To Watch or to Help? (2)

IOF* gunboats assault "Dignity" boat, damage its bow

BEIRUT, (PIC)-- An Israeli navy gunboat on Tuesday deliberately crashed into the front part of the "Dignity" boat that was carrying international sympathizers and doctors from Cyprus to Gaza along with medical supplies and forced it to retreat.

Media sources on board the "Dignity" reported that the Israeli occupation forces' naval units blocked entry of "dignity" into Palestinian territorial waters and destroyed its bow.

Amjad Al-Shawa, spokesman for the network of private institutions, said from aboard "Dignity" that a number of IOF gunboats were surrounding it in international waters.

He added that "Dignity" was forced to divert its destination and was seeking the nearest possible harbor in view of the damage.

He warned that lives of the crew and members of the team on board were in danger, and held the IOF fully responsible for their safety.

Shawa said that the cargo includes three tons of medicine other than four doctors and a number of foreign activists.

The Hebrew radio said that the boat could not move on its own and was stranded at sea in front of the Haifa port after its engines were damaged in the crash.

However, the boat managed to enter the Lebanese regional waters later on and docked at Tyre harbor


IOF* = Israeli Occupation Forces
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My Comment:

This over-the-freakin-bloody-limit by the Zionist is totally unacceptable. Thanks to the modern technology, we're watching a genocide in action, in HD, damn! What can we do? Our help couldn't even reach Gaza. Those blood thirsty bastards are going way overboard with their satanic desire and ideology. Once again, may Allah forgive our limited capabilities to help our brothers and sisters. May our brothers and sisters forgive us. May they endure this hell-on-earth succesfully. May they're all be rewarded with Allah's Jannah. May we are able to stand in front of Allah on the Judgement Day and present a well and solid excuse on why couldn't we help them. Oh Allah forgive us :(.

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To Watch or to Help?

Hamas: We will not raise the white flag

GAZA, (PIC)-- On the fourth day of the barbaric Israeli occupation forces' bombardment of the Gaza Strip that primarily targeted Hamas buildings and government institutions but which also destroyed civilian homes, Hamas asserted that it would never surrender or raise the white flag.

Dr. Ismail Radwan, one of the political leaders of Hamas, said in a press release on Tuesday that targeting mosques, universities, charitable and civil institutions and civilian homes point to the "ugly, racist, savage and terrorist image of the Israeli occupation".

He urged the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, to retaliate to the aggression, and hailed the Palestinian people's legendary steadfastness and backing of resistance.

Radwan also heaped praise on the Arab and Islamic masses that demonstrated in support of Palestine and called on them to continue pressuring their governments to support the Palestinians.

In another statement for Hamas on Tuesday, it said that the Palestinian people would not be content with the official Arab and Islamic regimes' condemnation but would rather like those regimes to adopt practical steps that would end the "oppressive aggression immediately, to sever all relations with the enemy and to open the Rafah border terminal".

The statement said that the IOF holocaust in Gaza is the latest in a series of brutal crimes against the Palestinian people.

It asked citizens not to evacuate their homes at the request of the IOF to shell them, and asked the people to form human shields around those houses to foil that scheme.

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My Comment:

certainly we don't wanna just sit n watch this happening rite :). Damn that Israel. May Allah forgive our limited capabilities to help our brothers n sisters. May our brothers and sisters be kind enough to forgive our 'irresponsible' reaction towards the attack. Oh how I'm sorry :(. May Allah accept our insignificant effort to help our brothers and sisters there. Ya Allah, forgive and help us!amiin. Damn Israel! Damn Zionists! May Allah Damn you to the bottom pit of Jahannam! May Allah forgive us all, amiin.

Condemn Statement

I, Muhammad Hafiz Ab Hamid, the author of this page, am hereby condemn the latest aggression by the Zionist towards the Palestinians on 27/12/2008 which claimed more than 250 Palestinians soul.

May Allah showers His mercy upon us and forgive us for not being able to stand against the continuos inhumane treatment towards our Palestinians brother and sister.

May the ones responsible be answered for their action.
May the ones lost their lives, be amongst the best by the side of Allah. Amiin.

Silat2 Sket~ :D

Assalamualaikum :)

In this post, I'd like to share my love in Silat (though I'm not that good in one) :).
I hope I'd be able to share my knowledge at the same time to increase mine :).
This is not a holy book, hence you are welcome to correct my mistakes if there're any :).

According to Tuan Guru Haji Anuar Abdul Wahab (Guru Utama Seni Gayong Fatani Malaysia),
Silat is a knowledge; the knowledge to defend oneself and belongs to Malaysians (note that he didn't use d word Malays).
The knowledge however, is inherited by the Malays.

As we all know (hopefully), Silat is a general term for martial art originated, and practiced by people from the Malay Archipelago.


http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/3100/3126/3126.jpg

Similar to the chinese martial art, e.g kung fu, there're many disciplines (aliran) in Silat.
In my post however, will be more focused towards the discipline of Seni Gayong Fatani, as I'm more familiar with this style of Silat.
It's not my intention to differentiate or worse to overestimate this style (and underestimate others), rather, it's only logical for me to talk something familiar to me (though I'm not dat good)..rite :)?

As there're terms which I can't translate to English (due to my lack of skills in English),
thus there'll be several parts where I'll just use Bahasa Melayu instead :).

Here we go..yosh!!

First stop, Sikap Pendekar/Falsafah Pendidikan Silat :)

"Pendekar ialah insan yang berilmu, beramal dan berkemahiran
dalam ilmu persilatan pada zahir dan batin
berteraskan adat seni budaya Melayu bersendikan syarak,
menggunakan ilmu di tempat yang betul demi kebenaran dan
keamanan dengan jiwa yang tenang serta berketerampilan
berlandaskan semangat kesatriaan yang luhur" - Tuan Guru Haji Anuar Abdul Wahab


Picture might not be related to the article :p

Too many of unfamiliar or flowery words? Rest assured the statement worth more than mere fancy words.

There're 20 keywords from the above statement of Sikap Pendekar/Falsafah Pendidikan Silat.

I'll explain them in my next post under this label i'Allah :).

Till then :).

Wassalam :)

USB?UBS la..

Assalamualaikum :)..

I bought these 3 new books yesterday :)..
they're all equally interesting..
well, judging from the intro n the title (though the saying not to judge a book by its cover..well, not quite in my case, dari mate jatoh ke hati, dari hati poketku kering..hoh :p) these books are worth buying.



basically I went to UBS (University Book Store) to buy a text book for my History 101G (yeap..HISTORY TEXT BOOK)..
then i saw this book entitled Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe. Sounds cool huh?hoho..
who can resist that kinda title..rite..rite?
A book talking about the entire human race would fit in the volume of a sugar cube;
you age faster at the top of a building than at the bottom;
and all that crap from modern physics..man, it's a big NO-NO not to buy it..well, @least not to me :D

Then, while searching for the history text book, on the same shelf, there was this book "How Mathematics Happened".
I mean,..wallaweh, they're gonna explain how 1 of my major cause of headache started?and I don't see any reason why shouldn't I get 1 (xcept for d fact dat my pocket isn't dat deep..huhu)

And then there she was. The real 'beauty'. "The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of WOrld History". It's a book worth reading.
I might consider of buying the book even if I don't sit for the History paper this summer semester.

well, that's why I can't go to bookstore often. I'll end up buying more than i should have (sigh~).
jz hopin i'd read all d books..hehe..that's where the real challenge hides :p

Cheers :D

Amma, Ummi, Emak, Mama n y sewaktu dengannye :D

Assalamualaikum :)..

xigt amek kat mane artikel nih..mnx maaf bbyk kepada penulis asal :).

Emak.. Mak.....
Terlalu bosan rasanya duduk membilang
hari.
Dah hampir sepuluh bulan mak pergi,
Rasanya baru semalam mak peluk kiter kan
sejuk syahdu masih terasa lagi nih....

Mak tau tak.....
itu lah pertama kali mak peluk anak mak yang
nakal ni sejak kiter dewasa.....
dan itu juga terakhir kali nya.
Emmmm...rupanya mak dah tau mak nak
pergi jauh....
nak tinggal kan anak2 mak.....
nak tinggal kan dunia fana ni.....
mak macam dan sedia.....
Seminggu sebelum tu.....mak dah
menganyam tikar mengkuang 3 helai.....
Akak kata sampai ke pagi mak anyam tikar
tuu.....
tanpa rasa mengantuk, tanpa rasa letih.....
kakak pun rasa hairan.....
mak tak penah buat gitu.....
pastu mak pasang radio kecil di sebelah
mak.....
tapi mak seolah2 tak sedar bahawa
rancangan radio tu siaran siam.....
kengkadang siaran indonesia... mak terus
tekun menganyam...
Rupanya tikar yang telah mak siapkan tu di
gunakan untuk mengiringi mak ke kuburan..

Pastu mak sapu sampah sekeliling rumah
bersih2....
pastu mak jemur karpet-karpet. ..
pastu mak ubahkan sofa ke tempat lain..mak
biarkan ruang tu kosong..
rupanya kat situ jenazah mak diletakkan..
paling menarik sekali mak bgtau kat maner
sume duit dan barang kemas mak..
ada kat dalam almari.....
ada kat dalam dalam beg.....
ada dalam ASB.....
ada kat dalam Tabung Haji..
mak cakap tak berapa cukup lagi....
ada kat dalam gulung tikar.....
masa tu mak perasan takk..??
kiter gelak sakan bila mak bgtau duit dalam
gulung tikar...kiter
kata mak ni memang pesenn lama laaa...
mak cuma gelak jer...
eeemmm..bahagiaa nya saat ituu..

Mak.....
Hari tu hari sabtu 18/08/1999 pukul 3 petang
mak tiba2 sakit perut.....
bila malam tu kiter sampai dari KL.....mak dah
dalam kesakitan.
Akak dan abang kat kampong semua dah
pujuk.....
mak tetap takmau pi hospital.... .
dan cuma tinggal giliran kiter sahaja yang
belum pujuk.
Mak kata mak takmau duduk dalam hospital...
tapi kiter berkeras juga pujukk..
nanti di hospital ada doktor...ada ubat untuk
mak..
kat rumah kami hanya mampu sapu minyak
dan urut ajer..
Mak tetap tak bersetuju... ..mak memang degil..
tak salah, anak mak yang ni pon mengikut
perangai mak tu..
Tapi akhirnya bila melihat keadaan mak
makin teruk....
mak sakit perut sampai nak sentuh perut mak
pon sakit kami adik beradik
sepakat hantar juga mak ke hospital.... .

Mak.....
amponkan kami semua...
kami nak mak sehat...
kami sayang mak...
kami tak mau mak sakit...
kami terpaksa juga hantar mak ke hospital....
ampon kan kami yer mak....

Mak.....
Malam itu abang bawa mak ke hospital dan
itu lah pertama dan terakhir kali
mak naik kereta kiter...
Masih terbayang betapa ceria dan
gembiranya mak, kiter kata nak
beli kereta....
Mak asyik tanya ajer..cukup ker duitt..
kiter jawab pula...kalau tak cukup,
mak kan banyak duit...
mak gelak ajerr.....
Lepas tu bila kereta kiter sampai.....mak buat
kenduri kesyukuran.. ...
Dan kiter masih ingat lagi...bila kiter eksiden
terlanggar kelinn naik motor.....

Punya la kiter takut...kiter warning kakak kiter
jangan sesekali bgtau kat mak.....
Bila balik sahaja kampong....kiter cepat-cepat
simpan keta dalam garaj.....
Tapi mak perasan juga bumper depan
kemek...mak tanya kenapa...?
Selamba jerr kiter jawab terlangar pokok
bunga.....
Mak....tujuan kiter menipu tu supaya mak tak
risau...
Maafkan kiter kerana sampai mak pergi mak
tak tau hal sebenar...
mak, kiter menipu mak kan...ampon kan kiter..

Mak.....
Jam 4.30 pagi 19/08/1999
Bila tiba aja kat hospital.... nurse tengah balut
mak dengan kain putih.....
mak mesti nampak kiter jatuh terduduk di
lantai hospital...
Mesti mak nampak abang cium dahi mak.....
Mesti mak nampak akak baca doa untuk mak.
..
Mesti mak nampak adik terduduk kat kerusi
kat sudut itu...
mesti mak nampak semua tu kann...kann. .
kannn
Mak tau tak....
Pagi tu balik dari hospital jam 5.20 pagi kiter
mamandu dalam keadaan
separuh sedar...
Adik kat sebelah diam melayan perasann...
Kenangan bersama mak berputar dalam
kepala ini...
jalan di depan terasa makin kelam.....
airmata dah tak mampu di tahan....
Masa tu seandainya apa-apa terjadi di jalan
itu kiter rela...
Namun alhamdulillah akhirnya kiter sampai
juga. di sebab kan pagi masih awal,
jadi jalan tu lenggang..kosong. ...sekosong
hati ini.....
Sepanjang pe! rjalanan terasa kedinginan
subuh itu lain benar suasananya.. ...
terasa syahdu dan sayu gitu...dinginnnn. ...

Mak.....
Kiter masih ingat lagi...
Kiter baca AlQuran kat tepi mak temankan
mak...
Jam 11.00 pagi mak di mandi kan....
Anak2 mak yang pangku masa mak mandi....
Mak mesti rasa betapa lembut nya kami
mengosok seluruh tubuh mak.....
Kiter gosok kaki mak perlahan lahan.....
Mak perasan tak...?
Makcik yang mandikan mak tu pujuk kiter.....
Dia kata..." dikk...jangan nangis...kalau
sayang mak jangan buat
gitu...jangan
nangis ya.."
Bila makcik tu kata gitu...
lagi laaaa laju airmata ni..tapi kiter kawal
supaya tak menitik atas mak....

Mak.....
Sampai takat ini surat ni kiter tulis.....
kiter nangis ni.....
Ni kat dlm bilik...baru pukul 4.00 pagi....
Takder orang yang bangun lagi.....
kiter dengar nasyid tajuk "anak soleh"
kiter sedih...kiter rindu kat mak..!
Takpa la.....nanti bila kita selesai
sembanyang subuh, kiter baca yassin untuk
mak...
mak tunggu ya...!

Mak..
Sebelum muka mak di tutup buat selamanya..

Semua anak2 mak mengelilingi mak...
menatap wajah mak buat kali terakhir....
Semua orang kata mak seolah2 senyum aja..

Mak rasa tak....masa tu kiter sentuh dahi mak..
kiter rasa sejukkkk sangat dahi makk.....
Kiter tak mampu nak cium mak...kiter tak
daya....
kiter tuliskan kalimah tauhid kat dahi mak
dengan air mawar...
Airmata kiter tak boleh tahan....
Mak mesti ingat kan yang anak mak ni jadi
imam solat jenazah untuk mak...
tapi kite suruh tok imam bacakan doa sebab
kite sebak....

Jam 12 tengahari mak diusung keluar dari
rumah....
Akak pula dah terkulai dlm pelukan makcik..
badan akak terasa panas...
makk...anak mak yang seorang tu demam....
Mak tauu...cuma akak sorang saja anak mak
yang tak mengiringi mak ke tanah
perkuburan.. .

Mak.....
Hari2 ku lalui tanpa kewujudan mak lagi...
Begitu terasa kehilangan mak...boleh kata
setiap malam selepas maghrib anak mak
ini berendam airmata...

Dan sampai satu tahap....masa tu malam
jumaat selepas maghrib...
Selepas kiter baca yassin ngan kawan-
kawan.
entah kenapa biler kat bilik kiter keluarkan
gambar2 mak pastu apa lagi...
semakin kiter tenung terasa semakin sayu...
tangisan tak dapat dibendung...
Mak tauu...kiter cuba bertahan...
memujuk diri sendiri tapi tak juga reda...
Kiter rasa nak telefon mak...
nak cakap dengan mak....
anak mak yang ni dah tak betul kan..????
Dan akhirnya dalam sedu sedan itu kiter
telefon kampong...
Kiter cakap dengan kakak..kiter nangis lagi.
Puas la kakak memujuk kiter...
Akak kata..." tak baik laa nangis aje..doa lah
untuk mak..nanti kalau gini
ajer mak yang susah kat sana.."
Dan akhirnya akak juga nangis.....
Agaknya mak nampak adegan tu...
sebab malam jumaat kata orang roh balik
rumahh...
mengharap sedekah dari anak2 nya...

Mak tau tak...di saat itu kerinduan terasa
menusuk sehingga ke hulu hati...
rasa nyilu sangat....
menusuk-nusuk sehingga terasa begitu sakit
dalam dada ni....
Sampai sekarang bila kerinduan itu
menjelma...hanya sedekah al-fatihah
kiter berikan.....

Mak....
cukup la sampai sini dulu....
kawan kiter dah ketuk pintu bilik tu....
kejap lagi kami nak pergi solat subuh kat
masjid...
selalunya, kiter yang bawak mak naik motor
kan...
kali ni kiter jalan kaki dengan kawan pulak...
esok kiter ingat nak tulis surat kat ayah pula....
Mula2 kiter tak tau nak hantar mana surat nih..
pastu kawan kiter bgtau...simpan je buat
kenangan..

Kiter cuma tau alamat ni aje...
Takper yer mak...kiter kasi orang lain baca...
Kiter stop dulu...sebab kawan kiter dah lama
tunggu tu.
akhir kata untuk mak, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
dan jutaan terima kasih kerana
membesarkan kiter...
memberi seluruh kasih sayang dari kecil
sampai masuk sekolah..
sampai masuk unibesiti..
sampai kiter boleh rase naik kapal terbang...
boleh rasa duduk kat negara orang...
Sampai akhir hayat ini jasa mak tak akan
mampu kiter balas..

Sekian terimakasih.



Yang Benar
~Anak mak yang dah tak degil

p/s - amacam..ade terasa?

Privatisation of IJN (Institut Jantung Negara)

Assalamualaikum :)..

About 2 days ago I read in Utusan Malaysia Online regarding the proposal made by Sime Darby Berhad to be the biggest shareholder of IJN.

The news raises some concerns amongst most of our fellow Malaysians, from different level and field in the society. The question of would the 'new' IJN be middle and low-class friendly, and the concern of whether this move would actually be beneficial, both for the government and Sime Darby, and not to forget, to the IJN itself, its expertise, the staffs, and so much more.

Briefly, Privatisation Policy was introduced in 1981, under the administration lead by our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

One can't deny (in most cases) how much has this policy contribute in the development (most of it, economically) of this country. By privatising public sectors (in which serve the public), the government could save loads of money and focus the use of the 'profit' somewhere else, where they seem fit.

On the bright side, for consumers, we can enjoy a better quality of service, as the sector has become more towards business-oriented (customer-friendly) rather than service-minded (in which u r expected to be grateful the service exists, regardless of the performance).

As the service becomes more for business, one can feel the burden of coping with the cost. And not everyone can cope with this kind of change (economically speaking).

Let us just pray and hope the proposal of selling 51% of the IJN equity to Sime Darby Berhad be beneficial to all. Sime Darby had also promised to let the fee structure as how it is, so that the middle-class and the poor could also benefit from the service, as for we all know, health problems didn't discriminate on how deep your pocket is, health services do.

Jz sharing my 2cents. Cheers :D!!

Tumpang lalu sket~

Assalamualaikum :)..

This's my 1st post on my 1st blog attempt using blogspot (which makes this my 2nd blog page, apart from my friendster's one)..
d purpose of this blog of mine?
none other than to share my thoughts n knowledge, to express myself, to share my experience and for me to understand myself better i'Allah :)..

I'm not a good blogger, I don't write often (pemalas gile), but somehow I think I need a medium to express my thoughts on certain issue, general events and such, for I don't want my thoughts to be wasted. I'm not good in sharing ideas, so I'll take this opportunity to improve myself. Oh ye, i hope my points would also be easily chewed :).

Cheerio :D :D!!