Sheih on Sheih: Recipe for Homemade Bomb

During my time in Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kuala Lumpur, we were taught lots of nonsense by our senior and one of it were how to make a homemade bomb.

It was in Ramadan 1986 when Mr. Pub® drag me to one corner and gave me a list of items that we need to buy, steal from the science’s lab and worked that need to be conducted in the Mechanical Workshop.

It was a weird tradition of Teknik KL to blast their neighbour, SMS Selangor with homemade bombs. But loyal to this tradition, proud TIKL seniors will pass the recipe to their junior.

Nevertheless, as a measure of precaution, not a single person knew the procedure from A to Z. My part was to arrange for few juniors to joint the committee. Then I was to unlock the backdoor to the Mechanical Workshop during our workshop class so our ‘engineer’ can enter it at night to cook the recipe for disaster.

End of Ramadan 1986, as we were walking back from surau for our moray session, were we jolted by the blast from the bomb that was planted in the ground floor toilet of the SMS Selangor’s hostel. Whoever plant it, sure knew very well to calculate the timer. The timer was made from mosquito’s coil with the end wrap by a magnesium strip we got it from the lab.

The blast, I was told, is strong enough to even cause slight tremor in Sekolah Alam Shah. Later, Parakau®, the godfather of Alam Shah told me that even he was awaken from his sleep under the bed in his hostel. He always slept under the bed to avoid being caught because he did not attend the terawih session.

All hell broke loose that night when SMS Selangor’s students retaliate by firing ‘mercun kelawar’ towards us as we were chasing their members who crossed over to our side and enter Sekolah Teknik’s female hostel as an act of revenge.

As far as I remember, nobody got caught that night and nobody did the next day when the police came to do the investigation.

What do we gain from that? I asked myself. We were lucky that the bomb did not explode during one of the processes, which would definitely blast our fingers away or even took our life.

We were young, wild and free. But is that a license to be foolish.

Few days ago, I asked bro Sallahuddin Ayub, the PAS Youth Chief and my MP. Are you planning any more demonstration? The answer that I gained from the horse mouth made me feel that my mutton is tastier that discussing about the politics. So we end up killing our self with the mutton Briyani in order to kill the conversation.

Let me continue to be pessimistic as some opposition supporters might claim. Pessimist as I am, let me ask, what do the oppositions gain from,

Street demonstrations and protests.

Insulting Pak Lah because his wife, Jeanne Danker did not wear tudung.

Playing with element of hatred.

Prior to what I did now, I was always part of the winning team came every election. No, I did not campaign for BN neither do I did anything to persuade people to campaign for BN.

But in the matter of The Middle Class and Urban Malaysians versus the Barisan Nasional, oppositions always helped the Barisan Nasional to win the election. The oppositions helped to convince these group of voters to swing their votes towards the Barisan Nasional because of the issues and the style they played their issues.

The oppositions need to change their style. They are not going to win extra votes by attacking me. Neither is they going to win extra votes by taking the streets in protest, insulting Jeanne Danker in their speeches and talking about hatred.

I may not speak on behalf of the majority of the voters, but I trust, the voters that determined the winner shared my argument. 

How much more votes did the oppositions gain by taking the streets? How much more votes did the oppositions gain when a group of young Malaysian sent pillows to Prime Minister? How much votes did the oppositions gain by killing Tun Mahathir with the Lingam Video? How much votes did the oppositions gain by slaying Jeanne Danker?

Or, we may want to think, how much votes did we lose to Barisan Nasional every time we did all the above?

Time and again, we find the oppositions uninspiring, unimaginative and even despicable at times. 

While you are arrogantly screaming at us to vote for change, we are now politely begging you to look at yourself and stop thinking that you are better than Barisan Nasional just because you are not in power to prove that you are better.

We are now telling you nicely, for many elections, we have voted for Barisan Nasional because you have persuaded us to do so by doing what you are doing now, taking the streets in protest, demonstrations, insulting people, cheap rhetoric, putting candidates that are so uninspiring, fanaticism, extremism, militarism and perhaps, too conventional. Every action has positive and negative reactions; we both knew that long ago.

Before you shoot me this time around, just remember this, I have the vote that shy you for as many election as we can remember and I am not alone. 

 

Adlan Benan Omar

 

 

A living encyclopaedia. Every time he sat there behind the camera, Ben never fails to amused my crew and me.

Unfortunately, he was only on loan and now the term has ceased. Two days ago, he was taken away from us.

The rare Hairy Leukaemia has taken him to meet his Creator.

Till we meet again Ben!

Al Fatihah. 

Shieh on Sheih: Tale of a Suicide Bomber

 

I tried my best not to talk politics. Nevertheless, I knew certain kicks that I have taken actually did have certain effects. After some damage control activities over the weekend and some sarcasm early in the week, I have decided to just move on.

Parliament will be dissolved on the 13^th February 2008. Election will be held on one of the Sunday in March before PM leaves for OIC meeting. The election will see a tough fight in Kelantan but whichever parties that win, will win big this time. My prediction in Kelantan shall be 30-15 either way. It can be PAS, it can be BN.

Rumours has it, that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah will be asked to not just stand in Parliament Gua Musang but also the State seat in Kota Lama. This controversial decision by Khairy and his father in laws is considered by Najib as another way of putting pressure on his loyalty towards Pak Lah.

Some said, Ku Li and Khairy had cut a deal. While keeping Ku Li in Parliament will give him hope to take another chance at some of the important position in UMNO, which this time around will be taking on Najib as Deputy President of UMNO, putting Ku Li in State is truly obscene.

In an attempt to win Kelantan at what ever cost, Pak Lah knew that Ku Li could deliver. Ku  Li will be instructed to stand in Kota Lama, and this will be against Dato’ Anuar Tan. Will Ku Li take the offer? I believe he will not. But again, the decision is entirely his.

In another desperate attempt to wrestle Kelantan from PAS, Pak Lah is almost certain going to remove Annuar Musa from UMNO Kelantan. Annuar, despite his hardworking and persona, is considered as liability for UMNO Kelantan. My question is Pak Lah ready to repeat the same monumental failure of judgement which cost him Kelantan in 2004 when he did to Ibrahim Ali what he about to do to Annuar Musa?

At the end of the day, Pak Lah will keep almost all of the old guards because, although he wants changes, he is not a reformist. Mahathir is actually a true reformist. We have silent him. In our obsession to get rid of Pak Lah, we just grab everything that we perceived as valuable tools, one of them is The VK Lingam’s Video.

At the end of the day, Pak Lah will say, it looks like Mahathir and it sounds like Mahathir. Only now, we realise the whole personal vendetta behind the reason why Anwar brought this video out. Pak Lah will come out as champion of the judiciary system.

We have seen two glaring error in recent months which going to cost us the election. One is the VK Lingam’s Video and second is the HINDRAF’s case. Both turns out to be a good PR for Pak Lah. Both had been this big only because of one man.

And if we continuously going to take the streets in protest, trust me, we only are going to make it harder for the silent majority to respects us.

Just ask those UMNO guys, they are so used of winning. They know we are stepping onto our own booby traps.

My hope for PRU 12 is PAS to retain Kelantan with bigger majority.

My predictions for PRU12 are,

BN retained all the states including Terengganu and Penang.

PKR will lose all the seats they contest.

A truly good election for DAP.

Oppositions gather more votes compared to previous election but no significant increase in Parliamentary seats or state seats.

Overall, for the people and all the blog readers, this is going to be the most frustrating election.

However, it is a blessing in disguise. Another five years under Pak Lah’s leadership, will prove to be heart breaking for all Malaysians. Pak Lah’s strength within UMNO will depends on who rules Kelantan after the election. Nevertheless, we are going to see significant changes in the opposition’s front. 

Did I just say another 5 years under Pak Lah?

To think of it, it is not too late for all of us to do something. Let us not put our hope in the hands of the politicians, but put the politician’s hopes in our hands. With the power of the people, nothing is impossible.

We can start by forcing the opposition parties to play our game instead. Let us teach and prepare them for what we actually want and not to listen to them mumbling about what they think we want.

The power is in the hand of the people.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be change frequently – Tom Dobbs “Man of The Year”.

Sheih on Sheih: Learning to be Amongst Loser

 

It had been a while since I last wrote about myself, sharing my feelings and emotions. It had been a while since I took pleasure in the honesty of my readers, commenting on nothing else but themselves, remembering our moments and making fun about life and how naive we are.

It had been a while since I stood among the loser and celebrated the lost. However, if I remember it well, losing can sometimes taste as sweet as the glory of being a winner. That is how it taste back then, somewhere in August 1992.

Three weeks after being appointed as Yang DiPertua Desasiswa Fajar Damai, I tendered my resignation to stand for the Student Council Election or Pilihanraya Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar USM as it was called back then.

The Student Committee of Desasiswa Fajar Damai called an emergency meeting to persuade me against resigning. A representative from Desa Fajar, a 2^nd Lieutenant in The ROTU stood and preached for almost 30 minutes and laid down 2 option for me, if I insisted in participating in the student election.

Option number one, is for me to retract my resignation letter and put on hold my intention to stand for the student election until next year, where they promised to make sure I will get solid votes from the Desasiswa. 

Option number two, they wanted me to retract my resignation letter and continued to stand for the student election and my position at the Desasiswa will only be subject of discussion after the student election. Which mean, if I lose the election, I shall continue serving the Desasiswa.

It was almost midnight, when I finally got my chance to thank them for their concerned. Without trying to be apologetic, I rejected both options because it is against what I believe in. 

First of all, if I postponed my intention till the coming year, it shall mean that I will going to be in my final year, where else I shall not be around after that to be accountable for all the criticism towards the policies that I may be part of during my term in the council. Student council is not a one-nightstand affair where you can just wham-bang and say thank-you-mam. 

Second, it is not that I did not want to serve the Desasiswa, but I should not do what I believed others shouldn’t.

The next day, accompanied by only two others, I sent my nomination paper. A day before, it was decided that I will stand at The Humanities Constituency. Prior discussion has decided that School of Communication will send 3 candidates and I am included as one of it. The Humanities Constituency has 3 seats. The chance for all three candidates from School of Communication to win is almost certain. Any extra candidates from School of Communication will surely split the votes and spell disaster for all.

On the day of nomination, one fella by the name of Kamarul met me and informed about his intention to be the fourth candidates from School of Communication. Kam Chong and Freed advised Kamarul to stand for the General Constituency instead. Kamarul came to me and persuaded me instead to take my challenge in the General Constituency. 

Amongst the four of us, only Kam Chong has the chance to win in the General Constituency. He has the fund and the machinery as all Chinese candidates are fully finance by certain parties and their campaign are managed by the Persatuan Bahasa Tionghua. 

The General Constituency consisted of all the school in the main campus, plus the medical school in the Kubang Kerian campus and the engineering school in the Tronoh campus. Persatuan Bahasa Tionghua will limit their candidates as the only chance for them to win there is by not splitting the non-Malay votes.

The Malays candidates are divided into 3 groups, the Pro UMNO group, the Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam group, which was known to be funded by the opposition and the IRC. None of it is where Kamarul, Freed and me belong.

Staring at the possibility that none of us will gather enough votes to win even one of the three seats, one of us will have to make a monumental and perhaps suicidal decision. It was then decided, based on track record, achievement and experience, that person shall be me.

It was death from the moment I submitted my nomination paper. The number of Malay candidates is unusually small compared to previous year. It seems that, the night before, the Pro UMNO machinery had cut a deal with IRC and Persatuan Pelajar Tionghua. All the three groups agreed to take the Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam’s candidate head on. Six versus six. Only to have two morons, both from School of Communication and both did not fit into any of the group. One is a guy name Ridwan from Johore and the next, is me. Until today, I did not know how Ridwan came into the picture. 

With such a limited fund, I decided to forget all about Kubang Kerian and Tronoh and focus solely in the main campus. It shall be miracle if I made it. Kubang Kerian and Tronoh are useless after all. Most of the Science faculties are good for nothing because most of the Malay students came from the Matriculation Programme, which they are already tuned by PAS under their cadre scheme.

My only hopes are the Arts streams as most of them came from form six. Thinking of it today, I did a Lone Ranger back then, riding only on a friend from Pasir Mas, named Adnan an ardent follower of Ibrahim Ali. Adnan left me after Ibrahim Ali left Semangat 46 but came to offer his support based of the Kelantanese Brotherhood.

Adnan did all the campaign while I am hooked up on my part-time work as Research Assistant at the School of Communication. As a research assistant, my duty was to record all those Olympic events on RTM 1, RTM 2 and TV3. The title of the research is, Sukan Olimpik dan Televisyen Malaysia: Satu Pengalaman Barcelona.

Because of the time zone, my duty started at 6pm and finished at 6am the next day. Due to that, I am hardly seen during the campaign, rumours spreading like wild fires that I went to Barcelona for the research.

Barcelona ended few days before the Election Day. I knew then I am trailing badly but I managed to squeeze some ground during the debates. By now, 2 girls, Nida and Cat, accompanied Adnan; both are my assistants on the Barcelona thing.

My campaign was very simple; my tagline is ‘Protest’. I will always end my speeches by saying, ‘if ever you disagree with anything at all, do not keep it to yourself, hand your protest to me. Give me your vote. Give me your Protest Vote’.

On the Election Day, 1680 students cast their protest vote. I witnessed the ballot counting until around seven thirty. By then, we all knew Kam Chong, Freed and Kamarul made it. And for me, I am always about 300 hundred to 400 hundred votes behind to squeeze to the last seat on the General Constituency. I left the counting centre without any intention of returning there for the final result.

Around midnight, my roommate, woke me up saying, Nida and Cat are waiting for me downstairs.

Nida and Cat took me for a drive. At Gurney Drive, they told me about the result. I came out 8. Most of the votes I have gotten are from the Chinese students. Kam Chong had done his part of the deal. Most of the Malay students did not voted me because I am perceived as too liberal. The male also did not vote me because of my playboya style. The also insisted that their girlfriend not to vote for me.

Later that night, Nida parked her Nissan 120Y overlooking the Penang Bridge. I was with my roommate at the back seat. Nida and Cat were in front.

Suddenly, out of the blue, I just thinking aloud, “This is the first time I taste defeat”. Without realising it had cause tears to flow over Cat’s cheek. 

It wasn’t defeat after all, because 5 years later, I wedded Cat. Only to realised that Cat’s parents are hardcore Tengku Razaleigh supporter. They rejoin UMNO soon. I did the same in KL.

Soon, we are back as winner.

Pulang Paku Buah Keras, eh!

Oleh Anak Bapa 

 

Bahang pilihanraya begitu terasa seolah-olah parlimen akan dibubarkan sehari dua lagi. Semua pihak sibuk memperkatakan mengenai fenomena 5 tahun sekali ini yang kebiasaannya disambut jauh lebih hebat dari segala jenis raya lain. Di alam siber, para bloggers juga tidak ketinggalan berbicara dan berdialog, malah ada ketikanya berdebat dan berpolemik tentang pelbagai aspek pilihanraya umum akan datang. Antara banyak-banyak postings yang dilayari sehari dua ini, saya amat tertarik pada komen-komen daripada blog Kickdefella dan laman web Malaysia Today berkaitan kerjasama sesama parti pembangkang dan dengan itu wajar diperincikan untuk tatapan bersama.

Saya begitu teruja dengan komen Sheih di dalam blognya Kickdefella dan sentiasa mengikuti pandangan-pandangan “unconventional”nya yang kadangkala agak kontroversi dan sensasi. Namun saya menghormati pandangan beliau walaupun ada sesetengah pandangannya tidak begitu saya persetujui. Tulisan mutakhir beliau berkaitan barisan pembangkang dan pilihanraya telah menjadi begitu kontroversi sehingga artikel berkenaan terpaksa dikeluarkan daripada blognya. Artikel bertajuk “As murky as it can be” dan “Viagra for the oppositions” saya dapati sarat dengan komen, pandangan dan kritikan pedas kepada sikap dan kepimpinan parti-parti pembangkang di dalam menghadapi pilihanraya akan datang.

Saya akui, setelah membaca artikel-artikel berkenaan berulangkali, bahawa Sheih berniat baik di dalam penulisannya. Walaupun beliau seorang ahli UMNO, pandangan ikhlas beliau wajar diberi perhatian dan dijadikan tajuk perbincangan sesama kita. Malah saya yakin kebanyakkan bloggers “brutal” lain pun seperti Raja Petra, Bakaq, Zorro dan lain-lain adalah antara insan-insan yang ikhlas di dalam penulisan mereka. Jikalau tidak, masakan mereka sanggup membahayakan diri dengan tulisan-tulisan kontroversi dan pendedahan yang boleh mengancam UMNO dan BN! Mungkin gaya penulisan mereka kadangkala agak keterlaluan (?) dan tidak dapat ditelan oleh majoriti rakyat Malaysia, tetapi kita perlu ingat bahawa kepelbagaian adalah satu kemestian untuk mengalahkan musuh yang kuat seperti UMNO dan BN. Pesakit yang sedang pengsan di atas katil kadangkala tidak dapat kita sedarkan sekadar mengoyang-goyangkan badannya atau menyapu air sejuk ke mukanya saja. Adakalanya kita terpaksa menggunakan kejutan elektrik untuk menyedarkannya. Walaupun nampak kaedah ini agak kasar tetapi di dalam keadaan tertentu ia membawa hasil!

Untuk makluman Sheih, saya adalah seorang ahli PAS yang agak lama dan dari latarbelakang golongan profesional. Saya aktif dengan PAS sebaik saja pulang daripada belajar di England pada tahun 1984. Sudah 24 tahun saya bersama dengan PAS dan dengan pengalaman yang tidak seberapa ini ingin saya berkongsi dengan Sheih bagaimana perasaan saya apabila berhadapan dengan sesetengah pimpinan dan ahli PAS. Beberapa peristiwa besar telah saya lalui di dalam masa 24 tahun ini termasuk peralihan kuasa kepimpinan PAS daripada Dato’ Asri kepada Haji Yusof Rawa (bermulanya era Kepimpinan Ulamak), Peristiwa Memali, Ustaz Fadhil Noor menjadi Presiden PAS, Ustaz Nakhaie keluar PAS dan menyertai UMNO, pembentukkan Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) dengan Parti Semangat 46, Kelantan ditawan APU (34-0), DS Anwar Ibrahim disingkir daripada UMNO dan dipenjarakan, pembentukkan Barisan Alternatif (BA), kematian Ustaz Fadhil dan pemilihan Ustaz Hadi sebagai Presiden baru PAS, dan banyak lagi peristiwa yang terlalu panjang untuk disenaraikan. Pendek kata saya telah lalui zaman PAS di kala jumlah pokok pisang dan kelapa lebih banyak daripada orang yang datang mendengar ceramah berbanding kehadiran ribuan atau puluhan ribu hari ini. Perisitiwa-peristiwa dialami ini telah berjaya mendewasakan kita dan juga menjelaskan lagi sikap dan keperibadian sesetengah kalangan kita.

Memanglah diakui bahawa banyak kelemahan yang wujud di dalam PAS. Tetapi suatu yang pasti, majoriti pemimpin dan ahli PAS adalah dari kalangan mereka yang ikhlas di dalam perjuangan. Mereka sanggup menghadapi segala rintangan dan berkorban apa saja demi melihat Islam ditegakkan. Ini telah mereka buktikan sejak dahulu hingga ke hari ini. Mungkin kadang-kadang cara mereka boleh dianggap sebagai tidak begitu “mesra rakyat” terutama di dalam negara berbilang bangsa seperti Malaysia, tetapi usaha berterusan untuk memperbaiki aspek ini yang dimulai oleh Ustaz Fadhil Noor telah banyak membawa perubahan kepada PAS. Satu hakikat yang tidak dapat dinafikan ialah kesukaran atau lambat untuk kita melakukan perubahan di dalam PAS. Ustaz Fadhil menghadapi begitu banyak rintangan dan terpaksa berdepan dengan kritikan pedas ahli-ahli PAS apabila beliau memulakan program “memasyarakatkan PAS”. Malah beliau pernah dituduh cuba mengUMNOkan PAS dan langkah-langkahnya boleh mencemarkan Islam yang dibawa parti. Namun hasil kecekalan beliau dan sokongan sebahagian besar ahli, Ustaz Fadhil berjaya membawa PAS ke suatu mercu yang menjadikannya sangat relevan pada hari ini. Fenomena ini tidaklah menghairankan jika kita melihat dengan teliti struktur organisasi PAS itu sendiri. PAS menghulur tangan kepada sesiapa saja yang ingin menyertainya asalkan individu berkenaan seorang Islam, berumur lebih 18 tahun dan warganegara Malaysia. Pada satu segi ini memang baik, tetapi masaalahnya ia akan membuka pintu pagar kepada segenap lapisan masyarakat dan dari pelbagai latarbelakang untuk menyertai PAS. Hasilnya kita akan dapati seribu satu jenis manusia dengan seribu satu jenis ragam mewarnai PAS dan ikatan sesama mereka hanya satu saja iaitu Islam. Memandangkan mesej Islam itu sendiri amat luas dan terdedah kepada banyak tafsiran terutama di dalam aspek politik dan perjuangan, maka kita akan dapati banyak aliran dan pendekatan akan wujud di dalam PAS dan bergantung kepada kepimpinan untuk menerimapakai “approach” mana yang sesuai dan efektif. Di sinilah yang selalu menimbulkan banyak permasaalahan dan kadangkala menimbulkan pergeseran antara apa yang disebut golongan “ulamak” dan golongan “profesional”.

Sebenarnya fenomena “ulamak dan profesional” ini adalah hasil daripada persepsi kalangan luar PAS sahaja kerana ramai kalangan ulamak PAS adalah terdiri daripada mereka-mereka yang sangat “profesional” seperti Dr. Harun Din, Ustaz Nasharuddin, Ustaz Ahmad Awang, Ustaz Nik Aziz dan ramai lagi. Malah Ustaz Hadi sendiri adalah seorang ulamak yang sangat terbuka di dalam pendekatannya. Cuma apa yang beliau perlukan ialah sokongan dan bantuan yang lebih hebat daripada pimpinan lain di dalam aspek-aspek tertentu yang beliau agak kekurangan. Justeru itu saya amat mengharapkan orang-orang seperti Ustaz Nasha, Dato’ Kamaruddin, Dr. Hatta, Mat Sabu, Dato’ Husam dan lain-lain dapat terus menerus memberi sumbangan bermakna kepada Presiden PAS di dalam memperkemas halatuju PAS dan memastikan proses transformasi PAS berjalan lancar. PAS perlu berfikiran besar kerana ia satu-satunya parti yang mampu menandingi UMNO dan mengambilalih tampuk pemerintahan negara. Pemimpin dan ahli PAS perlu menanam di dalam benak fikiran mereka bahawa mereka bukan lagi berperanan sebagai pembangkang tetapi lebih kepada “government in-waiting” dan dengan itu perlu “clean their acts” supaya selaras dengan status yang baru ini. PAS perlu menjadi parti yang mewakili rakyat dan bukan untuk orang Islam semata. Jika ada halangan dalaman PAS ke arah cita-cita ini maka ia perlu memperkukuhkan hubungan dengan parti-parti pembangkang lain tanpa syarat yang remeh temeh. Saya yakin PAS mampu memenuhi impian rakyat tanpa perlu mengorbankan prinsip perjuangannya.

Justeru itu saya meminta Sheih dan mereka-mereka yang sewaktu dengannya supaya banyak bersabar dan menggunakan pendekatan yang lebih sesuai untuk menyalurkan pandangan. Di peringkat awal dulu saya pun memang ingin melihat perubahan drastik di dalam PAS dan sehingga hari ini pun ada aspek yang saya ingin lihat perubahan segera. Tetapi perpatah Melayu ada berkata “tarik rambut di dalam tepung kena berhati-hati, jangan sampai rambut putus atau tepung bertaburan”. Ketika kita diambang “peperangan” pilihanraya, kita tidak mahu banyak “Trojan horses” berkeliaran yang boleh memudaratkan keutuhan barisan pembangkang. Dalam masa yang sama kita juga ingin lihat lebih banyak perubahan di dalam barisan pembangkang supaya cabaran mereka lebih kental dan berbisa. Jadi saya harap pandai-pandailah masing-masing memainkan peranan.

Artikel “Trojan horses in the opposition ranks” tulisan Raja Petra juga tidak kurang panasnya. Cuma bedanya Raja Petra tidak bekerja dengan PAS. Namun saya tetap menerima kritikan dan juga pujiannya terhadap PAS dengan senang hati. Malah banyak komen yang tertera di bawah artikel berkenaan membuatkan saya teruja terutama komentar daripada mereka-mereka yang bukan Islam. “Seeing is believing”. Jika rakyat Malaysia berpeluang ke Kelantan dan melihat sendiri bagaimana ia ditadbir oleh PAS, saya yakin kita mempunyai peluang cerah untuk Malaysia. Banyak prejudis yang timbul adalah hasil daripada manipulasi jentera penerangan BN dan rakyat tidak akan berupaya melepasi belenggu ini jika tidak ada inisiatif sendiri untuk mendapatkan maklumat bebas.

Akhir kata, saya menyeru semua pihak supaya memilih prioriti kita dengan betul. Saya tidak boleh bayangkan diri saya terpaksa duduk di bawah pemerintahan BN untuk 5 tahun lagi. Kenapa perlu kita mendakapi penderitaan dan kesengsaraan sedangkan “our country is blessed with rich resources and talented people”? Sementara itu parti-parti pembangkang tolong dengar rintihan rakyat dan perkemaskan gerakkerja dan kerjasama antara kamu. Selesaikan semua pembahagian kerusi, senarai calon dan manifesto bersama, dan tumpukan baki masa selepas ini untuk membawa satu suara, suara rakyat ke seluruh pelusuk negara ke arah perubahan. Ini peluang terbaik anda, dan tolong jangan hampakan kami!

Anak Bapa: Ada ketikanya memang rasa macam nak keluar PAS melihat gelagat beberapa kerat pimpinan dan ahli PAS. Tetapi apabila memikirkan pimpinan hebat seperti Ustaz Fadhil, Tok Guru Nik Aziz dan lain-lain yang telah terbukti kewibawaan dan integriti mereka, dan juga perlembagaan parti yang luhur dan mulia, niat serba tak menjadi. Saya yakin PAS boleh berubah ke arah yang lebih baik lagi kerana ia telah membuktikannya. Cuma kita jangan jemu mencari jalan terbaik mengagendakan perubahan. Apa yang penting ialah keikhlasan dan kesabaran.

Thank You from Cucu Tokku

Email From Dad.

“Sheih. you made a sacrifice, your wife made a sacrifice to head up north to KB to follow your conviction and your dream. You are doing a great job for Husam. It is when people attack you that you know that what you do is impactful. The bullets are because they see the partnership between you and Husam is imperceptibly positive. 

Old habits are hard to get rid off. 

Mindsets of rabid religionists are harder and they “kill” their own in the process. 

You and Husam must stay the course. You cannot allow the “enemies” to say….”there you are, put more pressure and they will disappear”. It is during times like this that you must regroup….you and Husam and people aligned to both of you…..strategise, honestly look at strength and weakness and never be afraid to put everything on the table. 

What you wrote about the three opposition groups is the truth….and people ingrained with fixed mindsets do not like to hear the truth. If they admit  that they are wrong , their immature thinking translates into negativity that they are weak, and they cannot admit there are weaknesses in the opposition. 

Sheih, win small battles….forget about winning the war….the time is not yet. You and especially Husam must win your early battles inside PAS. Until Husam takes over the mantle of Tok Guru, the battle rages. You and Husam must win the hearts of the PAS majority. 

The chinese will pose no problem for Husam. 

You and Husam need to create an implosing inside  PAS and this can only be achieved if you consistently, and incrementally win the internal battles.   

Speed here is not important, as long as we move along and are not stagnant. Think about it.” end.

 

Email From Segambut

 

“Syed balik (UMNO) Segambut. Tinggal Husam, (Dato’) Kapt. dah tunggu lama kita guling Kamaruddin (Ambok). Parti-Delete-Delete- nak ke mana, asyik pikul Anwar. PRU tenggelam semua. Video Linggam, Anwar bunuh sapa? Kerja (UMNO) jadi mudah. Mahathir tak boleh serang Paklah sebab Anwar dah bom dia dengan sos cili Linggam… correct. Budak Anwar dok serang Mahathir kenapa bukan dia bertanding pun. Husam dah nyawa ikan. PAS sendiri bunuh, mati tak berkambus dia”. end.

Thank You Ayah Zit!

PKR’s Credibility Eroding, Says Nik Aziz

KOTA BAHARU, Jan 18 (Bernama) — Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat who is Kelantan Menteri Besar, says Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is in “a state of disorder” and he believes that the PKR’s credibility is eroding.

He said Pas would not rely on a cooperation with the PKR but was more willing to have a straight contest against Barisan Nasional (BN).He was commenting, after delivering a weekly lecture at his party’s office here Friday, on a reported statement by the PKR recently that it would not contest in Kelantan in the coming general election.”We had the experience of cooperating with Parti Melayu Semangat 46 in the 1990s, then the pact crumbled and they returned to Umno,” he said.However, he said, the relationship between Pas and the PKR was still good and it would continue as long as the PKR still needed Pas as a partner.

 

Nik Aziz tidak yakin pada PKR, anggap ia “bercelaru”18-01-2008 07:05:33 PM

KOTA BAHARU: Mursyidul Am Pas Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata keyakinannya terhadap kredibiliti Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) semakin terhakis sambil menyifatkan parti itu “mencelarukan”. Malahan, katanya, Pas lebih rela menghadapi pertandingan satu lawan satu dengan Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 nanti tanpa mengharapkan kerjasama daripada PKR. Nik Aziz, yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan, berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan ceramah mingguannya di pejabat Pas di sini hari ini, ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan PKR dalam sebuah akhbar baru-baru ini bahawa parti itu tidak mahu bertanding di Kelantan pada pilihan raya umum nanti. Beliau berkata kerjasama dengan PKR sama seperti pengalaman Pas menjalin kerjasama dengan Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (SM46) pada akhir 1980an dan awal tahun 90an. “Kita sudah ada pengalaman bekerjasama dengan Parti Melayu Semangat 46, kemudian parti itu berpecah dengan Pas dan dia masuk semula Umno,” kata Nik Aziz. Pada pilihan raya umum 2004, PKR bertanding tiga kerusi negeri dan satu kerusi parlimen di Kelantan tetapi tewas kesemuanya. Ketika ditemubual oleh media Indonesia, Nik Aziz berkata Pas akan menyertai pilihan raya selagi sistem itu membolehkannya untuk mengekalkan pemerintahan di Kelantan. Sebagai negara yang mengamalkan sistem demokrasi, tidak mungkin Pas menolaknya dan menggunakan kekerasan dalam mendapat kuasa, katanya ketika ditanya oleh wakil Metro TV dari Indonesia mengenai kedudukan Pas dalam sistem pilihan raya di negara ini. “Setakat ini itulah sistem yang ada di Malaysia untuk memerintah dan Pas akan menggunakan sistem itu,” katanya. BERNAMA P/S : I was hit, I was elbowed, I was smacked, I was…. But I don’t care. Nevertheless, I pull it out, because I care for HIM.

 

 

Prozac For Me

The truth is, it is hard to be honest to yourself and it is harder to be honest to your friends. The worst is, if you are within the certain circle, it is almost impossible to be honest about your feeling on that certain matter without it being perceive as somebody’s else view or without hurting others.

My late father always reminded me to stay away from politics. When he said that, I know he meant was UMNO. Stay away from UMNO. And now I have stayed away from UMNO.

When I write what I wrote, it is always about what I feel and from my observation about the feelings of those laymen within my circle. 

With this posting, you will find that the previous posting, Viagra for Opposition has been removed.

This shall be the last post by Kickdefella for now.

Thank you.

Viagra for The Oppositions

As Murky As It Can Be

Drumming From a Distance

 

As he continue his journey, he starting to hear the drum beats clearer and clearer with each step he takes. He turns the his loyalist and he catches him smiling delightfully.

The full moon has come, they sang as he looks more visible. The full moon has come, they continue to sing. As all eyes glued at him. 

Children keep jumping to get a better ‘over the shoulder’ view of him. The women holding the glass of milk to celebrate the arrival. The men holding their sharp knives ready to prepare the feast for him.

Suddenly my eyes caught the reflection of the sun on the edge of one of the knife. 

My mind rushed to the distance memory many months ago, when someone relates to him about her dream. A bad dream. Dozens on men surrounded him ready to give him the final blow. Is that dream becoming a reality today, right here, right now.

Is this the way they going to butcher his short but illustrious political career. Is he going to be another political victim just because he is doing the best he can this country that he love so much and to see all Malaysian get what they actually deserves.

As he walks, I gather my courage and try to keep with his pace. The knife becoming more visible and worrying me as I take each calculated steps. Will him, the man that his name itself brought the meaning of the tip of the sword will be able to withstand this final moment that should mark his last few steps towards the pinnacle of his career?

As fast as the lightning my hand grab his arm. He turns to me and whisper, “This is it my brother, this is it”, in the moment of confusion, I manage to stare at his face. Then I see, something that I haven’t seen before, He is in obvious pain. I turn away and realized that, blood already dropping from the knife.

I turn again and I can now see his is bleeding profusely. The strike must be so fast, that it came without any of us noticing it. Amid all the confusion, he grabs my shoulder, “be with me brother, be with me!” 

“Be strong brother, be strong for me”, he continues.

“Dato’! Dato’!” I yell. “Praise the Al Mighty!” he said.

I stared at the ceiling, and realized, it was a bad dream. A very bad dream.

A Pile of Cow Dung

 

What a Pile of Cow Dung

Pak Lah is planning to call for election very soon. His rationale is, calling the election ASAP so he can continue to focus on developing the promising economy for the next five years.

“Promising Economy” may not be the word that you and me would obviously agreed on and we have a very good reason for it. The latest saga of blunder by the Pak Lah administration are very obvious. The Free Education for all Malaysians is an obvious PR disaster. At the end of the day, again, the Black Boy of Malaysian Politic, Khairy Jamaluddin need to reemerged from his hiding to come out with a stern statement  which warning all parents about their duty as parent and do not argue about the extra fees that they are asked to pay. With that, all media stopped with immediate effect from highlighting the issue anymore.

Pak Lah administration also needs to face an overlapping issue which is the cooking oil saga. Pak Lah denied that we are facing shortage of supply for the vital household product. But who actually care about what Pak Lah said. Everybody will only shut their mouth when the Black Boy speaks. Shafie Afdal has proved to us over and again that he is not a man made for the position he is currently holding. Over and again he was reduce to just rhetoric where facts and action matter most.

Soon, there will be no more roti Pak Lah and to Pak Lah’s advantage, no more roti Mahathir too (Roti Mahathir’s is the roti canai yang ada telur).

Blaming the shortage or what ever the Afdal fella wanna call it, to smuggling activities and blaming smuggling activities to government subsidies is like blaming the disastrous performance of England Football team because of the foreigners.  Smuggling activities and government subsidies are two things that lingers for as long as we can remember. At least what Pak Lah administration should do, is to hit the action gear and solve the problem that they have identified ages ago now. At least, the English Football Association, whom share the same level of sexual activity among their leadership with the Pak Lah administration knows when to use their real head, the one that actually holds the brain. To counter the disastrous England performance, which a lot of blame are fired at those foreigners, the English FA hired another foreigner to find the solution. And this foreigner hired another bunch of foreigners to help him.  

Or perhaps, our police has opted to this method long before Fabio Copello ever thought that he is going to coach a nation that proudly admit as the origin of football. Perhaps Musa Hassan and his Minister in Charge believed that the only way to fight crime is to befriend the criminals and to put innocent people behind bars. The more innocent people behind bars, the more convicts can be release from prison in the context of making more space for future convicts. With this, more and more space are made available for innocent people while a lot to are neutralized so we do not need to spare tax payers money on them. When our streets are filed with criminals than innocent people, Pak Lah will face less complain so he can focus on developing the economy of the country. Police too will have less work due to less reports made by innocent people and with this, less tax payers money will be used to enhance the police force.

With all the surplus of money, it can then be use to pay Patrick Badawi to develop Terengganu and some can be given to the people of Kelantan so they can kick start the development of Kelantan as the Centre of Islamic Civilization. They can also build hundreds of mosque which Nik Aziz failed to build because what is the rationale of just having more mosque rather that having more people utilizing the mosque.

But again, Nik Aziz is not good in economics, Najib is very smart instead. By building more mosque, even one for every one kilometer will mean more money will be pump to generate the economy. So more qualified people will get the contract to build the mosque. Than after the mosque completed, more contract will be put out, and this time is the contract to filed the mosque with people.

Obvious now, for the love of this country, we need to keep Pak Lah in power. In closing my argument, I would like to say that I wholeheartedly protest the usage of all my posters to humiliate Pak Lah during the protest by 8 Malaysian youth in Putrajaya recently.

My posters which a lot of it showing the sleeping Prime Minister of Malaysia, were not made to humiliate the man, instead it were made to glorify him. Where else on earth can you find a Prime Minister who is so feel good about his people and country that he can afford to sleep event when his party were discussing about the future of the nation.

Keep Pak Lah in power!