The Net and The Lack

I bought a newspaper today. It's been years since i bought one for myself. And predictably, later that night, he was quite amazed to see 'that' in the living room (if i may call this small empty space as one).
Why in the world do you need one when you can reach hundreds of news and books and magazines online? Yup, why do i need one?
Honestly, I personally think that the news you read on the net are more likely to be

1. Lack of "real"ism - in some cases, it somehow feel unreal.

2. Lack of "seriousness" - i dont know. i used the net since the late 90s. back then, i used the net to get free sourcecodes and read some gossips from Malaysia, and the email of coz. That was it and that was all, i think...hihi

3. Lack of "reliability" - if a SAHM like me can photoshop, what can an expert do? if a school girl can start a rumour on an artist, what can Israel do?

4. Lack of "sensitivity" - Some people thought that the net is the place to develop their alter ego. Fun is no excuse, when it touched the sensitivity of certain races or religion, STEP BACK. No, you cant hide behind your pc (read:ip address).

5. Lack of "knowledge" - There were those days when only scholars and journalists have the opportunity to publish their work to the public (or worldwide). Today, some people has made this world even more colorful with nice/cute/funny stuff etc, which I enjoyed very much.
Im just too tired reading rubbish in scholarly forum or religious topics. Tak larat~ These people can give their own fatwa. Just go and ask them anything. They ALWAYS have the answers.

6. Lack of "mentality" - To argue over a small matter or to brag about some small things are so high school. In real life, i live for a bigger life, thus i simply ignore these pathetic people. But on the net, if i accidentally came across one, it's so stressful la.

The net has saved my master degrees, and help me from being ignorant, and kept me entertained, and... owh, the list can go on and on,
but... (i used this word a lot, i think)
keep it real.

Teleworking

At last, someone in the government,the minister of human resources, said something about the teleworking. TELEWORKING! I am thrilled with the idea of having a graduate mom like me to be able to work from home. I was dreaming about it longggggg before somebody actually brought it to the cabinet.

I cringed to the idea of me working as software programmer/researcher for MIMOS without having to leave my house. (I wish). Well, at least i did finished the C++ programme for my master degree from home. ("Tu jerr?" i heard somebody says)



Im tired of the look-so-noble and revisionist ideas proposed by the ministers to 'help' unpaid housewives or lowly paid employees, which later, everything seemed to stuck in the middle of nowhere before they came along.In my humble opinion, these are all feel good factors, to make the minister themselves feel good. Talk is cheap.

I actually, am not surprised that the idea come from an Indian minister, for the Malay ones, (most of them) seemed so comfortable sitting on their cozy chairs. Oww, some of them were actually busy with this coming election in Terengganu.

I believe that many women out there are actually as thrilled as i am, on this teleworking idea. I'll say I'll wait some more.

That's not hijab! ~cute~

Owwhh...I think this is a very cute video, the guidelines of the misguided hijab attempts presented in a humorous HILAROUS way...

The first author was unknown, thus i cant quote the source. You can google for more. I just retranslate them into pics..
WARNING:LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT NOT WHO

1.Bang's hijab
Type of hijab that covers the back of the head but proudly exposing the fringe.




2. Tug of a war hijab
The type of, put it on your head in any way you like it. As for me, it looks a little bit messy (if you like the sexy (messy?) type of just-woke-up hair, then this might be the hijab version of it :P). Not much seen being worn by Malaysian women (yet?).



3. The mickey mouse hijab
A hijab worn in a way where it only covers the hair, but yet, the ears peeping out saying "hello world". Earrings are must-show-items.



4. The short sleeve hijab
As the subtitle suggested, it implies a hijab worn with short sleeve tops.
My mandarin teacher, a Chinese man from the Mainland despised the idea of combining short sleeves to hijab, quoted saying
"What in the world is she trying to prove? im wearing hijab, im a Muslim. Im wearing hijab with short sleeve t, im not a good muslim?"

5. The skin-tight hijab
I find these to be sexy (you may not agree, it's a free country). I just couldnt imagine my mother or me wearing like these, hence i said so.


6. The hollow hijab
Hollow = transparent = see-through = can see everything = not hijab


Ewww! a pic says it all.

7. Convertible hijab
When it comes down to your forehead, it's a hijab. As time goes by, it goes up and up and is now converted to half a headband scarf a la Audrey Hepburn. By the time it goes down again, you can use it as a mafla now.


See more funny reminder series from UmmahFilms. Please go through that and this before you judge this article, since this is just a summarized version of the video, and honestly, no offence given.

Should i blur the pics?...grr, i have no photoshop now (using his lappy)
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QUIZ:
In the following pic, these hijabi girls will be allowed to attend their daily classes in the university, ONLY IF they take off their hijab. The question is, which part of the world is discriminating our Muslim sisters like that?
a. USA - they fear that we'll hide some bombs under the hijab
b. Denmark - what else to come after their biggest insultation
c. German - Owh, never thought of that
d. France - They hate hijab, that's for sure.



Again, what is your answer?
a. USA
b. Denmark
c. German
d. France

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The answer is Turkey..(99% of its population is Muslim)

Liquidation of a Nation

The fastest man on earth needed 9.69 seconds for the 100m dash, as recorded during Olympic 2008.
It took a GPS-equipped 'GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs' only a mere few nanoseconds to kill hundreds in Gaza.

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The Chmielnicki Cossack pogroms, the Crusades, The Inquisition, the Holocaust, the fall of Massada...

Jews oo Jews, why do people hate such a great, powerful, kind and considerate race?

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They keep whining over the exaggerated holocaust- my heart goes to the unfortunate innocent people killed - but keep on killing these Jews, please!

(Warning: sarcasm mode. The italic ones were not my words, i kept on seeing these on the net, from ignorant war supporters' comments on the killing of innocent Palestinians)

House Hunting?

Being a village girl, Ive always wanted to have a house on a piece of land - on ours. Be it small and humble, a house built on a piece of land that belong to you, yourself, is such a wishful thought.

I was born and raised in my own prairie, where from the wooden traditional kedah-style hut, one could see the acres and acres of paddy fields that colors the earth from green to yellow to golden brown. And when the hot air that travelled hundreds of yards from the distance and across the plains finally touched my face, it brought along such an undescribable feeling.
The wind was so strong.
The air was so fresh.
The sky was so blue.
And my heart was so calm.
My small hut was my place of solace, serenity, and sanctuary.

As reality bite, I am now a grown-up who prefer to pay for comfort and to twist the metal head for water supply rather than walking all the way to the fresh water source (though it was only 3,4 metres away).

As a city boy, he is used to the ideas of having a house in a proper housing areas with complete (or almost) basic fascilities. Then, few days ago, I shrieked to heaven when he told me that he would go for a 'land hunting' along with few other friends.

Happy as I was, we still need to be extra careful in splashing such a big amount of cash, though with extra caution, we could still afford the 500++ ft squares of land without the bank loans. At a glance, this might be a lifetime opportunity. However, being ever curious me, I started to look for some available info as well as some hidden loopholes and found out that the land was situated in a flood-prone area. To prove my concern, he came back from the 'site-seeing' and told me that they actually had the opportunity to interview a makcik who lives next to the land. The area was hit by the worst flood of 2ft++ depth, last year!

It wasnt a big deal if they really wanted to buy the land, provided that they were willing to treat the soil/land and make it 5ft higher than the available base flood elevation. But then, out of the blue, the neighbourhood including the old makcik's house, would be surrounded by a mini-hill which also means, their land would turn into a floodplain. A dam in another word?

Expectedly, he didnt have the guts to be as cruel as 'Israel' yet. Here we are, still in this small and humble taman.
Allah knows the best. If it wasnt meant for us, than nothing that we can do.

New me

Updating from my daughter's laptop. So please bear with me the unfinished touch-up of my blog's layout and numerous typos. The keypad was the ancient japanese keypad arrangement. The scrolling takes forever let alone the typing...huhu. i cant put all my fingers on the keyboard(im slow, i typed using all my fingers, luckily i have 10 only).and laying my finger on a key for more than 0.01milisecond would result in double entry. so ill be using her laptop for 2 whole weeks.Mine was...not stolen. but left in sister's house. Huhuh...It feels like you r losing part of you.
Nak balas komen pun susah.

So i have few things in my mind. Few things i want to do. I dont really into making new resolution revolution whatsoever each time the year ended, but this 2009 is so gonna be a new start for me.
these are few of them, insya-Allah
maybe






tsk tsk...
man jadda wa jada..


IKLAN! IKLAN!
oh ya, ada tak kawan2 yang sudi nak advertise/promote banner kedai saya nanti?i will give some returns ala2 nuffnang tuh, bukan per click tapi per purchase (saya tatau camner nak wat per click tu) tak banyak tapi good for passive money la. in some ways may be better than nuffnang. so far barang orang lagi yg saya jual, nnti Insya-Allah akan datang products sendiri.
Details is in the next entry.
Just nak share apa yang saya dapat/buat dengan kawan2.

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