Thursday, October 23, 2008

Abraj Al-Bait Towers

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The Abraj Al Bait Towers is a building complex under construction (Completion 2008) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It will be the largest (not tallest) building in the world by mass, the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, and one of the tallest buildings in the world at 577 m.

The site of the structure is across the street from the entrance to the Masjid al Haram, which houses the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam. As a result, the Abraj Al Bait Towers will have a large prayer room capable of holding nearly four thousand worshipers. It will contain a five-star hotel to help accommodate the over two million pilgrims who participate in hajj each year.

In addition, the Abraj Al Bait Towers will have a four-story shopping mall and a parking garage capable of holding over eight hundred vehicles. Residential towers will house permanent residents while two heliports and a conference center are to accommodate business travelers. In total, up to 65,000 people would be housed inside the Towers.

below it's picture that the building under construction








Pics from the top of the tower. Taken in June 2008


















Thursday, October 16, 2008

can i book a room please?

10 points if you correctly guess this building's purpose.

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my guess was some kind of indoor holiday centre or water park.

incredibly, turns out it's a hospital in mestre, italy. designed by studio altieri spa and costing €200,840,705, construction work on this beauty, nuovo ospedale di mestre, was completed in january of this year. the hospital is home to 680 standard beds, 20 dialysis beds, 20 cribs and 16 operating theatres. now obviously these interior shots are just of the main entrance hall so i can't be sure how the actual wards and rooms compare in terms of design, but even so, what a positive way to welcome the public to a building which would usually cause panic and nausea purely due to its dull, predictable aesthetics. and that's all before you're told to sit in the waiting room for 3 hours with a 5 year old copy of autotrader to read.

much respect to the italians responsible. for more technical info, go here. photos from here.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Al-Fatihah

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Semoga boleh dimanfaatkan Al-Fatihah adalah satu rukun dalam solat, apabila cacat bacaannya maka rosaklah solat. Oleh itu perbaikilah bacaannya dengan ilmu tajwid. Bukan setakat bacaannya saja rosak malah kita menyebut nama syaitan di dalam solat kita. Berikut diperturunkan nama syaitan laknat yang wujud didalam Al-Fatihah, sekiranya kita tidak berhati-hati. Nama syaitan;

1. DU LI LAH (bila dibaca tiada sabdu) sepatutnya DULILLAH

2. HIR ROB (bila dibaca dengan sabdu) sepatutnya HI ROB

3. KIYYAU (bila dibaca dengan sabdu) sepatutnya KI YAU

4. KANNAK (bila dibaca dengan sabdu) sepatutnya KA NAK

5. KANNAS (bila dibaca dengan sabdu) sepatutnya KA NAS

6) Iya (disebut tanpa sabdu) sepatutnya Iyya. Iya bermaksud 'matahari' Dalam ayat ke5,jika salah bacaannya akan bermaksud "kepada mataharilah yang kami sembah dan kepada matahari kami meminta pertolongan"!!!!

7) SIROTHOLLAZI............. sehingga habis hendaklah dibaca tanpa henti.

8) AMIN ...............hendaklah mengaminkan Al-Fatihah dengan betul iaitu AA......dua harakat,MIN .... 3 harakat, semoga Amin kita bersamaan dengan Amin malaikat ..... Insya-Allah. semoga kita menjadi orang yang sentiasa membaiki bacaannya.

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Kelahiran

hari nie 4 oktober 2008 adalah hari kelahiranku hari nie bersamaan 4 Syawal 1429 bersamaan dengan kalau kat sini Raye Keempat.

aku dilahirkan pada 4 oktober 1981 bersamaan dengan 6 Zulhijjah 1401 pada hari ahad...Alhamdulillah aku masih lagi hidup

Tuhan…
bagaimana aku tidak bersyukur pada-Mu
atas udara pagi yang kuhirup dalam nafasku
atas teguk air yang kuminum dalam dahagaku
atas titis-titis hujan yang kurangkum dalam telapakku
atas setiap langkah pada hari-hariku
atas segenap ilham dan pemikiran dalam diriku
atas segala rasa dalam hatiku
atas orang-orang yang datang dan pergi dari hidupku
atas jalan yang kupilih dalam setiap fase hidupku
dan terutama atas bekal terbaik untukku menjalani hidup sebagai aku...insyaAllah

Thursday, October 02, 2008

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Sempena hari yang mulia ini...ingin saye mengucapkan selamat hari raya pada semua kawan2 saye yg saye kenali dan maaf zahir dan batin kalau saye ade buat salah dan silap.... Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir dan Batin