Siapa kita tanpa mereka? (Where would we be without them?)

It is not Hari Raya, but lets remind ourselves of our parents and how we might one day treat them in such way..

Insya Allah, not.

Human forgets.

 

Malaysia - First World Technology but Third World Mentality

I just came back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a week after few years in New Zealand. I saw many changes. Many positive changes as well as negative ones too. See, when I say something like this, some Malaysians would think, “ohhh..but no one is perfect~”

So that is one of the “third world mentality” person would say.

I am happy to have a great dinner at Chillies at KLCC staring all bright sky scrappers that night - hotels, apartment, business towers. Besides, I saw many Malaysians even as far as Johor have their own laptop and able to connect to the internet when working in the mobile phone store, some I saw in the Petaling Street, a group of friends hanging out at J.Co Doughnut with laptop and wireless internet broadband. I even easily get connected to the internet at KL Sentral via Secret Recipe Hotspot network - for free! I admit, I am impressed with what we have achieved.

But in the other hand, there was a non-stop and continous silly political issues about Anwar Ibrahim, Bala, Najib, Badawi apart from other social issues like poverty, “Cinta tiga Segi” (Hazwan”s)…I don’t see any obvious plan of Malaysia to send more contingents to the Olympic 2008, neither any improvement to increasing suburban poverty due to oil price. I don’t see the enthusiasm of our PM towards D8 meetings. Overall, I would say, most articles and news (40-50%) covered in the local newspapers are merely about Altantuya. Seriously, I don”t get the full good stories and true coverage of D8!

In general, the way Malaysians work out their way in daily life especially their work routine and ethic is not satisfying enough. I feel their selfishness behind their friendliness. I feel their doubt behind their reassurance. I feel their false behind their truth. I feel their irresponsibility behind their thirst and hunger of power.

I feel their insufficiency behind their hard working!

I feel that Malaysians are a group of egoists - because they know they have the First World Technology but unfortunately, they need to realise how bad it is to have the Third World Mentality.

Malaysia can live in great debt one day, or at least the development could only be achieved at certain level and reach plateau with constant and consistent balanced incoming income and debt.

Eventhough Nostradamus said the end of the world is just as near as 2012

Other Articles:

Musing with Marina Mahathir; First world technology, third world mentality | Malaysian Business …; The Star Online Blog; Speech by YAB Badawi (pdf)

I (kidpieces.wordpress.com) define Malaysians as Malay, Chinese, Indians and other minority ethnics and migrated citizens. When I say that the Malaysians has a bad Third World Mentality attitude, please don’t give me any stupid excuse.

Successful individual do not put blame on anybody as well as giving excuses for his mistakes or weaknesses - Dr. Fadzilah Kamsah.

I miss him.

 

Negara Islam, Malaysia sebagai pengeluar daging dunia Babi terbesar

China beli babi Malaysia - * Harga termurah di Asia * Tampung permintaan tinggi negara itu

Oleh HERMAN HAMID

KUALA LUMPUR 18 April – Sekumpulan ahli perniagaan China baru-baru ini mengemukakan cadangan menjadikan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara pengeksport daging babi ke republik tersebut.

Ketua Unit Penternakan Babi Persekutuan Persatuan Penternak Malaysia (FLFAM), Beh Kim Hee berkata, cadangan itu dibuat kerana harga daging babi yang ditawarkan di ladang-ladang negara ini cukup kompetitif, malah antara yang termurah di Asia.

Sehubungan itu, katanya, beberapa syarikat dari China menyatakan minat untuk bekerjasama dengan penternak babi Malaysia bagi menampung permintaan daging babi yang semakin tinggi di negara itu.

“Beberapa syarikat menyatakan minat, tetapi kita tunggu dulu kunjungan wakil syarikat China itu ke Malaysia hujung bulan ini untuk membolehkan perbincangan lanjut.

“Setakat ini semuanya masih di peringkat awal dan tiada keputusan muktamad diambil,’’ kata Kim Hee ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Akhbar The Sun hari ini memetik laporan Nanyang Siang Pau yang melaporkan Malaysia dalam perancangan mengeksport daging babi ke China buat pertama kalinya.

Kim Hee dalam laporan itu berkata, urusan berhubung hal tersebut dilakukan dengan dua buah syarikat dari China selain usaha untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan.

Beliau dipetik sebagai berkata, jika Malaysia dapat menjadi pengeksport babi ke China, para penternak akan berpeluang memperoleh pendapatan yang baik termasuk dari segi pertukaran wang asing memandangkan pasaran yang besar di negara itu.

China yang mempunyai penduduk lebih 1.2 bilion dilaporkan berhadapan dengan kekurangan bekalan daging babi berikutan permintaan yang semakin tinggi dalam kalangan penduduknya.

Ekoran taraf yang semakin baik, permintaan daging babi di negara berkenaan dilaporkan meningkat hingga China terpaksa mengimport daging babi dari Thailand, tetapi langkah itu juga dikatakan tidak mencukupi.

Malaysia sebelum ini turut mengeksport daging babi ke Singapura namun ia dihentikan selepas republik itu melarang import daging babi dari Malaysia berikutan penyebaran virus Nipah pada 1998.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan, Dr. Ibrahim Che Embong ketika diminta mengulas isu itu berkata, pihaknya belum menerima sebarang permintaan daripada para penternak babi berhubung penternakan besar-besaran untuk eksport ke China.

Dari segi dasar, ujarnya, hanya ladang ternakan secara moden yang dibenarkan ditambah manakala soal sama ada boleh atau tidak bilangan babi ditingkatkan terletak dalam bidang kuasa kerajaan negeri.

“Mengikut amalan, selaku tuan tanah negeri yang buat dasar mengenai penternakan babi. Negeri-negeri memang hanya menumpukan untuk menampung keperluan babi dalam negara. Sejak dari tahun 2000, sudah tidak ada eksport babi termasuk ke Singapura.

“Statistik menunjukkan jumlah babi di Malaysia berjumlah 2.6 juta ekor tetapi babi boleh ditingkatkan pengeluarannya dengan cepat.

“Haiwan itu boleh beranak tiga kali setahun dan setiap kali beranak, ia boleh melahirkan 11 ekor anak.

“Mungkin sebab itu para penternak merancang terlebih dahulu dengan syarikat China kerana mereka tahu jumlah babi boleh ditingkatkan dalam masa yang singkat,’’ katanya.

Kidpieces: Civilizational Islam (Islam Hadhari)..?! Title english: Muslim country, Malaysia as the biggest world pork supply.

Other Article: Mengapa China Tidak Menjadi Pengeluar Babi Terbesar Dunia?

 

Success depends on self-control

This section is from the “Nature Cure: Philosophy and Practice Based on the Unity of Disease and Cure” book, by Henry Lindlahr.

If I were asked the question: “What do you consider the greatest benefit to be derived from the Nature Cure regimen?” I should answer: “The strengthening of willpower and self-control.”

This is the very purpose of life. Upon it depends all further achievement. Self-control is the master’s key to all higher development on the mental, moral and spiritual planes of being; but before we can exercise it on the higher planes, we must have learned to apply it on the lower plane, in the management and control of our physical appetites and habits. When we have learned to control these, higher development will come easy.

A good method for strengthening the willpower is autosuggestion. The most opportune moments in the twenty-four hours of the day for practicing this mental magic are those before dropping to sleep. At this time there is the least disturbance and interference from outside influences, the mind is most passive and susceptible to suggestion and impressions made under these favorable conditions upon the “phonograph records” of the subconscious mind are the most lasting and the most powerful to control physical, mental and moral activities.

When thoroughly relaxed, at rest and at peace, say to yourself: “Whatever duties confront me tomorrow, I shall execute them promptly, without wavering or hesitation. I shall not give in to this bad habit which has been controlling me. I shall do that only of which reason and conscience approve.”

In order to be more specific and systematic and to obtain results more surely and quickly, concentrate upon one weakness at a time. When that has been overcome, take up another one, until in this way you have attained perfect control over your thoughts, feelings and actions.

Suppose you have acquired the habit of remaining in bed and dozing after your mental alarm clock has given its signal to arise and you dread the effort of going through your morning exercises and ablutions. Then, the night before, impress upon the subconscious mind deeply and firmly the following suggestions: “Tomorrow morning, on awakening, I shall jump out of bed without hesitation and go through my morning exercises with zest and vigor.”

Or, suppose you are subject to the fear and worry habit. Say to yourself: “Tomorrow or any time thereafter when depressing, gloomy thoughts threaten to control me, I shall overcome them with thoughts of hope and faith, and with absolute confidence in the Divine power of the will within me to overcome and to achieve.”

In this manner you may give the subconscious mind suggestions and impressions for overcoming bad habits and for establishing and strengthening good habits.

If a serious problem is confronting you, and you are unable to solve it to your satisfaction, think upon it just before you are dropping off to sleep and confidently demand that the right solution come to you during the hours of rest. The inner consciousness is always awake. It is the watchman who awakens you at the appointed time in the morning. It will work upon your problem while your physical brain is asleep. In this lies the psychological justification for the popular phrase: “Before I decide the matter I’ll sleep over it.”

In the practice of mental magic, as in everything else, success depends upon patience and perseverance. It would be entirely useless to go through these mental drills occasionally and in a desultory fashion; but if persisted in faithfully and intelligently, they will prove truly magical in their effects upon the development of willpower and self-control, and on these depend the mastery of conditions within and without, the conquest of fate and destiny.

Source

Other Article: The Author Talks About Emotions Success depends on self-control, he says

Kidpieces: That’s what religion is for - guide to a better way of life. I know with all the rules and ‘guide’ this world is not as exciting for religious people. As quoted in Sunnah, ” The world is a ‘hell’ for the believer, but ‘heaven’ for the non-believers”.

 

Bisa ular tidak hilang walau menyusur di bawah akar

There is really no openness just as there is no transparency in this Government. You can deceive all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you cannot deceive all the people all the time.. - Openness by Tun Mahathir

Menteri naik ERL ke Pejabat

Tracking the system: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad arriving at the Express Rail Link station in Putrajaya yesterday, the second day he was trying public transport from his home in Jalan Tunku in Kuala Lumpur to his office in Putrajaya. His verdict after two days? “It’s not so convenient since there is no bus connection from my house to KL Sentral to take the ERL to Putrajaya. My wife has to send me to KL Sentral and my driver picks me up in Putrajaya. He will be bringing the matter up in the Cabinet today. Shahrir is a frequent user of ERL to KLIA. Source

YAB Mr. Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang was spotted travelling in economy class from Kuala Lumpur to Penang. Source

Kidpieces: This is the tradition, thinking and atittude I want to see among our current and future Malaysian leaders/ministers. FYI, I know a couple of our Emeritus Professors and Head School from School of Biological Science or School of Physical Science and Chemistry catch public buses after classes at 6-7 pm. Besides, you can never tell if there is one the richest man in NZ sits right next to you. All I am saying is, I want to see more of Malaysian top people from the Government or private to be open among other Malaysians happily, throw all the egos and arrogance away, at any where, in any time! Be with them.. Don’t have to make it public. Make it from your heart.

I pray other Malaysian Ministers and leaders follow the lead of Datuk Shahrir and YAB Lim Guan Eng - Approach the people of Malaysia like people like me and my friends do. But I hope other Malaysians make peace of this and do not take this for granted by taking the advantage to hurt them in any mean.

When they are being open, “Jangan pijak kepala mereka!”.

 

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artists For Unity

“This is an anti-racism national unity song and music video. everyone turned up for the video shoot. much fun was had and friendships made. video editors went to work after the shoot was done. both the recording and the video would be given away for free. a gift to the nation. from those who love malaysia to those who feel the same. did you ask what this is all about? it’s about love.” - Pete Teo

Malaysian Artistes For Unity

HERE IN MY HOME - Lyric

Verse 1
Hold on brother hold on The road is long. We’re on stony ground But I’m strong. You ain’t heavy

Verse 2
Oh there’s a misspoken truth that lies Colors don’t bind, oh no. What do they know? They speak falsely.

Chorus
Here in my home I’ll tell you what its all about There’s just one hope here in my heart One love undivided That’s what it’s all about Please won’t you fall in one by one by one with me?

Verse 3
Push back sister won’t you push back? Love won’t wait. Just keep pushing on. Yes I’m strong. You ain’t heavy.

Verse 4
Oh don’t you worry about that… What we have shadows can’t deny Don’t you know it’s now or never?

Rap
[Bahasa Malaysia] Bertubi asakan berkurun lamanya Hati ke depan mencari yang sayang translation: Years of fears and years of tribulation The heart keeps searching for that endless devotion

[Mandarin] 手牵手大家一起走，我代表华人开口未来就没有丢走 phonetics: shou qian shou da jia yi qi zou wo dai biao hua ren kai kou wei lai jiu mei you diu zou translation: Hand in hand we’ll march like blood brothers I speak for my people we’ll find peace forever

[Tamil] இந்த பயணம் பயணம்.. என் வெற்றி தாகம், அந்த கனா காலம்.. நம் வெற்றி ராகம், நண்பா.. நண்பா.. phonetics: inthe payanam payanamm yen vettri thaagam anthee kaana kaalam naam vetri raagam…nanba nanba translation: May the road ahead quench my thirst for success May the road behind echo a song of the blessed

[English] Yes I feel it in my bones and I will let it be known No matter where I roam this is home sweet home Sing!

Words & Music by Pete Teo featuring rap by KLG Sqwad & Altimet - Reprinted by permission. © 2008 Redbag Music. All Rights Reserved.

P/S: I am proud to recognise some of my high school friends in the production team for this lovely video, as well as in the video itself! I am proud to be a Malaysian Just…don’t be lazy. Keep up the good work, guys! I think it is spelled ‘Artists’, no? (re: Artistes)

 

Initimidation vs. Criticism (more about the Author)

What is intimidation?

Intimidation is using verbally, physically, or emotionally abusive behaviors to get people to “stay in line.”

What are the negative effects of intimidation? If I continue to use intimidation to control others, then I will:

1) Find people developing emotional barriers in their relationships with you so that they are no longer vulnerable to being hurt by your control.
2) Be at risk of being accused as being emotionally, verbally or physically abusive in your dealings with others.
3) Find that the costs of “getting your way” all of the time are greater than you expected when you find yourself lonely and disconnected from others.
4) Run the risk of becoming a pathetic, lonely, isolated person with few close relationships and many enemies out to get their revenge against you.
5) Experience a great deal of passive aggressiveness thrown your way by the people you are trying to control.

In the other hand…

What is Criticism?

Constructive criticism is criticism kindly meant that has a goal of improving some area of another’s person’s life or work. It can also apply to a critical reasoned analysis of a person’s behavior. But most people who are being employed to constructive criticism think they are being intimidated. Even when a person tries to present criticism in a non-emotional way, it may still be considered a personal attack. The only way to approach this is by truly being constructive, kind and helpful, and realizing that not all people are going to appreciate what you might have to say.

P/S: So you reckon I should to be kinder?

Hence, constructive criticism is not the most accurate definition for kidpieces at WordPress. I have to say I am just being brutally honest in this blog. Being one does not mean I am lack of emotional growth. Currently I’m working as a Hospital Volunteer at Emergency Department of Wellington Hospital here in New Zealand every week and I know I am quite a witty, tactful and polite in person. Most people who do this kind of job in NZ are the pensioners. The environment is very different from ‘the Candy Stripers’ in US. I did a number of social works before too eg. Campus Coach, Food Bank Helper and I chosed to be brutally honest, particularly in this blog because I believe the Malays won’t take criticism seriously, as Melayu Mudah Lupa, and so to others I know. I get the courage to be one because I am the product from a hypercritical environment. The only intention of being brutally honest is to see others to become better and in return make me feel better about myself and my capabilities. Sound selfish? Think again.. When was the last time you did something you want, but without the gut of doing it on your own.. which ends up with procrastination or done at the last minute?

Honesty is the best policy. The risk of being brutally honest is to face those who take criticism destructively. This type of people are arrogant and think they know what are they doing or they suppose to do. Unfortunately, I see most of them are not too far better than the other who take criticism into consideration.

- kidpieces.wordpress.com

 

Coward Malaysians’ Attitude [Editted]

So I found this absurd definition of Melayu in Urban Dictionary (click on above picture to direct link) using my name, without my permission. I know this is ‘kerja hina’ of one angry Malaysian or ‘dengki’ Malaysian who proud, happy and glad to see other race in Malaysia is being criticized. I don’t know which race, but certainly is, one of them. When I don’t like the Malay’s attitude certainly does not mean I love, happy or proud to complain about it so badly.

My real intention is to make the Malays realized what is wrong with them. Why the majority Malays are not as good and excellent as other race in Malaysia. I am racist if you want to think that way, but this is Malaysia of multiculutural country. It’s sad to see my own race is left too far behind economically (kais pagi makan pagi etc), intellectually (the objection to meritocarcy, budaya kurang membaca, lack in critical and creative thinking etc), politically (UMNO loss etc), socially (rempit, rape, budaya lepak, pervert Malay teenage-boys, bertudung tetapi berzina, lack of positive ethical sense, favouritism, buday perkauman dan ‘grouping’, pointing fingers, mudah berpuas hati, mudah lupa etc) and even in their own religion (eg. still believe in superstitions with all the crap dramas made by Malaysians etc).

About ‘budaya perkauman’ or grouping, I think it a bad attitude of most Malaysian students in Malaysia as much as in overseas. The different scholars (JPA, Petronas, MARA etc) have their own cliche as well the non-scholars/private students, the smarts, the non-achievers, the Chinese, the Indians, the Malays and other race or political stands. I don’t talk about different subjects, majors, degrees or years yet. But it will be awesome if we could break these cliches and mix to share ideas, experience, stories, knowlegde, jokes or anything at any time, not only during formal gatherings or dance practices. It would be better if these Malaysian students could open up their mind and be more all rounder, than stick to the same group of friends for the rest of studying year. I used to be in one group during high school, but I get over it.

Note that I never meant to define Malays (Melayu) like that (in Urban Dictionary), no matter how much I put majority of them down, I still look up to some. Note also that I hardly praise or seemed to appreciate some of our achievements because majority of you are “Melayu mudah lupa” type.

THE MALAYS NEED NEW HOPE!

This is what I am talking about the bizzare attitude of Malaysians, but majorly Malay, in response to criticism, intimidations and hard condemnations. You guys can’t even come face-to-face and fight me back with rationalisation, instead of cowardly stabbing from behind, how could you fight for your own right with the Government?

Answer that question, you Malays, Chinese, Indians and other Malaysians!?

Rakyat Malaysia beri nama busuk sesama sendiri. I bet if this happen again on myself and other Malaysians, by anyone, one day Malaysia will doomed once and for all. No more Malay Malaysian’s leader, especially no more UMNO!

I bet if this kind of demented attitude of Malaysians is not curbed, improved or corrected, Melayu and Malaysia akan hilang di dunia. You guys help yourself and help each other’s out.

Clearly Dato Seri Abdullah has wasted public money. All because he was angry with the Johor people for not enabling one billion cubic metres of sand to be sold to Singapore and the profits thereof.. - Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

I forgive the angry Malaysian for his/her corrupted mind, behaviour and act. Since I am not as powerful as the Government to put you in the ISA or whatever, you may not be afraid but one day, you will regret it. I am not afraid because I know this is the risk I will face one day of being out spoken criticially online. Besides, I get many slacking looks among some Malaysians here in university in New Zealand. God knows what their minds think, but I know I did nothing wrong.

It takes time.

P/S: I regret to find definitions of Melayu in Urban Dictionary are mostly (majority) driven by total irrationalities and emotional driven that leads to inaccuracy, deceptive thoughts and deceitful heart. Clearly Urban Dictionary is not a good source of knowledge.

Other Articles:

Understanding the Malay Dilemma - How YOU can ensure a racism-free Malaysia

The Malay Dilemma (Part One)

Terima Kasih Tun Mahathir