Status: Mengahabiakan masa selepas kerja selesai
Mood: Ntah, miserable kowt.

"Aku mudah terasa, mudah untuk membuat andaian yang bukan2 asalkan aku rase benda tu betul. So what? Ada yang awk tak puas hati?"

Life oh Life

The most "tembam" and naughty boy is in the blog again. Well, this pic doesn't mean anything actually, but look at his cutest smile (which is ngade2) so I just pic him and this was the result after editing.. Cute isn't? For anyone who doesn't know this little cute boy, his name was Hadi Fahim and he's nearly 2 years old and was very naughty but it takes time for him to adapt you =)

When we're a kids, we are just like him, never think bout life, or studying or whatever problems that occured.

Right?

Hmmm.. I wished I was a kid again...

Jahilkah Aku?

Aku semakin malas, semakin bosan dengan hidup aku sehari-harian. Apa makna hidup? Aku tak tahu, kau tahu? Manusia, aku dan kau, kita sebenarnya tamak. Kita tak pernah merasa puas, tak pernah merasa cukup. Dan manusia ada macam-macam jenis macam-macam perangai. Rambut sama hitam tapi hati lain-lain, and now dah ada rambut karat-karat tapi perangai macam bangsat! Aku prejudis, sarcastic dan sentiasa melihat dunia ini secara songsang. Aku pernah bersembang dengan seorang teman.

Dia berkata, "aku tngok bdak2 sekarang makin teruk, nak berpeluk-peluk bermaksiat kat tempat awam,wtf?!"

Aku menjawab, "mungkin aku jahil, tapi pada aku klu dia nak wat jahat pun jgn la kat tempat yang open, wat la kat tempat yg xda org."

Dia membalas, "xleh mcam tuh man, mana pegangan agama kau klu kau mcam menyokong pe yg dorg buat?"

Aku terdiam...

Betul juga apa yang dia katakan, tapi aku berfikir:

"Aku rela dituduh mcam tuh tapi dari kita nampak tapi tak buat apa-apa. Bukan ke dah same mcam kita bersubahat. Kita nampak tapi kita tak menghalang, kita dah sama-sama bersubahat."

Mungkin aku jahil,mungkin aku teruk. Yes I am, aku mmg teruk. Pemikiran aku ni dah terlalu jahil, mungkin dah terlalu teruk. Tapi aku manusia biasa dan aku masih cuba memperbaiki diri aku. Aku tak pernah kisah apa pandangan orang pada aku, sebab hanya aku yang kenali diri aku.

Sesuatu Yang Hilang

Aku rasakan yang aku semakin prejudis, semakin prejudis untuk melihat dunia ini. Aku mula membuka minda namun aku rasakan aku semakin berfikiran tipikal. Aku takut melihat dunia dewasa ini. Kita melihat dunia yang sama, bumi yang dihijaukan dengan tumbuh-tumbuhan dan dilingkari dengan biru dari tasik dan laut. Namun kita semakin rakus menodai dunia ini. Kita memperkosa dunia ini yang dipinjam dari anak-anak kita, kita mengejar suatu era kemodenan yang mana kita menghapuskan hutan-hutan hijau sumber kita bernafas dan digantikan dengan hutan-hutan batu yang tinggi menjulang langit. Namun adakah bahagia di dalamnya?

Aku berada di gedung ilmu, tempat yang dipenuhi dengan buku-buku hasil penulisan manusia dari masa dahulu, yang ditulis memberi kita satu pemahaman dan kefahaman untuk kita manusia akhir zaman ini. Namun kita lupa pada sebuah kitab yang dijadikan petunjuk sepanjang zaman, al-Quran. Dimana-mana sahaja ada ilmu, walaupun tanpa buku kita tetap punyai ilmu, ilmu di dada. Yang mana jika kita turunkan ilmu itu dan dijadikan panduan, diikuti dan diamalkan maka ada ganjaranlah bagi kita yang mengajarnya. Tetapi jika ilmu yang diturunkan itu songsang, nantikanlah balasannya kelak.

Aku manusia biasa, yang mana perlukan sokongan dan bimbingan. Aku berseorangan, aku tak mampu mencapai kegemilangan. Aku bukanlah manja bukan juga lemah, tapi sifat semulajadi seorang manusia perlukan teman, sedangkan Adam perlukan Hawa.

Dahulu aku tak pernah kenal siapa dia. Hanyalah mendengar namanya, melihatnya terpampang di dada-dada akhbar, di ruangan iklan sekitar kota raya. Namun takdir Tuhan menemukan aku dengannya suatu hari. Atas jasa baik rakanku, kami ditemukan. Dan dari saat itu aku mula sukakannya,namun siapalah aku untuk memilikinya. Jadi aku diamkan saja hasrat hati ini. Manakala seorang temanku telah memilikinya, dan mencintainya. Dan aku terus pendamkan hasrat hati ini walaupun aku telah mula jatuh cinta padanya. Kami, aku dan temanku, kami masing-masing melihat dunia yang sama meskipun punyai pandangan berbeza. Kami mengejar satu keghairahan di dalam mencari sebuah keunikan, dan ternyata keghairahan kami akhirnya berakhir dengan kepuasan. Kami berkongsi kasihnya. Bersama-sama memuaskan nafsu keghairahan kami mencari sebuah keunikan yang berbeza-beza, dan bermacam-macam cara yang telah kami lakukan demi mencapainya. Aku tak kisah berkongsi, dan akhirnya aku berjaya memilikinya. Dan aku mencintainya sepertimana kau mencintainya. Terima kasih teman kerana mengizinkan aku untuk turut mencintai dia yang kau cintai. Meskipun kini aku dan dirinya, tapi tanpamu aku bukan siapa-siapa.

Self confusing, mental disorder and any others thing yg digelar penyakit adalah normal dan kita punyai cara dan kaedah untuk mencegah serta mengubatinya. Tapi perangai dan sifat sesetengah orang kita, Melayu bolehkah diubati? How we, Malay people will succeed if just 1 over hundreds or maybe thousands are willingly not to give up?

Aku cukup tertekan dengan sikap sesetengah orang Melayu kita yang mengambil sikap sambil lewa, dan bila ditnya pendapat mereka akan berkata:

"Aku ikut je keputusan korg tu, aku setuju dengan pe yang korg nak buat."

Tp bila kita dah melaksanakan sesuatu mulalah ada kata-kata tak puas hati dan mengutuk dari belakang. Bila aku tnya pendapat dan mintak pandangan, ape yang korg cakap "aku xksah, aiman xksah.", tapi bila dah semua setuju mula da suara-suara sumbang yang tak berckap apa-apa pada mulanya mula nak membidas.

Apa yang kau tahu cuma nak tunjukkan yang kau pndai dengan cara nak jatuhkan org lain, kenapa bila perbincangan diadakan kau diam?

Melayu cma pndai nak jatuhkan org Melayu, tapi siapa yang nak bantu naikkan org2 Melayu? Pemikiran sempit dan tipikal ni atau plg mudah disebaut perangai betol2 Melayu ni akan membuatkan kita Melayu terus-terusan jatuh. Siapa yang memonopoli ekonomi kita saat ini? Siapa? Melayukah?

Perjumpaan dan perbincangn menjadi medan untuk kita menyuarakan pendapat dan berbincang tentang sesuatu perkara, tapi jika kita sendiri takut untuk bersuara tentang kebenaran demi masa depan masing-masing, siapa akan bersuara utk kita?

Kalau kau dah pandai sangat, kau belajar tinggi-tinggi, habiskan duit mak ayah, habiskan duit kerajaan utk hantar kau pergi beljar tinggi-tinggi then kau nak bekerja bawah org? Bila ditnya kita Melayu akan jawab, aku nak jadi kaya, nak kerja bagus yapi kalau perangai cepat putus asa, suka mengecil2kan org dan ambil mudah semua perkara, aku sarankan kau simpan je kata-kata kau, cita-cita kau dan teruskan dengan hidup kau sekarang. Kau senang, aku senang dan orang Melayu akan terus dipijak!

Can I have an Affair with Her?

mood: loved
status: having an affair

Macam2 yang dah jadi kat aku since my last post the other day.. And kadang2 aku rasa hidup ni macam xda makna.. Well, topik pertama untuk diceritakan adalah tentang kecurangan.. So whats the problem klu aku nak berskandal or nak curang? I don't see that as a problem sbab as a normal human being kita akan terarah kepada sesuatu yang digelar tamak. Manusia dan ketamakan adalah satu sifat yang sama. Manusia itu tamak and tmak itu adalah manusia itu sendiri. And curang ini adalah salah satu ketamakan manusia itu sendiri..

Setuju?

Jadi anda setuju kalau aku katakan yang curang itu normal, berskandal itu perkara biasa?

Last friday aku hang out dengan bff aku and kitaorang bersembang2 hingga ke topik skandal ni. And antara yang terkeluar malam tu:

A: "Aku dah xnak berskndal2 lagi, itu bukan cara hidup yang aku nak sekarang."

B: "Tapi berskandal la best, tak perlu fikir tentang relationship, just having fun"

C: "Kita da matang, dah ckup dewasa untuk fikir mana yang baik dan mana yang buruk."

A: "Kalau kita da ckup matang kita akan sedar arah tujuan kita skang ni."

E: "Betul!"

I'm 20th moving on 21st this year, and I think that 21st not the time for me keep on thinking as a teenager, but I must think and act much like an adult. Because this world is moving faster than I ever imagined. And I was too late for realize it now. But it was never too late for changing..

Yes, people's talk and they said that 21st was the beginner or your teenager life. Why?

1. U r not stdying at skool da, so there's no rules.
2. Getting a driving license, that car was mine!!
3. Woah, that chick was soo hot! Maybe I should asked for her phone number?
4. Where shoud I hang out tonight? Hurm..
5. I want that, I want this, err... Money?

You are free from the rules, and when the rules are broken (even rules are meant to be broken) there'll be no curfew no borders that can hold you anymore. And you should go having fun, break the rules! That is what most of 21st years old people think. But I don't. So xpe la kalau aku curang kan? Can I have an affair with her?

Status: pukul 10?!
mood: ..............

"Yes! You are willingly to do anything for ......"

So, perlukah aku terasa?

Enough.. Enough..

We always thinking that everything will be enough, but that was the typical type of thinking, and we malay people was the one who thinking like one.

Rasa2 betul tak kenyataan di atas? Well ayat tu ditulis oleh aku da dikeluarkan juga oleh kepala otak aku ni. Mula2 aku pun tak taw mcam ne aku leh ckap macam tu, tapi ble aku tgk2 blik sekeliling aku aku mula yakin dengan ape yang aku tulis. Mungkin kita pernah cakap:

" Aku nak berubah, aku nak ubah hidup aku ni."

Tapi jawapan yang kita dapat:

"Kau? Boleh ke?"

Tapi jarang kita dengar:

"Kau boleh berubah, aku sokong tindakan kau!"

Manusia, sifat semulajadinya adalah tidak senang melihat orang yang cuba berubah ke arah yang lebih baik. Kenapa? Misalnya seorang kaki lepak, kalau kawan dia nak berubah ke arah yang lebih baik, nak bekerja etc dia xkan sokong sebab sape lak nak lepak dengan dia? Betul tak?

Ada sesetengah melayu pula asyik berpegang dengan prinsip "cukup..cukup.". Maksd cukup2 atau nak best skit "enough..enough.." ni ialah mereka cepat sangat berpuas hati dengan apa yang mereka buat dan apa yang mereka ada. Seorang bapa yang kaya akan mengajar anak dia untuk menjadi kaya juga (making money) tapi bapa yang miskin akan mengajar anak dia untuk berasa cukup (dengan menjadi employee). Macam mana? Pernah dengar:

"Cukuplah dengan apa yang kita ada ni, bersyukur je lah.."

Macam mana kita nak berasa cukup sedangkan seluruh dunia ini terhidang untuk diterokai. Berapa lama kita nak bekerja makan gaji (mostly our malay people) sedangkan yang menguasai ekonomi kita sekarang adalah kaum lain. Macam mana kita Melayu nak maju? Pernah dengar "ukurlah baju di badan sendiri", ini pepatah yang direka supaya kita sedar dimana kita berpijak berlantaikan tanah dan berbumbungkan langit. Tapi tak pernah ada pepatah Melayu yang menyuruh kita mengubah hidup kita. Ada?

Kenapa ini terjadi? Sebab kita Melayu berfikiran amat tipikal. Tak pernah cuba nak ubah diri sedangkan Allah S.W.T pernah menyebut dalam al-Quran, "AKU takkan mengubah nasib sesebuah umat itu melainkan mereka mengubah nasib mereka." Telah disebutkan supaya kita mengubah hidup kita sendiri, mengubah nasib diri kita sendiri dengan tangan-tangan ini yang diberi. Tapi kita mudah lupa, mudah berpuas hati. Kerana kita terlalu lama berada dalam "comfort zone". Dan saat semua kesenangan ditarik balik, baru nak tergapai-gapai.

Thats was the typical thinking of our people. Always feeling enough because they was feared to face the reality. "Melayu mudah lupa". Itu kata-kata Tun Dr Mahathir dulu, tapi sekarang dah ada kata-kata baru, "Melayu akan pupus tak lama lagi." Dengan adanya kata-kata ini, ayat kebanggaan kita yang pernah diucapkan oleh pahlawan Melayu Hang Tuah, "Takkan Melayu Hilang di Dunia" sudah tak sinonim lagi. Kita bangsa Melayu kini menuju ke satu arah yang amat membimbangkan, kepupusan. Benarkah?

Anda fikirkanlah.

It's A New Turned

status : diupdate oleh hanim -itd
mood : abg tgh buat keje.. bz skit..



From 19 I'm turning to 20.
And I'm still a teenager,
Full of suprises, many times.
I just wished I could lie
Dont have to pretend like I'm shy.
People won't understand me.
Even if they knew me.
I can't change the past
And I had choose this path.
I walked to the window
Then I ran to the rainbow.
Within a glance I fall down
Without nobody, I'm on my own.
It'll coming soon just around the corner.
But I don't know, will this be over.
We're not here together, I hope it forever.
The lousy chatting getting busier and
People's talk like all thing was easier.
Run across all the obstacles.
And then you'll find miracles.
This life wasn't like fairy tale,
Soon it'll come to an end.
Keep myself busy, try not to think.
But I know for good, there's something.
Used to hate, this life full of it.
Never taught that it change rapid.
From babies turned to child,
This word is making me turn wild.
I wish there's someone there.
To catch me fall out of nowhere.
And this is another story of mine.

Oh Tuhan, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz ...?"

status: dating =)

mood: sayang dia!!



well, im loitering at UIA since went back from work just now, and I was surfing the web, read this one blog and I found it was exciting so I decided to share it with you =)


What’s all the hoopla about a Catholic publication in this country wanting to use the word “Allah” to signify the Christian God in its Bahasa Malaysia section? This "Allah" connotation would ostensibly extend to Bahasa Malaysia Bibles and at mass and prayer sessions conducted in the National Language.



Why this sudden urge to write, read, converse and preach in Bahasa Malaysia? How come the very people who couldn’t even give you the time of day or simple street directions in the National Language suddenly fight tooth and nail to use the word “Allah” in Bahasa Malaysia Christian publications and Bibles that they themselves will never read, let alone comprehend?



Who would be the end-user of these Malay Bibles? Uncle Ignatius Lourdesamy down the street? What about his extended family who all grew up speaking and reading and writing English (and perhaps some Tamil though they may not admit it) and whose only exposure to Bahasa Malaysia was at school and in filling various borangs and permohonans at the pejabat kerajaan? You truly believe these Christian Anglophiles would be reciting their holy scriptures in Malay? Praising "Allah" and the Son of "Allah" in a language synonymous with Malay hegemony and stuffy government bureaucracy?



“Allah" is the Arabic word for The God, not just any God, and is thought to derive from the prefix al ("the") and the generic ilah ("god"). Hence, the La ilaha il Allah ("There is no god but Allah") in the first half of the Islamic Shahada. What about Arabic Bibles? Do Christian Arabs use "Allah" in their scriptures? Sure, Arab language Catholic, Coptic and Orthodox scriptures indeed use the term "Allah." But the issue here is not about usage of "Allah" in Arabic Bibles. It is about Christian literature written in Bahasa Malaysia, yes Malay, Melayu, the Bahasa Kebangsaan. And this is about the Malay Bible, the Kitab Injil Melayu.



Shouldn't the Malay language Bible carry a Malay name for this Christian God in view of the unequivocal fact that the Arabic "Allah" has always been regarded as The God of the Muslim majority in this country, not necesssarily in other countries, but in this nation of ours? O.k., what then is the generic word for "God" in Bahasa Malaysia? "Allah"? No, as mentioned, that's Arabic for The God. Would Hindus and Buddhists and Sikhs and Taoists and various traditional faiths dotting our hinterland also regard "Allah" as their God or supreme deity? No. They have their own Gods with their own God-names since antiquity. O.k., then why should some Christian denominations in this country demand the right to use "Allah" in their Malay literature? Isn't there a more accurate generic Malay term for this Christian deity to match the generic English term "God"? Yeah, how do you express a non-Islamic "God" in Malay?



Is this the issue?



Is this what the masalah is all about?



You know why this became a masalah?



Because you church people are largely language retards when it comes to Bahasa Malaysia. Your vocabulary of 200 words couldn't possibly fathom the lexiconical dexterity of our National Language, and with your lazy, cincai and typical tidak apa way to problem solving, you just curi and hantam whatever fits your needs -- in this case equating my Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to your own deity and holy beings.



Listen, the generic word for "God" in Bahasa Malaysia is “Tuhan.”



Yes Tuhan. Repeat after me: TU-HAN. No not TIU, its TU. Again, TU-HAN.



Cannot be that hard lah. No "r" or "d" or "sh" to twist your short tongue.



You can partake in your Tuhan to your heart's content now. You can pooja as much of this Tuhan as you want, and can knot parables of sons and virgin mothers and assorted miracles for this Tuhan of yours. I can live with that. No issue. In the name of God ... oops I mean, Tuhan, lets all now be productive at work/business and get on with our lives.



So it's settled then. Hallelujah! Praise the ....... errr "Tuhan." Yes. Hallelujah. Praise the Tuhan! Janis Joplin's cult song would now be, "Oh Tuhan, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz ....?" I like.



"Like this cannot maaa. Like this where got one ...



"Huh? Apa? Tak setuju?No deal? Tak puas hati? Some of you still not satisfied?You still want my "Allah"?



"Tuhan" not good enough for your supreme being and son?



Still want your day in court?



Still want to be an agent for turmoil and conflict in this country?



Hey, I thought the generic Malay "Tuhan" was the perfect literal translation of the generic English “God”? “Oh my God” would then be “Ya Tuhan” to the Christian Bahasa Malaysia speakers. "Son of God" would be the Anak of this generic Tuhan. Do you really believe "Anak Allah" would make sense, especially to the Malays and Borneo natives that you plan to Christianise?



Why this insistence on "Allah"?



Would the religious experience of Malaysian Christians be less profound if my Allah is not used in your Malay scriptures? Is this a case of God-envy then? You have Malay-envy, NEP-envy, National Language-envy ... and now you are afflicted by a case of God-envy.



Ok, ok, if you really must worship a supreme being you want to call "Allah" to the extent of going to court for this holy privilege and creating a ruckus for the world to see, KijangMas has a solution for your troubled soul. Become Muslims lah! Duhh!



Yeah, you can then face Allah in prayer five times a day and praise and glorify Allah the Merciful and the Compassionate every moment of your mortal existence on this Bumi. Heck, throw in some cultural affinities (on top of your language conversion since you all have seen the holy light and longed for prayers in Malay), you could even be called Bumiputras in your MyCard, and we will be one big happy family, sharing the Tuhan-given social privileges, free money, discounts, tongkats and all. This marks the end of our Racial Polarisation. Alhamdulillah!



"No way la dey!"



Apa? Also don't want? Masih tak setuju?



Still want to go to court? Haiya, why you fellas like to go to court ah? I thought you people don't trust our justice system? Bias lah, tipu lah, berat sebelah lah. So why still want to go to the Mahkamah? To make a mockery of the issue? To purposely subject my Tanah Air to ridicule in the world press? That I don't like.



Listen up, why don't we do something better than a "bias" Malaysian Mahkamah can do for you. Yes, we go to your ultimate Mahkamah. No, not the Queen of England lah dey. Itu sudah subcon to the “England Trained Barrister” fruitcakes of Hindraf. We can do better than that. We go straight to Vatican City. Yes, the Holy See, the abode of the Pope. Happy now? We shall petition Pope Benedict XVI for the Catholic Church to use “Allah” in reference to your God in every bible on this planet, irrespective of language. So not just the Malay version will use "Allah." The English, Spanish, French, Russian, Swahili, Patagonian, Hottentot and Inuit version will use "Allah" as well. Brilliant ah? Don’t thank me. Thank your fellow concerned citizens here.



You think this is a joke? Do you know that similar thoughts had been expressed by no less than a Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands? Yes, Bishop Martinus Muskens of the Dutch diocese of Breda proposed that people of all faiths refer to God as “Allah” to foster understanding. He said: “Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah?” So what are you waiting for Ignatius Lourdesamy and Ezekiel Tan? Sign the petition!



Ok? Kau tim?



Apa? Tak mau? Tak boleh?



Oh I see, you want "Allah" only in the Malay Bibles but not in the English, Mandarin or Tamil versions? So you can pick and choose your God's name as you like, depending on your target audience? Hmm, how so flexible, so convenient, ........ so sly and cunning.



In that case, I think a dialogue with you people would be futile.


Perhaps it's time for the TRUTH.


Want the truth? Mau tau betul punya cerita?


Folks, you know the REAL reason these zealots are demanding a Bahasa Malaysia Bible complete with the Arabic “Allah”?


For the Malaysian Christians out there?


Really?


For the types that do their best to mimic what they perceive as “Christian” culture and symbolisms such as the American/Western concocted Santa Claus and reindeer and Christmas Tree and milky white cherubs (anyway, why can’t cherubs be like this and also contemplate this) and happy little elves running around? The types that take pride in their English, the language of their holy scriptures? The type that either refuse or unable to string a simple Bahasa Malaysia sentence? The type that would only use the Malay language, pidgin style, to reprimand their maids and gardeners and to cuss the traffic cop on the street after dishing out RM50 in order to cheat the nation of RM300?


So suddenly these people underwent a Spiritual Linguistic Awakening, a lighting bolt that gave them the irresistible urge to pray together in their gerejas in glorious Bahasa Malaysia, in the Malay language that they hitherto abhor and oppose? Hallelujah!!! Praise the Tuhan!


Podaaaah!!!


Yup, ini semua tipu. Ini semua drama. Ini semua niat tak baik, loyar burok kata mala fide.


You really want to know why we now face groups of zealots bent on inundating our Tanah Air with Malay Injils at all costs, no matter the social repercussions? Betul mau tahu?


Not yet. Tunggu dulu.


Let’s work towards the answer with another question.


Who would likely read a publication, any publication, written in Bahasa Malaysia, in the Malay language?


The Archbishop and his army of priests and nuns?


The current congregation?


Devotees such as Teresa Kok and Charles Santiago and Irene Fernandez?


My old neighbour Maximillian Dominic Putucheary, the Johnny Walker connoisseur who claimed he is more English than the Englishmen?


What about your typical Joshua Nathaniel Luke Ying Siew Heng, the type that carries several garbage bags full of grievances against his “Malay oppressors” who finds solace in his English-language hymns at his Sunday church service up an SS2 PJ shophouse? Huh? Joshua Ying here also has a sudden urge to praise "Allah's" glories in Bahasa Malaysia as well?


Betul ka?


No!


O.k. now the TRUTH …….


They want the Bible to be in Bahasa Malaysia – in Malay – because they want to REACH OUT to the Melayus. Yes, they want the Melayus to be "saved", to be loved, to hear the word of their “Allah.”


Why is this happening now? Why this sudden push to print Malay bibles complete with “Allah” as the Christian God?


Christianity reached our shores with the Portuguese 500 years ago, and throughout the ages (until now) we have never heard of anyone seriously demanding a Malay Bible (at least not publicly) or groups of Christian devotees tenaciously insisting on denoting their God as “Allah.”


Yeah, why now? Why so insistent? For who? Demanded by who?


You want to know?


Actually, this is part of a long-term plan, a global agenda, towards the Christianisation of the World. The Malay Archipelago holds one of the biggest chunks of non-Christians around, what these zealots call the Unreached Peoples. Scriptures in the lingua franca of these people would be a crucial enabler to brainwash and convert them. Adopting the word “Allah” for their deity would be the coup de grace. Why? These missionaries would then be able to run circles and spin fables around this cetakrompak “Allah” in their scam to confuse and deceive the Malays.


How extensive is this movement? How about huge, no make it humongous, perhaps even gargantuan. See a sampling here, here and here. See how the Malays of Malaysia (and Singapore, Patani and Indonesia) are identified and profiled, complete with geographic range and a summary of their culture, lifestyle and spiritual disposition? Wow, these people know more about the Malays than most Malays themselves! The Malays are now prepped and primed for a spiritual invasion of the zealotrous kind. And marvel at their colour-coordinated Global Religious Battlefield Map reminiscent of some Hollywood sci-fi flick?


Oh yes, these foreigners are zealots all right. I spent a considerable chunk of my life in the U.S. over the past two-plus decades and have witnessed first hand the excesses spawned by religious zealotry. Yup, the likes of Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, and my favourites Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. These multi-millionaire swindlers live a lifestyle akin to Hollywood, pop and sports stars. Their slick fund-raising circus on TV would make the WWF look like child's play, what with instant miracle cures (one push on the forehead and you're cured, saved by the Tuhan) and toll-free numbers to send your life savings. Of course, many of these swindlers were later either discredited or jailed for their never ending scandals.


These intolerant zealots and TV (and now cyber) charlatans tag non-believers as the Unreached Peoples. In their gaudy tuxedos with eyes shut and teeth clenched and fist pumping, they claim direct unfettered access to God (Broadband-ready Tuhan ka?), and proclaim that this God wants them to reach out to the huge Unreached masses (meaning huge lucrative untapped markets) in Asia. Yes, these well-funded zealots will descend on us Unreached Peoples via their army of local collaborators in a multi-pronged assault of love and prayers and ......... if all else fail, legal action di Mahkamah Tinggi.


Get my point? Mau lagi? Cukup dah?


Many here surprised? Angry? Outraged? Sad?


For some, got this shifty feeling of being busted? Exposed? Motif sudah di telanjangkan?


Ok, now maybe we should ask "so what if these zealots want to Kristiankan the Melayus?"


Would the Malays buy it? They are that gullible? Nahh, not likely. Islam is self-evident, an all-encompassing way-of-life that makes more sense the more you unlock its beauty and simplicity.


But is that the point?


No.


The point is: why this need, this persistent tenacious need to use the word “Allah” to connotate this Biblical deity, as if the whole foundation of the Christian faith in Malaysia would collapse without it? How come the generic Malay "Tuhan" is not good enough, although "God" itself is the generic English word for supreme deity. What about other languages? Do they have a specific personal name for God or is it generic as well? Let's see. In German it is Gott; in French Dieu; in Croatian Bog; in Spanish Dios; in Swedish Gud; in Italian Dio; and in Russian Бог. Yup, all generic, a connotation, not a personal name, for a supreme being in their respective languages. So why must some Christian denomination in this country insist on using the Arabic word for The God to connotate the Christian supreme being in a Malay language Bible? Yeah, why use the Arab name in a Malay language scripture? Why not use the Spanish Dios? Or the French Dieu? Why this proclivity, this inherent desire, a burning need, to use the Arabic "Allah" in a Malay Bible although the Malay generic word for such deities would be the perfectly understandable and infinitely more accurate Tuhan?


All these sound fishy and ridiculous? I know. In fact, this is plain, unadulterated bullshit and hogwash of Biblical proportions, the biggest scam since antediluvian times.


My message to these zealots: Stop It! Leave the Malays alone. You go convert some other Unreached Peoples. In fact, there are enough pagans, atheists and sinners in the Western World itself to keep you people occupied till the end of time.


To the Malaysian collaborators, repent! Shame on you people! Enough of the lies and deceptions. No more putar belit of nomenclatures and connotations in your pathetic sandiwara of deceit and treachery. Stop lying through your crooked teeth about your sudden patriotic love for Bahasa Malaysia, of the sudden, inexplicable need to hear the Word of your deity uttered in a language that you had collectively abhorred and denigraded for the past half century.


For Tuhan's sake, enough!



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