Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan kepada semua rakyat Malaysia especially those in overseas; be it in US, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Africa or Arab. Did you guys celebrate Merdeka? Sesungguhnya, we appreciate/ celebrate Merdeka dgn meriah sekali bila di perantauan. I still remember when I was a student in Washington DC.... We woke up early in the morning, the girls wore baju kurung or kebaya and the guys wore baju Melayu. We rented cars a day before so that we could celebrate Merdeka at the Ambassador's. Masa tu lah nak makan satay ker, nak makan ABC ker, nasi tomato, nasi himpit, rendang and etc. Some of us even wore baju kurung to class just to make sure our classmates knew that 31st August is our Independence Day. Tapi, bila di Malaysia, we didn't do anything. Setakat kibar bendera kat atas kereta. This year, I saw only a few cars put up the flag. My company used to give out flags to the employees a few years back. Sekarang nih nak save cost kut. This morning, I watched (on tv) the Merdeka Parade with my family. Ammar and Umaira punya lah excited sebab ada bendera and lagu jalur gemilang and kereta berhias. Tapi, rasanya crowd kat concert KLCC semalam berganda ramai compared to today's parade.
Hmmmm.. and now.. at 11am on the 31st August I have to come to work. We have projects came in and the engineers need to finished them by today. Okay, they pay me tripple tapi hari nih Merdeka.. Reluctant jugak nak datang tapi nxt week I'm gonna take leave for two days...
Hehehe.. banyaknya TAPI.. Merdeka kah namanya nih?... Think....

"Spray Attack" victim

source of pictures: KMU and Jeff Ooi

Was it pepper spray or teargas?.. Tak baik tau buat kat orang tua macam nih.
Anyway, sekarang nih kena berhati hati kalau nak ber-blog...
hahaha tak pasal pasal kena tangkap nanti..

Sad.. Sad.. Sad

I googled the word "Qana" this morning and a lot of links came out. Unfortunately, most of the links had been blocked by the IT department. What do you expect when you're working the American company?. May be it's an intergrity issue to find the truth using company's propoerties. Well.. I'm really sad with all the bombings and killings. I cried whenever I read/ watched the news. I'm not sure whether my hormones is effecting my emotions or what, but I'm really upset. Ooops! what's wrong with my hormones? I need a new entry to talk about this. It's a long, long story. To cut the story short; I'm expecting again. Yes! I'm not ready at first, but I'm okay now. I did great all the while. I managed all the pressures calmly. We are the one who created the unpleasant feelings, surely, we have ways to handle them.
Back to Qana and Israel thingy, we need to do something to show our sympathy. To show that we're angry and we're against the zionist regime. We could boycott the products; Sara Lee, Johnson & Johnson, Coke, Huggies, Carrefour, Maybelline, Nestle and etc are all in the list. I used most of the products in the track record that supporting Israel but I'll try to minimize them - setakat yang mampu lah. Yang obviously TAK mampunya - berhenti kerja. Hahaha, although my company did not listed in the track record, but people were saying I'm working with Jewish company because the owner is a Jew. However, not all Jews are bad. Some of them are against the zinoist as well (hmmm.. am I defensive??.. hahaha). Btw, the pictures attached were taken in 1996 and recently. Teringat kat Umaira bila tengok budak tembam on the second picture.


I think I'm going to collect donations from my colleagues and friends who are keen to contribute but didn't know where to go or what to do. I'll bank- in the money to Mercy Malaysia ( www.mercy.org.my/). I did the same thing before for Afghanistan victims. I managed to collect 400 plus in two days. Berapa kerat sangatlah Melayu kat office nih. Seronok tau when we know there are so many people who are aware and care for the religion and humanity. Hopefully, I have the time and courage to execute my plan. So friends, sesapa yang nak sedekah, you may pass the money to me. Kalau nak suruh guna my money first, the you'll pay later also can lah. Furthermore, nih bulan Rejab.. banyak banyak kan lah sedekah.
Btw, my mom's persatuan tengah kutip duit untuk bawa anak anak yatim miskin berjalan. Nak bagi rasa seronok macam orang yg ada parents lah jugak. Rasanya, melawat KL kut.

River of Tears

Down by the river of tears
she the mother kneeled
and grasped the dirt between her hands
Then planted a flag of peace
Her heart wrenched with fear
when remembering her indelible dreams

She the mother grasped
Frantically her last child

...Rocks... gunfire...bloodshed
Tombs filled with children...

She looked up to the sky
and wished to be with her children...

Then remembering her last child
Gazed desperately into the Horizon
and shouted a piercing sentence

Stop killing our children
stop killing our children

by Laila Yaghi 2001