Friday, December 4, 2009

IT Sajakah Hidup Kita?


Friday, December 4, 2009


Canggih IT Meriah TB



Assalamualaikum dan salam 1 Malaysia

Kita sembang sedikit tentang ‘adat’ dan ‘pantang larang’ orang Malaysia dulu dan sekarang. Dulu orang kita pantang dilihat bercakap-cakap seorang diri. Mereka juga pantang dilihat beraksi macam-macam bersendirian.

Orang yang ketawa atau mengangkat-angkat tangan, menuding jari, goyang kepala dsb tanpa diketahui sebabnya akan dicap tidak berapa 'betul'. Kalau mereka berbuat demikian ketika berjalan-jalan seorang diri, mereka mungkin dikatakan 'mereng'. Apatah lagi kalau mereka sedang memandu atau menunggang 'mesin berenjin' di jalan-jalan raya.Mereka tentu dicap tak siuman atau gila tak menentu!



Sekarang orang kita dengan selamba berbuat demikian. Mereka tidak pula dicap 'tak berapa betul', 'mereng', 'tak siuman' atau 'gila' seperti kata-kata yang dilemparkan kepada orang dulu-dulu. Mengapa begitu? Apa yang menyebabkan mereka boleh bebas bertindak atau lepas laku?

Jawabnya: Kuasa TELEFON BIMBIT (TB) punya angkara!

Telefon bimbit amat mempengaruhi kehidupan manusia sekarang. Di dalam dan di luar bangunan, di dalam kenderaan, di lautan dan di daratan, di angkasa dan di merata bumi, di tengah bandar atau di penghujung hutan. Pendeknya di mana-mana sahaja pelusuk alam ini!

Telefon bimbit jadi teman setia yang kadang-kadang merugikan. Ramai orang terbunuh atau tercedera dalam kemalangan lalulintas kerana asyik 'ber-telefon' atau 'ber-sms' menggunakan telefon bimbit sepanjang perjalanan. Selalu berlaku pemandu kereta dsb yang mengalami keadaan sedemikian.

Paling dahsyat bila pejalan kaki atau penunggang motosikal yang terlibat! Ranap! Longlai!

Penggunaan peralatan berteknologi tinggi, moden lagi canggih yang boleh memudahkan kita berhubungan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari memang dialu-alukan. Tetapi janganlah sampai langsung tidak diambil peduli bahaya-bahaya yang sentiasa mengancam . . . semata-mata kerana 'asyik maksyuk' dengan kecanggihan TB.

Nyawa lagi 'mahal' . . . lagi 'canggih' ooi!


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Sama Bebal


Thursday, December 3, 2009



Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera


2 x 5 . . . 5 x 2






Mari kita sambung kisah dalam Nilai Sebuah Cerita . Kali ini kisahnya (petikan daripada cerita lama yang diubahsuai supaya selaras dengan kehendak cerita kita) tentang seorang yang teramat kaya. Efaroji namanya.

Kekayaan Efaroji diketahui semua orang yang tinggal di sekitar Bandar Kolamraya. Malah di seluruh daerah sekelilingnya. Efaroji ada banyak harta. Duitnya ‘berlambak-lambak'. Makan tak habis kata orang. Tetapi perangai bakhilnya teramat tebal. Dia sangat benci bersedekah. Jauh sekali menderma kepada mana-mana pihak.

Efaroji ini bersikap agak pelik. Dia tidak mempercayai mana-mana bank pun. Maka dia tidak menyimpan duit di bank.

Oleh kerana duit terlalu banyak tersimpan di rumahnya, Efaroji takut kalau-kalau pencuri atau perompak datang membuat ‘onar’. Mencuri atau merompak duitnyalah! Dia mencari akal untuk menjaminkan keselamatan duitnya itu.

Fikir punya fikir, dia mendapat jalan keluar. Baik tanam saja semua duitnya. Maka Efaroji pun pergi ke dusun miliknya tidak jauh dari rumahnya.

Dia menggali lubang yang cukup dalam. Dia menanam peti berisi duit yang banyak itu. Selesai kerjanya, dia pun mengambus lubang itu baik-baik . Biar tidak kelihatan pada pandangan orang lain.

Untuk meyakinkan dirinya bahawa orang lain tak akan syak ada tertanam sesuatu di situ, Efaroji mencacak satu papan tanda di atas lubang yang sudah dikambus tadi. Pada papan tanda itu tertulis, “DI SINI TIDAK ADA DUIT”. Efaroji pun beredar dari situ dengan dada yang lapang.



Malang bagi Efaroji. Dia tidak perasan ada dua pasang mata memerhatikan segala perbuatannya tadi. Mata siapa lagi kalau tak si Tok'ad dan si Tekpol yang empunya.

Tok'ad dan Tekpol tidak membuang masa. Mereka terus saja menggali lubang itu. Apa lagi, seketika menggali sampailah mereka kepada peti berisi duit Efaroji tadi. Mereka ambil peti itu. Wah! senangnya hati si Tok'ad dan si Tekpol. Sambil bersiul-siulan, mereka bergerak hendak keluar dari kawasan dusun itu.

Tiba-tiba kedua-dua mereka terhenti. Tok'ad dan Tekpol terfikir elok mereka berselindung sedikit dalam perbuatan ini. Maka mereka pun tulis pula pada papan tanda tadi, “DUIT INI BUKAN TOK'AD DAN TEKPOL AMBIL”.



"Ha, ha … baru padan muka si Efaroji! Siapa yang kena tipu sekarang", kata Tok'ad dan Tekpol dengan bangganya ... ... ..."







[Begitulah resam dunia dan resmi manusia … kadang-kadang kerana perasan terlalu pandai … tak sedar semua boleh tergadai. Inilah kata orang, “Bodoh tidak terajar , pandai tidak terikut!”]

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Siapa Mahu Dia!


Wednesday, December 2, 2009



Assalamualaikum dan salam 1 Malaysia


Si Cuping 



Berhubung dengan isu si CP yang diberitakan dah nak jumpa PM Najib pula seperti tertera dalam akhbar-akhbar tempatan tempoh hari ... macam-macam jadi kerenahnya ... cukup-cukuplah tu ... Janganlah nanti bak kata orang ,"Hidung tak mancung, pipi tersorong-sorong!" ...
Saya sempat melakarkan sebuah puisi ... seperti di bawah ini ... sebagai tanda protes terhadap mereka yang suka melibatkan diri dalam sesuatu hal atau situasi tanpa mengetahui atau pasti tentang kesahihan hal atau situasi itu. Hujung pangkal cerita yang sebenar pun mereka tidak tahu menahu. Tiba-tiba buat kecoh macam-macam. Saya sangat berharap golongan muda sekarang tidak mudah terpengaruh dengan dakyah (propaganda) pihak yang cuba mengelirukan orang ramai dengan memutar belitkan fakta. Ada pula mereka yang tidak bertanggung jawab sanggup meniupkan api kebencian dengan menyebarkan sentimen perkauman. Apa pun saya percaya para pembaca yang budiman dan cerdik akan tahu juga kebenarannya. Akan jelas juga sebab-sebab mengapa isu si CP ini menimbulkan kemarahan rakyat yang setia kepada negara Malaysia!



Si Cuping

bawa balik si Cuping …
(bukan nama sebenar)
nak bawa ke mana?
dulu kata nak menetap di Negara sana
sekarang konon nak balik
ke pangkuan ibu pertiwi
kenapa?
di luar sana dah tak serasi?
komunisme dah tukar demokrasi?

hairan juga tiba-tiba
ada golongan sanggup jadi juara
melontarkan suara sumbang
penuh nada mengada-ngada
dah mula mamai atau tak tahu apa-apa!

dulu rakyat jelata menderita
terkorban, tersiksa
angkara perbuatan jahat
akibat kezaliman yang dahsyat
petualang keparat
yang dahulu kononnya
hendak membawa rakyat jelata
bersama-sama
mengecapi hidup merdeka
menikmati kebahagiaan semesta

cakap kosong
dusta bohong
gendang kelentong!

para juara pula
usahlah cuba-cuba
buat perkara bebal
nanti tak sudah-sudah menyesal
si Cuping tak jadi hal
hanya menanti sampai ajal …

kalian golongan yang masih muda
yang mesti teliti
harus bertindak berhati-hati …
itulah
jangan terpengaruh tak tentu arah
kalau buta sejarah
SUSAH!


amb
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Rabu 25 November 2009














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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Nothing Political


Saturday, November 28, 2009




Assalamualaikum and salam 1 Malaysia



Dare to Try?



Being no politician (not even half-cooked for that matter!)I've been refraining myself from touching on 'serious' political issues for fear of possible impending repercussions. But, after being served again and again with numerous political rifts (or 'gimmicks' of sorts) by many political persons (perhaps opportunists eager to test their popularity to find space for themselves in the present Malaysian political scene) I feel it is time to act otherwise. I am tired of the supposedly educated and matured people representatives abusing each other by uttering untimely remarks and resorting to name-calling!


They also abuse parliamentary or state legislative assembly/council rules (and ethics?) by not abiding to the respective Speaker's directives. They create embarrassing situations (provocative to some extent at times) by employing words like "awak pendatang"(you're an immigrant) on certain ethnic groups, "awak penipu" (you're a liar) on certain other community factions, "awak sudah tiada keistimewaan" on some other communal groups, and so forth. Some even go further by babbling childish and slanderous talk.

Those in differing political 'outfits' will always be under attack by their political foes. Ironically, even those wearing similar political 'outfit' were not spared the harassment. They resort to 'in-fighting' within the same outfit ... Nothing seems capable of making them stop.

Well, dear politicians. Since most of you chose so much to be disrespectful towards each other and it looks like you will not cease 'to act very much below your maturity level' I shall now try to point out a remedial solution to stop these wasteful renderings.You simply carry on uttering the following lines (or words in sequence), again and again, and then all over again, and so on continuously, as soon as your foe/s attack or challenge you . The two special lines are :

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" and "WHAT DO I MEAN!"


Example:

When Politician A says: "What do you mean!"

Politician B says: "What do you mean , what do I mean!"

Politician A will say: "What do you mean, what do I mean, what do you mean!"

Politician B will say: "What do you mean, what do I mean, what do you mean,what do I mean!"

Politician A will then say: "What do you mean, what do I mean,what do you mean,what do I mean, what do you mean!"

Politician B will then say: "What do you mean, what do I mean, what do you mean, what do I mean, what do you mean, what do I mean!"


and so on and so forth ... and both (or more) politicians can go on rendering the lines on and on ... Adding ONE EXTRA LINE each time. Anyone who can outlast the next person ... will be the next PM. Wish you well.


Ps: It takes patience and clever understanding of the method for word slinging to win this game... Think hard!


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Rb said...

basic requirements to be a good politician as suggested by Rb, 1st Level, Please be advised that to be a politician, u are required to act in accordance of its definition. Therefore u shall be able to give a definition when asked. your failure to give a proper definition is fatal and you ought to step out before being unnecessarily harassed by more complicated question. For those who are still interested, this is a proposed answer as defined by many. "the Politician is defined as one who is actively involved in politics or one who holds or seeks a political office" You might not get an A for the answer but it's suffice to move you to level 2. 2nd Level, Being a politician does not mean you are good politician. Therefore to be a good politician, again you are advised to act in accordance of its definition. I believe the definition of good politician varies depending on ideology. For example : for Party "Cap Penimbang", you are good politician if you are able to gain support from people or win an election. for Party "Cap Apollo 11 dan rakan-rakan", you are good politician if you are ready to make your objection/opinion loud and clear by all mean. for Party "Cap Bulan dan Bintang", you are good politician if you are not in Party "Cap Penimbang". For the time being, politicians under "Cap Apollo 11 dan rakan-rakan" are excused for reasons best known by Party "Cap Bulan dan Bintang" for fear of possible impending repercussions as mentioned by my Learned Father-In-law, I stand corrected and now wish to refer you straight to more logical definition without looking at the above example. From my so-called research from the internet, to be a good politician generally you must know how to build support for an idea, convince other people of its merits, accommodate others' points of view without undermining, has the ability to compromise, makes a prompt decision and looks after the welfare of the general public. To Malaysian politicians (not all), I wish that I can move you to the next level but unfortunately I hardly convinced that you are good politician as defined above. I totally agree my Learned Father-In-Law that it looks like most of you will not cease to act much below your maturity level. For those who are still interested becoming a good politician, there will be no discussion on Level 3 unless there is change of circumstances. Please accept my apology for any inconvenient caused. p/s my opinion is purposely drafted in this manner so that one of our politician will ask me to write about Level 3 therefore enabling him to outlast everybody in order to become our "PM". Royhai'zam Basri 3.49 pm 30/11/2009

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Friday, November 27, 2009

The Telephone & My Exam Paper




Assalamualaikum dan salam 1 Malaysia


Some nostalgic moments I like to share with all ...



The Inventor's Place



Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847. Over the years I wish to personally see the house where he was born. I just wanted to feel its wall with my own hands. I managed to visit the house in 1988. And, feel the wall of that particular house I did! It was ordinary. The house was ordinary. But, the child born in that house was indeed extra ordinary! Although not directly responsible for the present breed of wireless mobiles which is now the in-thing of the modern generation, Alexander Graham Bell did lay the foundation for these. Didn’t he?






The OSC Exam

 

In the sixties the Overseas School Certificate (OSC) exam papers were printed and marked in England. Form five students in Malaysian schools sitting for the examination had to answer in English for all subjects except Bahasa and other vernacular languages. Oxford University Press (OUP) and the University of Cambridge Press were the two university printers involved. These were highly guarded security areas. Outsiders allowed into the premises can actually be finger counted. I visited the press at Oxford in the eighties. Printing and marking of the above exam papers in England ceased when our very own examinations syndicate (Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia) came into existence and took over operations in later years.









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