On Investment Scams

 Yesterday, the Friday khutbah was about looking for rezeki halal or gains made in the permissible way. In the Khutbah there was a vicious poke at online scammers on whether in the race to accumulate riches in fastest way possible it is rezeki halal (it is not). If it is in the khutbah then things are that bad.This is not a khutbah. This is just a reflection of mine after having been involved...

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On CPD, Learning and the absurdity of trying to force learning on the unwilling

Those who know me would know how I honour and respect learning in its every form. But the CPD scheme, Man. CPD Scheme just grinds my gears. They piss me off. During the last AGM there was a resolution to start enforcing the collection of COD points. Failure to collect CPD points within the set period will result in fine being imposed. I was fuming when I read that email update. How on God’s green...

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Apa Cerita?

Dah lama anak-anak aku tak minta dibacakan cerita sebelum tidur pasal mereka dah makin membesar. Jadi terkejut juga bila satu malam yang paling sulung cakap: Abah, can you tell me a story? Lalu aku pun bagi condensed version Sinbad the Sailor dari apa yang aku ingat pasal malas nak pegi cari bukunya dekat mana. Tak sampai 10 minit terus senyap semua tertidur. Mungkin aku patut buka channel YouTube...

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The Paratrooper's Prayer

Aku tak berapa pandai untuk menilai dan menikmati puisi. Ada cuba tapi mungkin aku belum cukup cultured lagi. Mungkin perlu mendalami lagi kerja-kerja pemuisi dahulu kala.  Dalam Call Sign Chaos, Jim Mattis ada merujuk kepada The Paratrooper's Prayer. Ini yang seronok baca buku bukan fiksyen, bibiliografi yang memberikan kau lagi banyak buku dan bahan lain untuk kau baca. The Paratrooper's...

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Do you believe in Magic?

In Malaysia for all the trappings of modern life we remain a society deeply rooted in the belief of the unseen. The supernatural, the tahayul. Magic they call it.  This belief cuts across racial lines and class divide. Everyone from desperate housewives to politicians needs someone who can manipulate or at least, bargain with the unseen. Everyone needs a friend from the other side. Sendings...

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On Secrets.

 Satu benda yang aku seronok bila berada di rumah Nenek waktu dahulu adalah jenis bahan bacaan yang ada. Dari akhbar-akhbar seperti Harakah, Utusan dan lain-lain, majalah gosip artis (URTV, Mangga dan lain-lain), publikasi-publikasi sensasi dan mistik seperti Variasari dan Mastika, buku-buku dalam Siri Bercakap Dengan Jin, buku-buku dan risalah HarunYahya, novel-novel Michael Crichton dan John...

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Forever

Bila Francis Light Dan Sultan Kedah menandatangani Perjanjian Kedah-Hindia Timur Inggeris, tukang tulis Sultan Kedah ada menggunapakai ayat selagi ada peredaran cakerawala, Matahari Dan bulan untuk menggambarkan jangka hayat perjanjian yang memajak Pulau Pinang dan Province Wellesley (aka Seberang Perai) kepada Syarikat Hindia Timur Inggeris (EIC). Memang sedap didengar ayatnya, berbunga selayaknya...

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On Freedom

  ‘’Aye, Fight and you may die. Run and you may live. At least for a while..and lying in your bed many years from now , would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM’’ Lebih kurang macam itu lah ucapan William Wallace (dilakonkan oleh...

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The Call

 There are two calls which are important to a practitioner. The first being your long call, a happy and memorable event where you are officially welcomed to be part of the legal fraternity. The other, equally memorable but not a happy event being the phone call to the client informing them of a court decision which was not in their favour. It is memorable because of the reaction it creates to...

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Giving (up) ghosts

Bila waktu kecil dulu pasti ada satu ketika bila kau pergi ke satu tempat yang kau yang mana kau sangat suka hingga tak mahu balik ke rumah. Tak kisah lah Disneyland ke, tempat percutian ke, kampung halaman kau ke. Yang penting kau menangis, meraung, buat perangai, pahut pada tiang atau bibir pintu sebab kau tahu pada ketika itu, di dalam minda kecil kau, kau tahu yang tempat kau berada itu lah...

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