Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Matahari


demi matahari dan sinarnya di pagi hari
demi bulan apabila mengelilingi
demi siang apabila menampakkan diri
demi malam apabila menutupi
demi langit dan seluruh binaannya
demi bumi dan seluruh permukaannya
demi jiwa dan penyempurnaannya

- Al Quran As-Syams (91) : 1-7

jiwa jahil saya terpegun dengan puisi indah ini,
Ya Allah... rupanya ini lah maksud Surah As-Syams & ayat2 Allah SWT yang indah,
saya tahu benar surah ini (Waalshshamsi waduhaha), tetapi setelah saban lama baru menjiwai dan tahu maknanya .. Ya Allah amat jahil sekali dirasakan
Mari kita bongkar rahsia kitab suci, 7 kali Allah bersumpah dalam Surah ini!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Tauliah???

Peristiwa ini berlaku di sebuah negeri entah berentah. Sebuah lembaga temuduga untuk pentauliahan mulai bersidang.

Tempat bersidang:
Bilik indah berhawa dingin.

Ahli persidangan:
19 orang.

Kelayakan Ahli:
1 orang SarjanaMuda Syari'ah; 1 orang SarjanaMuda Usuluddin; 1 orang SarjanaMuda Pengajian Qur^an; 1 orang SarjanaMuda Pengajian Sunnah; dan 15 orang Sijil 4 Thanawi
(setaraf dengan SPM).

Peserta yang akan ditemuduga:
2 orang (1 berkelulusan Sarjana Perbandingan Fiqah; dan
1 berkelulusan Doktor Falsafah Pengajian Hadith).

Skema soalan temuduga:
Maksud Islam, Iman dan Ihsan; hikmah berpuasa enam; hukum orang yang membuat 'aqiqah memakan sebahagian dari daging 'aqiqah; rukun serta syarat sebuah talqin yang baik; contoh keistimewaan mazhab Syafi'iy berbanding dengan mazhab lain; rasional qunut itu disunatkan; kesesatan golongan wahabi; bla; bla; bla.

Keputusan temuduga:
Semua peserta gagal. 1 orang gagal, kerana jawapan terlalu ringkas. Jawapan hanya dengan ayat-ayat Qur^an dan hadith tanpa terjemahan. Dia menjawab hanya dengan bahasa Arab, tanpa diselangseli dengan bahasa Melayu. 1 orang lagi gagal, kerana tidak menjawab sebarang soalan. Dia hanya sekadar tersenyum sahaja. Belum selesai temuduga, dia dah keluar.

Dipetik dari sini

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Berhari raya di Alor Setar, bandar raya sampah


ALOR Setar kini tidak seperti dulu. Saya yang jarang-jarang pulang dapat merasakan, ia kelihatan hambar. Bukan tujuan saya mahu membandingkan kerajaan dulu dan sekarang, tapi suasananya tidak seceria dulu. Orang Alor Setar pun berkata begitu.

Tanpa menjelaskan mengapa, mereka berkata, bandar raya itu kini hambar.

Dalam kemeriahan Aidilfitri sekarang, bandar raya itu dikunjungi oleh pelbagai golongan termasuk anak Kedah di perantauan yang menziarahi dari kawasan ke kawasan, dari taman ke taman, dari kampung ke kampung dalam daerah itu.

Sebelum ini, saya ada menerima berita-berita yang dihantar oleh wartawan Utusan Malaysia Kedah yang mengatakan bandar raya itu semakin kotor. Malah dalam satu analisis yang ditulis secara terus terang dan berani, mereka mengatakan Alor Setar kini sudah menjadi bandar raya sampah.

Pada masa itu, saya tidak dapat lagi bayangkan keadaan yang sebenar. Namun, kesempatan cuti raya hujung minggu lalu telah memberi gambaran betapa seriusnya keadaan bandar raya itu dengan sampah.

Kerajaan Pas yang bermotokan Membangun Bersama Islam itu gagal memperlihatkan ciri-ciri sebenar sebuah kerajaan Islam yang menitikberatkan kebersihan.

Sampah berlonggok merata-rata. Bau busuk sisa-sisa makanan, perut-perut ayam yang semakin mereput menusuk ke lubang hidung dan amat meloyakan. Suasana itu menyebabkan kunjungan beraya di rumah-rumah rakan taulan dan sanak saudara menjadi tidak selesa. Kita tidak selesa dan tuan rumah pun segan dengan kita.

Kita tidak pasti di mana silapnya sehinggakan pihak berkuasa tempatan gagal menangani masalah itu. Apakah mereka tidak cukup wang untuk menguruskan hal ehwal sampah ini? Apakah mereka tidak cukup orang untuk menguruskannya? Atau apa masalahnya?

Dengar kata, masalah itu berlaku kerana proses peralihan operasi angkut sampah yang akan diswastakan. Dengar kata juga pekerja kutip sampah boikot kerajaan negeri kerana mereka juga akan 'diswastakan'. Apa sekalipun, rakyat tidak mahu tahu semua itu. Apa yang mereka mahu tahu ialah sampah diangkat dan Alor Setar kembali indah seperti dulu.

Malah lebih mengharukan, ekoran masalah itu kerajaan Kedah kelmarin mengeluarkan arahan supaya sebarang aktiviti majlis rumah terbuka atau kenduri dimaklumkan terlebih dahulu kepada Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar (MBAS) bagi mengatasi masalah longgokan sampah dan sisa makanan.

Arahan itu dikeluarkan oleh Exco Pembangunan Luar Bandar, Usahawan, Kerja Raya dan Pertanian negeri, Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi. Beliau berkata, arahan itu bagi membolehkan MBAS menyediakan tong sampah bersesuaian.

Dan yang lucunya, tong sampah untuk majlis rumah terbuka itu bukannya percuma. Ia akan disewa pula dengan harga antara RM100 dan RM150 mengikut saiz tong sampah berkenaan.

Lebih melucukan, keputusan ''untuk idea yang bernas itu" diambil hasil mesyuarat antara kerajaan negeri dan MBAS di Alor Setar, pagi kelmarin.

Mesyuarat tergempar itu diadakan khusus ekoran aduan warga Alor Setar yang sudah tidak tertahan dengan masalah longgokan sampah semasa sambutan Hari Raya Aidilfitri ini yang mengganggu penduduk.

Masalah sampah ini sebenarnya bukan baru. Ia terjadi selepas kerajaan baru pimpinan Pas ini mula mengambil alih tahun lepas. Tindakan terhadap rungutan penduduk mengenai masalah itu terlalu perlahan untuk dilaksanakan.

Ini adalah pengakuan seorang penduduk di Taman Tengku Yaakob kepada saya:

''Sampah di rumah saya sudah tidak diangkat sejak sebelum raya lagi. Kami sudah gelisah dengan keadaan ini. Sampah bertimbun-timbun, bau pun busuk. Percayakah saudara, sampah-sampah di pasar Ramadan di hari terakhir juga tidak diambil dengan sempurna sehingga ke hari ini.''

Bukan di taman ini sahaja, Taman Saga lagi teruk, Taman Kastam, Taman Derga Jaya dekat Jalan Datuk Kumbar pun teruk - pendek kata seluruh bandar raya ini semuanya kotor bertimbun dengan sampah dan sisa makanan. Malah di pejabat kerajaan dan kompleks-kompleks membeli-belah pun sampah tidak terangkat sehingga berminggu-minggu.

Katanya, beliau hairan dengan keadaan yang berlaku. Semasa kerajaan dulu suasananya tidak begini teruk. Kontraktor sampah bekerja dengan pantas. Lari sana, lari sini untuk mengangkut sampah-sampah dari rumah ke rumah, kata penduduk itu lagi.

Pengakuan seorang lagi rakan saya dari Taman Derga Jaya: ''Sampah-sampah yang berlonggok sampai berulat. Saya sudah mengadu kepada majlis perbandaran, tapi sia-sia, kepada surat khabar pun sudah saya mengadu... semuanya sia-sia juga.''

Sekali lagi penduduk itu menyalahkan kerajaan sekarang. ''Kerajaan dulu tak macam ni,'' katanya.

Bukan sahaja sampah, rumput-rumput juga tidak dipotong. Nampaknya pengindahan Alor Setar tidak berlaku dengan lancar dan sempurna. Memang benar kata warganya, Alor Setar kini sudah terlalu hambar.

Kesimpulan saya ialah Alor Setar yang usianya lebih tua daripada usia demokrasi Amerika Syarikat kini sudah terlalu kotor.

Seorang penduduk Cina dari Taman Saga ada memberitahu seorang rakan, yang saya petik di sini: ''BN dulu teruk juga, tapi Pas memerintah lagi teruk.''

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Akar Umbi la sangat ....

As written by Augustine Anthony http://bit.ly/2iM4dR

So let us try to understand what grassroots support means in this context.

Let us look at grass, its roots and how to create grassroots.

First one must identify a plot of land. Then remove any shade giving trees by cutting them down. Then plant the grass. And why would someone plant grass in a given area. The answer is simple, for the grass satisfies the needs of the one who plants it and makes him its master. He can trim it the way he likes it (unlike towering shade giving tress), walk on it, step on, roll on it, run on it, play on it, jump on it, stomp on it, use it and even abuse it. The grass will always be there for the master to do whatever the master wants to do to with it. These are the simple reasons as to why he keeps a lawn. It becomes the home turf of the master to do whatever he wants with it.

But there are always conditions for the master to enjoy and even abuse the grass.

The grass is forever dependant on the master’s handy work. The master must cut the grass to keep it neat, water it from time to time and ensure a seasonal fertilization to keep it healthy. But above all, the master must ensure that if there is a single plant in the lawn that is likely to grow up as a tree, that plant must be immediately destroyed otherwise the potential shade giving tree might ‘kill’ all the grass around it.

The grass serves no useful purpose to any others except its master. It is not like a big tree that provides shade and home for nestling birds that are hardworking, fruits for hungry animals which risk searching for it, create a healthy fauna and flora around it and even sometimes acting as protector for weak animals by allowing them to grip its bosom thus protecting them against the advancing stronger animals.

The grass has its constant needs and is ever dependent on its master unlike a towering tree which only needs some care in its early growing stage but after sometime it grows independently without the need for a constant care and the tree eventually goes on to create a healthy ecosystem around it.

And what if the master fails to trim, water and fertilize the grass? Rest assured that the lawn and its surroundings can turn wild and dangerous even for its own master.

The lawn full of grassroots that is ‘not cared for’ will see thorns and thistles. If the master walks on it, he may suffer the needles chill. Slowly the lawn that the master had once stepped on with ease will now give way to lalang. And lalang is a very dangerous type of grass variety. The lalang itself is sharp edged and it can literally injure the master in masterful ways. And if it is not injuring the master, it can be dangerous in other ways. It can sway according to the direction of the wind; cause a wild fire that can turn the landscape ugly. You can burn it but it will quickly grow back. A lalang dominated lawn can invite poisonous snakes that are a safety hazard for everyone including the master.

This far, I had metaphorically described the other definition of grassroots and how dangerous it is for this nation and its nation building agenda. It dries up our national coffers. It strips mother earth, bare and bleeding, her tears turn to bloody polluted rivers. And she is raging and all those depending on her will one day run to a standstill if urgent efforts are not taken to arrest this occurrence.

A grassroots concept by this definition is a society that is forever dependent on politicians whose crumbs sprinkling sleight of hand is an old trick that still blinds a sizeable voting population. These politicians behave like feudal lords; they refuse to nurture a younger generation of leaders and cannot be dislodged because of their vast material wealth though suffering from intellectual bankruptcy.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Eid 2009


Wake me up when September ends!
Sedar tak sedar September dah nak habis dan tak ada satu entry pun lagi untuk bulan 9 ni.
tahun 2009 bulan ini jatuh dalam bulan Ramadhan dan Syawal.
Busy berpuasa, kejar terawih yang tak penuh (harap2 sebelum nyawa dicabut dapat la terawih 30/30), iftar di sana-sini, kerja-kerja office, persiapan raya, balik Aloq Staq, open house dsb. nya.
So, harini dah 29.09.2009.

Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin

(gambar: sampul duit raya tercantik pada tahun ini)

Monday, August 31, 2009

Merdeka 2009

This yr no 'ultraman' wearing helmet SGV and shin pad on shoulders kawad, no Agong stops the parade and test ride superbike, and no circus on TV!

Only one thing, one nation, one people, 1Malaysia!







The Day the LDP Died


From the NST Online:

TOKYO: Japan’s electorate has made history by sweeping the untested Democratic Party to power, but it was just as much a protest vote against the conservatives as a vote for the opposition, media said Monday.

Yukio Hatoyama (pix) ’s triumphant Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) must work hard to meet the people’s expectations that they will revive the ailing economy and bring about real change, major dailies said.

“The will of the people caused an avalanche for the DPJ,” the Asahi Shimbun said in an editorial. “But if we ask whether this shows confidence in a DPJ government, the answer is probably ’no’.” Voters are “half-hopeful, half-worried” about a new government, the liberal daily said.

The regional Tokyo Shimbun said it was “doubtful whether the people’s will that gave the DPJ a landslide win has also recognised its ability to manage a government.” “It may be more reasonable to think it was an avalanche to the better of two alternatives,” it said in an editorial.

The conservative Sankei Shimbun said in an editorial that “people focused on punishing the LDP rather than rewarding DPJ policies.

The top-selling Yomiuri Shimbun said voters are “rather worried” over the untested DPJ’s capability to govern. “They fared well under the slogan of ’government change’. Now that it has come true, what is important is how they will manage a government in real politics,” it said. The Democratic Party won more than 300 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament, which designates the prime minister, according to media projections. The victory brings an end to half a century of almost unbroken rule by Prime Minister Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It was, said the tabloid Nikkan Sports, “the day the LDP died.”

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Macam alasan2 yang sama lepas March 8 last year jer ... sapa yang Pandang Ke Timur ni?

After 54 years in power! BN kena ambik pengiktibaran ni, dah berubah ke belum? jangan tunggu kena ubah! Semalam i was watching this 1957 hati Malaya, the semangat during that time all long gone from UMNO la, seems like the PAS-PKR-DAP have that kind of semangat and enthusiasm now! Somebody tweeted once: I don't need to change UMNO, UMNO need to change for me!


Saturday, August 29, 2009

Kapla Lembu


(Picture from The Malaysian Insider)

Adoi ..
1st Jumaat dalam bulan Ramadhan ...
Selepas sembahyang Jumaat, ada segelintir Umat Islam atas nama persatuan penduduk yg berarak mengusung kepala makhluk kejadian Allah bernama lembu yang berdarah2 dan dipijak2 dan dihina2 (details kat sini)
Kenapa?
Nak bantah pembinaan kuil !!!
Ya Allah, kena hina agama orang lain ka?
nak bantah pun bantah saja la .. yang bawak kepala lembu ni apahal???
I'm agree .. kes2 kuil hindu ni sensitif, walaupun Hindu constitute only mere percent of our population but the kuil is almost everywhere ...
nak masuk Mid-Valley Megamall pun ada satu .. kosong saja tak pernah penuh pun!!
Kat NPE, highway kena divert pasai kes kuil ni ...
tapi cara bantah macam tu tak kena la ...
Kat Aloq Staq la nak habaq, tengah2 town kami ada Watt Siam ... fuyooo ... grand
lagi hebat dan strategik location drpd Masjid Zahir (masjid negeri la lebih kurang ..)
Tak dak pun umat Islam kat aloq staq pakat2 jadi siam!
Siam kat Lembah Klang, ada satu watt saja ..dekat PJ.... sangat 'imarah'!!!
Tokong Cina pun tak berapa byk sgt pun ... tapi sambutan sentiasa hebat dan program rancak
Masjid-masjid dan surau-surau kita?
Rasa macam banyak sangat tapi .... sendiri mau ingat la, tapi paling kurang hari jumaat penuh la
macam kat shah alam pun ... masjid negeri time2 biasa macam mana?
surau2 kat shah alam pun lagi grand drpd sesetengah masjid di negeri2 lain, tapi only a few saja yg boleh organize sembahyang jumaat .... hmmmm
for me tak kisah la depa2 nak buat church besaq2 ka, tokong besaq2 ka tapi biar justify la
dalam kes kuil ni pun ... pihak berkuasa kena audit balik la demand/supply kuil2 ni dan taburan lokasi, jgn main pacak saja, lepas tu nak kena roboh bising sedunia
dan untuk seluruh orang Melayu Islam pun, tok sah la nak arrogant tunjuk kuasa buat masjid banyak2 tapi dibiarkan ... ingat dak tanda2 akhir zaman, masjid dihias sebegitu rupa tapi kosong!
Lagi satu .. hampa usung kepala lembu,
cuba hampa pikiaq tgk kalau orang2 lain usung kepala babi ka di masa depan ...
atau hina Quran ka ...usung... lepas tu koyak ka ... apa hampa rasa??? hampa akai ada ka?

Monday, August 24, 2009

Salam Ramadhan

Salam Ramadhan!
Selamat Berpuasa, Bertarawih dan Ibadah2 Sunat yang lain, dan Selamat mendapat keampunan, keredhaan dan rahmat Allah SWT! Bulan yang paling berkat ini muncul lagi, dan satu nikmat bagi kita untuk bertemu semula dengan Ramadhan Al-Mubarak.
Agak terlambat entry ini, dah masuk 3 Ramadhan dah :) Rewind sikit ...
1st Ramadhan: Jumaat tu selepas ambik Tich, kami ke Carrefour Wangsa Maju, membeli groceries sikit2 utk sahur di bulan puasa la. Antara yg wajib ialah cereals, oats instant (hanya wujud kat rumah kami pada bulan posa saja), lychee, agar-agar, dan ... gula (mommy suka masak sirap sendiri utk bulan puasa) dan ... tgk la gambar ... gula habis!
The next day, kami ke Jusco AU, nak beli barang2 basah, memang tak beli kat carrefour sebab macam dah tak fresh sangat and byk dah habis, nak cari taugeh, daging, coriander and segala produce la. Pun tak dapat beli gula ...
Masa ke kedai mamak beli nyok mesin (kelapa parut) nak buat santan pun tak dak jugak gula ..
Tapi berjaya la jugak menu kami pada 1st day posa tu, kanji a.k.a bubur lambuk masak sendiri, kerabu taugeh-kerang, ayam goreng kunyit, agar2 lychee, sirap (f&n ... bukan masak sendiri), pas tu Aunty bersama Apoi (uncle paul tisya) datang join bawak cucur udang+kuah kacang,
perghhh .... lengkap menu aloq staq
2nd Day: beli kat Bangsar, ayam awea and we all pulak bukak posa kat rumah Aunty, pun tak dapat beli gula kat village grocer ...

Thursday, August 20, 2009

15Malaysia - Chocolate

A quiet tale that reminds us that, despite the multifaceted contradiction of Malaysia, life goes on – even if not all of it is sweet.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Prius in Malaysia


I've been waiting for this Toyota Prius to enter our market for almost 2 years.
Last Friday while driving on the Federal Highway, I saw the billboard. Finally ...
I picked up my phone and started SMSing one of the senior sales people of Toyota, Tengku Mazlan, (younger brother of Tg. Mahaleel former Proton's boss). Asking for the price
I then called my online car encyclopedia, and chat about this prius, he said that heard about it cost something around MYR170k .
What??????????????????
It supposed to be priced lower than Camry (elsewhere yes ...)
Crazy la all this ... I don't believe him
When I reached KL and about to enter the Batu Muda area (PM Najib was there launching some BN program) my phone rang again, unknown number
"Hello Sir, this is Chiew calling from Toyota. My Boss Tengku gave me your number"
Me: Yes Chiew. I did ask him about the P-Rius or Prius or whatever you guys called it
Chiew: Prius. And you are?
Me: Hisham ... yeah how much is it?
Chiew: private 175k sir
Me: Really? why so expensive?
Chiew: don't know sir, probably our tax scheme
Me: I thought that we have this green ministry kind of thing, no special price for green car?
Chiew: I don't know about that sir, but you can come over for test drive, only 2 places in KL area
Me: where's that? i will ... but honestly ..my fair valuation for the car is around 80-90K only. for that kind of price better i'll get a volvo S40 brand new!!!!
we spoke for a while and hang up after that ....
RIDICULOUS!!!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

1st August Anti-ISA Rally Pix

We went to buy songkok for my sunday's function at Masjid India on Saturday Aug. 1. We took the STAR LRT there (rapidKL ampang line). It was very peaceful in the morning. But, we saw few truck loads of people been detained, and we thought that the rally should be cancel because police took the preventive measures.
We went for lunch, bryani kambing (without the angsa) and planned to drop by at Sogo after lunch to buy tich's silicone teats. Suddenly, as we entering Jalan TAR, there was few huge commotions here and there and the Police started asking people to disperse. When we were in front of one shop before SOGO, somebody yelled reformasi and people started chanting. The shop's guard was closing the shop and luckily let us in when he saw Tich. We stuck there for more than an hour and managed to snap few pix.
Our first hand experience.
My questions:
1. I'm not racist, but this anti-ISA sentiments was championed by non-malays MP, but why hardly can find non-malays there?
2. no ethnic Indian there! where is HINDRAF? after their leaders being freed apa perjuangan sudah selesai ker?
3. What for all this? Tak boleh ka buat kempen macam earth hour, tutup lampu or wearing pink tie on wednesday ker?
4. And that moron Tian Chua ran away to bangkok after the rally (check his tweet), he admits that the event is politically motivated.
5. Too much!













Friday, July 31, 2009

Another By-Election: Permatang Pasir, N11 Penang


My deepest condolence to the family of Allahyarham Mohd Hamdan Abd Rahman, the Penang State Assemblyman for N11 Permatang Pasir.
According to his blog, Alor Star born Mohd. Hamdan was a former student and teacher at my alma mater Sultan Abdul Hamid College. Another lost of a great collegian who aimed for strong and courage; for virtues and for values.

Since the last GE in March '08, this is the 7th by-election so far, and the 5th one due to the demises of our YBs.

We can't stop death and by-elections, it is the price of democracy!
But in any Human Resources philosophy, the risk mitigation for the cost of replacement need to be consider. In the case of politician replacement, it is not only the tangible fat tabs that we need to scrutinize. The sociology impact, the psychology and all other factors that might be intangible at first but when we dig deep, it is very very expensive ...

According to our constitution, the minimum age to be an elected rep for Dewan Rakyat and DUN is 21. But no provision stated the maximum age. Should we?

Shall SPR need to impose a FOMEMA-style medical check up for the YBs?

Any insurance companies want to provide YBs scheme coverage for SPR, at least could cover certain cost of replacement?

I am very sorry if this posting could angry some but it is not meant for the late YB Hamdan, may he rest in peace. It is a call for a risk mitigation approach to protect the taxpayer Ringgits. A duty responsible for us the livings.

Takziah and Al-Fatihah

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Keluarga Yasmin, Kosmo! mohon maaf


"On Monday 27 July, Kosmo! published a report regarding filmmaker, Yasmin Ahmad who had just passed away," Kosmo! said.

"The report entitled Takdir Yasmin (Yasmin's divine destiny) has received mixed reactions. Kosmo! is concerned about these reactions."

"As a newspaper which is close to its community, Kosmo! wishes to ask for forgiveness from the family of the late Yasmin, her friends and readers who are offended by the report."

Bagus la ....

My facebook status:

Norhisham Abdul Mutalib is upset with some people who love to discuss more about yasmin genitalia rather than what her legacy & contribution to our nation building process. As a muslim, 'aib' should be conceal rather than exposed. And never to make fun out of it! Poor soul, muslim posers!


due to this:

I said tribute to Yasmin

and this guy said:

(bukan nama sebenar)
You mean Zulkifli Ahmad? I just met his (her) senior in school an hour ago.
Mon at 11:27pm

What is he trying to proof?

Monday, July 27, 2009

In the Sky with Diamonds


Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Yasmin in the sky with diamonds.
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

Yasmin in the sky with diamonds,
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle,
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.
Inspired by The Beatles

Yasmin Ahmad is the true 1Malaysian that I know. She told us about the truth and the real colors of our nation. Her films always create some sort of dejavu feelings. A thought of a nation that we once lived. A nation now I'm not sure where we heading to.
Tribute to Yasmin. Please bring back our 1957 Malaya spirit.

Yasmin in the sky with diamonds!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Joget Kelate namo diberi



Pusing kanan dan pusing kiri ..
Lenggang lenggok rancaknya tari ..
Joget Kelate namo diberi ...

If you see this lady turning clockwise you are using your right brain.
If you see her turning anti-clockwise, you are using your left brain.
Some people can see her turning both ways, but most people see her only one way.

See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain’s current.
If you can switch between seeing her turn either way at will without shifting your gaze, your IQ is above 160 … which is almost at genius level!

This was devised at Yale University for a 5 year study on the human brain and its functions.
Only 14% of the US population can see her move both ways.

Images taken from here

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Al-Islam Magazine Espionage!


This is too much!
Try imagine someone from other religions going undercover in our mosques ..
Then belittle what we consider Holy ... and publish it to the world.
For sure we'll have a race riot in Malaysia.

As a Muslim, I really can't tolerate this!
Those poor souls can do research elsewhere. And the stupid editor should stop the story.
Aren't they aware that during the Prophet time, he also respects this worship places.
Even during war time he forbids the Muslim Army from killing those who inside the religious centers.

Please ... stop this madness!
I demand resignation from the journalists and their editor, and please have the political will to suspend their publication permit.

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Tiga Negara




As told by one Commissioner of one of the Commission ....
Situasi politik dan masyarakat di 3 negara di Asia Tenggara

Thailand
Semuanya berkaitan dengan sentimen. Sentimen kesetiaan terhadap Raja, Selatan Thai, pro-Thaksin, anti Thaksin, pro-tentera dan macam-macam sentimen lagi.
Kiranya disebabkan sentimen ni boleh merusuh, sedondon semua pakai baju merah
Pasal sentimen juga penuh satu stadium semata2 nak dengar ucapan melalui telefon dari mantan pemimpin yang hidup dalam buangan
Pasal sentimen juga sanggup berbunuhan ...

Indonesia
Sensasi. Apa2 berita mesti kena ada sensasi. Golek gerudi la ...kepiting tersedap di dunia la ..Rossa bercerai la ... Tommy la
Kat TV pulak siap macam berita terkini saja kejap2 .... siap LIVE coverage lagi ..
Macam cerita Manohara itu hari ...
Menurut sahabat saya ni masa tu dia tengah berurut di Jakarta time Manohara escape di Singapore. Ada la ditayangkan LIVE telecast interview with Manohara dan mak dia. Cerita macam mana dia lari. Tukang urut tu tangan tak bergerak pun ..mata terpaku kat TV .. layan Manohara punya pasal ...
Malaysia
Di negara kita pulak ... tak payah sentimen dan sensasi ...
dah kira taksub or macam kena SENYONYONG dah ni ...
cerita yang betul tak mau dengar langsung ... yang tak betul tu sanggup nak cari
bukannya kita kena bayar duit utk depa percaya cerita bohong kita ...
depa sanggup bayar duit nak dengar cerita BOHONG punya pasai ...
please check this blog
mamat ni tak tau apa identity dia ... ada la orang tuduh kaki gian ...
mintak derma nak hidupkan blog dia yg kononnya pro PR la via M2U ....
ada orang bagi ... sekarang ni kalau nak pau orang ..pakai saja baju tulis UNIT AMAL
sure ada punya orang bagi duit ...
nak tau apa yg mamat ni kelentong ...

ada la pix Hamba ALLAH ni angkat beg drpd helikopter yg Muhyidin naik masa gi Manek Urai haritu ..
kemunculan beg misteri la ..apa isi la ... all those nonsense ... too much ..
just go and read his blog ....and yet asking donation to support it!
but the worst thing ...ada mangkuk2 yg percaya ... kononnya ada isi duit la ...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Manik Urai - The Aftermath


Even the spoilt vote is more than 65!
The Carmelengo Husam already singing his old tune of BN 'tabur duit' there.
Habih ... yg His Holiness bawak Abe Uji kat Vistana Hotel KL jumpa pengundi luar tu tak tabur?
The power of 65 .... satu jambatan tak terbina ... tak pa .. politik pembangunan PAS kata
kita boleh buat kerahan tenaga ...dengan darah dan air mata macam The Bridge of River Kwai ..

Nothing shock what?
BN akan kembali memerintah Kelantan! .... bila?
tunggu la GE 13 nanti .... maka berkata lah sekalian alam akan angkuhnya blog ini ...
Mengapa? Tak percaya?
My rational:
1. orang Kelate ni pelik sikit, dia suka lain dari oghe ... oghe luar pulak tu
dulu ... they are the only State under PAS administration ...
now ... we have Kedah dan negeri2 yg PAS menempel macam Selangor (and used to be Perak for a while), so dah tak unik dah di Kelate
and .... since PAS-PKR-DAP confident of winning the GE 13, the Kelantanese will revert to BN
dare to different ..???

2. kena hok maghi angin sekat demo tu nanar, kalau demo-demo ni proposed nak buat referendum parting from the Federation pun sure lepas punya, sebab Kelantanese ni aneh sikit.
And come the idea or theory of benevolent amputation, the possibility of merging with the Southern Thai provinces. But don't play with fire! With the fishmonger as a lawmaker, and few more buta huruf ADUN there, they are toying with it!

please don't create a 'Mexico on the North' for Malaysia ....
sekarang pun this immigrant ni dah byk flocking our cities ...
and Malaysian are enjoying their tomyams just like the Americans enjoying nachos ...

maka ... for BN ... don't put too much emphasize on them ... kalau dah org tak suka tu
they are Kelantanese first ..Malaysian second
focus la to the fixed deposit states like the Borneo and Johor ..
and try winning back 50-50 states on the West Coast

Monday, July 13, 2009

Islam & Politik cara PAS


Front page
Sinar Harian, Isnin 13 Julai 2009.

Quoting the Tok Guru:

Tiada masalah bincang demi agama

KOTA BHARU - Mursyidul Am Pas, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, perbincangan antara Pas dan UMNO tidak menjadi masalah untuk dilaksanakan jika tujuan dilakukan demi agama dan kebaikan rakyat.

“Jika perbincangan dengan UMNO untuk kebaikan tidak apalah. Awal-awal lagi apa yang kita sekat adalah (perbincangan) bentuk politik,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas kenyataan Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang mengenai Pas terbuka untuk mengadakan perbincangan dengan mana-mana pihak termasuk UMNO untuk menyelesaikan isu berkaitan agama.

Namun Abdul Hadi menyatakan perbincangan dengan UMNO perlu berlandaskan al-Quran dan hadis.
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Maka sekalian rakyat jelata pun bertanya-tanya lah:

1. Menurut PAS, agama tak boleh dipisahkan dengan politik and vice versa.
2. Tapi sekarang kena cerita asing-asing pulak antara agama dan politik.
3. PAS memperjuangkan politik itu sendiri duduk dalam Islam. Siasah Islamiah atau Politik Islam.
4. Tapi bila Tok Guru kata "Bincey hok Isle saja boleh, hok politik tok sey", apa bezanya Politik daripada kacamata PAS dan Islam daripada kacamata PAS?
5. PAS kata UMNO parti asabiah, memperjuangkan bangsa semata2, tapi Perlembagaan Malaysia kata constitutionally semua orang Melayu di Malaysia adalah pengganut Islam. Jadi apabila PAS mengatakan Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu atau UMNO itu bukan parti Islam adalah sesuatu yg tak tepat la. Segala Parti orang Melayu di Malaysia ni adalah Parti Islam la.
6. Habih la ni macam mana? Tok Guru kata dah terpisah dah Islam dan Politik dalam PAS.
7. PAS ooo PAS .... Demo la ni tidok serupo mulo la ....


Teksi Tales - 1


Written by Hishamuddin Rais

Aku pun berdiri di bibir jalan menunggu teksi. Sebuah teksi sampai - aku membuka pintu untuk masuk. Masuk ke dalam sebuah teksi samalah seperti memasuki sebuah dunia yang baru. Dua susuk yang tidak pernah berkenalan sepanjang hidup tiba-tiba akan bekongsi untuk sementara waktu dalam sebuah ruang yang sempit.

Seperti Stagecoach filem John Ford – manusia sering terperangkap dalam ruang dan waktu dimana mereka tidak memiliki pilihan – jika apa-apa berlaku.

Bila memasuki ke dalam teksi mata aku sering liar memerhati untuk meneliti siapakah susuk yang akan memandu aku pulang ke rumah. Mata akan perpandangan. Pemandu dan penumpang – dua susuk ini akan menilai baik budi manusia sebaik sahaja pintu kereta dibuka dan ditutup kembali.

Seenak sahaja punggung aku di atas tilam pandak maka mata aku liar mencari - apakah ada tasbih Masehi yang bergantungan sebagai cara untuk mejauhi diri dari diganggu oleh mata-mata yang sering bekeliaran mencari kesalahan. Adakah Patong Biksu yang berperut gendut terpaku di jubin kaca sebagai doa pembuka pintu rezeki yang lumayan. Atau tulisan-tulisan Jawi yang penuh dengan kata-kata Arab yang akan membawa harapan agar terselamat dari kemalangan.

Mungkin ada terselit gambar Gautama atau Isa anak Mariam dari Nazareth di tepi laci kereta. Semua ini adalah bahasa yang membawa tanda dan makna. Inilah kata-kata pengenalan dari pemandu kepada penumpang.

Sebuah teksi adalah sebuah dunia untuk si pemandu. Dalam ruang kecil ini dia menjadi saksi alam – dia melihat – dia makan – dia minum dan dia berehat. Ingatkan kembali kesah si pemandu yang benama Travis Bickle yang dimainkan oleh De Niro. Si Pemandu ini melayari seluruh kota New York di waktu malam ketika matanya menolak tidur. Travis meligari malam sehingga jatuh cinta dengan Jodie Foster.

Bila aku masuk ke dalam teksi aku melihat si pemandu – agak telah berumur – rambutnya setengah puteh. Aku cukup senang sekali apabila bersama dengan pemandu yang ramah. Tapi yang ini belum aku kenali ramah bahasanya. Jika pemandu ramah ertinya – perjalanan kami akan selesa walau pun jalan berasak-asak.

Biasanya - akulah yang akan memulakan surah dengan bertanya – dari mana tadi? Sebaik sahaja soalan ini keluar ertinya aku ingin berkenalan. Juga pertanyaan ini adalah tanda yang menyatakan bahawa aku tidak memiliki niat jahat - untuk menyamun atau merompak.

Dari cermin pandang belakang Dia memerhati muka aku. Dia menjawab. Lalu kami mesra bersembang. Dia telah memandu teksi selama 25 tahun. Dulu pernah menjadi pemandu kereta Tuan Mat Salleh – ini ketika Tanah Melayu baru merdeka. Mencuba kerja-kerja lain tapi gagal. Kota ini adalah dunianya. Memandu adalah ilmunya. Ada lima anak – tiga telah berumah tangga. Dia telah menjadi Datuk. Kini tinggal dengan isteri dan dua anak di Puchung.

Dia bertanya tentang aku. Lalu aku terangkan – aku tinggal dengan tiga ekor kucing dan saekor anjing. Dia ketawa. Setiap kali aku mendapat soalan ini maka inilah jawapan yang akan aku berikan. Biasanya jawapan aku ini akan disusul dengan satu lagi petanyaan – kenapa tidak kahwin. Maka aku akan menjawab – aku belum cukup modal. Dia ketawa lagi.

Lalu aku pula bertanya apakah ini teksi sendiri. Dia menerangkan - bukan. Dia menyewa teksi ini. Dia tidak memiliki permit untuk memiliki sebuah teksi. Setiap hari Dia wajib membayar 35 ke 40 ringgit kepadaa tuan empunya. Lalu Dia bercerita – empat jam awal kerjanya - ke hulu ke hilir di sekeliling kota - bukan untuk dirinya. Dia wajib menyediakaan 40 ringgit dahulu sebelum dirinya sendiri mendapat upah.

Kini Dia menyatakan kerisauan – harga minyak naik – harga barang makanan naik. Dan bila hujan datang rezeki bertambah sempit. Kereta yang berpusu-pusu di dalam kota akan menjadikan Dia kehilangan banyak waktu. Pernah dan semakin selalu Dia hanya mendapat 15 ke 50 ringgit sehari. Tetapi si empunya teksi masih wajib dibayar sewanya dengan penuh. Ertinya Dia terhutang.

Banyak teksi yang aku naiki – semua pemandu berkesah sademikian. Amat jarang aku temui si pemandu yang juga si pemilik. Siapakah agaknya si pemilik teksi ini. Syarikat siapakah tuan empunya teksi-teksi yang berselirat dalam kota kita ini. Alangkah lumayannya hidup tuan empunya teksi – tidak perlu bekerja – tidak perlu berhempas pulas. Hanya mengutip sewa.

Di jubin kereta aku ternampak wajah Ganesha - terlekat. Ketika aku kecil aku cukup hairan dengan wajah ini – lelaki berhidungkan belalai gajah. Kali pertama aku melihat muka ini – ketika aku belum bersekolah lagi. Ketika itu tanah melayau ini masih dimiliki oleh orang puteh. Aku ternampak ‘manusia-gajah’ ini di kotak bedi – rokok daun – dari India. Bila aku mendewasa barulah aku sedar bahawa nama ‘manusi-gajah’ ini ialah Ganesha - jelmaan seorang dewa yang akan membantu umat manusia dalam kesusahan.

Demi Zeus – inilah sifat manusia – mereka menyatakan terima kaseh dengan pelbagai cara. Di dalam bilik teksi yang sempit pun mereka bersujud kepada Yang Esa. Lorong-lorong hidup di bumi ini berselirat dan berselerak - semuanya menuju ke kota yang sama.

Kemudian aku teringat tentang satu berita yang baru aku baca: bahawa kerajaan telah menghebahkan satu dasar teksi yang baru. Semua teksi akan menjadi – pemandu/pemilik. Lalu aku surahkan berita baik ini kepada Dia.

‘Sekarang umur telah 62 tahun… apa saya boleh buat lagi. Kalau saya muda dahulu… bagus… sekarang nak pandu lima jam satu hari pun susah.’

Aku senyap apabila mendengar jawapan dari Dia. Bayangkan selama 25 tahun Dia memburuh – membanting tulang – tidak pernah mendapat kesenangan. Baru aku sedar umurnya telah 62 tahun. Dia lahir sebelum negara ini wujud. Dia lah warga asli pribumi tanah ini. Tapi Dia masih lagi mewajibkan dirinya memandu untuk mencari makan.

Teksi membelok ke lorong rumah aku. Aku pun sampai. Membayar tambang dan Dia beredar. Apabila teksi itu meluncur maka disitulah berakhirnya persahabatan kami. Aku jarang akan menoleh lagi. Sesudah membayar tambang aku menapak pulang.

Aku sedar tidak mungkin aku akan bertemu sekali lagi dengan Dia. Aku cukup yakin yang kemungkinan untuk bertemu sekali lagi cukup tipis kerana selama lebih sepuluh tahun - aku sering menggunakan khidmat teksi - hanya sekali aku berpeluang memasuki kembali teksi yang sama.

Aku tidak tahu berapa jumlah teksi dalam kota kita ini. Pasti banyak. Ini menjadikan pertemuan kali kedua amat susah. Mungkin juga si pemandu beralih pekerjaan. Mungkin beralih kawasan. Atau seperti Dia – jika umur telah larut - memandu teksi - adalah satu pekerjaan yang maha berat.

Bila aku menaiki tangga rumah aku teringat bagaimana sebahagian besar hidup Dia adalah di dalam teksi. Lapan jam atau dua belas jam sehari Dia beligar-ligar dalam teksi. Kalau di campurkan semua waktu itu berapa tahun agaknya dari jumlah 62 tahun hidupnya di atas bumi ini.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Manik Urai Staples Center



Tayangan Mengenang (Tribute to) Pok Su Weil telah dimainkan di Majlis Amanat Tok Guru untuk Anok Manek Urai di Lembah Kelang. Muzik latar nyanyian Dikir Barat. Al Fatihah pada Allahyarham Pok Sue ...

We went for the Hassan Ali ceramah last Tuesday night.
The bunting showed that Husam, Hassan Ali, Mat Sabu & Abe Uji Ikan gonna be there.
I was telling my wife that since only the day before was the nomination day, and the official campaign period is just started, NO WAY that the Calon is going to be there!

After enjoying our bee-hoon sup Kedah at the one of the stall we were eagerly waiting for the Abe Uji. But the only Abe Uji that showed up was the pre-recorded video message from him!

And one Zaid Ibrahim (PAS Kelantan Secretary) not the ZICO ex-minister arrived in the middle of the event and claimed to be representing Husam and Abe Uji.

But what touched me most is the video, although the location is not the Staples Center but the impact is as good as the MJ eulogy.

We then tapau our air nira and heading home.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Kg. Buah Pala


I can't hold myself to comment on this article in Salt, Pepper ANd a litte Kicap blog

You can read my comment as below:

Dude,
Probably you might want to check back how much the land cost per sq ft. It is not about building 45 low cost houses, the developer could easily absorbed it. RM 1M is chicken feet nowadays (quoting Ng Yen Yen)! Land in Penang is scarse commodity. probably can go easily around RM200/sq ft? (or more) so for a 1500 sq ft plot the land cost alone is 300k!
You might want to go to damansara perdana area there and check out the 'taman' re-settlement of the previous orang asli of Bukit Lanjan. The dudes in Buah Pala wants more than that! (and cost way than your 'naive' analysis)

And this High Chapparal people is not looking for 200k alone. The old folks don't really care much of the money and are law abiding people that refuse to quarell with the authorities. Typical Penangites. It is somebody that 'cucuk' them! Their greedy hopeless kids maybe?

If they fall under the 'kampung traditional' category, they must have the individual land title, as simple as that, even felda seetlers also have title for their residences plot!
If they are established squatters (150 years is way before Merdeka dude, and the recorded migration of Chinese is in 1870s (130++ yrs ago), the Indian migration by the Brits is in early 1900s after the Getah revolution, where this 150 yrs came from?), they might have file for TOL, furthermore, the area is not estate, the real reason of original settlers from India.
I'm not sure how far is this Kampong from the Little India district, (one of the nicest place in Penang)

But, if it is a govt (people) land, then the decision is made by the people (Penang EXCO is elected PEOPLE), including selling it or leasing it or anything for some amount of money that should come back to the govt acct (and some political fund to the ruling party maybe) for the benefit of everybody. The people govt did revising and reversing the infamous 'crooked' bridge project and compensate the developer, the e-kesihatan project, and endless list of project. LGE administration also did issue Stop Work Order for the double track. Delaying the clearance legally could cost the developer quite a huge hole in their pocket!

Something fishy la with this Buah Pala people. But I agree with you the PR govt in Penang not adapting the TOWS analysis (threats should be turn into oppoturnities instead!)and can I say not competent. Just recalled back how LGE make statement he can't open a bank account (the hardcore poor issue)

Monday, July 6, 2009

A Note in My Calendar


July ... a decade ago ...
I always love July, the weather is very-very nice (in the northern hemisphere) ..
Then come the 4th of July ... the America's Birthday ...
It is a public holiday ... and I was looking forward for the mid morning time between 11 am to noon (EST). It will be 5th of July in Malaysia and I'll ring Alor Star to speak to someone special ..
It always be:
Hello Ma ... Happy Birthday! kami yg first kan call?
... Thank You ... Thank You ... hari ni buat apa?
Tak dak buat apa ... Hari ni birthday mama .. satu US public holiday, sat gi malam depa ada tembak bunga api semua cukup ... siap ada Boys II Men buat concert nyanyi lagu ..."mama ..mama .."
...betoi ka?
betoi la ... harini Independence Day 4hb ...tapi Mesia dah 5hb ..kira depa celebrate besday mama la, mama kena mai la nanti one day

and I hope that God will let her spirit roamed through New York City during that fireworks time .. or even better ...a firework in heaven specially for her ...

she will turned 62 yesterday, a 4th birthdays that she missed ...but we will never forget


Saturday, July 4, 2009

White Meat Tales


Can you guys smell something fishy when a fishmonger got picked as candidate?
Then they talked about ability to serve ... (coming from the stupid YB from Pokok Sena)
Wah la wei ..... ini LAWMAKER la .. legislative body, serve apa benda?
seriously this is an insult to our democracy
The year is 2009 and do we still need a ' pass darjah anam sekolah melayu' assemblyman?
something need to be done ...
se'hopeless' Indon as we always said even got more better lawmakers than us, they need to pass at least a first degree ...
tak kira la se'ulu' Manik Urai sekali pun
recap The Late Tunku:
"dalam negara orang2 buta, yang dapat melihat sa-belah menjadi Raja (read:leader)"

1Malaysia 3rd World country? dah la 'shadow commitee' ada 3Malaysia, they can't even decide!

Illegal Abattoir in Kg Berjaya: Berapa kilo la sangat daily consumption babi kat Alor Star? Orang suruh pindah, nama pun illegal, suruh pick where they want a new place to be, to legalized the abattoir, dah nama bodoh, tak boleh decide. Bila demolished, ugut pulak. Bagi muka la lagi kat DAP ... "kita kalau perlu dgn syaitan pun bekerjasama"- as pontificated by his holiness the spiritual leader - the papalcy of PAS.

Do you want to have a chardonnay with it?