Friday 28 August 2009

Perhentian Island Trip 2009 - Cerita Satu

Sebelum ini, aku belum pernah mengunjungi mana-mana pulau di sebelah Pantai Timur Semenanjung Malaysia. Aku cuma ke Langkawi, Pangkor dan Pulau Pinang.

Semuanya berubah bila aku diajak oleh Ayud untuk sertai kelas scuba diving.

Setelah menghadiri kelas di Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, datanglah keseronokan menyelam di salah satu daripada 100 pulau yang tercantik di dunia (mengikut maklumat yang disampaikan oleh Kak Rahimah, yang aku tidak berpeluang untuk mengesahkan kebenarannya).

Ternyata perairan di Pulau Perhentian, baik Perhentian Besar mahu pun Perhentian Kecil, cantik dan membiru. Dan ramai pelancong asing, terutamanya daripada negara-negara Hemisfera Utara.

Rombongan kami yang seramai 25 orang itu, menginap di sebuah resort yang dikendalikan oleh bekas anggota Kumpulan Medicine, salah satu artis berkumpulan yang pernah popular di era 90an.

Dan ketika dan saat itu juga, ada penggambaran sebuah drama yang menggandingkan Fauziah Ghous dan Iqram Dinzly. Dan nak dijadikan cerita, salah seorang pelakon dalam produksi ini telah meng'usha' salah seorang daripada kami! hehehe.

Aku malas nak upload gambar-gambar berserta post ini, kerana 1) banyak sangat; dan 2) akan mengambil masa yang lama. Jadi kepada yang mempunyai akaun dengan Facebook ataupun Orkut, meh sini alamat e-mel anda. Nanti aku e-melkan pautan ke koleksi-koleksi gambar di Pulau Perhentian, terutamanya gambar-gambar aku bergaya dengan peralatan menyelam dan aksi-aksi selaman yang mengasyikan itu. hehehe.

Wednesday 26 August 2009

"Siapa Saya?" and the Two Celebrations

I'm a shy girl. But can you tell who am I by looking at my eye? Yeap, one of my beautiful pair of eyes.

Two occasions to celebrate the rezeki recently received by my dear officemate and his beloved wife. Thank you so much and all the best in your undertakings. May Allah continue to bless you (and all of us too) with more rahmat, berkat and joy. Aamin.

The event celebration was held @Cafeteria, because they closed Dinar Matahari for an important event. Important lah sangat! :)

Kelakar betul Cik Pah kan, Malisa! Tak kering gusi diusik dengan telatah seorang ibu yang punyai kuasa bertih jagung! hehehe.

And I didn't know that they have Laksa Sarawak, the only laksa that I eat because it's made from prawn paste. Bukannya ikan-ikan yang dilumat-lumatkan.


The second one was a proper farewell lunch, casually organised by Liris @Lanai Kijang. A bigger group this time, and Vivien managed to join us too. Vivien who? Rahsia! hehehe.

We went for a Western buffet. It was okay because I could try everything and they did not serve any lamb dishes. Besides pork, I don't eat duck, lamb and kerbau. Dan arnab. In other words, I eat chicken, beef and salted water fishes. But not stingray (ikan pari, kan?)

Thanks Liris and Liza M organising one for our dear Zul. We will be missing you, bro! :(

Monday 24 August 2009

Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa

Today is the third day of Ramadhan, and I hope it is not too late to wish all Muslims, "Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa".

Aku tidak mahu menggunakan frasa tipikal "Selamat berpuasa" kerana ibadah puasa bukan setakat berpuasa sahaja, malah merangkumi melakukan apa yang disuruh, dan meninggalkan apa yang dilarang.

Terutamanya tuntutan solat.

Ada yang berpuasa penuh tetapi tidak bersolat sedangkan solat itu tiang agama. Jadi sama-samalah kita nasihat menasihati agar kita tergolong dalam orang-orang yang diredhai Allah taala.

Would like to take this opportunity to seek forgiveness from all if I have hurt/offended, either intentionally or unintentionally. Sekali lagi, selamat menjalani ibadah puasa dan moga-moga Ramadhan kali ini adalah yang terbaik setakat ini. Aamin.


p/s: Gumbira kerana dapat bersahur dan berbuka puasa dengan keluarga tercinta. Alhamdulillah. And to Mus, "Get well soon".

Friday 7 August 2009

I Strongly Condemn Irresponsible Remark by Loke Siew Fook!

My condemnation is based on what have been published on the blogs of Loke Siew Fook and Zulkifli Noordin.

Lets us say NO to racists, sexists and Islamophobics!


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First Post: KENYATAAN AKHBAR by Zulkifli bin Nordin

Saya merujuk kepada kenyataan Ketua Pemuda Kebangsaan Parti DAPSY YB Loke Siew Fook, merangkap Ahli Parlimen Rasah yang disiarkan dilaman blog http://sjsandteam.wordpress.com/ yang mengutuk keras Dr. Mohd. Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, Pengerusi Malaysian Chinese Muslim Associattion (MACMA) mengenai isu anak luar nikah mendiang Teoh Beng Hock.

Disaat umat Islam menyambut hari mulia Nisfu Sya'ban, Ketua Pemuda DAP ini memilih untuk berkonfrontasi dan menyerang seorang tokoh pendakwah Islam.

Dr. Mohd. Ridhuan Tee dalam tulisannya mempertikaikan langkah menghalalkan "anak luar nikah" yang didakwa kepunyaan mendiang Teoh Beng Hock dengan tunangnya.

Saya tidak pasti apakah menjadi dasar DAP menghalalkan perhubungan luar nikah dan "menghalalkan" anak luar nikah. Kita memang bersimpati dengan nasib yang menimpa mendiang Teoh, malahan ahli PAS dan juga PKR yang beragama Islam antara kumpulan yang banyak terlibat dalam demo atau bantahan terhadap kematian mendiang Teoh. Saya sendiri antara Ahli Parlimen beragama Islam yang paling awal yang mendesak supaya siasatan segera dibuat atas kematian mendiang Teoh. Malahan Naib Presiden PAS YB Dato' Seri Nizar sehingga sanggup bersama menyalakan lilin dalam "candlelite vigil" memperingati mendiang Teoh.

Tetapi isu menghalalkan anak luar nikah adalah satu isu lain. Ramai dikalangan masyarakat Cina yang ditemui menyatakan tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan itu, kerana seolah-olah memberi gambaran masyarakat Cina yang ramainya penganut agama Buddha dan Kristian meredhai perbuatan mengadakan seks dan mengandung sebelum berkahwin.

Pemuda DAP sepatutnya tidak bertindak menurut emosi dan kelabu dengan isu dihadapan kita. Dalam isu kematian mendiang Teoh, kita semua bersetuju satu siasatan telus dan adil perlu dibuat untuk mencari sebab-musabab kematiannya.

Malahan satu inkues perundangan sudah pun dimulakan di Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Lumpur, dengan Suruhanjaya DiRaja akan ditubuhkan sebaik sahaja inkues tersebut selesai dijalankan. Tetapi dalam isu beliau menjalin hubungan seks sebelum
berkahwin dan mengandungkan tunangnya, itu satu isu yang lain.

Dr. Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah berhak untuk menyatakan pendapatnya. Beliau adalah seorang berbangsa Cina, sudah tentu beliau juga tahu adat resam dan budaya masyarakat Cina.

Apakah Pemuda DAP tidak boleh menerima perbezaan pendapat? Apakah kita semua mesti sentiasa menari gendang yang dipalu oleh DAP?

Sesiapa yang tidak bersetuju dengan DAP menjadi musuh yang mesti dikutuk dan diserang?

Apa yang kesal laman tersebut menyiarkan komen yang menggunakan bahasa kesat, cabul, mencarut dan biadap terhadap Dr. Mohd. Ridhuan. Apa yang lebih biadap dan kurang ajar ialah mereka juga menyerang agama Islam, bangsa Melayu dan mereka yang convert atau memeluk agama Islam. (Untuk membaca lebih terperinci sila layari laman web tersebut).

Berikut adalah contoh bahasa yang diguna saperti:
"Who is this bastard of a Mohd. Ridhuan";
"What sort of fucking Dr. r u";
"Has everything be reduced to your fucking religion (iaitu Islam)";
"R your parents still alive mohd ? If they r not, their bones must be rattling in their graves,if they r they must be hiding in shame to know that a son they brought into the world is now considered a bastard by every non muslim n also by real muslims";
"U have tainted your family with your stupidity for monetary gain. Your conversion was not through conviction, it was with an ulterior motive";

To read more, click here.

Second Post: RIDHUAN TEE MUST APOLOGIZE TO TEOH BENG HOCK'S FAMILY;
WARNS DAP MP from http://www.sjsandteam.wordpress.com/)

Loke Siew Fook DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) National Chairman and MP for Rasah 4 August 2009

It is sickening to see that a person with supposedly strong academic credentials and
high religious stature can produce such cruel and heartless remarks over the
issue of Teoh Beng Hock’s unborn child.By twisting a dreadful tragedy with his
zealous agenda against “bastard children” in his Utusan Malaysia article, Dr.
Mohd Ridhuan, the vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association,
has caused immense emotional damage to Teoh’s family.Whatever superficial
sympathy Dr. Mohd Ridhuan has for Teoh’s family is lost when he chooses to harp
on the status of the child, whom he labels as an illegitimate child. Dr. Mohd
Ridhuan has also compared Teoh’s child to the children of “Malay-Muslim girls
who have sex with Muslim or non-Muslim partners with or without consent”, who
are born without taking their father’s names.By comparing, with blatantly racist
language, an unborn child of an engaged couple who is painfully separated by the
fiance’s mysterious death, to children who are results of unplanned conception,
Dr Mohd Ridhuan has shown everyone how low he can go to hurt other human beings with broken logic.As if that wasn’t enough, Dr. Mohd Ridhuan produced another
hurtful article to slam his critics, labelling two Chinese language dailies –
China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau – as racist, for highlighting his own racist
outbursts. You can’t get more hypocritical than that.DAPSY condemns in the
strongest possible terms, the decision by Dr. Mohd Ridhuan to produce such
insensitive, racist, zealous and hypocritical writings and the decision by
Utusan Malaysia to publish them. DAPSY calls on Dr. Mohd Ridhuan to immediately
apologize to Teoh’s family and to China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau, for all
they have done is to reveal and reject his nasty character.

Wednesday 5 August 2009

Goodbye, Liza K. and all the best!

Again, I would like to apologise for the not-so-sharp pictures in this post. Aku guna telefon kamera murah!

Alhamdulillah, three of my officemates got the scholarship to purse their postgraduate studies this year. Last year, it was two. A year before last year, it was one and that guy went to Manchester to read MSc. in Development Finance. hehehe.

If I'm not mistaken, two will be going to Australia, and another one will be doing it locally.

So, Liza M (yeap, we have two Lizas in our department - K and M), Catherine and Jun organised a farewell dinner for the cheerful Melakan, Liza K @Ole Ole Bali, Mont Kiara.

Oh yeah, Liza K used to be my immediate supervisor, before I went to Manchester. And now it's her turn to take a break from work.

"Haron... you bagilah I idea for my dissertation," begged her a few times.

"Kenapa tak pi overseas?" I asked her back.

"Panjang ceritanya adikku, sayang!"

Okey Kak Liza... all the best in your studies. Insya-Allah, I'm just a call away if you want to discuss about suitable subject matter for your dissertation. Till then, enjoy and maximise your sabbatical leave!

Jun, Liza and Juita

Can't remember the name of this dish. hehehe.

Liza M and I

Chua and Andrew

Jun was ranting about something kot.

Liza was showing off her 'high tech camera phone' to Juita and Cat

Juita tersengih kepada lawak Liza M

Sorry, guys... lupa gak nama juadah2 ni









Andrew, Jun and Liza K

Chua and I