Fight for Survivorship

When it matters, we have to fight for what's right, what's ours and what's fair. We have to do it irregardless of the consequences. Because you see, sometimes no one will do it for us. No one will think of our well being. There's an instinct in each and everyone of us to fight for their survival... which may include their small nucleus family or the whole clan of their relatives. But, if you're an outsider or perceived as an outsider, the first thing they'll do is to cut you out. Isn't that what we learn from all those reality shows?

Sometimes we keep our silence to assess the situation. Sometimes we keep our silence to not stir the water. But sometimes the water has got to be stirred or we wouldn't know what would surface from underneath. It could be a treasure, it could be danger.

Hey that rhymes! :) Why am I being so philosophical tonight? Maybe because hubby is not around and the night seem so quiet and empty. Sigh!

Of Being Single vs Married And A Tiring Weekend

Hubby has to work last weekend. He complaints about being tired having to work on weekend and this week he's so busy there's no way for him to take replacement leave. I told him I'm tired too... there are a lot of things to do at home over the weekend. I bought a dish rack because the one we have is too small. I broke a bowl and a jug already. So I rearrange all the plates and containers and pots and pans from all our kitchen cabinet and on the new rack..
 
Since I went for Raya shopping on Saturday and dish rack hunting on Sunday, there's not much weekend left. I managed to wash all our laundry except for the old curtain which always has to wait in one of the laundry basket and then I'll have more laundry to do so I have to prioritize and let the curtain keep on waiting. At least our laundry basket of work and day clothes is totally empty. If I have  more time, I wanted to arrange our books and files but I don't have any energy left. So some books and files are still in the boxes. I also want to mop the floor and rearrange my wardrobe but I'm not a superwoman. All that has to wait for my next cleaning session. Sigh!

If I'm single, I'd be contented for successfully doing all the laundry and having the plates and pots and pants more organized in the kitchen. One weekend I'll do this and another weekend clean up something else so I won't be overwhelmed with house work. Despite staying alone, everything got dusty quite fast. Unlike if you're staying in a kampung, there are no trees to stop the dust from flying into the house. There are a lot of laundry to do too.

I just wonder now that I'm married, would hubby notice the dust under his table instead of a more organized kitchen; would he wonder how come there are so many unfolded dry clothes and not notice the empty laundry basket; would he notice the books and files still in the boxes and not the new decorations on the dining table; would he notice the unswept floor and not the new flower decorations on the wall and aorund the house; would he notice the watermarked bathroom wall and floor and not the shining wash basin?

Hubby has never complaint so far but who knows what may go on in his mind.

Dear hubby, we are both tired. Just in different ways :) I do know how it feels when we have to work on weekend. Even if we can take replacement leave, it still didn't feel the same. There's a different atmosphere around us to let us know we're not supposed to work on weekend. I'd still choose being tired cleaning house over tired working on weekends :) We'll wait for Raya holiday to rest yer.

Who's da MAN? He's da MAN!

Zaid
Resigned because of principle... a rare gem in UMNO - he's da MAN
For criticizing Muhyiddin - in this case, NOT da MAN. But maybe... he's only suggesting Muhyiddin resign to show people do resign because of principles which are not in line with government's action.

Muhyiddin
For voicing out what's obvious - he's da MAN

Hishamuddin
Too late in voicing out his unhappiness over ISA - NOT da MAN.
Or maybe the reporter interviewed him too late is it? Hmmmm...

Ahmad Ismail
For his remark and refusal to apologize - definitely NOT da MAN

Syed Hamid
For all his contradicting statements - NOT da MAN.
Opppsss... will I be ISAed for this?

Koh Tsu Koon
For being so sweet about people tearing his picture - I can't decide whether he should be categorized as da MAN or NOT da MAN

Pak Lah
For hanging on a very very thin thread despite whatever's going on around him - NOT da MAN

Najib
I better not say. Don't want to get blown up.

Feel free to continue the list in the comment.

Thumbs Up for Mufti Perlis

Arrest first. Complaints later. That's what happen  to Teresa Kok. After she's arrested under ISA, more people came forward to make a police report against her. What is this???

 

The Mufti's comments below covered everything. So what are you waiting for? Release those held under ISA immediately!

 

Mufti Perlis: ISA tidak diperlukan untuk bela ajaran Islam
15-09-2008 01:01:12 PM (Oleh ZIEMAN)

PETALING JAYA: Mufti Perlis, Dr Asri Zainul Abidin hari ini menegur tindakan kerajaan menggunakan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dalam isu agama dan mengheret pengendali laman web Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Kamarudin dan Ahli Parlimen DAP Seputeh, Teresa Kok yang masih ditahan di bawah peruntukan akta itu.

 

Ketika ditemui di Damansara Kim sebentar tadi, Dr Asri berkata, Islam dibina dari hujah dan dasar yang jelas, dan Islam juga tidak memerlukan ISA untuk membela ajarannya.

 

"Jadi tidak ada alasan untuk menahan orang dengan tidak memberi peluang membela diri. Ini adalah satu tindakan yang salah. Sekiranya orang itu mempunyai kesalahan dari segi hukum agama, buktikan dari segi dalil-dalil agama.

 

"Cara kita tangkap orang guna ISA atas kesalahan agama tidak akan menghilangkan salahfaham terhadap Islam. Seharusnya diperjelaskan dulu apa kesalahan itu. Kalau misalnya orang itu menghina Islam atau menyeleweng, buktikan dulu berdasarkan Quran dan hadis.

 

"Perlu diperdengarkan pertuduhan itu kepada orang yang dituduh itu. Mungkin juga, ia hanya satu salah faham. Yang penting perdengarkan dulu hujahnya," kata Mufti yang terkenal dengan kelantangannya mengeluarkan idea yang berani dan telus itu.

 

Kata Dr Asri lagi, "Islam bukan agama yang bacul. Perbuatan ISA kerana kesalahan agama seolah-olah menggambarkan orang Islam tidak mampu berhujah, terus tangkap orang. Mereka akan kata mereka benar kerana kita takut berhujah dengan dia."

 

Beliau juga turut mengingatkan betapa bahayanya tindakan ISA.

 

"Sekiranya ada aliran-aliran tertentu dalam kerajaan yang tidak setuju dengan pendapat satu aliran yang lain, adakah ruang ISA juga akan digunakan? Pernah berlaku dalam kerajaan Abbasiyah yang berpegang pada aliran Muktazilah ketika itu. Dia menghukum orang daripada aliran lain termasuk Imam-imam besar seperti Imam Ahmad juga turut dihukum.

 

"Kalau di zaman ini, mereka yang kendalikan agama itu dari aliran lain maka mereka yang dari aliran lain itu akan dihukum tanpa memberi peluang membela diri. Ini juga tidak sejajar dengan konsep keadilan dalam Islam," kata Dr Asri lagi.

 

Dari segi politik Islam atau siasah, kata beliau, kerajaan berhak menahan orang dan  beri tempoh siasatan (14 hingga 30 hari) bergantung pada keperluan. Tapi kita tidak boleh hukum 2 tahun tanpa diadili. Ini zalim.

 

"Tuhan yang Maha Adil pun buat mahkamah di akhirat untuk setiap orang dibicarakan. Keadilan ditegakkan di dunia dan di akhirat. Tuhan yang Maha Adilpun memberi peluang untuk kita jawab kesalahan sedangkan Tuhan berhak buat apa saja. Jadi macam mana kita boleh tangkap orang tanpa memberi peluang mereka membela diri?," jelas beliau.

 

Kata Dr Asri, isu agama turut membabitkan sensitiviti agama lain. Tapi dari segi mempersoalkan identiti Islam seperti laungan azan, itu tidak boleh.

 

"Namun jika ada sungutan tentang bacaan-bacaan yang panjang sehingga menganggu orang awam, ulamak Islam juga tidak benarkan. Bacaan yang kuat tanpa keperluan atau kuliah agama dengan menggunakan pembesar suara sehingga menganggu ketenteraman awam, itu tidak perlu. Itu sudah diputuskan oleh ulamak-ulamak dari dulu lagi.

 

"Agama itu terhad. Azan itu azan. Begitu juga kuliah agama untuk diperdengarkan di pembesar suara, berpada untuk sidang yang mendengar sahaja," jelasnya.

 

Dr Asri juga menyentuh tentang peranan Jakim.

 

"Jakim berperanan menjelaskan isu-isu agama dan juga yang menyeleweng dari agama. Bukan sekadar menyokong seseorang dihadapkan tanpa bicara. Badan itu juga hendaklah bebas dari percaturan politik. Perjelaskan ketentuan peruntukan orang yang menghina Islam seperti isu Raja Petra. Itu bersifat politik, biarlah diuruskan oleh orang politik.

 

"Kalau hendak diikutkan yang menghina Islam, ramai lagi yang patut dibuat aduan. Jelaskan dulu apa yang perlu dilakukan?," soal Dr Asri.

 

Beliau juga meminta kerajaan memikirkan soal ISA ini sedalam-dalamnya.

 

"Seandainya satu hari nanti kerajaan bertukar rupa dan kalau berlaku pertukaran kuasa. Terlalu ramai nanti yang tidak boleh bersuara dan ISA mungkin diguna seluas-luasnya. Besok, bila kena pada kita, apa kita nak buat?," kata Dr Asri yang akan menghadiri Tazkirah Tarawih di Stadium Kota Bharu pada hari ini.

 

Beliau yang juga akan memberi ceramah di Kompleks Islam Lundang esok, sempena pelancaran Tabung Serambi Mekah yang akan dirasmikan oleh Menteri Besar Kelantan, juga mempersoalkan bagaimana pemimpin yang gagal kendalikan parti yang kecil mampu kendalikan negara yang besar.

 

"Takkan nak tunggu ada rusuhan atau kekacauan. Ketika itu sudah tidak boleh dipulihkan lagi. Sekali kekacauan tercetus, susah untuk dipulihkan.

 

Menurut pengamatan beliau, keadaan ini berlaku kerana pemimpin politik menganggap kedudukan politik itu seperti harta rompakan.

 

"Mereka bermati-matian untuk mendapatkannya sekalipun terpaksa menggunakan belanja yang besar kerana pulangan atau keuntungannya juga besar," kata beliau.

 

Jelas beliau, saluran politik digunakan untuk membina kekayaan diri. Inilah hasilnya bila kerakusan ini berlarutan. Tidak ada setiakawan dalam politik, musuh memusuhi, berpuak-puak kerana fikirkan survival politik masing-masing bukan survival rakyat yang dipertanggungjawabkan.

 

Yang paling ketara sekarang, pemimpin politik bukan sahaja gagal membawa rakyat keluar dari kemelut yang sedang dihadapi malah menjadikan keadaan lebih rumit.

 

"Bukan sahaja mereka gagal menyelesaikan masalah tapi mereka pula yang menimbulkan lebih banyak masalah lain," kata Dr Asri.
 

http://mstar.com.my/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_64137214-c0a85062-158d9550-7b1c6ecd

Isyy... isyy... isyy...

My respond after watching the first few minutes of prime time news...

Because she's in danger????

Can't the police take her under protective custody? No need ISA right!

Because he's a party member and the party has punished him????

Isyy... isyy... isyy... He didn't just speak within the party right? He speaks for the whole world to hear. Isyy... isyy... isyy...

Because of This...

I saw it at Princess Maju Junction on Friday. It comes in cream and pink. I want the cream... but they don't have a smaller size. I have been looking for a pair of simple and comfortable shoe for quite some time. Despite the many choices available at many shopping complexes, nothing really tug at my heart the way this one did. I simply MUST have it. My almost flat comfortable shoe that I have now is a gift from a colleague during gift-exchange session at our office. It's a Carlo Rino and I've tried looking for something similar at Carlo Rino outlet, nothing appeals to me as the one I have. In fact I probably wouldn't buy it myself. But after wearing it, it kinda grow on me. If I need to do a lot of walking, no question about which shoe I would wear.

So because of the shoes I saw at Princess Maju Junction, I braved the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman crowd to look for it. It gives me the opportunity to look for Raya clothing too. If I have a choice, I would never come to Jalan TAR to shop. I hate crowded places. But then again, where can you do Raya shopping where you can find so many choice of things in one place. Well... almost like one place. I brought a big and empty paper bag to fill with all my purchases. It is easier to carry one bag then a lot of plastic bags. I feel like patting my back for being such a genius hehehe... The paper bag has been vary useful. Except for the flowers, all my purchases can go in there. Opps... enough rambling. Back to the shoes...



This Princess looked quite like one of Scholl design isn't it? Scholl only have it in pink. I do buy Scholl shoes for office wear but not sandals and slippers. I just couldn't bring myself to pay over RM100 for sandals and slippers. So this one is just perfect. It is very comfortable and looked quite nice. I can even match it with my new handbag :D The handbag is also one of my love at first sight purchase. I do not want to walk around too much at Sogo. It is so packed with people. But because I need a handbag... I decided to make just one round at the ground floor before going out to Jalan TAR. The moment I saw it, I knew this is the one. No need to browse some more. Just grab and pay before the queue gets too long. The handbag can even match one of the shoes I bought for my wedding reception. So practical isn't it :) Anyway, enough of self praise from a very satisfied shopper yey! \o/

What Nonsense Is This????

I very rarely blog about politics. I've steered away from kampung politics, office politics and Malaysian politics... I do vote though. All I want is to live in a peaceful country. I acknowledge politics is necessary to achieve that but I'll let people who are passionate about politics do their thing. I normally tried to be neutral. If BN did something stupid, I'll say they are stupid and vice versa with the Opposition. If I couldn't take repeated political craps shown on prime time news, I'd just not watch the news for a few days. That way I can watch Oprah and get motivated, enlightened and have a feel-good feeling after the show. Way much better than watching prime time news and political craps.

After the March 2008 election, things seem to get from bad to worse. The arrest of RPK, Teresa Kok and the journalist is downright nonsense. I thought Journalists have some code of conduct they have to follow and governments have to respect the right of journalist to report. Journalists are even safe in the war zone. How come they are not safe in Malaysia? I can see it coming for RPK since the government can't silence him despite blocking access to his blog and he is not a journalist like the newspaper journalist. But what about Teresa Kok? Why isn't that Ahmad held under ISA? Why is the rule different for UMNO members than the rest of the world?

With all this nonsense going on, I'm declaring myself the supporter of the Opposition, the supporter of 916, the supporter of enough nonsense, the supporter of enough corruption and the supporter of a more united Malaysian!

Must Be Because of the 'Baju'

I walked to hubby's parking place today to avoid the traffic. It was a pleasant walk in the nice weather except my laptop bag did feel heavier and heavier. I saw hubby in the car at a junction across the road when I reach the junction on my side of the road. I cross the road carefully and as I reached the other side, I noticed one guy who were looking and smiling at me as he walked along the road. When we got near to each other he said something that sounds like, "Ada .... kosong ker?" I immediately reach hubby's car and get inside. Who knows if he's sane, on drugs and what not. That guy quickly walked away. I told hubby about what the guy said but I couldn't really figure out what he wanted to say. Hubby has been observing him and thought I knew him because he's been smiling ever since he noticed me from far. I told hubby I won't rush to get into the car if I knew him. Then hubby said maybe what he meant was "Ada kosong ker?" as in "am I still available?". I was dumbfounded for a while before I pinched hubby. That phrase did make sense. How come hubby knew of such phrase? He has use it before is it? Anyway, after a short pinching session... he pinched me back because I have an admirer (not exactly my fault right), we just laugh it off.

When we reached home as we get out from the elevator...

Hubby: This baju kurung makes you look fat
Me: Is it? It's OK. I still have an admirer hahaha...
*kena pinch some more*

After break fast...

Me: Did this baju really make me look fat?
Hubby: No lah.

Then hubby continues...

Hubby: Just now when you're selecting food, one of the guy at the shop keep staring at you too. It must be the baju.
Me: Hahaha... really? I only concentrated on the food and quite oblivious to my surroundings. Then I must wear this baju more often hehehe...

*kena pinch again*

No wonder hubby said the baju makes me look fat. He always complimented me when I wear baju kurung simply because I rarely wore them and he wish I would wear them more often. So I was actually quite surprised when he said the baju makes me look fat. I almost believed him too because I thought it must be that bad since normally he would give some compliments.

Nampaknyer abang, kena pakai baju ni selalu ni hehehe...

No Networking Time

I have several invitation from friends to join Friendster, hi5, Plaxo, Buddy TV and what not. I have to apologize though because I just haven't got the time to do it. I'm on Facebook by a friend's strong insistence. It was quite fun sending things to friends for a while but I haven't written much on Walls or commented on anything. I just find it too time consuming. Some friends prefer to send messages via Facebook. It can take days or weeks before I reply. If you want fast reply, pls email me at my Gmail.

While computer can make things work faster, I'm of the opinion that depending on what you do, it can also be very time consuming and rob your valuable time without you realizing it. Just imagine the time wasted in a day if you add up all the seconds waiting for a page to load and the time you have to refresh your browser when your browsing for fun or doing serious work. It can be quite frustrating and I'm not using a laptop from some dinosaurs age.

So unless it is important or I really have nothing better to do, I try to stay off browsing. A lot more things got to be done with less time infront of the PC. Gives me more time to blog too :)

The Chronicle of 8th Ramadhan

Today, the 8th day of Ramadhan, is the toughest fasting day yet this year. I'm feeling soooo... sleepy I can fall asleep standing. Sleeping late and waking up early is normal during this fasting month but somehow today even if I put something to prevent my eyelids from shutting, it would fail.

I just came back from the wash room so that I can walk around for a while. Normally, all of us in the office just hate going to the washroom because it is so far. I washed my face too to freshen up and wrote this hoping it would keep my eyes open as it forced me to think of what to write, the coherence of my sentences and so on.

I have outstation weekend training ending yesterday so no weekend for me. Hubby also have to go outstation over the weekend. I drove, he took flight so I have to fetch him at the airport. We reached home past midnight last night. I wish I can just put my luggage away, fall face down on the bed and zzzzZZzzz till sahur time but I decided to put some things away, clean up, change clothes, catching up with hubby before going to sleep. By then, it's the wee hours of morning already.

I didn't sleep after sahur fearing I'd feel tired and sleepy the whole day. But it didn't help much. After a while in the car, I can feel my eyes getting heavier and heavier. Hubby tried few things to wake me up but it didn't really work hehehe... Only when I discover I left my laptop in his car did I woke up for a while. He make a u-turn to send the laptop over and I managed to do some work until 11:40 before I willed the clock on the wall to tick quickly to 12:00 noon so I can take a nap. Our lunch time is 12-1 or 1-2. Even after the nap, I still dozed off few times. I definitely have to do something about it and decided to go to the washroom.

Much good it did because even after feeling a bit more refreshed, I'm still not very productive. Thank you for reading quite a number of paragraphs explaining how sleepy I felt today. Blogging is not considered a productive work when you're working, so is reading them hehehe... I think I felt more awake now so hopefully I can start being productive again. Happy Fasting!

On Current Events

On Permatang Pauh
 
I know this is stale news but I do have an opinion about it. The landslide victory won by DSAI could mean either of the following:-
 
- People do not trust the government's allegation at all despite all the effort to undermine DSAI's credibility. The media propaganda just leave a bad taste in people's mouth. Also means people accepted DSAI's claim of government conspiracy.
- People do not care whose backside got hurt as long as there is a chance their plight might be attended too. There are a lot of issues faced by the people and all BN's effort to win the people's vote is focused on someone's a**. What's the government's plan on the food prices, petrol price, cost of living, development, economy, etc.?

On Merdeka

The celebration was not very noticeable this year. The only reminder Merdeka's coming was when I got stuck in the morning traffic due to the rehearsal. Not that many buildings put up the Jalur Gemilang. For that matter, not that many cars either. Well... what do you expect when there's no free flag and the prices of everything going up. While it is nice to see Jalur Gemilang all over the place, I'm not into showing your patriotism through flags while you still throw rubbish on the road, drive like a maniac and doing all sorts of unpatriotic behavior. Anyway, Happy 51st Merdeka to all Malaysians.

On Moon Sighting for Ramadhan

There's no more thrill in anticipating the first day of Ramadhan. Whatever's written on the calendar, that's your 1st Ramadhan. While it makes things easier for TV channels to plan their programs, it sure takes away the thrill of waiting for the Ramadhan announcement. I'm sure many can still remember the time the whole family waited in front of the TV waiting for the announcement. Some would want the Ramadhan to start the next day, some would wish another day to eat to their hearts content before fasting begins. When I was little, I remember sometimes we waited until 10 p.m. for the announcement. The recent years, there will be announcement by 9 p.m. the latest. This year, I caught the announcement by chance. Not even waiting for it. It brought back memories of waiting for Ramadhan announcement in the past. Have a blessed Ramadhan to all Muslims.