Senin, 23 Mei 2016

“DEEP THINKING, BAGAIMANA SEORANG MUSLIM BERPIKIR" BOOK REVIEW



Title
Deep Thinking : Bagaimana Seorang Muslim Berpikir
Author 
Harun Yahya
Genre
Religion, Nonfiction, Philosophy
Interpreter/Translator 
Catur Sriherwanto
Editor       
Aunur Rafiq Shaleh
Book Design    
Haris F
Cover    
M.Toha
Publisher    
Robbani Press, Jakarta
Date of Printed
First Edition, March 2001
Pages
148


Ahead of Ramadhan, I am interested in reading books about Islamic, but with language that is easily understood, interesting, and well understood by all religions, not just Muslims. Yes, I found this book, Deep Thinking : Bagaimana Seorang Muslim Berpikir. It is an Indonesian book version of “Deep Thinking” by Harun Yahya.
Actually, I've had this book since 2001, but only on this year I accidentally tidied my bookshelves at home and find this valuable book. Now, I try to review this book.

         In general, this 148 pages book contain important points as follows:

1. Biography of Harun Yahya
2. Things that should be considered
3. What factors are causing people do not want to think?
4. The merit of deep thought


1.     Biography Harun Yahya
Harun Yahya real life history is an inspiration how to think deeply to find the ultimate truth and overthrew the trust believed by most people. In this book told how Harun Yahya defeated overthrew the arguments of Darwinism and evolution theory sensible atheist and materialist. His works have changed the world view of the theory of evolution.


2.     Things that should be considered
In this book described various examples of deep thinking in everyday life such as getting out of bed, while reading newspapers, while eating, etc. From the description of Harun Yahya were so long that we will reflect and realize that most of what we think is something superficial.
various problems must always come over to us, but believers will think and remember that the god test the behavior and patience, so it does not make sense for people who believe that they will die and account for his actions in the hereafter are affected by similar things and spend time with feelings of fear and worry about it. He understood that there is a goodness behind all these events.


3.     What factors are causing people do not want to think?
In the Qur'an Allah proclaim a state of people who are accustomed to think superficially:

"Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them except with truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord." (QS. Ar-Rum: 8)
The verse tells us that most people do not want to think deeply. The reasons for this include the following:
·         Mental laziness. As a result of laziness, people do everything as they've ever seen and they are accustomed to doing.
·         The assumption that deep thinking is not good. In the community is reminded each other with the words: "Do not think too much, you will lose any sense".
·         Disassociate ourselves from the responsibility of implementing what is gained from thinking. By not thinking, feeling human being managed to escape from a variety of problems.
·         Etc

4.     The merit of deep thought
Allah states in the Quran human obligation to think deeply or brooding. God says that the Quran was revealed to mankind to think and ponder:

" It is a book We have sent down to you, full of blessing, so let people of intelligence ponder its signs and take heed." (QS. Shaad: 29).

Such obligations would be followed by the virtue. The virtue for those who think deeply as follows:

·         People who think deeply to be very aware of the secrets of God's creation and the ultimate truth of everything.
·         People who think deeply would think in a way that is not common with most humans, but as God commanded.
·         People who think deeply'll find the attributes of God in everything that he saw so that he understands the importance of being a person who loved God and carry out the correct religious teachings.
·         etc

I highly recommend you to reading this book. You will be able to develop a way of thinking in-depth easily and smoothly. Do not hesitate, I'm sure the book can still be understood by all religions. The works of Harun Yahya is still the best. By the way, you can get this book through e-book on the internet.


Respect ^_^

Senin, 18 April 2016

EXPLORE THE OLD WAREHOUSE

                                  



My name is Alex, a college student. I am very excited with all about mystery. I am very influenced by Supernatural programs on Television. Sometimes, I want to prove it anxiously. Tonight is Thursday Night, and it's a perfect time to test my guts. One of the mysterious place in Reed Village is the old neglected warehouse since decades ago. The building is ex of a Rice Mill and other agriculture storage. There are  some creepy story about it, like murder and suicide tragedy, but I don’t belive it at all. And I challenge my friends if they agree to go there with me. I met them in the campus.

“Hey, guys. I challenge you, if have guts to go and explore the old warehouse beside the cemetery in Reed Village this night.”
“Yeah, why not. It would be fun.” They said.
They are Nick and Dave, my college friends. Why only two guys? Because only them who want to go with me this night. But it is not really matter for me. This give me more challenge instead.

The day pass by and turn into dark and cold night. We have met in Nick house to plan what we should do, what we should bring in the location, The old warehouse. It is 11.30 PM, and we decide to go there. I am totally feel eerie now. “ Let’s prove if you have guts and dare enough !!” I asked. “Here we go !!!” Dave said.

That old warehouse looks dark and very terrible. The weather also get colder, the wind blow trees faster. What a horrible atmosphere here.
“Damn !! this warehouse is too dark, there’s no light here except in the cemetery.”
“Just use our flashlight and light on the candle in some spot.!” Nick gave instruction.

We try to find the door to get in. And I finally found that damn door. “Hey guys, come here. I found the door to get in. And it’s unlocked” I surprised. Then, we get in and we totally surprised. I smell rotten corpse or rancid stink. “Guys, use your masker if you disturbed about the smell.” We start investigate the entire of the building if there any strange thing that will be found. “knock, knock, knock.... knock, knock, knock....” the strange sound appear on one of the corner. “Oh shit, I hear the sound” I said. “Uh huh, me too”. Nick answered.

We keep on investigate the building until we found some clue to solved. “ohhhh fuck !!!!!!.” Dave screamed. “What’s going on” I asked. Dave looks so shocked and trembled, he found a human corpse beside the rice mill apparently. We got very panic because we found shocked thing. We expect that the corpse is a murder victim. No wonder when we enter this building, we smell rotten stink like corpses. The tense get higher, my heart beat faster, with my both hand hard trembled.

“Heeeeeyyy, what are you doing here!!!” someone screamed us. “Ahh fuck!!” I shocked. The old man appear with chainsaw in his hand. He just remembered me with the Texas Chainsaw movie character. “Get out from here, you kids!!! or I will kill you all” the old man shouted us. He then chase us with quickly run. Nick stumbled because of something like rock in the building.

The old man easily got Nick and start kill him. “ Ohhhh nooooo . Help meeee” Nick screamed. “Niiiiick” Dave and I screamed him. Nick’s body is smashed and ripped . “Hahahahaha, go hell you kid” The old man laughed. “Nooooooooo” I scream louder.
...........................

My eyes just woke up and I Got deep breath, my heart beat so fast. I just experience the damn nightmare that happened last night.



                                                            -THE END-





* I'm so sorry for my limited grammar. This story is purely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
This is pure my work, and 100% without copy-paste.

Minggu, 10 April 2016

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016) MOVIE REVIEW



Rating
PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action throughout, and some sensuality)
Genre
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By
Zack Snyder
Written By
David S. Goyer, Chris Terrio
Release dates
March 25, 2016
Runtime
2 hr. 31 min
Music By    
Hans Zimmer, Junkie XL
Distributed By
Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast         :      
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman (A Kryptonian survivor and a journalist for the Daily Planet who uses his superhuman abilities to protect the Earth)
Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman (A billionaire socialite and owner of Wayne Enterprises who dedicates himself to protect Gotham City)
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman (a 5,000-year-old Amazonian princess, and daughter of Zeus)
Amy Adams as Lois Lane (a reporter for the Daily Planet and love interest of Clark Kent)
Diane Lane as Martha Kent (Clark’s adoptive mother)
Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor (A sophisticated young businessman and hereditary CEO of LexCorp who is fixated on defeating who he considers as his archenemy, Superman)
Jeremy Irons as Alfred (Bruce Wayne's butler, chief of security and trusted confidant)

Short Synopsis/ Plot:
Eighteen months after the destructive attack by General Zod in Metropolis from Man of Steel, Superman has become a controversial figure. Daily Planet journalist Clark Kent, Superman's alter ego, has moved in with Lois Lane. Billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has operated in Gotham City as Batman for nearly two decades, sees Superman as a potential threat to humanity. After learning of Batman's activities, Superman also views him as a threat, and seeks to stop him via the Daily Planet articles under his disguise. (Source: wiki)


Review:
Yeah, finally I’ve watched Batman v Superman. Now, I am going to review this movie and give my opinion. This movie was most anticipated of the year and one of my most anticipated movies of all-time for me.
Actually I am a big fan of Batman, and very appreciate Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne. Ben Affleck is really quite good as the “Dark Knight” and thankfully Bruce has more screen time in Batman v Superman. He plays him older, and maybe wiser. His partnership with Alfred (Jeremy Irons) adds some much needed lightness to the movie. He is without a doubt the best and most accurate Batman I've seen to date

And about Superman, Henry Cavill still has the unenviable task of trying to instill some personality into the superhero. Clark Kent and Loise Lane (Amy Adams) are sweet together in their relationship.


Jesse Eisenberg’s role as Lex Luthor is really different kind and that is quite refreshing. He portrays him as an arrogant, spoiled rich brat with a very brilliant mind.
Jesse was also surprisingly good and very fitting to the role he was given. He is act like Joker? I don’t think so.

Gal Gadot as
Wonder woman is Supringsly well done. Her as Diana prince was maybe a bit stiff sometimes but she can make the character her own along the way. I trust her that much. Her as wonder woman was amazing! She looks great in the role, she doesn't have much lines in the movie so we will have to wait till the solo movie to see her action.

The visuals were absolutely stunning, they are really good and is shot in such a unique style that is really immersive and entertaining.

Now I am not saying it is bad, cause it isn't. In my opinion, this movie was quite poor in editing sector and it was taking a lot of enjoyment away from me as I started to get quite frustrated. Poor use of transitions, there were lots of scenes were I started to get attached too and it cuts away to another scene that was irrelevant. I don't even think it showed all the events of the film in a logical order clearly.

And one of the part that I hate is the scene in Nairobi, Africa portray Moslem as Terrorists. Once again, I think this is controversial part and still consider Islam as Terrorists religion. Damn!! . It’s what make this movie cause controversy in my country.


About the duration, I am very agree with others. This is very overlong movie, but I still enjoy the story. And for music/ scoring, very deep and also picking up for the most epic of moments perfectly. It elevated each scene, becoming more steady and focussed.
                                             doomsday as the "final boss" in the movie

“Batman v Superman” is a big imrovement of “Man Of Steel” and much better. Each character seems to give his point of view about the world with their dialogues about a superpowered alien. Despite this, you will end the movie thinking that it is a darker, better writing and more complex than The Avengers.


                       Superman Dead?? :(  just wait to see him on the next DC movie  :D


 Finally, I am still sure this was most anticipated of the year and one of my most anticipated movies of all-time for me because I am a big fan of Batman since I was child. Hopefully, you enjoy my review.    ^_^

Senin, 04 April 2016

GET UP AFTER FALL



GET UP AFTER FALL


I will get up,
after every fall
I never give up,
and stand even more tall

Like the trees,
from seeds they grow up
They rise and rise,
and heights great

Learn from mistakes, value experiences
Always do what is right, what is best
Improve for the better, live for others
Always be yourself, unique from the rest


After every fall,
I will get up
I never give up,
After every fall


Meaning : I often get fail about something which I can not get. So, I always try to motivate myself to "get up" from any failure and do better to achieve my own goal in life.

Sabtu, 26 Maret 2016

PREFACE




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