To Whom It May Concern

Assalamualaikum & Simply Greetings

Conscience of Concern

Sometimes
one forgets to appreciate
things that come one’s way
things that by one’s side stay
faithful in one’s possession
continuously for a long duration

Sometimes
one simply put to waste
special things
splendour and grace
a habitual result of
failing and lacking
in compromising

Sometimes
one is never grateful
to those whose good deeds abound
until they are no more around

Sometimes
one does not heed
that much
about well-being and humanity
leaving so faint a trace of generosity

Sometimes

one is neither sincere
nor filled with gratitude
towards those who
Guides
Counseled
Cares
Comprehends
Loves …

Sometimes
one speaks without tact
and in action tends to overact
forgetting manners
and all awareness
and worse
one frequently fails
to acknowledge
the endowment
so rich and heavenly
from the Almighty!

Alas
for goodness sake
don’t brood when all’s gone for good
no regrets with feelings of emptiness
alone,forlorn and filled with sadness
the pain, the sorrow
will show sooner or later
because by then
no fear
when all’s gone
then falls many a tear!


a reminder of sorts
from

just another blogger

Syabas Polis Selangor

Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera


Inisiatif Murni

Semalam aku ikuti berita di media elektronik tentang perkara ini. Tadi pula dapat aku baca tentangnya di dalam media cetak. Hebat cadangan ini fikirku. Murni tujuannya. Mulia harapannya. Bukan sekadar tanggungjawab tetapi akan jadi semacam amal jariah juga.

Biar aku turunkan berita tentang cadangan dan harapan Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah bagi pihak polis Selangor khususnya dan polis Malaysia seluruhnya. Biar jelas apa yang pihak polis mahukan. Perhatikan petikan berita ini dengan teliti . . .

Petikan berita dalam Harian Metro
Selasa, 4 Januari 2o11

Aku amat yakin rakyat Selangor khususnya dan rakyat Malaysia seluruhnya tetap akan menyokong langkah dan tindakan baik sedemikian. Aku tak bimbang langsung akan hal itu. Rakyat Malaysia memang cintakan kedamaian. Kita memang idamkan kehidupan yang aman, sejahtera dan selamat.

Apa yang aku bimbangkan . . . jangan ada pula nanti yang mengambil kesempatan menyamar polis . . . dan dapat masuk ke rumah mangsa dengan lebih mudah . . . tak payah lagi nak pecah-pecahkan rumah!

Memang anggota polis yang akan datang mengetuk pintu rumah para penduduk Selangor nanti memakai uniform. Tapi, bukankah sudah banyak kes penyamaran pemakaian uniform polis oleh mereka yang tidak bertanggungjawab . . . ringkasnya 'polis palsu'. Situasi-situasi seumpama ini telah dialami atau dilalui ramai mangsa jenayah!

Ada kes-kes yang lebih dahsyat daripada itu pernah aku terbaca di dada-dada akhbar . . . penjenayah melampau yang sudah terlalu berani . . . hinggakan kad kuasa, kenderaan, peralatan dan aksesori dalam tugas-tugas kepolisian pun mereka 'palsukan' . . .

Jadi bagaimanakah ikhtiar pihak polis untuk memastikan cadangan tindakan mereka ini terjamin 'selamat' atau macam kata omputih foolproof ?

Seperkara lagi . . . bilakah jangka waktunya anggota polis akan berkunjung ke rumah para penduduk? Adakah pada waktu-waktu tertentu sahaja atau pada sebilang waktu atau secara rambang (random)? Asalkan jangan sepanjang waktu atau pada bila-bila waktu mengikut gerak hati anggota polis itu sendiri sudahlah!

Takut-takut semakin mudah pula 'kerja' mereka yang tidak bertanggung jawab mengambil kesempatan daripada keadaan ini . . . meredah masuk dan menceroboh kawasan rumah atau rumah para penduduk itu sendiri!

Janganlah sampai kerana para penduduk hendak memberikan sepenuh kerjasama kepada pihak polis lain pula yang terjadi kepada mereka . . . Janganlah pula bertambah membebankan mana-mana pihak, walhal apa yang hendak dilaksanakan bertujuan amat mulia!

Fikir-fikirkanlah bersama-sama. Berhati-hatilah mengatur sesuatu strategi. Semoga segala yang dirancang dan diatur berjalan lancar dan sempurna hingga mencapai matalamatnya yang sebenar. Janganlah menang sorak kampung tergadai!

Apapun, sekali lagi syabas diucapkan kepada pihak Polis Selangor yang sekurang-kurangnya mengambil sesuatu langkah (inisiatif) untuk menyelesakan lagi kehidupan rakyat di negeri ini.

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I Remember When . . .

Assalamualaikum and Greetings

Comics Got Me Started


As promised on New Year's eve . . . details of how D-reading habit got instilled in me . . . he, he

Number one ... let's have some fun!Number two ... here's one for you!Number three ... take this from me!Number four ... is your jaw sore?Number five ... you take a dive!Number six ... you're in a fix!Number seven ... up there is heaven!Number eight ... don't stop up late!Number nine ... you won't be fine!Number ten ... you never make sense!!!

I will not easily forget these rhythmic words (more appropriately old time combat jingles) for at least many more years to come. Those were the words from a series of combat comics in the fifties! The scenario was a Viking hero who fought and outclassed ten foes with his bare fists . . . and doing it in a very leisurely manner.

As a matter of fact, I started picking up English words at quite an early age (about seven) by browsing through such comics (whenever I had the opportunity to do so) at roadside newspaper stalls along Pasar Road (now Jalan Pasar) and Pudu Road (now Jalan Pudu) in KL.
I was studying at a Malay school then. I only went into English medium primary and secondary schools many years afterward. I had very little if not zero knowledge of English then. There were very few 'outlets' to 'access' into for reasonable guidance in English language learning (other than the limited scope of reading and writing practice in the classroom).

I still remember those 'Mamak' stalls around town (especially the ones in my neighbourhood) where my peers used to congregate! The famous rendezvous of ours . . . those days!
These stalls sold newspapers and books including comics. And . . . comics were the most popular item amongst us.

Comics were the in-thing then. But they were quite expensive to obtain. Not everybody was privileged enough to buy or have them at will. Yours sincerely was of course in that category of 'non-purchasers'.


There were also other comics for children at that time. The Beano, Dandy, Topper, Beezer features prominently amongst them. These comics were partly in colour. The English used was very precise and of a decent level. Cowboys and Red Indians comics were also in abundance.

Titles like Kit Carson, Buck Jones, Roy Rogers, Wild Bill Hickok and the like always captured the imagination of kids of that era. Adventures of William Tell, Dick Turpin, Superman, Batman, Robin, Zorro, The Lone Ranger and others in fully illustrated colour versions sparked up more interest (reading and visualizing) among comics enthusiasts.
























English captions/texts both in narrated storyboard form or bubbled speech form for episodes such as those found in the Beano, Dandy, Topper or Beezer comprising of characters like Lord Snooty, Desperate Dan, General Jumbo, The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Calamity Jane, Jonah, Dennis the Menace and others helped much to open up the young readers mind as well as attended to their curiosity in English learning.

New words picked up will 'casually' be registered in one's mind and later put to use either orally or in the written form. When such words were repeatedly used, an understanding of the English language will automatically be instilled into the youngsters' mind without them realizing it. A healthy reading habit has been voluntarily inculcated early in life. That is surely a good head start!

I am sure there are more ways than one to start an interest in reading. There is much talk about being the typical Malaysian . . . when one shy away from reading activities. We are said to be having very little (hopefully not negative in percentage) reading interest in comparison to people in other advanced nations of Europe or even Asia.

Whatever is the case, I would like to establish a point here. Every individual has his own style or method of starting and nurturing the reading habit in himself. I for one will always believe in the 'casual' and 'painless' reading style. It suits me best!

What about you readers out there? Surely you have your own way of inculcating that habit called 'reading'.

Please feel free to share your experience in this respect. Your comments are most welcome. Thanks.

A man 'well read' is a man in 'good stead'>>>>>>>>>>





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Posted by Bamuda d' SUARANG at 3:56 AM 0 comments

Comics Got Me Started

Yeah, It's True

Much has been said about us Malaysians not inculcating the reading habit rightly in ourselves! Facts were mentioned. Figures were shown. Percentages were compared. Still . . . Malaysians were said to be not 'reading' as they should have!

I just wonder if it is that difficult to start a liking for reading in oneself. I don't believe one should be forced to read. I think people should be encouraged to like reading . . . as they please.

I started in my own way . . . without much pain but with reasonable gain! And . . . believe me . . . comics got me started!

You people out there . . . allow me some time to jot the details of how comics got me started . . . (d some time could be early this year [2011] . . . he, he!)

Bye for now.

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Gila Sukan atau Gila Sakan

Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera



Gudel Jadi Bergedel?

Alahai . . . sebaik sahaja pengadil meniupkan wisel penamat perlawanan akhir kedua Piala Suzuki AFF antara pasukan bola sepak Indonesia dengan Malaysia . . . di Stadium Utama Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta hari ini (Rabu 29 Disember 2010) aku terfikirkan sesuatu. Aku terfikir tentang nasib banyak orang. Nasib para pemain, nasib jurulatih, nasib pasukan, nasib para peminat dan macam-macam nasib berbagai pihak lagi!

Dahsyat gak kalau orang dah naik fanatik akan sesuatu. Tidak terkecuali mereka yang fanatik dalam permainan bola sepak. Boleh sampai jadi terlalu emosi. Boleh jadi hilang pertimbangan. Hilang semangat gila 'sukan' naik semangat gila 'sakan'!

Konon kita ini satu rumpun bangsa. Katakan kita ni abang adik. Alahai, paling tidak . . . bukankah setidak-tidaknya . . . kita ini berasal daripada keturunan yang sama? Keturunan Adam dan Hawa!

Cuma yang menjadi peliknya . . . mengapa galak sangat mereka yang pada waktu-waktu 'kesukaran' mengaku kita ini 'abang adik' . . . lupa akan 'pertalian' yang telah mereka sendiri iktiraf selama ini . . . dan terus-terusan saja mewujudkan suasana 'berantam' . . . Atas nama semangat apa ini? Fikirlah sendiri dong ah!

Berbalik kepada mengenang nasib berbagai pihak yang aku sebutkan di atas tadi . . . apabila tamat sahaja perlawanan 90 minit yang bermula pada jam 8:00 malam (waktu Malaysia) itu . . . aku lantas terfikir . . . apa nak jadi kepada si Gudel (singkatan kepada Gurita Dewa Laut) tu nanti.

Gudel (petikan kisah tentangnya aku paparkan di sini) adalah seekor sotong (gurita) yang 'dipergunakan' oleh golongan peminat tegar (LEBIH TEPAT FANATIK) bola sepak di negara seberang. Mereka itu kononnya hendak tahu lebih awal siapa menang dan siapa kalah. Mereka macam lebih yakin kepada kebolehan si sotong tu daripada keupayaan para pemain pasukan mereka sendiri . . .

Petikan drpd akhbar popular
Harian Metro
Rabu, 29 Disember 2010

Sanggup saja mereka 'memaksa' si Gudel yang tidak bersalah itu memilih pasukan yang kononnya akan memenangi perlawanan akhir berkenaan.

Dan, setelah si Gudel . . . failed to emulate Paul's (of recent World Cup Fame) feat . . . (ramalannya salah . . . Malaysia menang dengan agregat 4-2) aku semakin bimbang akan nasib yang akan menimpa diri kamu wahai Gudel . . .

Yang aku nampak . . . mungkin saja tajuk berita di mana-mana nanti . . . Gudel Dah Jadi Bergedel! Kesian nanti nasib si sotong ni. Rupanya, susah gak jadi sotong ya!

Alahai . . . alahai . . . alahai . . . soton, soton . . .

Dan, aku akhiri dengan . . . lebih baik bermulut laser daripada bercoli laser . . . he, he.










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