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Michael Jackson Died As A Muslim: Al-Fatihah
Salam and hello all. Just a short entry from me to say my condolences for the death of one talented artist, Michael Jackson or his Islam name, Mikael Jibril. Please correct me if I got this information wrongly. I have watched news on television tonight and his brother’s statement about Michael Jackson’s death somehow at the end likely said, Michael Jackson had already a Muslim before his death. After I’m asking some feedback from my friends on Twitter, I got some verifications about this and some of them have responded positively, Michael Jackson is already a Muslim. Hence, Al-Fatihah to him.
I’m not a big fan of Michael Jackson, but I’ve listened his song before and I like some of his songs. Even though I can’t remember the song’s titles even one. 
UPDATE! Michael Jackson (Mikaeel Jibril) is already a Muslim before his death. Here are some sources that prove he is a Muslim.
Source: Wikipedia
Credit to Kujie2.com for providing these links. 
p/s: Twitter has crowded with so many tweets about Michael Jackson’s death and somehow even Google has slowed down because of too many search from over the globe about his death. Read more here.
p/p/s: Don’t question why he died unexpectedly because death is naturely unpredictable and we as human must always be ready for it. Every day, hour, minute and second. When HE wants us back to HIM, HE just do it as HE has planned.
p/p/p/s: One of this blog reader has left a comment here about some rumors regarding the death of Michael Jackson, but the link is broken. May you please repost the link?
Nationwide Streamyx Service Interruption
Salam and hello all. It was about 2 weeks there is no update, no new entry from this blog and the traffic to this blog has gone down drastically but still not so bad. Well, no blog update no traffic. Agree with me? Anyway, the reason behind this is because I’ve to concentrate on my final exam week which has ended yesterday. And the last paper for yesterday was Principles of Management, which for me quite tough with a lot of information, terms, principles, concepts and definitions you need to understand and remember. Compare to another paper that I have taken during this special semester, Economic Engineering, I love it even though it wasn’t so easy, but since it plays a lot with number and less stuff to remember, I don’t have problems with it. Now I wonder how those students who take Business Management remember all those facts, concepts and principles. Seriously, I suck at remembering things. Ok, lets all that be a memory. Hoho. Life must go on. I’m just hoping that everything will be okay when the result come out soon.
Ok, let’s go back to what this entry is all about. Do you know about this Nationwide Streamyx Service Interruption? I have been informed by ubey via Twitter last week about this matter and wonder why TM only announced it via their Streamyx website, rather than put it in newspapers, etc. Can you imagine, how many Streamyx users will go check Streamyx website for Streamyx service status? I think TM should be more alert on this matter, not all their customers will go check their website for service status, they should use more effective way to inform about this kind of news. Via newspapers perhaps? Email? If TM can generate million of profit per year, they should put some budget on this kind of thing. Anyway, for those who is yet read about it, here I quoted the original news from Streamyx website.
Did You Know These Facts?
Salam and hello everyone. Sorry for lack of updates recently. I’m currently busy rescheduling my time, plus, I have another test on Engineering Economics (COEB442) course this Thursday and yet do any proper preparation for it. So, I think I have to prioritize it first. My final exam will start in 2 weeks from now and I also have one assignment for my Principle of Management (COEB432) course, hence I’m going to be busy in the next 2 weeks from now. Ya, its time for books, books and books. Haha.
Actually, I want to share with you this interesting video about some interesting facts that you might know or maybe not. So, enjoy the video then and hopefully you’ll like it.
Until next entry, bye!
p/s: I suggest you watch the video until the end, its really interesting even though you might end up saying, “Of course it is like this bla bla bla…”
Telekom Malaysia (TM), Customer Service and Streamyx: My Experience
Salam and hello all. As I have mentioned in my previous entry, I will share with you, my story about Telekom Malaysia and Streamyx. This entry is not supposed to be a condemning or a kind of insulting entry, but this entry is more about to share with others and with hope, this incident won’t be repeated again. So, take it positively.
Okay, if you dig into my entries in last 2 months which here and here, you might know what was the problem that I’m facing. Whatever it is, if you don’t know what was happening last time. Here, I’ll story to you one more time, briefly with time chronology. I hope you’ll be clear about what I’m going to tell you next. This entry might be long, so take your time.
[2 Feb 2009] - I’ve registered my application at TM Point together with deposit payment.
[12 Feb 2009] - I got a call from Streamyx’s agent asking me about my Streamyx’s login ID. I said the phone still not yet installed. Then, he said he’ll make sure the connection will be installed as soon as possible.
[12 Feb 2009] - I saw several vehicles of TM Maintenance Contractor doing some cable replacement at my apartment. Their job done on the next day, 13 Feb 2009.
[19 Feb 2009] - My housemate asked for the reason from TM Point why the connection can’t be made after 1 week of cable replacement. The TM staff provided him with TM Contractor’s phone number that in charge with the installation process.
[20 Feb 2009] - I tried to call the TM Contractor using the phone number provided, but he refused to answer my call and several attempts after have ended with failure.
[22 Feb 2009] - I sent 2 support emails to TM Customer Service and Support via their official website with hope they can reply to me back. My previous case about my internet bill has replied by them when I sent them this support email.
[4 March 2009] - I went to TM Point again to ask them for the reason why the connection can’t be made after 1 month of registration date without valid reason. They said I’m not answering the phone call from their technician. Okay, my phone is switched on 24/7. Due to that, they have made another appointment on 5 March 2009 for the installation process.
[5 March 2009] - I have waited for the whole day, the TM Contractor didn’t show up!
[6 March 2009] - I went to TM Point again for an explanation about what has happened yesterday. They said they don’t know why the contractor didn’t show up and the contractor even didn’t call me for any cancellation of the appointment. The TM staff promised to let me know my application status by next week.
[11 March 2009] - I got a call from TM Point. They told me that the connection can’t be made because the cable has been stolen. What the heck? The new replaced cable has been stolen after 3 weeks of replacement? Ridiculous!
That was the last call from TM Point and I didn’t get any calls after that regarding my application until I received an email from one of this blog readers. There’s more inside, so continue your reading.
Youtube Symphony Orchestra - “The Internet Symphony” Global Mash Up
Salam and hello all. It has been about a week there is no new entry here. Hoho, actually I at my hometown right now, enjoying my limited-one-week holiday. Yeah, hence of course I need to appreciate that limited time. My class for special semester will start soon on 20 April 2009. Well, I took special semester a.k.a short semester again. Ok, stop talking about academic stuff, it’s holiday. Hehe.
Let’s go back to what this entry should be, do you know about this collaboration? Youtube Symphony Orchestra? Have you ever heard before? I noticed about this world’s first collaborative orchestra few days before when I was watching a video at Youtube. Anyway, I heard about it again today on tv about this collaborative orchestra. Let’s have a brief intro about this orchestra.
This collaborative orchestra is a collaboration of Youtube and London Symphony Orchestra, and consists of at least 90 musicians from 30 different countries. What more interesting is, all musicians have been selected via a vote by Youtube viewers! Sound cool, huh? And they have performed their first performance at Carnegie Hall yesterday and the video has ready to watch at Youtube.
This is the video of Tan Dun’s Internet Symphony No. 1 “Eroica” that was performed by this orchestra yesterday and was conducted by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra music director Michael Tilson-Thomas. Listen to the music, it is really nice and “classic”.