sarah`s blog

dear readers,

 malaysia will have sixth premier soon, very soon. despite a lot of accusations, hear says about him, he will be the next powerful man in malaysia. my main concern is people’s behaviour towards him. some people particularly, the opposition will keep repeating this man’s dark side of morality. some even to the extent whereby refuse to allow him to be in power just because his wife has a huge influence on him.by the way before i go far,i hope readers already know who is the man.

his connection with Mongolian model is no secret.i believe almost everyone know what happened to the unlucky interpreter.many of us has heard that this man sweared that never met the lady.full stop.he refuses to comment anything pertaining to the lady.

i am not dare to say that he is guilty for murdering the model.

my point his, despite all those people accusing him and many statements even from France media (Liberation) has reported what has happened to the model before her body was blowned up, he remains cool as ever. that shows he is a great politician and know how to secure his position.

are we going to forget what he has done and for the present, shall we forgive him? some people argue for the sake of nation’s interest we ought to be not so choosy and stop criticizing other people moral values. the important thing is to solve unemployment problems and to combat the escalating number of crimes! many politicians out there are busy spreading bad stories about his rivals but too slow or never come out with a solution to solve the present problems faced by malaysians. some people may argue that we need to have a clean leader.what is test of ‘clean’ then?before Dr.M resigned, almost everyone celebrating Pak Lah as Mr Clean.

later, a  number of bitter stories messed up the Mr.Clean title and it happened until now.what happened to the celebration then? perhaps those who celebrate it will going to celebrate his successor.

a point to  deliberate: there is no perfect man on this earth. we should accept this fact.

Setelah menyaksikan rancangan hujah di tv9 baru-baru ini, yang menjemput dua orang personaliti politik – Datuk Syed Hamid Albar dan Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik, terdapat beberapa perkara yang boleh aku simpulkan di sini. Prof.Agus dari UKM telah melemparkan beberapa soalan ‘maut’ kepada dua orang tokoh politik tersebut. Memang menarik dan sangat menarik. Kepada pembaca yang budiman sekalian, harus di ingatkan penulisan aku ini tidak berniat untuk mencerca, tetapi sekadar suatu pandangan dari kaca mata ku.

Antara soalan yang di lemparkan adalah tentang isu hak asasi manusia, dengan spesifik, isu keganasan polis. Kes kematian Kugan misalannya, telah membuka mata rakyat Malaysia, betapa polis yang sepatutnya menjadi pelindung,tetapi mampu menjadi ‘penjenayah’. Jawapan Syed Hamid agak mengecewakan. Beliau berkata jika itu yang terjadi kita tidak seharusnya mengangkat penjenayah sebagai hero dan polis sebagai penjahat. Itu bukannya jawapan, itu adalah alas an untuk menunjukkan pasukan polis sebagai badan yang penuh bermaruah. Begitu juga dengan penahanan dua orang wartawan di bawah ISA atas alasan untuk menjaga keselamatan mereka. Prof Agus bertanya, apakah ISA ini relevan untuk menjadi pelindung? ( pelik ni) setelah berdolak dalik, akhirnya Datuk Syed Hamid menjelaskan menjaga keselamatan bukannya isu pokok yang membawa kepada penahanan mereka. Sedangkan media melaporkan sebaliknya. Tan Sri Rahim agak kurang menyerlah berbanding Datuk Syed Hamid. Jawapan beliau agak perlahan dan ada kalanya tergagap-gagap dan kurang spontan. Tetapi harus aku akui kedua-dua mereka mengakui suatu hakikat- UMNO perlukan perubahan.

Mereka gagal untuk mengakui bahawa rakyat menolak UMNO kerana berlaku korupsi secara besar-besaran ( dan bukannya satu dua kes seperti yang di sebut oleh Tan Sri Rahim) dan telah menjadi tradisi dalam UMNO sendiri. Hal ini juga di akui adun Bota sebelum beliau melompat ke UMNO kembali. UMNO pada asalnya parti yang ikhlas memperjuangkan nasib Melayu. Pada zaman dahulu, pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO terdiri daripada para pendidik, para intelek, golongan pekerja. Itu dulu, sekarang berbeza. UMNO terdiri daripada ahli bisnes. Siapa yang mahu membina empayar kekayaan di sarankan bersama UMNO kerana di dalamnya terdapat lubuk kekayaan. Asal mahu kaya, itu bisa, tetapi mesti menurut tradisi UMNO. Hal ini di akui oleh ramai orang.

Semasa aku menuntut di Melaka, aku pernah di datangi oleh beberapa pakcik di kedai kopi sambil menunggu bas. Mereka menyarankan aku menyertai Puteri UMNO jika mahu mendapat kerja kerana zaman ini agak susah bagi siswazah mendapat pekerjaan. Jadi adil jika aku mengatakan seseorang yang menyertai UMNO bukan lagi untuk membantu bangsa, tetapi untuk tujuan peribadi. Maaf, jika aku menyertai UMNO, itu kerana atas dasar prinsip bukannya untuk meraih kekayaan, inshaAllah. Ucapan Tan Sri Rahim seakan-akan mahu mengatakan sesiapa yang tidak menyokong UMNO, mereka tidak patriotik. Ini hujah lama, hujah lapuk. Nilai patriotisme tidak dapat di ukur dengan menyokong UMNO semata-mata. Idea beliau jelas menunjukkan beliau datang dari golongan ‘lama’. Isu Elizabeth Wong telah di perbesarkan oleh UMNO. Melihat kepada isu moral, aku kira wajarlah mencermin muka sebelum mengata orang lain. Perihal mantan menteri meraba punggung wanita di Havana club di tutup. Wajarkah? Aku berpendapat Datuk Chua Soi Lek lebih berprinsip kerana berani letak jawatan berikutan skandal seks beliau, tanpa di paksa untuk berundur. Pendapatku? Jika UMNO mahu di lihat bersih dan jujur, perlu adanya satu reformasi dalaman. Tak perlu sibuk untuk menyiasat hal lembu yang sangat remeh temeh. Siasat pemimpin UMNO itu sendiri. Jawab segala persoalan yang timbul di benak rakyat. Jawab samada Datuk Sri Najib itu benar-benar bersih dan tiada kena mengena dengan pembunuhan Altantuya. Jawab, siapakah yang di maksudkan oleh Inspektor Azilah dan Sirul yang memberitahu mereka di jadikan kambing hitam oleh seseorang yang tiada di mahkamah? Pimpinan UMNO perlu sedar dan bangkit dari mimpi-mimpi indah mereka. Kuasa politik mampu menjerat mereka jika mereka terus alpa. UMNO pada asalnya parti yang di asaskan oleh pemimpin yang jujur dan bersih telah menjadi sesuatu parti yang korup maka jelas kehilangan identity asal dan tersasar daripada landasan perjuangan mereka yang sebenarnya. Mereka harus berhenti memperkudakan system kehakiman, berhenti merompak kekayaan Negara, dan menjadi telus dalam perjuangan mereka. Sebagai golongan muda, aku sudah tidak mahu mendengar retorik perjuangan, tetapi mahu melihat tindakan mereka untuk mereformasikan UMNO.

Recently, due to Israel’s attacks on Gaza, masses has begun thinking on what we can do to help this matter, albeit not as a soldier, I believe we could lend our hands. This bloody war on innocent the Palestinians should not be condoned. Ever since the Balfour Agreement existed, the crisis between Israel and Palestine has been happening. It prolongs until today without a concrete solutions. Things getting worst when Arabs are silent like stone. They don’t even have the brotherhood spirit to help the victims.

Arab states are blessed with oil and gas and that makes them so rich. Economy should be perceived as modern ‘weapon’ to curtail US (Israel ally) economy. Apart from military gadgets, curtailing US economy will put a great effect on Israeldecision to attack the Palestinians. A call to boycott US products is actually one of the ways (some people say the sole way) we could do to help the war victims. Parents might start telling their kids that McDonald’s is just a two buns with a dead meat between it. Dr. M once said, you’re not going to die without McD and KFC. Take it easy. After all, they are not healthy stuffs.

According to Hishamudin Rais, we shall not perceive this matter as a battle of religions; instead, it is a dilemma of sovereign territory, faced by them. Israelis came from all over the world, settled on West Bank i.e. Palestinians’ lands illegally. Yeah, sort of mini invasion at that time, but now, it grows at larger scale!

At the same time I read a newspaper cutting on the statement done by Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Khalid Nordin. He said that students are allowed to participate in demonstrations against the Israel’s attacks on Palestin. Okay, it seems good news for me. Eventually government realises students’ voices are quite important. After all, students are future leaders, so future leaders could gain their ‘leadership’ skill via demonstrations. Demonstrations as a way to express or to demonstrate your thoughts are cool.

However I would like to add a bit based from what I got from the talk I attended last night. We Malaysians are not daring enough to stand up against violations made by the government which are similar to what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians. Examples are detention without trial, Kg Berembang’s tragedy, aborigines’ lands were seized, people died while in police custody, people were beaten due to their participation in peaceful assemblies and many more. Aren’t these examples similar to the Israel’s conducts on the Palestinians? Yes, we feel secure to pick up safe issue like this as government is sympathy towards the Palestinians and hence it is okay to have public discourses on this issue. Try to have similar event on the abovementioned issues, I bet hundreds of police will be ordered to disperse people and to stop the event.

Personally, I feel that is the long term plan that we could do and it depend largely on the Malaysians awareness on the aforesaid issues. On the other side, the short term plan which might affect US economy is a realistic measure by boycotting US products. Students too, should be given freedom to show their concerns on any matter and not restricted to certain issues only.

Writer is trying her best to stay away from the delicious Prosperity Burger.

This topic could be outdated compared to permatang pauh by election. I just want to express my thoughts over what have happened lately.

As a UiTM student, I must admit that I am so thankful for being selected into UiTM. Moreover, my SPM result wasn’t excellence and I did not manage to get into public universities after the UPU result on public universities fresh intake.

I applied for MMU and I was offered with alpha level (similar to matriculation programme) in information technology which costs me a lot of money.

It took me a long time to decide on the MMU offer. In the mean time I tried to apply for UiTM second intake somewhere in June or July (UiTM intakes done twice per year & if I’m not mistaken it’s the only public university which intakes are done twice per year).

Alhamdulillah, many thanks to the Almighty Allah Ta`ala, I’d received an offer – diploma in public administration from UiTM.

I put a lot of effort during my 3 years diploma programme and I managed to graduate on time with an excellence result. After that I pursue to law school.

Being taught in political science and public administration as well as development administration makes me well verse with our nation’s scenario and history. Thus things are getting interesting when I can merge my knowledge with the laws. To be frank, I love reading blogs like Malaysia today, Malaysia kini and etc. it exposed me to the news that I could not get in local mainstream mass media. I‘ve been doing that since Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s dismissal in 1998. Lots of funny and fishy things happened. Lecturers were not hesitated to share their views in this case. Blogs supplement me with knowledge and also update me on the current issues.

Now, come back to the point, I’ve been studying in UiTM since 2003. I go to UiTM because I do not afford to go other universities especially private one. This is a fact which I must admit and plus I am not an intelligent student who entitled to a scholarship to go abroad then.

UiTM is meant for poor malays and bumiputera only. Only those who are not financially strong and do not have second chance to further their studies are the people who are entitled to get into UiTM. It goes with the history of the establishment of UiTM itself.

From my point of view, this is the idea which lies beneath the objective of Article 153 of constitution.

When Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim made a suggestion, I repeat, a suggestion, to open 10% places to non bumiputera as to give competitions, there were outrageous outcries from UiTM VC and students. Students marched off to MB office as to show their protests. On the night before the march, I’d been told to sign a petition of protest and to wear black shirt during the march. So the allegation of UMNO sponsoring or bribing students with black shirts is false and baseless.

I did not take part in the march because I knew this issue has been politicized by unscrupulous, filthy, desperate politicians.

Why? Because MB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim wasn’t the first man to make such statement, in fact there have been a few statement made previously even from non Malay bodies and yet no protests were made.

When MRSM opened to non malay where the semangat melayu gone? Why there was no protest against Dato Nazri Aziz and Dr.M then?

And why the semangat melayu came up when Tan Sri Khalid made that statement?

These are the big question marks which I think are answerable through what has happened in our local political scenario.

As for the main objective of UiTM establishment which to help Malays and bumiputera to be at par with other races is good effort. This affirmative action is lawful in legal sense. However, we mustn’t forget that big names born from UiTM like Media Prima CEO Datuk Farid, Dato Zaid Ibrahim, Tan Sri Hamad Kama Piah CEO of PNB, Dato’ Salleh Majid and many more is a strong proof that UiTM managed to produce these kind of people.

Question of the quality of UiTM graduates are subjective in the sense that it differs from people perceptions. But I strongly think it depend on the student. If you work hard you will impress your employer about UiTM, vice versa. It happens in other universities as well, let’s be fair okay?

Should government intend to implement what Tan Sri Khalid had suggested, there should a thorough study on the viability of the Malays and bumiputera to face the challenge without privileges under Article 153. This issue is sensitive towards certain people, and I write this article based on my stand and not inclined to any parties.

As for present scenario, there are few rich and famous sons and daughters of Dato’s, Tan Sri’s, are studying in UiTM. I do not understand why they are here, since they are not categorized as poor people like me. They can afford to go to other universities. Indirectly they already grab the places of poor people who entitled to study in UiTM and deny these poor people rights.

And my final say is that UiTM students have been dragged into politics. Extra evidence is when Khairy Jamaluddin came to UiTM before the 12th general election with the purpose to meet Kelantanese. If I’m not mistaken the video of his speech at Dewan Sri Budiman is available at youtube.

As a university, it should be a place which is free from political interventions. Let us, the students be given freedom to think, observe and choose what we want. As for government, I think the effort made way back from the reign of Tun Abdul Razak is a very good effort. However, the system cannot run smoothly if people kept meddle in the system as to exploit it for their political interests as it will jeopardize the future of Malays and bumiputera and the nation, as a whole. 

On 9^th august 2008 there was a forum regarding the issue of the hot-debated Article 121(1A) of federal constitution. As a student, this is my first thought over the forum.

First of all, laymen are not aware of the treatment which are given by our legal system towards the non Muslims when they are in disputes with their Muslims ex spouses or relatives who covert into Islam. As a muslim, I am stick to the true teaching of Islam that, Islam do not discriminate non muslims. Instead muslims are obliged to treat non muslims equally regardless their religion, origin or skin colours.

Secondly, it is important to highlight this fact to the readers that, the supreme law in Malaysia is not Islam. Thus, we are basically not a religion skewed state, but more or less much inclined to the hybrid system which incorporates religion and secular system in our legal system.

Now, there are 2 parties in dispute- muslim and non muslim. Disputes happened many forms like matrimonial, rights to bury corpse and others. Muslims can seek their rights at Syariah Courtwhile non muslims can seek their rights at civil courts. How on earth to settle problems when there are 2 different courts involve in a single issue? This is the gist of the matter- an overlapping of powers of two different courts.

Now, from my view, what bar council did is a form of effort to settle the matter. Simple logic could solve the problem if we could confront sensitive issue wisely..( I don`t intend to take this matter easily and on logic only..). Should you have a problem and other people are discussing on it, why can’t you join in and give your views? Being provoked by the media should not become a strong excuse to get overwhelmed easily and jump into conclusion in a second. Anyway this is part if Islam teachings too- musyawarah.

On the other hand, I wonder why JAKIM did not take place in the forum. The forum should consist of those who are an expert of syariah law and Islam too. Anyway i`m was informed that someone from syariah court withdraw himself from the forum. He ought to be there and give adequate explanations on Islam’s view of the matter.

Once again, under the present government rule, the oil price is increasing. As a Malaysian, I strongly believe that such increment is a huge burden for Malaysians.

It is no longer a myth that once the oil price goes up, other commodities` price goes up too.

Trade and consumer minister announce that taxi and bus companies are not allowed to increase fare as they are provided with fleet card which entitled them for diesel subsidies. However, due to lack of enforcement and commitment, a friend of mine had to pay RM 8 to taxi driver, instead of RM 5 that she usually pay from bus stand to her home. Who’s to be blame? This is a piece of reality that happens to people. I do believe most of Malaysians have been through this kind of circumstances. For ministers, they are provided with a lot of allowances, which I believe they don’t feel hardship that we, Malaysians have to feel the taste of hardship of living in a country which produces oil. Shame.

It is not a fairy tale story for Malaysian that petronas is a multi billionaire revenue company and said as one of the best profitable company in the world. Petronas has been exporting local oil and importing oil for local use as local oil is lack of sulphur and make it as a high quality oil and expensive too. Most of people questioned about the existence of petronas. Why we got to pay more for oil since we do produce oil? We suppose to pay less for oil like Venezuela; they pay oil as cheap as 16cent per litre.

I watched Bernama news, which aired through Astro, Salahudin Ayubi told the reporters that the financial reports of petronas has never been tabled at the parliament, I wonder if it’s classified under OSA too. As a member of parliament, he and other parliament members deserves to read the report as it have something to do directly with rakyat.

Even though pak lah annonce several figures in monetary form to be given to rakyat when they renew their driving license, it cannot relief the rakyat burden. What RM 625 per year could do? If pak lah thought that figure is meant for oil alone, than I bet he is wrong for rakyat will face with other commodities price hike. This whole thing is madness and made without proper studies.

As one of the rakyat, I do agree and want to suggest few things here.

• I strongly urge the government to table the financial report of petronas at the parliament.

• I agree with Datuk Shahrir Samad, Pm and ministers allowances should be reduced.

• Expenses for unnecessary things which do not benefited rakyat should be abolished like` islam hadhari’ campaigns

• Foreigners’ wages which is paid by tax payers’ money should be revised. Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra`s conductor who is a mat saleh, and he is paid about RM 160K per month. This is a classic example on how tax payers’ money is wasted. Of all 26millons of Malaysians, for god sake, is there anyone could be the conductor? Besides, it is Malaysia, not some mat salleh wannabe philharmonic orchestra, ok?

• For the oil subsidies, I do agree with one of the TV3 viewer’s, that those with myKad shall be entitled with the subsidies. Foreigners have to pay oil according to the world price.

• There must be a reformation to upgrade public transport system. This should be done without any intervention of cronies who love to meddle in. Rakyat won’t mind to use public transport if it’s really efficient.

• For those who are lucky to be elected as MP, I hope there is a limit of claim for their lodging and travelling expenses. No more 5stars suite throughout the parliament session. No more business class for flight tickets. If Lim Guan Eng could do it, there should be no problem for other rakyat representatives as well.

• The number of petrol stations which provide NGV should be increased. This could give the rakyat alternative to shift to a cheaper energy.

No doubt that the global oil price gives huge impact on local oil price, which must be put into every Malaysian thought. Thus, wise steps to preserve present energy like minimize your energy use could help to preserve energy and thus it could help to reduce the impact of global warming. Try to reduce electricity use, reduce unnecessary journey by your car, instead, use public transport. by that way, we won`t jeoperdize the future of our planet.

biar lah apa pun keputusan dr.m untuk keluar parti jika political gambit nya menjadi aku memang salute lelaki yang sebaya dengan datuk ku.

jika ia dapat memuaskan hati nya, biarkan.kerana aku yakin beliau didalam keadaan tertekan dengan pelbagai masalah dan karenah politik semasa, di tambah pula dengan keputusan siasatan kes lingam yg mangaitkan beliau dgn kes itu.

aku tak ingin komen panjang lebar tentang ini kerana ia amat menarik untuk di komen tanpa melihat outcome political gambit bekas PM ini.

al kisahnyer..(baca dgn nada dondang sayang melaka)..

hai ceritera si babi tetiba mahsyur di malaysia…

(sila tamatkan nada bacaan di sini)..

seperti biasa akhbar arus perdana putar belit fakta tentang niat tan sri khalid mahu bina ladang babi moden.mahu centralized semua kandang babi di negeri selangor.berkokoklah the botoxed khir toyo yang mendakwa tan sri khalid mahu guna seratus juta RM untuk bina kandang babi..katanya pembaziran dan pencemaran..berkokoklah jua insan2 yang tidak mahu membuka minda seperti ali rustam..lebih malang lagi setelah aku membaca sesetengah bloh,timbulkan elemen perkauman.kata mereka ini tanda cina sudah mahu kuasai selangor..aduhai…niat bina kandang ini untuk wujud persekitaran yang bersih.tiada kena mengena dengan babi made in selangor.kenapa la politikus BN gagal melihat perkara yang baik untuk rakyat?tak boleh ke ketepikan sentimen politik mereka sebentar untuk kebaikan rakyat?

Pertamanya aku bukan penyokong mana-mana pihak dalam cerita ini. Apa yang ingin aku sampaikan adalah tentang Dr. M..

Aku akui dia insan yang berintelek tinggi. Dia seorang ahli politik yang hebat. Setelah dia bersara masih lagi di panggil untuk berceramah. Bererti, orang masih mahu mendengar pemikirannya pada usia senja.

Kebelakangan ini dia amat lantang mengkritik kepimpinan Pak Lah. Semua tahu Pak Lah agak lenient dan agak slow. Tetapi anda semua mesti tahu bahwasanya Pak Lah mahu amalkan demokrasi yang telus. Malangnya kelembutan nya di salah gunakan. Pak Lah mahu mewujudkan Negara demokrasi yang benar2 telus dan tidak sekejam sewaktu Dr.M memerintah. Aku sokong. Sudah sampai masanya Malaysia melakukan reformasi kepimpinan berteraskan demokrasi yang sebenar2nya.

Pak Lah juga manusia biasa, punya kelemahan. Tapi dia gagal mengawal kelemahan diri dan masih seperti itu juga. Tiada perubahan. Rakyat melihat criteria yang perlu ada pada seorang pemimpin iaitu dari segi kebolehan bercakap dengan baik dan lantang. Pak Lah gagal untuk berucap dengan lantang , tak seperti Dr. M yang aku kira merupakan baik dari segi gaya pidatonya. Bila tengok Pak Lah berucap rasanya anda pun alami perasaan bosan yang melampau.

Di kesempatan ini lah Dr. M banyak mengkritik Pak Lah. Salah siapa jadi begini?seharusnya kamu, wahai Mahathir bin Mohamad yang bertanggungjawab. Kamu yang memilih Pak Lah untuk mewarisi kepimpinan Negara. Oleh itu kamu juga bertanggungjawab di atas kritikan yang kamu lemparkan pada Pak Lah.

Kamu sudah bersara. Perlu bersifat impartial dan kalau kamu sayangkan UMNO dan Malaysia seharusnya kamu membantu , bukan menjahanamkan kedua-dua perkara ini. Sudah2 lah dengan dictatorship kamu. Kamu bukan lagi orang nombor satu Negara yang kerap di ampu2 untuk mendapat sesuatu dari kamu. Pandanglah ke hadapan. Buat sesuatu yang berfaedah untuk masa depan Negara. Pak Lah betul tentang kecelaruan hari ini berpunca daripada air tangan kamu juga. Beri peluang pada orang lain untuk mentadbir Negara dengan aman.

usia kami adalah sama. ketika dia ke oxford dan di nobatkan genius matematik, aku masih lagi terkial-kial belajar ilmu hisab itu.aku memang lemah dlm ilmu itu. aku kagum dengannya. tak ramai melayu yang cerdik seperti sufiah mampu ke oxford. pada hari ini setelah gagal dlm perkahwinan dia melacur kan diri nya.melalui web ini aku baca tentang kehidupannya kini…sangat memeranjatkan.

sedih kerana negara kita kehilangan seorang cerdik pandai..aku doakan agar Allah menunjukkan jalan yang benar untuknya…