Amazing@Coincidence

Last night being bored with nothing interesting on teleV, I sat down with my PC and thought of managing some of the very OLD files. I found a few 31 YEARS old photos of UTM Malam Bakat and thought of uploading them onto my YAHOO Flickr photostream. These were photographs of US during the talent competition which I partake in the various categories: 1-electric band (Impromptu with Miang Keladi Blues) 2-acoustic vocal group (Ugly Toads with Country Road) 3-solo (with Feeling). The band members include Kamal, Hafiz, Lee, Suhaili, Sutina and of course myself. After uploading the photos, COINCIDENTALLY I received an SMS from HAFIZ informing about KAMAL unplanned “impromptu” (after medical check-up) heart by-pass operation the following day. BY THE WAY, Hafiz, Kamal and I COINCIDENTALLY performed the HAJJ last year. COINCIDENTALLY at about the same time, another UTM friend of our end up being warded after she lose her footing at Pusrawi right after her medical check-up with ZAN. SELMAH fractured her foot and will be in cast throughout Ramadan. Sabar ye Sel! BY THE WAY, we performed the UMRAH with Selmah and SUTINA in 1999. Guess won't be seeing Kamal at Permata Mosque early part of Ramadan for Terawih.
SEMOGA KAMAL & SELMAH SEGERA SEMBUH DAN PULIH SEPERTI BIASA. INSYAALAH
SALAM RAMADAN. BULAN YANG MENGUJI KESABARAN UMMAT ISLAM.

Hafiz+Kamal+Shukri@Mekkah
Selmah+Sutina+Zan@Jeddah

Doa Tolak Bala

Ertinya: Segala puji bagi Allah yang menyelamatkan aku dari apa yang ia memberi percubaan dengan sesuatu dan ia mengutamakan aku dari banyaknya makhluk.

AlFatihah@Mokhtar

inna lillah wa inna 'ilayhi raji'un

AL-FATIHAH –
SAYA INGIN MERAKAMKAN UCAPAN TAKZIAH KEPADA KELUARGA ALLAHYARHAM TUAN HAJI MOKHTAR, SEMOGA ROHNYA DICUCURI RAHMAT ALLAH SWT DAN DITEMPATKAN BERSAMA ORANG ORANG YANG SOLEH DAN BERIMAN

Yet another friend taken from my life this morning. He passed away at the Ampang Hospital after going into coma for more than 2 weeks. He was a bit like my big brother. Always doing something even in his old age. It was really sad to see him so helpless in the hospital bed. I last saw him day before yesterday and he woke up from his 15 days coma and I talked, held his hand, wipe sweat from his forehead and tears from his eyes.... I knew he was wanting to say something. .. didn’t expect that he woke up to say goodbye. Praying he was going to recover. A few hours after my visit he went back into coma, and never recover.

Just 3 months back I visited his home, and he was already not feeling too good, easily tired and experiencing back pain. We talked and I “reported” to him on the latest development and who doings what (as best as I could)…

As Muslim we accepted the inevitable. I’ll always remember the time we talk about 1-computer- for a person his age I admired him for his knowledge on the latest in computer tech. And he mentioned he would like to go into business in this field. Which he did; 2-smoking- between a non smoker and a heavy smoker. He did said “bos bersyukur le tak de keinginan merokok, saya dah tak boleh berenti”; 3- red spray paint- I requested that he take it easy with the red spray paint which he used frequently to indicate rejected portion of the constructed building.

He was a very sporting guy going along with all the craps from the young guys. I had fond memories of him and will miss him. We will pray for you. Al-fathihah.

Saying Inna Lillah is a form of worship. This is to adopt the attitude of surrendering to God’s will instead of complaining against fate. It is to convert the loss into a new discovery. This phrase, ‘We are from God and to God we shall return’ is, in short, an acknowledgment of God's godhead on the part of His servants.

Doa@Koma

E-Mail send out to the X_UNITEN gang.

SAYA BARU TERIMA PANGGILAN TELEFON DARI ISTERI TUAN HAJI MOHKTAR PAGI INI (beliau baru jumpa no. HP saya), YANG MEMAKLUMKAN BAHAWA SAUDARA KITA TELAH DIMASUKKAN KE HOSPITAL AMPANG (buka Ampang Putri) 2 MINGGU LEPAS DISERANG STROKE DAN SEKARANG DALAM KEADAAN KOMA.
MARI LAH KITA SAMA SAMA DOAKAN AGAR BELIAU PULIH SEGERA.
SAYA INSYAALLAH AKAN KE HOSPITAL PADA 11.30 PAGI INI. SESIAPA YANG INGIN BERJUMPA/ BERSAMA KE SANA HARAP DAPAT HUBUNGI SAYA. BELIAU DI HOSPITAL AMPANG, WAD ICU TINGKAT 3.
MARI LAH KITA SAMA SAMA DOAKAN AGAR BELIAU AKAN PULIH SEGERA.

ﻡﻜﻴﻠﻋﻢﻼﺴﻠﺍ dan hello Robert

SUSULAN DARI BERITA SEDIH YANG DITERIMA PAGI SEMALAM, SAYA TELAH MAKLUMKAN ISTERI TUAN HAJI BAHAWA SAYA TAK DAPAT MELAWAT BELIAU PADA PAGI SEMALAM ATAS SEBAB HUJAN LEBAT DAN AKAN CUBA KE HOSPITAL LEPAS WAKTU PEJABAT. SAYA TELAH TIBA KE WAD ICU HOSPITAL AMPANG PADA PUKUL 6.45 PTG, DAN TERUS KE WAD BERKENAAN UNTUK MENCARI KATIL BELIAU. SAYA TELAH DIBERITAHU BAHAWA WAKTU MELAWAT TELAH HAMPIR BERAKHIR DAN LAWATAN HANYA UNTUK WAKTU SEKEJAP DAN HANYA 2 ORANG SERENTAK SAHAJA DIBENARKAN. SAYA TERUS CARI KATIL NOMBOR 10 DAN DAPATI ISTERINYA ADA BERSAMA HJ MOKHTAR PADA MASA ITU. BELIAU JUGA HANYA DAPAT JUMPA HJ MOKHTAR SEKEJAP SAHAJA OLEH KERANA TERDAPAT ANAK-ANAK DAN SAUDARA LAIN YANG TUNGGU UNTUK MENZIARAH.
SEMASA DALAM PERJALANAN SAYA DENGAN SAYU BERDOA AGAR SAYA AKAN DIBENARKAN BERJUMPA DENGAN HJ MOKHTAR, WALAUPUN BELIAU SEDANG KOMA, OLEH KERANA KERAP KALI PERSAKIT ICU HANYA DIBENARKAN DILAWATI OLEH KELUARGA TERDEKAT SAHAJA. ALHAMDULILLAH SAYA TELAH DAPAT BERJUMPA BELIAU..... DAN PALING MENGEMBIRAKAN IALAH PADA LAWATAN SAYA, BELIAU TELAH MULA SEDAR DARI KOMA YANG DIALAMI SEMENJAK 15 HARI YANG LEPAS. BELIAU MUNGKIN AKAN DIPINDAHKAN KE WAD LAIN AGAR KAUM KELUARGA DAPAT MENJAGA BELIAU, DI MANA DI WAD ICU TIDAK DIBENARKAN SESIAPA MENEMANI PERSAKIT.
BELIAU DALAM KEADAAN SEDAR DENGAN MATA TERBUKA DAN JARI DAPAT BERGERAK, CUMA TIDAK DAPAT BERCAKAP. BELIAU NAMPAK LETIH DAN DALAM KEADAAN TIDAK SELESA DAN SAKIT SEMASA CUBA BERNAFAS. SAYA BISIKKAN PESANAN KAWAN-KAWAN DAN JUGA DARI ROBERT DAN AGAR SENTIASA INGATKAN ALLAH BERDOA DAN BERSABAR.
DALAM PERJALANAN KE HOSPITAL TERFIKIR UNTUK MENGAMBIL GAMBARFOTO UNTUK DIHANTAR KEPADA KAWAN-KAWAN, TETAPI APABILA TENGOK KEADAAN BELIAU DALAM KEADAAN KESAKITAN TAK SAMPAI HATI PULAK. DENGAN PERASAN AMAT INSAF, SAYU DAN SEBAK SAYA RASA TAK DAPAT MENAHAN LAGI PERASAAN MAKA SAYA SEGERA BISIKKAN SALAM DAN MINTA DIRI.
SAMA-SAMA LAH KITA DOAKAN SEMOGA HJ MOKHTAR AKAN PULIH SEGERA, DAPAT KEMBALI KE RUMAH UNTUK MENYAMBUT RAMADAN INSYAALAH.

SEKIAN UNTUK MAKLUMAN SEMUA.

ISA@kejam

• Yesterday evening, The Abolish ISA Movement held their “Malam Seni - Tanpa Bicara” gathering at the Taman Melawati Food Court with multi-media, poetry, music and theater presentation.
• The strong and clear message … 48 years of ISA – it’s time to stopped this cruel, merciless and inhumane act.
• My prayer with the families of those still detain.
  

What is the ISA? The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) is a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia. Any person may be detained by the police for up to 60 days without trial for an act which allegedly prejudices the security of the country or any part thereof.
After 60 days, one may be further detained for a period of two years each, to be approved by the Minister of Home Affairs, thus making indefinite detention without trial.
In 1989, the powers of the Minister under the legislation was made immune to judicial review by virtue of amendments to the Act. Now, only the courts are ‘allowed’ to examine and review technical matters pertaining to the ISA arrest.
Since 1960 when the Act was enacted, thousands of people including trade unionists, student leaders, labour activists, political activists, religious groups, academicians, NGO activists have been arrested under the ISA.
Many political activists in the past have been detained for more than a decade. The ISA has been consistently used against people who criticise the government and defend human rights.
Known as the ‘white terror’, it has been the most feared and despised, yet convenient tool for the state to suppress opposition and open debate. The Act is an instrument maintained by the ruling government to control public life and civil society.
The ISA goes against the right of a person to defend himself in an open and fair trial. The person can be incarcerated up to 60 days of interrogation without access to lawyers.

The first 60 days A person detained under the ISA during the first 60 days is held incommunicado, with no access to the outside world.
Furthermore, lawyers and family members are not allowed access to the detainee during this initial period.
Only after a two-year detention order is signed, the detainee is carted off to the Kamunting Detention Centre to serve his or her two-year term, in which family members are allowed to visit.

Torture Torture goes concurrently with ISA detention. Former detainees have testified to being subjected to severe physical and psychological torture.
This may include one or more of the following: physical assault, forced nudity, sleep deprivation, round-the-clock interrogation, death threats, threats of bodily harm to family members, including threats of rape and bodily harm to their children.
Also, detainees are confined in individual and acutely small cells with no light and air, in what is believed to be secret holding cells.
These interrogation techniques and acts of torture are designed to humiliate and frighten detainees into revealing their weaknesses and breaking down their defences.

• During the first trial of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, police told the courts that the process of ‘extracting confessions’ under duress was called “turning over” and suggested it was a standard practice of the police.