Long Live Real Education

Honestly, I, perhaps many others as well, have lost faith in our domestic educational system. Yeah, straight A's students flooding the headlines every year. But now lets look deeper.

One major problem is the structure. Education was supposed to be about what an individual loves, what an individual is good at, and most importantly, how an individual could happily make a living out of that. With these structured system, where everyone gets the same type of syllabus, we're not teaching humans, we're developing robots. At a young age, students deserve their rights to their own destiny. They deserve the right to choose. Teach them to organize their own studying outlines. Don't force them on anything that they are not capable of,cause they would eventually fail the paper over & over again. Trust me, even once they've passed, they have nothing but hatred for that subject. Being young is no excuse, its the duty of both parents & teachers to identify what a student is good at from the beginning. And once that's done, keep him/her on that track only, & let them go once they're matured enough. Instead of being plain "normal", who would've thought what these students could accomplished in 10-20 years time? Don't you get it? The future is theirs, if they're only allowed to make decisions after college, it would've been too late.

And this brings us  to the next point.  When it comes to finding a job, students should only know how to distinguish between a "career" and a "hobby". Be really serious with the former, & be moderate with the latter. But with this system, we're confusing them with multiple terms; "academics", "curriculum", "extra-curriculum", where what is important is merely human self-development. This system is emphasizing so much on the concept of a "well-balanced, multi-talented" individual,who excels in almost everything. So here's the thing; that's the most retarded idea one could ever think of. Because its a joke. No successful person in the course of human history were well-known for killing two birds with one stone. They are professionals, experts specifically in their respective fields. If Mr A is so good with Physics, then Physics is his "academics" + "curriculum" + "extra-curriculum". If Mr B is so enthusiastic with football, why not just let him be the next Cristiano Ronaldo?  Don't narrow your definition of a Genius. It doesn't necessarily needs a man with a lab-coat, hanging in his lab 24/7, & trying to make a chemical reaction that would change the entire world!

Hell, I could go on & on; on how this system is merely focusing on how to pass an exam, rather than being practically capable of handling the real deal. The subtle bullying done towards these poor, less-privileged students. The level of bureaucracy one needs to face, just for one piece of scroll. I know, these youth needs to be taught on the difficulties of life, so they would understand. But please, you gotta know that "teaching" is different than "torturing". I've gambled with a lot of things in my life, been totally irresponsible with many of my duties. But when it comes to my children's future, with their education, I'm willing to give all my dollars and cents for the best. If this mockery you're calling "education" remains the same for years to come, then I've no choice but to keep my young one's away from it. Sounds kinda egoistic, but do I have a choice?

I don't know, but what the world could agree upon is surely, education is THE most vital arsenal to cope with the modern world challenges. Perhaps this is an on-going issue, discussed for seemingly forever. Tupac had a say on it, so do Einstein. Hey don't get me wrong. I'm nothing close of being THE model-type student. I skipped classes, rarely pay attention during lectures, and on top of all,  failed a lot of my papers. And this started way back since pre-school. So you got the picture of who I am. And I humbly admit that. But that's my part of the spoil, how about yours?

Please, do correct me if I got any of my facts wrong. I know a change is hard, and it will never be a holistic one. But as how I see it, it needs some. Trust me, it'll worth it.

5 Years, In Poetry

Jari berinai bermain ghazal

Irama melayu, itu hiburan

Baru ku sampai, baru ku kenal

Hidup bersatu, itu didikkan

Jauh sungguh Pengkalan Hulu

Alur ditutup, usah diikut

Jauh sungguh tempat beradu

Pegangan hidup, jangan menurut

Salam sembah, sujud di-Raja

Salam diberi memanda menteri

Alam muda di ufuk senja

Alam dewasa  kian menanti

Menebang kayu, si pohon jati

Menebang kayu, dibuat sampan

Tahun Bulan Madu, gelaran diberi

Tahun hadapan, bukan mainan

Tiga sudu, penentu rasa

Setengah cawan, cukuplah sudah

Tiga huruf, penentu jaya

Setengah dekad, tamatlah sudah

Kuala Kangsar dilanda bah

Berminggu-minggu,baru surutnya

Sebelas tahun berlalu sudah

Semangat mengalir kebalnya jua

11 years, and still counting. Happy Anniversary, MCKK Class of 2007. 

Kertas Projek : Tahap Satu

Sebagai permulaan,undang-undang boleh dibahagikan kepada beberapa jenis bahagian, bergantung kepada topik dan definisi yang diinginkan seseorang. Melalui apa yang ingin saya rungkaikan, saya lebih berminat untuk membahagikan undang-undang mengikut kesalahan serta kesannya. Maka ingin saya bahagikan undang-undang itu kepada :

1. Undang- undang sivil
2. Undang- undang jenayah

Undang-undang sivil adalah tertumpu kepada hubungan sesama insan. Antara cabang undang-undang ini ialah seperti kontrak, tort, serta keluarga. Sebarang tuntutan bagi kesalahan yang berkaitan dengan ini adalah menjadi kebiasaannya untuk dibawa oleh pihak yang mengalami kerugian (injured party) dan tuntutan selalunya adalah dalam bentuk pampasan. Berbeza dengan undang-undang jenayah, ia adalah lebih tertumpu kepada kesalahan terhadap awam. Bagi kesalahan seperti ini, kes akan dibawa oleh seorang Timbalan Pendakwa Raya dan hukuman adalah menjerumus kepada "menyeksa" pelaku kesalahan tersebut.

Di Malaysia, kesalahan jenayah adalah dikawal oleh Kanun Keseksaan. Bagi tujuan topik kertas projek saya, saya mahu mengkhususkan kepada beberapa peruntukan yang berkaitan dengan kesalahan seksual. Melalui pengamatan terhadap Kanun Keseksaan, kesalahan seperti ini telah dibahagikan seperti berikut :

1. Kesalahan mencabul kehormatan (Seksyen 354)
2. Kesalahan rogol (Seksyen 375)
3. Kesalahan sumbang mahram (Seksyen 376)
4. Kesalahan luar tabii (Seksyen 377)

Bagi setiap kesalahan seperti yang dirujuk, beban pembuktian adalah sama seperti  mana kesalahan jenayah lain, di mana pihak pembelaan haruslah berjaya dalam menimbulkan satu "keraguan yang munasabah" atau dalam bahasa Inggerisnya, a reasonable doubt supaya pihak tertuduh dapat dilepaskan daripada sebarang liabiliti. Antara persoalan yang timbul ialah sejauh mana peruntukkan-peruntukkan berkaitan telah berjaya dalam mengekang penularan jenayah seksual di Malaysia? Selain itu, perlukah ada satu cara alternatif lain dalam membantu sebarang lacuna dalam Kanun Keseksaan? Berdasarkan kes-kes yang telah dilaporkan, adakah perlu bagi sebarang penambahbaikkan bagi mengawal kesalahan seksual  daripada berleluasa?

BERSAMBUNG.......

salahkah kalau saya layan satu lagu D'Masiv malam ni?

Malam ni malam pertama gua dekat klang sepanjang bulan Ramadan untuk tahun ni. Letih gila bai drive dari Perak sampai Selangor. Letih punya pasal,gua terus bantai tertidur sampai saja kat rumah ..maklum la kan, muka kacak bergaya macam gua ni kena banyak kan beauty-sleep baru la senantiasa berwajah menawan gitewww. Oleh itu malam ni gua dah tak berapa nak mengantuk. Sambil dok berangan atas katil, gua teringat masa bujang-bujang dulu, masa mula-mula sampai dekat UKM. Gua pun tak tau macam mana gua boleh single masa tu padahal muka gua memang semua dah sedia maklum la kan handsome tahap dewa. Pada sebuah hari Sabtu yang hening, gua bersama 4 orang sahabat rapat sejak zaman Asasi dekat UiTM lagi iaitu Khairunnazrin Mohd Noor, Afiq Ammar Tulos, Rifhan Khan dan Zahidi Afiq telah ke Metro Kajang bagi sebuah sesi karaoke. Bila tiba saja turn si Khairunnazrin ni nak nyanyi, dia telah memilih sebuah lagu bertajuk MERINDUKANMU dari kumpulan D'MASIV. Band ni dah lama terkenal masa tu, tapi gua tau satu lagu je,CINTA INI MEMBUNUHKU. Tapi kali ni gua dah tau satu lagu baru, gara-gara member gua yang sorang ni la.

Gua ni tak la layan sangat jiwang-jiwang ni, lagi2 dari seberang. Tapi satu lagu ni antara yang boleh kena jugak la dengan gua. Lirik pun best, tak ada la puitis sangat. Banyak straight-forward style puya lirik..nak buat jamming pun senang. Rasa-rasa kalau perform lagu ni masa dinner Fakulti tahun depan macam best jugak. Serius gua sarankan siapa2 yang  tengah syok ber-couple tu layan la lagu ni. Lagi-lagi yang sang teruna, bila lu punya awek dok merajuk ke, tak pun jauh di mata, apa yang lu kena buat senang je bai. Kasi lu punya awek tu kat gua kan senang?? OK2 gua saja nak gurau. Kalau rindu kat sang dara, nyanyi la lagu ni dekat dia melalui telefon bimbit lu bai. Gerenti dia cakap lu ni balak paling romantik. Nah gua kasi lu dengar sikit.

Nak lirik pun gua boleh bagi la bai. NAH AMEK!!

Saat aku tertawa di atas semua

                                                         Saat aku menangisi kesedihanku

Aku ingin engkau selalu ada

Aku ingin engkau aku kenang

Selama aku masih bisa bernafas

Masih sanggup berjalan

Ku kan slalu memujamu

Meski ku tak tau lagi

Engkau ada di mana

Dengarkan aku ku merindukanmu

Saat aku mencoba merubah sgalanya

Saat aku meratapi kekalahanku

Aku ingin engkau selalu ada

Aku ingin engkau aku kenang

Selama aku masih bisa bernafas

Masih sanggup berjalan

Ku kan slalu memujamu

Meski ku tak tau lagi

Engkau ada di mana

Dengarkan aku ku merindukanmu

Dengarkan aku ku merindukanmu

Pasal gua jiwang sangat ni?? adoi malu la pulak

fuhhhh

Dah dekat setengah bulan puasa. Gua sekarang puasa dekat Perak, dekat kampung bos merangkap abah gua. Sini internet boleh tahan jugak slow, baru hari ni dapat bukak blog. Esok nak balik Klang, ada urusan sikit nak setel dekat sana. Maca mana la agaknya Klang sekarang? Dah ada menara setinggi KLCC kah yang telah dibina oleh kerajaan tempatang bawah pimpinan parti Pakatan Rakyat? OK2 gua tak campur politik sini. Esok sampai rumah, gua nak kasi update kaw2. keh3

kenyang gila lepas sahur, terus Subuh,sekarang rasa nak tertidur

gua mula puasa penuh masa darjah 3. Alhamdulillah la sampai sekarang masih puasa penuh. Tak tau la kalau tiba-tiba tahun ni gua dapat period ke, baru la tak payah puasa kan. Lauk sahur pertama gua untuk tahun ni ialah ketam masak lemak cili api, ikan sepat kering. mak gua memang terbaik la, bangun dalam pukul 4, terus masak sahur. gua punya kenyang tak payah nak cakap la, terus ketat seluar dibuatnya.

maka bermulalah episod baru Ramadhan dalam hidup gua. bersyukur pasal Allah masih bagi peluang. Kepada semua yang baca post ni, selamat berpuasa semua, puasa kasi penuh bai, Tarawikh jangan lupa

Buat Projek

Ini projek bukan "projek" yang korang dah dok terbayang dalam kepala tu. Tadi gua dah dapat e-mel daripada Fakulti Undang-Undang gua yang tersayang, pasal  kertas projek dan penyelia sekali. Gua mula-mula dah nak lupa pasal benda ni, nasib baik tadi cek emel. Tajuk kertas projek gua ialah :

"Peruntukan berkaitan jenayah seksual di Malaysia  : Keberkesanan sepanjang implementasi sehingga kini "

Mantap tak gua punya topik?? Gua tau memang mantap dan terbaik, tak payah la puji lebih-lebih. Gua dah dapar bayangkan lepas ni kena pergi interview dekat balai polis, interview dengan peguam-peguam, dan macam-macam la lagi. Dah la tinggal berapa hari nak puasa. Esok gua dah nak balik kampung, mula buat dekat kampung la jawabnya, sambil-sambil dok rehat dekat kebun bapak gua, boleh luangkan masa nak buat kertas projek sekali kan? OK Aliff, kerja berat bakal bermula.

Kepada rakan-rakan, semoga berjaya mengharungi pelbagai cabaran yang bakal mendatang dalam menyiapkan kertas projek. Kasi kerjasama dengan penyelia masing-masing, nanti korang fail, tak dapat grad pulak.

it is near

Ramadhan is fast approaching. A month synonymous with fasting. What better way to train your tummy to resist the enticing temptation of food-devouring, rather than to start having "puasa sunat" by now? Alhamdulillah, today's fasting went pretty well. Still, on the abrupt side, I need to get rid of too much nap. Other than that, I need to protect all my senses from all that is bad, because Ramadhan is not all about abstaining myself from eating only. A few days left before enduring the Holy Month. My Raya preparations are all set and done. Thanks to Abah for being so generously nice to "support' me. One more thing, I'm feeling so FULL right now. Could'nt even move the slightest of muscle. Gosh, I need to control the amount of food intake during berbuka. Feels funny, but this has been happening every year for me. A new Ramadhan resolution? Yeah, have one in my mine.

rumah kedua

TADDDAAAAAA!!!! Kejut ke!!???? I tau la you all semua sudah manyak rindu sama I kan!!???

OK sori, gua saja je nak menggedik tadi, harap-harap tak ada sesiapa yang terluka hati atau terdetik mahu melempang diri ini ye.  Dah dekat seminggu gua tak dapat nak online, jadi rasa teruja la sikit bila dapat kali ni. Gua baru saja sampai rumah, selama ni gua menghilang pasal gua ada urusan dekat kampung halaman gua yang terletak di Batu 17, Ayer Tawar , Perak. Bapak gua dah pencen, jadi sekarang dia nak buat rumah dekat kampung. Sampai saja dekat sana, memang tak dapat nak rehat. Bapak gua ambil keputusan nak cat rumah tu sendiri, jadi gua ni sah-sah la kena jadi kuli dia. Memang sibuk, luar dalam, semua nak kena cat.

Abah nak warna oren

Rumah ni ada lagi yang tak lengkap. Simen-simen berterabur lagi kat tepi . Perabot baru sikit yang masuk. Cat dalam pun tak habis lagi. Tapi puas hati la, luar semua dah habis cat.

Duduk dekat kampung memang best. Nyaman,tenang,tak bising. Belakang rumah gua tu ada kebun pulak. Tapi agak sengal la, pasal line selalu tak ada. Lawak jugak bila fikir balik. Family gua rancang nak puasa dengan raya sepenuhnya dekat kampung. Tak macam dulu, dah dekat nak habis puasa, baru gerak balik kampung. Kepada semua rakan-rakan yang duduk di utara tanah air atau sekitar Lembah Kinta, jemput-jemput la datang beraya ke rumah saya ni ye Yang duduk Lembah Klang atau jauh-jauh tu, kalau korang dapat datang, memang gua terharu bila la bai.

my first interest

Its been two years, make it three I guess  (taking into account my foundation studies)....since the first day I stepped into a higher educational institute tu pursue my studies in law. Its a tough course to say the least, so tough that maybe medicine is the only course to match with its bombarding way of studies. (Other courses, no offense you guys). I've met so many acts, codes, treaties  even some pre-historic cases. Read it, sure. Memorize? That's a whole other new level, considering how unreasonable for a normal human brain to keep up with such exorbitant number of data. Nothing to regret though from my behalf, because this is the field that I dreamt of engaging myself into since my yester-years.

Still, I do have one other passion. A passion for sounds, beautiful sounds, produced from the pluckings of a six-string instrument they called the GUITAR.

E, B, G, D, A, and E. The pitch of each respective strings from top to bottom. The way to play it varies in accordance to the type of music one wants to play. Not forgetting the type of guitar one is using, either acoustic or amplified. My so-called history with this instrument tracks back to my retro days in MCKK, the school where I learnt so many stuffs, stuffs that some even parents are not obliged to teach. I dont know, but it has become some sort of a tradition for MCKK students that playing guitars is considered a must. I'm not saying all, but each batch will have a substantial number of guitarist that forming more than three bands per-batch is normal. Some say that this is all due to the influence of the indie-band BUTTERFINGERS, one of the earliest pioneers of the underground music scene in Malaysia. Well, you guest it. Excluding Emmet, the vocalist, all members of the band are alumni of MCKK.

Butterfingers.

They might have been the force of this playing-guitar plague that has been infecting most of my school students till this day. Personally, I first encountered a guitar when I was 15. Never really knew how to play it back then, though. Then I learnt how to play it in a more proper way, producing true music sounds instead of a privolous pluckings. It took me quite awhile, my tender fingers were always in pain each time I played. Then, everything when to another step as my friends and I began having jamming session on each Saturday outtings in a place called Zai Am Studio. An old studio, never close to cozzy. But we loved that place

From playing simple acoustic guitars, we have now started to hit the crunching new tunes of electric. I continued to play guitar, until I graduated right after my SPM. I have two guitars of my own, just purchasing it for fun I guess.

YAMAHA Acoustic guitar



IBANEZ, with amps. Man, I look bad with side-burns

I love almost every musical genre that is associated with guitar. In all honesty, I due contemplated once that if I did not further my studies in law, I might focus on music and make a living out of it, profesionally that is. Some few years ago, some childish memories and dreams of mine. Back to reality, the level of hecticness of my legal studies that I have to endure daily,  have left me with little time to enjoy myself with the musical instrument that I cheerish the most. Yet, I do use any of my leisure time to have a simple pluck. My playing style have deteriorate since finishing school, but come on, its just for fun. Nothing more.

That's all for now. Good bye, folks!

writings of a mad Harahap

Is this a subtle form of a sabotage? Is this all a conspiracy? It should not be..its illogical. why should it be as such? come on, stop kidding for crying out loud. But lets think, for a split second, it could be, right? Nothing is exorbitant nowadays, everything could be unparallel to what it is supposed to be back at day 1. The world is all about irrelevancy, that makes the world go round. There's no way you could distinguish between a hoax and the fact, at least as I'm concern that is. What..voices? Don't trust them. Wait, perhaps you should, that could be the only way out for you from this tunnel that leads to your own perdition. You might savour salvation by hearing them. Amidst all of this, create a plan of your own. Because if you fail to do so, there's nothing more awaits you, than destruction..

Allah selamatkan Muhammad Aliff

Maka dengan ini gua yang bernama Muhammad Aliff bin Abd Rani sudahlah berumur 21 tahun. Sehubungan dengan itu, gua sudah layak untuk mengundi. Selain itu juga, gua sudah boleh bertanggungan dalam apa-apa kesalahan jenayah berdasarkan Kanun Keseksaan, seperti kesalahan merogol, kelucahan melampau, curi dan juga mematikan orang dengan salah. Malam semalam, abah gua belanja gua makan Western Food ter-best yang pernah wujud dalam dunia ni, iaitu chicken chop.

Dah lama bai gua tak merasa chicken chop,maklum la, gua kan orang putih. ( ^___^).  Sambil tu makan Yong Tau Fu sikit. Malam paling kenyang dalam hidup gua. Fikir-fikir balik, cepat betul masa berlalu, dulu-dul gua kecik comel je, sekarang dah dewasa,kacak bergaya pulak tu. Tak percaya, mari gua bawak lu semua ke satu pengembaraan tentang perubahan dan evolusi gua :



Masa ni gua umur 2 tahun,baru nak belajar naik basikal



Masa umur 6 tahun

Yang ni pulak masa gua umur 5 tahun

Darjah 2,gua dapat hadiah pasal dapat nombor 1 dalam kelas

Zaman indah di MCKK, masa form 3

Dan akhir sekali,inilah diri gua sekarang...

Pergh kacak gila mamat ni!!!

Lebih kurang macam tu la evolusi hidup gua. Sedar-sedar dah 21 tahun. Dari zaman sekolah rendah,kena campak masuk asrama sampai 5 tahun, dan dah pun masuk universiti. Gua nak ucap terima kasih banyak-banyak dekat mak bapak gua pasal sanggup besarkan gua sampai lebih dua dekad ni. Terima kasih jugak untuk semua kawan-kawan dari Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Methodist Port Klang, MCKK, UiTM Shah Alam dan UKM yang wish selamat untuk gua. Serius, gua terharu bai.

Yang mantap pasal harijadi gua ni,ada dua perkara yang terjadi hari ni :

1. Transformers : Dark Of The Moon keluar kat pawagam

2. Hari ni Isra' Mikraj

So, memandangkan Isra' Mikraj, gua pun berpuasa la hari ni. Harap-harap dapat la menambahkan sikit pahala. Esok gua ingat nak pergo tengok Transformers la,dengar-dengar ni final installment dari Michael Bay. Kena tengok bai!!!

Rasanya tu saja la kot. Sekali lagi, terima kasih untuk yang wish, see you guys next post. :)

bakal mencecah

Esok merupakan hari yang sangat best. Dah la Transformers keluar esok, Isra' Mikraj pun kena hari yang sama. But the one that really thrills me is that by tomorrow (29 June 2011), I will be officially 21 years old. Catch you guys latter , promise to give a proper post on this with some cool pictures of mine. Ni intro je baru..hehehehe

sleeping with a red jumpsuit

Tatkala nguapan mulut gua kian membesar, gua mengelamun seketika. Malam ni sumpah gua boring. Bukan la nak kata malam-malam lain tu best sangat, tapi entah pasal apa malam ni tusukan kebosanan tu begitu dalam di sanubari diri yang hensem ini. Sampai ke tahap gua jadi tak tenang. Seperti biasa hari Isnin malam Selasa, gua akan tengok cerita Juvana dekat TV3

Drama mingguan ni memang tak berapa nak cliche la kalau nak banding dengan drama Melayu lain. Pasal sebuah sekolah juvana,watak utama dia pulak masuk sekolah ni pasal kesalahan yang dia tak buat. Tapi skrip cerita dia memang kaw-kaw punya terabur, gua cakap bai. Pelakon pun macam nak-tak nak saja berlakon. Mungkin pasal ramai pelakon pelapis kot. Tapi gua tengok jugak la,pasal dah boring sangat.


Gua pun online lepas drama ni habis. Tiba-tiba gua teringat satu lagu yang gua cukup layan masa gua form 5 dulu. Time tu gua memang kepala otak tension gila (pasal SPM la agaknya) dan jugak pasal sebab-sebab peribadi lain yang tak boleh gua cakap dekat sini. Jadi, gua suka cari ketenangan dalam muzik. Ada sebuah band yang baru nak naik masa tu, dari U.S.A, nama band ni The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

Lagu dia banyak bergenre "emo". So memang kena la dengan jiwa gua masa tu. Serius,setiap kali gua tension, fikir pasal macam-macam masalah, gua pun terus duduk, dan layan band ni. Antara lagu diorang yang paling best ialah Face Down. Ni debut- single band ni. Lirik dia pun bagi gua agak best la, lebih kurang macam seseorang yang memberontak.

Kat atas ni ada video lagu ni. Lepas dengar dekat 2-3 round, baru la gua rasa tenang sikit malam ni. Tapi kalau lu jenis yang mat jiwang, jangan la dengar, karang makin tension ada la. 

Selamat malam semua,saja nak post sebelum tidur..:)

Bersih = Clean

It's pretty obvious that most Malaysians are more than aware of this logo up here. In actuality, it's a Malay translation of the word "Clean". Scheduled on the 9th of July, its will be conducted in the form of a rally right at the heart of the nation's capital. The objective ; mainly are to ensure a better system during all elections, so we are told. A direct message to the Election Committee I should say. The main personnel ; Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, well-known as the former President of The  Bar Council.  An impervious indiviual who advocates on the emphasis of human rights, she is the back-bone of this would-to-be gathering

The Malaysian Government have viewed this demonstration in a rather negative spectrum. This is getting pretty much palpable with the fact that almost in the end of every news bulletin, the final words from the news anchor is that every Malaysian should live in harmony and avoid any activities that might triggered riot. So much for a subliminal form of a message. Most right-sided entities have given the view that such rally or gathering must not take place in Kuala Lumpur, by arguing that if would only spark detrimental results. For example, the decrease of the nation's income from the tourism industry, the most popular argument thus far. Some even argue that why dont this rally be conducted in a much safer and confined compound, like in a stadium for example. Much of the criticism of the upcoming rally had been nothing more than mere words, as so far, there are no signs that it would be cancelled. Much of the future participants have countered that this is the only way to show to the EC and the Government as a whole, on what they want for the future of the Malaysian Election.

I must say, that Malaysia is one of the worse country, in perspective of the human rights issue. Who could deny that? Most of the blame have been forwarded to the seemingly unscrupulous enforcement of the Internal Security Act. The Government have made it clear that they will not hesitate to use this act to any participants of this upcoming rally. Hence, the right to gather as layed down in Article 10 of the Federal Constitution have been used as the most pivotal shield by the Bersih participants. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, why should anyone be arguing it?...most of them said. Yet, one must not look at the provision frivolously as the enforcers does have the rights to hinder such gathering if any form of violence ensues. Although most have said that this would be a safe rally, the conundrum continues as to whether the assurance of safety would proven to be a reality on that faithful day.

No one is arguing on the essence of this upcoming event. Its a good medium to show what the citizens wants for the near future. It is just that in this country, where street demonstrations have been viewed as a taboo, the organizers should look on the most effective approach so that their expression would be understood by the government in a more justified manner, for both parties,that is.

All my best wishes to the BERSIH rally and all its participants. Please, ensure that in the course of the demonstration, no form of danger and riot would follow through. Besides, I do hope you guys are successful in reaching this rally's objectives, because if you don't, all of you would be the biggest laughing-stock for years to come. I can ensure you that. Be "BERSIH".

MAHARAJA LAWAK

Malam semalam dah pun final Maharaja Lawak. 13 minggu bai bersiaran. Lepas show dekat Johor,Pahang etc., akhirnya siaran ni melabuhkan tirai dekat Stadium Melawati Shah Alam. Gua mula-mula ingat nak pergi tengok live dekat sana, tapi memandangkan ada beberapa "masalah", gua pun tengok dekat rumah saja la.

Lepas Gelanggang Raja Lawak 5 habis dulu, gua memang tak sabar gila nak tunggu ML mula. Ini bukan macam edisi Raja Lawak yang biasa, tapi  peserta-peserta  Raja Lawak yang terpilih dari yang pertama sampai edisi ke-5 akan masuk. Jozan, Jambu,Nabil,XN3,Sepah,Jihan, Man, ramai lagi la. Mantap gila, pasal all-star punya pertandingan.

Final semalam memang dah ramai yang jangka, siapa yang akan masuk. Ada 4 finalis :

Sepanjang 13 minggu ni, Jozan selalu sangat dapat undian tertinggi. So malam semalam diorang memang calon pilihan la untuk jadi juara. Macam-macam tema pihak Astro bagi untuk setiap minggu, Jozan bagi gua la yang paling excel. Baik dari tema Silent Comedy,sampai la ke tema Cross-gender. Nabil masa mula-mula agak lemah,mungkin pasal kontroversi yang kena dekat dia kot. Jambu mula-mula slow je gua tengok. Sepah macam biasa la, banyak lawak kasar. Final semalam gua agak koyak la, pasal dalam banyak-banyak tema komedi, Musical Comedy la yang paling gua tak berapa nak masuk. Tapi tema ni la yang Astro kasi. Tahap final ni, menurut pandangan gua la, mediocre je. Tak la semantap minggu-minggu sebelum ni. Tapi gua memang seronok la dengan "alter-ego" Jozan, iaitu Ah Chai dengan Mael Lambung. Susah bai, nak cari artis Malaysia yang dapat hasilkan satu watak lain dari diri diorang, dulu setahu gua AC Mizal saja yang pernah buat, iaitu Cik Mat Poi.

Bila keputusan diumum, keputusannya :

1. Sepah
2. Jozan
3. Nabil
4.Jambu

Sumpah gua terkejut bai. Mungkin pasal persembahan Sepah malam tu menonjol lebih sikit, so diorang menang. Markah juri pun faktor jugak. Maka berbangga la semua warga Johor, pasal Sepah ni orang Johor. Tapi tak kisah la, pasal semua peserta dapat duit. Kaya bai semua finalis ni,juara dapat lebih kurang RM500,000. Belum campur bayaran diorang perform setiap minggu lagi. Yang penting bagi gua, program ni dah buktikan yang komedi dekat Malaysia ni masih hidup. Kalau la Allahyarhan Tan Sri P. Ramlee hidup lagi, dia mesti bangga. Rating TV rancangan ni pun pecah rekod bai. Tahniah la Astro. Harap-harap dalam tempoh 5 tahun nanti, Maharaja Lawak 2 pulak keluar.