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Alas! I'm back home.

It's been one week since I landed in KLIA. It really feels good to be back home. My siblings have grown older. Some of them getting wiser (if you know my family, then I'm surely refering to Arif. Oh he's 9 now).

There are several things that I need to sort out this summer.
-creating modules
-organising programmes
-read books
-sponsorship hunting
-attending forums, seminars, intellectual discourses
-attending friends' wedding ceremony

I wore a nice plain white jubah to the local mosque for Friday prayer 2 days back, and sat on the 2 saf to hear what the Khatib has to say in his khutbah. The pakcik-pakcik Melayu were so cute! Some of them dozed off instantly when the Bilal said aloud "Innallaha wa malaaikatahu yusollu na ala an-nabiyy....."!!

Then there was shaking off hands with people next to me after the prayer finished.
Then there was shaking off hands + salawat in one row with the Ma'muums after the Imam stood.

I went to Aidil's wedding ceremony in Kepong yesterday. Went there with Wansah & co.

All-Cardiff!
From left: Myself, Komeng (Grad 2006), Sahak (Grad 2006) Aidil (Architect, Cardiff), Wansah, Suhaib (Engineer, left Cardiff early 2007)

The newly-wed Aidil Azwan & Dr Aidah

May Allah's blessings be upon both of you!

I'm about to finish reading a book entitled 'The Concepts of Leader & Leadership in Islam' by Zafar Bangash, The Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought. I have several other books borrowed from a dear friend in Cardiff before I left the lovely city. At the moment, I'm about to finish Chapter 3 of the infamous book 'Bukan Kerana Pangkat' (Malay translation of 'The Reluctant Politician), a researched-based biography of the late Tun Dr Ismail.

More books to read. I'll be writing some literature reviews this summer, God-willing.