Assalamualaikum.
OK, apologies to the unmentioned friend from whose statement this title is derived. No offence!
It had been a very lovely Eid in Manchester. Full of diet-crashing delicacies and mind-boggling extravaganza that makes the quadriceps-torturing walks to find the houses worthwhile. And of course, the warm hospitality of hosts and friendly company of fellow visitors make [...]

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assalamualaikum.
These are the photo of the flyers that are being distributed around campus and residential halls (I got mine from the Gemini takeaway next door when I went to get some apple pies).

There are also posters on stop-the-war demonstration in London, on the 8th of October.
It is interesting to see that in countries like the [...]

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Assalamualaikum.
Salam sejahtera.
Saya tidak pasti siapa yang mengucapkan ungkapan ini.
“Orang bijak berbicara kerana ada perkara yang perlu dikatakan, orang yang kurang bijak berbicara kerana dia merasakan perlu untuk berkata-kata.”
Entri Najwan yang terdahulu, mengkritik secara ’satira horatia‘, perihal remaja/belia Malaysia yang tidak pandai berwacana. Memandang satu-satu isu secara superficial - hanya pada permukaan, tanpa analisa mendalam, atau [...]

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guli kaca
jernih
dalamnya ombak yang kaku
pelangi yang tertangkap
pernah lihat dakwat
pekat yang
menitis dalam air secawan
menari sebelum melarut
guli kaca
keras
dihempas ia melantun
meninggi lagi
walaupun retak
walaupun sompek
ombak yang kaku
pelangi yang tertangkap
kacanya pudar
warnanya terus.
aku tidak pernah lihat
guli yang pecah.
adibah abdullah,
29 Deyne Avenue, Manchester

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salaam.
I found it pretty funny that certain groups of feminists seem to equate being male with being powerful, anything manly as something positive and to be striven for. Hence their struggle to turn females into males, in looks, occupation, carriage, personality, thinking, career, and everything under the sun, and call this ‘conversion’ success. Women who [...]

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Assalamualaikum.
The third part of my ‘Extreme Medicine’ series. Feels like such a long time has passed since my last entry on this, I hardly knew where to begin! Well, most of this entry is based on what I remembered - and understood - of Dr Heng Aik Cheng’s speech. Really, what an impressive man.
He was [...]

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Inner logic is often in common use by anthropologists to understand local communities. Though the intent is to be appreciative, it is often criticized as overly apologetic, or at least sympathetic in most cases.
Having said that however, if sacred scripture and doctrinal truths can be shown as logically plausible, then inner logic can (in fact, [...]

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Have you ever played Super Mario before? If the answer is no, then do you have any idea what Super Mario is? This game was first released in 1985 and it is dubbed by a number of critics as one of the best games ever – it went on to sell over 40 million copies [...]

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Assalamualaikum, and a very good -whatevertimeofthedayitis -to all of you ppl.  
It’s 4.12 a.m. now, and I just felt like I cannot abstain anymore from writing despite a halfhearted attempt to do so, with the justification of exams around the corner. I’m going to continue with Extreme Medicine, insyaAllah. Continuing with the technical aspects of [...]

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This article should have been written 2 weeks ago but I couldn’t muster much inspiration to compose something worthy of a blog entry. Hence you see me tossing random thoughts on the new NOTA KAKI column instead. I also managed to find some interesting clips of the late brother Muhammad while going through my collection [...]

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