Me addicted

2 weeks ago when i was in KL, i did mentioned that we had branch at the burger King. Since then the intention to eat bugers are getting more often. Am i adicted to the fast food already? I can remember that last week we had burgers (with the letter s) for dinner and i had 3 and 1/2 of it. The other half i couldn't finish it becuase i was so full. And then, back at work place they do sell burgers and i bought some for coffee break. Last week, i went to the airport, not to send people away, but to stop by at the McD to munch their burger. Few days back i went to Chicago 7 for thier king burger. It was simply delicious. Arghhh.. o gawd. what happen to me?????... i never like burger anyway.But this is getting serious..

Tax Refund

I just finish doing my tax and send it online to the LHDN. Shockingly i need to pay back RM9**.00. Dear Lord, where on earth i'll get the money to pay them? I was so depressed actually... longing for miracles to happen.. maybe there's someone out there could give me thier money and help me to pay my debts...

So this morning, i check my yahoo mail and i received a letter saying that i am eligible for tax refund of some ammount of money. I was the most happiest man in planet earth. Couldn't believe my eyes, i ask my friend to read the mail again and to check whether this email is true or not. Hmmm... well, to my concern, i've been fool! After checking the e-mail, it's something that i wish to receive but i'm not american! Take a look yourself... Pity me :(

Dear Sarimah ASTRO

Dear Sarimah ASRTO,

Telinga saya bernanah pabila aunty selalu jer menyebut nama Aril berulang ulang kali di dalam diari malam tadi. Tolong jangan bersikap bias terhadap pelajar yang telah terkeluar ya. Tolong bersikap profesional dan sedar tidak ramai yang minat kepada dia. bagi saya, saya terpaksa berulang kali bertukar channel apabila setiap kali nama dia disebut dan diceritakan kebaikkannya. Saya rasa tidak payahlah mengenang peristiwa yang berlalu dan baik lagi kita maju kedepan dengan mambawa pelajar yang seida ada yang tinggal dalam akademi tersebut.

Diharap Sarimah ASTRO mempertimbangkan kehendak saya yang tidak mahu lagi telinga dan mata dan jari saya bernanah.

Sekian.

-ABET-

Bravo Bravo Bravo

Dear Hafiz,

I don't know what to say. Your presentation was fantastic. You did it again. I was so entertained. I thought this was a hip hop song but strange, i cried silently. Yeah, i shed tears of joy when i watched your superb performance tonight. You don;t have to prove anything more to me because you have done enough!

Thank you for never fail to indulge me for the past 7 weeks. Congratulations and all the best in your career as a new STAR!

Your fan,

abet

Song for this week

Thursday Half Day

Today i'm taking a 'Forced' half day leave. I plan to go to my new home and do some gardening tanam sayur... hehehe..It has been a while i didn't go there. Rindu pulak.. My wedding is within this 1 month time. Snah and I have not registered at the registration dept yet, maybe next week. Got to see her yesterday. Yeah, i was too busy with the AF7 until i forget that she is my fiance whom i left out for a week in kuching while flew to KL to meet my idol.. sorry dear... hahaha..

Neway, i just need to devide my time wisely. I did some test in the FB to know which key i amd so here it is. G Major. The easiest chord after C Major.

Daunting Week

This week would be the week of reckoning to Hafiz. I know he would be struggling even now, to memorized the rap song which is rather difficult but that’s the challenge he need to face in order to prove to all Malaysians that he is not a spoil brat instead he is a strong willing lad whom fight his fight until he wins the race! I will support him from here by voting him as he deserves to be the champion. As I watched the diary last night, he was so frustrated with the song given. I really wish that I can help him in anyways that I can, but I know it is impossible. Again, this is his fight and he must fight alone. No matter what happen, my vote is to him :)

To ease myself, I need to calm down. Enjoy the clip.

A letter to the Principal

Assalamualaikum Principal Tiara

We, Fans and Friends of Hafiz would like to express our deepest frustrations and our dissatisfaction on the song selected for our dear Hafiz this week ie a long winding hip hop rap song Kau Punya Aku by Malique featuring Najwa. We watched the diary tonight and we noticed that even you, PRINCIPAL TIARA is unsure who Najwa is! How come? tsk tsk tsk looks like someone is not doing her homework ~~Have you even listened to that song? The whole song? Dont you take part in the selection of songs for your students or you just leave that job to someone else. Principal Tiara, Malique the professional hip hop rapper sounded like he was READING from a script in that song with just 1 single note. wawawawa ... So with that, what are your expectations from Hafiz? What more can an amateur student like Hafiz do to improvise that song to make it better?! What I am trying to tell you here is even though this is a good song :: IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR A COMPETITION.Have you ever gone through the list of songs that has been sung by the individual students? Have you even noticed that HAFIZ had been getting songs that are just TOO OLD for him? The only song that was hip and current was his 1st song which was also HIS CHOICE, Lagu Kita. He performed excellently. Juries were impressed, audience applauded, even you enjoyed and was proud of his performance and you even awarded him the Pelajar Cemerlang award that 1st week, remember?Tonight's diary showed you commenting on Hafiz saying that this was not his best performance. He could do better than that. OF COURSE HE COULD DO 10 TIMES BETTER THAN THAT IF YOU COULD ONLY GIVE HIM A FAIR CHANCE, A GOOD SONG LIKE YOU HAVE ASSIGNED TO THE OTHER STUDENTS.Do you actually think that this hip hop song is a challenge for his Hafiz' vocal? Havent you been listening to the comments made by the juries? A MORE CHALLENGING SONG FOR HAFIZ! Or are the juries to be ignored. Just accessories to beautify the Dewan? So which part of the song, to your professional knowledge, Principal, is the real deal that could challenge Hafiz' vocal?Principal Tiara, this is not helping Hafiz at all. Back to the recent bout of favouritism and biasness in the academy, its slowly revealing the fact that it is true, isnt it? Instead of helping Hafiz to menuju puncak, it seems that the academy is trying to push Hafiz down with all these songs!Hafiz' Fans and Friends sound like we are forever complaining, displeasure about this and that. Do you receive complaints and whines from other fans, Principal Tiara? If you do, arent you going to attend to the complaints and try to rectify the problems? If you dont, doesnt it show that only Hafiz had been treated unfairly thus the complaints? We all know its impossible to make everyone happy! This is not so much about being happy or self satisfaction or craving for special treatment. Hafiz is not desperate for love and affection in the academy. This is all about being fair! Never mind the minimal airtime for Hafiz, never mind the teachers' sour faces when Hafiz receives positive comments from juries, its OK that he doesnt receive the best student award anymore, these do not affect his votes.Principal Tiara, we appreciate that the academy acknowledged Hafiz as a versatile singer. For 6 weeks, he has proven that whatever songs of whatever genre that was slapped on to him, he managed to deliver well even though he struggled a bit during the last concert. After 6 weeks, dont you think its time to give him a break, Principal? Dont you think he has given enough and worked hard enough to prove that he truly is a versatile entertainer? Dont you realise that he had been struggling so hard trying to make the best out of some unheard of songs which made even the original singer proud?We were so happy to hear that AF7 is being headed by a lady. Not any other lady but you, Tiara Jacquelina. Personally, I had always looked up to you as a very intelligent and sophisticated lady. We thought you could bring changes and transform the traditional ways of twisting the drama to sway votes to something more intelligent ... and we are still waiting.All we ask for is, if you could give a popular current hit song to a student whose voice you know suits the song perfectly well, could you also give Hafiz that chance too? He deserves a good song too dont you think so? I believe its not too late to change his song this week. Could you please look into it, Principal? If the other students can get a song of their preference by their idol singer, so can Hafiz right?

Hafiz Akademi Fantasia 7

From the blog hafizfc.blogspot.com

AF 7 Concert 6 Part 2

Jethro woke me up around 6.00pm. It seemed that my body was tired after the long walk inside IKEA and also at the Curve. I took my hot shower and we all left for dinner around the Sri Kembangan area. There were plenty of Chinese stalls and they serve good food! It’s rather cheap some more. Who say that we cannot eat cheap in KL? We arrived at Stadium Bukit Jalil around 7.00pm. Jethro and I immediately go to Hafiz fan ‘s area to get our T-shirt while the girls went to get the tickets.

There were so many people and we can see the others' fan club in diffrent shirt's color. Hafiz-white, Aisyah Fan Club-Red, Isma-green, Aril – Black, Akim – Purple while Claudia and Qhaud had none! Poor Claudia, maybe her FC is in Kuching and busily voting for her. Radio era car and the troops were also there. The ‘perang posters’ are everywhere and it is just like the greatest event in the universe where a great war is about to happen.. hahaha!

This is the unwanted bus for all the AF students :)

We enter the stadium around 7.45pm. It was not that big as I thought. In tv it looks huge. The stage was small actually but the décor was getting more interesting! I saw Sarimah at level 1 doing her thing (for AF ext aired on Sunday night). She looks truly gorgeous. Some people looks good in TV but in live, it’s different. But Sarimah, she’s original! Oh, from far I saw mrmanager and the principal too.

They were so busy with things around them. Yeah, its their job to ensure things work best for that lively night! We got sits behind the Hafiz FC. Though the banner was useful, but sometimes it irritates me because it blocked my view. Around 8.45pm, everyone was so excited already. I saw Hafiz and the gangs were taking their position for their 1st presentation. I wave and shout like the hall is mine. Suddenly I received a SMS from my brother in Kuching.

Bro: Best? Sapa dipedak dek diak? (Whom did you see there?)
Me: Best! Hafiz! Ka nyabak aku… ( I want to cry already)
Bro: Raya dek!

This was the 1st time I watched AF concert live. I love it so much. More to that, I got to see 4 bands played live; else I have to pay RM400 per band. When the concert started, my eyes were towards Hafiz alone. I didn’t care about other students. I was satisfied that night where I could see Zizan and his friend doing jokes. I saw Adlin Aman Ramli. He was so active that every advertisement, he would walk away from the stage and go to his fiancé. So gentlemen! Dato KT and Edri were so relaxing and cool. I think that was the 1st night Edri didn’t wear ray-ban. The MC was smart and talkative. But he managed to ensure the programmed went smoothly. All AF students were dressed up in their best. The music was so loud. I was nearly jump out of my sit and dance! When it is Hafiz turned, I became more crazy.. hahahaha.. Too bad there were RELA nearby, else I’d go up to the stage and do the dance too!

I never knew who the Crystal but I thanked them for making the night so enjoyable and and thrilling! Hafiz was so himself bringing a rock song which made him a cute rock star, commented by Adlin AR. To me, whatever the comment they said, I could not care more because I know that rock is something that Hafiz would choose last in his song selections. I understand very well! I wanted to say “YOU did GREAT” to Hafiz but I can’t! So frustrating! AS I read a blog badrulaftersix says;

lepas hafiz habis buat persembahan, i was beaming from ear to ear... i was happy that telahan i yang hafiz will make the song macam lagu dia sendiri tepat and right on the dot... macam rocker yang cute... (muhahaha) so bila pengkritik habis bagi kritikan (which i don't really care apa yang diaorang cakap pun at that time) hafiz berdiri kat belakang sikit to give way to claudia pulak dikritik... i wanted to communicate with hafiz to tell him that it's okay and pedulikkan sajer apa yang pengkritik cakap... just dengar jer apa yang cikgu cakap and comment nanti bila balik akademi... tapi i tak tahu macam mana... dah lah duduk depan, nanti kalau i jerit, satu dewan boleh dengar... so i ambik my note book, and masa tuh i tengah perah otak bagai nak rak to think of the right words to scribble... and i come up with this (please refer to the pix below)

(muahahaha) budus giler... jolyn gelak sakan kat i dalam kereta on the way back... tapi memang masa tuh i tak tahu nak tulis apa... muahahha... tapi yang best nyer, hafiz baca apa yang i tulis and i can read his mouth saying thank you very much...

That was how I felt and I thanked the blogger again though he did not say it on my behalf, it’s sufficient that Hafiz was informed in anyways that he deserved the perfect 10!

After the concert was over, we went to Puchong for supper. Again, the foods were superb and cheap! I had a big glass of orange juice which cost only RM5.00. Well, that was the night which I won’t forget. I came, I saw and I satisfied. Thanks to my cousin for her hospitality and support to Hafiz, though she is Claudia’s fan, yet she bought and she wore Hafiz shirt that night! AFUNDI HAFIZ!

The AF7 Golden Trip 1

Last Friday evening, Jethro and I flew to KL . At KIA surprisingly we met Hafiz parents and his cousins. We managed to snap some pictures before we boarded into the plane. I was the most excited person in the universe at that time because I’m an inch more to meet my idol. Pic below from left to Right: Hafiz uncle,Hafiz dad was wearing red, me, Jethro, Hafiz mom in pink.

In KL central, we waited for Emilia whom was on her way down to KL from Penang. Yeah, we are all Hafiz supporter. Emel’s friend whom is also coincidently is also my cousin picked us up around midnight and since everyone was hungry, we went to have supper at the Sri Harta Mas area. We went back to my cousin’s apartment at Sri Kembangan around 3am. Her 3 rooms’ condominium is facing the Sapura building and the facilities are superb.

We woke up around 8.00am and went for a swimming in a luxurious swimming pool at the 5th floor of the condominium. We swam for an hour before we go out for our branch. Our first destination was to IKEA. That was my 2nd intention actually. I wanted to have a window shopping for anything that suits my new home. The IKEA here in KL is quite similar to the one which I visited in Dresden Germany. It is huge and guess what, the hot dog was very similar. Only the price is different. Too bad Kuching have none of this. I think we went back around 3:00pm to get our self enough rest for the concert that evening. I was so excited. My first AF concert, live!

The Silhouette Singer

I only hear songs that suit my ears, and not depending who sing the song… But it takes time for me to like. So if I like the song, I will definitely download it into my SONY MPG player and I’d listen to those songs over and over again! I never heard the song Resam Pak Belalang which is going to be sang bay my idol, Hafiz tomorrow night. So I search the you tube and I found this;



I agree that this is not really a challenging song for anyone whom have an energetic spirit and with good stamina. That’s what Hafiz need and i guess it is not a problem for him. But again, Hafiz never fails anyone. He always makes a boring song interesting. He could turn a non famous song into someone’ favorites. That’s the magic that he can do!

He was not being left out by those teachers, and it is not wrong that I say this but he is too good i repeat, too good and he even can replace those vocals teacher if he is trained to be one. Soon, maybe?

Last night my blood presure nearly reached the boiling point but thank God, He sent Pithui, my cat into the TV room which made me to looked away from the flat screen for some period. Otherwise i would be in the hospital by now due to heart attack! Ya, it was those clowns again in the air. One of them was wearing a mask and another tall one is using a thick wig.

Oh, the thick afro hair, short guy is my favourite. I can only see him less than 10 seconds last night. But at least something than nothing. The rest of the diary was his Silhouette........

Song For this week!

The next AF Champion is .....

Hafiz Peace...

My fiance and her mom just went back home, ya, they had dinner at our place. We managed to fill in names of our wedding guests too… She filled for her guests while I did mine… I love you dear :)
Yesterday the AF students got their song for this week. It’s a ROCK week. Gosh, I never like rock music but I’ll be off to KL to watch Hafiz this weekend… I know his magic would turn me into si Van Hellen hahaha… But i heard from my friends that Hafiz song is not that great... I had a mixfeeling when i heard about that.

Sad - because he's not being treated fairly (observe the face upon receiving the file from the principal)
Happy - he never say 'No' but always did his very BEST! He will make any songs to be HIS!

Now I don’t bother who’s the champion because we already have one which is Hafiz! I do hope he would be in a good hands when he is out in the society! But whatever it is, I will support him by buying his ORIGINAL cd, with condition, the cd has got nothing to do with Aril and Mawi. (I don’t kow why I never like these two persons! They are the symbols of drug abuse and an escaped monkey to me. To Morldwi, though it has been years, I still could not accept you.. entah pa pa hal… I also don’t know. Maybe my next generations will… who knows?
Aisyah and Claudia had their teeth makeover. Wow, they really loooooked fabulous with their new set of beautiful expensive but free teeth! I wish I have the $$ to do mine.. hehehe.. I guess this week would not be a problem to Claudia because I know she loves to sing accompanied a live band. I’ve seen her singing live with a band group during my neice wedding at the Merdeka Palace Hotel, Kuching. She was so confortable and very confident! Ya, at first I thought she was Dayang… but it turned out to be gorgeous bidayuh lass! Hey, I’m a Bidayuh mix with Iban blood and tell me why should not I be proud? You rock girl!
Looking at the current voting pole, I believe all the Sarawakians students would enter into the final provided Qhaud, Yazid , Akim or Aril is out for the next few weeks. Come on Borneo, Philipinos, Thais, Banglas, Indonesians, Singaporeans, Bruneians and lepehians, let’s vote for Hafiz! You won’t be disappointed!

Belgium to Malaysia

Just received a note from my friend Mathew in Brussels, here's some piece which excite me (especially the last part!!)...

Dear dibit,Nama rita nuan ? Udah mentally and physically ready nuan to get married? Im sure you do lah ;-)

Anyway, we will be arriving in Kuching on the 25/05 which is on Monday. I havent confirmed yet the time but most probably around noon. Will you be able to meet us at the airport? I can take a taxi of cos but it will be nice to see a familiar face waiting at the airport hehehe. .....

...........You're so good in ur blog with ur reviews and all and im sure when it comes to food and party, ur the one to ask :-) Im planning to throw a party for family members on the 31/05 so as to celebrate gawai lah. Do you know a nice venue for such a thing? Topfood seafood? or is it better doing it at one of the restaurants in damai? You and your wife will be invited of course and i won’t say no for an answer!!! this

.......Btw, i'll give you angpow for ur wedding, better that way rather than buying gift that will probably end up collecting dust. U can use money for so many things... honeymoon and all. Oh, if u wanna bring ur bride to europe, i have a spare room now. No need to pay for hotel!!!!! just think about it...

..... Oh, if u want to escape Kuching for a day to my hometown in Betong, we can drive up together. Fully paid and sponsored of course ;-) Will be nice, no? Just a night in betong, I will pay for gas, hotel, food and etc...

- U can use money for so many things... honeymoon and all - I know he won't take back his words.. Nice, kan ???

Funny but true

This was taken from the mrmanager's blog. This was exactly how i feel after watching my favourite singer perform that night. So sarcastic but well done.

Thanks to him also that i have a fabulous picture of Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, whom i admire so much! I still remember watching her concert atStadium Negeri Kuching with Hotlink as the promoter togerther with the graduated AF2 students 4 years back. She was fantastic. Yeah, we got to see her clearly because we bought the hot spot ticket.. hehehe..

Me goosebump when He Sang

Wah, Hafiz did it again! I clapped my hands when they done with the duet while my mom looked at me in surprised.

me: Ndak dek meda maneh amat bujang siko nya belagu indai?
(didn't you see how beautifully he sang, mom?)

i asked my mom... well, no matter what my mom answered was, i had a goose bump and Miss Adibah Noor felt the same too :)Hafiz sang well and he hit right on the first note, he sang well with his 2nd voice or should i they sang in harmony! Not many people can do that, even the profesional Malaysian artist rarely sang harmonizely. Either they sing in 2 octaves, 1 low and 1 high and that's it. But nowadays, the tradition has been broken. More and more new young artist able to do it. Good example, Hafiz and Mila abd Claudia and Vince.I guess i want to watch it live next week lah.. It has been a while i didn't go to KL, why not??

Hmmm, some changes tonight, the AF song is not yet been sang... That means ASTRO do listened to people's complaint and request! Thank you and syabas for that transformation. Not difficult, right? Talking about the stage, more colorful molecules appeared. When i was in Brussels, my friend Mathew brought me for sight seeing in the city. We arrived at a park and i saw a huge building. It is not a monument ya, because we can enter into that moleculer structure until the top floor by escalator and stair case! So the atomium looks similar to those colorful molecules on the AF stage.

Neway, i enjoyed all the AF7 concert especially Hafis and Aisyah. Adibah Noor is so professional with her words and comments. Should ask her to replace Dato Khaty. Can't wait to see the finale song.

I'm looking forward to seeing Hafiz next week. I just bought my ticket online!

All the best Hafiz

It's 7.30pm and i'm updating my blog. Just came back from the hospital to visit my fiance mom whom was just admitted due to high blood pressure. I learnt something that when ones have a blood pressure, do not ever stress, overwork, drink alcohol, no smoking please, take care of your salt intake, don't eat good food all the days, excersze a lot, drink a lot of waters, eat fruits and vages, don't watch AF diary if you hate any of the students, stay away from Malaysia politics, have sufficient of sleep, smile and laugh often, drink a bottle of 100+ if you want too, hug your pithui(the cat), humming your favourite tunes, go outing with your partner, window shopping and finally read Mr Manager's blog. It works for me :)
I'm still waiting for AF to start, very soon. I hope Hafiz will do his usual magic and entertain every one who have ears and appreciate and support him.

------pause for a while, Pithui is walking in front of me----------------

Back to Hafiz, i'm planning to buy his t-shirt, but where to get, i have no idea.. Oh, Mila is Hafiz partner for the duet. Not bad! But i prefer either Marsha or Stacy lah... Bu, Mila is fine...she's the champion during AF5 kan? Hm, i got some message from a source saying that Claudia would be out tonight.Sw$wq$wt(*796WEQ8EQWSEQWE, WWHY IS MARSHA DUETING WITH aril? What the heck!!!!!!!

pause - angry

pause - disgusted at aril

pause - oh, she's lovely

pause - thinking deeply

pause - it's a stupid competition anyway

pause - am i Jelesssssssssss.... ?

Huh, got to stop blogging now...emo nye akuuuuuu....

neway, can't wait to buy Hafiz album.

What happen tomorrow?

Tomorrow is a good Friday and it is a public holiday. I wonde why it is called Good Friday...
Yesterday I took a half day leave and again, today I also am taking another half day force leave. I don’t know what to do later, no plan yet. Last night I went to church with the rest of the family. It’s lent, the holy week as the Christian called it. It’s the final week where my Lord Jesus is going to be hang on the cross, to settle our sins and debts from the devil. Jesus death means victory over sins and death for me personally. Just imagine that you are in his shoes. Every millisecond is so crucial. That’s not it, being ask to stand in front of the ruler, Pontius Pilot and his team, while you are so weak and defend less. It’s is full of humiliation, rage, and pain. Pain? Why note, it’s the mentally and physically pain. Jesus was tortured like no men’s business and his flesh were ripped out from the body due to the sharp object. Just imagine that… If it was me, I don’t know whether I can stand it or not…
Are you the King of Jews? PP asked Jesus. If it was me, I surely use my extraordinary power and perform some miracle by changing PP into someone else, or perhaps some earthquake to able me to escape somewhere else… well, Jesus did good job changing water into wine!
BUT, if I do that, the prophecy would not be fulfilled and Jesus knew that and He must fulfill the prophecy which He, as my God, as promised earlier! Lord, why you have to suffer? It was on Thursday that you had your last supper with your bestest friend. ‘’Do this in remembrance of Me,’’ Just imagine how would I feel if I know that you are leaving us for good. Even when I visited Pastor Esther in KL hospital, I could not hold my tears and I melt like wax. I think, that night, after the supper, the disciples would cry and cry until there’s no more tears. As for Jesus him-selves, he was just a human being, whom had great responsibilities on his shoulder. He went up to a hill and prayed and I know that he perspire not only water, but blood too. Hati sapa ndak takut, even when I face all my problems, my blood pressure increase and I will not have a good sleep.
The next day, Friday morning, he was betrayed as written. Being judged, tortured and mock and he carried a wood all the way to the Golgotha hill. I think it was during lunch time and you can imagine how hungry and thirsty he was. I think he was wearing a cheap cotton robe, trying to hold the hanging flesh and blood on his weak body. Every citizen was watching an innocent man walking towards his on death. He was nailed on the same wood which was made crossed for his hands. A crucifixion was formed where a man was hang on it for 3 long hot hours! Yes, Jesus was alone there. “Father, father, why have you forsaken Me?

Religious freedom: 'Allah' part of Iban prayers

By : TAN SRI LEO MOGGIE ANAK IROK, Kuala Lumpur

2009/04/06
VIEWS attributed to influential personalities, including Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, prohibiting the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims are very disturbing -- including for those of us whose mother tongue is Iban.



Islam is the official religion of this country. No one questions that. Similarly, the Constitution guarantees the right of religious freedom.

Followers of different faiths worship in their own ways and there is always some sensitivity attached to religious issues. Thus, I will not touch on matters of theology or religious doctrine. Moreover, this is more a question of language.

I am told that "Allah" is a standard Arabic word for God and is also widely used in the Middle East by non-Muslims.

Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman, assistant minister in the Chief Minister's Department (Islamic Affairs) in the Sarawak government, noted that the word had been used by the followers of the Sidang Injil Borneo in Sarawak for more than 50 years.
Furthermore, the Majlis Islam Sarawak does not think that Muslims in Sarawak are confused when non-Muslims use the word "Allah" in their liturgy (Borneo Post -- March 9).

My parents and family members were baptised into the Catholic faith in 1947. As a 6-year-old boy, I was taught to pray to "Allah Taala". The Creed, the acclamation of faith in the Christian prayer, when rendered in Iban begins as follows: "Aku arap ke siko aja' Allah Taala, Apai Ke besai Kuasa, Ke ngaga Seruga enggau dunia."

In my own immediate family, through inter-marriage, there are Muslims, Christians and Hindus. Once a year, at Gawai Dayak, we visit the family longhouse. When the prayer leader reads excerpts from the Iban translation of the Bible, the words "Allah Taala" are an integral part of the prayers.

After the Gawai, when we return to Kuala Lumpur, the grandchildren continue to attend mengaji lessons. There is no hint of confusion among the Muslim members of the family.

Ahmad Zahid is no ordinary individual. He received the highest number of votes among the three newly elected vice-presidents in Umno. Going by tradition, it may be expected he will be appointed to a senior and important portfolio in the new cabinet line-up.

One hopes when he is given wider responsibility, as different from aspiring to a post in Umno, he will recognise that those of us who use the word "Allah" or "Allah Taala" in our Christian prayers and publications have no other agenda but to practise our faith in our own language.

How can that be made illegal?

3 More days

bukan dengan barang fana
kau membayar dosaku
dengan darah yg mahal
tiada noda dan cela

bukan dengan emas perak
kau menebus diriku
oleh s'genap kasih
dan pengorbanaMU

ku telah mati
dan tinggalkan
cara hidupku yang lama
semuanya sia-sia
dan tak beerti lagi
hidup ini kuletakkan
pada mezbahMU ya TUHAN
jadilah padaku
seperti yang kau ingini

Terlanjur Cinta -Hafiz

I just watched the AF as usual. Actually I wanted to stop watching it since there’s no more fun and originality anymore. But since the main actress was already out last week, I need to give chance to myself to get the interest of watching it again, but another half of it is depending on the main actor who is still in the AF to be kick out sooner or later, but at LEAST only 1, lets make it 2 actors, Yazid and Aril. Wah, I finally recognized each one of them by names already. That means it’s time to cast my voting to the eligible one. But yesterday I made a vow that I won’t waste my money to Hafiz because the AF voters are keen to see a mother of 5 win the competition.
Ok, just give her the prizes, the money, the house, the car, the traveling tickets and so on, but what about the kids? Will all 5 have enough attention like before? Isma will get busy due to the contracts and base on the last record, non of the champion were married. Are we talking about transformation again? We are risking someone marriage if Isma always leave the children and her husband at home without a mother’s love and guidance. I would love to see her carrying her small kids around to work but this is not practical. I won’t blame her; instead the voters are the culprit here. Keep on voting for her if you don’t love Isma and her family and don’t forget to buy her album!
I have no comment on the pelajar cemerlang and his other 3 stooges plus their mother wanabe went to Sepang to watch the F1, while my favorite hafiz and the rest were having fun in the academy which is more rewarding! If Hafiz were selected to go to Sepang, I believe all the race would be reschedule to give way for Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Ruben Barrichello, Jarno Trulli and more drivers to sign on Hafiz’s autograph and the race would only starts after Hafiz done with his ‘Toyol’ song (while the 3 students including Fatimah AB in the toyol suit), in the middle of the stage! Puas hati aku!



ROSSA AND PASHA(UNGU)
waktu bergulir lambat
merantai langkah perjalanan kita
berjuta cerita terukir dalam
menjadi sebuah dilema
mengertikah engkau
perasaanku tak terhapuskan
malam menangis
tetes embun membasahi mata hatiku
mencoba bertahan di atas puing-puing
cinta yang tlah rapuh
apa yang ku genggam
tak mudah untuk aku lepaskan

reff:
aku terlanjur cinta kepadamu
dan tlah kuberikan seluruh hatiku
tapi mengapa baru kini kau pertanyakan cintaku
aku pun tak mengerti yang terjadi
apa salah dan kurang ku padamu
kini terlambat sudah untuk dipersalahkan
karna sekali cinta, aku tetap cinta
mencoba bertahan di atas puing-puing
cinta yang tlah rapuh
apa yang ku genggam
tak mudah untuk aku lepaskan

She has spoken!

Well, as usual, I never have the feel to talk nor comment about the other students except for my favorite Hafiz. I never heard the song actually but last night the song was as if belongs to him! I like that song pulak.. hahaha.. I never like the teachers to give their comments that night, trying to back up that student which is unnecessary unless the principal herself took the initiative to do it to not one, but to all the students so that it would not look bias among the students. It seemed that Aril had a special place in their heart that made one of the teacher to stood up and said the most shocking sentence in AF, “AF is NOT a singing competition!’’ Is that the transformation that they are talking about since day one? If it is not a singing competition, please specify to me what it is then? Hello, the students wouldn’t get confuse because they are spoon feed, just like what Acis said. So these students most of the times would just follow the instructions and to those who are quite creative, they will add more things on their presentations. But you know what? Me, the voter is CONFUSE!
I think over and over again, should I stop casting my vote or let the bygones be bygones. My idol, Siti Nurhaliza said that Hafiz is good while Azlin Aman Ramli said that he is in a different league! Even if he loses the contest, he is still my champion. I decide not to vote anymore. It’s useless! Here’s the list of what I want from AF producer. Some of it maybe a repetition:
1. Change vote mode from 100% SMS to 50/50, SMS:Jury vote
2. Put back the AF anthem song as a finale
3. No comments from the teachers during the concert
4. Excel student should be vote on concert base
5. Early briefing on Dos and Don’ts to the commentators.
6. Varies the songs selection (Dislike concert 3)
7. 3 commentators is enough, 4 is too crowded!
8. It is a singing competition!
9. The song arrangement is so boring!

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I watched this Korean movie clip about a relationship between a young lass and a not so famous photographer. This young lass, Yun (just a name) early 20s, works as a hair washer in a salon, while he is a photographer for a model magazine whom have a slow mode kind of living, just waiting to be out of job! Everything change when the photographer, Kim (just a name) accidentally capture a beautiful scenery with Yun in it, while she was on her way back home from work. When he developed the photo (at that time people still prefer a manual camera), he realized that he found a perfect model for their latest magazine cover which may increase the buyers and encourage sales! So the photographer tried to find Yun and finally he got her when one day, he had his hair wash in the salon where Yun works. While washing his hair, she accidentally wipe the bubble at his eyes which made he felt unconfortable. Actually, this is a significant part on the things which will happen after that. Even the shirt also got wet which made her supervisor scolded her like hell. The next thing that we know, she payed him a visit at his studio and she brought a piece of dry shirt which belongs to him. Not to waste that opportunity, he took as much photos that he could while she became his model.
As days gone by, their relationship blooms and they became closer to each other. Yun is always welcomed to Kim’s place and the love is in the air. She too became very famous and well known to the people due to her perfect look and complexion. She has her own billboard all around town. Yun was so thankful to Kim!
But things went wrong went one cruel evening, Yun visited him while he was developing some photos in his special dark room. While waiting for him to finish, she saw a photo which was on top of a cupboard, not knowing that on top of the photo, sitted a bottle of ammonium nitrate, not fully tighten, (which is us to develop photos). With her long arms and soft fingers, she tried to reach the photo not knowing that the danger which is imminent. Eventually she got the photo but sadly, the ammonium nitrate hit her eyes badly.
When she woke up, she realized that she was already in the hospital, blindfolded and unable to see anything. She drop into tears after hearing the doctors said, provided there are donors, she won’t be able to see due to her corneas were already defect due to the reaction of the chemical spilt. She knew that her life would be thorn apart without the 5th sense. Kim was so frustrated and claimed that it was his mistake for being so careless. So they stopped seeing each other for quite sometimes. But as for Yun, she keeps struggling with herself and there were times when she just wanted to commit suicide. Good news came when there were outsiders whom are willing to donate their corneas and Yun was so happy that she will get her life back!
After the eyes operation, she got back her sight and promised herself to find Kim. The first place she went to was his office. They told her that he had resigned months ago. So she tried to search at his home but he was not there either! She was so frustrated, and asked herself what type of man would left her alone dealing with the difficult life in dilemma? But she needs to continue with her life be it with or without him.
One cold winter morning, while she and the troops were doing a photography session in the country side, she saw a handsome man sitting on a bench, wearing a thick jacket, accompanied by a dog. She was not sure whether he was Kim because he was wearing a sunglasses while the hood was let down around his shoulder. She came closer and closer and her hearts beating so fast hoping and praying for what she was looking for would be found! “Yes it’s him, its Kim”, she found her joy but not to long. Before she reaches him, Kim stood up and walked away. The dog led him. Yun was speechless. She just stood still, not knowing what to do. Tears started to roll on her soft cheeks. She started to understand what really happened until she got her eye sight back. That blind man was once her lover.
This touching story was once again shown in the cinema few years back, only the producer and all the actors and actresses were Indonesians. It was entitled Ungu-Violet. Yes, they changed the ending too, which was more a happy-ending, compare to the Korean version. I love a happy ending!
I'll try to upload the Korean version soon.

Gaduh AF

Yesterday I managed to watch the AF around 9-10 pm. Monday and Tuesday were a tiring day for me. I fell to sleep while watching not knowing that the students were having some clash among themselves. So yesterday the issue was brought up again by one of their teacher and I think the way she was trying to make the students talk was so professional. Yes, people need to learn this skill so that all parties could settle anything peacefully. For this week, all the boys are going to sing my favorite singer’s song Datuk Siti Nurhaliza. Hai Siti J
Though she’s my favorite, but I never heard the song that Hafiz is bringing this Saturday, well, aku minat Siti je, lagunye, mungkin some of it lah, I also never buy any of her album too, oh Wait! Yeah, I did buy one of her VCD karaoke, tu pun I think the cetak rompak one… Gara gara I like to hear the song something like ‘Tak kan biasa’ something like that… Oklah , got to sleep now. Tomorow i took another half day leave!

This week song Selection