Couple of month ago, I featured him @ http://www.xes.cx/MT/archives/2004/05/tokyo_damage_re.html. Then couple of weeks back, he had a contest which offered a free postcard from Japan!
Well I won!
Here’s the post card đ
THANKS STEVEN!!
Oh yeah, here’s an interesting link I got from Lynnzter http://masamania.com/masha/index.htm. It’s a photo journal of the weird Japanese ways..
In the article written by Claudia Theophilus entitled âAzan controversy draws mixed reactionsâ published in Malaysiakini on 12th August 2004, Prof Mahmud Zuhdi Abd Majid of the Islamic Studies Academy warned that religion should be politicized as it “defeats our efforts to create a peaceful multi-racial, multi-religious society in Malaysia”. He said that such matter can only be discussed with an open mind. Unfortunately, the grassroots tend to react defensively, a sentiment which is often manipulated to suit the interests of certain quarters.”
He advised the people (non-Muslims) who were unhappy over the loud azan should approach the state government. The state would refer the matter to the religious department and decide against the use of loudspeakers for anything else other than the azan. Mahmud said that in the 1980s, the Kelantan state government, following complaints from non-Muslim citizens, had ruled that loudspeakers in mosques and suraus should only be used for the azan, especially in dense residential areas. Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria agreed that loudspeakers should only be
used for the azan and nothing else. “There is no need to use loudspeakers to air the pre-recordings of the tarhim, Quranic recitals or selawat preceding the azan,” he said.
On the other hand, Harussani â a member of the Malaysia Mufti Council defended Shah Alam UMNOâs move to lodge a police report. He said that UMNO was merely upholding its motto to defend, protect and preserve religion, race and country by lodging the report, not to gain publicity.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president R Sivarasa believes that such issue will not occur if there is an open discussion about this so call sensitive issue. “We should instead talk about how to practice our respective religions without interfering with another person’s quiet time. The fundamental thing is not to use oppressive laws to intimidate
people into silence because this is not the way for Malaysia to grow into a genuine multi-racial society,â he said.
Echoing Sivarasa’s call for open discourse, Sisters in Islam legal
adviser Nora Murat said Muslims should take into account the feelings of others. “We must consider how we as Muslims would react if we were the minority in a country. That is why we must be able to dialogue with non-Muslims. It is good to remember the ethical principles of the Quran which is to engage and accept the differences within the society leading to a peaceful co-existence.” Nora said Muslims should not turn away from talking about these issues and should refrain from using the notion of racial disunity or religious sensitivity as a shield to suppress an opportunity for greater understanding. “Prophet Muhammad himself had great empathy towards believers of other faiths and never forced them to accept the Muslim practice,” she said. “So, how can we now force our respective practice unto others?”
Last week, Shah Alam UMNO lodged a report against Malaysian Bar Council for releasing an article that insults Islam in their May/June 2004 edition of Infoline. This was reported by Bernama on 4th August 2004
The article entitled “Local Authorities Ought To Be Sensitive To Individual Rights” described the azan prayer as “noise pollution and an annoyance to neighbours.” The report was lodged by Mohd Azhar Othman, a member of the Shah Alam Umno Division committee and also head of the Section 7 Shah Alam Utara Umno Branch. He said Shah Alam Umno regretted that the Bar Council as a body set up under the Legal Professions Act 1976 had not taken into account the feelings of the Muslim community and Malaysia’s status as a multiracial country when publishing the article.
Bar president Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari defends the Infoline article and said that â”The Bar will be the last to exercise censorship over articles sent to us for publication. Anything that appears on Insaf (KL Bar Committee newsletter) or Infoline does not necessarily reflect the views of the Malaysian Bar,” He added that it did not appear
to be insulting Islam “if it is read within the proper contextâ. He said it was quite clear that the writer did not intend to cause any insult to any religious practice.â Indeed, the central theme of the article is not on religion but on a call for the adoption of a moderate and tolerant approach by the relevant authorities in regulating people’s activities. Those who read the article in full will understand the context within which the writer had argued his points,” he said.
Do you think what the Bar Council did is correct? Read the article and judge for yourself Human Writes Pull Out (Issue 10) (Page 4)
A friend asked me whether or not a man would love a woman without kisses and sex but only hold hands and hug throughout the whole relationship? For me, I am not St. Valentino. I do not believe in platonic love; there must at least be kissesâŚ^^
I am nursing a broken heart.
He broke my heart. He, the motherfucker, who cause deep scratches to my….
car.
Arghhh, my boootiful car!! The motherfucker that I was referring to was the mechanic who left my car on the side of the road after servicing it. I am not gay if you didn�t know that.
He and another colleague of his gave me some cock explanation, saying that it was not their fault and it was there all the time. I, of course, was very sure that it was not there for this couple of days.
/me stabs stupid mechanic.
If only I could!!
Being in bailor/bailee relationship, the workshop bears full responsibility and the burden of proving that they�re not at fault, if anything happens to the car.
However, I did not pursue further, I screwed them and ordered them to leave. I shall not make a fuss of it on such small issue. /me stabs stupid mechanic again.
Umm…err..nothing to blog.. I guess I’ll just post some interesting links for you guys.
Funny adverts
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=294&NEXTID=0&PREVID=927&DISPLAYORDER=20030824000054&CAT=tvads
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?id=1259
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=1469&NEXTID=0&PREVID=403&DISPLAYORDER=20040716194149&CAT=tvads
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=1235 (HAHA)
Great photos
http://sh1ft.org/shutterbug/archives.html
http://photoblog.jeffooi.com/cyleow/
Good reads
Romance of the 3 kingdoms – http://www.eze33.com/war/sanguo/sanguo.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Online encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Online dance music
http://www.digitallyimported.com/
Enjoy boys and girls đ
I finally bought the tickets for Genting rave. I took a long lunch break to the tickets. Bloody Excessive Records didnât open till 3:30PM. I had to wait 1½ hours for Bryan Burger to open the shop. Thank god my boss didnât screw me for coming back late.
Burger will be spinning this Saturday. He even gave me the schedule of DJs.
Me: I heard you can get tickets at Pro Jet..
Burger: What? Pro Jet? What have they got to do with this rave?
So there you are, I donât think you can get tickets from any Pro Jet petrol station!!
Anyway. the schedule would be- subjected to raids, terrorist attack etc..
Room 1
8 â 11 Popcon
11 â 12 Si Begg
12 â 2 Kevin Saunderson
2 â 4 Juan Atkins
4 â 6 Johan Gielen (NOOOOOOO SOOO LATEE)
Room 2
8 â 11 Fono + Blink
11 â 1 FC Kahuna
1 â 3 Peace Division
3 â 6 Gabriel + Steve
I’m back to work at my old office again. I’ll be helping out for 2 weeks before leaving for Sarawak on 7 August.
Day 1 was the best. Met up with a bunch of interesting people ranging from company secretary to a group of surgeons specializing in sports injuries.
Day 2 was tiring. I wandered around KL like a lost tourist, trying to find my way to the court in order to file some documents. I didn’t want to drive hence I opted for the monorial and LRT. God damn it, I should have drove, i sweated like a pig.
Cant really update today, will blog again next time. And lastly…
3 more days to Genting RAVE!!!
Tickets can be purchased at Excessive Records, HP towers, Zouk Club @ KL and any Pro Jet petrol station (according to GEEKTHEGREAT)
geekthegreatÂť y go so far la.. retard or somthing? u can get the tix from any projet petrol kiosk.
MMM.. retard?
Anyway, the tickets cost RM35 which includes free gifts ie 4 packs of cigarrates and 2 complimentary drinks. Super value I say!
First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS!!! to all those who have successfully graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Law Degree and Engineering Degree respectively while not forgetting those who have just completed their CLP recently. Well done to all of you!!! =D
*please give urselves a pat on your shoulders*
I have been having graduation nightmares for the past whole week, which ranges from forgetting to collect my robe to completely missed my very own graduation! It has been a terrible week for me due to these nightmares..However, not long after that, I received a call from my employment agency which demand that I turn up for a job the very next day in Rotherham (the tuesday before my graduation).
In the end, John (my so called landlord) volunteered to collect my robe for me and even attended my graduation o/b of my parents. =) We even had a celebration after that where he and Rosalind (his wife)took me to Sheikhs, a Lebanese restaurant on West Street.
All in all, I have had a very good week thanks to everyone. As I am typing this, I am currently in my office in Rotherham waiting to go home.. ehhehehee…
Okies! I’m off work now.
Congratulations again to everybody!
=D
Paulâs birthday @ La Bodega
I donât know how many people went but we had 3 long tables full of people. We took loads of photos. No cake cutting session though. Kim said Paul doesnât like sweet stuff.
Pictures courtesy of SING FATT of http://trancemission.sstwo.net
After that, I spent the entire night at my friend’s pub.
A mate of mine just opened a pub nearby my place. Itâs pretty underground and very obscure (itâs located behind a row of shop houses). Furthermore, itâs the only shop that is open through the entire row of shops. My friends opened 2 bottles of whisky and numerous jugs of beer. And in no time, couple of them were fucked.
The pub is called âWickedâ. It reminds me of the phrase my English friends used when I was in England. Since the pub is located at a Chinese dominated area, with Ah Beng and Ah Lians all around, I think the name Wicked is… mmmâŚ
They also hired couple of PR girls (girls who come to serve you beer and chats with you). We had a Kadazan girl who was pretty friendly.
Music was pretty alright, loads of old school R&B music. There was once we passed my Bass Agentsâ Super Hard Mario Bros’s CD (hard stuff). The PR girls were fengtau-ing (shake head) to it. It was the first time I see somebody fengtau to Bass Agentâs music.
The night ended great. With great company comes great times.