I'm Mourning...

For the death of The Other Mr Darcy, my intended.

Apparently, Helen Fielding has killed him off in the latest Bridget Jones book, and yes, it is traumatizing. Mark Darcy has always been 'the perfect man' character that most girls fantasize though he's not without shortcomings but by God, he's the best thing since toast bread, really. Especially when he espouses that immortal words that touched the core of every woman in the world.

'just as you are'. Indeed

Thefore, let me be-

sob sob sniff sniff

Euthanasia and Pets

Title
Putting Down a Sick Cat: Permissible?

Question
As-Salamu `alaykum. My parents have a pet cat and it is very sick now.
They are planning to have it put down. Is this kind of mercy killing allowed in Islam?

Date
10/Jun/2004

Name of Counsellor
Ahmad Kutty

Answer

Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.


All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear sister in Islam, we are very pleased for the great confidence you place in us, and we commend your interest in having a better understanding of the teachings of Islam and the rulings of this great religion in all matters. In fact, Islam is a religion that encompasses all aspects of life and secures guidance and light for all mankind.

Concerning your question, Islam, the true religion of Allah, cares about the well-being of all creatures. Therefore, animals should be treated kindly and mercifully. If a pet cat becomes sick it should be treated.

Responding to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada states:

“If your cat is sick and it can be treated you must do so if it is within your means and ability. Simply allowing a cat to be put down because it is sick is not allowed in Islam; should you do so, you will be responsible before Allah for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

If, however, your cat is too sick to recover and there is no hope of it ever being able to lead a normal life, or you do not have the means and resources to obtain adequate treatment for it, then you must hand it over to the humane society. It is up to them to decide what to do with the cat. If they decide to put it down because of not being able to find a home, or because of their decision that such an animal cannot be cared for or set free, it is permitted to do so according to the principles of the Shari`ah. It is generally agreed by scholars that if leaving certain animals free becomes a cause of genuine concern for the safety of society, it is permitted in Shari`ah to put them down as a lesser of the two evils.”

Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: www.muslim.ca
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p/s: I didn't PTS my cat. He passed away naturally.

Requiem for Yoyo...

My beloved, handsome, darling cat, Yoyo, or his pet name,

A-yo passed away this afternoon, at 3pm because of FIP.

He was 3 years, 1 month. 

I have a lot of cats, and each and every one of them is special

to me, but he was way too special. Every night he slept beside

me and every morning he would wake me up. He was the alpha,

dominant male, but he was very gentle with any kitten that

he met. He would go out every morning and waited for me

by the house gate when I returned home. And what I remember

most about him is that he would stay quiet whenever I kissed his

face. During a visit to the clinic, when he was screaming at the

vet, I kissed his face and he became quiet. Such is the 

bond that we shared

For him, i dedicate a poem.

Missing You

When I was yours and you were mine
You missed me.

When I went to work
Or to the store
You missed me.

When I talked too long to a neighbor
Or went out with the girls
You missed me.

When I worked in the garden
Or hiked in the woods
You missed me.

When I was yours and you were mine
You greeted me.
You sang
You danced
You hurdled the couch
You knocked me down
You greeted me!
I’m still yours, but you are gone.

When I am at work
Or at the store
I miss you!

When I talk too long to a neighbor
Or go out with the girls
I miss you.

When I work in the garden
Or hike in the woods
I miss you.


I’m still yours, but you are gone.
No one greets me.
No one sings
No one dances
No one hurdles the couch
No one knocks me down
No one greets me!

I’m still yours but you are gone
And
I’m
Missing You!

Written by Sonjalyn Dickson Rine

Dancing Under The Rain

Last 2 Fridays, I went to Sunway Giza to appease my curiosity. Spent close to 4 hours 

there and as I was about to leave, it rained. And as people always say, 

“it never rains, it pours” And so I was stuck, within 2 metres from where I parked 

my car because the rain was indeed phenomenal, even for this country.

The wind was mind blowing and the rain was heavy, I was drenched within seconds as

I opened the doorof my car and got in.

Before going into my car, I was amused with a scene I saw by the mall. An English 

woman was shouting ecstatically looking at the heavy rain and she was busily 

snapping pictures of the rain. She kept running towards the rain but she didn’t get 

herself drenched. Maybe it was her self restraint, cuz she had a Chinese friend with

her. The English woman was still young, I guess in her late twenties, so pretty and 

excited. Her friend was trying to stop her but then she desisted.

This particular scene reminded me of the same scene I saw of my two trainee teachers 

back when I was schooling in Science Selangor. Every year we’d get a few 

native speakers as English teachers and in my form 5, we got two lady teachers, 

who were actually at the same age as us-17! But they looked way matured and adult

but very nice and sweet.

Well it happened one day, as they were staying in the dormitories with us, it rained quite 

heavily. Both of them jumped unto the basketball court and danced under the rain. It 

was so much fun, and some students even followed them!

I guess that says a lot about rain and how we actually do not realize that we are 

fortunate to get such heavy rain. I have always run from the rain, but one day,

I wish I could act like them, and dance under the rain..!

 p/s: I have been lazy yes, work has been a pain so... ><

On September 11, 2001 where was I and what was I doing?

I remember clearly that morning. I was still in UKM, and I had class the whole day, and living in the college in my second year, it was my routine to watch the telly after Isya’. Usually I go and watch those Chinese dramas, so popular at that time. Around 10pm the news about 9-11 came out, and it was surreal. TV3 was reporting as ‘AMERICA UNDER ATTACK’ and it was pretty chaotic. As I watched, the number of students watching it grew, because it was a horrific sight. None of us said anything.  The news only reported what happened, and we didn’t know who was behind it or what repercussion it would bring later. It just felt bad. I went to my room at 11pm.

                The next day, it was all over the news and newspaper, and then the reality of the situation hit me.  I still remembered the news reported, close to 4,000 casualties but the story dominated the telly that day and the rest of the month. I kept thinking how horrible! I remembered talking to my friend about the huge amount of deaths, and how terrible it was. Imagine, it’s the number of occupants in the whole of UKM! It was nauseating and this act of terrorism is very, very appalling and disgusting. I never felt so bad for anybody, as bad as what I felt for the family of the victims(rivaled only what I felt for the 2004 tsunami victims) And when we watched about the firefighters who died trying to rescue before the towers collapse, it made it worse. I pray this will never happen again, not to me nor anybody in this world.

This was the exact news I watched on TV1 and it was repeated the whole week.

 RIP 9-11 Victims

A Mother's Gift

I love this article by Heather Mallick.

It's about Princess Di and her son, The Duke of Cambridge.

I love how the article pays tribute to Princess Di at the eve of her son's

wedding that was supposed to be The Wedding of The Year, if not Century.

I guess those who didn't get to live when the Princess was still alive wouldn't

understand or know how influential she was/is. To me, she's the epitome of 

Princesses that none could hold a candle to, not even Kate 

(well, maybe Princess Grace can)

my favourite lines from the article is

"But Diana loved maternal hugs. William learned to be a hugger early, and stored them up for the blank years he didn’t know he’d face. He and Kate are physically at ease the way Charles and Diana rarely were, and that was only one of Diana’s gifts to the young woman who’ll marry her son."

 Ditto. I agree, there's no love like a mother's love.

The eSses

    In my old school, STAR, for English, we would 

have 4 sets and each set is named according to the 

alphabets in the word 'star'. I taught the S set, so

one day, I told the monitor,

Me       : Monitor, get my set in here (media room)

Monitor: Which set teacher, S or R?

Me       : Who else, the eSses... oh, wait mwahahaha XDD

Monitor: Teacher...! -_-;

Good times good times ^^

p/s: sometimes, when I was furious at them, I would

shout, " You eSses...!" but it's funny really, and I 

couldn't help but to laugh  :D

Please Love Me

waa... remembrance of time that had passed me by..



bestnyer part "ai wo kudasai.."

lyric translation

In this town
We're the owls who love the dead of night
And, yes, the chameleon who hides his true feelings
The chicken who overslept
And the red-eyed bunny who was up all night
Little more than bats who can get along fine with anyone

Try take a look, I'm sure they resemble somebody you know
Go ahead and look, they just bark at an honest you

Stop, stop, stop stayin'
Stop, stop, stop stayin'
Stop, stop, stop stayin'

The penguin who wants to be a swan
And the sloth I never want to be
The flamingo, who stands firm on one leg through lost love
The overly reserved tarsier
And the snake-charmed tree frog
The hyena who does nothing but bow to the lion and leopard

Try take a look, I'm sure they resemble somebody you know
Go ahead and look, they just bark at an honest you

Hey look, a monkey that looks just like me is pointing at me
I'm sure I'm living off somewhere in the corner
 

Please give me love, oh... please give me love, zoo
Please give me love, oh... please give me love, zoo, zoo

The talkative myna
Who doesn't answer when greeted
When the mood suits him, he'll even murmur that he's lonely
"I said too much; tomorrow morning
Will be all the more depressing"
I know his feelings all too well

Try take a look, I'm sure they resemble somebody you know
Go ahead and look, they just bark at an honest you

Hey look, a monkey that looks just like me is pointing at me
I'm sure we're somehow alike, same as you and me
 

Please give me love, oh... please give me love, zoo
Please give me love, oh... please give me love, zoo, zoo

Stop, stop, stop stayin'
Stop, stop, stop stayin'
Stop, stop, stop stayin'

taken from here. All creds to him!

Allah lebih Menyayangimu..

Takziah buat keluarga Syafiqah (4B).
Walau hanya sepurnama menjadi
warga SESERI, kehilanganmu
amat dirasai...

Semoga Syafiqah ditempatkan
di jannah bersama2 penghuni
syurga yang lain..

sama-samalah kita berdoa untuk beliau.


AL-FATIHAH....


p/s:sedeynye jadi guru, bila ade pelajar yang pergi.. TT