AIR ASIA BLESSED WITH NEWBORN

On the evening of oct 21 , the stork delivered a healthy baby boy , while she was flying from Penang to Kuching. This the second babies for Liew.

Liew started feeling labor pains about 15 minutes into the flight and she alerted passenger next to her, who asked the flight attendant to help. An emergency re-route to to LCC Terminal, Kuala Lumpur was initiated while a member of the crew stayed with Liew to keep her calm. However the baby was too eager to see the world and he arrived safely at 2,000 feet as the aircraft approached LCCT to land. Coincidentally, Dr. Ronald Tang was on board and he facilitated the born with the assistance of flight attendants.

This is the first on-air birth for AirAsia and to mark the occasion AirAsia has presented Liew and her son , who she has named him Asia Liew Ya Hang, free flight for life! "Ya Hang" in Mandarin means AirAsia. When asked how she felt about the gifts, the tired new born ( Not new anymore. She mummed the second one ) smiled and said she was very happy about it.

AirAsia is also thankful to Dr. Tang for offering assistance and have awarded him with two complimentary tickrts to any destination within our network. When contacted by AirAsia Dr. Tang had this to say, " AirAsia did a great job. They were very effecient and helpful. The staff has done something significant by assuring and accompanying the mother at all times.The delivery was blessed with no complications. Everything was smooth and efficient. Well done to all".

This article I copied from airAsia inflight magazine Travel3SIXTYdegrees, complimentary copy given to me upon my request on my journey from Kuching to KL by AK5207 on Tuesdat 29th December 2009. I told the one of tthe crew members that there are numbers pf good materials that I want to include it in my blog. Thank you airAsia )

I WAS BLESSED WITH OLDBORN

FIRST: I already buckled myself into the seat No.7B center seat between on young female passanger and one Abang Haji on his way from Mukah to Temerloh. AK5207 supposed to take off at 1.55, but was informed by the counter crew , the flight was re-scheduled at2.15pm. Fine. But what puzzled me, the aircraft did not move ven after 2.15pm, 2.30pm, 2.45pm ad at 3.00pm I saw the clue. Problem. Not because of AirAsia. But one ugly character of one of the passengers was the cause. He smoke in the aircraft toilet and also usingphone talking with someone also in the toilet. This was monitored y the flight on duty and decided not to allow the said passengerto continue hisjourney. And later i saw, security personel also in and out of the aircraft. Moment later I saw the culprit walking out to the main door of the aircraft. Quite sometime the show was at the enrance. He refused to quit the aircraft. Time already 3.30pm. Soon I saw few Pilce Personel approached heir face at the tarmac. Show now was displayed on the staircase. But I admire the passangers showing their calmness. Theie civic thinking is very high.

Soon after that we saw the said guy has been escorted down from the staircase to the termilnal building. Big releived. The plain take off at around 3.45pm

SECOND: The plain reached KL LCCT tarmac safely at 4.50pm. But only by 5.50pm, I managed to board the Skybus after 1 hour waiting for the luggages to be appeared on the belt. Yes! Bus enroute from LCCT to KL Central depart around 6.20pm. During the journey, from the window's view, I admiring my country and its development. I am proud of it. But it never ended there. After passing through Sri Kembangan Rest Area, our bus BJD1279 sudddenly was moved to the side of the road and stopped. After few minutes, the driver on duty informed us ' belting putus".

So no choice, have to wait for the next moment of surprise. After a moment of nothing and feel stuffy inside the all-window-closed bus, I step down and try look for the driver. could not see him. He is at the back of the bus, struggling to remove the broken belt to enable him to replace with the new one. Its raining. In my mind, I do not have any confident on him. A driver cum mechanic. Its true. He is unable to solve the problem of the bus.Another Skybus passing by and stop. We thought it is a replacement bus. But no any instruction for us to board that bus. After sometime the said bus continue his journey.

And then we have been informed by the driver that he had requested the backup bus to ferry us to KL Central. Almost one hour later another bus stopped. Yes. It is our bus. But not the actual one. That bus also full of pasangers like us. So we boarded. We have to disload our luggage in the dark and the door of the luggage compartment is not holding itself properly. Easily it could knock down those who are in the battle struggling with the luggages, if not carefully handled. However we reached KL Central at 8.00pm safely. Tiredddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!.

I wonder if I could get a glass of complimentary drinks from AirAsia.

I reserved my remark and like to see if there are any comments from the followers of this blog.

Happy New Year 2010, and may 2010 bring us plenty goodies . Cheers!.

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MISTERI SOLAT SUBUH

WAKTU YANG MENJADI SAKSI.

Allah Ta'ala mengagungkan Waktu Subuh di dalam al Quran. Dia tidak pernah bersumpah di dalam kitabNya dengan waktu solat kecuali Solat Subuh dan Solat Asar. Allah Ta'alah berfirman yang bermaksud: " Demi waktu fajar. Dan malam yang sepuluh ( yg mempunyai kelebihan disisi Allah )".
( Surah Al-Fajr, ayat 1-2)

Waktu ini adalah yang menjadi saksi. Waktu yang disaksikan hamba Allah yang mulia. iaitu para Malaikat! Semua Malaikat yang ada di langit turun ke bumi untuk menyaksikan solat Subuh!

Diriwayatkan dari Abu Huraiah r.a, bahawa dia mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda yang bermaksud: " Solat berjemaah lebih utama dari solat bersendirian dengan 25 kali ganda. Malaikat penjaga malam dan siang berkumpul pada waktu Subuh."

Mengapa Allah meninggikan darjat solat ini dan menjadikannya sebagai waktu pertemuan para Malaikat penjaga malam dan siang?

Pada hadith riwayat Abu Hurairah r.a. disebutkan bahawa bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w. menjelaskan tentang Malaikat penjaga malam. Para Malaikat terus naik ke langit setelah menyaksikan solat Subuh.

" Kemudian naiklah para malaikat yang menyertai kamu pada malam itu, lalu Tuhan bertanya kepada mereka ( padahal Dia lebih mengetahui keadaan mereka) . " bagaimana hamba-hamba ku ketika kamu meninggalkan mereka?". Maka Malaikat menjawab: " Kami tinggalkan mereka dalam keadaan bersolat dan kami temui mereka dalam keadaan solat juga". ( HR al-Bukhari).

Renungkan sejenak, ada perbezaan yang besar, ketika mengatakan kepada Allah: ' Kami menemui si fulan sedang melaksanakan solat Subuh berjemah. Sementara si fulan kami temui sedang lelap dalam tidurnya, solat Subuh bukan menjadi keutamaannya dan kurang prihatin dengan waktu solat.

Perbezaan yang sangat jauh! Diantara dua golongan diatas, mana yang kamu inginkan? silalah buat pilihan.

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SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2010

Selamat menyambut Tahun baru 2010.

Oleh kerana saya dilahirkan pada tahun 1950, maka tahun 2010 membawa saya ke era 60an. Apa yang perlu saya lakukan ialah banyakkan ibadat kepada Allah, jaga kesihatan diri, aktif beriadah setakat yang mampu. Saya juga berhasrat untuk melancung, dalam dan luar negara, samaada jauh atau pun dekat. Ibadat Haji saya tunaikan pada Nov 2008. Umrah pula telah sempat lakukan pada April 2008 dan September 2009 di bulan Ramadhan yang lalu. Semoga Allah meredhainya.

Sepanjang hayat yang dikurniakan Allah, saya berkesempatan sampai di New Zealand, Australia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Sri Lanka, Maldives, USA, Canada, China, Thailand dan Singapura, dalam rangka tugas dan melancung.

Pada tahun 2010, saya berhasrat untuk sampai di Benua Eropah, Insha Allah.

Bukan tujuan saya untuk berbangga diri, saya khushuk kpd Allah jua yg memberikan peluang kepada saya untuk sujud menyentuh dahi ini di setiap bumi yang saya lawati. Alhamdulillah. Anda yang berkemampuan dan peluang, lawatilah kemana-mana bumi Allah untuk melihat kekuasaan dan kekayaanNya. Apabila anda berada dinegara lain, akan timbul rasa insaf dan bangga kerana lahir sebagai Anak Malaysia dan menyedut udara di bumi bertuah ini.

Sehubungan dengan ini saya ingin mengajak anda pembaca semua untuk mengambil peluang bermuhasabah, meninjau perjalanan sepanjang tahun 2009. Tahap pencapaian kita, samada ibadat kita, sedekah jariah, kesihatan, ilmu dan pergaulan sesama insan. Ukuran itu boleh menjadi panduan untuk perjalanan ke tahun 2010.

Sebagai insan yang terlibat dengan penjualan Susu Kolostrum Alpha Lipid Lifeline, saya berhasrat untuk melihat lebih ramai orang yang sihat. Sekurang-kurangnya pelanggan saya memberitahu beliau telah sembuh dari sesuatu penyakit, selepas amalkan minum produk ini. Kegembiraan saya lebih memuncak dengan berita sebegini.Semoga Allah memberi ilham kepada anda semua membuka peluang kepada diri sendiri untuk mengamalkan minum produk ini demi kesihatan anda.

Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua downline saya dan juga pelanggan-pelanggan yang telah memberi kepercayaan kepada Alpha Lipid Lifeline susu kolostrum yang terbaik di dunia.

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU.

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AIDAN GENAP SATU TAHUN

Saya mempunyai dua orang cucu. Yang pertama Nur Imani lahir pada 20 Mei 2008. Yang kedua Aidan Sulaiman Hong Wu. Anak Satu Malaysia. Bapa dia orang Melayu dan emak dia keturunan China berasal dari Kuching. Aidan lahir pada 25 Disember 2008.

Sehubungan dengan itu, semalam, ketika semua oran bercuti sempena Hari Krismas, Aidan menyambut hari jadinya yang pertama. Ada kek besar disediakan oleh Kongkong untuk beliau. Tetapi belum sempat ianya dipotong dgn pisau, dia terlebeh mencucuknya dgn jarinya yang sangat pantas.

Rasa sangat terhibur dengan telatah Aidan. Senyumannya meleret panjang tak habis-habis.

Sebelahnya malamnya pula kami berkumpul di Topspot, medan selera makanan laut yang terkenal di Kuching. Kongkong denan Pohpoh, saya dan Ayang dan Aidan bersama bapanya Akmal dan emaknya Syafikah. Banyak juga lauk yang ditempah,seperi ikan pari bakar sambal belacan, Talapia sweet and sour, Udang sambal dan Ketam blackpepper. Sayur pula ialah terung sambal dan Pucukpaku belacan. Sedap hidangannya.

Aidan diletakkan dikerusi kanak-kanak. Dia bermain-main disitu, sambil makan apa yang sesuai disuap oleh emaknya.

Seperti biasa beberapa pengambilan gambar-gambar dilakukan dari camera digital yang kami bawa.

Demikian secoret kisah semalam.

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FIVE YEARS ON FROM THE TSUNAMI

Five years on from the tsunami that battered Asia's shores, experts fear a new generation of coastal dwellers will be ill-prepared to face another giant wave as memories fade.

While sound alert systems have now been developed in many countries to forewarn governments of impending danger, getting that message out to seaside communities, and to children in particular, remains a challenge, they say.

The tidal wave that swept in on December 26, 2004 killed around 220,000 people and still haunts the beaches and coastal villages of the 12 countries devastated by the worst natural catastrophe to hit the region in decades.

But experts and officials fear that as time goes on and fear of the sea recedes, so too will the memory of what to do if another similar disaster strikes.

"Five years on, tsunami awareness is still very high. I would not be able to tell (if it will be the same) five or ten years from now," said Sanny Ramos Jegillos, crisis prevention regional director for the United Nations Development Programme.

"The reason it is difficult is that tsunamis historically don't occur in the same place within one or two generations," he explained. "The last tsunami in Sumatra before 2004 was in 1907 -- that's almost one hundred years and that's a long time for children to remember."

Since the Asian Tsunami hit five years ago, governments have made massive efforts and poured huge sums of money into improving the region's preparedness.

India spent 32 million dollars on a tsunami warning system designed to detect all earthquakes above a magnitude of six on the Richter scale in the Indian Ocean, apparently within 20 minutes.

Sri Lanka is ready to send SMS warning alerts to mobile phones in the event of a disaster, while Thailand has set up 103 towers equipped with loudspeakers along the coast and has increased its radio reach in the six provinces bordering the Andaman Sea.

But educating the population to encourage them to react efficiently and without panic in the event of another tsunami is complicated, said Al Panico, head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies' (IFRC) tsunami recovery unit.

"In the alert system, messages get to governments when a disaster is imminent. Getting it to the people who need to act... to the people who need to protect themselves, that's where there is a gap," he said.

Malaysia, hit relatively lightly in 2004 with a death toll of 68, has 17 earthquake monitoring stations. But its authorities say work among the youth is needed.

"Since tsunamis are rare and when a tsunami occurs time is limited for evacuation, public education and awareness among the population at risk are necessary," said Yap Kok Seng, head of Malaysia's meteorological department.

Indonesia, which registered three quarters of all deaths that resulted from the tsunami, is lagging behind in its efforts.

"Many Indonesians are still clueless about tsunami disaster mitigation," said Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, an earthquake expert with the Indonesia Institute of Sciences.

"The drills from the Disaster Management Agency are yet to be effective. They have a lot to learn."

The country's Disaster Management Agency said about ten tsunami preparedness drills have been carried out since 2004 but "there is still a considerable amount of delay time in the tsunami early warning system," Natawidjaja said.

The key, said the experts, will be to teach the subject in schools.

On December 26, 2004, on the southern tourist isle of Phuket in Thailand, a ten-year-old British girl, Tilly Smith, saved one hundred lives when she used her knowledge of tsunamis from a recent geography lesson to clear the beach.

Experts hope this ideal carries into Asia's schools.

"We need to continue to prepare the next generation and this cannot be done without integrating awareness into the school curriculum," added UNDP's Sanny Ramos Jegillos. (By Didier Lauras/ AFP)

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