My Persaraan

Sunday, August 30, 2009

KEPALA LEMBU

It's cow head, heading the headlines now..... go to this site to see the pictures of this madness.
The old Malay proverb did say that you have to clapped with both hands to hear the clapping sound. You can't clap with just one hand, hence, the problem started with something and ends up with this. Somebody is responsible, somebody must be blame and somebody will have to face the music.

Dancing to any tune after this won't keep the issue away. Though many have condemned the action of this few people, but still they need to voice out their frustration I guess. The use of the cow's head could suggest calling for more trouble, but at the same time, it caught the attention of almost everyone. Now its better for them to sit down and look again at the ugly drawing that they have made. Making a point is totally different than pointing a point sarcastically.

Maybe they should have use just the banner in their first outing before coming out with dangerous idea of kepala lembu. Cian kat lembu tu..... dia pula yang kena pijak. Very offending to others standing around watching but can't do anything. In the pictures, those people from the press, seems more interested of the cow head, rather than the man with the microphone.
Anyway, who is he ?

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Donkey and the Carrot

I read a child’s book the other day to my daughter about a Native man who needed help getting water and food up to his village in the mountain. The way was long and required more strength than this little man could give. He decided to use his donkey, which was small, but had the strength of ten men. He found that this task also did not appeal to the donkey, but knew that this would be his only way to get the supplies up the mountain.

He sat down to think about it, and an idea popped into his head. He grabbed a carrot from his bag and dangled it from a stick with some rope that he also had. Urging the donkey forward by holding the dangling carrot in front of its mouth, he was able to get the food and water up the mountain to his family before dinner. Thus began the “Stick and Carrot” or I'd better say it this way, "the donkey and the carrot" approach.

o There are a couple of things that make this work:

o The carrot must be sweet enough to be enticing

o The weight of the load must equal the worth of the carrot

The donkey must be hungry and of course stupid too, if not we won't call people who offended our intelligence, as donkeys.

Would this work for people....


Not in Sand Bund recently..........


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Caning

In Islamic law, the cane should not be thicker than the little finger on the hand and that the cane cannot be lifted so high that the upper arm is lifted away from the armpit.

The above statement was what I was waiting for all this while to appear in a newspaper after the news of a Singaporean model was fined and ordered to be whipped ( or rather caned), and it has caused hue and cry among many, either they muslims or non muslims. Most who are not in favour of the punishment, though it can be considered contempt of the court, voice out their ignorance along with their logic of the case.

The accused was tried in a court, not in some kampung house, and she was represented with a lawyer. The trial was fair, and most of all, she admit and accepted the verdict, and ready to be punish by choosing not to appeal to the sentence. Salute to this lady in a way, because it take a 'man' to admit a mistake done in purpose. But I think she should ask for leniency, pardon maybe and just turned into a new leaf after this. Allah is a Forgiver, so why not.....

Almost all of us make some kind of mistake, which is punishable by law, or just any kind of law. For this lady, she was caught doing it, but for many of us we are never caught and so no punishment, no need to heir a lawyer to defend ourselves. We escape the law and we can only be lucky if we felt sorry for what we have done and repent sincerely not to break the law again. Right?

So, the part-time model was charged under Section 136 of the Pahang Islamic and Malay Traditional Practices Enactment 1982 (amendment 1987). (17 years old Law)

Under the section, those who are found guilty can be fined up to RM5,000 or jailed a maximum of three years, or both, and sentenced to six strokes of the rotan.

The sentence for consuming alcohol was made stiffer when the Islamic Religious Administration and Pahang Malay Tradition Enactment 1982 was amended in 1987.

It may be a harsh sentence, says Mahathir Mohamad, “Is not Islam merciful to first-time offenders?” Dr Mahathir asked, adding that fairness and consideration were the main tenets in Islam.
“We will be celebrating our independence this year by flogging a Muslim woman for drinking beer under Syariah law,” he said.
“Although the story has gone across the globe, Muslims should not worry about other people’s perceptions when dealing with matters of our religion despite the negative or positive image it might bring,” he added. (Yang ini I agree, sekali-sekali this man goes by the book juga, bukan akal dia saja)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

At Ngarai Sianok
Lubang Jepang.... funny name, but this hole is 150 meters down and has something to do with the Japanese.
Usually greeted by the tourist guide who also works as a story teller or mayb a historian
Gunung Singgalang, hmmm maybe kot, that's the name... ha ha short memory, no wonder ckgu Hudzairi wrote everything in his notebook
A typiical scene of pop-out market whenever and wherever there are Malaysian women around
A typical Minangkabau's house, scarcely found
A embroidery class in action. The trainees stay in hostels undergoing traning for about six months. Every single items produce during training belongs to the training center
Bengkel Jahitan Hjh Rosmah
Tourist being offered a delicacy of Minang's sweetness upon arrival at Hjh Rosmah's


Spent two nights here in High Hills

Saturday, August 08, 2009

H1N1

Today, the newspaper reported another 3 death bringing the number of H1N1 fatalities to 18 in Malaysia.

Few days ago I caught a flu while in Langkawi. Realising that it must be my sinus, I kept attending every session and not wearing any mask. The persons next to me don't seem to mind. I was hoping they would ask me to stay in bed rather than be with them throughout the duration of the course. Maybe they like my company... hu hu ..

I did not sneeze though, but my nose seems to be melting away.

Now after 5 days, I'm back to normal and as usual enjoy my Saturday/Sunday morning walk.

Now this influenza is getting its hands on Malaysia, gripping every corner of the country with fear that it might get messy... lets hope and pray that in a few weeks time, we don't have to see people wearing masks anymore.....