Selasa, 21 Juli 2009

Suri Tauladan

Kisah Tukang Tempe

Ada sebuah rumah kecil di pingguran kota Bandung. Di situ ada seorang perempuan tua yang sangat taat beribadah. Pekerjaannya ialah membuat tempe dan menjualnya di pasar setiap hari. Ini merupakan satu-satunya sumber pendapatannya untuk membiayai hidupnya. Tempe yang dijualnya merupakan tempe yang dibuatnya sendiri.
Pada suatu pagi, seperti biasa, ketika beliau sedang bersiap-siap untuk pergi menjual tempenya, tiba tiba dia tersadar kalau tempe yang dibuatnya hari itu masih belum jadi, separuh jadi. Kebiasaannya tempe yang akan di jual sudah jadi sebelum pergi. Diperiksanya beberapa bungkusan yang lain. Ternyatalah memang kesemuanya belum jadi.
Perempuan tua itu merasa amat sedih sebab tempe yang masih belum menjadi pastinya tidak akan laku dan tidak akan ada rezekinya pada hari itu. Dalam suasana hatinya yang sedih, dia yang memang taat beribadah teringat akan firman Allah yang menyatakan bahawa Allah dapat melakukan apa saja yang Allah kehendaki, bahwa bagi Allah tiada yang mustahil.
Lalu diapun mengangkat kedua tangannya sambil berdoa,
"Ya Allah , aku memohon kepadaMu agar kacang kedelai ini menjadi tempe.. Amin"
Begitulah doa ringkas yang dipanjatkan dengan sepenuh hatinya. Dia sangat yakin bahwa Allah pasti mengabulkan doanya. Dengan tenang perempuan tua itu menekan-nekan bungkusan bakal tempe dengan hujung jarinya dan dia pun membuka sedikit bungkusan itu untuk menyaksikan keajaiban kacang kedelai itu menjadi tempe. Namun, dia termenung seketika sebab kacang kedelai itu masih tetap. Namun dia tidak putus asa, sebaliknya berfikir mungkin doanya kurang jelas didengar oleh Tuhan. Maka dia pun mengangkat kedua tangannya semula dan berdoa lagi. "Ya Allah, aku tahu bahwa tiada yang mustahil bagiMu. Bantulah aku supaya hari ini aku dapat menjual tempe kerana inilah mata pencarianku. Aku mohon agar jadikanlah kacang kedelaiku ini menjadi tempe , Amin".
Dengan penuh harapan dan debaran dia pun sekali lagi membuka sedikit bungkusan tu. Apakah yang terjadi? Dia termangu dan kecewa karena tempenya masih tetap begitu!!
Sementara itu matahari pun semakin meninggi sudah tentu pasar sudah mulai didatangi ramai orang. Dia tetap tidak kecewa atas doanya yang belum terkabul. Walau bagaimanapun karena keyakinannya yang sangat tinggi dia putuskan untuk tetap pergi ke pasar membawa barang jualannya itu. Perempuan tua itu pun berserah diri pada Allah dan meneruskan pergi ke pasar sambil berdoa dengan harapan apabila sampai di pasar kesemua tempenya akan masak. Dia berfikir mungkin keajaiban Tuhan akan terjadi semasa perjalanannya ke pasar. Sebelum keluar dari rumah, dia sempat mengangkat kedua tangannya untuk berdoa.
"Ya Allah, aku percaya, Engkau akan mengabulkan doaku. Sementara aku berjalan menuju ke pasar, Engkau kurniakanlah keajaiban ini buatku, jadikanlah tempe ini matang. Amin".
Lalu dia pun berangkat. Di sepanjang perjalanan dia tetap tidak lupa membaca doa di dalam hatinya. Sesampainya di pasar, segera dia meletakkan barang-barangnya. Hatinya betul-betul yakin dengan tempenya sekarang sudah jadi. Dengan hati yg berdebar-debar dia pun membuka bakulnya dan menekan-nekan dengan jarinya setiap bungkusan tempe yang ada. Perlahan-lahan dia membuka sedikit daun pembungkusnya dan melihat isinya. Apa yang terjadi? Tempenya masih belum jadi!! Dia pun kaget seketika lalu menarik nafas dalam-dalam. Dalam hatinya sudah mulai merasa sedikit kecewa dan putus asa kepada Allh karena doanya tidak dikabulkan. Dia merasakan Allah tidak adil. Allah tidak kasihan padanya, inilah satu-satunya sumber rezekinya, hasil jualan tempe. Dia akhirnya cuma duduk saja tanpa memamerkan barang jualannya sebab dia merasa bahwa tiada orang yang akan membeli tempe yang baru separuh menjadi.
Sementara itu hari pun semakin sore dan pasar sudah mulai sepi, para pembeli sudah mulai kurang. Dia melihat ke kawan-kawan sesama penjual tempe, tempe mereka sudah hampir habis. Dia tertunduk lesu seperti tidak sanggup menghadapi kenyataan bahwa hari ini tiada hasil jualan yang boleh dibawa pulang. Namun jauh di sudut hatinya masih menaruh harapan terakhir kepada Allah, pasti Allah akan menolongnya. Walaupun dia tahu bahwa pada hari itu dia tidak akan dapat pendapatan langsung, namun dia tetap berdoa buat kali terakhir,
"Ya Allah, berikanlah penyelesaian terbaik terhadap tempeku yang belum jadi ini."
Tiba-tiba dia dikejutkan dengan teguran seorang wanita.
"Maaf ya, saya ingin bertanya, Ibu ada nggak yah yang menjual tempe yang belum jadi? Dari tadi saya sudah keliling pasar ini untuk mencarinya tapi tidak dapat."
Dia termenung dan terheran-heran seketika. Hatinya terkejut sebab sejak berpuluh tahun menjual tempe, tidak pernah seorang pun pelanggannya mencari tempe yang belum jadi. Sebelum dia menjawab sapaan wanita di depannya itu, cepat-cepat dia berdoa di dalam hatinya
"Ya Allah, saat ini aku tidak mau kacang kedelai ini jadi tempe. Biarlah seperti semula, Amin".
Sebelum dia menjawab pertanyaan wanita itu, dia membuka sedikit daun penutup tempenya. Alangkah leganya dia, ternyata memang benar tempenya masih belum menjadi! Dia pun merasa gembira dalam hatinya dan bersyukur pada Tuhan. Wanita itu pun memborong habis kesemua tempenya yang belum jadi itu.
Sebelum wanita tu pergi, dia sempat bertanya wanita itu, "Mengapa mau membeli tempe yang belum jadi?" Wanita itu menerangkan bahawa anaknya yang kini berada di luar kota ingin makan tempe dari desa. Karena tempe itu akan dikirimkan ke anaknya itu jadi si ibu tadi ingin membeli tempe yang belum jadi supaya kalau sampai di tempat tinggal anaknya nanti akan menjadi tempenya yang sudah jadi. Kalau dikirimkan tempe yang sudah jadi, nanti di sana tempe itu sudah tidak bagus lagi dan rasanya pun kurang enak. Perempuan tua itu pun keheranan dan berfikir rupa-rupanya doanya sudah pun dikabulkan oleh Allah SWT...
Moral:
Pertama: Kita sering memaksakan kehendak kita kepada Allah sewaktu berdoa, padahal sebenarnya ALLAH lebih mengetahui apa yang kita perlukan dan apa yang terbaik untuk diri kita.
Kedua:. Sentiasalah berdoa dalam menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari sebagai hambaNya yang lemah. Jangan sekali-kali berputus asa terhadap apa yang dipinta. Percayalah bahwa Allah akan mengabulkan doa kita sesuai dengan rancanganNya yang mungkin di luar jangkauan kita. Ketiga : Tiada yang mustahil bagi Allah SWT.












Iwan Fals "Orang Pinggiran"

Orang PinggiranIwan Fals,
Ian Antono & Franky S. (Album Single 1995)

Orang pinggiran
Ada di trotoar
Ada di bis kota
Ada di pabrik pabrik

Orang pinggiran
Di terik mentari
Di jalan becek
Menyanyi dan menari

Lagunya nyanyian hati
Tarinya tarian jiwa
Seperti tangis bayi dimalam hari

Sepinya waktu kala sendiri
Sambil berbaring meraih mimpi
Menatap langit langit tak perduli
Sebab esok pagi kembali

Orang pinggiran
Didalam lingkaran
Berputar putar
Kembali kepinggiran

Lagunya nyanyian hati
Tarinya tarian jiwa
Seperti tangis bayi dimalam hari

Sepinya waktu kala sendiri
Sambil berbaring meraih mimpi
Menatap langit langit tak perduli
Sebab esok pagi kembali

Orang pinggiran
Bukan pemalas

Orang pinggiran
Pekerja keras

Orang pinggiran
Tidak mengeluh

Orang pinggiran
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Minggu, 05 Juli 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo






Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,




born 5 February 1985)[1] is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and as captain for the Portuguese national team. He previously played for Sporting CP in Portugal and Manchester United in England. Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid on 1 July 2009 in a deal worth £80 million (94m, US$132m), making him the most expensive player in football history. His contract with Real Madrid was also expected to make him the highest-paid player in the world.[2]
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player at CD Nacional and his successes with the team led to a move to Sporting Clube de Portugal two seasons afterwards. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which tournament he scored his first international goal.
In 2008, Ronaldo won his first
UEFA Champions League title, and was named player of the tournament. He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year[3] and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years.[4]
Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."[5]



Contents
1 Early life
2 Club career
2.1 Early career
2.2 Sporting CP
2.3 Manchester United
2.3.1 2003–2005
2.3.2 2006–2007
2.3.3 2007–2008
2.3.4 2008–2009
2.4 Real Madrid
3 International career
3.1 2006 World Cup
3.2 Post-World Cup
3.3 International goals
4 Career statistics
5 Honours
5.1 Club
5.1.1 Manchester United
5.2 Individual
5.2.1 Orders
6 Personal life
7 References

Early life
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5 February 1985 in
Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. His second given name, "Ronaldo," was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.[6] He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia.[1]
Club career
Early career
Ronaldo's favourite boyhood team was
Benfica. At the age of eight, he played for amateur team Andorinha, where his father was the kit man. In 1995, Ronaldo signed with local club CD Nacional, and, after a title-winning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum.[7]
Sporting CP
Ronaldo joined Sporting's other youth players who trained at the Alcochete, the club's football academy. He became the only player ever to play for Sporting's U-16, U-17, U-18, B-team, and first team, all within one season.
[8] He scored two goals in his Sporting debut against Moreirense, while featuring for Portugal in the UEFA Under 17 Championships.[9]
When he was 15, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football. The Sporting staff were made aware of the condition and Ronaldo's mother gave her authorisation for him to go into hospital. While there, he had an operation in which a laser was used to cauterise the area of his heart that was causing the problem. The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon; he resumed training only a few days later.[10]
He was first spotted by then-Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier at 16, but Liverpool declined to take him on because they decided he was too young and needed some time to develop his skills.[11] However, he came to the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2003, when Sporting defeated United 3–1 in the inauguration of the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. Ronaldo's performance impressed the Manchester United players, who urged Ferguson to sign him.[12]
Manchester United
2003–2005


Ronaldo with Manchester United
Ronaldo became
Manchester United's first-ever Portuguese player when he signed for £12.24 million after the 2002–03 season.[13] He requested the number 28 (his number at Sporting), as he did not want the pressure of living up to the expectation linked to the number 7 shirt, which had previously been worn by players such as George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, and David Beckham. "After I joined, the manager asked me what number I'd like. I said 28. But Ferguson said 'No, you're going to have No. 7,' and the famous shirt was an extra source of motivation. I was forced to live up to such an honour."[14]
Ronaldo made his team debut as a 60th-minute substitute in a 4-0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers. He scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November 2003. He scored United's thousandth Premier League goal on 29 October 2005 in a 4–1 loss to Middlesbrough. He scored ten goals in all competitions, and fans voted him to his first FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award in 2005.
2006–2007
In November and December 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive
Barclays Player of the Month honours, becoming only the third player in Premier League history to do so after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996.[15][16] He scored his 50th Manchester United goal against city rivals Manchester City on 5 May 2007 as United claimed their first Premier League title in four years, and he was voted into his second consecutive FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award at the end of the year.
Despite rumours circulating in March 2007 that
Real Madrid were willing to pay an unprecedented €80 million (£54 million) for Ronaldo,[17] he signed a five-year, £120,000-a-week (£31 million total) extension with United on 13 April, making him the highest-paid player in team history.[18][19]
Ronaldo was involved in several diving incidents during the 2006-07 campaign. He was criticised by manager Gareth Southgate for diving in a December 2006 match against Middlesbrough.[20] On 4 February 2007, Ronaldo was again accused of diving in a match against Tottenham Hotspur when he won a penalty kick despite little contact from Tottenham winger Steed Malbranque.[21] Despite the controversies, Ronaldo nonetheless amassed a host of personal awards for the season. He won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards, joining Andy Gray (in 1977) as the only players to receive this honour.[22] In April, he completed the treble by winning the PFA Fans' Player of the Year. Ronaldo was also one of seven Manchester United players named in the 2006–07 PFA Premier League Team of the Year.
2007–2008


Ronaldo (centre) and Rio Ferdinand celebrating a goal
Ronaldo's
2007–08 season began with a red card for a headbutt on Portsmouth player Richard Hughes during United's second match of the season, for which he was punished with a three-match ban.[23] Ronaldo said he had "learned a lot" from the experience and would not let players "provoke" him in the future.[24] After scoring the only goal in a Champions League away match against Sporting, Ronaldo also scored the injury-time winner in the return fixture as Manchester United topped their Champions League group.[25]
He finished as the runner-up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or,[26] and was third in the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year award, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi.[27]
Ronaldo scored his first hat trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on 12 January 2008, bringing Manchester United up to the top of the Premier League table.[28] He scored his twenty-third league goal of the season in a 2–0 win against Reading, equalling his entire total for the 2006–07 season.[29] During a 1–1 Champions League first knockout round draw against Lyon on 20 February, an unidentified Lyon supporter continuously aimed a green laser at Ronaldo and United teammate Nani, prompting an investigation by UEFA.[30] One month later, Lyon were fined CHF5,000 (£2,427) for the incident.[31]
On 19 March 2008, Ronaldo captained United for the first time in his career in a home win over Bolton, scoring both goals in the 2–0 victory.[32] The second of the goals was his 33rd of the campaign, which set a new club single-season scoring record by a midfielder and thus topped George Best's forty-year-old total of 32 goals in the 1967–68 season.[33] Ronaldo scored another brace in a 4–0 win over Aston Villa on 29 March, which at the time gave him 35 goals in 37 domestic and European matches as both a starter and substitute. Ronaldo's torrid scoring streak was rewarded with his becoming the first winger to win the 2007–08 European Golden Shoe, finishing eight points ahead of Mallorca's Dani Güiza.[34]
In the 2007–08 Champions League final on 21 May against league rivals Chelsea, Ronaldo scored the opening goal after 26 minutes, which was negated by a Chelsea equaliser in the 45th minute as the match ended 1–1 after extra time. His misfire in the penalty shoot-out put Chelsea in position to win the trophy, but John Terry shot wide right after slipping on the pitch surface, and Manchester United emerged victorious 6–5 on penalties. Ronaldo was named the UEFA Fans' Man of the Match,[35] and wrapped up the campaign with a career-high 42 goals in all competitions, falling just four short of Denis Law's team-record mark of 46 in the 1963–64 season.
2008–2009
On 5 June 2008,
Sky Sports reported that Ronaldo had expressed an interest in moving to Real Madrid if they offered him the same amount of money the team had allegedly promised him earlier in the year.[36] Manchester United filed a tampering complaint with FIFA on 9 June over Madrid's alleged pursuit of Ronaldo, but FIFA declined to take any action.[37][38] Speculation that a transfer would happen continued until 6 August, when Ronaldo confirmed that he would stay at Manchester for at least another year.[39]
Ronaldo underwent ankle surgery at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam on 7 July.[40] He returned to action on 17 September in United's UEFA Champions League goalless group-stage draw with Villarreal as a substitute for Park Ji-Sung,[41] and scored his first overall goal of the season in a 3–1 League Cup third round win over Middlesbrough on 24 September.
In a 5–0 win over
Stoke City on 15 November 2008, Ronaldo scored his 100th and 101st goals in all competitions for Manchester United, both from free kicks.[42] The goals also meant that Ronaldo had now scored against each of the other 19 teams in the Premier League at the time.[43] On 2 December, Ronaldo became Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or recipient since George Best in 1968. He finished with 446 points, 165 ahead of runner-up Lionel Messi.[44] He was awarded the Silver Ball after finishing with two goals as United won the Club World Cup on 19 December.[45]
On 8 January 2009, Ronaldo was uninjured in a single-car accident in which he wrote off his Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano in a tunnel along the A538 near Manchester Airport. A breathalyzer test he gave to police officers at the scene was negative, and he attended training later that morning.[46] Four days later, he became the first Premier League player ever to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to being the first Portuguese player to win the award since Luís Figo in 2001.[47]
Ronaldo scored his first Champions League goal of the season, and first since the final against Chelsea, in a 2–0 victory over Internazionale that sent United into the quarter-finals.[48] In the second leg against Porto, Ronaldo scored a 40-yard game-winning goal as United advanced to the semi-finals. He later called it the best goal he had ever scored.[49][50] Ronaldo participated in his second consecutive Champions League final, but made little impact in United's 2–0 loss to Barcelona. He finished with 53 appearances in all competitions, which was four higher than the previous year, but scored sixteen fewer goals (26) than his career-best total of 42 from the previous season.
On 11 June, Manchester United accepted an unconditional offer of £80 million from Real Madrid for Ronaldo after it was revealed that he again had expressed his desire to leave the club.
[51] It was confirmed by a representative of the Glazer family that the sale was fully condoned by Ferguson.[52] When Ronaldo had eventually completed his transfer to Real, he expressed his gratitude towards Ferguson for helping him develop as a player, saying, "He's been my father in sport, one of the most important factors and most influential in my career."[53]
Real Madrid
On 26 June 2009,
Real Madrid confirmed that Ronaldo would join the club on 1 July 2009, after agreeing terms and signing a six-year contract.[54] It is believed that Ronaldo's contract is worth €13 million per season and it has a €1 billion buy-out clause.[55]
International career
Ronaldo earned his first cap for Portugal in a 1-0 victory against
Kazakhstan in August 2003. He was called up for Euro 2004, scoring in a 2-1 group stage loss to eventual champions Greece and in a 2-1 semifinal win over the Netherlands. He was named in the team of the tournament despite finishing with only two goals.[56] That same year, he also represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
2006 World Cup
Ronaldo was the second-highest scorer in
FIFA World Cup qualification in the European zone with seven goals,[56] and scored his first and only World Cup goal against Iran with a penalty kick.[57]
During a quarter-final match against England on 1 July 2006, Ronaldo's United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off for stomping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho. The English media speculated that Ronaldo had influenced referee Horacio Elizondo's decision by aggressively complaining, after which he was seen in replays winking at the Portuguese bench following Rooney's dismissal. After the match, Ronaldo insisted that Rooney was a friend and that he was not pushing for Rooney to be sent off.[58] On 4 July, Elizondo clarified that the red card was due to Rooney's infraction and not the fracas between Rooney and Ronaldo that followed.[59]
The angry reaction from the English press caused Ronaldo to consider leaving United,[60] and he allegedly told Spanish sports daily Marca that he wished to move to Real Madrid.[61] In response to the speculation, Ferguson sent Portuguese assistant manager Carlos Queiroz to speak to Ronaldo in attempt to change his mind, a sentiment that was shared by Rooney.[62][63] Ronaldo stayed, and signed his new five-year extension in April 2007.[64]
Ronaldo was booed during Portugal's semifinal defeat to France, and missed out on the competition's Best Young Player award due to a negative e-mail campaign from England fans.[65] Though the online vote only affected the nomination process, FIFA's Technical Study Group awarded the honor to Germany's Lukas Podolski, citing Ronaldo's behaviour as a factor in the decision.[66]
Post-World Cup
One day after his twenty-second birthday, Ronaldo captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly against
Brazil on 6 February 2007. This move was in honour of Portuguese Football Federation president Carlos Silva, who had died two days earlier. Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari explained, "Mr. Silva asked me to make [Ronaldo] captain as a gesture... [he] is too young to be captain, but Mr. Silva asked me, and now he is no longer with us."[67]
Ronaldo scored eight goals in Portugal's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign,[68] but finished with only one goal in the tournament as Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Germany. Since the appointment of new Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, Ronaldo has been named the new captain of the squad.