Sinatra_Z - At the very core of "Geopolitics"

I saw the news today on TV3,

they showed a footage in which one of their reporters went into Gaza and interviewed a little girl. Mind you this was not some Hamas official, fighter or some Fatah Politician. This is just a little girl whose age is about 9 or 10 years old the most.

I am pretty sure you wont see this interview or footage in CNN, BBC, FOX or even Sky News. These networks prefer to have 3 old wrinkled white guys in a video conference discussing about what's best for middle east when it seems that none of them has ever touched the desert. 

Ahh yes.... They would use words like terrorism, extremism, Al Qaeda, moderate muslims, Iran, Shiite's, Sunni, collaterals and other jargons. 

You see people don't just read the Quran one day and decided to ram an airplane to a bunch of strangers they hardly or never knew. People don't just one day pray and became extreme thus decide to blow themselves up. It's funny how we participate in this war on terror when obviously the sponsor of this so called campaign don't even have the slightest idea on what the hell is going on. Or perhaps just denial. In fact they are the biggest propagator of terror in the first place.

Now back to the little girl,

The reporter asked her what happened to which the girl replied...

"That night, that.... they bombed my house, I heard explosions and.... and my parents were dead, they killed my 4 siblings..... my family became a matyr..."

then she stumped and couldn't stop crying for a minute or two....

Then in a faint voice she said..

"When I grew up I am going to bomb them just as how they Bomb my family... I will revenge my family." 

This is no Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad or Iran sponsored Syria trained bull shit. 

She's 9 or 10, she doesn't know jack shit about ideology or political leanings. There's your "Terrorist", she was no longer terrified anymore as she lost everything. All that's left is vengeance and anger. 

If maybe and I wish it wont happen,

comes the news that same girl someday in the future blow herself up to some random strangers. You don't find me lighting up candles, put up a vigil, throw some roses on the street or sing a sappy song or be silent for 30 seconds and all that thing. 

Because,

I didn't see any tombstone, memorial park, 30 seconds silence, vigil, remembrance ceremony on which people gives sombre speeches and poems, markings, action figures, cards or anything.

Hell no one even knows their names. 

Ah I'm sorry,

My mistake..... They are just collaterals......... 

There's a saying you know.....

Yesterday the Israeli army entered Rafah because they heard there was a terrorist there. They went in deal with it and leave Rafah with one mission accomplished. Today there are 10 terrorists in Rafah.

Sinatra_Z - hmmm..... Tak Jadi

Mula-mula ingat nak tulis cerita,

tiba-tiba rasa malas,

jadi sekarang nak masuk dalam selimut, peluk bantal dengan kipas kuat lepas tu bilik gelap gelita. 

Masa aku kecik dulu suka bawak senapang sekali,

rasa macam askar tengah camping kat dalam hutan lawan komunis. 

Tapi sekarang dah besar,

dah takde senapang sebab segan nak beli kat Giant. 

oh ye...

Dulu dalam setahun lepas ada aku pernah jalan dekat Pavilion balik dari Tandas dengan awek kawan aku. Dia kira macam berada jugak lah.

Dia pun tengok aku macam pandang atas bawah kiri kanan sekeliling Pavilion. 

Dia pun tanya

"Kenapa lah?"

"OOoooh besar jugak eh Pavilion nih." Aku Jawab

"Tak pernah datang ke?"

"haah ni kali pertama masuk Pavilion."

"ehh ye ke... Habis tu shopping for clothes kat mana?"

Hek eleh bimbo gila minah ni aku berkata dalam hati.

"Giant Hypermarket"

"Ohhh hahahahahahaha, Giant je ke?"

"Oh kadang-kadang Jaya Jusco dekat Wangsa Maju."

"Ye ke.. Beli apa la kat Giant."

Maka aku dengan bangganya tunjuk Selipar Oren Asadi aku beli dekat kedai kasut One Stop. 

Ok ah aku nak tido.

P/S - Tahu tak kat Pavilion kan ada kedai spa akuarium. Kita letak kaki dalam akuarium lepas tu ikan-ikan tu gigit kaki kita. Nasib baik ikan tu tak mati masa aku masukkan kaki aku. 

Sinatra_Z - Mimpi

Seperti kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia saya juga akan mempunyai mimpi sewaktu tidur.

Namun bukanlah selalu macam tiap-tiap malam tapi kadang-kadang.

Dan sejak dua menjak ni saya sudah bermimpi benda yang sama.

Bukan selalu atau berturut tapi mimpi ini muncul sekali-sekala, mimpi yang lebih kurang sama.

Ustazah dulu cakap sesetengah mimpi tu boleh ditafsirkan,

ada laa dengar cerita orang cerita kalau mimpi kena patuk ular maknanya nanti ada orang nak masuk minang atau dah nak kahwin laa. Kenapa Ular saya tak pasti lah.... Selalunya yang dapat mimpi ni sepatutnya orang perempuan lah, ye lah kan sebab mimpi maksudnya ada orang nak masuk meminang jadi mestilah perempuan. Cakap pasal Ular teringat saya tentang adengan ini.

Lokasi : Tandas Lelaki Panggung Wayang TGV KLCC

"Uii Joe ko tengah kencing, aku nak tengok boleh?"

"Ohoo nanti ko akan terkejut sebab ko akan ternampak ANACONDA!"

Mungkin sebabtulah kalau Ular patuk orang kata dah nak kahwin. 

Mungkin lah kot..... Mungkin saya salah.

Berbalik kepada kisah tadi. 

Kadang-kadang saya bermimpi yang saya akan mendapat slip keputusan semester akhir di UTM yang mengatakan saya telah gagal satu atau dua matapelajaran. Ketika itu saya sedang cuti dan melepak di rumah bila mendapat surah itu, lalu saya pun akan risau dan bepeluh mengenangkan nasib saya yang terpaksa sambung lagi pelajaran. Namun saya akan bangun dan mengingatkan diri saya yang saya ni dah lama dah menamatkan pelajaran dan kini sedang berkerja. Kemudian saya akan sedar yang saya telah lewat hendak ke pejabat. Alamak.

Adakah mimpi ini tandanya saya akan kahwin? 

hmm.... Namun mimpi saya ini adalah jauh lebih baik berbanding dengan mimpi kawan saya Saudara Ecam. Suatu hari ketika kami masih pelajar, sedang saya keluar dari tandas lelaki sambil memakai tuala memegang cebok dan senaskah buku Ecam menegur saya dan berkata

"Ehh semalam ko masuk dalam mimpi aku siot."

"Aalah aku buat?"

"Aku mimpi aku nak terkencing, lepas tu aku pun lari keluar dari bilik nak gi tandas, tiba-tiba dekat tengah-tengah tandas tu aku nampak ko tengah berkelah dengan dia orang gadis. Jadi aku pun macam serba salah nak pergi kencing sebab ko tengah berkelah kat situ lepas tu aku segan dengan awek-awek tu."

"Awek tu hot tak?"

"Aku tak ingat."

"Ko ada mintak nombor telefon awek tu tak?"

"Aku nak terkencing doh! Mana la nak sempat."

"Ko ni sial lah, malam ni tidur bawak buku tulis bila ko mimpi aku lagi jangan lupa tanya no telefon dengan nama awek awek tu!"

"Ok aku akan cuba."

"Ko kencing tilam la lepas mimpi tu?"

"Mana ada aku sempat sial gi toilet! Apa punya mimpi daa, ko ingat apa maksud mimpi aku tu ha?"

"Mungking ko dah nak kahwin kot."

"Hmm... mungkin jugak, ko agak aku kahwin dengan ustazah ke ha?"

"Boleh jadi... Boleh jadi..."

Malangnya Ecam sampai ke hari ini masih bujang dan masih belum ada Ustazah yang sudi Menackle Ecam. Kalau ada Ustazah di luar sana yang belum kahwin dan sudi nak berkenalan dengan Ecam bagitau lah saya ye. 

P/S -

Masa belajar dulu alarm clock aku bunyi jadi aku pun tekan la snooze tapi dia masih bunyi lagi. Aku pun bengang sebab aku nak tidur lagi jadi aku tekan off, tapi dia masih bunyi lagi. Aku pun bawak keluar bateri tapi dia masih bunyi jugak, aku pun baling jam tu tapi dia tetap bunyi jadi aku pun heran dan berfikir sejenak, rupa-rupanya aku mimpi yang aku tutup jam loceng aku yang pada sebenarnya jam loceng aku berbunyi di alam nyata.  

Sinatra_Z - Al Fatihah

Al Fatihah...

AL Fatihah is the opening surah of the Quran and it is probably the most recited surah in the life of a Muslim. AL Fatihah is read several times in each prayer as an opening remark before going into a prayer.

Muslims pray five times a day,

In other words a muslim talks to god five times a day. One before the break of dawn, one in the afternoon, evening, the interchange between dawn and night and one before you sleep. And in each of this prayer Al Fatihah is recited. Some of you non muslims may have seen that muslims pray in masses which is lead by a person we call Imam. In Islam though doing the prayer in Jamaah (in gorups or together) are very much celebrated the prayer itself is quite personal. 

You see,

When a muslim prays he recites the verses himself, In other words he is the one who talks or convey his message to his or her creator. It is a very personal thing, though a prayer in Jamaah is being lead by an Imam in the end there is no medium between you (a muslim) and god. There is no third party when it comes to prayer because in Islam you pray to Allah (god) and only to Allah you may seek forgiveness, assistance and submission. Because at the end of the day, Allah will judge you and all of the things that you do while you were alive. In the end no family members, spouse, Imam, friend or anyone else are to answer for your deed, you are to be responsible for what you did. 

Now if you look at Al Fatihah

1:1 بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1:2 الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين

Al ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-'ālamīn

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

1:3 الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيم

Ar raḥmāni r-raḥīm

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

1:4 مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين

Māliki yawmi d-dīn

Master of the Day of Judgment.

1:5 إِيَّاك نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِين

Iyyāka na'budu wa iyyāka nasta'īn

Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

1:6 اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭ al mustaqīm

Keep us on the right path.

1:7 صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين

Ṣirāṭ al-laḏīna an'amta 'alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi 'alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn

The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.

At the first few verses of the Al Fatihah it seems as if it is written as a tribute, praise or the definition of god. But as the verses goes on it seems that it is actually more of a prayer. It started with an address to Allah or god who is the master of the worlds, in other words the ulmiate being, the one god. Who is also gracious and merciful and will be the one that judges our deeds at the day of reckoning. Interestingly this prayer begins with the definition of god and because of that very definition is why a muslim seek help, pray and ask for assistance to Allah god and not to anyone else. And that in this prayer a muslim do not ask for any specific assistance (health, wealth or love) rather that it's like a simple request of asking god to help us in making the right decision and doing the right thing... Because as life goes on we are not really sure what may come by thus the best thing we can hope and ask for is that no matter what challenges may lay ahead, we will take the right action and do the right thing. 

1:6 اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭ al mustaqīm

Keep us on the right path.

1:7 صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين

Ṣirāṭ al-laḏīna an'amta 'alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi 'alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn

The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.

Sinatra_Z - Let's Read The Quran

Lately the blogs are starting a new campaign.....

And unlike the usual fight against the evil corporation (CoughSimewheezesneezDarby), or that usual psuedo closet supposedly NGO and Malaysians but heavily biased Opposition campaign with the tag name "Something Rakyat" (Gerakan Rakyat, Barisan Rakyat, Konsert rakyat, Jerit Rakyat, Restoren Nasi Kandar Rakyat, Express Rakyat.. Ehh tu bukan nama lagu ke?)

This time it's a campaign that would make my Uztaz and Ustazah and my parents very happy with me. 

Teringat aku kat Ustazah aku masa aku tingkatan tiga, dia cikgu kelas, dia pun bagi aku keputusan PMR aku dan dia bukup hampa bila dia nampak keputusan aku, 7A - 1B - B - Agama Islam. Nanti aku bagi alamat blog ni kat Ustazah.. Sejuk hati dia. 

So I call upon everyone and I don't just mean Muslims to read the Quran and write about your favourite verse in the blog. 

Since it is a friday night (Malam Jumaat) and I am not married hence I am not doing the other 'Sunat' thing to do.... wink-wink 

eg.. "Sayang, Malam ni malam jumaat, dapat pahala tau!" 

This is a good night to kick off this campaign....

I was born as a Muslim and I did not found god or Islam on my own. It was basically handed down to me just as the generation before me so I didn't really appreciate my religion that much. Reading the Quran when I was a kid was a series of memory involving very strict Ustaz Ali (which Ironically late Ustaz Ali is the father of YB Azmin Ali, Azwan Ali and Umi Hafilda) in his red old mercedes listening to SM Salim to skipping the Mengaji classes behind my house to play in the "longkang" (drain). 

It was in the University (UTM) when the Quran came back into my life again. I was interested in learning about history and religion since school and the interest were more apparent when I was in Uni. One of the thing that I like to read about is the definition of God or Creator in each of the respective religion. Ironically when asked about the definition of god in Islam I could only given a meek, lousy and simple explanation about monotheism... It was after that I did some research and found the meaning of the Surah that I read again and again in prayers and never memorized the meaning of it........ What a loss indeed. 

In the Quran there is a Surah about Allah, the creator, god..... 

When someone ask you what is Allah?

Just reply - 

al-Ikhlâs  - The Purity

 

  In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

  Say: He is Allah, the One and Only! 
   Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; 
  He begetteth not nor is He begotten. 
  And there is none like unto Him.
                           
                                 -  translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Interested to know more about this Surah? Visit here

http://wahiduddin.net/quran/ikhlas.htm

Sinatra_Z -The sound called music

Whenever you hit something it produces vibrations which will then ripple the air around you that will then be detected by your ears. That is why whenever someone hit or bang into something nearby your ear will notice it. This is because your ear is specifically designed to detect vibrations in the air. Which is why it's pretty hard to have a conversation when you are scuba diving, it's because your ears were not designed to detect vibrations in water. 

Unless of course if you are a fish.

Sounds are the vibrations transmitted through solid, liquid or air (wikipedia) or vibrations that your ear can detect. Not all vibrations can be detected by our ears though, our ears are only capable in detecting vibrations coming from certain frequencies.  

What is a frequency then? 

When you pluck a guitar string you notice that the string goes up and down and up again and then down again. It produces a certain pattern which is up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down and goes on for a certain period of time. This repetitive pattern over a period of time is what we call a frequency. In the case of vibrations and sounds of course. When one say "the frequency is 50 Hertz" it means that the event pattern occur at the rate of 50 times per second. Or a better translation would be 50 hertz means that the guitar string goes up and down fifty times in one second. 

Pretty fast no.... 

Whenever we have a conversation we train our ear to detect certain sounds that would come out of a person's mouth. When someone say Pardon, it means that his/her ear cannot clearly detect the sounds coming from the other person's mouth.

Or that the person is saying something really rude.  

The reason for this is because there are other vibrations in the air that is being detected by our ear. A good example would be trying to have a conversation with a nice girl in a hip night club in town, one can hardly struck a meaningful conversation due to the blaring sounds of the techno music distorting what you said.  

In which is why large amount of alcohol is needed to compensate the whole situation.

This unwanted sounds are what we call noise. Whether it's the sound of a baby crying, someone snoring, the revving of a race car or the long lecture about responsibility that your father gave when he caught you creeping home late that one night. Let's just say Noise is sounds that you don't want to hear. Noise can come from several different sources, it can either come from someone very annoying or a sound that does not belong in it's place. A noise is not necessarily an unwanted sound, most of the time it's just a sound that is not supposed to appear at that certain moment. For instance the sound of a whistle may be pleasant when lying on a cozy hammock or when Zorro is calling his horse, but a whistle is considered a noise (a very annoying one) when used to woo random girls passing by in front of you.

So when these noise or sounds are rearranged, 

located at their exact place where they belong and appear at the exact time they are supposed too, that very same noise can be the most pleasant thing you have ever heard.  

When sounds are placed correctly, each in their own respective frequencies, they will work in harmony.

This harmonious balance of vibrations in the air is what we call Music. 

A gush of wind will just be just a gush of wind if it's all alone.  

A cricket chirping may be annoying to someone who is trying to sleep. 

But when a cricket is chirping is followed by a breezy gush of wind which will then ripple the grasses, in the middle of the night followed by the faint sound of someone snoring, it can be something absolutely wonderful....  

Wonderful things happen when things work in harmony. 

And Music is the prime example of that testament.  

That is why music can be used as the tool to bridge the gap between different people in different places. People may not understand a language that is not familiar to them, but everyone can understand and appreciate the beauty of sounds in harmony.  

We can learn a lot about life if we can truly understand and appreciate The Sound Called Music. 

Sinatra_Z - Kenapa Takut Hantu?

Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera. 

Dah lama saya tak tulis apa-apa yang dapat anda baca mengular melayari internet atau main facebook dan akan tukar window ke Excel tatakala anda nampak Boss melalui meja anda...... 

Tajuk : Kenapa Takut Hantu? 

1. Kalau kita tengok masyarakat kita yang suka dengan cerita-cerita seperti Bomoh Siam, Toyol, Jin, Jembalang atau Pontianak. Suka dengan kisah-kisah yang mana suami dia tu dah kena bomoh dengan perempuan yang duduk dekat flat blok tiga sebelah traffic light depan sekolah agama tu tak pun kisah tangkal-tangkal, pendinding, pagar mahupun pelaris. 

2. Tengok TV ada cerita susuk lah, misteri nusantara lah yang paling baru ni pulak kat TV3 apa ni.... aku dah lupa tajuk dia tapi ni yang cerita pasal ada ustaz hensem ni datang kampung tu lepas tu tok bomoh dan bini dia yang suka pakai lipstick hitam yang tak puas hati dengan ustaz tu sebab anak dara dia dah syok dengan ustaz muda yang kacak itu. "Ustaz tu clean shaven tu... hua hua hua...."

3. Tak pun cerita pasal penunggu lah, Jin lah macam-macam lah. Penat aku dengar. Itu belum masuk bab-bab santau lagi.

4. Yang aku pelik kes santau ni selalunya pasal orang kedai makan ni dengki dengan orang kedai makan tu jadi dia Santau kedai tu. Yang yang peliknya Santau ni mesti antara kedai makan melayu yang buruk, hodoh dan robek menyantau kedai makan melayu tepi longkang yang buruk hodoh dan robek dekat seberang jalan sana. 

5. Tak pernah aku dengar kes orang santau kentucky fried chicken, Mc Donald ataupun apa-apa franchise mahupun kedai mamak. Mungkin pantang larang santau ialah ianya hanya boleh digunakan di kedai yang sama bangsa dan sama-sama hodoh dan kotor. 

6. Bila orang sakit perut, muntah-muntah makan kedai dia kata dia kena Santau, padahal kedai kotor banyak tikus. Entah-entah mamat tu kena Taun daaa... 

7. Lepas tu tak pernah aku dengar Orang Putih yang kena histeria ke rasuk ke bila diorang camping atau berkelah kat hutan simpan Malaysia. Mungkin Jin Malaysia untuk orang Malaysia je kot, frekuensi dia sama.

8. Baik kita sebagai orang islam memang percaya kepada Jin, Malaikat dan Iblis. Dan ya mungkin itulah yang dimaksudkan dengan hantu atau sebagainya. Mungkin ada kebenaran dalam kisah-kisah yang disebutkan di atas. Tapi persoalan hari ini ialah kenapa takut sangat dengan hantu?

9. Kenapa takut dengan orang dah mati? 

10. Orang dah mati tak boleh dan tak pernah lagi cederakan orang yang masih hidup.

12. Aku belum pernah dengar hantu Menyamun (ok mungkin toyol ada la sikit-sikit).

13. Belum pernah dengar lagi pontianak meragut dan mencederakan orang. 

14. Langsuir atau Jin Siam menculik dan merogol atau membunuh. 

15. Hantu yang pandu kereta macam orang gila lepas tu langgar pemandu lain yang tidak bersalah dan lari. 

16. Aku belum pernah dengar hantu bunuh, rogol, rompak, seksa, cedera, culik, kerat ataupun bakar rumah. 

17. Dalam kes Mona Fandey pun bukan Jin ke atau jembalang yang bunuh YB tu, Mona Fandey sendiri yang kerat VIP tu. 

18. Sebenarnya bukan Hantu atau orang yang dah mati yang perlu kita takutkan atau berhati-hati dengan. Kalau nak ikutkan, orang yang masih hidup jauh lebih menakutkan dari hantu atau jembalang. Orang yang masih hidup jauh lebih jahat, keji, kotor dan kejam dari mana-mana hantu sekalipun. 

19. Sesungguhnya kalau nak dibandingkan manusia jauh lebih menakutkan dari mana-mana hantu, santau atau jin. 

20. Jadi kenapa nak takut sangat dengan hantu?

21. Fikir-fikirkanlah........ Macamana masyarakat kita nak maju kalau terlalu sibuk merisaukan benda yang tak perlu risau dan tidak memperdulikan benda yang sepatutnya dipedulikan. 

P/S

Kalau bomoh tu hebat sangat apasal dia tak Santau je Bush ke tentera Zionis tu ke...... Sekadar Santau gerai nasi lemak tepi longkang seberang jalan sana tu apa barang, bakar kedai tu lagi cepat. 

Sinatra_Z - Spanish Inquisition

2009 is very much like the Spanish Inquisition...
Nobody expects them!!

Don't get the joke?
Go to youtube and search these key words "Monty Phyton" and "Spanish Inquisiton"

Too busy and too hyped to update. But let's just say the Year started with a flurry of activity that tires me which is just fone for me.

I will promise to write more stuff soon and update and things.

Till Then

I leave you with this...........

SMS dari seseorang -Bacakan bismillah, alfatihah,al ikhlas dan subhanallah 3x untuk Masjid Al Aqsa yang kini dikepung oleh Rejim Zionis kirimkan kepada 10 orang yang anda kenal ini Amanah!My Reply-Masjid Al Aqsa terletak di Tebing Barat di bandar Baitulmaqdis, yang kena kepung Gaza tempat Hamas.The Reply-I Forward SMS Ustaz!My Reply-Suruh Ustaz Beli Map! Orang Melayu ni pun satu daa,Pantang ada ayat quran sikit, main agaman sikit, kawan tu pakai Songkok ke serban ke ada janggut sejemput ke terus percaya tanpa usul periksa. Kita kena fikir dulu sebelum terima atau buat terutama bab-bab agama ni. P/S - Sorry ah, bab songkok serban atau janggut tu saya bukan kutuk Ustaz anda ye, saya pasti dia orang yang baik. Apa yang dimaksudkan ialah secara UMUMnya... Jangan marah haa...