Hari ini pengalaman pertama kali aku menjadi seorang juri...
baru aku mengerti..
rupanya susah benar menjadi adil yang bestari
antara pertimbangan akal dan hati
serta budi yang berselang seli
entahlah...semoga esok yang masih tersisa sehari
dapat aku memilih lagi mereka yang benar-benar tahu berpuisi...
walaupun aku bukanlah bijak berperi
sekadar memenuhi minat diri dan darah seni...hihhihihi :P 
 
 

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 12:17 AM

Serikan rumah kita dengan bacaan suci
yang kian sepi, dik!

Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 5:02 PM

Anwar Ibrahim: Only Humaneness Can Bring About National Healing
Friday, July 16
By Martin Jalleh
THE PM rides high. He has been handed on a silver platter an overwhelming mandate to rule. But the past baggage of the Anwar issue haunts him much as he tries to hide it. Perhaps he is hoping that through the process of time, and the poor memory of Malaysians, the albatross that he has inherited from his predecessor and has allowed to hang heavily around his neck would just disappear.
But the tell-me-the-truth PM must stop denying the truth – the effects of the severe and systematic public humiliation of Anwar Ibrahim will not go away. Keeping quiet will only harm his credibility in the long run.
(Till today the unjust and scandalous sacking of then Lord President Tun Salleh Abbas remains etched in the psyche of this nation and its effects still felt especially in the country’s judiciary and courts.)
When he was the deputy PM, Abdullah Badawi himself had said that Anwar would soon be forgotten and that he will be a non-issue… only to be constantly reminded by Mahathir of the damned spot that had left an indelible stain on the latter’s premiership.
A further truth that he cannot deny is that the ruthless humiliation of Anwar had violated Malay cultural norms and split the Malay community. His sacking they may have tolerated, but the crude and cruel attempt to discredit Anwar – the Malay will not forget.
The ritual shaming of Anwar has in fact been the shaming of the Malay and no one has pointed this out so succinctly than well-known journalist/writer Rehman Rashid in an article "The Politics of Contempt", when commenting on the (first) corruption trial:
"Every new development in the Anwar Ibrahim trial deepens the disgust of it all. What next? Soiled underwear? Used condoms? The headlines local newspapers now run would curl the whiskers of a sewer rat. Does anyone up there care what this is doing to the Malays?
"This is shaming the Malays. This is stripping them of their dignity and reminding them, as Mahathir Mohamad did in his book, ‘The Malay Dilemma’, that they’re a pathetic people…"
He continues: "Even IF Anwar is guilty, this matter could and should have been conducted in a very different manner nonetheless, to preserve dignity, to save people’s shame; above all to show that the answer to dishonourable deeds is honourable deeds; that the base are redeemed by the noble. Not by miming buggery before a live audience."
Equally true is the fact that the cruel treatment of Anwar did not only affect the Malay but the non-Malay. Lim Kit Siang captures the initial (and on-going) rage amongst the non-Malays very accurately in a speech delivered in Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia:
“If Anwar had just been sacked for disloyalty or incompetence, however unfair and unjustified, it would have been regarded as a power struggle which was of no concern to the common people.
“But when Anwar became the victim of a vicious and protracted campaign to shame and humiliate him, deploying all the apparatus of state, including organs of government which are supposed to be fair and rise above party or personal warfare, including the most flagrant misuse of the controlled printed and electronic media, to character-assassinate him with all the horrendous but unproven allegations and even to pummel him to within an inch of his life when handcuffed and blindfolded in the lock-up in the very inner sanctum of police high command, giving him the infamous black-eye, even non-Malays without the cultural underpinnings of the Malay Annals felt outraged that the last line of fair play and common decency had been transgressed.”
Alas, as a non-Malay who tries to teach my children to appreciate and respect Malay culture, custom and creed, I dread the day when I have to explain to them the manner in which the powers of the day stooped so low to bring contempt and odium to bear upon a man, who is still revered by many as “an illustrious son of this nation”.
Anwar Ibrahim (and his family) has been humiliated enough. The Malay has been shamed enough. This whole nation has been fractured enough. It is time for the PM to initiate the healing process -- he can take the first giant step by allowing Anwar to receive treatment overseas.
It is humility and humaneness that will restore Malay pride and wholeness and healing to the nation, and not the haughtiness and high-handedness that we have seen for many years. The overwhelming mandate given to Pak Lah in the last general election is largely out of the desire for a gentler and kinder government.
Anwar is not the only one in danger of becoming paralysed – but the government’s refusal to allow him to go overseas for urgent endoscopic surgery prompts one to wonder whether it is becoming unfeeling and losing all sense of decency.
We have only to look at the perspective of the medical profession to further ascertain Anwar’s rights and this has been so eloquently put by Dr Frank Steven in a letter to Malaysiakini recently:
“…under no circumstances should anybody deny a prisoner the right to proper medical care. This is inhuman, uncivilised and unbecoming of any sane person or government…As a doctor, I must affirm that no patient should be compelled to be treated by a doctor not of his choice. The patient must be treated by the doctor of his choice and in whom he has confidence.”
In stark contrast we have the Health Minister Dr Chua Soi Lek humming hollow over the Government being firm in not allowing Anwar him to go overseas “as we have doctors here for him”.
Another doctor, Wan Azizah, showed that Chua was shooting his mouth off by reminding him that: “As prisoner, the welfare of Anwar is the responsibility of the internal security minister and the premier, not the health minister”. With such a health minister more interested in politics, little wonder Bolehland is still unwell.
Surely, Pak Lah can appreciate Anwar Ibrahim's right to medical treatment of his choice. Surely he can empathise fully with Anwar’s desire to go overseas for treatment, as he once had a unwavering determination to seek overseas treatment for his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Surely such empathy must not go empty.
From the legal perspective, as far back as three years ago, Suhakam had asserted Anwar right as a patient to make an informed choice about which medical treatment he wishes to undergo and, noting that there were no relevant prohibitions under Malaysian law, had called for him to be allowed to travel abroad to receive the recommended specialised medical treatment.
Abdullah Badawi has nothing to lose but everything to gain by respecting Anwar’s rights. He will be held in high regard by both sides of the divide. If Anwar absconds or escapes, it would be the end of his credibility and integrity… Very ironically it is Anwar’s return (if he is allowed to go overseas) that Pak Lah has more to fear than he escaping.
If I may end by appealing to the religous sentiments of the deeply-religious PM. According to well-known Islamic author and professor Jamal Badawi, Islam is epitomized in the most frequently recited of all Qur’anic phrases, the Basmala — In the name of God, the Merciful (al-Rahman), the Compassionate (al-Rahim). Both words are related to the quality of rahma (mercy and compassion). God manifests Himself through His absolute, all-inclusive Mercy and Compassion, and Islam is founded upon that affirmation.
May Pak Lah treat Anwar in the manner in which he wishes God to treat him – with mercy and compassion. - MJ/zs  (www.harakahdaily.net)
 
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ini bukan persoalan politik yang harus kita bertegang urat
ini perihal kemanusiaan sesama insan
berikanlah... meski sekelumit hak asasi manusia
walau di hatimu ada dendam dan iri
tapi jauh di nalurimu pasti tersimpan secebis simpati 
untuk seorang isteri
untuk kasih anak-anak yang setia menanti
dan untuk seorang kawan yang pernah kau bergandingan tangan
meski sekarang sudah tidak beriringan jalan...
cuma yang perlu kau sedar...Kau juga hamba Tuhan...
Tuhan yang penuh sifat Rahim dan Rahman!
 
 

Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 4:45 PM

Love is unseen Kenapa kita menutup mata, ketika kita tidur? ketika kita menangis? ketika kita membayangkan? Ini kerana hal terindah di dunia TIDAK TERLIHAT...Kita semua agak aneh...dan hidup sendiri juga agak aneh...Dan ketika kita menemukan seseorang yang keunikannya SEJALAN dengan kita..kita bergabung dengannya dan jatuh ke dalam suatu keanehan serupa yang dinamakan CINTA..Ada hal2 yang tidak ingin kita lepaskan..Orang2 yang tidak ingin kita tinggalkan...
Tapi ingatlah...melepaskan BUKAN akhir dari dunia..melainkan awal suatu kehidupan baru..Kebahagiaan ada untuk mereka yang menangis, mereka yang disakiti, mereka yang telah mencari...dan mereka yang telah mencuba.. Kerana MEREKALAH yang boleh menghargai betapa pentingnya orang yang telah menyentuh kehidupan mereka..
CINTA?
Adalah ketika kamu menitikkan air mata dan MASIH peduli terhadapnya..
Adalah ketika dia tidak mempedulikanmu dan kamu MASIHmenunggunya dengan setia..
Adalah ketika dia mulai mencintai orang lain dan kamu MASIH boleh tersenyum sembari berkata 'Aku turutberbahagia untukmu' Apabila cinta tidak berhasil...BEBASKAN dirimu...Biarkan hatimu kembali melebarkan sayapnya dan terbang ke alam bebas LAGI..
Ingatlah...bahawa kamu mungkin menemukan cinta dan kehilangannya..tapi..ketika cinta itu mati..kamu TIDAKperlu mati bersamanya...Orang terkuat BUKAN mereka yang selalu menang..MELAINKAN mereka yang tetap tegar ketika mereka jatuh
Entah bagaimana...dalam perjalanan kehidupan, kamu belajar tentang dirimu sendiri..dan menyedari..bahwa penyesalan tidak seharusnya ada..HANYALAH penghargaan abadi atas pilihan2 kehidupan yang telah kau buat.
TEMAN SEJATI...
mengerti ketika kamu berkata 'Aku lupa..'Menunggu selamanya ketika kamu berkata 'Tunggusebentar'
Tetap tinggal ketika kamu berkata 'Tinggalkan akusendiri'
Membuka pintu meski kamu BELUM mengetuk dan berkata'Bolehkah saya masuk?'
MENCINTAI...BUKANlah bagaimana kamu melupakan..melainkan bagaimana kamu MEMAAFKAN..BUKANlah bagaimana kamu mendengarkan..melainkan bagaimana kamu MENGERTI..BUKANlah apa yang kamu lihat..melainkan apa yang kamu RASAKAN..BUKANlah bagaimana kamu melepaskan..melainkan bagaimana kamu BERTAHAN..Lebih berbahaya mencucurkan air mata dalam hati...dibandingkan menangis tersedu2.. Air mata yang keluar dapat dihapus..sementara airmata yang tersembunyi menggoreskan luka yang tidak akan pernah hilang..Dalam urusan cinta, kita SANGAT JARANG menang..Tapi ketika CINTA itu TULUS, meskipun kalah, kamuTETAP MENANG hanya karena kamu berbahagia..dapat mencintai seseorang..LEBIH dari kamu mencintai dirimu sendiri..Akan tiba saatnya dimana kamu harus berhenti mencinta seseorang BUKAN kerana orang itu berhenti mencintai kita MELAINKAN kerana kita menyedari bahawa orang itu  akan lebih berbahagia apabila kita melepaskannya. Apabila kamu benar2 mencintai seseorang, jangan lepaskan dia.. Jangan percaya bahwa melepaskan SELALU bererti kamu benar2 mencintai MELAINKAN... BERJUANGLAH demi cintamu Itulah CINTA SEJATI Lebih baik menunggu orang yang kamu inginkan DARIPADA berjalan bersama orang 'yang tersedia' Lebih baik menunggu orang yang kamu cintai DARIPADA orang yang berada di sekelilingmu Lebih baik menunggu orang yang tepat kerana hidup ini terlalu singkat untuk dibuang dengan hanya dengan 'seseorang'Kadang kala, orang yang kamu cintai adalah orang yang PALING menyakiti hatimu dan kadang kala, teman yang membawamu ke dalam pelukannya dan menangis bersamamu adalah cinta yang tidak kamu sedari..
 
# tapi bagiku sehebat mana cinta 'seseorang' yang namanya manusia...yang terAgung adalah cinta Tuhan kepada hambaNya..kerana sesekali tidak pernah Dia untuk tidak memaafkan..tapi manusia seringkali menunjukkan ego untuk menuding kesilapan....
 

Friday, July 16, 2004 at 11:01 PM

A story tells that two friends were walking
through the desert. During some
point of the journey they had an argument, and
one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt,
but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis,
where they decided to take a bath. The one who
had been slapped got stuck in the mire and
started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near
drowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and
saved his best friend asked him,
"After I hurt you, you wrote in the
sand and now, you write on a stone,
why?" The other friend replied "When someone
hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds
of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone
does something good for us, we must engrave
it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND
AND T O CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life..
But value WHO you have in your life!


Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 4:54 PM

alhamdulillah..hampir seminggu dah sampai di Malaysia
:)
bestnya...hihihi

Friday, July 09, 2004 at 10:43 AM