budget

i am pleased to have listened to the national budget which was tabled by the PM recently. i must say by the look of it, it attempts to cover almost all sectors and interests.
i am very excited to look into the outlines set for the Islamic finance and banking sector.
incentives mentioned could be good moves inorder to attract better FDIs. my recent visit to bimb shows that significant number of visitors of the bank are from the non-muslims customers. good. as the expectations rise, the quality of services should also escalate.however, as the budget shall be within the final year of Rancangan Malaysia ke-9, what i could gather is that not much money left. wait for further writings.

absence makes heart grow fonder

salam,
I owe myself an explaination [of the long absence from this posting].
I share my observation with people; an almost a daily affairs.
I express my trust and confidence to others; every now and then [ as I believe sharing is power]
I am saddened with what is presently happening to our country; politically and economically [ high tolerance aka giving away what we thought we have]
I am happy with what I am doing right now; small time contributors of thoughts and ideas [ of course action speaks louder than words]
We are grateful to be where we are today.
Truly, being away makes things closer to you.
salam.

My Spare Time

At times I find this blogging activity could really be an interesting hobby. I say hobby. It would simply mean something of interest to you and whenever you engage into it, it offers a kind of happy feeling doing it.

I recollect when I was not old (or rather small) reading used to be my hobby; any materials would do then. It could also be by choosing this hobby, you would look okay and safe.Unfortunately, reading remains my hobby to date. It is a just a matter of the material.

I travel thru readings. I read how people (especially great people) use their thinking capability. I cross other people's mind. I learn from readings. I benchmark from readings. I compare things from readings. I place or create hopes by readings. I predict the future also by readings. I could be a different person by just reading. The Holy Quran affirms the importance of this reading activity; the first verses is on reading.

At times, I find it somewhat disturbing to meet people who do not read. Even worse, some may 'dislike' reading as they feel it is for students. To them, students need to read but for non-students, the game is over.

The success (ya ka?) of the government initiative of bridging the digital divide or BDD could illustrate the case in point. Access to reading materials is pretty much very easy; anywhere anytime. The smart phones nowadays provide this possibility though one may not go on-line at home or at the office but could be wired thru their phones. Privacy is compromised.

I confirm my commitment to this hobby.

Happy reading.

saya tak rempit

sifatnya isu adalah ia akan datang dan pergi. ia akan panas dan sejuk. ia boleh dicipta dan boleh ditiadakan. itulah isu.

satu masa dulu isu sumbang mahram mendapat liputan meluas, hampir setiap hari dalam akhbar utama dan tidak utama (termasuk majalah bersaiz kecil) akan bercerita betapa bermasalahnya orang kita dlm hal sumbang mahram ini.

Rempit. satu lagi isu yg sedang hangat/hangit diperkatakan. makanya semua org pun akan bercerita, dari kedai kopi hinggalah pak menteri juga akan cuba bercakap sesuatu pasal golongan istimewa ini. serbuan demi serbuan dibuat, kutipan demi kutipan kompaun dikaut hasil dari 'penahanan' motor semalam dua di balai. denda sekitar rm200, maka motor yg dah dibikin tu pun boleh keluar dari balai, kesokan harinya. tentu si bapa yg akan membayar. jika lebih kerap serbuan, maka kompaun pun banyak juga agaknya.

tetapi itu bukan halnya, yg semakin menjadi hal adalah kita boleh kehilangan lebih ramai kumpulan/bakal warga kerja berkualiti di masa hadapan.

mereka yg menjadi harapan keluarga, negara dan bangsa tiba-tiba menjadi tumpuan bukan dek kerna berbakatnya mereka tetapi kerna masalah yg dicipta. perbezaan generasi kah puncanya atau institusi keluarga semakin hilang taringnya?

semakin payah rupanya membesarkan anak di dekad ini, tak macam org dulu. akhir zamankah? tetapi itu tak patut jadi alasan. keluarga khasnya ibu bapa perlu segera sesuaiakan kaedah dgn realiti zaman, dan bukan mendidik spt mana kita dididik dulu. dulu tiada sms, sekrg anak2 boleh atau hanya sms org tua kalau nak apa2 (kata kwn2 yg ada anak memiliki HP)

ilmu keibubapaan termasuk modul kursus kahwin perlu cepat2 responsif. media berperanan amat penting. holistik kata bijak pandai.

'saya tak rempit, saya ikut motor2 lain dari blkg. saya baru balik kerja ni bang, saya pun tak rempit juga'. itu sbhgian dari dialog yg sahabat saya seorang pengkaji perolehi dlm beliau mengikuti aktiviti serbuan pihak berkuasa.

ini juga ujian Tuhan. yg pasti tentu ada ubatnya.

hari pekerja 2009

keranamu Malaysia maju

..begitulah tema Hari Pekerja tahun ini, 2009.

Hari penting bagi semua warga kerja, kerja kerajaan, swasta, sendiri, tidak kerja, belum kerja, kesatuan kerja, pencari kerja; asalkan ada perkataan kerja.

yang perlu ditanya oleh semua orang, apakah sumbangan kita kpd pemberi kerja iaitu majikan? ketika waktu sukar, rasa ingin tahu apa yang kita dapat haruslah dikesampingkan dan yg utama adalah apa yg kita beri pd org yg beri kita peluang utk mencari rezki.

Imam Ghazali ada berkata utk jadikan kerja itu ibadat, empat (4) perkara perlu dipenuhi iaitu:
1. Niat yg dimulakan perlulah keranaNya jua
2. kerja itu tidak melanggar ajaran agama dan shariat
3. kerja yang dilakukan mestilah bersungguh-sungguh dan tidak sambil lewa shj dan
4. kerja yang dilakukan tidak sekali-kali menghalang kita utk melakukan ibadat spt solat, puasa dan sebagainya.

harapan demi harapan yang menggunung di berikan kpd warga kerja; sumbangan besar, hadiah dan penghargaan demi penghargaan, Pekerja Terbaik sana dan sini, insentif utk pekerja itu dan ini dan sebagainya. Tak tinggal juga betapa kerajaan meletakkan harapan tinggi terhadap kumpulan pekerja (termasuk pekerja asing agaknya) bahawa produktiviti perlu dipertingkat khasnya di waktu kegawatan supaya negara dpt menempuh waktu sukar dengan jayanya.

Ditambah dengan berita disana sini semakin ramai pekerja yang perlu 'dibuang' atau diminta melepaskan kerja atas sebab tidak mampunya syarikat menanggung mereka. Terkini, syarikat otomotif tersohor US iaitu Chrysler pun diisytihar muflis!

Baginda Rasul saw juga pernah bekerja termasuk dgn saudagar ternama Khadijah yg kemudiannya menjadi isteri baginda. Baginda bekerja dengan tekun hingga mampu memikat Khadijah dgn ketekunan serta sifat amanah yg Baginda tunjukkan sewaktu bekerja dengan beliau. gelaran AlAmin merupakan satu gelaran yg perlu ditonjolkan betapa sifat amanah baginda perlu dijadikan contoh teladan kpd semua warga kerja, tiada istilah 'mengular' atau curi tulang kiranya.

Hasil bacaan saya berkait dgn kepimpinan Jack Welch, mantan CEO, General Electrics boleh juga dijadikan teladan.Bagaimana Welch memimpin 300 ribu kakitangan syarikat agar sifat telus dan tekun diterapkan di semua peringkat kerja. Bila membaca kisah beliau,memang boleh teruja juga. Banyak kisah seumpama diluar sana.

Makanya, saya berpesan kpd diri sendiri dan semua warga kerja di luar sana (termasuk netizen) utk bekerja keras, tekun, amanah dan telus tidak mengira apa jua kerja yang kita buat. Ibadahnya kerja kita tidak dpt dinilai dengan wang ringgit sekiranya wang ringgit dijadikan perkiraan.
Yakin pada rahmatNya dan redhaNya akan membuat kita terus tenang dan gembira.

Penggal Kedua 2009

Selesai sudah penggal pertama tahun 2009. Hari ini 1hb April menandakan bermulanya bulan yg penuh cobaan; politik, ekonomi mahupun sosio dimensi. Cerdik pandai kata penggal kedua ini akan lebih mencabar; kesan gawat akan 'sampai' ke negara kita. Dalam negara. line-up terbaru telah jelas (aka kabinet baru juga).
Bank kedua terbesar umum gelombang panik dengan menawarkan cuti tanpa gaji kpd 30ribu kakitangannya.
Dipanjatkan doa agar Malaysia dilindungiNya.

Can Use The Gadget Or Not?

an old posting actually.

Yes, it is about us being able to use the technology. At one time, being able to use computer used to be something to shout. Those were the days where we had to use a 'special' diskettee to enable the use of Word. DOS or something they called it. I remember I was so terrified whenever by accident I pressed the wrong button.. don't know how to undo.

Things really have changed.My daughter asked me to get a picture of something on the net, that was actually the advice given by her teacher or Muallimah (as the title goes at her school). There you are, few transactions and the gambar appeared already maa..so easy. Though, most of the time they chose to play games, like any other normal kids.

We even attempted or suggested for our kids to have their own blogs (not sure can register or not being minor).

So, my youngest (approaching one year old) has already been 'exposed' to the use of this machine. He is at the stage of pulling the wires here and there, you can image.

My hope: at the speed of a button, we can cross the world

dekat di hati..poket

senario:
gawat ke tak gawat? TPM dalam ucapan perasmian Kongres ekonomi Islam baru-baru ini ada menyebut tentang second great depression..



Citi Investment Head Research Unit menjangkakan berikut:
growth 1st Quarter negative 0.9%, zero growth for second and third quarter. 2% growth Q4. ( accessed from the edge asia online dated 15th Jan 09)
{nota kaki: Menteri Kewangan II masih yakin dengan sasaran 3.4% growth tahun 2009.}
apa maknanya?
bermaksud ekonomi tidak berkembang bagi tiga penggal pertama tahun ini 2009. bermakna, seakan-akan beku lah kiranya..

Kerajaan juga lancarkan (semula) Kempen Belilah Barangan Buatan Malaysia, dipelopori oleh tak lain dan tak bukan, MYDIN (born in malaysia and still malaysian; tagline nya)

Kedai makan dan pasaraya pula masih ramai yg pergi menghantar duit.
verdict:mixed signals.

Kereta Kita

..kata orang.. Proton akan hasilkan MPV tak lama lagi. ramai yang berpandangan termasuk saya sendiri, Proton patut dah hasilkan MPV dari dulu lagi. Sebabnya mudah; orang Malaysia adalah family-type, anak ramai, ada bibik lagi, budaya balik kampong, bawa barang banyak walau ke destinasi dekat dan banyak sebab-sebab lain lagi.

..kata orang.. ia akan bercirikan ekonomi (pastinya), khabarnya, 1.6cc sebab jika 1.8cc ke atas, harganya nanti tidak mesra org Malaysia pulak. (ala-ala Avanza agaknya)

..kata orang.. Pengerusi baru Proton (orang lama Proton juga) akan memandu Proton dlm waktu krisis sekarang ini dengan penuh gaya

.. saya kata.. kereta nasional kita perlu nafas baru untuk lebih kompetitif (harga/rupa/kemampuan : bercakap dari pengalaman, tentunya)

.. semua orang kata.. org Melayu beli kereta (jimat minyak tak?), org Cina beli kereta (berapa boleh lari?), org India beli kereta (berapa ramai boleh isi?)


kereta oh kereta!

we need another court to regulate our people

in the news today..

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysia is considering establishing a "cyber court" to deal with the increasing number of crimes related to the Internet and blogging, a report said Tuesday.
Communications Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor said more than 30 Internet-linked cases had been submitted to the country's attorney general in the past three years.
"If in future if we cannot cope any more due to too many cases, we may need to have a cyber court," he said, according to the official news agency Bernama.

I am , as I can not afford to lose my perspective aft that 4-year training at law school, for the move as it corresponds to the fast changing mode of information-flow into the masses' minds. thank you to the BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE program embarked by the government.

I am starting to wonder, the kind of court setting that it shall be..cyber also? judgement by vote? from distance? via SMS? surely it must look cyber maa, then only the netizen(s) will look up at the court and hv some respect.

obviously our ISA will become more effective insofar this cyber thing becomes a court concern. By the way, I believe the present regulation must have provisions (peruntukan) for such enforecement (which present courts are not able to handle presumably)

better watch out what yu write aa..

Event in January

..the forthcoming election (by-election I mean) of Kuala Terengganu shall be another eventful event of the year. It shall be able to shed lights to the mass on the many recent wise and unpopular decisions made by the federal government a.k.a state governments.
the planned transition of the top posts in UMNO, the likely changes in the cabinet line-up, the most awaiting downturn, the ups-downs of oil price and other basic needs and many other 'the'. (yes, there is going to be a new hotel in K Terengganu; Felda Residence). I hope many more by-elections so that the rakyat will somehow get the spill overs.


GAZA.
To some people including myself, the most disturbing happening at present is what is happening in Gaza, our fellow brothers are being slained by the forever enemy of the Jews. The true color of the new US top people suddenly emerges. I wonder why the Briton premier is 'against' the Israeil, and showed support to the Gaza people? though its friends are all for the Jews.

some thoughts.

Palestine

selemah lemah Iman seseorang Muslim itu adalah tidak redha ia melalui hatinya dgn kemungkaran yg berlaku. di masjid hari ini di Bangi ada umpama rapat umum menyatakan protes terhadap apa yg berlaku kpd saudara kita di Palestine. seorang kenalan saya tidak bersetuju dan menyatakan protes ini ibarat buang masa shj kerna suara tidak sampai ke mana. benar, manusia itu akan berbeza pendapatnya, cuma ketidakmampuan kita bukan hanya di pasrah kan..
DOA KITA BERSAMA DENGAN SAUDARA SEISLAM DI BUMI PALESTINE

Ramadhan

salam, Ramadhan Al Mubarak.
My apology to myself for such a long absence. Thinsg have been very buzy of late.
I am writing back today as today marks the Malaysia establishment day; 16th Sept ( no other than that of course)
It is also the 16th day of Ramadhan.
Out there, it appears to be ' commotion ' politically and economically. Two giants in the US have collapsed. Back in Malaysia, the stock has not been indicative.
Nuzul Quran; the day the Holy Quran was descended.
tq

About Basic Needs

Here and there people talk about how to deal with the 'kenaikan harga barangan asas' including rice and all. Obviously this is going to be THE topic at least for the next some time.

The move to cut perks made by the ministers and MBs of certain states may well be received though 10% may not be that much. The people..where to cut if there is nothing more to cut.

Public transport to travel..I admit I cant recall when was the last time I boarded a bus. On the road, significant decrease of vehicles.

At our end, we are forced to think hard on how to make do with what we have.

Alhamdulillah.

My New Oil Price

Welcome back Syamsul.
Today marks the second day of the new oil price tag ..to many it IS a shock and a burden as well. Enough with all the numbers that the government of the day attempts to offer to the mass, truly the saga shall not end easily. Here and there commotions and riots are forms of protests shown by the affected voters (technically all). Some basic goods are starting to get new price tag as well.
I agree that we should change the way we see things around us. The way we bahave towards our own hard earned money. The way we choose to spend etc..
Shall I end my words by saying that life will not be the same, it is so dynamic, changes rapidly. All these require us to CHANGE and not to react.
salam,

Earth Day

Earth Day aka Environment.
Much has been discussed. Yet little to be seen. It boils back to the way we behave at home. Cost saving here and there. Water tap. Electricity. Dust bin. Do not litter. Pledges from big corporations to conserve the environment. Funds flowing in (and out). Yet little has been done.Take it personally.Indeed it IS personal.

Save Our Earth.

Parking Matter

Making a trip to a hospital can be an interesting trip especially if it THE Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). Indeed it will remind you how grateful you should be to the Creator that you are healthy and ok.

It has been months if not years since I last went to HKL that I really found the PARKING facility is something that any visitor will talk about. By the road side you can easily see visitors ARGUING with the security who at their reasonble way of communication will tell you, Sir U cant park here or pls go away..

I have learnt that HKL is the best hospital in the country as it has the latest facility, probably the best doctors/specialists and soforth. On the other side, our counry is promoting health tourism ; maybe not HKL. Parking matter must be solved almost urgently.

I had one 'bitter' experience of not paying the parking fee and that 4 minutes or so had costed me RM80 (as I was summoned to pay or else, in court maa.)

Public transport going to HKL? can be considered provided the shuttle service is superb.

Yet still, HKL shall always be THE place where most commoners will go.

Quote : "If we feel wellness is expensive, try illness"

The All-Mighty Puts Us Under Bearable Tests for Reasons

It has been a week or so since I last posted.

I came across in today's newspaper an article written by Queen Rania of Jordan on situations in Gaza. Allow me, excerpt in summary:"Ayman a 14 year old boy, lives just 200m away from the recently attacked village by Israelis.Deprived from schooling, the whole family has been living in dire poverty and with limited access to all kind of public facilities." The children of GAZA deserve a childhood, as the title of this heart-moving article.

With all faith and undivided confidence, I truly believe that He enshrines us with bearable tests and challenges for reasons for which we have to think and find out ourselves.

salam.

Team & Work

An always talked-over topic, teamwork.Permit me to share what I saw today..err.. at the airport.The teamwork that the cabin staff, ground crew up to the counter people is always great insofar as teamwork is concerned. Otherwise we will not board the flight right? As we observe, from step 1 to step 2 onwards, it is like already a common understanding (of course you may say SOP and so forth) but what I must record here is that the so called bond among the group of people that the management (I am sure HR would have a claim here) has rightfully placed must be appreciated. indeed different people may have come from different background; what matters is the ability to work together as a team.

Let us look from another perspective, more often and not, we can get into differences easily, say, over trivial matter or a place to eat or the kind of furniture to buy. Here the art of negotiation shall become handy I assure you.Emphasis:we can come into terms if we want to.

Unity In Differences

As the Prophet pbuh had once said that differing views of my ummah is rahmat (blessing).To what extent that we fully understand the meaning of having differing views/opinions in our daily life? Be it at working place, at home, with our close friends & relatives or even having differences in politics for that matter? It is ALWAYS ok to be in disagreement and we can even agree to disagree in many circumstances. What matters most is the WAY we handle the differences. It has to be TACTFULLY and with all wisdom; then only what was said by the Prophet pbuh shall come into its practical meaning & understanding.May we be bleassed with His rahmah.