My Journey

Monday, April 26, 2010

Visiting

It has been a long time since I last post any entry.I have been very busy.

Today I'm very tired and moody too. I've so much to do in so little time.

Many who had not seen me must have wonder about my weight. I've loss a lot of weight; 26 kg all together. not because of herbalife but because of exercising. Dieting is very important but exercising is very important too.

An obese person need to exercise at least 1 hr a day.
I'm still over weight. I need to loss about 7 kg to reach my ideal weight.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Cities I have visited

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Monday, August 10, 2009

Journey to a slimmer new me. I signed up to be Herbalife Distributor

Every journey begins with a first step. My journey into a slimmer me began yesterday when I signed up to be Herbalife Distributor. Why? Because I aspire to be a new me. I desperately need to reduce my weight. Recently my weight has bloomed up to 86.6 kg. For my height of 150 cm that weight put me into the severely obese category. For that much weight my BMI is 38.48.

What is Body mass index (BMI)? It is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. The formula is weights in Kilogram (86.6Kg) divide by height in meter square (1.5 X 1.5 )= BMI (38.488). God I'm fat!! I felt like a kingkong! My movements are restricted. I have backaches. My blood sugar is very uncontrolledable. I have buffalo hump. My clothes became too small for me!!

In the recent CT-Scan of my heart, the Left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD),there is mixed calcified atherosclerosis with mild (25-50%) disease at the proximal of LAD and mid-segments of the LAD. It gives That was what my cardiolodist Dato'DrAizai Azan Abd Rahim rise to a moderately sized diagonal branch which is mildly disease at the proximal segment. Left circumflex coronary artery (LCx): The left circumflex coronary artery is a non-dominant vessel that provides lateral branches and a small-sized postero-lateral branch. There is mild disease in the proximal segment. Right Coronary artery (RCA)- The RCA is a dominant vessel.The distal segment, at PD branch shown mildly atherosclerotic changes after the bifurcation.

I signed up as distributor for Herbalife so that I can purchase the products for my cheaper then the retail price. Looking at the testimonials from past user hopefully I'd be able to reduce my weight and be healthier. For those who which to buy herbalife product can buy or know more about herbalife product can buy them from me. email me at hazrip@gmail.com I'll write more about herbalife in my future posting.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Night time view; Hazrah with the Holy Kaabah in the background. Sharifuddin after asar prayer in Masjidil Haram.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Medinah, Mada'in Salleh, Al Ula, Mekah, Thaif 2009 -Umrah Ziarah

Mountain used to be the houses of The Thamoods, (UmatNabi Salleh) then it became the burial place for the Nabataean.

Quoted in the Qur'an

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved the messengers.
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
We gave them our revelations, but they disregarded them.
وَكَانُواْ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ
They used to carve secure homes out of the mountains.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ
The disaster hit them in the morning.
فَمَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ
What they hoarded did not help them.
Al hijr-15(Verses 80-84) (translation by Rashad Khalifa)[4]

وَإِلَى ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ هَذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللّهِ لَكُمْ آيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللّهِ وَلاَ تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
And to Thamûd (people, We sent) their brother Sâlih (Saleh). He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-allâh: none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh). Indeed there has come to you a clear sign (the miracle of the coming out of a huge she-camel from the midst of a rock) from your Lord. This she-camel of Allâh is a sign unto you; so you leave her to graze in Allâh's earth, and touch her not with harm, lest a painful torment should seize you.
وَاذْكُرُواْ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ مِن بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا فَاذْكُرُواْ آلاءَ اللّهِ وَلاَ تَعْثَوْا فِي الأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
"And remember when He made you successors after 'Ad (people) and gave you habitations in the land, you build for yourselves palaces in plains, and carve out homes in the mountains. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you) from Allâh, and do not go about making mischief on the earth."
قَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ لِمَنْ آمَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَالِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ قَالُواْ إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ مُؤْمِنُونَ
The leaders of those who were arrogant among his people said to those who were counted weak - to such of them as believed: "Know you that Sâlih is one sent from his Lord." They said: "We indeed believe in that with which he has been sent."
قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا بِالَّذِي آمَنتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ
Those who were arrogant said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that which you believe in."
فَعَقَرُواْ النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُواْ يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
So they killed the she-camel and insolently defied the Commandment of their Lord, and said: "O Sâlih! Bring about your threats if you are indeed one of the Messengers (of Allâh)."

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.
فَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَكِن لاَّ تُحِبُّونَ النَّاصِحِينَ
Then he (Sâlih) turned from them, and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed to you the Message of my Lord, and have given you good advice but you like not good advisers."
Al-Araaf-7(Verses 73-79)Translated by Mohsin Khan[5]
[edit]Traditions

Within Saudi society it is considered a cursed place.
According to their personal opinions, many well-meaning Saudis will discourage the casual Muslim or non-Muslim visitor, despite the government's official encouragement of tourism. However, the Quran doesn't discourage this, to the contrary ; to take a hint on the precedents in history is a duty upon the believers. :- Quoted from wikipedia.

Medinah, Mada'in Salleh, Al Ula, Mekah, Thaif 2009 -Umrah Ziarah

Lucky us, we are the second group of muslims pilgrim to visit Mada'in Salleh & Al Ula when previously Saudi government prohibit muslims from visiting this place. It was said when Rasulullah SAW pass by Mada'in Salleh,told his follower to hasten their paces. Check wikipedia for more information about Mada'in Salleh.

Friday, July 31, 2009

My journey from Malaysia, Medinah, Mekah

This my 3 trip to the holy cities of Medina & Mekah. 1st time for Umrah, 2nd time for Hajj and this time for Umrah ziarah. The difference between my 1st umrah and my 2nd umrah ziarah were during the regular umrah we simply did the regular ritual of visiting our beloved Rasulullah SAW resting place, praying at masjid Nabawi, sightseeing at Islamic historical places within Medina. Later we went to perform the Umrah ritual.I was lucky because I had the chanced to visit the Kiswah factory. Kiswah is the black & gold covering of the Kaabah, which is changed every year, while the inner green covering is changed every 5 years.

During my 2nd umrah, my group visted Al Ula, Mada'in Salleh & Medan Magnet. We were the 2nd batch of Islamic pilgrims outside of Arabian to ever visited Al Ula & Mada'in Salleh. See Wikipedia for more information on Al Ula (Ola)& Mada'in Salleh.

Great Allah have mercy on me. I've since the greatness of Allah everywhere I looked.
If one were to look closely at the natural sculpture of the hills & mountainside one can see the likeness to sculptures of living beings.