We say farewell to 2005 as we usher in the new year 2006.
I am very happy as we celebrate the new year, I have already created 52 new postings for 2005.
This is a new avenue for me, using alang bidara pseudonym, as the alang bidar web page somehow proved too cumbersome to update.
I may not be a well-known witer, but I am satisfied with the things as they are now. I still have global exposure as the internet technology has proven the inevitable: sooner or later I will be well-known globally.
Hapy New Year 2006. (alang bidara - 31/12/2006)
Sabtu, 31 Disember 2005
Jumaat, 30 Disember 2005
Polis Mesir Pukul Pelarian Sudan Hingga Ada Yang Mati
Telah diberitakan polis Mesir memukul pelarian Sudan sehingga ada yang mati, dan di antara yang mati itu ada juga kanak-kanak.
Pelarian ini memprotes tidak mahu dihantar pulang sebaliknya mahu ditempatkan di negara ketiga.
Polis pula mengatakan mereka mati akibat dipijak di dalam kelam-kabut bila polis menyuraikan pelarian yang memprotes itu.
Kita merasa dukacita perkara ini berlaku. Sudan dan Mesir merupakan jiran yang bersempadan. Mengapa tidak tolak ansur sesama jiran?
Kita tidak terperanjat bila pihak UN (PBB)tidak mengutuk kerajaan Mesir di atas perkara yang berlaku. Sekiranya yang mati itu rakyat Eropah atau Amerika, sudah tentu Mesir akan dikutuk dan mungkin diserang dengan bom, malah mungkin UN akan bersidang segera dan Majlis Keselamatan PBB meluluskan serangan itu. Tetapi oleh kerana yang mati itu rakyat Sudan dan yang menyuraikan protes pelarian itu kerajaan yang 'direstui' Barat, maka sekadar "kesal dan sedih" sajalah reaksi UN..!!
Kita tunggu dan lihat apa reaksi pihak Sudan, Liga Arab, NAM dan OIC. Tiada hadiah sekiranya anda dapat menjawab soalan ini dengan tepat! (alang bidara - 30/12/2005)
Pelarian ini memprotes tidak mahu dihantar pulang sebaliknya mahu ditempatkan di negara ketiga.
Polis pula mengatakan mereka mati akibat dipijak di dalam kelam-kabut bila polis menyuraikan pelarian yang memprotes itu.
Kita merasa dukacita perkara ini berlaku. Sudan dan Mesir merupakan jiran yang bersempadan. Mengapa tidak tolak ansur sesama jiran?
Kita tidak terperanjat bila pihak UN (PBB)tidak mengutuk kerajaan Mesir di atas perkara yang berlaku. Sekiranya yang mati itu rakyat Eropah atau Amerika, sudah tentu Mesir akan dikutuk dan mungkin diserang dengan bom, malah mungkin UN akan bersidang segera dan Majlis Keselamatan PBB meluluskan serangan itu. Tetapi oleh kerana yang mati itu rakyat Sudan dan yang menyuraikan protes pelarian itu kerajaan yang 'direstui' Barat, maka sekadar "kesal dan sedih" sajalah reaksi UN..!!
Kita tunggu dan lihat apa reaksi pihak Sudan, Liga Arab, NAM dan OIC. Tiada hadiah sekiranya anda dapat menjawab soalan ini dengan tepat! (alang bidara - 30/12/2005)
Khamis, 29 Disember 2005
Menghabiskan Cuti di Rumah
Di hari-hari terakhir tahun 2005 saya menghabiskan cuti di rumah.
Pagi-pagi lagi dah hantar hantar anak saya di tempat latihan practical dia di Kuala Lumpur. Lepas itu saya dan isteri saya ke pusat servis kereta Toyota di Puchong.
Lama juga menunggu kereta diservis. Seluruh kawasan pusat servis itu dipenuhi kereta, hampir tak ada ruang untuk kereta melalui ruang itu.
Ramai betul orang yang hantar kereta untuk diservis. Mungkin mereka juga seperti saya yang menghabiskan cuti tahunan sambil menghantar kereta ke pusat servis.
Terasa lega sedikit kepala tanpa memikirkan hal-hal kerja di pejabat yang penuh dengan KPI, deadline dan target.
Besuk saya cuti lagi. Duduk relax di rumah lagi agaknya. (alang bidara - 29/12/2005)
Pagi-pagi lagi dah hantar hantar anak saya di tempat latihan practical dia di Kuala Lumpur. Lepas itu saya dan isteri saya ke pusat servis kereta Toyota di Puchong.
Lama juga menunggu kereta diservis. Seluruh kawasan pusat servis itu dipenuhi kereta, hampir tak ada ruang untuk kereta melalui ruang itu.
Ramai betul orang yang hantar kereta untuk diservis. Mungkin mereka juga seperti saya yang menghabiskan cuti tahunan sambil menghantar kereta ke pusat servis.
Terasa lega sedikit kepala tanpa memikirkan hal-hal kerja di pejabat yang penuh dengan KPI, deadline dan target.
Besuk saya cuti lagi. Duduk relax di rumah lagi agaknya. (alang bidara - 29/12/2005)
Rabu, 28 Disember 2005
Bekerja Sehingga Lewat Malam
Sekali sekala saya perlu stay back dan pulang lewat sedikit dari pejabat untuk menyiapkan kerja-kerja yang berbentuk 'urgent', maka perlu disegerakan siap.
Ketika balik lambat, baru terasa sunyi di stesyen KTM Komuter Kuala Lumpur.
Baru dapat merasakan nikmat kalau selalu dapat balik tepat pukul 5.00 petang.
(alang bidara - 28/12/2005)
Ketika balik lambat, baru terasa sunyi di stesyen KTM Komuter Kuala Lumpur.
Baru dapat merasakan nikmat kalau selalu dapat balik tepat pukul 5.00 petang.
(alang bidara - 28/12/2005)
Selasa, 27 Disember 2005
End of Year Concerts (or are they New Year Concerts?)
If we see the advertisements and trailers of what are being planned in many locations, for the night of 31 December 2005, we would be forgiven to conclude that the media has nothing else to highlight but concerts.
Yes. Concerts, concerts and more comcerts. From the Gurney Drive in Penang to the KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, we have nothing else to see or hear but concerts and more concerts.
Is it any wonder that our youth are good at nothing but attending the concerts?
We are talking baout a very concerted effort by many parties to have nothing on that night, but songs and more songs. The public trasportation system even have the "Tiket Integration" scheme, in which you buy one ticket for RM18.00 and you can travel on the rails system and the buses for a certain duration during the eve of the new year.
If only we have this degree of "integrasi" and concerted effort for something more educational and more beneficial for our youth and our beloved country....!! (alang bidara - 27/12/2005)
Yes. Concerts, concerts and more comcerts. From the Gurney Drive in Penang to the KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, we have nothing else to see or hear but concerts and more concerts.
Is it any wonder that our youth are good at nothing but attending the concerts?
We are talking baout a very concerted effort by many parties to have nothing on that night, but songs and more songs. The public trasportation system even have the "Tiket Integration" scheme, in which you buy one ticket for RM18.00 and you can travel on the rails system and the buses for a certain duration during the eve of the new year.
If only we have this degree of "integrasi" and concerted effort for something more educational and more beneficial for our youth and our beloved country....!! (alang bidara - 27/12/2005)
Tsunami, A Year After
The date 26 December 2004 has a very significant historic moment for us all.
It was the day many parts of Asia were hit by the tsunami. Hundreds of thousands people perished. Indonesia's Acheh, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India are the most affected. In countries as far as East Africa, many lives were lost.
Time has passed. But even a year after the catastrophy, many peolpe are still struggling to pick up the pieces after been hit by the tsunami.
We can question as to how little aid reach the affected people. Why so very little aid came from Western countries?
Human proposes, but Allah disposes.
We, as human beings, have to learn some valuable lessons from the events of 26 December, 2004.
Even a year after the tragedy, we are still learning from it. (alang bidara - 27/12/2005).
It was the day many parts of Asia were hit by the tsunami. Hundreds of thousands people perished. Indonesia's Acheh, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India are the most affected. In countries as far as East Africa, many lives were lost.
Time has passed. But even a year after the catastrophy, many peolpe are still struggling to pick up the pieces after been hit by the tsunami.
We can question as to how little aid reach the affected people. Why so very little aid came from Western countries?
Human proposes, but Allah disposes.
We, as human beings, have to learn some valuable lessons from the events of 26 December, 2004.
Even a year after the tragedy, we are still learning from it. (alang bidara - 27/12/2005).
Isnin, 26 Disember 2005
A Holiday to Remember
Shool holidays of the year 2005 must have been a holiday to remember for my wife and children.
In mid-December, we went to Lumut to attend the OP Lumut Escapade held at the naval base in Lumut. The BBQ and the lunch onboard MV Fajar Samudra were the highlights of the Lumut Escapade.
Though we did not stay in the Orient Star hotel (the official Escapade hotel), but Hotel Putra certainly at at the convenient location for the access to Lumut town and the Lumut Jetty, the jumping off platform to Pangkor.
We took time off to make a brief lunch tour to Teluk Nipah in Pangkor. After a quick brunch we did some shopping of souvenirs and Pangkor t-shirts and stuffs, we headed back to Lumut, reaching Hotel Putra before Zohor prayer time.
After the BBQ that night we gathered in one nasi kandar restaurant in Lumut for our teh tarik session (tts). Most of the attendees were OP75 members. It was certainly a noisy reunion, but I guessed the mamak owner were happy for our patronage.
The holidays also brought happy moments for my kids because Adham passed his traffic rules test, thus obtaining his L-licence. His mother bought him an RXZ motobike.
Hanisah passed her PMR exams with 6 A's and 2 B's, quite a good one.
Of course the happiest of them all is Noraini (along) who cleared all her exam papers for the final semester in her UiTM Business Studies (Hons) degree quest. Quite a good pointer she managed to scape through.
Last night I treated my wife and kids to a sumptious ikan bakar dinner at the bayu malam at Bagan Lalang.
This event capped the 2005 holidays for my kids. I suppose it must have been a memorable one. (alang bidara - 26/12/2005)
In mid-December, we went to Lumut to attend the OP Lumut Escapade held at the naval base in Lumut. The BBQ and the lunch onboard MV Fajar Samudra were the highlights of the Lumut Escapade.
Though we did not stay in the Orient Star hotel (the official Escapade hotel), but Hotel Putra certainly at at the convenient location for the access to Lumut town and the Lumut Jetty, the jumping off platform to Pangkor.
We took time off to make a brief lunch tour to Teluk Nipah in Pangkor. After a quick brunch we did some shopping of souvenirs and Pangkor t-shirts and stuffs, we headed back to Lumut, reaching Hotel Putra before Zohor prayer time.
After the BBQ that night we gathered in one nasi kandar restaurant in Lumut for our teh tarik session (tts). Most of the attendees were OP75 members. It was certainly a noisy reunion, but I guessed the mamak owner were happy for our patronage.
The holidays also brought happy moments for my kids because Adham passed his traffic rules test, thus obtaining his L-licence. His mother bought him an RXZ motobike.
Hanisah passed her PMR exams with 6 A's and 2 B's, quite a good one.
Of course the happiest of them all is Noraini (along) who cleared all her exam papers for the final semester in her UiTM Business Studies (Hons) degree quest. Quite a good pointer she managed to scape through.
Last night I treated my wife and kids to a sumptious ikan bakar dinner at the bayu malam at Bagan Lalang.
This event capped the 2005 holidays for my kids. I suppose it must have been a memorable one. (alang bidara - 26/12/2005)
Makan Ikan Bakar di Bagan Lalang
Malam ni kami ke Bagan Lalang. Lalu highway PLUS, tetapi berlaku traffic jam berhampiran hentian sebelah Nilai Selatan. Saya masuk ke highway arh ke KLIA.
Sampai di Bagan Lalang hampir pukul 9.00 malam.
Gerai Bayu Malam menawarkan masakan makanan laut ikan bakar serta udang, sotong, ketam, pepahat dan kepah.
"Kepah tsunami kot..."
Lama juga kami menunggu.
Makan alam ini boleh dikira sebagai sempena beberapa celebrations la ni: along lulus clear semua paper semester akhir UiTM dia, Adham lulus peperiksaan lalulintas untuk lesen L, serta Hanisah lulus PMR yang agak cemerlang- 6A & 2 B.
Bila sampai makanan, jam sudah lebih 10.30 malam.
Bila sampai di rumah jam sudah hampir 12.00 malam. (alang bidara - 26/12/2005)
Sampai di Bagan Lalang hampir pukul 9.00 malam.
Gerai Bayu Malam menawarkan masakan makanan laut ikan bakar serta udang, sotong, ketam, pepahat dan kepah.
"Kepah tsunami kot..."
Lama juga kami menunggu.
Makan alam ini boleh dikira sebagai sempena beberapa celebrations la ni: along lulus clear semua paper semester akhir UiTM dia, Adham lulus peperiksaan lalulintas untuk lesen L, serta Hanisah lulus PMR yang agak cemerlang- 6A & 2 B.
Bila sampai makanan, jam sudah lebih 10.30 malam.
Bila sampai di rumah jam sudah hampir 12.00 malam. (alang bidara - 26/12/2005)
Ahad, 25 Disember 2005
Ikan Jenahak Besar dimakan 3 orang
Selepas melawat pusat ternakan kepunyaan Alias kami ke Gerai Makan Ikan Bakat Persatuan Nelayan Melaka Barat, yang terletak di Kuala Sungai Baru, Melaka.
Kerja ubahsuai bangunan belum selesai, jadi pengunjung terpaksa bersesak-sesak di bawah khemah style 'kenduri kahwin' di sebelah bangunan. Hampir semua meja dipenuhi pelanggan. Kami berdiri dekat sebuah meja, tak lama 3 buah kerusi dibawa untuk kami.
Kami memilih seekor ikan jenahak yang agak besar dan sedikit udang untuk dimasak goreng tepung.
"Jenakah masak masam manis."
"Abang, yang ni sesuai untuk 5 orang makan, mungkin tak habis kalau 3 orang makan."
"Tak apa. Kami nak juga."
Lama juga kami menunggu. Lebih setngah jam...!
Tetapi penantian itu berbaloi sekali. Ikan jenahak 'fresh' seberat 1.4 kg itu habis kami kerjakan.
Isteri saya puas hati. Begitu juga Halim. Dia yang belanja kami makan. Dia pun kata puas hati tunggu lama.
Tentunya kami akan datang lagi ke sini. Harap kerja ubahsuai bangunan akan siap bila kami datang lain kali. (alang bidara - 25/12/2005)
Kerja ubahsuai bangunan belum selesai, jadi pengunjung terpaksa bersesak-sesak di bawah khemah style 'kenduri kahwin' di sebelah bangunan. Hampir semua meja dipenuhi pelanggan. Kami berdiri dekat sebuah meja, tak lama 3 buah kerusi dibawa untuk kami.
Kami memilih seekor ikan jenahak yang agak besar dan sedikit udang untuk dimasak goreng tepung.
"Jenakah masak masam manis."
"Abang, yang ni sesuai untuk 5 orang makan, mungkin tak habis kalau 3 orang makan."
"Tak apa. Kami nak juga."
Lama juga kami menunggu. Lebih setngah jam...!
Tetapi penantian itu berbaloi sekali. Ikan jenahak 'fresh' seberat 1.4 kg itu habis kami kerjakan.
Isteri saya puas hati. Begitu juga Halim. Dia yang belanja kami makan. Dia pun kata puas hati tunggu lama.
Tentunya kami akan datang lagi ke sini. Harap kerja ubahsuai bangunan akan siap bila kami datang lain kali. (alang bidara - 25/12/2005)
Sabtu, 24 Disember 2005
The Chicken or the Egg?
This afternoon will be an exciting for me and my friend, Halim.
We plan to visit a chicken farm project of another friend. Well, this is quite out of the usual industry that we indulge in.
But it does not matter, a business is a business whan it comes to making money. Anything lawful and morally sound should be an acceptable way to laugh our way to the bank.
It may be the start of a new and exciting project, or it may end up being one of the entries in my journal, to be in my live archive for my future writing assignments.
This afternoon will be a turning point of sort in my life. (alang bidara - 24/12/2005)
We plan to visit a chicken farm project of another friend. Well, this is quite out of the usual industry that we indulge in.
But it does not matter, a business is a business whan it comes to making money. Anything lawful and morally sound should be an acceptable way to laugh our way to the bank.
It may be the start of a new and exciting project, or it may end up being one of the entries in my journal, to be in my live archive for my future writing assignments.
This afternoon will be a turning point of sort in my life. (alang bidara - 24/12/2005)
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