Kimi's 360°

Last night, when the rain is still keep on pouring, i brave myself to one of the hotel in the heart of KL. The traffic is as usual hell, eventhough there are some improvement due to present school holiday. I got an invitation for a buffet-dinner which i can hardly resist. Before arriving at the cafe, i’m thinking to have some Arabian food which i never had it for quite sometimes. I’m so ‘hantu’ to Baklava, that sweet dish which can makes your tooth rot easily.

I was greeted by a Arabian chef by the name of Mokhtar at the entrance. He took us for a ‘food-tour’ for couple of minutes. At a glance, the food looks awesome to me. Unfortunately, there is not much of selection for the Arabian food. Nevermind, me think. My friend is buying.

While having our dinner & discussion, the chef asked whether if we mind if he join us. We have no problem at all with that. He just finished his work-shift, so he is free and heading home for rest.

Mokthar (if the spelling is right), is a very nice person to my eye. He is from Egypt, working in that hotel for the last couple of months as Arabian food chef. Specialty in Kebab making, which i can say his Kebab is better than any other i’ve ever tasted before. A very tall guy. At 2 meter of height, i felt like a miniature when compare to him.

As we continue our conversation, i discovered that, Mokthar is not a chef by education. He is an ustaz, teaching people about Islam as well as how to read Al-Quran in a proper way. Holding a degree in Literature from Al-Azhar University, he really gained my respect. No wonder at a glance of his look, i know he is a brilliant guy. Before this, he manage to memorized Al-Quran, TWICE. It really awed me. Unfortunately, due to lacking of repetitive improvement, he can’t do that anymore. But he told me, give him 3-4 months, he can do it without any hassle. I’m speechless.

One of the most engaging topic that we talk is his experience of losing money in famiy business, coming to Malaysia alone hardly knowing anyone here and about Islam as a religion. It’s very interesting when he mentioned about the ‘timeless concept’ of Islam. Whatever being taught in Islam is the core. As we live in this ever-changing world, we need to change to suit Islam, not otherwise.

Before i left the cafe, i ask him a favour whether he is willing to teach me arabic language. He is more than willing to do that. He asked me to meet him up in one of this day to discuss about it.

I’m looking forward to learn Arabic Language. It will help me tremendously in improving my Al-Quran recital. It’s like a dream come true.

As i drove from Serdang to KL this afternoon, the weather looks gloom & overcast. This kind of weather makes me tired and stress easily. When reaching Sg. Besi old airport, i took a glance to the left of the highway. That’s where central of KL is located. At the very second, it struck my mind with a very worrying question. Does the haze strike back? As the forecast given last week by JPKM, haze will coming again this week. And it somehow confirming that forecast. At that point of time, i don’t believe my eyes.

I tuned my rig to Subang Weather Station. It mentioned that the viz is reducing to 9000m. If my memory serves my right, last week viz is more than 10,000m. Argh! It’s confirmed! Haze strikes back. This time, might be mild or worse than before.

At this blogtime, the weather is unpredictable. It’s like gonna rain in the next couple of minutes. I hope it is.

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–updates–

Yes, as predicted. It’s raining cats and dogs. Cool! A good night sleep for me.

Kimi rules Turkey GP. That’s right, he is leading from start to finish. Nothing is so sweet during the weekend except this. A flawless drive on a very demanding track, he show his skill throughout the race. McLaren pit stop is a clockwork. Everything seems to work perfect on that day. Pity Williams, both of their car retired half-way. A very strange & unfortunate event, the rear-right tire giving in very early. It is suspected that the rear wing endplates is the main culprit.

This is the best race i ever watched this season. To FIA, please keep the Turn 8 as original as it is now. That’s the best corner to date in Formula 1.

BTW, Montoya, why do u overtook Monteiro too early???

Detail of the post-race analysis can be found here

Phew…i’m still feeling a bit knackered during this blogtime. Anyhow, i got to attend 2 gatherings tonite. One is in Lotus PJ, this is where all the forummers from MDC will gather and talk-cock.

The second is in AliBaba, TTDI. This is where all the amateur radio will sips their teh-tarik and exchange their thought about anything, from antenna to Eva Longoria. I’m looking forward to attend both.

Eventhough my energy level is at the bottom, nevertheless i’m still motivated to meet them all.

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I got plenty of work need to be done tonite. Again, the time to burn the midnite oil. The problem is, i’m getting sleepy at this blogtime. I think i need a strong-flavour of tongkat ali.

Before i’m going QRT (go figure what it is), i managed to QSO with 9W2BBS (fahroe) & 9W2BAD (Bad) while mobiling to Bukit Bintang. RS is 5-9 eventhough being blocked by the concrete shopping mall. It happened on RKK, at UTC 1927.

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