Recent Malaysian news reported that around 4.39 million eligible Malaysians are yet to register as voters with Election Commission (EC)!! 65% of them are Malays and East Malaysians!! I really dont understand why people just ignored totally their most fundamental rights.In every 4-5 years, you...yeah you have the right to determine who is going to 'rule' yourself, your family, your friends, etc etc for the next 4-5 years.
BUT I must say that EC should be more 'active'...I know they set up booth all over Malaysia, make press statements one after another urging people to register, working closely with party politics to get eligible persons to register...
The best thing is I think for now is to educate people through the mass media (tv, print media, e-advertisement, etc)...not just during the election season BUT every day, every week, every month, every year starting from today...tell the people why you should register and tell them the consequence if they fail to do that. They should be more creative in enticing people to come to them...they should even think of letting people to register through their laptops...hey if you can let people pay their fines through the website or handle their bankings through maybank2u/cimb clicks/etc, why not? Do you notice that the people themselves found ways that makes life easier like smart tunnel, plus highway, proton cars (!!), lrt, klinik bergerak, etc...so I am very sure that you (EC) can find a simpler way that can let the people, without much fuss, to register to vote...MALAYSIA BOLEH, remember?
Talking about promoting or advertisement, it reminds me about McD...their products are being eaten by people all over the world every second yet they spent billions of dollars year after year to advertise themselves and their products over and over again...do you know why...that is their way to 'educate' people...they want to put in your head that if you are thinking of food, McD products should be the first one you should think of!!...you must be saying that you cannot compare Malaysia with a giant like McD...well you are entitled to your opinion BUT at least consider.
Talking about voting...my issue now is WHY Malaysian Government did not ever set up election booths in every Malaysian embassies that we have all over the world when there was an election? Why deny my right and the others to vote? What are you afraid of? Cost? Are you afraid that the Malaysians that have migrated to Australia, NZ, Canada, US, UK, Europe will vote the opposition? Or you are afraid to be accused of rigging the vote (like the accusations you are facing in the case of postal vote)?
I can assure you (EC or BN or even the opposition)...there are more than 300,000 Malaysians (including the Malaysian government servant working in embassies) that are living outisde Malaysia who would love to be given the opportunity to exercise their most fundamental right...and if your strategy is right, you will gain the most out of it...trust me. But make sure your strategy is fair and legal.
Hey, there were many candidates who lost by 10 votes, 100 votes or just less than 1000 votes...so just think about it.
I think I have said enough. In other words, nak seribu daya, tak nak seribu dalih.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Anak2 sudah besar...
dan bapaknya sudah banyak uban!! dan rambut2nya sudah gugur hingga kalau disandarkan kepalanya ke dinding, terasa amat sejuk dibahagian atas tengah kepala!! Oh tidak!
Kata satu Ustaz, bila sudah ada uban, maknanya maut sudah hampir!! Dan kami berserah kepada-Nya.Dan seorang lagi ustaz kata...kalau kita umur 40, sebenarnya ikut kalendar islam, kita sebenarnya umur 42/43. Ini adalah kerana tahun Islam lebih pendek dari tahun sekular ni...
Berbalik kepada tajuk sebenar...cepat sungguh masa berlalu. tadi anak ke-2 kami...Haris sambut harilahir ke-7! macam semalam rasanya baru kami tukar lampin nya...macam kelmarin rasanya kami menyuapkan dia makan nasi telur kegemaran dia...jadi bapak2 dan mak2...mari kita mengingatkan diri kita semua...nikmatilah dengan sebenar-benarnya masa bersama dengan anak2 kita...kerna mereka cepat membesar dan bila mereka sudah besar, susah kita hendak peluk cium mereka, susah kita hendak geletek mereka lagi, susah kita dukung dia. Ringkasnya dan mungkin kita susah nak menunjukkan mereka itu jantung hati kita lagi!
ye la...bebudak sekarang (bukan semua)...tak suka kita temankan depa pergi beli-belah atau hantar mereka ke sekolah...malu katanya...sebab nampak depa anak manja!! Alah, kalau depa sakit, sapa yang depa sebut, mak, ayah dan Allah! gerenti...
Untuk menyambut harijadi anak kami yang ke-7, isteri ku seperti biasa telah berlelah buat kek sendiri dan inilah hasilnya -
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Kata satu Ustaz, bila sudah ada uban, maknanya maut sudah hampir!! Dan kami berserah kepada-Nya.Dan seorang lagi ustaz kata...kalau kita umur 40, sebenarnya ikut kalendar islam, kita sebenarnya umur 42/43. Ini adalah kerana tahun Islam lebih pendek dari tahun sekular ni...
Berbalik kepada tajuk sebenar...cepat sungguh masa berlalu. tadi anak ke-2 kami...Haris sambut harilahir ke-7! macam semalam rasanya baru kami tukar lampin nya...macam kelmarin rasanya kami menyuapkan dia makan nasi telur kegemaran dia...jadi bapak2 dan mak2...mari kita mengingatkan diri kita semua...nikmatilah dengan sebenar-benarnya masa bersama dengan anak2 kita...kerna mereka cepat membesar dan bila mereka sudah besar, susah kita hendak peluk cium mereka, susah kita hendak geletek mereka lagi, susah kita dukung dia. Ringkasnya dan mungkin kita susah nak menunjukkan mereka itu jantung hati kita lagi!
ye la...bebudak sekarang (bukan semua)...tak suka kita temankan depa pergi beli-belah atau hantar mereka ke sekolah...malu katanya...sebab nampak depa anak manja!! Alah, kalau depa sakit, sapa yang depa sebut, mak, ayah dan Allah! gerenti...
Untuk menyambut harijadi anak kami yang ke-7, isteri ku seperti biasa telah berlelah buat kek sendiri dan inilah hasilnya -
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
My recent birthday
The cake that my wife baked for my birthday (jimmaaattttt!!!) -
Sooodappppp!!!!! (Delicious)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
A must read article by my good friend
This article is written by Radin Ariff, a PhD student in Stirling. He is doing a thesis on Takaful/Islamic Insurance. A Central Bank of Malaysia officer. He was my former university classmate. He is also an avid and excellent photograph.
Sometimes, I dont get it. Why people wants to over react on this kind of matter. Cant they just be patience on this matter? Everybody is looking for a solution on this matter.
Anyhow, read his article. I really agree with his statement. I hope it can bring some sense back to these people.
Of Building Bridges and Burning Churches - Lessons from Prophets and the Companions
With the recent news on burning of churches in Malaysia, I just had to say something on this.
I was a keen student of Islamic Constitutional Law as an undergraduate at the IIUM. One thing I found out was about the rights of a non-Muslim in a Muslim country. Al-Ahkam Al-Sultaniyyah (Islamic Constitutional Law) is of utmost importance - because the Constitution is one legal document which guarantees the rights of citizens of an Islamic state. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) upon his hijrah to Medina, set up an Islamic state and introduced the Constitution of Medina, the world's first written constitution. Among others, the Constitution guarantees religious freedom to the Jews of Medina and the protection of Jewish tribes. If the Messenger of God could do it, why can't we in modern times. Some things to ponder on: "Not only does Islam give the freedom of religious freedom to non-Muslims, its tolerant law extends to the preservation of their places of worship. God says in the Quran: “(They are) those who have been evicted from their homes without right — only because they say, ‘Our Lord is God.’ And was it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned (praised). And God will surely support those who support Him (meaning His cause). Indeed, God is Powerful and Exalted in Might.” (Quran 22:40).
The Muslim caliphs used to order their military leaders who went on military campaigns to take steps to guarantee this matter. The first example is the command of Abu Bakr to Usamah bin Zayd: ‘I command you to do ten things: kill no woman, no child, nor an elderly person; do not cut down fruit trees, or vandalize homes, or wound a sheep or camel except if you must eat it; do not drown a palm tree, or burn it, do not be treacherous; do not be cowardly; and you will pass by people who have devoted themselves to monastery life; leave them alone to their devotions.’ The second example is the treaty of Umar ibn al-Khattab with the people of Iliya of Jerusalem: ‘This is the security given by the slave of God, Umar, the Commander of the Faithful, to the people of Iliya: they are guaranteed the security if their persons, possessions, churches, crucifixes, and everyone within, whether sick or in good health, as well as everyone in their community. Their churches will not be occupied or demolished, nor will anything be taken from them: neither furnishings nor crucifixes or money. They will not be forced away from their religion, or harmed because of it. They will not be occupied by the Jewish settlers in Iliya.’ As a result, since the era of the rightly-guided caliphs, Jews and Christians have held their services in freedom and security." source - http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/380/ May Allah purify our hearts and minds and take us to the right path. Wassalam.
InsyaAllah.
Sometimes, I dont get it. Why people wants to over react on this kind of matter. Cant they just be patience on this matter? Everybody is looking for a solution on this matter.
Anyhow, read his article. I really agree with his statement. I hope it can bring some sense back to these people.
Of Building Bridges and Burning Churches - Lessons from Prophets and the Companions
With the recent news on burning of churches in Malaysia, I just had to say something on this.
I was a keen student of Islamic Constitutional Law as an undergraduate at the IIUM. One thing I found out was about the rights of a non-Muslim in a Muslim country. Al-Ahkam Al-Sultaniyyah (Islamic Constitutional Law) is of utmost importance - because the Constitution is one legal document which guarantees the rights of citizens of an Islamic state. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) upon his hijrah to Medina, set up an Islamic state and introduced the Constitution of Medina, the world's first written constitution. Among others, the Constitution guarantees religious freedom to the Jews of Medina and the protection of Jewish tribes. If the Messenger of God could do it, why can't we in modern times. Some things to ponder on: "Not only does Islam give the freedom of religious freedom to non-Muslims, its tolerant law extends to the preservation of their places of worship. God says in the Quran: “(They are) those who have been evicted from their homes without right — only because they say, ‘Our Lord is God.’ And was it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned (praised). And God will surely support those who support Him (meaning His cause). Indeed, God is Powerful and Exalted in Might.” (Quran 22:40).
The Muslim caliphs used to order their military leaders who went on military campaigns to take steps to guarantee this matter. The first example is the command of Abu Bakr to Usamah bin Zayd: ‘I command you to do ten things: kill no woman, no child, nor an elderly person; do not cut down fruit trees, or vandalize homes, or wound a sheep or camel except if you must eat it; do not drown a palm tree, or burn it, do not be treacherous; do not be cowardly; and you will pass by people who have devoted themselves to monastery life; leave them alone to their devotions.’ The second example is the treaty of Umar ibn al-Khattab with the people of Iliya of Jerusalem: ‘This is the security given by the slave of God, Umar, the Commander of the Faithful, to the people of Iliya: they are guaranteed the security if their persons, possessions, churches, crucifixes, and everyone within, whether sick or in good health, as well as everyone in their community. Their churches will not be occupied or demolished, nor will anything be taken from them: neither furnishings nor crucifixes or money. They will not be forced away from their religion, or harmed because of it. They will not be occupied by the Jewish settlers in Iliya.’ As a result, since the era of the rightly-guided caliphs, Jews and Christians have held their services in freedom and security." source - http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/380/ May Allah purify our hearts and minds and take us to the right path. Wassalam.
InsyaAllah.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
16 December 2009 until 7 January 2010 - I got so busy I forgot about my blog
Since I got back from holiday, I got so busy that I had no time to really update my blog. I even had to spend my the first half of my birth day last year in the office!! My trial will resume again end of January 2010 and it is scheduled to end at the end of March 2010. So just imagine how hectic it is.
Even just now, I just finished helping my boss to do some admin and HR work for him and it is 3.30am!!
Time and time again, I wanted to update my blog and say sorry to my friends - Ludo in Brugge and Fanny (in Switzerland) for not being able to meet them during the holiday. So, Ludo and Fanny, I am so sorry for not being able to meet you guys. I will make it up soon as most probably I will be in Europe again between April and July this year.
Last week, we had a visitor from Malaysia. We just love having guests at our house so we invited them to our house for a Malaysian meal...they came. They were so happy as they said they have been eating banana, bbq meat, ugali (made of maize - a staple food for the locals) and other local food since Christmas.
I miss Malaysia so much...but then, I really like the village/kampung life in Arusha@Kilimanjaro. There are not many cars = less traffic jams and no toll to pay!! I can have live chickens at my house...I can still find easily ayam kampung (village chicken)...there are so many basikal tua (the old black bicycles that already extinct in Malaysia)...I dare to say Arusha@Kilimanjaro is like Malaysia at least 25-35 years back...so kampung, life is slow here...I am like in this comfort zone that has its own charms. No, I do not want to change my citizenship or even make Arusha@Kilimanjaro my other home...it is just that it is so peaceful here...no malls or Giant to go during the weekend...no broken things (like shoes, bags, chairs, etc) to be thrown away because everything here can be repaired for a small fee, call me cheapskate but it does not make sense just to throw away things if it can be fixed...one day I even had my broken cuffling to be attached again!! Just imagine if you still can do that in Malaysia...heheheh, I am confident all these towkays will get bankrupt in no time.
I have so many pictures to attached to my "Holidays" stories in this blog but I must use my wife's laptop...she is using an ibook so storing and downloading pictures are much much easier.
Did I tell you guys we had spent Aidilfitri/Eid Fitr here in Arusha@Kilimanjaro for the past five years!!! Celebrating it here is not like in Malaysia...Malaysians celebrate it the whole month as many claimed they fast for the whole month and it has became a tradition. For the whole month, some of my friends had to attend open house almost everyday and sometimes 2-3 houses per day.
But last year was the best so far for us...u know the Arushans celebrate it on the first day only and worst, no circus show in TV (remember the good old days in Malaysia right after the prayer, the kids even the whole family would be sitting infront of the TVs watching the circus show...it was like the climax of the Eid, hehehehe...
Anyway, last year, a circus organizer chose Arusha to be their next stop just before Eid Fitr/Aidilfitri...so we watched circus but this time it is a live show!! No more circus in TV. Then Arusha hosted this Commonwealth Parliaments Meeting for one week after Eid Fitr (around 70 Malaysians came, the biggest number of Malaysian so far to come to Arusha)...so we celebrated Eid Fitr with many Malaysians (around 15)...
Got to go. Will continue later.
Even just now, I just finished helping my boss to do some admin and HR work for him and it is 3.30am!!
Time and time again, I wanted to update my blog and say sorry to my friends - Ludo in Brugge and Fanny (in Switzerland) for not being able to meet them during the holiday. So, Ludo and Fanny, I am so sorry for not being able to meet you guys. I will make it up soon as most probably I will be in Europe again between April and July this year.
Last week, we had a visitor from Malaysia. We just love having guests at our house so we invited them to our house for a Malaysian meal...they came. They were so happy as they said they have been eating banana, bbq meat, ugali (made of maize - a staple food for the locals) and other local food since Christmas.
I miss Malaysia so much...but then, I really like the village/kampung life in Arusha@Kilimanjaro. There are not many cars = less traffic jams and no toll to pay!! I can have live chickens at my house...I can still find easily ayam kampung (village chicken)...there are so many basikal tua (the old black bicycles that already extinct in Malaysia)...I dare to say Arusha@Kilimanjaro is like Malaysia at least 25-35 years back...so kampung, life is slow here...I am like in this comfort zone that has its own charms. No, I do not want to change my citizenship or even make Arusha@Kilimanjaro my other home...it is just that it is so peaceful here...no malls or Giant to go during the weekend...no broken things (like shoes, bags, chairs, etc) to be thrown away because everything here can be repaired for a small fee, call me cheapskate but it does not make sense just to throw away things if it can be fixed...one day I even had my broken cuffling to be attached again!! Just imagine if you still can do that in Malaysia...heheheh, I am confident all these towkays will get bankrupt in no time.
I have so many pictures to attached to my "Holidays" stories in this blog but I must use my wife's laptop...she is using an ibook so storing and downloading pictures are much much easier.
Did I tell you guys we had spent Aidilfitri/Eid Fitr here in Arusha@Kilimanjaro for the past five years!!! Celebrating it here is not like in Malaysia...Malaysians celebrate it the whole month as many claimed they fast for the whole month and it has became a tradition. For the whole month, some of my friends had to attend open house almost everyday and sometimes 2-3 houses per day.
But last year was the best so far for us...u know the Arushans celebrate it on the first day only and worst, no circus show in TV (remember the good old days in Malaysia right after the prayer, the kids even the whole family would be sitting infront of the TVs watching the circus show...it was like the climax of the Eid, hehehehe...
Anyway, last year, a circus organizer chose Arusha to be their next stop just before Eid Fitr/Aidilfitri...so we watched circus but this time it is a live show!! No more circus in TV. Then Arusha hosted this Commonwealth Parliaments Meeting for one week after Eid Fitr (around 70 Malaysians came, the biggest number of Malaysian so far to come to Arusha)...so we celebrated Eid Fitr with many Malaysians (around 15)...
Got to go. Will continue later.
Disneyland Paris
Dreams do come true!!
At last, my wife and I set foot on one of the three Disneylands in the world. Disneyland Paris.
We stayed for 3 nites in this hotel apartment about 5-10 minutes from DP.
Our kids (especially Irfan) met Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Daisy, Monster, Gennie, Goofy and other characters!! Did you know that Disneyland just bought Marvel for few billions bucks!! So this year we can see all Disneylands in the world displaying all the superheroes like Superman, Spiderman, Ironman, Fantastic Four, etc...
BUT we had to endure the cold weather. The good thing about coming to DP during winter is that there were not so many people so we did not spend so much time queing up.
You know what, the Europeans just could not believe their eyes seeing us having 3 children!! It is like 3 children equivalent to 10 or 15 0r 20 children...they said having two children are the maximum...and when I saw many of them rather having dogs than children...I think I can understand...dogs always listen to the their guardian, they do not wear diapers because they can poo anywhere they want and nobody will get angry...they do not to be schooled from age 7 till 25...do you see where I am going?
Anyway, I will post some pictures soon...
At last, my wife and I set foot on one of the three Disneylands in the world. Disneyland Paris.
We stayed for 3 nites in this hotel apartment about 5-10 minutes from DP.
Our kids (especially Irfan) met Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Daisy, Monster, Gennie, Goofy and other characters!! Did you know that Disneyland just bought Marvel for few billions bucks!! So this year we can see all Disneylands in the world displaying all the superheroes like Superman, Spiderman, Ironman, Fantastic Four, etc...
BUT we had to endure the cold weather. The good thing about coming to DP during winter is that there were not so many people so we did not spend so much time queing up.
You know what, the Europeans just could not believe their eyes seeing us having 3 children!! It is like 3 children equivalent to 10 or 15 0r 20 children...they said having two children are the maximum...and when I saw many of them rather having dogs than children...I think I can understand...dogs always listen to the their guardian, they do not wear diapers because they can poo anywhere they want and nobody will get angry...they do not to be schooled from age 7 till 25...do you see where I am going?
Anyway, I will post some pictures soon...
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