Was watching The Kardashians. The Kardashian sisters, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe were concerned that some of their fans think Kim had butt implant.
What impressed me the most was the fact that it took just a little rationalisation among them and Kim agreed to do an x-ray of her butt. Just to prove to their fans that she didn't have a butt implant to look sexy.
The doctor they went to see first took an x-ray of Kourtney's breast implant in order to make comparison with Kim's butt.
Well, the x-ray confirmed that Kim's butt is 'original'. No implant.
Moral of the story is, when one has nothing to hide, there is no need for excuses.
Can't help but make comparison with the TUNDA TUNDA case.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
One Man's Meat
Read this on Yahoo News Malaysia today.
A group of 365 Malaysian Christians, including Catholics, have signed a letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI, complaining about Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's crackdown on the July 9 peaceful protest for electoral reforms.
They also expressed concern over the timing of Najib's visit to the Vatican, and pointed out the lack of religious freedom in Malaysia, citing the Lina Joy court case and the seizure of books on Christianity as examples.
The 365 signatories also expressed concern that Najib's visit to the Vatican at this time could be seen as securing popular support for the coming 13 th general election, which must be held by mid-2013, and which could result in him clinging to power.
The letter, titled “Recent Political and Social Developments in Malaysia: Towards a more comprehensive understanding of realities in Malaysia”, and published in full by the NGO Aliran, is addressed to the Pontiff, with a copy also sent to Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, who is based in Singapore.
And this:-
The article titled “Taken to the cleaners — an overzealous government response to an opposition rally” chronicles the chaos on July 9 when police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the tens of thousands who took to the city’s streets here to demand electoral reforms.
Although the full article is available online, the Home Ministry still inked out four lines in the article, one of which notably reported on the death of one man during the rally.
Baharuddin Ahmad, the husband of a PKR leader, collapsed while trying to escape the chaos on July 9 and has now been elevated to “hero” status by rally supporters bent on ensuring his death had not been in vain.
Of course the source is Malaysiakini.
Rais Yatim won a suit againt a blogger. [read here and here]
Isn't anyone interested to follow suit with the above postings?
Rocky Bru reported a rally in London last Friday [15 July?]. Based on the pictures, it was a BERSIH rally.
1. The police allowed the protesters to hold a demonstration
2. The protesters agreed to confine themselves to the road divider and only to the road divider (which is about 30 feet long, I guess)
3. No protester must cross the line (except when snapping pictures of themselves)
4. A couple of uniformed cops were present to ensure that the protesters did not cross the line
5. The protesters had to observe a time limit
Compared to the one held in KL on July 9th ... with over 100 000 protesters [the opposition would swear by this number], Outsyed The Box deduced the number to be 3000 at the most [read here] (my typing of the the zeroes is correct!): I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know how many people turned up.
I do not believe that the KL 'demonstration' would have been as peaceful as the one in London despite Mat Sabu's promise.
I don't understand why they insisted on marching on July 9th using the excuse that YDP Agong gave his blessing and DS Najib promised a stadium. DS Najib NEVER promised Stadium Merdeka and YDP Agong NEVER agreed for BERSIH 2.0 to march to Istana Negara on the 9th to hand in their memorandum.
I had expected when BERSIH 2.0 had audience with YDP Agong, they would have handed in their memorandum. And if they still wanted to have a peaceful protest, they could have applied for permit and hold it in a stadium.
I believe, had BERSIH 2.0 applied for permit to do it in a stadium, the police would have no excuse to deny them.
I also believe that if BERSIH 2.0 had no hidden agenda, they did not have to insist on Stadium Merdeka. Since they expected a huge crowd, why Stadium Merdeka which definitely could not hold 100 000 demonstrators.
If they were to have applied for permit AFTER they went to see YDP Agong, it wouldn't be issued for July 9th. Why can't they wait? Takut nanti orang antarabangsa kata penganjur tak de taring? Takut wartawan luar tak boleh tunggu?
Look at how Malaysiakini played up the death issue of one of the protesters despite proven that it was a lie. Here is a statement from the police [cilok nih dari blog mana ntah. Ampun neh, mokcik ralit blog hopping lupe jumpe nih kat blog sapa]
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Yesterday I joined a few colleagues for breakfast. They were talking about that RM73m ring. Their issue was the impossibility for Rosmah to have saved that amount of money since she was small. Tak masuk di akal mereka. They have no problem at all with the ring being sent by a courier.
I don't understand how so many people can swallow all the lies.
A group of 365 Malaysian Christians, including Catholics, have signed a letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI, complaining about Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's crackdown on the July 9 peaceful protest for electoral reforms.
They also expressed concern over the timing of Najib's visit to the Vatican, and pointed out the lack of religious freedom in Malaysia, citing the Lina Joy court case and the seizure of books on Christianity as examples.
The 365 signatories also expressed concern that Najib's visit to the Vatican at this time could be seen as securing popular support for the coming 13 th general election, which must be held by mid-2013, and which could result in him clinging to power.
The letter, titled “Recent Political and Social Developments in Malaysia: Towards a more comprehensive understanding of realities in Malaysia”, and published in full by the NGO Aliran, is addressed to the Pontiff, with a copy also sent to Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, who is based in Singapore.
And this:-
The article titled “Taken to the cleaners — an overzealous government response to an opposition rally” chronicles the chaos on July 9 when police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the tens of thousands who took to the city’s streets here to demand electoral reforms.
Although the full article is available online, the Home Ministry still inked out four lines in the article, one of which notably reported on the death of one man during the rally.
Baharuddin Ahmad, the husband of a PKR leader, collapsed while trying to escape the chaos on July 9 and has now been elevated to “hero” status by rally supporters bent on ensuring his death had not been in vain.
Of course the source is Malaysiakini.
Rais Yatim won a suit againt a blogger. [read here and here]
Isn't anyone interested to follow suit with the above postings?
Rocky Bru reported a rally in London last Friday [15 July?]. Based on the pictures, it was a BERSIH rally.
1. The police allowed the protesters to hold a demonstration
2. The protesters agreed to confine themselves to the road divider and only to the road divider (which is about 30 feet long, I guess)
3. No protester must cross the line (except when snapping pictures of themselves)
4. A couple of uniformed cops were present to ensure that the protesters did not cross the line
5. The protesters had to observe a time limit
Compared to the one held in KL on July 9th ... with over 100 000 protesters [the opposition would swear by this number], Outsyed The Box deduced the number to be 3000 at the most [read here] (my typing of the the zeroes is correct!): I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know how many people turned up.
I do not believe that the KL 'demonstration' would have been as peaceful as the one in London despite Mat Sabu's promise.
I don't understand why they insisted on marching on July 9th using the excuse that YDP Agong gave his blessing and DS Najib promised a stadium. DS Najib NEVER promised Stadium Merdeka and YDP Agong NEVER agreed for BERSIH 2.0 to march to Istana Negara on the 9th to hand in their memorandum.
I had expected when BERSIH 2.0 had audience with YDP Agong, they would have handed in their memorandum. And if they still wanted to have a peaceful protest, they could have applied for permit and hold it in a stadium.
I believe, had BERSIH 2.0 applied for permit to do it in a stadium, the police would have no excuse to deny them.
I also believe that if BERSIH 2.0 had no hidden agenda, they did not have to insist on Stadium Merdeka. Since they expected a huge crowd, why Stadium Merdeka which definitely could not hold 100 000 demonstrators.
If they were to have applied for permit AFTER they went to see YDP Agong, it wouldn't be issued for July 9th. Why can't they wait? Takut nanti orang antarabangsa kata penganjur tak de taring? Takut wartawan luar tak boleh tunggu?
Look at how Malaysiakini played up the death issue of one of the protesters despite proven that it was a lie. Here is a statement from the police [cilok nih dari blog mana ntah. Ampun neh, mokcik ralit blog hopping lupe jumpe nih kat blog sapa]
Yesterday I joined a few colleagues for breakfast. They were talking about that RM73m ring. Their issue was the impossibility for Rosmah to have saved that amount of money since she was small. Tak masuk di akal mereka. They have no problem at all with the ring being sent by a courier.
I don't understand how so many people can swallow all the lies.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Kokok Berderai Derai Ekor Bergelumang Tahi
Dulu heboh sekejap pasal rumah pelacuran bersepah di ibu negeri serambi Mekah. Ada blog yang menyiarkan laporan hasil siasatan siap gambar gambar lagi. Tak berapa hari, isu tu senyap.
Kini wujud pulak polemik berkaitan penguatkuasaan Enakmen Hiburan dan Tempat tempat Hiburan 1997 yang dicetuskan MB Kedah.
Dapat link ni setelah baca posting terbaru satD
**... Sehubungan itu, Presiden PAS, Tuan Guru Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang berkata pusat hiburan di Kedah akan beroperasi seperti biasa pada bulan Ramadhan namun ia terhad kepada orang bukan Islam sahaja.
Perkara itu dijelaskan beliau pada sidang media selepas mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja PAS Pusat di sebuah hotel di sini.
Turut serta pada sidang media itu, Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Salahudin Ayub dan Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali.
"PAS ambil jalan terbaik yang tidak boleh diselesai oleh Umno iaitu tidak menghalang hak orang bukan Islam dalam masa yang sama orang Islam tidak boleh mengerjakan maksiat.
"Orang Umno buat peraturan orang Islam boleh masuk tempat maksiat, tempat judi. Kita buat pembetulan supaya pengendali pusat hiburan dikalangan orang bukan Islam buat peraturan agar orang Islam tidak boleh masuk," katanya yang juga ahli parlimen Marang.
Keputusan itu juga katanya telah dipersetujui oleh pengusaha pusat-pusat hiburan di negeri itu dan bersedia diambil tindakan termasuk menarik lesen perniagaan jika gagal berbuat demikian.
Penjelasan itu dibuat selepas mesyuarat tersebut mendengar penerangan dari wakil kerajaan negeri Kedah iaitu Setiausaha Politik kepada menteri besar, Mohd Sanusi Md Noor.
Hasrat sebenar perlaksanaan undang-undang itu kata Abdul Hadi, bertujuan mencegah orang bukan islam melakukan maksiat sepanjang bulan Ramadhan.
Bagaimanapun kekeliruan telah berlaku berhubung perkara itu ekoran media arus perdana yang tidak menyiarkan laporan tepat sehingga membangkitkan rasa kurang senang di kalangan orang bukan Islam.
"Di sana banyak perkara-perkara tidak tepat di lapor media yang sengaja dimainkan Umno Barisan Nasional.
"Kita membetulkan peraturan yang salah yang dibuat Umno. Umno membenar pusat hiburan kepada bukan Islam, dan tidak ada peraturan tegas bagi menghalang orang Islam" tambahnya.
Sementara itu, Mohd Sanusi yang ditemui selepas itu berkata, penguatkuasaan enakmen itu adalah tanggungjawab pihak polis. **
Banyak cantik!!!
Dalam isu Bersih 2.0 tak pulak nak dengar arahan polis.
Ini dia berkokok berdegar degar, siap kutuk "orang Umno buat peraturan" [entah-entahkan masa Enakmen tu digubal dan diluluskan Parlimen, PAS ada dalam Perikatan pun] alih alih dia duat disclaimer konon penguatkuasaan enakmen itu adalah tanggungjawab polis.
I was expecting The Monkey to hurl his bestest expletives towards this mamat SU MB tapi tak de pulak. Tu pasal hangin satu badan mokcik nih.
Here is a great posting by someone who know what he is talking about regarding this issue.
Kini wujud pulak polemik berkaitan penguatkuasaan Enakmen Hiburan dan Tempat tempat Hiburan 1997 yang dicetuskan MB Kedah.
Dapat link ni setelah baca posting terbaru satD
**... Sehubungan itu, Presiden PAS, Tuan Guru Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang berkata pusat hiburan di Kedah akan beroperasi seperti biasa pada bulan Ramadhan namun ia terhad kepada orang bukan Islam sahaja.
Perkara itu dijelaskan beliau pada sidang media selepas mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja PAS Pusat di sebuah hotel di sini.
Turut serta pada sidang media itu, Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Salahudin Ayub dan Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali.
"PAS ambil jalan terbaik yang tidak boleh diselesai oleh Umno iaitu tidak menghalang hak orang bukan Islam dalam masa yang sama orang Islam tidak boleh mengerjakan maksiat.
"Orang Umno buat peraturan orang Islam boleh masuk tempat maksiat, tempat judi. Kita buat pembetulan supaya pengendali pusat hiburan dikalangan orang bukan Islam buat peraturan agar orang Islam tidak boleh masuk," katanya yang juga ahli parlimen Marang.
Keputusan itu juga katanya telah dipersetujui oleh pengusaha pusat-pusat hiburan di negeri itu dan bersedia diambil tindakan termasuk menarik lesen perniagaan jika gagal berbuat demikian.
Penjelasan itu dibuat selepas mesyuarat tersebut mendengar penerangan dari wakil kerajaan negeri Kedah iaitu Setiausaha Politik kepada menteri besar, Mohd Sanusi Md Noor.
Hasrat sebenar perlaksanaan undang-undang itu kata Abdul Hadi, bertujuan mencegah orang bukan islam melakukan maksiat sepanjang bulan Ramadhan.
Bagaimanapun kekeliruan telah berlaku berhubung perkara itu ekoran media arus perdana yang tidak menyiarkan laporan tepat sehingga membangkitkan rasa kurang senang di kalangan orang bukan Islam.
"Di sana banyak perkara-perkara tidak tepat di lapor media yang sengaja dimainkan Umno Barisan Nasional.
"Kita membetulkan peraturan yang salah yang dibuat Umno. Umno membenar pusat hiburan kepada bukan Islam, dan tidak ada peraturan tegas bagi menghalang orang Islam" tambahnya.
Sementara itu, Mohd Sanusi yang ditemui selepas itu berkata, penguatkuasaan enakmen itu adalah tanggungjawab pihak polis. **
Banyak cantik!!!
Dalam isu Bersih 2.0 tak pulak nak dengar arahan polis.
Ini dia berkokok berdegar degar, siap kutuk "orang Umno buat peraturan" [entah-entahkan masa Enakmen tu digubal dan diluluskan Parlimen, PAS ada dalam Perikatan pun] alih alih dia duat disclaimer konon penguatkuasaan enakmen itu adalah tanggungjawab polis.
I was expecting The Monkey to hurl his bestest expletives towards this mamat SU MB tapi tak de pulak. Tu pasal hangin satu badan mokcik nih.
Here is a great posting by someone who know what he is talking about regarding this issue.
Friday, July 1, 2011
June July August
19 June - was born wayyyyyy back in 1960. Now BOTH children are grown up. Married off the younger one. Have stepped on Haraam Soil and performed minor haj. Started blogging in 2006 and enjoying my moments on blogosphere. Never did I imagine to be sharing and exchanging views with great people in cyber space [must thank my blogging sifus; HMom and sher. My journey to this point in life would have been a tremendously boring, lonely and so much less meaningful one. Thank you girls for getting me started].
Today is 1st of July. The sun is bright and the sky is clear but there is a smell of something dark and sinister brewing. The writings on many walls in this corner of cyberspace are pregnant with malice. 9th July is looming.
As contemplated by Voices Around here I too have been wondering who would be going to the street. And for what purpose? To bring about a change because the present government is obscenely corrupted and oppresive and apertheid? Reading the responses to milosuam's posting here, gave me cause for despair. Reminds me so much of my students' responses when I asked them why are their capital letters the same size as small letters ... "saja suke! dah biase! cantek seme sama saiz! (just because! used to it! uniform size is nice!). All I see is plentiful of FOAMS.
I am against corruption and oppresion. All my life, I believe I have been a victim. I wanted change. But, NOT this way ...
"The Nons will laugh and clap their hands. They will cheer the "Malai Lembus" to keep on fighting, lying on the roadsides, or to become suicide bombers for an express entry to paradise" bambino on Demi Negara
Would like to share this from MI
MAY 19 — I am a Malay working overseas. I find working in Malaysia unattractive due to the following reasons. I don’t want to belabour the points, so I list them down in point form:
Chinese chauvinism/racism
• Most private organisations including TMI are dominated by the Chinese and/or their political agenda.
• Chinese people have a tendency to assign negative stereotypes on other races (especially the Bumiputera races).
• They exhibit cliquish, insular, secretive and calculating behaviour.
• Chinese people favour fair-skinned people even though fair skin is disadvantageous in Malaysia’s sunny climate.
• They admire China’s achievements, despite China’s oppressive regime.
• Malaysian Chinese use the Chinese languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien etc.) to isolate their discussion from others while in their presence.
• The Chinese are not honest about failures of ethnic Chinese leaderships in Philippines and Thailand.
• Tokenism is rife in Chinese companies.
• Chinese will use changing criteria to judge people of other ethnicities; one day it is academic merit, another day it may be “character.”
• The Chinese favour their own kind over others, even when other kinds are of equal stature.
• Malays fear to voice out against Chinese for fear of repercussions especially with respect to their employment prospects in the private sector.
• The Chinese still hold strongly to their ethnic heritage.
• They diminish the achievement of other races, especially the Malays.
• Harp on Bumiputera affirmative action even though Chinese people still continue to succeed at all levels of Malaysian life (even government).
• Any Malay who has strong academic background is denounced as attaining it due to “Bumiputera privilege”, even though he graduated overseas with his own money.
• Use their overseas Chinese connection to gain unfair advantage, but pretend the advantage is minimal.
• The Chinese always make unfair comparisons of Malaysia with other non-Muslim, post-industrial countries.
• Chinese people don’t recognise the special position Islam has in Malaysia.
• Enjoy talking bad about Malaysia (even when working/living overseas) as if Malaysia is on the same level as Zimbabwe even though Malaysia is far from it.
• Highly critical of institutions that are Bumiputera-dominated (ie. government), but non-critical of institutions that are Chinese dominant (like gambling).
• Show no desire to partake in patriotic activities (e.g. serve in army), but cry foul when other people point out their lack of patriotism.
• Show lack of understanding about Islamic religion, but enjoy taking Quranic verses out of context to further their argument.
• If pushed to think “outside the box”, the Chinese would favour Western ideals above Islamic ideals.
• The Chinese show lack of respect toward Malay leaders, but accord unnecessary respect to their Chinese community leaders, even though they hold no significant position in government.
• Always speak about “brain drain” but still keep Malaysian passports.
• Willing to spread disingenuous claim that Bumis have already achieved economic parity with the Chinese.
• Use Indians who have achieved to further their claim that Indian community is ahead of the Malay community.
• Comments in support of Chinese chauvinistic agenda are allowed to be posted in TMI, while others are censored.
• I can go on and on with more example, but I grow tired and annoyed.
PAS religionism
• Holds only their interpretation of Islam to be the truth.
• Willing to associate themselves with and be used by non-Muslims while creating enmity toward other Muslims.
• Use religion as a political tool to win arguments and foment discord.
• Ritualistic mentality.
• Have a simplistic idea/concept of the world and its affairs.
Umno nationalism
• Partake in bully politics.
• Enjoy seeing minor issues such as sexual improprieties take over the national discourse.
• Willing to give in to fervent Malay nationalism.
• Must “ampu” within Umno hierarchical structure to get to higher positions.
• Anti-intellectualism.
• Unwillingness to adapt and change to satisfy changing political climate.
Indian shiftiness
• Willing to change their allegiance due to changing political tide.
• Belief that Indian subcontinent will help them, like mainland China helps Malaysian Chinese.
• Dishonest about their caste and other internal problems.
Malaysian culture as a whole
• No proper understanding of logic and reason.
• Has not understood to segregate religious thinking from secular reasoning.
• Lost sensitivities towards other religions/races.
• Still admire Western culture, without studying their obvious weaknesses.
• Always sidetracked by minor issues rather than seeing bigger picture.
• Media not mature to show all sides of the story, media is all very partisan.
• Partisanship is being promoted at all levels from the family microcosm to the national level.
Well, couldn't agree more!.
1st August is the start of fasting month. Yeayyyy! Raya will be at the end of the month. Double yeaayyy!!
Today is 1st of July. The sun is bright and the sky is clear but there is a smell of something dark and sinister brewing. The writings on many walls in this corner of cyberspace are pregnant with malice. 9th July is looming.
As contemplated by Voices Around here I too have been wondering who would be going to the street. And for what purpose? To bring about a change because the present government is obscenely corrupted and oppresive and apertheid? Reading the responses to milosuam's posting here, gave me cause for despair. Reminds me so much of my students' responses when I asked them why are their capital letters the same size as small letters ... "saja suke! dah biase! cantek seme sama saiz! (just because! used to it! uniform size is nice!). All I see is plentiful of FOAMS.
I am against corruption and oppresion. All my life, I believe I have been a victim. I wanted change. But, NOT this way ...
"The Nons will laugh and clap their hands. They will cheer the "Malai Lembus" to keep on fighting, lying on the roadsides, or to become suicide bombers for an express entry to paradise" bambino on Demi Negara
Would like to share this from MI
MAY 19 — I am a Malay working overseas. I find working in Malaysia unattractive due to the following reasons. I don’t want to belabour the points, so I list them down in point form:
Chinese chauvinism/racism
• Most private organisations including TMI are dominated by the Chinese and/or their political agenda.
• Chinese people have a tendency to assign negative stereotypes on other races (especially the Bumiputera races).
• They exhibit cliquish, insular, secretive and calculating behaviour.
• Chinese people favour fair-skinned people even though fair skin is disadvantageous in Malaysia’s sunny climate.
• They admire China’s achievements, despite China’s oppressive regime.
• Malaysian Chinese use the Chinese languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien etc.) to isolate their discussion from others while in their presence.
• The Chinese are not honest about failures of ethnic Chinese leaderships in Philippines and Thailand.
• Tokenism is rife in Chinese companies.
• Chinese will use changing criteria to judge people of other ethnicities; one day it is academic merit, another day it may be “character.”
• The Chinese favour their own kind over others, even when other kinds are of equal stature.
• Malays fear to voice out against Chinese for fear of repercussions especially with respect to their employment prospects in the private sector.
• The Chinese still hold strongly to their ethnic heritage.
• They diminish the achievement of other races, especially the Malays.
• Harp on Bumiputera affirmative action even though Chinese people still continue to succeed at all levels of Malaysian life (even government).
• Any Malay who has strong academic background is denounced as attaining it due to “Bumiputera privilege”, even though he graduated overseas with his own money.
• Use their overseas Chinese connection to gain unfair advantage, but pretend the advantage is minimal.
• The Chinese always make unfair comparisons of Malaysia with other non-Muslim, post-industrial countries.
• Chinese people don’t recognise the special position Islam has in Malaysia.
• Enjoy talking bad about Malaysia (even when working/living overseas) as if Malaysia is on the same level as Zimbabwe even though Malaysia is far from it.
• Highly critical of institutions that are Bumiputera-dominated (ie. government), but non-critical of institutions that are Chinese dominant (like gambling).
• Show no desire to partake in patriotic activities (e.g. serve in army), but cry foul when other people point out their lack of patriotism.
• Show lack of understanding about Islamic religion, but enjoy taking Quranic verses out of context to further their argument.
• If pushed to think “outside the box”, the Chinese would favour Western ideals above Islamic ideals.
• The Chinese show lack of respect toward Malay leaders, but accord unnecessary respect to their Chinese community leaders, even though they hold no significant position in government.
• Always speak about “brain drain” but still keep Malaysian passports.
• Willing to spread disingenuous claim that Bumis have already achieved economic parity with the Chinese.
• Use Indians who have achieved to further their claim that Indian community is ahead of the Malay community.
• Comments in support of Chinese chauvinistic agenda are allowed to be posted in TMI, while others are censored.
• I can go on and on with more example, but I grow tired and annoyed.
PAS religionism
• Holds only their interpretation of Islam to be the truth.
• Willing to associate themselves with and be used by non-Muslims while creating enmity toward other Muslims.
• Use religion as a political tool to win arguments and foment discord.
• Ritualistic mentality.
• Have a simplistic idea/concept of the world and its affairs.
Umno nationalism
• Partake in bully politics.
• Enjoy seeing minor issues such as sexual improprieties take over the national discourse.
• Willing to give in to fervent Malay nationalism.
• Must “ampu” within Umno hierarchical structure to get to higher positions.
• Anti-intellectualism.
• Unwillingness to adapt and change to satisfy changing political climate.
Indian shiftiness
• Willing to change their allegiance due to changing political tide.
• Belief that Indian subcontinent will help them, like mainland China helps Malaysian Chinese.
• Dishonest about their caste and other internal problems.
Malaysian culture as a whole
• No proper understanding of logic and reason.
• Has not understood to segregate religious thinking from secular reasoning.
• Lost sensitivities towards other religions/races.
• Still admire Western culture, without studying their obvious weaknesses.
• Always sidetracked by minor issues rather than seeing bigger picture.
• Media not mature to show all sides of the story, media is all very partisan.
• Partisanship is being promoted at all levels from the family microcosm to the national level.
Well, couldn't agree more!.
1st August is the start of fasting month. Yeayyyy! Raya will be at the end of the month. Double yeaayyy!!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Kenduri Sambut Menantu di Kool
Kenduri di Seremban 4 Jun. Umi dan Ayong sempat bergaya sedondon dengan kain lace tajaan Cik Nor dan Cik Wok rakan sebilik waktu mengerjakan umrah Mac lepas.
Janjinya nak pakai masa kenduri sambut menantu, tapi tak sabO sebab kainnya lawo sesangat. Sorry ya Cik Nor dan Cik Wok. Kami melaram dulu.
Su balik ke Perak hari Khamis sebab Maksu ada urusan keluarga. Tengahmalam Jumaat baru Su turun tolong pasang lelangit di tempat meja pengantin. Lepas tu Su out dua hari sampai miss kenduri dan tutup kedai hingga Isnin.
Tetamu ada yang datang sampai lepas Isyak. Memang dah pesan supaya datang juga sebab faham ada banyak kenduri pada hari yang sama.
Terima kasih kepada semua sahabat handai saudara mara adik beradik yang membantu menjayakan kenduri ini. Mohon maaf di atas segala kekurangan. Budi jasa kalian Allah jua yang membalas.
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| Umi, Cik Nor dan Cik Wok di lapangan terbang Jeddah |
Kenduri sambut menantu di Kg Kool pada 11 Jun. First time buat kenduri weh! Menggigil gak kepala lutut ... takut tak de kemah; takut lauk tak cukup; takut orang tak datang; takut hujan; takut tak sempat bersedia tamu tiba ... macam macam takut ada. Katering beres tapi kemah belum pasti sebab ramai orang buat kenduri musim cuti sekolah gini. Selagi kemah belum naik, selagi tu lah rasa stress sakan.
Pengantin tak balik ... Ayong pulak dapat cuti hari Jumaat sahaja.
I thought I was ALONE.
Alhamdulillah, my younger sis Ha managed to get a week off from work and her husband let her and her youngest girl Ika, came home with me right after kenduri di Seremban. Thank you very much sis. Hanya Tuhan yang dapat membalas.
Seminggu sebelum tu, rakan setugas, Kam dah datang ke rumah menolong siapkan langsir. Elok siap langsir yang dah tertangguh bertahun lamanya itu, my younger brother Man and his wife Arisah singgah menjenguk persiapan kenduri. Arisah offered to sponsor langsir bilik pengantin and helped me get new curtain for the house. Within a week, with Ha and Ika around, all the curtains were ready and hanged. YEAYYYY! Finally, the house got proper curtains.
With Ha around, I indulged in getting flowers [a great excuse for the kenduri, hehehe!] Tak de lah banyak mana pun but it felt great. The bright colours bursting from the pots cheered up the days. Re-potting and trimming the plants helped soothe the nerves.
On Wednesday, the new bride and groom arrived and went straight into getting the house ready. My newly acquired daughter-in-law, did the kitchen floor in her baju kelawar.Poor girl [woitttt! I never bully one!]. Thursday evening, Arisah arrived from Kajang and got the drains sparkling with her children's help. Friday, Ayong and my younger brother Aznor and his family came home. I had to go for physiotherapy in HSAS. My old buddies; Sher, Pae and Nare arrived to lend their hands [nasib baik depa datang tolong buat bunga manggar]. Late in the evening, Ayah Chik Ruslan [mum's younger brother from Kelantan] arrived with his family. Mak Chik was so ringan tulang membantu tanpa diminta siap tolong gubah bunga untuk meja pengantin. Terima kasih.
I realised I was NOT alone!
Friends and family came together giving me their hands. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!
Walaupun rasa penat separuh mati pada hari kenduri, lihatlah KoolmokcikZ senyum happy.
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| Koolmokcik smiling from ear to ear |
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| Familiiii - Ayong N Arisah sibuk buat pulut tak sempat bergambar Maksu, Saerah, MakLong pun tak de dalam gambar ni Su terbungkang kat kedai dua hari tak leh bangun |
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| Man, Arisah & children with Ayah Chik & family |
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| Ayong with Ayah Chik & family |
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| Maksu & Saerah, MakLong & anak cucu dengan Ayah Chik & famili |
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| mokcikZ buddies having a great time. thank you girls and boys |
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| Atuk n nenek temankan pengantin |
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| Atuk gagahkan diri untuk bersama meraikan pengantin |
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| Nenek terkilan tak dapat ikut masa ke Seremban |
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| Su tengah pasang lelangit |
Ayong buat kek keju dengan topping strawberi tapi tak sempat siapkan hiasan [sebab tak jumpa paip ising]. Lapipula, kena bergegas pergi ambil gulai patin. Walaupun tak siap tapi cantik jugak! [lepas ni Ayong boleh buka kedai kek lah!]
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| Kek Keju Ayong. Tu bunga yang Mak Chik tolong gubah |
Besoknya semua adik beradik ipar duai anak buah bantu mengemas. Terima kasih banyak banyak. Kalau mereka tak tolong, tak tahu lah macamana nak uruskan semua tu.
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| the day after kenduri. tq pada semua yang tolong mengemas terutamanya PakLang, Mamat, Uda dan Adam |
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| finally - hanya bunga manggar di bawah atap oked yang tinggal |
Pisang emas dibawa belayar
Masak sebiji di atas peti
Hutang emas boleh dibayar
Hutang budi di bawa mati
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
ANAK OMAK - Wedding
A picture paints a thousand word. Here are a few pictures of Anak Omak's wedding in Seremban last Saturday 4th June.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Nam-nam
After six years
through numerous obstacles
and struggles
Finally
first fruit
faces fate
Nam-nam
best eaten
with kicap, gula, lada
YUMMM!!!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
HANTU
Yahoo Malaysia banyak merujuk Malaysian Insider untuk siaran berita di portal News nya.
Kadang kadang terasa juga pelaporannya agak berat sebelah [atau mungkin saya sendiri yang senget].
Hari ini saya tertarik dengan dakwaan AP Tumpat mengenai MyDaftar yang disyaki beliau sebagai cubaan kerajaan BN untuk mendaftar rakyat Thailand sebagai pengundi [di sini]
Lebih menarik bila saya membaca 2 komen berikut:-
1. Nowaday in Malaysia tanah air ku , "Nothing Impossible,..but..every things Possible".
>bergrombolan2 rakyat asing kat malaysia,sgt ramai,tak tahu dr mana masuknya...bila operasi...kebanyakan "kosong"
>Rasuah dan "komisyen" pun ada ranking dlm dunia daa...
>kadar murtad ,berbakul-bakul daa failnya.
>alkohol top 10 in the world.
>...macam2 lagi daaa...
Oleh Kerana Itu....setakat nak guna jentera kerajaan untuk kepentingan pihak tertentu rasanya.....sendiri mau ingatlah....
Walaubagaimanapun, kita sgt2 berharap kakitangan kerajaan bersifat amanah dan bersih, ia tidak jadi seperti di atas.... kalau jadi juga , maka hancurlah demokrasi dan punah lah mandat rakyat terhadap kerajaan , sampai kiamat ....... Realbrain
Ini pula respon kepada komen di atas:-
Ingat senang ke nak buat mcm tu...ingat semua kakitangan kerajaan sokong BN ke...kalau betul terjadi memang rahsia tak boleh simpan punya...kakitangan kerajaan pun sayangkan negara ini...semua ini cerita nak tambah undi.... Guna Otak
2. Kamaruddin Jaafar tidak pernah kerja dengan jpn oleh itu dia tak tahu tugas2 jpn yang nak buat operasi my daftar ni. .My daftar tu nak menolong kalu ada orang orang yang lahir di msia dan juga yang layak mengikut syarat2 akta dan UU jpn bagi mereka2 yang belum memilikki kad pengenalan atau surat beranak.Kerana yang sebenar ada ramai lagi orang tercicir tak ada dokumen pengenalan diri di kelantan ni selama ini sebab sifat manusia. Bagi orang yang pernah bekerja dgn jpn hanya tahu perkara ini kalu tak pernah bekerja di jpn tak usah cakaplah,jauh dari kebenarannya,hanya prasangka buruk semata-mata .Adakak logik nak bagi kad pengenalan kepada orang asing secara terbuka melalui operasi begitu,cuba guna sikit jah otak tak payah fikir banyak2. Orang kalu nak buat operasi bagi kad pengenalan dibuat secara sulit tempat pun tidak diistiharkan tarikh pun tidak dinyatakan.Perkara sebegini tak pernah dibuat pun sebelum ini..Kerana taksub politik sempit semua perkara jadi tak baik..... Srosaladdin Halles
Dari pengalaman peribadi saya sendiri, di setiap institusi yang saya pernah berkhidmat, tak sampai 10% pegawai kerajaan yang 'kelihatan' menyokong BN. Undi mereka saya tak tahu lah tapi kalau mendengar cakap cakap mereka, mereka tidak menyokong BN.
Kadang kadang terasa juga pelaporannya agak berat sebelah [atau mungkin saya sendiri yang senget].
Hari ini saya tertarik dengan dakwaan AP Tumpat mengenai MyDaftar yang disyaki beliau sebagai cubaan kerajaan BN untuk mendaftar rakyat Thailand sebagai pengundi [di sini]
Lebih menarik bila saya membaca 2 komen berikut:-
1. Nowaday in Malaysia tanah air ku , "Nothing Impossible,..but..every things Possible".
>bergrombolan2 rakyat asing kat malaysia,sgt ramai,tak tahu dr mana masuknya...bila operasi...kebanyakan "kosong"
>Rasuah dan "komisyen" pun ada ranking dlm dunia daa...
>kadar murtad ,berbakul-bakul daa failnya.
>alkohol top 10 in the world.
>...macam2 lagi daaa...
Oleh Kerana Itu....setakat nak guna jentera kerajaan untuk kepentingan pihak tertentu rasanya.....sendiri mau ingatlah....
Walaubagaimanapun, kita sgt2 berharap kakitangan kerajaan bersifat amanah dan bersih, ia tidak jadi seperti di atas.... kalau jadi juga , maka hancurlah demokrasi dan punah lah mandat rakyat terhadap kerajaan , sampai kiamat ....... Realbrain
Ini pula respon kepada komen di atas:-
Ingat senang ke nak buat mcm tu...ingat semua kakitangan kerajaan sokong BN ke...kalau betul terjadi memang rahsia tak boleh simpan punya...kakitangan kerajaan pun sayangkan negara ini...semua ini cerita nak tambah undi.... Guna Otak
2. Kamaruddin Jaafar tidak pernah kerja dengan jpn oleh itu dia tak tahu tugas2 jpn yang nak buat operasi my daftar ni. .My daftar tu nak menolong kalu ada orang orang yang lahir di msia dan juga yang layak mengikut syarat2 akta dan UU jpn bagi mereka2 yang belum memilikki kad pengenalan atau surat beranak.Kerana yang sebenar ada ramai lagi orang tercicir tak ada dokumen pengenalan diri di kelantan ni selama ini sebab sifat manusia. Bagi orang yang pernah bekerja dgn jpn hanya tahu perkara ini kalu tak pernah bekerja di jpn tak usah cakaplah,jauh dari kebenarannya,hanya prasangka buruk semata-mata .Adakak logik nak bagi kad pengenalan kepada orang asing secara terbuka melalui operasi begitu,cuba guna sikit jah otak tak payah fikir banyak2. Orang kalu nak buat operasi bagi kad pengenalan dibuat secara sulit tempat pun tidak diistiharkan tarikh pun tidak dinyatakan.Perkara sebegini tak pernah dibuat pun sebelum ini..Kerana taksub politik sempit semua perkara jadi tak baik..... Srosaladdin Halles
Dari pengalaman peribadi saya sendiri, di setiap institusi yang saya pernah berkhidmat, tak sampai 10% pegawai kerajaan yang 'kelihatan' menyokong BN. Undi mereka saya tak tahu lah tapi kalau mendengar cakap cakap mereka, mereka tidak menyokong BN.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Addiction
This is among the things I would credit the opposition [here]
"The PR lawmakers suggested the Najib administration take a more holistic approach to cut its burgeoning subsidy bill through a total restructuring of the system by reducing subsidies to corporate giants instead of to the poor, implementing a minimum wage council to boost salaries, and providing better public transportation system to reduce dependency on vehicle ownership and fuel consumption.
He also complained that the administration was going about the removal of its subsidy plan in the wrong way by cutting from the poor man on the street and yet at the same time, still providing massive subsidies to big corporate giants"
“No one disputes that subsidies distort the economy but the issue is that in Malaysia, massive corporate giants like the IPPs, the toll concessionaires, continue to enjoy generous subsidies worth billions of ringgit more than the smaller things like sugar, flour and rice.
“The fact that we are facing a deficit budget now should not be blamed on the people, it is the fault of the government and its failure to implement strategies to encourage a dynamic growth in the economy.
“The people are suffering from high inflation, no minimum wage, the prices of properties ballooning... so why burden the public instead of the corporate sector,”
*to be continued ...
"The PR lawmakers suggested the Najib administration take a more holistic approach to cut its burgeoning subsidy bill through a total restructuring of the system by reducing subsidies to corporate giants instead of to the poor, implementing a minimum wage council to boost salaries, and providing better public transportation system to reduce dependency on vehicle ownership and fuel consumption.
He also complained that the administration was going about the removal of its subsidy plan in the wrong way by cutting from the poor man on the street and yet at the same time, still providing massive subsidies to big corporate giants"
“No one disputes that subsidies distort the economy but the issue is that in Malaysia, massive corporate giants like the IPPs, the toll concessionaires, continue to enjoy generous subsidies worth billions of ringgit more than the smaller things like sugar, flour and rice.
“The fact that we are facing a deficit budget now should not be blamed on the people, it is the fault of the government and its failure to implement strategies to encourage a dynamic growth in the economy.
“The people are suffering from high inflation, no minimum wage, the prices of properties ballooning... so why burden the public instead of the corporate sector,”
*to be continued ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
i-City
Wow
It is snowing now in i-City [more here]
i-City is in Shah Alam.
The very first snowfall in Southeast Asia ... and the snow is safe enough to eat.
Congratulations Ng Yen Yen
For bringing snow to Shah Alam
Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen recently said that innovative and attractive tourism products, such as the Snowalk@i-City would help attract more visitors to Malaysia, besides spurring domestic tourism.
"In the past, I used to tell foreigners that we, in Malaysia, can offer them anything except snow. But with Snowalk, we can say that we also have snow in Malaysia," she said.
Mesti lepas ni berdoyon doyon pelancong dari 3 benua datang ke Shah Alam [masuk atas visa pelancong, pelajar kemudian melencong].
Al-maklum, tak de masalah langsung bila mereka melawat Malaysia ... papan tanda jalan, makanan, bahasa, budaya dan serba serbinya SERUPA dengan tempat asal mereka malah lebih baik lagi.
Well, would mats and minahs salleh visit Malaysia for SNOW?
Lagipun orang putih ni geli geleman ngan tandas kat Malaysia.
Tapi deme yang dari 3 benua ni ... alah bisa tegal biasa.
Masa Shah Alam mula dibangunkan dulu, ada dengar cerita SUltan Selangor tidak mahu Shah Alam jadi another KL.
Ni apa cerita lak ni?
i-City''s Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Eu Hong Chew, said the opening of Snowalk reinforced i-City''s position as an innovative company and knowledge hub.
"As a knowledge hub, our focus is on getting innovative companies to come to i-City. For this reason, when we wanted to develop tourist attractions, it was natural to focus on innovation to provide the competitive edge."
When i-City was launched about six years ago, it was planned as a digital city. It was an innovative idea at that juncture and even today, i-City is regarded by Multimedia Development Corporate (MDeC) as the benchmark for future cyber centres in the country.
Eu added that i-City continued innovating when it launched its first tourist attraction, The City of Digital Lights, in December 2009.
What's happening?
It is snowing now in i-City [more here]
i-City is in Shah Alam.
The very first snowfall in Southeast Asia ... and the snow is safe enough to eat.
Congratulations Ng Yen Yen
For bringing snow to Shah Alam
Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen recently said that innovative and attractive tourism products, such as the Snowalk@i-City would help attract more visitors to Malaysia, besides spurring domestic tourism.
"In the past, I used to tell foreigners that we, in Malaysia, can offer them anything except snow. But with Snowalk, we can say that we also have snow in Malaysia," she said.
Mesti lepas ni berdoyon doyon pelancong dari 3 benua datang ke Shah Alam [masuk atas visa pelancong, pelajar kemudian melencong].
Al-maklum, tak de masalah langsung bila mereka melawat Malaysia ... papan tanda jalan, makanan, bahasa, budaya dan serba serbinya SERUPA dengan tempat asal mereka malah lebih baik lagi.
Well, would mats and minahs salleh visit Malaysia for SNOW?
Lagipun orang putih ni geli geleman ngan tandas kat Malaysia.
Tapi deme yang dari 3 benua ni ... alah bisa tegal biasa.
Masa Shah Alam mula dibangunkan dulu, ada dengar cerita SUltan Selangor tidak mahu Shah Alam jadi another KL.
Ni apa cerita lak ni?
i-City''s Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Eu Hong Chew, said the opening of Snowalk reinforced i-City''s position as an innovative company and knowledge hub.
"As a knowledge hub, our focus is on getting innovative companies to come to i-City. For this reason, when we wanted to develop tourist attractions, it was natural to focus on innovation to provide the competitive edge."
When i-City was launched about six years ago, it was planned as a digital city. It was an innovative idea at that juncture and even today, i-City is regarded by Multimedia Development Corporate (MDeC) as the benchmark for future cyber centres in the country.
Eu added that i-City continued innovating when it launched its first tourist attraction, The City of Digital Lights, in December 2009.
What's happening?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
1Melayu 1Bumi apartheid???
On Friday, MCA deputy publicity chief Loh Seng Kok warned that the “1 Melayu, 1 Bumi” movement mooted by the Malay-language daily would create an apartheid situation in Malay-majority Malaysia [from here]
Here we go. We are being accused as trying tp create an "apartheid situation" by this blardy Malaysian Chinese Association publicity chief [American means citizens of America, Chinese means citizens of China, NO? African American means America citizens of Africa descendants. Go figure WHO are Malaysian Chinese].
Despite my poor googling skill, I googled this definition of apartheid by Wikipedia "the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and minority rule by white people was maintained ... The government segregated ... and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people"
EXCUSE ME !!!
Who is BEING apartheid?
Here we go. We are being accused as trying tp create an "apartheid situation" by this blardy Malaysian Chinese Association publicity chief [American means citizens of America, Chinese means citizens of China, NO? African American means America citizens of Africa descendants. Go figure WHO are Malaysian Chinese].
Despite my poor googling skill, I googled this definition of apartheid by Wikipedia "the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and minority rule by white people was maintained ... The government segregated ... and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people"
EXCUSE ME !!!
Who is BEING apartheid?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
A Case of "Mengata Dulang Paku Serpih"
I just have to put this piece from the Star on my record here because I am wondering beyond yonder if this blardy senator WON any seat. How very sombong bongkaknya this chauvinistic racist pig to advocate that despite a two-third majority, Taib Mahmud should step down because he no longer wields support from the chinese.
WHOAAAAA!!! So Taib Mahmud tak layak jadi Ketua Menteri sebab china china Sarawak tak sokong dia. Maknanya majoriti dua pertiga tu tak de harga sebab china tak undi Taib Mahmud.
Patut ler Najib sanggup jadi zombie hancing membiarkan dirinya dikencing berkali kali kali kali kali kali kali oleh rakyat cina yang lahir kat Malaysia sebab kalu dia gagal mendapatkan undi pepuak deme ni maka senator Gan Ping Sieu akan menyalak dan Chua Soi Lek akan menyemak semula kedudukan MCA dalam kerajaan negeri dan persekutuan. Diterjemahkan sebagai ugutan nak berpaling tadah la tu. Nak harapkan undi Melayu, sapa nak undi UMNO yang korup haprak. Baik kasi negara ni kat DAP yang GERENTI mampu memacu Malaysia ke arah kemajuan dan kesejahteraan. Lihat sahajalah P Pinang. Dalam 2 tahun sahaja sudah berjaya jadi begitu maju dan bagus. Kan?
Berani dia provoke Taib Mahmud. How many seats did MCA won compared to their representation in parliament? Mengata dulang paku serpih!
WHOAAAAA!!! So Taib Mahmud tak layak jadi Ketua Menteri sebab china china Sarawak tak sokong dia. Maknanya majoriti dua pertiga tu tak de harga sebab china tak undi Taib Mahmud.
Patut ler Najib sanggup jadi zombie hancing membiarkan dirinya dikencing berkali kali kali kali kali kali kali oleh rakyat cina yang lahir kat Malaysia sebab kalu dia gagal mendapatkan undi pepuak deme ni maka senator Gan Ping Sieu akan menyalak dan Chua Soi Lek akan menyemak semula kedudukan MCA dalam kerajaan negeri dan persekutuan. Diterjemahkan sebagai ugutan nak berpaling tadah la tu. Nak harapkan undi Melayu, sapa nak undi UMNO yang korup haprak. Baik kasi negara ni kat DAP yang GERENTI mampu memacu Malaysia ke arah kemajuan dan kesejahteraan. Lihat sahajalah P Pinang. Dalam 2 tahun sahaja sudah berjaya jadi begitu maju dan bagus. Kan?
MCA vice-president Senator Gan Ping Sieu has called on Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to step down, saying he had lost the overall support of the various ethnic groups in the state.
“Leaders of Barisan Nasional must command the support of all communities irrespective of ethnicity.
“Although Sarawak Barisan Nasional emerged victorious at the recently-concluded state election on April 16 and retained its two-thirds majority to stay in power, it is obvious that Tan Sri Taib Mahmud no longer wields support from Chinese voters,” Gan said in a statement yesterday.
Gan, who is also Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, urged the Chief Minister to pass the baton to another Barisan leader as soon as possible as this was the first time in Sarawak's history that the Chinese comm- unity had rejected Taib's leader-ship.
Gan commended SUPP's decision to decline nominating Chinese assemblymen for a state cabinet position, saying it was a principled political stand and in line with public opinion.
He also blasted DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng for misleading the Chinese community and painting the SUPP as Taib's thugs during campaigning.
“The DAP deliberately created a fear of punishment and misled the Chinese community that MCA was intimidating voters,” said Gan.
Gan said MCA would consider its position in the line-up of federal and state governments if the party was rejected by the Chinese community in the coming general election.
His statements echoed party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek's statement that MCA would relook its position in the federal and state governments if it fared as badly in the next general election as it did in the 2008 polls.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Kempen "1000 Mothers Against Rare Earth @ Teluk Cempedak Beach"
A lady blogger Ahan in the Afternoon has launched a campaign [read here]
"1000 Mothers Against Rare Earth @ Teluk Cempedak Beach"
I am reproducing her entry here [with permission]
"1000 Mothers Against Rare Earth @ Teluk Cempedak Beach"
I am reproducing her entry here [with permission]
This is an open invitation to all, but especially targeted to women who are mothers or who would be mothers.
This is the plight of the mothers in Kuantan, on Mother's Day this year, come join us on the beach of Teluk Chempedak, in the evening.
Bring a carnation along. Let us cherish the sunset. Let us protect the babies who are here and those who are coming into the world in the future.Lets sit on the beach and reflect on our actions....
We are meeting in peace. We are gathering in solidarity. We are all against the opening of Lynas Rare Earth Plant in Gebeng.
We are the mothers of the children living here in Pahang, we are saddened by the thought that our backyard will be a dumping ground for radioactive waste that will affect the health of our children in the long run. Its not just the children, but the mothers, fathers too.......
One of the worst nightmares of having a Rare Earth Plant in your neighbourhood is that mothers may give birth to deformed babies.
Can you imagine the pain and ache if the new life a couple and the family look forward to will be mentally retarded or physically deformed? Can you imagine the agony if a mother has to decide whether or not to terminate pregnancy?
Hence, we hope you will send this event invite to all our your friends or tell them about this event. In three weeks, we hope to get 1000 mothers with their families to be there.
Please support us......
This is the plight of the mothers in Kuantan, on Mother's Day this year, come join us on the beach of Teluk Chempedak, in the evening.
Bring a carnation along. Let us cherish the sunset. Let us protect the babies who are here and those who are coming into the world in the future.Lets sit on the beach and reflect on our actions....
We are meeting in peace. We are gathering in solidarity. We are all against the opening of Lynas Rare Earth Plant in Gebeng.
We are the mothers of the children living here in Pahang, we are saddened by the thought that our backyard will be a dumping ground for radioactive waste that will affect the health of our children in the long run. Its not just the children, but the mothers, fathers too.......
One of the worst nightmares of having a Rare Earth Plant in your neighbourhood is that mothers may give birth to deformed babies.
Can you imagine the pain and ache if the new life a couple and the family look forward to will be mentally retarded or physically deformed? Can you imagine the agony if a mother has to decide whether or not to terminate pregnancy?
Hence, we hope you will send this event invite to all our your friends or tell them about this event. In three weeks, we hope to get 1000 mothers with their families to be there.
Please support us......
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Karachi transit
Sewaktu bersetuju untuk mengerjakan umrah dengan Gemilang, pakej pilihan adalah pakej 11H9M bertolak 9 Mac dengan penerbangan Garuda transit 2 hari di Jakarta. Aku menyuarakan kepada ketua kumpulan kami tak ada can ke naik MAS terus ke Jeddah.
Beberapa minggu kemudian, aku diberitahu kumpulan kami akan bertolak pada 11 Mac dan kembali 21 Mac dengan penerbangan terus MAS. Tak terkira gembira hati ini. Permohonan cuti aku ada sedikit masalah. Kerana sebab tertentu, aku perlu ambil cuti tanpa gaji sehari. Tak kisahlah.
Seminggu sebelum tarikh berlepas, aku diberitahu, tarikh berlepas diawalkan sehari. Tambah cuti tanpa gaji lagi. Tak apa lah. Rela berkorban.
Maka pada 10 Mac, sebelum subuh aku dan Ayong dah tiba di tempat yang ditetapkan. Seronok bukan main nak gi umrah [dah cerita kat sini].
Tapi rupanya ada 'fine print' yang aku terlepas pandang.
Dalam brochure yang di beri, tak ada sebarang fine print. Tapi dalam iklan di akhbar [yang aku baca SELEPAS balik] rupanya ada 'fine print' - penerbangan dan tarikh tertakluk kepada perubahan.
Apa yang aku pelajari dari pengalaman mengerjakan umrah ini ialah ibadat adalah modal mendapatkan untung besar.
Gemilang Travel & Tours merupakan di antara beberapa syarikat yang diberi lesen mengendalikan umrah. Entah macamana operasi biznes ini tapi mereka tidak mendapatkan tiket penerbangan terus dari syarikat penerbangan yang ada tapi menerusi syarikat Muhammadiah.
Kisahnya, kumpulan kami dah dapat visa pada 9 Mac. Bila kami tiba di KLIA untuk menaiki penerbangan pada jam 1.00 tgh di KLIA pada 10 Mac, tiket kami telah 'diberikan' kepada kumpulan yang diuruskan oleh ejen lain.
Bila kami di bawa bermalam di Nilai malam tu, tokeh syarikat Gemilang memberi berbagai alasan dan dihujungnya beri kami pilihan menaiki penerbangan PIA dengan transit di Karachi dan bertolak balik dari Jeddah pada 25 Mac dengan transit 2 hari di Karachi. Kami hanya akan sampai di Kuala Lumpur pada petang 27 Mac. Itupun kumpulan kami terpaksa berpecah kerana tidak cukup tiket. Kalau tak nak, kami kena balik. Tidak pulak diberitahu samada duit yang dah dibayar akan dipulangkan atau tidak.
Aku dan Ayong nekad meneruskan perjalanan walaupun berdepan dengan masalah cuti. Jadi tak peduli lah pasal duit pulang balik atau tidak.
Kononya kami untung sebab dapat tinggal di Mekah 2 hari lebih lama, tapi aku 'stress' giler dengan keadaan yang memaksa aku bercuti tanpa gaji begitu. Dan aku kena bersyukur sebab dapat beribadat lebih dengan percuma! Sapa nak bagi? [Itulah kata kata yang ditaburkan oleh ketua kumpulan kami].
Aku tertanya tanya, bolehkah ejen umrah tu buat begitu sewenang wenangnya? Tidak adakah sebarang undang undang yang melindungi pengguna dalam kes begini? Memang aku tidak menandatangani sebarang kontrak tapi bukan kah 'itinerary' yang diberi pada kami merupakan 'janji' ejen.
Aku rasa jika aku nak cari pasal, aku ada kes. Namun, aku terlalu letih dan tak sihat sejak balik. Lagipula, dah tua tua begini aku tak larat dah nak menentang arus.
Jadi, aku sekadar dapat berkongsi pengalaman ini dengan sapa sapa yang menjengah ke sini.
Semasa di airport Jeddah, kami berjumpa satu kumpulan yang dah 3 hari menunggu penerbangan balik. Mereka tersadai di airport.
Pengalaman transit di Karachi amat tidak menyenangkan.
Pertama, paspot kami dipegang oleh pegawai imigresen di airport. Kami keluar dari airport dan menunggu coaster hotel untuk di bawa ke airport hotel tanpa paspot. Tak pernah aku alami keadaan ini sewaktu transit. Nak bising pun, SEMUA paspot jemaah umrah penerbangan yang aku naiki dari Jeddah ke Karachi itu di kumpulkan oleh pegawai imigresen Pakistan.
Kedua, pencuci tandas airport, pemandu coaster dan kelindannya, pekerja hotel semuanya menghulur tangan minta 'tips'. Aku rasa sangat tidak senang dengan keadaan begitu. Seolah 'dipaksa' untuk beri tip. Selagi tak beri mereka terus meminta minta dan tidak mahu berundur. Layanan dan sopan santun yang mereka tunjukkan perlu dibalas dengan tip. Tak ada keikhlasan langsung.
Ketiga, kemiskinan. Kami tiba di airport hotel waktu subuh habis. Tiba di bilik di tingkat 2, aku berkejar ke toilet. Dah siap buang air kecil, buka paip nak bersihkan diri, TAK DE AIR! Tak de tisu! Hampessssssssssss!
Bunyi bising di bilik sebelah. Masa masuk bilik tadi nampak young men in football jersey di koridor bilik tu. Risau pulak takut ada yang mabuk.
Ayong ke kaunter untuk minta tukar bilik. Tengah jalan jumpa supervisor bilik. Bila Ayong terangkan masalah, dia cadangkan kami tukar ke bilik bawah. Ayong naik ke bilik untuk bawak beg turun. Bertembung dengan seorang pekerja yang berebut nak bawakan hand luggage kami yang ringan. Terpaksa kami berkeras menolak kerana dah hampir sangat sampai ke bilik. Supervisor tu pegang pintu. Bila kami masuk, dia hulur tangan minta upah. Aduyai!
Ayong dan aku perlu makan ubat. Air yang kami bawa dari Mekah tinggah sedikit. Tengok ada flask air atas meja dan ada gelas. Bila nak tuang air dari flask, nampak keadaan flask yang berkarat. Tak lalu lah! Tak jadi tuang air.
Bilik berbau asap rokok dan rasa berlengas semacam. Lantai melekit.Penutup katil lembab semacam. Cuba lihat keadaan di bilik air.
Cuba tidor tapi tak leh lelap. Pintu bilik punya kunci yang 'flimsy' sangat. Rasa tak selamat sangat.
Stress giler!
Jam 9.00 pagi ketua kumpulan bagitau ada rombongan melawat sekitar bandar Karachi. Dua puluh ringgit tambang campur lima ringgit tip seorang.
Beberapa minggu kemudian, aku diberitahu kumpulan kami akan bertolak pada 11 Mac dan kembali 21 Mac dengan penerbangan terus MAS. Tak terkira gembira hati ini. Permohonan cuti aku ada sedikit masalah. Kerana sebab tertentu, aku perlu ambil cuti tanpa gaji sehari. Tak kisahlah.
Seminggu sebelum tarikh berlepas, aku diberitahu, tarikh berlepas diawalkan sehari. Tambah cuti tanpa gaji lagi. Tak apa lah. Rela berkorban.
Maka pada 10 Mac, sebelum subuh aku dan Ayong dah tiba di tempat yang ditetapkan. Seronok bukan main nak gi umrah [dah cerita kat sini].
Tapi rupanya ada 'fine print' yang aku terlepas pandang.
Dalam brochure yang di beri, tak ada sebarang fine print. Tapi dalam iklan di akhbar [yang aku baca SELEPAS balik] rupanya ada 'fine print' - penerbangan dan tarikh tertakluk kepada perubahan.
Apa yang aku pelajari dari pengalaman mengerjakan umrah ini ialah ibadat adalah modal mendapatkan untung besar.
Gemilang Travel & Tours merupakan di antara beberapa syarikat yang diberi lesen mengendalikan umrah. Entah macamana operasi biznes ini tapi mereka tidak mendapatkan tiket penerbangan terus dari syarikat penerbangan yang ada tapi menerusi syarikat Muhammadiah.
Kisahnya, kumpulan kami dah dapat visa pada 9 Mac. Bila kami tiba di KLIA untuk menaiki penerbangan pada jam 1.00 tgh di KLIA pada 10 Mac, tiket kami telah 'diberikan' kepada kumpulan yang diuruskan oleh ejen lain.
Bila kami di bawa bermalam di Nilai malam tu, tokeh syarikat Gemilang memberi berbagai alasan dan dihujungnya beri kami pilihan menaiki penerbangan PIA dengan transit di Karachi dan bertolak balik dari Jeddah pada 25 Mac dengan transit 2 hari di Karachi. Kami hanya akan sampai di Kuala Lumpur pada petang 27 Mac. Itupun kumpulan kami terpaksa berpecah kerana tidak cukup tiket. Kalau tak nak, kami kena balik. Tidak pulak diberitahu samada duit yang dah dibayar akan dipulangkan atau tidak.
Aku dan Ayong nekad meneruskan perjalanan walaupun berdepan dengan masalah cuti. Jadi tak peduli lah pasal duit pulang balik atau tidak.
Kononya kami untung sebab dapat tinggal di Mekah 2 hari lebih lama, tapi aku 'stress' giler dengan keadaan yang memaksa aku bercuti tanpa gaji begitu. Dan aku kena bersyukur sebab dapat beribadat lebih dengan percuma! Sapa nak bagi? [Itulah kata kata yang ditaburkan oleh ketua kumpulan kami].
Aku tertanya tanya, bolehkah ejen umrah tu buat begitu sewenang wenangnya? Tidak adakah sebarang undang undang yang melindungi pengguna dalam kes begini? Memang aku tidak menandatangani sebarang kontrak tapi bukan kah 'itinerary' yang diberi pada kami merupakan 'janji' ejen.
Aku rasa jika aku nak cari pasal, aku ada kes. Namun, aku terlalu letih dan tak sihat sejak balik. Lagipula, dah tua tua begini aku tak larat dah nak menentang arus.
Jadi, aku sekadar dapat berkongsi pengalaman ini dengan sapa sapa yang menjengah ke sini.
Semasa di airport Jeddah, kami berjumpa satu kumpulan yang dah 3 hari menunggu penerbangan balik. Mereka tersadai di airport.
Pengalaman transit di Karachi amat tidak menyenangkan.
Pertama, paspot kami dipegang oleh pegawai imigresen di airport. Kami keluar dari airport dan menunggu coaster hotel untuk di bawa ke airport hotel tanpa paspot. Tak pernah aku alami keadaan ini sewaktu transit. Nak bising pun, SEMUA paspot jemaah umrah penerbangan yang aku naiki dari Jeddah ke Karachi itu di kumpulkan oleh pegawai imigresen Pakistan.
Kedua, pencuci tandas airport, pemandu coaster dan kelindannya, pekerja hotel semuanya menghulur tangan minta 'tips'. Aku rasa sangat tidak senang dengan keadaan begitu. Seolah 'dipaksa' untuk beri tip. Selagi tak beri mereka terus meminta minta dan tidak mahu berundur. Layanan dan sopan santun yang mereka tunjukkan perlu dibalas dengan tip. Tak ada keikhlasan langsung.
Ketiga, kemiskinan. Kami tiba di airport hotel waktu subuh habis. Tiba di bilik di tingkat 2, aku berkejar ke toilet. Dah siap buang air kecil, buka paip nak bersihkan diri, TAK DE AIR! Tak de tisu! Hampessssssssssss!
Bunyi bising di bilik sebelah. Masa masuk bilik tadi nampak young men in football jersey di koridor bilik tu. Risau pulak takut ada yang mabuk.
Ayong ke kaunter untuk minta tukar bilik. Tengah jalan jumpa supervisor bilik. Bila Ayong terangkan masalah, dia cadangkan kami tukar ke bilik bawah. Ayong naik ke bilik untuk bawak beg turun. Bertembung dengan seorang pekerja yang berebut nak bawakan hand luggage kami yang ringan. Terpaksa kami berkeras menolak kerana dah hampir sangat sampai ke bilik. Supervisor tu pegang pintu. Bila kami masuk, dia hulur tangan minta upah. Aduyai!
Ayong dan aku perlu makan ubat. Air yang kami bawa dari Mekah tinggah sedikit. Tengok ada flask air atas meja dan ada gelas. Bila nak tuang air dari flask, nampak keadaan flask yang berkarat. Tak lalu lah! Tak jadi tuang air.
Bilik berbau asap rokok dan rasa berlengas semacam. Lantai melekit.Penutup katil lembab semacam. Cuba lihat keadaan di bilik air.
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| toilet without seat cover - boleh terjulus weh! |
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| rusting mirror |
Stress giler!
Jam 9.00 pagi ketua kumpulan bagitau ada rombongan melawat sekitar bandar Karachi. Dua puluh ringgit tambang campur lima ringgit tip seorang.
Friday, April 15, 2011
How many is many
Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman said public holidays in Malaysia should be reduced from 17 days. [From the last paragraph here]
I totally agree with him.
He also said government should consider CANCELLING the holidays for Wesak Day and Deepavali BECAUSE not many people celebrate these festivals.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Well, there is only 8% of MALAYSIAN INDIAN [funny isn't it? African-American refers to American citizens of African descent. So, Malaysian Indian would refers to citizens of India of Malaysians descent, wouldn't it? They didn't plan to stay here. They wanted to go back HOME hence the vernacular schools].
There is 27% of MALAYSIAN CHINESE. Going by the Sarawak election, my guess is a big number of them are CHRISTIANS. Therefore, I strongly suggest we make do WITHOUT Chinese New Year celebration too because the number of people celebrating Chinese New year is not that big. Christmas holiday should be abolished as well since the number must also be small.
Haih!!!
Now I am really really wondering how this small number of Malaysian Indians managed to get Interlok rewritten?
Where are the Melayu who rolled on the road to have ETeMS [English for teaching of Maths and Science] revoked?
Apartheid in Africa is supposed to be dead. I think it is well and alive here. The minorities are thriving and taking over this tanah air. They have their own schools, their own universities. In Sarawak, they don't even bother to speak the national language.
p/s
I stand corrected on the percentages above. My googling skill is NIL.
I totally agree with him.
He also said government should consider CANCELLING the holidays for Wesak Day and Deepavali BECAUSE not many people celebrate these festivals.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Well, there is only 8% of MALAYSIAN INDIAN [funny isn't it? African-American refers to American citizens of African descent. So, Malaysian Indian would refers to citizens of India of Malaysians descent, wouldn't it? They didn't plan to stay here. They wanted to go back HOME hence the vernacular schools].
There is 27% of MALAYSIAN CHINESE. Going by the Sarawak election, my guess is a big number of them are CHRISTIANS. Therefore, I strongly suggest we make do WITHOUT Chinese New Year celebration too because the number of people celebrating Chinese New year is not that big. Christmas holiday should be abolished as well since the number must also be small.
Haih!!!
Now I am really really wondering how this small number of Malaysian Indians managed to get Interlok rewritten?
Where are the Melayu who rolled on the road to have ETeMS [English for teaching of Maths and Science] revoked?
Apartheid in Africa is supposed to be dead. I think it is well and alive here. The minorities are thriving and taking over this tanah air. They have their own schools, their own universities. In Sarawak, they don't even bother to speak the national language.
p/s
I stand corrected on the percentages above. My googling skill is NIL.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Attack of the Centipede [2]
As I was finishing
my weekly washing
my weekly washing
A centipede slowly creeping
looked like it was sniffing
being terrified
of the creepy crawly
of the creepy crawly
for the Baygon can I jumped
automatically
automatically
and drowned the centipede
with the insecticide
forgive me
forgive me
Friday, April 1, 2011
Umrah 2011 - Part 4
Mutawwif bawa kumpulan kami masuk Masjidil Haram melalui BabusSalam. Seksa sikit aku sebab ada sedikit turun naik tangga. Mereka yang dah pernah datang sebelum ini mengingatkan jangan bawak kamera atau telefon.
Orang dah ramai sedang tawaf. Mutawwif bawa kami sedekat mungkin Hajar Aswad untuk mula tawaf.
'Bissmillahi Allahu Akbar Walillahil hamd.' Lambai Hajar Aswad dan kucup tangan.
Mula melangkah. Aku pegang bahu Ayong kemas kemas. Orang Turki dan India agak kasar mencelah dan menolak.
Aku dan Ayong terpisah dari kumpulan. Kami sekadar berdaya mengikut arus pergerakan puluhan ribu jemaah yang sedang tawaf. Ada ketika kami hanyut hingga menyentuh dinding kaabah di antara Rukun Syami dan Rukun Yamani. Ramai orang India/Afghanistan/tak pasti bangsa apa tapi bukan orang Asia lah yang melekapkan diri mereka ke dinding Kaabah dan berdoa [?] dengan penuh emosi.
Alhamdulillah. Walaupun tidak berpeluang langsung mendekati Hajar Aswad tapi aku dan Ayong dapat menyelesaikan tujuh pusingan tawaf tanpa insiden. Oleh kerana terpisah terus dari kumpulan, kami menggunakan buku kecil yang dibekalkan GEMILANG untuk merujuk zikir tertentu bagi setiap pusingan. Oleh kerana zikirnya memang telah sedia kami ingat, itu memudahkan kami fokus semasa tawaf tanpa perlu risau lupa bilangan.
Semasa tawaf, ramai yang siap ambil self-video. Lampu flash camera tak berhenti dari segenap ceruk masjidilharam. Besoknya kami bawak kamera.
Sebaik lesai sembahyang sunat di Multazam, kami terus beredar untuk meneruskan Sai'e. Amat bersyukur kerana kami terus sahaja berada di pintu bukit Safa sebaik keluar dari kawasan tawaf. Kalau tidak pasti kelam kabut juga mencari di mana nak mula Sai'e. Dan sekali lagi kami amat bersyukur kerana dapat tumpang sekumpulan jemaah dari Malaysia untuk mulakan Sai'e.
Bagaimanapun aku dah terlalu letih. Terpaksa berjalan terlalu perlahan. Ayong pujuk guna kerusi roda. Aku menolak. Nak juga sempurnakan Sai'e dengan berjalan. Kedua tumit pecah teruk dan mula bengkak. Kaki juga bengkak teruk. Memang rasa tak larat dah nak berjalan. Rasa nak terkencing tapi tandas jauh sangat. Jadi walaupun rasa terlalu haus, terpaksa tahan kerana takut nak minum. Entah berapa kali berhenti, basuh muka dan basuh kaki dengan air zam zam yang amat dingin. Rasa segar sikit.
Berjaya menghabiskan Sai'e hampir jam 3.00 pagi. Tak larat nak balik hotel. Lagipun tak pasti arah mana. Ke tandas yang terlalu jauh di luar. Jam hampir 4.00 pagi baru cuba luruskan belakang di dalam masjid, azan suboh berkumandang. Berwudu' dengan air zam zam dan bersedia solat. Tunggu punya tunggu, jam 5.15 azan sekali lagi. Rupanya di Masjidil Haram azan suboh dua kali.
Lepas suboh nampak ahli kumpulan. Ikut mereka balik hotel. Sarapan nasi lemak sambal ikan bilis. Aduhai! Nikmat tak terhingga.
Naik ke bilik. Mandi dan tidor.
Cik Nor rakan sebilik bawa kan makan tengahari ke bilik. Jutaan terima kasih, Cik Nor. Allah saja dapat membalas budi baik puan.
MasyaAllah! Sepanjang aku tido tengahari tu, rupanya hujan lebat menyimbah Tanah Haram.
Asar, kami berempat rakan sebilik kongsi teksi ke masjid. 10 Riyal. Cik Nor ajak kami sembahyang di lapangan tawaf tempat paling hampir dengan Kaabah. MasyaAllah. Semakin hampir waktu solat, semakin padat tempat tu.. Orang orang Arab dan Turki yang bertubuh sasa mencelah dan menghimpit. Seorang Arab di atas kerusi roda elektrik, menjerit suruh semua orang ketepi bagi membolehkan dia lalu untuk ke depan. Sapa yang lambat menepi dilanggarnya macam kain buruk aje. Herannya kemana dia nak pergi sedangkan kawasan tu kiranya dah macam tin sadin. Punyalah luasnya kawasan Masjidil Haram bertingkat tingkat, kenapa perlu berebut begitu seolah mengetepikan usaha orang yang dari awal datang sanggup menunggu di bawah terik mentari untuk sujud hampir dengan Kaabah. Astaghfirullah. Berdosakah aku kerana punya fikiran begitu?
Walaupun mungkin imanku jadi kurang tebal, selepas kejadian itu aku lebih rela mencari tempat yang tidak menjadi rebutan jemaah di tingkat dua masjid menghadap pancur emas. Begitupun untuk sampai ke kawasan itu, kadangkala terpaksa juga melintas di depan jemaah yang sedang solat di tengah laluan. Heran sungguh kerana ramai yang berebut nak kan juga solat depan Multazam sedangkan ruang lain banyak yang kosong. Mungkin lepas ni kerajaan Saudi perlu bina lebih tingkat depan Multazam.
Well, I managed to develop a simple routine. Jam 4.00 pagi bangun dan bersiap ke masjid. Selesai solat, berjalan balik ke hotel untuk sarapan dan rehat. Lepas makan tengahari, aku dan Ayong terus ke masjid sehingga selesai Isyak. Balik ke hotel makan malam. Selang sehari keluar ke Tana'im untuk berihram dan terus kerjakan umrah lagi. Ada satu kepuasan walaupun berada dalam kesakitan sepanjang masa.
Orang dah ramai sedang tawaf. Mutawwif bawa kami sedekat mungkin Hajar Aswad untuk mula tawaf.
'Bissmillahi Allahu Akbar Walillahil hamd.' Lambai Hajar Aswad dan kucup tangan.
Mula melangkah. Aku pegang bahu Ayong kemas kemas. Orang Turki dan India agak kasar mencelah dan menolak.
Aku dan Ayong terpisah dari kumpulan. Kami sekadar berdaya mengikut arus pergerakan puluhan ribu jemaah yang sedang tawaf. Ada ketika kami hanyut hingga menyentuh dinding kaabah di antara Rukun Syami dan Rukun Yamani. Ramai orang India/Afghanistan/tak pasti bangsa apa tapi bukan orang Asia lah yang melekapkan diri mereka ke dinding Kaabah dan berdoa [?] dengan penuh emosi.
Alhamdulillah. Walaupun tidak berpeluang langsung mendekati Hajar Aswad tapi aku dan Ayong dapat menyelesaikan tujuh pusingan tawaf tanpa insiden. Oleh kerana terpisah terus dari kumpulan, kami menggunakan buku kecil yang dibekalkan GEMILANG untuk merujuk zikir tertentu bagi setiap pusingan. Oleh kerana zikirnya memang telah sedia kami ingat, itu memudahkan kami fokus semasa tawaf tanpa perlu risau lupa bilangan.
Semasa tawaf, ramai yang siap ambil self-video. Lampu flash camera tak berhenti dari segenap ceruk masjidilharam. Besoknya kami bawak kamera.
Sebaik lesai sembahyang sunat di Multazam, kami terus beredar untuk meneruskan Sai'e. Amat bersyukur kerana kami terus sahaja berada di pintu bukit Safa sebaik keluar dari kawasan tawaf. Kalau tidak pasti kelam kabut juga mencari di mana nak mula Sai'e. Dan sekali lagi kami amat bersyukur kerana dapat tumpang sekumpulan jemaah dari Malaysia untuk mulakan Sai'e.
Bagaimanapun aku dah terlalu letih. Terpaksa berjalan terlalu perlahan. Ayong pujuk guna kerusi roda. Aku menolak. Nak juga sempurnakan Sai'e dengan berjalan. Kedua tumit pecah teruk dan mula bengkak. Kaki juga bengkak teruk. Memang rasa tak larat dah nak berjalan. Rasa nak terkencing tapi tandas jauh sangat. Jadi walaupun rasa terlalu haus, terpaksa tahan kerana takut nak minum. Entah berapa kali berhenti, basuh muka dan basuh kaki dengan air zam zam yang amat dingin. Rasa segar sikit.
Berjaya menghabiskan Sai'e hampir jam 3.00 pagi. Tak larat nak balik hotel. Lagipun tak pasti arah mana. Ke tandas yang terlalu jauh di luar. Jam hampir 4.00 pagi baru cuba luruskan belakang di dalam masjid, azan suboh berkumandang. Berwudu' dengan air zam zam dan bersedia solat. Tunggu punya tunggu, jam 5.15 azan sekali lagi. Rupanya di Masjidil Haram azan suboh dua kali.
Lepas suboh nampak ahli kumpulan. Ikut mereka balik hotel. Sarapan nasi lemak sambal ikan bilis. Aduhai! Nikmat tak terhingga.
Naik ke bilik. Mandi dan tidor.
Cik Nor rakan sebilik bawa kan makan tengahari ke bilik. Jutaan terima kasih, Cik Nor. Allah saja dapat membalas budi baik puan.
MasyaAllah! Sepanjang aku tido tengahari tu, rupanya hujan lebat menyimbah Tanah Haram.
Asar, kami berempat rakan sebilik kongsi teksi ke masjid. 10 Riyal. Cik Nor ajak kami sembahyang di lapangan tawaf tempat paling hampir dengan Kaabah. MasyaAllah. Semakin hampir waktu solat, semakin padat tempat tu.. Orang orang Arab dan Turki yang bertubuh sasa mencelah dan menghimpit. Seorang Arab di atas kerusi roda elektrik, menjerit suruh semua orang ketepi bagi membolehkan dia lalu untuk ke depan. Sapa yang lambat menepi dilanggarnya macam kain buruk aje. Herannya kemana dia nak pergi sedangkan kawasan tu kiranya dah macam tin sadin. Punyalah luasnya kawasan Masjidil Haram bertingkat tingkat, kenapa perlu berebut begitu seolah mengetepikan usaha orang yang dari awal datang sanggup menunggu di bawah terik mentari untuk sujud hampir dengan Kaabah. Astaghfirullah. Berdosakah aku kerana punya fikiran begitu?
Walaupun mungkin imanku jadi kurang tebal, selepas kejadian itu aku lebih rela mencari tempat yang tidak menjadi rebutan jemaah di tingkat dua masjid menghadap pancur emas. Begitupun untuk sampai ke kawasan itu, kadangkala terpaksa juga melintas di depan jemaah yang sedang solat di tengah laluan. Heran sungguh kerana ramai yang berebut nak kan juga solat depan Multazam sedangkan ruang lain banyak yang kosong. Mungkin lepas ni kerajaan Saudi perlu bina lebih tingkat depan Multazam.
Well, I managed to develop a simple routine. Jam 4.00 pagi bangun dan bersiap ke masjid. Selesai solat, berjalan balik ke hotel untuk sarapan dan rehat. Lepas makan tengahari, aku dan Ayong terus ke masjid sehingga selesai Isyak. Balik ke hotel makan malam. Selang sehari keluar ke Tana'im untuk berihram dan terus kerjakan umrah lagi. Ada satu kepuasan walaupun berada dalam kesakitan sepanjang masa.
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