Death....

Posted by Early Tokyo

We were live in this world and the time is ticking while we are never pay attention to the sense of life itself, don't we ever realized if we are getting close to the death while we always celebrating our birthdays and said “today I have 1 more day in my life..”, too shame...too shame.... on us...

Alloh SWT in says : “Every soul is to taste death, then you shall return to Us”, this ayat is taken from surah Al Ankabut : 57.

This is words of Alloh SWT The Mighty The Merciful, His promises is true, all of the living thing will facing the death, no matter what degree we have, education, wealth, poor, rich, handsome, beautiful, hero, villain, anything... the death will come across and no such any delay, if the time is come, then it is.

Unfortunately, most of people didn't care about this, mostly they see this is just coincident matter, the death is just common and just the business as usual. But we never learn what is behind of death is (was), and we are always avoiding to thinking and talking about death. Nowadays, we were trying makes ourself busy with all of future plan for living (in this world, not hereafter), we're busy with all contrary things with death, everything is about wealthiness, where and what prestige university for college, which company I'll choose to have big best income, where is the best place for laying down to spent upon weekend.

There is nothing wrong with all of mentioned above, it's all is right, but... we must compare, when we take a seriously to make a plans for such temporary living in this earth, so why don't we think more seriously with live hereafter, and before that, we must facing the death first. We might says “I want to live for next 1000 years”, in fact we never know what will happen in the next minutes.

“Say: “The death from which ye flee will truly overtake you, then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open and He will tell you (the truth of) the the things that ye did!” Surah Al Jumu'ah : 8

It's begin, when we are releasing our last breath, and then we are just a flesh and bones without soul, and it turn into rotten body, disgusting death meat, and no one want to get close but worm and dirt does. Do we ever thing about it? In the last second?

We might said “what for? For what? It's such boring and thriller that freaks out people...”

Yes, thats right, but the death is true, why?

Thing about this....

How many times you've made lie to people and you never make even one single apologize but make it the right things even you know it was evil?

How many times you hurt someone or anyone and you never feel guilty even say “I'm sorry” is become the hardest thing because you are a proud person?

How much you've spent your wealths to help poor people? Beggar?

How many times you've honored your mother/father and say a pray them to proves that yu love them with wish they'll will in the jannah but in other hands you makes others hurt?

How many lies you've committed to Alloh SWT while you swore under His name and you never made any taubatan nasuha till this second you read this?

How many time you've challenge the death with consuming any forbidden food and liquids while you are swore that you are a moslem?

And how you will facing the death itself?

Do you will keep on all of that things in the front of His judgment while you never make it up while you living on earth?

Almost people thing like this, I'll make a taubah when my age is getting close to the end and when I can't do anything else but pray”, but brother and sister.... once again we must consider this, do we know what will happen to us in the next minutes, hours, day, week, years..... do we know when Izrail do his job to us?

If you do, then you equal to Alloh SWT, while His angels, His messenger, the most closest and beloved messenger Muhammad PBUH, never know when it will come. But once again, Alloh promises is the true promises.

Say: "Running away will not profit you if ye are running away from death or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than a brief (respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!" Al Ahzab : 16

In other words, you can run but you can't hide from the death..........

Wallohu alam bishowab.....

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Dream Theater, new album: Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Posted by Early Tokyo in Dream Theater

Sit back and relax after finish all of my activity today, grabs my mp3 player and start to push the play button. Growl of James Hetfield

voices (lvocal and lead/hythm guitar Metallica) fresh up my tired body and my soul with his speed metal music... hmmm such a weirdo for you huh... thats my way to get relax, while the clock show 11:13 PM on it.
A little about James Hetfield, since the day when my brother introduce me to Megadeth, I was found something different on my beat, yes, during that time I was a guitar player for my band, and then I'll trying to seek another similar band with Megadeth, then my drumer show his brother, the elder, collection, he gave me some album from Mettalica with its title 'Ride The Ligtning' and another one with title '...and Justice For All'.
I've found the similar beat between Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield on their guitar technique, although I was not know yet if Dave was a former of Metallica lead guitarist.
Trully, I rather choose Metallica instead, since their music is much colorfull with sound, especially for the drum, the beat is waving and sometime the sound like jumping around, but still have harmony with others instruments. It was on 1990.
While Dave move forward with his 'Family Tree', one of his song on his album 'Youthanasia", James and other band members gave us '..and Justice For all...", those two songs brought me to new wave of my appreciation to metal music.
In the 2007, when Metallica getting 'soft' on their music, and my age is give its influence to my appetite :), I'm try to heard another band, from some band and musician I've heard, I choose 1 musician and 1 band.
The great musician that I like is Joe Satriani, one of the Master of Guitars, beside there is another guitar player with strange weird technique called Steve Vai (try find his killer song 'For the love of God'), Joe is more skilled in his fingering and sound color. Most of guitaris in the world trying to adapt his technique, and the one who lucky to become his student is Kirk Hammet, lead guitarist of Metallica, he was absolutely adapt of his master technique, almost of his guitar sound always using pooh waw effect as Joe does.
And the band that I've choosed is Dream Theater, their classic, progressive and artistic composition was gave me another influence on my technique, but still I will not and ever can have the same with Joe Petruci (lead guitar) ha...ha.... my finger is too hard to knock off strings...
Systematic Chaos, one of my favorite album from them which contains some of they sopicated songs Octarium, Learning to live, In the name of god, and now I'm still waiting for their new album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
I've heard, this album is have not much difference with systematic chaos, and some review says they tend to slow on their composition and adapt a little gothic, in other words a little bit boring, and the shortest duration on their songs is take about 13 minutes, what a long way to crash my ears :)