I had one great holiday this winter, thank God. Together with 7 other friends, we went travelling around Istanbul and Bursa in Turkey. Full report will follow. I was quite unfortunate that I’ve got feelings of getting a fever a day before we left Turkey. The rest 2 weeks were a little bit lame, though. However, I must say that I’ve had my life filled with other stuff while being ill. The news on...

Two days ago I wrote several emails pertaining the issue on Gaza to a number of elected politicians within my area, namely: Riverside Councillors of Cardiff City Council - Gwenllian Lansdown (Plaid Cymru), Mohammed-Sarul Islam (Plaid Cymru), Jaswant Singh (Plaid Cymru) Cardiff West Assembly Members for the National Assembly of Wales - Christopher Franks (Plaid Cymru), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru), Andrew Davies...

One of my many interests is reading. And another one is sharing what I’ve read. The latter involves a lot of talking. But I must say i’m not a good public speaker, not like Tok Guru Nik Aziz nor Anwar nor Khalid Samad of course. This, however, did not discourage me from addressing issues in large groups. I am always enthusiastic and passionate at any events which involve me talking or explaining on...

I am halfway through reading Ustaz Hasrizal’s ‘Aku Terima Nikahnya’, and a list of good memories came to my mind, which made me tempted to put my thoughts into words at this point. The respected Ustaz explained that a marriage is a journey which needs a clear destination. That’s quite simple. And he elaborated more by quoting a verse form the Quran (Surah Furqan, chapter 74). It is a prayer for us to...

This is a script-copy of my speech of which I will be speaking tomorrow in Cardiff University Main Building room 3.01 at 4.20pm. This speech is part of the EA3019 Ores & Ore Genesis module. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Hi and good morning everyone. My name is Azad and I will be delivering a short presentation on Rare Earth’s Element, or in short, REE....

I’m now permanently moved here. This is my final post to my previous blog, http://azad282.wordpress.com/. It has been 2 weeks since I’ve moved to a new blog. This blog (azad282.wordpress.com) will remain online and will not be deleted. Therefore, all my articles will still be available for viewers to read. My new website is http://www.azad282.co.uk/. This website is sponsored by: 1. IsacStudio (http://www.isacstudio.co.uk/) 2....

This is interesting! BBC is launching the ‘After Rome’ series starring Boris Johnson. Here’s what It says in its short introduction: ‘After Rome’ Episode 1: Boris Johnson looks at the early history of Islam I have been a fan of BBC iPlayer for nearly a year now. BBC records most, if not all, of their programmes and put them up in its website (http://bbc.co.uk/iplayer) for viewers...

I have 2 heavy duty projects at hand, of which progress of both projects have to be presented next week. Joe’s project meeting is on Tuesday, Richard’s on Thursday. I will also deliver a short presentation on ‘Rare Earth Elements’ on Tuesday next week at 11.00am, which requires a careful and detailed research. God help me!

Rafie just bought himself a new 24-inch Mac. I’ve got the chance to watch a few HD animations with him, and they were awesome! The graphics were crystal clear and I could see all the minute lines and hairs of the animals (one of ‘em was the Madagascar 2 movie trailer) in the animation. Brilliant! I’ve just bought my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop in March this year, so there’s no chance...

Cardiff A, from left: Ise (Mid), Saiful (Fwd), Puteh (Mid), Arn (Fwd, Captain), Kuwe (Def), Azad (GK), Arief (Mid), Jufri (Mid) ‘Cardiff Road to Notts’08′ was a project launched by the Cardiff University Malaysian Football Club (CUMSFC) in hope of winning the most prestigious football event organised by Malaysians in the UK. This year’s Nottingham game was my fourth attempt. We did quite...