customer service? what customer service?

* lewat update. :)

finally got my long-awaited stuff from the "company" last night, around 7.30 pm. thank god i received everything in fairly good condition altogether. so far nothin' was broken, although i was excited to get that stuff back, i still couldn't accept the level of service they provide. serious shit i wasn't particularly impressed, especially the promises they make since last friday (6 days ago)...the chronology:

(fyi: the company's warehouse is located in Puchong)
last sunday: i was told that i would get "my stuff" by monday.
monday: so i stayed home all day, so they wouldn't wait for me. but they never show up, not even a phone call.i was already pissed when they told me the stuff is not there.a guy in the office promised me tomorrow. okay. tuesday then. you better mean it.
tuesday: as expected, they didn't show up. not even a freakin' phone call. i gave up. i said to myself, "it's okay la, send me in a year's time..if you're free okay?". and i wasn't being sarcastic. i was angry, but at the same time dissapointed with his ignorant attitude. if a delivery guy refused to deliver the stuff in any given circumstances and asked you for duit kopi, then why would he become a delivery guy in the first place?

a guy in the office promised me today.

thank god he did.

this latest event was one of the instances why i wasn't thrilled with the level of service provided in our beloved country, malaysia. the very reason why i chose the company in the first place was to help surrounding SME entreprenuer. i wish i knew better. if i knew this is the kind of service i would get, hmmmm i wouldn't even recommend that company to my friends. for real. my other true experience for the past few months. and no, i'm NOT making this up:


scenario number 1:
plannin' to watch a movie at Midvalley Megamall Golden Screen Cinemas a few monthss ago. i was left dissapointed when i was told they don't have change for my RM50 note. so i left and cool down at the adult shop. hahahahaha...come on, you're probably the biggest cinema chain in malaysia and you don't have change for RM50? i'll bring coins next time.

scenario number 2:
was having dinner at a pizza hut at ampang with my family last few months i think. it was very crowded with family and a few couples, considering it's a weekend. after dinner, i went to the cashier to pay our RM26.11-bill (i still have the receipt in my hand this very moment). i handed over a RM-50 note (again), and she was staring at the cash register for quite a while. without a doubt, i was again under the impression she didn't have enough balance. surprisingly, suddenly she handed me the balance on a plate. i counted the balance thoroughly, and discovered i only received RM22.89 instead of RM23.89. what? do you expect me to overlook the balance and leave the restaurant? if you don't have the balance, just told me nicely. we can work it out. don't act like you have enough balance, gave me the right amount, and it was PURE coincidence that there was no RM1.00 left in the cash register. and wait, a very establised pizza-chain store in malaysia, pizza hut don't have a RM1.00 change for a brother? there's something wrong there.


i told her nicely, "kak, camner nih, tak cukup seringgit nih...". with a straight face, she replied, "oh..yeke. okay...kejap yer...". like nothin' happened. she didn't bother to check! she continued to entertain other customers and told me repeatedly to wait. hehe come on dawg, do somethin'. tell your manager or somethin', that you're out of cash, rather than let me wait like a fool. when i started to talk sarcastic, she called some waiters and asked them if they had RM1.00 on 'em. after a while, i finally got my RM1.00 and left the place, swear not to come here again.

when something *** up like this happened, we can't help but wonder the unbelievable level of service we're experiencing here. there was practically NO customer service. non-existent. when we customers come to a shop (especially in shopping malls), we would be treated like we don't actually belong there (in some cases, not all). with an annoying stare, they even have the impression we wanna rob his/her shop to their eyes, we're just criminals, or just a lower/middle class people who couldn't afford but to watch. if you have that kind of perception to the customers all the time, who would wanna come again?


i'm out. laters.

                            

A Big Sincere Thank You from us

Zatty

Azwan_1

To begin with, i would like to express my gratitude to the sms-es, e-mails & comments i got in the past few weeks. i was shocked to receive such gesture,
even from people i hardly know. thank you for your kind words and i deeply appreciate your compliments.


We wish to thank everyone for coming to our big day last few weeks and
making it so very special to us. It meant a great deal to see you all there.
We are indeed blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

Thanks to all who came and made it special.
Thanks to those who couldn't come and sent greetings, thank you.

Special thanks to our family members / wedding committee for giving our dreams
came true, to Mr Khairul Kamal for the wonderful doa,


Sarahana, Alang, Gezzeg, KB, Rasta for taking the photos. The photos captured
will definitely reminisce good memories in years to come. It has been a great
pleasure working with you to capture all these special moment in our like and
these will be a treasured memory for both of us, Mr Faiz for acting as our MC
and to Mrs Aliza RSM for helping with the cake.


To all of you, Thank you so much for going out of your way to accommodate our
many demands, will definitely be recommending your services to those taking
the plunge soon! Keep up the fantastic work!


Thank you so much.. Zillions Thanks!   

I Believe I Can Fly

A simple statement actually – but when proclaimed in a solemn ceremony
made quite an impact on me.. Can’t exactly explain how it actually felt
as I uttered those words quietly in that "small room" but somewhere
at the back of my head,

a voice resonated: “This is it A..Z., you are REALLY into this now

Mama.. now angah dah kahwin.. I’m building a new life..
a whole new family which branches out from our family tree.
I’ve to learn to let go.. & learn to fly.. and soar if possible.


Now, I’ve found another most important woman in my life which
I thought I could find..

Thanks to you mama..

I’m happier now..


I’ve 2 most wonderful women in my life now.. you and my wife.
Mama, Thanks for your wedding gift to us.. thanks for your patience
to tolerate our needs.. I really appreciate it..

Thank you..

Wedding Bells around the corner

The first step en-route to the wedding is done 8 months ago.
At last, hahaha.. after our 2nd year of getting to know each other,
I finally decide that she is going to be one.

Why we have waiting this long has mostly been my fault. I have always
put my career ahead of my relationships. But to be honest, there are
too many lonely nights in that job description.

I am so proud of my darling. Her hands were not even shaky when
my mom slipped the ring on her finger. However, I thought I saw
her sweating a bit, but she denied it..


So cool..

The countdown starts..

When is the big day you say.. it can be as early as this week.


Can you believe it?! Our wedding is in 4 days! I'm so excited about having
both our families in town! This is going to be one of my favorite memories
shared with you! You've been my everything over the past 2 years and I feel
blessed to become your partner in life.. We've come such a long way, and I know
we've got years and years of making more memories together as a family.

Alhamdulillah - at least one matter was resolved. Still, honestly speaking,
there’s nothing like a solemn ceremony to remind one of reality.


A simple statement actually – but when proclaimed in a solemn ceremony made
quite an impact on me… Can’t exactly explain how it actually felt as I uttered
those words quietly in that small room but somewhere at the back of my head,
a voice resonated: “This is it A.Z., you are REALLY into this now…”

Strange but true - after all the preparations that I have made – it wasn’t until
that moment when I actually felt - ‘This is it…”

Pray for me ya!
 

Malaysians who make it big in the world

A4i Did you guys hear about the brilliant speech by datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad at the islamic summit conference? it was held in putrajaya convention centre, malaysia long looooong time ago.


I'm not really into malaysian politics. probably the most boring and lame subject in a conversation, because i know nothing about it. but i know at this age, i should have taken more interests about this subject. and i will. people say it's full of corruption, back-stabbing and lies but for now, i'm not gonna talk about it. too controversial. however, what i'm gonna talk about is our own datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad as an individual, not as the malaysian prime minister. i have to admit, regardless what some people might say, he is an exceptional and tremendous individual. nothing but respect for him..

Malaysians who make it big:

1. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
born: december 20th, 1925 in alor star, kedah
education: SAHC, king edward VII college of medicine (now known as malaya university), singapore
occupation: former physician, malaysia's fourth prime minister (asia's longest serving head of government)

under datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad, according to gmc:
* today, malaysia is the most developed country amongst the developing countries in the world.
* malaysia is currently the world's 17th largest trading nation and major exporter of electronic products albeit its relative smallness in size; surpassing some of the 20 fully developed countries in the world.
* malaysia is also placed on the 4th spot (2003) in term of trading competitiveness of which the top three are usa, canada & australia.

datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad is due to retire in october 31st, 2003.


other malaysians:


2. Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee (teuku zakaria teuku nyak puteh)
born: march 22nd, 1929 in penang - May 29th, 1973
education: kampung jawa malay school (primary), francis light english school (primary), japanese navy school (world war II), penang free school (secondary)
occupation: actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and film director
accomplishments:

* 359 songs as singer, songwriter, composer and/or musician.
* 66 films as actor, screenwriter and/or film director.
* 1 stageplay as director and writer.
* 1 stage drama as director.
* 2 television dramas as actor and director.


3. Jimmy Choo,
born: november 15th, 1952
education: cordwainers college, london
occupation: footwear and handbag designer extraordinaire
accomplishments: currently one of the world leading shoe designers, becoming favorites among celebrities including the late princess diana

4. Allahyarham Sudirman Haji Arshad (the singing lawyer)
born: - (25 May 1954 - 22 February 1992)

occupation: former lawyer, once asia's number one entertainer

5. Allahyarham Mohd. Mokhtar Dahari (supermokh)
born: nov 13th, 1953 in kampung pandan, kuala lumpur - july 11th, 1991
education: jalan kuantan primary school victoria institution
occupation: asian best striker, malaysian soccer legend, captain of the malaysian national team
accomplishments: perhaps the best soccer player malaysia ever produce. played against football legends such as diego maradona, franz beckenbauer and kevin keegan. led his team, selangor to victory in the malaysia cup matches 10 times out of 12.


6. Michelle Yeoh,
born: august 6th, 1962 in ipoh, perak
education : Main Convent, Ipoh B.A. in dance, minored in drama at the royal academy of dance in london
accomplishments: starred in hollywood movies like tomorrow never dies (1997), crouching tiger, hidden dragon (2000), the touch (2002)

7. Alexander Charles Loong Yoong,
born: july 20th, 1976
occupation: competing in the 2003 C.A.R.T. champ car world series with dale coyne racing
accomplishments: you guys can say anything you want, but he's the only malaysian formula 1 driver in history. alex yoong competed in the 2002 formula 1 world championship with minardi. he finished 7th (australia), 13th (brazil), 10th (france), 13 (italy) and 2nd (monaco historic F1 gp).


8. Abdul Malik Mydin
born: pulau pinang
accomplishments: first malaysian and southeast asian to conquer the world's most challenging channel, 32.8km english channel in 17 hours and 42 minutes.

9. Datuk Azhar Mansor
education: SAHC
accomplishments: the first Malaysian to sail solo around the globe? i'm not sure, cause i heard he got the Datukship altough he actually failed...


10. Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
born: Kuala Lumpur
education: attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains MARA in Muar. He then earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.He was pursuing his Masters of Surgery in Orthopaedic Surgery at University Kebangsaan Malaysia when he joined the 'Angkasawan' program.
accomplishments: is the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on October 10, 2007.Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on October 21, 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, after nine days aboard the station.


11. Nur Izzati Ramli,
born: April 6th, 1983 in Kuantan Pahang
education: UiTM
occupation: full time employee
accomplishments: to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. are you impressed yet syg?


i'm out, PEACE.

If you wanna tie the knot, you better tie your stomach now

First of all, Selamat Pengantin baru to my sis & her husband shah. Congratulations!

For the past few days, i've been busy helpin' my sister with her wedding ceremony. since this is the first for our small family, now i realize that preparing for a wedding is not like a walk in the park. it can be fun at times, but most of the times it was extremely exhausting, complicated and tedious (especially if your relatives are 6-hour drive away). personally i've been involved in most of the major tasks, and i would like to share my limited knowledge and experience with you guys.


i) food
perhaps the most important issue in a wedding? besides looking at the bride and the groom dressing up for the special day, people actually come with an empty stomach, dreaming about the delicious nasi minyak while driving. the expectation is inevitabily high. people come all the way to the wedding to eat, or "mentekedarah" in that sense. therefore it's extremely crucial that the food is enough for everyone, and it wouldn't hurt to taste good. when my relative came for a visit, he told me that this issue is the most nerve-wrecking during the event, wondering all the time, sweating, if there's enough food for everybody. oh and there's also another issue, whether to serve (makan hidang) or to have a buffet.

in the traditional village or kampung, makan hidang is known to be the regular and preferred choice. people who came in one batch would be immediately invited to eat together in talams (big tray complete with food), but for individiuals, they will have to wait till a certain number of people to eat. obviously the host need to apply this system to avoid wasting all the good food. extremely easy and convenient, but some might argue this is not appropriate for the guests to wait. initially, my parents decided to apply this.


but to be honest buffet is a better choice nowadays, especially when you're having this event in a city. after greeting the guests, the hosts can immediately invite them to help themselves (perhaps they're in a hurry or somethin') regardless of the numbers. they can just sit anywhere they want, without having to wait for some other guests they might don't even know. of course if you're inviting your high school/college friends, they might wanna sit together in the same table to chat and gossip about the married couple, right? so yeah, i also agree that buffet is the best choice nowadays..


for my sister's wedding, we're had nasi beriani, ayam masak merah, rendang daging, dalca, acar rampai, buah-buahan & minuman sejuk for the guests while for the meja pengantin, we're had nasi beriani, ayam golek, dalca, ikan bawal masam manis, udang bercili, acar rampai, gubahan pudding, gubahan buah-buahan and minuman sejuk. i never knew that the typical menu for a married couple is ayam golek, seems like in every catering brochure/pamphlet i've came across, ayam golek is listed in the menu.


ii) venue
some parents choose their own house for the wedding, not necessarily to cut costs, but easier to decorate and more comfortable to hold the function. everything is conveniently within reach, but of course there would be a limited list of invitees, depending on the size of your house.

some parents prefer to hold the event in a hall (dewan) and the cost varies on per-hour rate, sometimes per-day rate. i'm no expert, but from what i heard, it can vary from RM60 per hour to RM2,000.00 per day, sometimes RM30,000 per day (perhaps the rate for PWTC, i heard that from somewhere), lookin' at how big & how grand. i got a close friends who had a wedding 2 years ago at dewan merak kayangan, located in jalan gurney 1, 54000, kuala lumpur. there are 3 packages offered by merak kayangan, package A with RM38.00 per head (RM380.00 per table), package B with RM40.00 per head (RM400.00 per table) and package C with RM43.00 per head (RM430.00 per table). and they took package B (RM40.00). the rental fee is already included, explaining how expensive for a single person to eat..


iii) equipment
since this is a one-day event, people just rent all this equipment, which is to my surprise, extremely expensive. seriously i never knew that it costs this much to rent for some tables and chairs. for the event, we usually need a wedding table (makan hidang) complete with skirting, scallop, royal dining, banquet chairs and flowers. we also need to rent some round tables (depending on the guests) with alas meja of course, buffet tables, banquet chairs and last but not least for the transportation.


iv) list of guests/invitees
i tell you, this is not an easy task. the main idea is, to invite everyone who would be offended if they are not invited. so far, from my experience (relatives and friends), the list of guests ranged from a mere 200 people to a staggering 2,000 people. pretty sure some rich folks would invite more than 2,000 but i never came across of them personally. my mom particularly spend a lot of time, figuring out who should we invite, and of course, not to embarass ourselves if the food is not enough for everyone. yeah, perhaps that's the major concern. not to embarass yourselves.


v) wedding cards
again,the usual rates for wedding cards ranged from RM0.30 to RM10 per card and some would require a minimum of 300 cards. expensive eh?


vi) wedding costumes
i don't know how my much my sister spent for her costumes, but of course there must be at least 2, i'm just guessing. not to forget we also need to buy new clothes for ourselves too, all gold color. me & my dad got a new baju melayu, complete with new songkok & songket, which we got in jalan masjid india (is that right?). my mom and younger sis also bought some new baju kurungs. damn, it's DAMN expensive to tie the knot eh? all this for a piece of paper, surat nikah. heh..just kidding.


vii) mak andam
in some traditional kampungs, mak andams are also the mak bidan. hehe talk about being all-rounder eh? but seriously, i think we should all re-define the term "mak andam" to "pak andam", who you can't help but wondering about their sexuality. nowadays, i came across with more pak andams than mak andams, but i'm not complaining since they are very very very good. maybe i'll have problems if they become my mak andam..hehe..can't really imagine the idea of another man touching your face.. damn. scary.


viii) hantaran
last but not least, hantaran is probably the most expensive in all expenses, or sometimes second after food. nowadays parents tend to put higher "tags" for this hantaran, ranging from RM3,000 to RM15,000 (malaysian standard). personally i think, the parents would feel relieved to let their daughter go to a man they hardly know, if the guy could afford such money in the first place. so guys (i mean the males only), start thinkin' about this if you wanna get married anytime soon. if you don't have the money, perhaps it's better to start saving now. seriously. you need at least RM20,000 for the whole thing. for real. unless you wanna get married in siam.. waahahahaha..hmm not a bad idea after all.

trends nowadays seem to be obsessed with numbers, as they want the hantaran numbers to be memorable, no matter how impractical or how expensive. my relative chose RM6,666.66, some would choose RM7,777.77 and some would just go for RM10,000 or RM15,000. you can get a second hand virago, with that amount right? hehe but of course it's different. oh they even want nice dates too, like 08/08/2008, 20/08/2008, or 09/09/2009 or 20/09/2009, even though they're not practical & inconvenient..


okay, i might miss some major issues intentionally 'cause i need to go, but DAMNNN this is A LOT of work. i need to go now..gettin' sleepy already. my sleep cycle still messed up.. later guys.

My Birthday Girl

Happy 25th Birthday syg..

How do you say thank you to someone who has just given you
a chance to experience something so sensual? Something you
thought would never touch your heart, soul, and mind so deeply.

Words come hard to explain how thankful I am that it was you,
my love, with whom I shared these cherished moments. Thank you
seems so small in comparison to the world you've shown me.
Even though there were just those few stolen hours, my world is forever changed.


You will always be the one woman who took time out of her busy life to show me
how much I have missed. I will be forever grateful to you.

I think the saying is so true, "Life is not measured by the breaths that we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away." Those Cherished moments took my
breath away! I will always remember the one who took my breath away so easily.


I hope today turns out to be the day I wish it to be for you. I loved our weekend.
If I would be with you now, I would be loving your entire being. There are no
other words to express to you my feelings at this very moment. I thank God every
day for sending a love into my life that will never lose the fullness we feel at
this moment. I thank Allah every day for giving me to you so that I will always be
there for you when you need to see the light you have been looking for.


Today I wish for you, peace, special thoughts of happy times, remembrance of our
loving times and at the end of the day.

Happy birthday, my darling and have the best day of your life today.
All of my love doesn't seem enough, but that's all I have to offer you.


Love always & forever in my heart,
Azwan

The Photographer

It’s not that easy to get a wedding photographer less than two months before one’s wedding. Or rather, it’s not that easy to secure the service of a highly recommended photojournalist two months before one’s wedding.

One of the best wedding photojournalists around would be none other than the Principal Photographer of CandidSyndrome - Saiful Nang. This guy is in great demand and must be booked many, many months in advance.

I must also admit that I admire Ikram Ismail’s work – yes, he one of the exclusive Photographers. There’s nothing wrong with admitting my admiration although I know that I can’t afford that particular package I really like, right?


One can always consult their recently married friends for recommendations of wedding photojournalists. But if all else fails, then, there are many wedding photographers ready to offer their service who could be found around here and various photo studios. The normal charge is depends on how many event or per session we want. I peeked at some portfolios and thought that a few are quite okay even if they are not as impressive as Ikram Ismail’s or Saiful Nang’s. But hey, that’s the reason why they cost so differently, right?

It doesn’t take a pair of trained eyes to notice the difference between highly professional and semi-professional photography. When I attended one of my friend’s wedding in SA about few months ago, I have seen how the photographer cleverly guided the newly wed couple for prompted shots. The end results, I must admit look natural and professionally handled. The photos of my friends and his wife took for the sambut menantu kenduri in SA though were something else – they looked rather stiff despite all the cheery genuine smiles. “The photographer did not guide us as thoroughly as the one in SA did,” He explained as I flipped the pages of his wedding albums, remarking on how different they looked on the two separate occasions.

While most of people doesn’t believe in spending a small fortune (“Our friends and family can take our pictures for free right?”) for a wedding photographer, I’ve consulted many friends and majority of them recommended hiring a professional. “Consider it a long term investment. This is something you want to share with your kids, insya Allah, with your menantu, your cucu.. This is something you want to keep for life,” a friend advised.


Okay maybe my dearest fiancé has a valid point in pointing out that our wedding is just a one-day event to start our adventure together for the rest of our lives and if possible, it’s better to save what we can for the future. Still, I’m a sucker for beautiful photos. In fact, I’m simply a sucker for any kind photos, beautiful or otherwise. And I really, really want the essence of our big day to be nicely, naturally, professionally captured on photos.

Thus, We finally settled on hiring a photographer from fp, who was personally recommended by Alang. While I must admit that his portfolio is not as impressive as SN’s or Ikram’s – I consoled myself that at least he’s willing to listen to my wish of must-take shots and even willing to take a look at other people’s photos to get a better understanding of my wish.


After some sort of research - browsing through friends’ and colleagues’ wedding albums, browsing the net for suggestions - I've just compiled a list of must-take shots. Of course these are apart from the obligatory photos on the pelamin – the bride and groom together, the couple with her parents, the couple together with his parents, the couple with all parents, the couple with her entire immediate family, the couple with his entire immediate family, the couple with immediate family members from both sides, the couple with both pengapits, the couple with her extended family members, the couple with his extended family members, the couple with guests insisting on having a picture together on the pelamin and on and on and on..

Here’s my personal list of crucial moments I hope not to be missed by my photographer – please let me know if I should add more, in case I’ve left some important moments…


Majlis Akad Nikah
- The groom before the akad
- The bride before the akad
- The signing of the last few forms in front of the Kadhi
- Ayah before akad (he’s going to do the akad himself)
- Ayah as he utter the akad
- The groom as he utter the lafaz nikah
- The groom as he is about to start the solat sunat
- The groom putting on the ring
- Close up of the hands as the groom slips the ring onto the bride’s finger
- Close-up of the bride kissing the groom’s hand
- Close-up of the groom kissing the bride’s forehead
- The group family picture after the akad


The Kenduri
- Shot from outside the house, the canopy and all
- The preparation by caterer, orang dapur & other last minute touch up on this and that
- The Marhaban group in action
- The bride getting ready/made up
- Mak helping the bride out with last minute stuff like checking on the selendang
- Ayah whispering last minute advice as he kisses the bride’s forehead
- The bride checking herself out in the mirror
- Detail of clothing, shoes, the invitation card, the ring, the bridal bouquet
- Detail of the hantaran, bilik pengantin, pelamin, bunga pahar
- Some touching shot with Mak, Ayah, Abang, Adik, cousins, uncles, aunties, grandma
- The bride with her pengapit
- The groom with his pengapit
- A rear shot of the bride standing, looking down one side at the floral bouquet in her hand
- Some touching shots of the groom with his family as they wait for the kompang procession to begin.
- Close up of the groom’s adorably nervous stance before the procession begin
- Close up of the bride’s nervous posture as the procession nears her house
- The flower girls laughing and grinning among themselves
- The kompang boys as they ketuk the kompang vigorously and sang loudly
- Flower girls happily leading the procession
- The procession
- Guests whispering to each other as they watch the procession
- Wide shot of the guests from the procession’s point of view.
- Close up of the hands holding firmly as the bride and groom proceeds
- Bride and groom at the head table for makan beradat (or is it makan berhadap?)
- All guests at the head table
- Detail of special bunga telur, goblets and food item on the head table from side view
- Close up of the groom and bride feeding each other
- Detail of the wedding cake and the cake table
- Bride and groom cutting the cake
- Bride and groom feeding each other the cake
- Congrats shots – bride and groom hugging, laughing, crying, and accepting well wishes and handshakes from close friends and family.
- Bride’s and groom’s parents chatting with each other
- Kids playing and messing around with the bunga telur, the canopy, the pelamin or something
- Bride laughing or giggling with her pengapit
- Groom with his arm affectionately around his pengapit
- Bride and groom chatting up guests

PERAK: Take a look around

Sigh! I’m beginning to think that there’s no difference to all of them..
Unfortunately, damage done.. no matter what remedies they take henceforth..

Really disappointed with the 3 self serving parties now. We give them
a big mandate to rule without prejudice of race, religion and gender.
Now, they can’t even give and take to choose a MB among 31 state assembly
persons, how can they rule the state then? Maybe we are wrong thinking
it is time for a change for the better.

An end to race-based politics? Gimme a break! The BN formula has
now been supplanted by a variation of the same old formula.
Much like the same old wine in a new bottle and a new lable.

You guys now look like BN component parties with only different names.

Oh, how sweet it is to be proven wrong!

by Abdullah Junid

Syabas, Malaysia! I've never been prouder to call myself a Malaysian than I am today. This is a win for the people of Malaysia more than anything else.

Like so many others, my heart wished for this result, but my head said the deep-seated fears and mutual suspicions nurtured by the Barisan Nasional and its predecessor would once again create second thoughts among most voters on the journey between their homes and the polling booths.

Oh, how sweet it is to be proven wrong! How sweet to show the world that we as a people have a backbone and we have a real democracy.

This is also a win above all else for Anwar Ibrahim. The journey from being a beaten - literally and figuratively - wheelchair-bound figure to becoming the de facto leader of this group of gutsy people who have shaken the previously unshakable BN machine to the core is nothing short of remarkable, the stuff legends are made off.

As some would say, the man can take a licking - but he keeps on ticking!

It was Anwar's clarion call of reformasi, defiantly and in the face of a dictator who would stoop to anything to retain power, in the 1990s that triggered everything that has eventually resulted in this triumph. Anwar irrelevant? The BN folk should practice their stand-up comedy skills!

Kudos too to Lim Kit Siang and his merry band of DAP-per brothers and sisters. Kit - who should have been made a Tun a long time ago - has toiled on the thankless opposition bench for decades. A lesser man would have packed it in a long time ago, but his fire burns as bright as ever.

There's just one more reward left for Kit - to see him as a member of the cabinet. That looks like a real possibility on this historic day, though he'll have to hang around until the next election for that to happen. Heck, after 30 or so years, what's another four or five?

A shout out too to other opposition stalwarts such as Karpal Singh and Tan Seng Giaw, Kit's equally determined and long-suffering brothers-in-arms.

A word too for PAS. They kept their end of the bargain - trouncing the BN in Kelantan and put up a strong fight in Terengganu - as well as leading the charge and winning in Kedah, and denying the BN valuable seats elsewhere in the country.

But most of all, this one is for the scores of thousands who took to the streets for Bersih and Hindraf. They showed that there is really no reason to fear anything. They led the way in this brave attempt by Malaysians to take back their country.

When a massive structure has been in place for decades, it cannot - and frankly should not - be brought down in one attempt. The nuts and bolts holding things in place are deeply embedded, and the first order of business is to remove the outer shell first.


The BN's outer shell has been removed. Now, the opposition parties have to start working on infiltrating the core. And if you really examine today's results, the BN core may not be too formidable at all.

More than 50 of the BN's 135-odd seats came from East Malaysia. In fact, these are the seats that the ruling coalition relied on to retain power. The opposition parties must now focus their efforts on making major inroads into Sabah and Sarawak.

In West Malaysia, it is Johor and Pahang that have provided the firewall for the BN. And these are the states the opposition needs to start working on earnestly. Take away these four big states in East and West Malaysia, and suddenly the BN is a pretty spent force.

But the opposition parties too need to be careful and deliberate in the way they move forward. This win will mean nothing four years down the road if they don't do things carefully.

One of the most important things to remember will be that the foundation of this nation remains the Malays and Malay culture. As go the Malays, so goes the nation. It is important that this fact is remembered and always kept in mind when the three opposition parties negotiate their way forward from here.

It is particularly important that the DAP should reassure the Malays that they are not just a Chinese party at heart. And it is not just words that will do the trick. Deeds are important.

The state that all eyes will be on is probably going to be Perak. Kedah and Kelantan will naturally have Malay first ministers, while Penang naturally lends itself to a Chinese No 1. But Perak is a trickier proposition, and it would be advisable for the DAP, despite winning the most state seats, to make way for a Malay menteri besar, preferably from the PAS or PKR.

Also tricky, if only for symbolic reasons, is the post of opposition leader. Since PKR won the largest number of seats, they have a claim to appoint the opposition leader. But here again, magnanimity and the spirit of ‘Malaysianess’, I suggest that the PKR should step aside and support Kit to continue as the opposition leader. Any other choice will come across as being distasteful and lacking class.

Finally, a word for Umno. It would be foolish to write them off as a spent force. They'll still be running this country, and if they are smart enough, they'll retool, haul themselves into the 21st  century and remain a potent force.

If they don't resort to any hanky-panky in the coming days, they'll deserve praise for respecting the country's democratic system despite all the ills that have diseased this grand old party.

The Peoples Voice!!

System has gone Kaput

The EC has cancelled the use of indelible ink on vote cast, and now don’t expect that they will overturn it.

If the EC uses it, partly to be sure that there will be no ‘penipuan’ in the GE.

But now, it seems that the EC has said NO for it, so be dumb with it. Haji Hadi should fight for it once again (although it sounds unworkable).


The reason was simple; “public order and security issues”, but I think it’s nonsense as I have read in H newspaper that ‘there’s been some Burma families seen in Pekan’.

It’s expected. I know.

Read lah. Bernama only have 15 words in its news, excellent journalism! Here.


Vote for change!

Minyak: The sequel

Harga petrol di Malaysia sepanjang zaman..
(dalam masa 16 tahun - sejak 1990 )
 

Sebelum 90 - RM 0.89
Tahun 1990 - RM 1.10     (kenaikan RM 0.21 )
01/10/2000 - RM 1.20     (kenaikan RM 0.10)
20/10/2001 - RM 1.30      (kenaikan RM 0.10)
01/05/2002 - RM 1.32      (kenaikan RM 0.02)
31/10/2002 - RM 1.33      (kenaikan RM 0.01)
01/03/2003 - RM 1.35      (kenaikan RM 0.02 )
01/05/2004 - RM 1.37      (kenaikan RM 0.02)
01/10/2004 - RM 1.42      (kenaikan RM 0.05)
05/05/2005 - RM 1.52      (kenaikan RM 0.10)
31/07/2005 - RM 1.62      (kenaikan RM 0.10)
28/02/2006 - RM 1.92      (kenaikan RM 0.30)
so on and so forth

 
Perhatian : (Ayat - ayat "Standard'

1. Kenaikkan minyak sehingga sekarang masih rendah lagi , 
kalau dibandingkan dengan mana-mana satu pun negara Asia yang lain.

2. Kerajaan Malaysia memastikan kenaikkan harga petrol tidak akan membebankan. 


3. Kerajaan Malaysia tidak mampu menampung lagi subsidi harga petrol disebabkan
kenaikkan harga pasaran global. (Tetapi cuma mampu membayar kos untuk DR. SMS melawat angkasa lepas dengan menumpang roket negara Russia )

4. Kerajaan Malaysia memberi jaminan harga runcit petroleum tidak akan dinaikkan
lagi  pada TAHUN 2007. (Sehingga sebelum pilihanraya yang akan
berlangsung pada tahun depan 2008)


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System of A Down

Found this article on one of the local newspaper site. The author even dedicated a letter about last election for our reading. Some points are disturbing, some are controversial but some, we should sit down and give them some thoughts.

Saudara Pengarang,
Assalamualaikum,

Mari sama-sama kita teliti kad laporan kemajuan Barisan Nasional selepas pilihan raya ke-11, 2004 sepenggal yang lalu.

- Bangunan Parlimen - bumbung bocor
- Mahkamah Jalan Duta retak dan bocor
- Keruntuhan syiling bangunan Pejabat Mahkamah KL, MECD dan Ibu pejabat Imigresen, dan Dewan Serbaguna Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi di Putrajaya
- Serangan Kulat di Hospital Sultan Ismail Johor
- Tanah Runtuh Gua Tempurung
- Kelewatan Menyiapkan Bangunan Matrade
- 31 Tiang Jejambat MRR2 Retak - kerajaan terpaksa menanggung kos pembaikan jalan membabitkan berjuta-juta ringgit wang rakyat
- Struktur Permukaan Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur (LPT) tidak rata
- Tanah Runtuh Jalan Simpang Pulai-Lojing-Kg Raja Road di Cameron Highlands
- Kes Pembinaan Jalan Simpang Pulai-Loging-Mentakab
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- Isu AP - Dtk Seri Rafidah Aziz
- VK Lingam Video Clip
- Kes Pembunuhan Altantuya
- 10 tahun yang lalu - Pembunuhan Mustakizah
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Makmal Komputer runtuh
Kes siling makmal komputer MRSM runtuh
Masalah kerosakan struktur pembinaan - 16 sekolah dan 5 kolej komuniti
Soalan URSR Bocor
Peruntukan Kerja Baik Pulih Sekolah Diseleweng
Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) Alor Setar Terbengkalai
Isu Projek Terbengkalai
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Rasuah?
Kronisme?
Nepotisme?
Ketidakcekapan
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Perbelanjaan menyiapkan Port Klang Free Zone berharga sebanyak RM2.8 bilion meningkat naik kepada RM4.7 bilion

Ini telah membawa banyak masalah bukan sahaja kepada rakyat tetapi kepada ekonomi negara kerana jutaan ringgit lagi terpaksa dibelanjakan untuk tujuan pembaikan.

Siling runtuh, tiang retak, bumbung bocor dan pelbagai lagi kerosakan yang berlaku kemungkinan besar akibat dari amalan rasuah.

Di manakah wang kami?
Kos Membuat Pembangunan Tinggi Berbanding Sebenar
Bangunan Tentera Tak Boleh Pakai
Beli Kapal Terbang Penyerang Rusia - 2 kali Harga Nilai Pasaran

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Tuduhan rasuah kepada pegawai tinggi polis negara dan banyak lagi kes-kes yang berhubung dengan rasuah – di manakah kesudahannya?

Kini semua terbarai. Bangunan pecah. Paip bocor. Atap runtuh. Bangunan rahai. Loji retak. Jalan berlubang. Parit kambus. Tanah runtuh. Hutan gondol. Bukit merekah. Jambatan goyang.
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Jambatan Bengkok Johor, PLUS
* Wang Pampasan Dibayar
Di manakah wang kami?

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ARE THESE PAK LAH'S MEGA PROJECTS SINCE BECOMING PM?

- TOL NAIK (Toll Price Hike)
- PETROL NAIK (Petrol Price Hike)
- BIL AIR NAIK (Water Bill Hike)
- BIL API NAIK (Electricity Tariff Hike)
- TEPUNG NAIK (Flour Price Hike)
- GULA NAIK (Sugar Price Hike)
- DIESEL NAIK (Diesel Price Hike)
- CUKAI PINTU dan TANAH NAIK (Taxes Hike)
- KES JENAYAH NAIK (Criminal Cases Hike)
- KERIS NAIK (Keris Raised)
- PERHIMPUNAN HARAM NAIK (Number of Illegal Assemblies Increased)
- GAJI DAN BONUS KAKITANGAN KERAJAAN NAIK (Salary and Bonus for Civil Servants Increased)

dan banyak lagi yang akan naik.

(Akhirnya Angin Orang Malaysia pun NAIK. Ada apa lagi yang mahu naik?)
Ke manakah perginya keuntungan Petronas dan GLC yang berpuluh bilion itu?
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"Jangan asyik beri alasan. Hiduplah di alam nyata, jangan asyik buat kenyataan sesuka hati." --- kata Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri Datuk Johari Baharom sebagai reaksi kepada kenyataan pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Bukit Aman Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee.

Wan dalam kenyataannya itu menolak kenyataan awal Johari lewat minggu lalu bahawa indeks jenayah di Kuala Lumpur meningkat mendadak kepada 40% dalam tempoh tiga bulan pertama tahun ini, dengan indeks di Sentul sahaja meningkat 90% berbanding tempoh yang sama tahun lalu.
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Kebocoran itu membazirkan wang rakyat

Isu Kebocoran - Mohd Said Yusuf (Jasin) dan Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan)

MOHD SAID (BN-Jasin) yang pernah dahulu dikaitkan dengan kesalahan mengimport kayu bergergaji di Pelabuhan miliknya di Melaka. - BinYusuf Enterprise, tutup satu mata Member of Parlimen.

Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) yang bangun mengambil bahagian secara sinis berkata: "Mana ada bocor, Batu Gajah pun tiap-tiap bulan pun bocor juga."

Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) dalam satu debat hangat bersama Karpal Singh (DAP-Jelutong) telah menjerit seperti berikut: "Anda yang sepatutnya diam. Nasib baik anda kini berkerusi roda. Anda sepatutnya hampir mati (dalam suatu kecelakaan jalan raya)."

Menteri Besar Pahang memberi isyarat lucah menggunakan tangan.

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Laporan siasatan Badan Pencegah Rasuah berhubung dakwaan kononnya Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Datuk Mohd. Johari Baharom menerima sogokan RM5 juta bagi membebaskan penjenayah yang ditahan mengikut Ordinan Darurat telah diserahkan kepada pendakwa raya.

Tan Sri Musa Hassan, Ketua Polis Negara, telah menerima wang sejumlah RM2 juta bagi membebaskan tiga orang subjek yang ditahan di bawah Ordinan Darurat 1969. Kes ketiga-tiga subjek ini yang dikatakan terlibat dalam sindiket judi haram disiasat oleh pihak Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kluang, Johor.
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Nazri Abdul Aziz – "Pulang ke China kalau tak suka."

Sekian, mungkin ada sebarang pertambahan lain untuk menyempurnakan kad laporan BN?

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http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/daftar.asp

910609755079
920622710069

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i'm clueless! :|

While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry

Another controversial article, written by Michael Backman (best-selling Author & columnist), for your reading. The author even dedicated a site for Columns about Malaysia.


While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry (theage.com.au)

Michael Backman

MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races — the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.

It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it.

The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, not at market value, but at par value.

Many shares have a par value of say $1 but a market value of $12. And so the Government figure (18.9 per cent is the most recent figure) is a gross underestimate. Last month a paper by a researcher at a local think-tank came up with a figure of 45 per cent based on actual stock prices. All hell broke loose. The paper was withdrawn and the researcher resigned in protest. Part of the problem is that he is Chinese.


"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry. It translates to "Malaysia can!" and Malaysia certainly can. Few countries are as good at wasting money. It is richly endowed with natural resources and the national obsession seems to be to extract these, sell them off and then collectively spray the proceeds up against the wall.

This all happens in the context of Malaysia's grossly inflated sense of its place in the world.

Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are world figures. This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a map much less name its prime minister or capital city.

As if to make this point, a recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur. He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so made up one, as if no-one cared anyway. But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is inland.

Petronas, the national oil company is well run, particularly when compared to the disaster that passes for a national oil company in neighbouring Indonesia. But in some respects, this is Malaysia's problem. The very success of Petronas means that it is used to underwrite all manner of excess.

The KLCC development in central Kuala Lumpur is an example. It includes the Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point.

It certainly wasn't that there was an office shortage in Kuala Lumpur — there wasn't.

Malaysians are very proud of these towers. Goodness knows why. They had little to do with them. The money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean companies.


They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them. That's handled by Australia's Westfield.

This year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space. And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program.

Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".

But the summer Olympics are held in the summer.

So what is the complex's real purpose? The dozens of goodwill missions by ministers and bureaucrats to London to check on the centre's construction and then on the athletes while they train might provide a clue.

Bank bale outs, a formula one racing track, an entire new capital city — Petronas has paid for them all. It's been an orgy of nonsense that Malaysia can ill afford.

Why? Because Malaysia's oil will run out in about 19 years. As it is, Malaysia will become a net oil importer in 2011 — that's just three years

away.

So it's in this context that the latest debate about race and wealth is so sad.

It is time to move on, time to prepare the economy for life after oil. But, like Nero fiddling while Rome burned, the Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash, and arguing about wealth distribution using transparently ridiculous statistics.

That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia "bodoh" (stupid).


email: michaelbackman@yahoo.com

http://www.michaelbackman.com

The truly successful person

SyedmokhtarLatar belakang Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

- Umur - 53 tahun
- Pendidikan - SPM
- Mula berniaga - 19 tahun (jual beli lembu dan kerbau)
- Kekayaan - RM1,425 juta
- Ke 7 terkaya di Malaysia
- Ke 32 terkaya di Asia Tenggara (Forbes)
- Antara syarikat miliknya - MMC, Pelabuhan Tg. Pelepas,
BERNAS, Gardenia, DRB-HICOM dan Bank Muammalat
- Kereta - Proton Perdana
- Sumbangan sosial -Yayasan Al-Bukhary, institusi pengajian untuk 3,000
pelajar, Muzium Kesenian Islam, Kompleks Al-Bukhary, menaja kelas tuisyen
untuk pelajar Melayu, pengindahan Masjid Negara, sumbangan RM1 juta untuk
Tabung Tsunami dan menaja setiap tahun penghantaran rakyat Malaysia yang
tak mampu untuk tunaikan haji.

- Bagaimana sumbangan sosialnya bermula
Bila mana ibunya menyuruh memberikan sebahagian elaun ( RM750.00) pertamanya
sebagai pengarah syarikat beras kepada jiran yang susah. Sebahagian lagi
(RM750.00) ibunya simpan. Selain itu, ibunya juga menyuruh beliau
menghantar lampu kerosen ke surau-surau untuk menerangi kegiatan sepanjang
malam bulan Ramadhan. Dari situ bermulalah pembentukan peribadi dan
pemikiran Syed Mokhtar yang kita kenali hari ini.

1. Ada sebab kenapa saya bekerja seperti tiada hari esok. Agenda sosial dan
kerja-kerja kemasyarkatan itulah antara sebabnya. Saya mahu meninggalkan
warisan untuk anak bangsa yang kekal berpanjangan.

2. (berkenaan know who) Bangsa lain tak mengapa tapi orang Melayu kena
berdamping dengan orang politik sedikit-sedikit. Tapi masalahnya kita tidak
mahu melalui kesusahan; banyak yang mahu senang dengan mendampingi orang
politik semata-mata.

3. Tiada apa-apa rahsia. Saya ini hamba Allah biasa, budak dangau macam
saudara semua juga. Tuhan jadikan manusia ini sama sahaja. Proses
kematangan saya yang membezakannya. Saya percaya sesiapa pun boleh menjadi
apa sahaja asalkan mereka berusaha dengan tekun. Tetapi tentulah ia memakan
masa. Tiada jalan singkat.

4. Saya mengenali kekuatan dan kelemahan saya. Apa yang tidak mampu buat
saya akan minta orang lain tengok-tengokkan. Saya melalui jalan yang susah
tapi itulah jalan yang kekal.

5. Kita perlu menggunakan kepakaran mereka (bangsa Cina) kerana mereka jauh
lebih maju dan mahir daripada kita. Apa yang kita kurang faham kita
berkongsi dengan tujuan untuk belajar dengan mereka. Apabila sudah faham
baru kita boleh menjaga kepentingan kita.

6. Saya sedih melihat sistem sekolah pondok di Kedah. Saya ada cita-cita
mahu memodenkan sekolah pondok. Kita kena maju.

7. Saya terlibat dalam perniagaan ini kerana saya tiada pilihan lain.

8. Untuk memajukan perniagaan, memang kena banyak sabar dan kuat berusaha.

9. Tidak ada jalan singkat. Saya belajar tentang perniagaan ini sejak kecil
lagi dan saya juga biasa kena tipu.

10. Saya pun suka kemewahan. Saya pun suka tengok dunia, ke Tokyo , New
York dan London . Saya pun suka pakai baju elok. Tapi kita hendak bermewah
setakat mana, hendak pakai baju banyak mana, hendak tidur dalam berapa
rumah satu malam, hendak makan pun sampai larat mana ?.

11. Dalam hidup ini kita sebenarnya tidak ada status; ada masa di atas, ada
masa di bawah.

12. Ketika Allah memberikan kemewahan, kita kena turun ke bawah, tengok
mana-mana yang boleh dibantu. Allah beri rezeki melalui kita untuk kita
tolong orang lain. Rezeki itu bila-bila masa dia boleh ambil balik. Jika
ada orang korporat Melayu yang tidak mahu turun ke bawah mungkin kerana
bayangan duit itu lebih kuat daripada yang lain.

13. Korporat Cina turun ke bawah membantu. Orang Cina ada pelbagai
persatuan. Kita tidak ada; kalau ada pun berpecah. Orang Melayu kita tidak
mahu bekerjasama kerana perasaan dengki menguasai diri. Sudahlah tak mahu
berusaha, apabila orang lain berusaha mereka marah.

14. Rezeki yang ada itu sebenarnya untuk orang lain. Memang dari segi hukum
pun begitu. Kita kena keluar zakat dan fitrah. Tetapi zakat fitrah banyak
mana sangat. Islam agama yang adil; ia minta sedikit saja. Oleh itu, kalau
ada duit yang lebih ia seharusnya dibelanjakan dengan baik.

15. Saya tak kisah kalau saya tak buat semua ini. Saya boleh tak buat
apa-apa dan balik ke Alor Star. Tetapi saya rasa hidup ini sia-sia. Orang
Kedah kata kalau mati nanti mata tidak tutup rapat kerana tanggungjawab
depan mata kita tidak buat. Orang lain ambil kekayaan kita, ambil hak kita
dan pergunakan kita, kita masih tidak buat apa-apa!.

16. Saya ada emotional attachment kepada agama, bangsa dan ummah. Saya
bukan individualistik. Diri saya tidak penting. Pangkat dan gelaran ini
kepada saya tidak mustahak.

17. Saya sedih media tonjolkan saya begini. Saya malu kerana orang Cina
kaya beratus-ratus kali ganda daripada saya. Tapi saya tahu orang Melayu
kalau hendak berjaya kena kerja kuat tidak kira siang malam. Kita ada
kekuatan yang tuhan beri melebihi daripada bangsa lain. Tetapi untuk maju
kita perlu berusaha.

18. Saya asal daripada tidak ada apa-apa. Apa yang saya tidak tahu saya
belajar, minta tolong daripada orang. Saya tidak malu. Saya bukannya
mencuri. Saya usaha sendiri. Sikap pemalas dan pemalu ini yang orang Melayu
kena atasi. Kita kena berani kerana benar. Apabila kita dapat keuntungan
dan rezeki lebih, bolehlah kita menolong orang.

19. Kaya itu bukanlah kepada diri sendiri. Kaya itu adalah kepada kumpulan
perniagaan ini, kepada bangsa dan kepada orang ramai. Saya hanya
memegangnya untuk sementara sahaja.

20. Saya tiada keinginan untuk menyimpan kekayaan ini untuk anak dan
isteri. Duit ini tidak akan kekal. Saya percaya hanya perkara yang baik
yang kita lakukakan akan kekal. Bukan duit yang akan melindungi saya nanti
tapi apa yang saya lakukan sekarang.

21. Saya perlu terus mencari peluang dan perniagaan lain supaya kita terus
dapat bantu orang lain mengembangkan diri masing-masing. Saya bukan buat
semua ini untuk diri saya semata-mata.

22. Ada juga yang saya usaha tapi tak dapat dan orang tak tahu. Apa yang
saya dapat itu yang jadi masalah kononnya Syed Mokhtar sapu semua. Bangsa
lain memegang pelbagai kepentingan dalam ekonomi, siapa pun tak kata apa.
Ini masalah orang Melayu. Di kampung orang Melayu berpecah kerana politik,
di bandar berpecah kerana ini (wang).

23. Saya percaya kalau rezeki itu Allah beri kepada saya ia bukan untuk
saya tetapi untuk orang ramai juga. Orang tidak tahu banyak syarikat yang
saya ada ini gagal dan tidak maju kepada saya tetapi orang tidak tahu.

24. Banyak orang percaya bahawa dia mesti ada RM10 juta atau RM20 juta
dalam tangan baru hidup boleh selamat. Ini yang menyebabkan mereka hanyut
daripada menolong orang lain. Mereka lebih takutkan diri sendiri. Mereka
lupa bahawa kekayaan tidak boleh membantu selama-lamanya.

25. Orang kata saya takda duit tapi banyak hutang. Orang berniaga mana yang
tak berhutang. Tapi mesti tahu bagaimana hendak meminjam dan membayarnya
semula. Ada cara boleh kita buat. Tapi sebelum berhutang RM100 juta mesti
sudah fikir bagaimana hendak membayarnya balik. Mesti ada tanggungjawab.
Banyak orang mahu senang tapi tidak ramai yang mahu bertanggungjawab.

26. (perasaan setiap kali mendapat rezeki) . Saya ini kata orang Kedah,
lebai kodok bukan lebai pondok. Tapi saya tahu hal-hal asas. Kalau mahu
saya minta terus dari tuhan. Tuhan beri manusia akal dan fikiran. Kalau
hendak pakai baju dan seluar biarlah padan dengan badan.

27. Kesenangan yang saya perolehi ini datang dengan tanggungjawab (bila
pinjam bayar balik dan buat amal jariah). Kalau hendak dibandingkan dengan
bangsa lain, perniagaan saya ini tidak ada apa. Tetapi walaupun sedikit
tetapi yang sedikit itu ada berkatnya.

28. Saya suka kalau nikmat sedikit yang saya dapat itu orang lain boleh
berkongsi sama.

29. Saya kadang-kadang kecewa dan sedih melihat anak orang alim yang
sesetengahnya lupa diri setelah mendapat kekayaan. Saya pun sama seperti
orang lain suka hendak ke luar negara tetapi kita tidak boleh lupa kubur
kita dan asal usul kita. Di kampung kita mungkin ada jiran-jiran yang
perlukan bantuan.

30. .....kalau tidak mungkin saya sudah ke Haatyai dan jadi nakal. Saya
manusia yang banyak buat kesilapan. Tetapi saya insaf, beristighfar dan
jalan lagi. Sejak awal saya ada kesedaran mahu mengekalkan hak kita sebagai
orang Melayu.

31. Saya kata kepada diri sendiri kalau kerana itu saya terpaksa bersusah
sedikit pun tidak mengapa.

32. Kekayaan ini tuhan beri kepada saya untuk saya menolong orang lain
pula. Saya percaya kepada keberkatan rezeki. Hari ini kita tolong orang,
esok lusa orang akan tolong kita pula dengan cara yang lain.

33. Kalaupun tidak sanggup tunggu 34 tahun seperti saya berilah sedikit
masa untuk faham selok belok perniagaan, Insya Allah boleh maju.

34. Kita jangan cepat putus asa. Putus asa boleh tapi kena cepat-cepat
kuatkan semula semangat untuk bangkit balik. Jangan jadikan agama hanya
satu tempat untuk kita bergantung apabila kita susah. Tanggungjawab ibadah
adalah tugas seharian.

35. Lifestyle ? Saya tidak ada lifestyle yang kena masuk kelab sana dan
sini. Tapi tak semestinya saya tidak boleh turun ke kelab. Orang Melayu
kalau hendak ke depan mesti ada cara hidup yang fleksibel, boleh naik dan
turun.

36. Lifestyle ini sebenarnya satu penyakit. Saya biasa pakai Mercedes tapi
sekarang saya pakai Proton Perdana untuk sokong kereta nasional. Kereta itu
pun cukup untuk bawa saya ke mana-mana.

37. Tiada sebab kenapa orang Melayu tidak boleh maju. Ini saya berani
perang dengan sesiapa pun. Orang Melayu boleh maju . Kalau saudara jadi
wartawan saudara kena tanam semangat suatu hari nanti mahu ambil alih
akhbar ini. Tidak ada sebab kenapa ia tidak boleh berlaku.

38. Kejayaan dan kelemahan orang Melayu bukan disebabkan oleh bangsa kita
dan agama kita. Ia berkait dengan sikap dan cara kita berfikir. Gigih,
tekun dan tidak mudah putus asa merupakan kunci kejayaan kita. Tapi perkara
ini kurang wujud dalam cara orang Melayu berfikir.

39. Tuhan memberi peluang kepada siapa saja yang bekerja kuat. Apa yang ada
pada saya ini hanya usaha. Kalau anak dangau macam saya boleh, tidak ada
sebab orang lain terutama mereka yang dari pekan tidak boleh.

40. Kita tidak usahlah selalu mengulang-ulang perkara yang boleh memberikan
kesan psikologi negatif kepada orang Melayu (kereta dan rumah besar). Kita
kena kurangkan bercakap tentang kereta besar dan rumah besar . Sesiapa pun
mahu pakai kereta mewah tapi bukan itu matlamatnya.

41. Orang Melayu sebenarnya kena membantu diri sendiri, kena bekerja keras
dan fokus.

42. Sikap merendah diri perlu sentiasa ada dalam diri seseorang walau
setinggi mana pun kejayaan dicapai.

43. Apa yang saya buat ini (kerja-kerja sosial) semuanya bermula daripada
didikan orang tua saya sendiri.

44. Saya sendiri berhutang sambil berniaga dan buat sumbangan amal jariah.
Saya tak mahu tunggu hutang habis baru hendak buat semua ini. Saya takut
kalau hutang habis saya pun mati dan apa pun tak sempat saya buat.

45. Saya biasa saja. Hidup saya tidak berubah, dari dulu beginilah. Saya
terima apa saja nikmat yang diberikan oleh Allah. Tidak ada segelas air,
ada setengah gelas pun saya bersyukur.

46. Kalau kerana sedikit bantuan itu mereka lulus peperiksaan dan hidup
mereka menjadi lebih baik, saya sudah gembira. Saya tidak boleh buat
banyak. Alhamdulillah, lebih baik buat sedikit daripada tidak buat
langsung.

47. Saya tiada minat untuk beli kapal layar atau kapal terbang. Saya fikir
kalau saya beli sesuatu biarlah orang ramai boleh pakai. Saya suka kalau
saya beli sesuatu yang mahal, biarlah orang ramai boleh pakai.

48. Saya gembira dapat membantu. Saya mahu orang lain merasai (kesenangan)
apa yang saya pernah rasa. Saya tahu bagaimana perasaanya. Saya kata kepada
diri saya, apa yang saya dapat saya mesti beri orang lain merasainya sama.
Jangan beri kurang, lebih tak mengapa. Itu yang membuat hati saya seronok.

49. Saya rasa saya ingin menyumbang lebih daripada ini. Saya kata kepada
kawan-kawan ini baru warm-up saja; kita belum berjalan lagi.

50. Saya rasa kita terlalu banyak ketinggalan.

Kepada anak-anak ibu..

" Harta benda dan anak pinak itu ialah perhiasan di dunia; dan amal-amal
soleh yang kekal faedahnya itu lebih baik pada sisi Tuhanmu sebagai pahala
balasan, dan lebih baik sebagai asas yang memberi harapan"

(Surah Al-Kahfi: Ayat 46)