Monday, November 29, 2010

Magnetic Bracelets : It Really Works!!

I am very skeptical of the magnetic bracelets which was touted as an almost 'cure-all' solution to our health problems. However, after reading these peoples' testimonies, I think I want to give it a try! Let's see what did they say

Testimony No.1
"Dear (name withheld)
Previously I suffered from terrible pain as a result of being incarcerated in prison camps and being treated as a non-human. But after wearing your bracelet, I can levitate myself and other objects up to the size of a ship, erect force fields, generate EMPs and can even manipulate non-metallic objects!

I wish I found about your product sooner...."

Mr. Max Eisenhardt @ Erik Landsherr
Germany

Testimony No.2
"Dear (name withheld)
I was having problems working at the collective farm - I suffered from back pain and constant sprained wrists. Since wearing your magnetic bracelet, the pains has disappeared. I also gained greater strength and sometimes not even needing food, water or oxygen!"

Piotr Nikolayevich Rasputin
Russia

Testimony No.3
"Dear (name withheld)
I have been using your bracelet for a couple of years now after I have suffered a severe bone-related problems. Now my injuries take the barest of time to recover and my stamina is wayyy greater than my colleagues. Thank you very much!!"

James Howlett@Logan
Canada

Testimony No.4
"Dear (Name withheld)
I was one of the earliest buyers of your bracelets and I won't ever use anything else! Your bracelets not only help me have better strength and agility but they have also literally saved my life!!!"

Diana Prince
USA


Yes, I am taking the mick. And in case you're wondering who those people are, they are respectively Magneto, Colossus, Wolverine and Wonder Woman!!!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Fact Or Myth : Adults Only!

Ok, first of all...kids, log off. Adults, carry on! Even though the title mentioned adults only, what I'm writing here is the stuff you can find in men's and women's magazines..not to mention the weekly article in Metro Ahad by Dr Ismail Thamby.

Now, some people (OK, men) are obsessed with their libido and performance in bed. While true ED (erectile dysfunction) is a concern, many others are concerned with whether their, uh, male reproductive organ is 'strong' enough. I recently came across an online article about whether your male reproductive organ is 'strong' and 'healthy'. The article stated that a strong male reproductive organ is one which has an upward angle when erect; when peeing, the urine has strong flow and that the urine is frothy (the frothier the better). Furthermore, another sign that the male reproductive organ is 'weak' is that the person frequently urinates, especially at night. So gentlemen, if your male reprodcutive organ has an upward angle when erect, your urine gushes out and frothy and that if you did not pee frequently then you are sexually 'strong' and 'healthy'. Or was it? That's what happened when old wives' tales gets in the way of scientific facts.

In the book Gray's Anatomy For Students, the writers pointed out that while 75% of test subjects DO have erection of 90 degrees or more (that is, from straight forward to straight up), they did not mention that that is a sign of greater 'strength' - it was merely angles. As for the 'frothy' urine, the frothier it is does not mean you're sexually 'stronger' but it may be a symptom of proteinuria (excess of protein in urine) which in turn caused by a more serious and potentially lethal problem - kidney damage.

As for 'frequent urination especially at night' is not really a sign of sexual 'weakness'; indirectly it is. Frequent urination is a sign of diabetis and that diabetis can lead to erectile dysfunction! So gentlemen remember that the overall health of your body is waayyy more important than that one particular part of your anatomy!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Pra dan Pasca 18 November 2010 (Hehehe)

Pra 18 November 2010

Mula-mulanya si newbie dalam industri filem ni kata dia nak buat filem yang berpaksikan kehidupan masa kini dan akibatnya selepas kematian si pendosa. Dia beranggapan filemnya amat hebat yang mampu mengangkat martabat filem negara serta kegemilangan filem Melayu yang hilang sejak Studio Jalan Ampas ditutup. Juga sebab kehebatan filem dia maka dia berani sasarkan kutipan box-office yang mulanya RM12 juta, kemudiannya RM20 juta, lepas tu RM40 juta dan akhirnya ditambah 'atau lebih'. Filemnya pula dikatakan membuat penonton takut tanpa hantu, menangis tanpa kata-kata dan akibat menonton filemnya pula penonton akan meraung-meraung, pengsan dan mungkin terpaksa dipapah keluar panggung! Katanya lagi ramai yang dah demam-demam, menggigil-gigil sebab tunggu filem ni ditayangkan...punya la hebat ayat-ayat promosi...tapi ye la kan, dia sendiri jual ubat!

Juga katanya pawagam semua dah bersetuju nak tayang filem 2 Alam sahaja dan semua filem-filem Barat lain dihentikan tayangan bagi memberi laluan... Jadi dicanangkan lagi '85 pawagam, 700 skrin akan menyangkan dua alam!' Juga katanya ini cacat sejarah sejarah sebab 85 panggung akan tayangkan! (Padahal mmg syarat wajib tayang FINAS, semua panggung berdaftar wajib tayang....masa sebelum 2 Alam mungkin ada 70 panggung aje....kang tahun-tahun depan naik pulak 100 panggung bila-bila shopping complex baru siap....)

Langit Tak Selalu Cerah (Pratonton 21 Oktober 2010)
Filem ini akhirnya ditayangkan kepada peserta dan media yang berada di Festival Filem Malaysia ke-23. Kahabarnya pas masuk untuk filem 2 Alam ni habis lebih awal daripada filem-filem lain. Si Penerbit pun dengan seronoknya tulis 'Ini bukti kehebatan filem 2 Alam!' dan juga berkat kehebatan promo dia.....tapi bila khalayak yang hadir keluar....rata-rata memberi komen negatif. Komen utama ialah terlalu banyak adegan ranjang dan seks dan menyimpang dari tujuan asal filem untuk 'berdakwah'; lain-lain ulasan menyebut yang filem tersebut hanya setaraf telefilem (malah ada yang kata telefilem berkonsep serupa lebih baik dari filem ini!), juga ada yang kata filem ni bukan mengembalikan martabat filem Melayu tapi makin memusnahkan! Ditambah pula dengan jalan cerita yang tak teratur. Tapi Si Penerbit tetap tak mau mengalah malah mengatakan yang wartawan hiburan 'tiada mentaliti perjuangan' , 'dangkal fikiran' dan dengan nada agak bongkak berkata 'mereka tidak penting'. Dalam facebooknya, seorang penyokong (atau mungkin juga alternate account Si penerbit!) mengatakan filem 2 Alam umpama jet yang bergerak laju...dan komen pedas wartawan tak mampu nak 'tahan' jet tersebut....dan lupa jet boleh kena tembak peluru berpandu atau meriam anti-pesawat!

Pasca 18 November 2011
Hari ditunggu dah tiba! Si Penerbit membuat pelancaran tayangan dengan gaya DDR iaitu promosi/sesi bertemu peminat dibuat penerbit sendiri...tiada Aaron Aziz, tiada Suhailah Salam, tiada Faizal Hussein dan lain-lain....tak pernah dibuat mana-mana penerbit filem dalam dunia yang mempromosi filem oleh...penerbit berseorangan tanpa bintang filemnya! Dalam advertorialnya Si Penerbit berkata orang berpusu-pusu (kat Jitra aje la kot) nak menonton filemnya..tapi dalam gambar berlampir pun boleh nampak 'tak ramai'! Malah ada gambar menunjukkan kanak-kanak turut berbaris untuk membeli tiket......HARRY POTTER! Ye la filem 2 Alam tu kan 18PL, mana bebudak boleh tengok? Dan Sebut pasal Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1, filem tersebut mula ditayang pada 17 November, sehari sebelum 2 Alam! Dan melihat kepada listing panggung, semua filem, hatta Megamind masih ditayangkan..jadi mana dakwaan yang pemilik panggung beri laluan penuh pada 2 Alam? Dan itu juga bermakna cuma 85 skrin, bukan 700 yang menayangkan 2 Alam.....

Secara peribadi aku check booking di pawagam-pawagam GSC sekitar Malaysia. Sehingga online booking ditutup, aku tengok dalam 4 hingga 20 kerusi sahaja yang telah ditempah bagi setiap tayangan 2 Alam...mana dia orang yang berpusu-pusu tu? Malah ikut akhbar ada tayangan yang terpaksa dipindahkan ke bilik tayangan yang lebih kecil sebab kurangnya sambutan. Pada Jumaat berikutnya, keluar dalam advertorial beliau yang kutipan hari pertama 2 Alam ialah RM2 juta...tapi mengikut sumber yang lebih dipercayai, kutipan hari pertama cuma RM80,000. Ikut pemerhati, kalau 2 Alam nak capai RM40 juta, kutipan hari pertama mesti sekurang-kurangnya RM10 juta dan kutipan minggu pertama sebanyak RM25 juta. Dan hari ni FINAS keluarkan kenyataan yang 2 Alam cuma mampu pungut RM230,000......

Aku rasa masalah dengan filem ni iala, selain dari filem tu sendiri, ialah konsep promosi Si Penerbit yang terlalu banyak membuat dakwaan tahap merepek, self-promotion (dari poster sampai ke opening credits ada muka dia!) dan membesar diri. Walaupun berjaya raih publisiti tapi gagal diterjemah kepada kutipan tiket. Aku rasa kalau Si Penerbit bersikap rendah diri dan buat macamana newbie selalu buat, aku rasa tak teruk kritikan dia dapat baik dari media ataupun orang ramai. Takpe la Dr, jadikan iktibar......tapi tengok advertorial dia...masih macam sebelum 18 November...agaknya Si Penerbit kot yang berada di 2 Alam...alam nyata dengan Alam Khayalan!

Sebut pasal iktibar, aku rasa baik dia batalkan hasrat dia nak ambik Pamela Anderson berlakon filem berikutnya. Sebelum ni dia berhasrat nak ambik Pam sebab katanya Pam ni nama besar dalam industri filem dan populariti beliau akan jadi aset kepada filem dia.....masalahnya besar mana nama dia? Semua filem dia berlakon flop dan filem dia paling terkenal pun uh.....dilakonkan dengan laki dia masa tu...ehem. Populariti? Masa Baywatch dengan VIP ditayangkan ye la.....

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Northern Floods - The Rumour Mill

The recent floods which devastated the northern states earlier this month was the worst in living memory (of the people in the northern area that is). The Malaysian Meteorological Department stated that 270mm of rain were dumped in the area in 3 days as compared to the average of 114mm for the whole month! A tropical depression (sort of an embryo for cyclonic tropical storms) was responsible for the recent deluge. And as the annual rainy season has not really started yet, there may be another wave of floods coming at the end of this year.

There were a number of rumours circling around then (even until today) about the floods. iIwon't gave my edition of the political aftermath of the flood per se; plenty of others have written about that, but rather concerning the flood itself. The most popular were:

1. The northern states got lucky. The Thai authorities did not release excess water from their dams - waters that could spell more trouble for Kedah and Perlis. Also flood waters from Thailand would go downstream towards Malaysia.
- This was also, inter alia, the 'reason' on why the state got flooded in 2005. However looking at topographical maps of southern Thailand, the water catrchment area and the river valleys there do not head towards Malaysia. That was also the reason why Kedah and Perlis were not flooded even though Hat Yai was inundated in 2003.

2. The construction of the double railway track was reponsible for the recent floods - the works prevented water from freely flowing towards the sea.
- While such construction project may probably be the cause of localised flash floods, the same cannot be said for a major flooding. The Met Department has stated that flood was caused by twice the mount of the average November rainfall in just three days. Such amount water causes the rivers to burst their banks, flooding the surrounding area. And if the railway project is the cause of the flood then why the western side of the railway track (downstream) were also flooded?

While the average Joes might believe such unfounded stories, especially the second one, if I recall correctly, the political leaders of Kedah also put the blame on the construction project, for what reason, I have no idea. And comically the Chief Minister of Penang also blamed the double trackway project even though Penang was not affected whatsoever...probably just to show his solidarity with his under-fire comrade to the north!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

'Untold History' My Ass!! (Part IV - Final)

Welcome back readers. This final installment of the series is concerned with our esteemed historian's allegations that there existed an infantry regiment, the 19th under the command of 'Captain John Davvy'. (Bear in mind however that his original posting has been deleted or lost and what is written here are the disjointed quotes and remarks from elsewhere in the original thread) This regiment which was part of the Royal Navy(!) was manned exclusively by pardoned ex-pirates (Malays of course). However, some time later they mutinied and along with Captain Davvy they wreak havoc, in Liverpool, of all places. As a result of this mutiny, the British no longer trusts the Malays to become soldiers of the British Empire until 1933. He also added that the 19th Regiment has been 'cursed' because of this mutiny and have been forced to travel from port to port without making land. And the connection between this story and The Pirates of The Carribean? Why, the Flying Dutchman, its crew and Davy Jones of course!

Now as I stated before, our esteemed historian doesn't know f**k all about the nautical lore behind the name 'Davy Jones' or what the term 'Davy Jones' Locker' means. He also chose to ignore the legend of De Vliegende Nederlander - what the producers of that movie did was simply modifying and adapting the legends in order to incoporate them into the movies. And as for the 'cursed regiment'...since when the Royal Navy have infantrymen? That would be the Royal Marines, even though they are part of the Naval Service. And if the Brits refused to set up malay military formations because of the mutiny, then how come they raised divisions of the Indian army even though they were involved in the Indian Mutiny 1857 and Singapore Mutiny in 1915?

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

'Untold History' My Ass! (Part III)

Welcome to the third installment of the said title. What do our esteemed historian bring us today? Well another story about Malay pirates of course! He alleged that there were instances of Malay female pirates a la Anne Bonny and Mary Read or as he put it , 'Siti' Elizabeth Swann! His 'evidence'? A newspaper cutting from 1838 which I re-type here as the original is blurry and barely legible.

"The Morning Chronicle (London, England)
Friday, June 22, 1838

Another tragedy is supposed to have taken place on board a French ship, Alexander, which arrived a few days since at Newport under very suspicious circumstances. The Alexander is from Samarang, in Asia, and was originally bound home to France but the Captain (Marland) states that he changed her course for Boston, which not being able to find, he made Newport. He farther reported that the regular captain and seven of the crew had been washed overboard in the Indian Ocean. Two handsome MALAY WOMEN (emphasis added - Alpha) were on board, one of them being pro tempore the wife of Marland; and there was also a large amount in gold, diamond, [illegible]. Marland wished to sell the ship and cargo at Newport, but as he could give no satisfactory reason for changing his course from France to Boston nor show any authority...."

With this one newspaper article he claimed that there were Malay woman pirates early in the 19th century. He also arrogantly stated that these Malay pirates have been to America long before the ancestors of the rest of the forumners know the word 'America' . I presume that the Boston mentioned above is Boston, Massachusetts and the Newport is Newport, Rhode Island. Anyway, it cannot be inferred that the crew were pirates; in any case Marland was the acting Captain. My conclusion is that there may be a mutiny on board the Alexander with the conspirators throwing the captain and the seven crewmen overboard and the conspirators changed course to the United States where they would dispose of of the ship and cargo.

What about the two Malay women then? Well, one swallow doesn't make summer. Besides, one of them was actually a pro tempore (temporary) wife of Marland (whatever it means!) and the two of them might probably be passengers on the Alexander, rather than the conspirators. Our esteemed historian gave a coclusion, based on this truncated newspaper cutting, that Malay women were also involved in piracy a la Elizabeth Swann! Is mutiny piracy?

Again certain forumners said that this is the proof that the Malays have travelled far, even to the United States in early 19th century! Oi! there were better proof than this one to show that the Malays have travelled beyond The Cape.....Furthermore, although it was not explicitly mentioned, I fear that the two women were not mere passengers but slaves. Is that something to be proud of?

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

'Untold History' My Ass!! (Part II)

This took place earlier than the 'Johore Battery' issue. Our esteemed historian alleged that the movie Pirates Of The Caribbean : The Curse Of The Black Pearl was based on actual events that took place in South East Asia, specifically Malaya and Singapore. He alleged that 200 years ago (makes that in the late 18th century or early 19th century) there happened to be a ship named 'Black Pearl of Peihoo' belonging to the Emperor of China which was taken over by a Malay pirate named Raja Ismail. The Chinese intended to retake the ship with the help of a 'buccaneer' named Jack Wayne. This was written in a book entitled "The Black Pearl of Peihoo : A Tale OF The Malay Seas". Now he said that this alleged event together with other 'actual' events that took place a long time ago were combined and adapted into the screenplay of the said movie with the location changed to the Caribbean and that the Malayan pirates' involvement were written off. Again the other forumners gave comments such as 'marvellous!' 'interesting!' 'Your threads show how shallow is my knowledge...congrats!'

Now I don't deny that there were Malays who became pirates - some are actually commerce raiders and others were 'true' pirates...no need to be ashamed of that fact. Now, this idiot alleged that events that had transpired in the book are 'facts' which was the manipulated into a screenplay. However, I found that the book "The Black Pearl of Peihoo : A Tale of The Malay Seas" is just that... a TALE! It was an adventure NOVEL written by one Stanley Portal Hyatt and was published in 1914. I pointed this out to him and he defended himself by saying that yes, it was fiction but the fact that there were Malay pirates...which inspired the book. Rather unskilful parrying by him really.

He DID say that the movie was based on a true story...and that true story is that novel. Since when novels became factual documents? Whilst many novelists base their writings on real events, it is not the same as facts. For example the plot of the novel The Hunt For Red October was inspired by the mutiny aboard the Krivak-class frigate Storozhevoy in 1975. However there was no 26-missile, 32,000 tons displacement with alternate propulsion system SSBN named Krasny Oktyabr in the real world! It was all product of Tom Clancy's mind. The idiot also tried to make connections between the name of the main protagonists (Jack Wayne and Jack Sparrow) probably not knowing Jack shit (pun intended) about 'Jack' being an archetypal English hero name. He also tried to rope in (from another thread) someone named 'Captain John Davvy' and tried to link the name to Davy Jones...also in most probability not knowing what 'Davy Jones' and 'Davy Jones' Locker' ACTUALLY means. Also he said that the pirates were so effective that the Chinese have to get help from buccaneers (buccaneers? buccaneers were Caribbean pirates!) such as the said Jack Wayne. The fact is that during the 19th century piracy in South East Asia, specifically the Straits of Malacca ,was countered by the East India Company and the colonial government of Singapore / Straits Settlement...there is no need to get help from a private person...unless in a novel of course!

By the way, the movie was inspired by a RIDE with the same name in Disneyland rather than some obscure novel. Americans are more familiar with the Carribean pirates@buccaneers as they once operated close to home waters and that more movies and books were written about them rather than their contemporaries in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Hence the setting of the movie in the Carribean.

Monday, November 08, 2010

'Untold History' My Ass!!!

Remember the guy who alleged that there was a U-Boat base on the east coast of Johor prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War? He’s back, now he has an ‘untold history’ about the fortress guns of Singapore, specifically one of the 15-inch gun batteries known as Johore Battery.

Now some background first. Johor Battery was one of two 15-inch batteries guarding Singapore at the outbreak of World War 2. It was located in the Changi area (the other was located in Buona Vista on the west side of the island). Two of the three guns there were donated (a princely £400,000) by the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim. Apparently he didn’t want the guns to fire into his territory, hence they could only traverse through 270°; the third gun is fixed to fire only towards the sea. The guns were practically useless during the siege of Singapore as they are only supplied with armour-piercing rounds – totally unpractical against enemy troop concentrations.

Back to our wannabe historian. This are what he alleged

"The guns have a length of 500 METERS"

I find it totally ridiculous that the gun (barrel) length is longer than the KL Tower is tall. The Kaiser Wilhelm Geschutz (Paris Gun of World War 1) has a barrel of 28 meters long and the late Saddam Huseein’s Project Babylon (the Iraqi Supergun) has a barrel length of 46 meters. Even the humongous 31-inch calibre schwere Gustav and Dora of World War 2 had barrels of 32.48 meters! He rather smugly claimed that it was what his resources mentioned..and that his resource was not Wikipedia. He gave the link to his source…a blog. Ok fine, since the blog writer was at the gun site and wrote down the facts written on the plaque there. I found out that the gun (barrel) length is only 16.5 meters and that the guns are actually 500 meters APART. For someone who claims that his ‘port’ (a Malaysian slang word for 'hanging out place') is Leyden University and California University…this is not even a kindergarten–level mistake! What’s worse he did not admit to this error!

"All Three guns can only fire in a 270° arc because of the request by the Sultan who didn’t want the guns to have the ability to ‘threaten’ the state of Johor."

I can’t remember from where, but I did find out about this matter! However only ONE of the guns is on a fixed to fire towards the sea (fixed here means that the gun only had a fire arc of 180°). On the other hand, through further Googling, the other two guns, even though have restricted fire arc, CAN be trained on most of the northern shore of Selat Tebrau including Johor Bahru (see map below). So where did that story about the Sultan’s request came from? Only the Buona Vista battery have a 90° dead zone to the north because of the orientation of its mounting. The myth about the guns cannot fire overland persists even though documents have shown that the guns did have limited traverse and can be made to fully (or at least have greater) traverse if the buffers were removed. What caused the guns to be useless during the war was that they were only issued with AP rounds – totally ineffective against ground targets. The secondary 9.2” batteries were each issued with only 30 rounds each.



"That one fixed gun, that is the one presented by the Sultan is the Johore Battery. And that gun cannot be aimed at Johor…the plaque at the site says so!"

My initial reaction was ‘find out what ‘battery’ means, idiot’. Apart from not knowing what ‘battery’ means, he also sounds like he got confused by the single replica gun today…thinking that that single gun was the entire battery in 1941-42. Plus I have seen the picture of the said plaque – it didn’t mention anything about the Sultan’s request! (Unless there is another plaque there) Furthermore the idiot…sorry gentleman, contradicts himself – first saying that the two trainable guns were given by the Sultan..then he said that the fixed gun is the one!


Blatant mistakes is one thing. Not admitting it is another. He rather proudly claims that what he wrote is a result of meticulous research. Well if someone made a ‘meticulous research’ he will not make mistakes like a 500 meter long gun barrel! But what makes me extremely annoyed, no, make that angry with him is that when I mentioned that one of sources of the Battle of Singapore was my granduncle who was one of the 100,000 British and Commonwealth troops defending the island. During the war he was a lieutenant in the Second Battalion of the Malay Regiment who became a POW when the British surrendered. I remember his stories on how shocking the impact of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse to the military and civilians alike; on how itchy his men to get into action as they were placed to defend the Changi area where General Percival (erroneously) believed the main Japanese thrust would come from; or how he witnessed a flight of Hawker Hurricane fighters taking off in the morning only to return with half of their number later ; or about the relatively useless Brewster Buffalo; or how he became a POW and was sent to the Death Railway.


Now this idiot, really, simply dimisses my granduncle’s story as ramblings of a senile 70 plus year old man. Actually I’m not sure if a senile man can say that he positively saw Hurricanes and can identify Buffaloes! To the the idiot however, history means it’s written down and presented as a working paper in seminars. Oral history is totally unacceptable and irrelevant. This idiot also forgets that before something could be written, they were usually presented orally at first. I concur that eyewitness accounts are not gospel. They can be used however to give personal recollections of the events and also to corroborate other evidences and facts. I wonder if this idiot is an actual historian, he would totally dismiss personal accounts of men like Saburo Sakai, Adolf Galland, Robin Olds, Minoru Genda, Otto Carius, Alex Vraciu, Ernest Barkmann, Vassiliy Zaitzev and many other veterans of World War 2. Perhaps even the late Leftenan Adnan Saidi, should he survived the war.


My assessment of this idiot is that he is full of shit and ego. Most of the people responding to his thread gave encouraging and soothing words such as ‘good work’, ‘oh I don’t know about this, thanks for telling us’, ‘come on give us more hidden history’ and the like. But his ego is extremely bruised when someone contradicts him, even with facts. That’s when start calling names and accused others of being idiotic, unknowledgeable, ’kampung’, bullshitting (‘pot’, ‘kettle’,’black’ comes to mind again!). At best, he simply retreated into his shell, never to give response. That or he gave irrelevant and irreverent answers!

Thursday, November 04, 2010

E-Mail Paling SAMPAH Aku Pernah Baca!!!

Aku terbaca e-mail berantai ni kat forum.....

"**SEBELUM TU SAYA AHMAD SAIFUL MOHON MAAF JIKA INI BERLAKU KEPADA PEMINAT SIRI INI DAN JANGAN CEPAT MELATAH..ISU INI BELUM LAGI DIKETENGAHKAN LAGI TAPI INSYALLAH SEMUA INI ADALAH QADA DAN QADAR ALLAH YANG MENENTUKAN DAN BUKAN KEBETULAN ATAU TAK DISENGAJAKAN...***

***AKU DAPAT PON SECARA TAK SENGAJA DARI WEB KONSPIRASI YAHUDI***


Sebutlah Uffin bukan Upin sebab Upin dalam bahasa Aramaic bermaksud "Aku benci Rasul." Sebutlah Ariffin bukan Ipin sebab Ipin dalam bahasa Syriac bermaksud " Aku suka Israel."

Ini diburukkan lagi oleh penggunaan huruf "U" pada baju Upin dan "I" pada baju Ipin. "U" bermaksud "USA" "I" bermaksud "Israel"

Terbuktilah bahawa Upin & Ipin juga merupakan agenda tersembunyi Yahudi dalam melemahkan akidah umat Islam. Mereka menggunakan Upin & Ipin sebagai jarum halus terbaru setelah mereka gagal dalam misi Pokemon, Doraemon, Digimon dan Mamula Moon.

ANDA MENILAIKAN ADAKAH BETUL ATAU TIDAK..

***JADI KEPADA SESIAPA YANG BOLEH BONGKAR LAGI SILAKAN,KITA KONGSIKAN
BERSAMA***

WASSALAM"

Macam tajuk aku kata, ini email tahap longkang busuk kat pasar yang dah setahun tak cuci (mungkin lagi teruk dari tu). Berani pulak tu letak 'ini semua Qadha dan Qadar Allah'. Rata-rata kita tahun Upin dan Ipin adalah rekaan Les Copaque Production yang diterajui Haji Baharudin dan Hajah Ainon...orang Islam. Macamana penulis sampah ni boleh kata ni agenda Yahudi? Dah la tu mana ada kartun lain yang suruh orang solat, puasa, mendoakan ibu bapa dan lain-lain perkara yang disuruh dalam Islam? Logik ke kalau kartun tu agenda Yahudi tapi tunjuk ajaran Islam?!

'Upin' dan 'Ipin' adalah nama khas..pergi mana pun orang tetap panggil Upin dan Ipin. Dan bahasa Hebrew pulak bukan macam tulisan Cina - satu karekter boleh membawa pelbagai makna. Tulisan dan bahasa Hebrew adalah berasaskan abjad (dan sebenarnya hampir sama dengan Arab! Malah banyak perkataan yang hampir sama...). Kenapa pulak cuma empat huruf boleh jadi "Saya benci Rasul" atau "Saya Suka Israel"? Akronim? Kalau akronim, penulis tak tulis pulak apa perkataan panjangnya....Dan bertambah BANGANG bila penulis memberi maksud 'U' dan 'I' pada baju Upin dan Ipin.....

Dan pasal kartun-kartun Jepun tu....aku tak tau la macamana dia orang boleh kaitkan kartun JEPUN dengan Yahudi...juga dengan lagu Mamula Moon yang kini jadi lagu Negaraku.....

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

When The Clouds Burst



It has been raining intermittently from Friday night until Sunday and turned heavy that night. It didn't stop until the wee hours of Tuesday. The result? Flood! This week's flood was the worst in Kedah since the 2005 disaster. Personally this is the second time I was directly affected - in 2005 I was trapped at a resort in Kuala Nerang and this year the waters nearly flooded my home.


The rivers started to burst their banks on Monday morning and by afternoon all routes out of UUM were severed with the sole exception of the Bukit Tangga (northwest of UUM) exit. I was in UUM as the convocation ceremony was going on and my wife kept me updated with the situation at home. I decided to make it for home as soon as the working hours end as the situaiton is getting worse. I also decided to buy some dry provisions, just in case. Using the Bukit Tangga (a FELDA plantation) route means a rather long way to get to Changlun but the traffic was light on the highway until about 2 kilometers from the town centre where traffic slowed to a crawl. By this time the the highway in front of the Changlun police station was inundated by water and was only accesible to heavy vehicles and 4WDs. The rest of the traffic were diverted to Kodiang road before they can re-enter the highway. I grumbled to myself as the traffic jam would mean loss of time and hence the possibility of me being prevented from reaching home by rising waters. Anyway, I made to the local departmental store, buy the necessary foodstuff and went on another circuitous route to get home as the direct route was completely blocked. Arriving home I found that the road outside my house was already under 5 inches of water, more or less. Assessing the situation, I parked my car on the higher section of the neighbourhood whilst my neighbours on either side of my house had already fled to their kampungs.


The rain continued throughout the night and I basically did not sleep and kept an hourly checking on the flood waters outside. By 11pm the water has reached the gates and by 2am it has reached my porch. I asked my wife whether we should bug out (to a friend's house nearby, situated on a higher ground) but she said to ride it out, at least until the water reached the front door (which means the water on the flooded road would be roughly thigh-high). But then around 2.30, the rain suddenly stopped and continued to be so until around 3.30am when it drizzled intermittently back. However that break was enough to allow the water to recede even though it rained quite heavily from 4am to 6am.


With the coming of daylight and receding waters, I decided to take a look around the housing estate and the surrounding neighbourhood. The main road was under 2 1/2 feet of water and the adjacent houses are flooded to knee-high. I guess pictures convey a better description of the situation yesterday....anyway the flood waters receded completely by this morning and everything went back to normal...for me. My sympathies to the neighbours who had suffered flood damage to their homes.....





Mind that the water is receding when the photos were taken! (except for the first two)