Looking Back

After you've done number 2, do you actually "Look Back" ?

I know its disgusting but come oooooon!

Its disgusting, but some people cant resist it

Although some "pasts" can be disgusting but still we wanna look back

Things becomes worse when the shit is not ours

I've had enough of Marx and Hegel

Ik gaan terug

SPM A's

There are quite a number of debates regarding our SPM results. Among others," are the students really performing or is it just a matter of figures". During my Papa's(Father's) time, students that obtained straight A's in SPM or equivalent are just a handful. I'm not undermining straight A scorers, its just that, if nearly 10k students score straight A's in SPM... Is it too good to be true?

Here's an interesting video

Makan Free

This Morning tengok Euronews... Nak tau betapa kuatnya pengaruh Rejim Yahood terhadap media europe. Berita nie tentang keganasan yang dilakukan oleh Negara I dan pejuang H. Tapi video yang ditunjuk sangatlah misleading. Video pertama adalah Bom berangkai menyerang bandar Palestine. Anehnya sejurus selapas itu ditayangkan pula penduduk Yahood yang dibom oleh roket secara detail dimana mangsa2 bom itu tertimbus dalam runtuhan banggunan. Pelik kan?

Bila tgk Post pasal musim buah, terasa Jeless aku..... Jeless teramat sangat. As you guys know i'm a serious Durian lover. I see durian not as a fruit but an art. Tautologically, i can call my self a Durian Connoisseur. Gosh I miss Durian, I mean good Durian as in Ang he, Mountain king or at least D24. Over here, in the netherlands there's only one type of Durian that is "Durian Siam". Too bad.... At least in Sydney, I can get D24 easily but not here.

Well, I've had a gastronomical experience of my own wahai che Pire..... There was this international festival organised by International Business Students in my Faculty of Economics & Business Groningen. I reckon there were more than 10 different stalls from 10 different countries from Indonesia to Romania. The Food was superb!!! as in different laaa tak boleh nak lawan asam pedas kita but STILL!

I cant remember it all but here some of the gist....

Unfortunately the Indonesian Representative only offered Satay among others. Satay pulak bukan dibakar tapi di Sautae(Pan fry ) je. But the dipping was good. A good old soy sauce and cubes of onions and garlic. I'm sure you know what satay looks like... nothing new lah

Romanian food was nice. It was Polenta..... It was basically Griesmeal (its a dutch word, I dont know the English for it) but in Bahasa, tepung suji, eggs, butter and cheese. Bole laaa... Its an acquired taste. Unfortunately the sausage is made of you know what lah. Anyway I munching around till I didnt notice my Romanian friend (cun giler ok)

For desert, I ate

This... I dont know whats the name... Dont bother to ask also... But its made of barley, on the lowest layer..... the 2nd layer is chocolate mousse and the upper layer is chocolate powder.

Next is the Slovak food... Still i dont knw the name. But it looks kinda like muntah kucing. Definately something that you wont eat during sahur, if you know what i mean . Taste not bad. Very acquired taste I should say. Its basicaly grated pickled cabbage mixed with salty cheese and some flour, I think. Looks like a paste. Usually eaten with bebola babi. They separated the bebola babi ok

The best so far were the Turkish guys. Seedap gilerr... But nothing new for me.... I think for Malaysians, definitely worth flying 4000 miles for. Its Lahmachun. According to my Turkish friend, Lahmachun is only served during Ramadhan. But here in europe... Belasah ajeeee.

Ini lah ghoper nyerr.... Best kan. Tastes a little bit spicy, you can taste the meat...

And here's Pide.... The same ingredients as lahmachun but in different form... Once you are in Australia and Europe for years.. trust me you'll get tired of it

As for Hungarian dish... I didnt really taste it... maybe because it is sosej Babi on a stick. However, I did managed to rake some cookies. It looks something like this. Sedap tau.... Taste like kuih raya with frostings

Nigerian food was quite unique But I wouldnt dare to taste it... Looks something like this....

But... I did manage to eat this... looks like bananas but it tastes nothing like Bananas. It has this very fibrish taste.... heck.. as long as its free

At the german stall, I tries Black forest cake...... REAL BLACK FOREST CAKE if you know what I mean... Made by germans dowh

As for puerto ricans , they served rice and beans... All vegetarian niceee... Typical non Asian taste... in other words not much of a taste... Looks like Nasi goreng with beans... really filling

Other stalls includes Irish stalls, Chinese and czech stall..... But unfortunately I was very full.... I mean ... urghhh.....

April fool on a different perspective

Right now I'm damn busy to write any posts... But I was called by my self conscience to make a simple analysis about this story. I think the society needs to know both side of the story behind April the 1st and evaluate it themselves about the plausibility of these seemingly conflicting historical facts

Back in Malaysia, I was educated with predominantly conservative Muslim education. Non Muslim celebrations are not encouraged for us Muslims to celebrate . It is in the Hadeeth Al Bukhary that Muslims are not supposed to follow the culture of the Yahood and The Nasara.

al-Bukhari relates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: "Truly, you shall follow the ways of those who were before you, span by span, and little by little, until, if they were to enter a lizards lair, you would follow them." We said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews and Christians?" And he said, "Who else?" (Sahih al-Bukhari. 9 vols. Cairo 1313/1895. Reprint (9 vols. in 3). Beirut: Dar al-Jil, n.d., 9.126: 7320).

About April fools day, there are two conflicting stories about it. The first one is what I always hear and read when I was in Malaysia.It is about the fall of the Moor empire or also known as Islamic Andalus/Umayyad empire. And the second one is the "european version" of the story about the changing of the Christian calendar year.

Lets look at it one by one

It has been decades since the Islamic Empire flourished in Granada only to be fooled by the Nasara that resulted in the fall of the empire. The citizens of the empire were forced to seek shelter in their homes. Alot of them were killed including men, women and children.

The Muslims were told by the Nasara that they could leave their homes and bring their necessities to take a ship and sail to seek refuge. Although there were elements of doubt that this was a trick, the Muslims just got along with it

After the Muslims left home for the ships,, the Nasara ransacked their homes and then set fire to them. Before the Muslims got to the ships, the Nasara had set fire to the ships as well. The Crusaders then attacked the Muslims and killed them all.

This version of the story is my adaptation prominently from Ust. Nordin bin Bayadi Bahagian Penerangan dan Penerbitan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor

see JAIS's website

http://www.jais.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=571&Itemid=1

Now lets turn to another "Version"

Mohd Tariq Ghazi, a veteran journalist and historian postulate that Muslims are not that stupid and the story about Muslims being fooled on the 1st April is a hoax. There were no documented historical fact. These kind of stories were just told mouth to mouth without any concrete evidence.

Actually the Nasara did got hold of the Moorish Muslim empire, but not by fooling them. In fact, the Nasara revered the Muslim for their intelligence and sophistication although they do regard them(the Muslims) as "ïnfidels". It was just by sophisticated and modern weapon and war strategy and of course by the will of God that the nasara won the war . This happened on 2nd of January 1492 when the Nasara army marched to Granada.And the actual date that we as Muslims should remember is 1st January when the Umayyad empire fell. Note that by remembering is not doing violent acts but to Strive and work hard for superiority in human and social capital.

Another story was during the reign of King Charles the IX, when he shifted the new year from April the 1st to January the 1st. During that time, there were no e-mails or Morse code, just snail mail by foot or horse..... so, not everybody received the news. The ones who didnt receive the news still celebrate new year on 1st april and they were called fools because of their outdatedness

If you guys wanna dig deeper here's the link incase what i've digested is incorrect

http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_901_950/truth_about_april_fool.htm

Both resources are pretty reliable. The first one is from JAIS (Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor) and the second is from Islamic Research Foundation international. However, its not that I'm undermining the words of an Ustaz but I do wish that he state references and sources from his stories because the article from Islamic research institute have reference and historical dates .

Again, i'm stating..... I'm just looking at April 1st at another perspective and not judging the plausibility of the story. I mean, who am I to judge?

Lastly i would like to repeat this

al-Bukhari relates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: "Truly, you shall follow the ways of those who were before you, span by span, and little by little, until, if they were to enter a lizards lair, you would follow them." We said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews and Christians?" And he said, "Who else?" (Sahih al-Bukhari. 9 vols. Cairo 1313/1895. Reprint (9 vols. in 3). Beirut: Dar al-Jil, n.d., 9.126: 7320).

I think the Moral of this Hadeeth is that, we need our own stand and identity. No need to follow other culture (in terms of celebration) and all the bad stuff. However I think it doesn't hurt to follow others cultures in terms of working hard, ethics and awareness towards the environment