the journey

I got this flier when I was in Penang.. this is exclusive for those (Muslims) who love to help the Israel Zionist in killing our brothers & sisters. Peace!

The livestream of the Convoy Floatilla LL4G news:

http://www.presstv.ir/llnw/

http://www.livestream.com/insaniyardim/

Shame on those (Muslims) who are still supporting the Zionists and their allies. You may not directly support them, but you are supporting them silently if you keep using or promoting their goods, i.e. ‘McD Drive Thru’ sticker, whenever you are capable of avoiding them.

Come on my dear brothers & sisters! We are now at this Garden of Knowledge & Virtue, let us unite for Palestine. Let us remove all the ‘McD Drive Thru’ sticker from your vehicle. Also, please spread the words!

As reported by Haluan Palestin, 2 activists died and more than 30 have injured due to the attack by Isrelis helicopter. Yet, they were still identifying those who died and injured in the incident.

So, what say you? Still wanna go to Starbuck, McD, and etc? No problem, keep going and buying their goods, and you will keep helping them to kill our brothers and sisters! You can also keep displaying your ‘McD Drive Thru’ sticker on your car, so that you can promote their product.

Wassalam.

“Meskipun diancam oleh Israel, kami tetap akan berusaha menuju ke Gaza, walaupun kami terpaksa berenang ke pantai.”

Begitulah ungkapan luarbiasa yang disampaikan oleh wakil LL4G dari kawasan Asia Tenggara, Noorazman Mohd Shamsuddin dari Haluan Palestin Malaysia, saat upacara besar melepaskan keberangkatan kafilah kapal kemanusiaan Lifeline for Gaza di dermaga Sarayburnu, Istanbul, siang tadi (22/5).

“Tunggulah wahai saudara-saudaraku warga Gaza, kami akan datang menemani kalian yang sedang tertimpa kezaliman!” teriak beliau dengan penuh semangat.

Lihat video temuramah oleh Astro Awani bersama Saudara Noorazman di link di bawah:

Freedom Flotilla : LifeLine4Gaza (Malaysia)

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Semoga bantuan Allah sentiasa bersamamu wahai saudara-saudaraku. Amat jauh rasanya jika nak dibandingkan antara apa yg saya telah buat dengan perjuangan mereka demi Palestin tercinta.

Rindu akan kelibat saudara Noorazman yg suatu ketika dulu aktif dan tidak jemu membimbing sahabat-sahabat di Taman Ilmu & Budi ini khususnya.

Let us stop the Zionist from killing more Palestinians, by minimizing (or if possible, stopping) the use of their (and their allies’) goods that would contribute towards the welfare and development of Israel. Remember, SILENCE IS COMPLICITY!

This very inspiring & heart-touching story was forwarded by one of the lecturer at Kull. of Engineering. Some of you might have read it.. I believe that it would touch the heart of everyone who read it..

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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: Daddy, may I ask you a question?

DAD: Yeah sure, what it is? replied the man.

SON: Daddy, how much do you make an hour?

DAD: That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?’ the man said angrily.

SON: I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?

DAD: If you must know, I make $20 an hour.

SON: Oh, the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: Daddy, may I please borrow $5?

The father was furious, if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.’

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

Are you asleep, son?’ He asked.

‘No Daddy, I’m awake,’ replied the boy.

‘I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier’ said the man. ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $5 you asked for.’

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you Daddy!’ he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his Father.

‘Why do you want more money if you already have some?’ the Father grumbled.

‘Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied.

‘Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’

The Father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and He begged for his forgiveness.

It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $20 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

Smile…

Salam to everyone,

It has been more than six months since my last post, which was about ‘Drive Away vs. Drive Through‘. The hectic schedule or perhaps it’s just laziness, that prevented me to update this IIUM Weblog frequently.

Two days ago, I received an email from someone whom I don’t recognize, asking me where to get that McD Drive Away sticker. He said that he has been looking for that sticker at his place, but couldn’t find it. He then asked me to send him few pieces of that sticker to him if I would be able to get it.

For me, it’s a good sign that some of our people are really concern about the Palestine issue. It may not bring significant impact if it is done by a small group of people, but if everyone put the commitment & give their best to cooperate, we may bring some changes later..Insya Allah.

Alhamdulillah, I managed to contact one of my friends who is in-charged for the sales of Palestine campaign materials, i.e. stickers, t-shirts, books, etc. I just took some McD Drive Away stickers from him.

Those who are interested to get that sticker, you may contact me at any time. For IIUM staff, it would be easier as we can just meet somewhere in the university. I wish to see more cars with the McD Drive Away sticker in the university soon. The price is just RM4/sticker.

Wassalam.

Nazri Nawi, Kull. of Engineering

mohdnazri@iiu.edu.my/nazri_nawi@yahoo.com

One and half month ago, I joined a two-days seminar on academic and entrepreneurship at UKM, Bangi. There was also an exhibition of Palestine held outside the hall. Something has attracted my eyes.. a car sticker, “McD..Drive Away” I just immediately grabbed it, put it on my car as soon as I came back home.

I noticed that lot of people put the McD Drive Thru sticker on their car. And I wonder what’s the benefit of putting it. I feel that those people have become silent ambassadors to McD by advertising it to everyone. It’s not shocked if someone with less knowledge do that. In fact lot of our peole do not really know what actually happened to our Palestinians. But people like lecturers (that I consider as ‘orang2 cerdik’) or university staff who put that sticker on their cars, it embarrassing!

Do we get certain privileges at McD drive thru station if the sticker is there? Please let me know..I don’t have any experience buying drive thru McD.

I’m not against those who really love eating McD, but again let us show our care and support to our Palestinian brothers and sisters. If you still can’t leave it, you don’t have to become the silent ambassadors to McD. This is the least we can do.

Stop eating McD, Stop killing Palestinians.
DRIVE AWAY!

It’s just my personal opinion. I wish that there’s no a single vehicle at IIUM with the McD drive thru sticker. Let us change it to McD Drive Away!

Our care and support to Palestinians are not seasonal.

I just copy & paste what I have written in my another blog..Memorabilia. I am pleased to share my opinion with everyone, particularly the IIUM community. Comments are most welcomed.

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I was called to give response to a letter entitled “Boycotting US products won’t work”, sent by a reader, which appeared here. Personally, to some extent, I don’t agree with him. It’s up to the readers to judge it. But everyone has his/her own opinion.

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Boycotting US products won’t work

DOES former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad seriously think that boycotting US products will work?

(Yes, I agree that the boycott campaign will definitely work, provided that everyone unites for it. And Tun Dr. Mahathir was not the first and the only one who initiated the move. Many international Muslim scholars have given the fatwa that boycotting the enemies’ products is necessary, at least to weaken them, err..but no fatwa from Malaysian scholars yet, particularly from JAKIM, National Fatwa Council, or Mufti of each state)

I say his suggestion, though noble, will never work because Malaysians, especially the young, love the US too much for the boycott to work.

(How can he’s very sure that the young Malaysians love the US to much? Prove it. Or perhaps the writer is one of those who love the US very much. As long as the information is delivered, and proper explanation is given, it’s impossible that everyone will just close their eyes. If one of every 10 person supports the boycott, it will still make difference and small change. Maybe the writer has never heard about the Starfish story)

There is also a call to boycott Israeli products. Unless I have been asleep all these years, as far as I know Malaysia does not have direct trade with Israel, least of all diplomatic ties. So what products are we supposed to boycott?

(I think the writer has been asleep all these years. The boycott campaign states that we should boycott all the products and companies that had track record of financially supporting Israel. And of course, when they support Israel financially, they support the killing of innocent people too, particularly Muslims. And not all products that contribute to the development of Israel come from the US. Some of them are from Switzerland, France,  Finland, etc. So read, listen and think carefully before giving any comments)

I know of products that are marketed in Malaysia that are manufactured by American Jews, British Jews, French Jews, Russian Jews and so on. But they are not Jews who live in Israel and, as the unwritten rule goes, they are exempted and can trade with Malaysia.

Or is Dr Mahathir also referring to them too? If that is so, then I can tell you our country will be totally crippled overnight. The reality of it all is that we are too dependent on the US. It is our No. 1 trade partner, and we have no other choice but to be dependent on the US.

(I agree that US is one of the main trade partner of Malaysia. But who says that we have no other choice but to be dependent on the US? Opps..the writer said so. For certain categories of products, yes it’s true. For the moment, we may not have alternative for Intel (the microprocessor). In fact, the whole world is depending on it. But instead of Dell, there’re many other alternatives. We can still buy and use Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Fujitsu, Compaq, Sony, BenQ, etc. Look at the list of the brands that financially supports Israel. Is it true that we don’t really have alternatives? Unless you love their products very much, of course you don’t want to use other brands, it’s your own choice. I don’t have to list down all the products here since they’re being spread everywhere now)

We must be realistic and use the means at hand to get the world to unite against the US and Israel. We must be more forceful and vocal in the United Nations, NAM and OIC. We must bust their veto power.

(Yeah, be realistic. It means that we have to wait till all Palestinians be killed or chased out from their land, and Palestine will be erased from the world map. Only at that time the world will unite against the US and Israel. Who will listen to us? UN, NAM, OIC, Arab League are all no use now. They take months to meet and make decision, and by the time they agree on certain decisions, the Zionists have succeeded in killing Muslims and conquering the world)

Malaysia may be a small country but with proper planning and support of all UN members it can work. I think Wisma Putra should be able to initiate this move. Forget boycotting US and Israeli products as it is a waste of time and energy.

(Boycotting is not a waste of time and energy. It’s one of the actions that we are merely capable of, other than praying, donating money, joining the protest, signing the petition, etc. If someone thinks that it’s a waste of time and energy, then he doesn’t need to join it. But don’t disturb others who are willing to do it. Another alternative, he can wait until he becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia, or the chairman of OIC, or the Secretary General of UN so that he can get the world to unite against the US and Israel. I pray that the day will come very soon)

University Letdown: Lecturers just not up to par

By : I.T. Kuala Lumpur
Source : NST, September 4, 2008

WE recently celebrated our 51st Merdeka Day and, as a nation, we have come far in many aspects. Sad to say, however, in terms of tertiary education, we have not progressed much.

It used to be that when one graduates from a local university, it was with pride.

I am not sure if the same can now be said without embarrassment.

Having graduated with a degree from a private college, I was eager to gain the expertise needed for my profession by obtaining my master’s degree.

I was recently accepted into a competitive master’s programme at a local university. I was delighted at having succeeded because of the stringent selection process to be one of just 11 students to join the programme this year. In two months, delight has turned to despair.

Class lectures, scheduled to last 21 hours a week, now last 16 hours. Most of my lecturers do not value class time. Once, we were kept waiting in class for an hour without any notice from the lecturer or the academic office.

Another time, class started 20 minutes late and ended an hour early. During the 40 minutes of class, my classmate gave a presentation lasting 10 minutes, I was asked to read handouts for 10 minutes, and we took five minutes to hand in our assignments.

The lecturer spoke for 15 minutes, although he kept emphasising that we had little class time to cover the course contents. (Then lecturers to make sure that they use the time effective and efficiently. Good lecturers must possess and demonstrate good character to the students. Otherwise, they will not only embarrass themselves, but also will bring down the people’s expectation on the university)

Many of my lecturers, too, are not up to par. Of the four teaching us, only one has a doctorate. I wonder how effective lessons can be when we have a lecturer with a master’s qualification teaching a master’s- level class. (Well, I guess this shouldn’t happen. Lecturers with only with masters are not qualified (according to the rules) to teach masters-level students. The same goes to lecturers with degree (tutor/asst lecturer) to teach degree-level students, except for tutorial class)

When we ask questions, these lecturers are evasive in their answers. Most of my lecturers read off the slides. They lack confidence in their own subjects.

In terms of assignments, the university’s requirement is that we use the university’s style of citation and references.

This is absurd since there are more comprehensive and, most importantly, internationally-recognised ones like the APA and MLA formats.

I don’t understand why a local university would insist on students using a referencing format that will not help them get published in international journals. (I personally agree with the suggestion, but at the same time, I believe that every university or higher learning institution may have their own style of writing thesis, which must be followed by their students. The differences are actually not much. It’s just a matter of how to write references, or how to quote someone’s works, etc. And if we notice, every journal publisher has their own format of writing the manuscript. Those who would like to publish in that journal, by hook or by crook must follow the specified format. There’s no single format which can be claimed as better than others)

I also find it hard to understand why it is a requirement for course outlines to be in Bahasa Malaysia and to submit our theses with English and Bahasa Malaysia abstracts when the course is supposed to be conducted in English.

Even notes for the class are in Bahasa Malaysia. My international classmate is disadvantaged in this aspect. (it’s definitely not at IIUM as we require all thesis to be written in English, and in fact abstract should be submitted in both English and Arabic - for postgraduate level. But, there’s no harm, to submit a copy of the abstract in Bahasa Malaysia (make it optional), so that someone who does not understand English can still benefit something from it.)

My experiences and those of my classmates in dealing with the administration of the university have left much to be desired.

We have been frustrated by its nonchalance and inefficiency. Some classmates had difficulties with their offer letters which took weeks to resolve and my international classmate had to undergo countless frustrations in getting her passport back (is it legal for the university to retain her passport?).

These experiences have left me frustrated and embarrassed.

I was fortunate enough to learn and build good basics in research and concepts through my undergraduate studies as well as to experience a good undergraduate education to know that the postgraduate education that I am getting now is simply not up to standard. Is it any wonder that we seem to be moving down the ranks in international ratings of universities?

Source: NST, September 4, 2008

>> Don’t forget to be thankful to Allah, for what we have been granted. But at the same time, we should keep moving forward and strive at our best, to achieve the best and to be the best.

Teruja dengan berita terbaru dari Beijing, pemain badminton perseorangan negara, Lee Chong Wei berjaya melayakkan diri ke final Olimpik setelah mengalahkan pemain Korea, Lee Hyun-il. Sekurang-kurangnya pingat perak sudah dalam genggaman. Tapi bukan pingat perak yg diharapkan oleh rakyat Malaysia, namun semestinya pingat emas pertama utk Malaysia. Sejarah bakal tercipta. Terus mara Lee Chong Wei! Semoga para pemain kita yg lain bakal mengikut jejak langkahnya, jangan terus leka & berpuas hati setelah mengecapi beberapa kejayaan sahaja. Kembalikan zaman kegemilangan badminton negara kita.

Lihat berita di The Star: Chong Wei books a silver at least for Malaysia

BEIJING: Lee Chong Wei has secured at least a silver medal for Malaysia in the Beijing Olympics.

The national one shuttler and second seed for the men’s singles event here defeated South Korean Lee Hyun-il 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 in the semi-finals Friday at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

By booking his place in the final, which will be played on Sunday, the 26-year-old Penangite now stands to pocket at least RM300,000 as an incentive from the Govvernment.

If he manages to win Malaysia’s first ever Olympic gold, Chong Wei will pocket a whopping RM1mil.

Malaysia has won a total of three Olympic medals thus far - one silver and two bronze medals - which were all delivered by shuttlers.

Before the last four clash here, the record between Chong Wei and Lee was even for this year.

Chong Wei beat Lee in the Malaysian Open final in three games.

When they next clashed in the Korean Open, Lee whipped Chong Wei in the second round and went on to beat world number one Lin Dan in a three-game thriller for the title.

Chong Wei is the only Malaysian shuttler still in the fray in Bejing. The other Malaysians all failed to shine.