Tukangpin's Diary

News from Tutong Brunei

2011-08-21T16:00:00.000+07:00

Did I spell it correctly? I have sent a package of islamic wooden pin brooches to this city named. It was a part of new deliveries after my crashed down.

Alhamdulillah, the package was collected successfully by a muslim sister who gave me the order.

There's one next package of pin kayu (wooden pin) to be delivered later. Can't wait to send it immediately, but my hand are just two to handle it all...

Until The Next Collaboration, Sister

2011-06-28T19:56:00.003+07:00

A sister, one of my crew has arrived at my workshop. She almost cried when telling me about her resign. It's ok, sist. I understand your reason clearly and believe me, it's not the end of all.

We can make next collaboration, since you have pushed by your hubby to not making wooden pin brooches anymore with this my workshop. Don't worry, there will be other chances later...

Did I feel sad? Off course, but I have prepared for enough times to face it...

Learned from Cold Lava Disaster Area

2011-01-24T16:42:00.003+07:00

I am facing these hard days right now, and it's the most difficult period in my woodworking bussiness history. I never found such as difficulties like these moments in 10 years. But visit Jumoyo has opened my eyes, that many people felt worst days, and mine is nothing if compared with them.

Houses were destroyed by cold lava flood. Road were damaged, and many buildings lose it's shapes. It was unbelievable to look at roof frame of people house almots closed by sands.

It's not a nice journey, nor a picnic. It was terreble what I've seen there. But it has opened my eyes...

Travelling to Brother Kun's Village

2010-03-30T03:10:00.008+07:00

I was travelling to Dusun Selomoyo, under the mount Sumbing, in Kaliangkrik, Magelang regency yesterday. It was a nice trip, even we had to climb the way to this village and made my car so hot (%$#&*()@@). I met a new friend there, you have seen it pictured...

I brought my team from pin kayu studio, and we visited one of my ex-crews. He is Mas Kun, our brother who joined us in making wooden pin activity for almost 1 year. He usually cuts the wood before we make it as wooden pin. And he got married yesterday, what a wonderful day for him. We came to answer his invitation.

We're glad to meet him in his happiness, and pray for his new family built. May Allah bless the family and give him more rezeki and more barakah forever. Amiin...

Mind Relaxing for a While :)

2009-11-06T08:00:00.005+07:00

These are I and friends, while having rihlah journey in Pantai Kuwaru Jogja. Great rihlah and kenyang hehe :)

Let's Support Our Muslim Brothers -Victims of Big Quake- in Padang!

2009-10-01T05:47:00.013+07:00

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said,"The solidarity of Muslims in their mutual love, mercy and sympathy, is that of a body; if an organ aches, the whole body sympathizes with it with sleeplessness and fever" (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).

I read it just now and my heart turn into more sadly mode. It is a news about big quake shook Padang yesterday, and this was just new disaster after another quake in Tasikmalaya which killed many victims and damaged materials much. The late news reported that crisis center in Padang said 21 people had been killed and 75 were injured in the quake, with thousands displaced by the disaster. Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar said at least 75 people had been killed in the quake. The quake was recorded as a big quake with 7.6-magnitude! It made damages of buildings, streets, hospitals, and everything.

Brothers and sisters, let's put our sympathy into a real action. We are muslim brothers and connected by our religion and our brotherhood. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have declared, "O people! Your Lord is One, your father is one. You are all sons of Adam and Adam is created from dust" (Al-Bukhari). So, the pain of muslims in Padang is our pain too. We have to do something about it, we must support them even with our small deeds. Even with our prays. We hope Allah SWT give them strength to face the disaster and to be patient in the worst condition.

To support them is to give them a help. We can make it by send our help trough many organizations near us which collect fund from muslims to help their brothers and sisters in another places. Let's make an action now, fellows.

I Make It To Share The Beauty of Islam

2009-09-29T01:39:00.011+07:00

I have been working as a wooden pin maker since 1999, alhamdulillah. It's not an easy way to face this kind of business, but I feel grateful with it. Thanks to Allah who gives me the unique way to continue this life. I have started it, learned much and being grown by experiences to be a muslim craftman. What makes me survived for years?

Firstly, I always love this work. I have many opportunities as an enterpreuner to get my own achievements. I can set time by myself and manage my jobs freely. It is great to have a work that you love it. I mean it and that is an important thing. It makes you always enjoy while being in it and keeps you from stressed.

Other reason of mine is that I have a chance to make a goodness. In Islam, to show the beauty of Islam is an obligation and doing it will be counted by Allah as charity. We have to do it in even our very simply and small works. We don't have to always talk much, but we can do other type of deed to give others a goodness. Even a smile is a charity in Islam, subhanallah...

So, making a wooden pin is another way to share the beauty of Islam. We may say teaching, lectures, islamic calligraphy, nasheeds (islamic songs), and islamic movie as other deeds or methods to share Islam. Internet is becoming a media in sharing goodness too, even we may find bad things on it.

It's just a little deed to make my wooden pin, but I love it for years. I and my team work everyday and night to make our products as a tools of dakwah to share Islam. We place islamic quotes sometimes on wooden pin designs, and other designs just to show that islamic wear is looked nice. It is not perfect off course, but I hope the product is useful and absorbed by people.

As result so far we have delivered these products to whole around the world. Our products has arrived at UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Egypt etc. Subhanallah walhamdulillah... Praise is for Allah only.
Well, this is my story for this time. See you later, insha Allah. Salaam!

Narated By Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle said, "One would rather cut and carry a bundle of wood on his back than ask somebody who may or may not live him."

Loosing "Islam is Not Linked With Terrorism Demonstration" News

2009-09-26T01:51:00.008+07:00

I'am a reader and follower of a famous online news media in Indonesia, but felt sad this early morning. I always trust this media but finally found something weird, while reading another media content. It was about 'big news' of muslim ummah here but not published, while another media showed this event as it's headline, even it published lately. The other online newspaper was assumed by some poeple as related with other religion's movement 'to destroy Islam'. How ironic...

The news was about 20.000 people joined a demonstration in Solo, Central of Java province in Indonesia, to stress Islam not linked with terrorism. The amount of people was amazed me, but the news was suddenly turned into nothing while not published in a famous news media. It was sadly to be told but it happened...

The demonstration was led by four public figures namely Zainal Arifin Adnan, who is an associate chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), Ustadz Wahyudin, the director of the Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school, Ustadz Achmad Sukina, the general chairman of the Koran Interpretation Council, and M Sangidoe.

It was said by the article in this media and this media but I found no report on my fave online news media. Why? I don't know... I have to think there's big possibility that I have been loosing to keep my eyes to watch it while opened it in many times yesterday.

We Need New Enthusiastic Muslim Workers

2009-09-17T21:04:00.013+07:00

I have three members of my production team decided to quit from our workshop and studio after this Eidul Fitri. It's so sad to hear, but I can't do anything more. They said the decision is without any doubt anymore. I just have to let them go. It's after their work for months.

The problem is they have small amount of points even working hard in full month. It can't be helped anymore. Small amount of working points showed me the quantity of materials made by them too. The decreasing working points means our production was going slower. It's terreble, cause we have to make the production in stable or we get big problem. Customers would be unlike to get their packages delayed.

It is a big problem coming now unfortunatelly. High cost of production mixed with slow production... makes the business running not well. If I didn't do any action to save the business, then it will be going worst absolutely. We must increase the production speed by change the manpowers or increase their ability in making wooden pin brooches.

The critical point is the three of my team members have gave up and not agreed to my suggestion. I asked them to increase the working point but they felt frustrated. I lose their enthusiastic spirit! I need new powers now and I have to get new workers with 'never give up spirit'. Probably I should make a recruitment ads soon after Idul Fitry.

Am I not working normally, or it is just my feeling. But I felt mosltly of muslim teenagers and youth here is lazy enough to get works. They want to get much money without hardworking, phew... It's not logic. We need enthusiastic muslim workers who fight with all of their spirit and efforts.

My Wooden Pin, My Memory of Earthquakes...

2009-09-03T09:28:00.007+07:00

How are you, fellows? It's long time to me to NOT updating my blog here. Hummm, what's up now? We're just shocked by eathquakes yesterday, with 7.3 in richter scale!! Masha Allah, subhanaLlah.. I have read there's many victims caused by this disaster. It reminded me to the big earthquake several years ago, which caused more than 6000 people were killed here, near of my home.

I felt this earthquake while leading a briefing of mya team yesterday. I did not realize it for first time, but I saw my team started to look each another with worrying something. Then the bigger one came to us, and I asked my team to run out of the building, while I (it's weird) and bro Kun, were still sitting down in our position. Thanks to Allah, there's no damaged in our place. But we felt sorry and sad to know there's victims in West Java, and many building were destroyed.

Ok, fellows. That's my story in this morning. My team just finished to produce a package of islamic wooden pin to be sent to a brother in Johor Bahru. We're still continouing to produce other orders. It's still few orders left and need to be done immediately. My wooden pin, my memory of earthquake... It looks like there will be a strong relationship between them forever... May Allah help us. Amiin...

By the way, did you see something wrong with my picture? Yeah, the day and the date are absolutely not matched haha...

Islam for Peace, Please Stop Your Bombings!!

2009-07-19T23:42:00.006+07:00

Speechless... I couldn't post my entry in this blog immediately after the bombings. How could I describe my feeling? I didn't have any idea at all... Sad? Angry? It was a terrible condition here. Bombings is not something we can say after it, "alaa... biasa lah..."

As many people predicted, Islam will be attached to this terror in Jakarta. It didn't need more times to make a new statement launched, that a name of muslim was supposed as a mastermind behind this newer attacks.

If there are still many persons who believe in this actions as the right tools for fighting in Islam, I just want to say, "Please... stop it!" Bombings is not a tool of dakwah in Indonesia. It's just making a new problem, and not showing the beauty of Islam.

Too Hard in Work? Allah is not Just?

2009-07-08T13:37:00.010+07:00

I read a comment written in facebook today. Someone wrote it: "... everyday.. i've to work beyond my capacity.. planning my teaching beyond my ability.. serving my students beyond my reponsibilty... unfortunately... my country never gives equal salary..."

What a pathetic words... He might be never look at other's faith, who worked on worse situation. If he works for government everyday, then he has a good job, betttterr than who don't have a job at all. Why he said like that, masha Allah... It doesn't make even a little sense to me...

" If you felt syukur and grateful, then I will increase my Ni'mat towards you. But if you were kufur or ungrateful for My Ni'mat, then understand that My Punishments are severe." (Q.S. Ibrahim: 7)

There's a good article you may read for a while :
http://www.muis.gov.sg/websites/khutbah/ser-020620.html

Connected with Muslim Sister from Brunei :)

2009-07-01T22:16:00.006+07:00

I was a little confused, realize that I have sent pin kayu for more than one year to Malaysia and other countries, but I did not find any address in Brunei Darussalaam which I have ever sent our wooden pin. Finally I sent a package to this country several months ago, but then no other order was coming. It's weird...

Then I visited several blogs about two months ago, and then I saw a traffic from Brunei came to my blog after my blogwalking. But I still had no contact after it. The waiting was ended few days ago, while I received an email from my new sister from Brunei. Alhamdulillah... I was so surprised and I always think the connection is more important than the business. So I felt so grateful...

Kesenangan mendapatkan sahabat baru dari Brunei adalah jauh melebihi kegembiraan membaca permintaannya terhadap pin kayu. Bisnes boleh stop, tapi ukhwah? Persahabatan dan persaudaraan karena Islam akan terus berpanjangan, insya Allah... Mana tahu suatu masa kelak akan bertandang ke Bandar Seri Begawan :)

I've searched them in friendster, orkut, blogs etc. Whom? Yes, muslim brothers and sisters. Not just for bussiness purposes, but especially to find new contacts, new friends, new fellows. You know, every delivery of pin kayu is just an effect of silaturahim. Silaturahim can bring you barakah. A benefit from your business is just one of it.

Dari Abu Hurairah Radliyallaahu 'anhu bahwa Rasulullah Shallallaahu 'alaihi wa Sallam bersabda: "Barangsiapa ingin dilapangkan rizqinya dan dipanjangkan umurnya, hendaknya ia menghubungkan tali kekerabatan." Riwayat Bukhari

Hijab (for Muslim Woman) is Something Wonderful...

2009-06-30T08:23:00.008+07:00

Covered Life Gives New Perspective

I first noticed Spencer Wall in my religion and society class toward the end of last semester. She wasn’t particularly outspoken, but the shawl that covered her hair, neck and shoulders made her stand out in the large class.

I usually gave her nothing more than a completely unconscious glance. But when she revealed to the class the decision that she made on April 27, I suddenly became aware of the attention I gave her.

Wall, a 20-year-old sociology and English senior, decided to assume the characteristics and attire of a “typical” Muslim woman for a year starting in late April.

She wears the traditional veil, or “hijab,” and loose-fitting clothing everywhere she goes and does not consume pork or alcohol in public. She avoids eye and physical contact with men and has adopted modest habits like walking with her arms glued to her sides or crossed in front of her to hide her chest.

I witnessed the looks Wall gets on a daily basis when we met at Kerbey Lane on the Drag recently.

She’s wearing a hijab splashed with vibrant shades of green and blue. A long-sleeved, black shirt and floor-length aqua skirt reveals only a few inches of skin.

Some who pass us try to be inconspicuous with their intrigue, limiting themselves to quick side glances. But most don’t even try to be candid with their exaggerated double-takes or blatant stares.

She passes by a group waiting to be seated, and all of them stare at the back of her head as she walks away. One guy even rolls his eyes.

“It doesn’t surprise me,” she says when I tell her about the group. “But look around. They’re not the only ones.”

She insists her decision is not a social experiment but more of a personal learning experience. As a white female from a small, West Texas town, Wall says she wanted to know what it would be like to be part of a “noticeable minority.”

“I’m not representing Muslim women or the Muslim community,” she says. “I just want to know what it’s like to walk in their shoes for a while.”

You may read more on this page. I've taken this entry tittle from one of responses found there too :)

The Order of 2 Millions Pieces of Islamic Wooden Pin Brooches...

2009-06-27T19:54:00.010+07:00

What a shocking mail came into my inbox. I've received it and then my face suddenly turned on to big smile mode after reading it.

Dear tukangpin, our company needs small pin as a gift placed into our snack product's package. Would you like to make it for us? Our first order will be in about 2 million pieces...

Two... Two millions? What a number, masya Allah...

I have a team to produce our islamic wooden pin brooches for just about thousands pieces for each month. My small team built from 14 persons, so it will be hundreds manpowers needed to produce a million pieces of wooden pin brooches. Big challenge to make big number of persons getting their job, but it will be not as easier as the words written.

I was so happy to read and answer the email, but I knew that the order was too much. That's not for me. Not for my team. Or maybe NOT NOW. I could imagine the difficulties will come from price and production capacity. Two millions of wooden pin brooches is a big change to make big benefit, but it's not logical to my small business. We always produce our pin manually, just handmade processing. Because of it, our islamic wooden brooches are always in limited amount.

Hmm, 2 millions of wooden brooches... Fantastic!! Thanks, but no thanks...

Hardworking For Islam

2009-06-20T20:42:00.003+07:00

Even hardworking for ourselves is the way for success. What about we do harworking for Islam?

Allah will give us His jannah, insha Allah...

Thanks for Your Responses to Islamic Wooden Brooches Offers

2009-06-20T17:01:00.009+07:00

Subhanallah, alhamdulillah. I have received good responses to my offers of islamic wooden brooches. I have placed 3 offers, and 2 of them were sold out. One of packaged has reached Sabah and accepted by Ukhti Nurul in last week. This is a new thing to me, to share pin kayu in small packages for three times in almost one time. I still think about to make it as our standard offer for every response from islamic wooden pin fans. I still have to calculate delivery cost and other costs to minimize lost.

The most important thing was I knew fellow's responses were very positive. It came from brothers and sisters, especially from Malaysia. There are still big hopes to work on this islamic wooden brooches, and we won't plan to leave the market soon :) We'll maintain the current market better insya Allah.

I have to think about new designs, new shapes and other improvements of our products first, before start to think about other matters.

Actually, I am thinking about to make a free package for muslim student who made the best review about Pin Kayu Islami on his/her blog. I'll tell you about it insya Allah...

Nasywa and Her First Sunnah Fasting

2009-06-18T05:27:00.008+07:00

I was picking up my daughter Nasywa on last Monday at her school, but she looked like not so happy. A little bad mood was seen on her face. Then she said, "If I were fasting..." It was unusual, but I felt so grateful in that afternoon. SubhanaLlah.
There were two of her friends did fasting on that day. They were just children in 9 years age but started to do fasting. If I remember when I was a child, I have no momory about doing something like that in my past. Yes, I started to learn fasting (on ramadhan only) but not seriously like at Nasywa's school. In this Islamic School (SDIT Alam Nurul Islam) the students always be trained to perform daily religious services, like shalat, infaq, tilawah al-Qur'an, and also fasting. And that is just great!

I hope she will be a part of next better generation of this ummah. She will be ~insha Allah~ better than her parents too (honestly, that's why we sent her to islamic school). Alhamdulillah, her memory of surah and ayah of Qur'an is significantly betterrrr than me and her mom! To write juz 'amma in my memory now is a very hard and difficult trying huhu.. but Nasywa shows the opposite. She always get ayah of Qur'an down cold in her memory with fun. She and her friends have proclamed surah of Abasa correctly, alhamduliLlah...

We woke up on 4.00 am and her mother asked us to eat in this early morning. We were doing 'sahur', eat before fasting. The time to do it is before shubuh prayer time comes. So, I, Nasywa and her mom were joining fasting today, insha Allah. It's her first sunnah fasting, even she has done her ramadhan fasting completely and successfully on last ramadhan (that's her third successful ramadhan fasting). So touched when I saw her willpower to do fasting today... In the other side, yes... a child could bring a positive change to our life! Subhanallah...

Narated By Sahl : The Prophet said, "There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those who observe fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who used to observe fasts?' They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it."

Piracy of My Wooden Pins :)

2009-06-17T01:05:00.006+07:00

Somebody came to my blog and wrote messages and placed link on the shoutbox. She wanted to sell her products, but it was piracy of my wooden pin unfortunately. I asked her to stop selling anything pirated from my products IN MY SHOP (my online shop).

She was angry, I didn't know why. Isn't I who must be angry of it? She said I did not help her in bussiness. What? I was confused much by her. How could be so brave in fight for her piracy products, against me and my team? I thought shame on her, but it didn't work at all for her.

She used some wrong words while chatting with me. No apologize to me at all for her products. How could I forget about the products, coz I just uploaded pic of it 1 month ago.

Good Bye and Thank You, My Gadget :)

2009-06-10T19:42:00.005+07:00

We have lived together for two months, and now we have to be separated huhu. Thanks for all your services, I appreciated it much. You have gave your best partnership. I hope you will be in a new good hand, who will take care of you just like me.

It's hard to say... but, thank you very much and Good Bye... Surely, I'll miss your face and voice. I'll keep your megabass effect in my memory :)

Let's Bike For Health...

2009-06-08T09:53:00.008+07:00

The Jakarta Post reported this news:

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) and his wife Kristiani Herawati lead Sunday a biking activity celebrating the Environment Day, co-organized by the State Ministry for the Environment and Bike to Work Community. Some 3,500 bikers joined the event, which began at 7 a.m. from the Bung Karno Stadium east parking lot, South Jakarta and finished at the National Monument, Central Jakarta. (JP/Moch. N. Kurniawan)

I like the pic. I proud of him, my president did it. But then I felt sad, when I remembered my bike...

Two weeks is too long... I missed my biking journey.

If Time Has Come...

2009-06-05T10:42:00.007+07:00

Speechless... I can't write about what I feel. I saw her, my daughter's friend. She was left by her mother. She and her 2 brothers and a sister. Her sister was just 5 months old! His father sometimes looked at the sky, tried to stop his tears... What a dramatic episod in his life. I saw it all yesterday...
Then I thought about my daughter, my son... If the thing happens to my fam, am I ready to face it? Ya Allah ya Rabb, help every family by giving them shukr and shabar. We came from You and will return to You...

Narated By Abu Huraira :
"I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are to follow the funeral processions, to accept invitation and to reply the sneezer."
Hadis riwayat Usamah bin Zaid ra., ia berkata:
"Kami sedang berada di dekat Rasulullah saw. ketika seorang di antara putri beliau menyuruh seseorang memanggil beliau dan memberi kabar bahwa anak putri beliau itu sedang menghadapi maut, Rasulullah saw. bersabda kepada utusan tersebut: Kembalilah dan kabarkan kepadanya bahwa apa yang Allah ambil dan Allah berikan adalah milik-Nya semata. Segala sesuatu di sisi-Nya adalah dengan batas waktu tertentu. Suruhlah ia untuk bersabar dan mengharap pahala. Utusan itu kembali dan berkata: Dia berjanji akan memenuhi pesan-pesan itu. Lalu Nabi saw. berdiri diikuti oleh Saad bin Ubadah dan Muadz bin Jabal. Aku pun (Usamah bin Zaid) ikut berangkat bersama mereka. Kepada Rasulullah saw. anak (dari putri beliau) diserahkan dan jiwanya bergolak seperti berada dalam qirbah (tempat air) tua. Kedua mata Rasulullah saw. menitikkan air mata. Lalu Saad bertanya: Apa arti air mata itu, ya Rasulullah? Rasulullah saw. bersabda: Ini adalah rahmat (kasih sayang) yang diletakkan Allah dalam hati para hamba-Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah mengasihi para hamba-Nya yang pengasih." (Shahih Muslim No.1531)

Muslim Woman in Jail Caused by Her Email

2009-06-03T17:08:00.007+07:00

If you read a news from detik.com today, you'll find a story about arogance of a rich man helped by wrong hand of government officers, jailed a woman 32 years old with 1.3 years old daughter left in her home. What a bad story in this country. Money can buy law!

This is a potrait of errors on human law. We can control lawyers and government officers, but we still have a lot of weakness on doing it. But Allah knows everything... He has a true justice.

I read news about this woman released just now. Alhamdulillaah... Thanks Allah. I have two children and can imagine what a bad condition for her daughter, left by her mom for almost 1 month. Just because her mom wrote a notice of her feeling, after she got a bad handling by the hospital while she was being in there caused by her illness.

Remembering My Mom...

2009-06-01T21:37:00.004+07:00

Always feel sad when this clip reached it's sadly ending huhu...

One of my favourite nasheeds from Zain Bhikha. Lovely song...

Islam Told Us to Do Shabar

2009-06-01T11:05:00.007+07:00

I came to Ukhti Wati's funeral yesterday. Nothing to say now, almost speechless. She's so young and not married yet. A daughter and a sister of her family. She has sister and brother who involved in Islamic Activity actively in this subregency. So, a lot of sisters and brothers came to the funeral ceremony too.

I hope the family will be given by Allah with shabar. Ukhti Wati has done her duties in her life. She returned to the Creator. We will return to Allah someday too. We will...

Guestbook

2009-06-01T11:04:00.001+07:00

Don't be hesitate to leave your messages here, but forgive me for late replies. Since I have moved this box to this page and hidden from front page, I maybe visit it just rarely...

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Shocking News from Pekanbaru

2009-05-28T09:00:00.011+07:00

I've received a news from Pekanbaru, province of Riau in Sumatera island... She said in her short message that she WON'T order any other pin of handphone tag type, since her handset stolen after using the accessorie! Stolen by a thief! What?

Sedikit cerita ni, kapok pesan strip HP karena itu HP saya dicantol maling...

Well, maybe this hp tag which was made by us was to much colourful and unique, and then invited the wrong hand to pick it (with the handphone). Could be like that? I don't know, but it was the first news like that news received by me in this 10 years in my bussiness of pin kayu production. I thought, the most logic reason is the thief took her handphone because of her handphone was worth enough (off course) to be sold again in the black market.