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MOVIES

2009-08-08T01:02:00.003+08:00

This month turned out to be sort of the Movie Month for me..is it because i have too much time? or is it because there too many movies in town? or perhaps it's just me have nothing else to do after my working hours...

So this is the first time for me try to write some comments about these movies OR @ least from my point of view, a view of the Very Less Important Person in this world..

Let us begin with The Taking of Pelham 123...staring John Travolta and Denzel Washington..It is another masterpiece from Tony Scott, a story where the Goods beat the Evils. The difference is that the good guy is a nobody as well as the bad guy. The main attraction for audience to stick to their chairs are the conversations between the two main characters...the scripts are superb...the plot although predictable but the people are kept waiting for what is more to come out from the characters mouth..the synical and yet surprising reactions are well perfomed by Mr. Travolta and Mr Washington..what more can i say..people know who are they and what are they capable of. Anyhow...it is a very good movie...4 stars out of 5.

Now, lets move on to Public Enemy staring by who else than Mr.Depp as Johnny Dillinger.Based on the true story of this legendary bank robber, Mr. Depp plays a very good role as the main character who are always cool despites being the most wanted man in the U.S. at that time. What i can say is, this is the movie which people can remember for a long time since Dick Tracy and Godfather's epic. However, the heroin is merely playing her part and not mesmerizing the audience at all( And i can't even bother to recall her name!!) Miss Kiera Knightly could be a better choice..and im saying this not because im so fanatic with the Pirates trilogy, it's just my personal view, since she also has the '50's babes' look or perhaps Mrs. Winslet can be another better choice. To conclude..i can give 3 stars..still worth watching.

Then we jump to the fantasy part..the Harry Porter latest installation...Half Blood Prince... it is a movie basically made for the real fan of HP, otherwise, you have to watch the 1st movie and carry on until you reach this latest one to understand what actually the casts are talking about. Harry is no longer a boy but rather become a matured teenager. And I can agree with reviews saying that this new movie is less darker then its predecessor..the Order of the Pheonix..which means we can bring our kids to watch it without facing the problem to cover their eyes.. i give 3 stars..

For romantic comedy, The Proposal is quite different. Ray Reynolds and Sandra Bullock play a lively yet extraordinary couple transforming from a boss-personal assistant relationships into the instant bride-groom to be with all the sceptical and lively humors. Except "NINE", i can proudly say that Ray Reynolds is a multitasking actor and romantic comedy is his best.Sandra on the other hand is not so dissappointed, but don't expect more then Ms. Congeniality. Again, Ray Reynold make this movie more fun to watch. 4 stars...

Last but not least, SETEM, a local production directed by Khabir Bhatia...the same method of co-incidents and the connection between characters towards the end of the movie is very predictable. I hope Mr. Khabir could think of a new and interesting method for his next movie because although his current method is quite different from other local movie maker and become his signature, people will sooner or later get bored and that is not a good news for a director. And talking about the same actors used ..like Afdlin, Vanida,Que Haidar and few others is rather lame although those actors played their characters well. People want to see more new faces palying the main roles. The plot is however deserve thumbs up. A fresh idea.. and the comedy....very well blended..spontanious and have the good ingredients to be called funny. Personally, for a local movie...., SETEM is till a very good choice to watch..your money is worth in each penny spent. 4 stars from me...BRAVO.

There goes for movies that i watched this month alone..GI JOE is my next destination.. Enjoy your movies..!!

LAMBAIAN MEKAH 2009

2009-07-16T02:42:00.003+08:00

Setelah 25 tahun aku meninggalkan bumi Arab Saudi, Insya Allah , jika diizinkan Ramadhan ini aku bakal menjadi tetamu Allah.Semoga perjalanan aku nanti di redhai dan diberkati. Semoga doa-doaku dihadapan Kaabah nanti akan dimakbulkan tanpa hijjab dan semoga perjalanan dan ibadah umrahku tidak diuji dgn ujian2 yang tidak mampu untuk aku tanggung... Ya Allah terimalah hambaMu yang hina ini utk menjadi tetamuMu Ramadhan ini...

Aku ingin menjadi tetamuMu dan mendapat tempat di sisiMu. dan semoga suatu hari nanti aku diizinkan untuk kembali padaMU untuk ibadah haji supaya lengkap rukun islam ku...AMIN

JULY 1st.... GIVING DAY...LETS CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER.....!!!! spread it to the world!!!

2009-06-24T02:19:00.007+08:00

Rakyat Malaysia ni ada macam-macam hari istimewa...apakata sebagai salah seorng rakyat marhain, aku mencadangkan HARI MENDERMA .., sama sama kiter jayakan hari ini dengan menderma, x kisah la wang ringgit ker , kudrat ker, harta benda ker apa sahaja yang kiter mampu..pada hari tu kiter derma kepada sesiapa sahaja yang perlu yang paling dekat dengan kiter, jiran, badan kebajikan, apa sahaja....aku mencadangkan 1 JULAI sebagai tarikh keramat....SAMA-SAMA KITA JAYAKAN HARI MENDERMA INI.....UNTUK KEBAIKAN BERSAMA...

p/s- sebarkan idea ini kepada sesiapa sahaja yang anda kenal dan sama-sama kita lihat kesannya, gunakan kenalan anda, kuasa anda,pautan anda, komersialkan jika anda mampu!!! Jangan risau,tidak ada tuntutan hakmilik atas idea ini....

TRANSLATION:

Malaysians are well-known with celebrations of all sort of days...why not as an ORDINARY MAN, i'm suggesting the GIVING DAY...., we make this happen by donating any sort of thing that we can afford, whether its our money, energy, wealth..whatever...and on that day we help our neighbour, or someone closest to us, any charity institutions, whatever..im suggesting JULY 1st AS THE DAY...LET US MAKE IT HAPPEN...FOR OUR OWN GOOD...

p/s- spread this idea to whoever you know and let us see what happen....use your contacts, your power, your links, commercialize it if you can....!!!! Don't worry...no copyrights claim for this idea....

FAMILY..its time to honour it

2009-06-24T01:36:00.004+08:00

We are living in this synical world where we are so busy with our daily routines whether we like it or not....

The family values are slowly vaporized from our main consideration in our daily priorities. As long as we can afford to pay all the bills that we created to ourself and make others richer... we are good with it.

NOW , even the motivational speakers are talking rubbish , because they are no longer motivate their audience but their own pocket....so who should we depends on now to keep our family relationsships and values continue?..the answer is US..

Anyway, its our family after all, we are the one who knows better.... we know how to build it then we are the best to ensure it is well-maintained....we are the architect, engineer,artist,founder,or whatever we call it...we own our family .

Everybody should play their roles in the family...because when the sad moment comes, families are the shoulders for us to cry on. Yes, others can say sorry and lay down their sympathy but for how long...., it will last... up to the moment they left our front door..

so its you family is what it count most!!!

I know all of us know about this...but are we always treat our family as what we should...and YEs , no body is perfect...yet a good family doest not mean a perfect family and that is when the values come into action...if the values is there, the bonding will get better and a good bonding creates a wiser man.

The first step is...keep in touch with your family...by whatever means at least once everyday....

A BETTER FAMILY CREATE A BETTER SOCIETY, A BETTER SOCIETY CREATES A BETTER NATION....THE KEY IS.......... WE CAN BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE NOW...

P/S- A FAMILY DOES NOT MEANT FOR MARRIED PERSON ONLY.......ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT...

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GO YOUR OWN WAY

2009-06-21T01:19:00.005+08:00

it has been a while i did not update my blog, so little time yet so much things to do...Anyway since im back here and talking to myself again...i post here a clip which have just been discovered recently and i found out that it kinda interesting, a good vocal match for a simple yet good song which it turns out to be one of the phenomenon in 1970s from the original singer FLEET WOOD MAC.. so i search for the lyrics and here it is:

Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel

If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you wanna do

If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
go your own way

and the original version sounds like this:

hmmm nice music with nice words....ENJOY IT

My Next Year Ride....as i wish..

2009-05-19T03:18:00.003+08:00

i dare myself that i can ride on of THIS DRIVING MACHINE by next year....See what will happen...

HOW SMALL IS OUR WORLD

2009-03-18T01:59:00.004+08:00

sometimes we thought our world is so large that we can never bump into the same space, meet the same person or having the same conversations again but everything is possible nowdays...

We can reach our long last friends, talking about old memories whilst at the same time we are living in two separate part of the world.Thanks to the internet...

the world is really FLAT now and the people living in it is cramed into this cyberspace looking for all sort of things, from the most complicated info up to the most tiny things, like how to pick ur nose correctly...its all in here

I wonder what it will be in the next generations..perhaps then we can move from point A to point B by blinking our eyes ..maybe

WHATS NEXT?? WHO KNOWS...

2009-02-17T00:12:00.002+08:00

This is my first post since the new year..well, the 2nd month almost finish...how fast the time passed by...

Hmm..many things happened although the year have only kick started...first, the Malaysian politics is still in the 'election mood' continuing from last March till now and situation would be the same until next April..what a fuss..Defection in Perak States Government is the prime issues accompanied with the "DERHAKA"proclaimation by some immatured personnels and politicians until the Rulers have to spell out their regrets...

Economical wise, the evil Recessions seems to reach our shores here and there and everyone starts to tight up their financials ...me no exceptions..clients are far more fussy then ever and our collections have been droping consistently till we have to restructure our management before its too late..meaning MORE WORKS LESS MONEY..sighs...sometimes it feels like i want to giving up everything and start it over but it is definitely impossible taking into account of the remaining cases handled by us.Our business is not merely CASH & CARRY, its a CASH & COMMITMENT till the end of it!!

On the same point, people throughout the world still waiting how should the new MR OBAMA reacts to the current situations..because like they self-proclaimed as the WORLD RULER, a single move from the UNCLE SAM's should effect us all...so it depends how fast and effective that move is...and whatever it is the world is in crisis now, the unemployment rates moving up like rockets and the stock exchange is moving down at faster speed..

It makes me wonder..who decides that we have to depend on them..why not us find our own solutions...now it is no more an issue of how many budget reinforcements announced by the government because no matter how much money we spat out, as long as the dependency is there it would end our limited sources and when that happen, it is a doom for all. If our previous mechanism (97-98's turmoil)of escaping from such dependency seems effective, why shouldn't we reuse it and be affirm with. After all it is our money being sucked off our shores, we really need to stop it cause that money is more useful domestically. In the end, i think it is a question of egoistic and self issues of our current leaders just refusing to follow their predecessor even it is obviously the best method we have.What more could i say....

so what is next? the current captain seems in his countdown mood and the successor otherwise is still in shopping mood, just in case his ambitions would not materialise...

Speking as a mere "marhain"...whatever will happen next...everyone should realize that it is the time where WE should take care of Ourself...Who knows...that would be the answer..

Enough for this time..its time to move on and catching up all the remains..

Debat Diraja 2008

2008-11-24T03:22:00.002+08:00

Oleh: MUHD AZMI TALIB
Koresponden AKADEMI DEBAT

Menyingkap usia pertandingan debat 2008 yang akan berlangsung bermula 28 hb November ini nanti maka genaplah usia 13 tahun acara pertandingan debat BM antara IPTA yang paling berprestij di negara ini. Sedar atau tidak walaupun sudah 13 tahun usia pertandingan ini yang berubah hanyalah dari segi bilangan penyertaannya tetapi tidak pada kualitinya. Malah tidak keterlaluan untuk dilabelkan bahawa kualiti debat mahasiswa-mahasiswi sekarang agak jauh jika ingin dibandingkan dengan apa yang telah dipertontonkan oleh abang-abang dan kakak-kakak mereka sebelum ini. Persoalan yang menjadi isu hangat setiap kali pertandingan debat Piala DiRaja diadakan saban tahun.

Sudah banyak artikel yang ditulis berkenaan perkara ini dan yang pasti perubahan masih gagal dilihat dari kaca mata peminat debat seantero negara. Semua perkara telah dikupas sama ada isu pengetahuan pendebat yang nampaknya tidak berkembang malah semakin cetek, keupayaan untuk mengolah , membawa atau membangkang sesuatu usul yang diberikan semakin goyah dan tidak menunjukkan kematangan mereka untuk berhujah, tidak kira sama ada atas kapasiti kerajaan mahupun pembangkang. Jadi dimanakah silapnya??

Artikel ini tidak akan mengulangi kupasan perkara-perkara yang dinyatakan diatas kerana itu sudah barang pasti akan membuang masa penulis mahupun pembaca. Sebaliknya penulis melihat bahawa terdapat faktor lain yang perlu diambil kira untuk memperbaiki mutu perdebatan didalam pertandingan debat Piala Diraja tahun ini.

MINAT

Pertama, MINAT terhadap debat...rata-rata jika ditanya kepada jagoaan IPTA yang terpilih mewakili universiti.... mereka akan menyatakan dengan bangganya bahawa mereka berdebat kerana mereka minat pada debat. Tetapi tidak ramai yang benar-benar memahami apa itu MINAT kepada Debat. Debat bukanlah medan untuk menunjukkan kepetahan mahasiswa menyusun kata-kata dan lakonan berskrip semata-mata. Debat juga bukanlah satu seni untuk menunjukkan kehebatan seni tarian dan lenggok badan kekiri dan kekanan serta memek muka yang penuh penghayatan untuk mendapat anugerah pelakon terbaik. MINAT terhadap debat menuntut mahasiswa untuk terus mempelajari dan mendalami seninya yang tersendiri. Seni yang tidak hanya diukur ketika diatas pentas semata, tidak juga diukur ketika perbincangan sebelum memasuki dewan pertandingan.Ianya merangkumi pelbagai aspek bermula daripada MINAT kepada ilmu pengetahuan yang merangkumi pelbagai aspek dan skop, MINAT untuk berfikir secara kritis dan analitik keatas semua isu di sekeliling tidak kira isu sejarah hinggalah isu semasa terkini, MINAT untuk menambahkan perbendaharaan kata dan mencantikkan bahasa ketika berhujah dan bukan sekadar mencedok pantun-pantin dan syair gurindam serangkap dua ketika berhujah demi meyakinkan penonton dan para hakim dan MINAT untuk melihat bahawa segala hujah mereka tidak akan dapat disangkal lagi kerana telah dikemukakan dengan segala fakta dan contoh yang tepat dan konklusif sehingga membuatkan pihak lawan dan mungkin seluruh dewan terdiam dan membenarkan apa sahaja yang dihujahkan.

DISIPLIN

Kedua, DISIPLIN...apa sahaja yang kita lakukan dalam hidup ini memerlukan disiplin hatta untuk makan, minum, tidur sekalipun. Begitulah jua halnya dengan debat, menceburi bidang debat memerlukan DISIPLIN yang amat tinggi. DISIPLIN ketika sesi latihan, DISIPLIN untuk menerima teguran dan melakukan apa sahaja yang dituntut oleh para jurulatih demi kebaikan pendebat (selagi mana tidak ditegah oleh syara' dan batas tatasusila kemanusiaan ..)DISIPLIN ketika pertandingan hinggalah DISIPLIN setelah bergelar pendebat ulung.

DISIPLIN juga perlu dilihat daripada aspek pemilihan pasukan, jurulatih atau sesiapa sahaja yang diamanahkan untuk memilih pasukan universiti mereka haruslah memilih berdasarkan merit pendebat dan bukannya sekadar rupa paras ataupun faktor kroni dan sebagainya kerana yang akan dipertaruhkan adalah nama baik universiti yang akan diadili oleh penonton dan peminat debat selruh negara.

KESUNGGUHAN

Hasil daripada MINAT + DISIPLIN ini maka wujudnya KESUNGGUHAN. Kita boleh melihat betapa bersungguhnya pendebat-pendebat lagenda dahulu dan sekarang terutama ketika mereka mengemukakan hujah mereka. Mereka tidak mudah berpuas hati dengan apa yang diutarakan bermula daripada saat pertama loceng dibunyikan hinggalah saat terakhir masa yang telah dibenarkan. Perbezaan yang ketara jika kita melihat pendebat-pendebat yang tidak mempunyai KESUNGGUHAN ini berdebat. Mereka akan mudah berpuas hati dengan pencapaian mereka, malah ada ynag berdebat hanya sekadar melepaskan batuk ditangga. Apabila tamat giliran mereka, mereka hanya akan duduk diam dan tersenyum sumbing, ada yang sibuk bergaya untuk gambar dalam majalah universiti mereka, tidak kurang yang terdiam kerana terpegun dengan pihak lawan. Akibatnya,apabila KESUNGGUHAN sudah tiada, debat itu akan menjadi satu pertunjukan sarkis ibarat melihat burung kakak tua bercakap semata-mata...itu bukanlah DEBAT!! Harus di ingat, kita mahu melihat bagaimana sesuatu usul itu diperdebatkan dan bukannnya melihat kalian bertutur bak penglipur lara di atas pentas. Pendebat adalah dipilih untuk memperdebatkan sesuatu usul dan mereka membawa panji universiti masing-masing . Penonton mahu melihat univesiti mana yang mampu menunjukkan kematangan berhujah atas sesuatu usul dan bukannya untuk melihat mereka berkokok dan berjoget semata-mata.

Oleh yang demikian , tidak timbul soal pasukan universiti mana yang menjadi pasukan pilihan kerana kalian adalah sama, semuanya adalah mahasiswa universiti maka tunjukkanlah bahawa kalian layak untuk mewakili universiti masing-masing.Percayalah bahawa tanpa MINAT, DISIPLIN dan KESUNGGUHAN ini, adalah lebih baik kalian menarik diri dan tidak membuang masa dan wang ringgit universiti masing-masing untuk sekadar hadir memenuhi kuota peserta di dalam pertandingan debat Piala Di Raja 2008 ini...Apa gunanya kalian menyertai debat kalau sekadar akan memalukan diri sendiri dan universiti masing-masing. Hanya yang betul-betul layak bergelar PENDEBAT sahaja yang layak untuk menyertai pertandingan ini....

Akhir kata, ingatlah bahwa PENDEBAT sebenar akan dikagumi bermula daripada perkataan pertama hinggalah perkataan terakhir yang diucapkan mereka...ukurlah siapa diri anda...SEMOGA BERJAYA UNTUK SEMUA.

December is coming...a dawn of another year

2008-11-17T22:16:00.002+08:00

December is on its way soon..the time of year where everyone are looking back through the whole year of what has happened to their life for the pass eleven months. The realization of their new year resolution(s)to a certain point whether they have achieve or failed them or is there any possibility to conclude them within the next 30 days to come.

Talking about resolution, i wonder what was mine...hmm..., since i can't recall it,it is obviously unachievable or to put it in easy words..guess i failed it again liek for the past years behind.Or perhaps i don't want to recall it because i know i achieve nothing so to speak.It gives me lesser disappointment.

BUT i know some people have achieve theirs but not me. The world is facing mass economical failure this year and not to forget all the political changes through out the world including Malaysia.And i guess directly or indirectly i was affected because i am in the system as well.Still remember about the past General Election, the fuel hikes, the up and down in our judicial system and etc...

Well, i changed my job, i sent my family elsewhere and have to travel 6 hours every weekend just to be with them and i'm about to change my ride sooner..and not to forget of my own perceptions towards life and faith.It was a hard year but meaningful in the other way of seeing it but still i am the same person..a person without plan...guess that should be my next year's resolution...to have a PLAN.

I wish this coming December will give me as Ordinary person to rethink and re evaluate my achievement ( which is very doubtful..)and my life. So i would have a better and perhaps the best practical resolution for 2009...

BARRACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY SPEECH

2008-11-06T00:52:00.003+08:00

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

ORDINARYMAN comments:

In this world , ordinary people can sometimes make EXTRA ordinary changes...IF THERE"S A WILL, THERE ALWAYS A WAY !!!...CONGRATULATIONS Mr.OBAMA...ARIOS Mr. Bush....

'Facebook 'saga

2008-11-03T05:39:00.000+08:00

I just been introduced to this new phenomenon few weeks ago..its a tempting site though,with all its interactive features.

Things getting more interesting when i can keep back in touch with many of my old friends and contacts. I become more and more attach to it until its hard not to get into FB (thats wat we call it)every day.

So wat is this FB anyway, some research been made and i found out that its a social networking site established by a former Harvard student,Mark Zuckerbeg whilst he was in Harvard University and was firstly meant to gather only for Harvard students.Facebook was officially launched in February 2, 2004 and since spread worldwide like an epidemic .The website overtook Myspace in terms of its memberships of 132.1 millions people compared to 117.6m in June 2008. And that happens after millions of dollars invested, coming in from all sorts of sources including Paypal, Apple, Yahoo, Hongkong biz tycoon and many more.These investments are due to the profitability those investors will get in return.

The thing is, is it really this FB is trespassing the concept of personal privacy where people can now access other's info without any hassle.Just imagine how precious are these simple data mining to the big shots like Yahoo and Google for them to sell our data to their wealthy clients. We are talking about billions of dollars and marketing prospects.

Now like them, i think even as layman like me, we can take advantage of this outbreak and expend our connection.But, many can agree with me believe it or not it effects our productivity especially during working hours...dont tell me there is a single person who never get into FB during his/her office hour.Just look at your notification and status updating.

One piece of advise is that, just be careful of what we disclose in FB, it is not impossible that one day, all the email scams will evolve into FB as well.and this time we cannot spam our FB friends ..right?. And that is nothing....compared to some ingenius hackers who will spreding their latest viruses into FB, it will definitely affect millions of people, including me of course.

well, to know more about this current madness, a single click to wikipedia will tell u all about whatever u want to know about FB.

For me, its a cyber drug.once u involved, u remain involved, and for some others addicted..its a one way commitment..its only a matter of our precaution steps. We all dont want others making money of our on personal life and informations.

One thing for sure, later, there will be a rehabilitation centre for all FB victims in near future.I might be one of its first batch. That will be another way for Mr. Mark to make more money...

HAPPY Facebooking to all but just becareful!!

Berakhirnya Ramadhan

2008-09-23T23:43:00.000+08:00

Kita antara sedar atau tidak sudah pun sampai di penghujung Ramadhan AlMubarak dan minggu hadapan kehidupan kita akan kembali seperti biasa...Sambutan Aidilfitri diraikan dengan meriah diseluruh dunia tidak terkecuali negara kita. Alhamdulillah, kita dilimpahi dengan nikmat keamanan, makanan dan pakaian yang cukup dan rezeki yang melimpah ruah.

Sekembalinya kita selepas cuti yang panjang nanti , kita akan meneruskan hidup kita seperti biasa dan sekiranya kita di izinkan maka akan dipertemukan semula dengan Ramadhan yang akan datang...pernahkah kita terfikir bahawa ketika kita meraikan kedatangan Syawal, kita sepatutnya menangisi kepulangan Ramadhan yang penuh keberkatan. Terfikirkah kita adakah amalan yang kita lakukan sepanjang Ramadhan ini sudah memadai, adakah kita benar-benar menghayati Ramadhan kali ini..kalau benar, adakah kita kembali menjadi insan sepertimana sebelum Ramadhan ataupun kita sudah berubah menjadi insan yang lebih baik daripada sebelumnya....

Aku bukanlah seorang pendita alim yang boleh menasihati orang lain, sekadar menjenguk kelemahan diriku sendiri..Ya Allah! terimalah taubatku dan amalanku..Ya Allah kekalkanlah imanku..Ya Allah bimbinglah aku...semoga aku berkesempatan menemuimu sekali lagi wahai Ramadhan....

KNOWLEDGE..what is that?

2008-08-22T05:03:00.000+08:00

Everyone can talk about knowledge., but do we really know what is knowledge? As a muslim, i'm having a new breakthrough on my perspective of knowledge and willing to share it here.

Just like my last posts on 'rezeki', we thought we have the knowledge but in the end,it is not ours and there are many reasons for that;

When Allah take it back from us, it will be gone...when He want us to have it, our mind shall be able to even conquer the world.

When we seek for it, sometimes we found it and most of time we losts, depends on the approval of the authorized owner of the knowledge;

When we keep it to ourself, it shrinks, but when we share it to others and educates, we know more..

When we losts and our mind is blocked, only He can guide us back....

So the question is, why should we being so stingy to share our knowledge to others when it is not even ours. The real trademark and patent holder even order us to share it...

1st rezeki, and now knowledge, is not actually ours but belongs to HIM ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY, so dont be shy to share it , dont give up when u loose it and always hope and request for it ( i mean ask directly to the real owner!!) then u will gain it...

Rezeki

2008-08-19T16:30:00.001+08:00

Saban hari kita bangun dan bergegas untuk mencari rezeki di muka bumi Allah ini. Persoalannya adakah kita benar-benar mengerti apa itu rezeki sebenarnya?

Kita perlu betulkan diri kita bahawa sebenarnya tuan empunya bagi segala kekayaan di muka bumi ini adalah Allah SWT. Maka tatkala kita bekerja siang malam mencari rezeki pernahkah terdetik di hati kita bahawa kita perlu untuk meminta daripada tuan punya kekayaan ini. Kadangakala kita lupa bahawa apa yang ada pada kita termasuklah segala harta benda dan wang ringgit kita sebenarnya itu adalah pinjaman semata-mata, Allah meminjamkan segala-galanya kepada kita untuk menguji iman kita DAN ianya boleh diambil semula bila-bila masa kerana itu adalah hakNYA. Sebaliknya setiap kali kita menerima rezeki daripadaNYA, beberapa persoalan perlu difikirkan:

Pertama, adakah kita bersyukur dengan apa yang kita ada?

Kedua, adakah kita membelanjakannya sepertimana yang sepatutnya?

Ketiga, adakah kita ini tamak sehinggakan setiap masa kita merasakan ianya tidak pernah cukup dan kita inginkan lagi dan lagi dan lagi? (dan akhirnya wang ringgit menjadi tuhan kita.)

Mulai saat ini aku ingin membetulkan konsep ini dan secara ringkasnya:

i) HARTA DAN KEKAYAAN bukan milik kita dan tidak ada sebab untuk kita kedekut dan rasa berat untuk menderma kepada org yang lebih memerlukannya

ii) tempat yang paling utama untuk memperolehi kekayaan adalah apabila kita pergi memohon daripada tuan punya kekayaan itu ( ALLAH SWT)dan bukannya kepada hamba-hambanya yang lain yang setaraf dengan kita

iii) Kita tidak perlu susah hati tatkala kita tidak berharta, kerana ada atau tidak HARTA dan KEKAYAAN bukan milik kita, ianya datang dan pergi sebagaimana yang pemiliknya ingini.

Dan cara yang paling mudah untuk kaya ialah bila mana kita mula memberi kerana ALLAH SWT sudah berjanji, satu kebaikan kita berikan kepada orang lain, 10 kali ganda akan dibalas. Itulah janji tuan punya segala KEKAYAAN.... dan percayalah bahawa inilah skim cepat kaya yang paling berkesan kerana dijamin oleh tuan punya kekayaan sendiri,....jadi apa yang perlu kita tunggu lagi?

MY PRECIOUS

2008-08-19T16:30:00.000+08:00

Its been a while that i dont go back and meet all my precious children. These are my purpose of life. It is hard to live apart from them and not being able to become like other normal dad who can each and every day spend their life with their precious one. Just for the name of 'mencari rezeki', i have to sacrifice my and their time of living together and see how they grow for each and every seconds. BUT that does not mean that i forget about them. Each and every second my mind and soul wil be with them. I always looking forward to go back and spend my day with them, looking at how they laugh, cry and sometimes being very annoying...but thats it, life has to go on. I keep telling myself that one day i can be back and live together with them...guys, you always in my heart....DAD

LIFE

2008-07-14T18:00:00.000+08:00

LIFE is not as easy as its spelling. A four letter words which consists of every aspect of how a person build his own self. Some call it a journey, others call it a lessons whilst most will just living with it. No name been called because they dont have any clue about their life. just play by the rules set up by others...whether fair or not..they have nothing to complain.

For me LIFE is LIFE, we choose how we want to live.Rationally, our life can be ended.But some even enjoy their LIFE after their death. Their still live among us with all what have they did either ther were deeds or sins.People will remember them FOREVER.

So how we choose our LIFE...its in our hand right?