Much were said about the above and most of it were the negative kinds and we the general masses mostly just swallow it all. Most of the perception maybe, is attributable to the management of criminal offences. However The Police Dept is involved in most part of our life; from birth certificate to certificate of burial. The Police Report becomes a standard certificate to execute the process of justice, or enable certain process to take place.
I had an experience in dealing with the Police Traffic Division of Hulu Terengganu regarding an accident I had at the Tasik Kenyir Junction; the first in 27 years of drivng. I must say that I am totally impressed by the curteous, customer focus they showed regarding the matter.
The accident happened on 23.12.09 at 8.00pm when I was on the way back to Kota Bharu from Kuantan. A Myvi had suddenly made a U-turn right in front of me and trying my best to avoid, I hit the Myvi's rear bumper, causing damage to my right headlight, bumper, bonnet and side fender. Because it was late and I had another car trailing behind driven by my daughter, I decided to report the next day since I only had to report within 24hrs.
The next day I drove there with the damaged Waja. The lady officer at the Traffic Division was curteous and very helpful. She get the gist the complaint, asked me to draw the scenario. She then typed it out on the online report; precisely with all the details necessary and asked me to proofread and whether there is anything more to add before saving it. The inspector; Sarjan Alias came immediately after and without much ado straight away get on to investigation; asking me questions about the accidents and typing it out on the investigation sheet. After 10-15mins it was over and on exit from his office the Report was completed for me to take home. This is great. The whole process took just about 45 mins.
Last week, since I was on the way to Ipoh, I dropped by with a letter ready to hand deliver, aking for the result of the case, the other party report and the sketch of location plan; the std report asked by the Insurance Company. I was in for another nice surprise. I was greeted curteously by a coperal manning the Traffic Division before I even enter. I then showed him the letter. He asked me to hold one for a while as the case might already been wrapped up and I can just take it. After sometimes he informed that it was still with the IO and if I want he'll call the IO who was off duty so I dont have to take the trouble of coming back. I said, it's all right. I'm not in a hurry because the car is just being repaired. I will only need it before reclaiming my car. He said, he'll leave the letter with the IO and gave me the IO's number so I can contact directly with him. Thanking him, I proceeded with my journey.
Early next day, I received a call. It was the IO. He said the Report is ready and asked me how do I want it delivered? This is just great customer service. I thanked him profusely and said I'll have my driver come latter to collect it. If this is the standard Police Customer Service in Malaysia, I'd say show me anywhere in the world that practice a better standard of customer care. I had just recently experienced a lousy Customer Care from an International Chain Supermarket and it this service from a government agency leave me beaming with full satisfaction.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
USAGE OF THE WORD ALLAH FOR GOD IN BM EDITION OF THE HERALD
A lot have been said about this issue and a lot of tensions have been created as a result. The issue also have pique my conscience such that I had made conclusions based not on factual information but on interpolation, ie; since The Herald is English, I had assumed it was used in English publication and have commented on numerous blogs based on this erred presumption. I have since then Googled through The Net and could now make a fairly good judgement on The Issue at hand.
We should from here seek to sieve through the facts from emotive write up. Here is some facts that I have come across;
1. The term Allah have been used for God in Indonesian Christian literatures,
2. The term have also been used by the East Malaysian Christians in their literatures,
3. The Bible was called Al Kitab as the Malay term of Christian literature (Al Kitab in Islam is The Qur’an and this name is used in certain parts of the Qur’an to mean the al Qur’an) – no issue was raised on this point.
4. The translation Allah was used by Munshi Abdullah in his interpretation of the Bible into Malay in 1852,
5. The word ‘Allah’ meaning ‘God’ and has been used by Christians in Arab-speaking countries,
6. Bahasa Malaysia Bibles and publications have been restricted for use only within the churches and have been prohibited from being available in public areas
7. The term Allah had been used by the pre-Islamic Arabs in describing their highest deity. They also pray to other deities beside Allah.
Those facts seemed to give credence to the claim by the Malay speaking Christians to use the term Allah for God in BM based on historical account and general acceptance in other regions apart from Peninsular Malaysia. The fact that it was standard term used in BM Bible named AlKitab (I’m having goose flesh here) and was not subjected to objections before (or was it objected but did not become controversial???) give less credence to its objection in periodicals.
However as a Muslim, I am very unhappy about this episode. The name ALLAH used in The Qur’an and Hadiths is NOT THE SAME as per Christian Faith. The term Allah means; Allah The One and Only God, the Eternal, Absolute, No Beginning and No End, None Like Unto Him (as per Surah al-ikhlas). Beside that Allah Has No Partners... This beliefs (Tauhid) is the Core of Islamic Faith and none can belief otherwise and still claim himself a Muslim. There is no negotiation in this. Belief in Absolute Unity of Allah is the very core of the Islamic belief.
Now when christians refer to Allah, do they refer to Allah with exactly the same attributes? What is Trinity? Is it not acceptance of Jesus p.b.u.h as deity together with Allah??? Now how can that be an equivalent term??? Naming God as Allah and bundling in Jesus p.b.u.h and the Holy Spirit together into a partnership is like raping the name of Allah or pulling the name through a sewer pool. This is totally unacceptable to Muslims.
As such we need to look at higher objective. Is it such a crucial or of immediate need that the term Allah be used within the context of Christian Beliefs as opposed to Tuhan which is the direct translation of God into Malay. Why must Christians feel the need to use the term Allah which is a very specific term for Islamic concept of The One and Only God?
There are also suggestions that the term be only prohibited if used in respect of Trinity Concept and allowable if used as general term. However this will give rise to implementation issue and long, long, unease between Muslims and Christians alike. If so then every periodical will have to be vetted by JAKIM or other Islamic Authority which is definitely unacceptable to Christians. As such a clean break is best.
I would like to congratulate the Reverend Lawrence Andrew and those with him who have decided to NOT USE the term Allah in their future Malay publication. I hope this is true. Below is an exerp reported about the decision;
"Sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang cintakan negara ini, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kami untuk membuat keputusan itu. Walaupun sedih dengan apa yang berlaku kebelakangan ini (tindakan membakar gereja), saya berasa tindakan kami boleh membantu untuk mengurangkan ketegangan dalam negara.
"Keputusan itu juga dengan mengambil kira sebarang huru hara boleh mengakibatkan rakyat terutama di kalangan miskin menanggung beban, selain menjejaskan ekonomi negara apabila pelabur bertindak untuk tidak meneruskan urus niaga mereka di sini," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam.
This I must say is a very responsible attitude from The Church. To those who haven’t heard of the Covenant between The Prophet Muhammad and the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai please checkout this link;
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/charter1.html
The Christians were deemed partners of Muslims and their right protected until Day of Judgement under Islamic Rule.
We should from here seek to sieve through the facts from emotive write up. Here is some facts that I have come across;
1. The term Allah have been used for God in Indonesian Christian literatures,
2. The term have also been used by the East Malaysian Christians in their literatures,
3. The Bible was called Al Kitab as the Malay term of Christian literature (Al Kitab in Islam is The Qur’an and this name is used in certain parts of the Qur’an to mean the al Qur’an) – no issue was raised on this point.
4. The translation Allah was used by Munshi Abdullah in his interpretation of the Bible into Malay in 1852,
5. The word ‘Allah’ meaning ‘God’ and has been used by Christians in Arab-speaking countries,
6. Bahasa Malaysia Bibles and publications have been restricted for use only within the churches and have been prohibited from being available in public areas
7. The term Allah had been used by the pre-Islamic Arabs in describing their highest deity. They also pray to other deities beside Allah.
Those facts seemed to give credence to the claim by the Malay speaking Christians to use the term Allah for God in BM based on historical account and general acceptance in other regions apart from Peninsular Malaysia. The fact that it was standard term used in BM Bible named AlKitab (I’m having goose flesh here) and was not subjected to objections before (or was it objected but did not become controversial???) give less credence to its objection in periodicals.
However as a Muslim, I am very unhappy about this episode. The name ALLAH used in The Qur’an and Hadiths is NOT THE SAME as per Christian Faith. The term Allah means; Allah The One and Only God, the Eternal, Absolute, No Beginning and No End, None Like Unto Him (as per Surah al-ikhlas). Beside that Allah Has No Partners... This beliefs (Tauhid) is the Core of Islamic Faith and none can belief otherwise and still claim himself a Muslim. There is no negotiation in this. Belief in Absolute Unity of Allah is the very core of the Islamic belief.
Now when christians refer to Allah, do they refer to Allah with exactly the same attributes? What is Trinity? Is it not acceptance of Jesus p.b.u.h as deity together with Allah??? Now how can that be an equivalent term??? Naming God as Allah and bundling in Jesus p.b.u.h and the Holy Spirit together into a partnership is like raping the name of Allah or pulling the name through a sewer pool. This is totally unacceptable to Muslims.
As such we need to look at higher objective. Is it such a crucial or of immediate need that the term Allah be used within the context of Christian Beliefs as opposed to Tuhan which is the direct translation of God into Malay. Why must Christians feel the need to use the term Allah which is a very specific term for Islamic concept of The One and Only God?
There are also suggestions that the term be only prohibited if used in respect of Trinity Concept and allowable if used as general term. However this will give rise to implementation issue and long, long, unease between Muslims and Christians alike. If so then every periodical will have to be vetted by JAKIM or other Islamic Authority which is definitely unacceptable to Christians. As such a clean break is best.
I would like to congratulate the Reverend Lawrence Andrew and those with him who have decided to NOT USE the term Allah in their future Malay publication. I hope this is true. Below is an exerp reported about the decision;
"Sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang cintakan negara ini, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kami untuk membuat keputusan itu. Walaupun sedih dengan apa yang berlaku kebelakangan ini (tindakan membakar gereja), saya berasa tindakan kami boleh membantu untuk mengurangkan ketegangan dalam negara.
"Keputusan itu juga dengan mengambil kira sebarang huru hara boleh mengakibatkan rakyat terutama di kalangan miskin menanggung beban, selain menjejaskan ekonomi negara apabila pelabur bertindak untuk tidak meneruskan urus niaga mereka di sini," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam.
This I must say is a very responsible attitude from The Church. To those who haven’t heard of the Covenant between The Prophet Muhammad and the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai please checkout this link;
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/charter1.html
The Christians were deemed partners of Muslims and their right protected until Day of Judgement under Islamic Rule.
Monday, January 11, 2010
PESAN SEORANG AYAH
Assalaamualaikum anakanda,
Maaflah kerana ayahanda berbahasa sedikit baku, maklumlah ayahanda ni orang lama yang lebih selesa dengan bahasa ala P.Ramlee dan bukan bahasa sms golongan muda yang singkat dan 'street-smart'.
Dalam menyampai maksud, lisan agak tumpul; tak mampu menyampai kata, tak sampai ke destinasi harapan, tak tersentuh di sasaran kalbu. Dalam hal ini ayahanda tidak dapat menyalahkan sesiapa tetapi ayahanda sendiri yang terlalu taksub dengan metodologi pondok untuk golongan lepas sejarah (post history) dan tersasar jauh untuk golongan muda mudi zaman AF. Biarpun tak sebijak Luqmanul Hakim dan tak sepetah Tuah Iskandar mahupun sehebat Halim Othman dalam memintal kata untuk sampai ke benak hati, maksud yang diinginkan tetap sama. Malah sebagai bapa, mungkin harapan ayahanda lebih tinggi lagi kecuali berbanding bicara Luqman kepada anaknya yang dijadikan contoh oleh Allah s.w.t sendiri.
Walaupun cuak bunyinya dan berkarat mesejnya, ayahanda perlu juga sebut di sini bahawa setiap bapa yang normal inginkan yang terbaik buat anak-anaknya. Yang tak mahukan maksud tersebut adalah golongan songsang yang sudah terpesong dari landasan insani yang dikurniakan Tuhan kepada semua golongan bapa. Yang berbeza cuma penyampaiannya sahaja; ada yang terlalu keras, sederhana keras, lembut, berhikmah, penyayang dan pelbagai lagi bentuk untuk mencapai maksud yang sama. Dalam hal ini ayahanda tidak terkecuali. Corak yang telah ayahanda ambil mungkin terbawa-bawa dari pendidikan ayahanda sendiri sebagai orang kampung dari Beris Tangok; anak kepada Pak Ngah Haji tersohor yang tak lekat murid-murid mengaji Quran itu dek kerasnya didikan. Apapun ayahanda rasa ayahanda lebih lembut lagi walaupun anakanda tak kan perasan kerana anakanda tidak pernah melalui zaman silam ayahanda.
Apa yang ayahanda ingin terapkan ialah nilai Agama dan disiplin. Dunia akan berkecai tanpa bukit bukau yang memegangnya, lautan dan segala-gala di dalam dunia ini akan bertaburan tanpa graviti dan manusia akan gila tanpa akal budi. Inilah pentingnya nilai agama sebagai paksi untuk kita terus terpijak di alam nyata; alam yang dijadikan Tuhan yang kita imani kewujudannya. Tanpa agama kita ibarat lembu yang dicucuk hidung; hidup untuk makan dan dimakan, tak lebih dari itu. Atau lebih hebat sedikit; macam harimau yang garang membaham mangsa kerana itulah fitrahnya dan sang harimau tidak bebas mencorak hidup yang lain dari fitrahnya.
Kita manusia beragama Islam adalah semulia-mulia makhluq kerana kita dibekalkan akal untuk berfikir sebelum bertindak dan mampu menundukkan gelojak nafsu atau pengaruh-pengaruh yang songsang yang datang. Kita juga dapat mencorakkan hidup kita mengikut Jalan yang ditunjukkan Rasul. Jika selepas dibekalkan akal dan ilmu kita masih terikut dengan pengaruh yang menyimpang dari arah Agama, kita menjadi lebih rendah dari sang harimau tersebut yang tidak bebas menentukan corak hidupnya selain dari jalan hidup tabiinya.
Apa yang telah ayahanda lakukan adalah untuk menjadikan anak-anak ayahanda anak-anak yang soleh dan solehah, yang melapangkan dada bila dilihat, menyejukkan hati bila dipandang, melegakan rasa bila ditatap; rahmat bagi insan sekeliling dan disenangi oleh semua. Wanita solehah umpama permata yang bernilai, menyerlahkan sesiapa yang memakainya, menambahkan seri kepada siapa yang mendampinginya. Tidakkah anakanda teruja untuk menjadi insan sedemikian? Wanita Solehah bukan makhluq lemah kerana dia telah berjaya menakluqi bara nafsu dan mampu menundukkan pengaruh Iblisi; perkara yang belum tentu berjaya ditawan oleh pahlawan terbilang.
Wanita solehah bukan makhluq selekeh yang berhias dengan kain buruk buat mandi di jemboran atau baju kelawar carek buat menjemur kain di hampaian mahupun senantiasa berjubah apron buat teman di dapur sahaja. Itu semua adalah kerja-kerja amah yang telah dengan rela hati dilaksanakan wanita. Ianya bukan tuntunan agama. Wanita solehah adalah srikandi penegak maruah, pranita handal pendamping sang satria, benteng dan penyeri rumah tangga malah tiada batas sempadan yang tak mampu diterobosi. Bertentangan dengannya adalah Wanita Dholalah yang ibarat daun kering dihembus angin; terbawa ke mana saja tuju hembusan. Dihembus ke laut, lemaslah ia, dihembus ke api terbakar diri, dihembus ke tandas terpalut najis. Alangkah buruk nasibnya tanpa pedoman, tanpa iman.
Iman bukanlah terletak pada pakaian menyapu lantai dan bukan juga pada dahi yang lekuk tetapi bersemadi di hati yang suci murni. Walaupun begitu pakaian adalah petunjuknya, amal ibadat adalah petandanya. Iman di hati perlu diserlahkan dengan penampilan kerana taat itu adalah buktinya. Tidak bermakna suatu taat jika objek taat itu diperlekehkan. Tidak bermakna secebis iman jika tidak disusuli taat.
Ayahanda harap kehadiran coretan ini tidak mengganggu mimpi anakanda, tidak menggusar perasaan dan tidak mengkerut dahi yang licin. Besar gunung besar lagi harapan ayahanda, luas lautan luas lagi impian ayahanda. Masa yang terlepas tidak akan kembali, laksana silam tak dapat dirungkai. Apa yang ada hanya di hadapan, apa yang di belakang sudah tidak relevan. Tak guna tangisi apa yang lepas, tak wajar diungkit apa yang silam. Peluang di hadapan terbentang untuk direbut. Jangan lemas di kolam mandi dan jangan mati di kepuk padi.
Tanah warisan keemasan.
Pusara moyang membajai.
Semangat nenda bersemadi.
Tanah gersang tidak lagi.
Yang diwarisi adalah peluang.
Tak wajar dibuang dek dangkalnya kesumat
Tak harus di sisih dek amarahnya runtunan.
Inilah amanat ayahanda. Dengarlah. Fahamilah. Hayatilah. Mut'mainnah tempat dituju. Abadi sudahnya. Wassalam.
Maaflah kerana ayahanda berbahasa sedikit baku, maklumlah ayahanda ni orang lama yang lebih selesa dengan bahasa ala P.Ramlee dan bukan bahasa sms golongan muda yang singkat dan 'street-smart'.
Dalam menyampai maksud, lisan agak tumpul; tak mampu menyampai kata, tak sampai ke destinasi harapan, tak tersentuh di sasaran kalbu. Dalam hal ini ayahanda tidak dapat menyalahkan sesiapa tetapi ayahanda sendiri yang terlalu taksub dengan metodologi pondok untuk golongan lepas sejarah (post history) dan tersasar jauh untuk golongan muda mudi zaman AF. Biarpun tak sebijak Luqmanul Hakim dan tak sepetah Tuah Iskandar mahupun sehebat Halim Othman dalam memintal kata untuk sampai ke benak hati, maksud yang diinginkan tetap sama. Malah sebagai bapa, mungkin harapan ayahanda lebih tinggi lagi kecuali berbanding bicara Luqman kepada anaknya yang dijadikan contoh oleh Allah s.w.t sendiri.
Walaupun cuak bunyinya dan berkarat mesejnya, ayahanda perlu juga sebut di sini bahawa setiap bapa yang normal inginkan yang terbaik buat anak-anaknya. Yang tak mahukan maksud tersebut adalah golongan songsang yang sudah terpesong dari landasan insani yang dikurniakan Tuhan kepada semua golongan bapa. Yang berbeza cuma penyampaiannya sahaja; ada yang terlalu keras, sederhana keras, lembut, berhikmah, penyayang dan pelbagai lagi bentuk untuk mencapai maksud yang sama. Dalam hal ini ayahanda tidak terkecuali. Corak yang telah ayahanda ambil mungkin terbawa-bawa dari pendidikan ayahanda sendiri sebagai orang kampung dari Beris Tangok; anak kepada Pak Ngah Haji tersohor yang tak lekat murid-murid mengaji Quran itu dek kerasnya didikan. Apapun ayahanda rasa ayahanda lebih lembut lagi walaupun anakanda tak kan perasan kerana anakanda tidak pernah melalui zaman silam ayahanda.
Apa yang ayahanda ingin terapkan ialah nilai Agama dan disiplin. Dunia akan berkecai tanpa bukit bukau yang memegangnya, lautan dan segala-gala di dalam dunia ini akan bertaburan tanpa graviti dan manusia akan gila tanpa akal budi. Inilah pentingnya nilai agama sebagai paksi untuk kita terus terpijak di alam nyata; alam yang dijadikan Tuhan yang kita imani kewujudannya. Tanpa agama kita ibarat lembu yang dicucuk hidung; hidup untuk makan dan dimakan, tak lebih dari itu. Atau lebih hebat sedikit; macam harimau yang garang membaham mangsa kerana itulah fitrahnya dan sang harimau tidak bebas mencorak hidup yang lain dari fitrahnya.
Kita manusia beragama Islam adalah semulia-mulia makhluq kerana kita dibekalkan akal untuk berfikir sebelum bertindak dan mampu menundukkan gelojak nafsu atau pengaruh-pengaruh yang songsang yang datang. Kita juga dapat mencorakkan hidup kita mengikut Jalan yang ditunjukkan Rasul. Jika selepas dibekalkan akal dan ilmu kita masih terikut dengan pengaruh yang menyimpang dari arah Agama, kita menjadi lebih rendah dari sang harimau tersebut yang tidak bebas menentukan corak hidupnya selain dari jalan hidup tabiinya.
Apa yang telah ayahanda lakukan adalah untuk menjadikan anak-anak ayahanda anak-anak yang soleh dan solehah, yang melapangkan dada bila dilihat, menyejukkan hati bila dipandang, melegakan rasa bila ditatap; rahmat bagi insan sekeliling dan disenangi oleh semua. Wanita solehah umpama permata yang bernilai, menyerlahkan sesiapa yang memakainya, menambahkan seri kepada siapa yang mendampinginya. Tidakkah anakanda teruja untuk menjadi insan sedemikian? Wanita Solehah bukan makhluq lemah kerana dia telah berjaya menakluqi bara nafsu dan mampu menundukkan pengaruh Iblisi; perkara yang belum tentu berjaya ditawan oleh pahlawan terbilang.
Wanita solehah bukan makhluq selekeh yang berhias dengan kain buruk buat mandi di jemboran atau baju kelawar carek buat menjemur kain di hampaian mahupun senantiasa berjubah apron buat teman di dapur sahaja. Itu semua adalah kerja-kerja amah yang telah dengan rela hati dilaksanakan wanita. Ianya bukan tuntunan agama. Wanita solehah adalah srikandi penegak maruah, pranita handal pendamping sang satria, benteng dan penyeri rumah tangga malah tiada batas sempadan yang tak mampu diterobosi. Bertentangan dengannya adalah Wanita Dholalah yang ibarat daun kering dihembus angin; terbawa ke mana saja tuju hembusan. Dihembus ke laut, lemaslah ia, dihembus ke api terbakar diri, dihembus ke tandas terpalut najis. Alangkah buruk nasibnya tanpa pedoman, tanpa iman.
Iman bukanlah terletak pada pakaian menyapu lantai dan bukan juga pada dahi yang lekuk tetapi bersemadi di hati yang suci murni. Walaupun begitu pakaian adalah petunjuknya, amal ibadat adalah petandanya. Iman di hati perlu diserlahkan dengan penampilan kerana taat itu adalah buktinya. Tidak bermakna suatu taat jika objek taat itu diperlekehkan. Tidak bermakna secebis iman jika tidak disusuli taat.
Ayahanda harap kehadiran coretan ini tidak mengganggu mimpi anakanda, tidak menggusar perasaan dan tidak mengkerut dahi yang licin. Besar gunung besar lagi harapan ayahanda, luas lautan luas lagi impian ayahanda. Masa yang terlepas tidak akan kembali, laksana silam tak dapat dirungkai. Apa yang ada hanya di hadapan, apa yang di belakang sudah tidak relevan. Tak guna tangisi apa yang lepas, tak wajar diungkit apa yang silam. Peluang di hadapan terbentang untuk direbut. Jangan lemas di kolam mandi dan jangan mati di kepuk padi.
Tanah warisan keemasan.
Pusara moyang membajai.
Semangat nenda bersemadi.
Tanah gersang tidak lagi.
Yang diwarisi adalah peluang.
Tak wajar dibuang dek dangkalnya kesumat
Tak harus di sisih dek amarahnya runtunan.
Inilah amanat ayahanda. Dengarlah. Fahamilah. Hayatilah. Mut'mainnah tempat dituju. Abadi sudahnya. Wassalam.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
BLOG UNDER ATTACK
Since my post on the Perak Political Scenario 08th May 2009 titled http://gukita.blogspot.com/2009/05/kematangan-vs-sembrono-berpolik.html, my blog have been under attacks by mindless racists who have nothing to say but slinging obceneties and gutter stuffs. If these are the state of minds of these people who feel they are better than other complying good citizens of Malaysia, when in reality they are just mindless gargoyles living in self induced hell, cornered on all sides by flames of hatred and thorns spinned onto themselves by their own delusions.
I have left the comments posted by these bunch (I feel the word people too honorable for them) on that post as samples. I have deleted the other comments on my latter postings which are more steeped in obceneties and curses and totally devoid of any reasoning. What's the purpose of writing if you dont have anything to share, put forward and argue out? If all you need to do is cursing, just find an empty well and shout out all you want to (as per Japanese saying). Nobody's there to take offense. If the purpose is only to offend people, what the heck are they doing shitting on other people's blog; the very people they felt so angry about for having different ideas. What they should do is to open their own blog and rant, curse and shit and all the way to hell and invite their hordes in to do the same... nobody cares. They should not be shitting on others blog page.
These made me feel so sorry for them, for their self inflicted hatred, for their mindless fury that is burning them. With so little time given to us in this Life, why waste it on such rantings and hatred when the whole world is open to be live with, to enjoy to the fullest without infringing on other peoples rights and sensitivities, to be discovered and all those peoples out there who are no strangers but friend's yet to be met (borrowed from Prof Dato' Dr Sheikh Omar).
What I am more intrigued is that why they chose this blog with so little traffic ( I made no effort to bring visitors in - just writing to air out my thought ). To spare myself of those unwanted gabbage, I have changed my setting from fully opened to open only to those with Google account. I expect those with accounts are the responsible lots because they have declared themselves in their Google profile. I felt sorry for having to do this because I will be limiting it from people who just want to post something worthwhile even without an account. But something have to be done.
I have left the comments posted by these bunch (I feel the word people too honorable for them) on that post as samples. I have deleted the other comments on my latter postings which are more steeped in obceneties and curses and totally devoid of any reasoning. What's the purpose of writing if you dont have anything to share, put forward and argue out? If all you need to do is cursing, just find an empty well and shout out all you want to (as per Japanese saying). Nobody's there to take offense. If the purpose is only to offend people, what the heck are they doing shitting on other people's blog; the very people they felt so angry about for having different ideas. What they should do is to open their own blog and rant, curse and shit and all the way to hell and invite their hordes in to do the same... nobody cares. They should not be shitting on others blog page.
These made me feel so sorry for them, for their self inflicted hatred, for their mindless fury that is burning them. With so little time given to us in this Life, why waste it on such rantings and hatred when the whole world is open to be live with, to enjoy to the fullest without infringing on other peoples rights and sensitivities, to be discovered and all those peoples out there who are no strangers but friend's yet to be met (borrowed from Prof Dato' Dr Sheikh Omar).
What I am more intrigued is that why they chose this blog with so little traffic ( I made no effort to bring visitors in - just writing to air out my thought ). To spare myself of those unwanted gabbage, I have changed my setting from fully opened to open only to those with Google account. I expect those with accounts are the responsible lots because they have declared themselves in their Google profile. I felt sorry for having to do this because I will be limiting it from people who just want to post something worthwhile even without an account. But something have to be done.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
SAHUR NOSTALGIA
SAHUR
After the joy of iftar, sahur becomes a chore; having to get up at 4.00am in the morning (for In) and to take food at the early hours. However Sahur is a great Sunnah and the Prophet had enjoined sahur as a blessed act and one that differentiate Islamic and other religious practices on fasting;
"Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, "(Make sure to) have your sahur meal, for sahur is blessed." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)"
`Amr ibn Al-`Aas quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, "The difference between our fasting and that of the People of the Book is the sahur meal." (Muslim)
In Kuantan, Imsak starts at 5:38am. Since we were afraid to miss Sahur, 4.00am seemed the right time to get up and prepare food and partake sahur at around 4.45am. Latter we found that it was too early and shift back by half an hour. Since the Nasi Kerabu left over was quite substantial, we resigned ourself to another bout of it, albeit at lesser quantity with some kuehs to help the dwindled appetite.
The sight of us getting up for sahur must be quite comical.. heavy eyes and tired body from lack of sleep, each a pantomine of oneself. Somehow my ankle joint suffers since a week before fasting and carried on to Ramadhan. Coming down the stairs a foot at a time; In said I looked like a mother just giving birth. Izzah was ok, easy to wake up and in fact easier to wake up for sahur than for waking up for school before this.
At this time I remembered my time at kampung. Those days before electricity. Waking up in the dark (dark means exactly that!!!).. groping for matches to light up the `pelita ayam'. Then padding gingerly on the wooden floor to the kitchen lighted only by the dim light from the 'pelita ayam' fueled by kerosene. Then we light up a few more 'pelita ayam' to give some light. In this semi darkness, mek (that's what we call mummy) prepared the sahur meal.
Those days the neighbours help to awaken each other. A loud bang on the wooden wall with a yell of 'Sahur..sahur' was a welcomed intrusion.. well until latter when alarm clocks were in the markets and each household have have it as a must item. At one time we were awaken by a loud bang on the wall. Looking up at the grandpa's clock I (yess..we have a big one at the main pillar of the house and it became my duty to wind the spring of the clock), it was 2.00am and when we shouted "baru pukul 2 pagi", the neighbour profusely apologised... Sometimes we just heard "weh..wehh.. bangun doh ko??" rather than a bang on the wall..
Heyy..come to think of it, I was the one who wound up the clock, light up the kerosene lamp and fill up the water in the big tempayan at the 'jemoran' at the back, even drumming the beduk at the 'balaisah'... What was my brother doing then..??? Hmm.. I wonder... hmm... What is apparent is that I had no grudge at all.. in fact this only cross my mind just now....
I remember a night when Mek woke up late.. about 5.00am and the imsak was at 5.30am. With all 'four hands' she just burned the rice (cook with big flame), fry some fish, and single handedly prepared the sahur in nick of time.. That night the whole of neighbourhood missed sahur except us..
When I was older I stayed with my sister in Kota Bharu. My Brother-in-Law (late BIL) whom we affectionately called abang was a believer in late sahur and we breached imsak most of the time, stopping only whee minutes from the subuh azan. I learned latter that this is more in line to the practices of The Prophet. I liked it there..
After the joy of iftar, sahur becomes a chore; having to get up at 4.00am in the morning (for In) and to take food at the early hours. However Sahur is a great Sunnah and the Prophet had enjoined sahur as a blessed act and one that differentiate Islamic and other religious practices on fasting;
"Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, "(Make sure to) have your sahur meal, for sahur is blessed." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)"
`Amr ibn Al-`Aas quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying, "The difference between our fasting and that of the People of the Book is the sahur meal." (Muslim)
In Kuantan, Imsak starts at 5:38am. Since we were afraid to miss Sahur, 4.00am seemed the right time to get up and prepare food and partake sahur at around 4.45am. Latter we found that it was too early and shift back by half an hour. Since the Nasi Kerabu left over was quite substantial, we resigned ourself to another bout of it, albeit at lesser quantity with some kuehs to help the dwindled appetite.
The sight of us getting up for sahur must be quite comical.. heavy eyes and tired body from lack of sleep, each a pantomine of oneself. Somehow my ankle joint suffers since a week before fasting and carried on to Ramadhan. Coming down the stairs a foot at a time; In said I looked like a mother just giving birth. Izzah was ok, easy to wake up and in fact easier to wake up for sahur than for waking up for school before this.
At this time I remembered my time at kampung. Those days before electricity. Waking up in the dark (dark means exactly that!!!).. groping for matches to light up the `pelita ayam'. Then padding gingerly on the wooden floor to the kitchen lighted only by the dim light from the 'pelita ayam' fueled by kerosene. Then we light up a few more 'pelita ayam' to give some light. In this semi darkness, mek (that's what we call mummy) prepared the sahur meal.
Those days the neighbours help to awaken each other. A loud bang on the wooden wall with a yell of 'Sahur..sahur' was a welcomed intrusion.. well until latter when alarm clocks were in the markets and each household have have it as a must item. At one time we were awaken by a loud bang on the wall. Looking up at the grandpa's clock I (yess..we have a big one at the main pillar of the house and it became my duty to wind the spring of the clock), it was 2.00am and when we shouted "baru pukul 2 pagi", the neighbour profusely apologised... Sometimes we just heard "weh..wehh.. bangun doh ko??" rather than a bang on the wall.. Heyy..come to think of it, I was the one who wound up the clock, light up the kerosene lamp and fill up the water in the big tempayan at the 'jemoran' at the back, even drumming the beduk at the 'balaisah'... What was my brother doing then..??? Hmm.. I wonder... hmm... What is apparent is that I had no grudge at all.. in fact this only cross my mind just now....
I remember a night when Mek woke up late.. about 5.00am and the imsak was at 5.30am. With all 'four hands' she just burned the rice (cook with big flame), fry some fish, and single handedly prepared the sahur in nick of time.. That night the whole of neighbourhood missed sahur except us..
When I was older I stayed with my sister in Kota Bharu. My Brother-in-Law (late BIL) whom we affectionately called abang was a believer in late sahur and we breached imsak most of the time, stopping only whee minutes from the subuh azan. I learned latter that this is more in line to the practices of The Prophet. I liked it there..
Sunday, August 23, 2009
RAMADHAN, IFTAR AND TARAWIH
RAMADHAN AL MUBARAK
Ramadhan is here.
The Fasting Month has just begun.
The Iftar was FULFILLMENT in the full sense. In's Nasi Kerabu with Ayam Panggang diced in kuah percik and ikan goreng is sfit for 4 star Hotel. On top of that we had sphaghetti, bubur jagong and kueh puding gula hangus. Of course the starter is kurmah which is sunnah. After that I had a hot mushroom soup to condition my stomach for the heavy dinner after a full day of fasting. At my age my stomach need more preparation that the youngs who could just wallop everything without much problem.
As usual the breaking of fast is nostalgic. I remembered my late mother and brother-in-law who just LOVED Nasi Kerabu for Iftar. I could see their contented faces; savouring In's Nasi Kerabu. They just loved In's cooking and we used to invite them for lunch together when I came back to Kota Bharu. Kak Nab always seemed very happy on such occasions. I loved her so much. She is my second mother; an elder sister in whose house I grew up for much of the time. We are most happy when my brother Nawi and family joined us. Then the gathering would be a large one and ...noisy too...A MOST WELCOMED NOISE!!!
For the first Tarawih we went to Indera Mahkota 2 Mosque near the Pasar Malam. The tarawih was 20 rakaats here but we only finished 8. As usual the first tarawih was full and the imam said he would be very happy is the turn-outs remained through out the Ramadhan... bit we all know that it wont happened. We would be lucky if 1/3 of that turn-out remained. Here at Indera Mahkota 2 Mosque, the muslimah's front section was not curtained off from the muslimin section as of norm. This actually is more in-line to the practices during the Prophet's time.
When bilal recited `Allaahumma solli 'ala' ... signifying the start of Tarawih, hence Ramadhan, the feeling was indescribable... The feeling of the presence of Ramadhan, of being blessed, of the merging of heaven and earth, of the merger of hearts with a single purpose.. to glorify Allah al Mighty the One and Only God...
How can an ibadah, a prayer and not a 'makan' nor an entertainment creates such an atmosphere, such a `joy'.. I always wonder at this...
The imam was a young hafiz and he recited the Qur'an beautifully; smooth, clear, neither too fast nor too slow. The maamum follows; each in his/her own spiritual devotion to the al Mighty Creator punctuated by the imam's `Allaahuakbar' signifying the change in the phases of the solat..
I remember when a boy we performed tarawih at a nearby `balaisah' (surau). My father lead the tarawih prayer, being a Quran teacher in the kampung except once a week when Wak Amat, a local 'alim lead the congregation. Those days we, the boys competed in reciting the `sollallaah..' on top of our voices. Then we listened for the similiar sound from the nearby 'balaisah' and try to up them. Latter the practice was chastised as 'bid'ah' and we no longer practice this. And in the process we lose that 'competing' and expecting atmosphere that enticed the boys to such ibadah.. The cream of the cake came at the end when light foods were served with sweet dishes. I still remember the 'pengat pisang' made by Mak Teh Mek, tepung bungkus by Wak Siti, cendol also by Mak Teh Mek and the most waited dish was 'lompat tikam' by Mak Da Jara.
After tarawih, we went for Roti canai and teh tarik ( ..apa daaahh.. bulan puasa gini pun mamak juga yang benefit!!!) at the nearby Mamak shop; in kain sembahyang and all... It was almost full. The mamak is having bigger business in Ramadhan by night.
After that we came back rest, read some Qur'an and get ready for bed, and to wake up for sahur... That is next in posting..
Ramadhan is here.
The Fasting Month has just begun.
The day is Saturday, weekend.... alhamdulillah. My son Fadhil came back by bus and arrived at 10.30pm Thursday night. Nana arrived at 4.15am Friday morning. Eti arrived at 6.30am Saturday morning. Except for Kak Long who is reading Mathematics in New Zealand, we are whole, and this is important. Celebrating Ramadhan without the children is very bleak.
Allah is very kind to Malaysian. According to earlier weather forcast, Ramadhan will be a sweltering hot month. However the forecast was wrong. It was a cool downcast day and we fasted without much problem. Nana had fancied a dress at the bazaar in front of the Bus Terminal and we went there for a look around (there's no window to call it window shopping!!!) while looking for some stuffs for the Nasi Kerabu In had in mind for the first `Iftar'.
Allah is very kind to Malaysian. According to earlier weather forcast, Ramadhan will be a sweltering hot month. However the forecast was wrong. It was a cool downcast day and we fasted without much problem. Nana had fancied a dress at the bazaar in front of the Bus Terminal and we went there for a look around (there's no window to call it window shopping!!!) while looking for some stuffs for the Nasi Kerabu In had in mind for the first `Iftar'.
The Iftar was FULFILLMENT in the full sense. In's Nasi Kerabu with Ayam Panggang diced in kuah percik and ikan goreng is sfit for 4 star Hotel. On top of that we had sphaghetti, bubur jagong and kueh puding gula hangus. Of course the starter is kurmah which is sunnah. After that I had a hot mushroom soup to condition my stomach for the heavy dinner after a full day of fasting. At my age my stomach need more preparation that the youngs who could just wallop everything without much problem.As usual the breaking of fast is nostalgic. I remembered my late mother and brother-in-law who just LOVED Nasi Kerabu for Iftar. I could see their contented faces; savouring In's Nasi Kerabu. They just loved In's cooking and we used to invite them for lunch together when I came back to Kota Bharu. Kak Nab always seemed very happy on such occasions. I loved her so much. She is my second mother; an elder sister in whose house I grew up for much of the time. We are most happy when my brother Nawi and family joined us. Then the gathering would be a large one and ...noisy too...A MOST WELCOMED NOISE!!!
For the first Tarawih we went to Indera Mahkota 2 Mosque near the Pasar Malam. The tarawih was 20 rakaats here but we only finished 8. As usual the first tarawih was full and the imam said he would be very happy is the turn-outs remained through out the Ramadhan... bit we all know that it wont happened. We would be lucky if 1/3 of that turn-out remained. Here at Indera Mahkota 2 Mosque, the muslimah's front section was not curtained off from the muslimin section as of norm. This actually is more in-line to the practices during the Prophet's time.
When bilal recited `Allaahumma solli 'ala' ... signifying the start of Tarawih, hence Ramadhan, the feeling was indescribable... The feeling of the presence of Ramadhan, of being blessed, of the merging of heaven and earth, of the merger of hearts with a single purpose.. to glorify Allah al Mighty the One and Only God...
How can an ibadah, a prayer and not a 'makan' nor an entertainment creates such an atmosphere, such a `joy'.. I always wonder at this...
The imam was a young hafiz and he recited the Qur'an beautifully; smooth, clear, neither too fast nor too slow. The maamum follows; each in his/her own spiritual devotion to the al Mighty Creator punctuated by the imam's `Allaahuakbar' signifying the change in the phases of the solat..
After each solat the bilal recited..`Allaahumma solli 'ala....' and the rest answered .. ' Sollallaah... Wasallam 'alaih..' in unison. It was wonderful... just wonderful... Then the imam get up for another solat and the maamum follow suit.. and the cycle of devotion.. for some who have achieved that level of spiritual height; a cycle of ecstacy...
I remember when a boy we performed tarawih at a nearby `balaisah' (surau). My father lead the tarawih prayer, being a Quran teacher in the kampung except once a week when Wak Amat, a local 'alim lead the congregation. Those days we, the boys competed in reciting the `sollallaah..' on top of our voices. Then we listened for the similiar sound from the nearby 'balaisah' and try to up them. Latter the practice was chastised as 'bid'ah' and we no longer practice this. And in the process we lose that 'competing' and expecting atmosphere that enticed the boys to such ibadah.. The cream of the cake came at the end when light foods were served with sweet dishes. I still remember the 'pengat pisang' made by Mak Teh Mek, tepung bungkus by Wak Siti, cendol also by Mak Teh Mek and the most waited dish was 'lompat tikam' by Mak Da Jara.
After tarawih, we went for Roti canai and teh tarik ( ..apa daaahh.. bulan puasa gini pun mamak juga yang benefit!!!) at the nearby Mamak shop; in kain sembahyang and all... It was almost full. The mamak is having bigger business in Ramadhan by night.
I remember, in my home town of Kota Bharu shops selling pencolek buah / pencolek lauk / pencolek popia or keropok as the after tarawih food were everywhere. Someow, at this time our taste goes for these types of dishes. Having a pencolek after tarawih is so fulfilling, not heavy but enough to quench our thirst for some sweet-sour food for full range of the taste buds having to fast for a whole day. Here I could not find one yet...
After that we came back rest, read some Qur'an and get ready for bed, and to wake up for sahur... That is next in posting..
Thursday, August 13, 2009
H1N1 - A GREAT TRIAL FOR UMMAH
H1N1 - A GREAT TRIAL FOR UMMAH
We have seen certain group of people organising SEMBAHYANG HAJAT because an election whether GE or BE taking place. These were seen as great milestone and need to invoke Heaven's support for their Party. Were they thinking about the general masses? Do they care actually??
This is the test of CARE actually. When happennings like this happen, we invoke sembahyang Hajat. When long draught season brings hardship we Sembahyang Hajat to ask for Divine Help. When calamities fall a society we Sembahyang Hajat to ask for Divine Respite. Now the death figures escalated to epidemic level and nobody thinks of sembahyang Hajat, when a Public Stadium was deemed fit for Sembahyang Hajat prior to Election. WHAT IS THIS???
Is it because this is SWINE FLU?? and hence, UNCLEAN to Sembahyang Hajat????
This is a GREAT TRIAL FOR UMMAH IN MALAYSIA and Malaysian need to CLOSE RANKS and be together in this. When this virus attacked, it does not choose the color of the victims turban, or songkok for that matter.
We have seen the Health Ministry doing its utmost to curb this. The media played the recommended actions to take in curbing the disease, the hospitals are full to the brims, the doctors have their leaves revoked.. Now it's time for everybody to support the efforts and do something.
BERITA HARIAN 13hb Ogos 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Ketika angka korban Influenza A (H1N1) di negara ini mencecah 44 orang berikutan enam lagi kematian dilaporkan semalam, pelbagai pihak terus bercanggah pendapat ... [+]
H1N1 situation in Malaysia
H1n1 death tollsAugust 3rd, 2009
Ministry of Health Hotline (8am - 9pm): 03-88810200 / 0300, 03-88834414 / 4415. Email: cprc@moh.gov.my. Website.
12th August 2009: Malaysia now on 44 deaths. The latest deaths involve a 10-month-old girl, a one-year-old boy, an 18-year-old pregnant woman, a 24-year-old man and two other men in their 60s. The actual dates of death were Aug 7 (four), Aug 9 (one) and Aug 10 (one).
11th August 2009: Malaysia now on 38 deaths, with 6 new fatalities. Total number of cases recorded so far: 2,253; 270 new cases in the last 24 hours.
10th August 2009: Malaysia now on 32 deaths, with 6 more confirmed to have died of the virus, d.
9th August 2009: Malaysia now on 26 deaths, including the first death in Sabah on 5th August.
7th August 2009: starting today, all government hospitals, clinics and 22 selected private hospitals nationwide will have the influenza A (H1N1) anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Private clinics also allowed to get stocks..
6th August 2009: 14th death in Malaysia: a 57-year-old man who was diabetic and had hypertension. ...
5th August 2009: 12th death in Malaysia: 6-year-old boy, at 2.30am, Batu Pahat Hospital, ...13th death in Malaysia: Mohd Hyafiq Afendi, 6, ....
4th August 2009: 16 new cases, total in Malaysia: 1,476.
3rd August 2009: 8th death in Malaysia, and 1st in Sarawak: a 24-year-old native woman, ....
2nd August 2009: 6th death in Malaysia: an 11-year-old boy in Johor Bahru. ...
For the first time, two deaths in the country on the same day: the 7th death in Malaysia: a lady teacher, 51, from a Selangor .....
31st July 2009: 5th death in Malaysia: a 10-year-old girl from Bagan Serai, ....
28th July 2009: 4th death in Malaysia:
27th July 2009: 3rd death in Malaysia and 1st from local transmission: a 42-year-old man. He died of severe pneumonia with multi-organ failure ...
Total reported cases: 1,219, 3 deaths., 53% local infections, 47% imported, 98% have recovered, the rest while receiving anti-viral treatment in hospital and at home.
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NOW WHAT ARE WE, THE GENERAL MASSES DOING ABOUT THIS?????
KUALA LUMPUR: Ketika angka korban Influenza A (H1N1) di negara ini mencecah 44 orang berikutan enam lagi kematian dilaporkan semalam, pelbagai pihak terus bercanggah pendapat ... [+]
H1N1 situation in Malaysia
H1n1 death tollsAugust 3rd, 2009
Ministry of Health Hotline (8am - 9pm): 03-88810200 / 0300, 03-88834414 / 4415. Email: cprc@moh.gov.my. Website.
12th August 2009: Malaysia now on 44 deaths. The latest deaths involve a 10-month-old girl, a one-year-old boy, an 18-year-old pregnant woman, a 24-year-old man and two other men in their 60s. The actual dates of death were Aug 7 (four), Aug 9 (one) and Aug 10 (one).
11th August 2009: Malaysia now on 38 deaths, with 6 new fatalities. Total number of cases recorded so far: 2,253; 270 new cases in the last 24 hours.
10th August 2009: Malaysia now on 32 deaths, with 6 more confirmed to have died of the virus, d.
9th August 2009: Malaysia now on 26 deaths, including the first death in Sabah on 5th August.
7th August 2009: starting today, all government hospitals, clinics and 22 selected private hospitals nationwide will have the influenza A (H1N1) anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Private clinics also allowed to get stocks..
6th August 2009: 14th death in Malaysia: a 57-year-old man who was diabetic and had hypertension. ...
5th August 2009: 12th death in Malaysia: 6-year-old boy, at 2.30am, Batu Pahat Hospital, ...13th death in Malaysia: Mohd Hyafiq Afendi, 6, ....
4th August 2009: 16 new cases, total in Malaysia: 1,476.
3rd August 2009: 8th death in Malaysia, and 1st in Sarawak: a 24-year-old native woman, ....
2nd August 2009: 6th death in Malaysia: an 11-year-old boy in Johor Bahru. ...
For the first time, two deaths in the country on the same day: the 7th death in Malaysia: a lady teacher, 51, from a Selangor .....
31st July 2009: 5th death in Malaysia: a 10-year-old girl from Bagan Serai, ....
28th July 2009: 4th death in Malaysia:
27th July 2009: 3rd death in Malaysia and 1st from local transmission: a 42-year-old man. He died of severe pneumonia with multi-organ failure ...
Total reported cases: 1,219, 3 deaths., 53% local infections, 47% imported, 98% have recovered, the rest while receiving anti-viral treatment in hospital and at home.
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NOW WHAT ARE WE, THE GENERAL MASSES DOING ABOUT THIS?????
We have seen certain group of people organising SEMBAHYANG HAJAT because an election whether GE or BE taking place. These were seen as great milestone and need to invoke Heaven's support for their Party. Were they thinking about the general masses? Do they care actually??
This is the test of CARE actually. When happennings like this happen, we invoke sembahyang Hajat. When long draught season brings hardship we Sembahyang Hajat to ask for Divine Help. When calamities fall a society we Sembahyang Hajat to ask for Divine Respite. Now the death figures escalated to epidemic level and nobody thinks of sembahyang Hajat, when a Public Stadium was deemed fit for Sembahyang Hajat prior to Election. WHAT IS THIS???
Is it because this is SWINE FLU?? and hence, UNCLEAN to Sembahyang Hajat????
I remember a well known Head of State, an Islamic figure visiting the sites where JE was ravaging and the pigs needed to be shot to contain the desease... No question of uncleanness was mentioned. He went there to show support those who had their flocks shot FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. It was politically expedient, hence, he felt justified to be there..
This is a GREAT TRIAL FOR UMMAH IN MALAYSIA and Malaysian need to CLOSE RANKS and be together in this. When this virus attacked, it does not choose the color of the victims turban, or songkok for that matter.
Had this be a Humanitarian case I am sure the first person to take initiative would be the respectable Dr Jemilah Mehmood of MERCY for whom I have great respect. She went where others hessitate, and put her life in danger for humantarian case. In the past, when others were still ding-dong-ding-dong thinking of benefits helping out could be and still raising funds, she'd already in midst of action doing, and doing... This is CARE in its pure form.. But this is entirely a different kettle of fish...
We have seen the Health Ministry doing its utmost to curb this. The media played the recommended actions to take in curbing the disease, the hospitals are full to the brims, the doctors have their leaves revoked.. Now it's time for everybody to support the efforts and do something.
The least we could do is SEMBAHYANG HAJAT and I am waiting to see who take the initiative in this case..
