cahaya ramadhan...

letih?
biasalah.. puasa memang la letih sikit..

dah masuk puasa ke empat dah hari ni.. mama masih takde mood buat keje.. malasnya terasa.. ingatkan hari tu masa first few days saja takde mood... bagi can la baru nak start pose kan.. tapi nampaknya dah hari ke4 pun sama je... apa la mama ni... tengahari pulak mesti nak kena lelap jugak sekejap... err.. bukan sekejap je kot.. lama jugak... hehheh..

pikir punya pikir.. takkan tahun ni tak boleh buat yang lebih baik kan?.. sebab kat rumah bukan buat keje banyak mana pun... semua bibik dah bereskan... tinggal nak layan budak2 je.. balik rumah bibik dah siap masak buka pose... takyah beli kat kedai dah... so mama petang tu cuma tolong hidang2 je.. malam je la melayan budak2.. itu pun sebenarnya dah pandai main sendiri... so takde masalah la mama nak tinggal jap nak terawikh..cuma imran je nak kena perati sikit.. pastu bangun sahur pun bibik dah siap panaskan lauk... mama bangun tinggal hidang2 then kemas-kemas. bibik tah kul berapa tah dia bangun sahur selalu kitorang bangun dia dah tidur balik dah... basuh sidai lipat baju semua bibik dah settle... so apahal yang letih sangat nih? isk isk isk... tak patut betul...

teringat lagi masa humaira n maisara baru lahir... masa puasa tu diorang baru 2 bulan... luqman pula masa tu baru setahun lebih... ya allah.. masa tu rasa sibuknya time nak buka pose... tak terkejar... masak memang out of question la... beli je.. kadang nak bukak plastik nak letak makanan dalam pinggan pun tak sempat... ayah sibuk layan luqman.. pastu yang lagi 2 ni pulak tak boleh nak letak.. kalau letak nangis... so seboleh2nya masa dekat nak buka pose tu memang tidurkan diorang dulu (bukan senang pun.. )... baru la boleh puka pose dengan aman...

last year berpose dlm pantang.. excuse la.. alhamdulillah dapat juga ganti pose semua..

bersyukurnya tahun ni ada bibik yang boleh tolong kite kat rumah....

terawikh? teringin jugak mama nak ikut ayah pi terawikh kat surau TS yang baru tu ( alhamdulillah berkat sumbangan dari berbagai pihak siap juga surau TS walaupun ada yang tak berapa sempurna lagi).. dengarnya ramai gak geng pompuan yang join sekali... pastu selalu ada tazkirah lagi tengah2 tu.. pastu ada moreh.. kalau kat rumah tau-tau je la solat sorang2 nih.. nak laju je... hehehhe.. tapi tu la... mama ni setakat nih belum sampai hati lagi nak tinggalkan budak2 kat rumah sendiri dengan bibik... selalu sama ada ayah atau mama mesti ada ngan diorang... kalau nak bawak diorang pegi sekali tak caya gak.. lagipun balik cam lambat gak kadang tu ayah balik dekat kul 11..

tazkirah? kat opis sebenarnya tiap2 hari ada tazkirah kat surau menara.. setakat ni memang tak pernah join lagi.. apa taknya.. asyik nak tidur je.. isk isk... nak recharge battery... insya allah mama cuba untuk pegi jugak nanti.. hopefully very soon.... sekarang ni harap tazkirah kat program al-kulliyah kat tv3 je la masa sahur...

tadarus? alhamdulillah ada progress walaupun slow sikit compared to ayah... kite ni orang pompuan selalu ingat nak baca quran ni kena pakai telekung... so macam dah fix dah lepas solat baru nak baca quran.. kalau lepas solat tu ada hal nak cepat ... dah tertinggal satu sessi... sebenarnya tak semestinya macam tu... kena tukar mindset sikit la especially mama la... sebenarnya boleh je amik tudung tu pakai then baca lah kat mana-mana pun... sambil tengok budak2 main... sambil budak2 tengok tv pun takpe la kite kat tepi tu pun boleh baca juga... sebab bila kita dah berfamili, anak2 dah ramai ni, berapa lama je la kite boleh nak duduk bersendirian kat dalam bilik... boleh kalau nak, tunggu budak2 tidur la... tu satu hal lagi tu nak qiamullail...

qiamullail? at least solat tahajud sebelum makan sahur.. tu yang basic la yang mama has yet to do in this year's ramadhan.. these few days memang nak buat nak buat tapi tak terbuat-buat.. insya allah bila dah tulis ni kena la buat kan... nanti kata cakap tak serupa bikin...

tadi pergi jalan-jalan kat bazaar ramadhan kat bawah... saja je tengok2.. sebenarnya mama nak gi pecah duit.. first time ni pegi pasar ramadhan tahun ni.. memang menggoda juga.. tapi ayah dah warning dah.. tahun ni pose cuba kita takyah beli pape kat luar sebab kat rumah memang bibik dah masak dah.. tak nak membazir... so berjaya juga la menghalang nafsu yang nak membeli-beli tadi.. nampak lemang sebenarnya tadi cam best je sebab baru dapat serunding k haraza nih.. hehhe... at last mama pi kedai bakit beli kicap ngan milo dah abis kat rumah untuk pecah duit.. selamat....tahun ni expenses memang makin bertambah compared to last year.. so kenalah berjimat cermat especially nak raya nih....

ramdhan sudah beberapa hari berlalu.. just make the best of what's left....

Ramadhan menjenguk lagi...

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan to everybody..

Semoga kita semua mengambil kesempatan sebaik-baiknya atas keberkatan Ramadhan ini untuk membuat kebajikan sebanyak-banyaknya... insya allah...

peristiwa semalam..

Luqman: Mama, cuba cium pipi luqman.. wangi...
Mama: (dalam hati.. abis la dia buat main bedak la ni kat bilik nih...)
Mmmm.. wanginya... luqman pakai apa nih...
Luqman: Abang luqman pakai yang ayah punye tu...
Mama: Errrkkk.. ayah punye? ayah mana ada bedak?
Luqman: Bukan bedak la.. ayah punye yang gini (sambil menunjukkan 'kelek'nye..)
Mama: arrgggghhhh tidaaakk...!!!

Chocolate Cake Nyum Nyum...

Today: Happy Birthday to Humaira n Maisara

Tapi nak cerita pasal buat kek luqman hari tu..

Formula 5 kering 5 basah

5 bahan kering

1 cup tepung gandum
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
a pinch of salt

----> campur semua dan ayak

ayak ni penting untuk pengudaraan. mama silap paham selama ni ingatkan kita ayak tepung tu supaya tepung dia kite amik yang halus2 je.. rupanya untuk pengudaraan.. baru la kek boleh naik cantik.. so hari tu mama guna tapis santan untuk ayak tepung.. sebab tak jumpa pengayak tepung... hehhe.. ok je..

5 bahan basah

1 cup minyak masak
1/2 cup condensed milk
1 tbs chocolate emulco
1 tsp essence vanilla
2 biji telur gred B (kalau gred C kena letak 3 bijik)

---------> masuk semua dalam mixer ---> mix

guna mixer tokleh lama-lama.. cikgu kata kalau terlebih mix boleh jadik bantat... nasib baik mama punya tak bantat.. hhehe...

-----> sambil mix, sambil masukkan bahan kering yang telah diayak tadi sampai habis..
-----> last sekali masukkan 1/3 cup air panas
-----> mix lagi sekali sampai sebati, pastu tuang dlm loyang yang telah dialas dengan kertas minyak..

bila masuk dlm loyang, make sure tak lebih setengah dari loyang tu.. the best is 1/3 penuh.. takut bila naik nanti melimpah keluar...

-----> masuk dlm oven 180 degrees selama 40 minit..

Eh lupa lak mama nak cakap, kena panaskan dulu oven tu at least 10 minit.. kalau tak cukup panas nanti kek masak tak rata.. tu yang jadik senget benget tu... tapi mama dah panaskan 10 minit pun kek mama senget benget jugak.. kenapa ye... loyang tu senget kot... hehheh..

dah 40 minit? wahh.. naik tingginya kek ni.. first time mama buat dia naik tinggi melangit sampai pecah.. suspen je.. kena la modify sikit potong mana yang patut.. tapi buat second time ok sikit.. sebabnya.. tak tau la kenapa...

nak buat chocolate topping (ganache)pulak..

600g chocolate masakan - potong kecik2 sikit mana yang patut.. takkan nak cairkan seketul gitu kot...
192g pure butter (tatura atau anchor) - bukan butter sapuan ye...
120g susu cair

---> panaskan susu cair..
---> takyah sampai mendidih, agak2 dah hangat masukkan chocolate and butter. kacau sampai dah nak cair semua.. tutup api.. terus kacau sampai cair semua...

api tokleh kuat sangat ye takut hangit... tak perlu guna double boiler.. terkejut gak mama masa memula tengok cikgu nina buat.. sempoi... hasilnya masih memberangsangkan...

actually sukatan yang ni boleh guna untuk 3 biji kek kot.. so kalau nak kurangkan maybe boleh buat setengah sukatan la.. kalau tak pun simpan je la lebihnya tu.. simpan dlm peti ais.. nanti kalau nak buat kek lagi.. keluarkan dari peti ais bagi dia lembik sikit.. pastu kacau je dengan sudu.. tak perlu panaskan balik... boleh guna buat topping kek lagi.. kalau tak pun boleh buat makan dengan roti, ataupun cicah strawberry... sedap tu.. boleh buat orang terpikat.. hehhehe...

ok pastu curah je la atas kek tu...

kalau topping dah sejuk, tokleh curah.. kena spread guna spatula, ataupun guna pisau kek yang plastik tu.. ataupun guna pisau pun boleh juga.. yang penting bila kite nak ratakan tu jangan kenakan pisau tu pada kek..nanti dia jadik bijik-bijik sebab kek tu tercampur kat topping tu..

kalau topping masih panas, topping akan jadik hitam berkilat dan rata.. kalau topping dah sejuk, dia tak hitam berkilat sangat.. tapi boleh buat pattern.. buat ombak-ombak ke, pattern anyam tikar ke.. guna garfu.. so terpulang... mama punya kat bawah ni guna yang panas...

pastu kite decorate la.. birthday luqman hari tu mama letak smarties je sebab buat whipped cream tak naik2.. apahal tak... last2 whipped cream tu buat ice cream je.. sedap plak tu.. hehhe.. tulisan tu mama buat taram je pakai butter campur gula sikit pastu campur kaler.. kaler hijau je ada kat rumah.. pastu nak carik manik2 gula yang kaler2 tu.. carik kat kedai mulia sari kat rumah tu mana la ada.. so ayah beli smarties je.. cantik jugak kan...

yea.. kawan-kawan dah ramai tunggu kat rumah nenek nih...

Happy 4th Birthday to Luqman....

imran 'dorong' kerusi sampai demam....

merdeka vs birthday luqman vs wedding of the year

Tanggal 31 bulan 8 57
Merdeka merdeka
Merdeka merdeka
Sambut dengan jiwa yang merdeka...

Eh betul ke lirik mama nih.. hehhehe... tinggal seminggu je nak sambut merdeka nih.. tapi tak terasa pun.. tenggelam dengan cerita wedding of the year.. kesian gak kat siti situ sana sini... dengan email yang melayang-layang macam-macam.. tah orang tu baca ke tidak gaknye ye... dia steady je.. alhamdulillah dah selamat dah pun.. tak kisah la orang cakap apa.. bak kata orang, dah jodoh.. lagipun yang kawin, yang akan tanggung bahagia derita semua dia... so selamat pengantin baru to siti n dato k... semoga berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat.. end of story.... tapi tak berapa end la sebab next week tengok majlis sanding pulak.. sure gempak la... malam kan? so boleh la tengok... hehhehe...

next week merdeka.. luqman punya birthday pun hari merdeka jugak.. merdeka boy.. hari tu kami cakap kat luqman..

mama: luqman nanti kejap lagi luqman punya birthday.. hari merdeka
luqman: ada kek?
mama: ada la...
luqman: yea yea.. nanti bawak sekolah?
mama: boleh jugak..

lepas tu luqman tiap2 hari balik sekolah tanya..

luqman: mama mana kek luqman?
mama: laa.. belum lagi la...
luqman: ala .. hari tu mama kata ada birthday..
mama: ye la nanti hari merdeka...

esoknya tanya lagi.. tanya lagi.. rupanya kat sekolah pun dia dah pukul canang dah.. cikgu cerita luqman tiap2 hari kata esok dia nak bawak kek... alamak kesian pulak dengar.. tu la ayah kata kat mama.. lain kali tokleh cakap lagi kalau lama lagi.. ye la... last last mama beli jugak la hari tu kek 2 slices.. pastu baru ok... nantilah kalau mama dah terrer buat kek anytima nak makan kek mama boleh buat.. hehhehhe... tapi tunggu mama pandai dulu la...

tak tau lagi nak bagi hadiah apa kat luqman.. ayah kata nak bagi gameboy cam adam punya.. err... wise ke nak bagi bende camtu..nantikan teraddicted dengan game tu pulak.. dah la hari tu game dlm henpon mama tu luqman main... pastu dia pegi clear high score... waaaa... mama nak nangis je sebab siang tu mama baru je dapat high score sampai 90000... aduhss... sabor je,,, sebab average selalu sampai 40-50 thousand je.... aduh.. nak nangis.. nak nangis...

ish.. mama ni macam la takde keje dok blogging je.. sebenarnya tengah banyak keje yang kena follow up dengan orang.. diorang ni semua tengah cuti sekolah la.. ramai yang takde.. soo banyak la yang tertangguh... ye le.. TM ni pun macam sekolah jugak.. time cuti sekolah kami pun cuti juga...

anyway, imran dah jalan dah... dpt la 8,9,10 tapak pastu dia 'ngabrok' orang kat depan dia... ngabrok tu macam terkam la... kena praktis lagi ni...

apa nak jadi...

i sound stupid when i speak in english, so i will make my entry in malay...

rasanya ramai yang baca kisah kes saman pelakon norfazura (pelakon gol & gincu) semalam kan

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Geraldine yang juga bekas isteri Ezra Effendi (anak Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Effendi Norwawi) berkata, ketika berbual dengan rakannya, tiba-tiba sekali lagi Fazura datang dari belakang dan memukulnya di mata, dahi dan dagu menggunakan kasut tumit tinggi.

Sementara itu, ketika menjawab soalan Fakhrul Azman, Geraldine mengaku bahawa Ahmad Razman yang juga anak bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Allahyarham Tan Sri Ahmad Razali Mohamed Ali, pernah menjadi teman lelakinya.

FAKHRUL: Pada hari kejadian, ada kamu mengambil minuman keras? Adakah kamu mabuk?
GERALDINE: Ada iaitu wain merah tetapi saya tidak mabuk.

mama bukan nak bergosip ke apa... cuma mama nak point out kan sedikit kemusykilan la... geraldine ni agama apa ek? dia bekas menantu Dato' Effendi Nawawi... masa kahwin tu mesti dia islam kan.. pastu dia bekas girlfriend anak bekas menteri besar selangor... ( iisy.. pandai pulak la dok carik anak2 menteri.. ).. tapi namanya Geraldine Mariana Wong.. tak rupa nama islam.. tapi mungkin nama je kot.. (cuba nak berbaik sangka..) ..tapi minum wain.. pastu tak rupa macam muslim pun..

ker.. mama sorang je musykil.. orang lain musykil tak?

orang sekarang memang tak kisah kan orang islam pegi pusat hiburan mabuk-mabuk... takde orang nak halang.. orang sekarang pun tak berapa kisah kalau orang masuk islam cuma sebab nak kawin je.. lepas cerai balik semula ke sebelum tu.. nak salahkan sapa? salahkan mualaf tu ke? kalau mama, mama nak tonyoh la kepala orang yang ajak kawin tu tapi tak bimbing betul2.. cemana nak bimbing kalau diri sendiri pun tak terbimbing.. nak salahkan sapa? salahkan mak bapak? mak bapak jugak yang kena... mak bapak camni ke nak jadi pemimpin masyarakat? keluarga sendiri pun tak terpimpin...

sekarang ni makin ramai pulak orang melayu islam murtad...
nauzubillahi min zalik...

entahlah...
apa nak jadi...

i've found a new hobby...

hobby ok.. not hubby... :)
hobby as in favourite past times...

eversince my hubby bought me an electric oven a few months ago (thanks abang :)), i have this syndrom of trying out recipes.. all sorts of recipes .. i have tried out pizzas, chicken mushroom pie, shepherds pie, brownies, rosemary chicken... that oven is merely a catalyst but i tried out other recipes which does not involve oven too.. mee jawa, pasta marinara with white sauce, american potato salad, frozen cheesecake, kek biskut marie.. some ok some not.. Pizza.. only after the 3rd time that i get it right... chicken pie.. have tried once, not fully successful because the crust did not come out as expected... don't have quite the right mood yet to try again... brownies is instant.. very easy.. hehheh.. just buy Pillsburry instant brownies mix from the supermarket... add in a few ingredient... kacau 50 times.. then bake... voila... brownies is ready... hehhe.. ngelat je nih but the kids LOVE it very much... sheperd pie.. hmm.. that one i master it already... no problem.. it is my favourite and my family's favourite also (K wa, Elly, Eima, Uki, K Idah, my anak buah)... everytime we do makan2 they will ask.. got that pie or not... not the kids though... diorang buat tak kisah je.. but pizza yes they like it especially Luqman.. sometime out of nowhere suddenly.. "mama, esok mama buat pizza kan.." err... did mama mention anything about making pizza tomorrow? i didn't recall... anyway, one day when we were jalan-jalan at South City Plaza, Luqman want to eat pizza.. there we ordered the Dominos Pizza.. the regular size is RM20++.. waa.. with that amount of money i can make 4 large pizzas, you know.. ceh mentang2 la dah tau buat pizza sendiri... hehheheh...

isk.. talking about all this stuff makes my mouth waters already.. what more, i'm fasting today! cobaan...

next is to try the chocolate cake.. last week i attend the making chocolate cake class at Nina's house.. her chocolate cakes were SOOOOOOOO delicious... nyum nyum.... it looks very easy.. and the ingredients are not very complicated.. she used local cocoa powder, Giant condensed milk, local cooking chocolate, tepung cap sauh, very jimat one... even the way the ganache (chocolate topping) was made was really simple.. you don't even have to use the double boiler..just use your kuali.. that's it.. i have yet to try this one because not enough equipment.. for one i don't have the suitable loyang to start with.. and a few items like metric cup, pengayak tepung. That day i went for windows shopping at Giant Kelana Jaya.. trying to look for some of the stuff.. i cannot find the local cocoa powder.. i can only find the Van Houten/Vochelle cocoa powder which is quite expensive.. around RM10 per tin. I remember nina said she bought at 3.50 per KG from a bakers shop.. they said the nearest is at bandar kajang next to Maidin.. where is that?? hhhe... nama je dok kat kajang tapi bandar kajang pun jarang pergi.. tak kuasa la.. crowded semacam.. that day Eima said there is one at Bdr Tun Hussein Onn.. hmm.. ok.. i am just waiting for gaji masuk before i set for shopping for cakes ingredients.. can't wait....

next one on the list is the chocolate chip cookies ala Famous Amos.. got the recipes from K Syieda when we had a gathering at her house... it really tastes like the one that you buy from famous amos... if ok, then it will be one of my biskut raya this year... sure gempak.. and it will be my first ever homemade kuih raya.. (err.. tak pernah buat kuih raya lagi setakat ni, selalu tunjuk je.. hehhehe...)

huh, enough of this foodstuff rambling... mama better do what mama said mama wants to do... jangan cakap aje...

insya allah...

DAMBA CINTA MU

Tuhanku Ampunkanlah Segala Dosaku

Tuhanku Maafkanlah Kejahilan HambaMu
Ku Sering Melanggar
LaranganMu

Dalam Sedar Ataupun Tidak

Ku Sering Meninggalkan SuruhanMu

Walau Sedar Aku MilikMu

Tuhanku Ampunkanlah Segala Dosaku
Tuhanku Maafkanlah
Kejahilan HambaMu

Bilakah Diri Ini Kan Kembali

Kepada Fitrah Sebenar

Pagi Ku Ingat Petang Ku Alpa

Begitulah Silih Berganti

Oh Tuhanku Kau Pimpinlah Diri Ini

Yang Mendamba CintaMu

Aku Lemah Aku Jahil

Tanpa Pimpinan DariMu

Ku Sering Berjanji DepanMu

Sering Jua Memungkiri

Ku Pernah Menangis KeranaMu

Kemudian Ketawa Semula

Bilakah Diri Ini Kan Kembali
Kepada Fitrah Sebenar
Pagi Ku
Ingat Petang Ku Alpa
Begitulah Silih Berganti

Oh Tuhanku Kau Pimpinlah Diri Ini
Yang Mendamba
CintaMu
Aku Lemah Aku Jahil
Tanpa Pimpinan DariMu

Kau Pengasih Kau Penyayang Kau Pengampun

Kepada Hamba-HambaMu

Selangkah Ku KepadaMu

Seribu Langkah Kau Pada Ku

Tuhan Diri Ini Tidak Layak Ke Syurga Mu

Tapi Tidak Pula Aku Sanggup Ke Neraka Mu

Ku Takut KepadaMu

Ku Harap Jua PadaMu

Moga Ku Kan Selamat Dunia Akhirat

Seperti Rasul Dan Sahabat

~Raihan~

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pembinaan surau taman sutera

mula-mula mama tak paham paham sangat bila abuamiir suruh bagi no. akaun... bila baca balik mama punya post tu baru la paham.. no akaun untuk derma surau ker... betul jugak yek.. tak terfikir pulak mama...

jadi kepada sesiapa yang bermurah hati, boleh salurkan derma anda ke dalam akaun bank seperti berikut:

Projek pembinaan surau sumbangan derma masih diperlukan. Derma boleh dihulurkan kepada EncikKarami (019-3863632) atau bank in ke akaun surau (BIMB :14014010129136 atas nama SURAU taman sutera)

Terima kasih banyak-banyak ye...

mati itu pasti..

Semalam mama pegi kursus pengurusan jenazah. Kelab Wanita Tmn Sutera yang organize. Pengajarnya ialah Ustazah Arbakyah Hj Asmoni. Beliau sekeluarga yang handle pengurusan jenazah di Hospital Kajang.. dengar la bermacam-macam kisah pengalaman ustazah menguruskan perkara ini. Beliau sekeluarga memang full time. Satu hari tu average 3-4 mayat jugak la.. bermula dari mandikan, kafankan sampailah ke pengebumian, kadang-kadang tu kena hantar sampai ke Kelantan, Terengganu... yang meninggal accident, kena bunuh, kalau yang tak ada waris pun beliau kena handle sampai selesailah semuanya... pekerjaan macam ni memang mama rasa kena betul-betul kuat semangat.. Anak-anak ustazah pun turut membantu contohnya semalam tengah berkursus pun ada orang telefon.. ada kes.. sibuklah ustazah call2 anak dia minta tolong ganti.. anaknya yang perempuan 24 tahun pun dah biasa dah tolong handle even yang meninggal accident pun.. seram jugak mama dengar... memang kena kuat semangat..

kursus tu siap ada praktikal lagi.. tapi pakai anak patung.. last 2 weeks yang untuk lelaki punya diorang kata praktikal pakai orang betul. tapi semalam tu sebab dah lewat baru nak start praktikal, so ustazah pun nak cepat je. sebenarnya dah ada dah orang nak volunter... eerrkk... kul 2.30 baru selesai.. itulah ustazah kata sebenarnya tak cukup masa setengah hari.. sepatutnya 2 hari.. satu hari teori, satu hari praktikal.. itu pun ayah dah dok sms je.. tak abih lagi ke.. budak2 dah bising.. alahai baru setengah hari mama takde.. :)

sedikit yang mama rasa boleh share kat sini... semua tahu bekalan kita ke alam satu lagi ialah amalan kita. itu yang paling utama. oleh itu perbanyakkanlah amalan kita kerana Allah boleh menjemput kita bila-bila masa sahaja. Sekarang pun kita ada dengar banyak cerita yang masih muda-muda pun Allah panggil kembali.. ada yang di kalangan kawan-kawan atau sanak saudara kita pun... kadang-kadang tu tak ada petanda pun, tak ada sakit tiba-tiba kite dengar meninggal... Allah juga yang Maha Mengetahui... Sekarang ni bulan Rejab, mama ada teringat orang cakap kat mama dalam bulan Rejab nih Allah cabut banyak nyawa.. wallahu a'lam..

satu lagi yang mungkin kita tak berapa terfikir sebelum ini ialah persediaan dari segi fizikal/duniawi atau apa ye mama pun tak sure nama kategori dia apa...

1. Biarlah kita ada at least RM2000 dlm simpanan untuk kegunaan pengurusan jenazah bila kita mati.. supaya tidak menyusahkan orang yang kita tinggalkan.. mahal ye pengurusan jenazah... iyelah kalau mengharap ehsan orang untuk derma itu derma ini.. yelah kadang kita tak tahu macamana kan... tapi seperti kata ustazah, kita boleh spend ribu-ribu untuk beli itu beli ini tapi bila sampai bab urusan jenazah ramai yang berkira...

2. Kalau boleh rumah kita biarlah ada bilik yang boleh dibuat tempat mandi jenazah. ustazah cerita kalau rumah orang sekarang ni ramai yang terpaksa mandi kat luar rumah.. memang la selalunya ada penghadang tapi orang suka nak tinjau juga.. kena jaga aib si mati.. kalau ada bilik bawah yang sebelah bilik air tu pun dah ok la.. at least boleh pasang paip getah. takpelah sambil basuh bilik tu sekali...

3. rumah kalau boleh biarlah ada pintu yang besar.. senang orang nak angkat jenazah.. biasanya kalau rumah sekarang memang la ada sliding door boleh bukak besar.. kire ok lah tu..

4. Simpan at least satu kain batik lepas (yang belum dijahit) kat rumah...

itulah serba sedikit.. tak bawak notes hari ni.. kalau tak boleh tulis panjang lagi... sebenarnya ada banyak lagi yang mama belajar, adab menziarah orang yang sakit, menghadapi orang yang nazak, apa yang perlu dilakukan sejurus orang menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir, cara mandikan jenazah, cara potong kain kafan, cara mengkafankan jenazah... ha ah lah.. mama baru perasan semalam tak sempat sampai bab solatkan jenazah dan pengkebumian.. tapi belek2 nota tu ada sebenarnya.. kena check balik...

mama rasa bagus juga duduk kat tmn sutera ni.. persatuan penduduknya insya allah nampak aktif.. macam-macam aktiviti dibuatnya.. mama join je la.. kalau jadi ajk tu taklah.. penduduknya pun nampak bekerjasama dan bermuafakat... hari tu ada buat jualan amal nak buat surau.. sekarang ni ada surau sementara tumpang rumah orang yang tak duduk situ.. abih tu rumah tu owner tu nak jual dah so terpaksa la nak carik alternatif lain... ramadhan pun dah dekat dah... so memang full scale la diorang buat jualan amal, minta derma.. alhamdulillah ramai jugak la kot orang berada kat situ yang derma sorang sikit dpt kumpul sekarang ni dah dlm 20 ribu lebih dah.. kerja2 buat surau tu pun dah start dah.. insya allah sebelum ramadhan boleh siap la tu.. tanah memang developer dah sedia tinggal surau nya je yang takde.. next week insya allah ada majlis ceramah sempena israk mikraj pulak.. diorang nak gotong royong memasak, tiap bulan untuk wanita ada majlis bacaan yassin.. rumah ganti-ganti la... selalu kalau pegi angkut sekali la budak2 3 orang tu... tiap minggu ada kelas agama.. yang ni mama tak pernah pegi lagi... sebab malam and everyweek.. pastu kalau bawak bebudak tu cam tak concentrate je nak belajar.. errr.. alasan.... heheh.. nanti ada nak buat kelas masakan.. this week buat kek coklat.. ishh.. macam-macam la aktiviti dalam list.. suka la mama... tinggal nak join tak join je la....

anyway, apa-apa pun yang kita buat biarlah dengan niat yang baik... bila kita selalu niat yang baik insya allah ada ganjarannya... biar sedikit yang penting istiqamah.. insya allah boleh la di jadikan bekalan bila kita mati nanti...

selingan...
ustazah handle urusan jenazah kes al-maunah last week.. ustazah kata muka mereka semua cantik-cantik belaka... kesian kat anak-anak kecil mereka kata ustazah... wallahu a'lam...

Doakan...

menyampaikan....

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Alhamdulillah, kita jauh dari peperangan yang melanda di Asia Barat.
Tetapi, hati meronta-ronta mengenangkan saudara-saudara kita di sana.
Mungkin ada yang berkata
"Kalau lah aku ada sebuah jet pejuang, akan ku bedil kafirun Yahudi".
Mungkin ada yang berkata "Kalaulah aku ada magik, akan ku hapuskan rejim
zionis satu persatu"
Dan bermacam-macam lagi, ramai yang mengharapkan kemenangan Islam.

PELIK TAPI BENAR!!!!!!
Tuan-tuan:- Dengan izin Allah dan dengan penuh keyakinan dan keimanan,
saya mohon tuan tuan berdoa kepada Allah memohon bantuan.

RAHSIA MUKJIZAT AL QURAN
Mari kita bertafakur, Dengan penuh keyakinan, fahami terjemahan dan
maksud surah Al-Fil.............
Bacakan surah tersebut dibibir dengan hati mengingati peristiwa
kehancuran tentera Bergajah.

KEMUDIAN BERDOALAH BEGINI:-
"Ya Allah!! Sebagaimana Engkau Pernah menghantar burung-burung ababil
menghancurkan tentera bergajah Musyrikin, maka kami memohon kepada mu Ya
Allah........ turunkan lah bantuan mu kali ini kepada orang orang Islam
di
Lubnan, hancurkanlah rejim zionis......... amin...." (kemudian
dibaca
surah Al Fil sambil membayangkan kehancuran tentera Yahudi - dihancurkan
dengan Izin Allah)

Lipatgandakan doa ini.
Selepas anda membuat apa yang saya anjurkan, Sila lipatgandakan doa
ini, Hantar kepada 7 orang rakan anda yang lain.
Maka 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 = 823453 orang akan berbuat perkara yang
sama, kemudian 823453 X 7 = 5.8 juta orang......... InsyaAllah .........
sesungguhnya Allah maha pemurah lagi mengasihani, mendengar doa kita.
Adalah dialu-alukan kepada sesiapa yang berinisiatif menterjemahkan
dalam bahasa Inggeris untuk dihantar ke saudara Islam di UK dan US serta
pelusuk dunia.

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!!!