Saturday 19 June 2010

Cameroon vs Denmark

Just had d wonderful football match Cameroon vs Denmark!!! Cameroon become 1st squad knocked out awal..but game ni mmg cantik cz mmg fully total football smpi exhausted Aku tgk..

Kalu nk compare Cameroon n England mmg jauh kbelakang la England...patutnya biaq England jadik 1st squad yg out awal w'laupun ni team favourite eden...

Player of the match:-Romedahl!!

Oret wait n c next England last chance next week!!...anyway nothing to lose la if England out!!!absolutely rubbish performance!!!...

Oret c ya next WC entries!!

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Adam & Iphone

Trend zaman skang anak2 zaman la ni mmg cepat catch up..bagi apa saje cepat d tiru..contoh yg baik, Baik la ikutnya..Dan dhindarkan segala unsur2 yg negative...

Adam la ni masuk setahun 3 bulan Dah pndai tgk YouTube kt iPhone...sama mcm nuha yg Dah expert la ni...anyway good expose too Adam n nuha..







Credit to iPhone create smthing user friendly especially kpd kanak2...then looking forward for Ipad ...hehe


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Friday 18 June 2010

England vs Algeria

1st half langsung x convincing...x tau apa silap n kurang nyer...Ferdinand x de then 4 back nmpak longlai n careless smtime...tgh x de beckham then langsung x de long ball kt kapla heskey...Lennon kering idea then aku rasa kuarkan jek Lennon ni...Rooney lak cam syg takut kena kt kuning...

2nd half hopefully kasik masuk joe cole bagik gelek lebih sket...oret chow dah start la ni

Ok, England draw 0-0..hampeh n cmni leh nmpk Gaya out awal...then Mari la kt ramai2 serang sport direct...cnfirm England jersey drop 90%...




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Tuesday 15 June 2010

Cubaan d dunia

Alhamdulillah kali skali lg berpeluang entry satu lagi perihal yg menimpa keluarga kami di dunia asing ikan masin!!..

Pagi ahad lepas selepas pulang dr carboot 'hillsborough' sempat la layan world cup recorded yg x smpt2 nk tgk sblm ni...habis 1st half teringat lak nk bwk adam n nuha jalan2 d sekitar city...

Sesudah sejam masing2 bersiap terus sajek k Sheffield chatedral just nk ambik2 gmbar especially for Addawiyah sbelum pulang k Malaysia...sambil tu smpt juga Adam n nuha berkejaran dgn penuh hati yg riang...Ada juga air pancut yg lg memeriahkan hati anak2 kami...

Asyik leka ambil gmbar tiba2 batery camera pun habis dan terus Aku simpan dlm 'handbag'...tah cmner nk djadikan cerita hujan turun renyai2 lantas ku paut anak2 ditutupi rapi gah jauh dr tkena hujan...

Lokasi seterusnya terus mampir k arah 'charity shop' atau dkenali sbg 'charity hearth disease foundation'..sambil2 shopping sambil2 ber'charity'...

Setelah setengah jam lebih kurang, aku Dah mula kurang minat meneroka brg2 d shop itu lantas Adam ku dukung keluar dr shop...tiba2 mama telepon dr mesia btanya khabar...Dan Dan ketika ini lah seorng yg bernama 'pencuri', 'pencacai', 'penajis', dan segala 'pen' merembat handbag wife aku...yg bestnyer siap adawiyah, Aku n wife x prasan langsung lak tu....huhu, ni dinamakan takde rezki...

Kesian mmg kesian, kesian pd wife aku kesian pd aku...dan tmbah lagik kesian camera Adawiyah pun turut 'burn' skalik...hampeh ler...insyaAllah ada rezki Aku gnti suatu hari nanti...ya Allah kuatkan la Dan tabahkan hati hamba mu ini....

N to be continued,,,,,,


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Saturday 12 June 2010

Sepetang d Doncaster

Seperti biasa hujung minggu ada masa yg djanjikan tuk berjalan2 bsama family...just sekadar mgisi masa lapang khas tuk anak2 Dan isteri tersayang peluang berhibur...jauh dekat tidak mjanjikan apa2 asalkan kluar dr rumah...lokasi terpilih Kali ini Doncaster factory outlet atau dkenali as 'Lake Side'...

Terdapat 3 tempat yg menarik dsini iaitu Carboot yg best, fctory outlet n stadium rugby khas tuk pminat dncster club...Aku pun x pnah tgk lg game rugby kt sini..harap2 ada rezki insyaAllah smpi juga..

Factory outlet ni kira boleh tahan la jika dbandingkan jarak yg dekat dgn rumah dan tak perlu pergi jauh ...jarak hnya 23-25mile jek which berbaloi if target brand just for Clark, M&S, Gap bnyk lagi..cuma 'top'2 brand kurang la sket...kalu nk Cari brand2 cam Hacket, Burberry, Hugo or Polo Ralp Lauren ni bkn tmpatnya...tmpt yg Aku leh cdgkan hnyalah York Designer fctory outlet...dstance lbih kurang 70mile n mgambik masa hmpir sejam nk smpi....

'Lake Side' fctory outlet ni juga ada playground tuk anak2 berhibur selepas penat tgk mama & ayah nyer bershopping...actually x de la shopping mana pun, sekadar mencuci mata smpi berpinar gak la..hehe...




Nuha mmg happy sgt main kt playground ni smpi x nk balik la










Adam pulak still bawah umur then x qualified la nk main 'pnjat2'






Operasi merebut mainan...Adam Nuha...

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Sunday 6 June 2010

Pemakanan anak2

Sedikit petikan yg diambil dr sahabat blog:-

Ada perlbagai makanan yang dimakan oleh anak-anak orang Melayu yang bila saya mahu belikan untuk anak saya sebagai mempelbagaikan jenis hadiah habis hafazan setiap hari, setelah dibelek, tiada langsung tanda HALAL. Maka, jangan kita ingat kalau orang Melayu pegang, bermakna ianya HALAL. Maka, kita sendirilah yang kena periksa kehalalannya. Makanan yang terjamin HALAL adalah wajib untuk penghafaz quran. Jika seorang hafiz tidak boleh menghafal surah baru pada hari itu, dia akan berfikir tentang makanan yang di makan semalam atau sebelumnya jika ia menjadi faktor. Mereka rajin melakukan solat taubat dan solat sunat lain supaya tiada halangan dosa untuk menghafal surah baru. Maka kita boleh simpulkan bahawa sumber makanan serta kehalalan makanan tersebut adalah sangat penting untuk penjagaan otak. Makanan yang tidak halal menggelapkan hati dan menumpulkan daya ingatan.

Kali ini saya ingin berkongsi resepi saya pada sesiapa yang berminat. Ia sebenarnya khusus untuk ibubapa yang percaya akan makanan yang baik boleh membentuk minda anak kita yang baik. Apa yang diperlukan untuk resepi ini ada 9 perkara:



1) Kacang Badam (Almond)
Ia terkenal kerana kandungan minyaknya. Ia juga makanan yang diwajibkan untuk para hufaz dari negeri Timur Tengah. Saya juga diberitahu, orang Yahudi membiasakan anak mereka meminum susu badam suam pada setiap hari.

2) Kismis
Bahan ni memang orang kita dah kenal kebaikkannya hingga mereka boleh gelar kismis Minda.

3) Minyak Ikan
Saya guna jenama Pristin kerana kandungan Omega 3 - DHA dan EPAnya yang paling tinggi di pasaran Malaysia iaitu 5 kali ganda dibanding dengan yg rendah. Saya rasa semua ibu2 tahu akan kegunaan minyak ikan dalam membentuk otak bayi sebelum bayi lahir lagi.

4) Kurma
Ia satu buah yang tercatat dalam sejarah dimana Saidatina Maryam 'Alaihissalam ketika mahu melahirkan Nabi Isa 'Alaihissalam dirakam di dalam Al Quran;
'Dan gegarlah kearahmu batang pohon kurma itu, supaya gugur kepadamu buah kurma yang masak, maka makanlah dan minumlah serta bertenanglah hati dari segala yang merungsingkan. Al Quran (17) Surah Maryam (Ayat 25-26)

5) Madu
Madu kaya dengan fruktosa iaitu gula ringkas yang boleh diserap terus ke dalam darah untuk memberi tenaga segera. Para penyelidik menggelar madu sebagai agen untuk mencerdaskan otak. Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. Barangsiapa yang menjilat Madu sebanyak tiga kali pagi setiap bulan, maka dia tidak akan terkena cubaan yang besar (penyakit yang berbahaya) (Riwayat Ibnu Majah)

6) Habbatus Sauda
Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. "Tetaplah kamu dengan habbatus sauda kerana padanya adalah penawar segala jenis penyakit melainkan as Sam. Para sahabat bertanya "Ya Rasulullah, apakah itu as Sam..? Jawab Rasulullah s.a.w "As Sam itu adalah mati.."


7) Buah Tin
Allah berfirman "Demi buah Tiin dan Buah Zaitun, Demi Gunung Sinai dan Negeri (Makkah) yang dijadikan aman.." Al Quran (95) Surah At Tiin (Ayat 1).

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.
Makanlah kamu semua darinya (Buah Tin), sekiranya aku katakan sesungguhnya buah yang turun dari syurga maka aku kata 'inilah buahnya'. Ini kerana buah syurga tiada keraguan. Sesungguhnya ia boleh menyembuhkan penyakit buasir dan mendatangkan manfaat bagi sendi-sendi" Hadis riwayat Abu Daud, Abu Darda, Suyuti

8) Ekstrak Daun Zaitun Olive Oleo
Melancarkan penghantaran nutrien-nutrien dari bahan bahan diatas ke dalam darah dan seterusnya ke otak. Ia juga adalah anti bakteria, anti fungus dan anti virus. Resepi ini tidak memasukkan sebarang bahan awet selain dari ekstrak daun zaitun ini.

Pohon Zaitun adalah pohon yang diberkati seperti sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. "gunakan sari zaitun sebagai lauk pauk dan minyak, sesungguhnya ia berasal dari pohon yang diberkati' Riwayat at Tarmizi dan Ibnu Majah"


9) Air Surah Taha
Air biasa yang dibacakan AlFatihah (1 kali) dan Surah Taha, Ayat 1 - 23, 11 kali. Ia adalah makanan rohani yang akan melembutkan hati kanak-kanak degil dan melancarkan pemikiran mereka. Ia adalah doa Nabi Musa untuk memohon kebijaksanaan.




Lihat urat2 pada kacang badam.. ia mirip kepada rupa urat-urat otak kita. Saya pernah terbaca (lupa dimana), Ini adalah kejadian Allah untuk memberitahu kita kegunaannya pada manusia.



Badam, Kismis, Kurma dan Buah Tin di blender halus.

Tips : Habbatus Sauda dan Buah Tin di masukkan sedikit sahaja kerana jika terbanyak, ia akan menyebabkan 'funny taste'...tak sedap. Sukatannya, agak-agak saje. Boleh buat ikut suka tangan kita..

Ni suapan yang ketiga ni!

Bila dah siap, boleh makan terus, amalkan 2-3 sudu sehari. Kanak-kanak belum banyak gigi pun dah boleh amalkan. Dalam bekas diatas, saya telah masukkan 3 kapsul minyak ikan berkepekatan tinggi. Darwish dan Wisya memang suka memakannya. Rasanya penuh dengan lemak kacang badam dan manisnya madu lebah. Cara mudah untuk memberi makanan sunnah yang banyak kebaikkannya pada otak beserta dengan minyak ikan!

Ekstrak Daun Zaitun dan Air Surah Taha adalah cecair, maka ia bergantung kepada kecairan atau kepekatan yang kita inginkan semasa mencampurkannya. Kedua2 ini boleh dibacakan serentak. Semasa membacakan surah ke atas air, pastikan bukan hanya cukup untuk mencampur kedalam resepi ini sahaja. Buatlah lebih supaya ia boleh digunakan sebagai air minuman anak kita. 90% badan kita terdiri dari kandungan air. Air yang baik boleh menyuci dan melembutkan hati dan jiwa mereka. InsyaAllah


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Saturday 5 June 2010

'yahudi' will loser

Sekadar ingin berkongsi sedikit coretan yg diambil dr yahoo group PMPMS...hayati la then semoga ia mjadikan isi dan teladan d kotak pkiran kita...InsyaAllah



Sekadar melihat dari sudut yang berbeza. Bukan sengaja atau saja-saja untuk mencipta kelainan, tetapi sedar bahawa setiap kita ada titik buta (blind spot) masing-masing.

Dan perbezaan bukan semestinya satu pertentangan, ia hanya satu fitrah – manusia sentiasa unik. Ya, dari dimensi inilah saya melihat demonstrasi anti-Yahudi yang begitu marak sekarang.

Sejak sama-sama solat hajat di surau untuk ahli kariah kami yang turut berada di atas kapal misi bantuan yang diserang Israel itu, saya terus berfikir. Rasa marah, kecewa tetapi terus mengharap silih berganti dalam diri, yang saya pasti turut dirasai oleh kita bersama.

Palestin bukan soal ‘mereka’ tetapi soal ‘kita’. Dan hasil berfikir itu saya tumpahkan dalam sebuah artikel yang sengaja saya imiginasikan dalam bentuk dialog. Ikutilah dialog yang saya nukilkan selepas Subuh pagi tadi :



MARI KITA DEMONSTRASI HARI-HARI!



Setelah pulang daripada demonstrasi anti-Yahudi, seorang Pak Cik berbual dengan saya sewaktu sama-sama menunggu giliran mendapat rawatan di sebuah klinik.
“Puas hati. Kami dah bakar bendera Israel. Hancur luluh dibuatnya. Gambar PM Israel pun banyak yang kami robek-robekkan. Kalaulah tidak mengenangkan undang-undang, kami dah bakar kedutaan Amerika. Tapi kami masih rasional.”
Saya mengangguk-angguk kepala sahaja.



“Tel Aviv akan bergegar minggu ini dengan demonstrasi oleh seluruh dunia Islam. Dijangka banyak lagi siri demonstrasi akan diatur minggu hadapan. Awak jangan lepas peluang.”


Saya mengangguk kepala. Mungkin kerana demam, saya banyak diam. Lagipun saya telah berjanji pada diri, dalam berinteraksi perlu menjadi pendengar.
“Eh, awak tidak ada respons langsung. Baru demam sikit… janganlah begitu. Rakyat Palestin dibom, ditembak dan disekat bekalan makanan dan keperluan. Itu lagi teruk.”



Kali ini saya senyum. Saya bersuara perlahan, “saya sokong tindakan Pak Cik dan demonstrasi menyatakan pendirian kita menentang kekejaman Yahudi.”
“Bagus. Suara saya serak melaungkan takbir semalam. Dada ni sakit-sakit sejak akhir ni.”


“Kenapa Pak Cik?”


“Rokok dik. Semuanya fasal rokok ni.”


“Pak Cik hisap rokok apa?” saya mula teruja untuk berbual.


“Masih Winston. Dah sebati sejak dulu.”


“Winston from America?” bisik saya perlahan.


Kali ini Pak Cik tu pula mengangguk-angguk.



“Sakit-sakit Pak cik pun masih kuat berdemonstrasi. Apa pandangan adik tentang demonstrasi ini?” kilasnya mengalih arah perbualan.
“Ada langkah yang lebih utama dan pertama daripada itu,” tegas saya.


“Apa dia?”


“Solat Subuh berjemaah.”



“Kita cakap bab jihad, awak bercakap bab ibadat.” Muka pak Cik itu mula memerah. Tangannya mula digenggam.


“Jihad dan ibadat tidak terpisah. Bahkan ibadat itulah yang akan membangunkan roh jihad yang sejati.”


“Kita mesti sanggup memikul senjata.”


“Betul. Tetapi kuakkan dulu selimut menutup umat yang masih tidur menjelang Subuh.”
“Saya tak faham.”



“Pak Cik, Israel mesti ditentang menurut kaedah yang menyakitkan mereka.”


“Apa yang menyakitkan mereka?”


“Mereka bimbang sekiranya bilangan orang Islam yang solat subuh berjemaah sama dengan bilangan orang Islam yang solat Jumaat! Ini diakui oleh cerdik pandai mereka sendiri.”


“Jadi?”


“Sebaik-baik ‘demonstrasi’ ialah didik umat ini bersolat Subuh secara berjemaah di surau-surau dan masjid. Solat itu hubungan kita dengan Allah. Jangan harap musuh akan kalah, kalau Allah tidak bantu kita. Lihat di Badar, lihat di Khandak, bagaimana Rasulullah saw dan sahabat akrab dengan Allah. Lihat pula Salehuddin, lihat pula Muhammad al Fateh, bagaimana teguhnya mereka menjaga solat dan ibadat-ibadat khusus yang lain.”


Hampir terlupa saya pada janji diri untuk lebih mendengar. Saya menarik nafas panjang. Kembali merenung Pak Cuik tersebut dengan senyuman.

“Awak rasa bakar bendera Israel tak perlu? Mana kemarahan awak?”


“Bakar bendera Israel boleh saja. Ayuh, bakarlah. Tetapi jangan membakar rokok Amerika dan sekutu Yahudi yang lain lebih perlu. Cukup kalau sebulan sahaja umat Islam berhenti merokok, mungkin jumlahnya sudah berjuta-juta ringgit. Dan wang yang terkumpul itu hantarkan ke misi bantuan kemanusiaan ke Gaza!”
“Awak sindir saya?”



“Pak Cik saya tidak menyindir. Kebanyakan umat Islam, termasuk saya, hanya bencikan Yahudi pada mulut sahaja tetapi pada tindakan tidak.”
“Saya dah bertindak. Saya dah demonstrasi!”


Lagi-lagi ke situ fikirnya.


“Pak Cik dalam Al Quran, Allah tegaskan orang Yahudi itu tidak akan redha selagi kita umat Islam tidak mengikut cara hidup mereka.”
“Siapa kata kita ikut cara hidup mereka?”



“Pak Cik, lihat betul-betul. Apakah masyarakat kita telah bangunkan cara hidup Islam?”
“Kita orang Islam. Cara hidup kita mesti Islam.”


“Tidak Pak Cik. Ramai umat Islam yang tidak amalkan cara hidup cara Islam.”
“Contoh?”


“Dedah aurat, pergaulan bebas, riba, judi, arak, tinggal solat, budaya hedonisme dan dualisme masih berakar umbi dalam masyarakat kita. Lihat sahaja unsur tahyul, mistik, seks bebas dan gosip yang mendominasi media-media umat Islam. Tidak ikut cara hidup Islam bererti terperangkap dengan cara hidup isme kapitalis, sosialis mahupun liberalis.”



Pak Cik itu terkejut sedikit, lantas menyampuk, “mana Yahudinya. Awak kata Yahudi, tapi yang awak sebut golongan hedonis, liberalis, kapitalis dan sosialis?”
“Ketiga-tiga isme itu sama.”


“Sama?”


“Kesemuanya dicipta oleh golongan yang sama… ZionisYahudi!”


“Jadi demonstrasi ini tidak berfaedah?”



Saya menggeleng-gelengka n kepala perlahan.


“Ada faedahnya. Tetapi ia bermusim dan agak bersifat agak artifisial. Kita perlu agenda yang konsisten dan ‘genuine’.”
“Misalnya?”


“Ajak orang Islam serius solat lima waktu dengan penghayatannya sehingga dengan solat itu mampu meninggalkan kejahatan dan kemungkaran.”
“Lagi?”
“Tinggalkan riba, judi, arak dalam kehidupan umat Islam. Wanita Islam didakwah dan ditarbiah secara berhikmah untuk menutup aurat dalam ertikkata sebenar dan tinggalkan pergaulan bebas!”


“lagi?”



“Pak Cik, cara hidup Islam itu terlalu banyak. Dengan mengamalkannya satu persatu kita boleh ‘berdemonstrasi hari-hari’ terhadap atas Yahudi. Bila kita boikot cara hidup berseronok-seronok yakni hedonisme, ertinya kita boikot cara hidup Yahudi yang disalurkan melalui dalang-dalang mereka di Holywood.”


“Idola Amerika?”


“Ya. Juga idola kita yang meniru persis mereka. Bangsa yang leka berhibur akan mudah dijajah.”

Pak Cik itu batuk-batuk.


Saya urut belakangnya.


“Dah lama Pak Cik batuk? Berhentilah atau kurangkan perlahan-lahan ya Pak Cik?” kata saya seakan-akan merayu.
“Semangat Pak Cik kuat, saya doakan Pak Cik berjaya. Amin.”


“Tak terfikir pula saya begitu jauh kita dibius oleh cara hidup musuh yang kita benci.”


“Kadang-kadang musuh ketawa melihat kemarahan kita. Bangunkan remaja kita untuk solat subuh berjemaah, Yahudi akan sakit hati. Tutup aurat remaja perempuan kita, Yahudi akan sakit hati. Tinggalkan riba, judi, arak, pergaulan bebas, insya-Allah, Yahudi akan gigit jari.”



“Tetapi kalau cara hidup kita mengikut telunjuk jari mereka, Zionis akan ketawa sekalipun berlambak-lambak bendera mereka kita dibakar. Jeritan Allah hu Akbar dalam demonstrasi itu baik, bersemangat tetapi ucapan takbir dalam solat lima waktu lebih besar maknanya. Apakah Allah akan nilai laungan Allah hu Akbar daripada umat yang tidak solat? “



“Eh, kami yang demonstrasi semua solat…”


“Bukan itu maksud saya. Tetapi seluruh umat Islam ini. Saya risau kerana ada kajian menunjukkan 80% umat Islam sudah tidak solat. Itu yang tidak solat langsung. Bayangkan pula yang solat tanpa ilmu, tanpa penghayatan dan tanpa khusyuk? Jadi berapa kerat umat ini yang benar-benar kompeten menghadapi Zionis dalam erti kata sebenar?”



Giliran Pak Cik itu tiba. Dia melangkah perlahan menuju bilik rawatan. Ditinggalkan sendirian begitu, saya lontarkan pandangan ke luar klinik. Terus merenung dan berfikir. Masih terbayang wajah pemimpin-pemimpin dan para pengikut yang ramai dalam demonstrasi seperti yang dipaparkan di dada akhbar dan di kaca televisyen. Alangkah indahnya jika demonstrasi dibuat seusai solat Subuh berjemaah dan sebelum itu didahului oleh qiamulail dan qunut nazilah?



Dan kemudian setelah selesai berdemonstrasi, para pemimpin dan ribuan pengikutnya itu terus sahaja mengamalkan cara hidup Islam dalam diri, keluarga, jabatan, unit, organisasi, masyarakat dan bahagian masing-masing. Bukan hari itu sahaja… tetapi hari-hari. Setiap hari!



Ah, bagaimana umat ini hendak disedarkan bahawa mengamalkan cara hidup Islam itulah cara penentangan yang paling dibenci oleh Yahudi? Firman Allah:
“Sekali-kali tidak redha orang Yahudi dan Nasrani sehingga kamu mengikut millah (cara hidup) mereka.”




Dan alangkah baiknya jika jeritan Allah hu Akbar, dibuktikan dengan penegakan hukum Allah dalam seluruh sistem kehidupan sekali gus ‘mengecilkan’ pandangan akal sendiri dalam menyusun dan mengatur kehidupan ini?



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Life is so short

Alhamdulillah tika ini aku selamat terbaring d kamar yg menjanjikan tidur yg lena..sungguh empuk double duvet ni mgurangkan rasa letih spanjang hari..belum sempat mlelapkan mata terus aku capai iPhone tuk melukis sedikit coretan yg terpikir dlm hati...

Hari ini kami skeluarga pergi k carboot 'twin oak' which is j29...mmg pancit cz kete parking pun jauh tambahan stall carboot pun beratus..nak habiskan suku pun pkir berpuluh kali mmandangkan weather pun amat terik smpi kering anak tekak...aku lihat anak2 pun kurang selesa then aku tambah x slesa...nasib baik dah sparuh jalan langit terus mendung mlindungi matahari...Alhamdulillah btambah pnjang ler kaki berjalan...

InsyaAllah 27hb jun ni Adawiyah pulang k Malaysia...pejam celik dah 1/2 year dia dah mjaga Adam & nuha...lega hati aku n isteri tersayang spanjang dia berada dsini...after this date bukak kamus baru which is tinggal kami berempat sajek..'Ya Allah permudahkan lah urusan hamba mu ini'....sesungguhnya aku akan pastikan anugerah mu ini ku jaga sebaik mungkin...insyaAllah ..

Then, to be continued........


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Thursday 3 June 2010

Muslim vs Yahudi

Risalah dari Dr. Muhammad Badie’, Mursyid Am Ikhwanul Muslimin

Segala puji bagi Allah, selawat dan salam ditujukan kepada Rasulullah saw dan para pengikutnya… Al-Quds merupakan taman yang harum semerbak, lokasi yang senantiasa melemparkan senyuman, malamnya dipenuhi dengan selawat dan munajat, dan siangnya dipenuhi perjuangan dan aktiviti-aktiviti dakwah.

Sejarah Al-Quds adalah sejarah risalah dan perjuangan para rasul, yang diterima dari satu nabi kepada nabi yang lain dan satu dari satu risalah ke risalah yang lain hingga yang terakhir risalah nabi Muhammad saw yang diterima daripada seluruh nabi pada puncak pertemuan di langit yang penuh keberkatan. Di hadapan pintu-pintunya gugur syahid para pejuang dan pahlawan dan di sekelilingnya melahirkan para pejuang yang beriman. Di hadapan pintunya sentiasa berlaku pertarungan sengit yang berpanjangan antara kebenaran dan kebatilan yang kadang-kadang kebatilan menang pada awal pertarungan namun pada akhirnya kebenaran akan memenangi dalam pertarungan ini.

Ketetapan (Tsawabit) yang tidak boleh diubah;

Palestin dan Al-Quds merupakan sebahagian dari aqidah umat Islam, kerana itu mengambil mudah isu keduanya bererti mengambil mudah ke atas kitab Allah, peradaban ummah dan keimanannya.

Masalah Palestin merupakan amanah yang tergantung di tengkuk setiap muslim, dan menolongnya adalah wajib dan mempertahankannnya adalah suatu kefarduan, sementara mengambil mudah terhadapnya adalah suatu jenayah dan kesalahan.

Bekerjasama dengan Zionis dan orang-orang yang bersekutu dengan mereka serta berurusan dengan mereka, bererti memerangi Allah, agama dan umat Islam, berdasarkan firman Allah:فَلْيَحْذَرْ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

“ Maka hendaklah orang-orang yang menyalahi perintah-Nya takut akan ditimpa cobaan atau ditimpa azab yang pedih.”(An-Nuur:63)

Jihad untuk mengembalikan bumi Palestin dan Al-Aqsa adalah wajib fardu ain ke atas setiap muslim, semua dituntut untuk mempertahankan, menjaga tempat-tempat suci dan melindunginya, kerana al-Aqsa merupakan qiblat pertama, Tanah Haram ketiga dalam Islam dan tempat persinggahan dalam peristiwa Isra’ dan Mi’raj nabi saw.

Ucapan terima kasih yang ditolak dan pengabaian hak Palestin yang menjijikkan

Sesungguhnya di antara rencana jahat dunia ke atas seseorang ialah seperti yang berlaku pada tarikh 3 Mac yang lalu. Iaitu seperti yang dilakukan Netanyahu, Perdana Menteri Zionis dengan menyatakan rasa terima kasih kepada para pemimpin Arab di atas sikap mereka yang baik?! Begitu juga Hillary Clinton yang menyatakan rasa terima kasihnya terhadap pendirian Arab yang ‘berani’. Beliau gembira setelah melihat sikap berdiam, membiarkan dan keengganan mereka daripada mengecam atau menentang keputusan penyatuan masjid Ibrahimi di Khalil dan masjid Bilal di Beitlehem kepada Israel yang jelas melakukan banyak perlanggaran terhadap hak-hak asasi dan undang-undang antarabangsa.

Inilah yang terjadi di Tebing Barat di bawah pengawasan dan pendengaran pihak berkuasa Palestin di Ramallah, yang diiringi usaha yang keras sebagai persiapan untuk membangun Haekal Sulaiman di atas tapak Masjid Al-Aqsa seperti yang dilakukan pada tarikh 15 Mac yang lalu sebagai isyarat permulaan “Agenda pembangunan Haekal”.

Al-Aqsa; Allah yang melindunginya dan tangan-tangan ini yang menjadi taruhannya

Zionis selalu bercita-cita mewujudkan identitinya setiap kali mendapat kesempatan untuk merealisasi idea pembinaan Haekal di atas keruntuhan Masjid Al-Aqsa.

Di sebalik penyembelihan yang berlaku di sekitar Masjid Al-Aqsa (8/10/1990 ) muncul arkeologi Zionis “Joseph Sierg” di TV Perancis dengan mengatakan: “Israel dalam waktu terdekat akan segera memulakan pembinaaan Haekal ketiga di atas runtuhan Masjid Al-Aqsa yang mampu dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknologi moden”. Selang beberapa hari pada bulan November Yitzak Shamir Perdana Menteri Israel ketika itu, memberi reaksi ke atas tindakan penyembelihan itu beliau mengumumkan: “Inilah masanya untuk memanjangkan sempadan Israel dari laut Merah hingga ke sungai Furat “.

Pada September 1991 akhbar Hahdashout melaporkan bahawa gerakan pemimpin Gunung Haekal telah melakukan peletakkan batu asas – yang beratnya 6 tan yang dibungkus dengan bendera Israel – ke tempatnya yang terletak di atas tanah suci.

Tidak hairan … Siapakah yang paling menepati janji, ancaman dan ketentuannya dari Allah SWT kerana Allah SWT telah berfirman: إِنَّ اللهَ يُدَافِعُ عَنْ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍ كَفُورٍ . أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَإِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ. الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَقُولُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ وَلَوْلا دَفْعُ اللهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا اسْمُ اللهِ كَثِيرًا وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ اللهُ مَنْ يَنصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ

“Sesungguhnya Allah membela orang-orang yang telah beriman.Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai tiap-tiap orang yang berkhianat lagi mengingkari nikmat. Telah diizinkan (berperang) bagi orang-orang yang diperangi, kerana sesungguhnya mereka telah dianiaya. dan sesungguhnya Allah, benar-benar Maha Kuasa menolong mereka itu, (yaitu) orang-orang yang telah diusir dari kampung halaman mereka tanpa alasan yang benar, kecuali kerana mereka berkata: “Tuhan Kami hanyalah Allah”. dan Sekiranya Allah tiada menolak (keganasan) sebahagian manusia dengan sebahagian yang lain, tentulah telah dirobohkan biara-biara Nasrani, gereja-gereja, rumah-rumah ibadat orang Yahudi dan masjid- masjid, yang di dalamnya banyak disebut nama Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah pasti menolong orang yang menolong (agama)-Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah benar-benar Maha kuat lagi Maha perkasa.”

(Al-Hajj:38-40)

Ke manakah Shamir pergi? Pergi ke neraka Jahim, memperolehi berbagai laknat, sementara para pemimpin Haekal senyap sunyi dan tidak mampu mencapai misi mereka.

Kita telah menyaksikan dengan mata kepala kita pada akhir-akhir ini bagaimana lelaki dan wanita serta para pemuda dari anak-anak Palestin dengan gagah berani menghadang tentera bersenjata dengan dada yang terbuka sebagai benteng dan tangan-tangan mereka yang kosong dari senjata, kecuali senjata iman, aqidah dan gigih dalam berjihad dan mengimpikan syahid. Benarlah firman Allah yang menggambarkan tentang mereka: الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمْ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ . فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنْ اللهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَاتَّبَعُوا رِضْوَانَ اللهِ وَاللهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ

“(yaitu) orang-orang (yang mentaati Allah dan Rasul) yang kepada mereka ada orang-orang yang mengatakan: “Sesungguhnya manusia telah mengumpulkan pasukan untuk menyerang kamu, karena itu takutlah kepada mereka”, Maka Perkataan itu menambah keimanan mereka dan mereka menjawab: “Cukuplah Allah menjadi penolong Kami dan Allah adalah Sebaik-baik Pelindung”. Maka mereka kembali dengan nikmat dan karunia (yang besar) dari Allah, mereka tidak mendapat bencana apa-apa, mereka mengikuti keridhaan Allah. dan Allah mempunyai karunia yang besar.”

(Ali Imran:173-174)

Dan benarlah sabda Rasulullah saw ketika menyampaikan perwatakan umatnya, sabda baginda: لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ يُقَاتِلُوْنَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَذَلِكَ

“Umatku akan tetap tegak dalam memegang kebenaran, berjuang di pintu-pintu baitul Maqdis, tidak takut dan gentar terhadap celaan orang-orang yang mencela mereka, sehingga datang keputusan Allah sementara jiwa mereka tetap demikian.” (Muslim)

Ketika Ariel Sharon terpilih sebagai Perdana Menteri beliau mengumumkan pendiriannya yang bertekad menghancurkan Intifadah dalam tempoh seratus hari. Namun Intifadhah masih tetap ada dan kekal bahkan bertambah kuat hari demi hari, malahan memberikan tentangan sengit kepada pasukan keselamatan Israel hingga mengembalikan keyakinan kepada keupayaan umat untuk mendapatkan haknya dan melawan musuh Yahudi perampas. Dan menegaskan kepada para pemimpin yang angkuh bahawa cita-cita besar mereka mustahil dapat dicapai. Ke manakah perginya Sharon? Sampai sekarang dirinya masih terlantar dalam keadaan koma antara hidup dan mati. Beliau tidak mengetahui keputusan Allah untuk merealisasikan janji dan ancaman Allah terhadapnya.

Arab menyediakan perlindungan untuk Zionis

Pada hakikatnya yang dituntut pada Arab adalah menghentikan berbagai perancangan menyahudikan Al-Quds, penghancuran Masjid Al-Aqsa, perampasan masjid Haram Al-Ibrahim dan masjid Bilal, perampasan dan penghancuran Baitul Maqdis dan melupakan keganasan ke atas Gaza dan berbagai kehancuran dan perobohan yang menimpa mereka sedangkan mereka masih tetap sabar dan teguh berada dalam keadaan dikepung dan kelaparan.

Ternyata berlaku peristiwa yang menghinakan di dalam Liga Arab kerana menyediakan perlindungan dan laluan dengan memberikan kuasa sebagai presiden kepada Mahmud Abbas untuk berunding dengan regim Zionis selama empat bulan! - Seseorang akan kehairanan dan bertanya-tanya; sejak bilakah Arab menimbang-nimbang keputusannya dalam jangka waktu berbulan-bulan?! - Sejak bilakah Mahmud Abbas memerlukan izin dari Arab sedangkan dialah yang memberikan izin kepada Israel secara sendirinya ketika Persidangan Oslo untuk memutuskan keluar daripada delegasi Madrid dari Arab Bersatu?!

- Kenapakah ada perlindungan Arab ini?!

- Mengapa saat menjelang sidang puncak Tripoli?!

- Mengapa di tengah kebencian Eropah akibat dari pemalsuan Israel ke atas pasport enam negara?!

- Mengapa setelah sidang puncak Assad – Ahmadinejad?!!

- Mengapa dan dalam masa yang sama meruntuhkan rumah-rumah penduduk Al-Quds?!!

- Mengapa dan dalam masa yang sama melakukan pengawasan ke atas pembinaan penempatan baru Israel di Tebing Barat?!

Demikianlah kami melihat bahawa ‘jubah’ Liga Arab longgar dan luas, melindungi Netanyahu dari darah Mabhouh, memberikan kehangatan dari udara dingin yang melanda negara-negara Eropah di mana warga Israel menggunakan pasport dengan gambar secara haram dalam misi melakukan pembunuhan ke atas anggota Pergerakan HAMAS di Dubai dan menyembunyikan inisiatif Arab terhadap kerja terkutuk itu. Orang yang menikam dada Mabhouh adalah warga Israel dan Amerika sehingga sukar memberkas pembunuhnya pada sidang Tripoli yang akan datang .… Namun ingatlah Israel sering mengalami berbagai isyarat penghalang dari satu warga Arab…

Dalam menghadapi tentangan

Kita adalah umat yang agung, keasliannya terserlah semasa berada dalam penderitaan dan kesukaran. Justeru umat mestilah melakukan strategi jangka panjang yang bersumber dari pegangan umat dan identitinya. صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ“Shibghah Allah dan siapakah yang lebih baik shibghahnya dari pada Allah? dan hanya kepada-Nya-lah Kami menyembah”. (Al-Baqarah:138)

Bahawa kesatuan umat, kesatuan amal Islami, kesatuan kepemimpinan dan kesatuan manhaj merupakan dharurah syar’iyyah (keperluan syarak) dan penting dalam menghadapi tentangan.

Kita harus mengamalkan perintah Allah sebagaimana firman-Nya:وَأَعِدُّواْ لَهُم مَّا اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍ وَمِن رِّبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِن شَيْءٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تُظْلَمُونَ

“Dan siapkanlah untuk menghadapi mereka kekuatan apa saja yang kamu sanggupi dan dari kuda-kuda yang ditambah untuk berperang (yang dengan persiapan itu) kamu menggentarkan musuh Allah dan musuhmu dan orang orang selain mereka yang kamu tidak mengetahuinya; sedang Allah mengetahuinya. apa saja yang kamu nafkahkan pada jalan Allah niscaya akan dibalasi dengan cukup kepadamu dan kamu tidak akan dianiaya (dirugikan).” (Al-Anfal:60)

Sekalipun kecanggihan yang dimiliki Israel pada hakikatnya akan menemui kehancuran

Sekalipun Israel memiliki gudang senjata nuklear, meskipun Amerika mendukung sepenuhnya, meskipun Arab melakukan pakatan bersamanya, tidak akan sama sekali memberikan keamanan dan ketenangan ke atas wilayah kita yang terjajah kepada mereka, itu hanya untuk sementara waktu namun mereka akan hancur dalam waktu terdekat, bukti-buktinya sangat banyak: -

Allah telah menyampaikan berita kepada kita dalam surat Al-Isra’ bahawa zionis akan berada dalam kesombongan sebanyak dua kali .. dan pada saat ini kita sedang menghadapi kesombongan yang kedua kalinya dan untuk kali yang terakhir ini Allah akan menghancurkan mereka dan memberi mereka dengan azab yang buruk; sebagai ganjaran di atas kesombongan mereka di hadapan Allah, dan penghinaan mereka terhadap tanah haram dan tempat-tempat suci.

Allah berfirman: فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوؤُواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُواْ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا

“Dan apabila datang saat hukuman bagi (kejahatan) yang kedua, (kami datangkan orang-orang lain) untuk menyuramkan muka-muka kamu dan mereka masuk ke dalam mesjid, sebagaimana musuh-musuhmu memasukinya pada kali pertama dan untuk membinasakan sehabis-habisnya apa saja yang mereka kuasai.” (Al-Isra:7)

Dan sesuai dengan sunnatullah dalam silih berganti zaman, akan terjadi kehancuran suatu bangsa disebabkan oleh kezaliman, kekejaman dan penindasan. Allah berfirman: فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

“Maka orang-orang yang zalim itu dimusnahkan sampai ke akar-akarnya. segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam”. (Al-An’am:45)

وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

“Dan (penduduk) negeri telah Kami binasakan ketika mereka berbuat zalim, dan telah Kami tetapkan waktu tertentu bagi kebinasaan mereka.” (Al-Kahfi:59)

- Bahawa Israel sentiasa menanggung kekalahan dan pengunduran tentera setelah mengalaminya secara berturut-turut, dimulai dari kekalahan dari perang 1973, pada Intifadah pertama tahun 1987, pengunduran tentera dari Lebanon Selatan, Intifadah kedua tahun 2000, dan yang terakhir kalah dalam peperangan melawan Hizbullah di Lebanon serta pengunduran yang memalukan dari Semenanjung Gaza tanpa mencapai matlamat yang diinginkan.

- Terjadinya perubahan demografi yang berpihak pada penduduk Arab atau apa yang mereka sebut “bom biologi”, yang memberikan kelebihan kadar kelahiran warga Palestina dan Zionis dengan nisbah 7: 1.

Sementara itu regim Zionis menyeru untuk mengisytiharkan nama “negara Yahudi” sebagai pelaksanaan awal pengusiran warga Arab dan menutup pintu hak pengembalian wilayah seperti tahun 1948.

- Rasulullah saw telah menyampaikan berita gembira bahawa –yang senantiasa memberikan harapan kepada kita- akan terjadinya pertempuran yang menentukan antara Yahudi dan umat Islam yang mana kemenangan akan dikecapi oleh Islam dan umat Islam.

Nabi saw bersabda:لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَهُودَ فَيَقْتُلُهُمْ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى يَخْتَبِئَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَجَرِ وَالشَّجَرِ فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ أَوْ الشَّجَرُ يَا مُسْلِمُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي فَتَعَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ إِلَّا الْغَرْقَدَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْيَهُودِ

“Tidak akan terjadi kiamat sampai umat Islam berperang dengan Yahudi, kemudian umat akan memerangi mereka, sehingga orang-orang Yahudi bersembunyi dibalik batu dan pohon, lalu batu atau pohon tersebut berkata: “Wahai muslim! Wahai hamba Allah! Ini ada orang Yahudi dibelakang saya, kemarilah dan bunuhlah, kecuali pohon gorqod; Karena ia merupakan pohon Yahudi”. (Muslim)

Dari sini kami sampaikan… bahawa Israel pasti akan hancur sedangkan Masjid Al-Aqsa pasti akan tetap berdiri dan tegak selama dunia masih ada.

Allah berfirman: فَأَمَّا الزَّبَدُ فَيَذْهَبُ جُفَاء وَأَمَّا مَا يَنفَعُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي الأَرْضِ كَذَلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الأَمْثَالَ

“Adapun buih itu, akan hilang sebagai sesuatu yang tak ada harganya; Adapun yang memberi manfaat kepada manusia, Maka ia tetap di bumi. Demikianlah Allah membuat perumpamaan-perumpamaan.” (Ar-Ra’d:17)

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Tuesday 1 June 2010

Apa dah jadik Israel ni???!!!!

First eyewitness accounts of raid contradict version put out by Israeli officials

Survivors of the Israeli assault on a flotilla carrying relief supplies to Gaza returned to Greece and Turkey today, giving the first eyewitness accounts of the raid in which at least 10 people died.
Arriving at Istanbul's Ataturk airport with her one-year-old baby, Turkish activist Nilufer Cetin said Israeli troops opened fire before boarding the Turkish-flagged ferry Mavi Marmara, which was the scene of the worst clashes and all the fatalities. Israeli officials have said that the use of armed force began when its boarding party was attacked.
"It was extremely bad and very tough clashes took place. The Mavi Marmara is filled with blood," said Cetin, whose husband is the Mavi Marmara's chief engineer.
She told reporters that she and her child hid in the bathroom of their cabin during the confrontation. "The operation started immediately with firing. First it was warning shots, but when the Mavi Marmara wouldn't stop these warnings turned into an attack," she said.
"There were sound and smoke bombs and later they used gas bombs. Following the bombings they started to come on board from helicopters."
Cetin is among a handful of Turkish activists to be released; more than 300 remain in Israeli custody. She said she agreed to extradition from Israel after she was warned that conditions in jail would be too harsh for her child.
"I am one of the first passengers to be sent home, just because I have baby. When we arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod we were met by the Israeli interior and foreign ministry officials and police; there were no soldiers. They asked me only a few questions. But they took everything – cameras, laptops, cellphones, personal belongings including our clothes," she said.
Kutlu Tiryaki was a captain of another vessel in the flotilla. "We continuously told them we did not have weapons, we came here to bring humanitarian help and not to fight," he said.
"The attack on the Mavi Marmara came in an instant: they attacked it with 12 or 13 attack boats and also with commandos from helicopters. We heard the gunshots over our portable radio handsets, which we used to communicate with the Mavi Marmara, because our ship communication system was disrupted. There were three or four helicopters also used in the attack. We were told by Mavi Marmara their crew and civilians were being shot at and windows and doors were being broken by Israelis."
Six Greek activists who returned to Athens accused Israeli commandos of using electric shocks during the raid.
Dimitris Gielalis, who had been aboard the Sfendoni, told reporters: "Suddenly from everywhere we saw inflatables coming at us, and within seconds fully equipped commandos came up on the boat. They came up and used plastic bullets, we had beatings, we had electric shocks, any method we can think of, they used."
Michalis Grigoropoulos, who was at the wheel of the Free Mediterranean, said: "We were in international waters. The Israelis acted like pirates, completely out of the normal way that they conduct nautical exercises, and seized our ship. They took us hostage, pointing guns at our heads; they descended from helicopters and fired tear gas and bullets. There was absolutely nothing we could do … Those who tried to resist forming a human ring on the bridge were given electric shocks."
Grigoropoulos, who insisted the ship was full of humanitarian aid bound for Gaza "and nothing more", said that, once detained, the human rights activists were not allowed to contact a lawyer or the Greek embassy in Tel Aviv. "They didn't let us go to the toilet, eat or drink water and throughout they videoed us. They confiscated everything, mobile phones, laptops, cameras and personal effects. They only allowed us to keep our papers."
Turkey said it was sending three ambulance planes to Israel to pick up 20 more Turkish activists injured in the operation.
Three Turkish Airlines planes were on standby, waiting to fly back other activists, the prime minister's office said.



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Jaguh Kampung-by Tun Daim


Jaguh Kampung, A Personal Perspective on Business Outside Malaysian
Shores

by Tun Daim Zainuddin

Since my second retirement in 2001, I have accepted only one
invitation to speak in Malaysia and that was in 2004.

So to accept this invitation, it took some serious thinking on my
part. I have spoken many times overseas but at home I think people may
be tired of hearing me talk all the time so as a retiree I should just
keep quiet!

"I accepted this invitation because I have great faith in our young
people. For us as a nation to grow and succeed in the future we need
good leaders and you here are our leaders of tomorrow.

So, thank you Tengku Zafrul Aziz for inviting me. The topic you chose
is interesting - Jaguh Kampung, A Personal Perspective on Business
Outside Malaysian Shores.

Nowadays, the term Jaguh Kampung seems to suggest our failures. It
dismisses our achievements and local successes. It portrays us as a
failure overseas. It looks down upon us. It used to refer to sports,
now it encompasses business.

I do not see anything derogatory about being a Jaguh Kampung, for how
can you succeed globally if you have not achieved success even at
home. It is here that you hone your skills, know of your strengths and
weakness, make your mistakes and learn from them; it is here that you
plant the seed of your success overseas. It is only negative when you
are successful at home yet not able to translate the same success
abroad. Why?

It has been argued that Malaysians are far too comfortable at home and
therefore cannot stand the competition outside. For the Malays
particularly it is said that we do not have the history of migrants
who came in junks and sampans to make a new life in a new land; that
we have no history of doing business and that there is no NEP
overseas.

I don't subscribe to such an argument. Many non-Malays fail too. Many
non-Malays who have succeeded here with Government help have failed
overseas. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with
ourselves. We have to see our own strengths and weakness to know why
we succeed and why we fail. I have no sociological or anthropological
thesis on this but I can tell you of my personal experience to
illustrate, if that is of any help.

So, I guess I shall start from the beginning. I come from a small
place called Lorong Kampong Padang in Kota Tanah, Seberang Perak,
Kedah. Growing up I was confused, we had no padang, no kota (fort), no
perak (silver)! It was a small kampong where everyone knew everyone.
Yet this village produced 3 doctors, 2 veterinary surgeons, a dentist
and may top civil servants. As far as I knew, they were no lawyers,
yet my father kept urging me "Grow up to be a lawyer".

Two of the three doctors were Dr Mahathir who married another doctor,
and Dr Bakar who married Tan Sri Dr Salmah, the first female Malay
doctor in the country. Amongst my schoolmates and seniors were Tan Sri
Hanafiah Ahmad of Tabung Haji, Tan Sri Hanafiah Hussein, the first
Malay Chartered Accountant, and Tan Sri Bakar Hamid, Head of Income
tax. The list goes on.

The late Tun Zahir (Speaker of Parliament) helped me with my admission
to Lincoln's Inn. In London I was friends with other students some of
whom went on to become Judges, Chief Justices, President of the Ct. of
Appeal, Lord Presidents, top Civil Servants etc. I learnt politics
from the likes of Syed Albar and even when back in Kuala Lumpur he
would come to my house weekends and drive me around Kuala Lumpur
introducing me to the whos who of Malay politics. Hussein Onn would
tell me Malayan political history.

When I moved to Kelantan I got to know the various political leaders
in PAS like Asri, Zulkifli and Wan Mustapha. In fact PAS was the first
to offer me to stand for election. When I joined the Legal Service, I
served in Johor and Perak and built up further my network of friends.

When I was in private practice I represented the Governor of Sarawak
in the case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan. I was in Allen & Gledhill then
and a very junior lawyer too but the senior partner asked me to do it
as he thought that I was able to handle it as he considered me well
read and thorough in my work plus he knew that I was well versed in
the politics of the day. It was during this case that I got to know
Tun Razak, Tun Rahman Yakob and Tan Sri Taib Mahmmud. At 28, I
attended my first Cabinet meeting to brief the Cabinet on the case. I
never thought that 18 years later I would be attending it weekly.

Tengku Razaleigh and Manan Othman for reasons known to themselves,
recommended to Hussein Onn that I be appointed a Senator. Suddenly
people wanted to find out who this Daim was. Manan when he was
Minister of Public Enterprise, put me on Board of UDA as I was
recognized as a successful property developer then and later made me
chairman of Peremba. When Tun Mahathir became PM, he appointed me as
Chairman of Fleet Group. Tan Sri Sanusi made me Chairman of Rakyat
First Merchant Bank. In 1984, Tun Mahathir made me Minister of
Finance.

It is from all these people that I learnt so much and who had in some
way or the other helped me in my professional, business and political
life.

I was also a busy body and had an opinion on everything. I was there
when Tan Chee Koon, Lim Chong Eu and Syed Hussein formed Parti
Gerakan. I took part in the debate on the issue of Bahasa Kebangsaan
and had friends who alerted me that I was to be arrested under the ISA
on the issue. I wrote letters to the Prime Ministers in office,
offering them my 2 cents worth, the advice unasked and often ignored
but that did not deter me.

I started my private practice with some savings and a RM60k loan from
MARA. I furnished my office frugally and spent the rest on the stock
market. When May 13 came I almost lost the shirt on my back. I learnt
there and then that the stock market is not a casino for me to gamble
in but that investment has to be made through informed choices. Later
when I decided to go back to the market I only invested in quality and
strategic stocks.

Before I could invest in these quality stocks I had to make money to
pay off my debts. Luckily I had my practice; but the need to succeed
was too strong for me to remain purely a lawyer. Not one to give up, I
decided to go into business. I invested in a salt making business -
everyone needs salt right? well, an unseasonal storm washed that away!
I went into many businesses that didn't do too well, until I decided
to go into property development. I approached Dato Harun Idris then MB
of Selangor for a piece of an abandoned, disused mining land. I paid
the premium for it and finally was on the road to success. It was not
easy going. It would have been easier if it was a piece of flat estate
land, instead I had manylakes to be filled before I can build.

But if it had been easy then I'm not sure I would have learnt the
lessons that failure teaches you. Failure is a great teacher if you
are willing to learn. My tenacity was my strength. I never gave up. As
Churchill said "Success is not final and failure is not fatal. It is
the courage to continue that counts". I stumbled, picked myself up and
continued.

By the time I was in my mid thirties I was a millionaire. With the
money I made I went looking for my strategic stakes not only in the
stock market but also in properties. By the time I join the Cabinet I
was the shareholder of Raleigh Bhd (a name famous worldwide for its
bicycle, made since 1887) Raleigh had shares in Prudential and had
landed properties and another listed company. I bought into UEP which
had a 1,400 acre land bank which I later reversed into SIME for
shares, making me the single largest shareholder of SIME then. I also
had a Joint Venture with the State Government of Kedah to develop
2,000 acres of converted land. Maluri also JV'ed with PNB to develop
600 acres of land in Kajang. I had a housing estate in Malacca. My
land bank was massive. I was also a founding shareholder and chairman
of TV3. I was also the largest individual shareholder in Nestle, and
in Jaya Jusco. I had 4 factories in Malacca producing cast iron,
plastic, packaging and preserved foods. I also invested in a haulage
company. I also had a stake in UMBC Bank. I'm telling you all this not
to show off and impress you but to share with you my journey.

When I was asked by Dr Mahathir to join the Government I had to think
very carefully. I knew it will be a sacrifice on my part to take the
offer but then this would not be the first time I have been asked to
sacrifice in the name of national interest. When I had the opportunity
to increase my share in SIME to 30% Dr. Mahathir heard about it and
asked me not to take it up as it would be better to be given to PNB.
When UMNO youth objected to MCA buying shares in UMBC, MCA approached
me to exchange my controlling shares in Malaysian French Bank for a
non controlling stake in UMBC. I was not keen to give up control in
one for non-controlling in another, further I had to borrow as I was
buying into a bigger bank, but the government insisted on the exchange
for economic and political stability. By the time the deal was
completed I was made MoF and later had to sell my stake. The
government insisted that I can only sell to a Bumi or Bumi company and
at cost too! I had much higher offers from non Bumis and could have
made money on this sale but I have no choice. On top of it all, I had
to pay tax on the sale too!

As I said earlier, it was a sacrifice on my part. Joining the
Government also meant that I would have to give up my business. I was
rich and answered to no one. I was carefree and wanted to enjoy the
fruits of my labour. I had my privacy which I value highly. It was a
difficult decision to make. I took more than a month to think it over.
Whilst I would sacrifice a life of greater wealth, there is more to
life than making money and more money. At some point you have to look
beyond material wealth and personal interest. In the end the call to
serve was made, partially because growing up my father had always
drummed it into my head that there was no better calling than to be
serving the government. That to be of service is an honour. And he
also thought that I should be Prime Minister. In fact when I was
appointed MoF and I told him, he replied "bukan PM?"!! Obviously he
thought very highly of me.

There has been bouquets and brickbats, but I did not take the job to
win a popularity contest. National interest comes first and in the
end, you have to do what you think is best for the nation. Joining the
government has brought me immense satisfaction to see the economy
succeed from an agrarian economy to an industrialised economy. If I
had not joined the government I would have been far richer in wealth
but so much poorer in experience. If there is any regret, it is regret
for the loss of my privacy.

I couldn't have done all this on my own. The friends I knew, the
network I built was very useful. You cannot be successful if you are a
hermit staying in your house watching TV after work. Whether its
through school, work or sports, there is always an opportunity to meet
people. Networking, building relationships, what the Chinese called
"quan xi", is important in business - you never know who you meet may
be your guardian angel in disguise. Of course I'm not suggesting that
you make friends for an ulterior motive - if you are not sincere,
people can see through you. If you use people, it can only work once
or twice before you lose your reputation and that, if once lost cannot
be recovered.

Whenever I travel and meet people I would always write to them, to
thank them, to keep in touch, to invite them over etc. So wherever I
went I always knew someone or the other. But mix with like minded
people. Your so called friends can lead you astray. As I have said
earlier,networking is very important but is of no use when all you do
with your network of friends is to "omong-omong kosong".

Saudara, Saudari / Ladies and Gentlemen

After retirement I had no ministry and no company to run. All my life
I have been active and staying home doing gardening and playing golf
did not appeal to me. So I went to the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard. I spent my time reading, meeting people, attending lectures.
After a few months I was restless. I reassessed my situation - do I
restart in Malaysia? If I did, and succeeded, my success would be
questioned as I still had friends and contacts both in and out of
Government. I had nothing to prove but I thought if I could succeed in
Malaysia, maybe I could do so overseas. As I've said earlier Malays
have been criticised that they can only succeed because of the NEP, I
thought that I owe it to the Malays to prove otherwise.

In the course of my work as MoF I travelled and engaged with various
people, government and non-government everywhere. I had visited
Eastern Europe and was convinced that Russia could not hold on to them
for very long.

In 1994 I started my banks in Republic of Czech and then Hungary,
Albania, Bosnia. Whatever we may say of Russia, it left behind a very
good education system and excellent infrastructure. Still, it was
tough to do business there. There is the question of language and
there was no experience of market economy. It was not easy to get
Malaysians to work there and the locals were used to working for the
government. We had to motivate them to work for profit, to understand
that we go into business to make profit, profit to pay salaries,
bonuses and to expand.

If Eastern Europe was tough, Africa was tougher. Why Africa? Its too
long to go into but if you are interested I've given my reasons in a
separate paper. Its with Tengku Zafrul. It was not easy for us to
start in Africa. We were not Citibank or HSBC or Standard Chartered.
Whilst most of the Governments in Africa knew me when I was MoF and I
was involved in both the Smart Partnership and South-South
Cooperation, nobody knew the Bank. Tun Dr. Mahathir's name carries a
lot of weight and Malaysia under him was held in high esteem. All
these helped but we still had to prove ourselves and further we had to
carry the burden of maintaining Malaysia's good name. Failure was not
an option.

Africa was tough. There was little discipline, most do not have the
expertise nor the experience. The better ones had left and were in
Europe or America. The pool to draw staff was small. If it was
difficult to entice Malaysians to Eastern Europe, you can imagine what
it was like to ask them to go to Africa!

We started from scratch. Fortunately for me, I had an excellent team
who understood and shared my vision. The team you build is critical.
You cannot do it alone.

My team were as determined as me to succeed. We had put our money
there and our reputation and the country's reputation were at stake.
My team were motivated and prepared to sacrifice the comforts of home
to blaze a trail there. It was pure team work and dedication that made
it. Without a good team, no way would we be where we are today. Our
banks have won many awards, particularly Euromoney's Bank of the Year
awards, some of them repeatedly. I am very proud of them. And I must
add that we have a good reputation in Africa. Wherever I go and I meet
Presidents, Prime Ministers, MoF, Governors of Central Bank of
countries where we operate and where we don't, they now know us and of
us and are happy with us. They see that we have been fair and honest.
We treat them as partners and equals. We train the locals and it is a
measure of our success that our local staff are always in demand and
poached by other financial institutions. We get a lot of requests to
open up in their countries but we are limited by our resources. We
cannot over-stretch ourselves and end up with quantity but not
quality. Quality is of the utmost importance.

Today we have a presence in 10 countries in Africa and have also
expanded our reach into Asia; Indonesia, Bangladesh, Laos, and are
looking at other neighbouring countries. People must think that you
have to be immensely rich to be in Europe, Africa and Asia, but that
is not true. When we first started, the paid up for each bank was only
US$2 million. Today a European bank's paid up must be at least Euro 5
million, in Yemen for example, US$20 million, and in Nigeria US$100
million. With that kind of requirement, we had to reassess our
business plans. We sold off Europe and with the proceeds decided to go
to Asia.

In every business you start with a plan but the plan has to re
evaluated, reassessed, and reconsidered at every turn. What works
today may not necessarily work tomorrow. Facts change, operating
conditions change and we must change with them. Business is not static
and we cannot run on the spot.

I know I have gone on too much, boring you with my personal history. I
should have just quoted my son's one paragraph biography he wrote of
me when he was in primary school: "My father was born in Kedah. He
studied law and became a lawyer, then a businessman, then MoF twice.
He is now retired and runs banks and does charitable work. He is a
good father because he plays football with me."

Seriously, though, what distinguish one who succeeds from one who
fails? Everyone I'm sure starts out wanting success, but it has been
said that success usually comes to those who were too busy to look for
it. It is a sacrifice. You will have to defer immediate gratification
and forgo leisure. You have to be the first to arrive and the last to
leave. It really is hard work and nothing else. There is just no
substitute for hard work. But you cannot work hard stupidly. You have
to plan, execute the plan, change the plan when necessary to suit
changing situations. As was said by Darwin - "It is not the strongest
of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one
that is most adaptable to change". How do you know that the situation
changes? You have to read, read and read. Read all the time. Be
curious about the world around you. Try to keep up with the latest in
technology and business, the latest trends and the geo political
changes too. As an example, when I read that the French Government was
nationalising its banks I realised that it would have to sell its bank
in Malaysia as Malaysia then did not allow government owned banks to
operate in Malaysia. I saw an opportunity here and decided to contact
the French Government to take over the Indo-Suez Bank which I later
renamed the Malaysian French Bank. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It is also important that you take the opportunity to work in and
learn from businesses that have been successful. It is no
embarrassment to say you don't know and to be aware of your own
limitations. Never be too proud to learn from others. But on the other
hand, do not follow blindly. If someone is successful at one thing it
does not mean that you can too. You have to know yourself. It helps if
you can do something that you love. As Confucius said "Choose a job
that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life". You
have to be hands-on. No one is interested in your success except you.
Its your money, and in most cases, borrowed money. You have to ensure
your own success. You are your own best asset and the master of your
own destiny, to make your own future. You have a choice to either work
hard, remain committed, diligent, determined and disciplined or just
buy a lottery ticket and hope to get rich overnight!

For the Malays particularly I say this to you - do not be afraid of
competition. We are used to competing - we have other races to measure
against, so there is no reason why we can't succeed. Don't believe in
handouts, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Handouts do not test
you and when faced with adversity, the price of that handout is
failure.

For the Non-Malays, I say this to you - Do not accept any
discrimination or perceived discrimination as an excuse for failure.
See it as an obstacle to overcome and an opportunity to strengthen
your resolve.
Do not fear the fear of failure. Do not fear to take chances. Do not
fear of making mistakes that will shatter your confidence and fill you
with doubts. You have to take a chance on life. When one door closes
another opens but you have to look for that open door and not remain
fixated on the closed door. Move on, you have done what you can. Learn
from it and that will give you confidence in the next venture.

In your quest for success, be wary of making compromises; your values
and beliefs will be tested. Have a clear conscience in what you do as
you have to face the mirror everyday. Do not let praise go to you head
nor criticism weigh you down. Have faith in yourself and faith in God.
He will not let you down.

When you have achieved material successes, live simply and shun
extravagance and arrogance. Do not lose all that you have achieved
because you were resting on your laurels. What happens when that
laurel wilts? Be humble and reach out to those less fortunate than
you. Your success is an obligation and a responsibility to your
society and it is only when you give back to society that you are
truly successful.

Ladies and Gentlemen/ Saudara, Saudari

Be brave to leave your 'kampung' and go anywhere in the world to claim
your future. I wish you well.

Thank you.

22/5/2010


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