Amal Jariah

Salam and hello everyone. I pass by this site everyday going to and coming from work because this is supposed to be the new surau (musolla) at my new housing area. We were all so excited when the first column was being erected (sometime late last year or early this year) and everyone was so enthusiastic and felt confident that it would be ready by Ramadhan which will start on the 1st of August. Unfortunately as I drove by this morning, this site still looked like it is in the pictures below. I don't think it will be ready by Ramadhan unless if some miracle happens. I was told that one generous donor was going to donate RM70,000! Yes! You heard that right! Unfortunately after he or she gave the first RM10,000 the money stopped coming in hence the abandoned project. I would like to take this opportunity to call upon all Muslims or non-Muslims who would like to make donation so that the musolla will have a second chance to be built. I am sure there are many who would like to contribute so that it will be part of our jariah for the next life. In case if you have doubt about the project, you can come and visit the site itself by calling the listed phone numbers of the people who are in charge of the collection of the fund. You can also send your representatives to check out the site. May God bless us all.

Old RM 1 Coins

I don't know how many of you still remember these old one Ringgit coins. My late father loved to collect and keep the new ones in huge cracker cans. Sometimes he also stored them in tea dust cans or even tobacco cans. He passed away in 2003 but my mom just found 30 of them stashed away in a small tobacco can when she was cleaning her bedroom last month! She asked me if these coins can still be traded. Since I had no immediate answer, I took them home and showed them to the bank workers. They did not have an answer to my question either but they suggested that I bring the coins to the Central Bank in KL. I wonder if any coin collectors out there want to buy them from me.

Yahoo! I Got My Check

Thursday 12 March 2009 - Last year I substituted 2 classes for a lecturer who was on a maternity leave. It was towards the end of the semester already so I didn’t get to teach for so many hours. It was a great experience and a welcoming break from my mundane job as an administrator. I submitted my claim sometime in late December and I got my first pay check as a “teacher” 2 days ago. Yesterday I deposited the check into my bank account. It wasn’t much but enough to buy a digital camera and a new cell phone. I have been dying to get a new cell phone that has a speaker so I don’t have to kill my brain cells anymore (at least that’s what I heard people say).