My wish lists as a Kelantanese!!!

Congrats to the BN and their machinaries for the victory in Pengkalan Pasir although some people claimed the war was not on the fair battlefield.....
These are among wish lists, as a kelantanese, to the BN aka government of Malaysia:

1. As a lecturer, please show me the application form for the new university as promised.
2. The chairman of KADA (Kelantan Agriculture Development Authority ?) should be appointed not from the politician but the person who really has the will to develop the agriculture sector in the state.
3. Give an attention to the small scale farmers.
4. Support the religious school.
5. Give PAS a chance to govern the state until next general election.

Me and Superman

Superman

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me
I’m more than a bird...
I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home
I’ll never see
It may sound absurd...but don’t be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won’t you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me
Up, up and away...away from me
It’s all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy...or anything...I
can’t stand to flyI’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside meYeah, inside me
Inside of meI’m only a man
In a funny red sheet
I’m only a man
Looking for a dream
I’m only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it’s not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...
Its not easy to be me

Tension period....

It is an exam week for the students here and all the unmarked papers for the quizes and mid-term test still under the table....

and... make my day worsen... my blog.... where is my blog....?????

Buat baik berpada-pada, jahat jgn sekali...

A 'promise' by a woman to give co-operation to the robber in order to escape from being raped and injured saved her life and gave the robber a 'damn-worth' lesson in his lifetime. Read this http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=11910

Want to get Mawi 'live' 2 times in a month? Try this.....

It's wonderfullllll!!!...
Mawi's fans in Kelantan have been served with two free concerts within a month: first, their heartthrob was presented by State Goverment a.k.a PAS a week before Hari Raya and then a week after Raya, UMNO brought Mawi and his superfriends to Pasir Mas with the agenda to win the voters there.

Moral: If you want to get more Mawi ; 1. vote for PAS or, 2. pray for another by-election in you constituency.....

Aduh Saliha...................

Watch your own backyard!!!!

Having read the comments made by newly 'elected' Student leaders of public institutions of higher learning (IPTA), Mohd Efendi Omar from UM costed my heart shattered into pieces. What publicity this poor boy wanted to gain in his first month tenure in the office. Before you ask the authority from IIUM to review the dress code, you should ponder who you are and on what ground your -not insured- mouth spell those words. i fully agree with Aizuddin Danial's comments: 'How would the students of UM feel if the IIU Student Council President came out and took a holier-than-thou approach and "suggest" that all Muslim students of UM be dressed according to the Muslim dress code? The fact that he would do no such thing indicates a sensitivity that Mohd Efendi obviously lacks'
Yes, female students from UM which barely show their aurah have the rights to do so according to our constitution, but how about another 'constitution' from Allah? I leave it to the Mr 'very democratic' President to answer............

The 'boring' saga

The saga continues......
What Shahril said:
'If requiring cars to contain 90 percent ‘local content’ to qualify as ‘national’ cars has made Proton makes more expensive and uncompetitive compared to imported cars, perhaps it’s time to reduce the requirement to 40 percent' and....
“We have to make a rational decision. If our cars are expensive due to high local content, we need to reduce the price by reducing the local content," and...
"We should not be in a situation in which Malaysia does not gain from Afta," and...
They have already been operating for more than 20 years. If the quality of their products is still not up to standard and cannot be exported, they should close down,”

And Mahathir said:
We just close down Proton if this is what the people want," said the former premier. "And if some feel one way to overcome the many problems we hear today - including Approved Permits (APs) and so on - is that we don't have the automotive industry in Malaysia, we (can) just close down," he added.
When it was suggested that the AP controversy had been going on for months, he said: "Yes. Boringlah." "What I think doesn't matter, what the people think matters. If the people are satisfied that AP should be given to one or two people and they become millionaires overnight, fly around in helicopters and all that, if that is what we want, it's okay," he said sarcastically.

Jeng...je...jeng..............

Mawi in Kelantan

Some words from Mawi:

“Saya suka sistem pengasingan penonton yang dilaksanakan dalam konsert ini. Seelok-eloknya kita asingkan penonton lelaki dan wanita kerana ia dapat mengelak berlaku perkara tidak baik,”

And why this concert was very special to him and all his fans.....

Buat pertama kalinya juga, ibu Mawi, Ramlah Sarlan yang sebelum ini tidak pernah menyaksikan persembahan anak kebanggaan keluarga itu, hadir sama dalam konsert bersama suaminya, Ani Ahmad. (source: Metro Ahad 2 Sept 2005)

Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship and Politik dan Keselamatan

I dedicate today's blog to Prof Madya Saliha Hassan (UKM) and Zatul Himmah Adnan (UPM) for giving me two books namely, Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship, Edited by Steven Gan, James Gomez and Uwe Johannen, and Politik dan Keselamatan edited by Dr Sity Daud and Dr Zarina Othman.

Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship

The book is an insightful look into online political organising in Asia even as the technology and the rules change. Activists provide their perspectives on how new media relates to democracy, and showcase examples that could be emulated to further the cause of democracy. It is also an insight into the political, societal and legal challenges that cyberactivists have to face, and what this means for democratic development in the region. Asian Cyberactivism is the first book of its kind, featuring Asian case studies on political activism via new communication technologies like the Internet. (Reviewed by jamesgomeznews.com)

Politik dan Keselamatan

Buku yang disunting oleh Dr Sity dan Dr Zarina ini asalnya merupakan kertas kerja yang dibentangkan pada seminar antarabangsa khususnya MSC4 2004. Ia merupakan kunjungan semula tentang konsep politik dan keselamatan pasca 11 September 2001 dan juga pergolakan ekonomi pada tahun 1997. Apa yang menarik, buku ini memuatkan multi-disiplin dalam bidang Politik dan Keselamatan. Konsep Politik mengenengahkan isu pilihan raya, politik wang, politik Islam dan Politik pembangunan. Manakala dari segi tema keselamatan isu yang disentuh adalah berkaitan keselamatan insan dan dasar luar Malaysia seperti yang melibatkan hubungan Malaysia dengan Palestin (Zatul punya!).

Happy reading!!!

p/s: Zillions thanks to both of you!!!!

Art of dealing.....

“From licensing and tendering to consultation and approval of projects, or from the acceptance to the completion of a project, we have to give out money. There is always a giver and receiver – contractors and decision makers, contractors and consultants, and contractors and suppliers,” said Malay Contractors Association president Datuk Roslan Awang Chik.

This is the 'reality show' among the contractors (can i make a generalization here?) ...
You need a project (read: money to feed you family) these procedures are inevitable

Pulangkan.......

The Saga continues...
Dr M returned seven proton vehicles given to him. According to the star, ... Sources said the vehicles included the VW Touareg, a four-wheel drive, and the VW Phaeton, which the Proton adviser often used for travelling.... and ... The sources said Dr Mahathir had started using his personal cars to travel to work, adding that he was “deeply hurt” by developments in Proton...

Moral: Don't make the oldman hurt ( or, if you need something to be returned, displease him until get hurted)

Award for loyalty

The episode of the termination of Professor P Ramasamy’s contract at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) gave another 'question mark' to the academic world in IPTA. Regarding to the rules stated by the university, one will be considered to continue his/her service after completing inagural address (Syarahan Perdana) as a mark of their professorship. Contract will be given for two-year basis. However, in this case, many things should be considered:
1. 12 PhD students under his supervision.
2. 22 Masters students
3. Several undergarduate student classes
4. Inaugural address was given on May 10 2005 (if i'm not mistaken, it's abour labour and globalisation)
5. His 'kemaliman' at the Pusat Pengajian Sejarah, Politik dan Strategi (PESEPSI) as well as UKM

Finally, i like to take Mr Bunnell's words in his letter to Malaysiakini - 'And let us not forget, this is a teacher who has been, and remains, a mentor to innumerable students and young researchers – the critical thinkers and actors of the future'

P/S; I'm waiting for his former students such as Mustapha Kamil Ayub from Keadilan, Misbahul Munir from PAS and many others including high rangking officers in government civil services to come out backing their professor.

Conspiracy Theory

All the parties are waiting for the answer from rAPidah Aziz regarding the AP's issues. She has been asked by PM yesterday to make a clarification to the cabinet. There is a theory around the town that the elimination of Tg Mahaleel was the 'barter trade' with Rafidah between both parties, namely Tun Dr M (Proton) and Pak Lah (govt). With all the rumours spread, i think she should choose among her colleagues, who will read her 'surat wasiat' if she's voted out.

Structural Functionalism

Dah lama ya tak update blog ni.... recently, i feel like my life was structured by certain system and well, it 'functionally responded' (some kind like structural functionalism!!). I think it began when i started working here. My life has changed a lot. By 6.30 early morning i have to say a temporary good bye to my family and meet them around maghrib. Ok, that's fine!! I choose to accept this way of life. It's not a big deal. But, what make me feel bad is about i started to count the days when my bank account will be reloaded by the company and fyi, it was in the first week of the month. This is ridiculous. So now i'm in the process of getting rid this kind of feeling or could we call it habit? Hopefully it will return to normal soon (depends on how i manage to control my spending). Or should i apply for AP??? But i don't have a showroom, what!!! without showroom can also have hundreds of APs??? It's really helps Bumis!!! Afundi rAPidah!

To Remember Me

To Remember Me
By Robert N. Test

The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busy occupied with the living and the dying.
At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body
by the use of a machine.
And don't call this my deathbed.
Let it be called the Bed of Life,
and let my body be taken from it to help other lead fuller lives.Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise,
a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of this car,
so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.Give my kidney to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body
and find a way to make a crippled child walk.Explore every corner of my brain, take my cells, if necessary,
and let them grow so that, some day,
a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat
and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her windows.Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses,
and all prejudice against my fellow man.Give my sins to the devil.Give my soul to the God.If, by chance, you wish to remember me,
do it with kind deed or word to someone who needs you.If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

It's all about choices

Life doesn't just happen to you. It's all about choices and how you respond to every situation. If you are in the habit of continually making bad choices, disaster often occurs. Your everyday choices ultimately determine whether you end up living with abundance or living poverty. However life never completely closes the door to opportunity.

Imagination is better than knowledge

• Imagine.... we all are governed by the leaders who are really taking care the welfare of the citizens - some kind of utopian socialism....
• Imagine.... our soccer team have a place in the world cup....
• Imagine... unknown driver gives us a space to exit in the busy junction
• Imagine... Mawi has voted out of the next AFconcert - oh BIG NO from MAWI FC....

Are you sure Jimmy Chua?

Datuk Chua Jui Meng announced just few minutes ago that he will go for the numero uno in MCA. Reason: For the betterment of democracy. So, watch out Ong Ka Ting!!! Jimmy Chua also warned the press to be fair in reporting the fight between them. Obviously, it has reffered to the MCA-owned press. Go Jimmy, go....

Ignorance by Default

Reading the comment written by Chow Kum Hor about blogging development in our country make you wonder how come Jeff's Screenshot wasn't on the list. It can be seen how dendam lama Mr Kali can make all the keyboard in Jln Riong cannot type any word consists Jeff Ooi or Screenshot. What a shame !!!!

Six steps to solve the problem

Experts claim that it is possible to learn a definite system of problem-solving that will fit most situations. Instead of jumping from one thing to another, think through each problem and its possible solution before you do anything about it. There are six steps:

1. Define your problem clearly on paper
2. List the obstacles standing in the way of your solving it
3. List people or idea sources that might help solve your problem
4. List as many possible courses of action as you can think of, and take your time on this
5. Try to visualize the results of each course of action
6. Choose the course of action that seems best to you, and then pursue it. Stay with it long enough for it to work or to prove that it can't. If it finally doesn't, choose another

The heart of all problems, whether economic, political, or social, is human heart.

Have a problem?

"The happiest people are not the people without problems; they are people who know how to solve their problems" - Prof Robert Seashore

Seronoknya dapat jadi orang paling bahagia di dunia... at least once in a 'daytime' i try to feel this kind of feeling...
Apa yang paling penting adalah sentiasa besyukur tehadap apa yang dikurniakan... semoga beroleh keberkatan.

HB: Sentiasa berdoa agar tak miss solat Subuh....

Do we have to write you off Mr Anwar?

Recent serie of Hardtalk gave me some evidences how our Prime Minister wannabe, Anwar Ibrahim still in vague and confuse what is his vision and mission towards reforming our beloved country. He didn't give a clear message that he wants to make a comeback in political arena, in his capacity, the only way to make a reform in Malaysia (as his supporters hope). There are some issues arise here:

1. kenapa sentiasa menafikan bahawa anda turut terlibat dengan apa yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah selama berada hampir 17 tahun dalam UMNO? (we will give our forgiveness if you really commited to strive for the justice)

2. kenapa perlu untuk sentiasa menyalahkan Dr. Mahathir yang telah bersara untuk melepaskan diri daripada dosa masa silam? (Please, focus on your future agenda, Mahathir will be in our history text book)

3. give your passport to us.... your supporters who lost their jobs, sacked from campus life, shared a room in Dang Wangi resort and spent 2 years in kamunting need you here.

Don't crack under pressure!!!

What happen to our academic world? I wonder that's why Ministry of Education was separated into higher and lower rank..... Good Luck Prof. we will always behind you...

Don works on despite pressure

KUALA LUMPUR: Prof Datuk Dr Muhamad Zohadie Bardaie is said to be carrying out his duties as vice-chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) despite pressure to step down from office.
A UPM source told Bernama that Dr Muhamad Zohadie was at work yesterday.
Despite the media spotlight on his position over the past two days, the atmosphere at the UPM management level was normal, the source said.
Dr Muhamad Zohadie said he was not ready to make any statements on the issue.
“Why don't you ask UPM chairman (Tan Sri Dr Zainul Ariff Hussain) on the issue, it's difficult for me to say,” he said.
Dr Muhamad Zohadie said keeping mum on the issue was one way of defending himself.
He refused to say whether he had been formally directed to relinquish his position from the UPM board.
The issue surfaced when newspapers reported on Monday that the UPM board had pressured him to step down.
The board decided to call for his resignation last Wednesday following an emergency meeting without his presence although he is a senior board member.
It was reported that Dr Muhamad Zohadie was not invited because the meeting was called to discuss action against him as he was alleged to have soured ties between UPM and the Higher Education Ministry. – Bernama

Malaysia Boleh!!!

Source: The Star.
Let this be a lesson to others (that NS not worth attend), says mum

KUALA PERLIS: The mother of 18-year-old Ahmad Hafizal Ahmad Fauzi who was jailed 14 days in lieu of a RM600 fine for dodging national service wants her son’s predicament to be a lesson to others.
Noraini Said, 50, said although she was sad her son had to go to jail because he could not pay the fine, justice must be done and her son’s sentence should serve as a lesson to others who were selected to undergo NS training.
The divorcee with four children, including Ahmad Hafizal, who was met by reporters at her dilapidated house in Kampung Titi Serong here, hoped that the issue of poverty would not be used as an excuse by others to skip national service.

Noraini Said, the mother of NS dodger Ahmad Hafizal, standing in front of her house in Kampung Titi Serong, Perlis. Though sad her son had to go to jail, she said poverty should not be an excuse to skip NS.“I told him to attend the programme but he was stubborn and wanted to find odd jobs to supplement the family income,” she said.
Noraini earns about RM150 a month as a helper at a pre-school. The family also receives RM150 monthly aid from a non-governmental organisation.
Noraini said Ahmad Hafizal stopped schooling after Form Two at SMK Syed Alwi in Kayang because he wanted to help the family.
“He has sacrificed for the family and we are sad upon hearing the news. Actually, I never expected him to be jailed,” she said.
She said his siblings Ahmad Izwah, 16, and Ahmad Haikal, 15, were still schooling while the eldest Ahmad Hafiz, 21, was in Malacca looking for a job.


Things to ponder: What will happen if his name was Ahmad Hafizal Dato' Ahmad Fauzi

Empowering Malays

I'm still wondering how to wake up the Malays' student from dreaming that once they enter the university they are surely getting a comfortable job after graduation..

Things to ponder, A Bakri Musa (again) : 'Younger leaders - the products of today's segregated schools - are strangers to each other. These leaders aggravate racial polarization ..... and after a generation of preferential treatment, Malays feel no more competetive'

Maju Bahasa Maju bangsa or Maju Bangsa Maju Bahasa

Personally, I did really enjoy when reading the ideas and opinions written by A Bakri Musa, a surgeon based in Silicon Valley, California. Recently, in the Guest Column, The Sun Weekend (April 23-24, 2005) he discussed about the position of our national language and Malay community.

He said ...' developing the Malay language is not the same as developing the Malay community. Measures that help one may not be beneficial to, and indeed may hinder, the other'... and ' Malay language has grown immensly since the country's independence, yet there is no comparable progress of the Malay community. Malay language has proven itself capable of use at the highest level, yet Malays still need substantial quotas to enter our universities.'

Actually, his comments are the reflection for the resolution made by Second Malay Education Congress which was the needs for more government help in guarding and developing the Malay language. A. bakri added, 'while we can force the growth of the Malay language by passing laws, developing the Malay community is a much more monumental undertaking'...

What we need to think and ponder here is how the Japanese and Koreans can develop their nations and place their languages as a must-learn for the others who want to know their technologies.

Shahrir vs Nazri

Air your views even if they look stupid, Shahrir tells MPs

The Star, Monday, April 25, 2005

PETALING JAYA: Members of Parliament should be encouraged to air their views even if they look ridiculous or stupid to others, said Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club chief Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad. He said MPs came from all walks of life and it was illogical to expect them to share the same point of view or have the same level of intelligent quotient. “I think (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri) Mohamed Nazri Aziz was a bit too harsh when he said MPs should keep quiet rather than raise stupid issues. “MPs air their views not because they are pretending to be clever. They are merely expressing opinions and whether we like their comments or not, they could be expressing the views of the people,” he said. For example, Shahrir said the MP who suggested that addicts be sent to an island and given free drugs could be expressing the frustration of the rakyat for the failure of the Government to stem the drug menace. “The supposedly clever people have been strategising for years and spending millions of ringgit to curb the drug abuse but the problem has worsened. “We need all kinds of ideas. The MP’s idea is not very clever but at least he is honest,” he said. Nazri had said MPs should refrain from raising stupid and irrelevant issues and “it is better to keep quiet and let others assume you are stupid rather than talk nonsense and confirm that you are really stupid”. Shahrir said he noticed that there was more bantering among MPs at the current sitting. “MPs often interject to seek explanation or give their views among themselves instead of directing questions to the Government,” he said, adding that it was not his role to remind the MPs on how to conduct themselves during debates. Deputy Speaker Datuk Lim Si Cheng said MPs should not stray from the subject being debated. “Sometimes MPs like to give their views on subjects which are irrelevant to the issues being debated. We try to guide them back to the issue at hand but it is easier said than done,” he said.

Shahrir Forever!!! Dare to differ.....

Peter Pan

Someone posted this lyric: baca dgn sabar

Mungkin nanti
Peter Pan

Saatnyakuberkata mungkinyangterakhirkalinyaSudahlah lepaskansemuaKuyakininilah waktunyaMungkin saja kau bukanyangdululagiMungkin sajarasaitutelahpergiDanmungkin bilanantikitakanbertemulagiSatupintakujangankauCobatanyakankembaliRasayangku tinggalmatiSepertiharikelmarinsaat semuadisiniDan bila hatimutermenungBangundarimimpi-mimpimuMembukahatimuyangduluCeritasaatbersamakuMungkinsajakaubukanyangdulu lagiMungkinsajarasaitutelahpergiDanmungkinbila nantikitakanbertemulagiSatupintakujangan kauCoba tanyakankembaliRasayangkutinggalmatiSepertikelmarinsaatsemuadisiniTakusahkau tanyakanlagiSimpanuntukmusendirisemuasesalyangkaucarisemuarasayangkauberi

PAS 1, UMNO ?

Sesuatu yang menarik untuk pagi isnin yang ceria, PAS Kelantan telah mencalonkan Dr Siti Mariah sebagai Naib Presiden. Anyway, this news was screened last night on Buletin Utama, TV3 and they have interviewed some important figures from Wanita and puteri UMNO such as the veteran Aishah Ghani and Puteri's Chief, Noraini Ahmad. They gave their views and some important points here that PAS was no longer relevance to the Malaysians and the nomination of Dr Mariah was due to the 'ketandusan' for the support from the rakyat. Now it's up to you to think and ponder.....
For further news visit:
http://www.harakahdaily.net/article.php?sid=12937&mode=thread&order=0

How to be rich without going to school - Rule no 1: Play Football?

According to ESPN, Rio Ferdinand, is resuming talk to continue his current contract. That's normal for the footballer but what i need to highlight here is the amount MU needs to pay him.

'The England defender is in contract talks with the Red Devils, with his agent Pini Zahavi indicating the centre-half is looking for an extended deal worth around £120,000 a week' ESPN

So, what are you expecting me to say? 120,000 pound sterling perweek. Repeat - perweek.......around RM 700,000!!

Open tender to all contractors

Things to ponder:
According to the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, 18 April, this was the response given by KJ about the empty-haunted house in Putrajaya:
'Khairy Jamaluddin, a member of the ruling party and the prime ministers son-in-law, says the house displeased the prime ministers wife, Endon Mahmood. We convinced her to move in, but it still needs renovation, he said'.

So what do you think my friends.... most powerful lady in the country....
renovation??? with taxpayers money like you all la....

Buat permulaan, lihat apa yang ada.....

Perkembangan politik semasa telah mencabar pemikiran rakyat apabila takrif rasuah telah diputar belit. Apa beza rasuah dengan politik wang? Apa beza Zaid Ibrahim dengan pemimpin UMNO lain? tanya diri anda,fikir dan .......................