My Name Is Imran Haziq

My name is Imran Haziq. I was born on the 6th of October 2005, 3 weeks before the due date. It was the 2nd day of Ramadhan. My mama has to qadha' puasa for 28 days!... pity my mama. And until now I don't think she has completed all.. Watch out mama, the fasting month is just around the corner.. :)

I have a big brother, abang Luqman and twin sisters Kakak Humaira and Kakak Maisara.. They always pick on me.. Just wait until I am big like you all... But sometimes they are very nice too.. They sing for me, they play chak baa with me... I love them all..

Satu satu saya sayang mama
Dua dua saya sayang ayah
Tiga tiga sayang kakak kakak
Satu dua tiga sayang abang luqman

My favourite past times is to climb the stairs. Bibik will follow me until I get to the top. And then carry me down again..and I go to the top again.. Actually I am helping bibik to lose some weight.. hehhehe.. I stay with bibik during daytime.. It was quite boring. Mama and Ayah is at work. My brother and sisters are in the Nursery.. I heard that they learn a lot of things there.. singing, exercising, ABC, playing with friends... I want to go there too! But mama said I have to wait another year or two..

I am now into my 9th month.. My first tooth is just coming out.. it is very small. Mama always ask me to show the white pearl but I don't think she has ever see it because I always show my tounge instead.. hehheh.. naughty me. Don't worry mama, i won't bite you.. I am also currently learning how to walk.. Mama always train me by holding my one hand and walk along with me. I will try to build my confidence as soon as possible so that I can walk all by myself.. As for standing, yeahh I have already master it for a few seconds.. I can't wait to show to Ayah when Ayah come back from outstation..

Oh it's nearly 10am, it's my nap time.. I am getting sleepy now.. Bibik please help me get into the buai... I will story again later, okay..

Bye...

si penyangak israel..

Mama geram betul la kat si penyangak israel laknatullah ni.. aduuhhh... tak cukup dengan palestin sekarang lubnan pulak.. si bush dushum tu plak memang la sekutunya.. mana la nak mintak tolong kat PBB... yang jadi mangsa sekarang ialah orang awam.. termasuk kanak-kanak, wanita, orang tua... luluh hati mama melihatkan gambar-gambar kanak-kanak tidak berdosa menjadi korban kekejaman manusia yang tak berhati perut ni...





















Di kala ini, DI MANAKAH PEMBELA UMAT ISLAM?? Jika dilihat pada peta, negara Palestin yang telah diceroboh oleh Israel letaknya di tengah-tengah antara Lubnan, Syria, Jordan, Egypt.. tidak jauh dari itu ialah Arab Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Turkey.. Semuanya negara yang dipimpin oleh orang Islam! Apa yang mereka buat selama hampir setengah abad ini? hanya melihat jiran mereka dianiaya, ditindas, dibunuh, diculik oleh si penyangak itu... Semuanya cuma mahu menjaga diri sendiri sahaja... takutkan tindakbalas daripada barat.. sekatan.. semuanya hendak menjaga hubungan dengan Barat.. dan ada pun yang telah dibonekakan oleh Barat...Apa dah jadi dengan tanggungjawab sesama Islam?

Malaysia sebagai pengerusi OIC.. hanya mampu berkata.. "oh.. I see..." So buat apa ada OIC.. hanya tau bersidang sana sini.. tanpa ada resolusi yang menjaga bukan sahaja kepentingan tapi juga MARUAH umat Islam... "OIC mengutuk serangan Israel" Cuma boleh buat pernyataan saja la.. Itu buat apa.. takde maknanya...

Ada satu cerita...

Sebuah keluarga sedang berehat-rehat di sebuah kawasan. Tiba-tiba seorang lelaki datang menarik tangan adik bongsu keluarga tersebut lalu memukul, menendang dan sebagainya tanpa diketahui puncanya...

Abang tua pun mencadangkan, "Kita tak boleh biarkan perkara ini, kita mesti hentikan perbuatan lelaki itu terhadap adik kita.. " Mereka pun buat sepanduk kemudian beramai-ramai mengibarkan sepanduk, sambil melaung-laungkan "Jangan pukul adik kami!!"

Sementara itu, adik bongsu masih terus dibelasah..

Akibat kekecohan tersebut, datang seorang wartawan. Abang tengah akan uruskan media. "Di sini kami ingin membuat kenyataan bahawa kami mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya perbuatan yang dilakukan oleh lelaki tersebut ke atas adik kami.."

Sementara itu, adik bongsu masih terus dibelasah dan kelihatan sudah lembik tidak bermaya...

Namun abang tua, abang tengah, abang cik, abang uda, abang teh, abang tam tetap memberikan sokongan moral tidak jauh dari situ...

Aduuh... sampai bila kah agaknya adik bongsu akan menunggu untuk diselamatkan oleh abang-abangnya yang bukan sahaja berbadan sasa, malah ada kuasa yang boleh digunakan untuk menyelamatkan adiknya yang semakin lemah dan tidak bermaya itu...

Aduhai... itu lah ibaratnya...

Mama tahu, mama pun tak mampu nak buat apa-apa... mama pun tak tau nak buat apa nak hentikan semua ni.. tak tau macamana nak tolong mereka... tapi mama rasa bersemangat juga bila Hizbullah sangat berani untuk bangkit berjuang menentang Israel.. Allahu Akbar!!! Mama berdoa supaya ini dapat menyuntik semangat kepada gerakan-gerakan Islam yang lain... Allahu Akbar!

Ya Allah, selamatkanlah saudara-saudara kami yang berada di Palestin, Lubnan, Chechnya, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iraq, Acheh dan sebagainya.
Ya Allah, berikanlah kemenangan kepada para pejuang Islam yang bertungkus lumus mempertahankan islam tidak kira di mana mereka berada..
Ya Allah, sekiranya engkau mentaqdirkan mati, matikanlah mereka sebagai para syuhada'..
Ya Allah, kami ini insan yang lemah, kami hanya dapat menghalang kebatilan yang berlaku ke atas saudara-saudara kami dengan hati kami... Malunya kami Ya Allah... Ampunkan lah dosa-dosa kami Ya Allah...
Astaghfirullahal Azim..Ya Rabbal 'Alamin...

THe VeRDiCT

Islam is not about turban and beard
By RAPHAEL WONG

PUTRAJAYA: Islam is not about turban and beard, said the Federal Court in dismissing an appeal by three pupils who were expelled from school nine years ago for refusing to take off their serban.
The panel of three judges led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Abdul Malek Ahmad was unanimous in their decision that not everything that Prophet Muhammad did – or the way he did it – is legally or religiously binding on Muslims, or even preferable and should be followed.
In the panel were also Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Steve Shim and Federal Court judge Justice Abdul Hamid Mohammad.
In his written judgment, Justice Abdul Hamid said he accepted that Prophet Muhammad wore a turban but added that the Prophet also rode a camel, built his house and mosque with clay walls and roof of date palm leaves and brushed his teeth with the twig of a plant.
“Does that make riding a camel a more pious deed than travelling in an aeroplane?” he asked in the judgment read out by Federal Court deputy registrar Kamaruddin Kamsun
“Is it preferable to build houses and mosques using the same materials used by the Prophet and the same architecture adopted by him during his time?”
In 1997, SK Serting Felda headmistress Fatimah Sihi expelled Meor Atiqulrahman Ishak, then 13, and two other students – brothers Syed Abdullah Khaliq Aslamy Syed Ahmad Johari, then 11, and Syed Ahmad Syakur Dihya Syed Ahmad Johari, then 10 – for wearing the turban to school.
On Aug 6, 1999, the High Court revoked the expulsion order, ruling that the headmistress had no power to expel the students for wearing the headgear.
On Nov 22, 2004, the Court of Appeal set aside the High Court ruling.
Justice Abdul Hamid said: “The question is whether the wearing of turbans by boys of the age of the appellants is a practice of the religion of Islam.
“The pagan Arabs wore turbans and kept beards. It was quite natural for the Prophet, born into the community and growing up in it, to do the same.”
He added that other people living in desert or semi-desert areas, such as the Afghans and Persians, also wear turbans.
“It is interesting to note that very few of our muftis and hardly any Syariah court judge wear the turban,” he said.
Justice Abdul Hamid said the court could not ignore the education system that had helped boys and girls to grow up as Malaysians, and educationists should be given respect and credit when they formulate regulations for the general good of students and society.
Describing the father of the two brothers as angkuh (arrogant), Justice Abdul Hamid said Syed Ahmad Johari Syed Mohamed wanted the three appellants to wear the turban to school because the serban was the “family’s emblem.”
He said he could not accept the submission of the students’ counsel Mohamed Hanipa Maidin that the school regulation violated the provisions of the Constitution.
Mohamed Hanipa had submitted that the appeal was related to the right to practise one’s religion and that includes every religious practice that has some basis or has become part of that religion, whether mandatory or otherwise.
“To accept the learned counsel’s argument would mean that anybody has a right to do anything, at any time and anywhere he considers to be a practice of his religion, no matter how trivial,” said Justice Abdul Hamid.
Outside the courtroom, Syed Ahmad Johari said he was upset because the school regulations emerged only after his sons started wearing the serban.
“However, I respect the decision of this court,” he said.
Syed Ahmad Johari, a public school teacher, who wears a serban and also dons a jubah (robe), said he would discuss with his lawyers the probability of taking the matter to the Syariah Court.
“Although it is a defeat for me, it is a victory for Islam because this issue has been brought to the highest court of the land. At least, the public would be aware of it,” said the 48-year-old father of six sons aged nine to 18, who all came to court together with turbans.

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wah.. beraninya judge tu cakap camtu... kenyataannya tu seolah-olah memperlekehkan sunnah rasulullah.. takut mama mendengarnya.. astaghfirullahal'azim...
kalau macam ni.. abis tu yang orang sikh pakai turban tu boleh pulak???
susah betul la macam ni bila orang islam sendiri yang menghalang orang islam lain nak menghidupkan islam..
kata je islam hadhari.. islam ada hari.. ada hari lain tak islam...
















dah besar-besar dah diorang sekarang.. dah jadik hafiz pun.. alhamdulillah..

TM as a GLC.. me as the employee

Guide on corporate social responsibility next for GLCs
By B.K. SIDHU

PETALING JAYA: If the Red and Green books showed government-linked companies (GLCs) how to procure and how their boards should function effectively, the soon-to-be-launched Silver book will outline the framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR).

The Silver book is a guide that defines donations, contributions and other monies that are given out in the companies' “efforts to give back to society”.
The book also defined how GLCs should rank donations, in terms of objectivity, and provided a structured framework for GLCs to follow, sources said.

Currently, GLCs are doing a lot of things, some unrelated to their core businesses. Experts say they should find ways of deriving business value from good work and stay focused as they generate goodwill to influence purchase decisions.

Whatever they do – from sponsoring sporting events, helping the blind through to giving out scholarships – there remains a lot of buzz over CSR globally. This is from its mere definition perspective to the need for wider transparency and measurable returns from such an exercise.
While companies globally are still finding ways to manage CSR, some experts believe it is a public relations guff while others feel it is a branding thing.

Experts say it will be interesting to see how the Silver book defines CSR for the GLCs.
The launch of the Silver book is part of the GLC transformation programme, which is a “core part of the 15-year national mission to 2020 as the Government pushes the envelope further to move the economy up the value chain”. This is the fourth book to be launched since the transformation programme started.

The first of the book series was Blue, which outlined the best performance management practices that GLCs could adopt, while the Red and Green were launched a year ago.
Silver is not the final book as there are four more pending launch. Purple is about optimisation of capital management practices, Yellow and Brown on operational improvement, and Orange on how to manage and develop leaders and other aspects of human capital.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) pioneered the pilot study on CSR for the GLC transformation with the guidelines implemented across the board. Sources said with the pilot “TNB appears to be on the right track to achieving its CSR policy.”
An update on the GLCs can also be expected when the Silver book is launched. And to monitor the GLC turnaround plan, the Putrajaya Committee acts as a catalyst.

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Summarizing...

Blue - outlined the best performance management practices that GLCs could adopt - launched
Red - how to procure - launched
Green - how their boards should function effectively - launched
Silver - framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR) - soon
Purple - optimisation of capital management practices - pending
Yellow and Brown - operational improvement - pending
Orange - how to manage and develop leaders and other aspects of human capital - pending

Actually I am not aware of all these books until last night when I was accompanying my dear hubby finishing his office works.. at home of course.. the TV programmes didn't look very interesting so I settled with The STAR.. and guess what, i think for the first time i actually read it from cover to cover.. hence the Biz bits... hehehe..

Well, back to the colourful books.. it looks good..it sounds good.. as a staff of a GLC i think we should at least aware of this kind of thing.. what for? well, at least we know where our company is heading.. and what are the things that are coming in your way in the future... to prepare, to get ready, to adapt, to change... waahh.. sounds scary, huh.. hehhehe.. But being a working level staff, it won't affect so much... we just get on with our work... let the big-big boss think about it... we just follow.. don't have to crack our head on how to achieve all those targets set by the company... i mean company's target, not our individual KPI target.. :).. when i am at the management level (God knows when..), then i will worry... but for now, just enjoy your work... hhehehe.. (kalau boss tau ni mesti kena critic... be proactive.. be proactive..)

so the new Silver book is on the social responsibility. Most of us perceived it as sponsorship. For TM, even before the book is out, we already have a lot to brag about... Le Tour d Langkawi (the french complaints that we pronounce it wrongly.. and why in the first place we use a french word??), Liga Malaysia, err.. what else haa? (tadi macam banyak tapi bila nak nulis tak keluar pulak...). So after the silver book is launched we should expect that TM will be sponsoring a lot more event. I know, the social responsibility does not only mean you have to sponsor this and that... it can also means you install phone lines in the rural area where the people is very few that you cannot gain that much revenue let alone to get profit out of it.. this is the kind of social responsibilities that we should look at.. it carries human value.. and out of nowhere somehow somewhere, berkat kerja kita when we make people happy.. not just sponsoring for event which is more towards branding.. and until now i don't really understand how does sponsoring the LTDL (we spent millions..) can promote our brand?

anyway, i am really looking forward to the orange book.. and i think TM has already embarked on this orange thingy on the human capital development. We call it Smart Orange Programme. This is really what everybody will be involved in and believe it or not, this should be the foundation of the GLC transformation.. it's all about people...who make it happen..

looking back...
Why GLC Transformation
TM's KPI 2006

SIAPA LAWAN SIAPA?

TUN DR M VS PAK LAH






Part 1
They say in legal circles that a verbal agreement is not worth the paper it is written on. Islam says, if a man breaks his word up to three times, then do not take him as a friend or comrade. Islamic scholar or ulamak Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, also currently Prime Minister of Malaysia,gave his word and he broke it more than three times. Abdullah, therefore, cannot be taken as a friend either in the western or Islamic perspective.And who did Abdullah give his word to? He gave it to previous Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad -- and of course to all Malaysians in his 2004 Election Manifesto, which he has also broken. And what did he promise Dr Mahathir? Many things, amongst which are that the Scenic or crooked Bridge would not be abandoned, the double tracking railway line would be pursued, and the national car, Proton, would be supported --just to mention but three.

After Dr Mahathir announced his resignation to a shocked Umno General Assembly in mid-2002, Abdullah and Dr Mahathir spent 15 months in countless conferences to discuss what the former should and would do when he finally takes over as Prime Minister in November 2003. Dr Mahathir went into great detail and explained at length why he did what he did in his 22 years as Malaysia's Prime Minister. Dr Mahathir had a reason for his many perceived lunatic moves. Even Abdullah, who was his deputy soon after Anwar Ibrahim's exit in September 1998, could not understand everything that Dr Mahathir did. Now he does.Abdullah sat there taking pages after pages of notes as Dr Mahathir gave him a 15-month crash course in Mahanomics (synonymous with Reaganomics).By the end of the 15-month training and orientation programme, Abdullah understood fully what was in the head of that strange animal called Mahathir. More importantly, Abdullah now saw the logic in Dr Mahathir's every move and agreed that, though sometimes somewhat devious, many of these moves were actually quite necessary in the pursuit of the bigger objective.

Many of Dr Mahathir's moves would certainly appear loony to the uninitiated. They would appear even stranger when viewed in the backdrop of what was perceived as a failed plan. Dr Mahathir was a blunderer and the many disasters he left as a legacy to Abdullah in November 2003 laid testimony to this. But Abdullah knew they were no disasters. He did not know earlier of course. But 15 months of sitting in front of Dr Mahathir and taking notes as the Prime Minister imparted his innermost thoughts left Abdullah with no doubts that this old man knew what he was up to and these moves could only be labelled as brilliant.

Take the Scenic or crooked Bridge as one example. No one would disagree if we were to say that this is the most stupid idea yet to come out of Dr Mahathir's mind. Why build half a bridge? Why build such a silly looking bridge that would wind its way around because it had to join the Causeway halfway across the Straits of Johor or Tebrau Straits? If they built a full bridge, then the bridge could be built straight, lower and shorter at maybe almost the same cost as half a bridge. But now they are building half a bridge, so it has to be crooked and higher-- and the cost for half a bridge is not half the cost of a full, straight bridge. But they can't build a straight or full bridge becauseSingapore will not allow their half of the Causeway to be demolished and they are not interested in building the other half of the bridge on their side or within their territorial waters. Singapore could of course agree to join Malaysia in this bridge project and agree to the Causeway being demolished and a full, straight bridge be built to replace the Causeway.

But Singapore wanted the bridge to be packaged with a lot of other goodies, all in Singapore's favour. These goodies would be like throwing in the supply of sand, allowing Singapore Air Force planes more flights over Malaysian air space, plus a re-look at the water agreement. Dr Mahathir did not agree to this. He would not package the bridge with all these other issues and he wanted each issue to be an issue by itself and to be negotiated separately and on its own merits. Dr Mahathir was no fool. He knew if he rejected Singapore's demand for a packaged deal, then Singapore would not agree to the bridge. Malaysia could go on with the bridge if it wanted, but it can only build a bridge on Malaysia's side, not on Singapore's side. Therefore it would have to be a silly-looking half-bridge that would need to be highly elevated and winding.That was exactly what Dr Mahathir wanted. He wanted Singapore to reject the full, straight bridge idea and stipulate that Malaysia can only build half a bridge if it still insisted on proceeding with the plan.

Dr Mahathir did not want a full bridge. He wanted a half-bridge. A full bridge would mean it would have to be straight and therefore low. A half-bridge would force the bridge to curve and therefore it would haveto be built highly elevated.What Dr Mahathir really wanted is the space beneath the bridge which a full bridge would not offer while a half-bridge would. And why did hewant this space? He wanted it because he wanted large container ships and oil tankers to be able to sail under the bridge.The Straits of Melaka is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world. But ships plying the Straits cannot reach Johor Port unless they sail around Singapore. So they would rather stop at the Port of Singapore instead of coming to Johor. Even ships carrying goods bound for Malaysia would rather stop at Singapore for transhipment to Malaysia rather than sail to Malaysia.

Once there is a highly elevated bridge, then the ships can bypass Singapore and come straight to Malaysia. In short, a highly elevated crooked bridge would boost the viability ofJohor Port and pose a serious threat to the Port of Singapore. To be more dramatic, the bridge could actually kill the Port of Singapore and make Johor Port the new centre for imports to and exports from Malaysia-- plus for those Indonesian importers and exporters as well who currently would rather use Singapore than sail the extra distance around Singapore to come to Johor.

That was what Dr Mahathir really wanted. He was not actually interested in the bridge. He was more interested in Malaysia overtaking Singapore in the port business. And the crooked, high, half-bridge would be able to achieve this. A straight, low, full bridge would not. Dr Mahathir very cleverly manoeuvred so that Singapore would disagree with the full bridge and would instead ask Malaysia to proceed with half a bridge.Once they said that, Dr Mahathir got them exactly where he wanted them.The half-bridge is Singapore's idea, not Dr Mahathir's, so Singapore cannot now turn around and say that they had been tricked and the bridge was merely a Red Herring and that the real motive was to out do the Port of Singapore.

Somehow, along the way, Malaysia's Foreign Minister packaged the supply of sand and more SAF flights over Malaysian air space in the bridge deal. Dr Mahathir never agreed to this. But Abdullah did for reasons known only to himself and his son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin. The sand would of course come from Johor and those individuals who will be awarded the contract to supply sand to Singapore are family members of those involved in the decision-making process at the very top echelons of power -- those walking in the corridors of power. The supply of sand is not a government effort but a private arrangement. What is even more perturbing to Dr Mahathir is that Singapore did not demand that the supply of sand be included in the deal. This idea came from Malaysia. It was Malaysia that proposed it, not Singapore that demanded it.

When the Johor Menteri Besar found out about the supply of sand arrangement he was outraged. Dr Mahathir had banned the export of sandback in 1997 and Johor was quite happy with this as the sand was coming from Johor and it is the politicians and their cronies who are making hundreds of millions out of it. For the first time in his life this very polished man who always has a sweet smile for anyone he encounters lost his cool. He never raises his voice, especially to the Prime Minister. But that day he did and he told the Prime Minister that Umno Johor will strongly oppose any Johor sand being sold to Singapore. Even the palace got into the act and there was a danger of another Constitutional Crisis erupting. In short, there was a mutiny and Johor was in revolt. A crisis never before seen in Malaysian history was about to explode. This was astate-federal conflict in the making. Abdullah had blundered big time.He had agreed that the bridge would include the supply of sand toSingapore. Now Johor, the source of the sand, put its foot down and threatened to resist at whatever cost, and Johor can be as independent as Kelantan if it so wishes. They would also reveal the names of all those who stand to benefit from this supply of sand; family members of those at the very top of the Abdullah administration. If you think the Mahathir-Anwar crisis was exciting, the supply of sand to Singapore would dwarf this by far. Not worth the paper it is written on.

Part 2 by Raja Petra Kamarudin

Two days later, Abdullah announced that the bridge project would be aborted, after starting work on it (and incurring a liability of RM100 million). Three weeks before that, Parliament had reiterated the bridge project would go on and the Minister of Works himself assured Parliament that this would be so. But now it was off. They would not be proceeding with the bridge. They could not proceed with it. To proceed with it would mean they have to supply sand to Singapore. And this would createa massive crisis between the federal government and the Johor state government. The only way out of the supply of sand commitment would be to abort the bridge project. No bridge, no sand, and no federal government-Johor state government crisis, plain and simple. But it is out of the frying pan, into the fire. Without the bridge,there would be no way ships could sail to Johor Port through the Straits and the Port of Singapore would continue to dominate this region. DrMahathir's plan to build up Johor Port and challenge Singapore's dominance was thwarted. And it was thwarted by no other than his successor who had promised him that the bridge would go on. And it was thwarted because some greedy people in the decision-making team had tried to get rich quick through selling sand to Singapore by packaging the sand supply deal in the bridge proposal. Dr Mahathir was hopping mad. Abdullah had made a big booboo, and to get out of this booboo he cancelled the bridge project. Abdullah was trying to save his arse. But in doing so he sacrificed Malaysia. Johor Port would now have to remain as pathetic as it has always been. And the Port of Singapore would remain the big wheel of this region. Flushed down thetoilet is Dr Mahathir's plan for overtaking Singapore. And, to make it worse, Abdullah had promised Dr Mahathir the bridge would go on. And he understood fully well why it must. And he realised that the bridge was for the good of Malaysia's commerce. But saving his arse was his first priority. Saving Johor Port has to come second.That is the story of the Crooked Bridge.

There are many other stories such as about the double tracking railway line, the national car, and more. Suffice to say, the double tracking railway line had the same objective as the Crooked Bridge; in that Malaysia's commerce would improve and Singapore's dominance in the region would be given a serious challenge. But Abdullah aborted this as well.The double tracking railway line was actually the first move. Once the double tracking was done, then the high speed train was supposed to follow. Imagine the day when one could live in a cheaper town like Ipoh where property prices are half those in the big city, yet work in Kuala Lumpur -- and the time it takes to get to work from Ipoh would be faster than driving from Subang Jaya to Kuala Lumpur today. The small towns would boom and development would be spread out throughout the country instead of concentrated in a few key areas like it is today. But that too now remains just a dream.

The MV Agusta matter is another issue. Dr Mahathir was going to use MVAgusta to develop a peoples's car (volks wagen) that could be marketed for as low as RM10,000, or less. MV Agusta had the technology to do this and the cost to buy MV Agusta, in spite of it debts, was still lower than embarking on this project doing your own R&D from scratch. R&D costs billions of Ringgit and to develop a car from scratch would not only cost more but would be time consuming as well. Even if you are prepared to pay the higher cost, the time would take too long. MV Agusta was a short cut and at a cheaper price on top of that. But MV Agusta was sold off for RM4 and Dr Mahathir's RM10,000 peoples's car went down the toilet, just like all the others. In fact, the sale of MV Agusta itself raises other questions. How did they decide who to sell it to and do those in the decision-making process have an interest in the company that bought MV Agusta? (Which raises the issue of conflict of interest.)

Dr Mahathir knows the real story, as he does about who those sand suppliers are, but he is not revealing all, at least not just yet.It is not that Abdullah is ignorant about all this. He knows the agenda behind the crooked Bridge, double tracking railway line, MV Agusta, and much more. He knows that all these are mere catalysts for bigger things.And he agreed that these are necessary for the future of the country.Yet he dismantled them one by one just to make it appear like DrMahathir is stupid and that all his ideas are stupid. It is all about politics and of trying to undermine Dr Mahathir. And what better way todo this than to dismantle what Dr Mahathir started and give the impression that the previous Prime Minister was a nut case. So the country suffers. So what? That is the small picture. The big picture is:Dr Mahathir is embarrassed.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is another thing that Dr Mahathir was and still is against. All those years he was prime minister he resisted the FTA. Then, late last year, Abdullah secretly signed the FTA with Japan whereby Japanese automobiles would have free access to the Malaysian market while Malaysian vegetables would have free access to the Japanese market. Malaysian vegetables? What vegetables do we have that we can export to Japan? We do not even grow enough for our own consumption and almost everything we eat needs to be supplemented with imports. Anyway, do the Japanese eat our vegetables? Abdullah might as well have signed an FTA with Canada whereby we export ice cubes to the Eskimos.The FTA Abdullah signed with Japan was so confidential that even theCabinet did not know about it until Abdullah informed its members later,after it had been signed. The Cabinet members were shocked, but by then it was too late to do anything about it. And how is Proton going to survive once Japanese cars get free access to the Malaysian market when even Europe and the United States can't compete with them? Proton is a dead man walking. Its days are numbered and it will be just a matter of time when the national car folds. As the Malays would say:siap kain kapan (prepare the funeral shroud).

Now the United States also wants the FTA with Malaysia signed and the US-Malaysia FTA would open all government contracts and procurement to US companies. That is the end of the New Economic Policy. The days of the Bumiputera businessmen are numbered. Malays will have to revert to becoming clerks and drivers again.Dr Mahathir is beginning to doubt whether Abdullah knows what he is doing. As far as Dr Mahathir is concerned, whatever he did, he did with the interest of the nation at heart. But Abdullah's moves, the way Dr Mahathir sees it, are moves of a traitor who does not care about the country's interest. Dr Mahathir is quite prepared to allow Abdullah to run this country the way he, as Prime Minister, sees fit. But Dr Mahathir will not remain silent and allow this state of affairs to continue if, as he put it, Malaysia's sovereignty is jeopardised. Dr Mahathir would rather take on Abdullah than allow the man to destroy this country. Not just Dr Mahathir, but many Umno veterans as well believe that power in the hands of Abdullah is like giving a flower to a monkey. Monkeys do not appreciate the beauty of flowers.

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apa dah jadi.. apa nak jadi... apa akan terjadi... kita tengok saja la....
siapa lawan siapa lagi..??


MP JASIN VS CUSTOMS



hari tu dok gaduh pasal balak... sekarang sibuk pasal mercedes.. asyik sibuk pasal diri sendiri je.. apahal la... the controversial MP..
baca beritanya



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TAJUDIN RAMLI VS DR M






The bomb of the year.. i think the rest will be revealed soon... hangat.. hangat... tak sabar nak tunggu jawapan dr M.
baca beritanya





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MAWI VS INA















baca beritanya
Ina.. Ina... relax la... jangan cepat melatah..
mama bukan nak menyebelahi sesiapa... cuma ini kan cerita peribadi... bawaklah berbincang sesama sendiri.. takyah la cerita kat media lebih-lebih sangat... bila dah sampai kat media bende yang kecik pun jadi besar..

according to ITIL, in handling crisis management, the best answer to the media is... "No comment".

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ITALY VS FRANCE






Sapa menang???

where does my voice go...

arggghhhhhh... takde suara..!!!!

batuk?
sakit tekak?
bergaduh dengan budak-budak? luqman... jgn buat tu... humaira.. jgn buat ni...maisara... etc.. etc..
tak cukup minum air?
makan buah nam nam yang masam itu?
minum air batu?
sorak world cup? tak tengok pun...

macam-macam...
abih suaraku menjadi rock...

ubatnya?

minum air asam jawa..
makan telur mentah..
makan madu...
minum air limau suam..
makan strepsil..
minum air asam jawa campur gula merah..
apa lagi?
tapi semua mama tak buat kecuali makan strepsil je.. hehheheh...

pagi nih..

arrgghhhhhhh... mata merah..
naper yek?

contact lense expired? baru tukar semalam...
tak cukup tidur? terlebih tidur ada la...
nak sakit mata? mungkin juga..

kena pakai spek hitam la hari ni..
nak pegi jumpa doktor..
kalau betul sakit mata.. boleh la dapat mc...
kalau tak sakit mata... kena la terus berada di sini...

arrghhhhh....

PENAWAR PENAT OLEH RASULULLAH

Penawar Di Kala Kepenatan

Bagi mengatasi kepenatan melaksanakan tugas-tugas seharian sama ada di rumah mahu pun di tempat kerja, bolehlah jadikan petua yang diajar oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. kepada puteri kesayangannya Saidatina Fatimah sebagai penawarnya.

Suatu hari Saidatina Fatimah mengadu kepada suaminya Saidina Ali bin Abu Talib tentang kesakitan pada tangannya kerana keletihan menggiling gandum untuk membuat roti. Saidina Ali berkata :"Bapa kamu telah datang membawa balik tawanan perang. Berjumpalah dia dan mintalah seorang khadam untuk membantu mu."

Saidatina Fatimah pergi bertemu bapanya dan menyatakan hasrat untuk mendapatkan seorang khadam bagi membantu tugas hariannya di rumah. Bagaimanapun Rasulullah s.a.w. tidak mampu memenuhi permintaan anak kesayangannya itu. Lalu Baginda s.a.w. pergi menemui puterinya serta menantu itu.

Baginda s.a.w. berkata:"Apa kamu berdua mahu aku ajarkan perkara yang lebih baik daripada apa yang kamu minta daripadaku? Apabila kamu berdua berbaring untuk tidur, bertasbihlah (Subhanallah) 33 kali, bertahmid (Alhamdulillah) 33 kali dan bertakbir (Allahuakbar) 33 kali. Ia adalah lebih baik untuk kamu berdua daripada seorang khadam."

Inilah penawar ringkas yang Nabi s.a.w. ajarkan kepada anak dan menantunya bagi meringankan keletihan dan kesusahan hidup mereka berdua. Saidina Ali terus mengulang-ulang kalimah-kalimah Rasulullah.s.a.w. ini.

Katanya:-"Demi Allah aku tidak pernah meninggalkannya semenjak ia diajarkan kepadaku." Sayugia dicadangkan kepada ibu-ibu, suami-suami atau sesiapa sahaja yang merasai kepenatan setelah melakukan tugas-tugas harian supaya mengamalkan membaca 'Subhanallah' (33 kali), 'Alhamdulillah' (33 kali) dan 'Allahuakbar' (33 kali) pada setiap malam iaitu sebelum melelapkan mata. Lakukanlah dengan penuh ikhlas dan istiqamah (berterusan), Insya-Allah petunjuk Nabawi ini mampu menyelesaikan bebanan-bebanan hidup seharian kita. Akan terserlah ceria di wajah pada keesokan hari dengan senyuman.

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mama selalu memang letih sikit bila ayah takde.. almaklumlah melayan 3 orang yang hyper.. especially weekends.. aduh pening kepala dibuatnya... nasib baik imran belum hyper lagi.. bila kita penat emosi kita pun senang terganggu.. salah sikit nak marah.. bende kecik pun rasa nak marah.. kadang-kadang tu bila pikir balik apa yang diorang buat tu takdelah teruk sangat tapi bila dah geram tu abih la kena marah semua...

maafkan mama...

insya allah mama akan amalkan Penawar Penat ni selalu supaya tak penat and boleh la layan korang semua, my 4 little precious ones!!!

hari tu..

Hari tu mama pegi shopping kat supermarket. Ambil gula dua bungkus. Almaklumlah tengah sibuk pasal gula tak cukup ni kan, nak la beli lebih sikit takut nanti nak beli lagi tak ada gula. Sampai kat counter bayar kena tapis pulak. Seorang customer cuma boleh beli sebungkus je gula. Hmm... takpelah dah tak boleh nak buat macamana. Lagipun sebenarnya bukan tak cukup pun sebungkus tu... hehehhe.

Lepas tu mama pun terpikir. Sebenarnya kan diorang ni saja je buat kecoh pasal gula ni. Bila kecoh-kecoh macam ni semua orang nak beli gula banyak-banyak. Mama rasa la diorang ni saja je nak naikkan harga gula. Yelah bila gula kurang, permintaan banyak, harga gula pun mesti naik punya. Dalam masa ni banyak la juga yang nak mengambil kesempatan. Ada peniaga yang simpan stok gula kononnya nak tunggu sampai harga naik baru dikeluarkan. Ada tu pulak siap letak notice kat kedai - " Belanja minimum RM10 baru layak beli gula". Wah dasyat tu...

So kerajaan, suratkhbar semua tengah kempen la kurangkan gula dalam makanan seharian... Ungku Aziz tak ambil gula sejak 1974, menteri tu tak suka manis, pakar kesihatan kata gula itu racun, dan sebagainya. Tapi kesian juga kat orang yang meniaga kedai makan, jual kuih. Kalau air, kuih rasa tawar je kang customer complaint pulak.

Nak buat cemana..

Gula kurang.. sila kurangkan pengambilan gula..
Tarif elektrik naik... sila guna lampu gasolin..
Harga petrol naik.. sila naik basikal..

lepas ni apa pulak ek??

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Hari tu mama drive balik kerja. Tiba-tiba ada polis traffic dengan motor bersirennya datang dari belakang. Masa tu dah dekat dengan tol Sg Besi dah.

"Menteri mana pulak la yang nak lalu nih.."

Mama relax je la sebab mama memang dah kat lane tengah dah. Tapi encik polis traffic tu sibuk suruh ke tepi lagi. "Pin.. Pin.. ke tepi.. ke tepi.." sambil tunjuk-tunjuk suruh ke tepi..

"Mak ai.. berapa besar jalan dia nak ambil nih??"

Mama pun terpaksa la menghimpit ke kiri sikit. Bila kereta besar tu lalu.. mak ai memang dia ambil dua lane la... waduh waduh... kereta takdelah besar mana tapi memang dia ambil jalan tengah antara dua lane tu.. so memang dia makan dua lane tu la... isk.. bengkek je mama..

Pastu sampai kat tol lepas camtu je tak payah bayar tol... bertambah bengkek la mama...

Mentang-mentang la...

kenapa oh kenapa 2

of luqman asking kenapa oh kenapa..
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Question:
Why does my toddler constantly ask "why"?

Answer:
Your child's inquisitiveness is a signal that her mind is expanding quickly, and that she's curious about the world. She's starting to understand the concept of cause and effect — that there's a reason for almost everything. It's also a way for her to engage you in conversation, and keep you talking. If you get tired of the constant whys, don't simply fall back on "that's just the way it is." Instead, try to deflect them by asking her what she thinks. Her answer may amuse you, but try not to laugh — her mind is really working in amazing ways as she puts together what information she has about the world with a toddler's fertile imagination. If you truly don't know the answer, tell her the two of you can find out together. Write down the question in a notebook, and make sure she sees you doing it — that way, she'll know you're taking her queries seriously. Then find the answer together by visiting a library or museum. This way her questions become a way for you both to participate in research, and have fun doing it at the same time.

Happy Fathers Day!!

Allahyarham Kamsan Bin Hj Yunos dalam kenangan... 16/06/1932 - 15/03/2000

Hari ni tarikh lahir arwah tok. Arwah tok meninggal semasa mama sedang belajar di perantauan. Waktu itu pukul 2 pagi waktu UK. Terdengar deringan telefon menjerit-jerit di keheningan malam. Naz yang angkat telefon. Rupa-rupanya untuk mama. Bila angkat telefon mama terus kata ' Kenapa la telefon malam-malam ni? kat sini pukul 2 pagi la..." Tidak terlintas langsung dalam fikiran mama kalau telefon berbunyi waktu yang tak sepatutnya tu maknanya selalunya ada emergency. Mungkin tengah mamai agaknya. " Sabar ye dengar ni.. Bak dah tak ada..." kata Pak Zan.

Hari itu adalah hari wukuf. Anak-anak semua akan balik petang itu untuk menyambut hari raya haji di kampung. "Bak tak berapa sihat ni.. demam-demam sikit," kata nek melalui corong telefon. " Teruk ke demamnya mak, kalau macam teruk kitorang balik cepat sikit lah.." kata Mak Wa. " Takpelah tak teruk sangat .. masih boleh bangun-bangun jalan-jalan lagi.. lagipun petang ni semua dah nak balik dah. Tunggu petang ni je lah.." kata nek.

Pagi itu, arwah tok masih boleh berjalan-jalan, masih boleh bercakap dalam telefon memesan jamu, masih boleh bergurau dengan anak menantu. Bila tiba waktu tengahari beliau asyik bertanya sama ada dah masuk zuhur atau belum.. sekejap-sekejap tanya.. sekejap-sekejap tanya.. " Kejap lagi masuk lah zuhur.." nek kata. Arwah tok pun pergi ke bilik air untuk mengambil wudhuk. Selepas keluar dari bilik air, mungkin rasa tak berapa larat, terus berbaring di katil ruang rehat di bawah. Waktu itu sudah nampak tanda-tanda yang beliau akan pergi kerana beliau meminta untuk memanggil semua adik-beradiknya yang kebanyakannya memang tinggal di kampung kami.

Sekejap saja rumah kami telah dipenuhi orang. Akhirnya selepas dapat bersalam dan bercakap dengan semua adik beradiknya, beliau menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir pada usia 67 tahun. Anak-anaknya yang ada di sisi ialah Pak Zan dan Pak Azim.

Selepas itu barulah anak-anak yang lain bergegas pulang ke kampung. Terkilannya kerana tak dapat berada di sisi semasa beliau menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir. Hanya sempat untuk menghantar jenazah ke tanah perkuburan. Apalagi mama yang jauh di mata ni, hanya dapat memanjatkan doa semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat Allah.. Jenazah selamat dikebumikan selepas solat Asar.

Mama ingat lagi, semasa hayatnya beliau merupakan seorang penyabar, lembut, pemurah, merendah diri. Tapi dengan anak-anak beliau merupakan ayah yang tegas dan garang terutama semasa kami kecil. Tali pinggang dan rotan sudah biasa menjadi habuan sekiranya kami bergaduh atau buat hal. Tapi bila kami buat baik atau pun bagus dalam pelajaran dan sebagainya mesti belanja.. kacang goreng... Bila kami dewasa, sifat lembut dan penyayang beliau amat terserlah lebih-lebih lagi bila dah ramai cucu.

Kalau dengan kawan-kawan, saudara mara dan jiran tetangga, beliau sering menjadi tempat rujukan bila ada apa-apa masalah.. Bila tiba musim durian, setiap hari beliau akan round rumah jiran-jiran untuk bagi sorang sikit.. kalau sikit sorang sebiji.. kalau banyak, seorang dua tiga biji.. Hinggakan semasa beliau dikebumikan, tanah berlebih-lebihan sehingga di bahagi-bahagikan ke kubur yang sebelah-sebelah...

" Semasa dah meninggal pun seolah-olah masih nak bersedekah.."

terharunya mama bila orang ceritakan macam tu..

Arwah tok pandai mengaji berlagu. Tengoklah anak-anaknya bila masuk musabaqah al-quran semuanya berjaya atas bimbingan beliau. Ada yang sampai ke peringkat kebangsaan bawak balik piala besar macam Mak Lin, Mak Nit, Mak A. Yang tak pandai sebut huruf Ra' macam Pak Lim pun boleh menang. Arwah tok juga suka berghazal. Biasanya orang jemput kumpulan beliau untuk main di majlis perkahwinan orang. Pandai cipta lagu tu. Yelah dulu arwah tok memang kerja jadi guru muzik. Arwah tok juga ada banyak amalan atau petua untuk kehidupan seharian. Petua/amalan untuk kuatkan gigi, elak sakit perut, kena gigit tabuan, nak tanam pokok, sakit gigi semua ada bacaannya. Untuk tolak hujan pun ada amalannya. Tapi bila ditanya, beliau selalu kata untuk kegunaan keluarga dan anak cucu.. Arwah tok pun pandai mengurut juga. Masa muda-muda dulu arwah tok pandai juga bersukan. "Main bola sepak, main badminton, lumba lari.. kira jaguh kampung la.." kata nek.

Kenangan tinggal kenangan.. semoga Allah mencucuri rahmatNya ke atas roh arwah tok.. dan semoga beliau ditempatkan dalam golongan orang-orang yang beriman dan bertakwa. Amin....

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On a lighter note..

Happy Fathers Day to Ayah!!!

from mama, luqman, humaira, maisara and imran....

Ole Ole Ole Ole.. Ole.. Ole..

Sekarang ni semua orang tengah sibuk ngan World Cup.. Ole ole ole ole.. ole.. ole..
mama mana minat bola.. biasa-biasa je.. lagi la sekarang ni ayah tengah outstation memang takde suasana world cup langsung kat rumah.. life goes on as usual.. but not the same without ayah... (ceh letak remarks jiwang sket.. hehhe)

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TAHAJJUD WORLD CUP
posted by Us.Hj. Nasrudin Hj. Hassan At Tantawi

Saya turut menerima bahang panas "demam bola" yang melanda dunia hari ini. Virus bola ini lebih bertenaga daripada virus selsema burung mahupun antrak yang pernah melanda dunia seketika dulu . Ini adalah ekoran virus bola mampu menjadikan hampir semua penduduk planet bumi mengalami "demam" serentak. Manakan tidak , kuliah dan ceramah saya kebelakangan ini , merosot kehadhirannya biarpun saya telah mengenengahkan pelbagai uslub dan pendekatan . Tarikan bola cukup hebat , sedang world cup belum bermula , telah ramai penduduk planet bumi ini mengalami panas sejuk suhu badan mereka dengan virus Frendly Football atau pertandingan pemanas badan oleh pasukan - pasukan yang akan menyertai World cup .

Ada yang mencadangkan kepada saya supaya memasang skrin besar di tempat ceramah , supaya audien boleh datang beramai - ramai dan mereka dapat dua - dua. Ceramah pun dapat , bola pun dapat .
Saya hanya tersenyum , memikirkan sejauh mana rasionalnya cadangan itu dan bagaimana effectnya kepada perjuangan dan masyarakat .

"Tengok Bola tak salahkan ustaz ? " begitulah soalan popular sehari dua ini yang sering diaju oleh anak - anak murid saya apabila mengakhiri kuliah di surau atau masjid . Pastinya tengok bola dan tengok orang main bola adalah dua perkara berbeza.

Namun prinsipnya , menyaksikan pertandingan bola sepak sehingga menjadikan kita lagha , leka dan lalai dari tanggungjawab agama seperti meninggalkan solat , mengheret kepada perjudian , pergaduhan dan lain - lain , maka tidak syak pada hukum adalah HARAM .

Adapun kes pemain - pemain bolasepak yang berseluar pendek sewaktu beraksi di padang terdedah kepada khilaf ulama' dan saya tidak bercadang mengemukakan hujjah syarie secara panjang lebar , justeru ini hanya tulisan bersahaja dalam bentuk sketsa kehidupan .

Mungkin kita yang bermazhab Syafie agak janggal untuk membenarkan mereka berseluar pendek , berbeza dengan mereka yang bermazhab Hanafi . Masih segar dalam ingatan saya sewaktu saya belajar di Maahad Fathul Islami Syria satu waktu dulu . Sedang saya menegur seorang pemuda yang bermain bola dalam keadaan berseluar pendek , Syeikh Fawwaz ( guru kelas merangkap guru Mahfuzat saya ) kebetulan lalu di kawasan itu lalu meminta saya membiarkan pemuda itu bermain dalam keadaan ia kekal berseluar pendek .

Keesokkan harinya , Syeikh Fawwaz mendetailkan hukum berpakaian disisi mazhab Hanafi . ( Ma'ahad Fathul Islami adalah sebuah Ma'ahad yang menggunakan Feqh Mazhab Imam Hanafi ) Ringkasnya , mereka boleh menerima pemain yang berseluar pendek selama mana pendeknya seluar itu masih dalam kategori sopan , iaitu tidak sendat dan hanya atas sedikit dariparas lutut .- Tidak bercawat seperti seluar pelumba lari dan perenang .

Demam bola ini turut di"hidapi" oleh para ustaz dan a'bid . Sehingga ada pula yang menunda tarikh kuliahnya kerana bertembung dengan pertandingan bolasepak pada malam itu malah memendekkan wirid zikirnya kerana memburu jadual waktu pertandingan . Fenomena ini adalah suatu yang sangat menyedihkan . Agarnya ianya tidak berlaku lagi.

Pagi tadi , bunyi siren yang nyaring sekitar jam 3 am . Pastinya itu menandakan sms masuk dan saya terjaga lalu membuka sms untuk mengetahui kandungan mesejnya . Manalah tahu kalau - kalau ada emergency kes pagi - pagi buta nih !

Saya tersenyum membaca kandungan mesej tersebut : " Ustaz ! bangun ... Portugal akan kembali menjajah Angola ! Saksikan Kehebatan Christiano Ronaldo dan Luis Figo meluaskan wilayah jajahannya."

Saya tidak kenal siapa penghantarnya , tetapi saya yakin ini sms dari kawan - kawan yang hanya mengusik saya . Saya lihat jam di tangan menunjukkan pukul 3 am , sedang saya baru sejam tidur setelah selesai mentelaah laporan akhbar terhadap Muktamar PAS yang berlansung di Kedah baru - baru nih , sambil - sambil tu sempat juga saya membantu Isteri tersayang memeriksa kertas jawapan peperiksaan anak- anak muridnya sedang dia telah lama terlena kepenatan bersama nyenyaknya bayi kesayangan dipangkuan .

Saya kepenatan , lalu terlena kembali . Tiba - tiba sekali lagi saya dikejutkan oleh bunyi siren yang nyaring dari handphone saya . Sms lagi !

Saya bangun dan membacanya , : "Ustaz ! Bangun Tahajjud , 15 minit lagi sambung separuh masa kedua , Portugal vs Angola ."

Kali ni penghantarnya orang lain , tapi yang ini saya kenal . ( Mentang-mentanglah mereka tahu saya minat bola ( Pengasas Fursan Tantawi FC di Tanta Mesir ) , sampai waktu begini mereka sms saya . ) Apa yang menarik , siap dengan tazkirah supaya bangun Tahajjud . Inilah demam bola di kalangan ustaz - ustaz kita , Tahajjud world cup .

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bola bola juga.. cuma jangan sampai melalaikan...

food for thought...

Waduh.. nak pecah rasanya kepala mama hari ni.. start from malam tadi tidur kul 2.30 pagi.. tu pun tertidur.. sebenarnya nak tidur lambat lagi nak abihkan keje tapi imran pulak bangun nak nyusu.. last-last tertidur terus dengan notebook ngan tv ngan kipas kat family lounge terbukak sampai pagi... sampai2 opis terus pulun abihkan keje sampai tak sempat nak breakfast.. breakfast kul 12 then nak gi lunch dah kenyang so dah save time la kat situ... petang ni ada meeting lak .. nasib baik kejap je.. then sambung nak prepare for audit next monday... takut gak.. sebelum ni mana pernah kena audit ngan SIRIM... tawakkal je la...

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Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed?

The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.

After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer ........................ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ...........................$ 9998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

NUMB3RS..

Sempena tarikh yang cantik hari ni 060606...

kalau hari ni weekends mesti berlambak2 orang book nak kawin tarikh ni.. kalau yang tengah tunggu masa nak bersalin, kalau boleh mesti nak dapat tarikh ni, kalau operation atau induce lagi la boleh pilih je tarikh ni.. tapi ada juga kepercayaan yang kata no 666 ni no deamon.. errr... ni mama teringat cerita mat salleh masa kecik2 dulu... anyway, nombor ni memang cantik...

Perasan tak? nombor2 ni pun ada jantina tau..
1 - perempuan
2 - perempuan
3 - lelaki
4 - perempuan
5 - lelaki
6 - lelaki
7 - perempuan
8 - perempuan
9 - lelaki

cemana dapat? mama pun tak tau... sebenarnya ni mama punya perception je.. so takyah la nak search kat internet lak pasal numbers and gender pulak.. hehehe.. dari kecik lagi mama ada perception macam ni... jangan lepas ni ada yang susun-susun jadik balance ke cemana ke buat no ekor sudah... just sharing my thought.. kalau 0? err... mmm tak sure pulak.. sebab tengok 0 ni macam neutral je.. ke pondan? hheheh.. bukan pondan, tapi dia ada exception sikit takde jantina...

57412124 - this is my name.. sapa boleh break the code memang terrer... :)
7 is my favourite number
4 is ayah's favourite number
9 - mama anak no 9
010901 - tarikh nikah (cantik gak tu..)

Kalau orang cina tak suka no 4.. 4 maknanya mati.. kat kawasan rumah mama kat taman sutera, no rumah takde yang no 4... bila sampai no 4 dia akan jadi 3A.. so 1, 2, 3 ,3A, 5... 12, 13, 13A, 15... punya la nak menarik chinese buyer.. tapi tengok melayu jugak yang ramai duduk kat sini...

mama pernah jumpa plat no NAJ 15.. dari jauh mama tengok.. " apahal plat number dia NAJIS???" hahaha... ini no beli ke no dapat? kalau beli.. sesia je... plat no lain yang tak best MAK1.. plat no. yang best MAW1.. ehheheh... WPA 1? itu untuk sapa tu menteri ke apa tu? mama pun pelik kadang diorang ni sanggup berhabis beribu-ribu nak beli plat number yang cantik... agaknya duit tu dah berlebih-lebih gaknye sampai tak tau nak buat apa...

isk.. apa la melalut hari ni..

Attention to: Wan Khaizuri

ATTENTION TO MRS WAN KHAIZURI WAN SEMAN, please leave your email address here...

Hehehhehe...

Wan is my ex roommate during my A-Level at New College Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Ninie, Wan and Me.. back in 1997...

kapin ke kupam??

Hari tu masa baca buku cerita frog sebelum tidur...

humaira: mama, nak kapin..
mama: kapin? apa tu?
humaira: nak kapin la mama..
mama: apa kapin tu.. cuba cakap betul-betul.. mama tak paham..
humaira: nak baca buku kapin.. nie...
mama: oooo... buku anak kambing...

Semalam masa tengok tv, ada keluar satu iklan ridsect..

mama: eeiii... tengok tu lipas... sapa tak nak pakai baju nanti mama amik lipas tu bagi kat dia...
humaira: bukan lipas la.. kupam la...
mama: ??????? ( lama sikit nak register...) ooo.. kumbang...

hahaha.. sekarang dah tau la... kapin tu kambing.. kupam tu kumbang... ketebam tu kapalterbang.. yang 'ng' semua dibantainya jadik 'm'... apala humaira ni...

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yeaa yea.. imran dah pandai merangkak...

Smart house to handle your electricity consumption smartly... (but need investment also...)

Couple show how to stay cool
By LEE YUK PENG (The Star 30 May 2006)

MALACCA: Energy-saving houses are the way to go to minimise utility costs and a couple living here under the Malaysia My Second Home Programme are showing just how to do it.
Harry Boswell, 71, and Stephanie Bacon, 64, from Cambridgeshire, England, have a 260 square metre, single-storey house with four air-conditioners running 24 hours a day at 24°C and it costs them only RM2 a day to run the units.
The house, which they designed themselves, is located at the Tiara Melaka Golf Resort and is well insulated to keep out external heat.
It is painted white and faces north to prevent sunlight from striking the windows.
It also has a white steel roof to deflect sunlight, two underground chambers to collect cool air, thick walls made of aerated concrete and two layers of glass for all windows and doors.

All these keep the house cool.
The refrigerator is placed underneath a chimney, which channels hot air surrounding it out of the house.
“All these reduce the work of air-conditioners and we feel cool inside the house,” said Boswell, adding that electricity rates here were lower than in England.
“Low charges encourage extravagant, instead of economic, use,” said Boswell, who will be paying RM7 more for his current bill of RM136 per month.
“The increase (here from Thursday) of 12% is lower than the 24% increase in England over the last two years.”
He said it was time the Government implemented laws encouraging the building of energy-saving homes and give incentives to those willing to modify their homes to conserve energy.
Boswell spent RM380,000 to build the house but the pay-off is in the lower electricity bills.
“Resources are being depleted and we are saving energy for future generations,” he said.
The couple’s first attempt to build a house here turned out badly, with their contractors running away.
They returned to England in 2004, sold their house there for RM3.5mil three months later and came back to Malaysia.
They completed their house, called Cooltek, last August.

MyTeam VS AFPRE

Wah.. bersemangatnya semalam tengok myteam lawan.. especially bila myteam dpt skor goal... GOALL!!! tapi tak dapat tengok sampai habis la.. sebab semua dah bising nak tidur dah.. lagipun luqman tak berapa sihat sangat... awal2 dah ajak masuk bilik nak tidur... pukul 11 mama turun balik tengok dah sampai acara penyampaian hadiah... the results MyTeam kalah 1-2.. okaylah tu.. kire terrer laa.. hanya dengan latihan selama 6 minggu, tanpa ada professional experience, daripada berbagai-bagai background (ada yang kerja warden, keje hotel, apa tah lagi..) cuma berbekalkan semangat minat bola, pasukan myteam telah berjaya bermain cemerlang. Walaupun ada kelemahan daripada beberapa segi contohnya dari segi teamwork, dari segi menangani pressure, kekuatan emosi (apa la captain... kalau marah pun jgn la sampai tolak2..duh..kan dah kena kad merah), tapi mama rasa dari segi individual skill tu nampak cam berpotensi.. ceh macam bagus je mama nih.. sejak bila tah minat bola... mama bukan apa sebenarnya bengkek kat Ibrahim Saad (Setiausaha Agung FAM). hari tu kan ada TV3 interview dia pasal nak lawan MyTeam ni.. dengan eksennya dia macam memperlekehkan keupayaan Myteam nih...

" ..mana boleh pasukan segera, ini bukan mi segera... kalau mee segera boleh la... "
" Kepada para peminat bola, sapa sokong Malaysia pakailah baju kuning... sapa tak sokong Malaysia, pakailah baju biru.." (dengan muka sinisnya...)

eii... eksennya... tu yang mama sokong abih2 kat MyTeam tu.. nway result 1-2 tetap boleh dibanggakan.. just imagine kalau malaysia kalah.. mesti malu guling-guling punya...

anyway mama rasa projek MyTeam ni satu usaha yang baik juga untuk membakar semula semangat arena bolasepak negara kita... untuk pasukan Malaysia tentu tercabar bila main dengan pemain amatur tapi diasak macam main dengan org professional juga.. untuk MyTeam, they represent all of us yang taunya nak kutuk orang main bola...
" apa la tendang bola pun tak betul..."
" ek eleh.. itu pun tak gol ker.."
sekarang dah rasa la sendiri bila berada di dalam kasut seorang pemain bola... baru le tau....

Anyway.. SYABAS MYTEAM!!!

Dlm menengok MyTeam sempat jugak mama curik-curik tengok Prelude AF4... sikit-sikit je la... then tengok result je la kul 11... alamak Salima dapat ke? aduh salima...

mama bukan nak kata suara tak sedap ke apa ke.. sebab mama tak tengok pun salima ni nyanyi... tapi memang dari awal-awal lagi bila tengok calon-calon pelajar nih.. awal-awal lagi mama dah doa dah salima ni tak dapat.. mama risau la.. risau nanti kesannya kepada masyarakat kita... kalau sebelum ini tudung tu boleh dijadikan sebagai kekuatan untuk menghalang kita membuat sesuatu yang tak elok dipandang mata (at least secara zahirnya), tapi sekarang nih.. mama takut ianya akan jadi satu revolusi baru dalam dunia seni tanahair kita... okaylah sekarang kita dah ada waheeda, bienda.. tapi mereka setakat ni masih stick dengan lagu-lagu dan cara pembawaan yang mempunyai batasan tertentu (walaupun mama tak berapa berkenan dengan pakaian bienda dan walaupun mama tak la 100% setuju dengan pembawaan mereka.. )Mama risau kalau lepas ni semakin ramai yang bertudung yang menjadi artis.. kalau artis semakin ramai yang bertudung tak apa juga... boleh paham tak...

tak tau la nanti macamana salima dlm AF nanti.. lagu-lagu yang akan di bawa... kelincahannya menari lagu menuju puncak... pergaulan sehariannya... lakonannya... mama yakin semuanya akan menjadi perhatian... kalau boleh la mama nak doakan salima tak pergi jauh dlm AF, kalau nak ikut approach macam mawi... tak tau la nak kata... mungkin lain sikit sebab mawi tu lelaki... pompuan kena la lebih menjaga... mama takut lepas ni sesiapa yang ada suara sedap tapi pakai tudung dah tak segan silu untuk capai mic and sing in front of the public... kalau sekarang mungkin la macam nih..

"eh u kan suara sedap.. gi la depan nyanyi..."

"ish tak maulah..i dah pencen la... i dah pakai tudung la.. "

lepas ni... tak tau lah...

on the other hand... mungkin dengan kemunculan artis imej bertudung akan sedikit sebanyak dapat membersihkan dunia seni tanahair kita yang penuh dengan noda dan dot dot dot? boleh ke cuci dari dalam? ataupun perlukan satu kuasa untuk menumbangkan yang sediaada dan digantikan dengan yang baru yang benar-benar mengikut landasan yang betul? fresh from scratch?

aduh.. tetiba mama rasa terlalu besar untuk difikirkan.. siapalah mama... mama pun dengar juga lagu-lagu dalam radio.. mama pun tengok juga rancangan tv kat rumah...

sesamalah kita ingat mengingati...

hati kecil seorang ibu...

tadi ustazah cerita, hari tu anak dia baru dapat good results SPM, ustazah nak bercerita pasal results spm tapi anaknya sibuk dengan kawannya yang asyik telephone.. ustazah pun ada terasa sikit la.. esoknya telephone anaknya kena curi... " Astaghfirullah, ustazah terlupa nak berdoa lepas hati ustazah terasa tu..." kata ustazah...

pesanan untuk ibu-ibu..

cubalah untuk jaga apa yang terlintas di hati kita terhadap anak-anak kita.. apa lagi dengan kata-kata.. sebab kata-kata seorang ibu itu adalah doa yang sangat makbul.. perkataan tu maybe kita boleh control lagi.. tapi hati seorang ibu ni selalunya mudah tersentuh.. especially kalau anak2 kita dah besar.. ustazah pesan kalau kita ada terasa dengan anak2 kita cepat-cepatlah berdoa.. " Ya Allah ampunkan lah dosa-dosaku dan dosa-dosa anakku.." sekali hati ibu terasa Allah cabut satu nikmat kebahagiaan daripada anak kita...

selalu la doakan dan cakap yang baik-baik tentang anak kita..
tak lupa juga tanggungjawab kita sebagai seorang anak...
selalu lah jaga hati mak kita...

dino thunder.. power up.. hah!!

kalau dengar lagu intro power rangers, imran pun dah berjangkit ngan kakak abang dia... terus mencari-cari nak tengok tv.. bahaya nih...

tapi kali ni bukan nak cakap pasal power rangers la.. nak cakap pasal power up.. tariff electric naik... mama pun antara yang akan terkena tempiasnya la sebab every month memang lebih dari rm50 ringgit.. haai.... semua bende naik... ada tak bende yang tak naik, makin turun??? hari tu minyak dah naik.. nih electrik pulak.. lepas ni apa pulak gaknyer.. tapi kesian jugak kat tnb yang macam nak bankrupt je sebab hutang banyak then sekrang nih tengah rugi pulak.. tapi satu la yang mama pelik.. tang perjanjian dengan IPP tu...

Menurutnya (Menteri Tenaga, Air dan Telekomunikasi, Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik ), IPP mempunyai perjanjian dikenali sebagai Perjanjian Pembelian Tenaga (PPA) yang tidak boleh dirunding semula. Sekiranya rundingan semula dijalankan ia hanyalah atas dasar persefahaman bersama dan tidak melibatkan PPA.
``Atas dasar itu, ia boleh dilakukan, tetapi jika rundingan semula dijalankan, mungkin ia akan melibatkan pemanjangan kontrak antara TNB dan IPP-IPP berkenaan,'' katanya.
Buat masa ini TNB membayar RM4 bilion setahun untuk tenaga rizab yang dijana oleh IPP - tanpa mengira sama ada kapasiti itu digunakan atau tidak.
Setakat ini sebanyak sembilan IPP bernaung di bawah lima syarikat konsesi iaitu YTL Power Generation, Malakoff Bhd., Powertech, Sime Darby dan Genting Sanyen.

maknanya yang IPP ni dok produce power, TNB kena beli balik tak kira la guna ke tak guna.. kalau yang tak guna tu abih camtu je la tanpa ada pulangan.. tu yang rugi tu... itu sebenarnya statement sebelum tariff naik la.. latest statement..

Menteri Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi, Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik berkata, pihaknya sedang mengadakan perbincangan untuk membentuk satu perjanjian tambahan bagi mengurangkan `bayaran pengeluaran' berjumlah RM3.3 bilion yang dibayar setiap tahun oleh TNB kepada IPP.

eloklah tu.. cuma diharap pihak-pihak mereka ni cubalah bijak sikit bila ber'nego'.. kena amik kira la kepentingan rakyat.. jangan berat sebelah.. ni tak pasal-pasal kita yang jadik mangsa..

haii... baru dapat increment sikit.. expenses pulak dah bertambah.. tak jadik la nak berangan lebih-lebih... hehe..