Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Our Tan Sri Hassan Marican... leaving PETRONAS
He deserves so much recognition than this. Throughout his leadership, PETRONAS soar to a much more greater height that some have never imagined. A visionary leader he is, bound by the Shared Values that he holds on to dearly; Cohesiveness, Loyalty, Integrity and Professionalism. He bows not to any political pressure. His decision making is based entirely on the long term and the sustainability of the business, and how it supports the nation as a whole.
Tan Sri Hassan, you will be greatly missed by all of us. I wish you well.
God bless you, Tan Sri & family...
Monday, February 08, 2010
Stupid Malay NGOs in Penang
Source: Malaysia Today
"This administration has better things to do than to dance to their tune all the time, asking us to prove that we have not sidelined any race or creed.
"Even though we have revealed the lists, we are accused of not stating the facts and statistics even though these details are obtained from the respective agencies.
"The state government appointed these contractors based on their pricing, ability to deliver, track record and not at all race based.
"We have been forced to check who owned these companies, due to the accusations against us. Our officers have better things to do than to waste time to compile these details.
"Clearly, by our statistics and facts, it shows that Malay contractors have been successful based on their merits and not having to pull political cables to win tenders," Lim said.
And wah lau... it turns out that....
Out of the 66 tenders awarded during the duration by the PBAPP totaling RM113.17 million, 66.67% or 44 projects worth RM67.84 million were awarded to bumiputra companies while 20 companies owned by Chinese won 30.30% or RM43.83 million worth of projects.
Takde keje lain ke these NGOs selain to harp on racial issues. Disgraceful betul!
Endless...
aimlessly.
Good night, Kay Ell.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
take care
"that's okay. i'll go there and work and earn more money and die.."
"no. you go and take care of yourself. then, come back.."
"then, what?"
"then i'll take care of you.." and i was held close.
"..............." (confused. relieved. flattered. suspicious. surprised...mixed feelings)
while those are the things that i want to hear badly enough, i also know that it is never as simple as that and never will be. never simple. not with me, at least.
i enjoyed my trip today, nevertheless... (: sweating and all....
it's the month of LOVE. spread the love , people ......
Friday, February 05, 2010
Overdue Bangkok Trip
I love Bangkok and I wanna go again!!!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Family Weekend
It has been several weeks since Kakak & Shafri came home, so it was their first time playing table tennis at home! Bak kata Shafri, "Jaguh sudah pulang..." lol. We played our bum off in the morning, in the afternoon and at night.... Pelbagai aksi telah dirakamkan oleh mereka semua....
So on Sunday, we decided to cool off at Chongkak River! Since we are all hantu air, it didn't take long for all of us hippos to be in the bloody cold water! Maybe next week I should lepak Gabai Waterfall pulak..
So, I'm planning to go to Bali. Maybe. Planning stage still. Siapa nak ikut?
Saturday, January 30, 2010
From Khartoum to Hulu Langat
As they are very new to the country, I thought I'd bring them over to my place for them to enjoy a little bit of the calm kampong life... They enjoyed the scenery, the river, as well as my home. They even got the chance to taste the fresh ikan bakar which is barely one minute away from my house!
Samah's mother can only speak little English while my Arabic is just as rusty. We ended up learning each other's language in the car whilst I was driving. I'm just glad that they've enjoyed themselves (:
Friday, January 29, 2010
If you'd have to go....
Would you go?
Would you stay?
Going means forcing myself to be away, far away. The one thing I haven't been able to do for a long time. And the same goes for him. And perhaps it would help both of us say our goodbyes. Or not. At least it would force us to.
Staying means getting trapped in this never-ending twilight series, where uncertainties and worries grow as time passes. We would continue to hold on to each other without the slightest idea of how to move forward.
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p.s. on a lighter note, we just realized we both have rabbit teeth... LOL. tho i've always called his, 'squirrel teeth'
Monday, January 25, 2010
Messing Around @ D&D's Reception :)
Love the ceremony (bersanding, silat, dances, food, etc.)
Love the couple
Love the company.... I think you can figure out who by now..
Love MESSING AROUND at the wedding with the girls...
Love the company.... owh, I already mentioned that..
In photos: Shila & Hubby & Daughter, Nazli, Lia & Byn, B, Wak Udin & Cik Ruby, Zura & Hubby, Wani, Abadi, D&D
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Roshan & Retro


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAKAK :)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Numbness.
"She is just so YOUNG and DUMB and BIMBO."
I didn't do the capital letters myself.
Perhaps, in a retarded kinda way, it's comforting.. a relief even, to know that even close friends of his think of her that way. And I know they didn't say those things just to make me feel better. They never say things just to make me feel better. Which is cool by me.
But I do know it takes two to tango too.
I can't seem to find it in my heart to trust again. I was trying to. Very hard. I was hoping that I could. I thought that as long as my heart still finds comfort in knowing that he cares deeply about me would in fact, be enough. But the pain just grows and grows. It doesn't seem to want to stop. Yet I grow so immune to the pain that most of the time, I just feel so numb. And this numbness has allowed me to be ignorant of what everyone else has to say and do things beyond my control.
I know many friends are just trying to watch out for me. I thank those who have been watching over me for the past weeks, months, even years... It's not that I have been ignoring the advices, thoughts and concerns. I'm just trying to collect my strength to pick myself up and God willing, leave. It's crazy to pretend to believe him when almost every word is a lie. Yet, it's a lot harder to leave than what I thought it would be.
I am still here. Not knowing what I'm waiting for. Or hope for.
I am here. Without the slightest idea of how my the future is shaping itself for me.
I am here. Numb.
I used to be good at planning.
My studies.
My life.
My career.
My goals.
My dreams.
My future.
Somehow, all of that got washed away by waves like the writings on sandy beaches.
I can't find myself still.
I have a feeling that I've already lost it.
Karma's a bitch.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Visual evidence sometimes is the best evidence
Published in 1986, it simply shows that the word Allah does not belong to only Arabs, Malays or any specific races. And it certainly does not belong to a specific 'religion' as well....
Sometimes, pictures speak a million words.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
‘Don’t tell us how to pray,’ Borneo states say - Malaysia Insider
As Sabah leader Tan Sri Bernard Dompok pointed out, they worship in Bahasa Malaysia as its the national language and Bibles are in that language because it is not feasible to print or translate it to their various dialects.
More importantly, "Allah" is their word for God, the same as for the Malays, who borrowed it from the Arabs.
Semantics aside, the people in Borneo do not see the fuss or problem over the name of God.
The Muslims in Sarawak, Jack (who asked that only his first name be used) reasoned, were not just tolerant of other faiths. They have accepted non-Muslims as a daily fact of life the same way parents accept that their children have different personalities.
A government servant, he had earlier said he hoped the spate of attacks against churches in the peninsula would not spill over into Sarawak.
Though he was upset over the broken windows of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church in Lutong, Miri, Jack's faith in Sarawak's Muslims has not been shaken.
"I hugely believe that this is an isolated case, and most Sarawakian Muslims and also Sarawakians are surprised that such an incident could happen at all in Sarawak," said Jack. Many of the people interviewed for this article asked that their names be changed due to the volatility of the topic.
It is this renowned bond between the non-Muslims and Muslims of Sarawak and Sabah that has often been held up by peninsula politicians as the ultimate model of race-relations.
Yet while these politicians speak highly of East Malaysia's ethnic unity, they seldom make any serious attempt to get peninsular Malaysians to emulate it.
Conversely, says Sabahans and Sarawakians interviewed by The Malaysian Insider, the insular race, religion and language politics of the peninsula have often been imported and forced upon East Malaysians for as long as the states have been part of the federation.
And this is what unsettles them when it comes to the turmoil about who gets to use "Allah": that again, the peninsula-centric Federal government is telling them to change an elemental aspect of their lives that has never before been a problem.
In other words, says a Sabah Government officer, it was never a problem until the "Semenanjung" people made it a problem.
NO FURORE HERE
When his friends greet him with the salaam, Mujahid, 20, is never confused as to whether the person is a Muslim or not. Nor does it matter to him.
Neither does he or the Sarawakian Muslims he knows think to ask why Christians in the state use "Allah" in their prayers or sermons.
"It is very condescending to me when someone tells me that I will be confused when non-Muslims use 'Allah' because my faith (in Islam) is not weak … Me and my family are extremely disappointed by the uproar and all these attacks on churches," says Mujahid, a university student.
Sarawakians and Sabahans are saddened by how an age-old community norm of theirs has suddenly turned into a fractious issue by those who do not understand the history of the practice.
Dayak community leader Dr John Brian Anthony explains how when Christianity was being propagated to the East Malaysian natives roughly 100 years ago, the texts that were used were imported from Indonesia.
These texts used the term Allah and were in Bahasa Indonesia, which was similar to the Melayu Kuno used by the natives.
"My elders and me use the same text till today because that is the language we know. If someone tells me that my language is wrong, then I say 'Why?' Is it about Aqidah (faith) or is it about form?"
The Home Ministry banned the use of Allah in The Herald's Bahasa Malaysia section. Yet it is this version which is widely read by Catholics and other Christians in East Malaysia.
When the High Court overturned the ban in Dec 31 last year, it caused an uproar among peninsula-based Muslim groups.
However, Anthony says, East Malaysian Muslims have never opposed the use of "Allah" by Christians and other non-Muslims.
Political scientist Dr Faisal Syam Hazis of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) puts it another way: "The use of Allah by non-Muslims has already been embedded in East Malaysian society for more than 100 years. It has never been an issue. So why are these peninsular Muslims suddenly jumping up and down over it?"
CONFUSION
For Dr Zaini Othman of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, the "confusion" that is being felt by the Muslims he meets in the state is why the issue is being raised now.
"Based on my daily experience with Sabahans, this is what they are asking. They feel that there is a hidden political agenda behind it."
Though the Federal government has been at pains to stress that the issue is not about political mileage, Kuching-based blogger Norman Goh doubts that the violence it has spurred is being tackled seriously.
"First you allow the protests (by Muslim groups). Then when the attacks happen, you say [you] 'might' use the ISA (Internal Security Act). When Hindraf, Bersih and Bar Council rallies occurred, you did not hesitate to use the ISA," says Goh, 23.
Faisal's colleague, Dr Andrew Aeria, was unequivocal in his reading of the debacle.
"The view here is that Umno has fanned all of this. They seek to impose their racist imaginings on the rest of Malaysia without realising that Malaysia also contains Sarawak and Sabah."
What Aeria is referring to is the fluid, non-communal approach to ethnic relations in East Malaysia, where groups do not seek to impose their norms or beliefs onto others.
It is helped by the fact that in the historical memory and the demographics of these two states, no group has been dominant.
The ethnic demarcations are also not enforced by politics, says Aeria, where political parties are not formed just to serve one group.
"Some parties have many members of one group but they are intrinsically multi-racial. This is where you see parties like SUPP (Sarawak United People's Party) that looks like a Chinese party but it fields Bumiputera candidates."
PENINSULA 'RACIST'?
Unimas' Aeria and Faisal also dispute the views of a Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) race-relations expert who contended that for Sarawak Muslims, religion was not as important as tribal identity.
In a previous The Malaysian Insider article, Prof Dr Mansor Mohd Noor of UKM Inter-ethnic Studies Institute gave an opinion that peninsular Muslims were less tolerant when it came to questions on Islam than their Sarawak and Sabah brethren.
"For Muslims in East Malaysia, the use of 'Allah' by non-Muslims is not a problem because their identity is tied to a tribe rather than to a religion," Mansor has said in the article titled "Allah unites some and divides others".
"Saying that is almost like saying we Sarawak Muslims are less Islamic than the ones in the peninsula just because we can tolerate Christians using 'Allah'," says Faisal.
East Malaysians of all creeds are passionate about their faith and identity but they were more accepting of each other, says Aeria.
"If you are saying that peninsular Muslims cannot be as tolerant as the ones in East Malaysia, are you saying that peninsular Muslims want to remain racist? What is wrong with emulating East Malaysian tolerance?"
Conversely, since the debate over whether to allow non-Muslims to use "Allah" is currently being determined in the peninsula, it seems that West Malaysians have no problems imposing their beliefs on East Malaysians.
And that, says those interviewed, would be very unfortunate for Sarawak and Sabah.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Simple "Feel Good"
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Useless Arguments
1) http://letusaddvalue.blogs
2) http://letusaddvalue.blogs
"The Conclusion
It is clear that it is not just permissible to use the term Allah to refer to God in the Bible, it is exactly what the Quran wants us to do. Is it not an irony?"
Dr. Asri's take:
1) http://drmaza.com/home/?p=
2) http://www.themalaysianins
"Saya kata: jika anda hendak tahu pendirian Islam bukanlah dengan falsafah-falsafah tentang akar bahasa itu dan ini yang diutamakan. Rujuk terdahulu apa kata al-Quran dan al-Sunnah. Lepas itu kita bincang hukum berkenaan bertitik tolak dari kedua sumber tersebut.
Justeru itu kita lihat, orang-orang Kristian Arab memang memakai perkataan Allah dalam Bible mereka, juga buku-buku doa mereka. Tiada siapa pun di kalangan para ulama kaum muslimin sejak dahulu yang membantahnya."
But my favourite is always Raja Petra's!!! I love this old man. He comes with the best come back.... In his article, his argument was purely about the Prophet's dad's name, ABDULLAH (who evidently was not Muslim, but a pagan) yet the word ALLAH was in his name.
Read: ALLAH WAS ORIGINALLY PAGAN GOD.
Muhammad’s father was named Abdullah. Abdullah means Servant of Allah -- a combination of Abdul and Allah; so it becomes Abdul-Allah or Abdullah when joined together.
Now, logically, Abdullah was born before Prophet Muhammad was born since the father has to be born before the son can be born. In fact, Abdullah died before Muhammad was born and that was why the Prophet was raised by his grandfather, Muttalib, and later, when Muttalib died eight years later, by his uncle, Abu Talib.
Now, what does this tell you? Muhammad received his prophet-hood and was ‘converted’ to Islam long after Abdullah, the Servant of Allah, died. But Abdullah was not a Muslim. Abdullah was a Pagan. So, if Muhammad’s ‘Pagan’ father was named the Servant of Allah, that means Allah was a Pagan and not a Muslim God, so to speak.
How can Muslims (meaning Malays in particular) claim that Allah is a Muslim God and therefore the name belongs to only the Muslims? If you were to research the history of Muhammad further you will know that Muhammad and his cousin Ali (who later went on to become the Fourth Caliph) indulged in idol-worshiping and animal sacrifice to Pagan Gods in Taif, a town in the suburbs of Makkah, before the time of the Revelation.
That means Muhammad the son of Abdullah was a Pagan, as was his father, the Servant of Allah. But he carried the name ‘Muhammad the son of the Servant of Allah’ long before the Revelation when he ‘became’ a Muslim. How do the Muslims (meaning Malays) explain this if they say that Allah belongs to the Muslims? The word ‘Allah’ existed before the word ‘Muslim’ or ‘Islam’.
Told ya'! (:
Grr.. Just leave God, Allah and Tuhan alone already!
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
....
is still my Sayang.
ha ha.
I know. stupid me.
kill me now.
Welcome to 2010
I've lost a few kilos. I do mean, a few. It is crazy. I didn't know I could lose that much. It's amazing what depression can do to you. I guess it's a good thing though. Better than gaining weight. LOL. At least now I can look gorgeous in anything. Except I still have rather huge thighs. Sigh.
My holiday is not without tears and drama. Nevertheless, it was a memorable one. I don't know how I managed to hold on for this long despite everything that I had known and seen for myself. Literally. I don't expect anyone to understand the painful journey I had to go through... I mean, I am still tolerating it and why I am still here, after all these years, also makes me wonder at times.
"She failed in her role" he claimed.
"What's her role?" I asked back.
"To forget you.. get over you.." I can't help but think that it's another poor excuse. An excuse so that I don't feel bad and sad about the whole thing.
"So, have you?" while reminding myself that he was the one who said 'you'd make me happy if you come.'
"I already said she failed.." yet, why can't I find peace within those words..?
I wonder what kinds of stories he creates for her. I love you and I care for you but it just won't work. We won't see each other again. Ever. She's just my ex. Don't think I don't care about you because I do. But... Blah. Blah. Blah. How so easy. And how easy girls fall for for these lines. Give her all (yes, all) for a timed-relationship.
I remember the conversation that took place a couple of months back.
me: so you and her.. was just some sort of fun you're having? even though she and i pretty much come from the same uh.. background
h: but it's not gonna happen. that's a timed relationship. we both will go back home
me: timed relationship?
h: it ends when the year ends
It bugs me that he treats girls like that. Is that how guys do it nowadays? They have fun with you, they say sweet things, although they expect to leave soon. And they leave while still saying things like "I care about you.. I love you, baby.. I miss you too" while at the same time confessing that they're just saying that so that they don't hurt the other person's feelings.
me: but why her?
h: I don't know. I guess I was trying to find you in someone else.
Believe me. I had hoped that it was comforting enough to know that. But it didn't comfort me at all. Like... wow! How did we girls end up with such a jerk? I mean, me. And well, you know who.
2009 was a terrible year for me, having to keep up with such ridiculous excuses and lies. The worst thing is, I knew that they were all lies right from the beginning. I lost my enthusiasm and energy. It was like losing myself. In a way, I felt that I did.
h: did you really think I didn't lose anything from doing all that?
me: (sigh) .. no. what the hell did you lose? you had all the fun. i'm the one suffering here.
h: i lose you, babe. well, i nearly lost you.
puke. shrug. smile.
Perhaps 2010 would be different. Better, at least. I welcome 2010 with open arms and re-newed faith. What else can hurt me now when I had already gone through the worst of things that one could possibly know?
Bring it on, 2010!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
How I fell in love with books...
My parents, having brought up in a not-so well-off families, have always believed that the only way for one to change their lives is through education. That is probably why they made all of us love books (and everything about books) since we were all small. They've made all of us love to read. I remember how my brother learned letters from car plate numbers and huge bill boards. My siblings and I had known how to read at the age of 5. Eventually, all of us had khatam Quran by 6-7 years old as well.
Ladybird books were one of the favourites. We had loads of them! From 1A to err... 16C of something... This is only 1/10 of the whole collection.
From a beginner to advanced, Abah would call us after dinner and made us read to him. He would correct our pronunciations, asked us the meaning or whether we understood what we read, taught us new vocabularies and so on. My parents would buy us all sorts of books and mark them. For example, this book below was bought in 1986. My eldest sister was 6 years old that time.
Mak, although not well-versed in English herself would also made an effort to learn with us. She made us have a dictionary all the time and an exercise book to write all the words that we didn't understand. She would mark the books bought. We would underline the words in the book and wrote the meaning on top of it, for references to others who will read them in the future.
I haven't got photos for everything. But my elder sisters have collections of Sweet Valleys, Babysitters' Club and I got myself started with the Enid Blyton series. And I looked forward to my birthdays because my parents would buy me 2 extra Enid Blyton books on my birthday! Yep, I didn't need a fancy walkman or shiny shoes or new gowns. Just books :p
I don't know how my parents did it, but they managed to instill the habit of reading into all of us from the very beginning. And I would say, that was probably one of the reasons why all of us did well in school. We didn't get tired of books. We had a mini-library, a place where I could spend hours going after one book after another.
Time flies of so fast.. From fairy tales, I moved on to Sci-Fi and romance novels (yeah, like Judith McNaught, Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts and all). Now, I'm into Governance, Politics and Religions. I do read Malay novels (mainly because my elder sisters bought them.. haha). So I had to read. See?
Well, it's different now I suppose. Kids are more interested in Cartoon Network on ASTRO more than books. And their little laptops they use to play Barbie and Sonic and whatever cartoon games available. My parents only installed ASTRO when all of us had finished school. It's all about prioritising, Mak would say. She can't understand why people would waste RM60-RM100 monthly on ASTRO than just RM30 a month to buy interesting and exciting new books for their children! Hehe. She's a headmistress. Go figure :p
Anyway, do you still have your childhood book collections?
I'm back
It was only after my mom told me that an 11-year old (a daughter of her friend) has been following my writings and inspired by it (to learn English, excel in her studies, etc.)... and others (I guess, she was giving hints since she probably has known by now that I wanted to stop blogging), that I begin to have second thoughts. Most of the time, we don't realise that the little things we do/say/write may affect other people be it in a positive or negative way.....
Hurmmm....
Sunday, November 08, 2009
i've stopped blogging
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thank you for visiting :)
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I’m going to smile and make you think I’m happy, I’m going to laugh, so you don’t see me cry, I’m going to let you go in style, and even if it kills me - I’m going to smile.
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adios amigos..
it was nice having you guys around..
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Religious vs. Spiritual
A friend asked me, "Are you a religious person?" (maybe because I've been posting a lot of religion stuff)
Without hesitating, I said, "No, I'm not. But I'm a spiritual person I suppose.."
Curious, the friend asked, "What is the difference?"
Honestly, I know not what it means.. haha. so I just replied, "I believe in the existence of God and the power of God. But as far as institutionalised religion is concerned, I may have differing views on that.. I do not impose my beliefs on anyone and I do not appreciate it when anyone try to impose their beliefs on me either.."
The context of being "religious" in this country expects you to behave in a certain way and manner that MUST satisfy the beliefs of the majority of people. Thus in this regard, I am not at all religious. Anyone who are close to me would happily validate that! :p
I digress. Anyway, the point is when Dr. Asri started being vocal about a few issues a few years back, I started following his views and opinions with interest. Surprisingly, a lot of his views match mine. The difference is, my argument is only based on my own common sense and basic human values (as I of course have no expertise in Quran, hadith and histories) while Dr. Asri argues from both theological and logic sense (which is even better. and he's damn funny too!!). When I was giving up hope on Malaysian "ulamaks" and "muftis" and all other "ustazs" (not all of course)... his refreshing views and opinions convince me that there is hope for a mindset-change after all...
For those who have never listened to Dr. Asri, who now is a famous icon thanks to Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM) and JAIS who made slanders against Dr. Asri and got him arrested by berpuluh2 polis (macam la Dr. Asri ni terrorist pulak) but later tak tau nak charge him with what which is sooo bloody stupid, he's a wonderful person with great sense of humour.
Some examples:
1) Isu Zakat to Non-Muslim
2) Non-Muslims in Mosques
3) Wudhu' between spouses
4) Music
There are lotsa video links on the right side of youtube - answering queries and confusion. Quite entertaining. So, enjoy!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
LEO
in mid-October the courageous but rather hot-headed Mars moved into
Leo for a lengthy stay. Since then, you've experienced both sides of
it's character. You've stood up for what you believe but in several
tense situations, you've also over-reacted, something you'll need to
learn how to control.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Credit Card Service Tax?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
MCA is such a joke
Then he sacked Chua..
Then he got a vote of no confidence from the members..
Then he refused to resign eventhough majority of MCA wanted him out!
Tak malu much?
Then he kissed and made up with Chua while retaining his presidency!!
Gila kuasa much?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
PETRONAS should be free from ANY political interference
"Sedarkah anda 45% daripada pendapatan kerajaan adalah daripada RM yang disumbangkan oleh PETRONAS. "Kerajaan Malaysia adalah pelabur paling bijak di dunia" kata Presiden PETRONAS (tanyalah orang PETRONAS bila kata-kata ini diucapkan). Kenapa? Kerana dengan hanya melabur sebanyak RM10juta, kerajaan memperolehi pulangan lebih 400 billion dan nilai terkumpul ini akan bertambah setiap tahun. Tatkala pendapatan PETRONAS merudum tahun lepas, pembayaran kepada kerajaan Malaysia pula kekal dengan trend menaik!
Alhamdulillah, PETRONAS berjaya melaksanakan tanggungjawab kepada pelaburnya dan hasilnya dinikamati oleh seluruh rakyat Malaysia. Persoalannya : Bagaimana jika pada tahun 2017 (bukan lagi 2014), hasil petroleum dan gas kita habis. Daripada mana pula kerajaan nak dapatkan wang untuk perbelanjaan negara? Lingkuplah Malaysia jika PETRONAS sudah hilang sumber pendapatannya! Apa akan jadi dengan ekonomi kita nanti? Apa akan jadi dengan rakyat kita nanti? Apa akan jadi dengan anak-anak kita nanti?
Hasil bumi yang diselenggarakan dengan baik oleh PETRONAS ini dijangkan habis dalam tidak sampai 10 tahun lagi. Apakah persediaan Malaysia untuk menghadapinya. Kita mewah hari ini kerana kita ada minyak. Tapi jika kita gagal merancang dan menguruskan wang ini dengan baik Malaysia akan terkebelakang 10 sepuluh tahun daripada Singapura. Pelikkan, Singapura lebih maju walaupun ia tiada hasil bumi langsung! Malaysia juga boleh lakukannya jika kita bermula daripada sekarang. Janganlah dibazirkan lagi wang untuk projek-projek mengarut seperti Piala Monsoon!
Pakatan Rakyat terpekik terlolong tika kerajaan tidak menaikkan subsidi untuk menampung kenaikan harga minyak dunia tahun lepas. Jika minyak sudah habis nanti, harga minyak dalam negara ini akan melambung dan kerajaan BN mahupun PR tidak akan mampu mensubsidi lagi kerana Malaysia sendiri terpaksa mengeksport minyak untuk keperluan rakyat. Papa lah Malaysia jika kita terus bersikap seperti hari ini.
Rakyat yang bengap akan berkata PETRONAS bermula dengan modal kerajaan maka seharusnya ia bertanggungjawab membantu kerajaan bermati-matian." Tahukah anda, tatkala syarikat persaing minyak dunia melaburkan semula 57% hingga 70% daripada hasil jualan petroleumnya untuk pembangunan syarikat mereka supaya terus kompetitif dalam industri Oil & Gas, PETRONAS cuma dibenarkan melaburkan semua 21% daripada hasil pendapatan tahunannya untuk terus berkembang. Itu pun ada rakyat yang bising kata 21% itu pun patut digunakan untuk mensubsidi harga minyak untuk rakyat! Bungkuslah PETRONAS nanti kerana tiada modal pusingan. Rakyat dan kerajaan Malaysia masih bengap, berfikiran jangka pendek.
Tahukah anda, cuma 25% daripada pendapatan PETRONAS adalah daripada hasil minyak dan gas yang digerudi keluar daripada hasil bumi Malaysia. Manakala 75% lagi adalah hasil daripada pelabur PETRONAS di luar negara. Penerokaan peluang perniagaan diluar negara adalah dengan inisiatif PETRONAS sendiri. Kepakaran kakitangannya yang membantu menaikkan PETRONAS hingga tersenarai dalam Fortune 500 companies dan ranking ke 8 (tahun 2008) dalam senarai syarikat yang menjana pendapatan terbanyak di dunia. Tapi pendapatan PETRONAS hari cuma 1/4 sahaja daripada pendapatan EXXONMOBIL! Jadi, jauhkan politik daripada PETRONAS jika Malaysia sayangkan PETRONAS.
Malaysia perlu menyiapkan diri untuk mencari alternatif pendapatan selain daripada PETRONAS. Hari ini PETRONAS dibebankan dengan tanggungjawab 'memberi makan' Malaysia. Ibarat Bapa dan anak. jika tiada bapa, anak mati kebuluran."
Back from Egypt
holiday.
She's darker now.. thanks to the heat of Egypt. Muahahaha. Now I'm not
the darkest in the family anymore, for now at least.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Automated car lift
The car park is on level 8 and above. And the only way to get there is
via a car lift. Kinda cool.
Mom was scared though..LOL
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you
Author: SUSAN TAY
One day, a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. 
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realised what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quietened down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
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Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have.
Give more.
Expect less.
NOW .......
Enough of that crap. The donkey later came back and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock. 
MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Congratulations, Isa
A few of us were at PRK Bagan Pinang, observing the election. My place went okay except for some quarrels and fights by the supporters.
A friend of mine however, was confronted by several elderly Indian makciks who so innocently asked why they did not get the gifts n RM 300 offered to the estate folk as promised.
"I've already voted. Where can I claim my 300 ringgit?..."
Congratulations anyway, Isa.
--------------------- what others say -----------------------------------
KU LI
Much as the likely win by Isa would be welcomed by the leadership after the string of losses Umno has suffered, I am afraid what the nation needs is for Umno to lose again. This is because again we have fielded a candidate proven to be corrupt.
"A win by Isa would translate into an endorsement of corruption-as-usual within the party and the government that it leads," he said.
"For the good of the party, the dignity of the Malay community it claims to represent and for the sake of the nationwide reform in governance and politics that we must undergo, it would be better if Umno lost today, and used the loss to begin internal reform.
"Corruption is the scourge of the country. Umno is a step away from being identified with that scourge," added the veteran politician.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
When a little bird chirps
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Weddings & Open Houses
Friday, October 02, 2009
How does one forgive?
Faith - it can never be forced
"What is truth and what is farce? We don't know and we don't really care because we base our beliefs on faith and not on evidence. And our faith is mostly based on what our parents and their parents before them believed in.
I have met a Muslim ulama who took me for lunch in McDonalds in Washington. He ordered a beef burger and I had fish. He laughed and said he understands that I am from Malaysia so I am just doing the 'Malay thing' by eating fish and not any non-halal meat. But beef, even though not slaughtered by a Muslim, is halal, said this ulama of Arab descent who is very senior in the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
I have met a Muslim ulama who drinks wine. Wine is okay, said the ulama, but not beer, whisky or brandy. And he quoted a verse of the Quran to convince me.
I have met Muslims from Morocco who smoke during the fasting month of Ramadhan but will not eat or drink till the sun goes down.
I have met Muslims who only accept the Quran but not the Hadith. And I have met Muslims who only accept 500 of the Hadith but not the 7,000 that other Muslims accept. And I have met Muslims who take the Quran from its allegorical meaning and not from its literal meaning. And I have met Muslims who translate the Quran from Aramaic and not Arabic, which they say is the correct language of the Quran.
So, even amongst Muslims there are many opinions of 'right' and 'wrong'. Some even say that Judaism, Christianity and Islam do not exist because all three are actually the same religion and that Abraham's teachings and not the teachings of Moses, Jesus or Muhammad is the correct religion to follow.
Who is right and who is wrong? That is for you to decide. And since it is all based on faith with no evidence -- in the context of the law of evidence acceptable in the justice system that we follow -- then you decide the right and the wrong.
But don't force others to also believe what you believe. Most religions impose their beliefs on others. Since, due to lack of evidence, you can't prove what is right and what is wrong, you have no business forcing others to also believe what you believe which is all based on faith.
If 'religionists' can understand this then the world would be a much better place. Malaysia would be a much better place. And those hundreds of millions who were slaughtered over the last 3,500 years in the name of the 'true religion' need not have died needlessly.
This, the religionists, can't seem to understand. And this is because they have this high and mighty and righteous attitude where only they are right and all others are wrong. It never occurred to them that maybe they are wrong and the other chap could in fact be right. Or that maybe everyone is wrong because at the end of the day religion is all about unproven stories told 14,000 generations ago and passed down by word of mouth over 3,500 years with no evidence to support the stories or evidence to prove that the stories had not changed or become corrupted over time."
Friday, September 11, 2009
An Awesome Satire : Muslims are better looked after - Zainon Ahmad
Scene: Riverside Café, PWTC.
MOHAN: Muslims in Malaysia are so lucky. I wonder whether they realise it.
Azman: Why do you say that? Aren't non-Muslims in this country lucky too? I think we all are. We have peace and security and we don't go hungry.
Mohan: But Muslims have something extra.
Azman: What's that?
Mohan: Security for their soul.
Chong: Yes, Azman. Everything that can possibly be done to keep your soul out of harm's way, Satan's way, is being done. Even temptation is put out of your way.
Mohan: We non-Muslims have to take care of our souls ourselves. It's tough for us.
Chong: Unlike Muslims here those in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, have to take care of their souls themselves. So it is in Egypt, Iraq.
Mohan: With so many laws in place to prevent you from sinning, halal food and with so many lectures in mosques, in university lecture halls, on radio and TV to remind you of the fire of hell your soul must be in a pristine state.
Chong: So how can you be destined for anywhere else but heaven, Azman. Lucky you. As for Mohan and me, alas, we probably will be elsewhere. Pity though you won't be with us.
Mohan: Easy indeed to be a Muslim here. You can't even get to be tempted because all those things that can affect your soul have been taken out of your way.
Chong: You are discouraged from frequenting pubs and nightclubs. You can go but if there is a raid by the "morality police" you are in for some embarrassing moments. You cannot gamble.
Mohan: There is always the threat of being caned.
Chong: The Muslim month of Ramadan begins at the end of this week. You must fast. You can be arrested and punished for not fasting. So how can you not perform your religious duties. Maybe one day they will even mark your attendance at Friday prayers.
Mohan: The authorities are attempting to do many more things to protect you from doing things that can get you "demerit points".
Azman: They are?
Mohan: Yes. For instance there was an attempt to make beer unavailable in convenience stores in Muslim majority areas.
Chong: In doing all these things and attempting to do many more to "protect" Muslims it is sad that they have forgotten us, as if we don't matter or we don't exist.
Mohan: And they are protecting you from deciding to become denizens of hell by making sure you cannot opt out of your religion.
Chong: How fortunate and lucky you all are. Still I'd rather stay where I am.
Mohan: Amen.
Azman: But I don't want to be protected. I don't want the enforced protection. I want the freedom to act according to my conscience and according to the guidance my parents and my religious teachers have given me.
Mohan: But you can't. The constitutions are no longer the truly secular constitutions of the early days. The authorities have the power and can act against you.
Azman: But they cannot legislate on matters of morality and things like that. And they cannot enforce those rules. Can they Cikgu?
Zain: But they can. Under the amal makruf nahi mungkar (enjoining the good and forbidding wrongdoing) injunction of the Quran they assume they can do anything to protect you against temptations. In other words using force to protect you against yourself.
Azman: Can they do that?
Zain: Well, they are already doing it. But I have heard elsewhere that it is entirely up to the individual to do good like being charitable and to refrain from doing immoral things.
Azman: Yes, I heard a foreign expert on Islam once say that there is a reminder in the Quran that in discouraging people from doing immoral things an ulamak should remember that he can only remind and that he is not a dictator.
Zain: Yes, I heard something like that too. But with all these laws our ulamak or religious officials actually have very little to do in terms of keeping their flock out of harm's way. The laws are doing it for them already. And so relax. Why bother visiting families in his area occasionally to see how they are doing, whether they need anything explained or clarified and reminding them of their religious duties and to refrain from immoral activities. They don't have to do that. And even if some members of his congregation do not like his patronising ways and the way the religion is being administered there is little they can do about it. They can't leave their religion anyway. So why bother about establishing rapport with them. They cannot stray. They will have to remain in the flock forever. That's why there are those who stray away quietly.
Azman: Careful, Cikgu. You can be accused of insulting Islam.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009
Butterflies in my Heart
Mak watches Sekar every night and I had to bear with this song... but now, I think I'm in love with it.
"meski ku tak tahu lagi
engkau ada di mana
dengarkan aku
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Anas Zubedy' take
I read UMI (Mother) by Anas Zubedy with deep interest. I was even in tears by the time I reached the end of the entry. Sentimental much, huh? LOL.
I don't know how much that entry would change me into being a better daughter or sibling. Change. It's the easiest word to utter, yet the hardest thing to do. Sigh.
Hopefully, under this spirit of Ramadhan... I would see some changes within myself. And I'm hoping the same for you guys too :)
P.s. I'm in Penang now with Laily! Mengepau her computer while she's at the hospital. Haha.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Merit comes from making right choices - Marina M
By Marina Mahathir (The Star)
Living the faith is not just about avoiding what is prohibited, but more so about doing the right things where morals and ethics are concerned.
IN this month of Ramadan, one naturally focuses on questions of faith. And indeed, with several controversies in the papers, we can't escape it at all. Every day our lives seem to be increasingly circumscribed until the question of choice in our lives becomes irrelevant.
There are some people in our midst who seem to think that the only way to fulfill our religious obligations is by removing any sort of temptation or challenge in our paths.
Since we are prohibited from drinking, the answer is therefore to remove any form of alcohol from our sight so that we may never have the opportunity to be tempted by it.
Or, to disallow young Muslims to attend events sponsored by alcoholic beverage companies.
The assumption is that by the mere presence of liquor, we would abandon all inhibitions and imbibe.
This suggests two things. One is that the religious education of the young must be so inadequate that they feel totally uninhibited when faced with what they should know is prohibited.
Secondly, our faith is essentially a weak one since it can never restrain us from breaking rules.
There are other faiths that have food prohibitions as well. Many Hindus and Buddhists don't eat beef. There are people who take no meat at all.
Yet, living in a world of carnivores, where the beef burger is ubiquitous and most people are oblivious of others' dietary restrictions, they stick to their diets throughout their lives. Do they have stronger faith than Muslims?
I'm trying to imagine a world where our faith is supposedly secured by having absolutely no temptations or challenges at all.
We can ban every form of alcohol (including medicinal ones), we can cull every single pig in the land, but does that mean we will be able to float about blissfully certain that we now have a place in heaven?
In countries where alcohol is completely prohibited, an underground system invariably springs up and people drink much more, perhaps because it is illicit.
People who are used to ham made from turkey meat and bacon from beef tend to assume, when they travel to other countries, that all the bacon and ham there are also made from the same meats.
Children who have never seen pigs gush over the cuteness of those little pink animals with the funny snouts.
But faith is about more than just prohibited drinks and foods. It is also about morals and ethics. Every day we are faced with choices that challenge our sense of morality.
Do we pay a little extra to the officer in order to expedite our applications? Do we beat the red light, thus endangering other people, just because we are a little late? Do we keep quiet about a mistake we made and let others take the blame?
It is our faith that is going to provide us the answers to these questions. And sometimes these questions can be difficult to answer. Does that mean therefore that we should just get rid of them so that our faith need never be tested?
It would be nice to get rid of corruption completely so that we never have to deal with it. But do we hear of anyone calling for a ban on it? Or mobilising religious officials to catch anyone giving or receiving a bribe?
If our faith directs our way of life, then ethical and moral questions should dog us every day. How is it that those calling for people who drink to be whipped have nothing to say about people who neglect to repay loans? Or who leave their children in destitution?
How is it that the voices that bay for rock concerts to be banned are not just as outraged by the existence of the homeless and the hungry?
Faith, as someone said, needs to be exercised regularly. Otherwise it gets flabby. In what way can it be exercised if we think that living in a religious utopia is what we should aim for?
Is it better for our faith to be exercised by the trivial rather than the big moral questions of poverty, illiteracy and violence?
God said in the Quran, "if it had been His will, He could indeed have guided you all". (6:149)
We could all be perfectly good if He had so willed it. But we are given choices because that is how we earn our merits. We have the opportunity to think about what we should do and then decide.
In that way we have the chance to think about what ethics we want to apply in our lives. Take away that choice and we never have to think about morals and ethics. What sort of human beings would we be then?
Monday, August 31, 2009
A conversation
How hard is it to use common sense, I wonder? What is the use of our brains (which is supposed to function more effectively than animals) given by God?Me says:
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/26300/84/
rpk's piece. a good read if u wanna get to know the history although of course u
don't believe in all this anyway
Curious Friend says:
lol
Curious Friend says:
of course i'll read it
Curious Friend says:
i just think that
Curious Friend says:
it has no correlation with life today
Me says:
they r just histories
Curious Friend says:
I know
Curious Friend says:
it helps explain to the followers of these
religions why they should not kill othrs
Me says:
hahahahaha
Curious Friend says:
while I think ppl should not kill other just
because it is the right thing to do
Me says:
weird benda camtuh pon kn vajar
Me says:
hey i
think the same way too of course
Curious Friend says:
yeah lol
Curious Friend says:
but u get what i mean
Me says:
i doCurious Friend says:
it annoys me that ppl need to look ot the
history of a religion to find a reason not to do somethingCurious Friend
says:
when it is something so obvious
Curious Friend says:
do you need a reason to do right?
Me says:
haha very true
Salam.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Barbaric and Uncivilized Behaviour of some people in Shah Alam
1) Khalid Samad's sober response on the temple relocation and HERE also
"Oleh itu, bagi mereka yang ingin tahu, izinkan saya menceritakan serba sedikit perkara sebenar berkenaan isu ini. Tapak Kuil yang dicadangkan adalah di kawasan Industri, lebih 200 meter dari kawasan perumahan. Sebuah Kuil yang sekarang ini berada di Seksyen 19 akan dipindahkan ke tapak baru yang dicadangkan ini. Di Seksyen 19, kuil berkenaan hanya berjarak 20 kaki dari kawasan perumahan! Buka pintu rumah, seberang jalan terdapat kuil.
Sebenarnya, kuil Seksyen 19 telah berada di situ sejak zamansebelum wujudnya Shah Alam lagi. Pada masa itu kawasan di mana kuil tersebut dibina dinamakan Ladang Sungai Renggam. Apabila PKNS ambil-alih, maka dijadikan kawasan perumahan. Semasa membina dan menjual rumah-rumah di Seksyen 19, PKNS tidak menunjukkan kuil tersebut di dalam pelan mereka. Sebaliknya yang ditunjuk adalah rumah-rumah teres dua tingkat.
Maka, para pembeli rumah sekitar kuil tersebut, 80% dari mereka yang merupakan orang Melayu Islam pun terperanjatlah apabila berpindah ke rumah baru mereka dan mendapati kuil masih berada di situ. Sedangkan mereka diberitahu bahawa kuil tersebut akan dipindahkan."
2) Khalid Samad's sensible response towards visitors' comments
"Ada pula yang bijak pandai berkata “Majoriti penduduk di seksyen 19 dan 23 adalah Islam. Kuil tak sepatutnya berada dikawasan tersebut. Pindahkan saja ke kawasan penduduk majoriti Hindu di kawasan lain”.
Hakikatnya tiada kawasan di Shah Alam yang mana masyarakat Hindu majoriti. Oleh itu, kuil ini akan memenuhi keperluan untuk Seksyen 19, 20 dan 23. Keseluruhannya saya dimaklumkan melebihi 1,000 penganut Hindu. Ada yang kata dah banyak kuil di Seksyen 19, 20 dan 23. Mereka berbohong. Hanya ada satu sahaja dan ianya di Seksyen 19. Dan kuil inilah yang ingin dipindahkan. Dasar kerajaan PR, ‛Tiada kuil baru dan tiada kuil yang diroboh’.
Ada juga yang menyatakan ada kuil hanya 1 km dari Seksyen 23, iaitu di Sri Muda. Kuil Sri Muda terletak 3 km dari lokasi berkenaan. Bukan 1 km, harap maaf ya.
Ada pula yang menambah Seksyen 22 adalah tapak cadangan kerajaan BN dulu, majoriti masyarakat Hindu. Hakikatnya tapak cadangan BN adalah kawasan kilang, jauh dari mana-mana penduduk, Muslim mahupun Hindu. Terlalu jauh dan amat tidak sesuai. Kalau betul ingin membantu, biarlah ikhlas, biarlah adil."
*** disclaimer: I'm neither anti-establishment nor pro-opposition. but i simply hate when sentiments are riled up for political gain ***
Malaysia-wide condemnation
Marina Mahathir’s
http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2009/08/barbarians-at-gate.html
Anas Zubedy
New Bob Agency, What the Quran Says About Non-Muslim Places of Worship.
Jahamy’s
http://jahaberdeen.blogspot.com/2009/08/hindu-brother-sisters-please-forgive.html
Walski's
http://asylum60.blogspot.com/2009/08/lrtq2-woe-to-foolish-aggressors.html
Pah Nur
http://lunchatthelakeclub.blogspot.com/2009/08/lrtq-2-this-cannot-be-islamic.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytAkNMyGd1M
Organiser: Cow's head a mystery
Rahmah Ghazali
Aug 29, 09
1:30pm
Section 23 residents action committee chairperson Mahyuddin Manaf believes that the cow's head that was brought to yesterday's controversial protest was to 'provoke them'.However, the self-proclaimed PAS member declined to elaborate, saying he did not want the issue to be blown out of proportion. (i don't freaking care from which political party you are from!) He also stressed that the protest was not intended to stoke racial tension but rather to 'solve such grievances'. (wtf? and the cow's head is not racial to begin with? is he retarded?)
As for the cow's head, Mahyuddin said its appearance at the protest remains a mystery. "We did a post mortem (on the protest) but could not identify the people who brought it," he told Malaysiakini. (yet, you carried the head the whole time and even marched with it? what kind of idiot are you?)
Mahyuddin (right) was also unsure whether outsiders were involved in the protest.
"There were some NGO leaders yesterday, but I don't know them personally," he said, adding that he wanted a peaceful protest.
"Originally, the committee members planned to stage a demonstration participated by 3,000 people but I objected to the idea as I wanted a peaceful not chaotic protest," he added. (yeah, right! read: sarcasm)
Mahyuddin also stressed that he was not a racist. (actions speak much louder than words, mister!)
"From the onset, I gave importance to religious sensitivities. I want unity. We are not against the temple, we just do not want it to be built in a Muslim majority area," he said. (religious sensitivities? OMG, this bigot makes me want to strangle him! such a hypocrite!)
'Wants to avoid racial tension'
Mahyuddin also expressed his disappointment at the lack of response from the state government for the memorandum that was submitted in protest of the temple relocation.
"We have yet to have a meeting (with the leaders) and we have not even received a single notice," he said.
He also explained why Section 23 residents are persistent on their stand in objecting to the temple being built in their area.
He said that he wanted to avoid (racial tension) "just like what happened in Section 19" - where the temple is currently located. (what racial tension? racial tensions are caused by you religious zealots!)
"Some issues emerged when Section 19 residents protested against the temple for the past 26 years and we just do not want the same thing to happen in our housing area," said Mahyuddin.
He however refused to divulge more details on the incidents that allegedly occurred in Section 19.
"We do not want to have disunity among the races when the temple is relocated here, that is why we are against this plan all the while," he said. (why should there be disunity unless you religious zealots cause it? yes, you racists!)
He further reiterated that Section 22, although is an industrial lot, is the best place for the temple to be relocated. (now let me ask you this, would YOU like for YOUR mosque to be built in an industrial lot?)
"And it is only about 200 metres from the big road and the Hindus can always walk to the temple.
"If they argue it is not appropriate because it is an industrial lot, it does not make any difference as Section 23 is also an industrial lot," said Mahyuddin.
Outraged is an understatement. But what makes me tick even more is the fact that these bigots are not charged for being seditious, racist and openly inciting religious hatred. What is the problem of having mosques, temples and churches close to each other? Since when that becomes a problem? See this. Only religious zealots would make it a problem. Yes, you heard me right.
Hey, if the police could nab, arrest and jail the peaceful candle light vigils in PJ some months ago who are not even violent, racist or provocative... why are they keeping quiet on this one? Why? This stinks of politics from head to toe!!! (don't believe me? see THIS)
And until those in the video are arrested and charged, I'm officially announcing that I'm losing faith towards the police, PDRM, MACC and all other government agencies who seem to be serving the interest of the power-that-be rather than the peoples'.
Oh, by the way...
Salam MERDEKA~
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Well Done :)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Much furore over Caning
"When you look at the laws of Islam, the crimes or the sins in Islam, there are certain sins which are very major. The Quran is very critical of both those who reject God and those who are Muslims but who are [also] hypocrites."
"But the jurisdiction over penalising those people does not belong to the worldly courts. It belongs to Allah on the Day of Judgment. So no syariah court, no matter how serious the crime of hypocrisy, is granted jurisdictional authority to issue a penalty for the crime of hypocrisy. Are you going to play God?" - Imam Feisal in an interview with Nut Graph
"Akyol memberi satu contoh yang menarik dengan memetik satu kajian yang membandingkan amalan kaum Muslim di Turki dan juga kaum Muslim di negara jirannya, Iran. Ramai yang tahu bahawa Turki merupakan republik sekular yang diterajui oleh parti Islam moderat, manakala Iran merupakan republik Islam yang mempunyai struktur kepimpinan ulama."Di Iran, mereka yang berdekatan dengan sempadan Turki akan cuba menyeludup masuk pada hujung minggu — wanita membuka tudung mereka, lelaki cuba meminum arak dan sebagainya," kata Akyol.
Namun menurut Akyol, kadar penganut Islam yang mengerjakan ibadat puasa pada bulan Ramadan di Turki jauh lebih tinggi daripada mereka yang betul-betul berpuasa di Iran.
"Di Iran, ramai yang cuba menunjukkan bahawa mereka berpuasa di khalayak ramai, tetapi dalam sembunyi mengecam mullah-mullah, manakala di Turki, orang Islam amat bersemangat menjalankan ibadat puasa atas kesedaran mereka sendiri," kata Akyol.
Aneh, bukan? Negara yang tidak mengamalkan sebarang undang-undang untuk menghukum mereka yang tidak berpuasa sebenarnya memperlihatkan populasi yang lebih komited terhadap ibadat tersebut." - Shanonshah
Monday, August 24, 2009
Are we fostering the nabbing of "whistle-blower" culture?
R. Nadeswaran
FROM Day One, it had been explicitly stated and repeated several times that this columnist will not touch on race, religion or politics. Last week, I sat back, thought about it, and discussed with colleagues and friends whether I should make the exception. Over the weekend, there was some soul-searching to do over three issues – education, misuse of public funds and corruption. The course of events over the past two weeks has been disturbing indeed. And they related to politics and race. I was advised that I would be "acting against national interests" if I questioned the education policy.
But I support the affirmative policies to help down-trodden fellow-citizens and have always maintained that I do not have an agenda. If I had chosen to keep my vows and remain silent as if they did not exist, the conscience would say that silence is acceptance of the wrongdoing. So, in all honesty, I have decided to seek your indulgence to touch on issues that need to be addressed in a manner befitting their importance.
Last week, commenting on the PKFZ fiasco, I wrote: "Never in the history of this country has there been so much vigour in the demand from the public to get to the bottom of a scandal-ridden project.
The country has never seen the enthusiasm and openness of a minister who is bent on seeing justice to a problem which he inherited. Never has a minister committed himself to seeing the cornerstones of good governance – transparency and accountability – being practised."
Just when you thought the minister's courage will set a precedent for not only his cabinet colleagues but also civil servants to follow suit when someone drops a clanger and attempts to destroy one form of the "whistle-blowing" concept. All kinds of accusations are levelled against him in the name of politics and political donations and even appointments of key personnel are questioned. But those making the accusations are the same people against whom the special task force alleged had short-changed the government of between RM500 million and RM1 billion. While right-thinking people will take such claims of parting with RM10 million with a generous helping of salt, it has put a premature end to attempts to create a new culture of "whistle-blowing" within the higher echelons of our government.
It has certainly put a dent on efforts to give civil servants confidence that they should stand up to politicians who sometimes stray from the standard procedures. It also destroys the present government's policy of being open and transparent in all its dealings. Why should anyone stand up and expose wrongdoings when false and unsubstantiated accusations are made against him or her?
Will the system protect such people or just sit and watch as one accusation after another is made?
Faisal Abdullah (Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd deputy CEO) goes to great lengths to question the legality of the appointment of the Port Klang Authority chairman, but he should be looking at his backyard first.
Wasn't he the Klang municipal councillor who built his bungalow in Kampung Raja Uda in Port Klang without getting the necessary approvals? Wasn't he one of the 24 councillors who turned a blind eye when Istana Zakaria was being built? Wasn't he one of the councillors whose terms were not extended?
The minister had been consistent from the very start when he took office. He made repeated assurances that the PKFZ scandal would be investigated and that the audit reports would be made public. Even then, there was no talk of RM10 million or free plane rides. The question to ask is: Why now, especially immediately after the reports of over-billings and high costs? This column has been consistent on corruption and wrong-doers. There will be no sympathy for either. But the key point is that "whistle blowers" are being systematically targeted.
Talking about whistle-blowers", one cannot put in words the courage of the supposed officials of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against one of their bosses. What they wrote will remain mere allegations until they are proven, but from my experience, there appears to be some semblance of issues worth investigating. It is unfortunate that I cannot make public what is within my knowledge lest I am accused of being judge, jury and executioner. However, for the sake of justice and the truth, I am willing to talk to any competent enforcement authority. Not one which wants to know where my information came from but to one who wants to get to the bottom of it all.
Now, to the issue of education. I have read and scrutinised the answer scripts of at least 20 wannabe lawyers which was the subject of this column last Wednesday. I described them in some detail. At least 18 of them will fail the simple test we have for those wanting to become a journalist. I wouldn't even employ them as our office boy! Malaysians have a right to be worried. Are these the qualities of future magistrates who are going to sit and decide on our fate? Are these the people you turn to for justice and fair play? It is a frightening scenario indeed. Everyone I talked to washed his hands by saying: "This involves the national education policy. No one can do anything." But this policy, although giving priority to sections of the community, does not encourage the setting up of "sure-to-pass" universities. Neither does it specifically state that incompetent students must be made to pass by altering marks or lowering standards. Are our educationists interpreting this policy wrongly? I don't know and answers must be forthcoming.
Last Monday, I wrote about the Mathematics preparatory examination paper for Standard Six pupils and the amount of grammar mistakes in it. I did get a response – a call from the Selangor Education Department. All the caller wanted to know was where I got the examination paper.
"Yang hantar itu guru atau ibubapa?" (Who sent it to you, a teacher or a parent?) she asked. I had to explain to her that it arrived in a brown envelope, sent anonymously. Is there going to be an official response? "Itu Pengarah akan jawab. Saya hanya ditugaskan untuk mengenal pasti macam mana kertas soalan boleh dapat diedarkan." (It is for the director to reply. I have been tasked to establish how the examination paper was circulated."
Thirty-three mistakes were identified in 40 questions and all the authorities are worried about is finding out how it ended up in the hands of this writer! Someone should explain how the mistakes came about; someone should trace the teachers responsible for the mistakes and the supervisor who is responsible for the lapse. All they are interested in is nabbing the whistle-blower!
At a time when our leaders are going on lawatan sambil belajar to make Malaysia the regional education hub, we have subordinate officers making our standards a laughing stock.
How many officers do you need to investigate the source of the mistakes? A dozen – 11 to find the source of the leak and one to sign the disciplinary note against the whistle-blower. So much for an integrated learning system!
R. Nadeswaran is editor (special and investigative reporting) at theSun. He can be reached at: citizen-nades@thesundaily.com.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Ramadhan Edition - Puasa by Dr. MAZA
"Apabila saya memperkatakan tentang pemandu bas perjalanan jauh boleh berbuka puasa kerana musafir, ramai yang bersetuju. Tetapi apabila saya menyebut mereka sepatutnya berbuka puasa, bahkan disuruh berbuka puasa jika puasa itu mengganggu tumpuan pemanduan mereka lalu membahayakan nyawanya dan penumpang dan jika dia berpuasa juga dia menyanggahi petunjuk agama ini, ada pihak yang bertanya saya; apakah sampai hendak disuruh buka, setakat diberikan pilihan itu, tidak mengapalah?! Saya beritahu kepada mereka bahawa dalam hadis; Rasulullah dalam satu perjalanan lalu mellihat orang ramai berkumpul dan seorang lelaki yang dipayung (kerana terlalu teruk berpuasa). Lalu baginda bertanya: Kenapa? Mereka menjawab: Dia berpuasa. Baginda bersabda: Bukanlah sesuatu yang baik itu, berpuasa ketika musafir(riwayat al-Bukhari). Hadis ini adalah ulasan Nabi terhadap lelaki berkenaan yang mana puasanya telah membawa mudarat kepada dirinya sendiri. Maka baginda menyatakan bukan satu perkara yang dianggap baik dalam Islam berpuasa ketika musafir sehingga memudaratkan diri. Jika memudaratkan diri disebabkan berpuasa ketika musafir dibantahi oleh Rasulullah bagaimana pula dengan pemandu bas yang jika puasanya boleh memudaratkan dirinya, penumpang yang ramai di belakangnya dan pengguna jalanraya yang lain? Tentulah mereka ini lebih utama untuk berbuka lebih dari lelaki dalam hadis di atas.Demikian juga anggapan ramai pihak bahawa seseorang yang mandi disebabkan keletihan atau terlalu dahaga pada bulan Ramadan, mengurangkan pahala puasanya. Ada yang menambah, sesiapa yang mandi selepas waktu asar, juga berkurangan pahala puasanya. Sedang di dalam hadis yang sahih yang diriwayatkan oleh al- Imam Malik di dalam al-Mawata’, Ahmad dan Abu Daud: Abu Bakar bin Abd al-Rahman meriwayatkan: “Telah berkata sahabah yang menceritakan kepadaku: “Aku melihat Rasulullah s.a.w. di al-‘Arj (nama tempat) mencurahkan air ke atas kepala baginda ketika baginda berpuasa disebabkan dahaga atau panas.” Dengan itu Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (meninggal 620H) menyatakan: “Tidak mengapa seseorang mencurahkan air ke atas kapalanya (ketika puasa) disebabkan panas atau dahaga kerana diriwayatkan oleh sebahagian sahabah bahawa mereka melihat Rasulullah di al-‘Arj (nama tempat) mencurahkan air ke atas kepala baginda ketika baginda berpuasa disebabkan dahaga atau panas.” (Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi, al-Mughni, 2/18, Beirut: Dar al-Fikr). Maka tidak menjadi kesalahan mereka yang letih atau kekeringan ketika bertugas membasahkan kepala atau mandi demi menambahkan kesegaran dan meneruskan urusan. Agama ini sangat rasional. Ia tidak menyuruh kita keletihan dan tersandar sepanjang hari.Demikian sesetengah kita, akan berhenti memakan sahur apabila melihat jadual waktu imsak yang disebarkan oleh kebanyakan pihak. Jadual itu biasanya akan menetapkan waktu berpuasa lebih awal dari masuknya waktu solat subuh. Padahal al-Quran menyebut: (maksudnya): Makan dan minumlah kamu sehingga ternyata benang putih dari benang hitam dari waktu fajar, kemudian sempurnakanlah puasa sehingga waktu malam (surah al-Baqarah: 187). Dalam hadis al-Bukhari dan Muslim, Nabi menyebut dengan jelas: Makan dan minumlah sehingga azan Ibn Ummi Maktum, kerana beliau tidak akan azan melainkan setelah masuk waktu fajar (subuh). Ibn Ummi Maktum adalah muazzin Nabi. Baginda mengajar kita dalam hadis ini agar kita boleh bersahur sehingga masuknya waktu solat subuh. Apabila waktu solat subuh, bererti waktu sahur berakhir. Baginda tidak pula menyebut beberapa ketika atau setengah jam sebelum subuh. Bahkan dalam hadis Abu Daud dan Ahmad baginda memberikan kelonggaran yang lebih luas untuk umatnya. Baginda bersabda: Apabila seseorang kamu mendengar azan sedangkan bekas minuman berada di tangannya, maka janganlah dia meletakkannya sehingga selesai hajatnya (dinilai sahih oleh al-Albani). Baginda tidak menyuruh seseorang meludah atau memuntahkan apa yang ada dalam mulut apabila mendengar azan seperti pendapat sesetengah orang. Islam itu mudah dan praktikal. Ada orang kata, dia tidak dapat terima pendapat ini. Saya katakan kepadanya: Ini hadis bukan pendapat. Dia kata: Saya pakai pendapat orang ramai. Saya katakan: Agama berdasarkan dalil, bukan emosi."
Wallah'alam.
Selamat Berbuka! :)
Friday, August 21, 2009
Unbelievable? Believe it..
‘‘Tiada sebab langsung orang Islam tolak Islam. Islam yang dibawa oleh UMNO ini Islam kacukan, Islam plastik. Macam duit palsu, ubat palsu, makanan palsu. Ini Islam palsu yang dibawa UMNO."
‘‘Islam ini tidak boleh bawa ke akhirat, tidak boleh bawa ke syurga, dia boleh bawa dekat pintu kubur. Bertengkar atas muka tak habis-habis dengan Melayu sendiri boleh bertengkar.’’
Mursyidul Am Pas Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat berkata, anggota UMNO tidak akan masuk syurga kerana parti itu mengamalkan ajaran Islam palsu dari Palestin. Katanya, terdapat perbezaan antara Islam yang didakwah oleh Pas dan Islam yang diamalkan oleh umat Islam daripada kalangan anggota UMNO.
“Islam bawah UMNO tidak ke mana dan tidak boleh bawa seseorang itu ke syurga. Berdasar perkara itu, saya percaya penduduk di kawasan Permatang Pasir akan memilih calon Pas sebagai wakil rakyat mereka,” katanya kepada pemberita di Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) di sini hari ini selepas proses penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pasir.
Whatever it is, I think humans shouldn't be playing God. It's best if we let the job of judging to the Almighty, shall we Datuk Nik Aziz? We know you're a nice, humble man... but even we don't know your place in the hereafter.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Bitter Me, boo hoo...
seem to be portraying..."
I guess, I am :)
So, what?
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Malik Hussin who won the 2.5 million.. remember?
1. He was handcuffed in his home without any warrant what-so-ever.
2. He was slapped in the face. He claimed 40-50 percent loss of hearing.
3. He was told to wear a certain type of specs. His face was covered with a smelly, black shirt
4. ...... just watch lah....
Oh, by the way.. the former Inspector-General of Police, Rahim Noor (also known as the police who left a huge black eye on Anwar) was also mentioned as one of the beater.
Oh, well...
Sunday, August 02, 2009
ISA Rally in Kuala Lumpur
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Losing those flabby whaaattt...?..
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Loving Surprises! >_<


Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Yasmin Ahmad in memories
The amount of people attending her funeral to show respect speaks volume about her characters. Malaysians from various backgrounds, religions and races... came to pay their respect to this wonderful person. She had an a big heart. She's a true Malaysian. The ads and movies she made are filled with emotions, messages and values in which she believed in. Yasmin Ahmad, the storyteller, who used to be called a living legend.. is now a legend...
I personally love Talentime. I haven't been able to watch some movies of hers like Muallaf and Gubra though. I think I'm going to spend some time watching Youtube and watch all the ads she did over the last I don't know how many years now...
Yet, I am disgusted by KOSMO that tried to discredit her. KOSMO, a newspaper only known to thrown in sexual-related stories to attract buyers with no decency what so ever, wrote trach about her. Shame on the editors! I'm truly disgusted.
Rest in peace, Yasmin. Al-Fatihah.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
We want answers to MACC death - Ku Li
The few sensible leaders left in Malaysia and Ku Li is definitely one
of my favourites.
Sent from my iPhone
Saturday, July 25, 2009
CSI (Malaysian style)



Saturday, July 18, 2009
Manchester United 3 vs. Malaysia 2
Foul Play or Accident?
But when a man interrogated by MACC died at the office of MACC so mysteriously, it's too much of a coincident... don't you think? Well, only God knows best...
Siapa yang terburai?
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Stating the Obvious
"anyway listen my friend, i gotta get going, if u ever need to talk, u know how to find me. cause i have a feeling u not exactly having the best of times. i just give u grief for comedic reasons. i am nothing like the guy are so called dating.... never known to leave anyone hanging.."
Monday, June 29, 2009
Fall to Pieces - Avril Lavigne
Then I look back at you
You try to say
The things that you can't undo
If I had my way
I'd never get over you
Today's the day
I pray that we make it through
Make it through the fall
Make it through it all
And I don't wanna fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Cuz I'm in Love With you
You're the only one,
I'd be with till the end
When I come undone
You bring me back again
Back under the stars
Back into your arms
Wanna know who you are
Wanna know where to start
I wanna know what this means
Wanna know how you feel
Wanna know what is real
I wanna know everything, everything
I'm in love with you
Cuz i'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
Sunday, June 28, 2009
KKP 2009 with a new team

Sophie, Tini, yours truly and Fadh.. posing belakang keta Ea.
Sports. Netball to be exact. It's the one thing that I enjoy doing most. Maybe because it's the only sports that I feel I'm good at. If last year I played for Petchem contingent, this year I played for Corporate contingent. New team, new environment.
I was sick the whole tournament. I had a temperature, horrible flu, awful cough, lost my voice entirely, headache... Owh, all the dreadful things attacked me just right before the tournament! I felt just awfully groggy.
Our coach took us to Bukit Kiara to watch Netball Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka before our tournament started. It was an awesome game although Malaysia lost to Sri Lanka.
Our game
1st match: Oil vs Corporate
2nd match: Gas vs Corporate
3rd match: Petchem vs Corporate4th match: International vs Corporate5th match: Property vs Corporate
We won against Gas, International and Property. We lost to Oil and Petchem. I had fun nevertheless. Of course it wasn't fun playing when my body wasn't feeling too good. But I did and it was worth it..
Next year KKP..? Wouldn't miss it for the world!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Just Briefly on Malaysian Politics by Me
Friday, June 12, 2009
Take Away
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Sambutan Minggu Perpaduan Wilayah Persekutuan
There were lotsa people from all parts of Wilayah Persekutuan KL. Officiated by Raja Nong Chik, The Minister or Federal Territories, the event started as early as 6.45am for the runners and there were pockets of activities such as outdoor sports (netball, futsal, etc.), indoor sports, fishing, and more!
You could see everyone from all different backgrounds at this event. I played netball with my PETRONAS team, UIA staff and students. Each team has to have a combination of multiracial players. We had fun although we lost 2 matches and only won 1! Haha :p
Anyway, kudos to the organizer! I thought it was a blast :)
Melayu Lama, Melayu Baru - Which one are you?
"But the Malays of today, the Melayu Baru, look beyond Malay interests. This, however, must not be interpreted as treacherous or pendeharka Malays who sell out their fellow Malays -- as what some Umno people would say. It is just that they see life as more than just communal interests. There is more to life than just worrying about Malay interests. We also need to consider what these Malays in power can do for the nation at large.
This may be difficult for the Old Malays to understand. What can be more important than Malay interest? Surely Malay interest is the one and only consideration. Well, maybe so to the Old Malays. But to the New Malays there are also things like transparency and good governance, an end to abuse of power and corruption, an independent judiciary and better laws, freedom of association and expression, and those other things that Umno would label as 'Western values'.
The Old Malays like Kadir Jasin are not stupid. In fact, if you know him personally, you will know that he is one smart cookie. So why does he still talk like he is a country bumpkin? Does he not realise that there is more to life than just communal interests?
Of course he does. As I said, he is not stupid. But Kadir Jasin, the Old Malay, believes that Malay interests override all other considerations. The ends justify the means. Okay, maybe we have rampant corruption plus all the other ills you can think of in a failed state or banana republic. But these are necessary evils. This is collateral damage. This is what we must endure to ensure that Malay interests are protected.
This is the mentality of the Old Malay. But the Old Malay is finding out that the New Malay does not think like this at all. The New Malay has different values from the Old Malay. And the Old Malays are getting lesser while there are more New Malays emerging.
In time, there will be more New Malays than Old Malays at the ballot box. If we can convince the five million Malaysians eligible to vote, but not registered as voters yet, to come out and get registered, and if we can convince them to actually come out to vote come the next general election, then we will find that the Old Malays will be reduced to a minority in a sea of black T-shirts, metaphorically speaking of course.
Can we embark on a voter-get-voter campaign? For every one of you who is already a registered voter, convince someone you know who is not yet a registered voter to go register as a voter. Then, in time, people like Kadir Jasin will be a thing of the past while people like Anak Muda Melayu will rule the day.
Voting should no longer be seen as a right. It should be regarded as a responsibility. Young people should be told it is their duty to vote. And to able to vote they must first register as a voter. "
From Anak Muda Melayu : CHE DET TAK FAHAM ORANG MUDA
Dalam blog CheDet (http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2009/04/the-generation-gap.html#more), Tun Mahathir kata generasi muda tidak memahami erti kemerdekaan, diperintah oleh Orang Kita dan bukan Orang Asing. Beliau menyalahkan pendidikan sejarah di sekolah yang gagal memberikan kesedaran kepada generasi muda.
Oleh kerana aku lahir pasca 1957, aku ni generasi muda walaupun umur dah hampir separuh abad. Memangnya aku tidak pernah berada di bawah pemerintahan Inggeris, dan tidak berada di zaman perang. Tetapi aku masih ingat kacaubilau tahun 69. Aku ingat zaman Tun Razak yang menyemarakkan perpaduan. Masa tu juga banyak bentuk kemakmuran melalui bantuan pertanian, dan biasiswa pun dah mula diberikan kepada rakyat. Zaman tu juga banyak sekolah-sekolah asrama penuh yang melahirkan ramai cerdik pandai terutamanya di kalangan orang melayu. Kemudahan-kemudahan prasarana pun ditingkatkan. Jadi, sejarah yang aku lalui tidak perlu pergi jauh sebaliknya zaman pembangunan dan pemulihan ekonomi.
Bermula era Mahathir, pada mulanya terasa gah kerana Dasar Pandang Ke Timur, Bersih Cekap dan Amanah dan kemudiannya timbullah penswastaan. Pembangunan pun memang hebat tetapi masa tu dah banyak berlaku percakaran politik. Di pihak UMNO, Mahathir dengan Ku Li kemudian Mahathir dan Musa Hitam. Kemudian berlaku pula pembunuhan Memali dan seterusnya Pemilihan UMNO 1987 yang menyebabkan perpecahan dalam UMNO, maka timbul pula Semangat 46.
Apabila Tun Salleh Abbas di pecat, sekali lagi berlaku tragedi dalam pentadbiran negara kerana Cabang Kehahiman telah di kembirikan. Masa itu, aku yang masih di awal dua puluhan dah mula rasa seperti dijajah, bukan oleh orang asing tetapi oleh UMNO. Sungguh pun ada keistimewaan, kerana boleh bekerja dan ekonomi yang baik tetapi merasa diri ini dijajah. Minda dibodohkan dengan media, dan orang-orang UMNO berlagak macam Malaysia ni dia orang punya. Rakyat biasa hanya menerima apa yang ada, digula-gulakan dengan kehidupan biasa, dan kononnya negara ini aman.
Bagi orang yang pernah berada di England, Amerika, Australia tentulah tidak boleh dibodohkan dengan propaganda UMNO, kerana telah melihat erti kebebasan bersuara di negara-negara itu. Tetapi bila balik di Malaysia media dikudakan. Segala media kerajaan di Malaysia boleh bercakap tentang keamanan, kestabilan ekonomi, dan pembangunan tetapi Minda diikat. Untuk bercakap songsang daripada pemimpin BN bererti menentang. Tambahan pula bila kita lihat mahkamah-mahkamah dan Polis digunakan untuk menjaga kepentingan UMNO dan Barisan Nasional. Generasi muda kecewa, fasal kebebasan yang diinginkan seperti yang dilalui di negara maju tidak boleh dicapai. Dengan adanya ISA, AUKU, Akta Rahsia Rasmi, dan pelbagai lagi Akta yang menggerunkan terasa bahawa Malaysia ni macam negara ketiga di Afrika. Baru-baru ini Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya pula bercakap seperti pihak UMNO dan BN. Sebagai rakyat, perasaan benci meluap dan lama-kelamaan akan diterjemahkan sebagai undi untuk memilih pembangkang.
Selain daripada undang-undang itu, banyak bentuk penyalahgunaan kuasa dan pembaziran wang negara berlaku. Aku tak boleh tahu apa yang betul atau salah. Tetapi bila di sebut skandal BMF, bail out untuk MISC, PERWAJA, MAS, dan banyak lagi mula timbul tandatanya -- apa sebenar yang berlaku. Jawapan samar-samar dan mengelirukan. Bila timbul pula kes pembunuhan Mustakizah, apa sebenarnya berlaku? Bila banyak sangat timbul tentang Altantuya, kami ingin cari kebenaran. Semua ini menjurus kepada kekeliruan dan keraguan. Kredibiliti pemimpin masa itu dipersoalkan.
Seterusnya kuasa raja-raja pun dikurangkan. Masa tu, sebagai rakyat memanglah seronok sebab kita rasakan kuasa dikembalikan kepada rakyat tetapi lama kelamaan baru menyedari bahawa kuasa itu sebenarnya adalah untuk PM dan pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO.
Apa yang berlaku? Sungguh pun bukan semua dalam Internet betul, tetapi penulisan daripada Raja Petra (sebagai contoh) boleh diterima. Banyak bukti dan kenyataan beliau ada asas. Kami generasi pasca 1957 yang bukannya ahli totok UMNO akan terus mencari kebenaran dan biasanya boleh diperolehi daripada Internet. Kami tahu apa yang karut, dan apa yang betul. Dalam Internet tak ada penapisan jadi sebagai manusia yang diberikan fikiran kami buat penilaian dan tahu mana baik dan buruknya.
Kemuncak rasa tidak puas hati apabila Anwar Ibrahim diperlakukan dengan cara zalim. Sungguh pun aku tak pernah kenal Anwar dengan rapat dan dia pun tak peduli sapa aku, tetapi sebagai manusia berhati perut aku rasa perlakuan Mahathir kepada bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri melampaui batasan kemanusiaan. Masa itu bukan soal kredibiliti tetapi kebencian yang amat sangat kepada Tun Mahathir. Dia mungkin hebat satu masa dulu, tetapi segalanya musnah kerana melampau dalam tindakannya.
Apabila Che Det bercakap tentang sejarah dan bebas daripada penjajahan, aku tidak terima hujah tu. Generasi aku inginkan kebebasan sebagai rakyat, untuk bersuara dan memilih pemimpin kami. Selagi pemimpin itu memahami aspirasi rakyat, bertindak adil dan segala institusi kerajaan tidak dipergunakan, kami boleh terima mereka. Pada kami, Malaysia telah bebas daripada penjajahan dan kami mahu terus bebas daripada pemimpin yang korup.
Friday, May 29, 2009
rasuah sana.. rasuah sini..
BN rasuah PKR
PKR rasuah BN...
PKR rasuah ex-PKR..
DAP rasuah BN
BN rasuah DAP
DAP rasuah PKR
BN rasuah ex-DAP
PAS... hmmm.. so far clean lagi.. haha
Chinese rasuah Malays
Malays rasuah other Malays
Malays rasuah Indians
Indians rasuah each other..
Malaysians rasuah police
what else is new?
Monday, May 25, 2009
Lagi lagi Perak... hadoih...
"Mengapa anda pakai baju hitam" tanya polis.
"Kerana saya suka warna hitam" kata aktivis. Maka, polis pon tangkap sebab kesalahan pakai baju hitam. Eh, saya pakai baju hitam hari ini. Polis tak nak tangkap kah?
"We have the rights to be visited by families, relatives and advocates. Each time isnot more than 15 minutes, not more than 2 people at the same time."
"Itu semua nak ikut arahan atas"
****** arahan atas??? hurmmm...******
"Mereka minta saya tukar baju, tetapi mereka minta saya tukar di dalam lokap. Tetapi lokap tidak ada pintu , cuma ada pagar sahaja dengan CCTV..... Kita nampak pegawai polis lelaki keluar masuk keluar masuk sesuka hati."
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Rewind: 5 lawyers arrested for wanting to attend to clients
Please watch the video and judge for yourself. I'm repeating the words of Marina Mahathir's article here...
The chief culprit would be the police.
Why was there a need to arrest someone who was asking people to wear black clothes? Since when has wearing black been classified as dangerous?
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And what was the need to arrest people who bring a cake?
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It only got worse. People holding vigils got arrested. People sitting in coffee shops got booked. Lawyers trying to provide legal advice got taken in. Does any of this make sense?
MAKE SENSE AT ALL?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
This is Me, Being Difficult
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Coz it's difficult being me. But of course I don't expect you to
understand that...
Akmal Suyat
Sent from my iPhone
Love and Hate
Truth and lies
Concern and ignorance
Love and hate
Happiness and sorrow
Laughter and tears
Have your pick...
Akmal Suyat
Sent from my iPhone
Saturday, May 16, 2009
What Racial Polarization, Nazri?
(mStar online) - Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz berkata desakan supaya diadakan pilihan raya negeri Perak bagi menyelesaikan krisis politik di negeri itu hanya akan mewujudkan polarisasi kaum.Oh my, I have this feeling that he missed the Bukit Gantang by-elections last month. Maybe I should be the one reminding him since I was there to experience at Ground Zero....
Beliau berkata dalam keadaan politik sekarang, sentimen perkauman begitu menonjol dan dikhuatiri para pengundi akan memilih calon daripada kalangan bangsa sendiri.
1) Perakians (Chinese, Indians and Malays regardless of races and religions) lined up before the polling stations waving PAS flags and shouting "Makkal Shakti"
2) Perakians (Chinese, Indians and Malays regardless of races and religions) lined up before the polling stations waving BN flags and shouting "Hidup BN!"
3) Non-Muslims of Perakians proudly wear PAS shirts, caps, and badges to show support towards their favourite MB and without fear towards the so called Islamic Party.
4) BN supporters consist of all races (Indians, Chinese and Malays) too..despite the fact that the candidate is a Malay. I don't see that as being a problem.
5) The results showed that Malaysian-Chinese voters for PAS' candidate increased during the by-election. Do I need to remind Nazri that Nizar is a Malay, thus makes him a Muslim? Why would the Malaysian-Chinese vote for PAS if Nazri's so called "racial polarization" exists?
So, seriously... What kind of race polarization is he talking about? His own propaganda to instill fear between the races? I've had enough with politicians talking about race this, race that... religion this, religion that... Hoi, we're already talking about being MALAYSIANS here! Not Chinese or Indians or Malays alone. Certainly not Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists or Christians alone. We don't friggin' care who represent us and from what race/religion he/she is coming from. As long as the person is accountable, responsible and fair. And that is all that matters!
Nazri should really check with that boss of his who came out with the '1Malaysia' tagline. I hope it's not just another catch phrase.
Disgusted
I doubt you guys remember the World's Human Rights Day or something last year. They wanted to walk just like any perarakan for Merdeka Day, Maulud Nabi, and so on... First, they were allowed to walk. Then, they were not allowed to walk. And on the day, heaps of policemen and FRUs turned up and started the whole chaos. What was supposed to be a simply "Human Rights Walk" without any political agenda turned out into an intimidating event with heavy attendance of police forces.
Friday, May 15, 2009
NTV 7 Poll: 99% want fresh Perak elections
An SMS poll conducted by ntv7 on its 7 Edition (English news) bulletin at 8.00pm yesterday revealed that an astounding 99% of viewers want fresh elections to resolve the political impasse in Perak.
Pakatan of course calls for election
MCA calls for fresh election
GERAKAN calls for frech election
Marina M supports the idea of giving back the power to the people
Who else?
Ku Li also...
alah, yang lain tuh you go and google lah!! :p
However, when POWER gets into the heads of that kind of people... what can I say?
Have they learned anything fromm GE 2008? I guess not.
Do they care about the people? You think?
Are they still arrogant, selfish, corrupted and position-obsessed people?
You know what... I shall leave that for you to judge.
Btw, my family has stopped watching TV3 and instead feed ourselves with news from TV9 or NTV7 instead. Well, at least they're less controlled. I don't watch TV3 ever. My favourites are always 701, 702, 708, 107, 119 and that's about. I'd turn to 501 and 502 when I'm in my "intelligent input requirement" mode. TV3? No, thank you.
Even my mom knows how to ask for alternative channel now.."TV berapa tuh mal yang elok sikit berita dia tuh, tak berat sebelah.." My my, not bad ah my influence? LOL.
Toodles~
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hot Heads, Crazy Heads
Some extracts from Marina's column in The Star.... Hey, I couldn't agree more!
Everybody seemed to lose all sense of proportion and was reacting in ways that were totally unwarranted.
The chief culprit would be the police.
Why was there a need to arrest someone who was asking people to wear black clothes? Since when has wearing black been classified as dangerous?
Then we should arrest all those women in top-to-toe black burqas walking around, both local and tourist.
So wearing black was meant to be a political statement, and that was deemed offensive.
But people wear political statements on their bodies every day, whether in the form of slogans on T-shirts or even the very clothes they wear, especially on the head.
Are we going to go around and arrest everyone?
And what was the need to arrest people who bring a cake?
So you don't like the joke. But, by any measure, cakes are not dangerous weapons, except perhaps to those with high cholesterol.
If I were a policeman with common sense, I would have taken the cake, said thank you, sent the cake-deliverers on their way, and then dumped the cake in the rubbish bin. End of story.
Instead, the police gave the cake deliverers exactly the publicity they wanted.
Even worse was the reaction towards students protesting against the arrest of their lecturer.
Was there a need for armed policemen?
Private university students are generally a docile lot, bent on getting the degrees their parents paid so much towards.
But surely loyalty to, and support for, their lecturers is something to be encouraged?
Instead they were made out to be troublemakers.
What is likely to have happened now is that those 20 students, having now observed an injustice first hand, have become politicised.
No guesses on how they will vote in the next general election.
It only got worse. People holding vigils got arrested. People sitting in coffee shops got booked. Lawyers trying to provide legal advice got taken in. Does any of this make sense?
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Increasingly, I think the common sense thing to do is to dissolve the entire assembly, have new elections and hope that none of these people get voted in again.
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Common sense should prevail. And perhaps it will tell us that asking Perakians who they actually want to govern them is the only sensible thing to do.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Between Act of Sins & Criminal
I missed the forum where Mustafa Akyol attended in KL several weeks ago. I would love to see him personally since I have been following his writings quite some time ago. Probably 2-3 years to be exact. It's called The White Path by the way. No, no.. I don't read his stuff only because he's cute. LOL.
I came across some articles from The Nut Graph about the forum by Shanon Shah and thought that I should share with ya'll...
1) http://www.thenutgraph.com/democracy-defends-apostasyI think Article Number 1 should not be titled like that as it invites negative connotation to it. What Mustafa Akyol was really saying.... (taken from The Nut Graph)
2) http://www.thenutgraph.com/antara-dosa-dan-jenayah
Akyol said the ban on apostasy did not originate from the Quran, but was rather a strategy to quell rebellion by the caliphs who succeeded Prophet Muhammad in leading the early Muslim community.One may call him all sorts of names, but one is entitled to his/her own opinions. His views are almost similar to the Imam Feisal Abd Rauf (in the entry I posted in December). And I for one, agree with their opinions.If apostasy was made legal, Muslims would not convert out en masse, he said.
"In Turkey, there is no law banning apostasy, but the conversion rate of Muslims to Christianity has been around 2,000 out of a population of 71 million," he explained.
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"In this case, I personally think that the secular state is ideal and compatible with Islam," he said.
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Akyol stressed that leaving religion to the individual's conscience also meant that personal sins could not be treated as crimes against the state.
"Even homosexuality, which many Muslims believe is a sin, should not be criminalised by the state," he said.
"The rights of minorities must be protected, and human rights are not debatable in a democracy."
And just to clarify.. I don't choose opinions based on popularity *wink*
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Politics, Oh Politics!
Ha! I'm sure that will grab your attention! LOL. Go and have a read ;)
Anyway, I was surfing around and found these..
A survey showed that the assembly under the 'tree' received support from 97% of the voters at TV9. But this may be biased since a lot of the suporters of the "power-that-be" only watch TV3 while the ones who are more independent and pro-opposition would watch anything other than TV1 and TV3. LOL.
And this one, shows what had happened on the 7th of May in Perak..
If the Monarchs still don't see how ridiculous this issue has become.. how this issue alone has caused constituitional crisis, abuse of law, political instability, and is ruining the reputation of not only the monarchy but the country as a whole whici will impact the economy... then I rest my case. They should know that the only way to solve this ridiculous ruckus is to dissolve the assembly and call for a fresh election.
Let the rakyat of Perak decide. Once and for all. And let there be no complaints from either side once the result from the Perakians is announced.
BN, stop trying to bother PR's states. You're supposed to govern the whole country. There should be no biasness, regardless whether the state is controlled by your party or not. Deal with those corrupted members of yours before you start pointing fingers at others.
PR, quit this habit of opposing for the sake of opposing. Offer solutions, not starting the blaming culture for political milage. Concentrate on your states and keep your men in line! Beware of culprits within your parties. There should be no issue of corruption, abuse of law, and cronysm. If there are, deal with 'em justly and don't try hiding it. Respect is earned when you deal with ill-mannered members without double standard.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
No Respect, Not From Me
I was pretty sure both sides have their own strengths and weaknesses. I just wanted to see a fair balance between the two powers so that the people can benefit. So that expenditures are carried out in a responsible manner, and corruption reduced, judiciary becomes more independent and reliable, and so on... Perhaps, now I should take a firmer stand.
My faith in the Monarchs has gone down the drain.
My undying wish to see politicians maturing is crushed.
Judiciary? Don't even start to make me laugh!
With this, I announce that I have no intention of ever giving my support to the so-called leaders who...
a) have no respect for the constitution and institution
b) have no respect for the people's voices and democracy
c) have no respect for people (what's with literally dragging out the Speaker? Idiots! Can you imagine the other party doing the other way round? I bet 5 seconds later, they'd get arrested)
d) have no respect for the people they are supposed to governed
e) have no respect for laws
To them, everything is about POWER, MONEY, POSITION, PERKS, and POWER and POSITION again. It was never about THE PEOPLE. NEVER.
If it is about the people and only about the people, then the power would have been given right back to the people. The right people of Perak. Let the people bloody choose for themselves! If the Perakians want BN, then good for them. If they choose Pakatan Rakyat, so be it.
It doesn't matter who governs (BN ke, PAS ke, DAP ke, keAdilan ke, party rumput ke...) as long as The Rakyat decides who it should be.. But do they really care about us, rakyat? Hell, no! What matters is how much goes into their pockets!
And you expect me to respect and recognize these people as Malaysian leaders? *puke* Over my dead body...
Monday, May 04, 2009
Ask not what the country can do for you..
For the country..
For the nation..
For the future generation..
And stand tall like these two fellas :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Pooh Card
And oh how he had always teased me about how fat I was...
Mask
What you see is rarely what you get.
I wear masks. Different masks with different people.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
SMDI Cookout @ Serendah
2. Sakinah's place is marvellous (and this is my 2nd time being there) as her family has the golf course as their backyard (well, at least one can say that lah.. heheh)
3. Her parents and family are really cool people! Her mother bakes her own bread, her father has his own boat and even builds his own boat! Her father's interest in bikes is just..cool! ;)
4. Plenty of food...! BBQ - Lamb, chicken, hotdogs, corns, salads, potatos... and the list goes on. I only brought myself, several bottles of soft drinks and jajan! :p Rita, Mr. G & Dr. G, Big Boss, Abg Din, Dzul, Zul, Keena, and Zel arrived shortly with their families.
5. The kids started to jump into the mini pool. Kitt tried to drag me into the pool, but failed. I have got the Jawa Power! hahha..

6. Zel's kids, Luqman and I played twister while everyone else are eating and the kids are swimming around (oh, Kitt was also in the pool!). Luqman with his dirty tricks and long arms and leg won the game. No fair!
7. Kitt, Luqman, Shana & the little boy played again and I only watched. Only Kitt and Luqman lasted. Never did I know that they had this devious plan of kenakan me. Kitt surrendered and I thought the game was over. Oh no, it wasn't rupanya! Both of them suddenly ran towards me, lifted me up while I was trying hard to escape... and BURRRRRRR!!!! I was already in the pool.. Those buggers! Cheeky cheeky buggers!!!! Nasib baik aku bawak baju spare! Kurang asssammm..

8. I spent about half an hour in the water with Dzul's daughters before joining the guys playing soccer. I was the only female o_O but it was cool. The guys are pretty impressed, anyway. Hahaha..
9. Ayim, Abol and I managed to throw Luqman into the pool! Hahahaa.. And oh yeah, I almost forgot. We played this water balloon game and Mr. G got the huge splash by Big Boss! mwahahaha.. the irony :p10. I'm home now, exhausted! Sigh, I wish I don't have to get up early in the morning tomorrow!! Are you reading, Mr. G? hihi
Friday, April 24, 2009
My Baby Krystal :D
Phew, that was sure a mouthful!
And I got it without the super-freaking expensive Maxis plan! mwahahaha..
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Religion - a principle or a tool?
1) Islam : Prinsip Atau Alat?
Beberapa email saya terima meminta saya menyatakan pendirian kepada media berhubung dengan isu pengajaran sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris. Ada juga yang meminta supaya saya membantu dengan memberikan dalil-dalil dari al-Quran dan sunnah yang membuktikan bahawa perjuangan menghapuskan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris dalam pengajaran dua mata pelajaran adalah perjuangan agama.2) Beza Antara Merebut Nama Allah Dan Mempertahankan Akidah
Saya berterima kasih atas kepercayaan dan harapan, namun saya menarik nafas panjang dan merasa amat gusar dengan permintaan itu. Amat menakutkan apabila agama ini sering dijadikan alat untuk melariskan atau menghalalkan atau memenangkan sesuatu isu atau cita-cita. Padahal agama sepatutnya menjadi prinsip, bukannya alat untuk mencapai matlamat tertentu.
Ada orang tertentu yang berkata kepada saya: nanti orang Islam keliru kerana sebutan nama Allah itu sama antara mereka dan Islam. Lalu rosak akidah orang Islam kita nanti. Saya berkata kepadanya: “Jikalaulah sebutan nama tuhan itulah yang menentukan akidah Islam, tentulah golongan musyrikin Mekah tidak memerlukan akidah yang dibawa oleh Nabi s.a.w. Mereka telah sekian lama memanggil tuhan dengan panggilan Allah."3) Sinisnya Dr. Asri: Jawatan Mufti 'Satu Nikmat' yang Sukar Dilepaskan
Lihatlah bapa Nabi kita Muhammad bernama ‘Abdullah yang bermaksud hamba Allah. Tentu sekali bapa baginda lahir pada zaman jahiliah sebelum kemunculan baginda sebagai rasul. Nama itu dipilih oleh datuk Abdul Muttalib yang menjadi pemimpin Quraish pada zaman dahulu. Quraish pada zaman jahiliah juga bertawaf
dengan menyebut: LabbaikalLahhumma yang bermaksud: Menyahut seruanMu ya
Allah!
Take some time to digest his articles :)
Saturday, April 11, 2009
I Go
So long, fare thee well
The dancer and the dancing days have taken leave and fell
So turn down this bed of stone
Quench me with the deadly nightshade from the rose that you belong
The long December rain is falling now
Running down on streets to nowhere
Music is my life and you're my sweetest nightingale
But I can't hear it here no more
And I go ... I go
Hush now, don't shake or break
Words have fallen silent like soldiers to the grave
No matter what they do or say
Lay me on the sleepy meadows by the tracks upon your face
Singer - AIZAT
Composed by PETE TEO
2 Bukit & 1 Batang
Or we win 2 bukits and lost 1 batang?
That all depends on who you are and who you support for.
I went to witness the by-election as an independent (Malaysians for Free & Fair Election - MAFREL) at Bukit Gantang last Tuesday. Just to sum up my experiences...
1) The traffic was really, really bad! I think a lot of people who came were outsiders and not even Bukit Gantang people!
2) Poster Wars can be seen everywhere. BN used 'sembah derhaka' issue at most places and how PAS is a DAP stooge. Meanwhile, PAS used 'Altantuya' issue, corruption and made a poster of UMNO's series of "derhaka" incidents against the Sultans since 1960s.
3) We could see FRU trucks on stand-by mode. I heard that they did spray the people with water canons when the supporters made a ruckus by throwing bottles and chairs at each other.
4) No major issues at the place that I was observing. However, some highlighted matters from all the places that we took care of were;
- 2 men came using the same I/C at my place {One came in the morning, another came in the afternoon. The later one was refused to cast vote}
- Several people came with only photocopy I/C. They were also not allowed to cast votes.
- SPR & Police handled their job well, despite protests from supporters of political parties.
- The 2 guys I went with were really offended with what they heard. When we passed through the BN crowd, they shouted "Red IC, Red IC!" at them. Really biadap. However, when we passed the PAS crowd, they all smiled and shouted "Makkal Sakti!". At least, that kinda cooled them down a bit.
We knew the result by 7pm and headed home later.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Can't You Be A Li'l Bit Smarter, IGP?
From Malaysiakini
Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan today denied that the police had deliberately imposed a specific ban against raising the issue of murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in the campaigns for the three by-elections.
"We never mentioned that politicians are prevented from talking about Altantuya (in ceramah). All we said was that they shouldn’t touch anything on on-going court cases," he told reporters after visiting the temporary police operations centre in Changkat Jering, Perak.
Subjudice? I didn't hear that same bloody IGP saying anything when BN went on and on and on and on about the sodomy allegations against DSAI last time during the by-election!! Isn't the case an on-going case too? Yet look at how they utilize the mainstream media & television to publicize the case to the max!
"We're not against any political party..."????? Really, IGP? I just have one thing to say to you, IGP. Bullsh*t! Oh, maybe two. TOTAL BULLSH*T!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Good Riddance, Kalai
Read this for example - PKR leader Kalai quits party over by-election snub
I was involved in too many associations too. I contributed because I think it's my responsibility. I chose to be in an organization and I was responsible for the tasks and responsibilities that came within. I didn't do it because I wanted to be the President or the Head of a particular organization. I didn't expect rewards or recognition. Even when I did, that was nothing compared to the satisfaction of knowing that I had contributed. I deeply believe, that when you're sincere... the rewards will come by itself.
You know what, Kalai.. if you keep thinking of Indian this, Indian that.. then, stay in your own tempurung please. Malaysians should fight for all Malaysians, not only a particular race. And all this while, if you were doing it just to chase for positions.. then, good riddance~ No wonder you weren't selected anyway!
TALENTIME
My sisters and brothers in law were laughing at me mercilessly... basically because they know that my sort of love-complication is almost the same as Melur & Mahesh in that sense.Anyway, I love love love it... We laughed good, we cried good... And I'd say that this is amongst the best Yasmin Ahmad's movies I've ever watched so far.
By the way, this poster is made by a friend by the name of Faiz Akhbar. His name is right there in the poster. He's a very talented architect in the making. I'm really really proud of him!
Ili's brother, Aizat, have too good songs in the movie! And oh, I've no idea his voice is that good! I'm sure Ili's so proud of him!
Babe, I miss you so much when I watched this. Find some time to watch it too, okay! :)














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