PAS Kalah …. Aku Depressed….. Inilah Ubatnya
Dilulus terbit pada Wednesday, December 07 @ 13:00:07 MYT oleh LinuxPro
Email Pelawat Kiriman M.S.Y.
6/12/2005 9.00 mlm. Aku rase malam tu mlm yg paling depressed bagi ku. Keputusan pilihanraya keluar lagi. Perasaan aku rase same macam masa mlm pilihanraya lepas. Geram ada, sedih ada, kekadang rase nak nangis pun ade.
Masa tengah tengok t.v. aku tak boleh “concentrate”, lagi aku bengang keluar plak tajuk berita bergolek kat bawah tuh….. “BN Menang”. TV3 punya tajuk control sikit, “BN mendahului… kiraan undi esok…” , tapi NTV7 terus declare “BN Menang”. Cam hampeh.
Bila keluar jer tajuk berita tu, aku tukar channel, sampai anak aku tegur “baba nie,… orang nak tengok citer tasha” ….katanya merengek, ntah citer ape ntah dia jer yg paham. Terbayang aku muka barua2 and juak UMNO yg tengah heppi kononnya dah menang. Biasaklah muka2 si gemuk pipi merah, si kecut cam kena sedut kuman resdung, si taik lalat berbulu, si muda berlagak alim dan mcm2 lagi. Terbayang plak tajuk berita esok “Rakyat beri kepercayaan pada BN, …. BN masih kukuh, …… PAS mula dibenci,…. Mandat baru ……”
Bini aku tengah sebok kemas setor ngan maid aku. Last2 aku naik atas tutup pintu aku pun doa. “Ya.. Allah kiraan undi esok Kau tukarlah keputusan tu, menangkanlah PAS sebab Kau yang Maha Berkuasa bagi Kau Kun Faya Kun …. kalau Kau nak jadi, apa pun boleh jadi…” …. Bagi aku apa pun situasi kita kena berdoa, walaupun nampak miracle.
Malam tu aku pun tidurlah, depressed tapi penuh pengharapan, harapan moga Allah tukar keputusan esok, biar padan muka geng2 bongkak tuh….
7/12/2005 6.00 pagi: Aku pun bangun tak rase bengang lagi. Lepas mandi , aku pun kejut kan bini aku. Dia cam letih skit, .. mungkin penat mengemas stor semalam. Lepas solat subuh, pun amek ler Quran tafsir aku, sambung bacaan semalam. Memang jadi rutin aku, dalam satu hari mesti tengok quran tafsir, bukan nak menunjuk tapi kena buat, kalau tak buat rase serabai. Rase iman makin lama makin tipis. Kita boleh rase sendiri. Tak kisah ler, subuh ker, zohor ker, yang pasti aku aku takmo miss nengok quran. Kalau malas sangat aku tengok satu ayat jer.
Cam biasalah .....baca satu ayat ... tengok tafsir, .....baca satu ayat tengok tafsir. Masuk ayat ketiga aku rase menarik sangat... yang nie la aku nak share dengan korang,.... bagi aku inilah pengubat duka lara, untuk kita yg berjuang (tapi asyik kecundang), ubat untuk mengubat duka aku semalam ....
Surah Al-An’am (6)
[123] Dan demikianlah Kami adakan dalam tiap-tiap negeri orang-orang besar yang jahat supaya mereka melakukan tipu daya di negeri itu, padahal tiadalah mereka memperdayakan selain dari dirinya sendiri (kerana merekalah yang akan menerima akibatnya yang buruk), sedang mereka tidak menyedarinya.
[125] Maka sesiapa yang Allah kehendaki untuk memberi hidayat petunjuk kepadanya nescaya Dia melapangkan dadanya (membuka hatinya) untuk menerima Islam dan sesiapa yang Allah kehendaki untuk menyesatkannya, nescaya Dia menjadikan dadanya sesak sempit sesempit-sempitnya, seolah-olah dia sedang mendaki naik ke langit (dengan susah payahnya). Demikianlah Allah menimpakan azab kepada orang-orang yang tidak beriman
[126] Dan inilah jalan Tuhanmu (agama Islam) yang betul lurus. Sesungguhnya Kami telah menjelaskan ayat-ayat keterangan (Kami) satu persatu, bagi kaum yang mahu beringat - insaf.
Insyallah .... janji Allah itu benar, Al-Quran ada jawapannya... juak2 UMNO akan kena juga akhirnya ..... pada aku inilah thrill perjuangan .....
Wassalam
Catatan : Kita tidak ditanya dan dipertanggungjawab soal menang atau kalah, tetapi kita akan dipersoalkan sejauh mana harta dan jiwa kita digunakan dalam perjuangan ini - LP
Rabu, 7 Disember 2005
A Fisherman's Tale
Fishing is my most interesting hobby.
It started sometime in 1990 and started to 'fade' from my list of hobbies about four years ago.
For the love fishing I have traveled up and down the country. I was fishing in Sg Besar, Mersing, Grik, Kuala Pahang and Bagan Lalang, Sepang.
Be it saltwater- or freshwater-fishing, I have tried it all.
On boats or on kelongs, I have experienced them too.
Talib, Nik Dir, Rahman Saleh and many more of my fishing friends are still at it, but so long I have not seen them.
May be one of these days I may join them again.
Fishing, my most interesting hobby. (alang bidara - 7/12/2005)
It started sometime in 1990 and started to 'fade' from my list of hobbies about four years ago.
For the love fishing I have traveled up and down the country. I was fishing in Sg Besar, Mersing, Grik, Kuala Pahang and Bagan Lalang, Sepang.
Be it saltwater- or freshwater-fishing, I have tried it all.
On boats or on kelongs, I have experienced them too.
Talib, Nik Dir, Rahman Saleh and many more of my fishing friends are still at it, but so long I have not seen them.
May be one of these days I may join them again.
Fishing, my most interesting hobby. (alang bidara - 7/12/2005)
Lumut Escapade, Prelude
I was studying in the Royal Military College (RMC) in Sg Besi in 1975 to 1977.
Our batch of RMC intake in 1975 have strong esprit de corps. We call ourselves OP75 group (OP = Old Putra/Old Boys). Even though we were together for only 2 to 4 years during 1975 to 1978, we still keep in touch with each other.
We meet regularly in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Lumut, Kemaman, Kuantan, or wherever the opportunity presents when a number of us are at any one location simultaneously. We call our meeting TTS, an acronym for "Teh Tarik Session", even though we do not necessarily have teh tarik during the meeting.
Our regular TTS spots vary from a mamak stall in Jalan Doraisamy in Kuala Lumpur to the NZ Curry House in Wangsa Melawati. Some time we have it nearby the Sungei Besi Air Force Base or even any stall where many of us happen to be at one town at a time.
OP75 have a yahoo group discussion forum (mailing list) and it is a very active discussion group with an average of 10 emails a day. Many of us joined Malaysia Armed Forces, be it the Army (TDDM or RAMD), Navy (TLDM) or the Air Force (TUDM).
The most senior rank from our OP75 is Major General Zulkifli who previously heads the Kuantan Armed Force Base, but now after recent promotion, posted to Mindef in Kuala Lumpur.
The most senior in the civilian sector is most probably Dato Azmil Khalili who is the CEO of MTD Group. You know, his company is the one awarded the contract for the construction of the KL-Karak Highway and the East Coast Highway (LPT).
The most flying colour of them all is probably OP Abu Samah, who hails from Gelang Patah. He left the Air Force and now the personal pilot for Sultan of Johor. The furthest posting is probably Colonel Razif, who our Defence Attache (DA) in London.
The most active in the yahoo mailing list is probably Mahmood Embong of Kemamang.
The most active in getting the OP75 together are probably jointly help by Colonel Aziz and Malik of Kemamang.
Many of our OP75 group members are in Lumut. But the most glamorous of them all is probably Capt Azhari Rashid (the Kajang Boy) who is the ADC to our King, The Yang Di Pertuan Agong.
There are 151 (9 has passed away so far)of us in the OP75 group and their names are in the yahoo group mailing list archive.
We are having our gathering, which we call "Lumut Escapade" in Lumut, Perak soon. It would be an interesting and exciting get-together. I mean after 30 years (since 1975) we would be seeing each other.
More about it later. Watch this space. (alang bidara - 7/12/2005)
Comment on Mood's comment:
Mood,
OK, corrections made. Kepada MG Zul, sorry for the error Sir, I will take 10 (knuckle clap - B Coy Standard) under the table now...1, 2, 3, adoh! 4..5
Mrae (x-Bravo Coy)
Anonymous wrote:
Mrae, BG Zul promoted to MG Zul, ie Major General lah, kalu Lt Gen dah 3 bintang, get your military facts straight, sebab tu mu dok leh masuk askar, wake up....
mood E Coy
Our batch of RMC intake in 1975 have strong esprit de corps. We call ourselves OP75 group (OP = Old Putra/Old Boys). Even though we were together for only 2 to 4 years during 1975 to 1978, we still keep in touch with each other.
We meet regularly in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Lumut, Kemaman, Kuantan, or wherever the opportunity presents when a number of us are at any one location simultaneously. We call our meeting TTS, an acronym for "Teh Tarik Session", even though we do not necessarily have teh tarik during the meeting.
Our regular TTS spots vary from a mamak stall in Jalan Doraisamy in Kuala Lumpur to the NZ Curry House in Wangsa Melawati. Some time we have it nearby the Sungei Besi Air Force Base or even any stall where many of us happen to be at one town at a time.
OP75 have a yahoo group discussion forum (mailing list) and it is a very active discussion group with an average of 10 emails a day. Many of us joined Malaysia Armed Forces, be it the Army (TDDM or RAMD), Navy (TLDM) or the Air Force (TUDM).
The most senior rank from our OP75 is Major General Zulkifli who previously heads the Kuantan Armed Force Base, but now after recent promotion, posted to Mindef in Kuala Lumpur.
The most senior in the civilian sector is most probably Dato Azmil Khalili who is the CEO of MTD Group. You know, his company is the one awarded the contract for the construction of the KL-Karak Highway and the East Coast Highway (LPT).
The most flying colour of them all is probably OP Abu Samah, who hails from Gelang Patah. He left the Air Force and now the personal pilot for Sultan of Johor. The furthest posting is probably Colonel Razif, who our Defence Attache (DA) in London.
The most active in the yahoo mailing list is probably Mahmood Embong of Kemamang.
The most active in getting the OP75 together are probably jointly help by Colonel Aziz and Malik of Kemamang.
Many of our OP75 group members are in Lumut. But the most glamorous of them all is probably Capt Azhari Rashid (the Kajang Boy) who is the ADC to our King, The Yang Di Pertuan Agong.
There are 151 (9 has passed away so far)of us in the OP75 group and their names are in the yahoo group mailing list archive.
We are having our gathering, which we call "Lumut Escapade" in Lumut, Perak soon. It would be an interesting and exciting get-together. I mean after 30 years (since 1975) we would be seeing each other.
More about it later. Watch this space. (alang bidara - 7/12/2005)
Comment on Mood's comment:
Mood,
OK, corrections made. Kepada MG Zul, sorry for the error Sir, I will take 10 (knuckle clap - B Coy Standard) under the table now...1, 2, 3, adoh! 4..5
Mrae (x-Bravo Coy)
Anonymous
Mrae, BG Zul promoted to MG Zul, ie Major General lah, kalu Lt Gen dah 3 bintang, get your military facts straight, sebab tu mu dok leh masuk askar, wake up....
mood E Coy
Selasa, 6 Disember 2005
The Referee Must not Kick the Ball into the Goal
In any football match, what would happen if the referee shoots the ball into the goal of one of the teams? Of course, the losing team will not accept the defeat. The point is, the referee must be neutral and not bias to a side of the two opposing teams. If the referee is biased, then surely the results of the football match will be highly questionable.
Similarly, in elections in a truly democratic process the elections commissions must be neutral, and not take sides. But this criteria is sadly missing in our beloved country.
Sure, if the elections process takes place with the elections commission seems to be acting just like another component of the ruling party, then the losing side will question the process and may not accept the result.
If the ruling party govenrment think their government is a strong and popular one, they would not be afraid to be fair and practise clean politics. They would readily accept any independent party or any elections watch-dog, be it from the EU, OIC or even the US of A to monitor the elections process.
It is quite amusing to think of them as pro-democracy, when on the one hand they would like to hold the elections, but on the other, they taint the process, just so that they win, even if the act would render the results questionable.
It is somewhat unthinkable this sort of thing is still rampant in this third millennium. (alang bidara - 6/12/2005)
Similarly, in elections in a truly democratic process the elections commissions must be neutral, and not take sides. But this criteria is sadly missing in our beloved country.
Sure, if the elections process takes place with the elections commission seems to be acting just like another component of the ruling party, then the losing side will question the process and may not accept the result.
If the ruling party govenrment think their government is a strong and popular one, they would not be afraid to be fair and practise clean politics. They would readily accept any independent party or any elections watch-dog, be it from the EU, OIC or even the US of A to monitor the elections process.
It is quite amusing to think of them as pro-democracy, when on the one hand they would like to hold the elections, but on the other, they taint the process, just so that they win, even if the act would render the results questionable.
It is somewhat unthinkable this sort of thing is still rampant in this third millennium. (alang bidara - 6/12/2005)
Isnin, 5 Disember 2005
Buying Memory
What?! One might ask:"Can memory be bought?" To the layman, perhaps the idea sound somewhat preposterous. But not to an IT-savvy person.
Yes, I made my way to the Low Yat Plaza on Monday evening to purchase some RAM for the PCs in the office. A few months earlier I was there with my kids, but on Monday I went alone. The feeling and the environment is definitely different, even though the place is the same Low Yat Plaza.
But I wish to write about some interesting development that has taken place at the Imbi Monorail station. It was after 6.30 PM when I walked back to the station from Low Yat Plaza to take a train to KL Sentral before changing to KTM Komuter.
KL Monorail has apparently hired a foreigner to be their PR runner at the platform. I was not certain of his nationality. But from the look I guessed he could either be from Bangladesh or Myanmar.
He was shouting through a loud hailer at the platform.
"The next train will be coming in 5 minutes time...for your own safety, please stand behind the yellow line..!!"
When the train arrives: "Please give way to disembarking passengers."
When passengers embark: "Please go in, please go right in. Malaysia boleh." "Thank you for using KL Monorail."
At some point I thought he was overdoing it. I wish someone would tell him to relax a bit and not be so tense about it. But then it crossed my mind that he is only doing his job. He is paid to do it and he has to do it.
When I finally got myself into the train (or rather, I pushes myself into the carriage!) I was somehow sandwiched between a thin Malay lady at the back and a big sized European woman in front. I could not help but felt embarassed being in that position, but I had no choice.
The train moved on with me in that somewhat 'compromising' position until the next station.
(alang bidara - 5/12/2005)
Yes, I made my way to the Low Yat Plaza on Monday evening to purchase some RAM for the PCs in the office. A few months earlier I was there with my kids, but on Monday I went alone. The feeling and the environment is definitely different, even though the place is the same Low Yat Plaza.
But I wish to write about some interesting development that has taken place at the Imbi Monorail station. It was after 6.30 PM when I walked back to the station from Low Yat Plaza to take a train to KL Sentral before changing to KTM Komuter.
KL Monorail has apparently hired a foreigner to be their PR runner at the platform. I was not certain of his nationality. But from the look I guessed he could either be from Bangladesh or Myanmar.
He was shouting through a loud hailer at the platform.
"The next train will be coming in 5 minutes time...for your own safety, please stand behind the yellow line..!!"
When the train arrives: "Please give way to disembarking passengers."
When passengers embark: "Please go in, please go right in. Malaysia boleh." "Thank you for using KL Monorail."
At some point I thought he was overdoing it. I wish someone would tell him to relax a bit and not be so tense about it. But then it crossed my mind that he is only doing his job. He is paid to do it and he has to do it.
When I finally got myself into the train (or rather, I pushes myself into the carriage!) I was somehow sandwiched between a thin Malay lady at the back and a big sized European woman in front. I could not help but felt embarassed being in that position, but I had no choice.
The train moved on with me in that somewhat 'compromising' position until the next station.
(alang bidara - 5/12/2005)
How to finish my leave?
The last month of the year is here. In less than 30 days, we will bid goodbye to 2005 to usher in the brand-new year 2006.
Usually this time of the year that work will somehow reduce to a minimum, and the staff will take time off to be with their family. School holidays will be a fitting time to take the wife and kids to a few days getaway holiday, local or overseas.
For those who can afford it, Sydney or Brisbane, Beijing, Kashmir, London, the USA, Canada or even the day-return Dumai would be the favorites. Even Sipadan, Perhentian, Tioman, Pangkor will be the favorite local destinations. Not to mention PD, Penang or even perhaps Cherating.
I have 5 days of my annual leave left. But how to spend it is the question. We have a project to complete. The "live" date for the project is mid-December. I am now in a dilemma. I have to finish my leave and yet we have a project 'deadline' to fulfill. So how will I solve this problem of mine? (alang bidara - 5/12/2005)
Usually this time of the year that work will somehow reduce to a minimum, and the staff will take time off to be with their family. School holidays will be a fitting time to take the wife and kids to a few days getaway holiday, local or overseas.
For those who can afford it, Sydney or Brisbane, Beijing, Kashmir, London, the USA, Canada or even the day-return Dumai would be the favorites. Even Sipadan, Perhentian, Tioman, Pangkor will be the favorite local destinations. Not to mention PD, Penang or even perhaps Cherating.
I have 5 days of my annual leave left. But how to spend it is the question. We have a project to complete. The "live" date for the project is mid-December. I am now in a dilemma. I have to finish my leave and yet we have a project 'deadline' to fulfill. So how will I solve this problem of mine? (alang bidara - 5/12/2005)
Ahad, 4 Disember 2005
Perjalanan Pulang dan Membeli Kain di Nilai
Di dalam perjalanan pulang dari kampong Kuala Sg Baru Melaka untuk kembali ke Lembah Kelang, kami singgah makan di gerai Mak Mah (24 jam) di Port Dickson. Saya makan nasi tetapi isteri dan anak-anak saya makan chicken chop, fish & chips dan roti canai. Selesai makan, waktu Maghrib pun telah masuk.
Kami singgah untuk solat di Masjid Port Dickson. Dari PD kami melalui Sendayan, Labu dan Nilai. Di Nilai kami singgah kerana isteri saya hendak membeli kain ela.
Semasa menunggu isteri dan anak-anak perempuan saya membeli-belah di dalam kereta bersama 3 dari anak-anak lelaki saya. Dari tempat itu saya dapat memerhati kenderaan yang lalu lalang di lebuhraya yang menuju ke tol Nilai pintu masuk ke lebuhraya PLUS. Terasa agak relax waktu itu, kerana kami tak perlu rush untuk pulang. Keadaan di kedai-kedai juga agak lengang.
"Lain kali kalau nak nak shopping kain di sini kita datang waktu seperti ni la ye..?" Saya mencadangkan kepada isteri saya. Dia bersetuju. Anak-anak saya pun bersetuju.
Begitulah agaknya suasana di petang Ahad (Malam Isnin) di Nilai 1. Lengang, tenang dan relax. Tak payah bersesak-sesak, tak perlu berasak-asak untuk memilih kain yang nak dibeli.
(alang bidara - 4/11/2005)
Kami singgah untuk solat di Masjid Port Dickson. Dari PD kami melalui Sendayan, Labu dan Nilai. Di Nilai kami singgah kerana isteri saya hendak membeli kain ela.
Semasa menunggu isteri dan anak-anak perempuan saya membeli-belah di dalam kereta bersama 3 dari anak-anak lelaki saya. Dari tempat itu saya dapat memerhati kenderaan yang lalu lalang di lebuhraya yang menuju ke tol Nilai pintu masuk ke lebuhraya PLUS. Terasa agak relax waktu itu, kerana kami tak perlu rush untuk pulang. Keadaan di kedai-kedai juga agak lengang.
"Lain kali kalau nak nak shopping kain di sini kita datang waktu seperti ni la ye..?" Saya mencadangkan kepada isteri saya. Dia bersetuju. Anak-anak saya pun bersetuju.
Begitulah agaknya suasana di petang Ahad (Malam Isnin) di Nilai 1. Lengang, tenang dan relax. Tak payah bersesak-sesak, tak perlu berasak-asak untuk memilih kain yang nak dibeli.
(alang bidara - 4/11/2005)
Sabtu, 3 Disember 2005
Komitmen dan Tanggungjawab Sosial
Seorang teman di pejabat memberikan sekeping kad jemputan kahwin.
"Bila ye?" tanya saya.
"Dua minggu lagi," jawabnya.
Sudah tentu bukan kenduri untuk dia, tetapi anak pertamanya. Teman ini agak rapat dengan saya. Jadi saya telah mengambil keputusan untuk hadir ke majlis dia di Sungai Buloh itu, walau apa pun halangan yang bakal mendatang. Tanpa meneliti tarikh nya, saya beranggapan harinya tentulah hari Ahad.
Adik ipar pula hendak mengadakan kenduri kesyukuran pada hari Sabtu pukul 8.00 malam di kampongnya di Melaka. Saya telah berjanji dengan isteri saya untuk pulang ke kampong awal pagi Sabtu, supaya sempat membuat persediaan kenduri kesyukuran. Dan balik ke Kuala Lumpur awal pagi Ahad supaya bersempatan pula untuk ke Sungai Buloh bagi hadir ke majlis kenduri anak teman sepejabat itu.
Lewat petang Jumaat di pejabat, seorang teman lain bercakap tentang jalan ke rumah teman yang mangadakan kenduri anaknya di Sungai Buloh itu.
"Hari Ahad, kan?" Secara tak semena-mena saya bertanya. "Sabtu lah...".
Saya membuka beg dan menyemak kad jemputan itu.
"Masya Allah.... ye la besok laa..."
Lewat malam Sabtu, selepas belanja keluarga saya makan steak di Kg Baru, Kuala Lumpur, saya terpaksa berunding dengan isteri saya cara menyelesaikan "pertembungan jadual" kami itu.
Persetujuan dicapai setelah sejam berbincang.....
Isteri saya akan balik ke kampung menumpang kereta adiknya dan adik iparnya di pagi Sabtu, kerana isteri saya telah menerima permintaan adiknya untuk memasak dan menguruskan kenduri kesyukuran adiknya di kampungnya di Melaka.
Saya pula bersama-sama anak-anak akan ke majlis kenduri kahwin anak teman pejabat saya di Sungai Buloh tengah hari Sabtu dan akan balik ke Melaka selepas kenduri itu. Maka akan sempat juga untuk berada di kampong untuk majlis kesyukuran itu.
Dengan 'penjadulan semula' tersebut maka dapatlah kami sekeluarga memenuhi komitmen serta janji kami kepada saudara terdekat, dan di masa yang sama memenuhi tanggung-jawab sosial terhadap sahabat handai. Alhamdulillah... (alang bidara - 3/12/2005)
"Bila ye?" tanya saya.
"Dua minggu lagi," jawabnya.
Sudah tentu bukan kenduri untuk dia, tetapi anak pertamanya. Teman ini agak rapat dengan saya. Jadi saya telah mengambil keputusan untuk hadir ke majlis dia di Sungai Buloh itu, walau apa pun halangan yang bakal mendatang. Tanpa meneliti tarikh nya, saya beranggapan harinya tentulah hari Ahad.
Adik ipar pula hendak mengadakan kenduri kesyukuran pada hari Sabtu pukul 8.00 malam di kampongnya di Melaka. Saya telah berjanji dengan isteri saya untuk pulang ke kampong awal pagi Sabtu, supaya sempat membuat persediaan kenduri kesyukuran. Dan balik ke Kuala Lumpur awal pagi Ahad supaya bersempatan pula untuk ke Sungai Buloh bagi hadir ke majlis kenduri anak teman sepejabat itu.
Lewat petang Jumaat di pejabat, seorang teman lain bercakap tentang jalan ke rumah teman yang mangadakan kenduri anaknya di Sungai Buloh itu.
"Hari Ahad, kan?" Secara tak semena-mena saya bertanya. "Sabtu lah...".
Saya membuka beg dan menyemak kad jemputan itu.
"Masya Allah.... ye la besok laa..."
Lewat malam Sabtu, selepas belanja keluarga saya makan steak di Kg Baru, Kuala Lumpur, saya terpaksa berunding dengan isteri saya cara menyelesaikan "pertembungan jadual" kami itu.
Persetujuan dicapai setelah sejam berbincang.....
Isteri saya akan balik ke kampung menumpang kereta adiknya dan adik iparnya di pagi Sabtu, kerana isteri saya telah menerima permintaan adiknya untuk memasak dan menguruskan kenduri kesyukuran adiknya di kampungnya di Melaka.
Saya pula bersama-sama anak-anak akan ke majlis kenduri kahwin anak teman pejabat saya di Sungai Buloh tengah hari Sabtu dan akan balik ke Melaka selepas kenduri itu. Maka akan sempat juga untuk berada di kampong untuk majlis kesyukuran itu.
Dengan 'penjadulan semula' tersebut maka dapatlah kami sekeluarga memenuhi komitmen serta janji kami kepada saudara terdekat, dan di masa yang sama memenuhi tanggung-jawab sosial terhadap sahabat handai. Alhamdulillah... (alang bidara - 3/12/2005)
Jumaat, 2 Disember 2005
The December 6, 2005 Poser
The RM1 coins will cease to be legal tender after midnight of December 6, 2005. So, those of you who have been thrifty and saving for the Christmas & New Year sales, watch out. Change your coins at your nearest bank before that.
But if you plan to be Kelantan on that date to watch the Pengkalan Pasir state constituency cast their votes to choose their new state assemblyman, be very careful. Change your coins much, much earlier.
Unless, of course, you plan to 'make-a-wish' throws in your local stream or unused wells...!!!
Yes, the last day of the RM1 coins acceptance and the polling day for the Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan by-election is one and the same 6 December 2005.
One may ask: "Is this a co-incidence?" Or may be:"Is there a connection between the two events?"
Well, dear readers, don't ask me. You figure it out... (alang bidara - 2/12/2006 -> 4 more days to the 6th...!!)
But if you plan to be Kelantan on that date to watch the Pengkalan Pasir state constituency cast their votes to choose their new state assemblyman, be very careful. Change your coins much, much earlier.
Unless, of course, you plan to 'make-a-wish' throws in your local stream or unused wells...!!!
Yes, the last day of the RM1 coins acceptance and the polling day for the Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan by-election is one and the same 6 December 2005.
One may ask: "Is this a co-incidence?" Or may be:"Is there a connection between the two events?"
Well, dear readers, don't ask me. You figure it out... (alang bidara - 2/12/2006 -> 4 more days to the 6th...!!)
Can Citizens Control a Democratically Elected Government?
Many of us are exasperated at times whan the government policy create problem and causes great inconvenience for us.
We wonder why such things happen and more importantly wonder how we can prevent or remedy the situation.
A friend of mine who is a student in political science told me the other day: "Kelantanese are politically wise..". "How so?" I asked.
"Well, you see they control the state government and not the other way round."
"So?"
"But at the national level the government is controlling the citizen. Bacause Kelantanese dare to change their government. For certain period they vote for Pas. Then they chose BN. Then again Pas. By doing this, they are actually the state assembly. Their assemblimen and MPs better watch their steps, and the ruling party better watch their policy. Or else the voters will say goodbye to them come the next elections."
"You mean even at the national level, we should vote Pas/BA into the government as well?"
"Yes, I do."
"But how will that affecy our lives? What about the development?"
"Why should we worry? The ruling government will carry on the development. And they will definite improve the conditions of the rakyat. If not, next elections the other party will be voted in."
"But we have never experienced Pas/BA in the government before. How would we know they would be better than the ruling one?"
"All the more reasons why we should try. We'll never know unless we try.."
This discussion crept in my mind again, following the Pengkalan Pasir byelection, soon to be held in Kelantan. Well, we would know if my student friend is right yet again. (alang bidara - 2/12/2005)
We wonder why such things happen and more importantly wonder how we can prevent or remedy the situation.
A friend of mine who is a student in political science told me the other day: "Kelantanese are politically wise..". "How so?" I asked.
"Well, you see they control the state government and not the other way round."
"So?"
"But at the national level the government is controlling the citizen. Bacause Kelantanese dare to change their government. For certain period they vote for Pas. Then they chose BN. Then again Pas. By doing this, they are actually the state assembly. Their assemblimen and MPs better watch their steps, and the ruling party better watch their policy. Or else the voters will say goodbye to them come the next elections."
"You mean even at the national level, we should vote Pas/BA into the government as well?"
"Yes, I do."
"But how will that affecy our lives? What about the development?"
"Why should we worry? The ruling government will carry on the development. And they will definite improve the conditions of the rakyat. If not, next elections the other party will be voted in."
"But we have never experienced Pas/BA in the government before. How would we know they would be better than the ruling one?"
"All the more reasons why we should try. We'll never know unless we try.."
This discussion crept in my mind again, following the Pengkalan Pasir byelection, soon to be held in Kelantan. Well, we would know if my student friend is right yet again. (alang bidara - 2/12/2005)
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