Thursday, May 25, 2006

Food For Thought

Now, I typically don't like reading theSun. I think it is a pile of sensationalist toss trying to pass itself off as "hard hitting journalism" (hur hur) and that it is only one small step up from The Malay Mail. Everytime I read it, I feel like hurling it across the room and the only reason I faithfully pick one up everyday from outside the cafeteria is because I can get kitty litter-box lining for free.

But I read the one I picked up yesterday out of sheer boredom and came across this bit I liked. It is from Shanon Shah's article about women's rights in Malaysia (or its almost non-existence and ridiculous attitude towards it) in general:-

"It's not a chicken-and-egg situation. The truth is, Malaysians are not starved for information, and Malaysia is not lacking in credible individuals and institutions that are capable of making meaningful change. What we are really lacking is the political will to create meaningful change, whether in policy or public attitudes."

- credited to Toni Kasim, a member of the NGO delegation to the UN's Cedaw review of Malaysia.


When will we be able to see a change? I would run for Prime Minister, only I think having a uterus disqualifies me. Besides, my breasts would probably cause a month-long debate for being too gatal.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Rampant Stupidity

Look at what I got in the company mail today (complete with smart-ass remarks!):-

~@~

1) Penaklukan Baitulmuqaddis.
Dari Auf b. Malik r.a. katanya,Rasulullah s.a.w telah bersabda:
"Aku menghitung 6 perkara menjelang hari kiamat." Baginda menyebutkan salah 1 diantaranya, iaitu penaklukan Baitulmuqaddis."
- Sahih Bukhari

~ dah jadi dah...


2) Zina bermaharajalela.
"Dan tinggallah manusia2 yang buruk, yang seenaknya melakukan persetubuhan seperti himar (keldai). Maka pada zaman mereka inilah kiamat akan datang." - Sahih Muslim

~ dah nampak dah...


3) Bermaharajalela alat muzik.
"Pada akhir zaman akan terjadi tanah runtuh, rusuhan & perubahan muka". Ada yang bertanya kepada Rasulullah; "Wahai Rasulullah bila hal ini terjadi?" Baginda menjawab: "Apabila telah bermaharajalela bunyian(muzik) & penyanyi wanita" - Ibnu Majah

~ S'pore Idol, Malaysian Idol, Akademi Fantasia, Anugerah...


4) Menghias masjid & membanggakannya.
"Di antara tanda2 telah dekatnya kiamat ialah manusia bermegahan dalam mendirikan masjid" - Riwayat Nasai.

~ memang dah nampak dah...


5) Munculnya kekejian, memutuskan kerabat & hubungan dengan tetangga tidak baik.
"Tidak akan datang kiamat sehingga banyak perbuatan & perkataan keji, memutuskan hubungan silaturahim & sikap yang buruk dalam tetangga." - Riwayat Ahmad dan Hakim.

~ ada anak tak mengaku ada mak/bapak pasal malu...


6) Ramai orang soleh meninggal dunia.
"Tidak akan datang hari kiamat sehingga Allah mengambil orang2 yang baik& ahli agama di muka bumi, maka tiada yang tinggal padanya kecuali orang2 yang hina & buruk yang tidak mengetahui yang makruf dan tidak mengingkari kemungkaran" - Riwayat Ahmad

~ boleh kira berapa jer para ulama' yg tinggal...


7) Orang yang hina mendapat kedudukan terhormat.
"Di antara tanda semakin dekatnya kiamat ialah dunia akan dikuasai oleh Luka' bin Luka'(orang yang bodoh & hina). Maka orang yang paling baik ketika itu ialah orang yang beriman yang diapit oleh
2 orang mulia" - Riwayat Thabrani

~ George Bush, Ariel Sharon....


8) Mengucapkan salam kepada orang yang dikenalnya sahaja. "Sesungguhnya di antara tanda2 telah dekatnya hari kiamat ialah manusia tidak mahu mengucapkan salam kepada orang lain kecuali yang dikenalnya saja." - Riwayat Ahmad

~ jiran sesama islam pon tak bertegur sapa...


9) Banyak wanita yang berpakaian tetapi hakikatnya telanjang.
Diriwayatkan dari Abu Hurairah r.a. "Di antara anda telah hari kiamat ialah akan muncul pakaian wanita & apabila mereka memakainya keadaannya seperti telanjang".

~ fesyen zaman skarang (tube, spaghetti strap, g-string etc.)...


10) Bulan sabit kelihatan besar.
"Di antara tanda2 telah dekatnya hari kiamat ialah menggelembung (membesarnya) bulan sabit." - Riwayat Thabrani

~ tak caya gi tengok...


11) Banyak dusta & tidak tepat dalam menyampaikan berita.
"Pada akhir zaman akan muncul pembohong2 besar yang datang kepadamu dengan membawa berita2 yang belum pernah kamu dengar & belum pernah didengar oleh bapa2 kamu sebelumnya, kerana itu jauhkanlah dirimu dari mereka agar mereka tidak menyesatkanmu & memfitnahmu" - Sahih Muslim

~ try baca akhbar2 & majalah yg popular skarang nie...


12) Banyak saksi palsu & menyimpan kesaksian yang benar. "Sesungguhnya sebelum datang nya hari kiamat akan banyak
kesaksian palsu & disembunyikan kesaksian yang benar." -Riwayat Ahmad

~ tengok kes peperangan Iraq...


13) Negara Arab menjadi padang rumput & sungai. "Tidak akan datang hari kiamat sehingga negeri Arab kembali menjadi padang rumput & sungai" - Sahih Muslim

~ Dubai dah turun salji... Mina dah kene banjir...


TOLONG FORWARDKAN KEPADA TEMAN LAIN!

Dari Abdullah bin 'Amir r.a., Rasulullah s.a.w.bersabda:
"Sampaikanlah pesanku biarpun 1 ayat..."

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Hey, bengong. Sampaikan ayat2 yang bermanfaat lah!

I cannot believe in this day and age people have nothing better to do than this.

More unbelieveable, methinks is that they don't THINK. They hear things and take it at face value and DON'T THINK!!

Hei, benda-benda ni tak pernah terjadi ka? Baru sekarang je zina berleluasa? Baru skarang ada orang tipu dan mereka cerita semata-mata untuk berperang? Baru sekarang ada orang sombong?

The world would have achieved Qiamat more than a thousand years ago if the things fucking stupid people believed then came true. If the Christians had their way, we would've been fucking dead and judged 5.5 years ago.

What is wrong with people like this??? And if this is the way Muslims act and think, then how can we seriously expect people to take us seriously?? Small wonder that many civilised nations regard Islam as a regressive, backward religion. Sometimes, seeing as I see the majority of worshippers who act as though being Muslim meant you shouldn't use the brains you were fucking born with, I am forced to agree.

But maybe I am just annoyed that a group of Melayu kampung bodohs just had to congregate near my desk to discuss this inane shit, especially when I had a LOT of work to do. I had to leave after 10 minutes of their stupidity before I spat at their feet.

Absolutely disgusting. I am sorry, but I have little tolerance and absolutely no patience for stupidity.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Literary Week

Well, for me, anyway.

I got greedy over the weekend and got a glut of books to pig out on for the next week. And I didn't even go to the Times Warehouse sale. :Op

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
4. The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
5. Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
6. All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
7. How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Got Wild and Got A Life by Kaavya Viswanathan
8. Promise of the Witch-King by R. A. Salvatore
9. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Woooo hooooo!!

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p.s. To those who have been asking about Max, she seems happy and is thriving. She's gained 3/4 her body weight again in the last 1.5 months. It's brilliant. Thanks for all the well wishes! *hugz*