Proverbs 31DEC2007

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good - Yiddish Proverb
Tomorrow or next life which comes first, we will never know - Tibetan Buddhist
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster, one moment of impatience may ruin a whole life - Chinese Proverb

Proverbs 28DEC2007

Life is a treasure hunt, love is the treasure - Rosicrucian
Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink - Shunryu Suzuki
Unity is equal to a thousand golden coins - Kashmiri Proverb

PMR Results - Dec2007

Our son, Mohammad Azarif (the third child) got his PMR results this morning, Thursday 27DEC2007. Congratulations ... for he has done well scoring 7As and 1B. Congratulation Ang. Keep up the good work. Your success, our happiness.

Proverbs 27DEC2007

The bachelors crave it, and the married ones regret it - Kashmiri Proverbs
A glutton lives to eat; a wise man eats to live - Irish Proverb
Clean your heart and mind of negative thoughts - Kashmiri Proverbs

Proverbs 26DEC2007

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it
Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe (Reader's Digest - December 2007)
To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is ridiculous - Chinese Proverb
To be without a friend is to be poor indeed - Tanzanian Proverb

Proverbs 24DEC2007

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are - Joseph Campbell
Whom the gods love die young - English
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds - Buddha

Proverbs 21DEC2007

It doesn't take time to change one's destiny - Kashmiri Proverb
Say little, but say it well - Irish Proverb
Among the ignorant a little knowledge is of great value - Kashmiri Proverb

Proverbs 18DEC2007

You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind - Irish Proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials - Seneca
Open your door to a good day and prepare yourself for a bad one - Moon Over Morocco

AZIZ CLOSE V - Meru Valley Golf Resort, Ipoh 15DEC2007

AZIZ CLOSE 'V' was successfully organised and done at Meru Valley Golf Resort on Saturday 15th December 2007. All members and invited guests came except Basher (due to his cousin's death). Azharuddin cannot make it due to 'ngumpul harta' commitment!

Good Golf, Good Company, Good Golf Course, Good Weather, Good Organising, Good Driving, Good Putting, Good Food, Good Drive, Good Pomelo and Good Results. After 5 'Close', I managed to become "The Champion"; I get to engrave my name on the Trophy - Yahoo !!!

The Aziz Close Group
Next "AZIZ CLOSE VI" is expected to be held at Kuantan!

The Organiser - Zainol Mat Desa
Thank you for your untiring and honest effort to organise

"Cuaca bagus di Meru Valley, Tee-off Aziz manyak "World" lo!, Tahun depan berjumpa lagi, Jangan ada yang chicken-out no!" Komen Pak Non

The 1st Flight - Rafe'e, Haji Baharom, Ku Hamid, Haji Faaiz
Better luck next time

The 2nd Flight - Haji Mazlan, Ahamad Kamal, Haji Zulkifli A Rashidi, Basher (absent)
Haji Mazlan lost again - Tuwentiii Baaaht !!!

The Last Flight - Haji Ahmad Daniyal, Mohd Wazir, Aziz Masod Alhaj, Zainol Mat Desa

Haji Mazlan & Ahamad Kamal - Dah lama tak naik Golf Buggy

Making sure all things go okay - Zainol (organiser), Mohd Wazir, Haji Ahmad Daniyal

Food glorious food - Haji Zulkifli A Rashidi, Rafe'e, Ku Hamid, Haji Baharom

Mohd Wazir, Haji Mazlan, Ahamad Kamal, Haji Zulkifli A Rashidi, Rafe'e

Determining Score - Haji Ahmad Daniyal, Mohd Wazir, Zainol Mat Desa, Haji Mazlan

Third Placing - Haji Baharom
2nd Placing - Haji Faaiz
"The Champion" - Abdul Aziz Alhaj
At last - after 5 'Close' (but Trophy was absent)

Thought 17DEC2007

SONG OF THE BIRD
A man found an eagle's egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eagle hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life, the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet in the air.
Years passed and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings. The old eagle looked up in awe. "Who's that?" he asked. "That's the eagle, the king of birds," said his neighbour. "He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth - we're chickens." So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that's what he thought he was.
Anthony DeMello - extracted from a 4th course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty, Health Communications, Inc. 1997

No matter how the wind howls, the mountain will not bow to it - Chinese Proverb

AZIZ CLOSE - The Golf Tournament

Next Tournament - "AZIZ CLOSE V"
Meru Valley Golf and Country Club, Meru, Ipoh
Saturday 15th December 2007 Tee-Off 9:00 am

One of the prestigous golf tournament in the country "Aziz Close" series started in Penang Golf Resort, Bertam, Kepala Batas in the year 2000. The "Challenge Trophy" was donated by Pak Ku Hamid. The Challenge Trophy

Since digital camera was not the 'in-thing' when Aziz Close I was held, unfortunately there are no photos to see.

The following photos are from Aziz Close II - Gunung Raya Golf & Country Club, Langkawi

The following are photos from Aziz Close III - Black Forest Golf & Country Club, Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah


The Following are photos from Aziz Close IV - Black Forest Golf & Country Club, Bukit Kayu Hitam.

The Next "Aziz Close V" is going to be held in Meru Valley Golf & Country Club, Meru, Ipoh on Saturday 15th December 2007 - organised by Zainol Mad Desa (Pak Non). Thank you Pak Non. Kept to 3 flights for 'hard core Aziz Closed golfers' only.

See you there - Good Luck

Thought 07DEC2007

NEW HORIZONS
Generally recognized as history's greatest mountain climber, Italian adventurer Reinhold Messner is a daredevil who's made a career or close calls. He has ascended most of the world's highest mountain, including Mt. Everest and walked to the South Pole. At 50, he set himself a last, great challenge - to be the first to make the icy trek from Asia to Canada across the North Pole alone and unsupported. "I've never had the sensation after a great expedition that I had conquered, that I had been stronger than nature," he says. "We are always the weaker. Luckily we have the intelligence to survive. We have fear, too, which tells us when not to go ahead. Fear helps us survive."It's not money that lures Messner, although, due to his achievements, he's one of European advertising's superstars. "One goes," he says, "to live a piece of life, to try and see if it's possible. I'm like a child. I would always be unhappy if I didn't try.
"Quoted by William D Montalbano" in Los Angeles Times - extracted from January 1996 issue of Reader's Digest

Better one good thing that is than two good things that were - Irish Proverb

Thought 06DEC2007

Do Something Nice for Someone Else - and Don't Tell Anyone About it
While many of us frequently do nice things for others, we are almost certain to mention our acts of kindness to someone else, secretly seeking their approval. When we share our own niceness or generosity with someone else, it makes us feel like we are thoughtful people, it reminds us of how nice we are and how deserving we are of kindness.While all acts of kindness are inherently wonderful, there is something even more magical about doing something thoughtful but mentioning it to no one, ever. You always feel good when you give to others. Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.It's really true that one should give for the sake of giving, not to receive something in return. This is precisely what you are doing when you don't mention your kindness to others - your rewards are the warm feelings that come from the act of giving. The next time you do something really nice for someone else, keep it to yourself and revel in the abundant joy of giving.
extracted from "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff", Richard Carlson Ph.D.; Hyperion, New York; 1997

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones - Chinese Proverb

Thought 05DEC2007

SOMETHING WORTH THINKING ABOUT - Lessons of Failure
Failure does not mean I'm a failure; It does mean I have not yet succeeded.
Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing; It does mean I have learned something.
Failure does not mean I have been a fool; It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.
Failure does not mean I have disgraced; It does mean I have dared to try.
Failure does not mean I don't have it; It does mean I have something to do in a different way.
Failure does not mean I am inferior; It does mean I am not perfect.
Failure does not mean I have wasted my life; It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.
Failure does not mean that I should give up; It does mean that I should try harder.
Failure does not mean that I will never make it; It does mean that I need more practice.
Failure does not mean that God has abandoned me; It does mean that God must have a better idea.
Anonymous - Source Unknown

He who can follow his own will is a king - Irish Proverb

Thought 04DEC2007

NEVER WITHDRAW
Unless you make every waking a learning process, you are wasting a major portion of your life. You can learn from people you do not like as well as from those you love. You can learn from the elders and the youth. You can learn more about the things you know about and fine-tune the things you are good at. You can learn by observing, listening and serving. You can learn by assisting, completing and forgiving. Never withdraw from the education process by picking and choosing from who you can learn. Keep your mind open, your ears attuned and your willingness to learn in the humble state of a student - Iyanla Vanzant

Let your love be like the misty rain; coming softly, but flooding the river - Madagascan Proverb

Thought 03DEC2007

ON DETERMINATION
You have to be single minded, drive only for one thing on which you have decided. And if it looks as if you might be getting there, all kinds of people, including some you thought were your loyal friends, will suddenly show up ... to trip you, blacken you and break your spirit.
John R Noe - Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994

Those who do not read are no better off than those who can not - Chinese Proverb

Mama (Dean Mala) in Cairo ...