on tuesday, i've attended the International Islamic Financing Convention held in Mandarin Oriental.. the event was organised by BNM, SC, LOFSA and BURSA... its basically one of the move made by policy makers in M'sia to promote M'sia as an Islamic Financial Centre in the region... it was indeed a good exposure to me to meet big shots from various organisation & also the experts in the field themselves... the panel invited to address and discuss the issues came from all over the world... some of this experts are not even muslim and they know the "in & out" of islamic financing... which i hv very little knowledge of...
one interesting point that they hv highlighted is on the fact that if the world uses islamic finance principal, the economic problems thats been facing the world right now will not exist... as in islam things have to be transparent, just & not based on speculation.. right now, in middle east there are 75 diff scholars who preach the islamic finance principal... imagine that... 75 diff views and opinion... i guess this is due to interpretation of the Quran & hadith...
u know u'll meet old frens when u go to seminars & conventions... i've met a few... old classmates, old frens... whose looking very successful or in the midst of climbing the corporate ladder... but i've never thot i'll meet this guy... it has been more than 20 yrs since i last saw him... budak SBP mana yg tak kenal dia... all girls wanna be around him... kira mmg glamer giler la dulu2 masa hi-school... ARUL KANDASAMY... he was one of the panels... currently he's the Head of Islamic Banking in Bahrain... but i'm not surprised he is what he is today... even before u can see his charismatic & leadership character... and i think being in RMC does help mold him to become that person today...
anyhow, the convention has open my mind to know more abt islamic finance... partly bcoz of knowledge & partly as a muslim i feel its a reponsibility to learn & to promote the teachings of Islam, InsyaAllah one day..... may Allah give me the strength and guide me accordingly to achieve this mission of mine..
ok... on a more relax note... that nite i went to watch FOURPLAY at Philharmonic... they are actually playing modern jazz and since i haven't been to philharmonic... so, i thot... why not?? tickets were not that expensive... we bought the RM60 and i'm totally, totally satisfied... with the performance and all eventho it started 1/2 hr late... but, its well worth it...
i know when i mention the word "jazz" everybody was saying they haven't reach that age... not their cup of tea... but, hey!! why not give it a shot... u may not know it when u don't try... plus this is a life performance ok.... not hearing it from a cd... its totally different... u can see the expression... dengan feel dia... the interaction... add up all this with the ambience, its sumthin different ... trust me!! the group plays contemporary jazz... so, if ur a fan of music with loud bass & the sound of electric guitar & keyboard plus drumbeats... u'll definitely enjoy this... I DID!!! there was not a time my head or body not moving to the beat... the way they play it will definitely leave u grooving all nite long... even after it ends, the sounds still stays in my head... they played their own rendition of "Stings - Fields of Gold"... best giler!!!
ok, they don't allow us to take pixs in philharmonic... so i got this pixs from the website.. there are 4 of them in the group... fr left, BOB JAMES on keyboard (he's truly... truly amazing), NATHAN EAST on bass (he interacts with the crowd.. most of the time), LARRY CARLTON on guitar (kalah mat2 rockers kat sini kalau nak compare the way he played.... my eyes were practically on him most of the time) and last but not least, HARVEY MASON on drums (i miscount how many times drumstick dia tercampak... really into it!!)...
in one simple word.... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! i really had a great time....
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