Raya yang Merdeka

"All my life,I've never hold any grudges with people..

So don't worry about asking for my forgiveness..

I love each and everyone of you..

To all my beloved family and friends,

~Salam Aidil Fitri di mana jua anda berada~

~Maaf Zahir dan Batin..;-) " 

"Seronoknya dapat duit rayaa",..I think she's too cute..:-) 

p/s: Not to forget,..Selamat Hari Merdeka!Keep the unity,and keep it strong..Even we,can learn something from Upin n Ipin..:-) ..God bless Malaysia~

Salam Ramadhan 2011

Assalamualaikum,

Lama tak menulis..There are so many things that I wanted to put in this blog,but couldn't find the right time for it yet..Semua baru separuh-separuh tulis..

Last year,I got one wish for Ramadhan..I wrote the prayers in this blog..Here - All I Want for Ramadhan (2010)

This time around,my Ramadhan is actually quite different from those previous ones..I've come to a point in my life that I need to know more about my own religion and other people's faith too..I feel the need to know why I embraced Islam,and why other religions are not the right one for me especially, and humanity as a whole..

Not saying that I'm a good Muslim,but I want to be..That's the point..Like most of us too I supposed.. Walaupun ambil masa.. Kebetulan,lately ni,saya banyak berbicara mengenai 'hidayah' dengan orang-orang tertentu..I also believed on what Wardina said,that "sometimes Muslims are in need to 'revert' more than the new reverts"..

Untuk itu,dalam keberkatan Ramadhan ini,di samping apa yang kita selalu buat,saya cuba belajar sesuatu yang baru..I started to learn more about Christianity..Mudah-mudahan,ia dapat menguatkan akidah saya sendiri,dan membawa kebaikan untuk orang lain dalam masa yang sama..I got some good reminder from a friend-"Make sure ilmu kena ada,jangan main hentam jer.."..Yeah,insyallah everything will be fine..Insyallah, didikan dari kecil dan asas agama saya cukup kuat untuk menghadapinya..

May Allah s.w.t bless me in my quest~

(Surah Al-Imran : Ayat ke-8)

Salam Ramadhan 2011~

p/s: Hmm..dah setahun rupanya blog ni..~ Thanks for reading!

Pawana Malaysia

(..Sebelum & sesudah Merdeka..~)

Bermula sebuah cerita

Di zaman dulu kala

Mudahnya sederhana kehidupan

Mereka riang sentiasa dan gembira

Tanpa duka

Waktu berpesta pawana pun melanda

(Setelah negara menjadi maju dan berjaya~..)

Meresap fikiran dan jiwa

Berubahlah semua

Jadi sombong serta alpa

Semua inginkan kuasa

Rebut dengan sengketa

Yang lemah jadi hamba

(Terkini..~)

Berpecah antara mereka

Musnah di hembus pawana

Begitulah kisah hidup

Dari zaman ke zaman

Pawana menghembus akan hati insan

Cinta musnah dihembus pawana

Keinginan menghancur manusia

(O.A-Search)

'Doraemon'-stration

All my years growing up,I've seen a lot of useless demonstrations..

My first real experience was in Zócalo Square,during my visit to Mexico City in 1994..A very famous place for demonstration..First time,pelik tengok orang ramai-ramai..Macam-macam jenis demo ada kat situ..Zócalo Square memang disediakan (mungkin secara kebetulan),untuk menjadi tempat rakyat,sebagai tempat bersuara..Tapi,kalau kita tengok,Mexico pun takde laa bagus mana pun..Bebas bersuara dan berdemo pun,tak semestinya boleh menghasilkan negara maju,atau sistem demokrasi yang berjaya..

Then the 'infamous' Reformasi movement right after my school days by Anwar..Ada satu kali tu abis semua member gua balik hostel ITM penuh badan dengan color kuning kene sembur ngan FRU..huhu..

Menjerit-jerit berdegar-degar,bakar bendera,ucapan berapi,baring atas jalan,hate slogans,step on posters,etc..But what can we get from it?NOTHING!!!.. One of the biggest protest we've seen around the world was the simultaneous worldwide march against US war in Iraq last few years..Millions of people went to the street in anger,shouting and screaming in front of US Embassies all over the world..But guess what happened?..NOTHING!!!..

For more than 60 years,the Muslims have been protesting against Israel,have they ever listened??In that 60 years,I believe we could have done better things than that,uniting all the Muslim nations in becoming superpower states that can influence the economy and the political landscape of the world..

Demonstrations,cannot stop any cruelty,misbehavior,and any wrongdoings of the authority..As I said in my previous posting,bringing our cause to the streets will be considered right, only in few circumstances,and we who live in Malaysia, is not qualified for it yet..Jauh daripada keperluan..

Khairy ke,Ambiga ke,Roberto Baggio ke,Ibrahim Ali ke,Ibrahim Ahmad Al-Rumaynii ke,hatta Mahathir sekalipun,kalau setakat nak memenuhi nafsu sendiri yang suka berdemonstrasi, sila buat kat kampung korang sendiri..Buat kat taman perumahan sendiri lah bagus.. Nak traffic jam ke,nak bertumbuk ngan polis ke,gigit telinga ke,at least tak kacau orang ramai..huhu!

Yeap..Malaysia memerlukan beberapa perubahan budaya dan mentaliti..Budaya politik,budaya masyarakat,law abiding mentality dan sebagainya..Tetapi kita tidak memerlukan budaya demonstrasi jalanan..
Hak bersuara yes,tapi tidak semestinya demonstrasi..Hak berkumpul yes,tapi bukan demonstrasi jalanan begini..Hak sama-rata yes,but not through demonstrasi begini..

~Demonstrasi,bagi saya,hanya ibarat rintihan dan rengekan seorang anak kecil kepada ibubapanya (mencapai hajat).. Kadang-kadang ibubapanya dengar,kadang-kadang tidak akan dipedulikan langsung.. Adalah lebih baik 'anak kecil' ini,melakukan sesuatu yang lebih baik daripada merengek..~

Adalah lebih baik jika 'anak kecil' ini,mencari jalan lain daripada merengek..Usaha dapat nombor satu dalam periksa misalnya,supaya hajat tadi,dibelikan dengan sendiri oleh ibubapanya,tanpa mengeluarkan airmata..Atau, kumpul duit belanja sekolah,ambik upah siram pokok bunga ibu,cuci kereta bapa,hingga boleh 'anak kecil' ini,membeli mainannya sendiri (ibarat)..~

Tu dia Karam Singh satuuu kali..hahaha~
Sekian pengomelan sebelum last paper gua..~
Selamat hari Ahad..huhu..

p/s: Penjejak Awan,Penjejak Badai dan Pendekar Tanpa Nama berjuang,tanpa perlu menunjuk perasaan..~

Bersih CTR 360 Elite

Original posting from OutSyed The Box below, posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 by Syed Akbar Ali,
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Places where the Muslims are happy!

I received this from a friend in Australia:

The Muslims are not happy.

They're not happy in Gaza .

They're not happy in Egypt .

They're not happy in Libya .

They're not happy in Morocco .

They're not happy in Iran .

They're not happy in Iraq .

They're not happy in Yemen .

They're not happy in Afghanistan .

They're not happy in Pakistan .

They're not happy in Syria .

They're not happy in Lebanon .


Here is a picture of Muslims protesting recently in Egypt.

So where are the Muslims happy?

They're happy in England .

They're happy in France .

They're happy in Italy .

They're happy in Germany .

They're happy in Sweden .

They're happy in the USA .

They're happy in Norway

They’re happy in Australia

They are happy in Holland

They are happy in Denmark

Quite happy Muslims in Australia (above) and in the UK (below).

They're happy in every country that is NOT Muslim. They're NOT happy in every country that is Muslim. And who do they blame? Not their "religion". Not their leadership. Not themselves...

THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY ARE HAPPY ...England, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, USA, Norway, Australia, Holland, Denmark.

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Cuba fikir secara mendalam tentang apa yang di atas~ Harap-harap kita sedar sikit lerr..

Let me add another country - MALAYSIA

I am a happy citizen..
Yes,I got something I wanna fight for too..
I wanna fix a few things about us too..
I believe most of us do..

However,when it comes to BERSIH,hmmmm...I don't know about you,but ;

-Tell me what are the things that you can't do or you can't have in Malaysia?

-Tell me one democratic Muslim country that is better than Malaysia,then I'll probably rest my case..:-)

-Tell me,then maybe I can understand why we need a street demonstration this time!

I believe,even these people who are going to protest in the next couple of weeks are living happily and comfortably in,or outside the country..Nice jobs,good education,comfortable home,nice cars,freedom,healthy foods etc..

Kalau setakat nak pilihanraya yang bersih dan adil,YES,I want the same thing too..But street demo is not the answer..Matlamat,tidak menghalalkan cara~

Like what I said in my previous post here,-Raja Mubarak in March, and Do-Re(volt)-Mi in April, the reason is not that concrete until we have to gather thousands of innocent people to the streets this time..To be frank,I don't want us to be another Thailand,Indonesia etc..We've been progressing well without any street demos before,so why do we need one now??

Malaysian,should be smarter than that!

Come on,stop all these nonsense..
Let us continue to be a happy,peaceful and progressive Muslim nation!Jazakallah~
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p/s: Bila gua tengok life orang-orang yang menentang ni semua,takde pun yang hidup melarat ke apa..Kalau tak,nak gak gua fight along..For the people like they said kan?..But no one actually realized that this Bersih is actually a political power fight..It's not for the people..BN cara dia,PR cara dia..Yang jadi mangsa,rakyat jugak akhirnya..Sigh~

Malaysian Idol

Something that I wanna share with family and friends..

Manusia perlu dipandang bukan kerana kejayaannya,keturunan,paras rupa atau hartanya, tetapi perlu dihormati kerana akhlaknya,ilmunya,kegigihannya,kerendahan hatinya dan ketaqwaannya..

Oxford juga sebenarnya bukan ukuran..But this Dr.Afifi,is quite inspirational for what he has achieved and been through..



Quoting what he said,

"..Tanpa pengorbanan kita tidak akan dapat berada di mana kita mahu berada.."

Being far away from home,family and friends,was a decision,made long ago in my journey of life..Missing some happy and sad moments with them,are the kind of sacrifices that I have to face in order to create my own destiny and fulfilling everyone's dream..

.....And the journey,has to go on,no matter what happen..~

p/s: Another radio interview here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIZpZzV4Kg&feature=related ..Wish me luck for exams..:-)

Mind Your Language (The Other View)

Sebelum saya menulis lebih lanjut nanti,I would love to share with everyone this one article,written by one woman blogger in conjunction of our Merdeka Day last year.I can see her purity as a Malaysian.She's still a chinese by blood,Malaysian by heart..No skeptical-ism,no hatred and no confusion.It's all because of one thing - SINCERITY. Tiada kepentingan lain,selain negara tercinta..

 

Malaysia need this kind of citizens..Not those confused citizens like I told you previously..

 

Cuba fahami artikel Ying Hooi ini,dan insyallah saya akan cuba menulis huraian saya sendiri tentang BAHASA seperti yang dijanjikan,bila ada masa nanti..:-)..Just as a reminder,gua bukan pejuang bahasa..It's all about unity mate!Adios~

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Bahasa Malaysia, the language for all

By yinghooi, on August 11, 2010 at 1:56 pm, under Malaysian Politics.

 

Language is the soul of a nation. Despite the racial and cultural diversity, a national language is believed to help create a bond and national unity.

Stepping into the 53^rd year of independence, yet continuing debates manifest that Malaysian national identity remains clouded. In Malaysia, we have Bahasa Malaysia as our national language. As the national language, it is the language of the peoples of Malaysia and functions as a national symbol.  It applies to the entire nation and its nationalities.

At the same time, the citizens also have the opportunity to learn other languages such as English, Mandarin and Tamil in the schools. Comparing with our neighboring countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, Malaysians are much luckier as we get the chance to learn additional languages in the schools.

Almost every ethnic group in Malaysia speaks more than one language, leading to a fascinating amount of linguistic diversity. And this is precisely one of the reasons of why many foreigners are amazed with us.

The fate of national language

Here is the general perception for many to our national language –- there is no need to have a good command of Bahasa Malaysia as long as we pass the exam with credits because in the working environment, we will only need English. It is also apprehended that the Bahasa has limited economic and commercial value which indirectly brings to a significant lack in sense of belonging and the pride to the national language.

Bahasa is not being look upon in a respectable level as we can see from the media for example through the Malay dramas particularly. It is very rare to have the chance to watch a ‘pure’ and ‘original’ drama using the proper Bahasa Malaysia nowadays because it is all mixed up with English. It sounds something like this – “I nak jumpa you tonight. You free tak?” I believe this dialogue must sounds very familiar to you.

The connotation is that when the actor or actress uses English in their dialogue, he or she is seen coming from a middle-class or higher, otherwise working in the corporate world. It is indeed very sad that many Malaysians look down at their own national language and treat it as a level lower than the commercially-used English.

One of the main reasons is merely to attract more viewers and to gain a higher rating. If a drama is mix with the English, it is seen as a higher quality production. It is perceived that such usage indicates modernization. However if the dialogue is being conduct in full Bahasa, it is seen as ‘kampungan’.

This troubling situation also could be noticed in local films, radio shows and entertainment shows. So imagine the target group that actually being instilled with this type of mindset?

On the other hand, there are also limited websites that use Bahasa Malaysia as the main medium of presentation. If this being let to continue, in another 10 years’ time, it is not surprising that Malaysians will be more fluent in English and not Bahasa.

Our responsibility

We should not feel ashamed of our national language. Take a peep at the Philippines, majority of the Filipina have no problem to converse in their own national language — Tagalog but at the same time they are also one of the nations in the world that has a big population that command the English. They juggle both languages pretty well.

Just look around, many parents send their kids to English classes but there is hardly anyone who actually sends their kids to Bahasa Malaysia classes. Bahasa has never been a cause for our children’s poor command of the English. This language ‘crisis’ has haunted us for a long time and it is the nick of time that Bahasa be conferred with the distinguished linguistic honor all Malaysians can bestow on it.

In order to enhance awareness of the importance of Bahasa Malaysia as a toll of unity, the Malaysian government has declared that October each year will be National Language Month. State governments and government agencies have been directed to implement programmes for National Language Month throughout October.

It is a sharing responsibility of all Malaysians to uphold the value of the national language, and not merely the government. The citizens have to realize that Bahasa Malaysia has a major role in fostering socialization and creating national unity.

It is not that English language is not necessary for the country; it is just that we must at the same time master and respect our own national language. It is although crucial to master the English, but it is far more important of not forgetting our own national language.

Malay language will not disappear, but it risks losing its originality. Without a common language in a country, there will be no unity.

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p/s : I managed to contact Khoo Ying Hooi and got her permission to reproduce the article..:-)..Thanks babe~..You can get the link to her writings here at http://yinghooi.wordpress.com/..Gua nak rest jap..Malam semalam ada game mid-week..Ponat den..huhu..

Mind Your Language II

Sebelum nak citer dengan lebih lanjut,biar saya share apa yang buat saya tetiba nak menulis pasal bahasa ni.. Mende ni dah lama dipendam..Cuma last week,macam gua citer aritu,bila Dato' Wong ni told me something yang gua tak setuju,gua rasa gua ada tanggungjawab untuk memperbetulkan..Walaupun dalam blog sendiri..huhu~

When I asked the Executive Editor of The Star about what he thinks about our national language,this is what he told me; "Azrul,when I was in school,I was taught BM-'Bahasa Malaysia',but these days they teaching something called 'Bahasa Melayu - so divisive!"..Tu dia jawapan dia..

Mana saya tak hangin baca..huhu~

Kalau orang macam dia,yang dianggap very well educated,dan memegang jawatan penting dalam media utama negara pun boleh berfikiran sebegini,apatah lagi rakyat biasa..Apa maksud beliau dengan 'divisive'?..Takkan gua yang tak abih-abih lagi belajar ni pun nak ajar??huhu..

I had to give him an example,because I think he is confused..Let's take China for example,we all know that in reality,there is no such thing as 'Chinese Language'..(Russell Peters pun ada cakap pasal mende ni in his jokes..huhu..)..Yang ada,hanyalah bahasa Mandarin,Cantonese,Hokkien etc,dan macam-macam lagi..Jadi,dalam konteks yang sama,sebenarnya tiada istilah Bahasa Malaysia kalau diikutkan..Yang ada,hanya Bahasa Melayu..Dalam ertikata lain,Bahasa Melayu adalah dengan automatiknya merupakan Bahasa Malaysia..Takkan itu pun nak cakap 'divisive'?Is it because of the word 'Melayu'?..What about 'English',they don't have 'Bahasa Australia' here in Aussie..Hmm,should I say it's 'divisive'?

Tapi secara realitinya,pemikiran beliau adalah merupakan cerminan kepada pemikiran rakyat yang lain..Ramai yang tidak memahaminya..Dan perkara ini harus diperbetulkan..Sesuatu bahasa yang mempunyai taraf sebagai bahasa nasional,seperti Bahasa Melayu ini,tidak boleh dipandang dari konteks perkauman..Pemikiran seperti Dato' Wong ni,perlu diperbetulkan kerana ia agak bahaya jika dibiarkan..

Kita memilih Bahasa Melayu bukan semata-mata kerana mahu mempertahankan keistimewaan orang Melayu..Kita memilih Bahasa Melayu kerana ia boleh membawa kepada perpaduan rakyat..Bukan sedap-sedap kita jer..Jadi,adalah tanggungjawab kita untuk memastikan yang bahasa ini diangkat sebagai bahasa perpaduan..

Yaa..itulah asal-usul kejadian yang buat saya nak menulis pasal mende ni..Sebab saya tak berapa setuju aritu..huhu~ Tengokkkk,kan dah panjang post ni!hehe..Nak masuk bab Constitution kang lagi panjanggg.. Hmmmm,next post lahh..

I'll tell you how the language,the Constitution,education system and the interaction are co-related with each other,and how important it is,in order for us to achieve true UNITY..Penting untuk kita memahaminya,kerana dalam situasi sekarang,Bahasa Melayu lebih dilihat sebagai 'de facto' language,bukan bahasa rasmi seperti yang sepatutnya,sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam perlembagaan..

Sekian..Gua nak pegi class dulu..Ciao~

Mind Your Language

I always want to write about this..BAHASA..

Tapi hari ni baru rasa nak menulis,sebab Dato' Seri Wong Sai Wan,an executive editor for The Star (a Malaysian daily newspaper) has told me about something that I don't really agreed with this morning..

As usual,Malaysian news is always full of racial rhetorics and ethno-centrics propaganda.. Something that we have to fix..and language is one of our sub-problems..I am a firm believer (bukan peminat Justin Bieber) that language is the best tool to achieve unity..

Pada zaman Maharaja Shih Huang Ti di negeri China beribu-ribu tahun yang lalu,rakyat dan wilayah-wilayah yang ada di bawah penguasaannya,hidup berpecah-belah dan tidak bersatu..Demi untuk menyatukan rakyatnya di bawah satu jajahan yang besar,Shih Huang Ti menggunakan bahasa Mandarin sebagai satu standard bahasa untuk negara China..

"In an effort to reinforced the idea of a unified China,Ch'in Shih Huang-Ti instituted a program to standardize the Chinese language,as well as measurements for width and length,and a series of roads and canals were built to converge on the capital city of Xianyang.." (Ch'in Shih-Huang-Ti,Science and Its Times,2005-2006)

Di Indonesia,pada zaman Presiden Sukarno,beliau menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia untuk menyatukan 17,000 kepulauan dan ribuan etnik-etnik berlainan bangsa dan bahasa..Dari Kupang,Irian Jaya, hingga ke tanah Jawa dan Sumatera,semuanya tahu berbahasa Indonesia..Dan seluruh rakyat lebih mudah bersatu dengan penggunaan bahasa yang sama..

Kalau negara-negara yang besar ini boleh disatukan rakyatnya dengan penggunaan bahasa yang sama,kenapa tidak kita,sebuah negara yang lebih kecil dari segi nisbah bangsa dan bahasa rakyatnya?

Kenapa sampai sekarang kita masih lagi bermasalah?

To be able to understand this,we cannot run from the fact that the major source of this problem,came from our school system..I'll try to give some explanations,as much as I can.. National integration,is always one of my interests,something that I always like to encourage among Malaysians..

I have nothing against any other language in Malaysia..In fact,I love them too..I love our diversity..How I always wish that I can speak Mandarin fluently..But now,we are talking about UNITY..

Kalau Shih-Huang-Ti,dia pakai cara dictatorial sikit..He was infamous for eliminating what was known as Hundreds School of Thoughts to suit his ambition of a unified China.. Presiden Sukarno menggunakan kaedah Asimilasi..Kita?What shall we do?Not until that level perhaps..

Shih Huang Ti - 'The Dragon'

All my next coming posts will touch about this issue..In terms of what we have in our Federal Constitution, my own experience in Malaysia,what I've faced in Australia while mingling around with other Malaysians,and some stories happened during my time in UMNO Club not so long ago..

Till then,have a great weekend everyone!

p/s: Sori..I hope that my 'rojak' language in writings would not divert the intent of the post..Just trying to make it light and easy for our mind digestion as usual..huhu..Peace~

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They said there is no past tense in loving someone..
It's either you always will,or you never did..

I don't know other people..
But I know me~

I know I did..

May God take care of you wherever you are..

Happy Birthday~