always learning and be reminded...
These are tips I want to save here.. fr elaborated write-up, best go to the actual page. Very good sharing for the new and seasoned photographers. 

LESSON 1: ENVISION, PLAN, AND THEN CREATE

LESSON 2: THE HISTOGRAM IS NOT OPTIONAL

LESSON 3: LEARN TO WIRELESSLY FIRE THE FLASH OFF-CAMERA

LESSON 4: LEARN TO CHANGE THE ACTIVE FOCUS POINT

LESSON 5: WITH TRIPODS, IT'S “BUY RIGHT, BUY ONCE”

LESSON 6: PHOTOGRAPHY IS REALLY ABOUT COMPOSITION AND LIGHT

LESSON 7: MANUAL MODE

LESSON 8: BOUNCE FLASH

LESSON 9: EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

LESSON 10: IT IS NOT “CHEATING” TO USE PHOTOSHOP

LESSON 11: DON'T BUY MORE GEAR UNTIL YOU HIT A WALL WITH THE GEAR YOU ALREADY HAVE

LESSON 12: A $15 REFLECTOR WILL DO MORE TO IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY THAN A $2,000 PORTRAIT LENS

LESSON 13: GET A DEPOSIT BEFORE BOOKING A SHOOT

LESSON 14: SHOOT MANY DIFFERENT SHOTS, BUT DON'T WASTE TIME GETTING 10 COPIES OF THE SAME SCENE

LESSON 15: LEARN WHERE TO FOCUS WHEN SHOOTING A GROUP OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE

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Go with the flow
Roar with excitement
Let your cares fall away
Create your own music
Immerse in nature
Stay active
Make a splash

hashtag advice from a waterfall...

Take benefit of five before five:
Your youth before your old age, 
Your health before your sickness, 
Your wealth before your poverty,
Your free-time before your preoccupation and
Your life before your death.

"Orchids make magical arrangements and bouquets. These exotic and stunning flowers can convey a silent message, symbolising a special moment between you and your recipient – whether strength, beauty or love."
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So they say... well, I feel it. Don't you?

On 28 July 1960, it was declared by the government of Malaysia that the hibiscus would be the national flower. The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is literally known as the "celebratory flower"... 
and celebrate we shall.

“When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up.”

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." - Jim Rohn

but why is it Mr. Tiger, that when you look into my eyes, I tend to lose my thoughts...

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, 

but only a few will catch your heart...

Pursue those..."

An exotic plant that never fails to attract my attention.

Compassion, Femininity, Motherly Love.. so it says for pink Anthurium..

Beautiful and prickly...

The only way to do great work is to love what you do (Steve Jobs)

Lots of practice will take you there!! Be diligent... 

God gave unto the animals a wisdom past our power to see;

Each knows innately how to live, which we must learn laboriously.

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, 

and unallied with definite form,

can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. ” 

― Oscar Wilde

The Harvest Moon they call it, huge and bright. And I love it... awesome sight of the moon.

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“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.” ― Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment"

Set your goal and plan your journey...

hashtag handphonegraphy... again! LOL!

waista'iinuu bialshshabri waalshshalaati wa-innahaa lakabiiratun illaa 'alaa alkhaasyi'iina

PATIENCE and As Salah.

And again it was repeated (Al Baqarah 153);
 
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

yaa ayyuhaa alladziina aamanuu ista’iinuu bialshshabri waalshshalaati inna allaaha ma’aalshshaabiriina

"O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."

Duranta Erecta - Geisha Girl

pretty purple flowers

Kalimat yang paling memberi kesan dalam hadis Arba'in karangan Imam Nawawi, (hadis ke-19) ialah, "Ihfazillah, Yahfazka" yang bermaksud, "Jagalah Allah, nescaya Dia akan menjagamu".

Dari Ibnu 'Abbas r.a, ia berkata, "Suatu hari aku pernah (membonceng) di belakang nabi saw, kemudian beliau bersabda, "Nak, aku akan ajarkan kepadamu beberapa kalimat: 'Jagalah Allah, nescaya Dia akan menjagamu; Jagalah Allah, nescaya kamu akan mendapatiNya di depanmu. Jika kamu meminta, maka mintalah kepada Allah dan jika kamu memohon pertolongan, maka mohonlah pertolongan kepada Allah. Ketahuilah bahawa seandainya umat ini berkumpul untuk memberi manfaat kepadamu, maka mereka tidak akan dapat memberi manfaat kepadamu kecuali manfaat yang sudah ditetapkan Allah untukmu. Sebaliknya, jika mereka berkumpul untuk memberikan bahaya kepadamu, maka mereka pun tidak sanggup memberi bahaya kepadamu kecuali bahaya yang telah ditetapkan menimpamu. Pena-pena telah diangkat dan lembaran-lembaran telah kering.." [HR tirmidzi, hasan sahih]



* Common name: White Sky Flower, Golden Dew Drop, Pigeon Berry
* Botanical Name: Duranta Erecta 'Alba'
* Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family)

announcement made... Eid, Hari Raya, 1st Syawal is on Wednesday. End of Ramadhan... leaving us already, so soon one month passes by. 
Tonight, last night of Tarawikh, come morning last sahur and then last iftar for Ramadhan this year. May we be able to experience another Ramadhan... at least.

Taqobalallahu Minnaa wa Minkum,
Shiyamana wa shiyamakum,
Ja’alanallaahu Minal ‘Aidin wal Faizin..
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To those of you travelling near and far, safe journey. Quality time with your loved ones! Cherish the memorable moments. Happy holidays everyone.
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Eid Mubarak... Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.
Maaf dzahir batin. 

Patience do not only help us through hardships but will also cure. Quran Al Baqarah 2:155 - "and We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient"

Have sabr... and Du'aa... Allah says, "Call upon me; I will respond to you. Indeed, those who are proud to worship Me will enter Hell in humiliation" - Quran Al Ghafir 40:60

Therefore, repent, supplicate and du'aa..
"Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron" - Quran Ar Ra'd 13:11 

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got. 

It's just all about adjustments.

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment.

Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

Keep us on the right path.

The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. 

Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.

"You are all my family. I know that you are human and imperfect. Some are confused, some struggling, some tired, needing a moment’s rest. Tired of the rain and needing the rainbow..
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Have no fear. Allah is with you and will not abandon you for a single heartbeat. The rainbow is coming, or maybe it’s already here and all you need to do is look up.
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 I love you all fee-sabeel-illah."

Ya Ramadhan

The Blessed Month of Ramadan ~ A Purification of the Soul.
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The Holy Quran says: "And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful." (Yusof 12:53)
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God has given man the power and insight to choose his course in life. God has also given man the attribute of knowledge in an abstract form. This is the divine trust that man has assumed. The Holy Quran says: "Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant." (Al Ahzab 33:72)

السَّلاَم ُعَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه 
Di akhir akhir Syaaban ini, saya mengambil kesempatan untuk memohon kemaafan atas segala dosa/kesalahan yang telah saya lakukan samada dari tutur kata, perbuatan serta teguran yang menyinggung perasaan sahabat semua samada yang disedari dan yang tidak disedari. Moga Ramadhan tahun ini menjadi Ramadhan yang terbaik dari sebelumnya. 

"Moga dipertemukan kita dengan Lailatul QodarNya"

آمِيّنْ... آمِيّنْ... يَا رَ بَّ العَـــالَمِيْن، َ

Ramadhan kareem buat semua.

The Art of Observing

The grass on your neighbours' lawn is greener?
It only means, the caretaker works on it. 
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See what doesn't belong to you with positive outlook, but condemn your own with all the negativity... you'd always feel squiggly, unsatisfied, troubled and the need to seek 'happiness' and 'satisfaction' outside your own. Check yourself!! The problem lies within.

The ride goes on

On this road called life, 
you have to take the good with the bad, 
smile with the sad, 
love what you got and remember what you had. .
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Always forgive but never forget,
learn from your mistakes but never forget.
People change. Things go wrong.
Just remember, the ride goes on.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. ~ Art Linkletter ~

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~ Viktor Frankl - from Man's Search For Meaning ~
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We look for solutions in many places, but where is the solution? The solution is in the human heart. And the final say belongs to Allah.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things, they are stepping stones to greater experience.
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testing meself at handphonegraphy.. LOL! 
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Combretum indicum, also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon creeper, one of mom's favourite. No more there now. 
Found this growing wildly in her garden, but had to clean them up... neighbour not happy about the unkept garden.

Allah has a plan for you...
you are exactly where HE wants you right now.

another day to celebrate... :)
I've a long list of friends in here and out who has taken teaching as a profession... all levels, tuition teacher, kindergarten teacher, school teacher, university teacher aka lecturer.. there's also ex-teachers, part-time teachers, special teachers and the list goes on and on.:D;)
Fact is, we're all educators in one way or another, some paid and some not. Therefore, it is a day we will all celebrate in the name of sharing and passing knowledge down to another. Educate for a better 'khalifah' to walk the earth, in the name of Allah..
Happy Teacher's Day.