Sand and Stone
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert.
During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the SAND: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.
They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a STONE: Today my best friend saved my life.
The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone.
- Author Unknown
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Murni
Kau dakap jiwa
Resah
Melepas membebas
Murni
Kau susuri jalan
Panjang
Menanti mencari
Murni
Kau jumpa cahaya
Tenteram
Menggamit tenda
Murni
~~~
Dari abah...... ;)
Untuk Fariz Rashid.
Resah
Melepas membebas
Murni
Kau susuri jalan
Panjang
Menanti mencari
Murni
Kau jumpa cahaya
Tenteram
Menggamit tenda
Murni
~~~
Dari abah...... ;)
Untuk Fariz Rashid.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Panggilan pulang
Walau
hujan itu batu
ia negeriku
hujan itu bara
ia bumiku
hujan itu peluru
ia tanah airku
Tempat tumpah
darahku
daerah permainan
tumbesaranku
laut sumber
rezeki kaumku
Walau perlahan
walau sayu
walau lemah
walau sayup
panggilan pulang tetap
menyerap seluruh
anggota tubuhku
Abezi
Shah Alam
Feb 28, 09.
hujan itu batu
ia negeriku
hujan itu bara
ia bumiku
hujan itu peluru
ia tanah airku
Tempat tumpah
darahku
daerah permainan
tumbesaranku
laut sumber
rezeki kaumku
Walau perlahan
walau sayu
walau lemah
walau sayup
panggilan pulang tetap
menyerap seluruh
anggota tubuhku
Abezi
Shah Alam
Feb 28, 09.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Memori St Annes
Kekadang
memori menerjah
mengiringi sisipan ingatan
pada lipatan
sejarah silam
terkedek-kedek, terjingkit-jingkit
tetika berlari-lari anak
menggalas
daging Preston
menyusur rerumah
dan bila
terkuak pintu
hadiah sebuah senyuman
sudah memadai tanda
terima kasih
oh St Annes
Feb 27, 09.
Shah Alam.
Facebook.
memori menerjah
mengiringi sisipan ingatan
pada lipatan
sejarah silam
terkedek-kedek, terjingkit-jingkit
tetika berlari-lari anak
menggalas
daging Preston
menyusur rerumah
dan bila
terkuak pintu
hadiah sebuah senyuman
sudah memadai tanda
terima kasih
oh St Annes
Feb 27, 09.
Shah Alam.
Facebook.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
LOVE 2
Berikut adalah perbincangan di FB mengenai topikyang saya janjikan: antara cinta, kasih, sayang dan suka:
Tajuk: Fauzi is asking for the meanings of 'cinta', 'kasih', 'sayang' dan 'suka'.
Eisya Celica and Nurjannaim Abd Kadir like this.
Zulhilmi Omar at 10:00am February 11
ayat mcm sedang mencari sesuatu jer...
Nurjannaim Abd Kadir at 10:08am February 11
sama jer mean die kot?? mayB
Hasnah Khalid at 11:32am February 11
"Seketika saya jatuh 'cinta' dengan peribadi nya yang halus dan penuh dengan 'kasih' 'sayang' sesama insan. 'Sayang' sekali peribadinya pendiam dan tak 'suka' banyak berbicara"
Does that fulfil ur definition requirements? :))
Sang Chinok at 12:09pm February 11
intensity of feelings, in ascending order: suka, sayang, kasih, cinta
longevity of feelings, in ascending order: cinta, kasih, sayang, suka
commitment scale in ascending order: suka, cinta, kasih, sayang
confusing enough?
Jannatun Hidayah Umar at 12:30pm February 11
bergantung kpd niat org yg menuturkan
April Lokupi at 3:51pm February 11
cinta, kasih dan sayang..erti sgt dlm skali..suka tu alaaa biasa2 ja..hehehe
Fauzi Shaffie at 4:07pm February 11
Hasnah: faham lagi ke Bahasa Melayu ni....dah lebih 30 thn merantau tu....he he, anyway, good try, thanks
Sang Chinok: Very interesting.
Others: Thanks for trying.
I'm looking for more .. . . .
Sang Chinok at 11:57pm February 11
lagi satu. in english cuma ada 2 je perkataan: love and like. and love covers 3 of our words. talk about dull! eg. i love you, i love you very much, i really, REALLY love you. see? its not romantic at all.
Hasnah Khalid at 12:29am February 12
Cant resist this... its not totally true! LOVE can be expressed as I love, adore, cherish, fancy, pined, long etc. Language and usage is pretty much down to the individual's capability to use/manipulate words in a creative way! Improve one's vocabulary n one will instantly notice the many different ways of expressing oneself in any language!!!
Sang Chinok at 12:34am February 12
yeah, but the lot doesn't really translate to the three words above. the meaning are different. what you have there are variations of 'suka'. so it seems to the english, suka has variable degrees of intensity but there is only love. One true love i guess. cheers!
Sang Chinok at 12:36am February 12
oh yeah, pined and long is like 'rindu' which is a different thing altogether.
Hasnah Khalid at 1:15am February 12
Jatuh cinta (Ishq in Arabic or ashiq in Malay) = fall in love, Cinta=love or hub in Arabic ; cherish and adore dont have equivalent in Malay ( any suggestions?) kasih and sayang are sort of middlebut not the same intensity and suka=like (also hub in Arabic) which is general n the same usage as the Malay language. Infatuate, fancy are other meanings of love but less meaningful or of deep intensity/seriousness. True pinning n longing r other variations of rindu but still more meaningful than the word rindu as pinning is deeper than longing in strength.
Hasnah Khalid at 1:30am February 12
BTW I m not defending the English language but trying to deliver a different paradigm to its many vocab/usage...!
Sang Chinok at 8:01am February 12
hehehehe... i just realized how a man's mills&booneryish moment is ruined by his friends heated discussion on finer points of feelings. hehehehe....
Sang Chinok at 8:02am February 12
tq hasnah. my arabic is rusty to the point it crumbles but yup i agree with your observation. Hasnah Khalid at 8:09am February 12
And thank you 2u2 Mr Sang Chinok....
Fauzi Shaffie at 9:04am February 12
Wow! Thanks Hasnah and Chinok. Good contributions. BTW, I was thinking along the line of what Chinok wrote earlier- the camparative depth in meanings for just one word "love", but need to be explained by other words, as Hasnah elucidated later. Hope to have a nice chance to compile this.
What if:
Suka tidak semestinya sayang. Sayang tidak semestinya kasih. Kasih tidak semestinya cinta.
Sayang juga tidak semestinya suka. Kasih selalunya akan sayang. Cinta selalunya akan berisi kasih.
Sejauh mana cinta itu suci? Sejauh mana cinta itu tidak bersyarat? Bermatakah cinta? Bolehkah memilih cinta? Bolehkah memilih sayang, kasih dan suka?
More? he he, nanti dulu.
Over to (all of) you!
Fauzi Shaffie at 9:25am February 12
One more thing; I used to say to some people having #@$@# about love: "Tu la, sapa suruh jatuh cinta, kan dah sakit..... sebab, semua jenis jatuh ni kan bawa sakit ..." he he
Sang Chinok at 10:09pm February 12
sehari suntuk pikir macam mana boleh sayang tapi tak suka... agaknya macam ni kot: Saya tak suka jam tangan ni, tapi sayang nak buang. kalau cenggitu, lain makna sayang tu, bang.....
Cinta tak boleh paksa, tak boleh rancang, tak boleh duga. Yang lain-lain perasaan tu, boleh.
Kita boleh kata "tahun ni aku nak sayang bini aku lebih sket." Kita juga boleh kata, "aku nak kurangkan perasaan kasihku kepada si dia." Kita juga boleh kata, "Aku rasa bulan ni aku nak cuba suka kat Katie Holmes pulak." Kita boleh kata sebab kita boleh kota.
Tapi pelik bunyinya kalau kita kata "Lima tahun lagi aku nak jatuh cinta ngan Salma Hayek la." Cinta sepatutnya berbalas. Kalau tak, syok sendiri namanya. Tapi kita boleh kata "Minggu depan aku nak buat Megan Fox jatuh cinta ngan aku." Kita boleh kata sebab kita boleh usaha. Tapi sebelum kata berkata begitu, sudah pastilah kita dah syok sendiri....
Sang Chinok at 10:09pm February 12
Cinta ini relatifnya sekejap dan sangat kuat. Kalau selama-lamanya cinta, boleh gila. Tapi, cintakan tanahair lain maknanya. Kita bincang pasal cinta berasaskan nafsu, kan
Sang Chinok at 10:16pm February 12
jatuh cinta tak sakit... yang sakit bila putus cinta.... bercinta ni sebenarnya macam tarik tali... dia jual mahal, kita pujuk; bila tak makan pujuk, kita pulak merajuk dan dia pula yang pujuk. Maka bertarik-tariklah kita. Tapi kalau putus.... bayangkan tali kapal melibas!
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:05pm February 12
Chinok:
jatuh cinta memang sakit: bila cinta tak berbalas, bila orang yg dicinta buat hal, belum putus lagi tu; bila lama tak jumpa, kira rindu la tu;
budak tu berpotensi, tp sayangnya dia nakal; memang tak suka la tu.
"cinta berasaskan nafsu": ni yang ramai dok nafi ni,.... katanya tidak, cinta ini suci,.....
Dalam bahasa Inggeris: kita kata "to love somebody", ertinya "love" is a verb. So a verb can be created, boleh paksa,....
"cinta ini sekejap": bagaimana dengan "everlasting love"?
Sang Chinok at 11:18pm February 12
memang ada istilah cinta paksa. tapi pikir-pikir balik, itu bukanlah cinta sebab cinta itu perasaan, bukan perbuatan sebenarnya. To love adalah 'mencintai'. mcm saya cakap (dan hasnah dah marah pun!), BI ni agak dull. love juga bukan semata-mata verb. kalau tak, macam mana kita nak explain 'fall in love'?
cinta dalam BM melibatkan perasaan dan perasaan tak boleh paksa. Kita boleh buat-buat tapi tak boleh buat.
hehehe... sakit sebelum putus, sakit thrill. sakit lepas putus, sakit ill... :D
Sang Chinok at 11:19pm February 12
ko buat aku tersenyum sorang-sorang la malam-malam nih. bini aku pun ingat aku dah ting-tong! :D
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:27pm February 12
he he. Hasnah kena senyum jugak tu!
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:46pm February 12
"fall" is a verb, rite? to fall, to love.....
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:51pm February 12
bolehkah diukur: kalau cinta, lukanya paling parah; bila suka, lukanya sekadar kulit ari? Kasih, Sayang pulak, sedalam mana pulak lukanya?
Sang Chinok at 7:38am February 13
kalau sayang terluka, ralatnya di bawa mati....
Hasnah Khalid at 10:04am February 14
Love can be used both as a verb n noun....depending on the sentences eg I love mangoes, I fell in love with etc etc. Love is different - relative to different people with different experiences.. I wonder if there is a difference in the intensity of love (taraf cinta) with either gender? Orang tua selalu cakap - bila cinta... makan tak kenyang, mandi tak basah, tidur tak lena, apply to both gender??? Does this last longer for the man or woman?????
Love n lust r intertwined ... do u mean that if cinta sejati, pasangan itu tak mahu ada anak???? (;) Kalau tak kenal, tak cinta ... jadi mesti ada some characteristics in that person that makes u fall for him/her whether it be physical or otherwise...! Dont think that love is entirely blind.... :)
Sang Chinok at 10:35am February 14
love is not blind. it just have tunnel vision! :D
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:36am February 14
"I love mangoes"="Saya suka mangga", never in Malay they would say "Saya cinta mangga", unless metaphorically . So, does this means "love" in English is less specific, and thus less 'mulia'/'suci'/etc compared to "cinta " in Malay?
Sang Chinok at 10:45am February 14
hehehe... fauzi; -sda- (see da above)... pastu cari perlindungan...
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:48am February 14
ha ha
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:53am February 14
Well. Looking thru cultures and histories of nations/race, there are great indications of different 'levels' of love intensities, which may be measured through people's action when faced with love-tangled situations. We read about Majnun Laila, cerita Arab; cerita filem Hindustan depicts similar intensity; probably lesser in Malays; much less in Europeans. If we observe how these people reacts in political situation/hegemonies, we may observe similar trend of emotional outburts.
Guano Chinok, Hasnah?
Tajuk: Fauzi is asking for the meanings of 'cinta', 'kasih', 'sayang' dan 'suka'.
Eisya Celica and Nurjannaim Abd Kadir like this.
Zulhilmi Omar at 10:00am February 11
ayat mcm sedang mencari sesuatu jer...
Nurjannaim Abd Kadir at 10:08am February 11
sama jer mean die kot?? mayB
Hasnah Khalid at 11:32am February 11
"Seketika saya jatuh 'cinta' dengan peribadi nya yang halus dan penuh dengan 'kasih' 'sayang' sesama insan. 'Sayang' sekali peribadinya pendiam dan tak 'suka' banyak berbicara"
Does that fulfil ur definition requirements? :))
Sang Chinok at 12:09pm February 11
intensity of feelings, in ascending order: suka, sayang, kasih, cinta
longevity of feelings, in ascending order: cinta, kasih, sayang, suka
commitment scale in ascending order: suka, cinta, kasih, sayang
confusing enough?
Jannatun Hidayah Umar at 12:30pm February 11
bergantung kpd niat org yg menuturkan
April Lokupi at 3:51pm February 11
cinta, kasih dan sayang..erti sgt dlm skali..suka tu alaaa biasa2 ja..hehehe
Fauzi Shaffie at 4:07pm February 11
Hasnah: faham lagi ke Bahasa Melayu ni....dah lebih 30 thn merantau tu....he he, anyway, good try, thanks
Sang Chinok: Very interesting.
Others: Thanks for trying.
I'm looking for more .. . . .
Sang Chinok at 11:57pm February 11
lagi satu. in english cuma ada 2 je perkataan: love and like. and love covers 3 of our words. talk about dull! eg. i love you, i love you very much, i really, REALLY love you. see? its not romantic at all.
Hasnah Khalid at 12:29am February 12
Cant resist this... its not totally true! LOVE can be expressed as I love, adore, cherish, fancy, pined, long etc. Language and usage is pretty much down to the individual's capability to use/manipulate words in a creative way! Improve one's vocabulary n one will instantly notice the many different ways of expressing oneself in any language!!!
Sang Chinok at 12:34am February 12
yeah, but the lot doesn't really translate to the three words above. the meaning are different. what you have there are variations of 'suka'. so it seems to the english, suka has variable degrees of intensity but there is only love. One true love i guess. cheers!
Sang Chinok at 12:36am February 12
oh yeah, pined and long is like 'rindu' which is a different thing altogether.
Hasnah Khalid at 1:15am February 12
Jatuh cinta (Ishq in Arabic or ashiq in Malay) = fall in love, Cinta=love or hub in Arabic ; cherish and adore dont have equivalent in Malay ( any suggestions?) kasih and sayang are sort of middlebut not the same intensity and suka=like (also hub in Arabic) which is general n the same usage as the Malay language. Infatuate, fancy are other meanings of love but less meaningful or of deep intensity/seriousness. True pinning n longing r other variations of rindu but still more meaningful than the word rindu as pinning is deeper than longing in strength.
Hasnah Khalid at 1:30am February 12
BTW I m not defending the English language but trying to deliver a different paradigm to its many vocab/usage...!
Sang Chinok at 8:01am February 12
hehehehe... i just realized how a man's mills&booneryish moment is ruined by his friends heated discussion on finer points of feelings. hehehehe....
Sang Chinok at 8:02am February 12
tq hasnah. my arabic is rusty to the point it crumbles but yup i agree with your observation. Hasnah Khalid at 8:09am February 12
And thank you 2u2 Mr Sang Chinok....
Fauzi Shaffie at 9:04am February 12
Wow! Thanks Hasnah and Chinok. Good contributions. BTW, I was thinking along the line of what Chinok wrote earlier- the camparative depth in meanings for just one word "love", but need to be explained by other words, as Hasnah elucidated later. Hope to have a nice chance to compile this.
What if:
Suka tidak semestinya sayang. Sayang tidak semestinya kasih. Kasih tidak semestinya cinta.
Sayang juga tidak semestinya suka. Kasih selalunya akan sayang. Cinta selalunya akan berisi kasih.
Sejauh mana cinta itu suci? Sejauh mana cinta itu tidak bersyarat? Bermatakah cinta? Bolehkah memilih cinta? Bolehkah memilih sayang, kasih dan suka?
More? he he, nanti dulu.
Over to (all of) you!
Fauzi Shaffie at 9:25am February 12
One more thing; I used to say to some people having #@$@# about love: "Tu la, sapa suruh jatuh cinta, kan dah sakit..... sebab, semua jenis jatuh ni kan bawa sakit ..." he he
Sang Chinok at 10:09pm February 12
sehari suntuk pikir macam mana boleh sayang tapi tak suka... agaknya macam ni kot: Saya tak suka jam tangan ni, tapi sayang nak buang. kalau cenggitu, lain makna sayang tu, bang.....
Cinta tak boleh paksa, tak boleh rancang, tak boleh duga. Yang lain-lain perasaan tu, boleh.
Kita boleh kata "tahun ni aku nak sayang bini aku lebih sket." Kita juga boleh kata, "aku nak kurangkan perasaan kasihku kepada si dia." Kita juga boleh kata, "Aku rasa bulan ni aku nak cuba suka kat Katie Holmes pulak." Kita boleh kata sebab kita boleh kota.
Tapi pelik bunyinya kalau kita kata "Lima tahun lagi aku nak jatuh cinta ngan Salma Hayek la." Cinta sepatutnya berbalas. Kalau tak, syok sendiri namanya. Tapi kita boleh kata "Minggu depan aku nak buat Megan Fox jatuh cinta ngan aku." Kita boleh kata sebab kita boleh usaha. Tapi sebelum kata berkata begitu, sudah pastilah kita dah syok sendiri....
Sang Chinok at 10:09pm February 12
Cinta ini relatifnya sekejap dan sangat kuat. Kalau selama-lamanya cinta, boleh gila. Tapi, cintakan tanahair lain maknanya. Kita bincang pasal cinta berasaskan nafsu, kan
Sang Chinok at 10:16pm February 12
jatuh cinta tak sakit... yang sakit bila putus cinta.... bercinta ni sebenarnya macam tarik tali... dia jual mahal, kita pujuk; bila tak makan pujuk, kita pulak merajuk dan dia pula yang pujuk. Maka bertarik-tariklah kita. Tapi kalau putus.... bayangkan tali kapal melibas!
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:05pm February 12
Chinok:
jatuh cinta memang sakit: bila cinta tak berbalas, bila orang yg dicinta buat hal, belum putus lagi tu; bila lama tak jumpa, kira rindu la tu;
budak tu berpotensi, tp sayangnya dia nakal; memang tak suka la tu.
"cinta berasaskan nafsu": ni yang ramai dok nafi ni,.... katanya tidak, cinta ini suci,.....
Dalam bahasa Inggeris: kita kata "to love somebody", ertinya "love" is a verb. So a verb can be created, boleh paksa,....
"cinta ini sekejap": bagaimana dengan "everlasting love"?
Sang Chinok at 11:18pm February 12
memang ada istilah cinta paksa. tapi pikir-pikir balik, itu bukanlah cinta sebab cinta itu perasaan, bukan perbuatan sebenarnya. To love adalah 'mencintai'. mcm saya cakap (dan hasnah dah marah pun!), BI ni agak dull. love juga bukan semata-mata verb. kalau tak, macam mana kita nak explain 'fall in love'?
cinta dalam BM melibatkan perasaan dan perasaan tak boleh paksa. Kita boleh buat-buat tapi tak boleh buat.
hehehe... sakit sebelum putus, sakit thrill. sakit lepas putus, sakit ill... :D
Sang Chinok at 11:19pm February 12
ko buat aku tersenyum sorang-sorang la malam-malam nih. bini aku pun ingat aku dah ting-tong! :D
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:27pm February 12
he he. Hasnah kena senyum jugak tu!
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:46pm February 12
"fall" is a verb, rite? to fall, to love.....
Fauzi Shaffie at 11:51pm February 12
bolehkah diukur: kalau cinta, lukanya paling parah; bila suka, lukanya sekadar kulit ari? Kasih, Sayang pulak, sedalam mana pulak lukanya?
Sang Chinok at 7:38am February 13
kalau sayang terluka, ralatnya di bawa mati....
Hasnah Khalid at 10:04am February 14
Love can be used both as a verb n noun....depending on the sentences eg I love mangoes, I fell in love with etc etc. Love is different - relative to different people with different experiences.. I wonder if there is a difference in the intensity of love (taraf cinta) with either gender? Orang tua selalu cakap - bila cinta... makan tak kenyang, mandi tak basah, tidur tak lena, apply to both gender??? Does this last longer for the man or woman?????
Love n lust r intertwined ... do u mean that if cinta sejati, pasangan itu tak mahu ada anak???? (;) Kalau tak kenal, tak cinta ... jadi mesti ada some characteristics in that person that makes u fall for him/her whether it be physical or otherwise...! Dont think that love is entirely blind.... :)
Sang Chinok at 10:35am February 14
love is not blind. it just have tunnel vision! :D
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:36am February 14
"I love mangoes"="Saya suka mangga", never in Malay they would say "Saya cinta mangga", unless metaphorically . So, does this means "love" in English is less specific, and thus less 'mulia'/'suci'/etc compared to "cinta " in Malay?
Sang Chinok at 10:45am February 14
hehehe... fauzi; -sda- (see da above)... pastu cari perlindungan...
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:48am February 14
ha ha
Fauzi Shaffie at 10:53am February 14
Well. Looking thru cultures and histories of nations/race, there are great indications of different 'levels' of love intensities, which may be measured through people's action when faced with love-tangled situations. We read about Majnun Laila, cerita Arab; cerita filem Hindustan depicts similar intensity; probably lesser in Malays; much less in Europeans. If we observe how these people reacts in political situation/hegemonies, we may observe similar trend of emotional outburts.
Guano Chinok, Hasnah?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
LOVE
I'm no Dr Love, and have never celebrate valentines.
Nevertheless, come this 14 February, the world will be enliven by the celebration, for whatever reason, for whatever belief.
Probably, we need to have a peek into the meanings of this four letter word, which seems so sacred to some, intrigue to a big number of people, and yet so illusive to others. Well, I will just cut and paste from Wikipedia, since I'm not into the phylosophy of love:
1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
2. any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
3. have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
4. beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
5. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
6. be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
7. a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
8. sleep together: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
9. sexual love: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
With all these 'definitions', where does the 'sacredness' come from?
If I have a chance, I will try to pen down the equivalent Malay words of Cinta, Sayang, Kasih dan Suka. For the moment, just this!
Nevertheless, come this 14 February, the world will be enliven by the celebration, for whatever reason, for whatever belief.
Probably, we need to have a peek into the meanings of this four letter word, which seems so sacred to some, intrigue to a big number of people, and yet so illusive to others. Well, I will just cut and paste from Wikipedia, since I'm not into the phylosophy of love:
1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
2. any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
3. have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
4. beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
5. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
6. be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
7. a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
8. sleep together: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
9. sexual love: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
With all these 'definitions', where does the 'sacredness' come from?
If I have a chance, I will try to pen down the equivalent Malay words of Cinta, Sayang, Kasih dan Suka. For the moment, just this!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Who are protecting the public?
A Kugan's case had so far stuck in the mind of the people as more of police brutalities than the reason's of him being caught after a car chase. The role played by the MPs has not helped to clear the matter either.
I have a feeling that the case is being politised more than the case for human right. I published here a letter to The Star which highlights the worries of people on the street, being pawns in the political games. Samy Vellu's assertion to protect his men before even the law has cleared the cloud is no help. Certainly, as a member of public, I would wish to be protected by the police, and not by any gang of criminals.
It is the duty of the police to protect the public, though no one should condone brutalities in the name of law. If policemen got excited and exceed their bounds in doing their job, then let the process of the law take its course. Similarly, no politician should condone law breakers though the people involved could be their strong supporters. And no criminal should be wearing the hat of MPs.
Law is law, and let the public feel safe living in beloved Malaysia.
The letter to The Star:
Thursday January 29, 2009
Kugan’s case exploited
CAR theft suspect A. Kugan’s case has been exploited by politicians from both the Opposition and Government alike.
Instead of pacifying the public until the result of the investigation is known, these people agitate the public, resulting in it turning into a racial issue.
The police have never denied the assault on the deceased, and have repeatedly given assurances that an investigation would be conducted, and without any cover-up.
The incident at the Serdang Hospital mortuary, where the body was with unauthorised persons for about two hours, was against ethics. These unauthorised persons have used it as a reason to claim police brutality and that the police wanted to cover up the matter.
The police themselves do not encourage its members to use inhumane methods to obtain information from suspects. And knowing how violent perpetrators can treat their victims, it sometimes gets on the emotions of the officers.
Bear in mind that in this case the deceased was arrested after a car chase, where the car involved was reported as robbed from its owner.
Investigations led to the recovery of 15 cars. Thus it must not be ignored that Kugan is a perpetrator of crime.
However, we understand that the police must acknowledge the rights of suspects even though there is ample evidence to show involvement in crime.
But this has been overshadowed by the death of the suspect, and he is now regarded as a hero by those with an agenda of their own.
It seems criminals now have more rights than law-abiding citizens. No one is highlighting the rights of law-abiding citizens who are victims of crimes.
No wonder criminals are now so bold, and their heinous activities are being protected by people who claim respect for human rights.
Some politicians investigated and charged for committing criminal offences have also claimed political conspiracy to cover up their crime.
Nobody cares if a police officer is shot or stabbed by criminals. No one is going to care for him or defend him.
If crime is on the increase. blame the police. If detainees die in custody, blame the police. If they break the law to demonstrate, blame the police, as they claim the police started the violence.
It seems criminals have the right to commit crime and be protected. As for the police, weaken them, tie their hands by reducing their powers.
I dread the day when the police will get fed up and just do their duty without making an extra effort to solve crime or even arrest the perpetrator for fear of the “privileges” accorded to the suspect.
CONCERNED CITIZEN,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
from: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/29/focus/3140074&sec=focus
I have a feeling that the case is being politised more than the case for human right. I published here a letter to The Star which highlights the worries of people on the street, being pawns in the political games. Samy Vellu's assertion to protect his men before even the law has cleared the cloud is no help. Certainly, as a member of public, I would wish to be protected by the police, and not by any gang of criminals.
It is the duty of the police to protect the public, though no one should condone brutalities in the name of law. If policemen got excited and exceed their bounds in doing their job, then let the process of the law take its course. Similarly, no politician should condone law breakers though the people involved could be their strong supporters. And no criminal should be wearing the hat of MPs.
Law is law, and let the public feel safe living in beloved Malaysia.
The letter to The Star:
Thursday January 29, 2009
Kugan’s case exploited
CAR theft suspect A. Kugan’s case has been exploited by politicians from both the Opposition and Government alike.
Instead of pacifying the public until the result of the investigation is known, these people agitate the public, resulting in it turning into a racial issue.
The police have never denied the assault on the deceased, and have repeatedly given assurances that an investigation would be conducted, and without any cover-up.
The incident at the Serdang Hospital mortuary, where the body was with unauthorised persons for about two hours, was against ethics. These unauthorised persons have used it as a reason to claim police brutality and that the police wanted to cover up the matter.
The police themselves do not encourage its members to use inhumane methods to obtain information from suspects. And knowing how violent perpetrators can treat their victims, it sometimes gets on the emotions of the officers.
Bear in mind that in this case the deceased was arrested after a car chase, where the car involved was reported as robbed from its owner.
Investigations led to the recovery of 15 cars. Thus it must not be ignored that Kugan is a perpetrator of crime.
However, we understand that the police must acknowledge the rights of suspects even though there is ample evidence to show involvement in crime.
But this has been overshadowed by the death of the suspect, and he is now regarded as a hero by those with an agenda of their own.
It seems criminals now have more rights than law-abiding citizens. No one is highlighting the rights of law-abiding citizens who are victims of crimes.
No wonder criminals are now so bold, and their heinous activities are being protected by people who claim respect for human rights.
Some politicians investigated and charged for committing criminal offences have also claimed political conspiracy to cover up their crime.
Nobody cares if a police officer is shot or stabbed by criminals. No one is going to care for him or defend him.
If crime is on the increase. blame the police. If detainees die in custody, blame the police. If they break the law to demonstrate, blame the police, as they claim the police started the violence.
It seems criminals have the right to commit crime and be protected. As for the police, weaken them, tie their hands by reducing their powers.
I dread the day when the police will get fed up and just do their duty without making an extra effort to solve crime or even arrest the perpetrator for fear of the “privileges” accorded to the suspect.
CONCERNED CITIZEN,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
from: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/29/focus/3140074&sec=focus
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