Today mark the first day of the new hijri year  ~ 1 Muharram 1440H.

I have been thinking about the new year resolution for quite some moment.

So, I decided to give up using facebook.

The news feed from there  seem inevitably to include a numerous numbers of “fake news” of “hatred content”.

Most of things got into my social media feeds are not being useful or informative at all.
i.e irrelevant
Or maybe I just used it wrongly .. hahaha!

So, I started looking for alternatives digital inputs.

I ended up trying to use “Amazon Kindle Unlimited” 1-month trial subscription.
I spent some of my free time to read a few free book from its digital contents services.

Here is how it look like today:

Guess what?
My “Kindle for Android” seem successfully fill-in for the “feel missing something”,

i.e the routine of reading stuff from my handphone. 🙂

One of the free book I got to read during the trial period was the summary for the following book :
“The subtle art of not giving a F***”

From there, I found there is 7 Billion people with 7 billion agendas, ~ irrelevant, but too many F*** is given.

Then I came across  the following stories :

If you were in any of the following situation :

Situation 1 :
Imagine you’re a mother of two child living in the slum area somewhere in Mumbai, India.
What’s on top of your mind would be how to get the next meal for your two kids so that they won’t starve.

Situation 2:
Imagine you’re a refugee who is trying to flee from your troubled origin.
You’re now in the middle of Mediterranean Sea, in some small boats with overcrowded passengers.
What’s on top of your mind is to search for the sight of  nearest shore. Sooner, the better.

Situation 3:
Imagine you’re admitted to the overcrowded hospital in California, USA.
But you’re having difficulties of breathing, time is crucial for you but resource are limited.
What’s on top of your mind is thinking on how to continue breathing for the next one.

Would you think those what you’re scrolling in facebook are still relevant?

Ouch…

Oh, if you need more reasoning why the content creation in facebook is not so beneficial in a long run, here are some:

1. if you’re creating content in your own website or blog. (i.e https://blog.namran.net ) 🙂
either your life stories or tutorial or just expression of your thought.
you can always have a choice to monetize it with ads, either Adsense or any type of ads injection into content.
— for example you always’s putting up affiliate link to online store elsewhere like amazon or lazada.
because some of those prohibit you from posting such link into social media, but allowed to do anything on your own website.

2. if you’re creating videos content, either live broadcast of just set of tutorial.
And if those content are published in your own channel elsewhere (other than facebook) .
For example on your own youtube channel, you can opt to monetize the viewer attention by allowing the platform to put up some relevant ads into the content. On facebook you got nothing except exposure.

3. Oh, you’re collecting big number of followers on facebook page.
Great, but not all of your followers will be able to see your feed regularly.
Facebook will change its algorithm until at a point it is easier to just pay facebook to get your messages/content to all your followers.
Some genius said to couple that with email marketing funnel so that you can still connect with your followers via email should the facebook decided to change its algorithm again.
The alternative, you might as well start collecting your subscriber email on your own website to capture that email list from the beginning.
And treat facebook as just one of the channel to broadcast your content, but not to be relied upon to handle your own content.

I think for my oncoming updates, it will be hosted in my own website,
but it might be still broadcasted as link or excerpt into facebook feed.
its for those who are still staying there for whatever reason. 🙂

So for the year 1440 , my only resolution for this year is just  : “Bye #Facebook”

and that’s it for me.

What’s yours ?

p/s :

What’s on top of your mind at this moment ? hehe 🙂

Sleep is one of the important element in our life.

And blue light exposure after the sunset is not going to help much with that.
Let’s make a decision to block out blue-light after the sunset.

In windows machine you can install f.lux to let it automatically adjust the display .

On Mac, there is a built in part that you can set in “Display Setting”

Display -> Night Shift. and turn it on.

Easy .. 🙂

I went to Pantai Teluk Kemang near Port Dickson on last Sunday.
The weather is a breeze.

And there is a tent that we can rent to stay for the whole evening too.

Or if you prefer to just sit and play with the sand.
Also very relaxing.

It was less crowded compared to any other place.

I can roll into the sand. haha 🙂

Because the RTM broadcast the live for this game over the myklik.

So, I managed to watch some part of it. 🙂

After a full time result is 1-1.

Then added extra time.. still tied 2-2.

End up with Penalty shootout.

which resulting 3-4 .. Croatia win!!

Here is the penalty details:

Final result is Croatia going to the next stage.

and the current standing for the whole bracket is as below:

Source: fifa.com

On the first day Raya this year.
One makcik came and visit us ..

after salam.. she begin with…

“Oh.. pakcik Loh at cabang tiga has passed away on the eve of raya”

he passed away after maghrib prayer..

at his home..

while being surrounded by all his kids , grandchildren..

and many great grandchildren..

who has got back for hari raya holiday..

and this year Raya is on Friday.. *penghulu segala hari*

Arwah selamat disemadikan  jam 11mlm yang sama.

which is barely about 2-3 hours. everything settled. no waiting .. no delay.

his age was 97years old. the oldest in the village. and the news spead very fast.
it is the last day of ramadhan.. the eve of syawal.. and it’s friday night..
.. passed away peacefully with all his loved ones by his side.
al-fatihah. ~

And this is the parting question from the makcik …

“bahagian dia sudah selesai… bahagian kita nanti pula bagaimana ?”

To temporarily redirect the whole website under a folder to a new domain.

Using .htaccess, it can be done with just the following code.

Redirect 302 / https://www.namran.com/

If you want a permanent redirect, change 302 to 301.
It may have some SEO impact, but I am not sure how significant it is.

Goodluck.

During the last raya, I was attending to wedding ceremony in my hometown.

Attending wedding ceremony is a happy activity..

You got chance to have a beautiful shoot of bride like this one ..

Or spontaneous one like this..

Or just my kids with the prop like this one.

Unless, the arrangement of the “attending event” become “hosting an event”

Then, I was required to perform some part of “helping”

that would require me to do something like this “exercise”…

hahaha..

Then it would be somehow tiring and stressful at the same time.

Provided if you have to also handle kids while doing all above.

Then surprisingly, my wife’s Raya holiday was cut short and we need to return to Kuala Lumpur at that very night.

…

Despite all that, I also have scheduled an annual medical checkup right after the Hari raya holiday.

This time I took the chance to take extra package test that include a “Treadmill Stress Test by Cardiologist”.

It is my first time taking this kind of test. I don’t know what to expect.

So, I registered at KPJ Tawakal for the “General Executive Screening(PLUS)”  

The appointment went on smoothly.

I have to get to 6th Floor at the Wellness Centre to get myself started with the package.

Then followed by the Blood and Urine test.

After that, got to go to 1st floor for Chest X-ray.

Oh.. then got free “light refreshment” coupon which I can use it at 5th Floor.

by the time I finish the meal, it was almost 1pm. So, I need to come back after lunch to continue the remaining test.

For some reason, my phone died-ed and I have to rush home to arrange kids.

Ended up, returning back to hospital around 3.15pm…

We performed “Treadmill Stress test”..

It started with ECG lead being stick onto my body and chest.

It started with just standing, walking.. small run.. then running to full speed.

and everything went on smoothly as I achieve the target/predicted heart-rate.

I think it is ~ 184/bpm for 100% target.

Then following by Lung Function test.

we conclude the test at 4.30pm.. and there is not enough time to get the result and Dr consultations.

So, we arranged for appointment just for consultation and medical report on following Saturday, 30 June 2018.

~ On 30 June 2018.

The result came out as normal..

except the one with LDL – Low Density Lipid.

And Doctor advised to control my diet..

1. To Avoid fried food, red meats and dairy product.
2. Regular exercise

haha.. the 2nd part, regular exercise..

It remind me of the activity during my recent “wedding event” in kelantan.

I think I should get myself to repeat this kind of activity more often… hahaha.

But minus the eating part… need to skip “red-meats” and maybe getting some “oats”?

For the other part of the test.. all seem normal.. Alhamdulillah.

Thanks for all the support all this years..

Take care of yourself be healthy always!

Btw: How are you planning or performing your daily/weekly/monthly exercise?

If you don’t mind, please share with me at the comment box below. 🙂

There can be only one most important thing.

Many things may be important, but only one can be the most important.

– Ross Garber.

The above quote are very true.

At this very moment of time , you have to pick just one action to do from so many choice.

If you have all the resource and time in the world.

What is the ONE thing that you would like to do ?

“Wahai Allah, berilah kehidupan yang panjang kepadaku sekiranya kehidupan itu baik untuk aku.
Sebaliknya, berikan kematian kepadaku sekiranya kematian itu baik untuk aku”.

Yang penting, gunakan usia kita yang ada dengan sebaik-baiknya. Jangan dibazirkan walaupun sesaat.

Finally our hosting provider has provided support Let’s Encrypt via cpanel.

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It is now fully support HTTPS/SSL for the whole domain parked under this webserver. 🙂

Gladly updated all my domain to support https.

Thank you datakl.com

How about yours ?