MANAGING DISABILITY
Never ask for
sympathy and help from others if you happen
to be very sick and disabled. The woman who
locked her own child in the room knows that
too. She must have been suffering mentally
in her life.
When my wife
fell down from her wheelchair face down I
had to wait for hours for her brothers to
arrive to lift her. The only neighbor whom I
always asked for help was not at home. The
neighbors in front who always know what
happen in our house was not seen, not only
this particular mishaps but also on many
others.
We have to take
care of ourselves. I realize how selfish
people are. They double park their cars
blocking the others. They take things when
given opportunities. They raise prices at
will. They want high salaries without
thinking the social and economic effects.
Car manufacturers never thought of disabled
people when designing their cars. All my
writting for a simple seat modifications
were dismissed. All they want is money.
The law on
handicapped in USA was made available during
John F Kenedy because someone in his family
was handicapped. If Rosmah were to have 3
OKU's children then we may be able to enjoy
some extended facilities for the physically
disabled people.
But I won't
blame the people or the government for any
hardship, for it is our own duty to manage
ourselves and our families, handicapped or
otherwise. And I learned a lot from helping
my wife by myself; the art of transferring
from the bed onto the wheelchair and
returned, the technique of transferring
between the car and the wheelchair. Yet each
day the degree of difficulty increases as
the car design changes.
Our society is
more concern on the masses, the majority.
People can be poor or sick or die if the
numbers are small and negligible. In fact
some would joy at the death of someone they
hated-be it Altantuya, Teoh Beng Hock or
Karpal Singh, like US President always say
'....it is better and safer for the world
and the United States'. Believe me if 76% of
the disabled and the handicapped have the
voting power to decide the premiership these
people will be getting the first class
treatment.
Observe the
UMNO's Love Squad, will they go to the front
to resolve the unfortunate lady's problem
and agony. And there will be no politician
from any political party would take step to
extend their help for the lady and for the
rest. If it is the concern of great wealth
then there would be an exodus of rushing.
The Malaysian
Chinese have been surviving long on their
own. They depended on their wits and energy,
struggled in businesses and other economic
frontiers. Likewise we have to learn the art
of survival from the Chinese and the lady
who left her child in the room for many long
years alone.
23/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
MH370
- IS MALAYSIA ISRAEL'S MOUTH PIECE ?
After the
surfaced of new evidence of the roles of USA
and Jews on the disappearance of MH370 I
knew that America and Australia will finally
force Malaysia to go back to the early
theory of pilot's intentional sabotage.
There are
several convincing articles and video clips
( some videos have been removed from the
youtube ) trying to prove that it was a well
covert plan akin to 911 False Flag attack.
As usual the
work of the Dirty Trick Department to plant
false evidence and disinformation were let
to spread to sway the public from believing
the truth. That was the reason why question
on the cargo was never addressed. Australian
authority is the spokesman of USA and they
are very close to Hishamuddin. Najib will
announce what Hishamuddin asked him to.
China tries her best to keep an eye on what
is going on.
If it was true
that the replica of MH370 was found in
Israel's airport it proves that the missing
plane was not due to the irresponsible
pilot.
When Najib
announced MH370 ended in Indian Ocean it did
not come from his knowledge or expertise. I
believed he uttered what the source had
wanted him to say. Najib will do anything to
have international backing to remain in
power. I would not know the role of the
United States in the recent Malaysia-China's
bilateral relationship. Even if Najib
followed Obama's instruction he found it to
be very beneficial for gaining the local
Chinese support.
Secondly,
Israel will never approve Iran which post a
nuclear threat to the Jewish state. The
Mosad started to inject poisons in the mind
of fellow Malaysian Muslims to go against
Iran and all the Shieet Muslims. Fake
pictures were distributed to depict that
Shiahs are not Muslims. And discussion on
Shiah using the national media has been very
vigorous.
The Mosad
international movement seem to take effect
among the top political echelons.
To blame the
pilot and to make Malaysians to declare war
on other Muslim group is a deep tragedy in
the history of the Muslim Malays under the
current political era. It shows nothing but
the real innate stupidity of the Malay race,
who are losing everything day by day. The
only intelligence left is to make law to rob
money from the public and to find ways to
make corruption as a legal practice.
The government
should not condone hearsay and stuffs
without concrete and reliable proofs. They
made a mockery of DNA finding and talked
about contamination in one and not in
another. Avoid being accused as the Jews or
USA's mouthpiece.
The next
question that every Malaysian must consider
is 'Can we believe foreign media ?'
From my
observation the local media is as good as
foreign media. They mixed news with
propaganda, truth with fallacy. depends on
who owns the media and what are the goals
and objectives. The ideal of reporting and
publications is non-bias and factual. But
that had never been the case. Pictures and
clips were faked, and altered.
If you can't
believe foreign media, you can't also
believe the main stream government media.
We heard about
media being paid for spreading propaganda.
If Malaysian leaders could pay to the world
media we don't have to talk about what could
be done to the local newspapers, radios and
TVs. Important staffs who opposed government
policies were known to be sacked.
How could the
ministers and the police ask the people to
believe the local news rather than the
foreign news ?
Of course there
are people who want to confuse people as to
what was really happening to MH370. Media is
the most influential force. They are to
convince the people and the politicians. Our
work is to judge and not to jump to
conclusion. Bit you can have your own view
to the MH370 tragedy. For the government, it
must always remember that it is not to be
pushed by any foreign power or Mosad, or CIA
or even Chinese Spy Agency to be their
mouthpiece.
23/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
LET'S PREPARE TO DIE
I never compute
my longevity but I never thought of stepping
my feet in the 21st century. Time was too
fast that I never knew where I actually was.
The 2020 Vision of Dr Mahathir was nothing
to me and I brushed aside of the thought of
the world, which I had never dream of
seeing.
Wow ! I have
the chance of being under all the Prime
Ministers of Malaya and Malaysia from Tunku
to Najib with my grey hairs turned me into
an old tired man and bones protruding out of
my ankles that made me understand of the
folly fighting ageing. I missed the World
War2 and life under Japanese occupation. But
the shrieking sound of low flying jets that
dropped bombs on the Communist terrorists
could still be heard in my mind.
Many of my
friends have died and many younger people
had gone to meet their fate in the next
world. Pondering back at human destiny I
realized I have crossed far into this
current decade, already 2014. Could I reach
2020 ?
Some people say
that we are not to entertain the thought of
growing old and never think of ageing. Do
what as others do. I am not the only old man
at the jogging track. As I saw many men and
women as old creatures, they too saw me as
an old creature as well. I am sure one old
man is older than me but he was doing a
non-stop jogging which I would estimate more
than 10 miles. I could not chase a few
elderly ladies who walked so fast, floating
like a butterfly. Women about 50 put on pink
cheeks and red lips. They just want to feel
young.
I did my
exercise not to fight ageing. I just want to
feel fit and strong so that I can lift and
nurse my wife. Yet I have been telling her
time and again. "There will be a time when I
can no longer lift and nurse you. I am
getting older and weaker. Pray to God that
my strength and health won't fade so that I
can continue helping you." My wife is two
years younger but she is afraid to die.
You have two
choices. Either continue to live as if
nothing happen and you are as ever, and let
the fate follows it's destiny or be prepared
to die. The first step is to realize and
always be aware of our final day, any time,
anywhere and by whatever cause. Then let
fate takes care of itself. There is no need
to hide our accumulated wealth from our
families, and not to spend on what we like.
Eat what we want, and go where we like. Do
what we feel like doing. If you are a
believer then do what is required by your
religion.
I saw people,
preparing for their death solely by spending
more than 70% of their lives in going to
mosques and churches. They are not
interested in the progress of knowledge and
science. My auntie would go to Mecca every
year. They totally denounce the pleasure of
the world, yet they are obedient to their
political master. I can't say how many
prefer their bodies would be wrapped by
UMNO's flags when they die, or even by DAP's
flag.
Death is no
more free. It is a costly affair in the
modern world especially in areas where land
is scarce and burial is near to impossible.
The Malaysian Muslims have an extended
ceremony that need to be paid for prayers
and other ceremonies. Though in some
communities paid ceremonies are abhorred and
banned, in other areas thousands of dollars
are needed. A portion must be saved for our
funeral. The other way you can always say "
Why keep my money for my funeral, somebody
got to bury me somehow. "
Would you still
be concerned with the world after you have
died ? Imelda Marcos said, "I don't want
people to remember me as a thief when I
die." Or we can say 'why worry if anyone
want to piss on me or my grave after I have
died". If you are then you have to stop
doing bad things at your remaining life.
Mahathir is never concern about it and he
keeps on making political and racial
remarks, and still quarreling with fellow
Malaysians.
Healthy and
strong people died. Young people below 40
died.
The Muslims are
asked to work hard as if they aren't going
to die and to follow the religious teachings
as if they are going to die tomorrow. Many
Muslims say 'I am not scared of death but
what I am scared is to face God for the lack
of religious practices...."
My wife and I
have a little time left probably due to our
age and sickness. Since we managing our own
welfare and busy in the daily chores and
problems, we don't have time to think of our
kids anymore. The tasks are tough, the
problems are huge, we are overcoming each of
the problems vigorously and patiently.
If we die, we
die. We don't have any regret.
22/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
PLANNING MY LAST TRIP TO USA
Nursing my wife
and sending her to the dialysis center is
not an easy task. There are problems coming
ahead. The main problem is the
transportation back and forth to the
dialysis ward, for the only suitable car
which has the seat level equals the wheel
chair height, is now too old and the engine
gasket begins to worn out. All other cars'
seats are higher and farther than that of
the wheel chair. Direct lifting of her body
into the car is almost impossible. She is 81
KG and I am only 64kg. The current transfer
board available locally is only 26 inches
long. I can't lift the other end of the
board to address the uneven height of both
of the chairs.
Browsing over
the internet I saw several types of sliders
up to 35" long. One is 50" which is very
ideal.
I wrote to the
shop asking for the quotation. "We don't
sell outside USA," came the reply.
I talked to my
wife of sending my kid in Kuala Lumpur to
USA. "I don't think they will buy them,"
said my wife. True, kids want easy way out.
One of them went to USA recently and didn't
want to find out and purchased the items
back. My wife asked me to go by myself.
For a 10 day
trip would be alright for me but she will be
facing lots of problems. I can make an
arrangement with the medical center to fetch
and send her home for the dialysis. 6 trips
would cost me about RM600. The main problem
is to hire a nurse to stay with her and
managing her food, toiletry and lifting her
from the bed. That I have not talk to the
agency. I estimate I may have to spend about
RM2K for the service of 2 weeks.
Of course I
have to do a lot of homework on gathering of
information about the locations of the
medical outlets that sell such facilities.
Then I have to shop for the most economical
fair and the accommodation.
I estimated it
would about RM10K for the facilities and the
board. I could pay double the price if I can
get someone to order for me. The existing
plastic slider I am using is about RM40.00.
The Beasy board on the website is about
USD300 and other items would cost me a total
of USF800.
Assume I can
overcome all the nursing and dialysis
problems, I need to decide whether I should
spend that much for the whole trip.
My wife
said,"If you go to USA I want you to take
pictures of K-MART, Sears and JC-Penny." I
told her I used to stay in a place where I
could not even find Long John Silver and
K-Marts and JC-Penny. She told one of the
nurses about my possible trip. The nurse
said, "You must buy back something for us."
It may be just
a dream. In the meantime I will be asking my
radio friend, Hanafi, to buy the Beasy and
other transfer board by the e-Bay. He agreed
to help me in the order if I provide me with
the detail.
I am going to
ask another radio friend, Rusli, whether he
will be willing to accompany me. It will be
around August or September. If it is in
August we may be able to catch some of the
Summer heat.
The nearest
shop is in Santa Monica. Using car the
purchase could be done within one day and
without much hassle. Going by bus would be
very hard. I have to figure out the bus
route, else I need to take a taxi from the
nearest bus stop to the outlet. The second
shop which sells almost everything I want is
in Las Vegas. Vegas is a fun place for happy
go lucky people. Similar problem applies; it
is about a car. Or the other way round is to
order stuffs from where I will be staying.
One of my major
problems is that I do not have any credit
card. That would hinder the online purchase
and car rental. With Rusli accompany me many
problems would be solved.
If the whole
purchasing episode could be completed within
5 days, then there are 5 remaining days
left. It would be a fine time to attend
hamfest at the nearby location, enjoying
Universal Studio and Disneyland, visiting
some exotic places around the area. Or even
visit San Francisco.
I will also
have to plan my communication with my wife
and inform her of my daily activities using
Skype or some other applications. All will
be managed by the hired nurse.
Will it
materialize ?
17/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
WHEN
YOUR KIDS DEFY YOU
Did your kids
ever defy and challenge you ?
If they did, I
would say they spelled doomed to themselves.
I don't know whether it is a part of natural
law that will embrace every race and creed
in the world. But many other races and
religious groups believe misfortune would
befell on them, possibly for the whole of
their lives.
Some young
people think they are educated enough and
smart enough to navigate themselves through
life, and even look down on the elderly,
thinking they are senile and incapable. They
simply refuse to learn how to respect
people.
Let me remind
ourselves not to be so egocentric and
underestimating all other individuals. Men,
especially, should never underestimate the
strength and energy of women who could beat
them in sports and other running events.
Some could break men's bones if they wish
to. And we should not despise people with
darker skin color. They could be much wiser
and attain the highest degree of mental
intellectuality. And finally not to have
negative concepts of the elderly who could
forecast the future through trends and
behaviors.
When my kids
have grow to be a full grown adults and did
not listen to my single advice I would not
say anything else and anything more. Let
they carve their own destiny, for good or
for bad. My wife and I are too old and too
sick to take care of other people. We
strived hard to survive our remaining days.
I met many lonely old men who left their
families for the broken hearts.
I missed my
mother very much and felt I have not done
enough for her. As a compensation I told my
students the 'barakah' of doing good to the
mother and father. When my teachers told me
that their parents are visiting them or fell
sick at home, I wanted them to give priority
to the parents. One teacher requested to
back early to take care of her mother
attended by only maid, to clear her vowel
and provide her a meal. I gave her
permission. Another asking for a permission
to pick her mother at the airport. "Arrange
your class," said I."Don't come back to
school. Attend her for the rest of the day."
If you are
still young and your kids are challenging
and defying you, you can say 'Thank you" to
them loudly or deep down in your heart.
17/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
HAM
RADIO ESSB
I can't say
much about ESSB because I have not been
monitoring DX band these days. On the Websdr
I only monitored CW. But on 7 Mhz , I did
hear hams on the SSB modes.
Did the ESSB
signal impress me ?
I can't assess
the quality of the audio as I have impaired
hearings. Hence my judgment do not represent
the views of the hams. It is according to my
own taste. ESSB does not impress me at all
as compared to the normal non-bassy sound. I
just like audio with a high pitch. Once I
heard 9M2MRL whose signal came with full
clarity into my home. From the scale from 1
to 10 I would give him 10 as compared to his
counterpart who was using ESSB which I would
give the maximum of 3. It was hard to figure
out from the bassy audio.
As I have said,
it is a matter of taste. I am not going to
discourage anybody from purchasing the
gadget. Millions of other people may find it
pleasing to their ears.
In my opinion
the most important part of hamming is the
good antenna system. A mast of more than 50'
to house a Yagi or a Quad would do us wonder
even with a simple cheap and basic rig. We
can have a 100K transceiver which means
nothing without an antenna like a wealthy
handsome man without a dick marrying a
beautiful actress. Power amplifier helps a
lot without the aid of the band condition.
ESSB, APRS,
Flex Radio and using computer for Morse
communication are new items in ham radio.
Without them amateur radio is still a
complete stuff. With them amateurs gain more
experience and greater knowledge. If a ham
can't afford ESSB, APRS, Flex and computer
he can still enjoy the hobby as much as his
predecessors. I won't buy the ESSB stuffs
even if I am a rich man.
Those who have
been working DX are in position to tell more
about the others; how many operate such a
gadget especially the Americans and the
Europeans. The volume has been on the
increase it indicates there is the trend is
changing.
16/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
DENYING RESPONSIBILITY
People blamed
the government and the police for the rising
spate of crimes. The police blame the public
to cause crime to happen. If your child is
being kidnapped or murdered you may be
charged. The public were told not to carry
handbag, lock their cars and houses, and put
ant-burglary system. Once there was a
suggestion to charge the victim for any
reported crime. ( WHAT A MAD IDEA !!! )
Then came the
health department who issued summon on the
finding of larvae bred by Aedes mosquitoes
believing such larvae were only found at
homes.
It is a sad
episode in human history for a government to
shed away the responsibility and passing the
bucks on the public. It is an easy way to
deny extreme failures. This is what UMNO is
telling the people, shoving it into the mind
of the young supporters. They are to deny
their foolish and failed policies. They
believe UMNO can do no wrong because it is a
party sent by God to decide which kind of
gambling are sinful and which are not, which
type corruptiion is sinful and which are
not.
Juvenile
delinquency, school dropouts, academic
failures, drugs addicts, free sex and
all other crimes by the young people are the
faults of the parents, neglecting all other
sources to the problem. Yet we have
delinquent students of the police parents,
UMNO, very professionals and religious
figures. Would anyone want to investigate
how many of the ministers siblings are drug
addicts and involve in gangsterism ?
The UMNO Cyber
Trooper and the Blue Army were told to deny
failures and social upheavals are not from
the government or any of it's policy. Were
they told that the Singaporean parents are
always better than the Malay parents in
Malaysia as the Singaporean youths are more
disciplined than ours ?
If the
government does not cause anything in the
life of the people then there is no point of
having a government. And there is no need
for any policy, goals nor a vision. It is
the policy that carve the future of the
nation and the civilization and culture of
the society.
There are many
discoveries, inventions and technologies
found but not displayed or put in the
market, simply because those government do
not want people to know. So people don't
know and don't have them. If they put the
guns on the street when anyone could buy
them, would you blame the parents ? So you
put drugs, cigarette, weapons, Playboy
magazine, sex videos, dildos etc. on the
street and tell the parents to make sure
their kids will ignore those. The first to
be sold out will be the guns.
It is not
merely a parent who made a good son. Poverty
and society contribute much. Some could
hardly earned RM10 a day. It would be better
for the kids to look for any kind of job.
They can't afford academic tuition nor
religious education. Such kids that I know
became dropouts. What type of jobs available
to these kids in the world ?
Outside the
home there lies the platform of evil staring
and ready to lure the kids. Parents send
their kids to school themselves and picked
them home after school. What they do not
know is that their kids could be polluted in
the school society itself. Cigarettes and
drugs, gangsters and sexual activities could
begin here. Kids ran out of the school
compound or played truants. Teachers are not
to peek into student's welfare and
discipline. It is the policy of the Ministry
of Education. Nobody can sack any student
now regardless of any kind of offence.
Even parents
cannot lay their hands on their kids. The
NGO and the government will come down on the
parents who try to discipline their own
siblings. It is against the law. Kids begin
to lie to them taught by their buddies in
school.
How long do the
school going children be with their parents
? Generally they were 2 hours in tuition
center, 8 hours in school and 8 hours of
sleep. They have 6 free hours including the
time for the homework and the game in the
evening. Some parents still work at night
till midnight. You can compute the remaining
time left.
Why so much a
hassle as compared in the good old
traditional days ?
These are all
the cost of progress and development. It
changes the characters of housing, domestic
functions, businesses, economic and social
activities, developmental growth of children
and human beings. In the United States I
still saw houses with fencing, but not here.
People now live in terrace house which
altered the closeness of community's social
intercourse. Housewives are hardly called
housewives anymore because they would go out
for the jobs and returned in the evening;
they won't be doing any cooking. Food
vendors loomed everywhere with numerous kind
of food stuffs. Women began to lose cooking
skill. Kids do not play games with their
friends, spending more time with the iPads
and a few would go out for a game of footsal
or badminton.
And worst we
are reducing farming activity by turning the
farm land into the housing estate.
Industrialization took girls and women away
from home and stay in apartments or rental
places. In some men and women stay together.
A thousand and one thing happen. Puteri
Islam was originally formed to overseer
these young women but later shifted to
schools. Freedom is the happiness. Sex is
free.
To those UMNO
goons who say social chaos and upheavals lie
with the parents I wish them all the best
for their children and their own economic
and social well being.
When my school
told me that they have 8 students with
straight As, the first thing I would ask was
about the parents; the job and the economic
status. When a teacher sent me a problem
child I want to know where he live, his
parents economic status, whether he lives in
a flat or a terrace house. Home environment
could shape and influence his behavior and
academic interest.
What used to be
far and remote has become so near; 25 miles
is just 20 minutes. Technology compressed
the world. Information on the other end of
the globe arriving our home within a short
wink. Electronics and media equipments
opened people's eyes and learn both good and
bad. Technology and high speed vehicles
brought the spread of drugs to villages and
FELDA areas. Where progress is none and the
world is almost close crimes, challenges to
authority and mischief are rare or
negligible. Nobody would want to peddle
drugs in a place of no money.
The impact of
fiscal policy, foreign debt and value of
money on populace could be very great. It
can cause the lost of jobs, unemployment,
emigration and increasing crime. The
declining value of money causes price
increase and the climbing cost of living. It
stirred human temperament. The layer of
poverty thickens. Don't blame a family who
struggle to make a daily living and can't
provide proper breeding. Economic havoc can
break families apart. Imagine the whole
family got to go to work to beat the rapidly
rising cost.
100000 well
bred kids do not grow up to achieve equal
successes and achievements. Not everyone
will have equal opportunity towards proper
education and jobs. A few may become
politicians who are honest and a few corrupt
, some may become professionals. The rest
will cover the whole spectrum between the
hated crooks to the wealthy businessmen. If
Mukriz is not Mahathir's son he may end up
carrying banners and flags for UMNO. The
door to opportunity becomes narrower towards
the end. Those who can't make it would opt
to the alternative dubious mean to amass
wealth. It is not the parents who decide the
fate but the socio-political system. Greed
is the greatest evil.
If UMNO wants
to blame the parents for the evil deeds of
the kids, then one day let the parents go to
jail for the crimes of their kids. Blame
Nazri for his son's problem. Blame Rosmah
for her son's lavishness. And people will
find it a pleasure to follow and catch the
siblings of the Ministers to put them out of
the office, an easy way.
UMNO is
cheating itself by denying of it's
responsibility on the downfall of the Malays
and the lack of competitiveness, social
deterioration of the race they claim to
protect. They can't expect the RM500 BRIM to
cure away the price hike and thge degrading
social conduct of the Malay youths. Yet none
want to blame the Land Acquisition Act of
UMNO Mahathir, the UMNO's IPP robbing the
rakyat and the ignorance of the declining
morality of the young people.
Your education,
economic, laws and regulation, and the acts
and the media shape and influence the
masses. What you parade and put in the
market would be used and purchased. This
include the increase of the cost of living,
the houses, the land and much more.
If you say you
have nothing to do with them and put all the
blame on the people, you don't have to be
there. If you don't believe in God and
Islam, at least as a human specie you must
have a conscience. Else you be ready to
burry the Malays in the grave that you dig.
Don't ever think with the lies you can stand
to rule there forever.
11/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
PHD, DATO' AND A PARIAH
Try to figure
out the number of PHD holders, the Dato's
and the Pariah in Malaysia today. What are
the differences between them ? It is up to
you to think and say basing your assessment
and judgment on observed behaviors and on
what they say.
The most
questionable is the PHD; on what knowledge
of research finding, which university and
which Professors award the degree. Is the
PHD in Arts or engineering and other
discovery in technology ? I won't be
surprise if all UMNO lawmakers will come up
with a PHD degree soon.
PHD in area of
science, medical and technology could come
from a simple e=mc2 as long as it is
something new to the world. You can't award
a PHD to Amerigo De Vespucci for discovering
America because America had been there
before he was born. Surely we want to know
what the PHD is all about.
A degree could
be earned, bought or given if it is in arts
discipline. It has been tested before to
find out the authenticity and the validity
of an online colleges. Should we talk about
the free degree ? People may not be happy
and will deny it with utmost anger.
Dato' would be
a nice thing to have. The only person who
refused the Dato' or Tan Sri was Mohd Khir
Johari. He said," There is enough Dato' in
this country." He viewed it like selling 'kacang
puteh'. The title is an honor and
awarded to good people. A Dato' has to check
his demeanor, speech and other deeds. He
should not make a foolish statement that
could opened up an attack or criticism. He
must be wise and full of wisdom.
The most in the
country is the Pariah group who have been
bullied and bluffed and lied upon days in
and days out. Some are so very stupid that
they celebrate the rising cost of living,
happily paying more and paraded their
champion at being the forerunner of any
climbing hardship. Cows are stupid because
they are brainless. There is nothing could
be done to this category of Pariah.
The word Pariah
almost to mean 'out of the cast system'. The
Brahim, Ksatriya, Baisya and Sudra are in
fact the economic division of social
function. The ancient Europeans too had had
the church class, the military, the business
and the normal labor groups. If you are not
in any of those four in the cast, you are
out of cast. In ancient India the outcast
group was the lowest and the others were
barred from mixing or dinning with them.
Our Dato's and
dignitaries still mix and dine with the
normal people, especially near the election
time. They would even cast away the
gentlemen's attire, the coats and the neck
tie in place of the sarong and kopiah
lebai just to win the heart of the
Pariah groups.
Without the PHD
and the Datukship the people from the lower
rank have detached themselves and moved into
the higher economic ladder akin a Vaisya of
th varna structuref. They became wealthy
with commerce, beating the PHDs and the
Datok's. Even the Mee goreng seller earns
more than 1K of pure profit a day.
There is one
thing that we need to remind ourselves that
we must not trust people by their looks,
dress, titles and their degrees. A wise man
has all awarded by his own wisdom. Let us
try not to despise local universities with a
strong political ties that want their
grduates to love UMNO not to produce the
best thinkers in the nation. Nevertheless we
just keep our eyes open and try to validate
the authenticity of the PHDs through their
speech and behaviors.
11/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
UMNO
SHOULD TEACH CHESS NOT HOOLIGANISM
Chess is a game
that requires thinking. Hooliganism throws
away God's greatest gift, the brain and
bulldoze at anything at all, disrespecting
law and order, threatening and staring
satanically, and would do anything at all at
any expense for the demonic boss. You see
them during the election period and in the
social media.
Chess,
studying, quest for knowledge and hard work
are evil to them. What more if you mention
Chinese Chess to them. Without
knowing anything it is likely they would
response 'Lan Chau' to you. I started
to play Chinese Chess in form 2 and reaching
the peak in form 4. My regular opponent was
a worker at a Chinese Medical Supply shop. A
game would take us about 1 hour at least.
What we call
English Chess today is not English in
origin. Chess started in India around the
6th Century AD. It was called chaturariga.
Today the Malays called it catur.
The Chinese
Chess called Xiangqi is almost
similar to the English companion. The
position and movement of the 'Che' (
written in Chinese as CAR') is identical to
rook or castle. It has the horse too MA
moving in L-shape like the knight. There is
one that is not found in the English version
called Pau. Pau jumps a piece to
eat the opponent.
Chinese chess
may have started much longer before the
Indian chaturariga, may be more than 1300
years before.
There are
astounding numbers of Malay youths and kids
involve themselves in the game. It is
encouraging and something to be proud off.
It would be much better that they also must
participate in the Chinese chess competition
and become a champion. I did register and
play in a Chinese chess tournament in a
Super market once many years ago. I won the
first game. I shook hand with my opponent,
thank him and walked away, giving him a
walkover. I went home with a smile.
I would like to
call UMNO and PERKASA members to fight the
Chinese using the brain, not in science and
mathematics but in the games of Chinese
chess. And fight the Chinese with the brawns
in the games of basketballs and badmintons.
If you can emerge as champions in Qiangqi,
basketball, badminton and a debate in
Mandarin, PERKASA does not need the Ketuanan
Melayu anymore. The honor lies there, in
being the champions.
One good thing
of Xiangqi is that it is cheap and not
bulky. Sorry I can't say how much it is. May
be less than a dollar.
It is true that
hooliganism help UMNO and BN including in
vote rigging, stealing away ballot papers
and other deceitful moves, but it would not
help the Malays in the end. Leaders would
lose respects and UMNO would be associated
with bad elements. 28 out of 30 thieves
caught were Malays. The main cheaters in
UMRAH package were the Malays. UMNO should
be concern of the criminals, liars, cheaters
and drug dealers
Would it not
better for UMNO and PERKASA to have brainy
people in their group rather than the
hooligans ?
10/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER GAME ANOTHER RM15
Tonight is
another satisfying night for me as Kedah
beat Sabah 2 - 0 towards the end of the
game. The first goal came in 70th minute by
a player I know not and the second in the
91th minute, also by an unknown player. I
really don't know how many Kedah players are
really the Kedahkians, born and raised here.
I used to know the names of every player. We
had become the champion before without any
import.
Tonight I
didn't yell and shout so much as before
mainly because Kedah made less errors,
except for the two players who did not stay
at the right spot, and slow in their
movements. One in particular has a slow
reflection.
The Korean was
closely marked and he could not do much. I
would forgive him. It let others unmarked,
providing chances for the scoring. For that
reason the two goals were not from the
import players.
The ticket
costs RM15 for the grand stand. There were
RM12 and RM10 too. I have a better view. The
only drawback about going to the stadium is
there was too much smoke. I brought a face
mask with me, a part of my soccer attire
beside my usual green-yellow shirt and a
Bermuda pant with a pair of jogging shoes.
If the players
played like fools, can't control the ball,
passing to the opponent and kick the ball
wildly, I would leave the stadium and wasted
my RM15. Occasionally I simply did that. I
could bear to see loses as long as they
played their best, tried hard enough but
just unlucky.
I could not say
how many external coaches were there at each
game. I was one of them. We shouted to whom
the ball should be passed and calling for
the close marking. It looked like nobody
listened to us. As we paid RM15, we need to
do to make the money wirth. RM10 was for
coaching, yelling, shouting and scolding
referee and lineman.
I would witch
we can develop our local players to be as
skillful as the imports. The basic of a
player is height, speed, know how to kick
the ball and dribbling skills. African
players have skill but lack speed. Even in
hockey the strength of the world class team
lies in their speed and dribbling skill.
It took much
pain to win. But we won.
Another day,
another match and another RM15. It is on the
coming Friday.
10/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
GREATNESS OF MALAYSIAN HAMS
I am a part of
an old senile hams whose number is vanishing
towards zero. I am out of date. Probably the
remaining old timers are out of date too.
When I first
knew ham radio I remember the definition of
amateur radio having the following
characteristics
a. A hobby with a license
b. Experiments in radio technology
c. Technical investigation
d. Service during disaster
e. All of the above without pecuniary motive
Does such
content still hold in the current definition
of ham radio ? I came across the term in the
Facebook which totally depicts different
thing. Some define it as the ham equipment
itself. Could they be wrong ? I am not in
the authority to comment but I just think
those people who define amateur radio in
whatever and whichever way is very great and
creative.
Starting a ham
station after passing all the tests were
almost nominally free. I did not buy coaxial
and plugs. A few hams gave their old rigs
for free. I bought a used set at about RM800
far below cost. The seller did not make
profit but just to cushion off a bit of his
damage. Hams like 9M2WT and 9M2AT (Tunku
Archie) even gave away rig and antenna for
free. Radio and parts were hard to get. We
helped each other to make the hobby alive,
healthy and running.
Hence it
fulfilled the concept of 'not for
pecuniary motive'.
We can't force
people to give away things for free, for
everything incurred cost. Selling ham gears
and co-axial cables are not to make profit,
instead to help fellow hams. It is easier to
get ham equipment today than the old days.
You don't have to hassle for the import
permit and making an oversea orders. To set
a complete station within 3 to 5 days is
amazing in today's world. We need to thank
the radio vendors such s One and Wave
Communications.
But if I were
to sell a RM2.50 coax plug to Hanafi for
RM4.00, it would not be a wise thing to do.
With a ham spirit it is appropriate for me
to give him free.
Malaysian hams
are still carrying on with experimentations
and investigations with the ham radio. They
tried with homebrew and commercial antenna
and mast of different height and arrived at
the conclusion, manufactured repeater gadget
of various design. One ham said 'the band
condition caused the transmission on 2 meter
going into 40 band'. 40 meter intrusion
did happen with 9W call signs once. That was
the answer given. It would be a good topic
for PHD degree.
In disaster
situation Malaysian hams are quick to act
and has to be commended. This include during
the missing of MH370. A few even worked hard
to get into the SAR frequency.
There are many
terms that the old hams would not
understand. If I were to tell Raden Lokman,
"Radin lend me your PTT" he is sure
to get puzzled. It is the same as saying 'lend
me your push to talk'.
Terminology is
a function of time as 'halal-haram' is also
a funtion of time.
Even the tuning
method evolved. It started with a carrier
tuning. Carrier tuning for the old vacuum
tube will deteriorate the efficiency. Then
they went to voice tuning with suppressed
carrier. Some whistle and some would say "Hola"
or simply "Haaaaa". Today you will hear 'One
Two Gedung Gedung.....One Two Gedung Gedung".
Who can stop
the change ? People are trying to change the
concept and the practices of religions too.
Malaysian hams
are great because they want to move forward
fast and putting progress ahead of them,
like any others who said 'We are the best in
the world....Even America is copying from
us...'
08/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
UMNO -
A TIME TO PRAISE
After bashing
and lashing UMNO most of the time, I think
it is unfair not to praise anyone at all in
the party. I think it is fair and reasonable
to ponder the different between the party
and the member. The last time I argued with
my UMNO friend he mentioned one bad thing
about Anwar. I asked him whether Anwar was
in UMNO during the time. I pointed to him
that since Anwar spoke with UMNO's tone
then.
One UMNO man
who is a Minister now is Dato' Ahmad Bashah
who had been the Kedah exco member for quite
some time. Dato' Azizan Taib and Dato' Ahmad
Bashah had taken much interest in my school.
Both were humble and friendly. We
would invite them in almost every occasion
which they would never decline. Dato' Azizan
Taib left us too early at his young age.
Before becoming an exco man he was a
Principal of a school just a few steps away
from mine.
Dato' Ahmad
Bshah had contributed much to our chool and
showed much concern about the Muslim
students who could not read the Holly Quaran
and could not perform a simple prayer. He
agreed to a kind of a Summer camp which we
made a yearly event in Sik. He even visited
the training and motivation site..
When Dato'
Bashah is in Alor Setar he he would go to
Majid restaurant for rice-tomato. Long after
my retirement I always meet him at enjoying
his meal. Dato' Johari too was a regular
customer. But I felt comfortable with Dato'
Bashah.
I feel as a
Muslim every individual must take interest
in the affair of Islam. It is not about
being a missionary to spread it among other
non-Muslims. It is about looking at the
future of the Muslim youths. The Jihad is
not to make them drug addicts or criminals,
to give them proper education, to develop
them to be a good Muslim. A good Muslim is
good to all other races and creed, to be
kind and fair to all.
Dato' Bashah
had done his part and his duty to God. He
didn't tell the world of his contribution to
enhance more Muslim to gain support in the
election. And he didn't even ask me my
political views and belief. Moreover my
school was not in his constituency and the
students came from all over. There was no
such intent as 'you scratch my back as I
scratch yours'.
One UMNO
blogger accused "PAS only knows how to pray
for the destruction of UMNO leaders....."
when PAS leaders have been praying for the
well being of those Muslim leaders and pray
to God to show them the right path.
08/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
TELUK
INTAN
DAP
quit work after Teluk Intan by-elction ? Now
is the time that DAP must go back into the
villages, systematically asked the voters
whether they went out for voting or stayed
away. Do I need to tell more of the reason ?
If my
hypothesis is right Dyana had won by a large
majority. But PR does not want to do it, to
take time and sacrifice some energy to
investigate and record what the people say.
Otherwise the question could be very simple.
'Did you go out to vote ?'
To be
a defeatist before the completion of the
struggle would be very naive that gives
advantage to BN. It would not be healthy to
the nation. I would not even want to
congratulate Mah until the fact
finding mission is over.
From
the Royal speech I sense fear in PM's mind.
His Highness appeal for peace and
tranquility.
In
Teluk Intan and election areas troubled were
caused by BN supporters. With such threat
more than half the population( including the
Teluk Intan voters) did not show their love
towards Najib. I mentioned this in
particular because I saw people wearing I
LOVE NAJIB's T-Shirts.
I said
that Teluk Intan can determine GE14. Hence
fact finding mission is vital. It may prove
something.
07/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
FUNNY
Last Tuesday
3rd May 2014 I received a message from
60179286230 with the message "Mr/Ms ABDUL
RAHMAN BIN ABDUL RAOF. Ur CIMB BANK BERHAD
acc are seriously overdue. Pls cl SHAHRUL at
0392326144.Tks I just ignored it because I
do not have any account with CIMB.
Today 6th. May
2014 I received another SMS from 60124952037
with another message 'Mr/Ms ABDUL RAHMAN BIN
ABDUL RAOF. Pls make payment into your CIMB
BANK BERHAD and call SHAHRUL at
0392326144.TQ'.
This time it
made me mad at CIMB Bank HQ Kuala Lumpur. I
called Shahrul. Shahrul asked for my IC
number, both new and old. Unsuspectingly I
gave both. He then told me about my overdue
account with CIMB. I said that I had no
account with CIMB. Then he said about me
having a credit card. "I had no account with
CIMB and have no credit card with the bank."
"You have a
debit card with Soutrhern Bank." He changed.
That confused me more. "I have never been to
any Southern Bank and never had an account
nor a debit card." I shouted over the phone.
He said that I had made a payment last year,
which I asked him no more. He asked me to
check with the nearest CIMB Bank.
I went to CIMB,
the main branch. The officer asked for my IC
card. "You have no account here." The lady
asked me to verify with an officer name Viki.
Viki took my IC, went inside and she came
out to tell me,"You do not have any
account old or new, no credit card and no
debit card." She further told me that
Shahrul is not a banker but an agent.
I rushed to the
police station to lodge a report. After a
verbal narration the police woman told me
that next time I should reply to such a
message. There are too many scams now.
Criminals hack and get information about
people from various sources. "Are you
cheated yet ?" She asked. "Not yet," was my
reply. She asked me to come back again if
there is any document of claim comes to me.
Just now I
checked back back the first message and the
number from the website. There were many
complains. One says it is a bot. There are
two words that made me conclude it was not a
bot. The first was Ur to mean your and
second is Tks to mean 'thanks'. These two
words are regularly used by hams. And I
checked 0124952037 and I saw two
complainants about this number.
Funny the
police said there is no point investigating
those numbers because anybody can use anyone
phone number by conning or hacking.
Nevertheless it made sense too. It is just
like saying 'don't report anyone threatening
you because you are not dead yet.'
06/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
32
Million ringgit loan free of interest
Najib just
announced of a free of interest loan to
business of Pasar Ramadzan. Truly I found it
very hilarious equal to kang-kong story and
the RM1 ringgit chicken. It is not that I
want to insult our PM but it pokes a
laughter. Instead of answering who ordered
for the 32 million of interest free loan to
Deepak Najib tries to close people's mouth
by announcing the loan without interest to
the small food vendors.
It will not
end. Bank Rakyat under the new management
cannot charge any interest to others as
well. Other business individuals will be
rushing for the loans.
Do you think
the bank will approve ? NO. They will come
up with insulting excuses for saying NO.
There is a
strong philosophical that need to be asked
because people are asking for it. Why God
does not strike the evil Satan with the
mother of all lightning ? If Satan is the
worse being created by God, the Jews believe
Nazis were much worst than the Satan.
What Najib had
done was what Mahathir had done to Bank
Bumiputera. It was not only about loans
without interest but loans that were not
paid.
I think people
must not be fooled. There could be a mad man
who detested us so much when he was sober,
would dig our grave to sodomize us out of
his extreme anger and hatred. When Karpal
died there were people who paraded their
happiness, celebrated with joy. I can bet
that if Mahathir were to pass away there
will be an immense celebration, within or
outside the country. Mahathir had made both
the Malays and Chinese suffer until now,
paying to IPP and Indah Water.
BN is still
lucky because people are not aware on how
cheating on ballot papers could be done. Or
may be they do not want to bother much. May
be many know why Deepak was given such a
privilege. He did expose the favor he had
done to Rosmah. Would Najib care if Bank
Rakyat will meet it's fate like the Bank
Bumiputera ?
BN knows what
really happened at Teluk Intan. I always
believe until now that Dyana is the true
winner even in the ballot majority. Najib
knows his popularity. Though many do not
realize the invisible malicious affair, a
few know enough. Or may be the people know
but they chose to remain silent. The Panda
diplomacy and the visit to China is the
layout for the GE14, to appease the local
Chinese, to regain their support. But the
laid carpet can always get splashed and
covered with mud.
Prices continue
to climb. The government can never win over
the business community. Their incurred
commitment are also rising. With the coming
GST even the UMNO goons and gangsters will
be suffering.
Najib will have
to come up with some juggling on free
interest loans. Millions of people will want
it. So te lies will continue. More sins and
more 'soey seow'. The momentum of the spiral
of lies and deceptions will pick up a
greater strength of infinite magnitude until
UMNO becomes the uncontrolled vortex of rvil.
Try to list
down the string of bad events happening
under the reign of Rosmah Mansor. To the
Muslims especially, they are very scary. Are
the Malays wrong to say that JAKIM and UMNO
are telling them pork is OK to eat. ? After
all the Malays have been smoking cigarettes
with similar type of DNA. How about the
exodus of Muslim students into
Jewish-Christians ? WAIT. More are coming.
06/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
THE
BLIND SPOT OF MUSLIM MALAY EDUCATORS
My definition
for Malay Muslim educators are those with
powers and the people who carved the
education system and policy. They do not
include the normal teachers. They started
from the school heads to the Minister of
education. Teachers are to do what they are
told to do. One lady educationist in the
education department said "Teachers are to
do not to ask". Many bring home their jobs
because there are too much to complete. They
bear heavy burden without a word.
The Ministry of
education created policy, curriculum and
visions and shove them down into the tunnel
of the school system. Those were never
static and underwent changes very quickly
from time to time. The secular education
caused fear among several concerned parents
and choose to send their children to have
early education in religious institutions.
I saw disaster
in the system that would cause the social
chaos, declining morality, new value system
that elevate human right and liberalism. We
could wonder how they chose officers to
important posts. One retired school
Principal would only praise and talk about
Mahathir during the weekly assemblies.
Another wanted to get rid of computers
because of the bad influence on the
students. The majority believe they are
dedicated enough and know their job well.
My boss used to
tell me that it was my duty to know all
about my staffs and whatever happened in the
school and it's surrounding. It sounds like
an impossible task. But it is a task. We
need more than the third eye to sense.
Despite the effort there might still be some
blind spots we fail to see.
I have narrated
before about the students who can't read nor
write, about the Mislim students who can't
perform ablution and prayer, and about those
who can't do academic learnings. If Ustaz
Kazim and Jakim could not know the damage of
the Muslim students how would they know the
existence of haram shortenings
in Cadbury and other foodstuffs ?
When there were
cases of apostasy of a big group of Muslim
students overseas my first thought was the
sin of UMNO and the MSD. I murmured to my
sick wife about the role of MSD and an Ustaz
placed in them. "UMNO must have put the pro-UMNO
ustaz in the MSD to campaign for PRO-UMNO
club". Don't I know any officer at all in
the MSD, their ability and mentality ?
I never think
UMNO is worried about the present storm of
Cadbury and apostasy. Everyone is busy with
protecting the interest of the party, fear
of losing money and position. Everyone is
thinking how to be an illusionist to win an
election. Would Mahyuddin be alarmed at the
deterioration of the Muslims morality ? But
let me praise Datuk Ahmad Bashah who anually
donated RM5K to my school for the training
and coaching the Muslim students who lack
the practical knowledge of religion. I would
to call all the UMNO members to be more
concern of the weak students, and carefully
scrutinize the current secular education
system.
We are told
that progress is wealth and the attainment
of the state of the art technology, high GDP
and high per-capita income. The Malays will
be backward and left far behind if idling in
the economic race. Those indulging in the
spiritual world will not be contributing to
the growth and development. We give our
focus to those with high academic
achievements to enhance global
competitiveness. Everyone ignores the
dropouts and the low achievers.
Now we are
living in a violence world. Criminals caught
were with many previous records. The law and
punishments are very kind to them. Big time
robbers who robbed Bank Bumi, Perwaja and
PKZ went scot-free. You can steal as long as
nobody sees you. Even if someone is seen
stealing he is not 'stealing' unless he is
reported.
The side
effects of secularism are the blind
spots people just can't see. In the mind of
the educationist every planning and policy
is perfect. If they care to investigate
every individual they wouldn't have made the
force streaming of 60-40 science-art cohort.
The poor in mathematics will sure to plunge
additional mathematics. At the end of day we
will produce enough people to be called
'pariah group' who have no insight of the
eternal world, neither would their feet
touching the ground.
What is the
cause of so much confusion in Malaysia ? Our
leaders have lost the ability to think. To
be more specific and precise 'the Malay
leaders have lost their ability to think'.
On education and economy and other matters
they engage other national and paid millions
for the policy. They consult some Indians or
Chinese to tell them on GST and other local
economic policy.
They put all
their effort to make sure of winning all the
elections by hook or by crook including the
use of hooligans and smoke screen
deceptions. They were thinking how to enrich
themselves and their cronies via various
projects and gifts. They arrange all the
public resources for their benefit. They
seek the help of the clerics to justify
their evil acts, corruptions and misuse of
power. The highest of all they claim that
they are divine and UMNO is the party sent
by God.
Did our
educationists see the type of citizens it
would have produced for the future, NOW ? Or
they deliberately chose to produce confused
and chaotic Malaysians ? And should the
school's heads and educationists created
more jobs to do the extra jobs which they
are not paid to do. Matters of morality and
religions are the jobs for the parents.
After all God creates heaven and hell. Let
some go to heaven and some to hell
06/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
STRIVE
FOR A LIVING
I have both the
Chinese and Malay friends doing big
businesses. Their fates were similar. Many
had to close down their businesses. The
Chinese I knew did not show their tears but
keep on struggling, opened up a new and
different outlet. Successive failing opened
up their minds to took for some luck to
start a new in Australia or the United
States. There were Malays who did the same,
migrating to those places to open up
restaurants and work on a farm.
Life is a
struggle for all races. To the Chinese
idling is a suicide. To them they can't
expect anything from the government. Skill
is only through being an apprentice
somewhere from the young age, working
without salary except for free meal. Some
took 15 to 20 years to gain total experience
to receive RM3K a month.
Never think any
business can make you a millionaire. Just
try an electrical outlets. You may have the
minimum of 7 workers and a monthly
commitment is about RM10K. The sale must at
least give a profit of 11K to cover the
cost. Selling durable goods is not like
selling goreng pisang or mee goreng. My
friend who closed down his computer shop
worked under his sister who opened up a
restaurant. "Rstaurant makes money," he told
me.
Shops selling
computers were most found to be closed.
It is not the
same as selling a few hundred thousands
1Malaysia laptops to schools by a company
belonging to a crony. The supplier made
millions by a single stroke, and the members
of the public are paying for the machines.
There are business that forced into people's
throat in exchange for a forced payment like
Indah Water and the IPP. Even the Telco
siphons for unanswered call.
Like the
Malays, the Chinese too borrowed money.
Chetiers are gone. Loan sharks replaced
them. It is seldom for the poor Chinese to
get help from the wealthy ones. The poor
Chinese suffers as much as the poor Malays.
Compare with the Malays, the Chinese find it
extremely hard to get a free entrepreneurial
or skill training.I seldom hear MCA gave
away money to help the troubled Chinese.
They collected much more than any possible
contribution to their community.
I can't talk
for the Indians due to my poor knowledge
about their community. I had had three
Indian workers in my school, two of whom I
encouraged to do part time businesses,
making and selling muruku. I supported one
to buy a grass cutter. One Indian student is
now in the air-force. But I guess the
Indians and the local Thais had to do a lot
of struggling to survive.
Some believe
that crimes are related to poverty and
joblessness, except for the drug addicts.
You smell crimes everywhere, and they seemed
to be beyond control.
The Chinese who
work with the government do not think much
about survival. The rest are thinking about
it day and night.
Poverty does
not recognize racial composition nor creed.
There are millions of poor Americans in the
land of the wealthy. There are many wealthy
Malays among the poor community. An
independent person needs a survival skill
and dexterity to live on, with the hope
their siblings would come to their rescue
when grown up.
04/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
MY
VIEW ON CW
Anyone can
exercise his own view to himself or form a
belief out of it, as long as he does not
force his will on others. If you don't agree
with it, just be it. Everyone is entitled to
his own opinion.
I always
believe in good and positive attitudes,
diligent and hard work. I can't say whether
those characters are innate and hereditary.
But I know that culture must be taught and
trained. A King can keep his son indoor for
safety or send him to battle field to combat
with the enemy. Ancient court gave
importance to breeding, of habits, manners
and attires to be looked cultured.
The creator of
Amateur Radio fraternity saw pride in the
hobby in two things; the making and
construction of communication equipments and
the ability in sending and receiving Morse
codes. Both possessed a certain degree of
difficulty to achieve. To be a ham one has
to have a certain mental setup and made a
fairly elaborate preparation. As time went
by ham radio created and formed it's own
tradition. CW had been associated with the
hobby.
But in the
modern era almost everything underwent great
changes, pushed by liberalism, education and
technology. Even the content of religious
teachings changed. Especially in Asian
region people began to throw away the
traditional dresses, and only wore them
during functions and on a certain
festivities. Traditional food slowly became
exotic and young people had to pay a huge
sums to learn cooking. Women went out to
work, drive lorries, busses and taxis.
What is
inevitable is inevitable. VHS tapes and CDs
will somehow be obsolete. Manufacturers and
firms decided the change. We can sustain
them because of the minute and sophisticated
technology. New things were born and spread
like a virus; came the smart phone and the
LED TVs and the different kinds of
computers.
To many the
most alarming is the change in value system.
Gay marriage, drugs legalization and living
without wedlock have become the norm. A few
Muslims questioned about the taking of
bathing in place of the procedural ablution.
Corruptions are considered favors and gifts
of helps. But these are not inevitable.
Why should we
change the non-inevitable practices and
hardware ? Many houses prefer cooking pots
to microwave, sweeping the floor using
brooms rather than the vacuum cleaners.
In the radio
world manufacturers are producing ready made
sophisticated and light portable
transceivers. And there are plenty of
commercial made antenna system. Have money
everything goes. Hams prefer not to waste
their time in constructions. Since the
mother boards are so minute and compact it
is becoming more and more difficult to do
the repair work. The kaput equipments are
either sent back to the companies or thrown
away. Without any electronic knowledge
anyone can operate a transceiver. Only a few
left in the world who homebrewed radio
equipments.
In such a
situation Radio Amateur Examination is
irrelevant. There are thousands who use ham
equipments and staying on the ham bands
without having to learn electronic.
Yet we require
RAE and in Malaysia a pass in CW. They are
to keep with the tradition of ham radio. And
to keep a certain standard and status of ham
radio as compared to the other radio
hobbies. CB is another form of a radio
hobby.
A certain
portion of the objective tests relies on the
element of luck. That's the reason why some
still cannot describe the reason and the
working of a balance modulator or the theory
and application of an impedance. How true is
that that some do not know the resistor
color codes and to read their values ?
Students went through all the past year
questions and to choose the right answers
without understanding any concept.
But it is not
the same as CW. There is no element of luck.
One has to master the codes to pass it.
By co-incident
the preparation for CW itself build and
developed a certain desirable attitude.
First it is the dare to face challenges and
difficulties. There is no such thing as
spoon-feeding and luck. Once there were many
class B hams who went to Morse test without
learning anything, hoping to pass. Of course
it was a hilarious affair.
The thrill
seekers would do almost the impossible. The
daring sky jumping and acrobat, climbing
stiff mountain and rock, challenging the
severe weather at the highest mountain in
the world and ll sort of other daredevil
stuffs. These people carry different
demeanors with them, and looking at life in
different ways from many others. They
possess genuine leadership skills.
Though
discrimination is detestable you won't want
your kids to mix with thieves and drug
users, do you ? We have no alternative but
to categorize human being, the lawlessness
and the gentry, hooligans and nobility. Even
an innate mental capacity compounded with
acquired knowledge differ between person to
person. Categorization into specialization
of tasks and economic productivity evolved
on it's own. I cannot be better than a
lawyer, a doctor, a pilot or an engineer and
caanot be at par with them in the social
status.
However there
is a margin of tolerance for the social
interactions and intercourse. We go to
mosque and pray together regardless of
social status, mental ability and wealth
accumulation. We form a society of
acceptable people. We would still have to
reject criminals, rogue individuals and
murderers.
We have to look
back and determine the characteristics of a
radio society and the people who choose to
embrace this hobby. Right now don't we hear
hams who borrowed things and money and never
return them, hams with foul mouths, hams who
broke any law they chose ? We would not want
swaggerers, liars and cheaters, do we ? I am
very disturb and sad to hear that one ham
welcome all the criminals into the ham
fraternity because they have all the right
to do so. To you it may not sound absurd.
To me CW is a
form of control and a filter towards a
glittering and joyous hobby. Hams must have
a certain caliber and acceptable characters.
03/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
A HAM DYING DREAM
In a far far away land, father than the land
of Timbuktu, ham radio was a part of a past
time of many people. They chattered day and
night among themselves. They were jolly good
fellows having enjoyable time chatting on
many topics.
They had only one class then, which is today
called Class A. Exam was tough as it was
held in English and in descriptive forms.
Those who listen to their conversations were
called SWL, a short for Short Wave Listener.
Though transceivers were difficult to get,
some of the SWLs could accumulate them to a
big shocking numbers. They had one dream -
to talk to those hams they had been
listening to.
Years passed. Many SWLs sat and passed the
radio examination, applied for a Morse Test
and awarded with a ham license after passing
both the written and Morse tests. To qualify
for a ham ticket was tough for the masses as
many were not well verse in English and
Morse codes was the main hindrance. To those
who could not get through either gave up
listening or continued with the dream. One
of them was Men Kong Gong.
In the later part of the century a Class B
category was introduced. Hams under this
class were restricted to VHF ( Very High
Frequency ). The exam format changed. The
questions were in objective forms. Men Kong
Gong sat for the test and passed. Since his
dream hams were on the HF, he could not
communicate with them. He needed Morse
certificate, which he found difficult to
obtain.
Ham Radio was not only in the land beyond
Timbuktu but it was an international hobby.
The world seemed to worship the United
States as a god. The great nation changed
it's policy, to abolish Morse requirement,
and it was a great opportunity for those who
can't learn Morse to put pressure on
the authority to follow the United States.
In the meantime one by one of the old hams
passed away. A few living ones were ageing
rapidly. Some are ailing and a few gave up
their licenses. As the old hams were
diminishing it followed that the dream of
Meng Kong Gong would inevitably followed the
same path. It became a dying dream of the
ham, Meng Kong Gong.
What can we learn from the story ?
To achieve a certain dream we have to put
out our optimum energy and resources,
working very hard with patient through time.
It is a process of attitude development,
erasing fear to face hardship and
difficulties. The harder the barrier the
bolder we shall be to overcome the
obstructions. I have heard words of a few
teachers "Come what any type of Principals
we are not worried...." because they were
very hard working and fulfilled the total
job requirements.
Changes and innovations do not guarantee a
perfect world. Drugs, crimes and other
social illness remain despite the tremendous
technological progress. People continue to
live in fear. Houses were broken into.
Bikers snatched bags and get away with it.
Drugs trafficking never seem to cease.
Internet conning is rife. There are killings
in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and the
world over. Masanto cheated farmers in
India. Corruptions, gays and free sex have
become a norm. Your kids are not safe
outside your house; they may be kidnapped
for the body parts. If Iceland had stayed to
themselves they would had not suffered from
the economic downfall of the dollar bubbled,
but they invited in the multi-national
companies. Why do we press for changes then
?
If you start to flout with rules and laws
before becoming a full pledge hams it is a
tendency that you would do the same after
becoming one. At least you will find ways to
enabled those who can't to come on
the radio through different twist and turn.
Political platforms were usually used -
radio for RELA, radio for PERKASA and radio
for some other NGO groups. All do not use
their radio for the jobs set. They chattered
like hams. You tend to open up loop holes to
confuse the authority. There is no need to
keep 15 or 30 transceivers before becoming a
ham, and to use HF sets to intrude on banned
frequencies for you.
I noticed that those who broke rules would
pressure the authority to pass the law of
what they had been doing.
Men Kong Gong would have his dream became a
reality if he had followed the style of
Chong Meng Ren, who would not wait for free
stuff but would struggle hard for his Morse
exam.
As time becomes older Men Kong Gong will
perish together with the old hams. The dream
fades.
03/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
HOW
MUCH IS UMNO's MONEY IN CADBURY ?
UMNO's money,
FELDA, Tabung Haji or government comes under
one category; government sponsored or
supported or approved. They come on TV
telling the people to eat and not to be
afraid of Cadbury product, a form of
encouragement for Cadbury consumption, a
direct advertisement and campaigning and . I
would call it a distorted thinking with a
bad intent, filthy and smelly.
When thousands
of Iraqis were bombed the American did not
bomb on the selected few. They should killed
only Saddam Hussein, not the whole innocent
population. Didn't they say Muslims are
terrorists and Muslim hijackers were Al-Queda
? Even our government arrested the Malay
fighters who fought for the Syrian rebels,
labeling them as terrorists.
It is the
Cadbury who need to prove in court of it's
innocent not the people from the government
of Malaysia.Their breached must be punished.
You can't
protect the cocoa industry and the
investments that UMNO or it's entourage put
in and going on to advertise the chocolate
product which may contain the pig's fat. I
would ask each and every chocolate be
checked for it's content. Yet some hoodlums
become heroes for Cadbury. Try to argue with
them and the sure response will be '..if you
don't want to believe us, just don't buy
them...'
For the sake of
money people are willing to sell their
souls. Satans love to befriend the ulamas
who follow it's footsteps.
It has been a
talk of FELDA's money in the chocolate. Who
run the cocoa farm ?
We want to know
how much money of UMNO and it's cronies in
the Cadbury production.
02/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
NEED
TO QUIT CRAZY THINGS
A student once
told me he got free marks for the monthly
test without having to sit for it. The whole
class was wondering how they were given the
grades. And a student of mine who became a
lecturer passed the failed students out of
pity.
Crazy stuffs
are happening everyday. 32 millions of bank
loan was without interest and millions of
dollars given to friends out of public
funds. And I myself go for exercise under
the heavy rain using either an umbrella or a
rain coat.
If we are
already crazy other nations could be
crazier. They legalize pots, gay marriage
and abortions. They found pleasure in
killing people, pissing at dead Muslims and
sodomizing a dead body.
Only this
morning Ah Hwa stopped by my house telling
me that his bike was stolen by three Malay
youths while he was washing his hand. One
Datuk's house he was working on was broken
into by thieves and stole many valuables. He
suspected the same Malays.
When Najib
gives out BRIM the drug addicts enjoyed
themselves most. The government is kind
enough to provide money to buy cracks. One
Chinese towkey said, "Crazy...the government
is making people lazy." I saw a handsome
lady with a Samsung went to a bank claiming
her BRIM.
It is a high
time we need to be serious in life to
enhance the competitiveness, mental prowess,
diligence, creativity and a real ability
among the citizens. We need to compute how
long our resources can sustain our GDP and
how they could be smartly distributed. Our
oil with somehow deplete. Rubber and Palm
oil are facing stiff competition.
A girl being
raped by 34 persons did not surprise me
either. Even without reading I have guessed
that she and the boys were in the same
group, as I always see the motorbike gangs
of male and female riders, ridding wild with
full throttle and some without helmets. And
more crazy the police rider passing these
guys pretended he saw nothing and heard
nothing.
I am a ham
operator. I found amazing things are taking
place on the ham band and outside the ham
band caused by people related to the radio.
Even the RELA group communicated like the
hams, jabbering away on various topics and
more strange things. There were such thing 'lesen
ampun kurnia' and without.
You just
observe busses accidences, one after
another. Try to chase a bus on a highway and
you will find they are running at more than
120 km/h. Who cares about it ?
But people are
people. They chose easy life, why wasting
time and effort busying in other people's
affairs. The Malays are fatalists and accept
whatever the outcome. A mother with a
rebelled child said to my wife that
rebellious youths are common today. It is
everywhere. Don't bother about them.
The ancient
people may know the term breeding and
cultured class, a character of ladies and
gentlemen.
Probably we are
too intoxicated with civility, human right
and liberalism.
Would the
police say that there is no thief until
their belongings are stolen, no robbers
until their wives' bags were are snatched,
no bad people until one of them is shot at ?
02/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
1001
WAYS TO CHEAT IN THE ELECTION
I was impressed
with the TV series Mission Impossible. There
are many intrigue schemes to make what
seemed to be impossible possible. Since
childhood I began to think how to win an
election using various malicious ways. I had
never surprise to hear stories of ballot
boxes floating in rivers.
I have always
believe that there are already ballot boxes
with ballot papers ready. They are very well
hidden and ready to be executed, added or
switched.
The best
counting place is at the place where people
cast out their votes. Yet the representative
of each party must be well scrutinized to
ensure he is not a mole or easily corrupted.
Light could always be switched off and
ballot papers added or the box changed. More
party members must be placed to observe
outside and inside the counting room which
must have an auto power supply if the main
goes blackout.
Any recount has
to be done in the room and once the result
is agreed by all, they are publicly
announced and recorded and witnessed.
Otherwise the Election Commission can always
change the figures. There is no second count
at any other place. The carrying of the
boxes can always be replaced with new ones
while in the vehicles especially design for
the bad deeds.
The most
remarkable way of cheating is to use the
unsuspecting chemical paper which will erase
the voters marks on receiving an
electromagnetic wave. It uses different
frequencies to make a mark appear.
There are 1001
ways to cheat. Some are easy and others are
difficult. The plans must be well laid out.
The normal laymen and political party
members do not think about it at all. The
most common in the last GE were the light
off.
To curb any
suspicion it best to win the whole election
marginally. Cheating husbands and wives
always know how to keep their spouse happy
and unsuspecting. Likewise in gambling,
Casinos will not win all the time. The
people must be made to win as well.
Either the use
of technology or manual procedures were
deployed. If you want to win in the 50 - 50
or 60 - 40 areas, you need to know the
groups that will forever be the opposition.
Your task is not to make them come out to
vote, either using feelers to bluff, corrupt
or threaten them.
Looking at the
local scene I would not make any conjecture.
Once, a very
many years ago I told my friends that UMNO
will fight among themselves and kill each
other. It will happen once the resource is
nearing scarcity. The continued means of
raising money through taxes can push the
public to the limit. Such thing has happened
and it will happen again. This time the
clash will be of a much greater magnitude.
Many UMNO members will realize they are
being deceived all the time.
02/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
THINKING OF A BASIC STUFF
I can't even
solve a basic problem. The current method of
sending my wife to the dialysis center is
only a temporary measure, as my Kancil will
cease to function in a short time to come.
No other car but Kancil has the seat level
the same as the wheel chair, and the gap
between the wheel chair and the seat of the
car is only about 4 inches. Viva's seat is
about two inches higher with the gap of
about 6 inches. Saga SV is more than 3
inches and the gap of more than 1 foot. I
use a slider board and a thick cloth to pull
my wife in and out of the car.
A second hand
Kancil of 2002 costs RM6800. It may have an
accident before and I would not know the
engine condition.
At home I made
a raised cement to make the height of the
wheel chair equaled the Viva's seat. That
could solve my bringing her onto my Viva but
I could not do the same at the dialysis
center. There is no provision for the raised
floor.
I wrote to
Proton and Produa for the lower chair by the
side of the driver, and both replied that
they do not do any modification to their
cars.
Then I looked
at the hydraulic gadget of any possible way
to raise the wheel chair or it's seat. Using
the gadget would consume a lot of time which
may slow down the transfer and will annoy
the waiting cars in the long queue at the
hospital.
What is left
for me to do is to change the Viva's seat
with that of Kancil, with the hope the
resultant height is the same and the gap is
within reach of the slider board. If it
could be done it would solve my problem
though my Viva will look a little ugly with
seats of unequal height.
I wouldn't have
any problem if my wife is thin and lighter.
But she is at least double my size if not
tripled. She can't stand nor walk.
I have been
telling her all the time,"If I were to die
before you, only God can help you/"
01/06/2014
- Abdul Rahman Raof
ESCAPING DEVELOPMENT
In China
more and more people leaving their homes in
cities for the deep jungle, on mountain tops
thousands of miles away, bringing with them
an initial supply of food and faiths. They
settled by building small shelter to sleep,
rest and protecting them from rain and
shine. Slowly improving their homes, plant
seeds they brought with them. It took almost
25 years to live a basic comfortable life,
free from noise and pollution, taxes and
authority.
How long
more could they live in tranquility before
big machines and bulldozers came in to
destroy trees and chase the wild animals
away as what had been happenings in South
American jungles ? All under the name of
development, high GDP and wealthy nation.
Never think
you can find a place anywhere to settle like
those Chinese or the highland natives of
South America. Even the monkeys, tigers,
elephants and other creatures that have been
living there before the existence of UMNO
are not spared, being driven out of their
natural home and lost their source of food.
Te savagery of mankind is untold and the
most evil in the universe. The greed is
baseless and will never end.
We used to
live in a wooden tilt house, enough to
accommodate our small families, without even
a tap water and electricity. We made our own
cooking oil from the coconuts, accumulate
enough rain water from the gutters for
cooking and bathing, planting foodstuffs
around our houses, no TV nor radio and slept
with windows open to allow the cool breeze
to enter our houses. We did not know
development. We were happy and had plenty of
time to remember God to thank the Al-Mighty
for bestowing us with enough providence.
New Zealand
and some of the Western countries still
preserve their greens, agriculture and
forests. Quietness, , serenity, peace
and tranquility is felt when you travel
across those nations. If you are proud of
sky-scrappers in Kuala Lumpur and Penang the
New Zealanders are proud of their farmers
and the farming land and the beauty of their
landscapes. Towns are smaller than the
smallest towns in Malaya.
Try to ask
our civil servants and UMNO and Najib why
they are so aggressive and obsedded with the
idea of development, higher GDP and a high
income nation. Listen to their
answers. They would paint very rosy pictures
of a much better and luxurious living and
enjoying exhilarating life. None will will
speak of the side effect of developments and
how it could change our social communication
and values and our attitudes on traditional
practices and beliefs.
In the past
marriages are forever. Divorces were rare,
only till death they depart. There were true
love then. In many developed countries the
institution of marriage has almost gone.
Couple live together and bear children
without tying any knot. Living partners
change from time to time. Male and female
communion is only for the love and fun of
having sex. Yet some claim the partners
remain but live on wife swapping.
The divorce
rates are alarming in Malaya only. The drugs
and gay marriage have been legalized. Crimes
like corruptions and murdering people whom
they labeled as enemies, are becoming a
norm. We don't have to talk about the
developed Western nation, it is ample just
to look at our own country. An open
corruption is called 'help' yet with a
demand for a reprocity. If Altantuya, Teoh
Beng Hock and XYZ are my enemies, they
deserved to be killed.
I don't see
mankind are becoming better, sincere or
honest. Selfishness is always behind the
smile and the innocent faces. They want to
be first, running red light, double parking
blocking other cars, a man grabbing 15
tissues for himself in a restaurant,
conning, collect money from the public
wherever they can. And politicians are the
worst lot especially Mahathir, the ex-Prime
Minister, who opened ways for the land
grabbing under the name of development.
Seeing many VIP passed away this month at
the age between 85-89, one Chinese man told
me Mahathir will live until 130 .
If there is
no more land where you can escape hell then
try the sea. Live in it, attached to land
around a remote place somewhere near Lahat
Datu.
30/05/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
A
NATION, A PARTY AND A MEMBER
They are not
one. A nation cannot be a traitor. A party
is too dumb because it has no brain,
therefore it cannot be a traitor. But a
member of the party whoever he is can always
be a traitor to the nation, the race and the
people.But we are made to believe that a
member is a nation. The nation is the
highest. If a member holds the post of a
Prime Minister or a President he is free to
do whatever he likes because he a nation.
Challenging him is a traitor.
The sanctity of
a nation should be preserved and protected.
No president, Prime Minister or King can
sell it to any foreign government or
foreigners. Global punishment standard has
to be set for any traitor.
Let the leaders
realize of the consequences of being a
traitor.
In every nation
there are two main type of courts; the court
set up by the government and people's court.
The legality depends on the guns and
weapons, the police and the army. If the
masses own the weapons and made judgment
then the power and legality of people's
court is recognized. The French and
Bolshevik revolutions were the period of
change of power. In France the King and the
Queen were executed.
The ruling
party is not a nation. It is subject to
change and vanished. The flags and symbols
of the party do not possess any sovereignty.
Flying them everywhere ignoring the
Malaysian flag is amounting to an insult to
the nation.
Any agreement
of ceding part of the nation to foreign
government by the heads of the ruling party,
lawmakers or with the consensus of
population is null and void. The living
people betray the nation. Betrayal is an act
of treason.
In the past
when people obey religion and a strong
believer in God, the power of a King was
almost obsolete. King was said to be divine,
the shadow of God. Challeng a King could
cause in a sudden and a violence death,
strike by lightning or struck by an
invisible power.
Today, the
educated liberal does not fear of people
around him, but respect them as friends, as
people who are kind and helpful, at those
who educate them and their children and
people who protect them. He says all man are
equal in the eyes of the Al-Mighty. How
could they fear a human specie when they do
not fear God.?
When Mahathir
sadi 'The government pays you the salary
therefore you must vote for the government',
people shouted back 'You are there because
the people put you there. Your salary is
paid by the people'. Newton Principle of
action-reaction has become bolder that
brought down Iraq, Egypt and Thai
leaderships. Syria is the most bloody.
Ancient cruelty
has been displaced by despotic and
authoritarian rules with different form of
power and strength. The use of money to
corrupt, promotion and threat combined
differ from the use of sorcerers and fear of
divine punishment. We begin to hear rulers
deploying hooligans and police to threat and
attack the people, paying jobless young to
spread and propagate lies.
How much money
and how long can perpetually blind the
masses ? Money rot. Continuous digging spoil
the source. Once they wake up and realize
the different between a nation, a party and
a member of a party, they will know it the
nation that they have to protect and save
not the betrayers and the traitors.
Bush and Obama
were called to be impeached. Somehow they
escape.
Is there any
clause in our constitution about impeachment
?
29/05/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
WHAT'S NEXT ?
MH370 isn't really over yet. Now comes the
pork in Cadbury. It could have been before
the era of Rosmah, but only shows it now.
Bad luck will never end until something is
done to it.
Bad luck could be a curse. The curse can
come from someone else or from within. But
science rejects the element of luck and
curse, replace it with probability, chances
and even Murphy's Law. There may be millions
who gossiped and talk bad about Rosmah, it
has nothing to do with MH370 or pig in a
Cadbury. An intense hatred does not change
good into bad.
The fun is to record and wait for
catastrophes, their frequency of happening
and the seriousness of each calamities.
The question 'What's next' can imply 'bound
to happen' or 'may or may not happen'.
It is bound to happen because it is a strong
force, unknown to us, that is pushing for
bad luck. Those who believe in Feng Sui and
made changes to the situation deemed to
bring bad luck, experience great changes in
their lives and businesses. A couple who
bored all female children shifted the bed
location as pointed out by Feng Sui finally
get a male child. Call it an accident but
the Chinese are wealthy and more successful
in many part of the world. The mirror at the
front door can chase out evil and bad luck
and they invite their god of Quan Yin to
enter their houses. So they believe. They
pay tenths of thousands for 8888 plate
numbers.
Before the '60s the Malays had had an annual
celebration called 'Mandi Safar'. The month
of Safar is the period of bad luck. To clean
oneself from the bad luck one could go to
the beach for the cleansing. Later it was
stopped as the practice was said to be of a
Hindu rite. Yet at home kids and those who
deemed to bring bad luck were given a bath
using the water that underwent incantation
with Quaranic verses.
A large numbers of Malays still believe in
mystery, black magic and shaman (bomoh).
Even Presidents have astrologers to forecast
events and bad days. Many Malay politicians
have their own shaman to ensure of their
position and safety.
But doctors and technologies and scientists
never appeal to spiritual world to assist
them in their quests. They would laugh at
your face if you were to tell them of the
bad luck brought by Rosmah or Obama.
No one can perform an event across the world
by telepathic waves. There ere rumors on the
experiment of mind control through the
amplification and transmission of magnetic
waves to implant control into human mind.
That requires sophisticated machines. Hence
it is impossible for a normal man to possess
such a powerful telepathic power.
We have to wait until Najib retire from his
Premiership to enable events comparison. It
would be a thought provoking if all bad
things stop abruptly, and Malaysia became so
lively with the new takeover. It may take
another 100 years to prove that bad luck
really exist.
If in the past the sea and inhabited land
turned to be desert of sand covering a huge
area, we can't say what's to become of the
world in future.
Whatever the next hell will be, let us pray
it will not be the bloodshed.
28/05/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
THE
FILTHY SPECIE
There was a
small Surau located at the junction of
Tambang Badak in the city of Alor Setar.
This small prayer house was empty except
during the day time as it was turned into an
insurance office. Tambang Badak, once a
Malay kampong, were sold to the Chinese
leaving almost no trace of the Malays. It is
now a business area. Hotels, medical center
and shop houses are filling the place. And
where the Surau was, is to be developed into
a Hyper Market. When land acquisition was in
force, the committee members of the Surau
opposed. PAS was accused of robbing the
prayer house. They seek the help of PERKASA.
Leaflets lashing PAS government were
distributed everywhere, especially in
mosques cursing PAS to the most foulest
language.
Azizan
commanded to leave the land alone.
The
construction of the Hyper-Market began. The
minds of the Surau owners changed. They
started to see the big money and the
benefit.
After some
vanishing act and juggling came an
announcement that they are submitting to
land acquisition as the ruler needs it.
Indeed I saw a
filthy specie.
PERKASA, the
Malay right group headed by veteran
politician including Dr Mahathir who
approved the Land Acquisition Act, that any
land could be acquired for economic
development. The greedy groups found it to
be very lucrative to rush for land. UMNO
gave priority to the property development.
Hill tops were raze. Agriculture land were
raped. Malay land were taken away by an act
passed by the Malay Right leader.
PERKASA, a
paper tiger, is fanning hatred instead on
focusing on mending the weaknesses of the
Malays and putting the morally declined
Malay youths on the right track again. They
should have declared war on drugs, clear the
Malay youths from the world of crimes and
prostitutions, look deep into the education
system that ignored the slow learners and
the less motivated youngsters and geared
their effort to enhance the Malays without
using tax money belonging to other ethnic
group.
Why PERKASA
when UMNO is already there representing the
Malays ?
27/05/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
ONLY A
QUESTION - HOW MUCH IS UMNO'S MONEY IN
CADBURY AND HOW MUCH THE COMPANY DONATE TO
UMNO TO MAKE THE MALAYS EAT PORK ?
Money seems to
be above everything in UMNO. The whole evil
started during the reign of Mahathir with
his brilliant idea to make the Malays as
rich as the Chinese. He
wanted to
create the aristocrat groups of business
communities that will control the wealth of
the nation. The historical crux of UMNO, the
Malay school teachers, were slowly replaced.
Mahathir found
that the Malays were slow to move. Farmers
and fishermen only know their traits and
left distribution to the others. They lHe
acked knowledge and education, no business
acumen.
The solution is
to create proxies and cronies who will work
under the order of the Master. He is one of
the Masters. He had to use his autocratic
power to pass laws forcing the public to pay
to the bodies under his scrutiny. He taught
Tajudin to sell MAS to the government when
the carrier was not making profit and bought
back it made profit. He used public money to
bail out ailing companies under his care.
Somehow he
found out he needed the Chinese as his
partner.
Greed never
end. He saw prosperity only through
industries and business. Dealings were made
with foreign firms. Mac Donald, KFC, Burger
King, telcos poured in. The country prosper.
GDP rises. Those aren't enough. They saw in
land for property development that bring
quick money. Houses on hill-tops could fetch
up billions of dollars if sold to
foreigners. Again there were growth in GDP
and National Income.
People saw big
opportunity in joining UMNO. Followers
bidding for projects. The awards came in
several forms. The owner of a license gets a
few percent which can be of a few hundred
thousands and the rest by the Masters.
Smaller projects were left to the head of
departments.
But later the
numbers hunting for the opportunities grow.
The competition between the members become
stiffer. Those who fail to get them became a
virus to the party. Unhappiness and breakup
in UMNO were not due to the difference in
ideology but the scramble for the share. So
was the ouster of Anwar and Pak Lah. Pak Lah
was not a sleeping Prime Minister but he saw
through Mahathir's design in the
mega-project.
Najib has to
find more money to satisfy the members. They
were accused of plundering the national
coffer until the nation has come to the
verge of bankruptcy and to sell national
assets which were vehemently denied.
Economist is telling us the economic growth
is on the positive side and foreign
investments are increasing.
GDP is GDP. You
grow a plant and earn money from it, it is a
domestic product. The 100 dollars you get is
with you, not in the national coffer. The
government has to devise methods to get part
of your earning into the national treasury.
If you live in a remote area nobody can
force you to pay any income tax. But to put
it in goods you buy, you can't escape
paying. Giving away money does not add to
your saving. It minuses.
What the people
need to know or already they have known that
how much money goes to the proxies and
cronies from KFC, Mac Donald, Piza Hut,
Burger King, Lever Brothers, Cadbury and
communications and entertainment ?
Let me tell you
about a modern robbery that had happened in
my town. Robbers broke into the goldsmith
shops, took all the precious metals, and
walked out. While going to their car they
threw out parts of the gold to the people
nearby. The people rush for the goodies.
Nobody cared about the robbers.
Taking billions
and throw millions. It is a great business.
They pay the hooligans to protect their
crimes.
27/05/2014 - Abdul Rahman
Raof
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