Closer is better
I am aware that the going-ons around me does not look pretty.
My fellow countrymen in the southern part of Johor is in dire straits because of the flooding waters.
The possibility of both the wreckage and the passenger boarding the crashed Adam Air to be sighted is apparently below par.( think deep ravines and thick forests)
The bombings in Baghdad reached the 9 per day average mark.
The toll rates rose, the ikan kembong price per kilo is more than one whole chicken, the fuel price rockets. Practically everything is rising except for our salaries.
The Muslims in Palestine is still broiling in civil war.The massacre in Darfur continues.
Commenting on above events,I have nothing but my heartfelt condolences to those who are involved.
This is a pricky problem we all face. We have only condolences, maybe donate a dollar or two but nothing beyond that.
I like to call it " the close proximity involvement syndrome".Unless a tragedy befall upon my family or myself, or within my area , i will continue to say " oh, kesiannye" and quickly turn to the sport section and forgetting instantly by the flick of a page the news about the dead child sufffocated by a pillow .
As long as my hometown is not in Johor, i dont live in Baghdad, my father still buying the groceries, and i dont have car; the lost of my pendrive ranked more as a cause for sulking rather than hardcore poverty in Somalia.
Reality check: we are vain, people.
This is not a campaign to suggest people seek trouble but i as pondered at the malay saying , "Dah terhantuk, baru nak tergadah" (which carry an i-told-u-so sentiment.), maybe we need to be " terhantuk" so that we can "tergadah" and only then we "sedar and insaf".
The mat rempits terrorising the night life with death-defying stunts? Maybe we just need to let them be.Encourage accidents, maybe tolerate a death or two so that fellow survivors can have a feel at what are they in for looking at their dead friend’s brain fragments scattering on the road.A bit Machiavelian indeed, but its time to stop wasting taxpayers money anymore and the overworked police officers’ time.
Sometimes, tragedies are needed to reflect everything that we have taken for granted. To wake us up from the mollycuddling of modern comforts.
Stuff as trivial as cutleries,mattresses and mere kicap had never been important as before. Just ask the flood victims who now cant even eat without a proper plate.
okay,enough lecturing.I need to find my pendrive.
Writer’s say: Fatah and Hamas, would you guys please stop fighting, you are giving a bad image to Islam.
January 12th, 2007 at 3:28 am
typical manusia.
i only became concerned,touched after reading their dark tales. trying to be in their shoes n feeling what they hve gone thru.
but that kindof feelings dont last. only at the mo.(im not proud saying this,nway)
the victims need more than mercy. those are longing for support that i cant give.
this is the case when ignorance is not a bliss, instead it’s a curse!
January 12th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Wow2, Fifa berceloteh mana ko punya blog aa? ak dah lama x baca…..
January 12th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
and hanani, u must be lost ur mind to love MCR????!!!! Ateqs, tengok hanani ni….
January 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
i dont like them.yerg, i’m not that emotive,gothic or anything of the sort. i like their second album.the whole arrangement is superb.
try la listen. like system of a down but more creative.mcm black eyed peas ( creative music style ) version rock.
so understand or not? its the of their second album ,not the band.
January 13th, 2007 at 1:13 am
Flood victims,my heart goes with you.
Im with the vain part.have to change.
MCR amatlah irritating.
January 13th, 2007 at 6:45 am
i have the close proximity involvement syndrome thingie too. sigh. got cure or not ah?
i am highly suspicious of a band whose lead singer wears too much eye make-up and makes extravagant illogical music videos, but hey, if u say the 2nd album’s good, who knows, looks are deceiving ape.
i still wish he wouldn’t wear so much make-up.
January 13th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Nice post.. I guess I should start to read more of your blog.
January 26th, 2007 at 1:36 am
haha…u hit me wif sum of ur stamtements..but what can we do aite?we’re not filthy rich n de filthy’s jus dun do anythin..but we can try our best donating 1 or 2 dollas n giv man power instead..try volunteering..it helps get rid da guilty feeling..at least in johor la..u dun haf to go to baghdad..haha..
February 18th, 2007 at 5:55 am
there’ll be more n more disaster later on.
trust me.
janji Tuhan bakal tiba.