The first Chinese New Year 2009 was a very quiet affair. Surprisingly, I could sleep well on the eve because the banging of firecrackers was very much less than the noises made during the couple of years. I send my normal greetings to all my Chinese friends vide emails and short messages. I decided not to visit any open house and in the afternoon, I took the trip to Putrajaya. It was about a year ago I last visited the place and keen to see the latest development.
We had lunch by the lake food court and enjoyed the beautiful sunny afternoon from the fully air condition food court. Since we were there, we went on the 1430 hours lake cruise. The catamaran was fully occupied and we had a busload of Taiwanese tourists. The cruise took us about 45 minutes and crossed under 3 bridges. As explained by the Tourist Guide, the deepest point of the lake is 45 feet deep and they have about 36 species of tropical fish aqua cultured in the lake, the most dangerous is “toman”. Swimming and fishing is strictly prohibited. The most impressive structure by the lake is the under construction Tengku Mizan Mosque. I asked the Tourist Guide the justification of another Mosque by the lake and he told me, the present one is inadequate especially during the month of Ramadhan. I was impressed by the Tourist Guide who gave us a detail briefing of all structures seen from the lake. The most prominent is the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) perch on the majestic hillock at the end of the lake.
I may visit the lake cruise again and this time for sunset dinner cruise. Sound romantic. If I had cruised on the Nile, Seine, Rhine, Danube and Thames, I don’t think I should not go one at my own backyard.
I must pay my gratitude to my former Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad for converting Batang Benar Estate, into such a marvelous place.
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The second day of Chinese New Year, 27th January 2009, after the Isyakh prayer, the Mosque held an Annual General Meeting to elect the new Committee Members. I stayed away as I don’t see the urgency and the rationale of appointing new Committee when the existing one would expire in May 2009. The Meeting was mooted by the newly elected Kampong Committee which mostly comprised of PAS members and Pakatan Rakyaat. I feel that PAS was trying to show strength and power that they are now in the driving seat, no more UMNO or Barisan Nasional.
It all started sometimes two months ago when forms were distributed by the Kampong Committee for the kampong residents to register as the kampong permanent residents. Some were not keen to register and some just don’t be bothered at all, especially the UMNO members. Little that they knew that the registration process is the authorize document for them to participate in the election of the Mosque Committee. Those who had registered could nominate, seconded, elected and hold position as Committee Members. Those who had not registered could only attend the process as an Observer. When BN was in power in Selangor, pre PRU 13 the Mosque Committee Members was selected by the UMNO Klang Branch Chief. There was no election process whatsoever. Now the process is more democratic.
From my friend who attended the election process, 80% of the new Committee Members returned were from PAS. It was all pre arranged and PAS members, registered residents were the majority at the election process. Therefore, they won most of the nominations. Most incumbent declined being nominated including the Nazir.
I wish the new Committee, the best of luck but I have my reservation. Most of them do not have the experience of Mosque management and since most incumbents were not in the line up, there is no continuity. This may result to disharmony among the community.
Whatever said, I still think, the Mosque is not the place to play politic. Whatever political ideologies we adhered to, in the Mosque we all face the same direction when we pray to Allah. Even though I am a PAS member, I leave my membership at home when I pace my first step to the Mosque.
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The third day of Chinese New Year, 28th January 2009, most Chinaman shops remain closed. There was no specific plan and I decided to drop by my friend’s shop. He was just back from the Northern border spending the Chinese New Year holidays with his family.
During the call of zohor azan, we adjourned to Bukit Tinggi Mosque to perform our prayers. As I just finished my pre zohor sunat prayer there was a commotion outside the Mosque. I saw my friend rushing out and I suspected someone had broken into his car. To my surprise, I saw smoke inside the car and the interior was burning. Luckily the wuduk standpipe was nearby and the fire was quickly doused. The console box near the handbrake was destroyed and luckily I stored my hand phone at the front glove box. I quickly retrieved my hand phone otherwise it would be a melted plastic.
After the zohor prayer we accessed the damage and what was important we could start the car. Since Chinaman workshop was still closed, the Sonata would be diagnosis and medicated on the fourth day of Chinese New Year. We adjourned for murtabak lunch and we thanked Allah that the fire started just before the zohor prayer. If it was not noticed earlier, the damages could be severe to my friend’s Sonata as well as to the other cars parked nearby.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Last Kopek for George W Bush.
I wanted to watch history and I stayed awake on 21st.January 2009 early morning to watch Barrack Hussein Obama inauguration as the 44th President. To the Chinese, number 44 is not good. It meant si si, death, death. For a start the new President fumbled when he took the oath of office.
Among the crowd, of course he must be there was ex President Bush 2. Ex President Bush 1 (Bush 2 Daddy) was there too, he could hardly walked accompanied by his beautiful bedmate (Bush 2 Mummy). yekkkk…..
I saw the Bushes grinning away, especially Bush 2. Make me nausea. I turned my watchful eyes away from the TV screen. That’s the man who had killed so many Iraqis and Afghans, women and babies. Of late he had a hand when the Israelis went rampage massacring the Gazan Palestinians. It was only a day before, the Israelis stopped but not completely pulled back. The massacre was the last gift (last kopek) the Israelis gave to Bush 2. Suddenly the Israelis ceased the bombardment on the eve of the inauguration. Strange, isn’t it?
Many people argue that Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq due to the 9/11. I still think 9/11 was orchestrated by the Israelis. Bush 2 knew before hand but he did not expect the vast damage implicated from the conspiracy. When Bush 2 declared “War on Terror”, it gave an open passport to the Israelis in particular, to restrain the Palestinians on the quest of fighting for their Freedom. Reagan asked Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall but Bush 2 allowed Ehud Barrack, Ariel Sharon and Olmert erecting the Jerusalem wall. Where is Ariel Sharon now? Wonder he is dead or alive? GOD punished him with an acute stroke.
How come the most wanted man connected to 9/11 is still at large? Osama Ben Laden is just an icon an associate of Bush 2. How come the only plane that was allowed to fly out from US airspace immediately after 9/11 was a planeload full of the Ben Ladens? Please figure it out.
It is an open secret that Israel is a nuclear power. America supplied all the ingredients. Bush supplied arms and weapons to Israel to kill the Palestinians and no weapons or arm are allowed to enter Gaza and West Bank. It is just like punching the opponent with eyes blindfolded. No way, Iran and North Korea can develop nuclear power. Bush allowed Pakistan to have one as a gratitude for giving a passage way to bomb Afghanistan. I foresee the future that CIA would be working with India to finish off Pakistan.
Eliminating Taliban from mother earth? In the first place, who created Taliban? It was the CIA, to fight against the Russian incursion. Who armed the Taliban? It was USA. When Taliban won against the Russians, USA happily abandoned the Taliban and Afghanistan. USA did not assist the Taliban to restructure the country in ruin. What’s the motive of invading Iraq? To get rid of Sadam Hussein. Agreed, now Sadam Hussein had long gone captured and hanged. What the fcuk the US troops still doing in Iraq? US mission to eliminate Sadam accomplished and let the Iraqis manage their own country. Factually, US invaded Iraq only for the oil and to do that, Sadam Hussein must be eliminated. Sadam is not as terror as any Israelis Premier to compare with. Sadam used chemical to kill the Kurdish. Agreed but who sold the chemicals to Sadam Hussein?? It was Donald Rumsfield from the USA that supplied the chemicals to be used against the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq war. They make use of Sadam to fight the Iranians due to the uprising of Islamic Revolution in Iran. The Revolution managed to kick out American puppet, Shah Reza Pahlavi.
War on Terror - it is a stupid doctrine. Nobody ever win a war on terrorists. If you declare war on terrorists, you get more terrorists. The children, brother and sisters of killed terrorist would one day become a terrorist. He or she would take revenge. Before Bush 2 declared War on Terror, he should study the root cause of 9/11. Unless, of course, Bush 2 already knew the conspirators of 9/11. My opinion, 9/11 was preplanned by Bush 2 and the Israelis so that they can convene terror on Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinians or any other Muslim countries that do not tag along with US and the Zionists.
It is a clear cut case that Bush 2 and its allies was trying to eliminate as many Muslims as possible from this earth. The last kopek that the Israelis invaded Gaza to the very last week of Bush 2 presidency was to agitate the Iranians to get involved. Ahmadnijad was not stupid. This is one ambition where Bush 2 failed. I don’t think Bush 2 is giving up. He will still correlate with the Jews or CIA to instill a conspiracy to justify the invasion of Iran or at least to make Iran look bad to the eyes of the non Muslim world. Bush 2 was successful on the creation of 9/11 but not fully successful enough of its aftermath. The Iranians are still standing and I as a Malaysian Muslims is still standing and witnessing all Bush 2 tricks and trades. I am a witness to his axis of evil and I am part of history. I hate war and Bush 2 was the Chief of the War Mongrels. Bush 2 let me tell you something, you may escape the Hague but you can never run away from the Court of GOD. I would bear witness to your evils. May the soul of your victims haunt you through the rest of your life?
I am looking forward for a change from Barrack Hussein Obama. This guy ancestor was a Muslim but he himself is now a devoted Christians. When he was young, he was brought up in a Muslim community in Indonesia.
Judaism, Christians and Islamists are all the sons of Abraham. I wonder why everybody against Islam? The Crusade has not ended????
Among the crowd, of course he must be there was ex President Bush 2. Ex President Bush 1 (Bush 2 Daddy) was there too, he could hardly walked accompanied by his beautiful bedmate (Bush 2 Mummy). yekkkk…..
I saw the Bushes grinning away, especially Bush 2. Make me nausea. I turned my watchful eyes away from the TV screen. That’s the man who had killed so many Iraqis and Afghans, women and babies. Of late he had a hand when the Israelis went rampage massacring the Gazan Palestinians. It was only a day before, the Israelis stopped but not completely pulled back. The massacre was the last gift (last kopek) the Israelis gave to Bush 2. Suddenly the Israelis ceased the bombardment on the eve of the inauguration. Strange, isn’t it?
Many people argue that Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq due to the 9/11. I still think 9/11 was orchestrated by the Israelis. Bush 2 knew before hand but he did not expect the vast damage implicated from the conspiracy. When Bush 2 declared “War on Terror”, it gave an open passport to the Israelis in particular, to restrain the Palestinians on the quest of fighting for their Freedom. Reagan asked Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall but Bush 2 allowed Ehud Barrack, Ariel Sharon and Olmert erecting the Jerusalem wall. Where is Ariel Sharon now? Wonder he is dead or alive? GOD punished him with an acute stroke.
How come the most wanted man connected to 9/11 is still at large? Osama Ben Laden is just an icon an associate of Bush 2. How come the only plane that was allowed to fly out from US airspace immediately after 9/11 was a planeload full of the Ben Ladens? Please figure it out.
It is an open secret that Israel is a nuclear power. America supplied all the ingredients. Bush supplied arms and weapons to Israel to kill the Palestinians and no weapons or arm are allowed to enter Gaza and West Bank. It is just like punching the opponent with eyes blindfolded. No way, Iran and North Korea can develop nuclear power. Bush allowed Pakistan to have one as a gratitude for giving a passage way to bomb Afghanistan. I foresee the future that CIA would be working with India to finish off Pakistan.
Eliminating Taliban from mother earth? In the first place, who created Taliban? It was the CIA, to fight against the Russian incursion. Who armed the Taliban? It was USA. When Taliban won against the Russians, USA happily abandoned the Taliban and Afghanistan. USA did not assist the Taliban to restructure the country in ruin. What’s the motive of invading Iraq? To get rid of Sadam Hussein. Agreed, now Sadam Hussein had long gone captured and hanged. What the fcuk the US troops still doing in Iraq? US mission to eliminate Sadam accomplished and let the Iraqis manage their own country. Factually, US invaded Iraq only for the oil and to do that, Sadam Hussein must be eliminated. Sadam is not as terror as any Israelis Premier to compare with. Sadam used chemical to kill the Kurdish. Agreed but who sold the chemicals to Sadam Hussein?? It was Donald Rumsfield from the USA that supplied the chemicals to be used against the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq war. They make use of Sadam to fight the Iranians due to the uprising of Islamic Revolution in Iran. The Revolution managed to kick out American puppet, Shah Reza Pahlavi.
War on Terror - it is a stupid doctrine. Nobody ever win a war on terrorists. If you declare war on terrorists, you get more terrorists. The children, brother and sisters of killed terrorist would one day become a terrorist. He or she would take revenge. Before Bush 2 declared War on Terror, he should study the root cause of 9/11. Unless, of course, Bush 2 already knew the conspirators of 9/11. My opinion, 9/11 was preplanned by Bush 2 and the Israelis so that they can convene terror on Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinians or any other Muslim countries that do not tag along with US and the Zionists.
It is a clear cut case that Bush 2 and its allies was trying to eliminate as many Muslims as possible from this earth. The last kopek that the Israelis invaded Gaza to the very last week of Bush 2 presidency was to agitate the Iranians to get involved. Ahmadnijad was not stupid. This is one ambition where Bush 2 failed. I don’t think Bush 2 is giving up. He will still correlate with the Jews or CIA to instill a conspiracy to justify the invasion of Iran or at least to make Iran look bad to the eyes of the non Muslim world. Bush 2 was successful on the creation of 9/11 but not fully successful enough of its aftermath. The Iranians are still standing and I as a Malaysian Muslims is still standing and witnessing all Bush 2 tricks and trades. I am a witness to his axis of evil and I am part of history. I hate war and Bush 2 was the Chief of the War Mongrels. Bush 2 let me tell you something, you may escape the Hague but you can never run away from the Court of GOD. I would bear witness to your evils. May the soul of your victims haunt you through the rest of your life?
I am looking forward for a change from Barrack Hussein Obama. This guy ancestor was a Muslim but he himself is now a devoted Christians. When he was young, he was brought up in a Muslim community in Indonesia.
Judaism, Christians and Islamists are all the sons of Abraham. I wonder why everybody against Islam? The Crusade has not ended????
Friday, January 23, 2009
NO MORE INTERESTED.
Following text message received from brother A@AZ on 21st January 2009 at 1625 hours.
Quote:
SALAM
Am settling cukai for plot of land in Ulu Bernam under BAPAK’S name which has been fwded in my care by arwah Saleh.
I now seek your blessing to fwd under your care from next year on. I hope once d title has been settle, I could be reimburse d total amount I’ve paid on the cukai down the years.(I still keep the receipts I’ve paid). Arwah Saleh wasn’t sure it’s status as it’s under BAPAK’S name.
As I don’t want matter to prolong I hope U give ur ok.
TQ.
Unquote:
I received the above sms message while I was having a nap in my friend’s car on our way back from Bukit Merah Lake Town. After reading the message I was wide awake for the remaining journey because it was troubling me mentally. I was very disappointed that my brother was requesting for a reimbursement when the title of the land still remains to our late father’s name. To my mind, how could he be so calculative? I had paid the same before and I did not ask for a reimbursement from anybody. It was only between my late brother Saleh and me. It did not make me any poorer. I just treated it as a caretaker to my father’s land then and may his soul rest forever remain in peace. I classified my obligation as a contribution. I wanted to bind complicated ties but the complications remain forever complicated to this very day.
Many things came to my mind. How do I respond tactfully? I received similar message from brother A@AZ sometimes last year and I just ignored. I am not interested to upkeep the responsibility of the land title. There are fifteen living bodies and two deceased attach to this land title. The elders should shoulder the responsibility.
I couldn’t sleep thinking about the most sensible wordings to respond to my brother A@AZ Finally at 0330 hours in the morning I drafted a reply. Even my wife was shocked to see me meddling with the hand phone at the wee of the morning. Which wife, not? I could be into some dirty trick secretively with a woman or what. However, I had to explain to her later.
Quote:
Wsalam
Am sorry for what I am going to say. Please do not raise the subject matter of pesaka arwah Bapak to me anymore. I am no more interested and I want no part anymore. I already had a mild stroke and this prolong issue is very sensitive to me. If you think you carry a heavy burden, don’t pay. Let it rot. I don’t think it can be settle near soon. Nobody seem interested to initiate and suggest a solution to settle once for all. My suggestion was never heard and not wanted. So be it. I gave up thinking about the pesaka long time ago. I want to live the rest of my life in peace. Please don’t bother me. Arwah Bapak left us 30 years ago.
Case close and please, no more sms on subject matter. I want my brain and my heartbeat to run as per normal. Before you get upset, please put yourself in my position. I was not only a father of 2 children but to 5 other boys and 3 girls. I shoulder d responsibilities to my best abilities and we went through on my own. Was difficult n it was a sacrifice to peace the soul of arwah Bapak. You may forward this message to Abang Jamal.
I close my case.
Unquote.
I sent the above reply at 1047 on 22nd January 2009. At 1058 hours, brother A@AZ responded with a note of thanks and message understood.
I was relieved.
I felt a heavy burden off my shoulder. I had been thinking to deliver the message that I am no more interested to be part of the pesaka all these while. It really cheesed me off. For the past 30 years since late Bapak passed away, my elders were not doing enough to address or to make any effort to confer a solution. They treat me like an alien as if I played no part in it. I was never given an ear. That’s why I give up.
I only speak for myself and I don’t speak for the rest of the family member. I don’t mean to hurt anybody but sometimes we got to face reality.
I only bring along my sins (plenty of them), good deeds (if any) and loin cloth when my time comes to face Almighty Allah. Why bother about worldly treasures? The education that my late father gave it to me is the most precious treasure that he left to me for good use. That is good enough. As gratitude, his son here, never fail to seek Allah blessing and pardon on his behalf at every completion of my solat.
Quote:
SALAM
Am settling cukai for plot of land in Ulu Bernam under BAPAK’S name which has been fwded in my care by arwah Saleh.
I now seek your blessing to fwd under your care from next year on. I hope once d title has been settle, I could be reimburse d total amount I’ve paid on the cukai down the years.(I still keep the receipts I’ve paid). Arwah Saleh wasn’t sure it’s status as it’s under BAPAK’S name.
As I don’t want matter to prolong I hope U give ur ok.
TQ.
Unquote:
I received the above sms message while I was having a nap in my friend’s car on our way back from Bukit Merah Lake Town. After reading the message I was wide awake for the remaining journey because it was troubling me mentally. I was very disappointed that my brother was requesting for a reimbursement when the title of the land still remains to our late father’s name. To my mind, how could he be so calculative? I had paid the same before and I did not ask for a reimbursement from anybody. It was only between my late brother Saleh and me. It did not make me any poorer. I just treated it as a caretaker to my father’s land then and may his soul rest forever remain in peace. I classified my obligation as a contribution. I wanted to bind complicated ties but the complications remain forever complicated to this very day.
Many things came to my mind. How do I respond tactfully? I received similar message from brother A@AZ sometimes last year and I just ignored. I am not interested to upkeep the responsibility of the land title. There are fifteen living bodies and two deceased attach to this land title. The elders should shoulder the responsibility.
I couldn’t sleep thinking about the most sensible wordings to respond to my brother A@AZ Finally at 0330 hours in the morning I drafted a reply. Even my wife was shocked to see me meddling with the hand phone at the wee of the morning. Which wife, not? I could be into some dirty trick secretively with a woman or what. However, I had to explain to her later.
Quote:
Wsalam
Am sorry for what I am going to say. Please do not raise the subject matter of pesaka arwah Bapak to me anymore. I am no more interested and I want no part anymore. I already had a mild stroke and this prolong issue is very sensitive to me. If you think you carry a heavy burden, don’t pay. Let it rot. I don’t think it can be settle near soon. Nobody seem interested to initiate and suggest a solution to settle once for all. My suggestion was never heard and not wanted. So be it. I gave up thinking about the pesaka long time ago. I want to live the rest of my life in peace. Please don’t bother me. Arwah Bapak left us 30 years ago.
Case close and please, no more sms on subject matter. I want my brain and my heartbeat to run as per normal. Before you get upset, please put yourself in my position. I was not only a father of 2 children but to 5 other boys and 3 girls. I shoulder d responsibilities to my best abilities and we went through on my own. Was difficult n it was a sacrifice to peace the soul of arwah Bapak. You may forward this message to Abang Jamal.
I close my case.
Unquote.
I sent the above reply at 1047 on 22nd January 2009. At 1058 hours, brother A@AZ responded with a note of thanks and message understood.
I was relieved.
I felt a heavy burden off my shoulder. I had been thinking to deliver the message that I am no more interested to be part of the pesaka all these while. It really cheesed me off. For the past 30 years since late Bapak passed away, my elders were not doing enough to address or to make any effort to confer a solution. They treat me like an alien as if I played no part in it. I was never given an ear. That’s why I give up.
I only speak for myself and I don’t speak for the rest of the family member. I don’t mean to hurt anybody but sometimes we got to face reality.
I only bring along my sins (plenty of them), good deeds (if any) and loin cloth when my time comes to face Almighty Allah. Why bother about worldly treasures? The education that my late father gave it to me is the most precious treasure that he left to me for good use. That is good enough. As gratitude, his son here, never fail to seek Allah blessing and pardon on his behalf at every completion of my solat.
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