Hamilton joins Ferrari

Saturday, February 03, 2024

 

Okay. Be calm. 



I don't know how to react to this news. 


Some days before, some F1 news reporter were saying there'll be a massive news by the end of the week. People were speculating - Seb returns etc but i was not freaked out knowing Lewis will always be at Mercedes. 



Thursday morning, rumors surfaced that Lewis is going to Ferrari in 2025. (He still has contract with Mercedes in 2025). Nah, that's not gonna happen. Lewis said many many times about loyalty and i always imagined him retiring with his team. 


But, the rumors seemed so strong, not baseless, many authorized news reporting and they dont usually post rumors. Hmm. Reporters were at Brackley that morning and there was an emergency employees meeting with Toto and James Allison and Toto himself through a video call (meaning the meeting was urgently planned). 


Huh, 'twas nerve-wrecking and i personally dont wanna believe this. Please no, Lewis. 


At the same time, (still no official from both sides) - SkyNews F1 already broadcasted a special live discussing this and they won't do it if it is not true. 


Haha i supposed all of us were refreshing X to get news or any announcements - then at midnight (MY time), there came the official announcement from Mercedes AMG followed by Ferrari :0


Official from Mercedes account.


Official from Scuderia Ferrari account.


Yeah. It took some time to process this shocking information..


Some snapshots on this chaos..


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Peter Bonnington (Bono) is Lewis' race engineer from the day he started at Mercedes and the question now is whether Bono will move with Lewis (we all hoped he will pls Bono)


We need 'Lewis, it's hammertime'.
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Same Bono same. We checked the date too hahah



First lesson is I just know the Ferrari HQ is in Maranello, Italy haha



Statement from the man himself two days later..




Engagements on the internet following the news..



The achievements so far from the GOAT of Formula 1



That's all. Bye. 


Now waiting for the livery reveal on the 14th and first race of the season, Bahrain GP






Jaulah Tarbawiyyah to KOMTAQ

Saturday, January 27, 2024

 

Assalamualaikum. 


On 25th Jan, I joined a jaulah to Kompleks Tahfiz Al-Quran Al-Qaradhawi (KOMTAQ) in Temerloh, Pahang. 'Twas on Thursday, public holiday for Thaipusam and since we are very close to the kuil, we were reminded beforehand to plan the route to avoid heavy traffic to the gathering point, PKG. 



So, around 7.15 am i departed from home and was surprised to see the traffic was okay. Good. The bus started off from gombak as planned, at 8 a.m and the committee distributed our breakfast on the bus (bihun goreng sedap+karipap+kuih2 sampingan). Haha there was a lot of food. 



We arrived at 10 am and were escorted to the auditorium. I was amazed and jakun kejap sebab dia punya audi tu adalah for sitting. Nice.

 


We were welcomed with nyanyian nasyid from the students (Banat), welcoming speech from the mudir - YB Ust Kamal (Ahli Parlimen Kuala Krau) 



The speech was touching - Ustaz shared many things on various topics including his experience so far as a member of the parliament. 


Dalam perjuangan, paling penting adalah keikhlasan. Bila duduk dalam jemaah, wajib akur arahan pimpinan. 


Di negara kita, masih ramai orang yang sangat susah sehinggakan guna kain perca (bukan napkin) sebagai kain lampin anak.  


Nak jadi kaya, jangan masuk politik (Almarhum TGNA) 


Close to 12 noon, we wrapped up and took some photos and headed for jalan-jalan sekitar kompleks and lunch. 


I was asked to snap some pics, so i did. 

Off we went to lunch ikan patin (yum yum) 


Lauk ikan patin is something I like and mom used to cook it at home too, patin tempoyak but i have never had pais patin before so this is the time to try it. 

Verdict? Emm, sorry but i dont like the taste so i'll stick with my patin tempoyak but of course i finished it tak baik membazir. 



Full alhamdulillah. 


Next agenda is Jamak Zohor Asar at the mosque and slot with Ustazah Nafisah @ K. Icah. She was our Naqibah in Gombak before she moved here for good, developing and managing this kompleks. 



We dispersed at about 3 pm i think and took last snap of photos. These might be similar pose but different shots haha so i just upload a bunch altogether 


Actually, at the kompleks - there are also pondok moden, the elderly people who stayed there in the individual small houses (pondok) free of charge. They only have to pay for the electrical bills. This kompleks also did not charge any amount to all the students in the early days when it opened but some ppl just took advantage of it - after covid or maybe during the covid, students have to pay fees. 


KOMTAQ is dedicated to produce students who are not only al hafiz and al hafizah but Syahadah Tahfiz Al Quran. They have no academic syllabus except for BM and BI and the youngest student is 10 years old. Those who wanna sit for SPM, they'll have teachers coming to the kompleks to teach. Any disciplinary issues like mencuri, student will be taken to the balai polis and sent home without warning (already mentioned upon registration). 







Last but not least..



I was trying to take a photo with the word komtaq behind but only managed to get the letter Q sebab ramai tengah bergambar okay la


With Wassem, he was a small boy then, following along K Icah to usrah 


5pm bertolak dari kedai borong (forgot the name) and headed back to Gombak. Alhamdulillah safely arrived at 7pm. Traffic was fine and i stopped by at Baker's Cottage and Zus to grab my dinner. 



Iced Shaken Double Espresso less sugar my fav


That's all for now. Bye. 

Ameerah Care January 2024

Saturday, January 20, 2024

 

Bismillah. Assalamualaikum. 


First Ameerah Care program of the year, but this one on a smaller scale. We received info on one young lady whose house got damaged due to ribut kuat recently and we went to ziarah and donation. 


Since we just went to a single house, there's only few of us who joined.



Arrived at her house in AU3 Hulu Klang around 10am. She stayed with her twin and both of their parents already passed away, her mom during Covid-19. 


We chatted for a while and she showed us the damage to the roofs. The cost to repair was around RM12K and it took one month for her and the twin staying out of the house because it was unsafe. 

The interesting part, she is the mommy to 30 cats. yeah i repeat 30. The cats actually had a cat house right in front of the house but due to some issues, they can no longer stayed there for now and being housed in a room inside the house. 

As someone who is scared of cats, i do not at any time go near the cat room haha. My other friends did and took some pics. 


A small donation from Ameerah Care. Thank you to all the contributors. 


The cat house. Quite big i think. 

Some photos before we left. Thank you for the hospitality. 



And then i had Iced Caramello Cappucino @ Richiamo Coffee, UIA and finished the book i was currently reading. Love the ambience, as always ;)


That's it. Till then. Bye. 

Senna (2010)

Saturday, January 20, 2024

 

Hi. 



During the winter break of Formula 1, i watched this documentary of Ayrton Senna, a Brazilian F1 racing driver. He won three World Drivers Championships (WDC) - setting 65 poles and 41 GP wins. 




I knew he was the one who LH looked up to, but only when i watched the docu - i learnt that he died during a race - an accident in San Marino Grand Prix 1994. 


He was only 34 back then, and before the race he actually was undecided to race or not to race for the GP due to the weather condition i think at that time which caused another driver's incident just before that. He was fighting for the racing safety as well. 


He actually died on the scene which was a grave incident for the motor racing. 


Halo - the invention introduced in 2018 greatly proven to save many lifes of the drivers although it received lots of negative feedback in the initial stages. 


Amongst the incident that could be fatal to driver was the Romain Grosjean whom now referred as the man who walked out of the fire - he eventually decided to retire after that. 


The docu also covered the tension between Senna and Prost during those period of times. 


Loved the docu. Need more of this kind of documentary. A great watch!