above: CJ
salam.
saya amat sedih dengan fenomena ganyang malaysia oleh segelintir perkumpulan patriot rakyat indonesia.
agak serba-salah juga dibuatnya apabila dengan terang, saya sendiri menjadi perantara mempromosikan indonesia sebagai destinasi pelancongan bagi rakyat malaysia.
sekali rasa, agak kecewa juga dengan sikap mereka yang menghentam kita sesuka hati.
dua kali rasa, rasional singgah di minda yang menyatakan mungkin bukan semua rakyat indonesia begitu... hanya segelintir sahaja..... ya lah.. sama juga dengan kita... bila ada kes jenayah yang melibatkan rakyat indonesia... kita terus labelkan orang indonesia jahat......not fair kan? so... rasional saya... yang nak ganyang malaysia tu hanya segelintir sahaja kot.
sebab.... tak munasabah sekiranya seluruh indonesia nak ganyang kita macam tu sekali.
saya pasti.... yang meraih pendapatan melalui agensi pekerjaan mesti tak setuju dan angkat tangan bersumpah tak setuju dengan kumpulan nak ganyang malaysia tu.....
saya juga pasti... industri lakonan di negara itu pun akan sanggup bersumpah menyokong malaysia kerana malaysia mungkin satu-satunya negara di dalam dunia ini yang sanggup membeli program-program tv mereka..... kalau ada program indonesia dalam siaran tv negara lain pun.. saya rasa tak sebanyak malaysia...
saya gerenti... industri hiburan mereka pun tak sanggup mengganyang malaysia... sebab mereka dah cukup bebas "mengganyang" stesen radio serta persembahan korporat dan konsert di negara ini.... yang memberikan mereka laluan yang terlalu mudah untuk mereka menyebarkan sayap mereka di sini... malah ada pula syarikat gergasi negara sanggup jadi penaja berbilion ringgit.
saya juga pasti.... rakyat indonesia yang sering dibelenggu oleh bencana alam juga tidak sanggup membelakangi malaysia begitu sekali... kerana kumpulan sukarela yang pertama menapak di sana tatkala mereka dilanda bencana... ialah dari malaysia... ya...memang mungkin sukarelawan dari setiap pelusuk dunia pun ada menghantar bantuan... tapi the first to arrive ialah orang kita...sebab... dekat je kan.... tak sampai sejam dah sampai kalau nak dibandingkan dengan perancis ke apa ke...
saya confirm... NOOR yang selalu saya bayar untuk menjadi pencuci rumah dan pejabat saya pun tidak mahu hubungan mesra yang terjalin dinodai oleh tindakan segelintir rakyat senegaranya...
jadi...... to all my fellow malaysians.... bersabarlah sayang.... biarlah orang benci kat kita....
tak pe lah... lambat laun ok lah tu k.
when you crack my head, there's pretty much nuthing there but gooey, fleshy brain :D
Monday, September 14, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS ADELINA RAISA!
Top scorer: Adelina (left) posing for a photo with friends after she won the Westfield Trust Prize at the University of London recently. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Sept (Bernama)
Pelajar Malaysia Adelina Raisa Sufian, 21, meraih anugerah "Pelajar Keseluruhan Terbaik" dengan kelulusan Kelas Pertama Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pengajian Bahasa Inggeris di Queen Mary College di University of London yang sekaligus mengharumkan nama negara.
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Sept (Bernama)
Pelajar Malaysia Adelina Raisa Sufian, 21, meraih anugerah "Pelajar Keseluruhan Terbaik" dengan kelulusan Kelas Pertama Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pengajian Bahasa Inggeris di Queen Mary College di University of London yang sekaligus mengharumkan nama negara.
Beliau mencipta sejarah tersendiri apabila dipilih untuk anugerah "Westfield Trust Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement" apabila berjaya menjadi pelajar Malaysia pertama memenangi anugerah yang dianggap paling berprestij dari universiti tersebut.
Anak sulung kepada pasangan Datuk Sufian Majid dan Datin Alissa Fitri ini berkata beliau begitu gembira dan bangga kerana mendapat kelulusan kelas pertama dan berjaya menggondol anugerah tersebut kerana ia merupakan impian dan cita-citanya ketika mula menjejak kaki ke universiti tersebut.
"Saya belajar bersungguh-sungguh dengan menetapkan sasaran tertentu.
Yang penting adalah kesungguhan dan keyakinan pada diri kita.
Saya terpaksa menandingi ramai pelajar di London dan juga pelajar dari negara lain tetapi berbekalkan semangat yakin boleh, saya berjaya melakukannya.
"Saya juga selalu mendapat sokongan dan rangsangan daripada ibubapa dan juga adik saya. Kata-kata rangsangan mereka memberikan suntikan semangat yang kuat kepada saya," katanya kepada Bernama.
Adelina Raisa yang mahir bermain piano dan pernah mewakili universiti dalam pertandingan koir, pertandingan Matematik dan banyak lagi aktiviti lain berkata, pelajar Malaysia boleh melakukan yang terbaik dalam pengajian bahasa Inggeris walaupun meneruskan pengajian di luar negara seperti di London yang penuh dengan cabaran.
Beliau juga pernah memenangi anugerah "Headmaster's Prize" pada 2004 di Oakham School dan juga Anugerah Terbaik untuk mata pelajaran Matematik, Inggeris dan Kimia pada tahun yang sama.
Ketika ditanya mengenai perancangan seterusnya, Adelina Raisa yang suka meluangkan masanya untuk menulis berkata: "Saya akan bekerja di Malaysia. Saya sayangkan Malaysia. Negara kita tetap menjadi pilihan saya untuk meneruskan karier saya kerana banyak peluang di sini. Apabila kita habis belajar di luar negara, adalah lebih baik kita balik dan menyumbang tenaga dan khidmat kita kepada negara kita yang tercinta", katanya yang bercadang meneruskan pengajian mastersnya kelak. - BERNAMA
"Saya belajar bersungguh-sungguh dengan menetapkan sasaran tertentu.
Yang penting adalah kesungguhan dan keyakinan pada diri kita.
Saya terpaksa menandingi ramai pelajar di London dan juga pelajar dari negara lain tetapi berbekalkan semangat yakin boleh, saya berjaya melakukannya.
"Saya juga selalu mendapat sokongan dan rangsangan daripada ibubapa dan juga adik saya. Kata-kata rangsangan mereka memberikan suntikan semangat yang kuat kepada saya," katanya kepada Bernama.
Adelina Raisa yang mahir bermain piano dan pernah mewakili universiti dalam pertandingan koir, pertandingan Matematik dan banyak lagi aktiviti lain berkata, pelajar Malaysia boleh melakukan yang terbaik dalam pengajian bahasa Inggeris walaupun meneruskan pengajian di luar negara seperti di London yang penuh dengan cabaran.
Beliau juga pernah memenangi anugerah "Headmaster's Prize" pada 2004 di Oakham School dan juga Anugerah Terbaik untuk mata pelajaran Matematik, Inggeris dan Kimia pada tahun yang sama.
Ketika ditanya mengenai perancangan seterusnya, Adelina Raisa yang suka meluangkan masanya untuk menulis berkata: "Saya akan bekerja di Malaysia. Saya sayangkan Malaysia. Negara kita tetap menjadi pilihan saya untuk meneruskan karier saya kerana banyak peluang di sini. Apabila kita habis belajar di luar negara, adalah lebih baik kita balik dan menyumbang tenaga dan khidmat kita kepada negara kita yang tercinta", katanya yang bercadang meneruskan pengajian mastersnya kelak. - BERNAMA
Sekalung tahniah daripada saya dengan tulus dan ikhlas buat Adelina Raisa yang telah membuktikan "Kalau hendak seribu daya, kalau tak hendak seribu dalih" atau "If there is a will, there is a way".
Sedang pelbagai pihak menidakkan kepentingan bahasa Inggeris, Adelina Raisa telah membuktikan bahawasanya kemahiran dalam bahasa Inggeris dapat membawa individu yang bercita-cita tinggi dan berwawasan ke kedudukan yang lebih jauh lantas menjamin masa depan yang amat cerah.
Saya bukan hendak menidakkan keupayaan bahasa Melayu.
Cuma, mengapalah kita masih menidakkan hakikat bahawa seandainya kita mahu pergi jauh di dalam menimba ilmu, kemahiran dan kefasihan bahasa Inggeris itu adalah penting.
Mengapa kita hendak menidakkan hakikat bahawa buku-buku ilmiah kebanyakkannya ditulis di dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Berapa ramai graduan negara, sama ada yang telah melalui pendidikan tinggi di dalam mahupun di luar negara, tertinggal jauh di belakang tatkala mereka ditemuduga.
Tidak kurang pula kewujudan "mitos" yang menidakkan kepentingan bahasa Inggeris seperti:
1. Jati diri Melayu akan tercabar sekiranya seseorang itu berbahasa Inggeris
2. Tidak patriotik malah mengangkat bangsa penjajah
3. Mengangungkan ilmu Barat, sekular atau zionis
4. Negara mungkin sudah merdeka, tapi penularan penjajah masih kukuh
Sedang pelbagai pihak menidakkan kepentingan bahasa Inggeris, Adelina Raisa telah membuktikan bahawasanya kemahiran dalam bahasa Inggeris dapat membawa individu yang bercita-cita tinggi dan berwawasan ke kedudukan yang lebih jauh lantas menjamin masa depan yang amat cerah.
Saya bukan hendak menidakkan keupayaan bahasa Melayu.
Cuma, mengapalah kita masih menidakkan hakikat bahawa seandainya kita mahu pergi jauh di dalam menimba ilmu, kemahiran dan kefasihan bahasa Inggeris itu adalah penting.
Mengapa kita hendak menidakkan hakikat bahawa buku-buku ilmiah kebanyakkannya ditulis di dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Berapa ramai graduan negara, sama ada yang telah melalui pendidikan tinggi di dalam mahupun di luar negara, tertinggal jauh di belakang tatkala mereka ditemuduga.
Tidak kurang pula kewujudan "mitos" yang menidakkan kepentingan bahasa Inggeris seperti:
1. Jati diri Melayu akan tercabar sekiranya seseorang itu berbahasa Inggeris
2. Tidak patriotik malah mengangkat bangsa penjajah
3. Mengangungkan ilmu Barat, sekular atau zionis
4. Negara mungkin sudah merdeka, tapi penularan penjajah masih kukuh
Ada pula yang menjadikan Jepun sebagai alasan untuk tidak fasih berbahasa Inggeris.
Ya benar tetapi Jepun adalah sebuah negara yang maju jika dibandingkan dengan negara kita yang masih dikategorikan sebagai negara dunia ke-3.
Kalau nak maju macam Jepun, fasihkanlah diri di dalam bahasa Jepun.. apa salahnya.
Cuma lebih mudah untuk berbahasa Inggeris kerana...
1. ia adalah bahasa rasmi ke-2 bagi negara kita, dan
2. ia adalah bahasa antarabangsa...
Ya benar tetapi Jepun adalah sebuah negara yang maju jika dibandingkan dengan negara kita yang masih dikategorikan sebagai negara dunia ke-3.
Kalau nak maju macam Jepun, fasihkanlah diri di dalam bahasa Jepun.. apa salahnya.
Cuma lebih mudah untuk berbahasa Inggeris kerana...
1. ia adalah bahasa rasmi ke-2 bagi negara kita, dan
2. ia adalah bahasa antarabangsa...
Pemansuhan PPSMI juga amat mengecewakan saya.
Alasan yang biasa didengar adalah seperti, anak-anak Melayu di luar bandar yang daif dan kekurangan kemudahan di sekolah yang terletak di pedalaman akan ketinggalan jauh sekiranya Matematik dan Sains dilaksanakan di dalam bahasa penjajah itu.
Guru-guru pula dikatakan tidak fasih berbahasa Inggeris lantas mereka tidak dapat melaksanakan pengajaran matematik dan sains di dalam bahasa itu.
Sedangkan manusia dilahirkan daripada bayi, kita merangkak, kemudian bertatih, dan baru boleh berjalan dan kemudian berlari.
Semuanya mengambil masa.
Dahulu, untuk melaksanakan bahasa perantaraan di sekolah-sekolah di dalam bahasa Melayu sepenuhnya pun mengambil masa.
Tapi lihatlah kesannya sekarang..... semua orang fasih berbahasa Melayu.... menteri-menteri dan orang-orang politik pun, walaupun ada yang masih pelat... kini fasih berbahasa Melayu... malah saya kagum dengan penggunaan bahasa Melayu yang betul oleh mereka, berbanding menteri-menteri Melayu kita.
Semua bangsa mampu berbahasa Melayu.... tiada lagi kesukaran untuk berkomunikasi dan berinteraksi.
Mungkin disebabkan penguasaan bahasa Melayu bangsa Malaysia kini sudah kukuh, maka disarankan pula penekanan terhadap kefasihan berbahasa Inggeris.
Jadi..... sabarlah.
Ada pula yang mengeluh sebab setiap kali Menteri pendidikan bertukar, ada sahaja perkara baru yang hendak dilaksanakan dan guru-guru sudah terlalu letih untuk mengikut kehendak dan saranan Menteri.
Sedangkan bila tiba hari raya kita asik nak cari benda yang baru.... atau sekurang-kurangnya 5 tahun sekali kita mesti nak cat rumah dengan cat baru.. atau tukar posisi perabot dan sebagainya.
Takkan hanya nak ikut benda yang lama... tak salah kita cuba benda baru kan?
Apalah salahnya kalau kita bersabar dan perlahan-lahan melaksanakannya secara berperingkat.
Mantapkan latihan guru dahulu secara berperingkat dan perlahan-lahan ajarkan kepada anak-anak kita.
Sampai bila kita nak beri alasan yang sama.
Sampai bila kita tidak mahu menyahut cabaran dan bangkit bersaing.
Ya, mungkin Adelina Rasia dilahirkan di dalam status keluarga yang mampu menghantarnya ke mana-mana sekolah di dunia sekalipun.
Tapi pokok pangkalnya.... hendak atau tidak?
Kalau Adelina merupakan insan yang tidak mendapat dorongan daripada ibu bapa beliau, dan tidak ada keinginan untuk menjadi insan yang berjaya... pun tak jadi juga kan?
Kita pun tahu bahawa ramai juga anak-anak orang kaya yang hancur ... itu bukan satu fenomena yang asing bagi kita.
Semasa saya menjadi guru dahulu pun, tatkala sekolah saya itu terkenal dengan "samseng"nya dan pencapaian akademik yang terlalu rendah, ada beberapa pelajar yang berjaya juga melanjutkan pelajaran ke IPT... ada yang menjadi doktor pun.... sedangkan kehidupan mereka diselubungi kesusahan, motivasi yang rendah daripada ahli keluarga, sistem keluarga yang agak hancur, sekeliling yang bukan sahaja negatif malah menakutkan dan kekurangan dalam pelbagai hal lagi.
Kenapa?
Sebab mereka inginkan kejayaan.
Keinginan itu mereka pupuk sendiri dan datang dari hati nurani mereka sendiri.
Adelina bukan sahaja fasih di dalam bahasa ibundanya dan bahasa Inggeris, malah fasih berbahasa lain juga seperti bahasa Perancis.
Agak bangga juga hati tatkala membaca hasratnya untuk berkhidmat di negaranya sendiri.
Syabas dan tahniah sekali lagi buat Adelina Raisa.
Monday, September 7, 2009
I'M HUMAN, JUST LIKE YOU: Celebrity Dilemma #2
Above: HAGRID (orange) and MABLE (striped)
CLICK! CLICK! FLASH! FLASH!
I really appreciate those who come up to me and ask for my permission to snap a photo with me.
It must have taken the person a lot of guts to come up to me and ask for a photo op.
And in appreciation of that and his/her politeness for treating me like a human being with feelings, I will be more than happy to oblige.
However...
The dilemma:
It is when they DON'T ask for my permission or....
when they come and ask for a photo op just when I was about to put the spoon in my mouth, or when I am in a hurry...or
when I am busy doing something else and they'll be calling me from a hundred metres away and ask me to go to THEM... or
they start snapping anyway from afar...
That's when I don't feel wonderful inside to oblige to their requests.
Nevertheless, I will oblige anyway....
I mean, I would do the same if I see MY favourite artiste up, close and personal like that....
I too will get all excited and wish for a photo op with them...
Yes, I will stop in my tracks for you and oblige anyway...
And I will beckon you to come to me instead of me going to you...
I will put my spoon down and subtly tell you that I am trying to eat, but I will oblige a smile for your camera anyway...
BUT...I will cover my face or face the other way once I realise that you are secretly snapping my photo from the next table...
Recommendation:
Come and meet me and ask for a photo op, it's OK... I am human, just like you.
But please let me eat first before you do that.
If you see me relaxing over coffee and have finished my meal... by all means, come and sit with me and I will give you the warmest smile so that your photo will turn out wonderful.
And for those snapping away from the next table.... I know you're not my fan... because if you are a fan, you wouldn't be snapping away secretly.... I know you're just excited that someone you see on TV is sitting at the next table... so you feel the urge to snap away... .... but put yourself in my shoes... how would YOU feel if someone starts to snap YOUR photo like that?
CLICK! CLICK! FLASH! FLASH!
I really appreciate those who come up to me and ask for my permission to snap a photo with me.
It must have taken the person a lot of guts to come up to me and ask for a photo op.
And in appreciation of that and his/her politeness for treating me like a human being with feelings, I will be more than happy to oblige.
However...
The dilemma:
It is when they DON'T ask for my permission or....
when they come and ask for a photo op just when I was about to put the spoon in my mouth, or when I am in a hurry...or
when I am busy doing something else and they'll be calling me from a hundred metres away and ask me to go to THEM... or
they start snapping anyway from afar...
That's when I don't feel wonderful inside to oblige to their requests.
Nevertheless, I will oblige anyway....
I mean, I would do the same if I see MY favourite artiste up, close and personal like that....
I too will get all excited and wish for a photo op with them...
Yes, I will stop in my tracks for you and oblige anyway...
And I will beckon you to come to me instead of me going to you...
I will put my spoon down and subtly tell you that I am trying to eat, but I will oblige a smile for your camera anyway...
BUT...I will cover my face or face the other way once I realise that you are secretly snapping my photo from the next table...
Recommendation:
Come and meet me and ask for a photo op, it's OK... I am human, just like you.
But please let me eat first before you do that.
If you see me relaxing over coffee and have finished my meal... by all means, come and sit with me and I will give you the warmest smile so that your photo will turn out wonderful.
And for those snapping away from the next table.... I know you're not my fan... because if you are a fan, you wouldn't be snapping away secretly.... I know you're just excited that someone you see on TV is sitting at the next table... so you feel the urge to snap away... .... but put yourself in my shoes... how would YOU feel if someone starts to snap YOUR photo like that?
Saturday, September 5, 2009
I'M HUMAN, JUST LIKE YOU. CELEBRITY DILEMMA # 1
Above: RAJOO.
Salam.
I am going to start a series of entries with the title above just for fun... if not for us to ponder.
So here's to dilemma #1.
I CAN'T SEE YOU, I WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE ROAD!
The dilemma:
Sometimes, as I am driving on the road, I notice some fellow drivers and their passengers will wave at me as they recognise that it was ADIBAH NOOR driving on the next lane.
I will usually wave back and hope that they'll be satisfied.
They did look quite exhilarated after that and I suppose, I've made their day somehow.
Sometimes, they'll start honking at me in the hope that I will look at them and wave back.
Sometimes, they honked too loudly that I get the shock of my life and will find myself trying to steer the wheel on track and not have an accident.
Upon realising that they were only excited to see me driving in the next lane, I will, like above, wave back and hope they're satisfied.
Sometimes, their car is in front of mine and they will start waving at me while looking at the rearview mirror.
Sometimes, their car windows are tinted and I have no idea what was going on.
And this time, I will usually pretend that I've not seen them as I wasn't sure if they were waving at me or if they were having an excited conversation with the other passengers in their car.
Sometimes, because I didn't see them and because I didn't wave back, some of them are quick to assume that I was snobbish.
Recommendation:
When you see me on the road, please bear in mind that I am a road user just like you.... and we are all prone to have an accident if we are not careful.
So, the next time you see me, please don't honk and give me the shock of my life!
And if I don't see you or wave back, please forgive me..... I was only concentrating on my driving and I am not a versatile driver like you.
And if you feel like following me from behind, and when I try to run away from you, please don't think badly of me.
I don't know who you are and forgive me if I was only trying to protect myself from strangers who may turn out to be road robbers!
In a nutshell:
Wave at me, but when I don't see you and wave back at you, don't take heart.
Cheers!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
DO UNTO OTHERS, AS YOU WANT THEM TO DO UNTO YOU: Respect is earned, not forced
salam.
above is another one of my cats, arwah SONJA (pronounced as SONIA).
dia dah arwah.
about a year ago, she plunged to her death from my 7th floor.
she's in a happy place.
but i miss her so much.
anyway, i just want to relieve myself of this heartache i got when i watched the news recently.
the incidents at kampung buah pala and shah alam were quite disturbing.
what has happened to us?
i don't really know what is going on in the kampung buah pala issues, so i won't say anything about it except that the behaviour of the people there is quite frightening.
is there no other way to talk about it?
and find a solution for it?
what was more disturbing for me was the demonstration in shah alam.
they may feel that they are on the right side by doing what they did.
but to humiliate and insult other people's religion and faith,.... oh gosh.... i believe that is sooooo unislamic.
we (meaning muslim malays) should try putting ourselves in other people's shoes, people who are non-muslims or non-malays.
the indians, chinese etc have tolerated the building of our mosques in their neighbourhood.
once i had a chinese colleague when i was working for a conglomerate in kuala lumpur and he once invited me to his home for tea.
i complimented on his beautiful home, but he said, soon, they will be building a surau in front of his house.
he sighed with anxiety of the task of having to listen to the call for prayer 5 times a day.
at first, i thought, well, tough... this is a country where it's official religion is islam.
but then, it made me think again, when i watched our muslim brothers in shah alam shouting in protest with so much anger.
please don't get me wrong.
as a muslim, my faith is still islam, heart and soul.
all i'm saying is that there should be mutual respect.
that's all.
it's ok to protest, but not with disrespect and in bad taste.
it will only make us more divided and we will be on our way backwards.
we've all built this country together, so let's not forget the sacrifices made by the non bumiputras or the non muslims.
they love this country as much as everyone else does.
the actions of some of our muslim malays brothers and sisters are quite appalling and embarassing to the rest.
we as malays and muslims are supposed to be a cultured race with supreme patience and tolerance to others.
what has happened to us?
above is another one of my cats, arwah SONJA (pronounced as SONIA).
dia dah arwah.
about a year ago, she plunged to her death from my 7th floor.
she's in a happy place.
but i miss her so much.
anyway, i just want to relieve myself of this heartache i got when i watched the news recently.
the incidents at kampung buah pala and shah alam were quite disturbing.
what has happened to us?
i don't really know what is going on in the kampung buah pala issues, so i won't say anything about it except that the behaviour of the people there is quite frightening.
is there no other way to talk about it?
and find a solution for it?
what was more disturbing for me was the demonstration in shah alam.
they may feel that they are on the right side by doing what they did.
but to humiliate and insult other people's religion and faith,.... oh gosh.... i believe that is sooooo unislamic.
we (meaning muslim malays) should try putting ourselves in other people's shoes, people who are non-muslims or non-malays.
the indians, chinese etc have tolerated the building of our mosques in their neighbourhood.
once i had a chinese colleague when i was working for a conglomerate in kuala lumpur and he once invited me to his home for tea.
i complimented on his beautiful home, but he said, soon, they will be building a surau in front of his house.
he sighed with anxiety of the task of having to listen to the call for prayer 5 times a day.
at first, i thought, well, tough... this is a country where it's official religion is islam.
but then, it made me think again, when i watched our muslim brothers in shah alam shouting in protest with so much anger.
please don't get me wrong.
as a muslim, my faith is still islam, heart and soul.
all i'm saying is that there should be mutual respect.
that's all.
it's ok to protest, but not with disrespect and in bad taste.
it will only make us more divided and we will be on our way backwards.
we've all built this country together, so let's not forget the sacrifices made by the non bumiputras or the non muslims.
they love this country as much as everyone else does.
the actions of some of our muslim malays brothers and sisters are quite appalling and embarassing to the rest.
we as malays and muslims are supposed to be a cultured race with supreme patience and tolerance to others.
what has happened to us?
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