Bismillah,

Well now ... it's been a while since I wrote this blog. There are actually a lot of things in my mind to tell but I got to tell you all viewers that I could write only a few from many things had happened in the past.

First of all, Alhamdulillah ... we're in Ramadhan month of 1431H, it is a month where we as Muslim do fasting. It's not only holding thirst and hunger but even more than that to be honest; such as we are trained to hold our horses, to be sincere, faithful, many more. So to all of my brothers and sisters wherever you are, let's make this Ramadhan meaningful and may Allah SWT Grants us Jannah in return, amin.

That's all I can say at this time, real story coming up next ... after this messages hahahaha

--Dimas

Coward Action ...

Bismillah,

Eventually I write again this blog after abandoned for what ... 3-4 months?? It's like this, I don't mean to be such an ignorant person but yeah I have some amanahs to handle.

On February 4th 2009, I had an accident which caused the casualties --there were 2 of them rode a motorbike, while I was driving my car-- to be hospitalized. It happened at dawn and was raining quite heavy so I barely saw the road in front of me when I was about to enter the main road heading West, before I took a turn to the right of course I looked over my left-right side after I noticed it was clear enough for me to pass I took the pass. Unfortunately there was a motorbike running fast --perhaps tried to pass the car, but alas ... they couldn't-- few seconds after I noticed there was no obstacles.

The crash was imminent, and yes it happened.

That day I was about to go to Jakarta for duty purposes, if things went normal I departed from my house, parked my car at the campus and together with my colleagues headed for Jakarta. But that day only me who didn't go there because of this accident.

It is a long story to tell --well I would describe the details later on but only if I remember and this traumatic accident has been lost from my mind-- but in brief, the casualties were cured; my car which was damaged at the front-left side are now remaked and repainted, and our case has been closed since last April. Alhamdulillah ... I finally entered 30 by 15th of May, hehehe it's time for me to be more mature and Insya Allah amanah to what Allah SWT has ordered us to do.

There are so many things had passed as history and never come back, there are lessons to learn from the past, and of course muhasabbah for the better future. The thing that I want to press in this posting is that last 15th of May someone unbeknown to me greeted my birthday celebration via SMS, I didn't know who sent me that message. Here's the transcript:

Someone: Happy b'day, smoga tetap bersinar spt mentari yg memancarkan kilaunya k bumi. Amin.

Me: Siapa ini?

Me: Hei! Ini siapa sih?!

Me: Brengsek lu ngirim SMS salah alamat!

Someone: A pray will always be a good thing, no matter who sends it.

Me: But not from an a****le like u

Me: Ah pa***k lah kau bikin pusing orang aja! Enyah lah kau!

What the hell is this ?! ... Who is that person sent me that kind of message without introducing who he/she is. Although that pray seems good, but if the designated person tried politely to contact the person who sent that without even replied back and eventually got really pissed off because of it .. would it be a good thing that a person should do to someone?

It is similar to this, you got a good present from someone you don't even know in your whole life ... but when you asked who sent the present and got no response and finally in a rage, do you personally think you deserve to earn what you got? If I were somebody I would've sent that present to someone else better than keeping it for myself or just leave it as it is. I think it was a coward's act ... hit and run without considering someone he/she hit is injured. Well I should've put that PLB registered Simpati number in my gadget blacklist ever since that someone miscalled me on 6th of May at about 1730 --I haven't got time to find that software for my WM 6.1 gadget--.

Enclosing this post, I shall not receive any apology from that someone who sent me a message without even introducing him/her-self ... never! And his/her colleagues who perhaps notified my birthday to him/her as well.

This is just one example of personal intruder(s), but with some intelligence action I finally managed to get information on who sent me that message .....

--Dimas

Bizzare Coincidence ...

Bismillah,

Well Subhanallah ... I just wonder instead of exilation due to my deep sadness because the one I love most had married someone else left me stateless I got surprises from Allah SWT. Starting from my journey to Lampung where eventually all hopes flushed out until now, I got new friend(s) with new thoughts, perceptions, and the most of all prays in Allah name.

At 30th of December last year --hehehe, it's 2009 now not 2008 anymore-- I went to the department of tax office located in Sukarno-Hatta street Bandung in order to submit and activate my NPWP. It was a crowded building there because there were lots of people either activating their NPWP or just for another purposes.

I went there at about 0800 hours. At that time I thought there were not many people yet in the queue so I decided to depart from home at 0730 ... taking shortcut would buy me some time, yes that's right. I managed to arrive at the designated office around 0800 hours. But alas, my prediction was missed. There were many people in the queue, and I was in the 139th :(

Apparantly there was a man, older than me, also in the queue for activating his NPWP. He asked me whether the activation would be in that place or not, then I replied gracefully yes. He sat down among the others while I was standing because I did not notice there was an empty seat just next to him. So he offered me to sit down because it would take a long time before we were called in. So I did take his offer.

I started to open the conversation as an ice breaker. We had a long and mutual conversation starting from where we were from until finally politics --not that "money politics" which had run for years hehehe--, from sport science to advices, the point is there were lots of topics we discussed as time goes by. Eventually he asked me what my name is. After he introduced himself I was a bit curious ... "if I'm not mistaken, I ever heard his name ... but where??" He told me he's from UPI Bandung from department of sport and health education.

He told me he ever gave lecture to ITB new students back in 1998. My curiosity converged ....

I was in class of T-02 --where were all those memories when I was "green" in ITB-- 10 errr ... 11 years ago. At the first year of ITB we were in a level of TPB (Tahap Persiapan Bersama) or most people said TPB is a 4th grade high school where all students from all departments excluding arts take the same subjects. One of our mandatory subjects was sports, so we obviously should take that subject. He apparantly taught us also but since it was 10 years ago --at that time-- so both of us could not recall, but I believe I ever heard of him.

So I told him, "Hey, perhaps you ever taught me 10 years ago when I was at TPB!" He replied, "Maybe because if I'm not mistaken I ever taught T-02" ... what a coincidence!! I met someone who taught me 10 years ago when I was in the first year of ITB!! I told him I planned to take my Ph.D this year in the US and he prayed for my success wherever I am. And I did the same. Moments prior to our call --he was in 134th and I was in 139th-- we finally stated that by talking mutual conversation time goes fast :D

His name is Mr. Drs. Basiran,M.Pd ... and our friendship started thereafter. It does proof that Allah SWT is The Almighty One, there are exchanges for everything He took away from His believer if His believer is ikhlas from what He takes away; I lost someone I love most but I got many friends as a substite. Insya Allah this would lead us to a better way to see what lies in front of us.

This bizzare coincidence really opens my eyes to see a wider scope not squared in because of my own thinking.

--Dimas

1 Muharram 1430 H

Bismillah,

Ya Allah ... Alhamdulillah karena tahun Hijriyah 1429 Engkau memberikan pelajaran yang sangat berharga kepada kami,

Ya Allah ... begitu banyak hal yang kami alami dan pelajari dari masa lalu baik yang membuat kami bahagia maupun sedih namun hal itu adalah untuk membuat kami semakin bersyukur kepada-Mu ya Allah,

Ya Allah ... berikanlah kami petunjuk agar kami tidak menyimpang dari Engkau walau cobaan yang kami alami sangat berat dalam tahun Hijriyah ini,

Ya Allah ... berikanlah mereka yang kurang mampu namun mereka tetap tawakkal kepada-Mu rahmat serta ampunan-Mu dan mudahkanlah urusan mereka,

Ya Allah ... berikanlah kami barakah, rizqi, dan ampunan dalam tahun Hijriyah ini ya Rabb,

Ya Allah ... kuatkanlah hati kami untuk terus meningkatkan keimanan kami kepada-Mu dalam tahun Hijriyah ini ya Allah,

Ya Allah ... berikanlah hamba-Mu yang dhaif ini ilmu pengetahuan dan kebijakan sehingga hamba bisa mengingat-Mu tiap saat dan jauhkanlah hamba dari ilmu yang sesat dan tidak bermanfaat bagi hamba sendiri dan umat ya Allah,

--Dimas