Is Friday halal?

Now this is disturbing. It is when we start going into history and then use the historical events and meanings to give meaning to the events of today with the help of "the logic of jump".

The Romans consider Friday as a sacred day to the goddess Venus, the godess of love and beauty. Likewise Friday is also the day in honor of the Norse goddess Frigg.
As the wife of Odin, Frigg is one of the foremost goddesses of Norse mythology. She is the patron of marriage and motherhood, and the goddess of love and fertility. In Old High German this day was called frigedag.

So, clearly, there are pagan associations with the holiness of Friday. In fact, it seems all the days from Sunday to Saturday have pagan associations!!! See here.

So, what now clerics?

Peace!

Cakap lah Bahasa Malaysia! Tak erti ke?

[Mereka yang tidak boleh bergurau diberi amaran untuk tidak terus membaca]

Kawan aku mengeluh. “Pelik betul lah dia ni..dah lah lahir di Malaysia, keturunan berabad-abad di Malaysia, masih tak tahu Bahasa Kebangsaan”.

“Marah je kamu?”

“Mesti lah bang….nama rakyat Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia tidak dikuasai. Hormati sikit lah Bahasa Kebangsaan. Kan itu bahasa kita?

“Siapa yang kau maksudkan tu? Ah Chong dengan Manikam?”

“Bukan lah. Dia orang memang mahir dalam Bahasa Kebangsaan.Pelat pun tak ada.  Aku maksudkan Mydin dengan Nik tu. Tak erti cakap Bahasa Kebangsaan langung! Loghat tebal pulak tu”

“Mydin dengan Nik? Esh! Apa yang kau merepek tu? Ni kawan-kawan Melayu kita lah”.

“Ya lah..tu yang aku berasa malu ni. Tak tau menghormati Bahasa Kebangsaan. Tak usaha nak kuasai Bahasa kebangsaan”

“Tak percaya lah aku!”

“Tak percaya? Kau dengar sendiri”

PERBUALAN DENGAN MYDIN:

“Mydin! Mydin! Datang sini sekejap”

“Awat sughuh aku mai? Hang dok pikiak apa?”

“Kamu tak kerja kah hari ini?”

“hang dok meghapu tei minyak!  Tak keja soru miss lah sheh. Aku dah pi keje, la  baghu nak pi nishan sat”.

“Tak nak minum bersama kami dulu ke?”

“Piiirah pulau kendi! Aku dah pekena baguih punya cendoi tadi. Hariah mai sat pen hang”

[Mana-mana rakyat Malaysia yang tidak faham jangan betulkan screen komputer anda]

PERBUALAN DENGAN NIK:

“Nik…kamu nak ikut kami esok ke seminar?”

“Semina? Semina gapo ni?”

“Kamu dah lupa ke?”

“Esh mu kechek gapo ni?  Mu tak ghoya pon..bilo tu?

“Esok. Ada yuran untuk berdaftar”

“Naatang betul! Ambo nak keno cari piti pulok! Berapo riyal?”

[Mana-mana rakyat Malaysia yang tidak faham jangan goyangkan tetikus anda]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………………………tak kan nak batalkan warga Negara kot?..

Jangan marah..nanti kena jual!

Salam.

Loh Shee Fun? So racist!!!

A: Lets have Loh Shee Fun.

B: You are so racist!!!

A: What???

B: Ya mannn…..How can you say that?

A: But..but...I do want to eat Loh Shee Fun. You can eat whatever you all want ok?

B: Ahh..but you mentioned Loh Shee Fun didn’t you? That reflects your mindset!

A: Wow o..ok..ok…lets have pizza then.

B: Cheezh! Now you are worse..penjajah mentality!

A: Hello..pizza is Italian, not British!

B: doesn’t matter..they aare orang putih food.

C tried to mediate between his friends.

C: Guys. Guys relax. Its just food. Can we just see that Loh Shee Fun is food first and Chinese origin second? Pizza is food first and Italian origin second?

B; Ok A..tell me. To you..is Loh Shee Fun Food first or Chinese First?

A: Er…well…it is Chinese food?

B: See you are a bigoted racist! Why cannot you say it is food of Chinese origin? Why do you say Chinese first, then food - Chinese Food??

C: Guys..can I suggest….

Both A and B snapped at him and said together:

A & B: C, you stay out of this. You are a liberalist with no Asian values!

Peace!

What does “New Year” mean?

It certainly means that the numeral has changed from 2009 to 2010.

A whole year has passed and only memories are left of it – good and bad

Is the year “new” or will we be “new”?

That we may have another year to appreciate Life that God has given us

It surely means that we all have grown older

And therefore inching towards death.

What does “Happy New year” mean?

Happiness is relative.

Some are happy being selfish and the “new” year is used to further fuel their selfish desires

Many people’s happiness is gained at the expense of other people’s misery.

I have never understood the New Year celebrations since I was a teenager. Growing older, I realize that people are simply creatures of habits and rituals – they simply do things that they do not understand because everyone else is doing it.

So, I won’t wish you a Happy New Year. From the bottom of my heart I wish you and myself the following reminders and wishes:

“May you all be less burdened in life and may you all cause less burden to others. If you cannot make the world a better place, do not make it worse.

While you are struggling to live a life, remember others have been given life to live too.

While you find your brown skinned child deserving of all the good things in life, try to remember that the yellow, black, white, etc children too have that same need. Sharing will not kill you. We will all die one day without trying.

While you believe you love God and have found a way to express your love for Him, try to remember that others too have found their way. Being violent in expressing love is not love – it is narcissism, violence and dangerous obsession.

Let us remind ourselves that our “good” station in life is a gift, not a representation of our ability. Like wise our “poor station” in life is not a representation of our ability either. It is a test and we will overcome”.

Wish you all a less burdened and sharing journey in this temporary life!

Peace !

For The Weekend!

by Rustam

Since Jahamy is away and has left me to post...here is jahamy's current favourite singer and actress..Monica Agnes to entertain you for the weekend.




And this is English...



Enjoy ! (Life should be complete ... not too serious all the time!!!)

MOVIE “2012” WILL NEVER BE MADE IN MALAYSIA, ESPECIALLY IN MALAY LANGUAGE!

I saw the movie. I like it very much for many reasons. Mainly because all through the movie so many verses from the Quran keep coming to my mind – those relating to end of times, those relating to human nature, etc. Amazing is it not? A movie made in Hollywood inspired me to recall verses from the Quran! Is this allowed???

Other reasons, the main one being – when “shit hits the roof”, the first to suffer are ordinary folks like you and me. Politicians, corporate guys with tonnes of money and the other elitists seem to be able to escape or at least make the attempt first. The rest of us “obedient, subservient fools” all our life – kapito!!! Well, slaves do not have rights.

We have never mattered other than to be door mats for them to go forward. By the time we wake up, it is time to sleep forever! Aren’t you having fun living your life like this?

The movie also exemplifies reality – it is the ordinary unselfish, caring, saviour citizen or Rapera, if you like, that really makes the difference when there are real chaos. Politicians and religionists are relevant only during the good times. Of course, otherwise, how to organize the pomp and crowd?

And why the movie will never be made in Malaysia? A few reasons like these:

1. Our film industry is still in a sorry state - because of the mindset and circumstances our politicians and religionists have created for YEARS!
2. Creativity is not allowed;
3. Such a movie may be disallowed as the relevant authorities may say that it will affect the “faith” of the movie goers – my God – depicting end of times??? NO! No! – hence never in BM. Those who can understand Malay need constant “protection” in all areas of life.
4. You may not get political support – nothing moves in Malaysia unless the political demigods give YOU, the puny citizen the go-ahead.
5. A movie cannot be made in Malaysia unless it is artificially flavoured with some political agenda disguising as “policies”.
6. Budget may be inflated due to “sumbangan ikhlas” and hence not economic.
7. YOU ADD!

Peace !

Sex and politics: Political Impotence in Malaysia.

Used in the sexual sense, impotence refers to the man’s consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse or the inability to achieve ejaculation, or both. Impotence can vary. It can involve a total inability to achieve an erection or ejaculation, an inconsistent ability to do so, or a tendency to sustain only very brief erections.

Compare this with political impotence. Can we say that political impotence refers to “the politicians’ consistent inability to sustain the political will sufficient for holistic reforms or the inability to achieve holistic advancement of the Nation, or both. Impotence can vary. It can involve a total inability to achieve holistic advancement of the Nation or holistic reforms, an inconsistent ability to do so, or a tendency to sustain only very brief political will.

On the causes of impotence, it says that “The risk of impotence increases with age. Men with less education are also more likely to experience impotence, perhaps because they tend to have less healthy lifestyles, eat a less healthy diet, drink more and exercise less. Physical exercise tends to lessen the risk of impotence”.

Again, the risks of sexual impotence seem to be consistent with the risks of political impotence. The longer a politician is in power, he is at a higher risk of political impotence. Hence the need to shorten him term in power.

Politicians with less education (one should not confuse with the mere possession of a degree or masters and nowadays even with Phd.s with education), tend to suffer greater degree of political impotence. They have no vision, they are unable to recognize the changes in society (dinasourous attitude) and even when they speak, the thinking Rakyat feels offended or embarrassed. This probably explains why many politicians in Malaysia like to employ “school debate style” of making speeches. What is lacking in substance is desperately dressed in the form of theatrics, “jokes”, and often they seem to shout into the microphone. The worse form of offence is their presumption that merely because the audience cannot “switch them off” like a television, they think the audience enjoys the sound of their voice!

Don’t you yearn or fantasise for a speech of substance?

If you had mingled with those in power and politics, you will find that the last serious text book that they read was for their last examination paper in University. Since then, their information comes solely from the mainstream newspaper, their political cronies and flies constantly around them and the occasional photocopied section of a magazine prepared by their political secretaries whose discerning ability is equally in question.

In any event, it does not take a genius to figure out that with the number of publicity events, meeting their supporters, dinning, opening this and that, etc, etc…they have no time to read, reflect and think. Is it any wonder than that they scorn and ridicule the thinking section of the public? Is it also any wonder than that intellectuals and thinking people avoid political parties like a plague and even if they were a member of any party, they will remain in the far corner of party membership till their dying day.

You must and need to know this – the politicians are actually averse to any well-informed, critical and intelligent Rakyat. This is the reason why they, either directly or indirectly, play a critical role in the suppression of thoughts, ideas, books and knowledge in general. What they do not understand, they feel threatened and hence, surgical removal is their quick solution.

Back to sexual impotence which may be due to lack of physical exercise, political impotence occurs when there is a lack of mental exercise. When the mind is not properly utilized and challenged, it becomes dull and uncreative. When it is dull and uncreative, it regurgitates ideas that have outlived their shelf life. Hence, it should not be surprising at all that we find politicians across all divides speaking of the same things for decades and excuse it in the name of continuity!

I think we the Rakyat may be focusing on the wrong things for now in terms of political choice. Of course it will be easy to limit our choices to the existing parties. That seems to be what we are doing with our new clamour for a two party system. That’s fine. But we need to go further, the People have to find a way to increase the quality of politicians in our midst especially those who presumptuously become leaders upon being elected.

We have to somehow send a signal to the existing crop of politicians that if we want good quality drama or comedy we can either select from the cable channels or simply youtube. Maybe we should just get up and leave a speech if it gets rather unintelligent or comical? This may seem rude. Possibly we should hold a demonstration if a mainstream newspaper gives front page coverage to a really dumb statement from a clueless politician? Doesn’t help and I am merely kidding with this one.

I think we may start with this – insist that before any politician speaks, he must share with us in brief a good serious book that he has read that week – and understood. Hmm….


Peace !

Learn from P.Ramlee..Gin and Satan

WHAT????

Apparently , the Star reported that Pak Lah said "Alhamdullillah (thank god), I am grateful to Allah that the person I chose to replace me has carried out his job well." By the way, remember him...er..the former "Mr NiceGuy" PM?


Barking Magpie has a reminder on this. You can read it here.

By the way Barking Magpie, please have some respect, he is Tun Dr. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. In 2006, He was conferred the doctorate by Syarif Hidayatullah National Islamic University (UIN), Indonesia for his concept of "Islam Hadhari". And I hear of a second doctorate from UUM is coming this July.

So DrM, you ada satu saja label "doctor", itu pun medical doctorate!..))

Peace !