Saturday, October 30, 2010

Happy halloween....... kenangan lama di US

I tulis pasal hantu sebab 31 October adalah hari haloween. Semasa dok di US kita orang dress-up menakutkan dan bawa pumpkin dengan api lilin. Enjoy gak tengok kanak2 bersuka ria. Of course, dalam Islam, ini semua mengarutkan tapi kita orang just main suka2..

Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, primarily in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.

Di malaysia, kita tidak celebrate haloween. Cuma dikalangan orang Cina Malaysia ada sembahyang untuk hantu. The Chinese Ghost Festival has similarities to Halloween in US and is sometimes called Chinese Halloween. It’s also similar to the Mexican “Day of the Dead” and is sometimes called the "All Souls Festival." For Chinese Buddhists, it is known as Ullambana, or the “Hungry Ghost Festival.”

Apa pendapat anda tentang Haloween....

HANTU......GHOST

Wanna write about ghost. According to wikipedia "a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal, taken to be capable of appearing in visible form or otherwise manifesting itself to the living." U can visit this side to watch video clips of ghost. http://www.ghostsandstories.com/ghost-caught-on-video.html. In Malaysia, ghost is known as hantu. There are many kind of ghosts/ hantu.
1. Pontianak
2. Polong -
3. Toyol - hantu kanak-kanak bogel
4. Pelesit - boleh dipelihara
5. Hantu air - dalam air
6. Hantu raya - boleh dipelihara
7. Hantu bungkus - makhluk ghaib yang dilihat berbungkus dalam kain kafan.
8. Langsuir - perempuan
9. Bota - makhluk besar hodoh menjelma dari dalam tanah.
10. Bajang - makhluk aneh
11. Bunian, Kerajaan dan keluarga Bunian.
12. Hantu Jepun
13. Hantu bukit
14. Hantu kubur
15. Pari-pari
16. Hantu punjut
17. Jerangkung
18. Hantu laut
19. Hantu galah
20. Jin Tanah
21. Hantu Keramat
22. Hantu Kum-Kum
23. Hantu Bungkus
24. Orang minyak
25. Puaka
26. Penanggalan
27. Pocong
28. Hantu bidai
29. Hantu kopek
30. Hantu Tetek
31. Harimau jadian
32. Jembalang tanah
33. Hantu tengelong

Wow there are so many. Pontianak is the most notorious. Malays believe this ghost wears all white and revenge on humans. There is this toyol..young naked baby. Bunian is another species similar to human..living among humans but not seen by us..they have their own world. There are stories that human are brought to bunian's world and some are trapped there forever. In Putrajaya, there are lot of stories of bunian. In Governemnt buildings you can hear kids playing...sometimes man walking....seen by some but not others in the same area. Scary.

Do you have any ghost story to share with???

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Lidi........ nasibku

Lidi... datangnya drp daun pokok kelapa...
daun pokok kelapa yg hijau di keringkan
daun yg kering dihiris... dibuang
tinggal laa batang lidi bogel

Lidi ini kurus dan nipis senang patah
walaupun kurus lidi ini garang...
kalau di pegang oleh orang yang marah boleh digunakan untuk memukul....
kena dibadan aduh sakit dibuatnya

Lidi walau sakit dipukul
banyak gunanya......
dicucuk untuk sate
makanan yang lekat dicelah gigi dibuang gunakan lidi


bukan itu ajer
lidi diguna sebagai hiasan bersama bunga2
bukan itu ajer sampah sarap di kawasan rumah
dibersih menggunakan lidi....


akhir kata....
sekiranya tiada kayu untuk masak
maka akhirnya....lidi menjadi penggantinya
korbankan diri..dibakar...menjadi abu....

begitulaa cerita LIDI....
lahir ikhlas dan suci
membantu manusia..
akhirnya tidak dihargai.......

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Apa itu Cinta? What's love.....

Recently, one of my blog readers told me to write in Malay. I told her i can write in Malay too. So the topic i choose is...what's love. There you go.....still in Mat Salleh language. Need to change gear. Apa itu cinta? terdapat pelbagai cinta. Cinta kepada Tuhan (Allah for Muslims). Cinta kepada isteri. Cinta kepada anak2. Cinta kepada ibubapa. Cinta kepada kawan. Cinta kepada harta. cinta kepada pangkat. So terdapat pelbagai cinta.

Ada yang kata.......cinta itu manis, cinta itu indah, cinta itu mengkhayalkan, cinta itu wonderful, cinta itu menyeronokkan....cinta itu best....cinta itu mengasyikkan...

Ada pula yang kata..... cinta itu gila...cinta itu buta.....cinta itu menyakitkan....cinta itu membazirkan masa......cinta itu melukakan, cinta itu sementara waktu ajer......

Semua orang mesti pernah bercinta....sedang bercinta atau akan bercinta...apa pun kategori cinta yang you alami...cinta membawa pengertian yang berlainan kepada seseorang itu.

Apa yang penting cinta paling indah dan seronok adalah cinta semasa muda di antara teruna dan dara. Ada cinta monyet...cinta sejati...cinta sehidup mati dan pelbagai kategori lagi. Cerita atau movie pasal cinta pun banyak... Love Story, Romeo and Juliet, Bobby, Cinta Pertama, Uda dan Dara, Romi dan Julie, Winter Sonata dan sebagainya.

Adalah pula kata cinta sebelum kahwin cinta mainan, cinta sejati hanya muncul setelah berkahwin. So perlukah jatuh cinta dulu baru kahwin atau kahwin dulu baru discover cinta.

Ada pula berubah2 hatinya. Dia kata cinta itu bagaikan pasir...sekali air bah, sekali pasir berubah...

Apa pun Cinta kepada allah, cinta kepada ibubapa, cinta kepada anak dan isteri serta cinta kepada sahabat andai adalah murni dan berfaedah.

Apa kata anda tentang ATNIC oh...terbalik maksudku...CINTA

Sunday, October 24, 2010

What's on Your mind......

Today is Sunday 24/10/2010. Most of you may have some plans already..either go to wet market, supermarket, weddings, picnics, vacation and so on. Some may stay home doing laundry and some with family members bfast and then watch tv programmes. Sounds like I have nothing to write this morning......

Actually, i was thinking what's on everybody's mind. When u wake up, do you do thinking back what u did last nite or yesterday. Try to analyse whether u have done good or bad as well as what u r going to do today. Whether you r going to do the best today. The clock is ticking and time is running. Day turns night and night turns to daylight......

I bet everybody will think they r doing the good thing. Most will think they are always right and try to rationalize others r not right. Even among your family members you will try to say what u think is right. Its human nature.

Most of the time, we will try to think why others not thinking like u. If everybody thinks like us, then problem wont arise and no such thing as life. People think differently. Not necessarily what u think is the best option

So what r u thinking......

Lots of comments about Warisan Merdeka project.....

Since the announcement in Budget 2011, the plan to construct warisan merdeka project with a 100-storey tower and other condominiums recieved mix responses. Immediately after its announcement, the project comes under criticism from various quarters. On tv, radio, blogs and papers people are commenting all kinda things. Both the educated and less educated express their opinions. In this democratic country everybody has the right to their own opinion.

The project will be built at the stadium merdeka area while preserving the heritage buildings of stadium merdeka and stadium negara, the surrounding area will be developed. The police station will be relocated. There is already monorel connected to the area and its closeby to petaling street.

For me its a good project for the future of the nation and the people. Dato' Dr Zainal Aznam says on bernama tv its not a good project using peoples money, he was telling that money can used for building schools or bridges in sabah and sarawak. He doesnt know about the project and its financing, and he is making stupid comments on tv. Producer of the programme Anne Edwards too doesnt know about the project and provoking this kinda questions. Even confusing the general public and give wrong picture to the people and the opposition to attack the government. First of all, like PNB clarified this project is not financed by government, its PNB's money from the profits and not even using investors money. Government is doing all kinda of this to uplift the infrastructure in sabah and sarawak. The rural population is the priority of government.

The projects like warisan merdeka will have long-term impact on the countries growth. Not only the private sector benefits but the general public. It will even be a tourist attraction spot. Change of Mindset is important from all quarters of the general public.
As for me, we need the MRT to have an efficient public transport system. So does the sungei buloh and KLFID projects to boost economic growth. You know more than 140 subsectors will benefit if construction activites are carried out including engineers, doctors, accountants, bankers, lawyers, steel producers, cement factories and even the mamak stalls and even nasi lemak seller... many more will benefit...

What's your view of these high impact strategic projects announced in the budget 2011.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Roadshow......

The Budget is over and I thought my job is over and i was wrong. This year the number of talks, seminars, radio and tv interviews lined-up are many.

On Tuesday (19/10), was a panelist in the Malaysian Economic Association annual post-budget dialogue. The dialogue went well, only that i was wrongly quoted by the SUN newspaper. I said that the government may consider of reducing the EPF dividend paid to contributors of more than 1 million ringgit so that they are encouraged to save in private pension fund (PPF). But the report came out in SUN that I said EPF dividend will be reduced to encourage them to contribute to PPF. Only half of what i said was published. This created a huge debate in the newspapers for the past three days quoting my name. MUTC even said they are going to campaign EPF contributors to boycott PPF. Whatever, clarifications was sent to SUN but they didn't publish MOF's statement instead published MUTC's comments. These are the things reporters do to make small things to become sensational issues. I guess this situation also happen to other individuals where the truth is manipulated. The NIB of a pen is so powerful can even destroy one's life or career.

Then on Wednesday (20/10) went to MATA post budget seminar in Concorde Hotel in KL. Gave a talk and all went well.

On Thursday (21/10), did a recording on BERNAMA TV 502, this will be aired on saturday 23/10 at 9am, 4pm and 9pm. So all my readers and officers welcome to watch the talkshow.

on Friday (22/10) i was on hot seat (Kerusi Panas), radio Bernama 93.9 provoking session with the deejay and questions from the public. I hope i handled it well and no more controversies. I have enough stress in my chest.

On monday (25/10) i have one session in PWTC with banking sector, another session with Women and Budget 2011, followed on on 27/10 in Mata seminar at PJ Hilton and on the 3rd November another MATA seminar at PWTC.


I'm gonna take leave after that starting Deepavali celebrations. Hope to spend some quality time with my siblings in IPOH (I was born in Kelantan but parents and brother and sisters all moved to IPOH except for me, i moved to KL)


I drafted this Budget together with others with frank and innocent conscience of bringing our beloved nation to the next level.