Happiness in a Relationship

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. 

To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all

The True Origins of the Mortar board

The Mortar board, which I now hold in my hand and which we cannot wear until we graduate, sym bolises the Qur'an; which graduates in the Muslim world used to tie to their heads in their graduation ceremonies. Similarly, whenever we are in Sub-fusc we are to carry the Mortar Board just as students in the Islamic tradition used to carry their Qur'an's with them; the right to put it on one's head coming only after the end of one's study when they are worthy of such an act. 

Aminul Islam

The Invitation.

Saw this written on the facebook wall of a good friend of mine. I'm sure its from Ungu's Percaya Padaku, however, she saw it from another perspective and it somewhat struck a chord with me. Thought you guys might find this interesting... :)

Berikan cintamu juga sayangmu, 

percaya padaKu, 

Ku kan menjagamu, 

hingga akhir waktu, 

Ku jemput mu... 

Ku berikan cintaKu juga sayangKu, 

percaya padaKu, 

hingga akhir waktu, 

Ku jemput mu....

Intelligence

So I had a conversation that revolved around intelligence, how society deem someone as intelligent and the means that our education system measure intelligence.

There is this tendency for individuals to despise the academically inclined, citing them as vomiting out what they mugged and not being really intelligent nor street smart. That they have this uncanny ability to remember better, able to reproduce well-thought answers that were memorised and these abilities do not at all reflect intelligence.

But then again, what is intelligence? Is someone deemed intelligent because he has a first-class honors degree? Or a P.h.D.? Yes we heard about emotional IQ but what is it anyway? Why do we have to label ourselves by classes, and suffer through examinations? 

Its hard to put a finger on intelligence but my guess is, intelligence is subjective. There is no one size fits all checklist. But I believe generally, people see intelligence as someone who can get along well with most people, able to understand others and express himself, and having the ability to interpret given data/information and react accordingly.