Jom tido

Hari ini teramatlah mengantuk..mengalahkan orang solat tahajud tengah-tengah malam. rasa cam dah tido awal, tp mungkin sbb penat main bola petang smalam kots. giler ngantuk. harus di cari port baekkk...baring dan tidorrr. kalao dapat stengah jom pun jadiklah. dapat ilang. ngantuk memang takda ubat..slain dari tidor. telan laa kopi banyak mana pun kalo dah ngantuk...ngantuk jugee jadinya. Nyesal laa plak smlm main bola bsungguh sangat. letih jadiknya.

Dah try pakai www.bing.com? search engine dari Microsoft. kirenye..diorang nak lawan Google. ok gak interface dia. stahun 2 lagi dapat laa bersaing dgn Google kots.

Nasib baik aku takda jersi ada nama Owen. kalo tak sure aku dah bakar,takpun buang dalam tong sampah? tapi lagi bagus kalo jual dalam Ebay. hehhee. dapat duit. tapi still di kire dalam keadaan rugi sbb kalo jual bape sen jer bley dapat.

Giler, patut BN bagi janji-janji manis nak buat Twin Tower kat Manek Urai. Konpem BN leh menang. tapi kita kena tengok dalam hal janji manis ni sape yg sengal. agak-agak laa, macam laa orang Manek Urai tak skolah. Ini ape daa janji nak buat jambatan laa...jadi kampung angkat lah. bagi laa kete Viva sbijik sorang kat penduduk Manek Urai. Kalo baut camni..memang sah...jelas dan tepat..bukan stakat Manek Urai diorang leh dapat, satu negeri diorang boley sapu. hahhaa..tapi pastu konpem tool naik..minyak naik..gula naik..

Tomyam And Theocracy

By Amir Muhammad

I RECENTLY attended a ‘live’ talk by Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, even though there was no byelection in sight. It was on a Kota Baru street on a Friday morning.

He spoke for almost an hour but thousands of people stayed put. It’s a weekly ritual known as sekolah atas tembok, which in this context translates to mean ‘school on the street’ rather than ‘school on a concrete wall’. He didn’t have to raise his voice;

the 78-year-old is a skilled orator who makes people want to stay quieter in case they miss something.

He made them laugh, make them nod and kept them keen. I initially thought this book was a collection of speeches by the Pas Spiritual Adviser and Kelantan Menteri Besar, but it’s rather different. His actual words consist mainly of 29 things that he has said.

Each saying is then placed at the beginning of each chapter as an aphorism; a well of wisdom, as it were, which the editor then draws upon. Some of the homely wit then becomes dissipated in favour of literal explication.

His gift is his ability to talk about politics and religion (and he belongs firmly in the camp of those who do not ostensibly separate between the two) in images that are rooted in everyday lived experience. Take this: “When our wife cooks tomyam, she doesn’t create the salt, carrot, chicken, or water; she merely arranges these existing ingredients into a pot.”
This isn’t some sexist attempt to discredit the poor woman’s cooking. It relates to how people must always be conscious that everything around us is on loan from the Creator. And so tomyam gets placed in its theocratic context.

There are few politicians who’ve had not only the Tok Guru’s staying power but enduring appeal. (Take a look at the upper echelons of, say, the MIC, to see that ‘staying power’ and ‘enduring appeal’ don’t always go together).

Although he might shun such a comparison to a Shi’ite leader, the prevalence of his pictures in Kelantan shops and houses can only be compared to how Khomeini was once used as an emblem of resistance.

The only quote from Nik Aziz that doesn’t get extra explication here starts with: “I am scared of worldly titles like Yang Amat Berhormat (Most Honourable), because in the Afterlife, it might become the reverse.” Another example is Yang Amat Arif (The Most Learned) becoming Yang Amat Bebal (The Most Stupid).

Speaking of “worldly titles”: his humble lifestyle is a big reason for his popularity, but there’s something more. Anyone who has been to a boarding school can see how Kelantan Malay guys would always band together and create almost an autonomous entity.

It’s not for nothing that the only local film title of recent years to actually reference a State happens to be Budak Kelantan – and this is a State with no cinemas! This desire to be seen as different also extends to politics. Be that as it may, an interesting creative tension emerges when you realise that, in his speeches and this book, Nik Aziz rejects the idea of communal separation on the basis of ethnicity or locality.

Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy), for example, is an assabiyah (tribalist) concept, and contemptible because of that. What I mean by creative tension is that this universality is consciously articulated in a vernacular that is local (Kelantanese) and proudly so.

This isn’t hypocrisy but what the sociologists among us would call “local genius”. More than any other Pas leader at present (the only contender would have been the late Fadzil Noor and, further back in its illustrious past, the more towering figure of Burhanuddin al-Helmy), Nik Aziz has never seemed to be a mere politician, but the embodiment of a certain hope, a certain dignity.

That’s why politicians from the other side of the fence who go and promise to bless the State with “development” seem hilariously off the mark. People there already feel quite blessed, thank you very much!

● Amir Muhammad is a writer, publisher and occasional moviemaker based in an amorphous region called Damansara. He loves nasi dagang.

Garmin Nuvi 255W

Trial Run: nüvi 255W

DESIGN
At 141.6 g and measuring 98 mm x 74.4 mm x 19.5 mm, the nüvi 255W is light and fits into your pocket. With its rechargeable lithium-ion battery you get up to four hours of battery life. You can use it anywhere you can get a satellite signal. It’s sleek, clean design does away with distracting buttons, allowing you to focus on the 4.3 in. widescreen, which is big enough to see clearly while driving.

INTERFACE
The touchscreen is responsive. Tapping out addresses on the QWERTY touchpad a little slow-going at first but you get the hang of it after a few tries. The device can be stubborn when you search for an address, so try a few different formats. Unlike other touchscreen devices, the keys are large enough to avoid making mistakes when spelling-out destinations.

USER-FRIENDLINESS
For people with no experience with touchscreen technology, the nüvi is easy to figure out. We didn’t even have to crack out the user manual to figure it out. A nifty feature of the nüvi 255W is the list of points of interest such as food, fuel, lodging, bank/ATM, parking and attractions. The Photo Navigation feature that allows you to upload photos (geotags) to the nüvi to help you navigate, but this feature doesn’t seem particularly useful. However, we do like that the nuvi can be switched on and off easily with a quick flick of the slider switch.

CONNECTIVITY
It’s freaking fast! Once you’re outdoors the nüvi 255W locks on to a satellite almost immediately.

MAPS
The turn-by-turn voice instructions were loud enough and the routes were clear. The best feature was the 3D rendered junction view that makes unfamiliar intersections and exits a snap to navigate. However, the map isn’t always up-to-date and you’ll still have to make your own decisions. But if you’ve made a mistake, the nüvi will recalculate the route within few seconds.

If you’re unfamiliar with KL roads, the nüvi 255W is a great time-saver. To find out more, log on to www.malaysiagarmingps.com.my

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Tak gejet kah aku kalau aku takda Facebook? aku rasa ok je. 1st time aku dengar facebook ni interesting masa pegi training ISO. this woman age about 40++ told me about facebook. so i ask her..u got facebook? 'nop!'. she said only her dotter crazy about facebook. but actually it is a good way to find your friends..i mean your long time lost friends. but i try searching for my old classmates when i'm was in primary school but return zero. so, what for.

Today it is Facebook, Yesterday was Myspace..and the early days was Friendster. they are just profit maker. ads..ads..ads. everything is about ads. So the funny thing was Rupert Murdoch bought Myspace because Myspace really coming to the end. so how long for facebook will be on top of the list? i guess two years!

Camana nak tambah duit bior jadi lagi banyak? haruskah aku menjual budu cap ketereh secara online? mau kena saman sbb sampai kat customer, budu sudah menjadi bubur. kah kah. pecah laa beb. mana tahan tekanan. kalo naik flight..meletop beb! aku pun pening. bukan apa, sbb aku tringin nak beli moto besor. selera besar..hahhaa...meleleh air liur. kete dah ada watpe beli moto. buang karan je. ujan sure basah pnyer..snang kena curik plak tu. huh!