatures. World war. Predictions of how it will all end have been around for thousands of years. In Apocalypse 2012, Lawrence E. Joseph reveals the curious fact that 2012 has been pinpointed as a pivotal, perhaps cataclysmic, year in human history by ancient sources and contemporary science alike.

Joseph investigates this chilling correlation with an open mind and skeptical eye. He delves into historical and spiritual materials as diverse as Revelations, the I Ching, and the Islamic Hadith, drawing on scholarly works and recent controversial bestsellers such as The Bible Code. He examines the ancient Mayan Long Calendar, the source of the 2012 prophecies, and then travels to the jungles and highlands of Guatemala to work with Mayan shamans who confirm the 5,000-year-old vision. In a scientific research city in the heart of Siberia, he meets with geophysicists who contend that the solar system is moving into a highly charged interstellar energy cloud. And on the tip of South Africa, he interviews physicists and psychics who are trying to make sense of the fact that the earth’s magnetic field is vanishing.

Joseph concludes that we are in a race against time. Apocalypse 2012 is an authoritative and deeply unsettling appraisal of just how close the earth, or at least our species, might be to extinction.

The decline of Civilization and the Coming to an End

I don't really have to quote or take out a reference of evidence base to say that "People are being kill every hour". Let's face it mankind has gone crazy! There's killing every where in every hour of the day, from suicide to terrorist, homicide to serial killer, stress induce killing and robbing! And the saddest part is Muslim Terrorism is the NO.1 threat of All National Security concerned. It's really sad when people think they are killing for a worthy cost just to make this place balance and clean of "unwanted" people. But who are we to act upon what we think to believe so much when it is mention that when world is in need to light and peace...shall HE give you...The Last of his kind to bring peace to us and all of mankind before HE takes us back to what is real and remove from what is not. What ever the situation is I pray that our children be safe and awaits the future of 7 or 9 or 19 yrs before the End and the Beginning of Eternity....I purposely compose this post like this. because only for those who know can only understand it.

The Purpose of Human?!

Without animals man’ll surely die, without the bees there’ll be no plants…man surely will die, without nature everything will die! Now here’s the best part, without man…hmmm let me see...animals-nope, plants-nope, well I guess earth will still be big happy green planet! Ahah! Damm are we a worthless piece of shit! Actually if we die we’ll probably fertile the soil! Uhuh Calie calie…but I think our purpose is simple actually to live. Bukan kah a2 Tujuan Tuhan in the first place hingga kan malaikat sendiri pun inda paham…mun paham bisai. Tapi Nya Tuhan “Kun-Fa-Ya-Kun” jadi lah kamu maka hidup lah kitani.Tuhan hanya memerlukan tani tuk hidup saja and everything else is pemberian nya…it’s up to you how you want to use it. But don’t forget there is an X to grid, a catch. Everything has a time frame for us and everything. The time for D-day! So again the purpose of Human is to remain “schooling”. The Earth is a giant big school for all mankind. School for what? Logic, when we go to school…we study, try to pass the lesson we are taught by our teacher to get closer to a higher grade of class and be in it, to have a successful life. You fail you flunk or drop out…you will struggle to survive to earn a living. This implies the same with our daily life as a Muslim. We are ever on a daily test…the test you pass in life, the closer you are to the gate of heaven. You fail your test in life you drop out and literally mean drop out! But our life test is so very hard…cause it concerns with our needs, lust, satisfaction, greed, wealth, health…whatever you have, will be put against you even if God decide to use your love once as your test, you have to come to term with knowing how to sacrifice and letting go. Yes my friend that is the answer to our life and purpose now…to know, when, how, what where to sacrifice and let go for something greater in the later life. Without knowing how to sacrifice and let go, you won’t be able to let go of the good life you have, the wealth, the power, the happiness…all this you have to sacrifice for the one that is to come and that is our dying moment. It is said “to live is to die for…and to die for is to live for eternity.” And that’s all for me from my boggling mind in the “occupation of thinking” Albert Einstein.