Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Acheh

It's a boat on that freakin house!

This is a picture taken by my older sister during her research trip at Acheh. I lend her my digicam so I dig this on my memory card after she left it at my hometown for me to take it back. This picture kind of amazed me among the other images like fishes, her collegues and my nephew :D . You can imagine the effect of the tsunami from this capture.

Padang jarak padang tekukur

Look how deserted the area after the wave took all the houses away. This picture was taken after 1 year of the tragedy but as you can see here, not much repairing have they done. Good God, most of them are all muslims and as a muslim their faith have keep them sane. Life just keep go on.

For some people this is how the God shows His power to us. A goose bump for the fear for remembering it. It was actually happened a hundred miles away, a year ago and many years after this, and still makes us ponder. But funny how most of us still unaware that the power of God is actually demonstrated right under our nose and happened at real time. God doesnt have to give a vast amount of water to make us suffer. Think, what if God blocked any water from entering your body instead? Not much but that's a real power.

Alfatihah.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Issit the Love?

Is love still in the air?
Ok, Kali ini aku try menulis dalam bahasa ibunda dan mungkin tercemar sedikit dengan bahasa slanga dan campuran. Tapi takpelah, target audien post kali ini mungkin kecik dan memang faham aku tulis.

Begini ceritanya, macam biasa bila aku boring dan sangap aku akan surfing kat internet. Salah satu laman yang aku selalu layari adalah sebuah imageboard. Kat situ, user boleh post gambar secara bebas dan anonymous dan user lain reply pun secara anonymous. Memang menarik sebab banyak gambar yang mereka post adalah benda yang luar biasa dan kadang2 reply yang mereka beri agak mencabar minda walaupun pendek,gila dan sinis.

Bila aku kata bebas dan anonymous mesti korang yang sedar boleh agak apa yang mereka letak lebih-lebih lagi pada ketika ini.Gambar karikatur Rasulullah SAW yang dilukis secara tidak benar dan menyakitkan hati. Mungkin pada mereka gambar tersebut adalah lucu. Tapi mungkin yang lucu itu adalah isu yang timbul daripada gambar tersebut?. (Edit [04/03/2006]: nampaknya dah takde lagi dah gambar tu kat imageboard tersebut. Benda tu hanya bermusim nampaknya.. jelas, mereka cuma main-main).

Pelik, tapi gambar tu dah muncul sejak bulan 9 tahun lalu cuma tidak meluas sahaja. Malahan sebulan selepas itu, sebuah akhbar kat mesir dah siarkan gambar tersebut. Sebuah akhbar di sebuah negara Islam, takde heboh-heboh pun. Tiba-tiba pulak hanya baru-baru ni je satu dunia kecoh. Dan 'terima kasih' kepada tukang yang kepoh itu, tersebarlah keaiban tersebut ke serata dunia. Nanti dulu, kepelikan tu masih ada. Kenapa baru sekarang? Apakah agenda si kepoh itu bertepatan dgn masa yg dia pilih?

Gambar itu memang dari segi logik akalnya berunsurkan provokasi. Mungkin tak mengapa jika mereka melukis gambar Rasulullah s.a.w kerana mereka jahil. Mungkin mereka ingin merendah-rendahkan agama Islam. Tapi benda tu biasa bagi kebanyakan penganut mana-mana agama untuk cenderung mengejek agama lain. Tapi jelas dalam hal ini mereka membuat tuduhan palsu dgn mengaitkan Rasulullah dengan terorism dan menggambarkannya dengan muka yang ganas seolah2 baginda adalah pengasan terorism. Mereka mengatakan ianya cuma satira. Setiap satira perlu ada relevannya. Nabi Muhammad dan keganasan adalah tak relevan! Kedua-duanya adalah sesuatu yang 'mutually exclusive'.

Pelbagai reaksi dari umat Islam dapat kita lihat akibat dari perkara ini. Ada yang temper super saiyaman level 9, ada yang cool je tapi semuanya membantah keras, menyampah gila terhadap akhbar2 yang menyiarkan gambar2 tersebut. Ada member aku sorang, dia ni pak arab, so suaranya lebih lantanglah berbanding member2 muslim malaya kat sini. Katanya "Let's ban any product from danish!". Aku rasa dia ni aritu minat Nora Danish ..hrmm tu lain cerita la kot..huhu..memang pun. Biar aku komen pasal pemulauan barang dari Denmark ni. Walaupun tindakan ini adalah suatu generalization dan tak adil bagi rakyat Denmark yang tak terlibat dalam isu ni, aku tetap sokong. Sokong jika ianya dilakukan dalam masa yang dihadkan. Bukan apa, rakyat Denmark adalah tunggak bagi kerajaan mereka dan kerajaan bertanggungjawab serta mempunyai kuasa untuk mengawal rakyat. Mereka patut diberi tekanan sebagai pengajaran dan ingatan.

Begitu juga dengan perarakan serta demonstrasi. Tapi jangan la sampai kena bakar kedutaan tu, melampau tu.. buatnya ada orang dalam tu bukannya boleh dimakan. Kalau kambing sedap gak. Contohilah rakyat Malaysia, rilek je .. ramai-ramai jalan, buat muka ganas, ramai2 satu suara gertak.. tapi semua terkawal.

Walaubagaimanapun, kita umat islam satu suara membantah dan membenci perihal ini.. pernah tak terfikir kenapa kita menyirap darah dan kenapa kita terasa nak melawan balik musuh islam ini?.. Aku ada 4 teori yang akan aku kemukakan sebagai soalan. So sendiri jawab,mkay!.
Satu, adakah kerana kita terhina kerana imej islam mereka cemarkan? Kedua, adakah kerana dendam dan mereka patut merima balasan? Tiga, adakah sesaje je ikut2 .. taklid je...
Fikir saudara.. kategori mana yg korang tergolong.

Oraito .. teori terakhir .. Adakah semua itu lahir semata-mata kerana cintanya kita kepada Rasulullah SAW?

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Video

This is the first time I try to present a video in a website. Not that I have no knowledge about it, but I always oppose the idea on doing it. A little ignorance will make any page load very slow and annoying thus jeopadizing the usability of it. But in the right hand it'll make your website, blog, friendster or myspace for the win.

Ok, lets go on to the material. Remember Chris Cornell? I wrote about him in a couple of posts ago. I never worship him (Actually I never even care about any artist;so don't ask about them. I might not even know if they are still alive. Their work is what I care more; ok ask!) but his talent and voice fascinated me. Probably you can understand me better by knowing what i like to listen to. Roll on.

Warning! broadband friendly only


Preaching The End of The World


Hello, I know there’s someone out there
Who can understand
And who’s feeling the same way as me
I’m twenty-four and I’ve got everything to live for
But I know now that it wasn’t meant to be
’cause all has been lost and all has been won
And there’s nothing left for us to save
But now I know that I don’t want to be alone today
So if you find that you’ve been feeling just the same

Call me now it’s alright
It’s just the end of the world
You need a friend in the world
’cause you can’t hide
So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world

I’ve got a photograph, I’ll send it off today
And you will see that I am perfectly sane
Not for a lifetime or forever and a day
’cause we know now that just won’t be the case
There will be no commitment and no confessions
And no little secrets to keep
No little children or houses with roses
Just the end of the world and me
’cause all has been gone and all has been done
And there’s nothing left for us to say
But we could be together as they blow it all away
And we can share in every moment as it breaks

Call me now it’s alright
It’s just the end of the world
You need a friend in the world
’cause you can’t hide
So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world
Good song but quite sappy,terrible video and not his best vocal. I just wanna make sure it's suitable for wider audience. Well at least it's not a love song. To say, true love could be chemically* fake but true friendship is pure from the heart.

* biologically,hormones perhaps?

Monday, February 13, 2006

Two Poles

I came across this today. Fascinating articles for anyone who appreciate a good irony . Well, I just ROFLed.


Malay Mail

Sorry, no line but she has two telephone poles on her land!

SUNGAI BULOH, SELANGOR, Feb 13

She has two telephone poles on her land, but ironically Izan, a freelance writer and mother of four, does not have a telephone in her house in Kampung Damai, Kuang.

"They told me there is no line available but Telekom Malaysia (TM) actually erected two telephone cable poles on my land," she said.

Tired of being told "there is no line yet", Izan is fast losing her patience and is now considering charging TM rental for the poles.

When she enquired about the two cable poles on her land when TM has no lines for her, Izan claimed she was told that the company was not aware that the land was hers.

"My land actually borders the road plied by vehicles daily. To give room to pedestrians, I had my fence brought back five metres away from the road," she said. It is on that land that TM had erected the poles.

However, Izan insisted that it does not mean that TM can just erect poles without her consent.

Izan also claimed that when she brought up the matter to TM, she was promised the issue would be looked into.

"But that was four years ago and I have not heard anything since," she said.

She had thought that perhaps TM had no budget to provide lines for residents in the area but when her immediate neighbours have fixed lines installed, Izan is annoyed as her home is not far from the city.

"In this day and age, telephone is a necessity. I cannot have Internet access even for my school-going children because I don’t have a telephone line," she said.

"There are occasions when I have to be away hours at a time and I cannot leave my children at home and not be able to call to check if they are all right. It’s the same if they need to call me."

TM could not explain why the two cable poles were erected on Izan’s land without her consent.

TM’s senior vice president of TM Retail — Customer Service, Romli Hussin, said the company recently informed Izan that Wireless Homeline is available.

"The benefits and call charges are the same as our normal Homeline. However, we are still trying to provide the customer with a normal Homeline soon," he said.

Bila kita berkhidmat untuk manusia, ingatlah ye keikhlasan tu yang paling penting. ^_^

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

Dummies


Hi, i just got back from my hometown. I have some material to post but yet. This is what i did just now. I found the template from 4chan ^_^. Sorry, it's only cater for specific audience; that is for Lowyatians. So most probably it won't be humorous for you. Click here to be one and enjoy the Malaysian internet culture.

To ponder, humour is one thing that differentiate between human and animal. Human is the only organism in this world that is able to laugh. Please thank Him for this gift ;)