Monday, June 29, 2009

Goodbye Jacko....


In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. - Michael Jackson

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Education and quiz sites from purposegames.com

Some months ago I stumbled upon the excellent quiz site purposegames.com. It is a site that adheres to the web 2.0 principles of letting you all add games to the site and build a community around it, and it is also made by a single person. The site was started in 2006 by David Andersson and now has 13,768 games, 124 groups and 29,201 members. When I played around on the site there were 3 registered members and 87 visitors around.

The biggest difference is the kind of quiz games you can play on purposegames.com. The site specializes in very engaging, visual games where you have to point and click the right answer on an image. To give you a flavor: here are two samples I enjoyed and are typical:
- Game on the national flags of Africa,
- Game on the animals,
- Game on the cartoon, etc

You can play these games registered (then your score is stored) or anonymous, and when you play them again, the order of questions will be different.

Here are some of the things I wrote down:
- The main menu is games - create - community - leatherboard. Except for the last one that is similar to the quiz zone, author zone and club zone we have. The leatherboard is where you find the latest scores on the tournament. Purposegames has tournaments that spread over time. That is actually a good idea.

- Registration is easy : just one page, and the password is send to you via e-mail. You don't have to wait to be able to have access to all parts on the site, including creating new games. Only when you create games for the first time you need to agree with the terms and conditions.

- Games are flash-based. I like the clear and soft site design and looks. Wish I could do that :-).

- The community has players of the week and the month, and a history of players of the month (I like that idea very much.) It also has a member directory and you can see who is online and who are the top 5 contributors. Furthermore there is a discussion forum.

- There are a few Google advertisements on the site, but they don't bother at all.

- The home page has a game of the day.

- The site is only in English.

- There are two kinds of games: image-based games and multiple choice games. Games have a high score tab, rating, comments but you can also add a game as a favorite. Games can be marked as public or not.

- The help section is very limited, just a minimal FAQ. But when you create games, you do get clear instructions.

- The editor is easy and intuitive with clear instructions. They also use a concept of making - preview - publish. And the editor is actually a combination of a form-based screen where you need to fill in the boxes, and a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) at the same time. Very impressive. You cannot add feedback to questions or extra links, and for some reason my first question wasn't saved, but otherwise it went very smooth. Check it out:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/02d5832aac/info

There's three thing you can do,
  1. Create, purposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!.
  2. Play, play games and tournaments to compete against your friends, co-workers, and classmates! Become the reigning champion of your community!
  3. Learn, he easiest way to learn something is to have fun while doing it! Geography, Science, and Languages, any subject is easier and more fun to learn by playing a quiz game!

My end conclusion: very good site, worth checking out!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Review for the wildlife Park 2 game PC


Wildlife Park 2 looks like an ordinary simulator of a zoo. Probably, you've have a chance to play a similar game, Zoo Tycoon, for example. But if you examine this game more closely, you will understand that it's a bit different and have several surprising innovations. First, if you played the original Wildlife Park, you will notice that the second part is much better from the point of view of its design and graphics. Objects and living creatures look less awkward and more realistic.What's more, it was a very good idea to make a sort of a story including relationships between characters. All missions are logically connected and thoroughly thought-out. I liked the way the process of training is organized. You will learn all the secrets of timing animals and other useful "tricks" with the environment step by step. One more specific feature of this game is that it's possible to reconstruct extinct animals with the help of their remains. By the way, the process of timing is not complicated, so that you dont' need to rack your brains over this affair. Speaking about weak points, the control panel is not handy, though it's possible to accommodate it. Still, I didn't like the way it had been realized. However, generally, it's a very good game, interesting and unusual a bit.

Great Concept In All Aspects
Wild Life Park 2 can be said is very realistic. This game incorporate various aspects, so as the owner of the wildlife park, we are not only solely focus on the development of the park, or just focus on the provision of the animals but moreover you will be given the responsibility to build, to provide facilities for visitors, and to provide comfortable artificial habitat for your animal. Beside that, you must also consider about the production of food, the quality of water, the health of plants and the suitability of climate. The land should also be concern of, the land level and land irrigation will impact on the environment and the balance of your park. Are these complexities make you eager to try? If so, then continue reading below.

Focus On The Habits Of Animal
As the owner of the park, of course you must provide a variety of attractive animals so you can attract more and more visitors each day. So, for the procurement of animals, you need to consider about the types of animals in accordance with your park area. Pay attention to the temperature and climate of your park whether the animal that you want to buy is suitable with the climate or not.

You have to adjust the soil temperature around these animals, so the animals will feel as comfortable as in their original habitat. Suppose you want to take care of seagull, the area needed to be sloppy. If you want to take care of giraffe, then try to provide a flat region. Pay attention to the trees and stones for your animals. If the animals need high trees (such as giraffe) then place tall trees for its food consumption. If the animals need fruit trees, then place trees that can produce fruits, such as lemon trees, apple trees, and many others.

Now, It's Time To Manage Our Park
Beside focusing on the situation and comfortably of your wildlife park animals, the other factors that plays an important role is the functionality of the park, the aesthetics level, and the comfortable of visitors.

You also need to build various kind of facilities such as living area for your staffs. Beside, you also need to built several water towers to produce clean water for your animals need. You can also build some functionality buildings to produce meat and food for your herbivorous animals. In addition, you can also add some minerals to these animals food so you can provide additional nutrition for them.

In addition to those functionality buildings, you might also need to consider about the aesthetic level where this will reflect how beautiful and how interesting your park in visitors' eyes. Every tree that you placed, has an attractiveness value that shows how high the interest of the visitors in this area. Besides that, you also need to arrange the trees as beautiful as you can which will interest your visitors.

It's your turn to satisfy the visitors now. Besides providing paths, you can also provide road equipped with jeep rental station. Visitors do not have to walk, but they can also rent a jeep to go around your park. Also provide some chairs for the pedestrian who want to get a relax and provide some trash bin for them to throw garbage in order to maintain the cleanliness of your garden environment.

You also can provide some automatic machines which sell soft drinks and snacks. In addition, you can also provide some entertainment facilities, resting areas, and various other facilities that will satisfy your park visitors.

Graphically Is Good
This game also supported by a good quality graphics. You can see more detail of the animals. The visitors will also perform many kind of various actions. Every action in this game is very detail and nice to see. You can see the staff filling the food and drink of the animals, the visitors watching the animal attractions, and of course, you will see some unique actions of your animals.
All of this is rendered in full 3D environment. You can rotate the camera, zoom the screen and also set the viewing angle. All you want to see, can be done by moving and clicking on the mouse.

Nice Sound
For sound quality in this game is good. You will listen to the various animals' voice, the bustle of visitors, and various sound effect. With this complex voice, the parks atmosphere will feel more realistic, as if you were in the middle of the park.

Conclusion
Finally, after knowing the myriad features and high complexity of this game, can be said that Wild Life Park 2 is one of the impressive simulation game, and for those who loves the animal world, this game might be a recommend for you to try. And, for those Zoo Tycoon's fans, you might also try this one. I can guarantee you to get more exciting with this game.

Publisher: Deep Silver
Developer: Virtual Life
Genre: Strategy

System Requirement:
- CPU Processor 1 GHz
- RAM Memory 256 MB
- VGA Card 64 MB
- HardDisk Space 1 GB

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Story behind April Fool, which Muslim must Know


April Fool..........

Why we celebrate it,read the real story n then being a literated n sensible,decide either we should celebrate it or not.............?

Most of us celebrate April fool day every year and Fool each other.. But how many of us know the bitter facts hidden behind it. It was around a thousand years ago that Spain was ruled by Muslims. And the Muslim power in Spain was so strong that it couldn't be destroyed. The Christians of the west wished to wipe out Islam from all parts of the world and they did succeed to quite an extent. But when they tried to eliminate Islam in Spain and conquer it, they failed. They tried several times but never succeeded. The unbelievers then sent their spies in Spain to study the Muslims there and find out what was the power they possessed and they found that their power was TAQWA. The Muslims of Spain were not just Muslims but they were practicing Muslims. They not only read the Quran but also acted upon it.

When the Christians found the power of the Muslims they started thinking of strategies to break this power. So they started sending alcohol and cigarettes to Spain free of cost. This technique of the west worked out and it started weakening the faith of the Muslims in particular the young generation of Spain. The result was that the Catholics of the west wiped out Islam and conquered the entire Spain bringing an end to the EIGHT HUNDRED LONG YEARS' RULE OF THE MUSLIMS in Spain. The last fort of the Muslims to fall was Grenada (Gharnatah), which was on the 1st of April. From that year onwards, every year they celebrate April fools day on the 1st of April, celebrating the day, they made a fool of the Muslims. They did not make a fool of the Muslim army at Gharnatah only, but of the whole Muslim Ummah. We, the Muslims, were fooled by the unbelievers.They have a reason to celebrate April fool day,to keep up the spirit. But what reason we have to celebrate it????????????

Dear brothers and sisters, when we join in this celebration, we do so out of ignorance. If we had known about it, we would never have celebrated our own downfall. So now,that we are aware of it, and now let us promise that we shall never celebrate this day. We should learn our lesson from the people of Spain, and shall try to become practicing Muslims, never to let anybody weaken our faith. Please forward this message to as many people you know. The more people you forward it to the greater will be the reward from your Lord in this world and the hereafter. Please try to do it before the 1st of April, to create awareness that WE ARE NOT FOOLS ANYMORE…………. MAY ALLAH ALMIGHTY BLESS All OF US.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

What they say about prophet Muhammed (pbuh)


If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modem history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then-inhabited world; and more than that he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls…. His forbearance in victory, his ambition which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire, his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death- all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold: the unity of God and the immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with the words. Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?
- Lamartine
Histoire de la Turquie, Pans 1854, Vol. 11, pp. 276-77

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope’s pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammad, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.
- Bosworth Smith
Mohammad and Mohammadanism, London 1874, p 92.

It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher.
- Annie Besant
The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932, p 4

His readiness to undergo persecution for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his achievement all argue his fundamental integrity To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.
- W Montgomery Watt
Mohammad At Mecca, Oxford, 1953, p 52.

Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about AD. 570 into an Arabian tube that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When he reached twenty-five his employer, recognizing his meet, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived remained a devoted husband. Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God’s word, sensing his own inadequacy But the angel commanded Read’. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: “There is one God.” In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God’s personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced,’ An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.” At Muhammads own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: ‘If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives for ever’.
James A. Michene
“Islam: The Misunderstood Religion,”
Reader’s Digest (Amencan ea.) May 1955, pp. 68-70.

My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.
Michael H. Hart
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History,
New York: Hart Publishing Company Inc. 1978, p 33.

I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind…. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life.
Mahatma Gandhi, statement published in ‘Young India,’1924.

“If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.”
“I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.”
“I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
Sir George Bernard Shaw in ‘The Genuine Islam,’ Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936.

“The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.”
“A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world, the world’s Maker had ordered so.”
Thomas Carlyle in ‘Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History,’ 1840

The good sense of Muhammad despised the pomp of royalty. The Apostle of God submitted to the menial offices of the family; he kindled the fire; swept the floor; milked the ewes; and mended with his own hands his shoes and garments. Disdaining the penance and merit of a hermit, he observed without effort of vanity the abstemious diet of an Arab.
Gibbon in ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ 1823

It was the genius of Muhammad, the spirit that he breathed into the Arabs through the soul of Islam that exalted them. That raised them out of the lethargy and low level of tribal stagnation up to the high watermark of national unity and empire. It was in the sublimity of Muhammad’s deism, the simplicity, the sobriety and purity it inculcated the fidelity of its founder to his own tenets, that acted on their moral and intellectual fiber with all the magnetism of true inspiration.
Arthur Glyn Leonard in ‘Islam, Her Moral and Spiritual Values’

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Easy vs Difficult

Easy is to get a place is someone's address book.·
Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others·
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes·

Easy is to talk without thinking·
Difficult is to refrain the tongue.

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others·
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness·

Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream...

Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side...

Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up...

Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value...

Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise...

Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day...

Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself...

Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them...

Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.

Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action...

Easy is to think bad of others·
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt...

Easy is to receive·
Difficult is to give·

Easy to read this·
Difficult to follow·

Easy is the path of Hell-fire·
Difficult is the path of Paradise·

Easy is keep the friendship with words·
Difficult is to keep it with meanings.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

The traditional game in Indonesia

The game was an activity that was carried out by someone to receive the heart happiness from this person, but do you know if game the first time being in the world in the year how many? The game has been since long ago even since I was not yet born. Traditional games currently begin to be eroded by his existence little by little especially in cities and possibly for this current children many that did not know the traditional game to be available in fact this game was the inheritance from the ancestors of the Indonesian people. Increasingly unpopular him this traditional game was caused has many more attractive and pleasant emergences of games the heart of this current children this game was pure the product from outside Indonesia. For example was flooded by him Indonesia with PlayStation (PS) that was the product from Japan where now achieved the third version. With the number of games of electronics and pleasant non electronics and entertained available in market of Indonesia, then little by little the existence from the traditional game increasingly was eliminated.
The traditional Indonesian game had many of his kinds, in fact was not counted how many. This was some examples of the traditional game in Indonesia:

1. Egrang
Egrang were the traditional Indonesian game that was not yet known definitely from where from him, but could be encountered in various areas by the name of different like: some West Sumatra territories by the name of Tengkak-tengkak from Tengkak words (crippled), Ingkau that in the Bengkulu language meant bamboo shoes and in Central Java by the name of Jangkungan that came from the name of leaning birds long. Stilts personally came from the Lampung language that meant clogs amputated that was made from elliptical bamboo. In the Series language in South Kalimantan was mentioned batungkau. Egrang were made from the stick of bamboo in a long manner approximately 2,5 metre. Around 50cm from beneath, was made where standing foot that was level in a wide manner approximately 20cm. The method of playing him was in a racing manner proceeding used these stilts from one-sided the field to the other side. The fastest person and did not fall he his winner.

2. Gobak sodor
Galah asin or in the other area was mentioned Galasin or Gobak Sodor was a kind of game of the area from Indonesia. This game was a game of the group that consisted of two groups, where respectively the team consisted of 3 - 5 people. The core of his game was blocked the opponent in order to be able to not slip away beyond the line to the last line in a manner walked up and down, and to gain the victory of all of the group's member must completely carried out the process of walking up and down in the area of the field that was determined. This game is usually played in the field of badminton with the available reference of lines or could also by using the field of the quadrangle with the measurement 9 x 4 m. that was shared to 6 parts. The borderline from each part usually was signalled with the lime. The group's member who received the turn to maintain this field was divided two, that is the group's member who was on duty at the horizontal borderline and the vertical borderline. For the group's member who got the task of being on duty at the horizontal borderline, then they will try to obstruct their opponent who also tried to pass the borderline that has been determined as the free borderline. For the group's member who got the task of being on duty at the vertical borderline (generally only one person), then this person had access for the vertical borderline whole that was located in the middle of the field. This game was very fascinating at the same time really was difficult because anyone must always be on the alert and run as quickly as possible if being needed to gain the victory.

3. Congklak
The game congklak was the game that was played by two people that usually the woman. The implement that was used was made from wood or plastic have the shape of was similar to the boat in a long manner around 75 cm and wide 15 cm. To his two tips was gotten the hole that was acknowledged as the mother. Delivered by both of them was gotten the hole that was smaller than his mother with diametre approximately 5 cm. Each numbering row 7 holes. To each small hole was filled up with the shellfish or the seeds totalling 7. His playing method of being by taking the available seeds in the hole of our property of the side part afterwards filled up this seeds one by one to the hole that was passed through including the parent hole of our property (the left-hand parent hole) except the parent hole belonging to the opponent, if the last seed fell in the hole that was gotten the other seeds then stone this was taken again to be continued filled up further holes. Like that henceforth until the last seed fell to hole that was empty. If this last seed fell for the empty hole then the turn of the opposing player who carried out the game. This game ended if the seeds that was gotten in the small hole was finished was gathered. His winner was the child who often gathered the seeds to the parent hole of his property. This game was means of arranging the strategy and precision.

4. Gatrik
Gatrik or Tak Kadal had in his period become the game that was popular in Indonesia. Was the game of the group, consisted of two groups. This game used the implement from two bamboo discounts that one resembled the measuring stick thought thought 30 cm and other measuring smaller. It was first that the small bamboo discount was placed around two previous stones was stricken by the bamboo stick, was continued by striking this small bamboo as far as possible, the hammer will continue struck till several times until his blow time not escaped was wrong from this small bamboo. After failing then the following person from this group will continue. Until the turn of the last person. After being finished then the opposing group will give the gift took the form of the sling with the standard of the distance from small bamboo that was last as far as the beginning stone of the game was begun earlier. Increasingly far, then increasingly was glad being carried and the opposing group will be increasingly tired carried.

5. Gasing (gyroscope)
The game of the gyroscope was almost received all over the territory in Indonesia. This game is usually played by the male child was 7-17 years old, could be carried out by the individual and in teams. The gyroscope is usually made from wood that was formed in such a way with the sharp part underneath. This game was competitive, pitted the skill and skills in turning the gyroscope.

6. Panjat pinang
A high betel nuts tree and his stick was smeared by the lubricant was prepared by the race committee. On the top of this tree, was prepared various interesting gifts. The participants raced to get these gifts by means of climbing the tree trunk. Because this tree trunk was slippery (because of being given the lubricant), climber the tree trunk often fell. The mind and the co-operation of the participants to climbing this tree trunk that usually is successful overcame slippery him the tree trunk, and to the interesting attraction for the spectators.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Malang the time previously

These pictures show us how virgin malang in the past was. Grandma was right by saying that Malang was called Parish van Java. Its beautiful scenery, cool weather and fresh air have caused many old dutches fail to forget their sweet memory left. Can we erase our sweet memory ???.
That's why we can see alot of old dutches hanging around Malang right now.
Looking back at the past doesn't mean we walk backward. Our past reflection enables us be a wise person. Our life is considered success if we are able to do something better than yesterday. Have you done better today pals??
Imagined when you lived one hundred fifty last year, and saw the Malang city at that time, what was felt by you? Definitely, a shady healthy city and invited you to enjoy his atmosphere.

The city logo Malang the time previously :


This was photographs of the Malang city the past:
1. Pasar Malang (Malang market)
The big market the Malang city with the neat arrangement and was organised well, in this market could be seen the location of stand with the area of the pedestrian that not busy.



2. Aloen-aloen Malang
Aloen-aloen the city was as the area of the public's garden thought about as the starting point of the development of the city, to the area of the public that must be minded in order to stay public.


Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What's up with Pokemon?


Pokemon perhaps became the most controversial entertainment product at this time. Game, film, doll, and his card the hard behaviour in the market in five last years. But later began to emerge the assumption that Pikachu and friends were the certain implement of the group's propaganda. How come could? This controversy emerged the first time when Los Angeles Times unloaded the article about the Saudi Arabia protest against all the Pokemon products, from game, the film, to the card. Pokemon was regarded as the Jewish conspiracy product and was forbidden to circulate in this country. What was the foundation of these charges? was found the picture of the star six that was the symbol zionisme at the same time the symbol of the Israeli country. Moreover, "Pikachu" words personally it seems meant "me was a Jew" in Japanese. But was not yet received by the comment from the Japanese embassy in Saudi Arabia about this last assumption. Or was among you that knew precisely the meaning these words? In the meantime "Pokemon" words personally it was suspected meant "the Lord was not available"," although Nintendo that the first time issued this product as hard as possible said that "pokemon" was the abbreviation from "pocket the sample". Pokemon also it was considered promoted the theory of the evolution, pushed gambling, that all of it that was compatible with the religious teaching.

Until this was not yet seen clear the response from the owner of Pokemon copyright and other related sides. That was clear, apart from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia also it was reported took the similar attitude. However, not all this was too excessive? The point of view anyone has been clearly different, and not to his place if one side forced him to the other side. Perhaps "pokemon" by his manufacturer really was meant as "pocket the sample", that by chance was liked by children and the adult, afterwards exploded and made the world be crazy about.

Now in Jordania, the leaflet anti Pokemon also spread almost all over the hands of the parents. His contents in part explained several meanings of words that were used in the Pokemon game. As Pokemon words personally, according to the leaflet came from the Suryaniya language, that meant "me was Jewish". There is still Pikachu words, that also came from the same language, meaning that "was Jewish true". Moreover, there were several words in this game that was significant the insult against Allah.

Although after being confirmed to several experts in the language, generally they refused the view that Pokemon words had relations with the Suryaniya language. Meaning that, the view that was included in the leaflet personally not necessarily was true him. But continue to several young men and nak-child Jordania carried out the mass burning action against things that contained the Pokemon picture. His problem indeed not only was related to meanings that not necessarily were true him that, the game pokemon evidently gave enough impacts of the negative in children's circle.

The Time magazine (on November 22 1999) in cover-story him mentioned: "POKEMON. For many kids it apostr s now an addiction: cards, the video games, toys, a movie." Is it bad for them? Poke-mania or madness would pokemon indeed produced addiction even addiction for children, this was ugly for them? And why this was discussed? Apparently that was ugly and was discussed was the content reality of the addiction, and this that will be discussed in the number of this paper.

Already many in met children brought these cards during to the school and to other places. Children were pushed to adhere to the strength supranatural than the strength from the Lord. Said also that even more cards that were brought will be increasingly big the strength that was received. Could not not we could conclude that pokemon became the idol in living they, became more important than the Lord.

The use of cards pokemon very potential opened the opportunity for the darkness power pressed children, at least, through the activities along with:

1. Attachments, realised and did not realise, to invisible matters available in recorders, the cassette, the book, the picture, the equipment, the game, et cetera.

2. Look for or gave big attention to the invisible strength and the mysticque statement.

3. Amazement to the invisible strength, the invisible statement, and matters of mystique in an general manner.

4. Avoided himself the reality, more relied dreamer.

5. Was interested and was enchanted to the violence, especially the violence that opposed law.

6. Meditation et cetera apart from knowing the Lord with true.

7. The worship or other matters that were linked with the worship of mystique.



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Holiday on sunday with my family

Time that most was liked by me was holiday time family together. After the work for 6 days finally had arrived on sunday that wait. I and my family visited the available tourist attraction in my city, it is Malang. Malang city is second largest and famous city in east Java after Surabaya. Malang City located ±90 Km south from Surabaya Width area ± 11.006 Ha consist of highlands and mountainious area 440-667 above sea level (dpl). Has Historical Place, unique architecture, art and culture. Integrated with area surrounds Malang city, such as Malang regency and Batu City (Malang Raya). Plenty of tourist attractions, but especially this sunday I visited the tourist attraction that had a name Taman Senaputra (Senaputra Park). Taman Senaputra (Senaputra Park) on Jalan Belakang RSUD Syaiful Anwar is the recreational area of the city with the playground for children, traditional art performance like "Jaran Kepang and mask Dance" held continously.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Islam is the Light, says DS Game


Several months ago, Rachel Jones was startled one of his child's dolls that was 4 years old could whisper ordered "Islam Is The Light", and he became most startled when finding the same message also being received in game Nintendo DS property of his daughter.
Rachel said he presented the game was entitled Baby Pals to his daughter who was 8 years old on his value of the report that was good. However he did not suspect in this game also was gotten by the same message.
We were sitting in the kitchen, and my daughter that was greating played game this suddenly gazed at me and said that the leading figure of the baby in this game said something, so I saw him and found that this baby said "Islam Is The Light", Rachel explained.

Ordered that was met in the doll and game that was sent in the same voice. Nintendo gave rating E in game this, that meant to be able to be played by all the ages. In game this, the player could interact with their baby, gave him ate, asked him playing, or menimang him to sleep, but this Islam message only emerged in certain moments. While Nintendo delegation said game Baby Pals was made by the significant third party be free from their responsibility although game this under their licence.
Till at this time the manufacturer's side game Crave Entertainment still could not be questioned anything concerning this startling matter. Game Baby Pals could be bought in several places like Game Stop, Walmart.com, Amazon.com and Target.com.
Indeed Allah's method in sending the truth would Islam could go through the road anything, in fact that often was underestimated by us.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Islam Elevates the Woman's Status ?

A friend of mine is in a marriage where the husband preaches that in Islam,

1)The husband is the "King" of the household.
2)His duty is solely to provide for the financial needs of the family.
3) The wife and children cannot question his decisions or ask where he is going or why he needs to go out.
4) The wife must be obedient to her husband and serve him well.
5) The wife cannot go any where, even to get groceries, without the husband's permission.
6) the wife cannot answer back her husband in a defiant or reproachful manner.

So every day, my friend is cooped in the house... her husband comes home from work, spends about an hour at home ... then he goes out... and returns very late at night or in the early mornings and this happens every day of the week.. and on weekends he refuses to bring the family out saying he is too tired and just wants to laze at home...
If the wifes questions where he goes or what he does... she will be reproached as being a bad muslim wife...
The wife is highly educated with a U degree.. was holding a top managerial post befor marriage...but now has become subservient when she became a Muslim wife...

Is this correct ???

Whether in a Muslim or non Muslim marriage, I feel RESENTMENT ... is one of the main cause of relationships drifting apart.. ..specially resentment that has been harboured for too long.

It starts as a dissapointment...
If nothing is done about it, it turns to disgust....
Then, if still left unattended, it turns to anger ....
And if no effort is made to discuss or voice the matter out, then it becomes irreversible and by that time the couple would have drifted too far apart to hope for reconciliation... for by then they would have become like strangers to each other...

Happy are the couples who can be frank and open with each other .. who are able to view adverse comments constructively and not let their ego get in the way...

No hope for the couples in a relationship where the husband insists superiority at all times .. and worse still .. when he says that he did not make the rules.. Islam made the rules for the husband !!

Goodbye Jacko....

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In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. - Michael Jackson

Some months ago I stumbled upon the excellent quiz site purposegames.com. It is a site that adheres to the web 2.0 principles of letting you all add games to the site and build a community around it, and it is also made by a single person. The site was started in 2006 by David Andersson and now has 13,768 games, 124 groups and 29,201 members. When I played around on the site there were 3 registered members and 87 visitors around.

The biggest difference is the kind of quiz games you can play on purposegames.com. The site specializes in very engaging, visual games where you have to point and click the right answer on an image. To give you a flavor: here are two samples I enjoyed and are typical:
- Game on the national flags of Africa,
- Game on the animals,
- Game on the cartoon, etc

You can play these games registered (then your score is stored) or anonymous, and when you play them again, the order of questions will be different.

Here are some of the things I wrote down:
- The main menu is games - create - community - leatherboard. Except for the last one that is similar to the quiz zone, author zone and club zone we have. The leatherboard is where you find the latest scores on the tournament. Purposegames has tournaments that spread over time. That is actually a good idea.

- Registration is easy : just one page, and the password is send to you via e-mail. You don't have to wait to be able to have access to all parts on the site, including creating new games. Only when you create games for the first time you need to agree with the terms and conditions.

- Games are flash-based. I like the clear and soft site design and looks. Wish I could do that :-).

- The community has players of the week and the month, and a history of players of the month (I like that idea very much.) It also has a member directory and you can see who is online and who are the top 5 contributors. Furthermore there is a discussion forum.

- There are a few Google advertisements on the site, but they don't bother at all.

- The home page has a game of the day.

- The site is only in English.

- There are two kinds of games: image-based games and multiple choice games. Games have a high score tab, rating, comments but you can also add a game as a favorite. Games can be marked as public or not.

- The help section is very limited, just a minimal FAQ. But when you create games, you do get clear instructions.

- The editor is easy and intuitive with clear instructions. They also use a concept of making - preview - publish. And the editor is actually a combination of a form-based screen where you need to fill in the boxes, and a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) at the same time. Very impressive. You cannot add feedback to questions or extra links, and for some reason my first question wasn't saved, but otherwise it went very smooth. Check it out:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/02d5832aac/info

There's three thing you can do,

  1. Create, purposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!.
  2. Play, play games and tournaments to compete against your friends, co-workers, and classmates! Become the reigning champion of your community!
  3. Learn, he easiest way to learn something is to have fun while doing it! Geography, Science, and Languages, any subject is easier and more fun to learn by playing a quiz game!

My end conclusion: very good site, worth checking out!


Wildlife Park 2 looks like an ordinary simulator of a zoo. Probably, you've have a chance to play a similar game, Zoo Tycoon, for example. But if you examine this game more closely, you will understand that it's a bit different and have several surprising innovations. First, if you played the original Wildlife Park, you will notice that the second part is much better from the point of view of its design and graphics. Objects and living creatures look less awkward and more realistic.What's more, it was a very good idea to make a sort of a story including relationships between characters. All missions are logically connected and thoroughly thought-out. I liked the way the process of training is organized. You will learn all the secrets of timing animals and other useful "tricks" with the environment step by step. One more specific feature of this game is that it's possible to reconstruct extinct animals with the help of their remains. By the way, the process of timing is not complicated, so that you dont' need to rack your brains over this affair. Speaking about weak points, the control panel is not handy, though it's possible to accommodate it. Still, I didn't like the way it had been realized. However, generally, it's a very good game, interesting and unusual a bit.

Great Concept In All Aspects
Wild Life Park 2 can be said is very realistic. This game incorporate various aspects, so as the owner of the wildlife park, we are not only solely focus on the development of the park, or just focus on the provision of the animals but moreover you will be given the responsibility to build, to provide facilities for visitors, and to provide comfortable artificial habitat for your animal. Beside that, you must also consider about the production of food, the quality of water, the health of plants and the suitability of climate. The land should also be concern of, the land level and land irrigation will impact on the environment and the balance of your park. Are these complexities make you eager to try? If so, then continue reading below.

Focus On The Habits Of Animal
As the owner of the park, of course you must provide a variety of attractive animals so you can attract more and more visitors each day. So, for the procurement of animals, you need to consider about the types of animals in accordance with your park area. Pay attention to the temperature and climate of your park whether the animal that you want to buy is suitable with the climate or not.


You have to adjust the soil temperature around these animals, so the animals will feel as comfortable as in their original habitat. Suppose you want to take care of seagull, the area needed to be sloppy. If you want to take care of giraffe, then try to provide a flat region. Pay attention to the trees and stones for your animals. If the animals need high trees (such as giraffe) then place tall trees for its food consumption. If the animals need fruit trees, then place trees that can produce fruits, such as lemon trees, apple trees, and many others.

Now, It's Time To Manage Our Park
Beside focusing on the situation and comfortably of your wildlife park animals, the other factors that plays an important role is the functionality of the park, the aesthetics level, and the comfortable of visitors.

You also need to build various kind of facilities such as living area for your staffs. Beside, you also need to built several water towers to produce clean water for your animals need. You can also build some functionality buildings to produce meat and food for your herbivorous animals. In addition, you can also add some minerals to these animals food so you can provide additional nutrition for them.

In addition to those functionality buildings, you might also need to consider about the aesthetic level where this will reflect how beautiful and how interesting your park in visitors' eyes. Every tree that you placed, has an attractiveness value that shows how high the interest of the visitors in this area. Besides that, you also need to arrange the trees as beautiful as you can which will interest your visitors.

It's your turn to satisfy the visitors now. Besides providing paths, you can also provide road equipped with jeep rental station. Visitors do not have to walk, but they can also rent a jeep to go around your park. Also provide some chairs for the pedestrian who want to get a relax and provide some trash bin for them to throw garbage in order to maintain the cleanliness of your garden environment.

You also can provide some automatic machines which sell soft drinks and snacks. In addition, you can also provide some entertainment facilities, resting areas, and various other facilities that will satisfy your park visitors.

Graphically Is Good
This game also supported by a good quality graphics. You can see more detail of the animals. The visitors will also perform many kind of various actions. Every action in this game is very detail and nice to see. You can see the staff filling the food and drink of the animals, the visitors watching the animal attractions, and of course, you will see some unique actions of your animals.
All of this is rendered in full 3D environment. You can rotate the camera, zoom the screen and also set the viewing angle. All you want to see, can be done by moving and clicking on the mouse.

Nice Sound
For sound quality in this game is good. You will listen to the various animals' voice, the bustle of visitors, and various sound effect. With this complex voice, the parks atmosphere will feel more realistic, as if you were in the middle of the park.

Conclusion
Finally, after knowing the myriad features and high complexity of this game, can be said that Wild Life Park 2 is one of the impressive simulation game, and for those who loves the animal world, this game might be a recommend for you to try. And, for those Zoo Tycoon's fans, you might also try this one. I can guarantee you to get more exciting with this game.

Publisher: Deep Silver
Developer: Virtual Life
Genre: Strategy

System Requirement:
- CPU Processor 1 GHz
- RAM Memory 256 MB
- VGA Card 64 MB
- HardDisk Space 1 GB


April Fool..........

Why we celebrate it,read the real story n then being a literated n sensible,decide either we should celebrate it or not.............?

Most of us celebrate April fool day every year and Fool each other.. But how many of us know the bitter facts hidden behind it. It was around a thousand years ago that Spain was ruled by Muslims. And the Muslim power in Spain was so strong that it couldn't be destroyed. The Christians of the west wished to wipe out Islam from all parts of the world and they did succeed to quite an extent. But when they tried to eliminate Islam in Spain and conquer it, they failed. They tried several times but never succeeded. The unbelievers then sent their spies in Spain to study the Muslims there and find out what was the power they possessed and they found that their power was TAQWA. The Muslims of Spain were not just Muslims but they were practicing Muslims. They not only read the Quran but also acted upon it.

When the Christians found the power of the Muslims they started thinking of strategies to break this power. So they started sending alcohol and cigarettes to Spain free of cost. This technique of the west worked out and it started weakening the faith of the Muslims in particular the young generation of Spain. The result was that the Catholics of the west wiped out Islam and conquered the entire Spain bringing an end to the EIGHT HUNDRED LONG YEARS' RULE OF THE MUSLIMS in Spain. The last fort of the Muslims to fall was Grenada (Gharnatah), which was on the 1st of April. From that year onwards, every year they celebrate April fools day on the 1st of April, celebrating the day, they made a fool of the Muslims. They did not make a fool of the Muslim army at Gharnatah only, but of the whole Muslim Ummah. We, the Muslims, were fooled by the unbelievers.They have a reason to celebrate April fool day,to keep up the spirit. But what reason we have to celebrate it????????????

Dear brothers and sisters, when we join in this celebration, we do so out of ignorance. If we had known about it, we would never have celebrated our own downfall. So now,that we are aware of it, and now let us promise that we shall never celebrate this day. We should learn our lesson from the people of Spain, and shall try to become practicing Muslims, never to let anybody weaken our faith. Please forward this message to as many people you know. The more people you forward it to the greater will be the reward from your Lord in this world and the hereafter. Please try to do it before the 1st of April, to create awareness that WE ARE NOT FOOLS ANYMORE…………. MAY ALLAH ALMIGHTY BLESS All OF US.


If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modem history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then-inhabited world; and more than that he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls…. His forbearance in victory, his ambition which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire, his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death- all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold: the unity of God and the immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with the words. Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?
- Lamartine
Histoire de la Turquie, Pans 1854, Vol. 11, pp. 276-77

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope’s pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammad, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.
- Bosworth Smith
Mohammad and Mohammadanism, London 1874, p 92.

It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher.
- Annie Besant
The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932, p 4

His readiness to undergo persecution for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his achievement all argue his fundamental integrity To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.
- W Montgomery Watt
Mohammad At Mecca, Oxford, 1953, p 52.

Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about AD. 570 into an Arabian tube that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When he reached twenty-five his employer, recognizing his meet, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived remained a devoted husband. Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God’s word, sensing his own inadequacy But the angel commanded Read’. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: “There is one God.” In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God’s personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced,’ An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.” At Muhammads own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: ‘If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives for ever’.
James A. Michene
“Islam: The Misunderstood Religion,”
Reader’s Digest (Amencan ea.) May 1955, pp. 68-70.

My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.
Michael H. Hart
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History,
New York: Hart Publishing Company Inc. 1978, p 33.

I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind…. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life.
Mahatma Gandhi, statement published in ‘Young India,’1924.

“If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.”
“I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.”
“I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
Sir George Bernard Shaw in ‘The Genuine Islam,’ Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936.

“The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.”
“A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world, the world’s Maker had ordered so.”
Thomas Carlyle in ‘Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History,’ 1840

The good sense of Muhammad despised the pomp of royalty. The Apostle of God submitted to the menial offices of the family; he kindled the fire; swept the floor; milked the ewes; and mended with his own hands his shoes and garments. Disdaining the penance and merit of a hermit, he observed without effort of vanity the abstemious diet of an Arab.
Gibbon in ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ 1823

It was the genius of Muhammad, the spirit that he breathed into the Arabs through the soul of Islam that exalted them. That raised them out of the lethargy and low level of tribal stagnation up to the high watermark of national unity and empire. It was in the sublimity of Muhammad’s deism, the simplicity, the sobriety and purity it inculcated the fidelity of its founder to his own tenets, that acted on their moral and intellectual fiber with all the magnetism of true inspiration.
Arthur Glyn Leonard in ‘Islam, Her Moral and Spiritual Values’

Easy vs Difficult

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Easy is to get a place is someone's address book.·
Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others·
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes·

Easy is to talk without thinking·
Difficult is to refrain the tongue.

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others·
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness·

Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream...

Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side...

Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up...

Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value...

Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise...

Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day...

Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself...

Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them...

Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.

Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action...

Easy is to think bad of others·
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt...

Easy is to receive·
Difficult is to give·

Easy to read this·
Difficult to follow·

Easy is the path of Hell-fire·
Difficult is the path of Paradise·

Easy is keep the friendship with words·
Difficult is to keep it with meanings.

The game was an activity that was carried out by someone to receive the heart happiness from this person, but do you know if game the first time being in the world in the year how many? The game has been since long ago even since I was not yet born. Traditional games currently begin to be eroded by his existence little by little especially in cities and possibly for this current children many that did not know the traditional game to be available in fact this game was the inheritance from the ancestors of the Indonesian people. Increasingly unpopular him this traditional game was caused has many more attractive and pleasant emergences of games the heart of this current children this game was pure the product from outside Indonesia. For example was flooded by him Indonesia with PlayStation (PS) that was the product from Japan where now achieved the third version. With the number of games of electronics and pleasant non electronics and entertained available in market of Indonesia, then little by little the existence from the traditional game increasingly was eliminated.
The traditional Indonesian game had many of his kinds, in fact was not counted how many. This was some examples of the traditional game in Indonesia:

1. Egrang
Egrang were the traditional Indonesian game that was not yet known definitely from where from him, but could be encountered in various areas by the name of different like: some West Sumatra territories by the name of Tengkak-tengkak from Tengkak words (crippled), Ingkau that in the Bengkulu language meant bamboo shoes and in Central Java by the name of Jangkungan that came from the name of leaning birds long. Stilts personally came from the Lampung language that meant clogs amputated that was made from elliptical bamboo. In the Series language in South Kalimantan was mentioned batungkau. Egrang were made from the stick of bamboo in a long manner approximately 2,5 metre. Around 50cm from beneath, was made where standing foot that was level in a wide manner approximately 20cm. The method of playing him was in a racing manner proceeding used these stilts from one-sided the field to the other side. The fastest person and did not fall he his winner.

2. Gobak sodor
Galah asin or in the other area was mentioned Galasin or Gobak Sodor was a kind of game of the area from Indonesia. This game was a game of the group that consisted of two groups, where respectively the team consisted of 3 - 5 people. The core of his game was blocked the opponent in order to be able to not slip away beyond the line to the last line in a manner walked up and down, and to gain the victory of all of the group's member must completely carried out the process of walking up and down in the area of the field that was determined. This game is usually played in the field of badminton with the available reference of lines or could also by using the field of the quadrangle with the measurement 9 x 4 m. that was shared to 6 parts. The borderline from each part usually was signalled with the lime. The group's member who received the turn to maintain this field was divided two, that is the group's member who was on duty at the horizontal borderline and the vertical borderline. For the group's member who got the task of being on duty at the horizontal borderline, then they will try to obstruct their opponent who also tried to pass the borderline that has been determined as the free borderline. For the group's member who got the task of being on duty at the vertical borderline (generally only one person), then this person had access for the vertical borderline whole that was located in the middle of the field. This game was very fascinating at the same time really was difficult because anyone must always be on the alert and run as quickly as possible if being needed to gain the victory.

3. Congklak
The game congklak was the game that was played by two people that usually the woman. The implement that was used was made from wood or plastic have the shape of was similar to the boat in a long manner around 75 cm and wide 15 cm. To his two tips was gotten the hole that was acknowledged as the mother. Delivered by both of them was gotten the hole that was smaller than his mother with diametre approximately 5 cm. Each numbering row 7 holes. To each small hole was filled up with the shellfish or the seeds totalling 7. His playing method of being by taking the available seeds in the hole of our property of the side part afterwards filled up this seeds one by one to the hole that was passed through including the parent hole of our property (the left-hand parent hole) except the parent hole belonging to the opponent, if the last seed fell in the hole that was gotten the other seeds then stone this was taken again to be continued filled up further holes. Like that henceforth until the last seed fell to hole that was empty. If this last seed fell for the empty hole then the turn of the opposing player who carried out the game. This game ended if the seeds that was gotten in the small hole was finished was gathered. His winner was the child who often gathered the seeds to the parent hole of his property. This game was means of arranging the strategy and precision.

4. Gatrik
Gatrik or Tak Kadal had in his period become the game that was popular in Indonesia. Was the game of the group, consisted of two groups. This game used the implement from two bamboo discounts that one resembled the measuring stick thought thought 30 cm and other measuring smaller. It was first that the small bamboo discount was placed around two previous stones was stricken by the bamboo stick, was continued by striking this small bamboo as far as possible, the hammer will continue struck till several times until his blow time not escaped was wrong from this small bamboo. After failing then the following person from this group will continue. Until the turn of the last person. After being finished then the opposing group will give the gift took the form of the sling with the standard of the distance from small bamboo that was last as far as the beginning stone of the game was begun earlier. Increasingly far, then increasingly was glad being carried and the opposing group will be increasingly tired carried.

5. Gasing (gyroscope)
The game of the gyroscope was almost received all over the territory in Indonesia. This game is usually played by the male child was 7-17 years old, could be carried out by the individual and in teams. The gyroscope is usually made from wood that was formed in such a way with the sharp part underneath. This game was competitive, pitted the skill and skills in turning the gyroscope.

6. Panjat pinang
A high betel nuts tree and his stick was smeared by the lubricant was prepared by the race committee. On the top of this tree, was prepared various interesting gifts. The participants raced to get these gifts by means of climbing the tree trunk. Because this tree trunk was slippery (because of being given the lubricant), climber the tree trunk often fell. The mind and the co-operation of the participants to climbing this tree trunk that usually is successful overcame slippery him the tree trunk, and to the interesting attraction for the spectators.

Malang the time previously

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These pictures show us how virgin malang in the past was. Grandma was right by saying that Malang was called Parish van Java. Its beautiful scenery, cool weather and fresh air have caused many old dutches fail to forget their sweet memory left. Can we erase our sweet memory ???.
That's why we can see alot of old dutches hanging around Malang right now.
Looking back at the past doesn't mean we walk backward. Our past reflection enables us be a wise person. Our life is considered success if we are able to do something better than yesterday. Have you done better today pals??
Imagined when you lived one hundred fifty last year, and saw the Malang city at that time, what was felt by you? Definitely, a shady healthy city and invited you to enjoy his atmosphere.

The city logo Malang the time previously :


This was photographs of the Malang city the past:
1. Pasar Malang (Malang market)
The big market the Malang city with the neat arrangement and was organised well, in this market could be seen the location of stand with the area of the pedestrian that not busy.



2. Aloen-aloen Malang
Aloen-aloen the city was as the area of the public's garden thought about as the starting point of the development of the city, to the area of the public that must be minded in order to stay public.



Pokemon perhaps became the most controversial entertainment product at this time. Game, film, doll, and his card the hard behaviour in the market in five last years. But later began to emerge the assumption that Pikachu and friends were the certain implement of the group's propaganda. How come could? This controversy emerged the first time when Los Angeles Times unloaded the article about the Saudi Arabia protest against all the Pokemon products, from game, the film, to the card. Pokemon was regarded as the Jewish conspiracy product and was forbidden to circulate in this country. What was the foundation of these charges? was found the picture of the star six that was the symbol zionisme at the same time the symbol of the Israeli country. Moreover, "Pikachu" words personally it seems meant "me was a Jew" in Japanese. But was not yet received by the comment from the Japanese embassy in Saudi Arabia about this last assumption. Or was among you that knew precisely the meaning these words? In the meantime "Pokemon" words personally it was suspected meant "the Lord was not available"," although Nintendo that the first time issued this product as hard as possible said that "pokemon" was the abbreviation from "pocket the sample". Pokemon also it was considered promoted the theory of the evolution, pushed gambling, that all of it that was compatible with the religious teaching.

Until this was not yet seen clear the response from the owner of Pokemon copyright and other related sides. That was clear, apart from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia also it was reported took the similar attitude. However, not all this was too excessive? The point of view anyone has been clearly different, and not to his place if one side forced him to the other side. Perhaps "pokemon" by his manufacturer really was meant as "pocket the sample", that by chance was liked by children and the adult, afterwards exploded and made the world be crazy about.

Now in Jordania, the leaflet anti Pokemon also spread almost all over the hands of the parents. His contents in part explained several meanings of words that were used in the Pokemon game. As Pokemon words personally, according to the leaflet came from the Suryaniya language, that meant "me was Jewish". There is still Pikachu words, that also came from the same language, meaning that "was Jewish true". Moreover, there were several words in this game that was significant the insult against Allah.

Although after being confirmed to several experts in the language, generally they refused the view that Pokemon words had relations with the Suryaniya language. Meaning that, the view that was included in the leaflet personally not necessarily was true him. But continue to several young men and nak-child Jordania carried out the mass burning action against things that contained the Pokemon picture. His problem indeed not only was related to meanings that not necessarily were true him that, the game pokemon evidently gave enough impacts of the negative in children's circle.

The Time magazine (on November 22 1999) in cover-story him mentioned: "POKEMON. For many kids it apostr s now an addiction: cards, the video games, toys, a movie." Is it bad for them? Poke-mania or madness would pokemon indeed produced addiction even addiction for children, this was ugly for them? And why this was discussed? Apparently that was ugly and was discussed was the content reality of the addiction, and this that will be discussed in the number of this paper.

Already many in met children brought these cards during to the school and to other places. Children were pushed to adhere to the strength supranatural than the strength from the Lord. Said also that even more cards that were brought will be increasingly big the strength that was received. Could not not we could conclude that pokemon became the idol in living they, became more important than the Lord.

The use of cards pokemon very potential opened the opportunity for the darkness power pressed children, at least, through the activities along with:

1. Attachments, realised and did not realise, to invisible matters available in recorders, the cassette, the book, the picture, the equipment, the game, et cetera.

2. Look for or gave big attention to the invisible strength and the mysticque statement.

3. Amazement to the invisible strength, the invisible statement, and matters of mystique in an general manner.

4. Avoided himself the reality, more relied dreamer.

5. Was interested and was enchanted to the violence, especially the violence that opposed law.

6. Meditation et cetera apart from knowing the Lord with true.

7. The worship or other matters that were linked with the worship of mystique.



Time that most was liked by me was holiday time family together. After the work for 6 days finally had arrived on sunday that wait. I and my family visited the available tourist attraction in my city, it is Malang. Malang city is second largest and famous city in east Java after Surabaya. Malang City located ±90 Km south from Surabaya Width area ± 11.006 Ha consist of highlands and mountainious area 440-667 above sea level (dpl). Has Historical Place, unique architecture, art and culture. Integrated with area surrounds Malang city, such as Malang regency and Batu City (Malang Raya). Plenty of tourist attractions, but especially this sunday I visited the tourist attraction that had a name Taman Senaputra (Senaputra Park). Taman Senaputra (Senaputra Park) on Jalan Belakang RSUD Syaiful Anwar is the recreational area of the city with the playground for children, traditional art performance like "Jaran Kepang and mask Dance" held continously.


Several months ago, Rachel Jones was startled one of his child's dolls that was 4 years old could whisper ordered "Islam Is The Light", and he became most startled when finding the same message also being received in game Nintendo DS property of his daughter.
Rachel said he presented the game was entitled Baby Pals to his daughter who was 8 years old on his value of the report that was good. However he did not suspect in this game also was gotten by the same message.
We were sitting in the kitchen, and my daughter that was greating played game this suddenly gazed at me and said that the leading figure of the baby in this game said something, so I saw him and found that this baby said "Islam Is The Light", Rachel explained.

Ordered that was met in the doll and game that was sent in the same voice. Nintendo gave rating E in game this, that meant to be able to be played by all the ages. In game this, the player could interact with their baby, gave him ate, asked him playing, or menimang him to sleep, but this Islam message only emerged in certain moments. While Nintendo delegation said game Baby Pals was made by the significant third party be free from their responsibility although game this under their licence.
Till at this time the manufacturer's side game Crave Entertainment still could not be questioned anything concerning this startling matter. Game Baby Pals could be bought in several places like Game Stop, Walmart.com, Amazon.com and Target.com.
Indeed Allah's method in sending the truth would Islam could go through the road anything, in fact that often was underestimated by us.

A friend of mine is in a marriage where the husband preaches that in Islam,

1)The husband is the "King" of the household.
2)His duty is solely to provide for the financial needs of the family.
3) The wife and children cannot question his decisions or ask where he is going or why he needs to go out.
4) The wife must be obedient to her husband and serve him well.
5) The wife cannot go any where, even to get groceries, without the husband's permission.
6) the wife cannot answer back her husband in a defiant or reproachful manner.

So every day, my friend is cooped in the house... her husband comes home from work, spends about an hour at home ... then he goes out... and returns very late at night or in the early mornings and this happens every day of the week.. and on weekends he refuses to bring the family out saying he is too tired and just wants to laze at home...
If the wifes questions where he goes or what he does... she will be reproached as being a bad muslim wife...
The wife is highly educated with a U degree.. was holding a top managerial post befor marriage...but now has become subservient when she became a Muslim wife...

Is this correct ???

Whether in a Muslim or non Muslim marriage, I feel RESENTMENT ... is one of the main cause of relationships drifting apart.. ..specially resentment that has been harboured for too long.

It starts as a dissapointment...
If nothing is done about it, it turns to disgust....
Then, if still left unattended, it turns to anger ....
And if no effort is made to discuss or voice the matter out, then it becomes irreversible and by that time the couple would have drifted too far apart to hope for reconciliation... for by then they would have become like strangers to each other...

Happy are the couples who can be frank and open with each other .. who are able to view adverse comments constructively and not let their ego get in the way...

No hope for the couples in a relationship where the husband insists superiority at all times .. and worse still .. when he says that he did not make the rules.. Islam made the rules for the husband !!

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