Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Being Blocked Again!!!!!

Aiya, this is the 11th time i tried. The issues is still same. My photos hosting was being blocked by UiTM council. Gosh, what's the danger behind this photohosting website. All in this website is about ur photos. U send it and use it in ur blog!!!! There is nothing wrong or illegal inside my photohosting side!!!! There is just a bunch of pictures, wallpapers and some animated characters. Adus....how will I renew or make any progress in term of pictures in this lovely blog!!!!

Somebody please answer my q. Where is our freedom of life? Doesn't the cruel action taken by them is actually drown down and shorten the student creativity??? Those that hurt???

The conciquences is simple, i would not spend my leasure time and my aertistic ways on this present article anymore. Just like daa beku....

K, time to go....have a discussion with Dr. Darus......

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Fakta tentang Lelaki...

Why lelaki kawin lmbt????

Malaysians are getting married at older age. Why? Let me give an example. It is a little bit long example. If you wantto skip it, there is asummary at the end.

Say you are a fresh graduate at that age of 23, amale, starting a carrieras an executive officer working somewhere in KL witha salary, say RM2000per month and without any saving in the bank.Monthly, extracting yourexpenditures on foods, transportation (public ormotorcycle), electricity,water, phone, house rent and other expenses, say youcan save about RM800the most. Then, because you are a good son, yousend some money to yourparents or relatives about RM300 per month. This will give you a balance ofRM500 of saving. For the first year, maybe you arevery discipline withyour budget, so you save about RM5000.

The next year at the age of 24, you meet a ofyour dream. Both of your plan to get married after one year or two. Ok,that's fine, it gives you a time to save some more money and some more timeto prepare the basicnecessities for a 'happy' family? a car and a roof tolive under. That yearbecause you are a hard worker, you get a raise of 10%. Since you are also agentleman, you make sure some money is put aside to spend on dates and gifts for your , so 10% goes for her.

Like the previous year, after much sweat and meggie-eating months, you save anotherRM5000. Your company is doing ok. You are paid 2 months bonus. So, another RM4000 is added to your saving. So, your total saving now is RM14,000. You decide to spend about RM8000 on a brand-new RM40,000 cardown payment. So, you net saving that year is RM6000.

The next year at the age of 25, you are doing fine at work. But because now you have to pay for car every month, your total monthly saving is cut down to about RM400. You save roughly about RM5000 that year. No bonus that year because your company is doing poor. So, your total saving in the bank is RM11,000. Then, you decide to get engaged with your friend. She said OK. So, need to buy an engagement ring. RM1500 is spent on ring plus'hantaran pertunangan'. So, your net saving that year is RM9,500.

The next year at the age of 26, you get promoted. Your salary now is 1.5 of your starting salary at the company. Good news! You think. "Ok, this yearI will get married". You also are 'gersang' already.So, you ask your fiancée "how much is the dowry(hantaran)? "She say, "berapa-berapa yang u sanggup".You ask,"RM5000 ok?".She replies, "I okay je. Tapi my mom tu. Dia kata gred oversea macam I ni mane boleh letak rendah-rendah. Paling kurang RM10,000 tau!".Your eyes 'terjegil', your tounge 'meleleh' and you faint on the spot."Where else in the world can I get extra money?", yousay to yourself. But,because you are very determined to get married with your dream and in the name of love, you work really really hard that year until you are awarded "The Best Employee of The Year". You get 3 months of bonus. You also do some side business to supply ayam pencen. So, roughly your netsaving at the end of that year is RM20,000.

Ok, now you are 27 years old with enough saving in the bank to pay for the dowry. But then, come your mom saying,"Anak mak nakkawin ni mesti la buat grand-grand. Kita sewa khemah besar-besar, jemput penyanyi ke artis ke sorang dua datang buat persembahan. Lauk pauk kita cater aje la ya? RM10 je sekepala. Baju kawin ko, kita sewa yg cantik-cantikdan mahal-mahal sket.Kita jemput dalam 1000 orang datang ok?"

You did a quick in-the-head-calculation,"1000xRM10=RM10,000, penyanyi lagi, khemah lagi, buta-buta je RM15,000!!! Tu tak masuk cincin kahwin lagi!!"You say,"Mak, nak buat apa membazir-bazir duit ni?"Your mom replies,"Apa pulak membazirnya? Kau kawin sekali je seumur hidup.Biarlah buat betul-betul."You insist,"Tapi mak?"Your mom says, "Dahlah, kau jangan nak buat malu mak.Cik Tipah jiran kita tu buat kenduri kat hotel siap dato, datin, tan sri puan sri lagi datang.Mana la mak nak letak muka kalau buat kenduri kecik-kecik?".

Anyway, you finally get married. But, a beautiful happy life after marriage that you dream of with your wife does not last long.You have debts aroundyour waist, interest gets higher every month,cannot afford to pay them,you wife gets tired of you asking money from her, she accuses you of being irresponsible husband for not being a good provider,blah blah blah? At the end, you two go into separate ways? You get divorced.

Problem breeds problem? Sometimes we wonder why marriage institution is failing in our country. The above example maynot represent the whole phenomena in our culture, but perhaps it gives us some ideas of the problems young couple these days are facing in getting married from my perspective.

The Root Cause of The Problem...There is something wrong in our culture. I really think there are somepractices in our culture in Malaysia (Malay culturespecifically) that donot make sense and especially they are contrary to the teaching of Islam.These practices are well-rooted in our culture that unfortunately because of them, many people are 'afraid' to get married, or simply feel like they cannot afford when they are actually can afford.These are some of my observation and summary analysis:

(1) Marriage should be done in the most modest way but in Malaysia, it is ought to be done in the most lavish way. Competition on whose wedding is the most grandeur is almost unavoidable. Fame is usually the reason why people spend unreasonable and wasteful amount of money for a wedding.

(2) The "price" of a woman is measured according to her perhaps educational background, physical attributes and family social status not according to her knowledge and understanding of Deen and piety as suggested by the religion. The saddest thing is that "price" is put on women, who are supposed to be, if God-loving, kind-hearted and pious ones, "priceless"!'Dowry' system is adopted by the Malays from perhaps the Indians who came to Malaysia long time ago. When the 'dowry' is put too high and men can't afford to pay, marriage is usually delayed or cancelled. An effort to build another small brick unit of this Deen is delayed or perhaps destroyed only for this reason.

(3) Marriage should be a quick and easy process for the couple not hard,which eventually becomes a burden. These days, we make marriage so complicated that people are afraid of getting married. When my freind was in theUS, he saw Muslim brothers and sisters getting married at the mosque, with just some sweets as the main course for the guests. The guests who were invited to witness the ceremony were usually who everprayed jemaah at the mosque or some close relatives and friends. There is no point of beinge xtravagance. We should focus on the life after wedding not the weddingitself.Wedding is only a door to the marriage house.Why should we spent alot of money to decorate the door so beautifully, when the inside of the house is then left empty, dark and unattractive?

...and the pressure is on men...

Beliave it or not......

Friday, January 06, 2006

Sesuatu yang anda tidak perasan atau tidak terfikir langsung....

Kadangkala dalam hidup ini, kita banyak mengeluh. Kurang sana, kurang sini, tak dapat itu, tak dapat ini. But please remind and set on our mind, there is actually things that we miss so much or even take it for granted. Today, I would like to share with u one article I've found this morning.....

Kita tidak pernah perasan atau tidak berfikir langsung yang.....

1. Sekurang-kurangnya ada 5 orang dalam dunia ini yang menyayangi anda dan sanggup mati kerana anda.

2. Sekurang-kurangnya ada 15 orang dalam dunia ini yang menyayangi anda dalam beberapa cara yang berbeza.

3. Sebab utama seseorang membenci anda adalah kerana dia ingin menjadi seperti anda.

4. Senyuman daripada anda boleh membawa kebahagiaan kepada seseorang, walaupun dia tidak menyukai anda.

5. Setiap malam ada seseorang mengingati anda sebelum dia tidur.

6. Anda amat bermakna dalam hidup seseorang.

7. Kalau bukan kerana anda, seseorang itu tidak akan hidup bahagia.

8. Anda seorang yang istimewa dan unik.

9. Seseorang yang anda tidak ketahui menyayangi anda.

10. Apabila anda membuat kesilapan yang sangat besar, ada hikmah disebaliknya.

11. Sekiranya anda merasakan anda dipinggirkan, fikirlah semula; mungkin anda yang meminggirkan mereka.

12. Apabila anda terfikir anda tidak mempunyai peluang untuk mendapatkan sesuatu yang anda ingini, mungkin andatidak akan memperolehinya,tetapi sekiranya anda percaya pada diri sendiri lambat-laun anda akan memperolehinya.

13. Kenangilah segala pujian yang anda terima. Lupakansegala makihamun, caci & cela.

14. Jangan takut untuk meluahkan perasaan anda; anda akan merasa senang bila seseorang mengetahuinya.

15. Tanpa kita sedari, setiap kata-kata yang terucap dari bibir kita merupakan suatu doa. Maka, jangan lupa kawal kata-kata anda dan ucapkan yang baik-baik sahaja.

16. Kemujaraban doa yang dipanjat adalah bergantung dengan sejauh mana keyakinan anda. Mengikut kata-kata Junjungan kita Rasulullah S.A.W, doa adalah senjata setiap mukmin. Jadi jangan sia-siakan.

Setiap insan dalam kehidupan ini sering terlupa dan mudah alpa. Jadikan kehidupan ini lebih bermakna dengan berjaya di dunia dan juga cemerlang di akhirat. Wallahualam.


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