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:: Hooray! ::

2009-11-08T01:57:00.002+10:30

Sorry for anyone who felt annoyed. This is just a celebration. Please don't bakar any mercun, or BBQ any car here..

This is a Kijang:

And this is one of Negeri Sembilan's famous dish, Masak lemak cili api:

And this a place where you are not allowed to cook or eat inside:

What is the connection among the three pictures? Well, none whatsoever. This is just a post with no real objective.

Why am I doing this? It's because..

Yup, Negeri Sembilan won the Malaysia Cup. The score and scorer?

:: Gadis Melayu ::

2009-11-05T05:06:00.003+10:30

On a lighter note, I just wanna post up the wordings of this song. And yeah, this is coming from a guy who used to be (or might still be) very much 'East Asian'-phile..

Well, I've been there, done that. Happy with who I got now..

:)

So, here it goes, for all those pure Malay girls (not in terms of blood, but behaviour), I present to you (and for you):

"Gadis Melayu"

Siapa bilang gadis melayu tak menawan
Tak menarik hati, tiada memikat
Kalaulah memang tak mungkin aku tertarik
Kalaulah sungguh tak mungkin aku kan jatuh

Aduhai... lemah lembut gayanya
Serta manis senyumnya
Hitam pekat rambutnya
Ayuh ambil si dia

Di antara gadis gadis seluruh dunia
Tiada yang sehalus mulus oh setulus dia
Di antara gadis gadis seluruh dunia
Tiada yang sehalus mulus oh setulus dia
Budi bahasanya, pandangan matanya
Sentuhan jiwanya membuatku terlena

P/s: Mr Jono, hope your 'yellow fever' remains there, dude.. Do reserve some of your kids for my kids eh, bro? Hahaha

:: Hobin Jang Hobin!!! Punggah pialo weh! ::

2009-11-01T04:10:00.006+10:30

Let's do it guys. Selamat berjaya. NS did it once, and it can be done again! Dah dua kali dah lately nih asyik runner-up je. Nak jugak bawak piala tuh balik lalu Bukit Putus, bro! Lagipun, kira hadiah untuk penyokong la.. Tahun yang ada Yamtuan Besar baru, kalau menang Malaysia Cup lagi lah best!

Jangan takut dengan mercun, kalau dia nak gocoh, kita sosah yo!

Untuk mengetahui skuad anda, sila klik gambar di bawah:

Kalau dio takbir, kito pun takbir la. Dio ado Tok Guru yang konon'e tau sapo masuk syurgo. Alah, kito dulu ado yo yang macam tuh, lagi tera pun ado.. Tak cayo? Siap ado kelua muko kek bulan lagi tuh! Tuh Abuya Ashaari tuh! Cubo tanyo oghang kek Gomotir nun..

Kalau tak, jom nyanyi ramai-ramai yo la yo..

"Hobin Jang Hobin"

Hobin Jang Hobin...3x
Daghi sawah tughun padang
Kini kau dah pandai nondang
Kali ini mesti monang
Bukan susah cukup sonang
Hobin jang hobin...3x

Sumbek gol banyak-banyak
Bia sampai jaghing kuyak
Main bia hati-hati
Jangan masok gol sendighi
Hobin jang hobin...x3

Duo satu kocik bona
Ompek satu sonyum lebar
Kalu buleh tujuh kosong
Bia dio balik molopong
Molopong.. molopong. molopong..
Hobing jang hobin...3x

Hobin jang hobin...3x
Yam Tuan sokong kito
Montoghi Bosar sokong kito
Undang Luak sokong kito
Jangan buek malu muko
Hobin jang hobin...3x

Kali ini kalau kalah
Balik kampong potong gotah
Kito jangan monggollabah
Pialo kito punggah
Punggah.. punggah...
Hobin Jang Hobin...3x

Hobin bin bin bin hobin jang hobin..............
Hobin... hobin... hobin jang hobinnnnn........
Hobin jang hobin....

(lagu boleh download kat Portal Penyokong Bolasepak Negeri Sembilan kat belah panel kanan)

:: Empty cigarette boxes? ::

2009-10-21T05:19:00.004+10:30

Well, if you're a smoker, or an ex-smoker, (or a non-smoker who just like to collect cigarette boxes for fun/memories/weirdly-shaped collection), I guess, at some point of time, you might end up having at least one empty cigarette box lying near you.

For those collectors, having empty boxes might be a problem or some sort of nuisance, due to:
1. As the boxes are empty, they're too light and can easily fall off.
2. It can easily lose its shape, if they're made out of paper.
3. It occupy space, and doesn't have any extra-added value or purpose to it (besides being part of your collection, of course).

Please take a look at Figure 1, showing an empty cigarette box (the brand is hidden, as I don't want to partake promoting of smoking, or loyalty to any brands).

Figure 1: An empty ciggy box.

With a bit of thinking and effort (and a semi-depressed mind), I had figured that by heating up a candle which produces nice smell in the room, the hot wax from the candle can then be used to fill in the empty spaces of the cigarette box (as shown in Figure 2).

Figure 2: Ingredients for making an artistic and environmental-friendly product.

One might ask me, why use the wax? Well, the reason is simple, since you have to trim of the candle for suitable burning, why not use the wax (in its molten form) to be poured into the empty space of the box?

By doing this, you can:
1. Take the benefit of the scent remaining in the wax, and capture it by letting it fill into the empty ciggy box. And if you're trying to quit, you can use this to remind you that by quitting, you can gain a better sense of smell.
2. Reduce the amount of wax that you would end up throwing into the bin (just try to do something for Mother Earth or Gaia, ok?)
3. By letting the wax to harden up a few minutes later, you had in fact 'mummified' you cigarette box! Eureka, now those boxes can retain their shape for a long time!

Figure 3: A close-up look of a cigarette box after 'mummification' is done.

Besides that, as the wax harden, the density increases. This would then result with a box which is not just able to retain its shape, it is also heavier, and smell nicer..!

Thus, it can be used as a paperweight!

Figure 4: A 'mummified' box which was able to keep about 25 sheets of paper for sliding off the table (and yes, the box has the scent of rose from the candle's wax!).

So, isn't this something nice? At least, for me, I'm using two of them now. One as a paperweight which carries a nice scent, and the other one as a 'mummy' in my pocket to remind me the reason why I'm trying to quit. Hey, besides reminding me that I now have a better sense of smell, the wax also ensures the box doesn't lose its shape, which then allows me to look at the powerful anti-smoking ad on the box for a longer period of time..

:: Liverpool 0 - Beach Ball 1 ::

2009-10-18T02:45:00.003+10:30

Well, a picture is worth a thousand words, right?

About 5 minutes into the match between Liverpool and Sunderland, in front of the 47,327 fans at the Stadium of Lights, the travelling team (ie. Liverpool) was trailing by one goal down.

Sunderland's Andy Reid and Lee Cattermole made a fruitful combination in opening up the Liverpool's defense. And as the Irishman picked out leading scorer Bent beyond the far post, fate intervened.

The striker's shot hit a beach ball (spotting the ever-famous Liverpool's emblem) and deflected the ball, flying past Reina into the net.

The keeper must have thought that he had Darren Bent's shot covered, but nope, it wasn't meant to go that way.

The beach ball was earlier thrown onto the pitch by a fan.

Thus, as the travelling team was trailing 0-1, without the presence of Gerrard and Torres, the game seemed to be harder to be won.

The game ended with the score 1-0 to Sunderland, with the sole scorer being Mr Beach Ball (oops, I mean, Mr Darren Bent). And with that, it seems that the Red's aim of winning the league seems to be deflated.

**Picture and info credit goes to: Soccernet

P/S: The moral here? Pick a better spot to bring and play with your beach ball! It is called a beach ball for a reason, OK??!

:: Takbir.. ::

2009-10-11T23:48:00.002+10:30

Hehe, this time, for the ninth by-election, BN had finally won it!

Barisan Nasional's Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad won Bagan Pinang by-election today by a big majority of 5435 votes, compared to the one recorded for the 8th March 2008 election, ie. 2333 votes.

The BN candidate got 8013 votes (ie. 3521 postal votes + 4492 normal votes), while the PAS NS's State Commissioner: Zulkefly Mohamad Omar got 2578 votes (ie. 601 postal votes + 1977 normal votes).

Other facts:
1. The total number of votes (including postal votes) is 11157 (ie. 81.65% turnout).
2. The total number of spoilt votes is 566 votes (ie. 134 postal votes + 432 normal votes).
3. The total number of AVAILABLE postal votes is 4611 (ie. Pas got 601 votes, BN got 3521 votes, 134 spoilt votes, and 355 didn't vote).
4. The number of registered voters who didn't vote is about 2507 votes (ie. by the fact that 18.35% didn't vote). This means that about 355 person didn't do the postal votes, while 2152 normal voters didn't turnout to vote.. Why, oh why?
5. Should the 2507 voters actually voted and did so for PAS, the only difference it would make is a smaller majority. The strong 8013 votes obtained by BN would still produce an end result of a majority larger than the one obtained in March 2008 by PAS. And nobody can really say that those 2507 votes wouldn't end up being for BN anyway (which would mean a greater margin of loss for PAS).
6. There were eight voting centres in the by-election: Taman Eastern, Ladang Atherton, Siliau, Ladang Bradwall, Sua Betong, Kg Bagan Pinang, Si Rusa, and Teluk Kemang.
7. Bagan Pinang is located in the Teluk Kemang parliamentary seat. There are five seats in the constituency, with BN currently holding two (Linggi and Bagan Pinang), PKR holding two (Chuah and Port Dickson), and Lukut is under DAP.
8. BN controls 21 out of the 36 states seats in the state assembly (ie. the DUN: Dewan Undangan Negeri). Out of the 15 state seats, 10 belongs to DAP, 4 belongs to PKR, and PAS has 1 seat.
9. In the last general election, for Bagan Pinang, BN got 6430 votes, while PAS has 4097 votes, and the majority was 2333 votes. Thus, there is an increase of 1583 votes for BN and a decrease of 1519 votes for PAS. So, is it plausible to say that the ones who voted for PAS ran to the BN's side this time?

That's all for now. Congrats to the winner, and to the losing side, try again next time.

All in all, congratulation to the locals for doing their duty and right as voters. You rule!

P/s: Facts and figures came from the official result of EC as published by Malaysian newspapers, and calculations using my calculator.. :)

:: Islamisation of the world.. or not? ::

2009-10-10T04:12:00.005+10:30

Based on a published report quoted by a Malaysian newspaper, it was reported that:

1. The total number of Muslims in the world is now 1.57billions (ie. second place behind the largest group: Christians, about 2.25 billions)
2. Germany has much more Muslims compared to Lebanon, China has more compared to Syria, and Russia has more compared to Jordan and Libya
3. 60% of Muslims live in Asia
4. About 20% live in West Asia and Northern Africa
5. About 15% live in African sub-Sahara
6. About 2.4% live in Europe, while about 0.3% in the USA
7. One fifth of the total Muslim populations live in countries where they are the minorities
8. There are 10 countries which has more than two-third of their populations being Muslims: Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Maghribi (Morocco) and Nigeria

So, is there a cause for Islamophobics to be more worried, and do something about this?
Or is it a good time for those so called 'warriors' of Islam to shout 'God is Great' and rejoice?

Nope. Sorry guys, I don't think so.

Why?

1. The study indicated the number of world's population that reported themselves as Muslims. BUT, most likely, this is done through government agencies, and bear in mind that most of the governments (countries in which 80% of the Muslim population resides) doesn't take conversion out of Islam as an option, or something to be recorded in their survey. THUS, NO REAL INDICATION OF THE REAL NUMBER OF WORLD'S POPULATION WHO ACTUALLY PROFESS ISLAM AND PRACTICE ITS TEACHINGS.

2. The study tried to find out how many of the percentage is either Sunni or Shiite. Well, I say, it's a good thing, but won't you agree with me that the better sub-groups choices should be: "practising", "non-practising", "don't care (it's just a family's religion)"...?

3. What difference that it makes that Muslims is the second largest group when they control almost nothing?
Politics? Just take a look at Hamas and Fatah fighting, can't even have a peaceful rule in a small strip of land. OIC? Damn, putting aside leaders like Mahathir, Gaddafi and Ahmadejinedad, I don't see any vocal Muslim leaders anyway.
Culture? Pfft, tell me honestly, anywhere on Earth where Islamic culture prevail? The only thing that makes non-Muslims realize Muslims are there is only when you see girls with tudung/hijab around you. And honestly, how many would actually wear, and how many more would rather don something hot/sexy to follow the Western culture?
Technology? You make me laugh if you answer this. Apart from having the oils, they don't seem to know what to develop with those money.
Economy? This is even funnier. With all the money, maybe some of them think that it's better if they just hire someone else to do things for them. Hire and never learn how to do the trade. In fact, the only time they had shown their economic power was when the oil price went crazily high due to some embargo a few decades ago. Why they can't control this? I think, the answer is because the have no political or technological advantage over others.

More like lotsa bubbles on the sea. Nothing much ado, except for the huge number that consume products and technologies which came from non-Muslims.

4. And if you'd like to spend a bit more time at those countries with the Muslim majorities, I'm pretty sure that you would notice that all of them are befuddled with issues such as:
i. Extremism / terrorism
ii. Lack of a stable education and welfare system
iii. High flow of attacks/spread of secularism (eg. Indonesia, which supposedly has the biggest number of Muslims are in fact host to too many celebrities whose sexiness could actually make those 'secular Westerners' become awed and shocked. Yeah, this is true, go online, search and whack your weapon to those pictures.. Heh, so much for being the country with the biggest number..)
iv. Political instability, or some sort of regime/dictatorship in power
v. Undeveloped, or economically crippled!

So, again, any reason why anyone should worry or rejoice about these numbers?

I seriously think it doesn't mean a thing to me..

For further reading (the first article is in Bahasa Melayu), please go to:
Utusan Malaysia (9 Oktober 2009)
The original source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Link to download full report PDF (10MB)
USA Today's Global report
WSBTV.COM
UK's Telegraph

:: Saudagar mimpi ::

2009-10-07T01:31:00.008+10:30

Kali ini, saya akan tulis dalam Bahasa Melayu, moga-moga Encik Jono faham bila membaca. It's a challenge for you, mate! Let's see how far you can use your Indo knowledge to understand this! I'll use italics for English, and underlines for road-style Malay..

Tulisan kali ini adalah mengenai mimpi.
Apa itu mimpi?
...Mimpi itu mainan tidur, kata orang tua-tua.
...Mimpi itu salah satu dari cabang kenabian, kata sesetangah orang, sesat atau tidak, tidaklah saya pasti.
...Mimpi itu dream, kata para banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside kind of people)
...Mimpi itu ada yang betol, ada yang bukan, ada yang menarik, dan ada yang pelik, ada yang berilhamkan agama, ada yang basah, kata seorang Encik Maer yang terer lagi ensem...

Ada ahli psaikologi mengatakan yang mimpi seseorang itu dipengaruhi oleh pelbagai faktor. Contohnya, bagi orang yang amat merindui seseorang, pastinya bermimpi berjumpa orang itu. Mungkin mimpi yang sopan, mungkin mimpi yang ada scene2 tenet, dan ada juga yang mengerikan (contohnya, bila orang kesayangan mengandung dalam mimpi akibat keterlampauan dalam aktiviti tenet tadi).

Dan gaya pemikiran atau lifestyle seseorang boleh mempengaruhi jenis-jenis mimpi individu tertentu. Antaranya, bagi seorang budak kecik, pastinya mimpi bermain-main. Bagi budak yang dah kurang kecik, mimpinya masih melibatkan bermain, tetapi dengan cara dan jantina yang lain, except if the person is homo-/bi-sexual. Bagi yang sudah bukan budak lagi, mimpinya agak diverse, walaupun masih mungkin berakhir dengan kebasahan, walaupun bukan kerana terkencing.

Orang yang hidupnya bahagia, kemungkinan besar akan bermimpi yang indah-indah sahaja. Ada juga yang tak bermimpi langsung, sleeping beauty katanya, or was it 'beauty sleep'?

Anda bagaimana..? Dalam mimpi, anda berbahasa apa? (Jawapan ini penting, kerana 'Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa', kata para pejuang bahasa).

Secara personal, mimpi-mimpi saya jarang sekali yang indah-indah. Dan selalunya, berbagai bahasa yang saya gunakan di dalam mimpi-mimpi itu, contohnya: Bahasa Melayu, Standard English, Aussie-accented language, Malaysian English, Lughatul Arabiah, Nihongo, dan juga bahasa isyarat..! Jadi, makanya, jiwa saya jiwa global.. :)

Jenis-jenis mimpi yang selalu saya alami (not in any specific order):

1. Mimpi mencabar - Jenis yang ada scene gaduh-gaduh, menggunakan silat, tomoi, tinju, karate, aikido, kung fu terbang-terbang pun ada..! Kadang-kadang, mimpi jenis ini melibatkan saya terpaksa melarikan diri, menyeberangi banjir, sungai atau lautan, melompat dari pokok ke pokok, dan melompat dari atas buaya ke buaya yang lain.

2. Mimpi pelik - Jenis yang ada scene berbual atau bertinju dengan makhluk-makhluk halus, di mana selalunya saya terpaksa mengembara untuk menuju ke satu destinasi, atau akan menerima sesuatu. Terutamanya, apabila saya tidur blocking pintu masuk rumah, agak selalu saya akan bermimpi berbicara dengan si makhluk halus yang nak masuk rumah atau nak lalu, walaupun kadang-kadang saya buat derk aja kat mende-mende tuh semua.

3. Mimpi menyeramkan - Jenis yang melibatkan hantu-hantu. Tetapi, selalunya, samada saya akan berlawan dengan mereka, atau saya akan terlibat dalam misi menangkap mereka. Ya, sayalah Ghostbuster dalam mimpi.

4. Mimpi kelakar / kebudak-budakan - Jenis yang kadangkala agak memalukan untuk saya kongsi bersama. Antaranya ialah, mimpi melihat kuda yang ditunggangi oleh Ayah saya untuk pergi berkerja di KL. Yang kelakarnya, kuda itu boleh bercakap dan berjalan menggunakan dua kaki, sebelum bertanya kepada saya: "Bro, tandas mana? Shush, jangan report kat Ayah kau yang aku guna toilet eh? Nanti jalan jem la. Taknak la kantoi nanti. Set? Janji tau, jangan bagitau kat Ayah, tau?"

Anda pula bagaimana? Ada dapat ilham-ilham yang menarik?

Mampu jadi saudagar mimpi?
Mampu jadi sutradara dengan jalanan mimpi anda?

P/s: All pictures are taken from the Internet. They're not mine. Credit goes to:
1. Picture of cat with teddy: http://www.blogiseverything.com/fun-stuffs/various-ways-of-sleeping/
2. Picture of pregnant couples:http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/6098/Pregnant Couple/
3. Picture of fighting: http://f33.aaa.livedoor.jp/~fray/movie.html
4. Picture of horse: can't remember where..

P/p/s: Want to know the similarity between menses and salary?
1. They usually come once a month.
2. They usually last only for a few days.
3. If you missed it once, it is still OK. But if you missed it twice, you're f**ked!
~ credit to Mr. Jono for this one.. ~

:: memorable Ramadhan ::

2009-08-29T18:12:00.004+09:30

Since it is now the month of Ramadhan, I think it is better that I write something for my 'future reference' on events occuring in Ramadhan of which all are quite/very memorable to me.

In Adelaide:

1. On my first Ramadhan in Adelaide, (17th Nov 2001), I accidentally 'buka puasa' with slices of bacon, which is nicely hidden in the Caesar Salad. I didn't know that the salad contains that. It was actually my mak angkat that ordered it as she thought that it would be fine for me (a semi-vegetarian, she says), as she thought that it is just a salad..

2. In the same Ramadhan, I experienced this weird experience of 'tolak kereta' to start a stalled engine. I can still recall that the car belongs to a senior (Nizam). As we was heading home from the mosque at Lil' Gilbert Street, the engine stalled. He said that since it is a manual car, we can 'jumpstart' it by pushing the car, while it is put in 1st gear. The car's engine finally started, after we (the juniors) had made a few laps in front of the mosque..!

3. I had a shocking experience when during one of the terawih session, one of the jemaah actually stopped and slapped a kid that was running in and out, and it was all done when we were in the middle of a prayer! Amazingly, the father of the kid didn't protest or say anything after the prayer..! (In Malaysia, I think that will cause a big issue, with the parents spoiling the kids, etc.)

4. Some of my friends actually ruku' and sujud when the imaam was reciting the doa qunut BEFORE the ruku' (prostration). These same guys were the one that was giving salam (loudly) after the second raka'ah of witir prayer, while the imam and the others were actually doing a continuous three-raka'ah witir prayer. Amazingly, these friends of mine just buat bodoh, and put on a selamber face, while the rest of us were busy trying our best not to laugh (out loud) or look at their faces. In consclusion, I think, everyone's witir on that night was null and void. No one could actually stay focussed in their prayer.

5. During the final years of stay for some of my friends in Adelaide, suddenly, one of them actually convincingly said that we can sahur until the end of Subuh time (ie. sunrise)! We quickly pointed out to him that fasting starts from fajar (ie. the beginning of Subuh time) and lasts until sunset (when there is a mega-mega merah on the horizon). We started to wonder whether he did actually puasa properly all this while.. :)

In college (during my foundation, pre-uni days):

6. One of my non-Muslim female friend asked me whether I want to have beer for buka puasa. I said 'nope' as it not allowed for me, and I had never drank beer before. Suddenly she says: "It's OK. Just a sip. It's only for trying purpose. If you like it, you can finish it, and then, tomorrow, you just pray ten times, instead of the usual five".. I was speechless at that time because she doesn't look like she was joking. She was serious, and it shocked me even more (because I thought that all Malaysians had enough exposure about each others religion by the time they enters college).

During high school (in boarding school):

7. One of my friend convincingly buka puasa by mengorek hidung.. This was when we were rushing to get to the mess hall for buka puasa. And since it was puasa time, nobody had water or anything on them to buka puasa. And suddenly, this friend of mine recited this doa for buka puasa, and straight away korek his hidung! I told him: "Oi! Tu batalkan puasa, bukan buka puasa", and his answer was like: "Ye ke? Tak sama ke?"...

8. 5 of my friends and me panjat pagar (sneaked out) of the hostel on the evening before the first day of Ramadhan. We went out for a large meal, and to go and 'watch-and-enjoy' some (I can't remember, maybe it was two, or three) 5-stars porn movies at a mini-cinema. And it was in the middle of the SPM weeks. That year, our SPM was split into two periods, as the 1st of Ramadhan falls in the middle of the SPM weeks. Thank God we all weren't caught by the wardens (who were busy preparing for the next day, ie. 1st day of fasting). And thank God we did well for SPM.

Miscellaneous time (apart from those three periods stated above):

9. When I was younger and first started to learn how to puasa, my parents forgot to tell me that ladies having menses (ie. datang bulan) are not allowed to fast, as God forbid them from doing so. And me being the only child, I didn't know about these rule (I mean, some of us learn about it from their sisters). Thus, during one my earliest fasting days, I saw my aunt eating (at home) during daytime. I almost shouted at the top of my lungs to alert my grandma that my aunt had curi-curi makan..! My aunt and mom later explained to me that she is not fasting. When I asked them why is it like that, the answer given was: datang bulan. As I did not know what that means, I assumed that she was ill (at that time, the only reasons that I know of for why someone can tak berpuasa was by being ill). Thus, I asked her: "Makcik tak sehat ke?". As she doesn't know what to say (or maybe lazy to explain the concept of datang bulan), she just nodded yes. And my reaction was then: "La.. Kenapa tak cakap?", before I quickly panggil my grandpa to send my aunt to a clinic for a check-up. To solve everything, my aunt just swallow dua biji Panadol and told me that she hopes she will be 'sehat' in a few days time...

Well, that's all for now. I got some other experiences, which some of them are not share-able at all!

Till next time, selamat berpuasa and selamat berbuka..

:: Bila kacang lupakan kulit ::

2009-08-05T17:01:00.002+09:30

Ditulis oleh Dr. Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah,
a Blogger,
and Pensyarah Kanan, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia.

Diterbitkan http://ridhuantee.blogspot.com/ (3 Ogos 2009)

Saya dikecam hebat, apabila salah satu laman blog menyiarkan semula artikel saya minggu lalu dalam Mingguan Malaysia, bertajuk ‘Nasib Melayu di Bumi Melayu’. Saya dituduhkan sebagai penulis upahan UMNO, lupa asal usul diri, lebih Melayu daripada Melayu, Cina tidak sedar diri, rasis dan berbagai kecaman dilemparkan oleh golongan ultra kiasu ini. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih atas yang respon yang telah disampaikan. Saya tidak berhasrat untuk memberikan respon, kerana saya malas melayan idea-idea picisan yang menyerang peribadi dan tidak langsung menampakkan bahawa mereka ini seorang yang profesional. Orang sebegini tidak selayaknya untuk dilayan, biarlah mereka terjun dengan labu-labunya. Lagipun saya tidak pasti sama ada mereka faham atau tidak, artikel yang saya tulis dalam bahasa Melayu, atau mungkin juga mereka lebih memahami bahasa Inggeris atau bahasa ibunda, daripada memahami bahasa kebangsaan itu sendiri sehingga mereka tidak faham apa yang saya maksudkan.
Begitu juga dengan akhbar Cina, China Press dan Nanyang Siang Pau berniat jahat dengan secara sengaja memaparkan sebahagian kecil artikel saya berkaitan Beng Hock, mengenai anak luar nikah yang dikandung oleh teman wanitanya. Sedangkan simpati dan pembelaan saya terhadap mendiang tidak disiarkan langsung. Ini menunjukkan betapa rasisnya akhbar Cina. Saya dituntut oleh keluarga mendiang untuk meminta maaf. Terus terang, saya tidak perlu meminta maaf kerana saya berkata yang benar. Bersekedudukan sebelum nikah adalah haram di sisi agama apa sekalipun. Kenapa agama Islam sahaja yang dipersoalkan, adakah agama lain menghalalkan perbuatan sedemikian. Sebelum memeluk Islam, saya dahulunya pernah menganut agama Buddha dan Kristian. Kedua-dua agama ini mengharamkan sama sekali bersekedudukan sebelum nikah. Persoalan sama ada mereka yang melakukan perbuatan sedemikian akan bertanggungjawab atau tidak, itu tidak berbangkit. Apakah kita mahu menghalalkan perkara ini sehingga menjadi budaya masyarakat kita? Apakah kita mahu ia turut berlaku kepada anak atau adik-beradik kita?

Justeru, bila saya menulis, saya selalu meletakkan diri saya sebagai rakyat Malaysia atau bangsa Malaysia, bukannya orang Cina. Ini bertujuan supaya pandangan saya tidak berat sebelah atau bias. Jika orang Islam melakukan kesalahan saya akan tegur, begitu juga yang lain. Adakah kerana hanya saya berbangsa Cina, maka saya patut selindungkan sesuatu keburukan yang berlaku pada bangsa saya? Sudah tentu tidak kerana saya perlu berkata benar. Jika orang Cina baik, saya akan puji sebab itu kenyataan. Begitulah sebaliknya, jika ada kelemahan, kita terpaksa terima walaupun pahit.Pada saya, hujah yang dikemukakan mesti dibalas dengan hujah berasaskan fakta dan ilmu, bukan menyerangkan peribadi. Untuk makluman semua, saya mendapat ijazah kedoktoran dalam bidang politik dan kerajaan. Tajuk tesis saya berkaitan dengan ‘persepsi orang Cina terhadap gerakan politik UMNO’. Hujah yang saya lontar itu adalah datang daripada dapatan sebahagian kecil kajian yang dibuat terhadap politik silang budaya kedua kaum ini secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Apakah saya tidak layak untuk memperjelaskan isu ini? Apakah yang berkokok itu pernah membuat kajian atau sekadar emosi yang menghantui diri sehingga tidak sedar diri?

Itupun nasib baik saya tidak rekod-rekod yang buruk sebelum ini seperti ahli politik dan penulis yang lain. Jika tidak, semua peribadi buruk akan diungkit dan digunakan sebagai senjata untuk mengecam saya. Inilah budaya perkauman dan budaya ‘pandir’ yang telah dicanangkan sejak sekian lama, terutama apabila kerajaan gagal mendidik mereka memahami sejarah sehingga menjadi manusia yang tidak mengenang budi ini. Malah mereka menjadi semakin ultra kiasu dan tidak mahu menerima hakikat yang sebenar.

Saya hanya cuba mengatakan yang benar. Saya tidak mendapat satu sen daripada UMNO apabila artikel tersebut disiarkan. Begitu jua saya tidak mendapat satu sen pun wang zakat setelah 24 tahun memeluk Islam. Saya tidak ada banglo mewah, kereta mewah dan lain-lain kemewahan. Saya bersyukur dan bahagia dengan apa yang ada, hidup sebagai rakyat biasa. Malangnya, bila ada komen saya menyebelahi kerajaan/UMNO saya akan dituduh bermacam-macam. Bila idea saya menyebelahi pembangkang, saya akan dipuji melambung. Saya bukanlah dalam kategori yang mudah lupa diri bila dipuji. Saya sentiasa memuhasabah diri apabila dikeji. Sifat ini perlu ada pada semua manusia.

Saya menulis atas kebenaran. Saya adalah kalangan orang Cina yang celik sejarah dan celik perlembagaan. Saya tahu asal usul saya. Saya bertanggungjawab sepenuhnya dengan apa yang saya tulis sama ada di dunia mahupun di akhirat. Saya tidak fikir tulisan sedemikian rupa akan menyebabkan Allah SWT mencampakkan saya ke dalam neraka, berbanding mereka yang selalu mengumpat dan menyerang peribadi orang tidak sudah-sudah.

Saya menulis apa yang benar, apa yang salah. Saya tidak menuding jari terhadap siapa yang benar atau siapa yang salah. Saya tidak ada masalah untuk bersemuka dengan sesiapa sahaja untuk berhujah secara ilmiah dan akademik, bukan berasaskan sentimen, politik sempit dan jumud. Janganlah jadi pengecut, melepaskan geram yang menampakkan kebodohan diri sendiri. Janganlah terlampau ultra kiasu kepada kaum sendiri. Tindakan ekstrem tidak akan mendatangkan kebaikan kepada semua pihak. Malah akan mengusutkan lagi sesuatu yang telah kusut.

Terus terang saya katakan, setelah membanding Malaysia dengan negara-negara lain di dunia, ternyata Malaysia adalah sebuah lain dari yang lain. Amat unik dan toleransinya amat tinggi, terutama kalangan orang Melayu. Selaku rakyat berbangsa Cina, saya amat berasa bertuah hidup di bumi bertuah ini. Orang Cina (juga India) bernasib baik kerana kerajaan Malaysia sejak sebelum dan selepas merdeka, tidak banyak berusaha sama sekali mengasimilasikan mereka walaupun kerajaan berhak melakukannya terhadap mereka yang berhijrah. Mereka adalah seperti orang Cina seadanya seperti mereka di negeri China. Bersekolah, berbudaya, bertutur dan semua cara hidup berasaskan keCinaan (atau keIndiaan). Mana ada negara di dunia seperti ini?

Berbanding dengan negara lain, seperti Thailand dan Indonesia serta lain-lain negara dunia, mereka yang berhijrah mesti diasimilasikan dahulu sebelum menjadi warga negara di sana. Kita lihat di Thailand, pada tahun 1930an semua identiti kaum Cina dihapuskan termasuk meroboh semua sekolah Cina. Hari ini, orang Cina di Thailand sudah tidak seperti orang Cina. Mereka telah diasimilasikan menjadi orang Thai (Siam). Tidak ada beza antara orang Thai dan orang Cina. Cina yang sudah tidak ada semangat Cina. Malah mereka tidak ada keinginan langsung untuk pergi ke negeri China. Begitu juga di Indonesia. Banyak lagi contoh lain yang boleh saya ketengahkan. Ini yang menjadikan saya sedar diri dan bersyukur.

Berbeza dengan di Malaysia, sudahlah namanya bertukar daripada Tanah Melayu kepada Malaysia, keadaan masih tidak banyak berubah. Orang Cina tetap dengan kecinaannya. Lebih menyedihkan ada di kalangan mereka (ramai) tidak boleh berbahasa Melayu dengan baik. Mereka langsung tidak mahu diasimilasikan. Mereka tidak mahu ambil tahu langsung tentang adat budaya Melayu. Malah, mereka malu berbahasa Melayu sebab mereka memandang rendah pada orang Melayu. Istilah-istilah yang digunakan terhadap orang Melayupun istilah-istilah menghina yang tidak perlu saya tulis di sini, kerana sebagai orang Cina saya tahu apa yang berlaku. Justeru, dapatan kajian saya tidak mengejut, orang Cina akan berjuang habis-habisan sebarang percubaan untuk mengasimilasikan mereka dan percubaan untuk menyeragamkan sistem pendidikan kepada satu sekolah. Pendek kata, hidup mati orang Cina adalah dengan sekolah Cina dan semangat keCinaan mereka.

Saya merasa bersyukur kerana dilahirkan di kampung Melayu, tetapi dibesarkan dalam keluarga yang begitu kuat berpegang kepada tradisi Cina. Alhamdulillah, saya dapat memahami orang Melayu dengan lebih mendalam melalui pergaulan. Begitu juga dengan sahabat-sahabat saya yang lain. Saya tahu sensitiviti orang Melayu dan cara hidup Melayu. Latar belakang sebegini, tidak semestinya menjadikan saya orang Melayu, kerana saya adalah orang Cina yang dijadikan Allah SWT, darahnya tetap darah Cina. Jika saya ditakdir lahir di kawasan orang Cina, saya fikir saya tidak banyak berubah, sebab saya celik sejarah, celik perlembagaan serta sedar diri. Pokoknya, kita mesti sedar diri dan memahami sejarah negara.

Sejarah Malaysia adalah berakarkan kepada sejarah Melayu. Malaysia tidak boleh dipisahkan dengan bangsa Melayu. Sejarah inilah yang tidak dapat dipisahkan juga dengan istilah ketuanan Islam dan ketuanan Melayu. Saya bukanlah menyokong ketuanan Melayu. Tetapi jika istilah ini digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahawa penduduk Melayu adalah pribumi asal, pada saya ia tidak salah sepertimana yang pernah ditegaskan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Ketuanan Melayu bukanlah merujuk kepada hubungan antara ‘tuan’ dan ‘hamba’. Saya tidak fikir istilah ketuanan Melayu akan digunakan jika sekiranya nama Malaysia kekal seperti nama asalnya dahulu iaitu Tanah Melayu. Nama Malaysia tidak menampakkan identiti Melayu. Dengan sebab itu, istilah ketuanan Melayu digunakan. Justeru, tidak salah penggunaan istilah ini jika dengan maksud dan tujuan yang baik dan bukan menghina bangsa lain.

Pada hemat saya, jika istilah ketuanan Melayu hanya digunakan untuk merujuk kepada sejarah Melayu, bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan, Islam sebagai agama persekutuan, kedudukan raja-raja Melayu dan hak-hak istimewa Melayu dan Islam yang termaktub dalam perlembagaan dan sebagainya berkaitan dengan Melayu, saya fikir itu tidak salah. Identiti ini sekadar hendak menunjukkan bahawa inilah keadaan Malaysia yang sebenar, sebelum dan selepas merdeka. Apa yang penting perlaksanaan dasar mesti tidak mendiskriminasikan semua kaum yang ada di negara ini. Jika ada pun diskriminasi atau ketidakadilan yang berlaku, yang patut dipersalahkan mereka yang melaksanakan dasar, bukannya menolak sesuatu dasar yang telah dipersetujui bersama. Adakah saya rasis apabila memperkatakan perkara ini?

Saya masih teringat apabila Teresa Kok dilantik menjadi exco kerajaan negeri Selangor, perkara pertama yang beliau ucapkan adalah idea untuk mewujudkan sebuah bandar Cina di mana di situ ada kawasan perindustrian Cina dan institusi pengajian Cina untuk menarik pelabur-pelabur daripada negara China. Adakah idea ini tidak rasis? Adakah saya yang membangkitkan isu ini rasis? Bila saya membela Cina tidak rasis, bila mana saya membela Melayu dan Islam, saya dituduh rasis. Jangan jadi gajah di depan mata tak nampak, kuman di seberang laut nampak begitu jelas. Bila isu menyebelahi Cina atau India, kita senyap. Bila isu menyebelahi Melayu, bagaikan nak runtuh satu Malaysia? Adakah politik sebegini tidak rasis? Saya harap kita jangan bertindak seperti kacang lupakan kulit.

Tolak ansur yang berjalan selama ini tidak ada tolok bandingnya. Saya masih tidak lupa, ketika segelintir pertubuhan Cina mahu mendirikan tugu Tentera Rakyat Malaya Anti-Jepun atau Malayan People’s Anti- Japanese Army (MPAJA) di Taman Peringatan Nilai, sebagai memperingati pejuang-pejuang Cina yang gugur menentang Jepun ketika penjajahan Jepun di Tanah Melayu 1942-1945. Tugu tersebut telah didirikan atas alasan memperingati mereka yang telah terkorban mempertahankan kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu. Fakta ini salah dan menyeleweng.

Ketika tugu ini sedang didirikan, beberapa pertubuhan Melayu dan juga bukan Melayu yang memahami sejarah (lihat artikel saya dalam Utusan Malaysia 26.12.2006), mahukan fakta sejarah tersebut diperbetulkan dan tugu tersebut tidak dibina. Mereka bukan pejuang kemerdekaan tetapi mereka bersekongkol dengan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) untuk menentang Jepun.

Ini disebabkan oleh sejarah politik/perang/permusuhan antara Jepun-China pada tahun 1894, 1895 dan 1937. Jepun dan China saling berperang dan berdendam antara satu sama lain. Penentangan Cina terhadap Jepun dan penganiayaan Jepun terhadap orang Cina, lebih kepada isu membalas dendam bukannya perjuangan kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu. MPAJA adalah alat PKM. Justeru, kita lihat apabila Jepun meninggalkan Tanah Melayu, PKM mempunyai cita-cita tinggi untuk memerintah Tanah Melayu. Pada masa sama sebelum itu, MPAJA diperalatkan British untuk menentang Jepun. Dalam hal ini, tidak timbul langsung isu MPAJA memperjuangkan kemerdekaan tanah air. Jikapun benar, kenapa MPAJA tidak menentang Malayan Union yang diperkenalkan British selepas Jepun menyerah kalah?Malangnya, hari ini tugu MPAJA telah berdiri megah di Taman Peringatan Nilai, dan menjadi pusat penyembahan. Apakah saya membangkitkan isu ini bermakna saya rasis. Adakah yang membina tugu itu tidak rasis?

Adakah kewujudan bandar Cina atau China Town di setiap bandar itu tidak rasis. Pernahkah kita dengar ada Malay Town di negara bertuah ini. Atau terdapatkah universiti kepunyaan UMNO di negara ini? Tetapi kita ada Kolej/Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (MCA), Universiti Terbuka Wawasan (Gerakan), Kolej New Era (Dong Jiao Zong), Asian Institute of Medical Science and Technology (AIMST-MIC) dan bermacam-macam lagi institusi berasaskan kaum. Adakah ia tidak rasis? Siapakah sebenarnya yang rasis? Cuba kaji berapa banyak peruntukan yang diberi oleh kerajaan terhadap universiti kepunyaan MCA, Gerakan dan MIC ini?

Ini tidak termasuk nama-nama jalan yang ingin diubah kepada nama individu tertentu dan menggunakan nama jalan pelbagai bahasa atas alasan agar pelancong dapat tahu nama-nama jalan tersebut. Perlukah kita mengajar pelancong ini dengan bahasa mereka sendiri. Bukankah pelancong datang ke sini untuk memahami budaya dan bahasa rasmi di sini. Bukankah kita ada satu bahasa iaitu bahasa kebangsaan yang boleh difahami oleh semua kaum, yang perlu didaulatkan. Adakah ini tidak rasis?

Ke manakah kita nak bawa negara Malaysia? Apakah akar Melayu perlu dibuang langsung. Pada hemat, apapun yang berlaku kita perlu menghormati orang Melayu selaku penduduk asal di negara ini dari segi sejarah. Manakala orang Melayu juga perlu menghormati orang bukan Melayu. Pendek kata, kita perlu saling hormat-menghormati perlembagaan yang telah dipersetujui secara bersama, walaupun ia nampak lebih menyebelahi orang Melayu. Tetapi hak kita sebagai bukan Melayu tidak diabaikan.

Saya bangkitkan isu kuil dan rumah ibadat kerana itulah hakikat yang sebenar. Saya tidak fikir semua rumah ibadat dibina sendiri, menggunakan wang sendiri mereka. Kebanyakan rumah ibadat kaum-kaum lain dibina di atas tanah kerajaan. Bukan Melayu tidak boleh membandingkan agama mereka dengan Islam, kerana terdapat peruntukan istimewa kedudukan Islam dalam perlembagaan. Perkara ini telah dipersetujui secara bersama ketika perlembagaan digubal. Justeru, keistimewaan agama Islam perlu dihormati. Sudah pasti dalam hal ini hak bukan Islam tidak terabai kerana Islam menghormati hak agama-agama lain.

Begitu juga dengan DEB. Ia tidak boleh dilihat dari perspektif negatif semata-mata. Berapa ramai orang bukan Melayu mendapat habuan daripada kejayaan orang Melayu dalam DEB? Sila baca buku yang ditulis oleh Tan Teong Jin, Ho Wah Foon dan Tan Joo Lan dalam bukunya the Chinese Malaysian Contribution. Mereka melihat bagaimana orang Cina mendapat habuan apabila orang Melayu turut berjaya. Jika orang Melayu berjaya melalui DEB, sebahagian besar pengeluar adalah orang Cina. Ini bermakna, bila orang Melayu berjaya, orang Cina dapat percikan dan kejayaan sama. Adakah kejayaan Cina disebabkan usaha mereka semata-mata. Jawabannya tidak, banyak faktor yang menyumbang seperti dasar-dasar kerajaan, kejayaan DEB dan sebagainya. Janganlah anggap apa yang kita ada hari ini semata-mata kerana usaha kita sendiri tanpa melihat bagaimana kejayaan itu dicapai.

Dengan sebab itu, sebelum kenyataan dihamburkan, mereka mesti mengetahui asal-usul sejarah Malaysia terlebih dahulu. Bagaimana Tanah Melayu bertukar menjadi Malaysia. Bagaimana identiti sesebuah negara tercabut disebabkan oleh tolak ansur meraikan semua pihak. Sedangkan kita tahu bahawa Tanah Melayu, boleh terus kekalkan menjadi nama Tanah Melayu. Begitu juga di Singapura, boleh terus kekal menjadi salah sebuah negara Melayu di kepulauan Melayu. Kenapakah sebuah negara Melayu boleh terlepas menjadi negara Cina di kepulauan Melayu. Pernahkah kita terfikir betapa beruntungnya nasib kita berada di sini.

Kita perlu ingat, bermasyarakat majmuk bukan berlaku secara semulajadi. Tidak ada satu negara di dunia bermula dengan masyarakat majmuk. Semua negara bermula dengan satu bangsa. Nama bangsa tersebut, biasanya akan menjadi nama sesebuah negara itu. Misalnya, Melayu – Tanah Melayu, Cina – China, India – India, Siam – Siam (Thai), Vietnam – Vietnam, Arab – negara-negara Arab, barat – negara-negara kulit putih dan sebagainya. Kemajmukan sesebuah negara berlaku disebabkan oleh penghijrahan. Justeru, kaji sejarah ini. Kenapa ia boleh berlaku sedemikian rupa? Setelah dikaji, bandingkan, siapakah atau negara manakah yang lebih bernasib baik? Orang Melayu tidak ada lagi tempat dituju melainkan di negara-negara kepulauan mereka sendiri. Sedangkan orang lain mungkin ada tempat yang hendak dituju.

Bandingkan juga dengan Singapura. Sebuah negara Melayu yang telah jatuh kepada orang majoriti Cina. Adakah nasib Melayu terbela? Adakah kerajaan Singapura mempercayai orang Melayu? Berapa ramai orang Melayu dilantik menjadi menteri dan jawatan-jawatan tinggi dalam tentera, polis, imigresen dan lain-lain? Kerajaan Singapura lebih mempercayai orang India yang majoritinya lebih kecil daripada Melayu? Orang Melayu merempat di bumi sendiri. Adakah kita mahu ia berlaku di Malaysia?

Dalam isu Beng Hock, saya sudah terus terang mengatakan bahawa kematian beliau perlu dibela. Cuma, saya timbulkan janganlah kita mengeluarkan pandangan-pandangan yang boleh mengguris hati orang lain. Orang Melayu tidak hanya ada dalam PKR dan PAS sahaja, Melayu juga dalam UMNO, parti-parti lain dan ada yang tidak menyertai mana-mana parti politik. Adakah kerana kita berada dalam Pakatan, bermakna kita hanya perlu menjaga hati bukan Melayu dalam PR sahaja. Bagaimana dengan yang lain? Saya mengaitkan isu Beng Hock dengan agama, kerana kita adalah masyarakat yang beragama. Mana ada satupun agama yang membenarkan hubungan seks sebelum berkahwin. Jika adalah orang Islam yang terlibat dalam seks bebas sebelum berkahwin, itu adalah salah individu. Jangan pula agama disalahkan. Agama itu terlalu suci. Kalau tidak faham agama sendiri, belajarlah, jangan jadi jahil. Bila saya bercakap seumpama ini saya dituduh tali barut UMNO.

Apakah UMNO terlalu buruk? Apakah UMNO tidak ada jasa langsung terhadap orang Cina atau Melayu yang lain? Adakah kejayaan orang Cina ini hari berlaku dengan secara semulajadi? Apakah UMNO itu terlalu buruk sehingga kepentingan kaum lain dinafikan sama sekali? Memang tidak dinafikan bahawa UMNO ada kelemahan, kerana UMNO itu ditadbirkan oleh manusia. Jika ada penyelewengan dan korupsi dalam UMNO, itu adalah segelintir individu, masih ramai orang UMNO yang baik-baik yang masih boleh dijadikan kawan dan didakwahkan. Adakah kita terlampau baik sehingga tidak boleh ditegur? Janganlah seperti kacang lupakan kulit.

:: Blessing or Curse? ::

2009-07-20T00:34:00.002+09:30

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BLESSING OR CURSE? by Sister Aliya Yeoh Abdullah

“You’re not going to the surau today?” Mrs. Tan (not her real name) asked me.
“Nope, I’m having my day off.”

“Day off?”
“Menses.. monthly period.”

“Oh… It’s degrading isn’t it, the way women are treated in Hindu and Islam. You can’t pray when you’re having your periods.”

I was shocked at her comment. Recovering quickly, I replied, ” Well actually no. Islam treats women so well that we are given the days off when we’re having our monthly menses.”

“What do you mean?”
“Well, as we all know, having menses can be very messy and physically tiring for women. Some suffer from cramps. Allah is Most Merciful, so Muslim women are excused form performing the prayer and fasting when she is coping with the monthly menses. In fact, it’s a sin for the woman to perform the 5 times a day solat during this time of the month. It’s not a punishment but rather, a compassionate gift for women.”

“But I thought women can’t pray at this time because they’re unclean?”

“Muslim women can still pray or doa to Allah, and recite the zikir or praises to Him. It’s just that she doesn’t need to perform the 5 times a day prayer ritual or solat, because it’s physically taxing on her during her menses. Allah in His wisdom lifted the load of solat prayer and the burden of fasting for Muslim women during these times of her life. Uncleanliness is only in her menstrual blood, not her physical self. She can still be with her husband, except having sexual intercourse.”

“But why prevent a woman from praying as usual? Isn’t menses a natural part of a woman’s biological cycle that God makes for a woman?”

“Tell me, are you in a good mood when you’re having your menses? Would you voluntarily wake up at the early hours of dawn, or you’d prefer to sleep a little longer? Do you like to perform exercises when you’re suffering discomfort from menstrual cramps? Do you want to go hungry for hours when you’re having your menses?”

“Of course I’d prefer to sit and rest if I can.”

“Naturally. So Muslim women are exempted from observing prayer or solat, and fasting during her menses because both these tasks are difficult and physically demanding. It’s not a punishment. It’s actually Allah’s gift for the Muslim woman during her menses, to remove hardship and religious obligations from her and allow her space to focus on what she is experiencing during her monthly cycle.”

“So you mean it’s actually to help the women, not as a form of treating women as second-class worshippers?”

“Women are respected in Islam, contrary to what many people prefer to believe. Allah in His wisdom and mercy has ordered women to stop performing her prayer and fasting at such times. So a Muslim woman who does not perform prayer and fast during her menses is actually worshiping Allah too. She obeys His commands and submit to Him.”

“But why can’t she go to the mosque and read the Quran at these times?”

“Actually anyone who is impure, like a man who has just made love to his wife, can’t read the Quran or go to the mosque unless they wash themselves clean first through ablution or mandi hadas. It’s nothing to do with being a woman or a man. In Islam, we show great respect and reverence for the Creator, which is why we wash ourselves clean first and wear clean clothing when we perform the prayer before Him, as well as touch the Holy Quran.”

“So a Muslim woman is actually respected when she’s having her menses?”

“Yes, of course. Muslim women are prevented from praying not because she’s dirty/unclean during her menses. Actually she’s given the holidays from God Almighty so that she can rest and regain her strength. Allah does not intend to place any difficulty on the shoulders of His servants. When a person is experiencing difficulty, Islam will give him or her some concessions that make life easy.”

” I see..”

“Do you know how many days a woman is exempted from performing the solat every month?”

“One week?”

” As long as she’s having her menses.Maximum is 14 days. And she doesn’t have to replace the number of prayers she doesn’t perform at those times. That’s how merciful Allah is to Muslim women.”

“Ok… now I understand.”

Conclusion:

1. It's a reward, not a curse. It's a sign of love and acknowledgment from God that having menses is not something to be toyed with. (So, sabar banyak2 eh bro if your partner lain macam siket bila datang bulan..)

2. It's not because of being unclean (since you can still do doa and zikir), it is because solat is a physical thing, and it needs lots of focus and effort. (So, sapa2 yang solat sambil lewa, pikir2 la sendiri..)

3. Even by not fasting and not doing solat while having menses is an act of obedience to God. Best tuh! Furthermore, even though a women having menses can't fast, her action of helping her family (esp. husband), by actions (eg. bangunkan sahur, temankan masa sahur, etc) menjadikan dia dapat plus points.

4. So, since you've already known this, please explain and clear things out if anyone says that Islam mistreats women when they're having menses. Thank you.

:: degree program comparison ::

2009-07-01T00:48:00.004+09:30

Well, for writing this article, I might get some backlash from some people. But I don't care. The reason why I'm doing this is to clear up the air should there be any misunderstanding between those students (and graduates) who is doing (or did obtained) a degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from both universities: Adelaide University, Australia, and UTM, Malaysia.

Why did I choose to compare these two universities? Because both claims to be the best (or one of the best) university for doing Engineering courses in their countries, respectively.

Some of the stereotypical issues might be:
1. student or grad oversea relax je la, belajar siket je subjek..!
2. sombong seih budak grad oversea, padahal aku belajar lagi banyak dari dia..!
3. apa kelas budak grad local uni je?

To do justice, here are what I think students (or graduates) from both countries can claim:

For UTM students:
1. Kitaorg terer, sebab amek banyak subjects!
2. Busy wo idop dolu2, banyak assignments! Dah la sampai 50% value untuk full mark! But kitaorg dapat lepas dengan berjaya! Dah la ada lecturer yang macam...!
3. Kitaorg ada banyak awek2 cun kat sini! Stok penapisan untuk dijadikan pasangan idop sangat besar!
4. Kitaorg makan best! Nak balik umah untuk makan yang lagi best pun tak la susah sangat, paling jauh pun, flight 2 jam je.
5. Dugaan ah beb, banyak hal ah kat sini, politik la, family la, nak bayar pinjaman la etc..
6. Ada ke patut kena amek subjek2 yang takde kena-mengena dengan degree nih? But kitaorg kan terer? Sumer clear beb!
7. Sini persaingan tinggi bro! Dah la kerajaan kalau boleh nak semua students all-rounded: bijak, beriman, beramal, terer sukan, etc etc. Nasib baik tak jadi robot terus.

For Adelaide Uni students:
1. Mana kau tau quality subjek siket tak sama dengan yang banyak? Giler kau, kitaorg buat assignments macam giler perfect pun, kitaorg dapat around 20% of grade je.. Buat lah se-excellent mana sekalipun..
2. Hidup mencabar weh, assignments tiap2 minggu ada. Masalahnya, kau buat ke tak assignment, datang kelas ke tidak, lecturer pedulik apa? Bukannya fail terus, cuma kitaorg ni agak terer gak ah bila exam, buat giler babeng dasat (maklumlah 80% dari exam). Attendance untuk kelas? Apa tuh? Last time kena amek rollcall masa kat skolah la. Rindu pulak zaman dulu kena paksa belajar. Ada jugak orang yang tengok2 perkembangan.
3. Walaupun subjek siket, tapi most likely syllabus sama banyak. Siap advance lagi tuh, ada projek nanotechnology. Tak caya, tengok kat bawah ni..
4. Kitaorg nak cari stok gadis Melayu terakhir susah ah. Tapi, global market bro! Global! Tapi, untuk sapa2 yang ada gf/tunang kat Malaysia, kira terer gak la. Walaupun otak dan jantung tiap2 hari rasa macam nak meletup risau, dapat juga maintain waras dan setia. Orang kata: long-distance tu macam belajar MATHS 1011 la, kacang je!
5. Alamak, makanan halal susah gak nak cari! But kalau kitaorg still pilih untuk hidup dengan makan benda2 halal je, rasa2nya, boleh claim iman kitaorg lagi kuat.. Bab balik umah jumpa parents memang susah la, mahal. Call pon kena ikut time, malam2 ada la cheap time period to call. But concert2 banyak woi sini, takde censor2 pulak tuh! (Alamak, lupa pulak aku belajar apa tadi..)
6. Dugaan? Oversea politik takde hal, cuma kuat tak kuat iman, dan mampu tak mampu tiap2 hari nak speaking je lah yang menduga. Maklumlah, takde azan, takde pencegah maksiat, uni bagi kondom free (macam gula2), nightclub depan uni, KFC yang memang tak halal berlambak, ganja/alkohol/hiburan macam jumlah masjid kat Malaysia. Banyak giler!
7. Nasib baik ah kitaorg takde kena amek subjek macam tuh. Eh eh, patutlah kitaorg maybe kurang bermoral, kurang Islamic dan kurang Asian. But takpelah, kitaorg belajar direct dari idop, 4 tahun, tiap2 hari kena duga. Practical tu beb!
8. Persaingan? Susah beb, susah! Bebudak mat saleh ni bukannya ada dapat offer utk gi belajar mana2 uni kat oversea. So, yang tahap IQ macam ala2 Einstein pun berlambak dalam kelas. (cuba try tengok dalam wikipedia, berapa ramai ex-student Adelaide Uni yang dah menang Nobel Prize!). Tuh yang masa bila aku menang debat, atau dapat report sampai lebih 90%, aku sengeh2 macam gile tuh! Rasa macam Einstein bawah tapak kaki je.. Haha..

Nota editor: sorry kalau nampak berat sebelah. Tak berniat apa2, cuma as orang yang tak duduk kat Malaysia now, tak tau apa hujah2 best budak local U..

So, apa moralnya?

Hormatilah satu sama lain.

Yang belajar atau grad oversea mungkin kurang sopan, kurang Islamic, kurang bersikap keMalaysiaan dan mungkin kurang jumlah subjeknya berbanding apa yang budak local U amek, BUT disebabkan at least 4 tahun tercampak kat tempat orang yang penuh dugaan, diaorg ni bab2 survival dalam menjaga maruah atau experience persaingan bebas tanpa tongkat kerajaan atau pun bab2 pelajaran jatuh-bangun memang mungkin ada kelebihan.

Yang belajar local U pulak, walaupun ada yang mungkin kata university takde kualiti (tak masuk top 100), atau jagoan kampung, atau tak tercabar sebab masih dalam negara, aku rasa, they deserve a lot of repect! Mana ada orang dari uni2 negara lain yang kena amek banyak2 subjek, dah la subjek yang pelik2, siap ada kokurikulum pulak tuh? So, kena respect diaorg nih, 4 tahun keje keras, kena pakai bahasa yang bukannya tiap2 hari kena praktis dan berjaya lulus walaupun diduga dengan segala apa yang berlaku. Diaorg nih, benda2 pasal negara berlaku depan mata tiap2 hari, but berjaya jugak focus. Lagipun, diaorg nih la yang membesar dalam negara, mengalami lebih banyak perkara dalam negara masa tengah bertambah kematangan diaorg.

So, for both, rendah2kan lah diri. Hormat pihak yang satu lagi. Jangan pandah rendah pihak satu lagi, tapi jangan la sampai biarkan orang kata degree uni korang tak berkualiti, atau tuduh korang sambil main2 pun boleh grad!

By the way, here is the comparison between the program for Bachelor of Engineering in both universities:

Sila klik untuk lihat dengan lebih jelas..

:: Why the need of replacing the Causeway? ::

2009-06-26T23:02:00.006+09:30

Well, after a while (and after thinking and keeping mum about this issue for a very long time), I think it's time for me to write on why there is a dire need of replacing the Causeway.

For those who disagree, or disgruntled about this idea, no apologies are made. I am a Malaysian, and I should voice what I think is good for my country.

Maybe, some of my friends from the bordering southern country might be pissed, or think that I'm pissed with them, but afraid not, I mean no harm. But my country will always comes first.

Reasons why the Causeway should be removed/replaced:
1. To accommodate the free flow of water and ships. Better flow would mean better nautical environment.
2. By providing access there (under the replacement bridge), the ports (Pasir Gudang, and Tanjung Pelepas) would have a greater amount of trade. These ports would then be the most vital southern-most tip of the Asian mainland.
3. This would then work in tandem with the proposed double-track railway from these ports to KLIA and up north into Thailand.
4. As the double-track railway will be big enough to carry the trade items shipped as cargo, these cargoes can then be carried by it, and then be flown from KLIA, or be transported direct to mainland Asia (through Thailand).
5. Since we already have a good network of highways in the Peninsular which is joined to the major network of Asian highways, this also means that the trade items can also be transported through road.
6. Millions of jobs can the be generated as trade is increased, and this would also lead to greater development of road and rail links (and new cities) in the Eastern part of the Peninsular.
7. Another port can then be developed in either Kelantan or Terengganu, or any of the Northern states to provide better connection. Hence, leading to even a chance that ther is no need to stop at the ports down there in the south.
8. As per point #1, there can then be development of the waterfront of the most Southern state in the Peninsular. It can be a new Venice-like city, which can be a twin to the one that should be build in KL (as the city would be leased congested due to the transfer of Government facilities to Putrajaya).
9. This would also allow installation of better checkpoints or scanning facility on the new bridge. Traffic flow in the southern-most city in the Peninsular would also be improved. And better naval control and surveillance.
10. Hence, better connection of the already built or soon-to-be-built infrastructure network in the Peninsular. No need to worry about security, the bridge could be cut off if there the need arise. (Just like why the new administration capital was built on a man-made island. Think about it, by cutting off the bridge, the 'island' can still be protected by naval, air and land forces, and can still work as the beating heart of the nation).
11. It's as a show of our brave stand and authority as a proud sovereign nation with rights. We can still be good neighbour, but one which is also intelligent and brave.

There you go, those are the reasons. Some people might say that it's dumb to give full reasoning, as your enemy might see your 'secret' planning. But my idea is this: sometimes, you have to 'accidentally' leak your might and intelligence to others, so that they have a hint of what they'll be dealing with should they toy with the idea of confrontation.

All in all, I truly support the idea of replacing it.

Now, go forth, and build it!

p/s:

On a lighter note, I remembered when Malaysians were celebrating the 31st August here in Australia, they was a big banner on which everyone wrote their wishes / statements of love for the country. One fellow Singaporean even wrote 'Malaysia tanah airku' (maybe trying to pass as one of the my fellow countrymen).

I came and changed it to 'Malaysia: sumber airku'.. Partly as a joke, and partly as a reminder/lesson to the others (esp. from Malacca) that they're paying more for water, as compared to a particular foreign country.

:: Transformers II ::

2009-06-26T00:21:00.005+09:30

My review of this movie:

Sound / special effects: 5 stars (out of 5)
Story plot: 3 stars ( for a 120+ minutes movie, and an action one, this is one of the movies in which you have to pay FULL attention. Try to avoid going to toilet or skipping through any part. Get a cup and pee somewhere while you can still watch the movie.The storyline can get a bit confusing. Furthermore, if you have a weak command of English, you might want to wait until the original DVD with full subtitle comes out. Pirated/fake ones won't give you good understanding, unless you're an avid Transformers fan!)
Hotness of the actresses: 3 stars (might be more, like 4.5/5 if you fancy Caucasian/white girls. For me, nah, East Asians ones work their magic better on me)
Value for money: 4 stars (it's worth it for the actions/violence shown, and the sound / special-effects makes it a worthy one to watch at a cinema. Unless you have a home stereo and you can wait until you get your hands on original DVD, you might want to consider catching this movie at a good cinema).

OVERALL: 3.5 stars

So, Mr Bay, if you're reading this, can I get a set of two free tickets for Transformers III in 2012?? And next time, can you put up the name of the Transformers on the screen? At least when they first appear? Not all of us read Wikipedia to find out who's who, OK? But good job anyway. Me happy.

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OK, since I've warned you, I'm now free to talk about the movie.

Summary of story plot:

The movie starts with a flashback of the Fallen fighting against human about 17000BC. And then, it recent time, Starscream (which is kinda like Decepticons's leader while Megatron is down there at the bottom of the sea) is searching for the piece of the Cube (or whatever it's called).

The Decepticons were mobilizing themselves under the command of Starscream to do just that. They trace Sam Witwicky, even when he was going to college. Meanwhile, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime had form an alliance called NEST with the human (basically, the Americans and the British).

A few addition had been made to the Autobots lne-up: 3 motorbikes (presumably 'female' robot), two twins (which form some sort of truck selling popsicle). And they're all smaller sized than the original line-up. Meanwhile, for the Decepticons, there is a lot of new addition: the big Destructor (combination of a few constructing machine Decepticons), a big wheel-thing, and a few more towards the end.

AND, there is this old Transormer who had inhabited the Earth to search for something. He used to be a Decepticon, but he changed side. Watch out for him.

Well, actually, the Fallen was one of the earliest ancestors of the Transformers who built a thingy that can harvest energy from suns of any planetary system to energize them. However, as the sun itself would be exhausted, there was an agreement among them that only suns that belong to uninhabitable planetary system can be used. The Fallen however, disagreed, as he was actually building the thingy on Earth (which means that should the sun be consumed, Earth and it's inhabitant would die). Thus, the name the Fallen. Seems kinda like the idea of Lucifer to me.

Thus, this movie is about them (the bad ones a.k.a. the Decepticons, ultimately led by the Fallen) wanting to use the machine so that they could have enough energy to power-up and sustain the life of their kind and further pursue their agenda. However, it turns out that the Autobots won the battle (of course, with the help of the ever powerful American army). Hooray!

Things to watch out for (or that attracted my attention, or made me think):
1. Malaysia Airlines board at the few beginning minutes of the destruction of Shanghai
2. A Decepticon transformer that can change into a hot chick
3. A cute, small Transformer that was originally serving the Decepticons that changed side. And later humped Megan Fox's leg
4. A Decepticon taking off the American flag from the top of a bridge. (Surely made the Americans in the movie go berserk). Hence, the Americans can land and fight anywhere on Earth.
5. For all the attacks done by the Decepticons, the blame was put on terrorists
6. It was stated that President Obama was sent to a hiding place. (Trying to show that this is real and new)
7. A reference was made to swine flu. (Same as point #6)
8. Jordanian airfighters are s**tty. I didn't say that (it's the movie!)
9. Size doesn't matter. It's the will and endurance that matter most! The small twins managed to present a reasonable fight with the big Devastator!
10. Even though the Autobots are smaller in size (and number), they surely showed up a good fight! Optimus Prime's fight of 1-on-3 shows that, even though he lost in the end.

:: why the f***?!! ::

2009-05-13T18:23:00.002+09:30

Why the f*** do they allow people to wear high-heels in a library?

I got a few reasons why I would be really happy if wearing it is banned in libraries:
1. The 'keletuk keletak' sound is very annoying, especially when they pass-by or walk near the quiet study area..
2. It's a hazard. They might fall off and hurt other people.
3. Walking while carrying large heavy books could make they stumble. (However, I haven't seen them walking around with any serious books. I mean, big thick books)

So, please spread the word around so that even if we can't achieve this aim, we could at least:
1. Ask the librarians and the libraries to arrange for more carpeting. Or prepare some sort of sandals (like in the hotels) so that less walking noise can be made.
2. Try and get so that the price of earplugs would be cheaper, and they should be made readily available near study areas.
3. Do a study about what kind of books do the people with high heels read, and place them in a specific area (maybe near a cafe, or near a stage, so that they can show off their heels)..

So, let's start a new campaign...

"Wear flat shoes, or be reasonable when you walk in a library. Other people do study or read books there. Go catwalk somewhere else, please"

:: damn! damn! damn! ::

2009-05-13T00:51:00.002+09:30

Damn! My housemate had just realized that he had lost rings, necklaces, and a jade!

Oh my God! I'm speechless..

For him to lose the jade must had meant the world to him. And I can understand it, as the jade is an heirloom, passed down through the generations..

All I can say is that, I swear that I will do anything to find the responsible party.

And once caught, the punishment is heavy.

I promise that.

:: judge of character ::

2009-05-08T02:14:00.003+09:30

Someone said that I'm not a good judge of character..

Heh, somehow, it doesn't affect me. Why? Because anyone who really knows me know that I always try to be seen as non-judgmental.

So, does it actually mean that I'm not a good judge of character?

I don't think so. It's just that I don't like to show it. After all, what is important is how you act once you've passed/made a judgment about someone. It's not about what you say.

For example, if you think that someone has a vice but you have no real evidence, what do you do?

I won't ostracize the person, but I'll remain vigilant, and ensure that his/her vice won't affect me. There is no point you're saying that a person is a liar. But what you should do (or what I actually did), was just nod when he/she says something, and ignore it. Take it at no face value at all.

By doing so, did I lose anything? Nope. He/she gets tired talking, but I'll remain unaffected.

At least, when he/she is saying something which is truthful, I can still benefit. And how about him/her? For all I care, he/she can go to hell..

Or, another example is that, if you know someone who is cheating on his/her gf/bf. What would I do? As long it's not being done on me, I'll still reply when he/she talks to me. And I'll slowly talk to their partner about the things. If they don't trust me, I don't care. Their lost, not mine. But one thing for sure, never had I had a gf who had actually left their bf for someone else (regardless of how pretty or sexy or whatever she might be). So you see, I don't say out loud what is my judgment, I just carry it out.

But if it happens to me, I'll bring the person down. Physical plus reputation damage, and lifelong hardship are the things that I promise to those who I'd judged to be worthy of it.

No point reacting to small fish, it made me small as well. Just go for the kill. And torture before death.

Selfish? Well, welcome to my world.

As I had said before, you were born alone, and you will die alone. The only difference is not who you met when you are alive, but it is how that you react to them.

And my last word, being paranoid is part of being me. That's why I had always have a locked door, a tight password, unseen wallet (and keys). For me, you shall protect yourself first, so that should something bad occur to you, you'll have TOTAL power to do your revenge.

You steal my stuff, I get someone to break your legs (You won't die, not because I treasure your life, but because I feel that you don't deserve to die straightforward). Because for you to steal my stuff that means you have to actually enter my private room, open my private drawer. And that calls for unlimited reaction from me.

Why don't I go and break your leg on my own? Well, I deem my hands to be kept as clean as possible. (Cleanliness is near to godliness. And as humans are made in the image of God, I shall behave like one). Why should I dirty it by touching a non-worthy person?

You cheat on me? I'll just walkaway. But if you do it badly, (ie. without using your brain to think), prepare your face to meet my friend, Mr. Superacid. It burns, and it's permanent.

So, what is your judgment about me again? Ask me if I give a rat's ass about it.

I am me, and you are you. Nothing that you say will affect me, unless my judgment is that your words/opinion carry some value in it.

:: solat Taubat ::

2009-04-29T00:15:00.005+09:30

Salam pada pembaca.. Maaf, sebab lama telah menyepi. Agak kesibukan.

Kali ini, izinkan saya mengutarakan panduan solat Taubat. Bukannya apa, kadangkala, bila kita selalu sibuk, kita akan terlupa (atau termenjadi liat) untuk beribadat (mahupun ibadat wajib atau yang sunat). Dan kadang2, bila itu terjadi, kita semakin mudah berbuat maksiat.

Bersyukurlah kita apabila kita mendapat petunjuk. Mungkin anda mendapat suatu mimpi yang menunjukkan azab2, atau anda tiba2 ditegur orang yang tak dikenali, atau tetiba anda tersinggah di laman2 yang berbentuk keIslaman (atau tetiba terdengar lagu nasyid ke, tertarik mata pada bahan bacaan yang bagus, eg. al-Quran).

OK lah, enough with the into, here is the main artikel:

Sumber rujukan: Solat Taubat (Panduan Penjernihan Jiwa)
by Muhammad Isa Selamat

ALLAH swt sentiasa memerintahkan kita supaya bertaubat, sebagaimana firman-Nya yang bermaksud: “Hai orang-orang yang beriman, bertaubatlah kepada Allah dengan taubat yang sebenar.” (At-Tahrim: 8.)

Allah telah membuka pintu harapan kepada hamba-hambaNya: “Katakanlah; wahai hamba-hambaKu yang melampaui batas terhadap diri mereka sendiri janganlah kamu berputus asa dari rahmat Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah mengampunkan dosa-dosa semuanya. Sesungguhnya Dialah yang Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.” (Az-Zumar: 53)

Syarat-syarat taubat :
1. Ikhlas ingin bertaubat
2. Tidak akan mengulangi perbuatan dosa itu lagi
3. Menyesal atas perbuatan yang telah dilakukan
4. Harus mempunyai tekad di dalam hati tidak akan melakukan dosa itu untuk
selama-lamanya
5. Dikerjakan sebelum ajal tiba

Jika salah satu syarat tidak dipenuhi, maka taubat yang dilakukan itu tidaklah sah. Jika dosa berkaitan dengan manusia yang lain, maka syaratnya ditambah lagi, iaitu harus dapat membebaskan diri dari hak orang yang berkaitan. Contohnya jika hal itu berbentuk harta, harus dikembalikan. Jika berbentuk hukuman, ia harus menyerahkan diri mohon dimaafkan. Jika hal berupa cacian dan sebagainya, maka ia harus memohon keredhaannya.

Waktu melaksanakan taubat :
Taubat tidak boleh diundur-undur atau ditunda. Kerana jika demikian ia sangat berbahaya bagi hati manusia. Jika tidak segera menyucikan diri sedikit demi sedikit, maka pengaruh dosa itu akan bertompok-tompok, dan akhirnya akan merosakkan hati sehingga tertutup dari cahaya kebenaran.

Di antara penyebab yang akan membangkitkan jiwa bertaubat seseorang itu adalah jiwa yang selalu mengingati hari kematian dan hidup bersendirian di dalam kubur. Kata-kata mati adalah sesuatu yang sangat menakutkan kebanyakan manusia. Mati beerti berpisah dengan segala yang disayangi atau dicintai. Hari terputusnya segala nikmat. Sedangkan berpisah sebentar sahaja dengan anak atau isteri, dapat mengalirkan air mata kesedihan, apa lagi berpisah untuk selamanya.

Firman Allah: “Sesungguhnya kamu akan mati dan sesungguhnya mereka akan mati pula.” (Az-Zumar: 30).

Di samping mengingat tentang azab penderitaan yang bakal dihadapi oleh orang-orang yang berdosa mengingat kenikmatan syurga yang bakal ditempati oleh orang-orang yang soleh juga akan dapat membangkitkan keinginan jiwa untuk melakukan taubat dengan segera.

Cara melaksanakan solat taubat :
Cara melaksanakan solat taubat ini sama dengan solat biasa, iaitu setelah berwuduk dengan sempurna, lalu berdiri di tempat yang suci, menghadap kiblat;
· Waktu di lakukan - bila-bila masa merasa telah berbuat dosa (kecuali waktu makruh tahrim utk melakukan solat). Sebaik-baiknya 2/3 malam (pukul 2 pagi ke atas), semasa Qiyamullail
· Lafaz niat: “Sahaja aku mengerjakan solat sunat taubat dua rakaat kerana AllahTa’ala.”
· Rakaat pertama membaca (disunatkan membaca doa Iftitah) kemudian surah Al-Fatihah. Selepas itu Ayatul Kursi 11 kali
· Rakaat kedua membaca surah Al-Fatihah. Selepas itu surah Al-Ikhlas 11 kali
· Semasa sujud akhir rakaat kedua, ucapkanlah Doa Nabi Yunus sebanyak 40 kali (bersungguh-sungguh di dalam hati memohon keampunan dari Allah Ta’ala)
Ertinya: “Tidak ada Tuhan selain Engkau. Maha Suci Engkau Ya Allah, sesungguhnya aku adalah termasuk orang-orang yang zalim.”

· Selepas salam, perbanyakkan istighfar seperti,

Ertinya: Ampunilah hamba Ya Allah. Tuhan yang Maha Agung. Tiada Tuhan yang lain melainkan hanya Engkau. Dialah Tuhan yang Maha Hidup lagi Maha Perkasa dan hamba bertaubat kepada Engkau ya Allah.

· dan berdoa dengan Penghulu Istighfar,

Ertinya: “Ya, Allah Engkaulah Tuhanku, Tidak ada Tuhan selain Engkau, Engkaulah yang menjadikan aku. Sedang aku adalah hamba-Mu dan aku di dalam genggaman-Mu dan di dalam perjanjian setia ( beriman dan taat ) kepada-Mu sekuat mampuku. Aku berlindung kepada-Mu dari kejahatan yang telah ku lakukan. Aku mengakui atas segala nikmat yang telah Engkau berikan kepada ku dan aku mengaku segala dosaku. Maka ampunilah aku. Sesungguhnya tidak ada yang dapat mengampuni segala dosa kecuali Engkau.”

· Kemudian boleh juga berdoa mengikut luahan hati dan munajat masing-masing ke hadhrat Allah.

Dalil2 tentang solat Taubat..

Hukum Dan Dalil Melakukan Sembahyang Taubat adalah sunat - untuk menyempurnakan kewajipan taubat yg hukumnya wajib.

Antara dalilnya yang jelas ialah riwayat Ali bin Abu Talib r.a. berkata, Abu Bakar r.a. mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda:

Maksudnya:”Tiada seorang hamba yang berdosa dengan suatu dosa, kemudian ia berwuduk dengan sebaik-baik wuduk. Lalu ia sembahyang sunat dua rakaat dan setelah itu ia beristighfar memohon keampunan Allah, melainkan diampunkan Allah baginya“.

Kemudian Rasulullah s.a.w. membaca ayat: 135 Surah Ali-Imran bermaksud: “Dan juga orang-orang yang apabila melakukan perbuatan keji, atau menganiayai diri sendiri, mereka segera ingat kepada Allah lalu memohon ampun akan dosa mereka - dan sememangnya tidak ada yang mengampunkan dosa-dosa melainkan Allah - dan mereka juga tidak meneruskan perbuatan keji yang telah mereka lakukan itu, sedangkan mereka mengetahui (akan salahnya dan akibatnya)“.

- (Riwayat empat Ahli Hadis dan Ibnu Hibban, serta dishahihkan oleh Albany dalam Shahih Al-Jamik)*

*Abu Laits Assamarqandi, Tanbihul Ghafilin, Surabaya, PT Bina Ilmu, 1977 , Jilid 1, m/s: 129.

Lihat juga Hamid Muhammad Al Muslih, 10 Sebab Terhapusnya Dosa, Selangor, Pustaka Ilmi, 2000, m/s: 33.

- (HR. At Tirmidzi no. 406, lafaz ini miliknya, Abu Dawud no. 1521, Ibnu Majah no. 1395 dan lainnya, hadits ini dishahihkan oleh Syaikh Albani dalam Shahih Sunan At Tirmidzi I/128)

- Telah dikeluarkan oleh Abu Dawud (No. 1521, Tirmidzy (1/252 &296), Ibnu Majah (no. 1395), Ahmad (1/2,9,10, Al Humaidy di Musnad-nya (No. 4), Ath Thayaalisiy di Musnad-nya (hal.2), Ibnu Hibban (no. 2454-Mawaarid), Nasaa-i di kitabnya “Amalul Yaum wa Lailah (No. 417, 418, 419 & 420)

Dipetik dari laman http://nurjeehan.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/solat-taubat-penjernihan-jiwa/ ... Terima kasih yang tak terhingga, moga2 dapat kita kongsi bersama..

:: a non-Earth week ::

2009-03-17T09:32:00.001+10:30

This article is an environmental piece a.k.a. my personal take/rant on the state of the world (my world) due to a build-up for a race which will be conducted by many V8 cars driving around a track for a total distance of 500km (nearby the Norwood-portion of the city). And by the way, should I was asked to write this for CHEM ENG 4024: Environmental Engineering in Adelaide University, I think, I deserve some points or extra marks.

And nope, this wasn't a waste of time. I was making the best of my time stuck in the bus (about 55minutes, compared to the usual 10minutes) due to the clogged up road, which by the way, had made me to come in late.

Why is it (the race and the build-up to it) should be considered non-Earthly?

1. I'm pretty sure that the very act of V8 cars (although using unleaded fuel) racing around a track for 78 laps (totalling 500km) WOULD definitely increase the sudden amount of pollutant gases to the environment. And I haven't even talked anything about the noise pollution, thermal pollution, smell of rubber tires burnt etc etc.

2. These cars surely consumed a lot of fuel. (No arguement to that. If you disagree, think about hybrid cars. Maybe that will drive the point home).

3. During that event, which might make about 291,400 attendees happy, I'm pretty sure that litres and litres of beer would be consumed. This might pose a threat of extra amount of rubbish / strain on recycling system. And bear in mind, for every 250mL of beer produced/consumed, LifeCycle Assessment says that the Virtual Water Content (the cradle-to-grave amount of water used to produce it) is 75L! There is going to be a lot of water to be used for producing beers for one event. And should hamburgers/similar foods be consumed, a 150g hamburger's Virtual Water Content is 2400L. (Reference: Dr. David Lewis).

4. Due to the clogging of the road (detours + extra time spent), most road users will have to spend at least an extra 30 minutes of the road stuck. Are the engines switched off? Nope. So, as each of the vehicle inch their way to the city (for about 7 days of the roads being clogged), more and more of fuel are burnt and more pollutant gases are released (compared to other usual week).

5. Due to the roads being clogged, to avoid being late for work/school/anything, most residents in the nearby area had to wake up at least 30minutes early (or prepare to be late). Bearing in mind that the sun rises up around 7am (which is around the time usually people would wake up), now, people have to wake up earlier (ie. before sunrise). And it's cold nowadays. So, the would be an increase amount of time for the lights and heaters being turned on (for every house), compared to the amount of time these equipments would be switched on, if residents could wake up at usual time. Hence, more fossil fuel will be burned.

6. Also, due to the roads being clogged up, some residents who would usually take the public transport might opt to drive their own vehicles. (Personal vehicles can use any other routes, which although might not be the shortest routes, would still let them get to their destination quicker. Public transport will always have to follow the destined route, which might be clogged). Ergo, more personal vehicles on the road, more pollutant gases, and more fossil fuel burnt, compared to if these people using the public transport as usual.

So, how to mitigate / reduce-or-cancel the effects?
1. Cancel the race, or..
2. Longer Earth Hours is needed. (Maybe, instead of 1 hour, it'll be 7 x 0.5 hour more, ie. 5hours. Yeay, let's just stay in the dark for one whole night!)
3. Further studies by experts are needed. (I like this sentence, makes me feel safe.. haha)

:: Earth Hour (but non-Earth Life??) ::

2009-03-06T20:33:00.002+10:30

Well, every time when March is around, some people would be obsessed about Earth Hour.

"Hey, let us switch off our lights for one hour during the night time", they said.

Well, good on them. Yeah, yeah, it's a show of solidarity, care for the environment, (And maybe, to be 'in' with the group'. Maybe).

Well, forgive me if the opinion that I have may hurt some people. But there might be time when I disagree. As I think, sometimes, IF IT WAS REALLY NECESSARY, of course you'll be using lights during night time. After all, it's dark, and that's what you use when it is dark.

Furthermore, why bother doing Earth Hour if you're having a "non-Earth Life"???

Just read my following advise, and see what you should actually continuously do that will help save the Earth many many many times more than a dark Earth Hour:

1. Turn/switch off unused appliances. Yes, when you are going out, or sleeping, turn off your lights, fans, TV, laptops, speakers etc. Or if you really need them to get you to sleep, put it into a timer mode to switch off within 30minutes or so. (Yup, guess what, the electricity you save by doing this is way way way more than just an hour during Earth Hour night time).

2. Reduce usage of heating and/or cooling units. For your information, heaters, and air-conditioners are the major drain for electricity. Want to know about the figures? Go figure it out yourself on Google. If you're feeling cold, put on more on thicker clothes (or drink warm stuff). If you're feeling hot, drink lots of water, and wear less, or thinner clothes. Try not to get too hooked up on these appliances. And if you really have to use them, please do put them at a reasonable target temperature. Surely, putting a target of 16'C on your air-conditioners in a 46'C hot summer will kill the Earth by having lots and lots of coals burned to generate the electricity you're consuming. After all, having your bodies to experience a shocking change of temperature (eg. 19'C in the house to 40'C outside) would actually harm your body and health.

3. Sort out your rubbish. Yes, this might sounds silly, but it helps the Earth. Un-recycled recyclable stuff like bottles or boxes harms the Earth. Firstly, these stuff can't be biodegradable, thus it leads to bigger mounts of rubbish. And that means more landfill. More lands cannot be used for planting trees needed to help control the climates. Secondly, by having these recyclable stuff thrown away, more trees need to be cut, and more plastics had to be produced to replace them. And this adds up to the whole cycle of "making recyclable stuff to be thrown away just so that new recyclable stuff need to be made again".

4. Reduce/stop your intake of hormones or illegal/excessive drugs. Do you know that when you take those stuff, and when you urinate or shit, it gets all flushed out into the reservoir for water treatment? And do you know that hormones and drugs (which contains chemical compounds) will be a major threat to the biological system in the sea and river? Yeah, yeah, us environmental engineer have to sort it out. But did you know that: systems that can truly filter out everything is very hard to achieve? And very costly too? And do you know that in the end, these waters (hopefully, treated ones) will be released back into the waterways, and can harm/kill the aquatic life and the microorganisms that helps the Earth's cycle of gases? So, help yourselves and the Earth by saying no to these stuff.

5. Use the public transportation. Yup, a single trip with a bus, or train or tram is way more Earth-friendly than each of us individually taking our own vehicles. And it saves you money too. Oh, but they (the public transportation) doesn't appear every 5 minutes.. Well, have you heard about a great invention called a watch? Or maybe about God's greatest gift to us all called a brain? But if you still loves your ride, just minimize its usage. And try to get a better alternative as fuel.

6. Reduce your garbage generation rate. Recycle. A sheet of paper got two sides, you know? And even if you print only on one side, the other side can still be used for annotating notes, scribbling, drawing, calculations (and doodle too!). Or why don't you try these: fit multiple pages of your work/lectures/whatever on a sheet of paper (as long as it is practical and readable). Less paper used, less trees cut, less harm for the Earth. Or why don't you have it in electronic format?

So, that's my 6 advices on leading and living an Earth life. So, if you do care about the Earth (truly from the heart), please do consider about these points.

And so, if you're like me, you've tried your best to do all that you can (at least these 6 points) to save the Earth, I thank you. And may you have a good day for everyday of your life.

And maybe, just maybe, you wouldn't feel guilty then when you opt to still switch on the light so that it won't be dark when you're educating people or saving the Earth during the Earth Hour.

peace!

p/s: Please, just don't be like a famous band that uses a private jet to attend a Save-the-Earth kinda concert. (And it wasn't a better fuel alternative anyway). Really ironic! And hypocritical too!

:: just now you can, now you can not ::

2009-03-01T14:42:00.002+10:30

Hi, just wanna update on the issue of usage of the word 'Allah' for publications made by non-Muslims in Malaysia.. Taken from Utusan Malaysia Online, written by Hamden Ramli (4th Rabiul Awal 1430, 1st March 2009)..

"Dilarang Guna 'Allah' "

Oleh HAMDEN RAMLI

KOTA KINABALU 28 Feb. – Pewartaan kebenaran penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam penerbitan agama Kristian dibatalkan kerana terdapat kesilapan pada warta tersebut.

Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar berkata, perintah yang diwartakan pada 16 Februari 2009 itu juga bertentangan dengan keputusan kerajaan sebelum ini dan ia dibuat sebelum mahkamah memberikan keputusan.

Sehubungan itu katanya, kementerian membatalkan pewartaan tersebut dan memperbetulkan segera kesilapan berkenaan.

“Dalam perkara larangan penggunaan nama Allah itu, kita tidak akan mengatasi keputusan kerajaan yang tidak membenarkan penggunaan nama Allah oleh agama lain selain Islam dan kita juga tidak akan mendahului keputusan mahkamah.

“Saya mengaku berlaku kesilapan dalam pewartaan larangan penggunaan nama Allah itu dan kita akan mengambil tindakan untuk membetulkannya,” tegas beliau kepada Mingguan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Syed Hamid berkata, kesilapan tersebut berlaku di peringkat ‘penggubalan maksud arahan’.

“Apa yang diberitahu pada saya dan apa yang akhirnya berlaku adalah dua perkara yang berbeza. Oleh itu, berlaku kesilapan dan kesilapan itu membawa implikasi yang amat mendalam,” katanya.

Beliau menambah, keputusan kerajaan sangat jelas bahawa perkataan Allah tidak boleh digunakan oleh agama selain daripada Islam.

Ditanya sama ada ruang untuk membetulkan pewartaan itu, Syed Hamid berkata: “Pewartaan itu dibuat oleh saya. Oleh itu saya akan membatalkan pewartaan tersebut”.

Mengenai tindakan seterusnya, beliau berkata, kementerian akan membetulkan kesilapan tersebut dan seterusnya menunggu keputusan mahkamah.

“Kita sudah membuat keputusan sebelum ini tetapi mereka cabar dengan membawa kes itu ke mahkamah. Sebelum mahkamah buat keputusan, kita tidak akan membuat apa-apa keputusan,” katanya.

Mahkamah Tinggi (Bahagian Rayuan dan Kuasa-Kuasa Khas) semalam diberitahu bahawa penggunaan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan berkaitan agama Kristian bukan lagi satu larangan.

Keputusan itu terkandung dalam Perintah Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (Larangan Dalam Penggunaan Perkataan Tertentu dalam Dokumen dan Penerbitan) 2009 yang baru diwartakan oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri.

Menurut Peguam Kanan Persekutuan, Nizam Zakaria, perintah bertarikh 21 Januari lalu berkuat kuasa serta-merta setelah ia diwartakan pada 16 Februari lalu.

Perintah tersebut berbunyi : “Percetakan, penerbitan, penjualan, pengeluaran, pengedaran dan pemilikan sebarang dokumen dan penerbitan berkaitan agama Kristian yang mengandungi perkataan Allah, Kaabah, Baitullah dan Solat adalah dilarang melainkan di muka hadapan dokumen dan penerbitan itu ditulis dengan perkataan ‘Khusus Untuk Penganut Agama Kristian’.

Nizam memberitahu demikian semasa sebutan kes semakan kehakiman (undang-undang) oleh Gereja Katholik terhadap larangan penggunaan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan Herald - The Catholic Weekly di hadapan Hakim Lau Bee Lan.

(editor's note: Em, so how is it now? Just wondering, is there any way a punishment could be made on anyone who is at fault here? I think, there might be more court cases soon..)

:: news on usage of the word 'Allah' ::

2009-02-27T01:37:00.007+10:30

Again, I'm just being lazy. I'm quoting news from two English newspapers in Malaysia (the Star Online and the New Straits Times Online. Surprisingly, I didn't get to read this news in my usual online Malay language newspapers. Oh, maybe I did missed it somehow.. Or..?)

I'm just putting it here for readings by the public, in case your usual newspaper didn't put it up (or in case, you missed it somehow).

my suggestion?? Well, I guess, why don't the authorities, such as the Home Ministry specify and provide details in the open on how the identification of materials should be? Like a label of a certain size, fonts and color to be put at specified location on the front page to specify that the materials are only meant for Christians, etc? You know, something like the label you got on cigarette box, or like the label 'R+' for some magazines in oversea? And make the specification public, just like how we get to know how to detect a real currency when we change to the new design.

And while they're there, why don't you provide free stickers to the importers so that they put onto the other materials imported from oversea? And make a law or confiscation for anyone not following it?

And make the Islamic authorities of each state to produce, publish and distribute pamphlets to let Muslims know that articles of that nature should have the label, and it is not meant for the Muslims?

Catch the drift? Kinda like killing two birds with on stone, hey?And that is, given that if it is OK with the Constitution.. (Lawyers, any help here?)

anyway, here goes the two articles from the online newspapers..

1) from NST Online (2009/02/26, by Hamidah Atan):

Christian publications can use 'Allah' on condition

PUTRAJAYA, THURS:

Christian publications are now allowed to use the word "Allah" as long as they state that the materials are only meant for Christians.

Home Ministry Quran Publication Control and Text Division secretary Che Din Yusoh said the move which came into effect on Feb 16 followed the gazettement of the cabinet's decision in 1986.

The cabinet's decision was that Christian publications were banned from using four words - Allah, Baitullah, Kaabah and solat (prayer) - unless the publications clearly stated that the materials were only meant for Christian followers.

"We decided to gazette the move recently. However, those who failed to adhere to this condition will have their publications seized by the ministry's enforcement officers.

"We will be firm to ensure compliance. It is only fair that they adhere to it," he said.

Reverend Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Catholic Church's The Herald, was quoted by a news portal as saying that the ministry is allowing the publications to use "Allah" to refer to God as long as they state that the material is only meant for Christians.

The controversy first broke out in late 2007 when the government banned the use of “Allah” in Christian Malay-language texts because it allegedly might confuse Muslims.

The Herald has challenged the ban in court.

The Herald publishes in English, Mandarin, Tamil and Bahasa Malaysia to cater to its multi-ethnic faithful. It has a circulation of 14,000 copies.

2) And this is from The Star Online (Published: Thursday, 26th February 2009, 6:26pm Malaysian time):

Christian publications can use the word “Allah"

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has allowed Christian publications to use the word ``Allah'' to refer to God as long as they specify the material is not for the majority Muslims, a church official said Thursday.

The Feb 16 order issued by Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar is an apparent softening of its stand by the government, which had earlier banned the use of the word in all Christian texts.

The government argued that Allah is an Islamic word and its use by others might confuse Muslims, who might think Allah refers to their God.

The Herald, the Roman Catholic Church's main newspaper in Malaysia, has already started printing ``For Christianity'' on its cover, said its editor Rev. Lawrence Andrew.

The Herald publishes weekly in English, Mandarin, Tamil and Malay with an estimated readership of 50,000.

The ban on ``Allah'' concerns mainly the Malay edition, which is read mostly by indigenous Christian tribes in the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak. The other three editions usually do not use ``Allah.''

Andrew said although the order ``makes things easier'' for the Herald, the paper will not drop its legal challenge against the ban. A court is due to hear arguments in the case on Friday.

The Herald is arguing that the Arabic word is a common reference for God that predates Islam and has been used for centuries as a translation in Malay.

Andrew said the new order is still a violation of religious freedom guaranteed by the Constitution because Christians will not be able to use any literature that does not carry the statutory warning on the cover, including a lot of imported material.

He said most Malay-language Bibles in Malaysia are imported from Indonesia, where the language is more widely spoken.

``If this (order) is enforced, it will be difficult to possess materials ... from Indonesia, and thus practicing our religion will not be easy. This goes against ... the Constitution,'' he told The Associated Press.

Andrew said the order also prohibits the use of three other Arabic words ``solat,'' or prayer, ``Kaaba,'' a holy site in Saudi Arabia, and ``baitullah,'' or house of God without the statutory warning.

Ministry officials could not immediately be reached for comments.

Home Minister Syed Hamid's aide said he would only be available for comment Monday.-AP

:: Scanner ROSAK?!! Underwater circuit ROSAK?!! ::

2009-02-26T10:37:00.003+10:30

Sorry la, very busy lately, so, I'll just sertakan dua keratan akhbar dari Utusan Malaysia Khamis, 1 Rabiulawal 1430, 26 Februari 2009.

I think, one of the news sends shivers to my spine.. And the other one, just make me sighed..

Pengimbas rosak di sempadan

SINTOK 25 Feb. - Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Senator T. Murugiah berkata banyak peralatan dan mesin keselamatan di beberapa pintu masuk negara didapati rosak dan ini boleh mengancam keselamatan.

Sebagai contoh, katanya, mesin pengimbas milik polis dan kastam di Bukit Kayu Hitam di sempadan Malaysia-Thailand di sini telah empat tahun tidak berfungsi.

"Kalau mesin pengimbas berfungsi, kita boleh menghalang perkara tidak baik dari berlaku," katanya kepada pemberita pada majlis dialog dengan syarikat kawalan keselamatan wilayah utara di Universiti Utara Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Sebanyak 22 syarikat kawalan keselamatan di Kedah, Perlis, Pulau Pinang dan Perak menyertai dialog sehari itu.

Beliau berkata, banyaknya senjata api yang dirampas daripada penjenayah selepas sesuatu kejadian berlaku menimbulkan persoalan tentang bagaimana senjata itu boleh terlepas masuk ke negara ini.

Beliau juga berkata, sebuah pusat latihan untuk pegawai dan pengawal keselamatan yang bertugas dengan jabatan dan agensi kerajaan akan dibina di Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Julai ini dan dijangka siap pada 2010.

Pusat itu mampu melatih 400 orang pada satu-satu masa dalam segala aspek keselamatan termasuk undang-undang, katanya.

Murugiah, yang juga Ketua Pemuda Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP), berkata, beliau yakin Barisan Nasional mampu merampas kembali kerusi Parlimen Bukit Gantang di Perak dan kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah kawasan Bukit Selambau pada pilihan raya kecil masing-masingnya pada 7 April ini.

Katanya, rakyat telah melihat kecelaruan pentadbiran kerajaan di negeri-negeri yang diperintah oleh pakatan pembangkang. - Bernama

(editor's note: eh, nih bawah bidang kuasa siapa eh? Menteri mana eh? bahaya jugak la, kan? empat tahun rosak.. ish..)

Sirkit kabel dasar laut TM rosak

KUALA LUMPUR 25 Feb. - Gangguan perkhidmatan Internet yang dialami pelanggan Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) dilaporkan berpunca daripada kerosakan sirkit pada kabel di dasar laut.

TM dalam kenyataannya di sini hari ini berkata, kabel yang menghubungkan Malaysia ke Amerika Syarikat (AS) itu berada di antara Kuantan dan Katong, Singapura serta Shantou dan Tanshui, Taiwan.

Menurut kenyataan berkenaan, ekoran kerosakan itu, Internet akan perlahan dan pelanggan yang menggunakan perkhidmatan Rangkaian Persendirian Maya (VPN) serta aplikasi perniagaan kritikal juga akan mengalami gangguan.

"Bagi mengurangkan masalah ini, beberapa laluan internet dialihkan melalui sambungan alternatif.

"Kami juga akan mengambil langkah yang perlu bagi memulihkan perkhidmatan berkenaan," katanya.

Pada masa sama, tambah kenyataan itu, kerja membaik pulih kerosakan tersebut sedang dijalankan.

Jelasnya, selepas kerja membaik pulih selesai pada 5 Mac depan, perkhidmatan dijangka kembali beroperasi seperti biasa.

Katanya, TM akan terus memaklumkan perkembangan terkini dan pelanggan boleh menghubungi TM di talian 100 dan pilih "Perkhidmatan Internet" bagi melaporkan sebarang masalah perkhidmatan yang berkaitan.

(editor's note: oh, patut la arituh, my friends kat malaysia complain Internet slow.. but tahniah jugak la kat TM, sebab cepat bertindak. hopefully it will be good as new soon)

:: usaha tangga kejayaan ::

2009-02-25T13:11:00.002+10:30

Taken from Utusan Malaysia (Wednesday, 29 Safar 1430, 25 Februari 2009). Well, putting aside any differences or bad opinions one might have with that newspaper, I think, this is the news that should be read and taken as an example. Now you know why South Korea and Japan manage to rise up very fast every time they got beaten down (losing wars, economic turmoil, etc.), huh?

Gagal 775 kali ujian memandu

SEOUL 24 Feb. – Seorang wanita Korea Selatan, gagal dalam 775 ujian memandu dalam tempoh empat tahun lalu tetapi masih bertekad untuk terus mencuba sehingga berjaya.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, telah mencuba sejak 2005 untuk lulus ujian bertulis bagi mendapatkan lesen memandu, namun sehingga kini beliau masih gagal memperoleh minimum 60 peratus yang ditetapkan untuk lulus.

Sa-soon berazam untuk mendapatkan lesen tersebut bagi membolehkannya memiliki sebuah trak untuk memulakan perniagaan sendiri, telah membelanjakan lebih 10 juta won (kira-kira RM23,800) untuk melalui proses ujian berkenaan.

“Saya percaya anda akan dapat mencapai matlamat anda jika anda bersungguh-sungguh mengejarnya. Jadi jangan hapuskan impian anda, seperti saya. Kuatkan diri dan lakukan terbaik,” katanya. – REUTERS

:: gaji.. gaji.. ::

2009-02-24T22:36:00.003+10:30

Saja je nak ambik topik favourite siket..

Duit!!

Some facts to be informed beforehand:
1. Ini diambil dari blog "Thirteen Million Plus Ringgit" guy.. Sila lawati http://bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/perbelanjaan-bagi-gaji-dan-elauns-pemimpin/ untuk maklumat penuh..
2. "Emolumens" nih macam diambil dari perkataan Inggeris "emolument", yang bererti: a salary, fee, or benefit from employment or office.
3. It is not in my intention to bring any bad names or reputation to anybody. This is just for common knowledge. Kalau nak compare2 gaji, atau untuk perancangan kareer masa hadapan, boleh juga..

So, here it goes..

Perbelanjaan bagi emolumens dan elauns

Kerajaan Persekutuan membelanjakan sejumlah wang sebagai emolumens and persaraan pemimpin Negara, sebagaimana yang diluluskan Parlimen. Ini termasuk elauns kepada DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agong, Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong dan sekelian anggota eksekutif dan Ahli Parlimen (Dewan Rakyat dan Negara).

Elauns untuk DYMM SPB YDP Agong:

Ini adalah dibawah Undang-undang Malaysia Akta 269 (Akta Peruntukan Diraja 1982). Ini bajet tahunan untuk SPB YDP Agong. Ianya akan dibayar secara bulanan kepada SPB YDP Agong. Selain dari elaun untuk SPB YDP Agong ni, mereka masih dapat elaun DYMM Sultan dari negeri masing masing.

1. Privy Purse - RM 360,000.00 (bulanan adalah RM 30,000.00).
2. Elaun kerajaan - RM 120,000.00 (bulanan sebanyak RM 10,000.00)
3. Elaun diraja Istana Negara - RM 144,000.00 (bulanan sebanyak RM 12,000.00)

Maka, jumlah elauns sebulan SPB YDP Agong adalah sebanyak RM 52,000.00

Elauns untuk DYMM SPB Raja Permaisuri Agong:

1. Privy Purse - RM 67,200.00 (RM 5,600.00 sebulan).
2. Elaun kerajaan - RM 21,600.00 (RM 1,800.00 sebulan).

Maka, jumlah elauns sebulan SPB Raja Permaisuri Agong dapat ialah RM 7,400.00

Selain daripada tu, setiap tahun SPB YDP Agong dapat peruntukan lebih RM 53 million untuk perbelanjaan istana, sambutan tetamu dan untuk gaji pekerja dan kakitangan istana. Pecahan bajetnya adalah seperti berikut:

1. Perbelanjaan istana, keraian dan sambutan tetamu - RM 52,259,100.00

2. Gaji kakitangan istana - RM 1,004,880.00

Elauns mantan SPB YDP Agong dan SPB Raja Permaisuri Agong

Elaun untuk mantan SPB YDP Agong dan mantan Raja Permaisuri Agong (Termaktub dibawah peruntukan Undang-undang Malaysia Akta 270 (Akta Istana Negara Elaun-elaun Diraja 1982) pindaan 2006).

Dibawah akta ni elaun akan dibayar kepada mantan SPB YDP Agong dan mantan SPB Raja Permaisuri Agong setiap bulan untuk seumur hidup.

1. Elaun Diraja Istana Negara untuk mantan SPB YDP Agong - RM 15,180.00 sebulan.
2. Elaun Diraja Istana Negara untuk mantan Raja Permaisuri Agong - RM 4,500.00 sebulan.

Pencen khas untuk balu SPB YDP Agong

Ini adalah pencen untuk balu SPB YDP Agong. Bermakna kalau seorang SPB YDP Agong itu mangkat semasa dalam takhta, maka balu baginda (yang juga SPB Raja Permaisuri Agong) akan dapat pencen ini, termaktub di bawah Undang-undang Malaysia Akta 223 (Akta Pencen Khas Raja Permaisuri Agong 1979).

Inilah elauns yang dinikmati balu SPB YDP Agong yang mangkat semasa diatas takhta:

1. Pencen seumur hidup - RM 4,500.00 sebulan.
2. Kereta (cukai jalan dan bayaran pendaftaran percuma) atau wang pukal RM 250,000.00 untuk motorkar. Imbuhan tambahan RM 2,590.87 sebulan untuk pemandu dan penyelengaraan motorkar juga dinikmati.
3. Rumah Kerajaan yang akan disenggara oleh Kerajaan atau wang pukal RM 750,000.00

Elaun DYMM Sultan dan kerabat (contoh Kedah)

Elaun untuk Sultan dan kerabat bagi setiap negeri adalah dibawah peruntukan negeri masing-masing. Setiap negeri ada Enakmen Peruntukan Diraja, yang diluluskan Dewan Undang Negeri masing masing. Ini contoh untuk Kedah. Secara asasnya, ianya dipraktikan di negeri negeri lain pun lebih kurang sama juga jumlah dan nilainya.

1. Elaun Sultan - RM 52,600.00 sebulan
2. Elaun keraian Sultan - RM 15,480.00 sebulan

So, setiap bulan Sultan (contoh disini ialah Sultan Kedah) ialah sebanyak RM 68,080.00

Untuk Sultanah pula elaunnya adalah

1. Elaun Sultanah - RM 12,000.00 sebulan
2. Elaun peribadi Sultanah - RM 2,600.00 sebulan.

Jumlah elaun Sultanah ialah RM 14,600.00 sebulan

Elaun lain lain untuk kerabat ialah:

Raja Muda - RM 13,000.00
Raja Puan Muda - RM 5,200.00
Tunku Bendahara - RM 4,000.00
Isteri Tunku Bendahara - RM 1,250.00
Tunku Temenggung - RM 3,500.00
Isteri Tunku Temenggung - RM 900.00
Tunku Laksamana - RM 3,000.00
Isteri Tunku Laksamana - RM 600.00

Banyak lagi elaun untuk kerabat bergelar.

Selain daripada tu kerabat-kerabat lain pun dapat elauns juga. Contoh macam anakanda anakanda Sultan dapat elauns RM 1,000.00 sebulan and kerabat jauh sikit (bukan anak Sultan) dinamakan kerabat kategori 2 juga dapat elauns sebanyak RM 500.00 sebulan.

Gaji dan elauns untuk Perdana Menteri, Menteri dan Ahli Parlimen

Ini semua adalah dibawah Undang-undang Ahli Parlimen (Saraan) pindaan 2005

Gaji untuk Perdana Menteri, Menteri, MP adalah seperti berikut:

Perdana Menteri - RM 22,826.65 sebulan
Timbalan Perdana Menteri - RM 18,168.15 sebulan
Menteri-Menteri Kabinet - RM 14,907.20 sebulan.
Timbalan Menteri-Menteri - RM 10,847.65 sebulan
Setiausaha Parlimen - RM 7,187.40 sebulan

Ahli Dewan Negara - RM 6,508.59
Ahli Dewan Rakyat - RM 4,112.79

YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Perdana Menteri dan juga Menteri Kewangan dan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan juga dia adalah MP, maka pendapatan sebulan beliau adalah:

= RM 22,826.65 + (RM 14,907.20 x 2) + RM 4,112.79

= RM 56,753.84 sebulan

(editor's note: yang nih aku confuse siket, sebab all MPs is a member of Dewan Rakyat. And Dewan Negara, which is higher, and I'm pretty sure that a Prime Minister is a member of Dewan Negara.. And tak pasti la whether one is allowed to take gaji only for the highest post only or not. So, I have a revised calculation below)

= RM 22,826.65 + (RM 14,907.20 x 2) + RM 4,112.79 + RM 6,508.59

= RM 63,262.43 sebulan

(editor's note: if you want to know who is the current member of the two Dewans, try and visit these links. If they're not updated, it's not my fault, blame someone else. Links:

Dewan Negara: http://www.parlimen.gov.my/seatingDN.htm

Dewan Rakyat: http://www.parlimen.gov.my/seating.htm

now you know who is seating where, right?)

Formula untuk pengiraan elauns mantan Ahli Parlimen.

Pencen:
1/144 x tempoh perkhidmatan (bulan) x Gaji

Minimum pencen dapat ialah separuh dari gaji MP. Bermakna kalau jadi MP satu penggal pun akan dapat pencen paling sikit pun RM 2,056.40 . Lagi lama berkhidmat sebagai MP, lagi banyak pencen dia akan dapat.

Gratuiti:
1/48 x Gaji x 12 x tempoh perkhidmatan (bulan)

Ini tidak termasuk elaun perjalanan, penginapan dan peribadi yang boleh dipinta sekiranya Ahli Parlimen menghadiri penggal sessi persidangan Dewan Rakyat atau Dewan Negara.

:: invitation ::

2009-02-23T21:18:00.002+10:30

sekadar memanjangkan jemputan dari MISSA..

Kalau tak nampak dengan jelas, the details are:
"Welcoming BBQ and Potluck!"
11am-2pm, Saturday 28th February 2009,
Rymill Park, South Australia.

Untuk info lanjut, sila hubungi,
Fakhruddin: 043 3033 473
Mardhiah: 042 0762 189
E-mail: missa.org@gmail.com
website: www.mymissa.com

:: Azam, maaf le ::

2009-02-23T20:45:00.002+10:30

Maaf la kepada saudara pengomen yang komennya telah direject..

Tapisan/censorship, bro..

eh, gambar tuh diambil masa tengah tido..
eh, buat2 tido..
eh, tak tau macamana ada kat situ..
eh eh, nih semua keje pembangkang..

haha..

Thanks for the peringatan. but aku rasa, confirm la aku tak masuk bertanding. Ada takde nya pun, kalau Madshah bertanding, aku tolong funding indirectly je la..

bukan sebab skandal apa2.. tapi sebab aku tau aku tamak giler kuasa dan duit nanti..

Anyway, sebagai tanda aku menerima teguran kau tuh, telah aku tukarkan gambar profile itu. Ha, sekarang ada dah boleh layak nak bertanding belom? Bersanding dah ok dah, kot?

:: Daulat Tuanku!! ::

2009-02-08T15:31:00.003+10:30

Enough said..

Walaupun suatu masa dahulu (masa kecik2) saya pernah mengimpikan Malaysia jadi sebuah negara republik (sebab rasa macam kerabat-kerabat nih banyak buang duit rakyat sahaja), saya telah sedar akan keperluan wujudnya para Raja-Raja Melayu..

Dan keperluan itu mengatasi segalanya dalam jangkamasa panjang..

Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku!

Walaupun saya bukan orang Perak, dan tidak berdarah Perak, saya tetap menjunjung titah dan kebijaksanaan Tuanku Sultan Azlan Shah..

-maer-

p/s: saya dari Negeri Sembilan. Saya rasa, pemilihan Yam Tuan kami adalah yang paling demokratik caranya. Namun, setiap negeri, ada Rajanya, ada kelebihannya..

:: how English is your English?? ::

2008-12-16T04:15:00.005+10:30

Hey, to people out there, who thinks their English is good, can you somehow read and understand these sentences?

These are points and sentences to ponder. Originally, my colleague, Jono (Jonathan) was the one who brought this up to me. Testing my English eh, Jono? Anyway, here they go..

1. James, while John had had "had," had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

2. That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.

3. Time flies like an arrow... Fruit flies like bananas.

4. For my sign, please put more room between the "Smith" and "and", and "and" and "Sons".

5. The man saw the boy with the binoculars.

6. They are hunting dogs.

7. Police help dog bite victim.

8. Woman without her man is incomplete.

9. What has four wheels and flies?

And here are the explanations:

1. While John had used 'had' in his writing, James had used 'had had' in his. The teacher had preferred 'had had'.

2. All that is, is, and that anything that does not exist does not.

3. Time pass us by quickly like an arrow. While fruit flies (a type of flies) like bananas.

4. It's just about someone asking you to put more spaces between each of the words in "Smith and Sons".

5. At least there are three arrangements:
i. The man saw (past tense of see) a boy by using the man's binoculars.
ii. The man saw (pas tense of see) a boy which has binoculars.
ii. The man cut the boy by using the man's binoculars. (THIS IS WEIRD!)

6. Two arrangements:
i. They, are the hunting dogs.
ii. They are hunting for dogs.

7. Two arrangements:
i. Police help the dog to bite the victim. (HAHA!!)
ii. Police help the victim who was earlier bitten by a dog.

8. Two arrangements, and two very different meanings:
i. Woman, without her man, is incomplete.
ii. Woman: without her, man is incomplete.

9. The answer: garbage truck. "What has flies and four wheels?" resolves the ambiguity, but ruins the joke.

:: RE-loading a video ::

2008-10-25T08:06:00.002+10:30

Hi, just re-loading a video that I had first put up to Net last year. Or sometime back. Hope you guys enjoy watching it.

By the way, it's Pon and Zi, and the original drawings are NOT mine.

And the song was sung by Celine Dion: "I Love You".

No royalties were paid.

Hope they won't get angry or anything..

:: imej-imej raya '08 ::

2008-10-08T20:04:00.003+10:30

Gambar my 5th anak saudara. Sungguh chomel dan nampak yummy, umpama ayam goreng.. Hehe, sorry eh, Kak Ju..

Taken: sebelum kenduri after raya..

Gambar raya with my parents di kampungku, Pekan Tg Ipoh, NS.

Taken: by Paksu, after solat sunat Aidil Fitri..

Gambar my parents, after solat sunat Aidil Fitri.

Taken: by Paksu, at rumah Opah

Gambar sebelum hari raya.

Taken: using my MotoKrzr K3

Gambar sebelum hari raya.

Taken: with Asyikin's mobile phone.

:: Butterfingers - Me ::

2008-06-29T04:35:00.002+09:30

Butterfingers "Me"

I have reasons why its sour
I have time to make it sharper
Don't you make me feel no longer
I would love to read the answer...

Where's the thing called beautiful?
I don't think it's wonderful
Just to fake it ain't so sweet
Ain't so numb and it's not because of me

If I take it all for granted
I would spread word through the pieces
Do you think it's all screwed up?
I don't think so because I'm free now

Where's the thing called beautiful?
I don't think it's wonderful
Just to fake it ain't so sweet
Ain't so numb and its not because of me

Why don't you ask me where I sound from? (7x)
Why don't you tell me
Its not because of me

:: 21 December ::

2008-06-16T00:16:00.002+09:30

Hi, I just wanna share some info on who was the few selected person born on the 21st of December (apart from ehem ehem, me)..

:)

Born on 21st December (years are hidden, for some reason) :-
Benjamin Disraeli (UK's Prime Minister)
Joseph Stalin (U.S.S.R's leader)
Jane Fonda (American actress and activist)
Frank Zappa (American musician)
Hu Jintao (Chinese President)
Samuel L. Jackson (American actor)
Ray Romano (Italian-American comedian)
Rob Kelly (English football manager)
Ryuji Sasai (Japanese composer for video games's music, eg. for Final Fantasy)
Francis Ng (Hong Kong actor, such as in the movie 'Young and Dangerous')
Kiefer Sutherland (the leading actor in the TV series '24')
me... (I'll put my name against these guys soon.. haha)

So, there you go..

:: compare ::

2008-06-10T03:50:00.003+09:30

My teachers and lecturers used to tell me, "When you compare two or more stuff, you should compare it wisely.. compare an apple to another apple.. don't compare an apple with an orange"..

Ah, now I know what those people were saying..

So, those who didn't compare wisely is what eh?

Not wise ka?

So, here we go.. comparison of some countries.. the oil price in their country, against their PPP and whether they produce oil or not..

And to be 'nice' to people who compared-apples-with-oranges, in this table, even for those countries that still import oil even though they produce oil, I had just left them still with a tick..

:: oil.. minyak.. ::

2008-06-09T15:08:00.000+09:30

Here's something that made me laugh. Credit to saudara Johnny Ong.. (http://johnny-ong.blogspot.com)

Anyway, I've found a website which posted a song about the petrol price. From what was written, it was said that the song was sung by a Malaysian band: Pretty Ugly, and the title was: Kelab Jiwa Muzik.

The lyric was nice and 'deep'. It cuts deep, very very deep. Look at the colors used in the song. Very meaningful. And the parts in the song about 'yuran', and 'yang penting tahu nyanyi Negaraku' were the ones that made me smile and nod in agreement..

Song / Lagu : Kelab Jiwa Muzik - Pretty Ugly

Lyrics / Lirik Kelab Jiwa Muzik :

Naik minyak dengar berita
Sana-sini dah huru-hara
Ramai hero di tepi jalan
Kena sembur lari lintang-pukang

c/o:

Apakah dikau buta?
Kita sedang sengsara
Aku bukan mengkritik
Mari sertai Kelab Jiwa Muzik

Jalan gelap hitam berkilat
Itu tanda nak kaya-raya raya
Hijau, merah nyalakan api
Biru biro gelombang mikro

c/o:

Apakah dikau buta?
Kita sedang sengsara
Aku bukan mengkritik
Mari sertai Kelab Jiwa Muzik
Apakah dikau buta?
Kita makin berpecah
Ini bukan politik
Mari sertai Kelab Jiwa Muzik

bridge :
Yuran percuma
Tiada janji manis
Tak perlu payung
Hujan satu meja
Yang penting tahu
Nyanyi satu lagu
Negaraku Malaysia

:: november rain ::

2008-06-06T05:24:00.000+09:30

I found this song as I was browsing the songs collection that I have on my computer.

Oh God, I used to know how to play this song. But it was in a bad way.

I learned it as my bunker-buddy (I was staying in a hostel in high school) wanted to play this song for his girlfriend. And his girlfriend was my ex-girlfriend. It was dreadful (one month after we broke up).

But I'm OK with it now. We all moved on. And I got someone better now. Thanks God.

Anyway, here is the lyric. A 9-minute song.

November Rain

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this much a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my
own
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

:: fuel hike, kenaikan minyak ::

2008-06-04T23:27:00.000+09:30

People say, pictures speak louder than words.. please click on the pictures below to see how we can save (or how we are expected to save) in the event of an increase of oil price in Malaysia starting on 5th June 2008.

As someone (a minister, was it?) had said that we will get subsidized only for what we NEED and not what we WANT, the question then is:
WHAT IS DEFINED AS THE AMOUNT OF PETROL THAT WE REALLY REALLY NEED TO USE??

So, this calculations were done in order to find that out (or at least, suggest us) on what 'NEED' had been defined for us, Malaysians.

So, for these calculations, it was assumed that a rebate of RM625.00 would be paid to us (users of vehicles below 2000cc) in postal order yearly once we re-new our road tax.

Let us see how much that can help.. Feel free to forward it to let other Malaysians judge with their brain, calculators and wallets..

:: Proud to be Malaysian ::

2008-05-31T06:14:00.000+09:30

em, baru terjumpa balik lirik nih.. penyanyi asal, kumpulan The Official. Lirik nih diubahsuai sikit untuk tujuan bahasa. Saya pelik, kenapa tidak ada walau seorang pun penyanyi aliran utama yang mahu merakamkan aau menyanyikan kembali lagu nih? Saya rasa, lagu nih jauh lebih patriotik dan bersemangat.. Jika bagi Indonesia, ada kumpulan popular seperti Cokelat yang merakamkan lagu seperti "Bendera", mengapa tidak kita?

em, just found this lyric. it was originally sung by the band The Official. The lyric of the song had been 'modified' a bit so as to make the grammar proper. I wonder why no new / other mainstream Malaysian artists had even tried to re-sing and re-make the song? I think it is so patriotic.. If the Indonesians can have bands like Cokelat to make a song titled "Bendera", why can't us?

We are proud to be Malaysians
We belong to you
We will fight for you

We're standing proud on our land
We're always ready for you, we’ll never run
We’re happy living in here, we're never scared we never fear
we’ll die for you

You’re the number one
You’re a home for everyone
You’ve got so many things we always want

You’re number one, you bring our life to a shine
and you.. and you never let us down

We are proud to be Malaysians
We belong to you
We will fight for you

We are proud to be Malaysians
We belong to you
We will fight for you

Malaysia, you are so great
there so much fun you serve for me and my mates

Malaysia, united as one, where I was growing up free
where I was born

We are proud to be Malaysians
We belong to you
We will fight for you

:: dua insan ::

2008-05-24T05:23:00.000+09:30

salah satu lagu berbahasa Melayu yang saya gemar amat sangat..

one of the song in Malay that I love so much..

M. Nasir - Dua Insan

Bila kau senyum, ku gembira
Bila kau sedih, ku menangis
Bagai taman rindukan kembang
Ku rindu wajahmu oh! sayang

Di mana saja kau berada
Ku kan tetap bersamamu
Walaupun jasadmu jauh
Namun hatimu dekat selalu

Walau duri halangan menimpa
Bila cinta ada ku tetap setia
Hanya dikau dan asmara
Membuat hidupku bagai
Dalam Syurga

Biar masa berganti masa
Biar pun musim berubah
Telah ku katakan padamu oh! sayang

Hanya kuasa Tuhan dapat memisahkan

Jika kau tanya pada rembulan
Mengapa cahaya berseri-seri
Tentu jawabnya kepadamu
Kerna dikau cinta padaku

Ku persembahkan kepadamu
Sekuntum bunga mawar merah
Kau terima sambil tersenyum
Kembang yang harum kau cium

Bila saja halangan menimpa
Kerna cinta ada ku tetap setia
Hanya dikau dan asmara
Membuat hidupku bagai
Dalam Syurga

Dua insan sedang bercinta
Dua insan berjanji setia
Telah ku katakan padamu oh! sayang

Hanya kuasa Tuhan dapat memisahkan

:: happy ::

2008-05-22T07:21:00.000+09:30

gembira.. kerana Man Utd menang.. bukan kerana saya sokong Man Utd, tetapi kerana lebih rela dengar penyokong dan pemain Man Utd (terutamanya Giggs) gembira berbanding penyokong dan pemain Chelsea (seperti Drogba, Terry dan Ballack) gembira.. lagipun, sahabat, sepupu2 dan orang kesayangan saya sokong Man Utd!

happy.. because Man Utd won.. not because I'm a Man Utd fan, but because I'd rather see fans and players of Man Utd (especially Giggs) happy, rather than seeing fans and players of Chelsea (such as Drogba, Terry and Ballack) celebrating.. after all, my friends, cousins and my loved one support Man Utd!

terima kasih atas satu perlawanan yang menarik dan penuh debaran yang tidak disangka.. gembira benar bila Drogba dapat kad merah..

many thanks for a very interesting and a full-of-twist match.. really really really happy when Drogba got a red card..

:: permulaan baru ::

2008-05-21T17:18:00.000+09:30

Di sini bermulanya kisah baru..
This is where a new story starts..

Dan sebagai penanda bermula kisah baru, biarlah bermula dengan suatu lirik kegemaran..
And to mark a new beginning, let us start with one of my favorite lyric..

"Anak kecil main api"

Anak kecil main api
Terbakar hatinya yang sepi
Airmata darah bercampur keringat
Bumi dipijak milik orang

Nenek moyang kaya raya
Tergadai seluruh harta benda
Akibat sengketa sesama kita
Cinta lenyap di arus zaman

Indahnya bumi kita ini
Warisan berkurun lamanya
Hasil mengalir ke tangan yang lain
Pribumi merintih sendiri

Masa depan sungguh kelam
Kan lenyap peristiwa semalam
Tertutup hati terkunci mati
Maruah peribadi dah hilang

Kini kita cuma tinggal kuasa
Yang akan menentukan bangsa
Bersatulah hati bersama berbakti
Pulih kembali harga diri

Kita sudah tiada masa
Majulah dengan Maha Perkasa
Janganlah terlalai teruskan usaha
Melayu kan gagah di Nusantara