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Reason 2,3,4...

Karena kadang-kadang suka ditagih sama pak Hapije mengenai alasan saya ga nulis di sini selama beberapa saat, jadi sekalian deh, pak, ini lanjutan dari Reason 1 ... sekaligus semuanya alasan-alasan yg lain juga.. hihi.. Reason 2: First visit to San Jose Hanya satu minggu berselang habis hancur lebur balik dari Maroko, minggu pagi itu (setelah tidur-tidur kucing sekitar 1-2 jam) cabut lagi ke Incheon buat naik pesawat ke San Francisco. Dengan kata lain, terjadilah kejadian mengelilingi 1/2 dunia dalam 3 minggu.. (walaupun kebanyakan cuman di pesawat doang, hihihi...). Jadi waktu pertama kalinya melintasi International Date Line, hemm... berangkat dari Incheon hari Minggu jam 5 sore, sampe di bandara San Francisco, hari Minggu jam 10 pagi! I was travelling back in time! LOL Ditambah lagi, ini pertama kalinya meletakkan kaki di negri yg selama ini saya rada-rada pikasebeuleun sama kelakuan pemerintahnya di luar negri.. hihi.. baru datang, begitu lewat pos imigrasi langsung deh disuruh m

Mari belajar sejarah

TITLES OF EGYPTIAN RULERS IN THE QUR'AN Musa was not the only prophet to have lived in ancient Egypt. The Prophet Yusuf had also lived in Egypt long before the time of Musa. In the stories of Musa and Yusuf in the Qur'an, we come across a detail which is worth mentioning. To refer to the Egyptian ruler at the time of Yusuf, the word "malik" (the King) is used in the Qur'an: The King (Malik) said, "Bring him (Yusuf) to me straight away! So I may draw him very close to me." When he had spoken with him, he declared, "Today you are trusted, established in our sight." (Qur'an, 12: 54) In the time of Musa, however, the Egyptian ruler is referred to as the "Pharaoh": We gave Musa nine Clear Signs. Ask the tribe of Israel about when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Musa, I think you are bewitched." (Qur'an, 17: 101) Historical records now available provide the reasons for the diffe