Hadiah Ramadan itu hadir sebulan yang lalu. Saat itu, kupenuhi ajakan sahabat lamaku untuk menonton sebuah film indie di suatu institut kesenian asing di Jakarta. Hadiah itu hadir bersama sahabatku, namun belumlah kusadari saat itu. Seperti yang diungkapkan temanku, Ririe, dalam blognya: Ketika kita bertemu orang yang tepat untuk dicintai,Ketika kita berada di tempat pada…
[This is just too funny, so I got to post it. Dedicated for the geek inside all of us.] The Creation (Microsoft Style) In the beginning, GOD created the Bit and the Byte. And from those, He created the Word. And there were two Bytes in the Word, and nothing else existed. And God separated…
Today’s the awaited Eid al-Fitr, the celebration after fasting during Ramadan. I woke up early and prepared for the prayer in Masjid Al-Ihsan, a mosque nearby my house. I ensured myself to have breakfast, even if only a cereal beverage, as it’s a recommended act of “break-fasting” the day. It is forbidden for Muslims to…
Today marks the end of Ramadan of the Hijri year 1428. Tomorrow, my family and I will be performing Eid prayer together in a nearby mosque. Not unlike the previous Ramadans, certain events also surround this year’s Ramadan: Millions of people from many metropolitan cities in Indonesia perform a “ritual” exodus (mudik) to their hometowns…
Okay, I told you about the financial goals which I have to identify before making sense of my investment strategy, right? Well, the following are my top five major financial goals as of this writing, and the approximate time when I should reach those: Graduate study — before turning 30 (about three years from now)….
This poetry was given to me and the rest of IU’s Muslim Student Union executive board members at our last gathering in May 2004. The board members for the following year gave it to us as a token of appreciation for our services and words of encouragement for what we were going to go through…