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Java to denigrate the Chinese (see for example Sarwono. “We are known as a weak nation (bangsa yang loyo)”. The proposal was. A prologue in which a narrator explains the background. Din: Contoh Etos Kerja Cina ('Din: Emulate the Chinese. Has become famous as the 'Masjid Cheng Ho' (the Zheng. Namun, cover proposal harus dibuat semenarik mungkin. Maka, Anda pasti membutuhkan contoh cover proposal yang menarik untuk acuan. Hal pertama yang dilihat oleh pihak penerima proposal adalah cover. Oleh karena itu, sangatlah penting membuat cover yang terbaik dan indah. Dengan demikian, orang akan penasaran dengan isi yang terdapat di dalam.

13,000 Bosniacs were slaughtered at Srebrenica. Yet today the world hardly knows, and those who know hardly remember the systematic massacre in Srebrenica. The world has gone to war against the terrorists because of September 11.

The world should have gone to war earlier for what the Serbs did must certainly be considered as acts of terror, deliberate and systematic acts of terror which were prolonged and sustained, acts which were carried out in full view of the world as ethnic cleansing. But the world was only mildly horrified. The world went back to making money, to watching football and to their minor bickering.

And the world would have gone on this way had it not been for September 11. The deaths of people should not be compared as to which is more tragic, which is more brutal. All killings, all massacres are tragic and brutal. But one cannot help comparing the response of the world to September 11 and that to Srebrenica. Is it that the deliberate and methodical killing of eventually 200,000 Bosnian Muslims less horrifying than the equally deliberate destruction of an edifice which resulted in the death of 3000 people in New York? It cannot be. But the response seems to indicate differences.

Under ordinary criminal law, a witness to a murder, unless he is restrained, is an accessory to the crime. The world is witness to the massacre of the Bosniacs, to the slaughter of the male Bosniacs, and the world must be regarded as accessories to the crimes, that constitute ethnic cleansing by the Serbs. And because the Serbs to all intents and purposes, got away with mass murder, we are seeing mass murder as a daily feature of our modern civilisation. We are seeing in fact assassins and murderers being supplied with arms to kill people and to be protected after doing so. And the people who provide protection are being actually nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. I've got the chance to go to Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina last week. The trip lasted for 8 days or so.

Went there with a friend of mine and we drove around starting from Zagreb to Sarajevo with many stops and then back to Zagreb for our flight back again. When we returned the car, i checked that we drove 1813.1 km. Was a marvellous trip.

An awesome start to my first European holiday. I will update full details bits by bits as now am in Cordoba, Spain so will be quite hard to dedicate my time to writing as there are plenty of wonders and cultures to see around here. Here we go;)Day OneWe arrived at Zagreb Airport and straight went to Europcar office to get our booked rental car. Apparently Afiq didn't bring his credit card so we can't get the car. It sucked cause the Europcar people wasn't friendly and not very helpful. Luckily we talked to this guy named Marko, and he let us settled for a car, paying via direct debit visa card. It was convenient and turned out it was cheaper than Europcar!

So I learnt, if u want to rent a car, I believe you can settle for other better deals than Europcar.While Syafiq was settling our car thing, I talked to Tamara, the lady at tourist info office who is maybe in her mid twenties. Grabbed few maps and suggestions, we drove our car to our first stop, Rostoke. We didn't know what to do but since there is this magnificient waterfall and on water village in Rostoke, we decided to go and stop there. We didn't enter Zagreb city too.It was getting darker. Night comes faster in Winter as we drive in Croatia. Was a completely different scenery than other places I visited. Not many English speaking people.

Lots of Zimmer (homestay, i guess) alongside the road. We stopped for a cup of honey & lemon tea on the way to Rostoke. There was nice and small cabin besides the restoran (spelled the same as BM here), we tried asking for the rent and the lady told us it was around 100 kuna (Croatian cash, around 13 Euro) each. The cabin was lovely but it didn't has heating facility and to take bath we'll need to walk outside in the coldness to the main building. We asked for discounts but were offered free breakfast instead. If only the lady agreed to lesser prices, I would have opted to spend a night there.As we drove, we got hungry and stopped to look for bread.

Stopped at a small grocery shop but no bread was found. With no English, surprisingly it was easy to ask the shopkeeper for some bread. Made a gesture (like putting some jem on a bread) and immediately he showed us a Pekara (bread shop) few shops away from his store.

I bought a loaf of bread for less than a pound, homemade bread, fresh from oven, the size of a thigh. The bread lasted for quite some time.We had no idea where to sleep but we arrived at Rostoke and saw this eye-catching waterfall besides the village and straight away decided that we would sleep in our car there, besides it with the sounds of gushing waterfall becoming our lullaby for the night. And I'm glad we decided it that way.;).Pictures to come later too. Perkara yang umum pula adalah tuntutan menuntut ilmu yang dikatakan penting untuk diri. Rasulullah SAW memberi petunjuk agar menjadikan ilmu yang dituntut sebagai untuk mencari kebajikan dengan pelbagai cara yang pastinya dengan niat kerana Allah SWT. Dengan ilmu ekonomi, kita dapat membantu memperbaiki ekonomi sekaligus menaikkan taraf hidup masyarakat semasa.

Dengan ilmu juga kita dapat menghiasi budi pekerti, melapangkan jalan untuk menuju kehidupan mulia serta tidak akan menjadi jahil dan tidak pula menjadi penyakit bagi orang lain. Dengan ilmu, kita dapat membantu proses pembangunan bangsa dalam pelbagai bidang, pendidikan, politik, bahasa dan lain-lain lagi. Pete Teo twits saying they (Undilah team) haven't contact TV stations and apply for approval from Film Censorship Board Saturday, 24-September 11, around 12pmOpinionI believe Undilah video is a respectable effort made to encourage voting. At least the video is better than other stock-'voting'videos aired usually in our television in the sense of it being fun to watch, entertaining while at the same time able to educate us all. The fact that opposition leaders are in the video should not be an excuse to ban the video because the message is clear, for us to go out and exercise our rights during election.Approval and banning statusAs readers we should understand the status of the video. Moreover those who tend to criticise our government agencies upon reading news reported about the banning mostly by online newspapers.The video has yet to be submitted to FCB (Film Censorship Board) meaning the producer or person-in-charge of the project in this case Pete Teo has yet to submit the video for approval. Hence, it cannot be aired in the television companies officially.That is why MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission) gave out official order not to air the Undilah video.

Hence we now understand that officially and superficially, MCMC made that decision because the video is not approved by FCB. Why is it not approved yet? Because Undilah team has yet to submit their video for approval.Media reporting: Don't believe everything you readAs readers too, we need to be aware of the style of reporting by news-reporting medium. As for example in this article by you can see there the highlight is 'The censorship board has not cleared it says Khalid Ramli, MCMC-Chief' while the other side of the story being 'Pete Teo has yet to submit the video for approval is not told in the news'. If this is reported then viewers and readers will understand the situation thus making the reactions especially towards MCMC different.Meanwhile if you read in this article by its Editor, it's even biased and fail to report the news so that common people like you and I manage to understand the situation.

In this article, you can read in its first paragraph how the statement is misleading when it said the video is banned 'because it contains opposition figures and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's speech talking about Malaysia's problem'. While as I've explained earlier, the video is banned due to other formality reason.Us, making conclusionsHence, don't hate. I've been viewing comments from many of my online friends and reading some blogs who directly and indirectly hantam MCMC because of this banning without understanding the reason behind it. This partly I believe is due to biased reporting by some of the online news-reporting medium that are currently very popular in Malaysia. Because while we can rightly ask MCMC why they made such decision, Pete Teo should be asked too as to why he did not ask for approval from FCB for the video to be aired in televisions.So I would urge us to understand the issue and the reason behind it and at the same time keep pushing to tell the person in charge in this case MCMC, that the video is a very good effort and should be allowed to be aired.MCMC & Pete Teo - A different way to tackle the issueI too believe MCMC should have tackled the issue in another manner, less provoking and more accommodating manner.

Since we know, Undilah has not been submitted for approval, MCMC can lead the way in approaching the video producer to get it submitted and approved by FCB. This way it can satisfy both sides and at the same time thousands and maybe millions of Malaysians watching television will be able to enjoy the message in the video.By handling the issue this way, chances for biased-reporting can be reduced too. However having said that, the damage is already done and most people are already expressing their discontentment towards the decision by MCMC.Yet we must admit too that should Pete Teo and his team make it easier and apply for approval from FCB, the issue can be resolved more easily. Only if upon application it is still refused due to 'having opposition leaders in it' then we should all go against the decision but since Undilah has not ask for approval, it is not right to blame MCMC on such decision.Undilah - Conclusion and DirectionAlthough it is admitted the video put forward more opposition leaders compared to government leaders (due to whatever reasons we can speculate), the fact that its message is to promote voting especially among youths should be appreciated. This should be looked upon as serious and healthy competition so government leaders (if they are not satisfied by the rate of opposition leaders promotion in the video) can come up with such method and idea when it comes to promoting voting during election especially among youths.

After all, most youths are getting tired of the same, old, traditional, boring, orthodox and inefficient way of reminding us on our rights to vote when election comes.Undilah too can be good a start towards us realising and discussing our problems in Malaysia openly and for us to be more inclusive rather than exclusive when it comes to 'who can talk about Malaysia's problems'. More and more such video should be produced to further develop the idea of democracy however tolerance towards others feelings and customs should be put into consideration too.And now there is this Undilah video, being able to entertain, educate and attract us to vote. So ask yourself this question, why make it hard for such video to be viewed and appreciated? SEPT 16— We have lived with the concept of 1 Malaysia since its initiation on September 16, 2010. The idea of 1 Malaysia was instilled in an effort to unite Malaysians from all races. But really, have we asked ourselves what is 1 Malaysia? What defines 1 Malaysia?

I myself can never really answer this practically, referring to current situations in Malaysia. Is 1 Malaysia about multiracial Malaysians being able to sit down and eat nasi lemak, yong tau foo or tosai together? Or is it about us visiting the open houses of our friends from other races during their festivals? One can interpret 1 Malaysia that way but is that the only 1 Malaysia that we want?Since her inception, people have been talking about unity and harmony in Malaysia. The phrase “although we are multiracial, we can still sit together harmoniously and united” is not new to us. We are told to be thankful for the Malaysia that we have. Indeed, we are.

It is just that the concern here is what are the directions of 1 Malaysia? What is expected of us, the citizens, to compliment our 1 Malaysia concept? More importantly, what is expected from the government to walk the 1 Malaysia talk? Although the government managed to publicise 1 Malaysia successfully to every Malaysian, I am afraid they have yet to explain their directions in accommodating the concept.Government policies especially during Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s time were said to favour the Malays and the Bumiputera Malaysians. I myself am one of the beneficiaries to such policies and I am thankful to the government.

Without those policies it will be almost impossible for me to afford a place in a reputable university in United Kingdom. I believe many of us, Bumiputera Malaysians, too feel the same and are thankful. The policies enforced during the era of Dr Mahathir were to help the majority of the poor and at that time, it helped improve the lot of the Bumiputeras. Indeed, the majority of the poor were Bumiputera Malaysians.From such policies the number of middle-class Bumiputeras increased and their socio-economic background improved too. However, in the spirit of 1 Malaysia, this question needs to be asked: what about our fellow Malaysians of other races who are financially restricted too? Not all non-Bumiputera Malaysians are well off and not all Bumiputera Malaysians are impecunious.When I was in school I have good and close Chinese and Indian friends.

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We studied and “lepak-ed” together. Alhamdulillah, when our SPM result came out we did well in and scored distinctions. We talked about what we wanted to do after SPM and started applying for various courses. While I got offers from a matriculation college and a public university, some of them were only offered Sixth Form education, not even a place in our public universities. May I remind you that these friends of mine do not come from silk-stocking families. They, like me, could not afford to pay for private universities, which left them no choice but to continue in Form Six. On the other hand, we have too in Malaysia the Malays and Bumiputera Malaysians who are rich enough to afford private education but were offered places in our public universities.

This situation leaves the system abused by some people in power, reaping the benefit provided in the name of being a Bumiputera while those who really need the support do not get it.I praised a few of my Malay friends who despite being Bumiputeras refused to apply for government scholarships. When asked why, they simply said the scholarships are to help the poor and they can afford to pay, so why should they apply for something not theirs in the first place? Hence from there I realised that it is our responsibility as citizens not to abuse the assistance we are getting from government policies. Yet at the same time, it is the function of our government to introduce policies to best help Malaysians who are in need regardless of race, religion or whatever differences we have.Poverty is colour blind is a reality anywhere in the world, not only in Malaysia. It is a problem affecting people from any race and any religion. A policy such as the NEP did help a majority of Bumiputeras, giving us a break by assisting us financially and giving us hope to achieve better lives. Yet, there are people who abuse and use their Bumiputera status for their own personal advantage.Hence, now under the concept of 1 Malaysia, this is the right moment and time for the government to rethink and redesign government policies to really include the poor non-Bumiputera Malaysians too.

If our policies can be designed to help the poor regardless of their race, I believe everyone who is qualified can benefit. However the government needs to be clear and firm in such a decision to reformulate its administration in favour of the poor over the Bumiputera status.

If this can be done, it will be a new transformation and direction for our 1 Malaysia concept. After all, if this is achieved, the poor among the Bumiputeras can still gain while giving the same fair chance to the impoverished non-Bumiputera Malaysians too.This article came out in TheMalaysianInsider as well.Salam;).

JUNE 14 — We realise that we live in a capitalistic world. The same goes for Malaysia.

Where almost everything is judged according to its monetary value. If asked, not many will say they are doing or studying what they want because they love it. Instead, they are studying topics or subjects that can give them the assurance of a good life in the future.

And in a capitalistic society, a good life is commonly measured according to its monetary value and worldly possessions.I am a simple youth, studying to become a teacher as how both of my parents did in their time. However, if you were to ask me, how can we make teaching a dream job in Malaysia? The answer is simple. Raise teachers’ wages. Add up the monetary value of this profession and give extra bonus for teachers.

If this is done, the reputation of this profession will rise too, thus making it the dream job of many students.However, please do not misunderstand my statement. I do not mean to ask the government to raise the income of more than 300, 000 teachers in Malaysia.

Even now the government is already spending most of its revenue on education. What I meant was to successfully raise the income and give bonus to good teachers. In short, favour meritocracy in the teaching profession and reward the teachers who are teaching wonderfully despite of their age.The teaching profession has always favoured seniority. As time passes, teachers will definitely get more salary.

The percentage to be promoted too will get higher as the teacher grows older. This, however, does not attract the youths, especially those who are motivated and willing to go the extra mile. What is the point of doing extra work when you know you are not reaping any benefit? Well, you still need to wait between three and five years before getting the ‘eligible’ status to move up on the income ladder.Hence, the youths with potential are deterred by this situation.

So, to prevent this, the teaching profession should favour meritocracy over seniority to provide good, motivated and passionate young teachers the chance to be promoted too. If this is the reality, then this profession will be like a competition.

A competition between teachers to be better than others in their teaching style, thus producing more good and able teachers who are committed to be the best. This will also prevent the kind of teachers who prefer to be ‘content’ and ‘stagnant’ in doing their jobs from getting a higher status. Such teachers cannot and should not have a bright future in our education system.Then the question arises, how do we know if the teacher is doing a wonderful job?

Please do not misunderstand a wonderful job with a score of multiple As. If this is the case, then we are not in any way helping our education system. I have experienced incidences where teachers are rewarded according to their final class results. More As will get them more bonus.Oftentimes, such a system will either neglect the less-capable students in the scoring exam or lead to a conspiracy between teachers and students. The teacher can always provide the students with a glimpse of what is to come in their big examination.

After all, the teachers themselves set the questions. This will provide leverage for teachers who are elected to become a member of the board who set the questions.When I was in school, we had a few teachers who were members of such a board and their classes always scored good marks in examinations. So I realised measuring academic excellence should involve more than just a score of straight As.Thus measuring whether a teacher has done a good job should not only include academic achievements but also students’ development of soft-skills, intercultural understanding and their value of the world we live in. So that we will realise our existence in this world is not to gather more worldly possessions but instead to appreciate our family, friends, the individuals who surround us, nature and also ourselves more.In short, it is for us to make good of the life that we have.This is not an easy topic to debate. It is a matter of the future of Malaysia. Almost everything lies in education. A good country must have an excellent education system to be good.

This article is also not a criticism of senior teachers.As taught by my parents, I have always respected the importance of senior teachers and their experience as well as the need for them to guide young teachers by sharing their invaluable lessons with us.However, let our education system be one of a kind, where not only seniority is valued but meritocracy is also celebrated indistinctively. Mohd Faiez Mohd Ali reads The Malaysian Insider. This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication. The Malaysian Insider does not endorse the view unless specified.(For this article at TheMalaysianInsider please visit this ).

Sistem akademik di Malaysia berpandu kepada peperiksaan ataupun 'exam-oriented'2. Rata-rata kita terutamanya remaja dan anak muda tidak bersetuju dengan sistem yang sedia ada.3. Mereka memberikan alasan pelajar ditekan untuk belajar dan hasilnya adalah pelajar umpama 'robot' yang hanya cemerlang dibidang akademik tetapi lemah dari segi lain.4.

Ada juga yang mengatakan bahawa sistem yang ada tidak menguntungkan para pelajar yang lemah dari segi akademik lalu mereka terus tersisih.5. Saya setuju dengan kesemua kenyataan diatas tetapi bagi saya buat masa ini sistem yang sedia ada sudah cukup memadai untuk pendidikan dinegara kita.6. Tetapi peranan guru dan NGO perlu dipertingkat dan diperluaskan lagi.7.

Selain daripada mengajar ilmu dikelas, para guru juga perlu memerhati, menilai dan cuba mencungkil bakat para pelajar serta mengarahkan perjalanan mereka kearah yang mereka mahir.8. Saya ambil contoh seorang rakan yang merupakan guru berpengalaman bercerita kisah pelajarnya yang pemalu didalam kelas tetapi setelah dinilai dan diperhati sebenarnya dia mempunyai bakat tersendiri dari segi penghasilan video, montaj dan media artwork. Lalu bakat pelajar tersebut dicungkil apabila dia diarah membantu produksi teater dari segi media, video dan montaj.

Ternyata bakatnya hebat sehinggakan video montaj yang dihasilkannya masih digunakan di SMK Munshi Abdullah sehingga masa kini. Dia sekarang menuntut di universiti di bidang yang diminati dan dia mahir.9. Seterusnya peranan NGO terutamanya belia patut diperluaskan. Ambil contoh Projek Kalsom dan Teach for Malaysia.10. Ataupun kem motivasi pelajar yang disertakan dengan bengkel kerjaya, maklumat bidang-bidang ijazah dan pemantapan bahasa inggeris diterapkan dikalangan pelajar-pelajar susah. Projek ini merupakan gerakan dan inisiatif daripada pelajar universiti sendiri.11. Begitu juga dimana mahasiswa-mahasiswa dari luar negara pelbagai bidang boleh diserap masuk untuk program mengajar disekolah-sekolah kerajaan selama dua tahun.12.

Selain itu, pemantapan dan bengkel kemahiran seperti silap mata, teater, seni lukis serta musik boleh dijalankan dan dibantu oleh mereka-mereka yang berkemahiran dan diberikan secara percuma buat adik-adik dari keluarga susah.13. Sekiranya NGO, belia dan guru-guru dapat memainkan peranan ini nescaya lompong-lompong didalam sistem pendidikan kita dapat diisi.14.

Lalu anda bagaimana? Apakah yang telah anda lakukan untuk menyumbang kepada sistem pendidikan dan anak bangsa kita?15. Atau anda sekadar bercakap dan menuding jari tanpa melakukan apa-apa inisiatif secara sendiri?16. 'Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen' (Michael Jordan)Salam dan selamat,Reverie Malaya;)(Tak salah kalau bermimpi).

Cups: World Cup and Euro Cup 2008I managed to attend the Spanish fiesta just now at Regent Street, London. It's quite a famous street for shopping with many designer boutiques alongside the road, and they close the road for Spanish Fiesta. It's super awesome!;)The World Cup's Cup is there because Spain won the last World Cup.

Dapat tengok World Cup, Champions League Cup, Euro Cup. Dapat try Spanish food, taster. Entah apa nama, aku tak tahu. Aku rembat je, asal halal, jeruk Jalapeno pun ada. Boleh ambil gambar with the World Cup sebenarnya, tapi nak beratur punya panjang. Aku pass je la.

Ambil gambar dari jauh saja. Style karnival ini adalah street carnival. Sepanjang jalan, dia buka booth melambangkan tempat-tempat di Spain. Contoh tempat Real madrid they put Football Cups, Champions League and buat aktiviti shooting bola.

Those yang dapat score more than 200 points dapat masuk top scorer. Nak score point byk, kena sepak bola kat penjuru gol. It's more or less like dart board game, dapat shoot tempat yang susah, dapat extra point. We tried twice and I managed to get into the scoreboard.

Bangga, satu-satunya nama Melayu kat scoreboard. Ada tempat dia buat macam beach style, to symbolise Ibiza. Other activities like basketball shooting, persembahan kuda, orchestra and band performance pun ada. It was fun and a very new and refreshing idea for me. Biasanya orang buat karnival dekat tempat dia and ajak orang datang to their country.

But for Spain, they brought out their interesting places out of Spain to Regent Street, London which is a very cool tourism promotion thing for me. And they give out free stuffs too, termasuk free food, drinks, Spanish beer and others.

Berbaloi juga jalan hujan-hujan, dapat baju Spanish selai. Lupakan jenama. Aku naik muak dengan senario jemaah Islam di Malaysia termasuk bagi komuniti Malaysia di United Kingdom. Ilmu berkaitan Islam aku cetek, ya. Tapi secara rasionalnya apa yang berlaku boleh memberikan tanggapan buruk orang terhadap Islam itu sendiri.Muslim mana yang tak mahukan pelaksanaan Negara Islam mengikut utopia idaman semua Muslim dimana keadilan, kebajikan terjaga. Serta mudah untuk menjaga iman. Itu yang paling dimahukan dengan sistem Islam kerana sistem yang ada sekarang ini amat sukar bagi seseorang Muslim untuk menjaga imannya.

Tapi kita perlu realistik.Baru aku terpanggil untuk membaca satu status berkaitan isu 'daurah islamiyah' di newsfeed facebook aku. Dan status itu telah menunjukkan aku kepada status asal oleh seorang pemimpin gerakan Islam diMalaysia, gerakan yang agak popular dikalangan mahasiswa UK juga. Antara artikel yang diisukan adalah artikel oleh Dr. Asri berkaitan isu terma Daulah islamiyah yang disiarkan di MalaysiaKini. Klik untuk artikel.Rasa terkilan pula bila tengok seorang Ustaz, pemimpin gerakan Islam diMalaysia mempertikaikan kewibawaan Dr Asri dengan ungkapan yang tak melambangkan tahap intellektual beliau.

Ungkapan 'Boleh pakai ke dia tu?' Aku boleh bayang mana-mana Mat Rempit guna untuk chia-chia yang mereka bualkan bersama, tapi tak sangka seorang Ustaz, pemimpin besar macam tu pun turut sama mengistilahkan ungkapan sedemikian tanpa justifikasi yang memuaskan nafsu akal aku.Tak ada masalah dalam mempertikaikan kewibawaan seseorang. Kalau tak tahu, tak setuju, tanya dan pertikaikanlah. Tapi at least kena bagi justifikasi mengapa. Baru betul, baru adil. Tak boleh juga nak kritik masakan orang, kata tak sedap. Bila orang tanya kenapa tak sedap, cakap la, kurang gula ke, terlalu pedas ke, baru tukang masaknya boleh perbaiki.

Setakat nak kondem, budak baru belajar cakap pun boleh, ye dok mung?Dan lepas tu perbalah soal istilah daurah islamiyah. Apa ke benda nya itu? Biar aku beri analogi, ayam KFC, biarpun ditukar nama menjadi Ayam Radix, bila orang rasa, mereka tetap tau itu Ayam KFC kerana rasanya. Begitu juga soal negara Islam.

At many times, it's hard to really comprehend the way a girl think or feel.They can say they are feeling cold but it means they are getting hot.I mean a guy needs to really consider all options and answer possibilities when he has to answer a question as simple as 'Do you want to eat a burger or a sausage?' Now you think, what more will it take for that guy to answer the question of 'When do you want to marry me?'

So, the point here is girl's thoughts and feelings are complicated.But that's not the point. Untuk penulisan. Apa kata, daripada di kondem anak muda yang berbasikal didalam surat khabar nombor satu diMalaysia, kan lebih elok kalau ditulis dengan cara untuk create awareness of the new trend. So that government and local authorities will do something about it. Contohnya, kau tulis tentang sejarah, trend fixie sedikit and then give suggestion how can government help to make bicycle riding more safe in Kuala Lumpur.

Or perhaps give some examples of cities yang ada implement such thing. Will be a much better article, ye dok? Antara poin-poin penting dalam perbincangan aku dan dia adalah seperti berikut. Perang dijadikan oleh Allah sebagai satu naluri dalam ciri manusia.

Sejak dahulu lagi manusia telah berperang dan sebagainya atas sebab penciptaan nafsu, emosi dan sebagainya. Antara perang terbanyak yang meragut nyawa manusia bukanlah peperangan disebabkan agama tetapi perang sekularisme iaitu Perang dunia pertama dan kedua, perang untuk kekuasaan, ekonomi dan dsbnya yang meragut beratus juta nyawa dalam siri peperangan yang hanya memakan masa beberapa tahun. Didalam Quran juga disebut oleh Allah untuk memerangi musuh-musuh yang menjatuhkan Islam, bukan memerangi orang bukan Islam tetapi memerangi 'musuh-musuh' Islam.

Jadi hari ini, keputusan untuk membenarkan perang, adakah ianya milik manusia atau pun hak milik Pencipta manusia? Sekiranya kita mahu mempersoalkan semua perkara didalam dunia, memang bermacam persoalan boleh diajukan. Tapi jawapan apakah yang kita harapkan untuk persoalan-persoalan kita? Lebih baik kita tanya, kenapa Adam diturunkan dari syurga sekaligus membawa seluruh bangsa manusia kemuka bumi ini? Kan lebih baik sekiranya manusia dicipta untuk hidup didalam syurga dan berzikir kepada Allah? Tetapi bagi aku, segala keputusan oleh Allah ada hikmahnya. Bukanlah untuk kita manusia mempersoalkan keputusan-keputusan sebegini sehingga ketahap ekstrim dan menggoyahkan akidah, kerana jika ia pun, tiada jawapan yang dapat kita harapkan selain dengan ilham daripada Allah.

11) Tak adil kita nak bandingkan Malaysia dengan negara-negara seperti di Timur Tengah, atau negara-negara dunia ketiga yang masih teruk pambangunannya. Di Malaysia, servis kesihatan kita cas minimum dan mampu diperolehi ramai rakyat. Kemudahan infrastruktur yang baik dan semakin menyeluruh. Masyarakat luar kampung sekarang pun sudah semakin diutamakan dari segi infrastruktur asasi kehidupan. Pembangunan sekolah-sekolah dan universiti juga semakin banyak.

Bantuan pelajaran diberikan kepada semua yang mahu belajar. Menurut Al-Quran, keunikan pemuda terletak pada kemampuan mereka untuk menetapkan pendirian mereka dalam sesuatu perkara tanpa dipengaruhi faktor-faktor lain. Maksudnya, sekali dah tetap pendirian maka susah nak diubah pendirian mereka kerana mereka tetap pendirian.

Namun ini boleh menjadi perkara positif atau negatif dimana pendirian yang tetap sekiranya benar maka tiada masalah cuma sekiranya pendirian tetap yang dibuat itu adalah berdasarkan perkara-perkara yang tidak benar, atau tidak tepat maklumatnya. Justeru, pemuda perlu lebih matang dalam menilai sesuatu maklumat dalam menetapkan pendirian mereka.

Aku tersentuh dengan komen ini kerana bagi aku, ini kali pertama aku melihat pengertian pemuda atau anak muda secara begini dimana anak muda adalah tetap pendiriannya. Sepanjang penglibatan dengan organisasi-organisasi disini, aku mula refleks balik pengalaman aku. Rata-rata antara ramai-ramai anak muda yang aku temui dan bekerja bersama mereka, aku lihat pendirian berubah-berubah. Ada yang malah bersifat talam dua muka, depan kata lain dan belakang kata lain. Ada yang bersikap membodek orang-orang besar. Ini semua membuat aku terfikir, nilai anak muda itu tidak tertakluk kepada umur, kemudaan paras rupa atau organisasi yang melelongkan nama pelajar atau pemuda tetapi pada pendirian yang dibuat.

UZAR dan MAZA juga menyentuh berkaitan tokoh-tokoh Islam yang muda-muda. Bagaimana Islam berkembang ditangan orang muda. Bagaimana Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh membuka kota constantinople diusia yang muda.

Bagaimana Ali bin Abi Talib membanggakan Islam disaat usia muda. Dan begitu juga tokoh-tokoh lain yang melakukan pelbagai perkara-perkara hebat disaat mereka muda.

Kepentingan anak muda didalam Islam terlihat jelas daripada contoh-contoh yang diberikan. Dr MAZA turut menyentuh bagaimana sejarah berkaitan anak muda banyak yang dipadamkan dan betapa kita hidup didunia yang dikuasai oleh senioriti dan pengaruh golongan tua yang tidak melihat kepada meritokrasi. Justeru anak muda perlu sedar peranan mereka dan mengambil jalan dan peluang untuk menyampaikan pandangan dan pendapat mereka. Namun begitu, jelas seperti ditekankan oleh Rasulullah saw.

Yang tua perlu dihormati dan yang muda pula dikasihi. Golongan tua yang berpengalaman perlu bersama dengan golongan muda dalam bermusyawarah dan membuat keputusan. Usah takabbur iaitu menolak yang hak dan menegakkan yang batil serta memperlekehkan orang lain. Ini adalah tanda-tanda takabbur.

Maka begitu juga sekiranya orang tua memperlekehkan orang muda kerana usianya yang muda, maka itu adalah tanda-tanda takabbur. Sabtu yang lepas aku berkesempatan untuk turut serta dalam satu sesi diskusi bersama YB Khairy Jamaluddin di London. Topik yang diperbualkan adalah tentang perubahan landskap politik Malaysia selepas pilihanraya umum yang ke-13. Antara perkara yang kita sedia maklum, Pilihanraya Umum ke-12 yang lepas telah menandakan 'kekalahan' untuk Barisan Nasional apabila kali pertama hilang majoriti 2/3 undi. Khairy menyentuh tentang isu berkaitan pilihanraya umum ke-12 dalam mengupas tentang landskap pengundi dan politik diMalaysia. Antara perkara yang disentuh oleh Khairy adalah, BN perlu menerima keputusan p/raya umum ke-12 sebagai satu tanda kekalahan dan perlu bekerja lebih keras dalam memastikan mereka masih relevan untuk kekal berkuasa diMalaysia.

Selepas ditanya soalan oleh seorang penonton, 'Bukankah lebih baik sekiranya BN kalah dalam p/raya seterusnya untuk membolehkan BN membuat revolusi besar-besaran dalam parti komponen mereka?' , KJ memberi respon bahawa BN tidak perlu kalah dan tidak mahu kalah.

Kehilangan majoriti 2/3 undi sudah cukup menunjukkan kekalahan dipihak mereka. Dan BN terutamanya UMNO sudah mula berevolusi dan melakukan reformasi dalam parti mereka sendiri dimana suara-suara muda mula diketengahkan dan meritokrasi mula dihargai. Berkaitan tentang pengaruh BN atau UMNO diMalaysia sekarang ini, KJ memberi contoh bahawa BN masih berpengaruh hasil daripada beberapa p/raya kecil yang berlaku sejak p/raya umum yang lalu dimana BN telah menang kerusi-kerusi yang ditandingi dan juga menunjukkan peningkatan undi dibeberapa kerusi hangat yang mana sebelumnya dipegang oleh parti lawan.

Namun KJ sedar, kawasan2 yang berlaku p/raya kecil semuanya adalah kawasan semi-urban dan merupakan antara kawasan2 yang tidak maju atau moden. Maka, pengaruh BN dikawasan bandar dan urban terutamanya seperti diSelangor, Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang dan kawasan Kinta City, Ipoh masih belum diuji sejak p/raya umum yang lalu. KJ menyatakan kefahaman dan berpendapat BN perlu bekerja lebih keras untuk p/raya umum ke-13 kerana p/raya-p/raya yang akan datang tidak lagi mudah untuk BN seperti keadaan yang lalu dimana rakyat Malaysia cenderung kepada sistem 1-parti. Pengundi dan rakyat Malaysia sedang menuju kearah kematangan dalam sistem p/raya dan demokrasi dimana kewujudan parti lawan semakin diterima dan sistem 2-parti telah semakin diterima oleh kebanyakan rakyat terutamanya mereka dikawasan bandar. Dengan ini, BN juga perlu keluar daripada kepompong lama dan zon selesa mereka. KJ berpendapat pemimpin BN perlu berdiri dan mempertahankan kebenaran dan bukannya agenda berdasarkan fahaman parti mereka. Apa yang benar, perlu dipertahankan.

Dia memberi contoh, apabila gereja dibakar dan KJ mahu turun melawat tempat kejadian, dia mendapat panggilan mengatakan tindakan dia itu tidak digalakkan kerana kurang relevan dengan perjuangan parti yang disertainya. Namun dia berkeras dan tetap turun kerana KJ berpendapat yang benar tetap benar dan yang salah walaupun daripada pihak yang sama dengan kita akan tetap dikatakan salah.

Seterusnya KJ menyentuh juga tentang revolusi UMNO yang rata-rata mengamalkan warlordism. Dimana ketua-ketua bahagian yang akan diangkat menjadi calon. Calon-calon yang dicalonkan dalam p/raya selalunya mempunyai hubungan baik dengan 'orang-orang atas'. Keadaan ini mewujudkan situasi dimana meritokrasi ditolak ketepi dan kronisme serta senioriti digunapakai dan KJ berpendapat yang warlordism ini perlu dikikis daripada BN untuk terus kekal relevan dalam pemerintahan Malaysia.

Anak muda perlu mengambil inisiatif melibatkan diri dan bersama mengubah struktur yang sedia ada kearah yang lebih demokratik dan pro-meritokrasi. Pada pendapat aku, KJ adalah satu simbol suara baru, generasi muda dalam UMNO dan BN yang melambangkan kematangan fikiran dan prinsip keadilan yang sejak kebelakangan ini jarang-jarang kita dapat lihat dalam gerakan BN atau UMNO itu sendiri. It's good to have such leaders in the government camp in order to get the voices of justice and youths supaya didengari oleh 'orang-orang lama' atau 'old-timers' yang kadang-kadang tak tau bila entah mereka ni nak bersara contohnya seperti manusia di Sarawak tu. Adakah nak sampai orang keluar berdemonstrasi baru terfikir untuk turun dan beri laluan kepada orang yang lebih layak?

However now I can confirm that this humble minister of ours is quite a down to earth guy. He's very friendly, very nice and smiles a lot. He scooped food for us while we waited in a line for the buffet. He scooped until all the rice in the tray finishes. And he went to all the tables talking to us students.

He invited students to join him in his table for dinner. And the best part is when we(the Projek Kalsom 17 committee) approach him to propose our Projek, he spent some of his time to understand our projek and straight away call his p.a to give instructions on how to help us with. A straight away endorsement! I find this very nice of him as a minister, although he can ask us to send the proposal to him and he'll look at it, but he took some time reading it and asking questions to understand it and straight away give things that we need. I would say, such people is patriotic but in a very negative way. I was once like that. Anti-establishment, anti-everything, rebellious, everything is not right.

But joining Projek Kalsom last year made me realised that criticising alone is not and never enough. We'll need to start doing something to improve the condition in Malaysia. Talking and finding faults,everyone can do yet the truly patriotic and nationalist will find cure and solutions to the problems. I believe this is how we should act.

It's okay to criticise but at the same time, do or suggest things to improve the situation. In simple words, walk the talk! Brain drain is not a new problem for Malaysia.

We should all work and try our best to come back to Malaysia and serve the country in however way we can. I can only find one justification in the actions of the people who move and work abroad, they are materialistic and want the extra cash they can get by working in other countries. Let's not just put the blame on the government but we ourselves don't do anything to improve things. Things won't improve if we don't take actions. I'm firm to a believe, 'take a small step, it will lead to big changes in the future. So, start now!'

Then, the core argument I intended to bring up is to show that Mr Tan is not right to criticise Ustaz Nasrudin's campaign because the campaign is for Muslims and doesn't involve the non-muslims. And the term 'immoral activities' is used from the point of view of Islam.

Hence, due to the practice of democracy, it is unwise and rude for such politician like Mr Tan to use phrase like 'mind your own business' in his post to refute a campaign which he doesn't really understand the nature of it. Again let me kindly remind, that the campaign is for muslims and doesn't involve the non-muslims. Now perhaps some people still doesn't get it, so I'll use an analogy. We know the Hindus don't eat cow meats because of its prohibited by their religion. Hence, if the hindus want to make a campaign to 'check the other hindu people and make sure that they don't slaughter cows and eat their meats', then it's their rights and I won't interfere because it's the matter of their religion. The same case and thing is happening right now with Ustaz Nasrudin campaign.

The campaign is done by Muslims and for muslims according to Islamic principles. Hence, why must such non-muslim who doesn't understand the nature of the campaign criticise and say the campaign must be stopped? Furthermore, he accused the campaigner of extremism. As politician, his views may carry weight and it is worrying to have such person being a Malaysian politician. Can't even imagine if he's elected to become our high-profile ministers!

As long as the campaign doesn't go into extreme like for the V-Day campaign, if unmarried muslim couples caught kissing each other are killed or beaten like hell then we should stop such campaign. Otherwise, we shouldn't interfere as it's to help our fellow Muslims to avoid from sinning. A brother will take good care of his other brothers and sisters and this is what we are practicing, hence your understanding of this issue is needed to create a situation of tolerance between us although we have different beliefs. From these two statements it is clear that Mr Tan doesn't really understand the situation in our multireligion society in Malaysia. By saying that Valentines Day would be filled with sinful activities and immoral acts, PAS Youth Chief Nasruddin Hassan is generally viewing Valentine Day from the point of view of Islam.

Mr Tan needs to understand that for Muslims, it is sinful even for unmarried couples to be alone together. Moreover in Valentines Day where most couples will take opportunity of this day to embrace each other in manners intolerable to Islam or in even worse condition leading to sexual intercourse between unmarried couples.

The second reason for this is to help prevent further social problems. All of us agree that abortion is immoral because it's the same as killing a soul with life. Having said this, we also agree to abandon newly born baby due to various factors is even worse. The problem is, Mr Tan, unmarried couples who get involve with sexual intercourse and then leading to the girl being pregnant, the result in most cases of unwanted pregnancy by unmarried couples is either abortion or the baby being born and abandoned. This leads to other social problems which will take another thousand of words to be discussed on so I'll leave it for now. Reversely, I would want to plead Mr Tan to view the issue of Valentine's Day from a 'bigger' and not such narrow perspective of celebrating love.

We should see the issue of Valentine's day from a wider perspective of morality, social problems, value of women and the rights of men rather than only talking from the point of view of love. There are bigger implications from Valentine's day towards social problems and issues of morality rather than just celebrating love. Should this issue not addressed, Malaysia is in danger of being in serious social dilemma like what the United Kingdom is facing. Having the chance to study in the United Kingdom I come to understand, among biggest social problems faced by the UK Government are 'alcohol consumption' and 'teenage pregnancy'.

Even modern and developed country like UK is facing problem with teenage pregnancy which impacted them not only socially but also in many other aspects. So, why should us, Malaysia, which is still a developing country, take the issue of 'teenage pregnancy' lightly? Hence, Valentine's day play quite a significant role in contributing to unwanted pregnancy and teenage pregnancy because the day itself is used as a 'formal' platform where most teenage lovers will find opportunities to embrace each other. Quoting his statement in the post, ' Malaysia, a multiracial and religion country, has long been a moderate country and free of extremism.'

Being an active politician, Mr Tan should understand that a multiracial and religion country and society consist of people with different views and beliefs. Hence, in order to make decisions we will need to consider people of different beliefs. I would not say things on behalf of other group of people, instead I would refer to this issue from the point of view of Islam. Lastly, quoting the last statement from Mr Tan: ' PAS must learn to understand the culture of all Malaysians, comprising of various race and religion.' I would like to kindly urge Mr Tan to learn and try to understand the nature and culture of all Malaysians, comprising of various race and religion because if you do understand, then you'll know why are Muslims such as Ustaz Nasrudin actively discouraging the celebration of Valentine's Day. This is a friendly reminder to Mr Tan as it is important for yourself because if you want to develop your career and become successful politician, you will need to fully understand the context of pluralism in Malaysia.